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Soviet Celebrates
Stalin's 60th Year
On Vast Scale
New Biography Published
By Kalinin Describes
Him as 'Happy Man'
•r tb« Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 21.—Soviet Rus
sia celebrated on a vast scale today
the 60th birthday of her leader,
Josef Stalin, who was eulogized by
the press as “the pillars of hope to
the workers of capitalistic states.”
As his Red Army legions fought in
bitter cold in the invasion of Fin
land, a new biography of Stalin was
published by President Michael
Kalinin of the Supreme Soviet, de
scribing him as “a happy man who
led one-sixth of the globe to social
ism. • • • He now is ready to lead
them to communism.”
The book was given an initial j
printing of 1.000,000 copies.
A flood of newspaper articles
credited Stalin with many achieve
ments of the Soviet Union, includ
ing the "liberation” of the Ukrain
ian and White Russian regions from
Poland and pacts with the Baltic
states, but made no mention of Fin
land.
The radio and newspapers were
devoted almost completely to the
anniversary.
Order of Lenin Conferred.
Factories held parties in honor of
the unostentatious Georgian, schools
displayed exhibits on his life, and
he was the subject of lectures at
collective farms and other Soviet
units.
The Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet conferred on Comrade Stalin
the Order of Lenin—highest award
in the land—and gave him the title
of “Hero of Socialist Labor” for his
“exceptional services in organizing
the Bolshevik party, creating the
Soviet state, building a Socialist
society in the U. S. S. R. and con
solidating the friendship of peoples
of the Soviet Union."
The Council of People’s Commis
sars resolved to institute in his
honor 16 annual prizes of 100.000
rubles each for outstanding work in
medicine, law, the sciences, arts and
the theater; similar prizes for the
best inventions and for achieve
ments in military science, and
scholarships for 4,000 science stu
dents.
The newspapers Reported that
more than 270.000.000 copies of books
by Stalin had been printed in almost
a score of languages. A considerable
reader, he writes in Russian, which
he speaks w-lth a Georgian accent.
Order of Leadership.
In his ‘‘ofRciar’ biography, the
order in which his “comrades in!
arms" are listed was seen by some
observers as a semi-official ranking
of Soviet leaders. The first four
named are Premier-Foreign Com- j
missar Vyacheslaff Molotoff, War [
Commissar Klementi E. Voroshiloff.
Fuel and Railways Commissar Laza- 1
rus M. Kaganovich, and Supreme
Soviet President Kalinin.
At least openly, no opposition re- j
mains to the rule of Russia by,
Stalin, son of a shoemaker. Of his
secluded private life few details are I
known.
A man of temperate habits, he
walks a great deal within the Krem
lin walls, enjoys an oecaaional glass
of wine and gets eight hours of
sleep a night. He is described as in
excellent health.
As a sidelight on a lesser known
phase of his life, he was portrayed
in a newspaper article last night as
an impromptu singer with a “fine
tenor’’ voice.
Sings Folic Song.
The article, by an actress, related
that when she and some other ar
tists were guests at his three-room
country retreat near Moscow he
asked if they knew a certain old
folk song. None did, so Stalin sang
It himself.
He is fond of music and often
goes to the opera or has concerts in
the Kremlin. He frequently amuses
himself by playing selections from
his large collection of phonograph
records.
A daughter, Svetlana, 14, lives
with him in the Kremlin. A son,
Jacob, 31, child of his divorced first
wife, is a Moscow engineer.
Hitler Congratulates
Stalin on His 60th
Birth Anniversary
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Dec. 21—Adolf
Hitler sent a congratulatory
birthday telegram to Josef
Stalin today, as did Joachim
von Ribbentrop, German for
eign minister.
Hitler's message read:
“On the occasion of your 60th
birthday, I request you to accept
my most honest congratula
tions. I connect herewith my
best wishes for your personal
well being as well as for the
happy future of peoples be
friended by the Soviet Union.”
CHILDREN AID IN TOY REPAIRING—A consignment of toys reconditioned and redecorated
by pupils of the Phoebe Hearst School joined the supply to be distributed to the Capital’s
underprivileged children yesterday. Shown displaying toys they helped fit for further use are
(left to right* Betty Fairfax Smith of 2216 Massachusetts avenue N.W., Kay Rathberger of 3727
Warren street NW. and Emmons Stockwell Smith, brother of Betty.
Phoebe Hears! Pupils
Renew Consignment
Of Toys for Needy
School's Repair Shop
Closes Its Doors After
Finishing Job for Santa
Pupils of the Phoebe Hearst
School, Thirty-seventh and Quebec
street N.W.. were concentrating on
their own Christmas hopes today,
confident they had done their bit
to help some less fortunate children
realize expectations of a happy
yuletide.
The toy repair _shop closed down
for the year yesterday, when a truck
collected the schools consignment
of reconditioned playthings. The
toys were added to the mounting
pile that will be distributed among
families Santa Claus might have
forgotten had it not been for the
generosity of Washingtonians will
ing to help the underprivileged.
Dolls, games and mechanical de
lights of young children had been
repaired and redecorated—brought
out of retirement to do service once
more as joy-givers.
Resolved the older pupils would
not be possessed in greater measure
of the Christmas spirit, the 20 kind
ergarten children undertook the
painting of small toys and filling of
colorful stockings. A large number
of these trinket-filled containers
were dispatched with the toys yes
terday.
Nuts, candies, little china dolls and
other things designed to please the
very young had been assembled by
the tots.
Today, the kindergarten, which
had enjoyed its part in providing
cheer, returned to singing Christ
mas songs, admiring the big deco
rated tree in the classroom and
playing a Santa Claus game.
War Loan
(Continued From First Page.)
Reconstruction Finance Corp. re
cently lent Finland $10,000,000 for
the purchase in this country of non
war materials such as agricultural
surpluses. This money went to the
Finnish-American Trading Corp.,
organized by Hjalmar Procope, Fin
nish Minister to the United States.
Need War Supplies.
While the Finns welcomed this,
they were represented as contending
that their greatest need was for
battle planes, guns and other war
materials.
Preliminary discussions among
Congressmen apparently brought no
definite reaction one way or the
other on the proposed loan because
of the complex questions involved.
Such a loan, it was pointed out,
would violate a principle which has
been laid down in this Government's
recent financial transactions with
other countries—that no money
would be lent for the purchase of
war materials.
Thus rule was followed when the
Export-Import Bank lent $25,000,000
to China. The money was used
principally to purchase in this coun
try trucks and machined tools.
Russian Angle Seen.
In addition, it was pointed out, a
Pictured at work in the school toy shop are (left to right)
Victor Buckley of 3724 Windom place N.W.. Peter Dickey of
1239 Vermont avenue N.W. and John Kelley of 3514 Thirty
fifth street N.W. —Star Staff Photos.
direct war loan to the Finns might
Involve this country's relations wit!
Russia.
Even more important, one mem
ber of Congress said, would be tin
possibility that a loan to Finlanc
night be considered as the first step
toward precipitating this countrj
nto Europe's affairs.
On the other side of the ledger
;his same lawmaker said, was un
Jenaible public sympathy for Fin
and, which has been the only Euro
pean nation to meet regularly iti
bayments on its debt to the United
States.
Finland paid its regular install
nent of $234,693 on its debt Decem
ber 15, thus keeping itself eligible
egally to obtain financing here that
Is denied defaulting governments
under the Johnson Act.
Most. Government officials agreed
that if Finland were to obtain a
$50,000,000 loan to get the wrt sup
plies it needs, Congress would have '
to approve the transaction.
Flies High at 60
SOUTH BEND. Ind„ Dec. 21 —
Sixty-year-old Adam Beehler is fly- :
ing high these days—above the
ground.
At an age when men begin to slow
up and take things easy, Mr. Beeh- j
ler, a cabinet-maker, got eight hours
of training at the controls of an air
plane and soloed—the oldest person
ever to do that here.
—
Reich Signs New Pad
With Rumania for
Increase in Oil
Boost of Nearly 20 Pet.
In Purchasing Power
Of Mark Is Effected
■ r th« Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 21.—Granted
nearly a 20 per cent Increase in the
purchasing power of the mark, Ger
many last night signed a new trade
agreement with Rumania.
In effect, the exchange concession
by Rumania represents nearly a 20
per cent reduction in the price Ger
many henceforth will pay for Ru
manian raw materials—chiefly oil—
and a corresponding Increase in the
price Rumania will pay for finished
products in return.
The agreement Increased the ex
change value of the mark from 41.5
lei ($.3028) to 49 lei ($.3577) and the
German mission said the rate would
have to be altered again in Ger
many’s favor unless Rumania took
steps to prevent her internal prices
from soaring.
Among other things the new pact
calls for Rumania to send Germany
190.000 tons of oil monthly. For the
first eight months of this year Ger
many averaged 120,000 tons monthly
but since the war, largely because of
the allied blockade, the figure has
been cut to 80,000 tons monthly.
The agreement ended months of
negotiations. The problem was re
sponsible for a cabinet crisis which
resulted in resignation of the gov
ernment of Premier Constantine
Argetoianu, who was succeeded by
George Tatarescu.
Helsinki
_(Continued From First Page.)
sinki before confirmation today
that the warship had been hit.
One of three Russian battleships,
the October Revolution was com
pleted in 1914 and was part of the
Czarist fleet in the World War as
the Gangut. Her normal crew
is 1.125 men and her heaviest
weapons twelve 12-inch and six
teen 4.7-lnch cannon. A Russian
destroyer and patrol ship were
reported sunk by the Finns last
week.)
On three war fronts, Finnish de
fenders held their snow-sheathed
lines, aided by blizzards and bitter
cold, against the Red Army's massed
warplanes and tanks.
Isthmus Lines Hold.
The Russian forces, stretched on
three sides like a great hand trying
to clench, were stopped on the
Karelian Isthmus in the South and
in the southeast after raging battles
in which the Invaders used hun
dreds of tanks.
Although temperatures 25 degrees
below zero and gale-swept snows
stalled the Russian drive in the Far
North, above the Arctic Circle, the
Finns acknowledged they had with
drawn to Kornettijarvi. They men
tioned no fighting, however.
In the southeast, where the Rus
sians apparently are attempting to
split Finland at her narrowest in
a westward drive, the Finns said
they had taken the initiative and
were advancing toward Salla.
(Salla is 32 miles on a straight
line west from the Russian fron
tier. If the Finnish report means
defense troops are near there or
have driven back Russian van
guards in that vicinity, they con
flict sharply with Soviet state
ments that the Russians had
pushed 80 miles west from the
border.)
"Much Booty1’ Captured.
The Finnish communique said
that defense troops which had
stopped the Russian thrust had cap- !
tured “much booty " in their counter
offensive. including three tanks, 30
army trucks and considerable
quantities of machine guns and am
munition.
The Finns said the Russians had I
NEW YORK-SCUTTLED LINER-Capt. Wilhelm Daehne of the
German liner Columbus is escorted by United States immigration
officials after arrival of the U. S. Tuscaloosa. The American
warship brought in the crew of the Columbus, which, Daehne
said, was scuttled "under orders,” presumably from Adolf Hitler.
—A. P. Wlrephoto.
lost heavily In men and tanka in
the isthmus front, the heel of the
Russian hand, but still were pound- 1
ing Finnish positions.
“Twenty heavy tanks advanced to
our positions and were captured, be
sides which many were destroyed
in front of our positions," a Finnish
communique said.
The action on the Isthmus front
was described by Finns as a repeti
tion of previous Russian onslaughts
with tanks of all sizes coming over
by hundreds.
The Finnish communique esti
mated more than 200 Russian war
planes had droned over Finnish
territory Tuesday in what it called
the “most active day in the air since
the outbreak of the war.”
It said Finnish losses were “small”
but that the Red air fleet had lost
14 planes shot down in combat with
Finnish flyers at least six others
shot down by Finnish anti-aircraft
guns.
Besides the total of 20 from con
firmed reports, the communique de
clared, there were several uncon
firmed accounts of Russian planes
falling behind their own lines and
“it can be stated . . . with consider
able certainty that more downed
enemy planes will be found in our
territory "
On the Karelian Isthmus, where
the Finnish communique reported
“numerous” Russian air attacks, 11
Soviet and six Finnish planes fought
one thrilling battle behind the Man
nerheim Line.
Tire Finnish fighter craft inter
:epted four Russian bolnbers screen
ed by seven pursuit ships in a roar
ing fight from which one Russian
and one Finnish ship slipped away
at. low altitude although none on
either side was seen to fall.
. ■ ■ ■ .. -
Thousands Homeless
As Rains Inundate
Luzon Island
Death List and
Property Damage
Expected to Mount
Bt the Associated Press.
MANILA. Dec. 21.—The first
scattered death reports filtered in
today from Northeastern Luzon
Island, where torrential rains made
thousands homeless, crippled com
munications and caused tremendous
property damage.
Eleven persons were known dead
and an undetermined number were
missing. From many points where
the storm hit hardest there was no
word and impassable roads held up
rescue parties.
Property, crop and livestock losses
in Isabela and Nueva Ecija Prov
inces were estimated at more than
$1,000,000. Meager reports also indi
cated heavy damage in Camarines
Sur and Cagayan Provinces.
Seventeen towns surrounding
Hagan, capital of Isabela Province
still were under water.
The rains,* lasting 36 hours, ac
companied the latest of a series oi
typhoons. They sent the Cagayar
River, largest in the Philippines
over its banks, inundating wide
areas.
In Ilagan 1.800 families were
destitute.
Two U. 5. Specialists
To Help Finns Combat
Typhus Epidemic
Health Service to Join
Fight on Disease Rare
In Baltic Country
By JOHN C. HENRY. ,
The United States Public Health "
Service today ordered two of Its top
flight doctors to proceed at once to
Finland to help In combatting a
typhus epidemic.
The order was Issued with ap
proval of President Roosevelt after
urgent appeals from the Finnish
government for assistance In fight
ing a disease unfamiliar to them.
The doctors named will operate In
conjunction with American Red
Cross relief efforts.
For this assignment the Public
Health designated Senior Surgeon
H. A. Spencer, who Is now stationed
In Paris, and Senior Surgeon Vance
B. Murray, now on duty in Berlin.
In making the announcement the
White House said It had been In
formed the outbreak of typhus was
almost the first ever recorded In
Finland and that medical authori
ties there felt themselves Insuffl- '
ciently familiar with the disease to
combat It effectively. The two Amer
ican doctors designated are recog
nized experts in treatment of epi
demic diseases.
Invvading Troop* Blamed.
First word of the typhus outbreak
came out of Finland late last
week, the reports at that time blam
ing appearance of the'disease on l*
vadlng Russian troops from the I
southerl> and easterly sections of .
Russia. Epidemic diseases of this
kind are more prevalent in that
portion of Europe than around the
Baltic.
Dr. Spencer is a native of Penn
sylvania, and has had more than 20
years experience in quarantine work
in the United States and Europe.
He is a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, and has been con
nected with the Public Health Serv
ice since 1815, serving at New Or
leans. Pensacola, New York and the
Pacific Coast.
He also served in Washington on
assignment at the National Institute
of Health, specializing in zoology,
bacteriology and public health ad
ministration. Prior to his present
assignment in Paris, where he has *
been in charge of medical inspec
tion of aliens seeking permission to
emigrate to the United States, he
was stationed in Hamburg and
Berlin.
Murray a New Yorker.
i Dr. Murray is a native of New
York and a graduate of Columbia
University. He entered the Publio
Health Service in 1916. After serv
ice at the Marine Hospital in Son
Francisco, he was assigned to quar
antine work in the Philippines. He
had emergency assignments in
Yokahama. Japan, combating epi
demics in the wake of earthquake,
and was on similar emergency as
signment in Shanghai. China, later.
A licensed air pilot. Dr. Murray
has carried out numerous emer
gency assignments by flying his own
plane to stricken areas. Since 1938
1 he has been attached to the Ameri
can Consulate in Berlin.
B'nai B'rith Donates
$1,000 to Finnish Relief
A $1,000 contribution from the
National B'nai B'rith organization
to the Finnish Relief Fund was an
nounced yesterday by Henry Mon
sky. president of B'nai B'rith
Mr. Monskv said the violation of
Finland is the continuation of the
i tragedy being written by the "ism
dictatorships” in which the Jews of
Germany were cast as the first vic
1 tims.
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