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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
2
Wartime advisory urges solicitors to push Victory Bonds as valuable collateral and steady income while noting city dwellers’ growing wish to move to rural living. The piece contrasts the security of Dominion of Canada bonds with the appeal of cheaper, self-sufficient country homes amid war pressures and postwar uncertainty.
Community leaders defend funding for a plow truck and equipment as essential during a harsh winter. They stress wartime economy, volunteer labor in Victory Loan campaigns, and the need to keep streets open for industry traffic to support war effort and local recovery.
Editorial notes urge Canadians to buy Victory Bonds amid weather delays of house cleaning. It cites bond growth since January 1940 and argues for increased public investment to support the war. Includes remarks from Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky and a Detroit CLO office workers strike for higher wages.
After the Easter recess the Senate will consider the Income Tax Amending Bill still awaiting approval. Finance Minister Wisley expects tax forms to go out and deadlines to stay June 30. The House faced delays with royal assent and King criticized the schedule. The Senate faces war spending measures including a 3.29 billion dollar war appropriation and a 1 billion dollar mutual aid bill.
Canada’s aircraft industry employs about 80 000 workers from varied backgrounds. The Aircraft Suggestion Plan rewards production improving ideas, with a former golf pro saving 8200 dollars and two other ideas totaling 29000 dollars annually. Workers earning the Aircraft Production badges meet three months of steady work.
In many Oklahoma towns, schoolchildren will start an hour earlier and finish earlier to help with farm and garden work. This shift aims to free students for labor during harvest and planting seasons, reflecting rural needs.
Feeds note that a flyer from Georgetown and Guelph lists daily runs with Sundays excluded. The document highlights service gaps and a calendar variant for weekend days.
A clipped timetable fragment shows westbound and outbound routes with times for London Guelph Kitchener and Stratford. It indicates services on Sundays and holidays with daily to Kitchener and to Stratford routes.
The piece portrays Oswald in a sentimental mood composing a romantic letter to his sweetheart Annabella. He pledges grand, impossible feats for a glimpse or touch, closing with a hopeful postscript that the plan hinges on the weather.
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