Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
{ Bond Buying
Urged 10 Mark
Date Of Attack
Pearl Horbor Day
/ PIeo Opens Final
Two Days Of Drive

n plea 10 DlSCrlcC residents
from Wilmer J. Waller, chairman
OF the District War Finance
Committee, to observe Pearl
Harbor Day by purchasing extra
Series E. Bonds today touched
OF a series Of special activities
to stimulate bond buying before
the campaign ends tomorrow.
Although the overall quota of
$85, O00, 900 has been passed, because
OF heavy corporation sales, the
Series E goal of $27, 600 900 is So
SOC, 900 short Of the 100 per cent mark,
E sales must maintain q daily aver
age Of more than $500 900 to 70 over
the top by December 81, END Of the
Victory Loan accounting period.
The committee reported individ-
uaI sales in the past "A hours in
creased 100000 to 81, 800 900, or
So.9 per cent of the $4,000, 900
quota. Series E sales showed only
a 100000 increase. to $500 900
SAB per cent Of the goal. Sales to
other issues to individuals rose to
$4,000, 900, or 152 per cent of the
ST., 900, 900 quota.
Corporation Sales Climb.
Corporation sales increased SIS.
DOC, 900 to $73 SOC, 900, or 170.9 Der
cent of the $4,000 900 quota. Total
sales OF all categories in the past
"a hours were $500, 900, raising
overall subscription to $113,S00, 600,
or 1889 per cent Of the $85, 0O0, 900
quota.
Meanwhile, the Treasury an
nounced today that the national
Victory Loan drive had gone over
the top of its $11 900 900 600 goal. OF
bond sales totaling $12,288, 900 600
throughout the Nation, only 81 1885,
000, 600 was in E Bonds-securities
aimed primarily at the consumer
with idle cash. The national e
Bond quota is $4,000 ,O00, 900.
Sixteen States are below expecta-
tons in the sale of E Bonds and
many others are losing ground.
/ Nation Falling Down.
Robert w. Coyne, assistant direc-
tor Of the War Finance Division,
today declared:
THE Nation is falling down in the
most important and yet smallest
phase of the drive"
j The division sent telegraphed ap-
peals to the heads OF 1000 industrial
plants throughout the land asking
them to take a personal interest in
, seeing to it that every possible e
Bond is sold and the money RENTED
, between now and the end of the
accounting period for the Victory
Loan-December 81"
Free Movie Day.
Moving picture houses will observe
Free Movie Day" throughout the
District today and admit bond buy
ers without admission. The city's
;. 1000 volunteer statesmen are sched-
i uled to conduct number of bond
selling activities today as the loar
drive wanes.
: A Pearl Harbor rally was held al
= the Margaret Murray Washington
! Vocational School, First and o
!, streets NV, with v Loan films to
! be shown the students. A similar
! rally was held at the Carver Ele-
mentary School. The Reciprocity
!, Club held bond rally today in the
Mayf1ower Hotel, with Johnny"
the Philip Morris callboy, as guest.
r To permit bond buyers, hampered
t thus far by bad weather, to inspect
r the German submarine U-977 and
her escort, the U. S. S. Baker, both
vessels will be held over until Sun
/ day at pm. The inspection period
originally was to have ended to-
: morrow night. Inspection bonds
t may be purchased at any District
) motion picture theater or the bond
booth in front of the Coast Guard
2 dock, $50 Maine avenue S.W.