THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1949.
PICTORIAL
NEWSFRONT
FIRE AND SMOKE-Firemen pour foamite on a burning B-45 jet bomber which crashed on a golf course al Long Beach, California, while making an emergency landing. An army pilot and three civilian passengers received only minor bruises In a miraculous escape from what would ordinarily have been certain death.
WHAT'S THIS? The outfit worn by Emily Siegrist as she rides her high wheel bike in New- port, Rhode Island, would have caused many eyebrows to be raised during the bicycle's hey- day.
TRYING TO REACH THE VICTIMS-Two men were killed and others unaccounted for when a turbine room of a power company blow up in Rushville, Indiana. Workmen are knocking down a' brick wall to allow rescue men to reach those buried in the debris. Ten state police units helped out..
STARS AID SISTER KENNY FUND-Movie stars Nina Foch, left, and William Lundigan, centre, get things started in New York to assist the Sister Kenny Polio Fund. They are getting a contribution from Silvio Vitere, a war-time buddy of Lundigan's. The Fund was started on the birthday of Sister-Kenny, and the proceeds go towards aiding polio victims,
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE-Sister Mary Fidells celebrates her golden jubilce in Chicago, Illinols, with two youngsters, Francis and Johnny. She has been at St Vincent's Hospital in the Windy City for just 50 years, a remarkable length of time adding to the unusual capabilities of Sister Mary.
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE-While visiting his brother in Atlanta, Georgia, Gen. Luclus D, Clay shares his breakfast with Pookle, a Tibetan terrier helonging to Mrs Ryburn Clay. The retired General has been spending his time writing a book which is to be published carly next year.
IS THAT GOOD?-Pictures of pin-up girls are giving way to reproductions of famous works of art among students at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Here Professor Helmut H. von Erla, centre; helps students Joseph Ferrente, left, and Don' Gault choose a painting for their fraternity house.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CHOICE-From this bevy of beauties, a queen will be chosen to rule over a fair in Pomona, California. But the other girls won't forgotten; they'll be princesses of their ruler's court and each will represent
agricultural product.
IIE'S FEELING NO PAIN- Sick call was never popular among the gridders of: the University of Connecticut, at Storrs, until Dr Sophie Trent began pinch-hitting as team physician. Although foliback Ray, Legenza regisfera no pain, his leg injury is a serious one.
ON WINGS OF SONG-As they reached New York and freedom, the Flechter brothers serenaded the city on the violins they learned to play while in a German. DP camp. They will make their home in Brooklyn with their parents, and the very thought of Buch n happy prospect inspires the three fiddlers.