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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
9
The brief indicates ongoing service suspension with plans to resume once notices are canceled or modified. Advertising and business notes reference volume and billing terms as the editor addresses subscribers amid temporary interruptions.
Wartime public notice urges Canadians to enjoy Halloween without causing damage. Chief Harrop cautions against waste and property harm, stressing that celebrating can proceed while conserving resources for the war effort.
The Free Press urges Acton residents to save monthly for war needs, noting $3,600 monthly and $4,500 later per person, to fund tanks and naval guns. It highlights voter lists for municipal elections, local turnout, and tax installment practices, plus a local note on Ontario slot machine crackdowns and Welland council action.
Editorials urge victory funding and Remembrance Day reflection as Acton contemplates war economy. Amid housing slowdowns and a new road, farmers report Prairie Province income up to 410.2 million and Canada’s electric output rises. A Brampton Conservator note cites beer regulation evasion despite wartime conditions.
The 4th Canadian Division led by Maj Gen David Watson captured Regina Trench after heavy bombardment and fighting in October and November 1916. Canadian troops moved through wire and fortifications, breached lines held by Prussian Guard and Saxons, and secured the objective within hours after crossing the parapets.
John Tucker reports that Canadian certified seed potatoes have a fine reputation in United States markets for quality. Sales depend on better quality to offset freight and tariff costs, so Canadian growers must improve quality and service to maintain and increase demand in U S markets.
Ottawa reports a wartime pamphlet "Food Facts for Consumers" by Misa Laura Pepper outlines grading packaging labeling and standardization of dairy meat poultry honey and other foods. It notes legal requirements for cheese fat content egg grading and butter substitutes and highlights government inspectors and producers' groups enforcing standards to aid housewives and the public.
The Agricultural Supplies Board urges hog producers to breed more sows this fall and use gilts of top quality to boost Canada’s bacon reputation. Under a 1941 42 agreement Britain seeks at least 600 million pounds of pork products, requiring about 5.25 million hogs to meet both British and Canadian market demands.
The 20th annual Canadian Plant Disease Survey reports stem rust caused little damage in Western Canada due to resistant varieties. Southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan show rare susceptible-field rust. some severe cases occur in south central Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada remains unusually light. Rust resistant lines yield similarly to others in rust-free areas. Crown rust in oats is minor from Manitoba east, with New Brunswick outbreaks linked to buckthorn and harborines involvement. The Cereal Division has advanced rust resistant wheat varieties.
Canadian Government motion pictures showcasing national parks attracted over 2 200 London audiences in the three months ending June 30 1947 despite wartime air raids. The National Parks Library distributes subjects to Canada the United States Great Britain Australia New Zealand and South Africa.
The Dairy Products Board reports cheese tendered for export to the United Kingdom through March is nearing its objective. It expects to lift export requirements, freeing cheese from Ontario and Quebec for domestic use. The board had to ensure 11 100,000 pounds go abroad, causing Ontario and Quebec cheese since May 1 to be exported.
A World War II era notice notes the high cost of keeping sea lanes open. A month’s figure shows nine hundred merchant navy deaths among Lascar oilers Scot engineers and Chinese deckhands, underscoring wartime losses at sea.
The notice lists daily and weekend coach departures from Acton and Westroad to London and Guelph with varied times including morning and evening slots. It notes Sunday exceptions and special Saturday timings, with fares or codes implied but unclear from the fragment.
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