Recorded on this day in 1945:
The Sheridan Press reported on wolves and war brides.
The story on the big wolf is ironic in a contemporary context. Wolves were wiped out in Colorado, probably and in Wyoming, probably, until the major reintroduction effort of the 2000s began. It's been a huge success in Wyoming, for which I'm glad, in spite of my initial skepticism. An ongoing effort is occuring in Colorado, which is meeting a lot of opposition in the anti nature Freedom Caucus era.
The Rocky Mountain News, which I remember from the 70s, 80s and 90s, when it was the best, in my view, of the two Denver papers, was a bit sensationalist at the time, which I've only recently come to appreciate. It was always a "tabloid", with that sort of paper format for some reason having a reputation of that type. I've never heard of the story related by the headline here:
A little digging finds that this claim was flat out untrue.
The News also reported on, oddly enough, test tube babies, something that is way earlier than I'd have ever supposed.
The first "test tube" baby was born in 1978. That person Louise Brown, is still with us. The first example of IVF in a mammal did not occur until 1959. Apparently the proponent of this suggestion was well ahead of her time in terms of scientific knowledge.
It's notable that the suggestion had a strong eugenics characteristic. That drive is also now very much coming into fruition, with designer babies now becoming a thing.
On the underlying concern, the explosion in births and the drop in the average age for a woman to first give birth that commenced at this time shows the concern was misplaced. As a Catholic, of course, I regard IVF as both unnatural and immoral. The bizarrely pro natalist Trump administration is all in on it.
The News also reported on Japanese social insurance, something being brought in by the progressive and distributist MacArthur occupation.
The cartoons of the day.
A classic gift was suggested.
British troops swept the Sharon plain in reaction to a prior days terrorist attack.
Ezra Pound was indicted for a second time on 19 counts of treason.
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