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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
3
An editor notes thickly knit sweaters with festive outdoor motifs suit cold weather. The piece highlights woolly knit structure, snug neck and cuffs, roominess for movement, and contrasts such as white on navy or garnet on dove grey, praising skilled knitters for value.
Simon Slobodkin presents plates that abandon round shapes for square and oval forms with protruding edges and shelves for bones or cob. He argues nonround plates could attract many diners and improve utility.
A practical guide to making smooth cream soups using a basic cream sauce. Includes fat and flour ratios, low heat tips, and serving ideas with toasted bread and garnishes. Recipes span Cream of Pea and Cream Carrot varieties, plus notes on equipment and texture.
Toast regular packaged white rice in a baking pan at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Watch for light smoke but do not be alarmed. Then mix with milk eggy sugar and flavoring before returning to the oven for final baking.
Farmers may use wheat as livestock feed when wheat is surplus or damaged by frost or bad weather. Ground texture matters. roll or coarsely grind wheat, mix by weight, and avoid over 60 percent wheat in mixed feeds. Oats often supplement wheat for cattle fattening.
The British Ministry of Food announces Russia will export about 300 thousand tons of grain to the United Kingdom immediately including 100 thousand barley and 75 thousand oats. Last year imports from Russia reached 400 thousand tons with 500 thousand corn and 100 thousand oats.
An exploration of how people choose work and leisure, noting fashion in vocations, the appeal of diverse jobs from nursing to radar operators, and the paradox of some paths being seen as poison while others as meat. Bob's heavy construction life illustrates harsh conditions and the shared human drive for livelihood.
Picasso wrote a surreal play amid Nazi occupation. critics panned it as tripe with onions. The piece features weightless red glowing legs and disembodied limbs, two muscular stagehands with banners, and a coffin bath setup, leaving audiences bemused while the author’s generation faces despair. Immigrant arrivals to Canada totaled 842,431 from 1945 to 1950, with 400,870 in 1913.
The article reports Premier Frost discussing federal universal age pensions and provincial study. He notes Ontario and other provinces may advance the plan after a study, with a 30 to 400 cost basis and potential 25 percent federal contribution, replacing the current ~£12,000,000 yearly cost.
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