Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-05
PLAN GREAT FINISH
. FOR LOAN CAMP PA|GN
Rabbi Stephen Wise Delivers
Address in John Marshall
High School.
MUST SUBSCRIBE s6,000,0oo
Chairman Jackson Issues Appeal
to Workers to Redouble
Efforts for Success.
MUST SUBSCRIBE s6,0oo,ooo

Facing the task of raising $1,000 600
worth of subscriptions n day TO the
Victory Liberty Loan if the city is
10 reach it's quota of something more
than 3l5.000.oo0 by Saturday night the
Richmond committee will set to work
today with all the stringent enthusi-
asm OF whirlwind finish
The climax Of the first dav's efforts
Will come tonight at $50 O'Clock when
RABBI stephen T. Wise Of New York.
viii deliver an address on behalf of the
loan IN the auditorium OF the John
Marshall High School. DR. Wise is
known as one of the most eloquent
men IN the Jewish pulpit. and is much
admired as AN orator in Richmond
includes Musical Program.
Arrangements have been completed
Tor several additional features TO the
; meeting one OF them will be IA musi-
cal program under the direction of
Howard Bryant Joseph Whittemore.
other numbers TO the program
Chairman Herbert w Jackson issued
an an Io a2peal last night TO All workers
paiEn draws to close.
tichmond is going to raise her
quota quota, ,an ana there is no doub, of tina,
iact. w nat "e are most concerned in
is nov she is going TO do il, There
mus mus; be a w!de distribution OF the
agencies TO carry the messages into
ihe highways and hyways OF the city.
ne response has been encouraging
PUT we must have greater support
Many men have subscribed perhaps
more tnaa they feel they should have
yet in the emergency they did not hest
;atc, for each realized that his eifor,
had been small 20 what he would have
dohe mad the government las; Novcm-
ending OF the war al certain dote or
II each man would loan them The use
%t S.onid GsT'Hin Mn, none At tina, time they
possessed to have guaranteed the SAFE
return Of heir sons Now the boys
are coming back, and we must pay the
sake. e'
Let every man and woman go to
streets and buy all the bonds that ,hev
can conveniently afford. They would
gong on, so let them do IL today"
Women RcdoubIc Efforts.
Mrs. Robert G. Cabeil. chairman OF
the woinan's committee also called on
ner ~orkers for, erH,ter endeavor this
large, number OF bonds IL had been
hoped their total would be slightly
i3rser Al booths will continue open
autonn ob!les: will be sent out on the
streets and other features planned
to help The sale of the bonds
Incomplete reports from the aerial
show at the Fair Grounds on Satur-
oay afternoon show that thousands Of
Goiiars ,n. worth of bonds were sold, and
IN tnis total there were untold mum
bers of the badly bonds with Boy
scouts and women workers both cam
tions Of the ground. il was impossibIe
10 obtain any accurate estimate OF the
sales until iina! reports have been
made 20 headquarters today.
Air Circus PIeases.
The army hyers. who returned to
their home fields Yesterday gave
kichmond even more than had been
promised and the show, was the hest
The planes attracted considerable at
tcntion yesterday when they departed.
that a similar, exhibition might be
staged here in the near future
nusTSess Thers MI MIL be s,,% no meeting a. the
man Jackson called special meet
inE. OF his general committee to meet
at headquarters At noon To discuss the
drive and 10 outline steps Tor other
work. Many important matters will |
be discussed at this conference. and /
large attendance is desired
Various organizations probably will
De called on this week to help in the /
sale ale Of the bonds for the nsuran,
cal Travellers obtained many subscrip- ,
tions in their canvass last night. AS /
yet II has not been decided definitely. /
however. what will be done along this /
line.
Children work Hard.
School children are working hard
and hope to increase their total to
Sl,ooo,0b0 by Saturday night They
have already sold nearly $4,000 worth
of the bonds. and every effort is de-
tcrmined to keep hard at the task
until the actual closing of the drive
y number OF features are being ar
ranged by them for tomorrow, which
wiD be known as School Day in the
Victory loan.
Many Richmond ministers urged the
people yesterday from their pulpits to
support the loan drive. and this is
expected to materially help the work
In addition to carrying the loan mes
sage To their pulpits several pastors
have worked long and hard for the
loan. volunteering their services for
Whatever use that they could be put TO-
Arrangements will be completed to-
day. ii was announced, for other shop
meetings to be held this week when
loan headquarters will send speakers
and workers into various industrial
plants Of the city. There are yet a
number of meetings to be held, and il
is planned to hold them as rapidly as
speakers and statesmen can be obtained.
Mrs. Cabell announced that her
workers would continue in the booths
all this week. working harder and
longer than usual in order to reach
as many people as possible on the
streets.