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Show Yule Spurt Seen For Vets' Bonus WASHINGTON, Oct. Jl lrP Treasury officials said today th Christmas buying asason probably proba-bly will bring a big Jump in redemption re-demption of veterans' bonus bonds, now being cashed at a rats of about tl.8O0.O0O a week. More than M per cent of th 11,814,086,890 Issue already has been redeemed, leaving only about $340,000,000 outstanding. During th last summsr th redemptions re-demptions wer fairly constant at about tl.mo.OOO a week until ths week of September 18, when th figure was 2. 112,0.10. This increase, in-crease, treasury officials said, probably was caused by veterana using their bonus money to send children to school and college. |