The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-07
P IN HI l NEW IL tEs YORK
By PAUL HARRISON


 Nav- -York-1fanhattan meander-'
 inNs: sixth avenue, in the upper
 Forfies. is Q street almost sono
 with employment agencies, wltn
 hundreds of perspiring job-seekers
 standing all day before the side-
 walk bulletin boards. These are people sincerely in quest. of work,
 and at a glance are seen to pc
 different from the dereiicts of tn
 cheerful now, and report that at least 20 per cent more hely-want-
 ed siEns-especially for servants In
 the homes of the wealthy-are be-
 ing displayed by the agencies ...
 Police Broadcasting It's exciting to visit the radio
 room in Centre street police head
 quarters; and you can, too. IF
 you ask permission and then sit
 by very quietly when things are
 happening. On a hollow-sQuare
 table something like a newspaper
 copy desk is a huge map Of the
 city, and on it are thick little brass
 discs, each numbered and repre-
 senting one of the 300-odd patrol
 cars. An alarm comes in by tele-
 phone; a glance tells the dispatch
 CT which cars are nearest the
 scene; and in five seconds more
 the mike-man is saying: Number
 251, number 137, number 1S2-a Half the thrill of a visit is in imag-
 ming the action following such calmly-spoken words = the wild, siren-speeded dashes of the little blue-green cars, the pursuit, the shots, and prhaps death In few more minutes the telephone will tinkle and voice may say: "OK on that 1846 alarm. They got two mugs, and one of 'em is a DOA" "DOA," among police ambulance men, stands for "dead on arrival"
 By the way, though, it hasn't taken long for the underworld to learn how to take advantage of the police radio system. The crooks are Installing short-wave sets in their own automobiles, and the programs are coming in fine. If the patrol cars are told to be on the lookout for Louie the Dope in a green roadster, Louie himself will probably be the most interest ed listener |. A scout reports that while striding warily through Helps Kitchen the other midnight he heard the police time-signal come out of a parked sedan. Com ing abreast of 1t he saw four thug gish, looking, occupants setting
 their watches and guffawing mer- reilly. @
 Speaks Thriving Anew
 Prescription whiskey, low prices for bootleg liquors and the return of beer have put so many small speakeasies out of business that the larger ones with established clienteles are thriving anew =. :. Fine furnishings, once put away for fear of raiders, are being re- stored from warehouses, and some of the places are the last word in club-like luxury of Oriental rugs.
 oil paintings, tapestries and deep chairs Practically every one occupies some fine old mansion. The old Woolworth home, for in- stance, became the Club Napoleon after 1t changed hands. The Clews place on Fifty-first Street was transformed into a glorified speak easn. but was bassy, the Curb Club, Leon and Eddie's, and the
 swankiest of all) all occupy some of the towns most elegant homes of an earlier day.
 Speaking of fine houses, consid- erable notice has been given re- gently to the fact that the curtains in the Cornelius Vanderbilt town
 house have been patched again and again We'll, they're in no such state as the curtains of Og- den Mills house at 2 East Sixty
 ninth Street. They're full of holes.