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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
7
A wartime note from Cpl MK Lynd in the India China Burma theatre laments omitted letters and censored words that mar the truth. The poem laments fear, dust, and the blunted voices of soldiers whose rallying cry is muffled by missing or altered text.
In 1942 during the Japanese advance on Port Moresby Australian cadet Leigh Vial led a long secret vigil from treetop stations above Lae and Salamaua. With two native boys and radio gear he relayed bomber details to Port Moresby, earning the D.S.C. and later dying on a subsequent mission in New Guinea.
The Ottawa column covers Ontario politics with Roland Patterson and McNaughton, discussing the North by election, war effort needs, and government manpower. It notes overseas arrival of home defence troops, desertions, export growth, mining stock regulation talk, and the seed trade outlook amid wartime conditions.
A jumbled late historic page records a mix of weather notes eclipse talk school sports scores a hockey game result 4-2 and a census like population stat plus obituaries and local notices from Moffat Acton and Brockville with deceased names and community concerns in terse items.
Washington analyzes postwar agriculture as farmers and leaders worry about peacetime demand and markets. They fear an oversupply of wheat and fiber, price shifts, and a slow return to normal farm profits as war-time booms fade. The Agriculture Department notes continued uncertainty and urges readiness for postwar adjustments.
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