Acton Shines In Halton County Manufacturing Report
A 1942 government survey shows Acton with 17 industrial establishments employing 113 salaried and 828 wage workers, total payroll 1.124 million, materials cost 6.29 million, fuel and power 129 thousand, and gross production 8.587 million. Acton leads Halton with Georgetown next, followed by Oakville Milton and Burlington. the piece calls for more housing to accommodate workers and notes wartime production and the role of libraries and parental guidance in juvenile delinquency.
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Acton
Department of Trade and Commerce
Can
St. Thomas
Dundas
Collingwood
Halton
Georgetown
Oakville
Milton
Burlington
Editorial Notes on Weather Taxes and Town Life
The piece muses on Indian Summer and postwar shopping, notes tax figures in Canada Australia and New Zealand, and recalls last summer's dryness. It highlights Ontario butter decline and closes with Acton municipal election notices and a call to attend tomorrow's Town Hall meeting.
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Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Acton
Foot and Mouth Disease Serious in Britain
Foot and mouth disease among cattle and hogs is more prevalent in Britain than in recent years. Heavy losses hit northern and midland farmers as many markets close. Some suggest the disease arrived with men returning from European battlefronts, with outbreaks in countries where fighting continues.
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Britain
Auction Funniness as War Prizes Captured by 49th Division
In a humorous wartime tale the Flat Division bid £5 for the German garrison commander Colonel Willdermuth and the 49th Division raised the bounty to £6. The 49th Division troop commander ultimately captured the colonel.
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Lo. Harve
Willder
Muth
49Th Division
The Great Silence and Fuehrer’s Expected Message
A Hamburg Fremdenblatt piece circulated by the BBC notes the Fuehrer’s long silence after months of activity. It argues there is no need for concern because readers understand what he would say, with enemies like Romania Bulgaria and Finland suffering in the war.
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Hamburger Fremdenblatt
BBC
Fuehrer
Ailert
Rumania
Bulgaria
Finland
Bolshevic
Man injured by exploding shell in Have lock hunting mishap
Edward Black of Have lock was hospitalized after a dud cart ridge exploded when he removed it from his pocket to show a companion. The accident occurred during a hunting trip in Moncton New Brunswick.
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Moncton
N.B
Edward Black
Havelock
Black
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