King Cuts Vacation in Effort to Avert Government Crash (Universal Newsreel, Sep 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. KING CUTS VACATION IN EFFORT TO AVERT GOVERNMENT CRASH: BALLATER, SCOTLAND - An extended stay at Balmoral Castle becomes nothing but a week-end holiday as Britain’s ruler hastens homes to be in closer touch with the political situation at the nation’s capital. A guard of honor recruited from regiments of Highlanders welcomes the monarch here. And in London strange bedfellows find themselves in charge of the country’s destinies. Ramsay MacDonald heeds the royal command and forms a cabinet from members of his own Labor party and leaders of the Conservatives-Liberals. 2. ALLISON AND VAN RYN WIN U.S. TENNIS TITLE IN STRAIGHT SETS: BROOKLINE, MA - Berkley Bell, of Austin, TX, and Gregory Mangin, of Newark, NJ, are unable to handle the terrific drives of the net stars and succumb to the powerful volleys of the one-time British champions, 6-4, 8-6 and 6-3. The match ends with a burst of power that ends the play and the winners are awarded the Challenge Cup, symbolic of the doubles championship of the nation. 3. GERMAN AIR PIONEERS END NEW SKY TRAIL ACROSS ICY ARCTIC: CHICAGO, IL - Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau lands on Lake Michigan after a flight from Berlin to North America, by way of Greenland, Iceland and the far north coast of Canada. The leader of the expedition receives a hearty welcome to the Midwest metropolis at the completion of his second Atlantic crossing by plane. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. NEW YORK, NY - Redskin lass dwells in skyscraper tepee! — Princess Red Wing pitches native pent-house on heap big hotel. 5. FITCHBURG, MA - Young Edisons invent diving bell! — All set for submarine adventures with an old boiler and bicycle pump. 6. DIXIE PLANTERS PLAN COTTON BAN IN 1932 TO RESCUE INDUSTRY CHULA, GA - Negro pickers, using both antiquated and modern methods, rush to gather the present crop before Southern legislators accept the proposal. Field hands go about their menial tasks unmindful of the course suggested by the solons and labor mightily to garner their snowy harvest. The product is gathered, weighed and shipped to mills and the world’s markets. 7. PILGRIM PENITENTS FLOCK TO SHRINE OF “VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE”: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - More than 2,000 native worshippers crowd into the privileged Guadalupana Church to atone for their sins and pay homage to the beloved saint. Simplicity and pomp mark the services, and the reverence of the devout, who seek guidance from their patron. Many climb “Tepeyac” mountain, a huge and steep set of stairs to the site where tradition says the Indian saint appeared 400 years ago. 8. THOUSANDS ACCLAIM COLORFUL ENTRIES IN NATIONAL BABY SHOW: ASBURY PARK, NJ - Entrants from all parts of the globe vie for honors in the 40th annual Pageant of Infants. The famous boardwalk is lined by 150,000 spectators viewing the procession of historic, beautiful, and humorous floats. The child is king and Queen Titania XL rules for a day.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library