UN-UN-1-90
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1. 100,000 HAIL IL DUCE ON 7th FASCISTI BIRTHDAY: ROME, ITALY – Tremendous crowds fill the Piazza Venezia to celebrate famous “March on Rome.” Mussolini arrives on the “Stand of Honor.” His message brings wild acclaim.
2. WHO’S WHO IN TO-DAY’S NEWS: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoover and Dawes enroll in Red Cross — Are first members in annual drive. Senator Brookhart “tells all” — Grand Jury hears about alleged drinking at senatorial party in 1926.
3. RAMSAY MACDONALD HOME: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Britain’s Premier returns to England after his visit to America. A typical London fog greets his arrival at No. 10 Downing Street.
4. RECORD HAUL MARKS TIMBER PRICE RAISE: CEDAR FALLS, WA – Northwestern logging camp ships 8,000,000 feet in one month to satisfy demands. En route to the river the train crosses the world’s highest wooden bridge. Dumping the logs into the stream that carries them to the mill.
5. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: PHILADELPHIA, PA – Santa Claus’ workshop is busy — Inmates of Old Men’s Home speed up on Xmas toy making.
6. BURN 25,000 “SQUEALERS”: OZONE PARK, NY – Eastern Radio Association destroys huge pile of obsolete sets in public bonfire.
7. TRAFFIC TIPS FOR TOTS: BERLIN, GERMANY – Special class to teach children how to avoid street dangers is introduced in schools.
8. SHOW MARINE PROGRESS: BROOKLYN, NY – (Exclusive Pictures) Ship Models Club displays miniature vessels in unique exhibition. The “Mayflower.” Famous frigate, “Constitution.” Submarine, made by Commander Hendlee, of U.S. Navy.
9. GROW “LOYAL WHISKERS”: BLOOMINGTON, IN – Indiana University students vow not to shave until their team wins a football game.
10. ARMISTICE DAY 1918-1929 – When the whole world seemed on the verge of destruction. Nov. 11, 1918 — A day of days! — The beginning of an era of peace and good will. Nations join in binding pacts to end all war. Eleven years ago the boys came home and, if Sense is to take the place of senseless war — HOME THEY ARE TO STAY!
UN-UN-2-27
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1. GAR WOOD TRIES FOR SPEEDBOAT RECORDS IN EXCITING REGATTA: BISCAYNE BAY, FL – Speedy boats vie for honors on Southern waters — Outboards and hydroplanes bounce around course in swift races watched by thousands.
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2. HUGE CROWDS HAIL PRESIDENT MASARYK ON 80TH BIRTHDAY: PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA – Head of Republic reviews garrison in the courtyard of castle — Great procession of citizens march under his window to do him honor. NEWS PARAGRAPHS:
3. PHILADELPHIA, PA – Quaker City has new subway — Mayor Mackey opens $17,000,000 unit.
4. CALCUTTA, INDIA – Festival follows prayer as Mohammedans end annual daytime fast of one month.
5. WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Geographic Society awards gold medal to Eckener for famous ’round-the-world flight.
6. ABERDEEN, WA – Engine runs on trees! — World’s oddest railroad uses logs for tracks.
7. SCHOOL FOR NURSES, ROCKEFELLER GIFT, OPENED BY PRINCE: LONDON, ENGLAND – University College Hospital Training School is equipped complete as a home and training center for women only — Model for girls to study is replica of human body with every organ in exact position.
8. 2,000 BOW-WOWS BARK FOR “BLUES” AT BIG MID-WEST DOG SHOW: CHICAGO, IL – Canines of every size and shape from the giant St. Bernards to a Chihuahua weighing one and one fourth pounds on exhibit at twenty-ninth annual bench show.
9. LAMA PRIESTS IN WEIRD “DEVIL DANCE,” DRIVE OUT OLD YEAR: DARJEELING, BENGAL – Festivities to usher in good luck for the New Year are similar to those held in the monasteries centuries ago — Effigy representing enemy of Tibet is slashed to pieces.
10. U.S. “DRYS” DESTROY $500,000 IN LIQUOR SEIZED ON STEAMERS: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Cargo of Canadian rum ship “Quadra,” is carried to city dump heap where casks are broken and bottles smashed and the costly liquor spilled on the ground.
11. “MICHIGAN BOY” WINS LOUISIANA DERBY AS MUD BAFFLES RIVALS: NEW ORLEANS, LA – Great crowds see Jockey Shelton race under the wire two lengths ahead of Bad News Bob on a sloppy track.
UN-UN-2-29
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1. 150 PLANES BATTLE “ENEMY” IN ARMY’S BIGGEST WAR GAME: MATHER FIELD, CA – Biggest array of fighting air craft ever assembled thrills thousands — Machines of every type swoop through the sky in daring maneuvers.
2. STARVING THOUSANDS FILL BREAD LINE IN UNEMPLOYED CRISIS: NEW YORK CITY – Hundreds of new applicants seek tickets for food at the municipal lodging houses and other charity organizations — City is making every effort to alleviate the situation.
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3. SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA – $50,000 oil well fire shoots flames 100 feet in air.
4. BINCHE, BELGIUM – Huge ostrich headdresses feature quaint annual street festival.
5. LONG BEACH, CA – (Exclusive Pictures) Odd clocks his hobby — O.W. Dreyer spends years building novel timepieces.
6. BIKE RIDERS CRASH ON SLIPPERY TRACK AS RAINS MAR MEET: NEW YORK CITY – Contests are halted by judges after many spills at the outdoor meet at the Velodrome — Just two amateur events were completed before the downpour.
7. COAST GUARD NABS FAST RUM-RUNNER AND $500,000 BOOZE: STATEN ISLAND, NY – Customs cutter chases suspected smuggler and finally overhauls the ship, bringing her to shore — Great quantities of liquor are found on board and destroyed.
8. HAWKS FIGHTS GALE AS 3,000-MILE DASH IN GLIDER TOW ENDS: VAN CORTLANDT PARK, NY – Tremendous crowds out to see the finish of cross-continent flight of the Eaglet — Police have great difficulty handling the enthusiastic throngs.
9. HOLD FIRST UNDER WATER WEDDING IN “DEEP SEA” HELMETS: LOS ANGELES, CA – Marriage ceremony is performed with only the fishes to witness it — And what a tough job it was to get that bridal kiss.
10. 250,000 SEE RIDERS IN THRILLING FALLS AT GRAND NATIONAL: AINTREE, ENGLAND – Forty-one take to the field in daring steeplechase but only a few finish — Shaun Goilin wins the cup after a hard and grueling battle.
UN-UN-2-86
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1. WOODS BEGINS RELIEF WORK; GOVERNMENT TO AID UNEMPLOYED: WASHINGTON, D.C – Former New York Police Commissioner, called by President to led work of rehabilitating man power of nation, agrees to tackle big job without pay and starts in by proposing stagger, or alternating labor plan for national and private industry.
2. In NEW YORK, Franciscan Friars dole nickels to homeless and hungry for bed or bread.
3. CROWDS HAIL FIRST FLIGHT OF WORLD’S LARGEST LAND PLANE: VIENNA, AUSTRIA – President Miklas and Foreign Minister Seipel, after aerial excursion over capital in the G-38, greatest of passenger craft in the heavier-than-air class, descend amid enthusiastic cheers of vast crowd gathered at the airport.
4. 100,000 ATTEND RITES AT DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – With Cardinal Hayes of New York as principal guest, Catholics gather to participate in celebration of 75th anniversary of famous educational institution, a feature being a mammoth open-air religious service in honor of the church head in America.
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5. DIETRAMSZELL, GERMANY – Hindenburg celebrates 83rd birthday! — Children honor anniversary of aged warrior-statesman.
6. TOLEDO, OH – Healthy babies compete for title! — 11-month-old physical marvel runs away with first honors.
7. COLOGNE, GERMANY – Hoch der Flivver! — Ford sails for home after laying cornerstone of new European plant.
8. ROYALY PRESENT AT BAPTISM CEREMONY OF HEIR PRESUMPTIVE: RUSSELS, BELGIUM – Tiny Prince Heritier Baudouin, son of Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of Sweden is hailed with joy by populace and regal relatives at ostentatious ritual, despite a heavy downpour of rain which falls upon rich and poor alike at brilliant event.
9. PRIZE LIQUORS AND 11 PRISONERS NABBED IN RUMBOAT CAPTURE: NEW YORK, NY – Schooner “Thorndyke,” with an alleged record of ten years as booze transport, operating between this port, Canada and Bahamas, is finally brought up short by Coast Guard after chase at sea close to Absecon, NJ. Vessel, 1,500 cases of intoxicants and prisoners towed to port under seizure.
10. REMOVE MARITIME MENACE BY BLASTING HULK OF FT. VICTORIA: SANDY HOOK, NJ – When “ghost” of wrecked Bermuda liner rises from watery grave in Ambrose Channel, outside New York harbor, pointing scrawny masthead above surface, divers and dynamiters rush to lay it low again with charge of two-and-a-half tons of explosive.
UN-UN-2-87
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1. HURL NAVY PLANES FROM CATAPULTS IN SENSATIONAL TRIALS: PHILADELPHIA, PA – Newest aid to battle eyes and aerial gunfire guide is a giant impulse gun which shoots sea flyers from shore to scout enemies from the air. Thrilling tests reveal score of biplanes being sent unerringly from other ships, device proving its efficacy as a wartime weapon.
2. PRINCE LEOPOLD DIES; BAVARIA MOURNS AT WAR LORD’S FUNERAL: MUNICH, GERMANY – Nobles and paupers at rites for man who, in early part of World conflict, was mentioned for King of Poland after he routed Russians on 1,000-mile front and captured Warsaw, an epic battle in which 6,000,000 were engaged. He previously had won renown in the Franco-Prussian campaign.
3. OPTIMIST BREWER SPENDS $1,000,000 HOPING FOR DRY LAW CHANGE: MILWAUKEE, WI – Co-incident with report that President Hoover would recommend 4.4 per cent beer, it becomes known that leading malt beverage makers here and in other parts of country are betting vast sums in the biggest industrial gamble of history, wagers taking form of money put into machinery for expected great output of thirst-slaker.
4. DRAIN GIANT LAKE TO EXHUME ROYAL SHIPS LAUNCHED IN 39 A.D.: NEMI, ITALY – Workers pump 50,000,000 cubic meters of water to reach state barges on which the Roman Emperor Caius Caesar (called Caligula) and his retinue frolicked amid Oriental splendor 1900 years ago. Sunk by Claudius two years after his predecessor’s murder, craft are cradled above mud to show ancients used methods still employed in boat-building.
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5. VENICE, CA – Disaster follows train-auto collision! — Realistic demonstration illustrates grade crossing perils.
6. VALLEY STREAM, NY – Australian aviatrix breaks cross-country mark! — Mrs. Keith Miller creates new two-way flight record.
7. PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA – Display King’s skull in parade! — Odd rite features anniversary of ancient ruler, St. Wenceslaus.
8. NEW YORK, NY – Gospel Mission feeds hungry! — Practical religionists minister to 700 human derelicts every day.
9. “HELLDORADO” FETE REVIVES ACTIVITIES OF OLD-TIMERS OF ’79: TOMBSTONE, AZ – The rootin’, tootin’, shootin’ men who fought to live and lived to fight, in the gold rush 51 years ago, are brought back in pageantry to give the moderns a touch of the hectic era that made the lark double in brass by making his morning song a funeral dirge for some good or bad man gone over the Divide during the night. ’Paches, lynchers, vigilantes are all there.
10. BOOTH INJURED IN 7-7 TIE BATTLE BETWEEN YALE-ARMY GRIDDERS: NEW HAVEN, CT – West Point heavy guns attack Eli’s 145-pound star and mainspring of big Blue team in mass fire, resulting in his being rendered hours du combat on his first play and carried off field by stretcher bearers. Injuries keep him in college infirmary two days
UN-UN-2-95
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1. MAURETANIA SAVES OVIDIA’S CREW AFTER THRILLING SEA DASH: MID-ATLANTIC – On-the-spot shots, taken from former speed queen of the ocean, give remarkable record of thrilling rescues after great Cunarder out-races Capt. Fried and his America, to pick up 28 men, Captain’s wife and “Puts,” the engine-room cat, after Swedish ship founders in gale.
2. BARBARIC SPLENDOR MARKS RAS TAFARI CORONATION RITES: ADDIS ABABA, ABYSSINIA – Envoys of kings and presidents, tribal chiefs and dictators, participate in $3,000,000 pageant to mark inauguration of Haile Selassi I, descendant of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, in most gorgeous regal ceremony of modern times.
3. TROOPS AND FIREMEN SEEK BODIES OF 50 LOST IN LANDSLIDE: LYONS, FRANCE – This old city, lace-making and fine china center of French industrial art, is scene of extraordinary disaster when earth suddenly opens and plunges scores of homes, with sleeping occupants, into pit hundreds of feet deep.
4. OLA, AR: Tornado injures 16 and wipes out business section; storm takes property toll of $200,000. NEWS PARAGRAPHS:
5. NEW YORK, NY – Turkey pluckers compete! — Establish feather-denuding record of 30 birds in 50 minutes.
6. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Portable mooring mast a success! — Air experts test new mobile apparatus to speed up blimp traffic.
7. HOLLYWOOD, CA – Fishing cat angles without bait! — Feline Izaak Walton uses paws instead of rod and line.
8. COAST GUARD MAKES $1,000,000 RUM HAUL AND SEIZES 19 SUSPECTS: BOSTON, MA – Indiscreet wasps of the sea — lightning-fast little liquor craft — buzzing around a tug and two heavily-laden barges off Maine coast tip off alert dry navy and patrol boat Jackson nails huge supply of holiday hooch intended for New York. Three captive vessels, with cargo and crew, herded into Hub by ocean cowboys.
9. NOTRE DAME DEFEATS NORTHWESTERN, 14-0, IN GRILLING GRID DUEL: EVANSTON, IL – Rockne’s robust ramblers conquer in last stages of terrific battle, probably their toughest engagement of the year, but for three periods purple Wildcats, Western Conference champs, play like inspired giants, cracking the great Irish line like an eggshell.
UN-UN-3-2
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1. PRESIDENT WELCOMES OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC IN ANNUAL CEREMONY: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nation’s Chief, with Mrs. Hoover at his side, extends greetings to justices of Supreme Court, Senators, Congressmen, Cabinet members and diplomats, also shakes hands with citizens from all over country who come to wish him luck.
2. LAST GIRDER PLACED TO JOIN ENDS OF HUGE HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE: NEW YORK, NY – Steel strand, raised 250 feet from barge below, links Manhattan and Fort Lee, NJ; span, which is 4,760 feet from anchor to anchor and 11,000 feet over all, is being rushed to completion for traffic in 1932, at cost of $68,000,000. Towers are 550 feet high.
3. VALUABLE RECORDS LOST AS $1,000,000 FIRE DESTROYS CAPITAL: BISMARCK, ND – Mysterious explosion in daylight fills State House with flame, result being that virtually every department of government is swept clean of vital documents which cost millions of dollars to gather and confusion ensues. Secretary of State, Robert Byrne, rescues original Constitution, but is badly injured doing so. NEWS PARAGRAPHS:
4. MIAMI BEACH, FL – Aquatic stars gain form by sand-diving! — Prepare for Olympic Meet in dry-land pool — While, close by, Rosie, the world’s only golf-playing elephant, does 482 on a par 72 course.
5. POTTS WINS 880-YARD MIDDLE ATLANTIC ICE SKATING CROWN: NEWBURGH, NY – Fleet Brooklynite, matching speed and stamina against some of the fastest racing champions in the country covers the half-mile distance in the remarkable time of 1 min., 19 4/5 sec. Great crowd sees terrific pace bring several contestants spilling on course.
6. GROTESQUES AND ART FEATURE MUMMERS NEW YEAR FESTIVAL: PHILADELPHIA, PA – Strutting before throng of million, including 100,000 visitors from other sections, 10,000 marchers in odd and fancy costumes vie for $30,000 in prizes. Frolic this season one of most picturesque in history of great masquerade event.
7. FAMOUS SCREEN STAR HITS DEPRESSION AND CALAMITY HOWLERS: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – John Boles, blasting with both barrels at the crepe hangers and pessimists generally, sounds a new note with his slogan of “Spend and Save” by buying now at advantageous prices which rule in virtually every line of merchandise.
UN-UN-3-8
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1. DESOLATION AND RUIN FOLLOW IN PATH OF EARTHQUAKE HORROR: OAXACA, MEXICO – With the known dead 114 and the toll likely to grow, soldiers and civilians work feverishly amid debris and ashes to aid survivors of great temblor which not only wiped out main part of this city, but destroyed three others — one with a population of 2,500 disappearing entirely.
2. 761 BABIES ENTERED IN CONTEST TO WIN CHIROPRACTIC TITLE: LOS ANGELES, CA – Record number of contestants meet in one of nation’s most notable health tournaments, at which muscle, bone, nerve and organic structures count in scoring. Stethoscopes, introduced as heart checkers, induce as unscheduled demonstration of lung and vocal power among infants.
3. POLICE SUBDUE RED RIOT IN COMMUNIST MARCH ON CITY HALL: NEW YORK, NY – Under the guise of unemployed workers bearing a petition for relief, 2,000 avowed opponents of American organized government violate pledge of orderly assembly and stage disorder. Spasmodic fighting rages for almost an hour with mounted and foot guards using fists instead of clubs.
4. STATE TAKES STEPS TO PRESERVE NATIVE CACTUS CURIOSITIES: APACHE TRAIL, AZ – Horticultural scientists, fearing its extinction, make survey of vast natural garden with hundreds of varieties of all-purpose plant which, though armed with defensive spears, provides food for man and beast, clothing, paper fiber, fuel, candy juices and beverages. One specimen examined is 261 years old, weighing more than 200 tons.
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5. ROME, ITALY – (Exclusive Pictures) Mussolini rides in private steeplechase! — Il Duce practices daily hurdles in rare informal camera mood.
6. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Budding prodigies shine in soap sculpture! — Youngsters prepare for annual art exhibit.
7. NEW YORK, NY – “America’s Sweetest Girl” sees Gotham! — Helen Robinson wins trip to Havana along with sugary title.
8. FORT DODGE, IA – Swim titlist starts spring training! — Marvin Nelson digs himself a chilly bath-tub.
9. NATURE’S UPHEAVAL CHANGES FACE OF FAMOUS CATARACT: NIAGARA FALLS, NY – For first time since white men gazed upon the American water marvel here, centuries ago, a major alteration in its contour occurs with the collapse of rock shelf between Prospect Point and Luna Island, leaving a toothless cavity 150 feet wide in rim. Most other erosions have been on Canadian side.
10. COLLEGE MEN JOUST IN FLOUR BATTLE FOR HOSPITAL CHARITIES: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Students of upper and lower classes meet in determined and enthusiastic battle, during which they employ wooden swords, fists and feet, as well as sacks of the white powder which they use as bombs and hand grenades. Skirmish is featured by same vigor as that of American frosh-soph encounters.
11. CONFLICTING VIEWS GREET REPORT OF WICKERSHAM BOARD: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Like Mark Twain’s hash, the findings of President Hoover’s eleven law experts on crime in its relation to Prohibition, seems to be one of the great American mysteries. Both Wet’s and Dry’s get comfort from it, it appears, but the consensus of opinion is that the vexatious question remains in status quo.
UN-UN-3-11
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1. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: PORTLAND, OR – Electricity aids tonsorial art! — Hair-raising current simplifies hair-cutting labors.
2. APPLE EATERS UNITE IN CHEWING PATHWAY TO NEW PROSPERITY: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Not only the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, but golfing girls, window cleaners, policemen and patients of dentists about to reduce their chewing efficiency indulge in one grand and glorious munch, doing their bit to aid jobless thousands.
3. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: TOMPKINSVILLE, NY – Custom’s men seize large dope shipment! — $150,000 haul a telling victory in war on vicious ring.
4. SORENSEN CAPTURES SKI LAURELS WITH NEW RECORD JUMP: SALISBURY MILLS, NY – State champion, within 24 hours of winning New England title at Brattleboro, Vermont, shatters own mark of 177 feet by flight of 181 and scores 224 of possible 240 points against best skiers of East. Tallies awarded for perfection of form as well as distance.
5. ENTIRE BLOCK GUTTED AS FIVE-ALARM FIRE CAUSES $500,000 LOSS: NEW YORK, NY – Historic Lincoln Square arcade, with neighboring stores and apartments, wiped out by mystery blaze believed to have started in studio of one of many artists who occupied building. Nineteen persons, including ten firemen, injured, 250 other tenants driven into midnight chill of Broadway.
6. MOVIE CELEBRITIES HAIL SILVER JUBILEE OF CARL LAEMMLE: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – Virtually all the stars and magnates of motion picture industry, led by Will Hays, Mary Pickford and Will Rogers, pay tribute to pioneer for courage, capital and confidence he put into it at its birth and during the 25 years since. Beautiful scroll in fame is presented to him as permanent testimonial of their affection and admiration for trail-blazer.
7. DUSKY ENTERTAINERS A FEATURE OF ANNUAL MILLIONAIRES’ OUTING: COCOLOBO CAY, FL – Three hundred wealthy business men, in 25 yachts and motor boats, descend on island and are welcomed by natives who engage in athletic contests, including hot-dog eating, boxing, wrestling and swimming. Highlight is a battle royal on a raft with no winner, all hands going overboard.
8. THOUSANDS WITNESS FASHION SHOW HELD BY JUNIOR LEAGUERS: MIAMI BEACH, FL – Blase Winter vacationers, especially those from NY, get a “kick” out of outdoor style frolic staged on runway in the manner of metropolitan musical shows. Costumes ranging from a one-half of one-piece bathing suit to a bridal gown send a thrill through women spectators and escorts.
9. THRONGS WAIT HOURS TO WELCOME ARRIVAL OF PRINCE OF WALES: HAMILTON, BERMUDA – Britain’s future king and good-will ambassador, accompanied by his younger brother, George, receives enthusiastic welcome from Britons, does a round of the island that knows no autos and thoroughly enjoys himself in brief stopover on way to South America.
10. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: AUSTIN, TX – Largest state elects smallest treasurer! — Charlie Lockhart is 45 inches short and weighs 115 pounds.
UN-UN-4-6
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1. CLEVER SLEUTHS GET BISCHOFF CONFESSION IN GIRL MURDER CASE: CINCINNATI, OH – Employing a dramatic ruse, Captain Lynn Black and Sheriff Asa V. Butterfield wring the admission from Charles Bischoff, 45, that he was responsible for the kidnapping and brutal slaying of six-year-old Marian McLean. Using real thriller methods, Black gains the suspect’s confidence and solves one of the most gruesome crimes of recent years. Prosecutor Gorman swings into immediate action to bring the fat, heavy-jowled prisoner to quick justice.
2. JOYOUS PEONS SHARE $150,000 GRAND PRIZE IN NATIONAL LOTTERY: HAVANA, CUBA – The happiness of the lucky natives is unrestrained as Rodolfo Mazorra y Montoro announces the winners of the annual country-wide drawing. Many of the top awards are won by needy contestants, and prizes ranging from $100 to $150,000 are distributed to fortunate players. The sudden riches bring a windfall to the More Choice Oasis, as the lucky ones help paint the town. Operated with the sanction of the authorities, 70 percent of the money invested is returned to the people, the balance being deposited in the national treasury.
3. HUNDREDS HOMELESS AS SUDDEN TORNADO SWEEPS COUNTRYSIDE: MT. ZION, MS – A 125-mile-an-hour gale cuts a path of destruction a quarter of a mile wide across Simpson and Smith Counties, taking a toll of 5 lives, and injuring 25. Homes are razed; roofs torn from their moorings and flung hundreds of yards away; trees are uprooted; and livestock hurled through space, causing damage estimated at $150,000. Rescuers press through the devastated country, searching for victims and quieting the rising fears of the survivors.
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4. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Age forces retirement of famed jurist! — Nation voices regrets as Oliver Wendell Holmes quits at 91.
5. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Ocean storms drive sea-gull army to port! — Seeking food, hungry birds follow ships in countless droves.
6. NEW YORK, NY – Metropolis swelters in record heat! — Weather man agog at warmest January in history.
7. STREETS FLOW WITH BEER RIVER AS POLICE RAID GARAGE HANGOUT: CHICAGO, IL – Halsted Street is swamped with a strange fluid in these days of the Prohibition era. A surprise raid nets agents under Administrator A.E. Aman, 537 barrels of banned brew. The cache discovered, the dry sleuths waste little time in putting an end to the illicit liquid. Armed with mallets and pegs the Federal men jam in the bungs and flood the highway and gutters with $30,000 worth of amber brew, as the Windy City’s parched gullets moan and wail.
8. TREACHEROUS WINDS CAUSE NEAR-FATALITY AT BOYS’ GLIDER MEET: PALOS VERDE, CA – Caught in a dangerous eddy, Guy Rowell, 13-year-old pilot, loses control of his ship and is tossed into the Pacific Ocean. Tragedy is averted by the alert action of a rescue crew that sets out from shore, saving the endangered youth who is clinging to the wing of his crippled plane. Young Rowell had managed to stay in the air one hour and 15 minutes before the tricky cross wind sucks him out to sea. Twenty boys were entered in the contest in preparation for the international meet.
UN-UN-4-38
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1. PRINCE PRESIDES AT $1,000,000 SHAKESPEARE THEATER DEDICATION: STRATFORD-ON-AVON, ENGLAND – With Ambassadors and Ministers of 70 nations, and Dominion representatives from all parts of the Empire present, the Prince of Wales inaugurates the show shop honoring the memory of the Immortal Bard. Set in the picturesque country made famous by the renowned poet and playwright, thousands of pilgrims to this seat of dramatic art hail the 350th anniversary of the great author’s death and birthday, with a fitting and beautiful ceremony.
2. STIRRING REVIEW BY CADET CORPS GREETS NEW ACADEMY HEAD: WEST POINT, NY – Marching across the famous Plains with measured strides the famous Army unit demonstrates its military knowledge in a display of precision under the keen eye of Major General William Durward Connor, recently named Superintendent of the Academy. The new chief, with his staff, inspects the future generals on parade for the first time since he took over the command. Impressed by the marvelous maneuvers, preparations are made for the expansion of personnel with the enrollment of a new class.
3. HITLER GETS BIG VOTE BUT FAILS IN HOPE TO NAB PRUSSIAN POWER: BERLIN, GERMANY – In the most surprising turn of the recent elections, the Nazi group misses by the narrow margin of nine votes to wrest control of the Reich from the Democrats. The meteoric advance puts the Nationalist-Fascist party in possession of 203 of 422 votes in the Diet. Although the reins of government do not change hands, the administration organization experiences a disturbing jolt at the sudden display of strength by the Harzburg bloc, after the defeat of their Chief by Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency. NEWS PARAGRAPHS:
4. STOCKTON, CA – Airplanes aid onion growers! — Harmful insects doomed with new chemical smoke-screen.
5. NEW YORK, NY – Creates natural history museum with nuts! — A.C. Law develops vocation from odd hobby.
6. FASCISM ADDS 200,000 NEW ADHERENTS ON CITY’S 2685th BIRTHDAY: ROME, ITALY – A pompous and magnificent ceremony in the Piazza del Popolo attends the conscription of thousands of Fascist recruits. Flanked by his subordinate cabinet officers, Premier Benito Mussolini assumes his favorite role — Il Duce — and administers the oath of allegiance to 100,000 Balilla, Boy Scouts, who become Avanguardisti and another group of 100,000 of this rank who are promoted to the class of combat members. A picturesque pageant of peaceful military strength with the country’s “Iron Man” directing the demonstration.
7. GANGSTER OVERLORD BEGINS LONG TERM IN GOVERNMENT PRISON: CHICAGO, IL – Deserted by his hoodlum friends, the one-time king-pin of the underworld starts the long journey toward Atlanta, GA, where, for the next seven years, at least, he’ll be No. 40,886 at the Federal Penitentiary. His 11-year sentence for evading income tax payment upheld by the higher courts, Public Enemy No. 1, the bragging, swaggering, “Scarface Al” is manacled to a petty auto thief and hustled aboard the Dixie Flyer. Dejected and disappointed, the man who defied justice rattles off toward jail and the end of his crime career, amid the salvos from photographers’ flashlights booming a farewell.
8. DEATH AND DISASTER FOLLOW IN WAKE OF EARTHQUAKE HORROR: OMIA, JAPAN – A sudden death-dealing tremor shakes this community to its foundation and the fire that follows the catastrophe sweeps over the city, fanned by a stiff wind whipping down from the sacred Fujiyama, leaving nothing but ruin and horror. Miraculously one building remains standing and relief agencies commence the almost hopeless task of rehabilitating the wreck locality, and issuing “Nigiri Meshi” — boiled rice balls — to the starving survivors. More than 13 are killed in the disaster that wreaks $3,000,000 damage, injures hundreds, and leaves 10,000 homeless. (LOCAL – NEWARK) BOY’S SAFETY PATROL. (LOCAL – WINCHESTER) APPLE FESTIVAL.
UN-UN-4-49
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. KIDNAPPER 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.
