Anna Lovtsoff -In A Russian Programme
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1938.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Light Orchestral.
Fantasia On Norwegian Folk Songs (Arr. Haland)....Norwegian Light| Symphony Orchestra cond. by In- gebret Haland.
Italian Folksongs, Medley (de Mi-]
cheli) Columbia Meister Orch. Chant De Sirene (Celebre Chanson,
Italienne-F. Volpatti, jnr.) . . . Or- chestre Napolitain.
12.48 p.m.-Anton & The Paramount
Theatre Orchestra,
"The Hit Parade" Selection. "Wake Up And Live" Selection. "Big Broadcast of 1938"--Selection. I p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Jack Hylton & His Orches"
tra with Les Allen (Baritone). When A Woman Smiles--Fox-Trot
(Vivian Ellis).
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye-
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9:52 megacycles)
play Gypsy ("Countess Maritza”—16.45 p.m-Violin Solos. Kalman)....Leslie Jeffries & His Orchestra.
Vocal-Elsie Carlisle Medley....Elsie
Carlisle. Orchestra-"Sailing Along" Selec- tion......Louis Levy..and His Or- chestra with. vocal refrain. Duet-Gailthaler March (Koschat). Yodelling Duet In The Ziller Val- ley....The Baldauf Brothers with Zither & Guitar.
Piano Solo-An Evening With You (From 'Colleen'); I've Got Two Lips-Quickstep..
.....Gerry Moore (Piano) in strict dance tempo un- der the supervision of Victor Sil- vester.
Banjo with Instr..
Quartett-The
Niguh (Improvisation from Beal Shem"-Pictures of Chassidie Life E. Bloch). Joseph Szigeti with Kurt Ruhrseitz at the Piano. Madrigale (Simonetti). Czardas (Menti)......Yvonne Curti.
(Violin) with Piano. Tarantella (Pablo de Sarasate)...
Manuel Quiroga with Mme. Leman de Quiroga at the Piano.
7 p.m.-Marek Weber's Orchestra.
Fantasia On Melodies of Johann
Strauss (Weber). Contrasts-Potpourri
Of Famous
Melodies (Röbrecht). Potpourri Of Waltzes (Robrecht). "Dollar Princess"-Waltz (Fall). Child, You Can Dance Like My Wife,
-Waltz (Fall). p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quola-
World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, (Seitz)
Ken Harvey-17.32
Fox-Trot (Cole Porter)......Orch. 2.15 p.m.-Close down. Don't Kiss Me Good-night (David &
Meyer).
When Old Friends Meet Again (To- bias & Potter) ......Lies Allen. Have You Forgotten So Soon-
Waltz.
Did You Mean It-Fox-Trot....Orch. I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs (From 'Cain And Mabel')......Les Allen.
Mendel's Son's Swing Song-Fox-!
Trot.
6 p.m.-Mozart Compositions.
Overture "Cosi Fan Tutte".
The
con-
B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra ducted by Adrian Boult. Sonata in C Minor....Walter Giese~!
king (Piano Solo).
Ah! Je Le Sais ("La Flute Enchan- tee"-Act 2.-Nuitter & Beau mont).......
Lily Pons (Soprano) with Orch. cond. by John Barbirolli. Haffner Serenade Rondo......Edith
Lorand & Her Viennese Orch.
(Tenor).
Cabin On The Hilltop Fox-Trot 6.32 p.m.-Songs by Eurice Caruso
(From 'Walking on Air').............Orch.. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,
Weather Forecast
ments.
1.40 Μp:m.~Variety.
and
Announce-
Orchestra-Dearest Love ("Operet-
te"-Noel Coward); Hey Gypsy,!
La Procession
Franck).
(Brizeux
Cesar
Prete-Moi Ton Aide ("La Reine De Saba"-Act 2.-Carre) (Barbier- Gounod).
Les Rameaux (Faure).
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.
THE FOUR ACES LEAD-DIRECTING SLAM DOUBLE
the
Against ordinary contracts, primary purpose of a Double is to penalize an overbid as much as possible; against a Slam contract, the primary purpose is to convey information to partner which will enable him to make the lead most 'likely to defeat the contract, Thère- fore, in the Four Aces System, the double of a Slam bid is always a request for a specific lead.
NORTH
S.--A Q J 10 7 6 3
H.-A K 863 D.-K 1073 C-K763
H:
D.-9 5 C.-Q 9-8 5
WEST S-
EAST S. 9.5 2 H.-Q 2 D.-A Q J 8 6 4 C.-A J
H.-J 10 9 7 5 4 D. 2
C-10 4 2
The
SOUTH S.-K 8 4
The lead requested depends upon the bidding. In the event that Dummy has bid any suit or suits other than the final demomination, our Double demands a lead of the
bidding was as follows: first suit bid by Dummy. In the West North East event that Dummy has bid no side 1 H((1) 3S (2).
South suits, but Declarer has, our Double 4 S (4) Pass
4D (3) Pass demands a lead of the first
5 C (5) Pass suit 6 D (6) Pass bid by Declarer.
7 D (7) Pass In the event Pass Double (8) Pass Pass
tions. 7.34 p.m.-Gracie Fields, Frank Crumit
And The Hill Billies.
Pop-Eyed Pete (Kennedy & Carr). Little Mountain Cabin (Kennedy &
Carr)
The Hill Billies. The Girl In The Alice Blue Gown
(Parker). In Me 'Croscope (Harper-Haines).
Gracie Fields.
Whoa, Josephine (Crumit, Burt). There's No One With Endurance (Crumit, Curtis)... Frank Crumit. Wandering Shoes (Hill Billies). Nobody's Darlin' But Mine (Jimmy
Davis)
The Hill Billies. 8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Dance Record.
Slow Fox-Trot-Once In A While. Waltz-Giannina Mia (From 'Fire- fly'). ....Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra.
8.10 p.m.-London Relay
Log'.
'London,
Relays of
Test Match From Nottingham
3. Russian Cherubic Hymn (Vorotni- koff); Prince Igor Peasants" Chorus (Borodin Rimsky Kor-1. sakov)....Sorokin Russian Choir. cond. by Cupt S. Sorokin.
4. (a) Troika (Zoobov);
(b) · Pod Doogoi Kolokolchik (Nikolaev- ky)
Anna Lovtsoft.
5. (a) Prelude Slav; (b) From Sun- rise To Sunset; (c) Beautiful Moon; (d) Along Petrograd Road; (e) Bake..No Bread; (f) Sleep My Baby; (g) Moscow; (h) Ballet from "Koniok Gor- buniok" Russian Vagabonda, Director, Theodore Katz, (Salon Orch.)
6. (a) Eta Rodina Maya (Karlin); (b) Kalinka (Mokarov).....Anna Lovtsoff,
7. "Prince Igor" Polovtsi March, Act 8 (Borodin-Rimsky Korsakov) The B.B.C. Symphony Or- chestra conductor Sir Adrian Boult.
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-The First Cricket Test Match-England v. Aus- tralia. A commentary during play by Howard Marshall from Trent, Bridge, Nottingham.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.-Studio A Talk on local "Lawn Bowls" by Claude Hosking. 10 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel. -
(a)-(d) Tangoes and Rumbas. 10.05 p.m.-Interval of recorded Dance
Music from ZBW.
10.15 p.m.-(a) Loving you; (b) Some-
thing to sing about; (c) Lovelight in the Starlight; (d) Coffee & Kisses. 10.30 p.m.-Interval of recorded Dance
Music from ZBW.
10.35 p.m.--(a) Roses in December; (b). Yankee Doodle Band; (e) Romance in the Dark; (d) Ole King Cole. 10.50 p.m.-Interval of recorded Dance.
Music from ZBW.
8.20 p.m.-London Relay The First 11.00 p.m.-(a)-(d) Waltzes.
Cricket Test Match-England v. Aus- 11.15 p.m.-Interval of recorded Dance tralia. A commentary on the clos- Music from ZBW. ing overs before lunch and a sum-11.20 p.m.-(a) mary of the morning's play by Ho- ward Marshall from Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
| 8.35 .p.m.—Studio - A Russian Pro- gramme with Anna Lovtsoff (So- prano) accompanied by Nura Kanis (Piano).
1. (a) The Gate; (b) Festival Dance; (c) An Old Waitz; (d) A Storm ....The Russian Vagabonds di- rector-Theodore Katz (Salon Orchestra).
2. (a) Shiroka V Polish Daroga (Ni- kolaevsky; (b) Ay Vi Droogi (Shoovalov) Anna Lovtsoff.
You can't run away from love to-night; (b) Cause my Baby says it's so; (c). Stardust. 11.30 p.m.-London Relay-The First Cricket Test Match-England v. Aus- tralia. The afternoon play summar ised by Howard Marshall from Trent: Bridge, Nottingham.
and
Lawn Tennis-The Wightman Cup A commentary by F. H. Grisewood from the Centre Court, Wimbledon. 11.45 p.m.-(a) Malihini Mele; (b) Big Chief swing it; (c) Hawaiian IIospi- tality; (d) Dipsy Doodle. 12 midnight.-Close_down.
What's On At the Cinemas
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AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-Jean Hersholt. BRA "Submarine D-1".
Somerset Maughan's Warner much discussed novel, in which Greta Bros. present their million dollar Garbo gives one of the best perform- drama of America's hell divers of the ances of her career. deep. The tense and amazing tale of the most dangerous game on earth. With Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Way- AT THE KING'S "A Yank At Ox- ne Morris, Frank McHugh, Doris Wes-ford", with Robert Taylor, Maureen. ton, Dennie Moore, Henry O'Neill and O'Sullivan, Vivien personnel of the U. S. submarine ser-Gwenn and Griffiths Jones. The first of Leigh, Edmund. vice.
M.G.M.'s British made productions in which Robert Taylor has his most con- an authentic
AT THE STAR-"The Awful Truth" vincing role and offers A brilliant high comedy starring picture of Oxford which should stir Irene Dunne and Cary Grant: The story the memories of old Oxonians the deals with Miss Dunne's hilarious tac-world over.
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tics of winning her ex-husband Cary Grant. The supporting cast includes- Ralph Bellamy, Alexandra D' Arcy, Ce--Starring Gladys George in a story"
. AT THE MAJESTIC "Madam X." cil Cunningham and Joyce, Compton. (1) A very sound Opening bid.
of a woman who made one mistake and *** (2) A nuisance bid, designed to in-veil", with Greta Garbo, Herbert Mar-Beal, Reginal
paid for it for the rest of her life. The AT THE ORIENTAL "The Painted cast includes Warren William, John. one of the unbid suits. This rare terfere with East and West's nor-shall, George Brent, Warner Oland and Henry. case is the only time when the lea-mal procedure.
Owen and. William.
that neither Dummy nor Declarer Pass has bid any side suits, but our side has, the Double demands a lead of
der must make a decision.
(3) Correct.
ating a Slam.
(5) Another control-showing bid. (6) West is sure the Small Slam can be made.
(8) The Four Aces Lead-Direc-
In view of this specific doubling (4) A control-showing bid, invi- convention, you must not double Siam when you want a normal lead except when your hand is so strong that you will certainly set the con- tract irrespective of the opening. (7) The Queen of hearts looks You. may occasionally lose like a very big card, an opportunity to gather in an extra fifty or hundred points, but ting Double, demanding a lead of you
will defeat many otherwise, the first suit bid by Dummy- makable Slama.
hearts, in this "instance.had
Once North doubled, East and The following hand is a fine illus-West knew what was going to hap tration of the use of this conven-pen to them, but had tion.
no escape. South, obeying North's command, opened the Jack of hearts and the otherwise ironclad contract defeated one trick
West, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable
Copyright 1985, by the Four Aces,"
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