The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-13
AUTOMOBILE ROW IN
FINAL LOAN DRIVE
Greatest Sales Effort to Be
Exerted During the Com
ing Week.

Windup week OF the Liberty Loan
drive Is to be OF whiriwind nature go
far as the Automotive and Accessory
Trades Committee IS concerned. Thus
far the committees total has reached the
100000 mark, but as this Is but one
fourth of the quota much hard work is
ahead. The committee has made an
urgent appeal to those who should and
have not subscribed 10 their utmost and
1t Is hoped that during the week this APP
peal will bear fruit.
The committee, OF which Charles NJ.
Brown Is chairman, has done everything
possible to spur bond sales the past two
weeks. but efforts are TO be doubled the
next week. At meeting held Yesterday
the committee outlined the general plan
for future operations. The main bond
selling drive will centre at Fifty-seventh
street and broadway, where the -Four
Corners Old Home Week" will be cele-
brated. The four spacious salesrooms
OF the owen-Magnetic. Chevrolet, Nash
and Stearns win be tho magnets of at
traction. In the Chevrolet. Stearns and
Nash VIII be shown most unusual coll
lection OF captured war relies, most of
which we're taken by American boys,
while the entertainment features will
take place In the Owen-Magnetic sales
rooms.
In addition to the -Four Corner" cell
ebration bond sales will take place also
at the salesrooms of the Poertner Motor
Car Company, Tuesday: Fulton truck
Wednesday, and REQ Motor Car Company
Thursday. During the entire week the
salesrooms of the Overland company
will be used exclusively for bond selling
and an elaborate programme has been
worked out for each evening.
Chairman Brown, q, S. Partridge.
Harry De Bear, George Holden. Charles
Stewart, Carl Page, E. F. Korbel and
William Allen are at work arranging the
big programme for the Fifty-seventh
street -Four Corner drive. ITS going
to be the biggest thing on Broadway"
says the committee. land II is hoped
that every motorist, past, present and
future, will gather at Broadway and
Fifty-seventh street to help put the auto
mobile quota over the top"
Manager J. Hunt of the REQ. William
c. Poertner, National. and W. I. Flick
ling, Fulton. are preparing a special pro-
gramme to boost bond sales in their
salesrooms during the week.
From END to end OF Automobile Row
can be seerf In the salesrooms of the va
rious dealers a magnificent collection of
war relics. At the Chevrolet salesrooms
at F1fty-seventh street, are shown a cap
tured German airplane, the various med
ais Of the allied nations, shells. bombs
gas masks, grenades, German mines and
hundreds of other articles captured when
the Germans retreated. Collections. of
war relics are to be seen also in the
salesrooms of the Overland, Chandler,
REQ, Nash. National, Dodge. Stearns,
Mitchell and numerous other stores.
Probably one of the most interesting
and educational exhibits in connection
with the Liberty Loan drive is that ar
ranged by the Willys-Overland company
in their spacious ehowrooms at Broad
way and Fiftieth street In one of their
large windows Is arranged an exact
replica Of completely equipped United
States Government evacuation hospital.
showing how the lives of our wounded
soldiers, sailors and marines are safe
guarded by every modern appliance
known to medical science. Operating
tables and specially equipped beds for
the treatment OF fracture and amputa-
ton cases. together with complete sur
Gical and sterillzing equipment are on
view. Doctors and nurses are in at
tendance to explain the workings and
uses Of each instrument and appliance.
In another window Is displayed va
riety of war trophies, together with
French and German rifles and a number
of large calibre shells, while the inside
OF the store Is decorated with original
French war loan posters.
Under the direction of Sales Manager
l. G. Peed a nightly programme Of en-
tertainment is given in aid of the Lib
erty Loan, and thousands OF dollars are
subscribed each night through the efforts
Of patriotic pa ,i speakers and special corps