AMERICA MUST
COME TO THE AID
OF CIVILIZ ATION
Dr. Bagncll, in Speaking to j
Liberty Loan Workers, Dc- j
claros U. S. Must Help
GOOD WORKI
/ "I want to congratulate liar- ;
/ risburg on having kept Scott
Nearing from speaking Hn this
<City. We should keep up the
* good work. This is not a time
when wo should permit seiiitious
speakers to come among us. It
is a time, rather, when We sliould
know Just where all of us stand
—when we should know that all j
Harrisburg is 100 per cent, for the i
Government. We must deliver
the goods, so thnt the biwn nt the
rontier of liberty will know j
that we are behind them."—Dr.
Robert Bagnell, at liberty Loan
meeting last night.
Although the Harrisburg district's j
quota in the third Liberty Loan is |
only J3.500.P00. the workers wh<* will
canvass Dauphin. Perry, Juniata and!
Cumberland counties are going after |
bond sales as if the total was $5,-
000,000. That much was evideneed at |
tiie Harrisburg Club last night, where j
n meeting was held of the commit- j
tee which will direct the campaign j
in the industrial establishments of |
the city.
The campaign among the thousands i
of employes of the scores of Indus- ;
trial plants by the dozens of work- !
era will begin next Tuesday morn- j
ins following Lieutenant Pat ,
O'Brien's talk In hestnut Street All- !
ciltorium Monday night. It will eon- !
t.nue for two weeks, and an effort j
will be made to have the plants i
"cleaned up" before the drive on the j
1 omcs begins. That home drive will
occur during the week of Abrll 22.
Dr.' Bagnell's address Inst night
uiadQ a decided hit with ths indus- j
trial, committeeemen. The well
hnoWn clergyman pleaded that an of- j
fort be mnde to keep up the morale j
of .the folks at home.
"The morale of the soldiers and
sailors is fine!" he declared.
Dr. Bagne'l also urged speed In ]
America's prepn rations. lip said;
that the nation is apt to overlook the
tig things that have been done in the I
getting ready for real war, Whll.'j
particular attention is given those
thing.-! in which there seems to have ;
been a falling down, lie paid trlb- '
lite to Secretary Daniels and the !
work the Navy is doing. Then he !
said:
"The Germans are now gettinff i
ready for the second phase of their j
giant offensive —the greatest battle in
the history of the world. And '1 be
lieve the Allies will ho'd tliem. byt 1
when they hn\> held them it ir.uy be;
that they will be staggering. I re-.
< ail the s tory of Wellington on the
liloody lleld of Waterloo. Napoleon
'.ad lieen delivering crushing blows,
nt ■Wellington. The little Emperor—!
the man who had made the frontiers j
of kingdoms oscillate on the map and
n-ho changed the destiny 'of Europe
held in reserve the famous Old !
G:'ard. And Wellington had in re- !
serve the Scottish Grays, than which |
there has never been a better light- j
ing unit. It was late in the after-;
noon. Napoleon turned to an aid and I
said: 'I would to God that Blucher !
■or nigh/ would come to our aid.' I 1
yWingine tho French and English are j
Jfl the pame frame of mind. They }
would to God that America would i
< ome to their aid. And we MUST go i
1o their aid. Those of us who can
not fight must hold up the burden '
©n this side—and not the least part i
of that burden Is furnishing our Gov-1
eminent the money It needs. Let us !
lack our boys with bonds—let us i
back the flag with bonds."
Lisburn Pledges Its Aid
to Liberty Loan Campaign
l.ishiirn, Pa„ April 4. Several
thousand dollars in subscriptions toj
the Third Liberty Loan bond issue;
were pledged here last night at a
patriotic mass meeting held in the ■
Methodist Church under ths aus
pices of the Women's Liberty Loan j
Committee of the Mochanlcsburg dis- |
triet. Thechnreh auditorium was i
filled despite the inclement weather. ■
A good program with music unil,
recitations was given. Included'
among the speakers were Mrs. R. C.
Hart. Mrs. Corda Kunkle, Mrs. ltay
W. Ilapper. George Lloyd, chnirni m
of the county Liberty Loan commit
tee, and Mrs. Margaret Moser, chuir-,
man of the county women's commit
tee. Miss Julia Hart, of New York,
presided.
Build Ships, Is
Order by U. S. Board
Wnxh.'nstton, April 4.—A general
increase In the size of all ships built
hereafter was ordered yesterday by j
tiie Shipping Hoard. Tho tonnsg"
of experimental concrete ships wus j
increased to 7,500 ton;, and con
struction of three more at San I'run- j
cisco was authorized.
AVoodon ships hereafter will be |
5.000 tons Instead of 3.DCO tons. Steei |
ships built on the Great Likes will
be 5,300 tons, and construction of h j
10,000-ton steel vessel on tlie lakes, j
which would be brought through the j
Welland canal to the Sea by cutting ;
it in two and turning it over on it* j
side. Is under consideration.
The more economical operation of |
large ships was the deciding factor
in making tiie change.
SI,OOO For Work Among
Foreigners Near AnnviUe
Amiville, Pa., April 4.—At a re- j
cent meeting at the United Brethren !
Church when the eonsregation |
pledged SI,OOO for the support of
Miss Regiua Bigler. a medical mie
sionHry at Canton, China, a member
of the church gave a donation of
SI,OOO for home missionary work 1
among tho foreigners employed in
Ihe stone quarries west of Annville.
The name of the donor was with
held.
• • TAKE MKLATIiU KETL'HJfS
Extraordinary leniency is being'
shown to persons tardy In declaring .
their income tax returns Monday
night was to have been the dead line
but the Collector of Internal Reve
nue was receiving returns last night
and forwarding them to Lancaster
headquarters. This will probably be
continued some time but Just the
same the punishment has been de
creed of S2O to SI,OOO fine for not re
sponding by April 1.
MOTOR BOARD TO MEET
The board of governors of the Mo
tor Club of Harrisburg will: meet at
the headquarters, 109 South Second
street, to-morrow evening at I
o'clock. Cards have been sent to the
members by the secertary, 'J. Clyde
THURSDAY EVENING. - HAKRISBURG TEIJSGW3CP® AI-KILI-, ivio.
the JIoUT they need! on wheatless days if no other wheat substitutes are available.
A single pound of flour saved every month in But you can help in other ways, too,
each of our twenty million homes would mean an afl- Every woman in this country can help by following these
nual saving of 1,200,000 barrels of flour, suggestions.
Definite ways you can help
And every barrel saved is daily food for 300 of • Have one no-wheat meal every day in your home.
our fighting men. But we must save more! Do observe two wheatless days each week, Monday and .
the women of America realize this? Wednesday, Serve only bread and rolls containing not less
i<_ .i - than 20% of other cereals
Wheat is needed to win this war j than wheat ()our .
The food Administration asks every woman and See that there is no
man to conserve the Nation's waste in your home. Save
Food Administration. The l( I I Order your bread regu
bread we now make meets iV ; <•1 inmrfife 1 H .. .2 .then bake only as much
. t , , ,
With the Government S regu- rf! definite saving of wheat bread as Will be sold and
•lation for wheatless days. eaten.
llSSf Begin today to do your part
The bakers, in co-operation VSL Tk , , All .
with the Government, are making A , br ~d our /Ulics.are now eating coott.ro <. far .mall*
, j ,r • r i /> X' percentage of wheat flour than the Victory Bread which the
3 real and definite saving of wheat. Evcry terr „ „ Food Administration wishes to ose.
We are making our bread with daily tread for soo soldiers. . .
other cereals than wheat flour. This . t ,™ ffjurw'"?/' iT'n "* the '' r 'TV'"
.1 r-T- T . ~ , . . , t,lls "ght ior the World s Democracy, Will you send them
js the \ ictory Loal which you should eat every day and may eat the food so necessary for their health and victory ?
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