Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

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and George WASH Harold n. Marsh.
tngton University.
He was admitted to the bar in 1916.
During the late war he served over
seas as a captain in the Coast Artil-
lerp Corps. Following his discharge in
1919 ne was for a brief period asso-
ciated with the United States Shipping
Board, after which he returned to the
general practice of the law. being for
q time associated with Rufus S. Day.
He Is a vice president and general
counsel of the Federal Storage Co., and
Is also a director of the Common
wealth Investment Co.
Mr.. Marsh is a member of the Delta
Kappa Epsilon and the Phi Delta Phi
fraternities, is a Mason and Is active
in the Washington Kiwanis Club.
Institute Winding Up Year.
Plans have been completed for the
annual Spring dance and bridge party
to be given on May 81 at the Columbia
Country Club by Washington Chapter,
American Institute of Banking, accord
ing to Mildred Woodcock, chairman of
the womens committee, which Is in
charge, assisted by the board of gov
ernors and the board of consulS.
Prizes have been provided for the
'lucky dance" for each table Of bridge
and for the member of the chapter
disposing of the largest number of
tickets.
This affair marks the windup of the
school year for the chapter, which
already has had final examinations.
Instructors are grading papers, which
will be forwarded to national head
quarters in New York, where they will
again be checked up and the records
of students compared by the national
educational committee.
$4,000 Executives Hunt Jobs.
An incalculable loss to industry is
caused when senior business executives
are thrown out of positions through
mergers or other conditions beyond
their control, DR.. Julius Klein, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, said recently in
. radio address on "Squandering Bush
ness Experience"
Declaring that the employing agen-
cies which. specialize in placing men
capable of earning from $4,000 to
1000 year were crowded with ap-
DR.. Klein said the question, Shall the
merce, namely, business brains, be per-
mitted to 60 to waste?" was acute
Possibly you think that you are not
interested in the problems of such
men," he continued, "that they are
out of the class of the ordinary striv-
ers and strugglers like you and me.
But any such feeling on our part would
be utterly unjustified, because the
trained intelligence of one far-seeing,
oy1fayrricjpu avarIttivn ie ronohla ~
rearing splendid industries and creating
Jobs for untold thousands"
More Convention Sports Events.
It is now announced that "barnyard"
golf' will be one of the important
sports events in connection with the
annual convention of the District
Bankers Association, to be held at
Ashevtlle, N. c., on June to 8. Rob-
ert s. stunz, chairman of the commit
tee, states that there will be a contest
IN horseshoe pitching on Friday after
noon June 6, beginning at 2:30, with a
special prize for the winner. Some of
the older bankers. who do not play
modern golf. expressed desire for a
contest in the so-called barnyard va
riety, and the committee was only too
glad to grant this wish.
An archery contest also Is expected
events, this sport having been featured
ut the Grove Park Inn for several
years.
Gas Company Favors Merger.
The directors of the Columbia Gas &
Electric Corporation have approved the
acquisition by the United Corporation
Of about rs per cent Of Columbia Gas
common through an exchange Of United
stocks. The Columbia directors are
now arranging a plan for their stock
holders for the exchange of stock. The
United Corporation controls the gas
supply for Philadelphia, which means
that the Quaker City will eventually
have natural gas.
The Columbia Gas g. Electric Co. has
extensive pipeline rights of way along
the line between Maryland and Penn
sylvania. 1t was annouced some time
ago that the compay planned eventually
to supply natural gas to Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington, as we'll as
to other Eastern cities. The company
again refers to these plans in a state
ment made yesterday, which follows:
1.-THE company is conducting negotia-
tons for the supply of natural gas tC
Washington and Richmond. 1t is also
seeking contract agreements for sale OF
this fuel in Philadelphia. The COM
pany has pipeline facilities to Phila.
delphia with capacity of $4,000, 000,.
900 cubic feet Of gas annually, which II
approximately the annual capacity Of
the Philadelphia Gas Works, an affiliatt
OF United Gas improvement"
The plan Of the company would b
to sell the gas to the Washington Ga
Light Co. for distribution through thu
present mains.