CRUEL WINTER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 5

CRUEL WINTER

WORST FOR 75 YEARS; BOTH WARS AT STANDSTILL ICE GRIPS COUNTRIES FROM ATLANTIC TO ASIA (By Telegraph—Trees Association—Copyright) Received Jan. 18, 9.15 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 17. The cruellest winter for threequarters of a century continue/? i 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 of 86 degrees Ijfclow freezing Fahrenheit, East Norway 86 and Moscow 79, which U 1,-.,- lowest. ever. Danish farmers e making clothes for cattle from sacking in a pathetic attempt to defeat the blizzards. The Danube is frozen from bank to bank, imprisoning 1200 ships, including 200 tankers and 400 grain ships. A thousand of these ships are en route to Germany. Denmark's ice-breakers are fighting a losing battle. Ice is covering the Sound and the Great Belt and two miles from the coast in the North Sea. It is likely to cut off the Baltic even for the biggest ships. I ICE TEN FEET THICK CONDITIONS IN SOME SWEDISH■ FJORDS • I | SOLDIERS DIE OF COLD ON FINNISH FRONTS ! I i <Ry .Telegraph Trees Association—(,oi>yright) 1 Received Jan. 18, 9.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 18. | ■ Ice in some Swedish fjords is 10£t. t hick. Hundreds of cars throughout Europe are stranded with frozen bat-j teries. Berlin residents are shivering, as i they are still severely rationed for coal despite the Air Force lending 250 lorries to assist distribution. ' The cold has given the Finns a re j ) [spite from air terror, but the soldiers I lore suffering, many perishing at their' : posts. The danger of freezing to , i death has prevented movement on all [ [fronts. A wound meant certain death ( ■From exposure. Virtually the only j firing was to keep lhe guns from [ II reezing. j COLD CONTINUES IN [ TURKEY : I"l RTHKK EAKTHQI AKE SHOCKS I ' i Received Jan. 18, 10.0 p.m. ANKARA. Jan. 17. ; I The cold continues in Turkey,! i u here eight further earthqualUj shocks 'orought down buildings , damaged earlier. Britain is sending 41,000 garmenti’.i 800 tons of food and several field [ kitchens. Warships Drought mcdiuL : supplies.