European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / Vin v Omav holdups with a difference by Alan Cline a staff writer Mark san Francisco As the capital of the Zany Bank robbery. Stand up comics May have vanished from the television screen but there s no local Lack of Holdup comics in the banking business. The types performing in san Francisco so far this year include the patient the Tough the bleary eyed the contrite and the tenderly Young. A Teller at one of Bank of America s branches recently was confronted with the command hand it Over she turned her Back on the supposedly armed gunman and asked the advice of her supervisor. As the confident robber waited the supervisor advised her to hand it Over. The Holdup Man s patience was rewarded with $280. Earlier a Bandit with a guilty con science walked out of another b of a Branch with $630. He left a sealed note with the Teller saying he really was t a bad Guy and explaining it was the first time he d robbed a Bank. The note was   and talk about starting Young. A pair of boys 9 and 13, handed a Teller a note demanding $100 under the threat of blow ing up the Bank. The Teller sent them on their Way with a scolding then turned Over the note signed by the elder to her Boss. Fri men and police picked the up. The demand made it a Bank Rob Bery in the eyes of the Law although they were let off with a warning. They said they just wanted some play Money the kind the Bank had used As advertising. Drunken Holdup men have include Peter Lennon 37, who now has 20 years to sober up. Lennon strolled into a Bank and presented an illegible note to the Teller. Then he began hollering at her. She told a guard she was being held up. The guard belted the Boozy Bandit landsat on him until police arrived. The judge called Lennon the worst of the recent pattern of Drunken Bank  we re not getting the professional stick up Man As we used to know him explained inspector George Heeg head of the local robbery detail. There was a time when criminals would Case a Bank go in with two or three men even use Walkie talkies. They cleaned out All the tellers plus the  s what we used to Call a Bank  of the first 14 jobs of the year Are off local police books solved four without any detective work. While mos recent Holdup men Are obviously amateurs we be got to presume the Bandit always is armed Heeg declares. We Don t want anyone to get  Banks say they Don t either human life is our first concern says Monroe Bloom of Crocker Anglo a Bank with 13 branches in the City. The Banks Are protected by insurance. Insurance or no insurance what Arethey going to do with a Guy like Stan Klaus last August he was drinking with friends in a bar and excused himself say ing i think i la go Rob a  he returned in a few minutes slapped $20 Bill on the bar and ordered a round for the House. Where d you get All that Money somebody asked. I just robbed a Bank he  laughed. When he got Home his wife could Tsee the joke. She called the cops. He had robbed a Bank. � Goren on Bridge m North South vulnerable. West deals. North 4k q j g 4 3v 10 5 9 7 4 k 5 2 West East 10 9 $8752 v k ? 9 4 10 2 4 a k q j 3$ a q j 10 9 7 $86 43 South 4 a k. T a q j 8 7 6 3 24865 Jet none the bidding West North East south4 pass 4 4 pass pass pass opening Lead ten Ofa dramatic discard by West gave his partner  unmistakable direction How to defeat the opponents vulnerable game con tract today. The bidding was Over almost before it started. Reinforced by favourable vulnerability West preempted with a bid of four  passed of course and East s Call of four diamonds was made primarily for the purpose of suggesting a Lead in the Likely event that South eventually be came Declarer at a major Sui contract. South s four heart bid closed the auction. The ten of diamonds was opened and e. St overtook to run three tricks in the suit on the third of which West was called upon to make the discard which forms the subject matter of to Day s text. Posed As a direct problem Many players holding Tho West band would find the Fath 14 winning solution. It is Clear that a fourth round of diamonds inches the defeat of the contract for the King of hearts cannot then be prevented from winning. Left to his own devices East will naturally Lead a club in an Effort to snare the setting trick. Since it is probable that Declarer is out of that suit West must devise some Means of getting his partner to Lead another Diamond.  be suggested that the Dis card of the three of clubs would warn partner off that suit but there is a Good Chance that East will construe this As a Call for shift to Spades. West hit upon an ingenious method of ordering the Diamond Lead. He discarded theace of clubs the futility of a club Lead now became evident Toast who came thru with the necessary Diamond continuation to defeat the contract Ift Rujita 1850, the Chicago Tribune Thi stars and strip put add Roji Oil it Hurt Tat b bag editor th6 stars and stripes Apo 175, . Forces in Dud name and Addren mime will bed la of and Kepi confidential in Wip Iuteri May a Wiuf cited lot Poilu onion provided Roth  Don Molt it it Tolna of the original. Conscientious objector 1 am a . And soon to return to conus. I have heard of the recent 3-Mohth Extension held out in Lleini of Soma Reserve obligations Etc. Now i am a conscientious objector and would like to know the relationship Between such an Extension and a . If i sign do i lose my . ? i understand that a . Who extends for six months does lose his status. Do regulations differentiate Between a 6-month and 3-month Exten Sion name withheld by bequest editor s note dare tar he replies As follows if the individual has been appropriately classified As being category 1-a-o conscientious objector available for noncombatant military serv ice Only there Are no provisions for extending his tour of Active military service unless he Volun Teers and agrees in writing to have his identification As a conscientious objector removed and deleted from his official military records. German rent control my family and i Are living on the German Economy in a Small farm Village. The rent is dm250 plus lights in the Siim Nier and dm300 plus lights in the Winter months. The Light Bill is about dm20 a month. We have a Kitchen living room and bedroom plus a Small room off the Kitchen. We share the Bath. The landlord has been known to charge according to the Spon Sor s rank. For example the sponsor and his family who live there before was in the pay Grade of e5 and was charged do 50more than we pay. I know that we Are not the Only family pay ing this High rent because it i common in this area. I would like to know if this rent is controlled by the German government. If so whom could i see about it if it in to what can an pm do about it name withheld by request editor s note Safe he replies As follows apartments a houses built prior to 1949 and in certain types of houses built after 1949 e.g., in Case tax Relief has been granted Are still subject to rent control. A control cannot be exercised where the apartments Are furnished As there is no rent control for the lease of furniture. The tenant must exercise his right to have the lease reduce within one year after the lease contract has been entered into. The Price control office of the municipality concerned deter mines the permissible rent in accordance with the Federal lease Law. In some cases although the Price control regulations May not apply there May be a violation of Section 803e of the German criminal code which reads whoever by exploiting As a business or habitually the sex Trent need the Light mindedness of Tufe inexperience of another with regard to Legal transactions of a kind other than specified in Section 802a, causes another person to Promise or to Gran either to him or to a third party material benefits which exceed the value of the performance to such an extent that under the circumstances of the Case the material benefits Are in obvious disproportion to the performance shall be punished in like manner Section 802d. In this Case the lease contract would be void under Section 138 of the German civil code. Morale problem we would like to find out if there Are any ars or sri which protect pm from unfair working conditions. You Are the Only source where we May obtain this information without suffer ing any retaliatory effects. We can t even Hope for any assist Ance from our cos since they fear the same retribution mentioned above. In effect we have Cooks radio operators and a few other positions that Are normally considered excused from com Pany details due to the fact that they work nights weekends holidays which amounts to about 70 hours per week. Recently we have All been included in the company rosters. Although it in t too serious we feel that it is extremely unfair and demoralizing. Do you know of any Solu Tion besides going to the inspector general. Name withheld by request editor s note Usa eur he replies As follows inasmuch As military service by its very nature May from time to time demand a maximum of Effort perhaps even life itself from the Serviceman there Are no specific ars or sri which Are designed to protect an individual from any requirement to work or train More than a Given number of hours per Day or week. It is recognized that the Rou Tine duties to be performed Ina military unit must be fairly distributed. The purpose of the duty roster a 220-45 is to in sure that each member of a unit performs his share and no More. The proper maintenance of this record is important from a morale standpoint. A commander will usually find it necessary to exempt certain members of his unit from per forming any of the duties required by the various duty Ros ters due to the nature of the individual s primary duty. Examples of individuals who Are normally excused from All duties other than primary duty Are the first sergeant company clerk Supply and mess personnel. This of course depends upon the exigencies of the service. A commander is charged by paragraph 4, a 000-10, to keep close touch with personnel with in his command to take an in Terest in their organization life to hear their complaints and to Endeavor on All occasions to re move those causes which make for dissatisfaction it is suggested therefore that if the matter under consideration appears to be a real morale problem in your unit you should take it up personally with your commander or present it through your no Council. Wednesday August 36, 1959