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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1942
Page
2
A mother recalls first loves and the youth of her daughter Hilary as Jimmie and a soldier man meet fate. The elder couple weigh paths of marriage, risk, and shared memories, while a wartime camp scene contrasts oversight and recognition.
The piece notes that inhabitants of St Pierre and Miquelon overwhelmingly chose Free French governance over Vichy rule in an apparently honest vote. It questions why support for the Free French draws censure and mocks Nazi claims of imminent victory and Axis setbacks in Libya.
The Montreal Star column mocks geopolitical theater describing Japanese politeness and Nazi Japan alliance as racial rhetoric. It quips about Nipponese honor and a fanciful claim that Hitler is a descendant of Mohammed, joking about Mohammed’s coffin and Hitler’s imagined privilege.
A Wall Street Journal humor snippet features Freddie asking what an average is and his father guiding him with a pun about a hen’s egg production. Freddie concludes that an average is the button of a hen’s neat.
A man recalls arriving late to the golf club and weighing whether to go to the office. He says he had to toss up fifteen times before deciding, reflecting on the moment with a sense of resolve.
A young London Boy Scout, carrying a haversack of large blanket pins, makes nightly rounds in a tube shelter during German air raids. He tucks in and smooths blankets for sleeping children, turning his simple act into notable service.
The International Grenfell Association again shows support for Newfoundlanders welfare with a London Christmas party. About one hundred Newfoundlanders from the Navy Artillery Regiments and Royal Air Force were entertained and enjoyed the event.
A Moscow message reports German soldiers in Russia questioning what they fight for and suggests they write to Herr Hitler with a stamped addressed envelope as per London Punch.
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