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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1941
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces it as the North Coast paper published on Saturdays from Twillingate Md office. Notes of Thanks Memorial Notices and Announcements cost 25 cents each. Submissions accepted before Wednesday noon. January 11 1941.
Government circles note broadcasts miss widespread readers unless printed. Delays at Christmas mail and outport despatch show need for better broadcast press announcements and aligned mail, train, and boat schedules. Officials acknowledge distance from trade centers and call for an updated broadcast press system. Au Revoir, Monsieur.
President Roosevelt’s history making address to Congress condemns totalitarian forces and calls for united, defiant defense of democracy. He pledges aid to Britain and Greece, rejects a peace with dictators, and outlines four freedoms freedom of speech religion from want and fear for all people worldwide. The speech sparks widespread enthusiasm as democracy advances.
The Kyle struggles to run to Botwood and Rees outward instead of moving freight from Lewisporte to Bay points toward Springdale. The Clyde is aging and cannot cut local ice. Freight, mail, and passengers miss schedules, delaying couriers in uncertain weather and ice conditions. Undoubtedly the early frost worsens the situation.
Disruption in transportation strains the railway as freight queues grow due to late orders. If the Kyle had removed the Clyde earlier, a current food shortage might have been avoided. The Gagona nears with freight but offshore winds hinder arrival. Clyde waits at Exploits for an off wind. Mails have been scrambled since December amid miscommunications between Lewisporte and St. John's. Couriers may relieve the buildup if they move today.
A reader commends the Hospital doctors for starting Weekly Health Talks in the Twintincatx Sun. The topics are timely and clear and will aid teachers and the public. The writer suggests clipping articles weekly to create a useful hygiene booklet for pupils and urges viewing the Academy project.
North East West Sours St John s Jan 4 1940 Greek high command says central Albania breach marks a major war development. Advices from the Yugoslav border report Italian tank columns routed in the north while German mechanized units reinforce. Bardia stormed by Australian troops with five thousand prisoners. heavy air bombardment preceded the advance. British bombers attack Tripoli. Dublin bombed. German air raid threats and protests over Ruhr. Roosevelt announces shipbuilding program to deliver 2.5 million tons of cargo ships in a year. Queen Elizabeth stationed at Cape Town for possible troop transport. Libyan base of Bardia surrenders. Italian army decimated. fifty five light tanks and five medium tanks captured. London officials note possible Italian invasion of Egypt no longer exists. Royal Air Force conducts heavy attacks on Hamburg area docks and harbors. Romania cut off. rumors of German move into Bulgaria. Germans attack London with incendiaries but limited damage. Fasists report losses as Greeks retake coastal positions.
British forces surround Tobruk and cut communications as heavy bombardment begins. Greeks press Italian positions near Chimara and capture an airport at Gazala with 35 Italian planes. Lord Baden Powell dies in Nyeri aged 83. Haile Selassie is said to direct revolts in Ethiopia with RAF support. Roosevelt presents a wartime budget including 17.485 billion dollars with 11 billion for arms.
James Janes age 75 and his wife, long time Toronto residents born in Twillingate, Newfoundland, mark 60 years married with a large family gathering at Church of Resurrection. They raised 12 children, 42 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren, after decades at sea and aboard fishing vessels. Their life includes Anglican faith, Orange lodge membership, and a Masonic tenure, with a festive tribute from relatives and a sister bridesmaid present.
Anstey Newfoundland and Mrs R Morris are at home in the noted local residence, with no further details provided in the readable text. The snatched snippet suggests a social note or household mention within a larger community update.
Week ending Jap 2nd lists admissions including Misa Mabel Sharpe Crow Head Mrs John Petley Port Albert Miss Hazel Jefferies Mrs John Elliott Miss Doris Arnold Twillingate South Donald Stuckless Twillingate North Richard Patey Mrs Richard Patey Burlington Mrs E H March Lewisporte Walter Andrews Pt Leamington Herman Sceviour Exploite Geo Stuckless Durrells Arm Discharges include Mrs Donald Moores and infant son Change Islands Miss Cecilia Coish Edgar Osmond Grand Falls Amos Head Ragged Hr Ason birth to Mrs Carl Anstey Purcell s Hr Jan 3 Both well December admitted 77 discharged 101 total care days 2754 average 88.8 per day four births two deaths.
The Department of Home Affairs issues a year long holiday schedule listing government offices and banks as closed on multiple dates. Key entries include St Patrick’s Day Good Friday St George’s Day Empire Day and Christmas Day with additional observances such as Labour Day Armistice Day and Boxing Day. New Year’s Day is included.
A drowning fatality occurred Monday off Herring Neck when Alfred Parsons and Ray Reddick struck a rock in heavy seas. Their boat was pressed in by ice floes and the men were thrown overboard. The auxiliary Swile of Port Union recovered Reddick, but Parsons drowned.
The Overland Mail will close at 5pm every Monday until further notice. The back mail, now 40 bags, may be gone after today as our couriers make a special trip.
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