Girls in their swimsuits mash potatoes in the world's largest dish measuring four by six feet in size in Bend,Oregon. People lined up to see the dish. Girls serve ice cream cones to them.
Newsreel titled 'Salmon in record run bring fortune to river fishermen' shows fishermen catching Salmon in Astoria,Oregon. They use nets to catch fish as big Salmons lie in a boat.
Newsreel titled 'Sit down strikers routed by dawn tear gas barrage' shows policemen fire tear gas gun on strikers at Fansteel Company plant in Waukegan,Illinois. Strikers escape from the back door as police get into the plant and search thoroughly.
Newsreel titled "Plane crash kills 2 officers making blind flying test." On 27 February, 1937, Two Army Air Corps Reserve pilots are killed in the crash of a North American BT-9A, 36-118, "3", of the Air Detachment, 6th USAAC Area. (Reportedly, the accident occurred as 2d Lt. John P. Spake, in the front cockpit, was practicing instrument flying under a hood, while being monitored by 2d Lt. Clyde H. Wood, Jr in the rear cockpit.) The remains of the aircraft are seen at the edge of the Chicago Municipal Airport. Many spectators surround the crash site. A closeup of mangled wreckage encompassing the two cockpits. Two bodies are covered by tarpaulins near the broken left wing. Fire rescue officers carry one to a waiting ambulance.
Newsreel titled 'European inventor perfects machine for typing music' shows women typing musical notes on a new typewriter invented by a European. The typewriter, a Rundstatler- GMBH music typewriter, turns out a clear copy of typed musical notes.
Paul V. McNutt,former Governor of Indiana,being sworn in as the High Commissioner to Philippines in Washington D.C.,United States.
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