Ontario plans boost for small towns luring industry
Dana Porter notes strong British and U S industrial interest in Ontario small towns as firms shift from large centres. Enquiries indicate better living conditions, closer housing and recreation for workers, with an industrial boom possible if demobilization speeds up and agencies coordinate to place returned servicemen.
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Paybe
Ontario
U. S
Dana Porter
Canada
Beg
Railways and War Move Troops and Veterans by Rail
Twenty Pullitan or hospital carts, tied to railroad efforts, would extend a distance as veterans from Canada, arriving in Italifax aboard the Annapehire de France and the hospital ship Letitia, illustrate wartime troop movements. The piece notes lax wartime news restrictions and the impressive Canadian railway performance in moving freight and passengers without equal increases in equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italifax
Annapehire de France
Letitia
Railways move war materials across Canada and to camps
Canada’s rail system, led by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, ferried construction materials, munitions, troops, and supplies to Atlantic and Pacific coasts and army camps. Postwar plans face huge repair backlogs, with deferred maintenance reaching over 50 million dollars and 25,000 to 30,000 man-years of work by July 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Dominion
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Imbor
Europe
Atlantic Seaboard
Law Versus Officialdom On Ontario Securities Act Reform
The Financial Post argues for strong regulatory power over stock promotion. It cites racketeers evading forthcoming rules and urges a conscientious securities commission to police sales literature, licensing, and project funding to protect public investors. It stresses accounting for funds and truthful advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Lin7or Security Administration
Securities Commission
Commission
Pepe He Pepute
Editorial Notes on Holidays and Weather Delays
Civic notes reflect holiday work pauses and warm weather as preparations continue. It notes the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association convention, canceled in Quebec, easing overseas shipping delays and speeding access to goods.
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Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Quelas
Ferguson Plans British Tractors for Global Market
Harry Ferguson, Irish inventor of the Ferguson system, aims to establish England as a world hub for mass producing Ferguson tractors for farmers and markets in the eastern hemisphere. If not in England, production would move to France, India, Canada, or Australia. Ferguson seeks two models: a three ton road hauler and a five ton hauler, both at 25 mph, modeled on Detroit assembly lines and Ford partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Ferguson
England
France
India
Canada
Australia
Ferguson
Detroit
United States
Henry Ford
Ford
Hemisphere
Irhh
Tomato Picking Method Saves Farm Workers
A farm tale from an American agricultural piece describes a farmer and wife who hire women tomato pickers. A professor from Indiana introduces nail polish to mark the precise shade of ripe fruit, guiding workers to pick only ripe tomatoes and reduce waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Faculty of
Indiana
Meat Rationing Announced With New Limits and Tokens
Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces meat rationing across Canada with two pounds per week per person on carcass weight base plus about one pound extra weekly. Tokens will be used for purchases. all meat types included. Fall into effect with public eatery days on Fridays starting July 13. Toronto October plan proposes 1,000,000 residents receive free X‑ray tuberculosis exams in York County as part of crackdown.
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Gordon
Croton
United Kingdom
United? States
Canada
Europe
Toronto
Ify
York County
Dor
Gordon Jackson
Board of Control
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Mitaren
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Borch
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Meira
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W. G. C. Renney
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Acton
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HOD. Young, V.S
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Milton
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V.S
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Canadian Nat Railway
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