Word: marva
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Divorced. Joe Louis, 34, world's heavyweight champion; by Marva Trotter Louis, 33, onetime Chicago stenographer; after twelve years of marriage (they were divorced in 1945, remarried a year later), two children; in Jojutla, Mexico...
...Louis, planning to retire from the ring after one more fight next June, was giving some thought to a new job. Off for an exhibition tour of England, with wife Marva, Joe mused to shipboard reporters: "Some kind of politics . . . but I don't know what kind." He hadn't decided when, but "everybody eventually goes into politics...
Born. To Joe Louis, 33, world's heavyweight boxing champion, and Marva Trotter Louis, 30: their second child, first son; in Mexico City. Name: Joe Jr. Weight: 11 Ibs. 8 oz. The parents, divorced in 1945, were secretly remarried about a year ago (Joe announced when the baby arrived). Explained Marva: "As far as Joe and I are concerned, we never recognized the divorce...
Divorced. Staff Sergeant Joe Louis Barrow, 30, deadpan heavyweight boxing champion who now sports a G.I. mustache; by Marva Trotter Barrow, 27, nightclub singer; after ten years of marriage (one child); in Chicago. She had filed suit in 1941 but dropped it a few weeks later...
Sergeant Joe Louis' curvilinear wife Marva decided to go on the stage, prepared herself with Manhattan singing lessons, declared: "I feel if a woman has talent she ought to make the most of it." She further explained that the Louises have a number of properties and relatives to keep...