The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1936, Page 12

sna ymin conn SSN RN BRACE RETR AN RN THRE sot KAD ARLE UL a NR TAPCO I __THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936 | THE GUMPS—THE SENTIMENTALIST | WE'VE GOT TO WORK FAST= WE'LL NOT SO FAST, MEESTER RUNT / Coot ee DIN INTHE MORIN o TOU ARE don itis HEART = po zg i IRL": “or! SELL HIM A 15% INTEREST IN AT POOR SEEN roe HE OUR, MINE FOR A MILBION BUCKS-THEN WE'LL HOP A BOAT AND BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY NIGHTFALL SIDEGLANCES - - By George Clark | 8, TON!, Il HATE To TELL ‘You THIS, BUT I THINK 1 HAVE A FLAT “My girl's picture is there somewliere, but darned if I know which one.” | McKenney om Bridge | BREAKS OLD PLAYING RULE Declarer Leads from Strong Dummy to His Weak Suit, Thereby Making No Trump Contract LEW WEN MAKES A PHONE CALL SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED -TO THE JACK! LEW WAIT’ ALLOW ME TO CALL Oe. WEN? OH, I'M THE GOOD 11 LEE HING. HE 1S FAMILIAR We ee By WM. E, McKINNEY (Secretary, American Bridge League) |trump, which was almost uniformly ‘There are many general principles |rcached. of bidding and play which everyone should master, and which should be followed unless there is sound reason for adopting a contrary course. But fulfilled the contract of three no SOLUTION OF PREVIOUS CONTRACT PROBLEM FRONTED BY THE SLUMPED FIGURE OF IN- SPECTOR SO GLAD TO SEE YOU! INSPECTOR? IT APPEARS TO BEA HEART ATTACK..I MUST GET A COCTOR! SS SS = WITH THE INSPECTOR’'S CON- DITION... THAT WAS ONE REASON IWSPECTOR VISITED CHINESE ADVICE - DISTRICT ...FOR WISE DOCTOR'S ( / C4 SUFFERED ANOTHER OF HIS»..ER... ATTACKS ? the real bridge player has few things | which he “always” does, and the word | EMPTREE, “never” is equally infrequent in Be MYRA bridge vocabulary. Today’s Contract Problem ‘ South is playing the hand at three no trump. On the opening play, East wins with the ace and returns a diamond. If declarer plays the proper card to trick one. West may make the mistake on trick two that should give declarer his contract. Can you follow the N. & S. vul. Opener—@ 6. Solution in next issue. 17 * id. Today's hand, another contribution | ™nd- from my friend, Earl Bryan, of Cleve-| _Declarer let West hold this trick land, is one on which a contract was|With the nine, but when West re- made because declarer violated one |turned the king he won and led a of the “always” commandments laid | heart to his king. down by those who seek to teach play.| From this point his contract was It was taken from one of the recent | safe, and he made it solely because he sessions of the Downtown Duplicate | disregarded the maxim “always lead League in Cleveland, and only the | from weakness up to strength.” man who refused to follow tradition Duplicate—All vul. South West North East Pass 1a Pass Pas 2 Pass 3N.T. Pass Opening ‘lead—é 10. 14 ‘The opening lead was won in dum- my, and when the declarer studied the hand, he saw that he had only one entry to his own hand—an honor in hearts. There was no chance to take the spade finesse twice, hoping for a split in the honors and thus making four spade tricks, South had another resource, how- ever and led the spade four from dummy. East, with a singly guardnd king, went up and returned a dia- (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) AT THE e Slippery James Dunn Is Crossed by Woman He always had crowds yelling. . .| for their money back! He could talk) scored in “The Big Broadcast of 1937,” . his way in—and out—of everything} Martha Raye, madcap comedienne from jail to jewels. . . but a dame with dough slipped him the triple- cross when the poor chump tried to! screen with a fresh batch of swing- double-cross love. Who is he? James Dunn, in nis| J@rity in “Hideaway Girl,” the new character of pitch man, or super- salesman of the sidewalk variety, in| 08Y at the Paramount theatre. the fast and furious picture, “Come ” es vho soared to the top rung of popu- Closer Folks,” showing Friday and| : Saturday at the Capitol Theatre. pied eS eee a oe He tells tales a head taller than him- ec self, and will sell you the shirt off your back! Step right up for a load of laughs! Pun with Dunn. . . taking the town} Owsley, Louis DaPron, Ed for the works. . . until a furious fe-| B; ay, eae male lands him in jail—and love! Lovely Marian Marsh, Wynne Gib-| but it is garnished with excellent son, Herman Bing, George McKay,! music and dancing. In lighthearted Gene Lockhart and others help Dunn in dishing out more laughs than you can shake your sides at! MOVIES { 4 | Martha Raye Sings | In Musical Mystery Straight from the great hit she who has captivated America during | the past few weeks, returns to the singing, wisecracks and general hi- musical mystery which begins on Fri- Shirley Ross, another newcomer in the cast carrying the feminine ro- mantic lead role. Robert Cummings | plays the male romantic lead. Others in the distinguished cast trat Monroe “Hideaway Girl” is a mystery story, vein, it tells about a jewel robbery, perpetrated on the scene of a mar- | riage ceremony by a female thief On the same program 1s Ken May-| disguised as the bride.- The police nard in his latest outdoor drama,/ radio alarm gives the number of an “Pugitive Sheriff.” The cowboy star! automobile in which the thief escaped, plays the title role, an honest rancher| and it is the car in which Miss Ross who is elected sheriff and then is| rides in the opening sequences. She forced to flee for his life when he is community. Beth Marion plays the leading fem- imine role. Others in the cast include pose as man and wife until the real thief ts revealed. Before this, how- IS ABOUT TO GO FOR AID, MY BOY, JUST TO SHOW THERE'S NO. HARD FEELIN'S OVER THAT LITTLE BET I LOST, I HAVE WILUIE NOU SAID SOMETHIN’ ABOUT TAKIN’ A NEW PLANE UP TODAY FOR A FIVE Of SK HOUR TEST WELL LISSEN «+ TARE WHOSIT ALONG ,WILNA 2: EEPS IS RON NEXT MONDAY—~ (NO! NOTHIN MUCH DON, I FACT, I DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE, MYSELF, “SPANISH MAIN" HE OUGHT TO 7 PICK A HOSS, GENTS, & AND HAND MESS / TH! ONE WHO COPS OUR POOL,AGREES * FUND—L'VE CUT OFF MY CLIFFS.SO ts STRICTLY JGURED (>) RING TH’ BELL, BUT HIS JOCKEY WAS AN ENGINEER, WHO STOPPED LIKE THAT, HE OUGHT TO BE IN AT ALLCROSSINGS TO WHISTLES if tt: J