Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1937, Page 15

THRD AN LD NASSASSIATON Neighbor of Elderly Virginia Farmer Spirited to Un- named Jail, B the Assoctated Press GALAX, Va., March 12.—State Pa- | trolman E. B. Helm annovnced Ran- | dolph Thomas, 31, had been arrested | for questioning in connection with the slaying of B. A. Shupe, 72-year-old farmer, who was shot Wednesday night at his home near Fries when he an- swered a call at his door. Officer Helm said he had taken Thomas to a jail away from this neighborhood. He declined to name the jail. Thomas was held on orders of Commonwealth’s Attorney P, L. Har- rington, Helm said. Meanwhile, Albert Johnson, 17, of Fries and Albert Boyd, 28, who lives near Fries, were being held in jail &t Independence for further investi- gation, Helm said. Helm said the in- vestigation had not connected them | with the case. | A shotgun charge was fired into Shupe's body when he opened his door in response to a call. He died in the Galax Hospital. | Shupe, his wife, who is an invalid, and Virginia Shupe, a servant, not re- lated to the elderly couple, were at the home when a man called at the door | saying he was hungry, officers were told. When Shupe got out of bed and | opened the door, he was pushed back by an assailant and shot. He fell in the doorway. Miss Shupe said she #aw the assailant, who fled when she screamed. She said she did not rec- ognize the man. Thomas, & neighbor of the Shupes, Wwas arrested late yesterday afternoon at his home. Officer Helm said he | took a shotgun and shells at the time | of the arrest and is “checking on” the | weapon. Thomas is married and is | Plain, ordinary bums—with no am-'922 N. Y. Ave. the father of five children. SUGAR OFFICIAL DIES Benjamin F. Johnston Headed Mexican Companies. NEW YORK, March 12 (#).—Cables from Hongkong reported yesterday the | death of Benjamin Francis Johnston | of Rve, N. Y, president of the United Bugar Cos. of Mexico and of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Rail- way. Letters from the 73-year-old native of Pennsylvania, mailed from Bali, the Dutch East Indies, had been received last week. The executive wrote that he and Mrs. Johnston, the former Agnes Sherwood of Chicago, were en- Joying their ‘round-the-world tour. Earlham Club to Hear Poet. E. Merrill Root, native of Baltimore, | poet, essayist and editor, who now is Pprofessor of English at Earlham Col- lege, Richmond, Ind., will speak and read some of his poetry at a dinner meeting of the Washington Earlham Club at Wesley Hall, 1703 K street, , next Wednesday night, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937. Man Seeks Hitch-Hike Record On ‘Smiling Thumb,” 17 Cents Jersey Itinerant Stops Here En Route to Montana. BY JOHN JAY DALY. Somewhere in Montana, “Uncle Albert” Schuh—pronounced Shoe— awaits the arrival of his favorite nephew, Herbert Albert Kenneth Schuh, who arrived in town this morning on his way to establish the all-time world record for hitch-hiking. Young Schuh, a strapping 6-footer in his 20s, drove to the Central Union Mission in a stream-lined auto- mobile whose owner answered ‘“the high sign” outside of Oxford, Pa., and drove the young fellow all the way to Washington—a distance of 99 miles. With 17 cents in his pockets, his en- tire fortune, Schuh—who thinks he s well named—left his mother’s home in Clarks Township, N. J., yesterday, and turned his thoughts toward Mon- tana. On account of the weather, he is taking the southern route. | “Where does your ‘Uncle Albert’ live>” he was asked. “I dor’'t know, exactly,’ ’he said, “but I've got his address somewhere | in my suit case. Anyway, I sent him & Jetter some time ago, he answered and said he'd be glad to see me.” Visited Mother Hurriedly. Out on the road for the past 10 years, Schuh made a hurried visit to his mother to notify her that he was | Montana-bound—to see bert”. In the course of these 10 years, Shuh has been back and forth to Cali- fornia, down on the Mexican border, up Canada way, and to every worth- while city and town in the Midwest. “What I hope to do now is set up a record for hitch-hiking, though per- sonally I'm against hitch-hikers,” Shuh said after he had a fresh shave “Uncle Al- bition,” Shuh says, and cites the law of New York State which prohibits this outdoor sport. “The law's a good thing, but like some other laws it has drawbacks. It made me walk from Buffalo to Albany.” Long hauls and short hauls alike are welcomed by Herbert Albert Ken- neth Schuh in the course of his hitch-hiking—and he cites the longest ride he ever got, 490 miles, as the guest rider of a Kansas City rum runner, who let Mr. Schuh share a chance of going to jail. And, speaking of jails, along with his road experience Mr. Schuh has been the over-night guest in some of the best jails in the country—and some of the worst, but always as a law-abiding citizen. When there are no municipal flop houses handy, or no mission houses open, or no “jungles,” this young traveler calls upon the local jail housekeeper and asks lodgings for the night. Since he carries his own blanket and bed linen with him, he usually gets a nice, cozy parking place—with a good reading light thrown in, for Mr. Schuh is not only a traveler but a scholar. He carries his own library. Hitch-hikes From Necessity. Necessity threw Mr. Schuh into the business of hitch-hiking his way | through life, and that is why he is “ absolutely in favor of all States enact- ing laws against the hitch-hiker— laws that will effect both parties to | the deal—the driver as well as the | thumb-wiggler. | *“Young boys on the road, young | boys bumming their way from point to point. with no definite destination, are actually a menace to the Nation,” 4 HSlINSLOV I, 5 PAINTS Use Devoe Paint for Spring Painting. at the mission. “Hitch-hikers, half the time, are It is the best. NAtional 8610 New Mode IN DuBARRY MAKE-UP $3 Value, Special for For that fresh dewy look so complexions . . . L] typical of young exciting new DuBarry Face Powders and a liquid Milk of Cucumber foun- dation. For a few days only . . . $2 DuBarry Powder and extra Milk of Cucumber . . Main Floor. . both for $2. The Hecht Co. F at Seventh NAtional 5100 says this supreme artist in the art of hitch-hiking. “Fortunately, you do not see so many boys and young men on the road now as you did some time back, but even so there are entirely too many of them. They become careless in their manner of living, addicted to petty crime, such as assault and bat- tery—and even robbery. Like women, the boys’ place is in the home * ¢ o Because his father died early, young Schuh had to get out and shuffie for himself—and .50 he took to the open road. “It's a carefree life,” he says, “going places and not knowing, or caring, where you go * * * And there are never any bills coming due at the end of each month.” Also, as exemplified by Mr. Schuh, it takes & mighty brave man to start out on & long, long journey with a bank roll amounting only to 17 cents. However, Mr. Schuh does not let that worry him—and here is why: Before he accumulated his wealth he wanted a 2-cent stamp so he could write to his “Uncle Albert” and break the news that the East was on its way West. “In Trenton I asked a police officer i1 he would give me a 2-cent stamp to post a latter to ‘Uncle Albert.’ The officer gave me a quarter and that gave me an idea. I asked several other people and before the day was over Alcohol by vol. 1595 I had collected exactly $6 merely by asking for a 2-cent stamp.” With that money Herbert Albert Kenneth Schuh purchased some new equipment and even bought some toys for his younger brothers and sisters who live in New Jersey. All told there are 13 children in the family—an- other reason why Herbert Albert finds it expedient to roam. Some of thed| kids get on his nerves. Anyway, young Mr. Schuh started out with 17 cents. “Why,” he was asked, “didn’t you wait till you had at least a quarter.” “Gosh,” he said, “the way 1.oney files I though I'd better get started while I had the 17 cents.” So Herbert Albert Kenneth Schuh is on his way to Montana and a new all-time world record for hitch-hiking. In the course of his travels, so far, this aspiring young man has ridden free in every sort of conveyance that runs on wheels—from the lowly flivver on through to the limousine and the hearse. “Hitch-hiking,” he says, “calls for a smiling thumb.” Tire Bursts, Hurts Driver. While repairing a puncture near London a truck driver suffered & broken jaw when the tire burst sud- denly. Alcohol by vol. 18% MARTINIE ROSSI VERMOUTH Sole Agents for U.S. A., W. A.TAYLOR & COMPANY, N.Y, REDUCTION off list price on this 1936 German Films in Drive. 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