OVER 200 DEAD FROM COLD
SUFFERING IN UNITED STATES STOCKS OF FOOD AND FUEL DWINDLE COAL PROFITEERING (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.10 p.m.) New York, Feb. 11. Intense cold still grips the Middle West of the United States, with the weather forecast promising no relief for several days. Icy winds blowing across the central States added to the suffering. The death roll resulting from cold during the past three weeks is now estimated at over 200. Three fishermen who were marooned on floating ice on Lake Michigan have been given up as lost. From small towns throughout Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska Kansas and Ohio came reports of exhausted or dwindling supplies of fuel and food. Snow drifts are blocking the highways and halting some of the railways. On being advised of profiteering in coal the authorities at Washington indicated that they were considering fixing emergency prices if it became necessary. The seven civilian conservation Corps boys who went adrift on a block of ice near Brewster (Massachusetts) were rescued after a night on the ice. An aeroplane discovered them at Cape Codby and a coastguard cutter removed them with the aid of small boats.
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Southland Times, Issue 22813, 12 February 1936, Page 7
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