THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY
1949
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
AGROUND-The ferryboat above is stranded on a mud bar on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, near Chester, Pennsylvania. The boat was carrying. a fog.. 10 trucks, 15 cars and about 40 people, when she went, aground in
DERBY ENTRANTS—Arriving in San Francisco, California, from Honolulu, are Waikiki, left, and Lele Lele: They made the 2,400-mile trip as entrants in the 13th annual California Horned Toad Derby at Coalinga. In Hawall they are-
used to combat insects destructive to plant life..ini
GELEBRATE NEW SULTAN-During ceremonies marking the installation of the Sultan of Perak, in Kuala Kangsar, Malaya, boys of the Arab school march away from the Ubudiah Mosque.
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THEY ARE PRODUCING a new type of motor-cycle in Germany—with no front and back forks One strut holds the front wheel. To change the wheels only three nuts have to be twisted. A swinging axlo carries, at one end, the motor, at the other the hub of the rear wheel. It has a top speed of 47 miles an hour; runs 141 miles to the gallon. Cost at the factory: Approximately £50.
ABOUT TO STRIKE—This photo shows a tornado as. It was approaching Terre Haute, Indiana. It caused considerable damage in that city and in neighbouring towns, leaving a total of six dead and about 60 injured. Many homes were completely destroyed before the violent storm expended its full force,
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FLASHY GIRLS-After_|_|_being chosen Photoflash of 1949" in Cleveland, Lois Westgren, centre, holds her victory trophy. With her are runners-up Inez Arnold, left, and Louls Relcher. Lois will probably compete for the title of “Miss America."
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