1940-05-28 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

HE LOOKS

AWFUL PALE,

I DON'T KNOW!- HE'S AWFULLY WEAK!

OH-~~

I THINK

WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE HIM A BLOOD

DOC! WHAT

HAPPENED TO HIM?

SEEMS LIKE HE LOST ALL HIS BLOPD),

I KNOW

WHAT'S

NEED A DONOR

TO BLAME!

WITH HIS KIND.

TRANSFUSION! I'LL

OF BLOOD IMMEDIATELY!

HERE YA ARE, DOC! HERE'S A DONOR!

DONOR?)

YEH, A MOSQUITO

I CAUGHT IN MUTT'S BEDROOM LAST NIGHT! HE'S FULL OF MUTTE KIND OF BLOOD!

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 28, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

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Dance

Music

6.00 p.m.-Tchaikowsky - The

Lake Ballet Music.

Today's Wireless

Swan London Phil- harmonic Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati.

6.35 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.37 p.m. - A Concert by Richard Crooks (Tenor) and Essie Ackland (Contralto).

Ludolph

7.00 p.m.-Compositions of Debussy.

"The Children's Corner" Suite....

Alfred Cortot (Piano).. Nuit D'Etoiles....Helene

(Soprano) with Piano accomp. by Gerald Moore and Organ accomp. by Herbert Dawson.

Petite Suite....Symphony Orchestra

cond. by Piero Coppola.

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

9.52 Megacycles

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The NewB. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Lucienne Boyer (Vocal)

and the Orchestre. Raymonde. Dance of the Merry Mascots (Ketel-

bey)....Orchestre Raymonde. D'Amour En Amour (Delettre); La Boyageuse (Delettre)....Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) with Orchestra. A Musical Snuff Box (Liadow); Parade of the City Guards (Jes- sel)....Orchestre Raymonde.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken.. beaten every other system in existence.

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has

A RUINOUS OPENING LEAD

Following the completion of to-day's hand there was considerable dissatis-

faction.

North and South vulnerable Part score of 40

A 10 6 3

♡ K 4

◊ AK 2

♣ KQ 6 5 4

1

N

A QJ 6 4

♡ Q J 10 9

♡ A 6 5 3

1. 8 7 2

E

◊ 8 6 4

◇ 3

S

4 A 3

AJ 9 8 7

AK 8 7 2

V

O QJ 10 9 7 5 ♣ 10 2

The bidding:

South West North East

· 3♡ Бо Pass Pass

HIGH BARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

י

made it very difficult for him to show the exact nature of his strength. He felt that with 40 on score he could not make his normal bid of four clubs since conceivably South could pass that.

However let's go back to - West's opening lead. He violated a principle for which he paid heavily, namely- never lead a "blind" singleton when holding only one trump.

*

*

En Se Regardant (Delettre); Chez

Moi (de Misraki)

Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) with Orchestre. Only A Rose (from "The Vagabond King'-Friml); Song of the Vaga- bonds (from "The Vagabond King' —Friml)....Orchestre Raymonde, 8.32 p.m.-Sea Songs.

8.45 p.m-Studio-The "Toast" Series on Naval Occasions No. 1: Reserve Fleet.

8.67 p.m.-Short Variety Programme.

Comedienne-My Young Man's Ever So Nice (Vivian Ellis); Dennis, The Menace from Venice (Pola)

...Effie Atherton with Orch.

REMEMBER THE IROQUOIS?

|

Mishen

Debussy Compositions

Humorous Monologues-Reading to the Children (Marshall); The Bo- tany Class (Marshall).... Arthur Marshall,

Comedienne A Perfect Lady (Pherns & Gwyn); Women In Love (Rutherford & Wilcock).... Doris Palmer with Piano. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News-Sum-

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay-A Topical

Talk.

9.45 p.m.-Cesar Franck-Sonata In A Major. Alfred Cortot (Piano) and Jacques Thibaud (Violin). 10.13 p.m-Respight -The Birds — A Suite for Small Orchestra. Brussels Royal Conservatoire Orchestra con- ducted by Desire Defauw. 10.30 p.m.-Dance Music. 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

SUNDAY HERALD CUP ALLOCATION

The following are the allocations of the Sunday Herald International Charity Cup Competition made at the last meeting of the Council of the Hong Kong Football As- sociation.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul $700,00

Industrial Home for Blind Girls $200,00

New York, To-day. Officials of the United States Lines stated yesterday they had not been officially informed of the Berlin report, Sallors' Home and Mission to Seamen $250.00

in published

the news-St. John's Ambulance Brigade papers here alleging that the Little Sisters of the Poor-Home for safety of the refugee liner "President Roosevelt" threatened.

$400.00

the Aged

Hong Kong Benevolent Society

$400.00

$800,00

$300.00

Society for Protection of Children

$650.00

$300.00

$300,00

is Canossian Institute for Blind

The "President Roosevelt" is to Children's Playground Association bring Americans back from Europe. Cheero Club ....

The officials added they were not Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood' $200,00 going to wireless the ship's master

about the report, which was issued Sailors' and Soldiers' Home by the German official news; agency Salvation Army Yesterday you were Merwin Maier's in Berlin. partner and held:

Q 10 x x x

♡ x

KIII

♣ KIX

Pass Pass

10%

3♡

The bidding: Maler Burnstone

Pass 1A Pass (7)

You Schenken

2♡

South China Athletic Free Schools The German report sald "a trust-- Chinese Seamen's Mission worthy source" In Boston, Massa- St. Louis Industrial School chusetts, had revealed the British were planning to blow up the liner during her return trip to the United States from Galway loaded with

Americans.

The British would then charge it to the Germans, thus arousing Ameri- can sentiment to bring the United ANSWER: Your correct bid is four States into the war at the Allies' sidel clubs. Even though your partner has-Reuter. cue-bid hearts, your singleton heart should be of value to him,

10 60 West opened the nine of spades, the ten was played by dummy, East played the Jack and Declarer won with the King. He then played the Queen of diamonds, then an- other diamond over to dummy's King, played the six of spades from dummy and let it ride. He now drew East's last trump, finessed the spade again, conceded and you hold: one club trick and

ACE ..... 3 KING QUEEN 1 JACK, J.

AVERAGE HAND BL

made his contract.

Score 100% for four clubs, 60% for three spades (your partner might as- sume you have a better spade suit,) 0 for three notrump (Indicates wrong type of hand and is unsound), 0-for- Ave clubs (an overbid.)

QUESTION NO. 421 Howard Schenken is your partner,

Q XX

KQxx

K 10 x I I

The bidding:-/ Schenken Burnstone You

10

East was riaturally very annoyed at his partner's opening lead which showed Declarer the exact location of the spade suit. Strangely enough the principal. annoyance was that of South against his partner for jumping to five diamonds with only three trumps.. We are rather inclined to agree with South, On the other hand it must be to-morrow.) pointed out that North had a tre- (Released by The mendous' hand and the three-heart bid ! Inc.)

Pass(3) What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

Bell Syndicate,

In the

$400.00

$500,00

$200.00

-$100.00 ..:$200.00

Hong Kong Branch of the National Association for the care of War Orphans

$400.00 Queen Mary's Hospital Xmas Tree

Fund

$ 50,00 Boys and Girls' Club Association $200.00 Garrison Ladies Help Society New Territory Relief Association Amenities for Interned Soldiers

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