Speaker Rainey Passes on (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. MISS JACOBS RETAINS TITLE AS AMERICA’S TENNIS QUEEN: FOREST HILLS, NY - The women’s national singles champion crushes Miss Sarah Palfrey in straight sets to win the U.S. courts crown for the third successive time. 2. TROOPS BIVOUAC AT FAIR: CHICAGO, IL - Tall buildings over-shadow the pup tents of units from the 33rd Division, Illinois National Guard, as the soldiers camp on the shores of Lake Michigan on their return from summer maneuvers. 3. SPEAKER RAINEY PASSES ON: ST. LOUIS, MO - Sudden and unexpected death claims Henry T. Rainey, white-haired Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the eve of his seventy-fourth birthday as the strain of a 5,000-mile speaking tour proves fatal. 4. CHAMPION KEEPS MAT CROWN: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Jim Londos stages a brilliant battle, defending his heavyweight wrestling title against Count George Zarynoff’s bone-crushing attack. 5. NATION HONORS SLAIN CHIEF: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Thousands pack Heroes’ Square in an inspiring tribute to the memory of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, murdered by Nazi conspirators. 6. BOMBERS END MASS FLIGHT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten huge U.S. Army bombing ’planes land without mishap at the finish of a 10,000-mile trip to Alaska and return demonstrating the possibility of an advanced military aviation base commanding Northern Pacific and Asiatic steamship routes. 7. ‘GROUNDHOG’ SETS NEW MARK: AKRON, OH - Harry A. Morrison buries himself six feet under ground for four months in a “coffin,” breaking all previous records. He returns to the surface unharmed by his unusual feat. 8. MUSSOLINI TESTS SEA FORCE: GAETA, ITALY - The pride of the Italian Navy passes in an impressive review as Il Duce inspects the nation’s fighting-ships before they engage in extensive war games. 9. TINIEST BABY VISITS SHORE: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - A perfectly-formed child tips the scales at only nineteen ounces one week after his birth as he receives expert medical care at the Incubator Hospital at this famous seaside resort. 10. FAST FINISH THRILLS CROWD AT WORLD’S FAIR BOAT RACE: CHICAGO, IL - Last year’s runner-up defies death to nose out the 1933 champion in a spectacular outboard motor-boat gold cup event on the blue lagoons of A Century of Progress Exposition.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library