Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-31
Chairman Poole Announces
Approximately $9o1, 900
Remains to Fill Budget.
DIVISION EIGHT LEADS
IN T0DAY'S COLLECTIONS
Subscriptions of 100000 Daily
Must Be Reported to Reach
Goal by February 6.

Reports for the second days work of
the Community Chest campaign made
at meeting of all three units at the
Mayflower Hotel today showed addi-
tional contributions of $63, 1880, which
boosted the total amount raised toward
completion of the 1880 chest budget to
$685. 1924.
The amount raised by the individual
units today was as, follows: Metropoli-
tan Unit, $55,481; special gifts commit
tee, $3.50. No report was received from
the Group Solicitation Unit, although
it was announced unoficially that the
group had raised about $4,000
Division'five of the Metropolitan Unit
reported subscriptions today of $702.15,
making a total to date of $6,092 in
contributions from the colored citizens
OF Washington.
Division Eight Leads.
Division of the Metropolitan Unit,
representing the mid city section, led
all groups today with contributions
totaling $12,S18.29, its nearest Compel
itor being the Dupont Circle division
with $9,271.
The chairmen of this leading division
which also was presented with the Chest
flag for having raised the largest per-
centage toward its quota were Mrs.
Charles A. Goldsmith, w. G. Hampton
and James B. Evans.
While todays total subscriptions were
slightly increased over yesterdays re-
port, John Poole, general chairman of
the Chest campaign, announced that
approximately 1901 900 remained to fill
the budget goal.
To get "out of the trenches by Feb
ruary 6, the $500 volunteers of the
Chest must report collections of ap-
proximately 100000 day during the
work of completing the 1880 budget
must be carried on, in the opinion of
Chairman John Poole, "if it takes all
Winter"
This is how the three units of the
campaign reported yesterday: Metro
politan Unit, $49,167.14; Special Gifts
Committee. STATS. and the Group So
licitation Unit. $3,670.30. With these
additional subscriptions the total amount
raised toward completing the entire
budget is 1882, 30944. This leaves
1894 ,4276 SO remaining.
Metropolitan Unit Report.
Details of the report of yesterday
submitted by the Metropolitan Unit are
as follows:
Simon Lyon, chairman of region l.,
reported total of 2S2 pledges amount
ing to $6,410.20. through his division
chairmen as follows: Division /, Arthur
Adelman, SO pledges, $500. 10; division 2,
Lee D. Latimer, 43 pledges, $257.75;
division 8, Graham H. Powell, 90
pledges, $3,413; division AS, Dion S.
Birney, Is pledges, 500; division 6, c..
B. Craighill. 80 pledges, $1,759.35.
H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of region Q,
reported a total of 1880 pledges
amounting to $25,049.25, through his
division chairmen as follows: Division
Z, F. A. Birgfeld, la pledges, 81, 656.25:
division 8, James B. Evans, Mrs. Charles
pledges, $11, 1928; division Gas, Leon
S. Ulman, IS pledges, 81 ,607 rs; division
1924, j. Leo Kolb, so pledges, $685.;
division IL. John W. Hardell, 1853
pledges, $2,995.50; division IL, Coleman
Jennings, 172 pledges, $5,087.
Radford Moses, chairman of region 3,
reported total of 500 pledges amount
ing to $lO,216.25, through his division
chairmen as follows Division 10, S. H.
Kaufman, 100 pledges, $4,422.75; divi-
sion IA, j. Frank Kelly "a pledges, 1891:
division 15A, Robert S. Stunz, 176
pledges for $3,563.50; division 15B, Will
liam Schoonmaker, 40 pledges, $424.5O:
division Is, w. N. Freeman, IS pledges
for 1923; division II, Dwight N. Burn
ham, "a pledges for $315; division 1919,
F. E. Rogers, 81 pledges for $472. so.
In the absence of Chairman James
E. Collifower his region, No. 4, re-
ported ITO pledges amounting to So
45945 as follows: Division 1928, DR..
Percival Hall, 10 pledges for $420 di-
vision 26, Harry N. Stull, 16 pledges
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