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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
2
The editor extends Christmas greetings stressing goodwill across nations and the Allied victory effort. It notes wartime paper shortages and Wartime Prices and Trades Board rulings, foreshadowing changes to printing such as loss of blotters programs and limited advertising for privately owned venues.
Editorial notes urge cooperation to conserve paper for essential business and explain air raid benefits to Allied efforts. They warn against stock sales calls to strangers, cite Ontario Securities Act protections, and advise reporting suspicious telephone pitches to police. Messages also salute wartime leaders and Christmas greetings from Canadian papers.
The piece urges young people to consider settling in or near their home towns after the war. It notes many left communities in recent years and predicts more may return once the war ends. It highlights advantages of local work or business, including wide acquaintances, communal help, and knowing local needs.
The piece explains how popular songs stir jitterbugs and inspire patriotism during wartime. It notes melodies bring cheer after monotony and express longing, guiding people to sing along at home and feel a shared heart with national themes.
South Western Police Court magistrate Claude Mullins coined the term Sirenitis meaning nerve trouble and sleepiness after a woman complained of back trouble. He remarked that "She's got Sirenitis" and noted others have it too.
A newspaper columnist argues that excessive reliance on passing resolutions fails to change world conditions. The piece praises Canadians for making resolutions a habit but warns they must lead to real action and a strong, intelligent postwar program.
The Merchants Portrait Company of Toronto was fined 250 plus costs for selling picture frames at prices higher than reasonable. Crown evidence showed frames costing 1.47 dollars sold at 16.90. Magistrate Gulllen said the consumer cares only about the article value, not commissions or other costs.
A Canadian Girls Service Group of CN Railway Employees War Services Association ships eighty cloth dolls fully dressed with bonnets knitted coats and boots to Portsmouth England. The cargo supports families of sailors lost at sea as part of wartime aid efforts amid scarce toys in Britain.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces removal of maraschino cherries apple butter sorghum molasses and sorghum syrup from rationed commodities. Pineapple pulp and apple pie filler in large containers and canned rhubarb in solid pack also taken off the ration list.
A wartime era article notes a predicted postwar travel boom led by Canadian travelers. It discusses road work limits, future patching, and improvements, and the desire to visit sites like Samaus cite while balancing war priorities.
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