Acton News Briefs Touch Lent March Happenings
Mild weather brings chipmunk chatter and readers awaiting spring. Harbingers of spring teased with a war pictures show at Town Hall Saturday night. A local yearling sold. Wallace A. Lasby hospitalized after a fall. J K Gardiner notes license shortages for drivers. Garbage collection in Acton increases to four days weekly. A street corner collision causes damage but no injuries. The weekly Ottawa notes column gains emphasis as Parliament opens. Lorne-Scott Band to perform Sunday for Acton District War Service Fund. Navy paper bundle from Stann Terrert-Dron arrives, marking a long voyage update for a local serviceman.
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Lorne-Scote-Band
Acton and District War Service Fund
Norwegian wife reunites with husband after escape
Gunvor Sten, 50, a Norwegian housewife, arrived in London with her two year old daughter and five brothers after fleeing Norway in a fishing smack. Her husband, believed killed when Germany invaded Norway, waited on the station platform to greet her.
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London
Gunvor Sten
Norway
Germany
Acton Woman Celia Dancy Dies at 72
Mrs. Celia Dancy of Acton died Monday at her home at Church and Frederick Streets from a sudden heart seizure. She leaves Hollis Dancy and three sisters Mrs. R Dodds of Guelph Mrs J Castleman of Toronto and Mrs J Heaslip of Kingston. Funeral held Wednesday at Johnstone Rumley Funeral home with Rev. A W Fenbury. Interment in Elgin Leeds County.
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Celia Dancy
Church and
Frederick Streets
Dancy
Lnandsaoing
Hollis Dancy
Mra. R. Dodds
Guelph
J. Castleman
Toronto
J. Heaslip
Kingston
Johnstone & Rumley
A. W. Fenbury
The
United Church
Elgin
Leeds County
Halton County 1942 Council Appointments and Budget Actions
Halton County council appoints John Blair warden for 1942 to fill Finney’s unexpired term and names Simpson to the Good Roads committee. High School appointments include Browne in Milton Moyer in Georgetown and Thompson, with Moyer filling Davison’s term. By-laws authorize audits torts borrowing and county road expenditures for 1942.
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Simpson
McDonald
Good Roads Committee
Finney
Milton
H. B. Browne
Georgetown
al. H. Moyer
Thompson
Carrie
County Board of Audit
Hall
Craig
Leslie Kerns
John Blair
Carrieq
Cleave
Norman Gilbert
John Campbell
Halton County
Frank Thompson
Children's Aid Society
Halton and
Peel
Br. Thompson
Sociery
Halton
Peel Council
May
Robertson
Halton Agricultural Committee
Halton Agricultural War Services Committee
MirVerna
Whitelock
Court House
Shatlap
Kerns
Children's Aid
Murray
Two Irishmen in tropics seek Mosquito Shelter
Two Irishmen arrive in a tropical country and hide under bedclothes to escape mosquitoes. One peeks out and tells Mickey a mosquito is searching for them with a lantern, highlighting their humorous misadventure.
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Ventural
Mickey
War Commentary Shows Allied Push Across The Pacific
Singapore reports increased Allied air activity and strong naval defenses while Tokyo notes Japanese advances toward Singapore. Churchill voices cautious optimism for victory and the United Nations framework during tense Pacific fighting including Australian British and Indian troops defending Malaya and Johore.
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Royal Air Force
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Johore State
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Aashi
Strait of Malacca
Camel News Service
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Mozhalak
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Far East
Churchill
Muni River
Malacca Straits Settlement
Jnapaonese
Johore-Negri
Philippines
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Batan
Bay
Manilla
Vialfaya
Rubber Rollers To Thresh Flax
Winnipeg notes Dr W E Machneek plant pathologist at Dominion Laboratory proposes rubber rollers in harvesters to save seed. He found metal threshers cause flax seed cracks allowing fungus entry. using a washing machine ringer to press sheaves reduces damage and germination improves 222 percent after mercuric dust treatment.
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Winnipeg
W. E. Machneek
Dominion
Formera
Machnacek
Fung
Casey
Machacek
Stokers Honored For Gallantry In convoy duty Cape Town
Cape Town CP Rene Sethren leading stoker and Harold Jewell of the South African Seaward Defence Force received the Conapicuoun Gallantry Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal for convoy duty. Sethren suffered 17 wounds while manning a Lewis gun under Nazi dive bomber attack. Jewell kept the engine running for hours when his crew was out of action.
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Cape Town
Rene Sethren
Harold Jewell
Southern Isle
Sethren
Jewell
Mary Agnes Hamilton Plans Postwar Reconstruction Role
London based Mary Agnes Hamilton former Labour M P and private secretary to Arthur Greenwood maps Britain postwar economic rebuilding. As vice president of the Women's Voluntary Services she emphasizes salvage of scrap iron pivots and other humble materials to save every scrap for reconstruction.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
Britain
Mary Agnes Hamilton
M.P
Whitehall
Hamilton
Tall Sergeant Major Stirring Ranks At Newcastle
In Newcastle England R cine Baker of the King s College training corps towers at six feet eleven inches in stockings and stands as a striking figure among sergeants major.
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Newcastle
England
R. Cine Baker
King's College Training Corps
N W T Gold Mining Makes Progress in 1941
Gold production in the Mackenzie District during the first seven months of 1941 reached about 59,14 ounces valued at 2,276,659 dollars, up from 1940. Operations centered in Yellowknife with the Con Negus and Rycon mines in steady work. Three new properties Slave Lake Gold Mines, Thompson Landmark, and Ptarmigan Mines began production, bringing total producing mines in the Territories to six.
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Mackenzie District
Northwest Territories
Department of Miners and Resources
Yellowknife
Canada Apples Overseas Prices Set for District Distribution
Juicy Canadian grown apples are sold at government controlled prices of 28 cents per pound for grade 1 and 18 cents for grade II. Distribution targets districts where English grown supply has run out. Local authorities manage allocations amid supply shortages.
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London
Y M C A Supervisors Prisoners of War
Seven YMCA supervisors are prisoners of war in Germany and Italy. Three captured in Crete, two in Greece, and one each in Libya and France. Six are Australian or New Zealand, the seventh is English. One Australian in an Italian camp organizes education and sports. the English YMCA man, captured in France, works among captives in Germany.
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Y.M.C.A
Germany
Italy
Imperial
Crete
Greece
Libya
France
Australia
New Zealand
Dazzling plaids headline local coat fabrics
A London wool fabrics maker uses garish plaids for coats with loud colors echoed in smaller suit fabrics. The bold patterns aim to attract attention in fashion markets and highlight vibrant textile design.
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London
Hia
Reverend Chalmers Lyon Selected Moderator in 1942 Assembly
Rev Chalmers Lyon of Hampstead has been chosen moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in England for 1942. The announcement follows the Invitation to the assembly and outlines Lyon’s duties as head of the church’s governing body during the coming year.
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London
Chalmers Lyon
Hampstead
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In England
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