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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
7
A wartime price surge for newsprint from 69 to 119000 per ton in recent years is noted. The publisher reports absorbing three price increases since V E day and keeping subscription prices unchanged to honor readers, despite growing losses and higher costs for goods and services.
W. OL. Clark argues that thrift drove early prosperity but warns against excessive state paternalism. He says citizens should pay taxes for security yet warns such policies threaten the nation's character and the value of self-reliance driven by industry and initiative.
The Bank of Montreal earns the Socrates award for the most effective bank advertising in the United States and Canada by Bank Ad Views. The honor highlights a shift toward humanizing banking public relations, with Canadian institutions playing a leading role in North American financial advertising.
The passage argues there are three kinds of people: optimists, pessimists, and a third group who believe all can be different. It urges readers to join this third group to shape their town, business, street, and home.
A holiday shopper’s guide notes that days until Christmas have shortened and urges early store visits. It highlights available items from imported electric trains to electric mixers, nylons, and novelty toys, with a humorous warning about last minute choices and garish neckties.
The note laments political focus on office holding and predicts a municipal election rush will bring few willing to run. It also reports steel plants nearly back to full production but warns that steel goods will face an 83 day delay in delivery.
The text notes only four price and policy controls remain and calls this the absolute minimum for reconversion. It also comments on Halloween observances by youth and forecasts rare Monday holidays for ten months. It cites Ottawa Journal on Christmas Easter and Dominion Day timing and argues for calendar reform to fix holiday dates.
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