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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
2
The Free Press outlines subscription cancellation preferences and renewal expectations for unrenewed subscribers. It also notes advertising rates on application and cites error liability limits for advertisements published, requiring written instructions from advertisers for corrections.
A 1942 New Year message reflects on world war reverses and small town life. It notes hoped victories, personal sacrifices, and the impact of war on homes, while contrasting two ways of life during Christmas in Acton. The piece invites reader opinion on conscription and national service.
The article notes Acton Arena will reopen for hockey this season with a Guelph and Acton based team The war reduces available players yet home audiences can enjoy games while teams support debenture payments and taxpayer funds aiding the war effort The boys in the armed forces will closely follow the team’s progress for morale and recreation.
The piece blends holiday hope with wartime resolve urging safer winter driving and vigilance on roads. It cites Churchill on national light and notes Canada’s gold output for the first nine months of the war year, contrasting with 1940 figures. It ends with Brigadier Vanier urging total sacrifice for liberty and defense of Canada and allied peoples.
Ottawa discussions with Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials outline how price ceilings will affect farmers. Dean Shaw confirms safeguards on farmer bargaining power while balancing retail controls to keep food supplies ample. Foods Administrator J Gordon Taggart stresses maintaining ceilings to curb inflation without disrupting producer to consumer channels.
Prairie youths join national campaign to aid Britain's war effort by improving poultry stocks in Manitoba and across Canada. About 70 clubs train youth to cull nonlayers, improve feeding and housing, and boost egg production toward a 360 000 case goal for Britain.
Mrs Mathew runs a heroes book listing 70 men from the officers replacement depot in London. She is often the first to greet officers after they escape death on active service and aids men in uniforms and careers.
Fragmentary timetable notes various daily trains with Sunday exceptions and times at Georgetown Guelph and others. Mentions Saturday noon service and late evening departures with multiple incomplete entries.
Daily except Sunday schedules show eastbound trips to Toronto and westbound trips to London with multiple daily departures. Specific times include morning and afternoon slots, with variations for weekends and holidays as noted by codes.
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