Judge Harry Fischer of Chicago was the principal speaker at the opening of the $500,000 Federation campaign here on Sunday. Subscriptions of the larger contributors were A. Aaron Waldheim, $20,000; Morton May, $12,500; Mark C. Steinberg, $12,500; Sydney M. Shoenberg, $12,500; Alvin Goldman, 10,000; Charles M. Rice, $7,500; Julius Baer, $7,500; Sigmund Baer, $7,500 and Aaron Fuller, $7,500.
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