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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
2
Financial Post notes Donald Gordon sees reimposing meat rationing as likely. It argues Canada’s export strengths and dispersed abattoirs limit US criticism while highlighting Canada’s agricultural structure makes rationing harder and less needed at home.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show tourism income rising from 173 million in 1924 to 294.8 million in 1939 with Americans spending most of the travel money. Postwar fuel and wage prospects, new air service, and War era bonuses could draw British and European visitors to Canada, boosting resorts and home purchases. Ontario beer permits soar with 2.5 million residents over 21 and 1.6 million issued this year, rising 100,000 monthly, per a Toronto Daily Star editorial.
The article notes rising beer and spirits consumption in Ontario amid wartime controls, with women holding many beverage permits reflecting social change. It lauds wartime scientific advances including radar, penicillin, blood plasma, and DDT, and recounts how tennis balls aided mine sweeping by towing buoyant cables.
A reflective column notes St Swithin day uncertainty amid Sunday weather and meatless days. It cites troop movements, housing issues, and wartime wool innovations for Canada. The writer recalls a Toronto store sighting of summer pajamas bought in advance and reflects on smaller communities solving problems through initiative.
J. D. Miller, Deputy Minister of Highways for Ontario, warns that ongoing gravel shortages threaten the province. If current use persists, gravel could be depleted in ten years, prompting efforts to apply material to make gravel stick on Highway No. 25.
The Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation reports Canada and the United States exporting rapidly to Europe while carry-over stocks for 1945 and 1946 are forecast. Canada has shipped about 222 million bushels with year-end stocks seen at 245 to 300 million, while U S stocks hover around 350 to 375 million. Prospects point to a modest rise in old wheat carry-over by July 1, 1946 amid continued exports and large plantings. In a separate note from Ontario a bear reportedly carried off a 1000 pound pig near John Irwin’s farm, prompting resident Trewin to chase it away with a baseball bat.
Veteran of 61 years James I. Pratt is noted as a longtime employee with a military service record. The text references a 5 years and 10 months reserve period and mentions service during the Indian Frontier campaign and the First and Second World Wars.
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