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On Wavelengths of 335
mètres (343 k.o's) 31.49
metrna (9.53 magscycloa).
IN TOWN TO-NIGHT AND OTHER LONDON RELAYS Erich Porres 12.00 to 12.20 p.m.
Relay of Ser vice of Intercession from St. John's Cathedral.
1.30. p.m. and Landauer.
The Street Singer-Flim Selection Viennese Waltz Medley (Stratas-aFT. Rawicz and Landauer).
Plano Duets by Hawick
13.43 p.m. The Organ, The Dance Band and Mo.
Fox-Trots--Sunday In The Park; Meet Me Down In Sunset Valley Mantovani, `and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorts. Waltz-Tis Better To Have Loved And Last Fax-Trot-I Can't Remember Her Name-Henry Jacques and His Correct Dance Tem
Orchestra. Fax-The-Mama, I Wanna Mate Rhythm (film 'Manhat tan Music Box'); Slow Fox-Trot-Me lody In Browo-Ray Venture and His Collegians. Fox-Trot Vieni-Vieal; Tango Take Your Chance-Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra. Fox Trots-Smoke From A Chimney: Moonlight On The Highway-Roy Steck and His Hawalian Serenaders.
11.00 p.m. Close down,
Calm Any Broken Hearts To Mend-
G.S.G. Fox-Trot: Love's Old Sweet Melody 6.3.B. Fox-Trot. Never Break A Promise GSB. Waltz.
I'm Singing A Song For The C3.0. Old Falks-Fox-Trot; Smile And Slag Trans. Your Cares Away-Fox-Trot-with Trans. Vocal Refrain
100 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
Trans
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17.78b (16.86m.) 0.51mo. (31.53m) 21.47me. (31.97m.)
15.18m.c. (19.79m.) (G.S.D.. 0.8.G.. G.S.B.). (G.S.J., G.S.G., G.8.B.) III (G.S.H. G.S.G. G.S.B.
AUSTRALIA
Call "Sign: VIR Wave Length, 31.34 metres" Power, 1 Kilowatt HOLLAND-INDIA- "Call letters: PHL. Wavelengths
1.03 p.m. Mozart Songs. "Ah
Nor Linger More ("Le Come. Nozze Di Figaro")-Elizabeth Schy- mann (Soprano) with Orchestra. Sung in Italian). Within these Sacred Halls "The Magic Flute- 16.88m 25.57m.; Frequencles
Alexander Kipnis (Bass) and Berlin State Opera Orchestra." (Sung in German).
H.K. Time
1ioke. & 1773oke.
1.12 p.m. Mozart-Symphony In D100-Broadcast to Schools"Health | Major ("Park"), K. 297.
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.30 p.m. Reuter and Ragby Press Weather Forecast and Annuunce
"Yes Madam?”—Musicál
ments.
1.40 p.. Comedy,
Bobby Howes, Binnie Hale, Bertha Belmore. Bily Leonard Harcourt Brook. Wylie Watson. Vera Pratce and the Hippodrome Theatre" Chorus: of Girls with the Hippodrome Thea- tre Orchestra conducted by Јоверл Tunbridge.
2.15 p.m. Close down. 6.00 p.m., "For the Children" Nursery Tunes-Little Mayfair Or chestra. "Alice
Wonderland" (Fraser-Simson): (a) You are Old Father William. (b) Speak Roughly
To Your Little Boy, (c) Will You Walk A Little Faster George Eater (Bari- tane) with Plano. Studio Serial Story: At Mother's Knetoria Yourite Lullables) Essie Ackland (Contralto) with Orchestra Chorus.
6.30 p.m. tations,
and
Closing local Stock Quo
6.32 p.m. Songs by Paul Robeson
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Song comp. by Lawrence Brown. Ol' Man River Showboat"-Kern): My Old Kentucky Home Foster)-Part Robe- son (Bass) with Orchestra:
.6.45 pm.
Hall.
and Eygiene" (A). 10.30-Wheat and Grain Report (A). 11.05--Luncheon Music (A). 10.40-"At Home and Abroad" (A). 11.30-Afternoon Musical Programme
(A).
12.55 The May Day Ceremony, from Magdalen College, Oxford (D1). P.m. 10.20-Light Classical Programme by
the B.3.0. Empire Orchestra (D1). 2.15--"American Commentary." Talk by Raymond Gram Swing (D1). News (D1).
2.30 2.43 "In Town To-night" (D1); 3.15 Sports News and Market Notes
(D1)
3.20-Tiny Tots Session (A). 4.15-Dinner Music (A), 5.25Commentary on News (A), 6.30-The National Military Band
(A).
THE SERVICES
ROYAL NAVY
ENGINEER PROMOTION ZONE The Admiralty anncunce that the Zone of promotion of engineer officers to engineer captain and captain. (E) on June 30, 1939. and thereafter has been amended to eight to 12 years seniority as engineer commander and commander (E). Since June, 1937,
the
some had included officers with between eight and 12 years' seniority. The raising of the upper limit affects only two officers, one engineer commander and one commander (E), with seniority of December 31, 1928, would otherwise have been beyond the zone in June next; but there are six commanders (E) of June 30, 1917, seniority who, unless promoted in June, would have had no further chance of selection under the old 2018. The numbers with between eight, and 12 years, seniority are 19 engineer commanders and 41 commanders (E).
SECOND SEA LORD'S STAFF Commander 8. V. Jephson, from the cornmand of the destroyer Echo in the 6th Flotilla, Home Fleet, will Join the Admiralty for duty on the star of the Second Bea Lord in succession to Commander T. E. Halsey.
the
LAUNCH OF THE FIJI H.M.S., Fiji will be launched from Clydebank shipyard of Joha Brown and Co. Limited, on May 31. This will be the third of the seven cruisers in the 1837 programme to go afloat, since the Bonaventure is to be launched at Greenock on June and the "Hermione, at Govan Muy 18. These two shilps belong to the Dido class, of 5.450 tons, but the Fiji is the first of a new type of 8.000-ton cruisers, with sin, guns.
Are
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS made by the Admiralty:-
The following appointments
Lts.-W. F. B. Webb, to Amazon (May 1); 0. MacClelland, to MMS 2. command (April 18); G. L. de Pury, to Ardent (April 18); J. N. Ken. nard to Sardonyx (May 1); P. C. S Black, to Ark Royal (April 20); M Bruce (P/L RAP. to President for duty inside Admiralty (May 1), to Victory for f.f.d. at Worthy Down (May 8), to Glorious (undated).
().-P. J. A. Slade, to Cumber land (May 3.
Sub-Lts.-R. B. Mitchell, to Maori (April 14): R. HL Milward, to Leda (April 201
Pagr. Sub-Lt. G Byng, to President for duty inside Admiralty (April 14); to Victory for duty in office of RA N.S., Lee-on-Solent fundated).
.. FROMOTIONS Surgy.
Li-Cdr.-E. W. Bingham. M.D.. to rank of Surgn. Comdr. (seny. April 7).
Sub-Lt. (A)-P. H. Leyton, to, rank
3.45-Music Hall, with Orchestra
conducted by Charles Shad-of Lt. A) (seny. March 23). well (b2).
RETIREMENT Payr. Capt.-F. K. Kempson, placed
100-Topical Revue (A).
Contemporary
1.45 City of Bristol Police Band and the Rtd. List (April 13).
(02) 8.00-"Modern and
Composers" (A). 4.15-Empire Feature. Programme
(D2).
8.45 "Stop Dancing" variety pro- gramme (D2), Musical Variety 9.00--Recorded Feature (A),
ALL).
4.15-New London Relay Music 9.20-Summary of the day's news (A).
(02).
9.30-New
York World's Fair (DI);" Report on the Amsterdam Stock 943-Sports News and Market Notes
Exchange (HI).
(DA). 10.00-"In Town Tonight" (D3). 10.30-Scenes from the Tragedies of 11.25-The Cabin in the Hills." with William Shakespeare (D3).
Bunny Doyle. Fra Yorkshire and, The Orchestra conducted by Charles. Shadowell. Presented by John Shar-
IDAM.
1.45 p.m. the Plano.
"Musical Cocktail" (arr. E. Pörges)— Intro: J'AI Deux Amours (Scottio) Voices of Spring (J. Strauss). I'll See You Again (Coward). Softly "Awakca My Heart (Saint-Saens), Love Walk-
Studio-Erich Porres at
Big Bill Campbell in his West- ern scene. and his Western serial (D3).
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ed In (Gershwin), Trees (Rasbach). 12.00-News (3) One day when we were young (Js.m. Strauss), La Jole Du Coeur (Dauna 12.15-American Commentary." Talk Jevsky), Serenade (Drigo), You are my heart'a delight (Lahah).
8.00 p.m. Local Time Signal, Wes ther Report and Announcements.
103 p.m. A Request Programme. Ave Mariz (Schubert)-Elizabeth Schumann (Soprano) with Orchestra cond by L. Rosenek.
by Raymond Gram Swing (D3). 12.30-The May Day Ceremony, from Magdalen College, Oxford (D3). 12.65--8ports News and Market Notes
(D3).
R
Silent Worship CHUNGKING NEWS
BROADCAST
(from "Ptolemy"-Handel-arr. Somer- vell)-Dennis Noble (Baritone) with! Orchestra Marche Mitaire (Schu- bert)-San Francisco Symphony Orch. cond. by Alfred 'Hertz. Ists, And Osiris, "The Magic Flite" Mozart)-
A regular "šeries of short-wave Iver
broadcasts in the English and other Andresen (Bass) with Orchestra foreign and Chorus,
languages have been in (8ung in German). augurated by the Central Broadcast- Valse In E Major, Op. 34 Moszkowsing Administration, Chungking ki-Arthur De Greef (Piano).
Of special interest to Far East Roa dino (On A Theme By Beethoven-listeners are the news broadcasts at Kreisler): Fair Rosemary (Kreisler) 10 am. (H.K. time) each day on 25.21 Fritz Kreisler (Violin) with The Lass With The Delicate
Plano. metres (119 megacycles).
Air. There are dally broadcasts from 4.15 (Ame)-Nat Marryska (Soprano) to 6.30 am. to European coun with Plano accomp. by Iver Newton, tries, including Great Britain, France, Castanets-Waltz (Richariz)-Orches Italy and Germany on 2551 metres tra Mascotte. C Est A Capri-Tango and 31.58 metres; to America between Chante (Nazelles-Grosz)-Tino Rossi and English on 16.85 metres and 19.75
8.30 am and 11.30
Chinese (Vocal) with Orch Knightsbridge and Eng March (Eric Coates)-Fhilip Green of metres; to East and North China and His Orchestra. Rose-Marie (from the m
Bibaria between 5.30 p.m. and
7.10 film):
The Kountles
p.m. on 28.51 metres and 31.58 metres (from Marle')-Nelson Eddy (Baritme) with pm and 7.55 pa on 25.21 metres
Rose
in Chinese; to Japan between Orchestra.
7.18 "Firefly Selection-Louis and Levy and His Gaumont-British Syn- South China and the South Beas be and 31.58 metres in Japanese: to phony with Vocal Refrain Rainbow tween 8.10 p. and 1930 pm on 25:21 On The River (Film same)-Bobby metres and 31.88 metres, including a Breen (Vocal) with Orchestra. Shine news bulletin in English at 9 p.m. (10 (Brown and Dabney)-Sung by Bing pm. local time): and to Boviet Rus Crosby and The Mills Brothers with sla between 11 p.m. and 11.30 pm Orthestra. "Realle Selection (Cole on 25.21 metres and 31.68 metres in Porter)-New Mayfair Orchestra
Vocal Refrain. Rock And Roll H
Whiting) The Boswell Sisters with Orch. When Mother Nature Sings
Her Lullaby
Russian
**'*'
Yoell-Brown)Leslie H.K, AIR RAID
Hutchinson (Vocal) at the Plano,
9.15 p.m. London Relay The News. 8.30 p.m. London Helay-New York World's Fair.
A descriptive commentary by Alls
Itair Co
PREPAREDNESS
TO BE TESTED
Cooke on the opening of the The Hongkong public will be [New York World's Fair, from the Bri- tested in the very near future as tish Pavilion, with brief descriptions to its preparedness for "war time of the New Zealand, Australian, and conditions" when, a double test will Southern Rhodesian exhibita America),
be made this month of public
(From
9.45 p.m. London Belay-Sports familiarity with the siren signals News and Market Notes.
9.58 p.m. Orchestral.
and of speed and efficiency in "blacking out."..
On a certain night in May, a warning signal will be sounded on
The BronzĄ Horse Over fe (Auther) London Philharmonic Or ebestre cond. by Constant Lambert.
16.00 pm: London Belay-In Town the siren, and dater the "all-clear." To-night.
Edited and produced by C. F. Mee several days on one of which the Warning will be given of the
16.30 pm. Dance Music.
test will be carried out.
hen.
GIFTS FOR NEW DESTROYER The Hish Commissioner for South- ern Rhodesia (Mr. Lanigan O'Keefe
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