December 3, 1939; FINNS DRIVE RUSSIANS BACK

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, DECEMBER 3, 1939:

FIVE VILLAGES

ARE ABANDONED
IN WITHDRAWAL

Artillery Fire Delays Advance

of Invaders — Many of
Their Tanks Reported
Smashed.

 

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PORT OF PETSAMO

RETAKEN FROM REDS

Capture Follows Ail-Night
March in Snow—Firemen
Work Grimly to Quell
Flames in Helsinki.

 

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War News in Brief

By the Associated Press.

Helsinki.—
Finnish troops report heavy losses Inflicted on advancing Russians in north, but withdraw in south on Karelian isthmus to Mannerheim line for firm stand; say  Russian forces driven out of entire Petsamo district in Arctic.
Rome. —
Uniformed fascist demonstrators shout anti-Soviet slogans at Russian embassy, cheer before Finnish legation.
London. —
Moscow broadcast announces mutual assistance pact between Soviet Russia and " democratic Finnish republic" government sponsored by Soviets Terljoki; Bririan announces war losses just 4 percent of her total naval tonnage.
Stockholm.—

Sweden sreengthens preparedness measures; government official says will strive to maintain her neutrality.

Paris —
France decrees gradual release of fathers to reduce aarmed forces, aid country’s internal economy.
Washington.—
Roosevelt places Russia under administration’s "moral embargo" against nations which bomb civilians.