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Janwa.ry 21, 1942' A regular meeting of the Executive Committee of P. Lorihlard Company was held today at, the office of the Company, 119 West 40th Street, New York City. There were present Messrs.: G. H. Hummel G. D. Whitefield H. A. Kent W. J . Halley J. J. Driscoll J. S. Freeman Todd Wool On motion duly made and, seconded, the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. unanimously On motion of Mr. Freeman, seconded by Mr. Kent, it was. RESOLVErD: That all checks drawn against any of the funds of the Company on deposit with the First & Merchants National Bank of Richmond,, Richmond, Va., to the credit of'the Re Account of the Whitlock Branch of the Company, shall bear the signatures of' any tqvo of' the following: J. A. Glascock Evans Bowdon L. F. Weber J. L. Findlay A. B. Seward This resolution supersedes all previous resolutions in regard to the signing of such checks. unanimously On motion of Mr. Driscoll, seconded1by Mr. Halley, it was RESOLVED: That all checks drawn against any of the funds of the Company on deposit with the First & Merchants National Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Va., to the credit of the Pay Roll Account of the Whitlock Branch of the Company, shall bear the signature of'any one of the following: J. A. Glascock Evans Bowdon L. F. Weber J. L. Findlay A. B. Seward provided that no check so drawn is to be in excess of $10C', nor to be honored by said Bank unless presented!within thirty deys' from date issued. This resolution supersedes all previous resolutions in regard to the signing, of such checks. unanimously On motion of Mr. Kent, seconded by uin. Freeman, it was RESOLVED: That the following employments of salesmen, as listed below, with the authorization of'the Sales Dept. and the approval of'G'. D. Whitefield, Executive Vice-President, and' -H. A. Kent„ Vice-President , be and the same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmec~z t,867GO69

. 31 Daniel VYinford' Rowe At the rate of: $20 per week Effective: 1/19/442 John Barr Shepherd 20'" " " Robert Glenn Butler 20 " "' " Billie Snider 20' "' n. " Garrold Earl Strong, 20 " m. n Jo seph Daniel 0'."Connel:l 20, " tr " John Wesley Robertson 20 ". ic 1/26/42 Floyd Vernon Hayden it . 25 . 11 ~ Leonard Cornelius B'ogwe "'. 25 „ " A. Douglas Yeaglle 25 " 11, ". Eirne st iYeller Reed 25 " " Herbert Henry McKelvey 20 ", n 2/2/42 Harlyn Lester Kneppe of 20 " ". Oh motion of' Mr. Kent, seconded by Mr. 'Whitefield, it was waanimous7y RESOLVED: That the following,increases in salary of salesmen,, as shown below opposite their respective names, each effective January 26, 1942, 'be and the same hereby are in all respects approvedy, ratified, and confirmed': From the rate of: To the rate of: Philip Vincent Dailey $20':per week $23 per week John Henry Ontrich Jr. 28' 30 "' " William Clyde Coward 50' " " 55 " " on motion of Mr. Halley, seconded'by Mr. Driscoll, the following adver- tising expenditures were in all respects approaed'y, rat3ified!, and confirmed: Estimates of' Lennen & Mitchell Inc. as follows: #22 dated December 31, 1941 covering, advertising, of UNION LEADER' Tobacco in Foreign Service Magazine, February through December 1942, at a cost of $1,297.56. #24 dated January 13, 191,2 covering radio advertising,of RIPPLE Tobacco over Sta- tion~ WFAA, Dallas, Texas„ February 2 through May 2, ]l9'42', at a cost of' t1,218.75. #25 dated January 14, 1942 covering radio advertising, of' BEECH-NUT Cigarettes over Station VbBNY', Buffalo, N.Y., February 2' through M'ay:2, 1942, at a cost of $i,352. #26 dated January 14, 1942 covering radio ad'vertising, of BEECH-NUT Cigarettes over StationiWNEW, New York City, February 16 through M'ay 16, 1942, at a cost of $8„ 580. The Secretary laid before the meeting lease from The:Westernl& Sout'hern Life Insurance Co. by the T:W. G'rogan Company, Agent, of Room 306 in Film Exchange Building, Payne Ave. & East 21st St., Cleveland, 0hioy for one year fran January 1, ]194,2,,at an annual rental of' $462, ,, payable in advance in equal installments of' $3$'. 50, , which, pn;motion of' Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. Whitefield,, was in all re- spects approved', ratified, and confirmed. On motion duly made and seconded, the meeting,adjourned. Secretary 58G'7Sa7Q