1948-08-24 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

JOINING PARENTS-Arriving in Berlin despite the Soviet blockade, these British children waved joyfully to the parents they joined for a summer holiday. The party of 20 schoolchildren, ranging in age from 10 to 17, made the flight along one of the airlift corridors.

MUNICH ARRIVAL-Dwarfed by the big B-29 in the hangar, some of the 16 Shooting Star jet fighters which spanned the Atlantic are lined up on the Beld in Munich: The planes made the flight from Michigan in casy slages, via Maine, Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and England. Top speed exceeded 550 mph.

RACES DEATH-As the baby's father stands anxiously by at right, two-Sacramento (California) firemen work against time to save the life of three- -month-old Linda Sigston. Linda had a convulsion and stopped breathing. Rushing her to a hospital, fremen and doctors worked over Linda with a respirator for 20 minutes before bringing the baby back from death.

TAIL-LESS TABBY-Suey, a four-month-old Siamese kitten of Denver, Colorado, born without that all. important tail, inspects a goldfish bowl with interest.

A wet paw bears evidence of "the one that got away.”

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IN. REVERSE—This truck was backed up a little bit too much, resulting In its precarious position over the brink of a working area at à Philadelphia intersection. No one was injured in the accident. A derrick released the truck from its unusual perch,

“BAREFOOT BOY WITH CHEEK. OF TAN”--S. 8. Bingha of India, Walking barefoot, drew a great deal. of attention in the Olympic 10,000-metre walk heat at the Empire Stadium, Wembley. However, ho falled to win a place,

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