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MUTT AND JEFF

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO

You?

OH, I WAS OVER TO MY GIRL'S HOUSE AND HER FATHER THREW

ME OUT!

BUT I WENT RIGHT BACK IN AGAIN!

YOU DID? THEN WHAT HAPPENED

4-26

HE THREW

DID YOU GO

BACK-IN

AGAIN?

ME "OUT""

AGAIN!

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 8, 1940.

SURE!\I WENT BACK SIXTIMES AND EACH TIME HE "THREW ME OUT!

THEN WHAT: DID YOU DO.

By BUD FISHER

"OH, I TOOK THE

HINT AND LEFT; I KNOW WHEN

I'M NOT WANTED!

Beethoven

Concerto

Today's Wireless

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Inter-

cession.

12.30 p.m.-Songs by Joseph Hislop

(Tenor).

12.40 p.m.-The New Mayfair Orches→

tra.

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and

Weather Report.

1.03 p.m.-Reginald Dixon at the Or-

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1.13 p.m.-Victor Silvester & His Ball-

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London Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent,

6.40 p.m.--Schubert Songs

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

9.52 Megacycles

6.50 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

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6.52 p.m.-Verdi's "la Traviata": Act

M.

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p.m.-Request Variety 8.17

Pro-

gramme. Vocal-Waltz of My Heart (from

"The Dancing Years')

Mary Ellis with Ivor Novello at the Piano accomp. by The Drury Lane

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

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down the Ace of trumps, then cashed three diamond tricks, discarding a spade from dummy. The fourth dia- mond was then played and, as South hoped, West held the Jack. South dis- carded the remaining spade from dum- my, allowing West to win the trick, but now East could not obtain the lead was safe due to and the contract South's resourceful play.

Theatre Orchestra. Orch. - Chanson

Bohemienne

(Boldi); On A Dream Summer Night (Krome). . De Groot &

His Orchestra.

...

(Alm Paul

Vocal-Love Song (film 'Sanders of

the River'); Canoe Song 'Sanders of the River') Robeson (Bass) with Orchestra. Orch.-"Firefly"--Selection Louis Levy & His Gaumont-Bri- tish Symphony with Vocal Ref. by Eve Becke and Gerry FitzGerald. Vocal-Bird on the Wing: (Kennedy & Grosz)... Robert Ashley (Bari- tone) with Orchestra. Orch.-Waltz (Durand).

... Marek Weber & His Orchestra. Vocal

Clementine (Montrose); Solomon Levi (Beaver); There's A Tavern. In The Town; John Peel (Trad.) Stuart Robertson (Bass-Baritone) with Plano ac- "comp. and 'Chorus. Orch. "The Waltz Dream"--Selec- tion (O. Straus). De Groot & The Piccadilly Orchestra.' Vocal--O Sole Mio (di Capua).

Enrico Caruso. (Tenor) with Sym- phony Orchestra.

Orch. In A Clock Store (Orth)

Otto Dobrindt & His Concert Or chestra.

Orch.--In A Clock Store (Orth)

Otto Dobrindt & His Concert Or- chestra.

p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

9.15 ...mary.

9.30 p.m.-Request

gramme continued.

To-day's hand almost turned out to be a terrific disappointment to South. He certainly held a fine hand and, after his partner had shown hearts, it looked as though a Slam was far from remote. As the

Vocal-Old bidding developed, South, of course, could have doubled his opponents' four-spade contract, but decided that a "sure" rubber was to be preferred to a small penalty. To his surprise, West doubled the five- club contract and after the singleton

Yesterday David Bruce Burnstone heart opening it appeared that South

was your partner, neither side, was was in imminent danger of being set. | vulnerable and you held:

West, Dealer

North and South vulnerable

7.3 A 10 6 8 2 OQ7

AQ 85 4

30 62

N

OJ 104 20

KJ 10

:6 2 J985

8 05

K 7 8

KQ4

·A÷K 9 3

A Q∙10 9.4

Z♡

·The bidding: West North Bast Pass Pass

Раве 1

2A

South

1.

1♡

Paga

Pass

Pass

Разв

藤 Pass

Dbl. West's defensive campaign was well thought out. He reasoned: "First I will lead my singleton heart. Then

HIGH GARIF MALUKS OF THE

FOUR ACKS WYIJEN

ACE ....... KING QUEEN 1 JACK.....'

after winning a trump trick, I will put my partner on lead by underleading my spade Ace and I will then be able to ruff the heart return"

Pondering as how to upset West's strategy, South saw a glimmer- ing of light. After ning the heart opening he laid

9 8 x

✡

I

QXX X

it 0 10 1

The bidding: Barnston 14

Jacoby

You Maler

ANSWER: The best bid is a pass; Four spades with only three small trumps is dangerous-five clubs more 80. A double of four hearts is un- sound.

Score 100% for pass; 70% for four spades (a gamble that may turn out

all right if partner has a good spade

sult); 0 for any other bid.

QUESTION NO. 431

Oswald Jacoby is your neither side is vulnerable hold:

KJ 10 x

Q10 9x

The bidding?

partner,

and you

Maler You Burnstanė

Dbl.

What do you bld?" (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

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Slow Fox-Trot-Fenny Serenade

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Gino Bordin &

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Step-Oh!

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Johnny, Oh!

Arthur Young and

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Beryl

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Jack

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