THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
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FRANCO CELEBRATES—With, a tassle swinging at his side, General Francisco Franco receives the salutes of the Falange Youth organisation during ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the entry of his forces into Madrid and Valencia during the Spanish Civil War. The ceremony was at the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid.
AND IT'S ALL MINE-It may have been a "Jinx plane" to Milton Reynolds, but pilot William 'Odum shows how he feels about it at/San Francisco. Reynolds said he lost $250,000 in sponsoring the ill-fated attempt to find a Chinese mountain higher than Mt. Everest. Reynolds gave the plane to Odum..
CHERRY PIE QUEEN-- Valeria Johnson, 17, Chicago high school - student, knows a good thing when she tastes it. So did the judges who awarded her the first prize in the annual cherry pie baking con- test.
A LITTLE UNHAPPY-Captain of the Cunard White Star Liner Parthia, Robert G. Thelwell, with the somewhat distressed Cromar children, Wendy, three (left), and her brother, John. They hold scrolls presented to them on the maiden voyage of the vessel from Aberdeen to New York.
LABORATORY MAZE-Charlotte Wray, a Pittsburgh lab technician, needs all this apparatus to precipitate a sample of gaseline produced from coal. Radioactive isotopes are used to trace the process,
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WHAT A MAN At' four months, Danny Gilmer of Memphis, Tennesce, stands and walks alone with only the slightest assistance. Danny, who has been sitting straight up since ho was one month old, weighs 15 pounds, has broad shoulders and a straight back.
IN FOR "SPRING CLEANING”—The aircraft carrier USS Wasp moves slowly towards its dock at the Navy Yard in, Brooklyn, where it will get a "spring cleaning." The job will take until July 9. The Wasp, a Pacific ( veteran, is now a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet reserve, but even reserve vessels are given periodic over- hauls to keep them in shape.
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BEAUTY AND THE BANDS-June. Myors of Sydney brings a special appeal to this display of cigar bands exhibited in Chicago. The bands belong to hobbyist Grover Greasby of Milwaukee, who is vice-president of the International Cigar Band Society. His collection numbers. 40,000 banda.
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