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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1939
Page
2
Jimmy finishes a planned execution with the President and Cipriano but overpowers them. In a dramatic shift he escapes with the minister's wife, planning to flee to La Esperanza. A second fragment features a mother boasting her daughter won a music festival prize, triggering shared pride.
The poem recalls childhood voices of the sea Sea Opea and its wild prophecies of blue stretches ships monsters and unknown lands. The speaker now sees a wider ocean filled with life dreams and human pain drifting toward a distant shore.
A weary correspondent and his wife plan a holiday after a year on the Hollywood beat. He jokes they will paste a large Clark Gable picture on their car and drive until someone asks who it is, then they will stop.
A political speaker claims the status quo is Latin disguise as he observes the President collapse. The hero binds Cipriano, replaces the President with Jimmy Mason, and escapes by seaplane. A rocky youth exits a motor boat as a voice exclaims, You’ve done it. Mason confirms, But how.
A puzzled magistrate questions a suspect who admits to breaking into the same shop three nights running. He explains he sought a dress for his wife and needed to change it twice, prompting the rash pattern of crimes.
A girl asks her father what transport she would need to reach home if a lion escaped its cage and attacked, sparking a somber reflection on danger and safety at the zoo.
John asks why his uncle became a night watchman. The uncle explains that with a wife and eight kids he could not get near the fire at home, implying night work provided needed income and distance from domestic fires.
Mrs W H Earle dies after a brave illness at Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital Twillingate on July 2 1939. She was a teacher who joined the community in 1933 and married two years later. Her funeral was led by Rev R O Davies with Misa Laura Elliott present. the parish and St. Margarets paid respects with many in attendance.
A court scene features a customer accusing of soup on a bill while a waiter admits wiping it off. The judge questions a driver about passing an officer who blew a whistle. The plaintiff claims deafness and the judge jokes about hearing in the morning.
Predictions from the World Automotive Engineering Congress describe a teardrop shaped car with front bulge and rear taper. Doors vanish replaced by buttons for entry and light translucent roof for glare control. Movable seats remote style controls and a concealed beds mechanism may emerge.
Peace liberty and happiness were wished to 59 Sudeten German refugees welcomed by Chief Harry Littlecrow of the Moose cod reserve Duodurn who extended a welcome from the Sioux tribesmen. The settlers were en route to new homes in the St Walburg district and were shown Saskatoon exhibits during a two hour city visit led by the Saskatoon board of trade. Mayor Carl Nider ost and exhibition officials greeted the newcomers in front of the grandstand by the race track.
Piga pigs have risen to second place in Canada’s agricultural exports with bacon hog shipments eclipsed only by wheat. Last year farmers earned over $65 million from pigs, including $30 million from foreign markets.
A note discusses exploration toward Brazil and Venezuela in iron ore regions. It mentions a orchid type thriving in soil rich with iron bearing minerals, suggesting exploration opportunities linked to botanical indicators.
A readable note states that seven million bicycles exist in the United States. It emphasizes the scale of bike ownership across the country.
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