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Wednesday, October 10, 1945
STRAIGHT TALK
ABOUT THE VICTORY LOAN
The war is over—but that’s not the whole story. Let’s
finish the job! |
Why must we have a Victory Loan?
(1) To pay the bills for munitions still unpaid.
(2) To pay the cost of guarding Germany and Japan.
(3) To pay for the care of our wounded and disabled, j
(4) ,To pay off and provide benefits for 8,000,000
veterans to be discharged by next July.
(5) To keep the lid on inflation.
The Victory Loan Drive opens October 29 and ex
tends through December 8, 1945. Its eleven billion dol
lar quota includes a four billion dollar goal for individ
ual Americans. A lot of money!
The Money Is Needed. Why?
The Treasury must meet the enormous obligations
incurred in the achievement of victory. Government
expenditures are being drastically reduced and this
will continue. Despite this, however, the aftermath ot
war carries grave responsibilities that must not be
shirked, and in facing this task every American’s help
is needed. Before the end of 1945, the people s Treasury
must look to the people for further support.
Army and Navy
A substantial Army and Navy must be maintained
until order is restored throughout the world. It means
a fighting force to stand watching—and waiting—and
hoping, but still watching. It means occupation forces,
their equipment, supplies, their pay—small indeed com
pared to the value of their precious extra days away
from home, but all adding up to a lot of money.
The Army estimate is that as late as July 1, 1946,
some 1,315,000 of our finest will remain on guard over
seas, backed up by 685,000 in the U. S. and 500,000 m
hospitals, on route to and from overseas or in the pro
cess of discharge. That’s 2,500,000 men.
The Navy plans to discharge 2,839,000 by September
1 1946, have only 550,000 in service by then—but that s
a year away. The Navy still has a big job to do.
Bringing Our Boys Home
Millions of homes are waiting for the millions of our
boys and girls who have been too long away. We must
bring them back quickly, with every attention to their
needs. Travel is costly; it’s an expense we 11 gladly pay.
A fair estimate of the cost of bringing our forces home
Is $1,400,000,000.
Care of the Wounded
We cannot pay this debt. We can only do our best.
Our hundreds of thousands of youngsters who face a
future beset with handicaps look to us for help. Our
noor answer is that anything money can buy is theirs—
hospitalization, treatment, artificial limbs, vocational
training—and our well-documented guarantee that their
suffering must insure that American children will face
a better future. ,_.
There are 500,000 American boys who.will need med
ical care. This means the expenditure of many millions
of dollars in the next year.
Mustering Out Pay
Returning soldiers and sailors must have a state to,
start again in civilian life. The law provides up to $300
^r man If our reduction in armed forces goes as per
schedule, this item adds up to more than $2,000,000,000
in the next year. (The E-Bond quota of the Victory
Loan is just $2,000,000,000).
Reconversion
War contract terminations involve an estimated
$3,000,000,000. This must be met before orderly recon
version can take place. Reconversion means jobs.
Inflation
Apart from the need of money to finish the job oi
paying for the war is the danger of inflation. Americans
will have earned more than $150,000,000,000 during
1945. Goods and services available during this period
are around $100,000,000,000. The difference of $50,000,
000,000 must be substantially absorbed by savings, or
competition for available goods will push prices
through ceilings, which would mean inflation. Dollars
saved now will protect the value of future dollars.
Investment
For every America/i U. S. Bonds are the world’s lin
est, safest investment. Four dollars come back to you
for every three dollars in E Bonds held to maturity.
Partners In Government
The needs of the Government are plain. There are
other needs. During this war 85,000,000 Americans
have bought partnership in Government. People—just
folks—who never before saved for a rainy day have,
through War Bonds, established a new habit—a habit
of savings. They have bought a share in our govern
ment. They should continue this sense of partnership.
It has meant during war—Unity. This unity must ex
tend to the post-war days. The welfare of each Ameri
can is the welfare of our country. It does not stop there.
The welfare of our country is linked up to the welfare
of the world. Together we move forwarcj. Let’s show
the way'!! SUPPORT THE VICTORY LOAN DRIVE
BUY VICTORY BONDS!!!
Summary of Savings Bond Redemptions
United States Savings Bonds (Defense and War)
Series E, F and G were first issued on May 1, 1941.
Since that date through August 31, 1945, totalled $8,204
million or 15.98/a of the amount issued.
Therefore, 84.02', of the funds invested in Series E,
F and G bonds since they were first offered is still in
vested in these bonds.
United States Savings Bonds (Defense and War)
Series E amount issued through August 31, 1945, ag
gregated $37,460 million.
Redemptions through August 31, 1945, totalled $7,555
million or 20.17% of total issued.
As of August 31, 1945, 79.83% of the $37,460 million
Series E Savings Bonds sold remain outstanding in the
hands of the original purchasers.
Mill f IT WORKS BOTH WAVS !
HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
Screen newcomers are getfing
the bigeest oush to stardom, in
the shortest elaosed time, since
thp birth of motion pictures.
The phenomenal success of Van
Johnson. Frank Sinatra. Lauren
Bacall, June Allyson, Sonny Tufts,
Gloria De Haven and others, has
been made almost overnight.
There are a lot of other young
players who are coming up fast
. . . Some are new to the screen—
some have been around longer—
they include:
June Haver, Hurd Hatfield,
Mary Anderson, Diana Lynn. El
eanor Parker, Bill Eythe, Marilyn
Maxwell. Vivian Blaine, Barbara
Britton, Zachary Scott, Tom Trout,
Audrey Totter. Gail Russell, Dane
Clark, Marshall Thompson, Jim *
Brown, Jean Sullivan, Peter Law
ford, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore,
Glo-ia Grahame, Phyllis Crane
and many others.
Truly* Opportunity is spelled
with a capital O in Hollywood
hese days.
>> * *
On The Sound Stages
Patti Brady, a notable Broad
way stage actress at the tender
age of eight years, has been signed
by Warner Bros.—she will debut
with Errol Flynn and Eleanor
Parker in “Don’t Ever Leave Me”
. , . Anna Q. Nilsson, stellar screen
attraction in the old silent days, is
said to be dickering for a come
back deal . . . Cary Grant will not
only sing f-o-u-r songs in “Night
and Day”, as previously reported
here; he will play his o-w-n ac
companiment on the ivories—he’s f
practically a maestro . . . Creigh
ton Hale, former matinee idol
turned character man, also has an
important role in the same film.
* * *
The Story of A Jane
Jane Russell, the gal who has
been in pictures for five years and
who has been seen on the screen
in just one theater in the world,
is finally in a picture that will be
generally released, and they for- ^
got to provide a beach scene . . .
Now Jane does her best emoting
in a bathing suit so they hastily
wrote a beach scene for “Young
Widow”—and Jane packed her
curves in a bathing suit and they
made the scene . . . And WHEW
—will she get whistles
* * *
Quick Trip to Stardom
Lucille Bremer, who came to
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer an un- ^
known only a short time ago, has
zeemode to stardom in record
time.
Miss Bremer, formerly a Rock
ette at New York’s Radio City
Music Hall, was dancing in a new
York cafe when Producer Arthur
Freed saw her ... He arranged a
screen test and she got an M-G-M #
contract.
Although a dancer, she did a
straight role in “Meet Me In St.
Louis,” then was Fred Astaire’s
dancing partner if* “Ziegfield Girl
Follies,” as yet unreleased . . .This
was followed by a role in the
dramatic fantasy, “Yolanda and
the Thief,” with Fred Astaire.
In this picture the former Rock
ette emerges as a full-fledged star
—she is the first of many girls in
the Roekettes to attain stardom
• . . Her next role will be strictly
a dramatic one in “Red Shoes Rurv
Faster.” •