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Eugene “Gene” Augusti Johannpeter föddes den 20, 1908, Julius och Bertha Johannpeter. Han var den andra sonen till farbror Jules och faster Bertha. Hans äldre bror var Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, som flög post från Lambert Field tillsammans med Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Min farfar, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
På mars 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. I denna film (affiliate länk), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
I recently watched the Eddie Bravo Invitational 13: The Lightweights, where über talented Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gary Tonan defended his title. I enjoy the EBIs more than most of the other non-UFC events on UFC Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship subscription streaming service. Tonan is famous for his leg locks but I noticed most of the competitors were
On June 27, 1941, Producer’s Releasing Corporation (Kina) released Double Cross (1941). The film is a starring vehicle for Kane Richmond, who displays his usual rugged toughness backed up by intelligence. I denna film, Richmond plays Police Officer Jim Murray, the son of a Police Captain. At the beginning of the film, Jim Murray’s friend Steve Bronson, another police officer,
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg brottades in
På Januari 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, tar honom
Vi ingår fyra eller fler kampsport i vår akademi läroplan. När jag tittar på dessa konster, Jag ser en tydlig orsak till att jag studerade var och en. Dessa arts täck slående, grappling, marken slåss och ett praktiskt självförsvar vapen, sockerrör. Jag började studera Shotokan karate i hösten 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
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. Ofta skriven som Edward men uttalas som att sätta ihop hjälpmedel och avdelning, Eduard was as unique as his name. Jag kämpade med att skriva mycket om honom eftersom berättelserna jag hörde om honom
När det gäller maskin politik och organiserad brottslighet, Kansas City har alltid utklassade St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City var också hem till flera uppmärksammade gangstervärlden skottlossning. St. Louis’ sist organiserad brottslighet ledare greps för spelkort. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell var anställd som mekaniker på