Evening star., 1944-08-06
Reilly CongraiuIaies
War Bond Workers
On Drive S Success

The Districts Fifth War Loan,
which netted a total Of el52. lot 900.
or l42 per cent Of the SLOT .00o, 900
quota, was termed q brilliant sue
cess" yesterday by John A. Reilly.
chairman of the District War
Finance Committee.
Series e Bonds, In final figures
from the Federal Reserve Bank at
Richmond, rose to total Of $37.-
258,000. or 100 per cent Of the $34,-
100000 quota. Biggest total was in
corporation sales, amounting to
sos, 1854, 600, or 207.4 per cent Of a
$46, 6,000. 900 quota.
Sales to individuals were finally
figured at $50, ,753 900, which was SO
per cent of a SOL ,000, 900 goal.
Mr.. Reilly announced that Hide
garde, radio and supper club singer,
will autograph War Bonds pur-
chased at the Statler Hotel booth
beginning tomorrow.
Mr.. Reilly congratulated the $4,000
bond volunteers and said purchases
by Federal employees were outstand-
ing.
Results by Groups Listed.
Final results OF sales by the vari-
Gus groups Of the War Finance
Committee, for which reports were
available, and their chairmen, fol-
low:
Liquor industry, Thomas E. Lodge
and Louis Taxier, more than
100000: labor group, Frank Lee,
$3,065 ,275; construction, Charles
Penn, more than $1,000 900; restau-
rant, Evan Sholl, s1,5o0,000; elec-
trical, A. F. E. Horn, $40 ,797; dairies,
F. E. Rogers, $751; $50; taxi, Mrs.
Naomi H. Hetzel, s52,96l; waste ma
terials, Joseph Wiener, $1S,50O; Of
flee equipment, E. v. Lee, $340, ,439;
storage, David Karrick, $24.887;
beauty shops, Mrs. Rosetta Shaw,
$44,825; sporting goods, S. Russell
Hollebaugh, $4,435; hotels, L. Gard
ner Moore, more than $4,000, 900:
drugs. Paul Larent, Paul Reznek
and Samuel Higgers, 81 $50 900; gro
ceries, Clarkson Gemmill, Louis D.
Krakow. Kirk Miller and Harry
Kent, $370,0O0; florists, Granville
Guide, sal, $50.
Business Firms Respond.
Also dispensing opticians, Robert
w. Burton, $1,000; radio, William
Dolph, $133,0O0; women's sjecialty,
]. r. Harris. $125,825; furriers,
Dewey Zirkin, $4,000; shoes, Harry
Hahn, sos 900; newspapers, Earl D.
Baker, $268, 600; music stores, Nor
man L. Goldman, $104, ,200 adver-
tising agencies, William Murdock,
$4,000; books and engravers, Mrs.
Marjorie Ward, s30,500; leather
goods, l.. Leroy Tuerke $118,572;
furniture, Leonard Jacobs, $174,867
Department stores, E. j. Boothby,
general chairman; Julius Gar
finckels, Harvey Cheston, $145 600;
Sears Roebuck & Co., Louis Geib,
$190,700; Goldenberg's, Harry Ma
thanson, s83,45o; Brooks, Miss
Adele Ritchie, $25,075; Hecht Co..
William Loman, $1,173,OOO; Harry
Kaufmans, Gilbert Striner, $1,O68;
Lansburgh g. Bros, Mark Lans-
burgh, $424,175; Woodward & Loth-
rop, r. Buckingham, $122, ,692;
Phihpsburn, Carl Heilpern, $500;
Jelleff's, Carl T. Knapp, $450,000;
Brentano's $27,455.
Also Ahepa, DR.. Charles j. Demas,
s765,OO0; B'nai Birth, Mrs. Nathan
Hurwitz, $3,564,600; beer whole
salers. Lawrence Hoover, $462 ,443.
A bond rally to raise $4,000 as
q tribute to the memory of Harriet
Tubmah, Negro social worker for
whom a Liberty ship was recently
named, will be held Tuesday night
at the Bali Club. Fourteenth and T
streets NV, with 1t. q. g. Stanley
Marlowe Smith of the United States
Maritime Service as the principal
speaker.