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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
7
A wartime speaker laments wants for simple comforts like Lancaster aircraft parts and food parcels. The piece expresses a motherly wish to send joy across the Atlantic to soldiers and to ease the burdens of wives and mothers left waiting for news and gifts.
Snow shovelling began on Monday morning as 1923 ends. Landlord Ritchie lit electric lights on Christmas Sunday. High School "At Home" program praised. Engagement announced Miss Loris Booth to Prince Erik of Denmark. Births and marriages listed in Acton area notices. Died Adam Orr in Guelph General Hospital.
A weekly editor surveys Ottawa, noting the Board of Control backs adopting Kiev, Russia, and reporting Smuts of South Africa may delay Canada visit. It cites Red Cross blood totals, pensions staff growth, and Labour transfers, plus maple syrup coupon plans and racing prize money figures for 1943.
Johnny Barens, a 72 year old Hudson's Bay Company river pilot from Fort Simpson, reflects on his first north trip in 45 years. After 58 years with the Mackenzie river division he received the trip from his employers and recalls family ties, train rides, and a wife who feared beasts and planes.
The Department of Munitions and Supply outlines postwar converts for war plants including synthetic rubber optical glass radar equipment and TV basis. Canada faces large housing needs with estimates of up to 300000 new homes over five years and construction volumes rising to 800 million dollars annually. The Canadian Red Cross notes broad volunteer support and a vast parcel effort for prisoners of war while farmers are advised to consult the Architect's Office for farm building inquiries.
Canadian Seaforths in Italy mail Christmas cards home showing towns they captured by Nov 7. The mimeographed card to Vancouver tolls Mr. and Mrs. James Blackwell from son Cpl. Fergus Blackwell, bearing the Seaforth motto Cul dích n Righ and lists towns including Pachino Modica Piazza Armerina Valguarneré Leonforte and others with hill numbers.
London reports that R. J. M. Inglis a British railway expert and Col. J. A. Appleton a former New York Central Railroad general manager have been released from their duties to visit India and advise on Indian railway administration.
During the war Canada repaired thousands of merchant ships and naval vessels in its yards and sent over two billion pounds of ham bacon and pork to Britain. Walnuts almonds fiberts and pecans priced higher with limited imports from abroad. UNRRA reports Greece fed by 15 000 tons monthly wheat gift. Evaporated milk rationing expands in Ontario Quebec and western areas. British High Commissioner praises Canadian farmers.
Canadian Press reports at the Vancouver Fisheries Experimental Station researchers led by E P Sidaway developed dehydrated fish to ease post-war food shortages. The process removes oil and water, yielding nutrient rich, shelf stable protein from species like herring and halibut.
Frederick Frith of Leeds, deaf and dumb since 1917 after a shell blast, was struck by a car and hurled against a railing. He emerged unhurt and heard himself speak for the first time, later living 26 years after a bomb fell and is now talking and hearing normally.
Producers push back as consumers pay ceiling prices for dressed poultry while live birds fetch lower rates. F S Grisdale notes the board set live poultry ceilings and explains the gap with dressed poultry. Ontario November rates show live birds at 28 to 244 cents depending on weight. Lord Iliffe cites Red Cross subscriptions totaling 25,000,000 pounds since the war began, with factory and house-to-house drives adding significant yearly income.
Robert N. Perry, 18, of Berkley California, U S Maritime Service, travels to Tokyo to deliver a message echoing Commodore Perry's 1853 voyage as he aims to advance talks with Japan. His cousin Roger Roy Perry of Maple Plain Minnesota, also 18, shares the Perry lineage and maritime service connection.
Lieut. John Brown argues that German prisoners of war should not trigger sentimentality as their record shows barbarities. He asserts bans on razor blades tobacco tins and any edge items are justified to prevent use against survivors. He calls Nazi violence a justification for strong measures.
Royal Ontario Museum says topaz often colorless or blue though yellow is common in gems. Names like spanteh topaz and false topaz label quartz imitations. Ancient lore linked topaz to vision cure and plague warding. today it remains durable and used as a symbol of friendship.
An aircraft attempting a forced landing in a Suffolk field struck a horse and cart, killing three roadmen and injuring another. The impact hurled the cart about 50 yards, vividly illustrating the tragedy in the countryside.
Malta Christmas parcels will supply double rations of sugar egg powder fats boiled sweets jam and sweet biscuits. Last year parcels contained only beans and candles.
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