Police Stem Effort by “Bonus Hikers” to Blockade Railroad (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1932)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. POLICE STEM EFFORT BY “BONUS HIKERS” TO BLOCKADE RAILROAD: CLEVELAND, OH - (Exclusive Pictures) Disregarding police orders the ex-service men converge on the Pennsylvania road’s yards and pitch camp. Determined to appropriate trains for free rides to the national capital, the marchers board mail trains, tie-up freight movements and disrupt the whole service for hours, until the bluecoats arrive and rout them by force. Despite warnings the men seize switch engines and refuse to permit trains to go through when their demands for transportation are not met. The crisis passes quickly when the police take over the situation, and after the veterans have been assured that they will be carried through to Pittsburgh free. Meanwhile at WASHINGTON, D.C., congressmen become frantic as the “army” of unemployed veterans mounts daily with fresh recruits from all parts of the country arriving to support the demands for cash settlement of adjusted compensation claims. Informed that they will have to disperse when the meager police allowance for their care is exhausted the leaders of the movement counter with the ultimatum that they will remain until the cash bonus is paid. A critical situation confronts the country’s lawmakers. 2. NATION BECOMES NEW WORLD TRADE POWER AS KING OPENS CANAL: SULINA, RUMANIA - Linking the interior of the kingdom with the Black Sea by means of a navigable canal down the Danube River to the delta, Central Europe hails the opening of the waterway as a fore-runner of prosperity and increased international commerce. Accompanied by his son, Crown Prince Michael, King Carol and his ministers sail down the completed project on the initial trip toward the sea. A picturesque naval pageant greets the royal party throughout the route of the historic journey. One of the greatest engineering feats ever accomplished in the Balkans, and a new era for business with the Near East. 3. U.S.-POLAND NON-STOP AVIATOR FEARED LOST IN OCEAN AIR TRAGEDY: BARREN ISLAND, NY - On his second attempt, Stanislaus Hausner, intrepid private pilot, gets away from Floyd Bennett Field in his huge re-built Bellanca plane aiming to fly directly to his homeland, 4,375 miles away. Heavily laden, his ship lifts off the ground carrying 250 gallons of gasoline and Hausner points out to sea, confident of victory. His wife, Martha, in another airplane, accompanies him a few miles on his journey and holds steadily to the belief that her husband is safe days after no word has been heard from him. Case-hardened airmen give him up for lost with others who have tried to conquer the stormy north Atlantic. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. DETROIT, MI - Height rule decides child’s age! — If it’s 44 inches, it’s 6 years old — regardless — and you pay full fare. 5. SPECTACULAR BLAZE AIDS DEMOLISHING OLD-TIME LANDMARK: EASTHAMPTON, MA - Progress demands space and the ancient mill tower erected in 1853 by Samuel Williston is sentenced to the “executioner’s block.” The owners prepare the old structure for ruin by banking it high with gasoline-soaked timber and cutting away the foundation. Then in one last gesture the fire is set off and oblivion dooms the once proud steeple of commerce. Licking flames envelope the huge column and eat away at the base of the giant building. Stubbornly the aged shaft stands up under the intense heat. But the battle is waged in vain as the thousand-ton structure collapses with a thunderous crash. 6. RECORD CROWD HAILS FAIRENO’S VICTORY IN $55,000 RACING CLASSIC: BELMONT PARK, NY - The historic Belmont stakes calls a classy field to the post for the 64th running of the great event. Breaking clean from the pack at the post, William Woodward’s colt, with Tommy Malley up, slips into the lead and runs a heady race to win by two lengths. Osculator comes up fast as they move into the stretch, snatching second money from Flag Pole by a nose. 25,000 turf fans roar their approval as the victor puts on steam to win with a display of real power over the mile-and-a-half contest. The most exciting turf event in American track annals. (LOCAL – BOSTON) JUNIOR AVIATORS VIE IN JORDAN-TRAVELER MODEL PLANE MEET. (LOCAL – CANADA) AVIATION.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library