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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
4
A Sunny Side Plantation communication defends using interned Germans for farm labor, claims government parole of suitable individuals, and criticizes opponents led by Mr. Warfield. The letter asserts loyalty of German Americans, details the labor plan, and warns against threats to the levee and community safety.
A 1918 letter from Readland Arkansas to Washington DC discusses interned German workers on the Sunny Side Plantation. The writer notes how the Sunny Side people and the Department of Justice addressed concerns and asks for further communication after consulting DOJ officials.
Information from Sunnyside plantation reports an interned German who was thought drowned or escaped has returned to the farm. The Department of Justice is alerted to the danger of 52 Huns near the levees and seeks removal via Congressman Goodwin with Mr. Warfield’s help. Two Huns are jailed at Lake Village for being AWOL. They refused to reveal their whereabouts.
Charles Measel recounts three months in the recruit detachment at Camp Nichols New Orleans. He details receiving recruits processing insurance and assignments, K P and fatigue duties, and serving as police sergeant plus his pride in YMC A and Red Triangle drives and longing to return to Dermott Arkansas. He notes units sent overseas and six thousand recruits processed in two months.
Banks across the Eighth Federal Reserve District back the Fourth Liberty Loan by subscribing millions of dollars in United States Certificates of Indebtedness. A numbered, displayable announcement will be sent to each subscribing bank and checked for presentation. Citizens are urged to seek the notice at their bank.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urges bankers, including nonmembers of the Federal Reserve, to buy United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness up to 2 percent of total resources. Offered semi monthly until the Fourth Liberty Loan, they pay 4 percent interest and serve as high grade commercial paper. Each bank’s share will be publicly announced and numbered for verification. Patriotism calls for bankers to display the participation announcement.
The banking community in the Eighth Federal Reserve District shows strong patriotism as the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opens with 750 million dollars in United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness. Bankers study finance, approve government methods to prevent past wartime mistakes, and anticipate the fall demand on the country through credits and reinvestment.
Banks across the Eighth Federal Reserve District begin the preliminary drive for the 750 million dollar government debt reduction. The St Louis district quota is 30 million dollars with certificates maturing October 24 to be exchanged for long term Liberty Bonds. The program spreads offerings biweekly until the Fourth Liberty Loan, keeping funds in circulation without a single large levy.
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