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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
3
A homemaking column with pie recipes and pastry techniques. It covers crust methods, fruit and pumpkin fillings, and step by step process for a flaky crust including chilling and shaping. It also mentions wartime jams and jellies guidance and reader Q and A on pastry tips.
General Leclerc commander of the Fighting French Forces in Chad drives a motorised column across the Sahara. His troops left Fort Lamy, crossed 1000 miles of desert, captured Oum-el-Aranch, and after a 500 mile advance entered Tripoli. Leclerc, aged 40, was wounded in France, captured, escaped, and joined de Gaulle.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes a postwar rise in dressed poultry production and consumer preference for Grade A Milkfed birds. Turkeys favor 10 to 16 pound birds, with larger sizes limited demand. medium sized chickens rise in popularity, shaping export potential for Canada.
Peter Jarvis urges continued support for the war caravan with more money materials and lives to reach victory. He warns the road is long and hard and urges utmost backing now.
The British destroyer Foxhound reports 240000 miles sailed since the war began, asserting a record unequalled by any allied navy or merchant ship.
The writer recalls foot trouble common to many adults and shares a skeptical turn after trying a foot specialist. Both authors report relief from corns and calluses with a dollar foot treatment including softening solutions, paring, pads, and a massage. The piece notes repeat visits may be needed and urges readers to seek chiropodists in their city.
In Folkstone England receipts from fare boxes on Hythe and Folkestone buses show about 95 percent of passengers paid their fare when conductors were busy. The boxes were designed for short journeys to deposit fares.
New York report on antique buttons as wartime collectibles and investment hedges. Dealers note rising interest in military and celebrity buttons, with prices reaching thousands for rare items. Attics, sewing baskets, and button bags hide potential finds, from brass Washington inaugural buttons to hand painted designs.
The article outlines criteria used by poultry authorities to choose breeding males. Key traits include apparent vigor, masculine features without coarseness, a bright head and prominent eye, a weighty well proportioned body, strong straight legs, well conditioned plumage, bright legs and skin color, and breed specific size shape and color, with freedom from disqualifications. Selection starts around six months, emphasizing birds that feather quickly, mature early, and stay solid in body size. birds with rapid masculine development but poor body size are discarded.
A War Official said Allied forces will guard art treasures in Sicily and compile an inventory to prevent looting. A British expert inspects lasting works in public collections, churches, and galleries across Sicily.
U S Army medical study shows dermatitis from marking mudl used by Indian washermen to mark clothes is a contact irritation, not a fungus. The nut oil from the marking nut tree causes a skin reaction similar to poison ivy, spreading via contaminated laundry and mail in Washington and India.
Kipling recalls Ung the stone age man who drew on bone and turned hobby into work. The piece argues that curiosity and critique drive art and science, shaping greatness, while noting modern life feeds on second hand recreation as kids play and major games arrive on the radio.
A clipped exchange features a golf instructor urging practice of driving movements without the ball while the Colonel insists this is the exact problem he is trying to fix. The dialogue captures humor over technique in a snappy, period tone.
Officials in Montreal report the first bleed donor clinic held in Granby Quebec as the most successful mobile clinic to date in the Dominion of Canada Granby Leader Mail notes the event drew strong participation and favorable response from the community.
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