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...Fortnight ago a beauteous young German woman arrived in the U. S. with two little girls in blonde pigtails, a flaxen-haired boy waving a U. S. flag, a babe-in-arms. They were Dodger Bergdoll's wife & children, come to visit his 76-year-old mother in Philadelphia and petition the Federal Government to pardon him, give back his confiscated $800,000 fortune, let him return to the U. S. a citizen. The Government promptly indicated it would do no such thing. In Germany this week Fugitive Bergdoll announced he would surrender to the U. S. and stand...
Born. To Mrs. Ambrose Harrison of Toronto: a son, her 14th child, her 8th since 1926, when Charles Millar died bequeathing some $500,000 to that Toronto woman who should bear the most children in the ensuing decade. Still in the lead in this babe-stakes are Mrs. Frances Lillian Kenny (eleven), Mrs. Grace Bagnato (nine) (TIME...
Just after she made herself the most astonishing track & field figure of the 1932 Olympic Games, Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, lean, hungry-looking Dallas insurance clerk, announced that when she got around to it she would become a golf champion (TIME...
Last week at Houston, playing in the final of the Texas Golf Association's women's championship. Golfer Didrikson came to the 34th hole all even with her opponent, Mrs. Dan Chandler, champion of Mexico. Mrs. Chandler got a birdie four. Babe Didrikson passed the green with her second shot, chipped her next into the cup for an eagle three. Then she won the 35th hole with a birdie four for match & title...
Attempts made to secure the services of Babe Ruth and Rabbit Maranville, he of the marsupial catch, but came to naught, inasmuch as the Sultan of Swat and his midget teammate must be tucked in early these nights...