English Translation

17 Major H a r t e l gave the following message by phone at 4 p.m.: The Presidium of the National Authority in Prague reports at 6 p. m.: On the Vltava still ice stowage near Swikow. From Swikow downstream the ice is in the corridor. Most of the ice has already happened in Prague. A part of the rink remained, however, still above the dam in Wran a.d.Moldau. There is no immediate danger. Melnik's Elbe downstream is ice-free. Ice floes are still swimming at the upper river course. No ice stowage at any point. The Berau is free, only a small local ice dam formed at Liblin, political district Kralowitz. On the Sasau near Pikowitz, political area of Oule, the ice floes still stand. The bridge over the Kocav stream in the village of Stechowitz is just removed from the Pirma Lanner in order to allow the ice masses to leave. Recorded: Bicherichs Prague, February 12, 1941. f