The Thin Red Line'
And Other
London Relays
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 28, 1939
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral.. Gracie 12.30 p.m.-George Formby,
Fields and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Cotton Fox-Trot (from 'Cotton Club Parade').....Duke Ellington Vocal by & His Orchestra with Ivy Anderson. George Formby Medicy. Intro: Sit-
:
ting on the Ice; Do de ok Doh;| Chinese Laundry Blues; Madame Moscovitch; My Ukulele; Fanlight Fanny ...George Formby (Come- dian) with His Ukulele and Orch.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)
Hong Kong Hotel. Speaker: Rotar- jan M. F. Mey, O.B.E. Subject: "Mass Inspiration": An account of a Rotary Convention.
1.03 p.m.-Charlie Kunz at the Piano.
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R. 1. Intro: Dancing with my Shadow; June in January; What a little! Moonlight can do; I've got an in-12.15 p.m.-Close down, vitation to a Dance; Blue Moon; 6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
If Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R. 5(a) Garden of the Moon; (b)
Dreams come true; (c) Foolin' My- self; (d) When you're smiling. 6.14 p.m.-Record: Clownerie Swing (Azarola); Rumba Acrobatique (Azarola)....Azarola at the Piano.
Easter Parade.
to
One
Intro: When I grow too old Dream; The Bridal Waltz; Night of Love; My Dance; In the Merry Month of May; The Girl with the Dreamy Eyes.
Twelfth Street Rng-Fox-Trot; Aw-1.15 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,
ful Sad-Fox-Trot....Duke Elling- ton & His Orchestra.
I Think What You Used To Think Of Me (Turk, Hanley & Lyman); Like] The Big Pots Do (Long)....Gracie Fields (Comedienne) with Orch. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo; Rockin' Chair-Fox-Trot.... Duke Elling- ton & His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus.
ther Report.
Weather Forecast and ments.
Announce-
1.30 p.m.-Dance Music.
Waltz-I'm Forever Blowing Bub- bles....The Green Brothers' Mar- imba Band with Vocal Chorus.
Lady Of Fox-Trots-Xylophonia;
Madrid....Joo Green (Xylophone) and Milt Herth (Organ).
1.40 p.m.-Relay of the Rotary Tiffin Speech from the Roof Garden, of the
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.
THE WORST CONTRACT
North, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable
A 5
J 10 4
J 10 T
5482
109 € 8
10.8 5
1442
6 7
A
4. AJ 98
The bidding:
North
East
South
West
30
Pasa
3A
Paes
40
Pana
INT
Poss
50
Pass
ONT
Dbl.
Pa
Разв PRM
To-day's hand was submitted by Mr. J. E. McDonnell of Baltimore, Md., who described the ensuring argument between North and South over the bidding, which he wishes us to analyse,
6.21 p.m. (a) Who are we to say; (b) I've got a picketful of dreams;. (c) Music for Sweethearts; (d) Rhythm Excursion.
6.35 p.m.-Records: Bojangles Of Har- lem (film 'Swing Time'); A. Fine. Romance (film 'Swing Time')....Fred Astaire (Vocal) with Jimmy Green's Orchestra.
(b)
Schon Rosmarin (Kroisler).... Marcel Mule (Saxophone) with Piano. [6,44 p.m.~(a). Stolen Heaven;
Wacky Dust; (c) Don't let that moon get away; (d) East Side Kick. 6,58 ̋p.m.—Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
7 p.m.-London Relay-The Thin Red Line'. The Royal Welch Fusiliers. This year the Royal Welch Fusiliers celebrates the two hundred and fif- tieth anniversary of its foundation. In this programme listeners will hear of the many engagements in which the Fusiliers have fought with dis- tinction, and of the regiment's privi- leges and traditions. Production by T. Rowland Hughes,
"
Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 6
"LOTO
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording
Needs a Waltz”. A Rádio Opéretta. Book and Lyrics by James Dyron- forth. Music by K. Leslie-Smith. 19 p.m.-The Kentucky Minstrels.
True Till Death (Scott Gatty); Whis- per And I Shall Hear (Piccolomini) Soloist: John Duncan:
Love, Could I Only Tell Thee (Bing- ham-Capel)....conducted by Leslie Woodgate with Herbert Dawson at the Organ.
Relay 'Oliver 9.15 p.m.-London
dramatic A Bean's Adventure', sketch by Burges Meredith. Scene: A test studio of a large motion pic- ture company. Produced by Bar- bara Burnham,
30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.50 p.m.-Songs by Richard Tauber
(Tenor).
(film Vienna, City Of My Dreams
'Heart's Desire'); Let Me Awaken Your Heart (film 'Heart's Desire'); My World Is Gold Because You Love Me (film 'Heart's Desire').... with Orchestra conducted by Idris
• Lewis.
10 p.m.-London Relay The City of London', 'Mincing Lane' by C. J.. Ritchie and 'Billingsgate' by T. S. Dove. Introduced by Alan İvimey.
Symphony 10.20 p.m.-Tchaikowsky
No. 6 In B. Minor, Op. 74. (The. "Pa- thetique" Symphony). Boston Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Sergo Kuussevitsky:
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather 11 p.m.-Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
“AT_THE_KING'S—“The Young in AT THE ORIENTAL "The Bride Heart". A gay story of the most fas- Of Franksteim", an exciting-thriller. cinating famny that ever menaced a With Douglas heart or a bankroll. Fairbanks jun., Janet Gaynor, Roland]
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AT THE ALHAMBRA—"Two Fist--
a-hopeless contract and decided to try to make a last desperate effort to play the hand in his suit. Now came the worst bid of the hand-six notrump. Even if North held a com- pletely solid diamond suit, it would Young, Bilne Burke, Paulette Goddard, ed Sheriff", with Charles Starrett and prove of no use whatsoever (unless the opponents were kind enough to lead a diamond-certainly a remote possibility..
**
You were David Burnstone's part- ner yesterday and held:
A xxx X Both sides were Vulnerable. The bidding:
14
Barnstone
You
Dbf. (?)
ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. The chances are that in spite of the fact that he is doubled, your Taking everything into considera- tion, we would divide the blame Partner's diamond suit is fully as for the 1,100-point penalty equally good as your clubs, and your Ace between the partners since each of clubs will be one trick for him
Lat diamonda.
one had several opportunities to Score 100% for pass, 60% for avoid the trouble that eventually three clubs, 20% for two notrump. struck them. South's contention
QUESTION NO. 59 - NA that his partner should not have
Dewald Jacoby is your partner. opened with three diamonds is cor You hold: rect, for his hand was complétely worthless and, besides, this bid is not summciently pre-emptive to real- hut out. South certainly had to spades on his fine hànd, should have avoided any ble by passing this bid,
ame Sout
Would
·K XIX.
ADATOK
(Copyright 1969, By The Four
He knew he was
ind: North's
Richard, Carison, Minnie Dupree and Henry Stephenson.
Barbara Weeks, In an exciting new all outdoor melodrama, blazing will the coloured and glamour of the Old West, in which Charles Starrett, Co-
AT THE QUEEN'S "Spring Mad-]; ness", with Maureen O'Sullivan and Jumbia's tophand cowboy star, rides:
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Low Ayres in the leading roles, offers a new and sophisticated slant on the conptemporary American college scene.
AT THE MAJESTIC "Three Loves The picture presents the problem of a
Has Nancy”, with Robert Montgomery, boy and girl on the threshold of step- ping from the campus into a broader Janet Gaynor and Franchot Tone, world and faced with the difficulties of grand comedy in which all the three-
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