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MUTT AND JEFF

1. CAME TO APPLY FOR THE JOB AS.. NIGHT WATCHMAN:

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SOMEONE WHO

THINKS THE "WORST OF:

EVERYBODY AND

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WE WANT A PERSON THAT'S TOUGH AS NAILS, ALWAYS READY FOR A FIGHT AND CAN LICK THE BEST OF EM!

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 6, 1940

By BUD FISHER

ML IT THE

WIFE!

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!

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Beethoven Concerto

No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.

Today's Wireless

7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tions.

7.02 p.m.-Wellknown Ballads. 7.18 p.m.-Band Music.

with Hulbert,

7.30 p.m.--London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m. Variety Programme

Jack Cicely Courtneldge, John Henry and Others. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum.

mary.

9.30 p.m.-Verdi's "Il Trovatore" Act

TEL.

Sung by Corrando Zambell, Giuseppina Zinetti, Enrico Molinari, Bianca Scaccia- ti, Francesco Meril, Emilio Venturin! and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, with the Milan Symphony Orchestra.

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

9.55 p.m.-Concert by Yahudi Menu- 'hin (Violin) & Elleen Joyce (Piano). Etude Do Concert In A Flat Major (Paul de Schlozer); Etude De Concert In F Minor (Liszt)....Elleen Joyce (Piano), Dance Of The Goblins, Op. 25 (Bazzini); Perpetual Mollon, Op. 11 (Paganini) ....Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with Plano accomp. by Marcel- Gazelle.

La Danse D'Olaf (from 'Deux Lunaires'-' Pick-Manglagalli); St Oiseau J'Etais, A Toi Je Volerals-Bird Study (Henselt); En Route Concert Study (Selim Palm- gren)......Eileen Joyce (Plano).

La Capricciosa (Ries).... Yehudi Menuhin

Minning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

GOOD TECHNIQUE

cashed his two top spades, discarding

heart from the remaining

dummy. Next a heart was trumped in dummy, then dummy's Queen of clubs drew East's last trump. Dummy's King-

(Violin) with Piano accomp. by Louis Persinger.

MANDATE FOR ARREST

Chungking, To-day.

The National Government issued a mandate yesterday ordering the ar- rest of 25 of the Wang Ching-wel clique.

Variety Programme With Jack Hulbert And Cicely

10.24 p.m.-Beethoven-Concerto No.

3 in C Minor, Op. 37.

Artur Schnabel (Piano) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.

11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN;

WHY ARABS SUPPORT

THE ALLIES

London, To-day.

They are Fan Chung-yun, Chen Continuing the plebiscite Chung-fu, Mel Cheh-chi, Tang Leang-on why the Arabs should li, Lo Chun-chiang, Chin Hsiung-pei,

Fu Shih-yueh, Chu Pu, Chen Chun- Support the Allies, the Bay- po, Ku Chung-sen, Wang Men-yun, routh newspaper "Annahar” Chang Chen-fan, Huang Ta-wai, Tsai publishes a statement by

Hung-tien, Chang Tai-po, Liu Yun,

Huang Hsiang-ku, Chow Fei-cheng, Muhyiddin Nusouli, noted Chang Tze-hsiao, Chang I-cheng, Muslim journalist and politi- Chang Ke-chang, Huang Chin-tsai, cian.. Tang Cheng po, Chang Teh-chih, and Lu Ying.

The statement declares: "I want the Allies to win the war because I Tang Leang-li is editor of the believe authority should be in the People's Tribune, Chen Chun-po is hands of the community and not the Wang Ching-wei's personal secretary, individual, nations should not be di- and - Chen Chung-fu was formerly vided into masters and slaves, and the chairman of the Foreign Relations principles of right and justice should Committee of the defunct Hopei-Cha-supersede those of Nietszche and Ma-

activities during the last three years."

Holding three 4-card suits, it is played, following which Mr. Becker har Political Council. Central News. chiiavelli, which have inspired Nazi usually best to bid the one below the singleton, which in to-day's hand hap- pens to be clubs. After B. Jay Beck- er of New York had opened with one club, his partner gave him a double raise, showing at least four trumps Queen of diamonds then took the last and a generally strong hand. Without two tricks. more ado Mr. Becker jumped to a

'South, Dealer

2

Both sides vulnerable

♡ K 75

been fatal to draw trumps early.

*

Yesterday, as Howard Schenken's partner, you held:

RUMANIAN OIL QUERIES

London, To-day.

The statement concludes: "The De- mocracies have struggled in the last few years against aggressive forces but the bright and happy future which awaits humanity when the Allies

While the play was not inordinate- Asked in the Commons yesterday win the war is worth all these pre- Slam in clubs. He handled the play ly difficult, it required good techni-whether he had received any informacious sacrifices, and the Arabs will of the rather ticklish Slam in master- que. In particular, it would have tion in January or February, about an certainly share the fruits of victory ful fashion.

impending deal securing for Germany and the happy future.” — Reuter. control over the Rumanian Oll Com-

LOCAL DOLLAR pany (Petrolul Romanesc) the Minis- ter for Economic Warfare said that at The demand rate on the Hong Kong' the end of January, His Majesty's dollar to-day was 1/2 13/16. Government received a report that

Silver was quoted at 20-15/16 for German agents were attempting to spot and 20-13 16 forward. secure control of this Rumanian com-. The cross rate London/New York pany and added: "I understand that was £-U.S.$402.50 and New York/ arrangements have been made by which London £-U.S.$390-3/8. the Company remains under Ruman- ian control.”

◇ AJ 10 9

7 6

A 10 2

◇ KQ 8 6 3

Q 9 4 8

10 8 4

♡ 10 9

W

A QJ973 CQ J 6 4 ◊ 2

J 65

AK 65 ♡A 8 3 3 0.4

AK 87

Mr. Becker

South

1- 64

West 10 Pass

North 3 Pass

East Pass Pass

The bidding:

HIGH SARD VALUES

FOUR-ACES SYSTEN

West opened the ten of hearts, Mr. Becker won in his hand, then played the singleton diamond. West jumped in with the diamond. Ace and returned the Jack. Here Mr. Becker wise- ly played low from dummy and trumped in his own hand. Next

heart was

led to dummy's King and then Mr. Becker trumped another small diamond in his

ACE KING QUEEN 1 JACK...

a

Q J 10 x

I I I

The bidding: Jacoby του Barnstone Schenken

Рава Pass Pass

1♡ Pass (?)

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two spades, which is forcing to game. With your fine-spade suit and heart sup- of port, you should take no chances stopping short of a game bid.

Score 100% for two spades, 80% for one spade, 30% for three hearts, 0 for any other bid,

▪!

•QUESTION NO. 361,

Merwin Maier is your partner to- day and you hold:

KQJI AKXXX

x x

You

The bidding:

Barnstone:: Maler`

Schankow

What do you bid? tomorrow:)

swer

(Released by The Boll Syndicate

The Ace-King of trumps were now | Inc.),

trol corporation, but I am entirely sa- Further questioned; Mr. Cross said: |tisfied that it is not under German "I do not think it is an important pe-control."-British Wireless.

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