Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-27
MANOR DUNN SPEAKS
 ii FOR LIBERTY LOAN
spofs at Both Gem Theatre and the Opera House-over s1oo,ooo Still to Raoh Minimum.
Willimantic, Oct. 26.-

At the beginning of the campaign
 for the second Liberty loan, four min
 ute$ speeches were planned for this
 city but nothing was done about then and probably none would have been
 made but for Mayor Dunn Friday eve ninEsl The mayor thought that some thing should be done and he tried te get into communication with one o1 the leading men on the bond commit tee but was unable to so he went to the managers of the Gem and Opera asked them if he could speak for the bonds for four minutes. They prompt ly agreed.
 Tho maYor first went to the Gem theatre wHere he spoke and then went to the opefa house where he spoke af- ter the afst. "set." He said in. part as fol!ows:
 Ladies and gentlemen, fellow citi- zens: On the courtesy of the manage ment of this theatre, I am allowed a the Liberty Loan. I come before you % make a final appeal for the Lib erty loan as Saturday is the last day fin which you can make subscriptions. Do your bits and help the U. S. through a great crisis. All around us, cities are oversubscribing their allot- ment Hartford has subscribed S2,2G0,- 900 and Norwich has subscribed over their allotment Buy bond. help yourself save money and the United States continue and conquer in this war. Some of us have relatives or dear ones who are going to or are at the front. This money will protect them and make their time at the front shorter by stopping the war sooner The money that you pay for bond may equip your son, brother, or sweet heart The government does not ask for your money. ask you to give it, but to lend it and at a fair rate of in terest, four per cent. Today the banks were not able to take care of the vol tune of bond business that presented Itself, s3s.o 900 behind our last years sales and I beg of you. I plead of you, if any of you have not bought a bond of the people in the world how to live. Germany is .at her last resources. I was reading only the other day of how the Germans send their children and make them stay in bed until 10 o'clock. in the morning so they will not ask for food. If there are any aliens here who have not been made to fight. who do not come under the selectiye draft and who have not vol unteered. go out and at least buy a Liberty bond, and fight for the Liber- tv Loan if possible. If you have not down when you take out the bond, IS per cent. two months later, 40 per cent. two months after that, and 40 two months ,ond after that 4ns If T,;E YOU can
 
 Trust company and pay for it by the week, s1 a week for 8 $50 bond, s2 a week for a $100 bond. etc. Buy a bond now: help Williznantic fill it's ,quota and the United States get it's 5000, ,o00
 At the Opera House, where Uncle Toms Cabin Is playing, as Mayor Dunn 20. through speaking, the negro hand rose and played America. Imme- diately the whole audience arose.
 The local sales of the Liberty bonds took a skyward leap Friday, when $T6, 800 worth of the bonds were sold. bringing the total up to s261,750.- If this city fills its minimum quota of s373. 900, Saturday, $101,250 will have tc be subscribed in the two banking hours, or at the rate of S50.625 an hour or s14.o6 second. Fridays sales beat the largest previous days sale, which was s47,So0 by s2e, 500. At the Trust company, the sales after G o'clock Friday evening have not been 900. The Trust Company's sale up to 6 o'clock were s14.soo more than twice as much as for Thursday and four times as much as for "Wednesday, bringing their total up to S47.750 and the total number of bonds sold at 3e5 The Windhann National sold S42. 900, which was their largest day. The number of bonds sold, 1855, was not 20 large a son Thursday.
 Mayor D, P Dunn. who is mem her of the committee on the sale of the hofid@shas so1d. probably as many of the bonds ~ss. any person. Up to 8 Ffidav evening, he had sold SIS, 400 worth of the bonds.