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8.83 This week's prograMIĘCJ. 8.07 Tungos.
Do You Like Dancing? (Rosen); Night of Lore Divme (Dostali-Dajos Bela Dance Orchestra.
8.15 London Relay H, Gang! 9.00 London Relay The News, 9.15 London Belay-Questions the Hour"...
9.30 Variety.
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Two Pianos-Tin Pan Alley Medley 12.50 Selections from Verdi's Operas. Intro: And the angels sing: want! "Otello"-Ave Marin-Wales Sona goes up must, come down. What anull -Tiona Lemnitz (Soprano) with I say. Don't worry 'bout me; Our "Rigoletto"-Selection-Marek | love: You grow sweeter as the cats Orch.
Orchestra and His Weber
Dongo by-Iver Moreton and Dave Kaye gianmal m'Auo;Dor- with string bass and drums. Come- Carlos"- Ella miro sot nel manto mi regal-Tan-dian-Jiletto: The Love Bug W credi Pasero. (Bass) with Orchestra. Bite. You-Mar Miller. with Orch
Memories Involami Ballroom Waltz
Part 1. "Ernani"-mani! Eraini
Rosa Ponselle (Sonrano) with Or-Intro: Invitation to the Waltz; Des- tiny; Merry Widow; Three o'clock in 1.80 Local Time Signal and Weather the Morning-Debroy Somers Band,
Comedians Keeping Up the meeting-Report.
1.03 Dance Music by Ambrose and Tradition--The Western Frothers. Offices).
Ballroom Waltz Memories Part His Orchestra.
Fox-Trots-You're
the Top. (rem Intro: The Skaters: The Choristers Anything goes"); All Through the The Cuckoo: After the Ball-Debroy
(from | Night
Anything goes'). Somers .Band. Vocal-Cryin! My Woodpecker Song: Heart Out For You Gohnson and Quickstep-The Waltz-It I Should Fall In Love Hopkins)-Kitty Masters with Orches- "Again. Fox-Ircts-7 Get A Kick Out tra..
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10.00 London Relay News Hope' by Howard Marshall
10.15 Dance Music. Fox-Trois-Thanks for the Memory: You Took The Words Right Out of 1.45 Rate Da Costa at the Mano.
My Heart-Roy Fox and His Orches Worris and Music"-Medley Noel tra. Tangos-Red Roses; Vision- Coward). Sweet and lovely (Leinare Eral Roosz and His Orchestra, Fox- and Others).
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Annual Meeting of H. and S'ha Banking Corpgrafion, noon, '.
Colony Chess Championship. Penin-
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and
of You: Anything Goes (both from 9.45 News Anything Goes') Comedy Onestep-me's only).
Press, and Aunounce-
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28-Tides: High 11.17 2.20. and 11.07.p.m. Low 4.42 3.0, and 4.35 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.16 am; Sunset: 6.27 p.m.) Kowloon Residents Asson, Annual Meeting, St. Andrew's Hall. 6 p.m..
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 a.m.-12.30 p.m..
Vocal Recital by
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Sze, Peninsula Hotel, 9.15 p.m.
Star Ferry Co. Ltd. Annual Meet ing (Jardine, Matheson & Co. office), 11 a.m.
Cochran
Young Lady' Turns B.B.C. Producer
Sitting in a sumptuous B.B.C. office at Bristol, surrounded by three busy telephones, two discreet secretari, an out of-tune plano and а corps of composers, is twenty year old ex - Cochran "Young Lady," Miss Jenny Nichol -
son.
Occasionally she pinches herself -wondering if it's all true, be- cause Miss Nicholson, who has pla- tinum cers and a merry eye, is now A Person In Authority.
Until a few days ago, she was known chiefly because:
1. She is a lifelong buddy of Sarah Churchill; was responsible for introducing her to her hus: band, Vie Oliver;
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Que?-Geraldo and Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians. Crepuscule-Por
Scu Island Medley The His Gaucho Tango Orchestra. Pox. South Twilight Serenaders w. Orch
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11.00 Close down.
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'6.32 Musical Comedy Selections.
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Queen of Hearts lectich-Sydney | G.S.H. Kyte and His Piccadilly Hotel Rend; with Vocal Chorus
7.00 London Relay-The News. 7.15 London Relay- Talk 7.30 Grieg Peer Gynt Suite, Ną 2, Op. 53.
Ingrid Lametit-Arabian Dance-. The Return of Peer Gynt-Solveig's) Song-New Light Symphony Orches tra cond. by Bugene GooES<T>.<
7.4 Studio-Am appeal for Volun Leers for the Police Reserve by the ilon, Mr. G. Periut, Acting Com- missioner of Police.
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CHINA NEEDS GREATER
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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's "Free China," now in its fourth year of resistance against Japanese domination and at present hold- ing its own against the invader, will require much greater Ameri- can aid than has been received so far in order to win decisively and sket-recover-ber occüpled territories, writes John R. Morris in the
2. She had danced in Dorchester shows and for Mr. Cochran:
3. She had written some ches for "New Faces."
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MARYLAND
IN TECHNICOLOR!
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Now she's B.B.C. writer and pro- This observation was reached as tance is the principal ingredient of ducer in-chief of a new series, a result of a three-month tour of the confidence with which the
and other Far Chinese face the future. "Helter Shelter," which opened on China, Japan
OBSERVERS VIEWS Nov. 19, with friend Sarah Chur-Eastern countries vitally affected the belief in certain quarters that: The Astana Hilir, an imposing chill in the lead. Also, she's au- by Japan's effort to establish the American observers who have THRILLING ROMANTIC DRAMA IN BEAUTIFUL TECHNICOLOUR! the Chinese are an inferior race building with lawns covering about thoress of "Young Lady At Large." "New Order of East Asia."
been long in China and have an because their brains are poorly four acres of land, which was
Chungking, from which I flew to intimate acquaintance with, con- developed. The speech on "Chinese formerly owned and used by thei
How do 23-year-olds with plati- Hongkong yesterday is, a capital ditions there and leading personali Brains" was given by the noted late Sultan Idris as his private re-num, curis and merry eyes get beset by tremendous trils and tles emphasize the importance of anthropologist at the clubbouze sidence, has been bought over by themselves "adopted" By the hardship which were recently com- the opportunity opened to the of the Sino-French-Belgian-Swiss, His Highness the Sultan of Perak, ̧
plicated and intensified by in United States by the existing state! Cultural Association in Chungking. for $15,000.
Miss Nicholson's story is that ternational difficultles and serious of affairs. The skull of the "Peking Man"
Many expressed the hope that Ever since the death of its late
of a young person who means to economic problems discovered at Chowkoutlen, Mr. Royal owner, the Astana had been
When all factors are taken into Lauchlin Currie, President. Roose- get some place somehow. Ouyang said, is 30 ce, bigger than maintained by the bene claries.
First Cochran asked her to write consideration, however, it appears velt's administrative assistant will The stately Astana with the "Java Man". He further pointed; out that the "Peking Man" 450,000 many bedrooms and magnificent a sketch for "Cock-a-doodlead" obvious that China's position and return to Washington with in- years old, was better-cultured being halls surrounded by a concreted She talked it over with him in prospects are improving at present formation, and ideas leading to in- vall, is situated near the Sultan's an air-raid shelter, and, in the while Japan's problems, respon-creased aid on the basis of terms already able to make use of fire.
sibilities and her self-imposed task insuring their maximum effective- din, misunderstood him. Instead of
of recrganizing Ala under the ness When the brain of a 16-year-old office In Bukit Chandan.
sketch she wrote a Chinese lad (after death)
Rising Sun banner are becoming The highest officials in Chung- Was Plans are being made to retou-writing one
dally more burdensome and danking whom I interviewed last week taken out and examined, it was dition the Astana. The cost of complete revue.
Naturally, Cochran couldn't use
implied their eagerness to cooperate, found to be as fully-developed as installation of electric lighting is
estimated at about $4,000, while a whole revue-so this enterpris-
ALL CLASSES ENCOURAGED with the United States in every that of any White adult. SKULL BOUND
the bedrooms are being fitted with ing youngster waltzed off. to Bristol
Chinese of all classes have been, way necessary to put American ald to sell it to the B.BC. Out came The skull of the Chinese, ac- modern sanitary installations.
In addition to this the spacious the script, on came the smile-now greatly encouraged by the recent to its best use. All experienced American measures which directly foreign observers with whom I cording to the anthropologist, is) round while that of the white hails are being furnished with ma-Miss Nicholson is On The Stan.
or indirectly benefited the Chinese consulted, including many non "Helter Shelter" is, as she puts people is oval. The capacity of
It is understood that His High-it, a sort of civilian Garrison position. They feel that the United Americans, felt that the Chinese States holds the key to the Far government was prepared to ac-- anything round, according to phy-ness intends to use the Astana as Theatre glorifying the home front Eastern situation and by cooperat-cept in the future not only Ameri- sics, is greater than that of any his private residence when it is and what have you...", ing with Britain can restore peace can assistance, but also American thing oval This Mr. Ouyang as-
and an equitable, enduring new advice in the manner of utilizing serted... also shows that Chinese ready for occupation.
order of Asia:in the course of the such credits and materials as the Brig. 7. R. Phelan, Deputy Adju- next year or two.
United States is now prepared to The Chinese have in no way been provide. Chinese brain is 1,332 grams.while A ecrtain anthropological re- tant-General at National Defence that of the White is 1,335 gram search organisation conducted an! headquarters in Ottawa, has been dismayed by their military reverses. Chinese leaders do not fear a their economic dificulties Russo-Japanese rapprochement The difference, however, is not in intelligence test between Oriental transferred to Canadian- military nor proportion to bodily weight. The and European children. The result headquarters in London as Adju- which have been causing much which would intertera with this. average bodily weight of White of the test showed the brains of tant-General, replacing Major-Gen. hardship among the people. But and the latest remarks of the people is 150 pounds while that of the Chinese children were ns" well E W. Banson, who was recently, an- everywhere it is noticeable that the Soviet ambassador to China, whom the Chinese is only around 130 developed as those of the Eura pointed to the command of the expectation of Turther and even I saw last week, tend to support
Third Division in Canada.
more substantial American assis-this view, pounds.
brains are superior.
Then, the average weight of the
dern furniture.
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