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Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Sampson, Pamela. No Reply: A Jewish Child Aboard the MS St. Louis and the Ordeal That Followed, Atlanta, GA, 2017; Lawlor, Allison. The Saddest Ship Afloat: The Tragedy of the MS St. Louis, Nimbus Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-1771083997
The Flying Irishman (1939) – biographical drama film about Douglas Corrigan's 1938 unofficial transatlantic flight in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light aircraft [445] Frontier Marshal (1939) – Western drama film depicting the life of Wyatt Earp [446] Gjest Baardsen (1939) – Norwegian comedy drama film based on the life of the outlaw Gjest ...
In the mid-1980s, Sells was living primarily near St. Louis, roughly 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Jefferson County, and making money from working at traveling carnivals and fairs, as a day laborer, or through theft. [6] For the latter pursuit, he often hitched rides with truckers or hopped freights without any particular destination in mind.
Oak Park: 1934-01-23: 1: Prohibition gangster killed in shootout with two unidentified men: Fred Goetz: Cicero: 1934-03-21: Suspected participant in Saint Valentine's Day Massacre shot outside a cafe: Louis Alterie: Chicago: 1935-07-18: 1: Hitman for North Side Gang shot by sniper outside his home [54] Jack McGurn: Chicago: 1936-02-15: 1
1939–1945: Events: The St. Louis Affair – June 1939 Battle of the River Plate – December 13, 1939 Operation Bolivar begins – May 1940 Sinking of the Toltén – March 13, 1942 The Lüning Affair – August 1942 The sinking of U-176 – May 15, 1943 Revolution of '43 – June 4, 1943 The Strike of Fallen Arms – May 5–11, 1944 The ...
The Women (1939) Bubbles (1930) Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Stagecoach (1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Love Affair (1939) Ninotchka (1939) Of Mice and Men (1939) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Gunga Din (1939) Wuthering Heights (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Gone with the Wind (1939 ...
In 2011 St. Louis was named by U.S. News & World Report as the most dangerous city in the United States, using Uniform Crime Reports data published by the U.S. Department of Justice. [266] In addition, St. Louis was named as the city with the highest crime rate in the United States by CQ Press in 2010, using data reported to the FBI in 2009. [267]
Among the worst episodes was the 1939 St. Louis smog, which blackened the sky during the day of November 28 and lasted for three weeks. [11] Only a citywide ban in December 1939 on burning low-quality Illinois coal made a significant change in the pollution, forcing homeowners and businesses alike to switch to cleaner-burning Arkansas coal. [11]