Milestones, Jan. 1, 1940

Married. Major Graham Christopher Dugas, unearther of a $40,000,000 gold lode in abandoned Calhoun mine, Dahlonega, Ga., subsequent quick-purchaser of a new gold-trimmed, custom-built car; and Mrs. Bessie Brady Bellinger; in Atlanta.

Died. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, 49, eccentric, Dutch aeronautical engineer, plane builder for Germany in World War I, since then for Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, for Amelia Earhart; a U. S. citizen since 1931; of pneumococcus meningitis; in Manhattan.

Died. Mrs. Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling, 73, American-born widow of English Rudyard Kipling; in her home, Bateman's,...

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