Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
FUND STARTED TO MD
NORTH Penn VICTIMS
Some of Depositors Reported
Virtually Starving - Former
Director Contributes 500
CHURCHES ARE HARD HIT

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'ne Nortn eiin DUNN mas 'i'''' u
sary to start fund in the n'lghDor-
hood for depositors who are in want.
Wallace G. Powclson. a former di
r.s,or ~ tbc borL today made tbe
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Nie' ''n'i iou'io" VI F
number of persons IN IN" N'"'hl'F
Of Twenty ninth and Dauphin streets
have couo forvord IN assist those who
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nav 'nei' '"''' away
bank looters and are now virtually
penniless.
..r,ord;t;ors oro srcb said Nr
poveIson chat something must be
done to holm tho rconlo who are virtu-
ally starving.
VI scarcely recognizes the ncighhor
hood said the Rcv. Walter i. Cough.
rector of the Catholic Church Of ST.
COLUMBIA. Twenty fourth street aud
4 Iehigh avenue. 1T l. poverty dl~
tress and hunger wherever !"u go
The people seem stricken almost dumb
by the sudden mShap."
The Federation of Jewish Churches
will make a survey of the uriChborhuod
10 taka coro of orv dnpositor. who uuy
ho In n.od foli,r.iro ,',II,r.e ,f the in
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several ch"r'h'S were n''" ut" ~
the bank collapse. On" al tnrm mas h"u
to borrow money from its wealthy mem
bers to keep going. Another lost
the nucleus of its building fund. and
the shock so affected the minister that
no s,,ffercd :, rorvo,,s hrcokdowu
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po,,I ,,.;,I hi, ,J,,,,.h
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tool care Of mere than fifty dc,titut"
widows and orphans in the district
Tho church itseif suid thc nricst. has
Iost so,o.oI hurdrods of doIIars
Catholic Club Loses All
The Young Mems Catholic club. nf
Tuontv fftb strcnt mud Icbicr ovrnur
was deprivcd of all its assets. amount
INC +o s5oo
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MY church is misunderstanding
stripped, said the Rev. Robert f.
Johnson. pastor of the Twenty ninth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Twenty ninth and York streets. ycstrr-
day OF this church Walter q. Col.
flesh. sclf-confcSsrd record Juggling
bookkecppr of the wrecked bank. was
meml n and he also taught n SUNDAY
school class there at one time.
.Jp all - continued tho Rev. MIR
johnson. .'thc church loses $1,000. Thai
s,Im includes the Ladies' Aid fund. tho
missionary fund and the trustees fund
Among the members of nv congrcgatiur
hundreds have been impovcrishcd From
morning to night they come to me.
do the best can to give them hope an,
comfort them, but ] know little more
than they do.
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AS you KNOW IN" summer S"aI0'
Ia. Ed pad ~ ,,''iT h ,"r 'mr "m"trl" f,m,,, ~,
,I.t' "" =" J"r .,.,,, i,,'' g.
tha nny+ In n'nmt%. Sororai P oTUr,.5o. XVII i
ths neisbhnrhonJ rognrdIa.s of Lonon
ination. have suffered as we have
The Rev. Mr.. johnson : statem"n
was substantlated by Mrs. j. n: N"n
gle. wife OF the ReV. j. A: Nehgl'
rector or ~. bartholomeW lr"testal
Episcopal Church. Twenty -htth stree
and Lehigh avenue IN" hHlIuihg nun
OF the church, Whnn was 'nr roy" % tE tH
K new, hahuSoilc Slru'lu.t Vi pom ~
lastor nlli NV '"'lS s',i ioE'''""' rrI' ',!
ulsappeuLeu IN 'I'e SiiaSii ~, thnt th, 10 10
haan.h ,as hoon NJ affootoI and ho wa
sent to the country by his nhysirian.
Tboro ;s nor a single momhor of tl
congregation. added Mrs. Weaglc. win
has not lost money in the bank. Eve
the savings of the choirbOys, who re
call Colfiesh as an unkempt schooIbo!
were sunk in the swindle.
A fund of $500 belonging to til
Thirty eighth Ward Service Men
League, for which memorial tabI'
in honor OF the soldiers, sailors an
marines of the ward was TO nave bee
purchased, had been deposited in III
defunct institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Rawlings.
newly married c9Gp'ti c,upp "l 'W"- ia", :,
s,,,. tha;r hon,o .,ro,,t .wov
Soldier Loses Bonus
Max KaiZen. who fought through tt
war for $50 a month and eventual
was discharged from the army. is nun
bered among the victims Of the scanda
Kaizen, who lives near Thirty fir
and York streets, had just collected h
SEQ bonus from the government ar
placed it in the wrecked institution /
r., the nucleus of savings account. wht
tie crash came. it was the form
soldiers only resource aside from h
daily work.
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