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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1940
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces its notes of thanks memoriam and announcements policy in Twillingate Mid on Saturdays. Submissions via the North Side office are charged 25 cents and late letters received after Wednesday noon cannot be guaranteed publication.
The publication states official authority supports abandoning the Placentia Bay Regional Co operative Scheme. It argues the plan failed due to broad criticism and war expenditures, not lack of opportunity for better living. It questions self government and argues lasting relief requires time and financial aid.
Opinion argues Newfoundland censorship harms morale and wartime unity. It claims British and Canadian press freedoms contrast with Newfoundland restrictions, calls for a new censorship policy or greater editor discretion to keep readers informed about Allied news. The piece notes dangers of foreign broadcasts and radio reports leaking information.
Wartime dispatch notes the fighting spirit waning for Nazia while RAF strikes Germany. Churchill calls it bad news as Egypt Suez Palestine defense takes priority. Newfoundland Trade Commissioner D James Davies visits coastal batteries, praising men and officers and noting improved record keeping by a War Office liaison officer.
A letter from T. G. W. Ashbourne notes the Spitfire Fighter Plane fund underway in Newfoundland with Daily News at St John’s and Twillingate Sun involvement. About $11,901.83 has been subscribed, public cooperation urged via subscriptions to the Twillingate Sun or Magister Abbott to forward to the Daily News at St John’s.
A list of Junior Red Cross collectors is shown with individual names and contributions. Amounts range from 15 to 50 cents and include many Eveleigh, Harnett, Head, White, and Mills families plus others.
Patriotic Entertainment Committee hosted a Farewell Luncheon at Harbour View Hotel for recruits Ralph White of Ragged Point and Bennett Randell of Gilesporte who joined His Majesty's Navy. Speakers included T G W Ashbourne and Rev J Goodland who presented Gillette Razor Sets as mementos. The event ended with the National Anthem at about 10 30 and wishes for health and a swift return.
List shows admissions of Edgar Pelley Boyd s Cove Walter Squires Smiths Jr Miss Whelemina Short Wellmans Cove and others. discharges include Gerald Carroll Freeman Windsor Triton and Bert Young Twillingate South. A daughter was born to Mrs Cecil Facey and a son to Mrs Thos Wheeler. both mothers and infants healthy. Dr Waddell from Brookfield brought in Miss Pearl Goodyear who died a few hours after admission.
Letter to Mr. John T. Gillard recounts gratitude from the Prime Minister of England for George Gillard and his 45 men in a Malton area saw mill project. He describes operations with 2 tractors 3 horses and 2 tracks and notes a 246 word reply.
Daily dispatches from St John’s recount intensified air battles over Britain with German raids on London and east coast towns. Royal Air Force claims air superiority, while Britain and allies pledge support to Greece and defend Western Hemisphere bases as Spitfire funds surge.
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