Clarence Darrow Charges NRA Codes Are Oppressive (Universal Newsreel, May 1934)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. CLARENCE DARROW CHARGES NRA CODES ARE OPPRESSIVE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The famous criminal lawyer, as head of a special board created to supply fair and constructive criticism of the recovery program, alleges the trend of the NRA codes is in the direction of monopoly and the oppression of the small business man by larger companies—Donald R. Richberg, General Counsel of the NRA, replies to the Darrow charges, in a statement bristling with caustic comment. 2. ERIN HAILS OCEAN FLIERS: MOY, IRELAND - George R. Pond and Cesare Sabelli are forced down in County Clare on their attempted non-stop flight from New York to Rome, when a feed line on their huge monoplane breaks. 3. MEN FIND GOLD IN BACKYARD: LOVELAND, OH - While digging a drain at the rear of their shoe repair shop two men strike rich pay dirt, which experts say may assay more than $1,000 a ton. 4. START RE-BUILDING STOCKYARDS: CHICAGO, IL - Hundreds of workmen begin the task of repairing animal pens and buildings within twenty-four hours after they were destroyed in a $10,000,000 blaze. 5. DRIVERS PAY UNUSUAL FINES: DENVER, CO - Careless motorists, found guilty in a police court, are sentenced to sit for a number of hours in an automobile that figured in a fatal crash. 6. KITE FLIERS VIE FOR TITLE: HAMAMATSU, JAPAN - Nippon’s leading experts compete in a colorful contest won by a skillful entrant whose kite tangles the others into a helpless snarl, sending them to the ground. 7. NERVY RIDERS IN EXCITING RACE: LOS ANGELES, CA - Traveling at mile-a-minute speed, daredevil motorcyclists vie for honors in a thrilling hundred-mile event up and down steep hills and around hairpin turns. 8. MANY HURT AS POLICE CLASH WITH STRIKERS IN WILD RIOTS: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Militant truck drivers, seeking to prevent the movement of produce and building materials, battle with blue-coats trying to break up their mass meetings. The officers swing wildly with their nightsticks, cracking many heads, while the crowd retaliates with bludgeons, bricks and stones. 9. 4-YR. OLD BOY TAMES LIONS: THOUSAND OAKS, CA - With a remarkable display of coolness, little Gene Goebels puts a pack of wild cubs through their paces at Goebel’s Lion Farm, in an amazing exhibition. (LOCAL – MICHIGAN) THOUSANDS WITNESS 75th ANNIVERSARY PARADE. (LOCAL – CHICAGO) 3 DIE AS WATER TANK FALLS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library