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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
3
The Consumer Section of the Dominion Department of Agriculture offers practical lamb recipes using shoulder and other front cuts. Methods cover roasting broiling stewing braising and pan broiling with mint garnishes and economical notes. Dishes include Scalloped Lamb Browned Lamb Stew Tomato Dumplings Lamb Loaf Kidney Saute and Braised Shoulder Chops with tomatoes and onions.
London reports a leading psychologist says loneliness and new wartime duties cause minor mental disorders in women. Many suffer maladjustment from changing roles as husbands go overseas, with some developing curious phobias.
Farm commentators from across Canada converge in Toronto on November 10 for the first national meeting of Farm Broadcasts. Broadcasting leaders Nell Morigan and Orville Shugg co author the Farm Radio Forum and oversee the eastern initiative. Armand Berube directs Le Reveil Rural in Montreal and will attend the conference though no French Farm Forum exists yet.
The writer notes quarantine at Newmarket affecting a son and fears of a looming epidemic. Letters from home comfort quarantined soldiers, while practical matters like bicycle repairs and nails clash with war demands. Mercury supply and hydroelectric issues are discussed amid a destructive nearby house fire and reflections on loss and insurance.
Canada's 19th Parliament resumes without throne speech as opposition leaders are absent. The session faces no major legislation before 1942, with war notes, a Niagara power diversion agreement for wartime needs, and wage and price controls under review. Prime Minister King meets Roosevelt and discusses co-ordinated policy and wartime economics.
Report from the Midlands notes a group of men at a lonely post cultivated 2% acres in spare time and in a single season produced eight tons of potatoes ten thousand cabbages sprouts and cauliflowers five hundred six pounds of carrots eight hundred lettuces and other vegetables.
The speaker laments widespread fires across England during raids and urges collective action. He notes the devastation to homes and questions whether more people would sew, knit, and save if they fully realized the impact and the helplessness of those affected.
Britain’s rising income tax spurs private porcelain pieces to foreign buyers. London sales show owners owning over a hundred dinner and dessert services, with Worcester and Crown Derby prized by collectors in the United States and Commonwealth nations. Prices range widely from £380 to £2,136, as overseas buyers view these items for use and collection.
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