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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1940
Page
2
A derelict tramp steamer crashes against the breakwater as Runaway Rebel and John Upsidedown debate fate and a welcoming survivor in the spray. Latimer watches the intruder, the Nago coaster, with a pirate’s gaze and grim humor.
In a storm battered scene Latimer fights to glimpse a distressed figure over the stern rail as men endure shell and wreckage. A battered hat and downed crew underline the peril aboard the ship Latimer clings to a dangling rope seeking rescue amid wrecks and fear.
In the coastwise scene Miss Annie McGarrity, known as African Annie, and her niece Lettice Clarke encounter Bill Latimer aboard a damaged vessel. German U-boats have shelled stations along the coast, prompting orders to hoist a white flag and safeguard company property.
A quirky transcription of garbled dialect yields phrases like Wassatchoopot and Afgoonoos with baffling questions and evasive replies. The exchange hints at weather talk, predictions, and casual banter, centered on a playful, unintelligible conversation about forecasting.
A comic exchange between Jim and Dan centers on education and using brains. Jim asks about the road of education and being able to answer questions and do jobs, while Dan jokes about operating a quadrant to Bermuda and calls for using one’s brains.
A wartime column notes that at current pace Nazi raids would take forty years to destroy London, and asserts that Sliter cannot endure that long, reflecting heightened morale and countermeasures during the siege.
An exchange notes that insurance data continue to show women outliving men, reinforcing the idea that longevity preserves value and impacts risk assessment.
A little girl asks Grandpa what she saw running across the kitchen floor without legs. He studies and gives up, then the child triumphantly declares Waters as the answer, in a playful Advocate quotation.
A football coach tells players that the sport builds leadership, initiative, and especially individuality, urging them to go out and follow his guidance.
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