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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
2
The Commissioner for Supply issues an Order to make another rationed leather footwear pair available to all persons over seventeen. The Brown Spare C No. 8 is cited in the adult book. Retailers need not write Ration Book No. on the No. 9 Coupon for those who have not yet turned 17. Signed W. E. Curtis, Secretary for Supply. 14 October 1944.
Under Defence (Rationing of Commodities) Regulations 1943 a footwear ration applies to the entire Newfoundland area excluding Labrador and the districts of St. Barrie and White Bay. Footwear may only be obtained with the appropriate ration coupons as set by the schedule.
The order sets footwear rationing rules for Newfoundland imports and purchases. It extends coupon validity to December 31 1944, requires surrender of coupons to customs, and directs retailers to attach used coupons to Form F C No 7 for stock replacement. It revokes previous footwear orders and imposes penalties for noncompliance. The order takes effect at midnight October 14 1944.
The notice lists Brown Spare C numbers and states they may be issued to a minor with adult ration book use under inked seller entry. It permits one pair of rubber footwear or overshoes, including gaiters or laced rubber boots, per purchase.
Poem praying to God for guidance and courage for pilots and airmen as they fly through danger. It asks for faith, protection in night and day, and dedication of souls to freedom.
The article describes Allied forces advancing in Italy with units from at least eight nations including Britain, America, France, Italy, Poland, New Zealand, India, and Brazil. It notes diverse troops such as Japanese Americans, African Americans, and Indian Caucasians serving under the Fifth Army, stressing unity of wartime partners and a postwar peace vision.
A look back at war progress over the past year notes General Clark in Naples, the push toward Cassino, and shifting fronts from Kiev to Berlin. It cites Allied shipping losses in 1943, battles in the Mediterranean, heavy bomber raids, and Red Army advances as distances to major targets shrink from Naples to Warsaw. The piece mentions sea-borne supply, Luftwaffe claims, and improvised food gathering by sea coast facilities.
The excerpt shows a wartime reflection where a character insists on appearing ordinary to avoid suspicion, saying neighbors know he is not a dictator. The dialogue contrasts fear and resolve as planes carry bombs and victory nears in a tense homefront moment.
A Wall Street Journal style musing notes a windy day remark about a “small reworld.” It critiques perceptions of men as attentive and cites women preferring a strong listener in social contexts.
The passage notes that the word saboteur arose from French workers throwing wooden shoes into machinery to halt operations. This etymology is cited as a historical folktale explaining the term's origin.
The narrator claims success as a door-to-door salesman by recalling the first five words said to a female homeowner: "Miss, is your mother so?" The remark frames a humorous or provocative approach to sales.
A Wisconsin family reports paying higher blueberry prices to an Indian for several years. The Indian cited “Big war some place” as the reason. In Germany, Dr Wirth used ultra violet light to photograph gases invisible to the eye.
War time shortages boost dried ripe bananas from Honduras and other Latin countries. Sanib Corporation presses natural ripe fruit for dehydration at Puerto Cortes, offering versatile uses from fruit sandwiches to stuffed apples. A sample was sent from Earle Sons & Co. in New York for testing.
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