Show The Polio Fund Despite larger public contributions each year the National Foundation has ended the last four years with outstanding ing bills mainly to hospitals of from three and one-half one to seven million dol dol- lars Thus for this period of time each succeeding March of Dimes has been In effect mortgaged for such an amount before any new cases were reported In Inthe the new year But each year thanks to our tireless tireless tireless tire tire- less volunteers and to an nn awakened public public pub pub- lic the bills have been paid research has gone forward unhampered by financial finan- finan I cial limitations and every polio patient i I who needed help was given assistance I for and hospital care I I I Mr OConnor O'Connor added that In 1953 1853 as in In Inthe the past the course of the cani cannot cannot cannot can- can I not be predicted All chapters of the i I I National Foundation however are prepared prepared pre- pre pared to assist the unknown thousands I I J who will need March of Dimes help this year he said I I I The preliminary financial figures 1 showed that all 48 states exceeded their 1952 contributions to the antl polio anti polio fight with the state of Nevada showing the largest percentage of ot Increase Other Oth Oth- er large increases were reported from Minnesota Iowa Michigan Nebraska and Ne w Mexico Top per capita figures were recorded I by Nevada which averaged 94 cents while Wyoming with 69 09 cents and Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho with 65 05 cents came next In order Residents og New York State made the largest dollar contributions totalIng totalIng totaling total- total Ing for the state while California California California Cali Cali- fornia with and Ohio with followed |