THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949.
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ART TO RIDE THE WAVES Symbolic figures in the Viking tradition will grace the prow of the Oslofjord, a trans-Atlantic liner just completed for the Norwegian America Lino in Amsterdam, Holland. Emil Lle, noted sculptor, is modelling the bow decoration in clay before It is cast in bronze to be gold plated.
PLENTY OF CORN AND BEANS-When à drawbar. apparently broke on a freight car while travelling 70 miles an hour, eight cars plunged into the Turkey River, near Fort Atkinson, Jown, spilling their contents of shelled corn and soybeans into the water. About 200 feet of track got torn up, 16 cars were damaged in all and one of the two-span railway bridges was wrecked.
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN-The Rojo family of Havana, Cuba, prepares to leave the New York International Airport for home after a tour of Europe. Representing three generations, there were 14 of them and they are said to be the largest family group ever to fly under an airline's family plan.
FLYING TRIANGLE This U.S. jet-powered Convair XF-92A whips along over Muroc Air Force Base (California) In one of the tests proving the stability and low drag at subsonic speeds of this novel shape. The 60-degree sweepback, in contrast to the 35 degrees of current types, gives it the name "delin wing" because of the resemblance to the Greek letter. Tests indicate that this wing shape may become standard for all sub- and transonic aircraft.
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BLADES FOR SPEED AND POWER-A mechanic checks the contra-rotating propellers of the Wyvern TF-2 exhibited at a preview of the new British Air- craft show held at Farnborough, Hants, England. The unusual plane, with eight blades combined, is one of the many new designs displayed at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' exhibit.
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE BACK-After an 11-year suspension, Octoberfest is again being celebrated in Munich, Germany. For the first time. since the beginning of the war, the festival is being observed with sufficient quantities of sirong German beer, and all the accompanying results.
THEY CAN WAIT It takes time and patience to attain the precision of '' ballerina Flamettä Hildegardé, shown teaching a class of youngsters in Berlin, Germany. But her pupils are not in a hurry for their ages range from live to eight, and they've years of training-ahead of them.
OFF TO A WARMER CLIMATE-This sky covering flight of starlings, buzzing in for a landing near Collinsville, linoly, is heading for a winter climate where the temperature suits their clothes
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INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY Cathy Carlton, 20, arrives in New York after a visit to the English Channel Island of Jersey: A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, girl, Cathy entered a beauty contest while visiting a cousin on the island and won first place in a compétition with GO girls from England France and Jersey:
OVERGROWN Frances Laliaire, of Las Vegas, Nevada, poses with the longest cucumber ever grown. It's four feet and
weighs 15 pounds.
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