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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1942
Page
2
Gillett's Pure Flake Lye keeps sink drains clear and running freely without harming enamel or plumbing. It banishes odors and makes light work of hard cleaning tasks, saving hours of drudgery. Keep a tin on hand for everyday use.
Humorous clippings note wartime life across the Atlantic with stories of Sabbath worship at a Connecticut plant and soldiers craving friendly greetings abroad. vignette on Queen Caroline's gift to rebuild Thomas Lee's home and a Malibu style anecdote about a California camp peddler of coffee.
The article urges locals to warmly greet soldiers meeting in Newfoundland. It stresses the mixed groups of well educated young men from across the U S and Canada and asks men and elderly women to endure brief embarrassment to extend cordial hospitality.
A compiled wartime column features Rev. Albert Gelger’s tongue in cheek letter about Axis prospects, love and loyalty myths, Dutch rumors, and front-line morale. It also notes British soldiers seeking serious reading, the loneliness of missing letters, and a call for elderly women to send weekly notes to unknown servicemen.
An excerpt recalls a veteran opening his shop to a line of soldiers who order only coffee for hours, sparking memory of wartime hospitality in English pubs. The piece notes the veteran’s amusement and questions whether action was taken, inviting reflection on wartime and postwar treatment of veterans.
Word passes that barbers will charge by the square inch for shaves or haircuts. Readers are urged to invest savings in War Savings as a patriotic measure.
A compact compilation of quotes on pleasure and virtue from Bruyete Samuel Johnson Theodore Parker Mary Baker Eddy Richard Fuller Lavater and related reflections. It juxtaposes the pursuit of happiness with moral duty and spiritual restraint across diverse voices.
Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden recalls a moment when Britain faced Nazi Germany and overwhelming odds yet chose resilience. He urges the nation to draw strength from the past as it confronts present threats and calls for united effort across the Commonwealth and territories to endure and prevail.
In Atlanta Two Bells a humor exchange has Brown say his wife always finds his money no matter where he hides it while White jokes his wife never finds his, claiming he hides hers in a basket with worn socks.
It takes 71 railroad trains, each carrying at least 20 cars, to move an army division of 15 000 men with weapons and equipment.
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