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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
7
A poetic tribute extols England and its steadfast spirit as it endures grim trials. The verse lauds valiant resolve, reverence for law, and the God of England guiding strength against ruin and assault on historic art and heritage.
Twenty years ago Knox Church members donated 173.40 for the China famine fund. A County Council vote allowed Nas sagawa ya township to place a monument on the Guelph Road. Jean Orr of Acton High School won Ontario’s silver medal for best essay judged by Dr. James L Hughes. A by law created a Hydro commission after Acton council readings. About one hundred neighbors gathered to bid farewell to the old home of Mrs Duncan McGregor family. Harry Rigby, returning from England, rejoined his sister Mrs Robert Cross. City Manager T James Moore died after a deer-hunting accident in Sudbury. funeral in Acton Cemetery. Rebecca Wadden Hemstreet, aged 95, widow of Richard Hemstreet, died in Milton.
In late November 1915 Allied forces faced stalemates in the West and East. Gallipoli and the Balkans stalled, Mesopotamia’s British division retreated after a failed attempt on Baghdad, and Russia held the line from the Baltic to Galicia. The Salonika front faltered, Serbia fell, and Townshend’s Indian division surrendered after Kut's siege.
In Liverpool hundreds of workers in warehouses are being trained as air raid precautions watchers to assist emergency services during emergencies.
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