Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 7, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 9 January 1947 — Page 5

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Polio Toll In U. S, Soars Over 25,009 Mark NEW YORK, Jan. 9 Toll of the country's appalling polio epidemic of 194S soared above the 25,000 mark as fairly com

plete figures on total number of cases were announced today by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. J Terming the situation "very grave" O'Connor appealed for a $24,000,000 fund to be raised during the coming March of Dimesdrive throughout the nation Jan. 15-30. This amount is the absolute minimum necessary to en.able the Foundation to continue I its unified fight against the I disease, he declared. Latest U. S. Public Health Ser

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ports show: 1 Total of 25,083 cases in 1946 as of Dec. 21. 2-Total of 23 states hit by

polio in heavy epidemic proportions. These states as of Dee. 21 had 21,817 cases. 3 Total of over $5,000,000 of National Foundation headquarters funds ."used to. combat the epidemic in areas where millions

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, COUNTY RESULTS (Wednesday Night) Fairbanks, 50; Blackhawk, 30. Dujffer, 35; Switz City, 32.

eight of their fifteen attempts at the line.

SECRETARY O? STATE James F. Eyrnes, loft, receives the prime minister of Italy. Aloide De Gasnpri, at the state denartment in Washington, as the visiting dignitary launches n program of conferences with V. S. officials. Both mn will apprar on Council on World Affairs program in Cleveland. Jan. 9 to 11. (International)

of dollars of local Foundation and ready to meet the unexpect-

AT BLACKHAWK, Coach Paul Terrell's Trojan legions battered the network full of leather last night to scalp the Indians 50-35. Setting down a defense in the

second to stop a red-hot first i Quarter Blackhawk offensive that! retted them twenty-two points to the Trojans' seventeen, the Sullivan county five went out on

their own to pile up the mighty margin. Dix beat the mightest Trojan mallet with a total of twenty-

running mate, Hall, came through I

with a healthy supporting role of twelve points.

KURRENT KALENDAR (Friday Night) State High (T. Haute) at Sullivan.

Shelburn at Glenn. Bruceville at Carlisle. Farmersburg at Pimento. Graysville at New Lebanon. Fairbanks at Merom. Pleasantville at Freelandville. Hymera at Honey Creek. (Saturday Night) Sullivan at Dugger. . Clay City at Hymcra.

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funds were exhausted. i Total of $30,000,000 required to provide proper medical treat-

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TOM B ARROWMAN

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ed challenge. "Every child, every adult was

given prompt and adequate care

ment and after care to these as their cases were given

more than 25,000 infantile par

alysis patienls alone.

Foundation . attention. And de

spite the requirements of these

This staggering sum is based thousands of cases the National

on long established medical esti- Foundation maintained its pledge ' mates that the average cost per to pay all expenses in every case 'patient in Infantile paralysis is ' where cost of treatment would i $1,200, O'Connor said. . (mean lowering the standard of I A summary of the epidemic living for the patient or family, now being completed by the "The epidemic has left the NaFoundation shows that the steal- tional Foundation low in funds thy spread of the ravaging but with a high determination to disease during 1946 made a new ' continue the fight on every front.

AT DUGGER, the Bulldogs played host but gave no quarter to the!Switz City quintet in a see-saw battle that ended in a S5-32 Bulldog' finish. The Switzers' death toll was played at the Eulldog foul line where Coach Tom Leaman's boys hit thirteen of seventeen charity tosses. The Switzers, led by Landis, a one-man scoring tabulator, who trapped seven buckets and

two free throws, hit twelve fielders to the Bulldogs' eleven. However, they capitalized on only

high record, equalled or exceed

ed only once in history 1916.

With epidemic funds used up we have been forced to borrow from

There have been 100,822 cases sums set aside lor research of polio in the eight years since wherein lies the ultimate hope of the National Foundation for In-j final victory, fantile Paralysis was established j "This money must be repaid.

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in 1939 and .one-fourth of these occurred in the year just closed, 1 O'Connor said. He added: "We face a very grave situation. The enormity of the violent epidemic of 1946 is starkly revealed in the grim totals now at Hand.

"For example, one state alone Minnesota as of December 21 had a total of 2,825 cases. Into that stricken state the National Foundation poured $1,293,005 from its epidemic aid reserve. Every available medical assistance was provided to meet the

extreme emergency.

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ber of stales suffering from the

terrible aftermath of the epidemic and where local chapters of the National- Foundation are without funds. "The story of this heroic fight of 1946 is one of. preparedness.

Chapter funds must bs restored. The epidemic fund must be rebuilt and be ready for instant use when any outbreak occurs. "That is why a minimum amount of $24,000,000 has been fixed, for the first time, for the March of Dimes drive. Millions of people support the National Foundation with their dollars and dimes because they believe the unified fight provides the best protection, the best treatment and care and the best assurance of ultimate victory.

"They will provide the money i so urgently needed, so that if

now, more . monW is an? wh" Poli? slr'kes a"ai"',it eing sent into ahum-ff ", be "g(:df faBus.ed by

too little and too late.'

AUSTRALIANS SMOKE UP

- CANEERRA, Australia (UP)

The average Australian smoked 3.3 pounds of tobacco and paid 3 15 shillings 2 pence (about

$18.28) for it in 1945-46, Radio

Because of the , whole-hearted 1 Australia reports. Smokers used support always given March of about 18,000,000 pounds of imDimes campaigns the National ported tobacco leaf and 4.500,000

Foundation was fully equipped pounds of Australian tobacco.

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