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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
2
The Free Press announces subscriber cancellation preference and policy. It states notices needed to cancel remittance failures and that subscriptions may lapse without notice unless canceled. It also outlines ad error handling, proof approval, and liability limits for errors in published advertisements.
An amendment would let a city council appoint a presiding officer from its own members if the head refuses to act. The change aims to clarify governance when the mayor or head declines to lead.
The electorate has chosen Hon. Mackenzie King and a Liberal government to carry Canada through the war period. Post election analysis centers on uniting the nation for a constructive war effort, with responsibility on leaders to avoid unfounded censure and focus on decisive action.
The Free Press recalls Very Rev Dr T Albert Moore native of Acton who rose in Methodist and United Church leadership. He long edited the paper, wrote to the editor, and visited the 100th Churchill anniversary. His return to Acton and burial at Fairview Cemetery are noted, with memories of his loyal community spirit and a quirky spring radiator service at the newspaper office.
Summary of 1940 Ontario statutes affecting municipalities including the two year term for Municipal Councils and referendum options. Changes cover assessment cemeteries council finances health highways licenses patriotic grants libraries taxation unemployment and schooling. Vacancies during the term are filled by council action and amendments allow by laws on motor vehicles.
Editorial notes discuss Elora debating a Board of Trade with Acton urged to revive a prior board. Canada motor car sales in January 1940 reached 6815 units valued at 7.5 million dollars, up sharply from a year earlier. Hog production in 1940 forecast to be the largest on record. Barrie newspaper amalgamation merges Barrie Brammes with Barrie Advance.BC lumber industry shows 31 percent logging gain and 24 percent rise in water-borne exports in nine months of 1939.
Ontario notes reflect wartime unity under National Government support and concern over Aberhart's social credit in Alberta. Hepburn's Ontario Liberal stance eases a provincial election risk while federal results cut Social Credit margins. Courts repeatedly challenge Aberhart's unconstitutional acts as opposition grows. Also covered are farm price disputes, teacher salaries, Bible study in schools, temperance teaching, and Peel Halton Simcoe farm prosecutions.
After many birds migrate south, flocks of Pine Grosbeaks appear in Ontario towns causing speculation. Males are rosy red on the head and rump, females gray with olive wash. They roam areas feeding on berries and conifers and may be abundant one winter and rare next.
A line from an old ledger notes the theft of 20 plas two cows two calves two steers seventeen sheep 96 bushels of wheat and eight bags of coal with no further amount recorded. The fragment hints at continuing losses or missing value.
The Chesley Enterprise notes British army chaplains are paid 2500 to 5000 dollars yearly with a 685 dollar wife allowance, suggesting steadier pay than some Canadian parishes. The Kingston Whig Standard reports the Qazi steamship Eschersheim sank off Jutland, likely scuttled, with Allied ships nearby. The Globe and Mail quotes a professional actor criticizing Canadian leaders for weak public speaking amid election results.
Directory style notice listing doctors dentists lawyers notaries veterinarians and an auctioneer with offices on Mill Street Frederick Street Georgetown and Leishman Block Acton. Includes practice hours phone numbers and locations for J A McNiven E Nelson P Pearen B D YOUNG F G OAKES and others.
Daily and weekend flight or service times scattered with missing data show entries like daily except Sunday and Saturday or Sunday only timings. Mentions Georgetown Guelph routes and various times such as 6.45 am 9.49 am 6.28 pm 8.19 pm and 941 pm.
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