Evening star., 1952-01-30

day by President James j. Becker.
Mr.. Groom is president of the
Bank of Commerce and Savings
and currently is serving as pres
ident of the Washington Board of
Trade. He is a past president
of the District Bankers Associa-
ton, a former member of the
Executive Council of the American
Bankers Association, past chair
man of the Treasury's Savings
Bond Division for the District and
a past president of the District
Society for Crippled Children.
Mr.. Phillips is a member Of
the firm of Phillips, Candy and
Fuller, and long has been prom
inent in real estate and invest
ment circles here. He is a past
president of the Washington Real
Estate Board.
Area Trade to Be Studied.
To determine the retail sales
picture accurately in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area, the
Board of Trade in cooperation
with Fairchild Publications will
launch a sales pattern study in
apparel and home furnishings
lines. A special tabulation to be
obtained from the Bureau Of the
Census will be used.
The study, similar to one con-
Quoted in Cleveland last summer,
will show the division of retail
sales by merchandise lines be-
tween the downtown central busi-
ness district and Maryland and
Virginia suburban stores. An
nouncement of the project was
made today by Thomas j. Groom,
Trade Board president.
Principal objective is to provide
businessmen with data on busi-
ness trends and significant an
swers to timely questions about
decentralization. The survey, ex-
pected to be completed this spring.
is being developed by Henry J..
Kaufman. chairman of the Board
of Trades Retail Business Com
mittee, and Clarence Judd, re-
search director for Fairchild Pub
lications, Inc, New York.
The District Public Utilities
Commission yesterday approved a
petition from the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. for per-
mission to pay up to 3.25 per cent
annual interest on promissory
notes issued and to be issued by
the company to its parent. Ameri-
can Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Asks Support for Courts.
Judge Walter M. Bastian of the
District Court told Washington
bankers last night that ordinary
citizens should take more interest
in the administration of justice.
The courts and the police need the
support of the general public in
the drive against juvenile delin-
quency, the rehabilitation of law
breakers and other matters. he
said.
He spoke at the midwinter din
ner of the Safe Deposit Section
of the District Bankers Associa-
ton, which attracted an unusually
large attendance at the Burling-
ton Hotel. Designated as senior
bank officers night. the meeting
was attended by many top bank
executives.
Frederick ]. Burrell of the
National Savings g. Trust Co.
section chairman, presided. Par
ticipating in panel discussion OF
legal questions were John E
Powell, George E. Monk and
Thomas F. Burke, Washington
attorneys.
Gasoline Sales Set Record.
District gasoline consumption
In 1851 reached q new all-time
high Of 202 ,S8S, ,719 gallons, a gain
of per cent from the previous
year and II per cent above 1941,
the District tax Office disclosed
today.
December consumption Of IT,
044.005 gallons was up 2 per cent
from the previous month, but
Jagged OIL per cent behind Decem-
ber. 1850. It remained SIS pei
cent ahead of December, 1941.
Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath;
Folger. Nolan. Inc, and Johnston
Lemon & Co, all Of Washington
are participants in public offer
ing of $l25 million Of Aluminium
Co. Of America s1s per cent de-
bentures maturing in 1864. FRS
Boston Corp. heads the under.
writing group. "