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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
3
Spring market notes highlight asparagus arriving daily with serving ideas such as asparagus wrapped with ham and mock hollandaise sauce. Tips cover potato storage, freezing, and how to prepare asparagus in dishes like Welsh rarebit and asparagus salad on toast, plus a Q&A box on baking dippers and conditions for tender corned beef.
The writer discusses timing of seeding and cooperative farming amid variable weather. They note grass growth, mowing, and rain benefits, then share chicken training attempts and Tippy the dog watching stock. The piece blends farm tasks with home work and garden plans.
Ottawa reports four days of talks on monetary reform as the Bank Act amendment heads to the banking and commerce committee. Liberal G. G. McGeer and Arthur Slaught push for non-debt money and limited bank powers, clashing with Douglas Abbott on commercial banking. CBC politics time debate expands to cover free network time for parties amid calls from Social Credit. Health insurance draft costs projected at 250 million annually, while Prime Minister Mackenzie King urges international cooperation from Britain and the Commonwealth to secure world peace.
The passage discusses strong local loyalty in towns where residents love their home and stay for favorable conditions. It notes attachment grows with good business prospects and friendly social networks, highlighting warm community ties and welcoming street life as key factors in residents remaining and investing locally.
The ration administration announces that "F" canning sugar coupons may be exchanged for preserves coupons on the basis of one for one, but only after they are declared valid. The first five "F" coupons become valid at a date and the remaining five on a later date.
The speaker warned that Empire consultation methods could mislead commonwealth citizens about decision freedom and accused intra empire talks of becoming a continuing cabinet conference. In Canada the Sixth Victory Loan reached a $1.2 billion objective on the campaign's second-to-last day.
English women using black market cosmetics risk life long disfigurement. Experts say adding harmful rubbish oil and wax blends to government supplied mixtures makes tald products injurious to the skin in large quantities.
Robert Thomasson, who led the British effort to build mass produced ships in 1940, has joined the RAF as an air craftsman second class. At 37 he will train as a bomber crew member to fight the enemy personally. The government kept him from enlistment earlier due to his value to shipping. He earned a CBE for keeping shipyards active and water ahead of losses.
Ruber output in Tanganyika is set to rise this year as the territory aims for full production. In the last quarter, rubber production was ten times higher than the same period last year.
Picture shows Lieutenant General Richard Connor Air Marshal O T Boyd and Lieutenant General P Neame V C after their arrival at Algiers. The trio stands together in a camp departure scene.
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