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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
8
Six weeks remain before Exeter as heavy snowfall threatens repairs. Oakville appoints J B Derry as new police chief to start soon. H C A F airman Joseph Hurehof earns Flight Lieutenant rank after promotion. Streets cleared after snowstorm, and a district charity shipment includes coats socks and mitts. A civil slander case in Milton proceeds with Justice McKay presiding.
A tale of a $1,908,000 estate from Mary F. Martin, tied to a $200 mining stake and a web of beneficiaries including Ben Violette and George Haish. Mrs Martin built a fortune across Canada and the United States, with Canadian mining ventures and a past in Ottawa, Halleybury, and Kirkland Lake.
The Bly PU regular gathering at Mr and Mrs Crewsons discussed a War Services Project and an Easter pageant. A committee was named to arrange the events. Millie Bastell read and Warren Wagner sang while Mrs Anderson played piano.
Longtime Milton resident Thomas Fines aged 82 dies. funeral held at Exim Cemetery. Catherine Fleming Mor Nabb, 85, dies. private funeral at Milton home then Presbyter ian church service. Alexander B L Watson 85 dies in Woodstock. three sons survive. interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Annie S Thompson dies in Georgetown aged in her 70s. private funeral in Georgetown and service at St George's Church. French from Hamilton and others attend services across region.
Rural communities in Canada assess postwar needs and prepare to submit tentative schemes for provincial and federal rehabilitation financing. The focus is on distributing funds across the country as governments plan a vast afterwar program. Melita Man urges more attention to postwar planning.
Allied forces push toward major Japanese bases with strikes on Truk and Kwajalein and landings at Eniwetok. in Italy, British and American troops hold and pressure German lines as Polish troops reinforce the 5th Army. Russian and Allied air offensives expand against German positions while Britain contemplates a vast air offensive and continued European battles unfold.
Four Halton County Holsteins top the Holstein Friesian Association of Canada Honor List for the past year. W. S. Flatt owns three animals and E. J. Meagher owns one of Oakville. Meagher’s Shady Elms Queen Bes cla Koba leads junior four year olds in milk and butterfat with 5700 pounds milk and 289 pounds butterfat. Abbekerk Bubsat, Cedar Date Man G War EN, and Claremont Alice posted strong butterfat and milk figures in senior and junior classes, all earning places on the list by high performance.
A German veteran says he serves with the secret weapon, described vaguely in a fragment from Arbeiter Zeitung via the BBC. The item mentions wartime centers, child entertainment in Britain, and Prime Minister Churchill's remarks amid ongoing conflict.
Air Vice Marshal Arthur Longmore, who retired in March 1942 to allow for younger leadership, is rejoining the RAF to advise the Air Council on post war strength. A Channel Islander letter from Southampton describes making blancmange from seaweed, specifically Carrageen moss, collected from beaches.
A Surinam football squad, all Dutch garrison members, tours British Guiana and plays a series of test matches drawing public interest and enthusiasm. The piece notes a separate quotation on the divine nature of worship from Rev. F. A. Hinckley.
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