Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-11-19
WARFUND NOW
TOTALS $4,000
City Already 0versubscrIbeo
Quota by $1,000 With More
Teams to Report
COPPER WORKS 100 PER CT.
other Factories to be Heard
From--Expect $4,000 or
100000 as Total

Perth Amboy has once more done
herself proud and lived up to the
name of the Pacemaking City. me
United War Work Campaign mas
reached a total of $4,000 in this CITY,
this being $1,000 more than the allot-
ed quota The committee IN chars .
of the drive expect that the maj totai
will be between $4,000 and soo,VoV,
since the reports OF the internal pian'
committees have not come In as yet.
THE official amount that has been
subscribed UP to today Is $34,94S.54,
hut telephone reports which came IN
from several of the factories bring
the total up to the $4,000 mark.
The highest honors that can be
won In the United War Work CAM
paign have been awarded to the en-
ployes of the Raritan Copper works
which completed canvass this
morning which resulted in 100 per
cent. in all departments. Every en-
ploye of the Raritan Copper Works
has contributed to the fund, rolling
up q total of $500. This, with the
corporation subscription of $4,000,
makes a grand total of s13,596 from
company and employees.
Every department of the Raritan
Copper Works has received special
100 per cent. banner from the United
War Work Committee. These BAN
ners are presented. by the Industrial
Committee where 100 per cent. of the
employees of the department sub
scribe.
The official reports will be made out
tonight at a meeting of the captains
and committees at headquarters and
the final check up of the drive will be
made at that time. The committee
urges the people in this city not To
let up now that the drive is a success,
but to secure as much as possible, be-
cause a large overscription is desired.
Anybody who has not been ap-
preached and wishes to contribute to
this fund, may make their subscrip-
ton at the headquarters at 194 Smith
street.
Two large subscriptions that came
in yesterday were from the Standard
900 and the Chesbrough Manufactur-
ing Company for $1,000.
The reports of the different teams
are as follows: Eehigh Valley EN-
ployes, Walter Springer. captain,
$6S7: United Danish Societies, $751;
so; Corporations, Clancy d. Boynton.
captain, $403.75; Physicians. DIR. NJ. S.
Meinzer, captain. s75; Societies. AL
pert Leon, captain, $25; Organized La
Dor, w. w. Sellers. captain, $26; Pub
lie schools, s. E. Shull, captain, 81:
Team /, r. s. Gill. captain. $67.e0;
Team 8. T. d. Waring, captain, $50;
Team 4, Theodore S. Brown, captain,
s34: Team 6. John Peterson, captain,
s6S75: Team 8. c. H. Wright, cap
tain, $50; Team 10, G. W. Sharp,
captain, $3.50; Team 12, w. H. Girls
wold, captain. $42; Team IL. ]. N.
Wester, captain, s1s7; Team 13, John
Powers. captain, s52: Team IA, ]. w.
Kelly, captain, $40; Team 15, ]. A.
Fish. captain. &40.25; Team 21. John
Pfeiffer. captain, $104; Team %, l. T.
Madsen, captain. IS; Team 26, j. ].
: Clark, captain, 81; Team 27. B. NJ.
Cannon, captain, IS; Team 28. Carl
Jacobs, captain, $50; Team so, Philip
Levine, captain, $40; Team s5. A.
Axelrod, Captain, s54: Team SO, w.
Guy Weaver. captain, $25; Team 81,
Julius Klein. captain, $40; Team 40.
Morgan Larson, captain. s61.
According to report received this
morning from State Director Charles
A. Coburn at Newark, New Jersey has
already gone we'll over the top.
With quota of s5.507,150, the
state subscriptions so far reported to-
tai s6.06S.370. 1t is estimated by Mr.
Coburn that over seven millions will
x be raised