Broadway Gives Yankee Soldier a Front Row Voice
Former Rocky Mountain News writer Lieutenant Wright recounts a Liberty Loan rally on Broadway Times Square. He spoke from a tank platform and helped raise $67,000 in ten minutes as U S troops hold first line trenches in France. He traveled through 21 states and France and Germany await.
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Wm. R. Wright
Rocky Mountain News
United States Army
T. F. Schofield
Baker
U.S. A
France
Germany
New York
Broadway
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Times Square
Wright
United States
Midnight in New York City During Liberty Loan Tour
The narrator recounts a Liberty Loan drive in New York, speaking from Times Square to Broadway revelers and meeting figures like Theda Bara and a financier. He describes late-night cabarets, roof gardens, and a stop at the Elks Club before bed, as troops arrived and support surged for the war effort.
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Times Square
Broadway
New York City
Vanderlip
New York
Theda Bara
Ralph Johnston
Denver
Elks’ Club
Rocky Mountain
jeLater
France
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