THE HONGKONG; TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1949.
PICTORIAL
NEWSFRONT
TUGS TIE UP ITALIAN PORT-Lying idly in the harbour at Genoa, Italy's largest porl, these tugs have been affected by the seamen's strike. Passenger- liners have been delayed and thousands of tons of merchandise have become stalemated. The strikers' wanted increased pensions.
ELECTRONIC “BRAIN”—Ralph R. Shaw looks over a section of the microûlm rapid selector in Washington, D.C. This is an electronic brain machine which can remember data at the rate of 1,200 pages a day. It can also store some 500,000 pages to each 2,000-foot reel of film. It may become invaluable in
keeping scientists abreast of present day developments.
GOING TO EXTREMES-When the heat at her movie studio in Hollywood, California, reached 97 degrees, actress Joan Fontaine went to great lengths to combat It. She surrounded herself with huge ice cakes, electric fans and cold drinks.
WON BY A MULE.~Because he rode a mule to vic- tory in a race at a Press Club outing in Washington, D.C., Sen Joseph R. McCarthy got a cup from John C. O'Brien, left. The Senator fulfilled a boyhood ambition; he wanted to be a jockey.
ON GUARD—A full.
dress member of the
Welsh Guards stands at
attention in front of Clarence House, Princess Elizabeth's home in Lon- -
don, England.
TEST FIRE-RESISTING GAS TANK-A now tank for aeroplanes, capable of withstanding direct flame and intense heat up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit is tested at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. The left wing tank of an obsolete plane was treated while the other wasn't. A blowtorch was applied to both
tanks but the one which had received treatment failed to burn.
CURIOUS-These South African penguins snoop about their surroundings as they arrive in New York aboard
a freighter. They are now one of the attractions' at -the zoo in Washington, DC,, and are undoubtedly just
as curious as ever.
A STITCH IN TIME-In Chicago, Illinois, they believe in doing things early. Paul Meidell, plant superin- tendeat for a company which makes Christmas dis plays, trims up the spun glass beard on a gigantic Santa Claus to have trendy in time,
THE SAFE WAY-Although they had only a small wading pool to dunk themselves in, these youngsters in New York appear to enjoy it. It may not have been is cool as a lake, but their parents didn't have to keep an eye on them every minute.
BLIMP TAKES OFF
the Carrier
This U.S. Navy blimp is taking off from the deck Roosevelt, during manoeuvres off Norfolk, Virginia. The operation is part of the joint orientation cruise
the operation on which US Navy Secretary Matthews was