Evening star., 1944-01-19
$4,000 Bond Sellers
Begin Active Drive
For $95,oo0,O00 Goal
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were aboard the ship. Visitors were
conducted into almost every nook
and Granny Of the 441-foot craft,
which is moored to the Municipal
Fish Wharf at the foot of Twelfth
street S.W. A system of arrows
guides visitors along the decks of
the ship and down through the
maze Of matches and passageways.
Officers, trainees and members of
the crew are posted at intervals to
answer questions.
A generous portion of the crowd
on the first day was made up of
service men and women, including
sailors and naval officers. WAVES,
especially, barred from sea and
overseas duty by Government edict,
f1ocked to the ship.
Many of the women visitors aboard
were annoyed by the fact they were
not permitted to 60 down into the
engine room. Because it is neces-
sary to climb three decks down-and
up again-on tricky ladders that are
practically designed to catch high
heels, only male visitors are per-
mitted to visit the heart of the
ship.
The tour through the Mariner
takes about an hour. To prevent
jams and bottlenecks below, the flow
Of visitors will be limited to about
1000 an hour.
The ship will be open to the public
daily from 2:30 to pm. and from
7:30 to 10 pm. as long as she re-
mains in port. Federal agencies
will visit the ship from 10 am. to
noon each day and employees of the
designated departments will be al
lowed time off from work for this
purpose. Yesterday and today was
reserved for employees of the Agri-
culture Department.
A parade of average Washington
citizens to tell why war bond pur-
chases are important began today
over Radio Station WINK. Ninety
persons from every walk of life will
be on the air throughout the cam
paign. Three talks of one-minute
each at unscheduled periods in the
morning, afternoon and evening will
be broadcast. The speakers will in
clude members of Congress, taxi
drivers, store clerks, newspaper
men, restaurant owners and service
men.
Sales Begin to Mount.
Meanwhile, other groups through
out the city were going forward with
their bond-selling activies Kirk
Miller, an official of the Washington
division of Safeway Stores, Inc, en-
bracing Washington, Maryland and
Virginia, reported that the firm had
purchased S2,O0O,O0O worth of bonds
an amount approximating an av-
erage days sales.
Students at Woodrow Wilson High
School got their own bond drive off
to smashing start yesterday when
they purchased total of SIS 5,566 80
in War Bonds and Stamps at a stu
dent assembly. Largest single pur-
chase was that of Mildred Payne,
Is, of 1866 Juniper street NV,
sophomore, who bought a $4,000
bond.
At a rally yesterday in front of
the United States Information Cen
ter at Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, Mrs. Nadine
Gallagher. president of the District
Women'S Bar Association, purchased
a $500 bond for the association, the
first sold at the city's central bond
buying booth in front of the center
The rally featured music by the
sheepshead Bay Band, brought to
Washington aboard the American
Mariner from Brooklyn. The pro-
gram was broadcast over Station
WWDC. Telfair knight, assistant
deputy chief of maritime training;
Comdr. Joseph H Masse, skipper of
the American Mariner, and Comdr.
Henry H. Dreamy, assistant COM
mandant of the Maritime Service,
addressed the crowd.
2 Nazi Helmets Auctioned.
Two captured German helmets
were auctioned off and netted 1925
in War Bonds.
To camera enthusiasts who have
had trouble getting films, Joseph
Greenspein, proprietor of the Co.
lumbia Drug Store, $500 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, offered this bait:
to the first IL customers each day
who buy $25 War Bonds, he will
give free rolls of film.
Postal workers throughout the
country are pledged to an "all out"
effort to reach their quota of ST.
500,000-an increase of S2,5OO,OOO
over the quota set in the Third War
Loan drive. War Bonds are being
sold at all post Offices and postal
stations, as we'll as at special bond
booths set up around the city.
Special letters from Secretary of
War Stimson and Secretary of Navy
Knox were sent to all officers and
men of the armed forces urging
them to participate in the current
campaign.
In his letter, Mr.. Stimson said it