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PAGE TWO THt OHSGOII STATESMAN. Salsa. Oregon, Sunday Morning. October 8. 1344 Goal for Salem Set At $94,000; Drive To Last All Week ' Rev. Francis Leipzig Will Be Speaker at Marion. Hotel Event Salem United War Chest volun .teer workers will be started on their concentrated one-week drive toward a $94,000 ' goal Monday morning by one of the state's most powerful speakers. Campaign Chairman Burr Miller declared Saturday. - . The Very Rev. Francis P. Leip zig, pastor of St Mary's Catholic church, Eugene, who will deliver the address of the morning at the 7:30 o'clock kickoff breakfast at the Marion hotel, will be heard here by more than 150 persons despite the early hour of the chest campaign's opening. Many Reservations Reservations were pcuil& into war chest offices Saturday night for the annual breakfast, which this year has expanded' into the hotel's big mirror room. Father Leipzig, director of Cath olic Charities (one of the chest agencies) for this archdiocese. Is also director of the Lane county chapters of the - American Red Cross and infantile paralysis con trol organizations, an executive members of Lane county national war fund committee, member of governor's committee on juvenile delinquency, director of the board of control of the Oregon High School Activities association, and chairman of board of athletics for Catholic schools of Oregon. Pastor Widely-Known As state chaplain of the Oregon Fire Chiefs and of the Knights of Columbus, and as secretary-treasurer of the ML Angel Alumni as sociation, he is , widely-known in this area. . Men of the navy V-12 band at Willamette university, directed by Maurice ' Brennan, will open the program at the Monday breakfast Ronald Craven will lead the singing of the national anthem and the Rev. Dudley Strain will offer the invocation. The formal flag salute by Boy Scouts David Roak , and Johnny Westphall, Sea Scout Harry Weidmier, Camp Fire Girls Suzanne Huggins, Jeanoette Gais er and Anna Mary Lockenouc-will ' be one of the colorful numbers on the brief and varied program. Three specific "sales demonstra tions" will be presented by Lyle '2 .y:v.:' '-A v. , " ' "'v- ' : . rz - If Rev. Francis Leipzig Leighton and Frank B. Bennett, 7. G. Leserer and W. M. Hamilton, Mrs. Charles A. Sprague and Mrs. George Rhoten. . Y i- , Others to Speak j Charles A. Sprague, president of the State War Fund; Lowell Kern, president of the Salem United War Chest; Fred S. Anunsen. pre-cam-paign chairman, and Loyal War ner, associate chairman of the pre campaign committee and last year's drive chairman, will speak briefly. Honor guests will include a group of men and women mem bers of the armed services. Mrs. Carl Porter is in charge of decorations. She will be assisted by Mrs Blanche Allen and Miss Dorathea Steusloff. Destitute Refugees Need Greater Aid Aid for destitute refugees from the Continent of Europe who reach England continues to be an impor tant function of British War Re lief, according to advices received from the National War Fund today by Burr Miller, local chairman. Increased demands are being met for clothing for many of these refugees who have been serving with British troops and are now being , discharged for reasons of wounds or physical disabilities. These men immediately go to work in British war factories, hut require civilian clothing. Cherry Barrels Are On Streets to Focus Attention on Chest ; On the Salem street Saturday, there appeared a host of cherry barrels. If you1 see people looking into them, war chest officials sug gest you look into them too "If you do, others will, and that's all good advertising for the chest!" - Scouts and Cubs are acting as attendants at each barrel and are giving out chest literature in prep aration for the kick off of the chest campaign Monday morning at the Marion hotel. - Chest Needs Funds From Every Sector " A total of $26,800 is sought by chest workers in Marion county, exclusive of the! West Salem and Salem areas. ' - 'n'-" Linn county has a quota of 127, 500; Yamhill county $21,000. Polk county's quota is $14,300, but the drive in that sector, ex clusive of West Salem, is not ex pected to open formally until Oc tober 23. Clackamas county will open its drive October 18. The quota by communities In Marion county include: - Silverton $6,25f. Woodbnrn $3,330. Stayton $2,460. . SHU City $2,400. Mt Ancel $2,300. Gervsis $1200. Sublimity $L125. St Paul $1,000. Hubbard $900. Jefferson $800. Donald $750. ; Talbot $700. - Aaron $550. '. Turner $500. Pratum $475. Anmsville $400. Rosedale $400. Mehama $375. Monitor $350. Scotts Mills $250. Shaw $200. Macleay $165. Marlon $150. Many Groups Will Share in -Needed Funds , Six local,' nine state and 22 na tional agencies will share in the Salem War Chest fund. to be rais ed between October 9 and 18. The agencies are: ; Local Boy Scouts, Campfire girls, Catholic charities. Salvation army, YJM.CA, Y.W.C.A. State Boys and Girls Aid cietytatholic charities children's bureau, Children's Farm home, Oregon Protective society, Alber- una Kerr Nursery - and Louise home," Salvation army White Shield and Wemme home, Volun teers of American Mothers' and Children's home, Waverly Baby home, Oregon Mental Hygiene so ciety. ' . : - National USO, United Sea men's service, War Prisoners aid, American Denmark relief, Amer ican Relief) for .Czechoslovakia, American Relief for France,' Am erican Relief for Italy, American Relief ' for Norway, Belgian War Relief society, British War Relief society, Friends of Luxembourg, Greek War Relief association; Philippine War relief, Polish War relief, Queen Wilhelmina fund, Six USS Clubs Aid Seamen Casualties i British as well as American army medical facilities will be available to United Nations sea men wounded in the invasion of Europe, according to the National War Fund. United Seamen's Ser vice, member agency of the Na tional War Fund, assists survivors and accommodates convalescents at six USS clubhouses In the Unit ed Kingdom. mm - k, . MUM Here. Is a complaint received from a Portland subscribe Getter on fSleh Tm sure having one time try ing to get my Statesman ...I got an old one today stuck in my mailbox. No Sunday paper for two weeks . . . one carrier I was watching ..for, came crawling along . . . reading my paper. I said, 'So it's you likes the States' man?9 And he said, I like to read IT SEEMS TO ME.' " - They 11 Help in tlie War Chest Drive, too ( "i V t - Bey Scouts, as well as ether ef the Salem Comxnualtr Chest axencies which are oart f the Salem Ualt- - ed War Chest, have proved to be wore (hn "chancier talMing" agencies, important aa that phase ef their work may be, Lowell Kern, chest president, pointed est Saturday. These yesths, who are Saieaa Boy Scoots and. scout leaders, were responsible for Salem's successful paper drive twe weeks ago. For their efforts they have been eomaaemdad by the Marten centy and Oreren state salvace committee. -They did the ioh as no aae else wevld.have, r, fee that matter, eaadd have done ttf declares Russian War relief. United China United Yugoslav Relief fund, i Relief trustees, UJS. committee for reuex, uniiea utnuaman , renet, American Mitxa service. Refugee the care ox European cmiaren. ; ChiLta Gonvpy Aids Stilvell A fleet of 100 trucks and three mobile medical' units; contributed and maintained by the American Friends Service 'Committee, com prise the China Convoy,' presently serving with the , forces T oC- Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell aid the Chi nese army in the fierce -fighting in progress ' In China, according , to advices , received today by Loyal Warner; associate chairman of the Salem United War Relief cam paign. ' - '- ' :J The Friends' group, an affiliate of United China Relief, a Wmber agency of the National War Fund, totals 112 members, American, of them volunteers who receive no salaries, the, report stated. . . Al though sponsored by the Quaker organization which opposes Iwar, but participates in order to help save lives, the Friends unit also engager in medical work for Chi nese soldiers fend civilians. , . Contributions which residents of Salem, make to the War Chest help the National War Fund fi nance the work of United China Relief and its fafiliates, Warner explained. ; " f " Gratitude will flow from million! .of hearts for your gift this year. Folks in your home town, servicemen at' home and overseas, Tnerchantieamen, w and many more will.bless your generosity. You give tins once for all of them. Here's what happens to your dollars t UE AOIIT THE STATESEIAII IS GOOD . . . DDT DID HOT DEMIZS IT U1S SO GOOD IS DELAYED THE DIIITED STATES EIML! -,..'! NOTE TO NON-SUBSCRIBERS: : Send ia your own snbscripflon to Ths Statesman ... don't fbcxrow" frcsa a prists! tvbterlbst frttSn? lor his own pcpexl Oh boy,mc a father and rcrjthins's okay. Molly writes that everybody was swell. Our home town family service helped her while the baby was coming; arranged medi cal and hospital care. Boy, am I happy T (Th.v'-;: to your dollars.) . There's thousands like me in prison camps, We'd go crazy if we didn't have the sports; and music study and entertainment material ". the War Prisoners' Aid gets through to (Your gift penetrates barbed wire.) us. "Last night a U.O. Camp Sliow with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy cracked the gloom wide open in this dump. The G.I.'s are still laughing. Those come dians meant a lot back in the states, but you got to get 4,000 miles from home to really appreciate them." (Your doHxrs did this.) "Ever hear of 'convoy jitters' the thing we merchant seamen have to fight ferrying; the invasion past the subs to Europe. We sure thank the United Seamen's Service for ' helping us fight them with clubhouses and good beds ashore, and help for our families.- (Your gift does it). . "Mr kidsbad? Mary not coming home, nights and Jim running with a tough gang! I guess Mom and me have been too busy at die war plant. If our town didn't have a Youth Center -I don't know where those kids d be." (Your dollars took care of this.) "IT7HEN you gtyc to your Community War Fund repre-- tenting your local community welfare agencies and the National War Fund, .you are giving to your fellow. Americans at -home 1 V . in the services . . ia the prison; campi and to the helpless of other nations. 1 How much shall you give? Turn the matter over to your : heart.The job is tremendous. Give as generously as you can. GIVE GENEROUSLY TO mmSi- IMflED WAS-, c f - - . - . . cr year - ! COIMTY WJiS CHEST REPRESENTING THE National War Fund v : : , ! ' . . . TfflS VITAL. IIES3AGE I CONTMBUTED BY, ; , , ; "The World a Your Door Each Morning . ... m rr Man 3c per month By Cazrler TSg per mo&Cs C3X3 per yecf . . CALL 3101 IIOIIDAY