Victory Liberty Loan Parade Sparks New England Rally
Boston and New England ignite a Victory Liberty Loan drive with a parade, searchlights, and a mass subscription push. Key leaders Governor Morss and Mayor Peters urge immediate pledges as firms like Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Aetna Tire sign large totals, while towns across Vermont Connecticut and Maine oversubscribe on day one.
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Kidder, Peabody & Co
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co
Provident Institution For Savings
New England Mutual Life Ins. Co
Aetna Tire Ins. Co
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
Chase & Sanborn
Hornblower & Weeks
Roxbury Institution For Savings
Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co
Hartford
Home Savings Bank
Suffolk Savings Bank
Union Institution For Savings
North End Savings Bank
Bov@n Insurance Co
Springfield Institution For Savings
Wildey Savings Bank
Boston
Lynn Institution For Savings
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
William A. Gaston
Middletown Savings Bank
Farmers & Mechanics’ National Bank
Middletown
Savings Bank, of
New London
National Savings Bank
New Haven
Liberty Loan
Fark Street
Charles A. Morss
Federal Reserve Bank
Francis L. Higginson
Peters
N. Penrose Hallowell
Liberty Loan Committee
Flying Circus to Tour New England Cities in Liberty Loan Drive
Six airplanes from New York to Boston will visit Springfield Boston Worcester Hartford and New Haven with flights over each city and a Springfield to Boston race for a silver loving cup. Brigadier General Charles H. Cole and Chairman Hallowell will open the drive at a Sanders Theatre meeting. A house to house canvass with 110 volunteers is planned and the Boston Jewish committee launched subscriptions up to 5000.
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New England
New York
Boston
Springfield
Worcester
Hartford
New Haven
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Charles H. Cole
Detroit Tops Victory Liberty Loan Quota
Detroit becomes the first large city to exceed its Victory Liberty Loan quota, reporting 57 million dollars raised by 4 15 pm against a 55.5 million target. The campaign plans to double the quota as crowds grow and workers boost booth staffing.
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Detroit
Art Helps Victory Loan Posters by Goodwin Draw Hub Comment
Seven oil paintings by Arthur C. Goodwin for Old Colony Trust Company praise the Victory Loan drive. The War art series, including Yankee Do or Die shown at Court Street, stirs viewers with scenes of battle and pillage to urge bond subscriptions. About 100000 people are expected to see the works during the campaign.
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Gilchrist Company
Felix Vorenberg
Gilchrist
Arthur C. Goodwin
Boston
Old Colony Trust Company
Goodwin
Court Street
America
Red Cross
Bunkie
Victory Loan drives smash first day sales records
Estimates by the Liberty Loan Committee of New England say first day sales total near 30 million dollars, surpassing all prior records as volunteers of over two million spread the campaign. Lights on Boston Common, 300 million candle power, led by Lt. D B Hill, highlighted opening day events across multiple states. Local enlistees and early reports from cities nationwide showed strong subscriptions though treasury reports were not yet complete.
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Massachusetts
Boston
New Kingland
Boston Common
Liberty Court
Navy Yard
Victory Liberty Loan
Tremont Street
New England
William F. Merrill
Wilbur Higgins
Copley Plaza
L. M. Harlow
United States Air Service
Women
Victory Loan Committee
Charles H. Taylor, Jr
United States
Taylor
Prescott S. Fay
Charlotte M. Duncan
Pemberton Square
Temple Place
Adams Square
Derby
Conn
Vermont
Orleans
Proctor
Berkshire
Danby
Danville
Hardwick
Kirby
Lyndon
Manchester
Montgomery
Morgan
Mt. Tabor
Newark
Proctorsville
Bickford
St. Johnsbury
Sheffield
Stannard
Sutton
Walden
Waterford
West Rutland
Wheelock
Wilmington
Connecticut
Middletown
Unionville
Granby
Maine
Rockport
Fryeburg
New Hampshire
Brentwood
Merrimack
Winchester
Lynn
Washington
Home Committee
Jordan Marsh
George E. Wilson
A. Shuman & Co
France
Shuman’'s
Liberty Loan Committee of
Fighting” Loan
D. B. Hill
488Th Engineers
Treasury
South St. Paul
Ardsley
N. Y
Attica
Hinckley
Japan
Barnweld
Detroit
Haskell Indian Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas City
Millions Pour In as Victory Liberty Notes Load Banks
Uncounted millions in subscriptions to Victory Liberty notes pour into banks on the first day. Volunteers nationwide work at offices and post offices to collect funds while definite results are withheld for later in the week.
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Washington
Victory Liberty Notes
No time to lie down on the last leg victory bid bonds
A terse note urges swift action to back victory through bonds with determination. It frames the final push as essential to secure success and ensure financial support.
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Poston Common
Kidder, Peabody & “Vo
Henry KB. Endicott
Bay State Slow
Charles H. Morss
Morss
Ballyhoo Seven
State House
Beacon Street
F. L. Higginson
New England Committee
John K. Allen
Simon Vorenberg
Fred Vorenberg
William Jardine
Sam Vorenberg
Charles C. Ferris
W. UW. Mann
F. Vorenberg & Co
Velix Vorenhberg
Schinsehike
Navy
Navy Department
William R. Rush
Boston Navy Yard
F. P. Brewer
R. G. Moody
Frank Flaherty
W. J. Eichorn
Arthur I. Macey
Helen Regan
Chatham
New Bedford
Quincey
Quincy
Gloucester
Salem
Montauk
Newport
Providence
Fall River
Rockaway
Bridgeport
Flying Circus
Nery
Wichy
S. S. Pierce, Distributors
Hood
Allen
ART
Adamson
Ledias
Jersey
Heather
Oxford
Columbus Ave
Bostgon
Fiening
Batavia
Live Kennedy
Gillis
House of Kuppenheimer
Kennedy’s
New Enland
Hawley Sts
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