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...Tsarist colonel before the Revolution; then he went over to the Reds. Always his jobs have been mental jobs-General Staff Operations Chief; Chief of Frunze Red Banner Military Academy, Russia's Staff School; Chief of Staff. He planned the invasion of eastern Poland in 1939; he beat Finland; he timed the great counterblow from Moscow in December. He has found time to write many heavy tomes, the greatest of which are The Cavalry, On the Vistula and the three-volume Brain of the Army...
Fine acting, expert photography, and an excellent script depicting a modern Florence Nightingale make "Girl from Leningrad" fine film-fare. With its authentic Mannerheim Line scenes showing the Soviet troops in action against Finland and Germany as a background for a Red Cross nurse romance it packs a terrific wallop...
Thus, Helsinki's Uusi Suomi expressed its-and many a Finn's-fed-upness on the war against Russia last week. With the more leftist Suomen Sosialidemo-kraati, organ of the strongest Finnish labor groups, expressing the same sentiments, there was sound indication this week that all Finland was feeling the same...
There was something in the air at Stockholm also. The arrival in Stockholm of Finnish Premier Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Trade Minister Väinö Alfred Tanner, Supply Minister Henrik Ramsay and onetime Premier Juho Kusti Paasikivi, started rumors that Finland was asking Russia for peace. Finns claimed these important ministers were in Stockholm to discuss food only, but this subject is closely related to peace in Finnish minds...
...been sent to Moscow again, because he got on so well with Stalin before. The Finns hope for better terms from Stalin than from Molotov. But this time old Juho will have to be quick to the point and clear-cut in his demands if he wants peace for Finland...