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Show SILT LAKE IS ON THE RED CROSS ROLL DFHQNDR Western and Pacific Coast States Now Setting the Pace in Drive for $100,-000,000 $100,-000,000 Fund. , AMOUNT IS MORE THAN HALF RAISED Campaign Managers Warn Local Committees Against Over-confidence for the Next Three Days. WASHINGTON, June 21. From sharp mid-week rivalries of many cities in the Red Cross hundred-million dollar dol-lar campaign about $18,000,000 rolled into the fund today, bringing the four days' total reported early tonight to national headquarters -above $02,000,-000. $02,000,-000. New York City' has produced more than $27,000,000 and the remainder remain-der of the country $35,000,000. In spite of the generous outpourings, campaign managers tonight sent this warning to local committees: "The second half of the week is the part that will tell the story. Do not grow over-confident." Beports from the west today showed unexpected activity and placed that section third in standing, with about $4,000,000. The north central division still held first place, with more than $10,000,000; the middle Atlantic second, sec-ond, with nearly $10,000,000; New England En-gland fourth, with more than $3,500,-000. $3,500,-000. and the south fifth, with nearly $2,000,000. On Honor Roll. Fifty more cities and towns were added to the honor roll for having passed their preliminary apportionments. apportion-ments. Except for a $5,1100,000 contribution con-tribution by the Rockefeller Foundation, Founda-tion, accredited to New York City's total, to-tal, most of the donations reported today to-day were from individuals and were comparatively small. Red Cross national headquarters tonight to-night issued the following bulletin, on western states, based on early night reports: re-ports: ' ' Reports indicated that the states on the Pacific const and from Kansas west had collected more than three times as much today as yesterday and had taken third place in the group standing. Western leaders predicted that in the final standing their group will hold third place. Apportionment Exceeded. "From the scattered reports so far received at least fourteen cities in the west group have exceeded their apportionment. appor-tionment. Renton, Wash., has subscribed sub-scribed more than five times its quota. Hoquiam, Wash., has subscribed more than three and one-half times, and Marysville, Cal., has twice its apportionment. appor-tionment. "Washington Is third In the total of Its subscriptions and is pressing Colorado hard for second place. "California is first, with nearly twice as much as anv western competitor. Her apportionment is 000,000. "Colorado is expected to pass the million-dollar mark before the week-end. So far she has reported only one-third of that sum. Salt Lake and Utah. "Following the example of Utah, Idaho is reported coming strong, with many counties already in excess of their quotas. Nine counties alone are stated to have over $75,000. In Utah, Salt Lake City has exceeded its apportionment so heavily that the apportionment voluntarily volun-tarily was raised by $ 100,000, making Us goal now $250,000. "The- honor roll cities which have exceeded ex-ceeded their first apportionments in the west -include Salt Iake CUV. SISS.OOO; Hutchinson, Kan., J42.000; Eureka Cal., $1.1,517.50; Grand Junction, Colo., $11.-7(tn; $11.-7(tn; Grants Taps, Ore.. $6"S0; Marvsville, Cal., $10,000; Hoquiam, Wash., $l?.O0O; Norfolk. Neb.. $H173: Uoveland, Colo., $r,SM; Monte Vista. Colo.. $7729; Ellsworth. Ells-worth. Kan., J732; Olympla, Wash., ?7700; Wenatachee, Wash., S-"S00." |