South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-19
WAR STAMP DRIVE
BEGINS TONIGHT
Home Guards of City Will Con-
duct reuse to House
Campaign.

Plans were formulated and gone
ever IN detail FOR tao carrying out
OF The local end o. the nationwide
drive Tor the sale OF $1,000. 100000
worth OF War savings stamps al
the meeting 4 the home guards az
The Y. NJ. <. 4. Tuesday night. The
sale OF the stamps viii be carried
on IN south Bend By the home
CARDS because OF their efficient or
zanization. and they have pledged
themselves 10 make the drive sue
cessful one and will bend every e.
40rt 10 this end.
Ask for pledges Before June IS.
At the meeting Judge L. ~. Ham
merschmidt explained that Prest
Wilson had designated June % as
National War Savings stamp day in
his proclamation Of May %. and
that in IL he appealed 70 every man,
woman and child 70 make their
War Savings stamp pledges on or
before that day. Judge Hammer
schmidt then explained the procla-
nation and tine plan that had been
made TO make south Bends part of
80 "a success.
Plan OF Campaign.
The campaign viii be carried on
rs follows: Each company mas
been assigned 20 "a ward. the cap
tain OF the company being respons-
iDle for his ward. The squads Of
the company will each take one
precinct under the direction OF the
corporals and the men OF the sqauds
VIII then conduct house-to-house
canvass. where efforts Will be made
70 sell each member OF the family
$50 worth OF stamps The huse
total Of O0.O00,OOo makes it
necessary that the minimum
amount Tor each man woman and
chnd ia the country $40. The home
guards viii work in pairs and visit
every home in their particular ter
ricory and present 10 the purchaser
a card TO be filled out with the
amount of stamps TO be purchased
A duplicate OF the card filled Out
wiz be turned over 10 the captain
OF the company 20 he sent to the
secretary OF the treasury OF the
United States.
Slackers To BE yellow Carded."
II satisfac Glory reason cannot
De given cor the refusal 20 pur-
chase stamps the home guards are
provided with a yellow card which
must be filled out by the person re-
fusing 10 purchase and which is
then sent to washington and the
matter investigated by government
officials. This viii. however. only
De used as a last resort. The maxi
mum amount that one person may
subscribe for is 81 600 worth. Each
precinct has been given "a quota
and the people i'm each precinct are
expected TO go over the top and
make the amount ascri0ed them.
Tor example the first ward. which
viii be handled by company A. has
been given the followins quotas 70
meet. First precinct, $4,000; sec
ond precinct, $4,000, third pre-
cinct. $4,000: fourth precinct,
$4,000: fifth precinct. $4,000.
Assignment OF Companies.
The officers OF company a. who
viii handle the first ward, are
capt. H. r. Paxton. Lieut.. :. j
Crumpacker. Lieut. Charles A.
Beyers. Sergts. James r. Cover. w
a. Bertsch. IT. L Hibberd. II. o.
King. NJ. p. Prass. and Cpls. 2. T.
Anderson. :. G. Bunker. A. *. col
Inns. ID. n. stephenson, r. a. LUIS
cado. George NJ Dunkle ana J. l.
kittinger
The drive. which starts tonight
and ends June Is. is recognized as
a Gigantic undertaking, and the
home guards realize that only un-
riring efforts viii bring success
which however. Will never be at
tanned without The cooperation OF
the people OF the city who are 70 be
approached.