MEN OF FORTY
CALLED UP FOR SERVICE IN FINLAND EXTENDED AIR RAIDING BY ENEMY. RUSSIANS USING NEW TYPE OF TANK. B.y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Dav. 11.5 a.m.) HELSINKI, December 20. Men of forty years of age have been called up for military service. About one hundred Soviet planes flew over Helsinki. Viipuri, Mango. Turke and other areas for between four and five hours and a number of civilians were killed. Incendiary bombs caused several fires at Viipuri and Turko. Coastal batteries drove off the raiders at Kotka and shot down two near Viipui i. Intense cold put out of action 200 Soviet tanks. Transport vehicles on the northern front were abandoned when oil froze in the engines. It is officially reported that the Russians south of Salmajarvi are using a new type of tank, fitted with a tractor propeller, resembling an aeroplane propeller, enabling it to move more easily over the snow.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 December 1939, Page 8
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