Evening star., 1943-09-10
Bond Sales Spurred
By Army Shows
Display Of Might

The might of the Army. drama
fl2ed at the Army Treasury show
today Spurred purchases of Wa,
bonds as the show attracted rank.
ing officials as we'll as thousands
OF other spectators.
Surrounded by the evidence OF
what can be purchased through Wa,
BOND sales, spectators started de-
manding bonds even before the
show started yesterday.
Mrs. Winston Churchill. her
daughter, Mary, and Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau, who visit
ed the show grounds earlier in the
day, were on hand for a special
arena spectacle presented after the
regular performance last night.
Admission Is Free.
Spectators are admitted free to
see what can be bought through
their purchase of bonds. The show
opens on the Washington Monu-
ment Grounds at noon daily and the
arena shows are scheduled at 2:3O
end 8:45 pm.
The show Is attracting such
crowds that only the early arrivals
can expect to find seats in the
arena. Last nights crowd was al
most twice as large as that which
witnessed the afternoon spectacle
Many persons who had hoped to
find seats were disappointed long
before the start of the night per-
formance. A show official TODAY
estimated that 10000 persons wit
messed Yesterdays performances.
High Officials to Attend.
The show. which launches the
Third War Loan Drive for Is bill
lion dollars. today was scheduled
to attract such notables as an Aus
tralian general on his way home
from England as we'll as number
of ranking War Department off,
cialS.
The Australian general is Gen.
Enrol G. Knox. director general of
public relations of the Australian
Army. He was to be accompanied
by Maj. Henry A. Steel and his
aides.
Secretary of War Stimson will
speak at the show at $50 o'clock
tonight on the subject of War bond
sales. He will be followed by D. w.
Bell. undersecretary of the Treasury
Secretary Stimson and Mai. Gen.
A. D, Surles. director of the War
Department Bureau of Public Rela-
tions. spent a few minutes in the
Air Forces exhibit at 1915 pm. to-
day.
Guests Awaited.
Other guests expected today at
the show are Maj. Gen. T. j. Hayes.
assistant chief of ordnance; Brig.
Gen. G. M Wells, chief. artillery
branch, industrial division; Brig.
Gen James Kirk, small arms branch
chief, industrial division. and Brig.
Gen H. F. Stafford. chief of the
production service branch of the
industrial division of the Ordnance
Department.
Col Otto NJ Jank. Col. j. E.
McInernev. Col. w. G.. Donald and
Col. T. K. Vincent. all of the in
dustrial division of the Ordnance
Department, are other visitors for
whom reservations have been made
All of these officials of the War
Department are stationed in Wash
ington.
Extra Acts in Evening.
Last nights show. slightly changed
from the afternoon performance,
included an anti-aircraft spotting
act. a scene indicative of the work
of the chaplain on the field of battle,
and a rendition of taps by an
Army bugler at the close None of
these acts was in the afternoon
show.
Both shows last about an hour.
The afternoon show starts at 2:30.
No tickets are necessary for ad-
mittance to the show War bond
sales at three convenient booths
were booming, and at closing time
last night so many bonds had been
sold that saleswomen said they
would not know the total until late
today.
Every show will end with the sing
Ing of the Star Spangled Banner,
Acts which will be seen on the
evening program which will not be