Ex-boxing champ’s sweltering L.A. visit
July 29, 1935: Former boxing champion Jack Dempsey visited “a sweltering Los Angeles,” and The Times noted his arrival with a photo of Dempsey, his wife, Hannah Williams, and their baby Joan Hannah, who was “facing California sunshine for the first time.”
“Dempsey said he had only two things on his mind at present. (1) To find the coolest spot in town; (2) To find a specialist to examine his 75-year-old mother who made the trip here with him from Salt Lake,” The Times reported. “She has been ill for some time.”
“The ex-champ, fit and 40, insisted he was only ’26 and getting younger every day,’ ” the newspaper said.
“The Dempseys are stopping at the Ambassador and expect to remain here for about 10 days before returning East.”
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