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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1942
Page
3
A reader letter claims Kruschen Salts eliminated a four year lumbago attack after hospital care and heat therapy. The writer endorses daily tasteless doses to purportly cure the root cause a impure bloodstream and prevent return.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims about thinking and self examination from Daniel March Shaftesbury Channing Mary Baker Eddy Isaac Taylor and Marcus Antoninus. The notes urge silent study deliberate thought and guarding one’s thoughts to achieve virtue and happiness.
The notice urges readers to invest by buying War Savings Certificates, advising to set aside part of their hard earned money for these government savings bonds.
The 125th (ML) Squadron of the Royal Air Force uses Defiant night fighters with a pilot and air gunner crew. Ground crew are mostly Newfoundlanders and many graduates are posted to the UK as Wireless Operators for bombers. The commanding officer praises the squadron and its personnel.
The 166 (Nfld) Field Regiment, R A previously the 57th (Nfld) Heavy Regiment, R A, shifted to field status mid November. Equipment changed from 92 howitzers to 25 pounders, English personnel largely replaced, and battalion structure adjusted to three batteries of eight guns each.
A British naval force in the Mediterranean destroyed an enemy convoy of ten ships and three destroyers in a brilliant night action. Two other British destroyers were severely damaged while the enemy vessels suffered total loss.
Trade Review reports a likely small lumber cut in 1942 due to wage competition and scarcity. Lumbermen foresee higher prices as loggers remain hard to hire, with mills unable to match wages paid by construction firms.
Britain adopts dyeline prints replacing blueprints to speed production. Black, blue or brown diagrams on white, produced by dry or semi dry processes, offer clearer lines and true scale. The new papers resist shrinking, suit ink or color tints, and help semi skilled workers including women in shipbuilding, tanks, planes.
The article argues the Libyan front reflects a global war dynamic with distant operations driving tactics. It notes the Axis grip on inner supply lines, Allied retreats to redeploy for Greece and the bar Hast, and the focus on preserving manpower and cores as German advances threaten Suez and Mediterranean fronts.
The Nominating Committee appointed by the Cabinet and Advisory Committees on Demobilization and Post War Planning met January 22 in St Johns to appoint sub committees. The cabinet received and adopted recommendations forming the groups on Fisheries Rehabilitation Forests and Forest Products Rehabilitation Agriculture and Land Settlement Industrial Rehabilitation Vocational Training and Interrupted Education Finance Employment Assistance.
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