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Bert Acosta, 50, famed transatlantic flyer of 1927, was arrested for sleeping in a Bronx subway station. Charged with disorderly conduct, he got a suspended sentence when he pleaded guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 8, 1943 | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

What is The Bronx? Is it a State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: What Is The Bronx? | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

Once, at least, OWI has been glad to fall back on deliberate double talk. That was when a bewildered Australian asked what double talk was. OWI dug up a fluent Bronx taxicab driver named Elmer Zittenfeld. Elmer explained that he was about to show the English how to wriggle out of losing a political argument. Said he: "Well, the way I see it is this. If President Roosevelt refuses to greetscong the mendefresh on lend-lease, the Treasury Department will be forced to reconstram all war bonds issued since the 18th of frammish. On the other hand, if you analyze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: What Is The Bronx? | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

...receive flashing light.... Arthur Bornfriend in the Harvard Union billiard room, strongly insistent on a three-cushion game at the start and then finally consenting to straight-rail after making one billiard in 15 minutes. "You should do seen me when I was good," shouts Arthur in that inimitable Bronx staccato...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 10/12/1943 | See Source »

Folklore. In the Bronx Zoo, lions Frankie and Johnnie, no lovers, got into a fight and Frankie killed Johnnie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 11, 1943 | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

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