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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1944
Page
10
In Chicago on February 12, the nude bodies of George A. Moskey, chief counsel for the National Park Service, and his wife Agnes were found in their 19th floor North Side apartment. The building manager discovered them after entering with a passkey when no response was heard.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said there are few thinking Americans who wish to risk peacetime chaos of a continued new deal government. He spoke at the 58th Lincoln Day dinner of the National Republican Club in New York. He repeated sharp critiques made since becoming governor in 1943.
Joe W. McMichael aged 27 a former member of a radio vocal quartet and a private in a radio production unit died at an army air base hospital. Officials attributed the death to improper dosage of sulfa tablets taken for a cold.
Washington reports and surveys warn of a larger 1945 shortage in meats eggs and poultry due to depleted feed reserves and reduced livestock numbers. War Food Administration recommends cuts in hogs broilers and high quality beef with price changes hitting feeding profitability. Farmers face glut markets low prices and protein feed shortages impacting hog and cattle production.
Military notices highlight assignments and promotions among local service members. Lt Margaret E Tull now a lieutenant in the Army Nurses Corps at Brooks General Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas. Lt Woodrow M Brown USNR promoted from lieutenant junior grade. numerous others stationed in England Fort Benning Camp Polk Camp Reynolds and more. The piece also notes hog and beef market trends with spring pig crop reductions and projections of beef supply shortages next spring and summer due to reduced cattle feed in the corn belt and altered poultry production plans.
Ridgeway P. Bishop a 50 year old Chicago insurance broker and bridge expert fell from the 16th floor of the Morrison hotel landing on Clark Street near Madison in the Loop. He was son of the late Louis Brackett Bishop former head of Massachusetts Mutual Life and ex president of the National Association of Life Underwriters. He resided at the Planters hotel. A 1941 survey notes half of Canadian dwellings have baths or showers.
Pvt Erwin M. Yokeley son of E M Yokeley of 1613 Longstreet is stationed somewhere in England. He has served in the army for 18 months.
In Cairo on February 12 Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, Roosevelt’s Middle East representative, was awarded the order of the White Eagle of Yugoslavia by King Peter. The Chinese minister to Egypt presented a portrait of Chiang Kai-shek to the king as a sign of admiration for Yugoslavia. Research notes claim rock salt is superior to solar salt for fish curing.
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