THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
CLEANING UP CONGRESS-Getting ready for the opening of the 81st Congress next month, painters give Washington's Senate walls "the new look." Senator Clyde R. Hoey beams approvingly.
ROMAN GRANDEUR-Franciscan Father Cronin Cantion of Jersey City, NJ., at present studying in Italy, shows 'four U.S. Marines the ancient Colosseum In Rome.
ARAB ARCHITECTURE-This mosque in Tarshiha, Palestine, was used na a refuge by Arabs who remained in the city when it fell to graell- forces. Military police are standing guard at the entrance.
BERLIN. WORKER — Alfred Von Schmude, left, checks pilings on bridge in American sector of Borlin. A typical German home-provider, he works 53 hours a week, receives 260 marks a month-about $46 at rate of exchange. Power cuts, food rationing and coal shortage are giving Germans a severe winter.
NOT QUITE THAT GOOD-Band leader Elaine But the high- Newton didn't win all these cups. strutting young miss is shown with the many trophies which were awarded at the Eighth Annual All-Western Band Reylow in Long Beach, California. Over 70 bands from western states participated.
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CAMPING OUT-Japanese Crown Prince Akihito, right, 13, and his brother, Prince Yoshi, 12, are like most boys in finding that a camping trip is a lot of fun. Here they put aside their royal dignity and help build a fire to cook their food on a two-day school faunt to Ikaho Hot Springs, a popular Japanese resort near Tokyo.
HONOUR ARGENTINE HERO-Members of a delegation comprised of Naval officers and a Marine · guard from U.S. Navy ships visiting Buenos Aires, carry a floral tribute in honour of the Argentine naval hero, Admiral Guillermo Brown. With appropriate ceremony. the wreath was placed on a monument erected to the late admiral.
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