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New Train Marvel Breaks Rail Records WIth 78 Mile Speed
Dull and flickering images Era of swifter transportation featured by epoch in continental travel. The world's fastest flier skims over road to Orleans, tours, a distance of 362, 4 miles in less then eight hours. Pace maintained over route in race to make new time table to meet requirements of cash customers. Locomotive
Football Star Sets New Outboard Mark In Hudson River Race
Dull, indistinct, flickering images Red woodward charges through swarm of small craft as he did for Northwestern University on gridiron. Professional and amateur entrants fade before fury of fiery-headed pilot shooting leaping motor-boat over finish line, clipping several minutes from record.
Local Businessmen's Help Your Neighbor Idea Aids Hundreds
Dull and flickering images City's leaders meet unemployment problem and spring cleaning requirements with one fell swoop of paint brush. They kill two brids with the same stone by hiring jobless to give store-fronts new coats. Merchants officials and wage-collectors and all happy.
Cheering Thousands Greet Annual Hike of Gotham's Finest
Dull and flickering images Sidewalks seethe with approving populace as Mayor Jimmy Walker leads police department up broadway and fifith avenue for inspection. Executive accepts plaudits along five-mile route, that he makes on foot just as lowest rookie.
Huge new dam harnesses mighty Columbia river! - rush completion of marvelous $28,000,000 engineering feat!
Dull and flickering images Huge new dam harnesses mighty Columbia river! Rush completion of marvelous $28,000,000 engineering feat!
Vatican honors beloved prelate
Contrast, flickering images Vatican honors beloved prelate. Rt. Rev. Morris made Papal Count on Silver Jubliee.
Defies advocates of birth-control!
High contrast, dull and indistinct images Defies advocates of birth-control! Mother and 16 new offspring doing dog-gone well.
Elaborate Pageant Ushers In Gorgeous 1931 Raisin Festival
High contrast, dull and indistinct images Grape city opens fete with colorful parade marking the season's beginning. Queen Ai'een Higgins and Governor Rolph ride through streets at the head of column of magnificent floats. Mummers' division with grotesque figures furnish comic interlude in state's display of floral beatuy.
Philanthropist Pays Closed Bank's Debts to Child Depositors
High contrast, dull, flickering images Colonel Evan E. Kimble, financier, plays Santa Claus, restores savings to youthful clients of defunct competitor and renews waning faith in the benefits of keeping pennies in a safe place.
5,000 Made Destitute As Raging Flames Raze Native Homes
High contrast, dull images Fire sweeps slum section of city, rendering filipinos hutless. Thatch-roofed domiciles fall in hundreds as path is cut through by conflagration. To evade greater damage and stem the tide of destruction rescuers pick up homes and walk.
Bike Racing Ended As Fire Destroys Famous Velodrome
High contrast, slight flickering, dull images Pine saucer, where world's best pedalists competed for honors, and stadium go up in smoke with capital public safety forces vainly trying to save some portion of structure. Great athletic plant a total loss.
World's Finest Dogs Vie In 16th Annual Kennel Club Show
High contrast, flickering, dull images Aristocracy of canine population brought together in on of four best meets in America. Pedigreed lines of all breds seek ribbons in outstanding classes. 800 Entrants compete for honors. Chihuahua, Great Dane, Collie, Chow, Bulldog
Estonian lads finish adventurous voyage!
High contrast, dull, foggy, flickering images Estonian lads finish adventurous voyage! Youthful brothers arrive after 11,000-mile trip in 28-foot sloop.
40,000 Attend military field mass!
High contrast, dull, flickering images 40,000 Attend military field mass! Archbishop Curley of Baltimore, officiates at colorful rites.
Special stamp issue commemorates 50th red cross anniversary!
Dull, high contrast, flickering images Special stamp issue commemorates 50th red cross anniversary! Marie Bard only living woman to adorn american postage. Marie cooking in her kitchen then dressed as the model for the Red Cross stamp.
Pajamas for the working girl!
High contrast, dull, flickering images Pajamas for the working girl! Shoe factory maids report on the job clad in debutantes' beach garb. Shots of women textile worker at their sewing machines. They all wear practical trouser outfits for work.
Odd Water Pageant Celebrates Anual Santa Marta's Day
High contrast, indistinct images, dull, blurry images Symbolical fete revived by traditional display of colorful native rites marked by 'banca' race in river through suburbs in which losers get a 'ducking' for their efforts. Ancient island dances feature event on gorgeous pagodas festooned with grotesque and beautiful decorations, for occasion.
Royalty Applauds Daring Horsemen in International Meet
High contrast, indistinct images, dull, flickering images Crack equestrians of European armies thrill audience with spectacular steeplechase stunts for honors of continent. Regal personages, past and present, and new order in political life, entranced. King Victor Emanuel, Ex-Crown Prince of Germany, and Vittorio and Bruno Mussolini sons of dictator, view contests with rapt interest.
Police Avert Riot As Gandhi Arrives For National Congress
High contrast, dull, flickering, indistinct images Karachi, India Enemies of pact with England express displeasure by nearly mobbing Mahatma in crowd of 50,000. Wisp of man escapes uninjured under guard after his automobile is ruined. The rebels are repelled by 'persuaders' applied with force, and the mahatma presides at great gathering of delegates and spectators.
Reproduce Ancient Football Game On City's Main Street
Flickering, contrast in imagery is light In piazza Della Signoria, where tradition says sport originated, players garbed in 16th century attire boot and toss a sphere in continental version of grid battle. Fancy padded suits prove little hindrance to fast moving squads from two sides of River Arno; each is rough, ready and eager as American collegiate scoring - or dying - for dear old alma mater.
'Big Top' Performers Thrill Child Guests At Hoover Box Party
Flickering, light, a little dull images First lady of the land, son and grandchild Peggy, watch aerial dare-devils with rapt attention, munching peanuts and other circus fare as avidly as any fan who ever braved the heat under canvas. Clowns' antics rewarded by laughs and giggles from blue-ribbon audience.
Ruth Nichols Aviatrix, Test Record Plane
Flickering a little dull images Ruth Nichols Aviatrix, Test Record Plane: Daring girl flies Atlantic hop.
Billy Waite Amazes Experts by uncanny ability with deadly stock whip.
Light flickering a little dark on images Uses 75-foot paper-cutter! Billy White amazes experts by uncanny ability with deadly stock whip.
Gaint kite takes cameraman, for a ride!
Light flickering a little dark on images Giant kite takes cameraman for a ride! Queer contraption gets "Graf Zeppelin" complex in air scouts' meet. During this crazy ride Graf finds the time to take pictures while he's in flight.