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Empire Exchange And Other London Relays

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1939.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of `Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Sea Shanties.

Who Sails With Drake (Candish); A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea (Lloyd).....Royal Naval Singers, Portsmouth. Cond. by C. T. Lee, R.N.

Songs Of The Sea (arr. Terry). In- tro: Whisky Johnny; Sally Brown; My Let the Bulgine Run; Blow

Johnny Bully Boys; Billy Boy; Come Down to Hilo; Blow the Man Down; Rio Grande.... Royal Naval Singers (Portsmouth) Cond. by C. T. Lee, R.N.

12.45 p.m.-Reginald Foort at

Organ.

the

Keep Smiling! (Reginald Foort's

Signature Tune).

Toy Land Medley.

Intro: Teddy the Bears' Picnic; Wedding of Painted Doll; Parade of the Tinj Soldiers; Punch and Judy Show; The Toy Train.....with Anton & The Paramount Theatre Orchestra, London.

Leslie Stuart Selection. Intro: Sol- diers of the King; Tell me, pretty maiden; In the shade of the Palm; Little Dolly Daydream; Sweet- heart May; Lily of Laguna.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Weather

Report.

1.03 p.m.-Victor

Silvester and His

Ballroom Orchestra.

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You-- Swing Step; Shy-Quickstep; Once In A WhileSlow Fox-Trot; Gian-

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

nina Mia--Waltz (film 'Firefly');| Noble....Tony Martin with Man-

nie Klein & His Swing-a-Hulas. I'll Write A Love Song-Quickstep

(from 'It's in the Bag'); My Secret 2.15 p.m.-Close down. Love Affair Slow Fox-Trot (film (6 p.m.-Essie Ackland (Contralto) and 'Lovely to Look at'); Dance The Moonlight Waltz With Me---Waltz;

I Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight -Slow Fox-Trot

'52nd (film Street'); Maria, My Own-Rumba. and 1.30 p.m.-Reuter Rugby Press, and Announce-

Weather Forecast ments.

1.40 p.m.-Latest Variety.

Cinema Organ-Dancing Time No. 5: The Fox-Trot-Grandma Said; I miss you in the morning. The Waltz-I shall always remember you smiling: Where the Shannon flows down to the Sea.... Reginald Dixon. Vocal-Dis-Moï Pourquoi (French film 'La Goualeuse'); Le Bonheur Est Entre Dans Mon Coeur (French film 'La Goualeuse'), Lys Gauty with Orchestra. Dance Orch-To Mother-With Love Fox-Trot....Billy Cotton & His

Band.

Vocal-Violin In Vienna (Strauss-

Dale)....Al Bowlly with Orch. Dance Orch. Romany-Fox-Trot;

Lovely-Fox-Trot

Geraldo & His Orchestra. Vocal-Rhythm Of The

Waves (Klein, Koki & Stewart); The Island Of Maui Hula (Johnson &

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.

South, Dealer

A CHOICE OF PLAYS

Both sides vulnerable North-South 30 on score

A 104

4375

♡ 9 3

OAK 8 6

A 7 4 2

Stuart Robertson (Baritone).

accomp.

by

A Summer Night (A, Goring Thomas).... Essic Ackland (Con- tralto) with Organ Herbert Dawson, Songs That Everybody Should Know. Intro: Here's a health unto His Majesty; Queen Bottles; Massa's in de cold, cold ground; Come Landlord fill the flowing bowl; Who's dat n-calling; What shall we do with drunken sailor; Will ye no come back again; Goodnight, Ladies.....Stuart Robertson (Bass- Baritone) with Piano accomp. by Gerald Moore.

Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony

In C Major, K. 551 ("Jupiter”). The B.B.C, Symphony Orchestra conduct- ed by Adrian: Boult.

8.31 p.m. Excerpts from Mozart's

A Song Of Thanksgiving (Allitsen); Sweet And Low (Barnby, arr. For- wood)....Essie Ackland (Contral- to) with Piano and Organ. 6.20 p.m.-Walton-Facade Suites Nos.

1 & 2. London Philharmonic Orches-19 tra conducted by William Walton.

*Just Off 6.45 p.m.-London Relay

Piccadilly by James Parish. Char acters: The Man; The Woman; The

A room in Stranger. Scene:

Production by John empty house. Richmond. 7.05 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

S

an

7.07 p.m.-Jack Jackson & His Orches~ tra with Frances Day and Ike Hatch.' Fox-Trots-Som Other Time; Gypsy Violin....Jack Jackson & His Orch. What Is This Thing? (film "Tempta- tion'); Show Me The Way To Rom- ance (film Temptation')...Frances Day (Soprano) with Orch. Fox-Trots He Kissed Maggie, Mag- gie Kissed Him Back; Just As Long As The World Goes 'Round and Around....Jack Jackson & His Orchestra.

There's A New World (from 'Okay For Sound')....Ike Hatch (Vocal) with Orchestra.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay 'At The Black Dog'. Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-parlour.

8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

Operas.

"Die Entführung aus dem Serail'

Martern Aller Arten....Margheri- ta Perras (Soprano) with Berlin State Opera Orchestra. "Don Giovanni".

Madamina....F. Ollenderff (Bass)

with Piano Accompaniment, Give Me Thy Hand, O Fairest.

Erna Berger (Soprano) & Hein- rich Schlusnus (Baritone) with Orch.

"The Marriage of Figaro"-

The Letter Duet....Viorica Ursu- leac (Soprano) and Erna Berger (Soprano) with Orchestra.

I'll Have Vengeance....A. Kipnis (Bass) and E. Ruziczka (Mezzo- Soprano) with Berlin State Opera Orchestra. Grant, O Love; Vanish'd Are Ye.... Tiana Lemnitz (Soprano) & The

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. p.m.-London Relay Empire Ex- change. Points of view by travel- lers from the Dominions & Colonies.

9.15 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 19.30 p.m.-Old Song Favourites.

Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (arr. Hill Billies)......The Hill Billies with Their Own Novelty Accom- paniment.

Old Timers-Vocal Gems. Intro: Won't You Come Home, Bill Bai- ley; The Ship I Love; Git yer 'air Cut; Champagne Charlie; After the Ball; Break the News to Mother; Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay The Big Four (Vocal Quartette) with Piano.

The Chestnut Tree (Kennedy, Con- nor & Kennedy); Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing (Damerell & Hargreaves); She Was One Of The Early Birds (Connor); In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (Williams-Van Alstyne).... The Audience Of The Paramount Thea- tre, London, led by Al Bellington at the Organ.

9.45 p.m.-London Relay-Sports News

and Market Notes.

|9,50 p.m.-A Request Programme. 8.03 p.m.-Mozart-Symphony No. 41'11 p.m.-Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

would have led it as a desperate.. defensive measure. Thus the club suit could not be divided.

AT THE ORIENTAL-Bohemian, ancient Chinese history. Directed by Proceeding on this hypothesis, Girl", with Stan Laurel and Oliver the man who made "Sable Cicada," Mr. Lightner next cashed the Ace Hardy. A retum engagement of the which is even now enjoying a New and King of clubs and then played Screen's funniest comedians.

one remaining trump. Now

his Q 986 8

N AKQ10:

6 2

◊ 9.5 3 ♣J 8

AAK 2

♡ J 8 5

07 2

* Q 9 6 5

QJ 10 4

K 10 3

Mr. Lightner

The bidding:

South

West North

10

40

10 Разв

30 Разз

East Раза Pass

While most players would have. adopted the obvious method of trying to establish the thirteenth

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

ACE..... 3 KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK....

TETRA, VILINE 4e Jovat ta AVERAGE HAND 638

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East had to let go of a club in AT THE STAR-"I Met My Love order to hold on to three spades to Again", with Joan Bennett, Henry Fon- the Queen. Mr. Lightner then da, Alan Marshal, Dame May Whitty threw East on lead with the club and Florence Lake in drama with

which is combined comedy Queen and that hapless opponent glamour. was forced to lead from his Queen of spades up to dummy's Jack to give Mr. Lightner the last three tricks and his contract.

You were Merwin Maier's ner yesterday and hold:

AK Q 10

A XX

XXX

x x x

The bidding went:- Bellenken You

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IA

Barnatone Past

Maler 24

(7)

club in dummy for a discard of the losing

Pass spade, Theodore

Pass Lightner, undoubted-

ANSWER: Your correct bid is ly one of our great-

two spades. This is one of the est experts, was

rare occasions when it. is proper quick to perceive a different way of makto rebid a good four-card suit, ing his four-diamond You cannot possibly make game unless your partner is strong contract. West open- ed the King of hearts, and when enough to make another bid. East gave a high-low signal, con- Score 100% for two spades, 75% tinued with two more rounds of for three clubs, 40% for two no the suit. ! The third heart lead was trump (an overbid), 0 for any trumped with dummy's diamond other bid; - Ace and three rounds of trumps were then taken. Mr. Lightner now had the certain knowledge that West's original holding had included six hearta and three dia- monds. Hence, he could hold only four cards in the

further clow

QUESTION NO. 101 You are the dealer, and hold:

What do you bid? (Answer

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