THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
WATCH THE BALL-"Keep your eyes on the ball" is sound advice to athletes. But Vonnic Hofman makes it difficult to heed that admonition as she frolics on the beach at Panama City, Florida.
RUNAWAY STREET CAR-Fifteen persons were injured when this Kansas City street car jumped the tracks, sideswiped a utility pole and careened a block downhill out of control after colliding with a cattle Iruck. The impact of the truck broke some of the pipes connected to the street car's air brakes. The brush with the pole ripped out an upper rear section of the car about five feet square and completely demolished the front section.
SHOVIN' OFF Three girls wave bon voyage to these New York leathernecks boarding the USS Mt Olympus for two weeks” summer training. Departure of the group of 260 marked the sixth anniversary of the Marine landing at Guadalcanal.
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STILL GOING STRONG-Crowds continue to pour into Chicago's Railroad Fair, completing its first month on display. Sponsored by American railways, the
transportation show continues to draw thousands of Chicagoans and tourists daily.
COMPULSORY CLEAN-UP-"Too heartsick" over illness and family troubles, was the way William A. Cain (left) explained the three-foot pile of decayed food, tin cans and other trash piled up in his San Francisco room (right). A "heartless" health board ordered him to clean up the mess, threatening prosecu-
tion if he failed to comply.
THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES President Truman, who is a candidato for re-election himself, congratulates the two candidates for presidency of the Girls' Nation, holding sessions in Washington under auspices of the American Legion. Lillian Wong is at left, Kennon Deithley ai right.
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