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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
6
A kitchen feature guides spring salads using fresh market greens such as lettuce watercress endive and asparagus. It includes three recipes Lettuce Roll Salad Luncheon Salad and Green Lettuce Mold plus dressings Boiled Dressing and French Dressing with steps and tips for crisp light salads.
The article notes the red flannel jacket remains popular with vacationists, featuring four bellows pockets and a side-seam belt. It can be worn as shown or slung over the shoulders with sleeves dangling. A white straw fabric hat edged and banded in bright red felt completes the look.
A Canadian family reflects on wartime anxieties about England and Scotland, sending cables offering homes to relatives and contemplating shelter for refugees. They discuss budgets, gas taxes, and patriotism, noting Canadian casualties and Britain's resolve, while hoping for further developments.
Sunday School lesson discusses Jonah 2 9 and Jonah 3 1 10. It covers Jonah's second call to preach, Nineveh's repentance belief in God, humility, sackcloth, and prayer, and God's mercy contingent on turning from sin. It notes the mercy in warnings and the certainty of repentance.
Declared shortages in Germany force limits on gold in rings and jewelry. Official decrees in a prominent newspaper reveal reduced gold content for wedding bands and other items as the Reich addresses scarce resources. These measures extend to fountain pen parts and stone settings, signaling broader material constraints.
Hon. J. G. Gardiner outlined Canada’s agricultural stance for the war effort. He noted large surpluses of wheat pork and dairy and urged farmers to continue producing staple goods, avoid rapid shifts, and seek modest improvements where possible.
Fragmentary text mentions learning from a mother and a candidate for ministry, with unclear names or dates. The source is too garbled to identify people, places, or concrete actions for a proper summary.
Canada reports 6600 reindeer in the Arctic with about 5000 in the Richard's Island main herd and 1600 in the Anderson River native herd. Plans to add a second native herd at Horton River include moving 800 head next winter under government supervision.
A young lady tells a daring young man to return the item he stole. The fragment captions a tense moment of confrontation and a request for restitution. The source provides little further context about location people or consequences.
Polish government in exile compiles evidence of German brutality in occupied Poland. A cremated hospital massacre at Chelm Lubelski saw Gestapo force staff out, shoot over 340 patients and 400 children, and order removal of corpses within hours. Additional killings at Owinside and Driekanka are noted.
High food mileage means careful buying suited to family tastes and budget. Advertised food quality is the standout feature. read Free Press ads to learn how to achieve high food mileage.
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