The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
TWO DISTRICTS
REACH QUOTA
IN LOAN DRIVE
St.. Louis and Minneapolis
Both Reach Liberty
Loan Goal.
ONE-HALF QUOTA HERE
Liberty Day Parade Will
Help Complete Wash
ington Share.

Two Federal reserve districts. st.
Louis and Minneapolis. yesterday
raced under the wire with their full
quota subscribed to the Third Liberty
Loan SO close together that Treasury
officials could not decide which had
the honor of going over the top first.
st. Louis. with quota of s130.00o.-
600, has been consistently showing the
entire country its heels in the race
to oversubscribe the loan, while Min,
neapolis, whose quota Is sl05. 900. .OU0.
has kept close behind Official fig-
ures from neither district had been
received by the Treasury Department
last night and the announcement was
based on their unofficial figures sent
by wire.
Latest reports on the total for the
country show subscriptions of $780,
SIS. 800 up to the beginning OF business
yesterday morning. while based on
unofficial figures, last night, it is be-
lieved the country is well on toward
the 5000. 10000 mark.
Washington Comes strong.
Washington. with more than half
its quota of s13.o0o.o 900 subscribed. ear
ly yesterday morning, when official
figures showed that its total stood at
Sc, ,s15. 800 last night, was estimated to
have boosted its sales well over the
81. 100000 mark, and the bond sales
men throughout the city put renewed
vigor into their work.
Fifty thousand liberty bond buyers
are wanted to march I'm the liberty
day parade that will take place Fri
day afternoon at O'Clock. and banks
throughout the city VIII Keep opens
their doors until o'clock each night
Until Friday in order that every one
may have an opportunity to get their
bonds and be in. the parade. Only
bondholders will march.
Reports made to the Liberty Loan
Committee of the District covering
subscriptions to the third liberty loan
pledged up to the close of business
Saturday. show a total of 1913, go.
from 27.20S individuals. in six of the
larger government departments. All
of these subscriptions have not vet
been cleared through the banks. and
therefore do not appear in the official
total for the District. but the figures
indicate the progress which is being
made by the liberty loan workers in
the government departments.
Six Banner Departments.
The six departments included in the
above figures are: War Department,
with s2.2J0.1 100, from S176 subscribers:
Food Administration, $1,073,OO0 from
1,142 subscribers: Treasury Depart
ment, $7S.100. from 1897 scubscribers;
Interior. s72S.3J0. from 2.93S subscrib-
ers; Navy Yard. s549,05O. from s.42s
subscribers. and the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. S1S5.650, from 1.22O SUBJ
scribers.
A large proportion of the subscrip-
tions reported by the War Depart
ment and the Food Administration
will not be credited to Washington.
although subscribed by persons en-
ployed here. since many of the large
subscriptions are being cleared
through banks in other cities.
The navy yard is in the lead OF all
the large departments reporting thus
far. in percentage of subscriptions
to number of employees, a total OF
6.426 of the 1900 workers at the ward
having bought bonds. making a per-
centage of 72.
Labor Rally Planned.
A big rally for employees of the De-
partment of Labor is to be held at 2:3o
this afternoon. when Eugene E.
Thompson. of the Liberty Loan COM
mittee, is to be the principal speaker.
Patriotic music will be provided by
the Marine Band.
More than 100000 in liberty bond
subscriptions were taken in by the Of
ficial sales car of the street sales COM
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