THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
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INDEPENDENT-No shrinking violet, she. Helen Moore (old n Cleveland (Ohio) judge she liked her work better than her husband, and won a divorce. Now Mrs Moore can return to an assortment of interests, including masonry, hat designing, real estate, and dress selling.
AFTER BLAST-Nothing but debris remains of the building blazing at this spot in Reno, Nevada. The building exploded so suddenly that two firemen, right, are still perched on the fire apparatus where they were stationed to flood the place. Described as an "earth-quaking explosion," the blast levelled nearly half a business block, killed at least five persons and injured 180 more, 32 of them seriously.
TWO QUEENS-Linda Carroll, left, of Grand Rapids and Evelyn Johnson of Detroit smile for the camera after being named Miss Michigan and Miss. Detroit respectively. They will go to Atlantic City to compete in the Miss America pageant.
BEAUTY AND THE BRUTE "Nature Boy" Buddy. Rogers, devotee of a new type of wrestling, shows rare form (and an uplift-eyebrow) in Los Angeles nu a "slave girl" removes his cape. Rogers claims pretty clothes and nice features add to the wrestling game and says he has both.
PRETTY POWERFUL—A million-volt generator for nuclear physics research has just been installed in the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford. Dwarfed by the powerful apparatus, H. Brckoo, chief engineer, looks the generator over.
TRAGIC IRONY A 21-year-old student embalmer was killed and six other persons injured when this bus and hearse collided in St Louis. "A wreck truck is towing the new hearse, which ploughed into an electric light standard and lapped it off at the base, after being ramnted by the bus, shown at right.
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NORWEGIAN ROYALTY-Members of the Norwegian royal" family, were in England to see the Olympic games. Seen disembarking from the royal yacht Norge are: Crown Prince Olaf, Princess Rahnhild, Crown Princess Marthe, Prince Harald and Princess Astrid."
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