Evening star., 1936-09-08


S. Dampier, Bank of Commerce d
Savings; Leona E. Draeger, WASH
ington Loan & Trust Co.; George l..
A. Dressed, Prince Georges Bank,
Mount Rainier; Wilmer A. Eisenhart,
controller of currency office; Donald
w. Eyler, Security Savings 8, Com
mercial Bank; Paul Fako, United
States Postal Savings System; Byron
w. Fields, Riggs National Bank;
jeanette Fuchs, Washington Loan g.
Trust Co.: Frances Edwin Grimes,
Riggs National; Earle c. Gross, con-
troller of the currency office; Philip
M. Grove, Bank of Commerce g.
Savings; Yeager Gum Security Saw
1ngs & Commercial: John K. Killers,
Riggs National; Ethel Ann Loeb,
Alexandria National Bank, Alexandria;
Janet A. Mcdonald. American Sc
curity e. Trust Co.: Frances E. Nagel
and Ernest J. Newman, Riggs Ma
tional; William NJ Offutt, Washing
ton Loan g. Trust George A. Pal
matter, Insolvent Banks Division,
United States Treasury; Ernest B.
Parsons, Riggs National; Alva A. Pat
ten, Reconstruction Finance Corp;
Charles M. Penn and Beverly C. Pratt,
Washington Loan & Trust; Samuel
C. Redman, jr. and George M Row.
zee. jr Lincoln National; Raphael
Semmes. jr., Washington Loan &
Trust; Ralph Stottlemeyer, Security
Savings g. Commercial; G.. Crawford
Turnbull, Morris Plan Bank; Eliza
beth M. Wakeman, Alexandria Ma
tional Bank, Alexandria; Frances E.
Werner, Hamilton National, and A. J.
White, American Security g. Trust
Standard certificates - James B.
Ahalt. City Bank; John L. Bryant,
American Security g. Trust; Paul w.
Clarke, Hamilton National; Fulton H.
Dixon, Security Savings g. CONNER
cial; Ward w. Fleharty, jr.; George
r. Galleher, Lincoln National; Frank
lin A. Gibbons, jr.. Riggs National;
Earle C.. Gross, Controller of the Cur
rency Office; Constance D. Jones,
Riggs National; Herman A. Lipko-
vitz; Ralph H. Mittendorff, American
Security & Trust; Stephen o. Porter,
Riggs National; Doris E. Strobel,
Controller of the Currency Office;
Ross L. Totten, Washington Loan &
Trust; G. Crawford Turnbull. Morris
Plan Bank; Daniel j. Tyrell, Wash
ington Loan & Trust: David w. Ward,
Lincoln National; Frank L. Waters,
jr., and A. Stanley Wolfe, Riggs Ma
tional.
ID. C. Bankers End Vacations.
Edward L. Hillyer, vice president of
the Union Trust Co. and former
president of the Washington Stock
Exchange, returned to the bank to-
day after a visit to England, which
included several extended motor trips
to points of special interest off the
beaten path. He also spent consider
able time in London.
G. Bowie Chapman. resident man.
ager of the Laidlow 8, Co., New York
Stock Exchange firm, was at his
Office today following an extended
Summer trip to Europe. He visited
q noted German health resort and
also did a large amount of sight
seeing
William E. Howard, an assistant
cashier at the National Bank of
Washington. has returned from his
vacation, which included visit to
Canada.
Frederick S. Boyer, assistant cash.
Ter, Second National Bank, is another
banker returning from his annual
vacation.
Donald w. Larson, secretary of the
District Bankers Association, re-
turned several days ago from a motor
trip to Pennsylvania, New York and
New England. He visited the homes
of several former Presidents of the
United States, toured on the college
trail" going as far North as Maine
and Concord, N. H.
Air Traffic Here Increases.
Continued improved business con-
ditions in the territory served by
Central Airlines, namely. Washington,
Pittsburgh, Akron, Cleveland and De-
troit, contributed measurably to the
144 per cent gain in passenger traffic
In August, 1886, over August of 1885.
Central Airlines, holding the Gov
ernment airmail contract No. IA on
the Washington-Detroi Airway re-
ported through Vice President D.
Walter Swan, that in August of this
year 1883 revenue passengers were
carried, a net gain of 1.743 revenue
passengers over August of 1885.
Net gain for the first eight months
Of 1886 was 10000 passengers ovel
the first eight months of 1885, a per.
centage increase of 233 per cent.
Building Permits Up 104 Per Cent.
Building permits issued in July il
81 leading cities Of the fifth reserv,
district numbered 3,153, compare,
with 2,448 permits issued in July, 1895
an increase this year of 20 per cent
and estimated valuation figures totalet
1885, ,783, an increase of 104 per cen
in comparison with valuation figure
totaling S4,595, ,636 in July last year.
Contracts awarded in July for con
struction work in the fifth reserve dis
trict totaled 21.492 100. compares
with $l4,751,l55 reported for July
1885.
OF the July, 1886, awards, $9,033 To-
represented residential types of con
struction, compared with $6,377, ,405 TO
this class of work in July last year.
Market Pleases Traders.
An exceptionally large number O
traders in Washington brokerage
houses today were much pleased a
the opening of the New York Stool
Exchange for the first session follow
ing Labor day and the double holiday
Trading was lively, prices were higher
and the market covered a wide rangt
of stocks.
The Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele'
phone Co. Of Baltimore had net gaiI
of 1854 stations during August, com
pared with a gain of TAB stations ir
August, 1885, and a gain of 489 ir
August, 1894.