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Evening star., 1961-04-02
a NAN WHO LOVES HIS JOB
Kennedy's First 20 Days

Harry Hopkins, or Col. House
and there is none in sight. There
is a definite inner core Of White
House assistants and each has his
areas of importance but the Presi-
dent deals crisply with his crisp
young men and the variations in
their influence are not marked.
Each one is in fact spurred by a
lingering uncertainty as to exactly
where he does stand in the order
of things.
Similarly there is no sign that
the bustling White House profess
SorS involved in foreign policy are
underwriting, as many predicted,
the influence of the State Depart
ment and Secretary Rusk. They
are very much in evidence and
when the State Department falters
on drafting job. they will point
edly fill the breach. But Mr.. Ken
nedy has gone to some lengths to
emphasize that he regards Secre-
tary Rusk with great admiration
and while their relationship lacks
the cloSeness Of the professors, it
its clearly a firm one.
The Cobinet Outlook
Relations seem in fact to be ex-
cellent across the top level of
Government and there is no evi-
dence to support a serious breach
in the apparent spirit Of team
play. AS far as can be learned, Mr..
Kennedy gets on we'll with all his
cabinet selections. There is no sign
of disposition to depart from his
example of cautious, practical,
and dogged approach to the chal-
lenge of the New Frontier. The
cabinet officers also emulate their
chief in appearing fiercely am
bilious to do well.
They have clearly created a
momentum in these first 10 weeks
and skeptics are left with the
question: Can they keep it going
over the long pull?
One answer was put forward by
an aide who had participated in
the strenuous persuaSions which
pried Mr.. Kennedy out of the
Capital for the Easter week end.
His reluctance to leave was sur
prising to associates who knew
his affinity for Palm Beach and
had seen the lines under his eyes
darken through the Laos crisis.
But he really wasn't very tired"
said this fellow, because he loves
it."
Evening star., 1961-04-02
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Contributing Writer

THE beginning hour" as Robert
: Frost termed it in his dedicatory
poem last January 20, has length
, eneds now into 10 weeks of intense
application by the new President,
. a period in which it has been pos
sible to discern much about the
style and methods of the new ad-
ministration.
To the close observer the most
striking aspect of John F. Ken
.snedy in the White House is the
degree of his immersion in the job.
. He seems almost totally absorbed
by it, fascinated by the range Of
its interests and problems. Even
in a city in which most men love
their work, he gives the impress
sion of being uniquely involved.
If Dwight D. Eisenhower was
chairman of the board. Mr.. Ken
nedy performs as executive vice
president. shrinking from no ex-
ertion calculated to please and
reaSsure the powers-chiefly Con-
gress and the literate public-who
are the judges of his performance.
These exertions have been such
as to keep Mr.. Kennedy, although
surrounded by an ambitious and
lively team of cabinet members,
] squarely in. the center of the
stage since January 20. This is
combination of fact and public
relations. Certainly no chance
has been lost by the President and
r his advisers to dramatize, pictor-
ialize. televiSe and idealize the
public impression of the new ten
ant of the Executive Mansion.
Penetrating the Problems
But beyond this there is the
fact, startling even at close hand,
Of Mr.. Kennedy's strenuous eff
fort to penetrate the problems
that come to him and to reach
out for insightS He calls in
every one who might shed light
on a major matter and seems de-
termined, in probing deeper than
his advisers, to be able to second
guess and assess their judgments.
He is clearly intent on being the
central figure on any issue that he
deems important.
His impact is Sharpened by the
fact that he is never far from the
contemplationS of his office. Even
as the lights go down in his
Evening star., 1961-04-02

Flying through heavy flax over
enemy-held territory, we dropped
the paratroops and started back.
I saw two Allied planes catch fire
and another burning on the
ground. AS we turned for home,
climbing to 5000 feet, I thought
the worst was over.
The Plane Is Lost
Just as we passed Breda, we
were hit. I heard a terrific ex-
plosion in our left engine. The left
propeller vanished, there was a
huge hole in our side and COM
panionway. and the cockpit was
Shambles of broken glass. With
controls gone, the ship began to
nose down in spiral. 1 rang the
signal bell ordering the crew to
bail out.
Hydraulic fliud from the shot
out lines spurted all over us, al
most binding me. I groped for
my parachute but slipped on the
fluid and fell on my face. When
/ regained my balance, l had a
hard time getting out of my flax
suit, but 1 finally hooked on the
chute pack and managed to
reach the cabin door with the aid
Of Col. Krebs. The rest of the
crew had already bailed out.
I had never jumped before.
Hardly able to see. I dived. When
my parachute billowed out, was
at an altitude of about 800 feet.
AS we drifted with the wind,
German patrols below started
shooting at us. To put it mildly,
it was uncomfortable. Landing in
a potato field. we got rid of our
'chutes and ran for cover to
ditch as Germans on bicycles
headed through the field toward
us. With me were Col. Krebs, who
had broken his left arch in the
fall, and TSergt. Frank Broga,
of Chester, Mass, our crew chief
Out Of Nowhere -.
We lay flat on our backs in the
watery ditch, tall brush and grass
pulled over us. Our ASS were
cooked while we listened to the
searching Germans yelling and
jamming bayonets into the piles
Evening star., 1961-04-02

Senator Cannon, Democrat
of Nevada, is a. qualified jet
command pilot in the Air Force.
In World War III he survived
42-day ordeal after being shot
down over HOllapd. Recently he
described what happened to him
in an article in Family Week
ly, a widely distributed Sunday
supplement. 1t attracted so
much attention that a colleague,
Senator Butler, Republican of
Maryland, introduced 1t into
the Congressional Record last
week with the comment that
the accomplishment had been
too privately known in the
past" This is the article as it
appeared in the Record.
BY HOWARD w. CANNON
Senator From Nevada
One recent morning, 1 received
surprise birthday gift from a
friend of mine in the Pentagon.
1t was an oil painting Of a war
scene in Holland. depicting two
shabbily dressed farmers" cross
ing a bridge near a bombed-out
village. anonymously, in the
foreground, there was a large
apple from which someone had
taken a bite.
The painting was by Col. Roy
Weinzettel Of the United States
Air Force. who had been an In
telligence officer in our wing dur
ing World War II. I was one Of
the farmers shown escaping to
freedom.
The scene holds deep meaning
to me, and I hope it will to all
Americans as we'll as to the rest
of the free world. Now, for the
first time. I am. telling the full
story behind the picture.
AS operations officer with the
440th Troop Carrier Group, I had
copiloted the lead plane dropping
paratroopS over France on D-day.
On September II, 1914, during the
Allied invasion of Holland, our
mission was to discharge 'chutists
over the Arnheim bridge. Col.
Frank x. Krebs of Chicago and
I were the pilots in the lead CAT
plane.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star staff Writer

A concerted campaign against
the confidence men who swindle
by mail has put sharp crimp in
their operations but the gullible
public is still being victimized at
the rate Of millions of dollars
annually.
Among the victims: The small
businessman who gets what ap-
pears to be a tempting offer to
sell his shop, the housewife who
wants to supplement the family
income by working at home, the
Handicapped who are led to be-
lieve they can make a tidy living
by working only few hours a
day
= An up-to-date report on major
mail frauds was given House
Appropriations subcommittee re-
Gently. Chief Postal Inspector
Henry B. Montague reported:
Fraudulent schemes in the in
surance field are on the rise,
work-at-hom schemes, Oil lease
and false. merchandising promo
tions attempt to blk the public
of millions annually. Fraudu-
lent enterprises through which
promises are made to small buSi-
ness to obtain loans or provide
services in consideration of fee
collected in advance have inflicted
losses of as much as $50 million
annually on victims"
Increase in Funds
The alarming increase in mail
frauds-as reflected in complaints
to the chief postal inspector and
the Postmaster General-prompted
the Post office Department to
launch its co-ordinated fraud
program in late 1857. ..
~ About so top postal inspectors
were brought in from across the
Nation for week-long conference
to map the campaign. This was
the problem:
The promoters would concen-
trate on one area and then leave
about the time the victims realized
what had happened. Because of
the complexity Of the schemes,
the appearance Of legitimate con-
tracts, the disappearance OF the
promoters. prosecutors were re-
luctant to prosecute.
To meet the challenge, the
postal inspection service assigned
specialists to work on fraud cases
only. A clearing house was set up
IN washington on all schemes OF
national scope.
Case records here and in the
tleld were studied to consolidate
Evening star., 1961-04-02
The Long Trek Bock Begins

The superb efficiency of the
underground continued to amaze
me. Even our brown paratroop
boots, sure giveaway, had been
dyed black. If we were caught in
civilian clothes, we'd be shot as
spies, so the underground kept
our uniforms for that emergency.
In the next few weeks we hid in
closets Of several homes and then
under the floor in the home of a
Dutch officer who had spent 18
months in a Nazi prison. His
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Mail Frauds Take Millions From GuIIib|e

ting machines. A Buffalo. COM
pany. since convicted, imported
Emitting machines at $40 and set
up retail firms to which they sold
the machines for $l00.
In turn, the retail firms adver-
tiSed for women to do part-time
work knitting garments for which
they claimed they had a ready
market. They promised that those
interested could earn from Sc to
$25 a week. The victims were in
duced to buy the knitting ma
chimes at prices ranging from
$500 to $3.50, plus finance charges.
After the victims bought the
machines, they were given rel
atively simple garments to make
at first. Then, patterns were
changed frequently and became
progressively more difficult to dis
courage the knitters. Once an
area was saturated with knitting
machines, the promoters moved
on-leaving the women with USE
less machines and no means of
paying the finance companies.
Postal inspectors report their
investigations over the past sew
eral years have virtually elimi-
mated the knitting machine racket.
So far, 35 individuals and firms
have been convicted and other
cases are pending but the total
losses to victims may 60 as high
as $40 million.
Another work-at-home scheme
on which the postal inspection
service has been focusing offers
easy money for addressing and
mailing envelopes and post cards.
The fraud artists advertise that
the work will bring in $25 to 800
weekly. A fee of 81 to So is
usually charged ito show good
faith" and that fee is the prime
concern Of the promoters. The
victims find no demand for their
services. ...
So far, the postal inspection
service reports, 189 of these
schemes have been forced out of
business and 157 cases are cur
rently under investigation.
The postal inspectors warn:
Beware of offers of work at home
that require advance payment of
a fee to show good faith or that
require purchase of a machine to
qualify.
VENDING MACHINES
This racket is still repeatedly
widespread. Retired people, physi-
cally handicapped and persons
with low incomes are attracted by
advertisements promising a weekly
net of up to $500 for 7 to 10 hours
of work week. If they. answer
Evening star., 1961-04-02

all information aVallaDle on eacn
fraud artist in each category of
fraud. 1t was noted that swindlers
stick to their own line. They may
change the names of their COM
panies, they may be president of
the company under one name and
Secretary-treasury' of the outfit
under another name but they dop't
change their pattern Of opera
tions.
A o-ordinoted Drive
From its start, the drive was
co-ordinated with the fraud Sec
ton of the Justice Departments
criminal division. Since the cam
paign was launched, arrests have
climbed annually from 312 in
fiscal 1857 to an expected $50. be-
fore this fiscal year ends. In the
past year alone, Mr.. Montague re-
ported, close to 10000 mail fraud
investigations were started.
Mr.. Montague, in asking for
more manpower, said an additional
5000 mail fraud Investigations
should be launched.
Here are some of the leading
types Of swindles by mail:
ADVANCE FEE RACKET
Small businessmen selected at
random from telephone books get
letters asking if they are inter-
ested in selling their business and
implying that the firm writing
the letters has interested buyers.
If a businessman thinks he might
sell If he can get good price, he
answers the letter and a salesman
with a fancy title of field engi-
neer" shows up. The businessman
thinks his shop is worth $4,000.
The salesman assures him it's
worth at least $35 900.
To blind the agreement" the
salesman asks for an advance fee,
which is percentage of the in
flated price he says the shop will
bring. To insure against the
businessman making too many in
quiries, the company sends him
telegram confirming acceptance of
the agreement. No effort is made
to sell the business.
In a variation of this scheme,
the businessman pays an advance
fee to use the services of the
swindlers to get financing. An
other type Of scheme involves sale
Of accounting services. In some
instances, the Swindlers have used
information gained from the books
Of their clients to blackmail them.
The first of the advance fee"
cases prosecuted under the mail
fraud statutes was tried in April,
Evening star., 1961-04-02

1869. In that case, the company
had fleeced small businessmen of
an estimated $150,000. Three
principals were convicted by jury
trial and drew five-year prison
sentences. Since the advance
fee" trials started, % have been
convicted and 112 are under in
dictment.
The postal inspectors warn:
Beware of unsolicited letters Of
fering to sell or get financing for
a business. And beware of sales
men who demand an advance fee
to list property for sale or Sc
cure financing.
WORK K-AT-HOME SCHEMES
These are aimed at mothers
with small children who must stay
home but want to earn some pin
money, and at the handicapped
who can't go out to work.
One such scheme involved knit
Evening star., 1961-04-02

Of straw. After an interminable
time, they left.
Then, suddenly, a Dutch farmer
was standing over us. He mo-
toned to us to stay hidden. When
we couldn't understand what he
was saying, he pointed to my
watch-to 9 o'clock. We caught
the idea that he would return
after dark.
Could we trust the farmer not
to give us away? Some of our fly
ers had told us not to expect any
help from the Dutch because
they were first cousins of the
Germans" and the only way to
talk to them was with AS. For
the next 5 hours we sweated it
out.
Toward dusk, we crawled under
pile of straw. When the farmer
finally returned and we could see
he was alone, we emerged. We
followed him to the top of a hill.
There we came upon two men in
uniform. In a quick reflex we
pulled out our guns. They only
grinned at us. 1t turned out they
were local policemen, both in the
underground.
With the policemen slowly rid
ing their bicycles ahead of us,
we started the longest walk I've
ever taken. The Germans would
have shot without warning any
one out after curfew without
pecial-permisslon Identification.
Three times we encountered enc
my patrols, but the policemen
tipped us off, and we kept out of
sight until the patrols passed
Reaching a farm, we were hidden
in a shed.
Then came the Dutch reception
committee = all the neighboring
farmers bringing bread, cheese,
and hot milk. Everyone there
wanted to shake. hands with us.
1t gave me a singular feeling of
brotherhood that I had never be-
fore experienced.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
A Policemen Helps

At 2 am, we moved on, Krebs
riding the handlebars of a police
mans bicycle. At the home of the
local underground leader, in the
little town of Audenbosch, Col.
Kreb'S foot was treated by a doc
tor. Sergt. Broga and I slept in
the attic of the police station.
After 2 days we were given police
uniforms and. riding motorcycles,
boldly proceeded to the city of
Breda.
For 8 weeks, our home was a
department store that had been
closed to civilians, although the
Germans often came to requisi-
tion items. Our bedroom was the
upholstery department, and nat
urally there was plenty of furni-
ture on which to sleep. Whenever
the enemy barged in, we scooted
out through a tunnel to the home
of the store owner across the
street. Or, if we didn't have time,
we'd climb through the trap door
in the ceiling of the elevator, push
switch that put it out of order,
and sit on its top until we were
safe.
We ate mostly potatoes, cooked
in the stores deserted restaurant
kitchen. and occasionally had a
sort of meat stew. Food was
scarce, and it must have been a
hardship for the Dutch to feed us.
I knew, too, that by hiding US,
the Dutch were risking their lives
every hour. Collaborators were
busy informing on anti-NaziS and
revealing hidden Allied fugitives.
Every day we were told of Dutch
citizens being rounded up and ex-
ecuted for taking part in under
ground activities.
In our department store, other
American, British, and Canadian
flyers kept joining us until there
were 13-too dangerous for so
many wanted men in one hideout.
We had to split up into pairs.
Col. Krebs and I were presented
with civilian clothes, ration books,
birth certificates, and forged iden-
tification papers complete with
photographs, our own fingerprints,
and official seals. I was Hendrix
van Gils," a city clerk, and Krebs
was a schoolteacher.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Hospital
Patients

Mr.. Leslie Gilliland, Lexing.
ton
Mr.. Vardaman Smith, Tchula
Mr.. r. H. Barnes, Tchula
Mrs. Susie Morton, Pickens
Mrs. Mary Gillian, Lexing-
ton
Mrs. Minnie Diggs, Lexington
Mrs. Dewitt Nabors, Lexing-
ton
Mr.. w. L. Cakes, Tchula
Mr.. John r. Booth, Lexington
Mrs. George Ellison, Jr., Lex
ington
Baby Girl Ellison
Mr.. Walter Goodwin, Lexing-
ton
Mrs. H. T. Afford, Lexington
Mrs. Ruth Roach, Lexington
Mr.. j. K. Boatwright, Lex
ington
Mr.. c. H. Harthcock, Lexing-
ton
Mrs. Keturah Povall, Lexing.
ton
Mr.. w. r. Ellis, ST., Lexing,
ton
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
CORRECTION

Due to a mechanical error,
several members of the
Tchula Merchants Association
were ommitted from a story
concerning the new officers
of the organization in last
weeks Herald.
The complete list follows:
Sheppard's Store, Tchula
Super Market, Western Auto
Store, CARROTS Service Sta
ton, Wong's Food Store, and
Tchula Dry Cleaners.
Other members are: Mag
gio's Grocery, Tchula Drug
Store, Nelson-Bennett Dept.
Store, Georges Toggery,
Sara's Gift Shop Tchula
Hardware Co., Lyon Appli'
anee Store A.. Braslow, The
Fair Store, Noahs Ark, VIII
liams Grocery, Smiths Super
Service Station, Pate Johnson
Oil Co., and Merchants &
Planters Bank.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Balloons Found In
Tennessee, Alabama

Balloons containing gift GER
tificates from Lexington Mer-
chants were found as far
away as Tennessee and Ala
bama.
O.. l.. Ellison received a let
ter from Robert Basham of
Morrison, Tennessee stating
that he had found a balloon on
his place while checking his
livestock. Others were found
by Charles Box of Town
Creek, Alabama, Millard Ken
nedy of Route 7, Russellville,
Alabama and another mailed
in from a group of children
also Of Russellville.
The Balloon Barrage was
sponsored by the Merchants
Committee of the Lexington
Chamber of Commerce in mid
December.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Lexington FLA
Team Places First In
Bio Black Council

The Lexington Future
Farmers of America Parli-
mentary Procedure Team
placed first in the Big Black
Council contest held at the
CoXburg High School recently.
Second place winners were
the Ethel team and Tchula
placed third.
Contestants on the LeXing-
ton team were Jerry Fite,
chairman, Walter Sullivan, O..
A. Cleveland, Jr., Wyche
Hooker and Borden White.
Alternates were Jerry Evans
and Bobo Elliott.
Serving as judges were E..
H. Cain of Bentonia, chair
man, Jack Cauthen, Madison
and w. H. HamberiIn Of
Lexington.
o. A. Cleveland, Lexington
Agricultural teacher coached
the group.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
OFFICERS INSTALLED
AT PICKENS OES CHAPTER

1861 officers were installed
into the Pickens Chapter 200
Order of Eastern Star on Fri
day, January 9Th.
Presiding as installing Of
ficer was Mrs. Mary Lou
McKie, D. D. G. M, Mrs. Sadie
Pope was installing marshal,
Ashe Ingram, installing cha
plain and Mrs. Catherine May,
installing organist. The in
vocation was given by DR..
Price Brock followed by re-
marks by Mrs. Gladys Nc.
Mullen, Worthy Matron. Adj
dresses were given by the
Worthy Matron and Worthy
Patron after which the fol-
lowing officers were installed:
Yetta Kaplan, worthy matron
Jim Mckee, worthy patron,
Edna Slaton, associate matron,
Bob Cahoon, associate patron;
Ore MacCahoon, secretary;
Mildred Johnson, treasurer,
Jewel Bleck, conductress;
Edith Hart, associate con-
ductress; Ashe Ingram, cha
plain; Ore Lavonne Presley,
marshal; Catherine May, Or
gtnist; Mary Lou McKie, Adah;
Gladys McMullen, Ruth; Sadie
Pope, Esther; Onie Dee Wright
Martha; Mary Ida Varnado,
Electa; Mary Allen, Warder
and F. S. Hanna, Sentinel.
Officers installed into the
Pickens Lodge 432 FRAN
were J. r. Chaoon, worshipful
master; r. E. Hemphill, senior
warden; Eddie Owen, junior
warden; Booster Algood, trea-
surer; P. C. Hemphill, secre-
tary; Archie Cooper, senior
deacon; Wilmer Hart, junior
deacon and John Ward, tyler.
c.. M. Mcdaniel of Lexington
was installing officer.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12

in a chest when he was hunt
ing for medicine to cure his
fever? He found Christ in
the Bible, and a new life,
The Bible is still the worlds
best book to read, and the
best medicine one can find.
Dust your Bible off, and
spend a pleasant evening
reading it.
This morning, we noticed a
Cardinal and his mate, sitting
on the branches of the red
bud tree. Bare now and
sleeping its winter sleep.
They do not sing. They just
sit all ruffled up in their
feathered coats. Even the
Mocking birds have lost their
trim looks and sit all hud-
died up, their coats pulled up
about their chins, puffed out
Up to their eyes.
The days are growing longer
and we vote for an early
spring.
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12

Il
The bids shall cover the
sale to the Board of the fol-
lowing:
600 - Metal folding chairs
with glides.
Specifications may be OBJ
tanned from the Holmes Coun-
ty Superintendent Of Educa-
ton, Lexington, Mississippi.
Bid prices shall be quoted F..
o. B. Lexington, Mississippi.
Samples will be required at
the bid opening.
The contract will be let to
the lowest and best bidder.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
HOLMES COUNTY BOARD
OF LEXING-
TON, MISSISSIPPI
By L. r. Thompson,
Superintendent
Jan. IL, 10, 26, Feb.2
Holmes County herald., 1961-01-12
Notices
NOTICE TO

NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received
by the Board Of Trustees of
the Holmes County Commun-
ity Hospital, Lexington, Mis-
sissippi, at the office of the
Administrator of said hospital
for one commercial type
washing machine, Two filing
cabinets on Monday, Febru-
airy 6, 1861 until 7:30 pm. &C
cording to the specifications
on file in the office of the adj
ministrator of said hospital.
The hospital Board reserves
the right to reject any and all
bids.
Board of Trustees Of the
Holmes County Community
Hospital, Holmes County, Lex
ington, Mississippi.
Signed David B. Miles,
Chairman Board of
Trustees, Holmes County
Community Hospital
Lexington, Mississippi
Jan. IL, 10, '26