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Show True or False Test your knowledge of your Government's War Bond Financing Financ-ing program. The answers to these questions, given at the end, should be known by every American. How good are you? 1. 85 million Americans have purchased pur-chased Series E War Bonds. 2. 84 of all the money ever in-y in-y vested in E Bonds is still invested in them. 3. If a Bond is lost, stolen or destroyed, de-stroyed, it is just the same as if the owner had lost the money he invested. in-vested. 4. E Bonds may be cashed at any qualified bank for their full cost any time after 60 days from date of issue. 5. The U. S. Government's promise prom-ise to redeem War Bonds any time after 60 days from date of issue is just as strong as its promise to stand back of a dollar bill. 6. You have to hold a Bo"hd the full ten years to get any interest. 7. The lowest-priced War Bond costs $25. 8. War Bonds are better than cash. 9. Two persons cannot own a War Bond jointly. 10. The only reason we should buy War Bonds is to help pay for food, ammunition, etc., for the armed forces. ANSWERS 1. True. 2. True. 3. False. War Bonds are registered regis-tered in the names of their owners, and lost Bonds can be replaced. 4. True. 5. True. Compare wording on a Bond and a bill. 6. False. Your Bond increases in value after one year. See the values on the back of the Bond. But you get a greater increase in value the longer you hold a Bond, up to $1 at the end of 10 years for every $3 you paid. 7. False. A $25 Bond costs $18.75. 8. True. They can be replaced if lost, they increase in value and they can be converted into cash in case of need. 9. False. War Bonds can be owned by two people as co-owners or as owner and beneficiary. 10. False. Your savinps invested in War Bonds will also help to stabilize prices now and to provide for your i own security in the future. j |