Victory celebrations and wartime warnings in Ontario notes
The piece recalls past armistice celebrations in Acton and Georgetown and urges prepared, respectful celebrations for Germany’s defeat. It also urges readers to read Wartime Prices and Trade Board updates on shortages such as children’s underwear and warns against spreading unfounded gossip about state controls.
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Germany
Georgetown
Harold Cleave
Guelph
Acton
Reeve Hynds
Daughters of the Empire
Woman's Institute
Free Press
Fairy Lake
Kaiser
Holland
Japan
Prices and Trade Board
Barrio
Liquor Control Board
Renfrew
Carleton Place
Ontario
Smith's Falls
Daily Papers
Toronto
L. E. Blackwell
W. T. Groogin
Acton Fair Time Promotes Family Gathering
Editorial notes invite residents to plan for the Fall Fair in Acton, highlighting lawn care, wartime casualties, and reunion with town and district friends. It discusses anticipated postwar car production timelines and the easing of shortages, noting prewar sales and the expected return of synthetic tires after Europe’s fighting ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Fair
Europe
Financial Post
Otawa
Progressive Conservative Letter Praises Wartime Leadership
A Halton County Progressive Conservative Association letter lauds Britain’s war resolve in 1039-40, credits tenacity and learning for survival, and cites Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin as leaders. It anticipates end of the war with aid from the United States and Russia and hints the piece continues next week.
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Britain
United States of America
Russia
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Progressive Conservative Association
Halton County
WRENCH WRENS ARRIVE IN HALIFAX FOR TRAINING
A group of 14 French naval women, referred to as Feminis de la flotte, arrived in Halifax to set up homes on Saint Pierre and Miquelon. They wear dark blue uniforms with the trom of Loraine.
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Halifax
Feminis de la Flotte
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wrens
Yorkton council raises residential property tax to 20 percent
Sask city council decided to raise the cost of residential property to 20 percent of its assessed value. The city had been selling the lot at 10 percent to induce citizens to build their own homes.
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York Ton, Sask
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