Help Our Boys Abroad Fund Drives Local Support
A community appeal led by Colonel William Boyce Thompson promotes the Home Paper Service to keep service members connected with their hometown through subscribed newspapers. Citizens may donate any amount, with funds covering subscriptions distributed to all in service and excess to the Red Cross, while contributors are named in the hometown paper.
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William Boyce Thompson
New York
Home Paper Service
Foreign Service
United States
Sciala
Thompson
War Industries Board
Red Cross
Mar
France
Drafted men to be trained before call
The National Security League proposes a nationwide preparatory training program for men registered for the draft under Provost Marshal General Crowder. Local Captains will organize instruction by retired officers, clergy, and physicians, with drills and health guidance to ready men for service, aiming to reduce chaos at camps and improve discipline.
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Crowder
National Security League
Charles F. Stokes
U. S,n
Security League
Charles E. Lydecker
League
Stokes
J. Franklin Bell
Camp Upton
New York City
Patriotism Through Education Spreads in National Security League Drive
The National Security League expands its patriotic education program in public schools across the United States. Dr. Robert M. McElroy leads the Educational Division with Mrs. Thomas Preston Jr. as secretary. The effort includes 28 tons of literature and outreach to about 200,000 teachers affecting 2.5 million students.
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National Security League
Robert M. McElroy
Department of History and Politics
Princeton University
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Grover Cleveland
Security League
League
The
C. A. Richmond
Union College
Albert Shiela
Los Angeles
M. F. Libby
University of Colorado
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Minnesota
Schulz
William A. Frayer
University of Michigan
Colorado
Libby
Holland Thompson
College of the City of New York
L. B. Moore
Howard University
Isaac J. Lansing
Ridgewood
N. J
M. 8. Davage
Samuel Houston College
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Dean Moore
Liberty Loan Day Bond Purchase Letters in Williams County
Williams County divides into 19 districts with district chairmen and township solicitors. Prospective bond buyers receive a mailed notice urging appearance to sign subscription cards on Liberty Loan Day, with emphasis on patriotism and courteous handling, and an appeal to all to treat allotments as a business transaction.
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Williams County
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Eral Crowder
Lawrence
Mags
State Department of Education of California
Los Aseles
Liberty
Williams County Liberty Loan Committee
Ber
Chaser
Liberty Loan
Ciently
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