1950-01-12 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1950.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

TRANSPLANTED--Because she is homesick, Eliza- beth Loushy, an American who has lived in England for three years, grows her own vegetables from home. At an exhibition in London, she showed corn, eggplant, Ha beans and pumpkins.

STRANGE MINING—A strip coal mine operator, near Woodland, Pennsylvania, mines his property against marauders. He is placing dynamite charges around Roving pickets have blown up one of the trees along the road to the mine.

tipples in the area.

GOING

Laura

UP Elliot is one starlet in Hollywood who is climb- ing the ladder of success.

GARAGE FIRE-Firemen pour water on the burning debris of a five-storey garage which was wrecked in. New York when some gasoline exploded. At least two persons were injured by the concussion, which shat- tered scores of windows in the area.

THE SEARCH-Grown-ups and a tiny baby dig for buried treasure after hear. ing a repot tant coins had been found on the beach at Mantoloking, New Jersey, Rumour had that the "gold" washed ashore was from a British ship that sank

o 1813, but experts doubted the value of such coins,

BABY-SITS AT SEA Many children cross the Atlantic unaccompanied, and Jadwiga Werpachowski, "ship's mother" for the Gdynia American Line, has shepherded hundreds of them. A qualified nurse, psychiatrist and linguist, she here points out the New York skyline to a young charge.

A PERFECT PLACE FOR SHADE-This maple tree, near Munising, Michigan, is unique. It has five vertical trunks, with the main trunk making`a loop from left to right, with both ends having a perfect root system. There must be lots

of shade-while the leaves last.

BLASTING THEIR WAY-Water sorred high when 25,000 pounds of dynamite exploded in the Potomie River near Washington, D.C. The blast blew a trench in the river bed for a 'gas pipeline.

BERTHS WITH FIRE ABOARD—The freighter, Hawalian Raucher, lists dan- _gerously over a fro tug in Alameda, California, as firemen pour water to save ita cargo of wallboard and pineapple. The ship caught fire and rolled over to port as it was berthing.

GETTING THEIR KNOW-HOW-During the biggest manoeuvres held since the war in the French Zone of Germany, naar Wittlich, the French Army lind high- ranking observers from 10 other Atlantic Pact countries. Here soldiers repair a 30-ton tank after an “engagement” in 'n' pitched battle on the northern bank of the Moselle River,