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Ct to act on contempt charges for repting of F Kuhn larceny trial
telephone conf with H Hoover on organization of relief group
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Dewey lists close advisers; leaves for Minneapolis
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 5--Russian tanks and other mechanized forces launched an attack on Finland's defenders today on a wide front on the Karelian Isthmus.
1939Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator[†]
Franco Carraro is an Italian sport manager and politician.
1939Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale.[†]
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from its organization.