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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
2
The province’s 1947 48 liquor bill shows $220 million spent on hard liquor beer and wine with $173 million to the provincial board. Minors liquor access crime costs alcoholics hospital beds and rising bootlegging while outlets expand to raise revenue. The piece argues the current system harms families and national character.
The Financial Post editorial urges Parliament to halt further loans for city home building and vital industry to force dispersion of population and industry. It argues decentralization would reduce bomb vulnerability, ease traffic, nerves, and living costs, and improve health and happiness if Canada spreads beyond major cities.
An editorial notes atomic war as a current, terrible threat that commands distant thinking. It argues this generation faces a deep penetration into societal life, risking gradual but certain extinction, echoing historic fears.
A Winnipeg Tribune editorial argues moral decay undermines civilization and warns that state-owned enterprises in Saskatchewan face shutdowns like the Prince Albert shoe factory and Lac la Ronge Beaver Lake fish plants. It says market realities threaten even government-run plants and lessons apply beyond Saskatchewan.
Editorial notes report Brampton plans a new 160000 dollar Community Centre and Arena as towns in the district build similar facilities. Daylight Saving starts next Sunday, tax returns and radio licenses loom, and electricity use in Canada has doubled every decade since 1919. A Toronto magazine excerpt accuses militant Communists at Canadian campuses, naming McGill Toronto Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Vancouver.
Recalled notes show farms rented in Nesagaweys and nearby areas. Grazing and spring work begin as farmers plan renovations and new constructions. A quiet wedding at Knox Church linked Donald McGregor and Agnes Lawson with Rev J A McLachlan presiding.
Local items report Beatty Bros offer to build a 25000 swimming pool for the town. Boy Scouts set up road signs to Acton. United Church Men’s Club met with Mr Denton Massey speaking to a large crowd. Mr and Mrs F L Anderson of Grand Forks visited Acton. Ladies Softball Team officers named for the year. Birth notices include Elm slice first child at St Joseph’s Hospital Guelph and Graham, Anderson families noted. Gardening tip adds ammonia to water to keep Ferns green.
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