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ACTS III & IV OF BIZET'S "CARMEN"
Dvorak Quintet 12 to 12.20, p.m...Belay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral,
12.30 Eva Turner (Soprano) and the BBC. Wireless Military Band
they may about Dixie? Sweetheart Let's Grow Old Together; The touch of your lips; Lost; Lovely Lady: The Glory of Love.
16.63 Billy Mayer! at the Fisno, Sweet Nothings (Rettenberg) Jas mine ('A syncopated Impression- Mayer!! Parade Of The Sandwich Board
Phil Men (Mayerl),
The Pluter's Ball (French-arr. Mayeri).
10.15 A Dance Programme, Fox-Trot Take My Heart Let It Be Me film "Broadway Hostess')--Jay. Wilbur and His Band Waltz-Music
Careless In May from
Rapture") Novelty Fox-Trot-Feter's Pop Keeps A Lollipop Shop Ambrose and His Coconut Orchestra. Fox-Trots-On Island Me And The Moon-Victor Young and His Orchestra, Waltzes
Nights Midnight Waltz. Neapolitan
"Aida"-Ritorna Vincitor (Verd
Ging Bordin and His Hawallana Eva Turner (Soprano) with Orchestra. Fox-Tron-Dixieland Shume. Musk "Faust" Ballet Music (Gounod-The ray Ramble-Bob Crosby and His Or- B.B.C. Wireless Military Band cond.
chestra. Tangos Responso Malevo, by B. Walton O'Donnell. "La Toeca" s
Visit D'Arte Puccin!)-Eva Turner Re-Pa-Si-Juan De Dios Filiberto and Els Orquesta Portena, Fox-Trots-A (Soprano with Orchestra,
Broken Dell. Darktown Strutters' Ball-Darktown
(Modern Strutters' Dixieland Band).
"Prince Igor Ballet Dances (Borodin-The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band cond. by B. Walion O'Donnell,
1 Local Time Signal and Weather Report,
1,03 Gracie Fields, Arthur Askey and Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.
You and The Night and The Music vfrom 'Stup Press')-Gracie Fields
Vocal with "Orch. With A Twinkle!
(Alm" "The In Your Eye-Fox-Trot
In Show That Song --Fox-Trot filmi
Calls
My Gang The. Show Jack Hylton and His Orches G.S.G. tra. Ding Dong
Bell
G.S.B.
(Askey).G.S.H.
Pulled Myself Together (Askey) — Arthur Askey Comedian) with Piano
G.S.0. Swing Is In The Air-Fox-Trot from Trans the film, Red, White And Blue-Fox- Trans. Trot (from Swing is in the Air")-Trans. Jack
Orchestra .Hylton Your Dog's Come Home, Agar. (Har- rington▸ If All The World were Mine Part-Davies-Oracle Fields
Comedienne with Orchestra.
and
HIS
1.38.. Reuter and "Rugby Press, Wes- ther Forecast and Announcements,
1.45 Dvorak-Quintel In A Major, ' Op. 81.
Arthur Schnabel and The Pro Arte HK. Quartet
2.15 Close down.
Close down.
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY ·
Wavelength
I
F1
II
17,19b.c. (16.86m) 9.51m. (31.55m) 214mic. (31.97m.) 15.18m.c. 19:79m.) (G.5.0. G.S.G., G.S.B.) (G.S.H." G.S.G., G.S.B.) (G.SH., G.8.G., G.S.B.)
AUSTRALIA
Call Sign: VIR
Wave Length, 31.34 metres Power, 1. Kilowatt
HOLLAND-INDIA"
Call letters: PHI. Wavelengths 16.88m. & 23.57m.; Frequencies
1777okc. & 17730kc
Time
chaft).
THE SERVICES
GENERAL
CHANNEL TUNNEL PLAN:
AL NAVY ANGLO-FRENCH
ROYAL
• COMMAND OF THE NELSON - Captain W. T. Makelg-Jones will re- linquish the command of EMS, Nel- son as Flag-Captain to the Comma- der-in-Chief, Home Fleet, on his ap- pointment to be Commodore of the RN. Barracks at Portsmouth, where he will succeed, Rear-Admiral W. E. C. Talt in September, He, will be reliev- ed by Captain G. J. A. Miles; hither- to Director of the Senior Officern Tactical Course at Portsmouth,
- NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:—
Cdrs.-M. Richmond, to Basilisk in emd (July 281; J. H. Fipe... to Green- wich in cmd. (July 311,
SECURITY MEASURE
The channel tunnel plan will be discussed in London this week at the annual congress of the International Committee of Exchanges. After many vicissitudes during the last century the project" is once more to the före.
No doubt strategic considerations will claim brst attention, now as in the past. In France military, opinion, has 30 for. been, unanimously in favour of the tunnel.
In England military
opinion warfare; ships crossing between
has, to say the least, been divided France and England would be since the: Great War
IN CASE OF WAR:
attractive targets.
On the other hand, troops and | material passing
through
the
to
no
11
Since the strategical and tacti-tunnel would be exposed cal utility of the tunnel in case such dangers after they had en- Cdr. (E)-HE, G. Griffin, sent to of war would depend on the abil-tered and until they had debouch- Afridi cancelled.
ed. ity to use it, approval of its con- Instr. Cdrs.-R. O. Howard, B.Sc..struction would undoubtedly have to Revenge, and R. O. Whiting, MA to be made conditional "on to Diomede (July 31).
quate defences.
Surgn, Cdrs.-J. F. M. Campbell, M.B. ChB to President for Med Med. Dept. Admiralty (Sept. 41; and As Asst, to Medical Director-General Sept, 9): A. W. North, LM.S.S.A,, to President for Cse. (Sept. 9); B. M. Devant, LR.C.P. and S., to Revenge
28): T. 5. Osborne, L.R.C.P. and S to Diomede (July 28) (appt to Drake for R.N.B., Devonport, "cancel- led: E H. Rampling, IM,S.S.A to Caledon and J. C. Brown, MRC.S. LR.C.P.. to Courageous (Jaly 25),
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a preponderating the revictualling
Then again. ade-į proportion of
of the United Kingdom has to he sea-borne. ships carrying Already the entrance to the tunnel has been made safe against start or arrival forcused
these vital supplies are at their any surprise attack by the
very small area, and in war time longation of
Maginot Line
would be exposed to to the French coast. The ap-
risks. On proaches the English side
the
pro-
оть 3
enormous
would also have to be defended I the tunnel were in being: all the ports of the Atlantic coast! adequately.
of France would be available (to British and allied ships for land-
AERIAL WARFARE;
3
In
any
Payr Cdrs-A. J. Wheeler, to
In the last war aerial warfare foodstuffs and other materials Effingham; F. 9. Muller, to Cardir: R
from oversens which could be was in its infancy, but Q Pine, to Greenwich; E S. Satter- thwaite, to Adventure: ED. T. Churfuture struggle the skies cher, to Diomede:. H, G. Oswin,
the Channel would be one Calypso: E. N. R. Fletcher, .O.B.E.. to Despatch; and 3. A. Hussey to Colom- most intensive fields of
bo (all July 28).
to
Lt-Cdrs.-C. R. de Jersey and L. B. Whetstone. to Drake for RN.B. Aug. 1) appts to Courageous can- celled?
Instr. Lt.Cdr.-A, Gunn, M.A," to Effingham (July 31).
THE ARMY.
above carried directly into England by
rall of the
aerial THE COST:
If the scheme 15 thoroughly investigated by the British and French Governments. they will agree that it would be.. a most important contributory factor to MILITARY APPOINTMENTS
matual security. The mere fact of Surgn, Lt-Cars-A. R. Ewart, M.B.. The War Office announces that
between England B.Ch., to Drake for H,M. Dekyd, Major G. W. V. Hoskyn.
The East an agreement Devonport July 241; M. A. Graham Lancashire. Regiment, has been select and France to build it would have Ycoll, MA MB Ch.B., to Advened for command of the 2nd Battalion great moral effect. ture: C. G.Egan, M.R.C.S., L.RO.P., to The East Lancashire Regiment, vice
"Several thousand million pounds Cillypso (Appt. to Drake for R.N.D. Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. M. Richards.
M.C. who
appointed are being spent on defence. Why
was
cancalled): G. T. Hyatt, M.B. Ch. Dader, Gold Coast Regiment, on should the two Governments hes-1
C. Gent MR.CS... L.R.C.P..
to
to Despatch (appt, to Drake for R.NB, cancelled); S. J. Wheeler, M.B,, M.R.CS. LRC.P.. to Danae; W. Greaves. M.B., Ch,B., to Caradoc; T. McCarthy, L.R.CP. and S. to Ceres; Capetown (appt, to Drake for R.N.B. cancelled); L. J. Corbett, LMS.S.A to Cardiff; A. E. Flannery, LRC.P. and S., to Greenwich; O. A. M. MAX Background to the New Zen-well-Smith, M.B., ChB,, to Exmouth land Centenary: Early Days in (all July 28); G. 6. Thoms, M.B.. New Zealand and Australia". Ch.B., appt. to President for cse, can- (D1).
celled.
6 "For the Children."
10.00-Broadcast to Schools"Health Noah's Ark Zoological Turies und Hygiene (A).. arr." Henry Hall The B.B.C. Dance 10.20-Wheat and Gralu Report (A). Orchestra with Vocal Choruses. The 10.40-"At Home and Abroad" (A), Birthday Of The Little Princess (Gay) 11.05-Lunchech Music (A), -Billy Cotton and His Band Studio 11.30-Afternoon Musical Programme -Story by Aunt Susan. Little Drum- mer Boy (Noel and Pelosi)-Elsie Chr Isle Vocal with Orch. Here Comes The Sandman film Mr. Dodd takes the Air-Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) with Oren.
6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations, 6.32 Bizet's "Carmen" Acts III and 1V.
Singers la arder Aurora
p.in. 1.00
12d
1,15-"The Organ, the Dance Band, and Me" with Billy Thorburn and his Musle (D1). 2:15-Violia of appearance:
Recital by Winifred Buades. Aureliano Pertile,
Smali (D1).. Irma Mion. Ebe Ticozzi Ghuseppe 2.30-News (D1),
2.45 The Finest Stories in the Ness, Aristide Baracchi, Ines Alfani
World Ellah" (D1). Tellini. Benvenuto Franci and Chorus of La Scals, Mian with The Mika Symphony Orchestrs conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoll.
3.15 Sports News and Market Notes
(D1)
3.30-Young People's Session (A). 5.25 Commentary On News (A), 6.45-Dave and Joe O'Gorman and Ted Ray with Percival. Mackey and his Archestra (D3),
Nations! the Band (A) 7.451 Musle, by the B.B,C,
Military Band (D2). 8.30-"Eygmalion. Part III"
7.33 Moskowski - "From Foreign Lands" Suite and Other Composition. Į Malaguena from "Boatdi"-The i B.B.C. Military Band cond by B7.00-Programme by Walton O'Donnell. Serenata (Op. 15, No. 11-Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Orch, Sung in German). Valse In E Major, Op. 34-Arthur De Greet (Piano). From Foreign Lands--Sulte -Berlin State Opera Orchestra cond. by Clemens Schmalstich
Ji
8 Local Time Signal, Weather Re- port' and "Announcements. 8.63 Selections from Sullivan's "The Gondoliera"
Gilbert and
Then Let's Away-Derek Oldham. George Baker, Winifred Lawson and Alleen Davies Then Away They Go To An Island Fair Derek Oldham,
Ro
mance by Bernard Shaw (D2). 9.00-Recorded Music (A). 9.05-Recital by Linda Parker, 50-
prano (D2),
9.30
9,15-News (D2). 9.20--Summary of the day's news (A). Empires Exchange"-Nutrition in the Colonial Empire. Tak by the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (D2). 9.43-Sports News and Market Notes
Winifred Lawson Alleen Divies.
10.00 The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra George Baker and Chorus. of Hap- piness The Very Pitn-Derek Oldham,
(DA).
by Stephen Doman. George Baker
and Chorus Rising 10.50-Recital
pianist (D3).
Early In The Morning-George. Baker and Cherus. Take A Pair Of Spark 11.00 The Thirty-Nine Steps" (03). jing Eyes, Derek Oldham (Tenor) 11.30-Bydney Gustard at Organ of with Orchestra. With Ducal Pomp--
Apollo Theatre (D3).
Henry Lytton. Bertha Lewis and 12,00-News (3).
chorus. On The Day When I was 2.
Wedded-Bertha Lewis, To Help Un-12.35-Music of Tchaikovsky (D3). happy Commoners Henry A. Lytton 12.50-Sports News and Market Notes and Bertha Lewis.
8.28 Variety with Maxine Sullivan, Sam Browne, The I Blies and
Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra,
(D3).
Nobody's Darlin' But Mine (Davis). CHUNGKING NEWS
Wandering Shoes The Hill Billies
with Their Own Novelty Accomp.
One, Two Button Your Shoe Fox-
Trot Alm 'Pennies from Heaven”-
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BROADCAST
Payr. Lt.Cdr.-F. R. Mannin, to Caradoc July 25).
LtsA. E. Williams. to Dunedin. and C., B. Cathle, to Halcyon (July 271: F. A. B. Fasson, to Hostile (July 20),
Tempy. Instr. Lt.-F. L. Westwater, M.A.. to Courageous (July 31).
Act. Tempy. Instr. Lts.-A. J. Bel lamy, BA, to Dauntless: E. Caunce. B.Sc., to Danae J. Gregson. B.Sc., to Durban; P. Miller, B.A to Dragon: Emerald J. Morgan, B.Sc. tp. and B. (all July 31).
Surgn. "Lts.-D.
Hovenden, A. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.. to Dolphin (July 29): B. R. Alderson, L.R.C.P. and S to Victory for R.N.B. Portsmouth Aug. 1), and Kelly (on commg): A. E.
Ging, L.M.S.S.A to Malcolm: S. Miles, M.B. Ch. B. to Broke: W. F Viret. MR.C.S.. L.R.C.Ft
to Montrose; P. W. Edmondson, M.R.CS. BR.CP. to Revenge; D. J. O'Donoghue, M.B., Ch.B..
to Diomede: G. N. Reed, MB.. Ch. B., to Calypso; J. K, Salmon, M.R.CS. LRCP to Dragon; and F.
M.R.C.P. B. B. Wetton,
to Caledon (all July 28)..
Payr. Lts.-T. P. Gillespie, to Effing- ham (July 17: D. M. Lloyd. to Re venge, and B. T. Evans, to Contrageous
ly 31) E. A. J. Collard. to Green- wich; Sutherland. to Exmouth; R.
D. M. Thomas-Ferrard, to Malcolm: F.
V. Harrison, to Broke; and J. G. Phil-
to Keith fall July 23). lips.
Shipt. Lt-W. H. Rendell, to De fiance (Aug. 3)...
Cdr. (E).-C. P. Buttar, to Dortet- shire (July 14).
Lt-Card-B. C. Howe, to Keppel J. A. Elwin, to Penelope (July 28); (Aug. 15); A. R. Murray-Smith, to Pembroke (Aug. 11): H. A Hinds, to Excellent (Aug. 12): J. W. F. D. Cow: gill, to Suffolk
LAU,
10). Surgn. Lt.-Cdrs,—A, M.B..
Stephenson, Jenkinson, L.M.S.9A. to Forth (July 311: J. C. Gent. MR.CS. LRC.P and C. H. Egan, M.R.CS., L.RO.P. to for R.N.B.. Devonport July
Tank.; to Emerald (July 1); 8.
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra A regular series of short-wave Drake. Ross, M.B., Ch. B. M,R.C.S.,
The Star And The Rose (Young and broadcasts in the English and other 13);
Schwartz)--Sam Browne (Baritone) foreign languзTES have been inLE.CP. LR.C.P., to Hardy (June 21). nad The Rhythm Sisters Loch augurated by the Central Broadcast- Lts.-A. R J. Lamport, to Dragon Lomond (In Fox Trat Tempo-arr, ing Administration. Chungking. Thornhill. I'm Coming Virginia (In Of special interest to Far East Fax Trot Tempo-Heywood)-Maxine listeners are the news broadcasts at Sullivan (Vocal) with Orch. How'dia
2013 m. (HK. time), each day on 25.21 Like To Love Me? (flm 'College metres (11.3 megacycles). Swing-Fox-Trot I Fall In Love With
(July 20); J. A. Roberts, to Holly (July 17); 'R. A. F. Hesp, to Newcastle (July 261; L L. T. Hogg, to Erebus (July 28),
Lt. (A). K Keith, to Eagle (July
Burgn, Lta-F. H Lamb, MR.C.S., LR.CP. to President for "ose. (Aug.
13).
You Every Day-Fox-Trot (film 'Col- There are dally broadcasts from 4.15 lege Swing")-Jimmy Dorsey, and His .m. to 8.30 a.m. to European coun Orchestra. When The Moon Hangs tries including Great Britain, France. 2): I. Whittington, M.D., 3,8., lo High Florito and
Others)
The Italy and Germany on 25.51 metres Drake for RN.B., Devenport (July
and 31.58. metres; to America between Hoto's Spring Song (The Hill Billes)
The Hill Ellies with Their Own 9.30 am. and 11.39 am, in Chinese 27); and Courageous (Aug. 1); G. D. Chinese Webb, B.Ch,, to Southampton (m Novelty Accomp. It Am't Right-Fox and English on 16.85 metres and 19,75 dated) (apot, to Devonshire cancell Trot. The Boston Tea Party-Fox-netres: to East and North China and
5.30
and 710 Tro-Jinuny Dorsey and His Orches Siberia between
tra. A Little Bit Independent Leslie p.m. on 25.51 metres and 31.58 metres and
Burkei Gypsy Violin--Sam 11 Chinese to Japan between 7.15
Browne Baritone) with Orch. Blue and 7.56 p.m. on 2521 metres Skies
(Berlin) — Maxine Sullivan (Vocal) and Her Orch,
8.15 London Relay--The News. 930 London Belay-'Empire change."
and 31,68 metres in Japanese; to South China and the South Seas be
p.m. on
ed): J. O. Fielding: MR.C.S., L.R.C.P., to Hood (ADg. 2),
Cd. Engr. A. Freeman, to Cale on July 24); 8. W. Paris, to Pin-
deain
Cd. DO-L. Lancaster. DSM, to Drake (July, 17.
tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.30 on 25.21 metres and 31.58 metres, including Gar-E, A Aguzzi, to Widgeon
Ex-news bulletin in English at @ p.m. "(10 p.m. local time); and to Soviet Rus- sia between 11 p.m. and 11.30 pm.
Nutrition in the Colonial Empire' by the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Parliamentary "Under-Secretary ot State for the Colonies.
Art
Brinkley,
.R (JULY 27). (July
E Gnr.-F. Cypress (July 14).
Bouns-H. W. Clark, G. F. Easterby, J. Hughes, and W. J. H. Moorman, to Osprey for cse, (July 24).
Act. Bosn
Bellwood, ta Osprey for cse. (July 24).
Bost (Retd. Carter, to St. During the 24 hours ended Vincent (July 19).
Daedalus (undated).
945 London Helay-Sports News COLONY HEALTH
and Market Notes, ..
9,50 Herinald Dixon at the Organ midnight, July 28, the following Act, Bosn (0) H. P. Payne, to
Dixon Hits No, 24 Intro: I won't
tell & soul: The sweetest song in the cases of notifiable diseases
world:
Daughter,
The Chocolate Boldier's reported in the Colony:
were
Intro: Waltz Selection,
. Cholera 1: diphtheria 1; enteric I See You Again: Falling in Love Again: Love will find a way. Dixon tever 5; measles 1: dysentery 3; Hits No. 7. Intro: Is it true what tuberculosis. 29,
Wt. Engr. 8. A. Woodriffe, to Ark Royal (July 14)..
RETIREMENT Payr, LAV, Veal, placed on Re- tired List (July, 20),-
June 14. 1939.
itate to spend some £5,000,000 more BATTALION COMMAND
to place beyond doubt the feas- The War Office announces that Major E R. Rushton. The Duke ibility of, the tunnel project, and Cornwall's. Light Infantry, has been up to £50,000,000 in all. spread selected for command of the 2nd Bat over the next five to six years. If tallon. The Duke of Cornwall's Light it will make peace for them Infantry, vice Lieutenant-Colonel EE Carkeet James, OBE., M.C., who was better secured or facilitate appointed to the Staff on July 3. victory in case of war?
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