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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
3
An Ontario weekly series describes Royal Canadian Air Force initial training using Link trainers at Toronto. The author recounts a first flight attempt in a ground-based cockpit, guided by a Flying Officer, with vivid impressions of the simulator’s murals and controls.
The article recalls Gananoque Ontario built trainers used in amusement parks before military adoption. It notes pilots were taught on Link trainers with adjustable dials, showing flight control via indicators and a hood for realism, highlighting early experiences at Camp Borden and Eglinton's Initial Training School.
The eight week program includes lectures drills and medical tests with Link trainer sessions. After completion cadets advance to Elementary Flying Training Schools for their first actual flying work at Mount Hope.
R W Johnson reports on rainy weather in Mi senewan Ont and a lively Muskoka Lake holiday. He details family visits, canoe trips, a loaned Johnson outboard, and children enjoying fishing and swimming. He notes crops thriving, hay ready, and profits from cream and milk, urging wartime sacrifice and unity.
In Ontario Quebec and Manitoba peat industry moves beyond experiments. Peat moss aids horticulture and agriculture retaining moisture and supplying nitrogen. Mills operate year round as bogs like Luther Marsh near Grand Valley expand with 1800 acres and a 36 year supply at 10 000 tons yearly with Toronto Montreal promoters confident of a market in Canada and the U S.
A Canadian Explosives Division report warns blasting caps cause deaths and injuries, with over 5900 victims in 19 years and more than 40 percent under twelve. Caps attract children. many incidents begin in spring and rise through August.
The article describes a dried flattened fish method used to economize ship space. Stock fish from Scotland and Newfoundland is sliced open, drained of water, salted, and packed for weeks. Soaking restores freshness. it is then boiled, fried, or grilled.
Frien Barnet England government announces the Middlesex council has appointed women drivers for their garbage-collecting trucks. The move highlights gender inclusion in local public services as part of a broader municipal program.
The report says Canadian silver foxes and other pelts purchased by the Japanese government through Hokkaido aim to improve stock. Exports valued at about 217,000 yen were up from 1939 levels, with mink, ermine, and badger pelts highlighted.
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