1940-04-26 — Page 26

MUTT AND JEFF

HELLO,

VES, COME IN

I'D LIKE

MRI BROWN,

I'VE BEEN EXPECTING

YOU!

TO TALK

το του

ABOUT--

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YES, YES, I KNOW!! EMMA TOLD ME! ALL ABOUT YOU--BUT

BEFORE I CONSENT TO YOU MARRYING

NA MY DAUGHTER

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS!

HOW'S BUSINESS?

OH. FINE, SIR! BUT "I DON'T KNOW. YOUR DAUGHTER EMMA! I'M HERE TO COLLECT·

A PAYMENT ON

YOUR BIANO

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 26, 1940.

OH, EXCUSE HUH? | ME, DAN!

By BUD FISHER

BUT, ER--IF YOU INSIST, I'M WILLIN' TO GO THROUGH WITH

THE MARRYING

IDEA

HEY, WHAT

ABOUT THE PAYMENT ON YOUR PIANO

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Luba Shaftain

Recital

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-Dvorak-Quartet In A Flat

Major, Op. 105.

Prague String Quartet.

6.27. p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.29 p.m.-Verdi's "Rigoletto" Act III. Characters and Soloists in order of

appearance:

+

Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto cedes Capsir (Soprano).

Mer-

The Duke of Hantua... Dino Bor-

giolo (Tenor).

Rigoletto, his jester

Stracciari (Baritone).

Sparafucile,

Doninici (Bass).

a bravo...

Riccardo

Ernesto

Maddalena, sister of Sparafucile

Anna Masetti Bassi (Contralto).

and The Milan Symphony Orchestra.

7.05 p.m.-The Orchestre Raymonde.

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

Taming the Tiger (La Rocca); Chanson D'Amour (Suk); By The Sleepy Lagoon (Eric Coates); Polonaise Militaire (Chopin, arr. Walter).

7.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.--Beethoven-Symphony No.

7 In A Major, Op. 92. Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski 8.40 p.m.-Studio-Luba Shaftain (Piano) playing An Arrangement of Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata.

Berceuse (Jarnefelt); A Night On | 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

The Waves (Finnish Waltz-Kos-

mary.

fairs."

kimaa); Electric Girl (Helmburgh- 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"World Af- Holmes); Orient Express (Mohr);

Minning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

BACK AND FORTH

While to-day's hand may not have spades ride. Now his troubles were been bid in elegant fashion, neverthe-

over. True, West ducked the second less the final Contract of six notrump spade. Dummy's nine held the trick

a pretty good

and now all South had to lose was. the Ace of spades.

was

one. However, South needed to get into his own hand and he could do so only by overtaking one of dummy's tricks,

North, Dealer

4004

K Q 10 9, 3

AK Q J 10. K

AJ 65

8. 2.

-N 7. 4. 2

W

7 2

8 6 5

6 4 3

Q.10 5

4 2

8. 4

K 10 9 3

0 7.5

AJ 8 7 3

The bidding:

North

East

24

Pass

South

3

West

Pass

30

Pass.

3NT

PASB.

GNT

Pass

BNT

Pass-

Pass

Fash

West opened the deuce of hearts and Declarer saw that his main pro-

WUGH CARD VALUES

OR THE FOUL ACER SYSTEMİ

ACE KING QUEEN 1 JALK

It will be noted that if Declarer had

held the first heart lead in dummy, he

would not have been able to make the hand against perfect defence,

To-day's hand illustrates the an- swer to yesterday's question.

Score 100% for correct play.

Question No. 894.

David Bruce Burnstone is your part- ner and you hold:

The bidding

Burnstone

blem was to get into his own hand to lead a spade. Accordingly, he decided to take the bull by the horns, overtook dummy's Queen of hearts with the King and led the eight of spades West ducked" and "Declarer simply let the eight of | Inc.)

2NT.

Maler

Pasa

Разв (1)

What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released By The Bell Syr

}

9.45 p.m.-Dance Music by Jay Wilbur

& His Band.

Novelty Fox-Trot-Dancing Moth; Fox-Trot-I Nead You; Quick- step-It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day (film 'Gulliver's Travels'); Slow Fox-Trot-Faithful Forever (film 'Gulliver's Travels'); Fox-Trots- Dream Time; Lost; Fox-Trots- The Glory of Love; Hold Me Tight I'm Falling; Fox-Trot-That Old Feeling (from "Vogues of 1938'). 10.10 p.m.-Arthur Askey (Comedien). Crash; Bang; I Want To Go Home (The Black-Out Song from 'Black Velvet'); Willow, Tit Willow (Phil Park-Parr Davies); F. D. D. Jones

(Rome.) with Jack Hylton &

MILITARY BAND CONCERT

A military band concert in aid of the funds of the B.W.O.F. is to be given at the Peninsula Hotel on Sun- day evening.

The programme is as follows:

1. March. Triumph of Right.......Lovell. 2. Rhapsody-Slavonic

Friedemann,

Carl Friedemann has written two Sla-- vonic Rhapsodies, both excellent exam- of eastern ples of the type of music Europe. The No. 2 opens with a heavy. Brass introduction, which gives way to a light Capriccioso, and this leads to a highly rhythmic Allegro. This is ter- minated by a brilliant but difficult Ca- denza for the Clarinet, which leads to the Anal Presto to end this vivacious work.

3. Selection-Community Land,

arr. Stoddon. 4. Song-Salut, Demeure Chaste et Pure,

Gounod. Gaston D'Aquino. Tenor. 5. Selection-Merrie England..............German. 6. Song-The Lost Chord...

Sullivan.

7. Selection-Old Favourites...arr, Stöddon. 8. Accordian Trio-Geo. Plo-Ulski, Art Car-

neiro. Terry` Lucido playing-

1. Two Gultars,

2, The Rosary,

3. Medley of New War Songs. 9. Selection-He Wanted Adventure,

Waller.

10. Phantasy-The Three Bears......Coates. 11. Song-Land of Hope, and. Glory..........Elgar,

Muriel Portallion. Contralto.

12. Medley-The Charm of the Waltz, .

arr. Winter 13. Selection-Snow White

.Churchill.

Beethoven

Symphony

Hylton & Some of His Boys. 10.20 p.m.-Gino.

Hawailans

Bordin &

His

Waltz-Delilah (Nicholls); Hawaiian Berceuse (Bordin); Tears of Love (Bordin).

10.30 p.m.-Jack Hylton & His Or

chestra.

Fox-Trots-Mendal's

Son's Swing Song; Cabin On The Hilltop (film "Walking on Air').

Waltzes-The Umbrella Man (from

"Those Foolish Things); Fordinand. The Bull (from the film). Fox-Trots-When A Woman Smiles; Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye. Quickstep-Shut-Eye.

Fox-Trot-I Go For That (film 'St.

Louis Blues').

Waltz-Have You Forgotten So Soon. Fox-Trot-Did You Mean It. 11.00 p.m.-Close down.

3-8

(Rolessed by The Bell Syndicate, [30.3

The honeymoon is over wherr the bride.discovers her husband'r mail is being marked "personal.”

14. Finale-Grand Military Tattoo....Rogan.. Synopsis:-Bugles, sound. Tattoo-- Drums and Fifes, play a quick march- Signal Call-Assembly March-Trum-- peters sound Grand, Tattoo-Creations Hymn (Beethoven)-Call Prayer Abide with Me Order Arms-Lights Out... Regimental March-Sir Manley Power,

THE KING."

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