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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1949,

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONTE

DOING THEIR BIT TO HELP—In order to promote the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds, some of America's top cartoonists are touring the country in a special plane. They are shown leaving New York's LaGuardia Airport for the christening of the plane in Washington, DC, before visiting 18 other large cities

throughout the country to encourage the purchase of more bonds.

MOTHER'S HELPER-When actor Gregory Peck'a Alsatian police dog gave birth to 13 pupples at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, feeding them was a problem. There were too many for one mother, s0 Peck got some small bottles and helped her out.

IRISH CHALLENGE~Arriving in New York on the American Scout are eight horses of the Irish Army team which will compete in international military jumping contests at Madison Square Garden. Some enlisted men in charge of

the horses seem happy about their first visit to the U.S.

A WET MYSTERY—When Edward McAnany, of New York, failed to find his car, he reported it missing to the police. It was eventually located, partly sub. merged in the Bronx River, but why it was stolen and

Jeft in the watef remains a secret.

POTTERY CRAFTSMANSHIP IN ENGLAND John Robinson, 17, paints He uses the skill passed birds on china plates at a pottery In Stoke-on-Trent, down to him through four centuries of potters in the town which is one of the He is serving an last strongholds of hand craftsmanship in Britain. apprenticeship in a profession which requires infinite patience and long study.

WOWI-Although

dancer Diane Shinn, in San Francisco, Call- fornia, wears ♫ sport shirt designed for men, no one could claim that it would look better on any male than it does on Diane. It looks like П perfect fit.

STILL GOING STRONG-Mrs Jane Saylor celebrates her 103rd birthday at the GAR Home for Civil War veterans and their widows in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. The Rev. Russell A. Pavy, a guest at Mrs Saylor's party, waits for a slice of fancy birthday cake as his sprightly hostess prepares to cut it.

CAMERAMAN KILLED IN MANOEUVRES—A realistic invasion, staged by 1,500 U.S. Marines in South Boston, Massachusetts, before a million spectators, proved fatal to one photographer. Morris Fineberg was killed Instantly when a mortar.accidentally exploded too close to him. The Invasion was planned as part of the advanced training programme for the Marines.

AN OLD 'FRIEND—A¤· interested spectator at the World Series in New. York is Mrs Calvin Coolidge, widow of the former U.S. 'President. Her smiling Interest Indicates she's a real fan, too

SHE'S GOING OVER-Actress Kanayo Tanaka, left, signa In Tokyo for a personal appearance tour of the United States. Looking ou la R. S. Hale of New York, who will manage the trip for the first Japange

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