Ohio postmasters vie for $2500 Monitor car prize
An Ohio War Savings Committee contest will award a $2500 five passenger Monitor touring car to the postmaster achieving the highest per capita sales of War Savings Stamps and Treasury savings certificates during May through July. The prize is open to postmasters in small towns and large cities alike, with judges including state officials and a Cincinnati Enquirer editor. Local efforts mobilize as letter carriers push for their chief to win.
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Ohio Concern
Ohio Committee
Columbus
Ohio
Monitor Motor Car Company of
Ohio War Savings Committee
H. S. Warwick
Monitor Company
Monitor Motor Car Company
Treasury Savings
A. V. Donahey
Harvey M. Smith
James E. Campbell
James W. Faulkner
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio War Savings drive urged to Ohio teachers
Vernon A. Reigel, new state superintendent, appeals to Ohio school officials to sustain the War Savings movement. He urges selecting student candidates for an October Columbus meeting to promote thrift, citing schools’ historic lead in thrift and the need to keep children engaged over summer. He emphasizes frugality as a civic duty and educational goal.
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Publia
Columbus
Vernon A. Reigel
Ohio
War Savings Movement
Reigel
Ohio War Savings Committee
War Savings Campaign
Ohio Postmasters Sell War Bonds Highest Sales in April
Postmaster 8. A. Kinnear of Columbus topped April treasury savings certificate sales with 105 900 dollars. Cleveland’s M. J. Murphy was second, Bucyrus third with 15 800. Fourth class leaders were Huntsville’s Charles W. Evans at 6 800 and Nellie A. Fitts Springboro at 5 000.
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Columbus
A. Kinnear
Treasury Savings
Treasury Department
Kinnear
M. J. Murphy
Cleveland
Bucyrus
R. R. Kurtz
Sycamore
Wyandot County
Karl H. Sherman
Minster
Auglaize County
Thomas Swearington
Winchester
Adams County
Charles W. Evans
Huntsville
Logan County
Nellie A. Fitts
Springboro
Warren County
C. E. Gardner
Powell
Local Postmasters Lead In Class Sales Report
The report lists first class sales with Forest L. May of Dayton third at 21 80 thousand dollars and J C Clare of Cincinnati fourth at 21 500, plus J R Alexander of Zanesville fifth at 20 800. William Alexander of Miamisburg tops second class postmasters with 18 800 and John C Gor mad Jrouton second with 16 68?0.
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Forest L- May
Dayton
J C Clare
Cincinnati
J. R. Alexander
Zanesville
William Alexander
Miamisburg
John C. Gormad F Jrouton
Vollmer
Ohio leads nation in War Savings stamps sales
Ohio sold 30 percent of all War Savings Stamps in April, with total state sales above 3.6 million dollars. Postmasters and school children contributed about 2 million dollars, aided by letter carriers, giving Ohio a strong statewide lead over other states as New York trails in the push to surpass Ohio.
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Ohio
Treasury Department
Washington
Buckeye
New York State
Oaio
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White's Pharmacy
A J. White
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Foureteen
Dalton Furniture Store
Plymouth
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