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May 17, 1941

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Voices.

PROFILE of George Robert Vincent who has the largest private collection of voice recordings in the world. His collection or "Vocarium", now numbers more …

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THE BOY WILL MAKE A FIGHTER

REPORTER AT LARGE about amateur prizefighters and boxing shows. Visit to the old Ascension Parish House, at 12 West 108th Street, which has in its time …

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