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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...
What is The Bronx? Is it a State...
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...
...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...
Folklore. In the Bronx Zoo, lions Frankie and Johnnie, no lovers, got into a fight and Frankie killed Johnnie...