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Beethoven's Firth Symphony

In C Minor

Todays Wireless

12.12.20 p.m. Relay of Special Servi St. John's Cathedral

12.30 pm-Music of Greig,

ZBW 355 11 845 kcs::::VEK 640 kes

110 Amber 1830

Selections By Grieg And Elgar

Black Dog

Close down TRANSMISSION

47 p.m.-Chinese

Salveig's Song (from Peer Gynt')

17-11 p.m.---European

Elisabeth Schumann 7 p.m. Dance Music

Wedding Day

(Soprano) +7.30 pm Closing local Stock Quota- Arthur De Greef tions and Hong Kong

Un Reve

(Piano) Market Report

Beniamino Gigli

735 pm. Variety.

(Tenor).

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55. p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather Report

1.03 pm-EKC." Orchestras and Derek

Oldhain (Tenor).

Aida-Selection; (Verdi)

The BBC Wireless Symphony Orchestra Cond. Percy Pitt

Overture "The Merry Wives, Off

Windson (Nicolai)

The BBC. Symphony Orch.

Cood. Adrian Boult

Come Away, Death (Quilter)..

Mistress Mine; Blow, Blow Thou

Winter Wind. (Quilter)

Derek Oldham (Tenor). Overture Fingal's Cave, Op. 26

(Mendelssohn)

The BBC. Symphony Orch. Cond. Adrian Boult. 1.30 pm-Reuter and Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast and An- nouncements.

140-pin Musical Comedy. 1.56 p.m.-Dance Music.

2:15 pm-Close down.

BRIDGE NOTES

Vocal Peye

Just A Catchy Little Tune (film "Sing as we go).

Gracie Fields. (Song Of The Swamp) (Kahn & Moret). Stardust (Carmichael)

Chloe

The Radio Three with Their Rhythmic Escorts

Humorous-No News The Three Trees (McNaughton).

Frank Crumit. Orchestra W Organ The Hit

Parade Selection.. "Wake Up And Live Selection -

Anton & "The Parkmount

theatre Orch, and! Al Bollington (Organ) 8 pm Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 ~ p.m. -- Studió Victor Sanders (Baritone) accompanied by E. O'Neil Shaw (Piano). Starford

$8.25 JLM.

Songs Temianka (Violin). Rondo in A Major (Schubert).

(Sibelius)

By ELY CULBERTSON

Counting A Hand

onds probably

South played

There is probably no phase of the Four of dia card playing, either to the Declarer fourth best lead- or to the defence, that is more inthe Ten-spot, West winning portant than counting. An accurate trick with the Queen.

hand

approximate comat on a

De

invariably will give the

West now returned a spade, the key to the right line South won with the Queen in

8.41 put

Keller

bestrel and Gretz

9.15 pm

9.30 p.m.

9.50 p.m.

In C Minor

Royal Albert

No. 5

ayed by the

stra conduct

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ed by St La

10.23 pm

In Abendro

Die Post

10.32 pm

11

Salut D'Amour. CarissimaNew Symphony Orch Cond. Sir Edward Elgar. Woodland Interlode

("Caractacus" Op. 35). Dream Children, Op. 43, No. 1 & 2

London Symphony Orch. Cond. Sir Edward Elgar.

Bike To The Damask Rose**~ Queen Mary's Song

12.36

Mc/s (13.93 m.)

1.15 pm Variety

The BBC

1.30 pm. The News and Announce

ments Greenwich Time Signal at 145 J

1.55 p.m.-Close down

Light Symphony Orch. Cond. Hayda Wood.

Triumphal March

215

(Caractacos" Op. 35)

London Sy Cond. Lawrance. Co -Close dowal

BROADCAST FROM

DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION

Frequencies-

GSG 17.79 Mels F16

GSO 15.18 Mela

GSD 1175 Met

GSB 951 m/s (31.55 GMT.

the

8.15 am Big Ben

A selection of oddments form...

18.50 am-Dining Times hich 9.35 am-The,

his

of play, by indicating either whe own hand. South now led a low ther to play for a finesse or for a spade to Dummy's Ace and then drop, whether to try to set up a cashed the King When West fol

ments. Greenwich Tim

TRANSMISSION 3

2147 Mc/s (13.97 m) 1779 Mc/s (15.86 11.) 1514 Mos (1981)

(to 3.30 pm.) 21:53 Me/s ̈

Big Ben, The BBC Empire

the Colonial Sex 2.- Talks von "matters of interest to vants in the Colonial,

News and Announcements. rwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m.

Musical Interinde.

4,25

4.30 p.m

gramm

5 p.m.

Tobacco A feature pro-

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BERLIN BROADCAST

*Orsations DIAXES — DJB 19.7E M, DJE 16.89 m- LJN 31.45 m, DJQ

13 pa 15.15 p

and Economie Berier.

music from strange

Dozen.”

in revue 6 pmDance Music

7.p.m. News

9.15 pm-Dance airs.

nnounce-10 pm News and Economie Review.

ignal at 10.15 pm

suit or to crossruff, or which way lowed of all three rounds of spades What's On At the Cinemas

to take a two-way finesse.

An interesting example of how 8 count is first obtained and then em ployed is shown in the hand below:

North, Dealer.

Both sides vnlnerable.

S-AK 6

H-Q 7

D.—7 6 5 2

C-AJ 93.

SJ 9

AT THE QUEEN'S "Bulidog Drum- mond Comes Back, with John Barry-

OFTEN

of

ordon

"Robber

Färmer and Jack Oakie.

South was able to tell that he had originally held seven cards m the AT THE LEA two major suits plus at least one and the Ch diamond, but the other five cards Everett Hort

Nash, Jane were as yet imaccounted for.

The story low diamond was now led from great failin Dummy and South's Jack held the riotous trick. The diamond Ace was now played West discarding a heart and East following suit. Of course, it is easily seen that had the dia- more, John Howard and Louise Camp- mond suit split three and bell. An adventure mystery that starts AT THE ALHAMBRA- three, the fourth diamond in Dum excitingly from the first clue through Barons" with Edward Arnold, Cary

a series of situations alternately ro- Grant, France my would have provided a club dismantic, funny, dangerous and sinister. Based on the life of Jim-Fisk this pic- card, but such was not the case. The plot is wound round the kidnapture is a gripping and entertaining At any rate the Declarer now had gg of Drummond's financee by a dramatic romance, its high emotional female out to get even with Drum appeal being its love theme, the court- considerably more information with mond for convicting her lover on aing of fascinating Josie Mansfeld by

la financier. which to complete his count. He murder charge. knew that the West player had held

AT THE STAR—“Sorrel and Son”,

and only two diamonds. Therefore, Walter Connolly Feart Buck's best silent better still as a talkie the pro-

athos, understand the other four cards in the West selling novel made by MGM into its duction is full of hand must be clubs, and East must greatest entertainment. have only two cards in that suit. Since it is much more likely that the hand with four cards of a suit | contains one specific card the Queen in this instance South at- cordingly decided to play West for the club Queen He laid down the King from his own band and then the Ten-spot. West of course did The bidding is immaterial. Suffice not aid the Declarer by covering, it to say that a sound contract of but South permitted the Ten-spo four spades was reached with South to ride. as the Declarer.

S 10:84-

HJ8 52 W

N

AT THE KING'S "Good" Farth”,

E HAK1064 originally three spades, four hearts with Paul Mani Luise Rainer- and with H-B. Warner Well recerved as

·DK 98 4

C 8 5

CQ 7 6 4

7532

H-93

D.—A J∙10

C

10 2

When it held South was able to spread his hand, thus fulfilling the contract of four

West's opening lead, was the heart spades. deuce and the East player

er proceeded

count South

to cash the Ace and King of hearts. Without an accur When, on the second round of hearts, could have done nothing but West followed with the five-spot, as to which way the club finess

the Declarer knew that West

not led a singleton and

must have held, Sour

suit

three, East

had should be taken. With the

South of course knew that

ges heavily favoured West for the club Queer

ing and self sacrifice.

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