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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
3
From The Mixing Bowl column readers learn how to use dried figs in many dishes. Recipes cover breakfast fruit, muffins, desserts, salads, puddings, custards, and fig flavored sauces with practical tips on soaking, sugar choices, and keeping pastries from shrinking.
The narrator recounts a busy holiday with week end guests, moving eighty pallets between pens, and dogs and calves involving partners, helfer cows, and an eventual trip to Guelph for shopping and a prospective puppy. A returning note mentions Red Cross civilian messages topping ten million through Geneva since the war began.
A German broadcast picked up by the BBC reports a planned match between Gradjanski Club of Croatia and Magyvaradi AC of Hungary was halted as partisans blocked the Hungarian team’s arrival. Their train stalled at Brod station while clashes and rail damage disrupted the Agram line.
A concise overview of Canada’s 1944 economic organization and war effort. It surveys the Armed Forces growth, wartime finance, and governmental bodies, with an assessment of 1943 endings, plus a special article on the effects of war on Canadian forestry and its forest products for the United Nations.
Owners of ration book No 4 are urged to verify the sheet total. The book should have 11 sheets: one green tea coffee sheet, one pink sugar sheet, one orange preserves sheet, two purple butter sheets, four brown meat sheets, and one each of Ti and SK coupons. Return mismatched books to the focal ration board.
The report notes butter production in Canada rose unevenly during the war, with the three Prairie Provinces and western areas increasing share. By 1943 the western region accounted for a larger portion of creamery butter, while Ontario and Quebec, dominating output and population, faced smaller gains as production shifted toward cheese and condensed milks.
Estevan CP reports Andrew King formerly of Rouleau Sask has acquired the Estevan Mercury and will move operations to Estevan after keeping the Rouleau poster printing plant open then relocating it later. King served on Rouleau town council for 8 years including a term as mayor.
Berkeley reports a device by Prof Rath Rainer that uses a shearing bar to split tiny sugar beet seeds into smaller units, enabling mechanical thinning. The method cut labor by millions of man hours when first piloted in 1943, easing crowded planting and improving yield.
The Board of Trade urges Canada to legalize manufacture and sale of oleomargarine to ease butter shortages. The move aims to bridge the gap between butter production and wartime needs and would end once supply meets demand. Powell River News reports this proposal from the wartime period.
An example notes a two and a half million to one shot pay cheque for a Morse operator on the Montreal Terminals staff. The document failed to appear because payroll deductions for income tax unemployment insurance and a $500 Victory Bond final payment swallowed the amount. About 2.3 million pay cheques are issued by Canadian National Railways yearly making such an incident unlikely in a lifetime.
Per the article, loyal residents spread word of home town benefits and business opportunities. They support public causes, back local organizations, and boost the town's reputation in wider regions.
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