Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01

Be GREATEST
YEAR GIFTS
Almost 200 Millions
Are Set Aside For
Various Charitable
Purposes in u. S.

ASSOCIATED Press Staff WRITER
NEW YORK, R-American wealth
to the extent of almost $500. 000. 900
has been given away in 1927.
Records Of the Russell Sage
Foundation library shcw that this
sum makes the twelvemonth just
ended probably the greatest gift
year" In the history Of the world.
With tremendous Christmas gifts
from foundations not yet reported
and with gifts Of less than 500, 900
not included in the summary, the
total for the year at November /
was close to $150,00 0 900.
Those familiar with the customs
Of the nations large givers were a.
pecting the total TO 70 far beyond
the S200,000,0 900 mark by Janu.- \.
pushing the total amount given for
charity and the Advancement Of
knowledge within the last decade De-
yond the billion-dollar mark.
Big Gifts Made
Creation of the Henry +. Hunting
ton Foundation on the west coast,
with its endowment of between s-v,-
100000 and $50, 900, 000, was the larg-
est single contribution Of the year
4HQ OnE VI LuE AGAAC2L ia Al@[ULIs
Of this amount $S,G00,000 was set
aside for research in American his
tory, the largest amount ever given
for the specific purpose OF advanc-
ing cultural knowledge
Mrs. Mary <. Emery, wife Of the
inventor and manufacturer Of the
emery wheel. left $4,000. 600 in the
form Of a foundation for charitable
~~rI Asvrrts~nm TIL So.
dation will establish offices IN usa-
cinnati, where Mrs. Emery lived.
The will Of Henry Bull, Pitts
hurgh capitalist, created a fund Of
S~15,000,000 for charity, the largest
single fund set aside during the
year for that purpose.
The people OF the United States
gave $i0.000,000 for Red Cross flood
relief when the Mississippi Bfoke
through its banks and flooded large
areas in half a dozen states.
Money Sent Abroad
While the advancement of knowl-
edge and charity were the objects
Of the principal ~benefactions Of
Americas wealthy, there were con-
tributions for fighting drsease, or
the Welfare of Youth" and for the
building of model tenemcnts. Ayia-
tion also received its millions.
Large sums of money went abroad,
the Rockefeller family leading the
way in the foreign field with a
$1,000, 900 gift for u league of ma
tons library and S1,600.0OU to the
people Of France for restoration of
national monuments destroyed dur
ing the q The University College
Of London received $500, 600 for edu-
ca&onal work from the Rockefeller
family. and George X. Eastman, Ko-
OAK manufacturer. gave 81, 100000 "a
the Royal Free Hospital Of London
for a dental clinic. Edward 5
darkness gave ST. Andrews Uniyer-
sity Of England $500,O00, and Samuel
Untermeyer contributed $100,000 for
a Hebrew University at Jerusalem.
Among the unusual gifts OF the
year were those of Frank T.. Camp
bell Of Atlantic City, who set aside
$1,000, 600 for the advancement Of the
welfare or youth; 3. G. Dahlherg, OF
Chicago, who gave 81, 000. 900 rs ad
vance home ownership in the UnitcS
States; DR.. w. +. Becker, OF Mil
waukee, who left 100000 for "ral
search in delinquency" and Fred r
L~avenburg Of New York who offere ,
$1,000. 900 for the building of mode
tenements.
Disease Elimination
Aside from the big foundation cre-
ated, the largest single gift to char
ity was from Mrs. G. Sellew. OF New
York. who gave $4,000. 900. John
Whalem Of Brooklyn left $1.400, 600
to the Roman Catholic Church, Do
cese of New York, for use in its
charitable work. and S. Friedman OF