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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1939
Page
3
A wartime report notes that about 2500 Allied merchant vessels sail under convoy with only eight losses to date, three on a single convoy. escort craft and patrol vessels have risen greatly and anti-submarine forces have strengthened, reducing German submarine threat as subs roam farther from focal trade zones.
A shop assistant argues with a picky customer about clothing. The customer complains that the items widen with time while the assistant asks if she does. The fragment hints at an exchange over garment fit and expectations.
The report notes Hitler in the Reichstag last month describing a weapon to aid the war effort. Days earlier reports describe a new submarine device, a torpedo said to have no exhaust and powerful force, claimed to have pierced the Royal Oak's armour and contributed to the loss at Scapa Flow with about 800 souls.
A 1914 survey links future figures such as Adolf Hitler, Edouard Daladier, Neville Chamberlain, and others to early military and political roles. It details Hitler as a private and corporal, Daladier as a history professor and sergeant, Chamberlain in local administration, Stalin in Siberia, Beck with Poland, Franco guiding Moroccan troops, and Eden as a WWI volunteer captain.
The Dnetchland is reported southeast of Newfoundland, the Emden in the South Atlantic, and the Admiral Scheer. The Admiralty orders these warships tracked down. Canada has twenty ships four small cruisers and other warships in North Atlantic convoys to England.
Former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schusnigg is subjected to a slow beating by Nagis after he refuses to push Austria into alliance with Germany. The assault underscores Nazi coercion amid Austria’s political crisis.
A spoofed dialogue among Stalin Hitler and Alder laments signing a pact. The scene notes delayed ratification and inevitable binding, with newsreel cameras rolling as they seal a controversial agreement.
Report notes a lighthearted exchange between H L Phillips and a dachshund and a bear,describing the animals and speaker as unlikely friends under a shared star. The tone is playful and affectionate.
Reports show gold at 19 dollars per ton at Mings and promising surveys at Baie Verte. Assays from the Wild Cave claim near Twillingate reveal gold, while copper, lead, zinc, and nickel outcrops are noted. Authorities expect local and district claims to move to large scale operation soon.
The 888 ton schooner Govn was lost in Squasho Row near Francis Harbour Labrador after striking a point and sinking. The 12,600 yds of fish and the vessel were insured. Crew were rescued by the Trinity North and brought to St Anthony. Govin belonged to Monroe Export Co and was 31 when built in 1901 in Nova Scotia.
The development of the British market for Canadian poultry has become a key trend in recent years. Export results have stabilized Canadian markets and proved crucial to the Canadian poultry industry.
A compilation of era quotes from figures like Babson Stirling Roosevelt Lloyd George Fields Smith Klan Adams Edison Chamberlain Fosdick and Chatterton reflecting on trade unemployment national strength religion democracy and the role of humor in tragedy.
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