The Detroit times., 1917-10-16
BOND SALE
BOOSTED BY
5 MILLION
Workers Get In Best
Licks As Second
Week Opens

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were more than fulfilled Monday
noon. when The Liberty loan sales
men came thru with subscriptions
tofaIin9 ss.ils.55g. bringing the TO-
tai for the campaign 90 date up 10
s1g027 600
Team No 4, OF Glass y captain
ed by David Cray, captured = the
honore OF ihe day with "a cool 81.
000, 0eo. Mr Cray apoiogized Tor
not making Il more explaining that
another team had corraled one OF
It's Iarrcst subscriptions u aeYei
oned later that The subscription IN
onestion was that of the Hudson
Motor Car company for sS50.oeV'
and thar Mr.. Gray had not only
yielded this choice plum 90 company
ti-+-- factory division captain
ed br George r. Cooke. but had
helped land H.
Roth sales Chairman Larned and
Captain Cooke paid tribute 70
MIR. Gray's unsel6sh patriotism Al
together he WAS the hero 81 the
hour. and the statesmen led hy TED
Reed. yellmaster extraordinary.
commended his excellent qualities
in ftting manner This IS the hrst
time any team has reached the
million mark
There was another demonstration
A few minutes later when Chairman
Larned called on George Wiley,
vice president % the Wayne County
4 Home Savings hank, for e few
remarks and that gentleman ccolly
remarked that his bank had decid-
ed 10 take 8 .000. 600 az bonds on
It's own account. the bonds not 10
be re.sold 20 Us customer. This
subscription was obtained by Ted
Reed. tho the yeilmaster, with char
acteristic modesty, claimed no
credit.
Included IN David Gray's $1,000.
600 report was subscription Of
$3.50. 600 from the Peninsniar State
bank, its officers and employees
One OF the statesmen told o. s
girl in the employ % the T. Hud.
son company who earns SIS a week,
out OF which she pays 81 for the
support OF two Belgian orphans and
Sc to a Canadian patriotic society.
Notwithstanding she bought a LIB.
crty bond In the first campaign and
one OF The present issue, which is
another So out Of her weekly sti.
pend. The young woman's name
was not given. but Ted Reed. equal
20 any emergency, led q cheer for
"girlle." and the crowd counted 10
10 eight. one for every dollar Of her
patriotic contribution.
THAT story is worth 5000 00l
10 this campaign" declared Chair
man I4arned "When II rsaches the
ears Of some Of our wealthy cisi.
zenR II will make them feel cheap
and they wili want Ia increase their
ssFII9 Ton 2, =. -. - ~. =.
: The statesmen oheered al rfHS
nouncement that the girls OF the
Northern high school had made s..
900 calls and had already taken sgb-
scriptions OF more than 100000
Mr.. Larned read telegram
from w. g. McAdoo. secretary OF
the treasury, complimenung the
'four-minute' men on their work.
in the movies.
Capt. Fred Alger. in charge OF
bond sales az Camp Custer. sent
word that the men in the eighty
ffth division had subscribed $685..
$50, which was at the rate Of s3s. 50
per capita The announcement
brought A cheer
Mr.. I.arned called attention 10 the
fact that the Rotary club had al
ready passed its total for the last
campaign and was still going strong
JET Webb. captain, reported s24l.-
$50 In sS5 subscriptions and Monday
retained the class G banner
Subscriptions from lb5 employees
OF the Peoples State bank were in
cludec in the $lS5.050 reported by
the real estate team The Ameri-
can Loan a Trust company sub
scribed ss5.00o thru the same team.
Other subscriptions for substan-
tial amounts reported Monday were;
Schroeder Paint a. Glass company
$4,000; Michigan Steel Castings
company and employees. $4,000
each: Grinnell Bros. 10000: Gen.
eral Aluminium g. Brass company
5000: Joseph Boyer, $4,000 IN
addition 70 $4,000 previously sub
scribed on second loan. American
plower coua..anN Raj 500. American