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Show BUY REGISTERED VICTORY BONDS EUiminate Danger of Theft or Loss Is Advice to Subscribers. NOTES CONVERTIBLE I 0 Most Subscriptions for 4 3-4 Are Partially Exempt. WASHINGTON. April 24 Subs-rib-1 ers to Victory liberty loan notes are encouraged by the treasury to buy registered reg-istered instead of coupon notes to ( eliminate danger of 1 heft or loss. In , explaining this today, treasury offi-' offi-' cials said the desire of the treasury ! to issue reeistered securities wherever possible was emphasized in this loan I because the registered notes carry one ' interest coupon for the December 15 ; payment, thus saving the treasury the, expensive routine of sending out inter-1 est payment checks at that tirrffc. 1 apfflclal reports show that most subscriptions so far have been for coupon notes which may be converted later to registered securities. Most -subscriptions appear to be for tho i per cent partially exempt notes raih-lei raih-lei than the 3ai wholly exempt securi-I securi-I ties. I National loan headquarters undertook under-took to ascertain whether Michigan or Iowa first subscribe 1 officially their respective quotas. On the face ot unofficial un-official returns this honor appeared to go to Michigan. The Cleveland district with 94 cities and towns past their goals today ap-1 ap-1 peared to be leading all federal re-ere re-ere districts with number of communities com-munities with this record. The district dis-trict total sales were estimated in ex-! ex-! cess of 180,000,000. 1 More than two-thirds of counties in Oregon have subscribed their quotas land the state was trying to achieve 1 100 per cent today. The Victory ship Marblehead was reported today at San Dieuo. Cal. From ! there the U. S. S. Crane will complete .the race to New York with its speed determined by the nation's subscriptions. subscrip-tions. 00 |