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Evening star., 1939-12-23

Mr. Fokker climbed into the cockpit
and went aloft.
Take 96 square inches of the
rudder," he ordered curtly when
he landed.
It worked.
Born in Java.
One morning Mr.. Fokker's en-
ployes arrived at his plant in New
Jersey to find him pacing the floor
and cursing eloquently.
MY design!" he shouted, point
ing to the wall in a corner of the
factory.
Somebody with whitewash brush
had covered up sketch and some
figures on a proposed plane which
Mr.. Fokker had penciled there.
Known as the Flying Dutch
man." Mr.. Fokker was born in Java,
April 6, 1890, the son of wealthy
coffee planter. At an early age he
was taken to the Netherlands, where
his father, retired from business,
hoped to provide the boy with a
sound technical education.
Anthony already had exhibited
his bent. Once he blew the fuses of
the street car company in the city
Of HARLEM by throwing a wire over
trolley line to get electricity for
his toy railroad. He made all his
own mechanical toys.
Sent to an engineering school, he
quit forthwith because, as he ex-
planned, he disagreed with his pro-
fessors.
At the age Of 10 he had begun to
construct his first airplane. It was
completed in 1910 and, in the Rus
sian military competition at st.
Petersburg 1t ran away from the
rest Of the field. Mr.. Fokker had
found his lifetime work.
Hired by Germany.
He peddled the design to several
governments unsuccessfully. But
Germany hired him. In 1918, under
contract, he was teaching young
Germans to fly in military school.
At the age Of "a, Mr.. Fokker was a
vital part Of the German military
establishment as it entered the
World War.
Mr.. Fokker's planes not only met
the demands of the army. They out
flew anything the allies could pit
against them. In all, he built more
than 5000 military machines for
Germany during the war and acted
as consulting engineer In the manu.
facture Of thousands Of others.
AS a sideline Mr.. Fokker developed
the first synchronous machine gun
for the German Army to permit mr.
ing through the propeller arc. He
insisted later that the British stole"
his idea for gun Of their own,
though examination failed to sub
stantiate his claim.
Only 28 when the war closed, Mr..
Fokker found himself possessor Of
q fortune-of 10000. 900 marks, owner
Of two airplane factories and IN
armament factory, and holder Of a
controlling interest In motor
works.
With. Germany's collapse, he
calmly loaded everything he pos
sessed that could be moved on q
special train and crossed the border
into the Netherlands. The Ger.
mans protested In vain.
M. FokkefS uncanny sense q
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Britain Will Expedite
Goods for Argentina
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23.-British
Ambassador Sir Esmond Ovey dis
closed yesterday that the British gov
eminent has decided to accord prior
consideration to shipments of mer-
chandise to Argentina in order to
hold the market.
Speaking before the British Cham
Der Of Commerce, Sir Esmond said
the Argentine government and the
British embassy already had COM
piled list Of British goods in which
Argentina is interested primarily
and the estimated quantities re-
Quired.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Montgomery Seal Sole
Returns Reach $4,000

Returns in the annual Christmas
Seal sale in Montgomery County,
Md, through the third week total
$4,000, it was announced yesterday
by Mrs. William Dahl of Silver
Spring, chairman.
OF the $4,000 envelopes containing
seals that were mailed to county
residents there are still $500 out
standing. In order to eliminate as
much of the followup work as pos
sible, Mrs. Dahl requests that re.
turns be made as soon as possible.
A quota of $5, 800 has been set. A
part of the tuberculosis program
planned for the coming year is to
contribute to the salaries of the
nurses, permitting an increase in
the county staff.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The cor
pulence and charity of Judge Frank
lin Taylor-Kings County Court
led him onward today in his fight
against shirt-sleeved crime.
His extra wardrobe has been re-
duced, practically, to a mere spare
dinner jacket-but prisoners who
have come coatless and shivering
before him recently have left the
judicial presence clothed, sentences
suspended-and, on occasion, with a
pocketful of change.
His latest sartorial open-handed-
ness took three coats at one swoop,
and led him to account for his ac-
tions thusly:
His conviction that a shivering
man yields more readily to the i'm
pulse to crime than a man with a
coat; steady and dignified increase
IN judicial girth, and the appear
ance Of prisoners who did not seem
to him to be professional criminals.
Circumstances have arrived at
such point, however, that court
attaches determined today that no
man who really had a coat should
appear coatless before Judge Taylor.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
80 Doctors and Nurses
Al GaIIinqer Stricken

Some thirty doctors and nurses,
including several student nurses,
have been i'll since Sunday at GAL
lnger Hospital with stomach disor-
ders.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, assistant
health ofncer of the District, said
that an epidemiologist from the de-
partment was sent to Gallinger yes
terday to find the cause Of the "epi-
demic." The epidemiologist and DR..
Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent at
Gallinger, said they believed the dis
ease was a mild form of influenza.
They did not find indication of food
poisoning.
None of the stricken doctors and
nurses was critically i'll, DR.. Seckin-
ger said.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Fokker
"A. p. Wirephoto.
Continued From First Page.)

hat. Mr.. Fokker drew on q scratch
pad the initial designs for the air
planes which the Army airmen,
Maitland and Hegenberger, few
from the American mainland to
Hawaii; which Rear Admiral Rich
ard E. Byrd flew the Atlantic, in
1927; which Sir Charles Kingsford-
Smith used In many ocean cross
ings, and which Amelia Earhart
rode in as a passenger In her At
lantic crossing in 1928.
OF the many thousands Of air
planes which Mr.. Fokker manu-
factured during his lifetime, there
were others which made headline
news as exploratory or record
breaking machines. And most of
them were designed with that un-
cannily accurate rule-of- thumb
which Mr.. Fokker developed at the
age of 10.
On one occasion his engineers
were having trouble with the per-
formance of a new plane. Disguised,
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Allied Mavies Alert
On Hearing 500 Nazi
Ships Are Returning
Hitler Is Said to Have
Ordered Them Back
By All Possible Routes

Hy the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 23.-French naval
sources said today the allies are
keeping close watch for approxi-
mstely 500 German ships reported
to have received orders to return "by
all possible routes" from neutral
ports to the Reich.
These vessels have been immobil-
lied since the start Of the war with
an estimated total cargo Of 300, 900
tons.
Authoritative sources said Ger
many apparently is making q great
effort to get raw materials which
the ships carry.
Naval sources said they had
learned many German merchant
ships already had left neutral ports
In obedience to orders from Berlin
and the rest were preparing to
leave. The allies anticipated at
tempts to scuttle any Of these ships
stopped by British or French war
ships. these authorities said.
The latest official French figures
reported % German ships had been
scuttled by their own crews, send
ing 157 900 tons of merchandise to
the bottom. The French added that
q German ships had been cap
tured.
Allied contraband controls and
warships have seized $4,000 tons of
German merchandise, the French
said.
Military sources reported intense
cold on the western front caused
temporary suspension of patrol ac-
tivities by both sides, but that op-
posing aerial forces engaged in nu-
merous flights and dog fights over
the lines.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Fine Christmas Spirit!

SAC CITY, Iowa, Dec. % R.-
The Christmas tree a Sac City man
had promised his girl friend" cost
him $100-in Justice Court.
He was accused of cutting of the
top half Of tree and leaving the
bottom half standing-in a ceme-
terry.
The justice fined him $50 to cover
the value Of the tree and q similar
amount on a charge Of defacing
public property.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Kieran Still on Pay Roll,
La Guardia Saws
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Mayor La
Guardia, who announced last week
he had dismissed his press secretary.
James M. Kieran, said yesterday
his aide was entitled to q vacation
and still was on the city pay roll.
Mayor La Guardia and Mr.. Kieran
conferred for several hours and then
left City Hall together. When asked
whether Mr.. Kieran was reinstated,
the Mayor told reporters it was.
none Of your damn business" He
described the meeting as social
call.
Mr.. Kieran said only that he had
gone to City Hall to wish every one
a Merry Christmas"
Mayor La Guardia said last week
he had fired Mr.. Kieran because
he had called me a so-and-so." Mr..
Kieran has made no comment.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Perry Heads Odd Fellows

GAITHERSBURG, Md, Dec. %
(SpeciaD Officers have been elect
ed by Pride of Montgomery Lodge,
No. 180, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, as follows: Harry G. Perry,
noble grand; Harry E. Bertschy,
vice grand; William Waters, 5th,
recording secretary; Basil D.
Schwartz, financial secretary; Hugh
Carter, treasurer, and Albert w.
Clagett, chaplain.
Evening star., 1939-12-23

NEW YORK. ESS
HERE-The Princess Stephan
1e Hohenlohe Waldenburg-
Schillingsfurst of Hungary is
shown as she arrived yester-
day aboard the Holland
American liner Veendam with
106 pieces of luggage. The
princess, loser of a recent
breach of contract suit against
Publisher Lord Rothermere,
arrived incognito as "Mrs.
Waldenburg," a name which
appeared on pieces of her lug
gage. "A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Congress Opposition
Of Neutrality Zone
Crysta||izing
Norris Fears Program
Might Involve Some
Of Americas in War

By the Associated Press.
Congressional opposition appeared
today to crystallizing attempts of 81
Latin-American nations and the
United States to maintain a neu-
trality zone in the oceans around
the New World.
Voicing an opinion in which some
of his colleagues concurred private
ly, Senator Norris, independent, of
Nebraska said he thought establish
ment of such zone had no sub
stantial basis in international law.
He also indicated belief that the
program might even lead to involve
ment of some of the American re-
publics in war.
Senator Norris disclosed his views
as officials Of the American repub-
lies polished up the strong phrases
of a joint declaration to Europe's
belligerents, protesting that the 500
mile zone has been violated.
Declaration Due Soon.
That declaration, prompted by in
cidents such as the fight of the
British cruisers with the German
pocket battleship Graf Spec near
Uruguay last week, may be issued
this evening. 1t will be sent to the
belligerents by Don Augusta S. Boyd,
President of Panama.
Senator Norris, objecting to the
policy involved, said he thought
there was ample precedent in inter-
national law to support a emile
zone or even one II miles offshore.
But" he added, ito arbitrarily
say that there shall be no battles
and no guns fired within 800 miles
of our shores is assuming jurisdic-
tion that we do not possess and
have no right to assume.
Protest Plans Go Forward.
The American governments, never
theless. went forward with plans to
tell the belligerents that:
/. They have repeatedly violated
the neutrality zone.
2. Stronger measures than the
declaration may be expected If vio-
lations of the zone continue.
3. The American republics plan
further consultations to determine
upon these measures
Among the measures that may be
discussed is the exclusion from all
assistance in pan-American ports
of belligerent warships engaged in
war activities within the zone and
the interning of warships seeking
refuge in such ports.
May Force Reply.
The declaration probably will
serve as a means of forcing replies
from the belligerents to the notice
OF creation Of the zone served on
them in October, when the zone
was mapped out at a conference of
American republics in Panama City,
Authoritative sources said the
wording of the declaration would
be the same to all belligerents.
Secretary Hull said yesterday the
protest would be ready by this aft
ernoon or tomorrow.
The department has not yet
completed its inquiry.
In response to question. Mr..
Hull said no reply had come from
Great Britain to the American note
OF two weeks ago on Britain,s
blockade Of German exports. He
added that a reply was ordinarily
expected to such note.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Highways Of Virginia
In Good Condition
By the Associated Press,

ny t1lc ASSoCldteQ FTeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 23.-The
State Highway Department has ad-
vised Christmas travellers in Virginia
that they will find all highways in
good condition, that there are no
detours and that construction prof.
ects are in good condition.
Should snow or ice cover roadways
during the holidays, the department
announced, every road will be
cleared the same as at any other
time"
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Nevin Transit Meroed
With Eastern Trails, Inc,

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 22.-Merger
of the bankrupt Nevin Transit, Inc,
with Eastern Trails, Inc, was ap.
proved today by the Board Of Public
Utility Commissioners.
The combined bus system, to be
known as Eastern Trails, Inc, oper-
ates between New York, Washing
ton, Pittsburgh and intermediate
cities. It was granted permission
to issue $4,000 capital stock and
ordered to retire al Nevin stock
within 30 dAyA
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Col. Burress to Serve Here

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. % R.-
Col. Withers A. Burress, v. M. /.
class Of IA and commandant of
cadets at Virginia Military Institute
since 1885, has been scheduled for
assignment to duty at the Office of
Chief Of Staff in Washington, as a
member of the General Staff Corps,
effective May Is, 1910.
The mothboat, a blunt-nosed
miniature sailing craft, was origi-
mated in Elizabeth City, N, C.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Arqentinu Gets Nuzi Note

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. % R.-A
note from Germany protesting in
ternment of the Admiral Graf Specs
crew was delivered to the foreign
Office today by Otto Meynen, Ger
man Embassy counselor.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Pastor Announces Topic

The Rev. w. Keith Custis, pastor
OF the Riverdale, Nd, Presbyterian
Church, will preach on ''The Christ
mas Road" at the II am. service to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1939-10-19

as a miser does his gold, the allies
holding them against the German
Army offensive and the day when
their plane production will exceed
Germany's, and Germany holding
hers to strike by sea at the same
time that she strikes by land.
Both sides so far have been scru-
pulous about bombing even munition
plants around which civil popula-
tions are gathered. That may be
one feature of the blitzkrieg surprise.
The French have not even bombed
the Rhine bridges which the Ger
mans must cross, or their gathering
troop masses. And word, after the
failure of the Turco- Soviet negotia-
tlons, that Gen. Maxine Weygand,
Marshal Foch's right-hand man, has
arrived in Istanbul raises the ques-
ton whether the allies will not have
to support Turkey on her Maginot
Line across the Dardanelles or
Evening star., 1939-10-19

city, Pittsburgh's biggest policeman
was ordered to get rid of 100 of his
800 pounds.
Specifically, the police trial board
wants Pete's 57-inch waistline re-
duced 4 inches or thereabouts 60
that it will be on the same hori-
zontal plane with his 53-inch chest
Mccullough stands 5 feet 8 and
one-haH inches and is A years old
The trial board was informed that
the veteran Of q years on the force
was physically At.
Absence from his downtown beat
for 10 minutes on a hot summer day
brought about Pete's suspension.
Evening star., 1939-10-19

barges on inland waterways, and re.
Gently was placed under Commerce
Department jurisdiction by q reor-
ganization order.
The corporation employs some s.
400 workers who took part in a strike
several months ago for q wage in
crease. Both A. r. L. and c. I. o.
unions are represented among the
barge line workers.
Evening star., 1939-10-19
Federal Unit to Have
Labor Relations Adviser
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department re-
ported last night that Assistant Sec
retary J. Monroe johnson had un-
dertaken a personnel study among
employee of the Inland Waterways
Corp, with . view eventually to
naming q labor relations adviser to
maintain contact between employees
and the corporation.
The corporation is a Government
undertaking which operates Federal
Evening star., 1939-10-19

was getting ready for . conflict "in
the sense Of imminence of war" For
many years, he said, plans have been
made and then brought up to date to
permit the most effcient utilization
Of industry in wartime.
Evening star., 1939-10-19
City's Biggest Policeman
Must Lose 100 Pounds

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19.-Peter ].
Mccullough is back on the police
force after 90-day suspension, but
he's got to do a little streamlining
to keep his job.
Besides being assigned to the live
Hest and toughest patrol in the
Evening star., 1939-10-19
EVENING WASHINGTON G., THURSDAY OCTOBER IT, 1885,

against an invasion Of Iran and Iraq.
Taking a long view, in their defen-
sive policy, the allies are waiting to
know who may be also shooting at
them and where.
Evening star., 1939-10-19
Roosevelt Sees Johnson
On War Problems
By the Associated Press

By th6 A8Socl6teo PfeSS.
For two hours yesterday President
War Resources Board for interlock-
ing industry with defense In the
event of war.
Col. johnson said . final report
would be submitted to the President
later. He asserted that the report
did not mean that the Government
Evening star., 1939-10-19

Zalong. a horse weighing nearly
a ton and able to pull an eight ton
load. was exhibited recently in Mos
COW, Russia.
Evening star., 1939-10-19
AustruIions Volunteer

Twenty thousand men enlisted In
Australias volunteer force within
few days, 10000 being registered
in the first day.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Girls Coat

SINGLE, double breasted,
box, REFER, casual types,
Cheviot. Shetland, tweed,
covert. wool crepe. Sizes
3 to 18.
GoldenberD's-Secon
Evening star., 1939-03-17

The very newest sensation.
A lovely petticoat peeping
from under the skirt hem.
Fine rayons, many with full
petticoat. Sizes Z to Is. Many
others sizes / to 6.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Boys PrePs'
2 Pants Suits
1918

Regularly 1898 and SIS,
they're unusually well tai
lored and styled. Spring
greys, blues, powder, tan,
brown and navy. Double
breasted. Sizes IL to 20.
Boys Rugby Suits
Regularly 400. Biu ue,
lapel coat and pants. cot n
ton blouse. Also coats
with Eton cap. to 10. VI ~
Evening star., 1939-03-17

Regularly 1.08. Part
wool and cotton. Pleated n
fronts, with matching
belts. Attractive suiting
Datterns. 6ises IL to 20. u
Evening star., 1939-03-17

Regularly 700. Choice of
suits with two knickers,
lOngie and knicker or knick-
er and shorts. Preps' suits
with one pair Of longies. New
col0rs, patterns. 6 to 20.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

Government to finance purchases to
be earmarked for disposal abroad in
the future.
The department said the total
supply of American tobacco on hand,
3,795 SOC, 1000 pounds, was the largest
on record. The 1864, ,000, 900 pounds
produced this year was new high.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

to play q great role in the work OF
reconstruction" he said in a speech
to the American Club Of Paris, fol-
lowing what we want and are de-
termined to get-total peace"
Thanking Americans for their
sympathy and understanding" M.
Reynaud said "let's not forget the
bitter lessons Of the last war. ." I"
Let's not forget the unprecedented
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Chrysler Strike Forces
Contract Cancellation
81 = sta6 Correspondent Of The Star.

81 stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, Nov. l0.-The
strike in the Chrysler Corp. plants
In Detroit forced the cancellation
Of the contract of the Reed Bros.
garage here for three trucks for the
county highway department, Rich
Evening star., 1939-11-10

market was to be expected because
of the war in Europe.
Foreign consumption Of American
leaf, however, might be maintained
at about the 1899 level, the depart
ment added, by Withdrawals from
large stocks of American leaf abroad.
The British, with an estimated
two-year supply on hand, recently
stopped purchases of flue-cured to-
bacco in this country. A program
was worked out, however, for the
Evening star., 1939-11-10
; depression it brought

about.
IT during the present war we
should commit the old blunder Of
letting our ships come over from
the United States full of goods and
go back empty we should be SOW
ing the seeds Of another and per-
haps more terrible postwar crisis"
The finance minister declared the
just economic requirements of all
people must be taken into account
when peace Is finally achieved"
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Pledges Allied Respect
For u. :. Neutrality
By the Associ lated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 10.-Finance Minister
Paul Reynaud declared yesterday
that If American neutrality is ever
violated 1T will not be by any act
Of France or her allies"
"Your country may be called upon
Evening star., 1939-11-10
ard H. Lansdale, clerk Of the board

ard H. Lansdale, clerk of the board
OF commissioners, said today. =
The contract called for delivery
within 20 days, but Edward Reed
advised the board that, although Ia
still had several days to fulfil it,
he would be unable to obtain de-
livery from the Chrysler plant fdt
an indefinite period.
The board awarded the contract
to the next lowest bidder, the King
Motor Co. OF Gaithersburg, at 81, ,O5O.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Increase in j. 5. Use
OF tobacco Forecast
By the Associated Press.

The Agriculture Department fore
cast yesterday a moderate increase
In domestic consumption of Amer
lean tobacco next year, but said q
substantial reduction in the export
Evening star., 1939-11-10

Italy entertained fewer foreign
tourists this year than in a long
time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08
LOUISIANA STATE
 SCANDAL GROWS
Indictments of Prominent Men COntinue-HOt Oil
 Is Latest Charge
BY T. II. MALOY

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New Orleans, Aug. 8.-(UP) Fed eral authorities today considered converting a second grand jury to help investigate the WPA corrup- ton the election. mail and income tax frauds and the violations of the pure food and drug law and the hot oil act that have been turned up in the states political clean up.
 A new batch of federal indict- ments by the grand jury here yes- terday involved former Governor Richard w. Leche in the scandal along with most of the other rags to-riches politicians who took charge of the state after the as- sassination of Huey P. Long and who had been indicted previously
 The investigation so far has cen- tered in the eastern Louisiana fed- eral district, embracing New Or leans and Baton Rouge. However, coincidental with the disclosure of a hot oil conspiracy in the Rodessa field in northwest Louisiana, United States Attorney Harvey c. Fields of the western district came here to confer with eastern district of ficials and announced that he would attempt to have another extraordin- ary grand jury convened at Shreve- port to go into the general situation,
 Those Indicted
 Fields conferred with Assistant U. S. Attorney General O. John Rogge and U. S. District Attorney Rene
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