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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 06, 1945

Page

6

Denunking the Fairies and Santa Claus in a London Age

The piece argues against banning belief in Santa Claus and fantasy, citing Ottawa Health Minister Brock Chisholm’s polemic in Washington. It notes Dickensian social types like Gradgrinds and defends imagination as essential to child development while discussing limits on literal truth and the value of wonder in early modern English life.

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Ottawa conference ponders Dominion Provincial power split

Debates among premiers and Prime Minister Mackenzie King at Ottawa center on a new Dominion Provincial agreement. A tentative plan to set up a joint economic committee signaling possible shifts in subsidies taxation and social programs.

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Canadian Pacific sea operations in war years outlined

A wartime service review details Canadian Pacific ship roles and losses in Atlantic and Pacific theaters. It notes 40 million meals served to troops and government passengers, 272 known killed and nine missing or prisoners, and 74 decorations awarded to CP officers and crew for wartime service and troop transport duties.

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Education Outreach Aims at Lonely Farms Across Regions

A regional program seeks to bring visual education and cinema to isolated communities. The effort, tied to wartime and peacetime needs, funds film showings and group discussions to raise agricultural and social development. Local leaders urge continued support from officials and farmers alike.

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