The Washington times., 1918-06-28
W.S.S. CAMPAIGN
ENDS TONIGHT AT
RALLY MEETINGS

Today, ofnciAIly Designated as
National Thrift Day" by proelama-
ton OF President Wilson, marks also
the termination OF the whirlWind
two weeks drive in the interest OF
War Savings Stamps that has been
waEed by District Director d. J. Cal
Iahan and his committee. With the
wholehearted cooperation OF every
resident OF the District OF Columbia
on the last day of the drive, II Is
their confident expectation that the
Districts huge quota OF stamps
81, 500, ,OOo-wiu be realized by night
fall
A nnaI opportunity will be given
those who have not yet recorded
their pledges for stamp purchases dur
ing the remainder OF the year. or VINO
desire to increase subscriptions al
ready made, to make them at special
rally meetings to be held in every
section Of the city tonight. In many
cases, special programs with music
have been arranged at these assem-
blases: at others, no set program has
been provided, but at all the gospel
of War Savings Stamps and the need
OF national thrift will be brought
home to every attendant
The District committee Is particu-
larly desirous of dispelling the i'm
preston prevailing in some quarters
that the ending OF the drive TO-DAY
ends the sale OF War Savings ana
Thrift Stamps- This is not the case
II is stated, for stamps OF both de-
nominations will be on sale for the
rest OF the year. The object OF the
two weeks drive, which was national
lin scope, was to obtain pledges TOT
the maximum purchase oi stamps our
ing the ensuing six months thus
enabling the Government TO arrive
at a knowledge OF the total revenue
to be expected from this source our
Ing the year 1918.
Tonight's meetings are arranged in
every section OF the city, making It
possible for every resident TO atteno
some convenient point in his neigh
borhood- While no general set pro
gram has been arranged, their PR
mary purpose being to afford last
moment opportunity to record pledges
in several instances, speakers and mu-
sic have been provided These meet
ing places are as follows:
Places of MeetinEs-
Public Library. Seventh and K
streets northwest; Public Library, Ia
koma Park: Brightwood public
school; John Dixon Home; Petworth
public school: Wilson Normal School;
Bethany Baptist Church, Second and
Rhode Island avenue northwest: Ma
sonic Hall, Brookland, D. c.: John
Eaton School Cleveland Park: Eliza
beth Brown School, Chevy Chase;
1925 Conduit road: Jackson School. r
street, between Thirty-ffrst and
Thirty-second streets northwest: Po-
tomac Savings Bank; Tenally School
Wisconsin avenue, Tenleytown; Nort-I-
east Temple, Twelfth and II streets
northeast: Olympic Theater. 1415 U
street northwest: store, 3O6 Rhode
Island avenue northwest: Eastern
High School; Semmes Motor Company
fl32 Connecticut avenue; Commercial
Club: Hudson Motor Company. 6l7 u
street northwest; Tyler Public School
Eleventh street southeast: A G. Herr
mann'a, 750 Tenth street southeast;
office, Donohoe & Sons, 3l4 Pennsyl
vania avenue southeast
The meetings for colored citizens
will be held at the following places;
Howard Theater,'T street. near Sew
enth northwest: Zion Baptist Church
F street, between Third and Four-and'
a-half street southwest; Mt Vernon
M z Church, Capitol avenue, Ivy
City; Sixteenth and Lewis street
northeast; Berne Center, Anacostia;
Mt Moriah Baptist Church, Second
and n streets southwest; Lovejoy
School. Twelfth and D streets north
east At the Howard Theater meet