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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1943
Page
2
A long patriotic poem honors Britain's WWII resilience and its heroes. It references Nelson, Spain's Armada, and Bonaparte while urging present generations to honor those who secured freedom. A note identifies the author Rev. G. H. Earle of Monkseaton Church and biographical details.
A circus worker asks a boy if a giraffe is nearby. The boy says no giraffe is seen but reports a long necked piebald pony nibbling treetops in the distance.
Government and the Fisheries Board are compiling a list of required gear and supplies for 1944. The effort follows a Washington visit by Hon. P. D. H. Dunn and R. Gushte to secure increased fish production, with Greece Italy and liberated nations cited as needing supplies. Newfoundland salt fish output rose from about 700 000 quintals in 1942 to an expected 800 000 in 1943, after a 1 045 236 quintals peak in 1939. The list, prepared with the Priorities Department, seeks to guarantee gear and materials to prevent shortages for next season.
The Lebanese crisis strains UN relations with the Moslem world and dents the prestige of the French Committee for National Liberation. It arose from independent moves in Beirut and Algiers with arrests and a troop deployment. Reconciliation requires full allied consultation and assurances that war aims will be reconsidered after victory.
Mrs A Brock writes that with each approaching winter she gains weight and suffers aches, but Ket Kraschen Salts keeps her internal organs regular and she feels rejuvenated after a week. She credits a week of daily doses with curing neuritis ten years ago and continues to rely on the brown jar on the shelf.
Lieut. Col. J. B. I. Lewis arrives in Newfoundland to take over duties at Canadian Headquarters. Born 1899, he enlisted 1940 and served with the Sth Canadian Infantry Brigade overseas. His career includes staff roles at the War Office and Camberley, later Canadian Reinforcement Units, and command with the 7th Canadian Infantry Division.
The article notes a decline in small retail stores in Canada and discusses postwar entry risks. It argues former retailers who served in the war should resume if possible, but warns against opening the field to all, fearing a 1922-like merchandising crash.
The London Times reports the will of Sir Edgar Rennie Bowring leaving £418,695 in England with net personalty £403,478. Provisions include £2,000 to Bowring Park, £42,000 to the Church of England Orphanage, £41,000 each to the R C Orphanage and Methodist Orphanage, and £500 to the Salvation Army St John’s. Figure 4 at $4.40.
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