Evening star., 1925-10-24
CORbY IS ELECTED +:
LANSTON OFFICIAL
Former Baking Head Fills.
Vacancy in Chair of
Vice President.
BY CHAS. Z. SHAEFFER.

Charles I. Corby. president of the
Corby Baking Co. before its amalGa-
nation with the Continental Baking
chain, has been elected first vice
president of the Lanston Monotype
Machine Co, according to announce
ment this morning by J. Thilman Hen
drick, chairman of the board Of the
type-setting company.
At Lanston'S organization meet
ing last May the position of first vice
president was held open awaiting the
convenience of Mr.. Corbv. who at
that time signiffed his Willingness to-
accept as soon as his business affairs
would allow. His acquisition to the
board is recognized as Il master stroke
as he is a man of extensive means, "
high character and an executive of
more than passing ability.
The official roster of Lanston now
reads: J. Thilman Hendrick, chair
man of the board; Harvey i. Best,
president; Charles /. Corby, first vice
president and Frank Morgan. second
vice president.
New Bank Director Named.
Maj. A. Coulter Wells has been
added to the directorate of the Citi-
zens' Savings Bank. it was announced
this morning by Fernand Petit, active
head of the institution.
The new member has been engaged
in general law practice In this city
for 20 years. and now represents many
large corporations. lie was a men,
Der of the United States Plaza Com
mission and also legal counsel for
the Rent Commission. His activities
also had a civic angle he having been
president of the kalorama Citizens
Association for three years. and at the
present time is a vice president of the
body. Also, he is a member of the
Board of Trade, the American and
District Bar Associations, Chevy Chase
and University clubs.
Mr.. Wells served as captain on the
general staff of the Army. assigned 10
the military intelligence unit of the
Army. He is now a ma jor in the Off
| GERS Reserve Corps.
Retail Trade Stimulated
Colder. in some instances stormy
weather with rain or snow has fur
nished a stimulus to retail trade,
especially in wearing apparel. hitherto
| slack, Bradstreet's finds III their week
! ly review of business, the result be
| ing that wholesale and jobbing trade
retailing and industry have presented
a more uniformly active appearance
than in any previous week since last
| Winter. Weather conditions, too, have
affected the fuel trades, which, with
| anthracite fuel supplies dwindling
| and prices mounting rapidly, have
| been more active than at any time
since the threat of a soft coal strike
| last Spring.
Record Auto Truck Output.
| September production of automobile
| trucks in the United States and Can
| ada broke all monthly records and
! the output Of passenger cars was
greater than in any previous Septem-
| Der. the Commerce Department an
| nounced. placing the truck production
at 2,480 in Canada and 57,SS3 in the
| United States.
| The largest previous months output'
| OF trucks was in April of this year,
amounting to 1921 in the United
| Status and 1,576 in Canada
! The North American passenger car
! output for September was 2T2 1896, OF
! which 262. .036 were made in the United
| states. These totals were several
times uXceeded this year. but compaT
ed with 256,940 passenger cars pro-
duced by the United States and 6.5SS
by Canada in September of last year
Including September. the passenger
car output of the Uniu ii States this
year has reached 2,6S0.S24. against
2,5l1 ,l95 for the nine months of last
year, while Canadian production for
the same periods was ,139, against
9S,246.
Duke Wills $4,000 to Sands.
In the will of James B. Duke. lt.-
Gently filed, provision is made for Il
gift Of $4,000 to Alexander II. SAND.
| secretary of the deceased. Mr.. SalG@
Is the son of Tucker J. Sands form.
ly a vice president of the CONNER. f..
National Bank of this city.
Local Stocks Strong.
A downward tendency in bond ieles.
was more than offset by Il decidedfy
| strong tone on the stock side of ti.,.
local market this morning in seS-
sion that witnessed the largest Satur-
day volume of the year.
Featuring the market was an acccl-
Grated demand for stock of the Cap
ital Traction Co. which sold upward
to 104ss, this level dropping back 10
shares. The days transactions III
this issue amounted to $40 shares,
the majority of which is supposedly
for the account of the North Ameri-
can Co. which hopes, eventually, 10
control the local street railway situa-
ton.
Stock of the Federal-American
National Bank shot up abruptly 10
points TO 325 on sales of % shares.
while Railway Preferred also picked
up a fractional point to Sc. Com
| marcia1 National Rank was NJ