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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 27, 1944

Page

3

Canada Eyes Postwar Role At Empire Conference

The piece notes Prime Minister Mackenzie King preparing for the London Empire conference. King favors close cooperation among nations and the rights of smaller nations in the postwar order, contrasting with Lord Halifax Smuts and broader balance of power proposals. It also covers Canada’s war effort, grain stocks, budget plans, and forthcoming legislation including housing and family allowances.

Ottawa Empire London King The Commons Canada Lord Halifax United States Jan Christiaan Smuts South Africa United Kingdom British Commonwealth Russia China Smuts Empire Parliamentary Association Britain Europe King I United Nations Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Partle Donald M. Gordon Prices Board MacKinnon National Revenue Alsley Mackenzie King

Typhus Epidemic in Cape Province Under Immunization Drive

Fifteen medical units battle a typhus outbreak across Cape Province with five focused on Umtata. The operation aims to immunize every African location in the Umata area over about two months, aided by Voluntary Aid Detachment members and five more medical officers. More than 10,000 people have been immunized. Lt Col Frederick Wiliam D Deakin, 30, awarded Stalin’s Medal for Valor after parachuting into Tito’s Yugoslav HQ.

Cape Town Cape Province Umtata Umata London Frederick Wiliam D. Deakin Tito Yugoslavian Stalin

Jokes and banter through Irish American galloway humor

A string of humorous anecdotes features Pat and Yankee mischief about curves in railways Irish wit and barber shop quips. The exchanges cover Palagonia Irishmen and monkeys jailhouse glances at travel sales and a punchy farming tale ending with a grandmother’s death.

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