The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-22
VICTORY LOAN ON
IN FULL FORCE

he limited States there opened yeseei'
Law the Victory Liberty Loan Gam
oaipn the last, and probably the most
spectacular Of the five money drives
mode NV the government as the prin-
cipal means of financing the war.
Several hundred thousand citizens
have enrolled as volunteer speakers
or solicitors for this issue OF VIC
torv notes, and for many months the
Treasury, through the twelve Liberty
Loan district organizations mas peeh
perfecting selling plans.
From public platform, theater stage
movie screen, and street corner po4'
citizens will receive the appeal 10
buy notes to provide the funds whlch
virtually have already been spent LOT
war purposes since the signing OF the
armistice. From door to door Voiuh-
teer canvassers will go in an effort 10
make the number of subscribers 10
this loan exceed even the 2O,Ooo'ooo
of the Fourth loan.
Among the spectacular publicity
features arranged by the Treasury to
call sharp attention Of the American
people to the loan, areaerial demon
STATIONS, war exhibit trains, posters
exhibition of captured German SUD-
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
, circus flights over cities. Fourteen
; CAPTURED German Fokker planes Will
, be used in these demonstrations TO-
, gether with the best type Of American
. planes
: To each community oversubscrib'
, ing its quota community honor nag
! will be awarded by tho Treasury as
4 an official acknowledgment OF the
!. achievement. Similarly an industrial
: honor flag will be given to each bus
. mess firm, church, lodge or other or.
: ganization with II or more members
> whose members subscribe according
to prescribed proportion. More than
= $50 900 Of these flags have been
), placed in the hands of distributing
> agencies.
ii Medals made from captured Ger
man cannon are to be given to eacf
!, member of Victory loan committee
i The medal is about the size of a hal
:. dollar and bears a design Of the Uni
!. ted States Treasury building. Space
- is left on each medal for the name o.
% the recipient.
= Among the motion picture features
: Is one entitled 1.-THE Price Of Peace
= with 5000 feet of film, despictint
= where the great quantities of wa
: money went. A number Of scenes
"a photographed at the front durinl
- fighting by American soldiers als'
- will be shown. Ten films have beef
= prepared showing noted deeds of hel
- oism reported by General Pershine
~ These are In addition to twenty-sevel
- special cinematograph plays prepare
~ by noted film stars especially for tn
loan.
- Two hundred and four fighting bah
tanks, each manned by two soldier
=. and carrying speakers will tour tn
" country, visiting rural as well as cit
=, districts
A feature on which the Victor
- Liberty Loan organization has speI
- much time consists Of twenty-for
70 special trains loaded with exhibit
- from European battlefields. Fac
'M train will make four or five stops
'. day, mainly in small towns, and wi
= carry batteries of loan speakers.
the larger cities, special exhibits
:. German cannon, machine guns, riff
and other ordnance will be show
. throughout the drive.
- OF five captured German subm
rines sent to this country, loan ma
ayers plan to run one up the Miss
sippi river and to exhibit the others
coast cities.
As in past campaigns every 81
scriber will receive q special butt
), of which 4O.OOOO0O have been mat
ual an" u''i".'e Ava WI nv
:. have been provided