The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-22
UPSTATE TOWNS
SUBSCRIBE To
VICTORY LOAN
Thirty-Two Have Already "Gone
Over the Top"
BENNINGTON HAS $4,000
Parade Will Be Held Wednesday
Evening at 7 o'cIock--Soldiers
Sailors in Line

Boston, April 22.-vermonts Vic
tory Loan total for the first day was
six hundred eighty.nine thousand
dollars.
The Victory Loan started with
bang in the state as whole but Ben
nington did not come up to other
parts of the state The total sub
scriptions here amounted to about
$4,000 or practically one tenth of the
quota of $21O,50O.
North Bennington did a little bet
ter and got one-sixth of their total.
Other towns in the county have not
reported
State Chairman e. r. Morse tele-
phoned the Banner this forenoon that
80 towns in the state are already
over the top, including st. Adams, st.
Johnsbury Lyndon, Enosburg and
Richford. In the list of 80 towns IL
are in Caledonia county which has
the honors thus far
In this county interest is being
stimulated in the war relic train
which will tour the county tomorrow.
This train will be at Manchester at
$50, at Arlington at 1890, South
SALISBURY at 2.45. North Bennington
at 3.9O and Bennington at $50.
/ The train will be in Bennington
over night and the exercises will be
at the station at 6 o'clock. After the
speaking all will have chance to go
through the train which will be well
lighted
The local speakers who will take
part in the exercises at the station
are Rev. T. r. Carty and Rev. George
S. Mills. Lieut.. Lee Castle of the
! S7th division will arrive with the
train and will also make an address.
1t has been decided to organize the
parade for O'Clock in the evening.
All returned sailors whether in the
service or not are requested to meet
at Library hall at GAS. They will be
under command of Lieut.. George
Stewart of the navy. All returned
soldiers will also meet at the library
building and are requested to wear
overcoats and fatigue or overseas
hats
Company A of the Vermont yolun-
teer militia will act as military es-
ccI:.
Washington, April 21.-Long before
the closing hours tonight, messages
had arrived at the treasury announc-
ing enthusiastic subscription to the
Victory Liberty loan. Many COM
munities had already oyersubscribed
their quotas.
Complete figures for the day, it is
( believed. would have put the sale near
ly as high as on the first day of the
Fourth Loan Campaign last Septem-
Der, when, spurred by the daily news
of glorious victories by the American
troops in France and facing total
Cf $4,000 100000 TO be raised in three
weeks. business and financial inter-
ests and the general public set a high
mark in their outpouring of money
for the life and future of the country.
Reports from Washington indicate
that all over the nation the people are
responding eagerly to the appeals
from the Government to help finish
the job" Long before closing hours
last night kilograms were pouring in
at the Treasury announcing that
many of the communities had already
filled their quotas. Secretary of the
Treasury Glass issued an appeal de-
claring that it was up to" every man,
woman and child in America to aid in
the part this nation is playing to re-
build the world
More than Sl00,OOO,00O worth of
Victory Notes were sold in New York
Yesterday. the first day of the final
war loan campaign. This figure is
based on partial returns received by
the Liberty Loan Committee and
equals the showing of the city for the
, first day Of the first three Liberty
Loan campaigns, and more than half
the total on the opening day of the
Fourth Loan drive,