The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-21
Buy Victory bonds today.

Buy Victory bonds today
Richmond Victory loan drive opened this morning
the doors Of all banks and trust companies in the
city thrown open at O'Clock the first subscriptions
ngs of the United States received From that moment
there will not be dull many thrills
planned enthuse Rchmonders buying the safest and
best security in the world.
Explosion of huge bombs at intervals during the day will
summon the people to the banks make their contribution
to the thanksgiving oann thanks that the explosions
by the Huns
level best at home Just the and other workers
did in the field and in the munition factories will opened
$50 O'Clock for the sale of the bonds either for cash accord
ing to the governments terms with the Victory loan books
making an initial payment of s. and then 81 per week
Five huge army airpanes from Langley field the best of
their vpe-are scheduled to in Richmond about
o'clock flying the city in battle formation After short
flight they will land the fair grounds and prepare an
afternoon Of flights and stunt flying More than five planes
will be sent here if they available Richmond
of that number while is possible that drgbe
balloons from Hall will be SEEM providing that arrange
ments completed in time although definite statement
could be made last night it stated by Henry Schwan
schd, chairman of the features committee.
The airpanes will stage their big O'Clock over
Capitol Square while Mayor George Anslie is speaking in
behalf of the Victory loan and the crack military band of the
Sixty infantry stationed at Camp Lee is giving
cert The er promise all sorts of stunts in the air. and they
viii drop bombs and loan literature.
In the dodgers that viii be dropped the machines
will be orders for two Victory bonds and for several German
helmets that are being used in the campaign
Four ponderpus tanks win make ont from the lot which
they parked Shafer and Broad and Chamber
down the rough paved streets to sections of the
city NO definite has been arranged for the machines
is not known what speed they make the city
streets and they cannot smooth paved thoroughares
The plans of the features committee to one
Church Hill to Fulton the third to South Richmond and
to the fourth in the business section of the city Each
tank which Of the type those that smashed their
through the Hindenburg line last fall manned by
and carries machine gun. Plenty of blank ammunition
has been provided for the and Rchmonders
expected have realistic demonstration of the deadly
machines that came out of the great
But coming the real patriotic demonstration of the day
will be the big meeting Of employees of the Richmond branch
of the American Locomotive works which will be held
for the of taking subscriptions to the fifth
Liberty bonds William Dabney chairman of the Rich
mond committee and John Kerr Branch will address the
and heavy subscriptions the Victory notes expected
Officers of the local plant hopeful that 100 per
obtained, and every worker will be asked to subscribe
Another feature the program will be the picture, 1.-THE
Price of Peace which made by the treasury department
to show the actual work of the American forces land and