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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1935

Page

14

Jimmy McLarnin Escapes Plane Tragedy Ahead of May Title Defense

Welterweight champion Jimmy McLarnin narrowly survived an air collision near Albuquerque with Pop Foster among casualties in the Missouri crash. He arrived in New York from Chicago to prepare for a May 28 defense, facing Barney Ross, Miss Helen Kones, and A Selby. The piece notes two women rising to prominence in different fields, Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Spencer, amid radio survey shifts.

Albuquerque N. M Chicago Jimmy McLarnin Missouri Jimmy New York Pop Foster Barney Ross Selby Company Roosevelt

Prize winners announced in Selby contest

A Dallas high school teacher received the $10,000 first prize from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Selby Shoe Company radio essay contest. Margaret S. Spencer, 37, unmarried and a longtime educator, topped ten winners while Mrs. P. H. Deffendahl of St. Louis won a six-pair-a-year for life shoe wardrobe.

Washington Dallas Texas Franklin D. Roosevelt Selby Shoe Company Portsmouth Ohio America Amelia Earhart Jane Addams Lilian D. Ward White House P. H. Deffendahl St. Louis Lloyd Herrold North

Almanac de Gotha genealogy of European royal houses

The Almanac de Gotha catalogs royal and princely families of Europe with details on state administration and statistics. First published in 1763, it covers lineage, titles, and lineage-related data for sovereign and noble houses across the continent.

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