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Show ! PUBLIC RESPONSE : TO 5TH WAR LOAN DRIVEiPROYES . The bombing of Japan following follow-ing the invasion of Europe means I that America's mighty expenditure expendi-ture of fighting men and mater- j ials of war is approaching its i peak. A parallel of this theory is the contention that civilians must NOW place every possible dollar into the hands of Uncle Sam, through investment in war j bonds. i As the Fifth war loan drive goes into its second week, reports of local committees reveal that response is steady, if somewhat slow. The women's division has chosen to buy a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, cost $132,000. and workers are soliciting daily to assure reaching their goal by July 8. According to Mrs. Bob Jimas, women's chairman, the house-to-house canvass being directed di-rected by the junior chamber of commerce is up to schedule. The community of Copperfield, which has a very fine record in war work, is responding well in the drive being directed by Stella Klopenstine. Highland Boy, under un-der Mrs. George E. Addy, is to date delivering its expected quota. Mrs. K. L. Isbell, head of the Copperton drive, wishes to emphasize emph-asize that the community . must respond to solicitation of its own workers, as bonds bought through outside sources cannot be credited credit-ed to Copperton. Besides Mrs. Isbell, Copperton workers are Mrs. J. D. Knudsen, Mrs. Sam Feraco, Mrs. L. W. Sumnicht, Mrs. V. S. Barlow, Mrs. Wayne Hansen, Mrs. T. H. McMuilin, Mrs. E. V. Knudsen, Mrs. Roland Warner, Mrs. E. S. Grant, Mrs. Warren G. Allsop, Mrs. Joel P. Jensen, Mrs. Angus Christensen, Mrs. Alger Baum, Mrs. H. L. Goff, Miss Harriet Atkinson and Mrs. Harold W. Nielsen. A "Flame of Victory" bonfire on Markham peak Monday night, lighted by Troop 136 of the Boy Scouts, signaled that the local drive was well underway. Leonard Leon-ard L. Miller was in charge of the boys. A Flag day rally at R. C. Gemmell Gem-mell club, arranged by W. R. Anderson, An-derson, war bond chairman, as a response to public demand, featured fea-tured talks by Lt. William B. Goris, navigator for 16 months in the East India theatre, and C. Ed Lewis, Salt Lake City, department de-partment commander of the Veterans Vet-erans of Foreign Wars and Republican Re-publican candidate for U.S. Congressman. Con-gressman. An army restricted film, "Kill or Be Killed", showed actualities of war. "It costs the government $20,-000 $20,-000 to educate a pilot, navigator or bombardier, "Lt. Goris said, "and over 3,000 planes, with a loss of 25,000 trained men, have been shot down over Germany alone since the war began. This is just part of the expense and loss that brings war cost to 175 thousand dollars a minute." Sale of war bonds in town, as reported up to last night, totaled $20,000, according to Mrs. Jimas. Princess theatre has designated designat-ed July 6 as "war bond" dav. All persons purchasing bonds on that day will be entitled to a ticket to "Heavenly Body" with Hedy La Marr and William Powell. Children's war bond matinee will be on July 7. All children who sell or buy a war bond issued issu-ed on that day will be given a ticket to the Popeye club matinee. mat-inee. Princess theatre will take orders or-ders for bonds at any time and see they are delivered, according to Harold Chesler, who states that further plans are now being developed by the theatre as part of the war activities program of the motion picture industry. Two members of Bingham Volunteer Vol-unteer Fire department, Clinton Robison and Irvin Stillman, are soliciting Utah Construction company com-pany workers in bond sales. |