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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
3
A homemaker column offers laundry guidance for sorting clothes, removing stains, and treating hard water. It covers stain removal techniques, preparing manmade solvents, washing steps, and tips for maintaining whiteness and rainproofing fabrics.
A reflective piece on farm life and community in rural Canada. The author recalls visiting farm homes with young families and elderly couples, contrasting hopeful growth with lonely ruin after a fire. The essay notes fulfillment in outdoor work, daily routines, and seeing nature’s cycles in one’s own backyard.
Dellah Columbia reports the province will form larger school districts for administration following Alberta and Saskatchewan. Legislation passed aims to divide British Columbia into four districts with current trustees serving until year end when new boards will be elected for each larger district.
In Hyas Saskatchewan a man allegedly hid 5080 dollars in a wooden box under potato storage. When counting later he found only gnawed fragments left by rats, leaving the fate of the money unclear and prompting reflection on misfortune and improvised safeguards.
Group Captain Andrew Coombe discusses a future shaped by atomic weapons with no true defense beyond deterrence and changing minds. He notes Moral Re-Armament and the need to unite forces across nations to prevent another war’s devastation.
Indian representative at UNO calls for a new moral climate and spiritual guidance to resolve global conflicts and India’s famine driven by grain shortage. He cites Truman’s faith in divine guidance and urges integrity in public life and decisive leadership to unite nations and advance peace.
A French purchasing mission plans to import thousands of draft horses from Canada for work in France. Last year France bought about 650 well bred draft horses from western Canada, mainly Percherons and Belgians, weighing 1300 pounds and up. By year end the total landed is expected near 20 000 with prices from 130 to 165 dollars each.
Coal output across all collieries in British Columbia fell to 127 675 tons in February from 132 000 tons a year earlier. The report notes a downtrend in provincial coal production and frames February as a quieter month for the industry.
Capetown reports rising demand for South African diamonds amid global interest in cut and rough stones. Factory managers warn that supply constraints from Kimberley limit output and threaten jewellers ability to maintain adequate inventories as exporters ship large quantities overseas.
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