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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
4
Acton and surrounding communities welcomed a wave of visitors over the weekend. Toronto guests included Mr. and Mrs. Thos Kilby and Miss Lillian Brindle. families of Willams, Reed, and Willams hosted friends. Norman Davis from Montreal returned to Calgary for training. Hamilton and Georgetown residents joined local gatherings. Several service members and colleagues from Camp L. Borden and Barbados kept in touch with friends here.
At a convention delegates discussed postwar air travel expansion including 400 new airports to boost employment for veterans and support industries. Speakers urged government cooperation, subsidy plans, and careful rollout of aircraft technology including helicopters, with emphasis on converting existing planes and building a coordinated network of airports.
A gold nugget weighing 25 ounces has been found in Uganda, a record for the Protectorate. The nugget is twice the size of the previous Uganda nugget, reported from the British East Africa district.
Creditors of the late THA WITTY of Acton Ontario must submit claims by May 27 1944. Provide names addresses and details of claims and security held. After that date the executor will distribute assets and will not be liable to anyone with undisclosed claims. Leatherland solicitor for Leath Witty Executor. dated May 3 1944.
The article reports on the Allied Italy campaign as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander frames it as a battle to destroy German forces in Italy. It notes heavy fighting from Cassino to the Tyrrhenian Sea, a Rapido River bridgehead, and coordination of British American Indian French and Polish troops. It also covers Soviet Crimea gains, Dniester river clashes, and a Canadian escort ship sinking.
Financial dispatch notes gains and losses on the London Stock Exchange with brokers crediting the unchanged income tax in the budget for encouraging investment. A Bath, England report adds a woman was fined the equivalent of 320 for failing to maintain her portable Morrison air raid shelter.
Margaret J Peart and Elizabeth H Balli are among the 1944 graduates. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission honored Antonio Benetti of Waterdown Ontario for heroic death while saving drowning children. his widow will receive a bronze medal and a $40 monthly pension. The Sixth Victory Loan Rally at the Brant Inn drew about half the anticipated attendance. Rex Hume’s stolen car was recovered in Brampton after a three hundred mile pursuit. Burlington school officials plan a four room addition to East End School to ease crowded conditions. Burlington High School Cadet Corps inspection, led by Major C E Read, was held with Lt Nurse and other officers present.
An ektenalon in the water main near Union Street will enable new houses in the district. Friday saw the Annual Cadet Inspection at the High School Campus, praised for decorum. A town curfew law will be enforced after 9 pm for youths under 16 after May 15. News notes report Pek Kern wounded, Cecil Keeler drowned, bank staff changes at Bank of Commerce, and wave rains causing cellars to be loaded.
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