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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
2
The article reflects on a wartime Mothers Day urging families to support the Sixth Victory Loan. It highlights hoped reunions after the war, letters of encouragement to troops, and the need for home towns like Acton to meet loan goals. It notes local postwar job plans and cautions against relying solely on distant cities.
A wartime essay urges Canadians to plan economical holidays while supporting the war effort. It argues smaller towns lack political clout, urges midweek travel, and promotes rest, discipline, and renewal through modest vacations, onions as a symbol of resilience, and continued productivity. The piece cites onions from England and wartime scenes from Burma and London.
The piece discusses garden work delays due to rain, coal shortages for warmth, and a stance on eight hour day regulations as relics. It reflects on ongoing air raids over Germany and praises Prof. C F Thiele for using youth music programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, noting towns support local musical groups.
A London man desperate to find a place placed an advertisement noting he is “Twice bombed cat, excellent manners” and asking for an unfurnished self contained flat or small house for himself and two owners, inviting offers.
Soldiers at Camp Shilo form a knitting group adding socks gloves and scarves to camp hobbies. Sgt Alfred Knots from Fort Frances leads with Sgt Dan Clarke and L-Cyt George Monteith aiding in the craft begun in earlier wars.
The island of Ceylon, vital for tea rubber plumbago and coconuts, served as a strategic fortress against Japan during the 1941 wartime expansion, underscoring its importance to the Commonwealth.
John Fisher and Morley Callaghan discuss postwar world views on CBCs Of Things To Come series. Fisher serves as producer while Callaghan chairs the national forum where Canadians from across the country join in debate. Aired Tuesdays at 8:20 p.m.
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