THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
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TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY-Workmen at the Davis Dam at Kingman, Arizona, set in place a wooden form for the transition section of one of the five 22-foot diameter pipes leading to the turbines of the power plant. The form, weighing 23 tons, was lowered by crane from the top of the trestle. Davis Dam will help to produce hydro-electric energy for areas in Southern California and Arizona.
MODEL OF REALITY- Jean Falconnet assembles his radio-controlled air- craft carrier model, com- plete with tiny planes on
the flight deck. He won
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first prize in a model
boat contest in Paris,
UNSCHEDULED STOP-This heavily loaded truck came to an unexpected halt when its rear wheel crashed through the planking covering a subway
excavation in New York City.
"TEN-SHUN"-Princess Elizabeth inspects soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during her visit to Coventry. The inspection took place in the Memorial Park. Coventry was hard hit by the Nazis during World War II.
SECRETARY MARSHALL SINGS--U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, guest of honour at a benefit to the American Overseas Ald-United Nations Appeal for Children in New York, enthusiastically joins the other 20,000 persons in the audience in singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
JUST LIKE THE REAL THING-In a mock ceremony in a Cleveland church, Georgine Sonkoy, five, became the "bride" of Vance Csaszar, six. Here Georgine walks to the altar with her "father," Paul Meglosky, eight. But the little train bearer Vonny Szarka, for no apparent reason, seems to be unhappy about the whole thing.
TRYING FOR ANOTHER—Eden Ahbez, composer of¦
the tune "Nature Boy," plays some of his 50 an published compositions for singer Dick Haymes in Hollywood. The bearded Yogi mystic hopes ho has
another kit among his compositions,
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TELAVIV BLACKOUT—A Jewish taxi driver paints his headlights, during the battle for Telaviv, in accordance with the order by the Israeli Government that
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