Evening star., 1951-02-19


DR.. Arthur M.
Weimer, dean Mr. "'iiiams'
of the School of Business at In
diana University.
Alfred Edelson, senior account
executive of Henry j. Kaufman
g. Associates, will address busi-
ness administration students at
American University Wednesday
at 10:4O am. on What an Adver-
tising Agency Does"
Ad Men Plan Seminar.
Radio and TV advertising eX-
perts will address seminar OF the
Advertising Club of Washington
at Hotel Statler tomorrow, Presi-
dent William Sigmund of the club
announced.
At a noon luncheon preceding
the seminar. Miss Linnea Nelson
of New York, widely known in
advertising circles as Miss Time
Buyer, will give the principal ad-
drses. Miss Nelson, who recently
retired after "a years with j.
Walter Thompson, is recognized
as an authority in the field.
Among speakers for the after
noon and evening seminar: George
Castleman, vice president and ra-
dio director, Birmingham. Castle
man & Pierce; r. C. Embry. gen.
eral manager, Station WITH of
Baltimore; Bill Shaw, Columbia
Broadcasting System; Ed Mad
den, vice president, National
Broadcasting Co.: Frank Pelle-
grin, vice president. Transit Ra-
dio, Inc, and Robert K. Richards,
public relations director, National
Association of Broadcasters: Lee
Hart, Broadcast Advertising Bu-
reau; Don Mcclure, McCann-
Erickson Co.
Sallada Takes Fairchild Post.
Admiral H. B. Sallada, U. S. N,
retired, former chief of the Bu-
reau of Aeronautics, has Joined
Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp.
to assist Paul j. Frizzell, vice
president, in carrying out the con-
tract with Kaiser Frazer Corp.
Under the contract. Kaiser
Frazer will produce Fairchild
C-119 Packets at the big Willow
Run, Mich. plant. Admiral Sal
lada retired from the Navy after
a distinguished career dating
from 1918.
Richard S. Boutelle, Fairchild
president, also announced the
opening of a new Washington Of
flee in the Cafritz Building. It
will be occupied by Gen. Jacob L..
Devers. U. S. A., retired, and Brig.
Gen. William W. Welsh, U. S. A. F..
retired, technical advisers to Mr..
Boutelle.
Offices of Richard C. Palmer,
assistant to Mr.. Boutelle, will re-
main in the American Building.
Air Express Shipments Rise.
Air express shipments in and
out of Washington in the first
week of February totsled 4,172,
q gain of 77.6 per cent from 1850
in the like 1850 week, the Rail-
way Express Agency reported.
Revenues from them amounted
to S17.847. a gam of 1923 per
cent from a year earlier,
The Bank Of Commerce and
Savings of Washington, with S15,-
698,471 of deposits on December
30, gained % places in its stand
ing among 1900 largest banks of
the Nation during 1850 the Amer
lean Banker announced. 1t was
1,106th on the list at the end
of 1850. compared With 1,129th
at the end of 1949.
Alfred M. Bell, life underwater,
who has been with the Washing
ton Office of New York Life for
several years, has been appointed
a special representative for
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance
Co. and the Inter-Ocean Insur-
ance Co. Mr.. Bell will handle
group cases for the two companies
and regular business for Mime
sofa Mutual.
Bankers Plan Farm Conference.
Bankers and agricultural work.
ers of Virginia will attend the fifth
annual Virginia Bankers Farm
Credit Conference at Natural
Bridge March ST.. The farm out
look and farm credit problems will
be discussed at the three-day
meeting.
John A. Upton and George w.
Graves, jr., of the Washington
agency of the New England Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co., have been
notified they tied for third place
in the Nationwide competition for
the company's Rookie of the
Year" award. Both men are ac-
tive in the District Life Under
writer's Association.
Theodore G. VonZielinski, newly
appointed representative of the
State farm insurance companies
in the Washington area, has just
attended a weeks training course
held by the companies in Rich
mond, Va.
A. L. Wilton of Chicago, for
merly chief of the packaging sec
ton. Office of the Chief of Ord
nance here, has been elected pres
ident of the Wirebound Box
Manufacturers Association.