News Paragraphs (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: PORTLAND, OR - Electricity aids tonsorial art! — Hair-raising current simplifies hair-cutting labors. 2. APPLE EATERS UNITE IN CHEWING PATHWAY TO NEW PROSPERITY: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Not only the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, but golfing girls, window cleaners, policemen and patients of dentists about to reduce their chewing efficiency indulge in one grand and glorious munch, doing their bit to aid jobless thousands. 3. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: TOMPKINSVILLE, NY - Custom’s men seize large dope shipment! — $150,000 haul a telling victory in war on vicious ring. 4. SORENSEN CAPTURES SKI LAURELS WITH NEW RECORD JUMP: SALISBURY MILLS, NY - State champion, within 24 hours of winning New England title at Brattleboro, Vermont, shatters own mark of 177 feet by flight of 181 and scores 224 of possible 240 points against best skiers of East. Tallies awarded for perfection of form as well as distance. 5. ENTIRE BLOCK GUTTED AS FIVE-ALARM FIRE CAUSES $500,000 LOSS: NEW YORK, NY - Historic Lincoln Square arcade, with neighboring stores and apartments, wiped out by mystery blaze believed to have started in studio of one of many artists who occupied building. Nineteen persons, including ten firemen, injured, 250 other tenants driven into midnight chill of Broadway. 6. MOVIE CELEBRITIES HAIL SILVER JUBILEE OF CARL LAEMMLE: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - Virtually all the stars and magnates of motion picture industry, led by Will Hays, Mary Pickford and Will Rogers, pay tribute to pioneer for courage, capital and confidence he put into it at its birth and during the 25 years since. Beautiful scroll in fame is presented to him as permanent testimonial of their affection and admiration for trail-blazer. 7. DUSKY ENTERTAINERS A FEATURE OF ANNUAL MILLIONAIRES’ OUTING: COCOLOBO CAY, FL - Three hundred wealthy business men, in 25 yachts and motor boats, descend on island and are welcomed by natives who engage in athletic contests, including hot-dog eating, boxing, wrestling and swimming. Highlight is a battle royal on a raft with no winner, all hands going overboard. 8. THOUSANDS WITNESS FASHION SHOW HELD BY JUNIOR LEAGUERS: MIAMI BEACH, FL - Blase Winter vacationers, especially those from NY, get a “kick” out of outdoor style frolic staged on runway in the manner of metropolitan musical shows. Costumes ranging from a one-half of one-piece bathing suit to a bridal gown send a thrill through women spectators and escorts. 9. THRONGS WAIT HOURS TO WELCOME ARRIVAL OF PRINCE OF WALES: HAMILTON, BERMUDA - Britain’s future king and good-will ambassador, accompanied by his younger brother, George, receives enthusiastic welcome from Britons, does a round of the island that knows no autos and thoroughly enjoys himself in brief stopover on way to South America. 10. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: AUSTIN, TX - Largest state elects smallest treasurer! — Charlie Lockhart is 45 inches short and weighs 115 pounds.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library