Hauptmann Smiles as State Nears Completion of Case (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1935)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CLOSE FINISH OPENS TRACK: HIALEAH PARK, FL - A final burst of speed wins the Inaugural Handicap for Roman Soldier as a Southern racecourse opens its winter season. 2. HAUPTMANN SMILES AS STATE NEARS COMPLETION OF CASE: FLEMINGTON, NJ - The prisoner’s “poker-face” relaxes into a broad grin for the first time since his arrest as he sees the end of the Prosecution’s first attack approaching. The defense prepares to combat the testimony of a score of witnesses. 3. FANS ADOPT NEW CARD GAME: VENICE, CA - Japanese ‘poker’ find enthusiastic followers when played with an over-sized deck on the sands of sun-warned West Coast beaches. 4. MID-WEST OPENS SKI SEASON: CARY, IL - Winter sports devotees defy a dense fog for thrills at the year’s first exhibition of daring and skill in ski-jumping in the Central States. 5. PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY FETED: NEW YORK, NY - Mrs. James Roosevelt receives a poster painted by the famous Howard Chandler Christy in honor of her son’s Birthday Ball. 6A. FOUR CONVICTS BREAK JAIL AS RESULT OF DARING COUP: SAN QUENTIN, CA - A quartette of armed prisoners escape, kidnapping the warden and the entire parole board. In a running fight, one fugitive is killed and the others re-taken. 6B. MOTHER’S GUN AIDS FUGITIVE: OKLAWAHA, FL - “Ma” Barker and her son shoot it out with police determined to capture the outlaws. The authorities’ slugs land both in a morgue. 7. CITY FINGERPRINTS CO-EDS: CINCINNATI, OH - Girl students at the University line up to register loops and whorls as a means of identification in the event of accident or abduction. 8. FAMED MODERNS ADORN COURT: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The faces of leading statesmen and jurists still living are found on statues decorating the new building erected for the Supreme Court. 9. COAST GETS LONGEST BRIDGE: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Workmen put the finishing touches to a tremendous span which links the “pillars” of the Golden Gate at a cost of $75,000,000. 10. “BEEG JEEM” THROWS ANOTHER: CHICAGO, IL - Champion Londos scores a technical fall in his heavyweight wrestling bout with Everett Marshall when the challenger misses his aim and hurls himself from the ring. (LOCAL – CANADA) BIG SHIP BROKEN UP FOR SCRAP.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library