The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-05

forced Red Army expedition in tn petsamo area had driven the Finn south from that port and was pur suing them. Soviet airplanes wer' seen over the town of Salmijarvi, nickel industry center near the Nor wegian frontier, and they apparent ly dropped a few bombs near thu Norwegian frontier and they ap' parently dropped a few bombs with out doing much damage. Neither the Russian nor the Films want tt destroy the valuable nickel works but the Films said they have mined them for destruction If necessary rather than permit the Soviets tc seize them.
 Refugees continued to arrive al the Norwegian frontier with stories of severe fighting and reports that the Finnish troops, reinforced by many volunteers and now number ing about 30,00O, were holding of the Russian attacks courageously But communications were so dis rupted that twas difficult even for Finnish officials to determine what was happening in the far north.
 Tn the Lake Ladoga region of southeastern Finland and at Hel- sinki, heavy snow storms and a darkly-clouded sky continued to aid the defenders
 SOviets Admit Delay
 Soviet communicates and press re- ports indicated little actual progress through heavily mined area which Is covered with deep snow and in which Finnish skiing units maneu- yer swiftly and shoot accurately. The normal population of 26S,00 at Hell sinki was down to les than 100000 as result of evacuation in fear of Red aerial attacks as soon as the weather permits. Many diplomats left for the nearby countryside and 1t was believed the Finnish govern ment would soon leave for another town. probably on the Gulf of Both mia.
 Russia reported that Finnish submarine had been sunk off Hoag- land Island, in the Gulf of Finland, but naval fighting was comparative ly slight along the Finnish coast and around the Finnish Islands which the Soviets seized.
 The Finnish submarines, as listed in James fighting ships, are the Vesikko, built in 1883, and the 1ku- Turso, built in 1881. Three other supbmarines built in l930 are the Saukko, the Vesihiisi and the Vet eninen
 Pravda dispatches said that the Red fleet approached Hoagland from the Kronstad naval base and from behind a smoke screen shelled the "undefended coast"
 Plant Red Flag
 4 Soviet landing party from the mine layer Karl Marx, carrying ma chine guns, waded ashore through icy waters shouting flor Stalin, the Fatherland and a Democratic Fin land"
 The Soviet naval forces, Pravda said, planted the Red flag on Hoag- land.
 in the European war, the British and French put their doublbe block ad, of Germany into effect at mid- night with orders to their fleets to seize all German exports. The order went outshortly after the British had reported the apparent loss of tho steamship Doric Star to Ger. man sea raider, possibly the Nag pocket battleship Admiral Scheei which had been reported operating in the South Atlantic.
 King George at Front
 King George VI was with his sol- diers in front line positions facing Germany's Siegfried line today.
 The king left the general head quarters of Viscount Gort, com- mander-in -chief of the British fore es in France. this morning on his first days tour of the front line Lord Gort and other staff officers accompanied Him.
 The party visited all sections of