Show 0 yo I 1 by L L STEVENSON the recently issued annual report of the missing persons bureau shows that last year new yorkers kers disappeared appear edor or at least were gone long on 9 enough for a report to be made to the police department in addition the bureau sought for 1788 residents of other cities who had dropped out of sight in their home towns and were supposed to have come to new york for some reason or other that the missing persons bureau usually gets its man or woman or youngster is proved by the fact that there arg are only open cases on the books that is that number of persons have not been accounted for as yet that the bureau is persistent is disclosed by the dates on the open cases some going back 30 years the total number of cases during the year was that including establishing identity of persons accidentally killed or injured 0 0 0 0 wanderlust hits youth hardest at the age of 15 the records of the bureau indicate last year children of whom were boys left their homes reasons as learned by investigating officers included hatred of school unhappy homes evil associates the lure of stage and screen cheap novels and parental greed the parental greed cases occurred occurred mostly among foreign born parents who exploited their children in in various ways principally by making them work and taking their earnings may is the favorite month for those who set out in the world on their own last may boys and girls fled looking for runaways is merely a part of the routine neof of the missing person bureau and the runaways are almost always found or come back 0 0 0 despite all the setbacks he has received mayor laguardia is proceeding with his campaign against unnecessary noise recently he instructed ted the police department to go after the drivers of motorcars who blew their horns too often the police swung into action and lately there there has been much less horn blowing many a gallant getting out of his car and pushing the doorbell of his best girl instead of sitting still with his finger on the button many other drivers caught in jams no longer try to blast a passage by means of motorcar horns the mayor now has entered on what he calls the second phase of his campaign horns motors and exhausts of taxicabs are being inspected the beginning was with the big fleets and they were required to make changes when the noise of the taxis was found to exceed the decibel limit more leniency is being shown to owner drivers though there is no great amount of relaxation if the cab is in bad enough condition from a decibel standpoint the license of the driver is suspended for five days As suspension means loss oss of income with car payments insurance etc going right along there is improvement in that direction also 0 0 As this is being written the third phase of the campaign providing of course there will be one has not been indicated in that connection I 1 would suggest mufflers for taxi drivers with stands near hotels or residences who engage in loud conversation principally arguments at early hours in the morning A couple of fighting taxi drivers sure can wreck sleep in fact even more so than noisy motors or loud horns I 1 usually lie awake wondering when murder will be committed violence seldom goes further than words yet the eyes stay open at our subway station each morning there is a man who announces that he pays cash for old clothes As office workers seldom are burdened with old clothes I 1 wondered how he picked up enough business to justify spending his time that way his reply was that he did no business at the station but owners of old clothes send hirn him to their addresses with the order see the wife live and learn the feminine sex constantly crosses me up on the coldest days a lot of young girls walk th the e streets hatless and with their legs bare but on their hands are big fur mittens bell syndicate service |