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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
9
Toronto police push for chemical breath tests to be used as proof of drunken driving. Trials with new equipment show accuracy and fairness, but expect heavy legal challenges in provincial courts. No one would be forced to take a breath test. Ontario would join three U.S. states in accepting breath tests.
Hundreds of rural children gathered at Halton County Community Centre for the Federation of Agriculture Annual Field Day. Winners across ball games were announced with Nel. 4 earning the day’s top team honor and a Silver Cup Trophy presented by federation president A. R. Service.
A letter from J. B. Mackenzie and Son authorized the P U C to purchase and install a new cable to replace the damaged line at the new Public School site. The report also notes waterworks pump house inspection, staff appointments, purchases, and a citywide street washing request. Three-quarters of Canadian urban residents rely on cars for commuting per Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations.
A reader recalls fixing window screens to improve air flow, noting open doors and blinds yield a cooler home at 88 degrees. Parking restrictions emerge downtown as small towns cope with congestion and rising rural shopping trips for cheaper prices.
A Saskatoon Forage Crops Lab develops a new easily germinating sweet clover variety. It makes seeds permeable to moisture so they germinate in the year of planting, reducing long term infestations. Current varieties have mostly hard seeds causing only about 10 percent germination yearly and persistent reseeding.
Sunflower trials at the Experi mental Station in Melfort Sask show early seeding greatly improves results. Seedlings planted May 9 produced 5554 pounds per acre with 21.17 percent oil, while May 30 plantings yielded 217 pounds per acre with 12.85 percent oil.
Executors of the Malcolm A. McDonald estate direct a public auction at No 7 Highway 2 miles east of Guelph adjoining Forbes garage Saturday June 21 at 1 30 pm. Items include washing machine electric range radi o victrola beds furniture kitchenware toys tools and numerous other articles. Auctioneer WM A Gibson conducts sale.
The Financial Post explains a new plastic shave tube with a sponge top instead of a cap. Squeezing the tube forces cream into the sponge to produce instant lather for quick application. A plastic cap protects the sponge when not in use.
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