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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
7
Odd advert poem urges readers to advertise when business is slow. Mentions selling pigs or panties and the idea that milk-fed chickens and other goods will attract buyers. Ends with lines about painting a rosy picture to entice buyers and increase sales.
An observer in Reading writes of Monday fatigue during wartime, noting a shared longing for normal life. She recounts conversations with a coworker about courage and patience, the mood of workers, and the small comforts that sustain them amid fire watches and air raids.
In Acton twenty years ago residents note 175.3 hp hydro current and baker Brewer purchasing nearby property. Tony Seynuk opens a new park with garden party and dance. Loyal Orange Lodge attends church services while Elizabeth Graham wed Mary Graham in Acton. Duncan, 39, dies at Esquesing homestead. Council sets 1921 salaries for Reeve and councillors.
The RAF Coastal Command, largest user of photographic material, photographed at 56400 annual rate in April using 104000 square feet of paper and 13000 bromide sheets. Photos aid coast patrols from Trodenheim to Bordeaux and help identify ships for naval examination and contraband control.
In Belfast the moderator James H warns the Assembly of a forthcoming resolution after the war. He states inequities must be addressed now and condemns wealth disparities highlighted by widespread poverty. He urges action by financiers and leaders to counteract postwar tensions and economic gaps.
Organization among builders samadd and large provides for spending repairs and rebuilding of various districts of London smashed by Nazi air raids.
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