Lake Forest, Il (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. HOMES AND BUSINESS IN RUINS AS CYCLONE HITS HISTORIC TOWN: VERNON, IN - Twisting its way out of the northwest while residents were seeking a noon-day respite from the sultry Summer weather, the relentless storm tore its way through the center of the town, leaving a good portion of the business section demolished and almost two score families homeless. Today, many of the homes in Vernon look like those doll houses you see with the fronts missing. Other dwellings are mere piles of kindling, with their former habitants rooting around in the ruins for their Sunday clothes. An unusual number of freak occurrences and narrow escapes marked this twister, the second to hit Vernon in a decade. 2. CITIZEN TROOPS DEFY GOVERNMENT EDICT IN ANTI-POLITICAL RALLY: KALKSBURG, AUSTRIA - Aroused by the militant methods and military demonstrations of their political opponents, the National-Socialists, the Austrian Social Democratic Party has organized its own militia, known as the Republican Protection Guard. It decides to show its strength and, barred by law from parades or demonstrations in the city of Vienna, stages its mobilization in Kalksburg, a small town near the capital. A day and night of military maneuvers is followed by a parade and massed assembly in which twenty thousand stalwart young Austrians, well uniformed and equipped, take part, while thousands of sympathizers cheer. Politics is a serious business in Europe. Imagine the Republicans and Democrats each with a well-equipped army “for protection.” There wouldn’t be any voters left by November. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. PORT JEFFERSON, NY - Roosevelt off on vacation! — Democratic Nominee to spend a week on the ocean waves. 4. SAMÉ, JAPAN - Spectacular sea-gull invasion ousts natives! — Inhabitants flee as millions of birds seize fishing island. 5. LAKE FOREST, IL - Fifteen-year-old mechanical genius builds locomotive! — 80 miles an hour claimed for odd vehicle. 6. MOTOR BANK SOLVES MONEY PROBLEMS OF INLAND COMMUNITIES: WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH - “The Greenbacks are coming!” is the cry that rings through four Ohio counties since the inauguration of the novel rolling bank which now is giving banking service in a number of towns and villages where the regular banks have gone under. Twice a week, the bank on wheels circulates to Springfield, cashing checks, taking deposits, and allowing withdrawals. The bank, an armored car, with cashier’s cage, guards the other bank machinery, stops once in small villages and twice in larger towns. The countryside is enthusiastic over the new service. Farmers, their wives, small merchants, tradesmen and workmen with pay checks crowd around the pay-off truck at each stop. The bank has solid rubber tires to keep the checks from bouncing. “Any checks, any drafts, any dollars today!” 7. J. D. ROCKEFELLER, ON 93rd BIRTHDAY, SEES TRADE TIDE TURNING: POCANTICO HILLS, NY - When a man’s age gets higher than his golf score, he is ripe with experience and his observations carry the weight of wisdom. The aged oil millionaire, now only seven years short of the century mark, looks back over the past and makes the sage statement that in his life he has seen many depressions come and go. Prosperity has always returned and will return again, he predicts. The acute mind that built the first great utility corporation and the first personal business fortune of modern-day magnitude is still keen despite the physical infirmities that limit him to a few holes of golf and short walks among his flowers daily. Faith in God, in ourselves and in humanity will help us to go forward courageously in building a better world, is his encouraging birthday message. (LOCAL – CANADA – A) SWIMMING MEET. (LOCAL – CANADA – B) BASEBALL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library