Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-12

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boys in France and England and
Germany-the Victory Liberty loan
will have = big place in the Oma-
ha drive.
Up on top of the court house, set
tied on the ledge just under the
roof, an ocean of tossing blue-grecn
waters will flow 100 feet long. At
the east end of the ocean will be
the shore of devastated Europe, a
mass of ruins and wrecked churches
and other monuments of antiquity
and art. There 4 great gold star
will shine, COMMUNICATING the men
who rest ION Flanders field" and
in other bits of those foreign lands
where the boys who laid down their
lives for the liberty and peace of the
world lie.
Statue Of Liberty.
At the west end of the ocean the
Statue of Liberty, holding aloft her
flaming torch to light the world to
ways of freedom, will stand guard
ing the wonder skyline of New
York. The Liberty will be IA feet
high.
Starting from Europe on the
morning of April 81, when the
Victory Liberty loan drive begins,
q l2-foot transport, bearing its
thousands of American boys home
ward bound, will voyage across the
ocean, carried by the sales of each
day. The ship will progress as
the campaign goes on and every
day will show the amount Of sales
| during the preceding "a hours.
The good ship Victory" will
reach port, and the Statue Of Lib
erty when the quota for Omaha is
reached, and she can venture safely
into harbor.
James B. Henderson, manager Of
the Thomas Cusack company, de-
signed the ocean, the ship aud the
two shores, and his firm will set
up the completed work.
Allotment Committee Meets.
The allotment committee of the
Victory Liberty loan will begin its
daily sessions in the Federal Reserve
bank, Thirteenth and Farnam
streets, Tuesday morning.
This committee apportions the
amount that should be subscribed by
business men Of Omaha to the new
loan, which will be the last of the
popularity subscribed loans.
Notices are ready and will be
mailed Saturday to the men and
firms of the city, appointing a time
for them to appear before the COM
mittee and discuss the amount which
they will be asked to take Of the
Victory Liberty loan notes.
Davis Team Announced.
T. L. Davis of the First National
bank, manager of division three,
Victory Liberty loan, has finished
the make up of his team for dis
trict No. "a, which embraces the
squares bounded by Tenth, Farnam,
Thirteenth and Howard streets.
G. L. E. Klingbeil of the North
American Life Insurance company,
is major, and R. w. Fadden, Fadden
den & Bittner, captain. The fol-
lowing men are acting as lieuten-
ants:
E. M. Searle, w. E. McCandless,
R. D. Phillips, Eggert Bod, D. D.
Hall, ]. T. Sawyer, K. E. Tunberg,
M. A. Nye.
Entertains County Workers.
J. H. Mithen, who has charge of
the Victory Liberty loan workers
for Douglas county outside of
Omaha, will entertain his force at
luncheon Saturday.
T. c. Byrne, state chairman of
the loan, will address the men on
the work ahead of them in putting
over the last of the great popular
loans.
The luncheon will be in the Omaha
Athletic club and fifteen men, chair
men OF precincts in the county, will
attend.
Howard Chandler Christy Poster.
The Americans All" poster made
by Howard Chandler Christy for the
Victory Liberty loan, is attracting
much attention. The poster repre-
sents Christy's we'll known model,
clad in delicate creamy flowing
robe, holding the flag in one hand
and with the other placing laurel
wreath over the roll Of honor"
above which is the gold star honor
ing the men who gave up their
lives.
The list, chosen from a single
casulty list, shows these nationalities
in the names: French, English,
Irish, Bohemian, German, Greek,
Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Russian,
Polish, Roumania, Norwegian, Span
ish, Americans ALL"
Aliens Fifth Bulletin.
Earl Allen, chairman of the bull
letins committee of the Victory
Liberty loan, has the fifth bulle-
tin in the series of Is ready for
distribution. These bulletins are
put on bulletin boards and in other
conspicuous places in more than
500 places of business, shops, banks
and stores in Omaha.
The fifth reads:
your Sacrifice?
mo Contribution Asked
Merely the privilege to pay you
interest on your money"
Reproductions of the Victory
Liberty loan button appear on all
the advertising matter and in all
newspaper advertisements Of the
loan.t The emblem of honor is
blue ground button, with 4 big "Vp
on its face-signifying the Victory"
and the Fifth" loan. Above the
w" is the word Liberty" and be-
low it the word LOAN" The let
tering is in white.
Directs Outdoor Advertising.
Earl Bell, advertising man for the
Boyd theater, has charge of much
OF the outdoor advertising for the
Victory Liberty loan, as he has had
charge in the past Of the four loan
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