Evening star., 1941-01-21
D. {. Insurance Sales
| Per Cent Higher
During Year
December TotoI Rose
Above 1899 Month
BY Same Margin
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

pei CeHI dnedQ Oh DeCemDeT, 1883,
and registered the same gain for
the full year, 1910, the Life In
surance Sales Research Bureau at
Hartford reported today. December
sales totaled s5,364,O 900. while sales
for the year amounted to s62,770,-
600. against SCI ,485 900 in 1889
Virginia made fine December
showing, with new policies totaling
So, 1897 900, Jump of II per cent
over December, 1899 For the full
year 1910 sales were 13 per cent
ahead of the previous year and
amounted to S98,645 900.
Maryland's December business
amounted to SO, 900, being 16 per
cent ahead of the previous year
In the calendar year agents wrote
S98 $4,000 in new business. an ad-
vance of per cent over 1885,
West Virginia was 6 per cent
ahead on the year. North Carolina
gained per cent and South Carolina
boosted business by per cent. The
South Atlantic States led all other
sections of the country with a 1910
gain of 6 per cent. Virginia making
the best record in the South
Washington led all the major
cities in December. but Cleveland
topped the list for the year with
8 per cent pickup. Chicago ran
second, sales being up per cent.
Philadelphia tied Washington's l
per cent advance. Sales for the
United States in December we're up
S per cent and for the year 1910
we're up per cent on sales totaling
s6,564,2O0 against s6,425,633 a year
ago, the report said.
Pope Heads Munsey Trust.
c. H. Pope, for several years presi-
dent of the Munsey Trust Co., was
reelected to that Office at the an
nual organization meeting held to-
day. All other officers were re-
elected, including:
William T. DeWart. chairman of
the board C. D. Ratcliffe, vice
president and treasurer; R. H. Yeat-
man, general counsel and trust Of
fcer; P. j. Mcmahon, vice president
and assistant treasurer; A. J. Byrne,
secretary and assistant treasurer;
F. w. Stoever, real estate officer, and
r. D. Watkins, assistant treasurer.
! At the annual meeting of the
stockholders the following directors
were reelected for 1941: Thomas w.
vt IIyillioy,, IT o,-t Will
liam T. Dewart. jr: Walter G..
Distler, Gilbert T. Hodges. Arthur
G. Lambert, P. j. Mcmahon. Louis
B. Montfort. A. Harding Paul. c. H.
Pope, C. D, Ratcliffe, Alfred P.
Thorn, jr.: Arthur L. Thompson and
r. H. Yeatman.
American Security Directors.
All directors of the American Sc
curity e. Trust Co. were retained in
office for l94l at today's annual
meeting of the stockholders, as fol-
lows:
Floyd D. Akers, c. A. Aspinwall,
William L. Beale, Harry K. Boss,
Charles A. Garry, Frederick w.
Coleman, William w. Everett, VIII
liam J. Flather. jr.; M. G. Gibbs,
James M. Green, Gilbert H. Gros-
yenor. William Montgomery, How
ard Moran, Newboid Noyes, John A.
Remon, John SAUL Corcoran Thorn,
s. Percy Thompson, Benjamin w.
Thoron, John F. wilkins and Law
renee E. Williams
Special Pay Awaits Draftees.
: w. Wallace ChisWell, president of
the Peoples Life Insurance Co., to-
day announced that his organiza-
tion would continue to compensate
all employees called by the Govern
ment for years military training
Under the Selective Service Act.
Peoples Life employs more than |
300 men in Maryland, Virginia. |
West Virginia, Delaware and the
District of Columbia, where it main
tains its home Office at Fourteenth |
and H streets NV.
, An employe of the firm who is
called in the draft will receive from
the company the same pay, dollar
for dollar, that he receives monthly |
from the Government.
Conference in Baltimore.
Dealers and statesmen, who are a
part of the national sales organi-
zation of Frigidaire Division, Cen
eral Motors Sales Corp, will meet in
Baltimore on January "a. at the |
Belvedere Hotel, to see 1941 electric |
and electric range mod
els and to hear the company's sales
and advertising plans for the new
year. C. j. Allen. local branch |
manager, will head the Washington
delegation.
Bankers Book Two Speakers.
Cooper D. Winn, jr., insurance
manager of the Guaranty Trust Co.,
New York, and Arthur C. Keefer,
newly appointed general counsel of
the Lincoln National Bank, will be
guest speakers before the fldu-
Charles section of the District Bank
ers Association Friday evening at
the Willard Hotel, Chairman Henry
K. Dierkoph announced today.
Mr.. Winn has spoken before sew
eral trust conferences of the Amer
lean Bankers Association on LA
bihty. workmen's compensation, fire
and other phases of insurance with
which fiduciaries are concerned. He
will talk on Insurance Problems of
Fiduciaries." and Mr.. Keefer will
speak on Real Estate Problems of
Fiduciaries."
Heard in Financial Circles.
John A. Reilly, president Of the
Second National Bank, has just
completed five years as head of
the institution. The bank has made
marked progress during that period.
Scott B. Appleby, widely known
In the financial district, has recent
ly become a special partner in the
investment firm of Johnston, Lemon
& Co.
Earle r. Hough, local represent
ative of the Lincoln National Life
Insurance Co., stood tenth in sales in
December among the company's
more than 1,400 agents.
The City Bank Club will have
dancing party at the Carlton Hotel
ravf ouoninu onrorIino