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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
2
A list of party friendly recipes for Halloween nibbles including Lima and Celery salad California coleslaw Fruited macaroons angel rennet custard and chocolate jack o lantern tarts with step by step ingredients and baking directions for six servings or more.
The notice urges readers to celebrate Halloween Friday October 31 with homemade or affordable costumes. It suggests simple outfits such as clown or witch looks, and offers tips from local sewing centers on quick, low cost party dress options.
New York reports Margaret Leech, author of Reveille In Washington, finding immediate success with her new book. The piece notes her sharp wit, living between New York and Washington, and her preference for concise works. London dispatch cites Nazi designer efforts yielding a new Messerschmitt mounting two cannons and two machine guns.
CBC presents They Fly for Freedom on October 20 showing how Link Trainer use in 1939 training programs prepared students for operational flying. Toronto produced program by Ian Smith with scripts by Gerald Noon based on Air Training Centres across Canada.
A wartime column by Gwendoline F Clarke argues price ceilings must consider production costs and risks to dairy and poultry, noting milk, eggs and meat prices, feed costs, and losses from pests and disease. It urges balanced policy to avoid shortages while supporting farmers and national needs.
Unsettled weather and unexpected snowfalls in September and October slow harvests across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Officials warn of lower grain grades and possible heavy losses while farmers seek emergency measures including a four point program to stabilize Western Canada’s wheat industry.
Searle Grain Company operators of numerous country elevators across the West urged that Wheat producers receive a 10 cent per bushel bonus on all wheat already delivered or to be delivered from the 1941 crop. The proposal aims to offset the higher cost of living, and critics argue many farm families would gain little from such a plan.
The Reichs Journal of Public Health reports German infant mortality in towns over 100 000 at 63 per 1000 for 1980 63 vs 61 in England. The German rate has been the highest for four years, consistently exceeding the English rate by about 10 per 1000.
In Melbourne an article notes the Australian Research Council funds efforts to tick proof Zebu cattle from India after a new tick threatens herds in Northern Australia. The program targets producing tick resistant bulls and cows to reduce fatal infections.
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