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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
2
Oil tankers and cargo ships carrying planes flee toward Britain as escort vessels guard the approach. Two ex American destroyers, a French cruiser Carh and a Bee A gun crew brace on station with action underway.
Stella confronts fear as Derrick Brooke and Sandy battle danger on a rocky ledge. A fall, a rope descent, and a near fatal moment lead Stella to face love and commitment. Sandy heals old wounds while Stella reads a ghostly note and vows to change.
A suspenseful passage follows a woman inching down a cliff like surface. Soon after, a man named Sandy with a dislocated shoulder escorts his wife to a mountain room, insisting he is tough and referencing a note from Ketter Brooke. He reveals an item was prepared in a jettersbox and intended for a life with her, but it was damaged and scorched.
Miss Pero Blodgett of 20 McMaster Avenue Toronto left Montreal to become a radio operator aboard a merchant ship. She earned a second class radio operator’s certificate from the Canadian Electronic Institute after studying business and radio courses. Her departure marks her as the first lady Sparks in the current war era, a thrilling, historic step into active service.
A recipe note explains assembling social tea biscuits spread with raspberry jam. Each biscuit is topped with a generous amount of whipped cream or softened cream cheese, then lightly finished with a pastry tube.
A fragment from a daily paper hints at a woman en route to jail amid confusion over a phrase likely reading baly or yam, with unclear context and no verifiable names or locations.
Britain builds a formidable stormtrooper arm with tough parachute troops. Training emphasizes elite selection, physical fitness, courage, and high morale. Apprenticeship combines RAF air capabilities and Army ground fighting to master solo and group jumps with automatic parachute systems, while Germany’s early experiments inform British tactics and warning on potential costs.
Toronto Telegram columnist T. R Henry reflects on London and Paria amid global conflict. Freedom is defended by those who endure, while London emerges as a city forged by hardship with a distinct, rugged pride.
The torpedo ray, described as the blitzkrieg fish, discharged over 200 volts and showed about three horsepower in a fraction of a second during an exhibition at the New York Aquarium. Five attendants were momentarily paralyzed by the power before the catch was secured. The ray was the largest specimen handled by the Aquarium staff.
Flowers growing in sand bags replace twigs and grass for camouflage at a Scottish defence post. An electric eye measures wheat protein content. Photo meters show meteors move 5 to 50 miles per second. Berlin shopkeepers fed for price law violation. A pastor remarks on thinking and being. A beaver can haul logs heavier than its own weight on land and in water.
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