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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
3
An article praising potatoes as energy rich food for homemakers. It argues potatoes offer sugars proteins minerals and vitamins, promoting them as economical. Includes menu ideas and various potato recipes such as scalloped potatoes potato soup and dumplings with step by step notes.
A Vancouver based liner captain, recognized with the C B E, led Empress of Asia during the Singapore bombing. He saved most of the crew despite the ship being lost, with one casualty. Details note his prewar command aboard Empress of Ana and later assignment abroad.
Heavy rains delay prairie harvest raising risk of damp grain and heating if rushed. Officials warn delays threaten handling at country elevators and storage on farms. In Geneva reports, German recruitment drives for infantry cavalry artillery tanks and motor units are noted.
Gwendoline P. Clarke contributes a travelogue style piece on Ginger Farm, detailing landscape scenes and rural life with a reflective, episodic tone. The writing blends personal observations with seasonal imagery and historical notes on the farm’s heritage.
A homemaker recalls moving the cookstove from the dining room to a combined dining room and kitchen to save fuel during wartime. She and Partner shift heavy furniture, adjust stoves, and endure mess while planning for efficiency and a steadier home heat supply.
Post Office urges early overseas Christmas mail for troops. Warns November 10 deadline and warns against late mailing. Advises packing, labeling, and customs rules, avoids leaks, prohibitions on flammable items, and requests sender address on parcel and slip inside.
Ottawa reports Canadian Women's Army Corps volunteers will help move parcels and letters through the post office to troops overseas. Urges mailing before November 10 with clear addresses and secure packaging. Airgraphs and armed forces mail rise in use as cigars and tobacco are longed-for items.
Fragmentary lines describe peanut sandwiches and nutrition claims, mentions vitamins, bread, and a London air force group captain becoming head of the Royal Observer Corps. The text is garbled but notes a career move involving Group Captain GG Ho Hinsder and a predecessor A Co. Warrington-Morris.
Fragmentary text describes a potential fire resistant fabric or chemical treatment labeled as VON and mentions testing by a named individual. It references military or industrial use and signals exploration of new textile safety options amid unclear details and outcomes.
An agricultural bulletin urges careful end of season overhauls to extend machinery life. Experts from Dominion Experimental Station Melfort Sask recommend fall repairs to avoid spring delays, replace worn parts, inspect bearings and lubricants, and take equipment to shops during slack periods.
Article notes unproved demand for lodgings in crowded London, with families returning to the metropolis amid housing shortage and concerns over rent levels versus prewar rates.
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