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Show Boys Aim to Obtain Pledges for $50,000,000 Worth of Liberty Bonds. NEW YORK. Oct. 19. Tho Boy Scouts of America will take their places tomorrow as workers in the nation's na-tion's campaign on behalf of the second sec-ond liberty loan. The day will mark tho beginning of, their subscription ef- forts which will not be terminated un- til next Thursday night. Tho an-' nounce ambition of these 26S.380 boys and their 70.000 leaders is to obtain pledges which will assure the sale of, nearly $50,000,000 worth of bonds or, approximately twice the amount real-, Ized in 130,645 homes during the four- day campaign which the Boy Scouts conducted in connection with the first liberty loan. j Public demonstrations, special pub-, licity efforts and services in houses of worship will constitute the Boy! Scout activities tomorrow and Sunday. I During tho four days beginning with Monday a house-to-house canvass will I bo made. The Boy Scouts will distrib-i ute 0,500,000 special bond posters for! display in store windows and else-1 where. Uamps will be set up in pub-; He parks and squares and buglers will : call attention to the poster displays.! Parades will be held, together with a! special patriotic demonstration on tho j occasion of tne nation wide celebration' of iLiberty day, October 24. I Five million application circulars j will bo left at tho homes at which the 1 purchasing of bonds is to be solicited, j These were 'printed by the govern- ' ment, which has supplied the boys also with 300.000 manuals of bond salesmanship. sales-manship. Expert salesmon will advise i the Scouts in their campaign. At tho close of tho first campaign, ' 7740 war service emblems were awarded award-ed to Boy Scouts who sold bonds in ten or more homes. These bear the f seal of the treasury department. To those emblem holders who qualify in j tho second campaign a bar will be add-j f ed. In addition, Colin H. Livingstone,) president of tho Boy Scouts of Ameri-1 ca, will award a gold medal to the boy who obtains the largest number of in- ' dividual subscriptions, and one silver ,j and ten bronze medals to the eleven r. who rank next. To the Boy Scout H troop which turns in the largest num- t ber of "'subscriptions In each state, President Wilson will present an j American fins with Impropriate fesS! streamer attached. u p JST |