Evening star., 1944-11-27
War Bonds
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tended the Alliance dinner at the
Hamilton Hotel.
$4,000 Throng Airport.
A crowd of $4,000 thronged the
airport yesterday to see the huge
bomber on display. Cars inched
along the highway in single file,
and the A. B. & w. Bus Co. doubled
its regular airport schedule. The
1000 in bonds were sold from a
War Finance trailer stationed near
the plane, where, bond purchasers
autographed a bomb to be delivered
"airmail' to Tokyo.
The bonds sold so quickly the sup
ply of blank checks was exhausted
early in the afternoon, and the bond
writer's had to appeal to the crowd
over the loud-speaker system to
donate blank checks and unused
checkbooks to the bond purchase
center.
The Lido Club sales came from an
auction sale at the rally. Articles
sold included an alarm clock, liquors,
cheese. olive Oil and womens cloth
ing. One bond purchaser paid 81 900
in bonds for the alarm clock.
Photos to Be Sold.
Another sale promised to add to
the growing fund today. An ex-
hibit of more than 400 photographers
taken by members of the White
House News Photographers Associa-
| ton and overseas photographers will
open today at the Statler Hotel, and
all pictures will be sold to the high
est bidder in bonds.
/ Meanwhile. Ted r. Gamble, War
Finance director, announced last
night that sales throughout the Ma
ton encouraged the committee S
confidence in the outcome of the
drive. Sales to individuals in the
Nation through Friday had reached
$3.50, 100000
Rallies today include one at the
Pepco, Tenth and E streets NV,
at 4 pm, and one by the Interna-
tional Workers Order at the Jewish
Community Center, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV, at 9:15 pm.
A subscription of $4,000, 900 to the
drive in Maryland was announced
today by Gov. O'Conor. Five mil.
lion dollars will be subscribed from
the general surplus of the State and
from the postwar reconstruction
fund, and s1.O0O,000 from the
teachers and employees retirement
systems.
All of the funds, except those from
the teachers retirement fund, will
be credited to Baltimore city and
the counties in direct ratio to the
amount Of the subdivisions quota
in the overall State quota. The
100000 from the teachers fund,
which represents county money,
will be apportioned entirely among
the counties.
The bond caravan, from which
bond purchasers can record their
voices on V-discs to send overseas,
will be in front Of the Palace Thea
ter today from 4:30 to 9 pm. En-
tertainment will be furnished by the
theater.
Six Rallies Tomorrow.
Six rallies are scheduled for to-
morrow. The Pennsylvania Central
Airlines will sponsor one at National
Airport for approximately rs of it's
employees at pm. employees of The
Evening Star Newspaper Co. will
mold their meeting at 2:45 pm. to
see two war films and to hear Crosby
N. Boyd, assistant business manager,
launch the company's drive.
A group of Capital Transit Co.
employees, Fourteenth and East Cap
itol streets, will have rally at 2::30
pm; the Powell Junior High School,
Hyatt place and Lamont street NV,
has scheduled a meeting for 2:45, at
which wounded serviceman will
speak, and the Manhattan Co., 1928
Florida avenue NV, will have a
rally to discuss the payroll saving
plan of bond purchases at 3:45 pm.
The Hampshire Heights Citizens
Association plans a rally at Barnard
School, Fourth and Decatur streets
NV, at $3.50 pm, when war films
will be shown.