Universal Newsreel Volume 3, Release 99 Part NY LOCAL

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The original release sheet reads: 1. RED HORDES MEET IN NATIONAL CAPITAL AS 72nd CONGRESS OPENS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Unable to rouse the dander of the solons as this history-making session gets under way, the “hunger marchers” from every section of the country parade up Pennsylvania Avenue for a call at the White House. But the presence of police and secret service men induces an orderly meeting. Relief agencies hand out coffee and rolls and the Communistic belligerents remain quiet, as the Democratic House of Representatives elects John Garner, from Texas, to the post of Speaker. 2. QUEEN OF U.S. LINERS SLIDES DOWN WAYS IN EPOCHAL LAUNCHING: CAMDEN, NJ - Christened by Mrs. Edith Roosevelt, widow of the late President, the SS Manhattan slips into the Delaware River as a crowd of 3,000 cheers the event. The steamship is the largest merchant vessel ever built in America. It is 705 feet long and will have a gross of 30,000 tons. Water from 48 states is splashed over the bow and command of the boat is entrusted to Capt. George Fried, hero of many sea rescues. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. SEATTLE, WA - Benefactor feeds starving game fowl! — A.H. Westerman creates sanctuary for wild duck army. 4. HAVANA, CUBA - Wine-inhalers hold “capacity contest!” — Signor Felix Paul downs 3 quarts in one setting. 5. ATLANTA, GA - Collegians battle in annual Pushball contest! — Sophomore avalanche routs lowly Freshmen. 6. SPECTACULAR SPILLS MARK CLASSIC ’CHASE FOR ALFONSO’S CUP: GRASSLAND DOWNS, TN - Glangesia, the 11-year English derby veteran and a rank outsider, scampers home to victory in the second annual running of the thrilling international event. Troublemaker takes second place. Churchill Newcomb, the only owner-rider in the race, is severely shaken in a fall from Fiske and is rushed to the hospital. More than 10,000 view the event which brings the winner a $5,000 purse in addition to the King of Spain cup. 7. BAYLES ENDS LIFE IN SENSATIONAL CRASH AT 300 MILES AN HOUR: DETROIT, MI – (Photographed by Staff Cameraman Floyd Traynham EXCLUSIVE PICTURES -- in film title) (Special! Extra!) Climbing to 2,500 feet the daredevil aviator swings downward in a power dive, preparatory to an assault on the airplane speed record. Whirling through space the powerful craft hesitates, spins crazily for an awful moment and plunges to the ground at 5 miles a minute from a height of 50 feet. The crash is accompanied by a giant explosion that shoots a tower of flame and smoke 200 feet into the air and scatters blazing debris to a distance of 600 feet. A spectacular and exclusive picture that forms a never-to-be-forgotten newsreel epic. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) SCORELESS TIE ENDS ROOSEVELT - ERASMUS CHAMPIONSHIP TILT.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library