- They came out of the gutter...this "Lady and Gent"- where crooks sneak through the night, where shady women ply an ageless trade. They went into the clean country...under the blue of the heavens...the grimy fists of a kid reached into their hearts and brought them an honest and decent love. (Print Ad- New York Sun, ((New York, NY)) 14 July 1932)
- To her, a speak-easy was Home, Sweet Home. To him a fight-ring was the family circle. Until a youngster from nowhere took them over -and made them over! (Print Ad- Albany Times-Union, ((Albany NY)) 22 July 1932)
- "LISTEN, YOU WASH-BASIN BLONDE! Steer away from my guy or I'll sign my name on you with the best trained set of fingers east of Tenth Avenue!" (Print Ad- Fort Dodge Messenger & Chronicle, ((Fort Dodge, Iowa)) 10 August 1932)
- "JUST FOR A FEW ROTTEN DOLLARS!" "You'd sell the kid to the same dirty racket that finished you!" "Why do you think I busted away from Broadway? Why do you think I parked in this berg on the outside of nowhere? For that kid, of course, even though he's not my own!" (Print Ad- Waterbury Evening Democrat, ((Waterbury, Conn.)) 6 August 1932)
- "MY IDEA OF NIGHT LIFE AIN'T SINGIN' NO KID TO SLEEP!" (Print Ad- Courier-Gazette, ((Rockland, Me.)) 28 July 1932)
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