Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Fresh War Fund
Drive Launched
By Business Unit
Workers Determined
To Canvass All
Untouched Territory

To Canvass All
Untouched Territory
The Business Unit OF the Com
munity War Fund campaign toda,
started a fresh drive to cover al
unreached territory" SO as to brinl
its quota up to the goal Of 81 $50, 0Ol
by the end Of the campaign Thurs.
day.
Clarence G. Shefaeld, unit chair.
man, announced that, with So pc,
cent already pledged, there remain.
a total of $195, 1874 to be raised by
the last luncheon meeting, to be
held Thursday at the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the United States.
To date, Business Unit has re-
ported 55,136 pledges for a total Of
$l,434,376.
Government Unit Leads.
The Government Unit still is in
the lead with $2,228, $50, which is 81
per cent Of its quota of 81, 400 900.
The War Fund goal is $4,85O, 900
and total to date stands at $4,385,-
1855, or 90.42 per cent.
Proceeds of Wings Up" the all
soldier revue sponsored by the Army
Air Forces, tonight and Wednesday
nights at Constitution Hall will 20
to the War Fund. Tickets are on
sale at the Willard Hotel and Cap
pel's Concert box office. Thirteenth
and G streets NV. Reservations
may be made by telephoning Frank
lin 5000.
In the campaign. Commercial
Area. headed by Matt Meyer, Tom
Griffin and Emil A. LoehI, is the
first OF five areas of Business Unit
to oversubscribe its quota.
Consumer Area Second.
Second in line is Consumer Area
chairmaned by Winfield Weitzel,
James A. Wiley and Edward K.
Funkhouser, with SO per cent of its
quota. Financial Area, with Ralph
w. Lee, jr.; Frank Bell and w. I.
Sanderson at its helm, stands at
B7.49 per cent of its quota; Service
Area, headed by w. Herbert Gill,
John M. Howard and Griffin w.
Ritnour, is fourth with $3.50 per
cent of quota and Industrial Area.
headed by John G. Scharf, Leon
Chatelain. jr., and Vesper Smith, is
tagging with $3.50 per cent of quota.
Latest Business Unit division to
reach its quota is the newspaper
and radio division headed by Edgar
S. Bayol. Another section, already
over the top with 125 per cent of
its quota and still going strong, is
that soliciting gifts to the Com
munity War Fund from firms deal
ing in womens wear. This latter
division is headed by Mrs. Adele r.
Porter as its chairman.
Members Of the Junior Board OF
Commerce this week reorganized
their soliciting organization into
four additional teams and set out
to contact downtown buildings
which have not as yet been solicited.
The Junior Boards work for the
fund Is under the direction of T.
William Blumenauer, Carl D. Ford,
Samuel S. Kaufman and w. A.
Rusher.
Realty Men Produce.
Already having done a good Job
for Business Unit and still after
pledges are members of Washing
tons real estate firms, headed by
Frank Bell. Real estate leaders
have already acquired $42,510 of
their quota of $44,506 and promise
to go over the top by Thursday.
Assignments are being redivided for
complete coverage of all real estate
firms. Working under Mr.. Bell are
Thomas D. Lewis. r. Moran Nc
Connie, j. Garrett Bethel, Claud
Livingston, william L. King, F..
Latimer Barley, Raymond M. Tay-
lor, Oliver T. Carr, S. Dolan Dono-
hue, Charles E. Burr and Frank M.
Walter, jr.
Reports from over the Nation
show that 81 corporations engaged
in Nationwide business have made
contributions totaling $7,448,542 to
the National War Fund, Irving S.
Olds, chairman of the National
Gifts Committee of the National
War Fund, wrote Herbert L. Will
lett, jr., executive director Of the
Community War Fund, today.
These gifts, which are for the
support of USO, United Seaman's
Service, War Prisoners Aid and 10
other war-related agencies repre-
sented by Community War. Fund,
will be paid or credited to local
funds In the localities where the
corporations operate in accordance
with the ALLEGATIONS made by the
contributors, according to Mr.. Olds.
Corporate giving has been on the
same generous scale this year that
it was last year" Mr. Odds said