Universal Newsreel Volume 7, Release 418: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: HIGHLIGHTS IN THE NEWS OF 1935 (EDITOR’ NOTE:—Universal Newsreel marks the end of the year with a vivid pictorial resume of the outstanding news events during the last twelve months.) MUSSOLINI VS. SELASSIE - Italian troops invade Ethiopia as the African Empire prepares for a finish fight. / U.S.S. MACON EXPLODES - Two hundred and fifty miles off the CA coast, the big dirigible is destroyed. / DUST HIDES THE SUN - Important farming areas of the Southwest are buried deep in suffocating sand. / OMAHA CAPTURES DERBY - The William Woodward entry, Son of Gallant Fox wins by two lengths at Churchill Downs, KY. / BRITAIN CELEBRATES - King George V receives the fervent homage of his subjects on his Silver Jubilee. / PETILLO WINS CROWN - The roaring, dangerous 500-mile Indianapolis auto classic is taken by Kelly Petillo. / KIDNAPPERS NABBED - After $200,000 is paid for the return of millionaire lumberman Weyerhaeuser’s son, the criminals are caught. / SEA QUEEN VISITS U.S. - The gigantic Normandie, largest craft afloat, crosses from France to New York City in record time. / SOCIAL SECURITY VOTED - Senator Wagner leads a victorious fight for the enactment of social insurance. / QUAKES ROCK FAR EAST - Thriving city of Quetta, British Baluchistan, is reduced to crumbled stone and torn lumber, as 40,000 perish. / ENDURANCE MARK SET - Fred and Al Key keep their ’plane over Meridian, MS, for 653 consecutive hours. / HAUPTMANN CONVICTED - A homespun jury at Flemington, NJ. / CHICKEN KILLS EAGLE - The Supreme Court declares NRA unconstitutional in a case involving a “sick chicken.” / GERMANY RE-ARMS - In defiance of the Versailles Peace Treaty, the Third Reich builds a formidable war machine. / DICTATOR MURDERED - Huey P. Long, overlord of Louisiana politics, dies at the hand of an assassin. / FLOODS WREAK HAVOC - Both Eastern and Western States feel the devastating fury of water on the rampage. / TWISTER HITS SOUTH - Florida bends under the lash of one of the most terrific hurricanes in many years. / MAN MOVES FASTER - Sir Malcolm Campbell, whizzing over Utah Salt Flats, sets a new motor record of 301 m.p.h. / DARK STAR RISES - Joe Louis, Brown Bomber of Detroit, kayos Max Baer and climbs toward the heavyweight crown. / F.D.R. DEMANDS PEACE - The President reiterates the American policy of avoiding entangling alliances. / BIRDMEN SPAN PACIFIC - The China Clipper successfully completes the first regular flight to Manila and return. / SHOCKS TUMBLE BUILDINGS - Hundreds of tremors shake Helena, MT, razing buildings and leaving many homeless. / STRATO MARK BROKEN - Captains Stevens and Anderson rise fourteen miles into the stratosphere. / ROGERS POST CRASH - Will Rogers and Wiley Post meet death in Alaskan crackup on Arctic tour. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) THEATERS COLLECT FOOD FOR THE NEEDY AS ADMISSION PRICE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library