THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH," WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1949.
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NEWSFRONT
HOMEWORK AHEAD-There's a lot of homework In store for Roberta Lee Mason (left), 14, who waS badly burned when she rescued four brothers, and sisters from their blazing home last February. She missed school while recuperating, and la presented with a stack of texts by Chicago's superintendent.
COOL-IE COLLIE-Even pedigreed dogs get hot in the hot weather, and love to head for the lawn, sprinkler to cool off. This is Count of Noranda, a pedigreed collie, owned by the T. Stevens family of Franklin' Square, New York,
Count's heavy coat needs the sprinkling, too.
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TANGLED FREIGHT—A railway wrecker (left) begins the big job of clearing the tracks after a freight wreck in Bondurant. The wrecker is starting to un- tangle the pile-up of 21 Great Western cars, left after the train jumped the
tracks. It's a big job.
ALL ASHORE This U.S. Navy man started out to board a battleship but ended up in a plane. Lt Alston Ellis salutes as he gets into his ship. He's one of the 54 Annapolis graduates who volunteered for the Air Force Instead of the Navy. He's now undergoing training at Randolph Field, Texas.
SUMMER ON THE FARM-It's alfalfa harvesting time on the big farms of the American midwest, sach as this farm north of Mitchell, Kansas. Here on Joe Hunter's ncres, the alfalfa is cut in windrows, then picked up and cut for feed by the field cutter at lower right. Now that the wheat harvest is over, other crops will be brought in.
RAYS FOR PETE -Berliners invent a new way to ị keep a loved name around for a while. At Wannsee Lake Beach, Greta Gronen (right) is letting the sun tattoo the name "Pete" on her back,"
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FULL GLEAM AHEAD Ann Blyth Hollywood actress, certainly should gleam after a bath in this mechanised tub. The beauteous screen star was named "Misa Tinker'a Dame for 1949" by the National Asso clation of Inventors. She'll get her title at the organisation'a October convention in Los Angeles.
TRAVEL TWINS-Ideal for travelling la this twin' sweater sult with dyed to match wool skirt. The attractive model is Wendy Wells-E
DR FLASH-Invading the polio ward with a camera, Acme staff photographer Norman Williams (left) looks like a doctor in the ward at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Pollo victims Rex Hub, 20 months, and Fred Benson, 18, are intrigued by the camera,
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