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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1940
Page
3
A busy man advised by his doctor to reduce weight reports dropping from 206 to 199 pounds after using Kruschen Salts. He says health improves sleep and appetite, and he urges others to start the treatment for steady weight loss and renewed vigor.
Frederick C. Oechsner reports from Paris that Gestapo raids drive Jews and refugees from Nezirule to Poland Czechoslovakia and Austria into hiding as German forces close in. The Christian Science Monitor warns the United States against permitting totalitarianism and eroding the Bill of Rights.
Confident progress report from Stratford Beacon Herald notes half of Britain’s miners are back at work as the government seeks to lift coal production from 240,000,000 to 280,000,000 tons to meet wartime demand. Hold Portal tours coal fields to speed gains amid global shortages and rising overseas inquiries.
It is probable the US ban on foreign shipping will include seizure of the super liner Normandie at New York as security for American investments in German occupied France.
A playful dialogue features a wife arguing about traveling the world and a beam of light in a humorous exchange with Doris and a reference to a wartime call to arms by Young Mao. The snippet reveals light banter and cultural intrigue.
A group of St Johns women prepared a petition to the Newfoundland Government demanding assurances from the Department of Justice that preventive measures against fifth column activities are being taken. The note cites fears of internal enemy influence and notes concerns over aliens and a man described as a peat expert linked to Nazi suspects in Canada.
Reuters quotes British circles calling Wendell Willkie’s Republican nomination a direct blow to Hitler. The report notes outside sentiment pushing Willkie ahead despite some convention support and says his candidacy would please Britain, seen as a boon to democracy.
Anchorag Alaska June 19. Pilot Don Gilasy advocates hunting wolves by airplane to protect Alaska's big game. He argues the $20 bounty incentive leads hunters to avoid inaccessible areas due to cost. He notes rising wolf numbers in cross country flights and packs of moose traveling together, suggesting officials join hunter pilots to verify kill counts.
Rastus and Sambo argue over a garden intrusion by a rooster. Rastus claims the bird was in Sambo's roost area, while Sambo insists he was defending his garden. The dispute centers on a neck shot and a cracked defense, with both sides asserting responsibility.
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