1948-06-11 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

BOUQUET FOR THE QUEEN-Queen Elizabeth, wearing a flowing gown and fur cape, receives a bouquet from Lady Juliet Smith at the premiero in London of Sir Laurence Olivier's film production of "Hamlet. Other members of the Royal family also attended the show.

STILL "HOT"-Radioactive two years after the atomic bomb tests off Bikini in 1946, the cruiser USS Salt Lake City, bearing warning signs on its rusted sides, lies at anchor off the Terminal Island Naval Base awaliing disposition. The superstructure still bears evidence of the damage inflicted by the A-bomb blast.

IN HONOUR OF ITALIAN PRESIDENT The Esedra Fountain in Romo'nglow with floodlights in honour of Italy's new President, Luigi Einaudi, The city council voted to light Rome's famous fountains and monuments. in his honour.. A shortage of electricity prohibited the lavish floodlighting of prewar years.

EGGS DON'T GROW ON TREES No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. It does look like eggs are growing on this tropical plant in Dorado, Puerto Rico, but they are actually only the shells, placed there to frighten off lizards that prey on plants.

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THE PART- Virginia Mayo wears eight bathing suits in her latest picture, which revolves around a sum- mer resort. Since the studio's announcement. that she was given the part, fans have sent the actress 97 suits.

THEIR DADDY HONOURED-In a ceremony at Washington's Pentagon

·Building, two young daughters of a deceased Corregidor hero-Daphne Scaler (left) and her sister, Dinne-are presented their father's war medals by Gen. Jonathan Walawright, who was forced to surrender the fortress six years ago. Also in the picture is Mrs Scater, wife of the hero, Lt James E. Senter, who

died in a prison camp.

WHAT A MARKET! A balloon vendor contemplates the prospective market offered by some of the 25 sets of triplels who, with their mothers, attended the third annual Mothers of Triplets Association convention at Palisades Park, New Jersey. There was a contest to find the most photogenle triplets,"

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· FLORENCE FOOTBALL ANNIVERSARY Florentines, yearly celebrate Ascension Day with a football game that was first played about 1850. Here, during the celebration in Florence, an umpire holds up two balls for inspection by the public as players bow to the crowd.

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