Evening star., 1949-10-02

For Merchants and
Manufacturers Units
By Edward c. Stone
Leading Washington business
men have been elected chairme,
of various trade groups OF tn
Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION. at recent annual meet
ings, Edward D. Shaw. eXecutiv
secretary, announced yesterday
Election results follow:
M. F. Marcus, vice president an
general merchandise manager G
L. Frank Co.. chairman of tn
Ladies Wear Stores Division. t
succeed Arthur J. Rosenblatt 9
Brooks. Inc.
J. Edward Dyer of j. E. Dyer
Co., chairman of the Wholesal
Grocers' Division, to succeed r.
Dyer of the same firm.
Arthur B. Curtis of Curt
Bros. Furniture Co., chairman G
the furniture division. to succee
w. Wilberg of Goldenberg Co.
Warren S. Gruber of Hudson
Supply g. Equipment Co., chair
man of the building supply divi
sion. to succeed B. c. Thomson O
Rosslyn Steel g. Cement Co.
Mr.. Shaw also announced tina
the following have been reelected
Dewey Zirkin of H. Zirkin & Sons
Inc. chairman of furriers divi
sion: Arthur j. Sundlun, presiden
Of A. Kahn. Inc. chairman o
jewelers. division: Humphre
Daniel of Garry Ice. Cream Co
chairman of ice cream manufac
turers' division; John D. Martin o
Southern Diaries. Inc. Chairman
of frosted foods division: Pat
rick A. Deck. manager of Fadele.
& Co., chairman of coal division
Garfinckel Has Good Year.
Julius Garfinckel Co.. Inc, il
the annual report just out, state
that sales in the Spring Vale,
store have increased steadily TO
seven consecutive years. Here i
another example Of the importanc
of these branches to the mail
stores.
Garf1nckel sales for the fisca
year ended July 81. 1949. totale'
$21, ,694,375 against $21 1855, 1858 ii
the previous year. a slight decreas
Of $4,000 or three-fourths o
per cent. After provision fo
income taxes. net income amount
ed to s928,l35. compared witt
$966, ,693 a year ago.
Earnings on common stoc,
amounted to $3.50 per share a
compared with $2.64 a year age
Income tax provisions totale'
$649. 900.
Assistant Manager Named.
The Washington Automotiv
Trade Association has appointe'
Maurice j. Murphy to a newl
created position Of assistant man
aging director. President Earle c
Baker announced yesterday. TIL
move was taken to meet expan
sion needs.
The new official is the son o
Richard r. Murphy. the manag
ing director. Born In New Jerse,
in 1909, he came here eight year
later. He attended public ant
parochial schools. st. Johns Col
lege. Was graduated from Centra
High in 1882 and has bushes
degree from Maryland University
He came out Of the war as
lieutenant commander in tn
Navy. His early business train
ing was as salesman with an oi
company. Recently. he has beer
sales manager for Communit,
Motors. Bethesda. Md.
Store Sales Under Year Ago.
Sales In Washington department
stores for the week ended Sep
tember "a were off 6 per cen
from the same l948 week. tn
Richmond Reserve Bank reported
Trade was 2 per cent ahead o
the previous week this year AM
unchanged in the four-week pc
riod ending on the same date
Sales In the Fifth District wer
down IL per cent from last year
Arthur Clarendon Smith. sr
head Of Smiths Transfer g. Stor
age Co.. yesterday reported sub
stantial profits in the last tw'
quarters and an increase in long
distance moving.
The Washington Automotiv
Trade Association will meet to
morrow evening at the Carltol
Hotel. with reception at s, din
ner at 7, and a business session
at 8 8>o'clock. with Cal D. johnson
former member of Congress a
the speaker.
b. C. Delegates Listed.
Chesapeake Chapter, Rober
Morris Associates, will send a dele
cation to the annual meeting, q
Savannah. Ga, october 9-12. In
cluded in the group will be Jane
F. Willett. American Security 1
Trust; w. Hiles Pardoe and r
Perry yeatman, National Savings
and Roland T. Carr, Riggs Ma
tional.
Louis Engel. advertising man
ager for Merrill Lynch. Pierce
Fenner & Beane will address tn
luncheon meeting of the Adver
tising Club of Washington, Tues
day at the Statler.
Saturday. sessions of the Wash
ington Stock Exchange were re
sumed yesterday.
The Riggs National Banks his
torical advertisements, prepare
by the Lewis Edwin Ryan Agency