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MUTT AND JEFF

MUTT NEEDS A BLOOD TRANSFUSION IMMEDIATELY BUT WE CAN'T GET A DONOR!

CHEAP TOO!

DOC,WHY NOT

I WOULDN'T DO THIS, BUT

USE A BLOOD-UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES

HOW'S IT

HOUND? IT'S

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I

CAN DO TO SAVE MUTT!

COMIN

DOCP

FINE! LOOK! HE'S. OPENING HIS EYES!

„HOW DO YOU

WOOF!

FEEL MUTT?

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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 30, 1940.

GR-R-R-

WOOF!

WOOF!

4

By BUD FISHER

DOC, FOR THE

LOVE OF MIKE, THROW HIM A

DOG BISCUIT!

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS COCOA CROP CONTROL

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

tions.

6.47 p.m.-Compositions of Weber. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather-

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Henry Croudson

Organ.

at the

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8.15 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music. 9.16 p.m.London Relay-News Sum-

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay

France"..

"Vive · Ja

DECISION

London, To-day.

In reply to a Commons question, Mr. G. H. Hall, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, said it had been decided, after consultation with the Govern- ments. of the Gold Coast and Nigeria, that the most economical procedure would be to destroy the mid-crop of cocoa as it is purchased.

The mid-crop is of inferior quality, to the main crop, and even if it could 9.45 p.m.-Light French Programme.

he stored locally any attempt to dis- La Marseillaise; March Lorraine

(Ganne)....La Garde Republi-pose of it concurrently with the main crop later in the year would merely

Le

caine Band.

OF ALIENS

TIGHTENED

ANTI-GOSSIP CAMPAIGN

London, To-day.

An anti-gossip and anti- rumour campaign is under way in Britain.

Typical of the stories it has to track down was a rumour that the Ger- of is-man wireless has secret sources

information in Englarid so that it can No

get intimate knowledge and advance news of items of local events.

London, To-day. New orders have been sued controlling aliens. adult over the age of 16 may a bicycle, have or control

Chaland Qui Passe (Bixio); be postponing the difficulties.-Reu-motor-vehicle, seagoing craft

J'Aime Tes Grands Yeux (Bixio) ter. Lys Gauty (Vocal) with Orch. J'AI Connu De Vous (Trenet); Vous

Oubliez Votre Cheval (Trenet-. Arcady).

1

Charles Trenet (Vo-

deoniste Alexander et son Örch. Tant Qu'il y aura des etoiles (film

'Au

son des guitares')....Tino Rossi (Tenor) with Orchestra. › One-Step Parade D'Oiseau; Valse 10.15 p.m.-Latest Variety.

Musette Reve Secret....L'Accor- 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE-DOWN.

cal) with Orchestra..

Winning

CONTRACT

(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 existence.

ken

DOUBTFUL DOUBLE

At the conclusion of the hand on f lead-through East-gave South the re which South made four hearts doubled, maining tricks for his doubled con- both of his opponents agreed that East tract. was quite correct in doubling. East Was East correct in doubling four had passed a rather good hand and hearts? West had shown some strength by put- ting in a two diamond overcall, but in order to judge East's double fairly, let us observe how it affected South's play of the hand.

West, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

AK J 6 2 ♡ Q 9 7 ◊.9 5.

♣ Q 9 4 2

42 10 8

4

N

A. A 9 5 3 K 5 2 W E

6 4 2

KQJ 10

8 7

J 7 3

7

♡ A 10 8 6 3 0 3

AK 10 8.6

The bidding!

West

North

East

South

РАВО

Равя

Pase. 10

30

2♡

.80

Раев

Pass

Dbl.

Pass Pass

HIGH CARD WALANES

OF THE FOUR ACKS SYSTEM

*♡ Разв

West opened the King of diamonds and continued, South trumping the second round. South played a small.

heart, playing the nine from dummy, East winning with the Jack. .East returned his singleton club and South won. with the Ace and then led a spade, finessing dum- my's Jack. East re- tured a spade which was won by dummy's

ACE... KING.. QUEEN 1 JACK

King and the

Queen of hearts was

then played. When East ducked South

Of course not. His double simply told South where all the important high cards were located. In other words, East's double was a "giveaway," for without it we doubt very much if South would have guessed everything correctly. Finally, in spite of South's fine play, East could have defeated the contract by leading a third round of diamonds.

*

*

Yesterday you were David Bruce Burnstone's partner and held:

AQ XX

K.QII- -K 10 x x x The bidding: Burustons

10

Jacoby You

Pass

(7).

ANSWER: Your correct bid is thres clubs. This hand is obviously in the slam zone.

Score three clubs, 100%, two spades 80% (It is preferable to force in your longer sult), three diamonds 60% (al- though this bid is a force it is highly inadvisable.)

QUESTION NO. 423/ To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and hold:

J X: K. SAT I' 910x

·The bidding:: Iscoby \"Maior Pass What do you bid?" (tomorrow.)

course finessed and another trump | Ine:)

by The Bell Syndicate,

or aircraft without authority from the police.

The must stay at home between midnight and 6 am. in London and between 10.30 p.m. and 6... a.m. in other parts of the country, unless they have police permission.

From June 3, any alien with no settled residence must report to the police immediately. If he stays over- night in a private house, the occupant must report to the police.-Reuter.

HIGHER PAY IN AGRICULTURE

LONDON-TO-DAY.-

The Ministry. of Information states

that a careful scrutiny of the broad- casts disproves this. There may be a simple explanation of why items Berlin -are, sometimes broadcast in before they are released here...

Information is issued in London in, the evening for the use of the morn-" This may be ing press next day. telegraphed by a neutral correspon- dent and can reach Berlin in time for the midnight newscast..

If the Germans had, in fact, private.. sources of news, they were not likely to advertise ít.-Reuter.

EGYPT TO STAMP OUT FIFTH COLUMN

Cairo, To-day.

The Military Governor of Alexan- COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FORdria yesterday issued an order forbid- SPEEDING UP HOME AGRICUL-ding under heavy' penalties the own- TURAL PRODUCTION ARE NOW ers of cafes, restaurants and other UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE catering, establishments to tune in to SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE foreign news emissions in Arabic, on WAR CABINET SAYS REUTER'S the ground that they are propagating LOBBY CORRESPONDENT.

false news.

It is expected farm workers will be A countrywide search for arms be- given a minimum weekly wage of 48/-gan on Monday when a number of and to enable farmers to meet the schools and private residences be- extra cost, Government will fix higher longing to people of various nationali- prices for most farm produce, especial- ties, including Anglo-Egyptians, were ly wheat.

examined, resulting in the seizure of a number of revolvers and daggers by the police.

Armourers' shops have been sealed.

s

also proposed that every avaliable acre of land will be put into full production, and an order. be lasued to give compulsory pow--Reuter, ers to the Government, to be used In cases where maximum produc- tion le not forthcoming.

believed compulsion will be used if necessary.

There is also likely to be an im- Special attention is also being given mediate comb-out of skilled land- to supplies of feeding-stuffs for live- workers from general industry. It is stook-Reuter.

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