Evening star., 1941-05-04

others will be present, Mr.. Perley
stated. He also announced that
Charles M. Newcomb of Asheville.
N. c., will be the chief speaker and
that other entertainment features
will be included on the program.
The annual competition for the
Robert V. Fleming golf trophy will
take place in the afternoon.
Many U. S. Officials Invited.
Among the invited guests are Pres
ton Delano. Controller of the Curren-
cy; Daniel w. Bell, UnderSecretary of
the Treasury; Mariner S. Eccles,
chairman, Federal Reserve Board;
Emil Schram, chairman, Recon-
struction Finance Corp; Leo T.
Crowley, chairman, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp; E. F. Bartlett. Com
missioner of Accounts and Deposits;
Vincent c. Burke, Postmaster. Dis
triCt of Columbia, Edward M, Blaik-
lock. president, Washington Chap
ter. American Institute of Banking;
Thomas w. Brahany, Capital flnan-
cier; Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of
Commerce.
J. o. Brott, assistant general
counsel, A. B. A; John M. Christie,
first vice president, Washington
Chapter, A. L B.; Lawrence Clayton,
assistant to chairman, Federal Re-
serve Board; James E. Cofliflower,
retiring presid ent, Washington
Board of Trade; William H. Dono-
van, assistant counsel, District
Bankers Association; Ernest G.
Draper, governor, Federal Reserve
System; Abner Ferguson, Federal
housing administrator: Ernest M.
Fisher, economist, American Bank
ers' Association.
William P. Folger, chief national
bank examiner; Clyde D. Garrett,
president, Columbia Country Club;
z. H. Cough, deputy controller of the
currency; Frank M. Hall, president,
Bond Club of Washington; Com
missioner M. c. Hazen, Francis w.
Hill, jr., president, D. C. Bar Asso-
citation; Frank J. Hogan, general
counsel. District Bankers Associa-
ton; Richmond B. Keech, corpora
ton counsel; Commissioner David
McCoach, jr.
Other Expected Guests.
John K Mckee, governor, Fed
eral Reserve Board; 10 V. Morgan,
Board of Tax Appeals; Chester Nor
rill, secretary, Federal Reserve
Board; A. j. Mulroney, deputy con-
troller of the currency: D. j. Need
ham, general counsel, American
Bankers Association; Henry S.
Owens, president, D. c. Institute of
Public Accountants; Leo H. Paulger,
chief, Division of Examiners, Fed
eral Reserve Board
Warren Lee Pierson, president,
Export Import Bank; William N.
Payne, jr., president, D. c. Building
and Loan League; Ronald Ransom,
vice chairman, Reserve Board; Ar
thur B. Shelton, secretary, Columbia
Country Club; Fred A. Smith, presi-
dent, Washington Board of Trade;
M. S. Szymczak, governor, Federal
Reserve System.
Waverly Taylor, president, Wash
ington Real Estate Board; C. B. Up
ham, deputy controller of the cur
rency; w. D. Whittemore, vice
president, Export Bank;
Walter B. Wyatt, general counsel,
Federal Reserve System; Commits
sioner John Russell Young, James
B. Edmunds, Thomas M. Cahill,
Richard Berwick and E. c. Stone.
Express Shipments Again Jump.
Another report indicating very
sharp business gains in the Capital
In April came from the railway ex-
press agency yesterday.
Shipments handled by the WASH
ington Office in April totaled 199,-
1894, compared with 3,237 in the
came 1910 month, gain OF 36,657,
or 22.4 per cent, according to Supt.
c. w. Turner.
The April upswing compares with
q 13 per cent gain in January, IA
per cent in February and IL per
cent In March. Shipments in the
first four months of this year to-
tailed 73o,246 against 631,916 in the
like 1910 period, an increase OF
ss,330. BY months these ship
ments compare with last year as
follows:
1941. 1910.