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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
2
The Acton Free Press lists advertising rates and disclaimers. Errors in promotion are not corrected by the paper, which bears liability for the cost of picked advertisements and any error notices. Editor G Arlof Dills signs the notice.
Regulators extend licensing to retailers and many other businesses involved with food clothing footwear and related trades as part of a nationwide wartime program. The aim is to curb unnecessary purchases boost production for war needs while more regulations and compulsory service are anticipated. The Acton co operation plan for coordinating war charities seeks broad public support and active volunteer help to ensure success.
Starting October 20 Acton and other Dominion regions are urged to begin a War Savings drive to tighten belts and save more for the war. Ayton is tasked with a duty as the War Savings Committee seeks at least $3600 in pledges monthly, enough to buy a naval gun each month and support guns, tanks, and planes.
Editorial items note Thanksgiving weather, Canadian building permits totalling 98,695,678 in 204 municipalities for eight months in 1941, and Canada meat packing output reaching 228,500,487 in 1940 with a 23 percent rise. It quotes Brave Eagle and descendants, mentions fall fairs, Navy remembrance, and Cordell Hull’s 70th birthday commentary.
The community urged participation in the War Savings Drive with pledges between October 20 and November 20. Readers were reminded of supports for the Army Navy Air Force Red Cross and hospital funds and urged to fund war needs. Alberta's finances are criticized as another example of misused funds with a claimed $2.3 million surplus masking a $1.5 million deficit.
German led forces under von Falkenhayn and Mackensen push through Transylvania and Dobrudja threatening Bucharest. Romania entered the war in August 1916 with 1 million more troops but lacking modern equipment and capable leaders, delaying any decisive Allied relief.
A nationwide window licensing plan requires all persons and firms to display a blue and gold licence certificate on the door or adjoining window of their business. The deadline to secure a licence is December 1, 1941.
In 1916 Von Falkenhayn halted weather delays and led German forces to push into Romania. Von Mackensen and Bulgarian troops drove toward Constanta and Craiova while Russian reinforcements aided Rumania’s defense. Bucharest fell on December 5, and Romanian forces regrouped in Moldavia under Russian protection.
Canadian National Railways timetable shows daily routes with Acton times in standard time. Services listed include 6.04 am daily except Sunday 9.49 am 6.28 pm and a Dane Flyer from Georgetown 9.41 pm and another Flyer at Guelph 1.05 pm.
Fragmentary timetable reads westbound and eastbound departures with multiple daily slots. Mentions specific times and conditions noting daily operation with weekend and holiday exceptions.
Wartime conditions block mushroom imports from France boosting the British Malayan market for canned mushrooms to Canadian producers and canners.
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