Underworld Shuns Diamond Funeral as Church Bans Rites (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1931)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GANDHI’S SCANT GARB BARS PAPAL AUDIENCE; HONORED BY CADETS: ROME, ITALY - Vatican authorities refuse the Indian Holy man a chance to confer with Pope Pius because of the Mahatma’s steadfast determination not to discard his loin-cloth and shawl for conventional dress. Denied the privilege of meeting the head of the Catholic Church, the great Eastern Leader devotes his time to a minute study of the Young Fascisti interests. During his visit to the city he reviews a detachment of youthful sailors, who perform maneuvers for his special benefit. 2. UNIVERSITY INSTALLS MONSTER TELESCOPE FOR USE OF STUDENTS: DELAWARE, OH - The first instrument of its kind ever erected exclusively for pupils goes into operation at Ohio Wesleyan, and brings to a reality the life-long dream of Hiram Mills Perkins, late faculty member, who invested his whole savings of $250,000 in the project. Equipped with a 4,000-pound, 69-inch mirror, the telescope rivals any on the North American continent. Operated by Dr. Harlan Stetson it reveals the mysteries of the heavens to an extent undreamed of by the tyro astronomer. NEWS PARAGRAPHS: 3. PORTLAND, OR - Carpenter makes hats of wood! — Latest Paris creations built in 3 minutes at cost of 11 cents. 4. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoover children play Santa Claus! — Peggy Ann and Herbert III send toys to miners’ children. 5. MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Mr. and Mrs. Fremont G. Leslie still happy, though married! — He’s 6 ft. 2 — she’s 3 ft. 6 — and what a grand baby! 6. NEW YORK, NY - Night club revives “Beef Trust!” — Corpulent chorines assay nearly a ton — on the hoof. 7. SOLDIERS ORIGINATE HORSEBACK THRILLER; “RIDING BASKETBALL”: FT. MYERS, VA - The sensational sports innovation leaves a gallery of spectators groggy with excitement at the finish of a breath-taking game. Showing a brand of daring horsemanship, the Wildcats gallop to a well-earned victory over the Terrors. The teams are composed of equestrian rivals from the 3rd Cavalry and 16th Field Artillery. The contest is a nerve-racking combination of the court game, football, ice-hockey, polo, and what have you. 8. UNDERWORLD SHUNS DIAMOND FUNERAL AS CHURCH BANS RITES: MASPETH, NY - Murdered in a squalid rooming-house, the one-time gangster overlord, who escaped the law 23 times and gunmen’s bullets on 16 occasions, is buried. The hoodlums who once hearkened to his bidding desert the bier, and pomp and gaudiness are completely missing. A plain wooden box, instead of the customary bronze or silver affair, encases the body of the man who always out-guessed society, but who could not deny the guns of his enemies. Attended only by the widow and a few sight-seers, the obsequies are performed without benefit of clergy.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library