THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
KING OF FLAGPOLE SITTERS-Ozzie Hamilton Osborne, crowned king of "Flagpole Sitters," on his throne in Long Beach, California. After 53 days on top a 200-foot tower, Ozzie looks like he might enjoy ni good night's rest in a bed. He beat the record of 49 days set by Shipwreck Kelly,
BOTTOMS UPIMore than 13,000 bottles of Cuban gin, worth US$72,000, are tossed "overboard” by these' sad-faced workmen in a Cincinnati dump pile. Customs officials stood by to make sure no one took a sample home. Import duties and taxes had made the liquor's price too high for selling purposes-and the law wouldn't let the owner give it away;
VERY OLD-A visitor stands at the famous Virgin Tree in the village of Mataria, near Cairo. It is said that in this tree Mary, and Joseph and the Child Jesus hid in their flight from King Herod. The tree, a sycamore, is reported to be offshoot of the original.. Many tourists visit the spot every year.
DR HUTCHINS HONOURED IN GERMANY-Dr “. Robert. M. Hutchins, Chancellor of the University of Chicago, and Dr Fritz Hallstein, President of Frankfurt University, appear during ceremonies commemorating the Gorman revolution of 1848. Dr Hutchins was made a Doctor of Economy and Social Science.
A HUSBAND WHO NEVER FORGOT-Mrs Peggy Fox, San Fernando widow, adjusts an orchid after the florist's regular Saturday delivery. Her husband, who died three years ago, arranged with a nearby florist for this regular weekly delivery..
HEADED FOR ACTION—A British-mado armoured car, manned by regular Greek troops, moves into operation in northern Greece, where guerillas still Infest the countryside.
GOING UP IN SMOKE-Workers play hoses on these oll storage tanks in Inglewood, California, to keep them in check while they burn themselves out. An undermined explosion, In one of the tanks set the others afire, and several persons in a nearby car were injured. The heavy clouds of black smoke could
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MOTHER'S TOUCH Charley, a mule tall fawn, is recuperating in Las Vegas, Nevada, after receiving a cracked pelvis from a hit-and-run driver: Ronnie Gay Bernkrant looks after Charley following treatment at her father's animal hospital.
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