Evening star., 1944-11-21
War Bonds
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hghtlng in foXhOleS, for soldiers
whose nerves are pulled taut by the
incessant whine of bullets and the
roar of high-explosive shells"
Flags Carry Message.
! Secretary Morgenthau spoke at
the New York war finance dinner.
The whole of the Tunisian battle
lasted 96 days and cost 88 mortars,"
he said. "A single month of combat
on the German border destroyed
2,400 of our trucks and jeeps, two
and one-half times the rate of loss
in the other two campaigns. The
way for each of us here at home to
meet the needs of our armed forces
is through increasing devotion to
his job and through the purchase
of War Bonds to the limit of his
individual ability"
Even the Washington street scene
was War Bond conscious. Capital
Transit buses and streetcars dis
played small white flags at the front
of each car, and the words Sixth
War Loan" f1uttered in the wind.
Merchants interSpersed window dis
plays with posters.
$3.50 Average Seat Price.
The crowd which gathered at
Constitution Hall to see the parade
of radio and screen stars. and to
take part in the drive sendof paid
an average of $3.50 in ponds for their
seats. Danny Kaye, Lauritz Mel
chior and Walter OKeefe, three OF
the principal stars scheduled 10 ap-
pear, were unable to come. but the
audience applauded enthusiastically
each of the several dozen who did
appear.
Winning the loudest applause was
Corpl. Harvey Stone. of Detroit,
Mich, stationed at Hunter, N. Y, who
was last-minute addition to the
program. Brought down from New
York City by Master of Cere-
monies Ed Sullivan, New York
columnist. Corpl. Stone went through
a Bob Hope routine of jokes that
kept the audience laughing tor scv-
eral minutes after he left the stage.
At the end of his act Mr.. Sullivan
promised the corporal a job on
Broadway when he left the ARM.
The audience cheered.
Second highest in applause was
Edgar Bergen. appearing with
Charlie Mccarthy and Mortimer
Snerd. Others on the program in
cluded the Raymond Scott Orchestra,
with Washingtonian Evelyn Knight
as vocalist; Sergt. Eugene List,
pianist; the Eddie Howard Orchestra,
Carol Bruce and Janet Blair, Holly
wood singers; Victor Borge, the
radio comedian who puntuates his
sentences vocally; Barry Wood,
singer, and Patsy Kelly, Hollywood
comedienne; Richard Dyer-Bennett,
ballad singer; Bee Wayne, singer
the Army Air Forces Special Service
Band, with Sergt. Bob Carroll as
vocalist, and the Army Air Forces
Band, directed by Capt. George S.
Howard
Program Recorded.
The entire program was recorded
on V-discs, to be sent overseas to
the armed forces. Parts of the pro-
gram were broadcast nationally by
the Mutual Network and the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. Wilmer j.
Waller, chairman of the District
drive, spoke briefly.
The program of bond rallies today
includes one this morning at 9
O'Clock for employees of the p. J.
Nee Furniture Co., in the store, at
which two war films are to be shown.
The Capital Transit Co. will hold
rallies at its Offices and plants at
various times throughout the day,
with wounded veterans scheduled to
speak at each. The Georgetown
Lions Club was to have a luncheon
rally at Christ Church auditorium.
Thirty first and O streets NV. at
1915 o'clock, and the Womens Ma
tional Press Club will feature the
bond drive on its program at the
supper meeting at the Willard Hotel
at 7:30 o'clock. Meetings at two
Washington Gas Light Co. plants
also are scheduled. Two groups of