Evening star., 1942-09-01
Movie Bond Campaign
To Be Marked Tonight
By Theater Rallies
Sturs' Appearance Here
Pushes Purchases Above
Two-MiIIion Mark

Motion picture audiences will
pause tonight in IS District theaters
and thousands throughout the Ma
tion to pay tribute in special rallies
to service men and women overseas.
continuing the billion dollar bond
campaign of the motion picture in
dlstry.
The campaign was launched at
noon yesterday at a. gigantic rally
+ on the south steps of the Treasury
Building. Before the day was over
Washingtonians answered their
country's call and the lure of a
galaxy of movie stars to the tune
of more than $2,10o000 worth of
War bonds. Ofhcials estimated that
the figure would go considerably
higher in the final accounting, since
sales from II .heaters up to II pm.
last night were to be added.
The Nation wide rallies starting
at 9 o'clock, Eastern war time, to
night, will take place simultaneously.
Prominent speakers from the
Speakers Committee of the Treas
ury's War Savings Stamp Commit
tee and OF the American Legion will
address audiences in the District.
Color guards from various Legion
posts will participate in the rallies.
Leading Speakers Listed.
Those who will appear at down.
town motion picture houses are:
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, at the
Earle; Charles e. Morganston, Met
ropolitan; Senator Tom Connally,
Capitol: Maj Gen. Amos A. Fries,
Palace; Harlan Wood, Columbia,
and Gen. James A. Drain, Keith's.
Other theaters to participate in
tonight's rallies will be the Trans
Lux, Pix, Ambassador, Apollo. Ava
Lon. Avenue Grand, Beverly. Calvert,
Central, colony, Home. Penn, Savoy,
Seco, Sheridan, Takoma, Tivoli, Up
town, York, Atlas, Senator. Booker
r. Howard, Lincoln, Republic, Cir
Gle, Kennedy and Silver.
Before the great inaugural STARS
Over America" rally started yester-
day local bond sales credited to the
September Salute to Our Heroes"
drive of the War Activities Commit
tee of the motion picture industry
and the war savings staff OF the
Treasury amounted to 1928, 1880.
Thousands Come Forward.
Thousands OF additional pur-
chasers stepped from the crowd OF
more than 5000 assembled at the
Treasury Building to buy bonds and
get with them the autographs OF
Hedy Lamar, Ann Rutherford,
Martha Scott, Irene Dunno, Greer
Carson, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms,
Virginia Gilmore, Edward Arnold,
Jimmy Cagney, Ralph Bellamy,
Abbott and Costello and Kay Kyser.
The bond-selling rally got un-
der way after half-hour radio
broadcast, during which the stars
and Secretary of the Treasury Nor
renthau sent to the Nation the mes
sage that it Is easier to buy bonds
than to wear them.
With Mr.. Arnold acting as auc-
tioneer, Cagney danced to the tune
of $4,000 worth OF bonds in Is
minutes. Another purchaser epaid
the price of a $1,000 bond to see
Arnold conduct the United States
Marine Band. Songs by Miss Shore
and Miss Simms. comedy antics by
Abbott and Costello and the various
pleas of other stars who appeared
brought additional big bond pur-
chasers.
Parade Precedes Rally.
The days rally festivities started
with a parade which took the Holly
wood personalities. in Army ''jeeps."
through downtown streets, lined
with throngs estimated at 100000
persons. The Marine Band stepped
into the head of the line at Seven
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and led the parade past the
White House and down Fifteenth
street to the Treasury.
Most of the stars have left Wash
ington, departing on separate tours.
which will include 300 cities in the
motion picture industry's War bond
drive.