THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
ST PAUL STOCKYARD FIRE-Denise, black smoke obscures the sky as a six-block section of the corrals of the South St Paul Union Stockyards Co. burned. Apparently started in a shed of baled hay, the flames gained great headway before firemen arrived on the scene. The extent of damage was not determined.
BEAUTY AT BAT Lola Albright" has no strikes against her. She's just been selected from 250 candidates for a role in a new Holly. wood production.: Lola's from Akron, Ohio, and was working in Chicago when agents spotted her.
NISEI. HEROES HONOURED-Two American soldiers of Japanese ancestry Full military were recently laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. honours were rendered the heroes--Privates Famitake, Nagato, of: Arlington, Virginia, and Saburo Tanamachi, of San Benito, Texas. Gen. Dovers, who.com- manded the Sixth Army Group in France, in which the Nisel served, was present
at the ceremony."
LIGHTS FOR THE BIG ONE-New York's Idlewild, the world's largest airport, has been opened for familiarisation and ferry lights. Commercial flights are expected to begin this month, but the airport will not be dedicated until July 31, when a formal ceremony will be held in conjunction with an International air show. When in full operation, the field will be able to handle 1,000 planes a day. To ease the problem of night lighting, the New York Port Authority built a special pier, shown above, for krypton lighting units.
EARLY START-A group of four-year-old judges In Beverly Hills, California, selected five-year-old Toni Lynne Bell (left), as "Miss Beverly Hills of 1960." Winning over contestants whose ages ranged from two to five, Lynne received an embrace from Judge Jon
Hajarian.
BARELY COOL-Police Officer Patrick Ryan admits that the weather was really hot in Kenton, Kentucky, that day, but Sonny Brown was going a bit too far in secking relief. So home for pants be went under the guiding arm of the law.
IT'S PRESIDENT EISENHOWER NOW-General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who has taken office as president of Columbia University, solemnly stands during playing of the National Anthem at the University's 194th commencement.
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