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the board. His present term ex-
pires December 81, 1852.
Nomination of a successor will
be an important task for the
District league. Nominations will
be made in September.
Mr.. Baltz is a past president of
both the District league and the
United States Savings & Loan
League, and served as chairman
of the Fifth District Voluntary
Credit Restraint Committee for
the industry. He also is chair
man of the District Savings Bond
Division, has been active in the
Washington Board of Trade and
is a director of the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank and the Firemerl's In
Surance Co.
Nee Elected Trustee.
Maury Nee, president of the
P. j. Nee Co., was elected a trustee
of the American Retail Federation
at the annual meeting in session
at the Hotel Statler today.
Mr.. Nee has been active in the
federation and served as chair
man of the Retail Planning Com
mittee of the federation which CO.
ordinated the development of re-
tail views and policies for the De-
fense Mobilization. program.
He also is chairman of the
board of the National Retail Fur
niture Association, one of the
member associations of the fed
Grafton. He will serve for three
year term as federation trustee.
New Cars VS.. Used Cars.
District sales of new cars in
April and the first four months of
this year were we'll behind a year
earlier, but sales of used cars were
ahead, data from the Traffic Bu-
reau indicated today.
New-car titles in April totaled
1879 VS.. 2,789 in April, 1851, and
in four months totaled 7,641 VS..
11,458. Title transfers, barometer
of used-car sales, totaled 5,015 in
April VS.. 4,683 in April, 1851, and
the four months total reached
18.303 VS.. 18,204 q year earlier.
Total automobile registrations,
after deduction of transferred reg
istrations, totaled 167 1893 on April
80 VS.. 164.83O a year earlier. gain
of 1.8 per cent. At the recent end
of the old tag year, registrations
were running behind a year earlier
by about the same amount.
Special Meeting Called.
A special meeting of stockhold-
ers of the Norfolk Southern Rail-
way Co. is being called by the
management to be held at Norfolk
May % to vote on a proposal of
a minority group to reduce the
Board of Directors from 18 to IL
members and to replace the pres
ent officers.
The management, according to
a letter sent to stockholders. op-
poses the proposal 1t was signed
by Patrick B. McGinnis, board
chairman. and Maj. Joseph T.
Kingsley, president. In their let
ter the officers note that the man.
agement is seeking the proxies of
stockholders for the purpose of
voting them against the proposal
and in favor of retaining the pres
ent board of 18 members.
Credit Union Delegates.
The District Credit Union
League will be represented at the
national board meeting of the
Credit Union National Association
by James w. Grant, vice president
of the national association; Paul
r. Ashbrook, president of the Dis
trict league, and Miss Madeline M.
Guinnane and William P. NAL
lard, national directors. The meet
ing will be held in Madison, Wis,
May 14-18.
A washington" poster designed
for Capital Airlines by Ed Hall OF
Lewis Edwin Ryan advertising
agency has been selected, from
over 5000 entries. for showing in
the 31st annual exhibition of the
Art Directors Club of New York.
The exhibition, being held al
the Grand Central Art Galleries
opened today with an awards
luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria
John D. Marsh, head of j. D
Marsh g. Associates, estate plan.
ners, is speaking before the Utat
State Sales Congress in Salt LAX,
City today.