In Memoriam Notices and Obituary Fragments
Obituary fragments relocate several families with details of names ages and relatives. Notices mention Laing Richardson Tyler and Hodgins with funeral plans and interment details, plus a memorial verse for Robert Hodgins dated 1940. Concise lines reflect Ontario area church and cemetery references.
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Tyler
St. Joseph's Hosp
Guelph
Rose Singleton
Edward Styher
Queen Street
Acton
D.S
Fair View Cemetery
Hodgins
Robert George Flodgins
Acton Notes On Local Housing Taxes and War Savings
Acton reports show Mr D Ni McTavish sold his Main Street residence to Elmer Grischow and The Beattie residence on Wilbur Street changed hands. Town work starts on a new home for C F Leatherland while graveling delays misled. War Savings progress sits at 18 percent of goal. A stained glass window memorial to Mrs Helen Symon McGraag was dedicated at Globe United Church, Ottawa.
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D. Ni McTavish
Main Street
Elmer Grischow
MN Street
C. F. Leatherland
Acton
Globe United Church
Ottawa
Mra
Helen Symon
The Steady Pull of Continuous Advertising
John Wannamaker, founder of the Philadelphia store, is praised as an advertising pioneer. He stressed persistent, continuous advertising as essential, saying it pulls customers steadily and is as vital as clerks in running a business.
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John Wannamaker
Philadelphia
Four Have Narrow Escape In Car Truck Collision
Four people escaped serious injury when a car driven by Jack Glendenning of Eramosa Township hit a truck owned by Louis Waxman of Acton on the Rockwood outskirts. Billy and Grace Stewart and Jean Major suffered cuts and shock, while the Glendenning occupants were shaken. The car was demolished with front and top reduced to wreckage. the Stewarts and Major were treated at Guelph General Hospital before being released.
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Jack Glendenning
Eramosa
Louis Waxman
Acton
Rockwood
Atton
Billy
Grace Stewart
Glendenning
Jean Major
Bramosa Township
Nevers
Stewart Twins
Miss Major
Rockwood Continuation School
Waxman
Stewart Twing
Guelph General Hospital
Maple Grove Literary Elects Officers for Year
The Maple Grove Literary Society met at No 8 School and elected officers for the year President Mrs George Wallace first vice Wilbert Patterson secretary treasurer Maude Wirtle reporter Reba McNabb. Meetings will be held the second Thursday each month with simple refreshments.
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Maple Grove Literary Society
Wm. McNabb
George Wallace
Wilbert Patterson
Wirtle Maude
Reba McNabb
Nas tagaweya Women’s Institute Plans Overseas Gifts
The October meeting at Mrs. Charles Hefferman’s home gathered 17 Indies with President Mrs. El-Hott in charge. They voted to buy a case of peach jam for overseas and to send gifts to district boys abroad. Plans for next week’s dance were made and talks on the Salvation Army were given by Mrs. Padbury and Mrs. Morton.
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Nastagaweya
Women's Institute
Charles Hefferman
el- Hott
Salvation Army
Padbury
Morton
Rats and Diseases Spur U S Campaign and Costs
A Hygeia report warns seven major illnesses linked to rats and up to a dozen more under suspicion. Rat bite fever spreads from rat saliva with no vaccine or cure, while cities face high upkeep costs as rats consume food and raise public expenses.
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United States
Washington
Tennessee
Boy 13 Found Hanging During Wedding Dress Drama
Basil Ashton was discovered hanged in his home while dressed in a wedding dress borrowed from his mother. His father described him as fond of dramatic art and noted the attire was worn for a wedding scene. The incident took place in Liverpool.
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Liverpool
Basil Ashton
Weekly War Commentary on Free French and Allied Strategy
The column discusses de Gaulle and Petain amid German reprisals in occupied France, notes British and American wartime positions on Russia, Japan, and invasions, and updates on Red Army defense near Moscow, Kharkov, Rostov, and the Caucasus with British tank and aircraft needs and Roosevelt's push for unity against Hitler.
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de Gaulle
Britain
London
France
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Crimea
Red Army
Moscow
G. K. Zhukov
Timonhenko
Kharkov
Rostov
The
Caucasus
Maternity Costs 10 Cents a Baby
In Taiku hospital Shansi province a maternity ward charges ten cents per baby for educational purposes. Miss Isabel Hemingway, chief nurse, cites high infant mortality as the reason for opening the ward at the Ameri can Board Mission institution.
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Shanghai
Babba
Taiku Hospital
American Board
Taiku
Shansi
Isabel Hemingway
Flowers for the Unknown Tommy At Lille Grave
In Lille during May 1940 French citizens honored the unknown British soldier despite German removal of his body. Mrs. Brooke recalls how flowers and tributes appeared daily, with locals inscribing A notre Tommy, and the grave becoming a symbol of courage amid retreating Allied forces.
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London
Lille
Tommy
Germany
Tlowera
WAAFs Get Higher Officers Allowances
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force increases pay for officers from the equivalent of 135 to 180 dollars, raising their allowances.
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London
Women's Auxilary Air Force
Ship battle over Atlantic cargo aboard freighter
A crew aboard a freighter sailing to Britain fought for four days after an outbreak aboard caused a break in part of its cargo. Port authorities later received the ship with portions of the valuable cargo still intact.
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Bristol
Atlantic
Britain
Norway's Bondage Exposes 150000 Norwegians in War Industry
A CP dispatch reports about 150000 Norwegian workers are employed at German military establishments or war industries in Norway and abroad. They are compelled to take these jobs and lose their former labor rights.
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London
Norway
Aobroad
Cattle Exports Rise to United States in 1941 Period
Canadian livestock shipments to the United States from January 1 to October 2 show 105,619 beef cattle, 14,977 dairy cows, 56,408 calves, and 34,032 hogs. Increases occur in beef cattle and hogs, while calves decrease. dairy cows are unchanged versus the 1940 period.
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Canada
United States
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DCO
Lake
Columbia
Laing
Clarence
Balsam“Aye
Toronto
Catuphemia
Richardson
A. E. Richardson
Nineya Zownahig
Ber Goth
John Richardson
Louisia
Johnstone & Rumley
St. John's Anglican Church
Hallowe'en
Force
Frank Beattie
Wilbur
Acton Voters
Maple Grove Literary
Gerranns
National Committee of
Free
Russia
House of Commons
Labor
Stephen King-Hall
Italy
Anthony Eden
Lord Beaverbrook
Knox
Navy
Claude Pepper
Japan
Pacific
North Atlantic
Archangel
Vladivostok
Roosevelt
U.S
East
Donets
Britein
Iran
Caucasian
Middle East
Ukraine
Timochenko
Urals
Aspakeamen
Berlin
Kla Enstern
Turkey
Navy League
America
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Romania
Sebastopol
London Authority
China
Acton and District War Services Town Hall
Acton ON
Maclean's
Canadian Home Journal
CJ Chatelaine
Canadian Poultry Review
Family Herald & Weekly
Star
Rod’ & Gun
Canadian Horticulture & Home
Liberty
True Story
Silver Screen
Christian Herald
Flower Grower
Science & Discovery
American Girl
Parents
Screenland
Chatelaine
National Home Monthly
Family Herald & Weekly Star
Screen Guide
the National Picture Monthly
Rod & Gun In
Macleans
American Magazine
Boeemande
Dee
Tyr
Lyr
Click
Redbook
Digsat
Kame
Équene
Ontario
B. D. Rachlin
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