Births Marriages and Deaths Notices From Acton and Porcupine
Notices of births marriages and deaths listed for Acton and South Porcupine Ont includes Sagaskie Emerson Russell McCallulum Carbert and Wansbrough with names dates and locations of delivery and death. Diana Jean born April 22 1942 and Dorothy Mae born April 24 1942 among others.
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Born Sagaskie
Scene Street
Acton
Mia
Frank Sagaskie
Mary Robina
Emerson
Guelph Street
Robert Emerson
Dorothy Mae. Russell
South Porcupine General Hospital
South Porcupine
Ont
Myr
Edward C. Russell
Timmins, Ont
Msabel Bruce
Acén
Edward Bruce
Acton and Area Notes From The Free Press
April weather updates and local notes from Acton and Erin Township include plebiscite results in Rockwood 283 Yeas 18 Nays and near term changes to bus timetables. Local property transfers and community events are described along with garden notes and highway speed reminders.
25 Years a Batman London Secret for 5 Years
Field Marshal Earl Haes death noted. He served as Haig's servant in South Africa and remained with him for five years except a seven day holiday. The wording is unclear but emphasizes a long tenure as Batman in London.
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London
Secret
Batman
The
Tate
Earl Hays
Haig
South Africa
Mrs Gordon N Powers Dies Suddenly in Waterloo April 12
Mrs Gordon N Powers of 164 Wig Street Waterloo died suddenly on April 12. Born in Garden Hill Durham County she was a former Knox Presbyterian Church Acton member. Survived by husband, son Corporal Clark N Powers Dental Corps RCAF Trenton, daughter June Elizabeth Waterloo, sister Mit An AK Soman Toronto. Interment in Orono Cemetery.
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Gordon N
Anna Grace) Powers
Wiig
Street S
Waterloo
Powers
Garden HI
Durham County
Knox ‘Presbyterian Church
Acton
Corporal Clark N. Powers
Dental Corps
RCAF
Trenton
June Elizabeth
Mit
Soman
Toronto
Orono
Britain mobilizes five million women under National Service Act
Britain registers five million women under the National Service Act with about 50,000 interviews weekly. Registration targets ages 20 to 41 by June, plus plans to include 16 to 19 year olds. Most choose uniformed services or industry. many face new personal and family pressures as work becomes a career.
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London
Britain
National Service Act
Uniformed Services
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
WAAF
Women's Royal Naval Service
Wren's
Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATS
Industry
Court of Appeal
Mathilde Collins
Airaving Traveks
Britain Converts Waste Paper Into Ammunition All Over
The article describes Britain turning waste paper into military materiel. Dustmen collect paper which is processed into cartridge wads and containers. Letters and envelopes become parts for shells and rifles as the war effort expands.
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Java
Great Britain
Wis
Spublte
Britain
Port in Australia Described by Seaman Herb Drow
Seaman Herb Drow discusses an Australian port and expresses wartime optimism. He urges home readers to keep chins up despite reverses, predicting a decisive Allied victory this year. He notes sending bundles of newspapers from around the world for interest.
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A.bc
Herb Drow
Australia
Leyland
India
Allen
War work girl finds fat reclaiming compound
Jean Harwood an 18 year old Britain war worker studying metallurgical chemistry helped develop a process that reclaims fats from washing up water. The method can recover more than 1500 pounds of fat per month from army utensils in a camp of 1000 men and can treat 12000 jars per hour, yielding four tons of fats weekly.
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London
Britain
Jean Harwood
Jean Beieves
TENDERS FOR COAL AND COKE FOR ONTARIO BUILDINGS
Tender for coal and coke for Dominion Buildings in Ontario will be received until 3 P.M. on Thursday May 7. Submit on department forms with the required security, a 10 percent deposit or acceptable bonds. Ottawa April 1942.
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E. FE
Harrop
Province of Ontario
Ce.dls.t
Dominion
Ontario
Puretyasing
Supersisana
GA Adeslaude
Canada
Dominion of
Cananda
Canadian National Railway Company
Dominion of Canada
Exeter bombing and global war updates from April report
April 24 air raids on Exeter devastate a south western English town as British bombs target Germany. Soviet and Japanese fronts show heavy fighting near Leningrad Kharkov Mandalay and Rabaul with Allied air strikes increasing on New Guinea New Britain Kavieng and Kavieng transport sunk. Hitler assumes supreme power amid fears of home-front unrest while Canada debates Laval and Mackenzie King’s next moves.
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Mandalay
United Nations
Burma
Taunggyl
Hopong
Shwengyaung
Lashio
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
Darwin
Kavieng
Freselago
Faisi
Solomon Islands
Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Germany
Japanese push to conquer Burma before noon operations halt
Report notes Japanese forces advancing rapidly in Burma aimed at seizing key gateways like Laushio and Mandalay, with Allied bases outnumbered by vehicles and troops. Movements suggest a coordinated push to complete conquest before noon.
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Laushio
Quinn
Mandalay
Burma
Portable refrigeration aids bacon shipments to Britain
Ottawa reports successful tests of portable refrigeration on merchant ships to move Canadian bacon to the United Kingdom. A 55 000 cubic foot hold was equipped, 400 tons of bacon loaded, then 1 000 tons on a second run. the third voyage was lost. Results show installation cost less than rate savings and plans expand use across vessels.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
United Kingdom
Agricultural Supplies Board
Tnat
Ministry of Food
Canadian Bacon Board
Britain
Bacon Board
National Research Council
Arden
North Atlantic
British
Ministry of War Transport
Detective Finds Piccolo Hidden in Deery House
In Dublin a detective discovered a piccolo at Anthony Deery's home and attempted to play it. Inside the instrument were cigarette papers bearing open messages. Deery received a seven year prison sentence.
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Dublin
Anthony Deery
Deery
Soldier Commends Acton Free Press From England
Pte Norman Gibson writes from Acton England praising The Acton Free Press as a faithful home-town newspaper. He thanks editor G A Dills for the gift booklet from the Borough Librarian and sends best wishes for the paper's continued success.
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Norman Gibson
The
Free Press
Acton
England
Ath
Oelan
Yewr
Canadian Army
G. A. Dills
Acton Free Press
Deny Friend
Canada
Britain’s best plowman doubles land army strength
London dispatch reports the Women’s Land Army plans to increase its service by doubling from 25 000 to a larger force to meet farmers’ demands. It notes 80 year old William Silver of Worthing, praised as one of Britain’s best plowmen, still walks 15 miles daily in the furrows.
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London
Women's Land Army
Wiliam Silver
Worthing
Britain
Ontario and Quebec Publishers Meet in Toronto Fore War Effort
A Toronto gathering of Ontario and Quebec newspaper publishers and their wives convenes in Toronto on Friday and Saturday, May. A guest speaker Bishop Renton discusses wartime conditions. The event includes fund drives, Red Cross support, and a remembrance for Mr Clark’s father.
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Bishop Boot Renton
Britain
Athenet
Lorante Dade Stat
Wouter
Greg
Carr San Wet Lychop Redsdon
Red Cross
Hearth Vietans Fund
Frank Mare
Levon Let
Melatare
Feo
Bony Pillars
Clarks
Toronto Daily
Sturawius
Star
Je] Atkinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
McCallulum
Victor McCallum Jr
Beatrice Viola Phinney
Francis Avenue
Humber Bay
Diana Jean
Strathcony Private Hospital
Carbert
Campbellville
Jessica MecPhail
G. B. Carbert
Wansbrough
Marielle Wansbrough
Betty
Donald
Eramosa Township
Rockwood
Geo. Barner
Vickers
Queen Street
Victorian Avenue
Pree
Acton Town Hall
Acton and Vicinity War Service League
Erin
Erin Village
Bidlinnafad
Leslie Schoose
Rew Forbes ‘Thompson
Munaster Oat Knox Church
Milucey Tronsservice
G. N. Powers
Old Land
H. V. Dron
A. B
Mm” Sompervele
Department of Public Works
Apriu
B. D. Rachlin
Englah
Exeter
Cathedral City
Plymouth
Bristol
Ruasman
Red Army
Black Sea
Leningrad
Kharkov
Donets
Crimean
Vichy
Bierre Laval
Mackenzie Kime
Iapteer
Upo
Paerie Dupus
Canadiia Phare Dattanes
Viehswienef
Tone Dan
Eestaek
Impiuk
Bratst
Norway
CAF
Trondheim
Chunyoking
Lashie Stratane
Sincerely Yours
Pte
Witain
Plowman
Wool Growers’ “Organization
SHNP
Weaton
Sruchera
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers Limited
Hay Street
Sockees
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