1949-11-28 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1949.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

WITH RADAR'S AID-Dr George Klotzbaugh holds a dry raindrop In the path of a radar beam in Pitis- burgh, Pennsylvania. Made from a plastic mixture with the identical electrical behaviour of real rain, tho imitation drops are aiding scientists to discover the effect of rain, sleet and snow on ultra-shortwave radar of the kind used by military aeroplanes.

SURPRISE VISIT Cowboy star Roy Rogers gives Ronald Fedderwitz, aged nine, a patient in a New York hospital, the thrill of a life-time as he cuts the cake at a surprise birthday party for the lad. Dale Evans, Roy's wife, adds more cinema glamour to the event, which is one Ronnie will remember for a long, long time.

OBLIGING-Because their mother refused to nurse them in the Zoo at Wichita, Kansas, two leopard kittens had a wet nurse in a dog who had lost her own puppies, Zoo attendants Jesse Sullens, left, and Albert Propack lend a hand at feeding time.

"PASTEURISED”—Allen Prosser, 15, downed almost a gallon of milk to win the annual milk-drinking contest in the Los Angeles County Fair, outguzzling 30 .contestants. It was a 10-minute event with "cow juice" flowing fast and furiously.

SHE GETS AROUND-Shirley May France, the unsuccessful Channel swimmer who'll try again next year, arrives in Hartford, Connecticht, for a one-show stage appearance. She made the trip from her home town of Somerset, Massachusetts, by helicopter piloted by Al Budlong.

CUBA'S LOSS- When Mary Gonzales, shown at Miami Beach, Florida, became a secretary at the Venezuelan Consu- late, she won the title of "Miss Alianza,” al though she's a native of Cuba.

PEKE-A-BOO-Lovely British film star Jean Kent is almost unrecognised by her three-month-old Pekingese in her Latin-American costume. They're getting re-acquainted during a break on the set where Jean is making a picture.

OLD AND NEW GET TOGETHER -- Trains of yesterday and today come together on a railway trestle near Keddie Station, in Plumas County, California, during ceremonice commemorating the driving of the final spike in the Western Pacific Railway in 1909. A ruby-studded spike was driven in the same position: as the final spike to symbolise the railway's 40th anniversary. The Old 94, right, is the engine that hauled the first passenger over "the" line."

NEW CITIZENS-Renate Gabet looks over the educn-

tional equipment of Arthur Grabowek! as both

youngsters arrive in New York from Poland.

SOLID BUSINESSMAN While flames and smoke were giving Bre fighters a rough time in Santa Susana Pass, in California, Norman Parker, nine, set up business. He sold his first drink of lemonade to police offic JR. Dunlip. It. was a welcome drink for the officer who had to handle the traffic snarled by the

Adisastrous forest fira.