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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1949.

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CHURCHILL HÖNÖURS U.S. ENVOY-Winston Churchill (left) confers an honorary degree upon U.S. Ambassador Lewis Douglas at the University of Bristol, England.

CHRISTMAS TRIMMING-Uncle Holly, character introduced by British to brighten this year's holiday season, presents gift to Roberta Flood in London store. Despite austerity, British have assured kiddies that Uncle Holly, here played by actor Jimmy Charters, will not replace Santa Claus. He'll serve as a sort of negotiator to handle difficult requests.

POLISHING JOB-Don Hendrix, Mt. Wilson Observatory optician, operates a special machine to remove 20 millionths of an inch from part of the surface of the 200-inch mirror for the Hale telescope on California's Palomar Mountain.

HONOURED - Peter Ivanovich Parshin, minis- ier of machinery and instrument industry, was awarded Russia's highest decoration The Order of Lenin. Speculation out-

side USSR was that he might have received it for atomic bomb work.

JET PROPELLED FIGHTER-BOMBER-This F-84E Thunderjet, a high-speed long range fighter, has become the U.S. Air Force's first jet propelled tighter bomber. It is equipped with 32 five-inch rockets and

six M-3 50 calibre machine guns.

IT'S COLD INSIDE-A completed car" undergoes an extreme weather test at Morris Motors plant, Oxford, England, where It is prepared for export by that dollar low country.

PRIZE WINNER-Lord Boyd Orr, winner of the 1949 Nobel Peace prize, addresses a meeting in

London during celebra- * tion of America-British

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STAGG HONOURED-Anios Alonzo Stagg, 87, stands with Mrs Stagg during celebration at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrave, Pennsylvania, when the "grand old man of football" was honoured in his 60th year' as a college gridiron mentor.

SKYLINE Ava Hall makes a pretty silhouette against the sky at Miami Beach, Florida.

ULTRAMODERN CHURCH-This is the main altar in St. Mark's Church, ultramodern Roman Catholic church near Burlington, Vermont. The altar is of native black-veined Vermont marble. A side altar, pulpit and choir are at the rear, right: Crucifix over the main altar hangs from the central dome of the church.

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ANCIENT SCROLL DISPLAYED — The Athanasius Yeshue Samuel of the Assyrian Orthodox Church displays in Washington an ancient scroll text of the Book of Isaiah in Hebrew script. It is believed. more than 2,000 years old.

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