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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
2
The piece argues that postwar Canada will face a surge in motor vehicles and parking demand. It urges limiting parking time to keep main streets open, favors side-street distribution and small-scale parking areas near business districts, and notes highway diversions may deter shoppers.
Opinion pieces urge a standard Canadian history textbook for schools arguing Canada has no unified history. The items stress the need to educate Canadians about their nation, noting past reforms and the role of history in shaping identity.
The piece notes end of July and upcoming fall fairs, discusses car trends and household strains, and laments slips of the tongue at a nearby meeting. It also highlights a longing for home and reunions after the war, and announces Andrew Hebb joining a agriculture publication editorship while retaining ties to Newmarket.
The report shows a sharp rise in livestock marketed during the first half of 1944 versus 1943. Inspected plants graded 5 165 calves 721 up 60 percent. cattle slaughterings 59 097 a 20 percent rise. calves 351 14 up eight percent. sheep and lambs 3 101 a 27 percent advance. Dairy cattle exports to the United States January to June totalled 18 769, down 16 percent from the final half of 1943.
A home maintenance note advises cleaning screens with moistened powder and a stiff brush, rinsing, drying, and wiping with benzine. Outdoors on a cloudy day, apply spar varnish with oil and turpentine or a thin wipe-on varnish. Use a stiff brush to remove blobs from the mesh and color with shellac if desired.
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