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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
3
An official of the National Canine Defense League states dogs endure air raids better than cats. The report notes dogs respond to alerts with steadier calm while the reason for cats’ behavior remains unexplained.
The parents of one year old Timothy Murphy filed a $10,000 suit against a Chicago doctor alleging a hospital abdominal operation performed on him while treated for pneumonia was intended for another child. The child is pictured with his mother and twin brother.
The article cites estimates that about 10 percent of U S service men with head wounds become epileptics and that tropical fevers add to risk. It notes epilepsy predated by Hippocrates, and that recognizable epileptics are often rejected for duty while many undiagnosed cases pass through. A new drug, dilantin sodium, has shown significant seizure control in trials.
Ration details set values for blue A8 K8 foods and red A through J8 meats and fats. K8 L8 M8 start April 9. Sugar stamps 30 31 five pounds. canning sugar stamp 40 five pounds through Feb 28 1945. Shoes stamp 18 expires April 30. new shoe stamp to begin May 1. Airplane stamp 1e unlimited. A coupon deadlines for A B C holders. Gasoline A coupons valid in the southeast. owners must print license numbers on all gasoline coupons.
The War Department released 229 U. S. soldiers killed in action. Four were from North Carolina: Pfc. Henry Hunt of Fairmont Rt. 3 Frank Hunt, Pfs. Walter R. Jones of Bridgeton Pvt. Herman L. Merritt of Salisbury and 1st Lt. James D. Simmons of Seven Springs. A hummingbird sphinx moth is noted among insect facts and women soldiers serve as radio code instructors in the Army Air Forces. More than 23,000 American Indians are in the armed services.
The War Department announced three North Carolinians will be temporarily promoted from first lieutenant to captain. The officers are Leon Edward Chaikin of Asheville, Joe R Henderson of Hota and William Hood Pucket of Raleigh.
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