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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
10
A vintage collection of party recipes for the Halloween season features Lima and Celery Salad with lettuce and mayonnaise, California Coleslaw with orange segments and sour cream dressing, and Magic Fruited Macaroons with coconut and dried fruits. Dessert ideas include Angel Rennet Custard and Chocolate Jack o Lantern Tarts with jack o lantern face pastry decorations.
Toronto readers are urged to celebrate Halloween cheaply by making home costumes. Tips include easy clown outfits, witch collars, and paper muslin regalia for as little as 50 cents. Learn sewing at local centers and craft distinctive touches quickly.
Margaret Leech, author of Reveille In Washington, gains swift success with her short, polished works. She splits time between New York and Washington, living in two worlds. A London report notes Nazi designers propose a new Messerschmitt with two cannons and two machine guns to counter Britains air dreadnoughts.
The CBC series They Fly for Freedom airs on October 20 examining how Link Trainers aid early flight training. The program, produced in Toronto by Ian Smith, uses CBC scripts by Gerald Noon to show how cadets apply simulator lessons to operational flying at air stations.
Gwendoline F Clarke notes farmers face costs under price control as Prime Minister Mackenzie King signals new ceilings. She warns milk, eggs and poultry must be fairly priced to prevent losses from feed, predators, and disease, urging balanced support for war needs and a strong home front.
Unsettled weather and snows slow harvests across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1941. Officials warn of crop losses and lower grain grades while Wheat Pools push a four point program to stabilize supplies and support farmers amid reduced production and carryover stocks.
Searle Grain Company operators with many country elevators across the West urged a 10 cent per bushel bonus for all wheat already delivered or to be delivered from the 1941 crop. They argued the bonus would offset the higher cost of living and protect farmers who would have little wheat to market under a plan.
The Reichs Journal of Public Health reports in 1940 German towns with populations over 100000 had an infant mortality rate of 63 per 1000, higher than England's 51 per 1000. The German rate has led for four years, consistently exceeding the English rate.
The Australian Research Council is pursuing tick proof Zebu bulls and cows from India as amanagement against a rapacious tick blamed for fatal diseases in northern Australia.
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