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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
3
Household guide details how to store vegetables and fruits without canning. Describes building a shaded ventilated cold storage in a basement with 2x4 framing, waterproof paper, insulation, and a vented window. Outdoor pits, humidity control, and layered earth and leaves for cabbage storage are outlined along with simple preservation recipes and a question box for homemaking tips.
Horticultural expert Miss Isabella Preston of the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa recommends September as the best time to divide and transplant peonies. Handle divisions with two or three eyes, plant with two inches of crown above soil, mulch first year, and burn leaves in fall to curb disease. send suspect roots to Ottawa for analysis.
The article outlines iron as essential and widely used in wrought iron cast iron and steel. It explains ore concentration, production methods, and the role of additives like nickel manganese chromium tungsten to harden steel. It notes Canada’s limited output and the strategic value of high grade hematite deposits at Steeprock Lake and Michipoten.
A magazine envisions postwar home advances with kitchen gadgets and machines that may tempt women away from traditional roles. The piece weighs risks to marriage if ease of housework reduces need for a husband, yet notes economic independence already shifts norms and that new devices may simply create more chores.
A Greek ceramic jug dating to about 1000 BC has found a permanent home at the Royal Ontario Museum. It arrived in Canada via a Quebec curiosity shop after being found by a Greek boy who fled Greece during the German invasion. It is the only known example of its kind in Canada and likely held scented oil. The jug’s full tale remains untold.
George A. M. Parker of the Toronto Transportation Commission recalls a 1916 Niagara campaign event when lightning struck a line of bayonets, killing others but Parker revived after an hour of Schaeler method resuscitation. He credits recovery to artificial respiration and supports Health League of Canada efforts to document rescues.
Two young women on a Montreal streetcar discuss labor strife. One declares she quit, saying workers can switch jobs anytime, highlighting the tension between rank and file labor views and union leadership on strike as a weapon.
Knight Thomas Walt receives knighthood during a Royal tour of Scotland, aided by a borrowed sword. The ceremony occurs as war workers’ children play nearby. he is named in the New Year list but too ill to attend at Buckingham Palace. Nigeria colonial changes note merging in 1914 and shifting governance to Africans.
Stevens of Trans-Canada Air Lines discusses radionics as a wartime science including electronics radar and radio. He notes radars aided Britain and predicts future safety advances in air transport and related fields as wartime technology evolves.
Developments of radionics are significant for managing airways with thousands of aircraft. Radio helps overcome weather and landings, and a monitoring pilot or ground operator could guide aircraft. Radio controlled flight is an accomplished fact, awaiting commercial application.
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