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The Webster Echo
Addison, Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia
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War Savings pledge week postponed from week of May 20 to June 24-29 due to Red Cross Campaign conflict. June 23 set as national War Savings Day. Marks first major selling effort for stamps after prior educational focus.
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Owing to a conflict of dates with the Red Cross Campaign, War Savings pledge week has been postponed from the week of May 20th until the week of June 24 to 29. The high point in the drive is expected to be reached on June 23 which, according to a generally accepted plan, is to be War Savings day throughout the United States.
The drive which is to culminate in the latter days of June is to be the first real selling campaign which has ever been undertaken in behalf of the War Savings Stamps. Heretofore the state organizations have directed all their efforts to educational work and the effort to enlist men, women and children in the army of savers through the medium of War Savings Societies and of other sources of this kind.
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Postponed From The Week Of May 20th Until The Week Of June 24 To 29
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the drive is to culminate in the latter days of june with the high point on june 23, designated as war savings day throughout the united states.
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Owing to a conflict of dates with the Red Cross Campaign, War Savings pledge week has been postponed from the week of May 20th until the week of June 24 to 29. The drive is to be the first real selling campaign for War Savings Stamps, previously focused on educational work and enlisting savers through societies.