The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-24
ALL STORES WORK
War Savings Stamp Campaign
Here Grows Intensive.
Ninth Battalion Band a Feature
of Tonighfs Campaign.
PLAYS At NOVELTY, 0RPHEUM
Four Minute Speakers To APP
pear After Each Concert.
First Day of Drive Nets $500
for Castle Workers.

Turnout Topeka there is not one re-
tail store which is not engaged in the
active sale of war savings stamps, ac-
cording to reports of the committee
on distribution of stamps at the
Chamber of Commerce this noon. And
in places where the delivery of the
stamps to the clerks has been a little
SLOW it is very apparent that the clerks
stand on the same basis as the store
owners-behind the guns to the last
ounce of effort and to the last penny.
But just because tine stores are all
supplied with stamps and the sale OF
the securities is on the increase. there
will be no let up in the campaign. It
will be pushed thru to the end with
all its first vigor, and town and coun-
try people alike will be urged by every
possible means to contribute regularly
to their own savings account via the
war savings stamp route.
Band to Play Tonight.
The feature of the campaign this
evening will be the Ninth Battalion
band, according to a statement by G.
chairman of the soap box brigade and
enthusiasm section of the committee.
The band will play on the stage at
both The Orpheum and the Novelty
theaters, Hooper said. At both show
houses the short band concert will
serve as the entrance march and in
PRODUCTION for the speaker of the eve
ming. Justice Henry F. Mason will be
the four minute speaker at the Novelty
theater. Hooper said today. but he was
unable to announce the name of the
speaker at the Orpheum.
Elaborate preparations have been
made by all of the committees work
ing under the retail store division of
the county war stamp organization for
the pushing of the sale of the-stampS
tomorrow. Circus day is sure to bring
enormous crowds to the uptown sec
ton early tomorrow morning, and
stores and castles alike are ready to
advance to the attack with the first
indication of the increasing traffic.
On Duty at~9 O'clock.
Miss Julia Larimer, in charge of the
Liberty castle defenses of the war saw
ings stamp campaign on Kansas ave-
nue., has issued orders to her, cohorts
to be ready for action not later than
3 O'Clock tomorrow morning. The
shock troops of this division will as
sembie at the Fullerton store four sep
arate times during the day, for as
signment to posts of duty.
The castle attack will be put over
in four waves. The zcro hour for the
first wave will be $3.50 o'clock. This
attack is expected to sweep onward
thru the first line crowds of the day.
At 1880 O'Clock the second wave will
follow the barrage. and this wave is
expected to clean up all that is left
in the morning parade viewing crowd.
Expect Record Tomorrow.
In the afternoon one wave will go
into No Mans land under the castle
attack at 1 O'Clock. Another wave
will go into action in the evening.
Taken together the sale of stamps at
the Liberty castles tomorrow is ex-
pected to set a record. 1t is to be a
combination of pleasure and patrf-
MI -.
pected to fully support the war saw
ings stamp campaign even if they have
to do without reserved seats at the
show to buy the stamps
In First Day, 5000:
I Advances were made at strategic
points in the city of Topeka, Tuesday:
troops were holding firmly this morn
ing and the preparations for a fur
Their advance were in readiness for
zero hour today. This is the Official
communique from the general staff of
the Retail Merchants division of the
shawnee county war savings stamps
committee today.
Reports from Miss Julia Larimer.
chieftain of the Liberty castle often
sive, indicated that her troops had
crossed the Rubicon at the nearly $500
mark. The total advance in assets ac-
corded patriotic Topekans thru the
activities of the pill box pushers" is
omcfaily announced to be s5Ss.23.
Thfs amount of money was put into
war savings stamps Tuesday by sales
at the avenue >castles alone
Most of the retail merchants of the
| city reported big sales for the initia
day of the weeks war savings stamp
campaign Tuesday evening This
morning many of the big mercantile
esta blishments and dozens of the sub
urban stores had their emissaries at
headquarters demanding immedia te
he of
stamps this morning
bernie Crosby, cashier of the COM
mittee in charge of the divisional at
tack, said today that more than s1O,-
900 worth of the green government
investments were placed in the hands
of Topeka merchants Tuesday. OF
| course, all these stamps are not yet
sold. to actual savers, but the stamps
are in the hands of men who will push
the sale.
Robert Fullerton. chairman of the
! Retail Merchants division and director
general of the divisional campaign.
was much pleased today over the >ad-
vances made during the first day of
the campaign.
Outlook Is Good.
Fullerton asserted today that
| If the sale of the stamps keeps up on
the same basis as the sale has begun
that the divisional quota of $66,21S
4
| the detectives before January 1.
Reports from the committees IN
| charge of the distribution of the
stamps show that many merchants
| took only n days or a weeks 1IaNl ply
! of stamps Tuesday. Fullerton and the
other members of the committee are
urging all merchants to lay in a :uf-
ficient supply of stamps today to cover
the approximate sales estimated for
| each month of the five months cam
paign. This method of handling the
stamps on the part of the merchants
: will greatly lessen the work of the
committee on distribution and supply,
/ Fullerton said. One other thing Full
lerton wishes the merchants to un-
derstand. This is the fact that tere
Is no possibility of getting stuck will
the stamps in the event that a ~er-
| chant has already subscribed for his
full share of ST. 900 worth of the
stamp issue. The best way to get the
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