Evening star., 1951-11-11

land economist; Charles B. Dull
caI ST.. executive vice president
and general manager Of The
Hecht Co., Washington, Silver
Spring and Virginia; Max wehrly.
Director Of the Urban Land In.
stitute. >
Mr.. Hoyt recently completed q
survey Of land uses In Arlington
County relating particularly to the
new store developments Of The
Hecht Co. and s. Kann Sons Co.
Mr.. Dulcan has studied Wash
ington's suburban trends closely.
Mr.. Wehrly formerly was assistant
planning director OF the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
Promoted by Hessick q Som
John L. c. Sullivan has been
elected vice president and director
of w. II. HesSick & Son. Inc, ef-
fective November 3. President
Fred A. Hessick announced. He
has been with the coal and fuel
oil company three years and has
an outstanding sales record.
Directors of the Lincoln Ma.
tional Bank have declared q semi
annual dividend Of $3.50 a share
and o special dividend Of $3.50 q
share. both payable January 2,
1852, to stockholders of record at
the close of business December IA,
1851. A special Of the same
amount was declared a year ago.
Mayfiower Auditor Named.
c. j. Mack. general manager Of
The Mayflower yesterday an
nounced the appointment of John
E. Carroll as auditor Of the hotel.
A native Of Boston, Mr.. Carroll
comes here from the Plaza In New
York where he has been chief ac-
countant. Previously he was with
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
and served as auditor Tor Hotel
Pierre. ' ~ ~
He Is a member Of the New York
STATE Society of Certified Ac-
countants and the National Asso.
ciation Of Cost Accountants. He
succeeds Harry L. Schultz. who
resigned. a
Outstanding Speakers nj A. o.
Firsthand information on ths
workings Of the Reneeotiation
and the Munitions Boards viii be
presented at q session Of Ameri-
can University's Institute on Eco
nomics Of Defense Mobilization at
the Department of Commerce
Auditorium Tuesday. starting at
Z pm.
John D. Small, chairman Of
the Munitions Board, and Richard
B. Cross, chief of the Military
Renegotiation Policy Review
Board, will speak.
A limited number OF tickets ara
available at the downtown branch
OF the university.
Building Permits Drou.
Building permits issued by the
District In October dropped sharp
ly to $3.637.5o5, compared with
S6,873. .875 In the previous month.
and were 50 per cent below ST.
650.458 In October. 1850, which
was one Of the most active months
OF the year. A 10 months total
OF $54.743,802. was down 6.2 per
cent from $5s,3ss.371 a year
earlier.
About 50 members of the
Financial Public Relations Asso-
citation enroute to their Hollywood.
Fla. convention stopped here
Yesterday and were entertained
by Washington associate mem
bers headed by Robert Lyon Of
the Bank Of Commerce and Saw
lngs and John j.. Ahearn Of
of American Security & Trust Co.
Banks and savings and loans
institutions Of the District, Mary
and and Virginia win be closed to-
morrow for the legal holiday cele-
Armistice Day. The WASH
ngton Exchange In common with
,ther markets Of the Nation also
will be closed.
Washington department store
sales in the week ended Novem-
ber 3 were 8 per cent above the
previous week and % per cent
above the like 1850 week, the Fed
,ral Reserve Bank of Richmond
-eported. Sales, in four week period
ended the same date were II per
cent above q year ago. L