AMERICA'S GREAT EFFORT.
LIBERTY LOAN BOOMING SEIZURE OF GERMAN-HELD STOCKS. (Australian »nd N.Z. Cable Awocjatfqn.v | (Received October 27, 8,66 a,m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. There is a remarkable wave, of interest, m the Liberty Loan. Almost two and ;i half billions has been subscribed. There ia the. keenest rivalry between ibhe cities. Chicago is leading with 57 per. ,cent. of the Prorninei}^ actresses and politicians, including S)r George, Reid, are auctioning bonds i» tlve streets and scores. The maximum effort will bp made tomorrow, Liberty Day, when hundreds of' aviators will drop appeals broadcnfit jn prominent centres. > The United. State* j must raiee five hundred millions ' daily m order to reach the five billions. Standard Oil interests have taken 50 millions, Rockfeller five. Mr McAddo made a statement urging that i^onds be given as Christmas presents.
It i» estimated Jbfiat the seized German property and money fa £he United States will swell the Liberty Loan by two hundred! to eight hundred millions. Secret service agents discovered that Germans are secretly holding m the United Stattes Jmmense quantities of Aotton, copper, oil, and- raw materials, accumulated for use after the war. These will be commandeered and used for America's war preparations. The seizure will seriously a#acj|> jßerm&jjyVs post -war trade plans, >
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 3
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209AMERICA'S GREAT iffORT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 3
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