Word: taximan
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...away to sea. So they went alone, donning their loudest socks and most "collegiate" suits, taking between them $46 pocket money. They knew they would be missed at dinner, but once past the dining hall they were on their way to the railroad station by taxi. They persuaded the taximan they were students in good standing, entitled to a weekend but for reasons of their own leaving quietly. The taxi sped across the State line to Middleton, N. Y. The train pulled in and they clambered aboard. The whistle echoed excitingly through the dark hills. Phelps Newberry Jr. and Henry...
...maidservant in the home of Mrs. Dwight Whitney Morrow; by her own hand (cyanide); in Englewood, N. J. She had been sharply questioned by police investigating the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. She seemed timid, reticent. Just before she was to be questioned further regarding one Ernest Brinkert. taximan of White Plains, N. Y., with whom the police were led to believe she went riding on the night of March 1, Maid Sharpe took her life, apparently in a fit of nerves. Later the police were forced to exonerate not only Taximan Brinkert but also one Ernest Miller...
...Popular, an excellent salesman, Manager Kent was an Adolph Zukor protege. His resignation was sudden. Theories heard last week boiled down to two: 1) Mr. Kent resented the increasing power of Sam Katz (cofounder of famed Balaban & Katz theatre chain) in the company; 2) Mr. Kent had quarreled with Taximan John Daniel Hertz, leader of Paramount's new management. Every producer was said to be angling for Mr. Kent last week, with RKO, now 60%-owned by Radio Corp., thought to be an especially eager dickerer. Meanwhile Hollywood wondered whether Paramount would sell its 50% interest in Columbia Broadcasting System...
Seeing deeper, perhaps, than most of his associates, Taximan Hazard has hacked New York for almost nine years. He knows the personality, the temperament of all the biggest city's corners. His small book relates episodes of his days and nights on the street, not the story of his life. Racing as swiftly as his Packard cab, dodging elevated railroad pillars, circling Central Park, coasting through Greenwich Village, roaring about Hell's Kitchen and along Broadway, his sketches glimpse people mean, kind, tough, luxurious, dull...
...difficult form of writing is the brief sketch, usually essayed only by adepts. Neat selection of detail, curt force of language, descriptive finesse are necessary. Taximan Hazard possesses these literary attributes, provided he wrote his own book. Even if he did not, he is a skilful collaborator. Once a hobo, he says: "I came to New York just to see the sights ... my money ran low. . . . Hack driving seemed to be a very handy way to see New York and eat at the same time." Still at the taxi wheel, he is now about...