Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1932, Page 7

TRANENASSST TRAVELNG YOUTHS Special Agent “Doesn’t See” as Young Wanderers Catch Freight. i TEE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C;, THURSDAY. DEUEL 22. 1932. A7 e e ! L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SRR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR S This is the twelfth of a series of daily spatches by o writer who traveled back and forth across the country to get the am'! o(hflle thousands of homeless, wan- el - .. 0. ] FOOD STORES = 7 WM/ 77 From where Wayne Bridges and T crouched in the black shadow of a . ¢ INC butlding to one side of the first of the ; - —_— NATIONAL night freights westbound out of El Paso . T e = 5 P TR | Gt i B - WWVA6T18, Liaders in Service and Quality - ... Wok BN AR, that no fever than 100 hitch travelers 4 rded the train. “I never saw such a peach of a place Plred to sllpply you with the to get on,” Wayne said of our loca- finest young turkeys, geese, tion. The 16-year-old boy arranged chickens and pons from nearby farms, xeued espe- cially for our stores. Lg. Budded 1 t. PEACHES, halves. . . .......2 e am 25¢ D WALNUTS ......... w 27¢ t|t i ! : DIAMON ¢ SLICED PINEAPPLE . . .....2 = o= 35¢ PAPER SHELL ALMONDS ...... » 25¢ — ROYAL ANN CHERRIES. . .. . , % = 25¢ e el g B A TR Uneeda Bakers BRAZIL NUTS, extra large. ..... » 17c Champion Flak e ) - FRUITFORSALAD ......... 25¢ SHELLED PECANS..... ... %m. wua 25c e 1dc BARTLETT PEARS ....... .2 o= 35¢ MIXEDNUTS ........... ™ 19c¢=:23¢ ||| CRANBERRY SAUCE APRICOTS ................ we<=]19c IR 17 GRAPE JUICE . ... . .pts., 15c; gts., 29¢ sty MARASCHINO CHERRIES. . . s s 14c I knew in some part of his method af FANCYFIGS ............. %» 5 10c DIXIE-MIX 33c e PLUM PUDDING................27c LE RAISINS. .........25¢ e e anr g e JELLO, asst. flavors. .........2 == 15¢ SUNSWEET PRUNES ... » % 9c Hormels OLIVES (Quoen) Your food problems for the holidays are solved at the UNITED FOOD STORES. For everything you need to give the family a tasty, wholesome holiday feast go to your nearest UNITED FOOD STORE, where quality, service and economy are ever present. empties, is about made up on Track 4. The car knocker told me.” We filed along to the east yards. ‘There we went cautiously in the shad- ows along lines of cars. Lantern lights moved along the ground. We avoided these. A trainman may be a tran- sient’s frend, but he knows the “bull,” or special agent, doesn't like prowlers in his yard. “Here they are,” sald Jack when he had found Track 4. “Come on up, quick—the engine’s backing on.” We boosted his heavy bag to_ him. Wayne climbed the steel runs. I fol- Jowed. Regardless now of the danger of being seen, we moved along the tops of the cars, where we lifted up the lids of ice compartments in the re- {frigerators. When our gyide went through the trapdoor of an empty, Wayne and I also submerged in the darkness. There | - the three of us bedded down. Upper—“Forgotten bors” hitching a ride on a freight. The ice compartment of a refrigera- Lower—Roving yeung ter surveys the panorama of the passing countryside tor car is a great steel-meshed basket, | from the top of a freight car. 2 ;’ith i: g}:nted{ bc;]btom lowered to within | ———— e R our inches of the car floor. Designers | strove to provice the maximum of air | carl, N. Mex. My companion m'sht g0 - SHOPLIFTING CHARGED circulation. Winter nights, even out | home from San Francisco. | over the Southwestern waste lands, We went below, all but our heads, ow cold. Our car carried no pay| _, oad of merchandise. The circulatigy | When we pulled through the long yards | % i excelled. of Tucson. “Pacific Fruit Express,| ¥risom, Four Put on Probation. Like Huge Grate. 30656, trundled to a halt. We cstiffty | Five persons arrested for shoplifting 4 L3N <a. accordance with the requirements of Vegetable Soup Ceeeeeeea. . e 20¢ ASSORTED CANDY cro, . . . 5. x T3¢ 2« 2c PICKLES, sweet mixed..........™ 25¢ SWANSDOWN CAKE FLOUR......23¢c ALICE TOMATO JUICE PUMPKIN ......oo...... wasl0c GOLD MEDAL CAKE FLOUR......23¢c e MINCE MEAT .............. ™" 23 of the third member of our hastily College Inn FLAKO, for delicious pies. . . ..2 »= 25¢ ||| ‘TomaT0 JuicE COCKTAIL ||| COCOANUT (moist) . ........2 == 25¢ Train Is Located. “Well, let's get going.” said Jack. e 2 25¢ GUNDERSHEIMER'S DELICIGUS FRUIT CAKE....... » 39c Lith-A-Limes AN NS SO “The second section, with & string of ; 2 votties 23¢ Sage Poultry Seasoning Homemade Butter Pound Cake. .. = 25¢ Five Arraigned—One Sent to " Yet the cold became the lesser of tlrl;?n mi‘:”fl;nddio;msuafi’r‘i}fl9::‘:;;0-'1?11Hn downtown depariment stores were “3«‘}&%&"’&’&’1‘3&3&& without | ¢hringe of the tracks. There would | “Faigned in Police Court yesterday be- car's bottom was like attempting it on | P¢ 8 Westhound out for Yuma, Ariz, | fore Judge Raiph Given, % T B cnpting at 6:30 o'clock. , _Emnest Staples, 32, charged with lift- ool it Tl T ey, dome { pouOn, that track over there by the ice | ing a leather wallet fzom a store coun- Diring the many months to and | house. ; | ter, was given a 60-day sentence, Sta- Four of us hitch travelers walked | ples said he was intoxicated and cid Lo T Opean Dattlefelds (and SAMPS | through the dusk toward the fce house, | ot know what he was doing. {h:rilzgnhtmr%iei‘g-n 1::);: ;:gs byn’e’f,?,"d}fi We had been four since midafternoon. | _ This plea was made immediately after 1 encounter in that time any rolling The day had brought to the 16-year-old | Everett Armstrong, 29, had put up a bed room that could hold*a candle to| [Tom Kansas a companion, 17-year-old, | similar defense. ~Armstrong was ac- Thyme Paprika 10c e Sinceedea T Tavind i ‘alt seees ROCK CREEK GINGER ALE g;'::s £ e cans c Finally, beyond Lordsbhrs. N. Mex., ‘cmorrow—Yuma and on, 0 the probation officer. 1 : e emerged rom our containzr into the | (COMFib. Ja13 by, Narih pmerican News- | e o Rl el o Black Walnut Pound Layer Cake. . » 25¢ 3 bouws 25¢ Pepper Cinnamon brilliant and fast warming sun. Up and down the length of the freight! rode several other groups of young hitch travelers. We breakfasted leisurely. Jack pro- duced a bag of wholesome scraps he had had the night before at the back door of an El Paso hotel. We tore buns and hunks of meat apert and at~ the too slender supply. All seemed going well. Then the freight stonved at Bowie, Ariz—a few low buildings, 8 few dusty, golden poplar trees and a water tank out in the waste lands. From the direction of the engine over the tops of the cars came a uni- formed figure. Two other men in dif- ferent uniform walked th= ground to right and left of us. A railroad special agent aloft, border patrol below. “Down on the ground and line up!” they commanded as they dug hitch travelers out of their lairs. Lined Up by Police, The file of men looked none too pre- ng. Three old men. I counted. e others were young. The railroad agent examined the soles of all our shoes. He sought boots to fit foot- prints found near & slain man at Col- ton, Calif. The border patrol likewise questioned and examined. From the line they took three men whose citi- genship seemed doubtful. “Can we get back on the train now?” asked some one. “Well, I'm a special agent of this railroad,” said Johnny Bra-burv. “I'm supposed to take you off at Bowie. I saw _you get off. "I'll not see you get on, because I'm going away in this here | automobile, see?” Agent, border patrol and the three questionable citizens drove off. Later, as the freight started on, the motor car ran out the road to deposit the three, cleared by questioning, at a spot where they could hitch handily and travel with us. The day, by contrast with the night, passed delightfully. While older men Visited, the younger frisked over the top of the train. Trainmen did not molest us, and when they passed along with friencly words we cleared from their cat-walks, Young neighbors from down the train ran along to bum smoking to- tocco or matches. A nondescript child, 50 he seemed, danced clownishly from group to group “Nineteen.” some one explained, “and probably crazy. The kid spends his days riding the freights between El COFFEE WILKINS, 31c ORIENTA, 35¢ CHASE & 'BUTTER IOWA STATE Unico Mayonnaise 8-0z. jar 10¢c pts 19: SANBORN, 35¢ 1 “New York's Old Favori SAUER’S VANILLA United THOMPSON'S MILK | smallEm:loc Pancake Flour s warts ]3¢ vt T Large Bottle, 20c % 14¢; ¥ ROUND STEAK ..........................»25c ||| FANCY FLORIDA ORANGES ..............= 2]c CHUCKROAST ............c.oeevuvenon..m15c ||| TANGERINES ...............oeuveenn.. .t 2e FANCYRIBROAST .......ovvvvv..m23c GRAPEFRUIT ......................3 &4 25¢ VEALROAST .............ceeeueuvn....m15¢ ||| FANCY APPLES .......................4™25¢ SHOULDER LAMBROAST .................nT7c E&KfiE%“ ------- 22 :;gc IRCOLANE . ... il e e . PORKROAST..-..-.--...-..-----....-...“'14c ICEBERGLE"UCE.....................mloc e W g V| [ g — L uver. (Y |3 FRESHHAMS ............oooeeneeceene® e ) CAULIFLOWER ................... o o0 23 Gole to Catorsis 8 e 3 AUTH’S SAUSAGE MEAT .................»17¢ ||| SPINACH ................ccceennnnn...2m 23 “Hey, fellows!” he said when a soli- TR e MR P ety vl pLI TIPS ORIGINAL ALL-PORK SAUSAGE. . » 25¢ ||| CARROTS . g e 15¢ alr circus gave me $15. They couldn’t . 5 | find any one clee to'doitr | T T P it V¢ corore FOUNTAIN BRAND HAMS. ........... ven..™20c SWEETPOTATOES ......o0ovvvveninnvn. 3% 10c i B e i o ey v | (AR o . _a " 1#{ Brewer.Snyder's New Size FRESHPEAS ... .....ovooevvvenrennn 2920 = : 3 POTATO CHIPS .............o o 10¢ = »< 5c ||| [DAHQ POTATOES ....................6 = 17c DEEP SEA OYSTERSSELECT « 55¢; STANDARD « 45¢c (| ONIONS ........... B TN il 3 == 10¢ A high school rumpus had precipi- tated his departure. A teacher had caught this laughing son of a carpenter. | matching pennies or nickels with other tardy students. Fifteen youngsters had been expelled. Wayne and a com- panion departed, first West and then Southward. The second hitch trav- eler had turned homeward at Tucum- Burlington Botel Vermont Avenue at Thomas Circle Two Ball Rooms available for the holiday period Quick Business Men’s Lunch 40c to 50c Dinners, Banquets, Bridge Rooms Free Parking in Our Garage During M¢ GOLD MEDAL FLOUR srosy mesteo 5 wh.Bsg 17¢c 12 1b.Bag 3Tc SHREDDED WHEAT . . . OCTAGON LAUNDRY SOAP.............2 947 SUPERSUDS ......................3 mase 25c OCTAGONCLEANSER ....................2oSc eals Bridge tables free after lunch or inner