New Life-Saving Raft Testing a newly designed raft which is constructed alike on both sides, enabling it to take to water under almost any conditions. Bullet-proof, it has compartments for emergency provisions. Photo passed by the British censor. by Wide World Photos, Inc.

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Saigh Bows Out -- Fred Saigh, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club facing a 15-months prison term for income tax evasion, gets a handshake from baseball commissioner Ford Frick, left, at the conclusion of their conference here today. Saigh plans to turn over the club's helm to a citizens' committee pending disposal of his stock in the Cardinals. Looking on at center is baseball writer Gus Steiger of the New York Daily Mirror, one of numerous sportswriters covering the dramatic meeting.

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New Life-Saving Raft Testing a newly designed raft which is constructed alike on both sides, enabling it to take to water under almost any conditions. Bullet-proof, it has compartments for emergency provisions. Photo passed by the British censor.

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