The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21
BIG DRIVE FOR
VICTORY LOANS
ON IN AMERICA
Tens of Thousands of Workers
Set Out on Last Loan Cam
paign on Easter Sunday
MANY UNIQUE FEATURES
Uncle Sam Making Interesting
Experiments in Publicity
to Put Over Issue

Washington, April 21.-Throughout
the United States the Victory Liberty
Loan campaign, the, last, and prob
ably the most spectacular of the five
money drives made by the government
as the principal means of ninancing
the wal, opened Sunday.
Several hundred thousand citizens
have enrolled as volunteer speakers or
solicitors for this issue Of Victory
notes, and for many months the treas
ury, through the twelve Liberty Loan
district organizations has been per-
fecting selling plans.
movie screen, and street corner box,
citizens will receive the appeal to buy
notes to provide the funds which vir-
tually ha4e already been spent for war
purposes Since the signing Of the ar
mistice. From door to door volunteer
canvassers will go in an effort to make
the number Of subscribers to this loan
exceed even the 20,0O0,000 of the
Fourth loan.
Spectacular Publicity
Among the spectacular publicity
features arranged by the treasury to
call sharp attention of the American
people to the loan, are aerial demon
strations, war exhibit trains, posters,
exhibition of captured German sub
marines, and military exhibitions.
Three special trains will tour the
country, carrying squadrons of air.
planes, manned by celebrated Ameri-
can, French and British aces to make
f1irh%c nt{fac D,,y.tn
captured German Fokker planes will
be used in these demonstrations to-
gether with the best type of American
planes.
To each community oversubscribing
its quota a community honor flag will
be awarded by the treasury as an
official acknowledgment of the
achievement. Similarly an industrial
honor flag will be given to each busi-
ness firm, church, lodge or other or
ganization with IL or more members,
whose members subscribe according to
Il prescribed proportion. More than
/ $50, 900 of these flags have been placed
in the hands of distributing agencies
Medals made from captured Ger
man cannon are to be given to each
member of Victory loan committee,
The medal is about the size of half
! dollar and bears a design Of the Unit
ed States Treasury building. Space
is left on each medal for the name of
the recipient.
Among the motion picture features
is one entitled "The Price Of Peace
with 5000 feet Of film, depicting
where the great quantities of war
money went. A number of scenes pho
tographed at the front during fight
ing by American soldiers also will be
shown. Then films have been prepar-
! ed showing noted deeds of heroism
reported to General Pershing. These
are in addition to twenty-seven special
cinematograph plays prepared by not
ed film stars especially for the loan
g., Baby Tanks
Two hundred and four fighting baby
! tanks, each manned by two soldiers
and carrying speakers will tour the
country, visiting rural as we'll as city
districts. .''- s.
A feature on which the Victory
Loan organization has spent much
time consists of twenty-four specia
trains loaded with exhibits from Euro.
pean battlefields. Each train will
make four or five stops a day, mainly
in small towns, and will carry bat
teries of loan speakers. In the larger
cities, special exhibits of German can.
non, machine guns, rifles and othe,
ordnance will be shown throughout
! the drive.
OF five captured German subma
rines sent to this country, loan man
ayers plan to run one up the Missis
sippi river and to exhibit the others
at coast cities.
AS in past campaigns every sub
scriber will receive special button 0:
which 100000 have been made, ant
distinctive badges for workers have
! been provided. ~