Over $125,000 toward the 1928 Charity Chest Drive of the Fur Industry has already been pledged, according to the announcement of Michael Hollander, president.
The drive will be officially launched at a dinner at the Hotel Pennsylvania on January 18.
In announcing the pledges already received. Mr. Hollander stated on the basis of thes subscriptions the indications were that the amount of $525,000 which was raised in the 1927 drive would be exceeded in the present campaign.
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