Smart Set’s Annual Horse Show Lures Notables of the “400” (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1931)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. SMART SET’S ANNUAL HORSE SHOW LURES NOTABLES OF THE “400”: TUXEDO, NY - Society in summer colony become railbirds at annual display of thoroughbreds, competing for blue ribbon honors in first important event of year. Jumping races, four-in-hand teams, and saddle contests among classes shown by leading stables of nation’s fanciers. Millicent Rogers, the former Countess Slam, Mrs. David Wagstaff, Mrs. Charles Fellows Gorden, and Mrs. George B. St. George, the latter two daughters of the late George F. Baker, billionaire financier, among those present. 2. $1,000,000 WIND TUNNEL TESTS PLANE SAFETY WITH 115-MILE GALE: HAMPTON, VA - Air-worthiness determined in new laboratory experiment developed by the Navy to make flying fool-proof. Graduating breeze mounts to cyclonic proportions and rips at ships tossed in tremendous device. Inventors hope to eliminate errors and prevent accidents by means of this startling innovation in aviation. 3. COMPLETE LAST LINK IN WORLD’S LONGEST NATURAL GAS LINE: LEMONT, IL - Workers tie enormous pipe lengths together, finishing 1,000-mile stretch from field near Amarillo, TX, that will furnish the mid-west with a reason for lower rates to the consumer. Supply sent on long journey through enormous tunnel, giving the native a break on the monthly bill. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Quadruplets celebrate 16th birthday! — Whole country congratulates dainty foursome on anniversary. 5. ATLANTA, GA - Troopers of the famous 6th Cavalry invent some new ones! — Men and mounts excel in daring riding thrills. 6. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Flies world’s first rocket-glider! — Exploding powder provides motive power for unique air-craft. 7. EMBARGO ON SOVIET PULP SPURS PACIFIC LOGGING ACTIVITIES: SHELTON, WA - Northwest lumber camps hum as revival of trade hits back at depression and hundreds of men are dispatched to woods in renewal of work. Newest machinery employed to harvest 350,000 feet a day. Trees are felled and loaded at temporary mills, hurriedly erected to meet demands of market, suddenly cut short by curtailment of Russ imports. 8. WIDE-OPEN GAMBLING DRAWS THOUSANDS TO WOO LADY LUCK RENO, NV - Exclusive Pictures of gaming invited by new law. Extra trains, jammed to capacity, bring huge throngs of men and women to city for fevered play, reminiscent of Monte Carlo and Klondike gold rush days. Hotels taxed to limit, crowds press Pullman sleepers into side-track service for respite. Fortunes pass with turn of cards, whirl of chuck-a-luck, or roll of dice. 9. LINDY TRIES OUT NEW PLANE IN READINESS FOR FLIGHT TO JAPAN: NORTH BEACH, NY - Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh test low-winged ship equipped with pontoons which they will use in Pacific Ocean flight this summer in first leg of “tourists’ trip” in Orient. Nation’s first flier satisfied with take-off and water landing. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) THE EMRESS OF BRITAIN, CANADA’S NEW OCEAN GREYHOUND, DOCK AFTER SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN VOYAGE. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) Motorcycle.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library