THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1948,
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
DEMONSTRATION BECOMES SERIOUS—What started as a demonstration became deadly serious, when this U.S. Air Force liaison plane crashed at New York's new Idlewild Airport. The aircraft was simulating an air rescue mission during the International Air Exposition. Two para-medical technicians, flying in a C-47,
had to drop and give medical treatment to Lt. Warren R. Greenlee,
ONE STAR TO ANOTHER-Henry Fonda, left, star of a current Broadway show, congratulates Sid Caesar, lead in a Manhattan musical. Caesar was presented with the Donaldson Award for Achievement in the Theatre for the best debut performance in a musical.
A COOLING BRACER--Little Cathle Varca of Now York City takes a cooling bracer just before the
· 10-second whistle starting the 10th annual baby crawling race at Palisades Park, New Jersey. Moro than 150 tots less than one year old participated in the "Diaper Derby."
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RECONSTRUCTED HIROSHIMA — On its third anniversary. ne the world's first victim of atomie warfare, Hiroshima looks better than before destruction by atom bomb. Many parts of the city have been rebuilt. This new motion picture house is an example.
DECEIVING-Although this head-piece has an Arabian Nights tone to it, it was modelled in Paris during a millinery show. Graceful lines reflect the new autumn fashions.
COOL, CLEAN WATER-Two little Jewish girls brave the havoc of bursting shells in Jerusalem to sip a few drops of water from a leaking fire hose. Jews in the Holy City lived on small rations during the Arab control of pipelines from the coastal plains. A few Jewish controlled wells supplied the only water for Old City Jews. Since the beginning of the truce, however, conditions have improved.
́IKE'S GRÅNDSON-Dwight D. Eisenhower II, four- month-old grandson of the famed World War II general, gives the world a looksce from the protective arms of his mother, Mra John S. Eisenhower. John, the father, at left, gives the cameraman a proud smile. The trio werd visiting Mrs Eisenhower's parents in Boston.
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BERLIN STILL" "A SKELETON-After three years of nervous pence, Berlin is still a predominantly roofless city. Here children are seen climbing on the wreckage of n bombed building to wave to Allied airmen bringing food to the Soviet-blockaded city.
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