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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
2
The Free Press notes that advertisements are the responsibility of the advertiser and proof is their duty. If an error occurs a correction is not guaranteed and the advertiser bears full cost for the space occupied by the incorrect or corrected ad. Edits or corrections must be in writing.
Canada’s weekly editors asked leaders across government religion education and business one question What can the editors of weekly newspapers do to make Canada a better place in which to live and work The editorial committee publishes letters from figures such as Sir Edward Beatty Col J B Maclean S H Logan C H Carlisle and many others discussing government policy trade unemployment and social issues Each letter offers constructive guidance and the project is described as valuable by The Canadian Printer and Publisher trade journal
The editor invites readers to peruse weekly letters on national and personal matters including home education and health insurance. The aim is to engage Canadians in frank discussion to reveal helpful points from voices seldom seen in the limelight.
Dorothy Dix answers readers in the Evening Telegram warning that drunken women are more repulsive than drunken men. She argues that drink ruins a woman’s beauty and dignity and asserts society’s disapproval as a caution to young girls.
A big insurance company argues that cold statistics challenge the notion Life Begins at Forty. It cites stopping distances at various speeds, accident odds, and weather surface factors to urge careful driving and awareness of reckless motorists.
A collection of short items notes wartime costs and policy shifts, including radio license increases and bread price rises. Mentions Canada’s canning output in 1947, April Fool’s humor, and voices on sweepstakes and liquor measures amid postwar debates.
Editorial letter from Carlible, president of Dominion Bank, offering rural and national improvements. urges high standards in government and law, self support, export competitiveness, urban rural cooperation, waste elimination, and reduced public debt to lower taxes and stabilize the country.
The article argues that a single injury does not cause cancer, while long term irritation from substances like tobacco soot and oils can provoke cancer in susceptible individuals. It notes cancer incidence, the delay between irritation and tumor development, and the absence of tumors from isolated traumas. It cautions avoiding irritants as a preventive moral.
A spring departure saw 27 families, 190 people and 10 sons travel by CN rail to Abitibi in northern Quebec. The group will settle Beare Lamorandiere and Castagnier counties in houses prepared for them with families joining over two to three weeks. Paul Boutet accompanied the party from the Canadian Nations Railways.
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