Evening star., 1944-12-16
War Bonds
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spoke over WWDC at 15-m1nute in
tervals yesterday were responsible
for sales of s11,s00 in bonds, the
radio station announced today.
Selling the most-and winning the
500 bond prize-was Pvt. Christie
j. Proferes. from Sag Harbor. Long
Island, who spoke between / 80 and
las pm.
Pvt. Proferes lost both hisslegs at
st. Lo. When he spoke on the radio
he told his audience he couldn't un-
derstand why the American people
needed any urging from soldiers to
convince them they should buy all
the bonds they could He sold So 3.25O
in bonds. Second place, with sales
Of around $1,000, went to Pvt. Bobo
Johnson, who lost his right arm and
his left leg overseas. He spoke be-
tween IL and l1:l5 am.
In third place was Pvt. Frank
Crudele, who lost leg in Germany.
Although he spoke last-at 8 pm,
more than $4,000 was pledged to his
credit by his radio audience by $50.
The station said sales still were
being phoned in today.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau will report to the Nation
tonight on the drive Station VOL
in Washington will broadcast the
program from BIS to $50 pm.
Bond money will continue to count
toward the drive during the rest of
December. Thousands of bonds will
be bought with money yet to be~de-
Quoted from wages late this me d1lOh,
in accordance with arrangements
made by employees earlier. Final
figures on the drive will be an
nounced January 2.
Ceremonies announcing the pllr-
chase of $21 600 900 in bonds by the
insular government of Puerto Rico
were to be broadcast over the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. from l to
lis pm. today. This is the largest
single purchase in bonds by any
territorial government of the United
States.
Employees of the Office of Chief of
Engineers, War Department, have
oversubscribed their quota by 58.5
per cent, Col C. D. Barker, director
of the drive, announced. A story
about the board of japanese war
lords which this group of employees
would black out by buying bonds was
carried in The Star early in the
drive. With goal of $3.50, ,437, the
Office has raised $426,873. OF this,
$377,765 is in "E' bonds. The civilian
employees oversubscribed their quota
by almost $50 per cent, while the
military employees reached almost
200 per cent of their quota.
Miss Betty Jean Swami, Is, of 4848
Western avenue NV. was crowned
War Bond Queen of Immaculate
Seminary, Wisconsin and Nebraska
avenues NV. yesterday. The school
has sold $3400 in bonds. At Calvin
Coolidge High School. Fifth and
Tuckerman streets NV. ''E" bond
sales have reached $25,310, against
a quota of $4,000.
Other outstanding sales were re-
ported by the Bricklayers, Masons
and Plasterers' Unions of the Dis
trict, who have raised $225, 900; the
Painters and Decorators Interna-
tional Union, with 100000; the
United Association of Plumbers and
Steamf1tters, also with $500, 900, and
the International Brotherhood of
Bookbinders, with $4,000.
Despite sales of $48,131.55 at the
bond premiere showing of Dough-
girls at Alexandria's Reed Theater
last night, the city is tagging in total
sales, according to reports from the
State War Finance Committee at
Richmond.
Although figures were available
only as of December IL, at that time
total sales had reached only 81 ,000,-
COL, or As per cent of the city's
$2,158,0 900 quota.
E bond sales as of that date were
$685., ,415, or 40 per cent of the
1888 900 quota.