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Composer Jean (Finlandia) Sibelius, 87, great bald eagle of symphonic music, was named winner of the first international Wihuri Foundation music award (after Millionaire Finnish Shipowner Antti Wihuri) for "promoting the spiritual and economic work of humanity." The $21,250 prize money, added to the generous lifetime annuity he gets from a grateful Finland, should keep him puffing his beloved cigars till the end of his days...
...Helsinki, Millionaire Shipowner Antti Wihuri, frightened by the sudden glare of publicity, tried to decide whether he should risk his ship and the wrath of the West by ordering the Wiima on, or break his contract with the Communists by ordering her to cancel delivery. At week's end, distraught Owner Wihuri fled to the privacy of a hospital bed, insisting as he went that the cargo which the Wiima took aboard in Red Rumania really wasn't aviation oil, but domestic oil for the lamps of China. "That's what it says in my contract...
Peace and Paralysis. Next in line were the Finns. Minus their chairman, Premier Antti Hackzell, who had suffered a stroke four hours before, they marched up to the Kremlin to learn their fate. Without audible comment they sent the terms to Helsinki. Then the Germans, on orders from Berlin, went back on their agreement to evacuate Finland, began to attack. Angrily, the Finns said a state of war existed with Germany, sent Foreign Minister Carl Enckell to Moscow to give the Government's answer. At week's end there was no sure sign whether Russia's terms...
Finns Bow. For a fortnight the Finns had queued up before Government Alko-holiliike (liquor stores), which had suddenly opened after a long shutdown. They had drunk toasts to peace. Then, at last, under the eye of old Baron Carl Mannerheim, Prime Minister Antti Hackzell broadcast Nazi weakness to all the world: "It is not possible for Germany to give us sufficient help to stay...