The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-29
Educational Campaign To Be a
Big Affair.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA.
First Kansas District.
81 1872 $500 sI,sI5, ,70s. 90

Arrangements preliminary to the
beginning of the third great liberty
loan dKive in Shawnee county. April
6, were quickened today by the receipt
from Washington of the quotas as
signed each federal reserve district.
The quota assigned to the Kansas
City district. of which Topeka is a
unit, is $130.0O0,000. minimum, one
twelfth or approximately 8 per cent
more than the allotment in the sec
ond loan, which was s12O.O0O.O 900.
minimum. Figuring on the basis of
the one-twelfth increase. officials who
will lead the next campaign estimate
that Shawnee county's quota both in
side and outside Topeka. will be ST.
315,7OS, minimum, or S2,192,SS3,
maximum.
F. W. Freeman. chairman of the
First district committee, which en-
braces Atchison, Brown, Doniphan
Jackson, jefferson, Leavenworth, Ne
maha and Shawnee counties. an
nounced today that the interest rate
/ on the third loan would be Az per
cent. The time length of the certifi-
Gates. however, has not yet been an
nounced from Washington
| To Set Maximum Goal.
| In commenting on the allotments
for the counties in his district Free
man was enthusiastically inclined to
| believe that all counties in his dis
| tr1ct would drive their individual cam
| palgns to a successful finish. The
| one-tWelfth increase on the allotments
! he asserted. will have little or no ef-
rect and from the start the goal will
De set at the maximum quota. In the
! second loan Shawnee county over
subscribed her maximum quota of
| s2,024,2OO, total subscriptions being
sz'o59, ,20e The minimum quota
| compiled on a basis of the national
amount being s3.0OO00 600. was left
far In the rear early in the campaign
ne national amount of the third loan
] VIII be the same as the second
100000 minimum and $1,000
100000 maximum.
! In the third loan Topeka's indi-
V1dua1 quota will be s20,07295S maxi
mum, or s1.243,775, minimum. the
/ remainder of the county allotment TO
be raised outside the city
The one-tweifth increase in the
Kansas City reserve districts allot-
ment. the announcement from Wash
! ington shows, is due to the fact that
S50, 600, 900 was taken from the
amount allotted to Boston in the sec
ond drive and scattered thru other
districts for subscription in the third
campaign The districts receiving a
part of the s50.00O,0OO. were: Rich
! mond, s1O,0OO,OOO; Atlanta. 100000
900; Chicago. s5.0OO.O0O; st. Louis,
$40. 600, 900; Kansas City. S10,000,0 900:
and Dallas, s5.000.000.
Make 1t Big Blow to Enemy.
Thru state, district and county COM
mittees, Kansas is buckling on its belt
and preparing to ride the high waves
in the coming drive which is to be
preceded by an intensive educational
campaign. The state committee has
called attention to the fact that the
drive will start on the first anniversa ry
of America s entry into the world war
and that nothing could be greater
blow to the enemy than an oversub-
scription Solicitation. il is announced.
will be even more intensive than in
the first and second loans. Every
man and woman will be called upon.
Each solicitor or rather collectors.
will carry small cards with space for
much personal information about
those who fill them out, and every
man and woman will be asked to fill
out these cards If the cards show
that nothing has been done by the
signer to help win the war, yellow
card will be used in filing the informa- h
/ ton in Washington.
The eductional and patriotic cam
paign preliminary to the drive will
! reach its climax on Friday, April 5
when. at the request of the state COM
mittee school children thruout the
state will hold patriotic demonstra
tions. celebrating the anniversary o.
Americas entrance into the war.
I Programs for these demonstra tions
mittee headed by w. ID. Ross. state
superintendent of instruction, Topeka
/ Miss NJ Edna Corbet, county superin-
tendent here. is also member of the
committee. The programs sugges
nurne nerous kinds of patriotic exercise.
and requests for them have beer
many.