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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 01, 1945

Page

3

Canadian Red Cross campaign urges ten million dollar appeal

The piece urges a ten million dollar Red Cross drive in March to aid Allied relief efforts and war victims. It highlights collaboration with Canadian United Allied Relief Fund and notes millions destitute abroad and prisoners of war needing food parcels and medical supplies. It contrasts civic duty with sports nostalgia and urges heartfelt donations.

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Editorial Notes on Saskatchewan Politics and Public Fees

Over 600 people and groups contributed to Air Vice Marshal Godfrey’s campaign fund in North Grey. The text critiques CCF governance, notes rising license fees for portable sawmills and entertainment venues, grazing fees, and wartime strains. It cites Ontario alcohol use steps, transport street conditions, and highway department priorities, reflecting a wartime era newspaper opinion piece.

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Winter hardships highlight frontline community workers

The piece praises editors, doctors, postmen, linemen, and delivery workers for sustaining services during severe winter storms. It notes Fergus News Record editor Hugh Templin’s fractured arm and Georgetown Herald editor Walter Biehn’s family loss, underscoring the daily risks and essential roles that keep Canada’s communities functioning amid blizzards, snowdrifts, and outages.

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Building Up the Home Town

The article extols town progress driven by energy and determination of past and present residents. It credits industry education government and business with building facilities and institutions. It emphasizes hard work and improvement as ongoing community aims.

Egg rationing begins in Australian capitals during war

Australian cities start wartime egg rationing on February 2 with coupons and issued Brinity cards for expectant mothers nursing mothers and young children to ensure adequate supplies for civilians and Allied forces during production phase.

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