STILL FREEZING
WEATHER IN EUROPE
TRANSPORT DISLOCATED
LONDON, January 20.
Freezing weather, throughout Europe continues. Many cities report a shortage of foodstuffs and_coal because of the dislocation of transport.
A hundred degrees of frost was recorded in the middle of Finland and 43 degrees in Germany.
, Icefloes have brought to a standstill navigation on the Rhine and most Netherlands waters.
The severe weather has not checked the movement of reinforcements, which continue to arrive on the Western Front from Britain.
Icefloes are exploding mines in Danish waters and suggest an explanation of the Sylt bombing mystery, though German circles, despite the British denial, insist that the Royal Air Force was responsible. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 7
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111STILL FREEZING Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 7
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