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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
11
The Acton Free Press explains subscription renewals and cancellations with guidance on continued service unless canceled. It outlines advertising rates on application, error liability limits, and notes telephone contacts for editorial and business offices.
The Financial Post notes Canadian business leaders foresee payroll growth continuing into the new year. Our community reflects this optimism as factories run at capacity and relief rolls shrink. Merchants should watch stock, offer tight prices, and advertise locally to attract customers and build prosperity.
Halton County Council faces an unusual year with eight new members among fourteen. The Warden selection will follow municipal elections and precede the start of county business. Rotations of prior claim are gone as new Reeves arrive, creating uncertainty over who will be chosen.
Public sentiment favors annual municipal elections over longer terms as Toronto voters reject the provincial plan four to one. The piece argues democracy and local control justify leaving election timing to local councils and questions centralized reform efforts.
The excerpt argues for reform to extend certain governance plans from School Boards to Municipal Councils, claiming better reception and improved municipal government. It notes lack of explanation for past inapplicability and urges reform as an improvement.
Yellowknife elects Jack McNiven son of Acton residents to the five member Board of Trustees as the Northwest Territories’ first January 1 municipal government. The Acton family’s pride reflects a continuing pioneering spirit across Canada.
Ottawa announces preparations for Canada's first war loan to appear in early 1940. Officials say 40 percent of national income may be needed to cover war costs and allied purchases with no tax free bonds. Denominations may start at 50 dollars as Minister J L Ralston urges every Canadian to become a creditor to the government.
Editorial notes: Canada ranked third globally in aluminum production in 1938 with 66 000 long tons. Tobacco growers produced a record 108 770 100 pounds, up from 101 394 600 in 1938. Christmas and New Year weddings noted in anniversaries. Amusement tax renewal discussed. tax signs persist in some places. Trans-Canada Air Lines carried 702 291 pounds of airmail and 40 216 pounds of air express in the past year. six months of passenger service yielded 16 606 passengers averaging 500 miles.
Ottawa speaks on Canada’s war finance stressing Pay As You Go and the need to balance heavy wartime costs with living incomes. Officials warn of fiscal discipline, tax levels, and a 45 percent national income commitment to government needs as Armistice nears. Ontario Legislature will tap new revenue sources including reintroduced amusement tax and income tax exemptions. Toronto weddings total 7,311 in 1929 and 1939.
Fragmentary OCR reports suggest RJ Scott, identified as inventor, asserts a claim about a will or body involving poison and a copper plate. Details are unclear, with garbled phrases alleging wrongdoing and hazards to a patient.
A sharp exchange mocks Benbrough whose health is joked about as if he is already dead. The banter hinges on a barometer metaphor to say he learns nothing quickly.
In Halifax before the First Division sailed Major General A G L McNaughton, commandant of the overseas Canadian Forces, posed for the last Canada photo. He is now with his troops somewhere in England. Alistair Fraser of the Canadian National Railways saw him off. They recalled past and wartime service.
A dense listing of physicians surgeons dentists and lawyers in Acton Georgetown and surrounding areas. Includes Dr J A McNiven Dr E J Nelson Dr W G Cullen Drs Freed and Stevenson barristers F Leatherland and Langdon and other professionals with office addresses and phone numbers. Also lists veterinarians B D Young F G Oakes and auctioneer Frank Petch with locations and contact details.
An archival timetable lists daily schedules with regional routes and times. Eastbound services run early morning to evening with weekend variations and a Georgetown flyer departure. Westbound trains show morning to late night times with Saturday and Sunday limitations and a Georgetown stop.
Coach lines list eastbound departures toward Toronto and westbound trips to London with multiple daily times. Notes indicate Sunday and holiday operations and Saturday-only services or exceptions for certain routes to Kitchener and Stratford.
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