Acton Fair Set For War Time Weekend
Acton Fair organizers announce the 1942 event will run Friday and Saturday to avoid midweek production disruption. The fair aims to attract Acton workers and local residents with a stronger prize list and attractions while wartime shortages press on groceries and travel remains limited. Visiting editors Charters and Legge join a British tour, with more correspondence expected.
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Acton Fair
Acton
Geo. Somerville
Canada
National Registration of Women in Canada and War Bond Appeal
Announcements urge women born 1918 to 1922 to register from Monday through Saturday and explain government insurance for war damage. The issue also clarifies the New Income Tax and how deductions affect workers, urging readers to study these notices to understand new regulations and promote Victory Bond support.
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Canada
Editorial notes and fall fair season reflections
The piece notes a focus on guiding children with new bells in the week of September and promotes fall fairs as outings near readers. It includes remarks about a tribal christening, editorial opinions by Eric Knight and The Kincardine News on editorial purpose, and a closing quote from Elliott M. Little urging serious deliberation at a national convention amid wartime context.
Canadian War Effort Highlights and Key Appointments
Wartime Prices Board fixes wholesale price caps for 11 Canadian cities. Thomson named CBC General Manager by CBC Board. Labor Minister warns wage strikes against labor board ruling would be government strikes. Tom Moore reelected president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. New manpower control regulations announced by Mitchell and Little. Dieppe battle casualties unofficially 864. convoy of Canadians arrives in Britain. Air Minister Power returns from the United Kingdom. National Defence says 509 Canadian POWs held by Japan in Hong Kong. Scrap iron disposal deadline set for September 15. RCA F bomber crew lands in Ottawa after bombing Saarbrucken. Newsprint industry placed under allocation. Major-General G R Peatkes named Commander-in-Chief Pacific Command.
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Thomson
CBC
CBC Board of Governors
Humphrey Mitchell
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Canada
National Selective Service
Elliott M. Little
Dieppe
Britain
Power
United Kingdom
Department of National Defence
Hong Kong
Prices and Trade Board
R.C.A.F
Ottawa
Saarbruecken
Germany
Ralston
G. R. Peatkes
V.C
D.S.O
M.C
Pacific Command
Sunday and Holiday Closures Note
Fragmentary notice lists exceptions for Sunday and holidays and references limited operation on Saturdays Sundays and holidays with specific mentions of Kitchener Stratford restrictions.
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