Evening star., 1952-03-10

With time out for World War I
service, Mr.. Hardie has been active
in advertising in Washington
since 1917. when he joined the
staff of the Washington Post. His
background in the business in
cludes agency, department store
and general retail and national
advertising.
The Bank of Commerce and
Savings has advanced from 11O6th
place to 1.000th place to rank now
among the 1000 largest banks
in the United States, according
to the recent tabulation of the
American Banker. It's resources
as Of December 81. 1851 were re-
ported as $20,515.565.
Store Manager Promoted.
j. Howard Denny, president of
Franklin Simon, has announced
the appointment of Edward A.
CogSwell as manager of the de-
partemnt stores Washington
branch store. Mr.. Cogswell has
been with the Washington unit
since it opened in September, 1948,
as assistant manager and mer-
chandise head for ready-to-wear.
Before joining the Franklin ST.
mon store Mr.. Cogswell had three
years service with Julius Gar
finckel. and previous to that he
was associated in the retail busi-
ness with his father. At the
Franklin Simon store he succeeds
William Bailey, who resigned some
time ago.
Another change at Franklin ST.
mon involves Gerald Deckel, who
has been named service manager
of the Washington store. Former
ly he was manager Of the mems
and boys departments. He has a
record of service with Best g. Co.,
Washington.
Insurance Men to Meet.
The annual convention of the
Mutual Insurance Agents ASSo-
citation of Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel, April 27-29.
Senator Harry F. Byrd. Demo-
crat, Virginia. will be the lunch
con speaker on April %.
Claude v. Hyson. convention
chairman. in making the an
nouncement today. said the con-
vention will participate in the
200th anniversary of mutual in
surance in the United States. It
was on March 25, 1852 that Ben
jamin Franklin and a group
established the philadelphia
Contributionship for the In
surance of Houses from Loss by
Fire" The company is still &C.
tive and is the forerunner OF
tdoay's $500 mutual fire and
casualty insurance companies
that serve more than 20 million
policyholders Mr.. Hyson said.
Nathan Bushnell. jr., head o1
the Prudential Co.'S Washington
agency, is attending a conference
today and tomorrow Of Prudential.
agency managers in Atlanta, Ga
Meeting with Sayee Macleod, vice
president. and other executives
the heads of II company agencies
in this region will discuss new
policyholder services and sale:
programs.
Building Clinic Planned.
The travelling Building Clinic
sponsored by the H. H. Robertson
Co. of Pittsburgh and the Gen.
eral Electric Co., will be held here
Thursday and Friday in the Pres.
idential ballroom of the Hote
Statler. This clinic, open from
10 am. to 10 pm. is primarily
for architects, engineers, builders
and interested Government ofi.
cials in the Washington area.
The clinic will be opened b!
E. E. Potter. vice president o.
General Electric Co. in Washing.
ton. and A. w. Hedgren, VIC
president Of the Robertson Co
It will cover building material
from roof and walls to electrical
distribution and control Of light
ing and power, the products hav
ing been selected for their saw
ing qualities. From Washington
the Building Clinic" will NOV
to New York for q showing OF
March Is.
Manufacturing workers got al
average Of $61 80 a week in Mary
land during December of las
year, a report by the Marylan,
Department Of Employment Sc
curity showed today. This wa
SLOT above the figure for tn
same month Of 1850, while tn
average hourly work week wa
dropping IL hours. Workers i
such basic industries as stet
topped the laborers with averag
earnings Of $72.48 or $1.78 a
hour. Those in the printing an
publishing trade got $71.79, an
durable goods workers earne
f66.4S.