1938-02-08 — Page 22

Revival Of Old Popular Songs:

From The Studio

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 8, 1938.

Today's Wireless

13.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service" of

Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.

12.30 p.m.-Frances Langford (Vocal). Rap Tap On Wood (from 'Born to

Dance').

I've Got You Under My Skin (from

'Born to Dance').

Deep Shadows (Meskill-White). 12.40 p.m.-Hawailan Music.

Chiquita, Waltz (Wayne).

Drifting And Dreaming (Gilles-

pie).

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Ferera and Paaluhi (Hawaiian

Guitar Duet).

Rock Me In A Cradle Of Kalua

(Wending).

Maybe It's The Moon (Whiting).

Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio. Honolulu March.

Kohala March..

Ferera and Paaluhi (Hawaiian

Guitars).

1.00 p.m.---Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. Variety.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m.-Relay of the Rotary Tiffin Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel. Speaker: B. Wylie,

sq. Subject Pretty Pictures."

2.15 B.m.--Close Down. 6.00-7.00 pmChinese Programme. 7.00 p.m.-Dance Music.

7.25 p.m.-London Relay-*All Kinds of

People -3:

'My Work as a Theatrical Man- ager and Agent' A talk by Bert Aza.-

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

7.45 p.m.—Variety,

Vocal

Sympathy (film 'Firefly').

Richard Tauber (Tenor).

Orchestra-

"Hide And Seek'—Selection (Ellis). New Mayfair Orchestra cond.

by Ronnie Munro.

Vocal

Elsie Carlisle Medley.

Elsie Carlisle,

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather.

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.--Studio-Revival of Some Old Popular Songs' by J.C.M.G. and C.H.A.H

8.18 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.

"The Dubarry”—.

Selection.

New Light Symphony Orchestra cond. by Willi Lachner.

'Careless Rapture’--

(Novello-Hassall): ̧!

Love Made The Song.

Sybil Crawley and Eric Startling

(Vocal Duet).

Music In May.

Dorothy Dickson (Soprano). ́. 'Out Of The Bottle'

Selection (Levant,

Ellis).

"Tell Her The Truth

Grey and

Selection (Waller and Tunbridge).

New Mayfair Orchestra. 8.40 p.m.-Keith Falkner (Baritone).

San Diego Betty (film Mayfair

Melody'). Without The Moon (film Mayfair

Melody').

By ELY CULBERTSON

An Absurd Conflict

"Dear Mr. Culbertson: I know [reads my decision. that you have been called on to de- South did, in fact, "bid his head cide many bridge arguments. But, off." Despite the fact that his open- by comparison with one which I am ing bid was shaded as to honour about to submit, these others were tricks, he later bid his hand in a trifling, friendly differences of opin fashion that advertised a power- ion; this one is a duel to the death. house. His four heart cue bid was In the hand submitted below, hostili- quite unjustified; such a bid must ties broke out the moment I, as de-be reserved for hands well above clarer, saw the dummy, and a tem-minimum strength. When, in re- porary truce was not effected until sponse to this cue bid, North made my partner and I agreed to bet aan asking bid of five clubs, South billion dollars on who was respon-apparently considered himself

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Wings (film 'Mayfair Melody'). 8.50 p.m. Variety. Comedienne-

To

I Think Of What You Used

Think Of Me (Turk, Hanley and Lyman).

Like The Big Pots Do (Long).

Gracie Fields.

Dance Orch.-

The Girl In The Hansom Cab-

Comedy Waltz.

I'm A Little Prairie Flower-Com-

edy Fox-Trot. Jack Harris and His Orchestra

(Vocalist: Elsie Carlisle). Sketch w. Effects-

The Steamboat Trip (The Two

Cockney Kids).

We're Still Single To-day.

Ethel Revnell and Gracie West. Dance Orch

Vocal→→

Cryin' Mood-Fox-Trot. Pardon My Love-Fox-Trot.

Fats' Waller and His Rhythm.

Vocal-

Beethoven Symphony

GSB

G.M.T.

And Sonata: Conducted By Toscanini

9.51 me/s (31.55 m.)

8.15 a.m.--Big Ben, The BBC Empire

Orchestra.

9.10 a.m.Variety."

9.30 am. Recital of Folk-songs from 9.45 a.m. A New Zealand Day Mes-

Australia and New Zealand. sage by Mr. W. J. Jordan, High Com- missioner for New Zealand in Lon- don.

10.00 a.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 10.15 am.

10.25 a.m-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies--

GSJ 21.59 Mc/s (13.99 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.) 10.45 a.m.-Big Ben. Beethoven Sym- phony No. 6 in F (The Pastoral), Op. 68.

11.25 a.m.-'All Kinds of People-3

My Work as a Theatrical Manager and Agent. A talk by Bert Aza. 11.45 a.m.--Chamber Music.

A Tender Song (Fenyès-Amberg),|12.15 p.m-Robin Hood.” A story of

You Passed Me By (Hess-Misraki-

Bennefeld).

Herbert E. Groh (Tenor). Accordion Band-

Wind And Waves (Zander). My Rhythm (Munsonips),

Jungherr's Accordion Melodians. 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.50 p.m.-—-Beethoven-Sonata In B Flat ↑ Major, Op: 22 played by Arthur Sch-

nabel (Piano).

10.15 p.m.--Beethoven-Symphony No.

7 In A Major, Op. 92.

the Middle Ages.

1.00 p.m.--The Enfield Central Band. 1.30 pm The News and Announce

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 145

p.m.

1.55 p.m.--Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 8.

Frequencies-

GŠH 2147 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/a (19.82 m.) GST (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 He/s 1.55 p.m.-Opening Announcements.

Played by the Philharmonic Sym-2.00 p.m.—Big Ben, "Take your Choice."

phony Orchestra of New York conducted by Arturo Toscanini. 11.00, p.m.-Close Down.

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.)

2.30 p.m.-'A Theme and a. Song':

Whisting Songs.

2.40 p.m.“Let's Go to the Theatre,' 3.00 p.m.—The Torquay Municipal Or-

chestra.

4.00 p.m. The News and Announce-- ments. Greenwich Time Signal`at. 4.15 p.m.

4.20 p.m.-Violoncello Recital by Mi-

chael Collins.

4.40 p.m.-'Dó we

glish?"

Understand

5.00 p.m.-Close Down.

En--

What's On At the Cinemas

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sible for the absurd final contract, obliged to give the proper positive Emile Zola"Warners' most ambitious solving a jewel robbery and thus are AT THE QUEEN'S "The Life Of taken for detectives and are forced into You were unanimously elected re- answer regardless of his previous film production of many months. This vindicated in the end. feree. We trust that you will not overbidding.

picture is vibrant, tense and emotion- not allow the size of the bet to in- It is obvious, of course, that the al story about the man who fought a AT THE ORIENTAL-Way Out fluence your judgment. Far be it declarer did not fulfill the contract nation with his pen and successfully West"-Sad faced Laurel and pom-

championed the cause of the exiled from me to try to bribe the judici-but- and here's the rub he Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. With Paul Muni the time they enter the picture across pous, jolly Hardy are a riot of fun from ary, but just between us, I hope should have! Undoubtedly, West in the title role, supported by distin- a desert stream with their trick donkey guished players, the film is finely made until their fade-out crossing the stream. you decide in my favour, as I would opened the heart king. Declarer and merits high rating as cinema art

the should have seen that success

the way undoubtedly find payment of

back. It is their de and fully deserves significant recogni- Western and the boys whoop it up as above amount somewhat inconven-pended on two factors, apparently

a pair of "tenderheels.”

In the sup- ient. I give you the hand and the separate, but in reality a

Combina-

AT THE KING'S "Heldi”, with porting cast are Sharon Lynne, James bidding.

tion, namely, to pick up the spade Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Finlayson and Rosina Lawrence.

Treacher and Helen Westley. Shirley queen and to avoid the loss of B club trick. In only one way could by a great performance by Jean Her- Temple's greatest triumph, supported

AT THE MAJESTIC "Wee Wilhe this be done. Declarer should ruff sholt, Johnna Spyri's story read and Winkie", with Shirley Temple, Victor the opening lead and enter dummy loved by millions, reproduced with a McLaglen, June Lang Aubrey

details on the screen,

Smith, Michael Whalen and Cesar with a diamond to ruff a second

Romero. The famous Dudyard Kipling heart. Dummy's second diamond

story of India. In the heart of mighty ha and AT THE ALHAMBRA—High Fix India where all the world is wild and gay entry would provide the opportun-ers, with Bert Wheeler, Robert Wool- strange and in the land of the Bengal HQJ 107ity for a third heart ruff with the sey and Lupe Velez. An uproarione Lancers, the story deals with the glor

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spade jack. The spade ace should comedy in which the two comedians are fous adventures of the Scottish High- C-J-9-4-3

then be cashed and the finesse tak-wanted for smuggling and steal a landers in action and of the girl who

police plane. The plot revolves around won the right to wear their plaid. en to the king-ten. Since declarer their. frantic efforts to evade the Police. All the thrills and reckless heroism.

after the plane had crashed on a mil-in the picture makes it one of the lionaire estate where they are mis- greatest ever made.

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“Our bidding (North-South

nerable:

South

1 spade

4 hearts

West North

2 hearts 3 spades Pass

5 clubs

6 spades Pass 7 spades

Pass

Pass

would be fortunate enough to find the queen in West's hand and they trump suit breaking, his troubles would be over. Dummy's spade king vul-would draw the queen while declar er himself was discarding a club, East and declarer's own hand would then

Pass Раво

be solid.

It is saddening to think that my Pass correspondent will have to go with- out luxuries simply because he was

"As South, I claimed that North out acquainted with "dummy rever- bid his head off. North claims pre-sal" play. cisely - the same thing about me. What is the verdict?

“Tremblingly yours,

"E. J. C., Boston, Mass." Such a small matter så declding billion dollar bet troubles me very little. I shudder to think, however, what North is going to do in physical way to South when he

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: Dealer bid one spade. As second hand, I held:

S.—K J-9 6 1-520 DIA 10 74 0.—A 6 3.2.

What was my correct call?

Answer: You should have passed.

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