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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...public likes fights or whether the public likes fights because the newspapers publicize them is one of the many riddles of pugilism. No riddle is the fact that while newspaper readers were last week absorbing the details of Negro Louis' romance with a dusky Chicago stenographer named Marva Trotter, whom he said he planned to marry the day after the fight, ticket sales approached $500,000. Two weeks before the customary time for this stage of their activities, reporters last week began canvassing celebrities for their opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fisticuffs & Colonels | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

Engaged. Joe ("Brown Bomber") Louis, Negro heavyweight boxer; and one Marva Trotter, Chicago stenographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 16, 1935 | 9/16/1935 | See Source »

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