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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1942
Page
2
Joyce confronts her husband Roger after learning of his wartime separation and a possible affair with a younger lab assistant. She grapples with betrayal, plans to leave, and weighs the idea of fabricating letters to compel an end to the deceit. In a moonlit suburb, Joyce faces a turning point.
Joyce discovers a crying baby hidden in a basket at Aunt Winifred Brown’s house after a burglar alarm. Aunt Winifred and Joyce call for help as a note pleads for care, while a mysterious figure moves in the garden and a police call is considered.
A humorous exchange shows Miss Giles asking about a drawing. David replies with a horse and wagon. She notes the wagon is missing, and David explains the horse must pull it anyway.
The note asserts that even large icebergs will melt in a single day when they reach the wart Gulf Stream, highlighting a rapid oceanic warming effect. The claim emphasizes the Gulf Stream’s power to rapidly reduce iceberg mass and alter maritime conditions.
Two million cigarettes will be distributed to Canadians in land sea and air forces now on active service overseas as a gift from The Dodds Medicine Company Limited of Toronto. The distribution will be handled through the Overseas League Canada Tobacco Fund Toronto and is noted as one of the largest such gifts to the Canadian Forces overseas.
An Irish farmer visits an ironmonger to buy a scythe and is offered a bicycle. He asks the price and jokes that he would rather have fifteen pounds in a cow. The shopkeeper replies that riding a bicycle would be less foolish than milking a cow.
A landlady tells Murphy she will raise his board and lodging by two shillings weekly, noting he is a big eater. Murphy protests, joking that he is already consuming twenty eight shillings worth of food and cannot eat more.
In a barber shop a customer sees the barber's dog watching him. The barber quips the dog is watching closely because he sometimes clips a bit off a customer's ear. The scene ends with a lighthearted exchange as patrons chuckle at the gory pun.
Canadian Army Sergeant Norris William Abbott Tuttle alias Richarda Lopez was arrested at Gander on May 19 on a bigamy charge after CID investigation. He appeared before Magistrate Hollett and was remanded to St Johns. The case alleges a wife in Vancouver and a January marriage in Grand Falls under the name Lopez to Kathleen Walsh of Windgar.
Private Wallace Wilkinson of the Canadian Army was found dead in the engine house at Hawsey's Mound Army post at 8am on May 19. He had been on guard and was found propped beside his rifle by the relief sentry. Death is believed due to asphyxiation. He was about 20, formerly of New Aberdeen Nova Scotia.
A Scotch farmer agreed to deliver 20 heng to the local market but sent 19. As evening nears, the farmer arrives with the twentieth bird. The butcher quips about lateness and the farmer replies that the hen did not lay until this afternoon.
A rhubarb and corn flake dessert layered in a buttered casserole with sugar orange rind and juice, baked at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes. Serve warm or cold with cream. Yields six servings.
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