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MUTT AND JEFF

HEY! FOR THE SIXTH TIME I'M ASKIN' YOU GUYS TO MOVE AWAY

FROM THIS DOOR!

| LISTEH, BUDDY!

WE'RE MINDIN' OUR OWN BUSINES:

YOU MIND YOURS!

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COME ON! MOVE ON!

HEY!CUT THAT

-HOW,AS I. WAS SAYIN, JEFF

OUT!

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 24, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

SAY, LISSEN, BUD! (IF YOU DON'T CUT OUT THIS KIDDIN' AROUND WE'RE GONNA GET GOOD AND SORE

AT YOU!

-R14

Relay Of Speech By The

Prime Minister

Today's Wireless

12.16 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

sion.

12.30 p.m.-Kitty Masters (Vocal) and

Alfredo and His Orchestra. Gipsy Caprice (Ferraris);

Wanderlust-

Waltz (Smith)....Alfredo & His Orch. When The Swallows Nest Again (Stevens & Edmund): Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old

Together (Bratton & Edwards). Kiuy Masters (Vocal) with Orchestra,

1 Once Had A Heart, Margarita (Lisbona,

Connor & Schmitz):

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles

Masters (Vocal) with Orchestra. Tell Me Again (Grosz.):

Russian

&

Gipsy II's

Sketch (Ferraris).... Alfredo Orchestra.

1.00 p.m.-Local

Weather Report.

1.03 p.m.- Magyarl Serenade In The

Night (Blxio-Kennedy)....Alfredo & His Orchestra,

Many Happy Returns of the Day (Henry

Hall-Alm 'Music Hath Charms')....Kitty

His

Time Signal and

imre and Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra. The Acnela Blossoms Twice. More Stars Than There are in the Sk Once I Had A Dear Mother.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.

ken ..

•

PLANNING A GRAND COUP

7

A diamond was Richard T. Goodwin of Baltimore, split his honours. Md., writes: "It is rare indeed when then led to dummy and another heart was tried an opportunity for a Grand Coup trumped. This procedure

once more and a third diamond play- presents itself, but when it does and ils exception is planned in advance jed to dummy. East followed and Mr. of the first card Declarer plays, the|Walker, with a sigh of relief, gathered successful Declarer has scored a real in his contract by his continued lead A perfectly timed triumph. Such is the play of Ronald of high hearts.

Grand Coup. Failure to trump a heart Walker of Baltimore."

at the first trick would have resulted in defeat of the contract."

Bouth, Dealer

Q 6

AK Q 8 8 3 ◊ K Q 10 ♣ 5 8

J 10 7 3

J 10 9 4

♡ 7 5 2

0 9 4 2

Q10 8 7

W

S

◊ 8 5 2 AJ 94

AK9542

O AJ 76

AK

Mr. Walker

The bidding:

South

West Pass **♡

North

East

34

Pass

OF THE

HIGH CARD VALUES

FOUR-ACES SYVETEN

ACE... KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK..

Pam

INT Pass 74 Pass

Pann PARE Pasa

Our congratulations to Mr. Walker for his fine bidding and play,

*

*

*

Yesterday you were Oswald wacoby's partner and held:

A

K Q J x 11 O. A XX

KIX

bidding:

The Sun Is In Love With The Moon. I Was Roving About.

The Barrack Roof Is Being Shingled. Once On My Grave,

Song of the Elder.

1.15 p.m.-Viennese Waltzea.

Moonlight On The Danube-Waltz (Byron Melodies Gypsy Love-Waltz Gay); (Lehar)....Orchestra Mascotte.

A Thousand and One Nights-Waltz (Joh. conduct. Strauss)....Felix Weingartner

ing the British Symphony Orchestra. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Announce- and Weather Forecast ments.

1.45 p.m.-Latest Variety.

Piano-Don't Worry

Mc 'Bout

(Intro:

'What goes up must come down'-both

'Cotton Club Parade');

from

Wishing

Debussy Compositions: Variety

Heavenly Aida, Divine Aida (from 'Alda'— Verdi); Your Tiny Hands are Frozen (from 'La Boheme Puccini) .... Jussl Bjorling (Tenor) with Orchestra.

The 7.30 p.m.- LONDON RELAY

News.

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.

Orchestra.

New

Light Bymphony

At Dawning (Cadmen).

The Waltzing Doll (Poldini).

Poet and Peasant-Overture (Suppe). Serenade Mauresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Elgar.} 8.20 p.m.-The Regimental

Band of

H.M. Coldstream Guards. "The Mikado"-Selection (Sullivan). Hands Across The Sca--March (Sousa). 8.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Free. dom's Sword". Finland's Independ- ence led by Field Marshal Manner- helm.

(Intro: Sing My Heart'-film 'Love Af9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY — News

fair')....Arthur Sandford. Comedian-Sandy Joins the Army (Thum

son, Powell)....Sandy Powell. Organ-Good Old Songs Medley.

Intro:

Daisy Bell; Nellie Dean; The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo; Here wo are again; Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay: Down at the Old Bull and Bush.... Reginald

Foort.

Comedians--Blacking Out The Flat (Askey and Murdoch)....Arthur Askey & Rich ard Murdoch.

Plano-Fox-Trot Medicy.

Intro: Stairway

to the Stars; I never knew heaven could speak; If I were sure of you. Waltz-Medley. Intro: Roses are bloom. ing in loveland; There's danger in the Waltz; The Little golden Ring....Billy Thorburn with drums.

2.15 p.m.CLOSE DOWN. 6.00 p.m.-Compositions of Debussy...

La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin.... Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with Plano accomp. by Marcel Cazelle.

"The Children's Corner" Suite....

Cortot (Piano). Nuit D'Etoiles ...

Alfred

Helene Ludolph (So- prano) with Plano accomp. by Gerald Moore and Organ by Herbert Dawson. Arabesque No. 1....Mildred Dilling (Harp). Clair De Lune....John Hunt (Piano). 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tlons:

G

8.32 p.m.-BRAHMB-Quartet in

Minor, Op.. 25. Arthur Rubinstein and Mm. Onnou, Prevost & Mass of the Pro Arte Quartet.

7.05 p.m.--Short Concert by Elisabeth and Juse! (Soprano) Schumann

You 1♡

(7)

Schenkan Pass

Juanby

3

Malar Para

1

ANSWER: Your correct bid is three hearts. You are probably going to get to seven with this hand before you are through, but there is no hurry.:

Score 100% for three hearts, 0 for three notrump. We are not going to other bids, since mark the various practically any bid that partner can- not pass will lead to no trouble with his fine hand.

QUESTION' NO. 842

You are Merwin Maler's partner and hold:

"The four notrump is, the Black wood Convention," explains Mr. Goodwin. "When Mr. Walker showed three Aces, the North player didn't even ask for Kings, but jumped - to seven spades."

"After the opening lead of the Jack of hearts, the only fear Mr. Walker had was finding all opposing trumps in one -hand: and even this could be if they were placed with overcome.it East. On this assumption, Mr. Walker -carefully trumped the opening. heart lead in his own hand and followed with a spade to dummy's Queen. Sure enough, his super-caution was justified for West showed out. A trump was led back, forcing East to [ Inc.)

462

AK 6 4 3 2 ◊ A 45482

The bidding:

Bernstone Pa

Schenkes

1♡

(7)

: Pans

What do you blat Monday.)

INT INT

Pass Pass

(Answer

(Released by The

Bell Syndicate,

Bjorling (Tenor).

.... Elisabeth Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)

Schumann (Soprano) with Orchestra. Strange Harmony (from Tosca-Puccini);

Woman is Fickle Verdi)....Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) Orchestra.

(from

'Rigoletto'-

with

My Lord

I'll play the Innocent Country Maid (from

'Die Fledermaus'—Strauss); Marquis (from

P

'Die FledermauB'—

Strauss) Elisabeth Schumann prano) with Orchestra.

+05)

Summary.

and

Single

9.28 p.m.-Local Sports Results. 9.30 p.m.-Variety Programme.

Talking and Singing Band Waggon Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch Company.

Without A Minds Sketch-Two

Thought (Douglas Furber: The Girl In The Post Office (Ronald Jeans)....Cicely Courtneidge and Company. Vocal-Still The Bluebird Sing (film "The Star Maker'); An Apple For The Teacher (lm The Star Maker')....Bing Crosby with Connie Boswell & Orchestra. Orch-The Little Dog Laughed-Selection

The London Palladium cond, by Clifford Greenwood. Talking & Orchestra-Harry Roy's

Stage Show....Harry Roy & His Orch. Vocal-The Washing On The Siegfried Line

Orchestra

New

Arthur Askey with Ronnie Munro's. Orchestra.

10.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-Speech by Prime Minister from Birmingham. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Lon-

don Log".

11.15 p.m.-Dance Music

Fox-Trois-Rose of Washington Square; And The Angels Sing... Benny Goodman & His Orchestra.

Tango-South of the Border....Jack Har-

ris & His Orchestra, Fox-Trot-Deep In A Dream. Waltz-Mexicali Rose (from 'Rhythm on the Ranch')....Oscar Rabin & His Ro- many Band.

Fox-Trots-Honolulu (from the film); This Night (film 'Honolulu')....Tommy Dor sey & His Orchestra.

Bolero Tendre Bolero.

Rumba-Mario La O

Lecuona Cubaṇ

Boys with Elyane Celis (Vocal). Swing Music-Junk Man's Serenade; Ja- Da.... Ovie Alston & His Orchestra. Waltzes-Where The Shannon Flows Down to the Sea; The Umbrella Man (from 'These foolish things")....Billy Cotton & His Band.

In An

Fox-Trote-Siberian Sleigh Ride:

18th Century Drawing Room.... Hal Kemp & His Orchestra..

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