Good Health Year For U.S.A.

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1950, Page 2

Good Health Year For U.S.A.

NEW YORK.—Mortality statistics for the first nine months of 1950 point to the probability that the United States is experiencing its healthiest year, reported Metropolitan Life Insurance Company officials. Their belief is based -on the mortality experience for that, period among the company's millions of industrial policyholders. For the January-September period the death rate among these policyholders was 6.4 per 1000, compared with the previous low record of 6.5 per 1000 tor the same period last year.—Reuter. . depressing living standards. It is probable that there will be i separate talks on the Middle East ! among the Commonwealth countries ’directly concerned, aimed at increasing and accelerating the defence of . that area. i Diplomatic correspondents say one of the most encouraging phases of 'Commonwealth defence has been Middle East planning with New Zealand, 'Australia and South Africa. Allied |with this has been effective sea, land end air co-operation among (he British i American. New Zealand, Australian [and South African forces as well as the development of the Canadian air | training scheme. I Another imnortant subject at talks .will be the necessity for cn-ordinating Commonwealth economic co-opera-.tion, including the planning of raw ; material production and industrial mobilisation in wartime. On? sequel suggested is the creation of permanent Commonwealth secretariat for the purpose.—Reuter.