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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31021)
RUTH NICHOLS BREAKS ALTITUDE MARK WITH 6-MILE HEIGHT FLIGHT
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Famous flying schoolmarm, with barograph sealed, climbs more than 30,000 feet in plane, exceeding by approximately 3,000 the distance made by Elinor Smith, and takes place as new Queen of the Air. Descends as gas gives out, after enduring temperature more than 45 degrees below zero.
DIAMOND DIGGERS RUSH TO PROSPECT NEWLY-OPENED LAND
LICHTENBURG, TRANSVAAL – Just below the surface of what may some day be city streets, fortune-hunters, aided by native men and women, pan gem-bearing gravel. Much like gold camps of America, motley throng gathers here and licensed brokers establish market on the veldt. Riches are being dug daily.
CITY GREETS HEROIC BATTALION HONORED BY MINISTER OF WAR
ATHENS, GREECE – Fierce fighting Erzenoi, historic light infantrymen, are reviewed by Th. Sophoulis, head of nation’s armed forces, and presented with colors in recognition of valor. Soldiers are seen in knee-length linen skirts, costume adopted more than century ago, during revolution of 1821.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
WASHINGTON D.C. – Supreme Court Justice Holmes reaches 90th birthday! Aged jurist spry and active on attaining nonagenarian estate.
WESTREE, ONT., CANADA – Railway school for youngsters! Children in isolated settlements attend traveling classroom.
RUSSELVILLE, ARK. – Childless hen rears puppy foundlings! Deserted canine orphans adopted by barnyard widow.
NAVY DIRIGIBLE “AKRON,” LARGEST IN THE WORLD, TO TAKE AIR IN JUNE
AKRON, OHIO – Engineers, artisans and scientists hasten to complete shrouding of giant craft, which is longer, higher and twice as big in diameter as Graf Zeppelin. Cover requires 21 acres of cloth, gas cells hold twice as much as German marvel, and it will be able to cruise 4,450 miles farther than rival.
ICE-BOUND FIREMEN BATTLE BLAZE FROM SLEIGH AND SKATES
LUBBEN, GERMANY – Turning out to answer alarm in sub-zero weather, department has first to don runners, then drag hand pumper over frozen path to scene of trouble. Arriving there, men back through ice to reach water, later attacking flames with determination and efficiency worthy of better equipment.
HIALEAH MEET ENDS IN SENSATIONAL WIN FOR WHITNEY COLORS
MIAMI, FLA. – Florida Derby, worth $10,000, draws fine field of thoroughbreds and produces one of most thrilling races on record, with three horses flashing by judges in what appears a dead heat. Lightning Bolt, Kurtzinger up, is declared winner and purse goes to Greentree stable. Spanish Play is second, Mynheer third. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31022)
BIG GUNS FIRST TO GO IN DISMANTLING OF BATTLESHIP WYOMING
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Only 19 years old, but a martyr to peace pyorrhea, the first class fighting craft has its 12-inch molar extracted before it becomes training ship for Middies. 600 men get jobs, though, and world’s largest crane is seen tossing 65-ton rifles around like worn out piccolos.
ROCKET SLED RACES
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – All the folks of the neighborhood for miles around, including the thrilled to pieces flappers, gather to see Harry Bull, 21-year old University student, explode through space at breath-taking pace. Pioneer dash for success despite sudden termination in snow bank. He’s first ever to try this.
NATIVES HAIL END OF DEPRESSION WITH GAY PROSPERITY PAGEANT
COLOGNE, GERMANY – Traditional Rose Monday festival, surviving in the Rhineland through peace and war for many generation, is resolved this year into a fete celebrating advent of better times. Happy outlook of populace is reflected in humorous and grotesque masquerades and decorated floats.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
DETROIT, MICH. – 12-speed auto appears! Czech inventor introduces 6-wheeled car for rough terrain.
TAMPA, FLA. – Milkman delivers frozen orange juice! Breakfast drink now brought in chunks to your front door.
PORTLAND, ORE. – Open canine “beaut-orium”! Elite of dogdom patronize exclusive pulchritude parlor.
SOCIETY SPORTSMEN THRILL AT NEW GAME OF WATER-SKI POLO
WINTER HAVEN, FLA. – Outboards mounted on surf-boards put speed and peril into this latest sport, which has all the dash and danger of its counterpart on land. Collisions and plunges into the briny make this exclusively an expert swimmer’s competition, with boating and skimming skill as necessary adjuncts.
MARATHON BIKERS BRAVE ROUGH GOING IN ANNUAL SCRAMBLE
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – Dozen doughty wheelmen meet in spectacular event over rocky, slippery roads which force many of them to their heels and other parts of the anatomy. Laughs are provided as men and machine toboggan down hillside, but with them it’s serious business and all seem glad when endurance battle is over.
GLIDER ACE BREAKS RECORD FOR FLIGHT IN MANHATTAN AREA
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Wolf Hirth, German expert and partner of Hawley Bowlius, American soaring champion, sails above Riverside and the unfinished Hudson bridge for 50 minutes, until ordered down by police so that traffic could be released. During test vehicles on ground were detoured for 12 blocks. Thousands see pilot rise to 1,000 feet, then tour air calmly at 500. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31023)
1,100 CONVICTS MUTINY MESS-HALL WRECKED IN FATAL UPRISING
JOIET, ILL. – Prisoners start rebellion, second outbreak in three weeks, with attack on guards and torture of head keeper. Volleys from armed squad kill two rioters and wound two more. Kitchen and dining hall wrecked during uproar, men are unfed for more than 48 hours.
PRINCE OF WALES CHEERED ON ARRIVAL TO OPEN EXPOSITION
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Heir to throne, accompanied by brother, Prince George, lands from plane amid acclaim of thousands, then is taken to government palace to pay respects to Acting President Uriburu. Royal visitor revealed in fine fettle as goodwill tour nears end.
“BIG TOP” FOLK DEVISE NEW ANIMAL THRILLS FOR 1931 CIRCUS FANS
MACON, GA. – Woman elephant trainer puts large herd through its paces, then Frank Phillips, 22-year old pachyderm handler, provides real sensation by riding with head gripped in mouth of mammoth beast and body resting on trunk. Girls also seen taken for a ride in four-pig-power buggy.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Gorgeous blooms feature 18th Annual Flower Show! Lavish display outshines all previous exhibits.
WINTER HAVEN, FLA. – Plane tanks up from motor-boat! Young pilot succeeds in unusual re-fueling feat.
NEW YORK, N.Y. –Last of Wendels passes! Charity to receive $100,000,000 estate left by aged recluse.
CHICAGO, ILL. – 61-year old athlete breaks world’s rope skipping record! “Chet” Levere passes old mark with 18,000 jumps in 3 ? hours.
SUBMARINE “NAUTILUS” STARTS ON LONG TRIP UNDERSEA TO ARCTIC
CAMDEN, N.J. – Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins and his crew seen in last-minute loading of craft with which he proposes to dive under icebergs for scientific exploration in North Polar regions. Boat starts first leg of trip, which takes it to Brooklyn Navy Yard for “shakedown” cruise before dash to its fact-hunting ground.
TRAFFIC POLICE AID AUTOS AT CONGESTED AIRPLANE CROSSING
GLENDALE, CAL. – What is probably the only street in the world which flying craft cross to reach their landing field, and certainly the busiest spot of its kind anywhere, has become a hazard for groundlings, so that guards have to halt cars at approach of machines, which skim close to earth at this corner.
SENSATIONAL FINISH MARKS VENZKE’S WIN IN “COLUMBIAN MILE”
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Ten thousand track fans see “Flying Swede” sweep to an eyelash victory over three of the world’s fleetest runners – Leo Lermond, Ray Conger and George Bullwinkle – beating them in the order named. His accomplishment, the big thrill of the Knights of Columbus meet, puts him up among the nation’s stars. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31024)
PRESIDENT AND OFFICIALS HONOR VISITING PRINCES
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTIA – Wales and his brother George guests of General Uriburu, nation’s chief, and F. Medina, Minister of War, at maneuvers by students at school, including artillery, infantry and athletic drills. Heir to British throne springs a new uniform at review.
MILITARY ACADEMY THESPIANS SCORE HIT IN ANNUAL SHOW
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Musical comedy, presented by Cadet Corps under direction of Charles L. Decker, Oskaloosa, Kan., member, shows young future generals in trappings of chorus girls; reveals splendid ensembles and proves to be most successful ever offered.
BELATED BLIZZARD PARALYZES TRAFFIC ON RECORD COLD DAY
LONDON, ENGLAND – With unprecedented blasts of snow and temperature forced down to 42 above zero, setting March mark, metropolis encounters great suffering. Transportation disrupted, cars and buses slowed down to a creep and many historic spots almost obliterated by white blanket. Coal shortage adds to peril.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Rammed freighter barely make pier! 7 seamen injured in head-on river crash.
UNIVERSAL CITY, CAL. – Invents “Kaleidoscope Organ”! Optical scientists honor C.R. Hunter for odd musical-screen novelty.
RUEDERSDORF, GERMANY – Blast mountain for talc! Ton of dynamite detonated to dislodge valuable mineral.
ORIGINALITY MARKS ANNUAL TOURNEY OF JUVENILE KITE-FLIERS
OAKLAND, CAL. – Youngsters, competing for gold and cash prizes, trophies, etc., introduce weird and startling air models into contest. Competition, a regular spring holiday for boys, takes on air of a civic event and attracts thousands of spectators to field.
TOYALTY WITNESSES PUBLIC INVESTITURE OF CARDINAL FOSSATI
TURIN, ITALY – The Prince of Piedmont, future King, and his wife, with the Duke of Aosta, are among the thousands who welcome prelate to his See, participating in demonstration as he is installed as Archbishop. Solemn and magnificent religious pageant is feature of rites.
OUTBOARD ACE RULED OUT OF TROPHY LEAD AFTER RECORD HEAT
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. – Hub Myers, of Bay City, Michigan, sets a mark of 41.06 miles per hour in dash for E.H.R. Green trophy, but he and ten others are adjudged guilty of beating the starting gun, with result that his time is thrown out and contest, declared illegal, is postponed a day. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31025)
TROOPS CALLED TO QUELL FELONG REVOLT IN NEW PRISON RIOT
JOLIET, ILL. – Close on the heels of the fatal uprising in the old prison here, in which two men were killed and many injured, inmates of Stateville, most modern penitentiary in America, apply torch to dining halls and cause $1,000,000 damage. Exclusive pictures show ringleader, hands raised, captive and marching to solitary.
HOOVER AND PARTY SAIL FOR PORTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. – President, accompanied by group of his most intimate friends and advisers, is greeted by officers and men of Battleship Arizona as he boards giant war craft for cruise that has turned into a triumph for Chief Executive as he joins in work of raising funds to aid children of insular possessions.
AERIAL INSPECTION MARKS COMPLETION OF SKYSCRAPER KING
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Empire State Building, rising on site of old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, is completed at cost of $55,000,000, in little more than one year. Plane rides over, at and around tower, standing about a quarter-mile above ground, and rest of Manhattan seems dwarfed.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
BOSTON, MASS. – Balchen hope to seek “Viking” survivors! Veteran ace takes off on humanitarian flight.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. – Youthful geniuses! Kin of St. Gaudens attract attention of art world by amazing versatility.
WELLESLEY, MASS. – “Collegiettes” wreck college building! Girls dismantic historic structure to make way.
HOUSEWIVES SAVE 20% AS EGG PRODUCTION GOES ON 24-HOUR SHIFT
BERLIN, GERMANY – Hens and machines for grading, weighing and crating eggs are synchronized at local poultry plant, with result that incubation and hatching are speeded up on systematic basis. Thousands of chicks produced on scientific basis and eggs for Easter market greatly reduced in price.
GAR WOOD SETS NEW SPEEDBOAT RECORD OF 102 MILES AN HOUR
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. – American master of power craft design and operation adds another trophy to his collection with Miss America IX by making fastest time for distance ever attained on water. Remarkably clear and detailed shots reveal how he knocked down previous standard of 98 miles an hour which had been fixed by late Sir Henry Segrave shortly before he sacrificed his life to speed.
KAMIKOFF, BEARDED RUSS, NIPS HOLUBAN IN FURIOUS MAT BOUT
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Siberian husky, whose chin and chop bristles provide him with a porcupine defense, bayonets his way out of a headlock and knocks the neckless Magyar almost unconscious as he hurls him to canvas after slightly more than four minutes of hilarious humiliation of the human form divine. Match is easily the loud laugh sensation of the season. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31026)
PRESIDENT’S ARRIVAL GREETED BY CROWDS WITH WILD ACCLAIM
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO – Seems as though entire population of uncle Sam’s island turns out to greet Mr. Hoover as he debarks from battleship Arizona on first visit he or any other chief executive of nation ever made to Caribbean territory while they held office. City gaily decorated, welcome is vociferous and strenuous.
RAZE 5 APARTMENT HOUSE BLOCKS FOR HUGE BRIDGE PLAZA
NEW YORK, N.Y. – With great span to link Empire State and New Jersey rapidly nearing completion, builders not turn to land approaches which are to be parked, turning vast area of dwellings into one of the beauty spots of the metropolis. Engineers expect to open great bridge to traffic in another twelve months.
RARE DRAGON RITUAL FEATURES 75TH ANNUAL CHINESE “BOMB DAY”
MARYSVILLE, CAL. – For a day, Main Street here is transformed into a bit of old Peking, with fireworks imported from the Orient and a monster, brought over in the gold rush days, forming the center of the Bok-Kai birthday fete. Trophies hurled from exploding crackers are valued at $1,500 and Celestials stage free for all battle to capture them.
ARMY OF CLAIMANTS TO DEMAND SHARES IN VAST WENDEL ESTATE
WICKFORD, R.I. – While heirs presumptive in various parts of United States and even far-off Wurttemberg, Germany prepare to file claims to part of wealth estimated at $100,000,000. Teddy and Edna Haywood actually start suit. They assert they are grand-children of John Gottlieb Wendel, only son in family which died out recently with elderly spinster.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Polar submarine christened with ice cubes! Grandson of Jules Verne attends “Nautilus” ceremony.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Start Spring practice on skyscraper roof! Temple University gridders begin training high and early.
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Youngest officer commissioned! Lt. Col. Paul Priest, 4 months old, honored by Idaho Governor.
MUD-SLIDE ENGULFS VILLAGE AS NATIVES FLEE HOMES IN PANIC
LES GRANGES, FRANCE – After overwhelming two other towns, river of muck traveling at rate of 350 feet an hour creeps steadily onward and soldiers evacuate all inhabitants. Houses buried in mire give testimony to huge volume of inundating element.
RACING PILOTS IN THRILLING CHANGE OF BOATS MID=STREAM
PALM BEACH, FLA. – Adding to ordinary perils and sensations of outboard speed competition, two daredevils risk lives by swapping their mounts while going at rate of forty miles an hour. Stunt is one of most daring ever introduced into an already dangerous sport. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31027)
CAMBRIDGE EIGHT BEATS OXFORD CREW IN ROWING CLASSIC
LONDON, ENGLAND – for eighth time in succession and forty-second in series, light blue eight scores victory on Thames before crowd of million. Leading all the way, winners flash by finish flag with two and a half lengths to spare, covering four-and-a-half mile distance in 19 mins. 26 secs.
SKI EXPERTS DESERT SNOW FOR WATER AS SPRING SEASON OPENS
WINTER HAVEN, FLA. – Boy and girl aquatic stars, finding surfboard riding too tame and old-fashioned, double the risk by donning twin skimmers and speeding across seas, towed by motorboat going at 40-mile pace. Spills add to dangers of sport.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Elinor Smith crashes in height flight trial! Noted aviatrix unhurt after harrowing mishap.
BERKELEY, CAL. – Old Grads gather for Charter Day! Traditional procession of gowned dignitaries marks 63rd U. of C. anniversary.
4 HURT IN EXPRESS DERAILMENT; BROKEN ENGINE AXLE BLAMED
DELRAY, FLA. – Mysterious accident near here throws locomotive and three coaches, including one Pullman sleeper, upside down. Train, a double-header on the Florida East Coast road, is believed to have been wrecked when forward locomotive sprained its ankle. 1,500 feet of track ripped up by cars.
$30,000,000 DAM TO FORM WORLD’S GREATEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE
DAMSITE, MO. – Bagnell barrier, part of huge electric development project in Ozark Mountains, nears completion and vast reservoir begins to rise from waters of Osage River. Ultimately it will be 129 miles long, with shoreline of 1,500 miles. Airplane shots afford splendid birds-eye glimpse of area.
CROSS-COUNTRY KINGS COMPETE IN ANNUAL MOTORBIKE THRILLER
RICHMOND, ENGLAND – Score of nation’s most daring wheelmen meet in test of nerve and endurance, dashing at breakneck gait over hills and through rough valleys, with result that several are hurled out of race as machines somersault on high turns between this city and Teddington.
ENTIRE POPULATION TURNS OUT TO GREET PRESIDENT HOOVER
ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS – Completing his battleship cruise of southern waters, Nation’s chief executive is given gladsome welcome, with thousands of school children joining in program of dances and drills for his entertainment.
ABOARD THE U.S.S. ARIZONA
Just before landing home again, the President gets a thrill when his mail is delivered to him “on the fly” by a blimp which drops pouch to deck of warship. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31028)
KNUTE ROCKNE PASSES; WHOLE WORLD MOURNS LOFF OF GRID GENIUS
SOUTH BEND, IND. – Contrary Fate rules that famed football coach, whose sphere was solid earth, should meet death in air when plane crashes to kill him and 7 others. Grief of family, friends and admirers centers here, where he rose to universal prominence.
AT BAZAAR, KANSAS
Federal and local authorities unite in investigation to determine cause of tragic accident, with remnants of machine taken away for analytical study in hunt for evidence.
SILESIA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF POST WAR SECESSION
BEUTHEN, GERMANY – This rich area of the Polish corridor, which annexed itself to Fatherland by popular vote when plebiscite followed partition ordered by Treaty of Peace. Chancellor Bruening addresses vast multitude after military and civil pageant marking modern progress of 1,000 year old nation.
EARLY RISERS GREET DAWN ARRIVAL OF “BIG TOP” BEASTIES
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Metropolis accepts Spring as a certainty, because circus is here for its annual shove-off to tour of country. Elephants, as usual, are chief actors in animal convention and act as official symbol of the season.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
ALPINE, N.J. – Invents “land-water” boat! Peter Prell’s odd vehicle at home ashore or at sea.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Traveling clinic aids children! Teeth yanked and cavities filled in motor-bus dental parlor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bullet- proof waistcoat survives after revolver barrage! All quiet on the vest in front.
POLICE SEZE BURKE NOTORIOUS GANGLAND MASSACRE SUSPECT
ST. JOSEPH, MICH. – Man reported to have killed more than a score of persons, including seven mowed down in St. Valentine’s Day slaughter in Chicago, is brought to prison here after quiet capture on farm in Missouri. Alleged phantom killer, accused of slaying local policeman, faces trial and life imprisonment if guilty.
GRAND PRIZE FAIR OFFICIALLY OPENED BY PRES. DOUMERGUE
VERSAILLES, FRANCE – Surrounded by national officials and staff of agricultural and breeding experts, chief executive displays keen interest in exhibits, especially those of cattle and swine. Splendid examples of farm stock pass in review before assembled notables at exposition grounds.
YOUG DAREDEVILS DEFY GRAVITY IN AUTO THRILL CLIMB
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL. – Boys at wheels of cars of varying make and vintage go almost straight up in attempt to negotiate steep hill. Broadside skidding, and no kidding, balks many, and one contestant slides backward all the way to bottom after reaching the crest. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31029)
2,000 DEAD AS ‘QUAKE AND FIRE WIPE OUT NATION’S CAPITAL
MANAGUE, NICARAGUA – Handful of rescuers render first aid to injured survivors of most terrible disaster New World has known – a beautiful community destroyed, many of its citizens entombed in debris which may be left as monument to lost town, for it is likely never to be rebuilt.
GREAT ARMY DISPLAY CELEBRATES ENTRY OF U.S. IN WORLD WAR
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Veterans who fought in A.E.F. march again along flag-bedecked Park Avenue, while thousands with same fervor that welcomed victorious soldiers home from victory in France. Tank is vivid reminder of days of hard lighting and suffering.
ROYALTY OFFICIATES AT 12TH BIRTHDAY OF FASCIST FOUNDATION
TURIN, ITALY – Representing the monarchy, Prince of Piedmont and wife, the former Marie Jose of Belgium, salute Black Shirts in celebration to mark anniversary of new regime instituted by Mussloini to save nation from Reds.
MAYOR WALKER BACK FROM DESERT SANDS TO FACE ACCUSEERS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Improved in health after stay at Palm Springs, California, chief executive plunges into vortex of investigations swirling around his administration of metropolis, which may have bearing on national election in 1932. Confidently accepts challenge of foes who attack his official policies.
REVERENT THRONGS PAY FINAL RESPECTS TO KNUTE ROCKNE
SOUTH BEND, IND. – As mourners gather from all parts of country and stars of his great 1930 eleven serve as pall bearers, famed coach of Notre Dame’s football wizards rests ‘neath soil close to campus where he won renown. Vast crowds choke streets and pack church where clergy and laity honor his memory.
HI, SKIN-NEE! CIRCUS! GOTHAN HAILS NEW JOYS UNDER “BIG TOP”
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Spectacular thrilling stunts, novelty and originality characterize latest edition of tented amusement as unveiled in Madison Square Garden, where “wise” city folk gurgle and gasp with as much enjoyment as their rural prototypes.
EASTER PRECEDENT IS SET BY HOOVERS IN SUNRISE WORSHIP
ARLINGTON, VA. – President and wife lead vast throng at services in National Cemetery amphitheatre, first of kind to be staged there: Knights Templar guard of honor in uniform, Army, Navy and Diplomatic corps represented.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – First Lady acts as hostess to city children in traditional egg-roll fete.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Communists and cloudy skies fail to dim Society’s Easter promenade.
SENSATIONAL FINISH MARKS GRAKLE’S WIN IN GRAND NATIONAL
AINTREE, ENGLAND – With two horses dead and 31 in all eliminated in the most grueling test known to racing. Liverpool cotton broker’s entry captures rich prize on his fifth attempt in as many years. Easter Hero, American competitor and favorite, among those which fall by wayside. Victor pays backers over 16 to 1, also sets new course record. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31030)
LONGWORTH’S DEATH MOURNED BY NATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Popular and powerful in Congress for more than 25-years, sudden passing of the Speaker of the House after few days illness at Aiken, S.C., stuns President Hoover and other leaders. Highlights of his official life show him with Lindbergh, presiding over Congress and at public function with wife, daughter of Roosevelt and Ohio statesman’s White House bride.
CAPITAL DECLARES HOLIDAY IN HONOR OF VISITING PRINCES
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Heir to British throne and his brother George wind up good will tour of South America with appearance at reception and parade in uniform of cavalry and other units of national armed forces. Royal guests acclaimed by populace as they ride through lanes of well wishers.
BREWER’S MAMMOTH CONCRETE CHIMNEY RAZED IN SOLID PIECE
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Its days of usefulness gone, stack two hundred feet high takes a tumble to itself and crashes to earth, another addition to the list of casualties, since Volstead rang the curfew on legalized brew with a kick. Old time beer factory, a block square, makes way for modern freight terminal.
PRES. DOUMERGUE IS GUEST OF HONOR AT ANNUAL ARMY SHOW
FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE – Crack riders thrill Chief Executive of country and a large audience as they go through swift and intricate maneuvers. Stunts demonstrate high degree of discipline of men and horses in cavalry arm of new military power developed since shattered World War forces returned home.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
HOLLYWOOD, CAL. – Thousands gather for sunrise services! Great “Bowl” jammed for annual colorful ceremony.
ROME, ITALY – Aviator’s widow honored! Mussolini decorates Signora Maddalena for late husband’s trans-ocean flight.
ALAMEDA, CAL. – sprinter transfers mail to speeding plane! Fashion plate pilot also re-fuels from auto.
INVALID NATIVES RUSH TO NEW-FOUND LAKE FOR MAGIC SALT CURE
UZBEKISTAND, S.S.R. – Afoot, on horseback and packed into rickety, lumbering farm carts, thousands of sufferers from many ailments make pilgrimage to Khivin waters in Central Asia, seeking relief from pain. Sun baths on saline sands add to benefits gleaned from life-giving element.
FLAP-WING INVENTOR FLOPS IN ATTEMPT TO EMULATE BIRDIES
BROOKLINE, MASS. – Mme. Helene Alberti, concert singer of Boston, turns from her thrushlike warbling to another phase of avian endeavor – soaring by arm power. Using hills of estate as testing ground, she and male pupil spring gaily into the air, flutter canvas propellers assiduously and go into nose dives promptly.
KAMISHI SELECTED FOR OLYMPICS AFTER THRILING SKI TRIALS
TOYOHARA, JAPAN – With Tokyo and other parts of empire experiencing heaviest snow of years, winter sports stars gather here, at most northern point of realm, to vie for honor of representing Mikado at games in America next year. Dangerous spills mark competition off mountain crest, with Hosei University jumper winner. |
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