Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
AL. B. ANNOUNCES
BOARD0F CONSULS
FOR NEW SEASON
Corea and Spitznas to Aid
Jones as Associate
Chief ConsuIs.
HEAT CURTAILS SALES
WELL BELOW YEAR AGO
Capital Retail Volumes Down Sc
Per Cent-Wholesale Trade
Improves at Baltimore.
BY DONALD b, HADLEY,

tute Of Banking, announced yesterday
the consuls who will represent the
various Washington banks on the
board OF consuls for the new chapter
year.
Mr.. Jones is connected with the
National Metropolitan. Bank and has
held various important positions in
the institute during his several years
Of service.
Assisting Mr.. Jones as associate chief
consuls will be Luis Corea of the Riggs
National Bank and John F. Spitznas
Of the Security Savings g. CONNER
cial Bank.
The new consuls are:
American Security & Trust Co.,
main Office and branches, H. H. Smith
and L. T. Savage.
City Bank. Georgia avenue and Con-
hecticut avenue, William F. Russ:
Eighth and G and Southeast Branch
pennsylvania Avenue Branch) Horace
Williams.
Columbia Bank, Edward Cox.
Bank of Commerce g. Savings. main
Street Branch, Thomas J. Norris.
Hamilton National Bank. Mrs Eliza
beth Rouzee and Miss Margaret Fisher.
w. B. Hibbs IL Co., William Arm
strong.
Liberty National Bank, F. Ira
Wheatley.
Lincoln National Bank. main Office
Street Branch, Howard H. Anderson.
McLachlen Banking Corp, William
Mcclure.
National Metropolitan Bank. c. e.
Browning. jr.
Morris Plan Bank, John Wilson.
Munsey Trust Co., George Greis-
bauer.
National Savings and Trust Co.,
Donald Cole.
Riggs National Bank. main office,
Jack Coaker; Chevy Chase Branch,
Joseph Loughran; Park Road Branch.
Robert c. Shipley.
a Second National Bank, Seventh
Street, Harry Chenoweth G Street,
MacKendall Allen.
Bank. William A. Barnes
Union Trust Co, Gordon Davis.
National Bank of Washington.
James D. Coleman.
washington Loan & Trust Co.. main
ONCE, Miss jeanette Fuchs and Will
liam Yeatman.
First National Bank of Alexandria
Z. Wallace Schreiner.
Heads Hyattsville Board.
DR.. H. j. Patterson, veteran presi-
dent of the Hyattsvile Building Asso-
citation. has been made chairman of
the board under a reorganization eff
fected recently, it was announced
today.
DR.. Patterson was succeeded as pres
ldent by Thomas H. Welsh. ]. Dom
aid Clagett has been named vice pres
ident; Preston Blundon, secretary, and
r James Thompson, treasurer.
the association also announced
that the entire main floor of the
Burchell Building, BIT Fourteenth
street NV, is being remodeled as the
new Washington Office OF the asso-
ITO Fourteenth street.
Sales Below Year Ago.
Washington department store sales
In the week ended Wednesday showed
an average increase of 298 per cent
over the preceding week but averaged
So per cent below the corresponding
1887 period, the Department of Com
merce reported yesterday. Hot
weather was an important factor in
the decline.
Compared with year ago, sales
reports ranged from decrease of 1873
per cent to an increase of / Il per cent.
Bank clearings for the week totaled
k2l. 089.832 against $22972.604 in the
1887 period. Visitors to Washington
Monument reached 23,787 against
1857 in the previous week and 3O.5O4
q year ago.
Total passenger traffic receipts of
4 the Capital Transit Co. for the week
reached $192,3l4 compared with
&182,526 year ago Building permits
climbed to $564900, including a
$250,000 church. compared with
s37l 900 for the corresponding 1887
period.
Baltimore retail trade continued to
4 show an unfavorable trend, both as
compared with the levels of the pre-
vious week and the similar period
. year ago.
Wholesale Activity Up.
Commenting on conditions, the Bal
timore report added:
Although clearance sales featuring
summer wearing apparel and various
novelty items we're met with a fairly
satisfactory consumer response, the
demand for fur goods and home fur
nishings was considerably below last
years showing.
Activity in Baltimore's wholesale
dry goods an dgeneral merchandise
field showed some further increase
over the volume for the past few
weeks. While the trade improvement
is characterized by gradual upturn
business generally Is now running
materially ahead of spring and early
summer months. Many merchants
who are anticipating a fairly good
fall and winter demand for consumer
requirements, have recently been buy
ing in increased amounts in order
to round out their depleted and broken
inventories. Prices are reasonably
steady and the immediate outlook is
much more encouraging
New Director Elected.
a Carl H. Ellingson. executive manager
Df the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Washington had been
(see HADLEY. Page E-2)