Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Vărul primar al bunicului meu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, a fost unul din St. Louis’ pionierii avioanelor. Julius, care era cunoscut în familie ca “Punks”, s-a alăturat Gărzii Naționale Aeriene la mijlocul anilor 1920. Va fi numit locotenent. Julius a zburat cu avioane atât pentru corpul aerian militar, cât și pentru cel civil. Majoritatea bărbaților din unitatea lui, care l-a inclus pe Charles
În ultima săptămână a lunii decembrie 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recent a revenit la Franklin County, și George Collins jefuit Banca Union în Union, MO. Ei au jefuit peste noapte, atunci când nimeni nu era prezent prin suflare până la seif. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 la 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, 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
Miercuri, Ianuarie 10, 1900, St. Louis Police Officer Paul Girard was standing at the corner of S. Taylor and Lindell Boulevard, when he saw a man jump from the second floor of 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard approached the man. When the limping man saw Girard, he ran towards S.
Sâmbătă, Noiembrie 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minute. 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
Peste a lui 17 an de carieră, St. Louis Șeful detectivilor William Desmond s-a ocupat de mulți membri ai familiei criminalului. Unii membri ai familiei erau la fel de răi sau mai răi decât închișiseră șeful criminal Desmond și oamenii lui. Totuși, mulți membri ai familiei au fost sinceri, oameni harnici, care s-au străduit să înțeleagă ce a mers prost cu persoana iubită. La începutul carierei sale
On the morning of Wednesday, Iulie 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.