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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 26, 1953

Page

10

Greater Stability In Foreign Trade

The Financial Post notes Canada shifts from dependence on the United States and the British Commonwealth to diverse buyers in Latin America Europe North Africa Japan and the Near East. Last year third market sales totaled nearly one billion dollars about a quarter of all exports boosting stability and reducing risk from U.S. or Commonwealth demand.

United States British Commonwealth Financial Post Latin America Europe North Africa Japan Near East Commonwealth U.S

Canadian Red Cross workrooms ship clothing to ten countries

Last year workers in Red Cross workrooms used materials valued at 165 541 dollars to sew 769 clothing cases destined for ten nations and the League of Red Cross Societies.

Red Cross League of Red Cross Societies

Review of A Sense of Urgency by C L Burton

This memoir recounts C L Burton’s rise from office boy to Simpson’s chairman and sketches Canada from 1880 to 1950. It discusses Toronto’s growth, the street railway purchase in 1891, and Burton’s view of urgency as ceaseless tasks, with references to Wilfred Laurier and Simpson’s store.

Toronto Eaton's Simpson's C. L. Burton Ontario Burton Canada Change West Wilfred Laurier Lower Yonge Street Melinda Colborne Wellington Front Queen and Younge Streets Robert Simpson

Many Changes greet Actonians on a changing Mill Street

The account notes shifts in ownership of local businesses including Carload Groceteria once run by Mr. Nelsie and later by Caldwell, Mather, and J. Kingshott who sold to current owners. Talbot's Hardware was the first remembered tenant as the town's business district grows and evolves. The journalist promises to continue up Mill Street for further observations.

Lg.a Nelsie Caldwell and Mather J. Kingshott Talbot's Hardware Mill St

Farming Future Depends on Land

The Financial Post notes Canadian agriculture has seen fewer farmers and a shrinking farm labor force since the last war, yet production rises thanks to mechanization and science. Further gains rely on more land or climate changes to expand cultivated acreage.

Financial Post United States

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