1939-05-05 — Page 26

Genevieve Tobin, William Keighley

On The Air

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 5, 1939.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30 p.m.-Selections from Puccini's

*Operas.

"La Boheme"-

Grace Musetta's Waltz Song.

Moore (Soprano) with Orch. Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen....Mi- chael. Bartlett (Tenor) with 'Or- chestra (Sung in Italian),^. "Tosca"--Selection... Marck Weber

& His Orchestra.

·

"Turandot"-Weep Not, Liul; No

.Alessandro body Shall Sleep.. Valente (Tenor) with Orchestra (Sung in Italian).

"Madam Butterfly"

Child From

Whose Eyes; See I Have Caught You.......Sheridan (Soprano) and Pertile (Tenor) with Orchestra.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather!

Report.

1.03 p.m. Tchaikovsky Aurora's

Wedding - Ballet

Music. London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Efrem Kurtz.

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

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

"י

(9.52 megacycles)

1.40 p.m.-Murgatroyd & Winterbot-*- (a) Kinda lonesome; (b) Black Eyes; (c) Two sleepy people; (d) Sensation. tom, Mary Ellis The Aaron Sisters, and Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 6.14 p.m.-Record: Fold Your Wings ('Glamorous Night' -Novello)..., Mary Ellis and Tre- for Jones (Vocal Duet) accomp. by the Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra. T'Aint No Use (Lane); Wah-Hoa! (Friend)....Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra...

Art (Frankau-Handley-Crick); About Cruises (Frankau-Handley-Crick) .Murgatroyd & Winterbottom (Two minds with not a single thought with Monte Crick at the Piano.

Is It True What They Say About Dixio (Lerner, Marks); Robins & Roses (Burke).....Jimmy. Dorsey & His Orchestra.

Studio Concert: Harmony Three And Hal Lorenzo

Report and Announcements.

8.03 pm-Quentin Maclean at

Organ

the

Edward German Selection, With Erie Costes Thro' London (Knightsbridge to London Bridge).

Baby, Whatcha Gonna Do To-night (film 'Good Morn-|- ing Boys'); Head Over Heels In Love 8.15 p.m.-Studio-Interview with Miss (film Head over Heels').......Lilli Palmer (Vocal) with Orchestra. 6.21 p.m.--(a) Blue Venetian Waters: (b) Jungle Drums; (c) Wanna; (d) Calentito.

6.35 p.m.-#Records: "The Great Zieg- feld" Fox-Trot Medley...The Key- boarders (Two Pianos & Drams).

.Coleman It Sends Me (Hawkins). Hawkins (Saxophone) with "Buck" Washington at the Pianto.

6.44 p.m.-(a) At your beck and call; (b) Could be; (c) I hadn't anyone until you; (d) Christopher Columbus. 7. p.m.--Closing local Stock Quotations. How'm I Doin'? (Fowler and Red-7.02 p.m.-Cello Solos by Beatrice

The man);

St. Louis Blues (Handy)....Aaron Sisters.

2.15 p.m.-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, Inventore of the system that has

beaten every other system in existence.

DOUBLE-CROSSED

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable East-West 40 on score

A J 10 9 3 ♡ Q 6

О АБ

A 10 9 8 4 2

8762

A 7.3

A G

K 954

N

072

W

A

K QJ

E S

3

#6

K Q 4

J 10 8 2

◊ K Q J 8 4.7 5

The bidding:

10 9 8 6

4

South

North West

East

Pass

3

Pass

Pass

30

Pass

Pass

Dbl.

PaBR

Pass

Pass

OF THE

FOUR-ACER SYSTEM

8

South, who didn't hold very many trumps to begin with, soon found

himself even shorter.

Without going into the painful details, South was able to take only five tricks, and thus was set 1,000 points on a hand where his op- ponents could not have made their contract.

*

Burn- You were David Bruce stone's partner yesterday and held:

▲ 10 2

QJ 10 x x x

◊ J x x x x

Both sides were vulnerable.

The bidding:·

Jacoby

Burnsione

10

Pass

2.0 2A

Mater

Pass

You 20 Pass (1)

Opening bids of three or more are almost invariably intended as shut-out bids. They are supposed

to portray HIGH CARS VALUES good long

suit but four hearts. On the bidding your little defensive partner cannot expect you to have SACE 3-strength, and

any high cards, but you must show KING.2 expert players his your powerful distribution. QUEEN.1

agree unanimously

Score 100% for four hearts, 70% JACK...N that they are very for five hearts (an overbid), 70%

effective. In to-day's hand West, decided to for three hearts (an underbid), double-cross his opponents by for any other bid. In particular, it is inexcusable to pass, with this conveying an impression of weak-

hand. ness. With a part score of 40, he opened with a "shut-out” bid of three clubs. TL next two players passed, but South, having passed a fairly good hand, refused to sur render the rubber. Instead of doub- ling (if South had doubled, his partner would have passed and the three-club contract been defeated), South those to gamble on his four- card diamond suit..

very ANSWER: Your correct bid is

West was now content to leave any subsequent action

to his

partner, and East, with five trumpa and an Ace, felt that

double wa

Question No. 91

You are Oswald Jacoby's part- ner to-day and hold:

The

bidding:

Maler

Pass

PRES

Pasa

Pass PARK Foss

Pass

do yon ad? (Answer tomorrbwe) is

Harrison.

Caprice (Dellus); Elegie (Delius).

with Orchestra. Adagio (Marcello, arr. Salmon). Pastorale; Reel (Cyril Scott).

with Piano accompaniment by Margaret Harrison.

7.15 p.m.-Strauss-Le Bourgeois Gen- Walther tilhomme, Suite Op. 60. Straram Orchestra (of Paris).

7.47 p.m.-Songs by Elisabeth Schu-

mann (Soprano).

Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4 (Strauss). Standchen, Op. 17, No. 2 (Strauss).

...with Violin Obbligato by Isolde Menges and Orchestra.

Be Praised, Thou Peaceful Night

("The Vagabond'-Ziehrer).

....with Orchestra.

Genevieve Tobin and Mr. William Keighley,

8.30 p.m.-Stadio

Concert by The Harmony Three and· Hal Lorenzo,

9 p.m.-J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.

My Sweetheart When. A Boy (Mor-

gan-arr. Willoughby).

Silver Threads Among The Gold

(Danks-arr. Willoughby).

A

Serenado

Venetian Barcarolle (arr. Willoughby).

....with Vocal Quartette. 9.15 p.m.-London-Relay-The News. 9.30 p.m.-London Relay More Food

for Thought'. Short talks on mat- ters of topical interest.

9.45 p.m.--London Relay-Sports News

and Market Notes.

9.50 p.m.-Next week's programme. 9.55 p.m.-Military Band Music.

Coronation Processional Music (Be- lected from the Music in the Royal Procession, Coronation Day, May 12th, 1987).. .Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards conduct- ed by Major George Miller.

'Scrapbook 10 p.m.-London Relay

For 1929. Memories..and melodies of ten years ago. Presented by Les- lie Baily and Charles Brewer. B.B.C. Variety Orchesara conducted by Louis Levy.

18 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather11 p.m.-Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

The

AT THE STAR—“I'll. Give A Mil AT THE KING'S “My Lucky Star”, starring Sonja Henie and Richard Lion", a very sad story of a disillusion- Greene in a gorgeous ice-skating carni ed raillionaire who promises $1,000,000 val overflowing with mirth, melody and romance. The cast is supported by to the first person who loves him for Arthur Treacher, Joan Davis, George himself and not for his money. This Barbier and several others.

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AT THE QUEEN'S—"Son Of Fran- kenstein", featuring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill and Basil Rath- bone in an exciting thriller in which a newly created monster becomes the master of the son of Frankenstein.

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starts a riot that disrupts the entire Riviera. Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre and Jean Hersholt have the leading roles..

AT THE ORIENTAL"The Young In Heart", a gay story of the most fascinating family that ever menneed a heart or a bankroll, starring Douglas AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Pirates Of Fairbanks, junior, Janet Gaynor, Ro- The Skies", starring Kent Taylor. and land Young and Billie Burke. Rochelle Hudson in a thrilling story of the Air Force Police as they strive to combat crime with the latest scientific equipment in the air.

AT THE CATHAY—“Maid's Night Out" revealing the weals and woes of AT THE MAJESTIC — “Duke Of the average American milkman in hi- West Point", featuring Louis Hayward, larious, fashion, The background is a Joan Fontaine, Alan Curtis, Richard modern dairy. Joan Fontaine and Al- Carlson and Tom Brown in a romantic lan Lane in the leading roles. drama, telling the story of young AT THE LEE THEATRE “Cleopa cadets who enter a different and dif-tra", with Claudette Colbert, Warren ficult world when they become Plebes William and Henry Wilcoxon heading

the cast. of West Point..

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