The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1947, Page 3

NEAU, ALASKA ; PAGE THREF HE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS IN PICTURES SATURDAY, J THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE v 9 e SINGER . Gail Meredith of Saskatoon, Sask., in the United States for singing engagements, was chosen by New York night club ewners as “Miss Supper Club.” JET BOOSTS CARGO PLANE _ A plane with nine tons of tree-ripened bananas gets a jet boost at Mexico City for a trip to New Yerk, Planes can't take off with full pay load without aid because of high altitude. ANTARCTIC BOUND _ A helicopter warms up on the dcck of seaplane tender US$ Currituck, one of three ships leaving San Diego, Calil,, to join the fourth Byrd expedition. m Actress Judy Canova holds Champion Giralda's Venture (left) and Champion Giralda's Snowbell, English cocker spaniels owned by Mr. and Mrs, Bud Lewis, Los Angeles, at Giendale, Calif., dog show. ke ® . , _ CHRISTMAS DOLLS — 7Three Wellesley (Mass.) Colicge girls hold a few of almost a ACTRESS AP thousand dolls dressed by student members of the school's Christian Association. They are intended g b fee M_M{"-‘rm.l for needy children who might not have one to cuddle Christmas. Left to right: Marilyn MacGregor Carroll of the films poses after af Woreon O Winifred Corev of Buffalo, N. Y., and Marion Wels of Pittsburgh. arriving. in on ithe Quecn zabeth {rom England, BAGS BIG BUC K _ Miss Margaret Whelpley of Port- land, Me., poses with a 339 pound buck she brought down with one shot while hunting in Maiie. State Game Commissioner George J. Stopie said it was the season's biggest kill, BEIRUT VIEW _ The harbor of Beirul, Lebanon, is FIGURINE iramed by the bow ol the aircraft carrier Randolph as units of Angel Casey of Chl Ahe U.S. fleet visited the city during a tour of the Mediterranean. Shitisuass gt fon - 4, » GIANT TRANSFORMERS — These transformers were built to step electric current up as much as 500,000 volts— nearly 75 per cent greater voltage than now carried by any trans- - mission line—at the Westinghouse plant, Sharon, Pa. via PRIZE WINNERS — The smallest six-hitch team, enfered by Fred Robipson of Howe, Ind, and the largest, driven by Frank Housley for Wilson Co., get together, at the Chicago livestoek show. Big boys are Clydesdale geldings. Little ones are Shetland ponies. FIRST FLIGHT — Mrs. J. G, Faurofe (left), 95, of | Fontanelle, Ia., chats with Stewardess Muriel Chandler at Chicago y on her. first airplane flight—from Des Moines to Hartford, Conrn. h ‘ o 3 i " . She recalled 81 years ago she spent 18 days on a covered wagon BLIZZARD MISSION — A Colorado ranchman feeds cattle from a traetor-drawn sled Journey from Muscatine, Towa, to Fontanelle. She went to Mide f hay durin, blizzard, Th 0 Vi AR o to VI her Sl I« of hay g a blizzard, ousands of cattle were saved from starvation in this way, v 7 . 7 G fiyj’”/ta A B MEDITERRANEAN. VISIT _ An American sailor looks from his ship in the harbor at Beirut, Lebanon, during a visit of U, S. fleet units on tour of Mediterranean ports,