The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-16
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ers do over Frances battle torn
fields
} Scout planes--with a wing spread
of only fourteen feet--have never
been seen In Richmond before, while
no ATTEMPT has ever been made here
/ to stage a combat in the air The
/ exhibition. which viii also include
every known dip and dive amone
members of the air fraternity, prom
Uses to he the most exciting Of its
kind ever staged in the air over Rich
mond
Adding To the natural interest OF
The demonstration. the Richmond lib
erty loan committee has announced
I'M two orders for $50 bonds Will he
dropped from the machines, The
scout planes fly close to the ground
and can place the literature in al
most any location they desire. The
| orders for the bonds will he included
! in this literature and will be printed
on tho back Of two Of the thousands
Of posters which will be dropped from
the air.
These orders read that they will he
redeemed for a $50 bond each If pre-
scented 10 liberty loan headquarters
before 6 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. After that hour they will be
void The orders have the official seals
Of the federal reserve bank on them
aud cannot be duplicated. The pos
ters to he distributed il the air by
the flyers bear this message;
THE United States Of America asst
that YOU loan your country as much
of this money as you can possibly
spare in the purchase OF liberty
hon1s. How much will you loan your
! country to care for the. boys who are
, fighting for your liberty"
The two officers viii fly from Boil
ing Field. near Washington, to Rich
mond, and will leave their hangers
shortly after ! o'clock today They
viii arrive here shortly after
so,clocl The aerial exhibition will fol,
low their lunch as guests af tho
Richmond committee The piares viii
land at the Virginia state fair
grounds
Some Big Subscriptions
Among the larger subscriptions an
nounced yesterday by the Richmond
committee were the following:
jefferson Realty corporation. $40
900: Percy J. Straus. two suhscrip-
tions for $4,000 each: Winston q
company. $4,000; Cameron Stove
. company. $40. 900; Wise Granite and
Construction company, $4,000; Viz
gtnia Book company, $4,000 and
Lipscomb Lumber company, $1,000.
Slightly more than $4,000 was
subscribed at noon yesterday at the
plant of the British American To-
, bacco company, following short talks
by f. NJ Crutchheld. Norman II
Johnson and Leon Wallerstein and
Private Brady. of the Canadian army
who is spending a short time in Rich
mond. Miss Margaret Ould Powers
and f. l.. Crutchfcld from the cen
, trail committee canvassed the work
ers and obtained many subscriptions
The plant is organized and the work
iwill continue The speakers and work
ors were given lunch at the plant by
its officers.
MIR. Johnson and William r Dab
ney. executive manager of the cam
paign. returned to the plant at mid
night last night, and obtained many
subscriptions from the workers com
pr5sng the night force,
The work OF canvassing the city
continued Monday night and las
night. Other workers wiz be sent ou'
tonight TO obtain subscriptions he.
tween and 10 O'Clock There re
mains much valua BILE territory in The
city which has not been canvassec
and the Richmond committee is de
sirous Of obtaining canvassers. Mem
hors OF the Post ~" Travellers Pro
tective association, have been called
on again for this work, and have beer
requested to report at liberty loar
headquarters. Eleventh and Bank
streets at $40 o'clock this afternoon
1t was announced yesterday thai
the names Of all concerns in tho city
with every empioye the owner OF one
Of more liberty bonds would he pub
lished At the close of the campaign
The committee urged ali establish
nents that have obtained one hun
dred per cent to report their names
to hea lquarters promptly IN ordol
that they may he included in Rich
nond's honor roll Concerns with
Z nearly every employe the owner of q
bond and the committee believes
there are many of them in the city
should make every effort to Obtain
one hundred per cent.
a Buy More Bonds
Bankers ur~ed people of IN ate
means yesterday to buy more bonds
They declared that It was a time &c
anticipate the earnings in coming
months and not luN only those
bonds could be paid for in cash inn
mediately. The banks are offering eN-
tremely liberal trems To customers
for money with which 10 buy bonds
and this borrowing does not atfoc,
their credit otherwise. On the other
hand. il increases their standing with
the banks. IL was stated because OF
their pa sriotic attitude.
The banks are lending money &c
bond buyers at the same rate of inter
est that the bonds pay Under a plan
worked out by members of the Rich
0 mond Clearing House association, OF