Universal Newsreel Volume 18, Release 402: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. AIR HEROES HOME: BRADLEY FIELD, CT - 65 U.S. bombers return over 1,000 U.S. Air Force personnel for furlough and specialized training, prior to duty in the Pacific. 2. NEW CABINET MEMBERS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thomas Clark of Dallas, TX, becomes Attorney General, Clinton Anderson becomes Sec. of Agriculture and Lewis Schwellenbach takes oath as Sec. of Labor as President Truman makes further changes in his official family. 3. STETTINIUS—4 FREEDOMS: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Sec. of State Stettinius states that the U.S. adheres to the Four Freedoms and will defend them. 4A/B/C. NEW PRESS SECRETARY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Charles Ross, St. Louis newspaperman, is sworn in as the new White House Press Secretary in President Truman's presence. / HOOVER AT WHITE HOUSE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ex-President Herbert Hoover confers in White House with President Truman as international food crisis arises. / HODGES COMES HOME: ATLANTA, GA. - Gen. Courtney Hodges, whose U.S. First Army took part in the sweeping victory in Europe, is given a thunderous welcome as he returns to his home state—Georgia. 5. ONE-ARMED B.B. STAR: YANKEE STADIUM - Pete Gray, one-armed left fielder of the St. Louis Browns, fields with case and gets his share of hits in his Big Town debut. 6. ON BLOODY OKINAWA: Admiral Chester Nimitz flies to Okinawa to view the costly progress which the U.S. 10th Army is making. Wounded Yanks limp past the graves of their dead comrades. Tremendous artillery bombardments answer the barrages which the Japs are laying down in an unsuccessful effort to stop the Yanks. G.I.'s creep forward under cover of bazooka fire and flame-throwing tanks. High explosive grenades destroy Jap defense caves. Jap corpses and dummy tanks are passed. The advance continues over ridges and across valleys, until finally, Naha the ruined capital of Okinawa is entered. (LOCAL – CANADA) KINGS PLATE AT ?? (LOCAL – CANADA) FESTIVITIES FOR MAY DAY.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library