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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is

WAo11NGlON, sept. 70
President Kennedy and his for
eign policy advisers are becom-
ing deeply involved in some in
triguing but conflicting machina-
TORS in the Caribbean.
With the full knowledge of the
White House and Central IN
tellgence Agency. a phantom
air force is being quietly organ
lied on the territory Of a strong
ly anti-Castro government in
Central America for sneak raids
on Cuba.
Ten B-26's and five B-25's,
light World War II bombers,
were flown to the phantom"
air forces secret Caribbean air
base after being purchased in
the U. S. Surplus World War II
bombs and rockets also were OBJ
tanned here.
Manned by a mixed group Of
anti Castro Cuban refugees.
Latin Americans and Americans
this small air force has staged
one successful raid, an attack on
a Cuban chemical plant, since
its organization more than two
months ago.
The phantom" air force is
not under y. S. control although
the CHA is trying desperately,
but so far without success, to
regulate and limit its operations.
In direct contrast to this bold
venture, U. S. Customs and I'm
migration officials on direct or
ders from President Kennedy
are Tightening their iron-fisted
ban against Americans privately
helping anti Castro rail- ers
throughout the Caribbean.
Already a half-dozen U. S.
citizens. including two who I'M
dertook daring raids in 1861 for
the CHA, were summoned before
U. S. Customs officials at night
and formally warned that their
activities were considered con
trary to the interest Of the
U. S."
In one instance. D. F. Car
dOza, supervising Customs agent
OF Region II. called in Alexan-
der Rorke. Jr., of New York,
who made headlines last April
by bombing an oil refinery out
side of Havana, and threatened
him with fines Of 5000 and
two years in Jail if he continued
helping the anti-Castro raiders.
When Rorke demanded to
know who had authorized this
warning, he was blurtly told:
1T comes directly from the
Great White Father in Washing
ton President Kennedy
THE CRACKDOWN - In ad-
dition to this unusual threat. the
White H louise succeeded in
grounding the last of Rorke's
two planes being used as air
cargo carriers by having the
State Department cancel his so
jour-" certificate that permitted
flights to the Caribbean
But even before this certificate
was officially voided, U. S. Gus
toms officials invaded private
Florida airfield and threatened
to shoot the tires off Rorke s
plane if his pilot, Godfrey F.
Sullivan, tried to take to the
air.
AT the time, Rorke was ready
ing his plane to carry lobster
tails and fresh meat" to the
Caribbean to help meet pay
ments due on another plane and
boat, both of which the gov
eminent had seized earlier and
is still holding.
Rorke. the son Of Alexander I.
Rorke, one-time Assistant Dis
ti1ct Attorney of New York
County who indicted the found
ers of the American Communist
Party in 1917, is nearly bankrupt
seizures.
According to a high govern
inert source, this strong arm
breakdown on Rorke is a symbol
of the new White House cam
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

The Governors Highway Safe
ty Committee says that the
smart driver is the safe driver.
Driving. today calls for all our
attention and skill. Take nothing
for granted and drive defen-
sively. You don't have to be at
fault yourself 70 be involved in
a crash
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Market Reaction

two are good, and that tax-cut is very
likely. cut which will help corpora
tons and Increase business profits
Money is worth more than three per
cent on today's market, SO that means
the investor buying stocks today is buy
ing because of the appreciation pros
poet He is buying because he thinks
business will be good, taxes reduced,
and business profits will improve as
result, in a growing country
The market, then, has moved up on
optimism. on forecasts and prospects
Tor the future, not because Of a good
price to earnings ratio. That makes it
the fore important - indeed impera-
tive the Administration do every
thing possible to create a good bust
ness climate and economic progress and
expansion
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Life Of Faith
Lesson for September %, 1868

Faith" is despised by people
who don't have it and don't IN
derstand it. Faith is caricatred
as an attitude of ignorance. It
is compared to taking a chance
or going on an errand that is
bound to fail. Faith is said (by
people who have none to be like
man buying medicines and
swallowing them without looking
at the labels or reading the d.
rections Faith has been COM
pared to a blind man going
down into the cellar at mid
night, without a light. looking
for a black cat that isn't
there.
NOBODY VINO has long lived the
life of faith is bothered ny
such MISUNDERSTANDING. For ole
thing. he knows very well that
the man who tells you he be-
ieves only what he can test with
his own five senses does not
really mean it, because if you
believe only what you can per-
sonally test, you will have an
unhappy time of it. Suppose you
try eating breakfast wi h o u t
faith some morning. The label
on the cereal box says it has
riboflavin and vitamin B and a
lot Of other things. Do you know
that none of these is poisonous :?
Do you know they're all there?
You know nothing Of the sort;
you believe it. You 60 to the
hospital for an operation; do
you know the surgeons hand
won't slip? No, but you trust
yourself to him all the same
There can't be any more GER
tainty than the certainty of
faith, in most circumstances of
life.
The men whose lives have
been briefly before us in these
past few weeks, Abraham. ia
cob and Joseph, knew what the
uncertainties Of faith can be.
Abraham went mot knowing
whittier he went" Jacob had no
assurance that his God would
prosper him. He hoped 50, to be
sure; but to the end of his days
there were question marks in
his future. So with Joseph; for
long years, though the word is
not written large in the stories
OF him. the fact of his faith is
there. If Joseph had yielded to
the tyranny of the obvious. he
would have stayed a slave. He
lived by what he did not see.
Did you ever fly. as a pas
Senger. in a little plane just big
enough for two? Just for joke,
while you were fastening your
seat belt, you may have sung a
verse or two of Dig my grave
with a silver spade" But you
buckled that belt and up you
rose into the scary sky. Now
you believed in a lot of things.
You believed the engine would
not "conk out" you believed the
wings were fastened with some
thing stronger than glue, you
believed the tail assembly would
hang together. that the direc-
tlon-flnder and the altimeter and
the dozen or SO other gadgets
on the instrument board were
accurate, you believed in all the
radio control towers and bea-
cons you overflow; but when
you really come right down to
1t. what you really put faith in
was not a what, it was a who.
You trusted the pilot. You (not
being a pilot. and not used to
flying perhaps could not pre-
dict what he would do next. If
you never studied aerodynamics
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1868
DanVille Threatened

FEY Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr..
in a television interview in Rich
mond yesterday threatened to Invade"
DanVllle, Va. and other Southern cities
with the "shock troops Of the Southern
"Chrlstian" Leadership Conference.
They would demonstrated practice
selectNe buying (boycotD local bust
nesses. and national manufacturers
from automobiles TO cosmetics. Danville
must De won for racial integraton. and
with the successful conquest of Danville
Will come the downfall Of Virginia to
racial pressures and taken to its ulti-
mate racial domination.
" hen threats Of this kind are made
and carried out in a free country, and
the citizens Of Danville. both white and
Negro, have no redress in the law. we
nave reached a sorry state
What does Danylle stand accused Off
Racial discrimination, bigotrv. inn
balance.
Success in business, in social stand
ing, in intellectual pursuits are won or
loSt ~ aDillly, lfugalliN, energetic APP
Market
T'HE stock market recently moved
through the all-time high in anoth-
er optimistic buying session This raised
both enthusiasm and fear in some seq
mehts Of the economy On the other
hand, the bulls saW it az i sign the fu-
ture was good for another two years.
The bears saw il rs a warming, and
looked back over their shoulders to
1929
There are several interesting factors
concerning the stock market at the pre-
sent time First, the experts do not
think the present high level OF prices
is being caused oy speculative buying.
Rather. they See the rise Us a result Of
steady. Institutional. fund and plan
ned investment
Secondly. the recent rise seems to
have resulted from confidence that
business prospects in the next year or
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

Bible Material: Genesis; Psalm
1O5:1-24; Galations 8; Hebrews
11:1-22.
Devotional Reading: Psalm 1o5:
LII
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

plication, humility, hard work-not by
threats
Consider the leadership in the pro-
posed insurrection. How many have
contributed to the upbuilding of Dan
vile? How many have met payroll?
How many have provided employment
for either race?
If one city in Virginia can be chosen
to be invaded by 500 outsiders, bent
upon destroying the business, cultural
and social structure, and are support
ed by the Constitution, then the trainers
OF that document made grave errors in
its formulation, or we have made grave
errors in its construction. We believe it
to be the latter.
When Martin Luther King and his
800 invade" Danville in the spirit of
destruction, Virginia has been invaded.
Every Virginia citizen, white and
Negro, is losing. Some place along the
line this unAmerican technique must
be stopped before it destroys America
We appeal to reason, not to force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02
Mrs. O'Keeffe,
Wife of Physician

Mrs. James A. O'Keeffe, SO a
former Washington nurse, died
of cancer Thursday at Provi-
dence Hospital.
A native of Leonardtown,
Md, Mrs. O'Keeffe, the former
Irene Bennett, attended st.
Mary's Academy at Leonard
town and was graduated from
Providence Hospital School of
Nursing in 1926.
In 1852 she was nam d
Member of the Year" of the
hospitals Women's Board. She
also was a member of Our La
dy's Sodality at Blessed Sacra-
ment Catholic Church.
Mrs. OKeeffe leaves her
husband, a physician with the
Glenn Dale (Md.) Hospital, of
5410 Connecticut avenue NV,
the home address; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. James Owens. of Nor
risville, Pa, and Kathleen Ma
RE O'Keeffe, of the home adj
dress; two sons, James A., jr.,
of Portsmouth, Va, and Ri
chard B., of 1888 Jocelyn street
NV, and two sisters, Mrs. R.
E. Gomez, of Santiago, Chile,
and Mrs. Kenneth Appold, of
l0404 Ewell avenue. Kensing-
ton.
Also surviving are nine
brothers, r. Myrven, of 6003
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John F, Keenuhon.
Ex-U. S. EmpIoye
And Stockbroker

John Francis Keenahan, a
retired Government employe
and stockbroker, died Thursday
at his home, 34sO Martha Gus
tbs drive, Alexandria, of a heart
attack. He was 70.
Born in Albany, N. Y, Mr..
Keenahan was former vice
president Of the New York State
National Bank in Albany. He
was also manager of Bache
& Co., a Stockbroker firm
there.
An Army veteran of World
War I, he moved to the Wash
ington area shortly after the
outbreak Of World War II.
From 1912 to I945, he worked
with the War Production Board
and then for the War Surplus
Commission. He was in the
Commerce Department at the
time of his retirement.
Mr.. Keenahan leaves his
wife, Sara G., Of the home
address.
A requiem mass viii be said
at 9:45 am. Monday at the
Fort Myer Chapel with burial
in Arlington Cemetery.
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DRathH

ADLUNG, HELENE. On Friday, No
xember J.. 1853, at her home' l2l2
HELENE .ADLUNG, wife Of John
AAdlung; sister Of Mrs; Gertrude
Mrs. Gertrude Winkier. Mrs. AdIung
funeral Home, so Georgia ave-.
Silver Spring, Md, where friends
may, visit after pm, Saturday
parking iacilitiesO; Mass will be
on Monday, November Z, at $50 am,
at St. Michael's Catholic Church, sos
Wayne ave. Silver Spring, Md. En-
tombment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Recitation Of the Rosary on Sunday,
at 8 pm. 3
ERNESTINE ORAH. On
Wednesday, October 30, 1853, ERNES-
TINE ORAH AGRIC0LA Of 400
Strathmore ave2 Garrett Park, Nd,
cola, mother of Regina, Stephen and
Brian Agricolas daughter Of Mrs. Orah
Mills Russell, sister Of Mrs. Joyce
Meunier and granddaughter Of Mrs.
Joyce Mills. Friends may call on
Saturday and Sunday, November 2
Funeral Home Of Robert A. Pum-
phrey, Bethesda, Md. Services on
Monday, November 4, at the Holy
Cross Catholic Church, Garrett Park,
Nd, where Requiem Mass will be
offered at 10 am. Interment Airing
ton National Cemetery.
BROWN, ROBERT NJ. On Thursday,
October 81, 1853, ROBERT M. BROWN
of 81 Seaton pl. NV, beloved father
of Regeta and Robert M. Brown, IT,;
son of Willie Brown, brother of
Thelma Bundy and Russell Brown.
He also Is survived by an aunt,
Elizabeth Bryant. Notice of funeral
later. Services by Frazier's.
BURNS, ALEXANDER s. On Thurs
day, October 81, 1858, ALEXANDER
S. BURNS Of ala Walsh st., Chevy
Chase, Nd beloved husband Of Kath-
leen S. Burns and father of Mary
K. Burns. Friends are invited to
call at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Funeral Home Of Robert A; Pun
October 3. between the hours Of /
to 8 p.m.s where services will be
held on Monday, November 4, at II
am. lnterment Parklawn Cemetery.
BURNS, ALEXANDER S. An emer-
u Ss sss;a!ns & SS"'SSs sFPts 7
MIN is called for 6:45 pm,
XSLY on Sunday, November 3.
wv 1888, at the Pumphrey's
" Funeral Home, 7s51 Wis.
ave-, Bethesda, Nd, for the purpose
OF conducting the last Masonic rites
for our late brother, ALEXANDER
. nO Lowry N. CoE, Master.
CHARLES L. HERBERT, Secy. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02
Ernest E. Gosch, Veteran
Of Both World Wars

Ernest E. Gasch, So. of 1901
NOVEL; drive, Bethesda, a vet
eran of both world wars, died
last night at Suburban Hos
pital, Bethesda.
He had been supply COM
modify management officer
with the Navy Departments
Bureau of Ships for several
years.
Mr.. Gasch's career in the
Army began at the age of 16.
While attending Georgetown
Preparatory School, he enlisted
during World War I and saw
action in Europe.
He participated in the battles
of Chateau Thierry and
Meuse- Argonne and in the
fifth German offensive.
At the end of World War 1
Mr.. Gasch returned to Wash
ington and entered the auto
mobile business. He was a
salesman for the old Triangle
Motor Co.
During World War II, Mr..
Gaseh saw action in the South
Pacific. He also served as
provost marshal at Fort Mis-
soula, Mont. He was promoted
to lieutenant colonel at the
close Of the war.
He leaves his wife, Fern, of
the home address; a daughter,
Mrs. Howard Lane Of Jackson
vile, Fla; a son, Edward c.
of Norfolk, Va, and an adopted
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6. w. MehIfeIt,
Former Star
Distributor

George W. Mehlfelt, 70, a
Star employee for SO years, died
yesterday in the Kensington
Nursing Home after a long ILL
ness.
He had been a newspaper
distributor for The Star since
1922.
Mr.. Mehlfelt, of 1926 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda, was born
in Waynesboro, Pa, and moved
to the District in 1911.
He had worked at the Wash
ington Navy Yard as a machin-
list during World War I. He re-
tired from The Star in 1858.
He had been a member of
the Mason Hope lodge, and a
Knight Templar.
Mr.. Mehlfelt was a member
Of the Petworth M e holds
Church.
His wife, Rillia, died in 1857
He leaves a daughter, Mrs.
B ernice M. Loewer, OF
the home address.
Services viii be at 1890 am.
Monday at the Gawler Funeral
Home, Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street. NV. Burial
will be In Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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1858 w alters lane Sc; and
Raymond, Of 10170 Baltimore
boulevard. College Park.
Friends viii be received at
Simmons Brothers Funeral
Home at 1861 Good Hope road
Sc. after 2 pm. today where a
rosary will be recited at 1880
pm. morrow and funeral
services will be at Gas am.
Monday.
Requiem high mass will be
celebrated at 1890 am. Mon
day at st. Ignatius Church in
Oxon Hill. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
vived by a sister. Mrs. Margaret
M. Diedrich of 3775 South Cap
itol street, and four brothers,
william H. Of 1921 Fort Davis
street Sc; Francis p, TAFT Ju-
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Mrs. Sickineer,
Ex-Army Nurse,
Native of Ireland

Mrs. Henry ?. sickinger, 46.
a former Army nurse and a
Washington resident since 1850,
died Of a heart attack Tuesday
at her Northwest Washington
home.
A native Of County Langford.
Ireland. Mrs. sickinger. the
former Cleophas Fox. moved to
the United States at the age of
IL and was graduated from the
Mount Sinai School Of Nursing
in New York in 1899.
From 1871 to 1916 she served
at the United States Army base
hospital at Honolulu as a lieu
tenant. registered nurse. After
the war she worked for Ameri-
can Airlines. Gimbel Bros. and
several other New York firms
before moving to Washington
with her husband. q labor data
expert with the Maritime Com
mission. Mrs. Sickinger worked
for the Group Health. Insu-
rance Co. and the Garfinckle
Co., but stopped work last year.
Besides her husband, Of 377s
w street NV. the home adj
dress. she leaves three brothers,
Joseph. John and Frank Fox,
all Of New York. and three sis
tiers, Mrs. Theresa Mcmahon
and Mrs. Nancy Scotto. Of New
York, and Mrs. Mary Riebling
Of San Francisco.
Services and burial were
yesterday.
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society bali. After the three
year feud ended in 1857 Miss
Maxwell described it as essen
TALLY "a clash Of tempera-
ments."
Her chief rival in the field
of social entertainment was
Perle Mesta, who claimed I'M
contested reign among the
social set Of Washington.
But Miss Maxwell steadfastly
refused to admit she had a
peer in the field.
II am recognized as the ar
bitter of international society
and the most famous hostess
in the world" she once re-
marked. II have entertained
more royalty than any other
untitled hostess"
Mrs. Mesta Comments
In Washington, Mrs. Mesta
said of Miss Maxwell's passing /:
II think she was a great
hostess. There won't be another
Elsa Maxwell in this era. She
was a type Of her own. She was
amusing and a good friend"
The daughter Of an insurance
man. Miss Maxwell was born in
Keokuk. Iowa, and moved with
her family to San Francisco,
where she grew up.
She never was graduated
from high school but under
went additional education from
her father who had an aversion
to schools. She served as a pi-
anist in a nickleodeon. a vaude-
vile accompanist, partner In
a Paris night club, consultant
to a dressmaker and a nation
ally-known lecturer.
Her regular income came
from her daily newspaper col
umn and royalties from her
books.
She said she never married
because she never liked the
idea OF sex"
II married the world. The
world is my husband" she once
quipped.
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Dr.. Isaac S. GrisoH, Served
Many Hospitals in Area

DR.. Isaac s. Gr1soff, 50, a
Washington physician sine
1871. died yesterday at Wash
ington Hospital Center after a
brief illness.
Born in Russia, DR.. Grisoff
was a graduate Of the Medical
College Of the University of Al
berta. Canada.
He praeticed medicine in
both the District and the sub
urbs for more than 20 years.
DR.. GriSoff was a member Of
the American Medical Associa-
ton. the District Of Columbia
Medical Society, the American
Heart Association. the Ameri-
can College Of Internists and
the jacob Medical Society.
He was on the staffs of the
old Garfield and Emergency
Hospitals and subsequently the
Washington Hospital Center.
DR.. Grisoff also was a mem
Der Of the staffs at George
Washington University Hospi-
tai and the Washington High
lands Clinic.
He was a member Of the
B'nai Israel and Kosher Israel
Synagogues and the Samuel
'Gompers Masonic Lodge.
DR.. Grisoff leaves his wife.
Ruby Of the home address. 144s
Primrose road, NV, and a son
Stephen F. OF. Boston, Mass.
He Is also survived by a
brother, Mark s. Grant of Fort
Lee, N. Y, and three sisters.
Batia Of Israel, and Clara and
Mira of Europe.
Services will be at II am.
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J. J. McConkey, Joustine
Devotee, Ex-Merchunt

John ]. McConkey, q retired
Washington nero hant who
participated in area jousting
tournaments. died Thursday at
Casualty Hospital after q long
illness. He was rs.
Mr.. McConkey, who lived at
5216 Livingston road Sc, was
a commission merchant at the
old c enter Marke t and at
Southwest Farmers Market
and managed a fleet Of tractor
trailers before his retirement.
He participated In jousting
contests in the District, Mary
land and Virginia. He rode as
the Knight Of Dixie Boy and
held many awards for the
sport, which Is a modern re-
finement Of the medieval tour
nament games.
A lifelong resident of the
area, Mr.. McConkey was born
in Fort Foote, Nd, and lived In
Oxon Hill before moving to the
District.
He was educated in the Fort
Foote public schools.
Mr.. McConkey was a member
of st. Ignatius Church in Oxon
Hill.
He leaves his wife, Irene Cox
McConkey, Of the home adj
dress; two daughters, Mrs.
James o. berts Of $3.50
Livingston road Sc, and Mrs.
William Earl Swami of 5218
Livingston road Sc. and a son,
Joseph Warren McConkey Of
$3.50 Livingston road Sc.
neau street Sc; Irving E.. of
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daughter, Shirley Ann, of the
home address.
Mr.. Gasch is also survived
by his father. Edward E.
Gasch, and a sister, Mrs. James
w. Grant, of Arlington.
Friends will be received after
noon tomorrow at the Robert
A. Humphrey Funeral Home,
1857 Wisconsin avenue, Be-
theSda.
Services will be at lO:45
am. Tuesday at Fort Myer
Chapel with burial In Arling-
ton Cemetery.
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Wilmet road. Bethesda; Ri
chard, of 4109 Beall avenue,
Landover Hills; Paul, of Me-
chanicsville; Jennings; Tho
mas; Rollins; Henry; woodrow
and Roland, all Of Leonard
town, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a. m.
Monday at the Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament with burial
in Arlington Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
American Cancer Society.