Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles
Durante a última semana de dezembro 1902, William Rudolph, um mineiro recentemente retornou ao Condado de Franklin, e George Collins roubado do Banco União, em União, MO. Roubaram-lo durante a noite, quando ninguém estava presente por explodir o cofre. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Enquanto alguns atores desempenharam Charlie Chan antes Warner Oland e alguns retratado Inspector Chan após Roland Winters, o corpo principal do Earl Derr Biggers’ Adaptações para o cinema Charlie Chan ocorreu entre 1931 a 1949. Warner Oland começou a tocar Charlie Chan em The Black Camel (1931). Depois de sua morte, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
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
Na quarta-feira, Janeiro 10, 1900, St. O policial de Louis, Paul Girard, estava parado na esquina da S. Avenida Taylor e Lindell, quando ele viu um homem pular do segundo andar de 4511 Avenida Lindell. Ciente dos recentes assaltos no rico bairro de Central West End, Girard se aproximou do homem. Quando o homem manco viu Girard, ele correu em direção a S.
No sábado, Novembro 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Acima dele 17 ano de carreira, St. Louis, chefe dos detetives, William Desmond, lidou com muitos familiares de criminosos. Alguns membros da família eram tão ruins ou piores do que o criminoso que o chefe Desmond e seus homens prenderam. However, muitos membros da família foram honestos, pessoas trabalhadoras, que lutaram para entender o que deu errado com seu ente querido. No início de sua carreira
On the morning of Wednesday, Julho 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.