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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
14
Readable words point to a ceremonial blessing with phrases “Gods blessing,” “London bless you,” and “keep you,” suggesting a historical religious inscription or dedication fragment. The garbled OCR hints at a decorative or liturgical script.
Twenty years ago the local fall fair recorded Wheat on Winsipeg market at 1.41 and Ontario wheat at 1.18 in Toronto. Prominent local figures included Lares Hewitt promoted at Adam station and Blackwell set to succeed Haw. A Masonic hall on Main Street Kennedty bioth will be converted to a residence as Walker Lodge AF and AM was instituted there. Rev. 23. C. Wilson of Weyburn, Sask. died. funeral at Knox Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Med Campbell of Hamilton died at 80.
New York CP advises cabbage farmers on root breaking methods for splitting heads and explains harvesting without removing roots. It recommends deep soil soaking to six to eight inches, warns light spray is worse than drought, and suggests shallow cultivation to conserve moisture.
Canadian Health League reports a Journal of the American Medical Association study by three investigators using 619 infants under eight months. A three week dosing interval yielded 97 percent immunity to diphtheria and 72 percent to whooping cough. adding pertussis vaccine raised protection further. Reactions were mild and transient. none of the infused infants contracted either disease in five years.
Public places may serve one cup of tea or coffee per person per sitting and use no more than one tea bag or equivalent loose tea. The ration administration reminds establishments that tea and coffee service remains restricted to these amounts despite increased rations.
The Sunday School lesson notes Samuel’s grief over Saul’s rejection, then God’s choice of David as king. It emphasizes stepping with faith, the Spirit’s anointing, and Saul’s decline. It urges obedience over fear and highlights David’s readiness, dedication, and musical service to Saul.
William Lucier faced a bear near Ball's Island Road and credits his dog with keeping the animal from attacking. He fled to his house as the dog barked, protecting him from harm.
In Tunisia a Canadian air force mess at a North Africa headquarters villa fosters a lively, cordial spirit. Officers billeted there host visiting personnel and entertain in the villa, with RCAF staff arranging stays and helping Canadians across the Mediterranean theater.
A Svenska Dagbladet note cited by a BBC European service broadcast claims the Gestapo questioned Dr Heinz Braweller head of the Foreign Press department and Major Hans Sommerfeld liaison officer after alleged defeatist remarks. Sommerfeld reportedly announced a Russian breakthrough on October 20.
A World War II era quote recalls leaflet campaigns and the shift to actual bombing. A leaflet warned Germans that “this might have been a Bomb,” and an airman later chalked on a larger bomb, “Beware, this might have been a leaflet,” signaling the transition to real bombing.
Canada faces record dairy demand outstripping supply. The Prices Board orders distributors in about 80 markets to limit fluid cream sold monthly to June levels to curb waste. Butter production and stocks decline, drought hurts Eastern milk output, and total July milk factory output drops 1.5% from last year as butter, cream, and cheese markets shift. Hog numbers fall on farms, with declines in the Prairie Provinces, but Canada pledges bacon exports of 500 million pounds annually. Wheat exports surge, reaching 255 million bushels in the nine months to July, the strongest pace since 1939. Cornwell report adds a bear trap incident in Mille Roches.
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