HINES CONVICTION UPHELD ON APPEAL; FINNISH GUNS TRAP 2 SOVIET DIVISIONS (1/27/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 1/27/40 | K.J. Eskelund

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Court Unanimous – 2
Storm-Driven Liner Sinks on Japan Reef; 44 Missing From Another Ship in Same Area – 3
The International Situation – 3
Johnson, Noted Pitcher, Enters Congress Race – 3
Mexican Communists Pushing Party Purge – 3
Red Losses Mount – 4-5
Big Gun Duel in Vosges Mountain Sector; German Concentration for Drive Reported – 6
Incidents in European Conflict – 6
H.G. Wells Assailed by Press in Germany – 7
American Jews Unite in Help for Refugees – 7
Russian Prisoners Fail Finn Current Events Test – 7
Britain and Greece Sign Economic Pact - 7

[Lancey Howard]

Heh, “the late” Dutch Schultz...

Meanwhile, It’s interesting how much influence the communists had 70 years ago. The NLRB was just getting warmed up..

And..
Go, Finns!

[Lancey Howard]

By the way, did you catch the jokes (anecdotes) at the end of page 6?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

By the way, did you catch the jokes (anecdotes) at the end of page 6?

Not until you pointed them out. I've been scrambling to keep ahead of the calender so sometimes I don't read as much of my posts as I should.

Now excuse me as I go upload Feb. 3.

[CougarGA7]

Day 59 of the Winter War, January 27, 1940

Major-General Hägglund gives the command to take the 'mottis' at Kelivaara and West Lemetti.
Photo: SA-KUVA

Enemy artillery continues to pound main defensive position

• Karelian Isthmus: the enemy artillery continues its increasingly fierce pounding of the main Finnish defensive position on the Isthmus.

• The 'Million Fort' in the Lähde sector to the east of Lake Summajärvi is badly damaged by the enemy's heavy artillery.

• Ladoga Karelia: near Pitkäranta, Soviet troops take the offshore island of Putkisaari.

• IV Army Corps' combat detachment and battalion commanders hold talks at the 13th Division's command post.

• Major-General Hägglund gives the command to take the 'mottis' at Kelivaara and West Lemetti.

• Abroad: Count Eric von Rosen, the Swedish Finnophile who donated the first aircraft in the Finnish Air Force, believes Finland can withstand the Soviet pressure and does not believe the air raids will undermine Finnish resistance.

• An editorial in the Red Army paper Krasnaya Zvezda claims the "Red Army is fulfilling an honourable international obligation in Finland."

• The American daily The Chicago News suggests the 1940 Nobel Peace Prize be awarded to Finland.

• Sweden's Foreign Minister warns the Soviet Ambassador in Stockholm, Madame Alexandra Kollontai, that continuation of the war against Finland could lead to the involvement of the Western powers.

[CougarGA7]

“Supreme Court Justice Peter Schmuck”

That’s an unfortunate name.

[BroJoeK]

"That’s an unfortunate name."

Many years ago I knew a fellow named Schmuck -- awful nice guy. And his boss was named Cox -- even nicer.

And whenever I had to visit them on business, I'd be chuckling to myself the whole day long, at the idea of seeing Schmuck & Cox again. We got along great.

Thanks for reminding me of a good old laugh. ;-)

[PzLdr]

I believe Count Erich Von Rosen was Hermann Goering’s brother-in-law [from his marriage to his first wife, Karin].

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jan40/f27jan40.htm

In Pretoria... The peace resolution introduced into the South African Parliament by the opposition leader General Hertzog is defeated by 81 votes to 59. In his speech to Parliament, Hertzog openly supported Hitler. The pro-British prime minister, General Jan Smuts, likens the speech, of his former Boer comrade-in-arms, to a chapter of Mein Kampf. He says, “Goebbels could not have done it better.”

In Germany... The German plans for invading Norway are put on a more formal basis with the allocation of the code name Weserubung.

In Baltimore... The American transport City of Flint arrives back at her home port following her adventures in the Baltic.

In Britain... Churchill (uneasy at the slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: “each to our station... there is not a week, nor a day, nor and hour to be lost!” He also says he is puzzled and worried about the “phoney war” and wonders why Britain has not been bombed yet. The speech is broadcast to the dominions and the United States.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/27.htm

January 27th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill (uneasy at the slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: “each to our station... there is not a week, nor a day, nor and hour to be lost!” He also says he is puzzled and worried about the “phoney war” and wonders why Britain has not been bombed yet. The speech is broadcast to the dominions and the United States. (Jack McKillop)
Minesweeping trawler HMS Fir launched.
Sloop HMS Black Swan commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: The Plan for the German invasion of Norway and Denmark is given a formal codename of “Weserubung”.
FINLAND: There is an expectant air about the Mannerheim Line today as the Finns prepare for the massive attack that they know is being prepared by General Timoshenko, who has been whipping his Red Army into shape behind his defensive lines on the Karelian Isthmus. This does not mean that there is no action. Soviet guns have kept up a steady pounding of the Finnish positions and small groups of soldiers, now well-trained in winter tactics, have launched a series of attacks to wear down the Finns.
GIBRALTAR: U.S. freighter SS Cold Harbor, bound for Odessa, U.S.S.R., is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities. (Jack McKillop)
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town: In an extraordinary spectacle, with the former Prime Minister, General Hertzog, openly supporting Hitler, South Africa’s all-white parliament has rejected the call for a separate peace with Germany.
The pro-British Premier, general Jan Smuts, likened the speech of Hertzog, his former Boer comrade-in-arms, to a chapter from Mein Kampf. “Goebbels could not have done it better,” he said.
The division in the lobby was clear-cut, reflecting the division in the country - the English-speakers and liberal Afrikaaners in one camp, the irreconcilable Boers, with their own theories of racial supremacy , in the other.
U.S.A.: Baltimore: The ‘City of Flint’ arrives back at her home port following her adventures in the Baltic.
Submarine USS Tautog launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN:
At 2052, SS Fredensborg was torpedoed and sunk by U-20. The ship was sailing together with SS England, which was also torpedoed and sunk by the same U-boat at 2124.
At 2003, SS Faro was torpedoed by U-20 about 15 miles SE of Copinsay, Orkneys. She was taken in tow, later abandoned and was wrecked when drifted ashore in the Taracliff Bay near Copinsay the next day.
At 2313, SS Hosanger was torpedoed and sunk by U-20 15 miles SE of Copinsay Light. The ship was hit by one torpedo, lost the stern and sank within two minutes. The only survivor, Magnus Sandvik, managed to reach a raft with four others, but his shipmates froze to death while a British destroyer picked him up after about 15 hours. A line was thrown down on him, but he was not able to fasten it around himself, so a man from the destroyer jumped overboard to assist. He was then brought to a hospital in Kirkwall. (Dave Shirlaw)