Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1919 — “V” LOAN FACES FAILURE AS END NEARS; 60 PERCENT SHY [ARTICLE]

“V” LOAN FACES FAILURE AS END NEARS; 60 PERCENT SHY

With but five days of the Victory Loan drive remaining it becomes more apparent that the drive faces failure. “Sixty per cent, shy,” was the word coming from national headquarters. The drive has lagged tremendously during the past few days. (The only encouraging feature of the present drive is that the percentage of the quota subscribed to date almost equals that of the corresponding day of the fourth drive.