Evening star., 1943-03-05

Mr., Kenworthy has had AZ years
of service in the Bell System. enter
ing the service in 1901 with the
New York Telephone Co.
He later served with the Bell
Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania and
joined the Chesapeake g. Potomac
companies in 1912. He was ap-
pointed general auditor in 1890.
Bank Joins ID. c. Association.
The Council of Administration Of
the District Bankers Association
has voted to admit the Citizens
Bank of Takoma Park as an asso-
ciate member, it was announced
today by President John A.. Reilly.
L. V. Lampson, president. and H.
j. Carr, executive vice president and
cashier, will represent the bank at
meetings of the association. This
is the first bank added to the asso-
citation membership in several years.
Other suburban banks on the
! roster include the Arlington Trust
Co., Bank of Bethesda, Prince
Georges Bank e. Trust Co. and the
OASNA SeSAA 4SoOAOAAoA GU olAVCA 0PA AAk.
Insurance Agents Honored.
The Washington Office of the Trav-
elers Insurance Co. announced today
that Sheldon F. Fuller won 42d place
among more than 5000 agents in the
company's Nation wide accident in
surance campaign conducted last
| year.
Mr. Fuller, who has been with the
| company for several years. led the
agency here in the 1912 drive A
native of Iowa, Mr.. Fuller received
his undergraduate and graduate
training at Iowa State College. He
lives in Arlington.
John E. Woodward of Richmond
took fourth honors in the drive:
L. J. Taylor of Norfolk was fifth, and
Sallie NJ Fifer of Staunton, Va, was
36th.
Sharp Trade Gains in Cities.
The Federal Reserve Board has
| just announced that Vallejo and
Napa, Calf with SIS per cent gain
in department store sales in 1912
over 194l, led all other cities in the
country Second place was taken by
Charleston, S. c.. with a 80 per cent
upturn. Stockton. Calf, stood third
with trade up 81 per cent.
Other cities made surprising rec
ords. AS already noted, trade in
Washington scored an 18 per cent
rise; Norfolk enjoyed 20 per cent
advance. Trade in San Diego was
up IS per cent and in Long Beach.
So per cent, many other West Coast
cities also being near the top of the
| list.
Trade in the Philadelphia, Boston
and Chicago districts showed only
moderate advances. Hardly a city
in the whole country registered a
| decrease, the report shows.
Small Business Given Boost,
Charles E. Wilson, executive vice
chairman of the War Production
Board. told the Senate Small Busi-
ness Committee yesterday that by
the end of the year orders placed
with smaller business concerns are
expected to amount to billions of
dollars. At present about $50, 900 900
of work week is being placed with
little business concerns through the
Smaller War Plants Corp.
One development which will help
the small concerns of the country in
getting business is the WPB program
which calls for the redistribution of
order backlogs.
Associations Pay S48.OOO. 900.
Nom 1hnJS Nf tho ct,-io DIT
and Loan League have been notified
by Morton Bodfich executive vice
president of the United States Build
ing and Loan League. that building
associations returned to the Federal
Government in January $48, ZOO 900
OF funds invested in their share
accounts during the past nine years.
These associations have now paid
off SIS per cent Of all such invest
ments, he said. The money was
borrowed in connection with home
lending activities.
Washington Gas IS Strong.
Washington Gas Light SIS. 1860.
were strong again today on the
Washington Stock Exchange, $1,000
changing hands at 1894 These
bonds closed 1912 at 1874. They
have long been the highest priced
bonds on the Exchange.
Stocks now being quoted .ex-divi-
dend include the Lincoln Service
issues, Mergenthaler Linotype and
Peoples Drug Stores common.
Sales of McCrory Stores Corp. in
February totaled s4.671 ,278, a jump
of 249 per cent over the same
month year ago.
Mcclellan store sales for Febru.
airy amounted to s2,254OO4, an in
crease Of 1876 per cent over Febru-
ary, 1912.