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...unexplored territory outside the U.S. where people might pay just to see Joe flex his muscles. Joe put on his best deadpan mask for the benefit of strangers, and headed for Latin America. At Mexico City, in an exhibition, he carefully pulled his punches for ten rounds against Arturo Godoy, who had once lasted 15 rounds in the ring against Joe. Both got booed (fans who knowingly pay to see an "exhibition" hopefully expect to see a fight), but Joe got his $50,000 guarantee...
...Luisa, a green-complexioned, toothless masterpiece of stale flesh, wore herself out with dissipation, while her doltish husband hunted serving wenches and rabbits. (Of Maria Luisa Napoleon said: "Her character is written on her face; it surpasses anything you dare imagine.") Spain's strong man was Don Emmanuel Godoy, a half-educated, country-born ex-guardsman, who had become Prime Minister through his prowess as Queen Maria Luisa's lover...
Most successful U. S. short-wave broadcast to date was the airing last February of the bout between Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy, the Chilean heavyweight champion of South America. Sponsored by Standard Oil Co. of N. J. over NBC, the program was picked up by 130 local stations scattered through the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. NBC is the only short-wave operator that has as yet devoted much time to commercial programs...
Chilean Heavyweight Arturo Godoy drew order number 3981 in the draft, fumed: "I want to fight . . . Hitler, Mussolini or Joe Louis, any way, any time." Disgusted at being called "Liz" for short, Elizabeth Emerson, 16, of Summit, N. J., daughter of Sumner B. Emerson, vice president of Morgan Stanley...
...Spanish Club program tonight, to be broadcast internationally by the Boston shortwave station WRUL, will include musical selections; greetings by Jose A. Godoy, Director of Inter-American programs for WRUL; a welcome by Thomas G. Allen 4G., president of the Club; and an address by Professor Gustave A. de Aragon, of Boston University...