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MUTT AND JEFF

50 1 FIGURE IF I

CAN GET A GOOD JOB

WITH YOU PEOPLE

MAYBE I CAN GET MARRIED!

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YOU EVER

GO TO SCHOOL?

I STILL GO!

DUKE AND

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YOU STILL GO TO SCHOOL?

SURG! NIGHT SCHOOL!

WHAT'RE YOU STUDYING?

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1940

I'M STUDYING THE HISTORY TEACHER! OH, BOY! IS SHE A PEACH! ABJUT FIVE FOOT TWO, BIG BLUE EYES AND LIPS--

By BUD FISHER

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Rachmaninoff's Second

Concerto

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-"FOR THE CHILDREN".

Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel)....

Regal Orchestra,

"Robin Hood and the Sorrowful Knight" Part II: Policeman's Holiday (Ewing) ....New Light Symphony Orchestra. STUDIO-Story by Aunt Susan. Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing; She Was One of the Early Birds; In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree....The Au- dience of the Paramount Theatre. Lon- don, led by Al Bollington at the Organ. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotations. 6.32 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC.

Fox-Trots-Have You Ever Been In Hea

ven? (flm 'Manhattan Music Box'); My Heaven In The Pines....Mantovani & His Orchestra.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.

9.52 Megacycles

Ste-

Quickstep You're an education. Tango--My Lost Love .... Maxwell

wart's Ballroom Melody. Fox-Trols-Ole King Cole; Swanee....Ted-

dy Foster & His Kings of Swing. Waltz-The Moon of Manakoora (film "The

Hurricane').

Quickstep You Couldn't Be Cuter (m 'Joy of Living')....Henry Jacques & His Strict Dance Tempo Orchestra, Fox-Trots-Love Ain't Nothin' But The

Blues: Cherry....Frankie" Trubauer His Orchestra.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken.

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.

HIGH CARD VALLIES

OF THE FOUR-ACER BYSTEM

ACE KING..2 QUEEN.1 JACK.

B.

of

&

MOST BRILLIANT TRICK OF THE YEAR

To-day's hand was played in the Simon Becker must have divined De- recent Open Pair Championship at clarer's intentions. Surely, he reason- refusal to cover meant Pittsburgh, in which ed, South's

either that he subsequently expected Jay Becker New York played to establish a spade trick, on which with his brother, he could discard a diamond from his Simon Becker of hand, or that he held the Ace-King Philadelphia. In the of clubs and would be able to dis- bidding the Beckers, card a diamond from dummy. who were not vulner- able, put up quite a show of strength, which in no way deceived their opponents, who even- tually contracted for a game in hearts. the fireworks took In the play all place on the first trick, but with such brilliance that we feel it should be called the most brilliant trick of the year.

RIVERANË JAM 6. 56

West, Dealor North-South vulnerable

8. Jay Becker

A K Q 8 4

♡ A Q 10 5 8

0 9 6 2 ♣ 8

Simen Becker

A 10 9 7

8 2

J 7 8

AJ 3

♡ K

O AJ 10 8

W

4

♣ Q 10 9 5

Б

J 9 7 6 2 OK 73

AK 6 4

10

Dbl.

Bast

Bouth Redbl. 2♡

3

8♡

3

Dbl.

Pass

Pass

4♡ Pass

The bidding: West North

On this logical reasoning Simon Becker overtook his brother's Jack with the spade Ace and shifted to the diamond Queen, this being the only play to set the contract!

*

✡

*

Saturday you were Howard Schen- ken's partner and held:

A A XI

{} { I 2

◊ X X

♣ J 10 x X I

The bidding: Schenken Jacoby You Pass (7)

ANSWER:--Your correct

Hurnstone

response

is two clubs. True, your hand is pretty good for a two-club bid, but unless your partner can bid again there should be no game.

Score 100% for two clubs, 80% for three clubs (if your partner has a minimum, this bid will get you in trouble).

QUESTION NO. 881

You are David Bruce Burnstone's partner and hold:

▲ AK 10 9 XX ♡ AQx

The bidding:0 You

B. Jay Becker opened the Jack of spades and there followed the first of two excenfiscally clever plays. South, a clever player himself, could see that. If given time, he could discard one of dummy's losing diamonds on one of his top clubs. Furthermore, a spade trick established in dummy would be of no great use to him. Thus South refused to cover the spade Jack. But Inc.).

Meler Burnetona

Jacobs

Pass

INT

: Pasa

2NT

Pass Pau

::What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

Waltzes-Dorfkinder (from 'Gypsy Prin-

cess-Kalman): The Last Drops Orchestra Mascotte. Fox-Trots-Sliver on the Sage (film 'The Texans'); There's A Brand New Picture in My Ficture Frame....Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra. Tangos-Ambiente Pampino; Renacimlen. to....Juan Llossas & His Tango Orch. Fox-Trots-A Little Kiss At Twilight (film) 'Give me a Sallor'); What Goes On Here In My Heart (flm 'Give me a Sailor') ....Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-The Naws. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Re.

port and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-This Week's Programmas.

8.07 p.m.-SAINT-SAENS-Carnival of the Animals, Leopold Stokowak and the Phi Jadelphia Orchestra. Planos: M. B. Mont- gomery and O. Barabini.

8.28 p.m.-SONGS from Saint-Saens "5am-

son and Delilah".

Softly Awakes My Heart....Mlle. G. Cer-

nay & M. Georges Thill with Orchestra. 8.38 p.m.-RACHMANINOFF-Concerto No.

Song Hits From Musical Comedies

Charles Prentice.

"The Dancing Years"-I Can Give You The Starlight....Mary Ellia (Vocal) with Orchestra; Waltz of my Heart....Mary Ellis (Vocal) with Ivor Novello at the Plano and Orchestra; My Life Belongs To You....Dunstan Hart & Mary Ellis with Ivor Novello at the Plano and Or- chestra: My Dearest Dear....Mary Ellia & Ivor Novello with Orchestra;

Prim- rose....Roma Beaumont with Ivor No- vello at the Piano and Orchestra; The Wings of Sleep....Mary Ellis & Olive Gilbert with Ivor Novello at the Piano and Orchestra.

"Careless Rapture"-Selection....Gerald &

His Orchestra,

11.00 p.m.--CLOSE DOWN.

BRITISH AND

FRENCH ARMIES

SOCCER DRAW

Paris, To-day.

French and British Armies drew one

2 in C Minor, Op. 18. Sergei Rachmaninoft all in a football game here yesterday. (Plano) and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowɛkl. | British after 30 minutes play from a

9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY- News Sum.

mary.

Edeslton, inside right, scored for the

pass from Busgy.

Fromer, the Austrian International, 9.30 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC by Henry Hall

equalised seven minutes later when and His Orchestra.

from Veinante. Quickstep-Teacher's Pet; Fox-Trot-Love he headed in a pass

Makes the World Go Round (from 'These Both sides, particularly the British, Foolish Things'); Slow Fox-Trot-South missed chances. The goalkeepers, Al- of the Border; Waltz-I Paid for the Lielen, in the British goal, and Hiden, that I Told You: Novelty Fox-Trot-One for the French, made, brilliant

saves Man Went to Blow; Slow Fox-Trot-Blue in an exciting game which was wit-.. Skies Are Round the Corner: 6/8" One

many

Step-Teddy Tail In Town To-day: Slownessed by 30,000 spectators, Fox-Trot-Hush, Here Comes The Dream wearing British and French uniforms. Man: Novelty Quickstep - Eccentric:

Three Brass Bells,

10.00 p.m.-SONGS by Hildegards.

For Me, For You (Towers & Arden); I'm Feelin' Like A Million (film 'Broadway Melody of 1938'); Yours and Mine (film 'Broadway Melody of 1938'). 10.10 p.m.-Charlie Kunz at the Piano.

Charlie Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 2.

Intro: Charmaine, Sally Diane. Charlie Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 1.

Intro: I've got an invitation to a Dance: Blue Moon; Easter Parade: Dancing with my Shadow; June in January; What a little Moonlight can do. 10.20 p.m.-SOME "HITS" from Ivor Novel-

lo's Musical Comedies. "Careless Rapture"-The Miracle of Ni- chaow (Temple Ballet Music)....Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by

Charles Prentice.

Reuter.

ANOTHER LOSS FOR "Y" LADIES

"Y" Ladies, who have already lost a great many of their best players of last season, will suffer a further ser- lous loss towards the end of the week when Miss K. Pocock, their brilliant half-back, leaves for England.

Miss Pocock has just become bride of Mr. Hubert.

the

The Senior League badminton match between Chinese Y.M.C.A. and for to- Club de Recreio, scheduled night, has been postponed owing to M. A. the death of the father of

"Crest of the Wave"- Selection.... The

Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra cond. by Oliveira, the Recreio captain.

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