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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
7
A mother faces an empty home as her baby goes to school. She sighs at the door, plans for the day, and imagines a future where children leave the home to face the world alone, while the house grows quieter and more desolate.
Twenty years ago Acton residents attended the Old Boy and Girls Reunion at Kilbride. Knox Church voted to call Rev Stewart as minister. Schools reopen with principalships assigned. A barn and home burned on J F Denison homestead, destroying crops. Died: Mary Ann Coulson widow of P Harris aged about 80. Peresa McLaughlin wife of Harold McConnell in Niagara Falls aged 26.
Mayor LaGuardia lauds the nationwide aluminum scrap campaign as an extraordinary display of American determination. He notes millions involved, praise for Civilian Defense and Production Office cooperation, and Red Cross sponsorship in Canada, urging citizens to contribute worn aluminum for war use.
The lesson explains the letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor dicted to John by the Lord. It describes Ephesian church traits, commendations and rebukes, and urges steadfast faithfulness to Christ and the gospel.
Canadian Press reports Manitoba based Flax Industries foresees a multi million dollar flax and linen fibre sector. Key figures including Key and Weiler say Canada can fuel wartime needs with domestic fibre production and new mills. Plans include Portage la Prairie fibre unit expansion and potential 3 or 4 more mills in Manitoba to boost paper stock and linen supplies for Britain and Great Britain.
A milk shortage threatens many U.S. cities as large government purchases for Britain under the lend-lease program reduce supply. Complex wartime logistics and government procurement shift dairy supplies away from consumers and toward wartime aid.
During the week ending August 23 sixty day automobile permits were issued at border points to tourists entering Canada. Walter Bo Zeller reports 616 border points fed the data, showing a 25 percent drop from earlier weeks and a continued decline versus 1939 figures.
Ottawa reports a new method for converting fruit to powder at the horticultural research station of Feby University. The process aims to reduce bulk storage space and enable future use in syrups, jellies, and purees by adding water to reconstitute the powder.
Wholesale food prices rose sharply since the war began with a 600 percent gain, the Chamber of Commerce notes. General price index shows increases across industries, with industrial goods up and manufacturers advancing 53 percent.
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