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"I don't believe the way to
SPECIAL LUNCI
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By Lichty
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8-15
Behind the Line with
French Colonials
INTENSIVE TRAINING: FIRST- CLASS CONCERT PARTIES
By RICHARD CAPELL,
"Daily Telegraph" War Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY. Within the last week or so the privilege has been mine of making a more than passing acquaintance with a French division.
There may possibly be similar experiences in store, but not quite the same thing can happen again.
The division has taken me under its wing, Day after day I have gone to and fro among the infantry regiments and the cavalry,
jamong the gunners and the
suppers and the men of the Nazi Airman Who
medical corps, not to speak of the General and his Staff. Anyone who has been
man's heart is his stomach. I make "adopted" like this must ever my boy-friends take me to the best restaurants, but they don't afterwards feel a special loyal
propose.
--RADIO-
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.c.) and 31.49 motres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
Radio Stars in Vaudeville; trail; Take
me back to dear old Blighty. Primo Scala's Accordion,
ty. No other division can in | his eyes be quite what his first
one is.
Namnes und mumbers are unmen- tionable. All I can say is that my hosts are a colonial Infantry division, and that the war of 1039 has already been a real war for them.
A Familiar Chord
be
Feigned Death
SHOT DOWN BY R.A.F. FIGHTER PLANE
By PETER LAWLESS "Daily Telegraph" War Correspondent
least, who thought he did?
Who sank the Ark Royal? At
RAF. mess in.
With the RAF, in France,
In an Nazi misconception arose.
France the strange The man who thought he had achieved the success was the bosom companion of a prisoner, pilot of a Dornier shot down in the Chalons-sur-Marne area on Thursday.
The word colonial must not A B.B.C. Recording Band I'm Sending You The Sleg understood as necessarily denoting
fried Line Adult, Billy Cotton and the inclusion of coloured troops. Radio Programme Broadcast by His Band. Run, Rabbit, Run The means. In the case of my division, 2, B. W. on Frequency of 845 k.c's. Girl Who Loves A Soldier,
The pilot said his friend had sunk Jack that the regular officers and non-the Ark Royal, and no one under- and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.1ylton and His Orchestra. Ain't Cha commissioned
officers have scen took to disillusion him. and 8-11 p.m. an 0.52 m.c's. per Comin' Out, Dick Robertson und His overseas service. The only men of second.
Orchestra, On The Outside Looking colour it includes are attached to the IL K. T.
In, Billy Cotton and His Band,
His companions leaped with their parachutes, one to death, the other to be made a prisoner. Alone, he feigned death, rolling relaxed in his seat. Beside him roared a Hurricane, and its pilot, thinking the day's work done, went on.
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A Reservist with four children, a 12.15 p.m. Short Service of inter-heel Always Be An England, tillery.
man of 31 who has done 1,000 hours of flying in four years, the pilot was cession.
Wish Me Luck, Billy Cotton and FIls These mild-looking, cheerful fel-brought down in a night-with-British 12:30 Songs by Lestig-Hutchinson Band. Band Music, Cavalcade of lows inake first-rate chauffeurs and Hurricanes. at the Piano,
Martial Songs. The King's Horses; signallers. I have talked with thern 12.40 Joe Daniels and Hils Hot The Toy Town Artillery: The Tin-Can-they have been educated at mission Shois in "Drumnasticks.”
Fusiliers; When the guards are on schools and speak French and I 1,00 Local Time Signal and Wea-parade, There's something about a have eaten rice at their field kitchen, ther Report.
soldier When a soldier's on parade; 1.03 Haydn-8ymphony No. 104 When the Band goes marching by:
The snap of frost which came in In D Major ("London"). Edwin The Toy Drum Major, The Band of the third week of November made Fischer and His Chamber Orchestra. H. M. Welsh Guards, The Washing them shiver, but they are in good
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, On The Siegfried Line, When A Black health. Weather Forecast and Announce Sheep Meets a White Sheep, Billy
Taught To Hate English inentu.
Cotton and His Band, Charlie Kunz and Exempts from the Opera. Even bout me: Our love; And the angels Conversation at the messes in a burst of fire crippled the British Naz pliot scrambled 1.45 Gaunod's "Faust" Ballet Music Plano Medley No. D. 30-Don't worry Ham is not the only reminder one
gets of the French overseas empire. back into the gun pit, and with a Bravest Hearts, Peter Dawson (Bass- sing; Especially for you; Angels never coloniat division touches casually on machine so Baritone), "Faust"-Bollet Music, leave heaven; Goodnight, my darling,
that it was forced to Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Gar-goodnight. The Shabby Old Cabby, North or West African stations, Syrin land. The dead man was alive again, den. Garden Scene: Saints
but there was another attack to be above The Moon Remembered But You and Jado-Chinn, and Angels, And So You Never Take Forgot, Elste, Carlisle, I Poured My
reckoned with, and his machine was Muriel Brunskill, Miriam Heart into a Song, An Old-Fashioned places, but there is something in this
One may never have seen those crippled. Licette, Robert Easton Heddle Nash, Tune Always Is Now, Jack Hylton walch strikes a chord familiar to the
2.15 Close Down. 6.00 An hour of Variety with Clap. ham and Dwyer, The Hill Bülfes, Events.
9.05 Studio Comments en Recent English guest. The Boswell Sisters, Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuflias, and Others.
o Rest,
7,00 Closing Local Stock Quota- tlons.
7.62 Geraldo and His Orchestra,
7.30 London Relay-This Nerva
8.00
8.03
and His Orchestra.
0.15 London Relay-News Sum- mary.
9.30 London Relay-"World ́Af... fales."
9.45. Spanish Music.
But the sight of these children of
""Ragging" The Chaplain
At the end of luncheon we drink to the future of the two Empires- French and British and then there is the traditional shout in unison: "In the name of God, long live the variety
Then the
He was taken prisoner, but his cnemles dined and wined him.
"All my life," he said, "I have The French, no; the English, yes." been trained to hate the English.
Then he looked up at the friendly, smiling faces around him, and burst into tears, He had been told that once a prisoner he would be grossly ill-treated, tortured oven.
10.00. B.B.C. Recording, Vaudeville Local Time Signal, Weather | Programme, The Cast includes Alex- Report and Announcements.
ander and Mose; Charlle Cobom, One meets at such messes Latest Variety. Accordion Barnsby Williams, Anoma Winn, Tom-of types-the intense professional Band, "Carry On" Melodies-It's a my Handley, Lily Morris and The soldier, the infectiously jovial, and to leave that long way to Tipperary: Keep the B.B.C, Dance Orchestra. The pro-the consummately polished. homo fires burning; Hello, hello, gramme compered by Tommy Hand- who's your Lady friend?; Pack up ley.
your troubles; There's a long, long 11.00 Close Down,
ON
PARLOPHONE
I do not think any man was sorrier mess and go behind
The
The regimental chaplain Is by prison bars. But he still believes tradition the object of banter. This that his friend sanke the Ark Royal. can be pretty fierce, but the chaplains know how to take it. They are I+++++++++ | Arst-rate men, and the "ragging concert parties are in fail swing.
Last but not least, the regimental ALL THE LATEST POPULAR RECORDS they got is really a tribute to their
humour and patience, They are I saw one of their shows in a vil greatly esteemed.
Inge hall behind the line. And in parenthesis let me say that whole programme was contributed by if any reader has n two-seater members of one regiment. It lasted motor-car to give away, I happen to for three hours and was by far the know a Colonial division chaplain best miscellaneous entertainment I who asks no more than that to be aver saw. perfectly happy. No man on earth. What we call the compere in Eng- would make better use of it.
land is known as the speaker at a When the offaint accounts aro French cabaret show. The speaker published of the decorations camed of the concert party of the "Zth" by valour in this autumn fighting it, regiment of coloured Infantry Is. a will be found that the Colonials have sergeant who may have his equal in played their part.
the professional or the cabaret world, but cannot have a superior.
JUST ARRIVED
F1503 F. D. R. Jones "Little dog laugh" ...... Van Straten and his Musle.
Lady's in love with you. F1505 Shoot the likker to me John Boy....Nat Gonella and his Georelans.
Well all right.
F1507 Love screnado "Let freedom ringTM
If I were sure of you,
F1503 There's danger in the waltz
I never knew heaven could speak. FIGDO I go for that
One life.
F1610 Serenade to an empty house ...
Little golden ring. F1511 Good night my darling, goodnight
Wish me luck as you say goodbye. F1513 Moon remembered but you forgot
Why begin again,
F1514 Dardanella
Canadian Copera
71816 Tin Pan Alley Medley
F1617 Valencia
Ca. C'est Paris.
Victor Sylvester & Orch.
Victor Sylvester & Orch
One point on which I should like Victor Sylvester & Orch. to contribute the testimony of my Two strong men of the regiment observations is, the work put in by gave a display of aerobatics which ..Billy Thorburn and his Music, the divisional engineers. On the made us hold
more or less undefined front as it mental songs of bygone years were our breath. Senti- ....The organ, the dance band was when they took it over they as popular with the audience as
And Nic.
must bave tolled like Trojans.. ..Lealle Hutchinson.
Within a few days a whole village was acted with brio and made us all anything. • Then farcical skelch of huis, has spring up at an appro- laugh till our faces achod, Joe Daniels and his Hot Shots. printe spot to accommodate the first Another brillant turn was
lonve monthe happy few for whom by a caricaturist who drew portraits Tror Moreton and Dave Haye, "divisional rest," so called, is really of eminent personages in politics and
Phillip. Green and Orch.a holiday,
in the regiment with lightning speed, winding up the series with one of
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