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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
6
Of Interest to Women presents easy bread sticks scones and peach shortcake ideas from Betty Barclay. Includes bread sticks and scones recipes with step by step directions and tips for using leftovers.
A fashion note describes a summery comfortable dress suitable for commuter trains and urban luncheons. The garment features a deep round neck, buttoned front, a slashed front and back pleat skirt, and white sheer sleeves with red dots. Minor glitches in the text note shoulder yoke details.
British researchers test unusual raw materials to replace 3 million tons of annual pulp usage. Straws and cereals substitute for esparto while reeds in Norfolk and Suffolk are pulped. Elephant grass, bracken, potato Thhulm and imported fibers from Burma to the Nile are explored.
Finance Minister Ralston says gifts should not be restricted to a single equipment item. Donors are advised to allow contributions to go to the conciliated revenue fund.
The Department of Munitions and Supply has ordered 70 000 patras of braces for the C A S F. The requisition from the Department of National Defence states prices were required for general use amid wartime needs.
A sleek Canadian built submarine chaser slid into the St Lawrence River from a eastern shipyard in a quiet wartime ceremony. Admiralty representatives and Royal Navy officers witnessed as the vessel, to serve under the British ensign, began her life without a formal christening name.
A female shoe dealer speaks of enduring hardship for relief and says she believes she can wear a No. 7 shoe on a greater foot. The odd dialog hints at a personal creed guiding her resilience.
Gwendoline Clarke writes of a capital B on oat leaves as a wartime omen theory and notes other notes on miracles. She also describes foot pain, a doctor visit, and a successful remedy with a metatarsal support, plus a skunk predation incident after setting bait for a night prowler.
The International Red Cross oversees prisoner welfare from Geneva. They report names to relatives, ship warm parcels, medical comforts, and food parcels to prisoners in Germany. Repatriation for internees is possible, but most POWs face long captivity. Red Cross delegates visit camps, report conditions, and urge humane treatment.
A frustrated buyer accuses a dealer of misrepresenting a recently purchased vehicle. The exchange includes a demand for a full explanation as the buyer voices discouragement with the deal and seeks resolution.
One hundred eighty periodicals and other material have been banned in Canada by the Press Censors since the war began. The House of Commons revealed the number, including 117 U.S. periodicals, with eight or ten others under consideration for exclusion.
According to a statement by the Department of National Defence personnel of the Canadian Active Service Force are entitled to round trip tickets on the railways for the price of one way fare by obtaining forms from their commanding officer. Theft are also entitled to as excursion fares in effect for civil-
A scrambled 1880s note mentions HOE Palmer and A. Palmer in a tale of enrolment forms and a venal rook. Rev. A Ooscho Meld’s cheque fiasco leads to rook nest clues. Kansas City tenant reports animal overload at Mary Pratt’s house. A Londoner with cat eyes reads in the dark and a 54 year old cellarman recalls 30 years of work. A Northamptonshire death traveler logged 1.25 million miles in 30 years. Bees leave bones in a Luverne roof. Minister Gardiner flags new wool varieties to boost home sheep production amid NZ Australia supply cuts.
Hon. Norman McLarty, Minister of Labor, urged maintaining an adequate labor supply for Canada’s war industries. He said transfer of labor to war work is of great importance and emphasized ongoing训练 of skilled workers by the five industry and five labor members of the National Labor Council.
British naval units under Admiralty orders reportedly bottle up French warships near Martinique in the West Indies. The carrier Bearne and the Jeanne D Arc are said to be in the area inside a safety zone claimed by the United States and South American nations. The Jeanne D Arc allegedly carries valuable cargo including gold while the Bearne is loaded with American built aircraft.
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