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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 09, 1942
Page
3
A Balloon Barrage recruit describes health decline from sleep loss and irregular hours after joining. He reports constipation and irritability improving after using Kruschen Salts, claiming overall health improvement and steadier energy.
A collage of wartime notes cites Sir Thomas Blameynew on fighting Japan, a US submarine attack on tanker assets, RAF bombing totals, Newfoundland fish prices, and protests against Nazi persecution. It includes odds and ends from London Times on morale, a Canadian birthday rider, a Portland roadworks critique, Lingayan Gulf beheadings, and other scattered items.
A well known banking vessel arriving with molasses from the West Indies saved about forty survivors from a British ship torpedoed half an hour earlier. The rescued men landed at a South Coast port and then reached St John’s.
Most Rev Francis P Carroll Bishop of Calgary urges Knights of Columbus to back the war effort against Germany calling it a duty to defend civic and religious freedom. He warns that enemies seek to destroy the Christian way of life and frames the struggle as a grave peril.
Messia Watsons Lloyd filed a Supreme Court writ on behalf of a crew claiming one million dollars in salvage. The ten thousand ton ship broke from moorings during a storm and required tugs a full day to reach safe anchorage. The crew asserts salvage for guiding the vessel to port after abandonment about 650 miles offshore.
The passage challenges the myth that Nero played the fiddle during Rome's great fire. It notes the fiddle's nonexistence in ancient times and argues the legend misrepresents historical facts about Nero and the event.
A playful exchange shows a couple reaffirming commitment as hair color shifts from red to blue. The dialogue signals enduring affection across years and style changes with light humor.
It is estimated that half of the sun's energy reaching Earth arrives as invisible infrared heat radiation.
A compilation of quotes about diligence and persistence from Samuel Johnson Confucius Calvin Coolidge Mary Baker Eddy Samuel Smiles and Hugh Blair emphasizing that success comes from steady effort and disciplined work.
A maid tells her employer that the master is not in his room and has not come in quietly. The police station called, revealing an unsettled situation at the estate.
The largest liners required more than one million gallons of fresh water to complete a single transatlantic voyage. The figure highlights the vast logistics behind early ocean travel and the ships’ water needs during long crossings.
British Valentine Mark IL tanks are sent to Allied armies including Russia where they helped defend Moscow. Marshal Stalin congratulated the British Minister of Supply as the tanks were loaded onto a supply ship for transport.
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