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MUTT AND JEFF

THE RUSSIANS ARE ADVANCING! PUT YOUR SKIS ON! WE'RE

GONNA FIGHT!

12-10

(GOOD!)

HERE THEY COME, JEFF! MAKE SOMÉ MORE SHOW BALLS

SNOW-

B.B.C. Recording Of Light Variety

BALLS?

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 1940

By BUD FISHER

BOOM!

Today's Wireless

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

sion.

12.30 p.m.-Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) and

Primo Scala's Accordeon Band. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Songs by Paul

(Bass).

Robeson

Lonely Road (film 'Song of Free-

dom').

The Black Emperor (film 'Song of

Freedom').

རྞ 4

Love Song (film 'Sanders of the.

River').

With Orchestra and Chorus. 1.13 p.m.-The London Palladium Or.

chestra.

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

Merchant of Venice Suite (Rossa). 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press: Weather Forecast and Announce- 'ments.

1.45 p.m.-Dance Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

6.00 p.m. "For the Children."

Vocal Gems from Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"....Chorus and Orchestra directed by Jay Wilbur.

Finning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

shown

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NO ONE WAS FOOLED-BUT. A great many players are of the North showed his club suit. When East opinion that .psychics' have no place doubled, South bid four hearts. in the game of Bridge and should be reasoned: "If my-partner has outlawed. We do not agree with this hearts, I am perfectly willing to play for we feel that in order to be a for game in that suit. Otherwise,- he good player one needs, in addition to will go to four spades, since I have technique in both bidding and play, already

him that I have the element of psychology. Bridge spades.” psychology is

extent to a certain

Then North failed to come through bluff and to a further extent decep- in the clinch! He thought to himself: tion or making things seem what "In spite of the fact that I doubled one they ain't. Among experts, psychic spade for business, South has seen fit bids can usually be read; but even so, to bid for game in hearts. Therefore he they occasionally work. Take the fol- must have a long, solid suit.” lowing hand in which four of the While four hearts was set three country's leading players were in-tricks, four spades would have been volved:

a laydown. It is reliably reported that North and South are no longer speak-: ing to each other.

East, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

*✡

*

Saturday you were Merwin Maier's partner and held:

AQ XX

Bchenken You! Jacoby

J 10 9 5 4

0.Q2

AKJ9 7 6 3

7.2

N

A K

♡ J 10 x X.

Q 8 6 5.

10 4 3

◊ 9 8 7 6 3

W

◊ x x

◇ KJ 105

* JXX

A. 4

S

Q10 8 2

The bidding:

Q

3

♡ A

J 9 7 2

OLA

*6

The bidding:

Best

10

South West Dbl.

North Dbl..

Pass

Pass 30

Dbl. Pass

♡

Pass

4 Pass

West's spade bid over South's double was of course on out and out psychic,

HIGH CARS VALUES

COP. THE

AGE.... KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACK

made because

he feared his opponents had a game in that suit, North promptly doubled, being fair- ly well convinced

that West had made a psychic bid. When South left the double

in, it was practically confirmed.

In order to make things more dif- ficult for his opponents, West now Jumped to three diamonds,

1NT

3NT

Рава 2NT Pass Pass, What do you lead?

Maler Pass Pass

ANSWER: Lead your lowest heart. If partner holds any honour, you will probably win' two heart tricks. Your Ace-Queen of spades are reserved for. re-entries.

Score 100% for the heart, 50% for a spade, 10% for any other lead.

QUESTION NO. 386 Oswald Jacoby is your partner and hold:

XXX

AKII

The bidding: Jacoby Schenken

Pass

Maler

PASS

What do you bid? (Answer Monday)

(Released

The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (Friend & Franklin) Sidney Torch (Organ). Studio-Story by Aunt Pat Barnacle Bill, The Sailor (Robison- Luther)....Pop Eye (Vocal) with Novelty accomp. Lambeth Walk (from 'Me and My Gal').....Gracie. Fields (Vocal) with Orchestra.

When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby (Yoell-Brown).....Leslie Hutchinson (Vocal) at the Piano. 6.30 p.m.--Liszt-Sonata in B Minor,

Vladimir Horowitz (Piano),

6.57 p.m.-Liszt-Hungarian Rhapso

dies Nos. 1 and 11.

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1....Ber-

lin State Opera Orchestra. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11....

Marcel Clampi (Piano).

7.10 p.m.-Songs by Essie Ackland Webster Booth (Contralto) and Tenor).

The English Rose. (from 'Merrie England'-Edward German); The Faery Song (from "The Immortal Hour-Rutland Boughton) Webster Booth (Tenor) with Orch. & Harp accomp.

The Great Awakening (Johnstone & Kramer)....Essie Ackland (Con- tralto) with Organ accomp. by Herbert Dawson. Screnata (film 'Robber Symphony'); Romance (film 'Robber Sym- phony')....Webster Booth (Ten- or). with Orchestra.

O Peaceful England ("Merrie Eng- land'-Edward German).....Essie Ackland (Contralto) with Orch. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-This week's programmes. 8.07 p.m-Dance Music by Roy Fox

and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I Stumbled Over Love; When My Dream Boat Comes Home. Slow Fox-Trot-Sweet Leilani (film

Waikiki Wedding').. Fox-Trot-Love and Learn (Alm

"That Girl from Paris'). Waltz-Stars in My Eyes (film "The

King steps out'). Fox-Trots-At The Cafe Continen- tal; With Plenty of Money and You (film 'Gold Diggers of 1937'); Let's Put Our Heads Together (Alm 'Gold Diggers of 1937')... Light 8.32 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording

Variaty, With Clapham and Dwyer; Harley and Barker, Janet Joye, Hel- mar Fernback, The Hill Billies and Tony's Red Aces.

atlong

The Bell Syndicate

WHAT THE HECK ARE THOSE FOOLS TRYIN' TO DO,

KILL US?

Liszt's Hungarian Phapsodies

9.15 p.m. London Relay-News Sum-

mary. 9.30 p.m.-London Relay "This Free-

dom".

9.45 p.m.-The Band of H.M. Grona-

dier Guards.

The Smithy in the Wood (Michaelis). The Turkish Patrol (Michaelis). Acclamations Waltz (Waldteufel). The Grenadiers Waltz (Waldteufel). 10.00 p.m.-An hour of Varisty with Charlle Kunz, Bing Crosby, Frances Day Vivian Foster and Others. Vocal-Conviviality. Intro: There is

a Tavern in the Town; In Cellar Cool; Little Brown Jug; Drinking Song: What shall we do with the drunken sailor; Drink to me only; Another little, drink; Drink, Drink, Brothers Drink; Drinking Song; Here's a Health Unto His Majesty.

(from 'San

Columbia Vocal Gem Com- pany with Orchestra. Vocal-Would You?

Francisco'); Robins and (Leslie, Burke).. with Orchestra. Guitar Dipsomania'

Roses .Bing Crosby

(Len Fillis)

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.Len Fillis with Piano. Vocal-You Have That Extra Some- thing (Ellis); I'm A Fool For Lov- ing You (Lewis-Wendling) Frances Day with Orchestra. Humorous The Parson Talks About

Marriage ("Yes, I Think So!")... Vivian Foster (The Vicar Mirth). Piano-Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R. 5. Intro: When I grow tod old to Dream; The Bridal Waltz One Night of Love; My Dance; In the Merry Month of May; The Girl with the Dream Eyes Charlie Kunz.

my

can

Orch. & Vocal Savoy Minstrel Songs-Medley. Intro: Old. Black Joe; Camptown Races; Oh!. Su zanna; Some Folks Do; Nelly Wa a Lady; Old Uncle Ned; We Ar Coming; Old Folks at Home; My Brodder Gum; My Old Kentucky Home; Ring de Banjo; Come wher

love lles dreaming Angelina Baker; Massa's in the cold. cold

the ground; Down among brake; Swanee River... .Debro Somers Band with Male Quarté Piano Piano Medley No. R. 18. In tro: When Irish: Eyes are Smiling Comin' Thro' the Rye; Oh! Yo Beautiful Doll; Yip I Addy; Lil of Laguna; Loch Lomond; If yo were the only girl in the world Daisy Bell....Charlie Kunz wit Rhythm accomp. Vocal & Plano-Later On (Park Hartley);This Heart of Min (Kalmar-Ruby) Leslie Hut chinson.

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