Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23
NEWS REEL SHOWS
HOOVER AND EDISON
Evening Star Universal Talk.
ing Film Features CeIebra-
ton Honoring inventor.

Many notable men, including Presi-
dent Hoover and Thomas A. Edison
are featured in the latest Evening
Star Universal Talking Newsreel which
will first be shown on the screens OF
the Stanley-Crsndall Theaters. the
Rialto and many other leading thea
ters of the Capital.
The Presidents trip to Dearborn,
Mich, where he met Mr.. Edison at the
home of the Fords, is shown. The pie
lures show Mr. Edison beirg congra!-
ulated by the President. Mr.. Ford ana
other famous men of the f1ftleth ami
versary of his discovery of the In
candescent globe which made electric
light possible.
laboratory, a duplicate Of which was
built by Mr.. Ford at Dearborn. He is
seen with his original monograph
which is the basis of all talking ma
chimes. and his old kaleidoscope, FROM
which the motion camera sprang.
There is a thrilling foot ball scrim-
mage in which 10000 persons watched
Penn fall before the mighty warriors
of the West. Griffith is shown making
his sensational touchdown which gave
the victory to Berkeley.
Unusual Pictures Of Dam.
Unusual "shots" OF the highest dam
IN the world we're taken by a camera
man, who whirled over the great
cfiasm in an iron basket to get the
pictures. This is THE Diablo" Dam
over the Skagitt River, in Washington.
The cost of the dam, which is now
80 per cent completed, will be $4,000, 900.
Interesting pictures are shown of the
famous old church at Belleau, France,
which was wrecked during the war. 1t
was rebuilt by the 26th Division. The
ceremonies were attended by Gen. Ed
wards, former commander of the d.
vision, and by Gen. Gouraud and other
notables, and consecrated by the Blshop
Of Verdun and scissors.
There is a colorful spectacle when
several hundred Swedish children hold
q mammoth festival at Stockholm TO
celebrate the opening of the Fall term
of school, They go through their drills
and exercises, which put a 10-ring
circus to shame.
Pictures are shown of the great Rus
sian plane which landed at Oakland,
Calf, on its trip from Moscow to New
York. 1t took two months for the ma
chine to make the long journey through
Russia, Siberia, Mongolia and across the
sea to Alaska and then down the coast
line.
The days of large families have not
entirely gone, as is atteSted by the fam
fly of Mr.. and Mrs. Peerbolte, who
claim the world record. They have Is
children, ranging in ages from Is
months to "a years. 1t takes a special
passenger car for them TO travel in. the
entire l8, including father and mother,
riding in one car. Their home is in
South Holland, Ill.
Pilgrimage to Sun Goddess Temple.
Japanese scouts are shown making
their annual pilgrimage to the tiny
temple of the Sun Goddess. This inter-
esting temple is the Nipponese holy of
holes" and every one is supposed to
visit it once a year.
It's cider time in Virginia and the
high school girls of Winchester help
to harvest the record Southern apple
crop.
A mechanical cotton picker which
has been established in the fields of
Arkansas also is shown. This mechan-
zeal picker has arms like man and
can pick three times as much in a
given time as any human being, 1t
also cleans the cotton as it picks 1t.