Evening star., 1942-08-17
|4,141 Phones Added
Here in July Set
| New Record
348,654 D. c. Totol
Contrasts With Only
297 300 Year Ago
Bv HAROLD b. ROGERS.


officials of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. reported to-
day that July witnessed a gain of
4,l41 in the number of telephones
in use over June.
The number of telephones in use
in July reached 348,654, another new
all-time high mark for the number
of stations in service. In July, 1941
the telephone company had only
297,800 phones in use, making a
gain during the last year of 40,837.
Average calls per day in July
numbered 1,457, ,955, compared with
1,364,644 average calls in July a
year ago, officials said. This was an
all-time peak for July.
Requests by officials that patrons
of the company make only necessary
calls, in order to facilitate war bust
ness, had their effects in the
months results.
The greatest number of average
daily calls so far this year was in
April when the figure stood at
1,6O8,424.
July's 4,141 installations were far
ahead of June when only LOLA new
phones were placed in service, the
report showed.
B. & o. Names SnOdgrass.
Russell L. Snodgras, assistant gen.
eral manager of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, will become vice
rrnci6nr1f in rh Of
corporate relations of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Co., September l,
it was announced today by Roy B.
White, B & O. president.
Expressing regret that Mr.. Snod-
grass was leaving the RFC, Jesse H.
Jones, Secretary of Commerce, said
he was glad Mr.. Snodgrass had been
invited to his new post, where he
takes experience which should be
of great value to the company"
Mr.. Snodgrass was praised by Secre-
tary Jones as having been notably
successful in his RFC work" The
RFC is now part of the Commerce
Department.
A native of Youngs Cove, New
Brunswick, Canada, Mr.. Snodgrass,
AZ years of age, received his B.A.
degree from the University of New
Brunswick, in 1918, his LII. B. from
Dalhousie University at Halifax
Nova Scotia, in 1925, and was made
doctor of judicial science by Harvard
in 1926. He served in the previous
World War in the Canadian Ex-
peditionary Force, became either
of the United States in 1881, was ad-
mitted to the New York bar in 1882
and later to the bar of the Circuit
Court of Appeals and the United
States Supreme Court.
League Leaders to Meet.
Directors of the District of Co.
lumbia Building and Loan League
will meet for luncheon at 1890 pm
tomorrow at the Raleigh Hotel, &C.
cording to F.. Wilson Camp.
Thomas P. Ficklin of this city
certified public accountant, has beer
elected an associate" in the Ameri
can Institute of Accounts, it wa
announced today from New Yorl
headquarters of the institute by it.
secretary, John L. Carey. Mr.. Flick
lin is in the auditing division of tn,
Defense Plant Corp Recent elec.
tions bring the number of member.
and associates in the institute tt
6,40l, of which 165 are in this city
Personal Mention.
Col. Henry P. Erwin, director Of
Riggs National Bank, who was ar
officer in the ordnance branch of the
War Department in the First World
War, has been called back to active
service.
Luis F. Corea, assistant cashier of
Riggs National Bank, has been COM
missioned lieutenant, junior grade
In the Navy, and gone to service.
Gerald E. Keene, assistant CASH
ier of Second National Bank, has
returned from vacation. Joseph R.
Fitzpatrick, cashier of the same in
stltution, has just left ol vacation.
Riggs National Bank common
sold at 245 on the Washington Stock
Exchange today. Capital Traction
hrst IS went at 1861, and 100 shares
OF the same company sold at 217a.