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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
3
A homemakers column promotes fresh seasonal fruits like cantaloupes honeydew and grapes with serving ideas and color contrasts. It includes fruit salads garnishes sherbet glasses and a light hot water saving tips section plus a Q&A on baked peppers and peach conserve recipes.
Canada will require women to register under National Selective Service rules with first group born 1918–1922 to register between September 14 and 19. Exemptions apply to those in unemployment insurance, in institutions, or not in insurable work. many workers and housewives must register. An interview process will assess placement in war production and essential duties as the program builds a complete inventory of potential workers.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board official allows farmers wives to buy extra sugar for threshers by stating required amount and meals per man. No change to tea or coffee rationing. The writer also recounts a Sunday trip to Malton Airport, Lancaster bomber display, Trans-Canada Airlines scene, and harvest fields as harvest work continues.
Wartime price and wage controls have kept cost of living under control in Canada during World War II, with prices and wages showing far smaller rises than in World War I. The Cost of Living Index rose modestly, and workers in key industries have also received cost of living bonus payments, with some bonuses up to 4.25 dollars per week for the initial period.
An officer and six privates in Britain's Royal Army Ordnance Corps organized a repair network after Dunkirk. They linked garages and small workshops to repair vital equipment without delaying Ministry of Supply contracts. The Central Repair Depot then restored hundreds of thousands of items, keeping resources in circulation and easing factory pressure.
Major Jack Front of Cape Town listed as missing since June 16. He is credited with destroying 13 Axis aircraft during combat.
In the summer before the November revolution, Kerensky's provisional government faltered as Bolshevik forces gained ground. Kornilov's failed attempt to march on Petrograd led to his imprisonment, while the soviet movement expanded with arming workers and shifting power toward the revolutionaries. Kerensky escaped to Britain after a dramatic exit from Russia.
Sixty-year veteran Tom Beasley, who forged his first blade during the 1870 Franco Prussian War, works 100 hours daily to arm Britain. The firm, founded in 1772 and renowned for swords and razors, now produces command knives scabbards anti-tank ammo and Graviner fire extinguishers while doubling staff and output for the war effort.
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