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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1942
Page
2
A London Daily Sketch report recalls a south Tingland football match between Army and Navy players disrupted by Nazi bombers. A sailor among the wounded had his arm amputated in an underground dressing station. He never cried out, then muttered, Not likely, I don't lie down for Hitler.
A 1927 appraisal by Swedish observer Knut Haberg said Churchill was incapable of lying. The piece credits Churchill as prime minister since the previous May for proving this view, contrasting him with dictators who are described as habitual liars and untrustworthy in threats of violence.
Wayne University professor Orin D Madison notes newspapers will grow in role for disseminating information and that 85 percent of information is seen with the eyes. He argues advertising is especially effective, catching readers in a relaxed, receptive mood. The press is valued as an educational and entertaining public institution.
Alfred Noyes writes a tribute praising British seafaring bravery from Drake to Raleigh. The poem evokes waves and the sea, recalling battles and the liberty won on oceans. It honors English daring, urging courage under mist and sun as emperors of freedom look on.
Detroit News notes a push to equip passenger aircraft with parachutes. Major Thomas C. Lanphier cites 32 fatalities in two crashes that might have been prevented by bail out capability. Lanphier argues parachutes offer greater passenger safety than lifebelts, especially for fainting women or children, and could become standard aircraft equipment.
A playful exchange asks who filled Santa Claus's stocking when he was a boy. The fragment from The Country Home presents a light holiday riddle between a tired mother and a boy.
Fourteen captains and masters complain in a daily about entering and leaving port. Schooners and motor vessels arriving after dark must stay outside to avoid storms endangering lives. Inside, vessels are deemed safer. Public Bureau hopes for clear published arrangements guiding vessel owners on safe port entry without hindering defense or marine regulations.
The Victoria Colonist notes Australia has 110 million sheep yielding 1.01 billion pounds of wool worth about 200 million dollars annually. Australia, though under one-sixth of world flock, provides over a quarter of world wool, with a $3 billion capital value, a 150 year rise from early meat flocks to global industry.
Government cuts duties on fresh fruits and removes the 7 percent war tax from coal vegetables and dairy to curb living costs. Beets carrots parsnips potatoes onions and cabbage duty rates are outlined with regional variations. Expected savings total about 209000 yearly. coal pass through and fruit stock exhaustion affect timing.
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