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Spanish Music: Programme

Of Liszt Selections

The Swift Serenade Concert Orches- tra, with Violet Carson and David Porter.

11.15 a.m.-The BBC Welsh Orchestra. 12.00 p.m.-Music By Eric Coates.

12.15 p.m.-Hampstead Heath" Orchestra.

....Gitta Alpar. Le Chaland Qui Passe (Bixio). Love's Last Word (Cremieux). Because (d'Hardelot),

A Little Love, A Little Kiss

(Silesu)..

Orchestra.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather

Report.

1.03 p.m.-Variety.

1.30 p.m. Reater and Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast and An- Tiouncements.

1.40 p.m. Relay of the Rotary Tiffin Speech from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel: Dr. W. Y. Lin on "Whither Financial China?'

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

4-7 p.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m.-European Programme. 7 p.m.-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). A Song For You And Me (Rizzi), The Man In The Street (Longstaffe).] The Winding Road (Araby & An-

drew).

7.10 p.m.-Ambrose & His Orchestra. 7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota-"

BRIDGE NOTES

A

8

Orchestra

Jacques Dupont (Piano) and the Orchestre Sym- phonique.

Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12....Sir Hamilton Harty conducting the Halle Orchestra.

p.m.- Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.

Bitter Sweet-Vocal Gems (Noel Co- ward)...Columbia Light Opera Co. King Of Jazz-Selection (Yellen & Ager)....Regal Cinema Orchestra with Quentin M. Maclean at the Organ.

Band.

The Black Domino-Overture

(Auber, arr, Winterbottom). Dance Of The Flowers-Valse (from

Le Corsaire Ballet'-Belibes). Slavonic Dance No. 5 (Dvorak-arr.

Williams).

Faust-Ballet Music (Gounod).

(a) Valse for the Corps de Ballet (b) Entry of the Nubian Slaves (c) Entry of the Trojan Maidens (d) Dance of Helen

(e) Bacchanale & Entry of Phryne 9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News &

Announcements. 9.50 p.m. Variety.

8.16 p.m.-London Relay Hampstead

Heath'. The story of London's fam-11 p.m.-Close down. ous 'Northern Height'. A dramatic narration by Jonquil Antony. duced by Leslie Stokes.

8.45 p.m.-Spanish Music.

Will O' the Wisp Song (polo).

Pro-

Maria Barrientos (Soprano). The Lover and the Nightingale

(Granados)....Eilen Joyce (Piano).) Bouquet Of Spanish Songs.

Sevillian Serenaders.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Terrible Error

one

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies---

GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25,53 m.) GSB 9.51 me/s (31.55 m.)

G.M.T.

7.00 am-Big Ben. Violoncello Re-

cital by Antonia Butler.

7.20 a.m.-Palace Of Varieties.' 8.20 a.m.-The News And Announce-

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at] 8.30 a.m.

8.40 am.-Empire Exchange.' 9.15 a.m.-Close Down. 8.55 am.-Recital of Irish Songs.

TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies-

"Dear Mr. Culbertson: A short sit and be admired, opened the jack time ago you published an article of spades, and declarer won with in which the defense blew up high-the king. The club suit was run er than a kite because, after one off, declarer guessing the position defender had shown his partner ajof the club queen. On the fourth stopper in a suit, the other prompt-round I signaled with the nine of ly discarded every card in that suit diamonds, figuring that my and later searched frantically but chance

to get on lead to come fruitlessly for a means of putting through the spades was with the the former on lead. This particu-diamond king. Dear partner lar type of error, committed last chucked a low heart on the third 10.45 a.m.Big Ben. Swift Serenade.' night by a player who, to my know-club and on the fourth, after see- ledge, has had many years of ex-ing my diamond signal, made the perience, almost knocked me out of sensational and, to me, highly sa- my seat.

West, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S.-7

H-K J G ·

DJ 4 3 2 C-A 10 8 4 3

WEST

EAST

S.-A J 10 643

H-A 7 2

D-A 6

CI-Q 9

S.-9 8 2

H.-10 8 5

D.-K 9 8 T

C.-6 5 2

SOUTH

S.-K Q 5 H.-Q 9.43 D.-Q 10 5 C.-K J 7

The bidding:

West

East South

North 1 spade 2 clubs Pass 2 no trump Pass* 3 clube Pass 3 no trump Double Pass Pass Pass

"I was East. When North war- bled 'two clubs' I could have sworn that he had his neck out from here) to Hong Kong,' but with that mess of mine I couldn't act merely on suspicion. The only excuse I can

tisfactory discard of the diamond ace. 'Well,' said I to myself, 'the little genius actually noticed my diamond signal and is preparing to put me on lead with a low diamond." I even beamed a little.

"When the fifth club brought the discard of a low diamond from her,

GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m.) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

The

story of London's famous Northern Height'.

1.15 p.m.-Stars of English Variety. 12.43 p.m.-Organ Recital.

1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments.. Greenwich Time Signal at

1.45 p.m.

|1.55 p.m.—Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies

GSH 21.47 Me/s (13.97- m.) GSG 17.79 Me/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Mc/s

(13.93.m.)

GSD (from 3.45 p.m.) 11.75 Mc/s

(25.53 m.)

2.15 p.m.-Big Ben. Scots Concert. 2.45 p.m.-Slavonic Studies.'

3.15 p.m.-All In Pink' (Second Ser- ies) 2. An Empire revue by Lauri Wylie.

at

4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce-

ments, Greenwich Time Signal 4.15 p.m. 4.20 p.m.-Keyboard Music through

the Ages-5: Clementi-Dussek. 4.45 p.m.-World Affairs. A talk by J. L. Brierly, O.B.E., Chickele Pro- fessor of International Law, Oxford. 5.00 p.m.-Close Down.

BERLIN BROADCAST

On stations DJA 31.38 m, DJB 19.74 m, DJE 16.89 m, DJN 31.45 m, DJQ 19.63 m..

H.K.T.

3.00 p.m.-News and economic review. 3.30 p.m.-"Club of Notions". 5.00 p.m.-Piano selections by Robert

Schumann.

8.00 p.m.-News.

10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany. 11.15

announce p.m.-We

month.

the new

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ALHAMBRA "The Range, MacLane, Robert Barrat and El Bren- Feud," with Buck Jones and Susan del in technicolour film. Fleming. A good Western, Full of ad- venture and thrills.

*

*

*

AT THE ORIENTAL—“Shall We AT THE MAJESTIC—“Marked Wo-Dance", with Ginger Rogers and Fred I was only a little nervous. Surely man", with Bette Davis, Humphrey Astaire. The famous dancing team in she had kept another diamond to Bogart, Isabel Jewell, Lola Lane, a big show with six new song hits.

Eduardo Cianelli and Raymond Hatton. put me on lead.

Imagine my hor. A powerful drama of pitiless exploita- ror, then, when declarer, after run-tion and its, nemesis.

ning the clubs, planked down the heart king and my partner with the ace and returned

won

. a

heart!

4

*

AT THE ́· QUEEN'S "The Road Back", with Barbara Read, John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville What's more, she actually, AT THE STAR-"Banjo on My and Lionel Atwill. Intensely human, Knee."-Barbara Stanwyck and Joel Powerfully dramatic with a skilful beamed as she did it. Couldn't McCrea co-starred with support from blending of comedy, pathos and SUS- catch her establishing declarer's Buddy Ebsen, Helen Westley, Walter pense the story vividly tells of life in spade queen!

"So declarer 'rattled off three heart tricks for his contract while

I still sat waiting to get in with my beautiful diamond king.

"I permitted myself just one bit of relief. I leaned over the table and said, 'Listen! Nobody is beau- tiful enough to do that to me! ]quit!' And I did!

"Yours truly,

A

I

"A. M. S., Brooklyn."

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

Question: Partner doubled an Third

find for North-South's bidding is opening bid of one spade. that they must have thought they hand redoubled. What strength could pick up three or four tricks should I have to make a penalty against our defense. Well, their es- pass of the redoubled contract? timate was pretty good at that!

1

Answer: About two honour tricks

"My partner, a young woman who and something like 3·10 x or 'x x x, x should have been contented to just in the opponents' suit.

Brennan and Walter Catlett.

It Germany following the Armistice. concerns the efforts of a group of boys to adjust themselves to conditions they find them after four years of ab-

as

AT THE KING'S “God's Country sence in the trenches. The sequel to Beverly Roberts, supported by Barton written in the same outspoken manner. And The Woman".-George Brent and "All quiet on the Western Front” and

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