Cumulative sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds in Pennsylvania for the period of January through June totaled more than $226 million, or 48.2 percent of the state's goal for the year.

Wilbur G. Warner, chairman, U.S. Savings Bonds Committee for Carbon County, disclosed that Carbon County's sales for June were $159,581, compared to $132,831 for June of last year.James W. Marvin, state director of the Treasury Department's Bonds Division, declared the bonds could be classed as the safest investment in the world, since they cannot decrease in price and are backed by 160 million Americans.