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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 25, 1940
Page
3
A housekeeper testimonial touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss cure. She claims weight loss from three bottles, now three times lighter than age suggests, taking teaspoonfuls daily in hot water. The advert promises six mineral salts help organs dispose of wastes to prevent fat formation.
Reports from Stockholm outline Russian terms for Finland including no Nordic defensive alliance, demilitarization of the frontier by summer, no new Mannerheim Line, and rapid rail construction from Kandalasksha to Kemijaergi, with a ban on independent or allied defense against Russia.
A caustic critique argues Finland’s subservience to Russia, warning that the planned Finnish railway could aid Russian trade and armies. It depicts Sweden and Norway on Russia’s frontier, laments clerical censorship, and predicts harsh fortune for Finns under what is described as looming communism.
John Slavin, 70, received a 30 day sentence in Gloucester county jail after a Justice of the Peace hearings. He faced disorderly conduct and begging on the streets charges amid a tense exchange over a proposed 60 day period that was not imposed.
The piece urges realism amid national crisis, urging faith and unity as the nation faces dire days. It highlights the value of hymns to sustain hope, citing William H Burleigh and Henry Burton, praising their prayers for strength, peace, and resilience amid war and struggle.
Proclamation by Governor J A Winter 1940 declares Save the Forest Week starting May 20th. urges judges clerks teachers and officials to promote forest conservation, forbids forest fires, and requests careful disposal of fires and ashes by settlers and visitors. directs forest fire reporting and compliance with Forest Fires Act across the island.
An unusual ad touts Gillett’s Pure Flake Lye to keep outhouses clean by sprinkling half a tin weekly. A fragment from a humorous scene follows with a 300-pound man admiring haberdasher’s window and wishing for a ready made handkerchief.
A promotional notice argues the world faces universal turmoil and a coming dawn of peace and liberty. It describes a booklet titled The Diving World Dictator and invites readers to request it by sending name and address to Associated Bible Students, P. O. Box 809, St. John's.
Germany’s Denmark invasion aims to divert butter bacon and eggs from Britain, but Denmark relies on imports for maize oil seed and oil cakes. In 1938 Denmark exported significant shares of these commodities. interception would remove a key supply. Britain can source substitutes elsewhere to meet needs.
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