Cold War & Hot Peace (1939); Larry Udang

[Dave Wilton]

>   ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2; New York Times
> (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jan 7, 1940; pg. 82, 1 pgs
> ("Gregory Stern has been appointed to lead the Russian troops
> in the cold war against Finland.")

This is certainly a literal usage of the words "cold" and "war," referring
to the 1939-40 Winter War between the Soviets and the Finns. It was a real
war fought in the chill of winter, not a "cold war." The use of the term in
this way, though shows that "cold war" was not a widely used term in 1940.
Otherwise, the Times would have chosen a different phrasing.