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RADIO & SERVICES

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939.

Group picture of Medical Unit No. 1.

MEDICAL RELIEF WORK IN FACE OF DIFFICULTIES

First Curative Unit Report For 1937-38

The following extracts from the voluminous "report of the first Curative Unit of the Red Cross Society (December 1937-December 1938) reveals the extraordinary amount of work of succour to the thousands of unfortunates in the war-torn interior of China done by these Units in spite of the almost insurmountable difficulties that dog medical re

lef workers practically every foot of the way,

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After the fall of Nanking, more than 100 Red Cross doctors. nurses and dressers retreated to Hankow, waiting for service. The Red Cross Society organised a Red Cross Medical Relief Com- mission and decided to give up the original idea of establishing a big base hospital, plans for which had already been worked out in Nanking. Instead of this plan, it decided to organize small mobile units to work on different fronts.

LOCAL •

RADIO PROGRAMMES

HONGKONG

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On Wavelengths of 353

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· 18T· GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BEE FROM THE STUDIO

Mra. Nash (Contralto)

Jack Hulbert.

1.40 pm. Louis Kentner, (Piano)

In a Lissi Programme.

Calis

FOREIGN

SHORT WAVE

DAVENTET

Wavelength 17.99b.c. (18.86m) 9.51mo. (3135m) 21.47m.c. 132.97m.)

Liebestaume De Groot, and The Piccadilly Orch. Waldesrauschen---` Louis Kentner. (Piano), Hungarian: G.S.G. Rhapsody No. 1-Berlin State Opera GAR Orchestra.

(a) G.9.4. Venezia E Napoli: Gondollers, (b) Tarantella - Louis G.S.O.

15.18m.c. (19.79m) Trans. Kentner (Plano).

(G.9.0. G.S.G. G.S.B) Tran II (G.S.H, G.S.G., G.S.B.) Trans III (G.9.H., G.S.G, G.S.B.)

2.15 pm: Close down.

HK

AUSTRALIA

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

ROLLAND INDIA Call letters: PHI Wavelengths 10.880 & 25.37m.; Frequencies 1777okc. & 1773ok.

der Your Hat')—Jack Hulbert & Tand) — Our 1*• * Time

The

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6.00 pm New Variety Numbers. Organ-Chanson Hindous (Rimsky Korsakov-art. 'Dorsey); When Day Is Done (Katscher & Sylva)-Sidney 12.00 to 1320 pm. Helsy of BerTarch at the Organ of the Gaumont vice of Intercession from St. John's

State Cinema Kilburn, Vocal-A Sed Cathedral.

Grisewood) Bading

ad arr. 12.30 pm. Cleely Courtneidge and Oliver Cromwell (Broadwood-Malt (Broad- The Berkshire Tragedy (Br Land): If You Want To Dance (from (Un-

with Plano accompani Rhythm Bros with the Palace Thes-ment. Waltz-I Can Give You The tre Orch.

Dancing Together Again (from Starlight (film

Years'); Heart (alm The Fat')-Cicely Under Your

Court- Waltz-Waltz My He

Wit of neidge and Jack Hulbert (Vocal) Dancing Years)-New Mayfair Dance with the Palace

estra Orchestra Fox-Trots Call Me Theatre Orchestra. The Cure (Elecoughs) - đ Sketch The

ketch Taxi; I Hear You Talking-Four Of (Titheradge)--Cicely Courtneidge whiteman for his All-American Swing

(Selected &The Bob Cats

by Paul Jack Hulbert assisted by Laurence Green & Cecile Dixon Our Greatest Band), Vocal-Nur Du Maria (fim Ave "Maria") Serenade (Alm 'Ave

•Successo: There's something

**** Maria")-Herbert E. Grob (Tenor) My hat's on the side US. of my hea

We all go riding on a With Orchestra (Bung in German).

(as rainbow: The files crawled up the

the Fox-Trots Say It With Music ***Meatured

'Alexander's Ragtime window: Sweep: All for a shilling a

Band"); "Euster Parade Una featured Iday: Bu

But not to-day; Gentlemen, the

'Alexander's Ragtime Band)- Courtnedge and Jack Henry King and His Orchestra. Hulbert with Orchestra. Tap - Your Tootsies(hlm Jack of all Trades): Celebratin' (Alm "Limelight")——Jack Hulbert with Orchestra......

The first Curative Unit was or- order to avoid a complete Isolation ganised in Hankow on December from Headquarters in Hankow, to It was made up of Unit 1 was therefore ordered 10. 1937. ductors and nurses from various withdraw to Hankow on May 28. medical schools in China. On De- cember 16. it was ordered to go with Curative Units 3 and 5 to Chengchow where many wounded soldiers were expected from the Ping-ban Railway.

The three units arrived in Chengchow on December 18, pre- pared for the worst. On December 28 Unit 1 was assigned to work In two base hospitals in Loyang. capacity of Each hospital bad a 1,000 wounded. the injuries whom were usually between one and two months old and thère- fore mostly chronic and not very serious.

On

At the beginning of February, the Japanese made a rapid push along the Ping-han. Line, captured Hsin Hsiang, turned westward, and reached Meng Eslen. On February 22 and 23 heavy artillery Are could be heard in the city of Loyang. The wounded were eva- "cuated from the two base hospitals and the hospitals waited for orders to move.

SIAN POST

On February. 24 Unit 1 left for Slan. Thousands of wounded were -pouring down the Tung-nu Rall- way in Shansi, crossing the Yellow River at Tungkwan and moving up to Sian. On March 8, the Unit wag, ordered to work in the 72nd. Base Hospital at Hain Ping, small city west of Slan on the Lung-ha! Line.

2

Unit 1 was ordered to proceed to Hsuchow at the beginning of Apr and arrived there on the 17th. Members were assigned to work in the. 23rd Ping Chan I Yuan, taking care of all the seriously wounded there. The bos- pita had a capacity of 1,000 wounded and about one-fifth of these were severe casualties. the hospital was not far from the front line, most of the wounds were fresh.

Meanwhile, they encircling movement of the Japanese Around Hsuchow came closer and closer. In fact, from May 10, the sound of heavy artillery could be clearly heard in Esuchow. The Japanese, mielo bombed the city regularly once or twice a day, and many times bombs were dropped very nexe to the hospital.

PURSUED BY PLANES

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On May 12, following the cross

ing of the Yellow River by a divi

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On June 16 Unit 1 joined the ist Chung Shang I Yuan in Hankow. Later it moved with the hospital to Ichang but was recalled to Hankow on August 8. Although the Unit. worked only a short time at the 1st Chung Shang I Yuan, yet It Is (Continued on Back Page)

about a

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

1.03 p.

Frances Langford (Vo- call and Boy Fox and His Orchestra, On The Trail Where The Sua Hangs Low-Fox-Trot; What Will Tell My Heart Slow Fox-Trot-Roy Fax and His Orchestra. Long As And Far Away (ilm Three Cheers

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6.30 p.m. Military Band Music.

Marche Lorraine (Canne); Belphe- gor. Quick March (Brepsant)—ËM. Grenadier Guards cond by Capt. George Miller.

London Belay--A com- 6.45 p.m. mentary on the departure of their Majesties the King and Queen from Halifax, at Ahe conclusion of their

visit to Canada and the United States. Also speech by both their Majesilen the King and Queen.

7.15 pm. Closing Tocat Stock Quo¬ tations.

7pm. Concert Waltzes.

Waltz Nanette (arr. Schwartz); in Novelty Orchestra. Dream Waltz Spring Waltz (art. Schwartz)-Rus

(Millocker-AIT. Hahne): Bong Of Orchestra awall (Bories-Carbell)

for Love'); It's Like Reaching For The Moon

(Lewis-Margusee Bher- man)-Frances Langford with Tieter Young & Sweet Lellani-Slow Fox-Trat (him Waikiki Wedding'); Love And Learn "That Girl From and

His Orchestra. I've Got You Under My Skin (from *Born

to Dance")-Frances Langford (Vocal) with Jimmy. Dorsey and His

Peter DawEON (Bass- Orchestra. The Changing Of The Baritone) and London Palladium Or Guard-Fox-Trot; Harbour Lights — chestra. Fax Trot-Roy Fox & His Orchestra. 130 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press, Werther Forecast and Announce | ments.

Air raid victims being "atten ded to by the medical unit

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVY

to Selkirk; A. G. W. Bellars, to Halcyon; R. T. Wilson, to: Harrier; A G. McCrum, to Skipjack, D., V. M. Macleod, to Speedwell (June 15). COMMAND OF THE GNAT .. Lieutenant-Commander 8. R. E

Payr, Mids.--T, K. Bratis to Bar- Davenport, who has been employed ham; 1 R. Humphrey, to Cormorant; un training duties, at Devonport Bar-F. U. Croker. to Warspite fundat- racks for over two years," "ind bean appointed to the river gunboat Gnat in China as his first command.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments made by the Admiralty:—-

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Surgn. Cdr.-J. F. H Gaussen, M.B. to President for Medical Dept., | Admiralty · Ching 31)..

Payr, Cdr.-J. Nightingale, to Kestrel (June 11.

Lt-Odra-E O. Hulton, to Saphire, in command (June 14); H. Day, to | Keppel ·(June sppt to Exmouth

cancelleds IV. JB, Handley, to

tigerri. In command: 1 T. Clarke, to Viny in command; R. C. Blokes, to Coctaina. (June 25); J, T. Thompson, to. Excellent (June 24); H, W. 40- worth, to Elluautous. (July 3),

Lis- W. Jeffery, R. J. Cooper, O.

Cd. Gunner (T).-A, J. Dennia, to Keppel (June 15).

Schoolmaster (CWO).-C. B. Rocks- day to Editough tra vi

Gunners--R. Cadogan, to Engla

Mascotte.

-7.30

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Merchant of Venice Suite (Rosse) London Palladium Orchestra cond. by Clifford Greenwood Our River

D.m

-1.00-Derek Ronald, at B.B.C.

Theatre Oran (D1). 1.30-The Corda

Club Dinner, Speech by “Mr. Malocim Mao-

Donald, Secretary of State for the Colonies (1).

2.05 Students Songs by the B.B.C.

Men's Chorus (D1). ,2,30–News (D.

3.45-Commentary on the Departure their Majesties the King and Quesa from Halifax (D1). 3.18 Sports News and Market Notea

(DI). 6.43-Commentary on the Departure of their Majesties the King and queen from Halifax (D2), 7.14 George Elrick and his Pusic Makers, with Shirley Lenner (17),

8.00-Finding

An Ancestor," by Peter Watts (D2). 8.30-The Senior TT. Hace, with

commentary (2),

9.15-Nows. (D2).

2.20-“More Food for.. Thought."

(12).

9.45---Sports News' and Market Notes

(D2).

10.00The Anvil of England." "A Pageant of the Black Country (D3).

.

10.45 British Composers." Recital by

Dorothy White, planist (13). 11.00-"From Screen to Radio," with the Augmented B.B.C. Variety Orchestra (D3).

(D3). 12.00-News a.m. 1215 Commentary on the Departure of their Majesties the King and Queen from Halifax (93). 12.53-Sports News and Market Notes

(D3).

Thames (Hennessy); Young Briton's CHUNGKING NEWS.

Heritage.. (Hennessy)-Peter. Dawson"

Extase (Bass-Baritone) with Plano. (Thome)-London Palladium Orches. tra cond

Amdiral's

800

(Bas

Base-

BROADCAST

short-wave

0: regular series by Clifford Greenwood. The broadcasts in the English and other

(Beven)-Peter Daw-

foreign languages tone) with Orchestra. augurated by the Central Broadcast-

have

been in-

8.00 Ра Local Time Signal, Wearing Administration, Chungking ther Report and Announcements.

Of special interest to Far East

8.03 pm. Studio-Concert by Mer, listeners are the news. broadcasts at

(Contralto).

Nash

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10 am, (HK time) each day on 2521 When Song is Sweet, 3. The metres (119 meg

megacycles). Sweetest Flower that Blows, 3. My There are daily broadcasts from 4.15 Ain Folk-Mrs. Nash, For Your Dem. to 8.30 a.m. to European coun- light (Serenade Eric Coates)Light | tries, including Great Britain, France. Symphony Orchestra. 4 Down Here, Italy and Germany on 25.51

metres 5. My Treasure Mrs Nash

8.24 p.m. Orchestra

Automne (Chaminade); Ravini's

Berenade (Ravini),

8.32 pm Studio-Firsų "General Knowledge Bee."

In

and 31.56 metres: to America between Lealle Jeffries and His 9.30 8.m. and 11:39 am. in Chinese and English on 16.85 metres and 19.75 metres; to East and North China and Siberia between 5.30

pm. and 7.10 p.m. on 26.51 metres and 31.58 metres in Chinese; to Japan between 7.15. 9.05 p.m. Military Band Music,

p.m. and 7.53 p.m. on 25.21 metres Royal Review-Quick March "Bas- and 31.58 metrea Japanese; ta sett Silver) Tudor Rose (Trayton South China and the South Seas be Adams). The Standard of St. George tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. on 25.21 Quick March (Alford) - Massed metres and 31.58 metres, including Bands Of The Aldershot and Eastern ¦ news bulletin in English at 9 p.m."(10 Commands cond. by W. N. Campbell. p.m. local time); and to Soviet Rus 9.15 p.m. London Belay-The News, sia between 11 p.in, and 11.30 p.m. --930

More on 35.21 metres and 31.58 metres in p.m. London Relay Food for Thought.

Short talks on matters of topical Interest..

9.45 pm. London Relay News and Market Notes.

J

Sports

950 p.á. Nischa Levitski at the Piano

Hungarian Rhapsody. No. 13 (Liszt); Prelude In C Minor, Op. 23, No. 5 (Rachmaninoff);

(Schubert).

Marche

Militaire

10.10 p.m. Schubert-Symphony No. 9 in C. Major.

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.

11.00 pm..

Close down.

UNCLAIMED "

TELEGRAMS The following is a list of un- (June 18): W. J. Hirghar, to Han-claimed telegrams lying at Cable & Ings; G. E. Blevens, to Holly; A. P. Wireless Ltd., Hongkong Branch: Graves, to Laurel (June 15); P. R. E Walker, to Victory for RNB. temp. (June 6); to Keppel (June 15); W. E. Duddridge, to Dauntless (June” 7).

Gunners (T)-R C. Truscott, to Warwick: W. J. Collier, to Watchmen:

Essie, 102 Prince Edwards Road, Kowloon; from Londonpo,

J. McKinnon, P.O,, from Wynd- hamwa.

Mre: Ludmilla Cherry c/o British

C. W. Fudifoot, to Viscount; 3. .F.Consulate, from Shanghai. Hebron, to Vimy (June 10

Stell, Hongkong Hotel, from 8,8;} Dagmarsalen/Brin

Schoolmaster-B. J. Crews, to Pem broke for RN.B. (Juns 7).

PROMOTIONS

Surgn, Lt.-Cdrs.-C. T. Hyatt, MB.

J. L. Malone, LROP. and B. to rank

of Burgn, Cdr. Kseny, June 0).

R. Williams, to Keppel (Jume 1): A Bub-La-H C. Boulton, E. Barkley,

R. Robin, to Kelly D A G Mack to rank of Act. Lt. (seny. May 18).

Singo from Haiphong.

COLONY HEALTH

RETURNS

sion of Japanese troops, the his worth, to Eagle. (June 13); D: C: Cun- Payr. Cadeta.---L J. B, Hutcheson, P. pital received orders to evacuate ningham, to Hood (June 20); B. K. V. P. U. Croker, J. H. Les, C. D. Ballard, Sixty-one cases of tuberculosis the wounded, and, on the next Clark, to Handy (Jms 23) J. M. A. M. Jenkins, J. Atineon, O. IL were notified to the Health Depart-

Wilson to Versatile (June 0: L day Units 1, 21, 28 and 38 were Roberts, to Tetworth (June 20). Omas F. T. Halley, P. D. de Lment on June 14, in addition to eight

Alley, W. D. L. Walkins, W. N. Ash. ordered to retreat westward,"la AJ, Goodbart, appt. to Versatile w. E . Lapper, W. Hastiga sasea of dysentery, seven cases of

The four Units reached Cheng-cancelled.

to rank of Payr. Mid (seny, May 1) measles, siz cases of cholera, four cases each of diphtheria, and "en- Kerk fever and two cases of Lt.Cdr.-T. PA Voysey, with rank cerebro-spinal fever.

chow on May 16. On the way the Sub-ta-0.0. Ennever. J. C. W. train was pursued by Japanese life. J. H. R. Medilcott-Vereker, to Excelent for cras, (June 19); M. G. planes three times and machine Henderson, to Mallard (June gunned twice.

D. N. Miller, to Frobisher (June

On May 17 Unit 1 was ordered

to move to Hauchang where they were assigned to work in the 38th Ping Chan I Yuan. *

a of Odr. (Juns 8),

Act Sub-Lts-H Noble, M. R. S. tou-Bate, B. D. Cambell, to Whirl- Smithwick, to Viscount R. D. Hamil-

ROYAL AIR FORCE SIR FREDERICK MAZE

HERE

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ko, Warwick; 16. E., L., Maunsell, to bistead of £101. The remainder of Lu An hind already fallen. In watanman. X. A. Cradock-Hertopp. the scales is unchanged.

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