The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-02
Notables.t0 Arrive Today to
Address Rally Nationally
Prominent as War
Speakers
FRANK DOMINICK TO
PRESIDE AT MEETING,
WHICH BEGINS AT Sis
General Clark Issues Order
on the Mammoth Parade
Which Will Actually
Begin Drive on
Saturday

A monster mass meeting. at which
speakers sent direct from Washington
will make addresses, will be held to-
night at the Jefferson theatre. begin
ming at Sis o'clock, and will be a fea-
ture of preparation week for the third
Liberty Loan drive in Birmingham,
which starts Saturday
The party of nationally prominent
speakers who will make addresses this
evening are George Persons. Canadian
soldier, who served two years in the
front line trenches in France and was
a member of the famous Princess Pat
regiment" William Matthew Lewis.
executive secretary of the National
Patriotic Societies, and Katherine ST.
mon of the woman's Liberty Loan COM
mittee This party of notable visitors
will arrive in the city this morning
at 1890 o'clock and will be welcomed
at the station by committee composed
of w C Adams, Morris Bush, Val Mes
bitt and T ] Crittenden
At 1 o'clock at a luncheon at the
Tutwiler hotel the various district and
county chairmen in the Birmingham
zone and workers in the coming Lib
erty Loan drive will be addressed by
Mr. Persons and Mr. Lewis
Miss Simon will be welcomed at the
station by committee from the wom-
ans Liberty Loan committee and she
will address She ladies
DOMIa.lCK TO PRESIDE
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son theatre the speakers will be in
troduced by Frank Dominick The
speakers will bring home to the audi
ence what is going on in war-torn Eu-
rope and tell what America is doing.
George Persons will be able to give
the personal touch to the war by re-
citing his personal experiences. Mr..
Lewis is familiar with conditions IN
Germany and Russia. Those who at
tend the Civic association dinner to-
night can also attend the Jefferson
meeting, as the dinner is scheduled for
6:15 o'clock.
Saturday will be a red letter day in
Birmingham. This day, which marks
the anniversary of Americas entry
into the war, will be celebrated by
mammoth parade that will initiate the
third Liberty Loan drive. Every store
in Birmingham has been asked to close
for at least a part of the day. The
business section will be decorated in
the national colors and the colors of
the allied countries, and Birmingham
will take on a gala appearance.
PLANS FOR PARADE
Plans for the big parade are fast be-
ing completed and the pageant will be
one of the grandest that ever passed
down the streets of Birmingham. The
parade will be divided into divisions
and Louis " Clark will be the grand
marshal. There will be at least eight
divisions, composed of several bril-
gades each. The parade will march
promptly at 1 o'clock Saturday, and
the route will be announced not later
than Wednesday. The heads of unions,
secret societies, various clubs, Red
Cross nurses and other women's or
are urgently requested to
notify Mrs. Norton, phone Main 2So5
that they will participate. The mer-
chants are asked to organize their en-
ployes and have them participate in
the big parade
1t is expected that the postoffice de-
partment and other government en-
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