Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-08
BOND SALES
HERE EXCEED
$5,000,000
More Than Half Entire Quota
for Omaha Subscribed in
Only a Few Hours
Solicitation.

Wealth of Omaha poured into
Uncle Sans Golfers Monday, the
first day of the Liberty loan drive,
and before noon the entire quota
of $l0,50O,00O was more than half
subscribed.
The quick response to the needs
of the nation is another proof OF
Omaha's determination to give free
ly to rid the world of war-lords and
all indications are that the city will
greatly oversubscribe its quota.
Barrels and boxes had to be used
to contain the blanks, checks and
currency. The clerks were too busy
to tabulate any figures by teams.
The money come from four
sources:
The central committee, which has
been sitting in session for ten
days.
The mems selling organization,
which is covering the business dis
trict.
The women's selling organization,
which is covering the residence dis
trict.
The banks. Many bond buyers
are going direct to their banks and
purchasing bonds under special ar
rangements.
Some Big Donations.
The "big fellows" of course, are
responsible for the tremendous
starting jump in this Fourth Liberty
Loan drive. All last week a com.
mittee was busy consulting with the
big firms OF the city and agreeing
on a suitable subscription for each
These were signed up Monday
morning. The biggest in the first
list was the Bankers Reserve Life
Insurance company, which wants
100000 worth of the securities
Union Pacific employees subscribed
a total of $5l0,050
The biggest subscription from a
commercial house is that of the local
branch of the Ford Motor Car com.
pany, through Manager c. L. Gould
$135,000 The Armour Packing com.
pany's local house took 100000
Cudahy's signed up for $85,000
Then there were plenty from that
on down to $4,000.
U. P. Employees Buy.
z. F. Calvin reported that 362S
out of the 1886 Union Pacific EN-.
p1oyees or o21a per cent purchased
$3l0,050 worth of bonds.
Liberty Street Meetings!
Liberty loan out-of-door meeting:
will be held each day during the
balance of the campaign at 1890
500 and 7:30 p. m. at the cour
house, Fifteenth and Farnam, ant
Sixteenth and Douglas, nine melting!
in all.
The theatrical talent from the Or
pheum, Gayety and other theaters
which is laying idle this week OF
account OF the closing orders. have
placed their services at the disposa
OF the Liberty Loan committee.
These entertainers will appea,
from the platform of a whipppe
tank iii connection with the out
door meetings.
Contest for Honor Flags.
Firms, offices and shops in ON
ara are participating in a race 70,
100 per cent honor pennants. TIL,
W. G. Cleveland Co., was the frs
firm to claim a 100 per cent sign.
All officials, stenographers
clerks, walters and kitchen EN-
ployees at. the Chamber Of Com
merce bought bonds with the ex
ception of the waiter, who was ex
empted by the committee becaus,
he has six children to support,
Little Willie Payton, the 16-year
old colored page boy at the Cham
Der of Commerce, learned that h,
was not expected to buy a bond
but insisted on doing so and wa
allowed to lake one $50 bond.
The returned soldiers were bus,
making speeches Monday. Th'
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