After graduating from high school at the age of 16, in 1908, he spent the next three years working for a trio of newspapers: the "Matteawan Evening Journal", the "Mount Vernon Argus" and the "Poughkeepsie News Press".
Окончив школу в 1908, он следующие три года работал на три газетных издания: "Matteawan Evening Journal", "Mount Vernon Argus" и "Poughkeepsie News Press".