Old Popular Songs Studio Programn
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1230 p.m.--Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra and Charles Kellmau (Tenor).
Stradella-Overture (von Flotow
arr. Balfour). Orchestra con- ducted by Siz Dan Godfréza jest The World Is Mind To Night (Mar-
vell & Posford):
By The Dark Lagoon (Baddeley
Love, Here Is My Heart (Ross &
Siles)
Charles Kallman.
Three Dances From Nell Gwyn:
1. Country -Dance.
2. Pastoral Dance:
3. Merrymakers' Dance.
Chanson Triste (Tschaikowsky, arr.
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La Damnation De A La Nature Weather 0. Nature
(Massenet)
Orphee Et Eurydie
Orchestre com
Cohen.
1.30 pm Reuter
ments. Weather For
140 pm---Schüber
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Grace
Music Hall
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A series of talks broadcast, from USA to the British Empire.
17.45 pm-Lordon Belay-Songs of the
Seasons. No. 4-Winter. Ten min-18.10 am-Take your Choice? A week- utes winter time music "with" -Janet
ly entertainment feature. Der
of the Seasons-
Lind, Bernard Chiton, The Radio 8.40 a.m.
Graees, and The Band. Presented (Gluck) by William Maclary. M-Elie 755 pClosing Local Stock Quota-
tentions
Press:13 pm Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements..
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Wilhelm Back
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Cello and
Double-Bass.
Stewart). Orchestra conducted 2.15 p.m. Close down
by Sir Dan Godfrey.
6-7 in.----Chinese Pr
1.00 pm-Local Time Signal and Wes-7
ther Report
1.08 pm-Georges Thill. (Tenor) and Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. Musette Et Tambourin (Rameau)
Orchestre conducted by Fran- cois Buhlmann. Norwegian Rhapsody (Lalo).............Or- chestre conducted by Pierre Chag-
BRIDGE NOTES
pan De Groot & His Orchestra. The Wall Dream
Straus)
Destiny (Baynes) Waldtenfel Memories
3803 pa-Studio Revival of Some Old Popular Songs, by J.C.M.G. And © CILAT Continued.
8.30 pm London
Reminiscence
Winter 8.50 2.m. The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at
9.00-8.7
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GSG 17.79 Mcfa
The B.B.C. Empire
Orchestra, Leader, Leonard Fürsch
ESO 1518 Mc/s
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Conducted by Chitton Helliwell; Col 10.45 am. Big Ben. Programme
leen-Clifford (Soprano), John Rorke
(Baritone).
9.30 pmLondon Relay The News. Selection (0.19.50 p.m.-Songs by Miliza Korjus
Orchestra Orchestra.. (Arr. Finck). Orchestra
(Soprano).
Zanardini).
(Denza, text
La Danza (Rossini). 7.15 pm London Relay Take Your 10 p.m. Viennese Waltzes.
Choice. A weekly entertainment feature.
By ELY CULBERTSON
How Good Is Your Bridge?
TO-DAY'S HAND
North, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
Shanties
11,15 a.m.-Take
your Choice." weekly entertainment, feature: 11.45 am
Winter.*
Songs of the Seasons
11.55 am. Monkey Wrenches in the
Trade Machine" A talk Josiah Stam
Grieg.
My Darling ("The Gipsy Baron-12.10 p.m.-The Chamber Music
Strauss).. Berlin State Opera 12.30pm-Music-Hall Reminiscences. Orchestra conducted by Dr. Leo 1.30 pm The News and Announce- Blech
ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 145 pm.
Blue Danube (Strauss). Vienna Blood (Strauss)
De Groot & The Piccadilly Orch. 155 pm-Close Down. 10.15 pm-Variety Numbers.
10.35 pm-London Belay-The Lin- coln'. A commentary on the Lin colnshire Handicap from Carholme, Lincoln,
BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY
TRANSMISSION
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GBG 17.79 Ma/s (1886 IL) GSO 15.38 Mc/s (19.76 mL) GSD 11.75 Mc/B (25.53 m) GSB 9.51 mic/s (81.55 m)
GMT.
How good is your bridge? Are The plan of examination is sim-11pm. Close down
10.50. p.m.-Dance Music. you a master, an expert, an advanc-plicity itself. That it will work, I ed player, a middling player, or sim- can guarantee you. It has been test- ply a dub? I propose to tell you!ed thoroughly on all types of players. How? I have developed a scientific I will give you the details of the method which will automatically rate plan in to-morrow's column. every one's game. And now I am going to conduct, through this co- lumn, a National Bridge Examina- tion, which will be simple, quick, and decisive. By means of this examina- tion I will not only enable you to rate yourself and to diagnose pre- cisely your strong and weak points, but I will know at last how many of the 20 million players' in this country are expert, good, middling, or plain dubs. Besides, should you be married and your rating be high- er than your wife's (or vice versa) that ought to settle it for the cur- rent year, at least. Thus, I perhaps qualify for the Nobel peace H-10 9 % prize and perhaps undo some of the D. damage that I have wrought upon¦ C so many homes.
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West
7.00 am-Big Ben. Programme of
Irish Music.
Frequencies-
GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.) ESG 17.79 Meƒs (16.85 m). GSB 15.14 Me/s (19.82 m):
·GSJ. (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Ma
1.55 pm-Opering Announcements. 2:00 p.m. Big Ben, 'Swift. Serenade.”
The Swift Serenade. Concert Orches tra
2.35 p.m. The Lincoln': A commen- tary on the Lincolnshire Handicap, from Carholme, Lincoln.
2.50 pa Violin Music. --
3.00 pam Palace of Varieties." 4.09 p.m.-The News and Announce
Greenwich Time Signal at
merts
415 pm
420 pmPianoforte Recital by Cecil
Bamaner.
440 pm-World Affairs. A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Roberso *5.00 p.zi.—Close Down.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S "All American
AT THE MAJESTIC--"Rainbow On Sweetheart", with Patricia Farr and The River, a glorious romance star- Scott Colton. A College musical ro-ring Bobby Breen ably supported by the famous Hall-Johnson Choir of a hundred voices.
mance.
AT THE ORIENTAL "London By Night", with George Murphy. Rita Johnson and Virginia Field. The story Dance" Stuart Erwin,
AT THE STAR “Dance, Charlie, reveals the London of tradition, gloomy Glenda Farrell, Alen Jenkins, Charles Jean Muir, to" outward appearances in its viel of
fog, but gay and dramatic in its lights Foy Mary Trees, Tommy Wonder in and night clubs and deals with a mys- backstage story with guany new an- tery plot and of a reporter out to solve gles. Country boy Erwin inherits $20,- the murder but encounters the daugh 000 at the expense of the Big City. A 000 and decides to make it into $50,- ter of a wealthy man to find her deep- ly involved in the murder
swift farce-comedy with music.
This idea of world-wide examina- tion of players came to me as result of numerous requests from players who offered me cash for examining and rating their games. They wanted to know their “bridge weight," their weaknesses and what to do about them; in short, wanted North East South to be "handicapped," as in golf. 2 diamonds Pass 2 no trump Pass AT THE QUERY “Wise Girl”, AT THE ALHAMBRA “Daughter Only the other day a pretty good 3 no trump Pass Pass Pass with Miriam Hopkins, Bay Milland and of Shangha with Anna May Wong, player offered me $100 to examine West opened the heart ten, as the comedy drama, depicting the unique Cecil Cunningham. A vivid and dra- Henry Stephens. A fast moving Charles Bickford, Larry Crabbe and and diagnose his game. "If one safest and most constructive lead type of romance between a determin-matic insight into the workings of the knows what ails him,” he said, “one Dummy played the queen and East ed young heiress and a poor artist, billion-dollar "es" racket, the high is half cured”
the king. Thereafter the contract whom with the best intentions in the game of speaking aliens into the Unit-- world, she tries to double-cross, and ed States past the immigration author- I now propose, to do for you and became a laydown, since declar
this serves as the basis of this fast]ities, is one of the highlights of the millions of other readers what I was could enter his own hand with the moving story, unable to do for him individually, heart jack to cash a long heart and because of lack of time, with this a long spade. important difference: The examina- Fast could have defeated the con- tion will be far more complete and tract by being reasonably alert. The thorough than could be any single, heart ten lead had absolutely denied personal examination, and it will be the jack and declarer, therefore, was entirely free of charge to any reader marked with that vital card. It of this paper who wishets to be might well be (as it actually was) rated by me. Not only that, in case declarer's only entry. Had East you fear that you may be thrust wisely allowed the heart queen to into the dub class, or do not wish (hold, declarer's own hand would have! me to make this embarrassing dis-been dead and it would have been covery (it is well known that thou- 2 simple matter to confine the dummy sands of players deliberately refrain to eight tricks.
from writing to me about their Incidentally, North's opening bid bridge for fear I will think they was wrong. -Two no trump was the are not so hot), you can rate your proper opening bid
self in the privacy of your own have passed and home. If your wife (or vice versa) have been one tha is too inquisitive, why, there is made without the help always a lockable bathroom.
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