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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
3
North Carolina reports 386 diphtheria cases for the year and 108 this month. Health Officer Dr. Carl V. Reynolds criticizes unvaccinated children and urges immunization to prevent crippling disease, contrasting with polio concerns and urging parental responsibility.
The report notes tuberculosis is spreading in war torn Europe while North Carolina achieves a new death rate low of 39.7 per 100 000 for last year, improving on 45.6 in 1942 and surpassing the national rate of 41.9. Still, wartime conditions may threaten a rise in TB, requiring vigilance.
The voluntary tuberculosis associations and seal sale committees nationwide plan a coordinated effort to curb tuberculosis. The 1944 sale opens November 27 with North Carolina targeting 215000 dollars in proceeds.
Robert Tritt USNR second class spent a few days here last week with his wife and mother. He entered service in August 1942 and has seen action in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
Pfc Woodrow R Harris of the Motor Transport Detachment earns the Good Conduct Ribbon and the Driver's Medal for accident free driving. He is the son of Mrs J Harris of Gumberry NC and is praised by Colonel Wilfrid M Blunt at Camp Carson Colorado. Before service he worked as a Navy timekeeper at Norfolk Naval Base. Miss Grace Nance remains bedridden at the Nurses Home.
Corporal Hubert J. Hawkins of Roanoke Rapids jeep driver with an engineer reconnaissance unit in the Fourth Armored Division has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious services in action in France. Before enlistment on June 3 1942 he worked as an electrician. His wife Mrs Nettie D Hawkins lives in Roanoke Rapids.
Pvt Willie F. Gibson son of Mr and Mrs Lonnie Gibson of Roanoke Rapids has enrolled at Scott Field Army Air Forces Training Command radio school. Upon completion he will be qualified as a radio technician and may join Scott Field graduates serving with bomber crews RAF ground stations or AAF communications system. He attended Roanoke Rapids High School and worked as a clerk before entering service.
War correspondent George Lai previews a mile high lost world in the New Guinea mountains where a hidden people cultivate strange crops raise piglets and live unclothed in a mysterious culture. The story appears in The American Weekly November 12 issue.
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