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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
2
The notice discusses cancellations for web edribers and nonpayment risks. It notes refusal to carry accounts in arrears and that continued service depends on remitment. Advertising rates apply on application with stated column fee practices and corrections process.
The piece reflects on Thanksgiving plus Canada’s National Day, noting wartime casualties, heavy levies, and enduring freedoms. It urges renewed resolve to sustain democracy, freedom of expression, and a prosperous harvest as Europe remains torn by conflict. It emphasizes unity, mobility, and the need to finish the global struggle to keep the land free.
An Amherstburg Echo editorial condemns self serving business leaders and urges residents to engage in town betterment. It argues every earning person should join local organizations and work for Acton’s flourishing future. The piece contrasts civic effort with farmer like behavior and cites Burlington census doubts and building permits totaling 108735 for eight months.
The Windsor Star urges government action to seize patents and new carburetors to boost fuel efficiency in wartime. It recounts a Winnipeg invention that could extend mileage and asks why innovations cannot be conscripted to save oil, support aircraft and tanks, and hasten victory.
Editorial notes reflect a strong wartime economy with Canada’s newsprint output at 1,621,134 tons in early 1941 and a 28 percent rise in August clearing centre cheques. Candid opinions urge gasoline saving and cautious optimism amid renewals in tax and public morale.
A historical note recalls the German U-53 under Lt commander Rosé surfacing at Newport News in 1917 and its raid along the New England coast. It links the U-53 actions to Germany’s 1917 resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the U S entry into World War I.
Regina CP Farmers aged 16 to 30 will receive modern training in farm operations power use and machinery under the Youth Training Program announced by Hubert Staines Saskatchewan Minister of Education. The course organized by the Department of Education and Federal Labor Department runs locally or at the University of Saskatchewan and includes physical training and citizenship. Four projects have been arranged under the program.
Canadian Press reports farmers in southern western Canada face drought danger for a promising corn crop. Cool damp weather delays growth, foretelling a small Western corn acreage this year. Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta figures show 233,500 acres across the region with higher plantings and a potential $2 an acre premium plus increased homegrown corn replacing imported grain.
Scottish Command troops twice scaled crags near Glencoe to rescue amateur climbers in trouble. Lt Gen A F Thorne reports a man and a student girl were saved within 24 hours with notable rope work. One group reached 95 percent of Invincible Gully’s 2800 feet in darkness. Two soldiers nearly sacrificed their lives. Military officials urge climbers to avoid dangerous ascents to spare soldiers.
Train schedule notes routes and times with daily and Sunday exceptions. Several flights and flyers to Georgetown Guelph and Ottawa are listed with morning and evening departures. October 12 cancellations affect the 8:19 eastbound and 11:43 westbound trains.
Outdated timetable lists outbound trips to Toronto at 5.51 am, 9.01 am, 11.31 am, 2.08 pm, 3.51 pm, 5.51 pm, 9.56 pm and to London at 9.53 am, 12.23 pm, 6.18 pm, 8.08 pm, with codes indicating daily, Saturday Sunday and holidays variations.
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