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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
11
Homemakers are urged to stretch the food budget with fruit based dishes. Recipes include Grape Juice, Favorite Construe, Plum Conserve, and Fruit Compote using grapes pears peaches pineapple and plums with sugar pectin and spices.
In the aftermath of a long drought, a substantial rainstorm arrives, filling cisterns and easing fall wheat concerns for farmers. The writer laments late timing for pastures, muses on standard time and hydro power, and notes efforts to conserve electricity amid summer heat while plans for a local clearing auction in Esqueling Township proceed.
The Financial Post quotes Ottawa officials stating four job seekers compete for every available Pacific coast position. Labor Deputy McNamara links unemployment in British Columbia to migration from the Prairies and Eastern Canada since the war. The Unemployment Insurance Commission reports 17,183 unemployed and 337 jobs as of August 13.
An experimental plant in Lowestoft England will manufacture margarine from herring oil. The new plant is expected to reduce margarine imports by $6 million annually.
American workers contributed a quarter million dollars to fund a new home in Sicily for Italian war orphans to train in marine trades, a recently opened facility aimed at rehabilitation and skill development.
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