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Show F t if , KJ I 1 ' J I ' -J 1 ; v GREER GARSOX represents the movie industry in the .Ian. 24-30 24-30 polio drive. Movie Industry Opens Polio Drive Jan. 24 .With the announcement that the nation' movie theaters have set aside the week January 24-30 24-30 as Theater March of Dimes Week, during which theater audiences will be asked to contribute con-tribute to the cause, Mr. M. L. Brain, chairman of the March of Dimes Campaign Committee here announced the appointment of a local committee to coordinate coordin-ate :he effort. This committee includes Horace Hor-ace A. Sorensen, Al Larsen and Wayne Brown and Paul Pehr-son. Pehr-son. "The motion picture industry, ware of the important position it holds in American life, has always been wholeheartedly behind be-hind the March of Dimes," Mr-Brain Mr-Brain said. "In fact in 1944 it pledged all-out support to the March of Dimes until final victory vic-tory is won and American children chil-dren are freed from the fear of this menacing disease to the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the founder of the National Foundation Found-ation for Infantile Paralysas, which spearheads the war against this dreaded disease. Need Xever Greater "And the need was never greater great-er than it is right now. The year 194(5 witnessed the most severe outbreaks of the; disease in the Foundation's history. In fact the epidemics were second only in severity to the great 1916 scourge, worst in recorded history. his-tory. "Over 25,000 cases of the disease dis-ease were reported in. 1946 and many local chapters completely depleted their reserve funds in fighting it. The National Foundation Found-ation also has depleted its $4,-000,000 $4,-000,000 emergency fund in aiding aid-ing stricken areas in addition to SSO,000,000 left with local chapters- |