1948-09-01 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

WHO'S CRAZY?-These workmen sent sedate Bond Street eyebrows far above their natural level as onlookers discussed the evils of drink. The men, however, are not on a binge-If you look closely, you can see they are carrying a large piece of sheet glass.

THREE "BLUE BABIES"-Eight-month-old Michael Shannon is cuddled by a student nurse in Chicago following his "blue baby" operation. Flown from Trieste for the delicate operation, Mike is brought in after his operation to visit two other children recovering from the same ailment, Mary Lou Nicholson, in bed, and Julia Borden.

MODEL MEET-Lt. Dean Baird, å US. Navy Jet-fighter pilot, gives the go-ahead signal which starts the power-driven model aeroplano meet at Glenview, Illinois. Contestants ranged to all ages, and many models featured highly teclinical engines.

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AFTER CIGARETTES—These Berliners line up in front of a tobacco shop in the U.S. sector to get their ration of eight cigarettes at 20 pfennigs (six cents)" each. Some 37 tons of popular brand American cigarettes were flown into Berlin by British flying boats for distribution in the three Allied sectors. Backbone of the German black market since the war's end, they sell under-the-counter for three dollars

a pack.

TORRID TARGET-Bob Hope takes a cautious peek from behind Jane Russell, serving as 1 torrid target in their forthcoming picture, The "pin-up" girl has now become a “cover-up” actress since wearing these period costumes.

IRON HORSE BOLTS--Like an iron horse a little too anxious to get back to its stable, this engine crashed through a Chicago roundhouse wall after returning from a repair job. · Now two repair jobs are necessary-one for the engine, another for the wall-

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