1949-03-09 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH

1949.

- WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

COLONIAL PIECE-In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr I. Bernard Cohen, left, and David Wheatland are preparing this rare instrument for an exhibition. During the Colonial period, it was used by Harvard students to demonstrate the motion of the planets and their satellites.

SNOWCAR—A new vehicle, called a

"Bombardier," is tested in northern Manitoba. It is powered by an ordinary car engine, can do a mile-a-minute under "good" snow conditions and is steered by two skis in front. The six rubber tyres run on a highly flexible tractóritrack. Until now, the only success. ful means of transportation in Canada's north country has been the dog sled.

If the "Bombardier" turns out well, it may put the 'dogs out of business.

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SEWING SONGBIRD-Patrice. Munsel, glamorous young star of opera, concert and radio, turns her New York aprintent Into a temporary sewing room. Misa Munsel is planing a pattern on a plastic model which duplicates her own figure. She made the blouse and skirt she is wearing.

THOSE EYES!—When the Madison Square Boys' Club held its 27th annual pet show in New York, Skippy, a toy French poodle, was judged the dog with "the most loving eyes." His master, Tommy Killean, 14, holds him while little Arleen Sajecki coaxes Skippy to have a bite to eat.

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FORMER TROOPSHIP With the Manhattan skyline in the background, the luxury liner Queen of Bermuda sails into New York harbour. Used to transport Gla during the war, the liner has been completely renovated. at a cost of $7,500,000. She is now making weekly runs to Bermuda.

SWIMMING' SUIT?

Film star Luba Malina

has her doubts about the

use of a swimming suit.

She finds it adaptable to

field, forest or patio, as

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DAMAGED CROPS-A farmer checks the damage done to his fruit trees in McAllen, Texas, by sleet and freezing weather. The recent cold spell caused much of the fruit to fall from the trees, and what remaina will be of inferior quality.

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NEW BOOSTER ROCKET-Shown here on a launching ramp at the Naval Test Station at Inyokern, California, is a now solid propellent booster rocket. It has. heen successfully tested and is thought to be the largest solid propellent rocket

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IN NATURE'S DESIGNA priest blesses dogs in Rome on St Anthony's Day. All animals from white mice to horses were blessed during the celebration of

the feast of the patron saint of domestic animals,

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