Russia Gets the Spoils, Finland Gets the Glory and Helpful (?) Sympathy, Germany Gets Assurance of Future Aid and the Allies Get the "Razzberry.",
THE WEATHER
.Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday Mrr
jiiguesi temperature yeaieruuy itZ
Lowest temperature Inst night 37
Precipitation for 21 hours 0
I'reclp. since first of month 1.20
' I'roeip. from Sept. 1, 19:19...... 25.41
Kxcphr slnco Sept. 1, 19:19 17
Increasing High Cloudiness, be
coming unsettled Thursday.
REAL WAR
That's what is now expected Uo
twecn tho Allies and uormtuiy, uuw .
that Russia, havliiK subdued Flu
land, is left free to nld the nuzlii.
Look Tor big war news henceforth.
The NKW8RKVIEW will keep you
Informed.
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fOL. XLIV
NO. 288 OF ROSEBUl VIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1940.
VOL XXVIII
NO. 188 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Roosevelt Slate Wins
Third Term
"Draft "Plan
Given Boost
Garner and Farley Supporters
Run Far Behind In Primary;
Cain Chosen Tacoma Mayor,
LangCe Victor in Seattle.
MANrilKKTKIl. N. II., March
13. (A!1) orncitil groundwork for
u possible '(lruft-IiooH(?velt" move
1 ment at tho democratic national
f convention was laid in New Hamp
shire today as the nutton'H first
MHO primary election gave tho
chief executive n full slate of dele
gate., pledged to a third term.
KiKht delegates nt largo and four
district detegales, all committed to
the president's renomtnation, were
elected with the bucking of a major
ity of the state's democratic lead
ers, and, under New Hampshire
law, must vote for him at the con
vention until ho gives them a for
mal release.
The rank and file of the demo
cratic party ignored protests
against a third term and passed up
alternate standard bearers, with
the result that three candidates
pledged to Postmaster General
James A. Farley, one to Vice-President
Garner, and three unpledged
ran well behind the Uoosevelt
ulate.
The granite state republicans pick
ed up an unpledged delegation in
.record with Senator Styles Hridges'
l-jsplrations for the GOP presiden
fful nomination after a nip-and-
lucl(; five-cornered contest- oVdf
(he -'choice of four delegates nt
rtlgc.
CAIN, SUBSTITUTE NOMINEE,
' WINS FOR MAYOR IN TACOMA
Hy the Associated Press
Defeat of Councilman Hugh l)e
lacy, president of the Washington
Commonwealth federation, for re
election Iji Seattlo and the election
of Many P. Cain, substitute nom
inee, as mayor of Tacoma spotlight
ed yesterday's elections In Beveral
Washington cities and towns.
Hob Jones, West Seattle merch
ant, led Delacy for tho third post
on the Seattle council in unofficial
complete returns, fifi.fiSfi to 3B.512.
All over Seattle incumbent offi-
(Continued on page G)
By FRANK JENKINS
AT Chalmette, where General
Jackson defeated the British
and saved New Orleans to the
young but growing U. S., you can
still see the ditch behind which
he built his barricade of cotton
bales.
His plan of battle wns simple.
The British were attacking; Jack
son and hia riflemen bad only to
defend. Behind the cotton hales,
lie posted his backwoods sharp
shooters in three lines the first
lino firing and falling back, the
second line taking their places and
the third line loading. In this
way he was able to pour upon the
advancing British a fire that wns
withering in Its Intensity.
The British, not having learned
their lesson even in the eight years
of the Revolutionary war. advanc
ed in solid ranks, which was simp
ly dink soup for the squirrel hunt
ters behind the cotton bales. Each
man picking his target at every
shot, they mowed down Pacjten
ham's red-coats In waves.
When It was all over, New Or
leans was American to stay.
WE like to think of the Ameri
cans as invariably beloved de
liverers. , Tn this cape they were
deliverers, but if New Orleans tra
dition Is accurate they weren't too
greatly beloved.
ew Orleans In 1814, please
(Continued on page 4.)
Storm Buried His $100,000 in Gold
Certificates, Scotty Advises U. S.
DEATH VALLEY, Calif., March
13. (AP) There's $100,000 in
gold certificates burled In the
mountains. Death Vulley Scotty
has told the federal government.
A visit of n couple of U. S. in
ternal revenue officers to the
castle a few weeks ago set the old
mystery prospector to thinking.
He hail satisfied tho Income tax
in vest Iga tors, who had been, on
his trail for years, with a signed
statement in January that ho had
no income for 30 years or so, and
had been getting all of his funds
on loan.1) front his partner, A. M.
Johnson. v
"I got to thinking about - my
yellowbacks that 1 planted more'n
twenty years before Uncle Sam
started digging his hole to bury
gold In down at Fort Knox, Ken
tucky," said Scotty. "So I Just sat
down and wrote a letter to tho old
gentleman with tho board."
Mere Is the letter:
"United Stntes collector of In
ternal revenue:
"1 hud a hunch of money amount
ing to one hundred thousand dol
lars in gold certificates and I
buried It in the mountains about
the year nineteen hundred and
nine. Afterwards cloudbursts came
and covered it up and maybe sonic-
Insane Patient
.Commits Suicide
SALF.M, March 13 (AP) Dr.
J. C. Evans, superintendent of the
Oregon folate hospital, snld that
W:iey HHl- 2!l, committed, suicide
"today In the' criminal insane ward,
where he was tnuiHlerred after
Ihree patients were strangled early
Monday with a pillow slip.
Dr. I! vims said HIM, a badly do
mcnted patient suffering from
brain Infection onusod by sleeping
sickness, emasculated himself with
a I'iiiKPinuil about li a. m. He cut
a largo artery and soon bled to
death.
Hill formerly lived In Talent,
and has been n patient four years.
He wns one of the nine patients
In the dormitory In which thine
were slain Monday, and was
transferred Monday night to the
criminal Insnno ward, where ho oc
cupied n single cell.
Witnesses nt n coroner's Inquest
yesterday said Hill was transfer
red to t lie criminal ward after doc
tors discovered that tho pillow
slip, used In tho slavlnKs, came
from bis bed. Hill also bad
scratches on his arm, District At
torney l.vlo .1. Page snylng these
apparently were inflicted during a
struggle.
The five witnesses nnd Hill did
not have sufficient mental capacity
to answer questions regarding the
slnyings.
Army Day, April 6th, Is
Proclaimed by President
WASHINGTON. March 13 (AP)
nvaaLlntit llnnsevelt todaV Pro-1
claimed April 6 as army cloy and
ordered military units throughout
the United States. Its territories
nnd possessions to aid civic bodies
in Us observance. State governors
were Invited to Issue similar proc
lamations. PHOF.N1X. Ariz.. March 13. '
(AP) European mllltnry leaders
consider the American army's
equipment as Inadequate ns that of
Poland, says Dr. Ralph H. Lutz.
Stanford University professor anil
an authority on world affairs.
In fin Interview he termed the
United States army "obsoleto" In)
respect to (lernuiny s conquest oi
Poland.
Street Car Pushes Auto
Onto Man, Killing Him
OREGON CITY. March 13.
(AP) Warren E. Hnrdesty. 39, of
Portland died under his automo
bile last night after be missed
the highway and drove onto the
streetrnr tracks north of the end
of Main street here.
He leaped from the vehicle ns a
streetcar struck. The streetcar
pushed the automobile upon him.
Forest Rentals Yield
Douglas County $1,898
Pouglas county's share of re
ceipt from fnrnst rfnrve rentals
for th year endd June 30. 1939.
amounts !o $ 1 according to nn
announcement nt Sab-m. The total
um apportioned to Oregon coun
ties Is ?l..1,2r5, representing 25
per cent of the full sum for rent
als received by the federal government.
Death Valley Scotty.
time I will bo able to Bet it ami
inuybe I will never get It."
(Signed) "Walter Scott.
"Heath Valley Scotty."
There were 10 yellowbacks of
$10,000 each, says Scotty.
Tornado Kills 13,
Leaves Ruin Trail
SIIHEVKPORT, Ln.. March 13.
(AP) Thirteen persons wore
killed, at least 37 injured and hun
dreds nmde homeless hf toruadic
winds which struck hardest In
Rhreveport late yesterday and
thon moved'across the border Into
Texas.
Fire Chief Slonn J. Flores esti
mated that damage in Shreveport
alone wns more than $1,000,000.
Libhy-Owens-Ford glass plant of
ficials counted their loss at $200,
000. . The state lair grounds dam
age was estimated at $100,000.
Harksdale field, one of the nation's
major army air posts, suffered only
slightly.
The storm, accompanied by hail
and rain, caused most damage in
u Shreveport residential section be
foro striking amoss the border in
the area between Elysian fields
and Bethany, Tex. Five hundred
Shreveport homes were damaged.
Among the dead was T. K. Gld
dens, 71. Shreveport capitalist and
property owner, who was visiting
a negro tenant house when the
storm broke. A tree crushed him
fatally as he sought to enter his
automobile.
Nine other persons killed in
Shreveport were: John M. Bail
guss, about 3!i; Mrs. John M. Bau
buss; Mrs. Hettie Armstrong, 45;
K. fi. Woodyard, 62; the wife, two
stepchildren and grandchild of Pat
McKinney, 3S, negro; nnd an uni
dentified negro.
Degenerate Youfh Kills
Grandparents and Self
CHICAGO, March 13. (AP)
A crippled youth committed sui
cide nfler slaying an elderly cou
ple who intervened when he at
tempted to assault their grand
daughter. Tho youth was Howard Iarimer,
18. a sen'or in the Morrill school
for crippled children where be had
been regarded ns a brilliant stu
dent. His victims were Hugh J. Welch.
72. and his wile. Mary, 70. The
Mayings occurred yesterday in
their apartment.
Bernadette Welch, 17. victim of
the attempted ntlaek. u'nd her sis
ter. Maiy Ann. Ifi, were hysterical
for several hours after the shoot
ings. Marv Ann, n schoolmnte of Iari
mer. discovered Larimer struggling
with Bernndette. She said Lari
mer fired at her hut missed. While
he was reloading the gun Derna
dette escaped. Larimer later was
found fatally wounded.
Prison Dynamite Plot to
Free Convicts Disclosed
PITTSBl'RGH. March 13. (AP)
Police claim to have uncovered
a plot to dynamite Western State
penitentiary's north wall and open
a possible path to freedom for 600
prisoners.
Deteetivo Inspector Walter Mon
nchnn reported routine questioning
of n paroled ronvlet dlscloned the
scheme which prison authorities
Raid was fantastic and could not
have been carried out successfully.
An effort to blast Hie north wall
failed In l'J21.
in New Hampshire
Labor Law s
Sponsor Raps
Amendments
Proposed Changes Would Hold
Oppressive Weapon pver
Labor, Wagner Says; Some
Revision Seems Probable.
WASHINGTON. M arch 13.
(AP) Senator Wagner (IX, N. Y.),
champion of the labor board, de
clared in a senate speech today
that amendments proposed by the
Smith committee would turn the
national labor relations uct Into "a
delusive remedy for the worker
and a concrete weapon for the op
pression of labor."
Wagner, who sponsored the law
in the senate, said hev was ready
to support any "sound" changes
proposed by others.
But he expressed blanket oppo
sition to the Smith amendments
and set forth eight -conclusions"
about, them In explanation of his
position.
-The amendments were drawn by
a special house committee headed
by Itep. Smith (P., Va.) after
weeks of inquiry into the labor
board. They had the support of
thrco of tho five committee mem
bers, including Smith, nnd were
opposed by the other two. In r;en
eral, they call for creation of a
new labor board limited to judi-
R. L. (BOB) COUGLAR nt his
home in Cunyonville yesterday
and, succumbing to my persua
sions, he showed me the newest
firearm in his gunrack a .22 B
Hee lever action rifle, owned by a
brother-in-law of his. It was a
sweet number, with beautiful bal
ance, a precision Instrument If ever
tb"re was one.
For forty-three years Bob was
Canyon vllle's barber until five
years ago, when he suffered a sev
ere stroke which necessitated his
retiring from active business. He
still owns his shop there, however,
leasing it.
Bob always has liked guns, nnd
I can recall the time when he had
thirty-five of them. Many years
ago he gave me one. nn old Ste-
ens rifle, which I still treasure.
Ho had them hanging all over hi-.
hnp. with the best ones, howovcr,
at home.
Also (perhaps you remember)
his shop at one time was ornament
ed by dozens of fine antlers, un
. ., . ,. ,. ,
(Continued on page 6)
l SAW:r::
By Paul Jenkins -
til a dreary day when a rat of a
McNary Aids Effort to
Hold Steamboat Camp
Hope that It will be found
.possible to retain the Steamboat
' CCC camp is expressed by Sena
tor Charles L. McNary in tele
grams received hero today; He
plying to the numerous mes
sages of protest sent from Hoso
burg, Senator McNary reports
ihat ho has conveyed to tho dl
Victor of the civilian conserva
tion corps the appeals for retell
iion of the camp and will nuiko
further efforts to Impress upon
the department tho valuable ser
vices of the camp to tho coin
htunity.
Eagles Offer Labor to
Aid City Park Project
Offering cooperation In plans for
development of a city park on the
proposed site adjoining Beer Creek,
the members of the Eagles lodge,
at the regular business meeting
lust night, offered donation of 100
muu days of labor in connection
with cleaning and planting the
grounds. The lodge nlso requested
authority to provide and install
mdrry-go-round and swings for the
playground.
U wns announced that the lodge
will join with tho Lions club in
sponsoring the nppenrance In
Hoseburg March 20 of the Young
Oregonians.
The lodge was Informed thai
Stalo President Jack Greenwood
of Gresham will make an official
visit to the Uoseburg aerie nt Us
meeting TuoBduy, March 19. , ' i
1 vs.' . .
mill Aumrti&ntH'te
.NcWK-Hpview nolo nnd i-.iiKrnvinK
state barber inspector ordered
them taken down, claiming they
were "dust catchers." and as such
hilarious to the public health.
The Idea that a customer for a
shave, perhups Just from a ware
house, the hay fields or maybe a
cow barn, would be further men
aced by what dust might have col
lected on those antlers, was a
startling one. The gent, I'm glad
'o be able to slate, later lost his
job. and the antlers are back In
their old place, adorning the walls
of the shop.
A native of Oregon nnd for the
most or his life a resident of Can
yonvllle and tho upper South Ump
qua river country, Bob Is one of
the best Informed men In iKmghis
county concerning pioneer times,
the men nnd women who lived In
them, and their habits and cus
toms. ,
As a barber, he was a dandy
only not typical. Iteason? He
hardly spoke a word while at work.
One In a million, I'd say.
IP '
KT?ti
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Britain Hit
For Refusal
To Aid Finns
Hore-Belisha, Ex-Secretary
War, Raps "Technical" -Excuse;
Chamberlain Says
No Help Plea Received.
of
LONDON, March 13. (AP)
Mritnln's refusal to givo larKO scale
aid to Finland until tho Pinna ap
pealed for such help wus bitterly
attacked In the house of commons
todnv bv Leslie Iloro-nolishu, re
cently dismissed war secretary.
He spoke Immediately after a
brief statement to- the house hy
Prime Minister Chnmberluln on the
peace concluded between Finland
and soviet Ituusln liiHt night.
Hore-Hctlsha, who was reported
to have timed an expeditionary
force for Klnlnnd before he was
ousted on Jan. 5, entered the de
bate arter Chainhnrlnln had told
commons that Ilrltaln bail made
plain its willingness lo give all
possible help to tho Finns "In their
'iiilliint striiKKle against iiKBies
slon." "Whllo associating- myself with
the expressions of sympathy with
the Finns." said Ilorollellsbn, "Is
It not a fact that repeated ap
peals have been mndo by that
country for assistance In lnatcrluls
and men nnd Is It not a pity In
relation tn the magnitude of these
events and their far-roachlnK char
acter, to ploiul as an excuse for In-ncllc-ft.
a , pure technicality I'V v, ..
" Aid Requests Denied
. Chamberlain retorted: "It Is not
correct to say that repealed re
quests 'for men had been made by
the l''lunlsh Kovurnment."
Tho Finnish government, said
jThatuberluln, "made repeated re
quests for materials and ovary
one of those requests has boou an
swered." "They had been Informoil as long
into us Feb. 25 that If they wore
lo make an appeal to us wo should
be prepared and were making pre
parations to send them men as
well as materials," said the prime
minister.
Only yesterday Premier Dalodior
of France declared that Ilrltaln
and France had M.OOO troops fully
equipped at two ports ready to em
bark Immediately u f tniunu annum
call.
In the clrciimstnnccs In which
(Continued nn page 6
Fashions Premiere
Lures Big Throng
A Kient crowd look advantage of
excellent weather IubI nlnht to par
ticipate in the annual HprhiK Open
ing and Fashion Show, which
proved a most successful anil en
tertnililiiK event. I Hit Inn the early
part of the eveninK the streets
were thronged by window shoppers
who viewed the beautiful displays
in the show windows of tho city's
leading stores. More rirms partici
pated than ever before, and the
brllllnntly lighted windows, with
their exhibits of spring styles In
clothing, accessories, household
furnishings, fixtures nnd equip
ment, proved of great Interest.
During the period of the down
town display, tho Itosebnrg Mu
nicipal bund enlivened the festivi
ties with concerts In each block of
the business district. The itose
Imiis Bcboal band.' earlier In the
day, appeared In u ballyhoo pa
rade. The Fashion Show nt the armory,
under sponsorship of the Kose
bui'K Duslness nnd Professional
Women's club, drew a capacity au
dience, -which took much delight in
the parade of spring fashions hy
more than liO models, uml the pro
gram of music and dancing con
nected with the display. Dancing
to the music of Itnlph Oilman's or
chestra completed the evening's
enteruiinment.
Runaway Balloon Halted
After Four-Hour Drift
AKRON, O., March 13. (AP)
A "runaway" balloon periled nlr
wny traffic four hours lost nlsht
as it drifted 200 miles, finally set
tling nt KittnnnlnK. Pi . AO mllei'
northeast of Pittsburgh.
Five men sighted the bag drift
ing and managed to bring It down
hy looping tho danglliw guide
ropes around a tree.
The bag will bo deflated nnd
brought back.
Peace Treaty, Ending War,
Gives Up Entire Mannerheim
Line. Valuable Gulf Islands
Lease on 'Gibraltar' Peninsula for Soviet Military and
Naval Base, Non-Aggression Pact Listed in Terms;
Refusal of Scandinavia to Let Allied Forces Go
Through Made Finland Surrender, Minister States.
HELSINKI, March 13. I API Weary Finland, lacking
weapons and skeptical of foreign offers of help, ended hor bitter
three-and-one-half-month struggle against soviet Russia today
by yielding more soil and economic military independence than
demanded before the war.
At 1 1 a. m. (4 a. m., EST), the dogged, courageous Finnish
army stopped fighting, and a gloomy peace settled over the bat
tlefields, from the corpse-piled Karelian isthmus to icy Lapland.,
Beginning Friday, the Finnish troops will retreat to narrowed
frontiers fixed by the treaty s'gned at Moscow last night. .
Balkans Offering
Allies Hew Worry
Russia, Germany Plan Treaty
With Rumania: Britain Not
to Let Up On Hitlerism.
LONDON, March 13. (AP)--Qroat
Britain and Prance, weigh
ing tho effects of n Hussion-Finnish
peace, propared themselves
for an Intensification of their own
war anil for a possible combined
nasl-sovlet diplomatic offensive
against allied Interests In the linlli
ans. Moscow's announcement - of n
treaty with Finland, ostensibly
freeing Itussla'B resources to Blip
port tho war machine of her econ
omic ally, may hiottif a naVI orren
slvo In tho west.
London and Paris received re
ports from Iliichnrest that nor
mally nnd llussla were planning to
offer Hiimania territorial guaran
tees In exchange for trade conces
sions. British und French offi
cials declined to comment, pend
ing notion of the FlnnlBh diet (par
liament) on the reported poaco
treaty but the settlement, coining
on tho heols of the allies' purport
ed willingness to Intervene In
Finland, had Its effect In both
capitals.
Scandinavia Blamed
Sonio observers tried to portray
Scitndinnvla as "the villain of the
piece" through refusal to allow al
lied reinforcements to cross their
territories Into Finland. This ro
rusal weakened the allied promise
of aid, it was contended.
"The ohdurato refusnl of the
Scandinavian countries to allow
the passage of military nld was de
cisive," said tho London Dally
Herald.
Tho authoritiitlvo British press
association, however, quoted most
Kngllsh papers ns agreeing that
(lie offer to aid Finland was mude
too late.
Now there was tho prospect thot
Itussfn, with hor campaign against
Finland over, would be free to
supply 300 waiting fiermnn divi
sions with the materials for an of
fensive against tho Mnginot Hue.
Tho Loudon TIiiicb suld tho Brit
ish response to the treaty would
be n "renewed nnd strengthened
determination to rid Europe of Hit
lerism." Meanwhile, the British people
over' - subscribed a 300,000,00(1
(about l.20ll.(iuil.om)) war loan.
Finns Forced to Purchase Peace at
Price Far Greater Than Demands of
Russia Prior to War's Beginning
(By I ho Associated Press)
The soviet-dictated treaty end-
in'; the invasion ot Finland nfler
105 blood-drenched days Inflicts a
costly peace on the Finns nt a price
rnr higher than wns iiemnnneii De-
fore the red army invaded the re
public's Boll.
Ijist Orotber 6. the soviet lead
ers, flushed with the new hege
mony which their Implied threats
had easily gained over the Baltic
countries of Kstonln, I-atvia nnu
Lilhuniiin. deninndeil similar con
cessions from Finland.
Wary hut diplomatic, the Finns
tried tn negntlnle, and the Russian
proposul finally boiled down to
this:
Finland to be given a strip or
soviet Karelia on her eastern bor
der In return for an undefined but
evidently nnrrow strip of the Kino
Man Isthmus directly northwest of
the Russian metropolis of Lenin
grad; lease or Bale to Russia for
a C.OOO-man naval baso ot . the
Finnish peninsula of Hanko, com
manding the entrance lo the gulf
of Finland; cession la Russia of nn
unspecified part of Hie Rybachl
and Krednl penlnsulus, In Ibe Arc
i.nuei tne'tronty, Finland would
yield to Itussln:
The entire Karelian Isthmus, In
cluding the bitterly-contested Man-
nerheim defense line, Btrewn'wllh
Hiisslan and Finnish corpses;
The wrecked but uncaptured city
of Vllpurl, along with Vllpuil bay
and Its islands;
All the shores of Lnke Ladoga
and some territory northeast of the
lake. (Where tho FlniiB have re
ported the Blnylng of thousands of
Unsslan troops I ;
A 30-year Russian lease on the
peninsula of Hnnko, FinniBh "Gi
braltar" at tho mouth of the Gulf
or Finland, which Russia Intends
lo convert into n military and na
val base:
Various Islands, In the Gulf of
Finland;
A broad swnlh of eastern Pin
land In the region at tho Arctic
circle; . . ' ,;' 1
Part of tho Srodnl and Rylmchl
penlnBiilns on the Arctic ocean;
i..A- rallrona. to bo built this year
to link Russia's White sea portH
with the Gulf of Uothnln;
Operation of a Russian nlillno
across the Potsnino district be
tween Itussln and Norway and no
restriction on passage of Russian
citizens or commerce across this
area;
A promise that no Finnish war
plnnes, warships or . Bulimm-lnca,
except for small coast guard boats,
will operate In the Arctic ocean.
In roturn, the Finns get penco
and a yearly rentnl of 8.000.0011
Finnish markka (about (120,000)
for Hanko.
They must nogotlnto a trade
treaty and muke a non-aggression
(Continued on pace 8)
Continuance of U. S. Aid
to Finland Requested
IIHLS1NKI. March 13. (API
President Knlllo of Finland Bent
n cable to Herbert Hoover today
asking that American help for Fin
land be continued.
He thanked Hoover for the nld
already Bent hy Hoover's commit
tee. .' ' '
The cablegram said:
"I hope with all my heort that
you will continue to allevinte tiie
lot or those suffering on account
of the war, for the population of
the ceded areus will be moving in
to the territory of the republic.
"We have Bigned a compulsory
peace, yet we hope that our strug
gle for right hus gained us tho
sympathy or tho civilized world
und trust we shnlt not be lcrt to
our own rosourccB In the work of
recoiiBtmctlon."
lie ocean, exchange of some Islands!
in the gulf of Finlnnd. and do.
militarization of frontiers. .
The Finns refused, principally
on nccount of Hanko and tho pro
posed loss of their carefully built
up Mannerheim line of defensea on
the Karelian IsthtnuB.
On November 30, the red nrmy
Invaded Finland. Its planes bom
barded Helsinki and other Finnish,
cities. Just across the border, the
Russians established Kt Tcrljokl,
n puppet "people's government ot
Finland" under Otto Kuuslnen,
Finnish communist, who hud been
In exile for 20 years.
Aid Inadequate.
Declaring they would fight to tho
last man if need he. the plucky
Finns appealed to the moribund
league of nations, which promptly .
expelled soviet Russia and started
co-ordinating aid to Finlnnd rrnm
neutrals. Sweden, Britain, Francn
and other countries furnished sonio
war equipment; the United Btntca
and others gave non-military aid.
While tho world looked on In ad
miration and nstonlshment, Fin.
.(Continued on pace 6),