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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 23, 1943

Page

6

Prairie Trees Are Victories Against Hard Prairie Times

Prairie Trees are hailed as victories in the long battle to shelter farms. Officials praise windbreaks for morale, shade, and shelter, noting cost benefits and reduced travel. The Dominion experiments plant and distribute trees at IndIan Head and Sutherland with free deciduous stock and inexpensive evergreens.

Ottawa Thomsen Simone WE Dominion Experimental Farms Farmic Fm Mianioles Saskatchewan Amd Alberts Dhar Durchil Woul Divine Dineane Prairies Comada Prairie Farm Indian Head Sask Ithis Dominion Experimental Farms Organization Sutherland Saskatoon Wature

Reverend Arthur Allen Receives Orange Nassau Order

The King grants unrestricted permission for Rev. Arthur Allen vicar of Pittingtom Durham to wear the Orange Nassau Order awarded by Queen Wilhelmina for valuable wartime services. Allen travels over 1,000 miles weekly in Britain aiding and billeting Netherlands seamen.

London Arthur Allen Pittingtom Durham Order of ‘the Orange Nation Wilhelmina The Netherlands Allen Britain

Deaf farm laborer hailed as hero for crash rescue

Kenneth Andrews, a deaf mute worker from Wondon Virginia, rushed to a burning British fighter plane after it crash landed near his home. He ripped open the cockpit, pulled the pilot free, and left the scene before the flames fully disclosed the danger. VA officers later thanked him.

Wondon Kenneth Andrews Andrews Dory

Synthetic stone murals decorate National Central Station concourse

Architects chose synthetic stone for mural panels at the East and West limits of the Canadian National Central Station now in operation serving thousands daily. The 215 inch by 11 foot slabs were color matched to harmonize the scheme, drawn in charcoal for the sculptor, designed by Captain Charles F Coffort RCA of Toronto, now a war artist overseas.

Canadian National Central Charles F., Coffort R.ca Toronto

War removes moonshine makers in Appalachia

In Knoxville Tennessee CP dispatch Internal Revenue agents report wartime conditions eliminating moonshine. Investigator Homer A Smith of the Alcohol Tax Unit says many moonshiners are now employed in war plants and illicit stills have been scrapped as sugar rationing failed to curb production.

Knoxville London Pertiainen Tewtia Sibel Peter Domme Vptomebe Nekk

Cheenemakers Fined Across Provinces For Cheese VAT Errors

In Alexandria Ontario Edward Decalre Glen H Robertson were fined 50 dollars and costs for breach of the Dairy Industries Act after cheese of first second and third grade bore the same vat number. In Quebec Charles Laberge Francois Cote were fined 10 dollars each and August St Laurent 50 dollars for not marking cheese with vat number and date within 24 hours of removal from the press. Odina Ferland was fined 10 dollars for similar violation. All charges were paid by officers of the Dominion Department of Agriculture.

AU Alexandria Ont Edward Decalre Glen H Robertson Dairy Industries Act Quebec Charles Laberge St. Anne de Chicoutimi Francois Cote Range Ste. Anne Chicoutimi County August St. Laurent St.’ Bruno Lac “St

Dieppe Hero Col Dollard Menard Leads Hull Regiment

Col. Dollard Menard D S C of Canada earns praise as the Dieppe hero who led the Hull Regiment of Quebec in risky operations. A Royal Military College graduate and veteran of India Waziristan and the Far East, he earned the D S O for courage under fire and commanded with valor.

Dollard Menard D S.C Dieppe Hull Regiment Wriice Hie Battabon L’enard Royal Military College Kingston India Waziristan Hong Song China Royal Engineers Far East Canada England Royal Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal Col. Nard Menard Poster Ds.o Les Fus Beys Kiske Menard Aries Bath Regiment Hubert “Haven National Film Board

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