THE CHINA MAIL,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954.
POLIO CASES THROUGH 44TH WEEK OP 1954 COMPARED WITH TOTALS FOR SAME PERIOD IN 1952, '53 AND AVERAGE 1949-53
60,000-
48,000
36,000.
474
24,000
156
12,000.
0.
1954 POLIO CASE RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION:
UNDER TO
10 TO 20
20 TO 30
30 TO 40
OVER 40
PROBLEM COUNTIES WITH RATES OVER 150 NUMBERS SHOW INCREASE OR DE- CREASE FROM 1949-'53 AVERAGE #CALENDAR YEAR THROUGH 44th WEEK
ET
SOURCE:NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
1954 1953 1952 SYEAR
AVERAGE
AVERAGE ANNUAL CASE RATE PER 100,000 POP IN FIVE-YEAR
PERIODS
30-
25
20
าร
10
5
1939-43
1944-48
1949-53
AP Newsfeatures
1954 POLIO TOLL THIRD
HIGHEST IN HISTORY
By DAVID L. BOWEN
Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer
Polio took its third | thes
period
BVITARE for the
the Jou
וט
trials In 217 Name 1049-53.
the country.
YOUTH
states in
heaviest toll in history The ther in the United States this up all have had more vages year as the country im- than their five-year averagy
awaited the
patiently report on results of the dramatic field trial of the Salk vaccine, which may end the terrifying career of the crippling disease.
With Inore thurs "L ԱԶՆԱՈ is aboVE Its Ave-year avers
11-
age, Florida is suffering an vidence per 100,000 population of 50.0-290 por rent grater than the 1040 - 53 averag
Novada how az incidence 104
control
lest areas across
Dr Van Riper attributes this to three fuctors:
Only 440,000 of these children
The amount of vaccino received the actual vaccine. The reminder either got a "duminy"
available will be sufficient for shot or where included in the "only a small percentage" of the
st susceptible age groups. By Kroup"
keeping
New 2, careful track of all these children
inoculation pro- while to be the evaluation
grammes take a centre will ho able to determine what the in-crested by the public.
There 3. eldence of polio was for each
will be too area. With this knowledge, it time between the federal licet- ing of the vaccine-assuming t will be able 10 determine the
will be lccased-and the bes ginning of the pollo season.
per cent higher than the average | degree of protection afforded for those years and Wyoming
is running 140 per cent higher.
Three countles in Nebraska.
152 cases
those who received vaccine,
centre
lo
To make cortain the use of the Sulk vaccine can got off to With 34,220 vases reported in two in Wyoming and one each
a running start if the evaluation the second week of November,
in Florida, North Carolina, New
report is favourable, the This is a tremendously com- this year's polo medence is Mexico, California and Texus plex Job.
National Foundation has According to Dr Vopped vnly by the brutal adi-
had incidence rutes of more tune record of 1952 when there than
Thomas Francis Jr. University of gambled nine million dollars on were 57,879 cuses. Secund worst population,
per 100,000 Michigan epidemiologist who is contract for enough vaccine to in charge of the evaluaton, it inoculate nine million persons. year was 1949, with jiant over States with relatively
"calculated risk" will few cannot possibly be completed This 42,000
cases this year
Include Min-before next spring.
enable pharmaceutical manu- nesota.
where Incidence is 02 No Judgment on the effective facturers to retain specialised per cent less than the average.
of the spring shots isonnel South Dakota 0 per cent les poss
before this evaluation, w the report and thus be Wisconsin 40 per cent less and
Nationni, prepared to produce promptly idalo 47 per cent less.
Foundation, because those who substantial quamilles for com- While these provisional tabu-received them are so small and mercial use, lations continue to mount, the
a fragment of the tolal the ucat
polto vaccine
CETOS.
nesa
craticTC
population
the
and facilities
TRAD
AND COMMERCE SECTION
SOUTH AMERICAN Shares Offered NEW YORK
DEVELOPMENT FUND MOOTED
Petropolis, Brazil, Nov. 30.
A proposal that the 20 Latin American republics pool their official gold and foreign exchange reserves which last June exceeded $3,700,000,000 to organise a development fund has gained ground at the Inter-American Economic Conference.
The United States is understood to oppose the proposal. It originally was introduced by Chile and has been endorsed so far by Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, el Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Further support for the plan the development of the project was expected as additional Latin and to
ready to present American Finuare Ministers specific proposals to member complete presentation of their countries in the near future," general statements before the Mr Black sald. conference.
ENDORSED
the
At the same time Mr Eugene The proposed International Black, President of Inter Finance Corporation,
endorsed national
Bank for Reconstruc-by President Eisenhower fust don and Development, adiress-week, would have a capital fund ing the third plenary sosalon, of $100,000,000. Some Latin "xpressext "great satisfaction, American
with voiced
both official and personal,
spokesmen have the opinion that this the announcment that Use would be "a mere drop in the United States supports the crea- tion of an internaŭonal Finance
Corporation, composed of all members of the International Hank.
"We, in the Bank, expect to be able to act without delay in
World Cotton Markets
New York, Nov. 30. Colten prices today turned reactionary after a mixed start, huiting a previous four-day rise
incunding to 33 a bale.
Realising on technical reasons, plus commission house liquida- tion and moderate hedge selling found trade buyers more re- Arved.
in Evening up the December delivery was another trading feature,
New while
intercet speculative developed cautiously as outside traders transferred more niten- lion to securities and some of
Although tho peak of the season was passad two months
The vaccine being purchased ago, reports of now cases still are
by the National Foundation will Betury the your coming In.
15 developed by Dr Jonas E. Salk Although #1 is not widely be given free of charge-again over the Natkmal Foundation for
of the University of Pittsburgh realised, the country can expept assuming a favourable report-to Infantil Paralysis estimates the
shifted from the "needle phase" a relatively small drop in pollo a selective group.
It will in- 19.4-1
- Agure will chrab
to 40.000
to of lost spring
the "paper rates next your even if the Salk elude all "polio pioneers" who Ay !! neompanying isip phase"
vuceine la proved completely participated in the Beld trials how dest hat Unis At the Poliomyelitis Vaccine effective.
last spring bul who didn't your
WITC Florku Iowa, Evaluation Centre Al the "We must
for up-rett prepare
receive actual vaccine and two Nebraska, Wyoming Utah and University of Michigan 144 proximately the same number other classifications with high Nevasta. Nebraska
and Ulah / million separate facts are being of new cases as we had In 1954," susceptibility to pollo: Pregnant foll in this category even though, entered on 1,830,000 cards each saya Dr Hort E Van Riper, women and all children in the they have had less casry through, une bearing the name of a child | medical director of the National { first
Ure 44th week at this yeu thun who participated in the field Foundation.
shows, states
of grades parochial schools.
public and
Livingstone Centenary
DAVID
LIVINGSTONE
Next Year
Nidaro Fails, only 170 feet a special building adjacent to hich.
the museum built in Livingstone town to house treasures illustra-
Ideas have been advanced for
ot
the
a new monumeral to be placed | ting early exploration and on Livingstone Island at the pioneer development which very lip
Falls where opened the country to British David Livings'ane stood when colonisation. he first saw them, on November 16, 1955.
possessions will be Ometals
to enhanced
next year by items large A
collection of open the Livinstone Exhibition from
PTC
preparing
Museum
years.
Ware
been
the commodity markets.
bucket.
New York, Nov..30. A group of American underwriters announced to- day, an offering of 310,285 shares of capital stock of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company at $5.60 a a share.
All of the shares offered
insued
outstanding
and are being sold for the secount of Anglo-Canadian Telephone Company which of the will receive alt proceeds from the sale.
Philippine Long Distance Company
reach services 110 principal clile and commercial centres through- ou the Plippines,
Carl. M, Loeb, Rhoades
Co. Aud
and antocister head the U.8; underwriting group.-United Press.
HONGKONG
STOCK
EXCHANGE
(From Our Correspondant)
Norm opkastreba
STOCK
MARKET
New York, Nov. 30. Industrial shares on the stock exchange suffered their first setback in seven BEARÍONN.
In the
Losses throughout the list at the close ranged to more than h point Market experts were not alarmed over the break which developed
last hour of tealings. They pointed out that the 1st
was due for suing selling at this Ume be- cause of the recent advanco which moved industrial shares to an all-time high,
The Hauldasin movement de- veloped in the last 30 minutes of dealings. Selling was so heavy that reporting tickers fell behind floor transactions. AL the opening, the Hickers also ran late, but at that time tho market was moving upward.
Trading erstel 101 the Il-off. Salts for the day total- Ted 1,440,000 sharesi, compared with 3,300.000 yesterday,
AIRCRAFT
ISSUES
Alterat manufacturing issues Franged
do better than other stocka, Railroad shores cunskferable selling on profit-taking. This nurket news conbunted 011 the favourable
met
the side.
As the conference swunst into tung's transactions on the high gear with the start of Hongkong Stock Exchange were: committee work, another project | SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES was inding strong Latin Ameri- can support: The creation of a system
stabilise prices of primary Ratin American raw materials.
the
to
Mentioned specially anong to be stabilised products Way coffee. Coffee experts
10 the attached
Brazilian Columbino, Mexlein and Central American delegations studiet possible approaches to the iden of establishing an International coffee agreement, which both producing and consuming coun- Irles would be invited to join. ft would be patterned along the Wheat International existing
Agreement-United Press.
World Rubber
Markets
New York, Nov. 30. Rubber futures today closed Traders looking for new in-
the forth-to 15 points lower with sales of centives discussed
45 citracis. coming Anal Government crop estimate of the season to be
intra-dealer, switching opern- tions accounted for a part of published on Dec. 8.
the small business donc JET Kutures.
some
Harvesting of the remainder of the crop has made rapid
Spot dealers reported progress in the far southwest, mostly by machine on Irrigated small buying for the account of the small and medium sized three. fourths picked in Arizona and factories, but price hiças among
ercoge.
Cotton
ta
BANKS
1K Bank
1800 1870
***0
4 Jo
10 .. 1470
Funk Anien INSURANCES
214
1410017
Lumbard Made withers
#44
DUCKS, ETC
K Whit Do
IT
Ati 20 Jaovident (0) 13 79 16 10 Wheelock
LAND EIX ILK Slot
IIX Landt
Itumphreys Realty UTILITIES
400... My
7 7.10 4000 $ 0.195 11:30
*
A Aw
dominated
host most
lower-priced ISPUCA dralings. Chrysler
of is gains in the mannged to
but Tutors.
close with a gain of a to $834.
Amorean - Rawain Steamship WEN a
th
a bright
Spot EIN the special-
the Volatile Ou
sertion, Royal Dutch slumped 2% points to $80. Boeing Ar craft closed with only a gain of 134 points to $03% after show- Ing an
improvement of
than 3 points.
7.08 SUDU
14 21 14 20 1000
13.00
2000
14.00
4000
14,10
2000 14.20
23.30
3000 40
2001 300 64.50 100 63.00 100+ 05.20
300
40 63.00 10002330 2.42 2.10 000 or 2.121
Tran ... 01060 2000
Star Ferry 137 140 Yaumati Ferry 137 150
19.00
1750 of 10.00
220 6 157
10 187
100 137
100 150
C
Light (0) IT 10 17.40 300 * 17
500 a 17.20
500 S 1720 203 17.10
37 37.75 132 36.50
07 11
Light (N) 13 70
Electric
Масда ке
Telephone
INDUSTRIALS
C'ement
A
current mar-
Is In the final states in north- the major buyers was thought to western
Texus, where "gin be running around / cent yards are overrun with loaded pound below the
1 Rss wete Spot No. according 10 the ket, Government weekly crop sum-
quoted at 214 cents per pound, Future Closings were;
trailers."
mary.
Trading volumes and open interests in the Exchange today
Dec.
Mar.
May
July
were:
Sept.
Month
Doc.
Volunc 0,000
Open interest
70,700
Мат
50,800
192.300
Jay
30,700
1,013,000
July
17.300
477.100
Det
11.100
109,000
Dre.
5,900
74.200
Shar
4.700
22,500
May
10,700
12,200
101,200 2,783,100 bales
NEW YORK
Headman Chinkalanga, who the ex- claimed to have scen
Journeys plorer on one of his through what is now known as Total Northern Rhodesia.
Chinkalanga, Dix от seven years old when he saw Living- stone, was estimated to be 94 when he died
Prices of futures closed today as follows:
Spot
Doc.
MAT
May
D
July
dis-
Oct,
tha
Dec.
Mar
May
The Falls centenary year has been chosen by the Pan-African Congress on Prehistory for
neeing at Livingstone to cuss the prehistoric past of African continent.
New Findings
new
The centenary Zambesi
14.00
34.24
34,52-03
34.70
24.71-12
JAAS
34.49
34.51
34.58
NEW ORLEANS
AMSTERDAM
The market WAS
30
30 75,371, 1000 4 30.50
1000 34,75
300 or 37
ΠΟΙΟ
Of the 1,263 issues traded, 627 cloud lower. 380 finished higher and 240 held unchanged, New highs were registered by 130 stocks and three made new lows. The New York Stock Ex-
bond change
volume $3,270,000.
WEB
The American Stock Exchango volume was 900,000 shares.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow Jones closing averages on Wall Street today were as follows:
30 Industrials
20 mil
15 utilities
03 socks
40 bonds
386,77
131.47
50,15
141.63
101.19
170.04
-Valled Press.
Comm, future price index
Chicago Grain Prices
Prices per mabel in cente:
Mar
Chicago, Nov. 30.
Closing prices
3500 1710
100 @ 17,20
14
100 13.00
300 0 301.75
1000 37
31
50 30%
Whest, No. 2, red
Spot
200
Dec. 229472(1
2204-26
230
500 or 31.20
May
228
CONST
July
27 US
#T.10
Rope
STORES, ETC
Dairy X tha
1000
Serie
Corn, No. 2, yellow
27.03
27.70
2424.20 500 45 24,5
1132 24 300 24
Spot Dec. Mar.
21715
185
Itts
15.20
MAY
27 70
July
Sept
steady.
Iya
74000 7 10
Dec.
Mar.
120-1237% 131
Oatn
Dec.
8.70
Mar.
0311
428 4.30 17000 @ 4.27!5
Boybeans, No. 2, yellow
Spot
20015
Jan.
Mor.
28791-16
May
209-2188
July
-2203312-14
Sept.
200
Barley
Spot
New York Hone
200 tb. #ack
130-152
$14.00 -Uribd Press.
Prices closed today in Builders
per kilo cit Dec, as follows;
No. 1 rubber
No. 2 rubber
No. 3 rubber
No. 1 crepo
2.34 buyers
2.32 buyer
2,31 buyers
2.50 pold
The Singapore and London rubber prices were not received. -United Press,
New
York Sugar Market
New York, Nov. 30.
World No.
4 sugar futures closed today unchanged with
aples of six contracts.
Domestic No. 0
L Crawford 24 30 COTTONS
Textile Co. 1.85
Nyosu
MISCELLANEOUS
Yutaze Allied
Corporations
Profit Boost
Predicted
Prices of futures closed today clooed 1 to 5 points higher with predlebelt
as follows:
Spot
Dec.
Mar.
May
July
ન
Deo.
Mar.
May
Future
34.20
33,75
34.58-59
34.81-82
24,70
134.40
34.40
34.07
34.00
200-206-7
New York Foreign
Canada
Exchange
New York, Nov. 30.
unofficial 30-day futuren 90-day futures
$1.03 Tamoja
2.07-11.09
Australia
*2.78€
2.78-11/10
2,77 2.79-1/10
New York, Nov. 30. Fortune, No. 8 sugar futures
Magazine today a big boost in net sales af 82 contracts.
profits for 4.9. corporations in England-omcial World futures filled to devo-1965. lop a special trading feature, In tho world
In its current fasue, Fortuie Ceylon was the reported buyers salt corporate net profita next New Zealand of 93,000 tons of Cuban sugar year will be up from 18 billion South Africa for January shipment at about in 1954 to mywhore between loband Belgium 3.20 cents a pound, F. O. B. 16.7 and 21 billon. Domestic futures Armed
in June, July and August next Livingstone's things recently
Many of the fine discovered in a tin trunk which
findings about year, the height Livingstone, Northern weather winter season of Central had been lying locked in an early man-some suggesting that Africa when the great Falls, too, attic in Britain for the last 40 Africa may have been the homo Rhodesia, Nov. 30.
and Eve will be aro acen at their best.
of Adam discussed next July here by Summer rains from November Doctor David Living-
The collection. including m
geologists and paleconto- the early months stone's discovery of Cen- the vent swell the yams of journals, books and the cocked logists who first met in Nairobl hat which David Livingstone in 1947, and who held their tral Africa's great River to heavily along its 750-
mile jungle course above the Portuguese
10 British consul in last conference at Algiers in
LIVERPOOL "river wonder," the Falls
•East Africa, has 1952. that by April and May
to the Central presented
closings, 12,000,000 cuble test of Africans Archives by Miss Diana Victoria Falls, in 1855 is some
75,000,000 Endiens to be commemorated by every minute, rour like taals Livingstone Bruce, the explorer's gatin, to be held from July 9 to middling, 15/18 inch, in pence Contract No. 4 (world)
12. aims at drawing compotitors per lb. were as follows: into
the great-granddaughter.
from deep gonges below
as well Overcas
as Doo/Jan.. Considered beyond price" southern Afriken, for a series of Mar/A drop, exploding into billowingg.
May/June clouds of spray and mist chorus the collection Includes more than ovents including Towing Bral Jul/AUE. ing the whole scene,
by motorboat racing.
Oct/Nov, Thomas water colours
Baines, the artist and
Oicial values for spot cations Airliners on their journeys to explorer, who left Kings Lynn, and from European capitals fy
include: American middling Norfolk, to wander through low dally over the Victoria
13/18th inch 32.84 Central Africa In Livingstone's Falls to land at nearby Living American B. Liddling
th inch 29.84 day,
stone Arrangements
to South Africa.
1-1/32nd inch 3306
special centenary cele- brations next year.
Exhibitions of the life work of the British explorers missionary are being organised and an international regatio is planned on the tropical waters
nrad
water,
یا
Water Eases
130
have
been the nerve to fuelling stop on Mexicon middling,
·Olliers were uzichanged, SAO PAULO
Mar
w
maritet,
The exact umount will be dependent on whether. the corporate tax rate is allowed to arop as per ochedule next year and whether corporations take full advantage of the depreciation provisions
with
American
tho raw market. Futuro clos- ings were,
3.1 Dat
31.54 37.10 32.24
Mar
May
Tu
372
31.68
slept. Boat(conts
3.22
DOY b. fob
Cuba) Contract No. 1
3.24
March May
6.4%
6.01
July
0.00
1.83
Nov.
0.04
March
Вла
"Unlied' Prem
of the Zambeal River, just above Dy June and July, with the the point where they crash ovar | arrival of the cool, dry Monzon linde to publish some of the But this overnight line with they 300 best one, a mile-wide in Contem) Afrien, "the" wall of material uncovered in the collec- rest of the world has left thô front on their 1,700-mile course water booming into the winding ton. It will form a special wide, green Zumbral And the to die Indian Ocean,
gorge has ossed enough to work to mark the centenary of scene of the Falls little changed
Futuro closing prices, enable
from the day when Livingstone | cruzokon, per iciło were au fol- Tought ofgenisere of the new what the tourist to get a clear the discovery of the Fulla.
the whole scene. By Another book available for first met byer upon it.”
Jows! Central African Federation are November, at the ond of the the contenary "Livingstone Preservation of the arett "-re- expecting a big season for the dry winter, the flow of the the Geographier" by Profesor cantly became the responsibility Fails Dext year, with their Zambesi, has fallen from 1 F. Debenham, Enverittle Pró- of a new Trust. M
tena exconding summertime peak to only 4,000,- sor of Geography at Ca
Fat/Cam-A Nor have the last 100 yers o the unal how of visitors from 000 gallons over the Fade That bridge University, di Duel of Adka and oversees in how, lavingstone first waw authority on Livingston 20 arocodiles and hippopotami Who
Etherne
· Thema)
One of the last if not the last live in the Zamber River of the average" príos Americane," are emorag the Halion and journals of Doctor living links with Livingstone's water to drink and cool thandling at 10 designated Jeannet travellers, to the 300. Livingstone's adventurous jour expeditions in Central Africa, estve a short motor launch kata was 38.08 cente
Viktoria Falls which nays: In, primitiva Atriona LLIKLE was lost recently in the ride from the Fails, China Mell them control totaled
PoEsnovi, nudley (Am will we entered in amets at na marianng known, an den
évéry, year,
an
much changes the halls of the
Juty
6pot-cents per lb, cit NY
Even if the riso
TOW
is only to
18.0 billion, the total amount of
corporato funds available in the
Chuhu India
aklatan Hongkong Others Presa.
were
ilted
London · Foreign Exchange
Montreal
form of profita
and deprecin New York tion should be up 12 per cont Amsterdam (er 3.7 billion) next year, Brumele
predicted. Fortune Copenhagen
For at net profits ini, the |
third
London, Nov. 30.
2.75-9/18-2.70-11/18 289-10/18-979
20.00-10.5091⁄2
109.6 19.4
Marka
Others
quarter of 1084 werd Zurich.
NEW YORK METAL nearly 10 billion. Fourth quar
FUTURES
ter not profita dould' rise at least 600 million more Cof porate not profits "should" bu Now York} Nov.' 30.
within 2 per cent of inst year's Prices of motal futures closed | 10,9 billfen; it
added today ini.cente por ibi ne follows! 12.786
31,085
Форрет
Dividends the
Trem
Exchange Rates
Ilustrning (wmé-done”: Szé
ori share, 19 Mockly #:125 Industrials, which unodia
80.60p rose 12 cents in the final quarter met the Roadwire 10315 OF 1908, will probably ring = 27.
10.50 cents in the corresponding
3 period this your, Fortune pro-
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