The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-27
INDIANA READY FOR DRIVE

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 81. - The
state of Indiana has taken off it's coat
for the fourth Liberty loan campaign
which opens tomorrow. morning
throughout the nation. Every indica-
ton that has come to the state head.
quarters in the past few days was to
the effect that the states quota would
be oversubscribed probably by the
middle of the coming week, although
perhaps a few counties will not reach
their allotments until late. The Is
counties, north of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, which are in the sew
enth federal reserve district were or.
ganized with remarkable thoroughness
for the campaign, and the counties
south of the line, which are in the
eighth federal reserve district, with
headquarters at Evansville, are ex.
pected to make the same quickly sue
cessful finish to the bond campaign
that marked their efforts in the third
campaign The quota for the seventh
federal reserve district counties in In,
diana is S10S,750 900, and the quota for
the southern counties is approximate
ly one-quarter of that sum.
Many counties have sent into state
headquarters assurances that they
have organized in anticipation Of COM
pleting the campaign in three days,
some being confident OF distributing
their quota within twenty-four hours
after actual subscriptions begin Satur-
day morning
The rivalry between the agricultural
counties promises to be feature OF
the fourth campaign. 1t is recognized
by the state and reserve district CON-
mittees that, the success OF this CAM
paign through the agricultural states
depends directly upon the generous re:
Spouse by farmers. There is every
reason to believe, according 70 Will II.
Wade, director ofisales for Indiana,
that the Indiana farmer is as truly pat
riotic in reference to the purchase Of
Liberty Loan bonds as he was when
the federal government called for an
increased food production, which was
promptly and generously forthcoming
Women to Forefront.
Airplanes piloted by American and
British flyers, have circled over and
alighted in Indiana towns and cities
this week in the interests of the fourth
loan campaign, In approximately fiji
ty counties safe landing fields for air
planes have been developed, and these
have been used by the planes sched-
uled by the publicity department OF
state loan headquarters to advertise
the loan These fields now will be-
come permanent landing fields for
flyers in Indiana and the state council
Of defense will be asked as soon as
the loan campaign is completed to seq
that the fields remain properly mark
ed Carl G. Fisher, has been assisting
Walter Fred A. Sims, ,airplane direc,
tor, in advancing the idea throughout
the counties that the loan airplane
program is forerunner to n permap.
ent landing field plan, which IS aimed
TO make Indiana the greatest flying
state in the Union" during the war.
The women of Indiana also will step
to the forefront again in every county
in the state to assist the men in sell
ing bonds and in practically every
county the women have been given a
definite and vital part of the campaign
to accomplish. Mrs. Alice Foster Nc
Culloch, of Fort Wayne, the woman's
chairman for Indiana, has gathered
about her representative women TO
command the feminine workers in all
Optimism pervaded the entire state
and reports tonight to state headqua:.
tiers showed many counties already to
20 "over the top" at daybreak tomor-
row, which from all reports from the
trenches lover there" appears to be
favorite time for the "Yanks' to go
over.