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Show POLAND IS IN I DIRE DISTRESS Million People Homeless and I in Need of Immediate Re- j lief America Urged to Help. j Philadelphia, i'a.. April 24 Mrs. Robert von .Mosehzisker. the chairman 'j of the Polish division of the eraer- gene aid committee, has received a j Ii iter from Henry Sienkiewicz. the Polish author, who heads the Kurope- 1 an Polish aid committee, in which he I expressed the appreciation of suffer- jlng Poland for the sympathy already demonstrated by the people of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania and urges that earnest effort bo made to raise as much money as j lossible for the immediate relief of Poland. Sienkicwicz states that 7.000.000 sol- diera have been fighting in the fields Of Poland during the last eight months that 15.000 villages te been destroyed and more than 1,000 -nun , .,,;r are homeless and in dire j distress, and to date his committee has been able to raise and distribute about $100,000. Upon receipt of Sien j kiewicz's letter. $5,100 was sent to him j as Pennsylvania s first money Con J trlbUtlon for Polish relief. ifl The emergency aid Polish division. ' is arranging for a Polish flag day eel- J ebration which will take place throughout Pennsylvania on May 1 . for the purpose of raising money for the relief of Poland. . no .H |