Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
c. Of C..DELECATES
PICKING NOMINEES
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Two Sectional Meetings of
Council Pave Way for
Opening Session.
FIRE WASTE CONTEST
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Bronze Plaques Are Presented to
Five Organizations for Lead
ing in Work.


nominees for the 10 new directors for
the ensuing year are being chosen, paved
the way for the opening of the seven
tenth annual convention tomorrow
morning which Is scheduled to close
Friday with formal voting on directors
Pending the action of the national
council on nominations later today, q
side feature of the preliminary session
was the presentation of bronze plaques
to the commercial organizations of De-
troit, Erie, Pa; Lakewood, Ohio; Owens
boro. KY, and Albany, Ga, for leading
in the 1928 national fire waste contest
sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce
and the National Fire Waste Council.
Detroit Wins Grand Prize.
The Detroit representatives were given
the grand prize. The plaques were pre-
sented by Representative Joseph l.
Hooper of Michigan
Nearly all of the 5000 or more dele
gates to the convention had registered
up to noon.
President william Butterworth pre-
sided at the first section meeting, COM
posed of national councillors from local
and State organizations other than trade
associations. Over the section of trade
association representatives. the vice
president OF the chamber, Robert r
Ellis, presided.
The keynote address of Julius H.
Barnes, former president of the cham
Der, on The Growing Responsibilities
OF Business" which will be the prin-
cipal event at the opening of the con-
Ventlon tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
is being awaited with keen interest
The question of distribution appar-
emily Is the most important awaiting
the attention Of the representatives of
the 1900 organizations affiliated with
the Chamber of Commerce.
DR.. Julius Klein, chief of the Bureau
OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce OF
the Department of Commerce, will be
the principal speaker at tonights
banquet OF the American section of the
International Chamber of Commerce
which will be held at 7:30 o'clock at
the Mayflower Hotel
Nominees Are Listed.
For the Is vacancies on the board of
directors, which will be elected formally
Friday, the names of IS business men.
coming from all parts of the country,
have been proposed. Directors are
elected by geographic districts, and also
represent the main branches of COM
merce and industry.
The names upon which action will
be taken include the following:
First district Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Connecticut
and Rhode Island Ralph S. Bauer,
r. s. Bauer Co., Lynn, Mass; Leonard
S. Horner, president Niles-Bement-
Pond Co., New Haven, Conn; Redfield
Proctor, vice president Vermont Marble
Co., Proctor, VT.
Second district New York. New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
Robert Boettger, vice president Yonkers
Trust Co., Yonkers, N. Y; Lammot
du Pont, president E. I. du Point de
Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DEL; Fred
eric H. Hill, Elmira Water, Light &
Railroad Co., Elmira, N. Y: Roderick
Stephens, vice president Stephens Fuel
Co., New York, N. Y; Francis B. Wal
len, ST., Wallen's Jewellers, Camden,
N. j.
Third district maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina)-
Albert L. Cox, vice president Boylan-
Pearce Co., Raleigh, N. c.; e. Asbury
Davis, president Neudecker Tobacco
Co., Baltimore, Md; F. Roger Miller
vice president Grove Park Inn, Ashe-
| vile, N. C.
Fourth district Tennessee. Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida) -
William Gambler, vice president At
lanta- Biltmore Hotel Co., Atlanta, Ga,
Fifth district michigan, Indiana.
Ohio and Kentucky -Homer Gard,
president Journal Publishing Co., Ham
llton; Ohio: p. w. Litchfleld, president
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron,
Ohio.
Sixth district wisconsin. Iowa and
Illincis) John C. Allen, president
Peoples National Bank, Monmouth.
ILL.,; John H. Camlin, j. II. Camlin Co
Rockford, ILL.,; Walter L. Cherry. presi-
dent Cherry Burrell Corporation, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Carl A. johnson. presi-
dent Gisholt Machine Co., Madison.
Wis; Charles A. Killer, president c. A.
Killer Furniture Co., Champaign, Ill.
Seventh district Colorado, Kansas.
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Texas and louisiana Mo cam
didates yet.
Eighth district (Montana, Wyoming,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska
and Minnesota)--C. E. Danielson, pro-
prletor Grand Hotel. Minot, NJ Oak,
National Bank, Lincoln, Nebr.
Ninth district (Washington. Oregon.
Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah and
Administered G. Griggs, president
st. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co,
Tacoma, Wash.
Civic evelopment-CharlesW w. Ions
dale, president Simonds- Shields-L Ions
dale Grain Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Domestic distribution-H. X, Mccain
president The H. K. McCann Co., New
York. N. Y: Edward P. Peck, vice
president Omaha Elevator Co., Omaha
Nebr.; Earl c. Sims. president j. G.
Penney Co, New Rochelle, N. Y; Her
bert J. lilly. president Strawbridge q,
Clothier, Philadelphia, Pa, and Car
Weeks, president The Armand Co.. Des
| Moines, Iowa.
Finance-John G.. Lonsdale. president
National Bank of Commerce, St. Louis
| Mo.
Foreign commercial. M. Gilbert
president Richey g. Gilbert Co., Yakima
Wash, and Hugo Hartenstein, vice
president Thrall Electric Co., Havana
Cuba.
insurance.. A. Ludlum, vice presi.
dent The Home Insurance Co., New
York, N. Y.
Manufacture-No candidates vet.
Natural resources production-Mat
thew s. Sloan, president New York Edi.
son Co., New York, N. Y, and r. A
Wills, chairman of board, Supplee.
Wills-Jones Milk Co., Philadelphia, Pa
Transportation and communications
A. w. Robertson, chairman of board
Westinghouse Electric 81 Manufac.
turing Co, East Pittsburgh, Pa.