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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1941
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces notes of thanks memoriam and announcements with a 25 cent charge per insertion. Submissions must arrive by Wednesday noon. publication is not guaranteed for late communications.
On the Eastern Front Marshall Semeon Timoshenko is relieved of command of the Central Russian Front and General Zhukov takes over. Budevny departs the southern field with Voroshilov organizing defense of Leningrad. The plan to encircle Timoshenko failed. Donets Basin faces gravest danger. Moscow advance slows. Nazi party tensions rise amid heavy casualties. allied nations mobilize against Soviet resistance.
Lord Gort’s full report to the British Government on Dunkirk is published. The excerpts challenge wartime propaganda about treachery and fifth column tactics. It recounts the French 9th Army being overwhelmed and German tanks pouring through a twenty mile-wide gap after Sedan.
A May 12 Mons conference coordinated BEF Belgian Army and French forces under Billotte as the Dyle Line held briefly. By May 27 Lord Gort was ordered to evacuate the maximum forces to England, with Belgium seeking armistice and a new gap broadening the eastern flank.
Public health warning urges vaccination and early isolation to curb colds measles coughs and other illnesses. Doctors warn of near death cases among children and stress vaccines serums and quarantines may be used if weather worsens.
A Bell Island man recounts how a London Trade Commissioner officer diverted about $400 of funds from the Bell Island Patriotic Association meant to supply $2.50 for each overseas lad. The total fund was 6109, and the embezzler received a three month sentence in England, with the missing money unrecovered.
Reports yesterday stated the destroyer Kearny was sunk after an attack as it operated near Iceland. The vessel is identified as a recent American destroyer engaged in Atlantic patrols.
Two children at the homes of Mr and Mrs Samuel Rice in Little Hr and Mr and Mrs Martin Stackless died on Wednesday and were buried on Thursday by Rev Pitt.
Earl Gilson, a private in the American Army, was found guilty of manslaughter by a special jury before Hon. Mr. Justice Higgins. The May 3 collision that killed 12 year old Maud Bragg led to a twelve month penitentiary sentence.
The Observer notes Mrs Carroll of London, aged 114, being praised on London Calling for sending two pence toward the war effort. It records her as the oldest living inhabitant in the British Commonwealth and extends congratulations.
The Observer's Weekly notes sharp commodity price increases over recent weeks, with living costs for a family rising to between 1000 and 1200 dollars and little relief for workers. It suggests lower income groups suffer more as food costs climb, and no near decline is seen.
Harvest services were held Sunday in South Side and Little Harbour Churches despite bad weather. Rev I J Pitt urged thankfulness amid a lean harvest. Social events included a Tuesday hat supper in Marshall Hall with 300 served and Thursday meat teas at Little Harbour School, boosting church funds and community spirit.
The Newfoundland Weekly issued by Mr. R. H. Tait in New York has undergone a title change. Details indicate adjustments to publication naming while continuing production under the same management.
The hospital recorded admissions for the week ending around the 29th, listing many patients including Mrs Albert Vincent Triton Maxwell Hayward Lewisparte Helen Burke Viking and others. Discharges for the same period included Roger George Thomas Turpin Miss Joan Upwards and Maxwell Hayward among several.
Mr and Mrs Frank G Stuckless and family express sincere gratitude for help during the illness and death of their baby. They thank those who sent wreaths bouquets and letters of sympathy and request privacy in their bereavement.
OCR fragment notes gun cap scarcity in the country risking reduced muzzle loading firearms and potential danger to turra and others, with pirates and birds mentioned. The text hints at cartridges faring better but still uncertain outcomes for access and safety of hunters and wildlife.
Kathleen Joyce daughter of Capt and Mrs Frank Roberts wed Ranger Robin Maxwell son of Mr and Mrs G N Sparkes at North Side United Church Monday afternoon. Rev T G Pitt officiated. Bridesmaids wore yellow and pink with veils. groomsmen in uniform. Reception at Court House followed by a harbour drive and honeymoon to Whitbourne and Fortune.
Miss Doris Anstey, a teacher from Loon Bay, visits her parents in Furcell's Harbour. John Manuel and Douglas Manuel from Loon Bay travel to the city and return. R Rogers, instrument tuner from St. John’s, stays several days. Drs Olds and Hardy visit Fogo. Dr Swanker arrives by boat. Rev J Goodland comes from Buchans. Edgar Boone from Lewisporte joins town. Basha brothers open talkie movies. Miss Griffiths a guest at the Parsonage and succeeds Mrs Campbell as WMS worker in Twillingate Presbytery.
The notice states Daylight Saving Time ends tomorrow at ten o clock. All timekeeping devices must be set back one hour.
A correction notes an error in a verse message about Confederation Life and states the line reads And your voice we'll hear no more in the final form, clarifying the intended wording for readers.
Reported from St. John s October 25 says Russians defend all fronts before Moscow while Donets Basin grows alarmingly exposed. Executions and mass action loom as German pressure continues in Europe and North Africa.
The Family Herald notes unusual V shaped potatoes appearing in Manitoba and Inverness Nova Scotia with growers calling the signs good omens. A third V shaped item is reported from Chatban Ontario and another resembling Musso Wink at Maxwell Ontario.
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