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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
4
Home Affairs department publishes notes and notices for Twillingate readers. The paper charges 25 cents per note for notes of thanks memoriam and announcements and may not guarantee insertion of late communications after Wednesday noon. The editor disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions.
In the post abdication period the King’s Birthday has been kept on June 12 while the royal declaration set the official day a week earlier on June 3. Flags were raised to honor the occasion and the empire recalls both the King and Queen amid the era’s challenges and public sympathy.
A letter discusses a 7 percent enlistment claim from Twillingate and breadth of service across branches. It notes Forestry Unit and Merchant Marine involvement, ongoing Navy, Artillery, and Air Force roles, and argues for voluntary recruitment with possible exemptions. It contemplates national registration versus conscription and compulsory training as defense measures.
The piece notes a shift in wartime labor as airmen in England lack equipment until production speeds up. It warns of growing needs for seamen ships sirens aircraft naval personnel gunners and artillery if the conflict lengthens while urging focus on vital domestic needs. Admiralty reports say Atlantic conditions are improving and long distance submarines may run out of supplies as raiders retreat.
Miss Flora Anstey arrived from New York on Friday week. Harold Stockley and Mildred Verge came from Grand Falls for their marriage. Ranger Sparkes visited Tuesday and returned with Miss Twillingate on Wednesday. Mrs. Edwin Facey and son Austin head to St John’s, while Mrs. F Beauchamp and Miss Beauchamp travel to meet family from Port aux Basques. Various locals, including Harold Wood, Ming Marjorie Wood, and Rev J Goodland, made town or regional movements. Co operative officials D J MacEachern and Handrigan were in town for Rural Reconstruction work.
The weekly hospital log lists admitted patients including Leslie Young Jean Carroll Bad ger Miss Alice Jones Cyril Carroll Badger Nelson Hollett Norris Arm Mrs Curtis Boone Lewisporte Mrs Augustus White Darrells Arm Thos White Western Head Baby Vina Burt Virgin Arm Guy Evans Camp bellton Mrs Eli Young Grand Falls Herbert Head Terra Nova. Discharges include Raymond Rideout Head s Hr Mrs Joshua Toma Rattling Brook Jobo Rielly Rencontre East Baby Alfonso Welsh Tixzard s Hrm Mra Lesbian Adey and infant son Hart s Cove Mra Lewis Jones Lawipporte Herbert White Badger Mra Robert White Newstead Gordon Burt Botwood Ernest Bulgin Darrell s Arm Mra Peter Brooks Lush s Bight Dr A E B Lidstone Springdale. A baby born to Mrs Curtis Boone of Lewleporte on Friday June 6. On Thursday June 5 Mrs Lloyd Small of Moreton s Hr gave birth to a son and on Sunday June 8 Mrs Augustus White gave birth to a daughter. All mothers and their infant are doing satisfactorily.
A Saturday night gathering at Alexandra Hall featured Magistrate Holfett and Home Guard officers from Grand Falls. The event, part of Recruiting Week, included volunteers and medical exams for war service, with notes on Churchill and enemy tactics. The meeting closed with the National Anthem after testimonials and speeches.
Confederation Life reports Supervisor Gough trials a motor boat built at Summerford last year. Howard Wheeler serves as skipper and departed north on Wednesday.
Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes resigns from the Supreme Court due to ill health ending his long tenure and signaling the start of a transition in the high court's leadership.
A German report states about 746000 tons of British merchant shipping were sunk during May. The claim underscores wartime losses and the impact on the Allied maritime supply lines.
Adit Wight wed Harold Stockley’s daughter Mildred Nina Verge at the Salvation Army Citadel on Wednesday. The couple, with parents Mr and Mrs Frederick Stockley hosting the reception, were joined in marriage by the haoda of the bride’s family from Bridgeport.
A Newfoundland health bulletin explains appendicitis causes and warning signs. Pain starts in the upper abdomen, moves to the right lower side, with vomiting common, and a tender belly near the hip. It urges against self treatment and lists steps: no medicine, no solid food, water, rest, hot water bottle, and prompt medical care.
Stephen Lambert, son of Mr and Mrs Lambert, joined the Forestry Unit in 1939 and now serves in the Navy in England at age 19. Austin and Elmo Baird have transferred from forestry to the Royal Air Force a few months ago. Cyril Lansen volunteered for the Navy last week and was declared fit on Monday.
Motor boat Helen B. carried recruits from Fogo District to Memorial Hospital on Monday for medical examination. Magis trate Abbott traveled to the district by the boat on Wednesday.
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs announced on the 4th that letters and printed papers posted in the United Kingdom for Newfoundland between April 28 and 30, 1941 have been lost at sea due to enemy action.
Trapmen at Crow Head have loaded their boats this week. Traps east of Long Point and the Arms have not fared well. Some traps at Back Harbour are doing a little aleo this week.
Mr. Frank Linfield begins construction of a new store on South Side. The building is being erected by measrs Walter and Jonas Cooper.
A correction notes Mr. Tuff left the Newfoundland Clothing Co rather than White Clothing Co as incorrectly stated earlier.
A home tips item recommends sprinkling half a tin of Gillett's Pure Flake Lye once a week over closet contents to banish odors without removal. It claims Gillett's Lye saves time by cleaning pots pans drains and grease, and suggests keeping a tin handy.
June reports note British troops entering Syria and Lebanon with Free French support. Columns move on Damascus and Aleppo, facing light resistance as dispersals of Vichy units shift to joining De Gaulle or standing down. Air raids target Alexandria with limited damage. The Raj of Iraq shows gradual stabilization under Abdul Itab.
News dispatch reports a naval fleet off the Syrian coast prepared to join bombardment. Allied troops near Damascus inch toward entry while Arab residents show support. RAF raids widen from Rohr Valley to English Channel as ships suffer fewer Atlantic sinkings.
Motor and sail boats bring firewood from the Baya as crews cut for winter and prepare to enter the fishery.
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