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Show $100 Contributed to lack Benny Polio Drive in Cedar City A shipment of 100 silver dollars dol-lars was made by the local polio committee Tuesday night to Jack Benny, radio comedian, to assist in his drive to raise funds to fight the dread disease. The shipment ship-ment was made In a chest loaned to the local committee by Jack Benny, one of two such chests loaned to Utah cities. It will be opened on the steps of the NaUonal Capitol in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C The chest was on display In the Power company window for several days, and a total of $100 was contributed hy local residents. resi-dents. The idea of filling the chest with silver dollars wts suggested by Roscoe A. Grover, manager of KSUB, who advanced the Idea that the amount of money such a community as Cedar City could raise would not make much of an impression In the capltol ceremony, cere-mony, but that the sight of a contribution In silver dollars would focus attention on the efforts of Cedar City workers. |