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Cathedral Quartet.
Blow The Man Down; Tom's Gone
To Hilo (Arr. Terry). Lowlands; Highland Laddie
Taylor Harris).
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7.13 p.m.--Violin And Piano Solos.
Preludes, Op. 28 (Chopin).
Waltz In A Flat Major, Op. 42 (Cho- pin) ....Moriz Rosenthal (Piano). Introduction Et Rondo Capriccioso,
Op. 28 (Saint-Saens)
Rence Chemet (Violin) accomp. by Harold Craxton (Piano). 7.30 p.m.-London Relay The Gang Smasher Episode 1. John Martin- son Takes A Hand'. A radio serial! adapted by Jack Inglis. from the no-
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BRIDGE NOTES
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vel The Gang Smasher by Hugo Clevely Production by John Chest- tle..*
7.50 p.m.—Songs by Richard Crooks
(Tenor).
The Green Hills Of Ireland (Shields
-Del Riego).
Bird Songs At Eventide
Coates).
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Mozart Symphony By London Philharmonic Orch.
7am-Humour in Music.' The B.B.C.
Empire Orchestra.
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ments. Greenwich Time Signal at tra with Donald Stewart cond. by
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9.15 p.m.-London Relay
World Af- fairs. A talk by H. Wickham Steed. (Barrie-9.50 pm Mozart-Symphony No. 29 9.30 p.m.--London Relay-The News."
Good-Bye (Whyte-Melville-Tosti).
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Concert.
11 p.m.-Close down. - 8.03 p.m.-Light Variety.
Comedian with Orchestra-In A Pa- radise-For Two (From the Film); When You Hear Music (From) Paradise For Two').... Jack Hulbert. Cinema Organ-Irving Berlin Memo- ries....Al Bollington at the Or- gan of the Paramount Theatre, London.
Vocal Must I Then (Folk Song);
How Can It Be (Folk Song): Comedy Harmonists.
Dance Orch-Hot Lips-Fox-Trot;
Ain't Misbehavin'--Fox-Trot Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France-Django Reinhardt (Gui- tar), Stephane Grappely (Violin). 8.30 pm. London Relay
Black Dog'. Mr. Wilkes at home in At The
his own bar-parlour. Presented by Pascoe Thornton and S. E. Reynolds. 9 p.m-Musical Comedy.
Porgy And Bess-Selectis (G. Ger- shwin)....Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans Vocalists: Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth,
By ELY CULBERTSON
How Good Are You?
Mr. Culbertson is conducting,;. through this column, an examina- tion of bridge players. Rate your- self by subtracting from 100 the points for each wrong answer.
Questions 7 and 8 in the National Self-Rating Bridge Examination ap peared yesterday. They were:
Question 7. Both sides vulnerable. You are South. North, your part- ner, dealt and bid two no trump. East passed. Your holding is:
Your holding is:
5.-6 5 4 2, H-9 7 6 5 3, D-K 4 3, C-7:
What call do you make?
TO-DAY'S HAND
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
S.—Q 42, H.—A J_6, D.-K 7 3, WEST
C-7 5 4 3.
What call do you make?
S.-J 4
H-7 5 3 2
D. Q 7 5 2 C-10 8 4
5.-3 3 2 HK J 9 8
Answer. You should give a double D-10 3 raise. Bid four no trump. You C-9 6 3 2 would raise to three if you held only one king. The other honours you hold amply justify a slam-try. (Two points' demerit for any bid other than four no trump, except five no trump, for which there is only one point demerit.) -
Question 8. Both sides able. You are South, the Your hand is:
EAST S.-Q 10 9 8 7 H.-A 6 D-943 C-K 75
SOUTH S.-A K-6 H-Q 10.4 D-A KJ 6 C-A Q J
West North vulner-2 no trimp. Pass 3 no trump dealer. Pass
The bidding South
Pass
In A Major Played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 10.15. p.m.-Songs by Maria Muller
(Soprano):
Traume (Wagner).
Im Treibhaus (Wagner). 10.24 pm.Light Orchestral; Variety
And Dance Music.
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Frequencies-
GSJ. 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m.) GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.)
·GSG. 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m)
GSO 15.18. Mc/s (19.76 m). 10.45 am-Big Ben Frank Newman, at the Organ of the Regal Cinema, Edmonton, London. 11.30 am --- The Gang Smasher' (Epi-
sode 1): John Martinson Takes Hand. A radio serial from the no- vel The Gang Smasher by Hugh Clevely.
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11.50 zan-Alfred Van Dam and his State Orchestra, from the Garmont State Cinema, Kilburn, London. 12.30 p.m.-'At the Black Dog Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-par- lour.
pm-Recital by Gregori Teherniak (Balalaika) and
Geoffrey Sisley (Guitar).
1.15 p.m.-World Affairs. A talk by
Wickham Steed.
Orch-Karelia Suite, Op. 1-Inter- mezzo (Sibelius)Alla Marcia... London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr. Vocal-The Sunshine Of Your Smile (Cooke-Ray); Come Sing To Me (Thompson). Derek Oldham (Tenor). Orch-Southern Skies (Kumeke); Red Lips (Kotscher)....Barnabas Von Geczy And His Orch Orch. The First Time I Saw You
Fox-Trot (From Toast Of New York'); Gone With The Wind.... Fox-Trot (From the Film). -Roy Fox And His Orchestra, vocal re-1.55 frain by Denny Dennis. Orth-It's The Natural Thing To Do
-Fox-Trot (From Double or No-f thing); The Moon Got In My Eyes --Fox-Trot (From Double or No- thing). .Roy Fox And His Or- chestra, vocal refrain by Denny Dennis.
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TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies
GSG 17.79 Mc/a (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 ) GSD 11.75 Me/s (25.53 m) GSB 9.51 me/s (31.55 m.)
G.M.T.
6 am.-Big Ben, Take your Choice.' A
weekly entertainment feature.
130 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments.. Greenwich Time Signal at
1.45 pm.
p.m.--Close down
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Frequencies---
GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m) GSG: 17.79 Mc/s ̄ (16.36 m.} GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Kc/s 155 p.m. Opening Announcements. 2 p.m.-Big Ben. Variety. 2.10 p.m.-Pianoforte Recital by De-
siree MacEwan.
240 p.m.The Gang-Smasher (Epi- sode 1): John Martinson Takes a Hand. A radio serial from the novel The Gang Smasher' by Hugh Clevely. 3. p.m.-Programme of Waltzes. 3.20 p.m. Monkey Wrenches in the Trade Machine'. A talk by Siz Jo- siah Stamp.
3.35 pm-Recital by Olive Groves (So-
prano).
4 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 pm 4.20 p.m.-Matters of Moment. A talk by Edward Thompson, in a series for listeners in India.
16.45 am-World Affairs. A talk by 1435 pm-The Dansant.'
H. Wickham Steed.
5 p.m.-Close down.
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West opened the eight of hearts, S-A Q 10 5, HL-A J 4 3 2 and the defenders collected four
D.—2, C.—10 5 4
heart tricks before the declarer Answer. You should open the could draw his breath. On the third bidding with one spade. If you open round East signaled with the ten with one heart (the only alterna- of spades, completing the echo tive) you will be embarrassed for a the fourth trick Declarer also let throughout the show. rebid if partner responds with go a spade. West shifted to his either one no frump or two dia-top spade. Declarer won, and cash- monds. By first bidding one spade, led the ace and king of diamonds, you reserve the comfortable rebid noting with pleasure that both op of two hearts." (One point demerit ponents followed suit. The dia- for bidding one heart, 2 points' mond jack then was overtaken wi demerit for any other call)
the queen, and a club was led and finessed Now the six of
TO-DAYS QUESTIONS Question 9. Your
vulnerable; you are not. and pick up this hand-
to dummy's seven provided. tay for a repeated club
You deal the fulfillment of the contract.
The hand was sim worthy of note.
-2, H-None, D. KQ 109
865 3, CQ FIT
What call do you make?
Question 10. You are vulnerable;
discard properly heart, carefully ret fourth diamond as
opponents are not. You are Southcond entry to dummy. West deals and the bidding proceeds feature and the lucky
follows::
North Fast
spade Double
clarer was that he South mond six and North the
tead of vice versa.
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