1949-06-15 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1949.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

PHENOMENON-Albert P. Hegar, veteran tulip grower in Buffalo, New York, exhibits three normal size blossoms growing from one stem. Hegar, who annually grows more than 500 tulips in his garden, stated he has never before seen or heard of a similar

phenomenon.

LIVING IN THE OPEN-When the building in which they llyed was burnt down,

In St. Louis, Missouri, William Hickinbotham and his family had nowhere to go. They moved into a public park and have remained there, Hickinbotham and, one son were out house-hunting when this photo was made of his wife and their other children.

LOOKS LIKE BEER-But the photographer swears it's a shampoo, made with a beer base. Anyway, Ann Perry, in Chicago, gets a good sample of it from Lucille Burian,

RITA'S FATHER-With a class In his Los Angeles studio is Eduardo Cansino, father of screen star Rita Hayworth, who recently married All Khan in Vallauris, in southern France. Cansino taught Rita to dance.

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MAKING A COMEBACK-For the first time since 1035, the Palace Theatre in New York has raised its curtains to vaud ville. Many famous American stars. rose to fame at the theatre. This view shows the members of the present acts, Including the television, star Milton Berle, who made an impromptu- guest appearanc

MAY 16-JURE 30. 1949

SAVINGS DRIVE-The United States. Congress took up the Treasury's "Opportunity Bond Drive" and set up a booth for selling bonds inside the Capitol Building in Washington. Helping out are GOP Congressmen, left to right, Byrnes, Cole, Eaton, Martin, Rogers and Auchincloss,

ODD-Shirred knicker-

bockers, partly concealed by an open overshirt of taffeta-lined black wool, made their appearance at Pierre Balmain's mid-

season collection in Paris.

NEW RESIDENTS-These two lesser pan las are cousins of the giant panda. When they are accustomed to their environment at the city zoo in St. Louis, Missouri,

they will be placed in an open pit next to their larger kin.

HIGH ADVERTISING Mario Fabre, 21, climbed the 100-foot obelisk at the end of the Champs Elysee in Paris and stood on his head as a publicity stunt. After six hours, hook and ladder equipment was used to bring him down to earth.

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