Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-04
War Loan Sales Here
Now 87q6 Of Quota;
r Bonds Squirt
Army-kovy Come Helps
Maryland Become First
Stote to Reach Goal

trict's Sixth War Loan drive were
recorded Saturday, the War
Finance Committee announced
today. The overall sales reached
87.25 per cent of the $4,000 900
quota, and ''E" bonds, which have
been tagging 20 per cent behind
schedule for over a week, are now
only 7 per cent behind.
Today's figures gave the overall
total a new high of s82 900 900, an
increase of $4,000 900 over sales
through Friday. Sales Of e bonds
took the largest one day leap in the
drive, rising $1,000, 900 to reach a
total of $1,000, 900, or 371s per cent
of their quota of $50 1000 900.
Overall individual sales-includ-
ing e. bonds and bonds of larger
issue sold to ndividuals-increas
81, 700 900 to $21 100000, or Al per
cent of the SAG. 900 600 quota. And
corporation sales, which had gone
over their s48 900 GOO quota by Sat-
urday, rose another s12,100,000 to a
total of sec, 400 900. 1888 per cent of
their quota.
Leaders Jubilant Over Report.
Drive leaders were jubilant over
the days report. particularly over
the large e" Bond increase, and
estimated that if sales continued to
go as well in the next few days.
the District would meet it's quota
on schedule in all divisions. Large
corporation sales are expected to
push the overall quota over the
top within the week. but leaders
reminded Bond statesmen that it is
the e" Bond-the only true War
Bond-that they consider the most
important part of the drive.
The month-long drive goes into
its last half today.
Wilmer J. Waller. drive chair
man, declared. The Nazis are hop
ing for break that will slow up the
war and thus improve their chances
for negotiated peace, and such a
break for them could be failure of
the Sixth War Loan"
1T is the E bonds that our fight
ing forces keep their eye on. These
sales are the only way they can
gauge the fighting spirit of the folks
back home. We can do no greater
disservice to our fighters, or contrib
ute more toward prolonging the war,
than to assume from their victories
that our own individual help is no
longer needed. They need it today
more than ever before because they
are fighting on crater scale than
ever before and their losses in lives
and equipment are greater than ever
before" s.
Speaks Over WRC Today.
Mr.. Waller will appeal to the city
over WRC at $50 pm. today.
Meanwhile, the Treasury an
nounced yesterday that Maryland
had become the first State to reach
its quota when S58,637, 900 in bonds
was sold to purchasers of Army
Navy football game tickets. Tabu-
Iated sales t0taled $50, ATTY ,000, pass
ing the $4,000, 900 quota.
Ted R. Gamble, national drive
director, met yesterday with cam
paign leaders to discuss a program
of enlisting Santa Claus among the
volunteer statesmen in the drive. To
sell bonds as the No. l Christmas
present, the War Finance Commit
tee will appeal to all stores to push
sales of bonds with every purchase
of goods.
Mr.. Gamble explained that in
order for the drive to meet its e.
bond quota, every person with in
come in the United States, exclud-
ing members of the armed forces,
must buy $50 bond.
Five rallies are scheduled for to-
day. The Dupont Circle. Citizens
Association will sponsor a rally at
the Mayflower Hotel at BIS pm,
at which war films will be shown.
The Forest Hills Citizens Associa-
ton will meet for a rally at Ben
Murch School, Thirty-sixth and Ell
licott streets NV, and the Graphic
Arts Association will meet at the
Continental Hotel at 1915 pm. The
ICoo WYAD pONI0C ~.