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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 27, 1941

Page

3

Word of a Woman in the Riverview Storm Rescue

Eleanor Derrick defies a flood urgen tly to reach home as a dam breaks and river floods Riverview. Doctor Roy Edmunds and her mother Mrs Derrick face fear as Eleanor preserves calm, endures peril, and is saved from drowning by Roy. The storm bonds them and ends with a hopeful family reunion.

Eleanor Milton Mrs. Derrick Ruth Ruth Shasthe Roy Bermanits Everin Matton Crain Abel Pau Abel Pau At Warriors (He Yank Teased Hater Derrick Rey Melton Uae Roy Hall Riverview Eleanor Jl Hale Mike Rogers Maltan Simathee Ste Malton Wien Sooseollem Sue Che Eleanor Derrick Ruth Smythe Leanor Toshall Tie Ray Edmunds Derrick Am Roy

Wheat Alcohols Difficult in Canada Due to Wheat Surplus

National researchers and officials discuss the challenge of turning Canada's wheat surplus into alcohol. They note two bushels of wheat yield about one gallon of ethanol, making subsidy choices costly and uncertain. Ottawa evaluates subsidies and production costs amid scarce viable markets for wheat alcohols.

Ottawa Canada Conemeron New Ou

New England Women to Advise on Food Problems

London reports a new Ministry of Food program placing experienced women as technical advisers on food issues. They will visit districts with fowl problems and teach mothers how to prepare nourishing meals from available products at minimal cost. Demonstrations may occur in markets shops or mobile kitchens. The campaign promotes inexpensive stew as a staple, titled Stick to stew and stop invasion.

London Wcpwa England Ministry of Food

British air raid hits Abyssinia airfields say clues from natives

Native patriots aided the Royal Air Force in launching a storming attack on Tuilian airdromes in Abyssinia. Details from North Africa report British successes behind the lines and the involvement of local informants in guiding the raid.

London Royal Air Force Abyssinia North Africa

No Friendly Mosquitoes in Brisbane Report Sparks Skepticism

Australian scientists doubt a Queensland discovery claiming mosquitoes that do not bite. The report suggests benign male mosquitoes and harmless females, but experts question the finding and its implications.

Brisbane Queensland

Indian spiritual leader backs British war effort in Madras

Sng Aurobindo Ghose commended and increased the Madras War Fund as an expression of support for the British people and the Empire.

Bombay Sng Aurobindo Ghose Madras

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