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CHINA MAI DECEMBER.

Haydn's Surprise

Symphony: Boston Orchestra

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Special Serivce!

from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30 pm-Haydn "Surprise" Symphony (No. 6 in G Major). Played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conduct- ed by Serge Koussevitsky,

2

12.55 pmPau Casals (Piano).

Menuet (Hayda, arr. Piatti).

I pm--Local Time Signal and Wes-

ther Report

il

1.03 p.m.-Spanish Music..

Aire Andaluz (Lucena).

Cordoba

Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jose Pablos-

Granada. (Cuenca and Albeniz).

Cadiz (Cuenca and Albeniz)

Conchita Velazquez. (Mezző-

Soprano),

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c's

Association League Football Matchṛə by EL. A. Eden from St. Andrew's Ground, Birmingham.

7.35 p.m.-Fariety.

Novelty Harry Roy Stage Show.

Harry Roy & His Orchestra (Re corded at the actual performance at - The Garrick Theatre, Southport.) Piano & Vocal-

*

Singing For You (Hackforth)..

Paris Is not The Same (Marvell- Strachey)... Leslie Hutchinson.

Orchestra-

Neapolitan. Serenade (Winkler). Fairy-Wood Parade (Noack).

Joe Bund & His Orch.

a Habanera (Lucena).....Cordoba,8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather;

Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jose Pablos.

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m. Dance Music.

125 p.m.-Renter & Rugby Press, Lo-

cal Weather Forecast and Armotace-8.15 p.m.-London Relay Ann And ments..

140 pm Relay of the Rotary Tin Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel

2.15 p.m.-Close down."

6-7 pm-Chinese Programme.

7 pan-Dance Music.

*.15 pm-London Relay-Birmingham

v. Liverpool. A commentary on the

BRIDGE NOTES

Harold by Lonis Goodrich. Their -Honeymoon; Their Only Quarrel, The Christening Production by Howard Rose

18.45 p.m.-Marek Weber & His Orches

tra.

Sketch) (Dreyer, arr Yoshitomo). In The Temple Of The Bells (Study

From Peking) (Yoshitomo).

p.m.-Studio-Recital by Elvie Iten (Soprano) and The Very Rev. Father Riganti (Piano).

1 (3) Che faro senza Exridice (Or-

feo-Gluck).

(b) Quando miro quel

(Mozart).

Elvie Yuen (Soprano).

2 (8) Andante from Mozart's Sons-

ta in B Flat Major.

(b) Minnetti I & II from Moza

Sonata in E Flat Major. The Very Rev. Father Riga

3. (a) Faith in Spring (Schobert).

(b) The Secret (Schubert).

Elvie Yuen

Elvie Yuen And Father Riganti

From The Studio

Light

ogramm

Orchestral

Vocal

Ma

Suite Ousental (Popy).

Treber & His Orche

Backfo

enoz

Misraki).

vie Delettre

Lucia (Lisbona, Bizio)

Hage

Close down.

BERLIN BROADCAST

On stations DIA 31.38 m, DJB 19.74

4. Little Scherzo in D flat Majorm, DJE 16.89 m, DIN 31.45 m, DJQ

(Schubert).

The Very Bew. Father Riganti.

5. Voce di donna o d'angel ('Giocon-

da-Ponchielli),

19.63 m.

HKT. #

Eve Yuen 13 p.m.-News and Economic Review,

9.30 pm-London Relay The News. 330 pm-The German Lufthansa.

The Caravan (Characteristic Sketch) 9.50 p.ra Bubinstein at the Piano.

(Bayer, a

The Coolies Of Sumatra (Jessel)..

Leopold).

Chinese Fairy Tales

(Character

By ELY CULBERTSON

The Suit-Preference Signal

It takes a long time for new con-] But we are not concerned with the ventions to take their place in the bidding. It is the defense that I repertory of the average bridge wish to hold up for admiration. West player. Old habits die hard, and made his natural opening of the who is more a creature of habit heart queen, which declarer let fide than the aforesaid Mr. Average to the ace. A diamond now was led Player?

toward dummy and, since there was

The suit-preference signal,men-no reason to hold off, West put up tioned in this column and in my his ace.

Polonaise Fant iste No 7 In A Flat

Major, Op. 61 (Chopin).

10.03 p.m. Selections from Wagner's

Operas.*

Lohengrin-Prelude.

London Symphony Orchestra.

pim

scher, Cello

6 pm-Colourful folk 8 pm-News.

Ludwig Hoel-

8.15 p.m.-Concert of Light Music. 9.15 p.m.-Wandering Journeymen. 110 pin-News

ad-Economic Review

Die Meistersinger

Sieb' Ev Chen! Dach. Ich Doch. Het Man Mit Dem Schubwerk.

Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano &

Friedrich Schorr (Baritone). 10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany, "Tannhauser Venusberg Music

(Bacchanale) Brimo Walter 10.30 p.m.-Young Germany to-day- cónäncting the Eoyal Philharmonic Orchestra.

10.45 pm-Chimes, organ music, choirs,

What's On At the Cinemas

Varsity

ported by Alice Brady, Frank McHugh, Gertrude Michael, Jane Wyman, Luis Alberni, John Eldredge and Heary 0- Neill in Frank Buddington Kelland's hilarious successor to "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", with the added attraction of

books on many occasions, has travel- At this point East gave a highly ed a rocky road before being ac-significant signal. He played the

AT THE ORIENTAL “Naughty... AT THE ALHAMBRA “Mr. Dodd cepted by the rank and file. A hand diamond 10! The East-West part-Marietta", with Nelson Eddy and Jean-Takes The Air America's sensation- recently reported in the British nership was using the suit-prefer-nette MacDonald. An old picture but al singing favourite, Kenny Baker, sup- Bridge World Magazine proves just ence signal and this, unmistakably, worth seeing again. how valuable, the suit-preference came under the convention. East signal can be in the hands of in-hardly could hold a singleton dia- telligent defenders.

mond and, therefore, the play of

AT THE QUEEN'S such a high card was a clear re- ShowBeading, rioting and zhyth-four big song-hits by the star quest for a switch to the higher matics to the tune of toe tickling melo ranking untouched suit. (East could dies. More songs, more laughs, more not desire a heart continuation. His girls, more new ideas than any show

since "42nd St." Starring Dick Powell play of the eight on the first trick Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanises, AT THE MAJESTIC"The Case Or was evidence to the contrary. If Ted Healy, Walter Catlett, Priscilla The Black Cat", with Ricardo Cortez Rosemary and June Travis: A thrilling murder he had held the 10-8 of hearts or Lane, Johnny Davis,

Lane and Buck and Bubbles.

mystery melodrama in which a cat plays a very important part.

North, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable."

WEST

S-8 4

NORTH

S.-K Q

H-K 5 4 2 D—–K Q J 73

HQ J 9 6 3 D.-A 8

C-A 7 5 3

9

EAST

the 10-8-7 he would have played the 10 on the queen since West's oper ing lead guaranteed at least Q-J-9.)

Had East-West. not been using AT THE STAR “Murder At The S.-A J 10 6 2 the suit-preference signal, West Vanities", with Victor McLaglen, Carl AT THE KING'SAH Baba Goes B-8

might easily have continued with Brisson, Jackie Oakie and Kitty Car-To Town”,

with Eddie Cantor, Tony lisle. A sensational musical mystery Martin, Roland Young, June Lang, and D-109 4 hearts, or shifted to a club. As it show with the most beautiful girls in Louise Hovick. The long awaited mu- C.—3 64 2 was, on East's diamond 10 discard Hollywood.

sical comedy with several song hits. West obediently shifted to a spade, the higher outside suit. maintain communication with. part- ner, contented himself with playing the six on dummy's queen.

SOUTH

S.-9 7 5 3 H-A 10 7 D.-6.52 C-Q 10 8

The bidding.

North

Blast

1 diamond Pass 2 no trump Pas

East to

Declarer could cash only the dia- mond suit and the heart king with- |out relinquishing the lead to West. The latter then returned his four of spades, and East ran off the en- West tire spade suit, to defeat the con- 1 no trump Pass tract one trick. Pass

Pass

South

I can't say that I care for North's

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

two no trump bid, without an ace Question: Dealer,

in his hand and with two double opened the bidding with one

tons, even strong ones. In my opinmond. Next hand ion, he merely should have rebid should I bid, holding- his diamonds. The one no trump response meaning what it does, the original bidder should have a power house to raise to two no trump.

ibled

S-5, HL-9 1 3, D.-Q 875,

C-3 7 5 4 Answer: Two diamo

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