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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
3
Anne Allan presents holiday guidance on simple celebrations and thoughtful cheer. Readers are urged to decorate with evergreen sprigs and plan festive menus while sharing celebratory thoughts with soldiers abroad. Recipes include liverwurst canapés and a savoury roast turkey with dressing.
A retrospective on World War I year 1917 notes German strength and Russian collapse amid Brest-Litovsk talks, Italian defeat at Caporetto, and US entry. It highlights Allied gains at Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and the Third Battle of Ypres, plus British advances in Palestine and Mesopotamia and German withdrawal in East Africa.
A personal chronicle from a rural home describes sub zero conditions, transport troubles, and reel of daily chores as relatives plan visits. The writer shares cold weather trials, missing midnight trains, a cold car, and butter ration notes from CBC. It notes a Canadian corvette rescue of 248 aboard a torpedoed ship.
A Canadian newspaper tour reports on the Armoured Division under Major General Sansom during a major overseas drill titled Inia on. The piece describes a large scale attack drill with tanks and motorized infantry, camouflage, and air threat, praising training, esprit de corps, and the observers' close view of maneuvers and command instructions.
Ralph B. Bell warns that without air superiority Britain would face invasion and loss of life. He urges intensified aircraft production and credits RAF control of the skies as crucial to Allied survival. Copies of his address are being distributed in Canada by National Steel Car Corporation and Aeronautical Lodge 917.
The Seeds Administrator requires every container of seed mix ture to bear a memorandum listing the kinds of seeds and their weight percentages. No person may print or stencil information on new or second hand cotton or jute bags used for seeds except to show the seed kind or variety and the stock number.
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