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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1937.
"Empire Exchange:
Broadcast By Colony Travellers
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.--Dance Music.
Fox-Trot-
Free.
Take my heart.
Is it true what they say about
Dixie?
Rhythm saved the world.
Waltz-
A garden of illusion.
Tango-
The tango of the "Mula”.
Fox-Trot-
Sweet Georgia Brown.
Quickstep-
Fox-Trot
Wabash Blues.
Lost.
1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m. Variety.
Vocal-
Gang Show of 1936.
Ralph Reader and Chorus,
River Man.
I'm pixilated over you.
Dinah Miller.
Instrumental-..
Dipsomania.
Len Fillis.
Vocal-
Little Audrey.
Jay Wilbur and his Band.
Piano Solos-- ·
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
Sweet and lovely.
ZEK 640 k.c's.
5-8 p.m.-European Programme.
Many happy returns of the day. 15 p.m.-A Relay of Dance Music from
Raie da Costa,
1.30 p.m.--Reuter Press; Local: Wea- ther Forecast, Time and Announce- ments.
1.40 p.m.-Symphonie Espagnole, for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21 (Lalo), Played by Bronislaw, Huberman (Vio- lin) and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Georg Szell,
Pare 1-
Allegro non troppo. Part 2-
'Allegro non troppo.
Part 3-
Scherzando-Allegro molto.
Part 4
Andante.
Part 5
Andante.
Part 6
Rondo (Concludion).
2.05 p.m.-Viennese Waltzes.
Immortal Strauss
Strauss Waltzes.
Medley
of
Viennese Waltz Orchestra. The Blue Danube (Strauss). The last drops (Kratzl). ¿
Magyari Imre Ciganyzenekara. 12.15 p.m. Close down.
WI
By ELY CULBERTSON
Finesse Or Squeeze?
The vaunted squeeze play is not, clarer went right after the hearts. nearly as difficult to execute as it is When West showed out on the to recognise. That is to say, once second heart lead, it was a blow to a player knows that a squeeze is the declarer, but he did not give his only salvation, it is a compara-up and continued with hearts in tively simple matter to start the order to establish dummy's fifth wheels turning. The true difficulty, card. West discarded a diamond where experts are concerned, is that on the second heart lead and the in most cases they must guess whe-nine of clubs on the third. When ther to play for a squeeze or for East took the lead on the fourth some much simpler manoeuvre such heart West threw. away another as a finesse. It is a soul satisfying|diamond, which completed his mes- thrill to pass up an even money sage that he had nothing in dia- finesse and successfully negotiate monds and that there was no-use a complicated squeeze, but unhap-in his partner's returning that suit. pily this is not always the outcome. East, therefore, shifted to a low Sometimes a winning finesse is club and declarer was on the spot.
mond, four heart, and two spade
the Hong Kong Hotel Roof-Garden. 6.30 p.m.--Cinema Organ Music.
Dixon Hits No. 2. Reginald Dixon.
In a Bird Store (Lake). In a Clock Store (Orth).
Terence Casey.
Grasshoppers' Dance (Bucalossi). Teddy Bears Picnic (Bratton).
Sydney Gustard.
Palace Theatre Medley.
Reginald Foort.
6.55 p.m. Billy Mayerl at the Piano."
Jasmine.
Sweet Nothings.
Three Dances in Syncopation.
(a) English Dance.
(b) Cricket Dance.
(c) Harmonica Dance.
Billy Mayerl's Own Selection. 7.10 p.m. Variety.
. Instrumental—
A
Landler from the Oberland. Leobner March.
Old Styrian "Hackbrett" (Dul-
cimer).
The World is waiting for the Sun-
rise.
A
Musical Journey from
New
York to California,
Ken Harvey, (Banjo).
Orchestre and Organ-
Ray Noble Medley.
tions
Anton and The Paramount Thea-
tre Orch: at the Organ Reginald Foort.
Wimbledon Tennis: Commentary From The Centre Court
8.15 p.m.-London-Musical Interlude.
-Recorded music.
8.20 p.m.-London—"Of all the Days'. Variations on a week-end thème. A revue for broadcasting.
Book and lyrics by Adrian Thomas. Hubert Gregg, Joan Young, Wil- liam MacLurg, and Robert Ra- therford. Music and musical ar- rangements by Temple Abady, Frank Wilcock, George Barker, and Nene Smith Production by William MacLurg.
8.50 p.m.
Con- cert.
Song Without Words (în A Minor, Op. 40, No. 6), (Tchaikovsky). The Philadelphia Orchestra, Con- ducted by Léopold Stokow- ski!'
-A Short Orchestral
"Le Cid" Ballet Music (Mas-
senet).
New Symphony Orchestra, Con- ... ducted by Eugene Goossens. Pastorale D'Ete (Honegger).
Grand Symphony Orchestra, Paris, Conducted by Arthur Honegger.
News and An-
9.20 p.m.-London
nouncements.
9.40 p.m.--Variety.:
7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-10
and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.
7.35 p.m. Light Opera.
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"Geisha" Selection (Jones).
Marek Weber and His Orchestra. "The Quaker Girl"-Vocal Gems
(Monckton).
Light Opera Company. "Princess Ida"Selection
van).
(Sulli-
New Light Symphony Orchestra. 7.57 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea-
ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-A Relay from the Po Hing
Theatre (Chinese).
11 pmClose Down. 8.05-11 p.m. European Programme from ZEK, on, a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.
8.05 p.m.-London-Empire Exchange". Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies
Vocal-
Why wasn't I told?
Wrap yourself in cotton wool. Bobby Howes (Comedian). Clavelito Del Genil.
Flor Del Mal.
Raquel Meller (in Spanish). Hutch Medley.
Leslie Hutchinson
་
Piano).
p.m. London-Big Ben.
(vocal and
All-Eng-
land Lawn Tennis Club Champion- ship Meeting. Commentaries on the play from the Centre Court, Wim- bledon.
10.30 p.m.-Dance Music.
Fox-Trot-
Crazy with love. Saving up my
Waltz
on you.
Secret rendezvous. The one rose. Fox-Trot-
A nice cup of tea. Love, me to-day...
time to
spend
I'm just beginning to care. Waltz
เ
I'm still in love with you. Fox-Trot
Poor Dinah. Sugar Rose. 11-p.mClose-Down----
passed up in favour of a nonexis-He could count a total of four dia- What's On At the Cinemas
tent squeeze situation.
In to-day's hand- declarer had a tricks. A successful club finesse
AT THE QUEEN'S ALHAMBRAjald Owen. Following her triumph as the
terrific guess. That he guessed would fulfill his contract, but he AND STAR "Waikiki Wedding" "The Gorgeous Hussy," Joan Craw- right was due largely to the co- knew West to be the wooden type A Ray glamorous romantic musical ford gives another outstanding-per- of player who never lies on a sig-from the land of hula hula, with Bing formance. A series of hectic and laugh- operation of an opponent.
Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, packed escapades. South, dealer.
nal, and declarer- -“believed”
the Shirley Ross and George Barbier... nine of clubs implicitly.
S.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
S.-K 9 8 6 H.—A Q 5 4 2
D.-K
C.-Q 6 5
WEST
-Q 10 5 4
H.-8
D.-9 8 7 3 2 C.-K 9 4
EAST
S.-J 7 H.-J 10 9 3 D-10 5 4 C10 7 3 2 SOUTH S.-A 3·2 HK 76er D.—A Q J 6 C.-A J 8
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"NEXT CHANGE.
AT THE KING'S — “Stage Strück," AT THE MAJESTIC "Romeo And with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell. A So, instead of finessing, declarer Juliet"-Leslie Howard and Norma first National comedy romance played the club ace. Three-dia-Shearer in role of the famons Italian songs and laughs.
with mond tricks followed, dummy dis-lovers and John Barrymore selected for carding two spades and a club. important part of Mercutio. Others
are Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes, C.} Declarer had discarded a club on Aubrey Smith, Reginald Denny,
7. Con- the fourth round of hearts and, way Tearle, Edna May Oliver and Andy with Bette Davis, Warren William, MAJESTIC "Satan Met A 'Lady," therefore, now was down to the Devine,
Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher and blank jack of clubs and three
Winifred Shaw. A new-thriller from West had three spades and the club The Run," with Clark Gable, Joan will keep you in laughter from start to AT THE ORIENTAL "Love On the author of "The Thin Man" which king; dummy the king and one Crawford, Franchot. Tone and Regin- finish. spade, the queen of clubs and a good heart; East's cards did not matter. A low spade was led to the king and the fifth heart cashed, declarer discarding his jack of clubs. West now was helpless. To East let go the club king would establish Pass dummy's queen. In desperation he Pass discarded a spade, but this was just Pass as helpful to the declarer, who now led back to his ace of spades and North's four spade bid was more cashed his three spot for the twelfth of an effort to indicate a strong and fulfilling trick.
The bidding: South West
1 no trump Pass 4 hearts Pass 4 no trump Pass Pass
Pass:
North: 3 hearts 4 hearts
6 no tramp
ICOT
4.0 TO-DAY'S QUESTION C Question: The bidding has been: Dealer,
1. diamond
Partner.
1.heart
Hand than it was a desire to play the hand at spades. (North-South were not using asking bids). With almost three honour tricks in his hand and a five card suit that of fered a good chance of returning What should: partner's next bid five tricks, North was properly be with the following: slam-minded:
1 spade volenath me? – do
** [8.—Q 5.8 HAK 7:5 D.-8
West opened the nine of dia- monds. Dummy's king won and de-
mide prⱭ.—A J 8:6 -*· Answer: Two no trump..
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