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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAR-SAVING THRIFT STAMPS In offering "War-Saving Stamps" to the public the United States Government has made immediately available for every man,, woman, and child in the Country a profitable, simple, and secure investment. WHAT THEY ARE?War-Saving Stamps are the answer of a great democracy to the demand for a democratic form of government security. They are "little baby bonds." Like Liberty bonds, they have behind them the entire resources of the Government and people of the United States. Thev bnv.. tVw? <i advantage that they steadily increase in value from the date of purchase until the date of maturity, and this increase is guaranteed by the Government. These stamps are issued in two denominations, the 25-cent stamp and the $5 stamp. For the convenience of investors a "Thrift Card" is furnished to all purchasers of 25-cent stamps. This card has spaces for 1(5 stamps. When all the. spaces have been filled the Thrift Card may be exchanged for al stamp at post offices, banks, or other authorized agencies by adding 12 cents in cash prior to February 1, 1918, and 1 cent additional each month thereafter. Those who prefer may buy a $5 stamp outright. These will be on sale from December 15, 1917, until January 31, 1918, for $1.12. They automatically increase in value aI cent a month everv month then> after until January 1, 1923, when the United States will pay $5 at any post office or at the Treasury in Washington for each stamp affiled to' a War-Savings Certificate. When you purchase a So stamp, yoy must attach it to an engraved folder known as a "War-Savings Certificate" which bears the name of the purchaser and can be cashed only by the person whose name appears upon the certificate, except in case of death or disability. This certificate contains 20 spaces. If these are all filled with War-Savings Stamps between December 3, 1917, and January 31, 1918, the cost to fhe purchaser will be $82.40, and on January 1, 1923, the Government will pay the owner of the certificate $100, a net profit to the holder of $17.00. This is based on an interest rate of ^ 4 per cent, compounded quarterly ^ > from Janury 2, 19*3. --ie amount of War-Saving Str.n ns old to any one person at any or. ti. .e shall not exceed $100 (maturity value), and no person may hold such stamps or War-Savings Certificates to an ag xtv-K'tit: amount 01 exceeding $l,OUU (maturity value). If the holder of a War-Savings Certificate finds it necessary to realize cash on it before maturity, he may at any time after January 2, 1918, upon giving ten days' written notice to any money-order post office, receive for each stamp affixed to his certificate the amount paid therefor plus i cent for each calender month after the month of purchase of each be redeemed, however, only at the post office where registered. In other words, the plan is simple, straightforward, and certain. The holder of the certificates can not lose and is certain gain. He is buying the safest security in the world in the most convenient form in which the security of a great Government has ever been offered to its people. Why You Should Buy Them.? The main reason for the purchase of War-Savings Stamps is because your 1 ^ country is at war. Your Country needs every penny which every man, woman, and child can save and lend, in order to feed clothe, arm, and equip the soldiers and sailors of America and to win this righteous war in defense of American honor and the cause of democracy throughout the world. If we are to win the war, we must win it as a united people. I'he savings of every m n, woman, an 1 eh are necessary if we are to hasten the victorious t.ml of the wai. War-Savers are Life Savers. A single strand in the cable wha \ uphold the great Brooklyn Bus, > n sion is not very strong, but thousan of these strands bound together u hold one of th,. great thovougiifa. <. of the world. When our fathers and sons and brothers were called by our Country to take up arms in her defense, you did not In1 ?r an individual soldier refuse to serve because his service alone would not win the war. Kach roan was r?- idy to <lo his part. The ^preat army thus formed is j/roinj; forward ' f.. ? lie .. i> > .tUe and to risk everything for the safety and , security of our homes and our fami-, lies, and for the very existence of our Country. These are the men for whom you are asked to save and lend your dollars. \ Country worth fighting for is a Country worth saving for. I To save money is to save life. Buy War-Snvings Stamps at post offices, banks, trust companies, or other authorized agencies, and strike a blow for our Country. r.rDM ANC nnwcriDrr armes infrance . Heavy German reinforcements have arrived in France, it is believed, in allied capitals, but where the expected blow will fall is yet to be disclosed. For the moment the infantry is inactive along the western front but the artillery and especially that of the Germans, is very active in various sectors. On the British front the Germans are bombnrding heavily the positions southwest of Cambrai and east and northest of Ypres, the two sectors which have seen virtually all the heavy fighting in the past few j months. From St. Quentin to the I Swiss border Paris reports great enemy artillery activity between the Oise and the Aisne, in Campagne northeast of Verdun and in upper Alsace. The British and French cannon replying in kind against the German positions. The heavy German artillery fire may mean that the Germans are attempting to find a weak point and tt | may be only for the purpose of draw' ing allied attention to one spot while the troops from the Russian front are massed froma strong effort on a hitherto quiet sector. Strong local German attacks on the right bank of the Meuse, northwest of Verdun have been repulsed by the French who took prisoners. Infantry fighting has stopped mo1 mcntarily, at least, on the Italian front, from Asiago to the Piave river. The Austro-German effort to break through between the Piave and I the Brenta failed with losses. The enemy reformed his shattered forces | and attempted to break through beI tween Asiago and the Piave. He fail! ed again. The Austro-Germans captured some terrain but without improving their tactical positions and at , a h avy cost. An apparently local attempt to cross the lower roaches of the Piave has been checked by the Italians who rer?ntnri?H nh?i>i-u??inn trenches taken by Autrian soldiers. May Enter Jerusalem Today. Oflicial entry into Jerusalem, the holy city of the Christains, is planned for today. Allied troops entered the capital of Palestine after it was surrounded and the Turks were forced to surrender. Capture of the city was delayed through the fear that fighting operations might result in the damaging of religious shrines. ' The deliverance of Jerusalem from the hands of the Moslems marks not only the success of G;>n. Allenhy's drive into Palestine but probably ends all Turko-German hopes of cut ting the Suez canal. I Meagre reports from Russia indicate that the Bolsheviki are meeting with difficulty in maintaining control ' of Moscow. The stuation there is rei portetd grave with the Bolsheviki garrison refusing to obey its commander, who has ordered machine guns placed in the streets in anticipation of an uprising. A Copenhagen dispatch says that the Bolsheviki have ordered troops from the Caucasus to put down (Jens. ; Kaledines, Kornilotr and Dutoflf while from I.ondon it is reported large forces are being sent from the BalticI Black sea front into the Ukraine and I the Cossack provinces. Whether clashes have occurred between the Bolsheviki and the counter revolution! s not HiinfirniO Tt"' Isheviki government controls virtually ! i all tho direct means of communier.- ' j t:?n wth tht. interior of Russia. 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