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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1950
Page
2
A first person tale traces a hemp plant in Europe to rope made in St John s Newfoundland. The rope is harvested, spun, twisted, treated, shipped to sea, used as a ladder on a ship, and finally burned in a fire at sea on New Year s Day. The narrator ropes through a life of growth, labor, and tragic end.
Confederation Life reports F Burnheam Gill former editor of the Western Star left Corner Brook to pursue purchase talks for the Ray Roberts Guardian. The Guardian’s publisher David Russell fell ill in 1949 and Wilson Russell of Corner Brook West was involved. A Monday radio bulletin said Gill accepted a position with Daily News.
Berlin reports a German biographer argues Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, may have acted to save Germany. The work notes Canaris warned against Allied capture, resisted Nazi plans, and remained in post until 1944 before his Cassino era retirement and July 20 plot arrest.
A garbled report discusses an officer claiming resistance to orders, a mention of Canarias going to Venice, and a biographer bold condemned at Fionenburg Camp. It notes Hitler era figures who avoided trial at Nuremberg and suggests Allied interrogation of a suspect who supposedly knew too much.
Newfoundland faces economic strain into 1950 due to European dollar shortages and devaluation. Despite demand for fisheries, news print, and minerals, higher prices and limited dollars threaten salt cod exports to Europe, with past reliance on sterling trade under a Commission Government scheme and continued by Canada for 1949.
Newfoundland faces higher costs and reduced demand as sterling devaluation hits cod exports and newsprint. Exporters warn of potential cuts in salt cod sales to Europe and a broader slump unless Canada backs continued sterling trade or finds dollar markets. Mills seek new dollar buyers to offset Britain’s reduced imports, with mining unclear though St Lawrence fluorspar remains strong while Base metal prices affect Buchan mines.
A boy asks a captain for a ship berth and offers his work ethic. He cites sawing and splitting his mother's wood for nearly two years as proof, and notes he has not whispered in school for a year. The captain hires him, praising his discipline and readiness.
A riddle suggests the fetter in the middle of ice is the coldest. The clue plays on position and temperature, leading to a playful conclusion about the central link in an icy chain.
A light hearted riddle contrasts a ship with a farmer. One ploughs the sea and the other ploughs the land, playing on nautical and agricultural imagery for a quick pun.
A coastal observer notes giant squid strandings as rare but recurring events. Architeuthis and Sthenateuthis reach massive lengths, with historic reports from Dingle Bay and Shetland. Recent strandings and a Dublin broadsheet recount a two-headed, horned sea creature with multiple eyes and a siphon-like mouth.
A manager questions the applicant about limits in the shop and experience. The applicant confirms several years of ham slicing in a restaurant.
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