Coal Strike Ends (Universal Newsreel, May 1946)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. COAL STRIKE ENDS: Final settlement in Washington between John L. Lewis and the government brings to an end the crippling mine tie-up. In soft-coal pits throughout the nation, miners go back to work as our supply of coal is at a record low. 2. ANIMALS BOARD ATOM ARK: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Two hundred goats, along with pigs and other animals, go aboard Navy transport for shipment to Bikini Atoll, where they will serve their country as "guinea pigs" in coming atom-bomb tests. 3. CARDINALS LAUD FOOD RELIEF: NEW YORK, NY - Cardinal Spellman of New York, and Cardinal Griffin of England, look over shipments of canned foods donated by Catholic charities to help alleviate starvation abroad. 4. CADETS HAIL OLD-TIMER: WEST POINT, NY - Future Army officers pass in review in honor of "Marty," 70-year-old ex-sergeant and Academy employee for fifty years. A full dress parade is fitting tribute for popular Martin Maher. 5. NEGRO EDUCATOR HONORED: NEW YORK, NY - Booker T. Washington, the late Negro educator who rose from slavery to international eminence, is honored as his bust is unveiled in the Hall of Fame. Tribute to a great American. 6. MOTORIST IS NO DUMMY!: SEATTLE, WA - Starting on a cross-country trip by car and being nervous about picking up hitch-hikers, C.W. Johnson has rigged up two life-like dummies to ride along with him and discourage would-be hitch-hikers. 7. FLOODS SWEEP EAST: At least 20 persons are dead, thousands are homeless, as flood waters run rampant over large area in New York and Pennsylvania. Cities and farms are inundated, and damage will run into the millions. (LOCAL – DALLAS) "QUADS" ARE TEXAS RANGERS.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library