Evening star., 1932-02-07
CHEST DEFICIT NOW
DOWN TO S212,171
Announcement That Charity
Pleas of January Doubled
Speeds Giving.

announcement that pleas fer help re-
ceived by the Associated Charities in
January were double those of the same
month last year.
Voluntary contributions of $265775
reported yesterday increased collections
to s2.388. .82873 in the campaign for
s2,60l 900 The 1900 workers combing
the city have made no announcement
of their results since last Wednesday,
They will reveal their figures at rally
Tuesday night in the willard Hotel
Walter S. Uford. general secretary
of the Associated Charities, said the
appeals from the unemployed had in
creased notwithstanding the fact that
the District Employment Committee,
another Chest agency, has supplied
made" work to some 1000 heads OF
families
Edward F. Colladay. general cam
paign chairman. reiterated every effort
must be strained to have Washington
meet this emergency The newspapers
are doing a great work in aiding col
lections and we are receiving COntl-
buttons from persons who nave Just
learned of the shortage that exists III
the Chests goal, but we must get pc
fore every person in Washington the
extreme necessity Of raising TINS money
in order that Washington may hold up
its head among the cities OF the Natlon.
Sum yitalIy Necessary.
I'VE are called upon in this Capital
of the Nation to set Standaru loI
other cities. The only way we can
set that standard the only way we can
UNFOLD Washington's proud boast that
no person need go hungry. is to meet
this challenge and raise this s2.6Ol'oo0
asked bv the Chest. every penny OF
which is vitality necessary to the care
of human welfare in our city. workers
should be greeted cordially ana all Oh
lis who have not given should ccntrlo-
ute at once, while those OF us WHO
have given and could Stlll give Iioie
should make that additional contrlou-
ton now
Leaders urged widespread use OF the
nledoe coupon which accompanies tins
article
Mrs w A. Roberts. executive secre-
tsrv of the Council of Social Agencies
14ls l street. announced more than
Inn of the yellow service tickets is
sued to Chest contributors for dlstrl-
button among street beggars have oeen
turned in within the past two weeks.
She said this was larger NUMBER
than usual and indicated there either
are more people in need or a greater
number are referring the unfortunate
to the council.
One of the greatest factors in the
rivalry between Chest workers OF the
group solicitation unit was the award
ing of honor posters to firms which oo-
tanned donations from 80 per cent or
more of their employees Of the six
division chairmen, George VasS ana
William Montgomery tied Tor hrst
place. with l9 honor poster business
firms each. while Carl Kurtz OF Mr.
Vass' division surpassed all section
chiefs with a total Of 10 firms.
Honor Poster Recipients.
Among firms receiving honor posters
Southern Diaries. Sanitary Grocery
Co Tansburgh g. Bro. Julius Larls-
burgh Furniture Co.. Try Me Bottling
Co. international Harvester Co. OF
America. Washington WOODWORKING Co,
Joseph Phillips & Co., Western Electric
Co. Washington Coco-Cola Bottling
washington Milk Bottle Exchange,
Continental Hotel, J. D. Milans & Son,
P J. Nee Co.. Electric Sanitary Laun-
dry. Rice-Schmidt Baking Co, Pullman
Co, Guaranty Co. of New York, Glover
g. Flather, East Washington Savings
Bank, D. NJ MaCKneW e. Co, G. d.
Barney. Stroud. Kurtz e. Co.; Seventh
Street Savings Bank. Perpetual Build
ing Association, Park Savings Bank, r.
c. Jones e. Co.. North Capitol Savings
Bank. G. NJ. P Murphy Co., Munsey
SoT 40 nj iT1u CNrT0Tp-
ton, w. w MacKau, jr, Co.. Y. E.
Booker e. Co.. Alexander Brown q
Sons, Columbia National Bank, De-
parmental Bank.
Harris g. Co., L. Frank Co., Golden
bergS Department Store Fannie May
Candy Co., Addressograph Co., Steuart
Motor Co.. Frank R. Jelleff Co., Po-
mona Restaurant. National Cash Reg
lister Co., G. c. Murphy Co., Schneider,s
Restaurant. The Mode, Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., Raleigh Haber-
Shopping News. Associated Retail
Credit Men. William Hahn & Co.
Science Service, st. AIMS Infant
Asylum. Lee D. Butler Co., Capital
Traction Co., ST Joseph's Home and
School, A F. Forss Co., Handley Motor
Co, FuSsell- Young Ice Cream Co,
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, Columbia
Hospital Peoples Life Insurance Co,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ma
tional Electric Supply Co., Chesapeake
g. Ohio Railway Co, Councilcr &
Buchanan, Childrens Hospital, Cosmos
Club. Ambassador Hotel, Y. M. C. A.
Emergency Hospital and Powhatan
Hotel.
Additional gifts received yesterday are
as follows: $3.50 anonymous; 81, anony-
nous; S., Ruth Mary Aubeck, George
z. Bond l.. H. Brodie; $15. Emmett V.
Carr; S25, Lewis F. Colbert; $50 Mr..
and Mrs. Frank w. Collier; 500. Will
S25. w c. French; $40, Henry J. Glib
son: $50, Mrs Helen Hingloff; $l2, Miss
Ida Belle Hopkins; $3.50, Miss F. Marie
Jordan S5, Louise Kelly; S25, Char
lotte Klein: s5, E. j. Lingo; $3.50, Ar
line Mccarthy; SIS. l. Miller & Sons;
$40, Evelyn F. Perry; 50, Lawrence J.
Reddington; SO, Julian H Refs; S5, H.
G. Roberts: ST.. Jim Siebermorgen; IS,
John r. Swanton; $40, Mildred Terrett;
81, A. H. Davis; s5, anonymous; $40,
Deborah Aaron: S4, Amanda Avery;
$40, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard S. Austin;
IS. Iva Lois Booking; ST., Edith Brooks;
S25. Marian Knight Brown; $40, Mag
dolena Bruckert, r z. Buckley, IS,
Canton Pagoda Chinese and American
Restaurant; $40, Nina Clark, William
w. Chambeau, Norman c. Damon;
$3.50, Mrs, Mary Wright Davis; $50,
John Donaldson.
S5. Mrs F. e. Edginton SIS, Frank
Elder $40, Alettha S. Evans; $50, Vir-
ginia K Frye; $25, Mrs. K. D. Gaillard;
$50. Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. CARRIER, Ger
man embassy; $40, Henrietta Gioiosa;
sos Edith H. Green; $40. Emma B.
Hawks: SO w. E. Hopkins; s25, John
M. jackson; $35. Joppa Lodge Chapter,
No 27; $40, E R. Kalmbach; SIS, Miss
N. M. Kavanaugh; $25, C. D. Kenny
Co; So, Charles F. King; $40, Dorothy
La Vielle; $50, L. j. Mangan S., Mrs.
Ella Pergler; $3.50, Arthur Peter; $40.