New Britain herald., 1918-10-01
half MILLION MARK
IS TOUCHED TODAY
$4,000 Voluntarily Subscribed
Without Any CaDVaSSing
WORK BEGINS TOMORROW

HUM UIulNU 1UWUWltV III
Big Liberty Loan Rally at First
Church Tonight to BE addressed
BY Returning Officer From Western
Front.
Voluntary subscriptions to the Vic
tory Loan in this city have now piled
up to SSH, 900. This gratifying
statement was made today by Chair
A ban Andrew j. Sloper who was
7@ @articular to explain that not one
single bond included in this amount
UNFAIRLY by individuals. and few
smaller concerns, over the counters
at the various banks. Up to 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon the sub
proximately a quarter of million,
but during the remainder of the day
subscriptions continued to pour i'll
until the final figure, exclusive of to-
days activities, was we'll over the
half million mark
AS yet the various factories have
NOT begun TO make a canvass of their
emp kayes, but expect to do so to-
morrow This work has been held up
beea'isR eT l~s1k Of buttons FGne
5 ornlnittee has made frantic efforts to
Z set a BIG supply of Liberty Loan
h buttons that all who subscribe might
&have one, but so far only a small
Y part Of their order has been filled
K THE factory canvass, which begins
tomorrow, will not be announced
until the various concerns have com
pleted their work. The individual
teams viii also begin thar active
campaigning tomorrow and reports of
this work will be made every second
day.
Big Rally This Evening.
This evening there will be a big
mass meeting and rally in the First
II Congregational church when A. NJ.
y $lS1eol secretary to Mrs. Maude Balling-
ton Booth, and Captain e.. G.. Cow
will speak. Captain Cow, who has
been on the Western Front with the
American EXpeditionary Force and
n has also served with the British Army
s against the Germans, arrived back in
1l4iss country only a few days ago.
Women Team Captains.
Following is the list of team cap
tain$ and mem bers recruited from the
ranks Of the fair sex Their head
= quarters are in Richter & Company's
i office:
q No. i Mrs, Traut, captain; Miss
Mary +. Bingham, Mrs. Harold J.
fTSloper, Mrs. Arthur E. j. Reilly, Mrs.
's3A. j. Sloper, Mrs. j. H. KirlSham,
Miss l.. H. Learned Miss Elisabeth
y Rogers Mrs. Frank L. Traut, Miss
" Louise Ii. Noble, Mrs. r. n. Hemen-
way.
q No. ?, Miss Fallon captain; Miss S
Migs. Miss c. H. Hitchcock, Miss r.
NJ. Clark, Miss Grace Bnrnes, Mrs.
Grace nj. Coholan Miss M. "a. Tor
may, Miss Agnes Niddlemas, Miss J.
& Dunbar. Miss Grace Atkins, Miss
Doris Osborn, Miss Elizabeth Leghorn.
No. 8, Mrs. Carl S. Ramsay. cap
Ef tain; Mrs Leonard Isl Mallory, Mrs
adFfarold Il Shepard, Mrs. A. A. Mills,
Mrs. Fl. G. Teich, Mrs. d. Mcmillan
No. 4 Mrs. Charles NJ. Oquist, cap
tain; Miss Eva Johnson.
No. 5, Miss Frances WnittIesey,
captain; Mrs. w. l.. Hatch, Mrs.
Clarence +. Bennett Mrs. George It.
Kinha Mrs. II. S. Humphrey, Mrs.
Z Harry M. Rates, Mrs. Lee Warren.
No. 6, Mrs Stanley Eddy captain;
Mrs. Clifford Wilson, Mrs. Louis
Young, Mrs. Margaret Eddy, Mrs.
Fred w. Porter, Miss Emily Andrews
Miss Agnes Vance. Miss Barbara
4 Moore.
No. Z Mrs r. Germond, captain;
Miss Bertha Chamberlain, Mrs. Paul
* Rogers, Mrs. r. T. Frisbie.
M No. 8, Mrs. J. c. Loomis, captain
Mrs. Louise Banford, Mrs. S. w Irv-
Ing Miss Agnes Johnston, Mrs. Fred
w. AIacomber, Mrs NJ. l.. Rhodes,
mrs. Josephine Robinson, Miss Swain
No O. Mrs. Noah Lucas, captain ::
Mrs. Howard NJ. Parsons. Mrs. Ray
fnond r. Healey, Mrs. r. b. Pinches.
Miss Esther Stanley, MRS. G. w Wv
Ian Miss Ruth Corbin-a
No. 10, Mrs. G. FL. Lynch, captain
Mrs. Julie Moore. Mrs Frank Hum
9hrey, Mrs. s. E. Kiely, Mrs. Nellie
= Fogarty, Mrs. M A. Sexton.
NO. H. Miss NAllie Macauley, cap
tain; Miss Harvey.
No. Il, Mrs. Bergendahl captain.