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D20433-2
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- 1945-10-02 (Creation)
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Tacoma boxer Freddie Steele, former middleweight champion 1936-38, shakes hands with an unidentified man at the Winthrop Hotel during an October, 1945, visit to promote the film "The Story of GI Joe" in which he played a shell-shocked Army sergeant. About twenty longtime friends of Mr. Steele joined him in a special luncheon at the Winthrop which had been arranged by theater manager Will Conner. Tacoma was the last leg of a nationwide tour in which Mr. Steele had been making personal appearances on stage to promote the war-themed film. Arrangements to show the movie in Tacoma were in the works and it was hoped that the former boxer would be able to attend. ALBUM 9. (T.Times 10-3-45, p. 11, TNT 10-3-45, p. 14)
Steele, Freddie, 1912-1984; Boxers (Sports)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shaking hands--Tacoma;