THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1948;
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
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ALL IN ONE PIECE—It was moving day in Chicago's south side, but not for tenants-just the building. Here the three-storey brick apartment structure is being moved one block to make way for a new building to be constructed on vacated and adjoining lots.
` DEMONSTRATORS—Students parade through Barcelona, Spain, chanting, "Truman, No" and "Peron, Yes.” The announceme it that the US. Congress barred Spain from taking part in the Marshall Plan followed the signing of a four-year trade agreement.
between Spain and Argentina.
HE WAS HOMESICK-Little Arthur Falconer, Jr., of Mexico City, smiles shyly at his father after police, found him wandering around Chicago streets. The boy, having arrived several days before in the Windy City to live with his dad, was attempting to `return to his native city.
WAR UNDER RELIGIOUS SHRINE-Sheltered by.a stone wall, alert Arab guards protect the approaches to Bethlehem. Behind them is the tomb of Rachel, wife of Jacob, venerated by Jews, Moslems and Christians alike. The lomb was in the custody of the Jews until the Arabs forced them out.
ANCIENT ART REVIVED-The art of carving on stone-man's oldest method of recording his thoughts and history has been revived in fashionable Newport, Rhi de Island.``In a shop founded 213 years ago, stonecutter John Howard Benson, right, plies the ancient trade. Modern machine methods of cutting are not used. -At; left, Roxanne Price sharpens a chisel on an old whetstone. Decrying: the lack of originality, imposed by. machine methods, Benson has never electrified his sho All of the tools uro sharpened by hand. A few promising assistants learn the trade from Benson in the old "John Stevens" shop, the oldest stonecutting
shop in Amerlen, founded in 1705; ·
LIFT WORKED TOO WELL-Dr.Raymond Peterson of Binghamton, New York, had this load of coal delivered right to his doorstep when the hydraulic system lifting the box kept right on
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