European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday july 22, j1959 a Jar Texas demos plan state clubs to push Adlai Tor president .4 Austin Tex. Up Jack Matthews chairman of the Texas democrats for Stevenson organization has reported the group plans to organize Stevenson for president clubs in counties throughout Texas. Matthews said plans to form the clubs were charted at a meeting of the organization s executive committee Here. He said Early sep tember was set As the deadline for appointments of county  be been asked to consider being the Central organization for Adlai Small businessmen lose $50 million yearly agencies War on Advance fee Racket l v.  a3 Moo a mall Washington a the Post office and Justice department shave teamed up for a widespread crackdown on the Advance fee Racket a Bane of Small business people reported to be taking $50million a year from its victims. Two recent successful prosecutions at Bismarck n.d., and car Roll Iowa were hailed by Post master general Arthur e. Summer Field As a major breakthrough in the combined  Bismarck in Early May three Chicago men were convicted after a three week trial on 42 counts of using the mails to de fraud. They were found guilty of soliciting and collecting fees by claiming they could find buyers for Small business concerns. All go five year sentences which they Are appealing. At Carroll in late june eight pit and polish Adlai Stevenson of i 10 rail lines get of to hike fares in West Washington up the interstate Commerce commission inc has authorized 10 railroads to increase their interstate coach fares by 5 per cent on selected routes in the West. The inc said the increases noway be made on one Day s notice. The 5-per-cent coach fare boost also was authorized for intrastate coach fares in Iowa and Arkansas where such fares Are not subject to state regulation. The authorization applies tooth one Way and round trip fares. The inc also ordered a hearing to by. Set at a later Date on a proposed 5-per-cent hike in Intra state passenger fares in  Texas � Railroad commission and Ttye attorney general of Texas oppose the increase. The commission said the in creased fares will apply Only to Points served by the 10 Western railroads where Competition is not keen. Generally speaking no increases will be made on through travel be tween Kansas City and Chicago los Angeles and Kansas City an fort Worth and Houston. The railroads said that they had suffered substantial losses in the past few years on Western runs. The commission said the boosts ate necessary to the railroads. The railroads affected Are the Santa be Southern Pacific Rock Island St. Ouis southwestern Al Pinoris Central the Missouri Kan As Texas Northwestern Pacific a Western Pacific the san Diego & Arizona Eastern and the Texas of new  efforts toward Stevenson s nomination and elec Tion Matthews said. But other than attempting to enter him in primary elections where possible we Are not prepared to undertake a project of that  sole interest now is to unify and expand grassroots sup port for Stevenson in  he said the Texas group s executive committee wired congratulations to rep. Charles Porter a oreo for beating us to the punch by announcing a plan to enter Stevenson in the presidential Pri Mary in Oregon in May. Porter said his plan was prompted by the fact that Steven son led potential candidates of both parties in a poll the con Gressman took. In his Home District he said 2,600 voters sent in  said he was confident that Stevenson twice Defeated by president Eisenhower would accept the nomination for the third time ? Stevenson has said he  seek to head the ticket next year. Kennedy election plans expected in december Hartford Conn. A the governor of Connecticut predict that sen John f. Kennedy d mass will probably announce next december whether he will seek the democratic presidential Nom . Abraham Ribicoff made the statement at a news conference in commenting on a six hour meet ing with Kennedy at the senator shome in Hyannis port mass. Also at the meeting was John m. Bailey Connecticut state democratic , a Democrat said he told Kennedy he Felt the senator would receive the democratic nomination for president and go on to t Winthe election. It is definitely our Hope his answer will be affirmative Ribi coff said concerning Kennedy s expected december announcement. Basically this is a decision Only he can make and should  both Ribicoff and Bailey Are pledged to Kennedy for the demo cratic presidential  governor said he predicted Kennedy s Success on the basis of his findings on the political Situa Tion in California during i recent trip to that state. Ribicoff said he also discussed the political Situa Tion r Lse Whei a in the country with  Why Kennedy would de lety the announcement of his plan until december Ribicoff said that basically it was a matter of per Sonal Choice on Kennedy s part. Owans were convicted on 23 mail Raud counts for a similar opera  Miami five men have been indicted on fraud charges for Al Negedly collecting Advance fees on promises to arrange business  this officials say is Only he beginning. Summerfield an Nathaniel e. Kossack head of the Justice department s fraud Section Epos that 100 other similar operations Are being investigated by the postal inspection service and the Fri. Some of these cases Are now before Federal grand juries. Both Kossack and chief postal inspector David h. Stephens emphasize that the most painstaking investigations must precede Ever prosecution because the business of finding buyers or arranging additional working capital for a fee is an entirely legitimate business when the promised service is per formed. And there Are Many highly reputable concerns in the  is the imitator of the legitimate operator the Fly by nigh who collects the fee with no intent to perform any service that the Federal men Are after. And the imitation is frequently carried out in elaborate detail the polished Salesman impressive looking brochures the Small print contract All the props Long used by Confidence men to trap the unwary. Some of these people Kossack commented Are consummate artists accomplished actors. An Many of them know Thev Laws on Raud better than some  Advance fee Chisling has Bee going on for years but Only re actively recently has it burgeoned to big business preying on Little business. It has come in for at mention by the Federal Trade com Mission and a Senate investigating Ommittee. A big difficulty for the investigators is the reluctance of Many victims to talk. A Man who has lad a gun stuck in his ribs loses no time in hollering for the police. Jut the same Man who has Beenken in on a fast line frequently ust does t want to talk about it. Geralyn Koch first in line for the annual Kansas state teachers College Emporia Watermelon feed plants herself solidly in front 61 the 1,500-Pound Supply to enjoy the first bite. Topi photo lad snubs scholarship will fight communism Mackinac Island Mich up a Florida High school graduate said he had turned Downa $10,000 University scholarship to devote his life to promoting Mora rearmament among future generations. John j. Tigert of Miami who was graduated in the top one half of one per cent of High school seniors in the nation expressed you girls keep away now Milwaukee up a newsboys club Here is preserving the Sanctity of its grounds with the sign no girls  House disaster plan okd Washington up the sen ate judiciary committee approved a constitutional amendment which would allow state governors to fill vacancies in the House of representatives by appointment if a nuclear explosion or other disaster killed More than half the elected members of the House. Sjon s speeding to fire causes dad s arrest Moines up a 46-year-Man was arrested on a charge of Larson because his son was. A re posted for speeding As if he were going to a fire police Here re "  stopped William thump a my. 1. _ a a 31 of a a a terrific rate of  boy told policeman Anthony Hoyla that he was speeding to Stop his father from setting fire to a  said he thought the boy was just trying to talk his Way Ujj Fifer he a spotted driving at out of a traffic ticket but As tie i f of \ Roll a pc a  .,.,. Wafe writing up the speeding of sense he heard a fire alarm Over his police radio., the boy started to cry and said the fire was at one of his father properties. Hoyla alerted other patrol cars and the boy s father Francis Thompson was arrested. His convictions at the Summit strategy conference of moral re armament. Tigert said the extent of communist infiltration into the free world should be ample warning that the takeover scheduled for America is not far  soviet Premier Nikita a Khrushchev says that president Eisenhower s grandchildren will live under communism Sai Tigert. But i am betting my life that Khrushchev s grandchildren will grow up in a hate free fear free greed free world patterned on moral  Keith Hosfeld athlete and Honor society graduate from Altadena calif., said i am an average american teen Ager. Before i came Here i did not understand that the communist system in China is Khrushchev s vision for Ike grandchildren. I am giving my life that America wakes up to Thi threat and finds in time the Superior ideology. Malcom Roberts recent gradua1,e of Princeton University said we in America i need to realize that we can t live crooked an think straight. We need to makeup and clean  Racket figure gunned Down Chicago a a Beer distributor indicted two months ago Bya Federal grand jury was near death after being gunned Down i what police described As a hobbled attempt at a Gangland style Assas  of the attack by two gun men their faces blackened in Dis Guise was Joseph Bronge 50, of suburban Melrose Park. He is Theon y person indicted to Date by a special grand jury which has Bee seeking possible links Between organized crime and Beer  chief Marvin Giles of Mel Rose Park called the shooting a professional Job badly  5 head wound Bronge was in critical condition with at least five Bullet wounds inthe head. Police guarded his room in Westlake  grand jury will be inter ested in knowing who wanted to Seal Bronge s lips and Why this was  said Richard a Ogilvie special assistant to the . At Torney general who is conducting the grand jury probe. I in sure Bronge had the information that would put a number of hoodlums in prison of he  Ogilvie added. Who s sorry now Thetford it. Up after voters had Defeated a school consolidation proposal they observed signs on a refreshment stand writ ten by a sixth Grade Honor student which read Sand whishes pay atthe next