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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
6
The article promotes asparagus as a fresh spring vegetable and offers tested Dominion Department of Agriculture recipes. It includes Asparagus Potato Puffs Chicken and Asparagus Casserole and Cream of Asparagus Soup. It also details home canning steps for asparagus with canner guidelines and storage tips.
A wartime column notes shopping in England feels like a treasure hunt. Readers recall scarce goods such as treacle cheese dates potatoes and Brussels sprouts replacing fruit and imported luxuries. The piece urges returning to grandparents' ways and eating porridge and oat cake.
Manitoba Hospital Service Association a co operative nonprofit has 16 000 members in Winnipeg and Brandon. Members pay 75 cents to 1 a month for hospital expen ses and access semi private wards with varying coverages. The scheme includes medical services, first aid, meals, nursing and limited drugs. Enrolment began Jan 1 1949 with a five member board including doctors and civic leaders.
A farmer reports near finish of spring seeding amid baking ground and scarce rain. The family notes a clean tractor, farm chores, and a fond moment with city visitors and baby chicks, while reflecting on radio access and wartime news impact.
Halifax dispatch reports Canadian naval personnel poring over War Savings Campaigns with 95 percent average participation and a typical deduction of about $1.75 monthly. The piece highlights training notes, posters by Murray Westgate, and sailors adapting to naval life and discipline.
A Daily Telegraph dispatch reports 140 British subjects interned by Germany at Besancon France died in six weeks. About 1 900 Britons remain interned as reprisals for Nazi detentions in Britain. Conditions described as filthy and crowded with poor sanitation and minimal meals.
Agriculture officials report Canada will export 12 million pounds of cheese to Britain as part of a steady stream to sustain front line troops. Production shifts toward cheese and quantities in sight are satisfactory with exports rising from 81 million pounds in 1949 to over 112 million expected this year. The British ration system will favor Cheddar and other cheeses to meet demand amid shortages.
A tally shows 1880 young men began four months of training. In the second draft 68 of 5458 reported failed to pass medical exams at the training centers.
Van Wyck Mason the novelist is highlighted for cooking as a tool for research. He starts cooking while digging up background for his books and uses data from meals to learn about people and places, challenging the idea that only one recipe defines a person.
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