Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finland's aging (78) President, left Helsinki for points west and south. Officially, he was traveling for his health (he is asthmatic). Unofficially, the veteran soldier and inveterate foe of Soviet Russia was said to be avoiding his country's "War Responsibles" trial.
In either case, Finland's raw climate was more than Mannerheim's constitution could stand. His destination: Portugal's sunny Islands of Madeira.
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