Evening star., 1943-09-15
War Bonds
Continued From First Page.

York Life. SIPS. 900: Mutual Life
of New York, $37 100000, and Mu-
tual Benefit Life, $35.000,0O0
The boys across the seas are
going over the top states a letter
from Bond Chairman Walter L.
Fowler to all District government
/ heads. How about your office?
Making the drive success is very
important way for your Office to con-
| tribute tn the war effort. So, let's
get going!"
One Office Tops Quota.
1t was learned that the executive
and budget Office of the District
government, with a $4,215 quota,
already has subscribed $4,872.
The District Fire Department.
with $4,000 quota, plans to raise
more than $4,000 to purchase a
plane. 1t is to be christened Spirit
! of D. C. Fire Department" in men,
ory of four former District flremen
known to be dead or missing. Ma
than c. Robinson is heading the
drive.
Meanwhile, 5000 men and women
employees of the Capital Transit Co.
have pledged themselves to purchase
$500, 600 in War bonds-the' equiva-
lent of heavy Army bomber
before November l. When this goal
is attained the Treasury Department
will name the bomber Capital
Transit Employees" and dedicate the
plane with appropriate ceremonies
at local airport.
Appeal to Emloyes.
E. D. Merrill, company president,
and j. G. Bigelow, president of Di-
vision $50 of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees of
America, have joined In an appeal
to employees to oversubscribe the
pledged amount, not only as group
means of participating directly in
the attack on the Axis, but also as
a stimulus to the Districts cam
paign. Division 689 started the drive
by purchasing $25 900 in War bonds
from the unions treasury. Since the
first of this year the company's en-
ployes have purchased War bonds
totaling nearly $500.0 900 through the
payroll deduction plan.
AS the District drive gathered mo-
mentum, it was announced by Mrs.
Ann Hurwitz, bond chairman, that
BNai Birth has sold more than
$3.50, 900 of War bonds in its million
dollar drive. It's climax meeting
will be held the night of September
% at the Shoreham Hotel A bond
purchase will be required for ad-
mission to the meeting.
An unusual feature will be the
presentation Of 10 decorated service
men conyalescing in nearby hos
pitfalls. The star of the bond caval-
cade entertainment program will be
Nine. Genia Ury, French concert
singer. Participating in the B'Nai
Birth drive are the Amity Club.
City of Hope, the Jewish Con-
sumptive Relief Society and the
Progress Club
A billion dollars has been set as
the War bond objective of the $500
member institutions OF the Federal
Home Loan Bank System. it was
announced here yesterday Mem
Der institutions located in more than
1000 cities and towns have total
assets of approximately $6045, ,000,- :
| 900. it was said
John j. Payette and Carter T.
Barron. co-chairmen of the motion
picture industrys War Activities
Committee, announced that almost
every ticket for the million dollar
| bond premiere of For Whom the
Bell Tolls tonight at Loews Palace
Theater, had been sold They said
only very few tickets in the higher
| brackets remained
| Rallies Slated Today.
The following rallies were slated
for today: Washington Centennial
Lodge, No. IA, at the Masonic Tenn
pie at 8 pm, with Renah Camalier
speaking; Kesher Israel Sisterhood
rally at the Kesher Israel Syna-
pOQue at $40 nm where o,,,c