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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
3
Practical tips for making crisp pickles, avoiding hollowness, wrinkling, and color loss. Details on brine strength, vinegar quality, water mineral content, and safe handling. Includes several recipe ideas such as Mustard Pickle, Relish, Cabbage with peppers, and cucumber based picks with step by step instructions.
wartime prosperity boosts Fraser Valley farming with flax and sugar beets newly introduced. Theodore Kuhn harvests BC's first commercial flax crop on an 11 acre field near Cloverdale. Hops and tobacco in Abbotsford Chilliwack area profit from labor and high demand, with 750 400 pounds of tobacco expected from Sumas Lake beds.
A local column urges Canadians to understand Nazi domination, urging sacrifice and rationing. It praises Churchill and calls on families, youths, and farmers to contribute to Canada’s war effort, conserve fuel, follow regulations, and avoid hoarding while awaiting essential goods.
A speaker reassures readers that despite wartime disruptions the Jones family will come back. The message emphasizes calm and confidence that they cannot be lost permanently and urges trusting the promise of reunion.
Canadian Agriculture official Laura Pepper urges using drippings as economical fat in cooking. She advises keeping three fat jars for bacon pork beef and lamb, clarifying with potatoes, and reusing fat for frying baking sauces and pastries.
In London the House of Commons heard Sir Kingsley Wood refuse the idea of state lotteries to fund wartime efforts. The chancellor of the exchequer stated no to the proposal, clarifying official wartime finance policy.
Northumberland city officials approve construction of a tunnel under the Tyne River to be completed as soon after the war as possible. Estimated cost around 1 950 000 pounds (about 188 775 000).
London reports that Red Cross wartime prisoners frequently request chess sets. Wood chessmen have run out. Pyrenees and France sources are exhausted, prompting purchases of plastic sets or donations from private contributors.
A London pensioner named Joseph Spear man saved funds for years and donated about $75 to the Ministry of Aircraft Production to aid buy amplicfire equipment.
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