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POSTOFFICE "SANTA" AIDS OUR BOYS

John Hubbard, the "Santa Claus" of the Chicago postoffice, giving his U.W.W. fund sub- scription to Kathryn Gillam (at left) and Ruth Friss. 'Are you as proud as he is to- day? Kathryn Gillam, John Hubbard, and Ruth Friss --image

CHICAGO MUST GIVE $2,067,415 TO FUND TODAY City Lags While Illinois and 31 Other States Go "Over Top" unclear or United Work. unclear for the United War Work Campaign are making a final effort today in the few ours that remain to bring id Cook County over the e $8,500,000 quota started out this morning deficit of $2,067,415. Yes- 665,096 was pledged. Yet icking the almost super- em with a courage that me the laggard Chicago- r them to an equally

loyal support of the thousands of home boys who may be in the trenches for many weary months to come. Superintendent of Schools Peter A. Mortenson has sent an appeal to principals urging dollar plus sub- scriptions to be collected by school children- drew from their homes. Quotas of a dollar each for every pupil were ap- portioned the various schools. $200,000 HERO PLUS GIFTS. Hero plus subscriptions added $200,000 to the campaign yesterday. Heads of large business concerns were urged to make larger subscrip- tons in honor of their gold-star heroes. WARDS TO GIVE 200 PER CENT. Two wards expect to reach 200 per cent of their quota by tonight. They are the First Ward, of which W.J. Sinek is chairman and Mrs. Frederick Tahl vice chairman, and the Twenty-first, of which A. Raw- son Waller is the head. Yesterday the First Ward had 157 per cent raised and the Twenty-first 174 per

CHICAGO EVENING AMERICAN, NOVEMBER 20, 1918.

Federal Bldg Mrs. Philip Bregstone Chairman of booth Chicago United War Work Campaign