Twillingate Sun Notice and War Time Brief
The Twillingate Sun notes church and community notices with a 1939 date. It reports a failed aircraft hit and a damaged plane near Parlar, and mentions Saarbrueck near the Western Front as official news.
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1939
Page
4
Poland Under Siege and Allied War Talk
Reports detail heavy German and Soviet advances into Poland with Warsaw said to burn and thousands killed as Britain and France weigh responses. Churchill amid Commons denial of a German attack on the Royal Navy notes German aerial assaults and Allied resolve against Hitler and Stalin’s combined aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
East
Poland
Hitler
Germany
Turkey
Romania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Italy
Moscow
Rit
B.B.C
Waa
Smigly-Rydz
Warsaw
Britain
France
Stalin
England
Winston Churchill
the Admiraary
North Sea
Home Fleet
Charles Forbes
Community Contract urged to bolster hospital finances
Dr Olds reports a steady rise in medical and surgical care at Memorial Hospital but funds from patients and other sources lag behind. He promotes the Community Blanket Contract and free dental treatment plans to boost self help and reduce disease, noting low mortality since opening and strong public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds
Dept. of Public Health and Welfare
Letter from L avenir supports local imports view
A letter on page 3 from L avenir Corner Brook appears in other papers with editorial comment in support. The writer contends that out of town persons should be considered since not all imports of foods come through the Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L’avenir
Corner Brook
L’‘avenir
Daylight saving ends on Sunday October 1
Time clocks revert to standard time at 1 hour back. Sunday October 1 marks the switch from daylight saving to standard time, effective at 2:00 a.m. local time.
German menace six years ago warned by French officials
A 1933 Financial Post report recounted French officials’ warnings about Hitler’s Nazi regime. They likened Nazi leaders to Chicago gangsters in government, warned of brutal, amoral figures, and feared their ambition could plunge Europe into war despite Versailles grievances and Germany’s excess labor and population pressures. The piece appeared in Trade Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way
Europe
Paris
Germany
Britain
France
Hitler
al Capone
Chicago
White House
Financial Post
Post
Meno
United States
Stold
Canada
America
Thas
Trade Review
Price rises and profiteering threaten Newfoundland food supply
A St. John’s daily paper accuses profiteering by parties expected to regulate food distribution. Government may use Defence Regulations to punish offenders. Rising prices and scarce relief raise hardship as Newfoundlanders fear future food access and question leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Newfoundland
Local Residents Make Short Trips and Moves
Personal notices summarize Sunday travel to St John s and Herring Neck, town visits by Rev Chesley Lane and Rev Pitt, round trips to Battle Harbour Grand Falls and Clyde, with several residents exiting or arriving from Roberts Arm Moreton s Harbour Back Harbour Shamokin Pa and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry Ashbourne
St. John's
Chesley Lane
Change Islands
Shamokin
John Maidment
Grand Falls
Wm. C. Harvey
St. John’s
Clyde
Messrs
Doyle May
Ashley Roberts
John Blackler
James Rideout
Roberts
Sergi. Martin
Ernest Rideout
Edward Rideout
Back Harbour
England
Halifax
Shipping News Update From Labrador Fisheries
Beasle Grace returned from the fishery with about 900 yards of bab. Stanley Smith arrived with props for Buchans Mining Co landing at Lewisporte from Sop's Arm. Tishy & Audrey and other vessels carried fish and freight, including 600 adls and 900 qtls, to Morgan Ray Roberts St. John's and Parcell's Harbour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beasle Grace
Stanley Smith
Buchans Mining Co
Lewisparte
Sop's Arm
White Bay
Tishy & Audrey
Labrador
Morgan
Ray Roberts
Schr
Tom
Lady Green
St. John’s
Exhibition Judges Named For Alexandra Hall Event
Mr. H A Butler, Mr. Jeffrey Anderson and Miss Burt judged an exhibition that ran this week, closing last night with a public prizegiving. Magistrate Abbott opened the affair at Alexandra Hall on Wednesday. Full particulars to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H A Butler
Jeffrey Anderson
Miss Burt
Abbott
Alexandra Hall
Punt Capsize Near Crow Head Rescued By Motor Boat
An accident occurred off Crow Head on Tuesday when Mesars Clarence and Edgar Sharpe capsized their punt after tipping. Harry Stockley of Crow Head arrived in a motor boat and saved the men from likely drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Head
Mesars
Clarence
Edgar Sharpe
Harry Stockley
Tia
War Chronicle Teems With British and Allied Advances
Great Britain reports near end of third war week with a British French War Council agreement, RAF victory on the Western Front, and France and Poland fronts active. Daladier and Gamelin attend London meeting. Germany suffers heavy losses in Poland with 150000 killed or captured and 600 planes destroyed. News also notes Newfoundland volunteers, naval mobilization, and warnings of impending major offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Great Britain
Supreme War Council of
Britain
France
England
Minister of Information
Samuel Hoare
Ministry of Information
Germany
British Press Association
Royal Air Force
Western Front
Daladier
London
Paris
Gamelin
Darla
War Council
Women's Patriotic Association
Admiralty
Newfoundland
Royal Navy
H. K. MacCharles
Nova Scotia Highlanders
Warsaw
Table Bay Point
Grady
Atwater Kent
Isaac Bourne
Safe Hr., B.B
Bourne & Co
Seigfried
Hitler
Wiedrichshafen
Japan
China
Changsha
Labrador
Chamberlain
Lord Admiralty
Churchill
British Commons
Communist Party
Russia
Poland
Siegfried Line
Take Bay Point
Polly B
Win. Barbour
Simmon
Ford Hayward
Eriglam
House of Commons
Commission
Moselle
Talien
Tan
Maisky
Lord Halifax
Turkey
Porth
Scotland
Clarence Mercer
Grand Falls Deer Lake Road
Italian Buyers Seek Fish at St Johns Amid Global Demand
Two more Italian buyers arrive at St John's seeking fish as demand grows. Other nations, including France, show interest in the plentiful catch while war-torn regions push up the search for supplies from nearby fishing grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John's
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Department Home Affaire
Twillingate
Mld
Ewillingate
Parla
Saar Bruech‘en
Westjern
the Hospital Report
Memorial Hospital Directorate
Confederation Life
P. H
Path End
M.S. W
R. P
Shipping News
Noars
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