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Show LOAN PASSES BILLION MARK Treasury Reports Total Pledges Today of $1,059,-558,000 $1,059,-558,000 in Third Liberty Lib-erty Drive. WASHINGTON, April IS New suh-sc suh-sc riptions ol the third Liberty Irian $107,000,000 reported to the treasury today sent the total Liberty loan pledges over the billion mark to $1,-059.558.000. $1,-059.558.000. "This figure," said the treasury statement, "while encouraging is unsatisfactory un-satisfactory to the Liberty loan committees. com-mittees. The daily average still is short of what it should be if the $3,-000,000,000 $3,-000,000,000 quota mark set for the country as a minimum is reached or exceeded " From the Minneapolis reserve district dis-trict which started its campaign Monday Mon-day came word of 99 to 131 counties have been oversubscribed. The Cleveland district now ha3 391 honor communities; the Chicago dis trict 363 and the San Francisco 233 Tbe Cleveland district's subscriptions are approaching $100 000,000. Kansas. and Oklahoma are engaged in a subscription race with Oklahoma's total $12,595,000 and Kansas' $12,175.-000. $12,175.-000. The New York district committee has awarded honor flags to thirty-eight thirty-eight additional towns, bringing the honor roll in the district to lf7. Fourth Loan in October Tirst preparations for the fourth Libertv loan to be held next October or November, were made todaj and consisted of an effort to save for war purposes the celluloid and tee! which now go to the manufacture of Liberty loan bin tons. Frank R, Wilson, publicity director for the loan, wrote badge manufacturers manufactur-ers for suggestions concerning a paper-mache, or pasteboard substitute for the present buttons, twenty million oi which have been bought for the third loan campaign Celluloid should be saved for explosives and steel for munitions, Wilson believes. |