The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Fourth War Loan
Drive Shows Gain
Jackson Asks Emphasis On
Individual Sales

Howard w. Jackson, State Chair
man of the Maryland War Finance
Committee has just announced Mary
lands total individual War Bond pur-
chases from January to January II.
The amount as released by the Fed
eral Reserve Bank totals $7,70O,OOO.
Chairman jackson made it clear that
these figures represented only indi-
vidual purchases which include E, r
and G Bonds. az" Bonds are the peo-
ple's Bonds and l should like to see
Maryland's total "E" Bond sale reach
$50 100000 or more in this Fourth
War Loan drive" he said.
County and City schools have al
ready started their "Buy a Plane"
Campaign, with the Gainesville High
School deciding on the $4,000 Mus
tang pursuit plane. Gainesville won
the Schools at War Flag for a 96%
participation in the purchase Of war
bonds and stamps in December. The
Kensington Elm School, Kensington,
Nd, is buying $4,000 PT-19B Fair
child cornell" training plane. Planes
bought by schools are privileged to
have both the name and address OF
the school placed on panel of the
plane, and there is a strong possibility
that the school may hear from the
crew Of the plane it has financed.
The Shopping list" of planes in
clude the Fairchild "Cornell" training
plane, $4,000; the Douglas ambu-
lance plane, $4,000; Mustang pur-
suit plane, $4,000; Mitchell medium
bomber, $4,000. Liberator heavy
bomber, 100000 and the Flying Fort
ress, $450,0OO.
The Glenn L. Martin Maryland
plant has just announced $3,OOO,OOO
purchase of Fourth War Loan Bonds,
with $2,500,0OO allotted to Baltimore
City and 100000 to Baltimore
County. The Cambridge Shipbuilding
Company reports it has achieved
1907 of it's quota in the first two
days of the Campaign.
Kickoff Events
One Of the features of the Fourth
War Loan Kickoff" day in Baltimore
was the Command" luncheon given
by the Baltimore Advertising Club.
Mark Watson, Sunpapers military
Correspondent and Brig. Gen. Philip
Hayes, commanding general Of the
Third Service Command spoke. Gen.
Hayes urged the people of Maryland
to "Invest in Victory and save for
Peace.
The Women's Division of the Mary
land War Finance Committee Of
which Mrs. Sydney M. Cone is Chair
man, had as their principle speaker
at luncheon State Chairman Jack
son. Mr.. Jackson declared that the
thought of losing the war when it is
so far won should spur Marylanders
to lead the nation in the Fourth War
Loan Drive. Mr.. Jackson said, fur
Their, that he hoped cessation Of hos
tilities would prevent the slaughter
that an invasion would entail, but
that In any case we must back our
fighting men to the limit. eff buying
hurts us. let us think selfishly of what
would happen if Hitler wins and of
how much greater the cost would be"
he said.
Mrs. Cone reminded her women
workers at the luncheon that they had
sold $20,0O0,O00 worth of Bonds in
the Third Lar Loan Drive and that
their slogan this time would be, eve
DID 1T BEFORE AND WE CAN DO
IT AGAIN!" The Women's Division
has gone about for the Hospital
Equipment Plan, through which Bond
purchasers can "pay for" needed
Army and Navy hospital equipment.
Mrs. Berney Katzenberg, who sold a
million dollars worth Of Bonds in the
Third War Loan Drive and who has
three sons in the armed services, was
awarded the first citation of the
Surgeon General of the United States
Army which is in recognition of the
individual who sells $4,000 worth Of
War Bonds for Hospital Equipment.
Mrs. Katzenberg has solicited pledges
for the current drive totalling to date,
5000, 900.
Industrial plants, retail and trade
organizations, foreign groups, neigh
borhood associations, civic and fra
ternal organizations are working hard
on the newly launched drive so that
they can meet their quotas long be-
fore the February Is deadline.
Baltimore's Honor Block Campaign
is under way with the Junior Citizens
Service Corps of the Civilian Mobili-
cation Committee on duty to spot the
first block to show Fourth War Loan
sticker in every window. When the
block is full, the youthful spoilers will
deliver q large Honor Block Banner
10 fly at the head of the block.
Nazi Plane on Tour
The Messerschmitt fighter plane
which was brought down in the
area is already on the
first leg of its itinerary through the
regions of Maryland. The Nazi-'
fighter was on exhibition at the Bal
time Court House Plaza on the open
ing day of the Campaign, January 1S.
It visited the various industrial plants
and schools in Baltimore before be.