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TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES
Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Wavelength of 353 metres (845 kica), 31.48 metres (9.52 magacycles),
BERLIN
DJA 31.35 metres, DJB 19.74 metres, DJE 18.89 metres, DIN 31.45
12.30 to 2.15 p.m-European pro-Ireland Brass Band. 11.30 p.m. A gramme. 1230 p.m. The J. H Plano Recital by Cedric Thorpe
Davle. Equire Celeste Octet. 12.50 p.m.
Midnight. Variety. 12.30 Three songs by Tito Schipa am. The news and announcements. (Tenor) 1 pm, Local: Time sign- 12.50 an. Dance music. al and weather report. 1.03 p.m. Regimental Band of H.M. Grena dier Guards. 1.30 p.m. Reuter Press, Rugby Press: Local: Wea- ther forecast, time and aunounce- ments 1.40 pmA Variety pro- gramme. 2.15 p.m. Close down. 4 to 7.D.m. Chinese programme. 7 to 11 pm. pin. European pro- Bramme. 7 pm. From the Studio: Portuguese music by the Orchestra Braga Zhino, with Mile. Vera de Senna Fernandes Mezzo-Soprano) and Gaston d'Aquino (Tenor) 7.30 p.m. Closing local stock quotations and Hong Kong exchange market
CLIMBING TO FAME
How Some Players Got Their Start
Determination. a Utile money and hidden ability started many of the stars of to-day's entertain- ment world on their climb to fame.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, FLBRUARY 24.
of
Anniversaries and Holidays.—
Jewish Fast St. Matthias, Esther.
Cinemas. King's: "Peg Of Old Drury": Queen's-Three Smart Girls" Oriental: The Gorgeous Hussy"" World: Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-"Easy To Take" Majestic:"Murder By An **Aristocrat" Star--"I Married A Doctor" Meetings Kowloon Eleanor's ten tap leasons meant V.D.MA. Annual Meeting in St. shillings. And even one of Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.;
mittee of 8. and S. Home, 5.30 p.m. Andrew's Vicarage, 6 p.m.; Com-
Chico Marx paid as low as one metres, DJQ 19.63 metres.
shilling a lesson for his plane in 1.05 p.m. Call DJA, DJB (German,struction, yet Eleanor Powell, who is now a dance star in her own English German Folk Song. 1.10 p.m. Musical Miscellany. a p..
right, paid the high price of ten News in German. 2.15 pm. Musical Miscellany (continued). 2.55 p.m. breetings to our listeners. 3 pm. News and Economic Review in Eng- sh. 3.15 p.m. To-day in Ger- many. Sound pictures. 3.30 p.m. Carefulltorgues and heads will
day. Chico managed to get his cutting down to two bare meals a shillings from his mother, who in turn put on the landlady for the
rent.
Union
Miscellaneous. Kowloon Tong Ang'ican Church Discussion Group.. 8.30 p.m.
"Religious-St Andrew's Church.
report. 8 p.m. Local: Time signal, be broken herel 3.45 p.m. Musical learning to sing, decided to learn Service and Address, û p.m.
Every time Nelson Eddy, whilst weather report and announce treasures. 4.30 p.m. Construction two new songs. it cost him five
ments.
Social-Whist Drive and Tom-
8.03 p.m. Prime Scala's of Gliders 445 pm. Works by shillings. For Eddy learned to bola, in Garrison Sergeants' Mess, Accordéon Band. 8.20 p.m. From Franz Schubert. 5.30 p.m. Newssing by listening to gramophone 8-30 p.z.; Kowloon Union Church
the Studio: English Compositions and Economic Review. 5.45 p.m. by Luba Shaftain (Planoforte) and Press Review 6 Helen Lockhart (Contralto). 8.55 pm. London: News and announce- ments. 9.15 pm. London; A Com- mentary on the British Industries Fair (Electrical Recording). 9.30 p.m From the Studio: Variety-- Doreen Ma (Vocal), H. L Ozorio (Piano) and Bob Xavier (Vocal), 10 p.m. London: Big Ben. 10,20 p.m The Boswell Sisters. 10.85 p.m. London: "Empire Exchange" Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and the Colonies Electrical Recording). 10.50 pm Tangoes. 11 p.m. Close down.
Calls
G.S.G.
G.S.O.
G.S.B.
G.S.It.
G.S.F.
DAVENTRY
Wavelengths 17.79m.c. (16.86m.) 158.c. (19.76.) 9.51m.c. (31.55m.) 21.47mm.c. (13.97m.) 16.14m.c. (19.82m.) Trans. 1 (G.S.O., G.S.G., G.S.B.),
records and using them as an ac- Y.P.S. Mah Jong Party, 8.45 p.m.
companiment. His screen co-star. Jeanette MacDonald, learned her:
do-re-mi's by working with her sister, Elsie, who was an expert pianist.
Sporta
Badminton-Open Singles, T. C. Lee v. & A. Gray University).
Cricket.-Hong Kong C.C. T Hong Kong Volunteers (H.K.C.C. ground), 1.30 pm.
p.m. Composi-. tions by Margarete v. Mikusen 6.15 p.m. Sign off DJA and DJB (Germ., Engl.). 6.55 p.m. Call DJA, DJB, DJN, DJE. German Folk Song. 7 p.m. Concert of Light Music 6 p.m. News in English. 8.15
Frances Langford's singing les
Football-First Division, Club v. p.m. Concert of Light Music (consons commenced when she became tinued). 9.55 p.m. Greetings to our
a member of the church choir. Recreio (Club), 4.15 p.m.: Second Division. RE. v. Police (Sookun- Usteners in India: 9 p.m. News There was no pay except the ex-
cellent training. and Economic Review in German
Gladys Swarth- goa, 4.16 p.m.; Third Division. out learned in the same manner. and Call DJQ. 9.15 pm. Women's
Kumaon Rines #; RAM.C..., (Cha- Hour: Lots of odds and ends
Una Merkel. Sid Silvers. Buddytham Road), 2.45 p.m.. amount to something worth while. Ebsen and many others learned to 9.30 p.m. Sure Concert: FHEHER act by going to the theatre, watch Wahrer, piano. 10 p.m. News and in the players and then return Economic Review in English on ing home to practise what they DJE, DJN. DJQ in Netherlandish had seen, before a mirror. cr DJA, DJB. 10.15 p.m. To-day in Germany. Sound pictures. 10.38 p.m. The me of voices. 11.45 p.m. Press Review. Midnight. Sign of DJA, DJB, DIN. DJE, DJQ.
AUSTRALIA
3L.R-Wave Length,, 31.34 metres; Power, 1 Kilowatt; Frequency,
9.58 megacycles.
Buddy Rogers learned to play practically, all of the Instruments in a modern band by listening to gramophone records.
Hockey. Hong Kong Hockey Club, v. Royal Engineers (King's Park); 6 pā
Racing.Annual Race Meeting of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Fourth Day (Happy Valley), noon. Shooting-Hong Kong Rise As- soulation Spoon and Practice Shoot (Army Rifle Rânĝe, Kowloon City),
Dave Gould, noted Metro-Gold-2 p.m. wyn-Mayer dance director, pald Moon-I Moon, 14th. Day. two pence a day for his dancing Suurise-8.49 a.m. Sunset.-6.24 lessons. As a boy he sold papers | p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25.
Anniversaries and Holidays. — Jewish Purim. Feast of Lanterns. (Shang-Yuan-Chieh). St. Ethel bert, King (a, 618).
in Washington, in the theatrical Tides. High at 9.50 and 21.08: 4. p.m. Big Ben: "World Affairs."
district. He made a "deal" with Low at 3.10 and 14.16. 4.17 p.m. A Violin Recital by Joseph
one of the dancers to give him aj.... Shadwick. - 4.30 p.m. “Made in
paper free every day in exchange Scotluna." 5 D.m. The Friary 8.30 p.m. Recorded music. 8.45 for Ave minutes of dancing in- Brewery Band. 5.30 p.m. Talk on p.m. Sporting News. 7 p.m. Mel-structions. the British Industries Fair. 5.40 bourne Central Post Office Chimes. Of course, most of the "greats" pm The news and announcements, 7.20 p.m. National News Bulletin. of to-day have taken lessons from Trans. 11 (G.SH., G.S.G., G.S.B.). 7.30 p.m. Victorian News Bulletin.masters after they received their 7 p.m. Big Ben; “World Affairs." 7.40 pm. Jim Davidson and the start. But it was the early money 7.17 p.m. "The Table Under the A.B.C Dance Band. 8 p.m. Mill- they earned that enabled them to
E Tree." 8.30 pn, Variety. 8.55.p.m. tary Band Recital. 9.30 p.m. "These get that start. The news and annouricéments. 9.15 Were Hits" by Jim Davidson and p.m. A Commentary on the British the A.B.C. Dance Band. 9 p.m. Industries Fair. 9.30 pm. The Bir Programme from the Melbourne mingham Hippodrome Orchestra. Trans II (G.S.H. G.S.F., G.S.B.). 10 p.m. Big Befi; the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. 10.35 p.m. "Empire Ex- change." 10.50 p.m. The Northern
SHOCK ATTACKS BY GOVERNMENT
Franco Confident Of Victory
Studios. 10.30 p.m. Australasian 2,500-MILE CRUISE BY
News Service, including market and stock exchange reporta. 10.45 p.m. Meditation music. 11.30 pm. Close down.
TOTALITARIAN STATES
Poland Likely To Join Ranks
22 U.S. SEAPLANES
Longest Overseas, Trip
A formation cruise of 22 U.S. seaplanes, carrying 80 men, from | San Diego, California, to Honolulu,
Cinemas King's:-The Devil Is A Sissy.” Queen's Three Smart Girls" Oriental:-"The Gorgeous Hussy" World: "Chinese Fleture."
Alhambra: "Easy To Take" Majestic:-"The Amateur
Gentleman"
Star: "Sanders Of The River" Lectures.-Theosophical Society, #p.m. Informal Artistic Meeting, Music, Verse, Pictures.
Meetings.-Toc H Supper, Meet- ing, at Beamen's Institute, 7.30
a distance of 2,553 miles, conclud- | Monthly, of Hong Kong Philatelic ed recently. It is the longest over- Society, in "South China Morning seas cruise of the kind on record. | Post" Bullding, 5.30 p.m.; V.D.M.A. states the "Daily Telegraph." to meet Mr. G. Barclay, Far
sea.
It may be compared, with the Eastern Secretary of CMS., in cruise of 24 Italian flying boats St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5 p.m.; from Rome to Chicago and back inst. Andrew's Club Committee, 8.30 1934, when the personnel carried p.m. numbered 100. These flying boats Miscellaneous-Entries close for London. Feb. 21. covered 10,195 miles over land and Hong Kong Horticultural Society's Show of Flowers and Vegetables, Poland, already governed as a
The French Air Force carried noon. 11 very thinly-velled dictatorship, is out a cruise by 28 land aeroplanes Rehearsals, Philharmonie Sr-
of the from likely to join the ranks
France through Frerichciety, "Street Singer," in Cathedral totalitarian states in the near African possessions, covering a dis- Hall 8.45 p.m. ture.
tance of 15,625 miles, in 1933.
The American Air Force has car red, out a number of cruises to Honolulu.
Salmanca, Feb. 21. Although Government shock at- tacks have resulted in important successes, enforcement of the ban on foreign volunteers in Spain is felt here to be to the advantage of General Franco, since it is be- Hoved that the Government troops A move which appears a step in and the international brigade, are this direction was announced fast up against superiority.
The ban, by checking the now of volunteers to Madrid, will, it is be- lieved here, hasten the end of the civil war.
a crushing millary | night by Colonel Koc, described as
the hand man of Maran Since 1928, the Britch Air Force smitty-Ricz, successor to Marshal | has made about 20 cruises of from Pilsudsky.
three to a dozen aircraft, Dying Colonel Koc's announcément, aċ-
boats or land machines, some of cording to Renter's correspondeat them covering many thousands of in Warsaw, took the form of a miles. Flying-boat cruises and in broadcast manifesto, stressing the tercommand fights of Air Force conception of the State as the squadrons overseas have long been of guaranteeing the a matter of routine. cessation of all internal disputės.
Colonel Koc declared that the
Meanwhile the Government forces on the Jarama River Idont have captured position? "dömfuät- Ing one of the enemy's most sole means portant communications outers,"
According to oment command
re
The Government troops were re ported Jesterday afternoon to have forced their way into houses on the outskirts of Oviedo, which they. have been besleging for many weeks.
national defence of Poland de- manded that the nation's internal life should be directed by one will.
to
Old Boys Club
Subscription
The manifesto proclaims hostility
Communism, declaring that The right of an old boys' associa- Communism is completely foreign Hon to sue for subscriptions was to the Polish spirit.
Social-Busy Bees' Bridge and Mah Jong. Drive, in Cathédral Hall, 3 pm: Ten-Party, at Oloucester „Hotel in honour of Mr.. Feroz All, 5,13 pm Cheere und Contrect Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, & p.m. Local-Andae - Function, in Gloucester. Hotel 'Building.
Moon-Full Moon, 3.43 p.m. I Moom, 15th Day.
Sunrise 6.50 am. Sunset-6.24 p.m.
Tides. High at 8.28 and 20.20; Low at 2.38 and 13:28.0
PIGEON RACES
Details of the engagement, how- ever, have not yet been received.
From Malaga it is reported that country demands, among other The Old Aloysia Association, breeding carrier pigeons for sport, over 10,000 militiamen have been things, the State organisation of through its secretary, Mr. J. W. it is reported that the members captured since the fall of the town its economic life,
Arthur, the School House, Horn of this society are now organizing to the rebels, and several hundreds
Colonel Koc added that the in-sey-lane, Highgate, sued Valentine pigeon races.. have already been executed.
of Winchester-road.
The distance of the main event dividuality of the minorities in Marinic, This is admitted by an official Foland (which represent appdo-Highgate, sued Valentine Marinic, will be fifty miles, but the society communique issued by rebel head-ximately thirty per cent. of the of Winchester-road. Highgate, for will start with preminary races of to the sixteen miles starting from Fat- population) will be respected as £1 18... the subscription
shan and Samahul. American citizens in Malaga far as it does not run counter to football section. have telegraphed Washington rethe Interest of the State
Mr. Registrar. Friend-I think it questing, re-opening of the United whole.
is very doubtful whether anyone States Consulate there, as the town
can be successful in enforcing pay
Canton, Feb. 22. Bince the formation of the Breeding questioned at Clerkenwell County Canton City Pigeon
Society, and the popularity of The defensive power of the Court last montr
quarters.
16 1
Colonel pointed out, in conclud-
is resuming ita, normal aspect.-ng the manfesto, that it was based went for an affair like this. Can of pigeons, MR GREEN
·Reuter.
VINES LEADING
New York, Feb. 22. In their twenty-first professional lawn, tennis encounter Perry, beat Vines 6-1, 5-7, 11-9. Vines is still leading by 11 matches to ten
•Reuter.
Only city breeders are eligible for membership, and each member is only permitted to enter ten patra
All pigeons will be taken to i you of your own knowledge say upon the declarations made in May that he has played on the home certain place in their coops and last year by Marshal Smigly-Ricz, whom the late Dictator, Marshal ground and used your club house? liberated by the official supervisors.
Mr. Arthur-Yes,
of the races, and all competitors Pilsudsky named as his successor. -
The Registrar-Then I shall give are requestedto time the home He called upon all Poles to co- you judgment for the guinea in arrival of their pigeons, and im- operate in a united effort for the consideration of your providing mediately report to the official creation of a disciplined strength him with the use and hement of Judges of the society in the Wing led by a single will
Reuter
the football ground and the amen
itles of playing fooball there,
Hon Public Park Chinese Evening Prem