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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1941
Page
4
The Twillingate Sur publishes notes of thanks memoriam and announcements from the North Coast region. Submissions incur a 25 cent charge and late letters received after Wednesday noon may not be inserted. The paper disclaims responsibility for correspondent opinions.
In Twillingate on February 1 1941 a Newfoundland columnist questions relief dependence after the Placentia Bay project was dropped at Marystown. The piece critiques governments for not generating labor while urging industry to provide jobs and notes mining fisheries and prohibition as economic factors amid wartime costs.
An old caption from St Johns Eyes notes liquor control cannot maintain a minimum age for a brand due to wartime conditions. The piece questions the age requirement and suggests residents await peace, mentioning Demerara rum costs and general wartime disruptions.
The Newfoundland Gazette notes twelve men form the Newfoundland Tourist Traffic Development Board. It predicts slow progress for Outports to gain recognition and says the scenic uplands remain obscure, reflecting caution about current leadership’s vision.
John G Winant has been appointed United States Ambassador to England. He served in World War I and has held important missions abroad, reflecting his wartime experience and diplomatic background.
On the morning of the 30th a young man appeared before Magistrate J Abbott at the Court House charged with endorsing a cheque drawn by the Department of Natural Resources in favour of Sergt Beauchamp. He pleaded guilty to Forgery and was sentenced to three months in gaol.
Obituary notices report Lucy Vatcher wife of Thomas Vatcher aged 74 died on Tuesday on the South Side leaving three daughters in the USA and a sow named Clarence. Funeral held Thursday at St. Peters with J Goodland officiating. Also Maria Roberts died at Gilesport aged 88 leaving two sons and two daughters in Canada and one daughter in Canada Mrs Harlan Rideout. funeral held at the 9 8 United Church Thursday with Rev TJ Pit.
Clarence J Dislop died in St John's Newfoundland a fortnight ago at age 47. He served as manager of the Nova Scotia Branch Bee during 1918 to 1922.
British motorized units press west from Tobruk toward Derna as RAF raids pound Italian positions in Libya. Three front offensive continues in Africa with Italian forces retreating in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Rome reshuffles foreign policy amid unrest as Mussolini consolidates control. Greek and Allied actions expand across the region.
Australian forces seize Derna after hard fighting with Italians. British units advance toward Benghazi while Italians may contest the line between Derna and Benghazi. Vichy Berlin strains over Laval reinstatement as Petain resists. Greek front slows for memorial services as Metaxas’s troops vow fierce counteraction.
The Twillingate branch of the NPA formed a special committee after J H Penson’s Oct 18 visit to promote War Savings Certificates. The Sun carried letters from committee members explaining benefits to Newfoundland and urging purchases at the Post Office or via the Bank of Nova Scotia to aid the war effort and provide safe profits.
Public night shelters in London accommodate about 1.5 million people with 500 600 thousand sleeping nightly during raids. One twelfth of the London Counties population uses shelters. 172 shelters host over 500 residents and 164 medical posts operate.
Miss Susie Hodder is reported very sick after an attack that left her in a weak condition.
The notice reports mail close times changing to 6 p.m Gy with 10 p.m. dispatches from the Door Box and an extra two cents postage for letters after 6. It notes heavy snow since the 24th with milder days and more snow storms in March in the NE and NW winds. Harbour ice near Harbour Rock is poor for travel with one access near Pearce's Rock as the tide allows.
During the week ending Jan 29 the hospital admitted Mis Veron Eveleigh Comfort Cove Mrs Albert Linfield Jenkins Gove Mrs George Nippard Twillingate South Mrs Samuel Sharpe Crow Head Mrs Nelson Hull Blys Head Cove Mrs Edward Barnes Ragged Point Jasper Chaulk Carmanville. Discharged were Mrs John Pelley and infant Ports Albert Miss Bernice Hodder Mrs John Elliott Twillingate South Mrs Hedley King and infant son George Stuckless Durells Arm Mrs Augustus Pelley Sandy Cove. On Jan 22 a daughter was born to Mrs George Nippard Twillingate South and on Jan 27 a son to Mrs Edward Barnes Ragged Point. Both mothers and babies are doing well.
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