Evening star., 1934-05-27
Large Washington DeIega-
tion Due at White Sulphur
This Morning.
BUSINESS SESSIONS
TO BEGIN TOMORROW
List of Members and Guests In
cludes Many Leaders in
Financial Circles.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

AZ otbNAla IlAC oihOCCltll
convention of the District Bankers
Association, at White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va. nearly 200 bankers and their
guests left Washington at 10: 80 o'clock
last evening aboard bankers spe-
cial" on the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road. The party was due at White
Sulphur in time for breakfast this
morning.
The attendance at this years four
day gathering will be very much
larger than at first expected, Thomas
j. Groom, general convention chair
man, reported yesterday. 1t is the
first time Washington bankers have
met at White Sulphur for 10 years
and this was one of the vital factors
in the large turnout. However, ac-
tivity on the part of the associations
officials is the main reason for the
gratifying results.
George o. Vass, president of the
association and vice president of the
Riggs National Bank, will call the
first business session to order tomor-
row morning at $50 O'Clock. Fol-
lowing the presidents annual report
the first days speakers will be Robert
". Fleming, Corcoran Thorn and H. G.
HoSkinson.
AS already noted, other speakers
during the convention will include
Merle Thorpe, Francis G. Addison,
jr.; Ralph Endicott, F. P. H. Siddons
and H. H. Mckee. Each days ses-
sion includes important reports by
committee chairmen. The convention
will adopt wide range of resolu-
tions and members of the American
Bankers Association will also elect
their Washington representatives for
the coming year.
Those Attending Farley.
Members of the District Bankers
Association attending the convention
and their guests are announced as
follows:
Francis G. Addison, jr., Security
Savings & Commercial Bank; John
Alden, National Bank of Washington;
DR.. and Mrs. S. A. Alexander, Riggs
National Bank; Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
M. Amick, Riggs National Bank;
Hugh D. AuchincloSs, Auchincloss,
Parker & Redpath; Theodore S.
Avery, Bankers Trust Co., New York
City; w. c. Bennett, Central Ham
over Bank & Trust Co., New York
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Percy G. Brady.
American Security & Trust Co.;
Thomas w. Brahany, E. A. Pierce g.
Co.; Albert M. Farmhouse, Washing
ton Star: Kenneth F. Brooks, Riggs
National Bank; John W. Brown,
American Bank Stationery Co., Balti-
more; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w. Burn
side. Riggs National Bank; Clarence
F. Burton, the City Bank of Wash
1ngton; Thomas NJ Cahill, Washing
ton Post, D. j. Callahan, jr, Riggs
National Bank; Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah
c. Case, McLachlen Banking Corpor-
alton; Mr.. and Mrs, E. Taylor Chew
ming, Bank of Commerce & Savings;
Charles T. Clagett, Riggs National
Bank; Mr.. and Mrs. william H.
Clarke, Hamilton National Bank;
Mrs. Charlotte Colladay, Second Ma
tional Bank; Mr. and Mrs E. F..
Colladay, Second National Bank; Mr..
and Mrs. Edward E. Colladay, Second
National Bank.
Barnum L. Cotton, National Saw
ings & Trust Co.; Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
w. Corby, w. B. Hibbs & Co.; John
T. Corsa, Guaranty Trust Co., New
York City: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J..
Cottrell, Washington Board of Trade;
Guy d. Cowl, McLachlen Banking
Corporation; G. B. Craighill, Amer
lean Security & Trust Co.; A. Gray
Dawson, American Security g. Trust
Co.; Mr.. and Mrs. Victor B. Deyber,
Second National Bank; Mrs. Clarence
Dodge. Washington, D. c.; Charles
H. Doing, Washington Loan & Trust
Co.; Mr.. and Mrs John Dolph, Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co.; William
H. Donovan, assistant general coun-
sci; Arthur Driscoll, Fargo, Lahey &
Co.; James c. Dulin. jr., American
Security & Trust Co.; S. Wilson
Earnshaw, East Washington Savings
Rank; Ralph Endicott, Washington
Loan & Trust Co.; Marshall o.
ExnicioS. Robert c. Jones g. Co.;
Harry w. Finney, Y. E. Booker &
Co.; Miss Alice M. Fleming, Riggs
National Bank; Mr.. and Mrs Robert
v. Fleming, Riggs National Bank
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Foley, Liberty
National Bank; MIR. and Mrs. Nor
man B. Frost, Liberty National Bank
Albert S. Galley, Lincoln National
Bank; H. Prescott Galley, National
Savings g. Trust Co.; Eugene C. Gott,
Hamilton National Bank; Edwin C.
Graham, Hamilton National Bank;
Thomas j. Groom, Bank Of Com
merce & Savings; Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Guider. Riggs National Bank;
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Hannay.
Second National Bank; Richard Hat
ton, Washington Herald.
Mrs. j. Thilman Hendrick, w. B.
Hibbs & Co.; Ernest E. Herrell, In
ternational Finance Corporation; w.
u. d. Heron. Union Trust Co.; Mrs.
FRANK j. Hogan, guest of the associa-
ton: Miss Elizabeth H. Hoge, Bank
OF Commerce & Savings; T. Stanley
Holland. American Security & Trust
Co; MIR. and Mrs. Hilleary G. Hos
kinson, Riggs National Bank: r. Ed
ward Hotze, Washington Post: Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Huffman, Burroughs
Clearing House; Charles Jacobsen.
National Metropolitan Bank; C. F.
Jacobsen, National Metropolitan
Bank; Walter S. Jelliffe, Chase Ma
tional Bank, New York; A. F. Jorss,
National Metropolitan Bank; MIR. and
Mrs. David j. kaufman, Union Trust
Co.; Miss Gladys M. Kerr, assistant
secretary of the association.
Others in Delegation.
George H. Keesee, Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond; William F. Kelly,
City Bank of Washington; Robert H.
Lacey, Columbia National Bank; Miss
Esther r. Lau. Riggs National Bank;
Edgar K. Legg, Legg, Griffin g. Co.;
George w. Lehman, Irving Trust Co.,
New York City; r. B. H. Lyon, Ma
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