Evening star., 1945-05-20
Controllers Plan War Program.
Fifth district, II stores .

benjamin M. MChelWdy anu Sdpl
O. L. Freeman, U. S. M. c. R., will
address the monthly meeting of Dis
trict of Columbia Control Controllers
Institute of America, Tuesday eve
ming at the Carlton Hotel, dinner
starting at 615 o'clock
Mr. McKelway, associate editor of
The Evening Star and president of
the Washington Board of Trade, was
one of the 16 newspaper editors of
the Nation selected by the Army to
make special tour of the European
war area and report facts concern
ing concentration camps and condi-
tions in Germany.
Capt. Freeman served overseas in
the Solomon Islands and was wound
ed on Bougainville. At present he
is assigned to the Rehabilitation Di-
vision Headquarters of the Marine
Corps. He will discuss Returning
Veterans Problems"
Shaw to Head Bank Section.
Edwin B. Shaw, Riggs National
Bank. is slated to be chairman of
the flduciaries section of the Dis
trict Bankers Association, the cleo
ton TO take place Friday night at
the Mayflower. He will succeed
Lester A. Lawrence. National Saw
ings & Trust. Other nominees in
clude:
William V. Simons, Liberty Ma
tional, vice chairman; William G.
McGraw, Union Trust, secretary: B.
Bruce Frantz, American Security
member of executive council.
Thomas H. Reynolds, National
Metropolitan, remains on the coun-
Gil and Mr.. Lawrence takes the place
of Earl G. Jonscher as an ex oficio
member. A dinner, with special
guests, will feature the program.
Sherwood Heads Bank Group.
j. Robert Sherwood, treasurer,
Prince Georges Bank & Trust Co..
Hyattsville, was elected chairman of
group 4, Maryland Bankers Asso-
citation. at meeting at Upper Marl-
boro. it was announced yesterday
Mr.. Sherwood is member of the
associations Legislative Committee
and of the Ration Coupon Commit
tee of the American Bankers Asso-
ciation
Dennis J. Thompson, cashier Of
the County Trust Co.. Annapolis.
was elected vice chairman; Leo j.
Naughton, cashier, Seat Pleasant
Bank, secretary ry-treasurer, and J.
Frank Dent, cashier, Clinton Bank,
member of the Committee of Admin
istration.
Credit Men Invite Bosses
Warde B. Stringham, manager
Chesapeake district, General Elec-
trio Supply Corp, will address the
monthly dinner meeting of the
Washington Association of Credit
Men, Thursday evening, at the Lee
Sheraton Hotel, on The Credit
Man; His place in Business Today
and in the Postwar Period" Mr..
Stringham is credit expert and i
a director and past president of the
Electric Institute. Members look for
a record attendance on Bring the
Boss Night"
Flyer Joins Briggs Staff.
A. M. Andrews, recent captain
in the Army Air Forces, who went
on "a missions over the China
Burma India theater of war has
Joined the staff of the Briggs Clari-
fer Co. of Washington and Bethesda.
He will be in the aviation service di-
vision. According to President Chase
Donaldson, the firm is looking for
ward to wide prosperity after the
war. The plant in Bethesda is one
of the largest industrial concerns in
the Greater Washington Area.
Directors to Vote Dividends.
Directors of the Real Estate Mort
gage & Guaranty Corp. have de-
clared a 3 per cent dividend on ac-
cumulation of dividends on the pre-
ferred stock, payable June 26 to
stock OF record June Is, President
Ralph D. Quinter announced yester-
day.
The Washington Convention Hall
co. has voted semiannual dividend
OF $3.50 share on the per cent
cumulative preferred stock, PAYABLE
June l. The ST quarterly dividend
on Mergenthaler Linotype will be
paid on July 13 to stock of record
June 80.