Lull After Storm of Nearly 10,000 Bombs Say Finnish Reports; Red Infantry Halted Helsinki, Jan, 17.
RISSIAN aerial activity over Finland yesterday was less in intensity than the furious Soviet attacks unleashed on Monday, it was officially announced today.
Relatively few results were obtained by the Russians, the announcement said, which alleged that the Russian airmen swooped down and strafed Finn civilians in some spots.
The three Russian bombers which dropped. bombs on Lulea by mistake last Sunday were forced down on Finn soil w enroute to their base because of a lack éf fuel, the official announcement said. tured, it further claimed.
High explosives were used by the Russlang in heavily bombing" one coastal town, but there was no con~ siderable damage, largely because Atty bombs fell on one spot where one building was damaged, the off ini announcement asserted.
East of Kajaani planes again bomb:
and machine-gunned civilians Dut there were no losses, the com munique claimed.
Tu war zone localities where some ivillang still live, 150 bombs were dropped and some buildings were damaged, the communique said.
On at least one occasion a funeral procession was machine-gunned by. the Russians, the announcement alleged.—United Press.
Swedish Volunteers Killed Copenhagen, Jan. 17.
Funeral services for the frst three Swedish volunteers killed Aahting for Finland will be held today, the "Bor~ Ungske Tidende" correspondent reported from Helsinkl.—United Press.
The planes and men were cap-enlisted in the Finnish army, after discovering that his dispatches on the situation on the Finnish front were being either suppressed or modified before being published in the German press. After vain protests against this Censorship, the correspondent _de-elded to break off with the Legation and the D.W: B He is serving in the Finnish forces as a captain of artil-
Soviet Pilot Kills lmselt Helsink, Jan. 17 'A Soviet plane yesterday bombed Lilea, Swedish town about 60 miles from the Finnish frontier, but was subsequently forced to land in Tisalm, Finland, The pilot Mred at the Finnish police an attempt to escape, but when he missed he shot himself dead. A sec-and officer aboard the machine sur-
The plane was in a useable condi:
making the second Soviet plane bagged"" on the same day.—Reuter.
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