1937-03-17 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH:17, 1937.

St. Patrick's Day Talk And Musical

Programme

Today's Wireless

12.30-215 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-The Philadelphia Symphony

Orchestra.

1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Light Concert Items.

1.30 p.m. Beuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m.-Dance Music

2.15 p.m.--Close down,

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7-11 p.m.-European Programme.

7 p.m.-Irish Music.

Accordeon Solo-

Mason's Apron-Reel,

Song-

Frank Murphy.

Shannon River (Egan-Morgan),

John McCormack (Tenor). Accordeon Solo-

Mayo Hornpipe....Frank Murphy.

Songs-

Phil The Fluter's Ball (French), With my Shillelagh under my arm (O'Brien & Wallace).....Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). The Mountains of Mourne

(Collinson, arr. French), Rory O'Moore (Trans: Fred Hart- ley).....Brian Lawrance with Fred Hartley and His Quintet. Off to Philadelphia, (Temple---

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Haynes),]

Father O'Flynn (Graves-Stan- ford) Billy Scott-Coomber,

(Tenor).

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report

7.33 p.m.-Paul Whiteman and His

Concert Orchestra.

"The Chocolate Soldier”

(0. Straus)-My Hero-Waltz. When Day is done (De Sylva-

Katscher). "On Your Toes" (Hart & Rodgers)-

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. 7.50 p.m.-From the Studio.

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"St. Patrick." A Talk by R M C. Dobbs.

pm-Local: Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.

8.03 p.m. Pianoforte Recital by Ignaz

Friedman.

Mazurka, Op. 41, No. 1 (Chopin). Invitation to the Dance (Weber). 816 p.m.The London Palladium Or-

chestra.

Blue Devil's March (Williams,

arr. Lotter).

Aisha (Lindsay). Japanese Carnival (Andre de

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Basque), Marche Symphonique (Savino). Lightning Switch (Alford). The Valley of the Poppies

(Ancliffe)

A Birthday Serenade (Lincke), 8.40 pm-From the Studio. -

Recital of Irish Songs by Molly Por tallion (Contralto). 8.55 p.m.-London News and An-

nouncements.

9.15 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Piano Solo--

Renara.

Variations on "Tipperary",

Humorous-

Knock, knock-who's there?

Vocal

Vic Oliver and Sarah Churchil.

What have you done to my heart? Clarrie Wright and the

Twilight Serenaders.

Organ Solo-

"Chorus Gentlemen, please,

Beginald Dixon.

Vocal...

Thru' the courtesy of love,

Denny Dennis. Orchestra Cuban Serenade,

Barnabas von Geczy and

His Orchestra

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Commentary From

London On

The Lincolnshire

Vocal-Easy to love,

Frances Day (Soprano).

Accordeon Solo

Black and White,

Viljo Vesterinen Vocal Home and Beauty" (C. B.

Cochran's Coronation Revue)

Magda Neeld, Janet Lind and Webster Booth

Orchestrs "Head over Heels" Selec- fion-Louis Lexy and His Gan-

mont-British Symphony.

10 p.m.-London Big Ben.

Dance Music.

Fox-rot-

Every minute of the hour,

All my life. →

It's great to be in love again. Until to-day.

Quick-Step

to Heaven.

Got to dance my Blues- The Scene Changes. Fox-Trot

Everybody's swingin' it now. Ev'ry time I look at you. Moon over Miami

Waltz-Song of the islands. 10.30 p.m.-London "The Lincolnshire Handicap. A running commentary from the Lincoln Race Course. 10.50 p.m.-London-The Band of His

Majesty's Irish Guards. 11 pn-Close down.

By ELY CULBERTSON What's On At the

The Four-Five No Trump Slam Convention

SOUTH

S AKQ 8 4 HA 10 8 4 2

When the primary requirements for a slam attempt are held (a pow- erful trump suit and at least six and one-half honour tricks, with an evail- able side suit which may be estab- lished) a player may determine how many aces he and his partner hold, South as well as how strong their long 1 spade Pass suits are, by the use of the four-5 hearts Pass five no trump convention.

Cinemas

AT THE ALHAMBRA The Man and Louis Armstrong.

The gayest

I Marry," with Doris Nolan, Michael fun-show of the new season. Coming Whalen, "Chie" Sale and Nigel Bruce. to the King's.

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A rollicking romantic comedy ŠTO which Doris Nolan, Universal's new- est find, gives an outstanding per-Russell and John Boles The Pulitzer

formance.

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"Craig's Wife" with Rosalind

Prize play. The story of a waman who lived for the strongest love ever AT THE MAJESTIC--“Show Boat" conceived and makes you hate her as with Helen Morgan, Charles "Winnin- you never hated a screen player before. ger Helen Westley and Paul Robeson Coming to the King's Theatre. Music, romance and drama are the

* main items in this picture, while the smart dancing of Queenie Smith and Sammy White are also featured.

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C 9 7

The

American bidding was:

West North

2 hearts Pass

East Pass Pass

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"Satan Met A Lady with Bette Davis, Warten William Alison "Skip- worth, Arthur Treacher and Winifred Shaw. A new thriller from the author AT THE ORIENTAL "Ballets or of "The Thin Man" which will keep Ballots", with Edward G. Robinson, you in laughter from start to finish, Joan Blondell, Barton

McLane and coming to the King's. Humphrey Bogart. A thrilling drama 1.

* of racketeers

"Avenging Waters with Ken May- AT THE STAR-Td Give My Life" nard, Beth Marion and Ward Bond. A with Sir Guy Standing, Francis Drake with spine-thrilling adventures. Com- roaring romance of the west packed A thrilling and ing to the Alhambra. famous stage play of ten years ago forceful story adapted from the "The Noose," which ends with a smashing and dramatic surprise.

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It must be remembered that this A bid of four no trump, after a also was before the invention of the game has been reached, or after four-five no trump convention. Not there has been a strength showing that it would have been valuable on Manifestly, bid by either partner, is uncondi- this particular hand. tionally forcing. You

bid from South's point of view, the and Tom Brown. may

slam depended squarely on North's four no trump when you hold:

1. Three aces or

ability to control the first or second lead of clubs. But, naturally enough, North could not tell that that was the consideration and, rather than Since this is a forcing bid it shut his eyes and "stab," discreetly must not be used except when it is passed. The English team reached almost certain that a contract of the same anomalous contract. five odd may be made.

2. Two aces and the king of any suit previously bid by you or your partner.

The Dark Ages

"Do you remember the hand," Waldy von Zedtwitz asked me re- cently when we were reminiscing over the first Anglo-American match, "on which both the English and our team climbed briskly up to five hearts and then hung there? The one in which the slam was a laydown?"

"I certainly do!" I answered. “And what a cinch it would have been to arrive at the slam safely by the use of asking bids. If only had thought of them six yea lier than I did!”

This was the hand.

South, dealer.

-Both sides. vulnerable.

7:3

NORTH

S 95

HKJ973.

J85 CK QS

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Coming to the

"One In A Million” Introduces love- ly Sonja Henie, Queen of the Silvery **

Skates, for the first time to movie. fans. In addition to the world's cham- AT THE QUEEN'S Smartest Girl pion figure-skater, the film includes in Town", with Gene Raymond, Ann Adolphe Menjou. Sothern; Helen Broaderick and Eric Queen's Blore. Delightful humour is combined with a fast moving plot to give the To-day the problem would be fullest play to the versatile talents of solved easily and without jeopardis-one of the screen's most popular ro-

mantic teams. ing a game any more than did the five heart slam try actually used.

AT THE KING'S “China Clipper? With asking bids the vital informa-With Pat O'Brien, Beverley Roberts,

as Boss Alexander, Humphreys Bogart his 3,000th baby into the world, his,

"Reunion"When Dr. Luke brings tion could be safely extracted, follows.

and Henry B. Walthall. A glamorous

South

East romance of the air, marking a mile- stone in the pictorial history of daring Pass American- aviation.

Pass

West North 1 spade Pass 2 hearts 4 clubs Pass 4 hearts 5 clubs Pass 5 no trump Pass 6 hearts Pass •Pass

Pass

The five club repeat asking bid would ferret out the vital informa- tion without putting the contract beyond the safe five heart level, the same level reached fruitlessly in the actual bidding. If North's dia- monds and clubs were reversed, ob- viously he would sign off at five hearts.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: Both sides were vulner- able. The dealer bid one spade, second hand (my partner-over- called, with two diamonds. Taind hand doubled. I held: S Q10 875 HK108 D5 CEJ94 What was my correct call?

Answer. Generally speaking, rescues a dangerous policy.

this very fair hand the diamond suit, two no

110.6.2

DQ 10

Bui

to

good es

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White Hunter"

Warner BarG ter and June Lang in a thrilling story of two people amid the savage passions.

the Queen's

menace

youngsters decide on a reunion with the Quints as centrepiece. Some astonish- ing things happen as governors, film stars, crooks and would-be divorcees -descend on the little Canadian hamlet: Cast includes Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson, Helen Vinson, Slim Summer- ville, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, and the "Pennies From Heaven" with Bing the Quintuplets. Coming to Crosby, Madge, Evans, Edith Fellows Queen's.

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