25 Years Ago Today.
25 Years Ago Today.
25 years ago today. Legalized betting at New York race tracks for the first time since 1909. Good news for record crowds of turf fanciers at Jamaica. Big crowds at race track. Horse race in progress. Men handling money, handing out cash. Betting, gambling. F.D.R. (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) returns from a vacation to be greeted by NRA-famed General Hugh Johnston. They start formulation of a new work-relief program. FDR smiling. Shakes hands with Johnston (?). Cheerful Caucasian people wave. President waves from back of train which is pulling away. F.D.R. Jr. goes out for the Harvard crew. The crew rowing. Sweden's King Gustaf, tall, thin, in his seventies, plays a lively game of tennis. Young women sit on a bench. Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh is awarded the highest honor of the National Geographic Society. Presentation of medal to Anne by several men. And- the shaping of styles.... leave even the models disenchanted. Women model 1930s fashions, including hats and long coats.