War Savings Stamps Christmas Appeal Boosts Bank Sales
Governor Calkins urges Twelfth District banks to promote War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates as Christmas gifts. Seventeen banks bought $40,200 in certificates on Nov 30, signaling strong holiday demand and a push to meet the year’s quota. Posters and bank ads will carry the appeal district wide to encourage responsible spending and credit contraction through gift purchases.
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John A. Calkine
San Francisco
Mi I Reserve
Hook
Federal Reserve District
Ponsitie
Treasury Christaine
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Savings
Ins
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Calkins
Treasury Savings Cortinenten
Christman
Shipyard Strikers Own 7.2 Million in Securities
San Francisco area shipyard workers on strike report ownership of about 7.2 million dollars in Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. Secretary Frank Miller says the holdings bolster resolve for a one cent per hour raise and plans to invest more through War Savings. A Farnsworth notes these assets aid workers during stoppage and enable borrowing against bonds without sacrifice. The piece frames government War Savings stamps as a tool against poverty for strikers.
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San Francisco Bay
Frank Miller
San Francisco Iron Trades Council
A. Farnsworth
War Loan Organization
Twelfth
Federal Reserve District
Miller
Savinen
Pret Battle of the Marne Cost Near 750000 Men
Fragmentary report notes the Battle of the Marne cost nearly three quarters of a million men. The text muddled mentions casualties and pressure on both sides amid war news from the Western Front.
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the Marne
Vlade
Miden
Methodist Churches to Aid Belgium After War Devastation
The Methodist Episcopal Church plans a major European reconstruction effort centered in Ypres and Brussels. A new Catholic and social facilities complex will rise in Ypres alongside a Monument to fallen soldiers to be built with support from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and others. Brussels will host a European Methodist headquarters with offices, a publishing plant and social facilities. A fund of 4,000,000 is set for European reconstruction in Serbia, France, Belgium, Poland and Bohemia.
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Ipiacopal
Bout
Ypres
Belgium
Beauchamp
Jame
Vpren
Ibe Imortal
Huntieh
Dalblings
Canada
New Zealand
Auatealia
Hebetam
Momortale
Routhers Methodist Church
Brussels
Mothedats
Europe
Moebium
Wate Church
Free Church
Holguin
Southern Methodists
Withoopital
Brosnois
Servia
France
Poland
Bohemia
Grayson: President’s Physician Grayson’s Quiet Caregiver
Corry Travis Groyeon M D C P A S N 0 8 A B C 0 8 witnesses to medical duties for three presidents Theodore Roosevelt William II Taft and Woodrow Wilson while keeping a modest private life at the White House. The president’s physician is described as easygoing genial temperate and fond of family and good living.
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Theodore Hoodievelt
William II
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Corry Travis Groyeon
Pear
M.D
White House
United States
Ife
Grayson
Brothers G A R Vets Meet After 60 Years
Dayton residents J A White and George White, both G A R veterans, reconnect after sixty years at a train stop during a change of routes following the G A R encampment. They had split paths decades earlier, one heading to the Dakota Territory and the other to Obie, Towande, Ma.
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Dayton
J. A. White
Xenia
George White
Beattie
Wash
Columbia
Towande
Dakota Territory
Revival Planned For Entire South
The Centenary Commission and the M E church South plan a nationwide revival operating in 20000 churches under a standard survey driven program. Bishop A V W Darlington leads the directing committee with Dr C M Goddard as executive secretary. Dr A C Zumbrunsen heads the survey to locate unaffiliated persons and guide parish outreach.
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A.C. Zumbrunsen
Iil
Seo Church
Oregon Federation Pushes War Savings Stamp Plank
The Oregon State Federation of Labor seeks a War Savings Stamp plank at the national conference in Washington, D C. The letter, signed by R Hartwig, urges unions to back War Savings stamps as a strong labor and wartime financing measure.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
United
R. Hartwig
Oregon ‘Veawestion
United States
State Federation of Labor of
Waneington
D. C
Americas
Liberty Bond Owners In TW District To Get 10 Million Due
San Francisco district bond buyers expect about 10,046,000 due December 15 as interest on First and Fifth Liberty Loans. Government urges reinvestment in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates at 4 percent, compounded quarterly, to maximize interest earnings over five years. If all 10,045,200 were reinvested, interest on the interest could reach nearly 500,000.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve District
Ths
Treasury Savings
Dog saves Chicagoan life by stray Minneapolis hound
Hart a 50 year old bachelor living at 201T Washington Avenue was saved when his mongrel dog Jerry alerted neighbors to a gas store incident. Fire men break in to find Hart unconscious on the second floor as the dog’s whines and scratches led to the rescue. Hart, once befriended on the streets, was taken to shelter.
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Jerrs
William Hart
Hert
Fist
Washington Avenue
Jerry
Hart
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Seattle
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Meade
Standord
Athena
Toy Town
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