Evening star., 1951-04-09


1949. Taxes paid or accrued dur
ing the year reached 81, ,423, ,270,
an increase of $735 .973.
Mortgage indebtedness was re-
duced to $9,525. 1888 at the end of
1850, compared with $10.138,256
at the close of 1949. Included
were $1,375,4 on Hotel Statler
here and $3.50, ,349 on Hotel Stat
ler, New York.
President Douglas said the COM
pany expects another good year
in 1851. Construction of the
1,275-room Statler Center in Los
Angeles has started and sites have
been acquired for a 700-room
Hotel Dallas and a 450-room hotel
at Hartford, Conn.
District Building Declines.
Private building permits issued
in the District during March de-
clined sharply to $4,942, 200, COM
pared with $8,559,788 in the pre-
vious month and $6,223,929 in
March. 1850. the building super
intendent's Office disclosed today.
Because of buster January and
February. permits for the first
three months of 1850 were valued
at $20,150,279, highest total for
the period on record.
It compared with $15,214,187 in
the same 1850 quarter.
Ad Men to Hear Lowen.
Walter Lowen. New. York spe-
cialist in advertising placement,
will address the Advertising Club
at Hotel Statler tomorrow noon.
Mr.. Lowen opened his adver-
tising placement agency in 1920
and since that time his services
have been used by virtually all
leading advertising agencies and
by most advertising executives
either job-hunting or job-flling.
He is "easily the country's lead
ing authority on advertising and
marketing personnel" officials of
the club said. He will discuss
ways to get an advertising Job,
earnings of advertising copy
writers and agency personnel
problems.
Bank Auditors to Meet.
The Auditors Section of the
District Bankers Association will
discuss current purchasing prob
lens at dinner meeting at the
Burlington Hotel Thursday night,
it was announced by Tudor
Wilton, assistant vice president of
the Second National Bank, and
chairman of the section.
The program will be under su-
pervision of the Current Problems
Committee, of which r. Earle
Haycock, senior auditor of the
Riggs National Bank, is chair
man.
The meeting will start at 6:45
o'clock.
Convention City Chosen.
The United States Savings anc
Loan League will hold its annua
convention November 9-13 al
Miami Beach. Fla, Norman
Strunk. executive vice president
announced. Last years conven.
ton was held in Washington.
~ The National Sales Executive,
will hold its annual convention
May 81 through June 2 at thu
Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
Dr., Nathan A. Baily, director O.
the Division of Business Studies
American University, will conduc
a session of the Training Insti
tute of the Milk Industry Founda
tion tonight.
Jack Weiner has been appointed
assistant grocery buyer for Foo,
Fair Super Markets in the Wash
ington area. Mr.. Weiner i
widely known in food circles here
Charles B. Dulcan, ST., vic
president of the Hecht Co., vii
be an honored guest at the annua
all-day conference of Bran,
Names Foundation at New Yor]
Wednesday when Gimbels will b
designated as the department
store Brand Name dealer of 1885,
Hecht Co. won the award for 194S
Miss Lena Hitchcock, represent
ative of the Connecticut Mutus
Life Insurance Co. here is attend
ing a three e-day conference at tn
home Office in Hartford.