1949-11-07 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER

PICTORIAL

1949.

NEWSFRONTE

AIR FORCE KEEPS VIGIL-The 33rd Fighter Group at Olís Air Force Base, near Falmouth, Massachusetts, is a vital link in the network of fighter bases guarding the northeastern approaches to the US. The personnel of about 1,400 airmen operate the F-84 Thunderjet, 600 mph jet fighter. Here Sgt. Henry L. Minch, a member of the group, help, with the refuelling of his own plane.

FLOODS IN ITALY—A cloudburst which flooded the provinces near Naples has taken, 30 ilyen, injured a thousand and caused $1,500,000 damage. This family, in Benevento, is sloshing through mud In search of

belongings scattered by the floods.

FROM AUSTRIA

The Vienna Boys Choir arrives in New York for a concert tour of the United States. - Ranging in age from 10-10-13, the boys have toured the country before. At the extreme-right is the conductor, Harald

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KEEPING IT COOL-Water cannot be used for direct contact cooling of the giant cyclotron of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Instead, water showers down through this tower and cools a special oil which resists electricity.

SHAMROCK OF FIRST WINE This shamrock-shaped stack of wine kegs holds the same wine that was put in them in a Sandusky, Ohio, winery in 1878. The wine cellars of that city, with their thick limestone walls and rows of aged kegs, have an atmosphere of old-world wine-making tradition and many of the casks originally brought from Europe are still in use.

NOT FOR HER Despite being chosen "Miss. Western Week," in Palm Springs, California, Yvonne Dillon prefers bathing suits to western outfits, and she has good

reasons.

BIG HUNK OF DOG-Burl Ives, well-known ballad singer, is shown at his home in Van Nuys, California, with his dog, Major, The Harlequin great Dane weighs 207 pounds and stands six feet three inches tall on its hind legs. Ives got it three years ago when it wighed six pounds; now it's the largest great Dane in U.S.

PARIS DUEL-French movie critic Francois Chalais, left, clashes with film director Willy Rozler in, à rapier ducj in the woods near Paris. Rozier challenged the critic after the latter wrote an article criticising Rozier's latest film and its starring actress, Marie Dea. (Chalais was alcked in the arm early in the duel

and the affair was settled.

ABOUT IT-

HAPPY Binging

Fran Warren has been chosen "Queen of Song" by the American Academy of Entertainment. Fran's voice has taken. her right to the top of the popularity ladder.

UNDERWATER RADIO-This Mullard GFR 509 radio is waterproof and its makers exhibited it in a tank of water at the Radio Olympia show in London, England, to demonstrate its suitability for extreme climates. The girl listening can hardly bellove her earphones as she hears an announcer gargling "This is