Word: journalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much for a victim of apoplexy (stroke) until he recovers from the initial shock. Now Drs. N. C. Gilbert and Geza de Takats, of Chicago's St. Luke's Hospital, think that they may have a treatment in procaine (the local anesthetic common in dentistry). In the Journal of the American Medical Association, the doctors reported last week that procaine, injected into certain nerves of the neck as soon as possible after a stroke, seems to relieve spasms in the brain's blood vessels...
...South American nutria, a furry, aquatic, testy little wild animal, is a new U.S. resident. In the current issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management, Frank G. Ashbrook of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces that nutrias have recently appeared in many parts of the U.S. -from Louisiana to Michigan and Oregon. They seem to be increasing and spreading rapidly...
Where's the Rush? Furniture dealers suddenly found their warehouses full. The Wall Street Journal reported that a Los Angeles dealer had canceled two carloads when they failed to arrive on time. The manufacturer called him long distance and begged him to reconsider. Said the dealer: "That's the first experience of [that] kind I've had in six or eight years...
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that K-F's 4,000 dealers had about 20,000 cars in their showrooms, compared to fewer than 8,000 last November. They were not oversupplied if sales, which have been lagging, should pick up in the spring. But some dealers were already selling cars for less than list prices...
Consumers were also beginning to cut down on food buying. As a result, the Wall Street Journal, surveying eleven cities, found most food sellers holding back, too. Said one Chicago storekeeper: "We don't know how much to buy now or how much to pay for it." No one was worried much yet. But businessmen were keeping an anxious eye on those soft spots...