PERFECTED YELLOW FEVER VACCINE IS
PROVED 99 PER CENT.
BRILLIANT RESEARCH
BY ROCKEFELLER
·
FOUNDATION
By THEON WRIGHT
United Press Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK.
A 36-YEAR-OLD BATTLE WHICH PHYSICIANS HAVE FOUGHT
AGAINST ONE OF MANKIND'S MOST DREADED MALADIES -JUNGLE YELLOW FEVER-IS NOW CLOSE TO A VICTORIOUS END.
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that after six years of tests with vaccination, in which more than 40,000 persons were treated within the past year alone, immunities had been produced ranging up to 99 per cent.
The foundation's announcement said that the series of tests arra zei vor
a, kață lent protection of populations ex- posed to yellow fever is in sight."
Thio development of the "The new picture of yellow fever, vaccine is regarded as the most therefore, proved to be for darker than had been supposed," the report important single step in the pointed out. It is now known that battle to control yellow fever vast areas in the hinterlands of both since Dr. Hideo Noguchi isolat-South America and Africa are ende- mic centres of the disense. By what ed the yellow fever parasite, method It travels, other than the mos- "leptospira icteroides," 20 years quito, or what other hosts there are
except non, in not known."
ago.
the 15 further development of technique of vaccination is success- ful medical science will have acccom- plished one of its a.cat victories of The century.
The foundation, which began its researches in immunisation in yellow fever in 1931, made its first success- ful vaccinations on members of its own staff several years ago, using a modified yellow fever virus, with additional dosen of an Immunity
serum.
The treatment was regarded as too
complicated for Iarge populations, and early last year a virus develop ed laboratory research by tissue cul- iure methods was taken to South America for mass researches,
011
work "Although preliminary monkeys and a small group of per- sons in New York hud indicated that this virus was perfectly safe for vaccination, great caution was exer- cised to avoid untoward accidents," the report said.
"Only after approximately 100 per- sons had been vaccinated and care-
fully observed was the vaccine taken
into the field."
In addition, several new factors have entered into the problem of yellow fever control that make the new discoveries of the foundation more significant. Development of commercial airways Into South Ame- by Pan American rien and Africa the donger of sprend. and Imperial Airways have increased
The report points out that "the danger of international spread to yellow fever through air trafe can be greatly reduced immunisation of Bir crews and passengers.”
An epidemic in Asuncion,
Para guay, last year. was cited as on example of the "occasional disaster” that may occur In spite of wide- spread anti-mosquito methods of pre- vention. The report said a "major catastrophe" was narrowly averted in this instance.
It concluded with the remark that, while the major problem in heavily populated centres still involves "anti- mosquito" methods, these are not economically feasible int regions The report adds: where the Jungle infaction is present.
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Clover study by Salvador D'Asis of President Manuel Quezon. of the Phillippines during his visit this week to Hongkong.
Britain's Researchers Find:
Clock That Beats Time, Ships Wrongly Shaped
RADIO BROADCAST
Helen Lockhart (Contralto) In Hebridean Songs
“PALACE OF VARIETIES"
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on Frequéncles of .845 k.c.'s; 0.52 m.c's. per second.
11. K. T.
12.0-12.20 p.m. Reiny of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
Lone
12.30 Musical Comedy Selections. Lilac Time-Vocni Gems (Ross and Schubert, arr. Clutsam)....Columbia Light Opera Company with Orchestra; Music In May Carciess Hapture"- Ivor Novello-Hassall)..... I
Dorothy Dickson nee, by the Drury Theatre Orchestra cond. by Charles Prentice. Mus., Bac.: Love Made The Song
Rapture" Ivor ("Cureless Novello-Hassall)........... Sybil Crawley and Eric Starling acc. by the Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra cond. by Charles Prentice, Mus., Bac.! "Crazy Days Selection (Eyton, Carter and Mayerl)....The Shaftesbury Theatre Orch, London, cond. by Billy Mayerl Vocalists: M. Browne and F. Conyng-
Country ham; A
Girl-Selection
(Lionel Munckton)....London Then- tre Orchestra.
1,0 Time and Weather.
1.03 Patricla Rossborough at the Piano.
A Cavalcade of Martial Tunes; Sweetmeat Joe, The Candy Man (Austen Croom-Jalinson); Poor Little Rich Girl--Selection: Hot Dog.
1.15 Hawailan Alusle.
My South Sea Sweetheart; Blue Sparks... Masters Hawaiians (Steel Guitar and Banjo); Beautiful Woman (Kahale). Willum Ewaliko with Club; Lillue Royal Hawalinn Glee (Kaulin)......Lizzle Alohikea with Royal Hawaiian Glee Club; Rose Dreams (Shannon and Stasny)..... George Elliott's Hawaiian Novelty Quurict with vocal chorus.
1,30 Reuter and Rugby Weather und Announcements.
Press,
1.40 Marcel Male (Saxophone).
(Dvorak Krelaler); Humoreske Sadko-Chanson Hindone (Rimsky- Korsakov); Le Cygne (Saint-Saens); Variations Sur Malborough (Arr. F. Combelle).
1.53 Light Orchestral.
From The Old And The New World
jungle fever) at the present time, Iles only hope of prevention (of in the individua! Immunisation of ex- WOULD you like a quick tour around Britain's Know--Fantasia (Dvorak, arr. B. Leopold) posed populations by vaccination." United Press,
The vaccine was used on 38,000 persons in Brazil and 2,000 persons Colombia during 1937, the report said. The after-effects were described as "mild in com- parison
of with the after-effects Immunisation against other disease organisms, Bucki de typhoid, diphtheria, etc."
Other results were measured in tests with 700 persons in New York who had been innoculated with Hy-
WHALES LABELLED BY GUNSHOT
Research Ship Back In London
all-about-everything Department-or, at least, very... Dol Dauber And His Salon Orch;
nearly-all?
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss); Danse Espagnole
(Granados)....... Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Fire Festival-Polka Strauss-Op. 209); The Francaise (Johann Strauss-Op. 328)....Johann Strauss and Symphony Orch.
2.15 Close Down
Then inspect some of the wonders mentioned in the Orchestra; annual report of the National Physical Laboratory at (Joset Joy--Polka
Singer's Teddington, published recently.
These include a clock which in a year loses only a fraction of a second; and herring drifters improved so as to give 40 per cent. deduction in fuel consumption.
now dangle Quidssten Smarty (From Double
Or
Not
Research on herring drifters show-"peculiarities of behaviour have been refrain by Natic Tram.
Marking is done by means of tubes, tions. of stainless steel, which are shot into The Importance of the new deve-a whale's huge body from a 12-bore ed states the report, that the present lopment is Intensified by the dis- {gun.
form of hull can be improved to give covery about a year ago that the
When the whales are caught these as better behaviour in rough water.
the reduced fuel consumption as well existence of "acgypti" mosquitoes, tubes are extracted by the whalers long believed the
only carrier for and sent to the Discovery Committee
DANGER SPARKS yellow fever, is not necessary for the with a record of the date and locality epidemic to spread.
of the catch. For more than a quarter of a
800 HITS century, since anti-mosquito cam-
In this way, the routes followed by palgns were started after an epide-
be decided.
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0.0-7.0 Chinese Programme. 7.0 Latest Dance Music. Back from her seventhi voyage of ing virus, and the report said "more investigation into the habits of the
Tempo Sleepy Tap-Dance-Slow The Wonder Clock is being have revealed that it is possible than 09 per cent. showed full or
Time Gal; Top-Donce-Fast Tempo whale, the research ship William constructed for use at the Royal by the movements of blankets, Marie....Victor Slivestor and His partial immunity,"
Scoresby berthed in St. Katharine's Observatory, Greenwhich, in etc., to produce sparks capable Ballroom Orchestra: Slow Fox-Trot "Further studies are needed for the Dock, London, recently.
Of The Seven Seas; connection with national time of igniting anaesthetic vapours.Little final evaluation of
present the
The ship's complement of 23 on her services. method, the report continued. "It
Earthing chains
Victor Silvester and His Nothing)....Victor Is, however, safe to say that a de-trip to the Antarctic included Mr.
Such high accuracy is necessary in from operating tables.
Ballroom Orchestra; Fox-Trots The finite step forward has been made G. W. Rayner, a selentifle officer in radio-telegraphy and broadcasting
Er and that emelent protection of popu- charge of the marking of whales. stations and in astronomical observa- HIGH SPEED PLANES.-"In more Snake Charmer; Let lations exposed to jungle yellow
than one instance," states the report, Gonella and His Georgians with
Ostrich Walk; fever is in sight."
discovered which might have led to Riverboat Shuffle..... delay in production and these have bauer and His
..Jungherr's Accordion Melodians. been corrected. It is not always Little Anne; Intermezzo-Who Cares? possible to avoid minor modifications
7.33 Closing local Stock Quotations. after the first fight tests, but the work of the Laboratory has un-
7.35 Murgatroyd & Winterbottom, Day (Soprano) and Les Other things which have been doubtedly ensured that no major Frances
remodifications should be necessary. the wonder occupying
The Little Boy That Santa Claus || SIUPS-In the William Froude searchers at Teddington are:
HOSPITALS.-Investigations Laboratory, 08 ships were tested in Forgot; Afraid To Dream (From You This Thing? (From "Temptation"); ing theatres, due to accidental improved in efficiency by more than Allen with plano necomp.; What Is 3 per cent, nine by more than 10
Me The Way To from a rolling ship into a whole, we formation of electric sparks, per cent., and four by more than 20 Show
*Temptation"). of combatting the spread of the though the target is big.
per cent.-representing the reduction (From in fuel consumption throughout the You Pretend You're Blue,
Day: Scientifically, life of the ships,
gatroyd
Winterbottom and minds with not a single thought) WHEN NOISE ANNOYS NOISE-Motor horns are being with Plano Accomp. by Monte Crick; studied for the Ministry of Transport Moon At Sea; Goodnight To You All, Les Allen with Novelty Accomp. with the assistance of 200 listeners Lauri Day and Jimmy Turnbuli on who have recorded their impressions two planos. But for two Australian inven- of various types. It was found that tions, the "stripper" which strips horns which exceed a loudness of 100 or harvests the heads of grain, phons (a phon is the unit of loud- and the "stump-jump" plough,ness) at 20ft. distance, in the open, Songs by Helen Lockhart (Contrafta) half the land under cultivation cause annoyance.
mio in Rio de Janeiro in 1808 one whales in their normal existence con into risk of explosions in operat, the ship tanks and 47 per cent. were Can't Have Everything'). Les
:
of the most devastating in all his
tory--the destruction of mosqui-
toes has been almost the sole means
discasc.
..:
U.S.S. CYCLOPS,
VANISHED SHIP,
LOST 20 YEARS
Washington.
The greatest mystery in the lis
lory of American shipping, the dis- appearance of the 18,380-ton navy
Il is no fire
shot
Mr. Rayner, who did most of the
shooting himself, considers that he
i did well to mark 800 wholes in 1,000
shots,
The William Scoresby with
the autumn.
commission for a further cruise
WARTIME BREAD
rc-
in
INVENTIVE AUSSIES
They Have Given The Empire A Few Things
fuel vessel Cyclops with 300 men Will Be Dark And Taste throughout the Empire and pro-
nboard, remains as far from a solu-
tlon to-day us it did 20 years ago.
The Cyclops left Barbados on March 4, 1010, with a load of cont
"Nutty"
bably
Romance Frances Frances
of Couract; 11
Mur
(two
8.0 Time, Wenther and Announce- ments.
would have remained unculti proaching one port in one hundred Borrett). Song; 5. A Hebridean
8.03 Studio-A Recital of Hebridean Accompanied by A. T. Lay. MEASUREMENTS In the Metro- 1. Kishmul's Galley: 2. In Hebrid 'an accuracy ap-Sens; 3. Piano Solo-Coronach (Edgar world logy Department throughout the
A. T. Lay; 4. An millions can now be attained In Island Shelling A new "dark bread" is now being vated, for Baltimore. It never was heard devised in the laboratories of the
establishing the standards of each of Sea-Riovers Song; 0. An Eriskay Love three fundamental quantities, Lit. (Songs arranged by Marjorie These facts have just been the from again.
Kennedy Fraser). It is known that no enemy sub-Food Defence Plan Department af brought to light by the president mass, length and tire.
8.30 B.B.C. Recording →→ Logul of the Australian Institute of marines were operating in the Wes- the Board of Trade,
The report con be obtained from Cruelty, H.M. Stationery Ofice, price 20. 6d. A Visit to the London Law Courts
As seen by Jan Hay,
tern Atlantic at that time and in- quiries In Europe proved to the navy's satisfaction that the ship had not fallen prey to a German U-bont or mine.
It may be made compulsory for Engineers who enumerated the
Д
the whole of Britain in the event following other inventions by of wheat shortage. due to national emergency,
It will be rather dark of hue, noti The ship was commanded by Lieut. Commander George W. Worso "smooth" in texture as the white ley. It carried 21 officers. Ono of bread now in use, and will have a the passengers was the U.S. Consul not unpleasant "nutty" flavour.
to Rio de Janeiro.
The Cyclops was launched May
PREPARING SCHEME
7, 1010.
nt Philadelphin and was Scientists working on the recipe assigned to the naval oversens for the dark bread are preparing a transportation service Jan. 9, 1918, scheine which could bo put into while at Humpton Roads, Va., load-operation by the big milling concerna ing a cargo of coal of Bablo, Brazil. overnight, The Cyclops arrived at Bahla Jan. 22
and after discharging cargo proceed.
Mill would be adjusted so us to
use up more of the bran in the
Australians:-
the zip fastener
the totalisator
the sheep shearing machino
the first Ice-factory
Geelong in 1850)
the torpedo
the mono-rail_car
(hulit
ni
Salmon Are Classified
8.43 Dvorak-Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104.
Played by Pau Casals ('Cello) and As Marathon' Swimmers | The Czech Philharmonie Orcicatro,
conducted by Georg Szell,
0.23 Songs by Theodore Chaliaping (Bass).
Nanaimo, B.C. Statistics recorded by the Pacific Biological Station here revealed that
Arlee, Red Sun-Russian Folk salmon on the Pacifle Conki may not
(Nekrassoff-Novatrucif-Manikin), the first acroplane (a 5 tb, model be speed kings, but when it comes to Song: Song of the Needy Pligrim which Row 343 feet at 10 m.p.h.) marathons, they can generally out-
9.30 London Relay The News. The Mitchell thrust bearing distance almost my other sh
9.50 Milliary Band Selections. Melbourne invention that saved the Ramblings of the five species of Hungarian Fantasy (A. Figedy). Brillait admiralty £600,000 in 4 Pacific Coast salmon-Spring, were "Maria Theresia" Regiment conduct-
Band
Of The Royal Hungarian eye, Chum, Coho, and observed by clamping dated alumted by Alexander Figedy; Hiawatha
March (Moret), The Band of nium strap tags on their tall fins.
The Spring-salmon was found to 11. M. Coldstream Guards conducted average between 10 to 30 miles cuci by Lieut. J. C. Windrom. doy..
(Continued on Page 8.)
Years,>
ed to Rio, arriving there Jon, 28.:
The Australian Institute has ar- At Rio the colller londed a cargo manufacture of flour. Maize, peas ranged an engineering conference of manganese ore and aniled Feb. 10 and beans, and rys would be used to this month which famous engineers for Barbados, arriving there March diluto the flour in the event of acute from all over the world are attending,
shorloge.
----Austral News.
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