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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 09, 1943

Page

3

Fish recipes and kitchen tips from wartime Homemakers column

The article shares Lent fish preparations and cooking tips including baked halibut with tomato sauce, chowder, and white sauce enriched fish mixtures. It includes answer box Q&A on milk curdling, parchment use, and vinegar as acid, plus note about Douglas B. Lusty moving from CBC Toronto to Halifax as educational broadcast producer.

Mra C. M JD. F.aska J. Mc Maritimes Douglas B. Lusty CBC Toronto Halifax Rndio Mr. Lusty Ontario

Advertising and health notes from a small town column

A Winnipeg area column reflects on personal ads for a radio purchase, cautions about matrimony ads, and shares warm observations. It discusses health insurance debates between federal and provincial plans, emphasizes annual medical checks, and notes concerns over venereal disease in Canada with a contrast to Russia.

Wogan Agalea Toronto Heer Partner Red Cross Canada Russia

Mechanized Warfare on Australian Rats In Sydney

Wartime pest control shifts to mechanized methods as women replace men in rat suppression. In a Sydney basement a tommy gun loaded with cyanide killed many rats in under 30 minutes, while a hand grenade containing insecticide also features among the tools.

Sydney

Humorous Tales From A Street Corner Shop

A housewife offers a job stock to a tramp with a joke about eggs and loyalty. A former bath house manager claims never bathing in ten years. A dress shop remark causes a dismissal, a laundryman jokes about an identifying mark, and a watchmaker sells a revolver with a gold watch prompting surprise.

South America

Moral Leadership May Solve Problem of Lawless Tribes

New Delhi era rehabilitation efforts in India show tribes trained for crime can be reformed through settlement programs. Rodney Mosher-Wilson cites cases across six million tribal members, detailing groups like Ghattawaddard and Kaikadla. He argues moral leadership born within the tribes is key to lasting change.

New York India Rodney Mosher-Wilson Lincolnshire England United States Bombay Ghattawaddard Tippu Sultan Asher-Wilson Usher-Wilxon

Counting the Change and Old Time Prudence

The piece reflects on how people remember when a dollar was a big sum and how many do not count change, pocketing returned money. It warns that in hard times depressions and unemployment make careful handling of cash more important and that prudence prevents late discovered errors.

Hydro

Post Office Savings Bank records OT January surge

Record deposits shock London as 370000 savers add £3 000 087 in a single day at the Post Office Savings Bank on January 29. Officials call it a mystery and the largest 24 hour total since the bank opened in 1961.

London Post Office Savings Bank Pank

Women lead British wartime employment figures in report

The report shows 21,000,000 Britons registered for work, with women outnumbering men by 1,000,000 among those aged 50. It notes 71,000,000 women registered in total and 10,000,000 women employed on war work.

Wondon

Farm Girl Turns Loyalty Into War Effort

A 12 year old Nova Scotia girl Adele Kairsr of East Halls Harbor explains how she helps the war effort. She bought a calf with prize money from the Potato Club, tended it over winter, and plans to sell beef. She and her sister work barn chores while their brother woods, while they also raise pigs sheep hens and cows. She aims to buy another calf and save the rest for War Savings.

Nova Scotia Adele Kairsr East Halls Harbor Agricultural Department Canadian National Baidlwaya

Egyptian nobleman home model exhibited at ROM

A model of an Egyptian nobleman’s house from Tell el Amarmeh is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. Executed by Miss Sylvia Hahn, the design mirrors a modern functional house with outbuildings for kitchens and servants, central living spaces, and seasonally adjusted layouts.

Royal Ontario Museum Tell el-Amarmeh Sylvia Hahn Wintow Glas Bax

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