Father Cox’s Army Reaches Capital to Petition Congress (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1932)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FATHER COX’S ARMY REACHES CAPITAL TO PETITION CONGRESS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Followed by a host of the idle, 10,000 strong, the Rev. James R. Cox, of Pittsburgh, presents the demands of the Hunger Caravan to the Federal Government. In Capitol Plaza extra police guards are ordered out as a precautionary measure but the demonstration is peaceful with the marchers concentrating entirely on rations of sauerkraut and frankfurters. After a tedious rain-soaked trek from Pennsylvania, wet but not discouraged, they stand behind their religious leader and urge the solons to action. A $5,000,000,000 bond issue to carry on government building works is asked for jobless relief. 2. FELINE QUEENS VIE IN SEASON’S OPENING THOROUGHBRED SHOW: NEW YORK, NY - The first meet of the year attracts 136 entries for the Atlantic Cat Club competition. The contenders rank from the Siamese Royal breed and fluffy Persians to ex-alley cats. Rosedear, Dresden Cotton Tom, Sir Boss of Khiva, and Yum Yum strut their stuff and prove to spectators and judges that they deserve to be called “aristo-cats,” in a great exhibit, the proceeds of which go to the fund for unemployed. 3. EX-CHAMPION RUNNER HOOFS FOR $1,000 PRIZE IN LONG DANCE GRIND: NEWARK, NJ - Joie Ray, one-time world’s greatest middle-distance cinder path star, turns to the goofy gallop for the dollars he may win. Teamed with Alice Krug, of St. Albans, New York, he has trudged around Dreamland Park Pavilion floor since October 22. And the once great amateur speed king is just as chesty as he was in the palmiest days of his career. Necessity drove him to such competition as this, and, he declares, he can’t eat the trophies his track activities brought him. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 4. BOSTON, MA - Police army speeds deported Red! — William T. Murdock shipped to Liverpool as undesirable alien. 5. NEW YORK, NY - Babe Ruth starts pre-baseball conditioning! — King of Swat to demand $80,000 for 1932 season. 6. PANAMA CITY, FL - Barnyard athletes battle for mat title! — Odd adversaries meet for rural wrestling crown. 7. RECORD RAINS FLOOD HEART OF CITY AND RUIN CROP HARVEST: WATSONVILLE, CA - Homes are deserted by hundreds of residents as the rising Pajaro River threatens to break over the levees and engulf the entire community. The heaviest rainfall in nearly a score of years causes the rushing stream to inundate the whole business section of this city, and leaving in the flood’s wake irreparable damage to orchards and rich farm land. — While in another part of the state, at Truckee, the whole countryside is snowed under by a raging blizzard, whose ferocity is beyond the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. 8. DARING PILOT RISKS NECK ACHIEVING NEW AQUAPLANE THRILLER: ORLANDO, FL - Mounting a glider on pontoons, Fred Jones takes off from Lake Conway, as Bud Jones riding an aquaplane under the motor less flying ship, swings from his conveyance to the landing gear of the plane. Where the slightest miss may bean a fatality, the two daredevils perform with nicety and precision in a hazardous stun designed to stir the blood of a mummy.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library