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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
13
Tomatoes are praised for flavor, versatility, and economy with ideas for raw eating, canning, relishes, and several tested recipes. Featured dishes include Devilled Tomatoes, Baked Stuffed Tomatoes, Tomato Relish, Chili Sauce, Tomato Juice, and Tomato Cocktail, plus directions for canning and storage.
A schoolroom quip defines hypocrisy as a boy who comes to school with a smile on his face. The exchange features a teacher prompting Johnny and Johnny's cheeky reply.
A preliminary 1940 peach crop estimate puts total production at 754000 bushels with Ontario contributing 568000 and British Columbia 185600. Demand remains steady as early varieties hit markets and fruit is graded Select No 1 No 2 Domestic No 3 under the Fruit Vegetable and Honey Act.
The New York Times reports 83 people in Roscoe Sullivan County New York fell ill with gastro enteritis after consuming raw milk. The state health department said one person was hospitalized but none in serious condition and pasteurized milk was provided as a substitute.
Britain exports incandescent mantles for oil lamps to Argentina and other South American towns. The Argentine Minister of Public Works placed orders as Britain ships artificial silk mantles, from the smallest microscope sizes to large lighthouse mantles, with Britain providing for seven seas and coastal towns alike.
A fragmentary dialogue features a farmer's son and another speaker arguing over a chicken. The exchange implies the bird is a rooster and questions about an egg are raised but rejected. The tone resembles a rural humor vignette.
War effort summary lists actions from Canada including an internal inquiry into internment camps, a new science committee led by Dean Mackenzie, and 123 war contracts totaling 10.7 million dollars. It notes naval armament production chiefs, transfer of U S destroyers to Britain, and plans to build three new munitions plants costing about 17.5 million. It also mentions a Netherlands Infantry Battalion raised in Canada and Atlantic defense realignments.
Gwendoline P. Clarke recalls a rough week at Ginger Farm with threshing duties, missing bread, and a stray glass for reading. Nell the horse dies, Perch mourns, and a radio tube failure leaves them in radio silence as news rumored from the war area.
Canada and the United States formalized their defense pledge with a joint agreement signed by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Franklin D Roosevelt in Ogdensburg New York. A permanent joint board of defense will be established to oversee defense of the northern half of the Western Hemisphere with four to five members from each country. Naval and military attaches Victor G. Brodeur and H F G Letson were appointed in Washington.
In four years Malartic has risen from a settlement to a town of note in Northwestern Quebec. The community grew with the Canadian National Railways branch from Senneterre to Noranda. Mines near Malartic produce about 700,000 tons daily, employ 750 workers, and sustain a sizable payroll. The town offers schools, churches, banks, and shops.
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