Universal Newsreel Volume 23, Release 403: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. ELECTIONS GIVE GOP BIG BOOST - With voters swarming to the polls in a record off year number, Republicans score impressive gains in both branches of congress. Senator Taft is returned to office in a landslide over the opposition of labor, and Governor Warren of California registers an impressive victory over James Roosevelt. In a three-way election Acting Mayor Impellitteri of New York licks the Tammany machine to return to office. 2. DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND: NEW YORK - A few mere millions worth of diamonds amble around on a collection of lovelies. The nation's leading jewelry designers trot out their wares and the whole result is slightly dazzling. 3. FRENCH RETREAT IN INDO-CHINA: INDO-CHINA - With hundreds of thousands of Chinese Reds massed on the border, French garrisons are forced to abandon frontier outposts. French and native forces withdraw before Vietminh pressure. 4A/B/C. HUNTING AND FISHING: CANADA - A fisherman's paradise, high in the Arctic Circle where the day never ends. Great Slave Lake provides a bonanza for commercial fishermen, and for sportsman who throw back 20-lb. trout as too small. / CALIFORNIA - At Tule Lake, migratory ducks and geese seek refuge at great waterfowl sanctuary. For those who stray too far away, a hunter's gun is the end of the trail. A day's bag in a matter of minutes. / ARKANSAS - Dog trials for hungry hounds, pitted against wily raccoons. Overland, or through the water, the dogs pursue the cute ring-tailed critters, during colorful trials. (LOCAL – DALLAS) WARNS OF U.S. WAR NEEDS.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library