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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
3
A period piece piece titled Of Interest to Women presents holiday guidance for homemakers. It includes cheerful reflections on Christmas, notes on motherhood and virtue, plus practical recipes for steamed chicken, bread stuffing, cranberry relish, baked squash with sausage, and sweet potato dishes. Q&A covers hat water pastry and common cooking questions.
In Vancouver and across Canada two all girl CWAC bands the pipe band from Vancouver and the military band from Vermilion Alta have toured coast to coast. They perform on radio parades and concerts and recruit along the way. They recall meeting Churchill in Halifax and playing for prisoners at a German concentration camp.
Kitchen Car No. 15605 completed a 17 day run covering 9 092 miles with 6 745 miles in troop service and 16 868 meals served. The fourteen crew traveled from Montreal to the East Coast Vancouver and Winnipeg to Debert earning a noted record in this car type.
A Christmas message reflection on sorrow and hope. The writer envisions families torn by war and distant loved ones finding comfort in faith, children’s joy, and the enduring spirit of Christmas, urging readers to keep the holiday bright despite hardship. The piece ends with Grace Nowell Croll’s poem lines about preserving Christmas and childlike faith.
British destroyers Haydon and Calpe steamed over 20,000 miles in June July and August convoying landing fleets and shielding larger Royal Navy units.
Debate over CBC policy on political leaders broadcasts continues as board of governors will consider revising the rule following Bracken's ban. Dominion plant upgrades, embassies raised in Ottawa, and wartime farm targets also discussed with emphasis on wheat, oats, barley and dairy production for 1944.
The conference anticipated butter output to fall three percent and cheese seven percent, with beef cattle production rising by six percent. It accepted a 367,500,000 dozen egg objective for 1944, a ten percent increase over 1943.
Manitoba goldeye faces wartime shortages as fishermen quit boats for war industries. The prized smoked fish from Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis sees rising prices and dwindling supply while demand remains strong across Canada.
Thomas Rowles aged 74, the long serving sexton of the parish church in Alvaley Cheshire, who oversaw every grave, wedding, and burial for six decades, has died. His wish to dig his own grave remained unfulfilled.
The South African Trades and Labor Council proposes a 40-hour week across all industry to secure employment for returned soldiers and raise living standards for all workers. The recommendation aims to reduce unemployment and boost economic welfare nationwide.
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