May 6, 2022
“Finnish Paper Raided and Editor Arrested,” The Porcupine Advance (Timmins). May 5, 1932. Page 1. ---- The following came over the private wire of F. O’Hearn & Co., this morning:-
Sudbury, 4th (Mail.) - The editor of the Finnish daily Vapaus, and Martin Parker, translator, arrested in a R.C.M.P. raid today on the newspaper’s offices, were loaded into an automobile tonight and rushed out of town in a southerly direction. The police refused to divulge the destination of the car bearing their prisoners and declined to discuss the case.
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