New England Victory Loan Lagging as Drive Struggles
After three days of subscription totaling 611 075 000 in New England the 26th Division enthusiasm deemed insufficient to meet the finish the job goal with 15 working days left Boston led with 4 472 000 while Vermont Maine and Connecticut show scattered oversubscribed towns and banks report slow performance despite planned mass campaigns and aerial boosters weather and logistics hinder progress as leaders aim to rally public support for the federal reserve drive
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Victory
New England
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Boston
IF ALL MOTHERS ONLY KNEW Worms Signs Warn Parents
An advertisement touts Dr. True's Elixir for curing worm infestations in babies. It lists symptoms such as deranged stomach pale face fever and sleep disturbances and cites a testimonial from Mrs. H N Roberts of Flint Michigan praising the remedy. Readers are urged to start treatment and contact Dr. J F True & Co. Auburn Maine for correspondence free of charge.
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H. N. Roberts
Asylum Street
Flint
Mich
Dr. True
Dr. J. F. True & Co
Auburn
Maine
Flying circus to appear over Boston parade today
Hundreds were turned away from Boston Common yesterday as the flying circus failed to appear. Major Heard telephoned Liberty Court at noon reporting 600 feet of thick weather prevented the squadron from taking off. Enthusiasm is expected as planes are to fly over the parade and bomb the area in the afternoon.
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Springfield
Boston
Jack W. Heard
Liberty Court
State House
Franklin Field
Chet Byers
Fred Stone
Boston Common
Flying Circus
Major Heard
Victory Liberty Loan total nears four hundred million
Washington April 24 Nearly 150 000 000 more subscriptions were reported to national Loan headquarters today raising the total pledged to about 400 000 000. The exact total was 393 496 000 and was distributed among the 12 districts as follows.
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Washington
Victory
Liberty Loan
National Loan Headquarters
Walking to Capital With Lynn's Honor List
A Lynn Victory Loan Committee letter reports courier Michael Doyle walks to Washington with the first hundred subscribers. He hopes to present a May 1 report to the Treasury showing Lynn over subscribed its quota. if unsuccessful he will return to Lynn to raise the quota.
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Washington
Lynn
Mass
Victory Loan Committee
Michael Doyle
Treasury Department
Doyle
Liberty Loan drive targets flights and mass meeting in Boston
The Liberty Loan committee announced prizes for largest subscriptions and largest notes purchases during the Victory Bond drive in Greater Boston. May 6 features a Boston visit by Carter Glass and Admiral Sims with a mass meeting at Symphony Hall, and School Liberty Day marks the schools’ participation. A national pageant at Liberty Court includes leaders of All-American Women’s Clubs and performances by 2000 public school singers under John A. O’Shea.
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United States
Liberty Loan Committee
Carter Glass
Glass
Admiral Sims
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Greater Boston
Liberty Court
Women Lead New England Liberty Loan Effort in Vermont Drive
Nine towns report 199 450 dollars raised by women in Vermont and New England campaigns. Credit system allows Boston bonds to be credited to other districts and vice versa. The Cambridge drive may receive a boost from the flying circus crowds as the 26th Division parade concludes. Despite tepid public enthusiasm early in the drive, committees remain confident of oversubscription in Boston and New England.
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Mont
Vermont
New England
Boston
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Milk Street
Harvard Students Boost Victory Liberty Loan Drive
Harvard will present a captured German helmet to the top canvasser in the Victory Liberty Loan drive. The university set a $30,000 quota and in one day the collectors raised over half. The sophomore class led toward the double mark as other classes brace for a two bagger. The second year class was allotted $9,100 but contributed $200 more in a single day.
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Harvard
University
Treasury
Lieutenant R. C. Cawler Returns Aboard Aquitania
Lieutenant R. C. Cawler of the U S N, once a New England radio inspector, arrived on the transport Aquitania today. He served aboard as an aide to Admiral Dunn during wartime duty.
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New York
R. C. Cawler
New England
Dunn
Lassies March in YD Parade With Gallant Sisters
Two young Salvation Army lassies from the Yankee Division Irene and Gladys McIntyre, cited for bravery in France, will march today with General Edwards as they rejoin their unit from New York. They quip about unpacked Paris hats and returning to service.
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Edwards
France
Salvation Army
Irene
Gladys McIntyre
New York
Paris
Gladys
Salvation .Army
New England
Irene MelInty
Beatrice Hammond
Gladys MelIntyre
Victory Loan Call to Support World War Effort
A patriotic appeal urges all readers to back the Fifth Victory Loan, prompting citizens from the North South East and West to lend money for war needs. The plea highlights prior loans that funded weapons and troops and calls on individuals to finish the job in support of soldiers and the nation.
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Sam
Boston
Durfee Receives Medal From Cotton Manufacturers
NEW YORK April 24 The ho medal for the National Association Cotton Manufacturers was awarded to Randall N. Durfee of Fall River Massachusetts for his earnest disinterested and effective efforts to bring about later methods for the financing and housing of cotton.
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New York
National Association Cotton Manufacturers
Randall N. Durfee
Fall Riv
Mass
Ernest
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