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proposal considered part of N Y C booster plan
gasoline shortage viewed as critical by U S Commerce Dept experts
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Kuhn found guilty; ct rebukes defense atty; jury illus
Japan may seize Allied cargoes; Norway protests; will ask compensation for losses; Germany warns on counter-measures; Netherlands pessimistic; Brit makes 3 exceptions in order
1939World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places, bombing Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.