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Wheeling Raises 20000 For War Relief and Charity CharityWHEELING WHEELING W Va June 20 War Relief and charitable agencies will receive approximately 20000 from racing at Wheeling Downs this spring according to unofficial figures revealed today This will be about 7000 more than was earned for charity in the same period last year The first seven days of the first racing stand of the year here was devoted to charity charityThe The average mutuel handle this year for the Victory Meeting showed a 25 percent increase in the daily play which was 75631 The track had its greatest opening day in history historySharing Sharing in this distribution are the WheelingOhio County Chapter American Red Cross National War Fund Wheeling Community Fund Wheeling Park Commis ¬ sion Soldiers and Sailors Club Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children and the Neighborhood House Day Nursery
