THE HONGKONG ~TELEGRAPH" "FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949.
PICTORIAL
NEWSFRONT
NONE TOO SOON-A crane is shown removing the rotten bowsprit of the historic frigate, Constitution, at Boston, Massachusetts. It is being done as part of the refurbishing project which will make the gallant old fighting lady spic and span for next year.
San
BIG DEAL-When Billy Blair arrived in Francisco with an orchestra, he wanted a ride on a cable car, But it took assistance from Ted Weems, left, and singers Julie Mace and Vivian Astor to get all 280 pounds of Billy on the car.
GOING TO A NEW HOME-En route to their new home in Detroit, Michigan, these tiny Mexican hairless dogs have their picture taken at New York's LaGuardia Field. The pooches had down all the way from Germany and were a bit weary. A Mexican sombrero serves as a temporary home,
RUDOLPH
WON'T!
GIVE ENOUGH
AMYLUS ARIS RECRUITING SERVICE
WATERY HAZARD-Corinne Rudolf of New York knows that her golf ball will land in the water. She's driving off the stern of the ship, Nieuw Amsterdam, which has a unique driving range for passengers who miss their golf.
BUT HERS ISN'T PAINTED-Perched on the shoulder of her master, Larry May, Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio, is "Miss Marx," whose name is derived from her resemblance to Groucho Marx. She gets a lot of attention because of the black moustache.
CHANGEABLE-When
Betty Underwood almost lost a movie part because she was a blonde.
she made
# hurried trip to the hairdresser. She got the role. Now she's a black. haired charmer,
REACHING A GOAL-Because the Community Chest of Texarkana, Texas, set a goal of US$82,827.18, a man known only as "Rudolph, the derrick-sitter," climbed the ladder to his perch. He had nothing to contribute to the cause but publicity. He said "he'd slay aloft until the money had been collected.
AIR AMBULANCE-A helicopter, being used as an air ambulance, takes off to pick up two stretcher cases in a race with a land motor ambulance in San Francisco. The flying machine covered the distance in 12 minutes, while the car took 20 for the same Journey. The helicopter has been modified by the addition of two basket litters fastened to its outboard side..
MIGHT Y NICE Hollywood Actress Cyd Charisse wears a searf of white American, broad- tail. The lovely young film star is also : known' "as Mrs Tony Martin, for she's the wife of the popular singer.
s one of the
IT DOES A LOT This "gultersnipe" is one of the devices used by York City Department of Sanitation to keep the streets clean. rotary brooms and a vacuum devico, it sweeps a six-foot path
takes a man with a broom to get under parked cars,
Now