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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
3
Homemaker column explores white and yellow turnips with nutritional notes and cooking methods. It offers practical recipes and tips such as mashed turnips with potato, scalloped turnips with cheese, baked turnip puff, and pumpkin pie guidance. Also includes Q and A on chocolate and cheese storage and substituting honey for molasses.
Edna Slatter became the office manager at Toronto studios marking the CRC’s first female executive appointment. The announcement at the star Christmas party cited her strong qualifications and skill in personnel, radio technical, program, and administration matters. She is the wife of Jack Slatter and mother of 21-year-old Wally Slatter of the RCAF.
Toronto dispatch notes dogs dominate unit mascots in Military District No. 2 with 10 dogs in the 48th Highlanders in England. Other units report cats ducks deer and even a bear during war service. Kilkenny the Irish Regiment wolfhound led marches from Montreal to Three Rivers and received a military funeral after death at Debert Nova Scotia.
A British sergeant at an North African hospital recalls Boy Scouts aged 13 to 16 aiding the sick and wounded after Allied landings in Algeria. He notes the adult population fled and that there was no fear among the Scouts despite bombing of the target area.
The article details requirements to become a King's Scout including First Class progress, a full journey, and four specialty badges. It lists Ambulance, Pathfinder, Cycllar, and Rescuer badges with explicit skills from navigation and first aid to rescue techniques and public service duties.
Sir Jne Bretl and Farmer, 78, eminent British botanist dies at Exmouth. He was professor emeritus of botany and former director of biological laboratories at Imperial College of Science and Technology.
In the Faroe Islands, British occupation after Denmark's invasion spurs social change. Dr Gavin Henderson notes women adopt modern fashions, silk stockings, and makeup to attract troops. About 120 of 300 marriageable girls have wed soldiers, as islanders seek husbands among theTommienses.
A recent improvement in modern shoelace eliminates the metal tip due to metal conservation and ease of manufacture. Manufacturers now use plastic tips, a wartime driven change reflecting material shortages and practical wear.
An urban Saturday scene unfolds with crowds shopping the town while a winter storm and a matinee of Lassie Come Home captivate a local writer. The diary notes busyness, neighbors, and a rescue by a neighbor as a team and car become stuck in deep snow. The entry ends with a humorous radio number mix up.
Pte Raymond Bushell aged 18 faced a murder charge but the jury found him guilty of manslaughter for throwing a Mills bomb at his instructor to frighten him. He received a ten year prison sentence.
Steps are being taken in the northern Gold Coast territories to increase facilities for girls education. Experimental classes have been successful and similar developments are planned for other native administration schools.
Canadian YMCA secretary Herb Morton reports servicemen in Newfoundland struggle with rising prices such as fags 90 cents a dozen milk 40 cents a quart and bread 18 cents a loaf. The YMCA runs two clubs serving 400 meals daily and 500 beds nightly with naval visits and widespread recreational and religious services for troops onboard ships.
The Prices Board doubles D coupon values for preserves honey and molasses. One D coupon now covers 20 full ounces of canned fruit 14 ounces of jam jelly marmalade maple butter or honey butter or a quart of molasses. Honey rises to 24 fluid ounces two pounds. Through May 31 maple syrup value set at 40 fluid ounces. Corn syrup or blended syrup up from 14 to 28 ounces. Sugar unchanged at half a pound per D coupon.
The Pembroke Standard Observer argues rural depopulation is a growing crisis. It urges legislatures to support electrification of farms in Ontario to relieve hardship for farmers and their wives and keep people on the land.
The window of a Bristol, CP drug store advertised a temporary closure for several days as the entire staff suffers from influenza. In nearby traffic, two motorists offered lighthearted remarks about countryside beauty while passing the scene.
The speaker notes that during and after the war there will be little appetite for a lasting government bureau. He predicts many job holders will fight to preserve their control over public funds, resisting change.
George McMurray of the Canadian Pacific Express in Edmonton organized four trained reindeer from J. J. Dalke of Porcupine Plain for Paramount Pictures Road to Utopia in Hollywood. The animals, shipped in a heated car, were used in the Alaska rush scene with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The reindeer must return within 29 days per permits.
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