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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
3
Of Interest to Women outlines simple home made candy recipes using sweetened condensed milk as quick, fallible proof treats. Instructions provide steps to melt chocolate, mix with milk, roll in shredded coconut, form rolls, and chill before slicing into pieces. Aimed at volunteers, it notes junior helpers can assist and emphasizes eye appeal and taste.
A vintage style guide suggests Halloween party foods such as pumpkin pies with whipped cream faces, grotesque crust designs on meat and chicken pies, and nut-browned doughnuts with cinnamon. It recommends chocolate cakes with orange icing and lollypops as decorations, plus festive popcorn treats, waxed paper wrapping, and colorful cords for display.
Canadian troops in England struggled to convert dollars and cents to pounds, shillings, and pence. A YMCA Overseas supervisor hired a former governess to run a Francais table, where soldiers learned currency conversion, drawing large crowds and becoming a popular center feature.
Prepare fondant by mixing figs nut meats and Maraschino cherries chopped finely. Combine with sweetened condensed milk and confectioners sugar to a stiff fondant. Fold in fruit then shape into small balls. Chill until firm. Optional dip in melted chocolate. Yields about 36.
British researchers adapt a novel milking machine to milk 400 ewes at Northamptonshire Farm Institute. Ewe milk yields curd and butter fat about three times cow milk and could supply substantial cheese for home use and export, aiding postwar food supply. Refugee involvement noted with Cxyechoaloval assistance in sourcing cheese from sheep milk.
A writer details packing two parcels under a five pound limit with trial and error, finally achieving square, shipshape boxes after adjustments. The piece shifts to mail delays, a missing letter from a son stationed abroad, and a rural mail addresssuggestion to include box numbers for easier delivery. The farm notes report good rain aiding ploughing, improved pastures, increased milk, and busy farm life with birds and seasonal changes.
Ottawa reports the Agricultural Supplies Board in the War Planning Committee coordinates to avoid shortages. Canada increases beet cabbage cauliflower parsnip radish onion and turnip seed production on contracts while plans secure garden crops for 1942 and 1943. Measures curb exports and boost domestic mills feed prices to aid dairy farmers amid dry summer conditions.
English makers produce non Ersatz Cologne using carefully chosen true floral oils. The City of Cologne cannot supply its famous product, and England will continue only as long as authentic constituents are available. Exports have reached Canada, India, South Africa, Egypt, Hongkong, and Palestine.
Charles A. Lindbergh, once a celebrated aviator and public idol, drew sharp criticism in a Des Moines speech. The writer condemns his remarks as hateful and bigoted and says his influence on the public cause has collapsed, leaving a lasting injury to American discourse.
Phrases celebrate a farming scene with pies and visitors arriving from various directions as part of a rural event blending local produce and community spirit.
Applications for licenses to manufacture and deal in foods seeds livestock poultry yarn cloth clothing and footwear are flooding the Licensing Records Division of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa. More than 200 000 forms are being distributed through 13 000 Canadian post offices and their mail current municipal and rural routes. The War Time Prices and Trade Board urges prompt applications with a December 1 deadline to avoid selling or handling unlicensed goods.
Mayor Fader of Leamington notes gamblers pour money into country fair and traveling show games. Individuals lose sums equal to weeks of pay as they chase jackpots. Though losses grow, many still gamble and later seek legal recourse to recover funds from operators.
Civil servants will remain beyond retirement age due to wartime staffing shortages. Canadian National reports an average of 92 600 freight cars in service daily this year, up about 2 500 from 1940 levels, with revenue loadings at their highest since 1940.
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