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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 9, 1937.
RADIO PROGRAMMES
HONG KONG
355
Z.B.W. on" Wavelengths of
metres (845 k.e's), 31.49 metres
X. (9.43 megacycles). Hong Kong Time: DOREEN MA AT THE PIANO FROM THE STUDIO Children's Concert 12 noon to 12.20 p.m. Relay of Special Service from St. John's Cathedral.
12:30
pm Leslie Butchinson (Vocal and Plano).
Would You? (flm "San Francis co" Nearly Let Love Go Blip- ping Through My Fingers (film "It's Love Agab). Empty Saddles film "Rhythm On The Range "). 12.40 p.m. Ray Fox and His Or chestra.
PARIS
Call-latter of tha
Station:
Be praised, thou peaceful night Wavelength: 13.68 metres TP A 2. ("The Vagabond"-Zlehrer). Ever | Wavelength: 25.24 metres T PAL softer grows my slumber (Lingg- Wavelength: 25.60 metres T PA4 Brahms-Op. 105, No. 2). Lullaby. Wagelength: 25.24 m.-11.885 Kc.
7 .m. Radio-Journal of France Op. 49, No. 4 (Brahms).
(French News). 7.20 a.m. Gramo- phone Records 7.30 a.m. Leading Press Articles. 7.45 am. Gramo“, phone Records, 8.15 am."Talk on
9.10 p.m. London Relay-"Food For Thought.”
(from
12 noon.
Three short talks on matters of topical interest.
9.30 p.m. London Relay-The French Events. 8.30 a.m. Gramo- News.
phone Records, 9 a.m. News in 9.50 pm Yehudi Menuhin (Via- | French. 9.30 3.m. News in English. In) and Beniamino Gigli (Tenor), | 5.40 am. News In Italian. 9.50 an
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in a Gramophone. Records. to a.m. Major (Brahms-Joachim); - Zapa- | lose down tendo, Op. 23 (Sarasate)-Yehudi Wavelength: 19.68 m-15.243 Kc. Menuhin necomp. by Marcel Ga-
11. a.m. Gramophone Records. zelle (Piano). If My Mother Only 11.45 am. Talk on Current, French Knew (Nutle). Night in Venice Events (In Spanish). (Camalti-Curci). You Are My Life News in English. 12.15 pm. Con-
the Al Becce). — Gigll.
cert Relayed from Toulouse. 12.45 Fox-Trots-The Touch Of Your Major (Brahms-Joachim); Roman-p.m. Concert Relayed from Paris- Hungarian Dance No. 6 in B Flat pm. Talk on French Events. 1.
Lips: Gone film "Love on the
za Andaluza, O. 22 (Sarasate) PT.T Run"), When Is A Kiss Not A Kiss
Yehudi Menuhin accomp. by Mar Colonial Market Prices. 2. p.m. 1.30 p.m. News in French, (flm "Champagne Waltz"): Cow-cel Gazelle (Piano).
International Talk by Mr. Gout. boy, It's Got To Be Love (from "On
2.10 p.m. Life in Paris by Mr. Your Toes"; What Will I Tell My
Henri Bellamy. 2.20 p.m. Gramo- Heart, On The Trail Where The Bua Hangs Low.
phone Records. 2.30 p.m. Cham- ber Music with the Cappele Quartet, Mrs. Bourgeois-Felix (Vocalist) and Mrs. Pauline Gordon (Planc): 4. p.m. Close Down Wavelength: 25.24 m-11.885 Ke..
1 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 p.m. Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Fox-Trota Lord and Lady Whoozis: When You Gotta Sing You Gotta Sing (film "Gangway"). Waltz-Have You Forgotten So Soon. Fox-Trot-Did You Mean It. Orchestra-Sweet Sue (Young). Fox-Trots-Gangway: Moon Or No Moon film "Gangway""). Waltz From Vienna (arr. Kerngold, Bitt- ner, Clutsam and Griffiths).
1.30 D.m. Reuter and Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast and
Announcements.
1.40 p.m. Chopin Competitions. Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1; Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3.-Arthur Rubinstein (Plano). Mazurka, Op. 33 No. 4; Mazurka, Op: 24 No. 4.-Ignaz" Friedmanı (Plano).
10.15 p.m. London Relay-Recital of Music for Two Fianofortes Edith Gunthorpe and Cecil Baumer.
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5.15 p.m. News in French, Market | Tua HONG KONG & KOWLOON Prices, Rates of Exchange. 5.45 WHARF & GODOWN O., LTD.,
Arabic 6. pum.
Minuet and Scherzo (Arensky). Passepied (Valliemin). Si oiseau J'etats (Henselt). Feu roulant (Duvernoy), South of the Riu Grande (Jacques Miller).
10.35 p.m. Light Orchestral. "Aida"-Ballet Sulte (Verdi).— Boston, Promenade Orchestra Cond: Arthur Fiedler. Serenade . News in
Warlock).The Constant Lambert *String Orchestra Cond.: Constant Lambert. "Capriol" Bulte (War- lock): (a) Basse-Dance (b) Pavane (e) Tordion (d) Bransles (e) Pieds. en-l'air (1) Mattachins,~~The Con- stant Lambert String Orchestra Cond: Constant Lambert,
11 p.m. Close down.
DAVENTRY
Calla
G.S.G.
1.58 p.m. The Band of HLM. Cold- stream Guards,
G.S.0.
Wavelengths 17.79m.c. (16.88m.) 15.18m.c. (18.78m.)
G.S.B.
9.51m.c. (31.55m.)
G.S.A
"Martha "-Selection (Flotow). Parade of the Puppets (Kuhn). The Changing of the Guard (Flot- sam and Jetsam). Sousa Medley (Sousa).
2.15 p.m. Close down.
5 to 8.05 p.m. European pro- gramme.
8.05 to 11 p.m. Chinese pro-
gramme.
5 p.m. Relay of the Dance Or chestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
During the intervals dance re- cords will be played from ZBW.
6 p.m. Studio-Children's Con- cert.
6.45 p.m. Paul Robeson (Bass). Go Down, Moses Burleigh). Plantation Songs.
G.S.F.
21.47m.c. (13.9¶ra.) ... 15.14m.c. (19.82m.) Trans. I (0.5.0., G.S.G., G.S.B.).
4.15 p.m.-Big Ben. Jack Payne with his Band. 4.50 p.m.-Food for Thought. Three short talks on matters of topical interest. 5.10 p.m.-The Chamber Music of Schubert-1. The Canadian Trio: Ida Nelson (Violin); Zara Nelson (Violoncello); Anna Nelson (Piano- forte). Elleen Grainger" (Viola). An- p.m.-The News and 5.35" nouncements. 5.55 p.m.-"Wheels.' A feature programme by Jonquil by Pascoe Antony. Production Thornton. 6.25 p.m.--Close down. Trans" II (G.S.H.. GS.G.. G.J..
8.45 p.m-Biz Ben, The BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra; lea- 6.56 pm. Musical Comedy.
der, Philip Whiteway: conducted The Love Race" Selection by Peter Montgomery. 7.30 p.m.- (Clarke); "Charlot's Masquerade" Sportsmen Talking': Harold Abra- ---Selection-New Mayfair Orches- hams, on the Empire Games of tra. "Careless Rapture" (Novello 1938. 7.45 p.m.-The BBC Military Hassall): Love Made the, Bong.-
Band: conductor, P.-8. G. O'Don-
the Sybil Crawley and Eric Starling nell. 8.30. p.m.-'At
Black (Vocal Duet). Music in May. Dog. Mr. Wilkes at home in his Dorothy Dickson (Sopraño).
OWD bar-parlour. Presented by 7.10 p.m. Variety.
Pascoe Thornton. 9 p.m.-Ballet Humorous-Building Chicken Music of Delibes. 9.10 p.m. Food House (Evans)-Will Evans, Or- for Thought. Three short talks chestra Tell Me Again (Grosz).- on matters of topical interest. Alfredo and Hir Orchestra. Vocal- 9.30 p.m.-The News and Ath- Granny's Old Arm-Chair: Little nouncements. 9.55 p.m.-Close Brown Jug. Frank. Crumit down. (Tenor). Orchestra-Basin Street Trans.III. (G.S.R., G.S.G., G.S.B.). Blues (Williams); E Flat Blues (Morris-Williams). Nat Gonella and His Georgians.
10.15 p.m-Big Ben. Recital of Music for Two Planofortes: Edith Gunthorpe and Cecil Baumer. 7.25 p.m. Closing local Stock 10.35 p.m.The Goddess Fortune.' Quotations and Hong Kong Ex-A drama of back-stage life, by cliange Market Report,
7.30 p.in. London Relay-"Sports- men Talking.”
Harold Abrahams on the Empire mouth Games of 1938.
Earle Grey. Production by Howard Rose. 11.15 p.m.-The Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines (Ply-
Division). 12
p.m. The News and Announcements. 12.20 7.45 p.m. Studio-Doreen Ma at a.m-As I See It A talk by the the Piano.
Right Hon. Margaret Bondfeld.. LLD 12.35 a.m.-The Bath Pump Room Orchestra; leader, Norman From the Pump Room, Bath. 1
Close down.
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1. Medley from "Wake Up, and Live"; Intro-There's a Lull in my Life, It's swell of you, Never in a Rouse; conductor, Maurice Miles.
Million Years, Wake Up and Live:
2 Tuckin'; 3, Stardust; 4, Tea for Two.
8 p.m. Local Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and Announcements.
8.05 p.m. Chinese programme Studio Concert.
11 p.m. Close down.
a.
HOLLAND-INDIA
Call letters: PCJ. Wavelengths | 19.71 m. and 31.28 m.; Frequencies 15220ke. and 9590ke.
01.00-02.00 G.M.T. wavelength" 31.28 m. 13.25-14.55 GMT, wavelength 16.88 in.
8.05 to 11 pm. European Pro Kramme Broadcast from ZER on a Frequency of 640 Kllocycles,
8.05 pm. Variety. Orchestral London Rhapsody -Vocal Selection w. Vocalists-The London Palladium Orchestra. Vocal Deep Desert, My Way (film "Jericho").Pati Robeson (Bass); the Rose of England ('Crest of the Wave").-Edgar Elmes (Baritons); Haven of Your Heart ("Crest of the Wave"),—Olive Gilbert, (Contralto).
Wavelength 1988 m.
This Week's Gramophone Records by Mr. P.C. Brive. 6.45 p.m. Ft- teen Minutes with the Poeta by Mr.
arles Vildrao 7. p.m. Relay of Radio-Journal of France (French News). 7.90 p.m. News in French, Rates of Exchange. 8.10 p.m. News in English. 8.20 p.m. News in Italian. 8.30 p.m. Relay. 10.30 polonial Market Prices. 10.45
KOWLOON
A QUANTITY OF GREEN PAPER
1 CASE RATON YARN "
(All More or Less Damaged)
.m News in Portuguese 11. p.m. TERMS-CAA On Delivast. Close Down.
Wavelength: 25.60 m-11720 Ke.
11.15 p.m. Gramophone Re- corda. 12.15
News in French, Market Prices, Rates of Exchange. 12.40
News In Spanish 12.50 A.M. News In Portuguese. 1. a.m. Talk by Mme. de Gramont In English), 15 a.m. Close Down. 3. Gramophone Records. 4. a.m. "News in Frerich. Market Prices, Rates of Exchange.
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4.30 a.m, News in English. 4.45 number millions but it is doubtful Gramophone Records. 5.45 if the friendship for and love of 3.m. News In German. 6. 4.1. this great Republic of any parti Close Down.
cular one of them can be stronger than that of a gentle, kindly, grey-haired American woman- Miss Maude Truxton-Henderson,. formerly of Richmond, Virginia. For 15 years of her life Miss. Truxton-Henderson has operated a private charitable home for "orphaned Chinese children at 52. | Jessfield Road.
AUSTRALIA
3L.R.-Wavelength, 31.34 metres:
· Power, 1 Kilowatt; Frequency, 8.58 megacycles. 12.35 p.m. "At Home and Abroad" "The Watchman." 12.50 p.m. Musical Interlude. 1 p.m. Time signal.
GREAT BURDEN Japanese "aggression in China Victorian News Bulletin. and the attendant hostilities 1.05 p.m. Interstate Weather Notes, brought a great burden to
this etc. 1.15 p.m. Stock Exchange Re-frail Little woman whose aim in port. 1.20 p.m. Luncheon Music. life is to better the lot of Chinese 2 p.m. Afternoon Musical Pro-orphans and to make of them gramme. 5 p.m. Close. 8.30 p.m.useful, happy citizens. * Chimes. Fifteen Minutes of Popu- Bombs and shells from Japanese lar Music. 6.45 p.m. Sporting News | planes and artillery rendered and Notes. 7 p.m. News in French large numbers of Chinese chil for Listeners in New Caledonia and drea homeless and without the New Hebrides. 7.20 p.m. Na-parents. Miss Truxton-Henderson tional News Bulletin. 7.30 p.m. has responded. Out at her Jess- Queensland and North Australian fleid Road institution she is pro- News Bulletin. 7.40 p.m. News, viding shelter and food, to Markets, and Weather for North Australia, 8 p.m. "Thursdays at Eight." 9.15 p.m. Ballad. Recital 10 p.m. Chamber Music by the Prockter Trio. 10.15 pm. "Young Australia" Programme. 10.30 p.m. Australasian News Service. 10.50 p.m. Dance Music by Al Hammett and the National Dance Orchestra. 11.30 p.m. Close.
HITLER VISITS LUDENDORFF
Munich, Dec. 8. Chancellor Adolf Hitler paid a bed-side visit to General Luden dorff on Tuesday expressing the hope that the Generaj might soon be completely well again. The 'Chancellor conveyed a similar message from Field Marshal Blomberg.
Bay
nothing of clothing and various creature comforts, for some 200 homeless Chinese kiddies and the number is increasing almost daily.
Of this number 100 were at the home before the outbreak of boa-" tuites. Assisted by a few friends she has undertaken to care for.
and educate all of them with funds largely provided by a few well-to-do persons interested in her work.
TWICE AS MANY Although the great influx of refugees has taxed the facilities. of the Settlement to the very limit. Mias Truxton-Benderson's daily routine remains the same, the only difference being that she has twice as many children on. the roll-call.
Bearer of a name famous in. early American naval and military- annals. Miss Truxton-Henderson claims Lexington. Virginia, as her home in America, but she never expects to see it again. She is now 60 years of age and although still an active woman, she feels come, Professor Kielleuthner con- that the rest of her gears are siders the condition of the patient needed here in Shanghai by the so satisfactory that in future only children for whom he has one bulletin will be issued a day,sumed responsibility..
The patient continues to make satisfactory progress. Although danger is not yet completely over
01.00-02.00 Phohi-programme for Pranioccan Newer Regvior
West.
Wavelength 31.28 M.
Phohl-programme for the Netherlands Indies.
12.55 National anthem and open-
Cello Czardas (Adolphe Fischer); } Ing-announcement. Papillon (David Popper)-Rudolf Dietamann.
8.30 p.m. London Rolay-"At the Black Dog."...
Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-parlour. Presented by Pascoe Thornton
9. p.m.. Bones by Elisabeth Schu- mann (Soprano).
13.30 Stock Reporta.
13.40 Actualities.
TERRITORIAL · ARMY
London, Dec. 7. The War Becretary, Mr. Hore Belsha, informed the House of 14.00 Violin-recital by Mr. A. J. J. Commons that 42,923 new recruita Janzen,
14.25 Talk by the Rev. E: D. Spelberg, Hilversum.
14.40, Daily News, Bulletin, 14:55 Close down and national anthem.
were enlisted by the Territorial Army during the period of twelve months ending October 31, whilst the corresponding ngure for the preceding year was only 10,538 Transocean Nesa Service,
GRAZIANE HONOURED
Rome. Dtc. J. The former Viceroy of Ethiopia.. Marshal, Graziani, has been made- a marquia by King Victor Emm manuel of Italy in recognition of" big services in Italian East Africa. In addition to this the Italian King has also bestowed on Graziani the title of Marquis of Meghellin as a remembrance of his winning the- first big decisive battle against the Bouth Abyssinian Army -- Transocean News Sereste