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Show ' BIG BSi ME BY FIRESTONE CO. Invests Two Million; Local Branch Makes 100 Per Cent Donation. The local Firestone branch announces a I'-'O per cnt subscription to the fourth Liberty loan. This subscription xas really completed early last week, but was announced an-nounced officially by Manager TV. L. Sewei on Saturday morning, It being Mr. E6we!l's idea to augment the subscriptions subscrip-tions on "Volunteer day" by a sum aggregating ag-gregating close to $1000. That the nation-wida appeal for the fourth Liberty loan met with a ready response from the great rubber factories of the country is attested to by the action taken by the Firestone Tire & Rubber comna-'v" of Akron. Ohio, in setting aside aporoxifnatelv S2u".0u0,000 for the purchase of "bonds of this iesue and the apportioning apportion-ing of SToO.lVO to the various brand houses. Of tills sum the local branch was authorized to spend S3000 in helping help-ing se!I Salt Lake's quota. La-it Wed-iesrlav Manager Sewell received re-ceived the following telegram irom his facrorv: "Our subscription to the fourth Liberty loan wUl annroxin'.ate two million dollars and we have appropriated f;so.vve or ra-ch subscriptions. Your allotment, based on the federal plan, is $3000. which you may subscribe through source and it time durm,' campaign which will be most beneficial. "Make suos.rintion payable at your bank on government, payment plan. Cneck for first installment mailed you." Manager Seweh has comnlied with these instructions and the Firestone subscription subscrip-tion is now In the hands of the Liberty loan committee. Users of Firestone tires may recall wltn pride that thev are riding on Liberty loan I casinss, whether their equipment be of the standard fabric tires, solid rubber) truck grades, the mighty Flrsetor.e cords or the giant Firestone pneumatic truck tires. . |