1948-10-12 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1948.4

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

NEW YORK CITY BACKDROP-Racing against a metropolitan backdrop, these motor boat enthusiasts are competing for the thousands of dollars in money prizes awarded the winners of the Harwood Trophy Boat Race. Speeding down the Hudson River and around Manhattan Island, approximately 20 of the fastest

racing craft in the U.S. competed in the annual event.

SPARKLING BEAUTY -Mermaid June Earing shows off her swimsuit of glamorous silver lame to be worn for her appear- ance in an aquashow in New York. The snug fitting suit gleams and flashes under water.

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STILL PLAYING THE MARKET-A clerk revises stock and bond prices on a quotation board in the Tokyo Stock Exchange while brokers transact their business in the foreground. The Japanese stock market continues to draw a great deal of attention despite the drop in prices since last January's boom.

· CONGRESSIONAL SECRET-Congressman Preston Peden is shown with his wife and son in Oklahoma, after he revealed his wartime marriage to the former German nurse. The congressman and his family have been living in Virginia for several months past, during which time Mrs Peden and son, Bobby, have been recovering from the effects of survival in postwar Germany. The couple were

married in 1945 when they met overseas.

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OFFICIAL MODEL- Pamela O'Neill, 22-year- old New York model, is America's Sweater Girl for 1948 and will be the official model for the industry.

CUTE COLLEEN-"Miss Ireland of 1948," 18-year-old. Gertrude Meyler, exchanges a bit of blarney with New York's Irish-born mayor, William O'Dwyer, during her visit. The Irish beauty is touring the US, for the first time.

ANGRY WATERS An entire wing of this building in the Po Valley, Italy, was washed away by torrents from the Po River which overflowed Its banka. About 40 persons were belleved lost as storms and. hurricanes swept the Piedmont region, leaving hundreds homeless.

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