31 Jan 1941
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
1
A Fort Jackson cook mistook pork and beans for pork and beef sandwiches. the sergeant made him eat nine sandwiches as punishment. Across the country, quirky police blotter items include false alarm car rescues in Spokane and a cemetery elk warning in Richmond.
A cocky monkey named Herman escapes wrecking efforts at the Golden Gate International Exposition site on Treasure Island. Workmen provide food to lure him but he stays aloft in the rafters and avoids capture, spotting traps from a distance and ignoring a decoy female monkey.
The Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street plans to resume business next week after surviving a bomb raid and a January 23 fire that damaged the tavern. A famous punch bowl was lost and historic chairs once used by Charles Dickens, Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Goldsmith burned but repairable. A Johnson portrait may be ruined and the wax for Goldsmith's wig was destroyed.
Norman Kerry, veteran silent film star, returns from Lisbon via New York after a year in the French Foreign Legion. He says he was prosperous once but is now broke and hopes to reenter motion picture work.
A second story bedroom trap in North Weymouth home claimed 13 young lives as fire of undetermined origin swept the residence. Richard Gould age 5 Janet Gould age 4 James Gould age 3 perished. James Gould 31 and Hilda Gould 29 suffered severe burns while trying to save their children. Evelyn Roberts 10 and Gordon 12 escaped to safety. Mrs Gould listed on danger list at Weymouth Hospital.
A Roberts girl escaped from a second story window and landed safely in the arms of a nearby neighbor who rushed to aid her. Police report no injuries and the incident is under investigation to determine cause and safety factors.
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