Evening star., 1943-05-04
District Bond Sales
Total $66,332,208,
Late Reports Show
Receipts Topped Quote
By So Pct.;; Officials
Express Thunks for Aid

War bonds amounting to $66 ,332,-
208 were bought by District resi-
dents in the Second War Loan
Campaign which ended May /. This
sum represented So per cent excess
of the local quota. The national
drive for $4,000, 100000 was over
subscribed by $4,000 100000.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau and H. L. Rust, jr., chair
man of the District War Finance
Committee, issued statements ex-
pressing appreciation of the pub
Hes response. The Secretary S
statement, addressed to the news
papers of America, follows: @@s
"The second war loan drive has
ended. The final tabulations have
not been made, but it is evident
that the goal has been exceeded by
a substantial amount, more than
$4,000, ,000,0
Thanks Due to Many.
"Our thanks are due to many
people-workerS, advertisers, adver-
tising media, retailers, theaters-
who devoted themselves so whole
heartedly to this vital cause. I wish
to express to the Allied Newspaper
Council and to newspapers gen.
orally our sincere gratitude for the
part they played. The support they
gave us in the handling of news,
in compelling and imaginative fea-
lures, and in the promotion of spon-
sored advertising was es invaluable
as it was unparalleled in promo
tional history"
Mr.. Rust, elated over the Districts
showing, said:
"The unprecedented purchases of
War bonds by Washingtonians dur
ing the past three weeks results
from a magnificent response by our
people to the Governments call for
funds with which to finance the
war 1t is evident that investments
by countless individuals have helped
swell the Districts total to a point
that Is far above any excess of quota
that was ever anticipated. Credit
for this extremely gratifying sue
cess goes to our citizens, and they
may well be proud of their achieve
ment."
Volunteers Continue Drive.
Many volunteer workers are con-
tinuing their sales effort this week,
inasmuch as sales of E, F and G
bonds reaching the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank by Saturday will
be included in the local campaign
total. The $66,322, ,208 figure was
exclusive Of purchases made by
banks and dealers.
Dale Carnegie, author of How to
Win Friends and Influence People"
advised guests at the Four Freedoms
War bond show at the Hecht CO.
yesterday that they could be de-
feated by worry. He suggested they
remember line from an old hymn,
"One step enough for me-" Honor
guest at the Hecht Co. today will be
Robert L. Ripley, cartoonist and
world traveller.
Mr.. Ripley will be introduced by
Clifford K. Bergman, Evening Star
cartoonist.
Mr.. Rust, speaking to an audience
Of 400 at the Hecht War bond show,
said he had witnessed a reason
able number Of campaigns, but never
has any one Of them had the abso-
lutte cooperation that we were
given in this one just passed" Mr..
Rust praised the patriotic, spiritual
and civic worth of Norman Rock
wells -Four Freedoms paintings on
display at the Hecht store.
British Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be British Empire
Day" at the Hecht War bond show,
the program being as follows: 2::30
pm, Senior Comdr. Pamela Hem
mick Of the Auxiliary Territorial
Services; 3 pm, Air Vice Marshal
McNeece Foster, chief Of the Raj
delegation to America; $50 pm,
Maj. Raymond Massey, stage star
and ofllcer in the Canadian Army;
4 pm, Lord Halifax, British Ambas-
sador, and Ais pm, Sir Willmott
Lewis, Washington correspondent OF
the London Times.
A combination War bond rally
and Mothers Day program last
night at Adas Israel Synagogue,
Sixth and I streets NV, resulted
In purchase Of $l15,000 worth OF
War bonds, Rabbi Solomon Metz an