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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1942
Page
3
The article weighs when winter begins and notes January 21 as a probable start while December 21 remains astronomical. It discusses frost, navigation, and mail traffic, saying mild winters aid commerce, and ships and motor boats carry passengers and freight during wartime demand. It mentions few second class steamers sold and two new ones added last year, with no net tonnage increase.
The London Sunday Dispatch reports Walter Samuel Lacey, 35, of St. John s Newfoundland and a private in the 59th Heavy Artillery, was stabbed on Renfield Street during a blackout and died the next day at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Three naval uniformed men were seen with him, witnesses sought, and a full military funeral with six Newfoundlanders as pallbearers was noted in Scotland.
A young man aiming to look grand on New Years' Day asks for something cheap. The clerk hands him a beaver hat and tells him to try it on, while a man in the mirror nearby chimes in with a tease.
An old lady questions candle prices as a grocer explains costs are higher due to the war. She suggests candles are dearer and they remark on fighting by candlelight. The exchange captures wartime cost pressures and daily life.
A farmer notes a hen grows uneasy and downcast when she cannot locate her usual nesting places. The observation suggests routine location help may improve hen welfare and laying consistency.
British prisoners of war in Germany study for honours degrees at London University with the Oxford Bodleian Library organizing courses. About 1,832 men pursue engineering, languages, and other subjects as they prepare for civilian life after the war.
Britain uses translucent toughened glass as top plates in hot cabinets to withstand 120 to 150 degrees. This saves steel in factories and reduces cleaning and serving work while slightly slowing heat up but better heat retention, cutting costs during wartime.
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