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Show Navy Is Asking New Enlistments Next week every citizen of Utah will be asked to do his part toward the stablishment of a national $5,000-000 $5,000-000 endowment fund for disabled veterans vet-erans and war orphans, sponsored by The American (Legion- An intensive in-tensive campaign to raise Utah's share of the fund will be conducted throughout the state, May 11-17. Already a big part of Utah's quota has been contributed according to John E. Booth, State Legion commander. Advices reaching the state headquarters of the Legion here indicate the fund is meeting spontaneous spontan-eous response everywhere. Some communities already have reported the completion of their local quotas. "Utah is going to make a record of achievement in this movement for the men who sacrificed their health for the country and the kiddies who gave their fathers, a record comparable compar-able only with its splendid response to every war-time endeavor," declared declar-ed commander Booth. "The state always al-ways has been among the leaders in every great patriotic and altruistic altruis-tic work and I am confident the en-owment en-owment fund will not find it faltering." falter-ing." The campaign in the state is being be-ing directed by a state committe of which Governor George H. Dern is honorary chairman, and Lafayette Hanchett, president of the Utah Pow er and Light Company, executive chairman. Many other leading citizens citi-zens of the state are committee members. mem-bers. Heber city won the honor of being the first community in Utah to complete com-plete its quota for the endowment fund. A check for $309.34 was received re-ceived by Kirke M. Decker, statead-jutant statead-jutant of the Legion, from the Legion Le-gion post at Heber city, shortly after af-ter the campaign was announced in this state. Credit, for the first contribution in the state went to Ogden -when G: L. Becker, one of Uah's nationally known cititzens, contributed $100 in the name of Heraian Baker Post No. 9, of that city. |