Evening star., 1947-01-14
q. c. Banks Elect II Directors;
3 Firms Raise Capital Stock

HuIuO6T LII many years, were ClCCtct
today at annual meetings of stock
holders of all national banks ir
the Capital and several other In
stitutions.
Three banks-the National Metro
politan, Security Savings g. Com
mercial, and Second National-alsc
voted to increase their capital stock
as recommended by the directors.
The National Capital Bank leo
off with five directors elected, the
new members including Joseph H
Deckman, prominent in the hard
ware business; Clarence w. Cos
nell, head of building contracting
firm bearing his name; Frank j,
Mann of Mann's Potato Chips, Inc;
Rudolph w. Santelman, secretary
of the Metropolis Building Associa-
ton and president Of the District
Building and Loan League, and
William NJ. Payne, jr., president OF
the Eastern Building & Loan AS
sociation and of the National Capt.
tai Insurance Co.
Riggs Elects 2 New Members.
Riggs National Bank stockholders
added two new members to the
board, Thomas A. Butt. treasurer OF
the Smoot Sand & Gravel Co. and
r. Randolph Maddox, president OF
the Chesapeake e. Potomac Tele-
phone Companies.
The National Bank of Washing
ton elected two new board members
v. Manning Hoffman, vice president
and secretary of the Firemen's In
surance Co. of the District of Co.
lumbia, and Waldo j. Tastet, presi-
dent of Fries, Beall & Sharp, hard
ware dealers.
Stockholders of the Liberty Ma
tional Bank added one director,
Frederick G. Macarow, general traf-
fic manager of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co.
McLachlen Bank stockholders
elected John C. Harding to the
board. He is president of the John
C. Harding Co., dealers in electrical
appliances.
Today's elections resulted as fol-
lows, many present directors being
retained in office:
Washington Loan g. Trust.
Directors of the Washington Loan
IL Trust Co. we're reelected as fol-
lows:
Hiram Bingham, Ralph Bradford, Fred
erick NJ. Bradley; J: Edward I'D Bur Burr9agns' 9sIas
5 Georee eeaseS NJ rsher p0ins Melville % B.
Samuel H. Kaufman. Alfred H. lawson
James Alexander Lyon, Leonard Marbury,
5. % Mirick. James, James %o'ponneil, jri A Cham
bers Oliphant: William E Pearson, Douglas
Z, Phillips, Walter s. Pratt ID ph,iie Tenney
Fsibott ois; .Hian John W. Thompson, ir, and A,
Hamilton Wilson.
Lincoln National.
Lincoln National Bank stockhold-
ers reelected the following direc-
tors for 1947:
George l. Berger, William w. BTawner'
Floyd E.. Davis, Floyd E, Davis j.,Iv. IL W.
Gwynn Gardiner, jr: Albert s.. CAREY,
EerGs Lee. w. David asid0n Maawe. Ar John " Miller
Richard A. Norris. Howard R. Norton,
Harry shsrby McF Fred sto1e a Smith; chan6ag GHy
Walker, Howard L. Wilkins. o.
The board organized at once by elect ely
ing Floyd E: Davis, president Ricaara a rasb a.
ier: Albert S. Galley, Fred A. smith, ROD
ert E. Lee, vice presidents; j. Frank Rice,
assistant cashier and assistant trust omceT
Hammond Wetzel, Edward H: Story, Walter
r. Fry, assistant cashiers; LOUIS C. Pala-
DIM, controller; William M. Harris, audi
'0i seventeenth We tee % and II Streets ofhce---Nel-
son NJ. Stokes, vice president IN charge,
Samuel c. Redman, jr., assistant cashier;
Arthur e. Meade, assistant manager.
Riggs National.
In addition to the election OF
Messrs. Butt and Maddox, Riggs Ma
tional stockholders reelected the
following to the board:
Robert " Fleming, Charles c. Glover
Fleming fii, e Newboid. New c. Powell Minnigerode,
Coleman Jennings John Oliver La Gorce
Charles H. Tompkins, Henry Erwin, VIM
McClsllan, Ernest E. @ MOTIFS, tioya dssiSon p Wl1-
WaltS G; DUNLOP, Morris cafTltS; Eawaro i1
d Merrill. william e. Schmid, Nelson T
Harrison. E. Taylor Chewing and Nelson
National Metropolitan.
In addition to voting an increase
in capital, stockholders of the Ma
tional Metropolitan reelected these
directors:
Louis D Bliss. William J. Hughes, tr !;
John B. Hyde, C.. F. Jacobsen, Charles
Jacobsen, James NJ Johnston, jr.; David
Fboms5 nsEres ke.y R n Felix kspmsnn moPe9 Frank pn
Nesbit. james oDonnell, c. F.. R. 0gilby;
Landra B. Platt, T. F, Schneider, Donald
p. Shepard, T. C. Isl; Sheridan, IaTs Sazna Russel w
K Wimsatt and Richard HUM.
France has ordered 100000 trac-
TORS for IFS farmers