COLD PARALYSES INDUSTRY IN GERMANY
Received Tuesday, 10.50 a.m. BERLIN, March 3.' The monthly report of General Lucius Clay, U.S. Military Governor in Germany, says that the unprecedented winter cold in February continued to paralyse industry. In the American zone three-^quarters of all the electrical equipment pkmt was closed. Most textile mills were shut and paper and pulp production had virtually ceased. Tax collections had dropped by £1,700,000. The inland waterways had been closed for two months though normally frozen for ohly a fprtnight. Absenteeism among railway crews and the shortage of lucomotives had necessitated a continued embargo on rail traffic. The British Military Government announced the almost total cessation of public utilities in Hamburg through the fuel shortage. Only 500 tons of coal daily will be allotted to maintain waterworks, sewerage, flour mills, bakeries and, perhaps, the telephcne system.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1947, Page 5
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