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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1942
Page
2
A mixed wartime column covers church debates about submarine sinks, praise for war courage, a Dublin hairdo idea, Goebbels and Mussolini mockery, and British humor. It notes U S Army pilots in Bataan, sea rescues, factory arson near Paris, and a Newfoundland charity letter appealing for children of bombed areas.
Describes Mrs R Nugent of Bundaberg mother of eight sons and one daughter serving in the forces with the daughter in the Women’s Auxiliary Training Service. Notes Home Guards in Scotland issued bayonet shaped pikes welded to tubes, rifle length. Alfred D Taylor, fearing non return from a trip on a tacke, left almost all of his $6000 in a will.
The 1942 Lady Middleton Shield contest involved eighteen Newfoundland Guides Companies competing for the honor by sewing a ten garment outfit for a child under five. The 1st Curling Company, led by Miss Elsie Barrett, won for presenting a complete outfit for a three year old girl and donating extra garments.
The piece contrasts soldiers from Britain, Canada, Australia, India, China, the United States, and others fighting not just for country but for a shared ideal. It frames the conflict as defense of peaceful living, freedom of thought, and diverse collaboration against Hitler's extreme nationalism.
A High River man walked with a childhood companion umbrella and paused to lower it before a car. Asked why he did so he said it was absent minded. He recalled a past incident where carrying an umbrella caused a horse to run away and feared a car may be involved next.
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