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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 09, 1942
Page
4
Local notices from Twillingate Sun in Maryland dated May 9 1942 include notes of thanks memoriam notices and announcements with a 25 cent insertion fee and deadline restrictions for late messages.
The R C A F is assigned to keep Newfoundland free from enemy action with a three part plan. Citizens must cooperate with Official Observers watching for bombers submarines mines ships and landing parties to help prevent invasion and enslavement. Report any strange aircraft ships mines or submarines to the RCAF via the Telegraph Office.
The proclamation designates Sunday May 0th as a Tay of Prayer for the forthcoming NAD, harvest, and general prosperity, urging observance across communities.
ARC AF plane crashed near Torbay airport on Thursday killing eight men as 80 radio reports noted. Next of kin in Canada were informed later. Weather and fish reports follow with mentions of Bay de Verde and a salmon caught on the south coast last week.
Considerable shovelling of snow was required this week at Path End before traffic could move with the arrival of steamers. Very high snow drifts, some over ten feet, were observed following the April storm.
Mrs. William Sharpe Jr died at Crow Head on Thursday aged 33. She leaves a husband and two children. Funeral services led by Rev. T. J. Pitt will be held today at the United Church.
The report covers Allied and Axis actions across the Baltic, Leningrad, Burma, and Madagascar. It notes German losses and Soviet advances near Kharkov, British and American cooperation, RAF air raids on Hamburg and Norway, and the fall of Corregidor with capitulation terms under US War Department. Also mentions Madagascar occupation and Italian and Japanese maneuvers.
The Arctic Ocean convoy protecting war supplies to Russia saw about ninety percent reach their destination safely. A separate return voyage in ballast lost one ship. A German destroyer attacked the Edinburgh, sinking another vessel and damaging a second.
Week ending May 6 lists admitted patients including James Weakley Mrs George Rodgers Durrells Arm Mrs Wai J Young Twillingate South Mrs Joseph Knight Baby Chester Osmond Miss Vera Brett More tons Hr Mrs Edward Sheppard Wild Cove Mrs John R Moyles Hubert Brett Lewisporte Mrs James Brett Birchy Bay Misa Jennie Lind Buchans Mrs John Curtis Virgin Arm Miss Flossie Stratton Ladle Cove Miss Madeline Gosse Indian Cove Mrs Fred Abbott Musgrave Hr Mra Wm Hoddinott Perry Island Mrs Herbert Hillier Fairbank William Abbott Chas Goodyear Catmanville Mrs Dorman Parsons Herring Neck Mrs Stanley Parsons Jenkin s Cove Discharges include Mrs Harold Evans Buchaus Mrs Elmo Wheeler Carters Cave Miss Lily White Twillingate Mrs Hubert Ings Fairbank Eli Quin Nan Birchy Bay Mrs John Toms LaScie Mrs Lionel Lovelace Mrs Agnes Hurley Herring Neck Mra Garland Gill Botwood Mrs Arch ibald Hveleigh Seldom Stanley Primmer Durrells Arm April care totals 2670 days average 89 per day 4 admissions 53 discharges including 3 births 2 deaths Hazel Jefferies returned to Herring Neck Gladys Dawe RN left on vacation for Conception Bay.
Mrs. Ernest Jenkins expresses gratitude to Dr. Olds Dr. Swanker Dr. Hardy and the Nursing Staff for care during her stay and to other family members for three years of care. She also thanks maids general staff and visiting friends for their help.
Jo ho Manuel and John Gillett return from St John s with Captains John White and Thos White and others passing navigation exams. Hayward Rideout John Moors and Interior arrivals come home Monday. Various locals and merchants travel for business or goods, including Mr B H Butt Mrs Yarr Harald Mudford Gordon Harris and others visiting town this week.
Newfoundland observers report on the Aircraft Detection Corps key role in spotting enemy aircraft and signaling RCAF, with 3000 volunteers across Newfoundland and eastern Canada ready to warn cities before raids. Maps, grids, and quick reporting aim to blur the enemy’s approach and trigger timely defense actions.
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