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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
3
June homemaker column offers wartime wedding guidance with menu ideas, centerpieces, and practical tips. Includes buffet luncheon concepts, regimental badge décor, and ration-aware cake and punch recipes. Notes Anne Allan Q&A and CBC Farm Broadcast promotions naming A R Kemp as new farm commentator.
Retail butchers defend selling hamburger and sausage during meat rationing, arguing demand remains strong when product is good and properly displayed. They note seasonal declines typically occur this time of year despite coupons not being spent on these items.
Betty Clare offers practical beauty advice for housewives to keep a pleasing appearance. She endorses regular skin care, night creams, and affordable masks to stay radiant without looking glitzy. The piece emphasizes balance between chores and personal care to maintain desirability.
Lockers holders must write to Hatton Administration to declare quantities stored on May 27. deadline is June 30. Allow eight pounds per household member deduction and attach coupons at one per two pounds. Total coupons surrendered limited to half the household’s total coupons. Unrationed meats exempt.
Gasoline and food rationing of Yenves brought prison terms to seven Canadians last week as reports indicated a general tightening up in investigation and prosecution. Sixty six persons were found guilty and fined for violation of Wartime Prices and Trade Board regulations. Twenty six others were sentenced for Infractions of Munitions and Supply Controllers orders. Largest fine of the week was $5,000 against a Montreal wholesale textile company for five offences of selling woollen cloth at unlawfully high prices.
The writer extols cooperative action to share labor amid labor shortages and heat. He recalls stripping wallpaper during humid weather and credits neighborly help, urging readers to swap tasks such as papering and gardening. The piece ends with a reflection on Emerson and a note about wild strawberries.
The 1918 torpedoing of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle off the Irish coast is recalled as a flagrant breach of international law. German U-boat claimed it sank the vessel after noting American airmen aboard. 258 aboard, 24 survived.
Oil extracted from sunflower seeds is viewed as one of the finest edible oils. It is expected that about 10 percent, or a million pounds, of oil will be produced from sunflowers grown in western Canada in 1943.
When spring floods swept away a section of the CN line near Talbot Quebec workers raced to erect a timber trestle 159 feet long to restore service. A shuttle train ran, pedestrians used a bush path, and within four days a first train with 63 cars of perishables arrived followed by two more trains carrying goods and mail.
New York designer Fira Benenson advises women to dress to their body type. Tall figures should accentuate height, while short curvy shapes should avoid platforms. Queens of proportion should choose necklines and silhouettes that balance shoulders and hips to flatter facial width and overall shape.
A four year program from the National Society of Children's Nurseries asks Health Minister Brown to grant 1,000,000 mothers a day off each week for nursery support. The proposal outlines nationwide nursery reform and government funding considerations.
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