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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
3
A call to back the April 6 Third Liberty Loan with Liberty bonds as the war costs loom huge. It explains the estimated $33 billion over two years, the per family burden, and the need for taxpayer support to fund Army, Fortifications, Navy, and sundry civil expenses to win the war quickly.
An exhibitioned call to thrift urges purchase of War Savings Stamps and thrift measures. It promotes bonds, gardens, and economic effort to back Uncle Sam, detailing four percent returns, liquidity in ten days, and the need to transform wealth through thrift during wartime. A speaker’s anecdote highlights public resolve and future generations asking what was done to win the war.
The speaker ended abruptly and returned to his seat as the meeting log recorded the campaign's greatest Thrift Stamp sale to date.
A Sherman engagement features D W Griffiths monumental Intolerance described as the greatest show in the world. The three hour spectacle visits ancient Babylon Holy Land medieval France and contemporary scenes linking past and present, presented with unprecedented scale and dramatic force.
The Treasury Secretary's real voice proclaims liberty and patriotism in a phonographic talk tied to the Third Liberty Loan. Columbia Graphophone Co distributes copies to dealers for 40 cents, retail 60 cents, enabling households to hear McAdoo deliver the national duty message.
Patriotic appeal urges farmers to buy Liberty Bonds to support soldiers in France. It argues home investment finances the army, stresses safety and security of government bonds, compares returns with farm land, and calls farmers to act to shorten the war and defend civilization.
An Illinois banker and county organization chairman writes to the sales division announcing the group’s completed stance on a loan. He cautions that there will be some wrongs and signals opposition from his faction amid the dispute.
Before entry the war appeared European in scope and outcome. Since the United States declared war, the struggle is framed as distinctly American and a shared effort against German autocracy involving allied nations.
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