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Show OH FOB FUNDS FHHESHonrr Contributions Yesterday Below the Fifty Million Dollar Mark. Viuif i JN'KW YOFtK, Nov. 13. Contribution!! by T tie enUre country to the r'nlted War Work campaign up to noon today totalled 45.tJ13,6njt, nr:ordlng to a statement at national headquarters here tonight, n Tt was roIntcd out by Dr. John R. Mott, llfector Keneral of the campaign, that with only five working dayB left, the country coun-try must give at the rate of J 10.000,000 a day to reach the fifty per vent oversubscription over-subscription soiiRht bv the seven organizations organi-zations for welfare work. Although officials at national head-M head-M iarUMH expressed some solicitude at the "bowing of the country as a whole, thus far, the day's news was cheering, they said. Three stntes have attained their quotas and are now striving for the doll.-j aired surplus. New York stale has far outstripped all i the others. The total reported at noon, including New York City, was $13,951,393 ;i nd at the end of the day the city's contributions had reached $12,831,276, with reports lacking from other sections of I he state. Michigan had pledged Its full allotment of $5,340,000 from her "war chests," and Is working for a 160 per cent oversubscription, oversub-scription, Delaware, with a quoto of $177,400, reported subscriptions totalling J.',00,000, and New Mexico reported Its quota of $154,000 already passed. Indiana and Georgia had raised $3,060,510 and $752,052 of their respective quotas of $4,060.1)00 and of $1)31.950. The largest single subscription ror the (lay was $5,000,000 given by the Hocke- loli.i Ki'Uliil.ilkii, The Western I'nion ' " Telegrn ph milium nmiributeil $150,000 ' In : 1 11 i 1 1 1 " i In p'ciIuch from all lis officers and emplnvees In this city. It was announced that 7000 employees of l he Standard Shipbuilding corporation had pledged one full day's pay each, mak-, mak-, Ing a total of about $55,000. , . . |