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Show Fifth War Loan Opens Monday With the greatest landnava assault in history successfully under way, Fifth War Loan kick-off kick-off meetings this week took on added significance at Cache county joined in an united home-front effort to put -Utah over its $46,000,000 quota first in the nation. The fifth drive, th-is time for ' funds to finance the costliest war maneuver of all ' times, starts Monday, just one week after "D" day. It will continue through July 8. "Our share in backing this great pusli is $1,493,000, and I freely predict that the patriotic citizens of Cache county will lend this sum to Uncle Sam before the drive is half over," said Adrian V. Hatch, county war bond chairman. A special appeal went forth from Clarence Bamberger, executive execu-tive vice chairman of the Utah War Finance committee. "This is it," he said, "and the surest way to let our boys from Utah know we are at their side in the H-Hour is to make our own mark in history. Let's be first over the top in the invasion fund drive." ' A gigantic military Darade will ' inaugurate the drive Monday evening in Salt Lake City and will be repeated Tuesday evening even-ing in Ogden. Special events are also planned in other counties. coun-ties. "Pass In Revue," a show utilizing the cream of GI talent from every military installation in Utah, will be available on request re-quest for booking by any county in the state for Fifth War Loan rallies, starting June 19. The show is directed by Colonel H. P. Kay-ser, Kay-ser, and announced by Sergeant Fielding K. Smith. Pre-fabricated 8x10 foot memorials memor-ials to those who have given their lives in this conflict can be obtained ob-tained from state headquarters for a total cost of $75' by calling county war bond committees. The cost includes painting and , shipping, ship-ping, but not the inscribing of names. They are four-sided and can be easily erected in any prominent place. Tooele county -placed the first order. An army of 10,000 volunteer workers is poised for the house- to-house canvass to be launched .Monday in most counties with the words of State Chairman, Charles L. Smith, as their battle bat-tle cry "We're not asking you to give. We're only asking you to invest." ' Their slogan is "Back the Invasion! Inva-sion! Buy More than Before! That Utah boys shall not have died in vain!" ' |