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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
5
A stream of notes records visits and farewells among Acton friends including Mr. and Mrs. F. at Landon and Mrs. J. W. Hogidas of Tobermory visiting in Acton. Messages list long family ties, movements to Bar and Bre, and goodbyes as residents travel to Saskatoon and Port Quais Junction while others plan wintering in Bar.
Friends from Belfountain and Acton gathered at Mr and Mrs Charles Binnie home to honor Miss Charlotte Johnston on her upcoming marriage to Pte Lawrence Cullen of the Royal Canadian Engineers. The program included an address by Mrs James MacKenzie Belfountain and a silver tea service gift.
Broadway's manpower commission of the American Theatre Wing notes theatre folk have shifted to war work since 1942. About 5 000 showfolk answered questionnaires, with over 100 already in industrial roles and hundreds more referred to courses and aptitude tests for war jobs.
Progress reports from Dominion headquarters indicate a two day total of 125 587 150. This figure surpasses earlier cocres estimates and signals higher early performance.
An official ministry prohibits political tours and petition activities. The policy reversal restricts public demonstrations and street action, citing neutrality and security concerns. Details remain unclear but enforcement will apply across regions.
A long list records donors and participants for the Acton War Service Auction Sale and Victory Club booth. The notice salutes Acton and Vicinity volunteers and notes Christmas packages sent overseas to soldiers.
Luther Severt, a 400 acre farmer in Slater Iowa, creates a side loading hay loader from an old binder bed and a corn elevator. He works with his father in law Oley Storing to save labor time and prevent wagon damage during hay gathering.
The article reports Allied air raids and ground offensives cracking German lines from the Ruhr to Volturno in Italy. It notes American heavy bombers targeting Schweinfurt and a shifting German defense as Rommel may oversee Yugoslavia. It mentions Soviet advances toward the Crimea and a Moscow conference on postwar frontiers.
Letter from CPL. H.W. Godfrey in Stockholm thanks Acrow Fare Parss and Acton Comforts Committee for letters, smokes, and parcels. He notes missing Canada mail, enjoys hut meals with comrades, and mentions his second stripe and duties. Norwegian relief provides noon meals to 17,000 children, with Oslo serving all meals through Swedish Norway Relief Committee.
Sheffield dispatch reports a postwar plan for four freedoms with emphasis on freedom from want. A. W. Alexander, first lord of the fisheries ministry, argues the indelible disgrace of wartime shortages and urges unity across Britain the Dominions and the United States to preserve liberty.
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