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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
18
Of Interest to Women columns wish for peace and the end of war as Christmas approaches. The page provides several recipes including cranberry orange sauce, sausage stuffing for fowl, beet onion salad, hot water pastry, frozen rum pudding, and toffee sauce, followed by a Q and A with devilled sprouts and red cabbage pickle recipes.
Glendoline P. Clarke urges families to build personal Christmas memories at home rather than drastic changes. She emphasizes traditional decorations, especially a star atop the tree, and the spiritual meaning of Christmas for children and families, hoping for healing where loved ones are far away.
General Vladimir Velevit and Major Vorelnik of Tito’s army meet British authorities in staff talks led by Brigadier Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean of Cameron Highlanders. An elected Conservative MP for Lancaster since 1941, MacLean has spent much of his career abroad.
The piece praises Canadian shipyard growth from 4,000 workers in 1939 to 75,000 at peak in 1943, detailing orders delivered and ships allocated. It highlights a 10,000 tonner’s cargo capacity and lists mass quantities of flour, steel, equipment, bombs, and aircraft components carried on a typical ship, illustrating wartime production scale.
A Journal of the American Medical Association note says cigarette smoke itself may carry traces of lead arsenic and other contaminants but tobacco ash on food is not harmful in small amounts. It warns that incompletely burned tobacco may contain higher tobacco alkaloids and advises avoiding contamination of food with ash residue.
The article discusses increasing female influence in family spending and public life. It asserts women handle about 85 percent of household expenditures and argue they understand value, urging policies for sound finances. It notes improved political engagement since suffrage and claims women’s higher moral standards promote good government and fair business practices.
A 200 million dollar plan by the Commission for Palestine Surveys seeks to divert Jordan waters and run off to irrigate and power Palestine. The project aims to transform agriculture, boost Jewish settlement, and influence Near East development. It envisions Dead Sea replenishment and extensive groundwater tapping along a Jordan valley route.
The BHC Europ ean Service reports two naive German comments on German army routs. German papers Dur ehbruch Voelkischer Brobachter and others muse about shortened fronts and the impact on German locomotives and movement. The texts imply wartime efficiency measures and reduced homeward pathways for troops.
Dairying in Switzerland is tied to family customs. A newborn is named as a cheese and stored away. At marriage a cheese is presented along with the couple and guests share a piece for luck. Leftovers are kept in cases and eaten at the owner’s funeral.
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