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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
3
Home front guidance urges homemakers to conserve heat water electricity and resources. Tips cover fuel saving, fabric care, rationing, salvage, personal health, and avoiding hoarding while encouraging civil defense participation and war savings bonds.
A farmer recalls moving two hundred eighty chicks to new quarters after five weeks of growth. The task was exhausting, with nightly and daytime challenges, including a mid day blackout to catch the birds and a heavy load of cockerels to sort. The writer discusses market prospects, predator threats, and the labor involved in poultry production amidst uncertain prices.
Public health advisory on house flies outlines sources of breeding in garbage and refuse. It urges proper garbage disposal, covered cans, regular cleaning, municipal waste incineration, and household fly control measures including screens traps and poisoned bait.
Three workers using a new 10 day built machine paint 5000 shells in 8 hours, replacing 120 men and women. A 25 pounder shell coats in 4.8 seconds, with two watchers and a loader required. auto marking shells follow, aided by prior lacquering experience for food cans.
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Fifty thousand hairdressers are trained in the Liberty Cut, a short versatile style said to save pins and clips and reduce costs. The cut involves a crown wave, tapering to three to four inches all round, with variations to six inches possible and shingling at the neck. It is home re-settable, low maintenance, and fits service caps for ATS WAAMS and WRNS. demonstrations encourage factory workers nationwide.
Four tons of mined gold worth 80 640 pounds and 2 296 991 dollars were cached in New Guinea and Papuan when the Japanese advanced. Evacuee miners hope to return after the war and reclaim their fortunes.
Australian researchers have evolved a method of preserving fruit and vegetables by "inqueering" that doubles their shelf life without cold storage. The process aims to provide more food for overseas forces and strengthen supply lines.
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