Dr. Robert Ley's brain was en route to Washington within a week after the bibulous Nazi labor leader's suicide. The U.S. Surgeon General's office wanted to find out for sure what was the matter.*
Mistinguett, ancient (seventyish) Parisian music-hall favorite whose shapely legs have outlasted two World Wars, saw Marlene Dietrich perform in Paris, cooed to a lobby listener: "Marlene was marvelous, but, chérie, you know, she's really getting very old."
Joe Louis was off to a flying start on the publicity build-up for the Billy Conn fight, still seven months away. First he announced his plan of attack: "Cool him . ....
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