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where they have been under trial for
a reasonable period. In addition
they have been indirectly of value in
increasing good will and developing
business for other departments OF
the bank. Their further eXploita-
ton appears in view and it seems
possible that they will contribute an
increasingly important proportion
Of banking profits.
New Departments Important.
The developments mentioned
above have stimulated the demand
for banking credit slowly but
steadily since the first of 1899
Super imposed on this is the stimu-
lation of American industry by the
war and domestic rearmament.
Perhaps the greatest problem now
facing the American banker is that
of keeping his perspective in the
face of this sudden expansion of
credit demand.
The requirements of total defense
must, of course, be financed. But
at the same time sight must not be
lost of the start that has been made
in the direction of developing de-
partments along new lines.
These offer greater possibilities for
sound long term growth and can do
more toward establishment of
public confidence in the banks than
any business resulting from the war
and rearmament.
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example, in five years retail store
employees increased in number IS
per cent to 48,072. and pay rolls %
per cent to $56,700000. Sales during
September, 1910. we're 81 per cent
above the preceding year 1t is re-
liably estimated that the combined
Government and private monthly
pay roll is now S50000,000.
Deposits Increase.
Bank deposits have increased with
the increase in population and busl-
ness activity. AS of June %, 1910,
these deposits were 84,676,505 .33.
a gain of nearly S6i,0OG000 over
June, 1899. Savings accounts rep
resented an increase Of S770l 900
to sl07.l74OO0, and in number a
gain of 9,283 to a total of 283923
accounts. Real estate loans in
creased to s48.726O00 and other
loans to S72.67l 900. or total loans,
of s12l $4,000 representing an in
crease of s16.878,000
1lltSt Std LlSj4CS SIlO" llldL w dSII-
ington banks are able and ready TO
meet demands OF a fast-growing
community, are alert to the needs
of its residents and may be relied
upon to be of ever increasing use
fulness to a constantly expanding
and progressive community.
Backs Defense Drive.
Shortly after the Government
launched its national defense p~o-
gram the banks of Washington and
those throughout the country eX-
pressed their ability and desire TO
cooperate by extending credit on
all sound applications for defense
loans.
The banks are thoroughly in favor
of adequate preparedness and want
TO do their share as patriotic Ameri-
can institutions by aiding in flnanc-
ing the program.
A Nationwide organization has
been set up TO explain the details of
obtaining bank loans on Govern
ment orders and to discover unused
potential suppliers of defense ma
terials so as to effectively place the
tremendous resources of organized
banking behind the defense program
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out the depression. At the end OF
1899, the total insurance in force
was Sll3.977 100000 and this figure
has been increased to Silt 800 00OO
during 1910. Thus the gain during
the year was 100000, or 81
per cent. This constitutes an in
crease we'll over that achieved in
1889, and has been exceeded in only
two years of the past decade, 1886
and 1887.
This backlog Of stability and con-
fidence is further emphasized by a
look at the other side OF the 1910
ledger. All life insurance in United
States legal reserve companies paid
or credited to policy holders and
benefciarieS an estimated total sum
of S2.70O 900 900. And the old saw
that you have to die 10 win was
never more conclusively disprOved
than by breakdown OF this sum:
Approximately 63 per cent, or s1700,-
100000, went to living policyholderS.
while the remaining 81 per cent or
1000 100000, was disbursed as death
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strength during the past year, re-
vealing again the Well-placed con-
ddence of the American people, both
in this institution and, as well, IN
the future welfare and prosperity
OF the Nation.
Latest available figures show that
life insurance in force now has
reached the record total Of Sll7,50
10000. an increase Of approximately
s3.5O0, 100000 during the past year.
At the same time. the assets OF the
companies rose TO S30,775 900 600.
gain of approximately $4,000 OOU.
The great funds administered by
the life insurance companies are
building homes for the American
people, stimulating every sound bus
mess and industrial activity, and, OF
vast importance now. are aiding in
many ways in speeding the national
defense program.
The near as we'll as the far view
can be looked upon with confidence
at the year-end stock-taking time.
Business and industrial activity is
at record levels. All elements in the
national situation point to a con-
tinuation of the trend. and unem-
plovment in 1881 should reach the
lowest level in many years.
Railway locomotives in Egypt are
being converted into oil burners.
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in Credit
Extension in 1941
Forecast byMeem
Bank President Sees
Goin in Population
Lifting Deposits

Harry G.. Meem, president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co, eX-
pressed great interest in the growth
Of the city during the last decade
to a population of 663 900, which,
he pointed out, was Sc per cent more
than in l930-a greater percentage
than any other large city in the
country. 1T is not surprising he
said, ito find a corresponding in
crease in bank deposits, such as
banks here have experienced. Our
only regret" he added, lis the fact
that our savings deposits have not
Kept pace with the demand or check
ing accounts, due undoubtedly to
the low rate Of interest We are able
to pay now on savings"
He explained that a small yield
upon prime investments and low
interest rate on loans have forced
banks to reduce the rate formerly
granted on thrift accounts. Mr..
Meem said this year has been graft
flying in the increasing demand for
loans as shown by the published
statements of his own and other
banks.
we have every reason to believe" :"
he said. that local conditions will
make for greater extension of credit
to business and for building opera
tons in the months ahead of US
Recent residential contracts show a
gain of So per cent over a year ago.
Open lines of credit to established
borrowers likewise show a gain of
329 per cent, which is a most en-
couraging indication of business
activity and growth
Our bank. in common with the
other institutions of the city, is in
excellent position to meet the grow
ing needs of our customers. whether
they arise from the armament pro-
gram, building contracts or business
and personal requirements"
Mr. Meem added that the year
had been notable in his institution
for the increase in the activity of
the trust department.
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Bankers Well Eqpped for Prominent Part Defense Financing

claims to benefciaries Of deceased
policyholders.
This continues trend that has
been notable throughout the past
decade, one of the most trying peri
ods in American history. During
this time, more than s25 900 900 900
has been paid out to policy owners
and benefciaries, payment at the
rate of S6,000,000 per day.
ID. c. Ranks First.
II is interesting to note that ac-
cording to the Spectator, the Dis
trict of Columbia ranks first among
American States and districts IN
per capita life insurance in force.
with the residents owing an average
of S1.493.69, as of the end Of 1899.
almost double the Nationwide aver
age Of about $3.50.
While the figures on State aver
ages for 1910 have not yet been
broken down. the 1889 figures. just
released. show that the District Cf
Columbia occupies a leading place
in the country's insurance picture
The per capita life insurance pl~-
chased here in 1889 was S2l4l9 and
the per capital premium PAID. S426-.
The per capita income OF DistU0,
residents was S734. of which they -
vested SO per cent in life insuranr..
Much interest has been shown
during the year throughout ..o
country in one aspect Of the life
insurance business which has ceg-
tered here in the District, /. e. 80
T. N. E. c. study life insurance
received high praise, in that cor
nection, from some Of the adm.a.a-
trations leading economists.
Fine Record Praised.
Leon Henderson, who COndUc.si
much of the S. {. C.'s study Of ,la
insurance companies on behalf q
the T. N. E. c., said Of the Ins...-
tons depression record:
Il think it is an eXtraordMa.F
record as far as the lntegNty o-
insurance assets are COncegreC.
1t is an amazing recorc a3
investment policy IS concerned
Since the passage OF Lne "a" pro-
vidug optional lie insurance .0-
members of the country,S armed
forces, replacing the old war TX
insurance system, insurance .r-
search has shown that similar avs
in 1917-18 went a long way toward
establishing insurance ConSClOJz-az5
on the part of the public which VS.,
in turn, partly responsible tor 'ra
immense postwar growth of life -
surance. The agency forces are -o-
operating fully with the JI.'oE
States Veterans Administrator n
the carrying out Of the provisions
of this act.
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to an extent that will gain the re-
spect of the other world powers.
And it would seem that as demand
for credit increases at greater rate
than the supply We face the proba-
bilitv of a rise in interest rates. AS
pointed out before. there is reason
to believe that the present huge
supplies of loanable funds taken in
conjunction with Government con-
trolls can prevent rapid rise in
1941 unless psychology is affected to
the extent that a concerted rush
develops to defend the manifest
implications of higher money rates.
In such a case the rise might be-
come dangerously exaggerated de-
spite controlled markets and ample
reserves.
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ton has reached
the high figure
of 663,153, the
increase over the
1880 census be-
ing one of the
highest percent
ages of any COM
munity in the
United States.
The figures re-
leased by the
Census Bureau
shows subStan-
tial gains in
sales. pay rolls
and number of
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FLASHLIGHTS RechurqeobIe

SYCAMORE, Ill, Jan. (SpeciaD
"A storage battery for flashlights
which can be recharged with a unit
that attaches to an electric outlet
plug in the home, has been developed
here The battery is small enough
to fit in an ordinary fashlight hous-
ing for operating 19-volt lamp.
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Stone
Continued From Page C-1D

the belief yesterday that depart
ment store sales in the Capital in
1910 would exceed 1899 by at least
10 per cent. They added that the
final figures would probably disclose
the best trade volumn in the city's
history, especially during the holiday
season.
At the end of November depart
ment store sales in Washington
were Isl per cent ahead of the
corresponding month a year ago
and in the first II months stood 81
per cent higher than in the previ
GUS year. In the whole fifth dis
trict, Sc stores reported a gain of
exactly 10 per cent in the IL months
The average rise by 525 stores in
all II Federal Reserve districts was
5 per cent, up to December /.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that the index of department
store sales in November reached
10l, the highest point in recent
years. Washington merchants as
cribe the exceptional trade records
made here TO greater buying power
due to an expanded Government
payroll as the population has in
creased in the metropolitan area.
The date set for Thanksgiving again
gave year-end trade an early start.
Fine Year for Utilities.
The year 1910 was highly salts
factory for the public utilities.
Electricity and gas sales attained
new heights. The number Of tele-
phones in service has never been
equaled, while average calls per
day broke all past records. These
figures were reflected in growing
earnings Of the Potomac Electric
Power. Washington Gas Light, Cap
ital Transit and Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Cos.
The Capital Transit Co. witnessed
a further sharp gain in street car
and bus traffic. In the first 10
months of the year revenue pas
sengerS showed better than an H.
100000 increase While the COM
pany had to meet another wage ad-
vance. final figures on income will
reveal striking rise over 1899.
AS l941 opens, one sees a year Of
exceptional prosperity for the Capt.
tai. Increasing national defense &C
tivities, Federal payroll growth, and
host of other factors will keep
business in high gear.
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/ m preg II a BILE
bulWark Of Sc
Curity. In the
new year, more
effective a II q
m ore broadly
than ever be-
fore. life insur-
ance will safe
guard the home
and the family
and will stimu-
late every con-
struCtiVe COM
munity and ma
tiOnal enterprise
Life insurance
continued II c
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steady progress
of the institution
of legal reserve
life insurance,
1940's year-end
s a les figures
show.
Tentative esti-
mates of the
state Of the bus
mess as of De-
cember 81 indi-
cate that the
healthy growth
of life iSurance
continued dur
ing last year. as
Il has through
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Acacia Chief Sees
Good Year Ahead
For Insurance
Montgomery Expects
Underwriters to Share
In Greater Activity
By WILLIAM MONTGOMERY,

President Acacia Mutual Life Insurance CO.
Every available trustworthy sign
indicates clearly that l94l will be a
wear of record activity IN business,
industry and finance. and in this
activity life insurance not only will
participate but Will assume a role
of steadily growing importance and
leadership.
In the great national effort in
which the whole country now is en-
gagged, life insurance stands as an
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D. T.. Bankers Chic
Points 10 Progress
During Year
McLuchIen Declares
Bankers Able, Ready
To Aid Growth
By A. NJ. McLACHLEN,

President District Bankers ASSOCIATION
and McLachlen Bank Of1claI
The year 1910 has been one OF
great activity for all business in
the District of Columbia. The re-
cent census shows that the popula-
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Continued Expansion
InLife Insurance
Hailed by Marsh
President of Capital
Underwriters Points
To Vast Benefits
Ry JOHN n. MARSH,

President, District Of Columbia Under
writers Association.
Wars, governmental studies" So
cial security and the establishment
of national service life insurance
have not combined to slow down the
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Tin hats of at least five different
colors, each representing distinct
government activity, are seen in
Britain.
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Railway locomotives in Egypt are
being converted into oil burners.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-04-18

Third on our list of Hebrew
ball players in the big leagues is
MOrrie ArnOvich, erstwhile Cincin-
natl Red and now of the Giants.
MOrrie broke into the big leagues
from ShebOygan and was gObbled
up by the Philadelphia Nationals.
In his first season of the big time
MOrrie was really good. He was
managers dream. He Slumped
the next season and apparently
has never come out of his slide.
He was traded to the Reds but
warmed the bench more often than
not. After the 1910 series he was
traded to the Giants and thus far
all we have on the lad are the
reports that have come through
on the yOungster from the SOU
thern training camps and the
swings around the grapefruit cir
cults of the hinterland. It's our
guess that MOrrie will make the
grade this year. We doubt very
much if MOrrie will be sold down
the river by June Is.
Harry Eisenstadt, the Brooklyn
boy who has been earning a slice
of the big money dished out in
baseball for the past couple of
years, is once again settled with
the Cleveland Indians. Harry has
been with the Indians for three
seasons-as a matter Of fact, ever
since he was sold to the club by
the Detroit Tigers -. Waived out
of the National League by Brook
lyn, Eeisenstadt, southpaw pit
cher, sold himself to the Tigers
for a fancy price but had to be
released when the Tigers found
him wanting as starting pitch
err" With Cleveland, however, he
has hit his stride as a relief hurl-
er and it seems as if Harry will be
a Cleveland mainstay for the rest
of his big league days.
OF the dozens of Jewish ball
players in the minor leagues we
shall speak later this season. 9th
er Jewish names in baseball are
Al Schacht, the clown prince of
baseball, Moe Berg, baseball's most
erudite scholar, and of course,
Dolly Stark, the only Jewish UNI
pire organized baseball has ever
seen. More of these people in lat
er stories.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-04-18

vaSEBALL'S BACK IN TOWN!
In every whistle stop and way
.+otion from COney Island to the
Golden Gate, every diamond fan
=, TT the cOuntry-and don't forget
4hare are some sixty million of
mi. . genus in the land-is making
the weIkin ring with a heartening
shout of that old familiar cry
SRasebaIPs back in town" From
the day of the opening game un-
II the last out of the World Sc
ries. a baseball player is a nation
al hero. And tickets for the open
inc games throughout the land are
worth their weight in gold.
The color, the noise, the hot
dogs and beer and peanuts and the
mad Civilizations Of the fans as
they cheer their favorite club
home never changes from one
season to the next. AS far as we're
concerned only one item varies
from year to year and that, as you
might have guessed, is the number
Of Jewish ball players in the ma
iOr leagues. Alas and alack, the
1911 season opens with only four
Hebrew hitters in the big league
ball parks and although one is
fighting for a chance to remain in
the big time and another desper-
ately switched to a new post in
order to bolster his team, the four
are all veterans. This quartet
Hank Greenberg, Hank banning,
Morrie Ernovich and Harry Eisen-
stadt-is all that remains of a
round dozen of Jewish ball play
ers who opened the baseball sea-
son some five years ago-when
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-04-18
JEWS IN
SPORTS
b. MoRR1s WEtNRR

twelve was the greatest number of
Jewish ball players ever to an
pear in the big league baseball
in any one season.
THE FOUR VETERANS
AS we've mentioned, the four
Jews in baseball who are teeing off
in the opening day games of the
lS4l season are all veterans. Hank
Greenberg, the bambino of the
game today, is playing his second
year in the Outfield with the De-
trOit Tigers. Last year, Hank was
a gamble despite the $4,000 con-
tract he had been signed to. The
Bronx better had been shifted
from first base to the asparagus
beds in the OutfieId and the ques-
ton of his ability on the picket
line was a moot one %. But the
big fellow came through. His field
ing was excellent for a first year
man and his hitting proved the de-
Gliding factor in the battle that
swept the Bengals into a world
series spot -. Or course, the hot
stove leagues burned fiercely when
Hanks draft deferment was
preached but even this was settled
amicably and Greenberg is all set
for another great year =. Perhaps
he may even duplicate his 1910
performances which earned him
the Most Valuable Player
Award"
The second veteran is H a nix
banning who has won fame and
fortune as a catcher behind the
plate. banning has been backstop
for the New York Giants for the
past six years and this year-for
the first time in his baseball ca
reer-Hank's in a new spot. You
know by this time of the switch
which moved banning from the
home plate to the far corners of
the outfield ... Whether banning
will m a k e good as an outfield
patrol in the fashion outlined by
Greenberg is just as moot point
this year as it was with the Bronx
Bambino on opening day in 40.
One thing is certain. The hitting
power of Handsome Harry Dan
ing is as sorely needed by the Gil
ants of New York as did the Tigers
need that of Greenberg in Briggs
Stadium. Detroit. Then again,
there is the possibility that Hank
may be traded long before June
Is -. A trade in which, he would
be involved would be costly one
for the Giants and a fortunate one
for the new club. Filters like Dan
ming are the talk of the town.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-04-18
Gilbert Leases Noted
Tenn. Maxwell House

The Maxwell House, historic
hotel on Fourth Avenue, North,
Nashville, Tenn, has been leased
to the Gilbert System Hotels, Inc,
of Jacksonville, Florida, and will
be restored to it's former beauty
and prominence, it is announced
by j. Wesley Gardner, the new
manager.
This is the fortieth hotel in the
Gilbert System.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
CHOCOLATE BREAD
PUDDING

IL squares unxweetened choc-
olate
3 cups milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
y cup sugar,
4 teaspoon salt
! teaspoon vanilla
2 cups cubed state bread
Add chocolate to milk and
heat in double boiler. When
chocolate IL melted, stir until
blended. Combine eggs, sugar.
and salt; add chocolate mixture
gradually, stirring vigorously.
Add vanilla. Place bread in
creased baking dish; pour mix
ture over 1t and let stand 10
minutes; then mix well before
baking. Place dish in pan of hot
water and bake in moderate
oven ESQ., F. 80 minutes, or
until pudding Is firm. Serve hot
with . hard sauce or serve cold
with light cream. Serves 8. II
desired, bread may be crumbled
instead Of cubed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

~ tablespoons quick-cook-
ing tapioca
/ cup sugar
V teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
81 cups (lN pounds) pitted
red cherries
I recipe pie crust
Combine tapioca, sugar,
salt, butter and cherries; let
stand Is minutes, or while pas
try Is being made. Line q g.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

upper crust on filled lower one,
opening out folded half after
It Is placed on pie, and draw
ing snugly across top 70 pre-
vent sagging at edges. Press
edges together. Trim OF surplus
pastry, being careful not to cut
folded edge Of lower crust. Bake
in hot oven (l50 degrees ~ 10
minutes; then decrease heat TO
moderate $3.50 degrees ~ ana
bake 30 minutes longer, or until
filling u cooked. Serve with
ice cream II desired.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

inch pie plate with y Of pas
try rolled y inch thick. allow
ing pastry to extend Y inch
beyond edge Of plate. Moisten
edge Of pastry with cold water
and fold inward, even with rim
Of plate. Fill with cherry mix
ture. Moisten edge again. Roll
other. half OF pastry v inch
thick. Fold half the pastry
back on the other half. With
sharp knife make several slits
to permit escape Of steam. Place
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

TO make the crust, work -
follows: Rollv,iS ginger snaps
fine, then mix with Il cup SOFT
ened butter and tablespoon
sugar; press firmly into butter
ed pie plate. Bake 10 minutes
in moderate oven, cool thor
oushly.
The banana cream filling b
made like this: Take ! cup
whipping cream and whip sti6;
add / tablespoon sugar and !
teaspoon vanilla. Fold IN Z to
8 sliced bananas, pour into q
inch ginger snap pie shell, and
serve at once.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

CRANBERRY lGE1N0UE PIE
Boil IA cups sugar and 4
cup water for 3 minutes. Add
& cups washed cranberrles; cook
until skins pop open. Beat 4
egg yolks with : tablespoons
hour and II teaspoon salt, then
pour cfanbefries over mixture.
Cook for less than . minute, stir
ring constantly. Add 2 table
spoons butter and ! teaspoon
vanilla. Cool, AL . cooked pie
shell, top with meringue Of
whipped egg, whites and pow
dered sugar. Brown in slow
oven for 10 minutes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

Mix I cup honey, cup sugar,
3 eggs, I tablespoon soda. pinch
es Of salt and ginger, and enough
-four so that mixture stirs with
q spoon. Let this rise over
night. In the morning, add
enough -four to make a fairly
stiff dough. Roll, cut and bake
in moderate oven.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
ORANGE DRofs

The cookie mixture consists q
the following: I Dup brown sng-
ar. cup white sugar. I eSuss
! cup shortening, juice Of Or
ange, cup sour milk In which
teaspoon soda 10 dissolved, !
teaspoon baking powder and
AZ cups -four. Drop by tea
spoonsfuls on cookie sheets and
bake in quick oven.