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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1939
Page
2
Jimmy Mason is guided into a guarded compound at Santa Maria and inducted by Cipriano to fix an electric chair for the ailing President. Jimmy suspects a deeper motive behind the mission while sizing up the dangerous, fever-haunted assignment and the looming five hundred pound price.
Cipriano announces readiness and hints the president is unwell as Jimmy agrees and follows into the corridor. The exchange shows tension just before departure. Cipriano translates for Jimmy and notes the president's condition as they prepare to leave.
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd taps Colonel Albanus Phillips of Cambridge as Food Counselor for the U. S. Government Antarctic Expedition. Roosevelt aims to sail by mid October, with three ships to provision and map about 675,000 square miles of new territory.
Lewis C. Ord of Canadian Associated Aircraft, speaking at the Canadian Manufacturers' Association convention in Montreal, said British aircraft output is at least equal to Germany’s and that Canada is developing faster. He noted aircraft production is a specialized industry and warned the current surge in air armament cannot continue indefinitely due to global money limits.
A man cites repayment of a hospitable family as his reason for proposing marriage to a girl he does not truly love, highlighting family gratitude as the motive behind an engagement.
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