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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
10
Recipe flavor feature for a charity bazaar highlights quick failproof candies using condensed milk. Instructions show melting chocolate with milk, coconut dusting, rolling, chilling, and slicing into bite sized pieces. Easy for helpers including juveniles to produce eye appealing treats.
A recipe column suggests festive Halloween treats. Pumpkin pies with whipped cream faces. grotesque crusts on meat and chicken dishes. chocolate icing on cakes. candied toppers like jack o lanterns and witches hats. Chocolate doughnuts with cinnamon and vanilla frost, sugared nut toppings, popcorn decorations, and lollipop displays for party tables.
Canadian troops arriving in England faced trouble turning dollars and cents into pounds shillings and pence. A YMCA Overseas supervisor solved it by placing a former governess at a help table, surrounded by cake, to teach language and coinage. The idea quickly became a popular feature at the YMCA center, aiding many new arrivals.
Chop figs nut meats and Maraschino cherries, then mix with fondant. Add sweetened condensed milk and confectioners sugar to form a stiff fondant. Shape into small balls, chill until firm, and dip in melted chocolate if desired. Yield about 36 pieces.
Czechoslovak refugees help Britain source cheese from sheep milk. A new British milking machine enables 400 ewes to be milked per day after trials at Northamptonshire Farm Institute. Ewe milk yields are rich in fat and curd, offering 1 to 2 pounds per ewe weekly for several months, with potential for domestic cheese and export.
A Ginger Farm diary entry recalls packing two gifts to England within a five pound limit, facing weight fluctuations and a later return to under five pounds. It also details a stalled letter from a moved son, a proposed rural box numbering plan to streamline mail delivery, and ongoing farm life with rain, milk, and fowl activity. It notes blue jays, dandelions, and harvesting changes as seasons shift.
Ottawa reports War Planning Committee under Federal Agriculture to balance surpluses and shortages. Board surveyed imports, boosted Canadian beet cabbage and turnout crops, planned for 1941 42 43. Apple and wheat surpluses managed via purchases in Nova Scotia and British Columbia with advertising and product development. Ireland flax surplus redirected, fertilizer supplies secured from U S, livestock feed restricted exports to conserve stocks, mill feeds priced to aid dairy farmers.
Not Ersatz Genuine eau de Cologne is produced in England from vintage floral oils and shipped to Empire countries including Canada India South Africa Egypt Hongkong and Palestine. The City of Cologne cannot supply its famed product and English makers say they will continue only while they can obtain carefully chosen constituents of Teuleau de Cologne.
Charles A. Lindbergh, once idolized for aviation feats, is said to have fallen from public esteem after a Des Moines speech containing un-American remarks. The piece argues his influence now harms the cause he once supported and wounds American ideals.
Visitors converge on a farming fair as diverse pies attract attention from various regions. Organizers note broad interest in traditional and new flavors reflecting local agriculture.
Hundreds of licenses are being issued under a nationwide plan to regulate alb manu facturers and dealers in food seeds livestock poultry yarn cloth and footwear. More than 200000 license application forms are being distributed through 13000 post offices and mail carriers. The War Time Prices and Trade Board urges quick applications. the December 1 deadline remains for licensure to permit buying selling or handling listed goods.
The Windsor Star notes people bet large sums at gambling games and slot machines at fairs despite long odds. Many lose substantial money and then seek legal recourse to recover funds, while winners rarely come forward to return winnings. The piece questions why players persist and trust in luck.
The National system reports an average of 92 600 freight cars in daily service this year, about 2 500 more than last year, with revenue loadings at their highest since 1940. In London civil servants beyond retirement age remain at work due to wartime staffing losses.
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