THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1048.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
snow bank on the side of Mt SEARCH FOR CRASH VICTIMS—Italian Alpino troopers dig through a Carbonnet, near Cueno, Italy, to recover the bodies of American soldiers and WACs killed in November, 1947. The C-47 transport crashed on a fight from Pisa to Frankfurt, Germany. A shepherd first found the wreckage, which was buried under several feet of snow,
U.S. ENVOY James MacDonald, US. speciat representative to Israel, and his daughter, Barbara Ann, arrive by plane in Haifa en route to his Tel Aviv. headquarters,
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THRIVING DUTCH MARKET-Typical of Holland's postwar progress is this scene at the famous Business is booming, market-place in Amsterdam.
with the Dutch buying and selling everything from smoked cel to diamond cutting tools. This outdoor market started three years ago.
BIGGEST TUNA?-This is the one that didn't get away from Charles Stolnabb (left), who caught the monstrous tuna off the Jersey coast. Stolnabb used a trawling net to bag the answer-to-a-fisherman's-prayer. Tipping the scales at 500 pounds, the tuna is believed to be the largest ever caught in that area.
RISING FROM THE RUINS OF WAR-Priests of 14 countries were among those walking in solemn procession to the entrance of Germany's historic
The Cologne Cathedral during ceremonies marking its seventh centenary. procession also observed the reopening of the Massive Gothic structure for the irst time since the end of war. More than 250,000 persons saw, the ceremonies.
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GALLANT RETURN Crippled since a fatal plane crash Lisbon in 1943, songstress Jane Froman discards her crutches for the first time in over fre years and returns before the mike of a popular Now Jersey night spot.
FIRST GLOBEMASTER-Curious Berliners of all ages gaze at this plane, the first U.S. Globemaster to cross the Atlantle, as it unloads the 20 tons of flour it carried to the Red-blockaded city. The plane made the distance from Frankfurt to Berlin in a speedy one hour and seven minutes, landing at the British- operated Gatow air base.
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