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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1949
Page
2
A fragment notes Miss Lighthody of Edisberg taking a royal nursing role for Princess Elizabeth’s newborn. It mentions Nurse Rowe and cheeky sayings about romance and money, including a line about Noah and the sea and a few unrelated quips.
The Financial Post notes Newfoundland's coming Confederation entry as the long‑held aim of a group of statesmen who gathered in Charlottetown in 1864 to form a federation of British North American provinces. It urges citizens in Newfoundland and Canada to make the partnership work, viewing union as permanent and inevitable with next spring’s entry.
A logic puzzle about Mr Rowanberry selling chocolates where children take different numbers. Each child collects a different amount, none equal to three, and profits are shared. Joyce earns two shillings. a shilling is twelve pence more than Yvonne and one more than Cuthbert. Peter earns the most. Rowanberry’s scheme costs ten shillings nine pence. Determine Cuthbert’s count of chocolates.
The document itemizes amounts owed and paid by and to Alex Sansome and family members. Totals show 3200 pounds for Hillgrade, 200 for various Sansome relatives, and smaller sums to Chinn and others, with a total acknowledged to date of 1580.33.
Les O Rielly agreed to coach and manage Lewisporte hockey teams to play on an outdoor pond rink. Senior and junior players will train starting New Year’s Day with sharpened skates sticks and pucks. Organizers hope for competitive play and a permanent rink in the future.
The London fire brigade built a Tudor style playhouse for Britain's royal baby now on display in London to support a food drive. The 1e feet high cottage features diamond pane windows and a dormer, with scaled furniture and a tiny workshop for hammering and pounding delight.
The thirteenth American airmen stranded on a 7500 foot Greenland icecap were rescued as U S Forces led by the carrier Sapino and support helicopters carried out a coordinated operation. Lieutenant Colonel Beau Dry piloted a C-7 aircraft to land near the men and evacuated them to a northern base for onward transfer to Narssarsuaq.
Seven marooned men remain on the icecap since December 9 after a C 47 crash. Two more were added when a B 17 made a rescue attempt and two gliders later joined the stranded party. A later glider accident on Christmas Day damaged another craft but left all aboard unharmed as reconnaissance planes supply the group from Narsarsuaq base 100 miles away.
A woodsman rode into Grand Falls during the Christmas rush and hitched his horse to a large No Parking sign on High Street. Constable Pike moved the horse to the police station as townsfolk laughed and the owner learned pedestrians have right of way.
The Minister of National Revenue warned Pacific Coast audiences that transferring Newfoundland to a confederation would risk a second Alaska on Canada’s Last Coast. He argued the cost is worthwhile for security, but the comparison to Alaska drew criticism.
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