Word: taximan
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...seemed a little unsteady on his feet, but Taximan John Forney thought nothing of that. At night in Manhattan lots of people are unsteady on their feet. The man hailed Forney near Ninety-Sixth Street and climbed into his cab. He asked hoarsely to be taken to Bellevue. Forney changed his mind, then. Bellevue, the grim collection of buildings where innumerable sordid little dramas of the city have ended, is perhaps the most famed municipal hospital in the U. S. Many drunks are taken there, but they seldom go voluntarily. Forney decided there was something else wrong with his fare...
...months Taximan Hertz lopped $39,000,000 from the Paramount budget-$6,000,000 in salaries alone. He wangled reductions in rentals and interest, ordered executives to file expense vouchers-a startling innovation-and marched through the payroll with a big blue pencil. In the film industry, which is notorious for its nepotism, such Hertzian tactics were bound to stir up trouble. And having made enemies right & left, Mr. Hertz finally called for a showdown on his right to hire & fire. He lost. So horsy John Hertz retired to his polo and his racing. Early in 1933, unable...
...Francisco taxi, lean, sepulchral Samuel Morgan Shortridge, 73, onetime (1921-33) U. S. Senator from California, paled and slumped in his seat. The taximan sped his unconscious fare to a hospital. There physicians examined him, shook their heads. They had just issued a bulletin stating that he had collapsed from a heart attack and had not long to live when the ex-Senator's doctor rushed in, re-examined him. Cried the doctor: "He's hungry. He just had his teeth pulled and he's not been able to chew his food." Fed, Mr. Shortridge quickly recovered...
...Taximan Perrone could not have positively identified the ransom negotiator because he saw him at night. Col. Lindbergh's identification of the voice is not positive since many voices sound alike. Dr. Condon's eccentricity bars him as a credible witness...
...midnight, the secretary found the detectives ambushed in a dark corridor. He went into the ofifice, emerged grinning: "If you're waiting for Mr. Shoemaker, he will be glad to see you now." Statesman Shoemaker was escorted to the police station, released on $25 bail. By that time Taximan Newman had decided to sue for $100,000 damages. To defend him Statesman Shoemaker got his House colleague. Representative Raymond J. Cannon of Wisconsin who was once attorney for Jack Dempsey. also for Joe ("Shoeless") Jackson in the 1919 baseball scandal. It was not the first time that stocky, pugnacious...