World Records Fall as College Aces Vie for Olympic Honors (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1932)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. WORLD RECORDS FALL AS COLLEGE ACES VIE FOR OLYMPIC HONORS: CHICAGO, IL - Flashing championship caliber, Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette University Negro flier; Jack Keller, Ohio State speed merchant; and George Saling, Iowa State track star, hang up new marks in feature events at the National Collegiate meet that assures them places on the U.S. team at the international games. Metcalfe equals Charley Paddock’s 100-yard dash time and continues on to shatter the record in the 100-meter Olympic event. Matching steps with the cream of the country in the 220-dash, Metcalfe is forced to the limit to win, which he does by establishing another world mark. In the hurdle events, Keller and Saling leap and bound to sensational victory as they write new pages in track history. 2. 262 WIN COMMISSIONS IN COLORFUL RITES AT ACADEMY GRADUATION: WEST POINT, NY - With studied dignity the solemn ceremonial projects brisk young cadets out of the Corps and into the Service. The grim Academy walls contrast the gayety of 1200 friends and relatives of the finishing class during the picturesque exercises. Returning from private life for a day, Major General James G. Harbord, retired, presents the first-classmen with their diplomas closing their days on the “Plains.” The oath of allegiance is administered and the future generals discard the cold gray for the olive drab of U.S. Army Officers. IN TODAY’S HEADLINES: 3. RESCUED FLIER’S WIFE REJOICES/JERSEY CITY, NJ - The dauntless courage of Martha Hausner is richly rewarded when her husband, Stanislaus, is picked up off Portugal after eight days adrift at sea following his ill-fated attempt to fly the Atlantic. 4. KIDNAPER NABBED AFTER WORLD HUNT/COATESVILLE, PA - Marshall Depew, sought for seven months as the kidnaper of Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly of Kansas City, MO, is returned to this country from Africa, whence he had fled, admitting his guilt and ready to stand trial. 5. CROWN PRINCE WEDS/ADDIS ABABA, ABYSSINIA - Asfa Wusen, heir to the throne of Solomon, returns from his European jaunt, and is married to Princess Woleta Israel in a picturesque and colorful ceremony, participated in by loyal subjects from every corner of the nation. 6. NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER SURRENDERS/DETROIT, MI - Harry Fleisher, long wanted for questioning in connection with the Lindbergh baby murder, gives himself up to police, ready to submit to examination. 7. GIANT GUNS, SILENT FOR 10 YEARS, “SINK” INVADING RED FLEET: SANDY HOOK, NJ - The first tactical exercise in a decade finds the 52nd Coast Artillery letter-perfect with the “big Berthas” of the first line of defense in a rigorous test of proficiency. Represented by a pyramid float eight miles out at sea the “fleet” presents an elusive target, but the 8 and 12 inch railroad monsters find the range and score direct hits, to save the city. Whistling out over the ocean the projectiles soar through a three-mile-high arch, demoralizing the invading armada in an amazing demonstration of defense proficiency. 8. NATION STIRRED AS ROCKEFELLER TAKES STAND FOR REPEAL / 9. NOTED DRY ADVOCATE DEFIES ROCKEFELLER ANTI-PROHIBITION JAB: True to its staunch, unvarying policy of strict neutrality and freedom from propaganda on all great issues, Universal Newsreel is happy to present John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Fred A. Victor, New York State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, on the tense controversial question gripping the republic — Prohibition. Reversing the stand he held for many years, the capitalist announces the withdrawal of his moral and financial support from the dry cause and suggests the immediate repeal of the 18th Amendment. The champion of liquor control argues that America’s hope lies in retention of the dry law, and enforcement of the Constitutional provision. An unbiased presentation of the question that today overshadows the entire political battleground. (LOCAL – CANADA) ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE CELEBRATES.

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MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

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Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library