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haten)
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and Len Fillia. Vocal-Mentories of дуу Ok!
Hill Billes;
Hand
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('ow Vocal
My First Thul Clem 'She shall have music'h June Clyde (S0- prano) with Orchestra, Gullar Swanee Mouli
Others)
Hawaiian
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HUH!
1.22
Beirnend by The Dell Syndjesia, ing Į
Dieting Dot says all these people who rave about exer- cise being heaps of fun don't know what hard work means.
(Towers & Lon Fillis with Piano, Vocal Do The Runaround CRI
She shall have
June Intsic) with Clyde Soprano)
Orchestra. Vocal Carry Me Back To The Lone
Prairie Robison) The B 1311- Ties. Accordeon-The Hobgoblins~ Polka Waller Porschmama: Vo- cal-Well Rest at the End of the Trail (Poulton & Rose) The Hill Billies: Hawaiian Guitar -Waltzing to the Guitar--Medley. Intro Desi tiny: Missouri; I Love the Moon, Allee Blue Gown, Love will find Way: My Hero. Le Fillis. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter & Rugby Press and 9.30 p.m. --A
Announcements.
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1.45 p.m.-Schumann-Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129. Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Bar- birolli.
2.15 p.m.Close down.
5.45 p.m.--Indian Programme. 6.30 p.m.Closing Local Stock Quota-
tious,
6.32 p.m.-Dance Music.
Fox-Trot Flea on
Sprec
Teddy
Powell & His Orchestra. Waltzes-- Pleurait (8m 'Pleges');
Mon Petit Kaki
L'Accordeoniste
Deprince & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I Just Couldn't Take
Baby: Junk Man Jack Tengar- den & His Orchestra
Tangos--La Punalada: Se Lo Llevaron Orquesta Tipica Francisco
&
Lanaro, Quickstep -Give Me My Ranch: Fox-
Trol-Goodnight. My Beautiful
1115 Ken Snakehips' Johnson West Indian Orchestra. 7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. 7.15 p.m.-London Relay -Britain
Speaks Talk by J. B. Priestly. 7.30 p.m.-Portuguese Programme. 8.00 p.m.Local Time Signal and An-
nouncements.
8.02 p.m.-Plano Duels by Ivor Moreton
and Dave Kayo.
Tin Pan Alley Medley No. 2-Intro: Goodnight my love; So do I; I need you: Boo-Hoo: Love Marches On; What will I tell my Heart. Tin Pan Alley Medley No. 24-Intro: When you wear your Sunday Blue; It's a lovely day to-morrow: Moon- light Avenue; Careless; A Hittle rain must fall; I cried for you. 8.15 p.m.Studio-Talk by Brigadier General French, C.M.G., C.B.E.. on *Censorship',
8.30 p.m.-Variety.
9.15 p.m.--London Relay-'Questions of
the Hour'.
Recital by Frederick Thurston, Wanda Landowska and Lily Pond.
1 and 2 in C Major: Preludes Nos
Prelude No 3 in C Minor: Fugue in C Mmer for Two Voices (Bach)... Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord). Suite for Two Clarinets (Alan Frank):
Prelude-March-Rondo-Dirge Finale
Frederick Thurston and Ralph Clarke (Two Clarinets). Lo Here The Gentle Lark (Bishop) Lily Pons (Soprano) with Orchestra and Flute Obbligato
Fantasia 173 D Minor (Mozari)..
Wanda Landowska (Piano). Ah! I Knew It (from "The
Flute'-- Muzari) Illy Pons (So- prano) with Orchestra.
Magle
A Truro Maggot (Philip Browne-In 17th Century Manner); Gigue (C. H Lloydi; Largo and Allegro Glo Frederiek cose (Galuppi-Craxton) Thurston (Clarinet) and Myers Foggin (Piano),
9.45 p.m.-News in French 4on Short
Wave only ).
10.00 p.m. London Relay 'Scots
Abroad'.
10.15 p.m.-Songs by Theodore Chalia-
pine (Bass).
Song of the Volga Boatinen (Chalta- pine. Koenemann); The Prophet. Op. 49 (Rimsky-Korsakov): Slander is a whispering zephyr ("The Barber of Seville-Rossini), 10.27 p.m.Compositions of Prokofieff. 'Love of the Three Oranges'-March and Scherzo-Waltz Scherzo....Lon- don Symphony Orchestra cond, by Albert Coales Cavolte from Classical, Symphony", Op. 25). Joseph Szigeti (Violin) with Piano. Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26- 1st Mov: Andante-Allegro; 2nd Mov: Andantino-Tema con variazione 1- 5: 3rd Mov: Allegro non troppo F'istesso tempo...Serge Prokofieff (Piano) and the London Symphony Orchestra cond. by Piero Coppola. 11.00 p.m.-Close down.
NO LONGER SAFETY FIRST
Vocal-Oceans Apart (Rooney, MIL ler). Judy Garland with Orches- tra: Orch-Play Gypsy (Kalman) Hungarian Gypsy Band; Vocal- Figaro (from 'Babes in Arms').... Judy Garland with Orchestra: Orch.-Blue Forget-Me-Not (Banffy) ....Hungarian Gypsy Band: Humor- ous Monologue-Keeping a Stiff Up- per, Play Up and Pay the Dame.... Oliver Wakefield 1'The Voice of In- The National Safety First As- experience'); Mouth Organ-Night|sociation has decided to change its Over Shanghai (film The Singing title to the Royal Society for the Marine). Larry Adler with Or- Prevention of Accidents. chestra: Vucal-Chloe (Song of the Swamp) (Kahn & More!) The Radio Three with Their Rhythmic
Escorts; Mouth Organ-You Can't Run Away from Love To-night (flm "The Singing Marine')....Larry Ad- ler with Orchestra & Vocal. 9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. A. - Pickhard, general secretary, said they felt their accident prevention work might be handicapped, if it were waged under a slogan con- trary to the present needs and spirit of the country,
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