Anna Lovtsoff And Nura Kanis: Russian Programme
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12.42 pm The Hill Billies And Nat
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103 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. 1.80 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- meats.
1.40 p.m.-Hawaiian Music. 1.53 p.m.-Dance Records. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6-8 pm-Chinese Programme.
7 p.m.-London Palladium Orchestra.
Dawn (Matt).
Sunset (att).
A Birthday Serenade (Lincke). The Valley Of The Poppies (Ancliffe). Japanese Carniva! (Andre de
Basque).
Marche Symphonique (Savino). 7.20 p.m-Songs by Tarner Layton
(Bass).
A Beautiful Lady In Blue (Lewis &
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Sing Before Breakfast (From Broad-2.
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I Want The Whole World To Lovel
You (Bryan & Marks). When The Poppies
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Foort
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6.35 pm.-London Relay-'Animals On
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8.45 pm- StudioA Song Recital by Anna Le tsoff (Soprano) accompani- ed by Nura Kanis (Piano). A Rus- sian Programme.
1. "Khowantching" Persian Dances
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Aria Antonini (From the Opera Orch. Cond. by Albert Coates.
"Life For The Tzar"-M. Ĝlin-1 ka); Sladko Pel Doosha Salo- vooshko (M. Gliere).......Anna Lovtsoff.
3. "Tzar's Bride"--Song Of The Bride (Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Franko)
Master Yehudi Menudin (Violin) Piano Accomp. Hubert Giesen.
4. Russian Medley Of Folk Songs (Traditional — arr. Sorokin); Gypsy Caravan
arr. Sorokin).
(Traditional-
Sorokin Rus-
sian Choir cond. by Capt. S. Sorokin
5. Davno Malinovki Zveniat (D. Ta-
Second Act Of Carmen By Milan Symphony Orchestra
Smasher.
6.55 a.m.-The Pianoforte Trios
Beethoven.
7.35. a.m.-'Over the Farm Gate-A talk by J. A. Scott Watson, Profes- sor of Rural Economy, University of Oxford
750 3.m.-The News and Announce-
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Greenwich Time Signal at
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hafiko); Nad Poliami (Cher-10.45 am-Big Ben Palace of Var- niavsky):
Anna Lovtsoff.
ieties.'
6. Night On The Bare Mountain 1.15 am-Rehearsal. A glimpse of (Moussorgsky)... London Sym- the preparations for a broadcast phony Orchestra Conducted by
from the Palace Theatre, Burnley, Albert Coates.
Lancashire.
(Moussorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Kor-9.30 sakov) ......London Symphony
By ELY CULBERTSON
How Good Are You?
Mr. Culbertson is
conducting,{
the
through this column, an examina- tion of bridge players. Rate your- self by subtracting from 100 points for each wrong answer.
Question 19 of the self-rating bridge examination. appeared on Monday. It was:
Question 19: You are West, the declarer at a contract of six spades.
North opened the heart
queen
C.-K Q JA
What call do you make?
TO-DAY'S HAND South. dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH.
S-A J 10 5.
HI & 6
D-9 7 5 3 2
C.-4
Your hand and dummy are as fol-SK 6 4 3
lows:
WESI
S-A K 9 8 4 3 2
H-A
D.-Q 5
C-A Q ÷
East (dummy) | D.-Q 4
WEST
E-Q 7 2
SJ 6 C.—J 10 9 5
H.-8 732
SOUTH
D-AK 96
C-K72.-
S.-9 8
EAST S-Q 7 2
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D.-KJ 10 6. C-8 7 32
p.m.-London Relay The News 9.50 p.m.-Alfred Cortot at the Piano.
Sonatine For Piano (Ravel). |10.03 p.m.-Orchestre Symphonique De
Paris.
Musette Et Tambourin (Rameau). March Heroique (Saint-Saens). 10.18 pm-Bizet "Carmen"Act II. Played by The Milan Symphony Or- chestra conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoli
11 p.m.-Close down.
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6.00 a.m.-Big Ben.
Folk dances.
12.00 p.m.-The Chamber Music of
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12.35 pm-Animals on Board. Ship.' A talk by Captain J. J. Cameron. 12.45 p.m.-British Light Music The
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1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcement. 2.00 pm-Big Ben. Ciara
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A talk by J. L. Brierly, Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford.
6.35 am-The Gang Smasher (Epi-
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How do you play the hand, and
why?
H-AK 10 9 3 D.-A 8 C-A K Q 6
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The bidding:
West Pass Pass
North 1 spade 3 hearts Pass
What's On At the Cinemas
East
AT THE ORIENTAL "Slim.". AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Daughter Pass with Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Mar Of Shanghai", with Anna May Wong. Pass garet Lindsay, Stuart Erwin, J. Far-Charles Bickford, Larry Crabbe and Pass rell Macdonald and Dick Purcell. The Cecil Cunningham. A vivid and drama- about tale of two devil-may-cares whose only tic insight into the workings of the
who jobs and the girl.
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AT THE KING'S "Dark Journey.
Answer: Your only danger of de- feat is to find a bad trump break. You are missing the Q-10-7-5. If South these are not all in one hand you 1 heart cannot lose more than one trick by 3 clubs the ordinary method of casting the 5 hearts Pass ace and king. If they are all int The bad final contract came one hand, however, a safety mea-because North was a player sure is required. Your correct play, disdained bidding conventions. South on winning with the heart ace. is thought wistfully of asking bids to lead a low trump toward dum-and the four-five no trump conven- tice-A gripping drama of fanatical
AT THE STAR-Mountain Jus- the picture. my If North holds all four tion, but realised that North did mountain folk who combine an inten- trumps this method will hold hir to not even know the responses, hence sive study of the Bible with child marThis production has Conrad Veidt one trick
In other words, if he was forced to fall back on a dan features Josephine Hutchinson, George An excellent spy-story with intriguing riages and an occasional murder. It and Vivien Leigh in the leading roles. plays the queen dummy's jack will gerous type of slam try.
Brent, Guy Kibbee, Mona Barrie, love interest and a range of pictures- later draw one of his trumps, and West opened the club jack and George Barrat and Robert McWade. que situations. Others in the cast in- the ace-king the other two. If he declarer, when he saw the dummy,
~clude Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell,. ducks, the jack will win and the realised that the game was in jeo-Forget. A great human story of pas- tin Trevor, Sam Livesey, Edmund AT THE QUEEN'S They Won't Ursula Jeans, Margery Pickard, Aus- play of the ace-king will reduce him pardy. One trump, one spade, and sion and prejudice written in words of Willard, Charles. Carson and Phil Ray.. to the lone queen. If North shows one diamond were potential losers. fire and filmed in blazing fury. Hail- out the jack loses to South's queen,There were two possible methods led as one of the truly great dramas but now a firsse has become estab-of play: One, to attempt diamond Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward loaded
AT THE MAJESTIC—"Strike Me since the advent of sound. Starring Pink," with Eddie Cantor, a comedy lished against the remaining ten suit establishment, thus getting rid Norris and Otto Kruger.
with youth, laughter and spot. (If you played the hand in of the spade loser; the other, this way add two points to your take successive spade finesses in score as reward. If you did not, order to ditch the losing diamond. one point demerit.)
Since the former plan required al TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS 13-3 diamond break, against which Question 20: Both sides vulner-the odds are roughly two to able. You are South. The bidding and since successive spade finesses was as follows:
Ihad about a three to one chance for
success, "obviously the cnoîcè not close. Declarer won the open.
North East
1 spade Double
Pass
Pass
South West
Pass 2 hearts
Pass
to
one,
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2 no trump-Pass 3 no trumping lead and finessed to the ten of Pass
You must lead from this
ing:
spades. East won and returned a hold-diamond. The ace was put up and
another spade finesse taken to the
S-Q 94, H-7 5, D. Q 9 7 3 2, jack. This held, and the embarrass-
C.-10 9 8
ing diamond was discarded on the spade ace.
What card do you lead? Question 21: Both sides vulner- A low heart to the king and the able. You are South. East, your low club ruff in dummy followed, right-hand opponent, dealt and bid then the heart finesse was attempt- four spades. Your holding is: ed. Although it lost, declarer had
·S.—S, H‚-A'Q 10 5, D—A KJ6, confined the enemy to two tricks
beauty.
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