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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 04, 1940
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun, North Coast paper, notes notes of thanks memoriam and announcements policy. It states a 25 cent charge for such notices, with intake cutoff Wednesdays at noon, and no responsibility for correspondents' opinions.
The piece surveys opinions on economic conditions in Newfoundland including fisheries decline, cost of production, modernization, and calls for a full survey of living methods. It discusses labor, motor vehicles, communications, and public utilities, plus international war outlooks and Mussolini Balbo remarks on British control of the Suez route.
The article notes Denmark resisting Nazi pressure while Romania, Holland, Belgium, Norway, and Sweden show signs Germany is weakening. Sir Neville Henderson, British ambassador from 1937 to 1939, broadcast a London radio speech detailing the Reich’s economic state, drawing Nazi ire and adding to public concern.
At a regular Tuesday meeting of the Men’s Association the absence of Adjt Rideout was noted as he could not return from Morecon’s Hr in time to speak on The Salvation Army and in response to the Empire’s call. The group decided to close the Sunday afternoon Bible Class until October and suspend regular meetings temporarily. Members discussed the influence of the School and the Home on youth, sharing many views.
The United Church Board of Education passed a resolution thanking N. D. B Memorial Hospital medical and nursing staff for gratuitous services at the annual Appeal School Clinic. Many children were examined, and while some parents oppose the clinic, a growing number support it and follow doctors recommendations to improve community health.
A reflection on sea devotion among Newfoundland seafarers, linking John Masefield and Joseph Conrad to local faith. The piece praises hymns and sea songs, notes Manx influence with the Peel Castle tune, and recalls Williams H. Gill’s 1839 hymn creation to comfort mariners and families who depend on the sea for bread and hope.
The hymn Eternal Father Strong to Save dates to William Whiting 1825 1878 a Winchester master of choristers whose work appears in Hymns Ancient and Modern and is sung to Melita. Writers reflect on its role for navy and merchant seamen in peril at sea during wartime.
During the week ending May 1st the hospital received patients including Miss Amy Barnes Ragged Point Mra J J Kearley Baby Morgan Evans Mra Maxwell Rideout Miss Viola Pelley Camp bellton Miss Alison Loveridge Twillingate South Valentine Freake Fogo Hubert Collins Change Talds Mrs Gordon Hicke Miss Triffie Cuff Mra Jobo T Parsons Carmacvilles Mra Humphrey Cale Wellmans Cove Lewla Bratt Moreton Harbour Lewis Green ham Manuel s Cove Mrs Herbert Steele Mrs Peter Hoddinott Horwood Miss Annie Kinden Stag Harbour. Discharges included Miss Evelyn Oxford Gileaporte Miss Mabel Elliott Beaverton Claude Twyne Sansom s Island William Canning Henry Mills Newstead Ernest Jenkins Jenkins Cove Mra John Mebaney Indian Cove Mrs John Foreey Victoria Cove Kijab Stuckleas Bluff Head Cove Mra Thos Crossley Herring Neck Misa Amy Barnes Ragged Point Mr Wit Pride Wild Cove Joseph Watts Pikes Arm Mra Cyril Brown Fogo. The death of Mra Herbert Steele of Horwood occurred at the Hospital Tuesday May 30th.
The Baby Clinic Fund gratefully acknowledges a donation from The Rinkydicks of Twillingate South. The gift comes from proceeds of a repeat performance concert totaling $300 to support clinic services.
Capt Butcher and crew of S S Clyde left here by Little Grace on Sunday for Lewisporte to join their ship at St John’s. Magistrate Abbott traveled to Joe Batt’s Arm on Thursday by motor boat Miss Horwood, returning in the evening.
S. S. Clyde ships sail from St Johno's today with Lagona on the Fogo route yesterday and Northern Ranger bound north around the 10th.
A Nild directory compiled by Mr Joseph Smallwood arrived by last week’s mail. It is a fine production that will take the place of the former Year Book It in a Hand Book Gazetter and Almanac for 1940. A few errors are noted in distances between principal towns and railway terminals, but error is human and folly to be too wise.
A waterfront sighting reports a house observed by the shore wood with cruisers this week being towed by motor boats around Western Head. The brief indicates maritime activity and a shoreline location without detailing names or dates.
A Lady's Glove was left at a focal Store and can be retrieved at this Office. Seek owner by describing the garment and location in the notice to reclaim the item.
Reports from St John s describe German and British forces clashing near Lillehammer and in central Norway with air bases in Norwegian fjords and raids on German air fields. Allied troops repel a Gudbrandsdalen attack while Norway’s campaign intensifies, and Allied forces position near Trondheim for a major push.
May 1st British government ordered all British shipping to avoid the Mediterranean citing Italian provocations and potential war involvement. Ships from the Orient to England urged to route around Africa to prevent trapping in the Mediterranean.
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