Evening star., 1940-08-14

the similar
Mr.. Du -Four period in 1910,
gain of 1,426.754 ,0G0.
Raymond A. Du -Four. vice preSl-
dent of the District of Columbia
Life Underwriters Association, has
been appointed general agent IN
Washington of the Pacific Mutuel
Life Insurance Co., it was an
rounced today. He has been promi-
nently identified with the insurance
business for the last nine years and
will maintain Offices at 1922 F street
NV He is a graduate of Catholic
University, of Columbus University
Law School, and a member of he
District of Columbia Bar Main
tanning his collegiate interest in
football, he referees in both inter-
scholastic and intercollegiate games.
Mr.. Du Four is secretary of the
Life Insurance Trust Council, a
member of the faculty of the Life
Insurance Institute of the District
of Columbia Life Underwriters AS
sociation, lieutenant governor Of
the American Business Clubs, and
a member of the Touchdown Club
of Washington.
Mr.. Du Four plans to leave Friday
for a conference with home office
officials Of the company in Los
Angeles and will return September l.
Worldwide effects of the Euro
pean war are likely to prove helpful
in development of the air transport
industry despite the problems Gre
ated as a result of the growing en-
phasis on military preparedness. ac-
Cording to statement by J. S.
Bache & Co. released through
. Philip Peyser Friedlander of their
Washington office. The company
has Just published a comprehensive
booklet called Handbook of The
Air Transport Industry" in which
are discussed principal character
lStics of that industry. Air pasSel-
ger travel by the end OF August, the
company predicts. will have approxi-
mated that of the entire year of
1889.
Washington Railway & Electric
Is sold at 108 today on the WASH
ington Stock Exchange Washing
ton Gas Light preferred went at
105, and common of the same COM
pany at 25.
Takes New Post. .,,ji
Jack Hoffenberg, who for the past
four years has been an account
executive for the Henry j. kaufman
Advertising Agency, has been ap-
pointed advertising and sales pro-
motion manager for Cohens Picture
Store
The S. E. c. held a hearing to-
day on the application of Walter
Pollak trustee of the Associated
Gas & Electric Co.. for the issue
of $4,000 in trustee certificates.
z. G. Colladay of this city appeared
with Jack Lewis Kraus. counsel for
the General Protective Committee
of the company, in support Of the
application of the trustee. Edward
F. Colladay of this city is a member
of the committee. Plans are being
made by the committee to circu-
larize soon all security holders
which the S. E. c. will allow the
committee to represent.
Loans advanced by member asso-
Citations of the District of Columbia
Building and Loan League amount |
ed to S3975,500 in June, it was
learned today, from 924 loans. OF
the total about Sl,300,0O0 was for
construction of 236 new homes.
Other loans went for ref1nancing of
trusts and smaller advances for
renovation and remodeling
For the country as whole the
United States Savings and Loan
League reported that June volume
of loans for new homes exceeded |
any month in the last 10 years. Out
of the total of Sl06984 900 loaned to
borrowers, $35,523 000 or 322 per
cent was for new construction.
Personal Mention.
Carl j. Bergman, treasurer Of the
Washington Permanent Building
Association. and Mrs. Bergman are
on motor vacation trip in New
England. S. M. Birdsong, also of
this association, is on vacation in
Atlantic City.
Chaplin B. Bauman, president of
Oriental Building Association, is at
Bethany Beach, Del, and Ray c.
Ehlers, also of Oriental, is in New
York.
Y. E. Booker of Y. E. Booker e.
Co returned today from vacation
at Thousand Islands.
William N. Payne, jr., president |
@F 81 D,,;1
and head of the D. c. Building
and Loan League, is on vacation
at Edgewater Beach, Md.
Wilfred H. Blanz, secretary of the
American Building Association, and
Mrs Blanz are on vacation in New
Jersey.
Miss Lydia Martin, advertising
and new business manager of First |
Federal Savings and Loan Asso- |
iot ie ~, vacation