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ONGKONG TELEGRAP WEDNESDAY,

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WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

AIDED BY ECA FUNDS Reconstruction activities have been speeded up at this refinery in Trieste, under a $4,000,000 ECA grant. Before the war, the rellnory supplicá Italy with 60 percent of its lubricating oils. It will soon be supplying Austria, Germany and Italy again.

FAR FROM HOME-These four Grecian beauties and members of an Evzone -guard-of“honour were in Now York to lend the Greek Independence Day parade. While visiting the city, they were shown its most interesting sights, including the famed skyline,

GETTING AROUND-Winston Churchill, accompanied by his wife, recently spent some time in Washington, DC where they were guests of President and Mrs Trumar: Here Churchill speaks for radio and nowsreet. correspondents.

ALL IN-The Jewish Purim holiday brought a carnival spirit to Tel-Aviv this year because peace was in sight.. But this youngster found the merrymaking too tire- some. and-managed to slip away from some of it in spirit--If not in hòdy.

COTTON MAID- Suzanne Howell, in San Francisco, is 1949's Maid of Cotton. She's all set for a day in the sun in this faded blue denim ensemble. The casual, belted jacket matches the 'tailored, pedal.-"pushers and cap.

EQUALS RECORD-Coaltown, with Jockey Ovle Scurlock up, equals the world's record for the mile-and-a-quarter in Hallandale, Florida. The record was made 10 years ago in England by Brighton II, and equalled last year In California by

Shannon II. Time: 1:59.4/5.

ROOT OF ALL EVIL-When the Western Powers banned the Russian mark as legal tender in their sectors of Berlin, this German housewife queued up with the others for the exchange.

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