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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
13
Betty Barclay promotes bread and milk as a simple, nutritious supper. The article notes milk as a protective vitamin rich food and bread as energy fuel, offering 550 calories per generous bowl. It suggests serving ideas from hot cereals to cold puddings and invites children to explore flavors.
Modern fashion notes sketch accessories for a well dressed look. The picture hat features a high crown with a front slit and a bumper brim with eyelet embroidery. White cotton pique, a black gros grain band, and a matching jabot accompany a punched calf bag with pinch-pleated top. Chamois yellow punched chiffon suede open toe and heel shoes complete the outfit.
Gwendoline Clarke writes on farm tasks and garden work amid European crisis. She recalls Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill and urges Canadians to stay informed and steadfast for the Allies. A sister-in-law in England describes rising prices, scarce paper, limited butter, rationed meat, and coal shortages, while neighbors help with chores and war work. She shares domestic notes on seeding, tractor use, and War Institute sewing rooms.
Studies by officers of the Division of Entomology show only about 65 of 2000 mosquito species exist in Canada. Female mosquitoes bite, males feed on plant juices, and some species prefer animals. They live weeks or months, but early life is aquatic. control by eliminating breeding sites or applying oil films. Publicity division offers circulars on control and a pamphlet on protecting against bites.
The National Parks Bureau and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorate the canal system that links the St Lawrence River, Great Lakes, and Ottawa. Historic locks and canals like the Soulanges and Welland connected Western Canada to the Atlantic, with eight main canals lifting a 550 foot rise from Lake Superior to Montreal.
War Savings Certificates promotion soon to be organized with joint chairmen W H Sommerville from Waterloo Ontario and de Gaspe from Montreal. The effort aims to mobilize Canadians to lend small savings to the Government as part of wartime financing.
Radio broadcasts by the All-India Radio Service in Hindustani Punjaubi Urdu and Tamil keep Indian Army troops in Singapore’s garrison informed about events in India and the war. The large Indian population in Malaya takes pride in the defense efforts.
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