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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
2
Notices from Acton column list births marriages and deaths with names and dates for November 1940. Babcock Dennis Bailey entries record newborns weddings and obituaries with residence details and funeral arrangements in Acton Guelph and Toronto areas.
New car models by Odis and Enis make their first appearance. Foundations for two Mason subdivision houses near completion. Bank of Nova Scotia building brick work underway. Local hunters return with deer quota. Acton Voters List published this week. verify inclusion. Baxter Laboratories moving equipment from old to new plant here.
The Datdeutscher BeeBachter prints an Education Department notice from Pomam in the former Polish Corridor seeking school-helpers to teach Polish children, with the stark requirement that only Germans need apply, illustrating Nazi racial policy in occupied Poland.
A Calgary hospital requested serum by long distance telephone. The vial traveled via Trans-Canada planes from Seattle to Vancouver to Lethbridge and onward to Calgary. Three planes carried the precious cargo with frequent progress updates to the hospital.
A Towa jury finds the railroad company liable, stating the train failed to operate properly with bells and whistles, causing a cow to be killed. The verdict hinges on the train not signaling as required and not sounding warnings that could have prevented the accident.
A housewife filling a bath is watched by two boy evacuees. The elder boy warns his companion and they decide to leave the scene, fearing the woman will drown them.
Grand Valley mourns the death of Mina Buchanan 78 after a two year illness. Born 1863 in Tecumseh Township Simcoe County she moved with the Jordans to Luther Township in 1875 and married William Buchanan in 1888. Survived by her husband son Dr Allan Buchanan three brothers and a sister, she was predeceased by daughter Lulu and Wilford. Funeral at Kilrx Presbyterian Church Grand Valley with private service at home and interment at Grand Valley Union Cemetery.
The Comforts Committee of Acton and Vicinity has received acknowledgments for parcels of cigarettes sent around October 0th from August 29th. Two more shipments were forwarded to those serving overseas. Recipients include Pte PB Purdy, Gnr W Caldwell, Capt Gordon Sutherland, Gnr T Nicol, Pte C A Tyler, Pte E Landsborough, Pte W L Turner.
The Acton district reports a light impact from Monday night’s gale. A brief power interruption, two services out, several trees felled, windows broken, and rooted trees along town roads were noted, with overall damage lighter than in other areas.
Louisville residents report golf balls float down the Ohio River from an upstream course. One fisherman has retrieved over 100 balls in the past year, hindering casting and guiding efforts.
A man adapted to the decline of the steel pen by making quills and toothpicks. He built a factory that produced about twenty million toothpicks annually. His products were even supplied to hotels in the Canadian National Railways System.
Former London superintendent and war correspondent for The Canadian Press will shortly return to Canada to assume a new post as Military Correspondent for CP in Ottawa.
The regular meeting of the Victoria Mission Band was held on Thursday November 7th. President Dora Hansen opened with a hymn and a short devotional period. Twenty four members answered roll call. Mrs H Man prize read the missionary story and the meeting closed with prayer and the National Anthem.
A public garden statue in Melbourne, Australia, is noted as the final bronze sculpture cast in Britain before metal was requisitioned for wartime needs, highlighting its historical significance amid wartime metal shortages.
In Coronado California a gambling barge named Monte Carlo ran aground on a shoal and became a death trap. Three swimmers attempted to reach it and drowned in the attempt.
The Brazilian government investigates a claim by Leonardo Yarochewsky that he can produce large amounts of synthetic gasoline from the skins of oranges bananas and pineapples. The report notes the unusual method and the ongoing testing to verify feasibility and safety.
A farmer explains that past injuries from a mule, a rattlesnake, and an outside circus accident were not accidents he caused on purpose. The tale pivots on a doctor and a boss joking about a broken humerus and a comedian.
The Glasgow recruiting depot scene shows the M O joking with a recruit as the man reports his weights. He says he once weighed ten and a half stones and six and a half pounds, prompting the usual Q and A from the medical officer.
Canadian dairy cattle exports to the United States rose to about 10 500 head by late September, with Ontario and Quebec herds supplying most shipments. In 1939 total dairy cattle sent south reached around 13 000, reflecting strong cross border trade.
Summary of wartime actions including session details of Canada's Parliament, a destroyer rescue of 113 survivors from torpedoed ships in British waters, survey work on the St Lawrence rapids, and record rises in industrial and shipbuilding activity. Also notes on munitions contracts, British arrival of brigades, price changes for Wiltshire beef exports, and mobilization training completion.
Canadian households can cut foreign exchange outlays by using wood for domestic heat and reduce fuel imports. The Forest Products Laboratories notes 10 million cords of wood are used annually, equating heat value to 6.6 million tons of anthracite coal, with advances in wood stoves and sawdust burners aiding adoption.
London figures mark Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte as a central air reconnoitering figure in the Great War. He spied German troop movements on August 19 1914 for Sir John French, shaping early air support.
A fire at a Australian cigar factory in Carton damaged the drying room and caused premature tobacco smoke. Quantities of tobacco continued to smolder after authorities brought the blaze under control.
In Kingsville Ontario naturalist Jack Miner caught, banded, and released 360 mallard ducks at his sanctuary this fall. He also spoke with about 40 ducks he had banded the previous year, recounting old times.
Longmont Colorado dispatch reports that big game hunters in Colorado are using carrier pigeons to retrieve game and carry home the spoils, a method noted amid hunting season.
The annual meeting at the Agnew home on November 11 elected officers for 1941. Honorary President Mrs Hollinger. President Mrs W Chisholm. Vice President Mrs R Spielvogel. Secretary Mrs R Johnson. Treasurer Mrs F Kentner. Social Committee Mrs Watson, Con verner, Mrs Agnew, Mrs Robinson, Mrs Saline. Program Committee Mrs Rushmere. Flower Committee Mrs Hollinger, Mrs Evans.
The Maple Grove Literary Society met Friday evening November 8 with President James McNabb in charge. Neil McNabb convened a program featuring Group 1 chorus, readings by Maurice Hurd and Mrs Shultis, instrumental music by Mr and Mrs G L Graham, a current events segment, and duets by Myrtle Maude.
Adelaide report: 22 month old John Jenkins accompanied only by a teddy bear flew 1400 miles from Brisbane to Adelaide to visit his grandparents. Airplane crews describe him as quiet but friendly.
A Liverpool court fined a woman 2000 pounds after she admitted trying to remove three 500 pound bank notes from the United Kingdom. Two companions were discharged.
On November 14th, 1918, three days after the Armistice, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George warned that Europe faced a new war unless a League of Nations was created strong enough to compel lasting peace.
Winnipeg reports that Western Canada will face lighter grasshopper damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan but heavier losses in Manitoba next year. Entomologists expect moderate infestations around Swift Current and scattered southern districts in Manitoba with a 30 mile wide band north of Winnipeg most at risk. Farmers use baits and ploughing to control the pests as authorities prepare preventive measures.
Lincoln England CPI Rev Robert Graham served 12 days of a 30 day sentence for ringing church bell contrary to defence regulations. He appealed and won, overturning the conviction.
A Parliamentary Wireless set was heard by a group including two ministers. A man switched on the device before the hour, and a feminine voice said Good night Children. The incident drew comment on decorum and respect for public figures.
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