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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1932
Page
2
The winter outbreak of measles seems unstoppable until widespread immunity develops. Quarantine shows limited effect as multiple centers report cases among school age children. Many Acton homes with children have displayed quarantine cards this winter.
An estimated eighty million deficit prompts talk of raising sales tax from four to six percent, increasing income and import taxes. Opponents argue higher levies burden industry when buying power is low and revenue may not meet expectations based on past results.
The article argues Canada must resist a dole or wide scale welfare. It points to a past of opportunity and warns that deficits and old age pensions risk encouraging laziness. It urges Canadians to work hard and fund government needs without extending subsidies.
The text questions the need for a probe into Hydro and Mr John Aird noting missing papers and documents. It suggests the inquiry may be a whitewash to satisfy public demand for explanation and predicts fresh disclosures could emerge when the investigation reopens.
The monthly Bank of Montreal summary describes a quiet trade season amid holiday and bargain sales and upcoming navigation. It cites US policy moves to liquify assets and extend credit as boosting trade and notes Britain’s tariff shift could lift Canada UK commerce. It also covers wheat prices, export value, and high bond absorption by Canadians.
Guelph reports a 1931 deficit near 30000 reflecting lower estimates and overextended living standards. Orillia faces a 46150 deficit with auditors calling operating results worse than very bad. Notes on hockey, population guesses, William Southam’s death, arena smoking, and Canada’s growing manufacturing and conservation gains.
In a reflective Windsor notebook, a writer notes March fast approaching and global tensions behind daily farm duties. She details her daughter’s flu, a home lemon soda remedy, a smoke-streaked lamp incident, upcoming hydro plans, and a hockey match in town fueling quiet excitement.
Ad copy urges mothers to use Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to protect children from worms, presenting it as essential for healthy growth and care. The short note stresses worms harm children and positions the product as a remedy.
Divers faced a deepwater wreck salvage with pontoons failing to lift the vessel. Air chamber leaks forced sealing in, and a candle flame ignited frayed oakum, sparking a fierce fire. Two divers escaped through the bottom hole, battled flames with their gloved hands, and reached open water amid burned rubber odor.
Studies from the Federal Experimental Fox Ranch at Summerside P E I show rickets in foxes. Preventive methods include avoiding damp ground and starchy diets, ensuring direct sunlight, providing ample proteins fats minerals and vitamins especially Vitamin A.
The largest single consignment of West Indian fruit ever moved to Canada traveled from Halifax to Montreal in CN refrigerator cars. Forty nine cars carried bananas and tomatoes as a single unit to Montreal with remaining cars carrying oranges and coconuts on regular freight trains. The fruit reached optimal condition with many units absorbed in Montreal and shipments sent to Toronto Ottawa Quebec Windsor Sherbrooke Hamilton Winnipeg and other cities.
Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch specialists summarize effective prevention. Improved sanitary conditions and routine mould and yeast counts, cleanliness, sterilization of equipment, accurate neutralization for four cream, pasteurization, pure water for washing and rinsing, and strict procedures to stop unwanted micro organisms entering during processing.
Mrs Smith asks why woman walks long distances on foot. Mrs Brown answers she does it to keep her youth. Mrs Smith replies about making the lazy beggar keep himself.
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