The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-25
Oratory and Stunts Taboo at Last Nights Dinner. Business Predominant
 ing Session WILL YOU PUT IT OVERT" ANSWERED
 BY MANY YESES Following Dinner Allied Armies March to Capitol Park and Bid Select
 men Go0d-By

In battle array the allied armies at the dinner in the ballroom of the Tut wiler hotel last night started the big drive that is to put Birmingham and Jef- ferson county over the top in the War Savings campaign. More than 200 mem bers of the allied armies, including the Rainbow division, were at the dinner.
 Ii was strictly business session. with oratory and stunts taboo Field Mar sbal J. Frank Rushton read general or ders promoting to the general staff the generals announced in The Age-Herald Friday; commanding the members of the allied armies to receive the members of the Rainbow division with open arms, with penalty of official public repriInand for disobedience, and commanding the allied armies not to refer to War Saw ings Bonds as chicken feed"
 K. JEMISON, SR., SPEAKS
 Robert Jemison, ST, occupying a seat with the staff, made patriotic speech in which he urged everybody in Birming- ham and Jefferson county to buy Baby Bonds, predicting that when Friday night comes their quota will be more than subscribed.
 Field Marshal Rushton announced that General Bissell of the Italian army would have headquarters in Room 1926 Jefferson County Bank building, and that French army headquarters would be at general headquarters in the Tutwiler hotel. He also announced that luncheons would be at l o'clock each day during the drive and that State Director Crawford John son would preside today.
 City Chairman Joseph Lovefnan an- nounced that his headquarters would be in the Tutwiler coffee room, telephone Main 7793 and that runners would be on hand at all times to take supplies to the workers.
 JOHNSON'S STATEMENT
 State Director Crawford Johnson stated that reports from all parts of the state brought good news of work being done; that Selma had secured 102 members of her $lO0,Oo0 club, each member pledged to buy s10O0 of War Savings Bonds.
 He said he had received telegram from the postmaster at Oneonta convey ing the information that he had sold $4400 of bonds at Village Springs, and asked that s10,0o0 more bonds be sent to him at Oneonta. From Demopolis came telegram stating that city had over subscribed her quota of sl10Ooo-
 He instructed the allied armies to take pledges for bonds, not to sell stamps.
 Field Marshal Rushton put the dues- tion to the armies, will you put it over?" A deafening chorus Of yeas came from all over the room.
 At the conclusion of the meeting the allied armies adjourned to Twentieth street, where they formed and marched to Capitol park to bid the departing sol diei boys goodbye.
 BANKHEAD'S WIRE
 Senator Bankhead wired from Wash ington yesterday that "Official Wash ington is much interested in the inten- sive campaign for War Savings culminat- ing on National War Savings Day, June 8. I am sure that you and your CO., workers are fully awake to your highly important and patriotic responsibility in this great movement. May June 8 find every citizen of Alabama enlisted as saver and a buyer of War Savings Stamps"
 Representative Burnett of Gadsden wired: q am telegraphing the county chairmen and newspapers in my district urging the people to purchase War Say ings Stamps and am myself subscrip- ing for $500 worth"
 Weekly newspapers all over the state are filled with War Savings advertise ments and news items devoting practi- eaily all of their space to this move ment
 PLEDGE CARDS POPULAR
 The demand for pledge cards is over ghelming. State headquarters is unable
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