Thanks for that. Barney Ross; he looks very interesting, I’m aware of the few oldtimers but I did not know about him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Ross
Barney Ross had a great life cut short by cancer. His boxing career AND his military career are both legendary. He took enormous pride in America, his Jewish heritage, and his own toughness.
He would run into Dorothy Kilgallen in the Stork Club. The other club of most renown in NYC was El Morocco. The two clubs were frequented by the Kennedys, Hollywood stars, Babe Cushing Paley and Bill Paley (of CBS), writers like Truman Capote, and all manner of the rich and famous.
It was Kilgallen’s business to be a regular club girl since she had a gossip column and for many years broadcast a chatty-about-town show from her own breakfast room.