Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              !A   Paper  For The  Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday:   Fair, continued cold. Monday: Fair, rising temperaturSk
34TH YEAR, NO. 13—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, .JANUARY   28, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
Finns Crush Soviet Attack
MERCURY DROPS BELOW ZERO IN DEEP SOUTH ^S««*r'.««"»,
Reds  Giving up   - In 'Chaotic' Retreat
Two More Cases Here Of Spinal Meningitis
Nanticoke Woman and Dupont Man Struck; Doctor Quarantined
'I'wo new cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis, the 22 and 23 reported iv. la. Ik.tis I'nui.Lii m WyojiiiU^^'^t- ley, were admitted lo Wilkes-Barre Contagious Hospital last night. II also developed that a prominent valley physician, who has been ex¬ ceedingly active in treating those suffering from the disease, had thus picked up the bacteria. Though he has not acquired the disease, he must now be designated as a "carrier".
He handled a number of cases in the past week and when a cul¬ ture he had laken was found "posi¬ tive", the doctor requested that his hnme be Quarantined and placard¬ ed, .Although the culture showed positive last night, it was said that a negative culture may be register¬ ed this morning.
In Nanticoke, Dupont
Latest ca.ses were reporled from the Hanover section of Nanticoke and in Dupont. Mrs, Mary Krucik, 40, of 408 Froni street, Nanticoke, '• whose husband operates a business at that address, was stricken abo'Ji four oclock yesterday afternoon,
John  Polerecki,  3,3,  ot  325  Wyo¬ ming   avenue,   Dupont,   was   diag¬ nosed   as   a   meningitis   victim   in , the morning, j
A review of the course run hy Wyoming Valley's meningilis epidemic and a survey of nhuses which have aided lta spread will be fnund  on  Page  A-H.
And We Think We've Been Cold
It's been pretty cold in Wyo¬ ming Valley this year. N one will argue the point. But the temperature has vet to get down below zero which made it in¬ teresling to hear the answer '.vlien A, L. Stull wa« asked yes¬ terday what thc low so far was up in the wind-swept North Mountain, where he cuts ice at Mountain  Springs,
"About ten below," answered Mr. Slull, adding "and that's cold enough. Sometimes it was too  cold  for thc  men  to work."
Not yet below zero in this frigid valley, too cold for Ice cutters on North Mountain, then came the United Press report from Birmingham, Alabama, part ot the Deep, Deep Soulh:
"Ten degrees below zero."
Lowest reading in the valley at midnight last night was re¬ ported from Wyoming Barracks, wilh 10 above recorded. It was two above at Mountain Top and zero at "Gobbler's Knob," Wyo¬ ming Mountain. The government bureau at the airport gave its oflicial reading as 17 above at midnight, 14.5 degrees at 8:30 oclock last night and 7.4 degrees above at 5 a, m. yesterday morn¬ ing. The ma.lority of valley towns gave readings of 18 degrees as  ot midnight.
Today the weather forecast for us is: "Generally fair and con¬ tinued cold." For Monday: "Fair with .slowly rising temperature." It sems a mass of warm air has eut into the Arctic bla.its be¬ tween Alaska and United States and that's going to help out.
Both patients were removed to the Contagious Hospital some hou^s after their cases were diagnosed. A Wllkes-Barre ambulance was used in each Instance.
Dr, J, J, Korn treated the Nan¬ ticoke victim but was unable to have the woman removed to the hospital immediately because of the fact that Nanticoke's community ambulance is not allowed to handle contagious disease cases. Health Officer Judd Abbott of Nanticoke secured the necessary funds for hospital treatment and ambulance transportation and she was ad¬ mitted to the institution at 9:30 last night.
Friends Raise Money
Dupont borough Is in dire straights, financially, and the bor¬ ough did not put up the money, Polerecki was therefore confined to his home until relatives and friends raised funds necessary. He was idmitled lo Cont.igious Hospital at (:30 last night. Edward J. Pugh, Wilkes-Barre health officer, said ihat the case waa diagnosed as meningilis in the morning and that Ihe patient was attended by Dr. E. 'V. Malys ot Dupont.
Health officials of Plymouth borough last night reported that not a single case of meningilis had been reported in 48 hours and ex¬ pressed themselves as "vcry opti¬ mistic" that fhe outbreak of last Week will be totally curbed. The •orough officials arc co-operating to the fullest extent and are pro- , viding necessar.v funds to provide thorough and strict quarantine of! homes affected. A number ot com- ' plaints were checked .yesterday and officials ot that town are said to he doing everything possible to curb the menace.
Health  Officer Abbott of Nanti- ( coke last night asked that residents call a physician whenever a mem¬ ber of thc  household has a head¬ ache or sore throat.
"This would not usually be alarming," he said, "but cases start out this way and there have been some deaths due lo neglect."
ASKimrsiiN
Bessarabia for Reds Oil for Germany; Turkey Stays Firm
Paris, Jan, 27. (UP)—The French capital heard reports tonight that Adc'f Hitler would attempt to ob¬ tain Italy's co-operation in a Russo-Gcrman-Italian revision of Balkan  frontiers.
At the same time Agence Radio reported from Bucharest that the Soviet government was bringing "the most menacing pressure" on Rumania to curtail oil deliveries lo Great Britain and France In Germany's   favor.
Petit Parisien published a dis¬ patch from Amsterdam which said Hitler, before the Balkan confer¬ ence opens at Belgrade next Fri¬ day, would seek to reassure Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy concerning Russia's intentions in .Southeastern Europe, Claim Partition Planned
The newspaper said Field Mar¬ shall Hermann Wilhelm Goering, in Hitler's name, would send a message lo Rome pledging that Russia's intervention in the Bal¬ kans would be limited to the Rumanian province ot Bessarbai after which Josef V. Stalin would turn his attentions to the Middle East and  India.
All three nations, according to Petit Parisien, would participate in the re-establishmenl of Balkan frontiers, one purpose of which would be to give Germany control of Rumanian oil. Want Rumanian Oil
There   was   no   confirmation    of (Continued on Page A-10)
Suffering,
Heavy Loss
Widespread
Alabama 10 Below; Schools Closed; Short of Fuel
SNOW BLOCKS ROADS
Fruit Damages Reach Millions; Red Cross Appeals
By .lOSKI'H S. WASNEY
^ Atlanta. Ga„ Jan, 27, (UP)—The "Sunny South" was a frozen area tonight. Rub - freezing weather caused widespread human suffcr- l ing and millions of dollars damage to citrus groves and winter truck crops.
Thousands upon thousands of persons living in homes not built to offset zero temperatures were suffering from cold, hunger and illness. Atlanta opened its city auditorium to care for those in need. I Florida reported heavy losses j were suffered in the citrus groves. ! The federal crop reporting bureau jat Orlando estimated at.least two- j thirds of the multi-million-dollar • orange and grapefruit crops were damaged or dangerously threatened. Loosen in .Millions I Damage to the winter truck I croops in Florida waa estimated at I close lo $3,000,000. Louisiana re- ' ported 20 lo 30 per cent of its truck crops had been harmed by the freeze. Mississippi reported some crops had been damaged as much as .35 per cent. Many markets in the Soulh were without green vegetables and prices soared.
Snow covered most of the south from the Mason-Dixon line lo Baton Rouge, La. Some highways in Norlh Georgia and Tennessee were blocked by New England like snow drifts and ice,
"Continued cold tonight," waa the forecast for Dixieland, Tempera¬ tures today ranged from 10 below zero at Birmingham, Ala., to 40 degrees at Miami,
Only the south tip of Florida es¬ caped the freeze, Thc low at Key West, southernmost city of the United States, w?>f ?0 degrees. West Palm Beach had a temperature of 33. Schools (;iosed
The  stale-federal   frost  warning
service at Lakeland, Fla.,  forecast
I sub-freezing   temperatures   tonight
as far soulh as Homestead, 29 miles
below Miami,  where  the  low was
I expected to be 24 degrees.
The  majority  ot  the  schools  \fi j the  South  have  been  closed  since last   Tuesday,    Some   plan   to   re- I open   Monday   if   the   cold   wave abates.
Miami schools were closed be- I cause they had no heating equip¬ ment. Few homes in Miami, the I winter resort capital of the south, have heating apparatus. Heaters ! and fuel of any description were being sold al a premium.
There   was   a   coal   shortage   In most southern slates.    The gover- ; nors of Alabama and Tennessee re- I quested  the  United Mine Worksrs I of America to permit the bitumin¬ ous mines to work six days a week : instead   of   five   to   help   alleviate this situation, I    Thousands  ot  head  ot cattle  in , the   South   Georgia-North   Florida I area have  been  killed  by the un- I precedented cold, it was reported. Thousands   ot   pounds   of   grain (Continued on Page A-10)
Textile Workers For Third Term
Lawrence, Mass,, Jan, 27, (UP) —About 1,000 members of CIO's Textile Workers Union of Amer¬ ica today adopted a resolution unanimously advocating a thijd term for President Roosevelt,
The workers at a mass meet¬ ing   also  voted   approval   of  the President's labor and social legis¬ lation. Joseph   Salerno,  state   director . jff •it^..j:r.'r.i-.   v.-.rncil fhst s. .:r,T.- i  servatire    administration    "may I   prove  disastrous   to  labor."
Lewis Again Japanese
Tigliten Blockade
Attacl(s Roosevelt
S[A REPORTED;
•Half Baked Ideas' Are Criticized; Favors Wheeler
UNIONS DIFFER
Germans Claim Allies Conceal Actual Damages
! London, Jan, 27 (UP) More mer¬ chant ship losses were reported to-
: day as Scandinavian countries act-
j ed to keep passages Into the Baltic
! clear of Ice,
• The British trawler Merisla went on the rocks near the Isle of Man last night and sank with 12 ot its crew. The crew members of the 291-ton trawler had been given 100    pounds     (about     $400)     last
I Thursday for saving Dutch crew members in open beats in tho At¬ lantic,
(The   German   radio   announced
! that the Merisla "which was In the
j service of the British admiralty, was   believed   in   informed   circles
! actually to have struck a mine,") ,S\vedi5h .Ship Lost
I The Swedish steamer Sylvia, 2,300 tons, with a crew of 20, was feared mined or torpedoed at Stockholm. The ship left Hull Jan, 9 with a cargo ot coal and casegoods bound for Goelesboorg. It touched Aber¬ deen Jan. 12, and the captain said he intended to set a course direct for the Norwegian coast. The ship has not been heard from since.
La Corona Company In Amster¬ dam   advised  that  its  tanker  Na- mura. 8,245 tons, struck a mine off the   south   coast   of   England   but (Continued on Page A-10)
'Draft Roosevelt' Moves Appearing; Hillman Approves
By WILLIAM H, LAWRENCE
Columbus, O., Jan, 27 (UP) Bread for the common people of America, is the chief Issue of the 1940 elections. President John L. Lewis of the Congress of Indus¬ trial Organizations said at a press conference today as he renewed his attack upon President Roosevelt and the New Deal,
He drew an analogy between rulers whose "let them eat cake" led to the French Revolution, and the presentation of a birthday cake to Mr. Roosevelt by American Fed¬ eration of Labor President William Green "while the people are crying tor bread." Attacks "Half-Baked" Ideas
He renewed his demand tliat the federal government summon a na¬ tional economic conference to study national problems and recommend¬ ed solutions, and said that such a meeting should include industrial, agricultural, labor and govern mental leaders because no one In¬ dividual and no one group could solve the acute problems that con¬ front America after seven years of the New Deal,
His attack on the New Deal, he said, was designed to place "re¬ sponsibilily" for failure to solve U, S. problems where it belonged, and to serve notice on the Demo¬ cratic and Republican parties that labor would support any liberal candidate who offered a rational program to solve these problems (Continued 'on Page A-10)
World War or Not—- Paris Has Its Styles
But in Berlin
The Main Idea
Is How to Keep Warm
Legion Head Says He's for Peace But Not  'Peace at Any Price*
Saratoga ,Springs, N. Y., Jan, 27 (UP) National Commander Ray¬ mond J, Kelly of the American Le¬ gion said tonight that while the Legion has been active for peace. It does not propose "peace at any price."
"It knows there are some things which can be experienced by hu¬ manity which are worse than war," Kelly said, "But the Legion does say that this country ¦ir^ not at any such crossroads or resort lo arms —and the path we follow must not be allowed lo bring us to the point of choosing such a decisive step."
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Kelly    assailed     the    efforts    of "communist - in.^'pired    agencies    to j gain control of labor" and pledged : the Legion to eliminate "those who ' would   implant   foreign   revolution¬ ary doctrines in the ranks of hon¬ est     and     law-abiding     American working men and women." '    "It   has   been   and   .still   is   thc ; belief of the American Legion that I the    program    of   the    communist party was that of (Harry) Bridges and  that   both   he   and   his   alien- inspired    party   or    conspiracy    if you  please-no  matter what their outward   professions,   did   and   do believe   in   the   overthrow   of   the government  of  our   United   States by force and violence," Kelly said. "The Legion believes that in his heart.   Bridges,   as   an   individual, is a  servant of a foreign  ideology whose    objective    is    to    destroy everything   we    in    America    hold I dear   through     the     medium     of i plunging     our     people     into    the tragedy   of   class   warfare."
Cetisor Admits England Is Cold
London, Jan. 27. (UP) The censor agreed to Ict the world know that Great Britain has re¬ cently experienced the coldest snap  since   1894,
The cold weather has been a military secret which could not get  past  the censorship.
Rivers were frozen over in some areas; water systems in many houses froze up; pipes burst yet not a single news¬ paper in England published a word about the unusually cold weather. Since thc start of the war weather has been forbidden as a subject for news comment as it might aid enemy air raid¬ ers, •
For a week the temperature in London has been around 29 degrees above zero. In some places it dropped to 2.1. The River Thames froze solidly at .some polnis and there was skat¬ ing everywhere, especially on Serpentine Pond in Hyde Park. One day, in fact, il was so cold that  nobody  went  skating.
The breaking of water pipe.^ caused great inconvenience. Thou- sand.5 of office workers reached their offices unshaven, unwashed and unfed.
Paris,    Jan.    27     (UP)-French dressmakers, in the midst ot their spring   and   summer   style   shows, I reported tonight they were expect¬ ing a big success for unusual beach j costumes despite the war, I     One outfit, designed by Alix with ' the   Florida   trade   in   mind,   had bright-hued    and    transparent    oil silk  bloomers   to  be  worn   over  a white  jersey  bathing suit.
Oiled silk skirts also were Intro- : duced  in this collection, which in- I eluded  one  in  red tied  on with a green belt. A popular while swim¬ ming   suit   has   a   shoulder-blade bolero which buttons on top of the garment to make an ensemble for a stroll on the beach. Duchess Spurs Sales I    Impetus lo sales was believed to have   been   provided   during   this week's showings by the Duchess ot Windsor, who took  lime out from her war work to look at the 1940 creations.
One of the popular mid-summer ideas brought out at the shows is a skirt of all-over embroidery which is either a dress-up beach suit or can be quickly tied on for impromptu dances. Thene there is a fad in colored knit beach socks with .sandal soles. All Sorts of Linen
Linen clothes for hot weather in¬ clude everything from handkerchief weight material to coarse crash. Alix makes a seaside dance frock of handkerchief linen wilh a long skirl in three deep horizontal bands of blue, white and red. Her favor¬ ite colors are raspberry, red, and green with lots of blue, white and cream.
Small and large plaids are used in taffetas for jackets and blouses, and plaid coats are for travel and sports.
British Tommies Are Worried
F'ufiliion High-Class Scavenger
Berlin, Jan, 27, (UPi Dame F'ashlon may be the star of the show in Paris this week but she doesn't hold a very high place in war-time Germany. In fact, she has been reduced to the position of a high-class scavenger. Fashion news is devoted to advice to harried housewives on how to rejuvenate old clothes.
Fashion here has been mixed with politics and ideology too long
With the British Army In France, Jan, 27. (UP)—British Tommies were alarmed today by a rumor that authorities were about to decree longer skirts for showgirls participating in enter¬ tainment  for  the  troops.
The rumor had it that official¬ dom at home had sent scouts to France to see what kind of entertainment the soldiers were ' getting and that the scouts had recommended more clothes for chorines.
If the rumor turns out to be true, the British Tommy will be deprived of one of the three things he likes best—sentimental songs about "the girl at home," shapely legs and snappy stories, In that order,
to retain more than -a shads of resemblance to style shows in many olher countries. The Nazi party organs periodically thunder against "the Paris prostitute styles" which are "unfit and degrading to the German mother." .Must Save Cloth
Newspapers print enjoinders to help German economy by judicious selection of dress patterns with an eye to saving cloth. And if these were not enough, there is a clothes ration card which almost throttles the wardrobe. It is difficult to be chic on one new dress a year.
Even clothes rejuvenation has its difficulties. Necessary materials such as thread or material for lin¬ ings, not to mention more elaborate trimmings, can be obtained only against precious points on the clothes ration card. leather, Buttons Hard to Get
Some kinds of ornamental buttons are almost impossible to buy in even the biggest stores. Leather handbags and accessories are not purchaseable while a special permit is needed to purchase shoes.
There has been only one style "craze" in Germany since the war started. That grew out of the cur¬ rent cold spell. It is a "Brownie Hood" which, in male eyes, is not flattering but certainly keeps the ears warm.
Utility will govern German women's fashions until the end of the war and the women are re¬ signed tn accepting It,
"The main thing," one woman re¬ marked, "is to keep warm."
Action Against Foreign Concessions As U. S. Treaty Ends
CUT FOOD SUPPLY
New Protest to Britain on Seizure From Jap Vessel
Tientsin, China, Jan, 27, (UP) — Japanese military officials suddenly resumed and tightened blockade restrictions around the British and foreign concessions today coin¬ cidentally with tension caused by expiration ot the Japanese com¬ mercial treaty wilh the United Stales,
Market stalls and concessions were quickly stripped ot food sup¬ plies. Only Italians and a few White Russians were permilled lo bring in small amounts of food for their own use, but officials failed to clarify \\lielher there was any connection between the ac¬ tion and the expiration ot the treaty or the British seizure of 21 Germans from the Japanese liner Asama. Both incidents aroused anger of Japanese na¬ tionalists against the western democracies,
(In    Tokio,    the    foreign    office spokesman   professed   complete   ig¬ norance   of   intensification   of   the Tientsin  blockade.) More Technicalities
(In Shanghai, extensive armed precautions were taken and bar¬ ricades were erected and police mobilized by foreign settlement officials as a precaution against possible demonstrations Sunday, on the Sth anniversary of the Shang¬ hai War of 1932. United States Marines reinforced police in the American sector of the Interna¬ tional Settlement.)
Japanese military officials in the Tientsin area informed the British consulate that they were electri¬ fying the barbed-wire aroound the British and French concessions, starting Sunday, This electrifica¬ tion, which extends to within a few teei of United States Marine head¬ quarters, was described simply as a "resumption" ot former action, which began during the grave British-Japanese dispute in Tient¬ sin last year and which was inter¬ rupted by the floods. Thus, tech¬ nically, the Japanese were not in¬ stituting new regulations but mere¬ ly  resuming  former  restrictions.
Food prices were doubled as a result of the Japanese action, A Japanese military spokesman said that recently passes were issued to 50 American women and children.
The Americans however were not permitted to carry parcels without having them examined and vir¬ tually all of them chose to pay exhorbilanl prices in the conces¬ sion rather than risk unpleasant¬ ness it their parcels were searched.
Protest British Seizure [
Tokyo, Jan. 27, (UP) -The gov¬ ernment of Premier Admiral Mut- i sumasa Yonai renewed "strong" representations to Great Britain today in connection with British seizure of 21 German seamen from the Japanese liner Asama and de¬ manded that the British govern¬ ment reconsider the case "from a broad viewpoint." Japan again suggested that the seamen be re¬ leased.
The foreign office gave no indi¬ cation as to Japan's intentions in event the British fail to reconsider the situation in the light of "broad" or general circumstances in the Far East, although a series of anti- British demonstratioii.i in Japanese cities today demanded vigorous ac- ; tion by the government and there ' have been proposals for retalia¬ tion against Britain. Setting up Puppet State !
The Japanese action over¬ shadowed other important develop¬ ments in the international field in¬ cluding:
1. Japanese statements that an agreement had been reached at the Tsingtao meeiing of Japanese and Chinese officials for setting up of a pro-Japanese government in China under Wang Ching-Wel in an effort to "extend general peace," co-operate with Japan and oppose Communism.
2.—Press dispatches to the Domei (Japanese) News Agency reporled an important offensive against Chinese troops estimated lo number 10,000 on the soulh side of the Yel¬ low River, soulh of Paolow and at the terminus of thc Peiping- Suiyuan Railroad, where the Chinese were said to have heen defeated. Want China "Incident" Ended
3.    The   cabinet   was   understood to have agreed that the chief task (Continued on Fags A-11)
Report Russians Fleeing in Disorder After Bloody Week of Attacking Failed To Force Flank of Mannerheim Line; Both Men and Supplies .Are Exhausted; Swedish   Volunteers  Replacing  Finns
Copenhagen, Denmark, ,Ian. 27 (UP)—A Helsinki dis¬ patch in the .Social Demokiatens tonight sflid the Russians were "giving up on the Ladoga Front" and were retreating under condition.s de.scribed, in some cases, as "chaotic."
The di.spatch .said the .Soviet leaders were exhausted, hungry and without ammunition after a week of continuous attacks north of Lake Ladoga and were no longer able to press their offensive.
The Russians were fleeing in disorder at many points, the dispatch .said.
Big Battle Nearing End
The National Tidondfs reported that Rus.sian attempts to pierce the Finni.sh lines north of Lake Ladoga had failed and tliat the defends rs liad dispersed some .Soviet columns. Tiie battle, according to this newspaper's account, appeared to be near its culmination.
Tiie Berlingske Tidendes' dispatch from the northern
Finnish front said tliat a new Russian division was expected
to reach the .Salla sector soon from Arcliangel.   It added,
j liowever, that the first contingents of Swedish volunteers
I were en route to the firing lines to relieve Finnish troops
I badly in need of rest.
' B^'or seven days the Ru.ssians had hurled men and machines at tlis Finns ncrlheast of Lake Ladoga in an effort to turn the left flank of the   Mannerheim   Line   and  thus   pave   the  way   for  an   advance  on
j Helsinki and olher cities in Southern Finland.
(While the Russians and Finns were engaged in the bloodiest fight¬ ing ot the war, (jcrmany and Great Britain were trading threats. In London, Admiralty Lord Winston Churchill said: "We do not mean indefinitely to continue merely wailing for blows that may be struck" and added, "we hope that the day will come when Adolf Hitler will be wondering where he Is going lo be struck next.")
Estimate 5,000 Reds Dead As Big Drive Is Broken
Deadly Artillery Fire Is Credited; Sink Russian Sub
By WEBB .MILLER
Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 27. (UP> - Finnish military dispatches to¬ night reported further "heavy losses" inflicted on Russian forces northeast of Lake Ladoga and neutral military experts said that the week-long Red Army offensive designed to flank Mannerheim Line   apparently   had   failed.
The results ot the seven-day of¬ fensive were considered of greatest importance here both because of the Russian failure to crack the main Finnish defenses in the south¬ east and because of the large casualties estimated al around Ti.OOO - and loss of materials suf¬ fered by the Red Army on the basis of official communiques Is¬ sued at Helsinki. Claim  Red  Sub  Destroyed
Several Russian detachments counter-attacked by the Finns or hampered by deep snow and cold weather were cut to pieces In the fighting Friday, according to the communique, which also announced that a Ru-ssian submarine had been destroyed bv Finnish mines, pre¬ sumably in the Gulf of Finland.
Other Russian units were re¬ ported "dispersed in their entirety" by the Finns, who captured much war material.
(In Stockholm, newspaper dis¬ patches said that it was indicated the Finns had scored "a great new victory" in the fighting northeast of Lake Ladoga and that an an¬ nouncement was expected that the Russian   offensive   had   ended   in
"disaster." At Copenhagen, the newspaper National Tidendes said the Finns had broken contact be¬ tween two Ru.saian divisions of about 16,000 men each at Aittojoki and Killaanjokl, northeast of the lake, and tiiat the Soviet troops were in a critical position because the Finns had broken up all at¬ tempts of other units to relieve them or deliver supplies.) Pounded by Artillery
Finnish military dispatches had 'vdicjited 'hat the Russian troops were conducting a well-organized offensive northeast ot the lake in an effort to encircle it and thus come up behind the main Manner¬ heim Line on the Karelian Isthmus, Finnish guns, especially those at the Mantsi Island fortress in Lake Ladoga, have directed a deadly cross fire at the Russian rear and, with the aid of deep snow, have slashed continually at the Red Army communication lines.
These tactics undermined and broke up the work of the Russian advance units, which were hurled back when they attacked Finnish positions. Let Down Expected
Neutral military circles here agreed that the Russians had made a heavy expenditure of men and machines in the offensive, but had failed to gain as much as a mile al any point.
The Red Army, it was pointed out, may be able to continue their pounding at the Finnish lines but their efforts at the moment are de¬ creasing rather than increasing and the original shock has been suc¬ cessfully absorbed by the Finns.
Thus,  in  view ot the  difficulties encountered   by   the   Russians   In (Continued  on  Page A-U)
Nazis Warned from English Radio While English Advertise Berlin's
Berlin,   Jan.   27.   'UP)    Officials,
I again have warned Germans to avoid   listening   lo   foreign   radio
' broadcasts—a crime punishable by imprisonment or even death-and the press has promised a shattering counter-blow to what newspapers professed to believe was a British plan for an aerial offensive against the reich. A radio speaker identified as Dr.
! Schirmer   emphasized   in   a   radio
! address lusl night that Germans or neutrals in Germany who listen to any foreign broadcasts are guilty of high treason. His warning was given  in  advance  of  the  speech  of
1 Winston Churchill, fir; t Lord of the British Admiralty, who indicated that Britain might take thc offens¬ ive against Germany in th: spring. British Promised Surpritic
Churchill's claim.s, nazi sources said, were ridiculous, especially his statement that half of the U-boals Germany had al the start of the war had heen destroyed. Of Churchill's statement that the allies
i would not always remain on the de-
' fensive, they said:
"We'll wait and see. If the Brit¬ ish want to attack, let them corns and see what is waiting for them."
lin London, the British Broad¬ casting Company announcer, after reading a news summary, said that it was presumed that many British listeners would then tune In to hear thc English-language news from Berlin. He added that the nazi. had earlier sternly warned Germans against listening to for¬ eign broadcasts and empha.9ized the freedom of Britons to hear German broadcasts. An English- language broadcaster In Berlin, V hose Oxford accent caused Brit¬ ish wits to name him "Lord Haw- Haw." broadcasts every night and sometimes is listed in the British newspaper radio programs.)
Oispatches from EurO' pean countries are now subject   to   censorship.