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O'day said 'I was in the City hall Press Room shooting 'cheesecake' pictures of divorcees when word came a witness had 'passed out.'' He reached the courtroom as the body was being removed.

Assigned to cover the Democratic Convention, Mr. Larson was given the job of watching the Truman family during the course of nominations. At the moment this picture was taken, Wallace was in the lead, but despair in the Truman family quickly turned…

Imprisoned in a crushed car, Louis Roemmer, Attica, Ind., calmly awaits extrication. He and two women in the car were uninjured.

Although the fire didn't make a picture, several firemen were overcome. Mr. McElleney noticed the Dalmatian, traditional 'fire dog' wandering among the stricken men. It was only a matter of patiently waiting for the dog to stop long enough at a…

Man with head bowed after auto accident.

After taking several record pictures at the scene of a gas explosion which killed two persons, Mr. Henderson noticed a man cleaning debris from the roof of his home across the street. Henderson climbed to the roof to make this picture.

These men are with the 34th Division of the Fifth Army. They were in the African and Italian campaigns, and have since been reassigned or discharged.

Aachen, Germany, becomes darkened by exploding shells as Yank Artillery men move their gun into position at the corner of Bismarck Street. Day after this picture was taken by Brandt for Acme and the War Pool, it was announced that the American First…

In a vain effort to break the tape Barth Allegro, New Ultrecht High, N.Y., lunges at the finish line. The camera catches him falling as he tries to beat Roland Morgan, Cardoza High, Washington, winner in a High School Relay at Philadelphia's…

Hatty Beverly, Negro domestic, leaps from tenth floor of Central Park West apartment into net rigged by police. Officer was being lowered when she jumped after three hours of indecision.