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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
8
Births show Hebley, MacLean Hanrahan, Walters Edwards in Ontario and Acton. Died Janet Thompson at Acton residence July 8. In Memoriam McLaughlin Nelson July 13 1941. Allan Lloyd Scott Duncan Ross Scott remember family. McLaughlin husband and father honored July 13 1941.
Harvest crews work amid hot days while Wool Combing Corp completes exterior repaint. Free Press readers urged to check renewal labels. Local items note hay harvest, potatos, curfew court, rent fines, and a broadcast from overseas by Lance Corporal Geo Inglis.
Scattered along Canada west coast shores an all civilian Aircraft Detection Corps of housewives fishermen loggers and businessmen watches sea and sky for enemy aircraft. Linked by a communications network to Western Air Command observers train to recognize friend and foe and report to Royal Canadian Air Force with help from US warning services.
The report outlines possible Axis naval moves to Canada and Alaska era, with ice free Hudson Strait season and railhead rivers, while noting Allied victories at Coral Sea and Midway. It cites Churchill and de Gaulle on France, Sevastopol fall, and Auchinleck halted Rommel near El Alamein as Allied momentum, with Russian fronts showing mixed results as Caucasus oil remains a target.
Early last Sunday morning God called Janet Ross Thompson to join her loved ones in heaven. Born August 6, 1867 on the Rona homestead, she was daughter of William and Ann Sommerville Ross and survived by two sons. She lived in Acton after marriage to William Thompson in 1890 and celebrated a golden anniversary two years ago. Mrs. Thompson was a faithful Knox Presbyterian and known for selfless service as a modern Dorcas. Funeral Tuesday was conducted by Rev. F Thomason with many floral tributes and burial at Fairview Cemetery. The community mourns with relatives and with Mr. Robert Winton whom she cared for since his childhood.
In a surprise July attack in the Aleutian Islands US submarines sank three Japanese destroyers and left another burning. July 7 was the fifth anniversary of Japan's China attack. Chinese reports cite 90,000 Japanese troops and 1,000 planes in China with heavy casualties. Tokyo claims much lower Japanese losses and far higher Chinese casualties.
Canadian soldiers training at the Smithfield Meat Institute in London learn core butchery skills for the world meat trade. The three week course covers tool use, animal cuts, sanitation, sausage making, and hygiene to prevent contamination as part of preparing to work in Canadian Packers Burns and Sirens and related firms.
Jacqueline Gutwillig heads a corps of 1007 American women in the First Interceptor Command based in Manhattan. They spot and report every aircraft within a 700 mile radius of New York, chart its flight, and direct identification by Army Navy or Civil Aeronautics. The group, part of 25000 volunteer workers nationwide, may expand by 200 to 300 as mobilization proceeds.
Ottawa reports Canada will ship canned salmon and herring to the United Kingdom but assures housewives not to worry as a wide assortment of preserved fish remains available. It lists Atlantic haddies pilchards anchovies canned kippered herring sardines mackerel pollock tuna and shellfish like lobster clams oysters and prawns. The department notes a shortage of salmon and herring may drive Canadians to try new fish varieties.
Coastal Command crews on long operational fires receive energy meals aloft. Each flying boat carries an oil stove and a 20-hour menu includes breakfast and supper items such as corn fritters bacon eggs bread butter milk honey steak potatoes vegetables fruit tea sardines cheese and sugar.
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