The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-04-19
BOND PURCHASES
To WIN BANNE RS
Honor Flags Will Be Given to
Communities as They At
tain Their Quotas
M'ADOO HOPES THEY WILL
FLY EVERYWHERE IN u. S.
Window Cards to Reward in
diVidual Buyers and Stir
Neighbors to Action

One Of the innovations to be in.
troduced in connection with the Third
Liberty Loan Is the Honor Flag and
Honor Roll system. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo has expressed the
wish that every city community in the
United States have an Honor Flag be-
fore the campaign for the third loan
Is very many days old.
The Honor Flag is to be awarded
by the Treasury Department to each
community as that community attains
It's quota
The idea IS that of j. r. Burton, of
New York. His plan calls for dove
failing series of flags, of which Flag
at Washington will be the father. II
works out this way. The National
Honor Flag to be flown from the
Treasury Building in Washington will
have with it an Honor Roll On this
roll the names of the states will be in
soribed as rapidly as the states attain
their quota. Then in each state there
will be an Honor Flag and Honor Roll
on which will be inscribed the names
of the communities In that state as
fast as the communities attain their
quotas
Women Maxi SILK Flags.
The flag is awarded by the Treas.
ury Department and measures 36x54
inches. 1t is white with deep red
border and has three perpendicular
blue stripes OF the same width as the
border, running through the middle
inside the border
In many cities the patriotic women
folk have set about the task of max
Ing larger flag for their city In
Cleveland the young women OF the
Junior League have made a mann.
moth silk flag, keeping strictly to the
proportionate measurements Of the OF.
fetal flag, and they have donated 1t
to the central committee to be flown
when Cleveland shall have attained
its quota. In other cities women's
clubs or church societies are making
or have made silk flags larger than
the official ones.
Mrs. McAdoo superintended tn g
manufacture of the first flag flown In
Washington. The flying Of this sam
pie flag was a gala event at the cap
ital Thousands thronged the street
in front Of the Treasury Building.
cheering Justify as the flag was pulled
to the top OF its mast by Lewis B
Franklin, director of the War Loan
Organization.
Treasury Employees Suspend.
The event marked the first time in
history that the employees of the
Treasury Department all put aside
their work at one time to witness a
national festival Every wheel in the
building stopped for Is minutes. In
cidentally every street car wheel in
that street stopped running, too as
the crowds In front of the building
were 30 great that the cars could not
move.
The window card which Is to be
awarded to the purchaser of a bond
Of the Third Loan is a vital part Of
the system. On each window card is
printed in colors replica of the Hon
or Flag and blank line for the inser-
tion of the name of the purchaser.
The cards are to be exhibited in the
front windows OF homes They tell
the story of the householder's loyalty
and patriotism and they also serve an
advertising purpose Bill Smith, see
ing an Honor Flag card in the win
dow of his neighbor, John Jones, is
going to dust right out and buy a
bond himself so that he, too, may dis
play the Honor Flag in the Smith
home.