1940-03-14 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

YOUR LAST

JOB WAS

WELL;WHEN THE BOSS WANTED ANYTHING DONE.

A "DOER"? HE WOULD TELL THE SECRETARY

THE SECRETARY WOULD TELL

WHAT'S THAT?

| "THE CASHIER,THE CASHIER WOULD TELL THE CLERK, AND THE CLERK WOULD TELL ME AND I WOULD

DO IT!

WELL, I GOT THE JOB,MUTT! I'M A SUPER-SALESMAN!

SUPER-SALESMAN?

DON'T MAKE ME

·LAFF! YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST

THING ABOUT SALESMANSHIP!

I'M A SUPER-SALESMANU I SELL THE FINEST VEGETABLE, NOODLE, BEAN, CHICKEN, CELERY, PEA AHD TOMATO SOUP THAT MONEY CAN BUY LADY!

HE CHINA MAIL: MARCH 14, 1940.

SUPER- SALESMAN!

By BUD FISHER

WELL SUPER-SALEŠM, SOUNDS BETTER THA -SOUP" SALESMAN,

DON'T IT?

Herbert and Bernhard Ruff

From the Studio

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.-Studio-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tlons.

6.47 p.m.-Songs by Paul Robeson

(Bass).

Lullaby (from The Moor of Peter the Great'); Down De Lovers' Lane (Cook) ....with Plano accomp. by Lawrence. Brown.

Roll Up Sailorman (film. 'Big Fella').....

with Orchestral accomp.

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

9.52 Megacycles

You Are, The Fellow, Friend Tykody. My Little Velvet Hat.

Oh! How Long It Seems.

. Hungarian Csardas of George Nagy-Slow

and Quick (Karoly).

6.57 p.m.-Magyari Imre and His Hun. 17.10 p.m.-Dance Music.

garian Gypsy Orchestra.

Little Whlic Hollyhocks.

Full of Acacias Is Our Village (Frater

Lorand):

There Are Unkissed Lips.

White and Red Roses (Eross' Bela).

Fox-Trotą-Ridin' Up The River Road (Harry Woods): The Simple Things in Life (film 'Curly Top')....Mario "Harp" Lorenzt and His "Rhythmics. Tango This Is The Kiss of Romance. Waltz-Love. In Your Eyes....Eugene Pint

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Meiiçin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken

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

LACKING DECEPTION', To-day's hand is to our mind a per- got in with the club Queen, it should fect example of naive play by both have been equally obvious that a shift Declarer and the defending side. Be to spades was imperative; for other- fore making any comments, we will wise a discard on dummy's last club simply relate the play as it occurred was imminent. and allow our readers to draw their own conclusions.

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

A. 9 6 5

& His Tango Orchestra. Fox-Trots

Alone (film Night at the Opera'); Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (film "To Beat the Band'),...Joe Venuti & His

Orchestra.

7.30 p.m.-London. Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather 8.03 p.m.-Studio Two Plano Recital

Report and Announcements.

by Herbert & Bernhard Ruff (from The Gloucester Hotel),

8.23 p.m.-Lalo-Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and. Orchestra, Op. 21. Bronislaw Huberman (Violin) and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Szell. 8.50 p.m.-Studio-Talk on "Canadians

in England",

CONCERT

"Vive La France" and

Film Selections

9.05 p.m.—Songs by Herbert Groh

(Tenor).

My Heart Belongs to you Alone (Bixio-

Marischka); Song of My Heart (Wis mar); Thousand Stars aro Shining (Rust)...with Orchestral accomp. 9.15 p.m.-London. Relay-News Bum-

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay "Vive La 'France". Talk on Life of the French

Army and People. 9.45.p.m.-Film Selections.

"Top Hat"---Selection. (Irving Berlin).............

George Scott-Wood (Piano-Accordeon)| -with Guitar, Bass and Drums. "Night of Fate"-Don't let the World see Your Heart; Can you See the Stars?........... Pola Negri (Vocal) with Chorus & Orch: "Roberta"-Selection,

"Sweet Music"-Selection.

....Reginald Dixon (Organ). 10.00 p.m.An hour of "Dance Music. {-11.00 p.m.—CLOSE DOWN.

INTERNEE

FOR B.W.O.F. ON MURDER

A disappointingly small crowd last night were treated to a thoroughly entertaining programme at Kowloon Cricket Club at the variety concert ir

CHARGE

Lee Kwai-wing, 21, an inmate of aid of the British War Organisation the Chinese soldiers internment camp Fund.

at Argyle, Street, was formally re- Vocalists Doris Blair (soprano) S. F.manded for a week by Mr. E. Hims-. D'Aquino (tenor) and Helen Lockhart worth at Kowloon on a charge of and Willie Simpson was his inimitable (contralto) were in excellent voice murder.

self in two comic items, with his own "Hyde Park Orator" as a special number.

Lee is alleged to have murdered a fellow inmate, Cheng Hap, inside the camp yesterday.

South of course should have first

None of the facts were revealed at knocked out the high trump, mean-

Vic Labrum had the house in fits this morning's hearing, but the while concealing his club suit. If he to be Old" and Mr. Chiu, who de- fight arose over money. Deceased is of laughter with "He's not Old enough "China "Mail" understands that 8 had done this; West might have been putised for A. B. Allan, gave an ex- reported to have died of a ruptured excused for not immediately shifting to a spade. But inasmuch as South ceedingly clever, "spot of magic." spleen in an ambulance while on the completely revealed his hand, West's dience wound up the concert by sing-

Led by Helen Lockhart, the au-way to hospital. blind continuation of hearts was un-ing "Land of Hope and Glory" fol- pardonable.

*

*. ***

You were Merwin Maler's partner yesterday and held:

AKII

♡ A Q X

OK 10 x X

♡ Q 7 4

8 3

✯ 10 8 7 6 2

AK J. 4

♡ J 10 8 2

A Q10 8 7 2.

Q 7 5. Q J 3

W

♡ AK 9.6.

5 3. 0 4

A 3

◇ A KJ 10 9 6 2

AK 5 4

The bidding:

You

The bidding:

South

West

North

East

20

Pass

ENT

3♡

40

4♡

50 Равд

Dbl.

Pass Pass

Pass Pass

- HIGH CARB VALŪKS

FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

OF THE

A A Q J.·

Barnstone Maler 1NT Pass 24 (2)

Belienkon .Pasa

ANSWER: Your correct rebid is three notrump. Your opening no- trump is a maximum, and you have every suit well taken care of.

Score 100% for three notṛump, 60% for two notrump-(an underbid), 0 for three or four spades (unless your partner has very unusual distribu- tion, you would rather play notrump than spades: If he has this unusual distribution, he can bid four spades. over your three-notrump), ·

South trumped the opening heart lead and played the Ace-Kings of diamonds and clubs. The third club was played and West, winning with the Queen, led a second heart. Declarer then knocked out the high

'QUESTION NO. 358 trump, ruffed another heart lead and was

Neither side is vulnerable. You are then able to discard Howard Schenken's partner and hold:

ACE... KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK.....'1⁄2

his losing spåde on dummy's fifth club.

AKTII

ráò, bidding:

Jacoby. Schenken

We should first like to point out South's complete lack of deception. By playing out his top cards in both diamonds' anti tlubs, he made his hand an open book. Since East falled to. follow on the second round of both suits, it should have been completely obvious to West that Bouth held seven diamonds and four clubs; and there-, fore two spades, “Thus, when West Inc.).

Dbl. Pask What do you blất: tomorrow.)

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(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

ITALY KEEPING A lowing which there was dancing to MILLION WITH COLOURS the strains of Mickey's, Melody Makers.

Among those present were His Ex- cellency the Governor, His. Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, and the president of the club, Mr. Justice Lindsell.

ALL SAINTS' BAZAAR

Rome," To-day. Italy is keeping 1,000,000 men with the Colours, the Under+Secretary for War reveals. ·

This would enable Italy to face all developments in the international situation, he said-Reuter.

The

ARMY SWIMMING BATH A bazaar in aid of the Building Fund of All Saints' Church Hall will be held on Saturday, 23rd March at above Victoria Barracks

new Army swimming bath Homuntin at 10. a.m. Mrs. R. O. Hall completed shortly, and should will open the bazaar.

ready by the swimming season.

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