Evening star., 1951-08-16

~ tlon, p o II Ueu
out that SIM
liar dec sion
Mr.. Reilly. was made last
August when the surplus was in
creased by $15O,000, making a
total of $780, 900 during the past
year. AS a result of the current
action, he said, Second Nationals
surplus has advanced to $3.50,
600, an increase of 125 per cent
during the last five years.
New Mayfower Manager.
c. N. Hilton, president of Hilton
Hotels Corp, today announced the
appointment of Louis C. Del Coma
as resident manager of the May
flower in Washington.
Mr.. Del Coma, who joins the
staff of c. j. Mack, vice president
and general manager, has been
with Hilton Hotels Corp. for II
years. He was resident manager
at Hotel Roosevelt, in New York,
and more recently assistant to the
general manager at the Palmer
House, Chicago.
Mr.. Del Coma was born in In
diana. is a graduate of De Paul
University, Chicago, and attended
Cornell University's school OF
hotel administration. He is "a
member of the Hotel Executives
Club of New York.
b. e. O. Revenues Up.
Although operating revenues OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
for July were slightly more than
$36 million, or nearly So million
higher than for July last year, it
was announced today, increased
operating costs resulted in about
100000 less net income than for
the same month in 1850.
Earnings for July year ago
were affected to some extent by
the dock strike. However, operat-
ing expenses increased in July OF
this year by more than $3.5 mil
lion because of higher wage and
material costs. The maintenance
of equipment item was more than
SIS million higher and the cost
of running trains was more than
ST million higher than for July,
1850. All these factors. the dl-
rectors announced. served to cut
net income for the month COM
pared with a year ago.
ID. c. Vice President Named.
H. P. Harper has been named
resident vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Reuben II.
Donnelley Corp. in Washington.
it was announced in Chicago to-
day by D. L. Harrington, presl-
dent. Effective September /, MI.
Harper will represent the classi-
fed directory publishers. adver-
tising and merchandising firm IN
the operating area of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Mr.. Harper started with Don
nelley's 25 years ago in Chicago
and moved to Washington in l94o.
CLU Course COmpietcu.
The American College OF Life
Underwriters has announced that
three Washington men have COM
pleted the entire course OF CLu
examinations held last June. They
are the following: Edgar Hicks,
Equitable Life Assurance Society;
Ingelow J. Kline, Connecticut Md
tual, and William R. Tooker, Berk-
shire Life. In addition to these
men there were 81 other candi-
dates from this area who passed
one or more of the examinations.
A total of 2,310 people at l4O
regional centers took the eXamlna-
tions.
Pan American Traffic Gains.
Pan American World AirWays,
Inc, announced substantial in
creases in passenger traffic. 1t flew
409,439,OO0 passenger miles and
15,352,743 plane miles in the sec
ond quarter of this year. This COM
pares with 343,595,000 passenger
miles and 14,011,839 plane miles
flown in the first quarter OF 1851
and 324.485,000 passenger miles
and 14,489,96 plane miles flown
during the second quarter OF l95O.
The Hecht Co. is preparing to
open it's latest suburban store in
the fall on the 18-acre commercial
center An Arlington, Va, at the
intersection of Wilson boulevard
and Glebe road. AS result the
company started this week recruit
ing 1000 prospective employees to
staff the store. The new store Will
cost $6.5 million and contain 3OO,-
600 square feet in its five floors.
TV Showing Planned.
Under the auspices of the Nash
Kelvinator Sales Corp. the premier
showing of the Sylvania golden
Jubilee television will be staged
tomorrow from 2 to 9 pm. at
the Statler Hotel. 1t is expected
to draw many dealers from the
metropolitan area.
Increased business dealings with
the Government in Washington
have resulted in Northwest Air
lines scheduling an additional
flight between the Twin Cities and
the National Capital, effective to-
day, according to an announce
ment from the airline. The new
fight from st. Paul and Mime
apolis is the third operated by
the company to Washington. The
arrival of the eastbound flight
11:47 am, has been set so that
businessmen will have time fol
business during the day.