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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 13, 1941.
RADIO RED
12.15 p.m.Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Dance Music by Roy Fox
and his Orchestra,
Fox-Trois--It's Got to be Love ("On
your Toes'); Cowboy
Waltzes My First Love Song (3
"Queen of Hearts"); Would You (flou “San Francisco") Fox-Trots When the Sun Says "Gond- Migh (o the Mountain, 13 Sing You 6 Thousand Love Songs (Alan *Cain and Mabel'i
Slow Fax-Trut Sweet Leilani (filmu
"Walki Wedding")
Fox-Trois -Love Fred Learn
*"That Girl from Paris"). IC I Should Lose You (film “Rose of the Rancho
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal
1,01 p.m.-Songs by Raquel Meller.
Clavelite Del Genii (Romero), Flor
Del Mal (Padilla Montesines), Gl tam, Gitana (Prado & Romero) with Orchestra
1.11 p.m. - Bizet--daux d'Enfants-Ballet
tia conducted by Antal Durati
1.30 p.nt.-- Reuter & Hugby
AnnounceITALEN
TAPE
GRIP ON SHIPPING
PRACTICAL SHIPPING MEN of ability and experience have been sidetracked by Civil Servants. They have been told to confine their energies to matters of minor importance, leaving Civil Servants almost complete freedom to deal with matters of vital practical importance and urgency to the coun- try and the industry.
This indictment of the red tape stranglehold on the shipping in-
Suite. London Philharmonic Orches.dustry was made by Sir W, Rear- don Smuth, Bart, president of the Bristol Channel Shipowner's As- |sociation, address.ng the members
at Cardiff.
1.45
R.M Orchestra,
Bournemouth
Press and
Municipal
Idylle Bretonne (J Gennial, Crocus
Time Serenade for Strings (De La Riviere), Echoes of the Valley (J Gennin). The Merry Brothers (J Gennin); Oriental Dance Novelly Duet 1C While): Carlsbad Doll Dance (1. Pleiert. The Two Imps (K J Alford). Dancer of Seville Gruow) conducied hy Sir
Dan Godfrey.
2.15 p.m.-Close down
5 45 p.m.--Indian Programme.
6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
Teens
6 32 p.m. Half an Hour with Masnanet. **Manon Fantusta Matek Weber and his Drebesita "Sapho" Air
10. Jeatt Georges Thili (Tenor) with Orchestra. Thais Medita. 1+01 Huston Promenade Oret
Thais Tell
1 ain Beautiful Maryse Benton (Soprano) with Orchestra
Pittoresques Petes Boheme The London Pal- Jadium Orchestra
Werther
Scenes
Pourquol le Reveiller" Schipa (Tenor) with Orchestra
Tito
Sir Reardon Smith controls the largest fleet of tramp ships in Wales.
The most disturbing feature, he said, was the endless deluy in coming to finality on question which were left unsettled month after month.
tween
Delays were due to lack of cooperation and confidence be
practical shipping men and the chief Civil Servants at the Ministry of Shipping.
ASSES WHO
AID HITLER
The Communist party WHIS described by Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Lord Privy Seal, as being among those people "useful to Hitler" in a speech at Tonypundy, South Wales.
"But," he added, "they are not having much success in this coun- try, because most of the workers see through them."
Hitler bought some traitors, but always found a certain number of gratuitous asses who became his unconscious tools. The number in free countries tended to be few.
"It seems," he went on, "that The Communist party conven- the peace-time methods it the led a confereure raded the Nation- Civil Service are still employed at Convention the other day. Hit- during the present emergency with ler's papers reported it fully. the result that instead of time be helped him in trying to persuade coming the vital factor it appears the Germans that this Country to be of little or no account.
was disunited.
Whitehall Jealousies
"Most of us in the
per-
"If the Communists can sunde workers nut to .work through the Alert it is useful for Hitler. Every bit of grit that they industry can put into the wheels of indus- 7.15 p.m.-London RelayQuestions [have watched with growing con- try helps Hitler and makes
7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News.
of the Hour",
7.30 p.m.-Portuguese Programme.
the
cern the apparent neglect of ship- | task of the rest of the people of bing by many Government de-this country more diffleult.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and An. Į partinents, including Transport,
Toesents
8.02 p.m.--An
Questa.
Hour
of
Supply, Food and even the Ad- Classical Remiralty It has been treated as just another means of transport instead of the most vital means.
Etude In F Minor tiszti Somon Barer Panoz, Jeanne d'Arc- Farm. well. Ye Mountams (Tehutkowsky i Maria Jeritza Soprano) with Orchestra: Incidental MUSIA "Mary Hosie (O'Neill)
Now Light Symphony Orchestra: O Gladi- some light (Sullivan) The B.B" Wireless Chorus, Rustle of Sprin (Piano): Valse Triste - Kuolema Sibeliust Chicago Symphony Or. chestra. Fantasiestucke Op 12 (Schumann) Yves Nat (Piano). Let the Bright Seraphim (Handel) Elste Suddaby (Sopranos with Orchestra. 2nd Movement from Symphony No in F Major Op 68 Pastoral" → (Beethoven) An. dante molto mosso Vienna Phil- harmonic Orchestra cond, by Bruno Walter
"Howl About Liberty"
"When their paper is suppress- led they raise a howl about liber- "If only the Prime Minister have gained
ty. Wherever the Communists
himself or a
any strength they Minister with the have used it to disrupt and des- necessary drive and authority troy the wurkers' movements could spend some time in each They will not succeed here. Make
the departments mentioned mistake about it,
of
and iron out the natural jca. lousies which exist between one department and another, cut away a few more wrappings of red tape and get down to essen. tials, all shipping men would be happler and the nation's war effort would be helped consider. ably.
"This fight in which we are en- gaged is your fight. We have to go all out for victory, for this is total
war.
"When the war ends, we shall have to reorganise our national life. We of the Labour party sought to plan the future, but we "If those who control us now
were not strong enough in Parlia- would think less of minutes, doe-ment to put our ideas into opera- 9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News & kels and that wonderful
News Commentary.
cloak, tion. Now there is a much more Passed to you, please,' and visual-widespread desire to discontinue ise ships and men and even own- the old inequalities and insecur- ers working under the
presentity and to establish a happier and abnormal conditions, they would nobler life." say to the practical shipping men. Carry on! We are with you and are prepared to trust you to the limit,'
9.15 p.m."The Hope of a New World"
No. 3: "Prayer and its Answer" Recorded talk by the Archbishop of York.
9.30 p.m.-Elgar — Froissart Overture
London Philharmonic Orches tra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar
Op. 19.
French (on
Bart, O.M., K.C.V.O. 9.48.10.00 p.m.-News in
Short Wave only). 9.45 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.
"Me and My Girl"-Vocal Selections,
....Wallace Lupino, Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis & Chorus with Orchestra.
Home and Beauty-Selection.... Adel-
phi Theatre Orchestra,
10.00 p.m.-Dance Music with Vocal
Variety.
Fox-Trots-Copenhagen; Softly, as in ย Morning Sunrise (from "New Moon".... Artle Shaw & his Orch Tango-Summer evening tr Santa
Cruz; Slow Fox-Trot-The moon re membered, but you forgot (from "Let's be famous") ... Maxwell Stewart's Ballroom Melody. Vocal-America, I love You (Leshë
Gottier); Dear Old Pal of Mine (Robe-Gitz-Rice) Barry Wood (Baritone) with Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Flea on a Spree....Teddy
Powell & his Orchestra. Blues-The Ghost of Smoky.Joe; Fox-
Trot-Floogie Walk (both "Cotton Club Parade")....The Six Swingers with Vocal Chorus, Vocal No Souvenirs (Boyd): This Can't be Love (from **Up and Do- ing'')'.... Adelaide Hall with Instru- mental Accomp.
from
Slow Fox-Trots Moonlight and Mimo- sa; When I Dream of Home....Joe
Loss & his Orchestra, Fox-Trot-I've Got no Strings (from
"Pinocchio")....Bob Chester & his
Orchestra, Vocal-Sweet Little Sweetheart (Mc
Intire &- Allgire); Love Lics (Slg- man"&" others)..........Turner Layton & his 'Piano, 14 Fox-Trots-The" Singing Hills: Cuban
Romeo...Ambrose & his Orchi Waltz-Don't Ever Pass Me By....
Jack. Payne & his Band,"
LOOTERS GET 51 YEARS
G.C. FOR 'PLANE RESCUE
Sgt. Pilot Raymond Lewin, who when a boy was "mad on flying." has been awarded the George Cross for the rescue of a fellow were pilot from the blazing wreckage of a 'plane which contained a load
Three Sheffield looters sentenced at Leeds Assizes to total of fifteen years' penal ser- of bombs. vituder
His action. performed in the Earlier six Sheffield looters re- dark after the 'plane of which he ceived thirty-six years in all. The was captain had struck a hillside, sentences were:-
is officially described as “superbly gallant." The 'plane was on a Henry twenty-four carter (seven cases crashed.
Ashmore, bombing mission to Italy when it of looting and one of shopbreak- ing), six years;
William
After three of the crew had. scrambled clear, Sgt. Lewin William Henry Malkin, forty-crawled under the wing, in which four, wireworker (three cases of full petrol tanks were looting and one of shopbreaking), to rescue his injured second pilot. burning five years; and
James Malkin, thirty-four, lab- ourer (two cases of looting), four years.
Despite his own injuries, which in- cluded a cracked kneecap, he drugged and carried the pilot 40 yards to a hole, where he lay on him just as the bombs exploded.
The value of the stolen "goods, Sgt. Lewin, who is 26, is the It was stated, was about £107. youngest of three sons of Coun- Only £42 worth had been recov-cillor Mrs. Lewin, Deputy Mayor ered. When the owners returned | of Kettering, and of Mr. George:. to their homes they found they Lewin, a Kettering tradesman, He
I was a chemist" before" enlisting.
11.00 p.m.-Close down... (vid. I had nothing to sleep on
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