Word: baltics
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long reddish hair from falling away from the balding area. He skis in a fur cap, rides in all kinds of costume. He has himself photographed at all his sports except swimming. Because of his sensitiveness about his hyper-developed mammary glands, other guests were excluded from a Baltic beach where Hermann and his wife went bathing. But he displays no such squeamishness in regard to his guests' sensitivities. All of them are expected to frolic with his lion cub, Caesar, and distinguished visitors at Karinhall are invited to watch his prize cattle breed...
...this scheme for our assistance. Its details have been exhaustively discussed. It has been found to be effective in every respect. Yet it contains one weak point. How are these reinforcements to reach this country? The geographical situation of Finland places difficulties in the way. So long as the Baltic Sea is closed, that sea route is out of the question. The route to Petsamo is long and difficult, and it is, further, held by the enemy...
Last week the continued story of Sumner Welles's mission to Europe was no match for dramatic, high-pressure, Russian-Finnish peace moves in the Baltic (see p. 19). Only the U. S. State Department knew how deeply the U. S. was involved in those moves; officially the U. S. had neither asked nor been asked to mediate. Said White House Spokesman Steve Early, defining the attitude of President Roosevelt: "He didn't close any door, but he didn't open any door either...
...peace on the Baltic, with no Allied intervention, meant uninterrupted shipments of ore from Sweden to Germany...
...wanted was to lease Hanko. Said Foreign Minister Vaino Alfred Tanner, who made quite a name for himself as a phrasemaker as the week wore on: "There is no reason for the Finnish Government to occupy itself with mere talk. Let those talk who like to talk." Across the Baltic in Stockholm, Dr. Juho Paasikivi was reported to be in Sweden, "in personal contact" with a Russian diplomat. This was big news, if true...