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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1942
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun lists rates for notes of thanks memoriam notes and announcements and notes publication rules. Communications received after Wednesday noon may not be printed and the paper disclaims responsibility for correspondent opinions.
A Newfoundland radio report notes that starting in September all boards will implement free and compulsory education, potentially adding about 13 000 pupils. Boards cooperate, space is being arranged, and some boards extend existing facilities.
London reports note Newfoundland voices heard on air in biweekly programs. Forestry unit members Clayton Sansome Stewart Geo Bennett W G Wells featured. A Forestry Unit programme by Loggers is planned for next week. Captain Turner’s Scotland work and a Trade Commission Newsletter for forces and forests were discussed. Mr W J Carew offers talents for Boys programs and related interests.
The August push in Russia stalls as Hitler underestimates winter, while Soviet forces contend bravely. Germans face a harsher campaign with Middle East and Egypt still in Allied hands, and potential failure if a second winter grips the front. The outlook remains bleak for Nazism, with liberation prayers rising.
Personal Messrs McGrath Skeffngton were in town last week on business. Dunniag returned to the Bank after holidays to Harbour Grace and the City. Mrs Arthur Elliott went to Grand Falls last Saturday. D Cook came from Corner Brook on Tuesday and visited his father Ex Magistrate Cook at Fogo. Susan Pardy came from St John’s last week. G C M Pardy with wife and son Kevin are in town from Corner Brook visiting home after two years absence. Mrs John Boutstead and son Raymond came from Toronto to visit her mother Mrs John Guy Wild Cove. Mrs George Barnes from Buchans visits her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Sharpe. Miss Eliza Stuckless and Miss Stella Ginn travel from Herring Neck to visit friends. Mr Lawrence Stuckless from Horse Island reports his father Norman Stuckless unable to work. Walter Andrews and others came by boat Thursday to buy. Sir John C Puddester travels to Corner Brook next week to meet Hospital Directorate on health and finance matters.
One hundred fifty three sailors from the Graf Spee escaped Montevideo with 36 officers among them. The British government urged tighter restrictions on the interned crew after their departure, but no further action was taken to stop escapes.
The Garden Party at St Peter's Parsonage grounds on Thursday raised over $16000. St Peter's Congregation thanks all who helped make the event enjoyable and financially successful.
News of the death of Mrs Eliza Fox widow of William Fox of Back Harbour reached on Monday. She had lived with her daughter Kate Mrs Claude Young at Grand Balls for years and is survived by sister Mrs Rowena Austey. Funeral held at Grand Falls Wednesday at the Church and Cemetery.
The cod liver oil plant started operations last week at Cat Cove with Mr. Roland Bridger serving as manager for the season.
The Ashbourne coal vessel finished its current voyage in nine days, accounting for a two day delay. The ship's journey demonstrates steadier progress after the drawn out period, reflecting casting and navigation conditions on the route.
Poole Borough mourns W E Waterman aged 86 a longtime Newfoundland trader and civic servant He served as Dorset County Councillor Alderman magistrate and Liberal leader born 1856 in Poole he joined Cox and Slade in the Newfoundland trade and later chaired Broadstone School His funeral was at Broadstone Congregational Church with many friends attending from Twillingate Fogo Change Islands White Bay and St John s.
On Wednesday week the police of St Johns appeared in plain blue serge uniforms with open collars and blue shirt and tie. Headdress remains unchanged. The outfits were made last year in anticipation of summer weather that never arrived.
Men perform fairly well in some areas but fail to act in others. The catch from the hook yields little fish overall.
The week ending July 21 records numerous admissions from Scott Woolfrey to Miss Dorothy Fronde and Baby Garfield Janes across various towns including Lewisporte Twillingate and Change Islands. Discharges include Arthur Wheeler, Gerald Waterman, and Mrs. Harold Terraville among others as the Notre Dame Bay Travelling Clinic prepares to depart with Dr. Hardy aboard to visit Cape Shore and Green Bay areas.
The shr owned by Gillett and Facey was chartered to bring coal to the Hospital and will make this trip again until fall stock is in.
Local market advertises fresh fish at 23 cents per pound and cod livers at 35 cents per gallon, signaling affordable seafood options for buyers.
The report highlights Red Army actions above Rostov and Voronezh as German forces press toward Rostov and Stalingrad. Air power targets Egypt and European ports with RAF US bombers hitting Mersa Matruh Tobruk Le Havre Le Tréport and Vagueague. Soviet and Allied efforts mix with submarine activity near Kiska and shipping losses.
A 5 000 ton Japanese transport off New Guinea was struck per Gen MacArthur headquarters. Aerial attacks struck Japanese bases in the Pacific yesterday. In Europe reports say Germans killed civilians in occupied countries with executions in Paris and sabotage deaths in Greece and Bulgaria.
The Trade Review notes criticism of the Government commissioner's labour broadcast for lacking a workable plan like national manpower registration. It argues no conscription power exists under current arrangements and highlights wage and supply issues in lumber and paper sectors. The piece calls the labor market a temporary phase, with high prices pulling labor from woods and farms as production reacts to shortages and costs.
Capt Wallace Batstone landed freight this week for Ashbournes Ltd and Hodge Brothers, marking a successful local trading operation. The readings indicate continued activity in regional shipping and commercial transport.
H J Pardy is having an addition made to his store with construction by builder Mr Harlan Rideout.
A temperance move limits liquor to three bets per day at St Johns amid a protean push for reduced strong drink. The measure seeks to curb alcohol consumption and promote public restraint.
Capt Schwerdt R N who served six and a half years as Private Secretary to Governor Walwyn has been transferred from Newfoundland. He will leave soon to assume command of an important Eastern Canadian Naval Base and has served actively in Newfoundland since the war began.
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