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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
6
Quick breads and rolls highlighted for school lunches and entertaining. Orange Honey Bread uses honey orange peel and nuts baked in a 9 by 5 loaf. Lemon Clover Rolls yield small yeastlike balls from a milk sourdough mix baked 450F for 20 minutes.
A fashion note describes a chalky green wool crepe dress with large flap pockets and a brown patent leather belt. Features include an open sport neck, shoulder yoke gathers, a fully flared skirt, and tone buttons matching the belt.
Canada's national parks and Dominion Forest Experiment Stations benefited greatly from the National Forestry Program in 1939. About a thousand young men built roads trails and telephone lines and extinguished 31 fires while patrolling over 8 800 miles. They erected three look-out towers cleared 50 miles of fireguard and disposed of slash on about 200 acres. They collected plant and insect specimens for the ex government experimental laboratories and engaged in seed beds reforestation thinning and cutting in timber stands. They also produced timber products and opened 85 acres of campsites for tourists and built outdoor facilities. The program improved the physical well being and morale of participants.
Canadian mining posted a 1939 record with total output at 470.179 million dollars, up 6 percent from 1938 and 3 percent above the 1937 peak. Gold production hit 5,045,766 fine ounces worth 181.274 million, while metals, fuels and non metals all rose, with new mills and drilling expanding fields in Alberta and the Yukon.
The institute quilts for the Red Cross aid Finnish refugees with twelve inch blocks and eighteen inch crazy patches. The writer reflects on winter hardships in old farmhouses and the value of steady resolve, sharing thoughts from the Catholic Hour on Modern Youth.
A medical article reviews why a cure for whooping cough remains elusive. It notes high child mortality, outlines symptoms, contagiousness, and the lack of a specific treatment while highlighting mild advances in vaccines and a drug called sulphapyridine that helps pneumonia and may aid interruption of the disease.
Advice for preserving fresh cut flowers includes removing them from their delivery box to submerge stems up to their chins in a deep container of water. Keep them away from sunny windows or radiators and change the water daily. Trim stems slightly when replacing water and reimmerse the stems to the top overnight.
A matter-of-fact Scotchwoman calls on an elderly neighbor Janet who laments a lingering illness and damp weather. The visitor dismisses the gloom, urging steady resolve with a daily dose of “firmness of mind” and a brisk remedy.
A columnist contrasts war coverage with agricultural reports noting Shorthorn Ayrshire and Holstein names like Klaymore Royal and Johanna Pabst Ray Apple. The piece praises Canadian farmers for practical focus on milk beef and leather, suggesting their calm, disciplined outlook stems from close ties with livestock and reliance on a higher power.
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