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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
18
The Financial Post reports the government plans to use a proposed Parliament ary Vices Committee to target profiteering. A cabinet minister is likely to chair with Defence Minister Claxton as a probable choice. Prime Minister King allows debate on the motion while the committee sits.
A Financial Post poll shows Canadians leaning to a compulsory retiring age for Senators, with 75 or 80 as possibilities. Opinions split on provincial appointment of half the Senate, elective Senate terms of 8 to 10 years, and keeping the current system to protect minorities from hurried House of Commons legislation.
A works committee member argues for moral immunity to divisive ideas, stating unity and empathy can curb troublemakers. The piece links immunizing stomachs with feeding Europe to wider cultural immunity and cites C. D. Howe noting 78,000 houses completed in 1947 with a possible 100,000 in 1948, amid industry skepticism.
The article cites rising housing demand outpacing construction capacity and reduced material and labor bottlenecks after the publication Housing in Canada by Central Mortgage. It notes preliminary 1947 level crossing accident data from the Board of Transport Commissioners, with 160 deaths, 442 accidents, and 637 injuries, outlining weather, visibility, and driver factors.
The note discusses a lingering winter with a predicted six weeks of cold, cites a 1947 freeze pattern, and compares butter prices across regions. It notes potential changes if Ottawa ends manufacturing restrictions and outlines tax concerns, plus reader submission etiquette for local items.
Recollections of Acton notes Col Kerns’s long service and confirms John R Barser as Liberal candidate for the county election on March 1. The item also reports Acton hockey loss to Milton 3 2 and announces Sons of Scotland event with bayonet competition at Camp Ivanhoe Town Hall.
Highlights from Acton and surrounding towns include Earl Haig honored at half mast on the Government Building flagpole, Orangeville sewer project costing 150000, Melbourne C Overholt departing for General Motors Oshawa, and the Hewetson family loss at Brampton and Acton shoe factories. Also notes sleighing party at Fred O Johnston home, birth of C Spires son in Acton, Bauer Mainprize marriage at Knox Church Manse, and a report Russia claims literacy cut to 20 percent.
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