British Intelligence (1940)

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Ar Ionawr 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Ar Dachwedd 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 plant. St. Louis Archesgobaeth cysegru yr eglwys

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Digwyddodd y Twrnamaint Reslo Rhyngwladol mewn dau gam rhwng mis Mai 19, 1915 a mis Rhagfyr 31, 1915. Byddai hanner cant o wrestlers cystadlu yn y cam cyntaf y twrnamaint, gan gynnwys Byd Greco-Rufeinig Hyrwyddwr Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Mae'r ail randaliad wedi 40 wrestlers gan gynnwys hyd ac yn dod seren Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Mae'r

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Paddy Ryan Wins The Title

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Mae'r ychydig o bobl sy'n gwybod am y Prizefighter Paddy Ryan yn ôl pob tebyg yn ei adnabod fel John L. Dioddefwr Sullivan. Sullivan guro Ryan ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm Prizefighting yn 1882. Ond roedd Ryan yn ymladdwr da ynddo'i hun. Ganed Ryan ar Fawrth 15, 1851 yn Iwerddon. Roedd ei deulu ymfudodd i Troy, Efrog Newydd. Roedd Ryan yn adnabyddus trwy gydol ei

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Fodd bynnag,, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Dywedodd y Prif Desmond

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