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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
8
Poem by B Lilian Morley in the Globe honors returning servicemen from war service. It recalls school days and village life now seen in a heroic light as soldiers face battle abroad and endure wounds and ribbons won, leaving lasting memories in the hometown.
Farm cash income from the sale of farm products totalled 1 752 million dollars in 1944, up 350 million or 25 percent from 1943 and 1 029 million or 143 percent above 1941. Government payments raise 1944 total to 1 817 million. Saskatchewan shows the largest gain with Alberta Manitoba Ontario and Quebec also rising. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes lower prairie grain stocks and a likely slight drop in 1945 cash income, with hogs excepted.
Boy Scouts aiding a salvage drive for the Mutler family of Kirk land Lake Ontario sent the proceeds to the family to fund the rebuilding after a fire killed five family members.
A snow storm of long ago is noted with notes of maple sap syrup from Nassagaweya by Mr Henderson. The Palaces Memorial Church group performed a play in Acton Town Hall under local organizers. Myre Co OH Jogreg plans a return to London from Acton. Obituaries mark Jessie McCorkindale and Mrs Willem MacArthur commemorations.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board recently tested public ads on supply and prices in Canada. Ads covered milk, children's underwear and sugar and a farmer milking a cow was used in a thumb nail sketch. Protest letters poured in noting errors and questioning ad uptake.
A Sunday School lesson discusses the final judgment. It covers Christ's second coming, the separation of the righteous and wicked, and the basis of salvation as faith evidenced by deeds, with references to scripture and heavenly rewards.
British scientists report two year Loch Craigh trials using sodium nitrite and superphosphate in enclosed waters greatly increase plankton and fish food, doubling fauna available for fish by August 1943. Growth persisted through winter with fertilized water, suggesting potential shifts in fishing policy and production.
A reflective piece notes Marx and Ford on wealth and progress, praising invention and its social benefits. It discusses the impact of the auto, aviation, telegraph, and telephone, arguing wealth follows genuine contribution and that innovation improves human life. A Montreal bank teller foils a $5,000 robbery, while Henry Coster cites Cariboo cattle shrinkage costing $140,000 annually.
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