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Show 175 RESPOND TO j RELIEFAPPEAL Chamber of Commerce Expects Ex-pects 150 at Dinner on Monday The one optimistic note In the desperate des-perate need prevailing tli rough the 1 war-torn areas of eastern Europe Is the extraordinary -'nii touching faith I of the people in the children, accord' 'ing to Secretary J Stllwell of the Osjden Chamber of Commerce "The older generation bjs put all Its hope and trust in the fUtUro of the gem ration ra-tion now in ts) early yenrs. In f.i't.j in many instance It is deliberately rlfiong Itself fc the children, the EuroptS of tomorrow." I Mill 1 s "Together with bavins faith In their c Mldren these people also have their faith In the Dnlted States and they kimw that their call for help will bo answered. The "Hoover dinner which will be staged at the Weber lab next Mond&j night Is expi eted to net the Kuropean relief fund SJOOUj-ly SJOOUj-ly sum whleh will v,e used to aid l'" 3,300.000 starving Children of Europe. "In the war ravaged districts supplies sup-plies necessary for maintenance of institutions in-stitutions are "lacking, but It has been noted Lhal always the request for out-Slde out-Slde ail emphasize the needs of the orphanages. HOW marked Is this Inclination In-clination was Indicated by the fact that in one district of Poland the authorities, au-thorities, appealing to an American relief re-lief organization for assistance, asked assistance for only one military hospital, hos-pital, four general hospitals and tWStt u orphanages. "Tho appeal has reached America with the result that work has been started to save literally millions of European children from starvation and death from disease- Eight great American Am-erican relief associations have bonded together In this work and under the direction of Herbert Hoover, former I'nllcd States food administrator, they will attempt to raise $35,000,000. In America, which will be used to aid those In need over there. in. HI A TO RESPOND. "-.lr-n will respond next Monday . ning The dinner will he put on under the auspices of tho Ogden Chamber of Commerce and the Weber We-ber club and the entire proceeds he turned into the fund. Plates will sell at $10 each and the menu will consist of beef stew, bread, coffee and pie. "Mure than 75 reservations had been received by those In charge of! the drive up until toon today. It is expected that at least 130 will be In' attendance. ' John Scowcroft & Sons company will furnish the entire dinner, thus: eliminating any cost for foodstuffs." |