The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
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OFPARK VIEW
TORPEDO HUN
Tiny Savings Poured Free
heaftedly Into Uncle
Sans War Golfers.

SIX hundred. ohildren Of the PaFk
View school yesterday sent their an
swer 10 he kaiser when they pur-
chased war savings stafnps and prom
ised more WaA coming. ~ ..s--.s. :
T. Edmupd 1ritehell, member. OF, the
District 6peaksf's c6fnniittsS address,
ed nearly 800 pupils. Would the chill
dreh foreso candy, ana sweet staffs,
be willing to do without some things
they wanted at Christmas. and save
every penny 90 they might buy war
savings stamps to help Unos Sam in
his night against cermanyf Mt. Nit
cheii asked.
The answsr came when 600 came FORA
ward And purchased stamps with
every. cent they had. while ths rest
looked On. sad because they had
brought no money. Many who had
only . nickel or Q dime 'chipped m
and bought o thrift stamp. Purs
chases ranged from several war savs
inss stamps at s4.13 each to . single
thrift stamp at IS cents
Give All for An.
Ths meeting Of the pupils Of the
PARK view school was only one Of ten
Throughout the city yesterday In aid
of the campaign. and In every one the
''kiddies" came forward with all they
had.
Meetings VIII Be held In ten other
schools and . dozen moving picture
thsaters VIII hear OF the stamps to-
night. Organization Of committees
throushout the city TO work in the
twelve districts Il going rapidly for
formed d. J. Callahan. chairman Of
the District campaign committee,
that he had appointed these ten men
in District as ehairmen Of commit
tees Of ten each;
Henry 7. oftsrdinger, George Pitt.
r. Frank Rupert. walter Brownley,
H. 3. Leary. Jr., Frank p. Fenwick.
Henry Kaufman, H. Wade Wells. N.
Lsndon Burchsll and Dr. Edgar p.
Copeland
Milton =. Aiies, chairman Of District
No. i, the territor1 between the Bu-
reau Of Engraving, vermont avenue,
the Government Printing once and
the Capitol, inclusive, reported he had
nearly completed the organization Of
his. workers. The executive committee
of the district "a composed of Mr..
Allies, ]. Edward Bates, vice chair
man; Scott Nesbitt, william ]. Fla
ther, Charles p. Light and George @.
Hill, secretary.
The man who makes the stamps,
James L wilmeth, director Of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
has been named a. chairman OF one OF
the committees. Other members are
Julius Garhnkle, Samuel Hart, Isaac
Cans, Malcolm Kerlin, George z.
Everett, J. A. Whitfield, A. Lsner, w.
H. Moses, Cornelius Ford, Paul +.
Meyers, Charles N. Yeates, Simon
Kann. Ruskin McArdle, James R.
Lusby, Julius Goldenberg, Alex Hecht
Phillip J. Hermann, Harry King,
James O'DonneIl. Edward II. Droop,
Myer FeIIheimer, II. c. Bergheimer. ].
Lee whitmore, Sydney W. Strauss,
wfiiiam C. Shaw, Charles E. Berry,
w.P. Van wickle, 8. A. Reeves, z.
Alien Harris, and n. King Cornwel,
many Of the most prominent business
men In the city.
Win Meet Today.
A meeting Of the executive com
mittee will be held in the Riggs Ma
tionaI Bank Building this afternoon
at $50 o'clock to discuss the cam
paien-
w W. Bride win adress Q meeting
at 4 o'clock at the American Bank
erf Association. and William Knowles
SOOpeE' L. N. - n. "oLASt' "h. SN
at q meeting Of Protestant ministers
in the board room of the District
Budding at 1 o'clock. Nearly 30
ministers will be there.
4 total of s2.3I.H was reported yes
terday from the sale Of war sayings
stamps and the thrift stamps sold
amounted to t1,07s.A. a.TSss worth
of war savings stamps were sold
through the Postofiice Department and
$S7f.25 thrift stamps were disposed Of.
Mail carriers sold most.
Ross 2. Pollock opens the cam
paign by an address at the meeting
Of the Blair and the Hayes public
schools.