Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
D. {. Bankers 10 Hold
Annual Conference
At Mayf|ower
Two-Doy Hotel Sessions
To Eliminate Need for
transportation

OF town and even automobile trans.
portatiOn to the Columbia Country
Club where the annual ConcIaye was
held last year
The program, as outlined. calls
for a business session Friday, in
Guiding an evening meeting at
which special speakers viii appear.
Saturday will be devoted to an
nual reports, adoption Of resolutions
and the annual election of officers
Officers representing the District
association in the American Bankers
Association will also be named
Plans for the annual banquet.
known as the family dinner" are
being held in allegiance. The dinner
Will be held on Saturday night if
the hotel is having no trouble with
food shortages at that time.
While entertainment Will be greatly
limited, it is planned to have a
ladies bridge party on Friday after
noon. As the association Is having
one Of the busiest years on record.
the tWO-day conference is expected
to be Of unusual importance and
interest.
In addition to MI Reilly, the
present officers included A. Scott
Offutt. Sidney F. TaHafcrro, Bruce
Baird and Albert s. Galley.
Bond Drive Leaders Named.
Hugh Leach. chairman of the
United States Treasury War Finance
Committee, for the fifth Federal
Reserve district, and head Of the
Richmond Reserve Bank, today an
nounced appointment Of the COM
mittee to direct the huge Treasury
war funds drive in April, as follows:
Albert D. Graham, chairman,
First National Bank, Baltimore;
Walter N. Ruth, State administrator
War Savings Staff. Baltimore,
Charles S. Garland, Alexander
Brown & Sons. Baltimore: Robert
V. Fleming. president Riggs Ma
tional Bank; H. L. Rust, jr,, chair
man, District of Columbia Commit
tee, War Savings Staff; John Cliff
ford Folger, Nolan & Co, Wash
ington.
H. Hitter Harris, president, First
& Merchants National Bank, Rich
mond; Robert F. Nelson. State ad-
ministrator, War Savings Staff.
Richmond; Edward C. Anderson, ex-
ecutiVe manager, Victory Fund
Committee, Richmond; John L.
Dickinson, Charleston, w. Va,
banker; T. R. MOWbray. acting State
administrator, Charleston, w. Va;
H. G. Young, Charleston, w. Va;
Robert M Hanes, Winston Salem
bank president; Charles M. Robert
son, North Carolina State admins
traitor; R. S. Dickson, Charlotte.
n. c.: B. M. Edwards, banker. Co.
lumbia, S. c.; William P. Powers,
South Carolina State administrator,
and A. G Furman, Greenville, S. c.
Gas Revenues Up S104,902.
Gross operating revenues Of the
Washington Gas Light Co. for jan
uary amounted to S1,355,916, COM
pared with S1.251,0l4, a sharp in
crease Of Sl04, 902, according to the
last Of the January utilities reports
to be filed with the Public Utilities
Commission.
Operating expenses for the month
increased s6I,911 to a total Of ST.
$3.50, with a resultant gain in
net operating revenues Of $40 1891.
income decreased
S5066, and income deductions were
1882 lower. The company's net
income for January this year
to S250883, an improve
ment over last year Of s41,877.
The Company's report also shows
gas sales Of 2,202131 M cubic feet for
January this year, compared with
2 025,367 M cubic feet last year.
Meters in service in the District Of
Columbia increased 5,728 over last
year to total of 184,48O The COM
pany expended approximately S372,-
600 in January for extensions to
its property in Washington.
War Bond and Stamp Sales Of.
Sales Of United States Saving War
bonds and stamps at the City Post
Office in February were lower than
in January, ii was learned today,
due mainly to the fact that many
more corporations are now using the
payroll deduction plan and obtain
ing their bonds from the Federal
Reserve Bank Of Richmond.
There were 24.479 United States
War bonds sold at the City Post
Office in February. against a total
Of 1856 sold in January, the re-
r0rt stated War bond calac +cta1nd