The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-26
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THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.
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ua Improvement each day in the sales people to the
fact that it not purely commercial proposition and that
RzhsoNs FOR IL o25i% ARE NUMEROUS
Reasons just plentiful for the purchase of the Victory
notes may be given for the sale of The fourth loan
which was at its light just the Americans had stormed
Chateau Therry going into Becau wood and WHIP
ing out the St Me salient 1t in those great Jobs that
the money the Victory represent spent and is to
discharge those obligations Of honor that Americans every
where going their banks make their contributions to
the thanksgiving loan.
bonds the streets and going to their banks Three special
street shows with two paradc attracted hundreds of people
Showing at Second and Broad Sixth and Broad and Tenth
and Man streets the special aggregation from the World at
Home shows unusually active. With parade band
cert singing and talking they boosted sales to high figure
while the Boy Scouts who carried banners the Shrners
parade shortly after noon, contributed.
DR. Douglas S Freeman addressed enthusiastic meeting
at 1910 o'clock at the plant of the Stephen Putncv Shoe
scd made tonrmnue appeals to the audiences at the Lyric
and Academy Of Music. Other speakers will be sent in the
theatres this afternoon and tonight
Still further announcement given last night by the
number OF people who bought bonds the carnival West
Broad street which stopped all exhibitions for brief period
while short talks made by ten speakers and subscription
cards, distributed by workers Men from the United
States marine corps recruiting station also assisted in this
work as they did at the several demonstrations staged dur
ing the day The number Of small subscribers is steadily
creasng while large subscriptions becoming
! IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING
An important meeting Of the officers and department heads
10 O'Clock this morning at the Offices in the
National Bank binding. DR. D. r Anderson executive
OF the loan drive will make short talk after which plans
for conducting the campaign b III in Richmond and the
entire system of the railroad will be discussed by the officers
Concerns obtaining 100 per among their employees
become each day and there much rivalry
to who will obtain the much desired goal first The latest
to be placed the honor roll the paymasters Office
OF the assistant TO the federal Office of Of
traffic the Office of the of purchases
and safety and the office of the purchasing the Ches
aneake and Ohio railway the consolidated ticket office of
United States railroad administration. and the auditing de-
partment of the South Richmond boiler plant This latter
which subsidiary of the Newport News Shpbud
ing and Dry Dock company reported that $1,000 in bonds
had been sold.
At loan headquarters it announced that the asphalt
sales department Of the Texas placing $047
700 Victory note to be distributed the twelve
bank districts and that the apporonmen for this city
cry and company $4,000; f. F. Murphy Son. $4,000 and
i Richmond Paper company, $4,000
|! WOMEN DO EXCELLENT WORK
Il High sales made by the workers Thursday
day being $12665o The leading organizations the vr
gna Association Opposed Womens Suffrage $40250; St
Johns Circle of king Daughters, $20 100, and Woman
Association of Richmond, $2695O.
Mrs Cabell also made public the fact that subscription
for 5000 had been obtained from the National Surety
panv by Mrs Burton senographer their local Office who
IS working with the enographers of the city for the sale of
the notes.
Womens organizations selling bonds in the booths today
Will be follows: Colonial Danes, Miss Ella Cooke chairman
at Mosbv Southern Association of College Women Mrs Rob
ert Beverly chairman, at Temple; Womans club
Mrs Louie ankns chairman at Second and Broad Streets
St Hldas Guild Mrs j. j. Hickey chairman at Thahmers
Richmond Nurses club Miss Emily HILL chairman at Miller
Rhoads, and the Womans Benevolent Association of Mac
cabees Mrs Mary F.. Briel. chairman, at Cohen's.
The Business Womans club will occupy the booth in front
Of the postoce from O'Clock this afternoon until it is closed
while tie Womans Association Richmond formerly the Ste