Boxing Champions and Comebacks in 1943 boxing year
Western Union notes service boxers dominated the year with four champions in service rings Joe Louis Gus Lesnevich Tony Zale Red Cochrane Willie Pep and others like Sammy Angott Manuel Ortiz Jackie Patterson and Ray Robinson shaping a busy season amid title disputes. The article highlights comebacks and a rise in profitable fights across major cities amid wartime constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Boxing Association
Joe Louis
Associaton
Gus Lesnevich
Tony Zale
Red Cochrane
Willie Pep
Sammy Angott
Luther White
Los Angeles
Manuel Ortiz
Jackie Patterson
England
Angott
Ray Robinson
Jake LaMotta
Detroit
Flicka the Filly Faces Death on Wyoming Ranch
Ten year old Ken McLaughlin cares for Flicka the injured filly as illness grips him at the Wyoming ranch. Gus defies orders to shoot the horse, helps rig a blanket sling to save Flicka, while Ken battles a high fever and a hoped for recovery as Captain McLaughlin heads to town for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming
Ken
Flicka
McLaughlin
Gus
Nell
Scott
Rob
Rennie
Tim
Missus
M. Tim and I
Tru
Kennie
Darling
Dad
Studebaker
Arlie Latham: Baseball’s colorful legend recalls early days
Grantland Rice recounts Arlie Latham now 84 and guarding the New York press box, recalling his 1880s Browns and Reds career. He highlights Latham as a quick wit, top defender, and sharp storyteller who witnessed the rough, colorful era of 19th century baseball and teammates like Connie Mack and Ted Breitenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballyhoo
Vaneer
Matt Winn
Connie Mack
Lonnie Stagg
Col
Ed Bradley
Arlie Latham
Arlie
New York
St. Louis Browns
Chris von der Ahe
Chris
Browns
Latham
Cincinnati
Reds
Long John Riley
Bid McPhee
Tommy Corcoran
Tip O'Neil
Elton Chamberlain
Tony Mullane
Jim Keenan
Jim Duryea
Billy Earl
Billy Rhines
Germany Smith
Atlanta
Gus Weyhing
Theodore Breitenstein
Red Ehret
Amos Rus
Brett
Henry Peitz
Connie
Arlo
Bill Dickey
Dickey
Larry Lajoie
Phillies
Ed Delehanty
Lajoie
Delehanty
Artie Latham
Lennie
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Heaty
Thievery by Nazi Troops Amounts to 36 Billions
Official estimates place Nazi looting in occupied territories at over 36 billion dollars with nearly 2 billion in movable art stolen from families and institutions. The theft targets oil paintings sculptures tapestries and altarpieces moved to Germany from collections and museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Time-Tested Chest Cold Relief with VapoRub
An advertisement endorses Vicks VapoRub as the trusted home remedy for chest colds. It stresses applying the rub to the throat chest and back at bedtime as the preferred relief used by families for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicks VapoRub
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Newspaper Union
Pep
Navy
Beau Jack
New Jersey
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Jack
Montgomery
LaMotta
Lee Savold
Eddie Blunt
Bobby Ruffin
Beau
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Hammerin
Henry Armstrong
Henry
Boxing Red
Cobs
Madison
Mary Chara
Grantland Rice
Connie the Bat-Tipper
Brown
McKesson Laboratories
Evervirk
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