THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
Energie Bixly and Mridvale Karood Vinumn Pinks
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JEWISH GIRL SOLDIERS—Girl soldiers of Haganah chat with a male member of the Jewish army in the wrecked village of Kastel, which was captured from the Arabs after a violent seesaw battle lasting 10 days. This was near the spot where Abdul Kader Husseini, leader of the Arabs, was killed leading his men
Into battle.
NUN CASTS VOTE-A
nun of the Order of the
Sisters of St. Vincent De
Paul watches a Rome elec-
tion clerk as he takes her ·
ballot in the Italian elec-
tions. An armed guard stands in the left back-
ground.
MACFADDEN AND BRIDE-TO-BE-Bernarr Mac- fadden, 79-year-old physical culturist and father of seven, children, stands beside Mrs. Jonnte Lec, 42, whom he married at Miami Beach recently. Macfadden and his former wife, Mary Williamson Macfadden, were divorced in 1946. The physical culturist is a Democratic candidate for Governor of Florida.
LEWIS AFTER VERDICT—John L. Lowls, U.S. miners" labour leader, leaves a Federal district court in Washing ton, after being found guilty of criminal contempt. In background are John Owens (left), secretary-treasurer of Lewis' Mineworkers Union, and Attorney Welly K. Hopkins.
MOTHER OF THE YEAR Mrs Helen Gartside Hines, 60, of Springfield, Illinois, recently was named "American Mother of the Year" by the American Mothers Committee.
CHAIRMAN - Governor · Dwight H. Green of Illinois has been named temporary chairman of the Republi- ean convention to be held in Philadelphia in June.
AT ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL-Artist Phillip Poyser sketches the British memorial to the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square, London. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt in April.
LAST RESPECTS-Spectators stand in the rain as the casket containing the body of Dr John B. (Jock) Sutherland, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former coach of the University of Pittsburgh, is carried by members of his Steelers squad from Pittsburgh's Calvary Episcopal Church. He died after an operation on a brain tumour.
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CROWD. THRONGS PORT TO HEAR DE GAULLE—A throng gathers along the. waterfront at the old port of Marseilles, France, to hear General Charles De Gaullo speak from a boat. The speaker's stand is in centre, at the right end of white boat. Atop the hill in the background is the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la
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