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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
6
Readable text describes macaroni spaghetti vermicelli and noodles differing by dough holes and plates. includes egg content, cooking tips, and three supper dish recipes using macaroni, spaghetti, and oxtail noodles with cheese, tomato sauce, and milk baking.
The sweater tops accessory departments as best seller in both dinner and informal dancing wear and in the dressy type for afternoons. A creamy white style with blue embroidered flowers highlights the V waistline new to sweaters. The navy wool skirt gathers onto a wide waistband.
The piece mixes metaphor to compare a car to a cat, noting its quiet ride and padded tires versus its deadly power at higher speeds. It warns that low speeds yield few fatal accidents, while at higher speeds the car becomes far more dangerous and harder to stop.
Canadian Red Cross outlines urgent knitting needs for Army Air Force and Navy personnel. Lists required items and colors, specifies sizes and tensions, notes hats caps mitts scarves and sweaters, and urges correct gauge, washing and sizing for sailors soldiers and air crew.
Gwendoline P Clarke recalls a vivid dream during a snowstorm where German bombers appeared over Canadian soil in a flying V formation. She describes fear for civilians and the urgency of air raids, then shifts to a day trip to Toronto with Partner, including travel woes and city wanderings before returning home as rain arrives.
The article recalls Mr R M Hanlon who in 1911 organized a Hendon demonstration for the Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee that helped spark the creation of the Royal Flying Corps. It notes attendees including Lord Roberts Winston Churchill Lloyd George and Mrs Asquith and describes early airship work and Hanlon’s motor career.
A call to citizens to favor British or Canadian manufactured merchandise to strengthen industry and domestic trade. Advocates money circulation within the Empire and mutual benefits for democracies, urging consumers to seek British or Canadian products in stock deliberations.
In a Fort Erie Times-Review note the censor in Ottawa was asked to add The Times-Review to the mailing list but failed to pay the $2.00 subscription. The paper then announces the censor is off the mailing list while suggesting Ottawa could verify via Parliament libraries. The piece ends noting local workers fund Groceries and rent while Canada supports Britain’s war effort.
A naval commandant in a prominent south coast port arrives at dock gates in a resplendent uniform with gold lace. At the gate the sentry checks his papers and grants passage after a brief challenge, noting the officer’s recovery to discuss a stay in the mess.
Residents celebrate a revival of flow in the creek after a long dry spell. The unexpected runoff renews hope for the water hole and relief from drought, with community gratitude voiced for the reprieve.
The Department of Mines and Resources reports satisfactory 1939 progress in the Mackenzie District N W T. Activity centers in Yellowknife with output totaling 1 635 820 dollars in ten months from Con Negus and Rycon mines. Development continues at Ptarmigan Giants Thompson Landmark. New finds at Wray Lake Snare River Beaulieu River and Francois River. Desperation Lake east of Yellowknife and Bamston River copper discovery west of Fort Reliance noted.
A Jewish man and an Englishman debate race and ethics in a short humorous exchange. The Jew claims the English have taken their commandments, while the Englishman concedes they took them but did not keep them.
An aviation instructor ends a lecture on parachute work with a pun about jumping to a conclusion. The remark plays on a failed parachute opening as a teaching moment and adds humor to the session.
Local weeklies claim dominance in Canada for reaching 69 percent of retail buyers. Advertisers, dealers, and consumers benefit from intimate, community-focused content and economical reach in smaller towns and villages. Send for advertising information.
The Royal Air Force undertook what was described as the largest survey flight of the war, penetrating Reich airspace to Austria and Bohemia. Other formations traversed northwest Germany and Heligoland, with Basel to Britain routes covering about 1,700 miles.
The men and tanks of the Céfiedian Armored Fighting Vehicles training centres at Camp Borden undergo rigorous winter training in sub zero temperatures. They emulate northern battlefront conditions where Finnish forces confront Soviet Russia.
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