Show W war ITT ar stamp sales over half billion dollars album drive opens M 71 A X d 4 I 1 W R VMS X AMPS T 1 4 I 1 lm 0 mm A 4 xv i U 8 treasury photo appealing Al BIar argaret cret 0 russell of the he war savings tacks lacks up this new treasury poster which wilt will be seen from coast to coast 1 ft I pictures Tet retailers allers slogan SAY YES A drive Is underway for americans ta 9 buy q additional war stamps to fill albums and convert them into war bonds W washington ASHINGTON D C the na lions retailers from the tiniest hamlets to the mighty cities are acting as a spearhead spear headIn ln a great treas ury ry department camp campaign to sell the additional war savings stamps needed to fill more than albums now in the hands of the american people according to a report released by tai the e treasury department today sales of war savings stamps totaled for or the period from may 1 I 1941 through november 1942 samp sales have risen from less than three million dollars per month when they were first introduced to the public to an average of more than fifty million dollars per month et at the present time the Treas slogan A half filled album is lka like el a half alf equipped soldier has been adoptee officially by retailers for the campaign the importance af pf p the drive is peen seen in the fact that tha p a war bond potential of nearly two billion dollars hangs in the balance I 1 every war stamp album albuin converted into a peoples bond for aich the purchaser pays 1875 and which matures to 2500 value when held for 10 years adds its force to the war effort ellort the treasury department is counting upon the count rys school children to play a powerful role in the success of the SAY YES drive the volume of stamp and bond sales asat at the rate of for the current current school year V t S bramy depa aca i lincul ext |