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Anne Winter And A. T. Lay From The Studio

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.

12.30 p.m.-London Palladium Orches-

tra and Grace Moore (Soprano). Dawn (Matt). Sunset (Matt).

Orchestra.

Stars In My Eyes (From "The King

Steps Out').

Learn How To Lose (From "The

King Steps Out').

Grace Moore.

The Valley Of The Poppies (An-

cliffe).

A Birthday Serenade (Lincks).

Orchestra. Charm Of The Valse (Arr. Winter).

Orchestra. Time Signal and,

1.00 p.m.-Local

Weather Report.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c.'s

Thanks For The Memory (From 'Big 9.50 p.m. "He Wanted Adventure”-

Broadcast of 1938').

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart ('From Big Broadcast of 1938').

Orchestra. Taggin' Along With You-Quickstep. With All My Heart Fox-Trot (From

'Her Master's Voice').

Gerry Moore, Whispers In The Dark-Fox-Trot (From 'Artists and Models'),

Orchestra. 7.28 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

17.30 p.m.-London Relay At The

Black Dog.'

Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-

1.03 p.m.-New Variety Programme. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, parlour. Presented by Pascoe Thorn-

Weather Forecast ments.

and

Announce-ton and S. E. Reynolds.

1.40 p.m.-Mendelssohn-Quartet In D

Major, Op. 44, No. 1.

Played by the Stradivarius String

Quartet (Wolfinsohn,

and d'Archambeau).

2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

6.00 p.m.--Studio

Hour.

Pochon.

Dick

The Children's

7.00 p.m.-Gerry Moore (Piano) And

Roy Fox and His Orchestra.

The First Time I Saw You (From

"Toast of New York').

With The Wind (From the

Gone

Film).

Orchestra.

Crooning Quickstep. Love Me Slow Fox-Trot.

Gerry Moore.

BRIDGE NOTES

Musical Comedy. Vocalists:-Bobby Howes, Judy Gunn, Marie Burke, Raymond Newell, Wylie Watson and Theatre Chorus with Theatre' Or- chestra conducted by Joseph Tun- bridge.

10.28 p.m.-Dance Music & Variety.

Fox-Trots - Rosalie (From the Film); In The Still Of The Night (From 'Rosalie').....Carroll Gib: bons and the Savoy Hotel Or- pheans with vocal chorus. Vocal-Lilac Domino-Waltz Song (From the Film); My Heart Will Be Dancing (From "The Lilac Domino')...June Knight (Soprano). Fox-Trots-In My Little Red Book; Something To Sing About (From the Film).. ..Mantovani and His Orchestra with vocal chorus. Organ Solos-Blaze Away-March (Holzmann); With Sword And Lance-March (H. Starke)....Re- ginald Dixon (Organ). Orchestra-A Fete In Santa Lucia; Ragamuffin-Polka Mantovani and His Tipica Orchestra. Vocal-Serenade Anne Winter.

(Heykens-Krutz- feld); Good Night, Oh! My Love! A. T. Lay. (Abt-Seyffardt-arr. Hohne).

Herbert E. Groh (Tenor). p.m.-Close down.

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Studio-A Recital by Anne Winter (Soprano) accompanied by A. T, Lay (Piano).

1. Ladybird (Schumann). 2. May Dew (Sterndale Bennett). 3. A. D. MDCXX (Macdowell).

4. Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr). 5. Serenade (Gounod).....Anne Winter. 8.35 p.m.-Beethoven-Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") in F Major, Op. 68. Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. 9.15 p.m. London Relay-World Af- fairs'. A talk by H. Wickham Steed. 19.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News.

By ELY CULBERTSON

How Good Are You?

Mr. Culbertson is conducting{ through this column an examina- tion of bridge players. Rate your-

self by subtracting from 100 points for each wrong answer. Yesterday's question was: Question 49: The bidding goes: South

East North

Pass 1 spade

NORTH

S.-A Q 10 6 H.-K 3 2

D.-A Q

C.-9 7 5 2

EAST

S.-K J 2 H.-Q J 10 7 D.-J 8 5 3

C.---A 3

SOUTH

the

WEST

West

1 heart

Pass

S.-8 5 4 3 H.-9 8 6 D.-7 6 2

?

C. -Q 4 2

Which is now the

stronger bid

four

Answer: Four spades [g} is the stronger bid by South. This sitúa-

The

bidding:

East Pass Pass

for South to make:

[f] Three spades; [g]

spades?

S.-9.7

H-A 5 4

D.-K 10 9 4 C-K-J-10-6-

·

South.

West

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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.) GSB 9.51 Mc/s (31.55 m.) G.M.T.

|5.00 a.m.-Big Ben. 'Take your Choice.' A weekly entertainment feature. 5.45 a.m.-World Affairs,' A talk by

H. Wickham Steed. 6.00

Beethoven's

Pastoral Symphony: Vienna Philharmonic

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 7.00 a.m.

7.15 a.m.-Close Down,

TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies

GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 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. "The Gang Smash- er' (Episode 8). A radio serial adapt- ed from the novel The Gang Smash- er, by Hugh Clevely.

11.05 a.m.-'Dancing Time.' Oscar Ra-

bin and his Band, with Claire Worth.. 11.30 a.m. At the Black Dog.' Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-par- lour.

12.00 p.m.-"The Royal Visit to Lan- cashire.' A talk by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.

12.15 p.m. The Empire Sings.' A pot-pourri of tunes from all parts. of the British Empire. 1.15 p.m.-'World Affairs.' A talk by

H. Wickham Steed.

1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

1.45 pm. 1.57 p.m.-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies-

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) 1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements. 2.00 p.m.Big Ben, Military Band Mu-

sic.

2.15 p.m.-Harry Engleman (Synco.

pating Pianist).

2.30 p.m.-"The Gang Smasher' (Epi- side 8). A radio serial adapted from the novel The Gang Smasher, by Hugh Clevely.

2.50 p.m. Songs of the British Isles.". 3.45 pm.-Pianoforte Music. 4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m.

4.20 p.m. Matters of Moment.' A talk by Mary Agnes Hamilton, in a ser- ies for listeners in India,

a.m.-Symphony Concert. The 4.35 p.m.-Dancing Time.' Oscar Ra- BBC Empire Orchestra.

bin and his Band, with Claire Worth. 6.50 a.m.-The News and Announce-15.00 p.m.-Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

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AT THE QUEEN'S—"The Invisible AT THE KING'S—“Lost Horizon." Menace", with Boris Karloff Regis-A spectacular, spell-binding triumph Toomey, CyKendall and Frank Fay- for Frank Capra, who has directed len. A mystery thriller punctuated such pictures as "It Happened One with comic situations, in which Kar- Night," and "Mr. Deeds Goes To loff, minus his usual make-up, plays Town," which were great hits. The the part-of-a-mining engineersus-picture-stars Ronald Colman as a pected of murder.

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young British Consul who finds love in a beautiful strange place. Love and tion must not be confused with the North

hate are vividly enacted by a perfect- 2 no trip, Pass similar one wherein, if the OPEN-1 spade

Pass Pass AT THE ORIENTAL—“California east which includes Jane Wyatt, Mar- Howard, Edward Everett ING BIDDER bids one spade, the 3 no tr'p

Straight Ahead."The picture drama-go, John RESPONDER

West, with his show a good can

miserable hand,tises a struggle between railroads and Horton, Isabel Jewell and others. with a could see

no better opening lead trucking lines for supremacy. The hand and force to game, double raise, whereas a triple raise than the heart nine. Dummy's king story is told from the viewpoint of the

carry the fight AT THE STAR-"Merry Go-Round [jump to game] would be a mere was played and a club finesse human beings who

along, showing their personal pro-Of 1938", with Bert Lehr, Micha Auer, shut-out. [One point demerit for taken, West's queen winning. West blems, loves and hates. The cast in-and Alice Brady. The funniest and returned a heart, Declarer won,cludes John Wayne, Louise Latimer, most entertaining picture of the sea- incorrect answer.]

and knocked out the club ace. East Robert McWade, Theodore Von Eltz, son. cashed his two good hearts, declar-Tully Marshall, Emerson Tracy and TO-DAY'S QUESTION

er discarding a diamond, and then Lercy Mason. Question 50: You are East and merely exited with a diamond. De- vulnerable. North-South are not clarer cashed dummy's other high vulnerable. The bidding was:

diamond, his own two high clubs, Dast South West North and the diamond king, then had to 1 spade Pass 1 no tr'p 3 diam. try the spade finesse for his ninth Pass

8 no trip Pass

trick. It lost and he was down

Pasa

Dummy and your hand are:

NORTH [dummy].

S.-6

H-10 7

Pass

D-A KJ 10 8 6 4 C.-Q J 5

:

EAST

S.-A Q J 8 H.-K J 4 D.-7 3 2. C-A 9 7

West, your partner, opens the six of clubs. Dummy plays the Jack and you win with the ace.

What card do you return?

TO-DAY'S HAND

North, dealer,

Both sides vulnerable.

one.

One slight change in the order of play would have made the con- tract for declarer. On winning| the second heart lead declarer should have taken out the ace and queen of diamonds before clearing the club suit. East, on lead with the club ace, could cash his two hearts, but then would have to lead a diamond or a spade. (Declarer should discard a spade, not a dia mond, on the fourth heart.]: Ob- viously a spade

lead would be] directly up to the tenace. On a diamond lead declarer, if he cor- rectly figured that the percentage against the jack dropping, could have finessed with "the ten spot and taken the rest of the tricks.

W&S

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AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Love Is On: ́ ́AT THE MAJESTIC—“Tarzan Es-Air", with Ronald Reagan, June Tra- capes", with Johnny Weissmuller and vis, Robert Barraat and Raymond Hat- Maureen O'Sullivan, The latest pri- ton. The picture which combines my- meval adventure romance based on the stery comedy and thrilling drama with Edgar Rice Burroughs characters. an unusual plot.

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