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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
7
A poem warns against recalling secrets or painful matters that could harm others. It suggests forgetting a tall leader’s tale or a hidden skeleton in a dark closet whose display would bring grief and sorrow. The piece urges keeping matters buried to protect happiness.
The article recalls events from spring 1922 city and farm property changes. It notes Canadians contributing 87 572 to the Russian Famine Fund via the church and reports a theatre plan in Rockwood and Erin. It lists teachers on a western U S trip and a Knox Church service. A Highway meeting favored Mill Street work and a marriage in Parkdale. Canada’s overseas Y M C A held 6774 show programs for 1 135 000 soldiers and airmen.
Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus rebuking Pharisees and lawyers as hypocritical upholders of ceremony over heart. It compares Luke 11 passages with Matthew 23, warns against pretense, and calls teachers to inner purity and accessible knowledge.
A "Women for Westminster" committee is formed to watch women’s interests during and after the war. In Bombay the census shows population figures and wartime recruitment shifts, noting 237,000 seer Heelies peach and a rise of about 600,000 men in the last year.
The Canadian Corps completed the rout of Queroans at Vimy Ridge during the Arras operation. About 13 000 prisoners and 200 guns were taken as the front moved forward four miles after the April 9 attack, with heavy fighting at The Pimple and subsequent fortifications built on the captured ground.
Dr. A C Ivy of Northwestern University told the Congress on Industrial Health in Chicago that eight hours of munitions work require about 5000 calories daily, with heavier labor needing up to 6000. He emphasized a diet rich in minerals and vitamins, including milk, whole grain cereals, enriched bread, meats, eggs, and green vegetables, noting fat intake rises with fat and carbohydrate needs while protein need does not increase with muscular work.
In London a parish magazine urges women to avoid hats with wide brims or Velvet accents during communion to prevent distraction. A bishop notes a feathered hat once nearly poked a priest’s eye, prompting calls for respectful attire in services.
Less than one per cent of Home Guard members retired as the organization accepted obligatory service until the war ends. The note underscores strong continued commitment amid wartime demands.
A feature notes how William Hesketh Lever built a global soap empire from Bolton beginnings. It emphasizes marketing, acquisitions, and supply chains, arguing retailers like Acton’s tomorrow will win by tying their business to the community through communication and advertising.
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