Show defense bonds summer sales top year ago utah buyers of 0 the nations favorite investment security U S defense bonds kept the sales record clim climbing bilig through the heat and distractions of summers hottest months july and august mrs anne cornelius defense bond chairman for san juan county reported today that series band E and H bond purchases during these two months climbed to preliminary total compared to final amount for the same period last year the 1952 total will rise even higher it is expected when revised reporting proc procedures eddres recently started bring in additional july and august figures according to information from cha charles rles L smith utah defense bond chairman present reports show total bond sales for all series to be during the two months this year last years final accounting was only 1837 when completed fighting men in korea and other utah servicemen all over the world win credit for this state by their defense bond purchases the bond chairman said most recent armed forces allocation credit was up over last year a total of compared to the three percent average return on new even better defense bonds in the E and H series is is seen by bond organization volunteer leaders as one of the important imp advantages that keep purchase record climbing another encouraging trend they point out is that since bonds began maturing may I 1 last year more than 74 percent are being continued in a value increasing status through recently available extension privilege |