Needy Wait in Rain as Police Distribute Free Food Packages (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NEEDY WAIT IN RAIN AS POLICE DISTRIBUTE FREE FOOD PACKAGES: NEW YORK, NY - Apples play important role in providing for temporary jobless relief, even Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, widow of the opera impresario, taking a stand near City Hall and peddling pippins from a crate. Poor families eagerly accept provisions and fuels paid for by bluecoats. 2. UNIQUE ENGINEERING FEAT LEVELS 95-ACRE HILL IN HEART OF CITY: SEATTLE, WA - At a cost of $1,125,000, hump 85 feet high is being shoveled away at rate of 14,000 cubic yards daily, six electric and steam diggers operating. Dirt, which will leave 40 city blocks level, is transported over belts to scows in Elliott Bay, half mile away, and there loaded on self-dumping scows which carry it to sea. 3. CLARK CHAMBERLAIN, OF MICHIGAN STATE, WINS 6-MILE CLASSIC: VAN CORTLANDT PARK, NY - Fleet junior from Wolverine state covers distance in 30 mins., 19 2/5 sec., beating some of the best harriers in the country. Twenty-two colleges nominate men for intercollegiate title, with Penn State capturing second and third places. 4. GOVERNMENT SALMON HATCHERY PRODUCES RECORD 54,000,000 ROE: AUBURN, WA - Largest fish egg plant in the world traps spawning pink beauties rushing to maternity grounds and forces them to breed under scientific conditions. Giant Chinooks battling torrent-like streams meet fate in form of great nets and electric dams which are but steps to the ultimate can-opener. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 5. NEW YORK, NY - What price glory! — Pawnshops swamped with war medals and decorations — $2.00 each. 6. LONDON, ENGLAND - Hot dough! — Annual custom attracts scrambling crowds in battle for sizzling pence. 7. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - Canine widow adopts kitten! — “Scotty,” recently bereaved, mothers newly-born orphan. 8. IOWA FARMER WINS FOURTH CORN-HUSKING CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE: NORTON, KS - Peeling the overcoats off a ton of roastin’ “years” — 2,123 pounds to be exact, Fred Stanek of Fort Dodge captures crown as “King of Huskers” in 80 minutes. By skinning 30.34 bushels against strong competition, he takes down more than $1,000 in cash prizes. 9. HOCKEY USHERED IN WITH 1-0 AMERICAN WIN OVER MONTREAL: NEW YORK, NY - Fifteen thousand tense and boisterous fans, probably the wildest of the breed, gather in Madison Square Garden to watch inaugural of ice sport. Rough ice and rougher players combine to give them an inaugural thrill, with Normie Himes, Yankee center as hero.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library