Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Greater Needs of Campaign
This Year Pointed Out
by Chairman.
COMMITTEE is HEADED
BY C. MELVIN SHARPE
Members Classified According to
Various Lines of Bust
ness in City.

Need of more money than has been
raised before has resulted in the for
nation this year of larger Community
Chest campaign publicity committee,
the personnel of which was announced
today by c. Melvin Sharpe, committee
chairman.
Greater demands on the Community
Chest call not alone for more gifts, but
for larger gifts from those who donated
last year." Mr.. Sharpe said. "It Is
the duty of the publicity committee to
place before every man, woman and
child in Washington the needs of the
Chest. For this reason we have in
creased the size of our committee and
every member is either a veteran Of
last years campaign or a figure Of out
standing prominence in his particular
field.
The personnel of the committee, of
which Harry Hites is secretary, was an
nounced as follows:
Newspaper publicity-Newbold Noyes,
The Washington Star; Lowell Mellett,
Washington News; Norman w. Baxter,
washington Post; Ralph Benton, Wash
ington Times; Mike Flynn, Washington
Herald; John Colpoys, Trade Unionist,
and Col. West Hamilton.
Radio publicity-Fred Guthrie, WRC;
M. A. Leese, WMAL; Leroy Mark, VOL;
Frederic w. Vile, A. Cloyd Gill, WMAL:
Vincent Callahan, WRC, and william
Pierson, WMAL.
Window advertising-John Shoe
maker, General outdoor Advertising Co.
Cartoon-Clifford Bergman, WASH
ington STAR James North, Washington
Times, and H. w. Talbert, Washington
News.
neutrality-suspicious. Kal, Kal Adj
vertising Co.
Cooperation with advertising agencies
and advertising men with distribution
of cuts, mats and other material-Ernest
S. Johnston, advertising manager, the
Washington Post.
Window display-Joseph Mccain of
the s. Kanns' Sons department store
and Edwin S. Potter of the Associated
Charities. -
Church cooperation william Knowles
Cooper, the Crane, Paris & Co.; Rev.
Lawrence Shehan. Catholic Charities;
Oscar Leonard, director of the Jewish
welfare Federation, and DR.. Kelly Mil
Ter.
Parent-teacher publicity-Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter of the District of Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Cltlzens' association publicity-Dr.
George G. Havenner.
Public vehicle signs and display-Galt
Burns, circulation manager Of The
Washington Star.
Public utilities display of street car.
electrical, phone, gas, bus, taxicab, steam
railroad and telegraph-Rober Dougan,
Capital Traction Co.
Poster art and printing-Gecrge Wal
ling. Walling Process Co.
District Building publicity-Daniel
Police Department publicity-Henry
police.
Fire Department publicity-Fire Chief
George Watson.
Moving picture publicity-Julian Bry-
lawsky, Stanley Co. of America.
Charles w. Darr, president of the
Chamber Of Commerce.
Board OF Trade publicity-E. j. MUIR
ply. president of the Board Of Trade.
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation publicitS-Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
Hotel publicity-Oswald Roberts of
the Mayfower Hotel and Rexford
Holmes.
Private school publicity-Thomas
Sidwell of the Friends School.
Government department publicity
Edward Libbey, Department of Com
merce.
Aeroplane display and aerial publicity
Lieut.. Walter Hinton, Aviation IN
stitute of the U. S. A.
Bank publicity. including monthly
statements, lobby signs and house or
gans-Eliot Thomson, Washington Loan
g. Trust Co.
Street car signs-Garnet Lee of the
Baron Collier Co.. Munsey Building.
Theatrical publicity. including an
nouncements. stunts, lobby signs and
hlms-Corbin SHIELD, R-K-O Theater;
Hardte Meakin. Fox Theater: Sam
Rubin, Palace and Columbia Theaters.
and William G. Ewing, Stanley Crandali
Theaters
Theater program publicity-Clifton
Aires. theatrical publicity.
Milk bottle -cut-outs-Hengy Brawner
Of the Chestnut Farms Dairy.
Automobile PUBLICITY Whitney Leary.
president Of Washington Automotiye
Trade Association.
Luchs.
Pageantry and general advisory pub
hcity-Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest.