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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 27, 1944
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun, established 1886, published in Twillingate Newfoundland, notes Notes of Thanks Memoriam and announcements cost 25 cents per inch. The paper disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions. Printed May 27 1944.
The article notes a possible increase of tea rations to two ounces per person weekly, arguing tea remains the staple for Newfoundland households while coffee shifts off rationing. It suggests shipping relief and wartime optimism, hoping the tea boost reflects Allied gains and easing hardship for families previously limited by the one-ounce weekly allotment.
Reports say several forest fires have already burned across the Avalon Peninsula this month. Two more were heard on Thursday from St Johns as authorities warn that valuable timber is destroyed despite precautions. The ailing situation is likened to a cancer and blamed partly on locomotive sparks from trains.
Ceapts James Philpott Saul White and John White and their crews outfit ships for the upcoming fish season. Capt. Sidney Jones arrives from St. Johns this week with freight for multiple firms.
The town mourns Thomas May who died at 59 after an outdoor accident while seeking homeward sheep. Survived by wife four sons Cecil Herbert Doyle and Harry, mother sister Mrs Willis and brother Arthur. Funeral Monday at North Side United Church with Rev T J Pitt. Burial at BH Cemetery. Sympathy from The Sun.
A May 22 investiture enrolled five recruits as guides in the Ladiza Association at the FPU Hall. Mrs Eleanor Roberta presented thirteen second class badges and spoke on good conduct and Baden Powell’s family vision. Patrols demonstrated Tenderfoot and Second Class tents before a closing cheer and song.
The motor boat Mies Twillingate carried excursionists to Fogo on Tuesday evening to observe Empire Day and returned on Thursday morning. It then departed again with passengers bound for Lewisporte.
A long list of donors across Newfoundland towns contributes cash and goods to aid a fire victim. Named contributors include George Stuckless, Ralph Stuckless, Evelyn Richardson, Gordon Richardson, Mrs. M. C. Polin, Mrs. Phoebe Pond, Mr. Harold J. Earle, and many others. Items range from money amounts to clothing, bedding, and furniture.
Captain James Gillett delivered a cargo of ash to Ashbournes Ltd arriving on the 20th.
Gardening time arrives with fertilizing of potato ground and sowing prep for vegetables. Ground shifts from yellow to green as frost recedes. Warmer days near and ice around the Horse Islands thinning portends better fish conditions. codtrapas and salmon nets have been set for fishing.
The Empire Day programme in the Alexandra Hall featured the Girl Guides led by Miss Mary Anstey and the Rangers with Mrs A H Hodge. The Magistrate opened the affair as chair and gave an address, with proceeds around 85 dollars.
German press reports a Nilnoa city shoe factory on the Polish Lithuanian border is using cheap firewood to make wooden soled footwear for civilians in the Eastern Occupied Areas, as Nazi forces face Soviet advances.
Reported advances in Italy reach the Hitler Line with German prisoners taken as the 5th and 8th Armies press. U S and RAF air raids target Kiel Duisburg Berlin Brenner Pass and other targets. Stilwell takes command of the Chindits in Burma. Russian fronts show little change with minor moves near the Chichester.
Confederation Life Solomon Roberts of Change Islands marked fifty years in business in April. The play Eyes of Love was staged at Fogo on the 24th with Arthur Butcher as Judge Barry. The U. F. Hall was near full, and the Y P A Troupe offered another performance for Memorial Hospital. Harold J. Earle chaired the event, Gerald S. Doyle announced news, and boats ferried attendees. Arthur Butcher conveyed the troupe to Fogo by motor boat and back. Receipts totaled 76 dollars.
A fatal accident at Fort Pepperrell in the machine shop killed 22 year old Patrick Claude Griffin, a Grand Falls native and recent Ordinance School graduate, when a tire fitting exploded a sledgehammer struck him and wounded a nearby worker. The CID and American P R O reported the incident.
In the Commons the Prime Minister states there have been no developments altering the government’s position on bases in the Western Hemisphere leased to the United States by Britain. He says no discussion will occur with Washington on permanent possession unless officially requested, and affirms no cession of British territory is intended.
Adjutant Wheeler of the 5th Army District Corps has been promoted to the rank of Major. The promotion elevates his duties within the corps and reflects continued service and leadership.
A Ladies Fur Collarette was picked up Friday week. Finder can claim by calling at this office and paying 25 cents for this advertisement.
Mr. C. J. Colbourne has fitted up the former G. J. Carter shop as a restaurant to sell ice cream. He also plans to can salmon, expanding his business ventures.
Ashbourne operates a seal oil plant with pelts arriving from various quarters and being skinned at the premises on South Side.
Mr. R. B. Smith of Durrell is named deputy sheriff in place of the late S. C. Maley who died.
The season for packing herring is extended to May 31 as per the latest notice to the Trade. The adjustment affects suppliers and distributors awaiting the new deadline.
Corner Brook April 22 A Newfoundland Dehydration Process Co official said plans are underway to form a fish producing company for the deep sea fisheries around the Bay of Islands. An all steel welded dragger is to be built in the U S and delivered by late August with 200000 pounds iced fish capacity. The 96 by 22 foot vessel will reach about 15 feet depth and 2500 mile range powered by Fairbanks Morse diesels at about ten knots.
English earth for Corner Brook extends the historical film set from the railway trestle runway to Clarke and Co. wharf with about an acre more land. Bowater's woods department plans a large equipment site as fill completes after three years of ballast rubble from bombed ships. A broken iron horse toy among the rubble hints at enemy bombardment.
A UK patent described treating flexible rope to float on fresh or salt water for 1 to 10 days. Various fibers may be used including cotton flax manila hemp sisal or vigcore. Treated rope useful as lifelines for rescue work or as landing ropes. Luimi jgeacent materials could also be supplied.
An extremely valuable muscovite deposit, a strategic war material, has been rediscovered on the West Coast of Newfoundland about 134 miles from Doyle's Station. The parties involved report the find as significant and recently learned.
The Food Controller announces tea supply will be increased to full double the prior ration, reversing the recent half ration imposed months earlier. Coffee remains excluded from the ration, with no change announced.
On October 15, 1836 a vessel named Earle of Selkirk lay at Fogo port bound for Poole England. The bill of lading lists cargo including 71 cases Train oil 1 cask dogfish oil 1 cask Maiden Seal oil 3 casks oil Pitchinga 14 birds 10 half blades and 30 barrels Blubber plus cleft wood for stowage.
The War Office acknowledged in the press that the army incurs higher clothing costs for men than for women, breaking an old tradition.
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