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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
2
The Acton Free Press lists subscription and address change procedures including advance rates and handling of cancellations. It notes that subscribers are presumed to continue service unless cancellation is requested and outlines advertising liability limits and proof requirements. Editor G. Arloy Dills signs off.
The piece argues that massed production yields savings but harms worker contentment and welfare administration. It favors dispersed plants over large, concentrated factories to reduce labor troubles and ease relief costs, noting union dues and strike fees are easier to collect in big groups.
The 1937 wardenship contest in the County Council features Reeve Irving of Milton and Reeve Hewson of Oakville as the leading contenders with ample council experience. Irving previously withdrew in favor of Esquesing’s Reeve Currie, suggesting a similar plan now. The decision will come at next Tuesday’s inaugural County Council meeting.
Approval from most municipalities greeted the plan shifting Old Age Pensions and Mothers' Aid payments to the Provincial Government. Income tax revenue will stay with the province, benefiting Halton counties and local tax rates. Acton shows no income tax collection and will gain. the County rate is expected to fall this year. Some opposition exists in Toronto, but Queen's Park appears attentive to other regions.
A dramatic report portrays a kidnapping linked to Lindbergh era fears, with a doctor’s son murdered and parents distraught as a mutilated body is found. It laments rising gang violence and law evasion, contrasting with Britain’s justice to urge respect for courts and national security.
The deputy minister of education proposed scrapping matriculation exams in favor of graded certificates across academic technical and commercial tracks. He said principals and instructors would judge student ability, a move he argued would better reflect learning than memorization. He spoke to the Canadian Manufacturers' Association urging trust in school leaders.
Hon Norman Rogers told the Canadian Club relief grants will be substantially reduced this year. Unemployment remains high and relief is not a cure but a temporary measure until a solution is found. Acton currently shows peak unemployment amid lean years and depleted rainy day funds.
A past trend of men idle for work has shifted in the automobile industry as workers now sit down on the job. The remark notes a change in labor patterns reflecting factory practices and wage concerns during a period of industrial growth.
The Spanish War dominates pages but reports indicate other nations and groups are closely watching developments. Allies, neutrals, and rival powers assess implications for balance of power and potential shifts in alliances as events unfold.
Motorists favor black and white markers now on cars with only a few days left before removal and scrapping.
The Globe and Mail adopts a striking new design making it noticeably different from other morning papers and giving it a distinctive appearance.
Butter production in Saskatchewan rose to 24,300,000 pounds in 1936, up nearly 6 percent from 1932, marking a new peak in dairy output for the province.
The Ross yearly value of all products in Canada’s pulp and paper sector exceeds 163 million dollars with about 28 000 employees earning over 36 million in wages.
The St. Marys Journal Argus celebrated its eighty fourth year, the Bowmanville Statesman its eighty third, and the Carleton Place Canadian its sixty second anniversary. All have thrived and continue serving their communities.
A Sunday lesson outlines Jesus speaking with the Samaritan woman at Sychar about living water. It explains spiritual thirst, the Holy Spirit, and true worship offered to those who seek God honestly in spirit and truth.
The Toronto visitor Madam Lalla a Paris based occult professor predicts a future of a weakened personal fate for Prince Edward wandering the world in sorrow after losing a throne and a lasting prosperous Empire through a war she dates to 1037. She foresees Canada enjoying a lasting boom aided by wartime munition shipments and a new early 1930s industrial surge.
The 1935 Canadian public libraries cost eighteen cents per capita, under two percent of public school costs and about ten percent of university and college costs. Operations numbered 642, with about two million dollars spent. They circulate over 21 million volumes for home use, plus more to reading rooms. Travelling libraries supplement small school libraries and serve communities without libraries, with Acadia, Dalhousie, and St Francis Xavier in Nova Scotia, McGill in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, and five western provinces running provincial travelling libraries from their capitals.
A reminiscence from Muskoka politics recalls a Liberal candidate courting a widow at her cabin. He strips to chop cordwood to win her vote, she quips he lacks a big enough Jag, and jokes the tea will boil the Liberal-Conservative foe in the house.
A garbled dialogue depicts Jesus telling a Samaritan woman that he is the Messiah and speaks of living water. The fragmentary text emphasizes the pivotal moment of recognition by a non Jewish listener.
Glen Cunningham and Archie San Romant of Kansas Teachers College clashed in a photo finish in New Orleans. The famed miler lost by a razor eyelash and commentators viewed the race as the start of Cunningham’s decline as a top miler.
The article presents Maurie Dionne, a personable girl nearing age three, reflecting on the early days of a new year and hoping for fun with sisters and visits to Callander, mentioning Dr. Defoe and movie contracts as possible future adventures.
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