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Show War Bond Sale Campaign Opens Friday, May 1st An intensified Wur Bond Sales Campuign will be launched throughout through-out the nation Friday, May 1st.. The people of America must more than double their investments in War Bonds and War Stamps, and in order to accomplish this, the Treasury Trea-sury department has established a monthly quota for every county in the United States. To reach the quotas set up the people are urged to invest 10 per cent of their earnings earn-ings in War Bonds and Stamps. A report from the Treasury Department De-partment shows that Iron County residents have invested an average of $3,193 for Bonds and Stamps each month from July through January. Jan-uary. The quota for this month has been set at $5,800.00, which means that the purchases must be nearly double the amout.' of the monthly average. However, this does not mean double of what his been purchased in recent months, because be-cause bond purchasing has been greatly increased since Pearl Harbor, Har-bor, and since the pledge campaign earlier this month. Charles H. Maybe, State Administrator Admin-istrator of War Bond Sales in Utah, in paying tribute to Utahns In the outlying districts of the state, disclosed dis-closed that the per capita pledges from these citizens is surpassing those obtained in the larger cities of the state. "The patriotism of Utahns in the rural areas is attested to in returns from the Pledge Campaign," Mr. Maybe said, "which shows that, on a per capita basis, these citizens are preparing to Invest more heavily in bonds and stamps than are their city cousins' ". |