New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-04-19
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR
LIBERTY BOND SALE
Speeches and CanVaSSerS in Gen.
traI Park Tonight and Saturday
ALIEN ENEMY GIVES $500
Thus Far New Britain Has Subscribed
$7S9,0O0, Excluding Inside Sales at
the Various FactOries-Individual
Team Reports Encoura ging.

In a stirring attempt to drive home
even more forcibly to the citizens Of
New Britain the patriotic necessity
OF their loaning their money to Uncle
Sam by the purchase of Liberty
Bonds, Chairman Andrew j. Sloper
has arranged for Il series Of four
minute talks in front of the Soldiers
monument tonight and tomorrow
night. -Four booths have been erect
ed in Central Park and in each will
[be stationed a woman agent, while
, members of the male soliciting force
will canvass the crowd during the
Speeches. On Sunday afternoon these
booths will be transferred to various
parts of Walnut Hill Park where
someone will be in charge at all times
to take subscriptions from the Sun
day promenaders. Band concerts
will be given tonight and tomorrow
night at Central Park and on Sunday
. afternoon at Walnut Hill Park.
$SOO,OOO More Is Needed.
Chairman SIoper announced today
that thus far $789, 600 worth of bonds
have been subscribed in this city,
leaving just 100000 more to be
raised in order to have the city meet
It's obligation to the governme ent.
This $789,000, however, does not in
clude the inside subscriptions at the
various factories as a complete re-
port from those concerns cannot be
made until the canvass is. over and
every working man has been ap-
preached. 1t is reported, however,
that the working people are generous
in their response and Liberty Bond
buttons are to be the rule and not
the exception among the factory en-
pIoyes.
Alien Enemy Gives 5000.
The latest team report record filed
with Chairman Sloper shows that
team No. 10, captained by P. r. Nc
Donough and Philip Corpin, who are
soliciting among the reared business
men of the city, is entitled to first
honors. This team has secured three
subscriptions which total $500. An
other very gratifying report comes
from the team which canVassed the
Cremo Brewing company. At this
concern II men were anxious to sub
scribe to Liberty Bonds and took
$2,25O worth. What was particularly
pleasing was that one of these men,
to live in q. restricted area and Is
prevented from moving about at will,
bought 5000 worth Of the bonds and
paid spot cash. Eleven different
| teams have reported lat individual
! subscriptions, totalling $18,95O. They
| are itemized as follows:
Building trades, 1S subscriptions
| totalling $1,050; clothing and shoe
stores, 6 subscriptions for $1,000;
| hotels, restaurants and saloons, II
| subscriptions for $2,250; BARRIERS, 16
subscriptions for s1,050; grocers
bakers, butchers, tea and butter
stores, 20 subscriptions for $4,000;
real estate and insurance, nine sub
scriDtions for $4,000; garage, auto
mobile and bicycle men, 10 subscrip-
tons for $3.50; furniture stores, un-
dertakers and laundries, 13 Subscrip-
tons for $500; retired men, three
| subscriptions for $5,700; miscellan.
eous stores, II subscriptions fol
$1,150.
Concert and Speeches Tonight.
This evening at about 1880 o'clocl
| there will be band concert in TIL
bandstand in Central park and at
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