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Show Id FUND DRIVE IS III END NEW YORK, Nov. 19 Thirty-two states have gone ' ' over the top, ' ' six having passed the 150 . per cent mark when the united war work campaign entered tonight on the last twenty-four-hour stretch. With $157,295,058 in contributions officially of-ficially tabulated, and today 's returns yet to be added, officials were confident confi-dent the fund would pans the origi nal quota of $170,500,000 nnd closely approach ap-proach the $250,000,000 mark, at which the actual needs of the seven war relief organizations during the period of demobilization de-mobilization have been placed. Word went out tonight to leaders of the drive in all parts of the country to "keep the ball rolling" until the drive closes officially tomorrow at midnight. On the face of the returns tonight, Delaware ranked as the banner state with a contribution of $1,090,970, or per cent of its quota. Arizona was second with 216 per cent subscription of $517,775. Texas, with 199 per cent, Maryland with 175, Connecticut with 170 and Alabama with 153, are the other states which have passed the 50 per cent oversubscription mark. Contributions of tho various army deportments de-portments were reported as follows: j Eastern, $53,438,595, or 78 per cent; E northeastern, $17,268,928, or 16 per cent; southeastern, $3,135,547, or 120; , central, $56,328,092, or 97; southern, I1 $8,045,775, or 157; western, $7,S91 ,016, ji or 92. i Among the large contributions here 1 todav were $1.01)0,000 bv Mr. and Mrs. William Rockefeller, $500,000 by the Carnegie corporation of New York, $200,000 by the Anaconda Copper company, com-pany, and $50,000 each by Payne Whit-ney Whit-ney George Ehret, George F. Baker and Thomas F. Ryan. The campaign committee in China tonight to-night cabled, i,that that country, from which $250" : had been expected, already al-ready hp' ' contributed more than |