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Show UTAH NEEDS BOND SALES 'BOOST' TO KEEP RECORD An increase of only 10 in the sale of Series E, U S Savings Sav-ings Bonds during November and December will preserve Utah's fine record in the purchase pur-chase of savings bonds, Charles L. Smith, state chairman of the U S Citizens Bonds Committee, Com-mittee, announced this week. As of October 31, this year, Utah needs a sale of $2,317,827 for November and December to equal the 1948 total, Mr. Smith declared. During the same period per-iod in 1947, there were $2,119,-717 $2,119,-717 in Series E bonds sold. With an increase of 10 over the final two months of 1948 during the present ".push" Utah can reach a total of $2,331,688 to hold its mark. The treasury department bond group, under State Director Clem S. Schramm, is trying to meet that mark with a special effort during the closing two months of the year. The effort, Mr. Smith pointed out, is not a formal "drive" but rather a push to get over the top. The push is being cooperated in by banks, post offices and schools, as well as by agricultural agricul-tural groups, where the fall harvest funds have left available avail-able money for investment. The bands, still the world's safest investments, provide an excellent excel-lent depository for harvest funds, as well as one of the most acceptable and desirable of Christmas presents. The bonds are available at all banks and post offices, and Christmas jackets are provided for those who wish to give them as Christmas presents. |