Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
BIG WAR STAMP
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almost entirely in order to put
Pennsylvania "over the top" in the
stamp movement.
The stamps are even more desira-
BILE than Liberty Bonds, Mr.. Ben
dere said, and he said they had the
advantage over Liberty Bonds as
an investment in that they can be
purchased any time a man, woman
or child has a quarter for a stamp.
They can be redeemed, too, any
time the holder finds it necessary to
get his money back and the Gov
ernment will pay 3 per cent. for
the temporary loan. 1t is Mr.. Ben
deres opinion that the Thrift
Stamps always will be little better
than the Liberty Bonds because the
Government has taken pains to see
that they are not all gobbled up
by people with plenty of money, the
rule having been made that nobody
may own more than $1,000 worth
at any time.
Wonderful Work i'm Pennsylvania
Wonderful response is being made
in Pennsylvania to the offer of these
stamps by the Government, Mr..
Bendere said. He expected every
county to go cover the top" before
the year is out. when once a man,
woman or child gets the Thrift
Stamp habit there is no stopping
them" he said. '"They realize this
is the best form of savings ever de-
vised and they so in for it strong.
The thing to do is to get the first
stamp into the purchasers hands.
| After that he does the rest"
Mr.. Bendere said that everywhere
| Americans are responding to the
call for war service, but what we
at home are doing is as nothing
compared, to the sacrifices of the
| boys in France. He told this little
story to illustrate the point:
II want to tell .you,"' he said,
how a close personal friend of
mine, a lad 1 had known from his
| childhood met the CALL At the
outset of the war he went to France
and joined the flying squadron.
With his French pilot he was an
! expert observer and just prior to
one of the great drives General Pc
tain sent the pair across the enemy
| lines for observation purposes.
my friend and his French asso-
ciate had just about finished their
work when half a dozen German
F'okkers Circled in the air. They
were speedy craft and it was evident
they would soon overtake the
French machine. Realizing this, the
Frenchman and my friend let out
all the speed they had. Still the
Germans were gaining.
Finally as the Fokkers crept up
the French machine was lightened
of it's machine gun and it's valuable
instruments, but still the Fokkers
came on. Happily the French ma
chine was close to its own lines but
still not safe. Suddenly the French
bird shot forward with a tremen-
| dous speed that the driver could not
Understand. 1t outshot the pursuing
enemy and reached its own line in
safety.
But the French driver did not
know until he landed and was told
by the men with glasses from below
! that his companion, my friend, to
make certain that the valuable in
formation the French had gained
should not be lost, climbed over the
! edge of the machine and, suspending
| himself by his hands 5000 feet in
the air, let go, to tighten the ma
chine. increase its speed and send it
safely to its base"
Mr.. Bendere is a pleasing and
| forceful speaker and this recital had
| a marked effect on the committee.
A. Boyd Hamilton, Charles e. Ian
dis, Dean M. Hoffman and G. M.
Steinmetz, publicity committee; Ar
thur d. Bacon, chairman Rotary
| Club committee; Frank Robbins,
general manager of the Bethlehem
Steel Company at Steelton, chair
man for that plant. Others present
were Christian w. Lynch, John Grey,
E. V. Everett and John f. Dapp, all
| of whom have been prominently
| identified with the Thrift Stamp
campaign here and who will have
a part in the formation of Thousand
Dollar Clubs, the organization of
women's campaign committees and
the prosecution of the campaign in
many ways.
Banks. stores. industries, churches.
| schools and even every home in the
county will be asked to do their
part. The committee Is going TO
work harder than ever and is enthu-
siastic over the possibilities.
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