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34TH YEAR, NO. 15—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
REDS' GREATEST ATTACK REPULSED
Roosevelt ProclatfftsU.SrSgmpat^^ Lewis Renews His Offer to Affiliate CIO with AFL
  T       —
Boos Heard as President   nh;)||pnffpc Denounces Communism to     ^"^"'8^^
American Youth Congrress PrGSldBIlt
Says His Interest fn SoviefJLvperrmenf Tft- A|rl Dlnn Watched  Ruthless Dictatorship  Rise;   \[J /\|y f\^\\
Warns   Against   Impractical   Schemes 	
And Hits Dewey for 'Mangling' Words     suggests Meeting
Washington, Feb. 10. (UPl—Presldent Roosevelt snid today that Rus¬ sia IS an absolute dictatorship and he proclaimed America's sympathy for Finland in her flght against  the Soviet invaders.
The chief executive made plain thai the administralion is taking no neutral stand in the northern war and emphasized his belief that 98 per cent of the American people sympathize wilh Finland.
The President's sharp criticism of Russia oarried a rebuke to the American Youth Congress whose members he addressed as lhey stood outside the soulh portico of the i While House. The Congress has declined to denounce the Russian invasion and is the cenler of con¬ troversy becauae of charges that, Communists wield loo much influ
On March 15 to Unite Labor Forces
OBSTACLES REMAIN
Meningitis' Worst Day Brings 3 More Cases, Finding of 11 Carriers
Epidemic Strike's in Wilkes-Barre^ Luzerne and Swoyerville; 4 Positive Cultures in City and 7 Among Workers. At Lance, Where Cases Are Traced
Moscow Silent On F.D's Blast
ence in its deliberations, Seea No War Danger
Mr, Roosevelt's frank avowal of the Finnish cause was expected in diplomatic circles to place further strain on U. S.-Russian relations, already jangled as a result of a broadening series of disagreements. There wa* no belief, however, llial any actual breach in relations would ensue, al least at this lime.
And as for thoughts that war with   the  Soviet  might  result  from
Moscow, Feb, 10. (UP)—Presi¬ dent Roosevelt's denunciation of Russia as a dictatorship and aggressor nation was nol reporl¬ ed by press or radio in the Soviet capital todny. There was no offi¬ cial   comment
Thc press and radio were simi¬ larly silent on the disclosures of American peace talks with Euro¬ pean neutrals, bul uiiefficial cir¬ cles asserted no European peace would be possible without the Iiarticipation of the Soviet Union,
• Moscow is not on the itinerary
our  Hid  to  Kinland,  Mr.  Roosevelt l   „f jj   g   undersecretary of Stale
called that "unadulterated twaddle.' He said the American desire lo help Finland by lending or giving money is "axiomatic," An administration bill to increase the capital of the Exporl-Imporl Bank in order to allow further non-military loans to Finland comes up for action in the Senate Tuesday, Bons are Heard
The Youth Congress heard Mr. Roosevelt's exposition of the Fin¬ nish-Russian situation in silence, for the most part A few boos were heard when Mr. Roosevelt spoke of  "unadulterated  twaddle."
A few hours later thc youth group heard Mr. Roosevelt's remarks sar¬ castically challenged by CIO Presi¬ dent John L. Lewis who character¬ ized the Youth Congress altitude toward Finland as reflecting a "fear that politicians in a warring world will in some fashion drag this country  into the war."
"After all." snid Lewis as his lifiteners     cheered -"who     has     a
Sumner Welles who is scheduled lo visit European capRa4s soon.l
Meanwhile, American diplo¬ matic officials here denied Scan- dinavivan rumors that U. S. Ambassador Laurence Sfeinhardl, who left Moscow Friday, was en route lo Stockholm to discuss mediation of the Russo-Finnish War.
As for the Russo-Finnish con¬ flict, the Soviet view ns reflected by the press was thnt "the Red Army in determined to fulfill its task of liberating fhe Finnish people from fhe Mannerheim gnng."
ment during the early days of the Russian revolution. He mentioned his hopes thak tho r«'\'olution would betler tbe lives of the Russinn people and improve its govern¬ ment.
Reds' RuthleoN DletatorHhip I
^ "Thnt hope," Mr. Roosevelt snap¬ ped, "is today either shattered or greater right lo protest against | put awny in storage ngninst a bet- war  than   thc  young  men  who  in   ter day.
the   event   of   war   would   become       "The   Soviet  Union,   as  a  matter cannon fodder'/ 1 of   practical    fact,    known   to   you
"I wonder where we are drifting nnd known to all the world, is a when the President calmly suggosto dictnlorship ns nbsolule ns nny thnf the Youth Congress has no j other dictatorship in the world, right to sny whnt il thinks nbout. "u has allied itself wilh»another the Finnish nuestion. the Russian dictatorship and it has invaded a question, the European question or neighbor so infinitesimaily small any olher question," that   it   could   do   no  injury  to  the
The president's attitude, said Soviet Union, and seeks only to I.*wis, "come to a bend-on clash Hve at peace as a democracy, and with my conception of the prin- , as a liberal, forward-looking de- eiples   of  democrntic  government." j mocrac.v at that"
In the course of his address, Mr. The ,3.,500 Youth Congress mem- Roosevelt also look a passing shot bers stood in the drizzle on the at California's hnm-and-eggs pen- White House lawn nfter parading sion plan, warned against Utopian ^ down Constitution avenue carrying schemes to aid youth (thc congress ' banners proclaiming such slogans { is lobbying for a $,500,000,000 youth 1 as: \
aid program) and renewed an argu- j     "All bow down to Martin Dies." ment  with  Republicnn  presidentinl '     "'No' to wnr tools; 'Yes' to more ' cnndidnte  Thomas  E.  Dewey  over   schools." I
Attacks Roosevelt For Criticism of Youth Congress
Wa.shington, Feb. 10. UP -Presi¬ dent John L. Lewis of the Congress of Industrial Organizations today offered to affiliate the entire mem¬ bership of the CIO wilh the American Federation of Labor in a new move to end the split in organized   labor,
Lewis suggested .March 15 as the dale  for such  a  union.
He made his proposal -a renewal in modified form of a suggestion he offered at a White House AFL- CIO peace conference last year— in an address to the American Youth   Cnngress,
The address bristled with criti¬ cism of President Roosevelt and particularly challenged the Presi¬ dent's criticism of the Youth group's attitude toward the Russo- Finnish   war.
Terms of Lewis' new peace of¬ fer were:
1, All CIO members and units lo join   the  AFL March   15.
2.—Joint conventions of the CIO and AFL to meet on that dale and ballot on a resolution that "the CIO nnd all units and membership this dny become a part of the American Federation of Labor and that charters of afhlintion be granted  to each  unil  of the CIO."
3. "All questions and details coiuarning the. relationship of the two organizations shall be taken up for later consideration in such fashion as the joint convention shall   decide."
4. Lewis lo give assurances that he   will   seek   no   office   in   the   re¬ united labor organization. Oiallengen  Roosevelt
Lewis declared that his offer was "a sincere" plan and challenged President Roosevelt lo place it be¬ fore President William Green of fhe AFL fn determine whether il is acceptable to the federation. (Continued  on  Page A-16)
JAiS A, FARLEY
Probably the most alarming I stage of the cerebro-spinal menin¬ gitis epidemic in Luzerne counly developed last evening wilh the re¬ port of three new cases, all regard¬ ed as serious, within a period of a two hours, and a further report from health authorities that 11 car¬ riers had been uncovered in four different   municipalities.
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne and Swoy¬ erville   persons  were   stricken  and the   persons  showing   positive   cul¬ tures,     and     whose     homes     were strictly quarantined  last nighl,  re¬ side  in   Plymouth,   Larksville,   Lu- j zerne and Wilkes-Barre. I     Seven    carriers   were   found   at Lance Colliery lo where about ten I cases   have   been   directly   and   in-1 directly traced.   Cultures  taken  in \ the   Glen   street   area   of   Wilkes- j Barre,    near    South    Wilkes-Barre j Colliery of the Glen Alden, resulted ¦ I in   four   persons   beinr   designated ¦ ' 8s    carriers   it   was   learned   last . night. I
;     stricken   with   the   disease   were ' Stephen Endza,   14. son of Mr. nnd : Mrs.    Michael    Endzn.    37    North i street,    Luzerne;    Kathleen    Feni- : more,   4'j,   daughter   of   Mr.   and Mrs.   Alfred   Fenimore,   117  Kidder i street,   Wilkes-Barre.   nnd   George \ \ Saxon,   31,   of   ,500   Church   street, Swoyerville.   All   are   in   the   Con- tngious  Hospital. Parents  'Work  at  Lance
Saxon   is  employed  nt  the Lnnee i Colliery,   while   the   fnther   of   the Endzn   boy  also  works  there.   Sev¬ eral   hours   before   the   Endza   case was   reporled,   Joseph   Matzan,   a : boarder   at   864   North   street   Lu- ¦ zerne,  was  listed  as  a  carrier and the   home   quarantined.   Matzan,   it also   develops,   had   been   traveling ' to and from work in nn automobile j with the father of the Endza boy. ! Onset   of   the   Endza   hoy's   sick- I ne.ss.    the    hospital    revealed,    was I Friday,   February   9,   and   a   sad i phase of the case wns that Joseph- i j ine Endza, nine-months old daugh- i j ler,   had   died   Friday   nighl.   Her illness    was    diagnosed    as    pneu- ' monia. Dr. J. W. Boyle of Luzerne diagnosed     Stephen's     illness     as meningitis.
The number of cases that have \ been reported in the county since j the first of the year in between 41 and 44. The exact figure could not be obtained la.st night All told, there hnve been 14 meningitis denths. During 1930, when the epi¬ demic broke out, 115 persons were
whnt  has happened tn national in¬ debtedness   under the New   Deal.
The President led up to his dis¬ cussion of the Russo-Finnish sil¬ ualion by describing his own per¬ sonal Interest in the Soviet experl-
"Scholarships.    no    battleships."     ] "Bury the slums before they BUry [ us." j
Explains Inlereitt tn Conimunisni Mr. Roosevelt explained that his (Continued  on   Page  A-16)
Gives Permission To Seek Delegates In Massachusetts
Finns Solve Problem of Modern War By Making 'Game* of Fighting Tanks
By HUBERT lEXKliELL I
Rovaniemi,     Finland,     B'eb.     10. \ (UP)- The   Finns   have   written   a new chapter in the history of mod¬ ern war and  it is called,  "How to Kill a Tank."
As  the  official  communiques  in- . dicale, the Finns quickly overcame i their  firat  moments of awe at the i sight   of  these   new   monsters   and developed original and highly effec¬ tive means of stopping them.
There are, of course, the conven¬ tional metliods of tank killing - mines, anti-tank guns, artillery - hut the Finns have invented others whirh have made tank-hunting a thrilling, if dangerous, sport. Grapes and C'ocktalK
These purely Finnish methods are effective oniy if the tank-hunter is ; willing to get  close enough  to his quarry   to   endanger   himself,   nnd' the Finns appear to have been will- Ing to accept that hazard.
In Today's Issue
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¦^Invles   	
Politico  	
Story  	
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Method No, 1 Is to tie six or seven hand grenades together, get within ea.sy pegging distance of the tank and smash Ihem against its sides. This weapon is known as "a bunch of grapes."
Method No. 2 is an improvement on No. 1. You include bottles of gasoline among the grenades. Tbe explosion ignites the gnsoline and the tank crew either crawls out and surrenders or is burned to death. This weapon is called the "Molotov Cocktail," in honor of Soviet Premier Viacheslav Molotov. Fun If Vou Like It
Method No. 3 is very simple bul also very dangerous. You just shove a wooden pole or log between fhe caterpilinr treads of the tanks and their revolving wheels. If the tank crew doesn't puncture you with machine gun bullets before you get the job done, the tank is stalled and at the mercy of your sharpshooting colleagues.
The most sportsmanlike method, however, is No. 4. You sneak up to a lank through the woods, climb aboard it from behind, pry off the lid with n crowbar and drop a hand grenade  inside.
Then .vou drop off and run like hell to keep from getting blown up yourself.
Boston, Feb, 10 lUPi James A, Farley is a candidate for the Dem¬ ocratic presidential nomination, il was revealed tonight by Chairman William H. Burke jr. of the Dem¬ ocratic stale committee who has received a power of attorney lo select a convention delegation pledged lo the Postmaster-General. Burke said he had wrillcn Farley Feb. 7 telling him that many lead¬ ing    Democrats    in    Massachusetts
1 had expressed a desire that he run. Burke asked for a power of at¬ torney to seek pledged delegates and received this reply:
"The Democrats of .Massachu¬ setts who speak through you as slate chairman do me a great honor  and  I would nol be  human
I if I did not say to you that I ap¬ preciate the compliment
"Consider this lelter your author¬ ity, or power of attorney, to file delegates pledged to my candidacy " The   letter   was  signed   "James  A.
I Farley."
I Believes K,D, Approves |
Burke said he had no direct knowledge    of    the    intentions    of i
' President Roosevelt but said he be- | lieved "that Mr. Farley's procedure ;
; in agreeing to engage in a contest for the Massachusetts delegates has
i the approval of the President . . , ,
\ "My observation of the current views of Democrats of Massachu¬ setts has convinced me that they are overwhelmingly in favor of a third term for Mr Roosevelt, hut that lacking the opportunity lo sup¬ port   him   in   such   a   venture   lhey
I are willing to be committed to the support of Mr, Farley," I
stricken   and   24   death   resulted, :More  Carriers   Found
Cultures laken of Lance Colliery workers showed these people to be   carriers:
William Ellis, 611 Lee street, Plymouih: Al Mullen, 262 East .Main slreet, Plymouih; Joseph Matzan, 864 North street, Luzerne; Thomas Roccograndl, 607 East Main street, Larksville; Jaek Wy- chulis, 90 Walnut slreet, Plymouih; John Byorick, 25 Pierce street, Plymouth, and Leo Kompka, 84 Cheslnut  street   Larksville,
Dr. Benjamin S. Davis, in charge in Pi.vmouth, immediately assigned Health Officer Harrison to the task of quarantining the affected homes and also placarding them with warning signs. He also com¬ municated wilh Health Officer Evans of Larksville nnd precau¬ tionary measures likewise were car¬ ried out Dr. Davis, it was said, ordered a police guard to see that quarantine was not broken in any instance.
"I feel that isolation is the best means   possible   to   wipe   out   this epidemic." Dr. Davis said. "We can¬ not be too cautious." Nninm Withheld in City
Health Officer Edward J. Pugh revealed that several carriers were found from cultures taken on Glen street cily, formerly known as Old .Mill slreet, but refused to give out the names. They are said to num¬ ber four.
"Anybody cnn be a carrier," said Mr. Pugh, "so we don't like lo publicize the nanies."
He said, however, that the homes affected have been quarantined and posted. Location of the areas in¬ volved therefore can be determined by the presence of such signs.
The Wilkes-Barre girl who was stricken wilh meningilis is the daughter ot an unemployed Bast End resident. Dr. A. C. Miller of this clly and State Epidemologisl Dr, Ira Miller diagnosed tbe case. There are three other children in the family, Flllen, 13; Geraldine, 11 and Albert, 6. Luzerne Warned
There are six young children in the fQndz family, four of them at¬ tending school, and Luzerne school aufhorilies late last nighl were notified of the necessity for co- operalion lo prevent a further spread of the malady. Three of the children have been attending (Continued   on   Page   A-10)
Silver Shirt Leader Put Behind Bars
Attorney Savs He Doesn't Want to 'Put Judge on Spot'
PAROLE VIOLATOR
Pelley Angers Dies Committee By Praising it
Washington,   Feb,   10.   UP   Wil¬ liam   Dudley   Pelley,   chief   of   the ; Silver Shirt Legion, was in Wash¬ ington   jail   tonigiit   and   prepared lo spend the week end heliind bars because   his   atlnrney   didn't   want lo  make  "political  capital"  out  of any   move    to   release   him, [     His  attorney, T.  Edward  O'Con¬ nell, said that Pelley would slay in jail   because   he   didn't   "wish   lo put   a   judge   on   the   spot," i     Pelley,   who  was  arrested  todav as he told the Dies Committee that I he  considered democracy "thc  rule i of the mob," offered a $10,000 check drawn    on    the    Central    Hanover Bank and Trust Co. of .New York, in  payment of the  $10,000 bail set by the court. Says He'll Fight
O'Connell   applied   for   a   writ   of habeas   corpus,   which   he   alleged was   signed   hy   one   of   the   local judges,  bul  said thnt he  would  lei his client slay in jail until Monday I morning,   "because   we   don't   want I any    political    capital    made    if    a I judge   takes   a   step   to   aid   Pelley Wlthoul  Inking  the  affair  into  an open   court" j     O'Connell said  that "in  this type of case, only one side is heard," and added thnt he  didn't want lo  "put any judge on  the spot" j     After spending almo.st four hours j pacing  In   his   cell.   Pelley   told   re¬ porters   at   the   jail.   "I've   all   the money   in   the   world   to   fight   this case    supplied   by   my   friends  whn believe in what I stand for.    I will fight this case  up  to  the  Supreme Court   of   the   United   Stales.   .   .   , I'm slill  strong  for  the   Dies Com¬ mittee and I never considered my¬ self a  fugitive from justice."
Pelley  had   been   deprived  of  his necktie   and   suspenders,   a   routine precaution taken with all prisijiers (Continued on  Page A-ll)
Defenders Claim Russians Driven Back in Disorder
Mannerheim Line on Isthmus Holds,' Setback of Commnists Above Lake Becoming Collapse with Death of Division Commander \ow Reported; Finns List Spoils of Victories
By R.ALPH FORTE
Helsinki. Feb. 10 (IP)—Messages from the ."Mannerheim Line tonight reported that the Finn.s were holding de.'«pi(e the Greatest Red .\rm.v offensive of the war and that in some Karelian Lsthmus sectors Rus.sian forces had been driven back in disorder after heavy lo.sse.s.
At llie same time, tlie Rus.sian military .setliack northeast of Lake Ladoga appt-ared to lie a,s,siiniing sficat prnportions on tlu^ ba.sis of Kiiini.sh advicfw. These said 800 Russian.s, , inchidinn' the commander of the Uth Division, Colonel i Morisoff, had been killed and i.-^olatod Soviet units were fight- ling for their lives after collapse of the Red Army attempt : to flank the .Mannerheim Line.
Report Russian Losses
Meanwhile, an  nfficial statement said that at the end of ten week! of war   through last Wednesday   the Russian war losses included:
I Ships      8
Submarines        1
! Airplanes    327
Tanks  594
Machine guns  294
Other guns  - 206
The statement said a  number of Russian ships had been badly dam¬ aged. New Pressure for Pea**
(In Stockholm, press dispatches reported that Ihe Finnish com- ninnder-in-chief, (Jen. Baron Gustnv von Mannerheim, hnd left the front northeast of Lake Lndoga and was now directing the Finnish defense on fhe Kareiian Isthmus. Scandi¬ navian dispatches also said that sources close fo the Finnish general staff were now inclining toward some form of compromise peace with Russia in nn effort to avoid further  bloodshed.)
bigger than in  any nlher phase of the   war.)
Finns said that all of the Ru.ssian attempts lo cra.sh through the Tai¬ pale River end (adjoining Lake Ladoga) of the deep .Mannerheim Line in order to turn the Finnish flank had been repulsed al a bitter price for the Russians, Machine gun and rifle fire and occasion hand-to-hand bayonet clashes where Russian advance units broke through lemporarily were reported frnm th.it sector. (lalni SO Tanks
Russian tank losses yesterday were placed at 30, but there was no official report of bringing down any of the Russian airplanes that bomb  the  P'innish  lines.
The death of Colonel Borisoff in
Ihe    fighting    northeast    nf    Lake
Ividoga  was   viewed, by  the  Finns
„.     „ J,      i ""   indicating   a   Ru.ssian   disaster
The  Russian  pre.ssure,  according | !„  that ntfempt-^now  three  weeks
Tornado Toll Placed At 20 Dead, 500 Injured
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Two-Minute Blow/ Levels Wide Section Of Georgia Resort Town
Albany, Ga., Feb. 10. UP -Res¬ cuers dug into wind-twisted wreck¬ age of this south Georgia cily tonight, searching by lamp light for victims of n tornado believed to have killed more than a score of persons and to have injured al least   500.
The known death toll was 20. but cily officials tonight received unconfirmed reports tliat the bod¬ ies of three white persons and a negro had been uncovered in the tangled mass of timbers and stone. Official attempts to find and identify the newly-discovered bod- ie.T were unsuccessjul. Power   Partly  Restored
Electric power had been restored only to scattered sections of the cily tonight as public agencies and the slale militia sought to care for more than 2.000 homeless per¬ sons and repair damage estimated at   about   $8,000,000.
Flora Dell Shiver and O. B. Roberts, both of Albany, were the only Identified white persons killed by the wind that struck at dawn Saturday, smashing the business district and cutting a swath five blocks wide througb the residential district. The remaining 18 known dead were Negroes who were trapped   ill   flimsy   dwellings.
Two Negroes died under falling train sheds nt the terminal rail¬ road  station.
Thc sudden twister that roared into thin resort nnd farming center knifed away the top floor from the St. Nicholas Hotel, smashed almost every store front in tnwn and blew the clock from the nougherty counly courthouse. Few   Denths   Mlrarulnus
The low death toll was described
Report Quintuplets Died at Birth
Call, Colombia, Feb. 10. (UP) - Advices received here tonight said that Senora Maria Jesus Ardila, wife of Leon Cesar Garces Ardila, had given birth to quintuplets in the town of Versalles, but that the four girls and one boy had died shortly after  birth.
The children were born pre¬ maturely, according to the re¬ ports. The mother was said to be   in   excellent   condition,
by cily and state officials as "miraculous" in view of tbe devast¬ ation of stout buildings, wind that tore away walls of rooms without harming occupants and filled streets wilh high voltage power lines  without  causing  fires.
Albany's    fire    department    was credited wilh holding damage to a minimum  by quickly extinguishing furnace   nnd   boiler   fires   in   build- \ ings throughout the damaged area.
The blow lasted but two minutes. Then roofs blocked the streets. Trees and telegraph poles had top¬ pled over. Three-fourths of the business district establishments were demolished or damaged, I
.'Martial Ijiw Proi'lainied j
Martial    law    was    immediately proclaimed   by  Gov.   E.   D.   Rivera ; and   300  nalional   guardsmen   took i over  law  enforcement
The  Red Cross,  WPA,  CCC, and Americnn   Legion   organized   units 1 to assist  with  relief and clear the debris.
Doctors and nurses from nearby town/ responded to an appeal for help. They sel up four firsl aid ' stations in srhool houses to care for those who could not get in the Putney Memorial Hospital, which treated 300 eases.
French Insist on Victory Before Talk Of Terms of Peace
Paris, Feb. 10. (UP) The cham¬ ber of deputies gave the g iverii- menl of Premier Edouard Daladier an unanimous vole of confidence tonight in a demonstration general¬ ly viewed as designed to offset uii- (iercover attempts to discredit the cabinet's conduct of the war and in favor of fighting nazism to a finish.
At the same time, a scmi-olficial statement echoed the attitude of (Jreat Britain as exprcsscil in Lon¬ don yesterday in regard lo the neccessily of crushing the "recur¬ rent menaces lo peace" from Ger¬ many before any progress can be expected in connection with peace talks in which the United Stales is interested. Peace .>liiNt Await Victory
"Any economic plans envisaged between the iAmerican) state de¬ partmenl and neutrals could be¬ come concrete only if the recurrent menaces to peare are eliminated." the stalement said.
President Roosevelt's decision lo send Sumner WeMes to Europe to report on what he sees on both sides of the battle lines provoked general approval and it was em¬ phasized that lhey did not expect to Paris, bul official sources em- phazide that they did nol expect the visit to result In any definite peace moves. Vote  Answer to Nails, Reds
The vote of confidence in the Daladier government, afler two days of secret discussion In the chamber, was ,534 tn 0. The vole was viewed as a demonstration against whnt Dnlndier snid were efforls of German and Russian ((Ontinued en Pago A-16)
to Finnish information, is trc- meiidoiis on Ihr Karelian Isthmus and now extends all along the Man¬ nerheim Line, including the Kira- liojacrvi. Kuninia, Punnusjaervi, V'ulski and Taipnle sectors. On the central ,ind northern fronts there also has been renewed pressure, except iiorlhensi of Lake Ladoga, hut il cannot be compared to the pressure in the Karelian hnttle W'here many thoii.sands nf fresh and well-trnined trnnps hnve been thrown into the frny. Terrific I.o«sp« for Both Armies
So far, the Finns report, the Karelian offensive hns fniled nnd the Russinns have suffered huge hut indefinite casualties. Hundreds of Russian dead and wounded hnve been left on the bnttlefields, ac¬ cording lo these messages, ns a re¬ sult of reckless Red Army plunges ngainst the Mannerheim Line and Finnish roiinter-thrusts which drove them bnck in disorder at some points.
(Finnish ca.suallies have been aii- nnunced in line wilh the usual mili¬ tary secrecy in Helsinki, but the in¬ tensity of the fighting on the isthmus front indicated that the losses on bnth sides were ns big or
old to encircle the lake and at¬ tack the Mannerheim Line from the rear. Borisoff was killed on Thursday,  it was  reported.
The Red Army forces northeast of fhe lake have now been haltered nimost to pieces, according to the Finnish messages, with isolated units flghting desperately fo escapo encirclement in the deep snow and woods. Raids on Central Front
Large amounts of Russian war materials were reported captured by the Finns northeast of the lake.
Tn the Kuhmo sector of the Cen¬ tral Front Finnish patrols on skia and armed chiefly with hand gren¬ ades were reported more active. Dispatches said that they had mado many raids on enemy positions. .Striking suddenly nnd swiftly on their skis and hurling hand gren¬ ades into machine grun nests aa lhey fled past the Russian outposts.
There was patrol action as tho Russians attempted to keep tho Finns engaged in the Suomussalmi sector In an apparent efTort to pre¬ vent reinforcement of the Karelian defense  forces.
Towns  Bombed  Again
Helsinki, Feb.  10  iUP)—An offl- (Continued on  Page A-16)
Turkey Works for Peace Wliile Building up Reserves for War
By HI (iO SPECK I
Istanbul, Feb. 10. (UP) Turkey today is redoubling efforts to pre¬ serve peace in thc Near Eas^ and playing for time while .-^he builds up vital supply reserves for use if  war  should   come.
Many diplomatic observers here Hie skeptical on Ihe prospects for peace and there is a nervousness in the press to what the spring wili bring. Hniie is unanimous that it will nol bring war fo thc Balkans and  the  eastern  Mediterranean.
While Turkey is well removed from present scenes of conflict, the war is felt keenly here. Alignment with the Allied powers recently brought tension in Turkey's rela¬ tions with the Reich and yesterday the Moscow trade union organ Triid nrcdicted that Turkey would fnll prey to the Allied "war¬ mongers." Break   with   Nazis   Exaggerated
For the moment, relations with Germany are tense bul not critical. An exhaustive check in semi¬ official circles here. Turkish as well as German, showed no foun¬ dation for foreign reports that 100 German technicians had been given 40  hours  lo  leave  the  i ountry.
It was poll.ted out that the re¬ port might have been an exag¬ geration of fhe dismissal of aboul 20 German oxperts  over a period
of months in a move to removo all Germans gradually from posts in   Turkish    industry.
As far as could be learned lher« are no Germans employed In sub¬ marine yards here, all of them either having returned to the Reich or are preparing to do so. lOO.nOO   l'nder   Anus
With a potential military .'orco of 2.000,000 men, Turkey today il believed by competent military ob¬ servers lo have 350.000 or 400.(X)0 under arms. These same quarters state, with official confirmation impossible, that the majority of the men under arms are near tho Russo-Turkish frontier. v»ith som* 15.000    in   European   Turkey.
On the lines of modern mech¬ anized warfare Turkey does not appear to have a comfortablo backlog. II was learned that thero is only one month's reserve supply of tires for the nation's 8,000 domestic cars, and military quar¬ ters hinted the same might b« true for the motorized army forcoa.
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