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...Countries. What news stirred the high commands of Belgium and The Netherlands was not divulged. All autumn the Belgians had worked feverishly to fortify their northern frontier, and the Dutch drilled dynamite into their roadside trees, against the much-feared German invasion which might come when the ground froze. Suddenly last week, the tempo changed, Belgium ordered the fourth stage of mobilization (the first three stages were completed last September), calling up 75,000 more men and bringing her armed strength to some 600,000. Trucks loaded with supplies and soldiers rolled through Brussels while civilians piled sandbags around buildings...
Last week winter stepped in to help the Allied blockade in the Balkans: the Danube froze and heavy snow slowed rail transport, stalling Germany's grain and oil imports from Rumania...
...radio-telephone first: to check on connections, atmospheric conditions, whether the correspondents are ready with their stuff. One morning last week, Berlin came through crisp and clear. "B-r-r," said a Nazi voice in inspired English, "it's colder than hell over here." Then his accents froze stiff. "Sorry, gentlemen," said he, "I shouldn't have said that. It might give aid and comfort to the enemy...
...farmers of Matanuska Valley, after four years' uneven struggle against mounting debts for machinery and equipment supplied by the Government, prepared to reap the best harvest in years and write off some of their obligations, an Arctic blast sent the mercury down to 10° below zero. Potatoes froze in the field, 80% of the grain stood in the field, unharvested and ruined, acres of market produce were destroyed, and under a foot and a half of snow the Valley lay in white, stricken silence...
What happened started a new business. To Butcher Dubil's surprise the slices did not blacken, but again became a toothsome red. Customers bought them and to his amazement they came back next day for more. William Dubil hard-froze more meat, thawed his thin slices gradually in the display case, but still wondered why they were so tender...