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MUTT AND JEFF

JEFF, DRIVE ME OUT TO THE COUNTRY! THE WIFE'S

OUT THERE REDUCING

HER WEIGHT!

SURE!

SAY, THIS MATCH BOX JUST CREEPS ALONG! | CAN'T YOU 60 ANY FASTER?

NOLIT ONLY GOES IN, FIRST SPEED! I ONLY

PAID FIVE BUCKS FOR IT!

HONK! HONK!

BETTER PULL OVER! SOMEBODY IN BACK- WANTS TO PASS!

O.K.

HONK! HONK!

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

CHONK! HONK!

HONK!

First Act of

"La Tosca"

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-Schumann-Concerto in DI

Minor. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York cond. by John Barbirolli.

6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.32 p.m.-Compositions of Faure.

Ballade, Op. 19....Marguerite Long (Piano) with Orchestra cond. by Philippe Gaubert.

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

9:52 Megacycles

En Prière....Georges Thill (Tenor) with Maurice Faure at the Piano. Elegie, Op. 24....Maurice Marechal

(Cello) with Piano by Maurice | 8.18 p.m.-Dance Music, Faure.

Tarentelle, Op. 10, No. 2.....Ger- maine Cernay (Mezzo-Soprano) and Rene Talba (Tenor) with Jo- seph Benvenuti at the Piano. 7.00 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording —

High" Part I.

"Flying Written and arrang- ed by Alan Russell and Charles Brewer,

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

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather

Report and Angouncements." 8.03 p.m.-Singers on Parade. With Sam. Costa, Helen Clare, Paula Green, George Barclay, Pat Hyde, Al Bowlly, Marjorie Stedeford, Jack Plant, Dinah Miller, Dan Donovan, Alice Mann and Jack Cooper with Felix Mendelssohn & His Orchestra.

Fox-Trots--Blues In My Heart; Cocktail Swing....Nat Gonella & His Georgians. Waltz-The Waltz Lives on (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938')....Henry Jacques with His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra.

Swing Fox-Trots-Afraid to Dream (film 'You can't have everything'); Roll 'Em....Benny Goodman &

Winning

(By

CONTRACT

The

Four Aces)

His Orchestra. Tangos-Moonlight Kisses; Poema Geraldo & His Gaucho Tango Orchestra. Fox-Trots-You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming; You've Gotta Take Your Pick and Swing (film 'Let's make a Night of It') .... George Elrick & His Swing Makers.

| 8.45 p.m.~~De Groot & His Orchestras. Other Days: (Selection of Popular Melodies-arr. Finck)........De Groot & The New Victoria Orchestra. "Gipsy Love"-Selection (Lehar),

....De Groot & His Orchestra. ́ ́ "Les Millions D'Arlequin"Seren- ade (Drigo); Old Spanish Song (Aubert)....De Groot & The Pic- cadilly Orchestra.

Chanson Bohemianne (Boldi).

Groot & His Orchestra.

De

| 9.15 p.m.—London Relay-News Sum-

RECEPTION OF

REFUGEES

LONDON, TO-DAY: ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE AUTHORITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND ACCOMMO-

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-DATION OF REFUGEES FROM ken.

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

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PUTTING PARTNER ON THE SPOT

Harry Fishbein, winner of the Mas- ters' Pair title last year, recently in- vented a new bid in the middle of a hand. Fortunately, his partner was able to read its significance.

West, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

Mr. Fishbein

AK J9 5 3 ♡ 6

* AK 8 7 4 2

4 2 A 5

KQJ 10 W

E

9 7 6,3,

S

Q 10 8 ♡ K J 10 3 ◊ A 5 4 2 J 10

+

7 6 V.Q.9

8

7.4.2

0.8 53

The bidding:

West North

Bast South

40

50

Равв

Pass

5NT

Pass

Pass

Pass

Раве

Pass 8 Dble Pass

As already reported, South read the message, bid the six clubs on four small, and was rewarded by making his doubled contract.

They will be received temporarily at centres in London, Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Glas- gow, Belfast and the Isle

of Man, and from these centres they will in due course 'be dispersed to more per- manent accommodation..

It is hoped to accommodate a pro- portion of the refugees in private

P. S. April fool! Actually, the five- notrump bid was too much for South, who went to six hearts. Mr. Fish-houses-Reuter. bein then bid six spades, was doubled and set a trick, But if partner had read the bidding, six clubs would have been made.

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*

You were Dayid Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday. Both sides were vulnerable and you held:

Q x x

A 10 0 8xx.

The bidding:

You Jacoby

2de Pass (7)

Burnstone

JA Pass

ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. You really shouldn't have overcalled in the first place, and your partner could have jumped to five clubs with a really tremendous

Mr. Fishbein was na- | hand. ~ HIGH BARE VALUKS →→ turally puzzled as to DRACKS RYSTEN – What to do over the

ACE. KING

QUFEN I JACK!

news

QUESTION NO. 409

You are Oswald Jacoby's partner

opening four-diamond į and hold: bid and finally decided on the cue-bid: of five diamonds, in spite of the fact that he sure his partner would respond In hearts which South of course

was

♣ A Q 10 978

The bidding:

You

· Schenken

Jacoby

14

Faza

(?)

a

did. Then when Mr. Fishbein bid five notrump) hø-expected his partner Sto read the message that he held -spade-club two-suiter, the theory be- ing that if he had heart support, he would simply have raised hearts.

What do you bid? (Answer Lomorrow.)

THREE BURGLARIES IN A FORTNIGHT

༣

Three burglaries in the space of a fortnight has been the lot of Sanitary Inspector A. C. Sinton, of 15 Grampian Road.

Latest occurred on Sunday. In his report to the Police Mr. Sinton stated that between 2.30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sun lay, his house was entered and a sum of $424 in cash removed from his bedroom.

In the

E-máry.

Schumann

Concerto

9.30 p.m.-London Relay--"Cards on

the Table".

9.45 p.m.-Violin 28olos by Joseph.

Szigeti.

Caprice No. 24 (Variations In A Minor) (Paganini)....with Plano accomp. by Kurt Ruhrseitz, Scherzo Valse (Chabrier).......... with

Piano accomp. by Nikita de Ma- - galoff.

9.58 p.m.-Elleen Joyce at the Piano.

Scherzo Op. 10 No. 2 (D'Albert). Solitary Traveller, 'Op. 43, No. 3; Brooklet, Op. 62, No. 4 (Grieg). Butterfly, Op. 43, No. 1; Melodie, Op.

47, No. 3 (Grieg).

10.10 p.m.-Puccini's. "La Tosca" Act 1. Singers in order of appearance: Piero Pauli (Tenor); Giovanni Azzimonti (Bass); Antonio Gelll" (Baritone); Carmen Melis (Soprano); Apollo

• Gränførte (Baritone); and Nello Palai (Tenor), with Chorus and Or- chestra of La Scala, Milan, conduct- ed by. Carlo Sabajno. [11.00 p.m.-CLOSE. DOWN.

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YEAH?

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The mentally sketchy girl. friend thinks when her beau says she looks like the first flower of spring he's poking fun at her new

Easter bonnet..

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London, To-day. The House of Commons has ad- journed until May 21-Reuter,

Roof Garden

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5 till 7 P.M.

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