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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
7
A women’s column lists holiday baking guidance and old Christmas cake recipes. It includes butter sugar and fruit cake formulas, instructions for electric ovens, and tips to bake fruit cakes and plum pudding. Mentions a TV program feature about people and events.
A long personal reminiscence recalls a farm family’s weekend plans, snow, and weather worries, then shifts to updates from a son in England and another in Canada. The piece touches letters, censorship, and hopes for Christmas together with grandparents, plus a note on a pending Brazil US rubber accord.
Magazine Digest Co. Ltd. was fined 10000 on five charges of breaches of Wartime Prices and Trade Board regulations for exceeding paper tonnage and purchase quotas. The company admitted to using 16 tons over the limit and falsifying tonnage data from January to June 1944. Judge J. J. Robinette called the case the first publisher violation in Canada and imposed the heavy penalty after noting repeated rejections for more paper.
The article outlines a two player match game where players alternately take one to three matches aiming to force the opponent to take the last. It explains the winning strategy of leaving nine then five matches for the opponent and demonstrates sample moves to show how the first player can secure a win.
The piece discusses sticking to a budget during Christmas shopping and offers guidance on spending limits and practical gift ideas. It warns to consider recipient tastes and ages, suggesting cautious choices to avoid overspending and unnecessary purchases.
During five years of war London's Trunk Exchange operators handled 754,000,000 calls and stayed on duty through all enemy raids.
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