Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1932, Page 12

"A—12 WANDERERS CROWD TEXAS RAIL LINES Fowns Appear Congested With Homeless Boys Going { East or West. ! This is the tenth of a series of daily | dispatches by a writer whr‘lnveled back axd forth across the cougtry to get the 50 e Tousands of Homeless, wan- ng boss. BY DANIEL ROBERT MAUE. | Since he wore no socks against the chill of the night, the small hitch traveler T discovered in the Texarkana station sat on a bench beside me and | without difficulty showed how his right | foot had been caught in some car | couplings. He still wore the torn boy’s shoe that | pe-haps had saved him from greater | and bruised flesh and bone. | “(’ sti'l hobbled in favoring that limb. | nd yei he spoke of the accident with 11 the casualness of reference to the istant past. He had been riding southward, to- fward the Texas border, on the rear end of an oil tanker, with his feet | braced against a colpling. On a down grade the train coasted. The couplings were open. Then the engine took up | t]v‘ nar‘k The foot slipped and nar- | ed being caught c y atmen n Hospital, at the Catholic 3t his travel had delayed ou see, T could still walk,” he said, xplanation of why it was that the | ailroad company never knew of thn‘ “Well, anyway,” he went on, “some | sy I'm going to dress up and put on | Y new overalls.” | I wondered what he meant—until by | L3 e leg of the worn outer ved a_somewhat less { a second pair. Huck Finn Battle Front. My “en ain’ bound for | 1 interrupted our " somet hing like scheduled be observed on my journey | frem New York City to Los Angeles, | Calif. I sought to know the young men and boys who in their untellable num- ber go erratically about the 48 States. any of them homeless, almost all em penniless, and all of them un- employed, these wanderers go in a large | measure aimlessly along motor high- ways and railroads in a Huckleberry Finn battle front mode of life. When I had boarded the train that night I wrote in my notebook these few s of just tribute: “A straightfor- story from an amazingly stalwart nd alert character of decided force.” A slight fellow, whose feet swung | clear of the floor as he sat on the sta- tion bench, the injured hitch traveler grew into large manhood as he talked. He came to sit beside me in the station from a group of other youths who Testlessiy about a bootblack’s in the men’s wash room. On my last inspection of the faces there he had occupied the one chair, not only by virtue of his infirmity but, Judging from the conversation, also by Teason of his wit and force of character. I had briefly engaged in a free-for- all argument with the young men and | then retired to the general waiting | room. The little fellow soon came limping directly toward me, slid into the wide seat, and opened conversation with a smile. His blue eyes, full of spirit and independence, were still wide with the stimulation of the talk in the edjoining room. We had this bond—he was going in my direction, to Fort Worth, in the morning if weather permitted search for an open box car or refrigerator. “A man is crazy if he rides o\n.slde‘ in bad weather,” he explained. Parentless at Ten. His story was a simple one. His par- ents died before he was 10. A brother provided for him until he was 15, at which age he was graduated from high school. “I've been on my own since then,” he c | shooting craps. | and down said. I've worked, oh, probably half of the time and at_everything, chiefly in the Southwest. I've worked on the ranches and in the camps. I've been East, but I'd rather be out here. “This bumming around isn’t so much. I'd lots rather work. Work is easier than all this. The thing I've enjoyed most lately was work with the Cali- fornia Forestry Department, near San Bernardino, in one of the community camps. We built fire-breaks and all that. I got my keep for that, anyway. e around alone, not with gangs, like those fellows in there.” tioned toward the lavatory. “I' the life some of those fellows lead. ‘That’s not for me. And I'm not much of a panhandler, either. “Yes, I guess I could go stay with my brother, but he’s not very well off, and he has three children. All I want is a chance to work. I'm not lazy.” Unaware of my identity, drawn to me by some tacit understanding of in- tellect or spirit, the small man allowed me to see him from the inside. Lonely but couraReous, considerate, patient, uncomplaining, proud and in- telligent—the stuff so many hitch travelers are made of. This one’s name? of Kokomo, Ind. He inscribed it for me on a leaf of my notebook an in- | stant before I rushed away to catch my train for Fort Worth. The freight | train on which 1 had hoped to ride had | been hopelessly delayed. Congested With Wanderers. A roving glance, so to speak, at this city of my destination left me with the impression that it had become con- gested with hitch travelers. Baggageless transients at large are apt to acquire bedding roles in the wide | States of the Southwest, providing the wherewithal to buy bedding can be had. And everywhere in Fort Worth I saw | men with white canvas bundles carried in leather straps. Simple observation, ho! soon disclosed the fact that | many buncle carriers were transient cotton pickers. Nonetheless, I encoun- tered the true species of hitch traveler in the concentration to bé expected of this great railroad terminal. They shifted through the business section. They concentrated in groups about the nationally known rendezvous, the water tower east of the passenger station. Groups here at the moment of my call were chiefly engaged in watching other groups of colored men Singly or in twos and threes transients passed endlessly up the freight vards. 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THE EVENING dress to me as with his larger com- panion he !rt.sked about a switch engine. The two were trying for a ride to the Lancaster yards. The leisurely engine, however, only puffed a short distance and then returned on another errand. The boys dismounted and sat down to play. Tne lmpish one did most of the play- ing. His retorts were so quick and so sharp I could plece together little of his story. I did learn, however, that he had “had it soft” for some time, or since he had found somewhere in the terminal yards a side-tracked Pullman car with an open window. He “made $2 a day” at —“some days.” He sald he had already been in 16 States and would be in more directly. His companion, & 17-year-old, out of South Carolina, while more smiling and staid than the other, was less cynical and worldly—and consequently much poorer. Off to one side of the viaduct where | open-air “waiting room” of more calm. ‘Work, When and If. Virgil Richarcson, or “Turkey Ten- nesseee,” 22, from Nashville, sat on a rock with his back to a bit of fire and { his eyes on the pages of Hugo's “Les | Miserables.” Fred Pfeiffer, also 22, of Reno, Nev.,, going to the East Central States, tended the blaze. Paul “Easy” Antrom, 24, of Delipeidra, Calif, en route to a sister’s home at Freeport, I, lay back on his bundle and a stone and played the harmonica. “Turkey” derived his nickname from the manner in which he can cook a turkey, when and if he has the bird. Their future, said the three in chorus would consist of “work when and if work could be had.” Our conversation flowed along brightly. Only at men- tion of parentage did the group sober somewhat. Between them the three had but one living parent. “There she comes, boys!” Fred Pfeif- fer announced. A great engine over in the yards had whistled its “high ball” and was mov- ing out with increasing speed. The three extinguished the fire. They seized their rolls. Calling farewells over Open Evenings A blue-white beauty. What could be more appropriate and lasting? only. Pay $1 Weekly Americans. STAR, |1 had met this pair I came upon an | 'HEAVY SNOW REDUCES Ladies” Diamnd Rings $49.50 ‘This spe- cial Christmas value for this week WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DLECLLB BR20. A mo- shoulders, they dashed away. 'Aad the ment later each had appre steel bars of a box car’s had started East. The young American hitch traveler is in every small town or large railroad yard along the arterial routes of Texas. As I went on across Texas toward El Paso I saw_ this fellow enjoying his hand-out, spread on the runways of tank cars. I saw him furtively eyeing trains and trainment from over the tops of ravines. I saw him loitering in singles, twos and threes on platforms of stations of little importance. I saw him waiting for motor vehicles at both eastern and western extremeties of cites of greater size. And I saw him, stranded miles from nowhere, along concrete highways par- alleling the steel rails, walking into the sunset and looking hopefully over his shoulder. ‘Tomorrow—The Translents’ Park, El Paso. (Copyright. 1532, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) inc. WORK OF TRAFFIC COURT “Slowest Monday” in Years Re-| corded Yesterday When Omnly 25 Defendants Appeared. Traffic Court coffers have suffered as a result of the heavy snowfall that hampered driving and kept down speeding. Only $51 in fines was taken in_yesterday. | Court attaches said it was the “slowest Monday” in years. Only 25 defendants appeared in the traffic branch, which has a year-round aver- age of about 100. Motorists who dared | to drive were apparently quite cau- Fifteen were obliged to post most of them for parking tious. collateral, violations. The financial clerk said the usual | Monday takes range from $500 to| $1,000. Business in other Police Court branches was correspondingly light. ADVENTISTS PLAN ANTI-REPEAL DRIVE Rev. I. H. Evans Named Chairman of Campaign at Takoma Park Conference. World leaders of the Seventh-day Adventists have decided to organize the congregations ‘o! all thelr churches throughout the country for a last-min- ute drive to stop repeal of the eight- eenth am ent. At & lerence yesterday at denom- inational headquarters in Takoma Park, Rev. I, H. Evans, first general vice presi- dent of the General Conference, was named chairman of the Temperance Commission which will conduct “an n:flvo and continuous campaign of education * * * concern- inx the gross evils that would result from repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment and the abolition of the natic prohibition act, or from any modifica- tion of these legal restraints that will permit the sale or purchase of intoxi- cating beverages.” Others chosen to the commission in- clude Rev. c H ‘Watson, vice chair- man; Prof. C. , secretary, and Rev. J. L. shnw. treasurer. Religion Makes 400 Fast. DETROIT (#).—The plight of 400 The centrmm and feeding station where<foods that could be eaten by the Mohammedans would be provided. BARGAIN FARES PENNSYLVAN FARES ARE ROUND-TRIP NEW YORK 3$3.60 *Coaches ready for occupancy 11.30 r. u. OHIO BOSTON, MASS. Imml.kn ! $10.00 A RAILROAD ° EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNDAY, December 25 Lv. Washington *12.15, 7.50 A & EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY Coaches only) all reguler trains SATURDAY, December 31 Lv. Washington 8.15 ». m. SATURDAY, December 24 Lv. Weshington 7.50 #. m. 45% Reduction in Round-Trip Fares Every Week-End Until Further Notice: 42,000 WILL GET PAY FOR CHICAGO YULETIDE More Than $5,000,000 From Tax ‘Warrants to Cheer City and County Employes. By the Associated Press. 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