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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 15, 1943

Page

2

Ontario election talk avoids liquor control issue

The letter laments that provincial parties offer no stance on liquor sales in Ontario while focusing on health insurance and welfare. It criticizes the campaign for a lack of leadership on provincial policy, highlights Halton County's unsatisfactory equalization practices, and urges preserving historic sites. It also urges citizens to support Victory Loans and assist harvest efforts amid wartime shortages through local farm work and stewardship.

C.C F Ontario Canada Halton

Civic Holidays and School Honors Highlight Editorial Notes

The piece notes municipal control over the next civic holiday on July Sth and confirms the first Monday in August as a proclaimed civic holiday. Acton public school reports all pupils passing entrance exams with many in honor standing. A brewing firm continues operations with three workers delivering beer locally despite shortages. Several weekly papers miss issues for holidays, Erin and Fergus among those taking next week off. The Georgetown Herald marks seventy seven years with six editors since 1866 and praise for its service to Georgetown and area.

Acton Public School Erin Fergus Georgetown Herald Herald Georgetown

Refugee policy and postwar immigration debates in Canada

Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined uncertainty over how many refugees Canada could shelter after Europe’s liberation. MPs pressed for clearer refugee intake stance, with suggestions for refugee camps and caution on Japanese entry. Debates covered immigration policy goals and postwar veteran assimilation, while winter fuel supply and Canada US UK discussions highlighted coal, nickel, and timber exports aiding the war effort.

Mackenzie King Canada Europe King External Affairs Department House of Commons Stanley Knowles CCF Winnipeg North Centre Dorise Nielson North Battleford United States Donald Nelson Combined Production and Resources Board of Canada United Kingdom Ottawa Nelson Dominion

H C Limestone Only for Poultry Use

Canadian poultrymen will rely more on lime stone due to scarce oyster shell. High calcium limestone is cheap and widespread in Canada and can substitute for oyster shell if properly graded. Some deposits have low calcium and high magnesium. too much magnesium harms chicks. Start chicks on limestone to avoid sudden intake drops and egg-production issues. Edith C Rickards quote ends the item.

United States Canada

Promise Pilot Garners Gerald Murphy Award in Canada

A student described as a future standout earns the Gerald Murphy Award for being the most promising pilot after top marks in Canada ground school and high scores in his class. The note mentions an Ames reference and a hoped post in England with limited recruitment for a Mire guard officer role in a Norfolk town.

Sen BCAF Canada Gerald Murphy Demnemuam Emgland Old England Norfolk

Woodbridge Plan mobilizes 50 housewives for war plant output

In Woodbridge Ontario fifty housewives join the War Workers of Woodbridge to donate four hours weekly to a cotton converting plant. Their labor boosts monthly output by 4,000,000 yards and raises over 3,300 for war charities. The scheme, supported by a 2 percent company fund, aims to relieve labor shortages and inspire other Canadian towns.

Ontario Woodberge Woodbridge War Workers of Wooedbridge France Cattons Company Bropland Toc

Train Timetable Fragments From Gray Coach Network

The readable lines show routes and schedules for a Gray Coach service with destinations and travel days. It lists westbound times and night symbols, a London bound option, and a Sunday holiday pattern. It mentions Guelph Kitchener Stratford and other routes through Sunday and holidays.

London Guelph Kitchener Stratford

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