Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1940 — Page 15
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~ COUNCIL STARTS
INQUIRY ON TAXIS
Cab Code May Be. Completely .Rewritten it Morrissey’s
Proposal Is Carried Out; Owners to
Be Interviewed.
A ¢ sPiophes] to rewrite Indianapolis taxicab legislation “from start to finish” was under scrutiny of City Council
today.
Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey made the proposal
last night as Councilmen launched their investigation into
revision of the present cab ordinance.
Pending in council for several months, the inquiry was started after Councilmen received numerous complaints against cab operations. Police cannot effectively handle the
complaints unless new and
more drastic legislation is en-
acted, Chief Morrissey told|,
the Councilmen. Members confined last night’s in-
- quiry to the reports of the Chief] and Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board
president, They plan to interview cab concern operators in future meetings.
Claim Lack of Co-operation
Complaints against cab operations, Mr. Keach said, range from cruising, which _is against the law, to the assumption of “squatters’ rights’ by drivers in residential sections where Cabstznds are not provided. ~ Legalized stands, he said, have become the focal points of complaints against profanity, noise and insanitary - conditions. “This has reached the point,” he added, “where some neighborhoods are in an uproar.” Mr. Keach and Chief Morrissey charged that they have received “little co-operation” from the operators of cab concerns, despite repeated conferences with the operators.
“No Teeth Left” in Ordinance
Mr. Keach said the City is unable to control the cabs because the orThe ordinance, once effective, has been amended so many times that it has “no teeth left in it,” he said. There are no provisions for periodic inspections of cabs from the safety standpoint, other than the annual meter and brake inspection made by the Police and Weights and Measures Department, he said. “You mean you inspect their brakes and meters only once a year?” asked Albert O. Deluse, Council's Safety Committee chairman. Chief Morrissey nodded. “It’s a wonder to me they don’t have more accidents than they do,” Mr. Deluse said.
Seeks Revocable License
Chief Morrissey told the Councilmen of a plan, submitted three years ago, to set up a Police Control Board over the cabs. The board would have the power to issue special cab licenses to drivers which could be revoked for violation of the ordinance. Other recommendations submit-
‘ted by the Chief and Mr. Keach
were" 1. Requirement that a photograph of the driver be affixed to a special cab license in full view of the passenger. 2. Requirement that each cab concern keep a record ef each run from departure to destination, available to the Police Department. Want “Enforceable” Law 3. Creation of a record file on drivers. : 4, “Enforceable” against cruising. 5. Removal of street taxi-cab stands making it necessary for cab companies to provide their own stands on private property. 6. Monthly inspections of machines and meters by the Police Department. :
HEARSE NOT PROPER ~ FISHING VEHICLE
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.
legislation
J, Sept. 25 (U. P).—The proper
vehicle for a fishing trip is not a hearse, Frank A. Erwin of Philadelphia is convinced. Mr. Erwin, as the driver, and James Weeden, borrowed a hearse! belonging to Mr. Weeden’s brother, Edward, for a fishing excursion to! Wildwood. Near here, however, the hearse blew a tire and overturned. Mr. Erwin was fined for driving
- without a license, careless driving and using fictitious tags.
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At City Hall—
BACK DISCIPLINE IN POLICE RANKS
Board Members Reluctantly Demote Sergeant -at Chief’s Request.
By RICHARD LEWIS
The Safety Board has gone down the line for strict Police Depart ment discipline, but not without qualms. Board members yesterday were called ‘upon to rule on the punishment of a police sergeant who tried to help a brother officer out of a jam and failed. 4 Reluctantly, the Board approved the demotion to patrolman of Sergt. Walter Baase and confirmed his suspension of 15 days. The Board acted on the recommendation of Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey ‘that “discipline in the field must be maintained.”
Patrolman Resigned
Sergt. Baase was charged with failure to bring to Headquarters Patrolman Robin Taylor, who, in turn, was charged with being drunk whiile on duty at 46th St. and Central Ave. Sept. 10. Instead, it was charged, Sergt. Baase took Patrolman Taylor home, Before disciplinary action was preferred against him, Patrolman Taylor wrote his resignation. Board members approved it, and placed him on police pension. In the case of Sergt Baase, Board members wanted to modify the penalty, particularly the demotion.
Keach Is Neutral -
“That’s too stiff,” Frank B. Ross, member, objected. Donald Morris, member, agreed. Board President Leroy J. Keach was neutral. “I demoted the man because—well —we haven't had the right kind of discipline in the field,” Chief Morrissey said. | “I'll modify my recommendation if the Board wishes.” But back up the Chief, | Members also approved the 15-day suspension of Patrolman Joseph R. Grotendick on charges of drinking while on duty at Illinois and Maryland Sts., Sept. 16.
Open War On Noise
The first official noise for ah antinoise ordinance was heard at City Hall yesterday. Safety Board members asked the Legal Department to draft an anti-noise ordinance with more than a “boo” in it— something police could arrest noisemakers on. | The Board acted on complaints of downtown businessmen who asserted that horn honking and wedding parties dragging tin cans around the Monument Circle was annoying. There is an anti-noise ordinance on the books, Chief Morrissey said, but it is unenforceable. Besides, he added, that kind of enforcement. is strictly unpopular. The subject of noise has been given consideration at City Hall previously this year. Dr. Walter Hemphill, Republican Councilman, has demanded legislation against it. City officidls have pointed to the result -of New York City's noise diminution campaign. What New York City can do, they say,. Indianapolis can do. The antinoise ordinance probably will be ready for introduction at next Monday’s City Council meeting, they indicated.
J. EDGAR WHITE DIES
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Sept. 25 (U.P). —Funeral services will be held, tomorrow for J. Edgar White, manager of the Terre Haute Star, (who died yesterday after a short illness. Internment will be at Petersburg. Mr. White was 66 years old. He was 2 native of Versailles. Ind., and a graduate of Hanover College.
Marshall Field Ill Opens Heart for Refugee Children
By TOM WOLF Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Marshall Field III, stocky, bronzed, handsome namesake of the famed Chicago “Merchant Prince” and heir to his millions, has always had a soft spot in his heart for the English. He was educated in ‘Britain, sporting “on the playing fields of Eton” and graduating from Cambridge University. His second wife
(of three) was the goddaughter of
King Edward VIL So firm was his attachment for Britain as a youth that he often had to deny rumors that he would become an English citizen. (He never has.) Today Marshall Field’s heart goes pack to Britain. = “Putting in the fullest working time I have in a great many years,” he heads the sprawling U. S. Committee for the Care of European Children. Oganized late: last June, with branches in 172 American cities, the committee is now starting its first real campaign—to raise $5,000,000 to try to bring to America’s safety the 200,000 children registered by their parents in England for immediate evacuation. "In the early days of the committee’s formation, many a midnight found the lights still burning in the 17th floor of the Lower Manhattan office building where Field has his: desk. Quiet, modest, Briifsh-aerented Marshall Field III has consistently shunned the publicity spotlight. He started his business career, not with
his grandfather’s firm, but as assistant to the: head bookkeeper of a brokerage house. Because he felt he “lacked knowledge of military affairs,” he enlisted as a private in the cavalry during the World War and came up through the ranks to a captaincy. For a short time after the war he returned to Chicago to help direct Marshall Field & Co. In the mid 1920s he moved to New York, and by 1935 he had given up his last active business interest (aside from a score of di-
rectorships)—a partnership in aj,
potent Chicago banking house he helped form. In recent years varied social and philanthropic interests have occupied much of his attention. He is, or has been; a director of the New York Philharmonic Society, the Field Museum of Natural History, the Saratoga Racing Association, Chicago University, and the Boy Scouts of America. This variety hints at the range of his interests.
In 1930 he was divorced from his|’
first wife, settling on her $1.000.000-a-year alimony and a $3,000,000 house in New York. His second marriage, to King Ed-
ward VII's goddaughter, was short-|
lived. The third, and present, Mrs. Field was the former Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Phipps. = Since their marriage in 1936, she has borne Marshall Field III two children, bringing the total to five, who some day
Board members decided to]
will divide one of . America’s greatest fortunes,
"IROBBER OF YEOMAN
BANK STILL AT LARGE
YEOMAN, Ind, Sept. 25 (U.P.). —Police today continued the search for a bandit ‘who robbed the Bank of “Yeoman of $766 in cash yesterday and fled in a dark sedan. The bandit was traced to State Road 30 near here where he turned north, but road barricades set up throughout the territory failed to
[trap him. Police said that it was
reported that a "second car was trailing the bandit’s machine, The robber was, described as heavy-set, with dark hair and complexion, -and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. He was about 40 years old.
Meat fat is used to dress the ale
1of the ladies of central Cameroon,
near the Gulf of Guinea.
The same group of old-time comedians—with a few exceptions— have dominated the American vaudeville stage for the last 20 years, | George Jessel, headliner at the Lyric this week, thinks he knows the answer. It's H-E-A-R-T. “They all grew up in the same kind of neighborhood,” says Mr. Jessel. “Their humor is with the people, themselves, and the Joke is always on the comedian.” - He named the illustrious group: Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Ed Wynn, the Howards, Ben Bernie, Bert Lahr and others—and, of course, Mr. Jessel, : “They were born and reared as poor kids and they know the way
people think. We knew the cop on
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _
Jessel Says That Hearthrobs Keep old Funsters af Top
the beat, the priest and the rabbi. “Here,” he said, picking up his wallet, “this is what I mean. Here's
an honorary membership card in a Catholic society.” He said comedians nowadays know how to be funny, but they
don’t kno® how to temper it off
with a heartthrob. “I used to go to Europe to play in theaters there. They never even asked me about jokes or singing. They always said: ‘Youre the fellow who calls up his mamma, aren’t you?’ ” ” The other part of the answer, according to George, is the change in the American vaudeville theater. Vaudeville used to be a regular multi-leagued baseball circuit. Now there’s nothing but the majors.
in the minors. You weren't good, but you were willing. There was a place for you. “Eddie Cantor was my teacher. All T know about the show business, or being a comedian, I learned from him. He washed my face. He taught me how to use make-up, how to get a laugh, how to dress. And he is only eight years older than I.”
Mr. Jessel played Chicago with|
Eddie in 1911—his first big chance. He was in vaudeville many years.
Walter Winchell was his partner
once. In 1918 he first used the “mamma on the telephone” gag. Later he went into the legitimate. He was in “The Jazz Singer” four years, two and a half of it on Broadway. He played straight in “Joseph and
“When I started out you started His Brethren” and “The War Song.”
Have you had a “night out” in
Indianapolis lately, Miss Indiana?
@® When the season gets under way you must look around a bit;
we're really getting quite metropolitan, you know.
There are two evidences of our “grewing up'’ you should know
about. One is our 83-piece Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra which
last yhar was acclaimed by the Chicago Daily News in the following
manner: "We must certainly congratulate Indianapolis and those
who made the orchestra possible upon the creation of so fine a
musical organization.’
The other is our new Coliseum with an 8,000 seating capacity,
where Indianapolis and Indiana will see its horse shows, circuses,
ice shows, and where the Capitols, our very own hockey team, will thrill an estimated 125,000 this winter. | So if you want ''big city’ life, Miss Indiana, just come down off
your perch. It's right at your feet, and we'll wager there's more to
come.
Why? Because the people you look out upon are expecting and
planning for the good things of life, come what may. They believe
in America, in Indiana, and i in Indianapolis.
What's going
"Here?
We count interesting places to eat good, -well-cooked food among the ' ‘good. things’ of life... so we feel that we've made a tiny contribution to our city in our new Down-
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stairs Store Restaurant. Have you seen it...
with its shiny copper
canopy, its Audubon
prints, and its serpentine service counter
for folks in a hurry?
We believe it’s a symbol of growth, for we will keep pace with our city and state...as we always have done.
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In the Thirties he went back into show business. | “It isn’t the same anymore. The young fellows can’t get the feel of the audience by learning their stuff on the radio or in the movies. It isn’t ‘their. fault.. | I'm not knocking anyone, understand, but I don't think" they've got pathos. They haven’t got any heart.”
BUILDS ON WRONG LOT
YORK, Pa. Sept. 25 (U. P.)— Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bull achieved a long-cherished desire by purchasing a lot and building a bungalow. They didn’t learn, however, until after they moved into their new home that the ground they bought was 100 feet away from where they had built.
™ _ pice 15 GLASS PROTESTS BUT WILL VOTE FOR FOR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 . PJ. —Senator Carter Glass (D. W| Va.) declares he will vote for et Roosevelt, but has reitera his opposition to the idea of [third terms. ; In a formal statement yesterday, Mr. Glass: explained that he felt bound to vote for the choice of the Chicago Democratic Convention, He denied rumors that he | was “bolting.” “Of course I am not bolting,” Mr. Glass said. “I am voting for President Roosevelt. ' I announced promptly at the end of the Chicago conventiornt that, although opposed to third terms, I nevertheless felt bound to support’ the nominees of the conventions.”