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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1941
Page
2
In a hospital ward Marjorie McGarity endures her injuries with quiet resolve while Doctor John Foster and Lieutenant O’Hagen form connections with Nurse Benbow and the wartime visitors. A plan to lift her spirits hinges on a future face to face with loved ones and a cautious hope for reunion.
A wounded woman resists marriage yet longs for certainty while a doctor arranges a delicate ruse to keep their team together. The narrative weaves romance with medical restraint as a pipe band plays in Church Square Pretoria Transvaal and a bystander muses on men’s callousness.
In a hospital corridor Nurse Benbow greets George and Harry as they wait to see Marjorie. They lament her mistreatment while John Foster urges them to sleep and return later. Lieutenant O'Hagen bursts in, ending the moment.
In a wartime reply, the Under Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs states Mr. J H Garvin is withdrawn from his Newfoundland Commissioner post to resume duties in Britain. The change follows the war altering reconstruction needs, but the government plans to continue scaled projects and development after the war.
Mr Smith and Mr Jones debate what counts as being proud of in wartime Britain. They contrast Wington Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Hitler, debating national pride and belonging in a terse exchange.
A traveler entering a hotel asks for food and the proprietor responds with a menu of everything. The traveler orders a bit of everything as the kitchen is summoned, ending with the proprietor shouting into the kitchen for “One stool.”
The Christian Science Monitor notes Bermuda's cricket heritage giving way to baseball as Bermudians, alongside American soldiers and construction corps members, embrace the new sport. The piece highlights the islands' modest size and sufficiency, a British independence spirit, and optimism that baseball lessons will mirror fair play found in cricket.
The speaker describes retreat to trees by water after harvest as drought withers fields. A cool, comforting touch from the trees gives assurances and calming patterns in the mind, mirroring leaves in water above unseen roots. The verse centers on resilience and nature’s cooling influence.
A Scottish soldier on fist leave faces a stern lecture as his father scolds him for not writing home weekly. The father asks what he did with the reply-stamp, and the exchange ends with the son answering.
A woman asked a salesman for gift advice then instructed him to ransack the shop department for approval. The salesman warned that she should jump out from behind a door and shout Bool, seeking a startled reveal as a surprise.
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