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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 10, 1944

Page

3

Mixing Bowl luncheon box party plans for children

The article outlines a Valentine party lunch with decorateable box or basket items, compact menus, and child friendly snacks. It includes recipes for heart shaped sandwiches with cream cheese and cherries, oatmeal cookies with Maraschino cherries, and carrot marmalade with citrus notes. It also notes vitamin C rich serving tips and a question box with kitchen queries. In Southport, England, a five week program promotes husbands as gardeners and wives as cooks to form a couples hub.

Mra. D. Taska J. R

Signs of the Times From Ginger Farm

A Ginger Farm resident muses on wartime changes with planes outpacing cars, rationing woes, and a farmer’s view of postwar demand. The piece notes tire shortages, permit delays, and daily farm life from Red Cross work to poultry care and supermarket trips.

Partner Red Cross

Proper Meals A Big Factor In Air Show

Canadian air crews rely on Women’s Division workers in Britain to ensure pilots and bombardiers receive meals that keep nerves steady before raids. Dor othy Newman and Violet Gabbey describe pre flight and returned crew meals. cooks adapt to local rations, and more cooks were added as bombardier operations intensify.

Margaret Echer Oane Ian Pree Sia F.caf Britain R.ca.f Germany RCAF Law Dorothy Newman Regina Vida Oceunta Edns Coombs Sarnia Ont Mers Violet Gabbey Edmonton Myles Wilson Montreal F.C Alf. Giria H. J. Wilson Winnipeg Bomber Command Bomber Command Explained ‘the Difficulties Widdbolks

Time lost negligible in war years says economist

An economist estimates that for four and a half years of war strikes caused fewer than half a day lost per wage earner if distributed across Britain’s entire working population.

London Britain

Immigration Debate Dominates Canadian Commons

In Ottawa MPs clash over postwar immigration with Quebec opposition to large refugee intake. Proposals call for strict health checks and race blind admission. Debate covers population, regional growth, and postwar policy as CBC governance and army leadership questions rise.

Ottawa Canada Hous of Commons Quebec Gordon Fraser Progressive Conservative Peterborough West Canad Ia

Apple Tree Pruning Clarified by Dominion Horticulturist

D. S. Blair of the Dominion Department of Agriculture explains pruning aims for young and bearing apple trees. Training bears focus on strong scaffold branches and light exposure for fruit quality, plus better access for orchard operations. Barbados to ship 50 000 puncheons of fancy molasses to Canada from the 1944 sugar crop.

D. S. Blair Dominion Department of Agriculture Northumberland and Durham Bridgetown Barbados Canada

Maud Joins Woolton Staff To Address Postwar Food Needs

John Maud, noted food expert, is appointed to the staff of Lord Woolton the reconstruction minister. He will devote most time to methods of meeting food needs after the war. In Lagos Nigeria rubber officers are assigned to promote production in rubber areas following a ministry of supply recommendation.

George Drew Ontario Britain British Columbia Mackenzie Hing Victor Quelch New Democracy Acadia London (Cp John Maud Lord Woolton Lagos Nigeria Ministry of Supply

War workers seek info at 25 Ministry of Food centres

The Ministry of Food reports more men visiting its 25 advice centres nationwide. Most are war workers living in one room away from home.

London Ministry of Food

Civilians Honored in London Gazette Dispatches

General Sir Bernard Montgomery led nearly 3000 soldiers cited for gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East in the London Gazette. Among civilans listed is Basil Gingell, Exchange Telegraph war correspondent.

London Sir Bernard Montgomery Middle East London Gazette Basil Gingell Exchange Telegraph

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