1948-12-23 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

CHILDHOOD

HOLD IT!--Acme photographer Ed Hoffman earns his salary the hard way. Assigned to get a picture. of San Francisco's Christmas display, the wily camern- man went to work six stóreys up. He remembered to He himself to roof for safety's sake.

WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?-Looking just as complacent and unconcerned › as they would in a pasture, these cows are not bothered by the train collision which has strewn wreckage everywhere. Although the cows were unharmed, two crew members were injured when the accident occurred at a cross-over of the Santa Fe and Indiana Harbour Belt railways near Chicago.

MEMOR

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES "Childhood Memories" has been selected as the theme of the annual Now Year's Day classic at Pasadena, California. Sharon Sterling (left) and Terry Lee McCullom hayo been selected to announce the choice for the 60th anniver sary of the January 1 spectacle, which will draw one million people.

CHINESE CLASSICS--Pauline Benton, right, and her assistant, Arvo Wirts, show a group of Chinese children from St Mary's Mission In San Francisco the ancient art of the Chinese shadow play. Classic plays are performed with per forated, highly intricate figurines whose shadows are projected on the screen. Phyers use their own voices for sound effects.

ONE CENTURY OF LIVING-Agnes Propper seems

a bit pensive as she contemplates blowing out the candles on her birthday cake symbolising her 100th year. She is now living at the House of the Holy' Comforter in Bronx, New York.

ISRAEL'S TROOPS-Heavily armed Jewish soldiers, using vehicles Bulted to this type of warfare, move along a highway during the fighting in the Negev, southern Palestine desert. Arab headgear is worn for protection against sand

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