The Archive · 1940

British Materials for Finns

British war material already jis flowing into Finland along two channels, the one, through Sweden, to whom it is sold to be placed immediately at Helsinki's disposal, and the other direct to Finland through Scandinavia.

German threats aiming to prevent Sweden from permitting transit of Finland-bound war materials as yet have had no effect and will have none in the future, it was declared here.

Sweden knows, authoritative quarters asserted, that the Allies would 80. Men Trapped in U.S. Coal Mine New York, Jan. 10.

Trapped deep below the surface of the earth, 80 men of the Pocahontas Coal Company today were shut in by a fall of rock in a dark gallery of the sprawling mine, it was reported from Bartley, West Virginia. Early despatches carried no news of casualties—Havas. not leave unanswered any Soviet-German, threat against her.

Under present conditions, political quarters said, itis a problem indeed to estimate how long Anglo-French-Soviet relations will be maintained.

Opinion on this issue is divided

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