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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1953
Page
3
The readable text describes a voyage toward Mare trying to assess life and air quality. It mentions doctor figures, barren waste, and thin atmosphere. It questions why undertake the journey if the home planet offers breathable air and references DDT on lower forms of life.
Federal MP Gordon F Higgins forecasts a 50 50 chance for Trinity in the next election and predicts Conservatives will win St John’s East and West. He questions Liberal chances, notes pension exemptions, and cites a row over a government bill for a Canso aircraft flight as political maneuvering. Premier Smallwood responds sharply. Kept focus on Newfoundland political drama.
In December minister of mines F W Rowe announced International Forestry Products Ltd won rights to survey Sandwich Bay Labrador to explore a major saw mill and possibly a pulp mill. If viable, about 200 forestry jobs would start immediately with broader local development planned near Cartwright to ease labor shortages.
Snippet recalls bold claim that a singer’s voice helped listeners hear better on radios. The remark suggests music inspired owners to replace or sell their sets after hearing the performance.
A pompous shopwalker greets a customer asking for his desire. The man replies that he wants to kiss Rita Hayworth but needs a bowler hat, highlighting a humorous mix of celebrity illusion and practical want.
An exchange shows a debate over charging by weight on streetcars. A Fat Lady retorts that such a policy would force stops they cannot afford. An efficiency expert contends a worker can adapt if given the right incentives, comparing to a plane tuner on the prairie.
The piece notes a great great grandson of Rev Charles Wesey and brother of John Wessey who served as a Congregational minister at Norwe na Cned worth Googeu Sishlis. He claimed his salary from the church was not enough to make ends meet as a parish job began to falter with a looming family burden.
A young crab escaped from a crate in Tipton last Saturday and was found with a mouse in its claws. It now rests in a bowl of salt water while officials decide its fate, drawing local attention to the unusual talent.
Norman Smith the fishmonger notes a crab allowed to roam a shop to hunt mice, stating it has caught five mice but cannot live out of salt water indefinitely and will end up in the pot.
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