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Show NATIONAL DEFENSE SPARKS BOND DRIVE IN MAY Utahns are backinig up the na tional defense effort through increased in-creased bond purchases, W. R. Anderson, Blingham Diietriot savings sav-ings (bonds chairman, was inform ed by State Chairman. Frederick P. Champ. State-wide purchases of Series E and H bonds during March were $1,665,564, as compared to $1,422,719 in the same month a year ago, he reported. Mr. Champ also announced that during May, the 17th anniversary anni-versary of the savings bonds 'program, 'pro-gram, there wifll be concentrated concentrat-ed rational "Share In America" campaign designed to: 1. Rekindle an awareness that the continuous purchase of savings sav-ings 'bonds is a positive way that individual Americans can (a) bark up our military strength, and (b) provide our economy with the capital necessary to explore ex-plore new areas of science, make the fullest possible use of our resources, and mainitain sulCfic-ient sulCfic-ient flexibility to move quickly in response to changing conditions. condi-tions. 2. 'Sell the 'greatest possible number of savings bonds to the greatest possible number of Americans. Am-ericans. 3. Sign up at least one million new payroll savers: 8 million now purchase bonds regularly where they work. "No one saves for saving's sake alone. Those who in the past have built up a safety factor for their future can now buy some of their most wantedneeds, thus helping our economy, while continuing con-tinuing to replenish their savings funds 'through regular and sys-temQ'tjk: sys-temQ'tjk: purchases of savings bonds," Mr. Champ said. Salt Lake county bond' purchases purch-ases during March of $748,190, bring the 3 -months sales total to $2,293,453, or 302 per cent of the county's 1958 quota. Antarctica's massive burden of Ice may be responsible for depressing de-pressing the land beneath It. At one place, recent measurements have shown the Ice to be 9,750 feet deep, with the underlying land 5.000 feet below sea level Visual trouble Is responsible for more disability amonjf Americans Ameri-cans than anything but heart disease dis-ease or cancer. |