New England Victory Loan drive surges with towns oversubscribed
Campaigners, bankers and merchants push a rapid weekend mobilization as New England reports 67 198 900 in two days toward the Fourth Liberty Loan. Vermont leads daily gains with towns like Fryeburg and Woodford oversubscribed. Rhode Island lagging. Subscriptions total 12 413 across six states, with major firm pledges from Hartford New Haven and Boston area firms and leaders including congressmen and governors.
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Federal Reserve Bank
New England
Vermont
Stald
Green Mountain
Woodford
Proctor
Massachusetts
Canton
Trasburs
Newfane
Town of Rutland
City of Rutland
North Bennington
Westfield
Worcester
Wallingford
Albanstown
Morristown
City of Bennington
Bristol
Troy
Cavendish
Fair Haven
Hyde Park
Shelburne
Ripton
Maine
Woodstock
Stoneham
New Hampshire
Lyme
Groveton
Connecticut
Burlington
Rhode Island
New England Liberty ‘Loan
Milk Street
Fryeburg
Rockport
Winchester
Traveler's Insurance Co
Hartford
Harford
Wellington
Sears Co
Boston
Weston
Mass
New York
United Shoe Machinery Co
Connecticut Savings Bank
New Haven
New Haven Savings Bank
George MB. Keith Co
Brockton
Rockton
Linkine
Commissioners of
Newton
Liberty Loan Securities
Vale Corporation
Tissex Savings Bank
Lowell
Ser Uuefroee Institution For Savings
Newbury Five Cents Savings Bank
Medford Savings Bank
United States Smelting and Subsidiaries
Douglas Spinney & Co
Proclamation Urges Victory Liberty Bonds Purchase
Hartford April 2 Governor Marcus H Holcomb issues a wartime proclamation praising national unity and urging Connecticut residents to subscribe liberally to Victory Liberty Bonds to support veterans, pay war debts, and establish postwar peace. The message recalls four Liberty Loan drives and calls citizens to demonstrate patriotism through bond purchases.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Marcus Tf. Holcomb
Marcus H. Holcomb
Fireworks Display to Ushers In Boston Yankee Celebration
A Boston parade celebration will feature a mammoth fireworks display at Braves Field this evening. Uniformed Yankee Division members will receive free reserved seating. The show includes a pyrotechnic portrait of Major General Edwards and is billed as one of the most pretentious displays in the city.
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Braves Field
Boston
Edwards
Boston Area Victory Loan Meetings Schedule Listed
A list of today loan meetings across Boston area towns includes Lawrence Armory South Boston Cambridge Everett Dorchester Littleton Roxbury East Bridgewater South Weymouth Quincy Medford Providence and more with times from noon to 9 pm plus a Chicago telegram noting Michigan quota achievement. District totals show Boston contributing 45 448 400 toward a 49 649 000 national goal alongside bigger allocations in New York Philadelphia and Chicago. A Pershing cablegram notes an officer sailed April 20 with Victory Loan posters visible in Germany.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Kansas City
New England
General Pershing
Navy
U. S. S. Marblehead
Half Billion Subscribed to Victory Liberty Loan
Washington reports a quarter of a billion dollars subscribed to the Victory Liberty Loan in two days, with officials estimating the total could reach at least half a billion when pledges and initial payments are counted. District reporting gaps and timing of tallies complicate official figures.
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Washington
Victory Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
The
Treasury
Kansas City
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Banks
Song Recital for Loan at Shepards Store
A complimentary song recital to boost the Victory Loan has been arranged for noon at the Shepard store. The Shepard chorus, heard each morning as workers arrive, will perform this additional concert along Shepard Thoroughfare for the 26th Division entertainment effort.
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Shepard
Dorothy Dalton to Attend Providence Loan Rally
New York April 23 announcement that film actress Miss Dorothy Dalton would fly from Long Island to Providence Rhode Island to be welcomed by state and municipal officials and escorted to a loan rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Dalton
Long Island
Providence
R. I
Waterfront Calendar for April Twenty Fourth Record
Waterfront calendar notes a war time day count 17220 with tides and astronomical hints. It lists morning tides at 9 inches drifting to 4 feet 39 inches, evening high at 4 feet, and full moon dates May 14 and June 15. It notes new moon April 30 and future lunar phases and star visibility through summer.
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Venus
Mare
Jupiter
Saturn
Fishing Vessels Bring Half a Million Pounds to Boston Pier
Twelve fishing vessels including three steam trawlers arrive at the Boston fish pier with more than 500000 pounds of fresh groundfish of various kinds. Wholesalers post prices for haddock cod pollock and cask while barometer temperatures and humidity are noted by J W Smith, meteorologist. Flags at half mast honor the memory of Louis M Winslow of Lynn.
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Boston Fish Bureau
Haddock
Fort We
Robert & Arthur
Walde
Rita A. Winter
Etewes
Richard Nunan
Ae Aocoe Odes Hs Tml
Ty Cole
Cilivid
Louis M. Winslow
Lynn
Matthew S. Greer
Flavilla
James R. Clark
Ruth
Cunard Line
Indianola
Taloa
London
Glasgow
Vennonia S
Titan
Liverpool
Baltimore
Boston
Norfolk
Charles W. Parker, Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Cod
Cambusdoon
Mystic Wharf
South Boston
Buenos Ayres
New York
Shipping News: Battleship New Jersey Arrives In Port
Shipping brief notes the battleship New Jersey arriving from Brest France via Azores. listed escort vessels Sagamore Borresen Hal i Halifax N S Chippewa Wood and Jacksonville with flow of Atlantic convoy traffic and port calls.
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New Jersey
Brest
France
Azores
Sagamore
Borresen
Haliifax
N. S
Chippewa
Wood
Jacksonville
Maritime Towage and Harbor Movements Across Ports
A dense list of ships, tugs, barges, and schooners moving between ports including Charleston Camden Decker New York Tel Crowell Boothbay Harbor and Port Reading with barges Nos 7 and 24 and vessels like Mahoning Tamaqua Yara Kimberton and Sea King. Also notes vessels sailing from Port Reading to New Jersey and New York with multiple tows and harbor calls into Norfolk Providence Jamestown and Perth Amboy.
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Charleston
Camden
Decker
New York
Tel? Wire
Crowell, du
Dorothy Bradford
Aulbo
Boothbay Harbor
Tilencester Larsen
Glenvster
Sperlwell
Buon Lockport
N.S
Kennebecs
Barter
Calais
Perc Amboy
Conover
Perth Amboy
Towl Borges
Port Reading
Simpson
Mahoning
Tamaqua
Isiakse Pangor
Piedmont
Thompson
Norfolk
Tur
Nichols
Rwfert
Mass
Hlerbert
Car Derrickson
Portland
Yara
Kimberton
Franklin
I’ Osmeouth
N. J
Collier Caesar
Portsmouth
Mandeville
Santa Marta
Lombia
Gulfland
Fort Arthur
Texas
Rona
Grecian
Dphilophia
Okesa
Corsica
Watacondo
Porto Rico
Massasoit
Gedney
Port Roentling
Catoosing
Ontelaunee
Robesonia
Slymouth
Port Johnson
Coastiwise
Sea King
Providence
New Jersey
Robie
Confidence
Sandwich
Irene
Georges Creek
Laltimore
Jamestown
Perth
Vineyard Haven
New London
Salem
Carli
Port Oe N. J
Yarikey Kimberton
Stookside
Our Family Service Record in the Great World War
93,000 copies sold in two weeks. The book helps Navy and Army service members write down facts and dates of service and experiences. Corporations and banks gift it to returning workers as a practical keepsake. 120 pages, red blue embellishments, blue silk boards, 7 3/4 by 10 1/4 inches. Price $3.00 postpaid.
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Boston Transcript
War Service Record Bureau
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
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Rockland
Charles I. Cole
Gallivan
Fitzgerald
William J. Foley
R. E. Digney
William H. McDonnell
W. P. Hickey
W. L. Manning
Central National Bank
Springfield
Army
Jack W. Heard
Ulysses S. Jones
Douglas FE
Martin
Darrell M. Monteith
Brownie Dallas
Stuart R. Torney
State House Dome
Liberty Loan Committee of
Franklin Field
Tremont Theatre
Ae A. Berle
Charles W. Eliot
George W. Anderson
Hans Rieg
Schumann-Heink
1St Infantry Band
Gordon Scollay
Olympia Theatre
Governor Coolidge
Peters
General Cole
David I. Walsh
Jackson Palmer
W. Grayson Stetson
Louis E. Kirstein
H. R. Gold
David M. Shohet
Abraham Alpert
Washington Street
Temple Place
Liberty Court
Boston Common
Walter E. Hayes
Wong Gee
Soon W. J. Lestoo
May Dow
Fred Stone
Chet Byers
Massachusetts Senate
Edwin T. McKnight
Senate
Jordan Marsh Company
United States
Commonwealth
Gilchrist Company
James T. Chase
Frank 8. Leavitt
A. J. Ward
Adam Hughgill
Frank E. Mintzer
Meyer Hoffman
Mintzer
A. L. Ward
Summer St
Tremont St
Westminster St
Worcester Main & Chatham
Sts
Crispin
Regal Shoe
Regal Shoes
William R. Holland
Sixth Regiment Marines
Victory Court
Lawrence
Lawrence Armory
P. m
Harris Dickson
D. FE. Kierstead
South Boston High School
Cambridge — Kennedy Biscuit Co
Gustafson
Everett
Everett Steel Foundry
General Electric Co
Dorchester
Salmon
Yeoman
Shannon
Littleton
M. P. Jeffrey
Roxbury—High School
Grove
East Bridgewater
Moran
South Weymouth
Wilson
Sulli
Quincy
Fore River Shipyards
G. E. Wil
Son
Medford
Liberty Loan
H. D. Wilson
R. IL
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Official
Beach
Shepard’s
J. W. Smith
Shipping News
Capes
Dolmans
Coats
Tremont Street
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