Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1919 — GRENADES TO HELP INDUSTRIAL CONCERN EMPLOYES TO SAVE [ARTICLE]

GRENADES TO HELP INDUSTRIAL CONCERN EMPLOYES TO SAVE

Government Savings Societies to Be Formed in 100,000 Plants of District to Aid Uncle Sam’s Finances. A fairly generous proportion of the 15,000,000 hand grenades owned by the War Department of the United, States when the armistice was signed are to pass into the hands of America’s industrial army through* the Government Saving Societies of America’s industrial organizations. They will be used as savings banks. Already 20,000 of the country’s industrial organizations/those in which Government Savings Societies alrefidjflourish, have been "lined up’ for distribution. At least 100.000 will be Included when the work is in fuil swing. The hand grenades are the genuine articles, just the same hand grenades as those with which the Yanks did such deadly execution in Europe. The only difference, in outward appearance, is that a money slot has been cut through the shrapnel casing forming the body_ of the grenade. Inside, the explosive chamber has been cleared and a’ removable screw substituted for the base of the casting. In place of the high explosives so carefally developed by American army experts the grenades, as banks, hold* one hundred dimes or one hundred pennies—the shrapnel of ment of a hand grenade bank will become possible to any United States worker by following the simple plan outlined by Harry Edwards Clay, manager of the Industrial Division of the War Lqan Organization, Seventh Federal Reserve District, who has the distribution in charge. The industrial worker, eager to possess one of these remarkable war souvenirs, has only to purchase, Ings Soeiety of his particular plant; Zfactory or orgahi7.aHtm,z?three ZWnr Savings Stamps at a single time or one W’ar Savings Stamp a month for .three consecutive months. The grenade bank then will become his, being received through the Government Savings Society for the industrial organization of which he is a part. Thereafter it may be used for personal and private savings, as well as for money in course of accumulation for further War Savings Stamps purchase or as a beginning towaid acquirement of one of the newer Treasury Savings Certificates now issued in denominations of SIOO and SI,OOO.