1948-06-28 — Page 3

GM THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

BAREBACK RIDERS-The burro pulls a cart, but Bunny Ryerson and Skippy, the dog, prefer to ride bareback. Skippy is in training for the: Winnetka Children's Fair in Chicago which starts on August 7.

SO THEY JUMPED- Oxford University under- graduates jump into the chilly Isis River, much to the discomfort of their mutual love, Anne, Whates. Anne was voted "The Girl for Whom They Would Most Willingly Jump in the

River." The stunt fol- lowed the annual cere. mony commemorating the heroine in the novel "Zuleika Dobson."

SPECIAL SERVICE-Jack Earle, 8%1⁄2-foot-tali glant, took advantage of a Chicago hotel's week-end rate of $24.75 for room and meals, but the hotel, which had to provide a special bed, sheets and blankets, found they lost $244.50 on Earlo's stay. Here Martin De Vern, five-fool-one waiter, lights Earle's cigar.

SHANGHAI'S ANNUAL BASKET FAIR-The side- walks on Nanking Road West are crowded with stails, shoppers, and food vendors during the annual Basket Fair in Shanghai, held to commemorate the legendary birthday of Buddha. Worshippers from many miles. around Shanghai began pouring into the city as early as 3 a.m. to honour Buddha.

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SCIENTIST HONOURED-In a ceremony at the White House In Washington. President Truman presented the Medal for Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to Dr James Bryant. Conant, President.. of Chicago University,-for research work during the war,

SOVIETS CUT ELECTRIC POWER TO SOUTH KOREA-After many months' of fruitless' negotiations, Soviet-controlled North Korea carried out its threat to cut the flow of electrical power to US-occupied South Koren, which recently had Its Orst election in 4,000 years. But American officials were prepared. Two former U.S. Army Engineers power barges and auxillary-power plants from Army Installations went to work. Here the barge Electra, background, is anchored in the former submarine pen at Inchon. In the foreground are wrecked Japanese subs.

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