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Empress Of Britain

Dance Band

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 11, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12-20 p.--Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral 12.30 p.m.-Band of HM. Coldstream Guards and Peter Dawson (Bass- Baritone).

1 pmLocal Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report

1.03 pm-Primo Scala's Accordeon

Band.

1.19 p.m. Patricia Rossborough

(Piano).

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce

ments.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's - ZEK 640 kes

ed on New York Wanamaker A ditorium Organ.”

Crown Of Life (Words, 0. Turner,

Music, Arr. M. Farrar).

B.B.C. Wireless Chorus. The Question (Wolstenholme). The Answer (Wolstenholme).

Grand Organ played by Reginald Goss-Custard, FRCO. at Kings- way Hall, London. Morgenblatter (Vocal Waltz-Johann Strauss, Op. 279).. The B.B.C. Wireless Chorus.

140 p.m.-Gilbert and Sullivan Ex-7.25 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

cerpts.

156 pm-Light Orchestral.

Immortal Strauss (A Medley of

Strauss. Waltzės)

Viennese Waltz Orchestra. Piccadilly- Concert - Arrangement (From Soft Lights and Sweet Music). Falling Leaves--Concert Arrange ment (Kennedy, Carr). Ambrose & His Orchestra with Vocal Cho-

What's Next? (A Potport of popa- lar tunes of the last half Cen- tury).....Herman Finck and His! Orchestra.

2.15 p.m.-Close down."

6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme * p.m.-Organ and Choral Programme. Introduction And Fugue (From Fan-

tasia on Ad Nos SalutemFranz Liszt). Fernando Germani play-

BRIDGE NOTES

one.

Timing

tions.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay Food For Thought. Three short talks on mat- ters of topical interest. 7-50 p.m.--Studio A Talk On Society For Protection of Children by D. Spreckley.

S pm-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 pm. Studio Empress of Bri-

tain's" Dance Orchestra

9 p.m.-Richard Crooks (Tenor). Songs My Mother Taught Me

Macfarren-Dvorak).

Mother 0 Mine (Kipling-Tours). If I Should Send A Rose *** (Shayon-Shilkret). 9.30 pmChopri

Polonaise-Fantaisie No. 7 In A Flat

"Major Op. 61. ·

Andante Spianato Op. 22.

Arthur Rubinstein (Piano).

By ELY CULBERTSON

Of Cross-Ruff

Waltz In D. Flat-Op. 64, No. 1 Etude in C Major Op. 10, No.

Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano). 9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News 19.50 p.m.-Band of HM. · · Grenadier

Guards.

The Beggar's Opera Selection. (Gay

Austin)

Cond by Capt.

George Miller.

Talk On

S.P.C By D. Spreckley

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION-

Frequencies---

GSG 1779 Mc/s (16.86 ́GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.56

·GSD 11.75-M</s

GSB 9.51 mc/s (31.55

The Grenadiers Waltz (Waldteufel G.M.T.

3. Winterbottom)

Capt. George Miller. Old Folks At Home And In Foreign Lands.. Cond. by Capt. George Miller.

.Cond. By00 am Big Ben At the Black Dóg."

7.30 am-Dancing Time.” 8.10 3-Steeplechasing at Chelten- ham: The Cheltenham Gold Cup-t 8.20 am--Reginald Foort, at the BBC-

Theatre Organ. 18.40 a.m Next Week's Programmes.

8.50 am-The News and Announce--

ments." Greenwich Time: Signal at 9.00 alma.

10.10 p.m-Variety Programme.

Orchestra

The Acacia Blossoms Trice: More Stars Than There Are In The Sky

Once I Had A Dear Mother: The Sun Is In Love With The Moon. Magyari Imre & His Hungar- ian Gypsy Orchestra.

Vocal

Nur Dir Will Ich. Gehoren (Wil-

czynski-Van Aaken).

9.15 am.-Close down.

TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies---

GŠJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m) GSH 21:47 Me/s (1997) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15-18 M÷/s (19.76 m.)

In Deiner Augen Les Ich Ein 18.45 a.m.-Big Ben The House in the-

Marchen (Niederberger-Heller)-|- Country."

Joseph Schmidt (Tenor).

Pianoaga

11.30 1.m— Food for Thought.”

12,20 p.m.--Dance Music

You're Here, You're There, You're Everywhere (Kabal & Loeb)... Foolin' Myself (Lawrence & Tin-1.29 pm-Next Week's Programmes.

turin)......Carrol Gibbons and 1.30 pm. The News and Announce- His Boy Friends.

merts. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45pm

1:00 pm.My Sax and L. Hal Swain. 1.30 pm-Musical Interinde.

Vocal-

It's The Natural Thing To Do. The Moon Got In My Eyes (from

fide Double-or Nothing'). garde with Orchestra. Humorous

Gert And Daisy And The Tandem Buntin Elsie & Doris Waters.

Dance Orch--

Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Sailing On The Robert E. Lée.

Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins.

Climbing Up The Golden Stairs. In The Moonlight's Glow.

Vocal-

The an Billies with their own Novelty Accomp. Organ Palace Theatre Medley.

1.55 p.m.-Close down.

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies

GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 12) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (15.86 ) -GSF 15:14-Mc/s-119.82 mL)

·GST: (to 3.30 pm) A153 Me/s 155-pan-Opening Announcements. “ 12.00 pm Big Ben. The BBC, Empire-

Orchestra

3.00 pm Talk America Speaks-3.

A series of talks broadcast from the- USA to the British Empire.

3.20 p.Billy Mayer PEN 3.30 pm Hughie Green and his-

Gang With his latest juvenile suc- cesses and band.

Hands involving cross-ruffs ofteny Two different lines of play were require great delicacy in timing. attractive: One, to attempt the es The trick is to cash one's top cards fablishment of North's club suit, the before the defenders can void them-other, to embark on a straight cross- selves in those suits. But this, of ruff. With nothing whatsoever to course, is just a generality. Dif-guide him, declarer might well have different chosen the club suit establishment ferent holdings demand tactics. In the hand shown below plan. But he saw an objection to the question of entries is the crucial this. West, a fairly conservative player, had made a vulnerable over- call of two diamonds. He could have! no ace or king in any suit except 11 diamonds, and therefore it appeared highly likely that he held at least a six card suit. This, in turn, im- plied that a 3-3 dub break and a 3-2 spade break were extremely re- mote. Since the club establishment plan depended upon both of these

AT THE KING'S "Men Are Not AT THE ALHAMBRA The Per- breaks, declarer rightly determined Gods, with Mariam Hopkins, Gert [fect Specimen." When a go-getting-

Match-point duplicate. South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

S.-7

NORTH

S.-K Q 5.

H-R 7 4 3 D.-5

C-A 10 6 4 2

EAST S.-J 6 4 2 -Q 8 5 D.-9 7 C.-J.9 831

H- 10 9 2

D-A E Q 10 3 2

SOUTH S.-A 10 9 8 3 H-A 6

C-J 8 6 C-X 7

The bidding:

South West

North

Pass

to abandon that plan in favour of the cross-ruff.

Winning West's heart lead with the face, declarer ruffed a diamond with dummy's low trump, cash-

led the heart king, and

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third round with the spade three Another diamond was truffed with the queen, and declarer carefully

Reginald Foort Organ of the Paramount Theatre, London pmLondon Relay - Americz Speaks-3. A series of talks broad- cast from the USA to the British Empire.

11.20 p.m.-Close down.

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

4.20 pz-Next Week's Programinės. 4.30pm- They're Of A non-stop-

Variety of song, comedy, and rhythm. '5.00. p.zi.Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

rude Lawrence and Sebestian Shaw girl sets cut in pursuit of grandma's Miriam is seen as Ann Williams, the story, a six-footer brought up in seclu- impetuous secretary of London's lead-sion who doesn't know his own ing dramatic critic, who impulsively strength, almost anything may happen alters one of her boss's less kind e--and does. A whirlwind of inn and views and automatically lets herself thrills starring Erroll Flynn Joan out of a job and into a triangle, the Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward other two principals of which are the Everett Horton, Beverley Roberts, May actor she has aided and his intensely Robson and Allen Jenkins. jealous wife.

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AT THE STÁR "The Prince And AT THE QUEENS Eser Since noted East's discard of a club. The Pauper Mark Twain's unfor- Eve" Marion Davies, Robert Mont- East It became more and more probable gettable story of the beggar boy and gomery, Patsy Kelly, Frank McHugh, 1 spade 2 diamonds 3 spades Pass that East had long spades, which, prince who changed place is now the Louise Fazenda and Carol Hughes 4 spades Pass

Pass of course, implied that he held the Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephen-

most topical of films. Starring Erroll Smart comedy-romance. North was not completely satisfied jack. A fourth round of hearts son, Barton MacLane and the Mauch with his own double spade raise, but was ruffed with the spade

eight, Twins.

AT THE ORIENTAL "Fit For A probably thought it the least of all East meanwhile discarding another

King, with Joe E Brown, Helen Now, to prevent East from Yours, with Madeleine Carrol, Fran- Joe is cast as a chump newspaper man evils. As a matter of fact, it was club.

All Mack, Paul Kelly and Dérald Briggs. a highly dangerous bid. For all getting rid of any more clubs, des Lederer, Mischa Auer, and Grace who is always behind when a story North knew, South might have a clarer played the king and over to Bradley. A delicious battle of love in breaks. This provides a number of four card spade suit. After a double the ace, then led a third round of gay Paris versus love on the Gay comic situations in winch Joe is able

to give another excellent perform raise this would not keep him from clubs. East, down to trumps, had White Way, bidding four spades, since he would to ruff.

Declarer overruiffed and

expect to find at least four trumps ruffed his last diamond with dum- in North's hand. North counted his my's spade king. Now, East was (forced to under-trump. With the singleton diamond and three trumps as valuable for rutting purposes, but, do was lead a club and again over- play in dummy, all declarer had to obviously, if South needed North's trumps as trumps, they could not be ruff East. Only one trick, the first,

had been lost. used for ruffers also. North should A slightly different sequence of have bid three clubs and hoped that plays on declarer's part would have South would be able to rebid spades. held him to eleven tricks, as was Then, in the knowledge that South manifested by the fact that most had at least five trumps, four spades players in his position had to be would have been the marked bid. satisfied with only one.

West opened the diamond king and shifted to the heart jack. Declarer

rick.

TODAY'S QUESTION Question: What is the correct re

saw that his contract was virtually sponse to partner's opening three "an ice," but, since this was match-no trump bid with the following:

'point duplicate, he naturally want-

ed to make as many tricks as pos- sible

SQ 97.5 4 3, H-8, D-87

-52, C-9 6?.. Answer: Four spades.

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