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On Wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.ch) 31.49.
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Now We'll Drink Just One (Rosen-Schwabach); The Village Baad (Fryberg-Danop-Kirsten). Wood cutter's Song (Knorr. Becce); Heinie's Sing-Song (Kirsten, Richarta), · Little Sandman (Brahmu. arg... Frommer- mann).
8.45 pm. London Relay Sports News and Market Notes.
9.50 p.m. Ignas Friedman at the Piano,
Mazurka, Op. 24. No. 4 (Chopin): Op. 33, No. 4 (Chopin). Minuetto Prom Suite (Suk, Op. 21); Berceuse (Chopin).
PLANO RECITAL BY DOREEN MA Mazurka,
FROM THE STUDIO
Tschaikowsky Symphony
12.00 to 12.20 p.m. Belay of Ser
10.05 p.m. Songs by Maria One- wska - (ControMo).
Sappic Ode (Brahma), Dedication
vice of, Intercession from St. John's Schumann, Op. 25, No. 1); None, but
Cathedral.
12.30 p.m. Turner Layton and Jack "Hylton and His Orchestra,
September In The Rain Me lody for Two'; Old Plantation Red- David)-Turner Layton and mond (Vocal) at the Piano, Lord And Lady Whoozis-Fox-Trot (dim Gangway); When You Gotta Sing. You Gotta Sing firm Gangway) Jack Hylton "and His Orchestra. Was It Rain? Hirsch and Handman)-Turner Lay- ton Vocall at the Plano. Drop In Next Time You're Fassing-For-Trot
from Going Places'); Fox-Trot (from Swing.
evable
the Weary Heart (Tchaikowsky).
18.15 pm Tschaikowsky - ST- phony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 (The Pathetique Symphony).
Boston Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Berge Koussevitaky..
11.00 p.m. Close down.
G.S.G 6.5.B.
Hylton and His Orchestra Medicy of G.S.H. Old Songs-Intro: Hold your hand out, naughty boy; Skylark: Navaho;
SHORT WAVE
G.5.0.
1
11
111
Little Alabama Coon: Sing me to Trans. sleep: La Mattchiche; Maggie Mur-Trans. phy: Another girl at home ke Mary: Trans. Broken Melody: I'm twenty-one to- day: As your hair grows whiter; Gal loping Major-Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.
1.00 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 .. Light Spanish Music with Baquel Meller (Vocal).
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17.39b.c. (16.88m.) 9.51m.a. (11.55mm.) 21.47m.. (31.97m.)
15.18m.c." (19,79m.) .(G.5.0., G.8.G... G.S.B.) (G.S.H., G.S.G..“ G.S.B.) (G.S.H., G.8.G., G.B.B}
AUSTRALIA
Call Sign: VIK
Wave Length. 31.34 meltra Power. 1 Kilowait HOLLAND-INDIA
Call letters: PHI Wavelengths 16.88m, & 25.57m.; Frequencies 1777oke. & 1773okc
Festival In Seville (Albeniz, arr. Stokowski) Philadelphia Symphony H.K Orchestra cond. by Leopold Stokow-Time
ski. Clavelito Del Genil (Romero).
Raquel Meller (Vocal) with Orches 10.00-Broadcast to Schools-“Health
tra
Siempre Unidos Tango (Rome-
o): El Que à Elerio Mata-Tango (Canaro-Pelay) - Orquesta
10.20-Wheat and Grain Report (A).
and Hygiene" (A). pica 10.40-"At Home and Abrond" (A)..
11.05Luncheon Music (A).
Francisco Cunaro Gitana, Oftans
p.nu.
(A).
(Prado and Romero): La Pens (Ma 11.30-Afternoon Music Programme chado
and
Collet-Raquel Meller (Vocal)
Barcelona Municipal with Orchestra. Golden Stars - Tango (Kronenberg): Eternal Sun - Tango (Llosses)-Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra.
1.30 p.m. Eenter and Rugby. Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-
1.00"An Irish Love Story in Song"
(D1)
1.20 American Commentary." Talk by Raymond Gram Swing (D1). 1.35-The B.B.C.. Empire Orchestra
(D1). 2.30-News (DU). 1.40 p.m. Violin Solos by Friti 2.45-Frank Bic's Brass
Quintet (D1). 3.15-8ports News and Market Notes
(D1).
menis.
Krebier..
Spanish Berenade (Olazounov, arr. Kreisler. Liebesfreud (Kreisler): Liebesleid. (Kreisler),
2.00 pm. Richard Strauss — Bur- leske.
Elly Ney (Piano) and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra cond by Dr. ..W. vari Hoogstraten.
2.15 p.m. Close down.
·6.00 p.m. ""For the Children.” Nursery Rhymes-Intra: Ding Dong Dell; I saw three ships; Hickory Dic- kory Dock: Polly put the kettle on: Curly Locks; Bas baa, black sheep; Jack and Jill: A little cock sparrow; There KAS 1 little woman; etc. -Uncle George's Party with Orch. Nursery Rhymes Intro: Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo-peep: Old King Cole: Oranges and Lemons; A Prog he would a-wooing go: Sing a song of sixpence: Boys and girls come out to play, etc.-Uncle George's Party with Orch,
Studio Serial Story "More Very Young" Bongs (A. PA. Milne-Fraser-Simson):
(a) Binker. (b) Shoes and Stockings, (c) Forgiven (Baritone) with
-George Baker
..Piano.
6.30 p.m.
tations.
6.2
3.30-Young People's Session (A). 4.30--Dipner Music (A). 3.25-Commentary On News (A). 6.30-Ballad Concert (A). 6.45-Music Hall, with the B.B.C.
Variety Orchestra (D3). 7.00-Military Band Recital (A). 1.45"They Speak for Themselves"
(D2).
Contemporary
8.00-"Modern and
Composers" (A). 8.30--Organ Recital by Alleen
Brunsden (2). 9.00-Ian Stewart: "The Bong Fe- parter" (D2); Recorded Feature (A).
9.15-News (D3).
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9.20 Summary of the day's news
(A).
930-Violoncello becital by Audrey,
Piggott (D2).
9.45 Sports News and Market Notes
(D3).
10.00-Harrogate Municipal Orchestra
(D3).
of
11.00-Harry Farmer, at Organ
Granada Cinema (D3), 11.25
Masters of Melody Featur ing Mario de Pietro, with an ensemble of well-known soloista (D3). 12.00-News. (D3).
Closing local Stock Quora.
Edward German....Nell
Gwyn Dances,
12.15 "American Commentary." Talk
by Raymond Gram Swing (D3). 12.36"Brahms," with Harold Pair.
hirst (violin) and Hetty Bal ton (planoforte) (D3). London Relay Music-12.85--Sports News and Market Notes
(D3).
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.
6.15 p.m.
Hall
With Al and Bob Harvey, the Fa- mous Canadian Comediana; Ethel
Revneil and Grace Walk the Two CHUNGKING NEWS
ון.
Oddments and The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell Presented by John Sharman.
7.45 p.m. M.D.CH.E..
Cholers.
BROADCAST
Studio-Dr. R. C. Jones, A regular series of short-wave Interview concerning broadcasts in the English and other foreign languages have been in- augurated by the Central Broadcast-
8.09 pm Local Time Signal, Wezing, Administration. Chungking ther Report and Announcementa.
.
or special interest to Far East
10 am. (KK time) each day on 25.31 metres (11.3 megaeselea).
8.63 pm. Songs by June Knightlisteners are the news broadcasts at (Soprano).
Lice.Domino Waltz Song (Allm "Lilac Domino'): My Heart Wii Be. Dancing (Alm The Lilac Domina?)---- with Male Quartet and Orch.
| 8.10 p.m. - Studio Plano Recital by Doreen Ma. -
There are daily, broadcasta from. 4.15- a.m. to 6.30 am. to European cour tries, including Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany on 25.51 metres and 31.58
metres; to America between.
THE SERVICES
ROYAL NAVY
DESTROYER FLOTILLAS
BENUMBERED
Changes have been under-titea of all the destroyer dotillas in fli commission The term tribal des tray fotlila" which had denoted the large vessels of the tribal class has been dropped and in future the two flotillas of these ships, one in the Mediterranean and the other in the Home, Plect, will be numbered in their proper Bequence with the fotilins
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other
In the Mediterranvan the former Tribal Destroyer Flotilla is now the 1st Destroyer Flotilla; the old "1st Destroyer Flotilla is renumbered the and; the old 2nd becomes the 3rd: and the old 3rd becomes the 4th. There 15 now no 5th Destroyer Flotilla. but this is reserved as A spare number for the Mediterranean.
In the Home Fleet the former
and Tribal Destroyer Flotilla
is renamed the
Flotils. 8th Destroyer
The remnant of the 4th Plotilla which was in process of replacement, and the 5th Plotis, have become the 7th Destroyer Plotilla. The old 8th Flo tilla is now the 8th Destroyer Flotilla. The former 8th. Flotilla, stationed in China, has been renamed the 21st Destroyer Plorilla. The mumbers be tween 10 and 20 would no doubt be allocated to destroyers of the Reserve Fleet in the event of mobilization,
NEW ENGINEER OVERSEER Engineer Captain H. B. Tostevin, D.80.. retired. has been appointed to relieve Engineer' Commander J. E Cooke, R.N.. as Admiralty Engineer Overseer at the works of Camn.ell Laird and Co., Limited, Birkenhead COMMANDER TEASDALE-
BUCKELL
Commander M. G. Teasdale-Buckell. Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, has been placed on the retired list.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments have been made by the Admiralty:---
Lt.-Cdr. L B. Whetstone. to Claypso (June 1).
LL (FILL, RAR)-N. MCL Kemp. to Victory for id. at Southampton (May 16).
Sub-Lts-R. A. Bird, to Niger (June 6); A. S. T. Tyers, to Leith (June 17); J. M. Christian, appt. to Pembroke for crae, cancelled.
Act. Cub-Lt.-W. J. Mainprice, to Victory for R.N.B. for crse. (May 293. Wt. Elect.-T. H. Davidson, to Ver- non (May 24).......
BOTAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
Proby. Sub-Lts (A).-J. A. Harris, C. B. Critchley, R. H Thompson, P. Thomton, N. L. Hayman, AL O. C. Nottingham, 8. G. Or, C. C.
Wray, N. J. Wadsworth, A Buttle, to Pembroke for ff.d at No. 7 E. and RF. Training Sch. Desford, for crse (May 30).
Proby. Mids (A).-M. E sier, G. A Hogg, A. G. Day, D. Grant, S. E. Mit- chell, V. D. H. Taylor, T. R. W. Wag.. ner, J. M. Brown, J. M. L. Roberts, J. Reardon-Parker, A. L. Ayres, C. R. Dearman, D. & Wise, J. Marshall, to Pembroke for 1.1.d. at No. 7 E, and RF. Training Ech, Desford, for crse. (May 30).
ROYAL AIR FORCE
** COMMANDS" IN
FLEET
AIR ARM The May Navy List shows that of the 37 squadrons and flights of the Fleet Air Arm employed in home waters and, on foreign stations, only one now remains under the command of an officer of the R.A.P. Replace- ment by E N. officers who have quali- fied as air pilotes is complete.
thus
almost
The exception is No. 824 (Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance) Squadron in the aircraft carrier Eagle in China, Squadron Leader R. G. Forbes, who in April, 1938, has had a naval train-" was appointed to command this unit
ing.
FLEET AIR ARM EXPANSION
M
600 'Planes To Be Borne In Ships
Remarkable progress in the programme of expansion of the Fleet Air Arm, which is to cover at least four years, has been made by the Adıntral-
ly, writes Hector C. Bywater,
RADIO & GENERAL·
Ubery, Suprem
A successful Sports Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 23, by the Shumehun. Rural Welfare Centre for the students of the three schools managed and supported by the Centre.
CHINA'S ANTI-ILLITERACY CAMPAIGN
GUERILLAS ARE TAUGHT
TO READ AND WRITE
CHUNGKING, June 2 (Central)-After an interruption of 23 months of war, the anti-iteracy campaign in Shanghai has
camps again résumed, but this time in the guerilia
Da...the.. outskirts of the city, according to the latest information from Shanghal
By order of the leader of these words: "I know no characters" forces, every illiterate güerilla has written on everything belonging to to learn 500 Chinese characters him. In the end, the words impress- within six months. By the end of, ed themselves on his mind and this period, it is hoped that those he knew them. Having begun in guerillas who cannot read or write this way, he is now an ardent
student in the class. will be able to read newspapers.
Political workers attached to the Similar methods have been ap- units have written special text-iplied to others who preferred books and devised unique educa. 6ghting to character-reading. On
bayonets tional measures to from the their
every morning campaign. According to the latest would be found the character report from one of the camps, the "bayonet" until the word and its results have been highly satisfac-meaning weie memorized. They were also taught to put their own tory,
the literacy campaign name and number on everything was launched, cartoons were dis- they owned, tributed among the guerillae em- phasizing the importance of having the fighting forces able to read and write,
Before
«An Illustration Illustrating the highly provodu tive character of these cartoons is one that shows an experienced fighter holding a piece of paper with question marks all around his head. The intriguing question marks led the guerillas to ask! their officer what it meant. The caption of the cartoon says: "Suppose you were entrusted with an important mission and suddenly i a secret order came to you, vhat would you do?"
The story is told of a peasant who had been credited with more successes in the 20 months of his querilla career than anyone else In the same unit. But when it came to studying, he would stub- bornly refuse to co-operate. I know no characters," he ten said, "but I do know how to fight the Japanese, which
"quite 15 enough for anyone to know."
More Subtle Way But political workers "found e more subtle way than omcial order to induce the peasant to learn characters. A few days after the order, the peasant found the
the "Daily Telegraph's" Nava) - PUPPET REGIMES
Correspondent.
ditions are contemplated to, the 1 understand that further ad-
TO CONFER
the Mood that I'm in. 3. When I go and English on 16.85 metres and 19.75 of which six, each of 23,000 tons, adreaming. 4. Let Me Whisper, 5. If metres; to East and North China and
1. I'm Gonna Lock; my Hen-t, 2. Its 8.30 am, and 1130 am in Chinese present fleet of aircraft carriers, Attempt To Smooth
It isn't love, 6. You Changed My Life Biberis Between 8.30 pm, and 7.16 are built building or projected. Out Differences
(Hal Lorenzo).
PEIPING, June 2 (Intl) TO
differences out the
and
8.10 p.m. Variety with Bing Crosby, in Chinese; to Japan between 7.15 each capable of, accommodating iron
p.m. on 25.61 metres and 31.58 metres In addition to these new ships, The Duncan Sisters, Connie Borwell pm and 7.45 pm. on 23.21 metres 50 to 70 aircraft, most of the jealously between the "Reform- and Florace Heidt and His Brigadlers and 31.58 metres in Japanese; to.
Dardanella-Fox-Trot: The Bells Of South China and the South Seas be older but still effective carriers, ed Government" and the "Pro St. Mary-For-Trot-Horace Heidt & tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. on 2531 such as the Courageons, Glorious, visional Government in Pelping, His Brigadiers. 1 Hadn't Anyone T metres and 31.68 metres, including a You (Noble) Connie Boswell (Vocal) news bulletin in English at 9 p.m. (10 Furious, Eagle and Hermes, are to a joint meeting of the two puppet with Orch. You're A Sweet Little p.m. local time); and to Boviet Rus be retained on the active list. Headache (Alm Paris Honeymoon"); sls between 11 fm and 11.30 p.m
regimes will be held here – from Joobala (lm Paris Honeymoon) on 28.21 metres and 31.58 metres in all battleships and cruisers with
Purther, the work of equipping June 6 to 8. Bing Crosby (Vocal) with Orch. RussİZ2, There's A Brand New Picture In My
The agenda will include selec- Picture Frame-Fox Trot: Bewildered
aircraft and catapults is proceed tion of a puppet politician to Fox-Trot-Horace Heidt and His
ing apace
hend a combined bogus com- Aletnite Brigadiers. TI-Pi-Tin (Le- veen-Grever) The Duncan Sisters (Vocal) with Plano.
Little Lady
LABOUR LEADER TAKEN ILL
In a few years the Fleet should mittee, and the name of Marshal have at it disposal no fewer than Wu Pel-fu retired warlord, is 600 shipborne aircraft, a force again mentioned. He has re- Be That Way (Goodman, Bampson, leader of the Opposition in the will probably be unsurpassed by Japanese government dret at the LONDON, June 3 (BWB)The which both in quantity and quality fused so far to head any pro- Orchestra. The Dance Of The Blue House of Commons, Mr. G. Rany navy In the world.
Make-Bellere (Tobias, Simon); Don't
Parish) Bing Crosby (Vocal) with
Danube Fox-Trot: Let Me Whisper Attlee, is going into a nursing home
- Horace Heldt and Hin over the week-end to undergo, an Brigadiers. You Leave Me
Breathless (froms Coconut Grove')
If it Rains Who Cares?. Lesile.
operation.
Mr. Attlee was taken fill on arziy-
persuasion of Lieut-Gen. Kenji |Dolbars and later by Lent Gen COLONY HEALTH Belicht Kit
Other Items on the agenda are the decline of the Japanese yen
RETURNS
Burke) Connie Boswell (Vocal), with Orch. Daniel In The Liong Denne at Southport for the A Three cases of cholera, four of and the corresponding slump of (Duncan Bisters-Granatt) The Dunnual Conference of the Labour dysentery (one imported) and 28 issues of the so called Federal can Sisters (Vocal) accomp. by two Party at Whitsun, and was only of tuberculoels were reported, dus Reserve Bank and the Central pianos. Z
able to make a briet appearance ing the 24 hours ended midnight China Development Bank (Hua 9.15 pm, London Relay The News. 9.30 pan- The Comedy Harmonistes among the delegates.
on June 22
Hsing) Bank,
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For Hang Kang, Foor a
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