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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1941
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces its policy for notes of thanks memoriam notes and announcements Published on the North Side Twillingate Md office charges 25 cents per insertion and reserves the right to reject late communications and disclaims responsibility for correspondent opinions.
Major General Fuqua discusses siege warfare as Germany contends with the Leningrad defense. The piece covers methods, Finnish and German advances, and the defender’s sorties while noting Russia’s counter offensives under Timoshenko. It also warns of a hard winter and intensified submarine activity as the war drags on.
A letter urges the Department of Public Health to provide direct medical and surgical care across the Cape Shore Green Bay area from La Scie to Exploits. It argues for stationed doctors and nurses under the District Nursing scheme to reduce travel burdens and winter risk, benefiting residents along seventy miles of shore and adjacent communities.
A note explains a public despatch compiler is missing as of Wednesday, asking for information by October 1941. It mentions delaying local and foreign news paragraphs until more details arrive and notes a recent pleasant weather report from the News Agency Dept.
The column lists residents and visitors to New York and nearby towns including Ernest Churchill and family, Frank Manuel's move to Tawood, visits by J C Loveridge and Frank Anstey to Botwood and Grand Falls, and multiple other travels. It then shifts to war reporting: Allied submarines claimed several enemy ships destroyed or damaged across the Mediterranean and Channel zones, with ships hit near Havre Brest and Cherbourg, and bombs seen near Brest dock areas.
The record lists admitted patients including Roger George Grand Falls and several others across Newfoundland communities such as Northern Arm Deer Lake Tilt Cove and King's Point. It notes a birth to Mrs Max Oxford and another to Mrs Donelly Greeham and a daughter to Mrs Hayward Burt with all mothers and infants reported well.
Warren H. Young of Roosevelt New York has joined the United States Marine Corps and trains at Parris Island South Carolina. He graduated Hampstead High School in 1940 as a business honors student and worked at Hampstead Bank before enlisting. He is eighteen, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Young formerly of Twillingate. His father served in the British Navy and his mother is Mary White daughter of the late Captain Thomas White.
Britain builds 24 of 68 railway engines for Turkey as part of a larger export order. Two dozen engines are being produced as part of a sale involving multiple locomotives to the Turkish rail network.
Engines weigh 10614 tons each and run at 70 kmh. In the quarter ending June 30 Britain shipped 34 locomotives overseas valued at about £250,000, up seven from the prior three months. Also sent 18 locomotive boilers abroad, totaling 56 units worth around £410,000 for the first half of the year.
Magistrate Abbott reported a boating accident near Aspen Cove on Friday May 19 when Lewis Rowe age 19 drowned after a two sail skiff with William Rowe aboard battled breakers and sank. William was rescued and later recovered consciousness. an inquiry followed as rescuers searched for Lewis.
Capt. T Connors says the Labrador fishery is worse than in years with many schooners returning empty due to ice and bad weather that halted fishing all summer. Banks have quit Labrador fishing for lack of bait and no herring is reachable near Gabermen. Local fishermen report fair success when seas allow and some buy bait from the depot to fish.
Promotes Gillett's Pure Shake Lye as a powerful cleaner that cuts through grease clears clogged drains and keeps houses sanitary and odorless. Encourages keeping a tin on hand for heavy cleaning of pots and pans and tough messes.
President Roosevelt announced the U S is considering arming merchant ships and has armed some crews while Congress faces sections of the Neutrality Act. Survivors from SS Pjtkstar are landed in Ice land with 11 unaccounted. Front lines shift in Russia Serbia and Belgium as Nazi and Allied actions escalate.
Allies map a vast food reservoir for Europe after Nazi defeat. A severe Northeasterly storm on Sept 19 caused coastal damage. A 20 year old son of William Rowe died after falling from a small boat near Alder Fir. Russian lines near Leningrad launch counterattacks. Soviets claim gains and German losses. Back door supply routes to Russia via Iran planned but logistics lag. Senator McKellar moves to repeal Neutrality Law. Argentine Nazi plot to attack Chile and sow Western Hemisphere division uncovered.
A reader from Grand Falls requests a complete issue dated the 20th after receiving only the lower portion of the paper. The note notes torn papers often ship outside the home field and asks for a full machine corrected edition.
Trade Review notes pork products marked up from 1.00 to 150 per barrel. Cornmeal up 5 cents per sack, other corn products higher. Box apples rise slightly, with N. Y. apples soon to arrive. Oranges show slight easing.
Flour costs hold steady overall while pastry flour climbs twenty cents. Ontario wheat markets stay tight after a long hot dry summer, with Maritimes crops lagging below average.
Sugar prices remain steady with no notable market moves or news of interest. Analysts see no triggers for change and trading volumes stay light as the market waits for new data or policy signals.
Tea prices on the Calcutta market declined over the last two sales with common teas down 3 4 pence and better grades 1 pence. Buy era foresee further declines. steamship availability may rise by September. An estimated 57 million pounds of tea remain available for markets, while peas and oranges also drop in price.
The phrase attributed to Joseph Perker notes there are usually more mites on the collection plate than widows in the congregation. The remark contrasts small details with the church gathering.
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