1949-09-27 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1949.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

FOUR ROYAL GENERATIONS—While spending his vacation at his summer residence on Ocland Island, in Sweden, King Gustav received a surprise visit from his great-grandchildren. Here he poses with Carl Gustaf, 3, second in succession to the throne after his grandfather, the Crown Prince.

THEY DO IT THEMSELVES These exasperated citizens in St Louis, Missouri, finally got tired of waiting for the highway department to fix the street in front of their homes. When the postman threatened to stop deliveries down the neglected street, this pick and shovel brigade went to work. For four evenings they worked three hours each, and everyone contributed $5 to buy repair materials.

TAKING TURNS Mary and Tubby, King penguins at the London, England, Zoo, are taking turns in hatching the egg they created. Right now papa is taking his turn sitting on the future heir, anxiously tucking it in a little more. Mama stands nervously by, for baby will be the first penguin hatched, in London,

FISHING BEAUTY—Any fish would be a fool not to fall for the line Pat Reed is casting at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pat, who halls from Philadelphin, shows what the well-dressed surf-caster wears to lure the blues and croakers out of the foam.

TO FIGHT DISEASE-Jim Moran, self-styled "sultan of swap," has parlayed a pile of bubble gum into over U.S.$2,000 worth of merchandise in a nation-wide tour. Stopping in Omaha, Nebra., Moran held a swapping session on a busy street corner. He plans to auction his loot on a New York television show and donate the proceeds to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,

PRACTIC A L—Mrs Theresa Duryea, Jr., of Bloomfield, New Jersey, shows the latest thing in baby-toting for the up- to-date mother. Mrs Duryea was a competitor for the title of "Mrs America," but despite her novel energy-saving device, she lost out in the finals.

TRYING HER LUCK-Shirley May France visits an amusement park in Dover, England, while waiting for good weather to try to swim the English Channel. Her coach, Harry Boudakian, even told the Somerset, Massachusetts, schoolgirl how to pitch some rings with, a prize as her goal.

RETURN OF "A PRIZE WINNER Champion Pulaski's Masterpiece, world famous toy poodle owned by Count Pulaski, displays his ribbons in New York after returning from a European tour. Trainer Lucy Copestake proudly smiles at the poodle for which the All Khan once offered US.$20,000,

LONG RIDE AHEAD-Ray Lowe, 49, is Garting, out from San Francisco, Calis

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in dags and bunting the Blood,

Mississippi, fleet passes in review on dis way into the Gulf of Mexico to start the