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Show SALT IE BEK B00S1M FDR WIUI II SALT LAKI3, Nov. 9. Events calculated calcu-lated to stimulate the united war work drive -which opened yesterday, will follow fol-low each other in rapid succession today, to-day, especially in the business district. The "stunt" committee has arranged a series of headline features to attract attention and impress upon the people Uhc necessity of donating promptly and generously to the big welfare fund. The chief event of the day will be a parade of soldiers from the University of Utah, boy scouts, bands and a float representing each of the organizations participating in tho drive. The parade will leave tho Commercial club at 12 o'clock and march up Main street to South Temple and then countermarch. On each float will be singers or other oth-er entertainers and four-minuto speakers. As the floats countermarch they will each take places on the prominent corners of the business section sec-tion and permit the entertainers to attract at-tract the crowds, after which the four-minute four-minute speakers will deliver addresses explaining. the purpose of the united war work drive and urging loyal support sup-port to it. Accompanying cacu noat win be ten girls, who, at the end of the four-minute four-minute speech will receive donations from the crowd. They will,- in fact, conduct much the same sort of a campaign cam-paign as characterized volunteer day In the fourth Liberty loan drive, and big results are expected from their efforts. ef-forts. The organizations which will be represented rep-resented in the parade will be the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.. Knights of Columbus, Co-lumbus, Salvation Army, Jewish Wel-faro Wel-faro board, American Library association, associa-tion, War Camp Community Service. Serv-ice. Each will depict on its float the particular activity it is conducting hf behalf of the soldiers in the battle zone, tho men in the training camps and tho women, who, either as nurses, munition workers or government employes, em-ployes, are helping to win the war. These organizations have been working work-ing hard for tho past three or four days, planning and constructing their floats. A strong, friendly rivalry has developed among them to see which will produce the most striking display, and the assurance is given that every I float will be exceedingly effective. I Music to Be Feature. The soldiors from the university will I carry the large flag which has figured fig-ured conspicuously in previous war parades. pa-rades. Music for the demonstration will be provided by a Uand of forty .pieces, furnished by the local musi-i musi-i cians union. A' novel feature will bo i twenty-four boy scouts, carrying "sandwich" sign hoards, on which will be placarded appeals in behalf of the drive. Employes of the Utah Billpost-ing Billpost-ing company worked all night last night preparing these and other banners ban-ners to be used in tho demonstration. As the parade leaves the Commercial Commer-cial club a cannon stationed in front of the postofficc will fire a shot. This is to be known as the signal gun, announcing an-nouncing tho progress of the drive. As each $100,000 is raised this gun will be moved one block north and will fire a shot at each move. This means that the shot which will be fired at South Temple will denote that Utah' has gono over tho top It is hoped to fire, hot only the first, but the second shot today. to-day. Yesterday more than 1000 canvassers canvas-sers commenced an organized drive in both the business nnd residence districts dis-tricts for donations to the fund. Scattered Scat-tered reports. received from them indicate indi-cate that they met with excellent success. suc-cess. Their complete reports will bo given today at a luncheon in the Commercial Com-mercial club. Those in charge of the drive aro c'o'n'fidont that the total contributions con-tributions repotted todav will indicate that Utah has 'a splendia chance to finish fin-ish the drive' eaYiy 'next week and he among 'the' first' slates to go over the top. Windows Make Appeal.-Yesterday Appeal.-Yesterday witnessed one of the most striking demonstrations for publicity purposes yet displayed in any war drive. The windows of every business house were inscribed with an appeal for loyal support to the drive, while every available space was covered with a placard voicing tho same sentiments. senti-ments. ' The work of painting the windows was done by members of the signpaint-ers' signpaint-ers' union, local No. G37. The upper section of the business district was done by the employes of the Utah "Dill-posting "Dill-posting company, as follows: G. O. Loomis, S. W. Connell. John Williams, C. A. Halman, George Peake, Fred Stonebaker, Andre'w Baton, G.. M. Gibson, Lynn WhiUiker, Prank Sherderman, Tony Bclgquist and L. A. Ramsey. tion was. covered by the following members of the union: W. L. Harlow, George J. Maack. C. Yy. McDulin. A. E. Tomlinson, Joseph J. Gill, Thomas G. Gill, A. G. Langson, Lou Williams, Frank Midgley, George J. Maack, Jr., Eli Morris and C. M. Carter. Co-operate in Work. The members of the stunt committee, commit-tee, composed of M. H. Ayles-worth, Harry Anderson, Ross Beason. A. II. Cook and Adrian Pembroke, directed tho work in co-operation with tho following fol-lowing members of the publicity committee: com-mittee: Gcorgo Carpenter, Harry II. Simms and Edward P. Levy. While the painting was going on, half a dozen pretty girls dressed in overalls ov-eralls and caps, were industriously placarding pla-carding the ash cans and open places with posters. The girls wore Miss Es-theY Es-theY Dustan, Miss Olive Jones, Miss IMarjorie Day, Miss Mary Farnum and jMiss Carol Evans. They were accompanied accom-panied by a large motor truck, under the direction of Mrs. Lee Charles Mil-iler Mil-iler and Professor Edward P. Kimball, which carried their paste pots and posters. The boy scouts of tho city made a (commendable display of patriotic effort ef-fort also by distributing moro thnu 15.-000 15.-000 pieccs of literature, together with pledge cards, in the residence district and by hanging posters in various ! store windows. The booths, under the direction of Mrs. Simon Bamberger, also began operations op-erations yesterday in the department stores and hotels and railroad stations. sta-tions. They had not been open long before they began reporting excellent results. The complete list of hoolhs, with those in charge, is as follows: Booth Committees. Hotel Utah Mrs. J. E. Bamberger, Mrs L. II. Farnsworth, Mrs. E. A. Kimball Kim-ball and Mrs. Sol Sicgel. Kenyon and Wilson Mrs. W. S. Taylor Tay-lor and Mrs. Delano Williamson. Cullen hotel and Boston store Mrs. Kent O. Kcycs and Mrs. W. W. Norton. Newhouse and New Grand hotels Mrs. Norton Johnston and Mrs. Ver- Jl Walker's store D. A. It. 11 Keith-O'Brien Mrs. A. II. S. Bird IB and -Mrs. J. C. Daly. U Z. C M. I. Mrs Soldon' I. Claw-son Claw-son and Miss Florence Ildrhc. Conn's store Mrs. M. H. Carpenter. 11 Paris store Mrs. Louise Simon. 11 Aurebach's Mrs. II. E. Schiller. Horslcy Department store Mrs. 11 Ruth Palmer. 11 Denver it Rio Grande station Mrs, iH P. A. Simpkin. Salvation Army Mrs. Ensign Harri- Interurban station Mrs. Aquilla Ne- ( beker and Woman's Democratic club. VM Red Cross shop Mrs. George Mil- jl Postoftice City Federation canteen unit, Miss M. B. Saylcs in charge. j The drive in the state outside of Salt Lake is evidently proceeding with a vigor equal to that being displayed j in the city. Rich and "Washington counties were reported over the top, making five counties which ha.ve their quotas assured. Logan Goes Over. Logan's quota has also been raised. a telegram stating that tho city had i'l gone over tho top Wednesday having fil been received by State Chairman He-ber He-ber J. Grant, Mr. Grant wired his congratulations to the people of the city for" their loyal promptness. Logan is the first of the large cities of the stale, and probably the first city of it's size in the country to, go over the top. The Utah Blllposting company, at its own initiative, has completed tho placing of twenty-four large billboards with large posters carrying appeals 11 for the united war work drive. IH |