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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1932
Page
2
The Workmen's Compensation Board logged 4 023 accidents in February, up from 3 601 in January and 3 924 in February last year. Benefits for February reached 404 031 30 with 336 258 65 for compensation and 67 772 65 for medical aid. January 1932 totals were 453 530 64 in benefits, including 363 621 34 for compensation and 89 909 30 for medical aid.
The editorial argues kidnapping for ransom is a challenge to law enforcement and society. It praises parental efforts to secure the child’s return while condemning perpetrators and the greed behind the crime. It compares reactions across nations and urges Canada to follow Britain’s example.
Premier Bennett tells a delegation of unemployed that Canada will not adopt a non contributory dole while in power. He supports unemployment insurance funded by contributors, cites workmen's compensation as a model, and argues a fund would aid lean periods without eroding thrift or independence.
Officials report fire tests used mains for emergency supply last week. Citizens fear contamination as drinking water smelled odd and colored, and urge a nonpolluting inspection method to protect Acton’s spring water.
A Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics report shows 1930 lumber industry output valued at 121,142,985 dollars, down 17.6 percent from the prior year. Saw milling ranks high in employment and capital, second in net production to pulp and paper, with 48,186,223 dollars in net output. About 17.3 percent of timber is mature merchantable, 9.7 percent immature merchantable, 48.2 percent accessible young growth, and 24.8 percent inaccessible or unprofitable. Total standing timber is 224,304 million cubic feet, yielding 424,637 million board feet of lumber and 1,121,993,000 cords of pulp wood and related products. Eastern Provinces hold 41 percent, Prairie Provinces 25 percent, and British Columbia 34 percent of the timber volume.
A miscellany of editorials discusses daylight saving time insights, works of John Philip Sousa, and memorials. It notes Fergus News-Record on Acton, Oakville’s achievement, and the parade of fine cars. It praises Simcoe Reformer as best continental weekly per Prof. John Casey and congratulates publisher P. George Pearce.
A column notes signs of approaching spring in rural life, from birds and pussy willows to hens and new coop ideas. It offers advice on timing conversations with a husband, and ends with a book recommendation, The Education of a Princess by Marie Grand Duchess of Russia.
A Victorian style description extols Persian Balm as essential for every dainty man. It promises rare charm and beauty, smooths and whitens skin, cools and refreshes, relieves roughness, and absorbs quickly with a delicate fragrance.
A tense scene shows a mother asking if her boy is truly trying as a teacher confirms with a brief, decisive reply. The exchange captures parental concern and educator acknowledgement in a single moment.
A historical note describes a downward viewing telescope design enabling observers to view objects above without moving from a seat. It details a pivoted front-surface mirror and concentric controls, noting Harvard Observatory work by Gerrish and good light transmission, with claims of comparable results to standard skyward telescopes. Additionally, a pharmaceutical ad promotes Dhugias Egyptian Liniment for pain and burns.
A diner who says a waiter assaulted him with a lump of steak explains the incident. The waiter reports the diner threw the meat first, prompting the attack. Police investigated the bizarre exchange at the eatery.
A teacher asks a pupil to name an insect that is first a tank and then an aeroplane. The pupil answers that the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, illustrating a clever response about metamorphosis.
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