BOTH WARS AT STANDSTILL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21556, 19 January 1940, Page 7

BOTH WARS AT STANDSTILL

Weather Calls Truce Cruellest Winter For Y ears United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 18, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 17. The cruellest winter for threequarters of a century continues mercilessly to harrow all countries from the Atlantic to Asia. The death roll lengthens daily. Both wars are at a standstill. Wiipuri had a temperature 86 degrees below freezing Fahrenheit, East Norway 86, and Moscow 79 which is the lowest ever recorded. Danish farmers are making clothes for cattle from sacking in a pathetic attempt to defeat the blizzards. The Danube is frozen from bank to bank, imprisoning 1200 shops including 200 tankers and 400 grain ships. One thousand of these ships are en route to Germany. Denmark's icebreakers are fighting a losing battle in the ice covering the Sound and Great Belt and two miles from the coast the North Sea is likely to cut off the Baltic even for the biggest ships. Berlin Shivers The ice in some Danish fjords is 10 feet thick. Hundreds of cars throughout Europe are stranded with frozen batteries. Berlin residents are shivering as they are still severely rationed for coal in spite of the Air Force lending 250 lorries to assist in the distribution of fuel. The cold gave the Finns a respite from the air terror but the soldiers suffered, many perishing at their posts. The danger of freezing and death prevented movement on all fronts. A wound meant certain death from exposure. Virtually the only firing was to keep the guns from freezing. Turkey Has More Shocks According to a message from Ankara the cold continues in Turkey where eight further earthquake shocks brought down buildings which were damaged earlier. Britain is sending 41,000 garments, 800 tons of food and several field kitchens. Warships brought medical supplies.