Evening star., 1951-07-13

has had his own weekly radio pro-
gram for more than a year and
recently he sang with Eugene
Ormandy and the Philadelphia
Symphony. He also has broadcast
over the Voice of America and in
early August will sing in the world
famous Salzburg Festival Of
Music.
Mr.. Schiffeler married his wife,
Mary, on Friday, the 18th, and
assumed his duties at the Raleigh
Is years ago on Friday. the 18th.
Comments Mr.. Schiffeler: Fri
day. the 18th, is a very lucky day
for me-"
Housing Bonds Stir Interest.
There is lively interest here in
competitive bidding that will take
place next Tuesday on s171 mil
lion of local housing bonds. A
group of leading banks will bid
against a nationwide dealefesyn-
dicate, of which a number of
Washington firms are members.
Competing bids will be opened
at 3 pm. in So different cities in
81 States and Hawaii. Washing
ton firms included in the dealer
syndicate are Folger, Nolan, Inc,
Mackall & Coe and Robert C..
Jones & Co., Alex Brown & Sons,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce. Fenner 8,
Beane and many other firms with
important branch Offices here also
are members of the group. The
banking group includes New York.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston,
Detroit and West Coast banks, but
none in Washington.
Rumors that efforts were being
made to merge the two groups for
presentation of a single bid, were
scotched last night by the man
ayers.
ID. C. Inventories Above 1850.
Inventories of Washington de-
partment stores were % per cent
above year ago on May 81, the
Richmond Reserve Bank reported.
The stores untitled orders for
new merchandise on the same
date had dropped 2 per cent be-
low year earlier.
Collections on open accounts
during May amounted to 46 per
cent of May l receivableS, COM
pared with 49 per cent in May.
1850. Those on installment ac-
counts were 10 per cent of May
receivables, compared with 18 per
cent year earlier.
U. s. League Names Committees,
Twenty-Five executives of District
savings and loan associations have
been assigned to standing COM
mittees of the United States Saw
ings and Loan League for the
coming year.
The committees have started
work and will hold important
meetings at the annual league
convention in Miami. Beach in
November. Washington executives
named to the committees follow:
wilfred H.. Blanz, American Building
Association, Reserve Credits; Richard IT.
Sinclair, American Building, Speech Com
test; test. cagi e; smuek: Anacostia Federal,
Columbia Federal. Federal section; r.
Wilson Camp District Building. Add
sioSsl nal, Services; y;;e;n. william n Payne; E
Martin A, Cook, Enterprise Federal, Per.
FEDERAL, and Robert z; Buckiey. National
nation 4 Audit Committee; 5tHS Edward Sr X
Jones. Interstate Building Postal Savings;
Fred A. Smith. Jefferson Federal and
on Adyertising and Business Development.
LEGISLATIVE Committee and . a memssr q q
EmmerisS EiSsrts suilGine lGMsssf nds:orE see
tion. on state. LEGISLATION. Rudolph W.
santelmann. Metropolis Building. chair
ees r Rasmond wams S9nm
nomic Policies: r. L. Houston Jones'. mes
Howard s. scott '' Norts~sss.rn aa feSsssi
surance Proposals; Chaplin B. Bauman,
EdSard sstz AtfSInsys ESasss
tees; William H. Dyer. Perpetual. Savings
noSOClatlOl anu SQ~OpcIHtlVe Bank MANI
Agement Committe; William H. Rippard,
Perpetual. Accounting Committee; Thorn
ton w. Owen, Perpetual, Appraisal Policy
and Building Practices; Elmer J. Carlson,
Prudential Fidelity Bonds and Insurance;
Carl Y Bersmann. League Constitution
Harold E. Fellows, president Of
the National Association of Radio
and Television Broadcasters, to-
day appointed q legal and legis-
lative advisory committee. headed
by Frank U. Fletcher, cc-owner
Of WARL, Arlington. as chair
man.
Frank T. Koons, a member Of
the John Lister McElfresh Agency
of the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Co. here. has attained
membership In the company's
1851 Presidents Club.
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