Fire Prevention Week Urges Canadians to End Fire Loss
The Acton Free Press urges citizens to fight fire like a war at home and calls for vigilant fire safety. It cites 1942 losses of 304 lives and over 31 million in property damage, urging individuals to remove hazards, curb smoking, and act quickly if a fire starts. It recalls the Cocoanut Grove and Knights of Columbus Hostel fires to stress caution.
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Canada
John Q
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Knights of Columbus
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Advertising to Keep Customers in Wartime Markets
Bowmanville Statesman argues merchants should use advertising to sustain community trade during shortages. Focus on slow moving and in stock lines, educate the public about why items are unavailable, and attract customers when clerks are busiest. Local papers are essential for this strategy.
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Bowmanville Statesman
Thanksgiving and Canada’s role in the war effort
The article notes Thanksgiving amid Allied victories in North Africa Sicily and the Russian advance. It urges Canadians to lead postwar world service, praises veterans status, and calls for a Roll of Honor to recognize local war service. Fire Prevention Week is proclaimed October 3–9 to stress public safety and property protection.
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United Nations
North Africa
Waly
Canada
Sicily
Bernard Montgomery
Dominion
New World
Plymouth
Acton and Vicinity
War Service League
Acton
Editorial notes on war effort and postwar plans
A compilation of quotes on wartime effort and postwar hopes. Prominent figures urge public support, Thanksgiving reflection,and financial planning with Victory Bonds. Local concerns touch housing, auctions, and responsible government as peace approaches.
Ottawa retools policy to curb inflation via wheat trading halt
Ottawa responds to Prices Board pressure by halting wheat trading on the Winnipeg grain exchange. Government plans to supply wheat from state stocks to subsidized buyers while rationing bread prices, balancing wage relief with inflation control amid labor board reviews and wage policy debates.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Dorbinson
Winnipeg
MacKinnon
Prices Stability Corporation
Wheat Board
Grain Exchange
Board
Canadian Family Allowances Debate Before Cabinet
Discussions in cabinet focus on a proposed system of family allowances to aid low income families with children. Proponents cite $8 per month per child as needed support, while critics warn of a large new social program with administrative challenges. The debate centers on extending any scheme to all Canadian families, including farmers, and its impact on workers in industry.
Huge Forest Scheme Planned in Britain
London reports Britain's Forestry Commission plans a 50 year post war program to boost forest land to 5 000 000 acres. The first decade would plant 500 000 acres at about 184 million dollars, creating thousands of jobs and transforming derelict land.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
I Ls
Europe
Locomotive Back Boiler Heads on Canadian National Rails
The back boiler head of locomotives on the Canadian National Railway features about 65 distinct parts split between engineers and firemen. Locomotives hauling crucial passenger and wartime freight services on national routes are mechanically operated with valve turns replacing shovels.
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Canadian National RailWays
Natoria
Veteran clergyman William Longhurst dies at 104
London report says Rev William Longhurst the oldest clergyman in Britain died at Budleigh Salterton days before his 105th birthday. He was Marlborough College’s oldest Old Boy and served 26 years as honorary canon of Worcester. He was Canon Emeritus at 97.
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London
Britain
William Longhurst
Budleigh Salterton
Marlborough College
Worcester
Allied Women Given Medals For Gallantry
Canadian women in uniform have begun to be recognized with awards for devotion to duty. The piece notes Britains Auxiliary, Territorial Service and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force decorations, mentions Soviet medals won by Yekaterina Tkachenko and Sima Odneproveksya, and cites Canadian recipients such as Lt Mollie Entwhistle, Cpl Irma Malcolmson, and Sqdn Off Jean Davey, with notes on their brave acts and awards.
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Toronto
Britain
Auxiliary
Canada
CWAC
Women
Auxiliary Air Force
Royal Naval Service
Yekaterina Tkachenko
Iscant
Leningrad
Ceech
Mollie Entwhistle
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Ottawa
Irma Malcolmson
Carman
Man
Huyton
Ohio
Wulso
Jean Davey
Hamilton
12.C
O.F.E
Royal Red Cross
Royal Red Crane
The Good Old Home Town
War veterans return to a hometown praised for its warmth and opportunity. The piece envisions their welcome, the appeal of local jobs, and the enduring affection of friends, portraying the town as welcoming and desirable for settling down.
Schedule Fragments From Gray Coach Lines
Westbound trips listed with times from morning to night and special runs to London Guelph Kitchener Stratford. Services show Sunday and holiday limits and daily to Guelph. Trips include to London and to Stratford with varied daily patterns.
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London
Guelph
Kitchener
Stratford
Trilobites Once Dictators of the Deep
The article recalls trilobites as dominant marine predators 500 million years ago ruling for at least 100 million years. It notes their competition with brachiopods and eventual extinction driven by cephalopods and placoderms as they fell from supremacy at the Royal Ontario Museum exhibit.
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Ufe
Royal Ontario Museum
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Katmloops
B.C
Labor Board
National War Labor Board
Studeion
Dominion OF Canada
W. GC. Kenney
Garegeen
Z. A. Mchliven
Lyman Block
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DRT
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Hugh S. Austin
Destel
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Pam
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Notary Pebile
Georgetown
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T. Seynuck
Vetehrinary
B. D. Young
V-S
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Brookvile
Ontario
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Knox Avenue
KCAL
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Gray Coach Lines
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