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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1942
Page
3
A 62 year old man notes headaches since age ten but stopped two years ago after his wife revealed Kruschen Salts in his tea. The ad claims headaches stem from a disordered stomach and retained waste. Kruschen Salts supposedly cleanse the body and remove poisons to prevent recurrence.
A collection of sayings from Bulwer Coleridge Stevenson Beecher and others linking happiness to virtue faith and spiritual joy. Passages cite biblical verses and moral reflection on finding the way of God and inspiring mankind with hopeful examples.
The text notes Mohandas K. Gandhi renouncing his pacifist leadership of the All India Congress Party in favor of a more active anti Nazi stance. Churchill expresses satisfaction as fascist resistance grows. The Indian situation becomes less urgent amid shifting wartime dynamics and defence concerns. Gandhi’s long influence over Hindu politics is highlighted.
The Norwegian submarine B 1 submerged to dodge air raids during the 1940 Narvik battle. It lay on the seabed five days as nearby German ships loomed, then sank after a ballast flood. A month later Allies retook Narvik, divers sank tanks, and the vessel was repaired. Now it is back in active service.
Britain outlines underground hospitals and operating theatres to care for air raid casualties in safety. One facility can provide full medical services for 106 to 125 patients. Lieut Col. W A V Churton urges Chester to follow civil war era example and melt silver plate to fund anti Hitler measures.
A North Canaan Connecticut paper mentions Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Phair on a four day motor trip to Bermuda as spotted by The New Yorker.
A dialogue fragment features a Pathfinder character stating continual breaking in. The other party retorts you would not have to break in if you obtain the key.
The piece portrays a boy dismayed by soaring fur prices and new luxury taxes. He laments with a playful verse referencing a polar bear and a fictional fur overboat as a humorous take on expense and whimsy.
A courtroom cartoon has a judge prescribing one year and a $50 fine, prompting the defense to plead reversal. The judge retorts with an implausible fifty years and $1 five, illustrating the era’s satirical legal humor.
The piece notes shifting political currents from Home Rule nonviolence to a younger proffered stance amid rising Axis pressure. It cites Burma Premier U Ba U seeking Home Rule, Japan’s expansion, and bombings in Rangoon, highlighting security over constitutional disputes for Hindus and Muslims alike.
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