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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31061)
TEXAS GIRL SETS NEW WORLD HURDLE MARK IN ANNUAL A.A.U. MEET
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Mildred “Babe” Didrikson, of Dallas, astounds 15,000 spectators with her astonishing athletic prowess in lowering the record for the 80 meter jump race to 12 seconds, flat, at the ninth annual women’s track and field championship games, clipping a fifth of a second from the time for the event. The Southwestern streak also leaps 17 feet, 11 ? inches to take the running broad jump. Miss Stella Walsh, Cleveland Ohio bullet, retains some of her lost prestige by winning the 220-yard dash.
PRES. RUBIO ATTENDS NATION’S FIRST TRY AT INDUSTRIAL UNITY
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – Factory workers parade their wares in a gigantic demonstration, displaying the manufacturing strength of the country. In a bid for world trade, labor shows its chief executive the power it wields. Native costumes feature the magnificent procession.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
OAKLEY, KANS. – Judge performs agriculture wedding! Accepts bushel of wheat in payment of marriage fee.
ROCKPORT, MASS. – Builds house of newspapers! Elis Stenman completes strange abode after 10 years on the job.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
ATLANTA, GA. – Robert Wadlow, 13, is world’s tallest Boy Scout! He stands 7 feet, 5 inches tall, and wears a No. 30 shoe.
BARTLETT, ILL. – Barnyard pet wears shoes! Mr. Quack refuses to walk bare-footed – modest, maybe.
RECORD CROWD SEES ANCIENT AUTOS REVEL IN “TIN CAN” RODEO
ROBY, IND. – Looping Lenas and puddle-jumpers careen around field in unique event, punctuated by frequent crack-ups that fail to faze folding fenders of flivver poloists. Daredevils drive aged cars with coughing motors, in a high speed race in reverse to climax the day’s thrills.
LOS ANGELES HOPS ON COURTESY FLIGHT WITH ROYAL GUESTS
LAKEHURST, N.J. – King Prajadhipok of Siam takes a sight-seeing jaunt over New York City on the giant dirigible. Navy custom is set aside to permit Queen Rambaibarni to accompany the monarch on the air journey. She is the first woman ever to enjoy a trip on the huge airship. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31062)
7-POWER CONFERENCE MEETS TO DISCUSS GERMAN FINANCE AID
LONDON, ENGLAND – The most significant meeting of diplomats since the Peace Treaty gathering at Versailles, convenes to find a solution to the war debt problem, and give assistance to the new republic, faced with disaster. At the invitation of the British Foreign Office, Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon, Premier Pierre Laval, Premier Ramsay MacDonald, Chancellor Bruening, Foreign Minister Briand, Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson, Monsieur Renkin, and Baron Matsudaira tackle the troublesome matter, seeking accord that will benefit the nations of Europe.
TWIN BRIDGE “WAR” ENDS AS GOV. MURRAY HEEDS U.S. INJUCTION
DURANT, OKLA. – “Alfalfa Bill” goes to th front and heads his militiamen guarding the state’s free bridge to Denison, Texas, in competition with a toll span. The government order is recognized and the pay link is permitted to operate. Autos have a bumpy time, however, negotiating the approaches which were ploughed up to make the proposition less profitable. But sightseers jam the other structure, taking advantage of the free ride.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
CHICAGO, ILL. – Residents flee from triple building collapse! Condemned homes sink, injuring aged kindling gatherer.
GARDONE, ITALY – Kaye Don breaks speed boat record! British sportsman pilots Miss England II at 110.2 miles an hour.
COLLINGDALE, PA. – Ex-beauty-contest winner delivers ice! Worthington’s the name and she handles half-a-ton a day.
FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. – Wounded Army pigeon returns afoot from 720-mile trip! Plucky bird home after sensational experience.
30,000 CHILDREN MEET IN FIRST ALL-EUROPE OLYMPIAD OF YOUTH
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – A procession in celebration of this unique festival precedes a demonstration of mass gymnastics and calisthenics in which more than 10,000 youngsters participate at the same time. A veritable sea of banners swings down Ringstrasse and passes in review before the Parliament Building, in one of the most astounding examples of human synchronism in athletic history.
COAST INAUGURATES WATER TOBOGGAN TO RELIEVE HEAT WAVE
ALAMEDA, CAL. – Shooting down slides, humans find cooling breezes and escape from the blistering sun. They have nothing on the Los Angeles alligator farm, however, where the reptiles have adopted the same idea for themselves. But the ‘gators have it on the ladies. They carry their vehicles right with them and flop down the chute with a toothsome smile.
BOARDMAN-POLANDO LAND IN TURKEY; SET NEW NON-STOP MARK
BARREN ISLAND, N.Y. – The New England fliers struggle to get their monoplane, Cape Cod, into the air with its tremendous load of 728 gallons of gasoline. The ship meets the test and the aviators wing their way toward Istanbul and fame. The longest single jump on record – 5,000 miles – was made in 49 hours, 17 minutes and beat the distance of 4,912 miles flown by Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte last year.
NORTH BEACH, N.Y. – Lindy and Anne hop on world tour flight! Hope to travel around globe by easy stages. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31063)
RED HORDES GATHER IN MONSTER RALLY AS POLICE FOIL DISORDERS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Alert bluecoats frustrate efforts of soap-box orators, protesting against the world picking on Soviet Russia, among other things. Young and old mill around in famous Union Square in the greatest demonstration ever held there by Communists. They disperse without trouble, all the while under the vigilant eyes of a huge squad of cops.
HORSE BUYERS MEET AT FAMOUS ANNUAL “PONY-PENNING DAY”
CHINCOTEAGUE, VA. – Wild animals, bred on the coast’s salt marshes, are corralled and auctioned to a large crowd at the yearly sale. Hostlers have their troubles keeping the steeds orderly in their first introduction to civilization and the life of a tame horse. The beasts, of a rar line, are believed to have landed on the shore from the wreck of a Spanish trading ship.
SAD THRONGS MOURN AT FUNERAL OF BABE SLAIN BY GANGSTERS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Thousands incensed by the most cruel outrage ever committed by the underworld, weep at the burial rites of five-year-old Michael Vengalli. The child was the only one of five, who were shot down by gang guns, to die. Little Italy turns out in droves to express sympathy for the bereaved parents a the cortege passes through the street where the bullets barked their brutal message.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
LOS ANGELES, CAL. – The chiropractors are in again – ho, hum! Helen Holiday wins trophy for having world’s most perfect back.
PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO – Dedicate great Perry Memorial! Giant shaft commemorates immortal victory in Battle of Lake Erie.
PORTOLA, CAL. – Work train crashes through trestle! 17 hurt in freak lumber country accident.
SEATTLE, WASH. – Flagpole-sitting epidemic hits Northwest! 7 – count ‘em – 7 compete for $500 cash prize.
WEARY DEPOSITORS AWAIT RE-OPENING OF STRICKEN BANKS
BERLIN, GERMANY – Police maintain a watchful guard on long lines formed outside the doors, as word goes around the city that the institutions will make part payments. Limited withdrawals are finally allowed and small groups are selected from mobs trying to storm banks and are permitted to enter and get their money. Disorders are averted.
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LINDBERGHS OFF ON LONG HOP THROUGH WILDS OF CANADA
NORTH HAVEN, ME. – The first motion pictures ever shown of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., 14-months-old son of the famous flier, reveal a happy youngster, who bears a marked resemblance to his father. The child plays with two pet dogs, while his parents pay their respects to his grandfather, Senator Dwight Morrow, just before they take-off for jump over rough country toward the Pacific Ocean and the Orient. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31064)
MacDONALD SURVEYS REICH FINANCES AS PARLEY NEARS END
BERLIN, GERMANY – A welcome fitting a hero is accorded the weary British Prime Minister on his arrival at the nation’s capital. A huge throng storms the station to cheer the statesman as he is met by Chancellor Breuning, while the Union Jack waves beside the Prussian eagle above the joyous crowd.
KELLY FIELD PILOTS RESCUE VICTIMS OF GIANT BOMBER CRASH
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. – Ambulance of the air covers great distance from Army post to scene of the accident and rushes the injured by plane to a hospital. The speediest method averts tragedy and the cadets who cracked up are saved by the most modern means of administering first aid.
FREIGHTER’S ARRIVAL MAKES SEAPORT OF INLAND METROPOLIS
CHICAGO, ILL. – The Swedish oil ship, Anna, reaches its destination with a cargo from Belgium. Harbinger of a new era in Midwestern commerce she is greeted by officials after her historic all water trip through the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. It marks the first sea-to-lake shipment ever to reach the Windy City without changes in the means of transportation.
ODD MILITARY FIESTA INAUGURATES CITY’S 700TH ANNIVERSARY
WIENER-NEUSTADT, AUSTRIA – Picturesque costumes and uniforms of soldiery of the middle ages mark the procession opening the event. Quaint stories of folklore represented by magnificent floats reveal the history and some of the struggles of the municipality down through the centuries it has endured.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
GRAND MARAIS, MICH. – Family lives in barrel! Huge water-cask makes odd abode in forest, far from phones and trolleys.
KULLA-GUNNARSTORP, SWEDEN – Crown Prince and Princess honor Boy Scouts! Lads from all over Europe entertain royal visitors.
SWEET HOME, ARK. – Hold first statewide Black beauty show! Rozele Moss is crowned “Miss Colored Arkansas.”
10,000 PICNICKERS FEED ON WORLD’S LARGEST OMELET OF 10,000 EGGS
CHEHALIS, WASH. – A spirited contest in which 18 women vie for shell breaking honors precedes the actual frying of the meal. Skating on bacon a young lady greases the pan and then three chefs supervise the simmering process in a skillet weighing half a ton. Gov. Roland H. Hartley serves the portion and the folks dig in.
DARING SPORTSMAN CAPTURES AND RIDES MONSTER SEA TURTLE
PANAMA CITY, FLA. – Young Wallace Caswell dives into water and grapples with the monster, weighing 600 pounds. After a tussle the intrepid swimmer climbs to the huge back and guides the angry reptile through the water. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31065)
DARING STEEPLEJACK REMOVES MENACE OF LIGHTNING HIT SPIRE
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – George A. NcNeill, veteran of three wars, former Army flier, and a human fly for 36 years, scales to the tip of the 325-foot peak to determine its condition. Finding it in need of repairs, he makes the necessary corrections and eliminates the danger. McNeill, now well over 50, climbs into the city’s pinnacles every day with the same daring displayed when he was a youth.
GOVERNMENT DRAINS LAKE NEMI TO RAISE GALLEY OF CALIGULA
ROME, ITALY – Fascist engineers complete the difficult feat which brings to light again the mysterious craft of the mad emperor. The use for which the peculiar ship was built remains undecided but the lore of ancient civilization is revealed by the discoveries of the experts who have been attending the reclamation of the historic vessel. The job has been going on for five years.
RAILROADS TO MEET BUS RIVALRY WITH RUBBER-TIRED TRAINS
PARIS, FRANCE – A marvelous new invention takes the jogs and bumps out of travel, making things easy and comfortable for the tourist. The huge high-powered vehicle attains a tremendous speed in a trial run that upsets the records of steam-driven conveyances operating on steel wheels. The lightweight car shoots noiselessly along the tracks at a 77-mile an hour clip in the test spin, and proves itself an answer to the competition of the motor lorry.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
LOCKPORT, ILL. – Claims world’s heavyweight title! George Hofmeyer tips scales at 674 pounds and sits on 2 chairs.
WEST ACTION, MASS. – Dog learns to walk with wooden leg! “Teddy” navigates anew after amputation by steel trap.
NEW DORP, N.Y. – Abandoned trolleys make unique home colony! Street car village built up in heart of metropolis.
BURLINGTON, IA. – Movies cal Tom Mix! Famous star – and Tony, too – forsakes circus for triumphal return to screen.
SEA RARITIES MARK OPENING OF GREAT $3,000,000 AQUARIUM
CHICAGO, ILL. – A mammoth museum filled with mysteries from the ocean’s depths is erected on the site of the world’s fair. All Chicago flocks to the new fishery to attend the dedication ceremonial and view the specimens, including sea horses, and cows, triggerfish, fewfish, National Champion Gold-Fish and thousands of other finny curiosities.
U.S. REGAINS FAMOUS WIGHTMAN TROPHY IN STIRRING TENNIS DUEL
FOREST HILLS, N.Y. – Mrs. Helen Wills Moody retains her crown as “Queen of the Courts” with a sterling victory over Betty Nuthall, star of England’s net team, sent over to defend the cup. Our Helen swings back into her old unbeatable game to defeat the English girl 6-4, 6-2. With Helen Jacobs, the one-time national champion gathers enough points in the singles to bring the emblem of feminine supremacy back to America. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31066)
100,000 SEE LAUNCHING OF MAMMOTH LINER, “REX,” NEW SEA QUEEN
GENOA, ITALY – King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena attend the ceremony which sends the giant ship down the ways toward its work of bringing merchant marine prestige to their nation. It is the first of two steamers the country plans to float in its effort to corner the commercial trade of the Atlantic. The huge vessel is 872 feet long with a gross tonnage in excess of 50,000.
AIR FREIGHT CARRIES STRANGE CARGO ON INAUGURAL FLIGHT
KANSAS CITY, MO. – The first delivery line of the skies is opened with an odd assortment of items listed in the hold of the ship. The route from New York to the Pacific Coast is planned to revolutionize the business. Among the queer “passengers” are found a Poland China pig, a crate of chickens and a shipment of eggs.
?-MILE WOODPILE PROVIDES WORK FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY
PURDYS, N.Y. – More than 2,000,000 feet of birch, breech and maple logs are prepared for the factory where employees convert them into paper pulp food dishes. Heavy and powerful machinery must give way to the human hand when the actual processes are commenced and jobs are furnished to the whole town as the industry again hums.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
ST. LOUIS, MO. – Milkmaid makes deliveries via zebra express! Unusual team quite at home in city streets.
VINCENNES, FRANCE – Pershing feted at Colonial Exposition! Crowds acclaim dedication of U.S. exhibit.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Destroy seized slot machines! Law ferrets out vicious devices in anti-gambling drive.
MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH. – Resort town continues ban on motors! No-auto edict revives fond memories of the Gay 90’s.
GALA MARINE FIESTA ENDS DRIVE BOOMING NATIONAL INDUSTRIES
XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO – Native workmanship is stimulated one week each year, climaxed by a picturesque parade on the waters of the Mexican Venice. Colorfully bedecked canoes and floats mark the unique procession participated in by government officials, workers and factory owners. The beautiful Charro and China Poblana dresses are displayed and the citizenry are urged to buy them, as well as other home-made products.
SILK MILLS STRIKERS MIX WITH POLICE IN FURIOUS STREET RIOT
PATERSON, N.J. – One man is injured and six are arrested in the fracas that follows a peaceful parade held with official permission. A gathering in a vacant lot after the procession precipitates the dispute which ends in a free-for-all, but the cause of law and order finally prevails and the obstreperous objectors are incarcerated. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31067)
ROYAL BRIDEGROOM PILOTS PRINCESS ON AERIAL HONEYMOON
ASPERN, AUSTRIA – Flying a small sport plane, Archduke Anton of Hapsburg stops off with Princess Tienan, of Rumania, his bride, to show her the sights of Vienna, nearby. The title husband is an ardent aviation fan and is winging over central Europe prior to a hop for England. Attaches of the Rumanian embassy and officials of Austria welcome the couple to the city.
HIGHWAYS FLOODED AS SUDDEN STORMS BREAK LONG DROUTH
LANCASTER, OHIO – The farmers of the Little Miami Valley prayed for rain to end a long dry spell that was taking a severe toll of the crops. The heavens opened and drenched the whole region. The stream was swollen over its banks, inundating roads throughout the area, typing up traffic and bringing the land owners the blessing they asked. Motorists and automobile trucks attempt to span the swift waters but in many cases the vehicles are marooned in the middle of the main highway.
VISIT OF BRUENING AND CURTIUS ENDS IN GOOD-WILL EXCHANGE
ROME, ITALY – Premier Mussolini entertains the German Chancellor and Foreign Minister at the Villa D’Este and plans for the benefit of Europe and general relief of the world are discussed. The plight of the nations of central Europe, with their political and financial troubles, occupy the men during the conference in which Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, also, took part. The friendliness of the two nations predicts a new day for all the continent.
LYNCHERS FOILED AS “TORCH KILLERS” GET LIFE IN SPEEDY TRIAL
YPSILANTI, OHIO – Throngs, thirsty to take the law in their own hands, mill around outside the Washtenaw County jail but police vigilance protects Frank Oliver, David Blackstone, and Fred Smith. The crowds wait through the night for the departure, under a heavy guard, of the men to prison convicted of the brutal slaying of two high school girls and their boy companions.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
HIRATSUKA, JAPAN – Invoke Deity’s aid for municipal street car line. Shinto clergy preside at trolley inauguration.
CHICAGO, ILL. – Colored boys box for charity! Spectators donate food and clothing to watch stirring bouts.
ST. NAZAIRE, FRANCE – Recover 5 more bodies from ill-fated St. Philibert. Re-float steamer which sank with 500 aboard.
HONOLULU, T.H. – Did you ever see a horse with a mustache! Well, here he is, honest Injun.
CITY LAW COMPELS MEN TO WEAR BEARDS FOR ANNUAL PAGENT
CENTRALIA, WASH. – Offenders who fail to heed the ordinance are imprisoned in a stock and pillory, and freedom is gained only after the payment of a fine. Even the mayor of the municipality, and its leading bankers and professional men, are forced to live up to the letter of the edict which became effective six weeks before the Pioneers Picnic. Many covered wagons used by the trail-blazers three-quarters of a century ago are seen in the picturesque parade which climaxes the historic fete.
GOLD CUP CLASSIC WON BY HOTSY TOTSY IN NEW RECORD TIME
MONTAUK, N.Y. – Victor Kleisrath, of Port Washington, N.Y., repeats his performance of last year and sets a new average mark of 53.6 miles an hour for the 90-mile course. The most sought after prize of speedboat racing in America is won after a grueling battle during the first heat with Miss Philadelphia and Californian. The winner has now taken the coveted trophy two years in succession with the same craft. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31068)
FEDERALS CAPTURE REBEL CHIEFS AFTER LONG OCEAN PURSUIT
HAVANA, CUBA – Former President Mario Menocal and Col. Charles Mendieta, leaders of the revolution are returned to the capital on the flagship of the country’s navy and banished to prison. Supporters of President Machado view the historic event with a tremendous enthusiasm, and display confidence in the chief executive to end the revolt despite constant rumors of filibuster parties.
BUSY VILLAGE OF 900 SHIPS RECORD PEACH CROP OF 900 CARLOADS
COBDEN, ILL. – A bumper harvest from this little community sends one freight-car of fruit for each inhabitant into the markets. A drive throughout the commonwealth brings community cooperation in getting the supply to the consumer from the heavily ladened trees through the hills of Egypt, in the southern end of the state.
YANKEE FLIERS FINED $2,050 FOR VIOLATION OF ANTI-CAMERA LAWS
TOKYO, JAPAN – Hostile government officials, instead of hero-worshipping crowds, welcome Hugh Herndon, Jr. and Clyde Pangborn after the aviators had successfully spanned the Atlantic, flown over Europe and hopped across Asia. Adjudged guilty of flying without a permit and photographing secret fortifications the heavy penalty is imposed on the Americans. Undaunted, the fliers seek to regain their confiscated ship in an attempt to cross the Pacific on a non-stop flight.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Ancient law regales Gotham’s dwellers! “Pony boy” still guides trains through city streets.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. – Spanks son on 96th birthday! 5 generations honor anniversary of great great grandfather, Judge John S. Heard.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
BALTIMORE, MD. – Pet duck becomes sandwich man! “Tessie” goes into the advertising business to earn her board.
DESPERATE FARMERS FIGHT TO SAVE FIELDS ATTACKED BY FLAMES
DAYTON, WASH. – Traveling with the speed of lightning, a devastating wheatfield blaze consumes thousands of acres ready for harvest. Hundreds of men from miles around struggle to stave off disaster, and prevent the spread of the ruinous conflagration. All sorts of implements and improvised apparatus are pressed into service but no measures are sufficiently powerful to stop the wave of destruction.
DEVOUT WEDDING PAIR INVOKES PAGAN IDOL IN RARE BRIDAL RITES
MAUTERNDORF, AUSTRIA – An ancient fete, dating from the era of the Celts, is revived as the richest heiress of this Salzburg village is wed. Picturesque peasants employ odd means to block the peaceful and colorful progress of the marriage procession through the streets seeking gifts from the bride, but the historic pageant and the determined lovers continue regardless of obstacles.
COAST GUARDS FINISH ARMY’S FLOP BOMBING JOB AS NAVY LAUGHS
OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES – The condemned Shipping Board vessel, Mount Shasta, cut adrift in the sea, proves a tough target for the “expert eyes” of the bombers from Langley Field, who miss the mark by as much as 1,000 feet. The two tries fail to end the career of the aimless hulk and the blue-jackets from the frontier defense show the Air Corps how it is done. The S.S. Masoutin and S.S. Carrabasset steam toward the doomed ship and first set it afire. This done, shells directed by eyes attuned to watery wastes soon find vital spots and the Mount Shasta, much to the chagrin of the Army, dives toward the bottom of the ocean. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31069)
GOVERNMENT CHIEFS RETURN TO CAPITAL; ASSERT REVOLT OVER
HAVANA, CUBS – Fresh from a successful encounter with rebel forces at Gibera, President Machado hastens to the executive Palace to take hold of reins of the national parliament. General Herrera and Admiral Rivero rush through the Central Railroad station, giving scant attention to the hordes waiting to afford them conquerors’ greeting.
RAIN FAILURE CAUSES NATIVE STAMPEDE TO REAP FINNY HARVEST
TIFTON, GA. – Low water reveals a rich source of choice fish, and residents storm the banks to gather a store. The supply is so plentiful that men dive into the water and invoke a new means of angling, catching them in their hands. One over zealous Ike Walton discovers an odd method – he lands one in his mouth.
SOUTHWEST INDIANS MEET TO CELEBRATE ANNUAL TRIBAL RITES
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than 5,000 Apache, Navajo and Zuni gather in the greatest single conference of Indians in history. Led by Gov. Seligman a colorful pageant of the nations opens the event, climaxed by a series of native dances. Despite the inroads of civilization, savage ancestry is apparent in the weird customs and ceremonies.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
LOS ANGELES, CAL. – Boy inventors provide thrills for neighborhood kids! It’s called “The Dashing Killer” – 2c a ride.
CHICAGO, ILL. – New device extinguishes oil fires in 30 seconds! L.J. Dugas does his stuff in hot experiement.
ALBION, N.Y. – Regiment of bakers builds 3 ? ton cake! Huge pastry celebrates Diamond Jubilee of famous fair.
HORSES ORDERED TO SWIM, IS NEW EDICT OF WAR DEPARTMENT
MONTEREY, CAL. – Steeds of the 76th Field Artillery do not take kindly to the order demanding they learn to handle themselves in salt water. Many are led to the beach’s edge but they will not take to the drink, so Army discipline is enlisted and they are dumped in, with a dampening effect on equine dignity. The measure is enforced so animals will be able to save themselves in the event of a disaster at sea.
MAYORS OF 4 STATES MEET IN ATTEMPT TO AID STRIKE SITUATION
WHEELING, W. VA. – Executives of many towns and cities of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia gather in a parley with coal mine operators and labor leaders to arrange a settlement of the desperate problem. State police on duty guard the non-striking workers who keep the mines running. Relief kitchens issuing food to starving and needy families are shown the visiting municipal leaders to impress them with the urgent necessity for action.
U.S. GREETS ARRIVAL OF GIANT DO-X AFTER LONG-DELAYED FLIGHT
MIAMI, FLA. – The largest airplane in the world is cheered by thousands on completing the jump from South America, after a stop-over in revolution-torn Cubs. The commanders of the ship are acclaimed here as they reach port, for a break in the hop to New York. The big bird-like leviathan of the air slides out of the skies and skims down to a perfect water landing. The fliers rest, and the engines get the once over in preparation for continuing the tour. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1931 (UE31070)
GRATEFUL POPULACE REPAYS DROUGHT DEBT TO STRICKEN CITIES
ENGLAND, ARK. – Good weather, plenty of rain, and unrelenting industry, rewards the inhabitants of this locality with bumper crops. Remembering their plight of a year ago, when the sun burned their vegetation to the ground and relief agencies rescued them from starvation, they ship gifts of food to Henryeta, Okla., where unemployment and a dry spell is reaping its toll. Fresh grown supplies are sent in a convoy of fast motor trucks, so that hunger will end in the sister community that aided them in their time of dire need last year.
NOTED RESORT HOLDS LAVISH MIDSUMMER THANKSGIVING FIESTA
VIAREGGIO, ITALY – Carnival week sets in with a rousing display of color and brilliance. The picturesque pageant of peasants at the Ligurian seashore is a hey-day of rejoicing by the happy natives of Tuscany, grateful for a prosperous, profitable, and pleasant summer.
HEROIC PRIEST AIDS FIREMEN AS FLAMES DESTROY TENEMENT
CHICAGO, ILL. – Rev. Matthew Canning, who is conducting a personal fighting drive against gangsters in his parish, takes a leading part in searching for bodies in the ruins of building razed by fire and explosions in which one life was lost and more than 10 persons injured. Fighters struggle against the consuming blaze in an effort to recover other unfortunate victims.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rare bird comedian comes to National Zoo! Shoebill, only one in America, costs $5,000.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - $1,500,000 goes up in smoke! Treasury officials destroy old and mutilated paper money.
RIVERS CHOKED AS RECORD SALMON RUN ENRICHES FISHERMEN
ILLWACO, WASH. – The “silver horde” jams traffic at the mouth of the Columbia. Even horses are pressed into service by the seiners who make them ford the rushing waters, which are giving up a harvest averaging about fifty tons a day. The hauls are so heavy and the fish so abundant that normal means of carting are insufficient to cope with the tremendous living tide, the most valuable catch in the history of the American salmon industry.
DAREDEVIL HURT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT EXHIBITION CRASH
ALBION, N.Y. – Reckless drivers are tossed out of their seats like feathers as their automobiles smash into each other and fold up in accordion fashion. Mike Felber, of Syracuse, unable to make a clear leap, is critically injured by the impact but Ernie Fosnaugh, of Chicago, is merely shaken up. The men are volunteer operators, performing to thrill the spectators at a fair.
CITY HAILS ARRIVAL OF GIANT DO-X AT END OF EPOCHAL JOURNEY
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The magnificent German Dornier flying boat comes out of the skies and glides up the Hudson River over the George Washington bridge with the regal splendor of a true Queen. Aircraft, large and small, accompany the huge ship along Manhattan’s skyline, dwarfed by the tremendous size of the visiting foreigner. It circles the Statue of Liberty and drops to a perfect landing in the bay at the Battery, to receive the acclaim of the metropolis. |
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