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Evening star., 1939-12-23
Anthony H. 6. Fokker,
Noted Plane Builder,
Dies in New York
Wealthy Designer Known
As First Man to Make
Million in Aviation

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Anthony
H. G. Fokker. plane designer and
builder, died today in Murray Hill
Hospital.
Mr.. Fokker, who was 40, was
taken to the hospital suffering from
pneumococcus meningitis.
Carter Tiffany. close friend of Mr..
Fokker, said the body would be
taken to the Netherlands, where his
mother lives, for burial.
Dr. Robert M. Gushing said death
"came peacefully" to the former
manufacturer. 1t followed, he said,
application of the most modern
methods of combating the illness,
which affected the lining of his
brain.
Five transtusions of 21z quarts of
blood were made, but Mr.. Fokker
failed rapidly during the night, DR..
Gushing said.
Made Millions in Aviation.
Mr.. Fokker, who liked to design
new airplanes on wrapping paper
and factory walls, was known to
the aeronautical industry as the
first man in the world ever to make
a million dollars in aviation.
He made more than a million. He
made many. A self lf-educated engi-
neer who INDUCED extravagant
whims, Mr.. Fokker had a good deal
OF the histronic in his makeup, but
above all, he was canny business
man who drove hard bargains.
Fokker's life story is anything but
a primer for ambitious young men.
He was disciple of the unorthodox.
He directed vast enterprises with a
sharp and frequently sarcastic
tongue. Often he refused to keep
appointments, and when he did, he
was always late.
Balanced against those qualities
was an impulsive generosity which
once led him to clear off the toy
counter of a New York store at
Christmas time by handing out pres
ents as fast as an admiring group
OF urchins could grab them while
clerks frantically tried to keep track
of the prices.
Speed was his fetish. He owned
fleets Of airplanes, motor boats and
automobiles. His Office was in his
(See FOKKER, Page A-30
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Py the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Dec. Heinrich
Himmler, head of all German po-
lice, today urged the black-uni-
formed SIS men to beget children.
in or out of wedlock, especially in
wartime, while Rudolf Hess, Hit
ler's deputy in party affairs, an
nounced the Nazi party was ready
to stand sponsor for any soldiers
children born out of Wedlock.
Himmler's views, laid down in
an order to the entire SIS (elite
guard and police" included the
declarations:
Every war means letting of the
best blood. Many a victory of arms
was at the same time devastating
defeat for the nations vitality. -
The ancient saying that only he
can die peacefully who has sons
and children must be translated
into fact during this war by the SIS.
Beyond the limits of bourgeois
laws and customs which ordinarily
are probably necessary it can be-
come an exalted task even outside
of wedlock for German women and
girls OF good blood to become-not
frlvolously but imbued with deepest
Evening star., 1939-12-23
50Are Killed
In Another Nazii
Train Collision
80 Also Injured;
Accident Tenth
Since War Began
BY the Associated Press.

oy tHe ASSOCIATED PreSS.
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec. %.
Two disastrous collisions on Ger
many's war-strained railway system
yesterday claimed 1872 lives and in
jured 139 persons, officials an
nounced today.
The second occurred between
Marksdorf and Kluftern when a
passenger train and freight train
struck head-on at top speed. It
killed so persons and injured 30.
One hundred and thirty-two per-
sons were killed and 1O9 injured
when two passenger trains collided
at Genthin.
Authorities made no comment
on the series of 10 wrecks which
have plagued the rail system since
October 8. costing 3l9 lives and in
juring more than 311. but the black
out generally was regarded as re-
sponsible.
On the Genthin wreck, the papers
also commented tnat misty weather
made signaling difficult
First investigations indicated that
faulty signaling caused last nights
crash, railway authorities said, and
the state prosecutor ordered arrest
Of the Marksdorf and Kluftern sta
ton agents.
The previous wrecks wera.
October $40 killed. injured un-
determined in collision in Berlin
station.
November 6-5 killed, IL injured.
derallment caused by rock slide
near Reichenberg.
November 1913 killed, 60 injured.
collision near Oooen.
November l9-9 killed, 20 injured.
collision near Spandau.
November 27-11 killed. S injured,
collision near Niederwoellstadt.
December LA killed, IA injured,
collision with bus near Dortmund.
December 1913 killed, 20 injured.
collision with bus near Linz.
December l2-l7 killed, Al injured.
collision near Hagen.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
History Of Toys
And Dolls

AS the concluding broadcast
of the 1889 series of junior
high school programs, the
Cross Roads Theater players
will be featured in a dram
atization of the History of
Toys and Dolls" tonight over
Station WMAL at 7::3O o'clock,
Assigned as home listening
for junior high school stu
dents, these programs by the
Cross Roads Theater group
are sponsored as a special
public service by The Star
with the cooperation of the
National Broadcasting Co. and
the Board Of Education.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Maryland Couple Die
As Fire Razes House,:
Child Fatally Burned
Firemen Find Bodies
On Second Floor Of
Sewage Residence

Fire had taken three lives in
Maryland homes today. Victims
were a Savage tMdD couple, found
dead in their charred home early
today, and 4-year-old child, who
died in Frederick; Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addie Lilly. both
about 40. died in blaze that con-
sumed the interior of their two
story frame house in Savage. Fire
men, after bringing the blaze under
control, found the bodies on the up
per floor
Mr.. Lillys body was in his bed,
while his wife, apparently awak-
ened by the fire, had dragged as
far as the head of the stairs be-
fore collapsing. Her body was found
there.
The fire was discovered about 4
am. by Dewey Cook, "a, who was
delivering newspapers. He notified
the Savage Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, which found the fire burning
fiercely when they arrived.
Inc blaze spread to the house next
to the Lilly's, but did little damage
there. The occupants, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Albaugh and their children,
were routed from bed by the FIRE.
The Laurel, Savage, Ellicott CITY
and JeSsup Volunteer Fire DEPART
ments and the Savage Rescue SQUAD
responded to the alarm. Chief
Robert Stevens of the Savage Res
cue Squad discovered the bodies and
expressed the opinion the couple had
died of suffocation.
Yesterday near Frederick. Isabella
Cutsail, 4, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Lawrence Cutsail, was burned when
her clothes caught fire as she plaved
In her home. She died last night in
the frederick Hospital.
Police said her parents were work.
ing in the fields near the home at
the time of the accident. She was
playing with two brothers. Law
renee, jr., 5, and George Edward, 3.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Search Pressed for Pilot
Lost in Alaska Hunt
By the Associated Press.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 23.-
A veteran Alaska pilot who went in
search OF a stranded aerial party
was the object of other searchers
today.
The quartet he sought was found
unharmed despite three days and
nights in a frozen wilderness. Mrs.
William Jefford and her 15-month-
old son were taken by dogsled to
Nulato. Pilot Fred Chambers and
James Walsh, another passenger,
remained to repair their crippled
plane
Four airplanes and 10 dog teams
searched fruitlessly for Pilot Hans
Mirow, who disappeared Wednesday
IN the Western Alaska tundra while
searching for Chambers party.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Russian Air Attacks
Reported Resumed

COPENHAGEN, Dec. % LR.-
The Red Army's retreat from Far
Northern Finland was reported still
visible today from the Norwegian
Frontier.
Finnish troops also were reported
hurting the Russians back on the
central Finnish "Waistline."
The report said several Russian
battallons in the Arctic sector had
been surrounded at Salmijarvi, CEN
ter OF the nickel mining district,
which was burned by the Firms
when they retreated.
Finnish reports also said the army
had cut off highway communica-
tions with Petsamo, Arctic port,
forcing the Soviet forces to con-
tinue eastward toward Kola, across
the border in Soviet Russia.
In the central Salla district. the
Firms were reported pounding at
the retreating Russians so relent-
lessly that the forces had been
thrown into confusion.
The Firms declared there was no
longer a living Russian" south of
Salmijarvi on the Arctic 'front.'
but that thousands were dead, VIC
TINS of a bitter blizzard and sub
zero weather.
Many Believed Frozen.
The hasty flight from the Arctic
nickel mining district was made in
-degree-below-zero temperature,
and Norwegian sources said it was
possible thousands had frozen to
death.
One report from Oslo said
the withdrawal was forced by the
bombing of the Murmansk Rail-
way, cutting off supply source for
the Russian expedition.
On the Karelian front the Finnish
communlque said an attack was re-
pulsed between Kuokiarvi and
Muola after especially intensive ar
tillery and aerial bombardment."
Inc Finnish air force carried the
attack to Terijoki, isthmus frontier
town and seat of the Kremlin-rec-
ognized peoples government" of
Finland.
The army said more than a5o
RED air force planes had engaged in
raids over Finland yesterday. but
casualties of only 16 dead and a
wounded were reported for the
whole nation. Eleven enemy planes
were brought down by anti-aircraft
guns, the Firms said.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Cherries Christmas
Prospect for Warsaw
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Dec. 23.-Warsaw, Po-
lands bomb-shattered capital, Looks
forward to a cherries Christmas as
shoppers seemed concerned only
with securing warm clothes and
something to eat.
For the first time in many decades
no Christmas cards are offered for
sale. Some few Christmas trees ap-
peared on the markets December is,
but the supply was quickly ex-
hausted.
The stores omitted their usual
Christmas displays.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
'BIitzkrieg' Impossible,
Russians Explain

MOSCOW. Dec. q LP).-Failing
for the third successive day to re-
port any important gains against
Finland, Soviet Russia declared to-
day the Films natural and con-
structed defenses made impossible
a lightning blow"
Although the Russian communioue
contended the Red Army was doing
well under the circumstances. un-
confirmed reports circulated here
that Gen. G.. A. Metetskof had been
relieved OF his post as commander
OF the campaign against Finland.
Summarizing activities since the
war began November &c. the COM
munlque said important successes"
had been scored in this period.
The territory of Finland" it
said, presents most serious difficult
ties for movements of troops. Lack
OF roads, rugged terrain, impass-
able forests, innumerable lakes di-
vlded by innumerable isthmuses
spanned by several lines of defense
consisting of concrete gun and ma
chine gun emplacements with con-
crete refugees for troops-these are
conditions hindering the rapid ad-
Evening star., 1939-12-23
John Andrew Martin,
House Member From
Colorado, Dies
New Deal Supporter, n,
Had Suffered Two
Heart Attacks

John Andrew Martin, II, Demo-
cratic Representative from the third
district of Colorado. died early to-
day in Naval Hospital. Strick...
with a heart attack a week ago
while on train en- route to WASH
ington from his home town, Pueblo,
Mr.. Martin was brought to his
home here at the Carroll Arms
Hotel. He suffered a second attack
Wednesday and was taken to the
hospital the next day.
Since Congress adjourned, Mr..
Martin. who represented Colorado
in l9O9-19l3 and again from 1893
until his death. had been on an ex-
tensive tour of his home district.
An ardent supporter of the New
Deal as a member of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, he helped frame the
administrations holding company
legislation, and later was a member
OF the subcommittee that worked
out the Railroad Retirement Act of
1885 and subsequently the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act.
Was Born in Cincinnati.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he
moved to Fulton. Mo-, in 1872. and
attended the public schools there
and at Mexico. Mo. With his par
ents he moved to Kansas in 1894
and worked on a farm. Three years
later he moved to Colorado, where
he found employment as a track
layer and locomotive fireman.
In 1886 Mr.. Martin served as a
member of the City Council of La
Junta, Colo, publishing a weekly
newspaper during the same period.
Meanwhile, he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1896. The
following year he began practicing
in Pueblo. He was made a member
of the State House of Representa-
tives in 1901 and 1902 and served as
city attorney for Pueblo in 1905 and
1906.
He was elected to the Sixty-first
(See MARTIN, Page A-9)
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Puppets in Finland
Reported Arrested
By Russians
Terijoki Regime Said
To Have MisIed
Stain on Firms
BY the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, Dec. 23.- The
newspaper Social-Demokrate re-
ported without confirmation today
that the entire Terijoki Finnish
Communist Peoples government
had been arrested by Russia because
they had misled Joseph Stain con-
corning Finland's military strength.
After Russia invaded Finland
Peoples government" headed by
the Communist Otto Kuusinen was
set up in Terijoki, a Finnish town
near the Russian border. Russia
later signed a mutual assistance
pact with this government"
Kuusinen was among those who
sent birthday greetings to Joseph
Stain Thursday.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Reich Rors Swiss Popers

GENEVA, Dec. q R.-Swiss
newspapers which had been per-
mitted to circulate in Germany until
now were informed by their German
offices today that, effective imme-
diately, no German-language news
papers published abroad would be
permitted to enter:
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Firms Launch Counter-Offensive
On Kare|ian |sthmus as Planes
Raid Red Centers and Transport
Alarms Sound in
HeIsinki; Arctic
Drive Continues
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Dec. %. - Finnish
troops today launched their first
major counter-offensive on the
Karelian Isthmus, most important
Of the several war theaters.
Finnish planes attacked Russian
troops, supply centers and trans
portation arteries in the isthmus
sector yesterday in preparation for
the ground assault.
Russian planes swinging over
Helsinki in a cloudy sky attacked
Tampere, northwest of the capital,
where there is big munitions base;
Tammisaari and Ekenas, to the
southwest, and Lohja, west of Hell
sinki.
Finnish reports said many bombs
were dropped, at least one home
was burned in Tammisaari and
there was machine-gunning from
as low as $50 feet.
Air raid alarms sounded in Hen
sinki. Some shooting occurred
and distant rumble was heard as
II bomb had been dropped.
Cold Favoring Firms.
The Finnish army in the Arctic
sector was reported to have forced
retreating Soviet troops back be-
yond Hoyhenjarvi, approximately go
miles south of the Arctic Ocean.
Intensely cold weather and deep
snow was favoring the Firms.
More than 80 bombs were dropped
IN the Helsinki area yesterday by
Russians. Most of them we're 400
Founders, but some did not explode
and damage was surprisingly small.
1t appeared, however, that the Red
flyers were tryin gto hit some mill
tary objectives, such as bridges,
Railway repair centers and NUM-
tions depots. The bombs fell near
q railway repair shop.
Two of the seven planes raiding
Helsinki were shot down, officials
said.
There were reports that PAM
phlets had been dropped. One
source said the pamphlets were
simply greetings from Otto Kuusi-
men. head of the pro-Soviet "peo-
pies" government set up recently
at Terijoki, Finnish town near the
Russian border.
Another report said the PAM
phlets warned that terrible air
raids were coming.
Relief Official Arrives.
Frederick Dorcey Stephens, rep
resenting the Hoover Relief Com
mittee which is raising funds to
aid the Finnish people, arrived
here from Paris to survey relief
needs. He acted in a similar ca
pacity in Poland.
In Helsinki the Civilian Defense
Corps decreed that no snow be re-
moved from the streets so black
spots against the surrounding white
countryside would not serve as a
guide to the enemy from the air.
Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf
Mannerheim, commander in chief
OF the Finnish Army, sent Christ
mas greetings to the troops, de-
claring:
None of us will have a home or
a fatherland or the blessings of
Christmas without victory"
Mannerheim also sent his praises
to factory employees, whose work he
said was equally important to the
fatherland."
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Stars See Stors
Comes now that time of

Comes now that time of
year when every one connect
ed with the movies feels COM
PEELED to evaluate the screen
entertainment Of the past IL
months. And now, for the
second time, the movie stars
themselves have turned critics,
at the behest of the North
American Newspaper Alliance,
to place laurel wreaths on the
brows of their associates.
Results of the poll of 200
.players-best performances,
best example of directing and
best motion picture of the
year, as seen by the movie
stars themselves-appear to-
morrow in Harold Heffernan's
story in the amusement Sec
tion Of The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Toys, Food and CIothinq
Speeded to YuIe Needy
Christmas Of Hundreds to Be
Frightened by Response to Stor's Appeals

Raw materials to make Christmas for the needest
children In Washington gathered
BrosN B. Christmas appeal high in trucks yes
terday and today and sped to their destination.
Toys cartons of food and dressesgifs
by the in fleet of Star trucks
en departments and other collection points the ciys Toy
Center at Eighteenth and M NV
volunteer workers rushing packages the
consumers of the Yuletide generosyhe little girls
Evening star., 1939-12-23

VINO are gettlng doll cribs, small boys
who are receiving sleds and mothers
who are welcoming cupboardful
of groceries.
Meanwhile. troop of Boy Scouts
was buz1ing like Jealous bees into
obscure alleyways and top-foor flats
to put last-minute contributions to
The Stars Christmas Heart Fund
into the hands of parents who were
beginning to suspect that Christmas
would not come to them in 1899.
This share the wealth. movement
Evening star., 1939-12-23

OF cash and goods under the benign
auspices of Kris Kringle was on no
small scale. At the Toy Center,
the converging point, it was esti-
mated that from Government
agencies affiliated with The Stars
appeal alone came 5000 cleaning
new toys, $500 articles of food and
hundreds of pieces of clothing.
Typical of yule drives in Gov
ernment departments-impossible to
Evening star., 1939-12-23
8 in kozi Labor Corps
Buried by Landslide
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 23-
Eight workers of a German frontier
labor corps were buried under a
landslide today just to the rear of
the Rhine River war front. They
had been strengthening defense
works and the new Baden military
motor highway.
Evening star., 1939-12-23

Foreign.
Firms launching counter ffensive
on Karelian Isthmus. Page Al
so are killed in another Nazi train
collision. Page Al
Puppet Finnish regime reported ar
rested by Reds. Page Al
Allies alert with report 500 Nazi
ships are returning. Page A-3
Notionol
Representative Martin of Colorado
dies in Naval Hospital. Page Al
Congress expects first 1910 fight over
defense program. Page Al
War Department reported to have
cut budget. Page Az
Congressional opposition crystalliz-
ing to neutrality zone. Page AS
Washington and Vicinity.
Downtown shoppers jam stores in
last-minute rush. Page Al
Mrs. Roosevelt attending four char.
aty parties today. Page Al
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Jopun Launches Wurship

TOXIC, Dec. % LP).-Domei Jap
anese news agency reported today
the launching Of the Japanese war
ship Hashidate 1T Osaka. No de-
tails were divuleed.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Summary of Toduy's Star

Amendments to Wagner Act already
being drafted. Page A-16
Pedestrian hit by automobile dies
in hospital. Page A-16
Sports
Students, alumni want Chicago U.
grid ban rescinded. Page Ala
Feather title due Scalzo if he can
catch Archibald. Page A-12
Bucky Walters pitching greatness
shown by statistics. Page Alb
Rules clarified for Star duckpin
tourney qualifiers. Page Alb
Editorial ond Comment
This and That. Page AS
Answers to Questions. Page AS
Letters to The Star. Page AS
David Lawrence. Page Al
Alsop and Kintner. Page Al
G. Gould Lincoln. Page Al
Lemuel Parton. Page Al
Constantine Brown. Page Al
MisceIlony
The Talking Doll. Page A-10
Vital Statistics. Page A-10
Service Orders. Page A-10
Natures Children. Page BIS
Christmas Adventure. Page B-8
Bedtime Story. Page Bio
Crossword Puzzle. Page Bio
Letter. Out. Page Bio
Winning Contract. Page B.ll
Uncle Rays Corner. Page 0.ll
Evening star., 1939-12-23

(See FINLAND, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-12-23

"A tuH page of pictures shoU.
ting pre-Chrtstmds activities in
Washington appears on Page
A-5.)
Evening star., 1939-12-23

tsee CHRISTMAS CHEER, Pg. A-O
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Forecast

peraturc. followed by rain late tonight
or tomorrow; temperature tonight about
IS. Temperatures today-Highest, 40,
at pm; lowest, 81, at 6 am.
From the United States weather Bureau report
Full details on Page Az.
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Bruce Dent
Good Roads Committee. B.
Hash, Chairman; Bill Austin,
Dean Mcmillan, and Ira John
StOn.
Public Buildings-Wade Eller,
Chairman; Roy Badger, and J. B.
Hash.
Agriculture Committee-H. D.
Quessenberry, Chairman; GWyn
Gambill, and Levern Johnson.
Livestock Committee Lester
Segraves, Chairman; GWyn Price,
and Ed Barr.
Industrial Committee - Lem
Hafer, Chairman; Joe Neal, Re-
bert Barr, Gale Mcmillan, and
Lester Segraves.
Classification Committee - 0-
bert Barr, Chairman; Rex Nor
ton. and Wick Vannoy.
Fellowship Committee - John
RhOdeS. CHAIRMAN, Tom duncan,
and GWyn Price.
Membership Committee -
G Glenn GRAPHICAL, Chairman;
Sharpe Shoemaker, Dean McMil-
Ian.
Program Committee-Bill Aus
tin. Chairman: Joe Neal, LeVern
Johnson, and LangdOn Scott.
Information Committoe-GWyn
Price, Chairman; Glenn Gray
beal, and Levern johnson.
Publicity Committee - J 0 h r
Reeves, Chairman; Ira Johnston
and Wick Vannoy.
Attendance Committee-Dr. J,
K. Hunter, Chairman; Sharpe
Shoemaker, and Lem Hafer.
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none of the arts and crafts which
are the foundation of civilized
life. They could own no property
but what they could carry on
their backs, for they might never
come back to the place they start
ed from. 1t was a free life, but
not a very comfortable one.
BOOKS postage
It is quite possible that when
the history of the official arts of
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Today
AND
Tomorrow
FRANK PARKER
toe X q r I'D G E
women

DRIVERS women
Whether women are better
drivers than men or Vice-Versa'
is a question to which nobody has
an entirely satisfactory answer l
think it depends upon the age
and experience of the driver
more than upon any other factor.
In my family, the best driver,
by all odds, is my daughter. l be-
gan to teach her to drive when
she was fifteen. She has driven
more than half a million miles IN
twenty years, without an acct
dent or a ticket for traffic viola
tons, and only one bumped fen
der.
l can never drive as we'll as
she, for I started toe old. was
past thirty before automobiles
came into general use, thirty-flVe
before l ever drove. Nobody who
starts to learn after maturity can
fully master a new skill, especial
ly one which calls for such COM
plete coordination CT body and
mind as driving a car.
The best and safest driver is
the one who learned to drive
while still in his or her teens.
and who has been driving long