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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
9
Practical guidance on drying and ironing clothes, including hanger use, shade drying, sorting fabrics, and low heat for rayons. Instructions cover dampening, spraying, and ironing order from linens to cottons to rayons, plus care tips for damp garments and avoiding damage. A Question Box offers homemaking advice and recipes.
Readers ask about milk and celery pricing under wartime controls. Officials note milk prices vary by location and bottle inclusion. celery prices lack ceiling rules. Canning sugar blanks were due April 15, with June allotments. Consumer rights and where to obtain updates are outlined.
Polish naval authorities report the submarine Dzik torpedoed a 5000 ton enemy tanker and a 6000 ton passenger vessel in the Adriatic. Both ships were probably sunk. The action gives Dzik a sinking record among Polish submarines serving with the Royal Navy.
Sgt. Robert Ellingham, a 35 year old Kent farm owner, earned hero status in Sicily after risking his life to save ammunition dumps. His prewar plan aimed at two crops per acre, handed to his father and foreman before he enlisted. He was wounded in Sicily and is hospitalized in Egypt with reports of his crops reaching the Food Minister and Britain’s wartime efforts expanding through France India and Iraq.
The passage notes that boys and girls in a certain age range possess keen humor and find the world funny. It describes how jokes capture attention and how laughter can disrupt serious lessons. Teachers could recount classes where uncontrollable laughter occurred, and caution is advised to avoid excessive amusement during instruction. The text suggests humor helps cope with hardship but should not hinder learning.
A farm diary recounts trials with roosters and hens as the author solves coop problems. Roosters escape to the brooder house, hens wander the yard, pallets prefer floor sleeping, and the narrator rigs pipes and netting to coax birds onto roosts. The piece stresses hard work and long preparation behind every breakfast egg.
Harriet Campbell, a Columbia University researcher, links long term milk and wheat diets to extended life in rats. Her work with Dr. Henry C. Sherman tests mixtures of milk powder, whole wheat, calcium, cod liver oil, salt, and beans to improve human nutrition.
In Fraser Valley BC the first Aircraft Detection Corps post opens as part of BC plans to organize interior observers. Chief Observer Fred Rolley notes women handle daytime watches and men night shifts while youths join adults. Observers say they play a vital role in aviation safety and have saved lives along BC coast.
A Norfolk plowman unearthed an urn containing 1,300 Roman coins dating to the reigns of Probus and Gallienus. Experts say the hoard was hidden for safety during an invasion scare when Anglo-Saxons attacked Britain.
The article notes CN roundhouses groom locomotives daily, with 1.5 to 2 hours per turnabout and 3 to 4 hours for a general icing. Surcot, Montreal, handles 62 engines, turning out one loco every eleven minutes, with 480 workers and five pits servicing two engines each. Peak activity occurs 4–8 pm, record daily groomed units reaching 147.
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