FINNS STAND FIRM
RUSSIAN ATTACK UNABATED SOVIET PLANES DESTROYED APPEAL TO WORLD WOMEN (United rre*s Assn.—Elec- Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 16, 3 p.m.) HELSINKI, Feb. 15 The Finnish stand unshaken though the Russian offensive is unabated. The Finns claim to have thrown back the Russians at all important points. The Russians sent two fourengined planes to rescue those marooned. One landed on thin ice and sank. Another landed behind the Finnish lines and was captured. The Finns are reported to have silenced Russia’s Big Bertha, which for weeks shelled Viipuri from Ter a j ok i. Fourteen women members of the Finnish Parliament have appealed to the world’s women to allow their husbands and sons to aid Finland’s fight for liberty. Four thousand Finnish women and children have arrived in Sweden.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21040, 16 February 1940, Page 6
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