BLEAK GERMANY
Misery Follows Cold
Coal And Potatoes Short
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received February 12. 7.25 p.m.) ROTTERDAM. February 11 The cold wave throughout Germany has revived misery. The railways in spite of shortage of supplies cannot distribute foodstuffs without recourse to the canals and rivers many of which are frozen. It will be a colossal wartime task to remedy the railways and shortcomings due to neglect of rolling stock while earning out the four-year plan. Consignees are liable to punishment unless by working Sundays and holidays they clear the trucks in the stipulated time. A shortage of coal and potatoes has closed down factories and greengrocers’ shops. It is reported from Bucharest that the Danube is again frozen. Heavy falls of snow delayed transport.
Hard frost for 26 consecutive days at Copenhagen brought to a standstill all waters south of Skaw. It is possible to walk from Jutland to Sweden across ths icebound Kattegat. This is believed to be unprecedented.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21577, 13 February 1940, Page 5
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