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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
7
A poem reflects on the printing press as a guiding light surpassing celestial bodies. The speaker considers meteors from the North West or South as unlikely sources, concluding the press itself brings illumination for life in the East and the world.
The issue recounts May Day movements, notes a radio telephony article by Wm. H. Easton, and praises its civilizational value. It reports Daniel W Ritchie purchasing the G W A Community House and Charles W Hill retiring from photography after forty years. L E Atkinson plans a new brick garage on Mill Street and notes the death of Jane Campbell Lambert at Acton Main Street residence.
Mrs Churchill wife of the prime minister shared a Shilling lunch at a civic restaurant in an Essex village. She praised the cheerful wartime spirit and affordable nourishing meals as an example of how the people must continue to endure and fight the war.
The article outlines a Sunday school lesson centered on Jesus entry into Jerusalem and His proclamation as Messiah. It contrasts public acclaim with true understanding, notes the disciples’ obedience, and warns that Jerusalem’s leaders reject Him despite His works and words. It ends with Jesus weeping over Jerusalem and a call to faith.
Canadian, Australian and British troops renewed the Arras-Vimy front offensive in 1917. Canadian forces seized Arleux and breached underground passages, taking about 400 prisoners. Byne’s Australians pushed on to Fresnoy, while Bullecourt fell to Allied units amid counterattacks repelled by artillery.
Armies settled into a warfare method with the British taking over the brugit of the attack on the Western Front during summer operations shifting chiefly to the Flanders Sector.
Ottawa officials urge Canadian gardeners to grow herbs to replace scarce seasonings. Agriculture department advises parsley, chives, marjoram, dill and more for indoor winter use, with sage mint thyme and tarragon for year round growing guidance from farms and agricultural colleges.
Twelve women will be appointed as sampled in church workers to help regular army chaplains at Auxiliary Territorial Service camps and centers.
The essay links William Lever to the global rise of Lever Brothers, tracing his path from a Bolton soap cutter to a vast industrial empire. It argues that retailers with strong local ties and loyal communications, especially through newspaper advertisements, will wield the greatest and most stable business influence, much like Lever did through advertising and diversified resources.
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