1949-08-29 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1949,

PICTORIAL NEWSFRONTE

HOSE, BUT NOT SILK The fire fighter with the "white helmet is a Navy nurse, Lt. (JG) Wanda Good- thart, of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The skipper of her ship, the transport USS General Butner, believes nurses should know how to fight a fire. So Lt. Good- hart is taking a two-day course at Pearl Harbour's Fire Fighting School.

ALTAR OF THANKS—When Silvio Berberini and his four sons huddled against a wall during an Allied bombardment of Rome, he prayed to the Madonna of Divine Love for protection. His friends nearby were killed but he was spared. Berberini erected a smäll altar, and ́sirice then the shrine has become a’favourite prayer place for Romans, who bring flowers and candles,

TALE OF TAILS-For these little misses, braid is the staff of life. They're i competing for the title of Pigtail Queen at Chicago's Railway Fair. The winner was Helen Sendejas (left), 11, whose braids stretched 331⁄2 inches. Others are, left to right, Lola Wilde, Judy Heltzet and Carol Nevlida.

OLDEST SCOUT-Dan Chapman, 87, claims to be the world's oldest Boy Scout. Chapman, from Par, Corn- wall, England, founded a troop in Par in 1908, the year after the Scout movement began. Now he's entitled to 40 service stars, but has trouble finding room fir them on his shirt. He's talking over scouting with Wolf Cub Michael Rowe, nine.

WHY DADDY DIED — Kathleen and Michael O'Conner look with awe at the flag their father, Marine William J. O'Conner, helped push to the top of Mt Suribachi during the Pacific war. The flag is displayed at the Fifth Marine Division convention in Philadelphia, and is guarded by Marine Capt. Victor Kleeber, of Elgin, Illinois, a close friend of O'Conner. The children's father died last December, as a result of injuries sustained on Iwo Jima.

TINY BUT TOUGH-Tiny is only playing here, but the Mexican Chihuahua has been trained to go for people with guns. The dog's master, in San Francisco, is holding the gun here, but Tiny's teeth would play for keeps if he didn't know the man.

NUDIST CONVENTION

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ON A CLEAR DAY-The man with the telescope here claims he's got a valid excuse for his sport. taking a quick look at the proceedings of the American ociation convention (nudists to you) Merrado. Acinally, to mys, he's just

Sunbathing in Morrkont

GOOD NEIGHBOURS Fire destroyed the home that Roy Vanover and his family were about to move into last Juns in Wilmette, a Chicago suburb. But, new home will soon be ready, thanks to neighbours like Harold Crame (left)

and Jim Christenson (centre), who helped Vanover to rebuild.

UST BEAUTIFUL- Lovely blonde· · Marie Wilson, who specialises

In playing beautiful but RTS

⠀ dumb girls in the movies, certainly qualifies for the frat adjective.

REMOVE ELECTROCUTED WORKMAN Workmen remove the body of M. F. Grider, 66, a railwa ployee in Dallas, Texas, Grider was electrocuted when an electric feeder line broke and fell across

trolley car power line,