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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
2
The editorial notes Canada will vote on April 27 to answer a single question about freeing the government from past commitments on military manpower. It urges wide turnout and asserts Canadians will likely say Yes, with leadership from electors needed in every community.
Soviet era notes recount the 1917 Somme battlefront push as Allied forces drive across a 160 mile front. Bapaume Chaulnes Peronne and Mont St Quentin fall after rapid German retreat, with Canadians seizing Vimy Ridge in April. The report mixes war news with later nutrition data from English and American sources on feed efficiency and livestock trials.
Ottawa reports that Canadian hog feeders see potential to cut high protein feed costs by using higher shares of home grown grains in pig rations. A Dominion Experimental Farm test in Nappan Nova Scotia varied white fish meal levels across four groups and feeding stages to compare growth and protein needs.
Raymond O’Farrell, a ballet dancer, was exempted by the tribunal here for reasons described as preserving beauty and keeping people alive to beauty in challenging times.
Bicycle expert Cy Paniteh of the Bicycle Club offers how to improve spring cycling for women. He prescribes posture, relaxed motion, forward gaze, even pedaling, ball-of-foot grip, proper coasting, and brakes checked for safe rides.
Listings show C F Leatherland B A Harriutar and Holieitor as notary public issuing marriage licenses registrar. Acton offices offer appointment hours Tuesday and Thursday 1:40 pm to 2:00 pm. Includes veterinary surgeons B D Young and F G Oakes with office in Acton and Brookville Ontario and contact numbers.
Schedules show daily times with many exceptions including Sundays and holidays. Notes reference Cleargetand Ol tbed pet pom and Going West Daily with suritis and STMNT Tayons Bhar. Some lines mention Sunday only times and Saturday adjustments with several garbled place names and paras.
A reader describes Britain’s egg ration of two per month and notes a curious discovery inside a package. The parcel contained a seven inch circumference object weighing 64 ounces and a shell forming a complete egg.
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