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DENMARK TO SWEDEN PEDESTRIANS WARNED (United Press Assn.—FTec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 10 “Pedestrians are forbidden to enter minefields,” reads a notice .posted far from the shore off Copenhagen, because people have been walking across the frozen sea between Denmark and Sweden toward Germany. Three principal minefields lie off Copenhagen and in the channels off the Little and Great Belts. Shipowners fear that the worst ice blockade for a century will completely isolate Denmark. Northern Europe is still largely under snow and ice. Holland is acutely anxious about huge masses of ice drifting down the rivers. The Rhine is the chief source of danger. The continued shortage of coal in Germany has led to new decrees, under which rentals are compulsorily reduced if they normally included heating. Denmark and Norway have only half their normal supply of fuel. Schools and churches remain closed, and even hot baths are rationed. Running hot water is prohibited.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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156FROZEN SEA Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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