The Price of Fear and Armaments in Postwar Strain
The Financial Post argues that even after World War II the world spends about 27.4 billion annually on armaments with nearly 19 million under arms. It notes Britain the United States and Russia, Germany and other powers, and questions the value of vast military expenditure versus potential atomic-era waste.
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Vearth
Acton
Actons
Beardmore Co
New York Times
Germany
Japan
Italy
Britain
U.S
Russia
Financial Post
Vacations, holidays and planting pace mark spring season
Examination time nears and summer holidays loom as the season shifts. Farmers and gardeners rush to sow and plant while maples strive to leaf out before May 24. A California firm markets Earsaver to tune out TV ads. A four hole trap claims odor resistance and easy washing. A Ottawa committee defeats a move to list party names on ballots with candidates. Chesley Enterprise notes offer varying political points.
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Ottawa
Chesley Enterprise
Country stores face higher costs amid volume upswing
Bowmanville Statesman notes that producers must maintain output and that retailers incur increased expenses from government forms higher taxes and weekly price changes. Stores expand shelving and refrigeration to please customers and sustain confidence despite slim profits.
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Bowmanville Statesman
Ontario Faces Grim Traffic Toll For 1942 Drive
Ontario launches a broad safety drive as traffic grows with more cars on the road. Minister of highways George H. Doucett warns against complacency, urging public vigilance to cut deaths and injuries from rising road hazards. He notes last year saw record tourism but lower casualty totals than the long-term average.
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Ontario
George H. Doucett
Inspired Democracy and the call for divine guidance
The text critiques distortions of democracy by extremists and notes democracy’s failures when people avoid responsibility. It argues true democracy requires communal good over selfishness and that human virtue alone is insufficient, urging a goal of inspired democracy guided by God for individuals to act and be educated by divine influence.
Country Stores See March Sales Rise Versus February and 1940
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports March country general store sales 15 percent above February and 6 percent higher than March last year. Index figures show March 178 for March and 151.1 for February, with a 4.2 percent year over year gain since January. Higher employment, greater production, and a backlog of buying power contribute to the higher turnover as more goods enter the market.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistes
Atvan
Schedule fragment for Westhound Daily transit times
Reader note shows service times by day and period with various strange entries. Appears to be a transit timetable snippet listing times such as 117 am and 12.00 am on Monday and 444 a.m. 645 pm 30 pm on daily except Sunday, plus 1.36 p.m. on Saturday and a Hat am flagstop and a Flyer at Guelph except weekend.
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Tarthy Sundasy
Iyer Laterate
Georgetown
Westhound
Guelph
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Country Store Room
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A. J. Buchanan
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Knox Avenue
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