Lumberjack Stars Vie for World Title in Far West “Rolleo” (Universal Newsreel, Jul 1932)

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The original release sheet reads: 1. IMPERIAL CONGRESS FAVORS ALL-BRITISH COMMERCE ALLIANCE: OTTAWA, ONT., CANADA - Pomp and pageantry mark the assembling of delegates from all parts of the British Empire to the Economic Conference in the majestic Parliament Building here. Before the most august gathering of Britons ever held outside of England, Lord Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada opens the congress by reading the King’s message, while delegates from the earth’s four corners stand in reverence. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, former British Premier and leader of the English delegates, is introduced by Premier Bennett of Canada, and voices England’s new economic policy in dealing with the far-flung components of the British Empire. One of the most impressive and important events of the day, and one which will undoubtedly result in important international consequences. 2. LUMBERJACK STARS VIE FOR WORLD TITLE IN FAR WEST “ROLLEO”: LONGVIEW, WA - The championship contest for master woodsmen of the United States and Canada is just as thrilling and exciting as a “rodeo.” Climbing a 150-foot spar-tree, sawing off the top of it single-handed, and climbing back to the ground in seven minutes and forty-five seconds, a new world’s record has to be seen to be believed. A boxing match on a floating log is another thrill to watch but not to attempt. The Big Tree Country holds its own Olympiad. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. LAWRENCE, KS - Trick plane defies modern aviation! — Odd “Potato Bug” proves professor’s flight theory. It’s a pusher, with tandem wings, but it certainly goes up! 4. BOSTON, MA - Youthful engineers perfect odd craft! — Q: When is an auto not an auto? A: When it’s a boat. Ingenious boys rig old auto on oil-drum pontoons and with propeller instead of wheels, make merry on the Charles River Basin. 5. AMAZING SUBMARINE DEVICE TO ELIMINATE UNDERSEA DISASTERS: POINT LOMA, CA - Demonstrating with remarkable ease the rescue of sailors trapped in a submarine in 60 feet of water, the new diving bell perfected by the U.S. Navy makes its debut. The new device, known as the Submarine Rescue Chamber, is a huge pear-shaped gadget, weighing 17,000 pounds. With a crew of several officers and men, it descends to the submerged submarine S-4, attaches itself to the exit-hatch and takes aboard four sailors at a time, bobbing up to the surface with them, safe and sound. A real sea-thrill, and a forerunner of future protection, denied the heroes of the past who gave their lives in such disasters as the sinking of the Promethee with 61 aboard in France recently, the British Poseidon, with 20, the American S-51, with 37, and the S-4 itself, off Provincetown, MA, with 40. 6. POLICE SEEK CLUES IN DAM-SITE LABOR WAR: MARSEILLES, IL - Tension is high in La Salle County as the Sheriff and his aides quiz the wounded and others after a pitched battle between local organized labor and imported workers on the big waterway dam near here which cost one life and a score of wounded. Pistols, rifles, shot-guns, bricks, barbed entanglements and electrically charged wire figured in the fight between 350 union men on one side and 150 dam-site laborers on the other. State highway troopers and special deputies guard against a flare-up, while national guardsmen are in readiness for mobilization. (LOCAL – CANADA – A) CLEANING VICTORY STATUE. (LOCAL – CANADA – B) PREMIER HENRY OF ONTARIO.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library