National City, Ca (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GOVERNMENT SCRAPS SUBS IN ACCORD WITH DISARMAMENT PACT: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Keeping the London agreement the U.S. relegates several undersea fighters to the background and prepares to destroy them. Acetylene torches start to eat away the L-2, which won honors during the war. But treaties must be kept and to the junkman’s pile go the graceful battle-wagons from the ocean’s bottom. 2. NATIONAL CITY, CA - U.S. converts condemned cruisers to mine-layers! — Reconstruction of 51 vessels begun after 10 years. 3. RECORDS FALL IN 4th ANNUAL MODEL AIRPLANE TOURNEY: DAYTON, OH - Boys gather to test their skill in flying perfectly designed toys, copied from leviathans of the skies. Joseph Luckes, of Chicago, gets his low winged model away to a good start. Joseph Ehrhardt, of St. Louis, sends his “ship” up for an endurance record of 4 minutes and 24 seconds, and then a “crack-up.” 4. FRAZIER BEATS FIELD OF 200 TO WIN GREAT ANNUAL ROAD EVENT: CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Athletic Club entry cops four-mile race over track winding through famous Soldier Field. Speed ace leads Vernon Frank and William Geissman and hordes of plodders over course to finish in 21 minutes, 32 seconds. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 5. DALLAS, TX - Auto demolishes store front! — Occupants narrowly escape death in queer crash. 6. SEATTLE, WA - Dog athlete plunges from 20-foot height! — “Lady Bunty” claims world’s canine diving championship. 7. FRANKFORT, GERMANY - Barbers learn trade shaving blockheads! — Strange figures substitute for unwilling customers. 8. DELRAY, FL - 8-year-old colored boy weighs 400 pounds! — Science marvels at Sennie Burk’s prodigious girth. 9. MOBILIZE GUARDS TO QUELL DISORDER AT MINE STRIKE SCENE: ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH - State police gather to prevent outbreak as women and children join picket lines, imploring other to join them in their fight. The miners have walked out and laid down terms demanding that living conditions improve before they return to work. Many refuse to join them and labor organizers have been arrested for exhorting employees to quit their jobs. To keep things peaceful and to spare bloodshed the police keep a watchful eye on conditions in the coal regions. 10. HISTORIC PAGEANTRY FEATURES THRILLING “PALIO” ANNIVERSARY: SIENA, ITALY - In the costumes of the middle ages natives enter competition while 100,000 view the gorgeous spectacle in the square where event first took place in the 13th Century. The honors for the best “banner” thrower are keenly fought for as contestants perform agile acrobatics with silken flags. Horse race is staged in the Piazza del Campo where the original event was run 500 years ago. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) FLAMES DESTROY HUGE TANK HOUSE IN 5 ALARM BLAZE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library