1949-08-09 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1949.

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LAST OF WAR-CRIMES TRIALS—Otto Abetz, Nazi ambassador to Paris during the occupation, listens to the opening of his trial in that city. It is the last war-crimes trial scheduled in France.

SEA SWEEPER-Workers In a New York shipyard turn about and clean the Driftmaster which the U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers uses to keep New York Harbour clean. The 99-foot vessel gives the harbour a clean sweep-down with two electrically operated chain nets having a capacity of 12 tons each. It has cleaned the harbour of many odd things, Including bodies,

BROKEN WATER MAIN CAUSES DAMAGE-This was the result of a broken water main in Dayton, Ohio. The gusher flooded a large section of the city, and the water rose high enough in some places to completely cover

a car.

A NEW THREESOME-Gipsy Lad's Missy, a regis- tered Jersey cow,' displays motherly concern as Jack. “L. Shepard holds her one-day-old triplet calves, in Glen Ellen, California. According to Shepard, such an event is very rare. The mother is 15 years old.

THE WATER'S NOT 80 FINE- Caught napping with his feet in the water, Brother Hugh Robbins, a member of the Congregation of St Viator, wards off a dip-in by school boys at McHenry, Illinois. Brother Hugh is a member of the staff of the Catholic Charities' Comp Villa Marie on Pistakee Bay where children

from the orphanages spend a two-week vacation each summer.

ALL AT SEA-The flight deck of the Flagship H.MS. Implacable shows some of its fighter planes. Following Is the Aigne, an escort destroyer. These. British yessels are in the Bay of Biscay, participating in manoeuvres with ships from the Benelux nations.

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FOR THE ATOMIC AGE-Postman Samuel Gordon and New York's Postmaster, Albert Goldman, try on a new mallbox in that city. It is designed to conform with the new streamlined aluminium electric light pole approved by New York's art-commission.

BIRDS IN HAND Hulda Gonzalez holds a rare golden parrot valued at U.S.$2,000, while two hyacinth macaws settle on the wrist and shoulder of Alton Freeman, in Miami, Florida. Looking down at them is a toco toucan,

big bird among toucans in Brazil, where these birds came from.

FÜR CAPE Actress Rosalind Russell, in Hollywood, wears. this for capo la a new picture.

· Made of beaver,” the lin- -

- Ing matches the costume.

STRANGE CARGO-Little Marie-Christine Choserol, two, isn't exactly a licensed ferry operator on the Marno River, at Nogent-Sur-Marne, France. However, she's most obliging about transporting small animals, such as this kid, up and down the river to the best „of her limited ability.