Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-12
THIRD LOAN HAS
FLAG Of HONOR
Banners Will Fly in Every
Community in Nation If
McAdoo Gets Wish
WOMEN MAKE LARGE SILK
ONES FOR AMERICAN CITIES
Washington Turns Out to Watch
Hosting of First Sample
at the Capital

h enthusiasm which greeted the
flying Of a sample Of the Third Liber.
ty Loan Honor Flag in Washington a
week or more ago was but the fore
taste of the Zest which will attend a
series of similar flag raisings all over
the United States when the real
Honor Flags are raised by the com.
munities which will have earned the
right to fly them by subscribing their
quota to the loan.
Patriotic addresses by big men Of
the communities, playlets by the
school children, entertainments by
church or amateur dramatic societies.
parades by lodges-these are some of
the ceremonies planned to attend the
raising of the flags In the various
units.
The Liberty Loan Honor Flag was
conceived by James H. Burton of New
York and has the hearty Endorsement
of Secretary Of the Treasury William
G. McAdoo. The plan calls for the
award of an Honor Flag by the Treas
ury Department to each community
in the nation when that community
will have attained its quota of sub
scriptions to the third loan.
The first flag was made in Wash
ington under the supervision of Mrs.
McAdoo.
Flag Raising Is Gala Event.
The raising Of the sample flag in
Washington was a gala event. For
the first time in the history of the
Treasury Department all of the en-
ployes of that department left of
work for fifteen minutes to attend a
national event. They grouped in
front Of the Treasury building and
cheered Justify when the first Honor
Flag was pulled to the top Of a mast
there by Lewis B. Franklin, Director
of the Wa Loan organization. And
the cheers of the employees were but
q part Of the demonstration for thou
sands of Washingtonians crowded in
the street tying up street car traffic
while the ceremony was on.
The flag is a white flag with a deep
red border and three perpendicular
stripes running through the center.
The stripes are the same width as the
border. The official flags which will
be awarded by the Treasury Depart.
ment measure 36x54 inches.
In many cities patriotic women are
working on the making of bigger flags
than the official ones.
In Cleveland the young women OF
the Junior League are making a huge
silk banner which they win donate ia
the central committee to be flown
when Cleveland attains its quota In
other cities large silk flags to be SINH
larly donated are being made by the
women of clubs and church organiza
tons.
Besides the Honor Flags which will
be awarded to the communities there
will be a state Honor Flag and a ma
tional Honor Flag. On the State
Flags which will be flown in the state
capitals there will be an Honor Roll
on which will be inscribed the names
Of the communities In that state II
the order In which they earn the right
to fly the flag. On the National Honor
Flag which will be flown in Washing
ton the names Of the states will b.
enrolled as they reach their quotas.
Buyers Get Window Cards.
Window cards will be given to al
subscribers to the Third Loan. Or
the cards, which measure 7x9 inches
there will be a replica of the Honor
! Flag in colors and a blank space II
: which to write the name Of the sub
scriber. These will be displayed II
: the windows of the homes of bonG
C buyers.
Not only will these cards serve as
. recognition Of the patriotism and 10y
atty of the householder but they viii
! have a strong advertising power. !
! n man has one of the window card
proclaiming to all of his neighbor
' that he has bought, his bond tn,
neighbors are going to get busy an,
do their duty. One card on a stree
Is bound to be followed by others ant
eventually these cards. meeting tn
p eye Of the tardy M everywhere b
looks, are going to be the force tina
H1ll AMIR him on In the purchase.