Word: tanners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than the pre-war demands. Before the war Russia asked only enough of Karelia to put Leningrad out of Finnish artillery range; she said nothing about the Laatokka region, which controls the biggest lake in Europe; and all she 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...
...Helsinki Foreign Minister Tanner made the following statement: "The Finnish Government acknowledges the Soviet Government has forwarded demands...
William M. Tanner, member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, spoke yesterday to a social psychology class (Psychology 31) on the subject of the needs of the sharecropper...
...Helsinki, the government called men of 42 and 43 to the colors, renewed its appeal for quick help from other countries. Foreign Minister Väinö Alfred Tanner accused the Russians of using poison gas and explosive bullets. President Kallio said bitterly: "If the world ignores us in our need, we have no choice but to fight to the last...
Foreign Minister Tanner flew to Stockholm to beg two divisions from the Swedes. The Swedes refused...