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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
4
Homemaker column advises storage methods for root vegetables in cool cellars or pits and above ground mounds, drying peas and corn, freezing fruits, pickling cabbage cucumbers and peppers, and canning tomatoes using oven or water bath methods. Includes recipes for oven canned tomatoes spinach and pumpkin and tips for cooking fish and removing odors.
In Columbus Ohio a long history of soy bean growth is traced from a humble tile bean to a vital wartime crop. Experts note its expanding role in edible products and industrial uses while farmers retain significant portions for feed and forage.
Chronicle of Ginger Farm recounts a rainy Wednesday when the author and Partner visit Toronto for business and catch the film Mrs Minever. The piece praises the film as a life like wartime portrayal, notes its British wartime resolve, evacuation of Dunkirk, and the appeal to both youth and adults while reflecting on wartime shortages and resilience during ongoing global conflict.
In wartime Britain the Federation of Women’s Institutes conducts its annual agenda by post to cut transport use. Topics include equal pay, post war education housing, and international friendship. Also reports on ATS nurse Elma Wilson’s bravery, WRENs habits, and 130 women doctors in the RAMC.
Wartime construction looms as the largest project of the war as Britain mobilizes tens of thousands of builders. The Ministry of Labour halts 28,000 skilled workers from joining the forces and ages up to 41 are assigned to munitions and production. A nationwide call for volunteers up to 50 is issued while mass production methods speed the pace using precast concrete, hollow beams, plaster boards, and rapid painting.
A 1917 England weather note marks Britain’s third year at war with Germany as leaders rally public resolve. Lloyd George vows to continue climbing toward victory while Sir Robert Borden urges Canadian unity for another year of sacrifice. The piece contrasts 1917 resolve with 1942 warnings against a resurgent conflict.
The piece notes a revival of the hair switch or band-o-hair with adaptable extensions to cover cuts and create curls or bangs. It suggests added hair pieces solve styling issues and describes quick changes for swimming or events. Also reports Swedish censors receiving 12,000 kroner from Germany via postal authorities.
Indian guide Joe Strong aged 62 visits Winnipeg to see relatives but finds city life crowded and noisy. He compares grain trading floors and crowded streets unfavorably to wilderness. prefers the quiet of home and softer moccasins. He notes city manners lack dignity he associates with wildlife and hunting trips.
An RAF Sunderland flying boat from Coastal Command returned to base punctured by more than 100 holes after a duel over the Bay of Biscay with a submarine that it damaged with bombs and gunfire and then with a four engine Focke-Wulf.
In Kingston England food officers seek the owner of a cache found in a pig food bin. Readables include a loaf of bread, nearly three more loaves chocolate butter tea flour cereals biocults and licorice all sorts. Authorities investigate to locate the person who placed the items.
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