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Twillingate Sun

Location

Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada

Date

Jul 08, 1944

Page

3

Flight Mechanic Battles Lumbago On Airfield

A flight mechanic describes months of sciatica and lumbago worsened by weather. He credits Kruschen Salts for relief, saying a daily tiny dose in tea or coffee guards against pain and keeps him fit for harsh outdoor work.

All Weathers Kruschen R.G. R F. Kruschen Sciatica and Limbago

Summer Storm Cossack Rain Dance

A vivid, stormy scene unfolds with wind twisting dry leaves and a steel-white dagger of rain. Thunderheads roll, diagonally slashing the sky as rain drums on panes and roofs in a swift, gestural chorus.

Confederate Life and Red Cross Flag Reversed

The Red Cross flag is described as the flag of the Gwisa Confederation reversed, noted within Confederation Life discussion.

Red Cross Gwisa Confederation

Pendulum Length Difference For One-Second Beat

A pendulum must be one fifth of an inch longer at Spitzbergen than at the equator to beat time exactly by one second. This reveals how latitude and gravitational variation affect pendulum period.

Spitzbergen Equator

Public notice of summer trade route and goods ad

During the coming summer the auxiliary motor vessel Lavinia Mauls lins will trade from points in Notre Dame Bay directly to Bishop's Falls. Advertise or sell lumber palnts farming or fishery produce. Also dealing in Lobsterman or cycle marine engines. For particulars write RSAU BURGA Sunny Slope Farm Bishop's Falls.

Aux Lavinia Maulslins Polints Notre Dame Bay Bishop's Falls Rsau Burga Sunny Slope Farm

Clock Reverts to Standard Time. Good Omen in Queens

A rooftop clock atop Charles Henry and Sons real estate in Jackson Heights, Queens, briefly reverts from Eastern War Time to Eastern Standard Time for no clear reason. Observers who noticed the change called the clock owners, who saw it as a good omen and will let the clock run independently.

New York Alga Jackson Heights Qeos Charles Henry and Sons

Organized Resistance Gains Momentum in France

M d Astier cites a shift from sporadic to widespread organized resistance. He recalls 500 patriots at Glieves Plateau who held 1200 Germans for weeks, while Lyon police under Gestapo control questioned 17 000 French in a day. Germans respond with terror, razing villages and torturing families.

M. d'Astier Glieves Interior Lyon Gestapo Savoie Dordogne Vichy Paris

Mussolini Redivivus and Berlin’s Hopeful Reports

German efforts to revive the Mussolini legend persist with a April 24 Berlin claim that Benito Mussolini visited Hitler’s headquarters for talks on joint Italian German issues. A diplomat said Mussolini’s health appeared improved since last autumn, signaling renewed importance of Italy in German policy amid evolving military news. A Swiss dispatch notes Benito Mussolini escaped a bomb blast near his car on April 24, underscoring ongoing danger and uncertainty surrounding the Duce’s fate.

Berlin Bernita Mussolini Fuehrer Duce Italy New York Berne Switzerland Benito Mussolini

Fragmentary Exchange Captures Childlike Naming Debate

A speaker argues that eggs require hens while a small voice from the rear insists with garbled words and a shy challenge. The scene centers on a playful, unresolved exchange as a child persists with unclear statements.

Gems For Your Scrapbook Verses on Dignity and Honor

A compact collection of quotes on true dignity, self-respect, and integrity from Massinger Aurelius Aristotle Wordsworth Eddy and Burroughs. The lines emphasize that honor arises from inner virtue rather than outward status and that keeping one’s word sustains dignity.

Marcus Aurelius

Sugar ration trouble for rhubarb season persists

The piece notes no new rhubarb sugar allotment and a nearly over season. It questions last year's extra allotment and suggests the Food Controller may have discouraged renewals. It cites local sugar abundance versus US shortages and advises cautious distribution while anticipating appeals when preserving season returns.

United States

Cure for Insomnia Reported by Dr Miller

The New York Times notes eleven of twelve patients slept after reducing a ralt intake. Dr Michael M Miller of the United States Marine Hospital Ellis Island told the American Psychiatric Association that six patients were marines unable to sleep and six were morphine addicts, all benefited.

The New York Times Michael M. Miller United States Marine Hospital Ellis Island American Psychiatric Association Miller

Sea Gulls Cab Ride Tale From The Battery

A girl entertaining three New Zealand soldiers took them by cab to the Battery for sightseeing. On the West Side Highway a soldier cried about docks and the driver quipped that the sight was sea gulls, not docks, in a light New Yorker tone.

New Zealand West Side Jack

Parrot Keeps Company Says It Repeats Truth

A bache lor explains why he keeps a parrot. He argues the bird is unique as it speaks only what it hears, not adding its own tale. The exchange highlights the parrot as a reliably impartial talker in a world of storytelling.

Parot

Rubber plantations revived on New Guinea coast

Along the south coast of New Guinea seventy three civilian planters with many native laborers are reactivating rubber fields and expect to reach pre war output of twelve hundred tons in the coming year.

New Guinea

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