The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
''PEP' WILL PUT
LOAN OVER IN
RECORD TIME
Leaders Plan to Get Amount
Raised Before Time Allotted
Expires - Enthusiasm Is
Shown at Dinner at GayoSO

Pep in big doses win put the Vic
tory loan over quickly, according to
plans formulated at the first dinner Of
loan workers held Tuesday at the
Hotel Gayoso. John ]. Heflin, chair
man for Shelby county, injected great
est enthusiasm when he stated that
he had plans-some as yet secret-that
he thought might put the loan over in
a week. Leaders Of each department
of the battalion of workers presented
ideas which will later be incorporated
in the campaign to be launched on
Monday, April 21. -.
The following committees to have
charge of the loan We're appointed:
Executives. f. Ragland, g.. W
Butler, Martin Condor, Frank Hill, r.
Brinkley Snowden c. P. J. Mooney
Wilson Mallory, VIM. r, King, w. e.
Early, Sam Williamson, Bolton Smith
Phil Canale, M, II. Rosenthal and Mrs
Hugh S. Hayley.
Publicity-F. D. Beneke, chairman;
newspapers, posters, etc, and stunts
Speakers~C. W. Metcalf, Jr., chair.
man, and four minute men, j. w
Gates, director.
Sales-Dabney Crump, sales director
OulSluc VI AlcIllpnlSt pllclbS CuuhlS y
r. Hyde, director; G.. W. Butler and
VIM r. King assistant sales directors
Bankers Divisions, E. Ragland.
Women--Mrs. Hugh S. Hayley,
Administrative--J, A. Osoinach, sec
retary.
R. L. Jordan, state chairman.
John Mcclure, district manager.
John j. Heflin. county chairman.
Chas. A. Gerber, vice. chairman.
G. A. Gerber Vice Chairman
At the dinner Tuesday, c. X Chaplin
who will be in charge Of all the spec
tacular features connected with the loai
campaign, spoke with enthusiasm re
garding the first of the series Of stunt!
to be put on to arouse popular fnteres
in the purchase Of Victory bonds, Thi
win be the flying circus to be HEX
Saturday at the North Memphis Driv
ing park. The program for the sia
was outlined, The train carrying tn
nine T07foot baggaGe cars neeessAr
| to haul the airplanes will arrive earl
Saturday morning. Each aviator wi
simultaneously supervise the unloadin
of the craft he Is to fly, and grea
care will be necessary not to injur
the fusilage and other delicate part
of the machines,
Frank g Jones has donated the us
OF the North Memphis Driving par
for the exhibition. 1t will be neces
sary to tear down two sheds in tn
! infield to accommodate the flyers. Til
| flying field will have to be cleared c
every object likely to impede or en-
danger the flight of the planes. N
small part of the job will be the re
moval Of every little piece of glass o
other obstacle from the ground owe
which the pilots will ascend and aligh
sometimes at the rate OF 60 miles a
hour
Park field officers are co-operatin
in every way possible, said Mr. Chapir
One item-gas presented seriou
problem, but the army officers a
Millington offered access to their sup
ply of gasoline to the flyers and
was promptly accepted, as the grad
of fuel needed for the machines coul
not be secured from dealers In Mem
phis.
The special train bearing the aviator
will arrive from Jackson. Miss, earl
Saturday morning. and after a break
fast at the Chisca the party will pre-
coed at once to the driving park. TIL
machines, including British, French an
the German Fokkers, will be on ey
hibtion and the public will be allowe
to inspect them free of charge Tt
idea Of charging a fee for admissio
to the flying field has been abandone,
p. D. Grove, Boy Scout executiv
has offered the service of the Scout
for the flying circus as well as for a
other public stunts planned by II
workers, Their cooperation is expec
ed to be of great value, as their valiaI
work in previous campaigns has II,
been by any means forgotten.
Some idea of the magnitude of Il
flying circus can be gained from IL
fact that there was no open place lars
enough in a suitably central part
New Orleans to accommodate the n,
ers, and the circus there had to
called off