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Show DRIVE FOR RED CROSS NEARS ( Rl'CIAl. STACK Alter having canvassed all o( the business, industrial and professional pro-fessional firms in Salt Lake county, during the first two weeks of the Salt Lake county chapter drive for the American Red Cross fund for 1946, shock troops under John Longden, chairman, next monday will begin be-gin the final phase of the drive to raise $180,500 in Salt Lake county as its share of the $150,-000,000 $150,-000,000 national fund In the county outside of Salt Lake City, the drive is being conducted by Wm. H. Cardwell and P. L. Thomas, as co-chairmen, with Horace Sorenson as chairman in the Sugarhouse district dis-trict of Salt Lake City. The quota for Salt Lake county, coun-ty, outside of Salt Lake City, has been .set at $15,000 by Mr. Longden. Long-den. Local community quotas have been set by the county chairmen An attempt will be made to raise all of them by March 23, one week before the closing of the county campaign. Under the direction of Messrs. Caldwell and Thomas, Salt Lake county has reached its quota for , 1945 and has set an enviable rc- cord, and according to Mr. Long-j Long-j den, there is anticipated a full quota for the 1946 fund "drive. First reports of the drive for funds collected will be made at campaign headquarters at the Tribune-Telegram auditorim, on March 18, according to Mr. Longden. |