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CHINA MAIL, NOV

Richard Strauss Tone Poem

"Don Juan"

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Special Service

from. St. John's Cathedral 12.30pm Mozart- Sanata In

Minor, E. 457. Played by Walter Gieseking (Piano);"

12.15 pm. Mozart Orchestral Com-

positions.

Marriage of Figaro Overture.

Il Seraglio Overture.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Cond: Glemens: Kr Overture "Cosi Fan Tutte

The BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Cond: Adriani Boulf 1 pm-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report 103 pm De Groot, & His Orchestra

with Walter Glynne (Tenor). Erstes Waltzer Potpour

(Bobrecht)

Orchestra. Selection of Chopin Melodies (azz. De Groot) Polonaise in A, Prelude in A; Waltz inD Fist...De Grootf (Violin); David Bor (Piano) and Reginald Kilbey (Cello)

TII Walk Beside You (Lockton-Alan)

Murray)

The Valley Where Wishes Come True

(Eatherley-Elliott).

A Dream Of Paradise (Gray & Lit-

tleton)

Walter Glynne. Louise-Selection (Charpentier). The Waltz Dream-Selection

(0. Strans)

Orchestra

ZBW 355 M. 845 kcs:::: ZEK 640 Le's

Local Weather Forecast and An nouncements.

1.40 p.m.--

riety..

2.15 pm Close down.

5-8.05 pm- Europează Programme. 8:05-11 p.n-Chinese Programme..

5 pm-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel

6.30 pmChi dren's Records. 6.45 pm-Elisabeth Schumann,

prgno).

The Little Sandman (Brahms). Vogel Lied Op. 41, No. 1-

(Weingartner).

Caprice, Viennois (Kreisler). 6.55. pm New Symphony Orchestra &

Norman Allin (Bass).

In Memoriam Overture (Sullivan)

Orchestra

When Song Is Sweet (Sans-Souci). Think On Me (Lady John Scott-arr

Moffat).

Paz Local Time Sig Report and Announcem 8.95 p.m.-Chinese Prog

Concert

Hp.m. Close down

European Programme from ZEA on

- Frequency of 640 Kilöcycles 8.05 p.m. Chopin

Studies, Op. 2

Wilhelm

Berceuse Ignaz

Nocturne. In ess

Nocturne In C Sha

*No LArthur Runn 8.26 p.m.-Chansson - Po

Pian "Op. 25.

Played by Georges Enesco. (Violin) with Sanford Schlussel at the Piano. 3.43 pm-Richard Strauss Don Juan (Tone Poem), Op. 20. Played by the the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Fritz Busch.

9 pam. London Relay mpire Ex

change

9.15 pm London Relay

Music. Norman Alli..

Father O Flym (Graves, arr. Villiers

Stanford) Tintagel (Bax) Mediterranean (Bax).

New Symphony Orchestra. 730 pm Closing local Stock Quota

tions & Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report

1.30 pm Reuter & Rugby Press: 7.35 pm Variety.O ZA

BRIDGE NOTES

By ELY CULBERTSON

Direct Slam Bidding

-

Perhaps the most fascinating fea-fevery reason for optimism. First, ture of slam bidding is the fact there was the chance that South that here versatility rather than might hold a singleton heart; se- pure orthodoxy comes into its own. cond, that he might have the king, (The further fact that successful third, that if he had two or three slam bidding is highly beneficial to small hearts the finesse would work. one's pocketbook is, of course, mere-There was a fourth chance even ly incidental!).

more persuasive, namely, that on

to Obviously, the first prerequisite of the highly confident jump bid this department of bidding is ar-six diamonds by North, the open- curate hard valuation. But the cor-ing leader (West) would not dream rect route to a slam is at least as of opening a heart and, hence, that important as the knowledge that the a space trick could be established combined values of two hands fall in the North, hand fer a heart dis- into the slam zone. In the Cul-card before the heart ace was at- bertson system, asking bids, the tacked Most important of all from four-five no trump convention, and North's point of view, however, the five no trump grand slam force was the realisation that the slam constitute three sometimes separ-must be bid by direct methods ate, sometimes integrated devices not at all, since on his particu

3.30 pm- London Relay The News 9.50 mPaul Robeson (Bass)..

My Way

Golden River (film Jericho

Kennedy).

Jes' Mah-Song (Strickland).

10 pm-Variety.

Orchestral On The Avenue

Se

tionLouis. Levy & His Gan- mont-British Symphony,

Vocal Hildegarde Looks Back

Cinema 1115 am 30 m 12.30 pa

Chooam Sti dies

Mozart Sonata

enwich

histening

of

Bailar Concert

1pm-Empire Exchange.

115 730

Orchestral Music

The News” and

Announce“

Greenwich Time Signal at

145

dose

ANSMISSION 3

Hildegarde..

Violoncello Recital by Gla

AccordeonMimile's Valse (Baptiste-13.15 p.m.

Alexander) Bijan Accordeon- dys Corlett. Orchestra with Yodelling and Whis 13.30 p.m. In Town To-night*

tling Comedian

The Old Oak Tree. Put It Déwn-(filler)

Orchestra w- Voc

--Selection yer!)

Orchestra

F. Conyngham,

Dance Mas

10.30 pm 11 p.m.—Close down.

Max Miller Crazy Days ter & Ma my Theatrer Browne &

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

ESG GSO GSD

GSB 9:51

NSMISSION 1

4 pm The News and Announceme

Greenwich Time Signal at £15 pm

4.20 p.m.-Gladys Young in "The Lady's

Dudley Beaven at the Organ

4:30

of the Granada, Woolwich

Close down-

BERLIN BROADCAST

On stations DJA 3138 m2 DJB 19.74 m, DJE 16.89 m, DJN 1145 m, DJQ

#s and Economă chat about the

that work almost automatically, freak no slam device was comfort What's On At the Cinemas

» methods should be employed. hand described below falls

square

There never has been any intentionably available. That North's cal-

AT THE ORIENTALIA Star is)QU

Sea with on my part, however, to confine all culation of the many chances for

contract was accurate was at Born." This David O. Selznick's Cooper, George Raft and slam bidding to hands into which the these devices fit smoothly. Many tested by the actual development of technicolour production tells the glamo- The greatest adventure romance. hands occur in which only direct the hand, upon the opening lead of rous story of a country girl who went whole exciting history of the

to Holywood and scaled the heights seas. Courage, and disaster, to stardom, starring Frederic March treachery are interspersed The the club ace by West.

Dummy ruffed and led a low dia-and Janet Gaynor, with Adolphe Menture, directed by Henry

jou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel man who thrilled the mond to the king. Declarer cashed Stander, Edgar Kennedy and Owen "The Lives of a Bengal the club king, discarding a heart Moore. from durany, and ruffed his last

AT THE club with the trip ace Declarer

of the trump Helen Vinson

with Warner had noted the fall eight from West and felt that there bray and Poll was a good chance of its being a fashions in fun, go singleton. At any rate, since dum-music dances and troduced into. fkis

- ly into this category.

North, dealer. North-South vulnerable.

NORTH

10

Q 10:53

CAST

D. 974 C.-None

WEST

S.-J 6 4 2

HJ

D-6 5

C-A 10

SOU

bidding

North East

South

musical

* AT THE ALHAMERA.

Ireland it is lef

the

AT THE STAR "Wings of the Morning Beautiful British tech colour picture, starring Annabelle, sup-

ported by Henry Fonda, Leshe Banks AND and John McCormack.

my now was down to one trump avangauza from the story of Samuel and perfect strip could not be executed Bella Spewack who wrote the sexsa So declarer had to be content with tional stage success, "Boy Meets Girl"

leave a partial strip (he had to 64 2 one trump out and hope that it was in West's hand). The spade king now put East in a hopeless position. He could not afford to duck since The would undono

lose his ace,

so he won the trick but could not find a safe exit. A spade return West up to the Q-10 would have afforde

1 heart -1 spade 2 diamonds 2 spades declarer two discards and a hea

6 diamds. Pass

Pass

Pass return from the king

North's bidding is particularly able. Therefore East selecte worthy of com

ente

Then South least of all evils by exiting overcalled East's spade bid with club. But this was just as two diamonds, it was immeliately factory to the declarer.

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apparent to North

either cold or the

The trun

cellent

was

thing to it

than

one spate

left only

remaining

sidered on that point North saw

spade King.