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MUTT AND JEFF

SAY, CAP, I KNOW WE'VE MADE PRETTY 600D ADVANCES UP TO NOW- [HOW ABOUT PUTTING ME IN COMMAND

OF THIS TRENCH? I'M REALLY "SOME GUY IN A BATTLE!

THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE

TO HEAR A IMAN/TALK!

I'LL DO IT!

2-21

"TEN:

MINUTE

LATER!!

WELLT A FINE MESS YOU MADE OF THINGS! 'I PUT YOU IN COMMAND

·AND: WHAT HAPPENS?

THE ENEMY TOOK OUR TRENCH!

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1940

By BUD FISHER

AW, WELL-

WE CAN ALWAYS DIG ANOTHER

TRENCH!

HUH, SHOVELING SNOW- WE COULDA STAYED HOME AND SHOVELED,

SNOW AND GOT PAID FOR IT!

Studio

Programme

Today's Wireless

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

tlons.

6.47 p.m.-A Spanish Programme.

Navarra (Albeniz).. Arthur Ru-

binstein (Piano),

Sulte Iberla.....Madrid Symphony Orchestra cond. by Enrique Fer- nandez Arbos.

Brite)

arr.

La Ross Oriental (Espigul); Lamento

(Hernandez - Borincano

Conchita Supervia (Mezzo-Soprano) with Orchestra. 7.17 p.m.-Ravel-Sonatine For Plano.

Alfred Cortot (Piano).

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The Newe.

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

1

9.52 Megacycles

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

Hal 8.03 p.m.-Studio-Concert by

and Toby Lorenzo (Jazz Plano) Gray (Accordeon & Plano).

-F. D. R. 1. Two Piano Medley

Jones....Hal Lorenzo & Toby Gray.

2. Piano Solo: (a) Don't worry about me; (b) Our Love; (c) And the Angels Sing....Hal Lorenzo. 3. Accordeon Mixture No.

Winning

5...

Toby Gray.

4. Piano Solo-Blue Orchids (Con- cluding with Two Pianos play- ing Over the Rainbow).....Hal Lorenzo with Toby Gray.

5. Accordeon & Piano: (a) Ain't she Sweet; (b) Chloe; (c) I'm sorry for myself....Toby Gray and Hal Lorenzo.

6. Plano Swing Medley: (a) Lime- house Blues; (b) Wabash Blues; (c) Farewell Blues....Hal Lo-

renzo.

7. Two Planos-Secret Rag

Lorenzo & Gray)....Hal renzo & Toby Gray.

(arr.

Lo-

8.30 p.m.-Regimental Band of H.M.

Coldstream Guarde.

ter);

London

Relays

Wee Macgregor Patrol (Amers); Policeman's Holiday- One-Step (Ewing).

8.45 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "The Old Contemptibles" Part 2. The Record of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons to Ypres, between August and November, 1914, by Beatrix Brice. Produced by Felix Felton & *Val Gielgud.

9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

mary.

"Vivo La

9.30 p.m.-London Relay

France". The sixth of a series on the Life of the French Army and People.

9.45 p.m.-French

Songs by Albert

Projean and Charles Trenet. 10.00 p.m.-London Relay-"From the Front Bench". Talk by Lord Zet- land on India.

10.15 p.m.-Dance Music.

Martial Moments (arr. Aubrey Win-11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

CONTRACT ANOTHER

(By The Four Aces)

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

ken

Once upon a

JUST BAD LUCK

defeated

WIN FOR KING'S

King's College, who are makingį a great

CORRIGAN WINS K'LOON MARATHON

marathon.

An-

another match last night when they beat resulted in a win for Pte. Corrigan, of

V.R.C. by 8 games to 1.

Following are the scores

H. T. Woo.and K. L. Lui. (King's). beat M. M. de V. Soares and F. A.

Castro

the

the Royal Scots, who finished course in 36 minutes, 4 seconds.

Sig. Lewis, of Royal Corps of Sign- 21-10 als, was second and Cpl. Sutherland,

of Royal Scots, third. 21-18 The final order of placing was:-1 Pte. 21-18 | Corrigan (R.S.), 2. Sigmn. Lewis (R.C.S.).

The nineteenth annual effort to complete their League badminton race, under the auspices of St. time with various to dummy, then a second club trump-fixtures in the shortest possible time, wondrew's Club, was held yesterday and partners in a single session of Rubbered, this time with the King. Now De- Bridge we contracted for three Grand

clarer played his last trump, hoping Slams, each of which was set one

alas, trick. The loss of course was appal- that they were divided; but,

the four

trumps ling, for in addition to the one-trick West's set, we had lost three games and three Grand Slam one trick:

Ever Small Slams.

sinice then been have

extremely careful about taking the bidding past the six zone, and feel that the odds should be at least three to one in our Grand attempting a favour before Slam. However, to-day's hand, which yesterday and held:

we .

was

submitted by a

correspondent,

figures to be almost a laydown, and the fact that it could not be made in spite of Declarer's most valiant efforts wins only our sympathy, for we feel that it was excellently bid.

South, Dealer:

A Q J 10 3 ❤ 6 2

*

沏

*

beat A. K. Rumjaha and A. A. Gu-

terres

beat O. el Arcull and D. M. Xavier

K; H. Lo and T. Lam (King'a). beat Soares and Castro

lost to Rumjahn and Guterres

You were Oswald Jacoby's partner beat Arculli and Xavier

K Q 10 x x

Ò A XX

A JIXX

The bidding:

You Pass 10 (7)

-Pass 1A

Schenken Jacoby

1 24

Malor

Pass Pass

AK J 10 7 5 4

9 8 7.4 Q G ◊ QJ 109

A 5

♡ K 10 9 8

W

OK 874

6 9

S

14 Q 3 88

A

6.2 874

58

444

*

West North Hast

The bidding:

South

10.

Pass

Paus

22

Разв

4.

Pass

4♡

Pass Pass

Pass

Pasa Pass

West opened the diamond Queen South perceived that if either

and

clubs or

spades were divided, the contract would be made. Declarer won

HIGH CARD VALUES with the diamond Ace,

OF THE FOUR-ACES BYSTEM

ACE

3

KING... QUIEN 1 JACK

ANSWER: Bid Ave clubs. Since partner has rebid: freely and you hold such magnificent support, you should easily make game and possibly a Slam,

Score 100% for five clubs, 70% for four clubs, 60% for three hearts, 20% for three clubs or two hearts (inade- quate).

QUESTION NO. 875,

You are Merwin Maler's partner and hold:

A.X

Maler

heart discarding Nă

·from dummy. Dum- my's club. Ace was played.” Thep, taking

Pass

ō K^J X

AKQ 10 The bidding:

Barnstoná Paus

Tou,

Pass

10

54

Pass What do yon bid? tomorrow.

Byndionta

no chances South

trumpedɗa. club with

the Ace of spades. (Released By: Next a trump was led Inc.)

3. Cpl. Sutherland (R.S.), 4. L/Cpl. Wilson 21-11 (R.S.), 5, L/Cpl. Truscott (R.C.S.), 6. Pte. 18-21 White (R.S.), 7. L. A. C. Brown (R.A.F.), 23-20 8. N. Reynolds (Police Training School), B. L. A. C. Moulton (R.A.F.), 10. L/Cpl. Edge 21-12 (RS.). 21-13 21-6

5. P. Chan and W. C. Chung (King's), beat Soares and Castro

beat Rumjahn and Guterres beat Arculli and Xavier

HOME FOOTALL

RESULTS

London, Tod-day.

The following are the results of ball games played yesterday:

Southend

Bournemouth

Everton

South "A"

0 Arsenal

South "B"

1. Queen Park Western

7: Stockport

Pte. Manson, who finished second last year, started but failed to com- plete the course owing to the recur- rence of an old injury,

Albion Hamilton

foot-Morton

BCOTTISH LEAGUE

Arborath Dundee U..

Dunfermline

0 Falkirk

Hibernian

·THE

Western

2 St. Mirren

0

5 'Celtic

Ayr

Eastern

5 King's Park

2

10., Stenhousemuir

2

8. East Fifa

4

-Reuter.

7 Hearts

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