1939-01-20 — Page 26

"The Congress Dances:" Relay

From London

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 20, 1939.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.--Charlie Kunz at the Piano. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R.

Atl 22. Intro: Take My Heart; the Cafe Continental; Did I Re- member; Shoe Shine Boy; When I'm With You; Somebody Stole My Gal.

Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R 23. Intro: A Star Fell Out of Heaven; Serenade in the Night; A Fine Romance; No Regrets; When the Poppies Bloom Again; This'll Make You Whistle. 12.42 p.m.-Hawaiian' Selections.

Sweet. Hawaiian

Hawaiian Paradise (Owens).. Andy Iona & His Islanders with Vocal Chorus.

Maid

(Johnson);

Tropical Hulas (Cunha-Nape);

On

The Dreamy Moana Shore (Dyson)

...South Sea Islanders.

& Hawaiian Love Bird (Denniker

Razaf) ..King Nawahi's Ha-

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)

walians.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. Mendelssohn-Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64. Fritz Kreisler (Violin) and The State Opéra Or- chestra cond. by Dr. Leo Blech. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m.-A Recording of the Musical Comedy "Yes Madam". Binnie Hale, Bobby Howes, Bertha Belmore, Billy Leonard, Harcourt Brook, Wylie Watson, Vera Pearce and Hippo- drome Theatre Chorus of Girls with the Hippodrome Theatre Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge.

2:15 pm-Close down.

6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel,

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

MAKE CONTROL-

TO-DAY'S HAND

North, Dealer

North-South vulnerable

A AJ 8 3

(a). I could use a Dream; (b) My walking stick; (e) Half Moon on the Hudson; (d) Alexander's Ragtime Band.

6.14 p.m.-Record: Serenata Mediovale (Silvestri); La Java Du Ratáka, Ma- zurka (Van Kerck)....Prof. Giusep- pe Gargano (Mandoline) with Piano, 6.21 p.m.-(a) Smoke Dreams; (b) Row Row Your Boat; (c) Until the real thing comes along; (d) Harlem, 6.85 p.m.-Records: Free (film 'O-Kay For Sound'); Night Must Fall (film "The Tenth Man') .Quentin M. Maclean (Organ). Bolero (Ravel). Jacques Fray & Mario Braggiotti.

6.44 p.m.-(a) Sweet as a Song; (b)

The Big Dipper.

6.56 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

kde 1991.

Dance Music: "Air-Do-Wells:"

Symphony Orchestra

with Bob Crosby and His Orch. Man Of My Dreams-Fox-Trot (film 'Everything Is Rhythm'); Life Is Empty Without Love-Fox-Trot (film 'Everything is Rhythm').... Harry Roy & His Orchestra with vocal refrain.

Robins And Roses (Burke)......Len

Bermon (Vocal) with Orchestra. Trav'lin All Alone (Johnson)....The Boswell Sisters (Vocal Trio) with Orchestra.

Willie The Weeper Quickstep; Memphis Blues-Fox-Trot....Harry Roy & His Orchestra. Sentimental Gentleman (From Geor- gia (Perkins); Mood Indigo (El- lington) ......The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra.

Keeping A Stiff Upper (Wakefield); Play Up And Pay The Dame (Wakefield) Humorous Mono-

logue, by Oliver Wakefield. Harry Roy Stage Show......Harry

Roy & His Orchestra,

*Food for 9 p.m.-London

Thought'. Three short talks on mat- ters of topical interest,

Relay.

9.20 p.m.-Next week's programme.

6.58 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-"The Air- Do-Wells". A Radio Concert. Party with Claude Gardner, Effie Atherton, Brian Lawrence, Jean Colin, Ronald Hill, Marion Dawson, Wilfred 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. Thomas, Margaret Steddeford and The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra under the direction of S. Kneale Kelly.

8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report und Announcements. 8.03 p.m.--Dance Music by Harry Roy's Orchestra with Len Bermon, The Boswell Sisters and Oliver Wakefield. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming -Fox-Trot; That Old Feeling-- Fox-Trot (film Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938')....Harry Roy & His Orchestra with vocal refrain. Leave The Pretty Girls Alone. Medley. Intro: The Girl in the little green Hat; This is Romance; My Heart jumped over the Moon.... Len Bermon (Vocal) with Orches- tra (Intro: Step-Dancing by Len Bermon).

9.50 p.m.-Philadelphia Symphony Or-

chestra.

Blue Danube-Waltz (Strauss). Tales From The Vienna Woods-

Waltz (Strauss).

י.

10 p.m.-London Relay The Congress

Dances'. From the story of Norbert .. Falk and Robert Leibmann. *Lyrics and dialogue by Rowland Leigh. Radio adaptation by B. Martin Marks and Douglas Moodie. Music.... and adaptation of old Viennese melodies by W. R. Heymann. Radio. music scored by Jack Beaver. The BB.C. Revue Chorus and The B.B.C. Thea- tre Orchestra conducted by Mark H. Lubbock. Production by Douglas Moodies. It is hoped that Conrad Veidt, who appeared both in the film and in the radio version heard by listeners last February, will once again play the part of Metternich. On The Beach At

Trot.... .Connie Boswell (Vocal) 11 pan.-Close down.

Bali-Bali-Fox-

OF THE

FOUR-ACES SYSTEN

ACE... KING QUEEN.1 JACK...!

TOING VALUE 40 PACK RO

IVETAGE HAND 63%

SHOWING BID

Howard Schenken was your partner yesterday, and you held:

K Q XXX I

♡ I

◊ X X X

Axx

Mr. Schenken dealt and the

bidding went:

Schenken Jacoby You Major

♣ K 10 4

6

◊ KQ 8 6 2

♡ A

J8762 W E A J 10

Q 10 9

74

N

0 8

S

J 5

9.7 4062

AK 2

K 10 9 8

0.5 4

A 987 3

The bidding: North East

1♡

Pass LA Pasa Pass (?)

South Weat 10

Pass 10.

Pass 14 Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Dbl. Pass Pass Pass

34

ANSWER:

Your correct bid is

four clubs. Your spade bid and

There are certain common-sense conventions that

every Bridge-

What's On At the Cinemas

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sk-

AT THE MAJESTIC "The Barretts, ed by British officers stationed at the Of Wimpole Street", with Normal outpost of the jungle that chances of Shearer, Fredric March and Charles his coming out alive are doubtful, he Laughton in another "Old Favourite" plunges into the "green inferno"-ac- that you should not miss.

companied only by his native guides and meets with exciting adventures.

* * AT THE KING'S-"The Lone Welf

-"The Last Out- In Paris". with Francis Lederer and AT THE STAR Frances Drake. A thrilling story post". The age old triangle crops up dealing with crown jewels, conspira-in India this time with Cary Grant as the officer who unknowingly falls in tors, and a royal family.

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love with his best friend's wife. Claude AT THE QUEEN'S Special feature Rains and Gertrude Micchael, are also your partner's jump raise has de- player should learn. For instance, programmo of Walt Disney's latest in the picture.

* *... finitely fixed the suit, and since when neither defensive player has creations. A galaxy of 10 new colour

"Scipione bid a suit and the partner of the shorts including "Donald's Golf Game," AT THE ALHAMBRA your hand is strong enough to in-opening leader doubles three no- "Donald's Nephews" and Good Scouts. L'Africano". The formidable clash

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between the Roman and the Cartha- vite & Slam, you do 80 by the trump, he is making a definite re-

AT THE ORIENTAL "Booloo". ginian armies are protrayed in "Scipio control-showing bid of four clubs. quest for the lead of the first suit with Colin Tapley and Mamo Clark. Alfrcanus".

with Annibale Ninchi, bid by dummy. Your intention is (1) to pass if

The story tells of a young Englishman Camillo Pilotto, Isa Miranda and Just place yourself in East's who goes into the heart of the Malayan Francesca Bragiotti in leading roles. a fabulous The story deals with the life of the your partner signs off at four possition. Wouldn't you pass North's jungle in order to find apades, (2) to bid only four spades opening diamond bid and continue white tiger and so redeem the honour great Roman Leader Selvio who leads of his explorer-father, whose report his army of Roman soldiers agamat if your partner bids four hearts, to pass until your opponents reach of the phenomenon is not believed by Hannibal and his Carthaginian army. (8) to jump to five spades if youred three notrump? And then museum authorities. Although warn- Dialogue in Spanish. partner makes the control-showing wouldn't you.gleefully double with bid of four diamonds.

Score 100% for four clubs, 60% for five spades, 40% for spades, 20% for four spades.

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QUESTION NO. 8 Oswald Jacoby is your partner, and you hold:

the realisation that the diamond opening that you are calling for would almost surely beat the con- tract? That's just plain common sense, but alas for East's hopes! West didn't know the lead-direct- ing convention, and for some pecu- liar reason thought his partner was doubling on a long solid club suit, The Jack of clubs opening immediately gave Declarer five club tricks. While a spade finesse would have given him an overtrick, You are the dealer and the bid-Declarer simply played safe for ding goes:

his doubled contract.

A K III

J X

Ó A xx

Axx

You Burnstone Jacoby Schenken

20 Pass PRE (7)

What do to-morrow).

"

Needless to say, the proper open- ing of the singleton diamond by West would have surely set the hand one trick.

you bid? (Answer (Copyright, 1988, By The Four

Aces)

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