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Show ? ! I i ! AUGUST 23, 1952. THE JOURNAL Polio Outlook Is Brighter For First Time The battle SAN FRANCISCO is to defeat polio beginning to make headway, it was revealed in the 14th Annual Report of the National S i I i i l A coming of a direct and specific at- widespread polio epidemics. And nual Report. Seventy per cent went tack upon paralytic polio in man from all indications, 1952 will be directly to finance patient care; 18 himself. the fifth. per cent was spent for research and For the first time, 1951 saw laboratory findings tested in the field. Pilot field tests of gamma globulin a substance which may prevent paralysis in polio took place in Provo, Utah. The results encourtests just completed aged in Houston, Texas and Sioux City, full-sca- le Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, released a few days ago. Iowa. Despite the increasing prevalence The 1951 Annual Report disclosed of the disease, the report struck an optimistic note. Basil OConnor, that there were 28,668 new polio National Foundation president, patients reported over, the country pointed out that during 1051 there the fourth consecutive year of had been substantial accomplishments in virus studies, new test SCRAP BOOK tube victories that presage the The 3,000 chapters of the National Foundation met the emergency by paying $20,904,000 in March of Dimes money to finance care for those polio patients unable to meet their full medical bills. Also, trained personnel and vital emergency equipment were rushed to epidemic areas to help provide education; 8 per cent went for medical department and chapter Many individuals have, like uncut services, state offices and public diamonds, shining qualities beneath information. Administration costs a rough exterior. were slightly over 4 per cent. Juvenal OCTOGENARIAN GLAMOR BOY t needed medical care. A detailed showing how the National Foundation spent money received in the 1951 March of Dimes is contained in the An break-dow- n Scon'S AW v2$i M Ms - 'I 4 J H ; & ?-- t C By R. J. SCOT . t f Quality The best is the cheapest. Benjamin Franklin. 9 s. i Rocket to the Moon 1&- -- jy 'i '2 W.V.V h M4 FLORIDA SPIHY LOBS-ft- Ci fRAYU. HUNDREDS of MILLS FROM YHE1R SPAWNING PLACE AMO $ft.0W MAfuftrfy on 'fHE BoTToM oF'friE St A. i: , 4 scraps; i Will flSlllN kyloH NES RO WrtEM SCORED AWAV WrilLE WEf iflU. ? NO. T ManV sleep CUP LIKE SYRUCYURES BURIHdkE ftof SUMMEIL MOKfltS Yo ESCAPE. SCORPlOHS AN6 SNAKE . iv'i Kw, Cum. ifmUm. toe. M njm mi , i HERE'S a cutaway a 13 -- foot model of of a rocket built by Walter Favreau for the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. It is fashioned after one designed by the worlds leading rocket engineer, Dr. Weraher von Braun and will be used in connection with the cross-secti- on m planetariums latest interstellar production Rocket to the Moon. fife 03333 H&fta? (Mss to SdharO CQ33330 0J93QB STRENGTH Good grades, like so many other things, begin at home . with proper lighting for study. (sprcnap fid 0337 Save sight by avoidinggiare through bulbs to shading bulbs, using right-siz- e give adequate light, and by locating lamps and fixtures properly. Smo key Says : U!V taRfJiV Only you can PUGUGDT P0QGST FlttGS o Iteoot- - tani'i; v sfcvirsir Xilifr (irvil 1 ) into the ear of a sweet something pleasantly occupies the time of Richard Kirwan, 83, at the state convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia. The girl is Itha Miss American Legion of 1952. (International Soundphoto ) WHISPERING SWEET NOTHINGS Duerr-Ham-m- er, |