AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 September 1918, Page 5

AMERICA.

.j' -ju -jf •• -i • • • *• ’ FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. EXTRAORDINARY ENTHUSIASM ‘ IN AMERICA. . TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS DOLLARS. ,/ RAISED ON THE FIRST DAY. Received 910 a.m. NEW YORK, September 29 The main thoroughfares of the cities were elaborately bedecked with American and Allied national ffogs and colours. Millions of flags hung from the windows of houses everywhere. In Philadelphia there was a procession of ton of thousands of munition, shipyard and other workers, attired in working clothes, led by military and naval • bands.. Reports from, cities throughout the country show the heavy subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan arc unprecedented. 1 Patriotic demonstrations were hold in Now York, where there were extraordinary scenes at the opening of the campaign. All the factory whistles blew, the guns of warships and forts in the harbour boomed', church bells rang, thousands of drums beat and martial music was played by bands. Thousands of soldiers and sailors in the streets and other places saluted and stood at attention for five minutes, facing eastward as a mark of respect to the American and Allied soldiers fighting on the west front. Thousands of civilians stood bareheaded.

Now Yorkers subscribed two hundred millions of dollars on the first day, and subscriptions wore received at the rate of a million dollars.