Evening star., 1935-01-14
SESSION PLANNED
BY UNDERWRITERS
More Than 500 From D. C.
and Baltimore Groups
Will Meet Here.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Joint Sales Congress of the District of
Columbia and Baltimore Life Under
writer's Associations to be held next
Friday at the Shoreham Hotel here.
p. L. Rogers, chairman, has arranged
an unusually diversified program, the
speakers including Ted Reihle of New
York, president of the National Asso-
citation of Underwriters; William
Montgomery, president of the Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Alvin T.
Haley, general agent of the MaSsachu-
sets Mutual Life Insurance Co. in
Greensboro, N. c.; Taylor B. Glading,
c. L. U. of Philadelphia, and Frank
H. Davis, vice president of the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
During the afternoon there will be
five short talks by successful under
writers, Washington being represented
by Robert w. Castle of the MaSsachu-
sets Mutual, George E. Harris of the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. and
David M. Stephens. agent of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society. The
speakers from Baltimore are Edward
Warfield and Leonard Godine.
Serving with Mr.. Rogers under the
direction of President Clendaniel of
the local association are the following
chairmen: Joe Marr, luncheon; Carl
Dow, finance: Paul Primm, entertain
ment; George E. Harris, printing;
John Snyder, secretary of the Sales
Congress; H. Lawrence Choate,
tickets; Paul Hammack. transporta-
ton; Larry Rigles, speakers; Thomas
P. Morgan and John Dolphe, on the
Advisory Committee.
GriswOld to Address Bankers.
Robertson Griswold. vice president
of the Maryland Trust Co. of Balti-
more, will be the guest speaker at the
annual dinner meeting of the fidllci-
aries section of the District Bankers
Association Thursday evening at the
Cosmos Club at o'clock. Sidney F.
Taliaferro, trust officer of the Riggs
National Bank and chairman Of the
section, will preside. Reservations are
being made through the secretary of
the section, James A. Soper, vice
president, Lincoln National Bank.
Mr. Griswold will be here under
the auspices of the American Bankers
Association and his subject will be
Public Relations of Trust InStitu-
tions." He is a national figure in
the banking profession and is recog-
nized as an authoritative and force
full speaker. He has often addressed
the national association and also the
American Institute of Banking
Robert V. Fleming, president Of
Riggs, and vice president of the A.
B. A, and other Washington bankers
have been invited as special guests.
The purpose of the fiduciaries section
is to promote uniform practices in
the trust departments of the banks
here and to make the functions of
the trust departments more clearly
understood by the general public. It
is considered one of the most valu-
able sections of the association.
Hamilton Officers Elected.
At the organization meeting of the
Hamilton National Bank all the Off
GERS were reelected as follows E. c.
Graham, president; Joshua Evans,
jr., vice president; W. j. Waller, vice
president and cashier; w r. Forster,
vice president; F. P. Harman, jr., as
Sistant vice president; c. j. GOckeler,
assistant vice president; Robert A.
Sisson, assistant cashier; H. H.
Shackleford, assistant cashier; Frs
kline Gordon, trust officer; Aubrey o.
Dooley, assistant trust officer; Arthur
j. Linn, controller; Millard S. Yeat-
man, auditor. and Roger J. Whiteford.
general counsel.
Brookland Branch-J. L. Sherwood,
manager; w. H. Martin, jr., assistant
manager. Dupont Circle Branch
L. E. Schreiner, manager; w. G.
Baden, assistant manager. Northeast
Branch-George F. Hoover, manager;
Julian o. Cardin, assistant manager.
Pennsylvania Avenue-E. Gersten-
berg, manager. Potomac Branch
c. w. Shoemaker, manager; Elmore
T. Burdette, assistant manager. Sew
enth Street-John M. De Marco,
manager; E. A. Alsop, assistant man
ager. Woodridge-Langdon-E. L.
Norris, manager, and T. S. Mallon, jr.,
assistant manager.
Institute Plans Dinner.
Plans for the second semester Of
Washington Chapter, American Insti-
tute of Banking, will be announced at
the mid-Winter dinner given by the
Educational Committee, at the Ra-
leigh Hotel Thursday evening. About
rs members and guests are expected.
Glasses open January 81.
Members of the Educational Com
mittee, Board of Governors, commit
tee chairmen and consuls will be
present, with J. Earle McGregory.
educational chairman, presiding. The
guest speaker is DR.. Elmer L. Keyser
of the George Washington University
faculty. The program for the next
half year will be outlined by Walton
L. Sanderson, this years chapter
president.
In addition to the usual courses, the
course in trust business will be re-
vived. Between 13O and $50 students
are expected to take courses during
the rest of the year.
Bank to Pay Dividend Soon.
Announcement today that the old
Federal-American National Bank &
Trust Co. will soon be in a position
to pay another dividend of 10 per
cent, will be good news to some IS 1000
depoSitors. 1t will be recalled that
the bank paid SO per cent at the
time it was merged into one of the
units of the Hamilton National Bank.
The receivers latest report shows that
Federal-American collections are near
ly large enough to permit another
payment The 10 per cent dividend
will total over 1850 000
John j. Ghingher, Maryland State
bank commissioner, announces that
the Maryland emergency banking act,
passed by the General Assembly on
March 4, 1888, and extended for a
year in 1884, has come to an end
with the reopening of the Thurmont
Bank, at Thurmont, Md. This was
the last of the banks placed under
the restrictions of this act to resume
business.
Today's Trading on Exchange.
The weeks business on the WASH
ington Stock Exchange opened with