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Radio Programmes

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"BACKSTAGE IN HONGKONG” 2ND OF SERIES

Grupo Lira

Ballads Kipling-Cott)-Peter Dawson (Bas-Baritone) with Orchestra and Chorus "Dorothy" Selection (Cel- Her)The Band of HM. Coldstream Quards cond. by Lieut. J. C. Win- dram. Where's The Sergeant? (Long- staffe): Tommy Lad (Teschemacher Margetson) Peter Dawson. (Bass. Baritone) With Orchestra,

11.00 p.m. Close down

12.00 to 1920 pm Relay of Ser- vice of Intercession from St. John's! Call

Cathedral.

G.S.G.

12.30 p.m.

Prima Senta's Accordeon G.S.B.. Band with Les Allen (Vocal), Boo-Hoo (Heyman-Loeb);

G.S.H.

Delyse

G.S.O.

Band

SHORT WAVE

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Gilbert-Nichols)-Primo Scala's Ac-Trans. cordeon Band. I'll Sing you a Thou- Trans. sand Love Songs (alm Caln & Ma bel: When Did You Leave Heaven film Sing Baby Sing-Les Allen (Vocal) with Orchestra. My Heaven In The Pines (Sigler-Conrad): Meet Me Down In Sunset Valley (Gülbert) ---Primo Scala's Accordeon Bond Smiling Through: Try a Little Ten- derness: Love will Find a Way-Les Allen Vocal with Sidney Torch at the gan. Medley Intro: Lovely lady: The glory of love: Saddle your HK. blues to Wild Mustang: I'm putting Tme all my eggs in one basket; Please beam. leve me; Don't save your smiles Primo Scala's Accordeon Band.

100 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03

p.m. Vivian Ellis at the Plano.

"Streamline" Plano Selection

1.15 Organ.

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 17.79b.c. (6.86m.) 9.51m.c. (1.55m.) 21.47m.e. (31,97m.) 13.18m.c. (19.79m) (G.SO. G.S.G., G.S.B.) (G.SJL, G.S.G. G.S.B.) (G.S.H. G.S.G.. G.S.R.} AUSTRALIA

Call Sign: VIR Wave Length, 31.34 metres Power, 1 Kilowatt

HOLLAND-INDIA

Call letters: PHI. Wavelengths 16.88m & 25.57m.; Frequencies 1777okc. 1773oke.

10.00-Broadcast to Schools-"History in the Making," by Stanley Lowe (A). 10.20-Wheat and Grain Report (A), 10.40-"At Home and Abroad" (A). 11.05-Luncheon Music (A).

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(A). 1.00-Martial Music by the B.B.C.

Military Band (DI).

1.30 The History of the Jews." Talk

by J. W. Parkes (D1).. 1.45-Light Classical Programme by the B.B.C. Empire Orchestra (DI). 230-News (D1).

(Ellis): The First Waltz (Ellis). "Top 11.30-Afternoon Musical Programme Hat Plane Medley (Irving Berlin

4.15 p.

Reginald Dizon at the Waltz Selection-Intro: The Desert Song:

Deep in my Heart: Dream Lover

Dixon Request Medley-Intro: I do uke to be beside the Seaside; Blaze. Away: Who were you with leat night? If you were the only girl in the world: Teddy Bears Plenic: Dinah Down at the Old Buil and Bush: Just a Wee Decoh and Doris; She's B Lassle from Lancashire: I do be beside the Seaside.

Like to "Chorus Gen- tlemen Please-Intro: Hunting we will go; Sally in our Alley:

John. Peel; Oh dear what can the matter be; Londonderry

Air; There's

a

Tavern in the Town; etc.

Beuter and Rugby Press Forecast and

Announce

1.30 p.m.

Weather

ments.

...

1.40 p.m.

Stan Holloway. The Bos Well Sisters and Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.

Mood Indigo (lington); Senti mental

Gentleman From Georgia Parish Perking-The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra. Albert Comes Back (Edgar) Humorous Monologue- Stanley

Holloway with Wolseley Charles at the Plano.

Ev'ry Single Little Tingle Of My Heart Fox Trot; Weather Man-Fox-Trot Jack

and His Orchestra.

Hylton

Traylin' All

Alene (Breen. Johnson) The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra. The 'Ole In

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The Ark (Edgar)--Humorous Mono- logue-Stanley Holloway with Piano. You Give Me Ideas Fox-Trot (from Please Teacher); Song Of The Cel- lo-Fox-Trot (from 'Please Teacher"> -Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.

2.15 p.m. Close down.

6.00 p.m. Studio Children's Hour 7.00 p.m. Closing local Stock Quo- 7.02

Zations.

p.m. Bizet Ballet Sulte-Jeux

. D'Enfants, Op. 22.

London Philharmonic conducted by Antal Borat.

2.45 "World Affairs." Talk by H. B.

Butler (D1).

3.00-Jean Harley and Clearge Bar ker entertainers at the planos (D1).

3.15 Sports News and Market Notes"

(D1).

220 Tuy

Tots' Session (A). 4.15-Dinner Music (A).

5.25 Commentary On News (A). 6.00-Celebrity Recordings (A). 6.10 The A.B.C. (Melbourne) Sym-

phony Orchestra (A).

0.45-Gerald Shaw,

at Organ

Paramount Theatre (D2). 7.15"The Convoya" Convoy work

during 1914-1918. (D2). 7.30-Melbourne University Revue

(A). 8.15-Music in the Air"--some famous tunes discussed. Sir Walford Davies, with B.B.C.

Empire Orchestra "(D2). 8.45-New records (LH). 3.50-Recorded Feature (A), 0.00-News commentary (HL). ̧ 9.15--News (D2).

9.20 Summary of the day's news

(A).

9.30

World Affairs." Talk by H. B. Butler D2); Report on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (HL)

9:45 Sports News and Market Notes

'(D2).

10.00-Recita! by Christina YouDE.

mezzo-soprano (D3). 11.00-"The Retreat from Kabul, 1842." Account by Dr. Willam Orchestra 11.20 "Music for Dancing with Vic- Brydon, the only survivor (D3), tor Silvester and his Dance Orchestra (D3).

7.26 p.m. Song by GigH (Tenor). See Here, Thy Flow'ret (Carmen-12.00-News (D3). Bizet) with Members of La Scala a.m. Orchestra. Milan

Ghione.

1.25 p.m.

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cond. by Franco 32.15-Matters of Moment" Talk by

Sir Stanley Reed (D3).

Studio Concert by G-12.30-Organ Recital by Guy Weltz Mutian (Piano) and George Bralley (Violin).

(D3), 12.55 Sports News and Market Notes

(D3).

1. (a) Minuetto All-antico

(Kar.

Kanoff); (b) Melodie (Primb

Violin and Piano.

2. Plano Medley-Intro: Deep Pur

ple: The Very Thought of Fo; CHUNGKING NEWS

Angry.

3. (a) Inspiration (Edwards); (b) Romance (Karganoff; Plano and Violin.

9.00p.m.

8.03 px

by the

BROADCAST

A regular series foreign

of short-wave broadcasts in the English and other languages have been in-

2.55 p.3. Orchestral Interhude. Wild Violets-Selection Stolz-Dos tall- Eugen Wolff and His Orchestra augurated by the Central Broadcast-

8.00 Local Time Signal, Wes- ing Administration, Chungking ther Report and Announcements.

Stadlo-Concert

Of special interest to Far East listeners are the news broadcasts at 1. Rapsodia da Beira: 2. Os teus metres (11.8 megacycles).

10 am. (HK. time) each day on 25.21 othes-Tango,

-Mille, Vere de Sens Fernandes; 3. Santa Cruz am to 8.30 am.

There are daily broadcasts from 415 Cancao,

cao, Canto Americo Marques; tries, including Great Britain, France, to European cou" O trevo de 4 follas-Tango; 3. Oracao Italy and Germany on 25.51 metres

"Grupo Lira” of Macso

Canto

Brown"

de Swanee Cancas, Canto Gestac and 31.58 metres; to America between d'Aquino: 6. Estaladinho-Zanguizar 9.30 am and 11.30 am, in Chinese Ta; 7. Berenata do 'do "Gado Canto- Mlle. Vera de Bena Fernan metres; to East and North China and rova". and English on 18.85 metres and 19.75 des; 8, Rico e e Alex-Serenata,

Americo Marques; 8. El Hermanito-p.m. on 25.31 metres and 31.58 metres

enata, Canto

Siberia between 5.30 p.m. and 7.10 Tango: 10. Toma Cuidado Maria-in Chinese; to Japan between 7.18 Cancao. Canto-Gastro d' Aquino: 11. Vira de deatolhada:

p.m. and 7.55 12 Tricanas and 31.58 metres in Japanese: to P.I on 2531 metres. d'Aveiro-Cancao, Canto-Mile. Vera South China and the South Bear be de Sena Pernandea; 13. Chi meu bem tween 8.10 pin, and 10.30 p.m. on 25.21 Valsa, Canto-Americo Marques: 14.metres and 31.58 metres, including a Amorita-Fox-Trot.

news bulletin in English at 9 pm. (10 Studio--"Backstage In p.m. local time); and to Soviet Rus sla between 11 pm and 11.30 pm. Production, by Adam Charles.

...on 26.31 metres and 31.58 vietres in

9.00

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Hongkong

2.15

pa: London Relay The News. Russtan. 9.30 p.m. London Relay World Affairs."

By H B. Butler, C.B., Warden of Muffeld College, Oxford

9.45

Relay-Sports

P. London

News and Market

Notes

9.30 p.m. Pacelaf's "Madam But- ..terfly" Intermezzo and Act III.

TRIP TO CHINA CANCELLED

Mr. Robert Boothby, M.P., had M. Sheridan (Soprano); L. Man- arranged to leave for China on narini

(Mezzo-Soprano); Lom! (Mer April 19. He is still in London. 20-Boprano); L Coll (Tenor): N. The Palz (Tenor):

international V...Weinberg" (Bari-

situation tonal; and Members of La Benis or caused him to postpone his trip. chestra and Chorus, Milan, cond, by which he now hopes to take in the Carto Babajino,

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VICTIM OF AIR RAID

Chinese Journalist - Succumbs

To Serious Injuries

CHUNGKING, May 9 (Cenral)—-- Mr. Li Yao-thing," manager of the Hankow branch of the Central News Agency, who was seriously wounded during the Japanese air raid

on Chungking on May 4,! passed away yesterday morning. His remains were encoffined in the afternoon.

The Central Publicity Council sent Mr. Peng Keh-chen, director of its new section, to express con- dolence to the family of the de- ceased and will petition the Na- tional Governmen to grata a pen- sion,

Formerly a

Party worker, the

late Mr. Li had been manager of the Hankow branch of the Central News Agency for many -years. After the fall of Hankow. he went to the head office at Chungking which was demolished during the May 4th rald.

THE SERVICES

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ROYAL NAVY

H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES The Admiralty have Just made pubile the principal features of H.MS, Prince of Wales, the battleship, which was launched by the Princess Roya! from the yard of Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co. at Birkenhead on May

3.

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The Prince of Wales is a sister ship the King George V, which was launched by the King February. She is of 35.000 tons displacement. armed with 10 4-in. guns in three turrets and 184-in. guns in eight twin turreta.

The ship will be driven by steam turbines on four shafts, fed from oil- fired boilers. The full speed is not published, but it will be appreciably higher than the 23 knots of the Nel- son She will accommodate aircraft in a hangar and launch them by cata- pult.

Her complement will be about 1,500 officers and men, and she will be fit. ted

for service as a flagship. Parti culars of armour plating are not published but the ship will be well protected against damage above water or below..

Library Supreme

GENERAL CO-OPERATION WITH AMERICA NECESSARY FOR WORLD PEACE, SAYS BRITAIN'S BACHELOR ENVOY TO THE UNITED STATES

The Marquess of Lothian had some kateresting things to say on April 25 about "my new job," as he refers to his appointment to succeed Sir Ronald Lindsay as Britain'"Ambassador to the United States.

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. It is a job he regards as one of the most important to which any man could be called

The Marquess of Lothian pictured reading Hitler's "Mein Kampf" at the offices of the Rhodes Trust, of which he is secretary.

RECORD

The fature peace and Uberty of the world," he said "depend upon "understanding.... and co-operation between the British Empire and America. My job will be to promote those relations in every pas- sible way." Lord

Lothian has travelled widely and has spent much time In Canada, Australia, South Africa and India.

DELIGHTED TO RETURN

"It is exactly 30 years since I first visited the United States." he said. "and I have been there a great many times since, I have always been very attracted by the American people, their institutions and the the great figures in their history. So, of course, I am deligh- ted to be going back again—this time as Ambasador.

"I know, however, that the job. is one of the most difficult in the world,"

Lord Lothian is, 57, and ›a batchelor.

"There are advantages and disadvantages in a bachelor being Ambassador," he said.. "One advantage is that a bachelor has more time to de- vote to the serious, side of his work.

SISTERS WILL HELP "My sisters will be able spend a",

LONG-DISTANCE certain amount of time with me

FLIGHT

Roval Air Force

Rewards

The King has been pleased to approve of the following rewards in connexion with the Royal Air In recognition of services rendered Force Development Unit which Dew non-stop troi Ismailis, Egypt, to Port Darwin, Australia, o

ENGINEER REAR ADMIRAL DIGHT Engineer Rear-Admiral S. R. Dight, CBE, was placed on the retired 11st after 34 year'

commissioned service. On May he was succeeded at the Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station at Haslar, of which he has been November 5 to 7, establishing & charge since 1928, by Commander

T. H. Simpson, M.V.O.

The

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS

following appointments made by the Admiralty:-

world's long-distance record:

the aircraft

To members of are crews-

Lt.-Cars.-E. O. Unwin, to Victory) Air Force Cross-Squadron for duty on staff of R.A.N.S., Lee on Leader Richard Kellett, Bquadron Solent (April 18): E S. Felton, to Andrew Nicholson Combe, Squa- Dolphin (April 30).

Lts.-G.

dron Leader Brian Kenyon Burnett, Haward to H 13. in command (April 28); B. T Flight Lieutenant Richard Tem- Simons, to Dwarf (April 29).

pleton Gething. Pilot Officer Maurice Larwood Galne,

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Lst. (ED. N. Callaghan, to War spite (April 27; L. G. Aylen, to Gala- tez (May 3).

Air Force Medal-561233 Ser-

Payr. Lt-T. P. Gillespie, resigned Beant Hector Bertram Gray.

May 1), and appt. to Pembroke. commission as Payr. L (April 30), entered

To the Royal Australian Air as Act. Sub-Lt. (A) (seny. Force

(April 24)..

Liaison Officer attached Sub-Lt-E E. Marris,

while in Australia:— ta Argus

Air Force Cross-Flight Lieu- Proby. Sub-Lt. J. Margerrison, tenant Patrick George Heffernan to Ashanti for training fundated).

THE ARMY

RECORD OF THE IRISH AND WELSH GUARDS

The King has approved there formation of the 2nd Battalion. Irish Guards, and the creation of a 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards.

In view of the shortage of the emittance draft in the Chinese Post Office, and for the convenience

the present abnormal conditions, of the postal authorities, during.

the former common draft in the various Post Offices in China have been brought into use, with the Empire Air Day this year will be following fixed values: $5, $10, $15, observed on Saturday, May 20, $20. A remittance fee of five cents when displays will be given at 78 will be levied on the $5, draft, Force stations, compared with 58 be 10 cents. These drafts are only aerodromes, including 63 Royal Air whilst for the others, the fee will last year. Eleven are civil tenable within the Chinese terri- aerodromes.

tory..

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NEW AIR RAID DATA: THE EFFECTS OF BLAST WAVE

1

Much entirely new information, often of an unexpected kind, has been accumulated during the past few weeks by research workers charged by the Ministry for Civil Defence with solving. the more vital Air Raid Precautions problems.

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Earth shock and blast wave, devised for use in places where effects on human beings have been neither the Anderson shelter nor studied, and the curious fact has the strutted basement is available. been established that the blast The time table of all this work wave from a 500 b. Bomb explod-shows that Sir John Anderson has ing at close range is much less acted expeditionsly on the data. than, that suffered by the turret dbtained by his experts. crew when a heavy gun is fired.

It was within a day or two of the com- The study of strutting tase-pletion of the strutting tests that ments in order to convert, then work had begun on preparing for into shelters has also yielded much the distribution of the standard new Information subject, there was previously no

for, on this prop sets,

LOCAL AUTHORITIES 10.23 p.m. Peter Dawson

(Bass

trustworthy data. Many houses Baritone) and Regimental Band of partly economic, but entirely non- various theories..

Elis visit will be partly political, have been blown up to test the perienced, however, in pressing

More difficulty has been Coldstream Guards. Pique Dame Overture (aupe-arr oficial.

forward the local authorities with Winterbottom) The Band of HM.

Biz Archibald Clark Kerr, the Coldstream Guards cond. by Lieut. British Ambassador, has invited

their Air, Raid Precautions sche- Evans, Room

A demonstration of the effec-seems to be an appreciable time mes, and it is here, that there Por The Factotum him to be his guest at Chungking, tiveness of the standard sets. of lag. The circular issued by Bir (Barber Of Reville-Rossini)-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orches

the present seat of the Chinese basement struts, similar to that John Anderson recently to the tra, "The Sorcerer Selection (Bu-Government, Mr. Boothby had given with the Anderson shelters, local authorities urging them t livan); "Trial By Jury Selection arranged also to meet General is likely in the near future, (Bullivan)-The Band of TM. Cold Chiang Kai-shek and members of stream Guards cond. by Lieut. Evans, the Chinese Government.

accelerate their preparations is the Rudyard Kipling's Barrack

A combined brick second he has had to send out this Room

and concrete shelter has been year,

autumn.

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BASEMENT STRUTS

Meanwhile,

ex-

in Washington and will be able to entertain for me while they are there, but they cannot "remain away from England indefinitely.

"No doubt the right wife would be a great help: but if you have not got a wife, you have to get on as best you can."

Lady Anne and Lady Margaret Lord Lothian has three sisters- Mary Kerr, and Lady Gertrude, who is married to Captain Francis Wendell Butler-Thwing,, formerly of the Coldstream Guards.

"NIKS"

MABEL

A Guacred Cure

For Hong Kong Foo

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