Evening star., 1943-04-23
War Loan
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subscribed it's $2,00O,O00,OO0 quota
and sought new quota of $4,000,-
100000.
Indiana and Iowa increased their
quotas, Chicago reported that bond
sales in Lake and Cook Counties
leaped from s6O00,O0O to $15,OOO,O 900
in one day, and other communities
increased their goals.
Americans of Japanese ancestry
in training at Camp Shelby, Miss,
purchased $100,60O in war bonds
Wednesday and Thursday, the War
Department announced. Approx
mately 5000 men participated.
Wide Distribution Wanted.
The Treasury's goal was to obtain
100000 new bond buyers, or 10
times the number of subscribers in
the last big fund drive-the Victory
loan campaign in December-and is
exclusive of the 26,OO0,O0O persons
already buying bonds on the pay roll
deduction plan. 1t was emphasized
that the Treasury is vitality interest
ed in a wide distribution of bond
sales rather than in the amount Of
any one sale, in order to halt in
fiationary movements.
AS special attraction on his
Hobby Lobby" broadcast from
Washington at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
over WTOP, Dave Elman will offer
group of rare treasures for auction
to the Nations highest War bond
bidders. Items include a Japanese
fishing ball captured and presented
IN person by 1t. Col. Walter L. B.
Bayler of the marines; an inter-
national signal flag used in con-
nection with President Roosevelt's
North African trip, captured Jap
anese sword, the Philippine presi-
dental flag saved from the invaders
and presented by President Manuel
Quezons daughters, jade god used
by New Zealand fighters as a good
luck charm and other mementos.
The Northeast Businessmen's AS
sociation, Inc, through it's bond
drive chairman, J. P. Rogers, is
urging all members to look again at
your cash in hand and buy more
bonds now
Women's Unit Is Rallied.
Some 5000 volunteer women bond
statesmen were exhorted by their
chairman, Mrs John Jay O'Connor,
to redouble their efforts in the clos
ing days of the campaign. Women
she emphasized, are the steady day.
after-day buyers whose purchasing
power and thrift should be exerted
in behalf of the Second War Loan.
In Washington, she added,
there are approximately $4,000
women. If only go per cent of this
number were each to purchase just
one .$25 bond, an additional s4,0OO,-
900 would be credited to women in
the War loan drive"
Judy Garland and Loretta Young,
film stars, are scheduled to attend
War bond rally at $3.50 pm. Mon
day at the United States Chamber
of Commerce, sponsored by the liquor
industry of the District. A spokes-
man said that the industry had
pledged S1,OO0,0OO for the rally.
Building Loan Report.
Sales through the Building and
Loan Associations here have reached
total of $4,357,OO0, it was an
nounced by Edward C. Baltz, chair
man of the District War Finance
Committees Building and Loan Di-
vision. OF this total $4,102,000 was
purchased by associations for their
own account.
Sales amounted to $4,000 at a
bond rally at the B'nai Israel Con-
gregation, Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV, giving the group $780,
500 toward their $150,000 goal. The
next rally has been tentatively ar
ranged for May by Rabbi Henry
Segal.
Notwithstanding favorable de-
velopments, the District Committee,
headed by H. L, Rust, jr., chairman,
and Hugh Lynch, administrator,
were urging volunteer workers by
telephone and letter to continue
to comb the city for individual in
vestors.
Confidence was expressed that
additional thousands will be climb
ing aboard the bond Victory wagon
before the campaign ends May /.