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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1949. :

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

MAMMY I AND II-Al Jolson (right) and Larry Parks have their joint photo taken-and in a familiar Jolson pose. During a recent radio appearance-his first-Parks had this picture taken with Jolson and was seen publicly with the

man whom he imitated in a film, for the first time.

BERMUDA BOUND-Four-year-old Virginia Jeffreys shyly displays her most treasured possession, a stuffed rabbit, at LaGuardia Field in New York. Living with her mother in Columbus, Mississippi,, she will spend the next three years in Bermuda with her father.

COLOSSEUM IN ROME Here is Rome's Colos geum (background) 1,868 years after its inaugura- tion by Emperor Titus in 80 A.D. Gladitorial com- bats, la which 5,000 animals were killed in 100 days, marked the open- Ing. Holes in walls were bored in Middle Ages to remove iron cramps, valu-` able in those days. In foreground is Triumphal Arch of Emperor Con-

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UP IN THE CLOUDS-This

F-84 Thunderjets provides an unusual picture as it zooms along near Washington, D.C., in tight formation. The U.S. planes belong to the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Ab Force Base, at Sumter, South Carolina.

TAGGING ALONG- Bonnie Yeager is sure That fifty million French- men can't be wrong, s0 she suns herself in a new French bathing suit at Miami Beach, Florida.

CAR BLAST INJURES SEVEN-While being gussed in a New York garage, this car caught on fire and seven persons were injured. The gas tank exploded as Bremen rolled the vehicle into the street and part of the front of a nearby building was blown out.

EARLY MADONNAS—Elaine O'Connor holds 12th century-Brittany wood carving of Madonna and Child at Harding Museum, Chicago. Spanish Sculpture (right) is of same period.

MAKES 'EM LOOK AS THEY ARE Joan Evans, teen-age star of "Roseanna McCoy,” gets the finishing touches for her part from Bob Stephanoff, who's been doing this sort of work for 22 years. The make-up oxpert uses a secret stain to give, a natural make-up effect, yet can meet the demands of the film camera.

-FLEDGLINGS--These baby chicks are about to fy- but not with their own wings. They are going to be lown by plans to a poultry farm where they will live sheltered life that will better fit them for their

ultimate destination the dinner table,

DOCK STRIKE CAUSES FIRE-Fire boat crew pour water on a fire that spread through two coal docks at St. George, New York. Seven persons were injured while fighting the five-alarm blaze on Staten Island, Dairage was estimated at U.S.$500,000.

AT CAT SHOW——Mrs Holen Hildebrand of Brooklyn, New York, holds her white, Persian, Buster; at Brooklyn Long Island Cat Club show In Brooklyn.

· 175 pedigreed felines were displayet