KRONSTADT IN FLAMES
ACCORDING TO NORWEGIAN REPORT. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) OSLO, December 11. The newspaper “Sjoefartstidende” quotes an eyewitness as declaring that the Kronstadt naval base is in flames after a bombardment.
RUSSIAN LOSSES ATTACKS IN PETSAMO REGION. (Received This Day. 9.50 a.m.) ROME. December 11. A semi-official newsagency report from Oslo states that 500 Russians have been killed and 200 taken prisoner in the recent attacks in the Petsamo region.
LIFE IN HELSINKI ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. FOOD ABUNDANT AND CHEAP. (Received This Dav. 10.40 a.m.)' HELSINKI, December 11. Although over two-thirds of Helsinki's population has been evacuated, cinemas are reopening, buses and trains and running skeleton schedules, food is abundant and cheap and six newspapers are published daily. Russian prisoners state that the Red Armies are without ambulances and doctors. Many Asiatics arc fighting with the Red Army. YOUNG VOLUNTEERS SCHOOLBOYS TRY TO ENT,IST IN FINLAND. (Received This Day. 10.40 a.m.) STOCKHOLM. December 11. M Erkko, Finnish Charge D'Affaires at Stockholm, revealed that 6000 Finnish schoolboys had tried to enlist. DANISH NURSES SIX THOUSAND OFFER SERVICES. (Received This Dav. 10.40 a.m.) COPENHAGEN. December 11. Over 6000 Danish nurses have volunteered to join the Danish Red Cross unit in Finland.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 December 1939, Page 7
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