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*■IHR FUGi iiHitStcrrn«rr5 BERKELEY, ’ April 20.—To the p 1 strains of The Star S|»ng,le3 Banner tl ' and amid the cheers of several thousand people, Berkeley raised her Liberty loan honor fla* tonight on the ^ municipal flagpole at- Center street ttavenue. * ciBerkeley’s quota of $1,109,135 was exceeded by more than $50,000 at noon yesterday. A whirlwind campaign will now he carried on to dou- V( ble the present subscription and to vi jji a biuo aih.1 iur 3cikt’£ 3 honor flag. *Bombs, red fire and sky rockets proclaimed to the people of Berkeley at 7 o’clock last night that their city was the first in the bay section to reach her quota.Impromptu speeches were made at 8 o’clock by Chairman W. P. Morrish of the Berkeley Liberty Loan commit-I [ tee; Clarence Merrill, vice chairman; j [Councilman Charles D. Heywood, E,’ j F. Louideck and others prominent in t leading Berkeley over the top. A eon-f cert was given by the Berkeley School Band of 70 pieces, while dancing in the streets further lent to the success of the celebration.‘SPECIAL*1 ARRIVES.r-WOlb:ajelSubscriptions in Berkeley were ^boosted yesterday by a visit o£ the Liberty Bond Special o£ the Southern Pacific Company, which has been vis-i Iting all cities and towns m the west-1 ern division of the road, comprising • the region of Sacramento, Stocktonr * 1 V • '•(in* A»', ^Hu t,x*L UU/ Ot^v^uii.t ‘‘Berkeley has demonstrated that she possesses the real American spirit first by the way in which atie stamped out pernicious Germanism Jaat mglit J and secondly by oversubscribing her 1 bond quota,’' va£ the declaration of [Kelson G. Welborn of Alameda, wEo I leaves for France with an aviation corps next week. Cheers from an audience of several hundred people greeted Welborn’s reference to the burning of the tabernacle of Pastor [Joshua Sykes on Friday night, j “Unless vicious pro-Germanism isjl1 stamped cut, the oak tree and the1, t rope will be the most popular weapons le j of punishment in America/* was Wel-j born's statement. Welborn declared | that failure J:o subscribe to the Lib-fl i erty Loan meant one of two things, rI I either that a person ’tias financially 59 unable or that he was a traitor to his ie God, his country and his flag. ‘It is:gTFofa1se♦C:w8€1Cbfaiti-flwpiatwOltlUSrloxaiMt** it m n irriI-2-isLb'hie=*-either bonds or bondage, which do. you want? he asked.An address was also made by Lieutenant J. w* Thompson of the Canadian forces at present on leave for recruiting dut$ m America.. ( “Put your shoulder .to the wheel, stand behind your bois at the front and they^l get Germany in the end” was his plea. “The true purpose of this war wilt never be gained until American troops carry Old Glory through the streets of Berlin,”BAND IS HEARD.A flat car decorated In the national colors and carrying a band composed of employees from the West OaklandCclc:MscLigetlier with two special cars and an engine made up the Liberty Bond special. The drain carried T. H. Williams, superintendent of the western is division G F Gaylord, assistant sup-| erlntentfent; Williaim XL Korton, assistant superintendent of the eleetneImeo, J. A. Paiter, superintendent ofthe maintenance of v.as, and other officials of the company.Big banners on the train set forth the fact that 1710 employees of thewestern division had subscribed $112,-500 to the third Liberty Loan, exceeding by far their subscriptions m ■ ha two previous drives* Berkeley's Southern Pacific emnlnvee.s headed hv*3aab,i-n3td
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Sun, Apr 21, 1918
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