The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
TAKE WHOLE QUOTA IN June
Definite Quotas VIII BE Made for Every
County in the State and General Cam
paign to Be Outlined for the Re
mainder of the Year.

Seventy-one County Chairmen in
charge Of the War Savings campaign,
in the various counties Of the state,
attended a meeting Of the State Or
ganization of War Savings work in the
Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Tuesday.
Charles G. Brown was the representa-
tive of Kenosha county.
The County representative held
business meeting during the morning
and afternoon, the only recess being
taken for luncheon at which Harrison B.
Riley, President of the Title and Trust
Company of Chicago and Director of
War Savings for the Seventh Federal
Reserve Banking District was the prin.
cipal speaker. Rita Joliwet, French
actress and musical comedy star, who
was on the Lusitania when that Inflated
vessel was torpedoed, also spoke. She
delivered a patriotic address scoring
the tactics of the enemy, such as were
employed in the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania. J. EEL. Puelicher, State Director
of War Savings for Wisconsin, presided
at the luncheon.
Plans were made whereby the county
chairmen will carry out the wishes Of
the President in the proclamation is
sued in every State of the Union, in
which he calls all tax payers and wage
earners to meet on Friday, June 28th, to
give their subscription for War Saw
ings Stamps. All records of the pro-
ceeding and reports of the names of
all persons present and the amount Of
War Savings Stamps subscribed for. by.
them will be kept. The names Of alb
sent persons and of those who refuse
or neglect to subscribe with their
reasons for so doing will also be re-
ported. The War Savings Stamps can
be paid for during any months in the
year up to December 81, 1918, but it is
intended that subscriptions will be
signed for them on June 90.
1.-THE money invested in War Saw
ings Stamps is not gift or donation,
but is loan to the Government, - says
J, Fl. Puelicher, War Savings Director,
I" 1t will be paid back with 40 COM
pound interest. If, because of some SER
ious financial reverses, or calamity it
should be necessary to get your money
before January /, 1923, you may do SO
by giving ten days. notice to any
Money Order postmaster, in which case
you can get what you paid for the
Stamps, with interest to date of pay
ment. The Stamps arc free from all
State and local taxes; when registered
at the post office they are insured
against loss; they are backed by all the
property in the United States; they
cannot fall in value below the price you
pay; they are as convenient and as we'll
paying an investment as has ever been
offered by our Government.
A definite quota Of War Savings
Stamps has been assigned each school
dirtrict and community, which will be
announced at each meeting on June
2Sth. The Government Of the United
States expects all the citizens of ev-
cry school district and county to sub
scribe for its quota and to pledge
themselves to save and economic to
help win the war.
It is to be hoped that the subserip-
lions taken at the meeting in your
county will show you and your neigh
bors to be loyal Americans to whom
our Government, in this hour of need,
does not call in vain. -