Universal Newsreel Volume 3, Release 39 Part CAN LCLS

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The original release sheet reads: 1. FOOTBALL STAR SETS NEW OUTBOARD MARK IN HUDSON RIVER RACE: NEW YORK, NY - Red Woodward charges through swarm of small craft as he did for Northwestern University on gridiron. Professional and amateur entrants fade before fury of fiery-headed pilot shooting leaping motor-boat over finish line, clipping several minutes from record. 2. LOCAL BUSINESSMEN’S “HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR” IDEA AIDS HUNDREDS: DENVER, CO - City’s leaders meet unemployment problem and spring cleaning requirements with one fell swoop of paint brush. They kill two birds with the same stone by hiring jobless to give store-fronts new coats. Merchants, officials and wage-collectors are all happy. 3. CHEERING THOUSANDS GREET ANNUAL HIKE OF GOTHAM’S “FINEST”: NEW YORK, NY - Sidewalks seethe with approving populace as Mayor Jimmy Walker leads police department up Broadway and Fifth Avenue for inspection. Executive accepts plaudits along five-mile route that he makes on foot just as lowest rookie. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. WENATCHEE, WA - Huge new dam harnesses mighty Columbia River! — Rush completion of marvelous $28,000,000 engineering feat! 5. LITTLE ROCK, AR - Vatican honors beloved prelate! — Rt. Rev. Morris made Papal Count on Silver Jubilee. 6. NEW YORK, NY - Nerveless steeplejack gives skyscraper annual face wash! — John Moore rivals mountain goats 800 feet up famous Woolworth Building. 7. CHICAGO, IL - Defies advocates of birth-control! — Mother and 16 new offspring doing dog-gone well. 8. ELABORATE PAGEANT USHERS IN GORGEOUS 1931 RAISIN FESTIVAL: FRESNO, CA - Grape city opens fete with colorful parade marking the season’s beginning. Queen Aileen Higgins and Governor Rolph ride through streets at the head of column of magnificent floats. Mummers’ division with grotesque figures furnish comic interlude in state’s display of floral beauty. 9. PHILANTHROPIST PAYS CLOSED BANK’S DEBTS TO CHILD DEPOSITORS: VINELAND, NJ - Colonel Evan E. Kimble, financier, plays Santa Claus, restores savings to youthful clients of defunct competitor and renews waning faith in the benefits of keeping pennies in a safe place. 10. 5,000 MADE DESTITUTE AS RAGING FLAMES RAZE NATIVE HOMES: MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Fire sweeps slum section of city, rendering Filipinos hut-less. Thatch-roofed domiciles fall in hundreds as path is cut through by conflagration. To evade greater damage and stem the tide of destruction rescuers pick up homes and walk. (LOCAL – CANADA - A) COLLEGE STUDENTS GIVE DEMONSTRATION OF ACROBATIC PROWESS. (LOCAL – CANADA - B) YOUNG EQUESTRIANS SHOW HOW TO GO “OVER THE STICKS!” (LOCAL – CANADA - C) - No title: TORONTO, ONTARIO.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library