WILL MARRY WRESTLER
White Rajah's Daughter Defies Parents (Received 9, 8.45 a.m,) LONDON, Nov. 7.* /Miss Valerie Brooke, daughter of tho Rajah of Sarawak, watched the American Bob Fyffe beat Bob Gregory with a flying throw in the eighth round of a contest at Belfast. She says she wiR marry. Gregory on December .20, : her twenty-second birthday. ' - ' ~ "I have always been a fighter. This is only another fight, I am not pinned down yet, ' ' said Bpg Gregory, aged 25, middleweight catch-as-eateh-can chanxpion of Europe and all-in wrestler, declaring his determination to marry Miss Brooke, despite parental opposition. "Both the Ranee and the Rajah oppose the wedding," said a member of the Ranee 's household. "The Rajah has cabled intimating that he will disinherit his daughter if she disobeys his wishes,"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 39, 9 November 1937, Page 4
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