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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

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SHOWING TO-DAY •

Meun Jogmyn

Welcome back, Bill and Myrna! Your new hit is the funniest of all your Mr. and Mrs. romances!

MYRNA

WILLIAM

POWELL LOY

YOU AGAIN

FRANK MCHUGH

Next Change At QUEEN'S "SKY MURDER " Waltar Pidgeon - Donald Monk

4 SHOWS

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2.30-5.15

7.15-9.30

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"FLIGHT ANGELS" Wayne Morris – Virginia Bruce

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WANTA DIVORCE

Gloria Dickson

Frank Fay

Directed by RALPH MURPHY

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COMING EVENTS

MAR

I-Tides: High 1141 man, and 11.31 p.m. Low 5.12 a.m. and 5.15 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.45 am; Sunset: 6,27 p.m. H.K. Jockey Club's Annual Meeting, Last Day, 2 pm.

'F

St. David's Society Cocktail Party.

H.K. Club, 6.30 pmn.

Entries Close for Colony Tenni Champtonships. 8 p..

Z

La Salle College Sports, 1 p.m.

B

Lai Ching Art College exhibition. St. Francis Hotel, 10 am, to 8 p.m.

EK. Overseas' Chinese Asson, Tra Dance, H.K. Hot, 4 to 7 pm

Entries close for HK.C.C. Tennis Tournament, 0 p.m.

2-Tides: High 1158 a.m. and th57 p.m. Low 5,39 am, and 5.57 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.45 a.m; Sunset: 6.27 pm. Rand Concert. Peninsula Hotel Lounge, 9 p.m.

YMCA. Discussion Group, 9. p.m. Lai Ching Art College exhibition St. Francis Hotel, 10 a.m. to έ p.m

3-Tides; High 1216 pm. Low 6.06 .. and 6.43 pm,

Sunrise: 6.44 am; Sanset: 6.28 pm Crown Land Sale." P.W.D. 3 p.m. - Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF..

Govt. House. 9 a.m.-12 noon.

Lai Ching Art College exhibition; St. Francis Hotel, 10 am to 8 pm.

4-Tides: High 1227 p.m. and 12.39 a.m, Low 6.28 am. and 7.37 mm.

Sunrise: 6.42 a.m.; Sunset: 6.28 p.m. Entries Close for Fanling Hunt and Race Club Meet at Kwanil: Entries for Race 3 close on March 11.

HR. Rotary Club Tin Meeting. 1

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5-Ildes: High 1.02 pan, and 1.5 a.m. Low 6.44 am. and 9.51 pm.

Sunrise: 6.12 a.m.; Sunset: 6.28 pm Ladies' Working Party (BW.OF., Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.

Group Discussion at St. Andrew's Church-Man (x. S.-Q. Kirkby Gomes), 8.30 p.m.

Annual Meeting of D.B.S. Old Boys' Assen., China Merchants Club, 5.15

p.m

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6-Tides: High 2.95 p.m. and 2.06 1. Low 6.51 am, and 10.37 p.m.

Sunrise: 640 am; Sunset: 629 p.m. HK. Y's Men's Club. Tiffin Meeting. 1 p.m.

Vocal Recital by Y. K. Sze. Penin- sula Hotel. D.15 pm.

7-Tides High 4.30 p.m. and 3.14

2.m Low 6.52 am, and 1134 p.m.

Sunset: 6.40 3: Sunset: 629 p. Auxiliary Nursing Service Dance, Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.

Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.) Govt House, $ am-12 n'hon.

8-Tides: High 427 a.m.

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GENERAL

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

On Wavelengths of 355

metres (845 Kov) $1.49

'metres (3.82 zoosnevalon).

TODAY

MOZART "LINZ" SYMPHONY NO. 36 IN C MAJOR London Retays

8.03 Eileen Joyce (Plano) 300 A.exander Bipnis (Bass).

Tango. Op. 165, No. 2 {Albeniz), Premiere Valse Oubliee (Liszt) -- Eileen Josce (Piano). Vier Ernst. Gessange, Op 121 (Brahms): Stand- chen, Op. 108, No. 1 Vergebliches Standchen, Op. 84, No. 4 (Brahms) -- Alexander Kipnis (Bass) with Gerald Moore at the Plano. Intermezzo. No, 6 (Brahms) Ellen Joyce (Piano), | Erinnerung, Op. 63, No. 2 (Brahms)- Alexander Kinnis (Bass) with "Gera' Moore at the Piano. Rhapendie. Na ✦ (Brahma)-Eileen Joyce (Plano).

8.20 Mozart-Symphony No. 36 In

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-C Major ("Linz")...

eession.

1st Mov: Adagio-Allegro "spirito:o: 2nd Mov: Poco Adagio: 3rd Mor:

12.28 Alorart-Concertante Suifonic Menuetto and Trio: 4th Mor: Finale

for. Violin and Viola

(Presto)-Bir Thomas Beecham con 2nc ducting the Fondon Philharmonic Or

1st Mov: Allegro Maestoso; Moy: Andante; 3rd Mov: Presto -chestra Lionel Tertis (Vicial and Albert Sam- mens (Violin) with 'The London Phil

Orch, conducted by St Hamilton Hariy.

harmonic

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea ther Report.

9.00 London Relay-The News. 9.15 London Relay Questions o the Hour.*

9.30 Same Welsh Songs. The Holly: Ploughing Song (Welsh Folk Songs): Mailtracth Dyke: Will then håre & lad like me? (Weith

1.03 A Welsh Programme. The March of the Men of Harlech; Folk Songs-Mable Parry (Soprano) Land of My Fathers-Rhondda Welsh with Piano. Y Delyn Aur; Gipsy Glee Singers with Piano, All Through Laughing Chorus (Bell) Rhonddi Welsh Home Welsh Glee Singers with Plano. A the Night: My Tattle (Songs of the Welsh Mountains-Welsh Garol: Springtime is Retum- WIDlam-Lella Magane Contralto) ing (Trad): Over the Stone; The Ash with Piano. The Blacksmith's Sona Grove (Trad)-Ben Morgan (Tenor)"

The Frailty of Life with Plano. Hiraithog);

9.45 (Nantgly)-W0lian Edwards (Tenor)

News in French (on Short Harp. Where are you going to? The Wave only), Bittern from the Banna Titrwin, 'Tatrwm: Sleep thou, my pretty child (Welsh) Folk Songs) -- Mable Parry

Piano. (Soprano) with

ΟΙ Praise

The Constant Lambert String Or- Wales (Wwlyd) William Edwards chestra conducted by Constant Lam- (Tenor) with Harp.

hert.

JLLY

1,30 Beater & Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 New Variety.

9.50

9.53

Local sport results. Warlock-Serenade.

£0.00

11.00 Comedy.

London Relay-"Music Hall,' Vocal Selections from Musical

*Careless Rapture" (Novello): Love

Piano-Bach Tours Radio City- Alec Templeton-Musical Caricature. Made the Song--Sybu Crawley and Music Vocal-Devil May Care (Burke-War-Eric Starling with Orchestra. ren: When the Swallows Come Back in May-Dorothy Dickson (Soprano)

From Erik Charell's to Capistrano (Rene) - Dick Todd with Orchestra. with Orchestra. A Musical- Carica-White Horse Ion" - Vocal Gems ture-Sousa, and Strauss in Reverse (Benatzky-Stola)-1-ight Opera Com- Alec Templeton (Piano): Vocal and pany with Orchestra,

Piano The Nearness of You 115 London Relay St. David's

Washington-Carmichael); I Never Day Programme

Smile Again (Lowe)---"Hutch" (Leslie » 11.30 Dance Music, Hutchinson). Fox-Trot-All Over the Place: Quickstep-Cheerio - The Or gan. The Dance Band and Me. Vocal It Had To Be You (Kahn-Jones)

Dorothy Lamour with Or

Quickstep -My Melancholy Baby; Waltz-Memory Lane Victor Silves. ter and His Ballroom Orch. Quick-

step-All the things You are: Slow

Sunrise: 6.39 a.m.; Sunset: 6.30 p.m. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Fox Trot- I Had a Million Dollars

Annual Meeting of Bank of East (Arlen Asia, Ltd. 2 p.m.

chestra

9-Tides: High 8.02 a.m. and 5.43 pm. Low 12.46 pm. and 11.07 a.m.

Sunrise: 6.38 a.m.; Sunset: 6.30 p.m. Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group, 9 pm. 10--Tides: High 8.07 n and 6.47 liens.

2.15

Close down,

5.45

$.20

Indian Programme. Closing Local

p. Low 1.29 a.m. and 12.28 p.n.

Sunrise: 6.37 a.m.; Sunset: 6.31 p.m.

Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF. Govt. House. 9 am-12 noon.

11-Tides: Righ 8.27 a.m. and 744 p.m. Low 2.07 am and 1.27 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.36 a.m.; Sunset: 6.31 p.m. HK. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting, 1

p.m:

45

Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestral Tango. Fox-Trot The Mem'ry of a Rose-Joe Loss and His Orch Fox-Trot Is a Mocnbost: Slow Fox-Trot Can't Get Indiana

Stock Quota Of My Mind-New Mayfair Dance

Orchestra. Quickstep -- Memories of 6.32 A Tchaikowsky Programme. You! Waltz--Confidence Waltz-Vic».

Close down

1812 Overture The Philharmonietor Strester and His Ballrboni Or-

chestra.. Orchestra with the Ural Cossacks'; Choir.

12.00 midnight. Melodie, Op. 42, No. 2-Jos”” Hassid Violin) with Piano acc. b Gerald Moore. Marche Save. Op. 31 The B.B C. Orchestra cond. by S Adrian Boult.

1.00 Lodon Relay-The News.

SHORT WAVE

7.15 London Belay Talk: Demo- cracy Marches."

Calls

G.S.G. 7.30 London Relay-Special Broad- G.S.B.

G.S.Q.

DAVENTRY

Wavelength

17.79b.c. (16.8′′ (_)

9.51m.c

15+)

(3197m.) 119.7901..

Full Bulletin fransmission V-News Sum-

mary

4.00 p.m 5:00 p.m.

6.45 p.m.

Full Bulletin

7.00 p.,

do.

.9.00 p.m.

do,

12.00 mid-

night

7.30 am

Ubnary, Supresoe Court

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1941. —PAGE 3 -

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Tomorrow At 2.30, 5.00, 7.10 & 9.20 P.M.

"MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY"

'CHARLIE

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Report and Announcements.

day.

U.S. May Land British War

Supplies In Iceland ·

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5,-Latin-American diplomatic sources disclosed to the United Press today that United States officials as well as diplomatic circles were actively discussing a plan whereby Iceland would become the trans-shipment base for United States war supplies for Britain.

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a consulate al

The plan would allow United and Liverpool is about 3,700 miles, States ships to transport supplies but the distance between Iceland 'to Iceland, "which is a neutral na-and Liverpool ia.only 1,000 miles.

tion outside the combat zone as 'Diplómatie quarters' pointed out defined by the United States neu-that the plan would probably be CAR AND TRAM IN trailty act. The supplies would be feasible without a revision of the

unloaded, probably at Reykjavik.nentrality act. Since the subjuga COLLISION

and picked up by the British for tion of Denmark, Iceland has been "A head-on collisioti petween pn-transport to the British Isles,

generally recognised is an inde vate car No. 6213' and a tram oc-

PRACTICAL SOLUTION pendent nation. The United States curred yesterday afternoon.

The project, reported to be un- jhas taken active interest in Tee- You'll generally find Edgar Ber-Johnston Road, near Tin Lok Lane, der study in administration cir- and since the occupation, of Den-

A passenger who received injuries cles, has been advanced as the mark, and opened gen. between

wearing scenes, fancy cowboy boots and smoking a to the face. was taken to the Queen practical solution to the serious Reykjavik ten-cent corn-cob pipe. He wears Mary Hospital. The driver escaped British supply problem due

Damage was done to losses in submarine warfare: The the boots because he likes them. uninjured. And he smokes the pipe because he both vehicles...

principal advantage would be to ilkes it.

reduce by more than two-thirds the distance British cargo ships Europe, maintains a comparatively" to moderate climate in Iceland and and convoys must travel now IN PEKING.

take sorely needed war materials permits navigation

¡waters. to Britain. · United States Ships at PEKING, Feb, 28 (Reuter) -

present are not allowed to enter The route between New Yor British waters.

and Reykjavik is sometimes perit- Diplomats with which this plan ous due to icebergs, but the United has found favour pointed out that states has a highly competent lee- it would triple the available Bri-berg patrol, which forewarns ships tish shipping for such transport of the presence of underwater

Which doesn't mean that Edgar

has gone Hollywood,

M. HENRI COSME

Even though his income la said to be reckoned in stratospheric figures, Bergen has not changed The French Ambassador to China, since he played the five-a-day M. Henri Cosme, arrived here this vaudeville clrcuits wondering morning, to take where his next dummy was coming residence here. from.

ENCOUNTERED REVERSES

A

up

permanent

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to

ICEBERG PATROL

The gulf stream. the extrimity of which runs between Iceland and

in

adjacent

few years ago Bergen was he is rated one of the highest paid and relieve two-thirds of the pre-masses of ice. No, official "accept- practically an unknown. Vandeville performers in the world.

was dead." He couldn't get a job in Bergen has just completed his pletures or on the air. What little fourth picture, Universal's "Charlie money, he earned he sked out by McCarthy, Detective." which comes appearing in night clubs. Today to the Majestic Theatre tomorrow.

one

Bent warships engaged on Atlantie ante of the plan has been indi- convey duty for use elsewhere or cated, but diplomatic sources sald for intensification of convoy work it was being considered as

ACTIVE INTEREST

of the possible means to aid Bri- The distance between New York tain.

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