Williams news., 1918-06-14
A PROCLAMATION
To The People of the Town of
 Williams

Pursuant to the Proclamation issued by the President of the Hunt, of the State of Arizona, an intensive drive in War Saw ings Stamps between June 10, and eliminating June 18th, will take place throughout the Un- ited States.
 Arizona's quota in this War Savings Stamp drive is $5, ,274,- 26O.OO. This means $2O.OO from each man, woman and child in the state.
 The people ol Williams in previous drives, whenever call ed upon by the government, have responded nobly and each time Williams has gone over the top and exceeded it's quota sev- eral times.
 Many young men of Williams are enlisted in the service, few are now fighting in France. They did not hesitate to offer their government their all, even to their lives. They expect and demand of the people who stay at home that we furnish them clothing, food and all other ne- cessary equipment, in order to carry on the war to a success full issue. Surely when they are willing to give their lives we should not hesitate to lend our savings to our Government.
 It behooves every person in Williams to practise patriotic self denial to the extreme limit so that during the period men, toned above, the gooo people can and will invest literally in War Savings Stamps.
 In order that the people of Williams may not fall behind in raising their 1ulI quota, I here by proclaim Friday, June 18th, as War Savings Day in the town of Williams, Arizona.
 I also respectfully urge all the people of Williams to pur- chase War Savings Stamps as liberally as possible between June 10th and June 18th.
 Let us all continue in the fu- ture, as we have in the past, to be 100 per cent Americans, and once again go over the top for our Government and our soldier boys.
 (Signed)
 c. B. KIRKPATRICK
 Mayor of Williams, Arizona June 10, 1918.
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 Expected Tomorrow
 MT. F. M. Gold, who has been acting as post master to the Senate, at Phoenix, is expected home tomorrow.
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 Benefits for Red Cross
 Quite a number of the we'll meaning friends of the Red Cross have from time to time given benefits for the Red Cross under the name of the Red Cross. This has been done without the consent of the chair man of the local chapter.
 We appreciate their efforts and know that their efforts were put forth in the one cause of Winning the War" but we will have to ask the public to discontinue these benefits for the reason that they are against the amendment to the Act pass ed by Congress, which author izes the existence of the Ameri- can Red Cross. That law dis tinctly states that it shall be un- lawful to use the Red Cross for the purpose of trade or adver- tisement to induce the sale of any article or for any business or charitable purpose. There fore it is not the policy of the Red Cross allow it's name to be used for the purpose of collect ing funds without first securing the permission of the Chairmen of it's local chapters.
 As the war continues we are called upon more and more ev- cry day to do our part of the war work that must be done to win this war, therefore the Red Cross thinks it advisable to raise it's funds in the big drives Williams has done itself proud in the Second War Fund Drive and will have a nice sum from this source for it's local