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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
6
Betty Barclay presents refreshing summer drinks lemonades lemon ginger flips and fruit punches with precise recipes. The article also covers home canning essentials including jar rubbers sterilization timing and sealing to ensure safe preserved fruits and vegetables.
Ottawa’s Chief Registrar Jules Castonguay directs the National War Services to speed a nationwide registration. About 400 tons of mail and 10 000 bags carry forms for all Canadians over sixteen. James G. Gardiner oversees the push from British Columbia to the Yukon to provinces nationwide. Daily shipments average 40 tons, 800 bags, with 366.5 million cards produced by the Government Printing Bureau.
A compiled set of quirky incidents and human interest items. Includes a tennis player biting glass and swallowing a denture plate, a divorce case in Los Angeles, and a hermit in Omaha seeking marriage. Other items cover a ladder accident, animal toothache study, a misspelled ad, a ship hull issue near the Faroe Islands, border church worship, and passport rules.
Canadian troops will receive hospital supplies from Canadian sources replacing overseas shipments. The move reflects expansion of the British Army and aims to streamline logistics for troops in Canada and abroad.
A Ginger Farm column details simple pleasures and daily tasks. The narrator celebrates fresh soft water from a repaired cistern, baskets of eggs, the joy of washing, patching a canvas with Partner, patching and repairs, applesauce deadlines, and a teacup break amid farm chores. The piece blends domestic detail with weather, crops, and family effort.
Compiled notes cover wartime measures including price controls on bread and flour, registration for all residents over 16, and changes in militia oath rules. Parliament adjournment is explained as suspension not end of session, with a wartime outlay of 700 million dollars noted.
Explores ancient to modern methods of telling time from sun dials to water clocks and candles. Explains wedding ring symbolism and why sailors wear wide trousers. Mentions wartime fiscal measures and Canadian war efforts and defense reforms.
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