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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1941
Page
4
A historical collection of honey saturated recipes highlights honey as a digestible sweetener with healthful enzymes and minerals. It offers substitutions for sugar in muffins bars and cookies, with instructions for Graham Muffins, Data Bars, All-Bran Spice Cookisa, Peanut Cookies, and Nutty Fruit Bars. Also notes pie, salads, and dessert ideas emphasizing honey as flavor enhancer and preservative.
The article describes expectant mothers preferring dirndl style one piece outfits with fitted backs and draped shoulders to disguise the midriff. It notes bright colors and embellishments as flattering, while spouses favor pretty appearances and practical relays outfits for social events.
A silver cup with Chilean arms and Prince of Wales feathers, costing $2,000, has been sent by the Duke of Windsor to the Jockey Club of Chile, Club Hipico de Sartillago for the Prince of Wales Class, a race named after the duke during his South American visit. Since then a cup, gold or silver, has annually been sent from London to Chile.
The writer recalls a meningitis scare in a large camp, noting a burial near a son stationed there and confirming a fatal brain hemorrhage. She also describes farm tasks, roosters culled for stock, and improved chicken breeding from a trusted hatchery. A Toronto shopping trip sparks wartime sentiment, urging thrift and sacrifice, and two strangers visit to discuss religion, leaving abruptly when questioned.
Britain has secured contracts worth £130000 in competition with Germany. The £100000 largest project is the Palace of Justice building with 4000000 cubic feet, where London engineers install heating ventilation air conditioning water and fire systems kitchens laundry and steam equipment and cookery outlets. A hospital facility provided by the Medical Supply Association includes modern operation tables and maternal equipment. Thirty two miles of electric cable and 5000 lamps serve University buildings in Tehran including medicine tech law workshops and student hostel for 1200. Electric power comes via underground cable from Teheran and only about 2 percent of material shipped from England to Persia was lost to enemy action.
Canada’s national parks, over fifty years old, protect wild life and historic sites while offering outdoor recreation. From Banff to the Atlantic coast, they showcase mountains, glaciers, lakes and forests, drawing American visitors and contributing to wartime needs. Growth in attendance signals increasing park consciousness and future visitor numbers.
London reports that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has saved 4131 lives since the war began, matching the total rescued during the 1914 18 conflict. The figure marks a remarkable resurgence of lifeboat activity and relief for maritime disasters.
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