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According to the Finns, most ofthe soviet Russian troops they haveencountered have been from theKirghiz soviet socialist republic,which is a constituent republic ofthe soviet union, said a dispatchfrom Kirkenes, Norway, Friday.The Kirghiz republic is in centralAsia and approximately 2,300 milesfrom Finland.

troops, having broken thru the mainFinnish defense lines in the area ofthe river Taipaleenjoki [Taipale], areadvancing with battles in the direc-tion of Kexholm."

Ski Attack Reported.LONDON, Dec. 9 (A».-A Reuters

[British news agency] dispatch fromHelsingfors today said white cladFinns on skis had attacked Russianson a two mile front in the extremenorth, taking their foes by surpriseand inflicting heavy losses .

Report Hango Bombed.COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 9

(ip).-Press dispatches received todaysaid Hango, strongly fortified port onFinland's southwestern coast, hadbeen bombed by Russian warplanes.

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Unemployment Increasesas Trade Wanes.

BY LARRY RUE.[Chicago Tribune Press Service.]

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 9.-De-spite the economic problems confront-ing both countries, life seems to bestill normal in Belgium. and theNetherlands. Both countries havelost more than 50 per cent of theiroverseas trade as a result of the Brit-ish-French blockade of Germany andboth need new revenue because of theadditional burdens of mobilizationand other emergency measures; de-creased tax returns due to waningbusiness and incomes, and increasedunemploymen t.In Brussels one still can buy any-

thing from imported fruits to caviar,but prices of some commodities havebeen increased. There is a feeling ofanxiety, however, as to when reac-tions to the blockade will take effect.

Distribute Ration Cards.No one is able to guess whether

this will be sudden or gradual. TheBelgian government already is dis-tributing food rationing cards. Whatproducts will be affected has not yetbeen decided.Holland is rationing sugar and

beans, but everything else may bepurchased on the open market.While the export of foods, textiles

and chemicals from the low countriesis prohibited, trade still is going onwith Germany. Altho the new two-way blockade of German imports andexports has delayed signature of aFrench-Belgian economic treaty, theprovision in the proposed pact forexchange of French iron ore for Ger-man coke already is being carried out,THE TRIBUNE correspondent is in-formed. The reason is that Franceneeds coke more than Germany needsore, most of which remains in Bel-gium.

Scandinavia Feels Pinch.COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 9

(A").-With naval hostilities and block-ades on aJJ sides, the Scandinaviancountries felt the pinch of war todayas Finland defied Russia's blockadeof its coasts.The Russian blockade lacks both

legal and practical significance, Fin-land declared. Finnish circles point-ed out that the Gulf of Bothnia "e-tween Finland and Sweden had al-ready been closed to the soviet fleetby mines and fortifications on theAaland Islands.Reports from Stockholm indicated,

however, that two or more Russiansubmarines were operating in theBothnian gulf.The Russian blockade brought a

new menace to hard pressed Swedishshipping. Stockholm IS almost di-rectly opposite new Russian navalbases in Estonia and the Gulf ofRiga.Danish and Norwegian trade also

felt the effects of the Russian move.Until now they have enjoyed a meas-ure of freedom in their Baltic oper-ations.

Swedes Extend Mine Field.STOCKHOLM, Dec. 9 (A'l.-Sweden

Drawing of marker which standswhere the Finnish motor road toArctic ocean crosses the Arcticcircle. From top its four legendsare in Fnnish, Swedish, German,and English.

Map indicates route of the onlymotor road which touches the Arc-ocean. Arrow indicates location ofArctic circle sign.

extended its mine flelds today to wa-ters off Oregrund, 80 miles north ofStockholm, making it necessary forvessels plying the channel oppositethe Aaland Islands into the gulf ofBothnia to use Swedish pilots.

Germans Receive Red Note.BERLIN, Dec. 9 <A').-Germany re-

ceived for study today Russia's notifi-cation of the blockade of Finland.There was no immediate comment.

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LINKS FINLAND TOITS VITAL HARBOROnly One to Arctic OceanBrings Petsamo Closera

The only automobile highway inthe world that reaches the Arcticocean is in Finland. It connectsRovaniemi with Liinahamari, a portnorth of Petsamo on the Arctic ocean,and is 330 miles long. It is a majorextension of a road that previouslyran only from Kemi, on the Gulf ofBothnia, north to Rovaniemi.Being a government road, it Is kept

open the year round and busses makeone trip on it each way daily, carry-ing passengers and mail. The busdriver, who also is the rural mail car-rier, deposits and collects mall fromthe boxes along the way.After Finland in 1917 declared its

independence from Russia and flnallywon it, she was granted a wedgeshaped section stretching from herold northern boundary to the Arcticocean, the top of which forms Fin-land's vital 43'h miles of Arctic sea-coast. This tiny section is of vitalimportance to Finland because theshore there is swept by the warmgulf stream and Petsamo is ice-freethe year round.

Highway Finished in 1929.Immediately on receiving this ter-

ritory, Finland built the moderntown of Liinahamari and began con-structing the Arctic highway. Thisproject was opened in 1929. The im-portaut 330 miles of road make pos-sible direct and faster transportationfrom Helsingfors to Finland's Arcticocean.Rail transportation in Finland goes

rather sketchy.Rovaniemi is three miles south of

the arctic circle. Where the highwaycrosses this line stands a tall markerby the road informing the world ofits location in four languages, Finnish,Swedish, German, and English.

Forests Parallel Highway.On both sides of the h i g h way

stretch deep forests of pine, spruce,and birch while widely separatedfarm buildings can be seen in thedistance. Along the route are numer-ous tourist inns, open only in theseason, but there also are many set-tlements where postoffice stations areopen the year round. Gasoline filllngand service stations are numerous.

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wmd, Pan-American airways' Allan- ing a diplomatic pouch WIth paperstic Clipper arrived here this after- from the American embassy in Parinoon an hour ahead of schedule. for Secretary of State Hull.

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.tiered successful resistance at all IBLOCKADE OF SEA IUNIQUE HIGHWAY only as far north as Kemljarvi, and Tail Wind HelpB Clipper IAmong the 33 passengers were CarlIlaces and the attacks were complete- War in Finland Arctic Marker its terminal there is fairly recent. E. Berlin, who is here to obtain per-repulsed. Until a few years ago the .northern Beat Schedule by an Hour mission to recruit ambulance drivers"In various sectors, numerous rail terminus in Finland was Rova- Port Washington, N. Y., Dec. 9 and money for the American Volun-nemy tanks, armored cars, and can- A. A,JWl0>.llIIENES - nlemi. Previous arctic highways were (Special]. - Aided by a strong tail teers' ambulance. He was also carry-i ~:enon were destroyed."No naval engagements worth men-

tioning."In the air, enemy planes on Dec.

8 bombarded Laeskelae, VaertsiJae,Valamo, and Mantsinsaari. The bomb-ing caused no damage worth record-ing. At Suistarno, enemy flyers rna-chine gunned civilians, woundingseveral."Our own air force performed sev-

eral reconnoitering flights and bombedenemy troop concentrations and col-umns. Our air defenses shot downthree enemy planes."Earlier today 30 British Blenheim

bombers were reported to have ar-rived to augment the Finnish airforces. Previously it had been reportedthat 50 Italian planes had been re-ceived. Other military equipment wassaid to be arriving from other coun-tries.

600 Die in New Avalanches.KIRKENES, Norway, at the FIn-

nish Frontier, Dec. 9 (A').-Thunder·ing avalanches loosened by Finnishdynamite charges were reported to-day to have caused mountainouswaves which drowned between 600and 800 members of unsuccessfulRussian landing parties in icy Arcticwaters off northern Finland.Reports reaching here from across

the border said masses of steep hrll-sides on the edges of fjords near Pet-samo and Liinahamari were senttumbling into the water with suchforce that the boats of the Red armylanding parties were swamped.The Finns were said to have em-

ployed similar tactics previously inrepulsing landing attempts by the in-vaders. Many of those surviving theman made waves were reported cap-tured.East of Petsamo, the reports said,

Russian tanks attempting to crossfrozen lakes plunged into holes cutin the thick ice by the Finns. Crewswere reported to have perished inthe plummeting tanks.Greater numbers of Norwegian

troops were understood to be massingalong this section of their frontier,200 miles above the Arctic circle.Civilians were moving south as a pre-caution.

Moscow Claims Advances.MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (A'l.-The Red

army tonight reported that Russiantroops had made advances rangingup to 50 miles today in Finland.The Moscow radio broadcast a corn-

munique of the Leningrad commandwhich said the Russians also pene-trated the main Finnish defensesalong the Talpale river on the Karel-ian isthmus.The longest advances were reported

in Central Finland where soviet forceswere said to have pushed ahead inthe Ukhta, Porososero, and Petrosav-odsk sectors.In the arctic. the communique said,

the soviet forces were smashing F'in-nish resistance about 31 miles southof Petsamo. It asserted the task ofclearing mines out of that far north-ern port had been completed.

Text of Communique.The communique follows:••During Dec. 9 soviet troops en-

gaged in destruction of bases and cen-ters of resistance in the area 50kilometers [about 31 miles] south ofPetsamo. Clearing berths In the portof Petsamo of mines completed.

co In the Ukhta Repola, Porososeroand Petrosavodsk directions soviettroops advanced 70-80 kilometers[about 45-50miles] west of the statefrontier. Having occupied the townof Suomussalmi, soviet troops con-tinue to advance in the direction of

Kivelakjure [Laataja]. I~~~~~~=~::~~~~~===~:;;~::==::==::;=======::====;:==::===::=:~,. On the Karelian isthmus soviet II

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