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Show Busiest Day of The Liberty Loan i Drive in Nation i I WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. This is the busiest day of the fourth Liberty loan campaign judging by reports reaching headquarters before noon telling of Liberty day celebrations in practically every community of the nation. na-tion. Starting with a national total of less than $2,500,0d0,000, the millions of countoer loan workers hoped to -raise the subscription figures by tonight far above three billions. Even with such a record, however, the loan still would Telegrams tonight to the trcasurv indicated that canvassing by telephone was one of the. favorite methods adopted today to combat the restricting restrict-ing influence of the influenza epidemic. Tho Chicago district's total, not including in-cluding today's business, is $377,466 -000. The Philadelphia district gained $17,001,750 yesterday, making its total $150,700,500. Sari Francisco district managers now report S19S.570.600 in subscriptions of which S43.2G1.250 came from San Francisco city. |