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He Was EngIond's
Factory King
TORY RADICAL-TdE LIFE OF
RICHARD OASTLER
BY Cecil Driver. (Ortord Uni
Dersity Press; $5.)
Reviewed by
zANNE BINGHAM.

Rare, perhaps, is the biography
which can make a man live again,
not only as q historic figure to
be revered, but also as a person to be
loved. TORY Radical" is such a bic
ography.
Following closely upon the life
of John Howard. the eminent Brit
ish philanthropist, and prison re-
former, Richard Oastler devoted his
life toward the betterment of fac
tory conditions.
Believing that the public needed
only to be made aware Of the de-
plorable conditions under which
children worked, and unaware, him
self, of the political and economic
implications, Oastler, in 1880, wrote
q letter to the editor Of the Leeds
Mercury. Thus, innocently, began
his tumultous career.
Oastler led the battle for a To-
hour work day, battle which was
not won until II years later
Through the press, by sometimes
fanatical oratory and In mass dem
onstrations he made himself a lead
er and the servant of the people
Oastler suffered many personal
disappointments, as well as many
political setbacks. Following a
break with his employer he spent
over three years in debtors prison
The death of his wife was another
blow to the singularly sensitive
man.
At his death, even his enemies
admitted that Richard Oastler was
a man to be emulated in his sim
cerity and perseverance in doing
what he considered right.
In 1869 an estimated hundred
thousand people attended the un-
yelling of a bronze statue in memo.
RAM to their factory king" Eng
land then proceeded to forget about
him. and he remained forgotten
until the appearance of this book
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Book Reviews in Brief

DARIO, by Percy Winner (Har-
court, Brace e. Co.; $3.50. A f1cti-
tious reminiscence In the form OF
an interview with a famous young
Italian who symbolizes polit-
Iical era.
MARX EMINENCE, by E. Wynton
Locke Mcbride; S275). A novel of
romance and adventure at the court
of Charles II.
VALLEY OF WILD HORSES, by
Zane Grey Harper; $3.50. Ad-
ventures of youth growing quickly
to manhood on the open range OF
the Southwest.
GRAY CANAAN, by David Garth
putnam: s275). A story of fight
ing, intrigue and romance under
the Confederacy.
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BrookIandrs Development

Years ago the bodies of menu
bers Of the Queen families and It's
connections were removed to Rock
Greek Cemetery and placed IN the
Queen vault
Homestead on Newton Street.
On q former occasion the writer
mentioned the finding of the graves
OF David Burnes. his wife, Ann
(Wightt) Burnes, and their son John
Burnes, when Twelfth street NE.
was opened in 1888. As indicated,
Ann Burnes, before her marriage,
was Ann Wight, and her brother
was John Wight, both being related
to the Brooks family for whom
Brookland was named.
Near the original burial place OF
the Burnes family, at the intersec-
ton of Twelfth and Monroe streets,
stands the old Brooks homestead, on
Newton street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets, now known as st..
Benedict Academy.
Jei1iel Brooks, who lived in the
Brooks mansion, married Ann Queen,
the daughter Of Nicholas L. Queen,
one of the best known of the early
hotel proprietors OF Washington.
| At q later date, about the begin
ming of the Civil War, John r. Clark
bought q farm of considerable acre
age called Dunbarton, located Just
to the northwest of Washington In
prince Georges County, Nd, which
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THE FUR MASTERS, by Alan
Sullivan Coward Mccain; So. A
romance of the fur trade In Canada
a century ago.
ROGUE'S HOLIDAY, by Hamil-
ton Cochran Bobbs- Merrill; s2.75)
Piracy and love in the early 18th
century.
THE JUDAS TIME, by Isidor
Schneider dial Press: So. An
allegorical novel dealing with figures
the author regards as traitors to the
race, who rationalize their treachery
in terms of courage and achievement
RUSSIA IN PERSPECTIVE, by
George soloveytchik CIV. w. Norton
& Co.: s3). The historical back
ground Of Russia's present internal
and international policies.
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Author of 'Ho|dfost Gaines May Write
IOf Cherokee Indian Trek to Oklahoma
By corter Brooke Jones

Odel Shepard, who. with his son
willard, wrote last years best seller,
"Holdfast Gaines" still high on the
list Of bookstore sales, hopes next
to do book on the Cherokee migra-
ton.
Mr.. Shepard is inclined to think,
he explained during brief visit to
Washington, that he'll write of the
tragic Cherokee trek in the form of
a narrative poem rather than a his
torical novel, though he hasn't quite
decided. The story of the forced
march Of the Cherokees from their
homes in Georgia and North Caro-
lima to Oklahoma more than a CEN
tury ago long has appealed to him.
While he was here, Mr.. Shepard
took picture of the 42-pounder at
the Navy Yard which figured in
the ittle-known but important Bat
tie of Fayal, in the Azores, during
the War of 1872.
AS Odell and Willard Shepard
brought out in "Holdfast Gaines" F"
the American privateer General
Armstrong delayed a whole British
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- ROOKLAND, now practically
IL a city within itself, got its
real beginning about 1887.
~ Title to 134 acres. the estate
of Col. Jehiel Brooks, was
transferred at that time to Ida q.
Marshall, who, on June 8, 1887. ex-
ecuted deed of trust to j. G. Hester
and r. Ross Perry. She set forth
that she was indebted to Emily
Brooks for $4,000 purchase money
for Enclosure, the property to which
she had just taken title.
Other deeds filed on the same date
as mentioned, in order to perfect
title, included one from Nicholas
Boyd Brooks and his wife. Helen
Victoria Brooks. of Claybank, Glou-
cester County, Va, to Ida U. Mar
shall of Washington, D. c.; one
from Frank Brooks of Vancouver
Barracks. Washington Territory, to
Ida q. Marshall; one from Laura
Brooks (lnmarried), E1izab h
Queen (unmarried) and John Henry
Brooks and his wife, Agnes Clifford
Cor De Clifford. all of the County
Of Washington, to Ida U. Marshall.
Many Deeds and Wills.
However. 1t would seem that Ida
q. Marshall took title to the prop
erty just for convenience, for on
June IA of the same year she trans
ferred title to the same tract to
Benjamin F. Leighton and Richard
Pairo for $4,000. The land was
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feet at Fayal. The delay was long
enough to enable Gen. Jackson to
get his homespun troops into posi-
ton to inf1ict devastating defeat
on the British at New Orleans be-
fore their fleet could bring In re-
Inducements.
And yet the Shepards, while they
were engaged in research for the
book, found at least one professor
of history who had never heard Of
the Battle of Fayal.
Father and son proved IN their
novel, at least to their own salts
faction and that Of other historians
that, contrary to popular belief, the
Battle of New Orleans was not
fought after the treaty Of Ghent
ending the War Of 1912 had gone
into effect. Odell Shepard pointed
out in his interview that the treaty
was not effective until signatures
of the heads of the two states had
been exchanged, which did not occur
until after the battle. He saw the
War of 1912 as simply another
phase of the Revolutionary War.
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William SAMSON
Hos q Talent
For Variety
THREE
BY william SAMSON. fReynal &
Hitchcock; $780,

THREE
BY william SAMSON. fReynal &
Hitchcock; $780,
Reviewed by
STANLEY BAITZ.
This thin volume contains two
short novels and a short story.
Thus the title.
The author, william SAMSON. Is
q young Englishman whose writing
may be considered somewhat stilted
by American readers used to the
clipped words and blunt thoughts of
Cain and Steinbeck.
The first novel, "The Cleaners
Story" is concerned with the in
trigue and gossip among the in
habitants of a provincial French
town. The story is narrated through
the eyes and thoughts of a working
charwoman, well-born lady now
reduced to scrubbing floors in the
village taproom. To her, life's
panorama is translated In terms of
feet--feet turned inward, feet turned
outward, feet tapping, etc. Her dis
gust-and apparently Mr.. Sansom's
with the plain herd is summed UP
in the line. - below the tables,
below the plush seats: watch the feet
those animals"
This suggestion of the caste theme
takes a different tack in the second
novel, 1.-THE Invited" wherein one,
Pierrot, seeks to resolve his spirit in
the philosopnic struggle between his
own comfortable world of wealth
and the squalid world on the other
side of the tracks. -.
Pierrot wanders about in a strange
foreboding atmosphere peopled by
sepulchral, unreal characters who
talk and act like zombies. Mr.. San
som certainly creates mood, but his
story gets thick, and 1t becomes
difficult to determine just what deci-
sion Pierrot finally reaches.
"Cat Up Tree" Is an unprepos-
sessing short story wherein fire
company (Mr SAMSON served as a
fireman during the war; responds
to an alarm and winds up In that
soft-ridiculed role of rescuing a treed
cat.
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Among
the Authors
By Carolyn cogeins

When Agnes Newton Keith dis
appeared behind the oblivion of a
Japanese prison camp. one of the
greatest tributes a writer can re-
ceive became hers. She was re-
membered. Her Land Below the
Wind" had won the 10000 nonfic-
ton Atlantic monthly award in 1885
and the people who read 1t contin-
ually directed inquiries to her pub
fishers about Mrs. Keith's fate.
Last week Mrs. Keith appeared
in New York to celebrate In person
her now book, Three Came Home
reviewed in The Star April g.
In one month she will return with
her son. George, to Borneo where
Mr.. Keith has been for a year.
The party In her suite at the
Algonquin was small one and ]
arrived early. Her life these past
few years has not prepared her for
interviews and she remarked trifie
nervously that they didn't do this
when I was on q newspaper" After
talking a little about prison life, she
assured us that her health was cer-
tainly much improved. "A year ago
when Harry had to return to Borneo
I simply could not have gone back.
The thought of 1t made me hys-
terical. Being able to consider go
ing back shows I have recovered
she said smiling.
For a long time Harry Keith, her
husband, has been conservator OF
forests and director of agriculture
of North Borneo, SO that after six
months of regaining his health, duty
required his return. The whole place
has been destroyed-bombed fat
ITO be together again is the i'm
portant thing. I won't mind the
palm leaf house but l shall miss
the plumbing" Mrs. Keith laugh
ingly admitted.
When she reaches Borneo, Mrs
Keith will begin a novel which she
already planned while living quietly
the past year in their small house
in Victoria. British Columbia. Al
though 1t will be her first novel, 1t
should be easy because Three Came
Home" is probably more a love story
han anything else.
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park? HOW many d1Herent catcherS
handled the shoots of Walter John
son? Who really caught the first
baseball thrown from the Washing
ton Monument?
The loyal, patient and, occasional
ly jubilant followers of Washington S
various baseball teams can find out
all these things and a thousand and
one besides, throughsthe recent pub
hcation OF ''The Washington Sena-
tors" written by Morris S. Bealle
of. this city. The author Is a past
amateur player and manager,
sportswriter and loyal fan and he
has done his fellow-fans a distinct
and lasting service. ..
Baseball lovers who have come
from other places are apt to root
first for the hometown team and,
second, for the Nationals" as they
are called today, so that the local
club is. to a certain degree, a ma
tional organization.
Back to the Beginning.
Mr.. Bealle goes back to the begin
ming OF things, 1859. and follows the
various clubs that have represented
the Capital In various leagues and
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described as lying southwark of the
public road leading to Bladensburg
and easterly to the Metropolitan
Branch of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad, formerly owned and de-
vised by John Wight and John M
Wight.
The deeds and wills of those once
owning land. or who had an interest
In 1t, are many.
When the Maryland portion OF
the District of Columbia was select
ed as the seat Of Government in
1790, John Wight was the owner OF
Enclosure. He died six pears later
and in his will he devised his farm
land, including this tract, with i'm
provements. to his son, John Ma
gruder Wight. 1t remained in the
latter's possession up to the same
time of his death In 1919, when, ac-
cording to his will, this property
went to his mother, Garry Wight
and to Nellie G. Queen, jointly, for
life, after which 1t was decreed the
property should go to Henry, Mary
Ann and Elizabeth Queen, children
Of Nicholas L. Queen.
Development Slow.
OF these, Henry Queen died in
April, 1874; sAnn M. Queen married
Col. Jehiel Brooks, and died in 1876
leaving as her only children and
heirs Frank Brooks, Nicholas Boyd
Brooks, Laura Brooks, John Henry
Brooks and Emily Brooks.
From the first, Brookland did not
build up very fast, but as additional
railroad facilities were introduced
and became more satisfactory. mo-
nlentum was given to the project.
After the introduction of the auto
mobile, great strides were made in
this section, as well as in all out
lying sections of Washington.
The writer has personal knowledge,
to some degree at least, of the
growth of Brookland, for at a very
early date he often visited his friend,
the late Theodore Holm. a pioneer
settler of Brookland, who bought
half block of ground there long
while ago.
But DR.. Holm came to Brookland
some time after Bfookland was sub
divided and quite while after
Jesse r. Sherwood bought farm land
In this vicinity, where his son, James
L. Sherwood, prosperous business
man and member of the Associa-
tion Of the Oldest Inhabitants, still
resides. And, according to the pres
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| house, considerably remodeled, Is
now numbered 1904 Lawrence street,
but back in the '80s, and perhaps
even later, what Is now the west
side Of the house was the front,
and the view overlooked the old
historic road.
Increased In Value.
When Jesse r. Sherwood sold his
place to McLachlen e. Bachelor
he bought a tract of 40 acres of the
Kibbey Farm, his purchase extend
ing from about Twentieth to Twen-
ty-fourth streets and from Rhode
Island avenue back to Newton street.
For this he paid $4,000, or ah the
rate of $3.50 an acre.
Here the elder Mr.. Sherwood built
the residence which still stands at
2420 Rhode Island avenue, and
which then faced the Brentwood
road which runs close by. 1t was
here that Mr.. Sherwood died in 1897,
after which his executors were able
to obtain $65,000 for what he paid
but $4,000 a few years before, and
in more recent years as much as
$3.50 and more a square foot has
been obtained for this ground,
which, as subdivided, was first known
as Sherwood, but Is now called
Woodbridge.
At the time the writer was gather
ing information regarding Brook
land, he came across an old house
at 1900 Rhode Island avenue which
stands at an elevation overlooking
the surrounding country. It is a
conspicuous building, and unique,
too, If we can depend upon what
the Agriculture Department has
said about it.
Rare Construction.
The department tells us that the
main portion of this house was built
of rammed earth In 1773, and there
is certainly not another building
like 1t anywhere around Washing
ton.
just who built this house is hard
to say, though it does seem to have
been one of the Queen family enter
prises. From a map of the District,
of 1878, it appears to have then
been occupied by one OF the Nc
Daniel family. Not so many years
ago the tract of land upon which
this house stands was purchased by
Denison g. Leighton, and today the
section is known as South Brook
land.
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u II U Z I VdIlOuS
nicknames right
up through the
close of the 1916
s e a on. The
amount of re-
search " h ! C h
the author has
o n form e d is
prodigious a n d
the results are
C o m mensurate.
His volume is
somewhat like a
box score which
covers 81 years.
Names of long
aco half-forpot;-
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he purchased of John S. Dodson in
1s43. It lay between the Sergeant
and Queens Chapel roads, and here
he resided for a considerable time
with his family.
Some years ago, Mrs. Ella King
Middleton, relict of Frank E. Mid
dleton and daughter Of John r.
Clark. pointed out her fathers old
farm and told of the Civil War days
when Gen. Birney, with his regiment
of zouaves, took possession OF the
place and made their drawing room
his headquarters.
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Ot l62A W1bAl4 q SO4AAAAAs~'"..
this war-which Is really between
the United States and the Sovle.
union-yery probably, though no'
inevitably. will reach It's about stage
in q relatively short time. Tniro
the outcome will determine whether
the earth Is to be dominated oy
America or by Red Russia IN tine
next historical period Fourth. Tor
getting about international controi
We should act TO establish . ufonop-
oily Of the atom by proposing 2,
once to absorb Great Britain ano
the British dominions in . complete
political and economic union and BY
going on from there to create .
global American empire. Finally
nth, If this Is not enough to smash
the Kremlin's power at home anc
abroad and thus avert total armed
struggle, our strategic plan must be
1t would seem, to strike an immediate
paralyzing blow with atomic weap-
ons at the Caucasian oil fields, Mos
COW. and q dozen or more OF the
chief Soviet and Soviet-controlled
cities and industrial concentrations
the latter presumably being those
located in. Poland, Bulgaria. Yugo-
slavia, Rornania and other satellite
countries.
An American World Empire.
This outline is an oversimplif1ca-
ton of what Mr.. Burnham proposes
but 1t is enough to suggest that he
has taken a ferociously dark view
OF the world. Moreover, even though
he writes with an irritating dog
matism and cocksureness on points
that are highly debatable. and ever
though he tends to imply that people
with other ideas are stupid, he
makes his bleak and incendiary
overall argument seem altogether
logical. II we do not follow his advice
he says, the Soviet Union will in
herit the earth; on the other hand
by acting as he urges, we can have
an American world empire in "the
next historical period" Mr.. Burn
ham prides himself on his realism"
he admits that such an empire could
conceivably become as black ty-
ranny as one controlled by Com
munists. He admits, too. that 1t
could end up in kind Of universal
annihilation within generation or
two. Nevertheless, he can see nc
other safe short-term course for the
United States.
Despite the persuasiveness OF
many Of his arguments. however
Mr.. Burnham seems to have a
mechanistic outlook inclined toward
reducing all life and politics to a
rigid pattern Of robotlike inevita-
bilities. He makes little allowance
for the variable and highly volatile
human factor or for the unpredict-
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ago, half-forgot- Morris A. Bealls
ten players come to light, together
with infinite details about their
playing careers. Every man who
ever played for Washington in
league game is indexed.
Outstanding figures, headed by the
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Book Traces Evolution of Home own
Team for Washington Baseball Fans
THE WASHINGTON SENATORS
BY Morris A. Beale. columbia Publishing Co., So
Reviewed by r. M. KAUFFMANN.

Dummy" Hoy. kip" selbach. Legs
Cartwright Mercer big Deahanty eldest
cent of five big brohers9 Where and at what
Roger Bresahan break into major league baseball his
first poson9 What pitcher for Washington team later became
distinguished member of the United pitched
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whngn Chicago 1893 the old symgooas Grounds North CAPITOL street
behind the bat
g. Is
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|Mr. Burnhom Thinks We Hove
q Chance to Survive, Anyhow
THF STRUGGLE FOR THE WORLD
Nv James Burnham. fThe John Day Co.; 3D.

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Frst he Tird World War IS already on negan N Spring
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BY E. J. Kahn, jr. (Harper &
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spiration for many generations Of
young men to come. -"
Gen. Opie and Gen. Canham,
under whom Mai. Howie served,
also paid him high compliments.
the latter calling him zone Of the
best soldiers I've ever known" Gen.
Opie also directed attention to the
inscription prepared for the Howie
bust "Deathless in Fame"
Maj. Howie was a native Of
Abbeyyille, S. c., and star athlete
at The Citadel. He came to Staun-
ton in 1929 as instructor in English
literature, athletic director and
alumni secretary.
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By the Assoeioied Press

STAUNTON, Va, Jan. 23.-
Thomas D. Howie, "the Major Of
St. Lo," who took leave from the
faculty of Staunton Military Acad-
envy in 1941 to enter the Army and
find fame and death leading a bat
talon of the 116th Infantry in rout-
ing Germans from st. Lo, France,
was presented the French Legion
of Honor and the Croix de Guerre
posthumously here yesterday.
The awards were given to the
hero's widow by Gen. Maurice Math-
enet, military attache at the French
Embassy, during ceremonies at
which a bronze bust of Maj. HOWE
was unveiled at the academy. Say
ing the honors were given on be-
half of the French government for
the majors courage, bravery and
gallantry in the attack on the Ger
man stronghold July II, 1914, Gen.
Mathenet pinned the medals to a
plaque which was presented to Mrs.
Elizabeth Howie.
Mayor Georges Pierre Levalley of
st. Lo also told the gathering OF
another honor in store for the ma
jor, whose body was carried into
st. Lo by his troops to rest in state
atop the rubble. When the town is
rebuilt, he said - '"St. Lo will have
a new beauty-a place or street
in memory of the dead of the 29th
Division will have the name OF Maj.
HOWE"
Mrs. Howie and her daughter
Sally, 8, occupied places of honor in
North Barracks where ceremonies
were held and in which Gov. Will
liam M. Tuck, DR.. Douglas Southall
Freeman, historian and Richmond
editor; Maj. Gen. E. w. Opie of
Staunton, Brig. Gen. Charles D. w.
Canham and others took part.
Mrs. Howie's mother, Mrs. Nc
Clellan Smith of Washington, wit
messed the ceremonies.
After formal exercises, the bust
was placed in its niche in Kable
Hall and the curtain drawn by the
majors daughter.
Mayor LIE Valley said: For Nor
mandy, we do not forget the mag
nificent soldiers of your Army. We
do not forget your dead. And at
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st. Lo, we do not forget that Maj.
Howie is dead, at the head OF his
troops, for the liberation Of the
town. His heroism was at st. Lo,
but his spirit lives on at Staunton.
hope that bonds Of affection
will be established between our two
countries, bonds which are indis-
pensable for the world Of tomor-
row ="
Francis Lacoste, first counselor of
the French Embassy, declared that
the Major of st. Lo will never die
in the hearts of Frenchmen.
Speaking principally Of the 116th
Infantry, as he said he believed
Maj. HOWE would have liked for
him to do, DR.. Freeman said it was
as one of the finest regiments" that
it went into Normandy on D day.
Never did we have better men than
the men of the 116th at Omaha
Beach and at st. Lo," he said.
Gov. Tuck also mentioned the
heroic record" of the 116th Infan-
try and referred to the majors loss
as terrible one" continuing "and
yet his life affords a shining ex-
ample of superior manhood. Thomas
HoWle's career will serve. as an in
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28
the TheOCrat

during the rush hours Thurs
day night and Friday morn
ing, and Sunday afternoon and
evening, it will avoid longest
ed State and National high
ways in favor of secondary
roads.
The Chicago Motor Clubs
travel bureau reports that no.
tells and resorts are sold out
solidly within driving radius
Memorial Day of Northern
Illinois and Indiana. Motor ira
vel throughout this year is es-
timated Is per cent greater
than in any previous year on
record. In Illinois and Indiana
Is million vehicles are expect
ed to take to the open road
this Memorial Day weekend.