Pathegrams News Digest (1938)

with the bitter fight over Supreme Court revision ended and with the appointment of Alabama Senator black to the High Tribunal as Associate Justice all part of American history President Roosevelt left Washington for a trip to the Pacific coast one of the most significant cross-country journeys yet made by the chief executive at Cheyenne the warm greeting awaited the nation's highest office holder and then accompanied by mrs. Roosevelt the president paid his first visit to Yellowstone National Park to marvel at the grandeur of Yellowstone River as it tumbles 360 feet to the bottom of the canyon at the dedication of oregon's fifty-million-dollar Bonneville Dam as I look on Bonneville Dam today I cannot touch the thought that instead of spending as some nations do half their national income in piling up armaments and more armaments for purposes of war we in America are wiser in using our well on projects like this which will give us more well Rosevelt arrives at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington to inspect progress of work on this 181 million dollar power and irrigation project without a declaration of war and without warning or justification of any kind civilians including vast numbers of women and children are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air war is a contagion whether it be declared or undeclared it can engulf straight sent people's remote from the original scene of hostilities yes we are determined to keep out of war yet we cannot ensure ourselves against the disastrous effects of war and the dangers of involvement America hate war America America hope for peace therefore America actively engages in the search for peace in his tent fireside chat in the White House radio and use real studio highlights of the speech are recorded by sound cameras or the president's largest audience will be going millions cameras are set the announcers ready ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States five years of fierce discussion and debate five years of information through the radio and the moving-picture have taken the whole nation to school in the nation's business most businessmen big and little know that their government neither wants to put them out of business nor to prevent them from earning a decent profit a few more dollars a week in weight is a better distribution of jobs with a shorter working day will almost overnight make millions of all lowest paid workers the actual buyers of billions of dollars of industrial and farm products meanwhile just as black returns from Europe arriving at Norfolk Virginia he is greeted by an army of reporters and cameramen to the question are you a member of the clan he remained pleasantly non-committal powder monkeys climb the steep sides of a Colorado Mountain dragging after them three carloads of dynamite they're going to blast out a path for a new highway it takes 30 tons of high explosives to do the job and then away goes the side of the mountain off the coast of Louisiana barges rigged up with drills are towed out to sea vast undersea oil fields have been found a mile and a half below the Gulf of Mexico so at last they've tapped Davy Jones's Locker not for yellow gold but for black gold transport plane arrives at Washington Airport and the crowd is off to greet their celebrity direct from Hollywood it's ill do chase on Vittorio Mussolini who answers questions of the CG reporters concerning his visit here deal I going to visit President Roosevelt while you're here do you think you will a single miscellanea do you think our American girls are pretty yes how do you compare them with the attacking go no comment the Paris Exposition plays host to that popular pair the Duke and Duchess of Windsor they've come to see the sights but it looks as if the other sightseers have come to see them as the European honeymoon of the american-born Duchess and her royal born bridegroom draws to a close they still occupy the center of the stage as the king and queen of hearts teaming up the Wang pulled Japanese warships ring true free enforcement's to Shanghai while planes take off to attack the Chinese and others are given by commander-in-chief Massa gawa for a heavy Farage bombs from Chinese flames miss as a desperate effort is made to block the landing of fresh army units scheduled for futon across the wang pool where two Chinese divisions are in French ammunition is landed with the troops under general of Kochi and staff and they advanced to attack kung fu park these barricades are not see Shawn road are near the boundary of the city m teo and honk you go up in flames foreground the fifth World Series game with the Yankees ahead three games to one mares faces now up in the Giants half of the third with Bartel on first he slams the first pitch deep into right field it's in the stands for the Giants only home run of the series and scores two giant runs and the ballgame is tied at two all gary is up in the fifth with two on and Lou it's a double scoring Gomez with the fourth Yankee run and again the new york yankees of baseball champions of the world Princeton its the Tigers ball on white shirt at Cornell's 35 as Ed Givens goes 30 yards the Tigers take to the air with leach snaring one good for 20 hours now 40,000 fans in commerce stadium seat Cornell open up in the second period with a pass viraj mal Vickers abroad Holland picking up 16 yards Baker again this time a reverse around right end for 9 yards with one foot to go Ken Brown is over for a touchdown cornhill plows on and here's Viktor again studying me in for 27 yards blood Holland on an end-around he laterals to bicker and it's good for 15 yards pablos is to left guard and over for another Cornell touchdown georgia tech gifts away on a reverse ela rose to Baker and vicar is going over Parnell winds 20 to seven