The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
The World of Finance
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 The fifth floor division has 20 loyal packers of Uncle Sam with Al stamps pledged weekly and sales last week to the amount of $21.56. Dr. George C.. Brown is the Lieutenant in charge of this squad with the following ser geants, Miss Blake of George E. Wood & Co.,, Miss Vanderbilt of the Com monWealth Sales Co.,, Miss CroniR of H. Greenbaums Insurance office. MT. ] Drews, Mgr. of Rivercliff Realty Co.,, Miss Kerr of Dr. Hawley's office and Miss Bull. Lieutenant Drews had the winning squad last week with total sales of $12.50.
 The fourth floor division has 16 persons who loan the government the price of 54 or more Thrift stamps each week and cashed in $1S.64 last week. Lieutenant Bass of the Com monwealth Finance Organization is in charge and his Sergeants are Miss Seward, Miss Duggan of the Phelan Ad-Sales Service, Miss Cort of George B. CIark's office, Miss Kohler, Mrs. Coley of pr. c. w. Strang's office and Miss Bell of Samuel Towards office. Miss Cort has the squad record for last week with $4.64 to her credit.
 The sixth floor division has Is reg ulars who are in for 31 or more stamps weekly and had sales for last week of $17.03. The floor is in charge of Lieutenant Rooney of the board of education, and the Sergeants are Miss Dunn of the Chamber of Com merce and MT. Connor of the Bridge port Housing Co.,, Miss Dunn has the credit for total sales of $15.03 from the latter two offices last week. Attorney Jonathan Grant of Marsh Stoddard 6 Day is the Lieutenant in charge of the eighth floor division with 14 loyal and true supporters of their country including David s. Day the County Chairman of the War Stamp movement. They are lined up for at least 51 Thrift stamps a week and last week cashed in $11 worth, The only Sergeant so far appointed on this floor is Miss Disbrow of Marsh Stoddard & Day.
 The chief engineer and his conorts who keep the building warm and clean and provide elevator transporta- tion also have a division under Lieut. Delaney, the Asst. Chief Engineer. Al
 ready nine persons are lined up in this squad for the purchase of g or more Thrift stamps weekly.
 T Twenty-Five cents daily from every
 one of the hundred million persons 1T
 this country would raise 25 million
 dollars daily and finance the tota
 cost of the war. If everyone did a! well as our 200 Regulars who art averaging one dollar each week the
 war would be financed for four day.
 out of seven every week. It is our hope that the total financial support iron
 this building can be- raised to an aver lage of 25 cents a day or 1.75 weel
 for each person so that the 200 Regu
 lars can feel that they are 1oaninG the government their proportiona part of the whole expense of the war They are enthusiastic about the wa savings method of raising money fo: . the government, which everyone seem to like, and which seems to be adapt ed to people in all kinds of circum stances. If it could be untversall, . pressed home to the people on a sys
 tematic and regular basis they are in clined to feel that it would raise st much money that further Libert, Bond issues would be unnecessary. Respectfully submitted,
 JERRY HOLMES. Captain in Charge.