The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-13
BOMBING FOR
LIBERTY BONDS
Coast to Coast Aerial Raid in Order
to Raise the Needed
Cash
Especial to the Starr

telegram from washington today an
nouncing a coast-to-coast aerial raid
on hundreds of cities throughout the
United States in behalf of the second
Liberty Loan, it was noted that no
city or community in the sixth feder-
al reserve district has been included
in the program of the flyers.
Chairman st. Elmo Massengale of
the publicity committee for this dis
trict, Immediately wired the publicity
department in Washington calling at
tention to this oversight and insist
ing that the sixth district should be
included in these aerial visits which
will begin on October 20.
According to schedule, forty-fve
aviators and eight balloonists armed
with paper bombs, will ascend for
flights ranging from fifteen to $50
miles and covering the entire coun-
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
excepting, it seems, the southeastern
section. This oversight may be rem
edied as the result of the efforts of
the sixth district committee. Each of
the aeroplanes will carry about IT'S
pounds of paper bombs containing lit
erature on the second Liberty Loan,
which will be dropped in various
cities over which they pass. There
will also be special bomb dropped in
each city containing message to the
mayor. 1t is anticipated that ar
rangements will be made for sim
liar fly over the sixth district.
At a. special meeting of the Geor-
gia State Council of Defense, presid-
ed over by Governor Dorsey, it was
resolved to work in harmony with the
Liberty Loan committee and make ev-
cry effort to increase the sale of
bonds in Georgia. Governor Dorsey
announced he would issue special
proclamation on the subject at once,
pointing out the urgency of the case
and appealing to all Georgians to sub
scribe.
Encouraging reports are coming
from some few cities of the district,
although the aggregate sales of
bonds has been unusually small.
While subscriptions of several mill
ions in the aggregate have been an
nounced, the actual purchases to date
as recorded at the Federal Reserve
bank here are scarcely $1,000,00O.
Only sixteen more days of the cam
paign remain, including Sundays, and
within that time the sixth district
must take not less than $90,000,000
to $100,000,000 worth.
In some few cities of the district
mas meetings are being held at which
subscriptions are being taken. There
was mass meeting in Athens, Ca,
this week and the subscriptions ag-
gregated more than 100000. The
city of Cordele, has invested its en-
tire sinking fund of $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds
The following statement from Car
dinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, was
wired to the executive committee of
the sixth federal reserve district to-
day:
Subscriptions should be made to
the second Liberty Loan even though
personal sacrifices are involved, -
Cardinal Gibbons declared. SIN order
to be of some help to the government
and encourage others by example, I
am subscribing to the extent of my
limited means. hope this and
other manifestations of my endorse
ment of the loan will be of service to
you in bringing to the minds of all
our citizens the vital importance of
their most earnest cooperation In
subscribing to the loan, even though
it requires personal sacrifice"
News comes from Washington to
the executive committee that it will
be as simple and as convenient a
matter to collect interest on Liberty
bonds as is calling for mail at the
postoffice. Postmasters all over the
United States have been instructed
by ostmaster General Burleson to
cash coupons or treasury warrants is
sued in payment of interest upon Lib
erty Bonds upon presentation. The
postmasters will be reimbursed for
these payments direct from Washing
ton. Practically every bank will also
pay these coupons and treasury war
rants, btu in order that there may be
no difficulty in making the collection
at any point, the government has also
authorized the postmasters to pay
them.