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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1943
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun notes notes of thanks memoriam and announcements from the North Coast publication with a 25 cent charge for such items. The paper disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions and states submission deadlines are Wednesday noon.
The Auditor General Bradney presents a report to the Governor noting no graft but accounting delays and staffing gaps. The piece discusses reduced revenue due to wartime needs, civil service reform, and urged support for the NPA Fish Fund amid community fundraising and wage calls.
The Fish Fund Collection run by F M O Leary Ltd St John s resumes for 1943 to aid fishermen unable to subscribe cash to the N P A. Contributors may give salted codfish or 25 cents if fish is not available, supporting war service men nationwide.
The Newfoundland foresters contributed 2000 to the Memorial Hospital Rebuilding Fund. Forestry Officer Jack Turner reported from Meeers. Gerald S Doyle Ltd and Samuel Anstey Jr helped collect funds from loggers in Scotland. R Tait organized entertainment in Brooklyn for fundraisers.
The Bluff Head Cove community organized a farewell for Able Seaman Ralph White at Bluff Head Cove School recently with local participation.
Captain George Gillett completed a round trip to Sydney and back with coal cargoes for Gillett and Facey, arriving Tuesday night.
The Goodwill Mission Saya Adieu met Newfoundland press representatives for farewell talks. They praised residents as kindhearted yet suspicious, noted unusual problems and a costly state financing system, and implied no immediate move to restore autonomy.
The government will raise Old Age Pension for married pensioners with wives from 72 to 120 dollars starting October 1. About 1200 pensioners affected. widows 65 and over remain at 72 dollars. Orphan child allowances rise from 80 to 100 dollars annually, payable until age eighteen unless disability prevents work. Telegram report.
A 60 foot span of the Railway wharf at Catalina collapsed dumping 200 barrels of Labrador fish into six feet of water. The fish were being unloaded from the Government steamer bound for S. W. Mifflin. Newfoundland Railway controls the wharf and repairs are hoped before the next shipment arrives.
Winston Churchill warns against a society where only politicians and officials count and where gains bring no reward. He questions a nation willingly governed by an elite and asserts freedom lies in citizen participation.
Confederation Life reports passengers departed St John's Wednesday at 10 p.m. aboard the Gyal bound for Holton Hopedale inclusive with Newfoundland service.
Personal notes list Charleo Phillip leaving for St Johns after two months health trip. Donia Arnold and her mother from Glovertown visited last week. W J M Pike and Eugene Yung arrived on business. Chesley Price and family from Buchong visited Friday week. Claude Colbourne from Summerford returned after a two week holiday. Mollie Peyton came from Argentia for a short break. Mrs James Anstey of Purcell's Harbour visited Musgrave Harbour and Change Islands, returning Sunday night.
A reader urges moving a buoy closer to the Break Water to reduce propeller entanglement at night. Twillingate Harbour is rough in bad seas and crowded Public Wharf hampers docking. Proposes lit or whistling buoy at Hr Rock and calls for a Harbour Master to manage anchorage and shoal rock buoys.
Mr Frank Anstey and Miss Daisy Young of this town plan to marry at Grand Falls on Wednesday October 6. They departed Saturday aboard the Misa Twillingate for Lewizporte. Miss Althea Anstey may attend the wedding at Grand Falls.
Capt. Pat Miller and his two vessels return home at Fogo with 2500 yards of fish. Capt. Charles Gillard and crew fare well on the Gloria Jean. Capt. Joe Mitchell in a Triton achr reports 600. Capt. Collins arrives at Fogo with coal from Sydney.
Roland Churchill expresses gratitude to all who aided during his mother’s illness and death. He thanks those who sent cards letters messages and flowers to adorn the casket.
Today is Flag Day with flags available at the Post Office to aid the St. John Ambulance Fund for the work of the Red Cross.
The observer notes the order of compass directions in a wartime news caption, explaining that the large capitalized NEW reads as a credit to the London Daily Sketch for world events reporting. The piece comments on the caption design choice and its visibility.
An anti aircraft battery of three gunners and three women claimed a direct hit on a high altitude ME 109 reconnaissance plane over Britain. The shot at 36 000 feet was described as a remarkable achievement for such a height. The aircraft was escorted by two fighters before being brought down.
Soviet forces surge across Crimea and Caucasus withdrawals as the Red Army advances toward the Dnieper and Kiev. Churchill notes no Allied ships sunk in four months in the Atlantic and one month in the Mediterranean amid renewed U boat activity.
The Allied 8th Army pushed north along the Adriatic coast while the Allied Southern Forces reported Naples captured by the Allied Sth Army yesterday. Russian troops seized 170 more towns in White Russia on Thursday, with advancing units toward Chernitov as German resistance persisted.
Soviet forces push along the entire front from Smolensk to the Black Sea as Allied bombers fly long range missions. Reports say Luftwaffe resistance and ongoing battles shape a widening conflict across Europe.
The Italian King demanded Mussolini resign after a stormy session in Rome. Badoglio, an anti Fascist, was placed in charge as the regime faced collapse. Mussolini later evaded capture, rescued by German parachutists, and a puppet regime remained.
The South-side United Church Young Peoples Union reopened for 1943 44 with Dr H L Pottle of the Department of Education as guest speaker. He urged youth to shape a new world through spiritual force and noble living. On Sept 29 George Walsh was elected President and Miss D Gillard Secretary with Grace Minty Missionary Convener and G M Humphries Citizenship Convener.
Racger HE G Clarke has been moved from Hopedale to Cartwright Labrador in a mid year relocation. The transfer affects local post and service routes and reorganizes staffing at the coastal outpost.
The weather, previously sultry for ten days through Tuesday, now turns cooler with Wednesday feeling cold and autumnal under a north wind. Early morning frost was reported.
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