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Mozart's Prague Symphony In D Major
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER *1938.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of a Service of In- tercession from St, John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Roy Fox & His Orchestra. 1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Danny Malone (Tenor) in an
Irish Programme.
1.80 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)
Benedictus ("Mass In B Minor"
Bach)....Walter Widdop (Tenor) | and London. Symphony Orchestra cond, by Albert Coates.
6,38 p.m.-Boccherini-Concerto In B Flat Major. Played by Pan Casals ('Cello), and The London Symphony Qrchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald.
D -Symphony In 1.40 p.m.-Mozart
Major (“Prágue” Symphony). Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orches- tra cond. by Erich Kleiber.
8.15 p.m.-Close down,
6 p.m.-Bach-Suite No. 2 in B Minor for Flutes and Strings, Wilen Men- gelberg and His Concertgebouw Orchestra.
6.25 p.m.--Choral Music,
Quoniam ("Mass In B Minor'-- Bach) .Friedrich Schorr, (Bari-
tone) and London, Symphony Or chestra cond. by Albert Coates. Cum Sancto Spiritu ("Mass In B
Minor-Bach
Philharmonic
Choir and London Symphony Or- chestra cond. by Albert Coates.
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7 p.m.—Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.03 p.m.-Selections from Wagner's
Operas.
"The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg" -Overture....State Opera Orch,, Berlin, cond. Leo Blech.
"Lohengrin"—
.Bruno
Introduction, Act III,
Walter conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Elsa's Dream.... Maris Jeritza
(Soprano) with Orchestra. 7:34 p.m.-Marek Weber and His “Or-
chestra.
Manon'-Fantasia (Massanet, arr.
Selections From Wagner Operas: Doreen Ma
Reminiscences Of Friml. Intro: In- dian Love Call; The Mounties: Chanson; The door of my dreamer Rose Marie; March. of the Vaga- bonds; Only a Rose; L'amour top- jours l'amour; Serenade....Regin-- ald Foort at the Organ of "The Paramount Theatre, London. The Irish Organist Medley (arr. T.
Casey)
Terance Casey,
9.80 p.m.-London Relay-The News. Tavan); Liebestraum, No. 89.50 p.m.-Songs by Gracie Fields. (Liszt); Waltz From "The Sleeping) Beauty' (Tchaikovsky); Tros Jolie -Waltz (Waldteufel); Dreams On The Ocean-Waltz (Gung'l).
p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
Dance Of The Apprentices....London
Symphony Orchestra cond. by Al- 8.02 p.m.-London Relay Music Hall.
bert Coates..
Sachs & Eva's Duet: See, Ev'chen! Whore, methought, can she be? $ shoemaker's life is aye full of care......Elisabeth Rethberg (So- prano) and Friedrich Schorr (Bari- tone). "Tannhauser" Star Of Eve..
Gerhard Husch (Baritone) and Ber- lin State Opera Orchestra cond, by Hanns Udo Muller.
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.
HIGH CARD VALUES
DESPERATE DEFENCE
We had great trouble getting, diamonds also turned out to be a to-day's hand to press, since each slight error since it now gave
proof-reader in turn North a chance for a second cue questioned, the bid-bid. East's five clubs was FOUR-ACES EVETEN ding. Actually it re-course a desperate measure taken ACE... 3 presented the des-lin an effort to get his opponents KING..2 perate but
unauc- to double the five-diamond contract
OF THE
Bennett and Williams (Two Jovial boys with their phono-fiddles); Mr. Lipsky, George Doonan (The life and soul of the party); Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon (The famous film stars] from Hollywood). The B.B.C. Va- riety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell. Presented by John Shar-
man.
9 p.m.-Studio-Doreen Ma
Piano.
'Sweet Heartache.
2. Bei Mir Bist du Schon.
3. Why Dream?
4. I've got a new lease,
5. Says my Heart.
6. I Never Dreamt. 9.15 p.m.-Cinema Organ.,
at the
Things Might Have Been So Diff'rent- (Coots, & Lewis); I Haven't Been. The Same Girl Since (Harper & Haines); You And The Night And. The Music (from 'Stop Press').
10 p.m.Variety, with Les Allen, Vic Oliver, Frances Day and Orchestra Mascotte.
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Idylle Passionnelle-Waltz (Georges Razigade).. Orchestra...Mascotte. Don't Ever Change (film 'Rhythm in the Clouds')....Les Allen (Vocal)· with Orchestra.;
Butting In. (Vic Oliver).... Vic Oliver:
versus Gloria Day.
Vic Oliver Goes Naughty (Oliver)....
Vic Oliver (Comedian). Ball Sirens Waltz Tunes (from+
Orchestra "Merry Widow') ................ Mascotte.
A Pretty Girl In Like A MelodyTM
(film The Great Ziegfeld') Frances Day (Soprano) with Orch.. Songe D'Autonne Waltz, (Joyce);: After The Ball-Waltz (Harris).... Orchestra Mascotte.
Moon At Sea (Pease, Rose & Stock);
Goodnight To You All (Denby &- Watson)
Les Allen (Vocal). with Lauri Day and Jimmy Turn- bull, on two pianos. 110.32 :p.m.-Dance Music.
-Close down.
III. p.m.
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What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S "Blockade", with demy Ballet he was sent to secure, it Madelene Carroll and Henry Fonda-starts the funniest and most melodious - The most dramatic situation of the pre-of all the Gold-Digger series. The huge- sent day the Spanish civil war-forms cast includes Rudy Vallee, Rosemary the background of the tempestuous love Lane, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, story. This is the romance of a man Gloria Dickson, Melville Cooper, Ma-- and a girl drawn into the conflict al-bel Todd, Fritz Todd, Ed Brophy, Vic-- most against the will-lovers who were tor Killian, 38 Gold Digger Girls and
the hilarious Schnickel-Fritz Band. at the same time bitter enemies.
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"100 Men AT THE ORIENTAL
AT THE STAR-“We Who Are with Deanna Durbin, About To Die."--A stark drama of a And A Girl",
A Adolphe Menjou and Alice Brady.
QUEEN 1 cessful efforts on the to which he intended to run. South comedy drama with music featuring prison Death Row, with an innocent:
part of East and continued to pass
JACK...'.
West to keep North still had control of the hand. Then the famous conductor.
and South out of the
right contract.
East, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable ·
10.
A 9
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QUIOB W E
J 10 6
AK 76 K 6
The bidding::
Fast South West IA 3♡ Pass Dbl. Pasa 30
B
Pass
Pass Pass
Pass
North
when North eventually bid five hearts, South had to decide whe- ther or not to go on to six. His reasoning was as follows:
(1) North thought there was a |Slam. (2) Undoubtedly North held
AT. THE ALHAMBRA "To-mor- row's Children"--A medical educational film 'on sterilisation.
Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal and J. Carrol Naish in the leading roles.
7.
AT THE MAJESTIC—“Navy. Blue" And Gold.” Two midshipmen and a girl provide the romantic complications in this thrilling story of life at Anna- the Ace and several other spades. AT THE QUEEN'S "Gold polis. Florence Rice is the girl-Ro-- Hence South's singleton spade Diggers In
Paris When Hugh bert Young and James Stewart are the meant no losera in that suit. (8) Herbert books a New York ca-midshipmen and the fight is on! Also East and West both thought South baret show for the Paris Exposition in- featured in the cast are Lionel Barry- could make a
stead of the August and stately Aca more, Billie Burke and Tom Brown. Slam. Obviously their frantic bidding was an effort to be cloud the issue. Accordingly, South contracted for six.
West opened his third-best club, South went right up with
the Ace
in dummy, and played one round of trumps. Actually the location of the club honours were such that the hand was a laydown. |however did not knów
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accordingly decided to try what he considered the safer play—namely, The first interesting problem oc- he laid down the Age of spades and surred at North's Arst turn to bid; followed with the Queen. Then In spite of West's opening bid, when East ducked, he discardod a forth saw distinct Blam possibil low club from his own hand. Now cue-bid he did not care about the location club honours and simply foroad his hand, claiming his con-
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