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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1944
Page
2
A wartime verse by Sgt Mahoney dedicated to Skipper Bob Randell tells how the devil bargains with a Hitler father in Austria to forge a future war. The poem imagines Hitler’s rise, his crimes, and the keeper of Hell’s place after a staged prophecy spanning decades.
Major Maesh Peters receives acting promotion as Auxiliary Services Officer at Canadian Troops HQ in Newfoundland. Near Wellington area, Peters arrived in 1940 as a Canadian Legion War Services Supervisor and earned MBE earlier this year for service to servicemen. His wife Anne McKenzie and son William Marshall accompany him as they relocate.
Field Marshal Sir Bernardo Montgomery told troops on the northern front in Western Europe that the war against Germany would be ended this year. He asserted the German Army remnants would be utterly defeated and cautioned against rushing to Berlin before victory is secured.
Roy Roberts, son of Cecil and Lilly Roberts, died at 20 after typhoid. He left a wife Winnie and young son Hardy, was hospitalized Sept 11, and passed away soon after in Twillingate. The notice recalls his cheerful endurance and gathers family grief with religious reflections.
Nazi high command described the war as a death-taking race between Allied advance and German counter measures. German radio cited decisive phases in the Holland battles and the lower Rhine front while noting temporary stabilization on the Eastern Front.
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