Evening star., 1934-11-16
Total Hits $1,014,678, or
60 Per Cent of Quota
for City.
ADVANCE is HAILED
AS BEST ON RECORD
Gift of 5000 From Andrew Mel
lon Is Reported-Elwood Street
Luncheon Speaker.

Making tremendous squirt on the
fifth day of its campaign the Com
munity Chest today passed the million
dollar mark in its drive for sl,675, 900.
Campaign teams reported receipts
totaling s255, ,620.17, bringing the total
for five days to s1,O1467825. This is
COST per cent of the quota.
Last year the drive did not pass the
60 per cent mark until the eighth day.
Todays advance was one of the
greatest in Chest history and was led
by the Special Gifts Unit, which turned
in Sl15,86418. This was described by
Campaign Chairman H. L. Rust. jr.. as
"the largest amount reported by any
unit in one day in any Chest cam
paign."
Mellon Gives $4,000.
The contribution Of 5000 from for
mer Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon was reported informally.
Chest workers passing Melons apart
ment last night noticed light and
went in. Although he has just con-
tributed $4,000 to the Pittsburgh
campaign. Mr.. Mellon Immediately
wrote a check to boost the local drive.
Elwood Street, organizer and former
director of the Community Chest, now
director Of the Board Of Public We'll
fare, was the speaker at today's
luncheon. The invocation was pro-
nounced by Rev. Vernon Ridgeley,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Additional Government divisions
which have gone over the top. meet
ing or exceeding the quotas allocated
to them nthe Chest drive, were re-
ported today as follows:
Power Committee Leads.
Extension Service, w. c. Wilson
division chairman, l10.45 per cent;
Fairgrounds Supervisors Office. Sybil
Baker, division chairman, 108.35 per
cent; Public Utilities Commission, Ri
ley E. Elgen, division chairman. 108.33
per cent; Street Division, L. p. Rob-
ertson, division chairman, 106.79 per
cent: Engine Company No. a. Capt
r. b. Hanback,. division chairman
100 per cent: Truck Company No. O.
Capt. c. L. Satterfield, division chair
man, 101.33 per cent; Emergency Re-
lief Division II, Mrs. Laura Nelson
division chairman, 101.35 per cent;
Emergency Relief Division Nv, Mar
garet Wadsworth, division chairman
129.69 per cent: Industrial Home
School, Earl w. Cassie, division chair
man, 224.70 per cent: Receiving Home
for Children, Grady H. Leonard, divi-
sion chairman, 15471 per cent; Inter-
mediate Credit, j. c. Kilt, division
chairman, 1904 per cent: Emergency
Relief Division I Helen Treudley, di-
vision chairman, 120.16 per cent; En-
ergency Relief Division III, Margaret
Wallace, division chairman, 1886 per
cent; National Power Policy Commit
tee, Estelle Eliades. division chairman
481 35 per cent: Examining Division
Paul Warner, division chairman, 102.35
per cent.
Federal Surplus Relief Corp, Keith
Southard, division chairman, l97.0a
per cent; Presswork Divisions, No.
and 2, H. C. Webb and w. E.
Winnie, division chairmen, 102.45
per cent; United States Court Of APP
peals, Evan T. Davis, division chair
man, 120.55 per cent; United States
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Joseph G. Gauges, division chairman
1886 per cent; Library Of Congress,
Allen r. Boyd and r. A. Voorus, di:
vision chairmen, 104.47 per cent;
Bureau of Construction and Repair,
H. C. Drummer. division chairman,
102.02 per cent; Post Office Depart
ment, j. Austin Latimer, division
chairman, 10478 per cent; Bureau of
accounts, w. L. Slattery, division chair
man, 100 per cent: First Assistant Post
master General, Vincent C. Burke, divi-
sion chairman, 1858 per cent; Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Jesse M
Donaldson, division chairman, 1913
per cent; Third Assistant Postmaster
General. Roy M. North, division chair
man, 1868 per cent; Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, Joseph F. Bet
terley, division chairman, 1854 per
cent; Office of Chief Clerk, A. T. Davis,