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MUTT AND JEFF

JEFF WHAT'S

THE MATTER?

Boo-Hop I WAS JUST THINKING IE HAD A LITTLE

SON AND HE RAN AWAY FROM HOME-

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BUT YOU HAVE

NO SON! YOU'REJ

NOT EVEN MARRIED!

I KNOW, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING SUPPOSE I WAS MARRIED AND HAD A SON

AND HE RAN AWAY FROM

·HOME --

BUT YOU'RE NOT MARRIED AND YOU HAVEN'T GOT A SON AND HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY FROM

HOME!

I KNOW, BUT SUPPOSE I

I WAS MARRIED AND I DID HAVE A SON AND HE RAN AWAY FROM HOME

AND WAS HIT BY A CAR--

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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1940

By BUD FISHI

WOULDN'T THAT'

?

BE AWFUL?

OH, BOO-

HooHoo- Hoo--

Saigon

Relay

Today's Wireless

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Inter-

cession.

12.40p.m.-The Kentucky Minstrels.

Flight of Ages (Bevan); White

Wings

conducted by Herbert Leslie Woodgate with Dawson at the Organ. 12.40 p.m.-The New Mayfair Orches-

tra.

Minuet (Boccherini, arr. Goehr):

Madrigale (Simonetti).

A Vision of Spring: Intro: Spring Song: O that we two were may- ing; A Spring Morning; Come

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

9.52 Megacycles

Lassies and Lads; Spring's Awak- ening; Now the day is over. Venetian Nights; Intro: Barcarolle in G Minor (Mendelssohn); Bar- carolle ("Tale of Hoffmann'— Offenbach); Carnival of Venice (Benedict).

Milestones of Melody; Intro" Knightsbridge March (Coates);

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.

CAUGHT NAPPINGI

was now on

One of the most interesting features trumping, Declarer discarded a dia- of Contract is that even when holding

mond. East

lead and a "bust" there is still a good chance had to lead either a spade or a club, that some play or signal may decide which of course was trumped in dum- the fate of the hand. Thus, even with

meanwhile discarding his my, South a "Yarborough" it is essential to be on the alert. Here is a Slam that the Declarer 'stole". by catching his East opponent asleep at the switch.

A

South, Dealer,

Neither alde vulnerable

A 5

♡ 9 8 6 3 2 OA 7 6 4

AK 7

AKQT 3 ~ 4

10 9 8 6

2

K Q J

W

10 G

♡ 7 6 0 3

10 9 2

QJB 64

AJ 4

♡ A KQ J 10

0982

53

The bidding:

South West North East

10

20

30

Pass

B♡

Разв .40

Pass

4A

G♡

Pass 5 Pasa

Pass

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE

FOUR ACES BYÉTEN

Pass

Pa68

West opened the King of diamonds and South managed to conceal his dis- taste for the dummy, which had been considerably overbid. Winning with dummy's Ace, Declarer proceed- ed to ruff out his two losing spades and drew the outstanding trumps. Next the Ace and King of clubs were played from ́dummy, then a third club led, on which East care-

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ACT... KING 1.2 "QUEEN 1 JACKIN

TUTIA, MAAME OF PARTES

ZVEDANG HAND 67%

lessly played the Jack.

While it was a fairly natural mistake for East to play the high club, it gave

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remaining diamond,

If East had been alert, he would have played low on the third club lead, hoping that his partner held the ten-spot. East should have known that since he was unable to lead a diamond, it would be fatal for him to obtain the lead.

* * → Yesterday neither side was vulner- ble. You were Howard Schenken's partner and held:

A K 10

◊ A AAJIII

The bidding:

Jacoby

Schenken

Malor

Yea

10

Радя INT

Paos Dbl.. Pasa {')

Pass

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two hearts. This shows a fine hand since if you were weak, you would either (a) have one heart instead of doubling, or (b) have passed your partner's one notrump.

Score 100% for two hearts, 60% for three hearts (an overbid), 0 for any other bid.

QUESTION NO. 448

You are David Bruce Burnstone's partner and hold:

K Q J 10 X X X X ♡ I I

◊ I'

I. *

Maler You Schonken

•Pass (7)-

The bidding: Burnstone 1♡ What do you bid? tomorrow.)

(Released by The

South his contract for, instead `of' Inc.)

(Answer

Bell Syndicate,|

Missouri Waltz (Logan I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay); Pink Lady Waltz (Caryll); Believe me, If all those endearing young charms; Valse Bleue (Margis); All through the night; Faust-Ballet Music (Gounod); Soldiers in the Park (Monckton) .... with Vocal

Refrain.

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot You

Maurice Win-

nick & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Coppet Coloured Gal: Another Perfect Night Is Ending Cab Calloway & His Or-

chestra. Quickstep-A Sailboat In the Moon- light; Waltz-Moonlight Valley (Alm 'Secret Service').. Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orches- stra.

Fox-Trots-Some of These Days; After You've Gone ... Nat Gonella & His Georgians. Fox-Trots-Let's Call A Heart a Heart (film 'Pennies from Heaven'); On A Typical Tropical Night (film

"Go West, George Elliott

Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

Young Man')

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1.45 p.m.-Mozart-Symphony

Major (The "Prague"). Vienna Philharmonic

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Programme of Dance

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Quicksteps-Wishing (film 'Love Af- fair'); Sing My Heart (film 'Love Affair') ... Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Tangos-Quebranto; Sangra De

Suburbio

Orquesta Tipica

Francisco Canaro. Fox-Trots-The Wind's In The West (film 'Aunt Sally'); We'll All Go Riding On A Rainbow (Alm 'Aunt Sally.. Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Comedy Waltzes—I'm One of the Lads of Valencia; The Village Band Ray Noble & His Or-

chestra.

Sequence Dance-The Park Parade;

Slow

Pillow

Studio

Recital

Fox-Trot-Tears

on

My

Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Fox-Trots-All Ashore; Don't Let That Moon Get Away (film 'Sing You Sinner Eddie Carroll & His Music.

Rumba-It's An Old Cuban Custom Novelty Fox-Trot-Swing Synco pation with a Fork and Spoon Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots in "Drumnasti.

and a

Fox-Trots-Between a Kiss

Sigh-Hurry Home... Kay Kyse & His Orchestra.

6.58 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota

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7.00 p.m.-Relay of a Programme from

Saigon.

7.15 p.m.-The Orchestre Raymonde.

Delibes. In Vienna (arr. Walter); In- dian Mail-Descriptive (Lamothe) Glow Worm-Intermezzo (Pau Lincke); Ground in Vienna (arr Walter).

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(Saint-Saens); Damnation 0 Faust-Rakoczy March (Berlioz Op. 24). Gavotte ('Mignon-Thomas); Song Without Words (in A minor, Op 40, No. 6-Tchaikowsky). 8.20 p.m.-Dohnanyl-Quartet

Flat Major, Op. 18. Flonzaley Quartet.

8.45 p.m.-Studio-Piano

Harry Ore.

in

Recital by

9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"World Af

fairs."

9.45 p.m. Mascagni's "Cavalleri

Rusticana".

Characters and Soloists in order o

appearance:

Turiddu, a young soldier

ni Breviario (Tenor).

Santuzza, a village girl

Sanzio (Soprano).

Giovan

Deli

Lucia, mother of Turiddu ... Olg

De Franco (Contralto). Alfio, a teamster. . . Plero Biasin

(Baritone).

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