Show AL ra firs M M 10 wi aal vy W ILI w 1 t m M M A H df t A sa s1 V 4 1 I jfe 4 alx lx I 1 bc 41 4 i ibi air L L 1 JU 11 ia ft lj TH E 7 WAR LOAN starts may 14 americans as aa individuals are taking on their biggest quota to date 7 billion dollars 4 billions in E bonds alone you may be wondering why this biggest of all individual quotas now we already reached the peak A fair question requiring a straight answer the money Is needed for war the battle of japan has just begun it must be backed up paid for fought for by a free people intent on sweeping the pacific clear of fascist hate forever with the war in the west our first and major concern we have not yet been able to go all out in the east but neither has the jap the war to crush japan will be bigger tougher and longer than most americans expect the allied military command has estimated that it will take years not months the destruction of japans armies has not yet reached the annual ra rate teof of normal replacements between and men a year and the jap as our men in the pacific know fights to the death As far as japan is concerned the outer empire and the men who defend it t are expendables expend ables the ile jap will fight the battle of japan from inside uie die inner inner empire of which iwo jima was an outpost and iwo jima according to admiral nimitz was a pattern of the resistance our forces may expect to meet in future offensives new tasks new needs the single greatest obstacle to our crushing of japan is distance while in the battle of europe supply ships from our bases in england had only an overnight run to make ships in the pacific have long reach round trips taking up to 6 5 months to make to crush japan will take time heroic and backbreaking back breaking effort overpowering equipment millions of fighting men freshly outfitted and equipped will have to be moved hom europe halfway around the globe and supplied day in day out by hundreds of new ships chips now building more of everything will be needed more B more tanks half balf tracks jeeps and trucks more rockets mortars airborne radar A whole new air force is in creation huge new bombers dwarfing dwar fing the super fortress fast new jet propelled combat planes the P 80 or shooting star comin coming g off the lines by thousands these are just some of the ways in which your dollars are needed more than ever to bring americas might to its full fuh strength so that we may crush IA our foe the faster make an end of killing and bring our men back home and lest we forget r the sick wounded and disabled will require medical attention and care many millions of dollars will be required for mustering out pay and benefits 4 f A voted by congress to help our veterans get started again in civilian life the least we can do in return for what done for us winning the peace there are other weighty reasons for supporting the ath war loan reasons that take us from the present to the future by investing in the ath war loan the patriotic american is safeguarding his own future his count rys future by putting every dollar over rock bottom expenses into the purchase of war bonds he is delivering a body blow to wartime inflation thus putting a lid on the cost of living and maintaining intact the purchasing power of the dollar at the same time too he is insuring the country and himself against the catastrophe of a possible postwar deflation with its depression unemployment misery and heartache so save for your country save for yourself in helping your country you are also helping yourself fl come peace well all need money for education replacements retirement new homes a new start and well need a lot of it and there a better or safer highroad to your goal than united states 14 savings bonds making 23 this year there will be only two war loan drives not three but in those two drives the government will have to raise almost as much money from individuals as in the three drives last year that means bigger extra bonds in the ath because only by buying more can we make 2 take the place of 3 the ale 26 million americans who buy bonds on payroll savings are already off to a flying start these patriotic men and women began their buying in april and they will keep on buying extra bonds through may and junel june its now up to the rest of us its our turn to swing in line to raise the vast sum needed every american will have to dig deeper into current income dig deeper into cash reserves only by buying bigger extra bonds can we stretch 2 into 31 let all americans do their part for their own sake for their count rys if you have an income whether from work land or capital you have a quota in the ath war loan find out what that quota is and make maka it YOUR QUOTA AND MAKE ITI IJ YOUR PERSONAL MATURITY M MIGHTY ATY it IP YOUR AVERAGE WAR BOND VALUE OF INCOME QUOTA ISI IS ath WAR LOAN PIR FIR MONTH if CASH VALUE BONDS BOUGHT ISO 00 ISO so 50 under 1873 1875 25 F rt r 1 U W H E M iun I 1 I 1 WAR I 1 r this Advertis 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