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THE CHINA MAIL; JANUARY 20;: 1940-
RED ARMY UNIT CUT OFF Annihilation Or Surrender A Matter Of Time
SOVIET'S HEAVY
LOSSES IN
THE WAR
Paris, To-day.
A BIG RUSSIAN FORCE is cut off from all supplies near Pitkaranta, on the northern shores of Lake Ladoga, according to reliable information reach- ing Paris.
It is stated that the Finns are not wasting lives in attacking the Russians but are waiting a day or two until cold and hunger forces them to surren- der.
Meanwhile it was announced in Helsinki yesterday that during the seven weeks of war 205 Soviet planes have been shot down and a number of other losses may be revealed when the snow melts.
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The Russians also lost 434 tanks, 1,898 machineguns and
522 cars various types.
The Finns have captured 1,560 horses alive and have destroyed 03 field-kitchens,
Soviet air raids yesterday caused the death of one person and injuries to 45 in the entire country.
The Finns shot down three Soviet planes during the day-Reuter. ·
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COALMINES WRECKED BY GUERILLAS
Peiping, To-day.
A party of Chinese gueritias yesterday raided and wrecked the coal mines at Choukontiem, 20 miles south-east of Pelping Reuter.
MARINE FOSSILS
IN MIDLANDS Large quantities of marine fossils
DANGER OF WAR
TO NORWAY
Oslo, To-day.
been
The danger of war was the subject of a talk given by King Haakon of Norway at a dinner on Thursday night.
Although so far Norway had able to avoid war, he said, many dif- ficulties confronted her to-day. There was one ray of Hope, however, the solidarity of the Norwegian people, and he was confident that this would enable them to maintain a free and independent Norway.
M. Hambro, the Premler, said that
to Finland for an early and honour- able peace---Reuter.
are being dug up by gardeners in the Midlands village of Hellidon, near Daventry. Recent specimens include their thoughts and good wishes went cockles, oysters and scallops, whose perfectly preserved shells are em- bedded in lumps of sandstone,
These specimens are estimated to be many thousands of years old, and their presence in the Midlands is be- lived to be due to some volcanic up- heaval of prehistoric times.
Many of the fossils are being un- earthed quite close to the surface.
LIMITED
DENMARK'S
NEUTRALITY
COPENHAGEN, TO-DAY.
IF NECESSARY DENMARK MUST USE THE MEANS AT HER DIS- POSAL TO PROTECT AND ENSURE RESPECT FOR HER PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE, SAYS A RESOLU- TION DRAFTED BY REPRESENTA- TIVES OF ALL PARTIES IN THE FOLKETING (PARLIAMENT) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COM- MUNISTS AND NATIONAL SOCIA- LISTS (NAZIS).
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The resolution was inbled in Par- liament yesterday.
It adds it is agreed on all sides in the Denmark that the neutrality of
country must be maintained, and it assures the Government of Parlia- ment's support of this end-Reuter.
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MER LOXLEY &
MOTHER--WORRIED- OVER ONLY SON'S CRAZE
Mrs. Eileen Stevenson, wife of Cap- tain F. L. Stevenson, governor of Pen- tonville Prison; was worried by her only son's craze for flying and his wish to leave school and join the RAF. A few days ago she was found dead as a result of an overdose of a sleeping drug. A verdict of death from misadventure was returned by the coroner who said there was no evidence to show that she took her own life. She had been taking sleeping tablets for some years, as she had always been a bad sleeper. Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the pathologist, said that people who took drugs of this group would take a dose, forget about it, and take another.
'DEAD' AIRMAN BROADCASTS
Aircraftman J. Nelson, whose home is at Enfield-street, Belfast, broadcast from Germany that he is a prisoner there and is well.
He had been brought. down: in: 'a fight over Germany; and his parents had been, unofficially, informed of his death.
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