Word: helsinki
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Russian Army, the Helsinki radio appealed in the best tradition of the U. S. S. R.: "Soldiers, arise! Destroy the provocateurs responsible for this...
Finnish Composer Jean Julius Christian Sibelius refused offers of haven all over Europe, said he would sit tight at his Ainola estate near Helsinki. Finnish Runner Paavo Nurmi taped the windows of his Helsinki sporting goods shop, went ofi to enlist as a chauffeur. Finnish Author Frans Eemil Sillanpda, his seven offspring at his heels, left for Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize for literature. Unable to stand drinks en route, Author Sillanpaa excused himself: "It's a little awkward at the moment but I'll soon have some money...
Last week for Herbert Hoover a cycle of history came full circle. Bombs fell on Helsinki and Bolshevism again marched West...
...Finns used some of their limited supply of planes to bomb the Russian base at Baltiski, Estonia. This was not pure cockiness, as it seemed, because the Russians are short on seaplanes and need land bases from which to operate. If these bases could be destroyed, Helsinki and other Finnish cities would be spared many terrors...
...HELSINKI--Finnish forces were reported unofficially tonight to have invaded Russian territory in a strong drive north of Lake Ladoga which the Government's military communique described as a "great success" costing the Red Army heavy casualties...