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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 19, 1946

Page

7

Revised War Service List for Acton on Recognition Day

The Acton committee releases a revised list of residents eligible for Recognition Day. Names added since the previous version appear alongside deletions. ranks are not listed. Readers are asked to verify entries, noting that late submissions may still be considered if eligible.

Acton Ume Ilat Overaspar Camualtivas

Britain presses farm mechanization after war surge

London reports a wartime push for farm mechanization. UK produced 13,208 agricultural tractors in early 1946 versus 10,029 in all of 1938, plus 6,710 market garden tractors. Tractor output boomed during the war era with 15,600 in 1941 and rising totals in subsequent years. Home production was aided by imports from Canada and the United States.

London United Kingdom Canada United States

Seek Alternative For Surplus Rice In Australia

In Deniliquin district New South Wales the Falkiner Memorial field station studies crops adaptable to rice lands flooded six months a year since the 1930s. Rice production exceeds domestic needs and exports suffer below production cost. Early tests show Japanese millet and corn promising alternatives.

Canberra Australia Falkiner Memorial Deniliquim New South Wales

Women Needed Derby Conductors for Improved Service

Derby England dispatch requests women to return to conductor posts to bolster the civic transport system as shortages hinder an enhanced service. The appeal notes a need for qualified conductors to rejoin the workforce amid ongoing efforts to raise transport capacity and reliability.

Derby England Civic Transportation

Sentinel Star Sold to Foster Russell

The Sentinel Star weekly in Cobourg Ontario has been sold by A. R. Alloway and Company of the Oshawa Times to Foster Russell, former editor and publisher of the Coldwater News.

Cobourg Ont Sentinel Star Foster Russell The Coldwater News A. R. Alloway and Company Oshawa ‘Times

War Cemetery Sites Chosen for India by Military

Permanent locations selected for Indian war cemeteries include Imphal Kohima Digbol Ibrugargh Gaunati Mynamatt Chittagong and Ranchi with authorities planning construction at these sites soon.

New Delhi India Imphal Kohima Digbol Ibrugargh Gaunati Mynamatt Comilla Chittagong Ranchi

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