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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
11
A wartime homemaking column urges readers to boost fitness and health through better diet and routines. It endorses a motto of work while you work and sleep eight hours, plus a Nutri-Thrift menu with milk custards, fish, and fondue. It also provides cleaning tips for refrigerators and Q&A on canning and substitutions.
London dispatch reports Japan owed Australia 260000 pounds about 930000 dollars as compensation for wartime debts. Australia seized Japanese assets including wheat stocks to settle the claim. Separately, South London underground stations display boxes labeled to cut Hitler's throat as a wartime morale note.
The piece explains mothers wives and sweethearts should curb personal, chatty letters to sailors and soldiers. It notes censors may edit or block weather talk, gossip, or lengthy Postscript mentions of jobs, urging concise, safe updates to avoid risking letters.
A Winnipeg boy born January 11 19 may have lied about his age to enlist with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He went overseas in July stayed 11 months before his true age was found. He was discharged with a year remaining and seeks civilian work. His father Petty Officer W McQueen serves in the navy.
The RAF ace Brendan Finucane, famed for 33 Luftwaffe kills, writes of luck, mateship, and flying battles over France. He recalls near misses, a Ju 88 duel, and a radiator bullet that doomed his final Spitfire. He dreams of Australia and auditing after the war.
A diary fragment from Ginger Farm in Canada recounts jam making, fruit canning, and daily chores during a week of threshing. The writer notes rain interruptions, family visits including a soldier son and his girlfriend, tractors and ploughing, and gratitude for sugar rationing and retained harvests. The tone is intimate and reflective about farm routines and wartime sacrifices.
London reports Phyllis Rudd a 22 year old railway employee who works as a jack-of-all-trades. She drives a truck operates a mechanical horse and handles wagon tickets weighbridges timeskeeping portering and more. She could likely operate an engine throttle as well.
In Lincoln England relics described as tomb stones from Cromwell era battles are being repurposed to supply war material. The stones lie on small hillocks marking Cromwell fought sites and are now used in ongoing conflicts.
In Holton England a doctor's wife was convicted of hoarding 1484 tins of food and fined the equivalent of $3 285. The case was reported by CP with details of the unusual stash and the court's decision.
Canadian Press reports on long standing Commons customs such as hats on order papers and handkerchief headwear used during debates. The piece notes private meeting status, speaker eye contact for speaking, night sessions, and the safety rallying cry of Who goes home as the Mace is carried out.
David Griffiths and Guy Wilkin, teenage residents of Oxfordshire, traveled to London to present war ideas to Lord Louis Mountbatten after an Admiralty appointment. They met navy and RAF officers, submitted drawings and maps, and were told to join the navy if anything came of their plan. The boys left with the impression that everyone was jolly nice and helpful, though the meeting with Mountbatten did not occur.
Brazil, first South American nation in the war, expected to lend material and moral aid of definite proportions to the Allied line. The article notes Brazil's large population, vast coast, and military buildup, with emphasis on food support and anti Axis vigilance. London reports a campaign to recruit a citizen army for anti invasion training.
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