The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-05

off the Finnish Island of H0ag- land.
 The Finnish navy has Ave sub. marines. three of 715 tons with q complement of 27 men each, one of 136 tons with . complement of 13 and one of 900 tons with complement of 16.
 The Pravda dispatch said that the Russians had occupied Hoag- land without cncounterlng Fin- nigh resistance. Films had evac- uated the island. the dispatch said. and Finnish officers had fled in panic, leaving behind valuable documents, maps and rich store of wines.
 Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. b. (UP)-A Kirkenaes, Norway, dis patch to the newspaper Ekstra- bladet today quoted witnesses as saying they saw three Russian bombers clrcling the great Fin- nish nickel works at SalmijarW this morning and then heard bomb explosions.
 A Helsinki dispatch to the newspaper said 1t was estimated that 80 Russian tanks had been destroyed or disabled on various Finnish fronts, including three which fell through the ice on Lake LadOga.
 Snow and ice were impeding the tanks, 1t was said.
 Berlin. Dec. 5.-(UP)-FOrty new wartime dishes made from non-rationed foodstuRs were In. troduced by the German tourist association today ct an experi- mental kitchen at Wanssee, Ser. lin suburb.
 They included spinach pudding with horse radlsh sauce, cabbage doughnuts. sea inusseI steak with mixed vegetables, potato rissoles with red cabbage. sauerkraut pies and apple noodles with plckled cabbage.
 Copenhagen. Denmark, Dec. s. -tUP)--A Stockholm dispatch to the Svenka Dagbladet quoted re- ports In Sweden and Finland to. day that Finnish airplanes had attacked q Russian airdrome near Murmansk and. dropping small incendiary bombs. had destroyed new Russian planes.
 Brussels, Dec. 5.-CUP)-Cries of Long live Finland" rcsounded through the chamber of deputies today when M. Lahaut, C0mmu- mist deputy, began questioning Premier Hubert Pierlot regarding the governments ban on the Communist newspaper Voix Du Peuple.
 Geneva, Dec. 5--(UP)-Finland has advised the League of Ma. tlons that it intends to arm and fOrtlfy its Aaland Islands, one of the most important strategic poe slti0ns in the Baltic, in agreement with Sweden, 1t was announced today.
 The islands, demilitarized by in- ternatiOnal agreement, He between Finland and Sweden at the mouth of the Gulf of BOthnia, command ing the junction of the Baltic and the Gulf of Finland.
 Finland and Sweden asked league authorization last May to fortify them as a neutrality safe- guard. Russia objected.
 Now Finland considers league approval unnecessary, because the 1032 demiIltarization convention authorizes fertilization of the is- lands in event of an immediate threat to their security.
 Rome, Dec. 5-(UP)-Germany may bring pressure 0n Russia tO reach a peaceful settlement with Finland in order tO please Italy. 1t was reported today.
 The reports were based on the sudden departure for Berlin of German Ambassador Hans Georg Won Mackensen, who is said to have been in constant contact with the Italian foreign office for some time. There were reliable reports that Won Mackensen had talked several times in the past few days with Premier fsenito MussOllni and numerous diplo- mats.
 Most observers believed that any German pressure would sup port Italy's determination to keep Communism out of the Balkans,