Acton Free Press Advertising Policy Fragment
Fragment from Acton Free Press outlining advertising submission, proofs, and liability terms. It notes that ads are accepted on a first come basis, with errors to be corrected in writing, and the newspaper's liability limited by the space occupied by the error. Telephone numbers and office details are partially listed.
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Federatanding
Welilng
Frew Preas
Presa
Erro
Remembrance Day and Education Week in Acton 1941
The article reflects on Remembrance Day 1941 and Education Week in Canada. It urges Canadians to contribute to the war effort beyond the armed forces, highlighting schooling, teacher employment, and school funding. It notes Acton editor involvement with War Savings and calls readers to boost payroll deductions to support equipment for the military, stressing collective duty and national resilience.
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Canada
Russia
Monow
Germany
Els
Dominion
War Savings Committee
Acton
Canada’s price and wage stabilization plan urged readiti
An advertisement on another page summarizes provisions for stabilizing prices and wages in Canada. The piece urges wholehearted public support to ensure effectiveness, noting evasion risks but stressing that compliance with the spirit of the order by employers and employees is essential for the plan’s success and the country’s future.
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Canada
Acton readers note splash on pedestrians on No 25 Highway
A Fergus News-Record letter recalls a rainy evening incident on No 25 King s Highway near Main Street where a car splashed a group of women due to potholes and muddy water. The writer apologizes, cites Highway Traffic Act rules, laments road conditions, and urges residents to support War Savings. Editor Hugh Templin returns from England with reports to come exclusive.
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King’s Highway
South Main Street
Acton
Lucky Teeter
Milton
Main Street
Acon
Hugh Templin
Fergus News-Record
England
Chis
25 Years Ago A War Regulated Belgian Labor During Occupation
The article recalls a 25 year old war era wave of regulation aimed at Belgian workers under German rule. It details seizure of machinery, mass unemployment, deportations to Germany and war zones, camps, starvation and coercion, with protests by Cardinal Mercier and international appeals. It notes 57,000 men affected before the 1918 Armistice.
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Belgium
Regul Toni
Cormany
Helglim
Germany
Flanders
Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Berlin
United States
Spain
Netherlands
France
Deportations to Germany and the toll of exiles described
The text notes large scale deportations to Germany with about 43,651 deaths among the exiles. It claims Germany gained little from the deportations and that captives, forced into submission, adopted harsh methods that diminished their own liberties and dignity.
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Germany
Thal
Empire Institute displays empire resources through dioramas and films
London based Gaperlat Institute presents a display on how the Empire turns raw materials into products. Mir Harry Lindway oversees dioramas and story exhibits tracing resources from Ceylon coconuts to Sea Island cotton. Thousands of evacuated schoolchildren visit, and 4,400 films have been loaned to countryside areas since the war.
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London
Gaperlat
Hritaly
Kimpire
Mir Harry Lindway
Bintafe
Narmal
Wartima
Nand
Falkland Islands
Jamaica
Columbia
India
Ceylon
Uganda
Trinidad Lake
Sea Island
World's Longest Telephone Line Aids Soviet Rugala Supply
The world's longest telephone system, a 6000 mile link from Moscow to Khabarovsk across Siberia, will support British supplied Rugala. It carries multiple conversations per line, saving long distance costs. British engineers who built the system also supplied the defence communications network. Delivery was promised for this autumn after a February order.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Siberia
Khabastovak
Vladivostok
Defence Communications
Time table at Acton Standard Time
Time table lists daily and Sunday schedules for various runs with morning and evening times. It includes Going Fast Rally times, hats, and flyers to Georgetown and Guelph, plus Going Weet Tally and going daily entries with Sunday only slots.
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Georgetown
Guelph
Gray Coach Lines Coaches Leave Acton
Daily service details for eastbound trips to Toronto and westbound trips to London with schedules scattered and incomplete. Some times and destinations are unclear or garbled, listing multiple partial times and daily patterns including Sundays holidays and Saturdays.
Non essential London workers released for war work
More than 140 men and women in London have been released for war work following the concentration of non essential industries directed by the Board of Trade.
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London
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