THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
NEEDED--ONE GOLD SPIKE-Herman Howard stands In the midst of his hobby, the largest oul-of- doors miniature tallway In America. The set is complete but for one item-a tiny gold spike to he driven into the tracks to signify the opening of the Los Angeles County Fair. The miniature system will operate over 1,500 feet of track.
JUST GRIN AND BEAR IT—This wise old bear at New York's Central Park Zoo has the answer to the heat problem-just grin and bear it.. It also helps to follow his example and set up a beachhead at some cozy spot, submerging your head to nose-depth level. A record-smashing heat wave across the U.S. made such action highly desirable.
SKI CHAMP IN THE MAKING Chippy Parker hangs on to his dad with a combination leg and arm grip as they go skimming over the surf at Newport, Rhode Island. This two-year-old is taking no chances even If dad, Bruce Parker, does happen to be U.S. water skl champ.
COMIC "CRITICS”-Tommy Coleman wears the expression of an embryo book reviewer as he disdainfully fingers a comic book in his dad's magazine, stand in Memphis, Tennessee. Brother Bill is reserving his opinion. The drive against objectionable comic books recently proposed in Memphis has produced many such "critica." The campaign was inaugurated after a recent outbreak of juvenile delinquency with many of the crimes laid to the influence of comic book "adventure" tales.
“BE IT EVER SO NARROW?The narrowest house in Holland (right) snuggles right up to the US. Embassy (left) at the Hague. The tiny structure, only six feet wide and four storeys tall, makes for tricky Housekeeping, 'but would no doubt be welcome to many a harried house-hunter.
ALMOST HOME The New Zealand four-masted barque, Pamir, nears the end of a round-the-world voyage as she pulls into the North Cape.' 'One hundred and eight days on the open sea, the Pamir is the first New Zealand ship in many years to complete the global journey.
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READY FOR UN MEET-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (left) and
Secretary General Trygve Lie of the United Nations watch operations at a
switchboard installed in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris for the UN General
Assembly, now in session.
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