Acton Area Local Notes on Elections Holidays and Events
Civic holiday on Monday and August ahead. vote early Wednesday and weigh Ontario government choice for five years. Next week Mason Knitting Co plant closes for holidays. berry pickers report strong returns aiding prices. Acton Fair First Night altered for wartime conditions. two political meetings set at Gregory Theatre and Town Hall. Local ads urge study of party platforms and note typographical errors in Stan Hall race dates.
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Rubber by plane opens Congo rubber planting push
The Belgian Congo is expanding rubber production with aerial planting. Rubber seeds are reported to have been dropped by parachute over inaccessible districts, according to the Belgian News Agency.
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Cairo
Belgian Congo
CCF Platform Promise From Ontario Election Speech
A speaker outlines the CCF program to Halton County electors, critiquing Liberal pension increases and presenting a fifteen point plan aimed at postwar employment, resource use, social ownership, union rights, health, education, taxes, utilities, housing, and municipal services. The message urges voters to support CCF on August 4th.
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Canada
Obituary of John Thompson of Acton
John Thompson longtime Acton resident died Monday July 19 at Guelph General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Nassagawega Township he worked for Beardmore Co and later assisted at Gen Bilton's farm. Survived by son Arthur and predeceased by wife Margaret Arthurs. Funeral Thursday at Knox Presbyterian with Rev Forbes Thomson. interred Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers named and floral tributes noted.
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John Thompson
Acton and
Guelph General Hospital
Nassagawega
Beardmore Co
Bilton
Robert Thompson
Margaret Arthurs
Britain Adopts New Food Habits Says Ministry Leaflet
London reports the Ministry of Food promotes vegetable cooking and wiser shopping as Britain shifts to vitamin conscious meals. Overseas service personnel note a wartime change from meat and two veg to home grown produce and new salads may become common in inns after the war.
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London
British
Ministry of Food
Britain
Fireless cookers offer field cooking aid in wartime summer
Fannie Gannon of Iowa State College explains fireless cookers can keep meals hot for two to four hours when food is hot at start. She suggests making a cooker from a large lard can and a small inner can with rock wool insulation, using hot containers and soapstones or concrete blocks to sustain heat for slow cooking.
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Ames
Yowa
Fannie Gannon
Yowa State College
Miss Gannon
Years and Weight No Longer Sacred
London reports a wartimeFood Ministry plan asks housewives to weigh themselves quarterly to study diet effects. Randomly selected women will receive cards and report to local drug stores, continuing normal eating. A food ministry official says the scheme is in its infancy and will spread nationwide.
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London
Food Ministry
Canada’s Official Food Rules for Daily Diet
Official guidance lists daily portions for milk cheese fruits vegetables and cereals. It advises one daily meat or substitutes with weekly liver or eggs and emphasizes leafy greens Vitamin D sources like fish liver oil for children and possibly adults.
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Canada
John Wilkinson a Commentator on Socialized Suc cess
Letter from John Wilkinson of CCF praising socialized success in Australia and New Zealand and thanking supporters as a campaign note.
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New Zealand
John Wilkinson
CCF
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