Notices of Births Marriages and Deaths
Fragmented birth and marriage notices mix with obituaries from Acton Ontario 1940. Sophia Kowalchuk wife of William Dennis dies at 52. funeral Friday at St. Josephs Church with Mass at 9 am. Charles E Bailey of Guelph dies November 13. funeral at McDougall Brown Toronto November 15. Interments at Dublin and Prospect cemeteries.
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Baiey
Guelpt
General Hospital
Charles E. Bailey
Tiffany Street
Guelph
Acton
McDougall & Brown
St. Clair
Pinewood
Toronto
Prospect Cemetery
Odds and Ens New Car Models Debut in Show
Nominations arrive a week from tomorrow. Foundations for two Mason subdivision houses near completion. Bank of Nova Scotia building brick work begun. Local hunters return north with deer quotas. Acton voters lists published this week. Baxter Laboratories moves equipment to new plant. Reverend Andrews to preach farewell at Boston Church before Clinton charge. United Church members send Christmas boxes to overseas service members. Veterans Night at Walker Lodge with war veterans presiding. Acton Legion and clergy attend Remembrance Day services at Rockwood Nassiweyas and Acton. Water repairs cause underground work under highways. Post Office front entrance enhanced for staff comfort. Remembrance Day window at Jormstone Rumiley store admired by many.
Nazi fairplay in occupied Poland education ad seeks German applicants
The Detudeutscher BeeBaechter cites an Education Department ad from the city of Pognam in the former Polish Corridor. It asks for school helpers to teach Polish children but specifies that only Germans need apply, revealing the Nazi obsession with racial superiority.
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Poland
Detudeutscher BeeBaechter
Pognam
TCA Rushes Serum Seattle to Calgary
A Calgary hospital urgently ordered serum from Seattle by long distance telephone. The serum flew via Trans-Canada planes from Seattle to Vancouver to Lethbridge and finally Calgary, with three planes and tight connections ensuring rapid delivery. The hospital monitored progress from departure.
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TCA
Seattle
Calgary
Calgary Hopital
Trans-Canada
Vancouver
Lethbridge
The Iowa Fury Verdict in Rail Case Over Cow Injury
A judge’s verdict in a rail lawsuit blames the accident on missing alarms and signals that failed to operate. The ruling cites broken whistle and bell systems as factors leading to the cow’s injury and the case’s outcome.
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Iowa
Raul
Evacuees Alert as Housewife Bathtime Feels Ghostly
A housewife bathes while two evacuee boys watch with suspicion then the elder urges quick departure claiming the old witch will growl. The fragment hints at tension and a fear of supernatural threat.
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Joe
Death of Mina Jordan at Grand Valley
The community mourns Mina Jordan wife of Wm Buchanan aged 78 after a two year illness. Born Tecumseh Township 1896 moved to Luther Township with the Jordans in 1875 later living at the CP R station for 45 years. Survived by husband Dr Allan Buchanan son three brothers and sister. daughter Lulu predeceased. Funeral held at home and Kinix Presbyterian Church with interment in Grand Valley Union Cemetery.
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Grand Valley
Mina Jordan
Wm. Buchanan
Tecumseh Township
Simcoe County
Cp.r
C. Graham Jones
Elmvale
John McDermid
Trinity United Church
M. Sellar
Glenmount United Church
Toronto
C. G. Jones
Grand Valley Union Cemetery
Grand Valley Star
Comforts Committee Receives Parcel Arrivals
The Comforts Committee of Acton and Vicinity reports letters of thanks for parcels of cigarettes sent to members overseas. The August 29 shipment arrived in October, with two more deliveries made. Recipients include Pte. P. Purdy, Gnr. Wm. Caldwell, Capt. Gordon Sutherland, Gnr. T. Nicol, Pte. C. A. Tyler, Pte. Landsborough, and Pte. W. L. Turner.
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Comforts Committee
Acton and Vicinity
P. Purdy
Gnr
Wm. Caldwell
Gordon Sutherland
T. Nicol
C. A. Tyler
Landsborough
W. L. Turner
Acton District Escapes Hard Gale Damage
The Acton district reports only light damage after Mondays gale. A brief power outage lasted minutes and two services were knocked out when trees felled lines. Windows shattered in some areas and several trees toppled or uprooted along town roads. Other centers reported greater impact.
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Acton
Golf balls clog Ohio River fishing in Louisville
Louisville readers report river anglers losing golf balls from upriver courses. One fisherman has retrieved more than 100 balls from the Ohio River in the past year as debris disrupts fishing near the city.
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Louisville, Ky
Ohio River
Man crafts fortune from quill toothpicks after steel pen rise
A French manufacturer faced ruin when steel pens replaced quills but pivoted to making quill toothpicks. He built a massive plant producing over twenty million toothpicks annually, with hotels of the Canadian National Railways System still supplying them.
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Canadian National Railways System
Humor of the War at Glasgow recruiting depot
In Glasgow a recruiting depot scene shows the medical officer testing a young recruit. The recruit answers the usual questions with steady pride, stating his heaviest weight as ten and a half stone and his lightest as six and a half pounds, eliciting dry humor from onlookers.
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Glasgow
M.O
MLO
CP War Expert Returns to Canada for New CP Post
Former London superintendent and war correspondent for The Canadian Press sails home to take up a military correspondent role at CP Ottawa. The veteran journalist will cover Ottawa defense affairs and related national security developments.
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London
The
Canadian Press
Canada
Ottawa
Victoria Mission Band Meets With Twenty Four Members
The Victoria Mission Band held its regular meeting on Thursday with President Dora Hansen opening services. A missionary story was read by Mrs H Man prize, followed by a prayer and the National Anthem. Twenty four members answered roll call.
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Victoria Mission Band
Dora Hansen
Bronze Sculpture Requisition Ends British Castings
Melbourne report notes a public garden statue in Australia as the final bronze cast made in Britain before metal was diverted for wartime needs. The piece symbolizes the end of an era in public art as Britain reallocates bronze to support war production.
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Melbourne
Australia
Britain
Deaths After Monte Carlo Gambling Barge Foundering
In Coronado California the gambling barge Monte Carlo struck a shoal and sank as three swimmers attempting rescue drowned. Authorities caution the craft as a confirmed money trap and death trap amid search efforts.
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Coronado
Cali
Monte Carlo
Brazilian tests claim of synthetic gasoline from fruit skins
Rio de Janeiro reports the Brazilian government is testing claims by Leonardo Yarochewsky that he can produce synthetic gasoline from skins of oranges bananas and pineapples in large quantities.
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Rio de Janeiro
Leonardo Yarochewsky
Mean Things in a Farm Insurance Exchange
A farmer tells an insurance agent he has had two serious incidents a mule injuring his ribs and a rattlesnake bite on his leg, both years ago. He claims those accidents were intentional rather than accidental, prompting the agent’s astonishment.
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Scott
Circus comic suffers humerus break after accident
After a meeting, a performer is taken to a doctor outside the circus. The doctor diagnoses a broken humerus while the boss laments losing his best comedian.
Shipments of Cows Grow Across Ontario and Quebec to U S
Dairy cattle exports from Ontario and Quebec to the United States rise through September reaching about 10500 head, with 1939 total shipments at 13090. Eastern Ontario and Quebec herds supply most of the cross border flow, including purebreds and grades.
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Ontario
Quebec
United States
The Canadian War Effort October 31 to November 7
The report covers Canada’s wartime Parliament sessions, naval rescues in British waters, preliminary work on the St. Lawrence rapids, and rising industrial indexes. It notes shipbuilding expansion, increased industrial employment, hefty munitions contracts, troop movements to England, meat price adjustments, and mobilization training completions.
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Canada
St. Lawrence
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics Index
Department of Munitions and Supply
Brig
L. F. Page
Ontario
Quebec
England
Bacon Board
Seaboard
Heating with Wood Will Aid War Effort
Canadian households can curb foreign exchange outlay by increasing wood use for home heating. The Forest Products Laboratories notes annual imports of coal and oil could be reduced by relying on fuel wood from sawmill waste and similar sources. About 10 million cords of wood meet domestic needs, equaling 6.6 million tons of anthracite heat. Advances in wood burning stoves and sawdust burners support this shift for war production.
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department
Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Canada
First Great War air reconnaissance pioneer credited
London CP reports Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte, today a radio commentator, as the first air reconnaissance officer in World War I. He spied German troop movements for Sir John French on August 19, 1914.
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London
Philip Joubert de la Ferte
John French
Cigar Factory Fire Leaves Tobacco Smoldering
A citizen reported a fire at an Australian cigar factory where smoking tobacco remained smoldering after the blaze was controlled. Fire crews investigated the drying room where the outbreak began and halted further spread.
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CPI
Naturalist Jack Miner Banded 360 Ducks at Kingsville Sanctuary
Naturalist Jack Miner caught, banded and released 360 mallard ducks at his Kingsville sanctuary this fall. He also discussed earlier bands and times with 40 birds previously tagged.
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Kingsville
Ontario
Jack Miner
Pigeon News Carried From Colorado Big Game Hunters
In Colorado hunters send word of their big game kills by carrier pigeon to bring home the news. The practice highlights rural communication methods and hunting culture in the region.
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Longmont
Colo
Colorada
Scout Mothers' Auxiliary Elects Officers for 1941
The Scout Mothers' Auxiliary annual meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Ray Agnew's 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 and Program committees named with Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. Rushmere, and others.
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Scout Mothers' Auxiliary
Ray Agnew
Hollinger
W. Chisholm
R. Spielvogel
R. Johnson
F. Kentner
Watson
Agnew
Robinson
Salt
Maple Grove Society Holds November Meeting Program
The Maple Grove Literary Society met Friday evening November 8 with James McNabb in charge. Neil McNabb convened a varied program including Group 1 chorus, readings by Maurice Hurd and Mrs Shultis, instrumental music by Mr and Mrs G L Graham, current events by Myrtle Maude, and a duet by Mesdames Shultis and McNabb.
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Maple Grove Literary Society
James McNabb
Neil McNabb
Maurice Hurd
G. L. Graham
Myrtle Maude Duett
Mesdames Shultis
McNabb
Shultis
Fleeting flight marks first solo journey for toddler
John Jenkins aged 22 months traveled 1400 miles from Brisbane to Adelaide with only a teddy bear for company. Airline crews describe the child as quiet but friendly during the visiting trip to his grandparents.
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Adelaide
Australia
John Jenkins
Brisbane
Woman fined for trying to take bank notes from UK
A woman who admitted attempting to remove three 500 pound bank notes from the United Kingdom was fined 2000 pounds in Liverpool and ordered to pay costs. Two companions were discharged.
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Liverpool
United Kingdom
Lloyd George warns of new war without strong League
London dispatch reports Prime Minister David Lloyd George on November 14 1918 stating Europe faces a new war unless a League of Nations is created strong enough to compel peace. The remark comes three days after the Armistice and underscores postwar diplomacy debates.
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London
David Loyd George
League of Nations
Grasshopper Outlook Lighter in Alberta Saskatchewan
Western entomologists report Manitoba faces heavier grasshopper infestations next year. Egg surveys show no severe areas, but Swift Current area is moderately infested. Alberta and Saskatchewan expect better conditions, while Manitoba may see more damage in southern districts and the eastern interlake region. A preventative bait program is planned from the Brandon lab.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
International
Dominion
Swift Current
Stony Mountain
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Brandon
Rector Released After Appeal Of Conviction In Lincoln
Rev Robert G C Graham served 12 days in prison for ringing his church bell in Lincoln England. He successfully appealed the conviction after being sentenced to one month in prison.
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Lincoln
England
Robert G. C. Graham
Parliaments Minsters Hear News On Wireless Set
A group of MPs including two ministers gathered around a parliamentary wireless to hear the six o'clock news. One minister switched on the set before the hour as a gentle voice concluded with good night to the listening children.
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M.P
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