TOO MUCH JAZZ

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1944, Page 5

TOO MUCH JAZZ

Complaint by the Pope

LONDON, December 4. The Pope deplored the predominance of jazz in wireless programmes when he received the staff of Rome Radio at the Vatican, says the Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." The Pope said: "I find it hard to get a programme of symphonic music. Instead, I usually find you playing jazz. As I get no pleasure from this, I am obliged to turn the radio * off almost as soon as I switch it on." Signor Passigli, chief of the Rome * station, promised to see what could • be done to reduce the proportion of jazz. iniimiiiiummiiiiiiiimimiimiiinmui,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, under Article 12 of the Hague Convention. The Tubingen was intercepted by a British destroyer west of Crete on October 27 and more than 1000 casualties were removed. The Gradisca was intercepted off Chios on October 29 and more than 1800 sick and wounded were removed. Both ships were released after examination and instructed to continue the voyage to Trieste. The Tubingen, however put into the Yugoslav port of Bar, and there embarked further wounded Shf xwas therefore again intercepted and taken to Bari, where the casualties were removed. The same day she was sighted before sunrise by our aircraft, and in the poor light the leader was unable to recognise her. He reported the ship to his base, but owing to atmospheric conditions the message indicated that a high-speed launch had been sighted in the Gulf of Venice. The aircraft were accordingly given permission to attack. The ship was sunk but it is believed drownings among the crew were light.—B.O.W.