Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-21 | Page 1 | 'Iron Lung' Drive over Top as Donors Still Give Freely

LCoins Pour In i to Aid Victims H I) L Cm i ' : - . . i . j J a SHE SHOVELS DONATION TO IRON LUNG FUND Miss Joan Allsworth. . .75 silver dollars 'Iron Lung' Drive Over Top . As Donors Still Give Freely More Than Needed $1600 Assured by Late Checkup, Declare Officials The "iron lung" drive is over the top! . Contidersbly more thsn $1600 the amount needed to purchase a mechanical respirator for infantile paralysis sufferers was in the hands of American legion, sponsors of the fund drive, an unofficisl checkup on receipts indicsted Saturday afternoon. Legion officials, However, were continuing the drive with unabated vigor. "Our goal is In sight," they announced. an-nounced. "Sidewalk collections will end Saturday Sat-urday evening, but we expect contributions con-tributions will continue to coma in (Contlntied on Pese Three) t Column Plve DRIVE FOR LUNG JSOESJVERJDE (CentlalMS trws rm Ont) by mail wrll into next week," reported re-ported Henry E. Ogaard, treasurer treas-urer of Salt Lake poet No. 1 of the legion and drive chairman, "We are still depending considerably consider-ably on the response of employee of business firms throughout the city, many of which are still circulating cir-culating subscription petitions." No official confirmation was given, giv-en, but it appeared that the drive sponsors were hopeful that the momentum mo-mentum gained during the last few days will bring in sufficient funds to purchase two "iron lungs" before next week ends. Week-long collections from sidewalk side-walk booths, one in front of The Tribune-Telegram and the other on Broadway between Main and State streets, passed 8700 Saturday noon and were rising rapidly. Donations of $100 from Utah Power Pow-er Light company workers and 875 from Union Pacific Railroad company employes were received Saturday with the explanation from each office "soma more will be turned in next week." Saturday'a mail included contributions contri-butions from the Town club. Salt Lake lodge No. 2, L O. O. F.; the .women's auxiliary to Salt Lake poet No. 2, American Legion; patients of the United States veterans' hospital, hos-pital, and employes of Hewlett Brothers company, Bissinger company, American Lady Baking company. Quality Press, Jennings-Cornwall Jennings-Cornwall Warehouse company, Standard Furniture company, Hub-bard-Denn company, Pembroke company and the veterans' hospital More than 100 employes of the F. W. Woolworth company marched to The Tribune-Telegram building after work Friday to deposit $100 in the collection boxes. Other contributors late Friday Included In-cluded W. T. Grant company, the Salt Lake real estate board, the American Surety company, the Medical Med-ical Arta pharmacy, Prescription pharmacy. Union Dental Laboratories, Laborato-ries, the Women's Italian-American league and Teamsters and Chauffeurs' Chauf-feurs' union, local 222. The Tribune-Telegram Youth Activities Ac-tivities harmonica band gave a concert con-cert in support of the fund drive Saturday morning. Cyprus post No. M of the legion will close Its "iron lung" campaign in western Salt Lake county Saturday Satur-day evening, it was reported.