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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
11
Betty Barclay offers simple recipes using dandelion greens beet greens and cress with easy salad and preserves ideas. A Ceylon style world cruise party features hot spiced tea and curry crab or lamb dishes with festive presentation for spring family meals.
The task of moving war materials across Canada is vast with 90 percent of lead and tin output 80 percent of copper and large volumes of wheat bacon and lumber needing rail road or air transport. Britain has already contracted these shipments for the first year of war.
The item highlights a UM Go suit with accessories noted for smart looks without excess. A black patent Brandbag with red stitching secures outer pockets. Novel leather cutouts surround the ramp, and a white crack crepe blouse with a stitched collar bow completes the ensemble.
The column recaps a wet week on Ginger Farm with cold winds, heating the house, sewing room heat, and garden chores. It notes weather affects work, plus farm life updates including brood hens, chicks, and Orioles nesting near the elm and spruce trees. Parliament’s Throne Speech and war measures are summarized, with ministerial changes and wartime planning across Canada, including air training plans and education provisions for officers.
A study of Canada’s historic highways detailing key routes in Quebec and Western Canada. It covers the Chambly Road in Quebec, Dundas Street, and the Dawson and Cariboo roads, noting their role in military, trade, and settlement, and how modern roads span about half a million miles.
The British Ministry of Agriculture notes vast thistle crops in Wiltshire farms as essential to wartime cloth production. Thistle heads are used to weave high grade fabrics for naval officers and exportwear to the United States, with real fibres preferred over artificial substitutes. Demand for British cloths remains strong abroad, aiding exports and industry.
The article explains that the three white stripes on the Canadian Navy collar symbolize Nelson's three major victories Trafalgar the Nile and Copenhagen. A black silk ribbon worn around the collar commemorates Nelson's death highlighting naval tradition.
Right of appeal frees two former POWs in Canada after review this week. Lt-Col H Stethem, Assistant Director of Internment Operations, says reviews continue daily and release requires evidence that liberty does not endanger the state.
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