New Congress Opens; Favors Jobless Aid; Red Rioters Quelled (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1930)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NEW CONGRESS OPENS; FAVORS JOBLESS AID; RED RIOTERS QUELLED: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With unemployment, prohibition, farm relief and tax problems as major problems, short session of Seventy-First national legislature is one of most vital in generations. Democrats pledge help to Hoover as malcontents engage police in battle at Capitol. 2. PRIZE SPRINTS STIR JADED APPETITES OF 6-DAY BIKE RACE FANS: NEW YORK, NY - Dizzy season opens with fifteen teams of human squirrels whirling round-and-round Madison Square Garden cage, going no-where but determined to get there in a week of fast travel. Sometimes they spill and fracture wheels and funny bones, but spinning goes on. 3. LEVIATHAN RECEIVES WINTER OVERHAULING; GIVES WORK TO 500: BOSTON, MA - Giant of the seas and queen of America’s merchant fleet, sails majestically into Navy dry-dock and is immediately taken in hand by throng of mechanics. Repairs include straightening dents in one of the propellers, which is 16 feet long and weighs 19,000 pounds. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. NEW YORK, NY - Sinclair Lewis sails! — Famed author en roué to receive Nobel Prize awarded for outstanding literary achievements. 5. NEW YORK, NY - Artists create Holiday beasts! — Show unique animals intended for store displays. 6. BERLIN, GERMANY - Labor strike ends! — 140,000 workers joyously resume interrupted tasks. 7. BERLIN, GERMANY - Monk musicians make merry! — But discord threatens disruption of Jungle Jazz Jugglers. 8. “SWEEP ALL” WINS LAST BIG FEATURE OF 1930 RACING SEASON: BOWIE, MD - Sonny Workman, midget master horseman, captures Endurance Handicap, worth $10,000 with Dixiana Stable’s flashy two-year-old, while his running mate, Admiral Cary Grayson’s “Happy Scot,” is second, less than a length behind. Victor expected to be championship contender next season. 9. GALES AND FLOODS CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE AS RIVERS OVERFLOW: COBLENZ, GERMANY - First pictures of terrific torrents that swept through southern part of Reich, carrying ruin to homes and death to livestock, give a vivid impression of what has happened in many parts of Europe as result of ceaseless rains and windstorms. 10. THOUSANDS GASP AT PERILOUS AUTO SKID IN FURIOUS CONTEST: LOS ANGELES, CA - Horrified thousands lifted to their toes as one of the speed demons, rounding turn at hair-raising pace, throws a wheel and rolls to disaster even as runaway part shoots along track for hundreds of feet. Struggle won by Ernie Triplett after veteran Ralph De Palma puts up game fight. (LOCAL – NATIONAL THEATER) No title.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library