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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1945
Page
7
This vintage instructive note covers furniture care from scratches to heat marks on tabletops and grease or water stains. It provides practical steps using stains, waxes, polishes, ammonia, and heat pressing, plus safety tips for electrical appliances and travel friendly bottle caps.
The article reflects on returning soldiers and farm life offering a view of how men and boys once on farms adapt after military service. It contrasts farming ambition and city life, urging support for Victory Bonds to aid rehabilitation and the broader agricultural future. It notes the deep roots of farming and the need for young people to have chances to shift paths.
Report from Halifax notes an elevator apparatus in the federal building used to guard office equipment from scratches during transit. An official says the device acts as a pest trap to catch mice and keep the income tax office safe. Prof. Stewart Bates from Dalhousie University cites Nova Scotia fisheries average income per man at 398 dollars with costs for gasoline, boat repairs, nets, gear, and other expenses.
Wartime price controls keep maple syrup and maple sugar under rationing with unchanged consumer ceilings from last year. Producers must register with local boards, surrender coupons monthly, and mail vouchers if purchasing by mail. A local celebration in Ontario notes Mrs Lucien Varnot a birthday with nine elder women and a younger child among festivities.
Researchers at the Dominion Experimental Ranch Summer side tested non-fatty white ocean fish as partial and full substitutes for fox meat in rations. The trials used groups at varied substitute levels, with careful controls to avoid vitamin B1 depletion and Chastek paralysis, duplicating some feeds for comparison.
Halifax police seized a live grenade from two boys who were playing with it in a sham battle. Investigators believe the grenade was among several stolen from a freight car.
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