It is estimated that deposits of sulphuric acid in the atmosphere had decayed Portland stone in Whitehall by oneeighth of an inch in fourteen years and obliterated the lettering ou a war memorial in six years. Al Capone, Chicago’s gang ’ “king,” is to be a film star. A prominent film company plans to make the picture in New York studios as soon as it is sure that Mr. Will Hays, tlie film director, will approve. According to reliable reports Al will receive £40,000 for his acting, and he is to give it all to the unemployed. The piny, a Chicago crime story, is said to be based on Capone’s own life.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 148, 19 March 1931, Page 13
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