The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
THRIFT STAMP
DRIVEGAINS
new IMPETUS
Every Phase of D. c. Life
Takes Up Plan to Aid
United States.

Reports received yesterday by d.
]. Callahan. director of the war saw.
ings campaign in the District. showed
q total Of s9,32a.6s worth Of stamps
sold. OF this amount ss.192.H came
from the school children Of the Dis
trict and sS.13s.s2 From the city post
ONCE. School children to the numben
Of 1880 have pledged themselves to
save So that they might buy wal
savings and thrift stamps.
Figures have not yet been received
from the banks and many other
agents for the sale of stamps. aside
from the postoffice. but reports re-
ceived assured the committee that b
steadily Increasing daily total Is
raised
District. Commlttee.
Mr.. Ord Preston, chairman Of Dis
trice No. 8, yesterday announced his
committee for the campaign. The
committee composed of many we'll
known business men follows: c. A.
Aspinwall, James N. Woodward,
Harrington Mills. Charles Demonet,
John H. Magruder, Samuel sLuttrell,
ID. E. stephen, Geo. c. Minnegerode.
Edw. s.. wescott, Parker n. Sweet,
Morris Hahn, ]. NJ. Stoddard, w. X.
Reeve. George NJ. Oyster, Mrs. +. NJ
Brooke.
Milton E. Allies, chairman Of Dis
trict No. i, announced the addition of
|C. r. Hancock, N. L. Burchell.
Joseph A. ~Berberich and R. p. An
drews to his committee.
Director Callahan spoke before a
meeting held last night at the Uni
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ed by Joseph /. Weller, working on
the campaign in private schools
and colleges.
Seventeen ruling heads of the
largest fraternal orders in Wash
ington have accepted positions on
the central committee and have
given their cooperation in the war
savings movement A meeting OF
all Masonic bodies has been called
by James W. Witten, to be held In
the office OF the grand master, Ma
sonic Temple, Friday evening at
$3.50 o'clock. Z. A. Hathaway,
chairman Of the central committee
of fraternal organizations. will be
present at the meeting.
Catholics Pledge Aid.
All Of the Catholic clergy of the
city pledged their support for the
campaign at a meeting held yester-
day morning in st. Patrick's rec
tory. D. ]. Callahan, and many of
the others present. addressed the
meeting and special efforts will be
made among the Catholic schools
and colleges of the city.
Manton NJ WydelI addressed the
students of Eastern High School yer
terday morning. and Rosa F. Down.
ing spoke before the students of
Gonzaga College. Schools in which
meetings were held and names Of
those who spoke follow:
Blair School, r. Edward Mitchell, speaker
Blow George P. Hoover; Hayes. c. o. Hay
wood, Ludlow. Charles W. Dan; Madison. James
A. Toomey; Pierce. Ralph L. F1eharty. Taylcr.
T. d. Marshall. Webb. W. W.-Millan; Wheat
ley, Ezra Gould . Thomson, Jndge Arthur B.
Hayes; Demmihgs Ross Z. Pollock; Kenilworth.
Ross T. Pollock = Abbott, T. Percy Myers.
Stamps are now on sale at the
following banks:
Banks Selling Stamps.
American Security and Trust Company, Union
Trust Company, National Savings and Trust
Company, Federal National Bank, District Ma
tional Bank. Commercial National Bank. Ma
tioual Metropolitan Bank, American National
Bank. Franklin National Bank, Columbia Ma
tional Bank. Second National Bank. Lincoln
National Bank, National Bank Of Washington,
Riggs National Bank, Liberty Savings Bank.
Other agencies are:
National Electrical Supply Company, l33o New
York avenue; The Washington Herald. Norfolk
and washington Steamship Company. Seventh
street wharf; House & Hermann, Seventh and
II streets; Woodward & Lothrop, Eleventh and
streets; Miss Mary J. Albaush. SO Twentieth
street northwest; Thomas Armstrong. sos Con
necticut avenue; 7. A. T. Judd. Fourteenth and
Girard streets; Joe s. Cornish. 10 Randolph
street northwest; saks & Company, Pennsyi-
Sania avenue and Seventh street; F. A. Dodge.
360 Fourteenth street; the Highlands Apart
west; National Geographic Society, Sixteenth
Pleasant street Paul Pearson, Eighteenth street
and Florida avenue; Morris Hahn, 1914 Penn
sylTania avenue; A. T. Taylor Tenth and Water
avenue; Southern Express Company. Second and
streets northwest; the Evening Star r. p.
Andrews Paper Company. 7z-T2s Thirteenth
street; Lansburgh & Bro, 10 to 80 Seventh
street. William Schorer. $50 o street northwest J.;
Robert W. Scholl. S5ll Wisconsin avenue north
west; R. H. Muir. leI5 Q street northwest; /;
West End Branch, Washington Loan and Trust
Company; Harrington Mills Hotel Grafton
the Brighton, 2l23 California street; Lincoln
Park Seminary. l301 East Capitol street: Sani-
tary Grocery Company, Inc. 81 o street north
west; Morgan Bros, 162 California street; John
Fl. Magruder, 100 Connecticut avenue T. A. 7.
Judd. 5A Seventh street southwest. and the