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TUNNEY, GENE

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TUNNEY, GENE
(1898 - 1978) American boxer who defeated Jack Dempsey twice for the heavyweight championship Good content T.L.S. ""Gene"" on his American Distilling Company letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Aug. 4, 1941, to his longtime friend Robert Gros. In part: ""àI am in New York on a five day tour of duty to complete a motion picture of physical fitness exercises made in Norfolkà.I will be in Washington about a week, after which I start on a ninety day tour of the United States. I will be visiting every Recruiting Station with a message on physical fitness and with a determination to increase recruitingà"". Boldly signed and very good.