1948-12-22 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

CONVERTIBLE-Pat Hall demonstrates a bathing suit of her own design at Palm Springs, California. Formal on the left, a pull of the string and it becomes a French model sult.

LOW CEILING—Aircraft line up on the runway at Templehof Airfield In Berlly. Grounded by fog and rain for 17 hours, the ceiling lifted the following morning

so that the airlift planes could resume their all-important' work.

FIRST CENSUS — A

ISRAEL bearded, orthodox Jew, wounded in the Negev fighting, signs a paper in Tel-Aviv giving his age and other details for the first Israel

census.

SAYS ARK FOUND Shukru Asena, East Turkey farmer, points to a map where he said peasants found petrified remains of a ship on Mount Ararat, Biblical landing place of Noah's Ark. He said thaws had washed away ice and snow masking the vessėl

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HOME-MADE TELEVISION-Iko Rosenhour, one-armed amateur Inventor, bought himself some... diagrams and television parts. Within two weeks the Dallas handyman had completed what probably is the

! first home-made television set. He's now attempting `- to convert a cheap radar set into another television

unit.

FRENCH DOLLS ARE TOPS-Girls have been working overtime in French doll factories like this one in Paris prior to the Christmas season. Despite the economically critical plight of the country, the French feel their dolls are tops, with a certain chicness so characteristic of Paris. Most doll factories are small, employing about 50 or 60 women. Manufacturers are concentrating on medium and low-priced articles but

even these are 10 to 15 times prewar prices.

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AIRLIFT CELEBRATION-Little Klangk

r presents Capt. Dave Riddle (centre) with a bouquet of flowers ni Gatow Airfield in Berlin Members of his crew, Lt George Hancock (left) and Sgt. Robert, Toon, look on at a celebration

commemorating the 150th day of the airlift at that Geld.

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AT DOG SHOW This fine English springer spaniel won several prizes at a Chicago dog show. grooming is being done by the owner, six-year-old Bill- Sturm.

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