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CHAN'S BEST FRIEND MURDERED!
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COMING EVENTS
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8-Tides: High 7.01 am, and 7.13 pm Low: 12.44 am. and 1.37 pm.
Sunrise: 5.47 a.m.; Sunset: 6.53 p.. HK Eugenics League, Gloucester Hotel, 5.20 p.n
St Andrew's (Medical) War Work,
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Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
HK Philharmonic Society, Annual Meeting. ILK. Hotel, 5.30 p.m.
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On Wavelengths of 185
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metros (845 k.0's). 31,63
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H... Y's Men's Club Ninth Anni versary Dinner, HK Hotel, 8 p.m. Army Athletics Shamshuipo. Victoria Chess Club, Gloucester Ho tel. 3 p.m.
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula flo tel. 5.30 p.m.
Cheero Club Bridge and Mahjong. Legistative Council Meeting, Coun-1 cil Chambers, 2.30 pm.
9-Tides: High 7.40 am and 8.17 p.m. Low: 128 am, and 2.18 p.m.
Sunrise: 547 a.m.; Sunset: 643 p.m. Intercession, Service, St. Andrew's Church, E.20 pun.
B.m.
HAYDN "OXFORD" SYMPHONY NO. 92 IN G MAJOR Max Miller
1215 pm Short. Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Variety with Tessie O'Shea. Dick Todd, and Warner & Darnell.
(Warner-Darnell); Sally the Circus
-Valse Chantee; Vairi Paris--Marche Chantee (both from film "Lunileres de Paris"-Tino Rossi (Tenor) w. Orch. Indian Mail-Descriptive Lamothe); Glow Worm-Intermezzo (Lincke) Orchestre Raymonde.
9.45-10.00 News In French (on Short Wave Only).
9.45 Galtar Solos by Lrn Filis. The World is Waiting for the Sun- **se (Beltz);
Words Three Little (Ruby) with Plano. When the Leaves Bid the Trees, Goodbye (Iawnhurst) with his Hawalia Orchestra. Mood Ruby (Fils); Dipsomania (Pillis).
10.00 London Relay To Talk of Many Things.”
10.15 Variety.
Vocal No Wonder She is a Blushing
Vocal-Musketeers Melodies No. 1- Bride (Dubin and others); Oh! What Intro: Dinner at Eight; "Goodnight HE, Governor of Macao due in HK Sy Place to Kiss a Gin (Gilbert)
Little Girl of My Dreams; Don't Ladies' Working Party BW.OF.Tessie O'Shes w. Orchestra. Vocal Blame Me: I've Found the Right Govt. House, 9 am-12.30 p.m.
The Legionaires intro: Marietta): Girl; Trouble in Paradise; Yvonne; Art Exhibition at Hotel Cecil. Crown Land Sale. D.O. South. 11 Queen (Weston-Lee) Warner and The Last Round Up The Four Mus. keteers with piano. Vocal-A Sweet Darnell. Vocal-Cecilia (Dreyer); Pol Lecture: Volunteer Nursing Detech-ka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heu-Irish Sweetheart of Mine (Tinturin & | Lawrence)-Phil Regan with Drches- ment, A.R.P. Hqrs. Happy Volley, 3.30 sen)-Dick Todd (Baritone) w. Orch.
tra. Three Planos - Boogie Woogle Focsi - On the Good Ship Ballyho Prayer (Ammons and others)-Meade Chinese
Journalists' Assen. (Darnell): Bluebeard (Darnell)-War Lux Lewis Pete Johnson, Albert Am Charity Bazaar, To Un Restaurant ner and Darnell.
Vocal -- He Sald
Vocal Outside of Paradise! West Point.
"Kist Me" (Walter-Tessie O'Shea (Tinturin, and Lawrence)-Phil Regan with Orchestra. Three Pianos-Boo- gie Woogie Prayer. Part 2 (Ammons and others)-Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Humorous
p.m
£15.
Obeero Club Darts and Table Ten-Orch.
1.00 Local Time Signal, 1.01 Negro Spirituals.
mons.
10-Tides: High $18 a.m. and 9.18 pm. Low: 2.94 am, and 2.36 pm.
Sunrise: 5.48 m.; Sunset: :6.54 pm. Work All De Summer; Didn't My Johnson Albert Ammons. Women's Advisory Committee
Lord Deliver Daniel; Dere's a Man-Pets (Frankan and others); Winter New Life Movement, Roller Skating Goin' Roun' Takin' Names--Paul Ro-Sports (Frankau and others)--Murga- Contest, Kowloon Skating Rink
beson (Bass with Plano. I'se Been troyd and Winterbottom with plano. Softball League Supper Dance, Buked Owina Lay Down My Life: Vocal-This Year's Kisses; Slum.ming Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Go Down, Moses-Edna Thomas (Soon Park Avenue both from Alm "On Goin' To Ride the Avenue")-Alice Faye with Orch. Fifth Extra Meeting of H. Jockey prano) with Piano.
Up In De Chariot (arr. Brown); Evry Vocal-Take Me Away From the River Time I Feel De Spirit (arr. Brown Paul Robeson and Lawrence Brown w Piano,
"urd & 'qato
Art Exhibition at Hotel Cecil 11-Tides: High 8.57 1m and 101 p.m. Low: 2.39 am and 3.43 p.m.
Sunrise: $46 am.; Sunset: 6.54 pm. Art Exhibition at Hctel Cecil. T.M.C.A. Discussion Group, 9 p.m. 12-Tides: High 937 a.m. aud 11.12 p.m. Low: 3.16 am and 4.30 p.m.
Sonrise: 545 a.m.; Sunset: 8.38 p.m. Ladies' Working Party, Govt. House. 10 a.m. -12 noon.
HK. General Chamber ot Com terce Annual Meeting. H.K. Bank. Bldg. Mezzanine Floor, 4.30 p.m.
13-Tides: High 10.18 p.m. Low: 3.52 a.m. and 5.13 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.44 am: Sunset: 6.55 pm H.K. Rotary Club (Closed Meeting). 1 p.m.
MYSTERY DRAMA
Thirty pieces of silver clutched in each victim's handl
That's Charlle Chan's only clue in his toughest case to date, "Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise," the 20th Century-Fox film at the Majestic Theatre, with Sidney Toler again in the title role.
Crammed with suspense, thrills and action, the mystery-drama finds Chan on board a luxury liner with a boat-load of suspects and
an aura of terror surrounding them all. A maniacat strangler is on the loose and Chan faces his
116 The Bohemians Orchestra. A Day in Tyrol (Romer and Faun) Swing Me Up Higher (Mackeben). Daddy Long Legs (Wright); Summer Breezes (King).
Parker)-The Four Musketeers with plano. Pisno Duet-Piano-Time Melo dies No. 1-Intro:' China Boy: YouTe in Kentucky: Sure as You're Born: Sheik of Araby: Japanese Sandman: Bye Bye Blues: Who's Sorry Now Baldwin and Howard with String Bass and Drums Humorous-Scientifically. of Courset Crick and others); If 130 Reuter and Rugby Press and You Pretend You're Blue (Crick and Announcements.
others) Murgatroyd and Winterbot 145 Excerpts from Gülbert and tom with-plano. Sullivan.
“Ruddigore" -- I Know A Youth George Baker and Muriel Dickson:
11.00 Close Down.
MONTHLY REPORT
Pro-
During the month apart from re-
From The Eriny Sea-Chorus of Girls; The Monthly Broadcasting - Report I Shipped, D'Ye See-Derek Oldhom for April, 1941. shows that actual and Chorus of Girls: Hornpipe-Sym hours of transmission totalled 435 of "Ruddigore" Me which 2001 were 'devoted to European phony Orchestra.
210 to Obinese Pro- drigal-When The Buds Are Blossom-Programmes, ing Muriel Dickson, Dorothy Gill. grammes and 24 to Indian Derek Oldham, Stuart Robertson and grammes as follows: Mixed Chorus: Halil Bride and ZBW (European)Morning trans- Bridegroom-Sydney Granville & Pull mission, 663: Evening transmission Company. "The Pirates of Penzance" 1354. Total 2001. -Now for the Pirates' Lair: When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold-Derek | corded programmes the following Oldham, Peter Dawson and Dorothy items were aroadcast:-Festure Pro- Away, Away! My Heart's. On grammes, 4; Recitale. 7: Studio Talks Fire-Dorothy Gill, Derel: Oldham & including Book Reviews, Newsletters Peter DawsOT- All Is Prepared! Stay. and Appeals), 18; Local Relays (in- Fredric, Stay-Elsie Grifin & Derek cluding Church Services), 5: Sunday Oldham. The Pirates of Penzance"- Eventog Epilogues, 4; Daventry Re- A Rollicking Band of Pirates We-Leo lays including News). 148 Pro- Sheffield and-Mole Chorus. With Cat grammes in French (News, etc.). 30:) Ike Tread Stuart Robertson & Male Programmes in Portuguese, 5. Chorus.
GW.
2.15 Close Down. 5.45 Indian Programme. 6.30 Closing. Local tions.
6.32 Dance Music.
Stock Quota-
ZEK (Chinese):-Morning trans- mission, 60: Evening transmission, [150.. Total 210.
During the month apart from "re- corded programmes .the following items were broadcast:-Studio Con-
deadliest adversary whose, calling Fox-Trot-Gypsy Tears; Quick-Step certs, 23: Studio Talks, 33: Chlidren's card is thirty pieces of crimsonChopsticks Jack Hylton and His Concerts, 9.
Orchestra. Fax-Troté--Who?; Romping' ZBW (Indian):-Evening transmis- coinl
-Frankie Newton & Orchestra. Tan- sion only (Including talks, records and How the famous Oriental detec-go-Black Orchids-Oskar Joost Tan-recitals). 241. tive matches crime with cleverness go Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Maybe It's| New Licenses issued during, April. and outwits the maniac makes the the Spring; Watching the Stars 1941, 364; Renewals of licenses during most
Quick- April. 1941, 795: Total licenses issued thrilling adventure Chan Ambrose and His Orchestra.
Heaven; during, 1941, 7,943.. ever has experienced, and the best Step-Angels Never Leave
Waltz-Waltz of My Heart Victor picture in the entire Chaz series.
Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra.
7.00 London Relay The News,
·7.15′ London Relay "Questions of
the Ilour." "
CATS HAVE ONLY ONE TYPE OF BLOOD
1.30 -Max Miller in the Theatre,
Piano.
at
Calls
SHORT WAVE-
DAVENTRY.
Wavelength 17.79b.c. (10.86m.) 9:31ma (31.35m 21.47mc.
(Recorded during an actual per- G.8.G. Blood transfusion problems informance the Holborn Empire, G.S.R. cats are much simplified by the London). apparent fact that cats have only 1.50 Patricia Rossborough at the Fane blood type, J. L. Rowland and Glenn McElory of Central College, Fayette, Mo., have discovered. In their experiments, they even mixed klood samples taken from seven, different cats, and when a part of this mixture was introduced into the veins of another cat. no effects followed.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Transmission I-News Bum-- Selection;, Sailing Along-Selection.
Transfusions are not often called
tor in veterinary practice, but if a sick est is so valuable as to make it worth while, there would appear to be no need for the job of "typ
silpova (Bargy and Straight)..
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8.00 Local Time Signal and An-Transmission V-News Sum. nouncements.
8.02 Brahms -- "Tragie" Overture, Op. 81.
The BBC, Symphony Orchestra conducted by Artum Toscanini,"
Trank II & III-News Sum-
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ennie
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CANTON CLASH
815 Studio-Local Newsletter, 8.38 Compositions of Haydn.
Variations in Miner Clara ing" necessary in human medi- Haskil. (Plano). Symphony No. 92, in cine because of the four humano Major “Oxford"—let Moy: Adagio blood types. Among cats, any other-Allegro spiritoto; and Mov; Adagio cat can be the blood donor, with 3rd. Mov: Menuetto Allegretto) and Trio, 4th Mor: Presto Orchestre de no fear of consequences.
la Soclete de Concerts du Conserva-
To develop communications in The thing that makes trouble toire cond. by Bruno Walter.
Sikong, the Ministry of Commun!- when bloods of allen types are.
9,90 London Relay The News and cations has completed, arrange- mixed is the phenomenon known
News Commentary, as agglutination, something in the blood serum causes the blood cor- puscles to stick together in clumps.
troops and puppet peace preserva-ing occurred in the Colony during A Night on the Waves (Finnish Kangting and Sichang respectively. ton corps in Canton had a clash the 24 hours ended at midnight on - Messrs. Rowland and McElory discovered the curious fact that Waltz (Koskimas); Mectric
Trials on the new lines are being on Hot Chu Road and Yat Tack May 8-Cerebro-Spinal Feyer, two (Helmburgh Holmes) The Orches whereas cat blood serum will not
made and found highly satisfac-Road on April 24, resulting in cases: Cholera, seven cases; Diph- tre Raymonde. Aux Tier d'Amour - cause agglutination of human corTango Chante (film "Lumieres de tory. It is expected that they will casualties on both sides, theris, five cases, Dysentery 14 puscles, human serum will produce Farisine Rorenor) Worth be formally open to public service: The Japanese nave since taken cases. Enteric Fever, one case; the clumping effect on the corpus Gounod in Vienna (arr. Walter or in about two weeks' time-(Central extra precautions against similar Measles, three cases, Tuberculosis,
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HEALTH BULLETIN SHIUKWAN, May 7 (Central) The following is the Returba, of
4.15 Orchestre Raymonde. and Ting new lines of radio-phone service is reported that Japanese notifiable diseases notified as hay-
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