Births and a Death Notice Roundup From 1940
Born Kerr at Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton a son to Mr and Mrs Archie Kerr. Elliott in Esquesing Township a son to Mr and Mrs Stewart Eliott. Hancock Ryder Gladys Madeline daughter to Mr and Mrs T F Ryder. Died Reid Rose Axina Christine at Guelph General Hospital in her 62nd year.
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Born
Kerr
Peel Memorial Hospital
Brampton
Archie Kerr
Elliott
Esquesing Township
Stewart Eliott
R.R
Acton
Hancock-Ryder
Rey
J. J. Hespeler
Gladys Madeline
T. F. Ryder
Hedley Francis
A. Weabook
Galt
Freeid
Guelph General
Acton News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Early next week Oolts and Enis registered. Wheat harvests ongoing as fall approaches. Mason Knitting Company and Barr’s Morton's storefronts repaint. Acton schools upgrade toilets and repair buildings. Registration urged. deferred school opening noted. Canadian National Exhibition to open with Viceregal ceremony. overseas service subscriptions encouraged. Local artisans decorate Coliseum Festival Chorus stage for NAE performances.
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Acton
C. A.matthews
War and Depression Costs as Canada Boosts War Production
Canada aims to expand war material production and raise exports to the United States. Exports to the US rose, with 1930 national income at 4.718 million and 1933 at 2.632 million, as Finance Minister Rolston forecasts a peak income this year despite war taxes. Australia limits private car fuel to 39 miles weekly starting September 1.
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United States
Canada
Budet
Ralston
France’s Colonial Empire and World Position in 1930s Context
The piece surveys France from Alsace to its overseas holdings, detailing areas and populations of French possessions in Africa Asia Oceania and the Americas. It notes mandates in Syria Lebanon and the joint rule over Cameroon Togoland and highlights strategic implications for Anglo-Saxon diplomacy and global peace amid shifting colonial power.
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France
Alsace
Lorraine
Syria
Lebanon
Cameroon
Togoland
Great Britain
India
Cambodia
Cochin China
China
Kwang Chau Wan
Africa
Algeria
Morocco
Tunis
Nah
Senegal
Mauretania
French Guinea
Ivory Coast
Dahomey
Upper Volta
Niger
Guadaloupe
Martinique
French Guiana
Oceania
New Caledonia
Tahiti
New Hebrides
South Pacific
Japan
Antipodes
Singapore
Ontario War Effort Seeks School Child Help
Prime Minister M F Hepburn outlined Ontario plans to mobilize school children through Soldiers of the Soil committees in each county. Primary schools close until September 16 and secondary schools until October 2 to free youths for farm labor and War Certificate sales with school supervision for girls.
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Ontario
Canada
M. F. Hepburn
Queen’s Park
Soldiers of the Soil
Soldiers of
Mya Hepburn
Hepburn
Ottawa
Value of Sea Cadet Training in Naval League Cadets
The Navy League cadets show strong training value with many volunteers for overseas service. One teen, aged seventeen, was blocked by age rules but impressed by skill tests and earned corporal stripes on day one. The league notes rising enlistments and ongoing demand to keep cadet corps at strength.
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Navy League
Royal Navy
Canadian Navy
Merchant Marine
Air Force
Infantry
The
League
World’s Highest Tides and Maritime Province
In Minas Basin at the Bay of Fundy head lies the world’s highest tides, 51 feet. New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island tidal streams delight tourists. Low tide leaves vessels resting on mud while high tide floods rivers and enables drydocking. Moncton’s tidal bore, a six foot wall of water, moves up the Petitcodiac River at the head of the bay.
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Minas Basin
Bay of Fundy
New Brunswick
Nova Secota
Prince Edward Island
Moncton
Petitcodiac
Hot Days Made Cooler at Hedland’s Roast Beef Sale
Price list from Hedland’s shows canned meats and pantry items with modest cuts. Featured items include Hedland’s Roast Beef, Beefsteak Mushrooms, Clark’s Pork Sausage, Veal/Pork Loaf, Imperial Corned Beef Loaf, Sea Glory Red Salmon, Greaves and Falcon condiments, and various olives and pickles.
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Clark
Fifty Thousand Enlist in Six Week Period
During the six grim weeks of war more than 50,000 men enlisted in the Canadian Active Service Force. There are now 3,832 vacancies in the C A S F with 44 percent of them being specialists.
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C.asf
Why the Need of a National Registration
A House of Commons speech outlines Canada’s manpower figures showing 4.7 million aged 18 to 44 and 950 thousand men with 620 thousand women 45 to 59. It advocates a national stock-taking on August 10 20 and 21 to identify work fit for each person and boost production through mobilized manpower.
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House of Commons
Canada
Hitler’s Gift to England Bulb Shortage Roils Dutch Flower Trade
Report claims Nazi actions wipe out Holland’s daffodils hyacinths and tulips, banning bulb growing as 50 Dutch bulb stocks are destroyed for feed. England reportedly offers the USA 40 million English-grown bulbs worth 250000 pounds while Dutch growers seek England for costly specimens. Roosevelt favors tulips and daffodils in garden displays at Hyde Park.
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Holland
Cate
England
U.S.A
Liddle Holand
Twincolnshire
Ministry of Agriculture
Acton's Family Album Week by Week Faces of Familiar Years
A nostalgic feature recalls townsfolk from prior years as the paper turns its pages week by week. The piece revisits faces from bygone seasons, tracing shared memories and local characters still remembered in Acton.
Thardmore & Co Plant View Preservation Highlight
A 19th century plate shows Thardmore & Co plant with ten sears or more ace. Buildings in the foreground have been removed and the grounds are described as lawns and splendidly kept.
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Thardmore & Co
Sears
Registration Questions Fragment for Agricultural Survey
The text lists registration dates August 19 20 and 21 and asks about present and regular occupation plus farm work abilities. It includes fragmented phrases on addresses provinces or countries training interests and tractor driving. No clear narrative or outcome is present.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oolts and
Enis
Mason Knitting Company
Barr
Morton
Fire Press
E. Thetford
Acton Fair
R. M. McDonald
Department of Education
Earl of Athlone
Georgetown
R. AF
Tno
V.H.S
Australia
Dominion
Featuring
Hedland's
Hedland
s.P/Beans
Tall Tin
G. M
Crispie
Greaves
Falcon
Peek-Frean Biscuits Vie
Hitler
Holand
Hitlere
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
Elliott Bros
Mile Street
Adairess
Waana
Defence Services
Caty
iNo
Your
Maer
Racal
Yan
Langusre
Langages
Reyoa
J Prmary
Tro
Ng Business College
Technical High Sphexs
Usman
Cal
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