THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1949.
PICTORIAL
NEWSFRONT
ADDS TO THE FORCE-When Madame Rachel Police, wife of a gendarme in Paris, France, gave birth to triplets, the event raised the “Police force” to âve. The father. Lucien Police, waves his night stick at one of his children and vows
there will be law and order in the family.
CHOW HOUNDS-Using an eye-dropper to feed them, station cook James L. Snowden holds one of seven orphaned cocker spaniels in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their mother was not there, so Snowden took over.
LOOKING THINGS OVER-Gloria; Niles, left, and Lucille Merkel put on their bathing suits and rode one of the chutes at Coney Island, New York. It was an effective way to cool off when the temperature soared into the 90s, ar
90s, and afforded a much better view than any they could have from the ground. They were. envied by an estimated week end crowd of 1,500,000.
EXPENSIVE FLAMES-Firemen pour water on oil tanks that might have destroyed all of Bangor, Maine, during a waterfront fire. The blaze destroyed an estimated US$2,000,000 in property.
.NEW USE-This cotton gingham was designed for resort or town wear. It features a U-neck, self-belt and blas-cut flounce hemline with buttons down the front.
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND—The continuously sinking level of the Hury Reservoir is threatening the water supply in Baldersdale, England. The level of this reservoir is 131⁄2 feet below normal and means a loss of 350,000,000 gallons
of water
HAS TO LEARN SOMETIME Two-year-old Larry Smith, in Dallas, Texas, got out his dad's razor and promptly cut his cheek. Now he's soured on the whole business of shaving and will leave, the razor alone for another 15 years.
HELP UNLOAD STRIKE-BOUND SHIPS-Men of the Guards march into the Royal Victoria docks in London, England, to help unload meat from strike-bound ships. Vessels tied up in the strike, which
ended after six weeks, involved several thousand men.
CANDIDATE Mary Collins, in New York, is one of the candidates for "Miss Vanity Fair," She seems to have the quali- fications a girl needs to win a beauty contest.
OLD ACQUAINTANCE-Mrs Babe Ruth, right, and Mrs Lou with Bill Dickey, New York Yankees coach, before a baseball game at New York's Yankee Stadium. Dickey was with the Yanks when Ruth, and, Gehrig
were in their prime.