Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Dick Tracy, Détective (1945)

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RKO Pictures a introduit le personnage de bande dessinée Dick Tracy au grand écran sur Décembre 1, 1945. Alors que le film est certainement un “B” un film destiné à être le premier sur le double projet de loi, il aurait toujours été d'intérêt pour les nombreux fans de la bande dessinée populaire. Chester Gould a créé la bande en Octobre 1931 for the Detroit

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Pretty Boy St Floyd. Louis Vol qualifié

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Dans 1934, Charles Arthur “Joli garçon” Floyd a terminé sa carrière criminelle dans un East Liverpool, champ de maïs de l'Ohio après une fusillade avec des agents du FBI et les agents chargés de l'application de la loi locale. Cependant, en décembre 1925, il était détenu nombre 29078 au pénitencier du Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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Le mardi soir, Février 18, 1919, édition de la St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Conscients qu'un anneau de vol à l'étalage a travaillé quelques magasins de bijoux locaux, Saint-. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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Sur Décembre 1, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939), the second film in the three film series. Gordon Harker starred as Scotland Yard Inspector Hornleigh. The film opens in Brighton-on-the-Sea, where a storm has kept Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham, played by Alastair Sim, inside for their first few vacation days. Following the rule in

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Chief Desmond Gets a Confession

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let

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