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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
4
In Chicago 15 month old Rosemary Fish lies with leg casts after birth without a left hip socket. Dr Sheppard Remington aims to create an anatomical hip by a bloodless operation and subsequent manipulations to enable walking in about two years.
Chicago reports two one million volt X rays built to test war metals will enter cancer therapy trials. Stanley B. Adams, wartime assets officer, announced the War Assets Administration sold the X rays to the Veterans Administration for deep X ray therapy in cancer battles.
Census Bureau projects 15,000,000 new households and 9,000,000 breaks up by 1950, yielding a net gain of 6,000,000. Total U S families will reach 41,000,000. High marriage rates drive growth while deaths and divorces cause dissolutions.
Mrs. Leone Stockton, a 54 year old secretary at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, was hospitalized after food poisoning from mushrooms she picked on museum grounds. The museum display educated the public on poisonous and edible varieties for safety.
Des Moines reports a social welfare board inquiry into romance after 65 year old Charlie Rath, a Glidden farmer widower, sought a wife who would not smoke drink or visit taverns. The board publicized the letter and about 50 women responded. Rath married one. The board then received another request from a man over 50 seeking a wife, with letters from late Rath applicants forwarded.
In January Earth sits about 3,000,000 miles closer to the sun than in July. The term gadget traces to the U.S. Navy. The mourning dove derives its name from its mournful call.
Pittsburgh story honors William Yeager known as the Good Samaritan among Navy men. While aboard the USS Thornton he listened to Radio Toyo letters from American prisoners of war, shared excerpts, and sent discs and 900 letters to families, earning wide praise.
Yeager notes receiving 650 replies and quips that if he chose to travel he could accept invitations from every state, adding he would never have to stay in a hotel. The remark highlights wide audience interest and implied accessibility for his journeys.
Japanese to resume cultured pearling in Nanao Bay after five years of inactivity. An estimated 10 million mother of pearl imbedded in the bay will underpin overseas trade to secure foodstuffs for aipan. Mikimoto Pearl Company pioneered artificial pearl farming about two decades ago before wartime disruption.
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