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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
3
On the Italian front two moving figures draw fire as a machine gun commander and a large Scottish group commander advance across open ground. An exchange of shell and machine gun fire erupts, forcing abrupt, covered maneuvers as the two try to reach safety. The Scot jokes amid the danger, asking to whom he is speaking.
Halton Crop Improvement Association announced 1946 Halton Fifty Bushel Fall Wheat Club awards. Winners include Burkholder, Freeman, and others with high combined field and yield scores. Three entries exceeded nine bushels per acre, promising regional competition and a planned post-season event.
The Halton County Branch of the Garage Operators Association held its September meeting in Milton on Monday September 9 presided by President Hed Waumaley. Discussions covered gasoline pricing, licensing, apprenticeship, and licensing plans, with a motion to refer price complaints to Head Office. A drive to boost membership and concerns about illegitimate garages were also addressed with referrals to Provincial council and the Permits Branch.
In Windsor Ontario sidewalks hosted rallies after a large planned event for Lord Rowatlan was canceled. The Chief Scout toured the city in a short drive, greeting Wolf Cub Back and Hoy Scout Troops at street corners near their headquarters.
A reflective piece details shortages of glass sealers due to a Canadian plant strike, rationing lessons from shortages, and how strikes force creativity. It notes rising kettle prices, leisure-time questions, and farmer-government tensions amid milk subsidy debates.
Visitors from Nova Scotia tour the new Queens County Jail as Mr and Mrs GM Todd of Fall Mass tour the facility for pleasure. Authorities permit Mrs Todd to briefly be locked behind bars for ten minutes, she later comments the jail is one of the nicest she has seen.
Terra Cotta notes recount visits from Mr and Mrs George Peckering on a September shower at McNallys home. Windsor and Toronto visitors tarry through town while townsfolk attend the Georgetown Fair and host reading at local homes.
Police were called to two Portage la Prairie shops selling school supplies as about 1,090 children crowded inside. The crowd endangered plate glass windows and show cases but no injuries were reported.
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