1948-12-16 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

AERIAL TOPOGRAPHY—Lockheed P2V, Neptunes of the U.S. Navy flying over the barren terrain of the Fairweather Range in southeast Alaska. The planes are photomapping' the Alaskan area, in co-operation with the U.8. Department of the Interior, to determine the water power possibilities of the "panhandle” area from Skagway to the south.

CUTLASS CAPER-Renowned for his dazzling leapa and obstacle jumps, which have brought him world. records, skater Harris Legg salls over the bared swords of pretty pirate lassies in the Madison Square Garden. He is practising his "Pirate's Plunder number for the New York showing of the Ice: Follies.

LAZY MAN'S SAW Marines at Quantico, Virginia, have been testing this two-wheeled, self-propelled tractor saw with special care. It it passes all the tests, it will be used for clearing passages through wooded areas in the wake of amphibious landings. One saw can level flush-to-the-ground culs of 40-inch trees. faster than several crows of men with ordinary logging tools,

FLAGS FOR THE MAYOR-Twenty competitors in the 68th International Six- Day Bleycle Race, held in New York City, present their countries' flags to acting Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri at the City Hall. The pedal pushers, many of whom are dressed in the colours of their respective nations, represent 14 countries.

QUIETENS DOWN--An Inspired demonstrator seems a bit less enthusiastle as he sits it out on a car bumper, Communist war on the Champs Elysees in Parisi veterans battled police in an Armistice Day demon- stration.

IN THE BRITISH SECTOR-A Russian general addresses troops at the huge Soviet War Memorial located in the British sector of Berlin. Occasion was the 31st anniversary of the Russian revolution,

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