THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1949.
NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES
A LOT TO LOSE-Sam Cohen, secretary of the Chicago Chess Club, makes a move for Albert Sandrin who is playing 15 games blindfolded. Offered $10,000 If he could win 13 out of 15 games played simultaneously, Sandrin started well
• but lost out under the six-hour ordeal,
WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE-The 45,000-ton USS Missouri completes a 90- degreo turn to starboard off the British coast, near Plymouth. The famous battleship, aboard which the Japanese surrender was signed at the end of World War II, is on a peacetime visit to England. The vessel cuts a mighty pretty figure as it manoeuvres about.
ALL HE OWNS-David Warke, five, British war orphan, waits for his new foster mother to meet him In New York, Adopted by Mrs Earl Robinson of Buffalo, New York, the youngster munches an apple as he waits beside the few possessions he brought along.
DOG GETS HIS MAN-"Mick,” a Royal Air Force Police dog, hurls his 75 pounds at an “intruder” during practice at the Staverton RAF Dog Training Centre in England. Mick is one of the 70 Alsatians--used in guarding air stations--which will perform at the 1949 Royal Tournament. The dogs are trained always to' go for the right arm-padded for practice—and hold it until the police patrol comes along. They are trained not to be savage but can inflict a nasty bite.
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NO WONDER—It's funny thing, but the far away look in film star Virginia Mayo's eyes makes the beach boys want to get closer than
ever.
A REAL BEAR HUG-Pat Malone, wrestler and promoter in Miami, Florida, had the worst of it in his match with Ginger, a 300-pound Canadian black bear. Ginger knew a few tricks and had Malone's shoulders on the mat at the end of 15 minutes. Malone tried to “bridge,” but it did him no good. One swat
of Ginger's paw on the belly and Malone was down.
FOR ONE DAY ONLY-Movie actors George Raft, right, and Louis Jourdan are chefs for one day in Paris. Once a month a popular, Parisian restaurant turns its kitchen over to theatrical personages who are invited to prepare a meal. Raft whipped up a couple of his favourite recipes, and Jourdan did the same,
NO MORE SCHOOLHOUSE-Miss Margaret Bethel waves goodbye for the last time to the children of her one-room schoolhouse, near Stamford, Connecticut. The 124-year-old building ended Its educational duties" with the close of the school term. It will be converted to another purpose.
ENJOYING THE SUN-Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Mrs Huil rest in the sun after a stroll round the grounds of their hotel in Washington, D.C. "The former cabinet member, has been released from the hospital following his long Illness.
RETRACING FATHER MARQUETTE'S STEPS These four young Frenchmen from Paris are paddling. along the Ottawa River, in Canada. They left Trois-Rivieres, on the St Lawrence River, on May 22 in their two canoes and expect to reach New Orleans in November, ending a 4,500-mile trip which they hope will duplicate that of Father Marquette, in 1673.