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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
11
A holiday day after Christmas muses on midweek city life and personal routines. The piece reviews Fred Allen in The Reader's Digest January issue, noting his wit, cantankerous style, relentless writing, and rise from poverty to TV and radio acclaim.
By 1920 at 26 he was a Broadway mainstay and later mocked radio elites while disdaining Hollywood. He called California pleasant for orange growers. In 1944 he retired from broadcasting, then returned to work after NBC pressed a huge contract, finally saying, “I’ll go quietly.”
Fortune magazine argues that anti DDT rhetoric is widely unfounded. It notes DDT is less harmful to humans than many insecticides and balances fish and wildlife risks against benefits in controlling pests and disease.
New York reports a decline in adult male and female death rates from home accidents between 1933 and 1944, with the War era reducing home hazards due to fewer hours at home. Children showed increased mortality during wartime, while modern homes and safer appliances helped cut overall risks.
A simple comparison shows birds register about 112 degrees while sloths run around 94 and elephants near 98 degrees approximating normal human temperature.
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