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The COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

ESTABLISHED

Volume

1889

Reg. U. S. Pat. Office

Number

195

New York

6148

AS WE SEE

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7, N. Y., Thursday, April 5, 1962

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The Cold War and Other Factors

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strange and perilous times in which we live,
and there is all too little reason to expect any immediate

These

are

situation by which the

change in the basic nature of the

world is faced. There have been more

than

one

occasions

when solemn obligations undertaken pre¬
sumably in good faith turned out for one reason or
another, or in one way or > another, to be "scraps of
paper." The Marxian communists have always been
proselyters par excellence, and they have always held
their international and other agreements to be expend¬
in

the

past

By Northeutt Ely,* Counsellor-at-Law, Ely, Duncan &
Bennett, W ashington, D. C.
Review

abroad

Measured

of

regional

have

trade

much
of

It would be
situation

as

World War I

nation

as

not

mistake, however, to

this

be used

we

as

long

ago

as

the

to

Public

;

affecting foreign

many,

It

would

be

a

our

on

quently, I shall attempt to out¬
line

the

of

some

past

important

the

which

trends

developed

two

'; Before

■

which

States

private

abroad

in

1960

mately $32.7 billion,
1959.

Northeutt Ely

and distribution of mineral

by a sizable margin, the most im¬
portant function of American capital working in
resources

and

counter-nationalistic

trends throughout the
By counter-nationalistic trends, I mean the
increasing emphasis on multi-nation trade agree¬
ments, such as the European Common Market

/••-.•••>

7;::/ '

was,

in

appear

today's

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nations, such as the Republic of Congo, m the world
family, as well as the growing movements toward

expropriation

of foreign

PICTORIAL

(Continued on page 25)

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Bonds and

in

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Oceanside, Pasadena, Pomona, Redlands,
Riverside, San Diego, Santa Ana,
Santa Monica, Whittier

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7" The Cold War

with
certainty. Cold War pressures continued to
prime stimulus to our foreign aid program.
Second, it influenced our policy decision on im¬
port restrictions. Third, it may be assumed that
communist pressures were behind much of the
turmoil which marked
the
emergence
of new

be

increase of $2.9 billion over

an

First, the
considerations; second, the im¬
portant developments resulting from nationalistic
effect of Cold War

some

approxi-

The production

ISSUE—Candid

Dealers

investment

was

PERTH AMBOY

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topic under two general headings.

our

Several premises may be assumed, however,

I960,;;

statistics available.
value of the United \

total

breakdown of total American investments

economic policy, it is, of course, impossible to
determine with any precision how various aspects
of this struggle influenced foreign investments.

prehensive
The

Latin

and

in

While the Cold War continued to affect all phases

these deexamine the
for

Canada

of

the most recent com¬

are

area

: v

surveying
us

found

desirable

(again in billions of dollars) is as follows: Canada,
$11.2; Latin America, $8.4; Western Europe, $6.6;
Middle East, $1.2; Far East, $1.2; Africa, $.9; Other
areas, $3.2.
■
For purposes of discussion I have chosen to treat

,

as to the future of
investments abroad.

figures

The

over

they suggest
American

most

1960, with the
greatest percentage of American capital in all areas
centered in the petroleum and mining industries.

what

and

years

investors
be

agreements, which have resulted in the yielding of
certain long-standing
sovereign prerogatives in
favor of broader regional economic interests.

Conse¬

abroad.

to

world.

of

all

American

America

Housing,

State and

telephone:

were

on

bearing

investment

THIS

IN

Security

Concludes

investments.

of

touch

investments

obligations

York

War weapon.

economic nature, which should

an

factors which had

many

substantial a

that such

PICTURES

current

private in¬

developments

categories

impossible

"scraps of paper"—and the territory of a
at war brutally sub(Continued on page 22)

U. S. Government,

Cold

a

criticizes

doubts

challenge to greater opportunities.

a

international

various

beginning of

heard solemn international

author

competition faces private investments abroad, mostly

velopments, let

the

counter-nationalistic

varying from
region to region and differing with respect to

■V

suppose

as

investments in 1960-1961

suddenly erupted without historical

Even

development.
derided

a

The

political rather than

a

The

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Historical Background

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discourage flow of investments and

countries.

can

offer

manipulators of public thought and

s

and

groups,
to

'

the like.

a

tend

between

vestments

these

popular sentiment engaged .wholly in subversion and

likely trend of future in¬

proposals to tax foreign earnings and

disruptive influences
been so carefully and on so large a scale applied to areas
which are in any event in a stew. Never before have we
had such formidable

the

(1) the effects of the Cold War,

are

trading

which

trends

(

before

developments' impact upon private

indicates

(2) the world-wide trend toward nationalism, (3) the growth

euphemistic expression being that the ends
justified the means regardless of the nature of the means.
There have always been—at least in historical times—
nations or peoples bent upon taking what belonged to
others. All these more glaring characteristics of the pres¬
ent day situation have been familiar to others who have
gone before us.•;
However, the degree and the particular admixture of
these elements and certain peculiarities of the relation¬
ship between; them at the present time seem all but
unique in history. Never before have some of the most
powerful nations of the globe been devotees of commu¬
nism and so actively on the offensive as today. Never
before have we had so many glaring examples of their
disdain of anything that we have regarded as points of
Never

international

vestments.

able—the

honor.

of

investment

foreign countries in 1960. Investment in mining or
petroleum interests totaled approximately $14 bil¬
lion, or 42% of all direct foreign investment. The
breakdown of investments by industry for 1960 (in
billions of dollars) is as follows: Petroleum, $10.9;
Mining, $3.0; Manufacturing, $11.2; Utilities, $2.5;
Other, $5.1.

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500 Reasons

come

is

Vice-President, Cruttenden & Co., Inc.,

position more thatt 500

"We

Over-the-Counter issues, giv¬

investment

markets.

in Over-the-Counter

motiilTe

oi

n

o

within ' that

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NEW

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Associate Member

American Stock Exchange

120 Broadway, New York 5
Teletype NY 1-40

WOrth 4-2300
BOSTON

CHICAGO

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PHILADELPHIA

•

SAN FRANCISCO

,

the

try is equip¬
ment leasing,
and my select i

for

o n

a

L

e

l

s

a

While

J. P. Gueria Jr.

IN JAPAN

ana

for

Write

Stock

Monthly

our

Digest, and our other reports
that give you a pretty clear

of the

picture

economy

Japanese

a whole.

as

He Nomura Securities

Co, Ltd.

61 Broadway, New York

not

orders

offer

an

for

6;N. Y.

BOwling Green 9-2895

Telephone:
is

last

leases

or

solicitation for

particular securities

any

the

and

Foundry,

Therefore, close to $200,000,000 of that leasing volume was
handled by companies which do
no manufacturing themselves but
like.

which

for

their

lease'to

cus-

This segment

of the leasing industry is not only the newest
but also the fastest growing of the
leasing field. Of the half dozen or
tomers.

Nonrl Harri'-tft Finn
liuuU I lal VJ

IVi;l lllvJ

Fresno, California,

and

international

An«ele(?

and.

a

Aironrt

in

v',

L'os

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_.-v- v

year,

-

«

evident in the statis¬

are

October

$45

per

At the end of fiscal 1960, the
-operated solely .out of
its headquarters in Los Angeles

full year
of loans

this

$4)

rive
on

well

you

all
as

publication

1961

the

monthly

listed

those

prices

securities
"hard

to

as

find"

it

Jwr?

^s'

M

Florida.

or

exyfsA

Offices

SxC?i>}

mi^ein?come in-

sonal Property

5 ln

shares

sold.

25 Park Place

New York 7, N. Y.

REctor 2-9570




CO.

Whitney

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

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,

-

it

j1sug
Raw

r—

Refined

—-

Liquid.

Exports—Imports——Futures

but'
has

DIgby 4-2727

then,
little

so

paid-

to

it,- that I feel

ther recommendation.

^

scheduled

.

-

as

share

in

P

'
common

of

T

shares

compared
fiscal

stock
this

based

fiscal

year

call

Salt .Lake

on

(with

4960, funded

the

deferred

might

income

account

of

at

$48,-

approximately $100,^

dition,

.>Vv

there

are

under

a

;35,000

shares

restricted stock

for the exercise of warrants, and
180,018 shares reserved for con-

369,730

as

stood

in

-

approxi-

high as $10.00
share at the end of the current
be

debt

the

27,
end

Dec.

■

for the

the

first

ahnvP

standing, the two-and-a-half year
accomplishment comes to about
$13.50 per share. Thus the $1.50
Capitalization of Personal Prop-^.dividend last year-end was well
erty includes 369,730 shares of' justified,
and the
1961
annual
common stock outstanding. In adreport
announces - that
further
earn

version of the $2,000,000 worth of
6% subordinated debentures sold

cents

WPn

cpu*

9
a Mgh so far this year of
Q7/8) after a cash dividend of $1.50

dividends will be paid on a semibasis, presumably
com-

option plan, 20,000 shares reserved

95

low of

the current fiscal year Skaggs ex-

on

shares currently outstanding.
Of great importance to analysts

u

a

was

Cily' Utah> with 000,000, reduced from $143,000,000

reserved

amount to

tvjow

fLticlnS

up from
when it

Nevada.

volume of leases written to reach

would

at 8,
year

A1

irtOA

expansion

000.

current

£

only two years before, solely frcm
Skaggs has approxi- earnings and cash generation, and
mately $6,000,000 in leases out-'by May, 1961, the balance of such
standing, and in the year ended debt had been paid off. As there
June 30, 1961, netted $85,000. In 'are
now
10,612,000 shares out-

40 cents
43 cents

to

1960

further

„

other offices in Arizona, Wyoming

and

pects to

that

,

-

quire Skaggs Leasing Corporation

outstanding,

were

year

a

standing. Net income has increased
sharply in every year but one
fiscal 1958—when it slipped 1%.
Company projections for the

is

,,

move, .per share paid last
the company is negotiating to ac- Canadian funds.
At

L

P of

Wx

of

result

a

in

stock discovered

a

and its potentialities recognized?"

to

in volume, the company has only
21 employees.
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opn

My open-

.

ar}s^^^ r"} ^ is:. "When is

■

are

'.v.

first became pub-

As

in

share

mately
WILLIAM B. DANA

since

been
Alan D.

Coral 1Lr a I:)les'

which

call:

CO., Inc.

STREET

market recoghit.ibn has'

^ed.Mn New York and -Exchange
.J

ovw.the
previous

the

^

Write

WALL

company

and;

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r

$15,000,000 and $20,000,000. Profits are expected to be in
the
neighborhood
of
$350,000,

quotations.

99

_

between

Over-the-Counter

LAMEORN &

Washington. So far in the
jng sentence about this company :
fiscal year, P e r s o n a 1.
first time was: "When is a
Property has .opened offices, in stock cheap?"
My question uuw
.~i
- _
awun. cticojj;
iviy^yucnuuu now

$6,-

was

$295,000

was

a

will

Philadelphia 2, Pa.
LO 8-0900
Teletype PH 30

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current

the average number of shares out-

bound

Broadway N. Y.

happened with

Despite all this build-up m fa- qi/4
of operations, the volume cilities and its dramatic increase ijofe(s

a

This

do

much

so

company

which

$118,200, as against $84,800 in liscal I960, for a 39% increase..Per-

increase

year)
—

I

appeared,

In 1956, the company s first

year.

earnings last
Copy

31,

»0M00^W9X%
$3,625,000 recorded

150,000
(Only

1529 Walnut Street
115

New York 6,
CO 7-1200

again. In No¬
vember, 1960,
my' first de¬
scription Of;

*'ces throughout the United States
ln a move to accelerate its growth,

Arizona^ Portland, Oregon, and
Seattle

were

(Single

& CO.

Established 1914

and this

time

'.i-■;..-.j

- ■

ing ability displayed by the man"
agement
of
Personal
Property

ended

Bank & Quotation
Record

■;

^fan Francisco, California, Phoenix-,

the most recent fiscal year

tisisf.

BOENNING

are
cue

of,
'the previous-

'

$o 600 000 shormin2

The financial skills and innovat-

tical progress of the company.-The
total volume of leases written in

THEM

;

*-

Angeles, and a fd.bUO.OUU shopping
.

of the more prominent com- and its activities-.were-limited
panies in equipment leasing, Per- primarily to Southern California-.
sonal Property' Leasing is among A year later, October 31rT961, the
the fastest growing.
-company had
added offices in

Leasing

in

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^Keyes Fibre Co.

ALAN D. WHITNEY

s0

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YOU WILL FIND

Stouffer Corp.

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Investment Adviser, Winnetka, III.

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branch offices

our

Richardson Co.

.

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J°:lead ^™nal^perty
to an increasingly" imin its dynamic

Not only is Personal Property
resourcefully expanding the types
services which it has available
the but 't is rapidly opening new of-

from

equipment

buy

makers

iMobile,Ala*-

Fischer & Porter Inc.

the fields of real estate and lease-' It has been my privilege to conhoM
improvement
negotiations tribute to this column each year
currently underway involving since 19{55.'v' Once fo^ford; Ih iy56)-'

Huwtlv

«,,nnnnnnn

and

in

tern

_

$330,000,000 was handled directly
by
the manufacturers such
as
United Shoe Machinery, American
Machine

abilities
<mmc*ca

financial
xmmnucu

and
emu

ing the entire fleet of busses in
transportation sys-

,*n
in
in.

total
total

NY 1-1557

A Continuing Interest in

Management's aggressive poll-

cies
exes

Ppr .

the municipal

iximately
approxii ate y

year,

V

Direct wires to

*- Miaes, t«.p;

nnn

HAnover 2-0700

V

multi-million dollar lease cover-

?

™!fi

rinn
$500,000,000

the

Amnha<5i<::

new

$50,000,000 in 1954 to ap¬
proximately $500,000,000 in 1961.
Commonly
accepted
projections

S55
Z

fhic

'

New York 6, N. Y.

SJ„° be considered at the end Of

leasing

is

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Exchange

New Orleans, La.- Birmingham, Ala.

in§s will be used to finance future

sbefneporpTfnll %*ȣ**
Xtr active n
develoDinraTdmonaTreaslngrno-' Leasi"g
grJms Sufh
ventures include
inc]ustrv

of

Of

HI V t?'*

This

annual

written has leaped from an

it

-nf

equipment leasing - excluding
autos,
trucks, ;.v railroad
rolling
stock and IBM office equipment
show that the volume 01 contracts
of contracts
rate

its

of

V v«

Stock- Exchange

Stock

,

andTt^sSmanteeSsm!n"en«odn
managements intention

'

Company. Statistics on the field of

Opportunities Unlimited

bulk

the

Personal Prop e r t y Leasing's
stock and. convertible;
debentures are traded in the over- :
the-counter market. Price quoted
on the stock on March 28 was 14
bid, 14y2 asked. At this level the
stock is attractive as a growth
situation for those investors seekin£ capital appreciation. The stock
is also- quite - reasonably priced;
from the viewpoint of the priceearning ratios common for com-:
panics in its field. No cash dm-•
dends are contemplated as earn-

15%V"; ? expansion. A stock dividend policy

represent approximately

York

American

.

common

milling

lathes,

IIUU v L

New

19 Rector St.,

other types of equip-

and

ROUSE & Cft

A*!' L

"

n -,rr

""

machines and other machine tools

g\

n

Bought—Sold—Quoted

were

company

leases,

Per¬

is

leases

proximately one-quarter of the
company's total dollar amount of

c o m p a li y
within
that

field

'

Members

at a cost of over
$10,000,000. Leases of electronic
test equipment
account for ap-

sonal Property

Wire system

Nationwide Private

ample-of

such ah indus¬

Established 1920

An-

Members

ment, and at the end of fiscal 196i
the company had in
effect approximately 650 different leases
covering a wide variety of equipment which had been acquired by

t

n

e

r

r

rf

equipment,* but•

office

elude many

greatest

u

c

CORPORATION

Cruttenden & Co., Inc., Los

"'whTfney,Wtonetkarill.(Page2) SlEINER

by 1959 the company began to in-

potential. One

HANSEATIC

first

j^Red

-

with

company

Co.—

,

and

industry : to
select ', that

t ty".

Leasing

tember 1955 by Theodore O. Mc0lurg> the company's President,

infancy and then

.'T1:

Property

n

to identify a g

is

Alabama &

J. P. Guerin, Jr., Vice-President,
*

8%

average

an

"Company was organized in Sep--

nf

methodsi

v

Participants and

.:
geles, Calif. (Page 2) •
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original cost or is leased over
again.
Rio Algom Mines Ltd.— Alan D,
Personal
Property Leasing

,

successful, though.

novel,

not

certainly

1

for

of

Leasing Company

4."

£

One of the most
,
t,
,

the broadest coverage

you

Angeles, Calif.

Personal Property
^

ing

Los

t

sold

Thursday, April 5, 1962

Louisiana Securities

be earned if the equip¬

can

ment

,

Their Selections

Personal

J. P. GUERIN, JR.

.

particular security.

participate and give their reasons for favoring a

"HANSEATIC"

call

to

\

in February of this year

annual

<

+h-Q

^

historic

nll

details

I

„

refer

the

t

a

ontl^t

Quotation Services
for 49 Years

Y' ln

?

'

funds,,mSket'reMgn'itio^of

per
- enabling it to increase its volume
fiscal year on shares outstanding;.-of leases significantly and
helping
as against $4.58 per share at the
it to
lower its
overall
interest
end of fiscal 1961. Additional in-" costs.

Over-the-Counter

0unnf9

l
IS
fhk snhi^ct ^H ln th^ vaHnn- fisubject, and to the various fihfdden weakness
in thit
„

The net

proceeds from the debentures, approximately $1,775,000, were added
to the company's general

4

mencing wth this coming June

fnr

l

n.

its
™

^lnf'

°utl-et for dellvery of lts
oxide
production

has

areom-

accom
main
National Quotation Bureau

uranium

been

the

Incorporated

Atomic

Energy Commission
through its Canadian counterpart,

(This is under
as

a

no

circumstances

solicitation of an offer to

to

be construed

buy,

any

as an

offer

to

sell,-or

.

security referred to herein.);*

EldoVado?.
r

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Miningh. and
Continued

.■

Established

46 Front Street

Refining,.

on

page

21

■CHICAGO "
,

"^ %

1913

New York 4,
SAN

N. Y.

FRANCISCO

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it would, in public relations activities. Thus,
:1 be out of step -if Solicitors, Acevidently the Commission real¬
countants, or Doctors were able izes that the locale of the public
customers' brokers' frantic shouts
: to do so.
However, I can as¬ relations effort, whether inside or
in board rooms, sure
you that if at
any time, outside the company's premises,
their services just

:

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,

COOL1NG-OFF THE ISSUES

highlights the fact
through increased competition,
that "Hot Issue" abuses are not
Abortive Policing
severe
political;- criticism,
or
confined to special offerings. In
Both the New
York
and the
- other
circumstances, our. busi¬
its two most recent questionnaires
American Stock
Exchange have
ness appeared to need some kind
the Commission's Special Study of
been doing their best to police
of .$har.p stimulus, we would not
Securities Markets, authorized by both the mailed
tipping and ad¬
hesitate to take suitable action,
the Congress and under the direc¬
vertising by their members.
In
and it may well be, indeed, that
tion of Milton H. Cohen, has be¬ the case of the
Big Board, all ad¬
it would become desirable and
gun to explore the possibilities of vertisements must be approved in
necessary to advertise the Stock
curtailing the heat applied to out¬ advance of
publication. On mar¬
Exchange, and its facilities,
standing stocks.
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.more widely as a corporate in¬
The SEC in its concern with after issuance,- because of their
stitution."
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market inflating is taking a good speculative hurry nature.
The suggestion contained in Lord
look-see at the hot stuff coming
At
the
American Stock
Ex¬
Ritchie's concluding sentence has
from brokers and dealers and their
change, both market letters and been taken
up unexpectedly soon.
analysts. Questionnaires have been advertisements are screened, be¬
The
London
Exchange's
Public
sent to 60 broker-dealers including
fore
publication, by its Depart¬ Relations Committee has decided
members of the New York and
ment of Admissions and Outside
to begin an advertising campaign
American Stock Exchanges, and
Supervision.
this month.
the over-the-counter market.
It
The

SEC

now

,

.

of,

the degree

relevance to

has little

to

remuneration

The

abuse.

outsiders, through stock or-op¬
tions, does not invalidate this con¬
clusion. The company's public re¬
lations

employees know that they
remunerated for the

being

are

same

kind of effort and success in

■;

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pointed Securities and Exchange
Commission, wisely recognized the
need for a regulator who knew his
way round the regulated. >But. he
could find

one

no

tonal

legal

ment:

who had addi-

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.

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years

old; has been a law instructor at
Yale, and a member of the bar in
Washington and New York, con¬
centrating on Stock Exchange le¬
gal matters. He has been the Big
Board's Secretary; and its VicePresident in charge of legislation,
SEC and other regulatory matters
until last year.-In January, 1961,
he

moved

into

over

the

"hard-

"

'

asks

for

copy

a

of each

market

letter, "research" bulletin, or other
sales and advisory literature dis-,

LONDON'S

But the content will

RESTRAINED

MADISON

AVENUE

The London Stock Exchange has

be, institu¬

tional; that is, it will be the Ex¬
change itself that advertises as an

is the outside
firm; and, if lucky, they too, as
with outsiders, may be the recipi¬
ents of stock options. Perhaps the

boiled"

Commission from its collated data

Exchanges.

stock promotion as

will be able to correlate insiders'

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formalized

Effective
this public

in

rules

relations sector will be

the investor—through broad pub¬
lication of the Study's findings,

well

New Look-See at

A

twin

"hot"

market

that

area

increasingly enlisting the

Stock

versial issues
stitution's

will

come

President

gratulated

are

to

be

con¬

refraining from the
temptation to seek whitewashing
via a big name. In choosing Edwin
on

D.

McCormick

tions

cured

pertaining to the in¬

pending
to

reformation

head before.

a

today

(Thursday), is the disposi¬
enjoying
trading privileges — unsegregated and generally uniden¬
tifiable. As we have pointed out,*
under a stop-gap arrangement or¬
dered by the Congress at the en¬
tion of the 208 issues still

unlisted

actment of the Securities Exchange
Act in 1934, arid as amended in

1936,

large number of "mongrel"
had been initially

p.

issues "which

brought to the Exchange

on

OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Dominick

—

reflected

in

the

greatly

or

Etherington to succeed Edward

The

decision

what

to

do

management speeches—is cer¬
tainly germane to any offensive
against stock market inflation. Un-

Exchanges

NEW YORK

place the
Exchange's President-designate in
a
difficult position.
On the one
hand, he has been the official Con¬
sultant

to

mittee

for

the

key Special Com¬
Study which in its
January 30 Report, on Standards
for Listing Securities took the

President,

first

an

as

the

individual

Chairman

of

the

reform-

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Observations, March 1, 1962.

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fortunately,

a practical means of
prevention has remained elusive.

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Japanese Securities

corporations requesting infor¬
mation concerning "financial
pub¬
lic relations activities"
in their behalf.

performed

Shelby Cullom Davis
Members Neiv York Stock

Among such specific items elic¬
iting the Study's interest are the
existence

of

YAMAICHI SECURITIES COMPANY

corporate public
department or the em¬
ployment of an outside public re¬

YORK, INC.

lations firm

announces

publicity releases and other
by corporations and pub¬

relations

firms

to

Affiliate of

YAMAICHI SECURITIES CO., LTD.

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analysts

and

and their

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business;

Manager

"press

conferences,"

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111

an

arranging for speeches,

interviews,
,

opening of

secu¬

others

nected with the securities

the

SAN FRANCISCO

financial

journalists, brokerage firms,
rities

Exchange

Underwriters and Dealers in Bonds

material
lic

Co.

or

consultant; the sale
of or other arrangements for the
respective company's stock to the
public relations firm; the distribu¬
tion of

Brokers and Investment Bankers

&

Specialists in Insurance Shares

a

relations

of NEW

now

about this situation may

the purpose of survey without
ap¬
'

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to

its fourth paid
Exchange has se¬ decisive
step of recommending
ideally com¬ cancellation of the unlisted privi¬
augmented specializing personnel, bining extensive training in both leges, after a
one-year grace pe¬
outside or inside the company, in the academic and
hard-boiled se¬ riod for noncompliance with some
the change in the annual report curities worlds.
Franklin Roose¬ of the listing obligations, and a
from an objective analysis of the velt in his
surprising choice of 2-year deadline for responding to
year's results along with the fig¬ Joseph P. Kennedy, known as a
reporting and proxy requirements.
ures
to a colorful selling docu¬
On the other hand, this is known
hard-boiled market operator, as
ment, and in periodic "literature"

UNDERWRITERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

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forefront of these, coming up for
consideration
by the Governors

Which Hat?

Gov¬

Exchange in their choice of

new

a

corporate management. The new
dynamism
in
stockholder
rela¬

; 14 WALL STREET

Although Mr. Etherington will
formally
take
office
until
September 1st, some vital contro¬
not

ing listing requirements.

of the embattled American

ernors

throughout the United States andCanqda

&

Etherington."

A REAL HOT ISSUE

initiative, have been permit¬
continue
enjoying their
Exchange locus without undertak¬

Chairman Posner and the

the conduct of public relations by

Dominick

win D.

kers'

LIFE ON THE CURB

troubled attention of Exchange as
well as government officialdom is

Members New York, American & Toronto Stock

cited

tude for "the invaluable contribu¬

Another Young President

Correspondents inprincipal cities

;

as spe¬

Committee

tion of its special consultant, Ed¬

ted

,

Public Relations Dynamics
has been

previously

tipping activities.

by the
country's
publishers to police themselves.
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the

as

Study

its final report

most difficult. ;But the weapon of
disclosure can be most useful to

as

Special

(the "Levy Committee") which in
expressed its grati¬

Disclosure the Optimum

the

of

recently he served

More

the

Stock

brated

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new

of both

American

and

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SEC's

York

as

Pershing

member firm

a

New

of

ranks

cial consultant to the Amex's cele¬

.

unwillingness

partner

general
Co.,

Street

stock touting with the holding of

tributed by the firm during the
traditionally forbidden advertis¬ entity, not member firms sep¬
quarter ended June 30,1961; copies ing by the members—that is, until arately. The advertisements will
and
continuingly regarding his
in part explain what the Stock
of its advertisements, "flashes" and
this very month.
The long-time
management's public relations ac¬
other selling gadgets to
branch attitude was authoritatively ex¬ Exchange is, where it is, what it
tivities.
offices and personnel; and identi¬
does, and why its economic func¬
last December by Lord tions are
Some companies now distribute
fication of securities in which the plained
economically valuable to
Ritchie of Dundee, Chairman of the country.
firm has made a market.
corporate and stock promotion lit¬
f:
erature disclosing that it repre¬
the Exchange, as follows:
The advertisements will also ad¬
Ticker-Fitting Research
sents a joint effort; We have just
vise new
investors who seek a
"Now I am quite often asked
received a six-page blurb, with
Particularly apt,
it seems to
stock broker how to set about
'Why do we not allow our Mem¬
this writer, is the final request
photos, covering a listed company,
getting one.
:'J
bers to advertise?' I have said
with its own imprint over the head
to "supply an organization chart
before that if there was any real
and
the
The Results Here and Abroad
of
public relations firm's
your
research
department."
demand
amongst Members of
name
and address at the end as
"Research" is too often the sanc¬
In the advertising sector, here
the Stock Exchange to be al¬
as
well as in England, the best the supplier of additional copies.
tifying word exploited for hot tip¬
lowed to advertise, which there
result can be secured from flex¬ Such disclosure is on the construc¬
ping via a gamut running from
is not, we, on the Council, would
tive
ible on-the-spot self-policing by
sid%.
fnot want, nor would we be able
wires and
teletype messages to
In the investor's education, aug¬
the Stock Exchanges rather than
by governments This seems to be mented by disclosure,dies his best
confirmed by the continuation of hope of protection—in this sector
the awful quality of the advertis¬
ing coming from nonmember "in¬
vestment"
advisers,
despite the

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and others for ordinary operations,
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In order to

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$500.000-3600,000

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needed

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the

increased annual expenses, mem¬
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being drastically raised—dues by
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to
50%, etc.
Such increase in
member firms' overhead promises
to'
intensify
substantially
their
pressure to recoup through remu¬
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operating expenses arises from the
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Exchange, its building and

expansion

estimated

program,
cost from $50 to $78

to

million, must
materially raise its member firm's
overhead—and their need for
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$25 Million Bonds
Of Los Angeles

^

County Marketed*
A

Bank of America, N. T. & S. A.
underwriting
group,
which in¬
cluded First National City Bank
of New York; Bankers Trust Co.;
and Blyth & Co., Inc., on April 3
purchased $25,000,000 Los Angeles
County
Flood
Control
District
Bonds.
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The group paid a premium of
$414,779 for straight 3lA% Bonds.

The

dollar

price

net

interest

cost

Bpnds
from
to

101.659

was

of

a

3.1059%. The

were
reoffered to yield
1.55% to 3.35%, according

maturity, March 1, 1963-1989. v,r
Proceeds

be

of

the

bond

sale will

for various flood

used

control

purposes. The Los Angeles County
Flood
Control
District
includes

99%

of

the

assessed

Los

valuation of

Angeles County,. the West's r
largest urban area, which accounts
for

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American, Midwest and Pacific Coast Stock Exchanges

about 39 %,

pf the states total
assessed valuation..Estimated pop¬
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Other

members

of

writing group include:
The

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6,200,000. '

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Smith Inc.; Dean Witter & Co.;

long-time partner in charge of underwriting and

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prime

this field.

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Bank; Mellon National
Bank & Trust Co.; Bear, Stearns
& Co.; Reynolds & Co., Inc. r v
National

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&

Barth

Staats

R.

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J.

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Boston

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National. City Bank as
Reofiered-h to
yield
from
1.65%
to
2.90%, this issue attracted ,good bank
portfolio interest.
The
present
balance is
about $9,925,000.
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The

TAX-EXEMPT BOND; MARKET
By DONALD D. MACKEY

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state

has

market

and municipal bond
shown some, further

Chronicle's

nancial

past

Business in 1 rospcct
For the , next : ten . .days the
yield calendar of new issues is as small

20-year-bond

tax-exempt

3.05% to
which would indicate an

is

Index
3 046%

from

down

have seen it, even during
the normally dull August period.

as

we

of Through April 13 the largest
It sue thus -far advertised totals $9,may be recalled that on Dec. 33
900,000. This extremely
light
last cur Index averaged at 3.334%.
schedule portends a very quiet
The Index has steadily been re- market. With no large issues suit-duced since then with the excep- able for dealer bank sponsorship
tion
of
one
weekly period in the market seems likely to lack
price

average

improvement
of

one-eighth

about

point.

a

This
diminishing
of
yield has represented a
market gain of close to 4% points,
Although the state and municipal
bond market has been frequently
February.
average

to

known

down 4% points in

go

period of time, it has
rarely been known to surpass this gain within so short a
period of time.
briefer

a

very

,

Factors Underlyng Sharp

of these general recol-

(and bond men often like

to

dealers

forget)

well

as

as

inter-

become

have

investors

mittently and variously restive
concerning the present relatively
high market situation. As the taxexempt bond market progressively
-

gains, caution develops within the
investment industry
at
a
rate
more or less commensurate
with

demand by in-

the narrowing of
veslors. To

intelligently

for

demand

presently possible

is

as many

factorial's vague,

the
not

has

derived

from

a

general demand following a
lengthy period of easy money and
lower
than
expected
economic
activity. It was further sparked,
by commercial bank interest in
longer maturities in greater than

issues.
to

pose

would

seem

underwriting problem

no

Regardless of the higher market
and the attrition in demand

able.

pre-

In

degree, inventories are
heavier than they were a "few
weeks back, but in volume they
in

are

Natinnnl

rihia

no

serious

way

market

a

dealer caution

than

to

im~

an

R^rik

&

Co.

Trust

offered

inventories

Street

as

issue attracted'

this

municipal

offerings

bond

$401,988,18j2

of April 4. This

as

seems to us to be a

sistent
{

were

suitable

eon-

of inventory,

measure

_

Recent Awards

^

.

.

smaller

the calendar.

A

headed

iean

Mic

revenue

bond!

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niaHp

the

hv

Santa Maria Joint Union

from

The

in

Abmgton, Mass.

to

and

set

interested

he

is

market

but
New issues, which have sold in
is also; great profusion during the past
is not week, continue to be avidly bid

factor

cautious; he
p a tie nt.
His interest
presently aggressive.
now

for with

high price levels

new

a

£sdA

.1,900,000
2,000,000

.

3.1495%. Other major members of

market.

The commercial banks, and par-

this group include the National
Shawmut Bank of Boston, Barr
Brothers & Co., James A. -Anrepresents but a small segment drews & Co. and R. D. White &
of
the total
banking industry) Co. Scaled to yield from 2.25%
have continued to buy bonds iri to 3.25% this account reports a
volume. As fheir bipader needs present balance of $2,037,000.j
come closer to
being fulfilled the
Monday, which is generally a

ticularly those that are state and
municipal bond dealers (and this

non-dealer

banks

banks and the

generally

further

likely to
similar

seem

participate

investment

smaller

in

a

format.

This
potential
of
commercial
bank interest in tax-exempt bonds
is

ox

volume

enormous

and

with

quiet day,
week

was

with

selling

an

exception
issues

two

of

this
note

at

bidding,
competitive
Cook County,
Illinois sold $25,COO,000 Expressway, limited tax
(1963-1977) bonds to the large
commercial

ahead, the

bank syndicate managed
jointly by Continental
Illinois National-Bank
&
Trust

commercial bank interest in state
and
jmunicipal bonds seems likely
to broaden to an extent that will

Co., First National Bank of Chicago,
Harris
Trust
&
Savings
Bank, The Northern Trust Co. and

credit

restraint

terrent

in

the

unlikely

an

months

de-

3%%

a

interest

net

2,580,000

1962-1991
1964-1992
1967-20Q1-

cost

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of

best bid of-

1966-2002 : (2:30

-

Rate

Maturity

^ 000 000

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Hardin-Jefferson ConsoL SD, Tex.

of Cowlitz County SD No. 22, Wash,
; " El Segundo Unified SD, Calif—h-

bond

dealers

from

1.80%

1981-1982

3.15 %

3.00%

1981-1982

3.20 %

3.00%

cate

1981-1982

3.35 %

3.20%

&

3.00%

this

National

Philadelphia, Pa.
Chipaeo, 111
New York, N. Y,

*No

an

California

to

3.05%

the

account

•

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bonds. to

Other

account

nhlbntinn

the

syndi-

by Kidder, Peabody
major members of
include

Philadelphia

Bank, Stone & Webster
Corp., Inc., Ira Haunt.

3.15%

3.00%

3.30%

3.15%

Securities

3.25%

3.10%

&

1980

3.30%

3.20%

Co. and B. J. Van Ingen & Co.
Scaled to yield
from 1.65%
to

3.30%

for

variety of coupons,
about.$3,C00,000 of the bonds have
.been .sold.

•d.'-v'-':.. V.

e p n p r a

headed

Co.

1981

apparent availability.

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Orange County Navigation & Port
, District,
Texas
Washington County Sch. Dist., Ore.

unsold balance of $1,-

(1963-1987)

1981

4, 1962 Index = 3.046%

v

10:30 a.m.
h/;.-———-.

.
-

1:30 p.m.

1964-2001

1,650,000

11:00.a.m.

4
► f
■ 1,950,000; 1964-1973
" 2,400,000 ; 1963-1982
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8:00 p.m.
Noon
11:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.

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Tuesday evening saw the sale
of $3,300,000 City of Santa Clara,

3V2%
3%




reports

,3%%

...—

—

April

3.15%
!.

2:00 p.m.

1

10.00 a.m.

_

2.70%

1981

3,500,000
3,100,000
-1,980;000

•

2.95%

1981

11:00 a.m.

r

,

2.85 %

.

1,943,000

sold..
Miami, Fla.
14,565,000"X 1963-1990
Tuesday's final sales of note in-, San Bernardino, Calif.^*J—_______
' 1,116,000
1963-1982
County,
Anril 19 (Thiirsdav)
school district No. 81, Washing- Vf; '
c+
+
1
i?nnn7inn: *'io«a 1007
ton (1964-1985) bonds which were
Texas State Water Uevelopm't Bd. 15,000,000 *., 1964-1997
bought by the ; group managed - . ' -; U'
...
April 23 (Monday)

were

3.10%

-—....

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these: positive

eluded $3.00°.000 Spokane

1974-1975

State.

8:00,p.m.
3:00 p.m.

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have Blopmirigton, Minn.
points Camden, N. J
and the 12 bids are testimony-to ;• Hill "County Sch. Dist,, Mont._-,_this good management. This issue "Indiana Stab College
was
scaled to yield from 1.60%; La1 Salle County, Township High
to 3.35% and after initial offering, rSchool District No. 120, 111
more than one-third ;of the bonds
"Lynchburg, Va.

1981-1982

York

7;30p.m.

,

municipal
recognized

3Vt%

New

8:00 p.m.

,

1964-1982 '11:00 a.m.
3.149% to
- 1,250,000b 1963-1982
9:00 a.m.
•V The
ritv'<?
-pnrrent
finanrial Local Housing Authorities
101,055,000 -3963-2002 Noon
condition is good H has Operated New Mexico (State of) ^4,
.5,000,000 ( 1963-1971 10:00 a.m.
with^ a aenefal fund wrolua for Pennsylvania State PS Bldg. Auth. 26,430,000 ' 1962-2001 Noon
a number of vears
The debt level >Te-xas Southern University, Texas
1,185,000 <1964-2001 10:00 a.m.
IT remain edeomnlrat velv' Toms River Seh. Dist., N. J....... 2,535,000 1963-1986 8:00p.m.
stable ami ta>Tblled&AA have'-Wilson,. N. C..--,-,-.-,-.• 2,040;000 -1963-1985 11:00 a.m.
been traditionally excellent. The
April 18 (Wednesday)•
the winning* bid
3,219%./
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•Pennsylvania (State)
3%%
Delaware (State) 2
2.90%
New Housing Auth.,
(N.Y., N.Y.)__ 31/2%
L°s Angeles, Calif.
Baltimore, Md.
314%
Cincinnati, Ohio (U.
31/2%

Jersey Highway-Auth., Gtd- 3%

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11:00 a.m.

1968-1981

1964-1991

1,000,000 -1984-1995
; 3,300,000
1963-1986
2,225,000
1963-1981

V

Paramus; N.

sioux City,.Iowa
net interest cost ;v- '

ranged from

2.95%

1982

—

.

2,940,000
J.__:_—: 2,585,000

Gadsden, A1a.

12

3.10 %

3%%
3%%

.—

,

It is interesting to noter '
v5
April 17 (luesday)
syndicates bid for-' this Allentown Authority, Pa.; 2,750,000;. 1963-2002
issue hand that interest cost bids Cache County; Sch.* Dist.-, Utah— > 2,260,000 .1963-1977
that

1981-1982

New

D

.

11:00 a.m.

-

^.....
r 1,750,000 r

P

3.10%

,

(State)

10:00 a.m.

1964-2001

-

of 3.149%.

Asked
3.25%

/0,

(State)

U;00 a.m.

1964-2001

.

April 13 (Friday)

•

Chester, 111

;j:.

capital im(1963-1990) bonds to
account headed by
Halsey,

3.20%

.

p.m.

Kansas State Teachdrs

$5 000,000

Bid
3.40%

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8:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

^50,000 1964-1982 : 2:00 p.m:

H440,000

Michigan (State of2,000,000

provement

1981-1982

r

•Connecticut

11:00 a.m.
.

coupon

^o,uuu,uuu.;

a

7:30 p.m.
Noon
N«on
=

2,500,000
4,750,000

Griffith, JndJ

City^of Birmingham, Ala.-'Haekensack,.'N".
awarded

Stuart & Co. at

.

2:00 p.m.

Kentucky (State of),-.,-9,900,000- 1964-1992 a 1:00 a.m.
La Crosse> Wis
—1,075,000 1963-1972
2:00 p.m.

Cali-

jointly by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and
Dean Witter & Co. Scaled to yield

MARKET ON REPRESENTATIVE SERIAL
ISSUES

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April 12 (Thursday)

The

the

7:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.

1965-2002
1963-1982
1963-1-932

.

is

«.

11:00 a.m.

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1965-1984

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College of
fering a 3.135% diet interest Costr v-F^ppria^ Board of'Regents
h 1,800,000
came froni; the
group headed by Michigan State Univ. of Agriculthe Chase Manhattan Bank. The
ture & Applied Science^.
3,000,000
bonds are being offered to yield
.
Anril 16 (Mnnilnvl
from 1.55% to 3.30%. The present
^
; •.:
.
balanrp
Daiance

11.00 a.m.
Noon

1963-1987;
1963-1982

1,160,000

'Parish S.iBd., ta^:

w

wrt

3.1059%. The second

as

Although casualty company evidence. Only one new issue of
purchases were substantial early size
appeared
on
last Friday,
in the market rise, this too has (March 30) and that was off to
been diminished on the fast trip a
rather slow start. ' Brevard
up. The mutual companies have County,
Florida ^ Special
Tax
not participated in the market ad- School District No. 1 awarded $3,vanee
excepting in- some of the 000,000 bonds (1965-1980) to the
few large high yielding revenue Salomon ; Brothers
&
Hutzler
bond flotations that have come to group at a
net interest cost of

,.

3,950,000 ; 1963-1982

islip Union Free S. D. No. 3, N. Y.
North Sacramento, Calif
Ventura Port District, Calif.

sold. As
balance of
in account. :

? CratrS District
Lh tkI win^ini

a

.

1963-1982
1963-1992

Alton, 111.
6,465,000
Dayton, Ohio
7 -8,000,000
Hhrlford, Conn._-_-_______^___-___
6,516,000

were

S

designated

group

:

..

-••

-5,000,000

'

Flood

nbMJiQRQi

10:00 a.m.

North Haven, Conn

to

bv^k^^S N1
fornia

9:30 a.m.

1963-2000

2:00 p.m.

remains

iho

1963-1987

2,285,000

11:30 a.m.

press

$20,670,000

.1963-1981'.

1,000,000

1,400,000 : 1963-1981

bonds

of

a.m.

11,800,000

—

School District No. 345, Minn

i

coupon

go

we

.1068-1987
.1964-1988

HSD, Cal.

Birmingham Water Works Bd., Ala.

4.05%

000,000

.

2:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m."
2:00 p.m.

.

1987

•

,

10:00.

in

and was sold at a
yield.;Upon reoffering the
3.S63-1967.maturities were sold in
a
block .and an additional $9,1%

a

>

Sonoma Co. Flood Control & W3t6r.
.
1963 to 3.45% in.
Conservation District, Calif2,120,000 1967-1996
maturity carried
r
April 11 (Wednseday)

reoffered

1.65%

1986.

8:00 p.m.

-

April lu (luesaay)
,2,460,000

.

The seyield

Barney & Co

are

:7:00 p.m.

-

-

2,400,000
1,375,000

The

heade

ffroun

1963-1982

*\

v.':

11:00 a.m.

1964-2001
1970-1986

Rapids Sch. Dist., Mich.—

Corpus Christi, Texas____,_______
winning °i oup set a net interest Lansing School District, Mich
cost ort 279% arid the runnerup-'School District, Ohio_u_^
bid of a ;3.284%- net interest cost New .London - Spicer Independent
(1963-1987)

•

1963-1981

; :

,1,400,000
1,081,000

University of Utah, Bd. of Regents

Highway

Line

Trunk

;

.

•

2,315,000 -1963-1977

-

issuesr.also.; Huntington, W. Va,—;.^J.J

group

"

Gresskili School.District, N. J—-

jointly by
Blyth
& Co.,
Inc.,
Halsey, Stuart & Co. and First
of Michigan Corp. submitted the
better of two bias for $35,000,000

3 J)0 p.m.

:V

.

1,100,000

Counties

Carter .County, Tenn,
Eaton

0

.

Atoril 9 (Mondavi

.

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inoo

'8:00p.m.

1,480,000

Union H;S.D. No. 3JT-8JT, Ore.

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Tuesday was a busy day; with
two major issues up for sale and
of

of

1,450,0Q0- '1963-2000

Carnegie Institute of. Technology,
- Pittsburgh,
Pa

\ A Busy Bay

number

issues

1968-1982

V

..r.

....

Yamhill

Washington; &

..

.

1nco

1,430,000

..

an

48

Prhiircdnvl

^

ette, Manlius, CSD No 11, N. Y.

Morgan City.a

to

$

only

«

Y

395,000.

a

list the bond

^,JA } ° u

brisk, demand

balance

Urren^

•

•

-

BeWl„t, Pcmpey, Onondaga, Lafay-

Bank

16r>%

from

County

indicated

on page

1

t

we

Alderwood Water Dxst, Wash.__.„.
Brooklyn College Student Services

and 3% coupons,

3.10% for 2%%

tabulations

following

-

Kansas City.:Re-

of

vbld

tn

balance of market, factors,
by the Blue List total of state and

V

Dnminirlc

■

Dctataick and City National

curities

sumably imposed with it, the inventcry situation continues favor-

Continued
:

,

^he

[n

Guaranty Trust Co., Pnilaetel-

gan

by'"Smith,

Managable Inventory

Inc. and Robinson-Humphrey &
Co. were the successful bidders
f°r $6,600,000 Georgia, State Of-

^^v7:-

jo.ntdy by the First National Bank
of Chicago and the First National
Bank of Memphis.
Otner major
members ox this group are lVIpr-

was

*

and continues to be

was

volume

Tnis

at all to the dealers,

traditional volume. The individual

investor

included in t:.is

are

$101,000,000 New Housjng Authorities issues and $103,000,000 New York City various

managed jointly by Blyth & Co.,
busy

was^headed $1,000,000 or more for which specific sale dates have been set.

winning "v account '

on

The advertised roster of new
issues through April totals about
$580,000,000 at present. Only two

of the deterrent. Any slow down in the

market trend for

present

betterment

in the basic market trend.

unrecorded or market's favorable tempo may be
attributed more to unmeaningful

imponderable.
The

assess

tax-exempts

to move inventory. This does not
mean that we sense any change

schedule:

Pnce Rise

Beeause

price cutting was
tolerated by some dealers in order

another

was

I Larger Issues Scheduled For Sale

some

even-

large issues

_

lections

leadership. During a somewhat
similar lapse a few weeks back,

Wednesday

day for underwriters, with three
important sales on the docket. In
extremely close bidding the group

Te.nnessee.school and general mi-

p,ieinM«'«„PrnVsncrt

and Fthigh
grade

Commercial

The

week.

the

during

improvement

support an even higher level of
tax-exempt bond prices.

Thursday, April 5, 1962

Wednesday Also Active

v,

t--

■

The

Financial Chronicle

a

.

1,000,000* 1963-1997
10:30 a.m.
2,720,000 - Y—8:00 p.m.

a".; V. V ' '
,i'q7='nnn JqfiUqa! 2 03p:in-

April 24 (Tuesday)

"y,en"'.

—

;

:

",975,000

-1963- 982

--------

Minnetonka Ind. SD No. 276, Minn, j 4,400,000
ashvilLie, Tenn.
_
®'^5,000

1964-1987
1964 199o

2:00 p.m.
7.30 p.m.

Cleveland, Ohio

„

—

La Canada Unified S. D., Calif

; 2,750,000

-

196o-1987

Cl^y'
\f~
q'aoo
" q«?"i
^orTfolk C°\B^5f Education, Va. ;3>000,000-, 1 »63-1982
oon

Louis Sch. Dist., Mo

-

.

J '.

Tv

8,040,000

__

April 25 (Wednesday)

Chicago Board of Education, 111.—
Georgia State School Bldg. Auth.
(Atlanta)

Cczanside, Calif.
Sacramentq-Xolo, Port

16,500,000
*

35,000,000
1,750,000

1

qr9

1963 1932

9.00 a.m.

'
--------

2.30 p.m.

^

1965-1981

10:00 a.m,
-

-

1963-1992

2:30p.m.

DisC CapU 4:. 2,550,000 ..,1964-1992 ' 10:00

a.m.

1
Volume

195

Number 6148

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1611)

V

m$25,000,000
County Flood ControlDistrict
Los

Angeles County, California

31A% Bonds
Dated March

Due March 1,

1,1959

1963-89, incl,

AMOUNTS, MATURITIES
Registration—Principal and

and

Payment

(March

semi-annual interest

and September I)

I

option of the holder, at the office of..-the Treasurer of Los Angeles County in Los
fiscal

agency

of

New York,

the County in

N.Y.,

payable, at the

Angeles, California,

or

in Chicago, ?IIL, Coupon bonds in denomination

or

AND YIELDS OR PRICES

at any

(Accrued

Interest to be added)

of $1,000
:

registrable only

as

to both principal and interest.

.

.

,

,

,

1

,

i'

.

■

••;

"

■-.ri'

..

fv

Yield

•:
v

Due

Amount

1963

$5,555,000".

or

Price
t

<!

1.55%

745,000

Exemption—In the opinion of counsel, interest ppyable byr

present

Fpd^ral and State of California

decisions,'' v.'...",''

bonds

upon

California for other funds which

may

eligible

as

the amount of

a

are

legal

bank's investment,

be invested in bonds which

security for deposits of public

are

are

2.00%

1966
1967

1968

745,000

"1969

745,000

745,000

;

:

1975

750,000

,;V

750,000

than

their

par

value,

regulations to amortize
Legal

any

a

taxable

Attorneys,

gain

may

whose

are

names

Los Angeles, California,

a

ottered when,

'
as

will be furnished
copy

on

accrue

premium paid thereon.

Opinion—The above bonds

underwriters not shown,




and

■■

bonds purchased at

^

the
a

above

named political subdivision

discountInvestors

*

.

are■

''

,

and if issued and received by the underwriters listed
on

request,

not

less

under existing

v

below

as

well

as

other

and subject to approval of legality by Messrs. O'Melveny & Myers,

of whose legal opinion will be

printed

on

each bond.

■■■■■■

-J

f

1982

1985

3.10%
3.15%
3.20%
,'

\

ioo
100

750,000

1986

100

,750,000

1987

3.30%

750,000

required
;

at

3.00%

1984

750,000

by

2.95%

3.05%
V

1983

750,000

issued

-2.85%

3.00%

.'1980
1981

2.75%
12.80%

2.90%

.!

1979

750,000

be initially

-

1978

750,000

750,000

will

.

*

~

1977"

750,000

bonds

2.60%
2.65%
'

1976
:

750,000 v-;

Premium—These

2.40%

2.50%

1974

;

750,000

Amortization of

2.30%

.

1973

y

'

\

2.20%

.

1972

750,000

Gain,

2.10%
-

1971

745,000

are

1970

745,000

745,000

Tax

jt

'

likewise legal investments in

legal investments for savings banks, and

in California.

moneys

and

1.80%

1965

745,000

California for savings banks,

investments in

1964.!:

745,000

its bonds is exempt from all

upon

personal income taxes under existing statutes, regulations and court
"*•'
'Y';,:: '.•*'*• f""
, "}.■ >■
/

Legality for Investment—We believe that these

subject to the legal limitations

the District

745,000

745,000

Tax

1988

3.35%

•'750,000

1989

3.35%

..

7

8

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1612)

Borden

Co.

DEALER-BROKER

Electrolux

and

Co.,

Corp.

randum—R.
80 Pine

AND RECOMMENDATIONS
UNDERSTOOD

IS

IT

WILL BE PLEASED
PARTIES THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE:

INTERESTED

SEND

TO

Memo¬

—

Pressprich & Co.,

Street, New York 5, N. Y.
Corp.—Analysis

—Troster, Singer & Co., 74 Trinity
Place, New York 6, N. Y.

MENTIONED

FIRMS

THE

THAT

W.

Industries

Cadre

; Campus

Casuals

California

of

—

Analysis—William R. Staats & Co.,
South

640

Angeles
Accessories—Review

Auto Parts &

in current issue of 'Tnvestornews"

the listed industrial
in
the
Dow-Jones

between

son

used

stocks

Wall Averages and the 35 over-the5, N. Y. Also counter industrial stocks used in
available are discussions of Col¬ the National Quotation Bureau
gate-Palmolive,
Decca
Records, Averages, both as to yield and
A r v i n Industries, International market performance over a 23Resistance and White Motor.
year period — National Quotation
Bureau, Inc., 46
Front Street
—Francis I du Pont & Co., 1

Street, New York

Canadian Mining Securities

Se¬

—

New

lections for 1962—James Richard¬

& Sons, Inc. 14 Wall Street,

son

New York

Chicken

5, N. Y.

Industry

with

Study

—

York 4, N. Y.

-

,

&

Co., 45 Montgomery
Street, San Francisco 6, Calif.

Report — B. C.
particular reference to Ralston
Christopher & Co., Board of Trade
Purina and Arkansas Valley In¬
Building, Kansas City 5, Mo.
dustries—A. C. Allyn & Co., 122
Steel Industry—37th annual finan¬
South La Salle Street,- Chicago 3,
111. Also available are analyses of cial analysis — Editorial Service,
National
Distillers
&
Chemical Steel, Penton Building, Cleveland
Corp., Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. 13, Ohio.
and Yale & Towne

Manufacturing

Co.

Paper

—

A company-

Carlisle

—

11 Wall

Also

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

in

the

cussion
and

a

same

issue

Jonathan

of

is

a

dis¬

Logan,

Inc.

of closed-end port¬

survey

folios,

ures

Banks-—Comparative fig¬
issues

selected

on

Whitaker

Co.

255

C.

L.

—

Dania

East

Beach Boulevard, Dania, Florida.
Japanese
Review

Economic Situation

—

Sumitomo

Japanese Household Electric Ma¬
chinery

Industry — Review
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.,

—

61

Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Japanese

Market

Yamaichi

Securities

Review

—

Co.

of

York,- Inc., Ill Broadway, New
York 6, N. Y. Also available are
data

on

Asahi Glass, Daimaru Inc.,

Isetan Company, Ltd.,

Mitsukoshi,

Ltd. and Takashimaya Co., Ltd.

Japanese Shipbuilding Industry

Analysis—Nomura Securities Co.,
Ltd., 61 Broadway, New York 6,
Listed Convertible Bonds—Statis¬
on

most active listed bond is¬

sues—Garvin,

Bantel

&

Co.,

120

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
New Mexico Severance Tax Bonds
—Illustrated
and

Brochure

Survey —
Wall Street,

—

44
5, N. Y.

New York

Company, Dwight
City 5, Mo.
the-Counter

showing

Index

—

randum—Putnam & Co.,

Memo¬

6 Central

&

Gas Industry.

Christiana Securities

Apache

Corp.

—

Memorandum—

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

—Analysis—Hornblower & Weeks,
1
Chase Manhattan Plaza, New
York 5, IN. Y. Also available sire
Container

on

Libbey
d urn,

Owens

Corporation,

Carborun-

Ford,

up-to-date

an

Briggs '& Styattoii—Memorandum

—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Cur¬
tis, 25 Broad- Street; New York 4,
N.

Also

Y.

available

Canada

on

are

memo¬

American

Dry,

Brake

Shoe,

Collins

man's

Fund

Insurance

Radio,

Fire¬
Na¬

and

tional Distillers.

Originala
Marron

—

&

Memorandum

&

New

D. B.

—

Wall St.,

Co.,

Inc., 63
York 5, N. Y.

current issue of "Investor's Read¬

er"—Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

&

Smith, Inc., 70 Pine Street,
New York 5, N. Y. Also in the

ner

same

issue

are

discussions

Refining

Co.

Engineering

Food

Stores,

U.

Corp.,

S.

of

Gruman
Bor-

Rubber,

Rcndix Corp., Puget Sound Power
&

Light,

Singer

Manufacturing

1962 operations

and

book (giving
background information, descrip¬
tions of divisions and subsidiaries,
product lines, etc.):—Clevite Corp.,
16820 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland
10, Ohio,

_

Dennison

.

.

1

,

Corp.

—

Center,. Pittsburgh 22, Pa.

Charles Pfizer

Co.—Memoran¬

&

Co.

—-

—

&

Toronto Bond Traders Association

Pine

annual dinner at the

Co., 80
Street, New York 5, N. Y.

Also available

memoranda on

are

Memoran¬

—

dum—Goodbody & Co., 2 Broad¬
New York 4, N. Y. Also
memoranda

U.

and

Rath

on

S.

Pipe

Pittsburgh & West Virginia Rail¬

Winslow,

Investment Traders Association of

Diversified Wire & Steel Corp. of

New

available

York

4,

Also

Y.

N.

data

are

Sealright

on

Memorandum

—

New York

—

Potash

Company

Also available
Steel

lers

& ^Chemical

•

.

:

•

,

FMC

Davis

facturing

New York

—L.

26

Central Railroad.

data

are

on

Bethle¬

Manu¬

r

Dutch Petroleum—Review
Rothschild
&
Co., 120

Royal

F.

General Electronic Control Inc.—

Report—Naftalin & Co., Inc., 207
Street, Minneapolis 2,

Minn.

St.

on

Also

available

Texas Research and
.

,

.

is

report

a

available

is

N.Y.

South Seventh

"

•

'

,

T.

Schjeldahl

Company—Report—

available

data

are

Con-

on

ductron Corp;, Rockower Brothers
and Tampax Inc.
Hertz

Corp.

Title

South

—

—-

is

&

Co., 100 Montgomery Street, San
4, Calif.

Francisco

Hooker

—

—

Lear & Co.,

randum
1

—

Chase

— Analysis — Courts &
Marietta Street, N. W.,
Atlanta 1, Ga.

Lehn

&

ville &

Reed,

—

Grant Building, Pitts¬

:."Vt

E.

F.

Manhattan

Fink

Products

Lehn

on

available

Fink

are

Products

memoranda

Manufacturing

Security Dealers Association

Life

74

Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.

HAnover 2-2400




Teletype NY 1-376; 377; 378

&

Illuminating

randum

—

First

&

Co.,
New

and

on

Diners

Association

.

Statler

Hilton

Hotel.

May 24, 1962 (Omaha, Neb.)
Nebraska
Investment
Bankers

Co.,

Association

Annual

Omaha

the

ceded

Field

Country

May 23 by
dipner party.
on

a

Day at
Club; pre¬

cocktail and

trading market in:

Common Stock

Oak

Club.

R. S. DICKSON

&

COMPANY

INCORPORATED;

—

Francisco

Members Midwest Stock Exchange

4, Calif.

available

•

Uarco, Inc.

is
-

a
-

memorandum
.

-

NEW

CHARLOTTE

Joint Pipe—Memorandum—

Peabody & Co.; 20 Ex¬
change Place, New York 5, N. Y.(
on

-

Lance, I nc.

Kidder,

Also

•

Corp.—

Analysis — Hooker &
Fay, Inc., 221 Montgomery Street,

Lock

Bankers

Corp.
We maintain active

vv;:;

raleigh

YORK

Columbia

ATLANTA

CHICAGO

greenville

"

greensboro

'

1

richmond

Rock,

May 19-23, 1962 (Detroit, Mich.)
Financial Analysts Federation
15th
Annual
Convention at the

Co.—Memo¬

California

Casualty Insurance Co. of

Tennessee

San

Investment

(Rolling

1962

Meeting.

United Fruit Co.

Nashville Railroad.
&

spring

Pennsylvania Group In¬

vestment

Memo¬

Plaza,

—
Adams & Peck, 120
Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. Also

Members New York

—

Hutton

Analysis

Troster, Singer & Co.

Group

11

—Study—H. Hentz & Co., 72 Wall
Street, New York 5, N. Y. Also
available is an analysis of Louis¬

Primary Markets

Exchange

Pa.)
Western

5, N. Y. Also available is a

United

Co.,

Stock

Governors

Association Meeting.

17-19,

May

Fay, Inc., 221

&

Silo Discount Centers.

Lance, Inc.

of

(Boston)

England

Bankers

A. M.

—

Memorandum

memorandum

on

Board

^

:of

May 15, 1962

Los

Montgomery Street, San Francisco
4, Calif.

York

memorandum

a

?.•

Association

meeting at the Dearborn Inn.

Southern Pacific Company—Anal¬

ysis

available

is

/

.

Board of

Firms
—-

5, N. Y.
—

of

Meeting

Governors.

,?

Wall Street, May 17-18, 1962 (Nashville, Tenn.)
Also available Nashville Association of Securities
Dealers annual spring party.

burgh 19, Pa.

Electronics

Bankers

Corp.

Tassette

For

Spiring

*

report on Cenco Instruments

a

International Resistance Company
Bulletin
De Witt Conklin

Laboratory

Investment

Kidder & Co., Inc., 1

Corporation, 660 Madison Avenue,
New York 21, N. Y.
Corp.—Analysis—Schwabacher

"''J,""'*.

Springs, W. Va.).

New

New York 5, N. Y.

Electronic Research

Street,

Report

Office of the Secretary, The Hertz

International

Co.

Insurance

Spring

Co.

(White Sulphur

May 9-12, 1962

Angeles 14, Calif.
Simmons

Annual Report

—

Savings Banks 42nd annual con¬
at the Olympic I Hotel.

Co.—Analysis—

Report—First California Co., Inc.
647

(Seattle, Wash.).
Association of -Mutual

Association

Security

Mott

;

Kinnard, Inc., 133
Street, Minneapolis May 14-15, 1962 (Detroit, Midi.)

2, Minn.

Associates, Inc., 600 Old
Country Road, Garden City, N. Y.

De

National

,

Craig-Hallum,

Hotel.

ference

Co., Inc., 105 West Adams St.,
Chicago 3, 111. ■ V ■
„
'
G.

•

Exchange Con¬
Registered Representa¬
Selection and Training at the
on

May 6-9, 1962

Clair Specialty Manufacturing

Corporation—Analysis
—Tri State Securities Co., Inc.,
2061
Broadway, New York 23,

Stock

Pittsburgh Securities Traders As¬
sociation ; Annual
Spring j Outing
at the Oakmont Country Club.

Smith

of

&

%

York

Commodore

Electronics; Co., Inc. Analysis—Stifel, Nicolaus

Glickman

Graniteville

review

a

Analysis—Boenning & Co., Alison
Building, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Also

A and B

tive

Corona Marchant.

Taylor Instrument Cos.

KEWANEE OIL COMPANY

New

Broadway; New York 5, N. Y. Also

South Sixth

(New York City)

May 2-4, 1962

Parke; -May 4, 1962 (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Sheller

and

of

Astoria.

Distil¬

Corp.,

Corp.

Association

Traders

New York Dinner at the Waldorf-

Neu

Corp., National

Co.

&

Corp.—Study—Vilas & HicBroadway, New York 4,
N. Y. Also available is a study of

key,

Security
,

& Co.,
ference
Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

hem

Majestic

—

Bank N. V.—Bul¬

letin—Oppenheimer,
120

(New York City)

April 27, 1962

America

of

Outboard

and

Philadelphia.

4, N. Y.

plicity Manufacturing, Hoover Co.,
Marine

(New York City)

April 26, 1962

Traders Association of
New York Bowling Match against

way

York

V-

Hotel.

&

Security

Organization, 120 Broadway, New

,

Investment Bank¬
ers
Association of America, an¬
nual meeting at the St. Anthony

way,

are

(San Antonio,

1962

Texas Group of

Cohu & Stetson, Inc., 26 Broadway,

—

■

April 8-10,
Tex.)

Electric & Gas Co.

Co.

King Edward

Sheraton.

Corp. and South Carolina

Ronson

Co., 1009 Baltimore
Avenue, Kansas City 5, Mo.

way,

(Toronto, Canada)

April 6, 1962

dum—R. W. Pressprich &

Pioneer Finance

Manufacturing

INVESTMENT FIELD

IN

Analysis —
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co., 2 Gate¬
Papercraft

—

For banks, brokers and financial institutions

EVENTS

Company—Report

Paper

Stern,. 30 Broad St.,
New York 4, N. Y.

way

Clevite Corp.—1961 annual report

Also

Burlington Industries—Review in

man

compari¬

Bulletin-

New York 5, N. Y.

way,

Corp.

Burlington Industries.

Aircraft

Folder

•

Insurance

& Co., 22 Light Street, Baltimore
2, Md.

—Herzfeld &

Specialties^

Row, Hartford 4, Conn:;

Building,
—

Standard

Life

Poor's Corporation.

Oxford

Oswego Falls, Fedders Corp., Sim¬

Laboratories

Andersen

Atlantic

Kansas

and

Land

in¬

.

Annuity

Co.—Memorandum—John C. Legg

Kern

of

Rotterdamsche

Zahner

—

reviews

American Distilling

Co.,

Stores. ,:Vv

variable

Carl

Loeb, Rhoades & Co., 42 Wall
Street, New York 5, N. Y. Also
are

Report—

Corp., Philip Morris and Safeway

M.

can

Ameri¬
Van Lines and Canadian Oil

—

N.Y.

tics

—

Analysis—Bateman, Eichler & Co.,
453
South
Spring
Street,
Los
Angeles 13, Calif.

randa
—.

Review

—

—

Shearson, Hammill & Co., 14 Wall
Street, New York 5, N. Y. Also
available are reports on Heli-Coil

Co.,

America—Report—V. K. Osborne
& Sons, Inc., 241 North Beverly
Alpine Geophysical Associates,Inc.; Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Analysis — S. D. Fuller & Co., Dr. Pepper Company — Data —
26 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.
Auchincloss & Redpath, 2 Broad¬

data
—

New

Northrop Corp.

Fund Insurance Co., North

Calif.

&

United States Freight

Street, West, Mon¬
treal, Que., Canada.

Packing Co.
Foundry.

Bank, Ltd.,
Blunt, Ellis & Simmons, 111 West
Information
Department, * KitaMonroe Street, Chicago 3, 111.
hama, Higashi-ku, Osaka, Japan.
—

Fireman's

Co.,

New

&

Street, San Fran¬

cisco 20, Calif.

Canada

of

Fund

Thursday, April 5, 1962

300 Montgomery

—

St. James

Denton, Texas Independent School
District Bonds
Bulletin — Stern

Shields

Florida

132

Emanuel, Deetj en & Co.,
120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

by-company rundown on 50 lead¬
ing defense suppliers—In the April Abbey Rents—Bulletin—Mitchum,
issue of "The Exchange Magazine"
Jones & Templeton,
650 South
—20(5 per copy, $1.50 per year— Spring
Street, Los Angeles 14,
Exchange Magazine, Dept. 7,

—

Co., 120 Broadway,
New York 5, N. Y. Also available
are
reports on Weyenberg Shoe

"^'^V'- Brothers

The

North American

County

Report

—

&

Plaza,

Ltd.—Review—McFetrick

available

—

Co.

5, N. Y.

1962 is¬

Stock Selections—Spring

Ind.

Manhattan

Chase

available

Corporation

Manufacturing

1

York

Analysis—Golkin, Bomback & Co.,
67 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y.

sue

Defense Spending

Industry

Los

Laird, Bissell & Meeds, 120 Broad-,

Paper Equities—Analysis—D e a n
Witter

Street,

Spring

14, Calif.

Reynolds

Electric

.

.

Study—Nikko Securities Co., Ltd.,

-'i;

Burroughs Corporation

INVESTMENT LITERATURE

Matsushita

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Number 6148

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

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time to regain full production and
full scale flow of products

Range and Prospects

resume

to customers..

*.

«

Financial

.

small extra in stock and elevation

Yale & Towne,

consistently, has
supplied leadership in its industry,
and is particularly well situated

,

Sturdiness

9

oi sales and earnings to substantially higher levels. YAT has many

side, Yale &
displayed an unusually
high degree of solvency and profit¬

foreign manufacturing operations.

elements, including durability and
dependability, usually associated
with quality
equities, and would

Because it

appear to offer above average

ability

From Trucks and Locks

tile

On' the

with

financial

Towne has

By Dr. Ira U. Cobleigh, Enterprise Economist
A consideration of the merits of the common stock of Yale

& Towne

year-end

,

welter of

a

opportunities, within the expand¬
ing European Common Market.

tracting
investors by
corporate
profits derived, variously, from

Improved

trading stamps, talking dolls, parttime

secretaries,

safflower

and

seeds, it will, perhaps, be refresh¬
ing, today, to look at a company
that has been earning and paying
dividends for

sixty-three years, by
producing more traditional and
familiar items. The company is
Yale & Towne, a leader in ma¬
terial handling equipment for in¬
dustrial and construction purposes,
and renowned for decades for its

locks and

latches.

■
.

Yale & Towne has just reported
on
its
1961
results.
Sales were

$130,589,714. Although this figure
was
5.3% below the 1960 total,
the decline was due, mainly, to a
strike

22-week

in

the

truck

lift

,

Yale

Towne
has, within the
two years, taken a number
steps, looking toward increased
operating efficiency and: rising
profitability. The Automatic Divi¬
sion has stressed
cost improve¬
ment, discontinuation of unprofit¬
of

and

lines, simplification of design,
standardization

ents.

In v the

of

Material

compon¬

Handling

Division, the long strike resulted,
not from any disagreement over
wages or hours, but from a deter¬
mination on the part of manage¬
ment

to

achieve

increased

em¬

ployee productivity, and to
overcome

costly

the

efforts

union

certain

of

restrictions.

consists

stock listed

stock

has

a

on

value

of

357/s.

and

27%, with
dend of $1
dividend

an

In

paid in January.
of dividends, Yale &
Towne has a proud record. It has
was

1899, and there
split in 1956.

a

A

ago.

new

effective

became

1962. It

times

January

plant in Philadelphia, which was
not settled until January 29th of

designed

this year. Under the circumstances,

improved, but it will require

$2.30

to

create

a

stock

and

\

election of

and

Lawrence Butner

Television Department

Albert Frank-Guenther Law,
Inc., national advertising and pub¬
lic
relations
agency,
has
been
announced.

Mr.
of
to

Butler, who is also Manager
and TV, will continue
make his headquarters at the
Radio

agency's main office in New York.
He joined AF-GL in 1956

time

buyer. He
ager in 1960.

was

per

an

a

current

yield of about

produced new highs in sales
profits in domestic hardware

and tractor shovel

This announcement is neither

operations.

an

The

increased cash

lie the

possibilities

ties

dividend,

South Flower Street.

a

business

from

offer to sell

nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these Shares.
offer is made only by the Pros pectus.

Operating Divisions
& Towne is a divisionally
organization. In domestic op¬

the
Trojan
division
king-size tractor shovels
on huge rubber tires and

erations,
makes

946,454 Shares

that roll

chew up whole mountain sides

can

in

roadbuilding, mining

ing.
lift

There

or quarry¬

Consolidated

divisions for

two

are

trucks, the Automatic Division,
specializes in the manu¬

Ed

which

facture

and

sale

of

trucks;

and

the

Yale

electric

of New York, Inc.

lift

Materials

Handling Division, which produces
and markets gasoline, diesel and
propane,

duction
at the

well

as

this

in

latter

Cumulative Preference Stock, 4.12% Convertible Series A

electric-

as

lift trucks. Principal

power

($100

pro¬

division

Philadelphia plant, supple¬
by
the
Forrest
City,

Convertible, unless previously redeemed, into Common Stock

mented

hoists

operated

also

at

conversion

price of $80

per

on

and after June 15,1962

share, subject to adjustment in certain events.

Company's outstanding Common Stock

for the above Preference Stock at the rate of

The MHE

tion, a finance company
provides lease or credit

a

Holders of the

lift trucks.
Corpora¬

and

value)

is

Arkansas plant, which now manu¬
factures electric hoists and hand
There is

par

one

are being offered rights to subscribe
share of Preference Stock for each 17 shares

of Common Stock held of record at

the close of business on March 29, 1962.
Subscription
Warrants will expire at 5 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on April 16,1962.

which
accom¬

modations,

if desired, for cus¬
tomers of the company or its deal¬
in

ers,

United

the

States

and

company's

sales

Canada.
A

third

lock

of the

'from

comes

the

operations

items is

which

now

of

Subscription Price $100

94

these

concentrated in four

The

modern

plants in the Mid-South,
which, together, serve the hard¬
ware
marketing
divisions,
and
benefit

from

products

new

stantly being developed at
Research

ware

Forge,
Yale

&

new

edifices

Insurance

such
as

and

the

Pavilion

United

the

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained in any State from only
such of the undersigned as may legally
offer these Shares

Can

in

Science
World's

Abroad, Yale & Towne has four
manufacturing plants, in Great
Britain and Germany, employing
about 5,000 people; plus licensed
manufacturers in France, Italy and
Spain. There is also a plant in
Canada, and extensive manufac¬

MORGAN STANLEY &

arrangements

,<

in

Latin

BLYTH & CO.,

plus these wide¬

spread marketing and manufac¬
turing facilities abroad, made the

major profit contribution to the
company's consolidated results in
1961. Ahead lie even wider market




CO.

THE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

EASTMAN DILLON,

INC.

GLORE, FORGAN & CO.

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

UNION SECURITIES & CO.
HARRIMAN RIPLEY & CO.
Incorporated,

KIDDER, PEABODY & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,

LAZARD FRERES &

CO.

FENNER & SMITH

LEHMAN BROTHERS

SMITH, BARNEY & CO.

Incorporated

America and Asia. Exporting from

;

compliance with the securities laws of such State.

Angeles,

States

Seattle

International Operations

the United States,

set forth in the Prospectus.

was

Fair.

turing

as

year,

distinguished

Los

agreed, subject to certain conditions, to purchase any
both during and following the subscription period,

offer Preference Stock

hard-,

Continental

Stadium,
at

have

Valley

Last

Buildings in New York, The Con¬
stitution Plaza buildings in Hartword, Connecticut, The Dodgers
Baseball

Underwriters

may

the Equitable Life

and

several

unsubscribed Preference Stock and,

con¬

hardware

Towne

in

a

in

Center

Pennsylvania.

specified

Share

a

and

began

Production

ago.

years

hardware

STONE & WEBSTER SECURITIES CORPORATION
'

''

WHITE, WELD & CO.

•

Incorporated

April 3, 1962.

i

Opens

offices

Yale
run

Y

ANGELES, Calif. — Edward
L. Johnson is conducting a securi¬

share net held up very well
$1.75, against $1.91 for the year
On the brighter side, last

and

chief

Man¬

LOS

Ahead

an

E. L. Johnson

investment grade

earlier.
year

as

named
•

per

at

^

of

earnings of
share. Purchase at this

3V2%.

retain,

HT

Assistant Vice-President in the

Radio

de¬

products.

the kind of

not

for

attract,

strong

The
as

A T?

i\r "Ijrlj AffGIlCV

estimated '1962

stock at

capable personnel.

some

could

price provides

1,

provides funded benefits,

ciency, since resumption of work
at
the
Philadelphia plant,
has

expand capital equipment

buy for "pie in the sky"
speculation, or appraisal at astro¬
nomical price/earnings ratios. At
27%, YAT sell^ at about 11%

retirement in¬
on

to

people

plan for salaried employees

Effi¬

en¬

in

YAT is

2Vz

ently 10,369 employees, almost ex¬
actly" the same number as ten
come

afford
of

and

mand for Yale & Towne

About personnel, there are pres¬

years

sales

outlays,

every year

since

products,

assurance

addition,

ness

and

Butner Elected

measures

was

mar¬

Current

profits in 1962.
the
proposed
tax
Washington,
pro¬
viding special incentives to busi¬

quotation is
indicated cash divi¬
share. A 2% stock

Speaking

for 1

es¬

certain

possesses

advanced

hanced

per

paid cash dividends in

economy,

characteristics.

considerable

Current

de¬

languid mood.

common

the

however, appears quite
favorable. The high general level
of industrial 'activity
oi mqustnai
activity prevailing, t)
the improved corporate operating
£)y
efficiency, the introduction of new

$30.08 per share, and ranged, in
price, during 1961, between 27%
and

fensive strength should the
ket
continue
in
a
moping

of

outlook,

the NYSE,

book

and

somewhat vola¬

serves

sections

cyclical

of

followed
The

export

pecially the construction industry,

million in long-term debt,
by 2,238,629* shares of

$26.9

its

to

YAT

cur¬

only $15 mil¬

Capitalization

common

Efficiency

past

able

showed

last

$79.1 million against

current liabilities of
lion.

issues at¬

newer

Its

years.

statement

rent assets at

Manufacturing Company.
With

the

over

respect

DEAN WITTER & CO.

at

615

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle
10

(3) To con¬
separately a large group of
c a s e s,
roughly 100 in number,
which have been on our docket for.

traordinary problems.

In SEC

SEC head details measures to

lpng time and have been most
unsatisfactorily prepared, and
where the registrant has not filed
a

and
*

,

corrective amendments. They
for practical purposes dead,
but they refuse proper burial.

any

,>■

/£

hasten the effective date of filings,

are

to

As to

inadmissible registration statements, and to
reduce the record high backlog. The full cooperation of the bar and
the financial community is particularly sought in five areas. Tabula¬
tion shows over 30% of the .more than 21,000 issues registered since
*1940 were-filed during the last 3% years.
weed out

a

statements

and prevent

majority of registration
now
filed
with the
-

Commission, the Commission con-?
tinues to be concerned about their
viewed

sufficiency iwhen

-

light' of the requirements
Securities Act of 1933.

in

the

of the

Many pre¬

sent such problems as to require
of steps," and is
insistence by. the staff that regis¬
considering others, to reduce this
tration statements, which do not
delay in access to the capital mar¬
Statements being filed with the
in substantial respects conform to
Commission. For. the eight-month kets.- Earlier releases have an-,
the statutory requirements, not be
nounced rule changes to facilitate
period ending *
received for filing or, if filed, not
the handling of materials received.
Feb. 28, 1962,
be
examined
unless
materially
Processing procedures have been
1,550 state¬
amended.
In certain cases; the
streamlined and, where appropri¬
ments
were
staff reviews; the: same; statement
ate, have been restricted to a lim¬
filed,
a
60%
two or three. ..times because of a
ited review of the materials filed.
increase
over
series of amendments.'. In others,
The staff has accorded, and will
the previous
the staff must write lengthy let¬
continue to apply, this treatment

Fiscal year 1962 will clearly result
in a record number of registration

taken;

number

a1

'record num¬

generally

968
the

of
for

same

year.

and

eight-

Form

on

S-8

Miller,

meeting

partner of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood,

new

while in Chicago

head office of Cruttenden, Podesta

be

filed
William L. Cary

Ilis

.

Miller,- who planned and supervised the firm's ;
(209 South La Salle Street) to the new
La Salle-Jackson Building.
Podesta

den,

&

from the Rookery

move,

.

.

most registra¬
of public -utility

and

inlteht ofth^d/sriosure CHICAGO, Ill.-Cruttenden, Po- investor services, across the board,
reonirementi and the facts ' 9 ? clesta & Miller has;completed its And beyond these immediate;

statement

to certain others

established

by

with

the

,

.

.

companies

which have filed financial
mation

totals

<

:

p

infor¬

Commission

The

within recent periods.

staff

of

move?

,

rnnttarQ^-ntt

Commission

the

into;

on
floors
of

is

Building,

new

head-office quar^

fourth

the

ters,

- •*

*"

Salle-Jackson

La

the

fifth

and

Walter W. Cruttenden,
and
partner, < has
ah-

concerted effort at this founder
nounced.
of filings and the length of the
The firm had been at 2G9 South
The
March
backlog has now pre-effective period of future fil- La Salle Street since 1942. Previreached an
unprecedented high ings. We are hopeful of achieving
companies that have never before
ousiy
and from the time of its
been
subject to the registration (801 as of March 15, 1962) because these goals, but only in a manner founding, as Fuller, Cruttenden &
of the unprecedented number of consistant
with the tradition
of Co. in 1930
it was at 120 South
process
and to the concomitant
filings. We appreciate that further high standards of disclosure.
In La"' Salle.
The
firm
name
was
analysis of internal and financial
practical measures had to be taken this' endedvor, we need the full
affairs which is a prerequisite to
Changed to Cruttenden & Co. in
itq reduce,, that, backlog.
Under cooperation of the bar and/the 1942 and to Cruttenden, Podesta
that process.
It is these filings,
these circumstances we have re¬ financial
community: (1) Do not & c'0. in^ 1946..; The new name—1
that most often enta/1. jlepgthy re¬
view by the
staff because:
(1) cently decided upon" three more file a statement with the Commis- Cruttenden Podesta & Miller
to givo-summary treat¬ sion Unless you are completely' was announced a month
inexperienced counsel a n d —ac¬ steps:
ago, and
ment to a larger number of cases, satisfied
it
meets
the
countants may assist in their prep¬
statutory1, becomes effective uoon complearation; (2) the filings frequently including not only repeat filings, standards. Filing a piece of paper iion.of the current move. /
but other companies with a history to
"get in line" is a practice the
reflect a complex reorganization
Walter Cruttenden's announceof earnings where thfe registration ^omimssion cannot tolerate.
Commission cannot tolerate,
(z;
(2) mcnf sfrcscpd "the cnnntless nrgrnecessary to
prepare a company
statement is meticulously prepared Do not file
for the public market;
registration statements
(3) little

filed in fiscal years
The most signifi¬
cant factor is that approximately
two-thirds of the filings are by
1955.

and

America.

of the Investment Bankers Association of

°

companies;

of 496 and 849

1950

».

States Group v

for the recent Central

guide is Harold W. Jacobsen, Administrative Director of Crutten¬

tained greater

securities)

Minneapolis, toured the

&

familiarity with the
(for employee operations of the client and then

debt

a

of

that often: could

of comment

(left),

H. Neil Gilman, Jr.
-

be avoided if counsel first had ob¬

Form S-9 (for cer¬

statements

tion

compared
with
the

yearly

on

grade

securities plans); to

month periods

should

high

ters

state¬

registration

to

ments filed

tain

period

last
These

Thursday, April 5, 1862

.

,

Registrations

By William Li Cary,* Chairman, Securities
Exchange Commission

ber

.

Cruttenden Firm in New Offices

sider

Tackling Clearance Delay.

filed

.

(1614)

making

a

time to reduce the record backlog

Record High Backlog

,

'

:

and

the

financial

statements

are

public
financial information is
available; and (4) accounting pro¬ unexceptionable. After initial re¬
cedures and records are often in¬ view of a registration statement;

piecemeal.
statement

^^a] convemience^
i^catlw^lh all-new

Filing the registration
in complete form pre-

he

a

convinced /that,

are

the

we

move

places us in. the .vanguard of a
dynamic, financial-community expansion
program-—that the La/
Salle-Jackson and. Clark-Jackson,
corners are, in fact, the hub of the
Midwest financial community."

Highlighting the new office are
the firm's greatly expanded IBM
computer and electronic data
processing system; a high-speed

wire network, - connecting" 26 offices coast to coask ^electronic
quotation services, featuring- both
Quotron and Ultronics;, closed-

circuit television; and substantia
Mly broadened research facilities-

The move into .the La

Salle-

Jackson

Building, and installation
.equipment, was imuet
Ui tue 11CVVwas- under
of the

new

ad-office the 'Supervision?* of -Harold W.

completely

niL^s^He

evident, considerations,

more

kddech

Jacobsen> Administrative Director
of Cruttenden, Podesta & Miller-

necessity for re-exani- >
^
f
// Holabird & Root were the archithe staff will inform the interested
ining the statement as a whole
*
P^r firm is now equipped to fects .and decorators, and . Joyce
The great increase in
parties when it is to receive lim¬ when amendments come in. (3), By provide,-the absolute maximum of Bros, were the movers,
filings, and the high
percentage of new filings, have ited examination and will request reason of the period elapsing be- / ":
1 \
.
"
,>
v
- *
•
;
resulted in a lengthening of the receipt of satisfactory representa¬ tween the filing date and the eftions from the- issuer and under- fective
'date, it is frequently nec-t'—" 1 '■
1 1
V"
'
•'
TT
period between the filing and ef¬
vents

the

complete.
volume

-

of

.

,

%

..

fective dates of

writer,

registratipn state¬

ments.

where

and,

appropriate,

selling shareholders that the

reg-

to request that financial
statements be updated. Registrants letter, of .transmittal
essary

possible trou- been filed with the Federal Trade

should anticipate such . requests ble spots, and in explaining to them
The
Commission
has already
all
annlieable rennirementc
and be prepared to furnish finan-•■you?-financial time schedule. The
?•;:/Mfi;,ciaI data to the latest practicable '"registration process of the S.E.C.
*A
talk by Mr. Cary before a busi¬
To reduce the amount of review, date.
(4) Cooperate with the staff is not and was not designed to be
group
in San Francisco, California,
March' 23, 1962.
except in those cases having ex- in pinpointing to them in your' an adversary proceeding. We are
•
istration statement conforms with

.

ness

./>>■'4;/K4///4:^4/4;/''4//~'--4~:4^

trying,to assist you in your efforts

,/;■ to comply with the disclosure
This announcement is neither
any

Not

a

an

offer to sell

nor a

solicitation of

an

offer to buy

of these securities. The offer is made only by the'Prospectus.

New Issue




April 5, 1962

■"

phone,

as to the status of a pendfiling.
It is estimated that

:, Mng

these
v

CORPORATION

oting

calls

"

'

are

much

as

XX. normal

,

;'X:

presently

as

occupy-

one-fifth

of

week

working

branch chiefs.

different issuers, and proposed the
public/offering of securities aggregating $217.3 billion in amounj:

of

27%-year period.

„

den

to

our

conscience
not

the

$14 Per Share

staff.
and

As

a

grace,

a

From

be obtained from the undersigned only

end.

SEC

dealer in

can

Sept.

assumed

1,

.

ex-

the

filed

with

the

the Securities

be

when

4

1933

(in Billions)

'

3,328

42.8

981

13.1

1957

943

14.7

1958

913

16.9

1959

1,226

16.6

1,628

15.8

1961

1,830

20.1

1962|

the

under

-

12.2

30.8

1956

met.

for the

$18.8

1,367
2,719

1,689

13.5

421,077

$217.3

-

1955
yr.:

Total.

have been

Commission

No.

3,360 /

Filings, fiscal

administration

Act of

Amount

30:

1950

Filed/

1934,

years

June

19405l:

of the Securities Act of 1933, until
March 22, 1962, a total of 20,000

distributed.

Company

.

1945

of

should

yqu

/ registration statements

and

_

ceeded $204 .billion.

satisfactory solution to this

Statement

Burnham

,,

I960

matter

try to do so. It is only with
cooperation of all concerned

that

a

...

f°r salc to public investors

Twenty Thousandth Registration

may

,

our

(6) Fundamentally,

registration problem

in states in which the undersigned is qualified to act as
the Prospectus may legally be

.

Feb-

effectively

reS1stered with ;the .Commission

Filings five

'

Copies of the Prospectus

.

Through

securities

the

underwriter, the issuer and its af¬
filiates, and experts. As a matter
of law, you cannot shift this bur-

Par.Value $1 per share

securities and in which

1962

ruary

remember that the statutory bur-

Common Stock

Price

filed with the SEC by about 10,000

,// quirements of the statute so that (including securities added, . by
4/ prospective investors can exercise way of amendment, to statements
///'sound and informed judgments as previously filed by investment
£ v to the merits of securities. (5) Ex- companies). As indicated in the
ercise great restraint in considertabulation, over 30% of the filings
£ ing whether to inquire of members with the Commission were made
:/// of the staff; in person or by tele- during the last 3%, years, of the

367,000 Shares

DIALIGHT

re-

Commission proposing the. publicoffering of $1,382 billion of secunties.) The 20,000 statements were

*i„ciUdes prior period from Sept.

-

>

1, 1934

to June 30> lf)35-

fiieY^r^^

#20.000,

public offering of securities to the

-

investing public. (Previously, dur-

computinoj^

ing the period July 1, 1933 through

tra«°n Statements of investment companies

0

*

tThe

which

total

number

inoreased

the

of

filings

amount

of

Aug. 31/19.34, 1,093 statements had -covered by the prior statement.

exceeds

securities
..

.

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Number

195

6148

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

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(1615)

if

British Equities' Outlook;

disregard, the amount held

we

sterling is offset by the inherent

a

11

Chemical Bank

The

present low level

counted fear that the
tax

proposal

level

—

""

v By Paul Einzig

of British stock prices —attributed

forthcoming Budget will contain

is expected to be succeeded by

the Budget is adopted.

'

;

to

Dr. Einzig's thesis is based

Elects Steiniger
International Business

of

bank

cal

Trust

Co.

been

an¬

nounced

by

afford

dis-..

it

less

Britain

lose

to

could

further

twp

/•

rising equity price

a

longer imperative to defend ster¬
ling, with the aid of a high bank
rate.
Indeed, apart from a tempo¬
rary
setback, sterling remained
remarkably - firm in- spite of the

is -smaller

result

smaller amounts than it could af¬
ford to lose bigger amounts

capital gains

a

weakness

deficit
;

counterpart to short-term
borrowing abroad.
Even if the

as

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years ago.

7

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there

is

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f

:

;

indication

any

of

of other currencies

of

wnich

rate

better
spirit
among
trade
unions/ On the contrary, the orgy

Ofgreed

adopted
tionary

-

once

1964 —particularly

or

the

on

when Sterling remains remarkably firm.

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r

Ster-

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:

other currencies and, thus, appears strong enough to not require

of
a

high bank rate.

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in

months

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of

view

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they

learned

last year.

from

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losses;;

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not

nurses

to

be

are

The election of

iger

to

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Bank

ever

Edward

Advisory

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has

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unless

it

to

was

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the

gilt-edged /budget, day even if they are sold
at a profit later.
;
'V
term interest rates, equities failed
it seems to me most unlikely,'
to respond. "The Financial Times:
however, thatv the Chancellor ;of
March.

there is

firm

reason

trend

in

for

anticipating

equities

after

servative1

a

Government,

conceivable

the

or

alternative

for

ordinary

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D ir

any

Edward L.

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"demand'

for

the

level

low

equities

lies

in

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of

cjjances

don

the

Stock

quite

that the Lon-

are

Exchange will witness

noteworthy revival during
»tfears * of arte unfavorable budget.^ the
coming financial .year.- Once
It is fully understood that there is the
budget has produced its full
going to be some form of capital effect
which, for all .we know,,
gains* tax, but the nature-of that may have already been discounted
a

—

'

taxf- remains

a
closely-guarded
particular the question
whether the tax will be applied,
retrospectively, and if iso to what
extent, is discussed with great in*-

secret.

—there is

In

worthy

in itself the

-

terest; 'but
nobody- knows
the
answer.,-Many holders of equities
who

had..bought

prices are

them^ at/lower,
likely to sell out before

budget day

£70

of

sideration

alone

is

sufficient

to

payments

mmf0n

last

the

of

this

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to some

after^he

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of the, last

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' and there are no indicaadvanced cpuntries^aiid the trend
tions pointing toward its disap-. of interest rates in most countries
pearance

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•

slight improvement

the^currenrdeficit
balance

nouncement of the

tax.

in equities. '

Conservative

to stay in office at the cost
of relaxing its resistance to inflation. .For the alternative would
be a much bigger dose of inflation
if a Socialist or_Liberal Government or a Socialist-Liberal Coalition should implement even part
af the extravagant promises made
were

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economic situation
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would not iustifv such a recovery, policy of moderate inflation* Even

the assumption that
the new tax would not be applied
to profits realized before the anon

to expect a note-

reason

recovery

if-the

trustee

a

Bank, and

-

for

Corp., Kennecott Copper

Steiniger

of the Emigrant Industrial

^

reason

a

of

Oil

Corp. and the National Industrial

;

A

tor

e c

Richfield

the

Discounting. Unfavorable Budget;

of

lay trustees of

Govern¬

so,

is
of

Board

Fordham Uni¬

budget is that the government - is ment, would refrain from any un¬
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check /the
not likely to resist too •firmly/the pleasant
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Exchequer would go to that inflationary trend between (now trend. / ./-■• / /■//";'/
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length in appeasing militant" op- and the next general election in
tained a slight downward trend,
flation will be of sufficient
position to/the tax recently' ex- /1963v or 1964.
degree
In particular 'the
Even
the
unexpected
improve- pressed in no uncertain terms by revolt of the middle classes to enable investors and specula¬
ment of the balance of payments Lord
Ritchie, Chairman of," the against the policy of pay restraint tors to- "pinpoint the winner" as
for
1961
was
unable to
arouse
London
Stock Exchange.
While is likely to induce the government they did during the greater part
much demand for equities.
Nor he could afford to exempt'profits' to, change "its policy on the ground of the postwar period, or whether
did investors and speculators re - realized
during 1961-62 — espe- that'// what is the use of pursuing they will have to exercise great
spond
.to
indications
pointing cially as most equities showed a a sound policy if it is certain to care and discrimination in choos¬
towards an accentuation of inflaloss for that year—he would give lead'to a defeat in the next elec¬ ing their equities, is another ques¬
tion, in particular to
the
anaway
in all probability; quite, a /Lion2"z This/may sound/cynical, tion. It seems probable that, after
nouncement of a sharp increase in/ substantial revenue if he
applied but. those who hold such views the lesson taught by the heavy
railroad charges whicn are bound the
non
retrospective i principle have no doubt succeeded in con- ; losses1 on a great many equities
to trigger off another turn in the
also for profits to be realized .in vincing themselves that even from
during the past twelve months,
inflationary vicious spiral.
/
1962-63 on equities bought before the point of view of resisting in-, demand will be
more selective for
the beginning of that fiscal year, /-flation it is better for the country
a long time to come.
Even
index

He

Chairman
the

.

of

of

Oil

Corp.

/ in the obscene plundering, of the

.

market reflected the lower short- ;

niger is

Sinclair

for the sake of keeping down the
.."community. Pressure for higher cost of living. If an accentuation
LONDON, England —/In spite of create enough selling .pressure to/pay is expected to be stepped up of the increase in the cost of div¬
two bank rate reductions in close
offset any .pre-bud'get:buying,
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cause
succession, the London Stock Ex- suiting from optimistic hopes'that -///./" ;V
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corresponding
trend in other countries, I have
change remained on the whole the new tax would not !be applied
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no
doubt that the present Con¬
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equities
bought
before /. The reason why is spite of this
........

Mr.

President

inconveniencemerely

any

H.

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up

with

left behind

on

Harold

the

Con.servat ives nor Socialists
deemed it
necessary to
put

now

Stein¬

Chemi¬

Chairman

defend

to '.safeguard

L.

Board

York

dwindling gold reserves/ Neither

y
over " middle-class
Government officials,

teachers,:trained

a

ho

postwar

government

essential

and

as

be

In

maintained

measures

sterling

la t e 1

;,ihg

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no

or

considered-

manual workers has been spread-

ling's inherent weakness is said to be offset by. inherent weaknesses

^

and selfishness which
hitherto, the .monopoly
of

will

reductions.

Britain

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Smith, Barney & Co.
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Blyth & Co., Inc.

Glore, Forgan & Co.

Price 100.25% and accrued interest

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.

.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Harriman

Ripley & Co.

Incorporated
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Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Lazard Freres & Co.

Lehman Brothers

Incorporated
...

Stone & Webster Securities Corporation

I

Dean Witter & Co.

White, Weld & Co.

V

Dominick & Dominick

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including the undersigned, only in States in which such underwriters are qualified
to act as

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Drexel & Co.

Lee Higginson Corporation

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Baker, Watts & Co.

Chaplin, McGuiness & Co.

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Langley & Co.

Tucker, Anthony & R. L Day

Schneider, Bernet & Hickman, Inc.

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Kuhn, Loeb & Co.

Company

First Southwest Company

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Thomas & Company

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G. H. Walker & Co.
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Singer, Deane & Scribner
Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc.
Dittmar & Company, Inc.

Incorporated

Paribas Corporation

John B.

Joyce & Company

Kirkpatrick-Pettls Company

R. A. Underwood &

Co., Inc.

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1616)

and
the same amount of
and its products.--At the
time we imported 2.5 mil¬

pulp

The Paper Industry

r

.

paper
i-C same

lion

tons

of

wood

By Dr. Louis T. Stevenson,* Economist and Director of the
Paper Industry Department, Tucker, Anthony & R. L. Day,
New York City

newsprint from Canada.
7

depicts

Analysis of the paper industry's complexity and developments

growing and essential industry despite its cost-price squeeze

a

as

problems.
activities;

1961

industry

than

adequate

kinds of paper

very complex.
In 800 mills,
located in 45 of 50 states, paper

volume

even

is

and

cylinder type. Produc¬

from less than 10
day to 1,000 tons or more,

a

vary

newsprint, and
contain¬
mammoth machines.
The
grades

ers,

on

basic

this

shipping

cellulose

is

material

fibre. Wood is the

Dr. L. T. Stevenson

seldom

raw

as

for

principal source
supplemented

realized.

and it is sometimes

Paper is vital to all communi¬
cation systems, not only through

by waste paper, cotton fibres, rags
or flax.
Wood supply, water and
accessibility to markets are the

the

printed word but the tele¬
phone system, television and space
communication, all dependent on
paper which is used in their tran¬
sistors,
cables,
etc.
for
proper
functioning. John Glenn could not
have

"made

it"

without

paper

of

determinants

chief

mill

loca¬

tion.
A Growing

In

United

the

in

million.

35.8

support him. The electronics in¬
dustry could hardly have been

Industry

1961, the total tonnage pro¬

duced

to

is

It

a

States

shipments to the

from

board.

wood

pulp and kraft
the
industry

This

hopes to expand and through its
associations
have
approved the
President's

'was

growing in¬

dustry, by 40% between 1950 and

has

tariff

even

Common

Market

and

other

And

means

One

just

damage

to

think

of

what

just to Wall Street.

cannot

the

A paper mill requires a large
capital investment (about $30 to

$50 million)

and

it takes two

to

five years to plan and

build. It is
highly mechanized through pulp
and paper
production when the
paper can be shipped in rolls off
the paper machines.
However, if
the paper is cut into sheets and
sorted
or
otherwise
processed,
considerable

hand

work

is

re¬

quired.
With

ment
of

the

and

the

large

end-

cyclical, direct or indirect. Taken
as
a
whole, the paper industry
with

the

busi-

cycle but the swings vary by

ness

end-use and

small when

are

the

capital

continuous

conceive

of

if

tries

Common

the

makes

industry were to be closed
long as the steel indus¬
try was in 1959.
In my book,
paper is more essential than steel.
The industry, as a unit, has never

Market

account for the

remainder.

the

economy

the

and

Russian

about

coun¬

com-

industry
the
total

of

as

These

world production.

Paper and pulp are traded ex¬
tensively over national bound¬

be-

•

which

-

is

widely

divergent
segments.

its

cyclical fluctuations and
concerning

fu-

capacity, combined with the

fact

that

it

requires about two
years to plan and build a mill,
present a serious problem to a

manufacturer.

He

judge the
growth pattern of his product but
not
the
timing of the cyclical
fluctuations.

can

There

is

are the prospects for growth, and
how cyclical is its behavior? What
is the timing of its cycles, if there
any?

are

Are

the

end

In

1961

the

sometimes
when

resulted

cyclical

in

pe-

recessions

coincide with large capacity rises
and
what is called "excess ca-

pacity"

results.

erators
and

Experienced opthese situations

recognize

the

that

fact

demand

Another important aspect to be
considered with respect to an individual company is its degree of

integration in

in-

is

raise

lower

or

nnn<?nmprl^

But

fi 11

must

total

We have many combinations of

steps

theefficiency

United States

exported 1.2 million tons of wood

any

ins+cmnh

in^ unbleached

liner-

board*.tomeofThe "other grades

profit margins. Much
ume

of the vol-

production is made in mills

which

own

or

control large wood

supplies, make their own pulp and
paper and then convert it into
useful products. There has been
of recent years a rather strong
movement among paper mills that
do not have converting plants to

acquire them through mergers,
These readjustments have proved
be

difficult

in

some

in the white paper

there

have

been

with

mergers

number

a

independent

merchant

of

paper

houses.
This is being
questioned by the Department of
.

Justice

as leading to unfair competition. The industry is watching

this action with

than casual

more

interest.

■

A Doint

to

7-fh

fin

consider

in

connec-

th

,,verting

jobbing companies

or

is

that the margins on sales of the
ac<>uired companies normally are
smaller than those of the Parent
and

.

the combined,

op-

eration tends to lower the margin on saIes but not necessarily

*hat °n
" is

:

tated

price margins
tended

by law or custom, make for
confusing picture with respect
to industry annual capacity data.
Paper and
survey
of

Pulp
Association
planned new capacity and I know
the
problems and
compromises

too low, have
prices in some

were

stiffen

to

grades.

I started the American

an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to
of these securities. The offering is made only by the Prospectus.

economy.
*An

the

Cost-Price Squeeze

New

April 2, 1962

York

by Dr
Society

Stevenson

of

jj

SpPliriTlPS SO

rates

Labor

have

rapidly since 1950 and
this large capital ex-

up

offset

penditures have .been
raise productivity and
competitive
positions.

Lines, Inc.

Common Stock
($3.00 Par Value)

Share

before

Junior

Invest-

"g* Analysts, New York City, March 13,

made to
maintain
But
de-

{J

Q

n

-

^

t

Darius

Inc.,

New

'

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ItlCD UUIU

.

York

City, reports that the recent offering in
units 0f 80,000 common shares and

40,000

stock

purchase
Controls, Inc.,
unit, has been all

common

warrants

Broadly speaking, the paper industry is a growing and essential
industry dependent for its raw
material on a renewable, natural
resource (wood). Much of its production and end-use has cyclical
aspects but the fluctuations are
minor when compared with durable
goods.
Production
and
ownership is widely dispersed as
compared with
steel, which is
rather
highly concentrated. Investors
who
have
stayed with

common

shares

entitling

the

have found it quite profitable over the long term.

1

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wOR LTOIS

D.

.

^

spite this, increased costs have not
compensated for by higher
prices.

been

203,687 Shares

v: \

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address

Analysts know of the cost-price
squeeze. It has developed in many
industries. For the paper industry
as a whole, it began when prices

to

NEW ISSUE

Price $37.25
per

cases,

field, where

is normally sold to printers,

paper

have shown signs of similar strain.
The upswing in the business cycle

moved

Delta Air

with

management handles and
combines them is answered in the

company
nf

r situation

at

price

a

InwL

wrnm

that

mills

all costs and then there is

In a

in

nr

feel

their

ud

but

which

volume

mills

npw

operators

exnerienced
thev

the

v

user.

.7

elastic

(namely,
that
slight
changes in price will not promptly

the channels from
material to the ultimate end-

raw

apparent from this that one
?annot analyze a paper company
together with a downward change *n a vacuum. Its mainspring is in
.7
in 1962 reported capacity figures,;
end product mix as well as its
Output Swings
added to the general recognition Plsce in the paper industry and
7 7
that in turn in the overall
variations, sometimes dic¬ in the paper industry that cost-

This announcement is neither

buy

products

.

stabilized.

aries.

con-

individual

an

company is its product mix. What

the "to

also

problem of appraising the plans
of competitors when he is adding
to
capacity. These uncertainties

a

5%

rate

uncertainties

riods

papermaking

•

the

of

up

within

goods

ture

nature

process the
ideal plan of pro¬
duction is to operate 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
There
are, however, some practical limi¬
tations to this. Most of the mills,
large or small, operate on three
eight-hour shifts a day. The large
integrated mills making their own

time.

made

durable

growth

average

invest¬

theoretically

bulk of the

with

pared

have

1960.

paper

down

springs from

volume fluctuates

These

.

carrier.

Demand

and it may be cyclical or non-

use

•-{?,' ''""a; • ■::[;

pulp try to operate continuously
By
1965^production will, seven
born without
the
use
of paper.
days a week.
But even
reach about 40 million tons; by
Electronic
these must shut down for holi¬
computers
require
1970, 45 million. Last year the
hundreds of thousands of tons of
days, and repairs and mainten¬
United States made over 42% of
ance
tabulating cards each year.
Blue
periods, and general im¬
all the paper in the world. United
print and drawing papers are re¬
provements
7: '
;
States production is about four
quired before an airplane can be
Other smaller, non - integrated
times that of Canada, the next
built or a ship launched or any
mills which buy their pulp and
largest producer.
Together they
construction started.
It requires
other
raw
materials
generally
produce 52% of the world's sup-*
over a carload of blue print paper
consider six days a week as full
Scandinavia, Britain, Japan
for the construction of an aircraft ply.
paper

analyzing

widely
differing
end-uses,
However, for the small mills it is
usually, possible to identify the

or a

may

linerboard

essen¬

tial,

of paper, some of which are made

in

for

countries.

depending on which kind of paper
In general, the smaller
mills make specialty papers while
the larger ones make such heavy

mind. At pres_
ent the indus¬

is

usually
grades

of

,

rates

in¬

is made.

decidedly
changed
its

try

which

number

,a

drinier

it

more

companies

active in

are

the

tion

war

over

was

Supply and demand analysis is
difficult,
when .considering the
larger

One important element to

.

sider

mills is the paper ma¬
which is either a four-

tons

but

before the

'

.

chine,

in¬

dustry as non¬
essential

men-

7

all paper

an

end-uses is made.
About the only thing common to

classithe

are

*

*

havior. The paper industry has an

for

description

every

finite variety of

Pro duction

fied

production ratios

proposals, >' and
gone further and pro¬
posed that reciprocal free trade
in pulp and paper be the aim of
our
country's negotiations with

of

War

II, the War
Board

rived

try is

functioning of our civilization and
our
economy.
At the outset of
World

...

■

tion.

,The industry's

running at a rate of about
$500 million annually, mostly de¬

in 1690.
United States paper indus¬

The

.

when

been

■

"

shut down since it started

supply
of many
is essential to the

necessarily enter into them, weloping,... and mapy have these'
surveys should not be reprofitable specialties.
•*
garded with the sublime confi•
"
" "
dence
which
seems
to
prevail *
Product Mix and Integration . „■

tied in with demands .that are;
only temporary?/These are key
questions which range well beend-u.sp. f0£ much of.Pieir ..pjcpcjuc- yond the data sheet in importance,

liner
An

that

These

tioned in the Street.

we

more

Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

Common Market and Britain have

that investors who
long-term results. The
grew 40% between 1950 and 1960, achieved 35.8 million
in1961 and is expected to reach 40 million tons in 1965
and 45 million by 1970.
"*'.

stayed with paper obtained profitable

tonnage

paper,

-

Dr. Stevenson describes the multi-faceted kinds of paper
discusses the important elements one should consider in

evaluating an individual company; and observes
have

of

tons

imported $600 mil¬
we exported. Im¬
ports from
Canada were about
$900 million, while we had a fav_
orable
balance, of $300
million
from the rest of the world, prin¬
cipally Europe. • ' ,:V
\7. /7,
;
In

lion

it

5.8
mostly

and

pulp

million

.

at

$4.50

sold.

of

U.

per

Each

S.

unit

consisted

within
•The
Ave

?

an

18-month

N.

purchase
at

$2.25,

410 A Fourth

Y.,

develops

automatic

It will

two

period,

of

company

Brooklyn,

and manufactures

^rol SyStems.

to

share

of

warrant

a

holder

additional

one

and

con-

the pro-

use

ceeds

from
this: financing
for
promotion, research and development, advertising and work-

saies

canital

paper

Copies of the Prospectus

may be obtained in any State in which this
announcement ts circulated
from
only such of the several underwriters as may
lawfully offer these securities

in such State.

tary

Courts & Co.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Shearson, Hammill & Co.
W. E. Hutton & Co.




I. M. Simon & Co.
A. C. Allyn & Co.
G. H. Walker & Co.
Incorporated

01 alld Paper
r\nn

wf /-\plr- OfiPVPn
kJLULJA. V/liUlCU

TnTnroiiTon 3ahf Acer's An offering °f 80'000
condenser, cigarette? bible shares °f °rland Pa'5er ^p., at
paper, carbonizing tones used in
'L^vel^
business forms, glassine, greaseas

Dean Witter & Co.

Incorporated

Reynolds & Co., Inc.

analysts know of the
production mills in the saniand packaging fields. But

Security
mass

proof,

Hemphill, Noyes & Co.
Equitable Securities Corporation
Lee Higginson Corporation

v

of

number
known

n;ng

eget'able

photographic
and

papers

parchment,
etc. etc. The

specialties
there

are

is
very

not
few

published statistics. Many of the
romnanies
companies

privately
owned

these
nese

makine
making

owned,

companies

but
are

are

are

publicly

always de-

™gE

Corn

Lone

Beach

N

V

TRoberts^^to^EJst

Orange, N. J. Proceeds will
used by the company for debt

Payment,

t

equipment,

be
re-

inventory

and w°rklng capital.
T

L

Headquartered
L>

Orlando

is

in

Oceanside,

engaged

in the

manufacture of miscellaneous
paper products.

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195

Number

6148

The Commercial

...

and Financial

Chronicle

(.1617)

United

the

Best

Way to Buy Stocks

In This Uncertain World
Mutual fund head

lems

this

averaging

year,

bond

prices before the year's end. As for stock

they will advance

>

much

as

:

viction

that the "most

this

In

things

bigger
in

was

college

I

all

•,

..

the

time.

V...

■

had

conviction

a

that

two

things in
ticular

par¬

would

happen in
that

viz:

because
rivals

that

o

r

do

Hugh Bullock

society

as

went

years

on.

why has this been? Because
political power is in the hands of
people wno like what government
t

do for them,

This

is

the

State.

The

much

good

for

our

friends.

our

as

numerous

as

loaned

Free

World

day

feet.

factories

think

since

rebuilt

for

State

does

many

spent in foreign
ended?

war

$101
re¬

was

tary

aid.

Europe,

About

half

of

state'

and

local

25%

of

getting

to

as

burden
taxes
it is

don't

ever

get

take 'more

Gross
let

believe

will

once

on

National

that

be

be

us

so

the

tax

reduced.

If

the books and

that the

country can live
them, they will stay there

seen

under

forever.
The

ffSif-P'yy ':;7

cornerstone of the Welfare

State

is

1946.

That

the

Employment
the

is

government

Act

of

It

gives

mandate

a

bible.

to

keep

people at work. How does govern¬
ment keep
people at work? By
spending money. Spending money
logically brings us to the budget.
The
proposed
budget
is
the
largest in peacetime history and
approaches

the

huge

wartime

budget of $98.7 billion in 1945.
We will

of

this fiscal year in
government deficit
billion. For the fiscal

end

with

June

a

$7

over

ending June

year

President

1963

Kennedy proposes a budget where

expenditures would be $92J/2 bil¬
and
estimated
receipts $93
billion—in other words a slight
surplus. Senator Byrd of Virginia
says there will be no surplus but
a deficit
of from $1 to $5 billion.
lion

Let's

how the money is pro¬

see

$52.7

billion

for

defense—63%

of the budget. $9.4 billion interest
on

huge public debt.

our

Then

for

Veterans

come

culture

and

Health

something

and

and

'

Agri¬

Welfare

$5

over

:

billion

apiece and Foreign Aid for $3 bil¬
lion

and

Space, for $2.5 billion
and all the rest for $7 billion.
To raise the

to.

$93 billion in taxes
for all this the President
that corporation and in¬

pay

assumes

dividual

enough
taxes

earnings

so

collected

will

be

collected

at the present

budget of

improve

that $11 billion

can

course

is

no

more

than

in

are

time. The
more

educated guess. When it comes
guessing I have learned to re¬
spect Senator Byrd.
>
-

of Payments Problem

And that brings us to one of our
major problems of 1962; our bal¬

of

ance

War

I

payments

have
we

to

them

and

occasionally

lower

their

problem. How
changed. After World

began to take the lead




workers

have to be relocated. But

will

even

if

it would be

disruptive in the short
run, it should be beneficial in the
long run.
I

this

started

by saying

paper

that, notwithstanding all the

This

So

rich

the

now

un¬

has

Over-Capacity

It...

working

obviously

benefits

(and

man

all

we

for

are

ductivity. Which they have been
doing for years. So, to preserve his

tail.

own

But

now

!

has

someone

roadblock

have

a

steel
up.

wage

V

-T«

■

•'

across

rosy.

bitter

settlement

be reached, without
prolonged strike,
that won't
prices up and will leave a
reasonable
profit margin. As a
pattern for industry this particu¬
a
a

force

negotiation is very sig¬

wage

The

steel

almost

industry already has

priced

itself

market.

out

If

less

^

.

-

'

thoughts of doing business with
the
European Common Market
4

our

wage
philosophy
needs
a
careful review. Because European
labor
will
work
longer
and

cheaper
pared
here.

and
with

equally

well

fine

our

The things that are sure in this
uncertain

world:

big government,
ending wage push, and
third, the never changing threat
of Communism.
the

never

We

came

than

year

Again
how
cal

nearer

we

just

war

have

think

back

and

Something has to give. And it is
disturb¬

had

ing fact is that for the last decade
profit margins

known.

ever

the

had

We

reduced

our

armed

12%

from

IV2

million

to

Continued

offer to sell

nor a solicitation of an offer to buy
offering is made only by the Prospectus.

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m

•

on

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'

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.

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;

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of these securities.

any

:...„u

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more gold than
today. We have less than

have

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.;

'

./

.

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.

;

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f

..

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:

$5,000,000

$17 billion—less than at any time
there

1939—and

since
term

short

are

foreign claims against it

6V4%

of

v;r

Sinking Fund Subordinated Debentures

$22 billion. And of the $17 billion

Due

billion must, by law, be a re¬
' against
Federal
Reserve

$11

April 1,1977

serve

notes

and

Our

with

perfectly sound
provisos: the first is

two

in

continual

a

balance

our

which

"V'

foreigners

of

we

order

want

not

are

deficits
Our

going to

in

trade

our

of

that

budget.

itself

balance

are

cash 200 shares of the

continual

run

national

our

The Debentures

to

the

indicate

and

Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrants

payments

would

eventually in gold and
second proviso is that we get
in

is

.

-

•

offered with Warrants attached

offset

by

ment

of

ment

grants

somewhat

and

what less.:We

ended

billion

red.

in

the

of

all

looks

as

than

we

Copies of the Prospectus

may

be obtained from only such of the several Underwriters,
as may legally offer the securities in such state.

including the undersigned,

last'

have spent abroad

we

more

if

$2V:>

-

decade

Price 100%

.1

(Plus accrued interest from April 1, 1962)

some¬

would end up '61 at least
billion In the red,, Over the

billion

$20

have earned.

It can't keep on. And because the
boom
in
Europe and Japan
is

Cruttenden, Podesta & Miller

slightly less than it

Boettcher and

not

export

no

more

business

import
foreign

is

did.

we

We

and

we

the

can't

but

national confidence

Company

A. C. Allyn & Co.

The Ohio Company

J. R.Williston & Beane

Straus, Blosser & McDowell

may

Kalman &

Company, Inc.

McCormick & Co.

our

expen¬

1962

continue
of

may

cut

deficit

deficits and balance
it

we

military

of payments

deficits

may

Because

won't

Therefore

If

we

betterhere

aid

crease.

was

much and certainly

more.

ditures.
ance

as

than

amount

1960 $3.8

up

It

purchase for

govern¬

more,

loans

to

Debentures, at $3 per snare on or before April 1, 1965, at $4 per share on or before
April lr 1968 and at $5 per share thereafter until the Warrants expire on April 1, 1972.
The Warrants are immediately exercisable and
immediately detachable from the Debentures
-upon issuance of the Debentures with Warrants attached.

military spending of
billion, private invest¬

$3

entitling the bearer

Company's Class A Common Stock for each $1,000 principal

right. We export more than we
import to the tune of more than
$5 billion but this is more than
about

with

def¬

settle

house

•

is

that there not be

icit

''

deposit liabilities.

dollar

The First Cleveland

bal¬

in¬

budget

Corporation

Butcher & Sherrerd

Westheimer & Company

Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc.

payments

affect
in the

inter¬

Mullaney, Wells & Company

Penington, Colket & Co.

dollar.

Bioren & Co.

Tariff Issue

Foreign trade brings

us

a vitally important issue
coming before the American pub¬
lic this year. The President has*

asked for

authority to reduce our
50% if other countries
do
likewise; he has asked for
authority to further reduce
or

tariffs

by

eliminate

tariffs

on

..

Hallowell, Sulzberger, Jenks, Kirkland & Co.

to tariffs.

We have

items

where

T. C. Henderson & Co., Inc.

Lentz, Newton & Co.

Clayton Securities Corporation

H. A. Riecke & Co.,

Splaine & Frederick, Inc.

Incorporated

Charles A.

see

Taggart & Co., Inc.

a

vast

the

fleet,

The Continent has
we

and

had it.

dollar of sales

per

We

greatest

Coral Ridge Properties, Inc.

enthusiasm.

last

Korea.

military, just as our fis¬
economic
situation, has

our

army,

the profit margin. A very

an

,

this

since

greatest air force in history. And
we
had the bomb.
No one else

The

.'u.

com¬

.workers

cut). But Union labor still keeps
pushing for higher wages.

\

A-'--'"

have

changed. We ended World War II
the
strongest power the world

'. vJ-V
1
''y'!
~
V
jf*•'*

W

the

of

we

competition, domestic
foreign. Prices just can't be
raised as they once were (they
ought to be and sometimes are,
and

af¬

nephews. Europe has hadgreat prosperity. She looks on our

with

"

"•

.

ne¬

It is quite
vital for the good of the
industry
and the good of the country that

;

thrown

this
ring
We have over-ca¬
pacity of plant in many lines. We
.

around

have

coming

we

the- world

-

and it doesn't hurt anyone
unless wages rise faster than pro¬

a

Now

gotiations

lar

that)

his

been

nificant.

What does this constant push for
higher wages and fringe benefits

NEW ISSUE
f

fluent

currency

is not

-

*

1U

uncle

announcement

%

V'"

an

times

vs.

Competition

have

than

to

Balance

as

'*

'•

cent; she didn't need to.

we

posed to be spent:
.

much

Certainly, there will be con¬
fusion here and certain industries
hurt (while others are benefited)

and

Federal

taxes

cur

And

pattern

lives.

our

than
naive

as

tariffs. They won't lower them un¬
less we lower ours.
L

to

went

a

the

are

stop trying to get it.

and

would like to with them with¬

quarter to the Far East,

a

high

taxes

larger

a

industries

billion, $71 bil¬
economic aid; $30 mili¬

also

Product.

block of people

most

back. Of the $101

that

many

sincerely

have

we,

.

that

today. What

ours

we

the

We

so

paid and we own some-,; funny
looking currencies in certain for¬
eign treasuries in payment for
agricultural products sent abroad,
but $87
billion will never come
lion

of the Welfare

Welfare

rest

as

We can't trade

we.

only
5%,
incidentally,
to
Latin America. Canada never took

the

known such pros¬
a

labor

very

out

and

the

people. It
does 'Cthbh-things. It means

for

it is

inter¬

remarkably successful.
Western part of the Conti¬

perity. There is

that
should

Rising Wages

as

do?

never

it

want

European Common Market

nent has

we

billion. Some loans have been

And

can

and

them

its

on

you

aid

the pat¬

tern of

world.

enemies

our

earth

put

better than

are

d

a n

if

we

nourish

we

is

believes

share of the economic pie and will

we

-

the

e

II

to

gave

We

Europe's

and

—

War

problem

we

back

socialism

more

beaten

So

would become
m

were

them.

—

we

in

Pacific

the

and

if

been

The

Everybody wanted dollars.

natural

were

in

us

highly skilled, profit margin, the manufacturer
industrious with modern plant or employer raises prices and the
and techniques that make them a public pays the
difference. This
allies—except for a few countries
means
that the cost of living is
like Canada—were in bad finan¬ great economic power. If England
raised for everyone including the
cial and economic shape. We had finally joins and certain others of
the "Outer Seven," we will face working man who is the public
the bulk of the free world's gold
too. So everybody has a fine time
an economic complex more popu¬
and the dollar was supreme. The
lous (250 million) and as strong going
around in circles chasing
so-called
"dollar
gap"
made
a
World

would

we

fight Japan

nation

After

serious

my

lifetime,

creditor

But

prosperity

real

The

has

the great¬

as

wonderfully

a

nation.

important that

'A^

from England

away
est

is that government

one

growing

When I

few

a

certain.

are

The first

is

world

uncertain

sufficient

national trade.

con¬

that big government
until the end of time.

was

never

intelligent way to buy stocks is through the

periodic plan of a good investment company".

with

certainty

to strengthen the Free World

'

corporate earnings. Mr. Bullock is not reluctant to express his

one

And it will get bigger. The second

economy

leaders of the Free World

he doubts

averages,

And

die.

Twenty percent of the Cana¬

in

steadily, declining.'

as

is

want

they did in 1961 but does expect bptter

as

Foreign trade is the jam on our
England has to export or

certainties in this uncertain
world,
a few things were as certain
that the sun would rise and set.

just

bread.

self

high as $560 billion, and somewhat lower

as

European

only 7%. We have

us

securities outlook for 1962. Mr. Bullock anticipates good business

,

and

of world trade.

more

or

is an export econ¬
omy. Exports total only 4% of our
economy
and all
foreign trade

recapitulates the major foreign and domestic prob¬
before turning specifically to the business and

confronting

80%

dian

By Hugh Bullock, President, Calvin Bullock, Ltd., New York City

-r:

States

Common Market together account
for

-

13

Nolting, Nichol & O'Donnell, Inc.

forces
men.

page

14

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negotiations, confusion
tariff controversies,

steel wage

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the

soberness

tional

Continued from page
Then

a

Klaus

'Fuchs

dirty

Soviet

their

to the
expedited

over

that

secrets

bomb.
And by putting guns and rockets
before supermarkets and Cadillacs
with fins, the U. S. S. R. has to
its credit some amazing scientific
developing their

own

for

look

We

named

rat

little
gave

Business Outlook

;

13

average

may

as

high

"

What

the

by

about two-thirds of G.N.P.

We

are

with

collision

a

on

Union.

Soviet

the

-

course

That

is

dangerous course.

a

Cuba
have

air

was

done

or
provided
got the insurgents

nothing

and

cover

should

landed. It is dangerous enough to
have a Communist base 90 miles
from

make

say.

;

is

The situation

is Berlin.

This

stalemate.

a

Western

of

he

and

show¬

and

democracy

sticks

enterprise
throat
on

'•A •/'

greatest immediate danger

course

there
case

what we

don't mean

we

,y;y<

;:

in

might

terrible mistake of be-:

the

The

greater

Kremlin

•

showdown

real

lieving

The

the

that

is

another

of

shores;

our

danger

Khruschev's

in

determined

seems

solution where the city will

a

wither

Germany.: it¬
self is pretty restless. But it was
proved
once
before ; that
the
people can't shake off their gov¬
ernment backed by Russian tanks.
Laos is not an especially happy
situation. Cambodia is not exactly
a
Gibraltar. Thailand might con¬
East

away.

.

<

day be pushed into
But, because of its
coastline
which>J-we: can

ceivably;

some

neutrality.
long

control

than

! better

that

we

the

Com¬

some optimism
hold South Viet Nam.

munists,'there
can

is

many

by

he does each year,

as

wrong

We

the

ably be more in 1962 than in 1961,
perhaps $385 billion as against
$365 billion last year. This augurs

that

is *true

at

on

we

could

otherwise.

Adoula. We

test

Obviously
preparing their

while they talked bans with
Geneva.

worthy. 'We
limit

proceed

are

But

I

think

negligent

with

so

trust¬

still

explore
possibility of

the

agreement.

criminally

They

will

our

unless
tests.

own

Well.: with
that
what* specifically do

we

to
an
are

we

h

background
we

by way i of business and
prices for 1962?
5
^

prophesy

There is

surprised in view

much

very

of

significant. *

is

,

_

worse.'

; The F.R.B. Index of
Production may average

Industrial
something

approved
recommended by

as

Appropriation Committee. The
changes made, by the Committee
House

the

and

in the

included'

request

President's

number

a

projections

like 119 against 109 this past year.
Steel output may
approach 110

Stock Offered:';

V

;

June

30,

1963

additional

Delta Air Lines "'.y
Common Offered

1962 aand
substantial

show

increases

million tons.

A

civilian

of

personnel for June 30,

of

as

those

,

dates.
The
projected totals are
Co., New York City,
Employment? Sixty-seven mil¬ and associates are
offering 367,600 2,492,300 next June 30 and 2,538,lion people had jobs last year: five
400 a year later. These totals com¬
common
shares of Dialight Corp.
million didn't. About 68 or 69 mil¬
at $14 per share for the account pare with employment of 2,355,300
lion should have them in 1962 and
on. June 30, 1960 and
of three selling stockholders,
2,341,000 on
r
*
unemployment get down to beThis is the first public offering Jan. 21, 196L "
?
/ Ay
of the stock of the New York City
:
At the outbreak of the Korean'
Profits? $26 biilion after taxes;/
Executive
designer
and
manufacturer, 4of ; War '; the
Branch
of
And now
security prices. y:.,y V high" reliability indicator lights Government :, employed
1*951,600
used
in
the
electronic, electric civilians. The total was increased
Outlook For Securities
y y ■■
and computer and other industries.
rapidly during the mobilization

Burnham

&

.

•

■

Public

bond

Interest

rates

increased
the "Fed

against

of

our

As for
their

be¬

i ;

;

stocks, earning

ultimate

should

one

criterion

have

Should >stocks

sell

the

to

make

trial

are

dozen

on

about
years

fold.

a

per

share

where

they were
ago. Prices are up

V'j

;y-.v;,

Then there is the

uncertainty of

cents

a

holders

40 times earn¬
companies that,
Dow-Jones 'Indus¬

Average

basis
a

the

up

period

and

to

rose

2,589,500

1961,

were

share payable

of

record

May

to stock¬
15,

1962.

Now BMR Inv.

Planning

EASTCHESTER, N. Y:'±- Bertrand M. Rubin, 63 Joyce Road, is
now
conducting
his investment,
business
BMR

under

the

Investment

firm

'most

civilian

rapid

personnel

increase
has been

;'

departments

and

sive

Defense

and

of

the

Office

Post

agencies

ISSUE

203,687

com¬

Air

The company, whose address is

r

Atlanta

Atlanta,

Airport,

Ga.,

property
and
also engaged in1
the dusting of crops by airplane.
porting

persons,

mail by air. It is

Fulton, Reid A; IA
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Fulton, Reid
&

East Ohio

Co., Inc.,

Building,

in

members

in

Exchange, has elected Edward T.
Pedler,' Vice-President in - their
Akron office. George H. Headford

exclu¬

Department

Department, and

has

Midwest

the

of

Assistant

elected

been

Stock

Vice-

particularly since 1960. In the six
year period ended June 30, 1960

President in their Ft.

Martin V. Rini have been elected

number

these

of

79,500 for

of

j

the

will

1963

rise

three

This

annual

1962

on

the

employees

budget,

011

the

first

of

Thomas

and

Wayne, Ind.
Berlin and

F.

Vice-Presidents

Assistant

office,

Cleveland

y

\

in

number
in

to

the

Now Chiles &

June

Company

the House acted

Euilding, has been changed to

a

an

41,300.
dozen

or

more

'/,

Chiles & Company.

80,000 Shares
This

announcement

is

neither

an

buy any of these securities.

offer to sell nor
Offering is to

a

solic'tation to

be made only
.

Orlando Paper Corp.

„fv,

y,

-

the Prospectus.'

by

€'

*.

it

'

NEW

ISSUE

April 2,

1962

150,000 Shares

(Par Value $0.10

per

-

share)

yy

SEA-WIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.

'

.

Common

Price $2.50

.per

(Par

share

Value

Price

Copies of the-Offcring Circular
in

may

be obtained from the undersigned in

which the
undersigned may legally offer these shares
with the securities law

of such

in

compliance

shares
V

:

Long Beach. New York




per

'

Share)

$4 per Share

in

compliance with

the securities laws

of such State,

v

1

JANOV & CO.

UNDERWRITERS:

Philadelphia Office:

Corp.

Stock

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained from V'e Undersigned
in any State in which the Undersigned may legally o fcr these
*. •.

Professional and Executive
Planning

$.10

any

state.

E. J. Roberts & Co., Inc.
Ea.f Orange,

New Jersey

New York
150

City Office::

1510
.

Broadway

T—'.

the

;:

CMAHA, Neb.—The firm name of
Chiles-Schutz ; Co.,
Farm -.Credit

of

ago

office

average

represents

days

the basis

123.900

subsequent

increase

annual

average

an

another

years

A few

COMMON STOCK

is

the

name;of

Planning.

April 5,

of

Delta

Lines,"
Inc., at $37.25 per share is being
made by Courts & Co., Atlanta,
Ga., and associates. .Net proceeds,
frcm the sale will be used by the
company
for
general
corporate
purpose's, including the acquisi¬
tion of aircraft and equipment.
01

engaged in the business of trans¬

1962 is 2,492,300; for June 1983,
.2,538,400. ; yy/; •• -"y:-''*y

The

is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy
of these securities. The offering is made by the Offering Circular.

%

in
in¬

$6,- /June 1952 with most of the
06.9,670 compared with $5,748,486 crease being in the Defense ; De¬
the year before.
Net income I in partment., Thereafter, the number
the
1961
period
was
rapidly
$737,592, N'ofy employees"; receded
equal to 66 cents a common share, until 1954; The trend since has
a
couple ; of
compared
with
dips,
$507,013, or 45 been,- with
cents a share for the prior year.
steadily upward. In June 1954"it
,was 2,381,700. In June 1961 it wa~
On April 3, 1962, Dialight de¬
2,407,000. The estimate for June
clared
a
quarterly dividend <of
8

at TO

times, 20 times,
ings? Profits .of

<

.

much

wind"

gold situation.

the

be¬

vol-;'

net; sales in. the, .year

October 31,

ended

price, isn't it? But what

relation

other?

can't do

Dialight

is out.

business

the

common

is

power

year

lower

should -stiffen

of
And

''leaning

of

somewhat

prices before the

cause
ume.

for

offering

shares

mon

,

look

We

announcement

state

of

em¬

yy'>■>'.y'/ V;y;'■■ y

•'•0 Budget

1960.

NEW

miscel¬

some

was 1

r

increase of 13.250. But

any

providing
Office

the

em¬

question but that

no

and

agencies,

by the House

particular

government

ployees and called on all the de¬
partments
to
trim
their
sails.

rose

7 his

laneous

enacted

bill,

Treasury and Post

Departments

expenditures
as

first

The

the

"

security .three
"

budget
He Taid

by Congress."
emphasis
on

ac¬

for

specific disallowances of proposed
ployment can be held substantially" new positions;
y ; *"
■'
■
well for automobile sales which it current factors if we saw a com¬
below the levels which would be
The principal personnel change
is estimated will be at least a mil¬ parable advance in 1962.
possible under the funds author¬ was a 6,130 reduction in proposed
One
lion more .domestic cars than this
prophecy., we can make ized
by Congress, he said.: ;.y'. additional, P 0 s t a 1
employees./
without
reservation; * Individual
past year—6 V2 against 5V2..
The Secretary of Health, Educa¬ Another significant House action
will / fluctuate
The next most important item in stocks
tremen¬
was
the disallowance of 2,914 of
tion and Welfare promptly issued
G.N.P.
is
government spending dously. Which does a man buy?
a
statement that he was saving 4,514 proposed new Internal. Reve¬
(Federal, state, local). This should Many know my conviction that
nue
Service
positions. In other
some $139 million. Both his state¬
be vigorous, perhaps $115 billion.' the most intelligent way to buy
ment and Kennedy's action fol¬ bureaus and offices of the Treas¬
:
stocks
is
through the periodic
Finally in the make-up of G.N.P.
Department the House al¬
lowed a blast against spending by ury
come
expenditures by "business. purchase plan of a good invest¬ former
President Eisenhower and lowed an average of less than half
ment company. My deep belief is
In ventory
net
accumulation
were
generally taken in political the new positions requested.
should.continue and expenditures that a well managed investment
These
actions,
while
not
Washington as an effort to blunt
as
for new plant and equipment may company is the best medium for
its effect. Since that time, how¬ much as the economy advocates
well increase $3 billion over the investment of any vehicle yet de¬
ever, the trend
in Federal em¬ had hoped for, are nevertheless
•
/
$34V2 billion of last year. And that vised.
yr'.y.yy
ployment has taken a turn for the encouraging.

bans?

were

generally

most

and

1962

Congress will consider at this

session.

frugal policy with respect to

under the

cepted market averages advanced
about 20%
in 1961, I would be

the

most careful

a

commitments

it

belief;: If

venture - one

appropriation bills for 1963 which

Kennedy

of major government

agencies "to follow
and

I

knows.

one

would

cause

Soviets

tests

bets

our

pressure

told

was

see.

Nuclear

the

I

discipline Gizenga
placed

shall

us

bringing

by

man

Tshombe.

on

not

No

Christmas?

play the major role. Dispos¬
able personal income will prob¬

President

his Cabinet officers and

on

other heads

be

averages

will

*

No
one
prophesies any .more
respecting the Congo. At one time
I thought we were fighting the

called

'";-i,'y.''r.y.; y;'y'/ Ay-y
will «stock

Oct.' 26

Last

the

Where

So the

.

mess.; We

a

of

ahead.

for

accounts

usually

consumer,

.*

.

that

major items

achievements and faces* dp' today'

Collision Course

investors is im¬
uncomfortable con¬
viction
of
the
unquestioned
erosion of the purchasing power
of our currency over the years

comprise Gross National Product?
Consumers expenditures, spending
people,

and

ness

BARGERON

BY CARLISLE

plus side there should
corporate earnings in
deep in the conscious¬

better

planted

are

...Ahead of the News

;

,

.

the

On

1962

as

$560 billion.

with almost equal

military power.

I

be

especially during the first half of
the year. G.N.P. for the year as a
whole

scene,

lem.

business,

good

interna-'

the

of

the unpleasantness
of security market investigations
and, above all, the seriousness of
our
balance
of payments prob¬

In This Uncertain World

t

FROM WASHINGTON

coming

over

Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

Chestnut Street,.

RCA Building,

.

'

.

.

Washington, D. C. Office

■

1725 K St., N. W.
"

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Volume

195

Number 6148

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

Steel

Production

Electric

The State of

all cities of the

•+

whicfr it

Output

Carloadtngs
Retail

above

Trade

Auto

TRADE and INDUSTRY

Price

Production

Business

Index

those

week

last

totals

Failures

current

issue

of

the

Cleveland

Trust

Business Bulletin.

corresponding
Our preliminary

year.

for

r—

'■"vY"'"Yr

'

February. The
recovery in industrial activity from the preceding mild recession
was vigorous in the first six months but
relatively slow and irregu-

L"

s

Steel

Set

Off

not

:

100

=

reces¬

*Aug. 1954 = 100
Apr.

1961

=

1950:___

>

hike

1955___:

107.5

Aug. 1955-__Y 114.7

1958-—

110.2

Apr; 1959

Aug. 1961-..__

110.7

Feb.

off

since

of

probably attempt to

latest. period
with
of

the

six

hind

reveals

months but had

trend

almost

was

1962—112.4

the

end

fallen be-

by the twelfth month.

corded

The

rise in 1949-1950 is not
very

from

<L~

lower rate

a

the first.

of

satis- YYY';'''Y Y

"■

-Steelmakers

Yv+Yi

A;Y-'U L. iy'; Y Y'YY

Current Trends

included the outbreak of the Ko-

"After declining in January, Tndustrial output resumed its op¬

War

tion

to

in

the

,

June

1950.

second

of 1954-1955 and of

In

six

rela-

months

ward

tendency this
duite widespread

noficeaple .among
goods

gained

time

in

progress

provide

recent

factors-

are

all

the

of-

lost

ago,

plant" and

new

was

have occurred in
hard goods,

a year ago

government's March
based on
businessmen's

the

reported

February,

the

centrated in flat-rolled steel,
The majority of general users

Lakes

ports

v

' would result in a major

consumption of

®f M®4h inventoriestiio hands of

suminGr

summer.
-houses
ji.Further >reductions in, export, minion

prices7by Japanese mills presage
sharper competition in the world,

February."

that, in the demand
for household
furnishings and appliances. Further gains should apsoft

where

steady.

goods

advances

tively

elements

J,ate

.

? its

Fm^crnl

Analysis

,

,

personal

the

favorable

If

-•

inventory

f,

f

s\-.

Y:;':,-

is

:

reduction

«rad-';;ls

a

uptrend

of

income, retail sales, and

everv

ry\p

vital

not

be

automotive

industries

and

increase

this

will

week

,

.

„

.

compared

,

.

.

nn-

construction

bound

clearings

an

,

ing

at

the

keep: steel shipfairly high level dur-

may
a

second

there's
cutback in

quarter,

to be a sharp
ingot production.

Steelmakers

will

yA

.

.

that

cate

for

the

probably

re-

,.

March

31,

...

ended March 31, 1962, was 2,417,000
tons
(*129.7%), as
2,394,000 tons (»128.5%)
week ended March 24.

-

to

announcement

is

neither

buy any of these shares.

offer to sell

an

The

offering is

nor

solicitation

a

made

only

by

J

the

of

that it

except

is too

Continued

late

on

offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities.
offering is made only by the Prospectus.
»'

an

The

offer

an

Prospectus.

$10,000,000

■

150,009 Shares

+

s

"

Common StockValue

^

r:

City of Oslo

i Shenk Industries, Inc.
(Par

■

April 3, 1962

;

'*

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(Kingdom of Norway)
-

•'

'

'

' '

.

■•_

'f

.

t

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vr

-

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;

,

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.

V

5V2% Sinking Fund External Loan Bonds due April 1,1977

$.10)

.

.

„

.

■' ■'

,V

YY-

.

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»r

Price $6 per Share
OFFERING PRICE
Copies

of

the

Prospectus

' announcement

/

•

may

may

is made

legally

offer

be

obtained

from

only

these

such

in

of

securities

Rodetsky, Walker & Co., Inc.
Reuben Rose & Co., Inc.

any

the

in

State

in

which

underw tirs

such

98% AND ACCRUED INTEREST

this

as

State.

Boenning & Co.
Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained in any State only from such of the
undersigned and others as may lawfully offer these securities in such State.

Stroud & Company,
Incorporated

Gerstley, Sunstein ^ Co.
-

•
■

V

■

Incorporated

Oppenheimer & Co.

*

-

Westheimer & Company
Hallo well,

Suplee, Yeatman, Mosley Co„-

'

:

L. C. Wegard &

\

Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Incorporated'

.

.

"

,

Harriman Ripley & Co.

Vilas & Hickey

April 4, 1962

Incorporated

t

Charles A. Taggart & Co., Inc.

Sulzberger, Jenks, Kirkland & Co.3




*

Company

.

t

'

'

in

the

.

abrupt

NEW ISSUE

This

against

10/-> by the end of April followProduction this year throug
the settlement of a new steel March 31 amounted to 31,002,000
labor contract, The Iron Age re- tons (• 128%),^or 55.3% above the
ports.
:
Pe"od tbroa5
pr
k.ff- *
The drop would be even more
The Institute concludes with

This advertisement is not

ended

the

1962

^According to data compiled by

..

week

tonnage

the American Iron and Steel Institute, production for the w ek

^

'+Steel production will drop about

Saturday, March 31, clearings for

sur-

,

,

Ended

telegraphic advices from the

cb*e^ citiesof the country, indi-

"Considering industrial output
the year 1962, a smaller rise
would

the

-

further

production Data for

Week

statistic

■

ments

upon

for

1961

: ;

;

tabulation showing for 1960

ual,. its adverse-effect may be* analargely offset by seasonal factors, pertaining

with
a
year ago.
Preliminary figures
compiled by the Chronicle based

orders received by manufacturers
•

in

in

add

sion> in the first half of 1959, before the steel;strike of that vep*\

oU the^ fSqeU

Ymyestors.; A valuable feature

P- mvemory reaucuon is taraa

A:'.~—— .'.'Y+'
Bank Clearings 11.1% Above
Level Achieved in 1961 Week*,

show

new

than

16

steel

,

37thi Annual(

•
,

second'"-Industry»

the

over .'•ventories-.will lessen;1

Bank

industries,

Other

include

'

usually rela-

are
-

over

a

,

'

the

will

little

Assuming

tons.

copies..of which?-while steel stocks were increased by 12;
qiiartOr'will; of course, be ihfih> !
asfcjr.a^j3? ?
ry- million)<tons, sl far larger buildup;
enced by neW car sales.
If cars'1
P
n7^ori,^ service, than has taken place this year., i4
continue
to
move
at the
mid- "
Y,
SJ??1
*§'' 9Je,Yelan^ Y*,
But, as indicated, the shakeout
March rate, the second highest onr
9bl°*
„s .authoritative study win be severely felt in flat-rolled
record
for
the
period, concern - should be of interest to members products and by suppliers of the
about the buildup of dealer in-:
t
investment community and auto and appliance industries.
during

buy

on

in

totaled

in

and ware-

bu8i"esS+v

.

-

pear

process

consumers

,

.

in late January
indicates a modoutlays from the

along 'with

a

products.

inventory had
by automotive
companies and-appliance makers.
The range of products was con-

Thls bank s index of physto the 34 companieslcal volume of industrial produc- Demand for standard pipe, piling, "' representing. 93.6%--of the steel
erate
rise
in
tiQn,adjusted for population and wire, tin plate, wide flange beams,' produced in the United States.
,
present level and a new peak for long-term
thp
L
'
'
growth,
was
8.6% nnrl rpmfnrrinY
the year.
swinYalre-dv
" " "New Contract Presages Drop ■
Improvement is likely above
the trend in December,
in
residential
Although' Strong demand from
+ In Steel Output
construction; and 7-3%
in January, and 8.0% in
and

within

of

settlement

v."vamount of steel that. auto-

makers

: in¬
yet
in-

some

and

range

shipments

The

ap-

dicate that the greatest gains

equip-

The

survey,

And it

monthly output for
entlre year 1961. Details .by
dustries for February are not
available,* but earlier figures

.

for

recession.

ness

average

should

an

ment.

narrow

The bulk of the
been accumulated

are off sharply from
but they're sufficient

monthly into the

what

back. vr.

proximately • 5% larger than the

months,

which

upward push to industrial .activity
from
here on.
One is spending by business con-

plans

almost

February
a ; year
ago;
Which
of industries, /A marked the low point of the busi-

group

few -companies

fairly

•-

re-

ground.
TotalY production
was
about 12% greater than it was in

has

though
the dur-

—

"Regardless'pi;Stlie 'islow'-'ior-'

cerns

February' and

year

.

mqst

there

in

trend

know

of
oc-

^°/ °M thto8' ^Inventory
was concentrated
among

,

been

ward

;

>

1958-1959, the

lagging

able

:

don't

extras,

on

that

stocks in
April, the starting
will have steel market. Wire rods, Japan's^ Doint for anv
liauidation will be
during May» and : chief steel export to the U. S.,: at about 17 million tons.
'
June. They have fairly good book- have been reduced $7 a ton. Con-.
^his js 0nly 3,5
million tons
ings for May but relatively little*-tinued..- price cuts, by
^Japaneseover the level of last fall, before
tonnage sold for June. Most ton--producers are making it harder, strike
hedging started, and does
nage slated for April delivery will- for the U.
S. to ;export to the-, j-jot !indicate a major break in the
have to go out on- schedule. /
- Orient.
^
;
steel
market,
assuming a
conThey're hopeful that customers; ,37th Annual
Financial Analysis {tin"ed level ?f
who have built their; inventories
:
;.
of
Tndnstrv
I-'.By comparison, industry stocks
on
an
orderly basis will follow*
of steel were estimated at 25 milthe same pattern in cutting them
;Ama?.az0m.®
Auadei:. lion tons before the 1958 reces-

impact

on

gain than

.Y'*:*YU'Y*Y,:;"-Y U;

factory for comparison because it
rean

Ore stocks
a

,

less price shading ——
freight, and the like.

March

prising. That would be in accord
with the previous postwar upswings, when the second year re-

favorably
the

sidewise

lake

SttoM^rop^^r^rSome to support current
i''' week that users can ^
Yn0nfhlv into thp
last

122.4

buildup

re¬

labor

costs yia small selective price ad-

Y"':/ "Y U'Y Yv";-

;

at

ones

but

that

compared

earlier

1954,

lower

to

ore

strong de¬

part of the increased

ex-

nature

bring more a result, their inventries are relain the, tively low af a time when sea1862
shipping season than they* f™1 factors; dictate more steel
did in 1961. The tonnage last year
buying.
was
57 6 million.
"
More important, the inventory

com¬

lack

the

Vesselmen plan to

1958,

intense

*

table

no

July 31,

Great

inventory

than

severe

of

late APrR> Steel reported, had not: made intensive drives to

expect

Actual low was
March,
through August. 'V? '"«V ;

a

shipping fleet isn't likely

ore

k

gross top to

the

because

The lakes are in the grip of the build up steel stocks as a hedge
worst ice conditions in years.\ against a possible steel strike. As

-

.

.

with

a

4-Tc

"The

iron

general

a

of

real

buildup

,

'Breakout

.

YY-YY.'

will

cover

127.8

Oct.

100

It

■■S-r-

12 months later

Feb.

1958=100

Feb.

is'.

Oct.

Not

Price Increase

set

confronted

mand.

113.8

'

last week.
No. 1 heavy
melting was priced at $32-$33 in
.Pittsburgh; $29-$32, Chicago;'$32,
Philadelphia.
:
"

'

Will

- ;

petition and

_•

the

428'000 +10'° $31.67

'

,

'

Six months later

':

was

ui„u u
The industry, which has u '■*
had

Production

Apr. 1950

■

to

April 2.

on

Low month

1949

3.5

price increase, Steel magazine said

is-

ol recession

+

a

The

curred before the settlement

...822,505

cents

products

times.

be less

may

pected

an^ month since Maich, 1960.
Steel's
scrap
price
composite
down 33

other

and

lead

But the Iron Age points out the

10,-

6.4

+21.7

long

drop

+

Pact

General

likelv

general

Oct.

about

was

April tonnages of cold-

sheet

' zine says.

the

as

15

shakeout of steel production will
occur in May and
June, the maga-

0f

The steel industry labor nact is

sion.

Industrial

with

million

same

cancel

rolled

-

with the corresponding periods of the three
preceding recoveries.
In each case the startingpoint, or

100, is the low month of

30.6

869,000

■

Labor

/iois

1,036,840

Y

be illustrated by

seasonally adjusted.

(vs.

March production

$15,28M46

'

'

Says

the Federal Reserve,
index of the physical volume of industrial production
(output of
factories, mines, and electric and gas utilities). The table below
compares the' sixth and twelfth months of the present upswing

are

tons

,

ments on'this and other factors in the present movement of busi¬
ness as follows:
,Y •
•' '• /
/;
'
\ £ '"YY
"The business upswing was one year old in

to

2,394,000 tons that Steel estimates
the
industry poured last week,

tooos omitted)—,

•

Data

million

week to be about the

centers follows:

money

interesting contrast between the extent of business re--' V Newayohrk'r$i6,81S2
Chicago
1,261,824
covery since thejow point last year as against the performance
•
*925,000
of the economy following earlier mild turndowns. The bank com- - Philadelphia
Boston
851,654

can

26

the

of

some

an

lar in the second six. This

inventories of finished

material by as much as two million tons, if tney do, second quarter ingot production may slip to

11.1%

the

summary

weekEnd.

Co.'s

be

at * $29,658,841,434 tons in the first
quarter).
$26,698,340,476
for
the '" Look for ingot production this

principal
draws

duce their

obtain

week in 1961. Our compara-

same

tive

The

of

to

stand

against

Commodity Price Index

United States for

is

possible
clearings - will

weekly

Food

(1619)

'

(

Lazard Freres & Co.
c

••

'■!

-

-.

.

,

*

Smith, Barney & Co.
Incorporated

•

page

16

16

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1620)

ATA

Department of Research and
Transport Economics. The report
reflects tonnage handled at more

STATE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Continued from page
index

of

Districts

as

"■Index of

Ingot

Production for

,

Week Ended
■

North

;

Loading
555,873
This

.

/-

production

of

based

weekly production for 1957

Car

March

Output

-

average

on

1959.

car production in the
during March was 49.7%
above output for the same month
a year ago, and output for the en¬
tire first quarter, fourth-highest

S.

in history,
topped the year-ago
period by 48.8%, Ward's Auto¬
motive Reports said on March 30.
The statistical agency estimated

March

blies,

output

603,476

at

407,959 for
the
month
a
year
ago.
This
brought first-quarter output to 1,767,500, a level exceeded only in
1957 and

1960. The Jan¬

1955 and

uary-February-March total
ago was 1,188,200 cars.
Ward's

said

that

a year

production

a

did not equal the 1962
first-quarter figure until May 8.
Thus

the

put this

48.8%

1961 pace.

:

were

13,937
one

reve¬

more

highway trailers or highway
(piggyback)
in
the
ended
March
17,
1962

.General

company,7

kwh..,

1,389,000,000

1961

were

2,997

$100,000

136,760 cars for an increase
24,587 cars or 21.9% above the
corresponding period of 1961, and

24,602 cars or
corresponding

in

this

pared with 58 one year ago and 51
the

corresponding

1960.

in

week

•

Intercity

foodstuffs and meats in

eral

use.-

Tonnage

Volume

of the

volume

in the

cor¬

week- of 1961, the
Trucking Associations

week's decline, falling
314

week

a

earlier
$100,000

liability

and

week

appre¬

was

ciably; below the 41 of this size a
year ago.
'.%-v •>:•■•*'i;; '
Canadian failures climbed to 52

the

in

31

from

week,

preceding

exceeding considerably the 23 re¬
year.

/

<-

(

7.1%

Were

Shipments

Lumber
"

Higher Than in 1961 Week

in

shipments

Lumber

United

the

ended

in the week

States

March

24,
totaled
248,756,000
feet, compared with 252,Studebaker 1.9%.
*
*
•
—■
announced.*
Truck
tonnage was
965,000 in the prior week, accord- '
Production of 1962 model cars virtually
unchanged
from
the
ing to reports from regional as¬
passed the 4-million unit mark in previous week of this year, down
sociations.
A year ago. the figure
the week
ended: March
31
and only 0.1%.
was 232,189,000 board feet^.A
4Ward's
." These
predicted that the 1962
findings are based on
Compared
with
1961
levels,:
model run will be second-largest the weekly survey of 34 metro¬
output rose 10.7%, shipments were
in history (6,400,000 - 6,500,000),
politan areas conducted by, the 7.1%
higher, and orders declined
American

board

.

'

DIVIDEND NOTICES

13.3%.■

DIVIDEND NOTICES

Following
THE

ATCHISON,

SANTA

New
The
a

Board

of

of

Stock

Y„

Directors

Thirty

Dividend

Capital
..

RAILWAY

York, N.

dividend

being

FE

TOPEKA

March

27,

1962

has this day

Cents

< 30c)

206.

this

the

Mar. 24,

declared
share,

per

OTIS

Company,

on

Common

payable. June
1,
1962.
to holders of
said
Common
Capital
Stock registered on the books of the Company
at the close of
business
April 27, 1962.
R.

M.

1962

Production

Broadway,

York

5,

N.

COMPANY

INVESTING

Madison

980

The

the
12

Ave., New York 21, N.Y.

Board

company on

of

cents

Directors

quarterly
per

share

standing

Common

company,

payable

stockholders
of

business
HAZEL

this

of

March 28, 1962 declared

regular

Va

COMPANY

of
on

T.

dividend
on

Stock

May

record

April 11,

BOWERS,

4,
at

of

the

out¬

of

the

1962 to
the close

1962.
Secretary

Mar. 25,

1962u

1961

234,862

212,054

.i_248,756

252,965

,232,189

.__249,643

249,068-.:

quarterly dividend of $.40
per share on the Common Stock
has been declared, payable April
27, 1962, to stockholders of
record
on

at

the close of business

April 6, 1962.

Wholesale Commodity Price Index

Slightly

the

out

dipped this Monday to 272.53, re¬
ports
Dun
&
Bradstreet,
Inc.
Quotations at wholesale for butter

moved

rye

lower,
earlier

also

'

lard,

1962.

dips

while

wheat,

March 28,

through¬

past week, the general
commodity price level

wholesale

H. R. Fardwell, Treasurer
New York.

pattern of mild up

a

fluctuations

down

and

and

Checks will be mailed.

chief

scrap.

■

'

were

substantially
from a week
registered for

tin

hogs,

steel

"Aw•

■;

"■

and

MEETING NOTICE

Pace

Consumer

of

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY
Notice of Annual

CHASE

Retail trade made

Meeting

Notice is hereby given thut the

The Board of Directors of The Chase Manhattan Bank has
declared a dividend of
65^
per share on the capital stock
Bank, payable May 15, 1962 to holders of record at
the close of business
April 13, 1962.

of the

The transfer books will not be closed in
connection with the

payment of this dividend.




Annual

Meeting of the Stockholders of Long
Lighting Company will be held at
the
Company's Iiicksvillc Operations
Center, 175 East Old Country Itoad. llicksville, New York, on April 17, 1962, at
2 o'clock P.M., to elect eleven directors,
to
vote
on
the appointment of Price
Waterhouse & Co. as independent public
accountants for
the year 1962 and to
lake action on such other business as may
Lslum!

NOTICE

properly come before the meeting or any
adjournments thereof.
Only holders of common stock of record
on the hooks of the Company at the close
of business
to vote at

on

March 13.1962

are

entitled

the meeting. The stoek transfer

hooks will not he closed.

MORTIMER J. PALMER
Vice President and

to

three

weeks

over-all

matched
the

of

CHARLES E. ELBERT

Secretary

Secretary
March 13,

1962

sale

holds

substantial

a

major crude oil

Buying

in

1961, the

the

States

in Libya.

produced

company

United

in

interest

reserves

and

Canada

43,240,000 net barrels of crude oil

a

earlier

a

volume

and

in the United States. The company

food

Despite the fact that Easter

came

and

natural

billion

feet

a

rels

crude

of

liquids and 106.9

gas

cubic

refined

a

ago,

year

total

of

of

natural

gas;

34,806,000

oil;

bar¬

marketed

and

total of 36,318,000 barrels

of

re¬

fined products.

generally

Total

or
edged slightly ahead
comparable
1961
levels.

in

of the

revenues

1961

and

to

amounted

income

net

to

company

$356,503,000
$38,934,000
revenues of

Shoppers stepped up purchases of
compared with total
women's apparel but interest in';
$357,778,000,. and net income of
clothing was slack.
Home
$39,215,000 in 1960^/^^^' '■%,
furnishings
retailers reported a
men's

fair performance but buying pat¬
terns were uneven within regions '*
as-wellas between regions.
New

dealers

car

continued

to

total

The

tail

in

trade

view

dollar

the

volume

re¬
re¬

1%

lower

''-4i $*'!>%>i'Sb

Properties

V "

of

under

week

from

ranged

score

;4 \

solid gains, however..

Debentures Sold ;

to

Cruttenden, Podesta & Miller and
C. Allyn & Co., Chicago; J. R.
Vviluston <& Beane, New York City
by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. ; Re¬
and associates are offering $5,000,gional estimates varied from com¬
000 Coral Ridge Properties, Inc.,
parable 1961t levels by the fol-;
61%% sinking fund subordinated
lowing percentages: Middle At¬
debentures'* due- April,
1,
1977
lantic
and
West
North
Central
—6
to —2;
West South Central (with warrants) at par and ac¬
crued interest from April 1, 1962.
—3
to
+1;. New England, East*
3%

higher than a year ago, ac¬
cording to spot estimates collected

A.

.

Central

Pacific

and

to

—2

Atlantic

—1 to +3;
Mountain 0
to
4-4; East North
Central +4 to +8.
;
South

-f-2;

The

Nationwide Department Store

Sales Up 11% From 1961 Week

Department store sales on
a
country-wide basis as taken from
Federal

the
dex

Reserve

reported
the

for

.with

compared

1962,

increase.,

March

ended

week

in¬

Board's

!!T1%

an

24,

like

the

period in 1961. For the week end¬
March

ed

sales

17,

6%

up

were

compared with the corresponding
1981

week,

In the four-week pe¬

riod

ended

March

declined

2%

by

1962, sales

24,

the

below

: cor¬

responding period in 1961.

purchase

New

in

week

ended
as

York

March

a

tered
same

when

week

weeks

against

for

the
the

week ended

of

5%

of

was

compared
in

1961.

ending

decrease

store

in the corresponding 1861

decrease

5%

sales

was

in

the

March

regis¬
the

with

For

March

the

24,

of
company's class A common
$1,000 of debentures, at
$3 per share on or before April 1,
each

1965, at $4 per share before April
1, 1968 and at $5 per share until
April 1, 1972. The warrants are
immediately exercisable and de¬
tachable

reported

The company
the

of

3,787

net

acre

about

ty,
will
of

be

Reserve

Board, "Interpretation of the weekly

will

the

ment

use

$2,250,000

develop a
tract in Broward Coun¬
10

used

miles

northwest

the

Ridge

construction

Hotel,

the

Towers North apart¬

building, and for other

porate

of

Remaining funds

for

Coral

Coral Ridge

cor¬

purposes.

Named Director
Rufus W. Hanson,

President

of

a

Executive Vice-

First

Minneapolis,

National

Bank

has

been

Minn.,

director

Manufacturing

of

Franklin

Company.

per¬

centage changes during the Easter season
is affected
by ^:he shifting date of the

holiday
(this year, April 22 and last
April 2). Adjustment factors have
been developed for this calendar irregu¬
larity. For the week ending March 24 the
factor is —'•10; this yields an "adjusted"
year-to-year change for the United States
of
+11%/*
year,

debentures.

proceeds to

Fort Lauderdale.

a
as

comparable

Federal

the

Ridge of 716 North Federal
Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
and its subsidiaries are engaged
in the business of acquiring un¬
improved land in Florida and de¬
veloping it into residential sub¬
divisions, ocean frontage hotels,
apartment and motel site develop¬
ments, industrial zoned properites,

of

the

from

Coral

elected
to

to

200 ; shares

four

1962,

period in 1961.
♦According

bearer

the

Re¬

were

City
24,

attached

the

entitling
for cash

shopping centers, etc.

Federal

department

System

sales

same

the

to

have

debentures

warrants

for

week. For the

April 17, 1962

DIVIDEND

chase

good show¬
ing in the week ended March 28, *
as
most
areas
of
the
country
basked in warmer temperatures.

17,

BANK

for, the development
of, and the pur¬
of, crude oil and
natural gas in the United States,
Canada and elsewhere, and in the
transporting, refining and market¬
ing oi crude oil and its products
production

ana

"

serve

MANHATTAN

is

of

re¬

of the is¬

exploration

Perks Up

According

THE

trend

entitled

prior to maturity.
Headquartered at Findley, Ohio,
the company is engaged in the

gen¬

function

general

be

sinking fund sufficient to

a

sue

cost-of-living

a

ac¬

Plymouth

tire approximately 96%

-287,942

Following

Common Dividend No. 222

to

at the wholesale level.

prices

South

Orders

Dips

Y.

A

CITY

in

"

Shipments

ELEVATOR

SWEARINGEN,

New

y

Mar. 17,

•

.—234.753

Assistant Treasurer
120

"•

"

the

for

feet

board

indicated:'

weeks

figures

the

are

of

thousands

COMPANY

No.

of

ANI)

the

show

of

last year. In the

previous

tonnage in the
week ended March 24, was 9.9%

Its

index.

for

group,
the
toll
inched down to 34 from 37 in the

J

It is not

of

assets

Co.

In

liabilities

ported in the similar week of last

Truck

responding

raw

of

The debentures will

represents the sum
price per pound of 31

when

accounted

from

309

plus

Intercity truck

ahead

296

to

and

1960.

originating this type
year's week com¬

road systems

in

the

above

58 Class I U. S. rail¬

were

traffic

21.9%
period

Oil

in

index

The

connection with the

quisition

*;

were

total of the

in

curred

last

day

occurred

more

or

most of the

taled
of

-

■

i

Lower

corre¬

with

Failures

for the first 11 weeks of 1962 to¬

similar

the

on

on

week of 1939.

lar

loadings

piggyback

1961

respectively.
However, 1 business
mortality remained 6%
heavier
310 in the simi¬

above the 1960 week.

Cumulative

&
to $5.85

year.

than the pre-war

27.4%

or

cars

.

by' Dun

dipped

ported

9.8%

levels

casualties

356

and

350

over-all

and

price index

Bradstreet,
April 3,
hitting
the
lowest
level
since
March 9, 1960.
Down 0.9% from
be
available for corporate pur¬
$5.90 a week ago, the index re^.
mained
2.5%
below the $6 re¬ poses, including expenditures in¬
Inc.,

kwh.,

or

the

from

1961-1960

sponding

included
in that
total). This was
an increase of 2,921 cars or 26.5%
above the corresponding week of
(which

Index

Price

First

Boston
Corp.
and
Brothers, New York City,
are
joint managers of the group
that is offering publicly an issue
of $90,000,000
The Ohio Oil Co.
4%%
sinking fund debentures,
due April 1, 1987, at 100.25% to
yield 4.359%.
Net proceeds from the sale will
be added to general funds and will

March 1960

The wholesale food

compiled

a '.-:.

moderately

off

week

in

light

lowest toll in four weeks and was

containers

week's

The

Lehman

.

wholesale price this
barley, hams, beliies,
Business Failures
Lowest in 7 iard, butter, milk, cottonseed oil,,
A
Four Weeks
eggs and hogs, with particularly
strong
declines
in
butter
and
Commercial and industrial fail¬
On the other hand, mild
ures
dipped to 330 in the week eggs.
increases prevailed in quotations
ended March 29 from 351 in the
for wheat, corn/ rye, oats, cocoa,
preceding week, reports Dun &
steers and lambs.
A; :.> •
'
Bradstreet, Inc.
This was the

report¬

cars

or

Up 9.9% Over 1961 Week

Motors
accounted for 56.5% of the 603,476 'cars
made
in March;
Ford
Motor Co. 26.3%; Chrysler Corp.
8.4%; American Motors 6.9%; and
By

-

out¬

(about 559,300 units)
industry
about, five

weeks ahead of its

'*

in

electric

week

below

year

the

puts

increase

the

by

week.

decrease of 45,212 cars
the corresponding

a

Food

Since

Lowest

energy

power industry for

but

1960.

nue

Wholesale

electric

of

week's total of 15,879,000,000

preceding

of

7.5%

There

ago

year

amount

according to the Edison Electric
Institute., Output was 327,000,000
kwh. below that of the previous

of

announced.

the

-

-

Higher

9.8%

1961 Week

above that of the comparable

There

assem¬

with

compared

Output

the week
ended Saturday, March
31, was
estimated at 15,552,000,000 kwh.,

increase of 10,541 cars

ed loaded with

Passenger

U.

or

Above

1961 Montn

Same

Association

the

week in

47.9%

and

March 24 totaled

above

1961, but
♦Index
•

The

55,540 cars or 11.1%
above the corresponding week in

129.7

country.

Than in

loadings represented an in¬

crease

Total

Electric

freight in

revenue

Railroads

was an

The

-.--*114

.

slightly above the 271.02 in the
preceding month
and exceeded
appreciably
the
269.78
on
the

com¬

freight

general

Ohio Oil Co.

*

week.

119

_—

i*

of

Despite the downturn to 272.53
April 2, the daily wholesale
commodity price index was
.

similar day of 1961.

1961 Week

in

cars,

1.9%

or

terminals
of

throughout the

year ago.

a

of

American

143

Southern

week

same

the week ended

141

--—■.—>-■

St. Louis

Western

low
the
140,423
of
preceding
week, but 36.6% above 101,571 in
the

carriers

Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

.

on

at

Than

149
132

Cincinnati

mon

Carloadings Were 11.1% Higher

164

Detroit
Chicago

than 400 truck

million.

distributed

126

Cleveland

'55 model

the

by

output last week was
138,777, slightly be¬

Factory

135

—

Pittsburgh*—.—119
Youngstown
__—129

%■?.'

.

March 31,1968

Coast—

East

Buffalo

only

which reached 7.1

run,

estimated

follows:

:

.

by

ended*" March

week

for

31, 1962,

exceeded

15

Production

Ingot

.

Kleiner, Bell Branch
LOS
Bell

&

ANGELES, Calif .—Kleiner,
Co. has opened a branch

office at 650
under

Loeb,

the

South

Spring Street

management

of

Boris

Volume

195

Number

6148

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(1621)

THE MARKET.
BY

.

WALLACE

AND YOU

.

STREETE

New York Security Dealers

late last year^a

plan of cooperating with New York Central in re¬
frigerator trailers that will be

.

ship farm produce east by
Central and sent back west again

_____

w|th merchandise

Selling continued to nibble at instocks, particularly the
recent high flyers, in this week's
trading. In the process the in-

until a possible loss running up
to $7 million was indicated as its

dustrial

share

having

a mundane life,
hovering
between 81 and 92 so far this year

dustrial

v

der

average broke down unlevel that had been assumed

a

of

fraud that

a

might .total

$22 million. Heller's possible loss
support, leaving wide -allegedly is about double its reopen whether a test of the year's-serve account and better than a
low was in the making.
,
million: m o r e t h a n last year's
to be one of

.

the

heaviness,

blamed

the

to

where

it

to
was

to

,

.

Show

/; That

Business

Trend

the dividend

sprinkling

showed

news

of

payment

Thereupon it disclosed

patrun-proof stockings, and
in
a
matter
of only minutes
it
jumped 18% in value, on volume

was

ent

good

improve-

new

a

on

enough to

propel

it

to

the

head

ments but without

inspiring much of the list of most active issues.
Auto production,

investor interest.

^

bubbling along at a high clip.
question was how steel

was

The moot

orders will fare
sured there will

The flood
ter

be

as¬

strike.

no

starting
interest

but there

near

was

^

anticipatory investing being
although the prospects are
heavily in favor of the reports
providing good reading in the majority of cases.

now

Trading
at

itself

were

current

losses

to

volume

were

of mild

case

cause

the

the

to

in

it

pending

mergers

since
have

them,

of

lull

setbacks

buying

any

four

sessions

in

of

New

level, first such

pro-

various

in

a

Central

is

still

onstrates that it is prospering. The
odds not only favor the road re¬
turning to the black ink column

factors

-

Meanwhile

Central

Tolted
Jolted

of

some

.

the

favor-

drones

while

market

analyst

to

remark that
hard-hit items have

some

of the

been

slashed

harder

even

1929. break.

Texas

TAf «re presented
alLthor only.X

article

time

coin-

the

"Chronicle."

as

•

<

\Tovv>^. V J
T)
IN <^IIlv3 V ."-L

& Co. Inc.

,

fn
A lUjJjp 06 V^U. 1/U

'

Conference

•

will

New York City, members of
New

York

name

Stock

Adolph

Exchange,

Meirowitz

New York Stock

on

ber

The

a

New

York

Stock

tative
the

Exchange,

with the cooperation of the Asso-

ciation

12.

of

Training

Firms,

conference

Registered
Representative

"r

Propp & Co., Inc., 400 Park Avethe

This advertisement is
The

Directors

of

Exchange Mem¬
a
2% day
registered represen¬

will
on

selection

Commodore

hold

and

not an

offer to sell

or a

solicitation of

an

a

good

offer to buy these securities.

offering is made only by the Prospectus.

NEW ISSUE

March 30,

1962

300,000 Shares

debt
road

at-

tracting customers to lease its air

run

..

..

Vwr!?rJas ^

above

This

the line

make it

tions of

as

it

week

the year ended.

fell

of the

one

below

$80

to
prime illustra-

sharp price correction that

has taken place in a general
ket that, as far as the
are
a

concerned, is still holding to
relatively high plane.
Transitron is another

the

price correction
This issue sold

one.

steep
high as $60

as

new

lows in

Even

International Business

Machines, where the quality is
undoubted, and the business prob¬
lems
sold

haven't
down

week

to

where

been

low

as

it

conspicuous,

was

a

round

100

points under last year's high for
the
IBM

present shares.
The story of
in the last few years has

been

of

gaining

100

or

more

points

a year rather than losing
ground by that margin.
The surprise jolt came when a

standout

financing

revealed

heavy

losses

volving
Walter

to

Freight, ■ which
nomic

from

fictitious
E.

Heller

a

suffered

swindle in¬

mortgages.
was

the

issue

hardest hit both by the losses and
in the market action.

The

shares

despite

slowdowns
has

U. S.

the

eco

able to

was

reflected

the

the

re¬

shares.

S.

Freight

is

the

(Par Value $1 Per Share)

/

:

v"/;/'

''V :

The

good

tial ahead that is not
yet reflected
in the price of the

U.

Common Stock

re¬

sults, but to some fanciers of U. S.
Freight there is still a good poten¬

Price: $10 per Share
Copies of the Prospectus
other dealers

or

brokers

may

as

be obtained from such of the undersigned and from

may

lawfully offer these securities in this State.

nation's

largest domestic freight forwarder
and the bulk of its work is done

by rail although it is pipneering a
fishy-back type of operation via
boat,, similar to the piggy-back
operations instituted by the com¬
pany via railroads

some

ago.

-

finally approved

fied by the

the

were

under

the

full

shipment.

and

veri¬

Supreme Court a month
piggy-back operations

ago,

a

cloud that retarded
of this type of

growth
With

S. Freight

the.

can

Edwards &

Hanly

four years

Until the contested rate
patterns
were

ofJFfeller had been ,U.




A Federal Licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1953

period

port record profit last year.

companies

have

did

as

a

performer in

,

of

group
were

obscured

road,

others, bumped into

The

$507 this

as

much
the

freight transportation field is

stock

the $12 bracket.

pretty
when

Interest in Freight Forwarder

a

in 1960, last year retreated below
$17 at the low, and this week was

busy posting further

was

year

of slack business.

where

case

was

This

last
most

averages

•

flciency with a modernization profra.m ,aa
pioneering technological developments to cut costs,

mar¬

cloud

gone,

concentrate

on

at

New

registered representative selection
and training.

-

tag of around $5

in

York, May 2-4. The Conference is
designed for those in Exchange
member
firms
responsible
for

rights as Well as selling surplus
from a price
property. r
in 1954 to $256
A
»
' '
in 1960. Last year it fell back be-~rail operations go,
low
par
and was only slightly•,9 ?^
has been stepping up ef-

had had

training

Hotel

some

investments, has been busilv

the

those oj the

Pwvrm /£V f^fl

nue,

of

following firms: Maltz, Greenwald & Co.; Wm. V. Frankel &
Co.;
Sidney A. Siegel & Co. Inc.; Frank Ginberg & Co.
Inc.; Harold C.
Shore & Co.; Godnick Securities
Corp.; and Edward F. Henderson

two-thirds of its
fixed charges from real estate and

than

in the
Instruments

of

of Grace Canadian Securities

membership in the Association

merger
After this year, for one

on.

which gets

done to many of them

was

any

those

>

election to

the

years have taken a thing, Central, has no major
hard jolting, leading at least
one-maturing for 15 years. The

,

"

-

the

and

seem assured of attracting

friends

new

itesj0f recent

,

Inc.;

not

with

nating committee of Irving P. Grace

>

IThe oiem expressed in
necessarily at

cide

would

conserva-

con-

confusing or ominous and
daily new lows being posted
took a commanding lead over the
this
year,
but also by a good
new highs; in one session amountmargin.
?
ing to well over a hundred which
How long the pending
merger
was not only a
high-water mark'with the
Pennsylvania will take
for this year but the biggest such to
grind through all the processes
accumulation in nearly two years.
is moot. But the fortunes of the
Favorites
Favorites

year,

that

superior trading stock in

quarters, mostly because it
move rapidly from its
present
depressed level as soon as it dem-

the

.

' tj_<

this

more

Gerald F. X. Kane

can

were

-

tiv_

results
even

Stanley Roggenburg

The Association also announced the
appointment to its nomi¬

some

year.

technical

York

sidered

the

this

interest

any

proved
reduce

Lester Frenkel

im-

Outlook for the Rails

in

row

short

spark

Proflt showing which, with

Vice-President effective April

sup-

a

fell

to

n

at ™ly SOme 10 1tlnaeS th* 1961

will

the rails

on

unknown factor,

the

even

What

interest

& 'Co.

«Ji

neg-

demanding most of the

attention.

great

sharp it was mostly a
selling being enough

three million

The

Where

a

failed

turnover

tracted

continued

ebb.

exaggerated

For

is

the

absence

port.

Market

low

a

were

and sharp price appreciation

sues

take to focus

run

such

concentrated

was

Kane

\t * orted Drofit of $2 67 aeainst
onlvPa f]oilar fi tht fLt half

^
do

lected in the last couple of years
when space age items, growth is-

done

Thin

Thf

was

that

and

grow

of the items that

some

.

little

to

X.

1°^^un'dervplnpH mfJlitv

<

indications that

were some

institutional interest in stocks

for first quar-

season

reports is

that it is

now

There

F.

sparked

•

1962 range

a

Gerald

_

of only around a point and a half.

And

a

be

can

nearly lifeless item in

Comforting

comforting, if not dramatic.

interest

of

This stock not only seems
jYe. s"aken off the effects of
dis

\y%

-

.

Kane

?■• ■■■■•
, v.. ;
v v
Vn® old-rtime item around, that
"a(* its,problems when the Cuban
su&ar situation was upsetting the
e^s'
American Sugar Re-

it

by low-priced Chadbourn Gotham which has been a

,

in the main

news

of

proved

was

V

.

Business

driven below 70.

were

up

emerge

> ,>

-

implications

X.

F.

'

on the market and. in
short order the price of the shares

worthwhile rebound

a

ensue,

The

-

Frenkel; Stanley L. Roggenburg of Roggenburg & Co.; and Gerald

are expected to be
expanded to other rosins and, mvariably, { at a profit to U. S.

weren't lost

be

considera-

that it

itself

market

from which

_

leaving

,

means

earnings.

account for

solid floor would

a

could

to

technical

on

tions which

.

little

was

York Security Dealers Association has
announced the
election to its board of governors of: Lester
Frenkel of Gersten &

Such programs

t

There

The. New

by U. S. Freight.

height.

-

Association Names New Officers

used to
'

17

Lubetkin, Regan & Kennedy

Hill, Darlington & Grimm

Chronicle

The Commercial and Financial

in- thesev

interested

other 4 institutions

concerned

T. CHIPPENDALE/.

BY JOHN

JR.
»—

:

,

'

,

,

,

oft consolidationis
be a more
constructive " tone1 in the - capital
market. It is evident that there is
an ample supply of (funds seeking
period

-.

there will again

expected that;

investment and it:is:

large part of it will find an outlet i
in fixed'income: bearing f obliga-

a

the trend in bonds

tions. However,

_ae.t

past.

future as was done
the
Also, as long a^/the P

«

along Withi the

'f-nrrpnt'deht

program,
to be any

agement

thatr'

are-1

Thursday, April 5, 1962

tax-exempt* Obli-

with

BY

•

mere

„

_

|

man-

\
is

n

t

nut

ELY

OWEN

not ',;

Southern California Water Company ;

•"'•//

not likely to be increased-much as;

'vi

customers in • •
down to levels where the Treasury■ : Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino; Imperial and Ventura coun* «'
ties. It follows an aggressive*policy-of-acquiring independent water
is,actually forced to offer longterm bonds:, and . corporate new.t : service agencies,.16 .having.been taken Over since.; 1945.-It also/sells^
issues are, increased.;sharply,/by
aic,.luv-wareu,,vj • v. electricity, (purchased: from, California-Electrip Power) -to 4,935
time, goes

Therbacking and filling which has
been in evidence in the bond market is believed to mean that when
—7

*

gations. Also, the supply of cor- /
pora.te and government bonds - are >>

■

over

.

securities^1

namely, pension funds^ and those

this;

.

porate bonds will continue to be
important as time goes along be- {
cause of the type of buyer who is -

Our Reporter, on

xvct

.

(1622)

18

along unless- yields go

Southern California Water, supplies water to 119,602

thewery low;cost of.raisingiunds::..t;Customers.in the Bear.Valley District oi ;San. Bernardino^County:;;
...

-

.

.

..

likely
sizeable new offerings
merit bonds for -x-~
raising or
addition '
advance]
have also undergone

Regarding water, supply, the. company-obtains about 70%-of its
wells which it

owns,-widely distributed-

The.remainder.is bought at wholesale,

PlOn the^the^hand^a^long^^s
the

Secretary Dillon's Thinking
it seems as though
recent testimony byTreasury See-

fear is to remain in

the- inflation

background, there will be an

with a deficit. This probably
that interest rates will conto remain on the easy side,

tinue

for Bonds4

buying that is being,

solid type of
done in fixed

not. only

is

a1

of

Treasuries

1

recharged by rainfall and/imported Colorado River-water. Ground

v.

//: water- supplies are. supplemented by Colorado

River water sold at.;1
// wholesale. rates to distribution agencies and . distributed through ; '

AQITllI XJ^UIuv

....

.,

.

.

,

...

,

...

...

„r

^.

A

.

.

.

.,

,

•

-

jbem^Hength-

are

ened.

\Southern California is produced from -vast underground basins.

;

* 4- "O

.

corporate
bonds: and municipal- obligations;?
but there1 • is - also av growing interestrin Government • long-term
securities. In addition,, maturities
for

demand

sizeable

X 0

w*

,

income bearing ob-i

There

ligations.

•.

n

^

question about the

is-no

There

J

A

m

CHICAGO, 111. —H.',Flagg Baiim transmission system of the Metropolitan-Water District..
L will be admitted to partnership in'Some 79% of the-comoariy's water customers are located in
the New York-and Midwest Stock,
areas that are4 member units of the Metropolitan Water. District*
where Colorado River water is available,. There may^be some
Exchange firm of Wayne Hummer 4 ~t
rr11-— ——
danger that-the amount of water from the Colorado River allo&* C o
'10 5'
C cated in future to California maybe reduced
(a Referee's report
West A d a m s favoring this is now pending before the U.<'S/Supreme • Court).
Street, follow¬
However/the longer-term supply outlook has improved as the reing exchange•.suit of approval: of' an aqueduct project from, the Feather River '
about
ten
years
would be the a p p r o v ail, ;
." north of
Sacramento, deliveries from which are to start around
main one used in the future. And
George
E.
t: 1971.* -;
the long-term/ Treasury market B a r n e s*,
^/:;//aV-,;-'.'v //*
should not be having-any increase
partner an¬
Regarding rates, the company is subject to regulation by the ~
State Utility Commission. In connection with its periodic reviews
in the supply of bonds through nounced.' Mr/
BaUm has been
the use of senior advance refundof utility rates, the Commission is pow-making a general investigaing as was the case in th'e last with the firm
/tion of (the-company's rates of return throughout its.various 'disK
few. years when the Government |or the past 12
tricts. In" 1981 four apolications for increased rates,.requesting an...
was
fairly active, in extending years" follow-1
increase-of approximately $517,000 in revenues, were filed by .the
maturities*',,: ;■//////./'/
ing service in - company. .Hearings on. the -first/application were, .completed in

means

-

Wayne Hummer.

retary,-Dillon in: Washington before a Senate committee would
indicate that, long-term advance
refunding ventures could become
a thing of the past.
This .could
mean that, aside from the junior
a d v a n e e ; refunding
operations
which have thus far evolved, the
extending of maturities by only

budget, it begins to look now. as
though the 1962/1963 one will end

Strong Investor Demand

However,

;

increasing amount, of money
available for the purchase of
bonds. And when it comes to the

up

mainly from the Metropolitan Water District ;of Southern California and its Colorado River supply. -The basic' water'supply in /

in the money and capital markets.

has already taken

advance which

'

'/j

the: navy,

Thus, with the supply of new

/

Partners

•

long-term Governments not likely

^ increase because of the absence cludefirm inthe
Wayne

i!

Wayne

Jahjaary H)£2 and the other three were scheduled for hearings in
Ee&ruary and March. '■■/ ?Y
^•////'"/V:' /'/ //'•//1

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in¬

firm

the

H.FJaggB&um

r

The company operates in a .rapidly: growing area.. During .the-

ivif irr.
^ov®rl]me/lt frem thls area elude
_
w/-a 4 decade 1950 to 1960, Southern California exp?rienced its greatest,
responsible for the m- pf the market, there has been an .Hummer, _Mr Barnes, Harry A: - .growth in copulation. The 1960 Federal Census "indicates*70% of
proved market action of these ob- improving tone in the most dis- Baum, J.. William Lawlor, George - f,
tVlp state'«: nonulation was -in-the southern half of
•

w

which

is

j

^fcou°n"m". The'pe?-

S ahndS fant Government bonds. Also, the Rr^Becker,' WRliam B. Hummer

SHIS&
traders

and

differential

-the
other
was

dent

best

dealers^ The yield readily absorbed byfairlystOTs'who
inve sizeable
looking for

between Governments

blocks

of

^

narrow

investor

so

has

that the pru¬

to

be

is

taken

to

..vYlT-

< >

_

las

„

T

__

...

-,

0,

a

&

AT

in

prices

of

all

fixed

in-

Mr" Hart

was a

paid;ner'm Cady

.

(>

_

.

v

share,earnings and dividends over thei.past terr years:./

York City, members of the New/;,/
York Stock Exchange. /• ■ // / ^V ^ -

trend

:

E a r ni n gsf;>:' v...
Per Share i
Dividends

/

(Mills.)

keep it orderly^ in

the

mand

for

Government

and

•

$i.oi/: i/

:

cor--Edie & Co.

:/

1957l"IIHIl

T'5"

4.6 '

announcement appears

only his

a

matter

of record

-V

4.2

i954r__„_:_

of these securities having been sold,, this

3L8':/•//;// ' .59

?

:

1952:
.?<

CHEZ Ml LH EI,

INC.

Florida

corporation

'

V.57/,

•

.60

The average

,24-15

g, //

10- 91 •/.
10-; 9\;.-p

„

'//'
.50

■

10-/9, >,

•'';

/ ■••."-^•.4'54;-/.r :'v//9-;7"
;• ./:'•/•''^;43/
:/"f 7- 6;.

4-:

'y'/43;/L;7-"'5^y'/

2.8.-V;'-49

""Adjusted for 5-for-l ■ split in 1D50 and

y

v

■

-

*.

,3-for-^ Split !«• 10(T!J/,/ Wi/U ,/:/;.

annual increase in share earnings during':l'952-61t

^(compounded) has been 8.3%;'earnings increased in /each /year
/except j.954 when they receded by ;one penny and 1958 when they
; remained unchanged. The dividend has increased, in each of the
past^nine years including/1962. Dividends -have been paid "without
interruption since the company was incorporated'in 1929. i '1
f•■
The latest stock split was approved- March -6 and is now effec¬
tive. The quarterly dividend on the new shares- is 19" cents cr
76 cents per-annum. (The new quarterly rate if applied to the old
'shares would have meant an increase^from Sl.lO1 to $L14.) At the
recent over-counter price around 23, the stock yields about 3.3%
and sells at less than 23 times earnings.
""
1 "/
;

•

a

.

3.4^" ' "

-

;-v

.77y* /•:
.72 ' ',/•■;/

•

1955I__!

:

All

.

,

:.80

;

•

1956./____r.

Price Range

:$o.73^.

,

/Ajpprov inia tp

</'•;v.i: .67,..
15-13../VW
: .89 /
.62. / r: , 14-12:; / ;
/ .$0 - --LVX'.. .60..12-10 /./■/,

/1.00
;

5:0 Z

:

■

,

^
'L:

to

•

,V——.——Common Stock Record*
Revenues

.

needed

AT

P°Pulatl0n wlU e*ceed New York s m the latter Part

*

revenues,

Go.,- Inc.-, 63 Wall Street, Ne\y.

shape again in spite of the feeling
in some quarters that the upward
,

_

as

Government bond market in good

mean

.

Stdcks qf
service companies -are pot generally: regarded ^
growth stocks but there are ,a few- exceptions, one of which is
Southern California Water,. This is indicated- by. thn .growth of

>,/

been 'elected

..

of 1962.

,

,

,

.

.

A""

' '

vice-President of D.B.Marron

have served to put the long-term

addition, the open market
operation of the monetary authorities is still
the same as it, has
this

^

Herbert' Hart

AU of these various happenings

In

and

Market

Buoyant Treasury. Bond

attracted

^

Of D. B. MarrOIl

securities.

these

quality taxable bonds is and

too

to the Federal securities..

been

Hart Named V.-P.

were

available—and

issues

/

-

$100,000 7% Convertible Subordinated Debentures, due 1967
(Convertible into Common Stock

at

83.00'per share).

\

*

)

50,000 Shares of Common Stock
(Par Value $.10 per

(33,334 shares of

common

share)

stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of debentures)

Offered in units consisting of $100 principal amount of Debentures sold at $100 and
50

shares

of

Common

Stock

sold

at

/

>

In the article in this column on

$100

March: 22

1961

$200 Per Unit.

y

the ownership -was 56.5%,

HUNTINGTON SECURITIES CO., INC.




.

impression was also given

that Central Telephone is a

holding company. Actually, it is also a substantial operating com¬
pany which owns and operates property directly in four/states,
Minnesota, I0wa, North Carolina and "Nevada. Its subsidiaries
operate in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Virginia. Central

Underwriter

N. Y.

Western Power & Gas has always

more than
a majority of the stock of Central Telephone
organization in 1944.
r

owned

The

Broadway, New York 7,

Central Telephone Co. in the

issue, itiwas erroneously stated That; Western Power &
39% of the common stock of Central; as of Dec. 31,

owned

since

217

■.

Correction—Central Telephone Company

.

Gas

OFFERING PRICE:

»"

V".

-

:

Telephone Co.- itself. had 190,763 company-owned telephone sta¬
tions at December
.(.t

;
t

.

'

of

31/1961 and Central Telephone itself,- exclusive

subsidiaries,'had/-operating

$19,270,000.*^

7

/;

■

revenues

./4'

■

for

the'

year-

1961

of

V""'H

Volume

Number 6148

195

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(1623)

automobile liability, workmen's compensation and other liability
lines. These lines have been a serious problem to the company in

19

Qr>V|QT»-p-P J?T Tnpno
OLIlctlll Oo J UIlv3o

-

recent years.
The overall

This Week

Insurance Stocks

—

underwriting results

1961

of previous years because of the adoption on Jan. 1|
of the annual method of reserving installment premiums on

three and five year

THE

CONTINENTAL

INSURANCE

COMPANY—

■

The Continental Insurance Company is the parent

:

.

Fore

:

of 11 fire ands

The Group ranks as one of the
insurance organizations in the country
with assets of over $1.7 billion and'preihiumk earned of oVeF $500"
million. It is the largest as measured by size of capital and surplus/
The company began business in 1853 and has enjoyed, con¬
siderable growth over the years both through internal expansion
and outside, acquisitions. Until 1959 Continental Insurance shared
control of the America Fore Group with Fidelity-Phenix Fire

largest fire

Loyalty

Group.

Company. In that

Firemen's

Insurance

NEW ORLEANS, La.—Scharff &
Jones, Inc., 140 Carondelet Street,

,,

have
of

.

1

the

on

.

~

enlarged capitalization.

; Continental's

presently

are actively traded :on the

high of $73 and a low of $64; At the present price, the stock yields
3.2% on its $2.20 annual dividend and at a discount of 27% from

.

of New York were added to the Group. -,p;
Today,, the America Fore Group operates throughout the /.
United States "and in practically every country in the world.. The
company is represented by over 50,000 agents and has a total of r
3,760 regular employees/ The Group writes practically every line /
of insurance 'with the exception of life coverage. During 1961,
pany

the

volume was divided as follows: Automobile—33.5%,\
Lines—29.3%, Miscellaneous Liability 7.6%, Work- v
men's Compensation—7.4%, Accident & Health—5.9%, Multiple
Peril—4.9%, Ocean Marine—3.0%, Inland Marine—3% and all
other lines—5.4%.
.v..;■•».' \ - ■■■ -S
^' Continental's underwriting losses in recent years, after con- ?»■ Thepremium

year-end estimated liquidating value of $94

per

share.

cost

Lone Star Gas

Fire'and Allied

"•

Headquartered ' in

•

■

;

approxU

Boston

Corp.,

;

New

natural

mission

gas

retired

business

man,

widow, each, needs to know
what
steps should be taken to
best satisfy his or her financial
needs.

The.

primary

Division, will

fessional
these

help

in

problems

be

objective of
give pro¬

to

the

and

solution

to

the

of

more

complex requirements of the
larger investor or corporation.

To Stockholders /
The5 company is offering holders
of its common stock the right to
subscribe for 945,454• shares of
4.12%
cum.
convertible
prefer-

trans-

gathering

lines,

the

or

and operates inter-

connected

First /

to

reer

the

Dallas,

man¬

Plan¬

Consol. Edison

company owns

,

r

'

as

In describing the
division, Mr. Laroussini,'ex¬

new

the

outstanding shares,; totaling nearly
New York Stock Exchange.
The stock is currently celling at $69 per share and has had a 1962
-

of

appointment

Investment

new

a

the

Laroussini

plained that almost everyone has
financial problems; from - the
youxig person just starting a ca¬

D.lls anticipated that the 55 cent quarterly dividend will be main¬

tained

of

A.

ning Division.
•

stockholders at the annual meeting, and will be distributed in May.

f

announced

Edward

ager

The-improved results prompted the Directors; to recommend
the payment of a 5% stock dividend, which was approved by

,

'.**."2 million,

Newark was merged; by the
America Fore Group, in 1958 the Seaboard Fire & Marine In¬
surance Company of New York and the Yorkshire Insurance Com-

.

underwriting results and a ri§e of net investment income of ap;proximately $1 million.-: A continuation of.tnis trend would bring
the company its .best operating record since the early 1950's.

.

year

Company

^

;

-in

and casualty

the latter was merged.by CoiW
tinental. Earlier in 1957 the Loyalty Insurance Group headed by
Insurance

policies./

'. "
Management recently indicated at the company's annual meet¬
ing that it was expected that Continental would "at least break
even on underwriting", this year and
have investment income-of
$47 to $48 million before taxes; Preliminary figures for the first
two months of 1962 showed an improvement of about $10 million

casualty insurance company subsidiaries which are known as the
America

Opens New Dept.

not directly comparable

are

with those

lines,

sistently

experienced
ticularly in . the'/automobile

Although underwriting losses ./ uuu,uuu none oxar u*as co.v <±*/2 7o
since 1956, the Group has re-r" sinking fund debentures, due 1987,
at.lQ0.5.Q% to yield 4.467%.
•
corded steady increases in insurance written, and a strong capital

have

been

lines.

jjpa| gas

year

qoo

in'each

incurred

WisePti?ey

redeemable /it

-

in" 1961

ft

tz

o'oa" a"d

KQC ona
Qft4

shares

Loss &.

Premiums
Assets

Year
:

/

.

«,

*

■. >

1957—

.

i.

-

Written

'

.

813.1

,

1958—, 1,546.8

*

x

>,537.7

;

.I960—
1961

.

,

1,623.5
1,645.0

1,777,3

;>

—

,:

440.9

/

.

'

61.2

•

' ;.

41.5'

71.4

•

.39.1

.

68.9.

1963

66.3

802.3

1,

;

: 108,2

to.

38.6

-

A" 104:9

//

r

-

ranging

'4

r

those redeemed
1- '1985

to

on

Net

Total

.

.

A

";.

.

\\j':C-'i

r'

,

r>;Estimated/
Liquidating

;

*

Adjusted*' *

:

Year

/-Invest.

Underwriting

Dividends

-Operating
' Earnings

Income

Paid

/

;

«—(Per Share)

,

Price
Itange

:

/ Value*

^

fund

is

^ $2.43

$— .75
•

—3.55

49-36

;

t.

3.29

•

:

-

—.66.:

1.82

/

3.17-

—4.05

1957.1958—

$53-39

$1.82

$i.78
—.52

1.82

-57-40

2.00

60-46 :k

:

$69.46

V1L

62.11

.

.'

,-81.02

000,000

'

1959-i,

1.61

3.40

~—1.80
—2.34

3.58

19611-3.02

3.71

I960-.-

-

,1.22

'„81.46

•

—.69"

2;20

r-

-

.75-55

94.00
..

♦Adjusted

equity

for

in

unearned

premium

the

of

It will

use

the proceeds from this

has announced the opening of an,
office in.-Sqn Francisco. .The .an- .
issue nouncement comes on the 35th..

■

'•• >-

.c.

reserve.

has recorded year-to-year gains in net invest- '
ment income over the past decade. Due to its unusually strong
company

^sh.

kndg
the

.

,

.

■

1962

■

construction program of Lone Star

capitalization,- and its limited underwriting exposure in relation
capital and surplus, Continental has traditionally been able
to invest in common stocks to a greater extent than most" other ''

Gas

-

Mass

Fdwin

-

Co. and its subsidiary

com-

underwriter

and

Coward will servfe

dealef

as

The

new

„Thi
office will

Since World War II, the company's invest¬
the long-term bull market
the value of Continental's
stock portfolio has been a major reason for the company's

common

above average

growth in net worth.

Continental

is

one

of

the

*

few major

-

All

dent/

managership

of

Robert

H.

investment
,

dealers in all of the New England

Rich,

formerly of J. Barth & Co.

inservicing

t

,

states and upper New York state.

of these shares having been soldy this advertisement appears as a matter of record only.

;

fire and casualty

.com-

•?

NEW ISSUE

•

panies that has not expanded into the life insurance;, business.
While management has expressed interest in entering the life field,
"it is felt that the time is not right for the acquisition of a life

-

Units

and that the capital requirements or organizing a life
insurance subsidiary would be prohibitive.
\--./l'/ V'i'ia
:
During 1961, the company reached a point near to completion
company

in the process of integrating ,the operating organizations of the
America Fore, Loyalty and Yorkshire groups to establish a Single

which

adversely affected the fire and extended coverage
lines which are usually conducted at a profitable level. Neverthe¬

Consisting of:

'

.

organization conducting the entire domestic insurance business.
Underwriting operations were not conducted at a profitable level
due to a number of catastrophes and unusually sever weather con¬
ditions

U. S. Controls, Inc.

.»

.

,

■

r80,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
7,

v..

(Par Value, $.10

-

and

-

less, an improvement in underwriting results was experienced in

per

share)

-

40,000 COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
NATIONAL AND GRINDLAYS
BANK LIMITED

Christiana
Securities Co.

"

Head

Office:

26, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.C.3.
London

Copies of the Prospectus

Branches

54
Bulletin

on

Request

PARLIAMENT

13

ST.

KENYA,

Members New York Stoek

Exchange
Members American Stock Exchange
120 BROADWAY,
■

-Telephone:
Bell

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

BArclay

Teletype NY

7-3500

1-1248-49

Specialists in Bank Stocks




1

"

' Stale's

may

be obtained from the undersigned only in such

where the securities

legally be offered.

SQUARE, S.W.I.

JAMES'S

Bankers to

Laird, Bissell S Meeds

1

STREET, S.W.I.

the Government

UGANDA,
Branches

•

■.

may

in: ADEN,

ZANZIBAR

--

in:

INDIA, PAKISTAN, CEYLON, BURMA, /
KENYA, TANGANYIKA, ZANZIBAR,

UGANDA, ADEN, SOMALI REPUBLIC.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
'

RHODESIA-:"*

>•'"

regional

Dickson Smith, Vice-Presi¬

i«««+!;*
be located
k«

at 351 California Street, under the

companies.

ment portfolio has fully participated in
in common stocks,, and appreciation in

a

^ municipal .• a n d - .corporate wholesale representative, working

to its

insurance

T

-

.

.

_

>

,

/ anniversary

on
hand
cash
generated from operations, will be

with

1

;

With-Vance, Sanders-

of the founding of the 2"® i wj\r~~ Ed0wirl L*
nrn„00j.;frnm
+k«'.':eoT«- •tirm which is the oldest in the. 9°^ard has J°Ined Vance, Sanders
proceeds from the sale, - United States specializing in in- & Company,- Inc:;> 11 Devonshire
sur'ance stocks. It is a member of Street,-it has been announced by
;to retire long-term bank
New
York
Stock
Exchange Henry T. Vance; President.
■

Sufficient "to/"complete
The

gas and steam in
metropolitan New York area.

of

also

J

'

electrjpity,

the

financing to lepay short term
bank loans and construct addiShelby , Cullom Davis & Co., tional facilities.
y

K 82.72.

,160-45

2.05

-

of

cal—'

minimum

a

71%

.1 prior to maturity.
•

1956---

retire

approximately

/

T

—„

-»——

29.

Place, New York City, is a public
utility engaged in the generation,
manufacture, purchase and sale

-

-

"

t

••

after April

or

sinkina

The

culated

.•

.

common

March

for those redeemed prior SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Shelby
tb March 31, 1968-to 100.10% for''Cullom Davisr managing partner

'108.9;'/

l

prices

Ademption'

'

"103.7

.

Oil £or

•

17

S'an Stanley & Co., and First Bos-

Q"i" HpCl "H
H T ClY
100%-for. those WdOl iJl allUi IUI
after April, • 1, ..Q
/I
o
C*r\

100.44%

'

'

redeemed

each
record

to ton Corp., New York City are the
net income to prjnapa^ under^ters.of 4 ,.
Consolidated Edison
Irving

;1^8S|§andL. ^^sinking/fund/re- O. \J» -L/ctV lb vl)..

•

42.7

c-':

'f

110.3

>

'38.8

b; ; 1,007.7 ; ; /J 66.2

•-

,102.7

39.3

64.9

»

829.8

•

,

550.9

W:.

'/-."'Ratio

-

prices-ranging :from

of

amounted

105% for those redeemed prior to

x

$338.6.

321.7 '..V 2" 365.4803.6'
517.5
/.

:

;

''

•

■

1959--

Ratio

/ ;

redemption

>

Combined

'

$142.4
•

Expense Ratio

Expense

Ratio

"Surplus.

<

•

r( millions )-r

r

1956-—; $540.5

;

toss

Policyholders'

for

held

Rights will expire April 16. Mor-

'

>

share

ence

of

portions

1

TotaLoperating revenues of the

comPany

-

.

than 878,

more

in

Texas and Oklahoma.

position' and rising net r investment > income have- permitted -the/"/I Thepew. debentures are tnot
Group 'totabsorb the underwriting losses without difficulty as.t refundable at a
lower ; interest
cost Drior to- Aoril 1
1967
Otherstockholders' surplus has steadily increased.
ptc
««=
are tcuTOuawc at the
Selected Statistics — Growth and Underwriting Results
option :of :the company at regular
■

serve

consumers

Darius Incorporated

:

(1624)

20

SECURITY SALESMAN'S
V:

BY JOHN BUTTON

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

A pew prpduct comes, on the mar¬
ker and takes- the ; public * fancy.
It

sells

like peantits

;at-

'

."Thursday, April5, 1962

.

4

,*
^
v-

#

'

-'cireus;
; soon
competition cuts; into ~ the
Vmarket.' Retail merchandising* is:
now in the throes of the greatest,

*1

a

competitive, upheaval in history.
We
have
drug -departments in
grocery
stores,
insurance sales
offices,
in
department
stores,
travel
agencies in retail stores,
discount stores in shopping areas,
downtown
department stores
moving to the suburbs, and out
of all. this will come change, and
many failures as well as successes.
All that anyone can do to keep
up with such an upheaval (which
is going on incessantly in almost
every business but the regulated
utilities) is to keep AN OPEN

.

\

,

'

s •

'

Consolidations

yew Branches

•

,

yew Officers, etc.

•,

Revised -Capitalizations

•

.

Keep
The

an

:

Open Mind

today will count

clients you have

stay with you, providing you are
to do two things for them.

atom

selling

stores,
or
smashers today.

Don't be afraid to look at
(1) Help them to make money. new industries. Those who passed
up. bowling because they couldn't
(2) Give them good service, such
as
accurate executions of orders, see any sense in a business based
correct statements, and helpful in¬ upon leisure and play, missed a
formation. If you do these things great bet. There once was a time
when
anything connected with
you will build your business with¬
(2

able

out strain and

effort, because sat¬
isfied customers recommend other
clients.
1'

business

show

considered

was

a

has MIND AND DON'T BE AFRAID
huisic, TO BE WRONG. If in doubt, sell.
There is always another stock and
This
is
all very simple—just organized sports, and all the in¬
another day.
help people to make money. The ter-connected enterprises associ¬
therewith.
As I said at the opening of this
Perfume,
hair
only difficult part of the job is ated
that little word "if." If you had curlers, lip-sticks, and weight re¬ little piece—there is nothing to
are
big business today. it—just make money for your
bought XYZ instead of PDQ, if ducers
you
had sold AXX and bought Years ago they were looked upon customers and you'll be a SUC¬
MMM.

if

had never recom¬
mended something else, and if you

had

you

second

sight,

hindsight

aod

rank'
gamble.
changed with

luxuries

as

public

That,

too,

television,

for

unfit

and

investment.

CESS!

wide

the

of

Chase

feller

announced

Patterson

i7y7,^(3) There also was a time when

the retirement of William

Senior

Vice

April 30.

Boulevard.

Silverman is

office

J.

as

Richard

with the

associated

branch office man¬

Vincent

J.

Bonofiglio is
manager; Robert Nives,
Sales manager; and Bert Goodrich
resident

and Walter

Moedl, registered

rep¬

resentatives.

Mr. Patterson, who joined x the
Chase National Bank in 1949, has
served exclusively in the inter¬

and

Bank

hattan

the

Bank

Company

of the

Manhattan

Chase

sincere

into

situation

a

E.

Tupfe Joinf
Morgan & Co.

suggestion to look at

any company

appeal,

is worse than

at all.

cess?

look
but

into

don't

pany once

it cannot

none

If you

something—look
think

because

a

hard,

year

it

com¬

have

too

made buggy whips that
now

have

a

or

promising

future. They may be running dis¬

has grown fat with

Change

comes

along.

many

alleys.

W.

suc¬

Last

bowling—now

was

SAN

Bank

estate

New

planning,

Chairman

&

we

Several

York

may

from

be

now

pay

Mr.

Anderson

joined

Assistant

Secretary in

1950,

Vice-President in 1957.
iji

»J*t

to

Bank

Company,

New

York

the darling

ment business for many years was

of investors,

formerly

today it is still in the incubator.

with

First

California

29

*

*

Total

*

Dec. 31, '61

3.572.434,106

resources-

Deposits
Cash

3,847,259,982

U.
-

3,115,377,025 3,390,921,255

and due
banks—

from

Govt,

S.

se-

568,193,181

697,090,845

discts.

1,666,358,031

1,696,757,418

63.892,470

69,156,718

•i«

IRVING

TRUST

:

•;

$'

onri

po ch

I

$

•

435,058,305

740,084,947

431,631,512

453,677,445

discts.

1,048,854,081

1,140,931,376

profits

33,379,717

37,688,262

&

#

resources—
——„—

*

MIDLAND

TRUST

NEW YORK

31/62

i

S.

801,682,056 875,582,907
699,306,859 769,649,722

Government

security
Loans

&

.

holdings 157,761,790 165,758,500
discounts

profits-

20,057,863

OF

Total resources-

Deposits

19,308,196

NEW

r—

—

banks
S.

Dec. 31/61

614,475,302 740,689,734
512,493,453 634,759,322
149,302,547 256,183,285

Government

security
Loans

&

holdings 106,034,421 112,186,533
discounts 284,330,866 305,815,871

profits-

11,585,981

11,234,628

Share
The Grace National Bank of New

If

1

*

The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System on March
23 approved the

application of the
City Trust Company, Bridgeport,
Connecticut, to merge with the
West Side Bank, Bridgeport, Conn,
under the charter and title of

Trust

Company.
*

;
*

City

V

;

*

The merger of The First National
Bank of Jersey City, N. J. and The

Bergen

Trust Company of New
Jersey has been approved by the
U. S. Comptroller of the Currency
and will become effective

April 6,

at the close of

nounced

business, it was an¬
April 2 by K. S. Nicker-

sonV'First National President.
with

1962, in
a

combines

merger
total

assets

of

excess

billion dollars.

banks

March

on

31,
quarter of

one

7'

:

Stockholders of both banks ap¬
the plan - of merger at

special
First

meetings

National

March

on.

is

issuing

23.

36,300

shares of capital stock to complete
the merger; one share for each
two shares of Bergen Trust stock.
.J

!,

The Hudson Trust Company, Un¬
ion City announced the election of

Arthur

L.

Dickson

President.

as

Beaton, who

has retired.
Mr. Dickson also is

Director of

a

side

Park, N. J.

The

bank

election

also

the

announced

Victor

of

B.

Marcussen,
Vice President and Secretary, as
a Director.
77 ...'77 7.
*
7 *
*
"7 ''''
''77
,

Casey has been named
Director of public relations, Cen¬
National

Bank

of

Cleveland,

Ohio.
Mr. Casey has been Vice Presi¬
dent in charge of

Western

public relations,

Pennsylvania

National

Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa.

i'.

■

1.'

*

...

f

Horace

i-

•*

i

*

Schmidlapp

'

-

.

:

,'t

•

\

■

has

'

•:

■

been

Third

of

Director

a

Union

Trust

the

Fifth

Company

of

Cincinnati, Ohio.

The

Board

of

Governors

of

the

promotions of

23

The

approved
Peru

the

Trust

application,

of

Company, Peru,

Indiana, to merge with Farmers
State Bank, Mexico,.Indiana, under

the charter and title of The Peru

Trust Company.

partment to Assistant Vice Presi¬
dent and Raymond J. Hayden to
Assistant Cashier of the Foreign

i
•>K

£>>

i

I

Wisconsin

••

•;

State Bank, Milwaukee,

Wis., has changed its title to Wis¬

Department.
*

HERBERT YOUNG & CO., INC.




s&

sistant Cashier of the Foreign De¬

state.

HAMPSTEAD INVESTING CORPORATION

2,638,675

*

Frederick E. Von Korff from As¬

be obtained from the undersigned and

legally offer these securities in this

83,064,856

2,293,364

Federal Reserve System on March

York announced the
may

73,254,867

profits-

YORK

Cash and due from

Undivided

may

71,059,458

discounts

&

elected

U.

Copies of the Prospectus

84,930,483

*

Mar. 31/62

(Par Value $.10 per Share)

from such other dealers as

37,210,677

holdings

366,027,901 374,669,937
*

*

BANK

\

27,566,143

—_

Government

security

tral

Dec. 31/61

216,352,419 272,893,074

banks

U

Common Stock

,4W

and due from

S.

Robert J.

Cash and due from
U.

Dec. 31/61

273,038,005 274,985,048
„L 251,427,488 252,173,139

'

MARINE

Deposits

31/62

_

banks

U..

.

the United National Bank of Cliff -

rity holdingsLoans

Cryplex Industries, Inc.

per

'■

secu¬

Undivided

Offering Price: $3.75

Cash

diip

banks—

U. S. Govt,

Total

fx*

.

YORK

1,872,507,781 2,266,363,2^0

Deposits

Mar.

$

80,000 Shares

.

Deposits

Dec. 31, '61

2,136,057,615 2,530,823,494

resources-

i

>.

NEW

Mar. 31, '62

COMPANY,

S0!''

Mar.
•

.•;

WESTCHESTER,

He succeeds Otis W.

w

COMPANY,

'

Jjs

OF

resources—

1,075,666,014

profits

&

Undivid.

&

PLAINS, NEW YORK

•J*

895,029,173

hold'gs

curity

Loans

44,844.093

proved

Mar. 31, '62

announcement

NEW ISSUE

an¬

was

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, NEW YORK

THE

is neither an
offer to sell nor a
of an off er to buy any of these securities.
The offering is made only
by the Prospectus.

Trust

76,353,409

44,824,694

BANK

WHITE

.

' 4

63,657,318
'

<:

NATIONAL

Total

y.

discounts 111,992,248 123,549,463
profits—
3,932,316
3,471,505

&

Undivided

trial Savings Bank, New York.

*

This

d L.

by Chairman
Harold H. Helm. Mr. Steiniger is
a Trustee of the Emigrant Indus¬

Undivid.

Company.

solicitation

i—.*—__

security
holdings'-^

Loans

N.

^

due from

and

banks

The

York,

New

March

nounced

Total

Mr.

w a r

Advisory Board

the

International Business of

Dillon, Union Securities

Co., 601 California Street.

real

estate officer in 1953 and Assistant

Chemical

Wood has joined the staff of

Helm

H.

Chemical
Company's
Real Estate Department in 1937.
He was appointed Assistant Man¬
ager in
1942, Manager in 1947,

on

Wood who has been in the invest¬

television

Cash

Trust

senior post,

a new

Harold

OF

Dec. 31/61

254,020^985 274,101,758
219,123,339 242,353,577

resources—

Deposits

1959.

Bank New York Trust

from

years

He

Bank.

announced.

Steiniger

FRANCISCO, Calif.—Ralph

Eastman

form

Vice President in

a

jJ:

that has lost its

Man¬

merged to

,

a

Total

t-

1956, the year after Chase National

BANK

31/62
^

«

^

Assistant Manager in 1953 and
Assistant Vice President
in

an

ijs

Mar.

national department. He was made
an

W

*

NATIONAL

U. S. Govt,

v.''..;-'

The election of E d

tative, as well as the amateur dimension in investment; it is
(Special to The Financial Chronicle)
security analyst. Some of the so- no longer bricks and mortar. On
called experts are probably also such assets we pay taxes to the
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Ellsworth
guilty of these mistakes if the state and the county.
But on
Tuplin has become associated with
record could be analyzed.
IDEAS, on brains, on the im¬
Morgan & Co., 634 South Spring
(1) Don't overlook an old com¬ aginative and creative activity Street, members of the Pacific
of
purposeful
individuals
who Coast Stock
pany because you remember that
Exchange. Mr. Tup¬
combine their talents with a knack
years ago it had inept manage¬
lin
was
formerly Los Angeles
of creating
an
efficient money
ment or because it once produced
manager for Hayden, Stone & Co.,
making
organization
we
can
a product no longer in great de¬
and prior thereto was a partner
mand. That company may have build profits in a security account. in
Mitchum, Jones & Templeton.
(4) And then we come to the
acquired new management that is
number one "Bug-A-Boo" in mosit
alert, or it may also have changed
With Eastman Dillon
its entire product and merchan¬ amateur analysts' bag of tricks—
(Special to The Financial Chronicle)
dising orientation.
A superficial, how do we avoid being trapped
off-the-cuff dismissal of

GRACE

r

on

Vice-President to Director of real

HILLS, Calif.—Sand¬
Co., Inc., of Newark, New
Jersey, has announced the open¬
ing of a West Coast office at 8901

today among both the lay inves¬ —the list is growing and grow¬
tor, and the registered represen¬ ing.
We
are
finding
a
new

S. Du-

President,

THE

of

the international department upon

Bois,

*

the

area

Company, New York has promoted
Willis C. Anderson from Assistant

kuhl &

ager;

Mr.

head

to

3.

Undivided

BEVERLY

new

slated

is

Chemical

on

Wilshire

April

Loans

Sandkuhl Co.

foresight, it would be a happy sort
of business, where are are few a security analyst used
to say,
if any mistakes and profits for "What's the book value?" Bricks,
all. But unhappily, such is not the mortar,
machinery,; equipment,
that was the stuff you put your
case. In today's fast moving world,
where emotion and fashion play money into. Today it is companies
such a large part in the public's that supply temporary office help,
changing preferences that so of¬ or ideas to create sales, or cards
ten govern stock prices, the road that get you credit, or autos that
to
riches
is not without some you rent, or a pill that the girls
bumps and distracting curves, that can take that will keep away the
How many of these new
can
upset many of the best laid stork.
exciting
enterprises
were
plans'1 of both investors and spec¬ and
known ten years ago? How many
ulators alike.
great industries are being created
The Layman Analyst
today out of ideas that have prac¬
Following, are some suggestions tically
no
book
value
behind
that are based upon mistakes of them in tangible assets and will
attitude that are quite common continue to be born in the future

■

Bank,

$10.00 each, to $4,567,160 consist¬
ing of 458,716 sharescof the same
par value.
- *
'

David Rocke¬

United States and Canada

became

have changed.

been

Manhattan

New* York, President

the

indeed

Times

has

Paitterson

P.

Herbert

promoted to Senior Vice President

*

t.

Liberty Bank and Trust Company,
Buffalo, N. Y., received approval

consin Marine Bank.

Charles S. Betz has been appointed
Banking a
representative in the corre¬
Department to increase its capital
stock from $4,384,660 consisting of spondent bank department of First
-438,466-shares of.the„par. value of National Bank in St, .Louis, - Mo,
from the New York State

Volume 195

Number 6148 ;.

*

1

,

1

•

-

'

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

•"

'

.

ones,
as
well as in
Chile:"■

All

been

I
expires in

only on a stretch-out
basis, for otherwise it would have
expired this year. One might con¬
and

from

the

long-term/debt,

market

current

vances

of .this „fact

assessment

that Rio
Algom will soon. be shutting up
shop, and uranium itself become
a
discarded and maybe even a
forgotten source of energy. Such
is far from the truth, both as. an
erroneously assumed fact in the
judgment

in the

of

the

second

had

which

other

future

than

ad¬

deliveries

concentrates..;

further.. evidence

sification,
"Now that

operations

one.

of

the company's

mining

Elliot

which

Hugh W. Long Co.

tion

of

Warren

flow

from

the

Canada, its

undertakings.

The

cash

uranium operations

in

years should be suf¬
provide for sizable new

coming

ficient to

activities,
dividend

well

as

program

meet

as

a

(But)

...

di¬

..

.

.

and

amined
search

must

for

be

patiently

reviewed

and

suitable

Lake

Burger has been ap¬
pointed a regional representative
of Hugh W, Long and Company
of Elizabeth, N. J., a leading mu¬
tual

fund

The

Growth

of

minster

Stock

Fund

and

West¬

Fund, mutual funds with

total 'net

for

assets' of

more

than

ST.

LOUIS,

Owens is

business

Mr.

Opens

Mo. —Eugene

engaging in

a

Elmira,
naval

he

was

with

yearns

N.

Y.

officer

He

served

Burger earned

Philosophy Degree
and

Business

will

Tinto

subsidiary. die

Cornell

a

in

let

N.

Degrees at Cornell.

v

$1

Sedell Rand

the

represent

Opens

Sedell G. Rand has opened offices

side of New York City
Island.

City to engage in

The

5882 Ca-

tive

have banne Avenue.

How to get

new

regional

and Long

representa¬

formerly was associated for

at 30 East 42nd

ness.

of

He

was

Street, New York
securities busi¬

a

formerly

useful information

during the past year—
the repetition of this rec-

ommendation

listing

the

velopments,
that

Also, before.
recent de- /
want to mention 7

now.,

I

March

on

renewed

1962, the AEC

19,

contract

a

uranium

.

to

concentrates

purcnase

from

>

an

producer, retroactively
previously past expiration
for. the same price it has

a

elate,
been

_

,v
f

paying •» all
producers - for.
$8 a pound,- the re-

some
■

'"'4 9

years

newal

covering-

(

urgent ones,, it is
the wind; at least. //

^. V

Vat: Rio

its

/';_:

end

of

"An

report

issued

February,

important

the 24 million

tweem

-

tne

at

Executive letter

Detailed

......

c

,

.

production facilities and

.

reserves

;

.

the Directors

.

entitled

substantial

of

portion

ore

of

Algom. believe it is

the

r

-

Rio :" "

to

in

of 1961

-

the best

history

Capital expenditures $6,400,000

<

/

.

operations

Expansion

programs

in

England, Mexico, Japan,
Germany and India
Increased dividend

10-year financial data

/

.

Outlook: Substantial

10-year charts

'

a

analysis

Comparative financial statements

.

.

7

/'

(mentioned,
Atomic Energy

below 1960 records
but among

-

-

Authority of the United Kingdom,
still being negotiated. :
Based /
on the amounts
initially awarded
.

—

ANNUAL REPORT

/-•''/

is /*

pound contract be-

the

and

-

Uranium:

1962.

consideration

Eldorado

above)

Earnings $5,100,000: urn

1961

}

Algom, mainly quoted from

annual

.

Volume $91,900,000

//

:

-Now; for the 1961 developments

v

'

:

straw

a

'

[

°

,

earlier

.*

•»

over4,000,000

pounds. While this may be a small
order
in
comparison
with
the
in

:'

>

American
to

about Clevite Corporation

following

addi-

improvement in 1962

tional poundage."; It is noteworthy ;
that the report continues, as f ol- i--'

""lows: ."Production

of this pound- / v;;: •
after 1966 1 (when the presentv 1
contracts
expire) / would ensure f 15

age
'

continuing uranium operations at v
Lake 'into the 1970's."
"

~ r

Elliot

~

,

Corporate Changes "'V;
•On Oct, 31, 196i, the
company/ ;/ •
acquired
from
its
parent
and
~
various/associated interests, the /

exploration and development pro-/:
of Rio Tinto Mining Co. of :

gram

Canada,
in

involving mining claims

several

and

provinces

Chile.

At

the

also

company

of

•

over

(45.5%)'

Oceanic

Canada

1962

>

Nine

time, the

acquired

COO,000 " shares
capital

in

same

Iron

of
Ore

OPERATIONS BOOK

1,- •/the V

W

Canada^
over
700,000
shares
(18%) of Rix-Athabasca Uranium /

Clevite background information

Main fields of

closed

(now.

for

uranium

:

>

Tinto

Descriptions of divisions and
subsidiaries
Product lines

;

Dow

(owned and operated
jointly with Dow Chemical) and
various other

Canada

pany's
mines
last

and

year.

The;

in

with

Overseas
.*

-

:'

\

.

programs

in 1961)

operations and licensees

-

com¬

copper

pounds

1.

.

.

The

acquired

6,000,000

'

is

company

engaged
tion

mining interests in
Rhodesia.

newly
shipped

Heavy emphasis on technology
($9,000,000 for research

•

extraction, but promising a silver
source), and other securities, ineluding a 50% interest in Rio

operation:

bearings and electronics

.

Mines

manufacturing divisions

and subsidiaries

;

of

research
other

~

continuously
in conjunc¬

uranium

-

pro¬

ducers, and supports the Canadian
Uranium Research Foundation. At
Elliot Lake the company's labora--,.,

tcry is examining different possU /
for leaching and
assaying

■

For

copies write to Clevite Corporation,

*

~

bilities

uranium
a

ores,

Canadian

has

Exploration

ore.

carried
on
provinces

eastern /^borders

,

to

16820 St. Clair Avenue,

developed

for the beneficiation

process

beryllium

being

and

in




is*

several

from
its

of

its

western

'

an

Seager Securities Corp.

apeared
hence

at

He also re¬
ceived his Bachelor's and Master's

its

f

Doctor of

economics

University.

-

vine—and

the

on

much evidence that it will not has

a

War

Administration

elsewhere will

or

Rio

that

as

during World

II and the Korean conflict.

of its stock. Surely, no well-

claim

Rockwell

Co., securities dealer in

informed member of the financial

community here

associated

company in New York State out¬

securities

from offices at

will

Burger

that

Gould &

billion.

E. N. Owens

to

two

Mr.

the

"V>\

vious

underwriter.

Long

ex¬

avenues

■'**/'

*'.1

in

W.

Company sponsors
Fundamental
Investors, Diversi¬
fied Investment Fund, Diversified

versification should not be rushed

/years with J. S. Barr &
Co., Inc.,* New York Stock Ex¬
change firm, in Ithaca, N. Y. Pre¬
seven

expansion will lie in diversifica¬

Rio Tinto activities in

that

quote.

at

which

form

likely to maintain for some
years,
with its new position in

expansion:"

7...

I

from

an

21

*

of the world, The Rio Tinto Co.,
Ltd., of London, England, controls
Rio
Algom
thru
ownership
of

53%

cash

have

this
company plans to
carry
on for
many years to come, the annual
report has a paragraph on Diver¬
As

A

organizations

great

for

uranium

instance, ancl an unwarranted

One

for

established

is

generated from
as from the pro¬
ceeds of the sale of 610,000 addi¬
tional
shares /of
its own stock
(about
(6%)
issued
upon
the
exercise
of
various
options, of
which 500,000 shares were sold
at $9.20 each. The company re¬
mains free of any mortgage or

distribution irv that country.: The
AEC purchase contract

first

made

acquisitions

taken

previously
earnings, as well

Continued from page 2

clude

new'

and
"

Brazil

been

Ltd., which allocates all uranium

1966,

the

(1625)

i-1

-

Cleveland 10, Ohio

officer
„

~

22

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1626)

MUTUAL FUNDS:

Net

BY

JOSEPH

POTTER

C.

from

that

particularly
have
gained from
professional management of their
funds as compared with individual

efforts"■:{,y-Jj•")1

'j .\ Y Y:

fa¬
will
this, but the industrious

Anyone with the slightest
miliarity of the marketplace
to

attest

folks
know

vend
mutual ' funds
each work day poses

who
that

convincing prospects
of this fact.; The foregoing quo¬
tation is from a speech by Madison
Fund's Edward A. Merkle to the
task

the

of

meeting of his stockhold¬
This is not a mutual fund,

annual
ers.

of funds.

Madison

that

notes

made

Fund

at

study

a

the

of

to

■

'

,,,

$

.

Loomis-Sayles

Mutual

^

.

* '

much that had

in the way of
good faith and

merely parading their
by dark talk about

by

weapons or

others they claim to possess.
integrity began. It was Japan Khrushchev is right, whether
he really means it,
which disregarded of evaded or not
all agreements about disarm¬ when he says ,that interna¬
ament
or
the limitation of tional -war- today,; or., more

armament. It

was

Hitler who

principle to
work • with typical
German
thoroughness—and who made
put

•'*, r'

Fund

so

international

Y,Y

'*

in;

built

been

the

and" Xerox., v/;;

■

30

1

•

-

up

donment of

with

earlier.

months

additions

Polaroid

-

largest corporations in the United
States, v It found that only nine

re¬

ported total assets of $103,974,000
corporations enjoyed a< at the close of its first fiscal quar¬
better market performance .than ter on Jan. 31. Net asset value per
his company in the period under share was $16.41, against $15.17 a
study.
Indeed, Madison Fund; year earlier. - At the end of the
ranked just ahead
of American first quarter in 1961 assets totaled
Telephone & Telegraph, the pre¬ $85,228,000.
V *
* A,'A
mier investment of the folks who

<

the

same

'effective-

most

these

of

Continued from page 1
'

pression.

portfolio
during the quarter just ended in¬
cluded
• Duffy-Mott,
Dynacolor,
Financial News, Ltd., Ford, Gianriini Controls, Indian Head Mills,,
Pan
American
World
Airways,
New

places for the flow

advantageous

three

$20,737,293

,

-

2 Merkle

Fund

compared

$20,843,584,

were

tion, many maintain sizable cash
positions.
As the trend toward
letting
the
professionals
do
it
grows,
investment leaders could
be- extremely
hard put to find

1962

Thursday, April 5,

share of In¬

cal

Because of this situa¬

narrowing.

overwhelming evi¬
s mall
investors

is

there

,

dence

per

Resources

1961, according to a report cov¬
ering the first quarter of the fis¬
year.
Total assets at Feb. 28

Supporting Evidence

.

jected to German military op¬ enough know despite boasting
It was, however, and blustering, that they do
28 was $5.36, little changed
after that struggle had come not have the power to control
the $5.37 shown at Nov. 30,
to an end that the real aban¬ the actions of the rest of us
value

asset

ternational
Feb.

u. 'i

.

The Funds Report AS WE SEE.IT

-

-

.

of

Revanchism

use

the

of

foe

alike

,

and

—

there is little to indicate that

will

affairs

of

state

in the i early future.

By change

the time Stalin had bewitched

of

destruction

mean

and

friend

the

..

day.

his would-be friends into

strictly speaking world war,',
would

Here is

one

giv¬ .keys to

of the most vital

"

safe future for us. /

a

Y

Another change is found in ,
ample opportunity,
examples aplenty of the fact that the Kremlin, :
fend for themselves in the mar¬ Massachusetts
Investors
Growth international
ally similar to that of the people
perfidy.
despite its most earnest ef- Y
ket.
Stock
Fund
who run the open-end funds.'
completed the first
It
In view of the standout record
is, however, with the forts and notwithstanding all ,;
Professional managers of other
quarter of the fiscal year on Feb.
of Merkle & Co., the likes and 28 with total net assets at an all- present rather than the past its boasting, is finding it diffi- Y
people's money are expected to

to
be
sure,
but the chore of
Merkle and his associates is basic¬

•

so

suffer

well that they may one day
from an embarrassment of

If this sounds far-fetched,

riches,

consider

and

pause
nous

of; time

interest to
Wall Street. It is noteworthy that

job of making the
nest egg grow than
man
could do on his

And they've been doing the

own.

job

Fund

dislikes

little

the

Madison

better

man's

a

little

the monoto¬

lament of investment leaders

that investment

opportunities are

he

of

than

more

v

stocks

and

of $596,119,200.
This
with assets of $464,687,year earlier. Fund shares on
Feb.; 28
were
valued
at $8.91,

He

electric

utility

common

Madison Fund
"the regulatory

because

is skeptical about

climate."

interesting

Most

Wellington
A Name to Remember

When Investing

emerging from the doghouse sta¬

have occupied: for the
several years. One thing is
clear; • they
have
not
emerged
from his doghouse. Says he;
in announcing this, also saidj(thath iif one degree or another led
"The
problems facing the oil, the company has-sold 545 shares to the>cbreakdown in man's
industry, are by now well recog-j of Walgreen."■;. ■ ';Y f'.y;. YY: Y; Y Yu
dealings; with. man. Too much
nized.- Although ; d e m a n d
for
faith evidently placed far too
petroleum by the Free World is
continuing to expand at a modest
great a strain upon interna¬
rate,
industry earnings have
tional

tus

they

past

Puerto'Rico WWM

FUND
Fund

Balanced

seeking conservation of

capital, reasonable cur¬
rent income, and profit

possibilities.
A sk your

investment dealer

improvement

little

shown
a

as

agreements and negoti¬

a

competitive pres¬
sure and narrowing margins. This
situation has arisen from the large
amount
of excess capacity that;

after another

ations. .One

of fierce

result

Common

broken promises and treach¬

Sold; V:;

or

write to

Philadelphia 3, Pa.

-by-little to

-

of

rate

•

make

*

-

difficulties

;

arise An Y

would

the a

geometrical -ratio; after
and

absolute

more

needs

had

.

•

pressing V
met. r It is •

been

priorities, arise :and; •
troublesome for it is- v
no longer a matter of produc'
ing the things obviously '
needed to keep body and soul
together. ;
are

of.

very

-

*

Y

.

:

-;

^

•

oils

'Standard

as

Socony,
Merkle

THE

him.

People

As he

wish

must

making

never

the

Ed

like

not swayed by

COMMON

of

of

GROUP SECURITIES, INC.

A mutual

income
ties
mon

ers

in

the

he

tires of
are

bad

Headquartered

a

for

Merkle
or

ernment securities.

and

moves

sentiment

at Madison Fund

STOCK FUND

Jersey

.

are

labels.

saying;

"We-

firm believ¬

theory that stocks

bought to .be sold."

are
•

ambition

at

Santurce,
on Sept;

through

and

incorporated

11, 1961, the company

was

licensed

seasoned

com¬

•

•

•

•

for their

Fund

Mail this advertisement.
CFC

A
Name.

,

•

•

•

Common Stock Investment Fund
V

—

Address.

An

-

for
of

•

.State.

investment

its

a

company seeking;"
possibilities
growth 'of capital

shareholders

long-term

and

reasonable current income.

Prospectus

request

Y
•
.

Y

New York

Atlanta

Chicago

to the Kremlin

>

\

Y

that economic

;whenr" the ; time

is : ripe.
co-existence,. what¬

we

had

best

re¬

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—

Los Angeles

—

There

are

in the hard

course

San Francisco

inevitable

but

time went

as

things, all of them
Again,, there is little to be combined may not, almost
gained by hoping that broad certainly will not, make our
general agreements which way easy in the future in
would effectively block the
dealing with the communist.
Kremlin can be arranged, or
world, but they afford clues
if they are arranged, they will to the
proper course of action •
be observed in good faith.
—and sound hope that we can
certain

core

These

on.

changes succeed.

of the Kremlin. One is

the'; fact,

•'

which

they'

well

r

Y
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of fact which

controls and must control the

Lord, Abbett & Co.

New York 5, N. Y.




of

'

upon

DISTRIBUTORS GROUP, INC.
80 Pine Street,

all

member that fact at all times.

quality.

City

us

Peaceful

mains—and

investing for
growth possibili¬

stocks selected

over

/'

>
-

competition with hated-and'
despised capitalism is not to J
as
a
small
business
investment ever else it may mean, does be the picnic that had been o ':
company
under ,the Small Busi¬ not mean that the leopard has expected.
ness Investment Act of 1958; and
And then there are rifts ap- '
changed its spots/Tactics may
:
is registered under the investment
have changed—probably have
pearing in the "monolithic"
Company Act of 1940 as a closedone1' degree
e rl d
non-diversified
investment in
or
another structure of the communist; ■
company.
'
;
;
changed—but the purpose re¬ world—as was, of course, all.

P. R.v

fund

and

rule

to

-

then, for one thing, that ques¬
tions

.

prospectus
describes

.

age

.

.

booklet-

the

retain

to

.

.

Wellington Company, Inc.

cult

dealings have led? little
a tolerance of such
has been built up in all phases of
things among all too many of
the
business over the
past five
with Edwards & Hanley, Hemp¬ the
peoples of ?. the world.
years.
The re-entry of Russia
stead, L. I., and Hill. Darlington
-Weary of Austerity into the world cil trade together
Otherwise the cynicism of the "...
& Grimm, New York City, has an¬
with
rampant
nationalism have !
For
another the Kremlin
and Peiping could
nounced the initial public sale of 1 Kremlin
tended to compound the difficul¬
common
stock
of
PuertoRico; hardly
escape the attention long: ago decided to require
ties.
."
YYY';Y.:V'.Y Y"."''
Capital Corp., through the offer¬ and the concern of all other the Russian
If Merkle has miscalculated on
people to provide
ing of 300,000 shares, at $10 each.
the
the oils, it could be a costly mis¬
capital • for their own
;
The company intends to apply peoples of the world.
take.
For Madison Fund has sold for listing of its common stock on
rapid - expansion. This inevii
Certain Conclusions YY
the group heavily. Its investment the American Stock Exchange.
tably resulted in a sort of imNet proceeds from the-sale of
Certain very broad general¬ posed
in the industry has been reduced
austerity throughout
the common shares will be added
from a peak of 21% of total net
izations seem to be warranted the length and breadth of the
to general funds and subsequentlv
in ;the
circumstances. .First land. This, so it is said, is now
assets in early 1956 to a recent
used
to
finance
the
company's
low of just under 8%. Up to now. business of
providing equity capi¬ and foremost, the Kremlin is palling upon the rank and file
the record supports the evidence
tal and long-term loans to small
imperialistic par excellence in Russia. They want more of
business concerns., To the extent:
of
shrewd professionalv manage¬
and will continue to be re¬ the good things of life now
that the proceeds are not required
ment.
rather than two or three decY-rY
YY currently for investment or
oper-~ gardless of soft words. There
Many an individual,
clinging ating expenses, the- company will is no reason under the sun to ades, hence. In any event, it
over
the years to such blue-chip temporarily invest in U. S. Gov¬
expect it to forego its world must by now have come home
Lubetkin, Regan & Kennedy, 44
Wall Street, N. Y.. in association

erous

,

for prospectus

The

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WELLINGTON

—

shown

have

now.

very marked percentincreases in the volume of
its production and Trade, no
General Telephone & Electronics,
ings, which stood squarely matter "what its "system of
General Tire & Rubber, Martinacross
the path of the ambi¬ organization. The managers
Marietta, J. C. Penney, Safeway
tions of warious peoples, has should
have
expected that
Stores. T. C. Hendersori, President

of

Merkle's attitude toward
which

deal

must

we

Powder. '
YY:v
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may well be that
Wilson's
,/;<Y *
*
* ,:Y
all is
naive
faith in international
the oils,, Supervised Shares, Inc. reports it
signs
of has increased holdings; of Ford," agreements and , understand¬
v."

.

that

past

a

.

stocks, but manages to restrain his
enthusiasm
for the
natural gas
industry

him

had.

gives a better under¬ growth in its economy which :
standing of the present and its leader has so often pre¬
against $8.39 a year earlier .and may supply clues to the prop¬ dicted with so much apparent ;
$9.38 three months earlier.
■
er
dealing with the problems confidence.; An economy so ;
During the latest quarter the
by which we are faced, but impoverished as was that of
fund added three new companies:
American Natural Gas, Arkansas it is the present and the fu¬ Russia at the end of the war
Louisiana Gas and
Hercules ture that must-concern us. It could hardly do other than ;
456

also

listed.

see

high

compares

would

them

to

likes

are

ordinary

bank

likes

like

he

.

...

do

ing

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R. A. Satel

Robert

A.

Satel

is

■;

Opens
-

,

conducting

a.

securities business from offices at,.....
666 Fifth

Avenue, New York City.;

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Volume

.

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.

*

in the.Surat Basin, an
appendage of the Great Artesian

^Brisbane

2L

discovery, the first
..major oil strike on the. Australian
; Continent, came after ten .fruit¬

International Oil

s-less

years

of

.

by other o'.l

3

cinity of the Persian Gulf.

\

;

Fur-

,

ibbean, and Africa, consume only
modest amount of the oil which

rely

and

produce

}

•

ernments. For

of

Soviet

oil

+.

j«

°*1;

example, both Ven-

/

which

...»

-

-

7.5

to

r*

-C

it

mated
wvw

*h

•

100
a vv

million

cubic/feet

miiixv/ii

of.

vu

of

raw

materials-that

more

a

will

compensate

for

the

costs of exploration, development,
and transportation,

196a{ir? th? Taranaki district/of .New^other-manufactured products for
wnfl 'ilLic of 'Zealand which can yield; am* esti- -Russian- oiThasilittle--in'^ the way
billion barrels,

411'

J

,

goods.

Western Europe, which is presently exchanging machinery and

a maj0r gas field

V7Arabia

r,

„

lows that of the.United States, the
Soviet Union should by the 1970's

effort

^h^nfinT add!" British Petroleum* and Todd Mb-

J£ue ™ nmKe

heavily
up,on oil - exports to..support - the*
delineated
J J.
vc
expenses of their /respective gvv
govj
they

concerns.
an

to

Thus, if the

nomic, as opposed to, political, end.
An
overall
economically
sound
Elsewherev be importing various needed raw policy for Russian oil exports must
consortium* materials and exporting manufac-. be based upon a price structure

exploratory

Australasia,

to levels comparable to < those <if
manufactured .free world oil companies
suggests
course
a shift in Soviet trade
policy toindustrial growth-fol- ward a
more
fundamental eco-

materials

goods exports.

3"d composed-of Rpyal Dutch/Shell,; tured

those of the Middle East, the Cara

in

s

shifting of emphasis from

raw

This

Basin.

Continued from page

the

23'

(1627)

,n.1T

^

-

'

:T

,

OU Imports~"A Complex Issue
In

ma-

view

of

its fundamental in-

tJde-^'natural

gas a day/"// V. ; '
ture Soviet^ industrial economy ternational implications, a realis-Recentnatural tgas tdiscoveries would need.'Nonetheless, Russian tic oil import policy must effecnortheast Holland made by a oil exports are
currently making tively implement the nation's
^ off Khare* Island' jointly owned Jersey Standard inroads into various West Euro- avowed objectives of stimulating
£azapu"
u" ^
f
.
and Royal Dutch/Shell oil and gas pean markets
t h e
dislocating economic growth and of assuring
other oil exporting nations. Thus,
™ ™ a aftnha rfeK dailv
Both Producing j company- (NAM)
are . economic and political effects of political. stability throughout the
a vital economic bond exists in the
1
p
,yuu
----*
/.Ancorvathw«>ocii.mfltec::'w,vj>.i,.,
free world. The application of the
Arabia during 1961 Placed by conservative-estimates'which are one of the major facfree world between the major, oil
im"thpir nrodurtion bv at 5 trillion cubic*feet and are be-'tors presently spurring.the Euro- ^•grandfather clause", for estab¬
copsuming an4 oil exporting na- ^epp whim
Trao
and
Kuwait'lieved -sufficient to provide for .pean Common Market to formu- lishing quotas as well as the pres¬
tions—a bond through which reent
apportionment v.of
refineryeia-nifirant
increases *25% of Dutch fuel needs*^for the late a comprehensive fuel policy.
v*«««"«»
ciprocah benefits continue to te
i'S resnectivelv
In ne*t 20 years!
Various explora- The basic objective of such a pol- quotas undoubtedly will be subenjoyed.
a
mutually satisfactory re- tory successes in South America icy will be>to assure stable and ject to review in light of producscored of late include: a Colum¬
y
economic sources of fuel supply, tion developed abroad by new enCanada—Resurgent ,/y
negotiation between the govern¬
bian discovery well drilled by a unencumbered
The prospects for Canada's pe¬ ment
by-political vicis- trants in the international field
and
the 1 Iraq
Petroleum
[

Iraq derive more than.
90%
of their foreign
exchange
from oil revenues—aproportion
which is even greater for certain

^^

tran_ aurinto r xne pa i.y a

• ■

j\

,

in

—

.

-

-

,

_

troleum

industry appear particu¬
larly bright in view of, a strong
upsurge in exports of crude oil and;
natural

and

,

the

to

gas

United

offshore.;in

nitude

States

Gulf appear likely.

stabilizing effect of the

the

Canadian

Government's

Standard

be reached.
Further discoveries of. great mag¬
yet to

Company has

'._T

.

National

'Persian

the

-

of

California

sub¬

Recent

price increases on Russian oil exports to Western Europe

a

which

flowed

-wildcat in east central
Bolivia «completed by Gulf •' Oil

,.

at

10

and

situdes.

Cucuta which flowed

daily;

/'V/l-y

_

Oil

near

at the rate of 3,200 barrels of crude

New Production

-Africa

'

Oil Policy, inaugurated in Febru-

sidiary

flexible allocation of refin-

a

quotas

ery

'/V

,

which
-

will

Continued

be

million cubic

.-

,

During. 1961; oil In appreciable
ary, .1961.
Daily
crude ; output quantities began "to
flow/from
which soared by 17% during 1961 .fields on the African/Continent.
to 640,000 barrels, as expected ,to-Average daily production during.;
reach: 800,000^ barrels by, 1963,; a December,/ 1961 % inAlgeria was
48% improvement over the period 426,000 barrels, up 35% over the
1960-1963, The outlook for natu-'. same month in 1960; in Nigeria,.

to California which will

States'/most
natural

gas

enhances

during recent

-rapidly expanding
market—California—:

still

Vpnpyii^ia
Venezuela

is

still

retains
..

its

fi

daiw

^'500 barrels daily.
/intensified.drilling and explora-

a

tory work in Western Canada con-1

^

^

.

_

.

.

,

.

.

definitei naturalvadvaailagb' east ^British Columbia made by d;
over;production from the Middle group venture headed by Pacific
East.and elsewhere—its proximity Petroleums, flowed at a maximum
to major European v markets.
AU daily rate of about 6.6 million cu-;
gerian production bears the fur- bic feet, while; another, major gas
ther additional advantage of being discovery
by a/subsidiary of
accorded preferential treatment by Standard Oil Company -(Indiana)

role

the world's largest oil exporter,
...

not

a

Taro p«f
digest Exporter
-Largest Fvnnrtpr
Lxpoiter

Venezuela
as

Vr^hoilt So harrim

f

ria to

,Cf

;

Lt

the Sahara

able outlook for Canadian,natural

'gas.-

Wim^

major world oil province in

new

further, the .fav.or-

has unveiled

years

Perndrilled-

ga& well m eastern Feru drilledf

Intensified exploratory and
-velopmental work in North Africa

transport

Canadian natural gas to the United

.

/"J'y'^t°rn

.

very

,

though^its, shrunk
proportionalt represenhas
recent

.years.

■With growing confidence
zuela

s

economic

in

Vene-

future, under thq

helm of a sounder and

the

stable

more

the

in

reserves

trnW^fnHnitrv XSn/Ja fr^"

Government.:.' Known in*

French

Algerian

region; flowed

same

at

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

a

rate of 30 million cubic feet daily.,

Sahara

exceed ! 10 billion barrels;: in the'

troleum: industry experienced improvement during 1961, "Crude oil

the-

1

.

■

*

;i96i

'

OPERATING REVENUES...;....-.

$138,026,014

exploratory'/ activity,

/ Present

Ljbyan Sahara, 3 billion barrels: -conducted under a wide range of
Further exploratory and develop- climatic and
geological conditions,

SHAREHOLDERS'

EQUITY.,..;

11960

-

,35,642,762

v..

$125,934,787

;; .33,389,639..

,

production,

while

increasing

J5#

/mental

activity is expected to

NET INCOME BEFORE TAX....;.......

12,485,517

in such faivflung areas as the Per-

es-

-, tabli£h reserves/many times the sian-Gulf-offshore,-the .Spanish
lv duNng December t^
extent of - those presently feline-/ Sahara, Spain, the Canadian,Arc-;
Z
ated. ; Recently/the British Gov- tic, Alaska,,; the Gulf 'of Mexico
thp
nrpPPHi'ni^
Jhp*- ernment approved a plan to im-4 /offshore, and t r.op i c a 1 .Africa,
Vpnpynpla'pYnod!of port licluefied Algerian gas.-;,/By;«hould bring to light still addi-^
h^ tntal prnHp n^nHnpffin Sr/ 1964' these imports are expected tional oil and natural, gas.reserves
one-half of1he?e oU export^a^' to fur"ish abou^ 10%.P.^Britain's of vast extent.
In this regard of

Ratio to shareholders'

*

equity.

.

s-

.......;

NET INCOME AFTER TAX........T.,...

L
in

TTnf^f oL«/' annual
tion

billion

barrels, while natural gas
potential is enormous,
awaiting
economic

utilization.

/ •

-.. *

T

.

.

/
.

gas requirement. This projT
necessitate/the construe-

of

Special tankers,, pipelines,

and other facilities.

Another

,...

new

oil

■

EARNINGS PER

companies

on

CASH

Melville Island and

bearing region preparations by Royal Dutch/Shell

the Af- to explore its

on

-*/n this last-regard, theTranspor-, rican Continent is the Nigerian /concession'
of i liquefied t ,<npethane
}by x oastal - area,./ Production which >
,y T '•

tation

new

promise.r Better-crude
2%

1960,

over

and

in the Persian Gulf.

peak:crude

production,; increased government
income

dustry

from

by

the. nation's

6.2%

■•

to

oil

//.'.
7 '
i
•Pioneering and

in¬

„

-

.

Exploratory Successes

$903; million

.

,

Recent

;

: |
.

//]

4.9%

17.6%

18.6%

3,462,043

3,448,805

.

'

$1.81

DIVIDENDS.....................

$1.80*

$1.20

$1.20

47,739

OWNED........;..

44,310

NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS.......

/

7,604

6,989

EMPLOYEES.".

4,984

4,547

NUMBER OF

currently /averagesabout. 70,000
Russian Oil
barrels daily, is to be increased by// The impact of Russian oil
50% within a year.:/?/;
.' /.* f;-'ports in free world markets

prices, Up

equity..

offshore Kuwait

•

special tankers holds considerable

6,208,405*

■4.5%'

SHARE.,......;.;....;.

AVERAGE VEHICLES

37.2%

6,255,517
'•

revenues-

'

9.9%

35.0%

,

SHARES OUTSTANDING AT YEAR END.

being drilled

by Dome Petroleum and associated
-

of growing significance

.

Arctic's first wildcat

operating

Ratio to shareholders'

particular interest is the Canadian

will

ect

stand at nearly 19

reserves

: Ratio to

"

..,..!..... ;; 9.0%

nvpr

Crude

12,406,905*

/•
"

Ratio to operating revenues

1^0 to 2.92 rm

ex-

may

*Year 1960 does not include $566,000

/be

mitigated -somewhat, by the
|enormous anticipated growth in
'demand throughout many parts' of

profit ($424,500 after tax) from sale of investment.

♦•Operations of Hertz American Express International,
Insurance

during 1961 and. spurred the oil
Exploratory .activity abroad conr the free world out s i d e* of the
industry's net income by 10.6to tinues to be highlighted by sig- i United States
a
growth' Whose
$458 million., The Ministry of Hy- mificant- discoveries f in /far-flung
average annual increment of indrocarbons anticipates a 4%: gain areas.-Of particular note in the
crease probably will be sufficient
in output for 1962 in line with.its Middle East was a recent success
-to absorb Russian exports, as well
long-range:planning. Both a fa- .in offshore Iranian waters of the as new exports from'North
Africa,'
vor.able trend .in fuel oil sales to Persian Gulf where an affiliate of and
increased exports from the
the United States and the
prospect Standard Oil Company (Indiana)/Middle East, Venezuela, and elseof,increased fuel oT demand from in conjunction-with the National :where. Another
significant factor
Europe,; suggest steady imorove- Tranian Oil Company, brought- in irelative to the
implications of de¬
ment in Venezuelan production. ;
;
a discovery well producing at rates veloping Russian oil
production is

Ltd. and

Atlantic

National

Company are not included in consolidated results in this report.

—

-

DIVISIONS AND

■

■

RENT-ALL CORPORATION

ELECTRONIC COIN

Gulf, the Arabian]in Russia itself. Russian crude oil
The highly prolific character of
American Oil Company (an affili/. reserves by conservative estimates
Middle Eastern .oil fields as well;.ate of
Jersey Standard, Texaco, are presently
approximately those
as their
efficiently planned devel--Standard of California, and Sor of the United States
35 billion
opment, may be1 illustrated- by the conyt Mobil) • established - proven, barrels.
* following comparison. About 1,000 reserves of 1.5 billion barrels, in
if Rncciah industrial caoacitv

■

ATLANTIC NATIONAL- INSURANCE COMPANY

The.Prolific Middle. Last

Across

barrels

a.

day. The rate of industrial

the

■

-

wells

in

the Middle

for almost 28%

production:

w

h

States,

Nearly

account

er e as,

in

apnroxi-

about, ,37%.

68%-v Of

frfee

barrels)

Middle East,

the

reserves

are

*

its

newly developed iKhursamyah
Q97Q
oil field during the past year.// *. 1
v

Tn Australia,

Land

world's-has

joints venture, in

in

the

ne5fs the present

at

a

principally* in the vi-/daiiy)

some

retain

a

40%

explo-

rate

of

about

ab*cut-200

2,600

barrels

rr.iles 'west

of

FOR COPIES OF

enormous

demand.

A

corollary to

the

ma-

turing of Soviet industrial capac-

ity-in relation-to world trade is

REPORT
*

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

as

petroleum industry
to provide
for an
increase
in
domestic

ANNUAL

WRITE:

industrial

Russian
interest,'would* have

/

PROCESSING CORPORATION

HERTZ AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
.(Jointly owned with American Express Company)

THE

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

authorities believe it might,

Union Oil,and.Kern County the
each

drilled two ^successful

(188 bil-.rgtory wells (one of which flowed

situated




a

.

bv

capacity 0f the United States,'

the^^United^.iWhich

account-/.tp.C

proved crude oil
; lion

East

of free- world. oil

mately 600,000 wells

t

HERTZ

HERTZ EQUIPMENT LEASING CORPORATION

to. 35,000

up

-

,

CAR LEASING.DIVISION

■

of

fw

m;^i

v

.

TRUCK LEASING DIVISION

■

■

Prni-f!n

.

-

RENT A CAR DIVISION

■

growth with-

/

.

PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES:

660 MADJS0N AVENUE
v

NEW YORK 21, NEW YORK

HERTZ

most

on page

124

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1628)

Taking

International Oil Stocks
Continued from page

23

patterns of both pro¬
duction and consumption, as well
as
the paramount-, political .con¬
siderations, an effective oil import
program requires astute and ver¬
satile guidance.
During 1961 crude imports aver¬
aged about one million barrels
daily, approximately one-seventh

.the share accounted for by
East
crude,
presently
the
amount
of
domestic
crude
about three-tenths, has remained
production
(7.2
million barrels
relatively constant over the past
daily) and about one-tenth of to¬
de&ade&v^-'y.,^
petroleum

Dutch/Shell.
American

international

the

of

products

With the
African

reached about 1.9 mil¬
lion barrels daily, or nearly one-

and

of

total

in

domestic

of

a

total

oil

industry woes.
During the past year the nation's
591,116 producing wells averaged
only 12.2 barrels daily per well.
On

the

other

hand, the approxi¬
mately 1,000 wells in the Middle
East averaged in excess of 5,500
barrels dailv per well.
for

more

efficient

and

Western

into

of

Nigerian production
European markets

attainment

the

North

new

of

self-

near

elsewhere

tion

face

or

the

pros¬

The need
utilization and

of the nation's oil
resources
has long been
recog¬
nized and is receiving increased

development

principal market for
oil exports. With a foreign policy
towards

of

a

relative

most likely be strongly influenced

by the effect such
exercise

the

upon

a

policy will

their

clouded polit¬

the

Though .windfall
profits
no
longer characterize the interna¬
tional petroleum
business, bur¬
geoning demand and substantial
oil and gas discoveries still un¬
derscore its fundamental strength

rank

and

potential.

mate

•,

ical climate in the Caribbean.

net

income from outside
S.:

U.

the

The exacting cli¬
competition and
increasing
proliferation
of
of

intense

products, / particularly of petro¬
chemicals, highlights the import¬
versatile

of

ance

dynamic

and

which
can
cope with the immediate and yet
plan effectively for the future.
teams

management

Rdbt. Fulton Maine Co.

Bonds Offered
Public offering of $10,000,000 City
of
Oslo
(Kingdom of Norway)
?V2% sinking fund external loan
bonds

due April 1, 1977 is being
by an underwriting group
managed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Inc., Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.,
Lazard Freres & Co., and Smith,
•Barney & Co. Inc. The bonds are
priced at 98 % plus accrued inter¬
est, to yield 5.70%.
made

capital of Norway and the
Kingdom's economic, financial and
shipping center.
; ■
Interest

and • principal of the
payable in New York
City in United States dollars.
bonds

are

The

bonds

of

Walter

age

Gerken

B.

Vice-Presi¬

as

and Director.

dent

He will

not redeemable

are

prior to maturity except through
operation Of the sinking fund,
which commences in 1967 and will
retire

of the

issue

prior to maturity;

•

90%

one

year

■■+

The Norwegian kroner equiva¬
lent of the net proceeds to be re¬
ceived

by the City of Oslo from
of the bonds will

be

ad¬

vanced

Elects Gerken V.-P.

four-fifths.

receives

City of Oslo

the sale

Dutch/Shell

Royal

Thursday, April 5,. 1962

,

,

on

ard

sound oil import policy will

,

of interna¬
collectively,
has in recent years persisted at
a
level substantially below that
of
many
of t h e s e industrial
groups. Marketwise, the interna¬
tional oils appear favorably dis¬
The securities are direct, un¬
posed, as indicated by the follow¬ conditional and general obliga¬
ing relevant per common share tions of the
City of Oslo, which
statistics.
+v
/ ■
' is the
.

Dutch/Shell, Socony Mobil, Stand¬
Oil of California, and Stand¬ Robert Fulton
Maine Company,
ard Oil (New Jersey). All of the
Philadelphia-based firm of finan¬
foregoing, with the exception of cial
consultants
specializing in
Standard
Oil of California,
re¬ private
placement of securities,
ceive more than three-fifths of has
announced
the
election
of

America,

decisions

administrative
to

economic

the

Latin

assets

rubber

and

price/earnings ratio
oil equities,

sphere (where both the demand
for petroleum products and the
actual
production of petroleum
have
recently been growing at
rates far exceeding those for the
Western
Hemisphere)
has
in¬
creased since 1956 include Royal

Venezuela's

directed

total

oils

tires

as

basis

the

on

tional

Among this group, those com¬
panies whose proportion of net
income
from the
astern Hemi¬

of dwindling revenues and
consequent political repercussions.
The
United
States
represents

development

basis

sales.

pect

foreign oil is con¬
certain authorities to
symptom rather than a cause
by

domestic

inflow

in¬

The inflow of

be

industries

major

five

The

group,
on
net

products, copper and copper prod¬
ucts, paper and allied products,
iron and steel, textile products,
and
aluminum.
However,
the

dozen leading
industrial concerns. 7 All, except
Standard Oil of California, rank
among the nation's top ten indus¬
trial enterprises on the basis of

sufficiency by Argentina, Vene¬
zuela, which sustains its economic
development principally through
about oil
exports, must extend its posi¬

an

in domestic demand.

sidered

crude

among'America's

demand.

1962 indicate

imports of
4% in line with anticipated growth
crease

the

ever,

products,

Forecasts for

of

"Middle

demand (9.8 million barrels daily).
Total imports, including refined

fifth

one-half

for

count

oil
production and nearly onehalf of refinery runs in the free
products
have almost world. In the Eastern Hemisphere
doubled over the past decade, the outside of the Soviet bloc, they
relative
proportion
of
imports produce four-fifths of the crude
from various oil exporting nations oil and operate two-thirds of the.
has shifted noticeably. Canadian refining capacity/ British Petro¬
crude imports have soared from leum operates principally as a
a relatively negligible
to a sub¬ major factor in the Eastern Hemi¬
stantial level—-about one-sixth of sphere. Standard Oil (New Jer¬
current imports, whereas the pro¬ sey)
is the iree World's largest
portion represented by Venezue¬ petroleum company, with reve¬
lan crude has declined from about nues
about one - seventh again
three-fifths to two-fifths. ; How¬ as
large
as
those of R o y a 1

the shifting

domestic

in¬
of
return
assets
(currently
about 11%)
stand in favorable
comparison to such other major
dustrial

fined

advantageous
to
the consumer.
Considering the dynamic nature
of
the international oil picture,

tal

The international oils, as an

Petroleum, Gulf Oil, Royal
Dutch/ Shell, Socony Mobil, Stand¬
ard Oil of California, Standard
Oil (New Jersey), and Texaco ac¬

New Look at the

a

.

man¬

by the City's Loan Fund,
which lends funds to Municipal
Enterprises,
including the Oslo
Electricity Works, the Oslo Har¬
bor
Authority,
the
municipal
tramway companies, and the Oslo
Gas Works.

Application will be made to list
the bonds

on

the New York Stock

Exchange.

•'

the company's New York of¬

Dutch/Shell,
Standard fice at 125 Maiden Lane.
Oil
(New Jersey), and Socony
Mr. Gerken was formerly Man¬
attention.
The seven largest international Mobil benefit by having substan¬
ager
of investments for North¬
While imports of crude and re¬ petroleum enterprises: British tial
reserves
and
productive western Mutual Life Insurance
capacity
in
many- widely
dis¬ Co., Milwaukee, with responsibil¬
Per Share Earnings
"...
"
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persed areas—The Middle East, ity for the industrial and transAnnual
-r'Approx.
Huntington Securities Co., Inc.,
North ^ Africa,
the
Caribbean,
Year
Earns.
%
Market PriceCash
%
pojrtatjLqn securities portfolios.
>
217'Broadway, New York City, is
North America, and Indonesia.
-Concerniy«i
liMiO
Price
Earn.
Div.
Chjje.
Return
offering in units, $100,000 7 % con¬
Not only does a wide dispersion:
British Petroleum.___ f 0.60
0.65
8 7
5
8.3
±0.30 7 6.0
Joins Bache & Co.
vertible subordinated debentures
of productive capacity offer eco¬
Gulf. Oil
3.21
3.14
42
13.1
3.3
-f 12
$1.40
due
1967
and
50^000
common
nomic
advantages derived from Bache & Co., 36 Wall Street, New
3:843.65
38
Royal Dutch*.
9.9
3.6
+ 5
$1.38
of Chez Milhet,; Inc.,
at
the ability to serve major markets York City, members Of the New shares
Shell Transport et al.*
1.81
1.72 '
18 v 10.0
0.58
3.2;
+ 5
York Stock Exchange, have an¬ $200 per unit, Each unit consists
via the nearest source of produc¬
4.34
3.76
Socony Mobil
56
4.0
12.9
+ 16
§2.25
of
nounced that Morton L. Schultz
$100
of
debentures and ■;/ 50
Standard. Oil
4.52
4.21
58
tion, but it can mitigate the im¬
(Calif.)
12.8
2.00
3.4
+ 1
< ]
has joined the firm's Metal Dept. common shares. ' *
./
Standard Oil (N. J.)__
3.50
3.18
55
15.7
4.2
+ 10
§2.30
pact of curtailed output from any
The company of 500 N. W.^22nd
Mr. Schultz has been in the
Texaco
3.17
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-16:7
2.9
+ 10
one
area
—
the consequence of
$§L7(f
metal business for the past
13 Ave., Miami, Fla., is engaged in
political turmoil j or, some other years. He is a member of the the l ome food catering business,
♦Royal Dutch/Shell Group,
tAs of April 2, 19G2.
tPlus stock.
^Includes extra.
•'
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•;
^Estimated.
cause. ;
+ r ~ Commodity Exchange, the Amer¬ consisting of the preparation of
ican Institute of Mining, Metal¬ Spanish and American cuisine for
lurgical and Petroleum Engineers, sale and delivery directly to the
and
the
American
Institute
of homes of its customers, in an area
Royal

The International Oils

Chez Milhet, Inc.;
Securities Sold
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Chemical Engineers.

THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET ISSUE
Will Be Published
★ The

1962

Spring

edition

of

Inland

Underground
Facilities, Inc.

April 12, 1962
OVER-THE-COUNTER

our

MARKET

ISSUE will present an up-to-date resume of the securities traded in the
world's

★ A

largest market.

list

dividends
includes

of

have

been

paid

Common Offered

MARKET

uninterruptedly

stocks

for 5

corporations and banks which have paid up

which

on

years

or

cash

longer.

178

years

Inland

of

Underground

Facilities, Inc., at $10 per share.
the total, 100,000 shares are

Of

being

sold

for

the

company

and

It

25,000 for certain stockholders.

of

Drive,

The

to

Cryplex Indust.

Scherck, Richter Co., St. Louis, is
offering publicly 125,000 common
shares

OVER-THE-COUNTER

Homestead to /Pomp an o
Beach, "Fla.
Net proceeds from
this financing ■ will be
used for
the repayment of debt, construc¬
tion of additional buildings, pur¬
chase of equipment and inventory,
and working capital.

company

of

6500

Inland

cash dividends.

★ Don't miss
Bank

in

before

gaged
stone

consecutive

this

the

opportunity to advertise

important issue.

Please

your

reserve

Firm, Corporation

your

space

or

requirements

closing date of April 9th.

Kansas City, Kan., is en¬
in the quarrying of lime¬
and

the

construction

and

operation of underground fredzer
and dry warehouse facilities/
It
will use the proceeds from this
financing to redeem outstanding
debentures, repay loans, and pur¬
chase equipment for the expansion
of its

warehouses.

Common Offered
Herbert

Young

&

Co.,

80

Inc.,

Pine St., New York City, is offer¬

ing publicly 80,000 common shares
of
Cryplex Industries,
Inc.,
at
$3.75 per share. Net proceeds will
be used by the company for the
development of new machinery
for the production of its plastic
,

products,

moving

expenses,

and

working capital.
The company
York
is

New

of 37 E. 18th St.,
engaged in
the
simulated

pearls

and other plastic products
of jewelry, dress

in the

manufacture

of

nature

acces¬

sories and novelties.

Regular advertising rates will prevail
for space in this

Phila.

Sees.

Ass'n

important issue.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.

THE




COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
25

PARK PLACE, NEW YORK
7, N. Y.

RECTOR 2-9570

Now Morrison & Morrison

To Hear at Meeting
—

Dr. Leon

Riebman, President of American
Electronic Laboratories, Inc., will
be guest speaker at a luncheon
meeting of the Philadelphia Se¬
curities

day,

Association

on

11,

The

April

at

Wednes¬

Barclay

Edwin

Frumin, Inc. to Morrison & Morri¬
Co. effective at once.

son

Located at 1316 Penobscot Bldg.
in
is

Detroit, Morrison & Morrison
a

member of the Detroit Stock

Exchange and the Midwest Stock

Hotel.

Barney

DETROIT, Mich,—A. I. Morrison,
President has announced a change
in the firm name from Morrison &

J.

&

Pearson

Co.,

arrangements.

is

in

of

Smith,

charge

of

Exchange. Other officers are VicePresidents

Harry

M.

Alviti B.. Gendelman,

Moss

and
;

Volume

Number 6148

195

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

The

....

.

C1629)

to his plant

The Gold -War and Other

Foreign Investment Factors
Continued from page 1

Let

first

us

consider

American

hower

The Ken¬
has

such

our

a

vital

development aid

pro¬

However,;

gram.

as

charted

course,

review,

no

A further Cold War factor which

is

investors

many

middle

a

careful

a

investment abroad

vate

part of

Administration

and, after
basic changes
in that system-have been made
by the new administration.

estab¬

prime foreign policy
objective the mobilization of pri¬
as

cut

imports and deplete our do¬
mestic supply. The optimum solu¬
tion is clearly somewhere between
the two extremes. The oil import
program set up under the Eisen¬

evidenced by developments in our

foreign aid program.
nedy Administration

national interest to

off all

reaction to Cold War pressures as

lished

in the

not

fast

becoming

hindrance

a

to

government's

American investment is the Soviet

foreign aid program is incompat¬

invasion of world commodity mar¬
kets with sales below the estab¬

maintain

that

with

ible

our

effort

an

to

stimulate

foreign investment. They contend
that continued foreign aid on the

lished

broader

world

Soviet

scale

proposed
by
the
new administration can only pro¬
long a poor investment climate in

world

i

price.

Since

major

interest

Union's
is

trade

the

in

political, it is not,

at all

hampered by the necessary
capitalistic profit incentive. Their
of
world '* prices
disruption
is

certain

countries, by causing them
to prolong the old order indef¬
initely and not take the necessary
steps toward reform which would
attract private capital. It is argued
that
in
other
instances, foreign

merely
War

of the Cold
attempt
to

extension

an

and

further

a

destroy the free enterprise system.
Russia

is

cialistic

attempting to glut the
European petroleum mar¬
ket by selling oil at prices con¬
siderably lower than those charged

in direct

for

aid

has

been

used

finance

to

western

so¬

governmental programs
competition with private
enterprise.
The
fact
that
the
United

States

Government

revision

At

the

present

is building

pipeline which will have

a

pacity

take

a

ca¬

million

year

aiding countries that have
account the possible effect of the
tax

oil.

time the Soviet Union

con¬

tinues

President's

Mid-East

of 110
that will

barrels a
Soviet oil to

West European markets. Tremen¬

recom¬

scientific

and

mendations outlined in his special

dous

message of

April 20, 1961, bearing
foreign investments.
In order to help stimulate our do¬
mestic economy and improve our
balance of payments position, the
administration
proposes
to
eli¬

advances must have been made in

directly

the

Soviet

510

cently the
used

income: earned

ably

so-called

be

retained

"de¬

e

f e r

r a

1

-

of

;

:
•

Free

:

Trade

Arguments

-

■'

/•' ■

'

>'V

•

in civil war

«Nationalism has been of signifiin 1960-1961 in two key re¬

First,
of

tions

a

it

resulted

number

gladly

let

someone

else risk his'capital."
reference

The

Africa

South

to

and the Congo

in the quoted state¬
two significant de¬
velopments in those areas that
bear mentioning. First is that in¬
vestment in .the, Union of South

ment suggests

Africa, long one of the most de¬
veloped areas in Africa and the
recipient of the bulk of foreign
investment
showed

in

million out

$286

of

total

a

investment in Africa of $925 mil¬
lion.
This is a drop from 1959
when

in

investments

that

alization

will

climate

world.

that

on

of
foreign interests ,in
nations
throughout
the

many

Castroism

optimists point to

expensive

the fact that increased investments

ments

in

may

that

not

being made
solely by the old established com¬
area

are

panies, but that
has

been

-

investment

of

expropriation

in

Cuba

Whether

become

intensified

this

from

the

lowest

cost

the

new

of

in

na¬

investment.

investment

The

impact

of

emerging

the

investments

cannot

pends

tained

any

their ability to increase
export markets for their products
and

on

material

imports should
be encouraged because they are
complementary to this trade.
A
raw

nations

that industrial nations have

obligation

to

help

advance

an

the

with

to

1960.

The

control; to

One

all-encom¬

an

passing alternative is the view of
those

protectionists

who

would

allow

virtually no raw material
imports. The United States is not
self-sufficient

minerals,
other
to

in

and

raw

strategic
of certain

many

imports

materials

are

desirable

domestic

conserve

supplies.
The oil imports question points
up
the
competing
philosophies
of

ascer¬

from

colonial

local 1 government

in

in
and has caused potential

investors to proceed with caution.

apparent direct result of the

political instability in Africa, as in
some other parts of the world, has
been the steep upturn in the last
few years in the use by American
firms of licensing agreements with
foreign firms to manufacture and
distribute
One

that

their

products

independent
the

rate

agreements

were

of

these

than

the

tion

More than

in

abroad.

reveals
licensing
in the first

study

at

1961

quarter

two groups, with the ques¬
of national security dominat¬

yet be

much of Africa has been costly
any ways

as

foreign

on

....,/;•"• ...;.y.>,Vn

development of backward areas,
many of which can produce min¬
better

world

transition

erals for export.
Little

the

certainty, for in
most of these areas, particularly
in
Africa, there was relatively
little American investment prior

final argument of the free traders
is

of

which

set up
was

second

50%
half

higher
of

12,000 licensing

1960.

agree¬

ing this controversy.
Substantial
dependence on foreign oil to meet

ments

nation's energy supply is ex¬
tremely
dangerous
indeed, and
proponents of import restrictions

factors motivating the upsurge

point to

of

our

event

our

of

vulnerability

war

in

the

and/or

nationalization

zuela.

However,

it




in

the

Mid-East
in

Vene¬

is : similarly

double

are

the

now

in

effect, roughly

number

licensing agreements
in the statement
a

of

in

1945.

are

The

in

reflected

the

president
leading manufacturer of min¬

ing machinery:
"Our licensee in South Africa is

building

a

$1.5

and

will

commu¬

is
still relatively
in¬
significant, it showed a substantial

property,

percentage increase last year, in¬
creasing to $925 million Ovdr the

rect

1959

tion

level of $833

million.

Cuban expropriation of American

other

Latin

American

governments engaged in both di¬
and "back-door" expropria¬

;

of

United States

investment.

In

Problem of Seizure
The

second

ment

rence

of

is

1

important develop^ which according to estimates will

generated

sentiment

Venezuela, a new tax has been
levied
on
foreign oil interests

the

nationalistic

by

growing

leave

only 20% of net income for

the investor in the next few years

occur¬

expropriation and nation¬

i

;

•

,

Continued

page'25

on

of

a total
million. Thus

$833

both the amount of investment in
South
of

Africa

clined

tinue

percentage

investment

sharply.

this

that

its

and

African

total

trend

is

likely

Exclusive

de¬

Indications

are

to

Developments in the Congo

interesting.

The

Study Tracks

con¬

indefinitely.

very

Defense Spending in

are

situation

there is

certainly the most glaring
example that could be cited of a

wholly unattractive climate for
foreign investment, since private
investors are usually not anxious
to risk capital where there is little
of

semblance
rule.

And

stable

yet

government

recent-

surveys

of

the Congo situation seem to weak¬

this assumption.

en
a

Here is what,

comprehensive report emanating

from

the

merce's

Department
of

Bureau

Programs

to

had

Com¬

of

Stock Exchange

Magazine

Published monthly by the New York Stock Exchange, the exchange

Magazine regularly supplies investors with helpful facts and fig¬
ures

on

such

subjects

industry trends, individual listed

as

nies and business conditions. 12 issues of this informative
tion cost only $1.50.
in the

Here

summaries of

are

April issue.

1

;

some

about

say

"For

U.

S.

investment

as

the

the

Where Defense Contracts Go

the

firm

the

interested

well

of

amount

•

'v

Congo

trade,
prospects also appear to be bright¬
ening though the situation is not
yet as clear us that with regard to
trade. Of particular interest is the

surprising

of the top articles

:."Y

•

in

in August of last year:-

in

compa¬

publica¬

International

climate

investment

as

investment

and reinvestment which has taken

in the Congo' in the past
Several foreign firms which
had new facilities planned before
independence have carried them
to completion, and a number of
companies operating in the Congo
maintained

have

;

available.
In
addition,
they maintain that continual
growth of industrial nations de¬
sources

$130

was

trend

nism spread to all of Latin Ameri¬
ca
is
not
yet known.
Besides

continent

exchange

rundown
and the

on

Magazine gives; investors

each of the 50 leading

prime military contracts

v,\"h

/

"Big Board" defense suppliers'
which they

on

working. An

are

exclusive study by the exchange reveals these

companies

bigger share of contracts in 1%1 than in 1957. Five
of all the Defense Department's
and the 50

the

■* t

company-by-company

a

won

won a

24.6%

prime contract awards for 1957-61,

suppliers accounted for 62.5% of all such contracts for

period.

C-.-

-"T

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v

.

■.

'/

or

acceler¬

even

High Fashion and High Finance
Jonathan

Logan, Inc.,

of the important

one

fashion, tells of the revolutionary changes
$2 billion dress-making industry. These
sitions and mergers, increased
new

marketing methods such

nance

in

high fashion, and

of the exchange

names

now

new moves

emphasis

on

in the world of

taking place in the

mass

embrace acqui¬

production and

pretested styles. There's, high fi¬

as

you can

read about it in the April issue

~

Magazine.

Closed-End Portfolios—a Brand-New

.

obtained

invest¬

long range effects
costly. The loss

even more

million.

the

in

extremely

to American oil interests alone by

venture capi¬
entering the area
new

steadily throughout this transi¬
tional period. Although the mag¬
nitude

been

American

its

and

be

has

for

nation

family in an ated their planned programs for
atmosphere marked generally with maintenance or
on
our
expansion of pro¬
development aid policy,
economic and political instability
ductive facilities. To some extent,
the Cold War has also caused a
.and, in some instances, .turmoil1 the latter
type of investment has
reappraisal of the old export-im¬
and
bloodshed.
Secondly, there been spurred by strict controls on1
port problem in light of its effect
has been an increasing trend in
on
our
national security.
capitaUtransfers, which have left
Expo¬
many countries toward expropria¬
nents of free trade have always
some
firms here with substantial
tion and nationalization of foreign
maintained
amounts of
local currency pro¬
that
maximum
eco¬
properties. Needless to say, neither ceeds which
nomic
they are unable to
growth
can
only
be
develoment is attractive to foreign
achieved when raw materials are
export from the Congo.
Aside from its direct influences

nations

million out of

$323

were

continent. These

continent,

in the Union in 1960

Investments
were

that

marked decline in 1960.

a

African

investment

sent

tal

world

the

to

We'll

ment.

emerging

substantially brighten the ominous
view that many hold of the pre¬

year.

cance

spects.

another Congo that
would take years to straighten out.
It's problems like this that make
us
stick to licensing at the mo¬
have

you'd

''Y place

Nationalism

advent

\*

prices consider¬

lower than world prices.

market.

the ".proposals, v and

whether they will be enacted into
law is highly speculative.
*

on

warfare, much foreign investment
which is not sustained by export
of its -production
to the United
States may find itself without a

privileges in;" alL, countries..: The
House
Ways and iMeans, Com¬
mittee
has; conducted extensive
hearings on these proposals. There
is a sharp controversy over "the
merits

tactic has been
the sugar market. Russia

If
these policies continue,, and there
is every reason to think they will
so
long as the Soviet Union can
afford to subsidize this sphere of

oped nations. Secondly,- it'; is pro¬
posed to .wholly ^eliminate - the
so-called "tax-haven", d

to

1955

same

of Cuban sugar at

underdevel¬

for

in

sold several million dollars worth

veloped" countries. That privilege
will

barrels

million

1,000 million barrels in 1960. Re¬

minate, over a two-year transi¬
tional period, the present tax de-.
ferral privileges with respect- to
in

technological

Union, for the Soviet
bloc increased its oil output from

on

our equip¬
that he's doing
country could
any time, and

it instead of us. The

erupt

property, illustrated most vividly
by the Cuban experience.

to produce

ment. We're happy

25

million

addition

"Faced with such

inflationary
situation, most firms in this posi¬
tion

chosen

have

to

invest

productive

in

capital

an

such

facilities

rather than hold it in liquid form.

Another

exclusive-the

breakdown of the top 50
vestment

Survey

Magazine presents

exchange

a

detailed

listed investments of the 26 closed-end in-

the New York Stock Exchange. These

com¬

their assets to purchase securities of other

com¬

companies

panies, which

use

panies, had, at

year

on

end, nearly 40 % of their total net assets invested
tabulated. Also disclosed

Some firms with blocked currency

in 50 stocks which

have indicated

held, market value, purchases and sales during the 4th quarter of

can

new

interest in Ameri¬

participation
enterprises,

in
as

existing or
have other

1961. Fascinating

firms seeking fresh capital for ex¬

pansion."
drafted

Government has also

investment

an

code

pro¬

viding, among other things, for
the transferability of capital and

free
repatriation
of
capital if operations cease, and
free transfer of profits or divi¬
dends up to 8% of total capital
dividends,

for

annum

per

government

are

reading in the April issue.

number of shares

j

.

Top 50 in Market Value

•

The Congo

are

The 50 listed stocks with the greatest market value had substantial

growth both in value and in number of shares outstanding during
the last decade. But

despite the far-reaching changes in the

economy

since 1952, there was little change in their relative standing com¬

pared with ten

years

ago.

The current issue of

the

exchange

Magazine gives the facts.

ap¬

proved investments. It is not like¬

ly

local

promulgated,

be

to

until

there is

a

however,

TB-26

settlement of the

the exchange

political problems.
can
be little generaliza¬
to what the emergence of
twenty new nations in Afirca

11 Wall

Magazine, Dept. 7

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

There

tion
over

Enclosed is $1.50 (check, cash,, money order).

as

Please enter

has done to the investment climate
in

that

area.

depending
previous
current
are

Each

upon

area

close

domestic

what

is

the exchange

is unique,

to

name.

African

the

address.

situation, however, who point out
that a
clearer understanding of
exactly

year's subscription to

the nature of its

colonial status fand ^ifspolitical climate. There

those

a

Magazine.

involved

controversies

in

in

the

these

city.

I

.zone.

.state.

26

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1630)

.

.

Thursday, April 5, 1062

.

v

I

been

1

TTT

1

1

fTVI

( ,n n W^T and
V-/v71Ll
f f C4/.L
Clllu

HP

-L HO

I )r;hpr
Vy U11V-/X

substantial increase in for-

a

Market area/Britain's decision

join

the

market

common

slow 4 this

'

_

..

..

.

Continued fvoni pciQe

24

,,

_

,,

,

American

as

plants

,

nations sod itnsty even the

v

trend

much

most

subsidiaries

or

United

ICin^dom

to

with

With

respect to

our

restrictive governmental policies
to pressing
needs,for foreign investment.

Venezuelan

another

;

American

two

investors: in/Mexico

estate

real

had

example,

socialistic character has not been
conducive to American investors.
But the need for foreign invest-ment has . caused that country to
institute a program of tax incentives and depreciation -allowances, •
as well as a program of guaranties against expropriation of in-*
dustry, to attract foreign capital,
The opening of a special office in
New York a < few months ago to
attract American capital to India
indicates the scope of the efforts
that country is making to secure
foreign investments.

270,000 acre tract expropriated by the government. Though
Mexican
officials
promised full
a

compensation, such indiscriminate
action cannot help but discourage

foreign investment. The Mexican
government
has also passed a
highly nationalistic mining / law
providing, among other things,
that future concessions v may be

acquired only by Mexican nationals, or Mexican corporations
owned 51% or more by Mexican
nationals.

is believed

It

this

that

will

Mexicanization

greatly reforeign investments in MexiSimilarlv
an
American oil excan mining projects. However, in
p'loration firm recently became
spite of apprehensions caused by the first American firm to underthe
expropriation of American take any activities in Burma, a
duce

property in Cuba and * elsewhere,
showed

1960

The

is

tion

prevalent

the

also.

world

other

in

The

;

areas

action

of

the

the Sukarno government in Indo-

Sukarno's

i

have

the I Cold

worldwide

tionalism

discussed

in

But there is

a,

of

War/and

trend

the

the

toward

na-

countries.

new

third force at work.

policies- have This as /the'* counter-nationalistic
/severely crippled the United States trend in some of the old trading
.

;

^rubber interests

so

that most in-j nations of the world. The forma-

reportedly looking for:
greener trees in Latin America,
In
October
1960, > he signed a
decree stipulating that all oil and
gas production henceforth be undertaken by the state.. At this time
the foreign oil interests have not
been taken, largely because they
sell to government agencies, but
/ Sukarno's
action has ■effectively
discouraged any further investment by oil companies. It is reported that in Iraq the govern-.
ment
intends
to
take
complete
control of the oil industry, the

;/vestors

are

■

activities

which

of

are

now

con-

trolled

ish,

jointly by American, BritFrench and Dutch interests,

and

This

is

trend

also

apparent in

trols

and

over

their

*

their

mineral

raw

wish

to

security

for

interested

freely exwealth. Some

their

while

serve

to

their

conserve

resources
.

interests

best

.port

Similarly,

_

own

others

natural
national
more

are

mineral

resources/

She

is

a

of / Senate/approval

" industries. For

a instance, in Africa over two-thirds

last

of

the Paris convention of
December .1960, may help mini-mize ahy disruptive effects on
American tirade, resulting from
^Common .Market * economic poli£ies*
OECD.as composed of >18
European countries, Canada, and
'*he United States, and is. primarily

the total U. S. investment was

,

Those

mining, and petroleum. Only in
South Africa* which is certainly
more advanced economically than
the rest of the^ continent,'is there
any
sizable
manufacturing in¬
in

.

It

vestment.

before

time

into

capital

will
any

viewed

great

several

for

challenges should • not be
as
the beginning/of the
.

end of private foreign investment.
It /was in similar periods^ of inter¬

national

stress

the

tliat

'

•

great

of
the"-, world
emerged, f In Toynbee's terms of
"challenge and response,"/this is
a 'time
when the challenge is $11
too • visible, and identifiable 1
The
nations

trading

likely be some

secondary

conditions

The population explo¬
sion and accompanying social arid
political unrest in many parts of
the
world
pose
challenges
to
which we can. and must -be equgl.
decades.,

of the world

areas

is in the mineral

such

with

of investment in the other

source

March

nation

become

flow of
industries

rapid

in the rest'of Africa. Like

'

trading

•

of

<

Germany,}Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and /the Netherlands)
is
only a few years old, having come
into existence in

1958

as

a

Free Trade Association came poetical
stab|lit^|and a /demand
into operation in May 1961 after for manufactured productsT "These
ratification of the Treaty of Mon- countries may achieve a high de¬
tevideo of February 1960.
The gree of political stability and yet
member nations are Argentina, not be conducive to American
Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, capital since, as a consequence of
Peru, and Uruguay. The LAFTA low incomes, the - demand for
objective are reciprocal progres- manufactured products will often
sive tariff reductions, the even- be too small to justify the estab¬ Public offering of 150,000 common
tual establishment of a free trade lishment of local factories. Thu;s, shares of Sea-Wide ' Industries,
area, . diversification and expan- unless
there
is
some
mineral Inc., at $4 per share is being made
sion of trade, and closer economic wealth, there is little incentive by Janov & Co., Philadelphia * and
integration. /// W-.
'
•
for foreign investment in: the so- Drourr, Lampert & Co^ ■. Inc.s New
can

result

1957, and yet its success has been
extraordinary. Great - Britain has
recently applied for membership,
The objective of the EEC member
countries
is
to
integrate
their
,

•

-

/In like vein, the General Treaty
of
Central
American . Economic

underdeveloped
nations. York Citv. Net proceeds will be
Moreover, because of the irregular •used by the company/for Ithi^ ire/
nature of mineral deposits, miner¬
payment of bank loans, and work¬
al investment is usually dependent ing capital.'
on geographic and geologic factors, /;/. The
company /whose /; address
rather
than
political considera¬ is Stokley St., Philadelphia is en-.,
tions; This factor; obviously some* gaged in; the importing of Japanwhat limits private mineral in- •ese goods; for sale to. large pr,ecalled ;

from third countries, and of a Integration, designed to create a
common commercial * policy;-^(3). t common market among its signa-

(6) iharmoniza-

economic policy;

The

Latin

Central

and

-

nated ^development of, the over-

European

sea territories.

as a tool of development imium
stamp
policy in underdeveloped areas.

Moreover,.wholly removed from
nomic

tions, including the United King-,

Market,

Common

gen-

production
industries.

the regions and'the; more unstable
investment
climate
in much
of

per

.

Latin

American However,
investors

who

:

far

po¬

stores, drug chains,
discount houses
and others. In addition, the company
imports
component
parts
which

are

cop¬

outdistances

reason

for

assembled

transistor radios

which it

it

into

sells;

the

demand, which is one
for the reported decline in
investments in .Venezuelai

current

have

•

inarkets,

existing

by

well -as
distributors,

as.

retail

super

mineral

certain

petroleum

and

investments

Ameri-

now

in
For

trading

including,

companies,

department

over¬

instance, the
tential rate of production of

.

Can

impact of world-wide

users,

wholesale. and

all political influences is the eco¬

erally because-of the vast differences
in the economic bases in

.

'

vestment

,

Ameri-

-tion of.the laws of the individual. (can organizations have notcreated
member states which affect the the same degree of interest among
Market;?
coordl~ American; investors as has the
■

Shenk Industries;

dom, formed'the European Free plants in the Central or Latin
U. S.
Trade Association. However, the American' areas are engaged in
has established a national energy Common
'Market,spurred > by watchful waiting to>see which Coupled with present import re¬
strictions here at home, it is likely
.board which has the power, to Britain's historic move last sum- countries will be subject to prefthat foreign investments will show Offering of 150,000 common shares
control energy fuel imports and mer to join the EEC, seems deserential tariff rates as compared
some
shift to manufacturing ' in vof_ShenkTndustfies,lhc.; at $6 t>er
exports.
Chile, which has long tined to expand- and include the to nonmember country rates, and
share is
vitally

interested

in

accelerating
activity and

her rate of industrial

been

;ing

favorite of American min-

a

interests,

greater

control

industries

quire

is

and

that

now

the

over

is

they

exerting
copper

planning to
refine

in

re-

Chile

all the copper that is mined there,

At this time one-half of the cop-

„

mined in Chile is refined
elsewhere, since it is more advan-

per

tageous
export

for
raw

refine

nearer

utilization

Whether Chilean controls
an
adverse effect on

toward

such

rings an

of the

The powerful

EFTA

Common

nations,

Market

trading bloc offers both a challenge
and
an
opportunity
to
America n business. Except for
certain

needed

,

which commodities will ultimate-

ly become
many

duty

Similarly,
potential United States in-

vestors, because of growing import and exchange restrictions, as

hh? to the area to production
within it, while others have modified or consolidated .their facilities already within the area.
In

the
preferential
rates
among
member nations. •.-/ ./////•
The
trade

trend

toward

agreements is

multi-nation
even

.

!

■

//

being made by an under¬
writing group jointly • managed ;by
Rodetsky, Walker & Co.Vinci, 115
Broadway, 'New York:.City and
Boenning &/ Co./ Alison Bldg.,

////./;:

the; influence of the
investment
guaranty
.-in ameliorating appre¬

questions of

materials,, well as increasing nationalist sennonmember countries will ulti- timent, are considering establishmately find a tariff wall blocking ing plants in those countries in
their exports to the member na- order to get inside the tariff bartions. : Consequents, a number of riers and secure the advantage of

American firms over the past two
have shifted from export-

.

related to the future
course
that
private
investment
abroad is likely to take are the
/.Directly

free.

raw

years

the next few years.

Common

in evi-

Philadelphia.; Of* the total, 135,000
shares are being sold by/the com¬
pany and 15,000 by a stockholder.

expanded
program

hensions about increasing tenden¬
cies
in many
countries toward
expropriation and nationalization.
Unquestionably the broader pro¬
gram will be of some help, al¬
though observers differ as to the
extent, of the boost it can

give to

;

/The -ccmpany
of 2101, South
High St., Columbus,.Oliio, manu¬
t

factures and sells rebuilt automo¬

bile;'parts,

and distributes new
and aviaiioh j-iarts. It
also." wholesales/Industrial
and

automobile

seen.

coun-

The trend

control, however,

ominous bell to potential

investors

regions in East
Africa,
where
negotiations
are
addition, the large and attractive .under'way among Kenya, Uganda,
market created by;the EEC has and Tanganyika looking to the

foreign investment. However, aor

construction material

plications; for coverage under the
program are-on the rise, having

will

caused

investment in that

try remains to be

<;

to

have

mineral

f

investors

mineral resources and

them

sources.

will

foreign

remainder

Shenk

began expropriation of American

many

firms

to

consider

dence

in

creation

.

some

of

an

■

economic

unbn,

'

increased

over

100%

since

Cuba

use

s.-

the net proceeds from-'its

financing for debt repayment and
working capital.
/ ;.;" //'! ■•
.

'

There have been other developments

trends

h//

which
mav

be

indicate
onlv

a

that

such

temnorarv

fh/H/r„L/„7Tmany

r
in
phase, in the development of




establishing

subsidiaries

within

,

/

/

;

.

the area, or entering intoJicensing
Summary and Conclusions "
arranf®mfnts with existing ComThe chief /value of reviewing
mon Market firms.
The conse- the impact of international devel-

quence of these

developments has

r-..$

Industries

of the Rome Treaty of March 25,

the added profits to

in

Market 'should

nomic Community also; raises' the
pertinent inquiry as ■ to the like¬

As in Latin America, the major

United

Development (OECD), as

result

In response to the creation of
be gained from refining and proc- the Common Market by
its six
essing. Canada has recognized the member nations > (the
so-called
-importance of measures to control "Inner Six"), seven perimeter naher

Market external tariff

,

nations feel that it does not

Common

*

that will minimize the extent to
///
which its status as a nonmember areas s of the world;, aside/irorn- hand;
will subject American exports to Latin America. Of a total of $32.7 /; In conclusion, I / think -we Ml
discriminatory tariffs. The United billion in American capital in¬ realize; that we; are living in an
States has been participating in vested abroad in. 1960, $26.2 bil¬ age of great; turmoil and stress.
negotiations under-the provisions lion were in Canada, Western Eu¬ Private investment abroad faces
of 'the General Agreement
on rope and Latin America. " Thus, much competition; mostly politi¬
There
Latin
America,
less cal rather than economic.
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) with excluding
the European Commission of the than one-fifth of all U. S. in¬ is no indication that this condi¬
EEC in efforts to resolve some vestment was in the underdevel¬ tion will soon pass, and we must
realistically be prepared to live
raised by the oped areas of the world.

stable govern-

more

It

tion. investment statistics for -1960

have

ments

abroad.

investments

profit to continue opera-: lihood of ultimate United "States
participation in an Atlantic trad¬
show that little wealth was con¬ ing • community.; However, - that
centrated in the underdeveloped eventuality does not seem near at
show

free movement of persons, capital, < tory members within five yea**s,
arid - services
among > member came into effect on June 3, 1961.
adopted export con- states; (4) development of com- Signatory
states thus / far are
policies of conservation mon agricultural and transporta- Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nimineral resources. Such tion policies; (5) coordination of/ caragua. -

ments. These

ropean

.

occurs

economies, thaving among their
prime goals (1) abolition .of duties
"has
been
pursuing a vigorous and quotas in the trade among the
/policy of acquisition of foreign member states; .(2) establishment
/properties in that country.
.of a common tariff for imports
certain countries which have long
.: attractive * to
U. S. invest-

recommends, is the impact' which
that development may have
on

growth of multi-concerned ™
economic growth
blocs have thus the expansion of economic and .wise in ; Asia the/ greatest direct
increasing importance technical/ , assistance
to. -under- investment is an rthe refining of response. is ;still, in process of
formation.
as factors
influencing foreign in- developed > countries, and coordi- petroleum. In those underdevel*.
vestments. The European Common nation of economic policies of all oped countries of Asia and Africa
""An 'address
by Mr. Ely .before/ the
Market grouping is the most notmember countries. /
where there is no great__mineral annual meeting of the American Institute
Mining, -Metallurgical and 1 Petroleum
able example. The European Eco/Following the lead of the Eu- wealth, private capital"~will play
Engineers, New York City,
nomic Community (France, West ropean nations, the Latin AmerL a minor role; until there is some

tion

Similarly, the government-owned
petroleum corporation in Ceylon

/been

accruing

,,

markets, private enterprise must

^jion for Economic Cooperation

Agreements

Trade

far We

impact of

•nesia is worthy of mention. President

So

benefits

Finally, the growth of the .Eu¬

like the Russian venture in world

'

it is hoped that the
United States Government will be
able to secure agreements with
the
common . market - countries

and

Multi-Nation

haven

tax

Government efforts not-' draw increasing 'American invest¬
withstanding,-, this' development ment to those areas/'Britain's de¬
seems
somewhat unlikely.
Un-; cision to join4the European Eco¬

States participation in the Organ- underdeveloped

®

iL-Congress

,

weapon.

However,

Common

>

nationalize-

toward

trend

-U.S.A. and E.CJVf. Trade
Understanding

-

objectives.

strinsent

"relativelv

with

fnv/sLent restric«onsy

the 1959 level.

over

of

slight increase in

a

nation

Latin America

in

investments

bloc, a prime quesion is whether
private investment is likely to
become an
important Cold War

to expand their operations
to the continent in order to get
inside the Common Market's exIndia, for instance, has a rela- ternal tariff walls.
.
lively stable -government but its *' •/ ^ A n/r t ; a * '"

neecj

can be accommodated

government, after taking into account
government royalties. As

seen,

is likely to. be a retarding factor,
however.
-•/.? "" "
'Vv:' '■
;" ■;

Soviet,
*

with 80% going to the

be'

to

American

continuing

economic contest with the

g

to foreign) income as the President
i

vestments abroad.

in
the
lisve no

will

do, future trends, affecting /in¬

inas-v

firms

tYet

and

certain,ty

degree of

-

eliminates the present tax deferral

than-we might otherwise be able

may

somewhat,

greater

some

c

predict, with

lies in enabling us to

to

abroad

investment

American

on

eign investments in the Common

opments

over

the past two years

oil refineries. There, are outstand¬

ing guaranties totalling half bil¬
lion

Paul Nowland Branch

,

DOVER, Del.-—Paul J. Nowland &

dollars, with applications cur¬
rently being processed for another Co. has opened
$1.5 billion. / Z * // / :-V/.•-•/';/• - 26 The Green.

a.

branch -office at

C-/"',

;\-7

Volume

Number 6148

195

,

.

Indications of Current

The .following statistical tabulations
latest week

Business Activity

week
Latest

Equivalent to—
ingots and castings

82.5

••

(bbla. oi
Mar.

23
23

23

(bbls.)__——:
——Mar.
Stocks at refineries, bulk terminals, in transit, in pipe lines—
Finished gasoline (bbl.) at—.——_-._i.__—;.
_______Mar.

23

output

Kerosene

Distillate
Residual

\
J

oil

fuel

Distillate

fuel

Residual

23

'■

(bbls.)_

—*—

—

23

output

8,755,000

7,897,000

29,187,000
3,065,000

30,097,000

28,458,000

3,599,000

(bbls.)

oil

at——

15,879,000

14,351,000

freight loaded
freight received from

Revenue

23
23#

construction..

S.

'

-

,

municipal

and

State

....

—

Federal

:

———

S. BUREAU OF MINES):

(U.

COAL OUTPUT

-

:

*

(in

output

^FAILURES

78,111,000

West

40,544,000

29,499,000

<

steel

(per

(per

gross

iron

steel

METAL

(E.

PRICES

Louis)

(St.

-r

170,600,000

146,000,000

131,600,000

137,600,000

29

29

.129,800,000

24

••

29

16,514,000

7

$66.44

.

■■

____

10.800c

Repairs

J .Vj' '•* ;

*

12.000c

12.000c

,24.000c

.'24.000c

26.000c

124.000c

121;000c

103.875c

,

124.125c

86.78

3

90.48

3

,

88.67

.:
■'">

87.48
:

•

•

'

-

Industrials

YIELD DAILY AVERAGES:

MOODY'S BOND
•

U.

S.

corporate

_____—

3

3 >'£.
3 • '
3- '

Apr.

'-

Utilities

4.68

-

'

Industrials

1

—Apr.

—-

3
3

INDEX

COMMODITY

MOODY'S

3

Apr.

Group

*;

'•"♦

;

r

89.73

88.13

90.20

-

-

NATIONAL PAPERBOARD ASSOCIATION:
received

Orders

Production

-

v

' r

;

/

.

.

4.49

V.

5.06

-

4.55

(tons)

___..

—

Percentage of
activity
-Unfilled orders (tons)-gt

end

'L.

period___

of

Mar. 24'

354,443
;
97

357,627

464,757A.r r";v'467i678^.V;

"

109.26

.

i-

11117

' V

ACCOUNT

FOR

TRANSACTIONS

ROUND-LOT

-Total

sales

Short

Other

Other

'

...

sales_______r___:—_—

Short

sales

Total

initiated

on

the

.11

'!>

.s-*'-'

>•

*

■I

sales__

:
for account of

transactions

purchases
Short sales..

;

sales

:

___*

:

'

Odd-lot

1

sales

Number

of

dealers-(customers'

by

shares

purchases)—t

Dollar

L

887,290

:

;

^

:

;.

131,200"
i,158,420 .

219,520

3,816,310

522,560

670,020

2,730,145

3,675,930

3,252,705

3,345,950.;

6,506,830
1,234,530
5,262,179
6,496,709

9

t
■

>.

Customers'
Customers'

^

)

;* ■'

short
other

*

Stocks

,

sales

'•>.

<

2,046,060

3,068,913

.

Round-lot

Short
Other

i

;

Round-lot

J

Total

sales

_

,

»•

ACCOUNT

round-tot

MEMBERS

OF

All
1

-

:

—

—

sales—

—

—

Group—

.

—

'

•

$78,075,868

551,390

924,720

9

490,530

55 L 390

120.900

90.400

158.100

123,300

128,000

148.800

120,600

247,400

235,000

■

(bales)

PAYMENTS

BENEFIT

231.400

153 4^0

185.200

156,100

$320,700,000

$292,700,000

$295,700,000

60.800,000

58,400. CCO

11 300 000

10,900 000

56,400,000

62.700,000

56,100,000

163.700,000

_—

166.900

70,000,000

_—__

lr|3.Rr|0

176,800

28

164 200
174.100

Feb.

(bales)

-140.700 000

147.200 030

TO

INSTITUTE OF LIFE

—

pf

benefits

December:

i__

—_

endowments

—

payments

—_

:

^—

—

values

11 590 000

9

501,580

480,960

680,270

As

of

31

$32,800,000

$33,900,000

$31,800,000

242

244

224

221

285

252

210

257

152

(000's omitted)——

809,800

RECEIVED

NUMBER

U.

—

farm

FARMERS

BY
S.

TURE—-1910-1914
All

284,800,000

$853,700,000

152

CIRCULATION—TREASURY DEPT.

January

PRICES

143.500,000

$711,300,000

243

—

—

345,400,000

$967,500,000

MONEY IN

924,720

=

OF

DEPT.

100—As

—

INDEX

AGRICUL¬

of

Feb.

15:

products

,

'

Commercial

;

• •

9

15,232,430

15,447,650

19,463,330

30,609,520

vegetables,

■

grains

Fruit

100.5

—

27!

100.6

Not avail.

Not avail.

98.1

98.7

.Not avail.

fresh—

*101.3

Not avail.

Mar. 27

:

94.9

95.6

Not avail.

—

227

•

100.7

100.7

Not avail.

Not avail.

101.2

J218

209

217

209

,..260

253

250

250

125

127

172

543

538

517

257

256

263

264

——

266

305

304

—

—

crops

—

1

Livestock

Dairy

150
"

219
—

Tobacco

Not avail.

Mar. 27

Mar. 27.

hay___r.—

Not avail.
Not avail.

and

—

Oil-bearing

J

Mar.

farm an,d fOodsl,

grain

Food

'

—f-—___

products

—

263

,

—3

tNumber of prders mot reported since introduction of Monthly Investment Plan.
{Prime Western
Lo.uis exceeds one-half cent a pound.
' ' '

sold on delivered basis at centers where freight from East St.




Feed,

-'

>

—_

figurev
figure

1,488,320
29,121,200

.

Potatoes

.

foods____

834,090

18,629,240

15,916,830

Mar,* 9-•

Mai.

-632,520

14,815,130

684,400

9

Mar. 27

All commodities .other than

M

295,700

136,500

_

Total

3,056,439

U. S. DEPT. OF
•
;
> ,-r..

'

vised
* Revised

"

299,100

143,600

Policy dividends

$144,166,246

490,530

Mar.

—

(1947-49=100)t

products

Processed

239.600

84 900

.

~

239,800

:

.

_

commodities

Farm

.

1,928,206
$95,631,256

509,420

(SHARES):

sale*--.

Commodity

i

1,543,117

509,420

"

113,600

sales—

sales_____.

Other

Total

LABOR

.

12,474

10,008

1,659,859
; $85,173,189

9
9

SALES

WHOLESALE PRICES, NEW SERIES

1

13,674

9,669

9

Mar.

:.

:

purchases by dealers—Number of shares-

Short

..

.

9

Mar.

ROUND-LOT STOCK

FOR

;
t

1,553,125

9

ON THE N. Y. STOCK
EXCHANGE AND ROUND-LOT STOCK lUANSAClioNa

TOTAL

i

■<i-

Mar.

:

625 730

1,509,800

246

$80,715,763-

Mar.

sales

i

71 200

658 800

2,192,900

227

$86,138,259

sales

by dealers—
Number of shares—Total sales___

>

268 500

________

■;

(bales)

Surrender

79,506

.
_—

J;__

—

INSURANCE—Month

$150,003,866

1,941,880

:

28____!

(tons)

POLICYHOLDERS

2,948,440

$106,222,899

597,800

1,736,100

Feb.'28__—__—

INSURANCE

LIFE

23.172
-

294 300-

141,000

—-c.r

Annuity payments

Mar.

value

Dollar

97 255
•

"fVS "5'*'

"r*

(tons)

Produced

20,700

■*■37,327'

37,441

of

——_—

(tons)

Linters—

;

•

1,669,528

9

Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

—

sales

125,184

2,956,816

101.747

; <" <\v....

•;■

(tons)

Shipped

'

i,

'

(tons)———„—

:■'

Stocks

Death

1,542,938

117.785

2,824.102

103,296

Feb. 28—

Meal—'

Matured

1,643,324

58,741,468

PROD¬

'Z.

(tons)

Disability
-

59,920,000

v

mills

(tons)

Hulls—

'

9

't"'.• */"•»■"".
SEED

Odd-lot

purchases by dealers (customers' sales) —
Number of orders—customers' total sales__

59,715,669
c$1.012.098

21,323

COMMERCE—Month

.;J;

\ •*

at

Shipped

1,375,359

2,895,175

V

136

62,103,824

-

Seed—

Cake and

?

■

105

,

131,184

COTTON

OF

; Stocks* (tons)
Feb.
*?•' Produced ( tons)

1,155,839

1,289,620

3,188,282

i

'

112

141

3,108,473

_i-.'

v>.-

AND

SEED

Stocks

s

1,285,500

859,505

2,661,422

•

Mar.
Mar.

____

value--—

.

315,560

3,296,670
526,860

.

.

\

'

•

296,960

56,370
>

.

t

,

t

■

$1,038,410

tons)___.

Shipped

;
,

•

<c'

215,460

915,875

74,150
851,702

9
9

STOCK TRANSACTIONS FOR ODD-LOT ACCOUNT OF ODDLOT
DEALERS AND SPECIALISTS ON N. Y. STOCK
EXCHANGE — SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

r

-

,

■

.-cL
•

59,937,055

tons)———

short

Crushed

-

71,900
674,940
!> 746,840

629,485

,

'

\

65,230,527

—

(in short

Produced

790,890
777,552

9
9

M'ar.
Mar.

;

sales

Other

;

Total

'

18,600

230,360

!

231,430

9 t

Mar.
Mar.

*

775,770

14,900

214,230

•

>

"

T

•«,

'

ounces)—

r"'

-,'

4,374,510

*

r

322,270

members—

Total

;

9 J
Mar. 9
Mar.*; 9 '

Mar. 9
Mar.; 9
Mar. 9

—

sales

round-lot

2,740,770
■

'

•

141-1

ounces)

fine

''-Received

943,110

1,655,180

245,650

.

.10

109

31

(in short tons)——

(in

COTTON

3,431,400

17,200.

Mar.

•*

2,220,550

'2,106,470

r*

-

4,445,560

f 520,220

263,630

9

Mar.

sales

Total

v,

.

Jan.

at

customers

Lead

'V

112.03

V

2,606,750

floor—

purchases

Total
<

_r.

sales

Other

'

.

:

:

Short
•

;

—

transactions

Total

I-

;

1,669,640
2,105,150

;

if

consumers—

Zinc

.

434,750

451,290

r

Mar;

sales

Other

r

^ar,.-g

—

purchases

Other

.

;

r

9

floor—

off.the

'•

435,510

ultimate

fine

(in

Copper

<

91

.110.31

2,020,040

2,242,150

..

.

States—

(in

;Silver

-

'

9 ;

..

Mar.

—

—

transactions initiated

Total'

i.:

—Mar.

purchases

V

.
,«

'i

(BUREAU OF MINES)—

.February:,;...

-• ->

^

;;

production of recoverable metals in the

Cotton

'.*1

y

'1
,M

Month of January:

;

Mine

'

MEM-

OF

BERS, EXCEPT ODD-LOT DEALERS AND SPECIALISTS
of specialists in stocks in which registered—

Transactions

••'.-,
•)

unadjusted
seasonally adjusted—

to

ultimate

UCTS—DEPT.
■

•

$1,080,486

of

Number

T

' V'i»»

sales

METAL OUTPUT

320,783

460,067 > "
*

•*(*;

^

;

January

304,551

96
1;

Mar. 30

AVERAGE=I00__

L'Ml)

354,730

'97

••

FED¬

January
(000's omitted)
Revenue from ultimate customers—Month of

368.4

353,540

'.

,v.,

OIL, PAINT AND DRUG REPORTER PRICE INDEX-

-

■

i

3,476

FEDERAL

YORK—1947-49

of

United

'

4,132

3,634

INSTITUTE—

ELECTRIC

Month

.4.40

367.4

320,552

DISTRICT

100—Month of. February:

=

Kilowatt-hour

4.43

367.8

350,465

4,573

V 4.8°2

:

4.74

4.62

4.49.

V

SECOND

SALES
"

daily)

5.00

-

,

-

STORE

daily)

4.32

1

V

:

'
:

3,075
10.434

•12,181

4,906

4,931

;

BANK OF NEW

(average

4.55

:;

"

5.01
4.59

369.0

-

■

4.73

,•

4.87
V

;• *

4.90

4.69

-V

Mar. 24

__

13.432

11,136

•

'

(average

4.22

4.55

Mar. 24

_:

12,960

3,735

Sales

4.52

4.42

■

Mar. 24

(tons)___

11 232

4 294

Sales

Gold

7

11 253

_____

3.83

).

.

4.69

4.38

'VV, •Vr

4.59 ''

-

3.96

3.84

•",4.52 V. '•

1'

'4.87

3

w>—Apr.

Group

3,131

,

credit——.

RESERVE

Average

.85.59

v

5.03

Apr;

—

/-.Si-.;.

4.38.0"

*

Public

83.53

'•>

88.95

_

RESERVE

82.27

:V- 4.66 ;

.4.51

3

Apr.- 3

7

• '

ERAL

87.18

;

;

DEPARTMENT

81.54

.*■■...

87.59

4.65

Apr.. 3

___"

Group

V

3.73".y;

'

Railroad

82.15

88.95 c

'

Apr.

17,017

11.605

3,099

■

credit

92.79

EDISON

Apr.

—

41.662

16,878

11,380

28:

accounts

Service

88.13

.

;

85.72

;

.83.91

■v'--

7,

Bunds——

Government

Average

,

—

———

3

Apr.

Group______

$53,843

42 846

credit

term

loans

91.34

...

88.13

88.54 '

86.24 ;

r ;

-

83.91
>87.59

-

-

Apr.

*"

-

81.90

•

;

;

3

$56,278

RE¬

SERIES—Esti¬

88.54

89.92

90.48

-•

,.86.38

■

Apr.

—-—

$55 592

FEDERAL

THE

; ; / Noninstalment credit
Single payment loans

87.75

86.24

■-

86.65

.

,Apr., 3
Group.;.——_______—

4,781,011

modernization loans

and

Charge

88.50

Apr.

*3,860,362

credit,

consumer

Personal

:

,

'.V

-v.

89.42

-Vi^Apri'

il——~

Group—;——

Utilities

i

11.500c

3

Apr.^ 3

61,359

3,760,057

(net tons)

credit—!

12.000c

42.500c

3,357,330
3,295.971

*100,313

42.632

OF

intermediate

and

of February

9.300c

9.300c

12.500c.

*5,374,522
*5.274.209
'

84,474

OUTSTANDING—BOARD

as

Other

"

—_

Feb.:

of

Automobile

42.000c

Apr.

270,000

4,868,361

consumer

11.000c

DAILY

^

millions

Total

9.500c

'24.000c
,

658.000

129,000

16:900

short

9.500c

Mar.. 28
,

928,000

661.000

tons)____—

at end of month

CREDIT

9.500c

Mar. 28

984,000

790,000

4,952,835

(net

SYSTEM—REVISED

Instalment

Mar. 28
—

$1,912,000

1,016,000

747,000

tons)

GOVERNORS

27.200c

'

Public

SERVE

28.600c

9.300c

Apr.

Railroad

OF"

28.625c

42.500C

._r__v.

.

CONSUMER

30.600c

Apr.' 3

A

6.196c

$66.44

28.700c

Mar. 28

—

$1,806,000

1,113 000

____^

tons)

coke

30.600c

Mar. 28
.___.

$2,151,000

,

Month

—

—

MINES)—Month

OF

(net

28.525c

'

Mar. 28

—.

88,530,730
$404,656,8^5

municipal

(net

coke

'30.600c

Mar. 28

—

and

$39.17

,4'

$33.17

$493,187,565

17,267,601

$494,987,918

1,038.000

RECORD

construction—

Oven coke stocks

350

6.196c

$66.44

$31.50

Mar. 28

corporate

Average

Vv':;''"

6.196c

C
V ;

$31.83

v

20,670219
$446,289,423

City

CONSTRUCTION—

NEWS

(BUREAU

Oven

v

in

!

—,

AVERAGES:
Bunds———
—1—

Government

S

COKE

14,163,000

31,824,223

$512:255,519

$466,959,642
-

York

New

Federal

140

311

351

330

-

110,950,848

construction

Beehive

6.196c

;

PRICES

^V'r

1:

States__

construction

mated

pig, 99.5% ) at
York) at__—.__r__._

(New

119

29;506,894

158,230,793

(000's omitted):

S.

State

QUOTATIONS): >

at—____—

U.

Private

334,000

,

15,379,000

15,552,000

$66.44

Louis)- at——_—_____——

BOND

389,000

^

.

138

"v

141

Mar. 26

:.--V*'

at

Total

6,791,000

19,209,413

366,000

March

Production

Mar.

*

—".—.___

ton)

at—_

at

8,000,000

360,000

31

29,629,301

_____

City

outside

ENGINEERING

of

33,000,000

23,176.827

118,813,630

JEGINEERING

.

75,100,000

76,800,000

.-

,

-

-MOODY'S
U.

83,078,264

27,914.958
:___

York

CIVIL
.

193,500,000

Mar. 26

(primary

Aluminum

,

/V; 8traits tin

234,400,000

206,700,000

Mar. 26

at—

.(delivered)

Zinc' (East St.

4

..

$405,100,000

175,000,000

222,800,000

331,000

"

tZinc

$381,700,000

246,800,000

323,300,000

—

——

M. J.

&

refinery
(New York)

Lead

■/;,

$469,600,000

482,800,000

&

—

ton)

refinery

Export
Lead

$506,100,000

24

i0.)__

(per^ gross

Domestic

-

73,775,654

107,425,477

Central

New

29

Mar.

INDUSTRIAL)—DUN

Electrolytic copper—

\

.34,164,790

78,634,635

_

97,100,953

Total United

472,809

29

PRICES:

AGE COMPOSITE

Pig

500,333

502,200

'

AND

(COMMERCIAL

,V

511,040

545,332
*523,602

Mar.
Mar.

kwh.)—

000

Finished

;■

118,290,956

58,491,283

51,604,938
69,190,621

Pacific

8,215,000

'

Scrap

$11,595,936

44,263,646

$25,250,580
47,454,161

Mountain

.7. Mar.

BKADSTREET, ' INC,;_.'^_—

1

$22,823,445

CITIES—Month

_,

23,799,000

8,190,000

INSTITUTE:

ELECTRIC

Electric

IRON

5,636,408

&

Atlantic

Total

29

INC.—217

DUN

—

Central

East

185,614,000

203,736,000

VALUATION

Atlantic

South

25,638,000

24

.

AVEKAGE=100

SYSTEM—11)47-1:)

Middle

;

-

England

101,955,000

STORE*SALES INDEX—FEDERAL RESERVE

.DEPARTMENT

.

5,391,660

373

by

February:

Public

l tons )_„__.——.
(tons)

anthracite

of

-V

'J.

.

Bituminous coal and lignite
Pennsylvania

T

.f

PERMIT

89,989,000
38,064,000

526,904

24

Mar.
Mar.
Mar,
Mar.
——-Mar,

i

:_—

construction—.

Public

•

transport

South Central

555,873

24

Mar.

—

construction

Private

EDISON

6,358,255

freight

tons)

23,985,000

1 37,426,000

23

connections ino., of cars)__ Mar.

CONSTRUCTION—ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING

■V Total-U.

.

(in

BRADSTREET,
New

6,639,000

'

„

*207,952,000

NEWS-RECORD:

,7\-

Ago

January:

general

BUILDING

11,831,000

6,009,000

■"*'

6,123,000

206,631,000
23,668,000
86,955,000

23

Mar.
.Mar.

at—

(bbls.)

RAILROADS:
(number of cars)

Revenue

CIVIL

Year

Month

2,637,000

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
■

of

Intercity

7,328,360

7,449,760

.

at'—-———-—5^-:———Mar.

(bbls.)
fuel oil

Kerosene

;

1,632,000

2,361,000

7,334,510
8,271,000

6,131,000

(bbls.)
output (bbls.)
fuel oil output

(bbls.)

average

to

runs

of that date:

Previous

TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, INC.—

carriers

Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

,

AMERICAN

56.0

81.0

2,394,000

2,417,000

Mar. 31

_

Mar.

each)
stills—daily

gallons

Gasoline
•

either for the

are

are as

Month

Ago

Ago

82.0

7,356,610
8,152,000
28,971,000
3,140,000
13,774,000

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of quotations,

cases

Latest

Month

output—daily average

condensate

and

oil

Crude

in

or,

Year

Month

Week

that date,

on

production and other figures for the

cover

Dates shown in first column

PETROLEUM INSTITUTE:

AMERICAN

Crude

Mar. 31

...

(net tons)

Steel

month available.

*

capacity)

cent

(per

operations

steel

Indicated

or

month ended

or

Previous

Week

INSTITUTE:

STEEL

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AMERICAN

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* INDICATES

in

Now

Securities

SINCE
•

air-supported structures, radar antennae, and solar re¬
Proceeds—For expansion and working capital.

Because of the

large number of issues
awaiting processing by the SEC, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to predict offering dates
with a high degree of accuracy. The dates shown
in the index and in the accompanying detailed
—

items reflect the

but

not, in

are

Office—30 Garden
—Fred

share). Business—Design, manufacture and
marketing of proprietary lines of aluminum housewares.
Proceeds—For plant expansion, redemption of A, B and
C
preferred, and working capital.
Office—16th and
Wollmer
Sts., Manitowoc, Wis.
Underwriters—Paine,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis, N. Y: and Loewi & Co.; Inc;, *

as

Sessler

Alan-Randal

St., New Rochelle, N. Y. Underwriter
Co., Inc., N. Y.

&

Co., Inc.

(4/23-27)

Oct. 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000 common. Price—$2.50.
Business—Distributor of pens and other advertising ma¬
terial. Proceeds — For working capital. Office — 11608

expectations of the underwriter

general, to be considered

F.

firm

Ventura

offering dates.

Milwaukee.

Properties Trust Y
Feb. 28, 1962 filed 112,000 shares of beneficial interest:
Price—$10: Business—A real estate investment trust.

Blvd., Studio City, Calif. Underwriter—Pacific
Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Proceeds—For

Alaska All

American Petroleum Corp.
15, 1962 filed 2,000,000 common. Price—$1. Busi¬
ness—Acquiring, exploring and developing oil and gas
properties. Proceeds—For debt repayment and other
corporate purposes. Office—715 Midland Savings Bldg.,

E. C. Electronics, Inc.
/
28, 1962 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common. Price—$1.25.
Business—Design, development and sale of transistorized
ignition systems for engines. Proceeds—For equipment,
.

leasehold improvements,
tal. Office—80 Wall St.,

Denver.

advertising and working capi¬
N. Y. Underwriter — Bertner

e

Bros., N. Y.
^ A

L

S

Steel

debt

Corp.

Northern

writer—Bernard L.

Blvd., Corona, N .Y.
Madoff, N. Y.

28,

lumber

Sale

advertising and other corporate purposes. Office
Third St., Newark, N. J.
Underwriter—Baruch
Bros. & Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—Expected in May.

Underwriter—G. H. Walker

of

—651

York.

ing capital. Office

—
7501 Pulaski E^ighway, Baltimore
County, Md. Underwriter—Robert Garrett & Sons, Bal¬

timore.

pre-cut, packaged home building materials for
Proceeds—For expansion
sales.

credit

Office—931

Summit
&

St.,
Co., N. Y.

Niles,

writer—Robert

working capital.

Garrett

&

Sons,

Ohio.

Jan.

Products,

11, 1962 filed 100,000

Inc.

Underwriter—Goldman, Sachs & Co., N. Y.

Baltimore.

of automobile

equipment

ac¬

cessories

and supplies. Proceeds — For
expansion and
working1 capital'.1 Office—3294 Steinway St., Astoria, N. Y.
Underwriter—Baruch Brothers & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Admiral Benbow

and

Inn, Inc.
23, 1962 filed 101,578 common to be offered for
subscription by stockholders on a l-for-5 basis. Price—
By

amendment

chain

of

S.

(max.

restaurants

expansion,

Business—Operation

motor

a

hotel.

;

of

doors.

&

Admiral

a

Proceeds—For

repayment and equipment. Office—29
Blvd., Memphis.
Underwriter—James N.
Co., Memphis.

Business

Systems, Inc.

additional

sales

u

personnel, moving

other corporate
purposes.

Underwriter—Fabrikant
ing—Expected in June..

Office—233 W. 42nd St., N.Y.
Securities Corp., N. Y. Offer¬
-.y/'Y'Y

Aerodyne Controls Corp.
29, 1962 ("Reg. A") 90,000

Jan.

.

Business—Design, manufacture

-

>y.Yy

•

common.

and sale of

.Price—$2.
systems, con¬

fabrication

of

Feb.

ment,
Arrin
•

200,000

shares
are

sale

of

class

Air-Tech

Mar.

23,

•-

.

Inc.

5.,,1962 filed 150,000

common. Price—$3.50. Business
of .cardboard
boxes, Zdisplay
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.
Office—1101 W. Cambria St., Philadelphia. Underwriters
—Milton D; Blauner & Co., Inc., M. L. Lee & Co., Inc.,
N. Y., and Hallowell, Sulzberger, Jenks, Kirkland & Co.,
Philadelphia.
■
•.

Manufacture' and".sale

boards, etc.

American

Diversified, Inc.. (5/7-11)
filed 110,000 common. Price—$7.50. Busi¬
ness—A holding company whose three subsidiaries are
Dec. 21, 1961

a

life

and

a

insurance

loan

company,

finance

and

a

broker-dealer-underwriter,

company,

Proceeds—For

gen¬

eral corporate purposes."

Office—930 Grant St., Denver.
Underwriter—Nation-Wide Underwriters, Inc., Denver
(a subsidiary). /Y"Y';\YyU/^Y-;V;Y;Y'-/'yA- /YyY Y'y;'; Y-./;;Y

■/YY

American- Gas

March 26, T962

CoyY^^"-Y;'yY^Y;Y//''-Yy;yYY:Y'-'v/;

filed 548,532

subscription' by

common

stockholders

on

the

Y/ Yto ;be offered for

basis

of

3.6

new

shares for each share held.: Price—By amendment (max.

Business—Transportation, distribution and sale of
Proceeds—For debt repayment and expansion. Of¬

fice—546

S. 24th Ave., Omaha.
den, Podesta & Miller, Chicago.

Underwriter—Crutten-

(5/7-11)

amendment.

in

selling stockholders.

the

production

of aluminum

•

Almo

Nov.

FOR

YOUR PRIME

Proceeds

Bradley Road,

Underwriter—Joseph, Mellen

& Miller, Inc.,

./

Industrial

27,

alloys.

Office—4365

Cleveland.
Electronics

Inc.

;

■

(4/10)

1961

amendment.

filed 155,000 class A shares. Price—By
Business—Wholesaler and
distributor
of

BOUGHT

parts manufactured by others. Proceeds—For
working capital. Office — 412 N. 6th St., Philadelphia.
Underwriters—C ,C. Collings &
Co., Inc. and Harrison

&

Co., Philadelphia.

•

Alumatron

Nov.

SOLD

-

QUOTED

'icvnew

International, Inc.-

13, 1961 filed 73,000

-

for Banks, Brokers, Institutions

electronic

common.

SIEGEL

Established 1942.

\nc,.

»

Price—$7.

Business

—Company plans to construct special type homes, and
in the .general contracting business. .Proceeds—

engage

~

For genera] corporate purposes:
-Fla. Underwriter*—B. C.
Malloy,

fering—Imminent.
•

-

("Reg. A"') 73,500 common. Price
$3.
Business—Manufacture and distribution of a
variety of




Graphic Arts,

Cleveland.

\

-

Office—St. Petersburg

—

,

Member 's of New

Inc.,' St. Petersburg. Of¬

y

York;Security Dealers Association

39 Broadway, N ew York 6, N. Y:

,

Aluminum

Specialty Co. (4/30-5/4) V V
March 15, 1962 filed
1,000,000 of conv. subord. deben¬
tures due May 1, 1980, also
90,000 common shares, of
which 45,000 are to be offered
by the company and 45,D00 by.stockholders.•
Prices—By ^amendment, (max. $13
.

Industries, Inc.

1962

Allied

—For

common

.

Y Yy>:^

YY:Y (4/23-27fr■ /YY-::-Y/'Y^y ZYY'YY/-1/YY: Y;Yy:\/YY'

.Jan.

gas.

Price—$3. Business
Proceeds—For equip¬

Y

t

Packaging Corp.

<

gheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Underwriter—Francis I.
du Pont &
Co., N. Y. Note—This offering has been in¬
definitely postponed.

American Cardboard &

Alloys & Chemicals Corp. V

to be offered for
public

by the company and 150,000
outstanding shares by
present holders thereof.
Price—To be supplied
by
amendment.
Business
The manufacture and
sale of
aluminum storm windows and
doors, and other aluminum products.
Proceeds—For working capital
and
other corporate
purposes. . Office—20th Street: and Alle¬

/
■

$5).

;

common.

sale of dolls.

repayment,-equipment and other corporate pur¬
Office—Lawson Blvd., Oceanside, L; I., N. Y. Un¬

Dec. 27, 1961 filed 225,000 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—An aluminum smelter and refiner en¬

—

.

and

Md.

Business—Publication of mass
catalogues (for department stores and mail
firms), a semi-annual magazine and stamp collec¬
tors' books. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and working
capital. Office—551 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—
Bache & Co., N. Y.
' YYY;

the

:

>

gaged

A

Bethesda.

order

Corp.

stock, of which 50,000 shares

Ave..

.

American Laboratories, Inc.;.
advertising, and working capital. Office —4116
/Feb. 28, 1962 filed 200,000 common. Price—By amendAve., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter — Theodore
(max. $6). Business—Operation of hospitals and medical
& Co., Inc., N.Y.
:Y:YyYyY:/ -Y- '/f.■

Price—By

100,000
by the
stockholders.
Price—$10.
Business—Manufacture
of
men's and boys' underwear and
pajamas. Proceeds—For
expansion, inventory and working capital. Office—350
Fifth Ave., N. Y.
Underwriters—Richard Bruce & Co,
Inc., and Reuben Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y.
filed

Wisconsin

circulation

Jan. 8, 1962 filed
200,000 capital shares, of which
are
to be offered by the
company and 100,000

1961

Office—7720

YY

Mar. 27, 1962 filed 180,000
common, of which 60,000 will
be sold for the company and
120,000 for a stockholder.

Clifton, N. J., and Market Values, Inc., N. Y.
Ainsbrooke Corp. (4/23-27)

Master

y

27, 1962 filed 133,333

First

Price—$3.25.
instrumentation

•
Agency Tile Industries, Inc. (4/23-27)
Sept. 6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000 common.
Price—$2.50.
Business—Importing, marketing and distributing ceramic
tiles. Proceeds—Debt
payment, new products, sales pro¬
motion and
advertising, new office and warehouse and
working capital. Office—522 W. 29th St., N. Y. Under¬
writers—International Services Corp.. 1126 Clifton Ave

Air

<

—Manufacture

telemetry systems.
Proceeds—For equipment, in¬
ventory and working capital. Office—3181 Roswell
Rd.,
N. E., Atlanta.
Underwriter—Robert M. Harris & Co.,
Inc., Philadelphia.

May 26,

i

Underwriter—Allen & Co., N. Y. Offering—In May.
Allied Doll & Toy Corp.

and

-

an

Allied

vestment.

Electronics, Inc.
("Reg. A") '92,000 common.
and

—

Oct.

Office—90 Gazza Blvd.,
Underwriter—Robbins, Clark &
Co., N. Y. Offering—In late May.

Business—Design

and

Capital Corp.
20, 1961 filed 213,427 common, of which 200,000 will
to the: public and 13,427 to. stockholders on
va
1-for-10 basis.
Price—By amendment. Business—A
small business investment company. Proceeds—For in¬

YyY-'-y'/YY'yZ.

expansion and working capital.
Farmingdale, N. Y.
Aeroscience

For

windows

Underwriter—Suplee, Yeatman,::Mosley Co.; Inc.,

Philadelphia,

missile, rockets and aircraft'
Proceeds—For equipment, debt:
repayment,

March 16, 1962

Proceeds

storm-screen

be offered

trols and assemblies for the

industries.

more.

and

expenses

combination

March 5,
1962 filed $1,250,000 of 6Y4% subordinated
sinking fund debentures due 1977 (with attached ^war¬
rants) and 312,500 common. Price—By amendment ($8
max/for common). Business — Manufacturing and dis¬
tributing Pepsi Cola and Pepsi Cola syrup. Proceeds—
For an acquisition. Office—1601
Guilford Ave., Balti¬

Feb. 28, 1962 filed 70,000 common.
Price—$3. Business '
—Designs and produces printed business forms. Proceeds
—For

debt
poses.

derwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., N; Y.

acquisition, debt repayment
and general corporate purposes.
Office—5007 .Lytie St.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Underwriter—First Madison Corp., N. Y.
Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. (4/30-5/4) \

debt

Bellevue

Raddoch

$18).

and

aluminum

;

ment. Business—Manufacture of standard and special in¬
dustrial aircraft and
missile fasteners. Proceeds—For

Allegheny Aluminum Industries, Inc.

March

' ""

Mfg. Corp.-(4/16-20) Yy
Dec. 15, 1961 filed 150,000 common.' Price — By amend¬

debt

Dec. 21, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$4.25; Busi-Y
ness—Manufacture of aluminum and fiberglass awnings

\Y

American Bolt & Screw

repayment, equipment, inventories and ad¬
vertising. Office—1400 Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter—
J. R. Williston & Beane, N. Y.
:

Price—$4. Business

common.

—A warehouse distributor

—For

'•;/;/

rubber and vinyl soling materials and heels
footwear, floor coverings and industrial rubber prod¬
ucts.
Proceeds—For equipment, plant expansion > and
working capital. Office—22 Willow St., Chelsea, Mass.

Ayres, Inc. (5/21)
Feb. 28, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business;
—Design and manufacture of women's dresses. Proceeds

(4/23-27)

('

duction of

Alison

—

Automotive

•

for

■

Admiral

Y

,

Chemical Corp.
23, 1962 filed 50,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment
(max. $6).
Business—Manufacture of specialty
chemical products. Proceeds—For general corporate pur¬
poses.
Office—3440 Fairfield Rd., Baltimore.
Under¬

Price—$3.75.

Y/" '

if American Biltrite Rubber Co., Inc.
- Y
March 29, 1962 filed 200,000 common, of which 100,000
are to be offered by company and 100,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment (max. $25). Business—Pro¬

Alcolac

Office—3745 N. 2nd St.,
Philadelphia. Underwriter—Fred F. Sessler & Co., Inc.,
New

nancial institutions. Proceeds—For equipment and work¬

March

Business—Manufacture and distribution of diazo, brown,
and
blue print paper. Proceeds—For debt
repayment,
&

of

Bank

Stationery Co.
("Reg. A") 21,000 common. Price—$14.25.
Business—Design and manufacture of stationery for fi¬

construction of "shell" homes.

ment,

expansion

American

March 2, 1962

Price—By amend¬
(max. $3). Business—Design and manufacture of
folding paperboard cartons. Proceeds—For debt repay¬

Adelphi Research & Mfg. Co.
Mar. 22, 1962 ("Reg. A") 53,300 common.

ing, construction, exploration and general corporate ex¬
penses.
Office—80 Richmond St., W., Toronto. Under¬
writer—E. A. Manning, Ltd., Toronto.
'

company.

Homes, Inc.
14, .1962 filed $5,000,000 of conv. subord. deben¬
tures due 1982, also 150,000 outstanding common.
Price
—By amendment (max. $30 for common) Business—

ment.

*.*'

development and mining. Proceeds—For diamond drill¬

■

Price—By amend¬

March

Packaging Corp.
1962 filed 80,000 common.

^

;

July 31,
common shares. Price—50
cents. Business—The company is engaged in
exploration,

Albee

Under¬

Accurate
Feb.

Business—A

(4/9-13)

common.

Underwriters, Inc., (same address).r
Mining Co. Ltd.
1961 filed 400,000

Co., Inc., St. Louis.

repayment, equipment, and working capital.

Office—126—02

Lumber Co.

a shopping center. Office
Blvd., Los Angeles. Underwriter—Real

Amerel

Proceeds—For
construction and working capital. Office—614 Equitable
Bldg., Portland, Ore. Underwriter—Dempsey-Tegeler &

March 29, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$4.50. Busi¬
ness—Sale of processed flat rolled strip steel. Proceeds
—For

Pacific

17, 1961 filed 250,000

ment.

Estate

Underwriter—None,

Alaska

Nov.

acquisition" of:

Wilshire

—6363

Feb.

A.

<

Amerada

Coast Securities

Feb.

ISSUE

REVISED

per common

flectors.
NOTE

ITEMS

ADDITIONS.

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laboratories^* Proceeds—-F.or debt repayment and work¬
ing: -capital:;*' Off ice—660 -S/ "Bonnie Brae, Los Angeles.
Underwriter—California Investors, Los'Angeles, /.'v\
"
.

American Management &

.

Investment Corp.

which plans to acquire firms in the

insurance and finance fields. Proceeds—For general cor¬
porate purposes.
Office —*
D. C, Underwriter—None. .
American

Modular

Warner Bldg., Washington,

'

'

Nov, 27, 1961 filed 200,000 common. Price—$2.50, Busi¬
ness—Manufacture of a type of component constructed
home.

Proceeds—For

debt

repayment, equipment, and

working- capital. Office—4950 71st Ave., North, Pinellas
Park, Fla. Underwriter—Equity Securities Co., N. Y.
American

.

.

Appalachian Power Co. (4/24) <
Mar. 1, 1962. filed $20,000,000 of sinking fund debentures
due Apr. 1, 1992. Proceeds—For prepayment of bank
loans

and other

corporate

Va- Underwriters

Office—Roanoke,

purposes.

(Competitive). Prohable bidders:
Corp.; Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; Harriman
Ripley & Co. Inc.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co.-Eastman Dillon,
Union Securities & Co. (jointly). Bids—Apr. 24
(11 a.m.
EST) at 2 Broadway, N. Y. Information Meeting—Apr.
12. (3 p.m. EST) at same address.
,,/
—

First Boston

Manufacturing Corp.

(4/16-20)

.

.

Dec." 20,.1961 filed 500,000 7% non-cumulative convert¬
ible preferred. Price—$10, Business—A management in¬
vestment company

man Ripley ,&
Co:, Inc.; .Kuhn;, Loeb & Co.-Eastman
Dilldn, Union Securities &/Co. (jointly)/ Bids—Apr. 17/
(11 a.m; EST) at 2 Broadway, N. Y. Information Meeting
—Apr; 12 (3 p.m. EST) at same address.

Mortgage Investors

Feb. 8, 1962 filed 1,300,000 shares of

beneficial interest.

Price—-$15, Business — A newly-formed business trust
which plans to invest in first mortgages.. Proceeds—For
investment. Office—305 S. County Rd., Palm Beach, Fla.

it Arde Inc. / ;■"
7 '
March 30, 1962 filed 100,000 common, of which 80,000
are to be sold by the company and
20,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment (max. $8.50). Business—Re¬
search, development and engineering under defense con¬
tracts. Proceeds—Repayment of bank loans,
equipment,
plant expansion and working capital. Office—Paramus,
,

_

N. J. Underwriters-McDonnell &

Co., N, Y.

V/

.

v

Underwriter—Hayden, Stone & Co., N. Y. Note—This
company was formerly named American First Mortgage

Argus Financial Fund, Inc.
Feb. 12, 1962 filed 800,000 capital shares to be offered in

Investors. Offering—In May.

exchange for certain securities acceptable to the Fund.
Price—Net asset value (expected at $12.50 per share).
Business—A diversified open-end investment company
which plans to participate in the long-term progress of

American
Jan.

Corp.
1962 filed 315,000 class A

24,

,•

shares.

Office—320 Park Ave., N. Y.

Interamerica Securities
•

;

Underwriter—

Pines

Co.

Insurance

(4/9-13)

Dec.

20, 1961 filed 400,000 common. Price—$5.50. Busi¬
ness—Writes life insurance in Florida. Proceeds — For
expansion and legal reserves. Office—307 S. Orange Ave.,
Orlando, Fla. Underwriters—A. C. Allyn & Co.,/Chi¬
cago and Goodbody & Co., N. Y.
,
:
it American Plan Corp.
March 30, -1962 filed $2,480,000 of convertible deben¬
tures due 1982, and 248,000 common shares (of which
218,000 will be sold for the company and 30,000 for
stockholders). The securities will be offered in units of
one $10 debenture,and one share. Price—By amendment
(max. $22.50 per unit). Business—Production and serv¬
icing of physical - damage insurance/on automobiles,
trucks and mobile homes. Proceeds—To purchase Ameri¬
Fidelity Fire Insurance Co. Office—American Plan
Bldg., Westbury, N. Y. Underwriter—Bear, Stearns &
Co., N. Y.
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Realty & Petroleum Corp.

American

Sept. 28, 1961 filed $2,000,000 of §Vz% conv. subordv;debentures due 1971. Price—A.t par. Business—Realv^estate
,

and also the oil and gas
ment of debt, sales and

business. Proceeds—For repay¬
advertising- property improve¬

ments and
N. Y.

possible acquisitions. Office—16 W. 61st St.,
Underwriter—Troster, Singer & Co., N. Y. Offer¬

ing—Imminent.
American Southwest Realty Trust

Office—800 Hartford Bldg., Dallas.

Under¬

writers—Kidder, Peabody & Co. N. Y. and Rauscher,
& Co., Inc., Dallas. Offering—Expected in May.

Pierce
;

>

American

States

Life

Insurance

Proceeds—For

Co.

Arizona-New

Jan. 3,

March

22, 1962 filed 300,000 common to be offered in¬
for a 30-day period to its stockholders and those
of its parent, American States Insurance Co.
The re¬
maining shares will then be offered to the public. Price
—By amendment (max. $5). Business—Writing of ordi¬
nary and group life insurance.
Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes. Office—532 N. Meridian St., Indian¬
apolis.
Underwriter—City
Securities
Corp.,
Indian¬
apolis.
/"'■'; /. >•/"/•••''■ -f''

Office—1118

Torrey

Dealer-Manager—Argus Fi¬

(same address).

Mexico

Development Corp.
("Reg. A") 300,000 common.
Price — $1.
Development of underground caverns as a

1962

Business

—

tourist attraction. Proceeds—For debt repayment.
—Suite No. 9—4344 E. Indian School

Office

Rd., Phoenix. Un¬
Securities, Inc., Denver and Mit¬
chell .& Co., Phoenix, Ariz. Offering—Expected some¬
time in April.
derwriters—Preferred

Arnav

Industries, Inc. (5/7-11) < ;
Dec. 29, 1961 filed $600,000 of 6% convertible subordi¬
nated debentures and 36,000 common stock
purchase
warrants to be offered for sale in units of one
$1,000
debenture and 60 warrants.
Price
By amendment.
Business—Manufacture of hydraulic system devices and
parts for the aircraft and missile industries, etc. Pro¬

7

Aronoff & Richling,

Inc.

Coupling Co.,

:Nov. 27, 1961 filed 108,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $5). Business—Design and manufacture of
women's junior sizes. Proceeds—For selling stockhold¬
ers.

&

Office—1400

Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter— Carreau

Co., N. Y.
Art

Packaging,

Inc.

(4/23-27)

Jan. 26, 1962 ("Reg. A") 70,000 class A.

Price—$2. Busi¬
ness—Design, manufacture and sale of clear plastic,
vacuum formed "blisters", for
packaging. Proceeds—For
equipment, inventory and working capital.
Office—126
Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—Ber¬
nard L. Madoff, N. Y.
Artlin

Mills, Inc. (A/18)
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 135,000 class A common shares. Price
—$5. Business—The purchase, conversion, decoration,
gift packaging and distribution of terrycloth towels and
cotton pillow cases. Proceeds—For inventory, repayment
of

loans

and

working capital. Office—1030 Pearl St.,
N. J. Underwriter—Mortimer B. BurnN. Y.
V

Long Branch,

side & Co., Inc.,
•

Ascot

St.,

general

N.

Y.

corporate purposes.

Ascot

Office—14 W.

Underwriter—Dana Securities

Wall St., N. Y.
/

Textile

7

-V-

/

55th

Co., Inc., 80
/'

Corp.

1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
(max. $7.50). Business—Converter of linings and
interfacings used in the manufacture of clothing. Pro¬

Jan. 26, 1962 filed 488,000 common. Price — By amend¬
ment. Business—Manufacture of pressure hydraulic hose
and metal tube assemblies. Proceeds—For selling stock¬

ment.

Office—342 N. Fourth St., Libertyville, 111. Un¬
derwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, N. Y.

tal. Office—335 W. 35th St., N. Y. Underwriter—Rittmaster, Voisin & Co., N. Y. Offering—Expected in May.

holders.

ceeds—For

expansion, debt repayment and working capi¬

it

Anchor Industries

Corp.'
Nov. 24, 1961 filed 38,500 common. Price—$8. Business
—Design and fabrication of precision sheet metal prod¬
ucts.
Proceeds—For machinery research, sales promo¬
.

it Assembly Products, Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed $1,250,000 of 5*4%
bentures
ture

of

due

1972.

Price—At

electromechanical

tion, and working capital. Office—26 Essex St., Hackensack, N. J. Underwriter—Amber, Burstein & Co., Inc.,

ceeds—For

New York.

Underwriters—Prescott

Anscott

•;

1

Chemical

Industries, Inc. (4/23-27)
Jan. 5, 1962 filed 95,000 common. Price—$2. BusinessDevelopment, sale and distribution of specialty chemi¬
cals and detergents. Proceeds—For sales promotion, new
product development and general corporate purposes.
Office—Industrial West, Allwood-Clifton, N. J. Under¬
writers—Glass & Ross, Inc. and Globus, Inc., N. Y.

Apache Corp.
March 21, 1962 filed $3,750,000 of participating units in
Apache Canadian Gas & Oil .Program 1962.
Price—
$7,500 per unit. Proceeds—Exploration and drilling for
oil and gas in Canada.- Office—523 Marquette Ave., Min¬
neapolis.
Underwriters—The company and APA, Inc.,
Minneapolis (a subsidiary).

Appalachian Power Co. (4/17)
Mar. 1, 1962 filed $25,000,000 of first mortgage bonds
due Apr. 1, 1992. Proceeds—For the prepayment of bank
loans and other corporate purposes. Office—Roanoke,
Va. Underwriters — (Competitive). Probable bidders:
First Boston Corp.;., Halsey, Stuart & Co.,r Inc.; Harri-




Locka, Fla.

Underwriter—

•

•

Atmosphere Control, Inc.
Feb. 5, 1962 ("Reg. A") 86,000

common.

Price—$3.45.

Business—Manufacture and sale of Mist-I-Cone humidi¬
fiers. Proceeds—For
equipment, advertising and work¬

ing capital.

Office—668 Jenks Ave., St. Paul.

Under¬

writer—Pewters, Donnelly & Jansen, St. Paul. Offering

—In late

May.

Atmospheric Controls, Inc.
Aug. 22, 1961 ("Reg. A") 40,000
Proceeds

common.

For

—

Price—$3.50.

repayment of loans, acquisition and
working capital. Office—715 N. Fayette St.,
Alexandria,
Va. Underwriter—First Investment
Planning Co., Wash¬
ington, D. C. Offering—Indefinitely Postponed.

it Aubrey Manufacturing, Inc.
March 28, 1962 filed 140,004
common, of which 100,000
shares

to be offered by
company and 40,004 by stock¬

are

holders.

Price—By amendment

Design, manufacture and
exhaust fans and

sale

of

(max.

$7).

kitchen

plant expansion, equipment, debt
working capital.
Office—South Main

Business—

range

kitchen cabinet hardware.

For

hoods,

Proceeds—

repayment

and

St., Union, 111.
Underwriters—Pierce, Carrison, Wulbern, Inc., Jackson¬
ville, Fla. and A. M. Kidder & Co., Inc., N. Y.
Automatic Controls, Inc.

(6/20)

Dec. 28, 1961 filed 50,000 common.

Price—$4. Business
—Design, manufacture and installation of electrical,
pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical systems, controls
and devices to control and
automatically operate indus¬
trial machinery and processes.
Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes. Office—3601 Merrick Rd., Seaford,
Underwriter—S. Schramm & Co., Inc., N. Y.

N. Y.

• Automatic Marker
Photo Corp.
(4/16-20)
Dec. 1, 1961 filed 150,000 class A
shares, of which 125,000 are to be offered by the
company and 25,000 by

stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business—Sale and
distribution of a photocopy machine and
supplies. Pro¬
ceeds—For

equipment, expansion, and working capital.

Office—153 W. 36th St., N. Y.

capital.
&

and

par.

conv.

t.

•/

**>

.

-

Underwriter—None.

subord. de¬

Business—Manufac¬

electronic

devices.

Pro¬

debt

repayment, equipment and working
Office—Wilson Mills Rd., Chesterland,
Ohio.
&

Co.

and

William

T.

Robbins

Co., Inc., Cleveland.
Inc.

(4/30-5/4)

Price—$7.50. Business — Operates diaper services,
supplies linens, and publishes "Baby Talk" magazine
ers.

which is distributed in U. S. and Canada. Proceeds—
For equipment and working capital. Office—149 Madison

Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—Brand, Grumet & Seigel, Inc.,
'

•

Atlantic Capital Corp.

Aug. 29, 1961 filed 500,000

common. Price—$12.50. Buslness—A small business investment company. Proceeds—
For general corporate purposes. Office—744 Broad

St.,
Newark, N. J. Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson &
Curtis, N. Y. C. Note — This offering was indefinitely
postponed.
Atlantic

San Franaisco. Offering—

///;•• 'v

i

W

March

I

Bank "Adanim" Mortgages & Loan Ltd.
Dec. 29, 1961 filed $556,000 of 6% cumulative
preference
dividend participating dollar-linked shares.
Price—By
amendment. Business — A
mortgage lending company.
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Address—108
Achad Haam St., Tel-Aviv, Israel. Underwriter—Adanim

American Israel Investment Co., Inc.
Barish Associates, Inc.
Sept. 1, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 common.
Price—$4.
Business—Aeronautical research and development. Pro¬
ceeds—For

N.

Y.

working

capital.

Underwriter—Gianis

&

Office—224
Co., N.

Y.

E. 38th St.,
Offering—In¬

definitely postponed.
•

Barker

Bros.

Corp.

(5:14-18)

March 15, 1962 filed 200,000 common.
ment.
Business—Merchandising of
and
and

debt

Price—By amend¬
home, commercial

institutional

Angeles.

furnishings. Proceeds—For expansion
repayment. Office—818 W; Seventh St., Los
Underwriter—William R. Staats & Co., Los

Angeles. Offering—Expected in late May.
Barr

;i

Corp.
1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—$4. Business

—Manufacture and sale of quilted and laminated vinyl

sheeting. Proceeds—Expansion and working capital. Of¬
fice—127-09 91st Ave., Richmond Hill, N. Y. Under¬
writers—Michael G. Kletz & Co., Inc., and Rittmaster
Voisin & Co., N. Y.
Barth

Vitamin

Corp.

_/:7.

Jan. 23, 1962 filed 180,000 class A shares. Price — By
amendment. Business—The mail order sale of vitamins
and

dietary products. Proceeds—For selling stockhold¬
W. Merrick Rd., Valley Stream, L. I.,
N. Y. Underwriter—H. Hentz & Co., N. Y.
ers.

Office—270

Barton Instrument Corp.
5, 1962 filed 120,000 common, of which 50,000
to be offered by the company and 70,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $11). Business—
Design, development, and manufacture of differential
pressure-measuring devices and related instruments.
Proceeds—For working capital. Office—580 Monterey
;

March

Pass Rd., Monterey Park, Calif. Underwriter—E. F. Hutton &

Co., N. Y.

Bay State Electronics Corp. (4/16-20)
Oct. 27, 1961 filed 160,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.
Business—Development of products and tech¬
niques for use in the fields of oceanography, meteor¬
ology, seismology and ionospheric phenomena. Proceeds
—For product development and working capital. Office
—43 Leon St., Boston. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co.,
New York.
Beacon

Investing Corp.
filed 300,000 shares of capital stock.

Dec. 20, 1961

Utilities Corp.

t

Corp. (4/30-5/4)
1962 filed 35,000 common.

are

Associated Baby Services,

Y.

Securities Co.,

8,
Price—$50. ' Business—Distilling and bottling of "Bacardi" rum. Proceeds
—jFor a selling stockholder. Address—San Juan, Puerto
Rico. Underwriter—Eastman
Dillon, Union Securities &
Co., N. Y.

v

Jan. 17, 1962 filed 160,000 common, of which 60,000 are
to be offered by the company and
100,000 by stockhold¬

N.

Coast

Expected sometime in May.

Feb. 27,

Feb. 23,

(4/23-27)

Inc.

Proceeds—For
construction,
loan to a subsidiary.
Office—

Bacardi

—For

Anchor

a

Court, Opa

Hardy & Co., N. Y.

(4/30-5/4)

March 28, 1962 filed

Underwriter—None.

29th

Pacific

debt repayment and the purchase of addi¬
equipment.
Office — 32 Industrial Ave., Little
Ferry, N. J. Underwriter—Gianis & Co., Inc., N. Y.

ket.

5,900 common. Price—At-the-marBusiness—Design and development of sterile dis¬
posable hypodermic ampoules.
Proceeds—For selling
stockholders.
Office—34 N. Main St., Hudson,
Ohio.

N.

tional

Jan.

Inc.

17850

ceeds—For

—

Publishing Co., Inc. (4/23-27)
29, 1962 ("Reg. A") 103,000 common.
Price—$2.
Business—Publishing of a bowling magazine. Proceeds

it Ampoules,

plants.
and

Babs, Inc.
i
Nov. 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common.
Price—$4. Business
—Sale of dairy products,
through "Dairy Drive-ins."
Proceeds—For debt repayment and
working capital. Of¬
fice—32550 Pulaski Dr., Hayward, Calif. Underwriter—

•

itially

investment.

Road, La Jolla, Calif.

nancial Sales Corp.

/

,

Feb. 12, 1962 filed 1,000,000 common. Price—$11. Busi¬
ness—A real estate investment company. Proceeds—For
investment.

savings and loan associations, and allied financial busi¬
nesses.

Corp., N. Y. /

Pioneer Life

American

Price—$10.

Proceeds—For corporate

Business—General real estate.
purposes.

:

*

Phoenix

sewage-disposal
plant expansion,

(4/16-20)

Jan.. 26, 1962 filed 200,000 common. Price—$6. Business
—Construction and operation of_ water-treatment- and

—Net

...

.

...

asset value.

.

/

Business—A mutual fund.

Continued

Price

Proceeds

on page

30

30

Continued

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1634)

'

from page 29

—For investment.

,

—For debt repayment and working capital. Office—1183
Essex Ave., Columbus, O.

,

Office—22 The Fenway, Boston.

Un¬

ben &
•

Bebell Color

Bebell &

Laboratories, Inc.

Jan.

75,000 common. Price — $4.
color photographic
prints,
slides, transparencies and photo-animations. Proceeds—
For
equipment,
sales promotion, leasehold improvements, a new product, and working capital. Office—108
W. 24th St., N. Y. Underwriter—Stevens, Hickey & Co.,

V

N. Y.

y

—

Production

of

.

Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture of
products used in the medical profession. Proceeds—For
expansion and working capital.
Office—East Ruther¬
ers.

and First

Investment

Corp.-'' ;
/, y
y y'y
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 120,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—The processing of plastic raw materials into com¬
for extruding

pounds

■

porate
Tenn.

purposes.

Office—2600

•

Cohon &

Co., N. Y.

ville, Ky.

•

Chica

St.,- N. Y. Underwriter—Market Values,
Inc., N. Y. Note—This registration was withdrawn.
Corp. (4/11)
Dec. 20, 1961 filed $1,250,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1977; alsu 75,000 common shares. Price—
For debentures:- At par.- For stock:
By amendment.

*

Berkshire

Gas

Co.

(4/23-27)

Feb. 20, 1962 filed 26,500 common to be offered for sub¬

scription by stockholders., Price—By amendment (max*
$24.50). Proceeds—For debt repayment. Office—20 Elm
*

St., Pittsfield, Mass. Underwriter—Smith, Barney & Co.,
;
yy -, ^ ; V --y^y;
V- , / /y X:':'■■ y";, .■

/,v :;t; N. Y,

.

Bernalen, Inc.
//••■■-'"'iv'*"-1962 ("Reg. A") 70,000 common. Price—$2,625.
Business—Design, manufacture and installation of photo¬
graphic processing and control equipments Proceeds —
for advertising, expansion and equipment., Office—9821
Foster Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriter—Amber, Burstein & Co., Inc., N.. Y« ...
" "■ ■
March 7,

Berne

y>.\

of

California, Inc. (4/10)
'.:v
Oct. 27, 1961
("Reg. A") 85,000 common... Price—$3.
Business
Manufacture of handbags and related items.
Proceeds—For debt repayment and working capital. Of¬
fice—1621 S. San Pedro St;,-Los Angeles. Underwriter
—Pacific Coast Securities Co., San Francisco.
■
—

Beryllium
Feb.

International, Inc.
1, 1962 filed 1,000,000 common. Price—$5. Business

—Company plans to manufacture various type beryllium
products. Proceeds—For land and buildings, equipment,
and working capital. Office — 528 Union Trust
Bldg.,
Washington, D,' C. Underwriter—None.
Bestform

Foundations, Inc. (4/23-27)Feb. 23,
1962 filed 185,000 common, of which 36,500
are to be offered
by the company and 148,500 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $20). BusinessDesign and manufacture of popular priced foundation
garments. Proceeds—For working capital. Office—38-01
47th Ave., L. I.
,

Co., N. Y.

C., N. Y. Underwriter—Smith, Barney &
•
■
:

Big "C" Stores, Inc. (4/23-27)
1962 ("Reg. A") 18,000 common.

Jan. 22,

Price—At-the-

market.

Business—Company plans to operate super¬
markets
in
Washington and Oregon.
Proceeds—For
selling stockholders. Office—1845 S. E. 3rd Ave., Portland, Ore. Underwriters—J. Barth & Co. and First Cali¬

•>i

fornia

Co., San Francisco; Hill, Darlington

Seattle.

.

v

-r-

& Grimm,

^

Big Drum, Inc. (4/23-27)
Dec. 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common.
Price—By amendment. Business — Furnishes packaging materials and :
equipment to producers of frozen confections. Proceeds




tor
;

,

be

:

12001

San

Price—$5.

\

general educa¬

Co., N. Y.'

•

•.

;,/'/• 7

Calev

■

Rd., L. I, C.,
Underwriter+^iAmber, Burstein & Co., Inc., N. Y.
• California Interstate Telephone
March 29, 1962 filed 160,000 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment

(max; $30).. Proceeds—For debt .repayment,, con¬
capital. Office—16461 Mojave Dr.,
Victorville, Calif.Underwriter—William R. /Staats &
Co., Los Angeles.
//•'.,■ //"•/•'//...■.^y/■/:.•.;
....
struction and working

&

.

Cambridge Fund of California, Inc.-:/
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 280,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—General real estate. Proceeds—Debt

re¬

payment and working capital. Office—324 E. Bixby Rd.,
Long Beach, Calif. Underwriter—To be named. Offering
—Expected sometime in May. « "\• •'■ V*"- ■■/. /- •
//

offered

sion. Office

■;

,

shares.
and

and repayment of loans. Office—21-20 45th

1961- filed

13,

to

(4/30)•

capital

N. Y.

Corp. (4/10-11)
150,000 common, of which 30,000'
by the company and 120,000 by the/
stockholders. Price—By amendment/ Business—A hold-;
ing company for a savings and loan association. Proceeds
—•For acquisition of two insurance agencies and
expan¬
are

137,500

—

Price—By amend¬

Underwriter—Goldman, Sachs

filed

Photolabs, Inc. •
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 93,000 common. Price—$3.25. Busi¬
ness
Company processes black and white and color
photographic film, and sells photographic supplies and
equipment. Proceedsi—For sales promotion, equipment

Brentwood Financial

Dec.

Cosmetics, Inc.1962 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common. Price — $3.
Business—Importation, sale and distribution of Italian
cosmetics. Proceeds — For advertising, inventory and.
working capitals Office—114 W. 13th St., N. Y. Undcrwriter—Granite Securities, Inc., N.- Y.
;/
March 2,

Chicago.

Publishing Corp.

1961

tional works. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.
Office—339 W. 51st St., N. Y. Underwriter—S. B. Can¬

Business—Manufacture of popular priced candies.
Proceeds—For
selling stockholders.
Office—4656 * W.
Kinbie St.,
Co., N. Y.

27,

Business—Publishing of text books

ment.

parts and equip¬
ment manufactured by others. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment and other corporate purposes. Office—306 E.
.;■>/ Aldondra Blvd., ^Gardenia,
Calif. Underwriters—Mit-

-y.yBene

(E. J.) & Sons (4/18)
7, 1962 filed 210,000 common.

Feb.

electronic

-chum, Jones & Templeton, Los Angeles and Walston &
:\y Co., N. Y. .;:,y >

Oct.

Brach

Electronic

of

Caldwell

'

for, develops, produces, and markets oil and gas. Pro¬
ceeds—For debt repayment, ■ exploration and develop¬
ment. Office—612 S. Flower St., Los Angeles. Under¬
writer—Bregman, Cummings & Co., N.

Varick

distributor

sion, working capital and debt repayment. Office—118
Santa Barbara, Santa Paula, Calif.
Underwriter—Pistell,
Inc., N. Y.;
,v;. •. /"

-

stockholders at the rate of $100 of debentures for
each 65 shares held. Price—At par. Business—Prospects

5, 1962 filed 130,000 common. Price—$4.50. Busi¬
ness—Engaged in commercial offset lithography. Proceeds^-For debt repayment and working capital. Office

Business—A

/

Corp. (4/16-23)
29, 1962 filed $1,000,000 of 6% conv. subord. deben¬

by

Lithographers, Inc.,

Feb.

Bell

/ ) /

?

-

Oil

•

Office—630 Third Ave., N. Y. UnderwritersWhite, Weld & Co. Inc., and Goldman, Sachs & Co., N. Y.

•

1

ment. Business—Manufacture of molded plastic
products, "
Ave., Memphis,;
Co., and Morris : principally melamme dinnerwear. Proceeds—For expan¬

Bolsa Chica OiL Corp.
(4/16-23) *
Jan. 29, 1962 filed $1,024,700 of 6% convertible subordi¬
nated debentures due 1977, to be offered for subscription

holders.

—225

:

&

Price—At par. Business—Prospects for,
develops, produces, and markets oil and gas. Proceeds—
For debt repayment, exploration, and
development; Of¬
fice—612 S. Flower St., Los Angeles.1 Underwriter—
Bregman, Cummings & Co., N. Y.
•: A vK/"
' ' ; /

Price—By amendment (max. $20 for common).
Business—Acquisition, exploration and development of
natural gas and oil properties. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment and other corporate purposes. Net proceeds
from the sale of the common will go to certain stock¬

Color

Popular

tures due 1977.

shares.

Bell

Bolsa

Jan.

-

March 19, 1962 filed $7,500,000 of convertible subordinate
debentures due 1977; also 300,000 outstanding common

y

and

Underwriters—Lieberbaum

mond, Ky. Underwriter—J. J. B. Hilliard & Son, Louis¬

;

-

—

Begley Drug Co.
5, 1962 ("Reg. A") 19,900 common.
Price—$15.
Business—Operation of a chain of drug stores. Proceeds
—For debt repayment. Office—201 E. Irvine St., RichFeb.

•

—For repayment of debt and general corporate purposes.
Office—111 W. 19th St., N; Y.
Underwriter—/Rodetsky,
Walker &

—

purposes.
Office—201 N. Federal Highway, Deerfield
Beach, Fla. Underwriter—Consolidated Securities Corp.,
Pompano Beach, Fla.

(5/1)

i

Co., Inc., N. Y. Note; — This registration-was
withdrawn. %]
"...; y-'. /■..
: / •.)" / /-:
/W '
•
moulding into plastic prod•
Burton Mount Corp./^(4/16-20)
ucts. Proceeds
For debt repayment, equipment and "
'■■'•..■T' //
*
Sept. 22, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$6. Business
working capital. Office—35 Pequit St., Camden, Mass.
—Importation and distribution of copying machines and
Underwriter—Godfrey, 'Hamilton, Taylor & Co., Inc.,
Ni ,Y. Offering—Expected sometime in May*supplies. Proceeds—Repayment of debt, inventory, sales
promotion and other corporate purposes. Office—2147
Bloomfield Building Industries,- Inc. ^ * ;y„
Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, N. Y. Underwriter—
Mar. 26, 1962 filed $2,000,000 of conv. subord. deben-.
Reiner, Linburn & Co., N. Y,
;.
•
/';v
tures due 1977. Price
At par. Business — A holding
•
C. M. P. Corp.
(6/18-22)
company for 16 subsidiaries in the real estate and gen¬
eral contracting "business. Proceeds—For
Jan. 19, 1962 filed 70,000 common. Price — By amend¬
general cor¬

Aircraft, Inc.
•/;■',/
V
14, 1962 ("Reg. A") 259,272 common.
Price—$1.
Business—Design and development of an aircraft incor¬
porating radical concepts in design and /construction.
Proceeds—For debt repayment and general corporate
Feb.

Corp.

tures, imports and distributes artificial flowers. Proceeds

Planning Co., Washington, D. C.

Blane Chemical

ford, N. J. Underwriter—F. Eberstadt & Co., N. Y.

Petroleum

Estate. / Proceeds—For

Office—309 Main

(Ernest E.) & Associates, Inc.;
15, 1962 filed 80,000 class A common. Price—$3.
minent.
'
••;
•
Business—Application of electronic and mechanical data
• Burros
Corp.
processing techniques to solution of problems for gov¬
ernment and industry.
Proceeds—For equipment, sales <"i Oct* 30, 1961 filed 70,000 common, of which 40,000 are
to be offered by the company and 30,000
promotion and expansion/ Office—10419 Fawcette St.,
by stockhold¬
ers. Price—By amendment;
Business—Designs, manufac¬
Kensington, Md* Underwriters—Jones; Kreeger & Co.,

Becton, Dickinson & Co. (4/23-27)
/*. ,.
1962 filed 480,000 common, of which 200,000 are
be offered by the company and 280,000 by stockhold¬

Belco

*

common, Price —$4.
working capital.
St.* Islip, N. Y. Underwriters—I. R. E.
Investors Corp., Levittown, N. Y., and Great Eastern
Investment Co., Queen's Village, N. Y. Offering—Im¬

Business—Real

Blanche

-

/

Bede

Angeles.

Buildng Ventures, Inc.
Oct. 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 62,500

March

Jan. 26,
to

Office—6434 Wilshire Blvd., Los
Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co.," N. Y.
expansion.

Bilnor Corp.

8, 1962 filed 100,000 class A capital shares. Price—
By amendment ($11 max.). Business—Manufacture of
wading pools. Proceeds—For the selling stockholders.
Office—300 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter
—A C. Allyn &
Co., N. Y. Offering—Expected in May.

("Reg. A")

1962

29,

Business

*:
*

—By amendment (max. $21 for common). Business—A
small loan company. Proceeds—For debt repayment and

Jan.

(4/23-27)

Thursday, April 5, 1962

serial preferred shares) and 50,000 common shares. Price

Underwriters—Merrill, TurCo., Inc., Cleveland and The Ohio Co., Columbus.

derwriter—None.

...

Cameo

Lingerie,

Inc.

Underwriter—Hayden, Stone & Co., N. Y/v 'J

Feb. 12, 1962 filed 190,000
common, of which 120,000 are
to be offered by the company and
70,000

•

ers.

—

Breskin

Feb.

Publications

Vincente

Inc.

Blvd., Los Angeles.

(4/16-20)

Price—$5*

children's

by stockhold¬
Business—Manufactuer of women's and

tailored

panties.; f Proceeds—For debt repay¬
150,000 common/ Price—By amend-r
ment, inventory and working capital". Office—Fajardo,
of trade magazines/ Pro*
Puerto Rico. Underwriter—Schweickart &
ceeds—For the selling stockholders. Office—770
Co., N. Y. :
Lexing¬
ton Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—A. G. Becker &
•
Cameo-Parkway Records, Inc. (4/16-20)
Co., Inc.,

28,

ment.

1962 filed

Business—Publishing

New York/'

'v

'■•<•••

•//.:

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,

'

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*

"V

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Dec. 29, 1961 filed 200,000 class A
common, of which 40,000 are to be offered by
company and

\

Bridge Electronics Co., Inc. (4/23-27)
/
Nov. 29, 1961 filed 225,000 common, of which
200,000

160,000 by

'

holder. Price—By amendment.

are

a

stpck-

Business—Recording and

company, and 25,000 by the stock¬
holders.- Price—$4. Business—Design and manufacture of'
electronic equipment and communication
systems. Pro¬
ceeds—For general corporate purposes/Office—201 Lau¬

distributing of phonograph records. Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—1405 Locust
St., Phila¬
delphia. Underwriter—Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor 8c Co..
Inc., N. Y. i
./
; . /.■ ./.^
;

rel

•

to

be offered by the

St., Beverly, N. J. Underwriter—Roth
Philadelphia.
«

&

Briggs
Feb.

Leasing Corp. (4/17)
1962 filed $650,000 of 63A%

8,

dinate

debentures

due

1972

.

Campbell-Lurie Plastics, Inc. (4/23-27) ' *
Oct. 27, 1961 filed 574,250 common, of which
500,000 are
to be offered by the company and
74,250 by a-stock¬

Co., Inc.,
r

convertible

holder. Price—$2.50.
the plastic business

65,000 common to be
offered in 6,500 units, each
consisting of $100 of deben¬

Price—By amendment (max. $150).
Business—Long-term leasing of automobiles..: Proceeds

possible acquisitions and working-capital. Office/
Rd.*. Great Neck, N. Y. Underwriter—
D. H. Blair & Co., N. Y. .

$7.75).

Dec. 27

other

Feb.

March

(Michael)

29,

—For

corporate

1962 filed

•

Operation

Distributors, Inc.
100,000

of

*

•

common.

19,

Carolina

1962 filed 500,000 class A

common. Price—By
(max. $25). Business—The importing and
sale of Cutty Sark Scotch
Whiskey. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and working capital. Office—620 Fifth
Ave.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Lehman
Brothers* N. Y. Offering—
—-

L

•

•

mort¬

investment.

common.

business

investment

corporate

purposes.

Price—$3.60. Busi¬
company.

Office—23

Islands.

Proceeds
Dronnin-

Underwriter—

Telephone & Telegraph Co.

27,

1962.

Price—$20.

Proceeds—For

repayment

Office—122 E. St. James
Street, Tarboro,

Underwriter—None.

Carolinas

Capital Corp.

(4/17-18)

Nov. 22, 1961 filed 500,000 common.
Price—$10. Business
—A small business investment
company. Proceeds—For

general corporate purposes. Office—1200 North
Carolina
National Bank Bldg.;
Charlotte, N. C. Underwriter—R.
S. Dickson & Co., Charlotte.
v.

*

•

Budget Finance Plait (4/23-27)
*
r
16, 1962 filed $3,000,000 of 6% series A subord*
capital income debentures due 2010 (convertible into 6%

hold

rights to expire

April
N. C.

.

general

of bank loans.

amendment

Imminent.

For

Feb. 16, 1962 filed 195,039 common being offered for sub¬
scription by stockholders on the basis of one new share
for each 10 held of record April 3 with

self-service

Buckingham Corp.

Feb.

small

gens Gade, St. Thomas, Virgin
Richard J. Buck & Co., N. Y.

Price—$5. Busi¬
discount/department
stores. Proceeds—To retire
outstanding debentures, and
for working capital. Office—1101
Albany Ave., Hartford,
Conn. Underwriter—Gianis &
Co., Inc., N. Y.
*
—

will

—

Scottsdale, Ariz. Under¬
Underwriters, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz.-

28, 1962 filed 400,000

ness—A

Office—115 Cutter Mill Rd., Great
Neck, N. Y.
Underwriter—D. B. Marron & Co., N. Y.

ness

which

Caribbean Capital Corp.

purposes.

• Bruce

company

writer—Pacific

(max.

and distribution of scien¬
Proceeds—For research and
develop¬
and

investment

gages, land contracts, etc,
Proceeds
Office—44 E. Indian School Rd.,

Business—Importing

instruments.

ment, equipment, debt repayment

materials.

raw

working

Inc.,-Jacksonville.

22,580

amendment

of

and

77,420

Mar./ 26, 1962 filed 100,000
common, of which
shares are to be offered by the
company and
shares by stockholders.
tific

converter

Management Corp.
- j
1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common.
Price—$5. Busi¬

ness—An

Inc.

Price—By

a

/Capital

Cuttermill

Instruments,

Business—Company is engaged in

writer—Florida Growth Securities,

—For

Brinkmann

repayment

debt

capital.
.Office—5440 Highway Ave., Jacksonville,fFla./.Under¬

tures and 10 shares.

130

as

Proceeds—For

subor-'

and

Carrols, Inc.
^
Feb.'21^1962 filed 688,375 common to be offered for
sub-seriptkm by stockholders of Tastee Freez
Industries Inc '
,

March

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...

ChurchBuHders,lnc.

parent 'company on the basis of one such share for;each
tWo shares of' Tastee Freezheld.* Price—$6. Business-

Casavan

Industries, Inc.

Aug. 21, 1961 filed 350,000' capital shares. Price — $7/
and ceramics5
f6r the' packaging; and - building - industries. Proceeds—
For expansion/ leasehold ^improvements; repayment of*
loans and other corporate purposes: Office-*—250 Vree*
land Ave:, Paterson, *N. J. Underwriter—Foundation Se*

V': CedSri Lakevpilfolie Service Cor pi •>*
Mrir clr*20,;1962 filed'9,964 common.

;

•

Cinema

Studios

ment

Bailey Ave., Fort Worth,-Tex.
Management, Inc., Fort-Worth,

Inc.

(4/18)

1

Computer Applications lnc.

■

lrited

Company "plans" to qualify as/a public* utility and
frirriish" Water/ arid? sewage' 'disposal ?services riri and*
rifourid Cedar Bake. ? Ind: Proceeds
To, construct' c

production of slides and color film strips.
Proceedsr-rFor equipment, sales promotion and advertise
ing; Office^424? E; 89th- St* N. Y: Underwriters-Paul
Eisenberg Co., N..Y.
.■i

28/

•'/Jr Cemeteries "of' * America, .*■ 1 ric//

' ■/V"'
March 27, 1962"filed $500,000 of 7 % conv. subordi deben¬
tures due-1974 to be offered by the company and 65,000

ties;

Office-~-33 Maiden Lane. N. Y.

Noy. 29, 1961

filed -150,000 Class A

Price—$5

common.

Computer Ccmtrol

at

par.

■

Computer Oriented Research &* Engineering, Inc.
23/ 1962 filed 135,000 common, of which 100,000
to be offered by the company and *35,000
by a stock¬
holder. Priced—$4. Business—Electronic data processing.

Feb.
are

Proceeds—For computer systems

development, additional
personnel, and working capital. Office—119 Federal St.,,
Pittsburgh. Underwriter — Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.,
Pittsburgh.
Concord

Products, Inc..

Dec. 11,

Nov. 28, 1961! filed 120,000: common (with attached 3year warrants ,td purchase, an. additional 60,000 shares
at $2 per/share) to be. offered in units of. one* share and/
one-half warrant; Price—$2 per? unit,; Business—Manu¬
facture of

;Coastal:Acceptance:'Corp;; (4/17)..
1961 filed 80,000 class A common, of which 68,to be offered by the company and 12,000v by
Business—A small loan fi¬
nance company; Proceeds—For debt repayment. Office—
36 Lowell • St., Manchester, N. H. Underwriter—Eastern
Investment Corp., Manchester, N. H.
;

cosmetics, toiletries; cleaning'fchemicals, "jewelery, etc. Proceeds — For general corporatea purpdses.

are

stockholders; Price—$12.50.

Nov. 9, 1961

("Reg. A"') 75,000 'common. Price—$4. Busi¬
ness—Company has developed v a * process for producing
simulated brick* facing :for buildings; Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes. .Office—4506 W. ,12th St., Erie,..
Pa. Underwriter—Saridkuhl & Co., Inc., N. Y.
?
i ]/

.

Underwriter—Kidder, Pea body & Co., N. Y.

000

•

...

Price—By amendment. Business—Drisign and manu¬
of digital equipment.
Proceeds—For debt re¬
Office—983 Concord St; Framingham, Mass,

payment

equipment. Proceeds—For materials and inventory, re*
search and development and working; capital. Office—
1303 Elm St., Rocky Ford, Colo. Underwriter — Stone,
Altman & Co., Inc., Denver.

a

(4723-27)

facture

•!'

ment (max.

Business—Company was formed to hold
.mortgage company, an insurance agency
and a real estate development company.. Proceeds—For
debt repayment and working ;capitali Office—44 Forsyth
St.r.Nj. W;, Atlanta,. Ga. Underwriters—rJ oseph Walker & :
Sons, N, Y. and Clack, Bandstreet &. Kirkpa trick, Inc.,;
'I Nashville, Tenn. /'Offering
This
.company formerly, was;< named Continental -Investment
j&,Mortgage t:Co< * ♦ %.
-/; ///;
- >:
.'• Century Brick Corp* of5America (4/9*13}
tures:

the stocks of

Co.,. Inc.

62,500 are
by stockhold*

ers.

Price—By amend¬
$34). Business—Manufacture of.Irucks; selfpropelled construction machinery and highway trailers.
Underwriter—To be named,
Off ice—324
E.
;'
;/;•;.// /!/'/; //'!!/./v"/ Proceeds—For * selling stockholders.
Central Investment & Mortgage Co. ;
•
:/.///?!;/, Dewey Ave., Buchanan, Mich. Underwriter—Blyth &
Co.j Inc;, N. Y.
Jan, 26,. 1962 filed -130,000 common, of which 100,000
• Clute
are to be' offered by -the company* and 30,000 by strick(Francis H.) & Son; Inc. (4/12)
J uly 3, 1961 filed 1,000,000 common shares. Price—$1.50
holders; also $600,000 of 6 % % convertible subordinated
debentures due 1974. Price—For stock: $5; for deben¬
Business — The manufacture of farm and industrial
;

sales* finance company.

,

Jan. 24, ,1962 filed 157^00
common; of 'which
to be offered by the company.: and 95,000

1

Proceeds-i-For ex¬
pansion.- Office—526 N6rth Ave. East, Westfield* N. J.
Business—A

r

-

Underwriter*—A: G

Clark Equipment Co.
March 22, 1962 filed 125,000 common.

^

Computer/Concepts. Inc. (4/23-27) '
Dec.* 29, .1961! filed.100,000 class A common. Price — $5.
Business:—Development v and < sale, of advanced program*
ming systems? frir solution of business problems, by. the
use oLdigital;computers. Proceeds
For general cor¬
porate purposes. Office—1012 14th SU N;.W., Washing¬
ton, D. C. Underwriter—Drifts Co/, NC Yi

•

Acceptance Corp. of' Delaware

Central

equipment.

N. Y, IJnderwriler-r*Jajr W. Kaufmann &, Co.,.Ni Y;

,

r

processing

30,000.by stockhold—
Price—$3^ Business —' Manufacture of miniature •
coils for relays: used, in. computers, .aircraft, missiles and
guidance systems. Proceeds—For general corporate pur* v
poses. Office—88-06 Van Wyck Expressway,. Jamaica,,

Becker & Co., N, Y. (mgr.); Note—This registration was
Withdrawn.
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'■rx \
The: securities will* be
Toffered in units consisting of $100 *of debentures and 13 ' • City Finance. Co./ Inc;
(4/16-20)
shares.
Price—$178 per unit. Business—Operation of
Dec. 21, 1961 filed 110,000 common. Price—By amend*
five: cemeteries in Kansas. Proceeds-—For * construction
ment.. Business—Engaged in the consumer loan and fi¬
of I mausoleums
and I working - capital, ^
Office—3086
nance buisness in Maryland. Proceeds—For general-cor¬
HUtcriings St., iKansas City/ Kan. Underwriter—Bernard
porate' purposes. Office—307 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore.
M. Kahn .&, Co., Inc., Nv Y.:
J ■- -* > Underwriters-Stein Bros. & Boyce, Baltimore.

share's by stockholders.

common*

data

ers.

Price—By - amendment/ Business—The writing of " or¬
dinary life,.. group life arid group* credit4 life Insurance,
Proceeds—For Investment in income producing securt?

-

electronic

Dec; 6/. 1961. filed. 120,000. commpp, ,of which
90,000 are
to. be offered:by the company and

Sept; 6/1961 filed 147,000 common, of whichl00,000iwill
be sold ' by the
company rind' 47,000! by a . stockholder/

:• /:/

of

Computer Components,,Inc.

-

eCitizensLIfelns.Co.ofNewYdrk
.

use

Co., inc.? n; y;

Business—The

-

to

Proceeds—For expansion and working capital. Office—
30. E.» 42nd St; N. Y. Underwriter—L. M. Rosenthal &

Cineque Colorfilm Laboratories, Inc.
Aug. 29,1961'("Reg. A") 120,000 common. Price—$2.50.

***\fr/

Sfewage1 * disposal system*: - Address —. R.R. N. *3, Box

March 23> 1962. filed 87,000 common.
Price'—By amend*
ment (max. $5).
Business—Furnishing, of services re-

14, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 capital shares. Price—$1.
Business—Production of motion pictures. Proceeds—For
working capital.- Office—309 Ainsley Bldg., Miami; Fla.
Underwriter^Dalen Investments & Funds, Inc., Miami,

Price-^lOONBusinessv

Cedars-Bake,"; Inch - Uriderwriter*^None;

Drug Co., Inc. (4/17)
9, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
(Max# 22), Business—Manufacture? packaging and
distribution of proprietary drugs; Proceeds—For
selling
stockholder. Office—505
Court St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y„
Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N. Y. «

Feb.

Dec.

,'ttrismess—Production'•■of *' plastics? marble

.

Distributor—Associates

-

>

-

Office—501

investment.

StJ, Chicago: Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., -N. Yi.
Offering—Expected sometime in: Juneu; <
..
>
/

31

Commerce

Feb. 6/ 1961 :filed 56,000'shares of common stock, series
2: Price—$5.50 per share. Business—A clOsed-erid diver¬
sified management* investment company. Proceeds—For

Franchising arid supplying of stores and mobile, units'
selling a soft ice product and certain selected food prod¬
ucts:" Proceeds—For expansion. Office-*-176' W;, Adams.

•

(1635)

Coleman
Jan.

Clable & Wire Co.

v

Office—525-535 E;

137th St./ New/York. City/
writer—M.f G. Davis, 150 Bfoadway, N> Y.

Concors Supply Co., lnc.

Oct.

\

•

-

(4/9-13)

19,, 1961! filed * 100,000 . class < A?

Business—Sale of food

120,000 class A common. Price—By
amendment; Business — Distribution of special types of
18, 1962 filed

:Under¬

common.

Price—$4;

service and kitchen equipment.

electric wire and cable; and the manufacture of insulated

Proceeds — For equiriment. debt repayment and other
corporate purposes. Office—110 "A" St^ Wilmington, Del;

V' Certified: Industries, Inc.
(4/16-20) ~~ ;>••» lv ; /
Bept. 28, 1961 filed $750^000 of 6% convertible subordidebentures due 1976 with attached warrants to

wire and cable for electronic and electrical use. Proceeds

Underwriter—Roth & Co., Inc^. Philadelphia.

purchase 15,000 class Ar shares to be, offered in units (of
$250 debenture and a warrant to purchase 5 shares)

writer—Divine & Fishman, Inc., N. Y.

—For

.one

.for subscription by holders of class. A and; class B shares
.at the rate .of -one.;unit"for, each 50 shares heldf Pricert
; ;/

.

"%

r$250

:

li" *

;

-

per-

-

r*f

Champion Parts-Rebuilders, Inc. ?

1 *
.

1

-

•

,

Mich.

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Chemical;Coatings Corp.

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27f,1961 filed 75,006 common. Price—$5 Business-r
Manufacture? of paints^ particularly for; .use ip. tropical
and. .semi-ttropica.l climajtes.- Proceeds—for .equipment

-Dec.
.

•

;

,

-

and \voi*king ^capitaB Address—Santurce, Puerto Rico.
..Uijderwriter-tr-To be najned. .J; j^•,;;' ^ ■;
* Chenango & Unadilla Telephone Corp.. .- . '
March 30, 1962 filed 52,363 common/ to- be offered for
subscription by, common stockholders at the rate of two
newv-shares for each five held of record April 30> 1962.

^Colorsound,lnc.
r:V *//" / 'J
March 21/ 1962' (''Reg. A") 165,000 common. Price—$1.
Business—Research,
development and production of

.

.

.

electronic

.

Wilmington, Del:

.

/ ;V

:

v
>

.

Ave.,

N.

Y.

Underwriters—Lazard Freres & Co.

and
,

/

;,

.,.

.

,.
*
.

Chestnut

Hill

industries, Inc.

(5/14-18),

29,

'

are

r
-

St., Hollywood. FTa; Underwriter.>-* Clayton Securities
v'Corp.,:Bostdn^'Mass/-.




control

:

America, Inc.*.
8, 1962 filed.72,000 commom Price—By amendment<
Business—Operation of .discount department stores. Pro*
ceeds—Frir expansion and working capital. Office—4701
N. Hrirlem Ave., Chicago/
Underwriters—Rittmaster,
Voisin & Co^ N. Y,. and Midland Securities Co., Inc^
Kansas City. Mo/ Offering—Expected :iri May,
Jan,

23,1962 filed $30,000,000 of corivertible subordinated

Colwell Co./ ^
March 16, ,1962. filed $1,000,000 of subord.

-

common.

Consumers Mart of

a

in units. Price—By amendment. Business—A bank hold¬
ing compapy recently formed to acquire stock of First
Western* Bank & Trust Co., Los Angeles. Proceeds—For
acquisition of: First Western stock, and. working capital.
Office—1000 Vermont Ave., N. W.,, Washington, D. C.
Underwriters—Bear, Stearns & Co. and Allen & Co., N. Y.
Offering—Expected sorrietime in June.

Continental

lncbustrial

Electronics Corp#

Nov. 21, 19611 filed *200,000 common?; Price—$2.50.
.

Busi*

ness—Development ? and manufacture of4 television pic*
ture * tubes;.. Proceeds—For. debtt repayment and*: other
corporate purposes.
geles. Underwriter

Office—2724 Leonis Blvd.,..Los An*
Amos Treat
Co., Inc.,. N. Y.

—

Continental' InvestmentCorp.

■

s,

f. debentures

due 1977 (with

.

1961 filed 300.000 class A - common, of which
to be offered by the company, and 75.000 by
.stockholders. Price—$7.50. Business—Design.**and manu•••rv facturev of ^women's; misses' and
junior sportswear,\ co¬
-ordinates,; and: dresses.^ proceeds—For debt renavment.
equipment 1 and >workirier capitalOfftee-^2025; McKiriley
Nov.

,225.000

to

(4/23*27)
Price—By/amend*
skilled
personnel* to> industry and. government. Proceeds—For
selling stockholders^ Office—650 11th Ave;, N. Y, Under¬
writer—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N# Yw.
180,000

ment ($12max.),Business—Furnishes technically

debentures ; due 1987 and 1,500,000 common to -be offered

,

Lehman, Brothers,. N, Y...

sound

Consultants :and Designers, Inc.

Dec* 29, .1961 filed

Columbia Bancorporatioir
Feb.

.

Bissell & Meeds,

use

share for each* 17.held,

• Construction Design, Inc.
(4/9-13)
Feb.12,1962 ("Reg. A?) 60,006 common* Price—$5/Busi#
ness—Remodeling,/modernizing and-expanding .residen*
tial and commercial properties/ Proceeds—To make con*
struction Joans; to customers. Office—451 N. La: Cienega
Blvd:, Los Angeles.. Underwriters-Thomas Jay, Winston
& Co., Inc., .Beverly Hills, Calif.

variety- of tdevices/ * Proceeds—For debt repayment,
v
equipment and other corporate purposes? Office—1044
E. Edna * PL, Covina, Calif.«Underwriter—None.

Price—By-amendment (max. $33). Proceeds-r-For construction and debt* repayment. Office—Norwich,. N.. Y.
Underwriters—W.. E. Hutton & Co., N. Y., and Laird,

^ Chesebrough-Ponds, .Inc.- .
•
.
»
,March, 29;. 1962 filed 90,000 capital shares. Price—By
amendment
(max. $58).
Business—Manufacture and
sale of cosmetics, toiletries and related products- Pro¬
ceeds—For a selling stockholder. Office—485 Lexington

instruments /which

new

fone

29^. with rights.to expire. Apr.* 16, Prices*

Proceeds—For* repayment * of r bank? loans and/construction Office—4 Irving .Place, N.^ Y# Underwriters
—^Morgan«Stanleyr &. Co.?. and First Boston Corp., N, Yc

March 6,

■/*.-■> t-? v*-

>•

*

^$100/

Chemical Corp.
1962 ("Reg. A") 45,000 class A common and
15,000 class *B common to be offered in units of three
class A arid one class B share. Price—$20 per unit. Business—Manufacture of latex and foam rubber compounds
for backing carpets and rugs. Proceeds—For equipment
-and rworking* capital.
Office—Conway St., Dalton, Gri.
Underwriter—Norris & Hirshberg, Inc., Atlanta.
-

'

-

*

York, Inc.

t

of.record Man

Colonial

.

Halle &

-

holders on.the basis of

•

r; /v
lO0,OOOi common. . Price — $2.
Busipess—The construction- and financing of motion picture .theatres. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.
Office—234 W. 44th ;St.,;N. Y, Underwriter—M, R. Zeller

McDonnell & Co., and

5, 1962.filed 947,924 cum. convertible preference
shares beings offered for subscription by commonscock-e

-■

Charter Credit Corp.

—

Consolidated ^Edison Co. of i New

Mar.

A* Colonial Board Co. ' i
,:r
"'yA' •* *' *■'
;which-90,000 are ; March - 28; 1962; filed 164,000 common, of which 115,000
y
by stockholders, r. arevtO «be' dfferetf• by the51 company and 49,000 by stock^:
cPrice—By^ainendnxenU Businessr^Rebuilding functional . Wolders. Price^By amendmentt (maxv $15).v Business^
parts for motor vehicles. Proceeds — Frir. equipment,
Manufacture1 of shoeboard and boxboard; Proceeds—For
working,capital and other corporate purposes. Office*— expansion, - eriuipment1 and debt' repayment. Office—615
4301- W. 69th St., Chicago. Underwriter—Straus, Blosser
Parker St., Manchester; Nv HI Underwriter—Putnam &
;. & McDowell, Chicago.
W ]>■.
-/■' ;v
Co.y Hartford? Conn. *
:
(Febf:v 28/:1962. (',<Reg; Ai" )

Underwriters

StiegHfct, N. Y.

.

•.

(4/10)

general field of electromagnetic radiation for the U. S.
GovernmenL Proceeds—For: debt repayment and other,
corporate purposes; Office—343 S. Main St; Ann Arbor,,

*;•-;• y,v,.■

'Feb.- 2^ *1962 -filed. 150,000Vcommon/ of-to be "offered by. ^company and? 60,000

N.-*-

Condrictron Corp.

Offiee—142-Livingston-St:, Brooklyn, N: Y; Underwriter
—James Co., N. Y.
•*'

•struction purposes. Proceeds—For- expansion, equiprnent
,!and .working- papital. Office—344: Duffy Ave., JHicksville,

Mackie, Inc.; N. Y.,:

Dec. 20; 1961 filed 125,COO class A; common. Price—Byamendment. Business—Research and development in the

equipment, possible acquisitions and working cap¬
Office—-1900 N. River Rd:, River Grove, 111. Under¬

College Publishing Corp.
March -16, 1962 ("Reg. A1') 155,000 common. Price—$1.
Business—Composition, publication arid f distribution of
study manuals for examination preparation/ Proceeds—
For equipment, expansion and other corporate purposes.

...

unit, Business—Production: of - concrete for con*

N. -Y. Underwriter—Singerj Bean &
:

^

•

ital.

/ hated

attached.warrants); also 35,000 outstand¬
ing: common^ Price—By amendment1 (max. $35 for common). Business—Originates and services;mortgage loans.
Its subsidiaries conduct ,a. general*insurance^agency* and
brokerage business; Proceeds—For working: capital.. Net
proceeds from stock sale will go to certain stockholders,
Office—3223 W. Sixth St., Los Angelas/Underwriters—
Mitchum? Jones & Templeton? Los Angeles* and J.' A.
Hdgle f&"• CE6.v; BriltJ Lake City/ Offertng—Iri Junev /

Dec;

29/ 1961 filed 2,000,000 common. Price—By amende
ment! ($3 ^ max.). Business—A» mortgage and: real estate
investment company. Proceeds — For; working capital.
Office—Scottsdale: Sayings,

Bldg,, Scottsdale, Ari2. Un¬

derwriter—Ta benamed.

Continental ^ Sound Corp;
March 2, 1962 ("Reg. A")
Business—Sound processing

J

.

..

'

34,000 common.

Price—$5;

of commercial film used in

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bed

spreads for hotels and institutions. Proceeds—For
expansion and other corporate purposes. Office—1191

31

motion

pictures and TV. Proceeds—For debt repayment
and working capital.
Office—722 N. Seward St., Los
Angeles.
Underwriter—Raymond Moore
& Co., Los
Angeles.

N.

Decorel Corp.

Dec.

Dynamics, Inc. (5/2-6)
24, 1961 filed 500,000 common. Price—$1.15. Busi¬
ness—Development and production of electronic testing
and training devices. Proceeds — For expansion and
working capital. Office—9340 James Ave., S., Minneapo¬
lis. Underwriter—Brandtjen*& Bayliss, Inc., St. Paul.
(F.

-

J.),

tronic

Mass.

equipment. Proceeds

Underwriters—John

R.

Inc.,

Broadway, N. Y.
N. Y.

/'/'

Business—Manufacturer

of

cosmetics.

Underhill

—

Cosnai

Securities

Jan.

Corp., N. Y.

A

165,000 are
and 66,444

•

unit

one

per

for

each

10

class

B

shares

unit. Business—Company plans to

start-up

expenses

be

for

Lexington

a laboratory and
Ave., New York.

Reynolds Co., Inc. (4/30-5/4)
1962 filed 400,000 common, of which 200,000
by company and 200,000 by Merritt-

offered

products.

Proceeds—For expansion and work¬
Office—401 W. Main St., Louisville. Under¬

Dextra

Corp.
28, 1962 filed 300,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $6). Business—Manufacture and test mar¬
keting of a vitamin-enriched sugar. Proceeds—For debt
Feb.

repayment, expansion and general corporate purposes.
Address—Drawer A-Kendall, Miami, Fla. Underwriter
—To

be named.

s

purchase 2

Diamond

Dust Co.,

Inc.
Feb. 27, 1962 filed 102,000 common.
Price—$3. Business
—Production of graded diamond powder and
compound.
Proceeds—For debt repayment, additional
personnel,
advertising and working capital.. Office—77 Searing
Ave., Mineola, N. Y. Underwriter—Magnus & Co., N. Y.

Co., Inc.,

Department,

Diamond Mills Corp.

1962 filed
due

and

writing—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N. Y.

Inc.
(5/7-11)
$1,200,320 of 7% conv. subord. de¬
and 54,560 common shares to be
offered in 2,728
units, each consisting of $440 of deben¬
tures
and
20
common
shares.
Price—$550 per unit.
26,

(5/7-11)

common.

&

ing capital.

corporate purposes. Office—905 Fifteen Peachtree

bentures

to

related

filed

&

/'//••,■/;/'/'/■

Chapman & Scott Corp., parent. Price—By amendment
(max. $25). Business—Manufacture of paints, resins and

1972,

Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Underwriters—McDonnell
Y., and Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner, Atlanta.

Co.

Sons

plant.

Devoe

are

N.

Jan.

held

Price—$20

March 23,

shares. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $140). Business—Engaged in residential real
estate development. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and

Credit

A.)

Office—360
Underwriter—None.

$1,000,000 of 6V2% subordinated
60,000 common shares, and war¬
rants to purchase 20,000 common shares. The securities
will be offered in units of one $100
debenture, 6 shares

other

(John

Proceeds—For

it Cousins Properties Inc.

to

stock

small

(

warrant

/'■/

manufacture and utilize all kinds of chemical materials.

selling stockholders. Office — 1136 Washington
Ave., St. Louis. Underwriter—Goodbody & Co., N. Y.
Offering—Expected sometime in May.

a

—

Manufacture of formula feeds for livestock and

poultry, semolina and durum flour for spaghetti making,
swimming pools and inflatable toys, and machinery for
heat sealing and
labeling plastic containers. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, equipment and working capital*
Address—New Richmond, Wis. Underwriter—Kalman &

Co., Inc., St, Paul, Minn.

1

.

Co.

»'

amendment

manufacture

Proceeds—For

-

'i

■//..."
"

•

'

:v/

'

of

debt

(max.

$12).
Business—Design
metallurgical furnaces.
repayment, equipment and general
industrial

corporate purposes. Address—Red Lion Rd., and Philmont Ave., Bethayres, Pa,.
Underwriters—Janney, Bat¬
tles & E. W.
Drew

Clark, Inc. and Stroud & Co., Philadelphia/.',

Realty Corp. : //■;//,

.//7./\ /../

March 6, 1962 filed 163,000 class A.
Price—$10.
real estate.
Proceeds—For debt

—General

./

Business

repayment./

Office—50

Broad St., N. Y.
Corp., (same address).

rities

Underwriter—Drew

Secu¬

Dulany Industries, Inc.
26, 1962 filed 400,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $6.25). Business—The
canning and freezing
Feb.

of

foods.
Proceeds—For
debt
repayment. Office—850
Third Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—Blair &
Co., Inc., N. Y.

Offering—Expected sometime in June.
•

Dunhill

\

v

Food

Equipment Corp. (4/30-5/4)
Dec. 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common.
Price—$2.50. Busi¬
ness—Manufacture of food service equipment. Proceeds
—For development and
working capital. Office—79 Wal¬
worth St.,
Brooklyn, Underwriters — Carroll Co. and
Paul Eisenberg
Co., Inc., N. Y. V'"/^v;.a/:.7/
Duro Pen

Co., Inc. (4/23-27)
1962 filed 125,000 common/ Price—$4. Business
—Manufacture of inexpensive ball point
pens. Proceeds
Jan.

5,

—For

debt

repayment, equpiment and working capital.
Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter
Godfrey,
Hamilton, Taylor & Co., N. Y.
Dyna-Mod Electronics Corp.
Jam 22, 1962 ("Reg. A")
143,000 common.
Price—$2.
Office—573

—

Business—D

e s

"packaged"

electronic

i g n,

development
circuits

and

production

of

and

sub-systems.
Pro¬
products and working capital.
Office—
317 Main St., East
Rochester, N. Y. Underwriters—Gen¬
esee
Valley Securities Co., Inc., Rochester, and H. B..
Vesey & Co., Inc., Glens Falls, N. Y.,

ceeds—For

new

Dynascan Corp. (4/30-5/4)
29, 1962 filed 190,000 common.

/

Jan.

Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Design,
manufacture, and sale of elec¬
tronic test equipment,
antennas, and microwave devices.
Proceeds—For
selling stockholders.
Office—1801
W.
Belle Plaine Ave.,
Chicago. Underwriter—H. M. Byllesby
&

Co., Chicago.

• Eastern Camera & Photo Corp.
March 28 1962 filed $500,000 of 6% conv. subord.
deben¬
tures due 1972 and
50,000 common shares (of which 25,000 will be sold
by the company and 25,000 by stock¬
holders). The securities are to be offered in units of one
$100 debenture and 10 shares.'
Price—By amendment.

Business—Operation of retail
ment

Jan. 23, 1962 filed 250,000
common, of which 150,000 are
to be offered by the
company and 100,000

1974

Price—By

1961

15, 1962 filed 200,000

held.

—For

and

/

Sept. 28, 1961 filed 140,000 common with attached war¬
rants to purchase an additional 140,000 shares
to be
offered for subscription by stockholders in units (of one
share and one warrant) on the basis of 3 units for each
5% preferred share held, 2 units for each 5% preferred

2, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max; $8). Business—Design and manufacture of
sports and casual wear for girls and women. Proceeds

due

Corp.,

Deuterium Corp.

Distributing Corp.

1962

Investors

E.

R.

Price—By amend¬
Business—Purchase, manufacture and sale of;
various building materials. Proceeds—For debt repay¬
ment
and working capital.
Office—373 Adams Ave.,
Memphis, Tenn. Underwriter—-M. A. Saunders & Co.,
/Inc., Memphis.

Mar.

2.9,

Underwriter—I.

ment.

Country-Set, Inc.

March

11,

Denie's

outstanding by the present holders thereof. Price—To be
supplied by amendment. Business — The manufacture
and distribution of phonograph records. Proceeds—For
the repayment of debt, and working capital. Office—315
W. 47th St., N. Y. Underwriter—Van Alstyne, Noel &
Co., N. Y. Note—This firm was known formerly as the

debentures

Y.

Underwriter—Alessandrini & Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—

Corp. 4/30-5/4)

Cosnat Record

N.

/Imminent.

Proceeds—For

May 26, 1961 filed 231,444 common, of which
to be offered for public sale by the company

ness

Drever

—

repayment, working capital and other corporate
purposes. Office—15 Clinton St., Yonkers, N. Y. Under¬
•

Doughboy Industries, Inc.
23, 1962 filed $4,000,000/of convertible subordi*
nated debentures due 1977.
Price—By amendment. Busi¬

•

Inc. ;
("Reg. A') 60,000 common. Price — $5.
Business
Construction and financing of shell homes.
Proceeds—For working capital. Address—Allendale, S. C.

debt

writer

;

DeLuxe Homes,

Dec.

Price—$3.

common.

.

Industries,

VLevittown, N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

Underwriter—R. F. Dowd

Cosmetically Yours, Inc.
29, 1962 ("Reg. A") 80,000

Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter—Brand, Grumet &
Seigel, Inc., N. Y. Offering—Expected in June. '

and

town,

Jan.

.

expansion, equipment, debt repayment and
working capital. Office—82-88 Washington St., Middle-

(4/30-5/4)
Jan. 9, 1962 ("Reg. A") 75,000 class A common.
Price
$4. Business — A financial investment and holding
company. Proceeds—For expansion and working capital.
Co.

—1407

March 9, 1962 filed 122,700
common, of which 42,500 are
to be offered by
company and 80,200 by stockholders.

Corporate Funding Corp.

&

Thursday, April 5, 1962

ceeds—Plant

Maher Associ¬

Copymation, Inc.
;
Dec. 28, 1961 filed 60,000 common/Price—by amendment
($15 maximum) Business—manufacture of photo-copy
machines and the distribution of office copy machines,
photographic laboratory equipment, etc. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes. Office—5642-50 N. Western
Ave., Chicago, Underwriter—Kenneth Kass, N. Y.

Office—39

.

Inc.
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 95,000 common. Price—$3.50. Busi¬
ness—Manufacture of precision rubber extrusions. Pro¬

:

,

;\

Delford

For debt repayment and

—

ates and Bull & Low, N. Y.

•

offered

of wood and metal framed pictures, wood utility
frames, etc. Proceeds—For debt repayment, inventory,
and working capital. Office—444 Courtland St., Mundelein, 111. Underwriter—Clayton Securities Corp., Boston,

general corporate purposes. Office—145 Water St., South

Norwalk, Conn.

1961

be

.

Feb.

(4/23-27)

sale

125,000 common. Price—$3.75. Busi¬
of high vacuum systems and elec¬

ness—Manufacture

to

are

Inc.

29, 1961 filed

29,

Underwriter—Bayes, Rose

filed 120,000 common, of which 90,000
by the public and 30,000 by a stock¬
holder. Price—By amendment. Business—Production and

Control

Cooke

22nd

St., Miami, Fla.
Co., Inc., N; Y.

&

Oct.

Dec.

W.

.

and

store

camera

stores and depart¬

concessions.

white

film

and

Company also processes black
repairs photographic equipment.

common. Price—$4. Business
—Design, sale, fabrication and installation of acoustical
ceilings. Proceeds—For debt repayment and expansion.
Office—1925 Euclid
Ave., San Diego. Underwriter
Holton, Henderson & Co., Los Angeles.

by stockhold- / Proceeds—For debt repayment and working capital. Of¬
fice-—68 W. Columbia
Business—Manufacture of
St., Hempstead, N. Y. Underwrit¬
women's nylon hosiery. Proceeds—For debt
ers—Edwards & Hanley,
repayment
Hempstead, L. I., and Street &
and working capital.
Office—417 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Un¬
Co., Inc., N. Y. : ,v
derwriter—Drexel & Co., Philadelphia.
• Eastern
Offering—May.
Aluminum Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
Diversified Collateral Corp.
March 21, 1962
("Reg/A") 100,000 common. Price—$3*
Dec. 28, 1961 filed 78,000 common. Price —
Business—Manufacture and distribution of
By amend¬
screens, win¬
ment. Business—A
mortgage investment company. Pro¬
dows, doors, etc. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, plant
ceeds—For general corporate
purposes. Office—420 Lin¬
expansion, and working capital. Office—910 Line
St.,
coln Road, Miami
Beach, Fla.
Underwriter — To be
Camden, N. J. Underwriter—H. A. Riecke & Co., Inc.,
named. Offering—Expected in late
May.
Philadelphia.

•

•

Business—A
—For

debt

consumer

sales finance company.

repayment.

Underwriter

—

Office—1775

Bernard

M.

Kahn

&

ers.

Proceeds

Broadway, N. Y.
Co., Inc., N. Y.

Crownco

Mar. 26, 1962 filed 115,000

—

Custom

Metal

Products, Inc.

Nov. 20, 1961 filed 100,000

—Manufacture
hardware

to

of

common.

(4/16-20)

Price—$4.

components
and
electronic
tolerances.
Proceeds—For repay¬

corporate purposes.
Office—626
Atkins Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. >' Underwriter—Blank,
Lieberman & Co.,
Inc., N. Y.
Cut

&

est.

J.

Daisy Manufacturing Co.

—

Office—500 Fifth Ave.,

subsidiaries.

Proceeds—For

investment in a subsidiary
working capital. Office—147 Northeast Main St.,
Rocky Mount, N. C. Underwriter—Arnold Malkan &
Co.,
Inc., N. Y.
':/;;// '■
Eastern Pennsylvania Investment Co.
March 16, 1962 filed 450,000 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $16). Business—A small business
investment
Proceeds—For

company.

Price—By amendment
manufacture and sale

body & Co., N. Y.

Feb.

(max.
of

$25).

air

Business—Design,

cleaners.

Proceeds—For

working capital. Office—1400 W. 94th St., Minneapolis.

Eppler, Guerin & Turner,

Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson
Offering—Expected sometime

Toy Corp.

Nov. 27, 1961 filed
100,000 capital shares (with attached
warrants to purchase an
additional 100,000
shares), to be
offered in units of one
share and one warrant. Price—

in

&

Curtis, N. Y.

May.

Office

—

3

Penn

writers—Drexel

&

general

Center

Plaza*

corporate

purposes.

Philadelhia.

Co., Philadelphia

and

Under¬

Kidder, Pea-

Eastern Properties Improvement
Corp.
Aug. 22, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of subordinated debentures
250,000 common shares. Price—For deben¬

due 1981 and

tures, $1,000; for stock, $10.

Business—General real

es¬

tate.

Feb. 26, 1962 filed
150,000 common,
to be offered
by the

Proceeds—For the acquisition and
development of
properties, repayment of debt and engineering, etc.
Office—10 E. 40th St., New York. Underwriter—To be

holders.

named.

Donmoor-lsaacson, Inc.
of which 50,000 are
and 100,000 by stock¬
(max. $12). Business—
Design and manufacture of boys knit
shirts, sweaters,
and pajamas. Proceeds—For
working capital. Office—
company

$3.25 per unit. Business—Manufactures
educational toys.
Proceeds—To repay debt and increase
working capital.
Office
794 Union
St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriters—
Hampstead Investing Corp., Aetna Securities
Corp
and
Atlas Securities
Corp., N, Y.

1115

N. Y.

Price—By amendment

Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter—Goodbody & Co.,
Offering—Expected sometime in May.

Donnkenny, Inc.

•, Decorative Interiors, Inc.

common.

stock, $2.50: For debentures, at par. Business—A hold¬
ing company for small loan and credit accident insurance

Donaldson Co., Inc.
26, 1962-filed 80,000 common, of which
35,500 are
to be offered
by the company and 44,500 by stockholders.

(5/21-25)

Feb, 26, 1962
("Reg. A") 52,000 class A

Proceeds—For investment.

Underwriter—Bacon, Johnson Realty Management

Co., Inc., (same address).

March 9, 1962 filed
135,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $8.50).
Business—Design, manufacture and
sale of air
rifles, toy guns, fishing rods and outdoor
boots.
Proceeds—For selling stockholders.
Address—

Rogers, Ark. Underwriter
Inc., Dallas.

1962 filed 1,000,000 shares of beneficial inter¬
Price—$10.
Business—A
real
estate
investment

N. Y.

Merritt & Co., Inc., N. Y.

•

of

and

Estate Trust

trust.

Flushing, N. Y. Underwriter—M.

Price—

$2.50. Business—Manufacture of
draperies, furniture and




Price—$4.50. Busi¬

March 8,

Curl, Inc.

1961 filed 100,000 common.
Price—$4. Business
—Operation of beauty salons. Proceeds—For expansion.
Office—67-11 Main St.,

(H.)

common.

ness—A

Real

Investors, Inc. (4/23)
27, 1961 filed 10,000 common shares and
$625,000
6V2% con. subord. debentures due 1972. Price—For

Dec.

13, 1961 filed 125,000

Diversified

Eastern

Corp.

small loan investment
company. Proceeds—For
expansion. Office—707 Northwestern Federal
Bldg., Min¬
neapolis. Underwriter—Bratter & Co., Inc., Minneapolis.

/

Dec. 20,

Davis

Diversified Discount & Acceptance

Dec.

metal

precise

amendment.

(4/10-11)

Business

ment of debt and other

Price—By

,

Feb. 20, 1962 filed
90,000 common. Price—$9. Business—
Design, manufacture and sale of misses' sportswear and
casual dresses. Proceeds—For

selling, si^ckholdea^ Office.

real

Economy Food Enterprises Corp.
29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common.

Nov.

Price—$3.

Business—Sale and servicing of home food
freezers and
sale of bulk food to freezer owners.
Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—180

Babylon Turnpike,
Roosevelt, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—Sentinel Securities
Planning Corp., and Bassior & Co., both of 101 Cedar

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,

General

corporate

Busi¬

Proceeds

Office—164

purposes.

Valley City, N. D.
Valley City, N. D.

Price—$3.

finance business.

recourse

E.

St.,
Inc.,

Main

Underwriter—Reserve, Funds,
"

Edge Ltd.
i-v_;
Mar. 26, 1962 filed 125,000 common/Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $4). Business—Merchandising and sale of
phonograph records. Proceeds—For debt repayment, ac¬

quisitions,

and working capital.
Fifth PI., N. E., ' Washington, D.
master, Voisin & Co., N. Y. / ' <•
Educational

Office—2235 TwentyC. Underwriter-^-Ritt-

.;■// ' V-\y

Aids

Ehrenreich

Photo-Optical Industries,: Inc.
(4/23-27) yyV/vJan. 26, 1962 filed5 150,000 common, of which
•

to

are

offered

be

holders.

cameras, lenses, accessories and optical
Proceeds—For debt repayment, expansion,

Office—111 Fifth Ave., N. Y.

working capital.

derwriter—Lee
Eisler

Business—Wholesale

of

instruments.

.

100,000

and 50,000 by stock-:

company

amendment.

Price—By

distribution
and

by the

Un¬

Higginson Corp., N. Y.

Transformer

Inc. /

Co.,

("Reg. A")

1962

75,000

electrical

equipment.
Proceeds — For debt repayment,
inventory and working capital. Office—16 N. Salem St.,

Dover, N. J. Underwriter—Sherman & Hall, Inc., Allentown, Pa. ■

Price—$4.
Business—Manufacture, assembling
processing of metal parts and products. Proceeds—
For equipment, construction of a building, and working
capital. Office—187 N. Water St., Rochester, N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—Charles Plohn & Co., N. Y.
and

17, 1961 filed 75,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Design and manufacture of precision nuclear magnetic
instrumentation. Proceeds—For general corporate pur¬

•

Transmission

March

22,

debt

ing

.Common

/ Japan

$18,265,419

EST)

Discount

Fund,

(Bache

•.

underwriting)

no

V"

(Monday)

Allyn

C.

(A.

.Common

(Roth

Construction

Design,

Common

v■
i

.

Flower

Hardy

City

Industries,

Green

Williams

(Seidman

(Williamson

Common
$325,000

(Bache

and

Co.

St

Robinson-Humphrey

Lithoid,
Loral

Electronics

Co.)

(Globus,

(E.

Inc.)

Co....

R.)

.y__:

-

V

Altman

68,000

Common

Co..

received)

(Netherlands

Premium

Narrows
National

.Common

Atlantic
(G.

Common

Corp
Murphy & Co.) $400,000

&

Saxton

A.

(A.

(A.

Becker

C.

(Street

Precision

&

Co.)

$525,000

Common

&

Co..

Instrument

Inc.)

Common

Corp
Inc.)

Co.,

&

$350,000

Common

Corp
Noel &

Alstyne,

150,000 shares

Co.)

Securities

(General

$500,000

Common
$300,000

Inc.)

Co.,

—-—.Capital

——

Realty
(Burnham

Class

&

250,000

Co.)

(Hardy

Automatic

Co., Inc..

RF

(Arnold

Plant

Malkan

&

(G.

(Dallas

K.

Shields

&

Co.)

Tec-Torch

Rupe

Co.,

Tennessee
(S.

D.

Plastics

Ultra

Warlick

Moyer,

Common
&

Co.,

Inc.)

City

Capital

Co...
Fricke

&

French,

T-* )

Turner,

Inc.)

180.000

Linburn

(C.

C.

Industrial
Codings

Eldre

Electronics

& Co.,

Inc.

Class

Inc..

and Harrison

Co.)

&

155,000

Berne of California, Inc
•

...

:

(Pacific

Coast

Co.)

(Hayden.

(McDonnell

Stone

&

Co.)

Common '
150,000

shares

Co.

and




Halle

&

Stieglitz)

125,000

shares

Pike,

First

200,000 shares

Scientific

Funds,

Inc.)

—...

...

St

Potoma

Weill)

Tork

Time

United

Taylor

Common
St

and Magnus & .Co.)

Co.

shares

Common

Packaging Co., Inc

(Godfrey,

Hamilton.

Taylor

St

Co.,

West Falls

(Globus. Inc.)

Co.)

$400,000

Securities,

Inc.)

&

Co.,

Inc.)

$300,000

Inc.;

$625,000

Seymour Blauner Co.

Haft & Co.)

$600,000

&

and

$306,000

Common

$175,000

Common

Inc
Co.)^ $742,500

Shopping Center Limited

Units

Partnership
(Hodgdon

Wiatt

(Norman)

&

(Schwabacher & Co.;

Widmann

(L.

Inc.)

Co.,

$444,000

Common

Co
J. Barth St Co. and Bear,
135.000

Wiley

Stearns &

shares

Common

F.), Inc

(Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor &

.—Class A

Corp

Plohn

Co.)

Common

...

Stores,

(Charles

^.Common

&

Inc.)

Lighting Products, Inc

Liquor

$3,000,000

Inc.)

Common

135,000 shares

Controls, Inc
Hamilton,

(Godfrey,

Weinkles

Common

Sprayregen.

Inc

$325,000

Technical Animations, Inc._______.Units
(Offering to stockholders—underwritten by Bull & Low;
John R. Maher Associates and R. Tropik & Co., Inc.)
$211,400

Universal

$400,000

Inc...
Plohn

Inc

Malkan

Common
Common

Berlind,

(Carter,
:

$750,000

110,000 shares

Co.,

&

$357,500

$700,000

Inc.)

Common

Inc.)

Common

(Netherlands Securities Co..

Inc.)

Co.,

Woodhill,

Common

Mackie,

Inc.
(Arnold

-

Class A

Corp.
&

&

Fastpak,

Common

...

Inc.)

&

...Common

—

Units

Lieberman

(Meadowbrook

$255,000

Brentwood Financial Corp.
Conductron

Inc
& Co.,

O'Neill
H.

shares

100,000

Inc.)

O'Connor,

&

150,000

Inc.

(Charles

Ellner

$600,000

Inc

Components,

A

shares

.Common

Securities

Co.)

Products, Inc

(Reserve

Almo

&

Beane

(Blank,

Econ-O-Pay,

(Tuesday)

April XO

Common

&

Records,

Co.,

Custom Metal

shares

shares

150,000

Inc.)

Co.,

Hamilton, Taylor

Finance

.Common
&

Cummings

....Common

Inc

St

(Stein Brothers & Bcyce)

$300,000

Bregman,

Industries, Inc
(Singer,

$700,000

Inc

Guerin

(Godfrey,

Certified

by

$1,024,700

Corp.______

Cameo-Parkway

Units
shares

Co.)

Becker

G.

Mount

(Reiner,

$325,000

17,500

Spencer Gifts,

Debentures

Corp

Publications,
(A.

Burton

Common

Inc.)

Co.)

&

Ackerman

Press,

(Eppler,

Breskin

Industries, Inc
Fuller

Specialties

(Woodcock,

Co..

&

Oil

Common

(Arnold Malkan & Co., Inc.)

$1,000,000

Co.)

&

stockholers—underwritten

to

Common

shares

Inc.

(Stone,

Vitamin

152,000

Cummings

shares

Spears (L. B.), Inc

Debentures

Corp

&

$270,000

:

Harvey

(Offering

Common

....

Inc.)

Son,

Inc

(Scott,

Texas

&

Chica

Bolsa

(M.

shares

160,000

Co.)

&

100,000

Spartan International Inc

Common

•

Suburban Directory Publishers, Inc

Taylor Publishing Co...

Oil

(Bregman,

Common

Hurley & Co.) $208,980

Fuller

D.

Chica

Bolsa

$200,000

Co.)

Equipment Corp
(Joseph W.

•;

(S.

Common

Lynch)

&

Manufacturing Co
(Gebrge,

shares

150,000

Leonard

Ahalt

(Searight,

Shelley

Corp._______—..Class A

underwriting)

Common

Industries, Inc

(Moore,

$1,200,000

Co.)

....Common
129,000 shares

Seg Electronics Co., Inc

Common

&

Photo

All

$300,000

Inc.)

Polonitza,

&

—

(Schwabacher & Co.)

$500,000

State Electronics Corp

Bay

541,000 shares

Interonics, Inc

Steel

(No

Common

,

(Roth & Co.. Inc.)

Marker

Co.

Season

shares

150.000

Utilities Corp

Atlantic

.Common

(Kidder, Peabody St Co. and Dean Witter & Co.) 200,000 shares

Publishers

Co.)

Securities Co.)

(Equity

B

shares

Producers Cotton Oil Co

Fuller &

Rucker

Common

Corp

American Modular Manufacturing Corp.__Common

125,000 shares

& Co.)

Corp...

& Screw Mfg.

D.

(S.

Capital

(Garat

(Monday)

16

American Bolt

shares

120,000

Co

(Lehman Brothers and J. Barth

Presidential

April

Class A

shares

131,500

Inc.)

Rego Radio & Electronics Corp..

Common

Rising's Inc.

shares

150,000

Industries, Inc

Common

Inc

Co.,

Gilhart

D.

Microwave

Premier

Corp.)

Investing

Industries,

Electronics

Orion

..Common
$300,000

Inc.)

.Common
Heritage Equity Corp.)

and

Equipment & Plastics Corp
(Cortlandt

North

$6,000,000

Co.,

$4,000,000

Inc.

Co.,

&

$420,000

(Van

Securities

and Mitchum, Jones &

Corp

v

(Friday)

April 13

&

Jones

shares

150,000

Debentures

Systems

Ackerman

(Stone,

Mitchum,

Co., and

&

(Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Templeton)

Molecular

$1,500,000

Templeton)

St

Common
150,000 shares

Co

Realty

(Pearson,

Corp.

Jones

shares

100,000

Co.)

&

.Common

Templeton)

■./•W

Inc.)

.Common

Peabody

(Kidder,

Macco

Bonds

be

to

'V:

,

Class A
«:

$660,000

Baum & Co.)

Podesta

'

Motor Parts

units

Realty Co

Bonds

—

...

&

;

;

•

.

Macco

•

$35,000,000

EST)

a.m.

Financial

Bay

Common

—

Units
Inc.)

Co,,

&

(Andresen St Co.)

i

V

$1,250,000

$400,000

Fidelity America Financial Corp

$300,000

Co.)

Corp.)

Marts, Inc

(Mitchnm,

Capital
Blauner

$150,000

,''.V170,000 shares

West

shares

110,000

Corp.
(Seymour

Moore

/

Common

Milli-Switch

..^Common

Littlefield, Adams & Co

.....Bonds

Securities

& Light Co

'Bids

shares

56,225

Weld

(Cruttenden,

...Preferred

Securities Corp.)

11:00

•

Mississippi Power Co

Common

&

Co. )

&

Co., Inc

Nebraska

(Stone.

$360,000

Inc.

Boiler

Walston

and

April 12 (Thursday)
'
Clute (Francis H.) & Son, Inc.....

Kidder, Peabody & Co. and

Roland

Model.

Inc.)

Corp

(Lehman Brothers;

Medex,

y—

125,000 shares

Co.,

&

Templeton

Cliff Rah el & Co. and Storz-Wachob-Bender Co.)

(J.

Common
Taylor

Hamilton.

shares

200,000

—

Inc.

Littelfuse,

75.000 shares

..._.Debentures

(First Nebraska

-

Shaver Food

Capital

Inc

(Godfrey,

V

? Pacific Power

units

17,000

Inc.)

Co.,

:

Co...

Gas

(White,

.

(George K.

Corp.

(Bids

Electronics, Inc

(Jennings, Mandel & Longstreth)
;

*

&

stockholders—underwritten by White, Weld & Co.)
63,803 shares

(Offering to

.y' /
>1;'
Intermountain

..Common

Corp

&

(First

Inc.....Units

Inc.)

Co.,

Jones

Nebraska

$420,000

Corp.)

International Airport Hotel Systems,
Johnson

shares

124,900

Beane)

/ Nebraska Boiler Co., Inc.

^....Common

Corp.

Securities

&

Rhoades

^...Capital

Inc

Productions,

Loeb.

M.

(Wednesday)

Electronic

(Mitclium;

.

.Common

Cantwell)

Valley Construction

Williston

R.

Electronic

,

Inc
&

,v

Co.)

&

•

-

(Carl

)>Jntermountain Gas Co

$75,000,000

Inc.)

Co.,

(Mitclium, Jones & Templeton and Walston & Co.)

■/ Bell

;

Co.): $306,000

&

Hanna-Barbara

vy

Common

April 11
Bell

■

Corp.—-i

(Hardy

&

..Common

Capital Corp

Leonard & Lynch and Singer, Dean & Scribner)

•

Corp.-—iCommon

stockholders—underwritten by
r-■ - 'v-'
$620,000
.
\ :_•
-

p

$300,000

to

Palm-Aire

Florida

Securities
Stuart

'

$1,540,000

Co.)

&

$2,750,000

Ccfu'L.—Debentures j^u(
Corp.; White, Weld & Co, and

Corp.

$279,000

—.—Common
Noel

Alstyne,

y

.Common //y y

$300,000

Common
Inc.)

Co.,

King Louie Bowling Corp....

$300,000

Inc.)

&- Co.,

Bernard & DeBoff, Inc.)

Palm-Aire

(Offering
■;.■

CO., Inc.)

&

.Com.

$990,000

Corp
Securities

Pittsburgh

(Moore,

•••'

Transmission

Gas

(J.

,

Florida

Z Greater

Common
115,000 shares

Inc.)

Co

(Van

$20,000,000

....

A: Saunders

Gould Paper

'

Bonds

Inc.

Halsey,

'

(Seymour,

Leasing
(Midland

v- *

Inc

Blauner & Co., Inc.)

Webster

&

Vassar

Common
>
/
Common

inc....

■, ". "u
(Thomas Jay, Winston
/ Electronic Controls, Inc

!

(Stone

:v

-C-p-i—.Commoii

•

•;v',

General

$6,375,000

Co.)

St

Co.,

Taylor &

General Battery & Ceramic Corp
..Common
(Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc.) 200,000 shares

and

$400,000.'

Inc.)

Co.,

St

Haupt

..Common

Hamilton.

(Godfrey,

$300,000

34

700,000 shares

Noel & Co.)

Alstyne,

(Van

on page

Garden State Small Business Investment Co..

Common

(Bids 11 a.m. CST)

(M.

Tennessee

$300,000

(Sandkuhl & Co., Inc.)

Concors Supply Co., Inc.—

/

Raiford's,

$2,200,000

Co.)

&

Century Brick Corp. of America
•

Corp.)

Webber, Jackson St Curtis
Co., Ltd.) $25,000,000

Paine,

(Milton D.

Common

Continued

Corp.—

Frouge

:

:—Capital

Securities

Publications,

Pyramid

and Goodbody

Co.

&

$662,500

Inc.)

Northern Indiana Public Service Co

S2.675 000

/p American Pioneer Life Insurance Co

Office—5150 Wilshire Blvd., Los An-

working capital.

& Co., Inc.,

Corp....Com.

Acceptance

Co.,

/

^ Equity Funding Corp. of America
March 29, 1962 filed 240,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment
(max. $6.50).
Business—A holding company for
firms selling life insurance and mutual funds.
Proceeds
—For new sales offices, advances to subsidiaries and

Securities

(Ira

(Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc.) 250,000 shares

'

North, Minneapolis. Underwriter—None.

for

components

Inc

Debentures

Corp

to stockholders,

Pacific Lumber Co

Alaska

p.-'

Busi¬

Price—$3.

of

Leasing Corp

Co.;

&

&

&

Fidelities

■

■

and

Municipal Investment Trust Fund, Pa. Series__Ints.

(Friday)
Government Employees

the making of construction loans to
property owners. Proceeds—For repay¬
working capital. Office—430 First Ave.

and

mortgages

,

(Bratter

April 6

April 9

in

N. Y.

Diversified

;

,

(4/23-27)

Nov. 29, 1961 filed $3,000,000 of 8% subordinate deben¬
tures due 1965. Price—At par. Business—The investment
builders

& Lee, Inc., and Crosse

Thomas, Williams

Hammill & Co., N. Y.

Equity Capital Co.

Stream, N. Y. Underwriters—V. S. Wickett & Co., Inc.,

Nikko

(Offering

son,

repayment, expansion, sales promotion and work¬
capital. Office — 103 E. Hawthorne Ave., Valley

(First

a.m.

(max. $12). Business—Operation of a chain of re¬
tail shoe stores. Proceeds — For selling stockholders.
Office—237 Cherry St., Toledo, O. Underwriter—Shear-

ment of debt and

distribution

and

filed 150,000 common. Price—By amend¬

ment

Inc., N. Y.

DeBoff,

&

/

(4/30-5/4)

Epko Shoes, Inc.

March 27, 1962

Corp.

125,000 common.

1962 filed

ness—Manufacture

Hill Aircraft &

(Thursday)
Pacific Power & Light Co
stockholders—bids 11

•

(4/9-13)

Seymour, Eernard

—

Electronic

Garat &

—

.

100,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Design and manufacture of automatic electronic and
computer
controlled
drives and
systems,
helicopter
check-out, flight control and landing control systems and
multi-contact relays and switches. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, working capital and other corporate pur¬
poses. Office—67 Southfield Ave., Stamford, Conn. Un¬

April 5

to

Blvd., Torrance, Calif. Underwriter
Polonitza, Los Angeles. •

Nov. 29, 1961 filed

derwriter

.

thorne

Office—Sawyer Lane, Hudson, Mass. Underwriter
—Gianis & Co., Inc., N. Y.
;
V

Inc.

(4/16-20)

Inc.

1961

Enviro-Dyne, Inc. (4/30-5/4)
Feb. 13, 1962 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common. Price — $1,
Business—Research, development, manufacture and sale
of enviromental testing equipment. Proceeds—For equip¬
ment and other corporate purposes. Office—24447 Haw¬

Nov.

/;/, Electronic Controls,

27,

curities, Inc. Hempstead, N. Y.

(5/21-25)

Corp.

Electromagnetics

& Pike,

33

("Reg. A") 30,000 common. Price—$10
Business—Operation of supermarkets. Proceeds—For ex¬
pansion and working capital. Office—896 Old Country
Rd., Westbury, N. Y. Underwriter—Meadowbrook Se¬

holder.

NEW ISSUE CALENDAR

(Offering

Dec.

background music; design, construction and installation
of specialized closed circut TV system. Proceeds—For

common. Price —,$4.
Business—Manufacture of transformers and inductors for

Feb,-28,

Ellner

(4/16)

Inc.

Feb. 5, 1962 filed 100,000 common, of which 75,000 are
to be offered by the company and 25,000 by a stock¬

poses.

Co., Inc. (5/7-11)
Dec. 26, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business
-rSale of school supplies, toys and notions. Proceeds—
For equipment, inventories and working capital. Office
—1125 Okie St., N. E., Washington, D. C. UnderwriterWright, Myers & Bessell, Inc., Washington, D. C.

yv/'

(1637)

Eldre Components,

Econ-O-Pay, Inc. (4/16-20)
26, 1961 filed 1,000,000 common.

Oct.

ness—A dealer

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

Co.) $486,000

Capital

(John) & Sons, Inc
(White,

Weld & Co.,

Inc.)

150,022 shares

Continued

on

page

34

34

(1638)

Continued

geles.

from

The Commercial and Financial
Chronicle

33

page

Fairway IVIart

Underwriter—Wisconsin-Continental,

Inc.,

March

Mil¬

and

112,500

shares.

common

•

French, Inc., Philadelphia.

Evans,

Price-

Inc.

N.
•

State

&

Co.,

;y.; ,y

Extrin

Foods, Inc.

(4/23-27)

Nov. 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$3.25. Busi¬
ness—Creation and manufacture of flavors for the bak¬

ing

confectionary industries. Proceeds—For addi¬
personnel, new products and possible acquisitions.
Office—70 Barclay St., N. Y.
Underwriters—Hay, Fales
& Co., and McLaughlin, Kaufman &
Co., N. Y. (
Fairbanks Wire

Co., Inc.

For debt repayment and general corporate
Office—Walnut St., M D 23, Newburg. N. Y.
Underwriter—First Madison Corp., N. Y.
—

purposes.

Continued

from page 33

1962

Briggs

Leasing
(D.

.

tures due

Carolinas

&

Co.)

6,500

Co.)

$5,000,000

(4/23-27)

Price—$4.75.

•

Fields Plastics & Chemicals,

re¬

Inc.
29, 1961 filed 220,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Manufacture of vinyl plastic sheeting.

Nov.
ment.

Proceeds—For selling stockholders. Office—199 Garibal¬
Ave., Lodi, N. J. Underwriter—Sutro Bros & Co., N. Y.

di

Offering—Imminent.

,

subord. deben-

conv.

•

shares to be offered

Financial

March

16,

Corp. of Santa Barbara

150,000

1962
to

are

shares

by

filed
be

Nov.

(4/16-20)

Calif.

30, 1961 filed 125,000 common. Price—$5. Business
distribution of nuts, bolts and other fastening

200,000

offered

the

by

devices

manufactured

repayment

and

by

general

others.

•

Fidelity America

Oct.

3,

1961 filed

—Commercial

D.

Anchor

Proceeds—For acquisition of stock and
Office—1035 State St., Santa Barbara,

Underwriter.— Dean

Witter

&

Futura

Y.

Underwriter

Financial Corp.

100,000

Blauner

&

Sulzberger,

&

&

•

..

Inc.)

<

Continued

.

Peabody

Co.)

&

80,000

Ruffy Togs, Inc

(Glass &

Ross,

Inc.

Samson,

165,000

and

Pacific

Coast

Securities

New

York

(D.

Lakeside

H.

Box

Blair

&

Co.)

100,000

Grader

(First

Mastan

Co.,

Mastan

Co.,

&

Co.)
&

Missouri

to

J.

Pal-Playwell

received)

McDonald

&

Co.,

Inc.)

Securities,

Forgan

Inc.)

Finance

(Roth

&

$718,750

Co.,

shares'

Inc

(Shearson,

?•

First Boston

by

Wine

Co.,

(First

Corp.)

21

Common
Corp.)

170,000

(A.

C,

Allyn & Co. and Hornblower

Mfg.

&

(Kidder,

Inc.)

Co.,

Inc.)

Mills,

Eastern
Eastern

(Lee

Common

B.

Burnside

Co.,

&

(Vickers,

.

Inc.)

$675,000

Capital

,

Investments

&

(W.

(Milton

&

Common

Co.)

120,000 shares

Voron

Kollmorgen Corp.

-Common

^

(Putnam

4

Co.)

M.

M.

Corp

Debentures

.

Byllesby &

Co.)

$2,000,000

Common

(Federman, Stonehill & Co.) 300,000 shares
Southern Bell Telephone &
Telegraph Co.—Debs.
(Bids

11

a.m.

EST)

$75,000,000

Tyler Pipe & Foundry Co.—
Southwest

Co.)

Common

120,000

shares

(B.

Harris

&

&

Co.

and

Common
Co.,

Inc.)

Stone

&

Home

&

Webster

Securities

(A.

(Pacific

Admiral Automotive
Products, Inc.—
&

Common

Co., Inc.) $400,000

Common

(International Services
Corp. and Market Values, Inc.) $300,000

Ainsbrooke Corp
&

Co.,

Capital
Inc.

and

Reuben

Rose

&

Co,,

Inc.)

Jiffy Steak




Securities

Common
Co.)

$300,000

G.

Hess,
shares

140,000

E.

Co.,

Inc.

Kim

Inc.

Grant

/•.'

Co.)

Reuben,

Rose

&

&

'

M.

L.

Lee

&

Co.,

•

-

Planning

Group,

Inc. )•

Securities

Corp.)

Common

300,000

.(Suplee,

ll

EST)

d.m.

Stores

..

Debentures
$20,000,000

160,000

shares

Inc.)

$650,000

>'

^———-Debentures
Shearson

Yeatman,

Mosley

Corp.)

Yeatman,

Mosley

Co.)

shares

(Paine,

shares

and

&

Curtis

Inc.)

Common
312,500

(Brand, Grumet

--———Debentures
and

Loewi

&

Co.,
'

-1

Inc.)
:

v

Common
and

Loewi

&

Co.,

Inc.)

shaves

Common

&

108,000 shares

Seigel,

Bacardi Corp.

shares

shares

Richling, Inc,
(Carreau & Co.)

(Eastman

Inc.). $1,200,000

———.—Common

Dillon,

Union

Securities

&

Co.)

$1,750,000.

"

$616,000

Caldwell

-Common
Co.

$1,250,000

Associated Baby .Services, Inc.———...Common

Class A

166,666 shares

Inc.)

Co.——

Jackson

90.000

Aronoff &

.

Redpath)

Specialty

Webber,

.

$1,700,000

65,000

Co.,

Specialty Co.—

Aluminum
..Common

72,000

Inc.)

Co.,

$1,000,000

$286,875

75,000

Co.,

&

.

Corp.—_„—_—Common

(Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Common

Taylor

shares

(Offering to stockholders—underwritten by
Hammill & Co.) $6,359,900

Aluminum

$800,000

Inc.)

Co.)

&

$300,000

—

Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.

Inc.)

Common

.

Parker

Capital
Common

:

April 30 (Monday)
y y
<
Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co._—_ .Debentures

_

Corp

Co.)

&

Inc.)

&

-Units

Lestrange

Co.,

Co.—

—

April 27 (Friday)
Livingston Oil Co._^—-—
-

.Common

&

&

140,000 shares

Inc

(Balogh & Co.,

...

(Suplee,

Co

Hamilton,

Class A
and

April 25
(Wednesday)
*
Policy-Matic Affiliates, Inc.————Capital
.

shares

Fashions, Inc

(Godfrey,

$1,947,000

(Hayden, Stone & Co.)

-

t

\

Common

and

Securities

Liederman

(Auchincloss,

Co.)

,

200,000

Securities.

Becker

Coast

$1,590,000

.

Common

Co.)

Corp

(Arthurs,

Lee

Co., Inc.
Coast

&

Kay Foods Corp

$2,000,000
(Pacific

by

Jaylis Industries, Inc.—
(D.

Agency Tile Industries, Inc

Bruce

,

.Common

Iowa Southern Utilities Co.———

Films

Inc.)

Class A

Common

(Sunshine

Jayark

Bargain

'

100,000 shares

Honora, Ltd.

Corp.)

(Monday)

(Baruch Brothers

W.

Co.,

&

—.^.Common

Acceptance

(J.

Bonds

shares

Common

ServiceMaster

(Bids

$330,000

Products, Inc.

Builders

$300,000

$40,000,000

23

»

Common
Sachs

Hardlines Distributors, Inc.

Blauner

&

Capital

550,000

Scope Publishers, Inc

John's

.

Goldman,

stockholders—underwritten

Metal

Common

$440,000

Common

Remington, Inc.)

shares

April 24 (Tuesday)
y'.
Appalachian Power Co.__^

$460,000

Devices, Inc.—

D.

307,000

$3oo,oou

Plastics,

Units

Co.;
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
White, Weld & Co., Inc. and
Co.) 2,250,000 shares

underwriting)

(McDonnell

Co.,

(Standard

$325,000

-

Inc.)

(Federman, Stonehill & Co.)
(Offering to

shares

—Common

Inc.)

Co.t

&

'

(Investment

$1,800,000

Corp.

G.

&

&

Blauner

(Laren

eWorld

Gateway Chemicals, Inc..

Hillside

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corp

Alan-Randal

Inc.;

Witter

(Thursday)

Rental

(White, Weld

Smith

&

Wenger

Wiggins

:

V

General

Joshua

Wade,

Vending Co., Inc

(Milton

April 19

&

400,000

Corp

.

shares

;

(No

Royaltone Photo Corp.

(First

Fenner

Folz

Byllesby & Co.) 110,000 shares

Newark Electronics
(H.

A

Co..

Co

Dean

—Class

$250,000

Inc.)

$3,000,000

(First Boston Corp.; Blyth & Co., Inc.;
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Lehman Brothers;

100,000 shares

Electronics Corp
<H.

Motor

Inc.)

Electronics Corp

(John

$625,000

-

4

Co..

(Andresen

(Hay, Fales & Co. and McLaughlin, Kaufman & Co.)

Ford

Co.,

Warwick,

Langley & Co.)

D.

Common

$25,000

Fastline Inc.
&

..Common

International, Inc
C.

Volt Technical

—.Common

Parks

&

$2,250,000

Trans-Alaska Telephone Co.

Marts

—Debentures

Everett

Co.,. Inc.)

City Dairy Products, Inc

shares

Extrin Foods, Inc

(G.

shares

Common

Sun

180,000 shares

150,000

shares

-

Towers

Debentures

underwriting)

&

(Finkle

Equity Capital Co

Funds, Inc.) $75,000

Instruments, Inc

Corp.)

170,000

145,000

&

Common

Inc.)

\

Common

Common
&

Becker

G.

120,000 shares

Co.,

Common

$676,500

Star Tank & Boat Co., Inc
(A.

Co.)

Common
Co.)

Common

Co., Inc.)

Gas

—

Inc.)

Common

Co.)

Northwest

Inc.—

MacPherson

Common

&

Higginson

(No

-Common

Studios Inc

(Hayden, Stone

(Richard

\

.

shares

Co.,

Brothers

.

Hopwood)

<fc

Corp.

$500,000

—

Malkan

Pacific

Elmaleh

and

(Baruch

$1,435,625

Inc.—
&

&

,

.

Inc.---

Co.

&

rRoadcraft

Common

——

157,500

Jaffray

shares

Ridgerock of America, Inc

■

:

;

Investors, Inc
(Arnold

& Sons—

(Dalen

April

shares

$3,000,000

Inc.)

.

—Common;

and

Products,

(Gross

———;

Malkan

Co.

Becker

G.

Common

Investors,

$850,000

(Goldman. Sachs & Co.) 210,000 shares

Haltone

Co.)

Co. 1

&

Hammill &

(Arnold

Inc.

(E. J.)

Newark

Peabody

Duro Pen Co., Inc

(Wednesday)

(Mortimer

Industrial

50,000

"

Co

(Hayden, Stone &

Research

Ehrenreich Photo-Optical Industries, Inc._Common

April 18

Cinema

Co.)

&

Regal-Meadows,

shares

--Common

Decorel Corp.

$562,500

Common
&

y

(Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor & Co.) $500,000

Common

Co.,

(A.

"/■*'
-Common

Consultants and Designers, Inc.j

800,000 shares

Co

(Cruttenden

Brach

Weeks)

Aviation, Inc

Wham-O

Artlin

&

Hammill &

(Clayton Securities Corp.)

Common

(White

(Shearson,

Glass

(Investment Planning Group)

$900,000

Co.)

Piper,

Public Loan Co., Inc.--------

——Debentures

(Doft &

shares

Brands, Inc.

Walston

:

100,000

:—

Hammill &

and

95,000

Common

Plan.

(Shearson,

Inc

Boston

Co., Inc.)

Computer Control Co., Inc

40,312 shares

Taylor

&

Corp.

Witter

-Common

Co.)

———Capital
$300,000

Corp.-——,.——-Capital

75,000

(Dean

-•

Darlington

Co., Inc.——

(Florida Growth Securities,

Common

l

(Offering to stockholders—underwritten

The Ohio

and

Inc.)

Product Research of Rhode Island, Inc

Computer Concepts Inc.-—-—

$400,000

347,543

'

-

Co.,

,

—.Common
$500,000
\
*
}

:i;

Common
shares

—

&

Semiconductor

Northwestern

Barney

.

185,000

Campbell-Lurie Plastics, Inc

$300,000

Smith,

shares

Co.)

Wilkens

Higginson

•

$2,450,000

Bessel)

I

IS.

Common
by

Inc.___

Plan___

Common

Co.)

26,500

&

Co., Inc.

Finance

r-.

(Lee

—

&

National

Inc.)

—.—Common

Myers,

(Switzer & Co.. Inc.)

480,000 shares

Inc

Electronics

Common

Brewing Co.J_

Wine

Drum,

(Merrill, Turben

Common

(Tyche

(Glore,

.

Budget

$5,925,000

Co.)

Inc

Budget

$600,000

Inc

Schlitz (Jos.)

Taylor

Inc.)

Co.)

First California Co.; and Hill,
& Grimm) .18,000 shares

Bridge

Laboratories, Inc

(T.

v.';'.

Equip. Trust Ctfs.

be

Co.;

Common

Winslow,

RR

(Bids

r

&

&

-(Arnold,

Multronics, Inc.

v.:

-

i

Barney

Stores,

Barth

Big

shares

$5,000,000

i

Whiteside

Pacific

New World

170,000

Co.)

&

Foundations,

"C"

(J.

Notes

Eberstadt

Masury-Young Co.-(Chcce,

Big

Common

Eberstadt

&

Bestform

$900,000

Inc

V

Co.,

r

Magazines for Industry, Inc.—-—

Common

Co

(Smith,

Inc

(F.

-

Corp.)

$300,000

stockholders—underwritten

.

Debentures

Securities

Gas
to

snares-

Corp..

Nebraska

(F.

v

shares

150,000

$206,000

&

——Common

Inc.„_

(Wright,

Laboratories, Inc.__Common

Eberstadt

•>

Common

(Hayden, Stone & Co.)

(Offering

.Comrnpn

Industries, Inc.—

Lockwood

(F.

Berkshire

Co., Inc

Inc.)

Recton,. Dickinson & Co

Co.)

$300,000

Greater

Bebell & Bebell Color

Co.,

(Stevens, Hickey & Co.)

Common

(Raymond Moore & Co., Inc.

Securities

—Common

Graber

(Shearson, Hammill & Co.)

Lunar,. Films,

Common

page

shares

Livestock Financial Corp.—

A

on

shares

—

and

.-'

'"

Co., Inc

Underwriter—P. W. Brooks

Common

(Kidder,

$190,000

invest¬

Office—9*55

Levine's, Inc.
Little
_

Class

business

/',•

.

~:

•

.Common

$140,000

Price—By amend¬

small

Proceeds—For investment.

•

488,000 shares

Globus,

Madoff)

common.

Business—A

Bridgeport, Conn.

Co., N. y.

Common

and

$15).

company.

Main St.,

Packaging Corp.__Common

L.

(max.

Gen¬

—

Co., Inc.; M. L. Lee & Co.,- Inc. and
Jenks, Kirkland & Co.) $525,000

Inc.

ment

:

Proceeds

Packaging, Inc..

Ascot Publishing

Arnold

—

(4/13)

Industries, Inc

Ross,

March 9, 1962 filed 200,000

Price—$5. Business

common.

Webber, Jackson & Curtis)

Chemical

First Connecticut Small Business Investment Co.

debt

ment

finance, company.

100,000 shares

Airlines

Co., Los Angeles.
/

Offering—Expected in early June,

Office—8

purposes.

Coupling Co., Inc

Anscott
Art

Proceeds—For

corporate

Place, Freeport. N.
Malkan & Co., Inc., N. Y.

(Dana

..Common

(Shearson, Hammill & Co.)

which

of
and

—The

$1,000,000

Commerce Drug Co., Inc

shares,

company

"

(Eastern Investment Corp.)

;

capital

stockholders.

working capital.

Fastpak, Inc.

(Bernard

Class A

Richmond St., Toronto. Underwriter—G. V.
Kirby
Associates, Ltd., Toronto.

loan association.

"

Coastal Acceptance Corp

J.

Underwriter—G. Everett Parks & Co., Inc., N. Y,

shares

Common
&

Fidelity Mining Investments Ltd.
30, 1961 filed 800,000 common. Price—By amend¬

Nov.

50,000
Price—By amendment (max.
$20). Business—Company plans to acquire a savings and

(Glass

Corp
Dickson

S.

15th St., Phila.
Co., Inc.,, N. Y.

ment. Business—Exploration and testing of mining prop¬
erties; Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes. Office
&

Proceeds—Debt

and 40,000 common

1971

(Paine,

Units

Blair

Capital
(R.

Bonds

S.

Securities

publicly in units of one $500 debenture and 50 common.
Price—$575 per unit. Business—Manufacture of con¬
cealed zippers. Proceeds—Debt repayment, advertising
and working capital. Office—8 Washington Place, N. Y.

$25,000,000

Corp

H.

Inc.

Hallowell,

EST)

a.m.

blouses.

Sept..28, 1961 filed $400,000 of 6%
J

(Milton

(Bids 11

of

American Cardboard &

April 17 (Tuesday)
Appalachian Power Co

Underwriter—A.

Inc. (4/30-5/4)
("Reg. A") 63,000 common.

Benson

Oct. 30, 1961 filed 54,000 common. Price—$3. Business—
Manufactures
specialized
machinery and equipment.

Proceeds

26,

Fastline

and

tional

Office—42

purposes.

Underwriter—Netherlands

payment, equipment, inventory and working capital. Of; fice—Gauthier St;, Tuskegee, Ala. Underwriter—Wright,
Myers & Bessel, Inc., Washington, D. C.

(4/30-5/4)

St., Chicago. Underwriter—Allen

Y.

corporate

Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

cen¬

Industries,

Business—Manufacture

*

S.

Price—$3.

merchandise

.

—62

Fashion
Feb.

Jan. 23,

—36

St., Youngstown, Ohio.
Co.,' Inc., N. Y.

Carno

V

1962 filed 130,000 common, of which 20,000 are
to be offered by the company and 110,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment. Business — Retail sale of
wearing apparel. Proceeds—For working capital. Office

Market

801

Debentures, $1,000; stock, $8. Business—Brewing of malt
beverages, the processing, cleaning and testing of metals,
and the sale of galvanized iron and steel products. Pro¬
ceeds—For debt repayment.
Office—10th & Callowhill
Sts., Philadelphia.' Underwriter—Woodcock, Moyer,
Fricke &

discount

ters. Proceeds—For expansion,
advertising, inventories,
working capital and other corporate purposes. Office—

^ Esslinger's Industries of Philadelphia, Inc.
March 28, 1962 filed $850,000 of 6%% conv. subord. de¬
1977

eral

100,000 common.

Business—Operation of five

waukee.

bentures due

Inc.

(''Reg."A")

19, 1962

.

Penzell
*

&

Publishing Corp:__——————Capital
(S.

B.

Cantor

Co.)

$687,500

*

Co.)

.
.

-

-

-

-"

■

-

Continued

on

page 35

35

Volume 195

Continued from

Number 6148

.

.

34

page

corporate

.

First

60,000 class A common. Price.
—$5. Business-t-A small loan company. Proceeds—For
working capital. Office — 751 Minnesota Ave., Kansas
City, Kan. Underwriters—Midland Securities Co., Inc.,
and Parker, Eisen,
Waeckerle, Adams & Purcell, Inc.,
Kansas

ness

Real estate investment.

—

erty

class A share

Realty Corp.
filed 250,000 common., Price—$10.

1961

Proceeds

chase

For

•—

repayment and other corporate
380-390 W. Middle Turnpike, Man¬
Underwriter—Putnam & Co., Hartford.

Office

chester, Conn.

—

Offering—Imminent.'
First

National

''

.

''

'

'

•

Distributing Corp.
29, 1962 filed 200,000 class A.capital shares. Price
—$2. Business—Production, distribution and sale of TV
pictures and tapes.

Proceeds—For

debt

(4/16-20)

Corp.

•

(5/21-25)
200,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—An investment company
specializing in bank stocks. Proceeds—For investment.
Office—3356 Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, Fla.
Un¬
derwriter—Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Busi¬

•Oct.

First New York Capital
Oct.

27,

filed

1961

capital

investment.

Manhasset, N. Y.

Pro¬

company.

Northern

Blvd.,

Underwriter—None.

and

Estate

Real

Y,\V' ..New JerseyY1962 filed

4,

—Real

handbags.
Proceeds—For debt repayment, equipment
and working capital. Office—2024 Montieth St., Brook¬
lyn, N. Y.
Underwriters—Professional
&
Executive
/ Planning Corp., Long Beach, N. Y. and E. J. Roberts &

.Continued

from

yYYY/jY

Y/Y'/■jY

67,750

Flex

Price—$10. Business

common.

Proceeds—For

trust.

general

March
/
•'

Harrington

Devoe &
"

.

Co.)

&

Food

(Carroll

Hammill

&

Hammill

(General Securities

Paul

and

Corp

Eisenberg

190,000

Polonitza)

&

(Shearson,

_

Industries,

Inc.-:
Bessel,

&

Global Steel Products Corp.(Treibick,'< Selden •&,' Forsyth

•>'

;-'./
v

*

Lamb

"

;

r.

•

/

.

Lincoln
Y

Inc.-

Common
Inc.) '$299,250 Y'YY-/Y/.
Common
> 68,000 shares
'/-•

Inc.)

(Blair

v

&

$2,200,000

Co.)

Rosenau

*

United

•

Witco

Insurance

(Eppler,. Guerin

& Turner,

-/T-'r

R.

J.

;

Ten-Tex

Corp.

_ _ -

.United Variable
.

/.

:

May 8 (Tuesday)
Wiscoi^sih Telephone Co.._^_—

Arts

&

230.000 shares

:

^

_

Inc.

Inc.)

Reed,

and

^

'

•

•/ -

(Ehrlich,

Co.)

Irwin

&

Co.;

:
Inc.)

(Wednesday)

"///;/

.

/ '

;

;

1

\

/

(William

•

"

R.

Staats

Supply

'

J

J' _..V-

'J'

Kogel,

k..'

Corp.lJJ—V

Inc.-_

//■

$7,500,000
J

/ i

(Globus. »Inc.)

California

Southern

.

(Stone,

/Edison

Co
.;

;

.

& Salant,

(Kidder,

Peabody

.

/

,

&

;*.V"j

Y1

.-J';

-•

—Common

Williston & Beane)

R;

1

//

146,000 shares

—Common
90,000

Brothers)

(Lehman

shares

Common

Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co.——Debentures
(Bids to be received) $50,000,000

290,000 shares

-—-Common
(Thursday)

June 7

$300,000

-Common
$750,000

Irving Weis & Co.)

.Debentures

Columbia Gas Systems, Inc
;
(Bids 11 a.m. EST) $25,000,000

.

———-^-Common
Co.,

/

Salant

Bonds

(Bids 8:30 a.m. EST) $40,000,000 V "

&

.7;;

June 4

June 5' (Tuesday)

—_

——

Ackerman

—-—Bonds

—_—

(Bids to be received) $17,000,000

•

Geotechnical Corp.

$2,250,000

Corp

and

Inc.

%<

c

Class A

Equity

Heritage

Inc. < and
$480,000

(Robinson-Humphrey Co.,

$100,000

•

/

Y

(Monday)
Gemco-Ware Corp.
/

j

Corp.)

Inc.)

(Lehman

—Class A

and

Jessup

__Common

Transogram Co., Inc..
156,000

Brothers)

shares

$2,000,002

Inc.__
Co.

(Monday)

11

June

/

Republic-Franklin Life Insurance Co.——Class A

Common

—

•

Co..

&

;

J

■//• /■'•':

:

-

;

;

.

.

$150,000

'Y'/-'. /'

■,

Alabama Power Co.—

Y

—Common

(R. P. Dowd & Co., Inc.)

Optech, Inc.

--Common

300.000 shares

••

;Y;-/>£k' May 31 (Thursday)

I
Bonds

shares

200,000

Co.)

&

Dielectrics, Inc

(Street

Weld & Co.,-Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

White,
=

Molecular

Corp.—Ji.-_4-i.u-.--—-Debentures

Petroleum

Belco

/ /'/

—-Common

First Philadelphia Corp.)

.

.«s

•

..

275,000 shares

May ^9 '(Tuesday)
/;> :-/:v;"';^/j
New England Electric System—--——--Common
f (Offeripg- to stockholders—bids to be received) 872,876 shares
.4

/

(J.

Hammill & Co.)

J(Shearson,

V

,

/(White, Weld £1.Co., Inc. and Goldman, Sa,chs & Go.)

.,

Electric Co

(Clayton Securities Corp.)

Ipco .Hospital

:

Common

$300,000-

i'.V

Chestnut Hill Industries, Inc

(Tuesday)/

Belco Petroleum

V

Bids to be received) $16,000,000

.

$190,000
—

:

May 14 (Monday)
/Barker Bros. Corp.——

-

Common
&

-

Jaap Penratt Associates, Inc
May 1

shares

^—Common

Weeks)

&

Inc

Inc. and

(Globus,

.

■/.

$25,000,000

Lyon

May / 9

YY4 J.J/■

t

Common

„

$276,000

Wulpa Parking Systems, Inc.
1

(Hornblower

1/

Stonehill & Co.)

———

Welcome Baby,

;

Debentures

$20,000,000

Columbus & Southern Ohio

Inc.—

Ross,

/J'

/

Annuities Fund, lnc.__—Common

Industries,

(Globus,

/

Common

- _—_ _ _ „

(Waddell

••

Visual

'

.

Common

Inc.-——-

.

■

Inc.

Unishops,

J

./■'/' /

(Irving J. Rice & Co., Inc.)

{,■

Co.,

1

$300,000

Co.)

&

(Bids to be received)

Edwards, Inc.)

Sperti Products, Inc.—
'

Russotto

Common

——Common

(Troster, Singer to Co. and Federman,
175,000 shares

^

Common
and

Shares '

(Blair & Co., Inc.)

Chemical

Co.) $5,000,000

Co
Inc.

220,000

(Costello,

K. Baum & Co.) $651,300

Sportsways, Inc.

.

.

-Southwestern
V

shares

shares

412,636

——Common

Co., Inc
(George

175,000

$600,000

Morton's Shoe Stores, Inc.—
./ //•,
(Dean Witter & Co.) 517,122 shares

J

-—.—Common

Co.)

Staats &

R.

400,000 shares

Common

(Switzer & Co., Inc.)

Mac-Allan

Corp.—Common

Inc.)

iCommon

—

Co.)

&

(Monday)

May 28

Webber,

Paine,

by

Inc

Ripley

Great Eastern Foods Corp

/

J

$5,005,700

Hotel

/

—Common

(Wednesday)

Investments,
(Harriman

—Common

$300,000

Warwick,

&

-Wallace

(Smith, Barney & Co. and Goldman> Sachs & Co.) 100,000

(Standard Securities Corp.) $1,250,000
Rico Land & Development Corp.—Units

YZ \/Y'YJ Y'*

MacPherson

.

.

and Morris Cohon &

Curtis)

&

/■ "'^ay'23'

—J—--Debentures

International

Bonds

Light Co

300,000 shares

Co.)

&

——

Inc.)

Co.,

Corp._^

Jackson

(William

.

(Lieberbaum & Co.

/ /

Universal Industries, Inc.-.
—;
Common
J/'//."'-./":/"'/ ' (Edward Lewis Co., Inc.) $500,000
White Lighting Co
—.-.-.Common

(Arnold Malkan & Co., Inc.).„'. $450,000 v/- Y
/-Morse Electro Products Corp.—L—JiDebentures Y

Puerto

(Tuesday)

(Bids to be received) $10,000,000

$1,000,000

ElectroDynamics, Inc

,

,

Y.V-/".'

V

;

(Vickers,

:J J(Dempsey-TegelerCo;, . Inc,) 31,000 units ./ . Z
- • >.'•
.Marine & Animal By-Products Corp.
/.Common

&

/.Common

—

125,000 shares

Utah Power & Light Co

.........Common

Products, Inc.

Inc

(Bids to be received) r$20,000,000

400,000- units

Co..-Inc.)

stockholders—underwritten

to

Thunderbird
;;

&

Zuckennan, Smith

and

/Symington Wayne
/■'(Offering

Co.)

&

Inc.——

(Terrio

■■/

7

Blair

Malktin

————-Capital

Co...—

(Andresen & Co.)

J

Capital-

Corp.--Common

Brothers,

(Burnham & Co.

-

/ 4

■

H.
•

Seashore Food

(Horizon Management Corp.) 951,799 shares
r
;
McWood Corp.
.YJJ-Y
—-Units /■

/,

Plastic

.

:

>

(D.

v

Rona

shares

$6,500,000

Co.)

Bowling Corp

/J. (Arnold

——--Common

„

Z JJ-

Ben. Int.

200,000

——Common

$385,000

Co.)

Pharmaceuticals,

Wynlit

$350,000

Inc.)

&

•J'rY
(Jennings. Mandel & Longstreth> 100,000 shares
Primex Equities Corp.-——
J-L—JUnits

i——

Fund, Inc..

Co.,

May 22

shares

114,500

&

Libaire, Stout

Inc.)

4

(Kidder, Peabody & Co.) 371,750 shares

Utah Power &

Nationwide

shares

44--——Units
,?'■ /(Paul C, Kimball & Co.) 1,000 units
Y//Y
Industries, Inc.—Debentures

"

-

O'Connor,

Ahalt &

Rides,.

:

(Pacific Coast Securities Co.) 550,000 shares

.

(Searight,

Kiddie

Western -Pioneer

2,000,000 shares

Lieberman

& King,

Warwick.

&

Inc

(Carroll

National Vended Ski Insurance Corp.——Common

.Hudson Wholesale Groceries, Inc.-L J -Common £';
/
,// ./
(J, R. Williston' & Beane >$800,000."
'
"k.:-':
Joanell Laboratories, Inc.———k—__Jl.Common
■

MacPherson

(Vickers,

Torch Rubber Co.,

'

'

———-Common

Security Aluminum Corp

..Common

36

page

375,000 shares

(First Boston Corp.)

.Common

(Blanks

(Eisele

-Common
4-'v4YY
_/__„.Coinmon
shares Y'/YY; „• •/'>

Co. )>; 150,000

Z. .(Allen •& Co.). 130,000

//(Wright,- Myers

.

&

——

YV'Y/.' Y.'

Fashion

Hammill

'

Inc

on

.Common

Broadcasting/ Co.—

Scripps-Howard

.—Common

180,000 shares

$425,000

(To be named)

" •

Common
,

Co.)

&

Metropolitan Realty Trust

shares

$300,000

(4/9-13)

Inc.

Industries,

Continued

'

YY

$250,000

/J

Epko Shoes, Inc.-—

>EVans, Inc.

Inc.)

City

1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$3.25. Busi¬
ness.
Design and manufacture of plastic
artificial
foliage and flowers. Proceeds — For general corporate
purposes. Address—St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Under¬
writer—Seidman Williams & Cantwell, N. Y.

by selling stock¬

Corp.

jj_Common

Co.;

_-j_

—

(Garat

\ v

/"/..'/:-"/.
Lembo

'YyY

--Common

(H. M'. Byllesby & Co.)

Enviro-Dyne, Inc.

V

Flower

Lehigh Industries & Investing Corp.——Common

-

400,000 shares

.

corporate purposes.

Nov. 29,

Co., Inc. and S. Kasdan & Co.j Inc.)
.

Common
Co.)

Equipment Corp—

Co.

Dynascan

V

shares

165,000

Raynolds Co., Inc
(Shearson,

Dunhill

Noel

and

repayment

Co., N. Y.

subord. debentures

Richardson, Inc.—

&

Interworld Film Distributors,

.

Alstyne,

Proceeds—For debt

—

Products, Inc.
16, 1962 filed $95,000 of 6%

(Shearson,

(Van

and

real, property

undeveloped

of

sale

Office ;— 1790 N. Federal
Highway, Pompano Beach, Fla. Underwriter—Hardy &"

Electric

to be offered by the company and 2,850

Corporate Funding Corp
—Class A
\ :
•
(R. P. Dowd & Co., Inc:) $300,000
/•
Cosnat
Corp.-—
^.—..-/.Common
,

the stock¬

by

basis,

due 1972 and 47,500 common shares, of which 44,650 are

34

page

l-for-3

activities.

general
r

for ladies

frames

metal

of

offered for subscription

be

a

and

opment

Investment Trust of

investment

estate

.

sale

on

(related

Co., East Orange, N. J.

First

Jan.

Office—1295

Price—$1.

of which 310,000

common,

and 153,000 shares will be
/sold to the public. Price—$2. Business—Purchase, devel¬

(A. J.)

ness—Manufacture

shares.

filed 463,000

to

are

holders

Mfg. Corp.
;Feb. 2, 1962 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common. Price—$3. Busi¬

Fund, Inc.

2,770,000

Business-^ small business investment
ceeds—For

Fleres

(4/9-13)

Palm-Aire Corp.

1961

19,

shares

•

ment, working capital and other corporate purposes.
Office-Y505 Park Ave:, N. Y. Underwriter—Internation¬
al -Services Corp., Paterson, N. J.
44 Y/J.•

Bancgrowth, Inc.

Florida

ness—Company plans to acquire, invest in, and finance
patents and new scientific technology. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes. Office—375 Park Ave., N. Y.
'Underwriters—Netherlands Securities Co., Inc., Seymour
Blauner Co., and Sprayregen, Haft & Co., N. Y.

repay¬

Florida

March 16, 1962 filed
ment
(max. $15).

»

Dec. 6, 1961 filed 200,000 class A stock. Price—$3.

Te'evisiori

Jan.

motion

39-08

held, and 40 rights will be needed to pur¬
to expire

First Scientific

'

'

promotion and other corporate purposes. Office—
24th St., Long Island City, N. Y.
Underwriter—
Bond, Richman & Co., N. Y.
sales

1962. Price—$250. Business—General real es¬
tate. Proceeds—For debt repayment and other corporate
purposes.' Office—375 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Underwriters—
Morris Cohon & Co. and Lieberbaum & Co., N. Y.

prop¬

manufacture and sale, for amateur use, of
lighting equipment and photographic accessories.
—
For equipment, new product development,

camera

Proceeds

unit of record March 26 with rights

one

one

Design,

6V2% convertible sub¬

April 17,

Busi¬

acquisitions, debt

purposes.

Republic Corp. of America

19, 1961 filed $9,400,000 of

being offered for subscription by class A stockholders
in 47,000 units, each consisting of $200 of debentuies
and 4 class A shares. One right will be issued for each

Hartford

30,

$100 debenture and 50 common shares (with
attached warrants). Price —- $350 per unit. Business—

ing of

ordinated debentures due 1981 and 188,000 class A shares

City, Mo.

First
Oct.

Dec.

securities will be offered in units consist¬

holders. The

Main St., Hackensack,

Office—477

purposes.

N. J. Underwriter—None.

First Financial Corp.
March 6, 1962 ("Reg. A")

35

(1639)

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

June 18

shares

150,000

& Lamont)

C.

M.

(Monday)

Common

P. Corp.————
—
(Pistell, Inc.) 70,000 shares
.

May 2 (Wednesday)
/.Control Dynamics, Inc.—
/:

,

(Brandtjen

■

&

/

May 17

1

;;;

Common

—-

Bayliss,, Inc.)

$575,000

J -

Florida Power Co.—

.

:

v

-

.

(Thursday)

■

-

(Bids 11:30

June 20

Bonds

——i.

(Wednesday)
Schramm

(S.

May 3

■

(Thursday)

Franklin
J.

■

•

(Monday)

May 21

Manufacturing Co.__

Alison Ayres, Inc.

..Common

(Lehman Brothers) 349.590 shares

"

(J. R.

-..4

&

Beane)

May 7 (Monday)
Allied Graphic.Arts, Inc.—__—
(Bache

-

American

', .:/,•/

•<.,.( Nation-Wide-

Arnav
,

180,000

Inc.-

Underwriters,

-Common

?nc.),

.

(Gianis

&

Inc.)

600

(Bernard -M.

.

Kahn

&

Co.,

(John A.) Sons Co

Inc.)

Vending
(Bear.

Jarcho

—Units

$1,500,400

&

Inc.)

135,000

&

Common

Bros., Inc

Inc.)

•

-

'

(Kidder,

Peabody

Lily Lynn, Inc./—

(Wright, "Mvers

,

Hargrove
/

&

Bessel,

Inc.)

$500,000

Enterprises,, Inc
/

/

(Switzer & Co., Inc.)




"

v

-Common
$800,000

(J.

Co.,

Inc.)

—

R.

Williston

&

of America, Inc.--Units
13,400

units

Bonds

Co

Co.,

November 7

-

Georgia Power Co

-

,

Y

>4 •/

shares

•t

<

:

/

-Bonds

——Preferred
$7,000,000

(Wednesday) ^ ;/
* r
Electric Grenerating Co.——Bonds

' November

Southern

Ya--

•

-Common

(Bids to be received)

^

-Common
shares

$800,000

.

(Bids to be received) $23,000,000

-..i-iCommoni

150,000

Inc.)

,

(Wednesday)

Georgia Power Co

shares

160,000

—

Beane)

&

Power

Common

Parkway Laboratories, Inc
(Arnold Malkan

Pacific

shares

—2

&

Inc.)

(Tuesday)

-Common

53,829

*

V

shares

*

Co.)

,

,

$200,000

(Bids to be received) $5,000,000

200,000

.

/• ■/(M. A. Saunders & Co., .Inc.)' 200,000 shares *. //, / " »:*
Educational Aids CoJ Iric.-——J.Common
.

Sierra

Inc.)

——Common

Co.,

&

vjune 26

$375,000

Inc.)

Co

Stearns

(Pistell,

shares

„^

Co.,

i
(Shearson, Hammill &: Co.) 240,000
Kohnstamm (H .) & Co., Inc.—

--Common

—

Turner,

Co.,

(Monday)

Common

Bancgrowth, Inc.-

Interstate

units
—

&

(Dempsey-TegeJer

*

;

—Units
Co.,

(Gianis

,

Florida

——Common
$825,000

Guerin

Electromagnetics Corp.

shares

——

Department,* Inc.—

Denies

J;

Co.)

Industries, Inc

•

•Credit

•

&

Diversified,

(Eppler,

&

Hi-Press Air-Conditioning

$500,000

Daisy Manufacturing Co
v

25

June

Common

—

Williston

Common

Automatic Controls, Inc

$25,000,000

EDST)

a.m.

28

(Bids to be received) $6,500,000

*

<-

'

*.

.

Continued on page 36

•

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The

(1640)

Continued from page
•

pants for juniors.
general corporate

35

Folz

Vending Co., Inc.
(4/23-27)
Sept. 26, 1961 filed 55,000 common. Price—$6. Business
—The distribution of novelties, candy, etc. through vend¬
ing machines. Proceeds—To repay loans, purchase ma¬

chines, and increase working capital. Office—990 Long
Rd., Oceanside, N. Y. Underwriter—None.

Beach

(4/23-27)

Motor Co.

Ford

2,250,000 common.
Price—By
selling stockholder, The
Ford
Foundation.
Office—American Road, Dearborn,
Mich.
Underwriters—First Boston Corp.; Blyth & Co.,

March

filed

1962

23,

Proceeds—For the

amendment.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Inc.;
Brothers; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
White, Weld & Co. Inc.; Dean Witter & Co.

Inc.;

Lehman

Smith Inc.;

Electronics

Forest

21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 130,000 common. Price—$2.
Business—Research, design, manufacture, sale and dis¬
tribution of precision electronic and mechanical com¬
ponents. Proceeds—For debt repayment, equipment and
general corporate purposes.
Office — 425 Las Vegas
Blvd., S., Las Vegas,
Nev.
Underwriter—Elmer K

Aagaard, Salt Lake City. Offering—Expected in May.
Forst

(Alex)

&

working capital
Office—117 Bickford

purposes.

and

Boston.

,.

„

.
.

<

Gaslight Club, Inc.
Feb. 28, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $7) Business—Company operates four "key
clubs." Proceeds—For expansion, debt reduction, and
working capital. Office—13 E. Huron St., Chicago. Un¬
derwriter—Myron A. Lomasney & Co., N. Y.
•

Gateway Chemicals,

Nov.
to

be

22, 1961 filed 100,000 common, of which 50,000 are
offered by the company and 50,000 by a stock¬

holder.
and

Price—By

amendment. Business—Compounding

chemical products, primarily deter¬
working capital. Office—8136 S.
Ave., Chicago. Underwriter—Federman, Stonehill & Co., N. Y.
packaging

of

Proceeds—For

Sons, Inc.

March 23, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $15).
Business—Wholesale distribution of

Proceeds—For selling stockholders. Of¬
fice—2885 Jerome Ave., Bronx, N. Y. Underwriter—Mc¬

Gemco-Ware

&

Co., N. Y. Offering—Expected in early June.

Fortune

Electronics, Inc.
1962 ("Reg. A") 46,150 capital.
Price—$6.50.
of
electronic
components and equip¬
ment.
Proceeds—For debt repayment, inventories and
working capital. Office—2280 Palou Ave., San Francisco.
Feb.

6,

Business—Sale

Underwriter—Stewart, Eurbanks, Meyerson & Co., San
Francisco.

.'Y'V-w,

• Four

Sportswear,

Star

Four

16,

filed 211,250 capital shares. Price—By
(max. $25). Business—Production and mar¬

keting of television films.
holders.

Office—4030

Underwriter
General

Proceeds—For selling stock¬

Redford

Ave., North Hollywood,
Calif. Underwriters—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis,
N. Y. and Dempsey-Tegeler &
Co., Inc., St. Louis.
•

Office—Reading, Pa.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Classics

Inc.

•

Franklin Discount Co.

$500,000 of 8% subordinated debentures
serially 1969 to 1973 and $500,000 of 8% subordi¬
nated capital notes due about 1970. Price—At
par. Busi¬
due

ness—A consumer finance
company.

Proceeds—For debt

repayment and expansion. Office—105 N. Sage St., Toccoa, Ga. Underwriter—None.
Franklin

Manufacturing Co. (5/3)
1961 filed 349,590 common. Pricie—By amend¬
ment. Business—Design, manufacture and sale of house¬
hold
freezers,
refrigerators, automatic
washers
and
22,

driers. Proceeds—For

a selling
stockholder. Office—65Ave., N. E., Minneapolis. Underwriter — Lehman
Brothers, N. Y.
•••'■•

22nd

Devices, Inc. (4/23-27)
29, 1962 filed 140,000 common, to be offered for
subscription by common stockholders. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Development and manufacture of elec¬
tronic

and electromechanical components and systems
for multiple .telemetering. Proceeds—For inventory, debt
repayment, sales promotion, and working capital. Office
—Ridge Rd., Monmouth Junction, N. J.
Underwriter
-

Realty Trust
/Y
1962 filed 800,000 shares of beneficial interest.
Price—$12.50 per share. Business—A real estate invest¬
ment trust. Proceeds—For investment. Office
1616
Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pa. Underwriter—A. G. Beck¬
Franklin

Jan.

3,

—

er

&

Co., Inc., Chicago. Offering—Imminent.

Frazier-Walker Aircraft Corp.
26, 1962 filed 140,000 common.

Jan.

General

Mar.

Investment Co.

of

Price—By amend¬

Business—Company plans to produce its Gyrojet

FW-4,

a

four-passenger amphibious autogiro.

Proceeds

—To produce prototype
models, and finance general
overhead and operating expenses. Office—10 E. 52nd
St.,
N. Y.
Underwriter—None.

000

Inc.
capital shares, of which 70,-

to be offered

are

holder.

Price—$5.

business

and

a

by company and 80,000 by

Business—Operation of

chain

of

women's

apparel

a

a

stock¬

mail order

stores.

Pro¬

ceeds—For

expansion and other corporate
purposes.
Office—6608 Holy wood Blvd., Los
Angeles. Underwriter

—Garat

&

Polonitza, Inc., Los Angeles.

Frouge Corp.
Jan.

26,

/

*

14, 1962 filed 200,000 common/Price—$7.50. Busi¬

St., New Haven, Conn. Underwriters—Ingram, Lambert
& Stephen, Inc., and Reuben Rose &
Co., Inc., N. Y.

(4/16-20)

700,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Construction and operation of various

ment.

type apartment, industrial and office buildings.

—For

Proceeds

an

acquisition, construction, and working capital.
Office—141 North Ave.,
Bridgeport, Conn. Underwriter
—Van Alstyne, Noel &
Co., N. Y.
Futura
Oct.

20,

Airlines

(4/17)
("Reg. A") 60,000

1961

General

Leasing Corp.

(4/16-20)

Price

—

$5.

Business — Furnishing of scheduled air
transportation
service. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and general cor¬
porate purposes. Office—8170

Beverly Rd., Los Angeles.
Underwriters—Raymond Moore & Co., Los Angeles and
Pacific Coast Securities
Co., San Francisco.
Garden State Small

Business Investment Co.

Oct. 27, 1961 filed 330,000 common.
Price—$3. Business
business investment company. Proceeds—For

—A small

investment.

Office—1180 Raymond Blvd., Newark, N. J.
& Co., N. Y.

Underwriter—Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor
Garland
Mar.

14,

100,000
shares

$22).

Knitting Mills

1962

are

by

200,000 class A common, of which
to be offered by the
company and 1(M),000
stockholders. Price—By amendment
(max.

Business

—•

Manufacture




of

sweaters,

skirts

and

Steel

1961

3,

Products

filed

68,000

Price—$2.50.

corporate

and

repayment

Office—10014

purposes.

107

—

Price—By amend¬
prefabricated metal

Proceeds—Debt

Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter
syth, N. Y.
Globe

of

Office

Underwriter-

(4/30-5/4)

Corp.

common.

Business—Manufacture

compartments.

Avenue

D,

Treibick, Seiden & For¬

—

Industries, Inc.

Oct. 30, 1961 filed 200,000 common, of which 100,000 are
to be offered by the company and 100,000 by stock¬
holders.
of

Price—By amendment.

miniature

electric

Business—Manufacture

motors, powdered metal products
Pro¬

ceeds—For debt repayment and working capital. Office
—1784 Stanley Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
Underwriter—Mc¬
Donald &

Co., Cleveland. Offering—Indefinite.

Gold Leaf Pharmacal
March

13,

1962

filed

Co., Inc.

80,000

Price—$4.

common.

Busi¬

tical and veterinarian products,

rroceeds:—For advertis¬
debt repayment and working capital.
Office—36 Lawton St., New Rochelle, N. Y« Underwriter
—Droulia & Co, N. Y.
ing,

research,

^ Golden

Pagoda,

March 28,

ness—Company
hotel.

plans

Proceeds—For

trust.

Proceeds—For

investment.

Office—1221

St., Omaha. Underwriter—General
Corp. (same address).

Investor's

Harney
Services

Telephone & Electronics Corp.
March 15, 1962 filed $50,000,000 of sinking fund deben¬
tures due April 1, 1987.
Price—By amendment. Business
—A holding company for telephone service and elec¬
tronic equipment concerns. Proceeds—For
general cor¬
porate

Office

purposes,

—

730

Third

Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson
Geotechnical

Avenue, N.
& Curtis, N.

Y.
Y.

Corp.

(6/4-8)
March 7, 1962 filed 90,000
common, of which 80,000 are
to be offered by company and 10,000
by a selling stock¬
holder.
Price—By amendment (max. $22). Business—
Design, development and manufacture of instruments
and systems
used in seismology and other scientific
fields.

Proceeds—For

Rd.,
Garland,
Brothers, N. Y.
Geriatric Research,

working

Texas.

capital..

Office—3401

Underwriter—Lehman

construction.

Hilo, Hawaii.

operate

Busi¬

tourist
Office—1477 Kal3a

Underwriter—None.

M

;

Investment Corp.

Nov. 21, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$6. Business
Proceeds—For working capi¬

—Real estate investment.
tal

and other corporate purposes.
Office—1707 H St,
W, Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Rouse, Brewer,
Becker & Bryant, Inc.. Washington, D. C.

N.

Gould Paper Co.
(4/16-20)
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 140,000 common.

Price—$11. Busi¬
Proceeds—Expansion and
Office—Lyons Falls, N. Y. Underwriter

working capital.

of

paper.

Alstyne, Noel & Co, N. Y.

•- ;

Inc.

of which 12,500 are
150,000 by stockhold¬

Price—By amendment (max. $8.50). Business—Di¬
mail selling of vitamin mineral products to eld¬

erly customers.

Proceeds—For

working capital. Office
Michigan Ave., Chicago. Underwriters—Bacon,
Whipple & Co. and Freehling, Myerhoff & Co., Chicago.
Giant

Tiger Stores, Inc.
1962 filed 140,000 common. Price—$10. Business
—Company operates a discount department store chain.
Mar. 2,

Proceeds—For expansion and
1407 E. 40th St., Cleveland,

working capital. Office—
Ohio. Underwriter—Pres-

Co., Cleveland.

consisting of
other

dealers

in

type

The securities

to

are

be

offered in

$100 debenture and 36 shares,. Price
Business—Manufacture of restaurant

a

furniture

Puerto

Rico.

Business—General

and

payment

Lexington
C°, N. Y.

real

estate;

general

Proceeds—For

corporate

Ave, N. Y.

$10.

—

debt

re¬

Office—370

purposes.

Underwriter—Stanley

Heller &

.
_

;•

Government Employees Corp.
(4/6)
Jan. 8, 1962 filed $2,675,000 of 4%% conv. capital deben¬
tures due 1977 being offered for subscription by common
stockholders
7

shares

the basis of $100 of debentures for each

on

held

of

record

Apr. 6 with rights to expire
At par.
Business — Company and
subsidiary provide "automobile and mobile home
financing
service
on
a
nationwide
basis
to
gov¬
April

Price

30.

—

its

ernment employees and military officers. Office—Govt.
Employees Insurance Bldg, Washington, D. C. Under¬

writer—None.

Graham

Chemical

Corp.

Jan. 22, 1962 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common.
Price—$2.25.
Business—Manufacture of dental
anesthetic cartridges
and related

products. Proceeds—Production, advertising
promotion of disposable needles.
Office—129-21

and

Merrick

Blvd., Springfield Gardens, N. Y.
Eisenberg Co. Inc., N. Y.

Underwriter

Granco, Inc.
23, 1962 filed $600,000 of 6% conv. subord. de¬
due 1977 to be offered in 1,200 units. Price—

March

bentures

$500

unit.

per

Business—Operation

of jewelry

stores,

jewelry concessions and a liquor concession in discount
department stores. Proceeds—For debt repayment and
working capital.
Office—182 Second Ave, San Fran¬
cisco. Underwriter—Midland Securities Co, Inc., Kansas

City, Mo.
Grand Bahama Development Co.,

Ltd.

Jan. 23, 1962 filed 250,000 common. Price — By amend¬
ment. Business—Sale and development of land on Grand
Bahama Island for residential and

resort

purposes.

Pro¬

ceeds—For general corporate purposes.

• Girard Industries Corp.
March 28, 1962 fled $250,000 of 6% conv. subord. deben¬
tures due 1972 and 90,000 common shares to be sold
by
certain stockholders.

Properties, Inc.
Jan. 26, 1962 filed'200,000 class A shares. Price

•—Paul

Feb. 12, 1962 filed 162,500
common,
to be offered by the
company and

and

and

•

General

units

Price—$10.

common.

build

Gould

Mortgage Trust
Feb. 8, 1962 filed 35,000 non-voting shares of beneficial
interest. Price—$10. Business—A real estate investment

rect

to

•

General

ers.

Inc.

1962 filed 260,000

•—Van

Mo.

—by amendment.

filed

Global

ness—Manufacture

cott &

(4/16-20)

•

Nov.

working capital. Office—1719 Gage Blvd., Topeka, Kan.
Underwriter—Midland Securities Co., Inc., Kansas City,

—179 N.
common.

general corporate purposes.
Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs,
Colo/
Copley & Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Jan. 29, 1962 ("Reg. A") 62,000 common.
Price—$4.50.
Business—General leasing of equipment. Proceeds—For

Shiloh

1962 filed

common.

ceeds—For

Gotham

Offering—Imminent.

Frederick's of Hollywood,
March 26, 1962 filed 150,000

Discounts, Inc.
14, 1962 ("Reg. A") 120,000

Business—Sale of objects of art in discount stores. Pro¬

Connecticut, Inc.

ness—A small business investment company. Proceeds—
For debt repayment and investment. Office—348
Orange

•

ment.

Global
Feb.

nianaloe Ave,

.

•

of which 60,000

ness—Manufacture, development and sale of pharmaceu¬
General

—Hess, Grant & Remington, Inc., Philadelphia,

;

150,000 common,

and devices for the missile and aircraft industries.

23, 1962 filed 105,000 common. Price—$3. Busi¬
ness—Design, assembly and distribution of trophies,
plaques and awards.
Proceeds—For debt repayment,
new products, expansion and
working capital. Office—
2555 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago.
Underwriter—Michael
G. Kletz & Co., N. Y.

Feb. 9,1962 filed

Dec.

—

collection devices.

Jan.

1962

amendment

ufacture of voting machines and toll
Proceeds—For selling shareholders.

March

Television

Star

spark plugs; design and production of subminiature
hermetically sealed relays and glass-to-metal seals; man¬

Inc.

by the company and 90,000 by the com¬
pany's parent, Glen Modes, Inc. Price—By amendment
(max. $7).
Business—Design, production and sale of
women's fashion accessories, and sportswear.
Proceeds
—For
general corporate'' purposes.1
Office-—417 Fifth
Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—Sprayregen, Haft & Co., N.Y.

and

YY'

Inc.

March 27, 1962 filed 103,000 common.
Price—$3. Busi¬
ness—Design, manufacture and distribution of men's
outerwear, sportswear and rainwear.
Proceeds—For
plant expansion, equipment and working capital. Office
—665 Broadway, N.
Y.
Underwriter—Magnus & Co.,
Inc., N. Y.

March

Jan. 11, 1962 filed 200,000 common. Price — By amend¬
ment. Business—Manufacture of replacement batteries

Corp.
1962 filed

23,

general

(4/16-20)

Industries,

to be offered

are

toilet

Battery & Ceramic Corp.

Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

Glensder

ment.

General

.

1961 filed 185,000 common, of which 135,000
are to be offered by the company and 50,000 by a stock¬
holder.
Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture
of glass-to-metal hermetic seals,
Proceeds—For pur¬
chase of equipment, investment in a subsidiary, research
and development, moving expenses, and working capital.
Office—725 Branch Ave., Providence, R. I. Underwriter
—Hemphill, Noyes & Co., N. Y.

Underwriter—J. R. Williston & Beane, N. Y.
•

.

27,

(6/4-8)
March 9, 1962 filed 146,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $8).
Business—A holding company for a
restaurant equipment manufacturer, a wholesale distrib¬
utor of houseware products and a company operating
leased discount departments dealing in hard goods. Pro¬
ceeds—For
debt
repayment, expansion
and
working
capital.
Office—134-01 Atlantic Ave., Jamaica, N. Y.
Corp.

toys and games.

Donnell

Glass-Tite

Sept.

March

(4/23-27)

Inc.

Dobson

Dec.

•

Proceeds—For

St,,.
Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis,

Boston.

gents.

Corp.

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

which

it

sells

Proceeds—For

principally- to
equipment and

general corporate purposes. Address—San
Rico. Underwriter—Edwards &
Hanley,

Juan, Puerto

Hempstead* N.Y,

Office—250 Park
Ave, N. Y. Underwriter—Allen & Co, N. Y. Offering—
Expected sometime in May.
Gray
Jan. 2,
nated
tion

Drug

Stores*

by

common

stockholders

"debentures for each

12

with

on

the

shares held

basis

of

of record

$100

of

March

23

rights to expire April 10, 1962. Price — At par.
a retail drug chain. Proceeds—
expansion and working capital. Office—2400 Superior

Business—Operation of
For

nc. *

1962 filed $5,230,000 of 5% convertible subordi¬
debentures due 1982, being offered for subscrip¬

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holder.

Ave., Cleveland. Underwriter—McDonald & Co., Cleve¬
land.

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Real

Estate

Investment Trust

Aug. 3, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of beneficial interest.
Price—$10. Business—Real estate. Proceeds—For invest¬
ment. Office—530 St. Paul

formerly was known
Continental Real Estate Investment Trust.
Great Eastern Foods

Corp.

unit.

,

Place, Baltimore. Underwriter

—To be named. Note—This firm

ment, plant expansion and working capital. Office—300
Passaic St., Newark, N. J. Underwriters
Milton D.

if Harley Products,

'

Continental

as
.

(5/28-6/1)

Jan.

29, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Retail distributing of food freezers, frozen foods, gro¬
ceries, etc. Prcoeeds — For general corporate purposes.
Office—3325 Keswick Rd., Baltimore. Underwriter—
Switzer & Co., Inc., Silver Spring, Md.

Inc.
March 28, 1962 filed 75,000 common; Price—$4.
Busi¬
ness—Design, production and distribution of bolts and re¬
lated products.
Proceeds—For sales promotion, expan¬
sion, inventory, and debt repayment. Office—476 Broad¬
way, N. Y. Underwriter—Finkle & Co., N. Y.

Harper Vending, Inc.,.
Jan. 12, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$3.25. Busi¬
ness—Operation of automatic vending machines. Pro¬

Great

Lakes Homes, Inc.
26, 1961 filed 93,000 common. Price—By amendment.
custom-designed, factory built
"house
packages"
consisting of basic carpentry for
houses, and construction of shell homes. Proceeds—For
debt repayment and for working capital. Office—She¬
boygan Falls, Wis. Underwriter—The Milwaukee Co.,

ceeds

For expansion, debt repayment, and
working
capital. Office—498 Seventh Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—
Greenman Co., N. Y.

Dec.

Business—Manufacture of

Harrington & Richardson, Inc.

Price—By amendment

Co., Inc.

(4/17)
Price—By amend¬

and

containers.

Office—149

purposes.

corrugated
general corporate
Clifton, N. J. Under¬

Nov.

14,

ness—A

For

S.

U.

Govt.

Proceeds—

Office—952

Union

Trust

Green Acres Funtown

and

ment and

Bldg., Pitts¬

Price—$4.

mobile

general

communications

and

Blvd., Long Island City, N. Y.

ma¬

equip¬

Proceeds—For

Office—30-30

purposes.

of

electronic

military transmitter-receivers.

corporate

selling

a

Business—Manufacture

Northern

Underwriter—Charles

Shopping

Center,

Green

Acres

/\

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•

"-/S''.

works

held.

mon

—

By

for

children

and

convertible

Price—$12.

Business—Real

estate.

Proceeds

'•—For

general corporate purposes and debt repayment.
Office—40 Beaver St., Albany, N. Y. Underwriter—None,

/»

if Herald

Music

Corp.
("Reg. A") 60,000 common. Price—$3.50.
Business—Manufacture and distribution of photograph
records.
Proceeds—For relocation, equipment, accounts
payable, and working capital. Office—150 W. 55th St.,
N. Y.
Underwriter—Whitestone Securities Ltd., 15 E.
40th St., N. Y.
March 20, 1962

shares held. Price—At par. Business—Company
engaged in the development of planned communities
Florida. Proceeds—For debt repayment and general
corporate purposes. Office — 557 Northeast 81st St.,
Miami, Fla. Underwriters— Morris Cohon & Co. and
is

in

•

Hi-Press

Air-Conditioning of America,

Inc.

,

i

(6/25-29)

Lighting,

Inc.
27, 1962 filed 300,000 common, of which 100,000
will be sold by the company and 200,000 by a stock¬
holder. Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture

Price—By amendment (max. $82.50 per unit). Business
—Production of air conditioning, commercial
refrigera¬

of

tion

and

For

debt

Mar.

incandescent

corporate

lighting

fixtures.

Proceeds—

Office—Chicago,

purposes.

Haltone

Corp. (4/19)
("Reg. A") 150,000

common.

Business—Rental of furs and fur garments."

Price—$2.
Proceeds—

For

inventory, equipment, advertising and leasehold im¬
provements. Office—350 Seventh Ave., N. Y. Under¬
writer—B. G. Harris

&

ness—A
become

closed-end
open

2100 East

end.

Price—$10.

Busi¬
plans to
Proceeds—For investment. Office—
common.

investment

trust

Ohio

Bldg., Cleveland.
Reid & Co., Inc., Cleveland.

which

Underwriter—Fulton,

Hanna-Barbara
Dec.

29,

1961

Productions, Inc. (4/16-20)
filed 200,000 capital shares. Price — By

amendment. Business—Production of television cartoons

commercials.

and

Proceeds

For

building and
working capital. Office—3501 Cahuega Blvd., Los An¬
geles. Underwriter—Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., Inc.,
N. Y.

—

a

new

-

•'

Happy House, Inc.
July 28,

1961

filed

700,000

common

shares

.Price—$1.

Business—The marketing of gifts, candies and
cards through franchised dealers.

greeting
Proceeds—For equip¬

ment, inventory and working capital. Office—11 Tenth
Ave., S., Hopkins, Minn. Underwriter—None. Offering
—Imminent.

Hardlines Distributors, Inc.
Jan.
are

26,

1962

filed

to be offered by




200,000

the

(4/23-27)
of which
and 100,000 by

100,000

common,

company

transfer

,

Business—The

manufacture

of

Proceeds—•

corporate

purposes.

Underwriter—Pistell,
■

Hickory Industries, Inc.
Aug. 31,' 1961 ("Reg. A") 40,000
allied

products.

'

a

stock¬

per

Manufacture of liquid and semi-solid
dressings and specialty sauces. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and expansion. Office—109 S. Webster
St.,
Madison, Wis. Underwriter—Milwaukee Co., Milwaukee,
—

Wis. Offering—Sometime in May.

Holiday Mobile Home Resorts, Inc.
31, 1962 filed 3,500,000 common and 5-year war¬
to purchase 700,000
shares, to be offered in units
of 5 shares and one warrant.
Price—$50 per unit. Busi¬
ness—Development and operation of mobile home re¬
Jan.

rants

sorts.

Proceeds

—

working capital.

For debt repayment, expansion and
Office—4344 E. Indian School Road,

Phoenix. Underwriter—None.

Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal Co.
27, 1962 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common. Price

Feb.

Business—Manufacture, sale and development of

—

$4.

solder-

less terminals and other wire

terminating products. Pro¬
ceeds—For debt
repayment, equipment, advertising and
working capital. Address—P. O. Box 430, Phoenixville,
Pa. Underwriter—Harrison &
Co., Philadelphia. Offer¬
ing—Sometime in May.
Home Builders
Feb.

9,

and real

gages

Acceptance Corp.

common.

barbecue

Price—$5.

machines

and

equipment.

Proceeds—For equipment, inventory,
promotion, expansion and working capital. Office
—10-20 47th Rd., Long Island
City, N. Y. Underwriter—
J. B. Coburn Associates, Inc., N. Y. Offering—Indefinite.

High Temperature Materials, Inc.
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 120,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.
Business—Manufacture of products from test
models.
Proceeds—For equipment, research and devel¬
opment, leasehold improvements, repayment of debt and
working capital. Office—130 Lincoln St., Brighton, Mass.
Underwriter—To be named. Offering—Expected in late
April.
•

Hill Arcraft &

Jan. 29, 1962

(4/23-27)

-

1962

Office—409

buys, sell and trades in mort¬
working capital.
Nevada St., Colorado
Springs, Colo.
W. Kim & Co., 11 Broadway, N. Y.

estate.

North

Underwriter

J.

—

Proceeds—For

Honig's-Parkway, Inc.
1,

1961

("Reg.

A")
owns

100,000
and

Price—$3.

common.

operates

three

discount

stores in the Bronx

selling bicycles, electric trains, toys,
appliances, etc. Proceeds—For general cor¬

household

porate

purposes.
Office — 2717-25 White Plains Rd.,
Bronx, N. Y. Underwriters—Richard Bruce & Co., Inc.,
and Reuben Rose & Co.,
Inc., N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

their

distribution

of

in

cultured

s kt
common.

pearls

in

Price—$3.75.
Japan and

the

U. S. Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes. Office—42 W. 48th St., N. Y. Under¬

writer—Sunshine

* Hut ton
March
value

(E.

Securities, Inc., Rego Park, N. Y.

L.)

Associates, Inc.
29, 1962 filed 50,000 common. Price—Net asset
per share plus 2%.
Business—A closed-end in¬

vestment company. Proceeds—For investment.
375 Park Ave., N. Y.
Underwriter—None.

House of

Office—

Koshu, Inc.

March

29, 1962 filed 75,000 class A common. Price—$5.
Business—Importing of Japanese liquors. Proceeds—For
debt
repayment, advertising, inventory and working
capital. Office—129 S. State St., Dover, Del. Underwriter
—P. J. Gruber &

Co., Inc., New York.

if House of Vision, Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 150,000 common.

Price—By amend¬
(max. $17). Business—A dispensing optician and a
manufacturer and distributor of optical equipment. Pro¬
ceeds—For selling stockholders. Office—137 N. Wabash
Ave.,
Chicago.
Underwriter—Hornblower
&
Weeks,
Chicago.
ment

Oct. 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common.
Sale and distribution of cosmetics.

*

Leasing Corp. (4/10-11)
("Reg. A") 100,000 capital snares. Price—

$3. Business—General aviation. Proceeds—For working
capital, equipment, advertising and inventory. Office—
Fulton County Airport, Atlanta, Ga. Underwriter—First
Fidelity Securities Corp., Atlanta.
Hill Street Co.

Price—$4.

Business

Proceeds—For sell¬

ing stockholders. Office—120 E. 16th St., N. Y. Under¬
writers—Brand, Grumet & Seigel, Inc. and Kesselman
& Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—Imminent
Hudson

Wholesale Groceries, Inc. (4/30)
1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$8. Business
Procurement, storage and wholesaling of groceries and
Jan. 23,

non-food

saies

Co., Inc., N. Y.

Hampden Fund, Inc.
24, 1962 filed 500,000

Jan.

heat

Inc., N. Y.

Rental

1961

18,

industrial

repayment and general
Office—405 Lexington Ave., N. Y.

111.

Underwriter—R. W. Pressprich & Co., N. Y.
Dec.

Price—$1,000

Business

salad

House of Westmore, Inc.

Mar. 26, 1962 filed $670,000 of 6%% con. subord. deben¬
tures due 1974 and 134,000 common shares to be offered
in units consisting of $50 of debentures and 10 shares.

Co., Inc., N. Y.

general

Inc.
1962 filed $250,000 of 6%'% subordinated sink¬
ing fund convertible debentures due 1977 and
25,650
common shares to be offered in
units consisting of one
$500 debenture and 50 common shares.

Business—Purchase

preference stock to be offered for subscription by stock¬
holders on basis of one preferred share for each 10 com¬

common

recessed

Hoffman House Sauce
Co.,

Feb. 28,

Nov.

^

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^ Heartland Development Corp.- .-,
March 28, 1962 filed 23,300 shares of 5%

of 6V2% conv. subord.
debs, due 1977, to be offered for subscription by stock¬
holders at the rate of $200 of debentures for each 60

For

Co., Inc., N. Y.

Honora, Ltd. (4/23-27)
29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 76,500

•cbjnr;.■-

operates an advertising
agency for sale of TV and radio spot time. Proceeds—
For working capital.. Office—170 Varick
St., N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—Van Alstyne, Noel & Co., N. Y.

Gulf American Land Corp.
Feb. 28, 1962 filed $11,000,000

Halo

stock¬

encyclo¬

pedic

shares

Street &

selling

Jan. 29, 1962 filed 300,000 class A common. Price
amendment. Business — Publishes illustrated

to

Underwriter—None.

Proceeds—For

Harwyn Publishing Corp.

Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co.
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 226,004 common being offered for
suoscription by stockholders on the basis of three new

Ala.

stores.

Office—175 Humboldt St.,

■New York.,

Valley Construction Corp. (4/9-13)
Nov. 29, 1961 filed 80,000 common. Price—$5.25. Busi¬
ness—General contracting for landscaping and construc¬
tion work. Proceeds—For debt repayment and other cor¬
porate purposes. Office—97-36 50th Ave., Corona, N. Y.
Underwriter—Williamson Securities Corp., N. Y. •

for each 10 held of record Mar. 14, with rights
expire April 16, 1962. Price—$2. Business—Writing of
casualty insurance. Proceeds—To increase capi¬
tal and surplus.
Office—25 S. Perry St., Montgomery,

food

Rochester, N.-¥r Un¬
derwriter—Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc.,

Green

fire and

small

holders.

Valley

Stream, L. I. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes. Office—120 Broadway, N. Y.
Underwriter—R. L. Warren Co., St. Louis. OfferingExpected sometime in July.

f

Business—Manufac¬

—

Blauner & Co. and M. L. Lee &

Business—Company

and

in

by stockholders. Price—$6.

ture of steel office furniture. Proceeds—For
debt repay¬

Dec.

Food

indoor

area

shares

Plohn & Co., N. Y.

Stores, Inc.
March 28, 1962 filed 235,550 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $16).
Business—Operation of supermarkets

recreation

(4/23-27)
300,000 common, of which 200,000
by the company and 100,000

offered

★ Hart's

Inc....

23, 1962 filed 225,000 common to be offered for sub¬
scription by stockholders of Bowling Corp. of America,
parent. Price—$3. Business—Company will operate an
and

Products, Inc.

filed
be

to

and subdivision loans and

25,000 by

Jan.

amusement

1961

are

refiled 800,000 common. Price—$1. Busi¬
ness—Company makes home improvement, construction

rine

burgh. Underwriters—Moore, Leonard & Lynch and Sin¬
ger, Dean & Scribner, Pittsburgh.
•

of M-14

15,

shares

stockholder.

Pittsburgh Capital Corp. (4/16-20)
1961 filed 250,000 common. Price—$11. Busi¬
small business investment company. Proceeds—

investment.

sale

Hillside Metal
Dec.

Hartman Marine Electronics
Corp.
Oct. 27, 1961 filed 100,000
common, of which 75,000 are
to be offered by the company and

Co.> N. Y.

Greater

.

rifles to

and

Business—Manufac¬

Proceeds—For

Entin Rd.,

writer—D. H. Blair &

(5/7-11)

Equipment, plant expansion and working capital. Office
—320 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co,, N. Y.

.

29, 1961 filed 100,000 common.
($7 max.). Business—Manufacture of

board

(max. $30).

ture

Greater New York Box

ment

—

March 7, 1962 filed 180,000
common, of which 40,000 are
to be offered by company and
140,000 by stockholders.

Milwaukee.

Dec.

37

Price—By amendment. Business—Retail sale of
housewares, hardware,
lighting fixtures, automotive
accessories, etc. Proceeds—For debt repayment, expan¬
sion
and
working capital.
Office—1416 Providence
Highway, Norwood, Mass. Underwriter—McDonnell &
Co., N. Y.
Hargrove Enterprises, Inc. (5/7-11)
Dec. 8, 1961 filed 160,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Company plans to own and operate an amusement
park. Proceeds—For property development, advertising,
and working capital/ Office—3100 Tremont Ave., Cheverly, Md. Underwriter — Switzer & Co., Inc., Silver
Springs, Md.

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Grayson-Robinson Stores, Inc.
Jan. 26, 1962 filed $10,000,000 of 5% senior subord. de¬
bentures due 1985.
Price—By amendment. BusinessRetail sale of women's and children's apparel and photo¬
graphic and audio equipment.'.Proceeds—For expansion,
diversification, and working capital. Office—550 W. 59th
St., N. Y. Underwriter — Bear, Stearns & Co., N. Y.
Offering—Expected sometime in June.
I
Great

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V

items.

Proceeds

—

For

debt

repayment

working capital. Office—Lyndhurst, N. J.
R. Williston & Beane, N. Y.

and

Underwriter

—J.

Hydra-Loc, Inc.
Oct. 10, 1961
("Reg. A") 60,000 common.
Price—$2.
Business—Design, development and manufacture of a
brake control.

Proceeds—For debt repayment and gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—101 Park Ave., Hudson,
N. Y. Underwriter—McLaughlin, Kaufman &

Co., N. Y.

Offering—Imminent.
I. F. C. Collateral

Corp.

Dec. 22, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of 10% registered subordi¬
nated debentures to be offered in five series due 1966 to
1970. Price—At par ($1,000). Business—Purchase and sale
of real estate mortgages. Proceeds—For investment. Of¬

fice—630 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—None.
Index & Retrieval Systems, Inc.
Jan.

29, 1962 filed 125,000

ment.
other

Business—Publishes
indexes

common.

"The

and abstracts.

Price—By amend¬

Financial

Index"

Proceeds—For

and

equipment,

promotion, office relocation, and working capital. Office
River St., Woodstock, Vt.
Underwriter—Searight,
Ahalt & O'Connor, Inc., N. Y.

—19

Oct.

16, 1961 filed 2,265,138 common to be offered for
subscription by stockholders of Union Bank of Califor¬
nia on a share-for-share basis. Price—$3. Business—A
management investment company.
Proceeds—For in¬
vestment. Office—760 S. Hill St., Los Angeles. Under¬
writer—None.

Industrial Finance & Thrift Corp.

Oct. 30, 1961 filed $2,000,000 of 6% subordinated deben¬
tures due 1974. Price—At par. Business—A consumer
finance firm. Proceeds—For repayment of debt and exContinued

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working capital and possible expansion.
Washington Ave., St. Louis. Underwriters

•-

Carondelet St., New Orleans, La.

Office—339

pansion.

Underwriter—None.

Investors

(4/18)

Instruments, Inc.

Industrial

Feb.

Price—By amendment (max. $10).
Business—Design,
development and manufacture of electrolytic and ther¬
mal conductivity equipment; general purpose electronic
and electrical testing equipment; and automated pro¬

ties

equipment used to manufacture and test
components.
Proceeds—For debt repayment

For general corporate purposes.

Office—208 S. La Salle

Offering—Expected sometime in May.

control systems. Proceeds

—

For selling
Angeles.

Underwriter—None.

jc Inland Investors
March 12, 1962 ("Reg. A") 30,000 shares of trust cer¬
tificates, of which 15,160 shares are to be offered to
joint adventurers and 14,840 shares to the public. Price
—$10. Business—A real estate investment company. Pro¬
ceeds—For
general corporate purposes.
Office—Suite
102, Lowe Bldg., Sheridan, Wyo.

Underwriter—None.

Feb.

of

electro-me¬

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6, 1962 filed 63,803 common to be offered for
subscription by common stockholders on a l-for-10 basis.
Price—By amendment (max. $20); Proceeds—For debt

State

Airport

Hotel
..

Systems,

Inc.

one

t;V''

—For

debt

Miami

airports. Proceeds

near

repayment and working

capital. Address—
Airport, Miami, Fla. Underwriters
Co., N. Y. and Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc.,

International

—Bache &

Atlanta.
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and

,

International

March

23,

Drug & Surgical. Corp.
1962 filed 150,000 class A shares.

Business—Importing,

licensing,

and

Price—$4.
manufacturing of

pharmaceutical and medical instruments.

Proceeds—For

working capital and other corporate purposes. Office—
375 Park Ave., N. Y.
Underwriters—Seymour Blauner
Co., and Wm. Stix Wasserman & Co., Inc., N. Y.J

• International
March
26,
1962

Plastic Container Corp.
filed' 200,000 common.'-' Price—$2.50.

Business—Manufacture

of plastic products produced by
thermoforming. • Proceeds—For equip¬
ment, rent, salaries and working capital. Office—818—
17th St., Denver. Underwriter—Amos C. Sudler &
Co.,

extrusion

and

Denver.

Interstate

Vending Co. (5/21-25)
53,829 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Sale of products through coin-operated
vending machines,~ and operation of. industrial catering
facilities
in
the New England area
and Brass Rail
restaurants in New York City.
Proceeds—For selling
Jan.

10,

1962

stockholders.

filed

Office—251

East

Grand

Ave.,

Chicago.

Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., N. Y.
Interworld

Film

Distributors, Inc.

Sept. 29, 1961 filed 106,250
Theatrical

distribution

common.

and

(5/7-11)

Price—$4. Business

co-production

of

foreign
and domestic feature films. Proceeds—For
acquisition,
co-production, dubbing, adaptation and distribution of
films, and working capital. Office—1776 B'way, N. Y.
Underwriters—General Securities Co., Inc., and S. Kasdan &

Co., Inc., N. Y.
16,

to

be

are

1962 filed 250,000 common, of which 125,000
offered by the company and 125,000
by a

stockholder. Price—By amendment (max. $20). Business
—A management investment company

specializing

the

insurance

field.




Proceeds

—

For

debt

in

repayment,

of

•

merchandise.

Proceeds-^-For

(The)

offered

(4/10)

Oct. 19,
common.
Price — $12.50.
Business—A diversified investment company. Office—25
Broad St., N. Y. Proceeds—For investment in Japanese
securities. Underwriters—Bache & Co, and

Paine, Web¬
ber, Jackson & Curtis, N. Y, and Nikko Securities Co,
Ltd, Tokyo, Japan. •
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Jarcho

Bros., Inc. (5/21-25) '
March 23, 1962 filed 240,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment
(max. $12).
Business—Installation of plumbing,
heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. Pro¬
ceeds—For

selling stockholders. Office—38-18 33rd St,
Long Island City, N.- Y. Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co, N. Y.
,\v
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-

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Jayark Films Corp. (4/23-27)
Aug. 24, 1961 filed 72,000 common, of which 50,000 are
to be offered by the company and 22,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment. Business—The distribution
of motion picture and television films. Proceeds—For
production of films and working capital. Office—15 E.
48th St., N. Y. Underwriter—Pacific Coast Securities
Co,
.

San Francisco.

Jaylis Industries, Inc. (4/23-27)/
18, 1961 filed $850,000 of 6Vz% suboru. debentures
due 1971 and 212,500 class A common shaj.es to be of¬
fered in units of one $100 debenture ana 25 class A
shares.
Price—$200. Business—Manufactures patented
traversing screens for use as window coverings, room
dividers, folding doors, etc. Proceeds—For debt repay¬
ment and general corporate purposes. Office—514 W.
Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. Underwriter—D. E. LiederOct.

man

&

Jan.

25,

Stores,

Inc.

filed 110,000 capital shares.
Price—By
Business—Operation of discount appliance
expansion.
Office—3700 N. W.
62nd St, Miami, Fla.
Underwriter — Bregman, Cummings & Co, N. Y. Offering—In late May.
1962

amendment.

Proceeds—For

Jiffy Steak Co. (4/23-27)
5, 1962 filed 65,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Processing, packaging and
sale
of
frozen meat and meat products. Proceeds—For
redemp¬
Feb.

ment.

a

units consisting of one preferred and' one
Price—By amendment: (max. $101/per- unit).

Business—Real

estate

investment.

Proceeds—For

debt

repayment and working capital.
N.

Y.

Underwriter—Hayden,

Office—30 E. 42nd St,
Stone & Co, N. Y. £

Kay Foods Corp^ (4/23-27)
Dec. 29,-1961 filed 88,000 class; A
common-shares, of
which 44,000-are to be offered by the
company and 44,000
by stockholders. Price—$7. Business—Packing and", sale
of fruit

juice products. Proceeds—For general corporate
N. Frankliritown
Rd.;: Baltimore.
Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Wash¬
ington, D. C.
V,/'_
purposes.' Office—241

Underwriter

;

—

Kelley Realty Corp,.

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..
1962 filed 430,000 class A common. Price
By amendment (max. $10);
Business—Company owns
and operates apartment and office
buildings. Proceeds—

March

For

16,

—

debt repayment. Office—1620

Okla.

S. Elwood St, Tulsa,

Underwriters—Fulton, Reid & Co, Inc., Cleveland

and Walston &

Co, Inc., N. Y...

★ Kenner Products Co.

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March 30,

1962 filed 542,000 common; of which 205,000
to be offered by company and
317,000 by stockhold¬
Price—By amendment (max. $24). Business—Manu¬

are

ers.

facture, design,and distribution of plastic toys. Proceeds
—For general corporate
purposes. Office—912 Sycamore
St, Cincinnati, Ohio. Underwriter—Kuhn, Loeb
New York.

-j :V' ":'v;

Co,

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Kiddie Rides, Inc.
(4/30-5/4)
Sept. 12, 1961 filed $1,000,000 of 7% convertible subordi¬
nated debentures due 1971

and 30,000 common to be of¬
fered in units of $1,000 debentures and 30 of commoa

Price—By amendment. Business—The operation of coin
operated children's amusement equipment; Proceeds—
For repayment of loans, equipment and
general corpo¬
rate purposes. Office—2557 W. North
AVe, Chicago/Un¬
derwriter—Paul C. Kimball & Co., Chicago.
Kine Camera Co.,

Inc.
r:
:
1961 filed 75,000 common. Price—$5, Business
—Importing and distribution of cameras, binoculars and
Nov. 21,

photographic equipment. Proceeds—For debt repayment
and working capital. Office—889 Broadway, N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—Underhill Securities Corp, N. Y.

King Island Cosmetic Co..
Feb.

1962

13,

("Reg.

A")

100,500

use

in

repayment
17th

St.,

Price—$2.
therapeutic clay

common.

Business—Company plans to market
for

a

manufacturing cosmetics. Proceeds—For debt
and other corporaet purposes.
Office—734Denver.
Underwriter—Birkenmayer & Co,

Denver.

Co, Inc., N. Y.

Jefferson

&
.

in

warrant.

Air

Japan Fund, Inc.
1961 filed 2,000,000

.

capital. Office^-1800 Boston! Rd,
Bronx, N. Y. Underwriter—Michael G. Kletz & Co.f N. Y.
★ Kavanau Corp. .'*•••
y
■ "
March 29, 1962 filed 50,000 shares 6% cum.
preferred
and four-yeap-common stock
purchase warrants to be

debt repayment

—

Office—1924 Washing¬

payment and working

i

(5/14-18)

v

stores.

Investment Securities Co.
March

Inc.

common.

Conditioning Corp,
28, 1962 ("Reg. A") 40,000 common. Price ^ $3.
Business—Design,, installation and maintenance of heat¬
ing, plumbing and air conditioning systems. Proceeds—'
For inventory, equipment and other corporate purposes.
Office
954 Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Under¬
writer—Martin-Warren Co, Ltd, N. Y.'/>':';y:-yy v';, ■'

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Establishment

—

30, 1962 filed 100,000

Jamoco

$100 debenture and 10 shares.

Price—By amendment. Business
operation of hotels located in or

Jaap Penraat Associates,

Feb.

Jan. 4, 1962 filed $1,700,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1977 and 170,000 common shares to be
of

sale

/

J/J. y'y
-/j ;:K. j
common,
Price—$5. Busi¬

jJV

Price—$5. Busi¬
chain of retail stores selling carpets
and rugs. J Proceeds—For
expansion, inventory- debt re¬

ness—Operation of

and working capital. Office—29 N. W; 10th St.; Miami,
Fla. Underwriter—Clayton Securities Corp.y Boston/
/

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order

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★ Kaufman Carpet Co., Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 250,000 common.

St., Dover, Del. Underwriter —- American
Economy Corp., New York City.

retail department stores; Proceeds—For

repayment and construction. Office—905 Main St., Boise,

(4/9-13)

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.

Jackson's/Byrons Enterprises Inc. v
13, 1962 filed $750,000 convertible subordinated
debentures due 1977; also 120,000 class A commonj of
which 66,666 shares are to be offered by the company
and 53,334 by stockholders. Price—By amendment (max.
$12.50 for common). Business—Operation of a chain of

•

>

:

Cleve¬
Co, Inc.,

Ferman

Ave, Bronx, N. Y. Underwriter—Arnold Wilkens
Co, Inc., N. Y.- V •
-V;/

March

March

units

ness—Mail

were

Price—$3. Business
—Industrial designing, the design of teaching machines
and the production of teaching programs. Proceeds—
For expansion, new facilities and working capital. Office
—315 Central Park W, N. Y. Underwriter—R. F. Dowd
& Co, Inc., N.
.1:

Price—By amendment (max. $70).
For debt repayment and general corporate
Office — 905 Main St., Boise, Idaho. Under¬

in

Miami, Fla.

L.-

ton

Jan.

share.

Underwriter—White, Weld & Co.,. N. Y.

Underwriter—Robert

★ Kapner, Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 50,000

and

40,360 ■ common shares . (with
to be offered for sale in units of one $1,000

Israel Basic

(4/16-20)

(4/16-^20)

Rd.,

land.

equipment and working capital.

South

—

Intermountain Gas Co.

offered

y

common shares (with warrants).
Also
$2,760,000 of 6V2% dollar; debentures
due 1980. Price—For units, $1,050 each; for debentures,
par.
Business—Company was formed to construct the
luxury hotel "Tel Aviv Hilton" at Tel Aviv, Israel. Pro¬
ceeds—For general corporate purposes.
O f f i c e—229

6,-1962

International

(4/23-27)j

Underwriter—Hayden, Stone & Co, N. Y.

registered

filed $3,400,000 of subordinated deben¬
tures due 1987 and 68,000 common to be offered in units,
each consisting of one $50 subordinated debenture and

•

1980-86

due

warrants)

rotating devices. Proceeds—For debt repay¬
ment, sales promotion and working capital. Office—312
Mt. Pleasant Ave., Newark, N. J;
Underwriter—GoldSlovin Co., Inc., N> Y..

writer—White, Weld & Co., Inc., N. Y.

.

Electronics, Inc.; (4/9-13)
>Sept. 8, 1961 filed 125,000 - capital shares.
Price—By
amendment.
Business—The design and production of

International, Inc.
; '
28, 1962 filed $4,036,000 of 6Vz% sinking fund de

chanical

Gas Co.

-

Johnson

debenture and 10

Components, Inc.
March 23, 1962 ("Reg. A") 135,000 common.- Price—$1.

Idaho.

★

N. Y. Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N. Y.

bentures

Instrument

distribution

(4/24)

common.

,

of all outstanding 6% preferred
shares and working capital. Office—1200 Zerega Ave,

,

and

Corp.

Price—By amend¬
(max. $10). /Business—Operation of a chain of re¬
stores selling low priced housewares, toys, etc.
Pro¬

Bronx, N ,Y.

Israel Hotels

Underwriter—None.

•

160,000

tail

cas,

Engineering Corp.
March 26, 1962 filed 120,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $14).
Business—Development and produc¬
tion of equipment for use in testing the physical char¬
acteristics of various materials.
Proceeds—For selling
stockholders. Office—2500 Washington St., Canton, Mass.

purposes.

filed

—

Instron*

Business—Manufacture

14,1962

29, 1962 filed 75,000 common. Price—By amend-r
ment
(max. $50). Business—Distribution of electricity
.special electronic components for the commercial; and
and natural gas in Iowa. Proceeds — For repayment of
military market. Proceeds—For the repayment of debt,
loans, and construction. Office—300 Sheridan Ave., Cenand working capital. Address—Box 7,
Casselberry, Fla.
terville, Iowa. Underwriter—A. G. Becker & Co., Chi¬
Underwriter—Jennings, Mandel & Longstreth, Phila.
cago.
.J*.'' u ic Kaiser-Nelson Corp. /; y'y'y
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Ipco Hospital Supply Corp. (5/14-18)
vy;
March 29, 1962 filed 140,000
common, of which 70,000
March 16, 1962 filed 290,000 common, of which 200,000
are to be offered
by company and 70,000 by stockhold¬
will be offered by company and 90,000 by stockholders.
ers.
Price—Byamendment
(max., $10).
Business—
Price—By amendment (max. $121)/ Business—Distribu¬
Reclamation of metallics from steel
slag; mining of sand
tion of surgical, and hospital supplies and equipment.
and gravel; and
dismantling and salvage of- industrial
Proceeds
For debt repayment, working capital and/
buildings. Proceeds—For new plants, debt repayment
other corporate purposes. Office—161 Avenue of Ameri¬
and working capital.
Office—6272 Canal

stockholders. Office—10131 National Blvd., Los

common

Business—Manufactureof

appliances and electric motors. Pro¬
products and working capital.
Office

March

13, 1961 filed 1,266,000 common to be offered to
preferred and common stockholders of Ling-TemcoVought, Inc. (parent) of record Nov. 30, 1961. Price—By
amendment. Business—Furnishes industrial information,

one

e—$6.

John's Bargain Stores
Feb.

ment

ceeds—For redemption

new

^ Iowa Southern Utilities Co.

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Nov.

Proceeds

c

Offering—Expected sometime in May.

Systems, Inc.

Intermountain

Dorsa Ave, Livingston, N. J. Underwriter—Searight, Ahalt & O'Connor, Inc., N.Y.
,'

—Regent St., Manchester, Conn. Underwriters—Richard
Bruce & Co., Inc., and Reuben Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y.

St., Chicago. Underwriter—A. C. Allyn & Co., Chicago.

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ceeds—For

Dec. 26, 1961 filed 500,000 common. Price—$15. Busi¬
ness—A small business investment company. Proceeds—

March

Forces and the manufacture of electronic control equipment. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office

household electric

_

handling and

P r i

by the company and 32,000 by stockhold¬
By amendment. Business — Development of
weapons training devices for U. S. Armed

—

simulated

lona

stockholder. "

Price

ers.

.

.

.

(4/30)

be offered

to

Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—IFC Securi¬
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'

Corp., N. Y.

Laboratories, Inc.

Dec. 21, 1961 filed 114,500 common, of which 82,500: are

Manufacturing Co.
Jan. 26, 1962 filed 140,000 common, of which 125,000 are
to he offered by the company and 15,000 shares by a
.

Industry Capital Corp.

Information

Joanell

Funding Corp.
filed $6,000,000

Office—630 Fifth

and general corporate purposes.
Office—89 Commerce
Rd., Cedar Grove, N. J. Underwriter—Hayden, Stone &
Co., Inc., N. Y. '
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Thursday, April 5, 1962

.

of 2,910 $50 par preferred shares, expansion, and
working capital. Address — Route 286, Saltsburg, Pa.
Underwriter—Arthurs, Lestrange & Co, Pittsburgh.

and investment in real estate. Proceeds—For investment.

duction and test

electronic

19,

.

tion

—

of 10% registered sub¬
ordinated debentures, of which $1,000,000 will mature
1966 and $5,000,000 from 1971 through 1975 (with war¬
rants). Price—$1,000 per unit. Business—Purchase, sale

which 30,000 are
by stockholders.

March 9, 1962 filed 120,000 common, of
to be offered by company and 90,000

Office—901

Scherck,
Co., and Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Richter

.

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King Louie Bowling Corp. (4/16-20)
Sept. 27, 1961 filed 330,000 common. Price—$2. Business
—Operates a chain of bowling centers. Proceeds—Repay
debt and for other corporate purposes.
Office—8788
Metcalfe Rd, Overland Park, Kan.
Underwriter—George
K. Baum & Co, Kansas City, Mo.

★ Kinney Service Corp.
March 28, 1962 filed 262,500
common, of which
are

to be offered by the

holders.

company and. 150,000

Price—By amendment

(max. $12).

112,500

by stock¬

Business—

Volume

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sanitary structures, fallout shelters and play sculptures.
Proceeds—Foi
aeoi
repayment,,
sales promotion and

operation of garages and parking stations; renting
leasing of cars; cleaning and maintaining of com¬
mercial buildings and conducting of funerals.
Proceeds
—To buy additional automobiles.
Office—111 W. 50th
St., N. Y. Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., N. Y.
The
and

Co., Inc., N. Y.
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19, 1962 filed 80,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $17.50). Business — Operation of a chain of
clothing and dry goods stores. Proceeds — For selling
stockholders. Office
8908 Ambassador Row, Dallas.

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Feb. 21

1962 filed

160,000 common. Price

Business—Manufacture

ment.

of

Underwriter—Kidder, Peabody & Co., N. Y.
Lewiston-Gorham
March

(5/21)

Kohnstamm & Co., Inc.

(H.)

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—

colors'* and

By amend¬

Koilmorgen Corp. (4/18)
J
Nov. 9,\ 1961 filed-100,000 common, of which 40,000 are
be sold

by the company and 60,000 by stockholders
amendment.
Business—Manufacture of op¬

Price—By

tical equipment.
—347

•

Co., Hartford.
Planned

Kraft

suits

Bros.

14, 1961 filed 200,000 common.

registration

withdrawn.

was

Lab-Line

Instruments,

,

■

■&*.

Inc.

March 12, 1962 filed 150,000 common.

New

advertising displays, and toys. Proceeds — For
building improvements, equipment and working capital.
Office—3200 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis.
Underwriter

■'March

22,

1962

filed

of which 60,000

100,000 common,

&

son

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hair

of

debt

Curtis, Boston.
Salle St,

La

Nov.

1961

24,

preparations and
equipment,

repayment,

Webber,
/;Y;.,

;

Jack¬

Capital Corp.

250,000 common. Price—By amend¬

filed

ment. Business—A small business investment company.
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office—134
S. La Salle St., Chicago. Underwriter—Bacon. Whipple
&

Chicago.1 Note

This .company
Twentieth Century Capital Corp.

Co.,

named

—

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Langsam (S. R.) & Co. /
8, 1962 ("Reg. A") $300,000 of 6V2% convertible
subordinated sinking fund debentures due March 1, 1977.
Price — $1,000 each. Business — A factoring company.
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes/ Office—1321
Bannock St., Denver. Underwriter—Bosworth, Sullivan
'

March

Co., Inc., Denver.
Leader-Durst

Dec.

1961

1,

filed

Business—Real

_' /rw

Lee

-,V\

class A common. Price—$5
Proceeds—F o r repayment of

Underwriter—None.

Fashions, Inc.' (4/23-27)

27,

ment.

V

405,000

Estate, s

Office—41 E. 42nd St., N. Y.

debt.

Dec.

•>

Corp.

1961

filed

166,667

Business—Importing of low priced ladies' scarfs
Proceeds—For debt repayment and work¬

ing capital. Office—2529 Washington Blvd., Baltimore.
Underwriters—Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor & Co., N. Y.

Co., Miami Beach.

Lehigh Industries & Investment Corp. (5/7)
Dec. 29, 1961 filed 2,000,000 class A common. Price—By
amendment. Business—A holding
company for
three
subsidiaries which operate utilities, engage in construc¬
tion, and distribute electronic parts. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, construction and working capital. Office—
800
71st St., Miami Beach, Fla. Underwriter—To
be
named
(a newly-formed subsidiary).
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Lembo

Dec. 21.

Corp.

(5/7-11)

Price—$3.50.

ness—Manufactures steel re-inforced




sale

Busi¬

concrete utilities,

;

Mac-Allan

Co., Inc. (5/28-31)
23, 1962 filed 130,260 of class A common, of which
65,130 are to be offered by the company and 65,130
by stockholders. Price—$5. Business—Sale and distribu¬

Feb.

tion

of

of costume

jewelry, ladies' handbags, and accesso¬
For working capital. Office — 1650
Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. .Underwriter—George K.
Baum & Co., Kansas City
ries.

Proceeds

—

.

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Macco

Realty Co. (4/16-20)
21, 1961 filed $4,000,000 of conv. subord. debentures
1977;
also 150,000 . common
shares.
Price—By

Dec.

due

amendment.

Business—Construction and sale of homes,

Proceeds—For

;

children's

debt

repayment and

general

corporate

Paramount,!
Calif. Underwriters—Kidder, Peabody & Co., N. Y. and
Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Los Angeles.
purposes.

Office—7844 E. Rosecrans Ave.,

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Madway Main Line Homes, Inc.

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Magazine For Industry, Inc. (4/23-27)
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 100,000 common, of which 80,000 will
be offered by the company and 20,000 by stockholders.
Price—$5. Business—The publishing of business period¬

(4/16-20)

1961 filed 150,000 common.

28,

Litton

March 6, 1962 filed
ment (max. $10).

„■

.

Price—By amend-

icals.

/

Proceeds—For promotion, a new publication and
working capital. Office—660 Madison Ave.. New York.
Underwriter—Arnold, Wilkens & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Inc.

Industries,

de¬
by

holders of outstanding common and securities convertible into common on the basis of $100 of debentures for
each

10

shares

April

expire
facture

of

9,

held

record Mar. 23, with rights to
Price—At par. Business—Manu¬
systems and components, business

commercial electronic equipment, nuclearpowered submarines and other vessels. Proceeds—For
debt repayment and working capital. Office—336 Footihill Rd., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Underwriters—Lehman
Brothers and Clark, Dodge & Co., Inc., N. Y.
,
Livestock

Financial

Corp.

(4/23)

1962 filed 245,000 common. Price—$10. Business
holding company whose subsidiaries in¬
the lives of all types of animals. Proceeds—To form

subsidiaries. Office—26 Piatt St., N. Y. Underwriter
—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N .Y.

Livingston Oil Co. (4/27)
filed $6,359,900 of convertible sinking fund
subscription by stockhold¬
ers on the basis of $100 debenture for each 34 common
shares held. Price—By amendment. Business—Explora¬
tion and development of oil and gas properties. Proceeds
—For debt repayment, expansion and working capital.
Office
Mid-Continent Bldg., Tulsa. Underwriter—
Shearson, Hammill & Co., N. Y.
Feb. 26-, 1962

debentures to be offered for

-r—

Lockfast Mfg. Co.,
Jan.

11, 1962

Inc.
("Reg. A") 85,000 common. Price

Business—Manufacture

of

furniture

to furniture manufacturers.
3006

steel inventories
Boarman

Ave.,

hardware

/

games. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.
—130 E. 40th St., N. Y. Underwriter—Darius Inc.,

Office
N. Y.

Inc.
1961 filed 75,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Production of a new electrically powered device for
messaging a person in bed. Proceeds—For general cor¬
porate purposes. Office—Route 17, Rochelle Park, N. J.
Underwriter—Stanley R. Ketcham & Co., Inc., N. Y.
Magic Fingers,

Feb 23,

r-An insurance
sure

Magellan Sounds Corp.
28, 1962 filed 60,000 common (with attached oneyear class A warrants to purchase 60,000 common shares
at $4 per share and two-year class B warrants to purchase 60,000 shares at $4.50 per share) -to be offered in
units (each consisting of one share, one class A warrant
and one class B warrant). Price—$4 per unit. Business
—Production of educational and recreational devices and
Feb.

of

1962.

electronic

machines,

ment,

.

1961 filed 100,000 common.

and

new

Price—By amend¬

common.

and blouses.

and Penzell &

Manufacture

Jan. 8, 1962 filed $50,748,100 of 3%% conv. subord.
bentures due 1987 being offered for subscription

;Proceeds-^-For equipment,

Y.-J;.y.

—

29, 1961 ("Reg. Aw) 150,000 common/ Price—$2.
Business—Design and manufacture of automatic filling
machines and related equipment. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment and working capital. Office — 191' Berry St.,
Brooklyn, N. >Y. Underwriter—A. J. Gabriel Co., N. Y.

ties, college pennants, etc.; and distribution of medical,
nursing and law books. Proceeds—For debt repayment
and working capital. Office—128 Oliver St., Paterson,
N. J. Underwriter—Andresen & Co., N. Y.

,

&

MRM Co., Inc.
Nov.

($5 maximum). Business—Publication, and sale of
paperback school books; manufacture of stuffed novel¬

ness—Production and sale of,gift sets, linens,

•

ning and bottling of fruits and vegetables. Proceeds—
debt repayment and working
capital. Office—48
High St., Brockport, N. Y. Underwriter—None.

For

ment

.

Office—500
Edward Lamb Bldg., Toledo. .Underwriter—Blair & Co.,
N. Y.
" 'V-;'.:
' ' V'->V.
Y.'. ' T
fLaminetics Inc. ; /:
"S' \ :y.\
March 22, 1962 filed 80,000 common. Price—$3.50. Busi¬
place mats,
moving expenses, sales
promotion and other corporate purposes. Office — 20
W. 27th St.,-N. Y. Underwriter—Fabrikant Securities

Business

29, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$6. Business

—Processing and packaging of frozen foods and the can¬

"
!
50,000 common. Price — By amend¬
Business—Production, sale, erection'
and financing of manufactured homes. 'Proceeds—For
the financing of credit sales of homes. Office—315 E.;
Manchester Ave., Wayne, Pa.
Underwriter —' Drexel &
Co., Philadelphia. Offering—Sometime in May.

Dec.

-ment, plant expansion and working capital.

Corp., N.

Lustig Food Industries, Inc.
Dec.

Inc.

Ruffy Togs,

(4/23-27)

and production and working capital. Office—
Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—Wright, Myers &
Bfessel, Inc., Washington, D. C. Note—This firm formerly
was named Lunar Enterprises, Inc.
;

Des Plaines,
Cruttenden, Podesta & Co., Chicago.

Littlefield, Adams & Co.

plumbing fixtures, water, softeners; sugar cane agricul¬

etc.

—

Films, Inc.

filming

clothing. Proceeds — For debt repayment and working
capital. Office—112 W. 34th St., N. Y. UnderwritersGlass & Ross. Inc. and Samson, Graber & Co., Inc., N. Y;

1977

tural equipment; aluminum doors, storm windows, and
related aluminum products. Proceeds—For debt repays

Lunar

543 Madison

Miner St.,

(4/23-27) ;
Nov..29, 1961 filed 165,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.

(with attached warrants).
Price—At .par.
feusiness—Manufacture of gas and electric water heaters,

'

Pro¬

Management Corp., N. Y.

capital.. Officer—1865

Little

formerly was

Industries, Inc. (4/30-5/4)
28, 1961. filed $2,200,000 of s. f. subord. debentures

due

dresses.

_

111. Underwriter

Lamb
Dec.

casual

•

Lincoln

working

common,
to be offered by the company and

Aug. 31, 1961 filed 125,000 common. Price—$5.75. Busi¬
ness—The production of television films. Proceeds—For

Bedford, Mass. Underwriter — J. R. Williston &
■
• V...

Jan.

_

and?;

mond, Va.

Littelfuse, Inc.
(4/16-20)
26, 1962 filed 100,000 common, of which 50,000
are to be offered by the company and 50,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture
of various products for the electronic, automotive and
electrical
industries.
Proceeds—For
equipment,
and

Office—110 N. Fifth

Underwriter—Paine,

Minneapolis.

St.,
/■

distribution

and

Proceeds—For

products and working capital.

new

women's

Lithoid, Inc. (4/9)
#
1961 filed 120,000 common. Price—$3. Business
^-Development and manufacture of equipment ^nd sys¬
tems for the
photographic data processing industry.
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office—232
Cleveland Ave., Highland Park, N. J.
Underwriter—
Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor & Co., Inc., N. Y.

to be.offered by the company and 40,000 by a stock¬
holder.
Price—By amendment (max. $16). Business—
cosmetics.

of

sale

manufacture

Seagrove, N. C. Underwriter—J. C. Wheat & Co., Rich¬

Nov. 22,

are

Manufacture

;

and

Price—$5. Business—Design,

of which 142,500
139,996 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $5). Business—
Canning and marketing of vegetables and meats. Pro¬
ceeds—For expansion and debt repayment. Address—

Office

repayment.

toy Manufacturing Corp.

Lucks, Inc.
28, 1962 filed 282,496

•

Maur Inc.

selling

Feb.
are

St., San Francisco.
Underwriters—Sutro
Co., San Francisco and F.- S. Smithers & Co.,

Distributor—Horizon

—Hayden, Stone & Co., N. Y.

Proceeds—For

Bronx River

of toys and games. Proceeds—For equipment, ad¬
vertising and working capital. Office—1074 Brook Ave.,,
N. Y. Underwriters—H. M. Frumkes & Co. and Batchker, r
Eaton & Co., N. Y.

Fund, Inc. (4/30-5/4)
March 30, 1961 filed 951,799 shares of common stock.
Price—Net asset value plus a 7% selling commission.
Business—A
non-diversified,
open-end, managementtype investment company whose primary investment ob¬
jective is capital appreciation and, secondary, income
derived from the sale of put and call options. Proceeds—
For investment. Office—300 Main St., New Britain, Conn.

Price—By amend¬

products.

Office—825

sale

Beane, N. Y.

indoor

La

holders.

repayment, working capital and expan¬
sion. Office—Herman L. Bishins Bldg., Riverside Ave.,

(max. $11).; Business—Manufacture of permanent

ment

electronic; military

Lowell

ceeds—For debt

(4/17)

(4/9-13)

Dec. 27, 1961 filed 120,000 common, of which 100,000 are,;
to be offered by the company and 20,000 by the stock-

16th
&

manufacture

•

Electronics Corp.

Ave., N. Y. Un-,
derwriters—Lehman Brothers, Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
and Model, Roland & Co., N. Y.
;
!
*"».
; .
;

Lily Lynn, Inc. (5/21)
Feb. 23, 1962 filed 150,000 common, of which 86,000 are to
be offered by the company and 64,000 by the stockhold¬
ers. Price—By amendment (max. $12). Business—Design,

filed 142,860 common, of which 122^168 are
by the company and 20,692 by stockhold¬
ers. Price—By
amendment (max. $9). Business-Manu¬
facture of an extensive line of industrial, hospital and
clinical laboratory instruments. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment, construction, and working capital. Office—
3070-82 W. Grand Ave., Chicago. Underwriter—R. W.
Pressprich & Co., N. Y
...
^
Industries, Inc.

debt

New York.

Feb. 23, 1962
to be offered

Lakeside

Proceeds—For

coats.

and

-^-2701

Homes, Inc.

Price—$5. Business
-—A holding company in "shell homes" field. Proceeds—
For debt repayment and general corporate purposes. Of¬
fice—128 W. Broadway, Birard, Ohio.
UnderwriterBest & Garey & Co., Inc., Washington, D. C. Note—This
Dec.

Loral

Feb. 28, 1962 filed 56,225 common. Price — By amend¬
ment. Business—Research, development and production

due

:/

v

v.

1962 filed $750,000 of conv. subord. debentures '•
1977, also 100,000 common shares to be offered by
stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—Design,
manufacture and distribution of women's high fashion

March 29,

Office
Underwriter—Put¬

»

''V;,'

it LiIIi Ann Corp.
•

Proceeds—For debt repayment.

King St., Northampton, Mass.
&

nam

,

(4/17)
20, 1962 filed $900,000 of 6% sinking fund deben¬
tures series B, (with warrants). Price—$1,000 per deben¬
ture. Business—Design, manufacture, sale and repair of
machinery and equipment used in agriculture. Proceeds
—For debt repayment, equipment and general corporate
purposes. Office—7th & S Sts., Gering, Neb. Underwriter
—First Nebraska Securities Corp., Lincoln, Neb.

.

provements and working capital. Office—33 Court St.^
Auburn, Maine. Underwriter—P. W. Brooks & Co., N; Y*

'

to

14, 1962 filed $1,000,000 of 6%% first mortgage
1977 and 200,000 common- to- be- offered in

consisting of a $500 bond and 100 shares. Price—
$500 per unit. Business—Conducting commercial parimutuel harness racing meets in Lewiston-and Gorhanv
Maine. Proceeds — For debt repayment, property im-;

drugs

Lockwood Grader Corp.

stockholders.

units

for

•

39

Feb.

of

Inc.

Raceways,

due

bonds

flavors

and ;cosmetics; also industrial chemicals.
Proceeds—-For general corporate purposes. Office—161
Avenue of the Americas, N. Y. Underwriter —* Kidder,
Peabody; & Co., Inc. / : ;
.'/"..V,; . ..
food,

(4/23-27)

Inc.

Levine's,

March

Price—$1. Business
—A holding company for three subsidiaries in the wall
and floor coating business. Proceeds—For product de¬
velopment, advertising, and working capital. Office—
26-32 Second St;, Long Island City, N. Y. Underwriter—
common.

Globus, Inc.

W. 11th St., Huntington
Underwriter—Blank, Lieberman &

Office—145

capital.

working

Station, L. 1., N. Y.

•

Kogei, Inc. (5/1-4)
Dec. 8, 1961 filed 1U0,U00

(1643)

Chronicle

The Commercial and Financial

.

—

for

Proceeds—For debt

$3.50
sale

repay¬

nad plant expansion. Office—
Underwriter—R & D

Dec. 29,

Mandrel Industries.

Inc.

of which 220,000 are
83.900 by stockhold¬
Price—By amendment (max. $20). Business—De¬
sign and manufacture of specialized photo-electric color
sorting machines and geo-physical exploration devices.
Proceeds
For debt repayment, acquisition of 90,000
shares of its own stock, and working capital. Office—800
Welch Rd., Palo Alto, Calif. Underwriter—Domin^k &
Dominick, N. Y.

Feb. 27, 1962 filed 303,900 common,
to be offered by the company and
ers.

—

• Manhattan Drug Co., Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 72,000 common, of which 58,000 are
to be offered by company and 14,000 by stockholders.
Price—$3.50.
Business—Manufacture, packaging
and

Baltimore.

Investors Corp., Port Washington, N. Y.

Continued

on

page

i0

40

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1644)

Continued

from

39

page

Metropolitan Acceptance Corp.
2, 1961 filed $300,000 of 6% subordinated convert¬
due 1967 and 60,000 common shares to be offered
in units consisting of $100 of debentures and 20 common
shares. Price—$150 per unit. Business—Financing of re¬
tail sales. Proceeds—For working capital. Office—5422
Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. Underwriter—To be
Oct.

sale

proprietary drug products. Proceeds—
For equipment, new products, debt repayment and work¬
ing capital.
Office—156 Tillary St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriter—Dana Securities Co., Inc., N. Y.
of

various

Maradel

Products, Inc.
335,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Manufacture of toiletries
and cosmetics.
Proceeds—For acquisitions, debt repay¬
ment and working capital. Office—510 Ave. of the Amer¬
March 12, 1962 filed
ment (max. $20).

icas, N. Y. Underwriter — Hornblower & Weeks, N. Y.
Offering—Expected sometime in June.
Marine

Animal

&

By-Products Corp. (4/30)
Jan. 26, 1962 filed 90,000 common.
Price—$5. Business
—Distributes fishmeal and animal by-product proteins.
Proceeds—For expansion, machinery, and working cap¬
ital. Office—233 Broadway, N. Y. Underwriter—Arnold
Malkan

&

Marks

June

27,

Co., Inc., N. Y.
Polarized

1961

amendment.

facilities

new

filed

Corp.
95,000

and

other

shares.

common

Proceeds—For

Price—By
acquisition of

expansion,

Office—
Underwriters-

corporate

purposes.

153-16 Tenth Ave., Whitestone, N. Y.
Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc. (mgr.), Glass & Ross, Inc., and
Globus, Inc., N. Y. C.
•

Martin

March

(L. P.)

Maintenance Corp.

of which 20,000
are
to be offered by company and 80,000 by a stock¬
holder. Price—$5. Business—Cleaning and maintenance
of
buildings and the sale of janitorial supplies and
23,

1962

filed

100,000

ibles

named.

'

■

■

Metropolitan

■/

•/

•'

.

...

■.

(5/7-11)

Realty Trust

*■

•

Dec.

20, 1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of beneficial interest.
Price—$6.50. Business—A real estate investment trust.

Proceeds—For

general corporate purposes. Office—1700
St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Eisele &

K

King, Libaire, Stout & Co., N. Y.
Micro-Dine

Corp.
13, 1962 filed 200,000 common. Price—$3.50. Busi¬
ness—Manufacture, sale and operation of vending ma¬
chines. Proceeds—For debt repayment, inventories and
general corporate purposes. Office—6425 Oxford St., St.
Louis Park, Minn. Underwriter—Irving J. Rice &
Co.,
Inc., St. Paul.
-v.*;.*'*
Feb,

Midwest
Dec.

MedocaU Investment

11, 1961

Trust

("Reg. A")

15,000 shares of beneficial in¬
terests. Price—$20. Business—A real estate investment
trust which plans to own interests in medical office

buildings, hospitals, etc. Proceeds—For working capital.
Address—Van West, Ohio. Underwriter—J. Allen McMeen & Co., Fort Wayne, Ind

common,

equipment. Proceeds—For debt repayment and work¬
ing capital.
Office—840 DeKalb Ave., N. E., Atlanta.
Underwriter—Johnson, Lane, Space Corp., Atlanta.

Midwest Technical Development Corp.
Feb.

26, 1962 filed 561,500 common to be offered for
subscription by stockholders on the basis of one share
for

each

$7).

two

Business

shares

A

held.

—

•

Mastan

Feb.

Co., Inc.

1962

9,

(4/17)

filed

$5,000,000 of 5V2% senior notes due
1977 and 170,000 common.
Price—By amendment (max.
Notes: 105%; Stock: $12). Business—A commercial and
industrial finance company. Proceeds—For general cor¬
porate purposes. Office—350 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Under¬
writer—New

York

Securities

Co., 65 Broadway, N. Y.

Masters, Inc.
March 22, 1962 filed $1,500,000 of 6%
bentures

due

1972;

also

150,000

conv.

subord. de¬

shares,

common

of

which 80,000 will be offered by the company and
70,000
by a stockholder. The securities will be offered in units
of one $100 debenture and 10 common

shares,

that up to $700,000 of debentures and
70,000
be offered separately.
Price—For

except
shares may

debentures, at par;
$10. Business—Operation of discount ^de¬
partment stores selling a wide variety of merchandise.
Proceeds—For
expansion.
Office—135-21
38th
Ave.,
Flushing, N. Y. Underwriters—Sterling, Grace & Co.,
for

common,

and
•

Norton, Fox & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Masury-Young Co.

Dec. 4, 1961 filed

Manufactures
nance

and

and

Proceeds

other

Price—$6. Business-

common.

commercial

products.

equipment,

(4/17)

100,000

—

industrial
For

floor

corporate

St., Boston. Underwriter—-Chace,
Winslow, Inc., Boston.
McWood

Corp.

debt,

Office—76

purposes.

Roland

•

mainte¬

of

repayment

Whiteside

&

C.

Underwriter—Affiliated Underwriters,

crude

oil

from

producers,

Inc.

Midwestern

Mortgage Investors
Feb. 26, 1962 filed 500,000 shares of beneficial interests.
Price—$10. Business — A real estate investment com¬
Proceeds—For investment and operating expenses.
Office—1630 Welton St., Denver. Underwriter—Boettcfter & Co., Denver.
pany.

Mil

National Corp.
28, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Distribution of dry cleaning and laundry
equipment.
Proceeds—For sales promotion, inventory and working
capital. Office—1101 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
Underwriters—H. M. Frumkes & Co., Abraham &
Co.,
and Berman, Sterling & Vine
Co., N. Y.
Feb.

Milli-Switch
Dec.

$3.

20, 1961

Corp. (4/9-13)
("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares. Price—

Business—Manufacture

of

switches

and

other

elec¬

tronic

components.
Proceeds — For general corporate
purposes. Office—1400 Mill Creek Rd., GladWyne, Pa.
Missile

(max. $160).

Company buys
transports it to own storage

Busi¬

ness—Company plans to engage in the commercial fi¬
and factoring business. Proceeds—General
corpo¬
rate purposes.
Office—1730 K St., N. W., Washington,

(4/30-5/4)

—

Price—$2.

nance

D.

Nov.

valve.

Co.,

N.

Y.

—

Corp.
("Reg. A") 300,000

Production

and

sale

Price — $1.
type butterfly

common.

of

new

Proceeds—For

purchase of the patent and pro¬
duction and development of the valve.
Office
5909
Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Underwriter—Brown
—

&

Co., Phoenix, Ariz.

and sells it to refiners.
Proceeds—For debt repayment and
working capital. Of¬
fice—Oil & Gas Building,

March 16,

•
Medex, Inc. (4/9)
Sept. 27, 1961 filed 110,000

derwriters—(Competitive).

areas

Abilene, Tex. Underwriter—
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.
common.

ment.

Price—By amend¬

Business—Development and manufacture of a
limited line of hospital and
surgical supplies. Proceeds
—For

construction, inventory, research and working cap¬
Office—1488 Grandview
Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Un¬
derwriter—Globus, Inc., N. Y.
ital.

Medical
Oct

26,

Fund, Inc.

Mississippi Power Co.

(4/12)
1962 filed $6,000,000 of first mortgage bonds
due April 1, 1992. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and
construction. Office—2500 14th St.,
Gulfport, Miss. Un¬
Probable

bidders:

Eastman

Dillon, Union Securities & Co.-Equitable Securities Corp.
(jointly); Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc; Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. Bids—April. 12 (11 a.m.
EST) in Room 1600, 250 Park Ave., N. Y. Information
Meeting—April 6 (3:30 p.m. EST) at 54 Liberty St.,
(6th Floor), N. Y.

1961

Mississippi-Red River Transport Co.

filed 2,000,000 capital shares. Price—$10.
Business—A <blosed-end diversified investment

Jan. 22, 1962 filed 200,000 common. Price

Proceeds—For

ment

company.

investment
in
firms
serving modern
Address
New York, N. Y. Underwriter—
Fleetwood Securities
Corp. of America, 44 Wall St., N. Y.

medicine.

—

Medical Industries
Fund, Inc.
Oct. 23, 1961 filed
25,000 common.
—A

closed-end

become

investment

open-end.

Price—$10.
which

company

Proceeds—For

Business

plans

investment

in

to
the

medical

industry and capital growth situations. Office
Lafayette St., Denver. Underwriter—Medical As¬
sociates, Inc., Denver.

—677

Medical Video Corp.
13, 1961 filed 250,000

Nov.

ness—Manufacture of
Proceeds—For general
Studio
Los

common.

medical

corporate

Price—$10.

electronic
purposes.

Busi¬

equipment.
Office-

City, Calif. Underwriter—Financial Equity Corp.,

Angeles.

—

By amend¬

($2.50 estimated). Business — A motor carrier of
petroleum products. Proceeds—For purchase of
tugs and
barges and construction of docking facilities. Office—
2809

N.

Main

St., Fort Worth, Tex. Underwriter—Wil¬
Worth, Tex.

liam N. Edwards & Co., Fort
•

Molecular

Sept.

1,

Dielectrics, Inc.

1961

filed

to be offered

Co.

Molecular

Systems Corp. (4/16-20)
12, 1961 filed 140,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Production
of
polyethylene
materials
of
varying
grades. Proceeds
For equipment, research and de¬
velopment and working capital. Office
420 Bergen
Blvd., Palisades Park, N. J.
Underwriters—Stone, Ackerman &
Co., Inc., (mgr.) and Heritage Equity Corp., N. Y.
Dec.

—

Mercury Books, Inc.
14, 1962 filed 55,000 common. Price—$4.50. Busi¬
ness—Publishing of newly written popular biographies.
Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—1512
Walnut
St., Philadelphia. Underwriter—Meade &
Co., N. Y.
Feb.

•

Meteor

Oct.

31,

Enterprises, Inc.

Price—$10.

1961

("Reg. A") 100,000 common. Price—$3.
Business
Manufacture of electric barbecue
motors,
igniters, etc. Proceeds—For debt repayment and
gen¬
—

eral

corporate purposes.
North Hollywood, Calif.

rence,

Office—5356

Riverton

Underwriter—Kolb

&




class

A

common.

Business—Publication of a political maga¬
Proceeds—For general corporate
purposes. Office
—106 W. 69th St., N. Y.
Underwriter-^-None.
Moore

(E.

R.)

Ave.,

Co.

(4/9-13)

Feb. 23, 1962 filed
to be

was

ers.

150,000 common, of which 60,000 are
offered by the company and
90,000 by stockhold¬
Price—By amendment ($14 max.). Business—Manu¬

facture, sale

or

Morse
Dec.

29,

Electro

Products Corp.
(4/30)
filed $1,250,000 of 6 V2 % convertible sub¬

1961

ordinated debentures due March, 1977. Price — At par.
Business—Operates retail stores selling sewing machines
vacuum
cleaners. Proceeds
For expansion and
working capital. Office—122 W. 26th St., N. Y. Under¬
writer—Standard Securities Corp., N. Y.
and

•

—

Morse

Jan.

Shoe, Inc.

1962 filed 630,000 common.

26,

Price—By amend¬

ment. Business—Retail sale of popular-priced foot wear.
Proceeds—For. selling stockholders.
Office—1047 Com¬
monwealth

Ave., Boston. Underwriters — Blyth & Co.*,
Inc., and Lehman Brothers, N.'Y. Offering—Imminent,
Morton's

Shoe Stores, Inc.
(5/28-6/1)
1962 filed 517,122 common, of which 175,000
are
to be offered by company and 342,122 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment* (max. $18). BusinessMarch

16,

Retail sale of

popular priced shoes.-Proceeds—For debt

repayment and working capital. Office—558 Pleasant St.;
New Bedford, Mass. Underwriter—Dean Witter &
Co.,
N. Y.
•

\

■

:;j-//.

'

■ ■

Mosler Safe Co.

March 23, 1962 filed 260,000 common.

Price—By amend¬

ment

(max. $20). Business—Manufacture of safes, bank
vaults, security systems and office equipment. Proceeds
—For selling stockholders. Office—320 Park
Ave., N. Y.
Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—June.
Motor

Oct.

30,

Parts

Industries,

filea

1961

(4/9-13)

Inc.

120,000 class A shares. Price

Proceeds

For

—

debt

repayment

and

By

—

amendment. Business—Distribution of automobile

parts.

working capital.

Office—900-908 S. Oyster Bay Rd.,
Hicksville, N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—Street & Co., Inc., N. Y. »
'

it Mott's Super Markets, Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 75,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $8). Business—Operation of a chain of su¬
permarkets.
and

Proceeds—For debt repayment, equipment,

working capital.

Office—59 Leggett St., East Hart¬
ford, Conn. Underwriter—D. H. Blair & Co., Inc., N. Y«
Mountain
Jan.

Electronics Co.,

Inc.

16, 1962 filed 140,000 common. Price—$3.50. Business

—Wholesale

distribution

of

radios, television sets and
products and parts. Proceeds—for debt
repayment and working capital. Office—708 Bigley Ave.,
Charleston, W. Va. Underwriters—Maltz, Greenwald &
Co,. N. Y. and Clayton Securities Corp., Boston.
other electronic

•

Multronics, Inc.

(4/23-27)

Jan.

5; 1962 ("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares. Price—$3.
Business—Production of electronic parts and components
and the furnishing of consulting services in the radio-

engineering field. Proceeds—For debt repayment, equip¬
ment, and working capital. Office—2000 P St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C. Underwriter — Switzer & Co., Inc.,
Silver Spring, Md.
v'
•

Municipal Investment Trust Fund, First Pa.

Series (4/10)
April 28, 1961 filed $6,375,000

(6,250 units) of interests,
by amendment. Business—The
fund will invest in tax-exempt bonds of the Common¬
wealth of Pennsylvania and its political sub-divisions.
Proceeds—For investment.
Sponsor—Ira Haupt & Co.,
Ill Broadway, N. Y. C.'
'
be

supplied

Municipal Investment Trust Fund, Series B
April 28, 1961 filed $12,750,000 (12,500 units) of interests.
Price
To be supplied by amendment. Business
The
fund will invest in
tax-exempt bonds of states, counties,
municipalities and territories of the U. S. Proceeds—For
—

—

investment.

Sponsor—Ira Haupt & Co.,

Ill

Broadway,

N. Y. C.
N.

T.

W.

Missile

Engineering, Inc.

Dec.

29, 1961 filed 250,000
—Engaged in the aircraft

Price—$8. Business
industries. Pro¬
ceeds—For debt repayment, inventories and research
and
development. Office—4820 Alcoa Ave., Los Angeles.
Underwriter—None.
common.

and

missile

Narrows Premium Corp. (4/16-20)
Sept. 25, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Financing of casualty insurance premiums in New
York

State.

fice—9805

Proceeds—General

corporate

purposes.

Of¬

Fourth

Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—
Pearson, Murphy & Co., Inc., N. Y. »
National Car Rental

System Inc.
1962 filed 2,000,000 common Jo be offered for
subscription by stockholders; unsubscribed shares will
be offered to the public. Price—$1. Business—Rental
of
vehicles
sion.

and

related

Office—1000

activities.

Milner

Proceeds—For

Bldg., Jackson,

expan¬

Miss. Under¬

writer—None.
National Cash

Register Co.
21, 1962 filed 319,090 common
subscription by stockholders on the

Feb.

being
basis

offered
of

one

for
new

share for

each 25 shares held of record Mar.
27, with
expire April 11, 1962. Price—$100. Business—
Production, distribution and servicing of business ma¬
chines. Proceeds—For expansion and
working capital.

rights to

Office—Main & K Sts., Dayton,
Dillon, Read & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Ohio.

Underwriter-

1

;

National

zine.

Law¬

Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif. Note—This letter

withdrawn.

—

★ Monocle Publications Inc.
March 28,
1962^ ("Reg. A") 50,000

Proceeds—For debt repay¬

general corporate purposes. Office—932 Dakin
St., Chicago. Underwriter—A. G. Becker & Co., Chicago/

March 19,

(5/14-18)

150,000 common, of which 135,000
by the company and 15,000 by Cardia
Price—$5. Business—The manufacture of high-tem¬
perature electronic and electrical insulation materials.
Proceeds—For equipment, a new product and
working
capital. Office—101 Clifton Blvd., Clifton, N. J. Under¬
writers—Street & Co.. Inc. and Irving Weis & Co.. N. Y.
are

Thursday, April 5, 1962

gowns, and choir robes.

Price—To

Valve

24, 1961

Business

Blauner

.

,

Oct.

Underwriter—Seymour

Feb. 8, 1962 filed
$3,100,000 of 6% subordinated con¬
vertible debentures due 1974 and
310,000 common to be
offered in 31,000 units, each
consisting of $100 of deben¬
tures and 10 shares. Price—By amendment

Business

Midwestern Investment Corp.
16, 1961 filed 200,000 common.

.

ment and

Price—By amendment (max.

closed-end

management investment
company. Proceeds — For general corporate purposes.
Office
2615 First National Bank
Bldg., Minneapolis.
Underwriter—None.
—

and

,

rental of girls' gym suits, academic caps

Equipment & Plastics Corp. (4/16-20)
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 105,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Operation of a cleaning and pressing plant and affili¬
ated

stores.

Proceeds—For

debt repayment, store ex¬
working capital. Address — Portage, Pa.
Underwriter—Cortlandt Investing Corp., N. Y.

pansion

and

National

Family Insurance Co.
26, 1961 filed 200,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Writing of automobile insurance. Proceeds—For addi¬
tional capital and reserves. Office—2147
University
Dec.

Ave.,

Volume

St.

195

Paul, Minn.
May.

ed

Number

6148

V-

v-:

of

Corp.
Price—$12.50.

common.

reinforced

derwriter—Eastern Investment Corp., Manchester, N. H.
Note—This letter was withdrawn.
;

ord date is March 29 and the

23,

Security
1962

filed

Life

Insurance

100,000

•

•

be

common,

named.

v'};/■:

National Semiconductor

Corp.

(4/23-27)

/ t

May 11, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of capital stock^ Price
Business—The design,
development, manufacture and sale of quality transistors
for military and industrial use.
Proceeds
For new
equipment, plant expansion, working capital, and other
—

Office—Mallory Plaza Bldg., DanUnderwriters—Lee Higginson Corp., N. Y. C.

purposes.

bury, Conn.
and

Piper,

Jaffray

National

&

Hopwood,

Tele-Systems,

Minneapolis

(mgr.).

Inc.

Proceeds—For

inventory, debt repayment and
working capital. Office—718 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn,
N. Y. Underwriter—Ezra Kureen Co., N. Y.
Oct.

30,

ment.

Vended

Ski

Insurance Corp.

1961 filed 550,000

Business—Distribution

(5/7-11)
Price—By amend¬
coin-operated insur¬

of

brokers

at

sporting centers.
Proceeds—For inventory, advertising and working capi¬
tal.
Office—420 Lexington Ave., N. Y. < Underwriter-

Pacific

Coast

Securities

Co.,

San

Francisco.

National

Work-Clothes

March

Oil

Proceeds—For debt repayment and working capital. Of¬
fice—8605 Cameron St., Silver Spring, Md. Underwriter

—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath,
Offering—Expected in June.''

June.

Bowling Corp. (5/7-11)'
19, 1961 filed 100,000 capital shares (with attached
warrants). Price—By amendment. Business—The oper¬
ation of bowling centers. Proceeds—For a realty acqui-A
—

11

Chemical

Co.,

shares.

and

J. Underwriters—Stone, Ackerman & Co.,
Inc., and
Heritage Equity Corp., N. Y.
Orion

process¬

essential

—

North America

Fuller & Co., N. Y.
Real

Estate

Outlet

beneficial interest.
investment

Business—Real

Proceeds—For

ital.

estate

Fifth

Ave., N. Y.

Finance Cos., Inc.
1961 filed 200,000 common. Price—$5. Business
Proceeds—For expansion and debt
repayment. Office—6701 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. Un¬

Nov. 28,

Underwriter—None

Atlantic

Price—By

amendment.

electronic

Business—Manufacture

of

derwriter—Blair
P-G

pre¬

Proceeds—Repayment of
debt, new product development, inventory and working
capital. Office—Terminal Dr., Plainview, N. Y, Under¬
writer—G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc., N. Y.

ment.

—5265

Dec.

29,

Boiler

Co., Inc.

(4/11-12)

1961 filed

$400,000 of first mortgage sinking
fund bonds due 1977 (with warrants) and 15,000 shares
of 6% series A convertible preferred (par $10). Price—
At par. Business—Design and manufacture of steam and
hot

water

boilers.

Proceeds—For

constructor

10, 1962 (11
Chicago.

repayment. Office—235 N. 9th St., Lincoln, Nebr. Under-/
writer—First Nebraska Securities Corp., Lincoln.

if New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc.
March 28, 1962 ("Reg. A") 50,000 common.
Price—$6.
Business—Design, development and manufacture of pre¬
cision apparatus used in production of pharmaceuticals
and other chemicals. Proceeds
For expansion, equip¬
ment, research, and working capital. Office—1130 Som¬
erset
St., New Brunswick, N. J.
Underwriter—John
Schuss & Co., N. Y.

Nov.

New Campbell

Island Mines Ltd.

to

be

offered

holder.

the

by

and

company

Price—50c.

75,000

by

Business—Exploration,

appliances.
and

New

Hope Academy of the Arts,

Inc.

—Operation of

a

school of performing arts for children

and young adults. Proceeds—For

general corporate
Office—152 Whitemarsh Rd., Philadelphia.
derwriter—Mayo & Co., Philadelphia.

poses.

New

Jan.

pur¬

Un¬

Plan

Realty Corp.
1962 filed 150,000 class

24,

A

shares.

N.

of wooden

Proceeds

—

•

cabinets

and

•

J-r

related'

For debt repayment, expansion,

working capital. Office—201-221 Godwin Ave., Pat-

Northwestern Glass

Co.

OcSltcly I&1C.
filed 170,000

Price—$11.

1962

Co.

on

Office—369

Lexington Ave.,

N. Y.

New

Nov.

13,

World

1961

Laboratories,
("Reg.

A")

Business—Manufacture
tions.

Proceeds—For

of

Inc.

100,000

(4/17)

Price

common.

cosmetics

and

hair

—

prepara¬

repayment and genera! cor¬
porate purposes.-Office—1610 14th St., N. W., Washing¬
ton, D. C. Underwriter—T. J. McDonald & Co., Inc.,

•

Business—

Newark Electronics Corp. (4/18)
Jan. 17, 1962 filed $2,000,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1982 and 110,000 class A shares. Price—■
At

par;

Stock:

By amendment. Business—

Distribution of electronic parts and equipment and elec¬
trical supplies. Proceeds
For general corporate, pur-,
poses.

—H.

Office—223 W. Madison St., Chicago. Underwriter

M. Byllesby &

Co., Chicago.




,

offered

gations of states, counties, and municipalities of the U. S.,
and
political subdivisions thereof which are believed
to

be

exempted from Federal income taxes. Proceeds—

Bids—Expected April 11
Meeting—April

States

Steel

2

(3:30

(11 a.m. EST).

p.m.)

at

Rector

2

Corp.

Offering—Indefinitely postponed.

Westates

in

Land

Development Corp.

units, each consisting

common

amendment

of $100 of debentures

shares. Price—$200 per unit. Business—

(max. $13).

Business—Manufacture of en¬

velopes, packaging materials of various kinds, wrapping
paper, stationery, and school supplies. Proceeds — For
selling

stockholders.

Office—198

W. Alameda,

Denver.

Underwriter—Francis I.'duPont & Co., N. Y.

• Palmetto State Life Insurance

Co.

1962 filed 100,000 capital shares. Price—By
amendment
(max.
$19).
Business—Writing of life,

March

& Co., 135 So. La Salle St., Chicago. Of¬
fering—Expected in mid-June,

Series 4'
Oct.
17, 1961 filed $15,000,000 of units representing
fractional interests in the Fund. Price—By amendment.
Business—The Fund will invest in interest-bearing obli¬

first mortgage bonds

Sixth Ave., Portland, Ore.

^ Pak-Well Paper Industries, Inc.
March 30, 1962 filed 150,000 class A common. Price—By

John Nuveen

Fund,

(4/11)

Light Co.

working capital. Office — 9412 Wilshire Blvd.. Beverly
Hills, Calif. Underwriter — Morris Cohon & Co., N. Y.
Note—This company was formerly named Westates Land
Development Corp. Offering—Expected in May.

equipment,

lieved to be exempted from Federal income taxes. Pro¬
investment. Office—Chicago, 111. Sponsor—

Bond

■

(4/5)

General real estate. Proceeds—For debt repayment and

Nuveen

Nuveen Tax-Exempt

.V.v/V

■.

Office—920 S. W.

(jointly)

and 20

ceeds—For

y

Co., Inc., San Diego. Offering—Immi/

Sept. 28, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of 7% convertible subord.
debentures due 1976 and 300,000 common shares to be

—

Analyzing and testing of electronic, chemical and other
materials.
Proceeds—For
plant relocation, equipment,
and working capital. Office—47 West St., N. Y. Under¬
writer—Robbins, Clark & Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—In
earl:7 June.
v v'■/
-v1"-

1992.

Pacific

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Series 3
Oct. 17, 1961 filed $15,300,000 of units representing frac¬
tional interests in the Fund. Price
By amendment.
Business—The Fund will invest in interest bearing obli¬
gations of states, counties and municipalities of the
U. S., and political subdivisions thereof which are be¬

Washington, D. C.

Debentures:

Proceeds—For

.

Power &

cisco (mgr.).

debt repay¬
ment, expansion and working capital. Address—P. O.
Box 10901, Pittsburgh. Underwriter—Johnston, Lemon &
Co., Washington, D. C.

debt

New York Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 50,000 common. Price—$5.

services.

ac¬

filed 100,000 outstanding shares of capital
stock (par 50 cents) to be sold by stockholders. Price—
$6. Business—The manufacture of steel products. Pro¬
ceeds—For the selling stockholder. Office—35124 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, Calif. Underwriters—First
California Co.. Inc., and Schwabacher & Co., San Fran¬

contracts

ment

$3

of automobile

June 21, 1961

using radioactive tracers; precision radio¬
activity measurement; production of radioactive isotopes
and the furnishing of consulting and radiation measure¬

Underwriter—None.

Price—By amend¬

St., N. Y.

if Nuclear Science & Engineering Corp.
March 29, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $15). Business—Research and development

purposes.

common.

installation

27, 1962 filed $35,000,000 of

Pacific

corporate

&

''

v

Information

of

Business—A real estate management company. Proceeds
—For
debt repayment,
working capital, and general

and

Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bidders: Halsey,
Stuart & Co., Inc.; Lehman Brothers; Eastman Dillon,
Union Securities & Co.; Blyth & Co.-White, Weld &

"'•.-..v:v.--"'
common,

100,000

Pacific Power & Light Co.

due

which 30,000
are
to be offered by company and
140,000 by stock¬
holders.
Price—By amendment (max. $12). Business—
Design, development and assembly of instruments for
detection, measurement and analysis of nuclear radia¬
tion.
Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—3833 W.
Beltline Highway, Madison, Wis.
Underwriter—McCormick & Co., Chicago.
28,

filed

Roberts

Pacific

glass containers. Proceeds—For debt repayment, plant
expansion, and equipment. Office—5801 East Marginal
Way South, Seattle, Wash. Underwriter—Dean Witter &
Co., San Francisco and Pacific Northwest Co., Seattle.
^03T

C.

Feb.

1962 filed 95,000 common, of which 60,000 are
to be offered by the company and 35,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture,
warehousing and distribution of a diversified line of

March

Underwriters—

'

(4/23-27)

24,

i/iJL.

Y.

27, 1962 filed 676,497 common being offered for
subscription by stockholders on the basis of one now
share for each 20 held of record Mar. 26 with rights to
expire May 1. Price—$27. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment and construction.
Office — 920 S. W. Sixth
Avenue,
Portland,
Ore.
Underwriters — (Competi¬
tive), Probable bidders: Ladenburg, Thalman &. Co.;
Kidder,
Peabody
&
Co.
Lehman
Brothers - East¬
man Dillon, Union Securities & Co.-Bear, Stearns & Co.Dean Witter & Co. (jointly). Bids—Scheduled for April
5 (11 a.m. EST) in Room 2033, 2 Rector St., N. Y.

N. J. Underwriter—United Planning Corp., New¬
ark, N. J.
Jan.

N.

Feb.

Corp.

kitchen

St.

Big Wheel

1961

Business—Sale

nent.

erson,

ment and

Jan. 17, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—$10. Business

f

26,

'

1961 filed 78,000 common. Price—$5. Business

—Manufacture

a stock¬
develop¬

mining. Proceeds—General corporate purposes.
Office—90 Industry St., Toronto, Canada. Underwriter—
A. C. MacPherson & Co., Toronto.

29,

Products

162nd

cessories. Proceeds—For expansion and working capital.
Office—6125 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego. Underwriter—

Corp.

J

Wood

E.

Peck,

Pacific

ment.

(jointly);„ Kuhn, Loeb &
(jointly). Bids—April
CST) at Harris Trust & Savings Bank,

Securities

a.m.

Northern

—

Oct. 13, 1961 filed 475,000 common, of which 400,000 are

•

Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Co.-American

Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

Cohn & Co. ana Ross & Hirsch, N. Y.
Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga,

Oct.

-

debt

and

/

bonds
Office
Underwriters—

Holman

&

and

Ave.,) Hammond,..! Ind.
(Competitive). Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co.
Inc.; First Boston Corp.; White, Weld & Co.; Equitable
Securities Corp.; Eastman Dillon, Union Securities &
Co.-Lehman .Brothers-Bear,
Stearns & Co. (jointly);
Dean Witter & Co.
BIyth & Co., Inc. - Merrill Lynch,

Commerce St.,

Office—230

Kahn

March 6, 1962 filed $20,000,000 of first mortgage
series L due 1992.. Proceeds—For working capital.

_

Nebraska

(4/10);

&

Products

Manufacturing Co., Inc.
March 13, 1962 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common. Price—$3.
Business—Manufacture and distribution of replacement
parts for home appliances. Proceeds—For debt repay¬

instruments.

Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

Inc.

—A finance company.

Industries, Inc. (4/16-20)
Sept. 26, 1961 filed 131,500 common, of which 120,000
will be sold by the company and 11,500 by a stockholder.
cision

Mining Co.,

of

Oxford

trust

acquisition of property and working cap¬

Office—475

manufacture

1962 filed 900,000 common. Price—$1. Business
—Mining. Proceeds—For equipment and working capi¬
tal. Address—Creede, Colo. Underwriter—None.

Trust

Price—$10.

(4/16-20)

common.

Feb. 28,

Offering—June.

Nov. 13, 1961 filed 2,000,000 shares of

Corp.

Price—$3.50. Busi¬
precision electronic sub-sys¬
tems for the generation, detection and control of fre¬
quencies up through the microwave region. Proceeds—
For expansion, equipment and working capital. Address
—Tuckahoe, N. Y. Underwriter—A. D. Gilhart & Co.,
Inc., N. Y. C.
ness—The

Price—By

synthetic

Electronics

Aug. 28, 1961 filed 100,000

Inc.

Business—Manufacture,

distribution of natural

Underwriter—S. D.

Newark, N. J. Underwriters-Jennings, Mandel & Longstreth, Philadelphia.
v
•

C.

" '

N.

oils, flavor, essences, etc., to food and drug industries.
Proceeds
For debt repayment, working capital and
Office—601 W-. 26th St., N. Y.

Oct.

Office

D.

Optech, Inc. (5/14-18)
26, 1961 filed 160,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Research, development and fabrication of materials
used in optical electronics. Proceeds—For equipment
and working capital. Office—246 Main St., Chatham,

Nationwide

sition and working capital.'

Washington,

Dec.

other corporate purposes.

—

Proceeds—For selling stock¬

&

filed 200,000 class A

<

Office—Elizabeth, N. J.
Underwriter—HornWeeks, N. Y. Offering—Expected sometime in

blower &

1962

20,

ing and

Rental

work clothes and uniforms.

Essential

amendment (max. $15).

By amend¬
ment (max. $11).
Business—Company rents and launders
holders.

Operations Research, Inc.
14, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
(max. $9). Business—Furnishes research and de¬
velopment services in the field of operations research.
Feb.

ment

if Nordon Corp., Ltd.
March 29, 1962 filed 375,000 capital shares, of which
100,000 are to be offered by company and 275,000 by
stockholders.
Price—By amendment (max. $6). Busi¬
ness—Acquisition and development of oil and natural
gas
properties.
Proceeds—For drilling expenses and
working capital. Office — 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Los An¬
geles.
Underwriter—Gregory-Massari,
Inc.,
Beverly
Hills, Calif.
\/■/'/r-W:
./■'

North

March 6, 1962 filed 500,000 common. Price

Price—$5.50.

common.

Proceeds—For

equipment and working capital.
Office—1331 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—
Baruch Brothers & Co., Inc., N. Y.

7, 1961 filed 90,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Company plans to construct a plant for production
of ethyl alcohol and derivatives and to distill and sell
industrial and potable alcohol in Nigeria. Proceeds—For
equipment, debt repayment, and working capital. Of¬
fice—1060 Broad St., Newark, N. J. Underwriter—Scott,
Harvey & Co., Inc., Fairlawn, N. J.
.V; '"VFv

common.

vending machines to

ance

tons.

Nigeria Chemical Corp.

Norda

27, 1962 filed 82,000 common, of which 65,000 are
to be offered by company and
17,000 by stockholders.
Price—$3. Business—Manufacture of closed circuit TV

National

Sponsor—John

Business—Manufacture and sale of synthetic pearl but¬

Dec.

Feb.

systems.

Office—Chicago,. 111.

•

—To be supplied by amendment.

corporate

investment.

if Oceana International, Inc.
March
29,
1962 filed 150,000

rights expiration date April

tricity and electric appliances. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment and construction. Office—159 Thames St., New¬
port, R. I. Underwriter — Stone & Webster Securities
Corp., N. Y.

Co.

of which 80,000
are
to
be offered by company and
20,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—$17.50. r Business—A life, accident and
health insurance company. Proceeds—For investment.
Office;.—
130
Alvarado, - N. E. Albuquerque, N. M.
Underwriter—To

For

41

Nuveen & Co., 135 So. La Salle St., Chicago.

12. Price—$29.50. Business—Generation and sale of elec¬

'

National

Electric Corp.

Newport

1, 1962 ("Reg. A") 9,007 common being offered
for subscription by stockholders on a l-for-16 basis. Rec¬

plastic products.
Proceeds—For equipment, inventories and working cap¬
ital. Office—North Bedford St., Manchester, N. H. Un¬

March

(1645)

March

18,000

—

•

Offering—Expect¬

,

•..National *Reinforced Plastics
Feb. 28, 1962 ("Reg.
A")
Production

.The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

Underwriter:—None.

in

Business

.

28,

health, accident and hospitalization insurance. Proceeds
working capital. Office—1310 Lady St., Columbia,
S. C. Underwriter—R. S. Dickson & Co., Charlotte, N. C.

'\_x_For

(4/17)
100,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Design, assembly and manufacture of toys. Proceeds—
Pal-Playwell Inc.

Nov. 28, 1961 filed

,

Continuer
*

•*"

»■

on

page

42

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Continued

from

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

41

page

in

ties, Inc., N. Y.
PanAm

Realty & Development Corp.
March 12, 1962 filed 400,000 class A stock.
Business—A

real

pany. Proceeds—For general
—70 n. Main St.,

corporate purposes.

—Manufacture

debt

repayment, equipment,

and other

commercial

ceeds—For debt
Silver

Business

filed

to

Prom

Office—8650 Cameron St.,
E. Liederman &

and sell

real

be

■

offered

of

six

by

Sacramento.

7, 1962 filed

Inc.

purposes. Office—507 Fifth
writer—Arden Perin & Co., N. Y.

'

a

Parkway, San Antonio, Tex. Underwriters—A.
Allyn & Co., Chicago and Dewar, Robertson & Pancoast, San Antonio.

C.

Corp.

repayment, inventory and working capital.
St., Lynbrook, N. Y. Underwriter—
Co., Inc., N. Y.
Pellegrino Aggregate Technico, Inc.
Aug. 10, 1961 filed 130,000 class A common shares.
Kordan

Wilbur

000

&

and

Office—Woodbridge-Carteret Road,
Underwriter—Mortimer

Offering—Temporarily

•

Pennsylvania Mutual Fund, Inc.
March 21, 1962 filed
1,000,000 capital
amendment (max.
$10.29). Business

Proceeds—For

investment.

Underwriter—Sackville-Pickard
dress).

•

-

-

'

-

\

&

B. Burnsida

postponed.

v

poned

shares. Price—By

—

Office—60

A

mutual

Wall

Co., Inc.

fund.

St.,

N. Y.
(same ad¬

.'

Feb. 21,

Proceeds

1962 filed 500,000 shares of beneficial
interest.

working

—

For

capital.

Fund Bldg.,

company.

debt repayment and
acquisition
Address
2220 Philadelphia
—

Philadelphia. Underwriters—Stroud
Inc., Philadelphia, and Walston &
Co., N. Y.

and

Saving
&

Price—$3.25.

sold

Precision
.

Dec.

AAvy/A

Automotive

parts.

Co.,

>

Underwriter—McDonnell

&

Co

'

3, 1962 filed 6,153,140
subscription by stockholders
snare for

on

the

be

basis

offered
of

one

for
new

each five common
or 15
participating preferred
shares held of record
May 29. Rights will expire June
.'
* rice
By amendment.
Business—Manufacture of a
wide range of
electronic, electrical and other products




malta

(a

non-alcholic

AA V';'A-A-AAAA

Pierce, Fenner

A;AAA'';A

.

Development Corp. (4/30)
24, 1961 filed $4,000,000 of 5% conv. subord. de¬
bentures due 1971 and 200,000 class A shares to
be offered in 25,000 units, each
consisting of $160 of deben¬
tures and eight shares.
Price—$200 per unit.
Business

Co.,

New

y'AAjvyA

York.

y

Pulp Processes

Corp.
Sept. 20, 1961 filed 140,000 common.* Price—$5.
Business
—Development of pulping and bleaching devices. Pro¬

For

ceeds—General corporate purposes.
Office—Hoge Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash. Underwriter—Wilson. Johnson & Higgins.

Precision Instrument Co.
(4/9-13) v
Dec. 28, 1961 filed
125,000 capital shares of which 111,000
are to be offered
by the company and

postponed.

—

San

one

Y

estate

firm.

ment.

Quality Brake Rebuilders, Inc.
3, 1962 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common.-Price—$1.
Business—Rebuilding and reconditioning of automotive
t

brake shoes.

and

selling

raw

cotton

gins,

cotton and cotton-

Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.

Office—94 Gazza

Blvd., Farmingdale, n. Y.r Underwriter

—Meadowbrook Securities, Inc.,
ing—Expected in May.
y/A Z

Hempstead, n. Y. Offer¬
/ /; A v
•
*
,

.

Quaensway Mines Ltd.
>
March 15, 1962. filed 150,000 capital shares. Price—$1.
Business—Mining. Proceeds—For debt repayment, sur¬
veying and general corporate purposes; Office—Suite
1212, 55 York St., Toronto. Underwriter—Asta Corpora¬
tion Ltd., Toronto.
A
,*-•
;
t; /
•

RF

Oct.

Interonics, Inc. (4/9-13)
30, 1961 filed 40,000 common.

—Manufacture

of

-

.

~

:

Price—$5.

Business

radio

frequency interference filters
and capacitors. Proceeds—For equipment, working
cap¬
ital and other corporate purposes. Office—15 Neil
Court,
Oceanside, N. Y. Underwriter—Arnold Malkan & Co.,
N. Y.
' ■
•'

>

Price—By amend-

Business—Growing cotton, operating

—

Jan

H.

processing cottonseed

and

radiator enclosures.: Proceeds—For
equipaadvertising and working capital. Office
234
Russell St., Brooklyn, n. y. Underwriter—M. J. Merritt
& Co., Inc., n. y.

ment,

r

Pro¬

Blair & Co., N. Y.
Producers Cotton Oil Co.
(4/9-13)
Jan. 18, 1962 filed
200,000 common.

Quaker City

boiler
■

property acquisitions and working capital.
Office—66 Hawley St..
Binghamton, N.. Y. Underwriter

—D.

temporarily

Industries, Inc.
A
/ Ac "
28, 1961 filed 87,500 common. Price—$4. Business
—Design and manufacture of metal cabinets, boxes,

Price—By amend¬

investment

was

Nov.

.

share each.

offering

expansion, debt repayment, and working capital. Office
—444
Madison
Ave., N. Y.
Underwriter—Milton D.
Blauner & Co., Inc.. N. Y.

,

real

This

(4/10-11)
24, 1961 filed 115,000 common. Price—By amend¬
/Business—Publication and sale of pocket-size
paperback books and a man's magazine. Proceeds—For

be

Business—A

—

ment.

named.
/
\ r
Primex Equities
Corp. (5/7-11)
Nov. 27, 1961 filed
400,000 shares of 60c cumulative con¬
vertible preferred, and
400,000 of class A common, to

be offered in units of

Note

Nov.

14,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment.
Business—Development
and manufacture of
instrumentation

—To

Francisco.

AAAA' .'.V
Pyramid Publications, Inc.

ceeds—For
to

natural

debt
repayment, retirement of
6% pfd., and working capital.
Address
Ball win, Mo.
Underwriter—G. H. Walker & Co., Inc., N. Y.

ment.

common

and

—

,

★ Philips N. V.

beer

—Real estate and construction. Proceeds
For general
Corporate purposes. Office—San Juan, Puerto Rico. Un¬
derwriters—Lieberbaum & Co., and Morris Cohon &

Components Co.

.

New York.

produce

Puerto Rico Land and

—

28,
1962
filed
556,700
common.
Price—$11.
Business—A small business
investment company. Pro¬
ceeds—For
general
corporate
purposes.
Office—6130
Sherry Lane, Dallas.

i

'Nov.

Club,

March

«:

Rico

Inc., N. Y.

1961 filed 100,000 common.
Price—By amend¬
Business—Manufacture of carburetor replacement

Proceeds

'Ai'/V-'

Puerto Rico. Underwriter—Merrill
Lynch,
& Smith,

28,

ment.

(4/9-13)

Brewing Co., Inc.
23, 1962 filed $2,500,000 of sinking fund deben¬
tures due 1977 and 500,000 common shares
to.be offered
in units consisting of a $10 debenture and two common
shares. Price—$18 per ilnit.
Business—Company plans
t6»

post-

indefinitely.'

G.

/A' -AAA

beverage); Proceeds—For construction and operation of
a
brewery and working capital. Address—San Juan,

for the

magnetic tape re¬
cording equipment. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, con¬
Inc.
struction and
working capital. Office—1011 Commercial
Feb. 28, 1962 filed
80,000 common, of which
A St., San Carlos, Calif. Underwriters—Lehman
70,000
are to be
offered by the
Brothers,
company and 10,000 by stock¬
N. Y. and J. Barth &
Co., San Francisco,
holders. Price—-$5.
;
Business—Operation of a private din¬
Premier Microwave
ing and catering club and a
Corp. (4/16-20)
motel. Proceeds—For ex¬
Feb. 28, 1962 filed
pansion and
150,000 common, of which 75,000
working capital. Office—15th & Locusts
are to be offered
Sts., Philadelphia. Underwriter—To be
by the company and 75,000 by stock¬
named.
holders. Price—By amendment
Perfect Photo, Inc.
(max, $12). Business—
Design and manufacture of microwave
Feb. 14, 1962 filed
components. Pro¬
154,800 common. Price—By amend¬
ceeds—For debt repayment and
ment (max.
working capital.-Office
$20).
Business—Photofinishing and the dis¬
—33 New Broad
tribution of
St., Port Chester, N. Y. Underwriterphotographic equipment and supplies. Pro¬
Van Alstyne, Noel &
ceeds—For
Co., N. Y.
C.'.-V
selling stockholders. Office—4747 N Broad
Presidential Realty
St., Philadelphia.
Corp. (4/9-13)
Underwriter—Bear, Stearns '& Co.,
Jan. 29, 1962 filed
N. Y.
250,000 class B common. Price—By
Offering—Expected in late May.
amendment.
Business—Acquisition and development of
Perpetual Investment Trust
real estate
projects. Proceeds—For debt repayment and
Nov. 9, 1961 filed
500,000 shares of beneficial interest.
the purchase of stock
in subsidiaries/ Office
180 S.
Price—(For the first 10,000
shares) $10.80 per share.
Broadway, White Plains, N. Y. Underwriter—Burnham
(For the balance) Net asset
value plus 8%
& Co., N. Y.
commission.
'
Business—A real estate investment
•//;;
;
trust. Proceeds--For
Prestige Capital Corp.
investment. Office—1613
Eye St., N. W.,
Washington,
pet. 19, 1961 filed 200,000 common. Price—$5. Business
D.
C.
Underwriter—Sidney Z. Mensh Securities Co..
—A small business
investment company. Proceeds—For
Washington, D. C.
investment. Office—485 Fifth
★ Petro-Capital
Ave., N. Y. Underwriter
Corp.

Penthouse

,

—

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Price—$10. Business—A real estate investment

be

Underwriter-^-A.

"A;"'*'"A;A;'!/'A:

Puerto

engineering and production of certain
electronic devices for
aircraft, missiles, oscilloscopes,
electronic vending machines and
language teaching ma¬
chines. Proceeds—For
expansion, repayment of debt and
working capital, Office—7326 Westmore
Rd., Rockville,
Md. Underwriters—Jones.
Kreeger & Co.. and Balogh &
Co., Washington, D. C. Note—This offering was

Prioe

Co., Inc., N. Y.

will

Inc.

y.

March

development,

Business—The manufacture of
building materials.
Proceeds—For payment of income taxes and Joans

&

•
•

company and 43,750 for stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—Research and

—$5.

for working capital.
Port Reading, N. J.

~

Washington, D. C./ Underwriter—Balogh & Co.>
Inc., Washington, D."-CiV*
t*
*.A/
^
; -v
Polytronic Research, Inc.
June 7, 1961 filed 193,750 common
shares, of which 150,-

debt

Price—By amend¬

541,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Book publishing. Proceeds—For an ac¬
quisition and other corporate purposes. Office—1106 Con¬
necticut Ave., Ni W.,
Washington, D. C. Underwriter—
Roth & Co., Inc.,
Philadelphia.

ceeds—General corporate purposes. Office—1001 15th
St.,
N. W.,

—

Office—19

Publishers Co.,
Nov. 28, 1961 filed

Business—Leasing of insurance vending machine^ aPro-

22, 1962 filed 120,000 common, of which
100,000
are, to be offered by the
company and 20,000 by stock¬
holders. Price
$4. Business — Distribution of electric
parts and components to industrial customers.
Proceeds

Binghamton, N.
Co., Chicago. .A

A

A-

Policy-Matic Affiliates, Inc. (4/25)
Oct. 16, 1961 filed 200,000
capital shares.

March

—For

&

inventory, equipment, expan¬
Office—60 Park PL, Newark,

Underwriter—Armstrong & Co., N. Y.

Ay

(max. $17).
Business—A small loan company.
Proceeds—For selling stockholders.
Office—41
Che¬

common. Price—$3.
Business—Consumer sales financing. Proceeds—For repayment of notes and working capital. Office — 2211
Church Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—M.
Posey
Associates. Ltd., 50 Broadway, N. Y.V. A

312 Pearl

Peerless Radio

St.,

G. Becker & Co.,

AA'A■■:Y..ViK 'Ar/AA.

★ Public Loan Co., Inc.
March 28, 1962 filed 170,000 common.

Plymouth Discount Corp.
Aug. 28, 1961 ("Reg. A"): 100,000

Price—By amend¬

/'/■ ;'

Inc., Chicago.

•

Becker

N. J.

$26). Business—Company owns and operates
brewery. Proceeds—For selling stockholders. Office—

—

—Binghamton, n. y. Underwriter—A.

nango

Proceeds—For

>

By

—

Price—By amend¬
(max. $17). Business—Operation of small loar> of¬
For general corporate
purposes. Office

ment

fices. Proceeds

1962

working capital.

•'

Company owns and
expansion. Office

—

ment

sion and

■

Price

common.

-

materials.

Branch, N. J. Underwriter
—Louis R. Dreyling &
Co., Inc., New Brunswick, N. J.
+ Pearl Brewing Co.

V

motor hotel." Proceeds—For

a

("Reg. A") 84,666 common.
Price—$3.
Business—Design and manufacture of vacuum thermoforming machinery for production of plastic packaging

Office—35 Third Ave., Long

March 30, 1962 filed
148,300 common.

26,

"

,

Motor

Public Loan Co., Inc.
(4/23-27)
March 28, 1962 filed 170,000 common.

Plasto-O-Tron, Inc.
Jan.

and

•

Ave., N. Y. Under¬
,

fields.

equipment

ceeds—For real estate, sales
promotion, acquisitions, and
working capital. Office—2484 W. Washington Blvd., Los
Angeles, Calif. Underwriters—Crosse & Co., Inc., V. S.
Wickett & Co., Inc. and
Thomas, Williams & Lee, Inc.,
n. y.

"

new

Inc. ,v-' \:V;; *
;'■) ;V*V'■'
7, 1962 filed 85,500 common. Price—$3. Business
—Development and promotion of ''one stop dry cleaning
and laundry"
establishments, and the sale and main¬
tenance of dry cleaning and
laundry equipment. Pro¬

,A;

/

debt,

Feb.

Proceeds—For

V.As;/ AA Av

of

Prosper-Way,

r"
are

150,000

porate

Development, Inc.
150,000 common. Price—$5.
Busi¬
ness—Design, manufacture and sale of new products in
various fields. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes.

Price—$2.05.
plastic products

household

and Main Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
UnderwriterBarret, Fitch, North & Co., Inc., Kansas City.

the company and 50,000 by a selling
amendment.
Business—Opera¬
in

repayment

and

—6th

class A capital shares. Price
—$3.50. Business—Manufacture of a plastic protective
coating and a water proofing solution. Proceeds—For
inventory, equipment, sales promotion, and other cor¬

filed

marine

.

Price—By
restaurants

Plasticon Chemicals,
Feb.

Patent Research &

shares.

vinyl

amendment (max. $10); Business

operates

estate

—

ment (max.

automotive,

of

Hotel, Inc.
Feb. 19, 1962 filed 50,000 class A

expansion, debt repayment and working capital. Office
—1626 J St., Sacramento.
Underwriter—Stewart, Eubanks, Myerson & Co., San Francisco.

acquisition, research and other corporate pur¬
poses. Office
2301 Pennsylvania
Ave., Philadelphia.
Underwriter—Arnold Malkan & Co., Inc., N. Y.
1962

manufacture

ning Group, East Orange, N. J.

:

Restaurants, Inc.
:
21, 1961 filed 125,000 common, of which 75,000

tion

an

15,

The

Island, Inc.

common

Office —184 Woonasquatucket Avenue,
North Providence, R. I. Underwriter—Investment Plan¬

$465,000 of 10-year 8% debentures.
debenture. Business—The company

per

organize

stockholder.

Parkway Laboratories, Inc. (5/21)
6, 1961 filed 160,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Manufacture of drugs and pharmaceuticals. Proceeds

Feb.

—

the

in

used

Office—236 E. 46th St., N. Y.
Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Pioneer

Dec.

For

20, M961

Dec.

Spring, Md. Underwriter—D.
Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

^

(4/23-27)
July 28, 1961 filed 330,000

■

Business
receivable.
Pro¬

accounts

repayment.

Product Research of Rhode

syndicates. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office-^1807 N.
Central Ave., Phoenix.
Underwriter—None. <•1 '
;

Price—$6.

Thursday, April 5, 1962

expansion. Office—2907 S.
Maple Ave., Fresno, Calif. Underwriters—Kidder, Peabody & Co., N. y. and Dean* Witter, San Francisco.
'

Investment Co., Inc.

plans to

Corp.

.

seed products. Proceeds—For

working capital.

Price—$15,000

Paragon Pre-Cut Homes, Inc.
Aug. 25, 1961 filed 112,500 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Sale of
pre-cut (finished) homescPro¬
ceeds—For working capital. Office—499 Jericho Turn¬
pike, Mineola, N. Y. Underwriter—A. L. Stamm & Co.,
N. Y. Offering—Expected in
early May..
•

—Financing of

"

Dec.

•

Oct. 27, 1961 filed 135,000 common.

sale

Price—$5. Business

common.

Pierce Proctor Schultte & Taranton

<

Finance

for

.

working capital.

»-

corporate purposes. Office—39 Broadway, N. Y. Under¬
writer—To be named.-.

Parker

countries

of

Underwriter—Bayes,

Beryllium Corp.
1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Company plans to mine for beryl ore in Argentina.
For

other

Proceeds—For

American

—

30

ment and

Office

Feb. 28,

Proceeds

and

professional audio visual and sound
recording equipment. Proceeds—Debt repayment, equip¬

Freeport, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—
Underhill Securities Corp., N. Y.
Pan

Netherlands

Pictronics Corp.
Jan. 18, 1962 filed 80,000

Price—$10.
holding and development com¬

estate

the

throughout the free world. Proceeds—For general' cor¬
porate purposes. Office—Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Dealer-Managers—Smith, Barney & Co., N. Y., and Rotterdamsche Bank, N. V.,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

For debt repayment and working capital. Office—179-30
93rd Ave., Jamaica, N. Y. Underwriter—Tyche Securi¬

.

'

k

Racing Inc.
16, 1961 filed

Oct.

A

1,250,000 common. Price—Up to $4.
Business—-Company plans to build and operate an automobile racing center. Proceeds—General corporate purposes.
Office—21 N; 7th St., Stroudsburg, Pa. Underwriter—None.

Volume

195

Number 6148

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

Radio Electric Service Co. of New Jersey,

Inc.

Rite Electronics, Inc.
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 62,000 common. Price—$6. Business
'—Sale and distribution of receiving tubes, television
' picture tubes, and electroinc
components, parts and

Jan. 23, 1962 ("Reg. A")

75,000 common, of which 67,500
will be offered by the company and 7,500 by stockhoidPrice—$4. Business—W holesaling of electronic parts,
supplies and equipment and the retailing of high-fijdelity and stereophonic equipment and components. Pro¬

ers.

J.

•

Underwriter—D.

Raiford's,

Feb.

Inc.

1962

6,

Greenbaum

L.

&

Co., Phiia.

Roadcraft

(4/10)

Dec.

("Reg. A")
75,000 common.
Price—$4.
Business—Operation of stores which sell prescription
shoes.

Proceeds—For

'

capital.

Office—62

debt

.Monroe

Ave.,
Memphis./ Under¬
Co.,- Inc., Mempnis.
• :
other corporate purposes. Adaress—Birming¬
Underwriter—None.

and

Ala."

ham,

and

office

trailers.

.

-

-

.

general

ton. D. C.

-r

'

'

'

.

,

•

-

.

1

I

'

'

u

*•

March 29,

sub¬

-

for

the

sale

of

men's

Proceeds—For

goods.

debt

Mar.

26, 1962 filed 240,000 capital shares, of which
140,000 are to be offered by company and 100,000
by.77
stockholders. Price—By amendment (max. $9), business 7
and distribution of stereo
photographs
viewers. Proceeds—For
working capital. Address—

and

Regulators, Inc.,

Jan.

'.77;

.

777;/ 77;

offered

electric

and

electronic

fields.

Proceeds—For

Life

Insurance

Co.

(573.4-18)

•

ceeds—For debt repayment, operating expenses and in¬
vestment. Office—12 N. Third
St., Columbus, Ohio. Un¬

derwriter—Robinson-Humphrey Co;, Inc.; Atlanta.

Products, Inc. (4/23-27)
Dec. 28, 1961 filed 250,000 common. Price—$9. Business
—Manufacture of lithographic blankets used in printing.
Proceeds—For
debt repayment andworkingcapital.
Address—Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Underwriters—Gross
& Co., and Elmaleh & Co., Inc., N. Y. •
* ' 777',
Resin Research

Laboratories, Inc.

;7

:

■

writer—To be named.

—

,

Newark, N. J. Underwriter—Keene & Co., Inc., N. Y7Dec.

27,

Associates, Inc.

1961

("Reg. A")

7

:

100,000

common.

•

^

■

r

Price

$3.

—

Business—Design, installing and constructing packaged
interiors

commercial

and

exteriors

buildings. Pro*
Office—Route 315

|

.Richmond Corp. :■
Dec.

21.• 1961

filed

S.

..

Price—$7.

common.

Business

«

&

M.

Nov. 28,

1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$3.25. Busi¬
ness—Repair and maintenance of aircraft instruments
accessories. Proceeds—For equipment, debt repay¬

&

ment, and other corporate purposes. Office — Idlewild
International
Airport, Jamaica, N. Y. Underwriter—
To he named.
v
777

/

,

ceeds—For
poses.

debt

Address

Brothers &

reduction

—

and

general

corporate

Sebring, O. Underwriter

Co., Inc., N. Y.

7

•fc. Riker Delaware Corp.
March 29, 1962 filed 200,000 class A
warrants to

be

offered

warrant.

in

units

Price—$30 per unit.
development and management

of

Under¬
;

r

'
common

four

and 50,000

shares

Business—A

and

real

one

estate

company.
Proceeds—For
construction, acquisitions, debt repayment and working
capital... Office—LaGorce Sq., Burlington, N. J. Under¬

writer—H.

Neuwirth

&

Co., Inc., N. Y,

18,

(4/16-20)
1962 filed 100,000 capital

shares.

and

—131

food cutting machine. Proceeds—For
and general corporate purposes. Office

a

Howell

St., Dallas. Underwriter—Parker, Ford &
Co., Inc., Dallas.
•
v
•

Salant &

March

23,

Salant, Inc.

1962

filed

class

A

shares.

Price—By

amendment

(max. $35). Business—Manufacture of men's
utility and sports' clothes. Proceeds—For selling stock¬
holders.

Office—330

Fifth

Ave., N. Y.—Underwriters—
Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Jessup & Lamont, N. Y.
Sa'ro

Manufacturing Corp.

March 19, 1962 filed $250,000 of 7% convertible subordi¬
nate debentures due 1972, and 16,500 outstanding com¬
mon

shares to

be offered

in

Price

—

$3.

Los Angeles, Underwriter—Garat &
Polonitza, Inc., Los
Angeles.

(Walter J.)

Corp.

like

of

amount

class

A

common.

The
(each

ment.

Business—General real estate. Proceeds—For ac¬
quisition of property. Office—67 W. 44th St., N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—None.
School

Pictures, Inc.
1962 filed 60,000
common, of which 41,864
the company; the entire
Feb.

7,

class

are

40,000

class

to be offered

A
by

A

and 18,136 common
Price—By amendment
Business—Company develops, prints, and
finishes "school pictures." Proceeds — For plant and
equipment, acquisitions, and working capital. Office—
1610 N.-Mill St.,
Jackson,, Miss. Underwriters—Equi¬
table Securities Corp.,
Nashville, and Kroeze, McLarty
& Duddleston, Jackson, Miss.
7 .7
will

be

($35

,

and

common
common

offered

by stockholders.

max.).

Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.

(5/21-25)

March 20, 1962 filed 375,000 common.
Price-—By amendment

(max. $20). Business—Company owns and oper¬
TV, radio and FM broadcasting stations. Proceeds
—For. selling stockholders. Office—1121'Union Central
; Bldg., Cincinnati. Underwriter—First Boston
Corp., N? Y.
•

ates

Products, Inc. (5/7-11)
1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common.
Price — $4.
Business—The manufacturing and processing of assorted
food products. Office—13480 Cairo
Lane, Opa Locka,
Fla. Underwriters—Terrio & Co.,
29,

Washington, D. C.

Season-All

Industries, Inc.

(4/16-20)

Feb.

26, 1962 filed 100,000 common, of which 50,000 are
offered by company and 50,000
by stockholders.
Price—By amendment (max. $30). Business—Manufac¬

to

be

and

distribution

of

aluminum

combination

storm

windows, doors, railings and handrails. Proceeds

—For debt repayment and expansion. Office—Route

Indiana, Pa. Underwriter
Pittsburgh.

—

119,

Moore, Leonard & Lynch,

^ Seaway Food Town, Inc.
March 29, 1962 filed 125,056 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $12). Business — Operation of a chain of
supermarkets. Proceeds—For selling stockholders. Office
St., Toledo. Underwriter—McDonald &
Co., Cleveland.

—1514 S. Detroit

(5/14)

150,000

units consisting of $500 of

debentures and 33 shares. Price—$632 per unit. Business
—Manufacture and distribution of metal purse and hand¬

frames, for certain manufacturers. Proceeds—For
debt repayment, equipment, and working capital. Pro¬

Business—Distribution of electrical and electronic parts,
components and equipment. Proceeds—For debt repay¬
ment and working capital. Office—151 N. Vermont
Ave.,




Price—For debentures, at par;
stock, by amendment. Business—Sale of kitchenware,

bags

Rising's Inc.
Jan.

shares by stockholders).

debt repayment

beers.

consisting of $1,000 of debentures and warrants to pur¬
chase 20 shares) for subscription by holders of its class
A stock and 10% debentures due 1976.
Price—By amend¬

screen

for

(4/17)

$35). Business—Brewing

purchase a

ture

tablewear

Financial Corp.
March 30, 1962 filed 60,000 common, of which 11,250 are
to. be offered by company and 48,750 by stockholders.
Price—By amendment (max. $9.75). Business—Owner¬
ship of stock of Ridgewood Savings Loan Co. of Parma,
in Cleveland. Proceeds—For organizational expenses and
Office—1717 E. 9th St., Cleveland.
writer—Fulton, Reid & Co;, Inc., Cleveland.'

..

Corp.
3, 1962 filed $700,000 of 6% subord. conv. deben¬
due. 1972 and 126,030 common (of which/ 15,399
shares are to be offered by the company and 110,631

ic Ridgewood

investment.

to

tures

pur¬

Underwriter—

company plans to offer the securities in 5,500 units

Jan.

Baruch/

—

.

Saladmaster

Ridgerock of America, Inc. (4/23-27)
29,
1961
filed
100,000
common.
Price—$2.50.
Business—Production of stone facing for buildings. Pro¬
Dec.

selling stockholders. Office—

Aves.,, Baltimore.

Brewing Co.

Milwaukee"

Autr.

and

Co., Silver Spring, Md. Offering—Expected in May.,

tires

Seashore Food

-

Instruments, Inc.

—A real estate investment
company.

Proceeds—For debt
repayment and gene-al corporate purposes. Office—220
K St., N. W.,t
Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Hirschel

(Jos.)

Schneider

,

Co., San Francisco.
S.

Union

By

—

of

Feb. 28, 1962 filed $5,500,000 of 6Vz% subordinated con¬
vertible debentures due 1977 and
110,000 5-year warrants

("Reg. A")

repayment of bank loans.
Office—4700
Ave.. Oakland, Calif. Underwriter—Schwa-

Pablo

bacher

v./:77- • • 7/77;:
7;77::/''''7 7/77777/77777,',

142.858

San

Price

— By
amend¬
of "Schlitz" and
Proceeds—For selling stock¬
holders. Office—235 W. Galena St., Milwaukee. Under¬
writer—Glore, Forgan & Co., Chicago. Offering—In May.

,

Inc.
2,400,000 common. Price—12%
Business—Exploration and development of mineral
deposits. Proceeds—For debt repayment and general
corporate purposes. Address—Box 1088, Wallace, Idaho.
Underwriter—Pennaluna & Co., Spokane, Wash.'
• Rucker Co.
(4/16-20)
:
Feb. 16, 1962 filed 129,000 common, of which 43,000 are
to be offered by the company and 86,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment (max. $13). Business—De¬
sign, development, manufacture and sale of electronic,
electric,- hydraulic
and
pneumatic
control
systems.
1962

Proceeds—For

(max.

"Old

7

•

common.

(max. $17). Business—Manufacture

&

Schlitz

ment

.

&( Vine St., Avoca, Pa, Underwriter—M. G. Davis & Co.,
Inc., N. Y. 7
•••'•-X.
.7
...

■

Co.

March 2, 1962 filed 347,543 common. Price

Proceeds—For

for

ceeds—For general corporate purposes.

•

_

u

field. Proceeds—For expansion of facilities, debt repaymjent. and working capital/ Office—396-406 Adams St.,

Craft

■■

Rubber

Robert Garrett & Sons, Baltimore.

cents.

27, 1962 filed 105,000 common/ Price—$3.50. Busi¬
Operation of a laboratory for contractual research, development and engineering in the chemical.

Rex

'

//Ruby Silver Mines,

Jan. 2,

-77:

Feb.
ness

Railroad

(Henry),

-

Research

tubes.

and

Rubber & Fibre Chemical Corp.
Sept. 25, 1961 filed 120,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Exploitation of a new process for reclaiming unvulcanized rubber. Proceeds^-Purchase of equipment and
existing plant building, repayment of debt, and working
capital. Office—300 Butler St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Under¬

>7

S.

used in air- 7
systems. Proceeds — For expansion.
Route 130,
Pennsauken, N. J. Under¬

26, 1962 filed 240,000 class A

amendment

Prftte'-^-'By amendment. Business — Develops
and
prints color^ and black and white photographic
film. Proceeds — For equipment and
working capital.
Office—245 7th Ave., N. Y. Underwriter —
Federman,
Stonehill & Co., N. Y.;

Feb. 15, 1962 filed 266,667 class A common. Pricer---$7.50.Business—A legal reserve life insurance company. Pro¬

U.

Schenuit
Feb.

holders/

.

testing and controlling devices
missile

—

writer—Bear, Stearns & Co., N. Y. Offering—June.

Nov.

and working capital. Office—455 W. Main
St., Wyckoff, N. J. Underwriter—Myron A. Lomasney &
Co., 'N. 'Yy V\ 7v.?7;:/7./ V. ■77*
■''■7;777. 7/

offered

and

Address

Royaltone Photo Corp.: (4/18)
29, 1961 filed 300,000 common, of which 100,000
are to be offered
by the company and 200,000 by stock¬

debt

repayment

Republic-Franklin

craft

8,

Inc.
March 23, 1962 filed 120,000 common.
Price—By amend¬
ment; (max.
$10). Business—Design, manufacture and
sale of women's dresses. Proceeds—For a
selling stock¬
holder. Office—498 Seventh Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—
Robert A. Martin Associates, Inc., N. Y.
77;V7,;7/77777

1962 filed 75,000 common, of which 50,000 are
by the company and 25,000 by Electronic
Specialty Co., parent. Price—$5. Business—Design and
manufacture of regulating and control devices used in
the

recording,

Rosenau

Rosenfeld

29,

to'be

be

Engineering

13,

to

are

Brothers, Inc. (5/7-11) •
1962 filed 300,000 common, of which 150,000
are to be offered by the
company and. 150,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $12). Business—
Manufacture and sale of girl's dresses and sportswear.
Proceeds—For. debt repayment.
Office—Fox St. and
Roberts Ave., Philadelphia. Underwriters—Burnham &
Co., and Zuckerman, Smith & Co., N. Y.

.

:

Schaevitz
March

1962 filed i50,000 common, of which 100,000
by company and 50,000 by a selling
stockholder. Price—By amendment
(max. $10). Business
—Design and manufacture of measuring, indicating,

March

research and development and
working
capital. Office—46-25 58th St.," Woodside 77, N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—General Securities Co., Inc., N. Y.

•

—

,

inventories/

7

Portland, Ore. Underwriters
Straus, Blosser & Mc¬
Dowell, Chicago, and Hill, Darlington & Grimm, N. Y.

Plastic

•

air-conditioners, etc/ Proceeds—For

•

Under-

Bronx, N. Y. Underwriter—Arnold Malkan & Co., Inc.,
N. Y.
'
v.,. ■
.7,',-7
!.;! ■, 7;

wearing apparel and hard
repayment,

Rego Radio & Electronics Corp. (4/16-20) ;
March 1, 1962 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common. Price—$3.75.
Business—Wholesale distribution of automobile radios,
parts,

steel

capital.

r—Manufacture
i

other plastic items. Proceeds—For debt repayment and
other
corporate purposes. Office—1517
Jarrett Place,

inventory, and
other corporate purposes.- Office—11
Stanley St., New
Britain, Conn. Underwriter—Hay den, Stone & Co., N. Y.

replacement

Busi¬

of

Sawyer's Inc.
,

*

Dec.

Operation of leased departments in discount department
stores

manufacture

writer—Arnold Malkan & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Corp. (5/7-11) •
15, 1961 filed 200,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Manufactures plastic housewares, baby products and

.Regal-Meadows, Inc. (4/23) r
77.77•
Marcn 22, 1962 filed 145,000 common, of which 100,000
are- to be offered by the
company and 45,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $11); Business—

and

use.
Proceeds—For working
Office—1051 Saw Mill River
Rd., Yonkers, N. Y.

,

Rona

Price—$5.

common.

development

products for home

'

■

1962 filed 100,000

ness—Design,

"
convertible

Underwriter—C. A. Taggart, inc., Towson, Md.

★ Saw Mill River Industries, Inc.

.

Roblin-Seaway Industries, Inc. 1
•March 29, 1962 filed $1,000,000 of 6%

'•

.

15-year subord.

drug stores. Proceeds—For general corporate
Office—3310 New York Ave., N.
E., Washing¬

cor¬

Walnut

—

.

chain of

purposes.

ordinated debentures due 1982. Price—At par. Business
Red Wing Fiberglass Products, Inc.
^
July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 260,000 common. Price—$1.15. !*'—Purchase and sale of scrap steel and other metals and
Proceeds
operation of a rolling mill, a stevedoring business and
Debt repayment, building improvements,
equipment, research and development, and working cap¬ ; two demolition companies. Proceeds—For general cor¬
ital. ,Office—Industrial Park,. Red Wing, Minn.-Under¬
porate purposes. Office—101 East Ave,, Nortn Tonawanwriter-r-York & Mavroulis, Minneapolis. Note—This let-/7<Ja, N Y- Underwriter—Brand, Grumet & Seigel, Inc.,
'
l\TAtt*
New York.
ter was temporarily postponed.
'
'
.

Drugs, Inc.
Business—Operation of

Ave., Gardena,
Vickers, MacPherson & Warwick,

'Inc., N. Y.-:.
■

Save-Mor

a

Proceeds—For
W.

—

Dec. 28, 1961 ("Reg.
A") $300,000 of 6%
conv. debentures. Price—At
par.

(4/23-27)

porate purposes. Office—139
Calif. Underwriter —

*

writer—M. A. Saunders &
serves

capital. Office—222 E. Erie St., Milwaukee.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell, Chicago
and Dempsey-Tegeler &
Co., inc., St. Louis.
Underwriters

1961 filed 400,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Design, manufacture and sale of mobile

homes

working

and

repayment

and working

26,

ment.

•

Corp.

estate

concern, motor inn, shopping centers, bowl¬
establishments, etc. Proceeds—r or debt repayment

ing

equipment. Proceeds—For an acquisition, equipment and
working capital. Office-r-1927 New York Ave., Hunting¬
ton Station, N. Y.
Underwriter—Robbins, Clark & Co.,
Inc., N. Y. Offering—In early June.

ceeds—For debt repayment, expansion, moving expenses
and working capital. Office—513-15 Cooper St., Camden,
N.

real

ceeds—From the stock sale will go to selling sharehold¬
Office—413 Thatford Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Under¬

Security
Jan.

26,

Aluminum

1962

Corp.

filed 200,000

(5/21)

Price—By amend¬
sliding win¬
equipment, moving ex¬
penses and working capital. Office—503 E. Pine Ave.,
Compton, Calif. Underwriter—Vickers, MacPherson &
Warwick, Inc., N. Y.
common.

ment. Business—Manufacture of alumnium
dows

and

doors.

Proceeds—For

Security Equity Fund, Inc.
14, 1961 filed 400,000 capital

Dec.

shares.

Price—Net

asset value plus 6%. Business—A mutual fund. Proceeds
—For investment. Office — 700 Harrison St., Topeka,

Kan.

Underwriter—Security Management Co., Inc., To¬

peka.

ers.

writer—I. R. E. Investors Corp.,

Levittown, N. Y.

Sampson Enterprises, Inc.
Feb. 28, 1962 filed 450,000 common. Price — By amend¬
ment
(max. $8). Business—A holding company for a

Seg Electronics Co., Inc. (4/16-20)
Sept. 28;-1961 filed 110,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.

Business—Design

and

manufacture of
Continued

networks

on

page

44

44

Continued

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(1648)

from page 43

/T

v

v

Sternco

surplus fund certificates and expansion. Office—5620 N.
Western
Ave., Oklahoma City. Underwriters—Eppler,

-

•

Dec.

derwriter—Searight, Ahalt & O'Connor, Inc., N. Y.

—Manufacture

new

crete

Allendale, N. J.

Financial

Selective

Feb.

offered

be

to

are

1962 filed

28,

for subscription

which

of

common,

ate,
B

affili¬
the basis of 4 company shares for each class A or

on

and

share

two-thirds share for each

Life

Selective

held.

Remaining

94,822

Co.,

an

and

public,
$6; to stockholders, $5. Business—Company plans to en¬
gage in
the consumer finance, mortgage, general - fi¬
related

and

nance

businesses.

Proceeds

—

For

•

general

nix. Underwriter—None.
Shaver Food

(4/11)

Marts, Inc.

Dec.

19, 1961 filed 170,000 class A common, of which
30,000 will be sold by the company and 140,000 by cer¬
tain stockholders. Price
By amendment. Business—
—

Operation of
Bluffs

area.

supermarkets in the Omaha-Council
Proceeds—For
expansion. Office—139 S.

St., Omaha, Neb. Underwriters—J. Cliff Rahel
Co., and Storz-Wachob-Bender Co., Omaha.

Sperti Products, Inc.

Price—By

tain

Heck

Grand

working

working capital.
Ave., Neptune, N. J. Underwriter—•
Co., N. Y.
and

Co., Inc., Washington,

Price—By

K

110,000

common.

Price—By

Day, N. Y.

-

amend-

goods.

Proceeds

—

For

27,

•

•

Star

\

Boat

Co.,

Price

—

By amendment

Inc.

fiberglass pleasure boats. Pro¬
ceeds—For working capital..
Office—Goshen, Lnd. Un¬
derwriter—A. G. Becker & Co., Inc., Chicago.

'

Starmatic
Nov.

Industries,

3, 1961 filed

'

ment.

debt

W.

30th

St.,

N.

named.

Y.

corporate

purposes.

Underwriter
V";'

—

To
■/.

be
v.

Towing & Transportation Co., Inc.
Nov. 29, 1961 ("Reg. A")
100,000 common. Price—$3.'
Business—Construction and operation of towing boats.
Proceeds—For debt repayment, conversion of a
boat, and
working capital. Office—3300 N. W. North River Drive,
Miami, Fla. Underwriter—Irwin Karp & Co., Inc., 68
William St., N. Y.
' , ;v;

• State Life Insurance Co. of Colorado

* Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
(4/18)
March 28, 1962 filed
$75,000,000 of debentures due April

March 23, 1962 filed 88,250 common.
Price—$4.25.—Busi¬
ness—Sale; of cigarettes,

March

1/: 2001.
T. &

Proceeds—For repayment of

advances

Dec.

26,

1961

filed

220,000

common.

ment. Business—Writes automobile

Oklahoma and

Arkansas.




Price—By amend¬

casualty insurance in

Proceeds—For

redemption of

investment

r;•"

Stelber Cycle
Jan. 5, 1962 filed

due

and

W;'-.

1972

and

r,:

,

Proceeds—For debt repayment and gen¬

.

Symington Wayne Corp.

&

Curtis,
Inc.

Y.

N.

:.

.

Underwriter—None.

'

.

"

/

vv.^

port, Conn. Underwriters—Stroud & Co., Inc. and Penington, Colket & Co., Philadelphia.
.
i
■
;
r
-

Taylor Publishing Co.
*

(4/9-13)

-

Dec. 21, 1961 filed 152,600 common. Price—By amendment. Business— Production and distribution of school

year-books and commercial printing Proceeds—For sell¬
ing stockholders. Office—6320 Denton- Dr., Dallas. Un¬
derwriter—Dallas Rupe & Son, Inc., Dallas, Tex.
4

(4/17)
A.~
filed -210,312 common, of: which 170,000
are
to be offered publicly by stockholders,/and. 40,312
shares for subscription by the stockholders for the ac¬
count of the company.
Price—By amendment (max.
$25). Business—Production of various type wines. Pro¬
ceeds—For plant expansion and working capital. Office
—Hammondsport, N. Y.
Underwriter—First Boston
Corp.,
Taylor Wine Co., Inc.

Feb.

15,

1962

Teaching Systems, Inc.
8, 1962 ("Reg. A") 50,000
.

March

Business—-Production

and

and

sale

of

common.
Price—$2.
musical educational

.

$240,000 of 8% convertible debentures
60,000 common shares to. be offered in

each * consisting I of one $200 1 debenture" and ' 50
shares-. Price—$500 per unit,.. Business—MaiTufantur© of
bicycles, tricycles and toy automobiles, Proceeds—For:
debt

line.

repayment,

moving expenses and

manufacture

of

animated

transparencies and other

displays. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, expansion, research, and working capital.
Office—11 Sintsink .Dr., East Port Washington, N. Y.
Underwriters?—Bull & Low; John * R. = Maher Associates;
technical training aids and

Corp.

units,

table Securities

(4/30-5/4)

Proceeds—For

Vending Corp.

Norristown, Pa.

—

Southwestern Insurance Co.

294,000

.

* Southern California Edison Co. (5/1)
April 4, 1962 filed $40,000,000 of first and
refunding
mortgage bonds, series O, due May 1, 1987. Proceeds—
For construction. Office—Edison
Bldg., 601 W. Fifth St.,
Los Angeles. Underwriters
(Competitive).; Probable,
bidders: First Boston Corp.-Dean Witter & Co.
(jointly)'
.HalseyvStuart & Cm Inc.; and Kuhn,< Loeb -& Co^Equii

•

of which

the company and 31,000 shares by a
Price—$3. Business—Manufacture and sale

records. Proceeds—For equipment, sales promotion and
coffee, beverages, candy etc.,
working capital./ Office—1650 Broadway, N.: Y. Underthrough vending machines. \ Proceeds—For debt repay¬
/■ writer—Ezra Kureen Co., N. Y;•:, /
-Sr
ment, leasehold improvements, expansion and working
• Technical Animations, Inc.
(4/16-20)
capital. Office—354 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead,
Nov. 30, 1961 filed $211,400 of 7% conv. subord. deben¬
N. Y. Underwriter—M. H.
Myerson & Co., Inc., N. Y. ;
tures due 1972 (with warrants) to be offered for sub¬
Steel Plant Equipment
Corp. (4/9-13)
•
scription by holders of class A and ciass B common at
Oct 2, 1961 ("Reg. A")
the rate of $100 of debentures for each 280 shares held.
69,660 common. Price—$3. Pro¬
ceeds—For equipment and
working capital. Address—
Price—$100 per unit ($100 of debentures and one war¬
Norristown, Pa. Underwriter—Joseph W. Hurley & Co.,
rant to purchase 14 class A shares). Business—Design

from

Corp.*(jointly). Bids—May 1 (.8:30;a.m.
atthe"company*s office.

insurance.

Statewide

-—

Calif, time)

accident

writer—None.

T., company's parent, and construction. Office
Edgewood Ave., Atlanta. Underwriters
(Competi¬
tive). Probable bidders: Morgan Stanley &
Co., and
Halsey Stuart & Co. Inc. Bids—April 18 (11 a.m. EST)
(Rcom 2315), 195 Broadway, N. Y.

67

1962
filed
300,000
common.
Price—By
(max. $5). Business—Writing of life/ health

working capital. Office—1760 High St., Denver. Under¬

.

A.

27,

amendment
and

common,

to be offered by

ic Tactair Fluid Controls Corp.
March 29, 1962 filed 90,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $7.50). Business—Manufacture of fluid con¬
trol equipment used in missiles, helicopters and aircraft.
Proceeds—For
selling stockholders
Address—Bridge¬

Inc.

and general

repayment

Office —252

Southeastern

Inc.

325,000

—

—For

—Meadowbrook Securities Inc.,
Hempstead, N. Y. Offer¬
ing—Expected sometime in May.

filed

29, 1961 filed 66,666 common. Price—By amend¬
($1.50 max.). Business—Design and manufacture
of
ordnance, automotive, 'aircraft and guided missile
parts and components. Proceeds—For selling stockhold¬
ers. Office—4417
Okechobe Rd., West Palm Beach, Fla.

100,000 common.. Price—By amend¬

Business
Manufacture
of
boxes, brochures,
packaging materials and packaging machines. Proceeds

corporate

ment

Manu¬

—

Proceeds—General

Dec.

(4/23-27)

(max. $18). Business

states.

Bakers,

1962

Szemco,

facture of aluminum and

are

28,

Jackson

Laboratories,

&

(4/23-27)

,,

For Men of Southern Caliicrnia,

Tank

&

(5/7-11)
Feb."23j 1962 filed $5,005,700 of convertible subordinated
debentures * due 1982, to be offered for subscription by
common stockholders
(and warrant holders) at the rate
of $100 of debentures for each 38 common (or warrants)
held. Price—By amendment. Business—Manufacture of
gasoline dispensing pumps, service station equipment,
specialty steel castings for railroads, and mechanics hand
tools. Proceeds—For debt repayment and working capi¬
tal. Office—Salisbury, Md. Underwriter—Paine, Webber,

Feb. 27, 1962 filed 307,000 common, of which 27,000 are to
be offered by the company and 280,000 by stockholders.

be offered

by the company and 26,000 by stockhold¬
Price—$5. Business—Design, development and manufacture of devices using sound or fluids as a
source of
energy. Proceceds—For general corporate purposes. Of¬
fice—260 Hawthorne
Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Underwriter

^ .t./vJ.7

'•

Shields

Office—3601 N. W. 50th St., Miami, Fla. Un¬

stockholder.

•

None.

ment at designated residential locations.
Proceeds—For
selling stockholders. Office—115 L St., S. E. Washington,
D. C. Underwriter—None.
Jr'/> :. yv:v';;T.;

to

'}• '•""[v't...,.'V-

K.

corporate purposes. Address—New York & Drexel
Aves., Atlantic City, N. J. Underwriter—Balogh & Co.,
Washington, D. C.
'
>

$7). Business—Manufac¬
diving equipment and ac¬
working capital." Office-^—*7701

'v

additional equip¬

eral

equipment and other corporate purposes.
Office—726 Plymouth Bldg., Minneapolis. Underwriter—

Industries, Inc.

southeastern

of baked goods.

Proceeds—For

Dec. 28, 1961 filed 75,000 common.
Price—By amendment.
Business—Installation of its coin operated laundry equip¬

ers.

N

City Dairy Products, Inc.

Superior
Feb.

A and one class B share. Price—$50 per unit.
Business
—Company plans to establish laboratories and a school,
and to publish a handbook in the field of
meteorology.

expansion

Development Corp. of America Vv
1961 filed 56,000 common, of which 30,000

•

repayment of bank loans,

derwriter—Finkle & Co.. N. Y.¬

Inc.
March 19, 1962 ("Reg. A") 285,000 class A common and
5,799 class B common to be offered in units of 50 class

modernization of buildings, repayment of debt and
working capital. Office—253 Columbia St., Brooklyn,
N. Y. Underwriter—To be named.

Sonic

;

it Standards

•/m

and

Oct.

other

Inc.
26, 1962 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common. Price—$4.
Business—Research, development, manufacture, sale and
service of hairpieces for men. Proceeds—For expansion,
equipment, sales promotion and working capital.: Office
—328 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Underwriter
—Adams & Co., Los Angeles.
/

Sokol Brothers Furniture
Co., Inc.
Sept. 28, 1961 filed 240,000 common. Price—$2.50 Busi¬
ness—The instalment retailing of
furniture, appliances

household

)

Inc.

27, 1961 filed

purposes.

(max.

Proceeds—For

Publishers,

110,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Distribution of eggs and dairy products in Florida and

March

Products, Inc.

filed

amendment,

Squire

semiconductor devices. Proceeds—For a new plant, debt
repayment and working capital. Office—1 Pingree St.,
Mass. Underwriter—Tucker, Anthony & R. L.

Solon

Oct.

distribution of skin

and

corporate purposes. Office

Business—Development, manufacture and sale of

other

con¬

and

(5/28-31)

Inc.

Directory

St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Underwriter—G.
Co., N. Y. Offering—Imminent.
;•

Compton Blvd., Paramount, Calif. Underwriters—
Troster, Singer & Co., and Federman, Stonehill & Co.,

Salem,

and

subordinated

St., N. Y. Underwriter—

ment, expansion and working capital. Office—60 N. State

E.

Bldg., Providence, R. I. Underwriters—G.
H. Walker & Co., Providence and Blair & Co., N. Y. ,

mert.

ceeds—For

;

—909 Howard

1962

6%

40th

28, 1961 filed 90,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Publishing and distributing telephone directories. Pro¬

Sun

of

1977

E.

Office—50

named.

Suburban

are

Sportsways,

cessories.

1,

Inc.

Dec.

Feb. 20, 1962 filed 175,000 common, of which 50,000 are
to be offered by company and 125,000 by a stockholder.

Sixty Realty Trust
Feb. 28, 4962 filed 350 common. Price—$1,000. Business
—Company; plans to qualify as a real estate investment
Proceeds—For general

Realty & Construction Fund,

20, 1962 filed 500,000 common. Price—$20. Busi¬
estate investment company. Proceeds—For

be

shares.

ture

Solid State

•

drug

ing—Imminent.

repayment, acquisition of land and
Office — 1093 Frank Rd., Columbus,

Ohio. Underwriter—H. P. Black &

Feb.

of

To

Underwriter—William, David & Motti, Inc., N. Y. Offer¬

debt

capital.

debentures due

D. C.

trust.

March

50,000 common to be
units, each consisting of $20 of debentures and
Price—$60 per unit'. Business—Design and
manufacture of fishing and archery equipment and fiber
glass household items. Proceeds—For general corporate
purpose.
Office—131 Saw Mill River Rd., Yonkers, N. Y.
10

Inc.

For

—

.

offered in

135,000 common. Price — By amend¬
(max. $4). Business—Construction of homes. Pro¬

ceeds

St.,

Sportsmen, Inc.
29, 1961 filed $100,000

Feb. 27, 1962 filed

ment

are

Stratton

N. Y

vertible

Milton D. Blauner &

Sete-Fab,

Under-

Y.

1962 filed 315,000 class A shares of which
to be offered by the company and 97,000 by
Price—$6. Business—Commercial fi¬
nance company.
Proceeds—For debt repayment. Office
—95 Madison Ave.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Mortimer B.
Burnside & Co., Inc., N. Y.r'
' "
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of debt, and working capital.
Hoboken, N. J. Underwriter—

patents, repayment

Blair & Co.,

indicators and circuit components. Proceeds—

Office—1933

N.

stockholders.

investment.

Business—Manufacture

amendment.

Office—730

126,000 common. Price—$4.50. Busi¬
ness—Manufacture, sale and development of glow lamps
equipment

Lynbrook,

PL,

29,

218,000

the

(4/30-5/4)

Nov.

repayment,

Harriet

Office—39

writer—S. B. Cantor Co., N. Y.
March

products, electrical and electronic devices and
precision machinery. Proceeds—For the purchase of cer¬

Signalite Inc.
Jan. 29, 1962 filed

debt

Price—$3.

stereophonic sound equipment.

• Stratford Financial Corp.

>

and food

Fla. Underwriter—George, O'Neill & Co., Inc., N. Y.

For

Co., Inc., N. Y.

Spencer

Nov. 29, 1961 filed 230,000 common of which 200,000 are
to be offered by the company and 30,000 by stockholders.

&

Manufacturing Co. (4/16)
Dec. 29, 1961 filed 55,000 common. Price—$6.50. Business
—Manufacture
of
automatic
equipment for handling
packaged foods, and various food serving devices. Pro¬
ceeds—For equipment, advertising, plant expansion and
working capital. Office—3800 N. W., 32nd Ave., Miami,

as

&

home

expansion, inventory and working capi¬

ness—A real

Shelley

use

tal.
•;

seven

40th

for

Malkan

Instrument Corp.
("Reg. A") 100,000 common.

23, 1962

Proceeds—For

Gifts, Inc. (4/16-20)
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 135,000 common, of which 15,000 are
to be offered by the company and 120,000 shares by a
selling stockholder. Price—By amendment. Business—
Mail order, sale of general merchandise. Proceeds—For
debt repayment and working capital. Office—1601 Al¬
bany Blvd., Atlantic City. Underwriter—Carter, Berlind,
Potoma & Weill, N. Y.

corporate purposes. Office—830 N. Central Ave., Phoe¬

•

March

Business—Sale of

(L. B.), Inc.

writer—Arnold

Andresen & Co., N. Y,

—

if Stereotrinics

Operation of retail furniture stores. Proceeds — For
working capital. Office—2212 Third Ave., N. Y. Under¬

scribed shares will he offered publicly. Price—To

Underwriter

Offering—In June.

(4/16-20)
30, 1961 filed 65,000 common. Price—$5. Business-

Oct.

unsub¬

any

rceptors, prefabricated metal

Spears

class C share of

aquarium supplies for hobbyists. Proceeds—For a
plant and working capital. Office—52 Cottage Plaza,

and

radiators and rope and twine. Proceeds—For a new
in Canada. Office—52-55 74th Ave., Maspeth, L. I.,

405,000

by holders of the A,

B and C stock of Selective Life Insurance

(4/16-20)

22, 1961 filed 175,000 common. Price—$4. Business
of metal shower receptors, precast con¬

showers, baseboard
plant
N. Y.
Underwriter—M. H. Woodhill, Inc., N. Y.

Corp.

500,000

Inc.

be offered by the company arid

to

Turner, Inc., Dallas and R. J. Edwards, Inc.,
City.

Spartan International Inc.

Thursday, April 5, 1962

Industries,

ment, research and development, repayment of loans and
working capital. Office—12 Hinsdale St., Brooklyn. Un¬

Oklahoma

...

21, 1962 filed 115,000.class A, of which 40,000 are
75,000 by stockhold¬
ers. Price—$6. Business—Manufacture, sale and distribu¬
tion of fish foods and distribution of various types of fish

Guerin

&

.

Feb.

data and program transmission, filters, transceivers
and related electronic equipment. Proceeds—For equip¬
for

.

a

new

-

product

Office—744 Berriman
St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Under¬
writers—Lloyd Securities, Inc.; Richard Bruce & Co,,
Inc., and Reuben Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y.
<

and PL
"

Topik & Co;; Inc., N.,Y.;

Tec-Torch

Co.,lnc.

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(4/9-13)-::

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,

~-v

-Nov.

28, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$3.25, Busi¬
Design and manufacture, of inert gas welding
equipment. Proceeds—For debt repayment, expansion
ness

and

—

working capital. Office—153 Union Ave., East Ruth-

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Dec. 29, 1961 ("Reg. A'.') 100,800 common and $100,000
of (>%. 5-year subordinated debentures. Price—For stock,

$1; ior debentures, at
of

par

.

($i00)

.

Business—Production

Proceeds—For

ital, and possible acquisitions. Office — Pacific National
Bldg., Bellevue, Wash. Underwriter—To be named.
Transcontinental Gas

Pipe Line Corp. (4/19)
Marfch 13, 1962 filed $40,000,000 of first mortgage
pipe¬
line bonds due 1982. Business—Company owns and
oper¬
ates an interstate pipeline system for the transportation

and^ sale of natural gas: Proceeds—For debt repayment.
Office—3100

White,
Corp.

expan¬

sion, research and development, acquisition a technical
library, and working capital.41 Office—200 S. Jefferson
St., Orange, N. J. Underwriter—Magnus & Co., N. Y.

31, 1962

tufted

of

repayment

textile

tanooga.

products. Proceeds—For debt repayment
capital. Office—4813 Tennessee Ave., Chat¬
Underwriter—Irving J. Rice & Co., Inc., St.
'

■

Tennessee

x

•1

" '/

•

Gas Transmission Co.

1

(4/10)

Texas

Electro-Dynamic Capital, Inc.
16, 1961 filed 250,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—A small business investment

Proceeds—General corporate

company.

Office—1947 W.

purposes.

Gray Ave., Houston. Underwriters—F. S. Smithers & Co.,
N.

Y., and Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc., Houston.,
Texas Tennessee

Oct.

Industries, Inc.

(4/9-13)

common, of which 150,000
by the company and 25,000 by
stockholders; also 17,500 class A stock purchase war¬
rants. The securities will be offered in units consisting

26,

shares

of

10

1961

are

to

shares

filed

175,000

be offered

and

warrant.

Price—By amendment.
Business—Manufacture of water coolers, water cans and
portable hot beverage dispensers. Proceeds—For debt
repayment and general corporate purposes. Office—
6502 Rusk Ave., Houston. Underwriter—S. D, Fuller &
Co., New York.
one

.

Thom-Tex

Paper Converting Corp.

debt repayment and

working capital. Address—Highway
3, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Underwriter—Meade & Co.,
N.

Y.

,

,

Thunderbird

International Hotel Corp.
(5/7-11)
1962 filed 175,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment ($10 max.). Business—Hotel ownership and man¬
agement. Proceeds — For construction. Office — 525 N.
Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, Calif. Underwriter—Vickers, MacPherson & Warwick, Inc., N. Y.

Industries, Inc.

Feb. 16, 1962 filed 300,000 common, of which 100,000 are
to be offered by the company and 200,000 by stockhold¬
ers.

Price—$6.

Securities

Inc.

and

other

corporate

Proceeds—For

debt

Transogram Co., Inc.

purposes.

(6/11-15)

(max. $12). Business—Design, assembly and man¬
of toys, games, children's playroom
furniture,
and sports sets. Proceeds—For a selling stockholder. Of¬
ufacture

fice—200 Fifth

N. Y.

ers,

Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—Lehman Broth¬

'

Transport Industries, Inc.
Feb.

16.

1962

("Reg.

A")

Business—Design, manufacture and sale

common.

Price

—

$4.

Business—Design and manufacture of truck and auto¬
brake systems. Proceeds—For inventories, ad¬

vertising and working capital. Office—Pearl & Elk Sts.,
Albion, Pa. Underwriter—A. J. Davis Co., Pittsburgh.
Tremco

Manufacturing Co.
26, 1962 filed 150,000 class A

Feb.

coatings, sealants, mastics, paints,
selling stockholders. Office—10701 Shaker Blvd., Cleve¬
land. Underwriter—McDonald & Co., Cleveland. Offer¬
ing—In May.
Trenton

Foods, Inc.
26, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.
Business—Preparation and packaging of meat
Jan.

ing of/pigs. Proceeds—For debt repayment, plant ex¬
pansion and working capital. Office—4733 Belleview,
Kansas City, Mo.
Underwriter — Scherck, Richter Co..

fee title

to

three discount

ceeds—For debt repayment.

Underwriter—Adler

department stores. Pro¬
Office—30 E. 42nd St., N. Y.

Securities

Corp., N. Y.

Dec.

Torch

Rubber Co.,

Inc.

(5/21-25)

Busi¬
Pro¬
ceeds—For equipment, moving expenses, expansion and
working capital. Office—1302 Inwood Ave., N. Y. Un¬
derwriter—Carroll Co., N. Y.
Tork Time Controls, Inc. (4/16-20)
Dec. 12, 1961 filed 150,000 common. Price—By
ment.

amend¬
Business—Design and manufacture of time con¬

trolled switches. Proceeds—For debt

repayment, expan¬
sion, and working capital. Office—1 Grove St., Mount
Vernon, N. Y. Underwriters—Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor
& Co., and Magnus & Co., N. Y. ;
•

Towers

Marts

International, Inc. (4/23-27)
Feb. 1, 1962 filed 550,000 capital shares. Price — By
amendment. Business
Company builds and operates
—

retail discount department stores. Proceeds—For expan¬
Office—41 E. 42nd St., N. Y. Underwriter—W. C.

sion.

Trans-Alaska Telephone Co.

(4/23)

Tucker

Feb.

Steel

new patented plastic signs. Proceeds—For
equipment, debt repayment, inventory and working capi¬
tal. Office—875 North 28th St., Philadelphia. Underwriter
—Stone, Ackerman & Co., Inc., N. Y.
•

Uneeda

Dec.

Vending Service, Inc.
("Reg. A") 73,500 common. Price

1961

14,

Business

—

Purchase

of

new

and

used

—
$3.
coin-operated

vending and recreational machines. Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—250 Meserole St., Brook¬
lyn, N. Y. Underwriters—Fabrikant Securities Corp. and
Karen Securities Corp., N. Y.
Unsshops,

Inc.

(5/28-31)

Feb. 26, 1962 filed 275,000 common, of which 25,000 are
to be offered by the company and 250,000 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment (max. $16). Business—Re¬
tailing of men's and boys' clothing. Proceeds—For work¬
ing capital. Office—15 Linden Ave., East, Jersey City,

Weeks, N. Y.

United Camera

Exchange, Inc.
Jan. 29, 1962 filed 105,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Operation of retail camera stores. Proceeds—For ex¬
pansion and general corporate purposes. Office—25 W.
43rd St., N. Y. Underwriter—M. G. Davis & Co., Inc.,
•

United ElectroDynamics,

Inc. (5/7-11)
filed 412,636 common, of which 100,000
are to be offered by the company and 312,636 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $23). Business—
Development and manufacture of electronic measure¬
ment instrument. Proceeds
For an acquisition and
working capital. Office—200 Allendale Rd., Pasadena,
California. Underwriter
William R.
Staats & Co.,
Los Angeles.
Mar.

21,

1962

—

—

United

Dec.
of

Investors

Life

Insurance

Co.

common, of which 472,100
to be offered for subscription by stockholders
Waddell & Reed, Inc., parent, on the basis of one

15,

shares

1961 filed 562,500

are

share for

each

two

Waddell shares held.

The

remaining 90,400 shares will be offered to certain per¬
sons
associated with the parent company or its sub¬
sidiaries. Price—By amendment. Business—A legal re¬
serve life insurance company. Proceeds—For the account
of Waddell & Reed. Office—20 W. 9th St., Kansas City,
Mo. Underwriters—Waddell & Reed, Inc., Kansas City,
Mo., and Kidder, Peabody & Co., N. Y. Offering—Ex¬
United

23, 1962

two

ible

•

common

shares

subordinated

and

debenture

one

due

Tujax Industries, Inc.

000

1962 filed 150,000 class A shares, of which 100,to be offered by company

Reuben Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y. Offering—In June,
\X Turbodyne Corp.
/>,
V
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.
..
v;..,
March 2, 1962 filed 127,500 common. Price—$5. Business
—Research, development and production and overhaul¬
.

ing of gas turbine engines. Proceeds—For debt

repay¬

ment, research and development, a new plant and work¬
ing capital. Office — 1346 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Sandkuhl & Co., Inc.,

;

N.Y.
Turner

(J. L.)

:■

%

;

& Son, Inc.

Mar. 27, 1962 filed 120,000 common, of which 60,000 are
to be

offered by company

and 60,000 by a stockholder.
Price—By amendment
(max. $15) Business—Sale of
retail merchandise. Proceeds — For general corporate
purposes. Office—East Main St., Scottsville, Ky. Under¬

writer—Bear, Stearns & Co., N. Y.
See La Salle St.

Capital Corp. this issue.

I* United Inns, Inc.
March 26, 1962 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common. Price—$3.75.
Business—Construction and operations of motor hotels
under license granted by Holiday Inns of America, Inc.
Proceeds—For

debt repayment and general corporate
Office—704 Dermon Bldg., Memphis. Under¬
writer—Wilder, Hansbrough, Finch & Co., Memphis, v
purposes.

Dec.
are

•

21

Brands, Inc.
22,

(4/17)

filed 800,000 common, of which 550,000
the company and 250,000 by stock¬
Price—By amendment. Business—Distribution
1961

to be offered by

holders.

—For general corporate purposes.

Office—531 Ferry St.,
Newark, N. J. Underwriter—Moran & Co., Newark, N. J.
•

United-Overton Corp.

26, 1962 filed 450,000 common, of which 90,897 are
offered by the' company and 359,103 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max. $18). Business—
Operates hard goods' departments in discount depart¬
ment stores. Proceeds—For debt repayment. Office—19
Needham St., Nugent Highlands, Mass. Underwriters—
McDonnell & Co., Inc., and Oppenheimer & Co., N. Y.
Offering—Expected in early June.
be

United

Packaging Co., Inc. (4/16-20)
102,000 common. Price—$3. Business
general packaging business. Proceeds — For new
machinery, debt repayment and working capital. Office
—4511
Wayne Ave., Philadelphia. Underwriter—God¬
frey, Hamilton, Taylor & Co., Inc., N. Y.
Nov. 29, 1961 filed

and 50,000 by stock¬
Price—$8. Business—Through its subsidiaries
the company is engaged in the wholesale distribution
of electrical supplies and equipment. Proceeds — For
debt repayment and working capital. Office—514 E. 73rd
St., N. Y. Underwriters—Richard Bruce & Co., Inc., and
are

March

to

Co., Inc.
("Reg.1 A") 12,500

units, each consisting
(par $10) 7% convert¬
April 1, 1972. Price—
$20 per linit. Business — Steel fabricating. Proceeds—
Plant additions, inventory and debt repayment. Office—
2000 A St., Meridian, Miss. Underwriter—McCarley &
Co., Inc., Asheville, N. C. Offering—Imminent.
of

holder.




production of

Mar.

Nov. 29, 1961 filed 265,000 common, of which 250,000 are
to be offered by the company and 15,000 by a stock¬

Price—$6. Proceeds—For construction, and ac¬
quisition, repayment of debt, and other corporate pur¬

Ultra Plastics Inc. (4/9-13)
Sept. 19, 1962 filed 175,000 class A common. Price—$4.
Business—Manufacture of urethane foam board and the

N. Y. Offering—Imminent. '

Twentieth Century Capital Corp.

Corp.
Feb. 12, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $9). Business—Design and sale of special
cameras for scientific photography.
Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes.
Office—17136 Ventura Blvd.,
Encino, Calif.
Underwriter—J. A. Hogle & Co., Salt
Lake City. Offering—Expected in mid-May.

Underwriter—

Markets, Inc.
15, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Busi¬
ness—Operation of "Foodtown" supermarkets. Proceeds

Langley & Co., N. Y.
Traid

Swan, Texas.
Co., Dallas.

22, 1961 filed 100,000 common, of which 52,000 are
to be offered by the company and 48,000 by stockhold¬
ers. Price—$6. Business—Design, manufacture and sale
of power supplies. Proceeds—For debt repayment and
working capital. Office—111 Pleasant Ave., Roosevelt,
L. L, N. Y. Underwriter—William, David &
Motti, Inc.,

holders.

•

Proceeds—For selling stockhold¬

pected in late June.

Trygon Electronics Inc.

repayment, equipment,
leasehold
improvements and
working capital. Office—703 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Underwriter—Godfrey, Hamilton, Taylor & Co.,

Jan. 26, 1962 filed 110,000 common. Price—$3.50.
ness—Manufacture of waterproof rubber footwear.

;

Office—Lindale Rd.,

First Southwest

United

Tri-Department Stores Associates v."
Feb. 9, 1962 filed $2,436,000 of limited partnership in¬
terests. Price—$6,000 per interest. Business—Company
was formed for the purpose of
acquiring for investment

Mar. 23,

Inc., N. Y. Offering—Expected sometime in May.

of cast iron products.
ers.

fpp^l presets ^or other firms and the large scale breed¬

•

Co., and Hornblower & Weeks.

Tyler Pipe & Foundry Co. (4/18)
Jan. 25, 1962 filed 120,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—Design, development and manufacture

N. Y.

Price — By
protective
etc. Proceeds — For

common.

amendment (max. $15). Business—Producer of

Proceeds—For debt

of women's and children's footwear.

&

N. J. Underwriter—Hornblower &

75.000

mobile

2,

Tomorrow's

Underwriters—

Webster

45

of imported and American wines aiid whiskies. Proceeds
—For debt repayment, expansion and working capital.
Office—23 W. 52nd St., N. Y. Underwriters—A. C. Allyn

March 15, 1962 filed 156,000 common. Price—By amend¬

the

Thompson Manufacturing Co., Inci
Dec. 22, 1961 filed 90,000 common, of which 80,000 shares
are to be offered by the company and
10,000 by stock¬
holders.
Price—$4. Business—Design and manufacture
of special machinery for the paper industry and the
construction of bowling alleys. Proceeds—For expansion
and general corporate purposes. Office—Canal St., Lan¬
caster, N. H. Underwriter—Packer-Wilbur Co., Inc., N. Y.
Offering—Expected sometime in May.
;,. * t
;
>
Jan.

Tex.
&

St. Louis.

March 15, 1962 filed 70,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Manufacture of writing paper items. Proceeds—For

.

Stone

ment

$75,000,000 of debentures due April
1, 1982. Price—By amendment. Business—Operation of a
natural gas pipe line system. Proceeds—For debt repay¬
ment and expansion. Address—Tennessee Bldg., Houston.
Underwriters—Stone & Webster Securities Corp., White,
Weld & Co., and Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc., N. Y.

ment.

•
.

March 14, 1962 filed

Oct.

Houston,

and

Office—1000
N. Johnson Ave., El
Cajon, Calif. Underwriter—N. C.
Roberts & Co., Inc., San Diego.

and working

Paul.

St.,

Co.,

processing and transmission field.

common. Price—$2.30.
machine for production of

a

&

Trans data,

(4/30-5/1)
("Reg. A") 120,000

Business—Manufacture

Travis

Weld

Nov. 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business
—Research and development in the data and image

Ten-Tex Corp.
Jan.

Capital, Inc.
Price—By amend¬

—

Bank

Tellite Corp.

circuits.

Business

&

common.

Manufacture of high pressure valves
and. accessories. Proceeds—For expansion/working
cap¬

Jan. 29, 1962 filed 125,000 common. Price—$3. Business
—Manufacture of "Tellite," a new material used in con¬

electronic

Research

27, 1961 filed 47,000

ment.

Proceeds—For equipment, debt
repayment ,and other corporate purposes. Office—1017
New Jersey Ave., S. E,/ Washington, D. C. Underwriter
—Turnbull, Deter & Sullivan, Inc., Charlottesville, Va.
Offering—Imminent.

with

Trans-Pacific

Nov.

television programs.

nection

(1649)

poses.
Office — 110 E. 6th. Ave., Anchorage, Alaska.
Underwriter—Milton D. Blauner & Co., Inc., N. Y.
.:

Co., Inc.,

-.'.'.r v"

Chronicle

—A

ic United Telephone Services, Inc.
March 30, 1962 filed 150,000 class A common. Price—By
amendment (max. $5). Business—A telephone holding
company. Proceeds—For debt repayment, equipment and
working capital. Office—645 First Ave., N. Y. Under¬
writer—J. R. Williston & Beane, N. Y.
U. S. Electronic Publications, Inc.
Sept. 26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common. Price—$3.
Business—Publishing of military and industrial hand¬
books. Proceeds—Debt repayment, expansion and work¬
ing capital. Office—480 Lexington Ave., N. Y. Under¬
writer—Douglas Enterprises, 8856 18th Ave., Brooklyn.
U. S.

Scientific Corp.

.

Mar. 22,

1962 filed 85,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—Company plans to merchandise and distribute a line of
consumer
products, including an air vent: cigarette
holder; a transistor ignition unit for automobile spark
plugs, and a small plastic capsule containing a chemical
to increase efficiency of, spark plugs. Proceeds — For
equipment, inventory, advertising and sales promotion,
research, and working capital. Office—220 E. 23rd St.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Edward Lewis Co., Inc., N. Y.

United Variable Annuities Fund, Inc.

(4/30-5/4)

April 11, 1961 filed 2,500,000 shares of stock. Price—$10
per share. Business—A new mutual fund. Proceeds—For
investment. Office—20 W. 9th Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Underwriter—Waddell & Reed, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Univend Corp.
Sept. 29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 115,000 common. Price—$2.50.
Business—Operates coin-vending machines for food and

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Continued

K St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Hodgdon
Co., Inc.* Washington, D. C.

Underwriter—Mitchell, Carroll & Co., Inc., Wash¬

D. C.

from page 45

&

ington, D. C.
Proceeds

drink.

For expansion and working

Industries,

Universal

capital.

Inc.

-

.

ment, research and general
Lewis
was

#

corporate purposes. Office— V

Underwriter—Edward
Co., Inc., N. Y. Note—This company formerly
Road, Hawthorne, N. J.

250 Goffle

&

Aero-Dynamics

named

Universal

/■;

Corp.

Sept. 21, 1961 filed 175,000 common.
—Manufacturer

of

lighting

/ •

,

Lighting Products* Inc. (4/16-20)

-

.

fixtures

display

and

automobile, general liability and other types
inProceeds—Tb increase capital funds, pffice—
City, Mo.' Underwriter—Kidder,
Feabody & Co., N. Y/'J *
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surance.

916 Walnut St.* Kansas

<

,

Western Gas Service

and

(4/3*13) 6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares. Price-^-$3.

to

—

Sale

vitamin products and

of

Urethane of Texas,

Inc.

Business—Manufacture

urethane
foams.
Proceeds—For
equipment,, working
capital,
leasehold expenses and other corporate purposes. Office'
—2300 Republic National Bank Bldg., Dallas.
Under¬
unit.

per

Co.

•

—

Co.

—Production of

Homes

Corp. of Delaware
Aug. 28, 1961 filed 100,000 commoa Price—$5. Business
—The manufacture of prefabricated buildings and build¬
ing components. Proceeds—For working capital. Office
—765 River St., Paterson, N. J. Underwriter — To be
named.

29, 1961 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—National distributor of automotive parts
in Canada. Proceeds—For
1480

Lake

Shore

Rd.,
Corp., Ltd., Toronto.

selling stockholders. Office—
Toronto. Underwriter—Rosmar

cars, buses and aircraft; and door
rail passenger cars. Proceeds—For

Office—80

E.

Jackson

Vassar Corp.

control

devices

for

selling stockholders.
Chicago. Underwriter—

Blvd.,

William Blair & Co., Chicago.

*

(4/10)

Dec. 27, 1961 filed 124,900 common, of which 55,000 are
to be offered by the company and 69,900 by .stockholders.

Price—By

amendment.

Business—Design, manufacture

distribution

of aids for hair styling, and the pro¬
eyebrow pencils, lip liners, etc. Proceeds—
repayment, equipment and working capital.
Office—585 Gerard Ave., N. Y. Underwriter—J. R. Wil-

duction
For

•

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Wham-O Mfg. Co.

j,

ers.

of

debt

liston & Beane, N. Y.

Vendex,

Feb.

/

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game, Calif.
San Francisco.

Victor

Offering—Expected sometime in June.
Electronics, Inc.

Jan. 23, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—$5, Business
an amusement device
known as Golfit. Proceeds — For debt
repayment and
general corporate purposes. Office—1 Bala Ave., Bala-

—Manufacture, lease and sale of

Cynwyd, Pa. Underwriter—D. L. Greenbaum Co., Phila¬
delphia. Offering—In late June.,
Video

Engineering Co., Inc.

Mar. 26,

1962 filed 125,000 class A common. Price—$4.
Business — Company. designs, fabricates, installs and
services closed circuit television systems. Proceeds—For
debt

repayment, advertising, equipment and expansion.
Office-—Riggs B4# and First Place, N. E., Washington,




r

Wiatt

Nov.

28,

(4/16-20)

(Norman)

Co.

1961 filed

135,000 common,

of which 45,000

to be offered by the company and 90,000 by
stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business—Design
shares

are

and manufacture of ladies' dresses.

Proceeds—For gen¬

eral corporate purposes. Office—124 E. Olympic Blvd.,
Los Angeles. Underwriters—Schwabacher & Co., and J.
Barth & Co., San Francisco; and Bear, Stearris & Co.,

Proceeds—For debt repayment, equipment, and
working capital. Office—2263 Valdina St., Dallas, Un¬
derwriter—Eppler, Gueriri & Turner, Inc., Dallas.

•

tions.

Joseph St., Mobile, Ala. Under¬
Offering—Ex¬
pected sometime in late May.
'

,

.

amendment.

;

Windsor

was

.

.

,

,

^

Business—The printing of towels and other
products.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

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+;;

,4*i'

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Michigan Ave.. Chicago. Underwriter—
Inc., N. Y. Note-^This offering
indefinitely postponed.
*
.

Witco Chemical

shopping center at Falls Church* Va.
Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office—1411

Inc.

Co.*

Inc.

(5/7-11)

March 20, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬

a

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>

Dec. 28, 1961 filed 125,000 common. Price—$4. Business
—-Design and manufacture of precision electrical < and
electronic measuring devices and test equipment. Pro¬
ceeds—For debt repayment and other corporate pur¬
poses. Office—1005 First Ave.,-Asbury Park, N, J. Under¬
writer—Amos Treat & Co.* Inc., N. Y.

,

,

Texprint, Inc.

Winslow Electronics*

Nov. 14, 1961 filed $444,000 of limited
partnership inter¬
ests to be offered in 444 units. Price—$1,000. Business-

r,

By

Office—2357 S.

West Falls Shopping Center Limited Partnership

Development of

—

books < for

D. E. Liederman & Co.,

selling stockholders. Office—42-16 West St., Long Island
City, N. Y. Underwriter—E. F. Hutton & Co.* and Coffin
& Burr, N. Y.

.

text

Price-—$2.
textile

Products, Inc.

t

of

Aug. 25,1961 filed 265,000 common, of which 250,000 are
to be offered by the company and 15,000 by stockholders,

March 15, 1962 filed 41,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $35). Business — Manufacture and sale of
sanitation products and pharmaceuticals. Proceeds—For

..

Business—Publication

college, post-graduate and adult education courses, and
professional books, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc. Pro¬
ceeds-—For selling stockholders. Office—440 Park Ave.,
N. Y. Underwriter—White, Weld & Co., Inc., N. Y. v

—

-

Wiley (John) & Sons, Inc. (4/16-20)
h
21, 1962 filed 150,022 shares of capital. Price

Feb.

side, N. Y. Underwriters—Globus, Inc., and First Phila¬
delphia Corp., N. Y.
<
>

(4/16-20)

Wiggins Plastics, Inc. (4/23-27)
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T
20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 commom Price*—$3.
compression, transfer and injection
molding of plastic materials. Proceeds—For debt; re¬
payment and general corporate purposes., Officer»-180
Kingslapd Rd., Clifton, N. J. Underwriter—Investment
v
>
Planning Group, Inc., East Orange, N. J. :
•

of retail stores. Proceeds—For debt repayment and gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—210-07 48th Ave., Bay-

West Chemical

Office—7500

Oct.

Welcome Baby, Inc.

(4/12)

selling stockholders!

Business—Custom

Dec.

West Bay Financial Corp.

Proceeds—For

lon, Union Securities & Co., N. Y., Moore, Leonard &
Lynch, Pittsburgh and Reinholdt & Gardner, St. Louis.

Saint

(5/28-6/1)
28, 1961 filed 75,000 common: Price—$2. Business
—Company renders direct mail public relations, sales
promotion and advertising services to mothers on behalf

J

;

-

Thomas Blvd., Pittsburgh; Underwriters—Eastman -Dil¬

writer—Shields & Co. Inc., N. Y. (mgr.).

•

(4/16-20)^^^^

Inc.

if Wiegand (Edwin L.) CO.
"r
*.
March' 30, 1962 filed 606,450 common. Price—By. amend¬
ment. Business—Manufacture of electrical heating ele¬
ments for industrial, commercial and household applica¬

Waterman Steamship Corp.
Aug. 29, 1961 filed 1,743,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment.
Business — The carrying of liner-type cargoes.
Proceeds—For the purchase of vessels, and working cap¬
Office—71

(L. F.),

drug stores. Proceeds—Expansion, equipment and work¬
ing capital. Office—738 Bellefonte Ave., Lock Haven; Pa.
Underwriter—Godfrey, HamiltOh, Taylor & Co; N. Y. v

April 4, 1962 filed 150,000 shares of no par cumulative
serial preferred. Price—By amendment. Business—Pur¬
chase, distribution and retail sale of natural gas in the
Washing,tin, D. C. area. Proceeds.—For construction. Of¬
fice—1100 H St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriters

ital.

Widman

Oct. 27, 1961 filed 162,000 common, of which 102,000 are
to be offered by the company and 60,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—$3. Business—Operates a chain of retail

•

expansion, investments and possible acquisition of simi¬
lar businesses. Office
1275 W. Redondo Beach Blvd.,
Gardena, Calif. Underwriter—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Los Angeles.

an
acquisition and general cor¬
Office—1290 Bayshore Blvd., BurlinUnderwriter—Pacific Coast Securities Co.,

$4.

lighting fixtures. Proceeds—For debt repayment, equip¬
and working capital. Office—5221 W. Jefferson
Blvd., Los Angeles. Underwriter—Costello, Russotto &
Co., Los Angeles.
1
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ments*

chines.

Proceeds—For

'
—

ment

March 7, 1962 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common. Price — $5.
Business—A savings and loan association. Proceeds—For

purposes.

(5/7-11) •
("Reg. A") 75,000 common. Price

Business—Manufacture and distribution of electrical and

25, 1962 filed 180,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Business—Printing of legal and financial docu¬

1962 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common. Price — $1.
Business—Manufacture of coin operated vending ma¬
porate

26, 1962

ment.

•

Inc.

Jan. 12,

$8.50. Business— Design, manufacture1 and

White Lighting Co.

-

:

(4/9-13)

Inc.

—

St., San Gabriel, Calif. Underwriter—Criittehden & Co.,
In?,, 618 S. Spring St., Los Angeles.
: ^

—

Warlick Press,

Jan.

Price

sale of toys-and games, sporting goods and housewares.
Proceeds—For working capital. Office—835" E. El Monte

Price—$6,25. Business—Sells Cessna Airplanes and sup¬
plies; also repairs and services various type airplanes.
For expansion and general corporate pur¬
poses.
Office—Civic Memorial Airport, E. Alton, 111.
Underwriter—White & Co., Inc., St. Louis. •
•

(4/17)

Dec. 26, 1961 filed 100,000 common, of Which 72,500 are
to be offered by the company and 27,500 by stockhold¬

Washington, D. C.

Vapor Corp.

and

13, 1961 filed 32,000 shares of beneficial Interest.
Price—$6.25.
Business—A small; business investment
company.
Proceeds—For i n ves t m e n t.
Office—403
Ursula St., Aurora, Colo.
Underwriter—Westco Corp.,
Aurora, Colo.
v*-Y'iVY

—First Boston Corp., N. Y., and Johnston, Lemon & Co.,

Feb. 2, 1962 filed 156,762 common. Price — By amend¬
ment. Business—Manufacture of steam generators for
diesel locomotives; temperature control systems for rail

•

Western States Rea (Investment Trust

if Washington Gas Light Co.

Van Der Hout Associates Ltd.
Nov.

t

-

of Ohio

29,

Nov.

Wallace

Proceeds

Life Assurance Co.

rights to
expire April 9, 1962. Price—$16. Proceeds^-For expan¬
sion. Office—335 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Underwriters
—McDonald & Co., and Ball, Burge & Kraus, Cleveland.

,

Feb.

Reserve

shares for each 3 held of record Mar. 23 with

Walston Aviation, Inc.
(4/17)
r,
Oct. 30, 1961 filed 90,000 common, of which 60,000 are to
be offered by the company and 30,000 by a stockholder.

Offering—Imminent.

Val-U

and

Investments, Inc. (4/23-27)
•
12, 1962 filed 400,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $22). Business—Company makes! shbrt-term
real estate loans, acquires, develops and sells land, and
engages in the mortgage loan correspondent business.
Proceeds—For selling stockholders; Office—1111 Hart¬
ford Bldg., Dallas.
Underwriter—Harriman Ripley &
Co., N. Y.

—

12, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—$5. Business
valves, and regulators for oil, chemical
acquisition of land,
equipment and working capital. Office—rl445 Lidcombe
Ave., El Monte, Calif. Underwriter — California Inves¬
tors, Los Angeles.

industrial

of

Feb.

Sept. 18, 1961 ("Reg. A") 33,097 common. Price — $5.
Business
Operation of a discount department store.
Office—3629 N. Teutonia Ave., Milwaukee* Wis. Under¬
writer
Continental Securities Corp., Milwaukee, Wis.

and missile industries. Proceeds—For

servicing

cleaning and moth-proofing of rugs, furniture, etc. Com¬
pany also manufactures and sells cleaning equipment
and supplies to franchise holders. Proceeds—For debt
repayment, new building and equipment and other cor¬
porate purposes. Office — 2117-29 N. Wayne, Chicago.
Underwriter—Laren Co., N. Y.

Corp.

Valve

and

amendment. Business—Sale of franchises for on-location

filed 110,000 common. Price — By amend¬
$10). Business — Manufacture and sale of
concrete pipe, masonry 'products, corrugated metal pipe,
telephone conduit and miscellaneous concrete products.
Proceeds—For debt repayment and working capital. Of¬
fice—379 17th St., Ogden, Utah. Underwriter—Schwabacher & Co., San Francisco. Offering—In May.

Vacco

installation

of background

Wade, Wenger ServiceMASTER Co. (4/23-27)
Dec. 28, 1961 filed
140,000 capital shares. Price—By

Feb. 8, 1962
ment (max.

U-Tell

sale,

5

1961 filed 215,334 common being offered for
subscription by stockholders on the basis ♦ of two -new

•

of

writer—Rowles, Winston & Co., Houston.
Utah Concrete Pipe

Dec.

music. Proceeds—For tooling, pro¬
duction, engineering, inventory and sales promotion of
its products and for working capital.
Office — 1230 E.
Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pa. Underwriters — John
Joshua & Co., Inc., and Reuben, Rose & Co., Inc., N. Y.

Feb. 14, 1962 filed 250,000 class A and 250,000 common to
be offered in units of one share of each class.
Price—

$5.05

Western

$3.

commercial communications equipment and the furnish¬

ing

(5/21)

,

—

Business—The manufacture of electronic test equipment,
the

Western Pioneer Co*

Blvd., Los Angeles. Underwriter — Kidder, Peabody &
Co., N. Y.
Y
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Voron Electronics Corp.

(4/23-27) >
July 28, 1961 filed 100,000 class A shares. Price

financing and working capital.
Office—1959 S. La Cienga Blvd., Los Angeles. Under¬
writer—Holton, Henderson & Co., Los Angeles.

Proceeds-^For

Feb* 19,1962 filed 371,750 capital shares of which 175,000
are to be offered by the company and 196,750 by stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment (max.- $42). Business—
The making of loans secured by first liens on real estate.
Proceeds—For debt repayment. Office — 3243 Wilshire

29, 1962 filed 190,000 class A shares. Trice—$10.25.
Business—Preparation of technical^ publications. Pro¬
ceeds—For selling stockholders. Office—241 Church St.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Andresen & Co., N. Y.

sales

repayment,

S.

U.

t

Jan.

•

southwestern

•

•

•

(4/23-27)

Corp.

in

repayment and expansion. Office—9065 Alameda
Ave.* El Paso. Underwriter—^Underwood, Neuhaus & Co.,
Houston, Tex.
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/
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writer—Woodcock, Moyer, Fricke & French, Inc., Phil¬
adelphia. ■ - V Vi,,:.w','
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Volt Technical

communities

/debt

proprietary

r

debt

/.

.

Price—By amendment (max. $25). Busihess-^Distrlbution of natural gas and the furnishing bf water service

drugs. Proceeds—For debt repayment and working cap¬
ital. Office—3610-14 N. 15th St., Philadelphia. Under¬

ic Urban Development Corp.
March 29, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment (max. $10). Business—Company plans to construct
residential and commercial buildings. Proceeds — For

"!

"

\

to

Business

if Universal Telephone, Inc.
4
March 29, 1962 filed 150,000 common. Price—By amend¬
ment
(max. $5,625). Business—Operation of telephone
facilities in N. Mex., 111., and Wis. Proceeds—For expan¬
sion and working capital. Office—2517 E. Norwich St.,
Milwaukee. Underwriter—Marshall' Co., Milwaukee.

"

March 19, 1962 filed 65,000 copimpn, of which 50,000 are
be offered by company and 15,000 by stockholders.

crafts/ hobbies and educational toys; Proceeds—For debt
repayment. Office—68 Thirty-third St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriters—Globus, Inc., and Ross, Lyon & Co., N. Y.
Nov.

Westwood, N. J.

1

Co.

.

Vitamin Specialties Co*

equipment for use in gasoline service
Proceeds — Repayment of debt and working

capital. Office—55 Bergenline Ave.,
Underwriter—Globus, Inc., N. Y.

Of

1

Dec. 26, 1961 filed 93,000 common. Price—$2; Business
—Design, assembly* production and sale of creative arts,

Price—$1. Business

merchandising
stations.

14 shares held of record Apr. 13, 1962. Price —;$16.25. Proceeds—For construction; Office—417 W. Main
St., Charlottesville, Va. Underwriter—None. ;:
• Visual Arts Industries* Inc.
(4/30-5/4)
each

1961

7,

.

,

Mar.

(5/7-11)

filed 100,000 common snares. Price—$5.
Business — The importation and distribution of Italian
marble and mosaic tiles.
Proceeds—For the purchase
and installation of new moulds, machinery and equip¬

Aug.

Western Casualty & Surety Co* '
Feb, 16, 1962 filed 187,500 capital shares being offered
ifor subscription by stockholders on the basis of one new
share for each four held of record Mar. 27, with rights
to expire April 10,' 1962. Price—$57. Business—Writing

Virginia Telephone & Telegraph Co.
16^.1962 ("Reg. A") 13,946 common to be offered
for subscription by stockholders (other than Central
Telephone Co., the parent) on the basis of one share for

N. Y. Underwriter

Co., N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

Kureen

—Ezra

—

O'Brien Place, Brooklyn*

Office—28

ment
<

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(max. $45). Business
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Halsey,

gents, and petroleum derivatives. Proceeds—For selling
stockholders. Office—122 E. 42nd St., N. Y. Underwriters

(11:00

Stuart

&

Co., Inc. Bids — Expected
the company's office.

EST)

a.m.

Wolf

Jan.

7

New Eifgland Electric System
Feb.

Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.

Corp.

Mar.

26, 1962 filed $4,500,000 Of 6.5%

convertible sub¬
(with attached warrants)
to be offered for subscription by stockholders of class
A stock on the basis of $500 debentures for each 100
class A shares held. Price—$500 per unit. Business—
Heal estate. Proceeds—For debt repayment and realty

to

ordinated debentures due 1977

acquisitions. Office—10 E. 40th St., N. Y. Underwriter
Securities, Inc.. N. Y.

June

at

*

■—Smith, Barney & Co. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., N. Y.

(1651)

28, 1962 it

sell

Office

215

additional

Front St., Columbus. Underwriters —
(Competitive.) Probable bidders: Lee Higginson Corp.-

Brothers & Hutzler (jointly);
Halsey, Stuart
Inc.; Dillon, Read & Co.-The Ohio Co. (jointly);
Lehman Brothers; White, Weld & Co.; Eastman
Dillon,
Union Securities & Co.-Glore, Forgan & Co. (jointly).
Bids—Expected May 9, 1962.
v
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& Co.

;■

Corp. 1

Aluminum

Wolverine

Consolidated

March 5, 1962 filed 100,000 common. Price -— By amend¬
ment (max. $6.50) .• Business—Processing and manufac¬

Mar., 28, 1962 it
the

turing of aluminum building products.' Proceeds—For a
new building and equipment;
Office—1650 Howard St.,
Lincoln Park, Mich. UnderwHter-F.
J.; Winckler & Cd„
Detroit.

I

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Work Wear Corp.

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clothing.

Probable

Company is also engaged in industrial
laundering and garment rental. Proceeds—For debt re¬
payment, acquisitions andj-working capital.-Office —
1768 E. 25th St., Cleveland/ Underwriter—Hornblower
& Weeks, N. Y.
■■-■
, /*. v.;
v-

1961 filed

100,000 common. Price—$100. Busi¬

invest primarily in equity se¬
issuers. Office—Bank of Bermuda

ly.

—

Burnham

&

Worth

Financial

Mar. 22,

1962 filed

Wuipa Parking Systems, Inc.
Oct

1961'

13.

A")

("Keg

75,000

—

March

St., Madison, N. J.

80, 1962 filed 100,000 class B common. Price—By
(max. $16); Business—Real estate."Proceeds

—For

general, corporate purposes.;

«

Office—383 Madison

Ave., N. Y( Underwriter—Harrimarr Ripley & Co./ Inc.; ;v
.New York/% V.' //' '•

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tration—Scheduled for Nov. 1.
Co.

(5/17)

sell

t«

know about

it

so

that

we

can

prepare

an

Would
write

you

us

telephone

us.at

REctor

at 25 Park Place, New York

2-9570

or

7, N. Y.

Utah

bonds

in

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Prospective Offerings
Power Co.

(5/31)

On Jan.

12, 1962 it was reported that this subsidiary of
the Southern Co. plans to offer $17,000,000 30-year first
mortgage bonds in June. Office—600 N. 18th St., Bir¬

mingham, Ala.
bidders:

Blyth

Underwriters—(Competitive) * Probable

Inc.-Kidder, Peabody &
Co.
(jointly); Morgan Stanley & Co.; First Boston Corp.;
Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.-Equitable Secu¬
rities Corp.-Drexel & Co. (jointly); Lehman Brothers,
&

Co.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc. Bids—Expected May 31.
Auto

Machine Systems, Inc.
14, 1962 it was reported that this company plans
to file a "Reg. A" covering 135,500 common. Price—$1.
Business—Operates a communications network for the
purchase and sale of used cars. Proceeds—General cor¬
porate purposes. Office—Westbury, L. I., N. Y. Under¬
writer—T. M. Kirsch Co., Inc., N. Y.

March

Boss-Linco

Lines, Inc.

115,000 class A

would

be

sold

stockholders.

common shares, of which 15,000
by the company and 100,000 by certain
Price—$7.75. Business—A motor freight

carrier

serving the principal cities of New York State.
working capital. Office—226 Ohio St.,
Buffalo,. N. Y. Underwriter—Doolittle & Co., Buffalo.
Proceeds—For

Columbia

Gas

Systems, Inc. (6/7)
reported that this company plans
to sell $25,000,000 of debentures due 1987., Office—120
E. 41st St., N. Y. Underwriters— (Competitive). Probable
bidders/ Merrill Lynch, Pierce; Fenner &/Smith Inc.White, Weld & Co., -(jointly) / Morgan Stanley & Co.;
On Mar. 7, 1962 it

was




.

Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bidders
bonds:

Peachtree

,

v./.;

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States

March 19,

Utilities

1962 it

K

•

.<

■■/ /:.;,

(5/21)

March

19, 1962 the company announced plans to offer
publicly 650,000 common shares. Office
Richmond 9,
Underwriters
(Competitive). Prbbable bidders:*
—

*

:Va.

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc./Stone &
Webster Securities Co.; Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.-Ladenburg,
Thalmann & Co.-Allen & Co. (jointly). Bids—June 5
(11 a.m. EDST) at One Chase Manhattan Plaza (23rd
floor), N. Y. Informatoin Meeting — June 1 (11 a.m.
EDST) at same address.
• Werner
Transportation Co.
Jan/19, 1962 this company registered with the I. C. C.
175,000 common shares. Price—By amendment. Busi¬

ness—An inter-state motor
eral

expansion. Office—285 Liberty Ave., Beau¬
mont, Tex. Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bid¬
ders:
Lehman Brothers; Stone
& Webster Securities
Corp.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. and
White, Weld & Co. (jointly); Salomon Brothers & Hutz¬
ler and Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co. (joint¬
ly); and Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc. Bids—May 21 at 12:00
noon (EDST) in New York City. Information Meeting—
Expected May 16, 1962 at 11:00 a.m. (EDST) at the
Irving Trust Co., 1 Wall St., New York City.
Pacific

RR

(4/17)

Feb.

21, 1962 it was reported that this company plans to
$5,925,000 of equipment trust certificates due an¬
nually Mar. 15, 1963-77. Office—Missouri Pacific Bldg.,
St. Louis. Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bid¬
ders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Salomon Brothers &
Hutzler. Bids—Expected Apr. 17.
issue

Mountain States

Telephone & Telegraph Co.

(6/5)
March

21,

1962

it

was

reported

that this A.T.&T. sub¬

sidiary plans to sell $50,000,000 of debentures in June.
Proceeds—To repay bank loans Office—931
14th St.,
Denver. Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bidders:
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Morgan Stanley & Co.; First
Boston Corp. Bids—Expected June 5.
Nevada

Feb.

28,

Northern Gas Co.

1962

it

was reported that
this subsidiary of
Corp.; plans to sell $2,000,000 of common
publicly in May. Office—2011 Las Vegas Blvd.,
South, Las Vegas/ Nev. Underwriter—Eastman Dillon,
Union Securities & Co., N. Y.

Southwest Gas

stock,

the

-

ceeds—For

Missouri

on

Boston

Virginia Electric & Power Co. (6/5)

reported that this company plans

was

First

Corp.-Blyth & Co., Inc. (jointly);
Kidder, Peabody & Co.; Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.;
Salomon Brothers & Hutzler; White, Weld & Co.-Stone
& Webster Securities
Corp. (jointly); Eastman Dillon,
Union Securities &
Co.-Smith, Barney & Co. (jointly);
Lehman Brothers-Bear, Stearns & Co. (jointly). The
last issue of common on
Sept. 17, 1957 was underwritten
by Blyth & Co., Inc.-Kidder, Peabody & Co.-Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (jointly). Other
bidders were First Boston
Corp., and Lehman Brothers.
Bids—Expected May 22.

V

^

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(5/22)

17, 1962 it was reported that subject to approval of
directors, the company plans to sell about $20,000,000
of mortgage bonds and $10,000,000 of common stock in
May. Office—1407 W. North Temple St., Salt Lake City.

to sell $17,000,000 of 30-year first mortgage bonds. Pro¬

March 2, 1962 an application was filed with the ICC cov¬

ering

Office—270

Georgia Power Co. (11/7)
^
^
•
12, 1962 it was reported that this subsidiary of
the Southern Co. plans to offer $7,000,000 of preferred
stock in November.
Office—270 Peachtree Bldg., At¬
lanta, Ga. Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable bid¬
ders: Blyth & Co., Inc.; First Boston Corp.; Morgan
Stanley & Co.; Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.Equitable Securities Corp. (jointly); Lehman Brothers.
Registration—Scheduled for
Bids—Expected Nov. 7.

Gulf

Alabama

November.

Power & Light Co.

Jan.

Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Underwriters— (Competitive L Prob¬
able bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; Harriman Rip¬
ley & Co., Inc.; Blyth & Co., Inc.; Kidder, Peabody &
Co.-Shields & Co. (jointly); Equitable Securities Corp.-'
Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co. (jointly); First
Boston Corp.; Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley & Co.
Bids—Expected Nov.- 7.
Registration—Scheduled
for

Oct. 5.

;

reported that this company plans to

$75,000,000 of sinking fund debentures. Proceeds—•
repay a bank loan, and redeem outstanding 5V2%

preferred stock, series of 1955. Office—Sunray
Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. Underwriter—Eastman Dillon, Union
Securities & Co., N. Y.
*'
[■

On Jan.

item

was

second

To

K

similar to those you'll find hereunder.

(11/28)

bidders: First Boston Corp.; Halsey Stuart & Co.,
Inc.; White, Weld & Co.-Kidder, Peabody & Co. (jointly);
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.-Blyth &
Co., Inc. (jointly); Eastman Dillon, Union Securities &
Co.-Equitable Securities Corp.-Drexel & Co. (jointly);
Morgan Stanley & Co. Bids—Expected Nov. 28. Regis¬

April 4, 1962 it

.

Do you have an issue you're planning to register?
Our. Corporation
News Department would like

Generating Co.

12, 1962 it was reported that this subsidiary ol
the Southern Co. plans to offer
$6,500,000 30-year first
mortgage bonds in November. Office—600 N. 18th St.,
Birmingham, Ala. Underwriters— (Competitive) Prob¬
able

$25,000,000 of 30-year first mortgage bonds in May.

Oct. 5.

ATTENTION UNDERWRITERS!

Electric

On Jan.

if Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.

mortgage
V

amendment

&

Southern
,

On Jan. 12, 1962 it was reported that this subsidiary of
the Southern Co. plans to offer $23,000,000 30-year first

Proceeds—For^neral
"

Co.

Stuart

—(Competitive). Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co.
IhcV; -Kidde*,-Peabody & Co.-Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

Underwriter—Andresen & Co., N;

Y//;':/;,"'^v;v'';
if Zeckendorf Properties Corp. /
/

(6/26)

bidders: Kidder, Peabody &
Co.-White, Weld
(jointly); Salomon Brothers & Hutzler; Halsey,
Co., Inc.; Stone & Webster Securities Corp.Dean Witter & Co. (jointly).
Bids—Expected June 26.
&

•

corporate purposes. Office—91 Main

Pacific Power Co.

Probable

Proceeds—For debt repayment, and construction. Office
—101 Fifth St., South, St. Petersburg, Fla. Underwriters

Pric#—$4

(6/12)

28, 1962 it was reported that this company plans
$5,000,000 of first mortgage bonds. Office—220 S.
Virginia St., Reno, Nev. Underwriters—(Competitive.)

Hampstead Investing

Business—Company plans to manufacture-a parkifg de-: a**er &
Inc.Xjointly); Lehman Brothers-Blyth &
vice called the "Wulpa Lift."
Proceeds—To ope^ loca-P_°- (lomtly); Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.Harriman Ripley & Co."(jointly); First Boston Corp. Bids
tions and increase working capital. Office—370 Seventh
—Expected May 17 (11:30 a.m. EDST) at office of Shear¬
Ave.j N. Y.. Underwriter — Ehrlich, Irwin & Co., Inc.,
man & Sterling, 20 Exchange Place, N, Y. Information
New 'York.',;'* ],//• ,;CvA;
;•••% ;
•
Meeting—May 15 (11 a.m. EDST) at Morgan Guaranty
•
Wynlit Pharmaceuticals/ Inc. '.(5/21 -25)
Trust Co., 54 Liberty St., N. Y.
Dec. 28, 1961 filed 125,000 common. Price—By amend¬
Georgia Power Co. (11/7)
ment. Business—Development and manufacture oL-phar-

imaceuticals and medical products.

(Minn.)

was

issue

(4/30)
common.

Power

basis.

Mar.

Mar.

Florida

1962 it

March 19, 1962 it was reported that this utility plans to

Price—$5. Business
—Financing of commercial accounts receivable:* Pro¬
ceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office—114 E.
40th St.,- N. Y; Underwriter—D. A. Bruce & Co., N. Y.
common.

l-for-15

a

■t K

Sierra

Corp.;
& Co.

Corp., N. Y.

Corp.

61,000

on

Boston,

.

1

Boston

■

.

St.,

to sell

—New York City. Underwriter

postponed indefinite¬

was

First

Ventures Corp.
5, 1962 this company reported that it plans
early registration of 150,000 units, each consisting of
one common share and 1/5 warrant.
Price—$2.25. Busi¬
ness—A corporate guidance and interim
financing com¬
pany. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office

ness—The Fund plans to

Underwriter

bonds:

Creative

On

Ltd. /

Co., N. V.; Note—This offering

the

on

bonds, about mid-year. Proceeds—For construction.
Office—212 West Michigan Ave., Jackson, Mich. Under¬
writers—(Competitive). Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart
& Co. Inc.; White, Weld & Co.-Shields & Co.
(jointly);
Harriman Ripley & Co. Inc.-First Boston Corp.
(jointly);'
Morgan Stanley & Co.

Proceeds—For repayment ol

curities of foreign
Bldg./Hamilton, Bermuda.

bidders

gage

working capital and general corporate purposes.
Office—290 Broadway, Lynbrook, N. Y.
UnderwriterStandard Securities Corp., N. Y.
*V
Sept. 19,

In

Jan. 9, 1962 it was reported that this
company plans to
sell about $40,000,000 of
securities, probably first mort¬

debt,

Fund

fMl

Stuart

company plans
right to subscribe for an

shares

St., Minneapolis. Underwriters—(Competitive). Probable
bidders: Halsey, Stuart &
CO.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith
Inc., Peabody & Co., and White, Weld
& Co. (jointly); First Boston
Corp. and Blyth & Co.,
Inc. (jointly). Bids—Expected June
12, 1962.

Consumers Power Co.

Publishers, Inc., (4/23-27)
July 31, 1961 filed 300,000 common snares, frice—-By
amendment. Business—The publishing of encyclopedias

Worldwide

tte

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Morgan Stanley

World Scope

books.

$95,000,000

in

common

(5/29)
this

reported that this company in¬
tends to sell $15,000,000 of
30-year first mortgage bonds
due 1992. Proceeds—For
expansion. Office—15 So. 5th

1963 the company expects to do about
$168,000,000 of
financing, partly to refund $125,500,000 of bonds./Of
fice—4 Irving Place, N. Y.
Underwriters—(Competitive.)

1962 filed 130,000 common. Price—By amend¬
(max. $27). Business — Manufacture and sale of

and other reference

March 19,

upon completion of
of preferred stock to
plans to issue about $75,-

of

that

Northern States Power Co.

York, Inc.

oiherfinancing ^wUt ^probabYy brmade

Mar. 26,

•

New

reported that

was

sale

of

the company
000,000 of mortgage bonds. An additional $91,000,000 Of

"

work

current

Co.

stockholders,

V';"' V'/'* j'Kv.

ment

Edison

reported

Mass. Underwriters—
(Competitive). Probable bidders: Blyth & Co.-Lehman
Brothers-Bear, Stearns & Co. (jointly): Carl M. Loeb,
Rhoades & Co.-Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.-Wertheim
& Co. (jointly); Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc.-Kidder, Peabody & Co.-White, Weld & Co. (joint¬
ly). Bids—May 29. Registration—Scheduled for April 12.

.

-

was

872,876

Office—441

N.

Salomon

■—S. E.

1962 it

to offer stockholders in June the

(5/9)
reported that this company plans
of first mortgage bonds due 1992.

was

$16,000,000

—

13,

47

corporate

carrier.

Proceeds—For

Minneapolis.

Office—2601 32nd Ave.
Underwriters—New York Securities

N.

J. M. Dain

Y.

C.

and

purposes.

&

Co., Inc., Minneapolis.

gen¬

So.,
Co.,
Of¬

fering—Imminent.

★ Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (5/10)
April 4, 1962 it was reported that the company plans to
sell $8,000,000 of first mortgage bonds due about 1992.
Proceeds—To redeem

an

equal amount of 5%%, series

D bonds due 1989 sold in 1959. Office—West

Springfield,
(Competitive). Probable bidders:
Corp.-White, Weld & Co. (jointly); Blyth &
Co., Inc.; Equitable Securities Corp.-Lee Higginson Corp.
(jointly); Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Eastman Dillon,

Mass. Underwriters

—

First Boston

Union Securities & Co.

Bids—Expected about May 10.

if Whirlpool Corp.
April 2, 1962 it was reported that Radio Corp. of Amer¬
ica plans to sell 1,000,000 shares of this firm's outstand¬
ing common, and retain 158,563 shares. There are some
6,260,000
Whirlpool
shares
outstanding.
Business—
Manufacture of major home

appliances and other type
Harbor, Mich. Underwriters
common in July, 1959,
was handled by
Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Paine, Web¬
ber, Jackson & Curtis, N. Y.
products.

Office—Benton

—To be named.

The last sale of

Wisconsin Telephone

Co. (5/8)
28, 1962 it was reported that this A. T. & T. sub¬
sidiary plans to sell $20,000,000 of 40-year debentures.
Office—722 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. Underwriters
—(Competitive.) Probable bidders: Morgan Stanlev &
Co.; Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; First Boston Corp. Bids
—Expected May 8, 1962.
Mar.

The Commercial and Financidl Chronicle
48

.

.

,

Thursday, April 5, 1962

(1652)
tenth
not

WASHINGTON AND YOU

of

behind-the-scenes interpretations

were

markets

for

toll

the

road

,

type

and other long-term revenue

nation's capital

from the

and

coupon

New Toll Road Index

The

^

1%

reoffered.

have

issues

improved

more

some

during the past week. We have
quoting the Smith, Barney
& Co. Turnpike bond Index for

been

WASHINGTON,

C.—The rap¬

D.

industry is
that even sci¬

idly-growing

space

moving at

pace

a

engineers regarded as

and

entists

impossible two or three years ago.
Research and development pro¬

this country
science-fiction stories

of activity
lead

to

is

There
We

stumped.

one

headed

are

an

thing for certain.
for somewhere,

at

A peek

thus

rocket

est

things that this industry is under¬
taking was presented a few days
ago to the House Subcommittee
on
Science and Astronautics.

exciting

most

the

goal that even the school children

readily Understand is our goal to
land a team of astronauts on the
moon

on

them

to

done

spacecraft and return
after they have

a

earth

exploring and picture-

some

taking.

V-

v,

.".r;,

'

.

•

i

:Congress has been asked to ap¬

propriate $3.7 billion for the space
during the next fiscal
year.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration is un¬

programs

U.

City,

New Market

As

Wernher

73,000

acquiring

vast

area

of

trees and

flight center
where Lt. Col. John

Houston,

astronauts

other

the

and

live, will assist the Marshall
Space center at Hunstville in the
great scientific and engineering
details that will be placed in the

done

the vehicles will be barged to the

tremendous sci¬
entific
and
engineering under¬
takings launched the past several
months are important stories sep¬
arately.
\
get The

the

From

River

Pearl

from

Orleans

New

plant

testing site on the Pearl
in nearby Mississippi, and

static

River, Miss.; the fire

tested

vehicles

Cape

Canaveral,

will

be

barged

to

.

Fla.,

forf; the

actual launching.

Projects Now Underway

radar

continuous

under

is

the astro¬
to the pre¬

nauts

navigate

can

selected

landing site.

When this

point is reached, the

spacecraft will be turned with its
landing engines toward the moon,
and a carefully controlled descent
will

begin until the Apollo is hov¬
ering over the landing area.
One
of the

the

most

whole

landing
The

least
will
the

on

critical

maneuvers

operation will
the moon.
will

astronauts

be

the

spend

at

They

day on the moon.

one

of

report their activities back to
earth,
which
scientists say

will

be

clearly visible to them.
Houston, New Orleans area, After
completing their work, in¬
the nearby Mississippi
cluding picture taking, the astro¬
static
test
center, where many
nauts will return to the command
millions will be spent on the test
capsule
and
fire
the
take-off
stands, appears likely to attract a rockets
to return to earth.
great deal of small allied indus¬
The mighty mission is a chal¬
tries.
Some
firms
are
already
The

$60,-

000,000 manned spacecraft center
a 1,000-acre site owned by Rice
University at Houston.

on

with

contracted

has

It

North

Aviation, Inc., to design,

develop and construct an Apollo
spacecraft which is to land on the

and

moon,
It

has

acquired

inactive

conditioned

Michoud

owned

the

air

42-acre

government-

plant

at

New

Orleans, and is converting
000

1,800,feet of manufacturing

square

into

space

largest

United

the

in

area

the

Saturn,

Advanced

Saturn

this

800

at

Federal

of

acres

ernment-owned

land

is

on

a

obtaining

Gov¬

water¬

way,

NASA

acres

of land which Will be called

the

Mississippi

There

the

on.

be

built

to

140,000

Test

Pearl

Facility.

River

Mississippi, just above
Coast, static test stands

the

in

Gulf
going

are

fire

test

stages of
Saturn
and

Saturn, Advanced
Nova.
Thus far

NASA

has

executed

a

contract with the Chrysler Corpo¬
ration

for

first

contract

the

production

of

Sat¬

stages at Michoud.

The

seeking to carry out its lunar
mission during this decade, NASA
is

establishing

working
agree¬
ments with the Air Force, which
unofficially dislikes the civilian
agency; the Army and Navy.
D. Brainerd Holmes, Director of
manned space flight for NASA,
declares that in the goal to reach
the

New

stage

contract

Company
of

Orleans

the

to

with

plant

the

Advanced

negotiating

contract

with

a

North

at

first

Saturn

launch vehicle, and NASA is

rently

the

produce

cur¬

$200,000,000
American

Aviation, Inc. for the second stage




several

are

complex

a

al¬

it

can

and will be

'':

done.
A

scientists and

But the
say

new

industry has been born.

[This column is intended

Bond Market
Continued

from

miles). the

three

perform

Building

3.118%

a

reflect

(1963-

Authority

interest

from the group

Stuart & Co.
reoffered to

cost

came

headed by Halsey,

The securities

were

yield from 1.65%

securities business from offices at
315

$3,820,000.

J

.

The best bid for

$25,020,000 City
of
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
various general obligation (19631992) bonds was submitted by the
group managed jointly by
First
National
City
Bank,
Halsey,
Stuart
&
Co.
and
Philadelphia
Bank

at

a

net

President,

of

3.039%.

The

may not
own

Now

Street, New York
doing business as
Officers

in

1998. The

carried

ties

to

a

are

being offered to
Attention

1989 to 1992 maturi¬
one-tenth

a

of

1%

are

American Cement

reported sold also

Botany Industries
Maxson

bonds which

in
are

a

securities business.

Jules

W.

Edwin C. Blitz. Both

Noble and

were

former¬

ly with Aim, Kane, Rogers

& Co.

were

Manhattan

Inc.-Kidder

group.

1.70%

Reoffered
in 1963 to

bought by the
&

Waste

Peabody & Co.
to yield from
3.35%

in

1985,

balance

1987

maturities

■

King
•

,

Our

New

York telephone

number is

CAnal 6-4592

Bank-Blyth

of $2,165,000 presently
remains in account. The 1986 and

a

Electronics

Official Films

$11,000,000.

of $9,400,000 Fairfax County, Va.
various
purpose
(1963 - 1987)

Brokers and Dealers

TRADING MARKETS

This week's final issue consisted

Co.,

to engage

;

Eppler, Guerin Officer

group

Associates has

with

Norton,

and E. Norton, Secre¬

tary and Treasurer.:! \

coupon and were sold to a group
within the group. The 1975 to 1980

Chase

formed

William

are

President,

yield from 1.60% in 1963 to 3.30%

CHICAGO, 111.—Jules W. Noble &
been

Wall
City, is now
a corporation.

best

.

West Jackson Blvd.

Corporation

William Norton Company, 44

t

Jules Noble & Assoc. Opens

Rich,
Mann,

E.

president of the firm.
The bonds

coincide with the "Chronicle's"

views.]

Grant

and

Street.

B.

Secretary.

interest

second

account is about

or

South

Edward

are

DALLAS, Tex.—Eppler, Guerin &
Inc.,
Fidelity
Union
bid for the bonds naming a net Turner,
interest cost of 3.055% came from Tower, members of the New York
Stock Exchange, has elected Rob¬
the group headed by the Chase
ert H. Humphreys assistant vice
Manhattan Bank.
cost

from the nation's Capital and

may

Second

East

Officers

and the present balance is

about

National

Inc.

Utah—Finan¬
cial Security, Inc. is conducting a

to

3.25%

maturities
to

Form Fin. Security

1984) bonds at a net interest cost
of 3.106%. The second best bid
of

\':

within the group. The
present. balance in the original

Partners

"During the two and one-half
day journey to the moon 240,000

fice

reve¬

participants in the

SALT LAKE CITY,

6

page

are

rise.

the "behind the scene" interpretation

offices at 141
opera¬

tion.

carried

a

one-

LERNER & CO., INC.
Investment Securities

10 Post Office Square, Boston 9, Mass.
Telephone

Teletype

important func¬
weightless condition,"

tions

astronauts

a

said Mr. Holmes.

will

will

HUbbard 2-1990

navigate

directions

control

to

facilitate

communication

their

Cove Vitamin & Pharmaceutical

out

every

the

in

the

spacecraft

so

light

Pressure

they

may

donned

that

quickly in an emer¬
Mr. Holmes told Congress

when

the

spacecraft

FOREIGN
; i

wear

coveralls.

suits will be available

gency.

Carl Marks

they will
piece of operat¬

astronauts will

comfortable

be

Versapak Film & Packaging

navigation
with

and report back to earth."
The

Common and Warrants

Periodically,

equipment

ing

69

"The astronauts

and

spacecraft by taking bearings on
the earth, moon and stars.
They
can turn the spacecraft in various
and

BS

many

in

check

$300,000,000

Boeing

in

ternatives

NASA is negotiating

value

there

rendezvous

earth.

initial

an

engineers

moon

of

has

$200,000,000.

the

In

ploit the possibility of either ren¬
dezvous
or
direct
flight.
In

assembled

and

than

a

inevitable.

the New

will be fabri¬

Orleans

urn

lenging one with great barriers,
discouragements and heartaches

area.

plant. Forty miles from
plant, surrounded by more

cated

to

looking for sites in the

during
this
decade,
NASA must be prepared to ex¬

vehicles

Nova

and

and

J'

probably the world.
The

assembly

States

including

Trip to the Moon

back to earth.

come

Tax - Exempt

and optical observation,

The manned space

at

of the high coupon

issues

nue

moon

free world.

in the

3V2S;
Kansas
Turnpike
Richmond-Petersburg 3.45s

and all
an

noted.

dollar

quoted
issues in
instances are up one-half
of a point in good volume. Illinois
Toll
Road
3%s;
Indiana
Toll

dozer, it's a poor loser!"

at

are

bonds

many

thing I dislike in Wall Street, Mr. Bull¬

"If there's one

"appropriate distance" from
grazing cattle, the size of Cape the
moon,
the
landing engines
Canaveral will be increased five
will be turned on to produce a
times.
Construction
will
soon
low-altitude
orbit.
When
the
start
on
the largest launch site

will

extremely busy

The

along the

orange

$7,000,000

activities

3%s;

thousands

group

out at
list
and
the
Jefferson
County,
Colorado group has reported over
$2,500,000 of sales. Other lesser

Road

;-p;

this

On
of

sold

' '%
within sight

facilities.

time the state
market is

bond

Connecticut

The

counts.

Canaveral launching

Cape

isting

press

municipal

has

adjacent to ex¬

spacecraft to be fabricated.

American

and

road

showing another spurt of strength.
Several large sales have been re¬
ported from recent new issue ac¬

is

Braun,

von

acres

coast and

Florida

Govern¬

a

toll

Strength Developing

near

we

and

get the U.

Federal

establishing

known

revenue term bonds. The
is 3.853%
as
of April 4;

ago it was 3.861%. The
gain represented is about
one-eighth of a point.

the German scientist who helped

Glenn

is

side

offered

quotations for all

week

a

"Rocket

Huntsville

A."

S.

Dr.

planning the past six or eight
months, and has some more busy
months ahead. Some of the things

NASA

well

Index

Michoud

describes itself as

which

where

growing

ment at this time.

to

our

market

Marshall
Space center at Huntsville, Ala.,

fastest

NASA has been

the

utility

'

Orleans

New

The

the

of

agency

current

plant will be under the

the

doubtedly

the

the

utilizing

of

S. missile program un¬
: Space
science seemingly is go¬ derway, lives.
Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being
ing to offer some exciting chap¬
ters
to our history.
Among the expanded over the present size
challenging scientific problems are and the number of workers will
increased
sharply by
1966.
the moon, sun, planets, stars and be
United States Army Engineers are
life in space.
Meantime,;,

with

developed
struck each

Cape Canaveral Being Expanded

the

of

some

which is

average

of

far

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therefore

have

week,

Nova is the larg¬

launch vehicle.

moon.

accompanied by a new industry
that
is
employing thousands of
new
workers, directly and indi¬
rectly.

We

ing more than 200 tons in orbit or
sending more than 75 tons to the

Just

now

authors

tion

designs

and

and it has been

weekly deadline.

preliminary
of the Nova

for

proposals

plans

and spending is going
have the science-fic¬

where all the vast current

Vi'v

mit

few days ago in¬
sub¬

a

years

However, its sampling

date does not correspond

industrial firms to

15

amount

yester-years.

few

a

The agency

vited

two

most useful.

Orleans.

planned by
NASA. Its first flight is expected
in 1966 or 1967 and will be plac¬

today were

just

in

underway

grams

the past

New

at

Saturn,

Advanced

of

arrives

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