The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 10

PACE TEN Phone 2263 PO'ITSTOWN MERCURY. POTTSTOWN, PA. THURSDAY MORNINC, OCTOBER 10. 1946 Camera Catches News Highlights Here staff Supervisor J. Ci Lester looks down on the newly-painted America, at Newport News, as the giant ship is reconverted after war service to compete with the British ships in the Atlantic.

The America made her maiden run in 1940, then was transformed into a troopship. Now, completely outfitted with new furnishings, the ship is scheduled to begin first transatlantic voyage from New York October 17, Three former prisoners of war enjoy a hearty laugh during a happy reunion celebration at an Army rest camp in Hakone, Japan. They are (left to right): Fiola McCrory, of San Francisco; Col. Guy Stubbs, of Peach Bottom, and Wanda Werff, of San Francisco, Calif. A fisherman drops a line in Otter Falls, near the 1600-inlle Alaskan highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to beyond Fairbanks, Alaska.

For the first time in the history of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, a layman was permitted to read the Epistle at a Holy Communion service. Here Lord Audley (center), 33, a bachelor, of Guilford, Surrey, England, is shown reading from St. Epistle to the Ephesians at the ceremony in St. James church, Great tlar- rington, Mass. At left Is Richard Mortimer-Maddox, rector.

The pilot, co-pilot and 42 passengers escaped from the wreckage of this United Air Lines mainliner which crashed near Cheyenne, Wyo. Two passengers were killed. The fore part of the control cabin, sheared off but still almost intact, is at the extreme left. Tht four-engined plane crashed while on a San Francisco to Chicago run. This is not a magician's trick.

The otherwise normal bunny, which is six-weeks-old, has learned how to save wear and tear on his paws and shows off little canine friend, in London. The rabbit raises his after end and walks perfectly on his two front paws. Frank Toy, chef at an inn near Windsor, displays thick, juicy steaks which are attracting many residents of the United States to Canadian cafes along the border, (AP Wirephoto.) Getting ready to take a dip at an English beach, London showgirl Angeja Page adjusts the snaps on her homemade bathing suit. Because of the shortage of cloth, many English girls making their from old Summer dresses. While touring Europe Gen.

Dwight Elsenhower pays his respects at simple grave of Gen. George Patton in Luxembourg. Although Patton was often the when Eisenhower was SHAEF chief, there was a warm personal friendship between them. In Chicago to attend the 65th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor as representatives of the Screen Actors Guild, this group of motion picture stars are shown as they discussed the dispute now raging in the film capital between two AFL studio unions. Shown are (left to right); Edward Arnold, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Wyman, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, George Murphy, Ronald ReagaJi, Alexis Smith, Robert Taylor and Gene Kelly.

James A. Bunn lost no time spanning the gangplank when his wife docked in Shanghai, with 75 dependents of Army personnel in China. The been in since 1914. S-ttfd In Lee county courthouse shelter In Ft. Myers Mrs.

Robert Ti tfdf-r telis her son, Randall, that they can leave for their home the larricane ragiag ap from Cuba had passed by with less fury yitfu ejipected. Winds of 5d MFH were reported in the area. iiliU W'tnner of the title of "Miss Australia of Rhondda Kelly, to, is shown at a New York hotel following her arrival from Brisbane. A former student, at the Uni ty of Queensland, her prize was a trip to Great Britain, Canada, and iht United States. A new commerce secretary, W.

Averell Harriman, (left) takes the oath of office from a new chief justice, Fred M. Vinson, (right) in a ceremony at the commerce department In Washington. In background are (left to right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Postmaster General Robert £. fan, Attorney General Tom Claris and Secretary ol War Robert P.

Patterson, Radar comes to the aid of the housewife, with the result being a new cooking range which cooks an entire mtal in less than one minute. Mrs. Eloise Robinson of Cof hituate, sets timer on hot dof and roll which will out in eight.