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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1941.
French Faith
In Britain
Frenchmen everywhere there ever since the French col-
lapse. Some of them have been able to learn a few details from
unoccupied France. and in occupied territory occupied territory. too, are to-day convinced almost unanimously that the hour of Germany's in- evitable defeat is growing Fux-Trois steadily nearer, despite
pore*). Blue Ribbon Rag Arthur
Bully
Juring Stephane Grappeily. Fox- Trot Three Little Fishies Castello with Orchestra The Rhythm's O.K
in Hurten,
Take Another Guess Teddy Fos all the efforts of German-
controlled wireless Press to make them
ter & his Kings of Swing 1.00 p.m.-Leal Time Signal 1.01 p.m-Variety.
Vienl Tiger Rag ta Rocca); Sume lieve the opposite.
of These Days (Brooks) The MUES Brothers Four Boys and a Two Pianos Transatlante Guitar) Whytter
Caesar & Henderson ( Tulte I Heard a Song in a Taxt, Who'll Buy My Song of Love, Span- Jake. [33eakfu { In Harlem, Holiday Sweetheart. You're the J'v p living aerratt & Ray Hen. denkout with Stoft Wood Imper- Sortations Film Fans Fare MI. chael Moore with Effects) Tar
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30 pm - Reuter & Hugby Press and! AnnouneenVUTARS.
45 pm Edith Lol and and her Vien Hese Orchestra
Old Vienna Meloalies (Pollack). The Confere Mantza Polpourri (Kal- 2313 Waves of the Danube ely muovica, Tu Last Waltz Ove Nirautoco
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Indian Programme. Closing Local Stock
6.32. p. Victor Silvester
Ballroom Orchestra
Quickstep 1'11 Write it
And
French village "A" paints a picture of life in In unoccupied ed in cafes and public places. We France. "Wireless is now prohibit- shall soon be all hanged, drawn God's truth. and quartered
for listening
to
"France is becoming Germanis- and
ed more and more every day--on be-paper. But her citizens become anore and more British every day. i don't know a single person that has not confidence in Britain and certainty of Britain's victory. I was in a country cafe about five miles from here the other day and everybody was openly saying Vive les Anglais." In this town the name of Haly stinks."
This is the conclusion drawn from a number of letters just re- ceived from reliable persons unoccupied France who have been
R.A.F. 'HAUNTS'
NAZI SKIES
Gen. Milch's Fears
In a broadcast warning
Says "B". "It is plain that noth- ing is goin well and right for the Axis. Some Frenchmen at one time thought England would bolt and rull. and that the end Af was in sight. These Frenchimen NOW see the error of their judgment, and are now tout en admiration pour les An- glas and very much
hostilities
to Germans not to ignore PRISONERS'
Waltz air raid
alarms, Gen.
Milch, Chief of the Luft-
waffe, stated "As soon as!
Quola the enemy is approaching|
PENGUINS
the air becomes haunted STOPPED
Love Song: All must immediately seek tham "It's in the Bag). Slow Fox shelter, particularly so be-
Tim House Beautiful, Swing Step!
Tango Fragranti
sec or hear the enemy coming."
GERMAN CENSORS HAVE A COMPLETE BAN ON PENGUIN BOOKS FOR BRITISH
PRISONERS OF WAR
Don't Count Your Chickens. Tan cause often you cannot Pur Ro Love Belts, Plowers, Quickstep Mine Alone even
from "Paprika). Slow Fox-Trat Magyar Melody from "Paprika"}, Quickstep Where is our Blue Bird If Melody Lane; Waltz Sweet- hearts (bn Sweethearts") 7.00 p.m.- London Relay-The News. 7.15 p.m.-London Relay "The Nether. lands and the War" by His Excel. lency Dr. Gerbrandy. President the Netherlands Council of Ministers in London,
of
7.30 p.nt.-Prinio Scala's Accordeon
Band.
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&
You Can't Pull the Wool aver
Eyes (Ager & others); When the Swallows Nest Акни (Stevens Edmund Boo-Hou Alex man others. Delyse Kalbert Nicholls
with Vocal Refrain 743 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections
Nae Sharp (Excerpts from the Revuei The Little Theatre Com pany. The Fiver's Lut Up 18021 Geraldo Orchestr
Seite.
He told the people to expect
The reasons are not altogether more frequent and heavier raids, clear, though they seem to have to In his speech, designed to reas- do with the anti-Hitler lone of sure the German people about some of the books. Such books raids, he said it was true that would not, of course, be permitted many German people had lost to go to the prisoners in any case; members of their families and but advertisements of them appear their homes. But this could not in others of the series which are be compared with the British losses, which amounted to "thou- sands of killed."
innocent of political meaning.
Seeing these advertisements, the that it would be safer to stop the Germans have apparently decided
whole series. Thousands of the books are held up in Switzerland.
"It is true the sword is always hanging over everybody's head," he went on. "but nevertheless we must all set our teeth, because it is a great thing which is at stake." Mr. H. W. Ellis, sales manager
to the publishers, said: "We learn- anet his i.ondon He emphasised that bombs haded of the ban from the British Red Ha destructive power "against Cross Society. We have a permit light shelters can give to send books to prisoners, The little protection,"
6.00 p.m.--Local Time Signal and A-which
nouncements
8.02 p.m.Harry Roy's Tiger.Raga.
muffins.
Hot 1ps Busse & others). I'm a Ding Dong Dudy (Baxter); Rag- ging the AC E, (Stanforth; Sara- waki (Gordon}
8.15 p.m.-Studio-Local Newsletter. 8.30 p.m.New Variety.
Vocal Only Forever (from "Rhythm the River"} ...Denny Dennis
with Novachord accomp. Vocal...
(Cello) and Mieczysław Horszowski (Pianu) The Bliss of pensive nelancholy Elisabeth Schumann (Soprang) with plano accomp. Eleven Viennese Dances . London: Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Felix Weingartner,
Never Took A Lesson in My Life 11.00 p.m.-Cluse down. (Lawrence-Foore); I'll Never Smule Again, Until I Smile at You (Lowe)... Elsie Carlisle with instru. accomp. Accordeon Band The Swiss Bellringer (Freed-Samuels)
Prime Scala's Accordeon Band with Voent churus, Comedian-St- fing on the lee in the Ice Rink (Col trell): Why Don't Women Like Met (Cottrell-Bennett)...George Form. by with his Ukulele and Orchestral accomp. Accordeon Band I'l Never Make the Same Mistake Again #Lester-Smith) ... Prima Scala's Accordeon Band with vocal chorus. VocalI'm Nobody's Baby Davis & others); Maybe (Flynn- Madden)...Anne Shelton with in- strumental accomp.
9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News &
News Commentary.
9.18 p.m.-Lucianne Boyer, Tina Rossi
and the Orchestra Mascotte. Exultation Waltz (Laufenschinger); Waltz of the Dolls (Joseph Bayer) Orchestra Mascotte. Pescadore (Farewell Love), Rodor & Scot- to): Le Chaland Qui Passe (d'Andre & others)....Tino Russi (Tenor) with Orchestra. Castanets--Waitz (Richartz): It Happened in Vienna -Waltz (Ferry Muhr)....Orchestra Mascotte. Les Prenoms Effaces (Tronchant & Tranchant); Esthmo Maracaine (Eddy-Bos).... Lucienne Boyer (Soprano) with Orchestra. Espana-Waltz (Waldteufel)....Or. chestra Mascotte,
0.45.10.00 p.m.-News In French ton
Short Wave only).
9.45 p.m.-The State Opera Orchestra.
"Jubel"-Overture (Weber). Wedding Waltz. (Dohnahyl), 10.00 p.m.-London Relay "To Talk of
Many Things". 10.16 p.m.-A. Beethoven Programme."
Overture "Coriolan," ~09, 1277.THU B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Adrian Boult.In Questa Tomba Oscura............ Theodore Challaping (Base) with Orchestra. Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1-1st Mov: Andante Allegro vivaćoj 2nd Mov: Adagio-Tempo d'Andante 3rd Mov: Allegro Vivacer. Pau Casais
books are made up into special parcels, wh.ch go first to the Bri- tish censors. It is a pity this has happened, because many of the books go to our men, but there is nothing we can do about it.
"I understand that prisoners by have written to relatives saying that cop'es of these books have been destroyed by the Germans."
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