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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 21, 1946

Page

6

Parliament opens amid espionage probe and housing push

In Ottawa the new session opens as the Royal Commission probe names four more suspects connected to replonage. Fred Rose faces arrest while housing, lumber, and wheat policies loom large with calls for more low cost homes and labor training amid shortages.

Ottawa Canada Fred Rose Montreal Cartier Uniecite Mied Pereans Ticmamunice Ado Britain Netherlands France Germany John Bracken C.cf Coldwell Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Wartime Housing Limited Veterans Land Act Administration W. J. Leclair Canadian Lumbermen’s Association

Internment of Civilians at Singapore 1912-15

Detailed account of Gestapo methods during the Singapore Camp control in 1944 and the shift to Nipponese authority. It records torture, deprivation, execution, and disease among internees, with changes in camp leadership, rationing, and discipline, followed by notes on food shortages and a Washington meeting on aid.

Singapore Gestapo Intermevata Hutmoat Sugaki Tominaga Kobayashi Kawasogi Alsoo Saveto Tamaka Maj Geelapo Meas Camporese Girdle Combined Food Board Britain Canada United States Washington Gardiner

World Wheat Shortage Reaches Critical State

The report states a severe global wheat shortage with an estimated 186 million bushels missing from supply. Authorities warn of tight markets and potential price spikes affecting buyers and farmers worldwide.

End of season Clearing Auction at Murray Wayward Farm

Auctioneers advertise a public sale at Lot 1 Can 7 np of Esques ing 1 mile west of Hornby and 1 mile north east of Milton on paved road. Horses include Percheron pairs and singles with several mares and fillies. cattle include Holstein and Jersey cows with due and bred dates. extensive dairy equipment tractor tools and implements. grain feed lumber poultry and farm supplies. Real estate offers 30 acres with a 9 room house and barns. sale to include farm equipment and miscellaneous farm assets with viewings and settlement terms by clerk Elliott Roy Hindley, auctioneers.

Murray Esquesing Hornby Milton Sue Dewdrop Deering of Barret New Beatty Browder House Tamesway Witsit Axminster Mays Feltol Feltol Pappy McClary Eltri Spring Creek Sui ‘Com Toronto-Milton

Pioneer real estate man Pangman’s enduring offer abandoned

In Salmon Arm British Columbia CP reports veteran real estate man B Pangman who held a standing offer on a city building for 30 years. The council has condemned the building and there is no vacant office space in town.

Salmon Arm B.C B Pangman

Tough Westerners Celebrate Round and Record Milestones

In Winnipeg, Henry Timlick marked his round birthday after moving from Ontario, while Mmn Su Coppin celebrated her 102nd birthday the following day, highlighting long lives and regional pride.

Winnipeg Henry Timlick Ontario Mmn Suswine Coppin

Furniture Auction Near MEMO Smiley Hornby Road

Public sale of household furniture and goods from the Smith farm near Memo, Smiley, and Hornby. Items include dining room suites, upholstery, bedroom sets, chairs, tables, wardrobes, kitchenware, china, glassware, lamps, books, curtains, rugs, fabric, and various appliances. Cash terms, no reserve. sale starts on time with auctioneers Jao Elliot Roy Hindley and clerk Geo Currie.

AL Smith Fosel Fisqueaing Memo Smiley Hornby Marcte Soth Lwaetack Tullos Kolid Gak Joa, Elliot Roy Hindley

Seed and oilseed acreage urged by provincial conference

A 1946 review shows a deficit in oilseed supplies versus needs with world excess divided among the UK US and Canada 1942 44. The Leominster Provincial Conference on Agriculture urges increased canola and sunflower acreage and to maintain rapeseed and soybean areas to meet demand.

United Kingdom United States Canada Leominton

Hog trader Ratner jailed on multiple counts in Regina

John Ratner, a hog purchaser for Prairie Parking Company in Regina, Saskatchewan, was convicted on 17 counts related to forcing and uttering government hog premium waivers. He received one day in jail per charge, with sentences to run concurrently. He pled guilty to diverting premium money to cover higher hog prices, with restitution of 219 dollars to the Dominion Treasury.

John Ratner Regina Sask Ratner Prairie Parking Company Dominion Treas- Ul

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