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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
9
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The Midland Free Press quotes a Toronto insider criticizing the Toronto Star for its stance on workers rights and unions. It notes a later scene when Toronto newspaper artists demanded higher pay, with the Globe and Mail’s George McCullagh aiding their wage rise.
A Rotarian Magazine passage says the boy who will carry on today’s work sits where you sit and handles policies. He will run leagues, manage treaties, and take over institutions from Parliament to prisons. Humanity’s future rests in his hands, so attention to him is urged.
The Board may arrange conferences between employers and employees to gather information and set minimum wage rates for all workers. It can establish maximum hours, with 48 weekly hours in cities over 50 000 and 50 hours in cities 10 000 to 50 000, plus overtime pay rules. It also bars discharge of workers who testify or participate, aiming to peaceably settle labor disputes and avoid costly strikes through a board hearing.
About 75 nations were represented by visitors to Canada in 1036 with 8 000 from the British Isles 200 from France 222 from Germany 478 from other Europe and 595 from China 498 from Japan 550 from Australia and 315 from New Zealand. Over 600 foreign cars joined US registered ones entering on tourist permits including 55 from the United Kingdom 281 from Hawaii 65 from the West Indies 18 from the Philippines 82 from Panama 78 from Mexico 49 from Alaska and 20 from Newfoundland.
The Ontario Industry and Labor Board gains its first appointee E J Young as chairman under the 1937 Minimum Wage Act Four more appointments are pending The choice of an outsider aims to ensure fairness Young, a former Liberal MP and Stevens Royal Commission associate, resigns from the National Employment Commission to take the post The prospect is that the act will soon benefit industry in Ontario.
Editorial notes review a busy year with Victoria Day next Monday and new speed laws to curb excess. Gasoline sales for 1936 reach 617,842,000 gallons, up from 573,652,000 in 1935, while April trade gains of 25 million dollars indicate improving momentum. Burlington opens a fine post office. Oakville debates its site after long delays. Coronation issues are highlighted, notably the Barrie Examiner’s colored portrait of King George VII and Queen Elizabeth. An address by Editor Get. James praises country boys in city life, and fire suit actions in Chicago accuse Ford and others of beating distributors. Fergus editorials forewarn friction between councils and press as election time nears.
A Sunday school lesson contrasts Esau and Jacob from Genesis 25 and 27. It argues Esau’s appetite and lack of vision led to forfeiting the birthright, while Jacob’s deceit mirrors parental faults. The piece stresses consequences of yielding to present hunger over long term faith and emphasizes divine sovereignty over primogeniture.
Morley warns that new highway speed limits of 30 mph in towns and 60 mph on open roads demand heightened driver awareness. He urges courtesy and early starts to cut losses, citing accidents costing over ten thousand dollars and a 230 percent rise in safety convention attendance.
A father halts at the cliff edge admiring the sea as his son begs him to come away. The boy insists mother says it is unsafe and demands the sandwiches or the father’s departure.
King George VI visits Wyrris Stadium in London before the cup final between Preston and Sunderland. The crowd roars as the monarch wishes several Preston players luck prior to kickoff and the match ends with Sunderland winning the coveted cup by a score of g1.
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