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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-03-16
You Can't Pull The Wool
Over This Visitors Eyes

A real live lamb paid three
day visit to the Caledonia Kin
dergarten Of Mrs. Sarah Johns
ton recently. 1t was only three
weeks old. and drank milk out
of a bottle just as any baby
does.
The children were fascinated
to watch the lamb, and to feel
it's soft wool - which isn't
really white, as you might
think. but sort of cream
color. The other children in
Caledonia could hear its "baa"
when their doors were open, and
they often stopped by the kin
dergarten room and peeked in at
it when they had a chance.
With such a strong similarity
to the case of Mary, who chad
little lamb" it was no time at
all before the children were
singing a song composed by
Miss Janis Conklin, elementary
music supervisor, about Mrs.
Johnston had little lamb"
Such natural and timely asso-
citation of events with music, as
the experts say, couldn't miss.
In another room in the Hill
top school, successful expert
ment in the teaching of spelling
to fifth graders was we'll into
its second year. The pupils Of
Miss Audrey Scott learn their
weekly quota of spelling words
not from lists of isolated forms,
but from writing connected
paragraphs from dictation into
which the words have been care
fully fitted.
In this way the skills of
punctuation, penmanship and
neatness are combined with the
learning of the words them
selves, and each facet Of
writer's training is illuminated
by the light shed on the others.
The students are asked to
write in ink. so that whatever
corrections they find it neces-
sary to make show the kind of
mistake that they need to
watch out for, and to avoid the
next time.
Much progres is shown
throughout the year as the
students learn to spell by this
method, and a record is kept Of
this improvement as the year
goes on.
Special Classes
At Superior
"Vitalized education" is the
name Of a new kind of inten-
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-03-16
Pof-Lvck Feast

Isabella Guild of Windermere
Council of the Knights of Col
umbus will have a Pot-Luck
Supper from $50 p. m. to 1880
p. m. next Monday at the Win
dermere K of C Hall, 1927 Eu-
cid ave.
Mrs. George Schmidt is in
charge of reservations and can
be reached at Liberty 1902.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

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New Hopes
For Algeria:

1t was announced in Paris
that President de Gaulle and
Tunisian President Habib BOur-
guiba would confer soon on pos
sibIe negotiations with the AL
gerian Front for National Lib
Grafton.
Probably no statesman In the
world has tried harder and more
optimistically for settlement of
the bloody, weary. six-year old
Algerian rebellion than President
Bourguiba of Tunisia. That ma
ton itself finally succeeded IN
winning independence after years
OF effort. Mr.. Bourguiba is a vet
eran OF that struggle and is an
accomplished. urbane and tactful
diplomat in addition, holding the
respect of the French and the
Arab nationalists alike.
The success Of Gen. de Gaulles
referendum on "self determine
ton" for Algeria early in January
paved the way for resumption Of
the long-ruptured negotiations be.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
Britain's Newspaper Combines

Cecil Harmsworth King. He was
prepared to put up E100 million.
If he won he would be in con-
troll of four national newspapers
with a combined sale of II mil
lion, and own more than 300 mag
azines. 1t was estimated that seven
out Of every eight men, women
and children in Britain would be
reading one or another Of his
publications every day.
Lobor Men Criticol
The fact that Mr.. King had
supported the Labor Party at
elections since 1945 did not keep
trade unions from joining mem
bers Of all political parties in de-
nouncing the deal that would Gre
ate the worlds biggest publishing
combine.
Indeed, Labor Leader Hugh
Gaitskell was the most active
member Of the House in calling
for government action. Liberals
and conservatives also have been
protesting to Mr.. Macmillan.
In the light of the facts already
on record, nobody expects much
to result. The matter is very
much In the hands Of Mr.. King,
who could withdraw his bid for
Odhams Press, and then engage
in an all-out battle in some 35
major fields where the two firms
have rival magazines. some with
sales running into million. The
most profitable are aimed at the
woman'S market. But there also
are colored comics for children,
charm books for the teen-agers,
journals for the motorist and
gardener and farmer, one for
nurses, others for hi-fi fans.
There are scores Of trade month
lies. In addition Odhams have
the biggest and most-up to- dat.
photogravure plant in Britain.
Negotiations to Sell
Mr.. King was not interested in
acquiring either the Sunday paper
owned by Odhams nor the Daily
Herald which has been the
spokesman for the trade unions.
Indeed even before his formal
offer to Odhams shareholders was
in the mail, he was negotiating
to sell both to third press lord.
His main purpose was believed to
be complete control of the maya
zine market. What makes the
situation more Gilbertian is that
Odhams Press, now the sacrificial
lamb was still digesting two rival
publishing houses that it had &C
quired in order to meet any COM
petition from Mr.. Kings group,
when his take-over bid was an
nounced.
Even Odhams directors were
Evening star., 1961-02-12

nine evening papers in London
alone and four or five dailies in
most big provincial cities.
Not so today. London has only
two evening papers. Few pro-
vincial cities have more than one.
Competition from TV and ever
higher production costs have
taken their toll. forcing many
amalgamations. Few independent
papers survive in the provinces.
More and more have been put
into chains and directed from a
head office which dictates policy.
provides news pictures and fea-
lures and often page layouts.
Parliament and public seemed
indifferent to the trend. It was
the age of concentration Of power.
The era Of big business. Big
stores were gobbled up by bigger
stores; manufacturers merged
daily. Real estate deals ran into
tens of millions as blocks Of Lon
don flats were taken over when
rent controls were abolished.
No Room for Outsider
Suddenly readers began to wake
up to the fact that they were
being denied their broad freedom
of choice. Opinion was being
dictated by an eVer-contracting
group who were becoming more
and more powerful. No outsider
could break into that magic circle
because to launch a new national
daily fortune of E5 or &c million
would be needed, and even then
success could not be guaranteed.
The climax came within the
last two weeks when a new. and
bigger-ever, merger was proposed
by Lord Northcliffe's nephew,
Evening star., 1961-02-12

endeavoring to consolidate their
position by a marriage Of con-
venience and were ready to well
come Roy Thomson as the domi-
nant partner. Mr.. Thomson. un-
known in Britain until seven
years ago when he left Toronto
for Edinburgh planning to invade
England, has added a string Of
English provincial papers to the
so that he owns in Canada and
California. And he has q daily In
Scotland and prosperous Sum
day paper (sales over a million)
in London.
When Mr.. King moved in on
the scene, Mr.. Thomson took off
for the south of France. Maybe
he will come back with a new
proposition if the trade unions
carry out a threat to close down
Mr.. Kings publications if he goes
ahead with the merger. The deal
is one that the directors OF
Odhams have now advised their
shareholders to reject although
the capital gains will be as high
as 100 per cent for many. And
in Britain capital gains are moi
taxable. But dividends are taxed
as income tax.
Whatever happens, Mr.. Mac
millan's problem will still remain
unsolved. How can you compel a
publisher to continue putting his
private fortune into a newspaper
that is losing money?
Nobody in Britain wants govern
ment dictated by the pres-and
would also reject press that was
controlled by the government.
Evening star., 1961-02-12

ishing growth Of commercial tele-
vision. This has syphoned off
millions Of pounds of advertising
revenue from the press and mag
azines. It has made millions tor
those pioneers who had the cour-
age to battle with the state sub
sided British Broadcasting Corp.
which had both TV and radio
monopolies. A few newspaper
owners joined that group -
with great profit to those who did
not get cold feet in the early
stages.
But many who stood aside when
the licenses were up for grabs have
seen their papers go to the wall.
Four published in London have
died within the last three months.
although they still had combined
sale Of over S million.
Casualties Are High
Since the war newspaper cas-
ualties have been high. And the
end is not in sight. One of the
seven press lords owning national
newspapers predicts that within a
decade all but three Of the ma
tional dailies will have disap-
peared.
The British have always been
avid newspaper readers and had
a wide range of choice. Before
the First World War there were
Evening star., 1961-02-12
The Foreign Scene

military sense has altered, with
reliance on nuclear bombers and
missiles replacing the l949 Situa-
ton in which ground armies.
armed with conventional weapons.
defended Western Europe against
any possible Soviet aggression.
Troop Reduction
5. Western Europe in general
fears that United States recon-
sideration of general defense needs
will result in a reduction of Ameri-
can troop garrisons in Europe
without a corresponding increase
in overall strength.
6. The cold war conflict that
began over Western and Central
Europe has now widened to in
clude many different areas scat
tered all over the world: For
example. Laos. the Congo, North
Africa. Cuba. This situation. in
a political and military sense,
outflanks NATO.
7. The unity and harmony
existing when NATO was created
has been strained severely in
recent years. The 1856 Suez in
vasion was a beginning: in general
differences over the question of
colonialiSm have embittered sew
eral member nations and brought
a threatened split between pres
ent-or-former colonial powers
Britain, France, PortugaD and
such NATO members as Canada.
Norway, and even the United
States.
1t has long been apparent that
NATO needed an overhaul. Sug-
gestions for improvements have
come from Mr.. Spaak. from
NATO's top commander, Gen.
Lauris Norstad, and from diplo-
mats in most member capitals.
Under Mr.. Kennedy, that over
haul is apparently to be made
a prime order OF business. He has
stressed his belief that NATO is
"our central and most important
defensive alliance" and that the
United States would remain "a
full and energetic partner" in
NATO.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
National
Continued From Page C-l

Continued From Page C-l
total striking power to deter or,
II need be, destroy any aggreS-
sor. This was it:
=. "Of course, it is my hope that
the United States is fully secure.
/ will be pleased If that is the
result. II it is not, I think it
is important that we know about
it. and I will then take on
responsibility Of passing on to the
Congress this collective judgment
as to our position and what needs
to be done"
If one reported estimate Of So
Wet ICBMs proves to be the Ma
'tion's best guess, it might be pos
.sible to claim that there Is indeed
"a missile gap. This estimate, at
tributed to Air Force sources, is
that the Russians probably have
so operational ICBMs. We have
10 Aliases and 80 Polarises
NCBM equivalents) aboard nu-
clear-powered submarines.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
Troop Reduction

!. France, under Preside IN t
Charles de Gaulle, has withdrawn
her navy from NATO command
while the bulk Of her army and
air force are overwhelmingly COM
mitted in the six-year Algerian
revolt.
I'd 2. Gen. de Gaulle has initiated
steps leading toward a national
French nuclear striking force, out
side Of NATO.
3. West Germany. openly and
also through quiet diplomatic
channels, is. pressing hard for a
similar German nuclear force If
- the French proceed with theirs,
asking as an alternative that a
NATO force armed with nuclear
weapons be created.
4. The strategic situation in a
Evening star., 1961-02-12

fast. The maid would be in later.
Mrs. Geiger was due at the
bank too. She handled all the
books there. She never missed o
day and always left for work so
promptly q neighbor says "you
could set your watch by her"
, But Burnice Geiger, fairy god
mother to the towns needy, the
l"best dressed and Smartest wom-
: an in Sheldon" had a secret. 1t
was a secret that IN retrospect
stood out like q bright yellow dye
marker in the sea, begging to be
/ discovered. But, incredibly, it
wasn't.
! For IS years she had safely
lived her agonizing lie. But when
she closed the door Of her home
behind her that morning. she was
not to return.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
THE GRACIOUS HOME:

You wouldn't expect q $1,000
s-year cashier (she also got q
$500 Christmas bonus) to be liv-
ing In such q sumptuouS place.
People said you'd have to pay
maybe $4,000 to match it in Des
Moines.
But then Burnice and her hus-
band, Wally. hadn't paid for 1t.
Geiger's father, q former colonel
! and wealthy contractor, had left
Ut to them when he died about
; 10 years ago..
He had built the brick and
stucco house for himself and built
it to last. Even the inside walls
were brick. The colonel also left
his son $4,000 to redecorate the
place. The work took six months
to complete.
She got the best. deep carpets,
velvet ,draperies, costly hi-fi, ex-
pensive furniture ordered from
out Of town. Even an electric
organ.
3 1t was a place to be proud Of
and the Geigers had a maid,
cleaning woman and gardener to
keep it looking that way. Curl
ously though, they seldom enter
tanned.
In fact, they even had a steel
mesh fence around the property.
unusual in the easy informaliSy
OF the Midwest. Neighbors 50 ID
it was to keep out dogs and boys
who liked to steal apples from the
Geigers' trees.
Lavish living? Shucks, people
thought. they probably paid for
At out Of Wally's inheritance.
Mrs. Geiger (most everybody
called her Burnice) backed the
new air-conditioned Ford station
wagon out Of the garage to drive
the few short blocks to the bank.
The GeigerS had two cars. A
few years back one Of them had
Evening star., 1961-02-12

gave money but never accounted
for 1t. Did no one suspect the
truth about Burnice Geiger?
One person did. Ralph Hol-
lander.
He became o director Of the
bank In 1857. With the tradition
Of banking in his family he had
always taken q special interest in
reading about embezzlers.
MY wife and. I joked at home
that Burnice fitted the typical
pattern Of an embezzler. She was
noted for her good deeds. Lived
a little above her means. But then
thought she wouldn't steal from
her own bank. I wouldn't steal
from my own store. It wouldn't
make sense"
Yet at was uneasy. I guess
that's the best word"
Finally January l6 Hollander
made up his mind. He didn't usual
ly attend the merchandise show
in Chicago but this year he de-
cided to go and while there talk
with the Federal bank people
about Burnice.
So on January 16 Hollander
wrote to Sioux City to reserve an
airplane seat. January 10 was
Monday, the same Monday the
bank examiners came.
When Burnice sat down at her
desk that morning she didn't ex-
pect the examiners. They never
said when they were coming so
as to catch any embezzler un-
aware.
And Burnice Geiger was an en-
bezzler, master one, one Of the
biggest in history. For 35 years
she had been looting the bank,
her friends. her husband, her
father. Many thought that was
her biggest crime-she betrayed
the trust q town openly gave her.
While Burnice didn't expect the
examiners yet she always had to
be ready to. For under her sys-
tenn she hid deposit records to
conceal her theftS and the re-
naming deposits always had to
add up.
She kept o running total for
IS years Of her stealing. Fed
eral agents think the figure Of
$2.126,859.10 she gave them will
be exact down to the last dime.
Burnice Geiger never could stand
sloppy bookkeeping.
For IS years working at a wood
en- swivel chair and o stand-up
desk. her math had been perfect.
It still was. Burnice Geiger tripped
because she inadvertently added a
figure that didn't belong. She
probably didn't even notice until
the bank examiners came in. Then
it was too late.
Federal Bank Examiner M. B.
Moon had audited the banks
books several times before. His
job was to ascertain that the ac-
counts added UP. He was not re-
quired to probe further unless he
was suspicious. And there was
no reason to suspect Bernice Gel
ger.
That's why he was q little sur
prised when he came across q
shortage Of about $1,000 in one Of
the ledgers. He had taken the
book at random from o pile. Bur-
nice said the ink wasn't dry yet.
But Moon said he'd start with 1t,
anyway.
He questioned Burnice about
the discrepancy, expecting 1t was
a routine oversight. But for Bur-
nice Geiger 1t was the end Of o
lonely. lonely road.
Perhaps 1t was with q certain
sense Of relief that she said: II
give up. 1t will never balance"
Moon went upstairs and told
Cashier Fred Pylman and Iverson.
Evening star., 1961-02-12

Continued From Page C-1
Henri Spaak, has announced his
resignation to re-enter the cock
pit Of troubled Belgian internal
affairs. Mr.. Kennedy has named
Thomas K. Finletter, former Sec
retary Of the Air Force, to be
United States Ambassador to
NATO. A new Secretary General
has not yet been chosen.
Here are some Of the reasons
why the President has named
Dean Acheson to head an advisory
group charged with the immense
problem of determining future
United States policy toward
NATO:
Evening star., 1961-02-12

VeryGood'

West Germany's Chancellor
Adenauer and President de
Gaulle conferred in Paris
Thursday on the eve Of a six
nation European Community"
conference.
There was a time when the
cordiality existing between two
unusually austere statesmen was
Evening star., 1961-02-12

tween France and the Algerian
Provisional Government. But the
tentative feelers were precariously
delicate. since Gen. de Gaulle has
in the past insisted that any talks
with the Nationalist must be con-
fined to cease-fire conditions.
leaving out any political consid-
erations.
But now. with Mr.. Bourguiba
taking an active role as a trusted
intermediary, the prospects for
peace and for independence look
brighter for Algeria than they
have at any time IN the past.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
Norfolk Case
Involved More

NORFOLK, Va.-It is inevi-
table the huge embezzlements of
Mrs. Burnice Geiger of Shelton,
Iowa, should call to mind the
even greater defalcations Of Miss
Minnie Clark Mangum. The
Portsmouth spinster's thefts
sank a savings and loan asso-
ciation and provided Virginia
with one Of its most celebrated
modern crimes.
After checking the books. ex-
aminers attributed to Miss
Minnie" a $2,884,000 shortage
at the defunct Commonwealth
Building and Loan Association.
In 1856, she pleaded guilty to
embezzlement Of more than 81
million Of the amount.
Evening star., 1961-02-12

II took only q short time for
Burnice Geiger to drive the few
blocks from her stately home to
the, Sheldon National Bank
that morning. But 1t marked
the beginning Of the end for
the incredible life she'd lived,
for many years. as one Of Shell
-don's leading ladies and most
trusted citizens.
Evening star., 1961-02-12

a notable thing, especially when
the statesmen represented ma
tions traditionally at odds.
Bonn's Chancellor Adenauer
and President de Gaulle proved
for a time that common aims and
common perils could unite two
neighboring peoples in amity and
strength. But events Of the last
two years have strained that
friendship. The troubles stem
for the most part from differences
Of opinion on the economic future
OF Western Europe, especially on
the policies to be pursued by the
European Community or Com
mon Market"
In general. Mr.. Adenauer seeks
a greater degree of federalism in
the European Community than
. Gen. de Gaulle believes wise. The
Frenchman, above everything else,
wants to restore his nation to the
greatness she once boasted: he is
inclined to be distrustful of
United States of Europe" schemes
and to, be hesitant in making
broad international commitments.
In an attempt to restore the
old cordiality and confidence, Mr..
Adenauer and Gen. de Gaulle met
at the Elysee Palace on Thursday
with only interpreters present.
There no were details revealed on
the results Of their sessions, but
the French Foreign Office said the
leaders met lin very good at
mosphere" and. when tn e y
emerged from their first talk.
both were smiling like old friends.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
BY SID MOODY
Associated Press staff Writer

SHELDON, Iowa-It was Mon
day. The day dawned clear and
crisp as the week end-drowsy
townSpeople got UP to return to
work. t
Two strangers were in town,
bank examiners down from st.
Paul to make their periodic check
Of the Sheldon National Bank.
A few blocks away. Mrs. Bur-
nice Geiger was getting her break
Evening star., 1961-02-12

Pylman ran next door and told
Hollander something serious" had
happened. The board would meet
Immediately.
II almost said Well. they finally
caught up with Burnice'," says
Hollander.
when I got over there Mr..
1verson was slumped in a chair.
Burnlce walked in and If you've
ever seen a person in q casket.
that's how gray she was"
Burnice looked down at the
floor, no tears, no words. Silence.
Someone asked her what the
total shortage was.
Two million dollars" she re.
piled. barely audible.
1verson, who wears q hearing
aid, leaned forward and asked
"how much did she say?"
"Over two Million" he was told.
Then he threw up his hands and
cried, my God, that's more than
the bank is WORTH" And Iverson
broke into tears.
There's a handbook that tells q
banks directors what to do in
cases Of embezzlement.
First off, you're meant to no
tify the FBI," said Hollander.
"The directors are supposed to
make a motion to do so, 50 I
moved we call them"
Then Burnice Geiger, the fallen
angel did a curious but oddly fit
ting thing.
She seconded the motion.
Why had she done it? One
businessman thought Burnice
wanted to play God" through
her charities. Another felt she
did it to enjoy the same guilty
pleasure we all have when we buy
something that costs more than
we can really afford. An over
allied farmer said simply: "She
was a sneak thief"
Burnice told Federal agents she
had been stealing from the bank
since practically her first day on
the job. IS years ago. Yet she
really didn't have much fun with
the money. She only left town
occasionally to travel the go miles
to Sioux City to see Broadway
road show or hear touring SYM
phony orchestra. She'd nurse o
highball all night.
Besides her clothes and home
and charities. her only indulgences
were q new York stock account Of
500 and NBC. -.
In the last year she had bought
100000 Sh hareS of the $4,000
shares Of NBC stock. Why2
For profit? To earn enough to
pay off her shortages? A twisted
way Of thinking she was helping
the town by building UP a new
industry?
If anyone knows, he hasn't
spoken. Kistner was briefly jailed
on a charge Of knowing Of
Burnice's crime but the charge
was dropped. Burnice hasn't made
any statements. She just pleaded
guilty to embezzlement.
Roosevelt, who called the whole
affair something out Of Arabian
Nights" is working to straighten
out the financial tangle Of NBC.
The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp. Is paying off depoSitorS up
to $4,000 but 81 persons who had
over that amount stand to lose 1t,
a total Of 81 million. One So
year-old man had $4,000 In the
bank. Eighty thousand Of 1t Is
now gone.
Yet the town has surprisingly
little ill-feeling for Burnice. After
all she did grow up here. Lived
here all her life. And she DID
help people in need.
Let him who is without sin
cast the first stone," said Fred
Zeldenthius. II.