Liberty Bond Issues and Conversion Privileges Outlined
The article lists four existing Liberty Bond issues and notes plans for two more. First Liberty Loan bonds pay 3 percent, mature 1947, redeemable after 1982 with conversion option. Second issue bonds pay 4 percent, mature 1947, redeemable after 1932 with conversion. Third Liberty Loan bonds pay 4 percent, mature 1928, not redeemable until maturity and have no conversion. Two additional issues will be 4 percent bonds from conversions, with no conversion privilege.
War spending seen as lasting value after conflict
The piece argues money spent on war will not be wasted as ships and machinery adapt for peacetime use. It notes 90 percent of war plants can be repurposed for civilian manufacturing after the war. It also emphasizes moral and spiritual forces on our side in the global fight.
Congregational Church Notes Preview Service Plans
The Bible school will meet at the usual hour. At the morning preaching hour the clerk will read a report of the last five years' work and the pastor will speak on Paul's farewell address. There will be no evening service, the pastor preaching the baccalaureate sermon at the M E church.
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Bible School
Paul
M. E
Red Cross An Army Without a Gun
A tribute praising the Red Cross as the great instrument of mercy and an army without a gun. It celebrates its efforts behind American soldiers, urges continued contributions, and frames the war as a defense of civilization with the Red Cross leading support.
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RED Cross
Humanity
America
Army of the Red Cross
American Red Cross
Red Cross Aids Paris Refugees With New Homes
An Alpine flood of refugees swarmed into Paris as wounded soldiers returned from the west front. The Red Cross in Paris acted beyond nursing, becoming builders and engineers, transforming vacant lots and derelict buildings into garrets, dormitories, and wards within a fortnight, showing a bold humanitarian effort that shifted the public view of the organization.
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Paris
France
Red Cross
Father Time
Red Cross Man Appears Amid War Ruins
A poem fragment portrays a Red Cross man aiding refugees returning through Switzerland and into a rebuilt France. Exiled families find comfort as new homes rise and the Red Cross worker brings solace to the injured, the grieving wife, and the child.
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Switzerland
Germany
French
Red Cross
God
A Mother's Promise To Her Son During War Time
A mother writes a wartime vow to her son, pledging self denial and full commitment to supporting the war effort. She explains plans to stay behind to work for relief, to fund and devote all she can, and to endure privation until return or end of the conflict. She hopes the note may reach him in his olive drab pocket someday.
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Mercy
Red Cross Canteens Stir Troops with Hot Coffee and Meals
A letter from a Princeton graduate and 1917 flyer highlights Red Cross canteens in France serving coffee, cocoa, and sandwiches to troops. One unit fed over 50 000 meals in a week and another served coffee every ten seconds for two hours. Weekly, 80 000 American and French soldiers are aided as box cars and long journeys test morale.
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France
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Princeton University
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