Taxpayer gains and war effort shape Acton outlook
The piece notes lower taxes for Acton in 1942 and cites improved finances from arrears reduction and ongoing repairs funded by current revenue. It urges continued pay-as-you-go policy, highlights wartime bond sales rising from hundred to five hundred dollars, and stresses civilian support as essential to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niews
Acton
Japan
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Canads
Opinion Cards in War Effort Divide Public Opinion
The piece critiques self addressed war cards circulated by the Committee for Total War, noting varied responses and lack of informed consideration. It highlights confusion over authorship, the haste of sending cards, and possible parliamentary debate on future wartime prosecutions, with editors split on the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleaver
Committee For Total War
Halton
Tim Free Press
Editorial Notes On War Efforts And Home Front Warnings
A compilation of reader notes and editorial quips on war support, civilian duties, and censorship. Items reference Red Cross contributions, Canada’s war finance drives, will drafting, and blackout policies. Includes opinions on Churchill’s England visit and calls for practical wartime measures at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Churchill
War Time Price Board in Canada Enforces Ration Policy
In Ottawa a wartime price and trade board directs self regulation by business and citizen loyalty. Chairman Donald Gordon emphasizes necessity and national survival while officials detail enforcement methods, price ceilings, and the role of women in policing prices during the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mlualon
Donald Gordon
Dirkw
Canada
Aa Gordon
Agriculture
Finance
National Revenue and Trade and Commerce
Gordon Taggart
Alberta
G. Burton
Emphasia la
F. A. McGregor
Taok Commission
Camdea
McChegor
McGregor
Heather
Plastic lenses and gear lead wartime Britain to plastics boom
Britain speeds plastic usage across war industries. eyeglass lenses from plastic replace glass for speed and ease of moulding. Plastic gears bearings and moulded plywood laminates appear in factories fire-spotters wear plastic helmets and boats use resin impregnated plywood. An experimental plastic house is proposed by the Scottish Special Housing Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italin
Britain
Scottish Special Housing Association
Women Air Force mechanics test flights still barred
Croydon announces that members of the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force serve as flight mechanics for the Royal Air Force but are not allowed to take planes on test flights. Their work matches male mechanics except for this prohibition, which remains their sole complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon
Icp
British Women's Auxiliary Air Force
AFL
Mble
Metis Farmers Build 40 Acre Plots In Saskatchewan Scheme
Regina reports Saskatchewan’s Metis settlement at Green Lake 140 miles northwest of Fringe Albert. About 12% of families on 40 acre leases have cleared land, built homes, started a central farm, and opened a school with near 100 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Eluahteen
Commiasioner G. Math
Metia
Green Lake
Métia
Crkt
Matte
Realtenta
Malte
Saaakatchewan
Educaton
Wallata
Offies and Neuldence Corner Bower and Elgin Street
Local directory snippet lists offices on Bower Avenue and Elgin Street with Sunday appointments near Mil Street and Frederick Street. Contact numbers include 128 and AUSON 22 for telephone services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offies and
Neuldence
Bower Avenue
Elgin Street
Mil Street
Frederick Street
Time Table Schedules and Flyers at Georgetown and Guelph
Schedule snippets show multiple daily timetable entries with times and routes. Reads like city transit notes including Georgetown and Guelph flyers and Sunday only or daily except Sunday designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Guelph
Gray Coach Lines Schedules Leave Acton for London
The notice lists westbound departures from Acton to London with times such as 9.53 am and 12 23 pm and 6 18 pm. Service includes daily and holiday exceptions with trains running on specific days.
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London
Grazing Guidelines for Winter and Spring Seasons
Depleted pasturage should be protected from grazing or grazed lightly in winter. In spring and summer it should receive minimal use or be avoided for several years. Spring grazed fields must carry over grass from the previous year.
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Acton Free Press
Asten
Ontario
Qace
Odailions
Free Press
Edvertiser
Ofice
Arlof
Red Cross
Senator Soaper
Eddy Gilmore
Acton and
District
Chesley Enterprise
Hamilton
Evermore
Financial Post
Bruce M. Prarch
Matte Aald
Central Establishment
Central Farm
Athabaska Glacier
Jasper, National Park
Business Directory
J. A. McNiven
and Murgaon
HR. J.nelson
Woolwich
Leggett
WM. G. Cullen
L.M.G.C
Whyelpan
W. G. C. Kenney
Symon Block
Atton
Oldea
Wealdensa
Freed and
Stevenson
DR. C. Nicholson
Dental Hurgest
Laléhman
C. F. Leatherland
B. A. Barkstay
Notary Pabile Saguer
AUSON
Kenneth -M.-Langdon
Barr Later
Notary Public
Gregory
T. Seynuck
Rhone Acton
Stours
Tursday
Tequest
B. D. Young, V.S
B.v.sc
Brookville
Milton
F. G. Oakes
Knox Avenue
Frank Petch
Commercial Life Annuzance Co
Charles Street
Canadian National Railways
Gray Coach Lines
Kantholad
Taranto
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