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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
2
Public health notes by Dr Robert F Young advise precautions against infantile paralysis highlighting sanitation water supply and disease prevention. The article warns against unnecessary travel during polio season and urges prompt medical consultation for unusual neck stiffness or muscle pain to limit transmission.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick argues in McCall's for June that many families face a moral and financial dilemma over repatriating American war dead. He notes Congress could allow burial abroad, cites 300000 exhumations and 199 million dollars in costs, plus 79 new national cemeteries and 10 million annual maintenance. He asks whether wartime losses justify such expenditure while considering fallen soldiers wishes.
A call to sell military surpluses to avert economic distress urges action regardless of who owns the mess, emphasizing shortages as a trigger for disposal.
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