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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
9
Of Interest to Women presents a milk centered nutrition piece urging at least a half pint daily for adults and a pint for children. It shares cream soup and rice pudding recipes using milk, tips on vitamins B1 and wheat germ, and reader questions on prunes and pumpkin seeds for nutritive value.
A Toronto guest recounts a nocturnal misadventure in total darkness after lights fail. He wanders through a dining room and kitchen, misreads the layout, almost collides with a mirror, and finally finds his way to bed after a long, bewildering search.
Police raid of a Montreal bingo game led to fines for 170 participants including servicemen, women with infants, and teenagers. Recorder A Thouln ordered $5 penalties for each, defining bingo as gambling under city rules.
Saint John faces a fuel delivery crisis as a shortage of workers halts coal shipments. Harlen B. McMann, president of the Saint John Coal Importers Association, urges residents needing coal to fetch orders themselves or call for service.
The speaker declares a bride’s white dress as a symbol of happiness on her wedding day while a question about why men wear black follows, suggesting a dialogue on wedding attire and tradition.
About 70 people appeared before Magistrate G. J. Tweedy in Charlottetown as they pleaded guilty to operating radio receiving sets without licenses. Fines totaled nearly $500.
A string of light quips about bad eggs, fashion misfires, restaurant etiquette, and domestic humor plays out. A customer ties a napkin around a pet, a waiter dodges hurt feelings, and a coffee shop owner laments profit while a sergeant mocks a recruit.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials secured currants raisins spices and nuts from Australia Britain Ceylon Zanzibar the U S Spain Portugal and Mexico ensuring Canadian homes can bake Christmas cake this year. The effort honors the service of the Canadian Navy and Merchant Navy in delivering these ingredients.
The Kenya Government seeks proposals within a two year development plan with progress already under way. Colonial Development and Welfare Act funds support soil conservation, agricultural training for Africans, a housing scheme in Nairobi for African Government employees, education for women and girls, hydrographic surveys, and a Tana River reconnaissance. The new plans are expected to cost about 9.96 million dollars.
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