N estimated million persons Helsinki; Mar. 15. are homeless in Finland today as a result of the ravages of the Russo-Finnish war.
Among those deprived of their homes are 450,000 Finns who must eVacuate areas ceded to Russia in the peace agreement reached between Moscow and Helsinki this week.
About 500,000 persons lost their homes through Soviet air attacks on Helsinki and other Finnish cíties and villages during the three-month-war.
Many of the homeless are destitute and reports from rural districts today said hundreds were living in mere holes dug in the ground. Many had dug their new homes in the middle of forests as additional protection against the sub-zero winds, the reports said.
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