Evening star., 1917-12-03
WASHINGTON BUYING
NEW WAR STAMPS
Saving Certificates Amounting
to $7,385, $40 Allotted
to District.
NATION WIDE SALE BEGINS

Washington people today are buying
war savings stamps. Within the next
year-very considerably within the
year, it is believed-tkey will buy
$7,3S5,640 worth of them. That is the
District Of Columbia's quota Of the two 70
billion dollars worth which are to be
sold to the people Of the United States.
A nationwide campaign for the plac-
ing of this unique loan began this
morning. Stamps are on sale in WASH
ington today at the city post office, all
branch post offices and substations and
at all banks and trust companies.
Within week or SO they will be placed
on sale in stores, railroad stations.
theater 1obbies and other public places.
Also they may be brought to your door
by Boy Scouts and other volunteer can
vassers.
ID. J. Callahan, director of war savings
for the District of Columbia: w. E.
twelve district chairmen are determined
the National Capital shall not lag be-
hind in what is expected to prove the
most popular investment opportunity
They are confident the people of Wash
lngton will justify the high opinion ex-
pressed OF them by Secretary McAdoo in
his letter to Mr.. Callahan:
Planned as Christmas Gifts.
Already the money is rolling in. The
first letter Mr. Callahan opened this morn
ing, upon arriving at his war savings
office In the Metropolitan Bank building.
contained check for $685. It was from
a prominent Washington man, who re-
quested that fifty war savings certificates
with a IS stamp attached to each. he for.
warded to his address He intended to
use them. he said. as Christmas Gifts.
taxing the place of more or less useless
gifts with. which he had Remembered
friends and relatives in the past. Al the
city post office and its branches there were
steady streams of purchasers. and a larger
view to future buying. Banks and trust
companies also began selling stamps al
most as soon as they opened their doors.
and. like the post offices, they had many
Many children bought the 25-cent thrift
stamps and proudly displayed the signed
cards to which they attached them
Inc people OF Washington are going to
near a lot about these war savings
stamps within the next few weeks. when
director Callahan and his assistants get
tnelr campaign under way. 1t starts To-
night, when Mr.. Callahan will address
a meeting OF scoutmasters at the Bur
tngton Hotel. Plans for the co-onera.
t1on OF the Boy Scouts in selling tan1ps
are to be worked out.
Schools to Take Part.
Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock Mr.
Callahan and NJ. w. Harrison, in charge
Of the division of education of the ma
tional war savings campaign, will ad-
dress meeting of the principals of the
white schools at the John Thomson
building. meeting of principals OF
colored schools is to be held Thursday
afternoon at the same hour at a building
yet to be designated.
School children of the District are to
be organized into war savings assocja-
tions and spirit of rivalry stimulated.
The four-minute men are to be called
upon to address theater audiences and
other public gatherings. and churches
and lodges will be asked to organize
war savings associations
For the purpose of conducting the
campaign a chairman has been named
for each of the eleven draft districts.
with the eleventh district divided into
war savings districts These chair
men are: District No. 1, NJ E. Allies:
No. 2. r. p. Andrews; No. 3, C. A. Aspin-
all; No. 4. Joseph Berberich: No. s. Is.
r; Colladay; No. 8, John Dolph: No. z, !
w. w. Everett: No. s, E. C. Graham:
No. 9. Gilbert H. Grosvener: No. IN w
r. Guide. and No. II. Samuel Hart and
M, o. Chance