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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
6
Two recipes for unconventional meat dishes. Felmish Chuck Steak uses spiced vinegar dressing and a long simmer to tenderize a blade roast then served with rich gravy. Beef Chili Con Carne blends chili powder onion pimiento beef stock and cooked beef chunks for a hearty one hour simmer over rice.
San Francisco residents led by the California State Automobile Association threaten action against noisy tenants in an apartment building. They cite disturbingly loud arrivals and horn honks as a nuisance. Leaders warn of potential legal steps to curb the disruption.
A personal wartime column recounts the effort to compile a district war work report amid late arrivals, clothing rationing, and a push to keep focus on knitting sewing and parcels for soldiers. The piece urges action over worry and notes London council plans for 1100 new garden plots on former park land.
Report from Coventry shows ten YMCA mobile canteens delivering meals and water to bombed areas. One car was near bombing debris, a fireman was badly injured and moved to a casualty station. Eight canteens served shelter dwellers and homeless totaling sixty people.
In southeastern Colorado a jackrabbit infestation led farmers to build a $1,000,000 industry by skinning and marketing the pests. A Matheson skinning station and growing markets fueled by fur and meat sales created new jobs and contracts, with hats and other products driving demand as hunters aided the effort.
Experiments with canned jack rabbit meat suggest the federal government may add western bunnies to war cargoes under the lease lead. Experimental hatcheries indicate the meat is ideal and larger than standard hatchery rabbits, with growing demand for spawning pool use.
A Melbourne report notes government and private backing for producer-gas fuel devices for vehicles including tractors. Despite broad enthusiasm from authorities and industry, only about 4,000 units were in use by late 1910, with estimates of 200,000 automotive relations in Australia and 40,000?therm.
In times of crisis the nation prays for every Canadian sailor airman and soldier and for all fighting men. The devotion of the people is described as a flame of faith arming warriors and steadying democracy amid dark hours. Church bells ring across Canada calling citizens to worship sacrifice for freedom homes and children.
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