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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
7
EDNA JACQUES writes from the Saskatchewan Farmer about a child’s view of kin, mail, and weather as winter hardship hits. The piece recalls a loving mother, a tidy kitchen, and resilience as families endure mud cold and rain while pinning hope on their community.
Twenty years ago from the Free Press of Thursday February 1 1824 St Valentine’s Day Buffalo meat featured in homes Patterson the meatman sourced from Wainwright Alberta W J Akins named Secretary Treasurer for Acton Fair Thomson Motor Supplies Ltd and Acton Machine Co amalgamated firms lead by Blow and Harrison Fire Chief McDonald seeks motor transport for fire apparatus J George Hynds longtime J P died last Thursday Lydia Davis William J Davis Worden Little Barber Ree Worden John Kemp McLellan died in his 80th year at Mill Street Acton statements of local civic life and notable deaths in early 1924.
The National Committee on Weeds evolved from the Associate Committee on Weed Control formed in 1929. It operates under the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Services and the Dominion Department of Agriculture, coordinating weed research, legislation reviews, and public education across provinces and institutions.
The text stresses supplying green forage or feeding a feeding oil to sows throughout the nursing period to maintain health and support lactation.
Winnipeg's Staff Sgt W for No 10 Supply Depot created a ready reckoner for rations, cutting daily calculation work and meals for 7,000 personnel. Sgt Robert Grubb, a former barnstormer, developed parachute packing tools and harness tests to ease airborne operations.
Dr. T M Stevenson notes sunflowers shift from ensilage and garden use to grain production after oil shortages in wartime. Canadian breeders developed dwarf early varieties Sunrise and Mennonite, with 30 000 acres grown in 1943 yielding over 18.5 million pounds of seed and potential 44 million pounds of edible oil plus 12 250 tons of high protein meal for stock. An objective for 50 000 acres in 1944 is anticipated. The crop boosts wartime agriculture and oil supply.
Prices Board announces standardization and simplification orders boosting output of bed sheets pillow slips towels wash cloths and bathrooms. About 175000 towels and 30900 sheets extra will be produced though variety in sizes designs and colors may drop.
Ottawa editors note Parliament Hill is in session with a sense of bustle returning to Wellington Street. They discuss Armistice Day sales, the collapsed water tower, and a broad review of wartime production, prices, labor, and industry across Canada, including military dental care and imports.
The article stresses four main factors for healthy beef cattle: strong breeding stock, balanced nutrition with minerals, strict sanitation, and prevention of contagious diseases through vaccination. It warns that diseases are the greatest threat and demands constant vigilance to minimize losses and maintain production.
In a BBC Inside Europe roundup an excerpt from a speech by Dutch Nazi Mussert the day before a Nazi ceremony marked ten years of Nazism in Holland. He claimed Germany needed harsh measures to sustain the war and that before Hitler invaded the Low Countries the Dutch Nazis faced strong Dutch opposition.
A sugar letter in Nigeria reveals a mall sugar industry starting in Zaria after wartime onset, expanding quickly with sugar crushers now in seven provinces. Leeds union calls for banning smoking during breathing and stacking operations, likening it to hazards in a munitions factory.
Three London men acting as temporary farm workers aid Italian harvest on Hallan farm in late summer 1943. Garwood, Jenkins, and Wowell all Hth Army drivers from Mitcham Batterwen and Shoreditch, veterans from El Alamein, assist Fratelli Sesso, a released prisoner of war who fought at El Alamein.
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