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" Russian Army In North '
I•t• MrIt' • Reportedly Suffers In Miathi, Chief Says
;antic. 'ICs colossal. J
ker speaking, but sober merchants Major Reverse •
'in lines describing Christmas bust- . '
ok for the winter. p mat will beul Miami's frecent with RETIRES 12 MILES CAl ONSts Ma
i at any Yule season of recent years r'
han ever before. • • y r et- ', •'• 4
days,to go,last•minute gift buyers ,;
e downtown sectionlastin a cheerful Red Warplanes In•Waves ':
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he morning and lasted until 9 P.m., Raid Finland Third
ted for the day. i
bopping Earlier Day In Succession +��'. ` '
nswera to telephone Inquiries from —~-
is generally started their Christmas ST Tes ASSOCIATED Parsa . A , �'r� ! '"••'' `' I IpOVCC ,Admission Fol.
han usual and were finishing even OSLO, Norway, Dec. 21—nus- . � A • i Jr • ! ':".
han customary. patches from northern Norway , . 'ties.' lows Disclosure By At•
t sent to Mtamlans from all'sections i•hnrAday-night reported that the ! -
ith an almost'equal number being Russian army Invading Finland ! J� tilrney General .
front the Borth had horn hurled r
iffice "snowed under," according to. Lack, and that the Soviet retreat : t Y,. ', ;. J. Edgar hoover, director of
appeared to have reached major pro- k}` ` ,'
iristmas, and f never saw so much portions. 1 ,;w •• • •j • 's♦ ' the Federal llureau of Investiga-
ting that for the first 20 days of The Russians'were 12 miles be- ti i ,•, lion, disclosed here, Thursday
hind the inca they held two days • '2,:•e,....1 . =' that federal agents are tnvestlgatr
ere up 21 per cent and cancellations ago. Obsrnvrafrom the Norwegian a
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those for the same period last year, frontier could see the retreating .•.." s y Ing crime and civic corruption In
i,,. ' the Miami area.
• three weeks numbered 205,5('i0 this troops. some in trucks, some on Z ,. I
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last year; incoming parcels, 226,210, foot. with Finn Infantry In close t+ r 'i I', •
The federal agents also are In-
pursuit. ,} X vestlgatfng associates.of Al Ca-
The Soviets are falling hack to- .7—PS,•..t� 4 pone who have "gravitated" to
Carloads Today ward Salmljarvl.nti ,,,, !—•.. >.r. '..ra _ this area from Chicago, Hoover
ids arrived today," the postmaster A blizzard and 25-below•zero tem. MURPHY HOOVER
peratures aided the Finns in halt. said.
• Ing the Russian.,advance after time Crime and civic•corrU tion in the Miami area is now Hoover admitted the lnvestlga•
1 letters and Christmas cards Illi -invaders captured the nickel mine p red. area at Salmyna1 last week: being investigated by federal agents as it was in Nq.v Or- tion was being conducted here after
announcement came from Atter-
:o far at the post office was Decemhet leans and Kansas City,Attorney General Frank Murphy and hey General Frank Murphy in
rs and 349 more sacks of parcel post SOVIET AERIAL MIGHT J.Edgar Hoover,director's:[ the federal bureau of inveatiga- Washington that the FBI director's
UNLEASHED ON FINL.4ND lion,disclosed in interviews at Miami Beach and Washing- work In the Miami area concerned
taro To Page 6A 2 "crime and corruption.-
HEt.SINKI, Dec. 1. t/Pi—Soviet ton. "It's a very unwholesome picture down here," Hoover Slake Exhaustive Inquiry •
Russia unleashed the might of its commented. •
Al •press cbnference, lbs altos
aerial armadas on embattled Fin.. rev general recalled a statement he
land anew Thursday, two civilian
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Helsinki hospital zone,two civilian • • had made last spring that there was
J ORIONWATCHEStrains and scores of towns while Oftictals welcome G-Man going to be a very exhaustive In-
its land forces launched a heavy quiry In certain cities regarding
offensive on the I:arelian Isthmus.
It was the third day in succession Probe • •• "the tie-up between crime,vice and
C'HFOR
of Crime I n Mtam1 predatory groups and persons In
NAZI_CRAFP tathe Ruaen acetal fleet had at• public oi'tackck ed in wavves. Murphyy sasold an offldal had told
The Finns asserted their lines'onhim that Capone, now•under treaqt-
the Isthmus were stilt"holding fast,• Commenting on the'investigation of crime and civic comm. ment in a Baltimore hospital foil
• but listed :to civilians dead and tion being conducted here by.1.Edgar Hoover,director of the Fed• lag his release from prison, would
Ifo Cruiser Continues Off- many more wounded as a result of.eral Bureau of investigation, city and county officials had the come to Miami Reach within a few
` the aerial bombardment. following to say: • days. It previously had been re-
n Shore Patrol As U. S. 'Battalions Annihilated ported that the prohlbhad era gang
On the frozen marshes along the "It Is A good idea,•said Mayor E. leader would spend Chrlstinfs here
• easter[, frontier, an official corn. G.Sewell of Miami. •'llonest people a at his palatial home on Palm Island.
Drafts Protest [,,unique said, Finnish forces•••an- need have nothing to fear anti an In. SY�I1als ■ all "Frankly, I don't know whether
nihilated"two Russian battalions: vestigation ma)• serve to dive the ►J a 1 Call Capone will be here Christina• or
• Sr anpsi'f TIUMOLLL Reports from the vicinity of Iles- dishonest ones out. Such an hives- • not: ](Dover commented., He said
Mosta Butt wen.. tl ation also may serve to keep the ' 300 Indians he talked with Capone.for more
tread ka,which is shout 125 miles north
• nal FORT LAUDERDALE,Fla., Dec. of Lake Ladoga and 20 miles from crooks away from here. 'Che lo than an hour last June In Terminal
hurl-
21.—While. an official and stern men are better acquainted with the Island prison, but declined to d1F
protes[' Is being drafted by the rinse Turn To Pege s•A crooks Ito the North •than we are ,a ' emirs lila physical opndlUon.
other United States•government, IIh19. ssio and presence of Mr.Hoover and his Starving Navajos Answer lie described the inve.Uptlon u
.oath• Orion placidly continued her"death men here should keep the crooks I a"bird dog survey,"similar to thole
Gulf watch' outside Port Everglades NAZI GRAND QDmIRQI, away." White Mans Summons conducted In New..Orleana,Kansas
Thursday for the Nall freighter Asked if he thought such an in, Cftiv and Hot Sprtngs.lrbere public
n,•Tn• Arauca. vestfgation as outlined by Hoover To Christmas Dinner officials were tent to prlion for vlo-
vania Wild rumors as to the presence would be harmful to the city from GOULDING TRADING 1�OS'f, bating federal laws.; Another fed.
gland of other. British warcraft off the REPORTI+;D RESIGNING a publicity standpoint,hfayor Sewell eral investigation is nor',being er
Monument Valley,Utah,Dec-21.(RI sled on in Chicago.
Ao South Florida coast, everything said he did not. .4,
Weal from submarine flotillas to destroy. Mayor John It. Levi of Miami Smoke signals,pounding drums and ismer* Uedee. ttity:
levil•a era. were traced down and found Reach said: "Mr.Hoover is welcome tribal, runners carried • joyoui "it's not a very whol•eonsll pia
to have been inspire• by self-ap• London Hears That Raeder to make the investigation. Mi of Christmas message to 300 near• tore down here, Ttoovsr•dedared
and • mintedpress agents and other uDthe city nfflcl"IA will co-operate in an interview et the Flamingo Ho-
ntana. sP Wants To Give Up Post Be,iIC• with him. We know!here are hood. starving Navajo Indians Thursday.
fora licit), seekers. tel,Mlaml,tleath. 'Mittman a-lot
uffalo A report three submarines were cause of Spee Sinking turns lucre, as in every ether city. It was a call to the tribesmen to of rackets that have been in opera.
o the just offshore here was found to be INTERNATIONAL NEWS arsvics What•we want is someone, not to gather at this desert trading post Uen hero for a long time."
snow the brainchild of a fellow interested LONDON, Dec. 2'_.—(]rand AA• critld:e us, but to tell us what to for rations of white man's.food• Gambling ]s one of the,rackets
n the in an athletic event now under way mural Erich Raeder has handed his do:' - prevalent here, he said, while:'fpr
fall in resignation 'to Chancellor Hitler Pledges Rapport stuffs. Alcatin that the. federal is
near Press
ss re es nt urged antAeso- g aeon
envie* elated Press representative to send because of the Councilman Baron de [(Inch A truck, dust-covered after Its would seek to uncover Itteotne tat
it out"because it will be good ub "Graf Spec incl.. Meyer of Miami Beach said: "All 1 trip across almost impassable moon- evasion among ugdis•w�rld elute-
open• Itchy for the show and the city." dent," but the ,y:; can say 1s that I know the e' conn• lain and desert roads leading to the "nen. • •••
The wire representative declined. F'uehrer has'not �` ell will co-operate with the FBI In That the same probe will be Midi
snow . A United Press representative as yet accepted it.. �� -�•
,�•every way possible. If there Is any nations most remote white habits-• Into the Incomes of publicottklW
state covered an estimated 500 square the rally Express • information that we can give Hoes'• lion, arrived with 3,000 pounds of and of politicians was indicated
minor er,either througirthe council or the food donated by Salt Lake City when Hoover said: '•Rackets Cep
declared Friday
irD(ior• Please Turn To Page s•A s in a dispatch from a•i ' police department,all he needs to do merchants. only exist In cities with laws
Amsterdam, . i•J+ Is to call upon us. Our facilities Word of the Indians' plight soca against them when there Is eery
here a ..�. s n . The newspaper i are open to him:' sent last week by Harry Goulding, ruptinn or venal politics. •
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