Weather or No

Great Britain, like the rest of warring Europe, has had a strict taboo since war began on the broadcasting of weather news, because of its likely value to enemy airmen. But last week frosty Sir John Reith, press-dodging boss of Britain's censors, melted sufficiently to let BBC tell the world a bit about British weather.* Said the BBC newscaster to folks at home & abroad: "We have been having the coldest spell for 46 years. Actually, it began a fortnight before Christmas. . . . London one day had 25 degrees of frost. The Thames was frozen over . . . from Teddington to Sunbury. Ice on London's reservoir was twelve inches thick, and there was skating all over the place. . . . People who were allowed to have a normal supply of water gave the hospitality of their bathrooms to their friends. It is still cold today. We can't say any more about the weather now, but perhaps we shall announce some more weather news for you in a fortnight, if the censor thaws again."

*For news of U. S. weather, see p. 6.

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