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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 21, 1944

Page

12

From The Of Interest To Women EMIXING BOWL

Food value tips for winter vegetables and several recipes are shared. Topics include peeling to preserve value, potatoes squash carrots parsnips and eggplant cooked with jackets on or unpeeled, tomato stuffed potatoes and baked stuffed eggplant, fried summer squash, creamed salsify or oyster plant, stuffed peppers, and herb storage tips. Also included are two new sandwich fillings and a vegetable plate idea with white sauce and vegetables.

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They Are All Afraid Wins Education Radio Award in Ohio

Len Peterson’s play They Are All Afraid was voted best casting excellent script first class production and highly effective musical for Education by Radio in Ohio earlier this month. Judges praised the Canadian play as an unusual dramatic treatment of psychological factors rarely dealt with in broadcasting.

Len Peterson Ohio

Sugar Loan Fables and Neighborly Reminders from Ginger Farm

A Ginger Farm diary shares the moral about lending sugar or butter and the urge to remind debtors to prevent lost trust. It contrasts polite reminders with the sting of forgotten loans, notes farm life including a watchdog named Tippy and a cat named Mitchie, and ends with a brief agricultural aside on turkey leg proportions.

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New Friendships Forged in Canada Will Outlast War

ENID NEMY reports from De Winton air school southwest of Calgary on Allied air force personnel. Dutch Hendrik Belgian Albert and Jan from the Czech lands endured escape and concentration camps, years of travel through Europe, Africa and England. Postwar plans include an Allied club to cement Europe Canada ties under Sqdn. Ldr. A. J. Laing.

Enid Nemy Canaiian Nie Weiter DE Winton Hoyse Canadian Air Force Czechoslovakia Belgium France Nederlands de Winton Air School Calgary Ane Allied Air Fcrce Iit Hendrik Holland Hendrick Gibraltar Jan Steel Ny Republic Poland Africa Foreign Legion Tansas Aly Tanlala Algiera England Albert Marseille Orin Casablanca Chiles Plars Alltiere Canada Sqdn. Lar A. J. Laing Sydn. Lar Laing Wil

Square Milk Bottles Prove Successful in Trials

After a year long trial square milk bottles in quarts and half pints spread across Cedar Rapids Iowa and other cities in the United States have proven successful. The shift from round bottles aimed to conserve cold storage space and boost truck loads. The new cases hold about 45 percent more milk and are lighter and more compact, requiring roughly one third less space in a truck and less work for drivers. Grocers report fitting 36 square bottles on a shelf that previously held 31 round bottles.

Cedar Rapids Towa United States

Comic Vignettes From Early 20th Century Public Life

A collage of humorous lines about cowboys, doctors, ministers, lovers, and film stars portrays social foibles and public scenes. A trolley lapse in 1929 and a magistrate quip about a sober man on a right post anchor a portrait of era humor and shared culture.

Canada’s wood pulp leads global paper supply

The article notes that coniferous woods dominate papermaking in Canada and worldwide, comprising about ninety percent of production. It highlights Canada’s unique role in the British Commonwealth as a major wood pulp source, with other materials like grass, straw, bamboo, and waste fibers making up the remainder.

Canada British Commonwealth of Nations Newfoudland

Need Stronger Shells for Eggs Aims to Boost Egg Shell Strength

Canadian agricultural scientists study stronger shells for eggs to reduce losses from breakage in transit and handling during the pest year. The poultry authorities note export eggs require robust shells to prevent blemishes and protect value.

Bath-tub seal Susie near Victoria grows at Deep Bay

Susie the young seal, cared for by Mr. A. J. Webb of Victoria, eats tinned cakes and drinks from a bottle with a rubber nipple. The cub, captured by Captain Robert Webb at Deep Bay near Nanaimo, measures 38 inches and behaves like a gentle, puppy-like pet.

Victoria Suse Beth-Teb Susie A. J. Webb Brobert Webb Deep Bay Nanaimo Webb

Won Pat Chinese youth jailed for arson in Vernon

Vernon CP reports a 1-year-old Chinese individual was sentenced to two years imprisonment after conviction for arson. Evidence shows he set fire to the Women's State building in Vernon.

Vernon

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