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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH January 31, 1940.
WILLING TO BUILD 50,000-TON
BATTLESHIP
U.S. To Construct 77
Now Warships
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Reuter)
US. -Mr. Charles Edison, the Secretary of the Navy, sald that the tendency to limit the size of a ship; to the maximum named in defunct) treaties уля unsound from miltary view-point,
the
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FROM PAGE ONE
forces in an
attempt to break the Finnish lines and to amools through in a coutherly direction while large the Finnish forces are tied up on Luke Ladoga front.
·
Reds Trapped
By WEBB MILLER-
UNITED PRESS WAR CONRESPONDENT
Transport Services Dislocated
LONDON, Jan. 30 (Reuter).-- The intensely cold weather is still dislocating transport, and railway communication with Scotland is impossible except by the East Coast route.
A new record for "the longest renched Glasgow this afternoon after delay" was set by a triin which taking 45 hours to do the journey, which normally takes ten hours.
This is an extreme example but shows the kind of diffculties which long distance trains are experiencing. Food Supplies Affected
WITH THE FINNISHI ARMTY, Jan. He explained that it was not in-30 (UP)-Russian soldiers marching tended politically to change the size to the front lines were trapped by a of the two 45,000 battleships, for sudden Finnish barrage last night.
The Finns concentrated their artii- which funds have been requested, lery fire on the Russian lines as the
but if it takes 50,000 tons to carry reinforcements were firriving. the guns and armour of a battleship,
The artillery section co-operated right, I say." All
Similarly it would be folly to with the Finnish Air Force, which
The London suburban train service wenken a heavy cruiser by restricting launched simultaneous bombing and it to 10,000 tons Jf 14,000 would make machine-gunning operations against
the marching Red reinforcements. was bad on Monday and this morn- it better.
The Finnish airmen wiped out one ing, but a return to normal service| ¡column of about 800 men and shat-is expected to-night.
tered and dispersed a second column which was about a mile long.
77 New Warships The programme recommends the construction of 77 warships as well as planes and auxiliary vessels.
The joint operations completely The House Committee, however, is terminated ussian activity in this considering a two-year programme, particular section. providing only 21 new warships.
It is claimed that between 1,200 Mr. Edison declared that the and 1,400 Russians were killed as a Navy's realization of the situation in result of the operations. 1946 made them belleve that they should start building as promptly, es fast and in as great a volume nal is praettenble.
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a regular service should be possible from to-morrow.
In the meantime, people are asked to cechomise and net to complain if "WINNER, TAKE ALL" with Soviet Attacks Weaken
they could not get exactly the food HELSINGFORS, Jan: 30 (Reuter).supplies which they want at The Soviet attacks on the north-moment. east of Lake Ludoga are becoming fewer and wenker.
Fighting is still centred in four major points, but the Finns are in
BIRTH
the
possession of strong positions and can|SALMOND.-To Isobel, wife of C. G.
Saunch successful counter-attacks.
Deep snow is restricting the move- ments of the Soviet tanks.
London Reaction The Finnish fort on Mantees Island
nene
the north-east shore of Lake! LONDON, Jun. 31 (Reuter). Ladoga has been shelled by the London Times," an editorial un Hitler's speech, bays that the tirade Russian rear lines.
in
The Soviet Army tried to capture
of beasts, threats and hatred is only the fort and several hundred soldiers interesting as an example
of the
systematic mendacity upon which were killed yesterday on the frozen
lako, German morale is
buill upparently Plt displays a fear of the Allled war alms," the "Times" says.
The vital importance of personal initiative was emphasised by Marshal
he when
presented "The Mannerheim
to 2,500 Finnislt
The "Daily Telegraph"; screams last night were thrill and awards, to-day the abuse was a parody of itselt.soldiers. The more often Hitler makes suel spreches, the more swift will the twilight of Hitlerism' durken,
Russian Attacks Repulsed HELSINGFORS, Jan. 30 (Reuter) An ocial communique issued to- "Each shriek betrays the man's day statea that a few enemy attneks drend of British power and his con-to the north-east of Lake Ladoga sciousness of inferiarity in the con-have been repulsed resulting in heavy flict he has provoked."
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Paris Reaction
enemy casualties and the destruction of iwe Russinn tanks.
The Red Navy, supported by air- eruft artillery, attacked Mantees Fort
On the Karellan Isthmus, the Fin PARIS, Jan. 31 (Router)-Hitler's but were repulsed. speech is regarded in officiul and nish Coastal Force defended against other vircles as edding
nothing new.
practically several enemy batteries.
It is estimated that 200 enemy It is thought here that the speech planes flew over Flaland yesterday Indientes that the German milltary in the Abo Hango Tumninari district. commanders are not yet prepared to Pernaja, two coast towns on the Gul
and forsake the path of caution and are of. Bothnia
a hospital were. anxious to have more time for diplo-bombed while the Nures district matic preparations.
was bombed several times. It is pointed out that Hitler sald; nothing of Russia as a war ally; on the contrary, his reference to Italy are noted. It is thought that Iitles, on the eve of the Balkon conference
had obvious reasons for reminding Italy of her old friend.
Finn Losses Enumerated
HELSINGFORS, Jan. 31 (Reuter).) -It.is.officially announced that there; have been 043 raids on Finland slee the war began.
21 Planes Brought Down 'According to reports received up to now, more than 30 civilians were killed and about 50 wounded in! yesterday's raids.
Salmond, Ettie Estate, Kegalle, Ceylon, on January 14, 1940, à daughter.
FINNS NOT
AFRAID
Jan.
30
HELSINGFORS, (UP). The news of yester- day's air casualties has not frightened the Finas although it is stressed that the need of adequate armament with which to combat the invaders is more urgent than ever.
A Finnish alt expert sold: "I am sure that if we could get a fair number of new fighter planes, the Russian avlators could never repeat yesterday's feats.".
The damage done to properly at Turku yesterday was the heaviest of the war with the exception of the bombing of Fling un November 30 when 55 were killed and 80 wounded. columns, troops quarters and railway
tations.
It is claimed that 21 enemy planes were shot down with the loss of only one Finnish plane.
The Russians did not break through in the north-east of Lake The Finnish aircraft bombed a Ladoga us reported this morning. certain harbour and the vessels lying They are moving forward, but the there, enemy motor-lorries, transport Finns are resisting
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The air raid casualties. killed, 330 seriously injured and 515 slightly injured.
Three hundred Russion planes). have been brought down and at least 800 Red airmen have been kill- ed or captured.
There have been 24 instances ofi hospitals and churches having been) bombed or machine-gunned.
Big Battle Begins
HELSINGFORS, Jan. 31 (Reuter). Reuter's". Correspondent with the Finnish forces states that flerce fight-i Ing is now raging at Rasti, in cen- tral Finland, where the Finns have been entrenched since the end of December.
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