Great Britain:
The worldwide economic downturn spreads: a
steel mill in the town of Penistone closes, throwing nearly the entire male
population of the town – over 1,000 men – out of work.
Helsinki:
Finland is angered, and the Finnish cabinet
holds a special session, over a report that Russia is forcing some 100,000 Karelian
peasants into forced labor in the forests of northern Russia. The Karelians are an ethnic group related to
the Finns who have historically lived in regions that are now part of both
Finland and Russia. The soviet action to
subject them to forced labor would violate the peace treaties following the
World War, in which the Karelian people were promised some freedoms from
sovietization.
Geneva:
The League of Nations, headquartered here, is 10 years old today. Founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the World War, the League is the world’s first international organization having the primary purpose of preserving world peace. It has 54 member nations, including the entire developed world.
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