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Queen Elizabeth, visiting a U.S. Army hospital in England, stopped at the bedside of Lieut. John P. Maher and asked: "Where are you from?" Said Maher: "The Bronx." The Queen said she knew The Bronx was a borough of New York City, then asked how it got its name. When Maher could not answer, Lieut. General John C. H. Lee, the Queen's escort, offered $20 to anyone who could. An onlooker, Captain Bill Tourney, a 31-year-old Bronxite, spoke up: "It is named for a German or Dutch farmer . . . who settled there...
...necessarily so; there are four from Costa Rica in the Bronx Zoo. Guatemala does not allow them to be taken out of the country...
...Bronx, where 22 people have been bitten by rabid dogs in the last few weeks. Though there have been no deaths, New York City (which has the densest canine population in the world-600,000 dogs, 30,000 dog bites a year) ordered that all stray Bronx dogs be destroyed. Promptly Bronx citizens beat up all the dogcatchers, one so badly that he had to stay home next day. After that, the dogcatchers had police protection. When 812 Bronx dogs (80 with licenses) had been destroyed, feeling ran so high that the city set aside a vacant building where licensed...
...professional talent. Promoter of the fights is Sergeant John Williams, two-time welterweight winner of Chicago's Golden Gloves. Like any smart ring operator, he sponsors preliminary bouts on Wednesdays to give new fighters experience. His stable of 150 fighters is headed by Marine Moe Weiss of The Bronx, middleweight winner of 50 out of 57 pro bouts before enlisting, and his twin brother Harvey...
...gray fox was recently presented to the Bronx Zoo by an up-State Italian farmer. The zoo's veterinarian remarked about the fine condition of the animal and asked the farmer, "What have you been feeding him?" "He eat the spaghett--lotsa spaghett. Slop like for the pigs, too," the farmer replied. The veterinarian said he never saw a better fox, according to Animal Kingdom, the Bronx Zoo's bulletin.--N. Y. Times...