Palooka (1934)

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On January 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, paima jį

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Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Dažnai rašoma kaip Edvardas, bet tariamas kaip pagalbos ir palatos sujungimas, Eduard was as unique as his name. Aš sunkiai rašiau apie jį, nes apie jį girdėjau istorijas

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Bosas Butler ir Sankt. Louis mašina

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Kai jis ateina į mašinų politikos ir organizuotu nusikalstamumu, Kansas City visada nustelbia St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City taip pat buvo namuose keletą aukšto lygio gangland šaudymus. St. Louis’ paskutinis organizuotas nusikalstamumas lyderis buvo suimtas už kortų. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoonas, Pasaulio graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas ir kūno kultūros šalininkas, atvyko į Los Andžele antradienį, Balandis 15, 1884 susiduria su vietos imtynininkas Fredas Bauer. Rungtynės įvyko vietos Turnvereine salėje Los Andžele. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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