Evening star., 1937-01-12
D. c. BANKS NAME
9 NEW DIRECTORS
Annual Meetings Hear Re.
ports of Prosperous
Year.

StOcknOlQefS In washington DaQkS
elected nine new directors at the an
nual meetings held today. Annual
reports were also presented which
showed that the banks here have just
concluded a remarkably prosperous
and successful year in spite Of low
interest rates.
The Washington Loan & Trust Co.
added two new directors, McLachlen
Banking Corp. two, National Metro
politan one, Liberty National one,
Union Trust Co. one, National Bank
Of Washington one and the Security
Savings g. Commercial Bank one. 1t
was stated that the National Capital
would probably add two new directors
to its board. In the other banks hav-
ing meetings today the present direc-
tors were reelected. Election results
follow:
Washington Loan & Trust Co.
Washington Loan g. Trust Co. stock
holders elected two new directors at
today's annual meeting. Tanney Ross,
colonel, U. S. A., retired. and George
M. Fisher, treasurer and one of the
banks vice presidents. Directors re-
elected are William H. Baden, Hiram
Bingham. John H. Clapp, Charles H.
Doing, L. Whiting Estes, Melville B.
Grosvenor, George P. Hoover, John A.
Johnston, Samuel H. Kaufman, Carl
B. Keferstein, George A. King, Alfred
H. Lawson, James Alexander Lyon,
Harry G. Meem, Theodore w. Noyes,
A. Chambers Oliphant, William E.
Pearson, Arthur Peter, Walter S. Pratt,
jr.; John Rutherford, Charles G. Treat
and Donald Woodward.
McLachlen Banking Corp.
Stockholders Of the McLachlen
Banking Corp. elected two new direc-
tors at the annual meeting today,
John J. Hasley, vice president and
general manager OF Palais Royal, and
Clyde D. Garrett, a Washington attor-
ney. The old members of the board
! were all reelected, as follows: Fir
man r. Horner, Thomas r. Harney,
John A. Massie. Archibald McLach-
len, Edwin H. Etz, Lee c. Corbett,
Lanier P. McLachlen, George Miller,
E. H. McLachlen and A. H. Brewood
Union Trust Co.
Unoin Trust Co. stockholders added
one new director to the board, elect
ing Gen. Daniel B. Devore. To many
Washingtonians he will be recalled
as a former owner of the famous
Chatham estate at Falmouth, Va,
near Fredericksburg. The directors
reelected are A. L. Baldwin. ]. Harry
Covington, G. Thomas Dunlop, George
E. Fleming. George E. Hamilton. ir.;
Walter S. Harlan, Edward L. Hillyer,
D. j. Kaufman, H. c. Newcomer,
Daniel w. O'Donoghue. jr: Ord Pres
ton, John H. Small. Luther F. Speer
and Charles F. Wilson.
National Metropolitan.
Stockholders in the National Metro
politan Bank elected one new director.
Felix Morley, editor of the Washing
ton Post, and reelected the other
members Of the board, as follows:
Louis D. Bliss, William F. GUIDE,
Charles B. Hawley. A. A. Hoehling.
Charles Jacobsen, c. F. Jacobsen, o.
H. P. johnson, R. M. Kaufman, DR..
j. Thomas Kelley, jr.; Otis B. Kent,
Maj. Henry Leonard, A. Lisner, F. H.
Mccormick -Goodhart, Frank F. Nes-
bit, Arthur A. O'Brien. c. F. r. Ogilby,
Merle Thorpe, George w. White, W.
K. Wimsatt and Henry A. Willard, I'd.
Riggs National.
Riggs National Bank stockholders
retained the same Board Of Directors
in office, vacancies caused by the
deaths during the year of Julius Gar
flnckel and William J. Father not be-
ing filled at this time. The board
consists of H. Rozer Dulany, Sterling
Ruffin., Charles C. Glover, jr.; Henry
B. Spencer, Fleming Newbold, c. Pow
ell Minnigerode, William M. Ritter,
Harry F. Clark, Frank j. Hogan. RAN
dali H. Hagner, Robert " Fleming,
Coleman Jennings, John Oliver La
Gorce, Karl W. Corby, John J. Per.
shing, Charles H. Tompkins, Henry
P. Erwin, Daniel j. Callahan, William
Mcclellan. Ernest E. Norris, Lloyd
B. Wilson, George o. Vass and Hill
leary G. Hosknson.
Liberty National.
Stockholders of the Liberty National
Bank added one new director to the
board at today's meeting, w. T. VAN
doren, the banks cashier and a vice
president. The old board, which was
reelected, consists of E. S. Brashears,
Thomas P. Brown, NJ. r. Calnan, j. r.
Gull, jr.; DR.. L. F. Davis, Howard P.
Foley, Norman B. Frost, Tracy L. JEFF.
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