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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1942
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun publishes notes of thanks memoriam notices and announcements with a 25 cent fee per item. It states it cannot guarantee insertion of lengthy letters or communications received after Wednesday noon and disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions.
Government considers up to date winter transport options as ice forms vary. Special conveyance may aid mails passengers and freights when ice is scarce. Express freight congestion and shortages press buyers and firms. Aerial links help but bulky mails and sick patient movement strain routes. rail congestion persists even in open seasons, leaving northern areas largely isolated in winter.
The president reviewed the Pacific war and U S mobilization, noting American public opinion shifting from indifference to resolve. He praised Allied resolve, detailing war material production and pledging aid to defeat the Axis and defend freedom, with praise for Russia, China, MacArthur forces, and Britain.
The report describes an Allied effort in a new programme aimed at defeating the enemy. Details remain limited in the available readable text.
Bodies arrived from Lewisporte for Wm J Young and George Pippy. Travel was hindered by heavy snow and thin ice. The double funeral was held yesterday at South Side United Church by Rev T J Pitt. Large congregation attended and interment took place at Rink Road cemetery.
Ernest Hilliard and a companion identified as Hilliarda or Codroy drowned while crossing a pond two weeks after rabbit hunting. Ernest Hilliard's body was recovered in two fathoms of water.
Report notes difficulty securing men for the seal fishery. The Neptune will not sail this year while three Norwegian steamers depart from Halifax to pursue the sealing voyage.
The Junior Red Cross Society of Amalgamated School Bishop's Falls staged a Valentine Program on February 3 in the kindergarten room. Proceeds go to the Cripped Children's Fund at St John's and the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital Twillingate.
Viena Eveline Earle wed Stanley Troke at South Side United Church Twillingate on Wednesday Feb 11 at 4 pm. Rev T J Pitt officiated with organist Mrs Harvey White. The bride wore sky blue and carried carnations and fern. The reception followed at the groom’s home. The couple will reside in Twillingate.
John A B Clarke previously with the Nild Forestry Unit now serves as a seaman in the Royal Navy. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Clarke.
On Tuesday March 3 at 9 39 am all children who missed their regular turn in the School Clinic may receive a standard exam. Parents and teachers are asked to ensure children from any grade are at the hospital by 9 30. The note mentions a parent questionnaire and winter wood cutting plans depending on ice and snow conditions.
Mr. George Burton arrived from St. Johns yesterday. Five Foresters returned here on Tuesday after many months abroad in the Old Country.
Mabel Guy widow of Bennet Guy died Tuesday at Wild Cove after a long illness. She leaves two aona, one daughter, and three step daughters, with one sister Mrs Arthur Simna. Funeral held yesterday by Rev T. J. Pitt at North Side United Church. Interment at B. B. Head Cemetery. Sympathy to the family.
War savings drives continue as local residents are urged to buy certificates and stamps to support the war effort. Campaign organizers stress broader participation and emphasize the impact on national defense and veterans.
Gunner Wilfred Trice and Navalman Cecil Elliott, sons of Mr and Mrs Peter Troke and Mr and Mrs Joseph Elliott, were heard over the air on Wednesday night from London.
Announcement urges residents of Twillingate and nearby areas to use the clinic during winter hours. Daily 9 to 5 with Wednesday and Saturday 9 to 12, as seasonal outport visitors are scarce. Dr Henry Kalwaid, resident at N. D. B. Hospital, signs the notice.
Severe winter weather hinders travel with shifting winds and heavy snow creating high banks across streets. March may bring fairer conditions though rain and easterly winds altered road surfaces. frost is improving travel as earlier ice and harbor ice thaw.
North East West South reports fighting across the globe with Japanese activity in Surabaya Timor and Batavia. Allied air and naval forces strike Libya and Java while Turkish and German moves unfold. St Lawrence disaster claims many lives as Trusken and Polock run aground. Chiang Kai-shek plans defenses with Allies. Santa Barbara shelled. Burma evacuations continue.
Reports detail heavy German losses on the southern front with 12 000 killed as a sector falls. Rail and air campaigns span Santa Barbara Rangoon Kiel and Rabaul with Allied counterstrikes. Stalinist rotations and strategic talk cite spring offensives and intensified air and sea battles.
All members are requested to meet in their Hall Sunday March 8 at 2 oclock pm to attend Divine Service at the Salvation Army Citadel.
A bill titled An Act Respecting Bounties Payable Under the Shipbuilding Bounties Act 1938 has been read twice. It notes no provision prevents sale of bounty vessels to foreign interests or use outside Newfoundland fisheries and aims to correct this.
An act amends the Shipbuilding Bounties law to limit bounty eligibility to ships engaged in Newfoundland fisheries. Diversion or sale to nonfisheries use triggers repayment with a lien on the ship until repaid. Comments urged in writing by March 23, 1942.
Notice states Regulation 11 of the Lobster Fishery and Packing rules is cancelled and replaced. It bars taking any lobster under three and one eighth inches, alive or dead, cooked or uncooked, and requires any such lobster to be returned alive to the water. The consolidation covers amendments from May 7 1937 to date, bridging them in one set. CLAUDE FRASER secretary for natural resources.
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