THE CHINA MAIE, OCTOBER 30, 1937
French Orchestra
Music Ravel
And Saints-Saens
Today's Wireless
12-1220 pm Relay of Special Service
from St. John's Cathedral.
12:30 p.m., Bing Crosby,
One: Two, Button Four Shoe.
So Da I (both from Pennies from Heaven)...with Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra.
Song Of The Islands (arr. King). Aloha De (Liliuokalani, Kennedy).
with Dick McIntire & His Harmony
Hawaiians.
Saddlest
I'm An Old Cowhand
(both from
Rhythm on the "Range”). Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. Havaian Paradise (Owens).
with
Thick McIntire & His Harmony Ha- waikos.
12:50 pm-Les Allen (Baritone).
Mine Alone (film 'I live for you'). Moon For Sale (Trevor, Henderson & Rosen). Les Allen & His Cara- diaz Bachelors Rehearsing A Lallaby (Sigler, Good- Hart & Hoffman) ...Les Allen with Garroll Gibbons & His Boy Friends.
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ZBW 355 M. 845 Kčs.
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pm-Local Time Signal and Weather Accordion Mayo Hornpipe.
Report
1.83 pm-Variety-
Organ---
Night Must Fall (film "The Tenth
-Man)
Free (from O-Kay for Sound").
Quentin M. Maclean. Novelty-
Little Mountain Cabin (Kennedy
Carr). Pop-Eyed Pete (Kennedy & Carr).
The Hill Billies. Banjo-
The World Is Waiting For The
Sunrise (Seitz).
Frank Murphy
1.30 pm- Beuter and Rugby Press;
Local Weather Forecast and nouncements +140 p.m. Baie
Der Fledermaas
Costa at The Piano.
(Strauss. Grunfeld).
Jazz Goblinsv
Waltz Romantique (Raie Da Ca King Of Jazz Medley p.m.-Musical Comedy Sélections. "Viktoria And Her Hussar” -- Vocal}
Gems (Abraham) Light Opera Company. Careless Rapture-Selection (Ivor
Novello). A Musical Journey From New York
Orchestre Raymonde -Close down) y To California. Ken Harvey.215 pm-
14-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme.
Orchestra-
Whistling Rufus (Kennedy &7-12 midnight European Programme.
Mills).
7 pm-French Orchestral Music Steamboat Bill (Shields & Leighton La Valse (Ravel)-Orchestre De La
Societe Des. Concerts Dra. Conserva Bros.) International Novelty Orchestra.
toire, Paris. Conducted by Philippe Gaubert.
By ELY CULBERTSON
A Bidding Problem
44
be the
"Dear Mr. Culbertson: One of Taking up the bids in the order the most acrimonious bridge bat-in which they pecurred, I most fles I have ever seen was fought heartily agree with my correspon over the following hand which oc- dent's opinion of North's curred is a rubber bridge game. double. It was awful! All of the participants involved port for neither major suit wish your candid opinion of the in fact, every colson bidding, and would like to ask you "frightened to death"
likely heart response, North should a specific. question.
have confined himself to one of two courses. First, he might have vulner-Passed in the hope of trapping diamonds. Second, if he felt that there was little chance of the op ponents reaching the heights in diamonds, he could, of course, put in a two club overcall. This latter
"This was the hand- West, dealer. Both sides
NORTH
S6 H-None
C. —K Q J87 5
D-K Q.10 8 2 D-None C-10
WEST
EAST
S—AJ 10 8 H-A· 14-
SK 9.4.2 H-873 2
C-4 9 6 4 3
SOUTH
S.
7.5.
10 9 6 5 6 5.3
The bidding-
West
North East
South
Marche Heroïque (Sai
Orchestre Symphon Conducted by F.
7.24 p.m. Songs by Lacie
La Voyageuse f
D'Amour E- Amour
(Lelievre-Delettre) –
Saens).
of Parist
By
John Goss And
Richard Tauber
Czardas (Gro Voices O
Strauss) Orchestra.
Mascotte. Kotelly.
Waltz
(J.
Pitman & His
8.30 p.m.- London Relay Variety. In- cluding George Back (Compere), Knight and Day, Helen Raymond Harrington and Feist, and Barry Ann and Teddy Ephgrave at Iwo Pianosí 19 pim-Local Sports Results.
9.13 pm.---Songs by Tauber (Tenor).
Had You But Known
Denza Brugg Indian Love Ly Hope We
7.30⋅ p.m.- Closing local Stock Quota--- Announcemen
Groot an
elay The News
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- 9.50 p.m-Relay of the Dance Orches ket Report
7.35 pm Light Piano & Violin Concert
Songs Without Words F Major. Hunting Song (Mendelssohn)}.-
Benno Morservitch (Piano).
Serenade (Drdla),
Valse Triste (Scott).
tra from the Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel
12 midnight-Close dow
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On stations DFA 1138 m. DJB 19.74 m, DJE 1689 m, DIN 3145 m, DJQ 19.63 m.
Marjorie Hayward (Violin).†110 pm Week-end music Die Fledermans-Du Und Da-
Waltz
250 pm-Greetings to our listeners. 4.45 pm. Concert hour.
Schatz Waltz (J. Strauss, arr Doh-3 pm-News and economic review in
manyi)
(Piano).
Ernst Von Dohnanyi,
Londonderry Air (arr. Kreisler).
Fritz Kreisler (Violin). 8 pm- Local Time Signal, Weather
Report ange 8.03 pm Joh
Cathedral
English
15.45 p.m.-Topical talk-
16 p.m.--“His Majesty Reviews the Troops A radio play around Frederick the Great.
Top Light Masie-----
penie-News÷ire Englishë- 110.15 pm-To-day in
would have the advantage of indi- What's On At the Cinemas
cating a lead against a possible no trump call by East but, on the other hand, would have the disad- vantage of encouraging South to start bidding in the major suits.
AT THE KING'S “God's Country, nan Marsh and John Treat
George Brent and unique detective thriller And The Woman” Beverly Roberts, supported by Barton MacLane, Robert Batrat and El Bren- del in technicolour film.
AT THE STAR-
Joe El-Browns "th
dian delinestes
aviator
Vinton
I must say that East's pass to the takeout double had a lucky outcome. I am much afraid that
AT THE ALHAMBRA AND THE town journalist I would have spoiled everything QUEEN'S The Road Back with and as usual alt by a one spade rescue bid. South Barbara Bead John King, Richard happy ending should have bid two hearts in res-Cromwell, Slim Summerville and clade Guy Ki
Lionel Atwill- Intensely human, pow- Haworth and Harian ponse to the double. His hand was erinliy dramatic with a skilful blend- much too strong for the forced resing of comedy, pathos and suspense ponse of one heart West, I should say, deserves credit for his con- trol in passing on this and the next round of bidding. It parent that knew his he
ap- офро- nents" and gave them more than hang enough rope with which to themselves.
the story vividly tells of life in Ger- many following the Armistice. It con cerns the efforts of a group of boys to FAT THE MAJESTIC... Theodora adjust themselves to conditions as they Goes Wild With Irene Dunne as the find them after four years of absence madcap herome of a gay romance in the trenches. The sequel to "All which
eliciously, delightful-in
of he quiet on the Western Front and writ the grandest ten in the same oken manner.
treer. Melvyn ing male role
includes Tosalind, LeonS
brifiant screen has the Tead-
ry Kolker, Thomas Mitch
Risdon, Robert Greig Spring Byi
The Great Mary MacLaren, Thurston Hall, With Akim Tamiron-Ma-garet McWade and Sarah Edw
1 diamond Double Pass 1 heart Pass 2 clubs Pass 2 hearts Pass
3 clubs Pass
"The question we want to ask is, what should be South's next bid? Should he or should he not bid three hearts? I may say that he conventional takeout double, there actually did, was doubled, and took the rap" for 1,400 points.
AT THE ORIENTAL There is no question that, as the bidding actually went, South Gambini should have bid three hearts over three clubs. His seit was streng enough to stand on its own feet sound -and and, if Nerth had
still was chance of a game despite the fact that North had not sup- ported either one or tw hearts.
"North insisted that his three club bid was a signoff, but how The drastic punishment was, in could he sign off in a minor suit my opinion, the result of the after originally inviting a major atrocious takeout double.
never bidding, the
respasse
other major himself? My own opin ion is that his takeout double of
one diamond
I have es
heated arg
about the worst
case settle this
"Cordrally,
O., West Palur
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
Question Partner ope bidding with two diamon player passed with
ID —9, C—A 75
Two
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