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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 15, 1947
Page
10
The Financial Post notes pensions for the blind and aged, unemployment aid, and the bulk of 201.0 million dollars funds go to family allowances. Family allowances alone show a 480 percent increase over prewar tax levels.
Readers learn that a district meeting favored locating a central high school near Speyside despite prior editorials and opposition from Milton Acton Georgetown. The piece calls for fair discussion and progress toward quality educational facilities for Ontario district children.
Social Security remains Ottawa’s third largest outlay at 350 million dollars representing 17.5 percent of current spending and may rise with old age pensions. The total includes 260 million for family allowances and 59 million for other Health and Welfare payments plus 31 million from Labor for unemployment and employment services. Ottawa is near six times 59.6 million from a prior year as welfare earmarks reach about 90 million for specific needs.
The piece critiques lingering anti-mentality within the United Nations and in personal life. It questions freedom’s purpose and whether liberty should build better homes and secure work for all or merely favor some. It urges self-reliant civic virtue to promote a universal, desirable democratic life.
The writer compares Acton Gazette and England’s weekly papers noting narrow columns and tiny type in ads. Wages details and editor notes appear in cramped space, reflecting publishing difficulties and shrinking formats.
The piece discusses shifting work and modernization efforts as the region faces scarce jobs and rising prices. It notes hydro development plans, new installations, and debates on fair pricing, urging careful research before investments and emphasizing consumer-producer balance and gradual change.
Westbound service times listed with multiple daily departures including Georgetown and Guelph with Sunday, Monday, and Saturday variations. Mixed figures show prices and flagstop notes. fragmentary OCR yields unclear times and destinations.
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