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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
3
Wartime fabric care guidance covers wash temperatures for cottons linens and wools rays and silks. Advice includes soaking times using soap neutral and electric washers methods for rinsing bleaching water softeners wringer safety and machine maintenance. Readers learn to avoid soaking colored fabrics and to test safety releases on wrinkle wringers.
Canada’s young lloratura soprano Evelyn Gould performs on the Volar of Victor program broadcast on CBC’s National Network each Thursday. She accompanies Charles Jordan baritone and Morris Surdin at the Victor chharus, delivering a four language recital under director BUDA.
A garbled rationing chart lists coupons for coffee sugar and butter with validity dates and per unit allowances. It notes March expirations and void conditions for several coupons including c0iw te a and RUGAE bed, plus butter coupons 50 51 and others with values and item limits.
Britain’s small coastal craft nicknamed little ships have sunk or severely damaged hundreds of enemy vessels in the last three years. Cmdr. O C Giddy notes their night actions, many volunteers, and the demanding endurance required for MT boats and the perilous coast patrols.
The Prices Board enacts a controlled distribution system to prevent shortages this year. Walter S. Stanford of Montreal, who ran the program last year, again leads the operation as ample supplies persist until the new crop arrives.
A reflective column discusses neighborly values and the impact of a neighbor’s shock news. It notes readers’ interest in English farm papers with wartime letters, evacuations affecting farms, and farmer price glimpses, including chicken pullet costs.
A unique long table dining car operated by Canadian National Railways served 4,508 meals to soldiers on a roughly nine thousand mile route. The car traveled from Montreal to the Atlantic coast then to Prince George and Terrace, east to Wainwright, and back to Montreal on the nine thousand mile itinerary.
Reported recruitment shows six Canadian women and twelve others from the United States and Poland training at a camp in Sonttich for possible involvement with the Polish Army in Europe. Training covers hand grenades firearms and defensive tactics. The group includes Mary Zawiszka Genowefa Latwlecki Jadwiga Nowak and others from Windsor Winnipeg and Manville with leaders from Polish and Allied services.
News brief notes new rules for importing horses into South Africa from Cape Town. It warns that imported horses may be deported if not properly quarantined and that a 60 day pre entry period is required before movement.
Emergency workers shift to engineering roles in Johannesburg as women train for technical trades amid wartime. The note cites payments to members in the United Nations initiative, totaling about 2.25 million pounds since the start of the program.
Greenville story describes Ottis Delta and Semers attempting to build a woodworking contraption called blomeds for a moving sewdnet project. A dead-pick example cost 52 to build using an old trailer and transmission tor two tor units. Mayor Somith proposes reused timber and victory garden beds from the beet mold plan.
An old hand crafted instrument on display at the Royal Ontario Museum gallery corner draws admiration for its age and sound. The piece, though worn and its maker long gone, remains a mute symbol that inspires craftsmen to recreate harmonies and study ancient methods.
A report from Kenya mentions the search for valuable crystals sourced in Uganda and Ceytud to manufacture detectors for aircraft and submarines. The crystals must yield about one pound each and are valued for use in weapons and navigation systems.
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