The Washington times., 1919-04-26
TWO WIN AIR RIDES
VBOND DRIVE
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! NOOnlinu6O from + lESl. EdSG-J-
ford S. Hartz at Boiling Field. The
flight will be made on Monday afteI-
1 noon, weather permitting.
''Oh, 1 am SO glad," said Mrs.
Schwab when informed she had won
the prize 81. have always been crazy
about riding in an aiPplane- and now
at last have the chance"
.'Wil you be scared?" Mrs. Schwdb
/ was asked.
Not in the least can hardly
wait" was her reply. "All my family
is coming out to see me fiy."
| Mr.. COlpoys was equally enthusi-
astic over his trip in the air. Hear
| ing of the contest which was an
his sleeves and went TO work. He
has twenty-three individual sub
soriptions to his credit.
Il am tickled to deth," said Mr.
Colpoys. You bet Pm going to get
all can out of that trip in the air."
No Claims Tomorrow.
1t was announced today that no
claims for airplane rides will be
taken up by the subcommittee to-
morrow. Those claiming to have sold
the largest amount of notes today
will present themselves not later
than 10 o'clock on Monday incoming
at the Victory loan committee head
quarters, 1418 H street northwest.
Total subscriptions reported by the
banks of the District of Columbia up
to last night amounted to S2,794, 900,
and the number of subscribers to 1O,-
6S3. These figures represent subscrip-
tions which have been completed or
upon which partial payments have
actually been made to the banks.
Many pledges have been made with
out opportunity having been had to
make the payments.
The figures show that in the neigh
borhoOd Of $17 100000 must be raised
IN twelve working days if Washing
toms quota Of s2O.3O7 900 is to be sub
scribed by May 10.
Members of the committee today ex-
pressed themselves as satisfied with
the showing made so far by the 5000
workers, although. word to put on
more steam" was sent out to all pjarts
of the city.
Figures made public today show
that subscriptions are tagging, and it
is believed that the airplane' ride con-
test will do not q little in boosting
enthusiasm and swelling the total OF
some $4,000, 900 already subscribed by
the people Of Washington, whose
quota Of 500, ,307, 900 must be raised by
May 10.
Must Raise Much Daily.
With only twelve working days left,
workers estimate that more than a
million must be raised every remain
ing day IL the District of Columbia is
to go over the top as it has done in
the past
''The Price OF Peace" the war film
produced especially for the Victory
loan campaign, will be shown at
Keith's Theater at 1 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. The exhibition Of the
picture was made possible through
the cooperation given the Victory
loan committee by Local 161. Musi-
clans Protective Union, and Local 224.
Moving Picture Operators Union.
Yesterdays returns from the Vari-
Gus bureaus of the Department of
the Interior show substantial in
creases in subscribers to the Victory
loan. Members of the department
are making a persistent canvass from
day to day, and are urging their fell
low. workers not only to buy but,
after they have bought, to buy more.
The Officers in charge OF the eXhi-
bition drill OF Battery L. Forty-sec-
end Coast Artillery, following the idea
adopted by the airplane subcommittee,
last night offered to permit anyone
who bought a Victory bond to fire the
big guns at Fourteenth and d streets
southwest.
For a minute or two none spoke up,
then a woman made her way to The
front Of the crowd.
Woman Fires Gun.
Here's a lady who wants to ire the
gum" announced Capt. w. F. Starbuck,
in charge of the gun crew, as her
pledge card was passed up to him. 81
guess I'll have to call her a gunner
cite"
When all had been made ready, the
regular gunners doing the preliminary
work of loading the big Bertha" the
"gunnerette" was handed the lanyard
and at the command Fire" she pull
ed at the rope for all she was worth.
She closed her eyes. of course. her
every nerve on edge, prepared for the
big crash that was to follow. 1t was
only a bang" that was not so ter
ribly loud. 1t turned out that the gun
had been loaded with a very small
quantity of gun powder.
The drill will continue this eve
ming. from'6 to s o'clock. The big
l2-inch mortar, which is attracting
considerable attention will be in
action again tonight.