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The COMMERCIAL

FINANCIAL

ESTABLISHED 1839

Volume

194

Reg. U. S. Pat. Offic•

Number

New York

6080

AS WE SEE IT

Editorial

Nikita Khrushchev and his collaborators

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By A. Wilfred May

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[Tables appearing

t

Our analysis
tions

of 88 investment companies' portfolio

during

market
net

June

reveals

quarter's

increases

further

automotives,

oils,

publishing,
Gulf

and

Oil.

and

stocks
was

widely sold

and

(copper

Sold

MosHopular issues

Most

nickel),

balance

on
were

ideas and prophecies have

capitalism

covers

opera¬

bonds and preferred stocks.
But this increase on
the part of the open-end stock funds was over¬

with $15.7 billion

the period of a narrowed stock

•

In -contrast

■

to

the

decline,

are

much too

ment

companies showed

an

As

ings

70% of total investment company

trasts with

ity by

84.7%

invest¬

The Cash-in Situation

Redemptions of mutual fund shares during the
quarter aggregated $318 million, down from
$331 million in the preceding quarter, but sub¬
stantially greater than the $225 million in the
June quarter of 1960. Their ratio to sales, the more
frequent way of depicting them, was 45.7%, down
from their all-time high of 46% in the preceding

June

Bullishness

Increased
excess

of

stock purchases over sales

common

production under

quarters, the increase in net purchases of common

by the
Survey

quarter, but up from 44.7%

securities

U. S. Government,
Public

NOW IN REGISTRATION—Underwriters,

afforded

tial

Housing,

are

undertakings in

our

"Securities in Registration"

I

BONDS AND NOTES

Section, starting on page 32.

Federal Land Banks
Federal Intermediate

JAPANESE

STATE

and

Lester, Ryons & Co.

MUNICIPAL

623

So.

SECURITIES

HAnover 2-3700

Hope Street, Los Angeles

17,

California

Members New York Stock Exchange

Securities Co.,

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Member American Stock Exchange
Members Pacific Coast Exchange

BONDS

The Nikko
Founded-

Associate

del Mar,
Encino, Glendale, Hollywood, Long Beach,
Oceanside, Pasadena, Pomona, Redlands,
Riverside, San Diego, Santa Ana,
Offices

New York 4, N. Y.
Telephone:

BOND DEPARTMENT

DIgby

Teletype:

4-7710

30 Broad Street

NY

Head

Office:

New York 15

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Affiliate:

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in

FRANCISCO

Securities
LOS

Co.

Bond Dept.

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Inquiries Invited

OF NEW YORK

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Banks for

Cooperatives

Federal National Mortgage

Marine Bonds and

and Development

(World Bank)

O

Municipal Bond Division

New York

Teletype: NY 1-708

on

Southern

Securities

Correspondent

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MANHATTAN
BANK

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Net Active Markets Maintained

To Dealers, Banks and

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ESTABLISHED

Association

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Securities

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the SEC and poten¬

State and Municipal

telephone:

Underwriters and distributors of

the
17)

STATE, MUNICIPAL AND

dealers and investors In corporate

complete picture of issues now registered with

a

in the corresponding

period of 1960. It is interesting to note here
higher redemption ratio
(Continued on page
——

SECURITIES

June 30 from

on

and

stock acquisitions.

,

communists.

bonds

depletion of reserves of cash and government
bonds, rather than of corporate bonds and pre¬
ferreds, supplied a major source for the common

applicable

embracing
assets, con¬

88 investment companies covered in our
aggregated $161.6 million, a 12.5% net
increase over the $143.6 million in the first quar¬
ter.
In contrast to the experience of previous

and

on

other fund reviews embracing samples

some

of net assets

March 31; that defensive

securities (in¬
preferreds) were unchanged
at 8.9% of the 88 investment companies' aggregate
net assets; and that the aggregate of cash and U. S.
Governments declined from 6.4% to 5.9%.
Thus,

representing fewer managements). This 10% inrise in portfolio actually compares with the 63%
increase during the first quarter.

The

result, the overall picture shows that hold¬
risk securities (chiefly common stocks)

vestment

portfolio activ¬

the reports of reduced

a

of

increased to 85.2%

increase of about 10%

the preceding quarter (this result,
the broad coverage of our Survey,

(Continued on page 24)

narrow

shadowed by their larger net purchases of equities.

stock»exchange

in

volume, the transactions engaged in by the

peding the development of the contemporary productive
forces," his words are likely to be greeted with a smile
for they are an old, old story many, many times heard
of

(11.4%).

During the recent quarter the open-end balanced

over

"relations

funds (13.2%)
the open-end stock

open-end

that by

increasingly back in the fold of the net purchasers.

May 19, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average ended
period with a net rise of just 1%.

against "imperialism," "capital¬
ism" and "monopoly bourgeoisie"—terms which appear
to be regarded as synonymous—deserve little considera¬
tion. When the great would-be successor to Karl Marx
and Lenin finds that "capitalism is increasingly im¬

the

as

funds reduced, and the open-end stock funds some¬
what increased their net acquisition of corporate

to

of devout socialists

balanced
same

RCA, Corn Products,

the

The reiterated tirades

that

the

Interest in foreign issues

tions by 88 investment companies

some sec¬

many

mouths

common

This analysis of the June quarter portfolio

Just Tirades

the

by

about the

funds

were

Ford, duPont,

over

assertion

individual

by industry groups.]

Redemptions level off.

lively, new names.

Khrushchev.

from

com¬

stock and

The closed-end companies which previously had
been frequent net sellers of common stocks were

were

General Public Utilities, and CBS.

previous occasions. There are,
though, certain underlying ideas which in one form or
another have gained considerable support in other lands.
These may well in the end prove damaging although our
allegiance to them owes little or nothing to Mr,

His

common

portfolio turnover and

metal

steels.

transactions;

stock transactions

Most favored groups include

banks,

rails,

natural gas stocks.

in

and

securities

stock

in substance since
on

Copy

a

18 and 27 show funds'

total

market, as regards both volume and price move¬
ment, which preceded
the reactivated
"Berlin
market" of July-August.
Ranging between a low
of 673 on April 24 and a new high of 706 on

heard

pages

other

opera¬

high-plateau

narrow,

buying of common stocks.

airlines,

prolix diatribe that the Kremlin's chief has
presented to the worlckjThey are, however, hardly new
been

on

parative investment positions;

tions of this

same

Cents

During Churning Bull Market
•

of net assets

thes|

50

Funds Still Active Stock Buyers

proclaims or whether they have become converts to the
big lie technique. It is, in any event, difficult for us to
conceive of even the carefully indoctrinated Russian
people taking all this obvious buncombe seriously with
full expectations of duly entering into this new heaven
upon a new earth. Whether the so-called backward peo¬
ples of the earth are gullible enough to swallow it, we
are unable to say. Certainly the more enlightened and
sophisticated inhabitants of the "developed countries"
of the earth can hardly be greatly perturbed by the com¬
petition that is thus promised.
implications in

Price

to have

seem

amply qualified as the funny men of the year. We have
no
way of knowing whether they have brain-washed
themselve®. to the point where they really believe all the
balderdasii' that their new Communist economic program

Of course, there are sinister

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Chemical—Stephen T. Ko¬

walski, Analyst, Research Dept.,
growth
envisioned by
Amott, Baker & Co., Inc., New
customers,
without
even
Analyst, Research Dept., Amott, Baker
York City. (Page 2)
measuring
the
benefits
of the
& Co., Inc., Netv York City
widely-predicted "population ex¬ Eastern Gas & Fuel
Jchn P.
Members New York Stock Exchange plosion." * One .major
beverage -A Murray, - Investment * Adviser,
maker estimates that soft drinks,
.John
P.
Murray
Associates,
STEPHEN T. KOWALSKI

inherent
these

—

which

3zura

Chemical

Topsy

since

has

30-35%

swallow

total

of

like citric sales, have the potential of
in multiplying five-fold. from the
1953. Sales of fumanc acia
a
present $2 billion annual volume.
vital ingredient of more widely- Manufacture of effervescent rsow- ucts from castor beans
and sugar
known chem¬
ders and tablets, of the "seltzer" cane.
Moreover,
the
growing
icals
since
type also utilize large quantities. fields of enzymes and amino acids
1955 have ris¬
Together with citric acid used in are
still
open
to fermentation
grown

operations began

—

New York Hanseatic

about

Associate Member

from

120 Broadway, New York
WOrth 4-2300

SAN

•

Private

FRANCISCO

Wire

$18,592

six

years

to

System

less than
$2.4 million of/.6V2%
mortgage bonds maturing in 1979
non
and a $500,000 promissory note.
captive,
independent pro¬
ducer
unlike
its
competition Common stock outstanding ap¬
should place it in good stead with proximates
2,967,000
shares, of
the large quantity pharmaceutical which
officers, their families and
purchasers. Present other users of directors
held -2,235,092
shares

approxi¬
$824,in

000

Bzura

•

Chemical's

status

IN JAPAN
Monthly

our

Stock

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

1960.

Nevertheless,

picture

of

the

economy

as

whole.

rhe Nomura Securities

Co., Ltd.

61 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Telephone: BOwlitff fcireen 9-2895
This

is

not

orders

an

offer

for any

or

solicitation for

particular securities

markets,
America.

WALL

STREET

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

definably substantial process de¬

Raw

—

Refined

—

Liquid

Exports—Imports—Futures

in

Chemical

50%

cheaper

material

raw

proces¬

time cycle, and from
less expensive facilities. The

is

completing arrangements to con¬
struct and operate several citric
acid and other fermentation-based

from

fumaric

acid

sales

have, not

50%
com¬

Following successive expan¬
sion in every year since construc¬
tion in 1953, the original plant has
year.

a

capacity of

improvements last

process

7.5

of

November

the

come

Chemical's

35.7

plant is

cents-pound

Laboratories

ditional

plants
depreciation.

a

chemical skyscraper.

SECURITIES

Adviser, John P.

excep¬

addition total sales in

1960.

Eastern

Gas

time known
a

&
as

Fuel
a

and

reduced

As

at

was

list

implies,

=========================

HarrJ fo Finrl
INeeQ naiU TO rilia

QUOTATIONS?
fib '

fM'il

one

WILL

YOU

THEM

FIND

part, of the Koppers group. As
the

close

of

last

year,
its
capitalization

consisted

long-term
debt

of

$63,-

127,000;
ferred

IN 'V:-

.

of

Bank & Quotation

pre¬

Record

stock

of

$24,637,000
and
2,809,173
shares

of

(Only $45

common

listed

on

New

per

(Single Copy

stock, listed

year)
$4)

—

York

the

Stock

Ex¬

This

com-

give

will

publication

bound

change.
The

Atlas

this formidable

OFFICE:

Telephone: BEekman 3-3622-3

tw

Mellon company,

in¬

Customers

Murray

Associates, Boston, Mass.w

for the substantial capacity boost.

highlights clude

YORK

149 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.

Eastern Gas & Fuel

additional

an

DAI WA
Securities Co.9 Ltd.

JOHN P. MURRAY

v

Investment

what

on

is

understood

to

be

all

on

the

you

well

Over

as

-

prices

monthly

listed. securities
"hard

those

the

Counter

-

as

find"

to

quota¬

a

fumaric acid is used as an in¬ quite favorable basis.
The company has varied inter¬
fermentation gredient in other chemicals. Em¬
ests which would seem much to its
method employs crude blackstrap ployed in fumarated
rosin, which
molasses which is available from accounted for 60% of last
year's advantage rather than otherwise.
The

offices

history

John P. Murray
pany
is well
Powder, Esso Stand¬
Bzura Chemical's decided advan¬ ard,
along toward
Hercules Chemical, Hooker
tages. Bzura Chemical can trans¬ Chemical,
Monsanto,
Reichhold acquisition, temporarily blocked
late these savings into substantial
Chemical, Rohm & Haas, Sherwin- by a court order, of the largest
benefits in the construction of ad¬ Williams and U. S. Rubber.
barge operator on the Ohio River,

Miles

branch

of to¬

Opportunity is knocking,
may
prove
Bzura's
present to be the ground floor of
and

tionally automated, with hitherto Moreover, Bzura Chemical's Ba¬
unbelievably record - size equip¬ hamian subsidiary is wooing the
ment, and highly modernized op¬ more profitable foreign market
erations.
Comparison
with
the which represented about 50% of
of

our.

JAPANESE

NEW

bread and butter

during plant construction in 1960 facility doubled capacity.
increased Bzura's citric acid ca¬
Bzura
Chemical
provides 40of
total
domestic
pacity 90% to the present 16.0 50%
output.
Present customers are expected to
million-pound annual rate. Capi¬
tal outlays were boosted but 20%, absorb a major portion of the in¬
making the total cost equivalent creased supply, as unsatisfied de¬
to
only 18%
cents per pound. mand in large measure accounted

recent

to

morrow.

million pounds
of
bination of these obvious advan¬
annuallv, and has been operating
tages
presents
Bzura
Chemical on a three-shift, six-day week
with a distinct competitive edge.
basis since opening. Completion

Bzura
DIgby 4-2727

The

Latin promises of today could well bealso

velopment costs. Bzura Chemical's been insignificant by any means,
breakthrough of this formidable and have provided Bzura Chemi¬
barrier makes possible citric acid cal's
total income up until this

Various

SUGAR

particularly
Bzura

supply shortages and existence of chemical plants outside the United
only one major outside supplier. States.
Competition was thwarted by unMeanwhile, the profits derived

sing

99

1960.

a

beyond
the
food
and
beverage
uses.
Wider employment of the
chemical has been hampered by
applications

costs, in less than 50% the

LAMB0RN & CO., Inc.

sell

citric acid has been finding num¬

via

Mobile, Ala.
wires

Direct

Over-the-

In summary, while Bzura Chem¬
goodly portion of its citric
Bzura
Chemical's future growth acid through a wholly-owned tax- ical
is a relatively modest opera¬
more
closely resembling that of exempt Bahamian subsidiary,
tion,
tne
company
nas
rapidly
Jack's beanstalk.
Higher. prices
r— /
as
much
as assumed the role of a "maverick"
Not as prosaic as it may seem, double—are obtainable in
foreign ' in the chemical
industry.
The

recognized

Japanese
a

ric acid—will be the stimulant for

erous

NY 1-1557

Birmingham, Ala.

-

-

Stephen T. Kowalski citric acid also are certain to wel¬
of
a
(75,3%) as of Oct. 31,
come
an
alternative major sup¬ stock is traded in the
revolutionary
process for another product—cit¬ plier. Moreover, Bzura intends to Counter market.

for

New Orleans, La.

a

as

covery

Opportunities Unlimited

St., New York 6, N. Y.

HAnover 2-0700

chemistry exploration. Countless
all old chemical process methods also

ent 10-20%.

ago

successful dis¬

Write

19 Rector

mar¬

of

15-20%

is already being are champing to be challenged.
industrially, and broadening
;The
financial - foundation
of
applications
are
anticipated
to Bzura Chemical is not burden¬
enlarge demand beyond the pres¬ some. Long-term debt consists of

mately

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Teletype NY 1-40

BOSTON

Members American Stock Exchange,

used

mushroomed

American Stock Exchange

down

Ttork stock Exchange

consumption. It

has

come

this

pharmaceuticals,

takes

ket

in¬

Net

year.

1920

other

$1.8
last

million

Corporation

to

3.6-fold

en

Co!

Steiner, Rouse &
Members New

Boston, Mass. (Page 2)

—

Call "HANSEATIC"

Established

Bought—Sold—Quoted

,

Bzura Chemical

Remember, when its
Over-the-Counter,

Alabama &

Their Selections

Bzura

the-Counter field, our

nationwide

reasons

Thursday, August 10, 1961

Participants and

of experts

advisory field from all sections of the country

participate and give their

.

This Week's
Forum

A continuous forum in which, each week, a different group

.

.

tions.

company's

To begin with, through a whollysales, the acid increases the wet
cured from Puerto Rico. The very and rub
strength of paper. The owned subsidiary, it owns 967,236
low-grade, almost waste product, chemical also finds use in poly¬ shares; or 13.2%, of the outstand¬
nature of this raw material mini¬ ester resins, which are the basic ing stock of Norfolk & Western,
mizes initial costs. In contrast, the ingredient
.one
of the most conservative of
of
fibre
glass
re¬
beet molasses and deionized high- inforced
plastic
products. ■ The our large railroads.
test molasses used by others cost rapid
It .also owns the Boston Con¬
growth in this field has
more than double per comparable been
steadily increasing demand solidated Gas Co., which is inter¬
sugar
content.
The competitive for fumaric acid, and represented esting inasmuch as the company's
many sources,

headstart

presently being

se¬

Write
WILLIAM

call:

or

B. DANA

CO..

25 Park Place

New

Yp^k

7, N. Y.

REctor 2-9570

is

compounded as the 30% of 1960 sales. The acid also annual
report
mentions
"gas
is processed, which is is used in the manufacture of central heating was installed in
accompuished in less than half numerous other products. The de¬ 74% of all new homes built within

blackstrap

the

time

necessitated

by

other mand for fumaric has been stable the

methods.

You

give

with every
to

the

and

friendship

nnALnna

$1 package

X//N„

send

you

are

growing,

as

discovered and

Bzura Chemical's citric output
developed.
will represent 15-20% of total nationaj

capacity.

Where

all

this

new

applications

new

end

J

•

Meanwhile,-

a

uses

CARE

Food

-

.

\

>.

•

semi-plant; for

world's

/•adc

.

food

and

company's

Another

those

who

serving

know

area."

familiar

property,

Boston's

to

front, is the Boston Tow Boat Co.
In addition,
it owns approxi¬
mately 37%-of the common stock

hungry thru the citric acid will be used and why production of itaconic acid is un¬ of
Algonquin Gas Transmission
der construction. Used in
kiaiaj YaA it will not create a glut seems the
plastics, which
Crusade, New Yorknext
operates a natural gas pipe¬
logical considerationThe itaconic also is presently avail¬
line from Texas through to New
food and soft drink market pres- able from
only one source. In ad¬
York, Connecticut, Rhode Island
ently accounts for 60-70% of do- dition, Bzura is in the process of
and Massachusetts.
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mestic
consumption. Citric
de¬ constructing facilities in Haiti for
Through divisions, it is also one
mand will multiply just from the
extracting and refining by-prodof the largest coke manufacturers




•

on

(This is under
as

a

no

circumstances

solicitation of

an

to

be construed

offer-to buy,

any

as

an

offer

to

sell,

or

security teferred to herein.)

the East coast.

The

above

will

.

•

Quotation Services
for 48 Years
National Quotation Bureau
;

•

Incorporated

Established

46 Front-Street *

indicate

Continued

Over-the-Counter

water¬

on

page

the

15

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Socialism

CONTENTS

Free Enterprise

vs.

Economy in Latin America

LiCHTtnsTcin
AND

By G. C. Wiegand, Professor of Economics, Southern Illinois

Universitly, Carbondale, III.

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Articles and News

.

FearfuLthat President Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress" will chase

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out, rather than encourage, private capital, Dr. Wiegand's anatomization of Latin America's economic

far by

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not

■

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problems poses the question

as

to

Let US

:;

so

;

private domestic and foreign investors.

The economist does

r~A.- Wilfred

May—^

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Socialism

Free Enterprise Economy in Latin America

vs.

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gloss over nonproductive investments made in the past and the

can

with

sit

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your

great inequality of inoome that exists in pointing out why "the battle

against poverty and stagnation

FANNY

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supply the 70% of the crucially necessary capital borne

who will

Funds Still Active Buyers
During Churning Bull Market

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private enterprise."

He takes exception to the views of Adolf A. Berle

and other Latin American writers who reject
and

ments

international

free

;

^

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;

Adlai'

Mr.

v

private foreign invest-

between

■

of the world's highest

one

;

Textron, Inc.-—Ira U. Cobleigh—

i

trade, and discusses what should be

done to close the formidable gap
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America
that

conclusion

the

of

have

with

not

suffer

sobering

the

one

fifth of the world's land sur-.* '

conditions

border

A

face—an

south

large

—

at

about 2V2

area

the

as

States—Latin

seriously

times

for

during the
past twelve
that

—Roger W. Babson—

close to

are

mit

Plan for Non-Stock

an

low,
n-though

a

millions

only

y's

having

"Alliance for

than' $100

Progress"
in the
eyes
of some

the

may,

G. C. Wiegand

Ameri-

day."

7

v

"dawn" is
quite as rosy as some people
hope.
The $500 million which,
President
Kennedy
hopes,
will
the

Latin

America

on

In addition to the

existing

pov-

Latin America is confronted
one
of the highest rates of

as

are

house

comtemplated—may not ac¬

now

»

as

complish the desired objectives.
After

high

than

more

a

decade

prices,

material

raw

of

rapid eco¬
nomic growth, the Latin American
boom began to slow down in 1955.

showed

increase

of

standard

of
the

4J/2 %

living

prosperous

income, occurred in
metropolitan areas, in the oil
rel¬

the

atively

little
extended
poverty-stricken
masses

in

of

hinterland.

To

To

nothing

to

ismo"

tinder

Market

s

which

has

some

been

a

per

increase

to

...

.

and You

.

1000

Notes

the

electronics intl.'

'

Observations—A.
Our Reporter

on

Wilfred

12.

May_.

capital

f

Governments

*Prospectus

Utility

Securities

continue

the

by at least 3%

Securities Now in Registration

Security

Offerings

r_

DIgby 4-4970
Security I Like Best

Security

(The)

2

Salesman's Corner..

State of Trade and Industry

26

(The)

5

Tax-Exempt Bond Market—George L. Hamilton

-

Washington

*

upper

decline, while
likely to remain
biological
on

As

and

You

48

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is

f See article starting

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Founded

1868

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customary, the usual column on "Mutual Funds" is
omitted this week, the subject being treated in the extensive
study starting on the Cover page,

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!

capita income would

birthrate

near

With the exception of Haiti and

specialized in

a

livingston oil

*

News About Banks and Bankers

during the past 25-30 years)

will

.

Growth

have

■»• o

hydrocarbon

v

15

Funds—Joseph.C. Potter

this is only half the prob¬
During the coming
10-20
years, the mortality rate
(which
dropped from about 30 to 15 per

time.

For many years we

»**

chemical

(The)—By Wallace Streete

NSTA

But

accumu¬

Salvador, Latin America

•

co., inc.*

-

lem.

spark to the

put the

make

v h n «< i

annually.

rise

Castro's

Poverty and Rapid Population

El

.

Mutual

the
t h

,

31

actually result in a
per capita output.
dent into the existing

have

but the spread of "fidel-

may

lating for

with

do

'

7

^ i

the

to
of

overcome

poverty,

economic deterioration has

to power,

''

reforms" may.
decline of the

40% of the people suffer from nu¬
tritional deficiencies.
The

goodway printing
"*

,8

Cxlt I■

16

standard of living, and "land

age

showed an actual decline
2%; and, according to

United Nations estimates, at least

•-»

'•

inflation-

capita agricultural production

last year
of about

!>'

St. Louis

48

Indications of Current Business Activity

growing
inequality
of
income
impoverished middle class, and of (which adds greatly to the politithe ill-fed campesinos and urban
-cal unrest), social and economic
slum-dwellers is lower today than
changes, including "land reforms,"
it was five or ten years ago. The
are
necessary, but a mere redis¬
prices of most export products tribution of the
present limited
are lower than they were in 1950;
income does not increase the aver¬
per

-

1

Philadelphia,

•

fields and mining camps, and

fairly substan¬
about

millions-of

the

196Q,
tens

a

of

mil-

hence in

and

By 1958 it had come to a virtual
standstill. Even though national
tial

these

postwar
years, average per capita income
increased by about 2% annually.
But this
was
not enough,
since
most of the increase in production,

standards of living and

income

and' maintain

During the

rising

San Francisco

Cleveland

Los Angeles

From Washington Ahead of the
News—Carlisle Bargeron

lions?

many

-

■/■!{*'•' {.'>■ il 4 U' i.'iX)
:
*f '• "
.^
Einzig: "Short-Sighted Optimism Over Prospects for Sterling"

.

ten times

28

Stocks

■-*,03"

<,

growth in the world;
2y2-3.% compared with about 1.6%.
in the! United
States;, By1975j
there
may
well be 100 million
more
people, in Latin America
than in this country. How to feed,

i

.

.

v.'i'i'.'JU''?-

-f.

-

to

Cover

Coming Events in the Investment Field

of in¬

mal-distribution

Direct Wires

Chicago

:rr A**!

and

with

(Editorial)

Dealer-Broker Investment Recommendations

y

inc.

40 Exchange Place, N. Y.

Teletype NY 1-1825 & 1-4844

•

_

population

represent a negligibly
small amount compared with ac¬
tual needs. Besides, dollars alone
—even

mackie,

&

16

_____

-produce
only
about
as 185 million peo¬

come,

and political

to economic recovery

stability,

Singer, Bean

much

as

erty

road

the

It

Bank and Insurance

obviLatin

is
million

195

As We See

income of less
The reason for

ple in the United States,

not

start

about

15%

y.':>*

.

Unfortunately,

year.

a

Americans

.

an

widespread poverty

ous;

;
bring "the dawn of a ' new

cans,

.

-

Kenned

.

Banks———

Reguldr Features

about $300 (compared with
$2,300 in the United States), with

Latin

13

very

President

e v e

___;

—

HA 2-9000

substantial increase in
the per capita income of the pop¬
ulation, which now amounts to

time

-

;__

Carl A. Bimson, A. B. A.
President, Praises Treasury Tax

agree that the development of the
now known resources would
per¬

relations

c a n

all

S.¬

U..

Amer. Int'l Bowling

Electronic Int'l Cap. Ltd.

only about 7 % of the world's

regarding the potential wealth of
the Continent, ;but most experts

Ameri-

Latin

Warrants

Adler Electronics

*

population. Opinions differ widely

and

10

The Growing Teen-Age Population and Business

accounts

America

Miles—j:

as

deteriorated

months,

.'Richard

United

continental

and

Maturing Boom?

a

White Shield

returned

present from .over-> •
fronr his whirlwind tour through- population. While it covers about y
Latin

Del Webb
Common

Business in the Free World: Is There

.

.-'"-V

population growth rates and production.

Stevenson

:_

.

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(584)

Bell

Textron, Inc.

:

engines,

landing systems
Victor

Dalmo

By Dr. Ira U. Cobleigh, Enterprise Economist

In

1928,

study in corporate diversification and reorientation.

before the start of
Depression, Textron,

Great

the

Inc.,

founded.

was

For

20

over

the company manufactured
textiles and shared in the increas¬
years

the

in

crease

a year

shares

number

outstanding,

earnings

common

has

been

without dilution

achieved here

growth

of

of

capital. This extensive
not achieved at the
of shareholders.
on

was

helicopters;

and

antennae

radar

for

electromechanical

and

compo¬

division
specializing in nuclear metal re¬
search and prototype production.
In industrial goods there's also
a
wide diversity: Amsler Morton,
maker of metallurgical furnaces
and
refractory
tile;
Pittsburgh
Steel Foundry for steel castings,
heavy machinery and aluminum
foil mills; Fanner for electric line
products
and
plastic
products;
Waterbury Farrel, maker of roll¬
ing mills, presses and metal work¬
ing machinery.
Nuclear Metals,

nents;

A

Corp., maker of
guidance and

Aerospace

rocket

a

industry—over¬ expense
capacity and overproduction, un¬
Broad Diversification in
ion problems, savage price cutting,
Product Lines
dwindling
profits
mixed
with
The end
result of all this is
dreary losses, and Southern fac¬
tory migration animated by lower that, today, Textron, Inc.; oper¬
ates, through about 29 corporate
Amerotron is the textile entry
prices for labor.
Twenty-five years after incor¬ divisions, 110 plants in the United producing fabrics of wool, fiber
States
and
Canada, giving em¬ blends and manmade fibers.
poration, in 1953, Textron, Inc.,
ing woes of that

was

29,000 persons.
line is divided into
groups with the per¬

ployment to

business

textile

the

that

decided

The

main

over

product

five

going nowhere profitwise and

corporate
be better served centages of total sales (1960) rep¬
resented
as
follows:
automotive,
company looked elsewhere
for the development of earnings 17%; consumer goods, 24%; de¬
22%;
general
industrial,
on
its capital. So Textron, Inc., fense,
embarked on one of the most ex¬ 20%; and textiles, 17%.
that,
if

the

for

future,

would

progress
the

There

is

Textron

also

Elec¬

independent com¬
in which Textron is the con¬

tronics, Inc.,
pany

an

trolling stockholder (77%). Shares
in this company are publicly held
and trade currently at around $9
share.

a
a

of

did

Electronics

Textron

business

$25 million in

over

While a complete catalogue of I
diversi¬
1960, although its operations are
history. Vir¬ corporate subdivisions and their not included in Textron's income
tually no line of endeavor was outputs would make this article statements.
regarded as too far afield to de¬ much too long, some notes about
Two other companies, organized
serve
consideration.
Companies the more significant product lines
in
the
past two years, further
were
acquired, financed in con¬ may be helpful in delineating the
broaden the spectrum of Textron
siderable part by funds available wide range of company activity.
potential earning power. Photek,
from large tax loss carry-forward
In automotive products, Camcar

and

tensive

imaginative

of

promise

to

it

issue

.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

Textron

gives

substantial

if the

lower
A

since

of

support
to

interest

of

course

stockholders

.

.

Roy Rife With

some

market

to

Musekamp & Co.

dip

of

were

the

levels.

considerable

evidence

CINCINNATI, Ohio—Roy E. Rife,
has assumed the duties of General
Manager of G. H. Musekamp &

high regard in which Textron is
held is found in the fact that Pru¬
dential

Insurance

Co.

Co., Carew Tower.

arranged

and

acquisition

ment
not

this

on

program. Repay¬
indebtedness does

e m

b

of

partially

1961 would

dividend
Ahead

of between

present

a

plenty

of

share

per

In

a

Inc., manufactures

and, in the past seven years, the
directions of corporate endeavor

division makes cold

forged metal

line of photo¬

a

and thermocopy papers

copy

and

Campbell machines; and Textron Pharma¬
makes engine ceuticals, Inc., was formed to en¬
have so changed that today Tex¬
blocks,
cam
shafts
nad
brake gage in the ethical and proprie¬
tron textiles sales are less than
drums; Randall turns out interior tary drug business.
15% of the total.
trim, door frames and body parts.
However
bold
this
policy of
Latest Merger ;
corporate reorientation may have
been,

it has paid off.

sales

have

and

in

a

sharerjiet, in each
the past eight years. Total sales

crease

of

in

sixfold,
modest in¬

per

1956 were $245.8

had

1960,

grown

to

million. They

million

$383.2

in

and for this year a figure
$450 million seems ex¬

of around

pectable. A king-sized
and

diversification

companied

by

expansion

in¬

the

less rugged

devotees

In

has

a

new

and

opment, adding

new

the

national

defense,

Textron
number of entries including:

& i Sons

shares

of

for

by

shares

of

Textron.

of

suance

larger

that

announce

,

Brett
as

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
Boenn¬
ing & Co., 1529 Walnut Street,

part,

from

in

shares

of

the

vegetable
and

it

leading

oils

is

of
feeds,

e r

B.

:

R

o

of

H.

with

the

firm

representatives, in

Broadway, New

,'C

City.

./

depart¬
in

director of

Mr.

re-

v

associated

with

Co., Inc., Hanna Bldg.

Walton

Mericka &

formerly .with

was

&

Co.

Co.;

-

Wm.

and

.'jVv---''

Inc.,

prior to

Pa.—American

Futurities

been

offices

was

has
the

Commercial

in

formed

with
Trust

Assistant

Building to engage in

Treasurer and

business.

manager of security investments
for Country Life Insurance Co.

Leonard

a

securities

Barris

is

principal of the firm.

thought

earnings

that

from this

SEYMOUR
is

now

enterprise could be sub¬
stantially
expanded
under - the
more
vigorous
and
aggressive
management Textron is in a posi¬

KATZ

associated with

us

as

tion

Manager of Dealer Relations

to

We

Speaking of management, there
a tendency, a few years back,
regard Textron as a sort of

Members New York Stock

CO.

&

dominant

Broadway

•

NEW YORK 4

the

situation

Exchange
•

guidance

Little. In

has

ably
50

HAnover 5-6080

and.

MELVIN

cially

Cable Address: Stocklieb

announce

that

MECKLER

brought

as

our

firm

manager

of the Trading Department.

and

young

a

has become associated with

years,

changed

today,

talented

been

Royal
this
consider-:

of Mr.

past six

management

eager

pleased to

show operated under the

one-man

LIEBERBAUM

are

supply.

was

to

team, especifinance, has

in

forward

by

Mr.

T.

Little into executive and decision¬

M.

Kirsch Co.

making leadership.
54 Wall Street

Corporate

...merger-made
nancial

H
1870

enterprise,the

structure

bit complicated.
there

was

•

of

Textron

$31.77;

is

a

$5,626,900 is in de¬

there

common

BENJAMIN

9,216,175
shares of $25 preferred, each con¬
there

mon;

shares

1.078 shares of

were

listed

4,672,429

on

the

UNDERWRITERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

New

OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

around

11. If all

share

were




NEW YORK

purchase

common

I*?*.-* u

*.+ 'y p"

*

with

new

and larger

SECURITIES

offices located

at

common

51

Offsetting this

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6

policy of buying in its

stock oh the open market

whenever it

so.^ Between
May,

Office r in the firm of

INVESTMENT

privileges

of earning on

an

possibility, however, is the

company's

thus
*

the admission of

GOLD, WEISSMAN & FRANKEL, INC.

exercised, there might result

dilution

remote

Exchanges

as

these conversion

stock of about 24%.

Dominick

■

thereafter. These warrants sell at

a

■

announce

HERMAN FRANKEL

MR.

York

and

14 WALL STREET

pleased to

are

com¬

Exchange, and now selling
25, and 600,000 warrants
to buy the common at $25 until
May 1; 1964, and at higher prices

throughout the United Statesand Canqda

Members New York, American & Toronto Stock

BERNARD WEISSMAN

common

around

*

GOLD and

were

Stock

Correspondents inprincipal cities

&

BOwling Green 9-5970

fi¬

At Dec. 31, 1960,

bentures convertible into
at

5, New York

$86.6 million of funded

debt of which

vertible into

Dominick

New York

Structure

As might be expected in such a

EST.

seems

June

prudent to do

of

1959

and

1961, 347,500 shares were
acquired at an average cost

..of $22.75

per

share. This policy is

Our

telephone and teletype numbers remain unchanged:

WHitehall

J.

.'r<

Form American Futurities
PHILADELPHIA,

e1in g

he

become

Goodbody

of

vestment

which

has

Johnston &

New York in-:

firm,

;;

CLEVELAND, Ohio—Cecil J.Wal¬
ton

John W. Bris¬

couns

Joins Johnston Co.
(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

their

search

;

v

processors

animal

and

a

the

manager of

institu¬

Tuttrup

.

associated

York

Tuttrup

ment

H. Brett

partner¬

C.
Youngberg
and
Robinson, Jr. are also

t

office at 111

new

Chicago office.
M r.
Tuttrup
was
formerly

pur¬

Spencer Kellogg is

b

Arthur

the

shares

and,

20

ship in the firm.

tional

part from is¬

shares

new

market.

open

pleased to

appointment

1,081,560

These

be delivered in

po¬

a

over

been admitted to general

tol & Co.

one

are

the

Spencer Kellogg. Totally, this will
a distribution to
Spencer

chased for Textron account in the

We

nounced

involve

Kellogg shareholders of

for

members of the Philadelphia-Bal¬
timore Stock Exchange, have an¬

CHICAGO, 111.—Reynolds & Co.,'
registered
39 South La Salle Street, have an¬

of

seven

Trade;

Admits Sebold

de¬

may

inspection

now

the1 basic1 of six

on

of

held

Boenning & Co.

Tuttrup With
Reynolds & Co.

major devel¬
dimensions to

Textron

-

has

nounced that James A. Sebold has

structure, is its cur¬
acquisition of Spencer Kel¬

logg

he

margin.

five percent.

Textron

rent

will

of that game.

ac¬

substantial

a

program,

for

cars

Another

pleasure

affiliation

$1.25

current yield of about

goods, Dorset Ma¬

the

boating
industry with fiberglass boats and
boat
trailers;
Homelite
makes
chain saws, pumps, power lawn
mowers
and
outboard ' motors;
Shuron
Optical products lenses,
eyeglass frames and cases; HallMack, bathroom accessories; and
E-Z-Go Car makes electric golf
serves

years.

his

years.

potential

common

Cannon

&

In consumer

rine

almost

risen

has been

there

Since 1953

fasteners;

and

parts

Wyant

is

sition

for

fication programs in

credits. New divisions were set up

to

brokerage firms, Mr.
General Manager of the

Cincinnati Board

those attracted by growth and re¬

ceptive to

had

he

these

Rife

$4 and $5 by 1965. If
is/ to be con¬

intensive

an

addition

with

progress

tinued, Textron
serve

exempt

the present

cover

with

lies

tax-

period of about 15

a

diversification

upon,
Textron has
off rewardingly at the
register. An indicated net of

$2.75,

that time

been Resident Manager for Thom¬
son & MeKinnon in Cincinnati for

made it pay
cash

Prior to

years.

k ed

a r

as
as¬

sociation with Bache & Co. for 15

In conclusion, it would appear
that, despite the almost kaleido¬
program

formerly served
Manager during his

Resident

begin until 1966.

scopic

Rife

Mr.

last year a $25 million 5%% loan
to Textron, Inc., for its expansion

4-1800

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194

Number

6080

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

.

Steel

Production

Electric

The State of

Retail

Trade

"

'

Price

should

Production

Index

favorably

conditions

in

regarded

National

City

the

Bank's

sion;

cover

First

Monthly

Letter for August.

Commodity Price Index

and

creased

The"

continuing' vigor' of
upswing has both surprised
heartened

business

look with confidence

now

the

autumn.

over

Berlin

ness,

but
to

moves

further

the
run

The

have

uneasi¬

solved

been

Gross

upturn

demands

spending,

modified

to

the

recovery

than

rose

year

the

dra¬

upswing

normally

will

clearings

a

gov¬

from the chief cities of the

hold

stimulation of business capital ex¬

for all cities

of the

last winter.

penditures

for

is possible

has
sion

Industrial

production
virtually regained its reces¬
losses.
Home and
highway

employment
sonal

The

incomes

since

been among the

since
the

World

summer

March

has

II.

And, while
during
the

relaxes

vacation

volumes.

shown

some

pickup

in

under way

moderate

retail

but

sales

and

trade

sion

was

war,

but> that- the

the

holding

•

mildest

been the fastest.

since

the

recovery. ,has

Within

one

year

of the start of the

recession, GNP
—the most comprehensive meas¬
ure
of economic activity ;— has
risen to a point $9 billion higher
than the previous peak.
The 'in¬
dustrial- production
four

index,

• only
upturn got

months after the

under way,

the nine

has regained eight of

points lost in the

reces-

and

leading

1960

$14,707,564

1,308,834
895.000

792,621

"

his

growth.

speech

15i'

increase

C

'

low

Steel

•/ ■ to

MNOUNCI

V'V'

be

in

V

;*

even

Walter

Workers

Three

:

larger quarters

>

will
on

(3)

contracts

for

•

same, i

'

*,
-

increase

order

•

as
*

'

for

now

"

1
,

when

will

Age

result

orders

the

in

and

the

past

10

users

San Francisco, California

Telephone YUkon 6-2332




of

two

Ut

Continued

years.

close

on

in

SECURITIES

days,
a

;

are

pleased to

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/

announce

-i'Hi

y-i'JW

the-'

page

o

-

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a

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'

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in

p

i

'

'

f

pleasure in announcing that

de¬

rush

we

have become associate members of the

of

range

of

a

wide

This

is

after

up

of

the

AMERICAN STOCK EXCEIANGE

to

some

summer.

•

•

surge

follow

of

expected

in

late

orders

does

market

•

•

new

Roman

particular pattern
widely among com¬
panies. General consumption is
picking up; - plants which were
any

,

.

vacations

opening;
appliances are showing new
strength on the basis of new 1962
lines;, most
of
all,
automotive
ordering is picking up.
In

spite

of

the

are

gains

in

auto

^steel ordering in recent days,, the
Iron

&

varies

shut -ior

Age

says

orders

now

on

is

to

the

-

-

30

•

until

rise

for

forecast

.

'

has pulled August

recovery

The

INVESTMENT

production

fall

Laird, Bis sell & Meeds

cars

October at

threatened to retard the

—•

•

It

disappointments and delays which

MacCormack & Co. in

11540 Russ Building

the

said.

Steel

in

the real test

tightening

a

steel

_

direct leased wire to

Walter C. Gorey Co.
-

demand

a

demand

outlook

Charleston, South Carolina

market

come

as

opera¬

in¬

,

Steady

a

orders from

and

•

the

latest.

In

not

-

August

automotive

but

promising,

Big

only

their

-

Singer, Beane & Mackie, Inc., New York

Angeles.

up,

in

Then, the historical pat-

expectations.

Los

until

picks

over-all

expect

uptrend

have

1962.

says

liveries by the end of

.

',

facilities

and to Evans,

least

and psy¬

other

steel strike in

a

new

a

gradual

United

contracts,

1958, Steel said.

u'\7 State Street

are
strengthening.
(5.)+ At • least some, steel orders
for this year will be based on fear

will

King, Jr. has joined our

We have added

without

and

event,
likely

Johnson, Coleman, Manning & Smith, Inc.
.

terhy of " ordering as* the market
strengthens should take hold. This

Trading Department.,

,

wire

work

UAW

that
more

are

-

October.

associated

♦ ♦ ❖

New

in

the

In

extensions

tions

opening of

sharply. Steel
September is'

of the market will not

Henning is

.

than

General

—

We

a price in¬
Although this
major factor, it will come

The Iron

Analyst.

short

will be felt.
a

time

a

of

tive staff.

r

Three.

Big

.

(4) Hedging against

crease

Ralph E. Brown has joined the execu¬

firm

at

•r.'V

forces

Thomas E.

between

the

new

Detroit's

the
that

•

5.3

mild

a

an effect, both tangible
chological.
v

;

at

our

and

of

slow

The Berlin crisis will have

Is not

with

contracts

bargaining be¬

two

are

inadequate for the number of

?

Building,; Suite 1540. Our telephone

Richard A.

so

8.3 million tons vs. July's 8.1 mil¬
Chrysler—ex¬
lion tons.
'
] ;
pected to begin this week, Steel
It said automakers have enough
magazine made these predictions:
(1) Settlement will come with steel on hand or in transit for
no
August needs, and they do not
company-wide strike.
(2) The Big Three will sign want to release more orders until

scheduled to b£ built.

Fifteenth Floor of the: Russ

:

pace

been

I' ,* •/,' ;- •:.f ■*:
Automotive demand for '

5;,(2)

*•, •

personnel

that

has

Ford, and

•

New

noted

talks

may be impossible by
the termination date (Aug. 31) of

sales

Reuther's

steel

settlement

UAW-Big

on

in the

as

built. up;'-;,

-

now

number remains the

Steel
auto

steel

automakers

--r-■"■■■*;'w-v ■

and

~

../'J

a

insurance costs

•

<•"*'<

business

steel

On the

into

be

living will
ceiling, perhaps by tying it

through

inventories

sustain

to

crease

New

means

some

will

of

'

(1)

r

Auto

The Iron Age says these factors
are behind the_ strengthening de-

pointed

ago,

•'mand:; * Uf

"

coming

tween

+12.5

+

substan¬

industry.
(8) Automakers will not accept
the UAW's salary rating concept.

Three Auto Talks

—
1.7
1,071,000 —16.4

the fourth quarter.,-

The President, in
week

a

sustained

a

arms,

With brass tack

"Iron Age" Reports Sharp Upturn
In Demand for Steel in the Making,

and

This

but

Steelmakers

1,332,088

834,721

Philadelphia

unemploy¬
be

provisions

to

tanks, shells, and other

Eight Predictions

%

■-

will

cost

get

offices.

Motors,

1961

Boston

better environment for eco-;

a

nomic

,*v

.

ready

money

$16,551,710

___

otherwise.

package

modified

retained,

a

strike is

margins, though im¬
proving',''are still less than. satis¬
A sharp Upturn in ►steel demand
factory. Cooking for someS.e|pite
!
frqm rising posts, businessman are and -production is ini the making,
"The Iron Age reports. Forces be¬
keeping a watchful eye on the
hind the demand are just coming
auto
wage
negotiations; ; At the
into-focus.
But
they have the
same
time, hopes have begun to
of
creating • a
sharp
fade for a start on the kind of potential
inv
September-October
broad tax reforms needed to cre¬ buildup"
ate

on

7.1% above

was

the

'

•

Chicago

profit

based

orders strictly for defense are al¬

to obtain

(000's omitted).

York—

New

up

is

course,

conventional

United States

benefits

improvement

nages for

week

corresponding week
Our preliminary totals

for

follows

produc¬

season,

are

the

centers for the week ended Aug. 5

been

A real recovery in capital ex¬
penditures, however, hinges on a
well.
,'. '/v:;-;
healthy recovery of profits.
As
Official figures now available explained in the following article,
not only confirm that the reces¬
markets are, acutely competitive

tion

for

a

Three's

including
sev¬
erance pay provisions).
(7) Cost of living and annual

Although the Benin crisis is not
likely to mean tremendous ton¬

the

of

mary

since May.

ment

tially

coun¬

stand
at
$28,966,283,985
against
$27,040,613,800 for the same week
in
1960.
Our comparative sum¬

as

steady

has

it

last year.

signs of breaking out

the
and

rush orders for Seotember.

Saturday, Aug. 5, clearings

which

those

incomes rise and job security in¬
"A

that

weekly clearings

have

caution

indicate

ended

spending,

Consumers

of their recession-bred

creases.

best in peacetime

War

nation

hours
gain in per¬

factory

and

have increased.

consumer

try,

and,
perhaps,
some
tendency toward inventory build¬
ing consistent with enlarged busi¬
ness

building continues to climb. Both

influences

in

avoided, automakers
will plunge into the market with

compared

$515 billion in the second quarter,
a gain of almost 3% from the low

increased

if

ago.

of

under

week

Big

(5) Pensions will be liberalized

strike"

indicates

last

increase

a

slightly.
(6)
Supplemental

be the best fourth quarter
1955's
figure of 1,949,000

of

on

the

Big
(perhaps
in¬
modified profit sharing

The

year

last

from

(excluding 3 cents in escalation).

assumption. Although
deny current labor
are
affecting steel
orders, the tonnage on the books

Preliminary
figures compiled by the Chronicle
based
upon
telegraphic
advices

From here on,

of

sign

but

an hour
per
for each year of the contract

man

quarter. This

1,740,000

will

years,

-

will cost 7 to 10 cents

negotiations

Week Last Year

its

momentum

(4)

automakers

Bank

with

ernment payments.

quarter

This,

be

have been

with

Motors

two

settlement

cluding
plan).

cars.

"no

an

consuming, and by increased

news

million fourth

compares

liability.

showed

as we

1.8

least

different

Three

600,000 cars in
October-November-December for

a

American

at

terms

average of

an

would

dation, which has brought needs to

expected.

product
new

a

and

since

record rate of

matically to

meet

(excluding
buildings and most
public utilities) up to 50% of tax

extended period of

much

for

taxes

Bank

as

(3)

to

Furthermore,

fourth

The recovery
to date has been powered largely

on

are

needed

January."

equipment

to

be

quarter since 1955.

Clearings for Week Ending
Aug. 5, Up 7.1% Above Same

an

will

production schedules for the

tee. It would give a flat 8% credit
for investment in new

encour¬

is

enlarged defense
get

produce

the

better

national

the

September delivery
what

the fourth
quarter auto production schedules
are shaping up as the best fourth

by completion of inventory liqui¬

situation will

porting influences.
has

if

turned into

of

month.

healthy expansion.

Kennedy's

economy and, for the short
at least, will add to the sup¬

Meanwhile

;

While all this has been

be

objections,
has
tentatively approved by the
House Ways and Means Commit¬

aging, businessmen recognize that
many
problems
remain
to
be

clouds

created

the

increase

toward

storm

President
meet

-

taxes

been

Sustaining the Expansion

and

who

in

meet

businessmen's

the

leaders,

short

will be requested
Auto production for the rest of
On the other hand,, 1961 now loks like this: August,
the proposed tax credit for capi¬
175,000 cars; September, 475,000;

even

the turn.

books for

a
balanced
budget for fiscal 1963, "those in¬

Failures

in the V-shaped recession of 1958, the lost ground was
not made up until 10 months after

are

increase

an

spending

tal

business

improved business
improved
rev¬
Nevertheless,
he
said,

needed to

in

General

the

means

enues.

Food

Business

that

outlook

»

Auto

TRADE and INDUSTRY

out

Output

Carloadings

:

Johnson

Members

American Stock

Exchange (Associate)

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

►

,

15 S.E. Third

Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Telephone JAckson 3-6586

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6

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(586)

Bank

TAX-EXEMPT BOND MARKET

and

-

ler,

J.

C.

Brothers

Devine

Northern

the

among

Trust

the following tabulations we list the bond issues of
$1,000,000 or more for which specific sale dates have been set.

Drexel

and

&

Co. The issue was priced to
yield from 2.20% to 4.25%. At the

has

market

bid for this issue, a successful
placement of the loan is antici-

bond
comparatively

municipal

and

state

The

been

pated.
• The

last writing with attention
principally ' focused
on
new issues. Although the bidding
quiet since

at times, very competi-

sive and,

tive, the reception afforded these
by investors has been en-

loans

couraging to underwriters. Almost
few impor-

without exception the

which have sold since

issues

tant

•

unless

all

general

investor

as

•

two-thirds

sold

writing.
.

.

,

Municipal Index Unchanged

syndicate

managed
by
Halsey,
Stuart & Co., Inc. Included among
the
many
major
underwriters

The specific retail

has taken
issue
the

buying which
bonds from new

many

accounts

has

not

secondary sector of the

ket and this

has

been

to

spread

mar-

sphere of the market

at

virtual

a

Commercial

standstill.

and

J.

C.

Devine

Co.," Goldman, Sachs & Co., Blair & Co.,
Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Inc., Stone & Webster
were

Financial

&

high grade bond Index
which represents actual secondary
offerings bears out this lack of
interest and is unchanged from

Securities
Corp.
and
Salomon
Brothers & Hutzler. The issue was
reoffered to yield from 2.20% to
3.70% for various coupons. The
balance at this writing is reported

last week at 3.3733%.

as

The

Chronicle's

Since

last went to press

we

government bond market has

perienced
of

five

declines

consecutive

and

the

days

many

ment

United

bonds

longer

the
-

maturing

plex

of

world,

it

in

market.

is

com-

The

general
municipal bond

the

war

billion

extra

or

and

scare

the

for

military
by Congress;
dynamic flight into space by
Major Titov; the boost in the
so

expenditures voted

the

British bank rate from 5% to

larger

a

United

deficit than

deficit

and

attention

and

again

the

than

to bond

turn

their

danger

of inflamarket. It is

stock

that

more

more

concern

the

to

wonder

a

States

■

are

cause

investors

7%;
budget

anticipated and

financing,

enough to

tion

was

to

throughout
understandable

&

facing this

to

.

the

municipal
seem

bond

endar

for

the

California

(1963-1987)
the

bonds

standout.

*rv

u

N. T.

*.■<*•

&

S.

,

T,

set

one

up

^

,

ON

Pressprich

system

which,

on

Tuesday,
$8,000,000

obligation

&

Co.,

when

fin-

Mobile,

Ala.

limited

tax

(1932

•-

1990)

to

,

Also

purpose

.

.

on

due

bonds

*962

to

and

1981,

school

bonds,

to .the

group

headed by The Chase Manhattan

REPRESENTATIVE
Rate

31/2%

3%%
Jersey Highway Auth., Gtd... 3% (State)
3%
Pennsylvania (State)
3%%
Vermont (State).
3y„%
New

...

N. Y.)

Maturity

Bid

bid

to

came

for

the

•

market.

issue

account

Chase

3.75%

1962-1981
1963-1991

8:00 p.m."
1:30 p.m.,

2,422,000

•

Hancock County

Bd. of Ed., W. Va.
King County, Washington

5,283,000

'.2,393,000

Aug. 22 (Tuesday)

County, 111
Dixon, 111.

,

The

2:30 p.m.10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.

2,550,000
225,000,000

Aug. 21 (Monday)

_.

25,000,000

1962-1976

1,350,000

1964-1981

3,000,000
1,562,000

—

1962-1986

-

—

Greece Central Sch. Dist. 1, N. Y.
Montclair, N. J
Rio San Diego Mun. Dist., Calif.__
Speedway Sch. Bldg. Corp., Ind.__
Vermont (State of)

high

submitted

was

_

jointly
Manhattan Bank
managed

West

Allis, Wis

10:30

Co.

of

2:00 p.m.-

———

3,625,000

8:30

1964-1983

5,000,000

1962-1981

1,415,000

4.00%.

2:00 p.m.

initial

the

$2,800,000

Aug. 23

The

bonds

v

*

Bedford School

toll road issues and other

shown

revenue

further

-

San

price

Diego Unif. Sch.

r ~

\

five-eighths
this

of

point

a

x'

Turnpikes
To

Chatham

,

El Paso

Extension

revenue

tion

of

up

bonds.

revenue
are

60

to

.1,940,000

expected

days

and

be made

as

,

soon

the

issues

3.50%

1978-1979

a.m.

8:00 p.m.

:

1962-1986

11:00

a.m.

/
_____:

1,100,000

_____^__

Milwaukee, Wis.

7,250,000

________________

1962-1976

10:30

a.m.

Sept. 28 (Thursday)
Indianapolis, Ind.

2,200,000

___

group

to

handle

ready

seem

for

Minneapolis,

Minnesota

J_.___.__

Oct. 10

*

Los Angeles

1:30 p.m.

'

3,400,000 f

1989

4:30 p.m.

7,500,000
27,500,000

(Wednesday)
1,082,000

Nov. 14

*

Los

s

(Tuesday)

City Col. Dist., Calif.
Calif

Nov. 1

present.

for

________

Sept. 29 (Friday)

V
-

(Tuesday)

Angeles Flood Control D., Cal.

15,000,000

Dec. 12 (Tuesday)
Los Angeles Co. Hosp. Dist., Calif.
3,781,000

calendar

3.30%

11:00

Sept. 19 (Tuesday)

offering would
as practical after

California Dominates Coming
Week's Business

3.30%

;___

Sept. 15 (Friday)

this financing. No other large ne¬

3.60%

1963-1990

9,000,000

Commerce, Texas

3.40%

_

15,000,000

Franklin U. H. S. D. No. 2, Wis.__

will

1980-1982

1966-1990

3,000,000

Los Angeles U. S. D.,

1978-1980

:

:

Sept. 13 (Wednesday)

Co., Wertheim & Co.,
Co., Leedy, Wheeler &
Alleman, Inc., Childress & Co.,
and Pierce, Carrison, Wulbern, Inc.

3.60%

a.m.

the

&

at

10:00

8,000,000

_

proceedings
take from 30 to

&

gotiated

a.m.

1962-1973

1,550,000

—

v

.

of

underwriting group man¬
aged jointly by Dillon, Read &
Co., Glore,> Forgan & Co., White,

form

11:00

1,750,000

An

Weld

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 12 (Tuesday)

validation.

Tripp

;**;
1962-1990

1,000,000

The

to

.

,

y'

5,000,000

Peoples Community Hospital.
Authority, Mich.

Northern.

million

1962-1981

7,100,000

bonds. Valida-x Harris Co., Houston Nav. Dist.,Tex.*
Los Angeles Dept. of W. & P., Cal.

$160

.

Sept. 7 (Thursday)

Market

Turnpike

,

1962-1976
1963-1982

20,000,000

County, Texas-

Sacramento, Calif.
being planned for market,
approximately $160,000,- Springfield, Mass.

Florida

Calif.

County, Ga

involves
000

a.m.

—

.

Aug. 31 (Thursday)

The only negotiated issue pres¬

ently

p.m.

Sept. 5 (Tuesday)

Road

on

i:

Sept. 1 (Friday)

as-

would show up. Trading, however,
has been quiet and orderly.
Florida

Dist.,

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.__i___—
Rochester, N. Y.__

9, a further price loss of
three-eighths of a point

about

2:30

11:00

Aug. 30 (Wednesday)

^

and,

be struck

average

1,800,0.00

Islip, New York_____

of 3.80%. This represents:
average market loss of,,close

should

p.m.

l(

;
>
Aug. 29 (Tuesday)
Conroe Indep. Sch. Dist., Texas.__
2,435,000

average

to

District, Ohio

■

During the last reporting period
have

p.m.

.2:00

1991

p.m.

7:30

1962-1981

Aug. 28 (Monday)

..

*

bonds

7:30

order

of

reported sold.

a.m.

2:00 p.m.

York

After

p.m.

11:00

1962-1981

■

prich & Co., W. H. Morton & Co.,
Aug. 24 (Thursday)
Inc., and others. The reoffering * Glendale, Calif.
i
3,250,000
scale carried yields from 2.10%
Pinal County Elec. Dish'S", Ariz._Y
^2,250,000
to

a.m.

2,400,000

-

Morgan

New

a.m.

11:00

.

(Wednesday)
Guaranty Trust
East Grand Rapids S. D., Mich.__
3,700,000- 1963-1989
and including*
Grand Island, Neb
2,000,000
1962-1976
Kidder, Peabody & Co., Salomon
4,034,000
1962-1981.
Brothers and Hutzler, R. W. Press- ' Kansas City, Mo
the

and

Asked

1978-1980

1974.1975

3.20%

1978.1979

3.25%

3.20%
3.10%
3.15%

3Vi%

1977-1980

3.40%

3.25%

33/4%

1978-198O

3.75%

3.65%

3V4%

1980

3.40%

3.30%

Cincinnati, Ohio

3y2%

1980

3.40%

3.39%

3y4%

1979

3.60%

3.50%

.

Chicago, 111.

314%

1977

3.60%

New York City, N. Y

3%

1980

3.60%

August 9, 1961 Index=3.3733%




bonds

SERIAL ISSUES

Baltimore, Md
;

Arbor, Mich
(State of)
University of Mississippi
California

On
the
same
day,
Aug.
9,
$5,000,000 San Juan, Puerto Rico
general obligation (1963 - 1982)

market

New Housing Auth. (N.
Y.,
Los Angeles, Calif........

Ann

with yesterday afternoon's
being
about
$3,200,000: Cook
~

<

1964-1990
1962-1987
1963^2000

Aug. 16 (Wednesday)

-

balance
bonds.

1963-1982
1963-1992

_

4.75%. Investor reception has been

good

»

■

_r

in 1985.. The
quarter of 1%
priced to yield

was

•

8:00 p.m.
11:30 a.m.*
11:00 a.m.
Noon
Noon
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m.

.

a

ance

Aug.
8,
Anchorage,
Alaska, awarded $6,836,000 various

V

Neyv Orleans, La..

and

coupon

>.

1962-1986
1962-1981
1962-1990
1963-1988
1962-1981
1964-1996
1963-1988-

District, N. J.____

to 3.90%

maturity bore

proceedings were initiated on
Monday, Aug. 7, by the Florida
Turnpike Authority for the issu¬

.

Califprma (State).
Connecticut (State)

New York

Devine

2.00% to 4.10%. The issue generated good investor interest upon
initial reoffering and at present
$3,500,000 of the bonds remain in
account.
I.

Pinch-hitting for Don Mackey.
MARKET

J.

ton & Co., F. S. Moseley & Co.,
L. F. Rothschild & Co., Inc., and
Shearson, Hammill & Co.. The
bonds were scaled to yield from

market

purpose

A.

C.

bonds to the group
managed-by
Smith, Barney & Co. Included as
majors were White, Wield & Co.,

position

only

Co.,

Brown & Sons, Dominick
Dominick, Francis I. duPont &
Co., Ira Haupt & Co., W. E. Hut-

merged group headed by Bank of
America

last

v

'

1,400,000
Chicopee, Mass.
:
1,200,000
Hempstead U. F. S. D. 2, N. Y.___^
2,200,000
Knoxville, Tenn.
1,400,000
Monadnock Reg. S. D., N. H
1,656,600
Orange County F. C. D., Calif..— * 5,000,000
Paducah, Ky.
T—: v 7,050,000
Plymouth, Conn.
*___
1,650,000
Washington Sub. San. Dist., Md... .'10,000,000

Merrill

Bank,

Alex.

continue to be

With

Carteret School

various

&

30

various

&

W.

R.

general

issue cal-

new

next

Co.,

Also

coun-

days now
totals a modest $409,000,000
and,
of this amount,
$225,000,000 State
of

Sachs

awarded

the chief deterrent to

higher yields. The

Savings

The

good-sized
Tuesday was

2.90% in 1987 to 4.10% in 1991.
The issue was accorded excellent
investor reception and only
$1,165,000 of the bonds remain in
account.

.

At present the technical

$9,125,000

.

_

.

,2:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Noon

1962-1999

Aug. 15 (Tuesday)

of Aug.

Modest

of

for

from 1.75%

the population of the area is expected to more than double. The
bonds were scaled to yield from

Thirty-Day Municipal Supply

would

&

ished, will supply the estimated
water consumption for the area
until the year 2000. In this; time

come.

,

Trust

by

on

State Colleges

a

Bank of New York and including
C. J. Devine & Co., The Harris

an

any

headaches

months

9

.

Noon
~ 2:00 p.m.*
Noon

1963-1982
1964-1976
1963-2000

1,400,000
5,395,000
1,480,000
2,175,000

Michigan State Board of Education

aged by The First National City

the

submitted by the group man-

water

try and the rest of the world in
the

being

as

District, Ohio

Rhode Island

Hornblower & Weeks, F. S. Mose- declines. On Aug. 3, the last re¬
*ey & Co., and others. The pro- porting date the Smith, Barney &
ceeds from this loan, will further Co. toll road index stood at 3.83%
improve and extend the city's down from the previous week's

bond business
has transpired in view of the kingsize

reported

__

Incline General Impt. Dist., Nev.__

general obligation (1962bonds. The syndicate man¬

1986)

were

affairs

Berea School

purpose

Corp., Smith, Barney & Co. and
Shields & Co. and including Gold-

that at present there is no

interest

Aug.

by

amounts at par beginning April 1,
1967. The high bid for the bonds

man,

state

the

on

aged jointly by The First Boston

With the unsettlement and

is

.

2,065,000
1962-1986
2,000,000 *1963-1990
1,900,000
1962-1989

Aug. 14 (Monday)

Fairfax County, Va. sought bids

~Qoveri>4

4.20%.

ac¬

sale

sell-out.

period

yielding from 4%

are

issue

1967 ' and

States

in

bond

group. The bonds were reoffered
to yield from 2.65% to 4.40%, and

bonds.

$14,000,000 St. Petersburg,
Fla.
water works revenue certificates
due April 1, 1991, but callable
prior
to
maturity,
in
specific

Fortunately trading voltime has been moderate or prices
might have bben even lower during this period. At present 20
of

remain

concurrent

a

Aug. 10 (Thursday)
Holyoke, Mass.
Michigan (State of)____
Richmond County, Ga

period,

awarded to the Blyth & Co.

were

relatively

Another

1960.

issues

$14,900,000

issue which sold

ex-

issues are
at their lowest prices since June
-o*f

bonds

At

order

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc.,; R. W. Pressprich & Co.,
(1964-1988) bonds. With only two. White, Weld & Co., and others,
accounts bidding, the bonds were
was the high bidder for the issue.
awarded on a close cover to the The bonds were reoffered to yield

this

at

initial

$750,000 Anchorage, Alaska, tele¬
phone revenue (1962-1976) bonds

buying

Housing

over

the

count.

$60,315,000 various appears.
•
->
*
Administration'
v
,v
•»
bonds, $16,943,000 State of Mary.
.Recent Awards
land bonds, $14,000,000 St. PetersTuesday
(Aug^ 8) :saw four
burg,
Florida
Water
Revenue interesting and important new isCertificates, and $10,000,000 Sac- sues .come to market. The largest
ramento, Calif, bonds were well was
$25,000,000 ^ Pennsylvania.
received by retail buyers and are
General State Authority Revenue
Aug. 1, such

Puuiic

of

$2,600,000

;

-

Street float of available
municipals as shown by yesterday morning's (Aug. 9) Blue List
totals $392,509,000 as compared to
$405,291,000 on Aug. 3. While this
volume of bonds is not an overpowering .".amount,- it -is surely a
deterrent to price improvement

for recent issues has been aggres-

end

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

In

The

Co.,

&

Co.

Hutz¬

&

.

Larger Issues Scheduled For Sale

major underwriters

Salomon

were

By GEORGE L. HAMILTON*

included

other

several

.

3.45%
•

3.55%

Next week's state and muncipal
of sealed
bids feature

the previously mentioned $225,000,000 California loan scheduled
bidding on Wednesday, Aug.
16. The only other sales of note
are
$10,000,000 Washington Sub¬
urban
for

Sanitary District, Md. bonds

Aug.

16

and

$7,050,000 Paducah, Kentucky, Electric Revenue
bonds

for

Aug.

15.

It

looks

M.

New
ment

be

Mr.

California.

Co., 54 Wall Street,
the appoint¬

announce

of Melvin

of the

Meckler

Meckler

as

Man¬

Trading Department.
was

Co.,

formerly

with

Manager of
Beach, N. Y.

as

Form Stratton

Company

ALBUQUERQUE; N.- Mex.

—

Roy

B. Stratton has formed The Strat¬
ton

as

ager

with

Kirsch

York,

and

their office at Long

T. M. Kirsch Co.
T.

though everything next week will
concerned

Leavitt

Meckler Joins

Company with offices at 518

Alvarado
in

a

Drive, N. E. to engage

securities

business.

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

.

Chronicle

(587)

Short-Sighted Optimism
Over Propects for Sterling
-■

By Paul Einzig

■/

Optimism about sterling heid justified
term.

.

'

■■■•;'.

-

i'Y*

■

short but not tin long

over

Dr. Einzig maintains its fundamental, position

rially unaffected by Government's recent

remains

t

mata-

Cites coming re-

measures.

-

sumption of inflationary wage pressures, along with possible stock
market boom which, in
conjunction with now Trustee Act, would//

.

175,000 Shares

.

.

^

Electronic Instrument Co., Inc.

entail drastic shift from

gilt-edged market to equities. Exhorts Govpoint out that sterling's long-run safety requires effective

crnment to

■

r

Y'/Y'!

•.

Y

'

dividend restraint.

wag9 and

■*

:

■

/

.

Capital Stock

LONDON, England #—Reports course the formidablelosses on
about an impending lean of $2,000 gilt-edge
holdings—the trade
million to-Britain generated an" unions are certain to be particuatmosphere of optimism about the
prospects of sterling in the near
In spite of the announce-

larly

ment of

July, sterling has

predated to par

foreign-f
versed/,

itself

surh

a

boom

capital

gains

re-

taxation.

bank

a

count

the

So it

exchange

to- London

covered.

be

in

•

able, to

-

Price

>

„

,

country where

a

subject

not

are

to

.

Even after the proposed, ;

,

This announcement constitutes neither

an offer to sell nor a solicitation
offer to buy these securities. The offering is made only by the
Prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from the undersigned.

of

an

^

Suggested

Government Measures

In the circumstances it would
be to the interest of the long-term
prospects of sterling if the gov-

un-

$7.50 Per Share

is

wages

new

covered.

must

the

being

rived'

that any f :reign funds

seems

coming

risk

from

-

last

legislation only gains de- 11
from short-term
speculation will be subject to income tax.

brought about
result, seeing that the dison
forward sterling is still

wide enough to make it unprofitable to transfer funds to London
with

of

-

on

The

restraining

the flow of

the; 7%

rate could not have

such

in

succeed

ap-

insisting

on

demands.
is- wanted

become

and

Un ds * has

In

wage-

thing; that
point of view

loss of gold of £114 mil-

a

lion during

truculent

their

future.

($1 Par Value)

'

■

it

ernment did its best to discourage

on

sterling being held at its lower
support point of $2." 8.
On that
assumption
the
prof't
derived

optimism in respect, of short-term
prospects.
Sterling fate in the
long run eniirely depends on the
government's ability to check the

from the interest

wage

Goodbody & Co.

r

are

Those

who

prepared

now

tifies the risk of
two

some

transfer

depend

to

differential jus-

depreciation of

a

points, all the

more

offset

to

extent

some

by

small

premium.

On

the

basis

a

the

of

damp

the

down

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Bache & Co.

Allyn and Company
Incorporated

Francis I. duPont & Co.

■-

E. F. Hutton & Co.
Incorporated

,

;

Lee

.

^To

.

A. C.

is able,

domestic market, coupled with
increasing costs, will prevent a
lasting improvement of the balance of payments.

the

possibility of sterling rising to

Unless i

to do so, growing demand in the

as

that mpderate and calculated risk

is

inflation.

Bear/ Stearns & Co.

optimism

XJ

technical

)

J

'

'

l

Shields &

Higginson Corporation

>»,•'*>!//

'.

which is unwaranted in the long f
position this optimism about jfter-. run, the government ought to sell '
ling appears to be justified if we sterling both spot and. forward"

Walston & Co., Inc.

take the short view.

Schwabacher & Co.

is safe

It

tc

and

indeed it had been safe

assume, as

along, that there would be no
of sterling this year,
no major risk
is involved
ih holding uncovered sterling in-

up

devaluation

in three months
Treasury
Taking a long view, however, there is no cause for optimism, for the fundamental position

rially unaffected
ment

by

the

dis-}

a

Nugent & Igoe

Sulro Bros. & Co.

useful

come

when

*

the

August 10, 1961

•

ought to take is to repay in

full

all

the

facilitieS

from

Central

gasje

mate-

arrangements

the

govern-

Banks

international

faciiities

recent measures.

s

will

turns.

ment

bills

to -have-remaned

at

v

Another step which the govern-

vested

seems

spot rate

doing so it c.ould pick
certain amount of collars

a

tide

the

!

In

which

that

so

keep

count.

all

Company

s-i.j /*

obtained
under

and

to

Fund,

Monetary

entirely in the

stand-by credits.

the

keep

form

of

Their existence

200,000 Shares

"

Labor's
A

,

A

„

numb V

.

of

have

unions

intention

ward

with

regardless
appeal f o

of

framed

,

terli

the

of
r

government

.restraint.

from

s

for dividend
be

loan

their dmless loyal in

remains
7% bank

wiu

of. vlsible

and

to

shoul(j
■

refuse

wage

evitable

•

employers to
increases.
The in,

increase

Cost

the

in

Of

living resulting from the government s other measures is likely to
give the trade unions particularly
strong
inducement' to
step' up
their

demands

home,

and

strikes.

the

„

of

Potential

,_T

.

.

liable

is

ta

...

and

the autumn

mature.
to

in

between

in

number

result

of

This

coincide

demands

a

will

optimism'happens

with

-force of the

now

by which time

wage

a

new

the

Act

un-

der which it will become possible
for the first time to
invest vast
amounts

of

trust

funds

in

time

stimulating

as

markets

for

(.Jl Par Value)

gold

reserves."

fce

the

ca£e>

Price

the

Central

drawing

of

■

facilities

the

on

the

without

repayment

gank

international
•:

Fund facilities

-

•

;

This announcement constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy these securities. The offering is made only by the,
Prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from the undersigned.

Monetary
-

■

,,

Moreover,
ought to

the

ling

as

government

resist the temptation of
credit for the "success"
measures

recovery

the first fruit of its efforts.

jt g^oui^

miss

emphasize

no

that

to

opportunity

sterling

dividend

restraint.

will

government

pat>ie 0f imposing

self-denying
to

on-

Whether
prove

W. C.
A. C.

Langley & Co.

remains

Francis I. duPont & Co.

equities.

a

boom

\\T

1

*

JP

Yyltn WalStOn <x L»0.

>'

(Special to the financial chronicle)

LOS

Shearson, Hammill & Co.

n

'

j
."

on

the appreciation

and/




ignoring

of

ANGELES, Calif.—Siegfried

with Dempsey-Tegeleb & Co.*

Shields & Company

;.

with Walston & Co., Inc., 731 Wilshire Elvd., In the past he was

—

Equitable Securities Corporation

seen,

fronted with the evidence of huge

equities

Bache & Co.

Incorporated

a

Courts & Co.

A. Schmidt has become associated

capital profits

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Allyn and Company

ca-

itself such

ordinance

Hornblower & Weeks

Hemphill, Noyes & Co.

is

only
safe in the short run, and that its
safety in the long run requires the
successful application of the wage
ar!Cj

Goodbody & Co.

by

of ster-

Ccn-

of

$14 Per Share

in

highclass equities.
That change incidently will bring about a slump
in the gilt-edged market at the
same

the

gold reser,-e to something between
£600
tnillion and £ 700 million through

into

coming

Trustee

^J:

Common Stock

greatly encouraged.' 'To
this it would indeed be

pointing to the

Wo st of all, the optimism over

Sterling

latter

or-

the form

to

of its recent financial

Stock Boom

Aileen, Inc

worth while to reduce the

claiming
Implications

psy-

..invistble»

assume

Exchange

them

press

risk.of major

the

at

even

a

public optimism in Britain would

preven^

induce

From

additions

Foreign

-rate and the credit squeeze measbecome
ures
will in themselves be sufficient

Berlin

a

0r

Monetary Fund's

remain

whether it would

restraint.", "

whether the

seen

in

major strikeS

the International

re-

others were
obeying the government's request
to

against

have

crisis in the autumn.

falsing

dends,
.

f

campaign

,

choioglcal point of view it would
make all the di{ference whether

Althougi

companies

and

case

fcr-

pressing

speculative

a

.

trade

announced

their, wage demands,

important

some

.

.

important

already

their

would be sufficient to discourage

Pressures

August 9, 1961

Nugent & Igoe

Sutro Bros. & Co.

7

8

The Commercial arid Financial Chronicle

(588)

2

Broadway, New-York 4,

on

THAT

UNDERSTOOD

TO

PARTIES

INTERESTED

SEND

WILL

MENTIONED

FIRMS

THE

on

&

Lanston

& Co.,

*

*

Stocks—Quarterly compariof leading banks and trust

Proprietary.

Broken Hill

on

Chemical;

tomo

T o

Rayon;

y o

Company; Sekisui

Toanenryo Oil

36

Robinson

Y

Chestnut

N

A1'terman

Foods_Memorandum-

Underwood
corDOrated

72 4

hama Rubber Co.; and Showa Oil
period between January 1, 1961 Co.

^ton2,

Chemical

(plastics);

Co.

Shows total number of days in any
and
m

December

31,

1963, to assist

determining accrued interest on

Stock Market

Japanese

Securities

—Daiwa

Review
Ltd., 149

—

Co.,

Treasury obligations loans Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
xiii3iici3i
tPHnssciioms*

*

o tiiGr

cinci

m

.

•

.

•
«

,

biQUor Industry — Discussion in
yields
and equivalent
taxable August issue of'The Exchange"—
vields
Bond
Denartment
Chase The Exchange Magazine, 11 Wall
Manhattan Bank?One Chase Man! Street, New York 5, N. Y.-20c per
hattan Plaza, New York 15 N. Y. C(W; $L50 Per year- Also in the
Also includes table of tax exempt

Commercial

Indications

of

the

Program-Survey-E.

Space

F.

Travis

Enterprises—

American Broadcasting-Para-

mount Theatres—Memorandum—
Orvis Brothers & Co., 15 Broad

Street, New York 5, N. Y.
American Financial Corporation—

^ht Plane industry and da,ta on pany 326 Walnut Street, CincinL Sr

1 '
Amerjcan Life Companies, Inc.—
same issue are brief discussions of
Machine Tool Industry—Analysis Memorandum—J. M. Dain & Co.,
General Electric,
International.—With particular reference to the 110 South Sixth Street, MinneTelephone
and
Telegraph
and Cross Company, Giddings & Lewis apolis 2, Minn.
Hutton & Company, 61

York

New

Broadway,
In the same

6, N. Y.

United Aircraft. Also available
memoranda

Loew's

on

are

and

Inc.

Manhattan Shirt Co.
Fire

Casualty

&

n

>

Insurance

CoJ^p^n^~!ITr?^er'

Com-

current is"Investornews" Francis I.

of

du Pont &

Co., 1 Wall Street, New
Also in the same
issue are reports on Allied Chemical, American Research, Spartan
York

5, N. Y.

-trinity Place, rsiew

®

YorK■>

Y'

'

New York City Bank
Stocks—
Second Quarter Statistics on 11

Industries and Mead Corporation.

New York Banks—Laird, Bissell
& Meeds,
120 Broadway, New
York 5, N. Y.

Food Processing

Over-the-Counter

&

—Evans

Industry—Report

Co.

Incorporated* 300
Park Avenue, New York 22, N. Y.

son

Also available is

stocks

report

a

Hey-

on

den Newport Chemical Corp.

Income

Stocks—Survey with

ticular

reference

iels-Midland,
Providence

S

way,

Gas,

Merchants

United

par-

Bakeries,

Southern

Mid

Rail-

Continent,
Manufac-

and

showing

Index —Folder

up-to-date

compari-

the listed

an

between

industrial

used

Averages

Archer-Dan-

to

Interstate

u n r a y

35

the

over-the-

counter industrial stocks used in
the

Quotation

National

Bureau

Averages, both as to yield and
market performance over a 23year period — National Quotation
Bureau, Inc.,
46 Front Street,

turers and U. S. Tobacco—Shields

New York 4, N. Y.
Portfolio

Company-44 -Wall Street

*

tvt

on

York

.

—

Securities

Inc.,

York,

a

Marshall Field.

*

1

Japanese Market

maichi

New

Also available is

5, N. Y.

memorandum

t,

•

Review

Co.

of

on

New

111 Broadway New
Also available are

Dai

Nippon

folios,

-

Two

for

one

growth—Bache

„

Ya-

—

6, N. Y.

reports

Printing

\

JDdcne

suggested
income,

Street, New York
available

is

a

36

Wall

Y.

1^0.,

5,

for

one

Co

&

oc

port-

Also

wan

.30

N.

memorandum

on

Massey Ferguson.
Public

Utility

Stocks-

Comparative figures—G. A. Saxton

Japanese Stocks

New York 5> N- Y-

investment,

—

Handbook for

containing

20

essen-

tial points for stock traders and
The Nikko Securities

&

Co

Inc., 52

Wall

Street,-

able

Stock Market — Survey
—Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., 61

4, Calif

Toneka

Atchison

Santa

&

J*n,son 10JK}

We

York

New

Street

Wall

v-

.

.

,

Marine Capital Corp.
Midland Capital Corp.

Dallas

Corpora¬

Bank

Building.

Harvester—Analysis

King, Libaire, Stout &
New York 4,

Broadway,

50

Steel

Lukens

—

Memorandum

& Co., 120
New York 5, N. Y.
Pershing

Revlon

Memorandum

—

B. C.

—

Building, Kansas City 5, Mo.
Co.

Richardson

49

Inc.,

Street, Hartford 3, Conn.

Pearl

Sanborn

way,

Memorandum—

—

Middlebrook

&

Coburn

Co.—Memorandum

Map

Co.,

&

Fales

Broad¬

71

New York 6, N. Y.
Industries

Season-All

Inc.

alysis—Moore, Leonard &

For

—

An¬

Lynch,

Banks, Brokers and Dealers

Foreign Securities

vl

Quoted

Sold

Bought

Vanden llroeil Liebcr & Co.
=

New York Stock

MEMBERS

.

American Stock Exchange

Exchange

MAIDEN

125

Tel.:

LANE,

HA 5-T300

°

Private Wire

Electronics

NEW

YORK

38

Teletype NY 1-4686

System to Canada

Y

We

^ig^ NLport BL^ Ca^f
Foods
fr

FnrfJan

.

XT

S

N

'

.

Co.

Wall

4^

Cn

St

National Bagasse

•

%

&
,

.

,

A

Leeds Homes,

Federal

•

Borg

Warner

—

Report

50

.

.

-

■

Brewer and

Broad

Street, New York 4, N.

Dlgby 4-0350 • Teletype NY

Co.

Incorporated, 20 Broad Street,
New York 5, N. Y.

Co., Inc.

First Chelsea Corporation

Blair &

—

Shell Homes, Inc.

Outdoor Development

•

Street,
It'-

Inc.

I"c.

Jefferson T ake A«bes+o"; Cerp.

•

BeAffs^onJ) Paper — Memorandum
—A*
Becker & Co., Incorpo¬
120 South La Salle

Products Corp.

Thrift Courts of America,
•

N" Y-

*ew

of:

Transnation Realty Corp.
•

" 26

?mv'

DEALERS

trading markets in the

Homes, Inc.

Shell

Morris

•

—

•

'

'

maintain

Units, Bonds, Common and Warrants

Analysis

Y

?T

'

—

BANKS, BROKERS,

FOR

Bulletin-F

410 West Coast

Co

MUche 1 &

—

Y.

1-1799

.

v"

Company ,Limited

Associated Products—Re¬

Street, New York. 5,; N. Y.

St. Louis Capital, Inc.

Techno Fund Inc.

Dealers

Association

Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.

M.

PrincipalJm

,

,

Loeb, jRhoades & Co., 42 Wall

Street,

New

available

York

are

5, N.

reviews

Chemical

Mathieson

Y.
,

Also

of

Olin

Corp.

and

Grace Canadian Securities,

Inc.

Members: New York Security Dealers Association

Universal Oil Products.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis,
25 Broad Street, New York 4, N.Y.
Also available

are

data

on

Boston

American

Machine

25

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

TELEX 015-220

•

HAnover 2-0433-45

Orders Executed at

•

NY 1-4722

regular commission rates

through and confirmed hy

&

Foundry and McCory Corporation.
Clifton Precision Products—Anal¬

ysis—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, 2 Broadway, New York 4,
N.

Teletype NYT376; 377; 378

as

Brokers, Dealers and Financial Institutions

Cerro Corpcmatioa—Review—Carl

Railway,

Security

Specialists in Canadian Securities
;

Edison, Aetna Insurance, Southern

Trosler, Singer & Co.

•

Y.

Also

available

is

a

chart

analysis of George A. Fuller.
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Com->

&
Members:

The

Principal

National

—

Broadway,

Christopher & Co., Board of Trade

—Hay,

N. Y.

Champlin Oil & Refining—Data—

Corp.
Narragansett Capital Corp.




Dallas

1, Texas.

International

Mid-States Business Capital

HAnover 2-2400

Company—Bul¬

Mercantile

tion,

port—G. K. Scott & Co., 54" Wall

Growth Capital Inc.

74

Co.,

.

Florida- Capital Corp.

York

Breweries.

Pacific.

Pacific and Northern

Atohm
j

N

5

Capitol

In v. Inc.

New

W., Atlanta 1,-Ga. Also avail¬
able is a list of companies likely
to benefit from defense spending
and a memorandum on Canadian

on' South-

Also available are data

Boston Capital Corp.

Greater Washington Industrial

Members

11 Marietta Street,

& Co.,

Courts

—Analytical brochure—Butcher &
Sherrard,
1500
Walnut t Street,
Philadelphia 2, Pa.
;

Franklin Corp.

trade

Company—Report-

Lukens Steel

Fe

Electronic Corp.
j

Memorandum —
South Spring
Street, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
—

Co., 634

&

Data—John H. Lewis & Co., 63

Citizens & Southern Capital Corp.

,

Y.

4, N.Y

•

,

Tejon

Taggart &

New

Broadway

50

Co

&

York

C.

Investment

Companies

Johnson

i„c._Memorandum—Pur-

Astrex

....

Small Business

N.

Laguna Miguel

poration.

Chicago 3, 111.

Banks, Brokers and Financial Institutions

North

Hycalog, Inc.—Card memorandum

Cork—Survey—Abraham & Co., 120 Broadway, New
York 5, N. Yl Also available is a
survey of National Research Cor-

rated,

For

A.

—Metropolitan

reviews of Colorado In -

,are

New York 5

221
Montgomery Street, San Francisco

620

Insurance

Copley and

letin—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, 650 South Spring Street, Los
Angeles 14, Calif.

Review

r;inrA

mTn^Hookef & Fay g Inc

N. Y.

—

Armstrong

^

Japanese

Howard

terstate Gas Company, Equitable
Gas Company, Lerner Stores Corporation, Mclntyre Porcupine
Mines Ltd. and Oswego Falls.

g°-. Ltd Tokyo, Japan - New panies—As high InvestmentinvestSmall Business
ComYork office 25 Broad Street, New
leverage
York 4,

Jolla,

Inc., 1516 Locust Street, Philadel¬
phia 2, Pa. Also available is an
analysis of Gem International Inc.

Newburger &
Company
1401
Walnut
Street,
Philadelphia 2, Pa.
Also avail-

„

—

randum—Hemphill, Noyes & Co.,
8
Hanover Street, New York 5,

Corn-

Refining

Sugar

American
pany

Bay Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

investors

King Kullen Grocery Co.—Memo¬

Street, New York 4, N. Y.

Silver Stocks—Analysis of outlook

220

letin—Charles

Co.,

Beatrice

Limited,

La

Hawaiian Pacific Industries—Bul¬

—Eisele &

—Annett

Partners

Study

Inc.,

American Natural Gas — Memorandum—Laidlaw & Co., 25 Broad

ern

Common

Company,

National
—

Phia 2' Pa-

cell

Co. Ltd. and Toyo Rayon Co. Ltd.

I

Dow-Jones

the

in

and

&

York

Insurance

National

American

Treckler Corp., Seneca Falls Company — Review—Boenning &
Machine Company and Warner & tCo 1529 Walnut Street, Philadel&

panies—Discussion in
sue

f.

Xerox CorP- and Duke Power Co.

Machine Tool Company, Kearney

&

Avenue,

Street, Colorado Springs, Colo.

vv

Chemi-

Corp.

N.

Company,

#«

«

/

Calif.

Company

is a discussion of the Analysis—"Westheimer and Com-

same issue

Girard

Guaranty

«

_

Company—Bulle¬

Hutton

F.

Also available

Y.

data on Leeds Homes,

are

15th
&
Streets, Philadelphia 2,

& Co., 80 Pine St.,

Data—Stearns

New York 5, N.

—

Inc.,

Co.,

Goodrich

F.

7616

Bowling

American

Letter"

Minerals and

and

cals-Philipp

Morgan

tin—E.

Tex.

&

Pa.
B.

Co., InStreet

&

Neuhaus

Yoko-

Calendar for Computing Interest—

Waterworks—Analysis—

General

West

130

Street, Oakland, Calif.

Continental Planning, Inc.,
42nd Street, New York

Fjrst

in

Discussion

—

"Investment

current

Hayes

—

—Memorandum—Cantor, Fitzger¬
ald & Co., 232 North Canon Drive,
Beverly Hills, Calif.

Credit Corp.—Report—

State

Manville

Johns

Hayden, Stone & Co., 25 Broad St.,
New York 4, N. Y.
Also in the
same
issue are data on Kelsey

Memorandum

—

Fort Worth Steel & Machinery Co.

sis of Olin Mathieson.
^11

Canada

of

Ltd.—Analytical Brochure—W. C.
Pitfield & Co., 30 Broad Street,
New York 4, N. Y.

ster

Sartorius

—

Syndicate

Investors

Sellgren, Miller & Co., 1951 Web¬

Filtra-Sonic
'■

■

39 Broadway, New York 6,
Also available is an analy-

N. Y.

Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
son
Also available are analyses of
companies of the United States Fawata Iron & Steel; Fuji Iron &
—New York Hanseatic Corp., 120 Steel;
Hitachi Limited (elecBroadway, New York 5, N. Y. ironies); Kirin Breweries; SumiBank

Also available is a card memoran-

Companies.

Street, New York 5, N. Y.
*

reports

are

Joy Manufacturing Co., Repub¬

Deere & Co. and Tire and Rubber

yields — Aubrey G.
Co., Inc., 20 Broad

Aldens, Inc—Analysis

dum

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

lic Steel Corp., Texas Instruments,

of

Issues—Table

Treasury

available

Y. Also

N.

memorandum

a

LITERATURE:

FOLLOWING

THE

S.

comparative

PLEASED

BE

N. Y.

Pubco Petroleum.

U.

AND RECOMMENDATIONS

is

available

Also

INVESTMENT LITERATURE

IS

.

pany—Report—Harris, Upham &
Co., 120 Broadway, New York 5,

Steel—Bulletin—Goodbody & Co.,

DEALER-BROKER

IT

.

•/

Stock

Association

Exchanges of
of
Security

Canada
Dealers

25 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Volume

Number

194

6080

.

.

The

.

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(589)
Union

Trust

Building, Pittsburgh

Thermodynamics Inc.

Report—

—

continues

PUBLIC UTILITY

19, Pa.

qo/„
9%

SECURITIES

Colo.

BY

OWEN ELY

Supply Company of Chi¬
cago—Discussion in current issue

Also

Y.

issue

available

in

discussions

are

the

of

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Niagara Mohawk Power, with annual revenues of about $300 mil-

same

General

lion

Westinghouse, Fairmont
Foods Co., Hudson Bay Mining &
Smelting Co., Cluett, Peabody &
Grayson

Robinson

cities

Stores

United

Worts

&

Ltd.

Freight

Co.

—

Analysis—Sutro

Bros & Co., 80
St., New York 5, N. Y. Also
available is an analysis of Frue-

Yardney

Electric

—

Memorandum

with

&

F

but

ized

Supply

Analysis

Robinson

—

Co.

trie

Ira

Haupt

is

a

Review

—

memorandum

and
are

Levitt

on

&

Co., Inc. —
& Co.,

Ray McDermott &

120

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
Stores Co.

Mercantile
A.

Rothschild

F.

Kidder

M.

—

Report

—

Co., Inc., 1 Wall

&

Industries

are

■

are

23%

paper

about

Electric

gas.

an

revenues

Industry.

—Jamieson
Duluth

with

J.

—

Co., Torrey

Bldg.,

&

Williston

York

New

available

is

a

Beane,

4, N.
report

2

Y.
on

Stokely-Van Camp Inc.
Pearl

River Valley Water Supply

(Miss.)
—
Bulletin
&
Jones,
Inc.,
140

District
Scharff

Carondelet

St.,

Orleans

New

12,

by a rock slide. Generating capacity at the end of 1960

Peerless

Tube—Memorandum

—

Goodman & Co., 1526
Chestnut St., Philadelphia 2, Pa.
Radio Frequency — Memorandum
—L. H. Rothschild & Co., 52 Wall
D.

St., New York 5, N. Y.
Random House, Inc.

P.

placed in

a

—

way,

Report

—

120 Broad¬

F. Fox & Co., Inc.,

New York 5, N. Y.

Resisto

Chemical

—

service

in

Beginning

this

has agreed

company

so

necessary

August

that

it

capacity

years.

Niagara

000.

Edison

transmission

Mohawk,
and

lines

Consolidated

other

utilities

are

the

.

—

TuiP

'

area,

Benjamin

over-the^
have^^nLunced the^ adSS

sion

1957,

of

Herman

partnership and

cooperating in the construction of

shares
shares

of
of

issued

were

FrankPl

to

fn

the

change

a

Go^d' weisman
with

larger quarters at

will

be

for five
Mohawk

—

agara

un¬

or

six

kw

to

with

be

generated

River

by

full

-j-r-

51

Parker Ford & Com¬

Inc., Vaughn Building, Dal¬

(an

located

-r

.

Katz hac joined Lieber-

Co^ 50 Broadway, New
City, members of the New

-p.

Exchange,
dealer

com¬

in-

FT.

Mande-

o

t

i

& .lOnTlSOTl
^ w vimouu

XxkJXJ

mm-

as

relations

.

L/C/

LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Roman

with

the

area

in

high-

are

Because of this

the

to

low

di-

ended

of return

become associate

June

30,

ing in generating capacity other¬
required for peak demands.

Form* Calif

1961, were $2.32.
should receive the

60%

was

Gramercv

Place

Lrramercy

This announcement is neither

an

sale to industries using power for¬
merly produced by the company's
Schoellkopf and Adams plants.

nam© °f
Services.

"tax-

lindpr

by the Prospectus.

1,350,000 Shares

com¬

capacity, atprimarily to the proj¬
storage
reservoir;
and
447,000 kw for general system re¬
quirements (of which 197,000 kw

solicitation of an^ffar to buy these securities.

nor a

-

Gulf-Southwest Capital

ect's

Corporation

(a small business investment company)

Common Stock

>

share

YAMAICHI SECURITIES COMPANY
of NEW YORK, INC.
Copies of the Prospectus

Brokers and Investment Bankers

are

such other dealers

obtainable in
as

may

any State from onfy each of the undersigned and
lawfully offer these securities in such Statew

Affiliate of

YAMAICHI SECURITIES CO., LTD.
JAPAN

Harriman Ripley & Co.

,

Underwood, Neuhaus & Co.

Incorporated

hcofmlii

■

it

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6

....

COrtlandt 7-5900
August 9,1961/
■T

t.-«

•

.

•

■

,«

i

■

•

.

v

>•

thp

firm

California Investors

New Issue

include: 190,000 kw "expan¬
power" for industrial
use;

108,000 kw peaking

offer to sell

The offer is made only

securities

_ce under the/1I?n

Au¬

Price $12 per

TOKYO,

a

business from offices at 265 South

increase, this would add about 40
to
annual share earnings.

about

the

S#»rvir-#i

Inv

Powers is conducting

The present dividend rate of $1.80

(of which

of

v,«uii. niv. service
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—James C.

cents

Niagara Mohawk's gas business

members

American Stock Exchange,

full amount of the requested rate

wise

the

rate

share earnings have been irregular in recent years, ranging between $1.81 in 1951 and $2.24 in
1960. Earnings for the 12 months

now oc-

while

summer,

Due

in

If the company

thority is rather complicated: the
company
will
buy
445,000
kw '
firm power, but as specified by
Congress this is intended for re¬

pany

City

power

Japanese Securities




39

T jiphPrh^lTTYl P.A
UaUIIl V^U.

Gulf-Southwest Capital Corporation is a Federal Licensee under the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

111

at

•

($1.00 Par Value)

v

Broadway,

iVgXZ J OIIIS

of about

versity in seasonal requirements,
large amounts of power can be
exchanged with a resultant sav¬

Power

contract

the

for

Upstate New York they

Project,
production expected, in,.

1962.- The

demands

York

est in winter.

; The company has agreed to pur¬
chase up to 1,190,000 of the 2,000,000

in

cur

crease

Mohawk and other utilities.

Maximum
the New

may

Additional allotments to the

Bulletin

1, Texas.

^

&
and

new

"P to New York City. The organization

$90

663.000
663,000

of

dealers in

york

stock

firm

rities,

* mid"1959' ^ name ?o
gaus mcrease in Frankel, Inc.,

ir
year

Bernard

Goldf WeissmarCo broLr^nd

ranged in August, 1960, to provide

Last

LIIL.

partners in^he

Weissman

UP

mon

n

this grid which will make possible

tributable

pany,

,

YftYi kP|

construction budget is York Stock
million compared with ager of the
some $80 million in 1960. A shortpartment.
term bank loan agreement was ar-

about

purchase

year

to

temporarily retire some of its own
plants until they are again needed
by growing system requirements.

Westgate California Corporation-

las

H

The 1961

for

years,

"grid," with construe-

new

Niagara

to build additional gen¬

erating

sion

—

available

t,

future.

would

earnings'

•

W61SS1113T1 &

to $70,000,000 for construction JViOITlRTl
voltages of 345,000 and 230,- Purposes, and of this amount $35,The
Power
Authority, 000,000 was borrowed in I960. AQI? A
of

with

of the New York State Power Au¬

Valley Forge Securities Co., 1706
Walnut St., Philadelphia 3, Pa.

Analysis

six

ttt

w^re completed earlier this year; Seymour
a decision is expected in the near baum &

However,

source

more

tion

generating

new

or

State power

The fourth gen¬

of

five

at

competitive
.

j

(jrOlCL

1960. This, however, only

ra^ of return

last

and

this-

°Pti°n of accelerated depreciation.
Accordingly, the company has
asked for another increase in electrie rates, estimated to produce
$n-2 million per annum. This was
flled last Septemberand hearings

large-

energy

in

48-39

and sells at 20.7 times

$8,225,000 inrates

another

price around 48

year

^-4% despite the use of "flow was previously
through' for tax savings from an Broadway,

launch

a

electric

^r.0"gh;

important project, perhaps, is the plan for a New York

completing the postwar construc¬
program

economically
existing f u el s

some

3,760,000 kw of which 2,616,000
kw
was
steam, 885,000 kw
hydro, and 259,000 kw purchased

Niagara

La.

Joseph

of

an

+

August

formed

to

atomic

from this
probably
not
be

years ago

contracts.

from

power

was

thority,

Paper Co., Inc.—Report

R.

Broadway,
Also

&

construction

costs

the

Schoellkopf Plant
largely destroyed several

units.

and

utilities

scale generating plant to "produce

Falls

tion

(ESADA),

in

crease

.

program.
The goal
development, design and ul-

power

but

mission granted

this

for

39-34) the stock yields 3.8%

year

-i

company's

current

5%) as the result &
Johnson,' 15 Southeast Third
conversion of $21 million de- Avenue, members of the Philadellarge blocks of power from the a far greater and more economical bentures. The equity ratio at the
phia-Baltimore Stock Exchange,
Report kFge Njagara River Development interchange of power between Ni- end of 1960 was 31.6%.
,
have announced that
they have

2, Minn. V

Patrician
—

Corp.

Airmotive

Pacific

Inc.

timate

(range

year-end,
for heating,

To support earning
power, the New York State Com-

intensive nuclear research and

is the

total 361,000

the

plant*accounf de-

net

un-

likely

seems

its request
increase.

At the

4.9% in 1957.

company,
Empire
Development Asso-

Atomic

Formerly
the
company
had
large
power
plants
at
Niagara

power

,

the

continued

with

rate

clined from 6.1% in 1951 to only

development

cellaneous.
„

was

Report—Walston & Co., Inc., 74
Wall St., New York 5, N. Y. Also
available is a report on the Auto

on

non-profit

ciates,

electric

Electric

—

earnings

Power

State

erating unit at the Dunkirk station

Corp.

in

Niagara Mohawk and six other

a

and textiles.
77%

St., New York 5, N. Y. Also avail¬
able
is
a
report
on
Wagner
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

business

haye

36% residential, 20% commer¬

was

Review—L.

farming

ful

all

were

added

has

an

during 1960.

rural custom-

and

n'roducts rhpmlrah pIpp investor-owned electric
products, chemicals, elec- in
New York gtate

Revenues

—

Sons.
J.

includes

the
at

1960)

increase might be forthcoming if the company is success¬

largely to service problems
s
or u.e
lems resulting from the loss of the
Schoellkopf plant, as well as the
cyclical nature of the industrial

Authority Act; but
no
such savings are expected to
reSult during the initial years of
the contract, because of excess capacity costs.:.7:
:
;
<

cial, 31% industrial and 3% mis¬

Co., Ill Broadway,
6, N. Y. Also available

service

provided in the New York

as

state

highly industrial-

also

iron, pulp and

—

&

New York

ers,

equipment,
food
products,
products, mining, steel and

metal

ing, Atlanta 1, Ga.;
Marrud Incorporated

with-

that

Due

to domestic

0n

Skives' aTloys automoSes"

cemrniT
cement

Humphrey

-

possible

.

Rhodes-Haverty Build¬

Co., Inc.,

popu-

less extensive.

is

and resort sections

Arts and Indus¬

Graphic

Photographic

gas

The territory is

Philips, Rosen & Appel, 111
Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
trial

A

3,400,000 is served
electriicty,
but
the
area

—

M

to

Of

service

220,000 used gas
including 12,500 who

Future
c

lation of about
with

Pine

Co.

subject
drawal).

in New York

area

an

except Rochester.

served

States

hauf Trailer

serves

are

of

over

„„V„I8B
savings derived by Niu„lvCu
State extending from Albany to
agara Mohawk from the purchase
Buffalo, lncluding the principal 0f Niagara
power will be passed

Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Hiram
Walker-Gooderham

classes

but

in

changed since 1956; it

(up nearly

increase

customers

gas

Electric,

Co.,

the

higher also.

Merrill

—

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc., 70 Pine St., New York 5,
N.

half

other

Tractor

Reader

free"

revenues

1959). Growth m resiheating
accounted
for

over

dential
over

Investor's

expand,
year

Lowell, Murphy & Co., Inc., Den¬
ver
Club
Building,
Denver
2,

of

to

o??Ayear havi1f1S increased for the
20th consecutive

9

,\

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(590)

•

•

BUSineSS in Lil0

1*06 VVOflUU

-T

eiSn affairs* prospects
Does the

Is There

Maturing Boom?

a

turing boom?"

Information Services, New York City

oontro

"busf"

Free World countries

beyond their own needs in making decisions so as to ensure

to look

Mr. Miles ad¬
the quadrilateral problem of maintaining steady

himself to

dresses

on=i

economic

the

abroad *
expectations" is
too long frustrated, comments on the European interregional problem,
and suggests other countries carry a larger share of the international

bility

towards a sane monetary
and credit system to oil the wheels
of trade and investment.
These are all questions which
our governments are working on
and for which solutions must be
found if our system is to survive
or—no, let me avoid that cliche—
if our* system is to evolve, as I

thunclouding the political

time when enormous

a

'

derheads

are

ing business
to

have

1

keep

our

feet

the

ground,

and

it

on

is

more

the

ability

our

than

Western

of

condition

is

It

a

a

,

the

assumes

,

the

conventions

busi-

of

take into

the

background to

all

This

our

quick look

a

in

the "in-

trade

common

areas

for

greater

a

is

we

really.

know,

enough to

know

I

that

-

^

r,..

either side of the Atlantic

likely

world

monetary

system.

in

the

That

is

sidpq

all

Th

}

i bh

..

,

tionarv

of

nr

hurtful

payments
To

off the advice of economists from

look

sum

in

-

Up on

the

tn

for

offer

to

no

buy,

p

are

to

•

the

mon

^-p

self,
we

whill t^e

f0re

of trade, if they divert
trade from its normal
channels without expanding the
total
of
world
trade, they are
militating
against
the
business
-

two

themselves
may

way

and

wards

count r i e s

and

a

between
In

long

free

groups,

the

be

nations.

both

Europe

the' Common

lead

should

to

a

net

ex¬

therefore, rather, every

should

effort

be

made

and

sup¬

ported to bring these two groups

devoting the much-

be

together in

united Europe. The

a

so

be regarded as a matter of trade.
I: With'-all the aid that the United

and

allies

her

groups

formity with the rules of G.A.T.T.
(the / General; Agreement
on
Tariffs and Trade),.
/
V. * '
The ^question most/people ask
however is: "Will Britain join the

out (note that Mr. Dillon has recently declared that Britain is

\

much,

as

of her resources

as

„/

.

is negligible provided these
continue to grow in con¬

seas,

pouring

are

relatively,

is the United

of
hers), these countries
depend primarily on their
own earnings of foreign exchange
to buy their needs from us. They
depend on trade, and so on prices.

Market"?"

Common

To ask that question is to sup¬

still

Chile

Cites

as

an

that

pose

it

is

a

country like Chile. Over

past five years Chile has re¬
about

$4 million a year in
aid, but in one year,

external

her

export

earnings

It

Copies of the Prospectus

may be obtained in any State only from such
dealers participating in this issue, including the
undersigned, as may

h

estimated that

has been

fall

a

5%

in

primary product prices
generally, in any one year of the
would have offset

last four years,

of such State.

all

the

aid

contributed

funds

by

the free world and the U. S. S. R.

combined.
means

tain

,,

Hayden, Stone & Co.

own

When you consider the

to which

we

stoop to main-

the purchasing power of our
farmers
it is ludicrous to

insist, in the

name

of free enter¬

prise, that price stabilization for
these poorer countries is unthink¬
able.
We must assist in plans to
help -these countries over their

A. C. Allyn and Company
Incorporated
•' —v
-

;

merchandising problems. * A great
deal is heard about compensation
schemes.-

/

are

Aid

themselves

and
a

export
way

credits

of dealing

just

a

of

matter

paying the subscription and join¬
ing the club, as the Prime Minister

Example.

$25 million—as a result of a
15% fall in world copper prices.

.

to

prove

the

be feared

of

1957-1958,

•

larger

only
quickest way/ to¬
great expansion of trade

they

political dangers of failing to ido
are grave. The economic cost, to
development overseas.^
the U. S. or other countries over¬
Rather, in this context, it should

.

.

which the free sys¬

If, on the other
hand, their prime objective is the
reduction of tariffs, first between
themselves,
and
then
between

needs of

fell




on

tem has been built.

headi*

'

share

*

Such

talked of 1% of their GNP to the

ceived

_

Trade

also

are

said the other

A. G« Becker & Co.

Free

Europe.

pansion of trade. They should not

contributing

-

the

in

Market and. the Free Trade Asso¬

Take

Incorporated

and

existing

countries

aeveiopea

the

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Market

framework
these

ner

'

restraint

com

wild

thp

'

shaping up in
Latin American and possibly else¬
where.
If
these
groups
are
in

,

securities laws

the

problem resolves itself into

*

legally offer these Securities under the

profoundly affect

the

groups

than

thei/effo/flnTmiy Mee^be?

Common Stock

Price $13 per

in

.

near

tendency
to
form
trading groups such as the Com¬

ciation

!

Development Laboratory, Inc.

areas

the

in

Common Markets

States

Radiation Instrument

other

two

should

few words

outlook.

First,

power in

countries:

'

compla¬

these lands. This is not
a P^ea f°r more aid, although all

infl^

•

100,000 Shares

nn

hand

For
me

less-developed

The

•

August 9, 1961

,

business

thus

dlltv

OV

nf

"p^nle fnro

States
„

i<?

^

billion

hjllin®

bare 60%

a

can

a

developments

future

1950.

countries

these

0f

n

these

which

J* 1°Ttnuf^& !1S J

„

.

about

L. consumption Z

.

for

room

It remains to offer

J?"J? than <fi?nn?vn^ ibl
ZIS'n/^1!

the business out-

as an
offer to sell, or as an offer to buy, or as a solicitation of
of the securities herein mentioned. The offering is made only by the Prospectus.

.

of
are

thpy nPnp

unsatisfied

{J}}}:®

no

us, now. Our best minds
be applied to solving it.

Here

nressine

verv

0n

I ® tial

is

here. This problem is with

cency

g7 totall/unsTtefied
..a....
tuiany unsdusucu.

circumstances to be construed

any

.'

purchasing

of

ohriritv

f
t

"revolution

if the

countries

Association

two

thp

industrial

levels

markets

lack

OUT

_e t:

abroad

rising expectations" is too long

that, for many
prices are back to

hprp

.

int*

•

and is under

an

these
of

other

-

Of

OTIC*

market his
will be as dim
will be the political outlook in

as

probably

xi_

~

risk

-j^pa

is

who hopes to

fact

potential

finance
not

with

economies.

Th

•7/
This is

crop"

pre-Korean

at

can

countries

our

why it is wrong to compartment

finally,

to

There

the

power.

reaSonably
look for is steady growth on both
we

£«««* XreThesf

dislocations

therefore

frustrated.

are-^jJL ,iation

enormous unpredictables of peace
or

"one

Vast

steady growth, sacrificing, where

war,

is

trade

commodities,

■

these problems, but un¬

products

in .1861-1962

ready-made solu¬

no

are

nessman

;

the

to

result

"

make strenuous : efforts / to
it, the prospects of the busi¬

solve

conceal

courses

The

the

over

less the industrial countries of the
West

or

or

tries; but that it is subject to the

markets

and,

all

—-x

Second/a^the/erious'problSis
free

is

the trend is upward in these coun-

confronting the less - developed
lands.
Then, linked to these istwo others:

.

.

think it
to take

at the business outlook

or

an

less degree of restriction on credit
and consuming ruvv
power
generally
emu.
v,uiiouihhi5

whole is expected and in the
United States in particular

ac-

There

This leads us to the less-devel0ped countries, those usually described as /'primary producers"

run available supplies. This is a
factor in the big excess of imports
over exports, and consequent balance of payments problems.
All

called

15%.

tions for

and business generally in

Less-Developed Countries

be pursuing contrary
in the coming year or so;
America will be seeking new
stimuli; we will be holding in
check the factors making for inflationary boom.
'

propose

sues

calculation);

of

the year. By contrast, in 1961,
the economies of Western Europe
should resume expansion. In Europe the view is also that some
recovery in North America as a

economies and

anv

backlog of unsatisfied the outlook is less good. Short
demand, for both capital and con- term improvements in their earnsumer goods and a consequent jngS should not be allowed to

The first need is to ensure
system does not falter,

decisions.
I

basis

on

requires that all of us—whatour
disciplines—must look

in

prolonged recession in any

enormous

stagnating in the later months of

count the vast world forces which

form

working population unemployed in Great Britain at the
present time, although the figure
would be higher if we used the

ent reasons, all shared in a period in the leading European countries;

disintegra-

r*reiqtnn

nro]ori^d

f

the

S.

200%

up

Affects Businessmen's Prospects

_

country that, normally, is a major
imPortcr, - will^ in time depress

trom those confronting tee U. b- ^Gor cpen
Cur problems are usually those of countries.
over-full employment (1.6% of

this has

past

.

„

try

be

doctrine wide

beyond
ness

They suggest that
fair. In

rubber

understood that the decisions to maintain its own business at
be taken in Europe are different healthy levels, and so keep the

U.

is

decade,. plastics 100% but wool
up 12%
only, cotton 7% and

rrent laid on each industrial coun-

•,

,

should

it

con¬

is

Qther dountrieS4 A first require-

of fairly general slow-down. After disciplines quite alien to the exa bright start, industrial produc- perience, or indeed, to the present
tion ceased to rise in the latere requirements , of this
country.
months of 1960. International Furthermore,'these restrairtfcTare
trade, though at high levels, was likely to continue. Thus policies

our

ever

'

,

respect,

countries'

industrial

sumption

the
U.
S.
get pneu-

if

>Wli3t remains triiGy howfivcrj is

Prices

rather than

tenaency for consumption to out-

winter the industrial
countries of the w cot, for differtuuiiuica <~jj_ wits West, awa

of the Free World. We

break this

have to

This

ir

accounts,
be seeking?'

the

Richard Miles

tion of the commercial and finan-

open.

.

this

nM/a

and-.,
for

growth, rather than

-

.

w,

the outlook is reasonably

quick political thrusts the enemies
of our system may make as a matter
of
tactics, their long - term

that

n

Outlook

then, a quick look at the

ica and Europe.

of

fact

cial system

r*

called
the "home markets," North Amer-

that, WflStGVGr
whatever

strategy

Economic

First

survival.

our

•

„

indicators in what might be

its economic

problems is

efficiently
revolutionary communism.
and

The

sensibly

of mankind

needs

completely

__

world to han¬
dle

real

the

isfies

that

was

that sat-

believe it can, in a way

as

true now as it
ever

•

progress

horizons, it seems almost indecent
to pose this question of a maturboom. But we

In

we

;

,

monia.

external

steadv growth

'

boom
_

At

its

One can only
should be readyto
scheme that promises

two other facts to think

or

over:

1959_1950 show this. It is
longer true as was said sO

frequently, - that
sneezes, * Europe

sta-

hand, the need

What then should
Surelv

-

internal

lApiA+tA-wN

other

balancing

financing load.

.

of

(absence of inflation),

the

on

hand

we

help.
One

re/ently
no

one

"Uiii+tf

maturing boom, warns businessmen who have to sell

they will not do well if the "revolution of rising

-

iL it inlri hi.-iifi

implies instability.
Any
country can engender boom conditions if it disregards the needs
on

a

whir-h

term

Boom

tional finance mechanism.
fear

iL/ "t

it

nf

right

the

.

expanding international trade, and improving the interna¬
The economist is confident we need not

way,

not

§*

growth, assisting underdeveloped countries to earn their

own

tho

ao

fs

it

problem.

cling sweep. Even between the sumption of raw materials is up
European and North American about 40% over the past decade.
I
economies, there is today no cor- Exports of primary producers are
related or inevitable movement of up 1% only. A principal reason
boom or bust—or recession. The for this is the synthetic materials
experience of 1957-1958 and more of all sorts. Synthetic fiber con¬

goal at which we should be aim-

against the vast world enemy forces.

their survival

to

the

that

look at any

simultaneously, in a globe encir-

whTi}ew"SrjinhP.ariwf wtr
J?
°SL

By Richard Miles,* Director, Economic Division, British

Britain's informational economist entreats the

say

business cycle, like the Van Allen
Radiation Belt, embraces us all,

dustrial nations add up to a "ma-

with

pansion are there. But it would
t>e wrong to suppose that the

in-

for the

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

all the ingredients for steady ex-

that of bankers or experts in for-

1

1

TT T

T7\

1

j

.

.

day.

This is not the case. The "sub¬
scription" demanded so far is that
all

would-be

members

sign,

un¬

conditionally, the Treaty of Rome.
This Treaty comprises 248 clauses
and nine protocols—the carefully
negotiated balance of the conflict¬
of the six existing
only would Britain
and any other new members have
their
own
special positions - to
ing

interests

members. Not

negotiate, but Britain and E.F.T.A.
are
seeking a formula that will
unite all the West European coun¬

tries, not just
that

end

touch

with

some

Britain
the

of them. ,To
indeed

is

individual

bers of the Six and is

,

in

mem¬

keeping her

partners in the "Seven"

informed;

far it seems, no formula
put forward has tempted the Six
as
a
group to denart from their
stand on all the Treaty, or none
of it. Britain is insisting: that the
but,

so

position of her E.F.T.A. partners,
the Commonwealth, and indeed,
her

own

agricultural interests, are

Volume

194

Number

6080

in which the

areas

renegotiated.

take; but

as

-been

offer

no

great deal

a

negotiate.

Financial
■

,

J-\

the

sterling

free

world.

'■boom and bust

we

The

\./

trade

the

war

we

'valiant efforts to avoid the
of the past.

system,

now

errors

and

of

World

field

eventual

holds

of each country

goal

the

for

of boom
*An

or

under¬

issues

bust.

address

National
New

as

were

at

•

is

Walter

Co.,

by

A

a

of payments

short-term

>■

Of Robinson Co.
Maio

'

war,

international

volume

the

has

trade

of

has

;

Pa. —Peter

elected

been

New

York

Baltimore

quad¬

firm for

free world has doubled only. For
the United States and Britain, this

serve

they

ager.

Vice-

a

Exchanges. ; Mr.

time

some

C-".

*

held in

are

a

re¬

■"■■'•:: '.

! •;

•-

Of Birely Co.

combination of three

gold,
The
United States has today some $18

WASHINGTON,

and

of

settlement

This

:•

addition, the firm has

direct

leased

-wire

Director.

\

.

7

was a

cur¬

ner,.

Ohio

was

years.

&

Co,

New York,

•

'

Laird, Bissell Wire

Joseph

—

Reynolds

three

To Charleston

LWestheimer and Company,
Ohio Building.
Mr. Hartz¬
mark. was formerly a partner in
Goodbody & Co., with which he
had

been

associated

for
.

Laird,

installed

many

'

•

Bissell

&

Meeds,

" 12D

Broadway, New York City, have
direct

a

Johnson,

>

private wire to

Coleman,

Manning

Smith, Inc., 7 State

CORRECTION

&

St., Charles¬

■'

ton, S. C.

In the Financial Chronicle of

July
it was indicated • that Koenig,
Hawkins &
Titus, Incorporated,
v606 South Hill Street, Los An¬
geles, was a new firm engaging

:27

in the securities business.

Hawkins

Titus

Krumbein V.-P.

Koenig,

formed

in

Of B. N. Rubin
RICHMOND, Va.—Herbert

A.

Los Angeles in 1933 as an invest¬

Krumbein,

N.

ment

Rubin &

&

firm

counsel

tinued

in

was

and

has

investment

the

business since that time.

con¬

Manager

of

Co., Inc.'s newly opened

barnch

office

Street,

counsel

The firm

has been, elected

President
to

B.

at

3318

West

Cary
Vice-

company.

of the

a

Prior

joining B. N. Rubin & Co. Mr.

Krumbein

was

with Francis I.

du

engaged in the practice of invest¬

Pont & Co: and Harris Upham

ment counsel.-!

partner.

Hennig formerly

U.

Mr.

S.

Marine

King

Corps

co.

:

r

&

asso¬

This is not

offer of these debentures for sale, or an offer to buy, or a solicitation of an offer to buy,
any of such debentures. The offering is made only by the Prospectus,

an

in

the

Gorey

Co.
with

,

joins the

prior

associations

MacCormack

Evans
First

National

and the

&

Co.

den, Podesta & Co.
Thomas

nent

&

Bank

of

$30,000,000

Co.,

The
Chicago

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Chicago offices of Demp-

sey-Tegeler

'

BOSTON, Mass.—Thornton Clark,
Jr. has been elected vice president
and treasurer of Harding Tulloch
& Co., Inc., 85 State Street.

broadly, it

to

Co. from.Stone & Young-

after

C. —William

Tulloch Elects V.-P.

foreign deposits with the
Bank).
Sterling
is,
in
addition, so widely used for the
(i.e.

international

the

of

obligations

and Charles Wiegard, part¬

San Francisco before service with

Birely & Company, 1700 K
Street, N. W., as Vice-President

British

rent account trade that

time,

Brush, Slocumb & Co.
here and Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,
Inc., in Dallas, Texas.
He was
employed by Blyth & " Co., Inc.,

'

C. Buell IV has become associated

foreign obligations, (i.e.
deposits, if you like, with the
U, S. Bank). Britain has no less

!

'

-■

.

Co., New York, fof two

,

ciated with

with

billion of

than $12 billion of such

D.

The

Maurice

are

East

the

over

same

Korean War,

of the free world

forms of monetary wealth: in
in dollars
and
in sterling.
.

In

a

Mr.

Office Man¬

as

Lyon &

V

•;

members

Harry Ross,, partner, Ross,

year;

"

■

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

Russ

department
has
from four to six

Philadelphia- berg, where he

and

Stock

•'

■

Singer,
Beane
&
Mackie, Inc., has recently registered as a broker
York, and to Evans MacCorin order to augment their services
& Co., Los Angeles.
Mr.-Brown came tql;Walter. C. to their clients, but they are solely

Wm. Buell V.-P.

providing most of

are

resources

i

mack

..is of the highest significance, be¬
cause

Carmel, Calif.

-

New

F.

Maio has been associated with the

rupled but the credit base of the

the international finance. The

the*

expanded

President of Robinson & Co., Inc.,
42 South 15th Street, members of ■jGorey
the

the

the

of

made

At

trading

added

year

Sharing the Financing Load
Since

been

stations.

PHILADELPHIA,

the

of¬

Managing Partner Walter C.
Gorey announced Ralph E. Brown
has; joined
the executive staff,
Richard
A.
Hennig the trading
staff, Thomas E. Kingr Jr. the
analytical staff, and three men

Maio Now V.-P.

balance

fluctuations.-

1540

was

weekend. :

,

'

>

for

board

Haberman, ' partner,
Haberman
Bros., New York, elected for one

Gorey

office

years.

spacious

more

Suite

Building

investment

"

to

move

in

-

identified with insur¬

stocks. '

fices

Ralph E. Brown

Francisco

dealer long

Mr. Miles before the
Conference
Board,

City. "''

Gorey

C.

San

ance

;

.! Industrial

York

new

with
*

The

with

last

necessary

•

CLEVELAND,

have been added to the sales staff.

capital, and its neighbors by freer
policies without an ever
fearful glance over the shoulder
since

Francisco

has

Hartzmark has become associated

a

trade

and

San

.

than with the old

these

of

bers, it has been announced.
who
C.

With Westheimer

dulge in healthy economic growth,

such

San Francisco.

Joseph Hartzmark

"must", not only for businessmen,
but for the people of the free
world generally, if they are to
grow in wealth and in dignity and
away from the dreadful chances

the

in aiding the less-developed

Co., .has joined the Gorey

years;

coming months and
proper

The Board of Governors of the
National Stock Exchange has been
increased from six to nine mem¬

...

countries, ^ which
profoundly affect the business

standing

for

of

curities

office in

Exchange

Board Enlarged

Reynolds & Co. Mr. Dinkin,
previously with Pacific Coast Se¬

firm in

time

same

Nat'l

for

;

payments

the

cyclical factors. A

Progress in
prospect
being able to in¬
out

,.

has

Wadley ; represents
Gorey
in
Sacramento., He formerly worked

Co.

of

opportunities

Central Bank.

this

the

i

at

years—more so

our

talked

international

outlook in the

Of improving the machinery
Prime Minister has even

means

.>

Co.,

last eight years will represent the

less-developed

a

looking

are ;

this

will

of

people

load

in

Cyrus
B.
Johnson,
,been with the Walter

countries themselves, and between
the industrial countries and the

experts and the International

;Bank

the

&

11

•

countries carry

of

fice

Richards

Walter C. Gorey Co. of¬
Grass Valley, Calif,
Mr!

a

,

saw

towards

moved

share

developing

interdependence
in
■central banking unknown before.
Over the years since, the Inter¬
national Monetary Fund has de¬
veloped this interdependence, and
,

was

Gorey

coun¬

mechanism and

In the Bretton Woods

we

degree"

C.

trade both between the industrial
';

'v':';•

;

last

bigger

of

efficient,, but still far from

After

.

Walter

Success
is
working
together
closely in the further streamlining

had "'at* their

dislocation
of : the
inter¬
national monetary
system. 1 The
machinery is today immeasurably
■"perfect.v

firm's

facilities

and

by

the

step- is surely to

international financing.

root,

more

staff

announced

of

responsibility which
limits our own freedom

that other

ensure
a

expansion

quarters,

enormous

two

FRANCISCO, Calif.—A sub¬

stantial

re¬

a

gravely

have known in

an

on : our

of action. A first

PRst, the dreadful years of
•depression and the stagnation of

SAN

outside

their

keep

to

up

tries:

cycles of

Expands Business'

re¬

gold and dollars. These

i'

the

-international

add

responsibility

Finally, the financial mechanism
the

in

is"

Hill,

opened

a reserve

countries

area

>
„

It

currency.

Most

currency.

Dis¬

with

Walter -Gorey Co.

in

sources

Mechanism

of

the

(591)

an

factors

•

half

invoiced

garded internationally as

as

cussions continues'
International

is

/

international

far there has

so

to

about

trade

Financial Chronicle

sterling. Likewise, the dollar is

.

ready to give

are

estimated,*,

world's

Britain and the other Europeans
-well

The Commercial and

.

is

existing Com¬
Treaty
must
be

Market

mon

.

.

and

Crutten-

He is the

4%% Sinking Fund Debentures

son

A.

King, Sr., promi¬
Chicago investment banker.

Additions to the sales force
Carlton

G.

Thomas,

Marvin

Dated August 1, 1961

Due August 1, 1986

are

D.

Wadley and Leon Warren Dinkin.
Mr.

Thomas,

is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of. an offer to
these securities.' The offer is made only by the Prospectus.

announcement

Price 100% and accrued interest

formerly associated

Copies of the Prospectus

buy

any

of

.

NOT A NEW ISSUE

may

be obtained from

any

of the several under¬

writers only in states in which such underwriters are qualified to act as
dealers in securities and in which the Prospectus may legally be distributed.

August 4, 1961
Blyth & Co., Inc.

400,000 Shares

The First Boston Corporation

Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Incorporated

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.

Transcontinent Television

Corporation

Harriman

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Incorporated

i

Incorporated

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Lehman Brothers

Incorporated

Class B Common Stock

■

Dominick & Dominick

$12.50 per Share

Incorporated

Hallgarten Sc Co.

W. E. Hutton & Co.

Moseley & Co.

A. C. Allyn
,

.

Clark, Dodge & Co.

Incorporated

Drexel & Co.

Hornblower & Weeks
F. S.

White, Weld & Co.

A. G. Becker & Co.

Wertheim & Co.

Smith, Barney & Co.
Incorporated

Stone & Webster Securities Corporation

($2.50 Par Value)

Price

Glore, Forgan & Co.

Rioley & Co.

,

Hemphill, Noyes & Co.

Lee Higginson Corporation

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
American Securities Corporation

and Company

Incorporated

Alex. Brown & Sons

Robert W. Baird & Co.

The Milwaukee

Company

Shields &

Company

Incorporated

Copies of the Prospectus
and the

may

be obtained in

other several underwriters

as

State from only such of the undersigned
lawfully offer the securities in such State.

any

may

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

Bear, Stearns & Co.

Blunt Ellis & Simmons

Tucker, Anthony & R. L. Day
First of Michigan

Carl M.

Schwabacher & Co.

Reynolds & Co. Inc.

McCormick & Co.

Corporation

McDonald &

William R. Staats & Co.

McDonnell & Co.

Company

Chapman, Howe & Co.

Incorporated

Julien Collins &

Eastman
i

\

:

,

Harriman Ripley & Co.

Dillon, Union Securities & Co.
t

,

'

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f

-»

'

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Incorporated




Wertheim & Co.

Dean Witter & Co.

The Illinois

Company

Incorpo-ated

Mackall & Coe

Incorporated

-

i

•

Pacific Northwest

Hornblower & Weeks

J. M. Dain & Co., Inc.

Company

Loewi & Co.
>

•'

i

Company

The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
August 4, 1961.

W. II. Newbold's Son & Co.

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

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(592)

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Appointment

NEWS ABOUT

mus

New- Branches

•

New

•

Offices,

etc.

Revised

•

City Bank, New
that
Carl
E.

announced

Manufacturers
New

York,

as

Mr.

this

assignment

tional
Bank

the Real Estate Depart¬
Schwendler moves to

Division's

Na¬

Correspondent

joined the Bank
in
1929.
He
was
appointed
a
Vice-President on Dec. 24, 1957.
*

The

election

of

gliana-Piazza as a
Guaranty Trust Com¬
New York, and his appoint¬
ment as the Bank's representative
for the Mediterranean region were
announced
Aug. 3.
In his new

Pinto

appointment
a

as

Vice-President

Simpson,
of

The

Mr. Simpson is

Richard

C.

Security

National

*

vision

Bank

of

6

*

Gallagher joined the Bank
He is assigned to the

Island

The

"v.yy"

Federal

*

tions

Deposit

Insurance

announced Aug. 2
that it had approved a merger of
the
Killington Bank and Trust
Company,

Rutland,

Vermont

Bank

Vt.,

and

has

Bank

Development

the

fice at 504 Market Street, its sec¬

Board

of

du Pont &

*

*

Directors

of

ond office in

elected William

Worcester, Mass.

by

SHREVEPORT,

Worcester County National Bank,

The

De¬

'

will

these securities for sale. ..The offer is made only by the Prospectus.

>

Shreveport. office y as
Representatives
are

sistant Treasurer since

v.

y';;

FUND INC.
■

COMMON STOCK-

: c; ■;

•' *

-

•"

f

>

*- '

.

$

.

sjj

.

elected

v:J

C.
a

.

Leonard

Ohio Franklin Fund Inc. is

investment

blocks

diver¬

a

Without
incurring federal capital gains tax at
the time of exchange for Fund shares,
investors have the opportunity
for
diversification and professional invest¬
ment management.. The objective of
OHio Franklin Fund Inc. is possible
long-term growth of capital and in¬
come
through selective participation
in the progress of American business
and industry.
Individual investors may exchange

a

of

acceptable securities, with
$10,000,

minimum market value of

for

shares.

Fund

based

on

Fund

Inc.

one

The

exchange; is

share of Ohio Franklin

for each

$20.00 of market
deposited, less com¬
pensation to the Dealer Manager, as
described in the Prospectus.

value of securities

Investment dealers and individuals

■

7".

...

b

'

:

..

of Philadel-

Bank

may obtain a copy of the Prospectus,
in states where authorized for dis¬

from

Ohio

The

Company,
Dealer Manager of the Fund.

51 N. High St.

OHIO

a -A

:i!

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,.

;*

'

'

'

•

.

.

—
Anchange of
Apache Corporation's mutdal fund
sales organization was made by
Raymond Plank, President of the

'

-

'

1

"

s

a

name

dent, announced that The Michi¬ Minneapolis-based investment and
Bank, Detroit, Mich, had re¬ management company.
authorization

ceived

the

from

Comptroller of Currency to begin
operation
the

der

as

national bank un¬
"Michigan Bank,

a

name,

National Association" effective

on

opening for business August 1.
The conversion of the bank from

to

bank

state

a

national

a

The

name
is Apache In¬
Services, Inc., which re¬
places the former Fund Corpora¬
tion. The change became effective
Aug. 1.
Apache
Investment
Services,
523 Marquette Avenue, a member

new

vestment

of the National Association of Se¬

bank

curities

approved by the share¬

was

holders

July 13, does not affect
the
Bank's
membership in the
Federal Reserve System or in the
Federal
Deposit Insurance Cor¬
on

poration.
The present Directors and Offi¬
will continue in office and the

Dealers, serves as prin¬
cipal underwriter and investment

manager

of Apache Fund, Inc.

Aileen, Inc.
Common Sale

capital funds of $9,356,609 remain
the

investments

COMPANY

before the conversion.

same as

*

Columbus 15, Ohio

Member of the Midwest Stock Exchange

.*,5' ■>'

gan

cers

THE

*
•*'

.

*

,

H.

'

•••'• *•

e e n

Howard J. Stoddard, Chairman of
the Board and John C. Hay, Presi¬

which

tribution,

Neai

and

*y

y'

nouneement of

#

'

company.

.

director of the Central-

Penn National

.

v' ;

1958.

■■

Melnicoff; has

<u~f

sified

Brook

O.

Nierman.

.

p

/

Registered
Tyler
G.

•

David

•

OFFERING PRICE: $20.00 PER SHARE

a

Hegenwald, Shirley R. rSimmons,

He
is
coming
to
Worcester
Coqnty National from the Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company, New
York, where he has been an As¬

1,000,000 SHAKES

:

sociated

mid-August and initially
assigned to the Main Of¬

be

Louisiana.

William Lowry is Manager. As¬
with Mr. ; Lowry in the

S. Morgan, Jr. ap Assistant VicePresident. Morgan will join the

•

staff func¬

of certain

the

of

La. —Francis I.
Co., has opened a secu¬
rity and commodity brokerage of¬

*

;

were
reor¬

a

Com¬

Brattleboro, Vt.

joined

of

with

connection

New duPont Office

the

and

Trust

appointments

new

in

Division, as well as
in recognition of service to
the
Exchange, Mr. Phelan stated.

y

1

:I:

partment, it -was ' announced
Herman H, Maass, President.

.

The
made

Corporation

Long
Vice President, in charge

as

*

;;

Connolly

of the Business

administration de¬

Presidents.

ganization

❖

NEW ISSUE

:»

W. Netherwood,
Jerry Brady and

S.

Kaler,

Ray

Aug.
service

on

with the Bank.

Director of the

a

White Plains, N. Y.
completed 40 years of

pany,

New

fice in Worcester.

■

appointments for the Di¬

were:

Richard W. Coffin Assistant Vice-

Stahl, regional Vice Presi¬
in charge of the Port Chester

pany,

partment located at 55 Broad St.,

not an ofJer of

Stock

A.

Bank in
This announcement is

Garden

*

offices of The County Trust Com¬

National Bank, Balti¬
Md. and the Savings Bank
of Baltimore, Md.

1943.

New York.

Coast

announced

Other

*

Treas¬

as

J. Fred

Baltimore

was

Secretary

J.

Company,

-""'y *

succeeding the late
Colonel Roy Barton White, it was
announced
by
Albert
C.
Sim-

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.

Trust

City, N. Y.

elected

was

monds, Jr., Chairman.

of

Charles

of

the

of

Company of

more,

O'Brien

Mr.

Assistant

Bank's branch

The

E.

in
appointed
in 1955
and is
assigned to the Bank's
branch administration department,
1934.

in

„

Trustees

according ■■ to, Frederick
Jr., President of Long

7,

Pacific

Exchange
by Thomas
P.
Phelan, Exchange President, fol¬
lowing a Management Committee
meeting of the Division.

opened Au¬

was

Vice-President

as

of the San Francisco Division

was

Island

York, Aug. 9

T. Gallagher as an Assist¬
Secretary
were
also
an¬

an

post he will make his headquar¬
ters in Rome.

to

York,

Trustee

a

Mr. O'Brien joined the bank

of Morgan

pany,

continue

of

White

M.

Raymond H. Peiser

drive-in bank for Freeport
at the corner of Henry Street and

*

Trust

and

dent

1948.

nounced by Mr. Flanigan.

Giorgio CiVice-President

of

States

ward

new

gust

Board

Company,

*

*

urer

A

Benjamin Strong,
Chairman, announced Aug. 4.

Frank

Dr.

Frankfurt

Hainfeld

the

Assistant Vice-President and

ant

*

Appoints in S. F.
Appointment of Ruth Kapelsky as
Vice-President and Secretary, Ed¬

of

Railroad Avenue

will
*

President

Trust

*

Cathcart, Jr., and John
Irwin, II, have been elected to

United

Appointments of John J. O'Brien
an

he

Vice

Plains, N. Y.

N.

Howard

as

Coast Exchange

Island

Long

joined in 1956. Prior, he

County

White

been

James A.

was

in

has

the

in

*

New

Mr. Schwendler

*

where

appointed an Assist¬
ant Manager in 1941, an Assistant
Secretary in 1945 and an Assistant

Department.

1959

Main, Germany, office of the

Vice-President

the

from

The

joined the Bank in

since

serve.

by

American Division of the Bank in
1939 and

The

of

Assistant

was

and

Bank

Schwendler, Vice - President, has Horace C. Flanigan, Chairman of
appointed as head of its the Board.
Premises Department formerly
Mr.
Pinto
joined
the
Latin

ment.

President

which he

Mr. Cadmus

been

known

Trust Company,

Board.

Company,

announced

assuming his new post,
Connolly was Assistant Vice

Trust Company, Garden City, N.Y.

Capitalizations

Trust

was

Before

Mr.

by Horace
Chairman
of
the

Flanigan,

representative
National

Cad¬

C.

am

York,

Michael

Vice-President

New York, is announced

1954

First

E.

of Manufacturers

BANKS AND BANKERS
Consolidations

of

Assistant

as

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

.

.

Edwin

*

*

Buchanan,

National

consin,

former Vice

Milwaukee,

Bank,

Wis¬

secondary offering of 200,000
common shares of
Aileen, Inc. is
being made by an underwriting
group headed by Goodbody & Co.
The price is $14 a share.
The

special assignment for

on

the past

a

First Wisconsin

the

of

President

A

six years, retired July 31.

shares

being

are

for the^account

of

offered

certain selling
none
of
the

...

,

offer to sell

an

these securities.

nor a

The offer is made

solicitation of

an

offer

to

buy

any

began with
clerk with the Union
National Bank, Milwaukee, Wis-

of

AUGUST 9, 1961

shareholders

job

proceeds will be received by the
company.
y
t ;

Ohio National Bank,
Ohio,
in
1919, as

The company with offices at 29
West 38th St., New York
City,

Vice-Presi¬

designs, produces and distributes
popular priced sportswear pritriarily for young women and teen¬

a

only by the Prospectus.

NEW ISSUE




His banking career

He joined the

This announcement is neither

>

■7v

a

as

Columbus,,

Cashier, He became

100,000 Shares

a

dent

in >1929,

in

1921

and,

named President.

He

in 1935

Electrarc, Inc.

as

First

The

:

*

-

-

*

"

\

Common Stock

and

>

age

National

■.

Bank

Trust

stores

•

Share

For

-

"

•

-

of

Copies of the Prospectus
other brokers and

may

dealer*,

as

be■ obtained from the undersigned and such

may

,

the

*

*

Connaughton and Geo.

O'Neill

D.

'

F.

Trust Co.,

share.

National

Bank

*

*

*

a

The

Federal

Deposit

Insurance
.

P.

de

Corporation has approved a mer¬
ger
application of the People's
State Bank and Trust Company,

Rensis & Co, Inc.
75 State Street

Winchester, Ky., and the Commer¬
cial Bank of Winchester, under
v

»

t; •:

A

title

of

the
PeoplesJ Commercial

the

Bank, Inc.

Boston, Mass.

.

.

y

-

*

*

Niven

a

Calif,

Director*

elected

months

ended

For

share.

Capitalization consists of 1,000,000

shares

of common stock, $1
value, outstanding,: not in¬
cluding 10,000 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of options.
par

E. H. Vaughan Opens
NEW ORLEANS, La.—Eugene H.

*

The Pacific National. Bank of San
Francisco,

four

month

&

De$ Moines, Iowa.

legally offer these securities in this State.

the

the comparable fourperiod last year net sales
were $2,219,089 and net
earnings
totaled $185,683, equal to 19 cents

elected Directors

were

Central

4,000 retail
the
United

over

throughout

April 30, 1961 it reported net sales
of $3,601,529 and net earnings of
$448,152, equivalent to 45 cents a

-

*

per

James

line is
plants Tin Vir¬

apparel

at

States.

was

Salem, N. C., effective July 28.

Price $5

The

ginia and sold to

of

the Wachovia Bank
Company,
Winston-

into

girls.

manufactured
'•

Thomasville, North Carolina
merged

was

Vice President.

a

*

K

,

to the First Wisconsin

came

and

John
r-r.~

Vaughan, Jr. is conducting

R.

curities

^

4814 CarondeleU Street.

r

business

-•

from

a

offices
- ~

~

;>

se¬

at
r - y

;4,

Volume

194

Number 6080

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

.

Chronicle

Dunne & Co.;

The

Growing Teen-Age

tional

Dealers;

and Business
that

avers

of

error

careful

study

of

population

statistics

shows

underestimating importance of teen-agers to busi¬

and

barber

often

upon

waiting

teen-agers

as

are

nuisance,

and

a

sort of hold

until

they

our

grow

have learned to take

care

breath

and

up

of them¬

M.

Pizzini,, B.

Pizzini

W.

is

He

was

formerly

with

Street,

Lane, Mutch & Co., Inc. has been

North Shore In v.

formed with offices at 115 Broad¬

Sidney

securities

a

New York City.
R.

business from offices at 7 Old Oak
Court

Lauren; Col. Oliver J. Troster,

North

Co.

Shore

the

firm

of

name

Investment

Com¬

were

Mutch,

and

Secretary.

are

and

Vice-

Both

formerly with Alessandrini

Co.

&

pany.

President

John

President

under

Officers

Lane,

Treasurer;

Tompkins, Tompkins,

Singer &

firm

Lane, Mutch Co. Formed

Forms

way,

J.

the

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

zio, Jr. is conducting

Bernard

under

of T. M. Hearn Company.

name

SYOSSET, N. Y.—Thomas N. Fa¬

ance,

Thomas M.
securities

a

business from offices at 316 South

&

F. Eberstadt & Co.; Senator

conducting

Church

Street.

Beane.

&

Since the

newly aroused inter¬
est in
science education, school
committees
are
spending
more
money on textbooks and equip¬
ment. This also applies to school
buildings and, unfortunately, to
competitive school athletic tour¬
naments.

This

is not

announcement

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

an

The

\

Certainly, the large uni¬

selves.

versities have made

tistics

170,000 Shares

in

A study of population sta¬
shows, however, that we
been wrong in taking this

have

attitude.

studies.

have

I

divided

the

Small

fig¬

census

Calandra Photo, Inc.

Effect Upon Investments

into three groups,—first, the

ures

great error

a

building huge stadiums which
put competitive athletics ahead of

What Population Figures Show

"teen-age" group, between 15 and
24; second, the productive group,

investors

Class A Common Stock

particularly,

should try to use their savings to
the best advantage by considering

between 25 and 55; and third, the

should

experience

husky

demand

($1.00 Par Value)

the above facts in connection with
their investments.
The economy

older-age group.

To my

surprise
has
since the previous
census.
The older-age gppup has
increased 25%.
However, those
between the "ages of - 25 and 55,
who are earning money by pro¬
ducing goods and services, have
just about held their own.
The bulge in the teen-age seg¬
I find that the

teen-age

group

increased 50%

has
far-reaching
effects
business.- Also, more teen¬
agers
today are seeking higher
education after graduation from
high school than ever before.(For
ment
upon

people in this age group,
ariy income earned is likely to be
small; but their needs are enor¬
young

mous.

spent

-

Hence, the longer period
in- classrooms places a

heavier burden upon parents who
are

footing the bills.

What Teen-Agers Are

<

What'teen-agers

Buying S

buying the
is food. Teen-agers are the

most

profit

makers

They

buy

are

for

supermarkets.

goods, get their
parents to buy more, and they buy
-things which are (attractively and
more

pre-packaged

conveniently

a n

d

pre-cooked, in ..snort,' they
are
highly v susceptible to
"impulse
buying': ^ and very responsive .to,
the forces of advertising, fashions,
and fads.i The fast pace of . youth¬
ful life,

together with the gener¬
ous allowances which parents to¬
day give to their children,are
proving to be a boon to "snack",
shops, ice cream parlors, and con¬

fectionery stores:* / *:) r •*
!y
;
Next to food, I would say that
clothing lines are profiting most
from the teen-age group. Young
people like to dress up and look
attractive.
They spend' consider-,
able money on clothing, at least
until they get married. Therefore,

.the

department
which

stores

lines

of

follows
ber

are,

profiting.. It

beauty parlors,

bar¬

shops, and manufacturers and

distributors
rive

stores and chain
inexpensive

handle

clothing
that

a

this

of

cosmetics

also

segment
and

of the population.
dentists, firms en¬

gaged in medical and dental sup¬

plies, and drug stores also are
profiting from the desire of teen¬
agers

However,

to look and feel well.

In- studying

grandchildren,
that
telephone
companies also
benefit greatly.
-Whenf I was young, few house¬
holds had a telephone, and those
that did used it largely for emer¬
would

my

judge

-

.

Today, teen-agers - think
nothing of calling a friend some

gencies.

distance away on a rainy day for
want of something to do.4 In fact,
I am told that the principal users
are

the

teen-agers.




industries

some

Price $10.00 per share

are

faring so well at the hands of
teen-agers.
For example young
investors just entering the market

regard railroad securities
A railroad

tributes

the

fact that

ing

,

and

deficits

by

railroads,

the

on

go¬

Cruttenden, Podesta & Co.

automobile."

selling

are

steam locomotives

bus

to

"teen-agers insist

everywhere

Some

•

•

president at¬

railroad

service

passenger

are obtainable in any State only from such of the undersigned
and other dealers as may lawfully offer these securities in such State.
-

Copies of the Prospectus

"out-

as

-

of-date."

to

old,

mus^ms Iq
what ttfey

show future generations
looked likely
- '
r

:

.v

v

•

-v

..

i|

-

.

..

.

,

Allyn add Company
Incorporated

.

i:U

H. M. Byllesby and Company

L. F. Rothschild & Co.

Incorporated

.

Van Alstyne,

'

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w...

■

Blair & Co.
■«..7

pinner to Honor

A. C.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis.

Incorporated

Noel Inc..

August 10, 1961

...

..

«

Walston & Co., Inc.
'

.

A testimonial dinner Will be held
in
the
main
ballroom v of
the

Waldorf-Astoria
for

on Sept. 13,
1961,
E. ' Rieber, retiring

George

.

Secretary
of
National

'

'

,

'

.

All

of these securities having been sold, this advertisement appears

as a matter

of record only.

the

Association

Of

Securities

Dealers,

new issue

Inc.,

"v"v'"".;v-

-v.'—,'tv

New York of¬
fice.

Recep¬

tion

will

be
dinner
(dress

at 6:15,
at

7:30,

100,000 Shares

,

informal).

RAMTOOL

dinner

The

is being .spon¬
sor

d

e

by

members

of

CORPORATION

the Cashiers
Association
Wall

of

George E.

Rieber

Street,

COMMON STOCK

Inc.; New York Security Dealers
Association; Security Traders As¬
of

sociation

Division,
and

P

New

&

Firms;
tions

of

many.-

E.

George

-

be

,

sent

to

&

printed

the

American

Walter

W.

Stock

Coleman,

Stock Exchange;

qualified

brokers
to act,

may

be obtained from the undersigned or other

only in States in which such dealers

and in which the Prospectus

Aetna Securities Corporation

E.,. Dawson

&

&

-

&

Smith,

Cruttenden,

Frank

Nolting, Nichol & O'Donnell Inc.

Stanley

Co.; Gambol J. Dunn,
Taylor;

-

Newj York

Co.;
>

Roman & Johnson

Exchange;

Joseph A. Costa,

Rothschild

Podesta
Dunn

so

or

may

or

brokers

are

be legally distributed.

pro¬

JBrown, Chairman, Arthur Bel-

F.

dealers

Cantor, Fitzgerald & Co., Inc.

Elbridge H. Smith, Stryker

are

lone,

L.

on

Copies of the Prospectus

.

Members of the dinner commit¬

tee

Share

each.*

Dunn, Treasurer of the
Dinner Committee, 40 Exchange
Place, New York City. Those sub¬
scribing before Aug. 30 will have
names

per

payable
Testimonial

Gambol

gram.-

$6.00

made

Rieber
should

and

Dinner

be

Price

other Associa¬
•
\

$20 .dollars

are

should

14 3

Stock, Exchange

the Street.

Tickets

to

Division,
Tabulating Division,

S

and

on

Checks

(Par Value $.10 per Share)

York; Cashiers'

Accounting

Association

their

Teen-Agers Help Other Industries

I

teen-agers

not

de¬

big chunk of business from

Doctors

continued

from

for several years more.

George E.* Rieber

'

.

Hearn

Opens

—

Wachob-Bender Co., 3624 Farnam
Merrill

Troster,

giving
enough serious thought to the re¬
lationship of teen-agers to busi¬

us

OMAHA, Neb. —Fred S. Kuethe

13

has become associated withStorz-

Roggenburg & Co.; Craig Sever¬

shops, and cosmetics distributors.

Most people have not been

of

Madonick,

JONESBORO, Ark.

Co., Inc.; Stanley L. Roggenburg,

generally, makers of pre-packaged and pre-cooked items; clothing
manufacturers; popular priced department and chain stores; beauty

many

J.

York; Sam Minsky, Hardy
Co.; William R. Muller, New

ert

lengthening of their education time has,
by their parents, far-reaching effects on business. Main¬
tains teen-agers are
profit stimuli for supermarkets and food stores

Too

Carl

Securities of the State

T. M. Hearn

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

Yqrk Hanseatic Corporation; Rob¬

via support

looked

Heaney,
Heaney & Co.; Frank
Abbott,
Proctor
&

of New

Mr. Babson holds the

ness.

of

With Storz-Wachob

Securities

J.

&

Publicist
common

J.

of

Michael

Mackessy,
Paine; Hon.
Bureau

By Roger W. Babson

Howard Emen, Na¬

Association

Michael

ness.

(593)

Dunne,

August 8, 1961

French & Crawford, Incv

Pan American Securities

f*.

"A.

.

1

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(594)

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

size

Our Reporter on

of

only
but
cal

GOVERNMENTS

the

in

Federal

the

deficit,
fiscal

current

not
year,

probably in the following fis¬
period, notwithstanding Treas¬
predictions

ury

of

a

balanced

-

budget by 1963.
It

is

evident

the

short-term

Also,

The

to

commerical banks,

advices,

T.

some

of

experiencing

are

in

according

this

R.

amount

active

larger

obligations.

a

The money and capital markets

sharp increase in savings deposits
and

quite
have

tions

been

these

of

'•tion

few of these institu¬

a

mediate

investing

funds

and

in

the

appear

the

|

corporate

bonds.
that
of

not

these

in

the

important

of

the

in

and

bond

commercial

according

the

more

distant

ma¬

of

the

England,

refunding
they

as

were.

higher interest

there

are

re¬

ports that funds from the British
Isles are still
being put to work

made

to

the

developed

British

least

at

condi¬

following

action" to

and

currency

a

pro¬

President

to strengthen the

move

defenses of the country. However,
its appears to be too early yet to

indicate what will happen in mar¬
for even the balance of the

since there

year

are

tainties in both
international
be

cleared

the

many

uncer¬

domestic

and

situation which

can

only with the

up

pas¬

Deficits

There is

the

funds

that

should

increased

Continue

to

spending for
defense
has created, not only the

purposes

feeling that the tempo of business
will

old

be

stepped

but

up,

also

specter of inflation has

June

least.

in

the

The

big

domestic

situation

the

the

supply

the

hand, there are other money mar¬
ket experts who hold the
opinion

so

that

that

the

deficit

will
the

will

be

manageable /
because the income of

the

ernment will be increased
to

will

the

result

defense
there

better

from

stepped

Even

different

that
up

though

views'

as

to

size

the

of the :coming Govern¬
deficit, there appears to be

ment

question

no

Gov¬

sharply

business

the

program.

are

a

kept
proportions

within

due

be

but what

will

end the coming
with red figures. This

that

there

ury

will

have

to

be

money

raising

operations

time

order

to

in

funds

spending.

for

to

the

fiscal
means
new

from

get the
defense

And the way in which

this money is obtained, as well as
the cost of it, will determine what
will go on in the
money
tal

and capi¬

markets.

The
not

big question is whether

the

able to

Government

will

still

Bank

Southern

reserves

an

offer

The

to

sell

solicitation of

nor a

an

offer

to

buy

Federal

Mr.

to

Reserve

Board

keep short-term

from

going

the

forces

with

of
them

It

is

velop

combatting

the
-

which

boom

fill

of what

R. Victor

will

with

Suplee, Yeatman,
Mosley
Co., Inc., 1500 Walnut St.,. an in¬
vestment firm he joined in 1957as
Vice-President and principal

de¬

stockholder.

bearing obligations, with the pos¬
exception
of
tax-exempt

He is

sible

Even though the offering
tax-exempt
bonds
are
not
likely to decrease in the foresee¬

two terms

tional

future, there is a better feel¬
these securities be¬
of

kind

this

do

when

and

i

Yields

Government

on

of these securities,

offer is made only by the Prospectus.

the

!

on

these

Bonds

long

from

into

NEW ISSUE

August 9, 1961

too

the

4%

to
~

3

•

•-

*

x

■

*

*

2$ ;

^

:

I"'

'

reports,

ing y of

j

Taffet Electronics, Inc.

the

going

velops

COMMON STOCK
(Par Value $.10

per

does
d i

the

Fialkov &

This

buy

be obtained in

any state

undersigned and other dealers

been

formed. with

as

sizable

First

National

moved up

de¬

Planned

that

is
in

the

V

Building

to

business.

Douglas F.; Thornsj o.

are

President; Ralph Strangis, Secre¬
Gilbert

and

tary;

any

there

Bank

securities

a

has

in the

offices

President; William A. Hake, Vice-

This," however,

merchandise

r e s s

Officers

readily because of
which

in

engage

time to time in the

mean

—

: Mr.

Treasurer..

merly
visers

•

a

E;

Waterman,-

Hake Vwas

Vice-President

Fund

^

of

for¬

Ad¬

Management Corp.

in which this

as

may

announcement is circulated from only such of
lawfully offer these securities in such 'state."

N ST A

Co., Inc.

announcement

any

t

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

public

market.

Price $3.00 per share

The Prospectus may

s

not

Planned Inv. Sales Opens

in

on

Huebner, Secretary.

by

are

attention

from

D.

Investment Sales Corporation

Treasuries.

long

Share)

of

K. C.

though the buy¬

Quotations

lack

Robert

issues

even

and down very

El

are

not

is

securities, according

selected

ever.

305

of Vice-President and
Treasurer; and

There

pension funds is about
as

Cerrito

at

Officers

President; Douglas S. St.
John
and Earl A.
Clark, VicePresidents; Paul H. Hammarberg,

up

business

much

yields

again moving

area.

most of these

132,000 Shares

with

defensive,

offices

Fraser,

term

-

Associa¬

Traders

CERRITO, Calif.—The AlbertLovett Company of California is
engaging in a securities business
Plaza.

and

securities

Security

EL

along.

come

also

President of the Na¬

as

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

they

if

and

Traders
has served

Albert-Lovett Co. of Calif.

obligation would increase with
taxes,

;

Investment

tion.

toward

attraction

*>

former President of the

Association

of

the

a

Philadelphia

bonds.

ing

Board,

present,
Mosley is

associated

-

deficits that is having an adverse
■influence on most fixed income

able

Mr.

Mosley

vacancy

the

At

Government

-

a

on

bust

!

sizable

with

•

Mosley
named to

was

the
bring

and

i;."-.

-

fear

the

announced.

able

interest rates

inflation

psychology?

be

bank

President, has

too much while at

up

time

same

,'

any

of

berg,

or

Government bonds have also gone
is neither

and

Myron Freud-

near-term

Intermediate

announcement

of

Citizens

be

get the needed mdney in

of

larger Treasury new money offer¬
ings without increasing the cost
appreciably?
Moreover, will the

the

higher
or

the

market will be able to absorb the

of

Financing Problems

to

Board

Philadelphia,

cause

!

has been

years,

money

the Treas¬

year

necessary

been

business

elected

Rising

This

Philadelphia 41

other

to

come

is

On

monetary

30
On

the

imponderable

securities

Directors

other

back into the picture a bit to say

the

the

be

one.

next
sizable

needed

doubt but what the

no

Mosley, who has

in

hand, will the
authorities be willing

time

of time.

sage

in

going into capital investments?

kets

were

making

recent

its

to

in

good

as

spite

pur¬

market experts,

money

operation

rates

note

The

conversions,

turities

com¬

to

refunding issues

areas.

showing of the

In

used

were

recent

were

banks'

amount

savings deposits of

maturity

very

exempt

unimportant

banks

chase the

some

tax

which

Kennedy's

In addition, it is believed

a

mercial

that

and

have

recent

tect

Also, it is indicated

that
some
of these savings
de¬
posits have also been put to work
in

adjustment

tions

inter¬

longer maturities of

Governments.

to

partial

por-

a

Government

Victor

rates to levels which will at¬

tract

very

short-term

our

Named Director

market.

the

money
market specialists believe that the
deficit in the 1961-62 fiscal year

CHIPPENDALE, JR.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

obtained

was

ending

JOHN

BY

.

past, namely, in the

sector

will

.

which will have to be raised push
up

that

that it

same way
in the recent

.

Stanley Heller & Co.

is neither

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

CLUB

BOND

DENVER

OF

The Bond Club of Denver will hold its 27th Annual Summer Frolic

Golf

Tournament

18.
The party will be held "
evening,, Aug. 17, and golf,
lunch and dinner at the Columbine Country Club on Friday, Aug. 18.
v
Tariff for non-golfing members is $22; for golfing members,
$27; and for guests, $30. Out of town guests s ould make arrange- -i
ments. through Allan Hickerson, Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
Members of the Outing Committee are:/'r,
.//•"
and

NEW ISSUE

at

August 3, 1961

75,000 Shares

17

Aug.

and

Petroleum" Club,'Thursday

the

..

International Marine, Inc.

V

.

General Chairman: Charles L. Warren, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Fenner

&

Smith Inc.

•-

.

;

-

Golf & Players Pool; Ron Moore, Peters, Writer & Christen-

COMMON STOCK
(Par \alue $0.1

per

Inc.; James Hill, Boettcher and Company; and Donald Langley, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Gin Rummy Tournament: Bernard Kennedy, Bosworth, Sullivan & Co., Inc.
'
;/...

Share)

,

.

Entertainment:

per

Bernard

Share

.,

Prizes:

David

Invitations:
~

Copies of the Offering Circular
.from such other dealers as
may

.

may

be obtained from the undersigned and

■'

*

lawfully offer these securities in this State.

A1

,_

.

..

.

Cruttenden, Podesta & Co. and

Newman,

.

Cowsert, Boettcher and Company.

James Lee, J. A.

■

f

sen,

,

Price $4.00

.

.

Pollock,

Bosworth,

Hogle & Co.

Sullivan

Reservations:

.;

*•

Co., Inc.,
.

Gaynor Miller, Walston &

Powell, Coughlin & Co.

&

*•*,-.

•

_

Allan Hickerson,

Co.,

Inc.,

'

and

.

and Robert

.

Peters,. Writer & Christensen,

-

Inc., and Thomas Payne, Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
Tickets:

ALBION SECURITIES
CO., INC.
52
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BROADWAY
»

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WH 3-9460

New York 4, N. Y.

Smith

Kermit

Turley*

Merrill. Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Inc.; and Sam Milliken, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

Smith Inc.

Transportation:

'.

Lo'Uisf Gndfh,

"

•'

the J. K. Mullen Investment Co. ;

Publicity: Henry Perry, Bosworth, Sullivan & Co., Inc.
Special Events: Wilson Birkenmayer, Birkenmayer & Co.

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Number

194

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

model

season, arid renewed buyinterest, not too far away,
Chrysler could be on the brink

AND YOU

.

STREETE

of f a

r

•

their

average

this week

bothersome

a

one

most 38

index

had

al-

added

points, which

an

is

to

the

trie first five weeks of this

m

a

remaining

will

hones

still

were

hteh

all-Sne

neaterfor

average

hefnre
befoi e

average

leve

where

be

would

for

matically, in view of the character
of these various lines, there is a
built-in stability not often found
in companies of the type that it is
generally believed to be.

it

reach

would

order.

reach

for

were

a

phase

Minimum

added

big

benefit

will

reports

eventual

an

26

An

ex-

and
and

it

operation

paper

in

re-

to

apparent.

more

.

,

Utilities
Utilities

Buoyant

pion

buoyant in general
and
for
a
few, including
Peoples Gas where a stock split
is
pending and Houston Lighting

than

more

when

there

sectxons

years,

selling

was

the

of

30

currently

poised

the

Stalled

turn.

help and their
stalled at a point

average

was

show of strength it
could break through a downtrend
line

on

any

the

on

upside, and lend

psychological

some

good

Ao

support

action in the other divisions.
Closed-End Funds
With

.

.

the

blue chips so promiadvance, and many of
them admittedly selling at high
price-earnings multiples and low
yieLs, for smaller investors there
nent in the

much

was

advice

achieve

to

di-

versification

through the closedend investment companies.
And,
apparently,

since

it

trading
h

new

ghs
ao

heeded
listed

m

busy either posting
working into posi-

were

tion to

being

was

available

those

or

'

so.

the
new
highs lists and post its best
price since 1959.
Tnese
shares
for a long time were an exception
able

was

sell at

com-

after

oils

settled
which

drums

in

lolled

for

it

many

became

ing held

stuck

a

in

into

they

months.

range

of less than

four

points
all
year.
In
fact
througn all of last year and until
its recent breakout it didn't
out

a

full

points.

a

of

range

as

much
'

carve

as

five

Recently Lehman has expanded

in such

as

new

D. C.

commitments

Heath, Northrop,

Peabody Coal, Crosset & Dunlap
and Bell & Howell.
a

But it is still

fancier of oils and the fact that

the

oils

profit

have

shown

comparisons

the

this

brighter
year

is

helping

to improve further the
prevailing investment sentiment

toward

it.

:

stocks

ground to
in

since

it has held

eight-point range for the
with its lo\y-well above that

an

year

of

cover

1960.

•

year

for

since

its

profit-report

management




has

A

;

this
been

A11

:

on

/>(

_

.

are

.

_

i

„

.

Jl.

valued

1.

this basis.

From

1

sold
views

all

it

up

seems

in ai£\ "

to

in

new

iIa

1.

*

earnings

th

rit

a

n

a

n

4-t

wa

a

,

was an

retary-Treasurer.

Mr. Malesovich

formerly with Ladet & Co.

an

in

Norfolk

With

James Moore have become associ-

Western,

&

Kidder, Peabody

HARRISBURG, Pa. —Thomas E.
Cleckner, Richard C. Kneer and

the

undistributed equity
of 22 cents a share in Algonquin
Gas. All of these figures are for

Payne-Shoemaker

r e g

as

i

s

t

e r e

Building,

d representatives,

They were formerly with Coffin
& Burr, Incorporated.

This is neither

fifth

a

an

only,

offer

to

The

sell

nor a

solicitation of

an

offer to buy these Securities.

'

offer is made only by the Prospectus.

NEW

and

scores

ISSUE

August 4, 1961

.

V.;-r

'J

a?,

t

l'

'

150,000 Shares

and

although redropped
from

Service Photol I ndustries, .Inc.
Class A Common Stock
(Par

Value

Price $4

lp

Share)

Per

;

Per Share

tion at which it has been aiming

paving

is

definite

the

way

its

in

turn

fortunes

for
as

Copies of the Prospectus

far
as
reported
earnings
are
concerned.
The food company with a strong
earnings record is Beech-Nut Life
Savers which is expected to show
record sales this year, part of it
due to its acquisition of Martin-

and

its

admit

its

most

by those

may

be obtained from the undersigned only in those states

whom the undersigned

persons to

1

legally distribute the prospectus.

may

N. A. HART &

CO.

ROSS, LYON & CO., INC.

DARIUS, INC.
SEIDMAN

son's

does

&

E. J.

WILLIAMS

ROBERTS

RODETSKY, KLEINZAHLER, WALKER & CO.

Life

profitable

v

•

item, And here confidence is ap-.
parent in its new California plant
which is expected
to increase
production by a fifth when the
plant goes into operation late this »

This

is neither

announcement

these securities.
NEW

ISSUE

SECONDARY

The

an

offer to sell

offering is

to

solicitation to buy

nor a

August 4, 1961

(120,000 shares)
OFFERING

Obviously the benefits of
full ^year's operation will be'
reflected next year in expanded
sales.

of

any

be made only by the Prospectus.

(78,000 shares)

year.

Beech

198,000 Shares

Nut

admittedly is stilllikely acquis'-f;
tions, should show a profit of at"
least
$3 this year to cover an

in

Metropolis Bowling Centers, Inc.

the market for

indicated

with

year

has

sharing

been

proPts

its

since

the

(Par Value $.10 per Share)

divi-r

increased

each

for the last half dozen which

crease

t<

of

stockholders

dend

Common Stock

$.1.70 dividend, and has

record

a

it

candidate

a

without

much

for

Price $5.00 per

in¬

an

doubt

to

'

Copies of the Prospectus
prominently
lists

on

on

everlj

the

to

show

new

occasion,

is

when

in

a

yet

to

demonstrate,

that Chrysler's problems
all at an end. But with the

may

be obtained from the Undersigned in any

Undersigned

may

legally offer these shares

compliance with the securities laws of such State.

The

speculative, stemmanagement change
in

fact couldn't already be expected
to,

State in which the

still

ming from
has

up

highs

selling is somewhat general.
interest

Share

it.

Controversial Chrysler

Chrysler continues

aWa-m/4

There

it will indicate that First National
has reached the competitive posiand

42 V2.

Fuel)

(special to the financial chronicle)

accompanied other
step up efficiency*-

70%

to

expressed
to
ua

seem.s ™ us a
situation which, as it becomes
better known, could well obtain a
measurably higher market value
while at the same time affording
a reasonably good return under
today's stock market conditions.

mod-

very

in

.

It had an undistributed equity of ated with Kidder, Peabody & Co.
$1.06 a share (of Eastern Gas & in their recently opened office in

,

.

share to $4.80, the actual

a

•

•

estly

Colorado Co Formed

Y

1

certainly

this stock

now,

a

-

'

cash flow increased from $8.64 '
to
$10.60.
If,
as
expected,
an
earnings uptrend shows up and
continues through the rest of its
fiscal year which began in April, >

that

The company is predicting good

things

by

increase

earnings

makes

haven't been in
any
great
demand
although
Champion Paper has been busy
recently toying with its year's
high to make it a promising item
in its group. It didn't have much
Paper

yur,
Chromcle-

.a

•

its diversified holdings and show-

ing completely

stores

it

the

have

neglected item, havr
a

$4.93

rommnn

the

are

even

balance of close to $5.00

a

slight

a

Over

Savers

long-time

ing

chare for thp

■

1

was

years

though

it out

and

er

,

the

'

ident; and Jack C. Costanza, Sec-

sig-

a

Hence

a

oil

fanc

has

around

ported

recent high of

dent; John B. Telleen, Vice-Pres-

could

dol-

But Lehman had been

°'.

tzmo

nnv

In tha proaeS,Sf «s.tsups™arkets
grew from half of its total stores
to

a

standpoint,
the
company
reported
$1.93
a
share last year, paying $1.60 a
share in dividends. But this was
not a fully consolidated statement.

-

or

now

discount from asset value,

a

its

investment

facilities

now

This screening of capi-

modestly.
tal

fcEfifoSS this^ea^Tt 5
down from

tbe Guaranty Bank Building. Offiders are Joe Malesovich, Presi-

three

shown

sales

cash

atffivetak(: my opinion.Western,
in Norfolk &
_Let us

DENVER, Colo. — The Colorado
Company, Inc. is engaging in a

Coffee at t're start of the
year to add a famous name to its
lineup. How the various products
shape up in Beech Nut's sales
lineup is a company secret, - al-

listed trading to

in

shares

on

of investment

to the custom

pany

show

to

of

seen

a

gin above the recently paid dividend than
reported $1.93 a
'a de*ree' Almost' share would suggest. — '
albne they make the stock %uite
While the stock is un from a

it has reduced the

years

number
and

a

Lehman Corp., one of the better
known of the investment compa-

nies,

past five

to

up

inflow in excess of $5.00 a share
which is obviously substantial and
affords a considerably larger mer-

securities business from offices in

downtrend;

measures

.

Recomended

has

company

earnings

where

.

a

For

then, totals

Its main business is the production of bituminous coal of which
it is one of the largest and most
efficient producers in the country,
But' these other factors' are als0

.....-

•

■

.

a

nificant

yf

Cham-

company, that
on the brink of

is

+1

■_

f
be

no

were

•

20-to-l

is
,

stores

nt
,

tTo its followers, First National

otner

thh artide

those

m.oS„

market.

Rails
Rails

-

a

-

even

in

.

levels

more.

utility average was
persistent in forging to new peaks
for

recent

offered

"norm

for,
fat

The

gains.

At

definitely aboveaverage return of nearly 4% and
a
definitely
subnormal
priceearnings ratio of 15-to-l.
The

were

where similar action is hoped
lt
was
a
case
of
achieving

_

overall

out.

share,

a

This,

stock of Eastern Gas & Fuel, leav-

[The
nnt

-

__

the

on

$1-85

Then, there are the other assets
should contribute
^ are Presented as those of the such as Boston Gas, Tow Boat Co.,
Algonquin Gas and others which
results from here mithor only.]

and

year
„

is

covery

^1/

1960 alone. That would

year

pn cyclical groups. A strong profit Given a price of 104 for this 42% In 1957, when the position
upturn that wouId end the divi" Et0ck' t0taL'value of 'ts. holdmf? of the company was not nearly
dend fears could ""fetter invest- was more than enough to pay Off. so strong as at present, and the
mdnt interest in this steel giant. ' the funded debt and preferred market generally much lower than

Brazil

last

business

itsdividlnd hLp leZ

being

only reached black ink status late

the

while

popular as the
other steels when the hunt centers

states.

full

of

Bethlehem

conL^
to maintain

to

reading of 740, at least until the
extent

,

generous

the profit
the fact that its

be

t

a question ma7k
is
under^
™u€?t 0]n®. .J0"}
51/% "7^Hdedlv
and

me^eer

ena.t
coast

th

something of

ex

midwest
midwest

2R

at

™ <<the
S1:11L

ex-

nanded

Fn
in

a

shares

a

j

Carnfntef pLer wL^h
Us dlstributTon^facilities

with

new

industrial

the

wnniH

consolidation

a

in

pectations

it

•

only

the

a

.

profit rate during
months thatahead of earnings

rentlv digesting its recent

•

half of the 1955 high sell
big discount from the $76
book value behind them.
!, /

vance.

Deso'te the temporary troubles

.

mean fully consolidated earnings
°* $3.21 a share.
In
addition,
depreciation and depletion charges
last year were the equivalent of

at

T/. l?°rted f0r the PreVi0US fiSCal

staging

DTPOrn

IjJuuX

the

again

once

about

nine

well

run

basis and

year

pects to show

even

better gam than had been Yacked
up

calendar

a

TTZT71

fledged member of the Big Three,

to stall the advance for a mid-1960 to 8,400 at the end of
couple of sessions. A pause was'its fiscal year to March 31. For.
not unexpected since in two short
this year the company will switch
this

JullVlIj

Continued from page 2

up

weeks;

T

1

_

of determined steps

era

Meanwhile

}•'

aggressive in cutting costs and
increasing efficiency.
Its labor
force was trimmed from 10,200 in

profit-taking cropped

as

T

ulliUUltll I

diversity of its interests and auto-

•

:

for

QTPPTTTI)THPV

JLlllli

15

full-

new

to make it

..

area

(595)

n^TTTP

ing

_____

Industrials found the 720

v

are

new

Russell & Saxe, Inc.
i\»

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-

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•

•
,

V. S. Wickett &

Company, Inc.

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-

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-

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.

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Thomas, Williams & Lee, Inc.

f

16

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(596)

is

FROM WASHINGTON

bitterly

plus

afraid

is

to

cies

hoard

It is estimated that by the year
2000, the United States will own

of

foreign

currencies

is

fast approaching.
The

U.

S.

mated

$4

billion

now

owns

in

other

$4

billion.

These

be

or

be

converted

cur¬

owed

Just

an¬

that

foreign

to

dol¬

it

now

billion

of

this

through "sales" of surplus Amer¬
ican farm commodities, and sur¬
plus property.

be

is

being

revealed

the

a

drop in

the

inter-American

bucket.

At

economic

"funny money"
because, by agreement, it cannot
be spent outside the
country of
origin and it cannot be spent for

meeting just opened at Punta del
Este, Uruguay, the cost of reha¬
bilitating Latin American coun¬

the most part within the country
without agreement on the part of
the foreign government.

period. Some of
private in¬
vestment but the greater part of

It is

known

And

this

money

as

hoard

"soft"

ments.

loans

loans

of

dollars

These

ever

foreign

now

of

$20

billion

10-year

from

come

come

from public funds

or

U. S.

now,

more

He

of

the

For the U. S.

our

made, will be in the

calls

will

follow

in

ownership

of

national

gross

to hold

creasing mortgage

an

ever

of this

in¬

nature

The

U.

Chamber

S.

reports

merce

U.

is neither

The

an

offering is

offer to sell
to be made

nor a

solicitation

to

has

been

of

Com¬

follow up and

no

held

now

government and keep the
dollars here.
But foreign coun¬
our

tries refuse to

permit this because

they want all the dollars they
get

tourists

American

and

been their chief

source

can

have

of supply.

The truth is that the U. S. gov¬
ernment
awful

has

gotten itself into

an

and it will probably

mess,

wind up

simply handing

currencies it holds to

over the
the foreign

government of origin. This is what

happened

few

a

British
handed

we

over

dollars

which

they

ago when
poverty and

years

pleaded

more

in

than

their

a

bil¬

currency

(the British)

used to

retire their internal debt!

of

unscrupulous government officials.

Education

has

has

ended

means

officials

of

that the "do good"

the

S.

U.

government

buy

of these securities.

any

Treasury

Bankers Association

Committee urging full taxation of

tutions

savings and loan associations and
mutual

sav¬

banks

mended

in

a

statement

is¬

to

by Carl
Bimson,

times

President of

utive

Bankers Asso¬

President of
the

state

in

which the

the

Bank, Phoe¬
nix,
Ariz.,
the

termed

Carl A. Bimson

the

inequi¬

current

President

A.B.A.

first

of

compet¬

tax

used

in

structure

to

the

direct

financial

for

in

is

of

undersigned

pension

an

institutions.

highly gratified to

York, N. Y.

established

with

con¬

cepts for computing bad debt

re¬

serves.'

announcement

is

neither

securities.

an

The

offer to sell,

nor

solicitation

a

offering is made only by

the

of

an

offer to

buy any

Offering Circular.

of

these

I

*

:

*•

All

of

these

shares

Issue

August

3,

1961

in

those

home

who

fear; a

mortgage funds,

that V the

three-year

method; of

applying

suggested by
the
Treasury wil lallow ample time
to
ascertain
any
effect on the
home

mortgage market.

"The

ciation
House
tee

American

Asso¬

Bankers

sincerely

that the
Ways and Means Commit¬

hopes

will take quick

action

on

T. C.

as

a

Sharp Forms Co.

LOS

ALAMITOS, Calif.—Thomas
C. Sharp, Jr. is engaging in a se¬

curities
3332

business

St.

Cloud

from
Drive

offices
under

matter

of

record

.-v.,-.

advertisement

onlyI

60,000- Shares

V

.4

Com ponents Specialties, I nc.
Common

Class A Stock

.

(Par

Value $.10

Stock
Share)

per

(Par Value $.05 Per Share)

Copies

of

the

undersigned




Offering

may

Circular

may

be

obtained

legally offer, these securities

in

Offering Price: $3.50

$6.00 PER SHARE

from

the

compliance

undersigned .in
with

the

any

securities

State
laws

in

of

which

such

the

State,

Copies of the Offering Circular
from your Investment Decder in

may
any

per

LEWIS

Share

be obtained from the Undersigned

or

State in which the securities

be

legally offered in compliance with the securities

79 Wall Street

laws of such

WOLF, INC.
'

New York 5, N. Y.

;
15

BO 9-6310

FUND
East

40th

PLANNING,
St.,
\ MU

New
9-4214

York
:

at
the

of Thomas C. Sharp In¬

name

vestment Co.

August 7, 1961

<•;'

••

OFFERING PRICE:

the

recommendation."

NEW ISSUE

50,000 SHARES

CHRISL1N PHOTO INDUSTRIES CORP.

satisfy

been sold, this

having

'•
appears

New

have- demon¬

taxation

firm

"Specifically, The American

This

which

Treasury Department conclu¬

consistent

New

just two \ ex¬
financial inter¬

are

a

believe

full

sion that these institutions 'should

permitted to retain earnings
tax-free
only under a formula

Exchange Place

housing

see

be

40

nation's

of - other

Treasury's

any

MARSHALL CO.

and
sav¬

Commercial banks and

transitional

sav¬

excellent ap¬
praisal of the current inequitable
tax situation among competing fi¬

the

mortgage

Savings

not the only source

our

trusts

amples

we

Asso¬

Bankers

loan associations and mutual

state.

are

programs.

; "To

ciation considers the Treasury De¬

legally offer these shares in

may

1960s.

funds for

decline

are

any

growing participation in
^
commercial .this field.

including

"We

home

ings banks

strated

nancial

In

loan associations and mutual

the

mediaries

ings banks to be

system.

funds

tax

business

be

not

of

needs

now

American

flow

the

to

as

should

the

event, there will be ample funds

con¬

other

the home mortgage

on

available

alternative

institutions

all

for

estab¬

embrace

the

gave

endorsement

several

mutual

effect

the

excellent

"an

report

of

would

market, the A. B. A. believes that

ing financial institutions."

"The

compliance with the securities laws of such

1927.

puting all other business taxes.
"With respect to discussion of

Valley

ment follows:

be obtained from the undersigned in

may

worse consec¬

lished concepts now used in com¬

partment's study on the tax pro¬
visions applicable to savings and

Copies of the Offering Circular

the

loss

annual

average

over

"Significantly entitled 'Full
by the Treasury, this

formula

banks.

Price $3.00 per share

based on a
limited to three

Taxation'

Mr. Bimson,
who is also

cerns,

Share)

applied

now

20-year period since

The text of Mr. Bimson's state¬

per

savings
formula

reserve

that

ceiling

ciation.

of

Common Stock

to

their

experience

The American

used

PRODUCTIONS, INC.

mutual

the

commercial banks,

reserve

suggested by the Treas¬
ury report.
This method would
provide the same formula for de¬
termining the bad debt reserves

.

and

bad debt

a

comparable

sued

A.

in

Treasury
Department's study.
This method
would allow savings and loan as¬
sociations

m-

o

c

endorses the

taxing these insti¬

forth

set

was

Association's

A

first method of

ings banks

methods

100,000 shares

Treasury

Department's re¬
port to the House Ways and Means

The

only by the Offering Circular.

(Par Value 10^

up

Tax Plan for Non-Stock Banks
The

National
Of course, an action of this kind

simply

August 7, 1961

A. T. U.

a large part of
in the hands of

it

A. B. A. Head Praises

a

buy foreign currencies

by

NEW ISSUE

^

of

that wherever the

Office

S.

appraisal

announcement

about it would be the height
folly. The only place we do this
is
in foreign aid. Billions
have
been passed out in that field with
get

all the time.

away

table tax situation among
This

To hand out money and then for¬

to be de¬
cent enough to tell the American
people that it has been a give¬

suggestion
that American tourists before they

lion

10%

countries.

goes Red,
next, then

Guiana, "then perhaps the
hemisphere."

There

product of four foreign countries.

"soft"

figures if Brazil

whole

the

foreign countries represents

mil¬

of

repayment

at

country.

Even

govern¬

called

are

because

dollars if

hundreds

to

this

involving

on programs

a

estimated

will

it will

"funny"
is due to increase by leaps

embarking

is

over

this

of

and bounds for Uncle Sam is

lion

tries

control of the program it finances.
Of course, it does and it should.

products
to
foreign
In the light of what is

potential

one

go abroad should be compelled to

the

but

Judd

Walter

number

Venezuela
British

$600,000,000 which Con¬
gress
appropriated
earlier
this
year for Latin American aid is to

currencies have been accumulated

the

highly respected

farm

trouble spot in Latin America.

curren¬

anywhere else.

or

$150
"funny" money.

esti¬

an

foreign

rencies and it holds IOUs for

cannot

lars there

take

The

Congressman

when the United States will reap
a rich harvest of trouble from its

we

any
action
Already half of
reported ready to go

Communist.

Brazil

few

so

Cuba.

Brazil

of the country which ob¬

We have

see.

in Latin America that

against

currency

passed out money, it has exercised

happening they ought

friends

Congressman H. R. Gross, Repub¬
lican of Iowa, says that the day

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

have been dealing in sheer fiction
when they claim to be selling sur¬

is difficult to

BARGERON

tained the loan and these

re¬

helps to
gain friends and influence people

are

CARLISLE

the

grow.

Just where this money

...Ahead of the News
BY

and

resented

sentment is bound to

.

.

INC.
16, N. Y.
-

:

,

,

.

may

State.

Volume

194

6080

Number

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

.

funds.

with

whose

chases of nearly 88% of new sales
of fund units in June of this year.
Our analysis reveals
that re¬
demptions here continue to show
high concentration. One old-time,
medium-size stock fund
during

investing management ac¬
tivity
confined
to, liquidations
proceeds

to

repayable

are

the shareholders. The current net

tax-exempt

is

yield

4%

the

for

Invest¬

in
of both of these funds.

case

Atlantic

The

United

in

ment
ment

Fund

States

Securities, Inc.,

Govern¬

in

now

reg¬

the

istration under the sponsorship

its current sales. Another veteran

Capital Counsellors Inc., will op¬
as
an
un-fixed
open-end
fund.
Managed for a 1/6% an¬

past
quarter
suffered
re¬
demptions amounting to 220% of

large stock fund had redemptions
of 120%

of its sales. Redemptions
also exceeded sales in the case of
other

two

stock

funds

erate
nual

fee, its flexible portfolio
expected to yield 4%.

is

The

increases

recent

"load"

in

the

(buying

over

80

New

York

State who invest their own

relevant to the redemption process.

Institutional

the

Interestingly,

assets

savings

therein,

siderable

owned by

in

banks

encountered

shares

their

new

the

double

subscriptions.

On

con¬

their

of

withdrawals

members'

—

almost

favorable

the

in

case of two large relatively young
funds, whose previous heavy re¬
demptions have been widely pub¬
licized, repurchases showed con¬

siderable

abatement

this

For

accentuates

existing

realizes

the

of

number

of investment income (aver¬

years

aging

3V2

before

years,

tax), required to

come

his

recoup

in¬

his

"load" payment.
"REDEMPTIONS"

the

during

the

redemption penalty. It will tend
to
curtail
redemptions
if
the
investor

side,

END

BY

CLOSED-

MANAGEMENTS

Correcting The Score-Keeping

Furthermore,
it
should
be
that, other factors being
equal, the ratio of redemptions to
current sales inevitably rises with
realized

fund's ageing. This is so because,

with the continuously sold and

redeemable
the

U.

cashable

S.

Savings Bonds,

pool

constantly

is

growing. Demonstrating the fal¬
lacy in relating redemptions to
current
terval

in

sales
of

in¬

assumed

an

interrupted

completely

selling, the ratio of redemptions to
sales would reach all the way to
any event, surely the
redemptions to the fund
outstanding
should
be

again
find a mixture of "redemptions"
via managements' voluntary buying-in of their own shares at the
market's
prevailing discount
(a

calculated,
June
quarter
compared with the

redemptions
first

quarter

from

1.9%

are

declined

1.6%

to

These ratios

of assets.

higher than in the most recent

but the

years,

the

over

the average

same as

past 19 years for which

record

the

is

Madison

Fund

and

nental;

whereas

available.

Thus,

redemptions

that

stabilization

show

we

tial

new

;v

:: A

■

stocks

the

among

funds

common

open-end

included:

bal¬

Other "Growth"

Also

Eaton & Howard
Balanced,
New
England
Fund,
Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Value
Line Fund, Value Line Income
Fund, and Whitehall Fund. Among
stock

open-end
of

funds,
were the

equities

lowing:

net

fol¬

Ridge

Blue

Mutual,
Dividend Shares,
Fidelity Fund, Institutional In¬
vestors Mutual, Investment Co. of
America,
Investment
Trust
of
Boston, One William Street, and
Wall
Street
Investing/Large
Chemical Fund,

sellers
the

of

stocks

common

closed-end

among

companies

were:

Adams

Express
and
American
International, General American
Investors/General Public Service;
with Carriers & General, Dominick
Fund,
Lehman
Corp., Overseas
Securities, and, as usual, U. S.
&
Foreign' also
showing sales

common

we

the

ting

some

their

at

worry

re¬

solution

through

the

all-bond

of

funds; some exclusively investing
in municipals whose tax exemp¬
tion is carried through to the Fund
shareholders; and
U.

wholly in

one

S. Government issues.

Follow¬

sions

of expres¬

notation

the

was

dilution

(at

least

of

those

on

shareholders

unable
their

or
unwilling to take
subscription rights.

The

shares

up

repurchasers of their own
during the June quarter
American
up

International,
such purchases

to

2,600 shares from 1,500 shares
during the first quarter; and Gen¬
American

eral

Investors

which

supplemented its customary pur¬
chases of its preferred stock by
the purchase of 2,147 shares of its
common
stock.
In
intra-group

transactions,

American

Inter¬

national sold another 3,300 shares
of Adams Express, its "cross-held"

loss

of

of the stock market's

some

of

its

steam

tone of stock market

of

one

by

the

shift in the

activity from

near-exuberance

on

the

part of many investors to a mood
more sober appraisal of values,"
Francis

Messrs.

F.

Randolph,

Chairman,

and Fred E. Brown,
President,
particularly
warned
against potential excesses in the
growth stock category. "A con¬
centration

of

investor

interest

in

'growth' stocks—both proven and
presumed"
had
pushed market
valuations to record high levels
beginning of the second
1961. The result, they
said, "was a price advance not
likely to be duplicated at any time
by

of

John

being
funds
are

in

unit

Cassandras

goal,

capital, reasonable cur¬
income, and profit

constitute

rent

their discovery the
objective of investor

intensified

possibilities.

and

speculator," said Albert J.
Hettinger,
Jr.,
Chairman,
and
Richard H. Mansfield, President.

Ask your

"Past growth is a matter of record;
no

sure

the

compass

duration,

validity of
future
growth projections. In a
nation that debates the validity of

or

write to

or

Wellington Company, Inc.

4% to 5% projections of growth as
contrasted with a historical 3%,

Philadelphia 3, Pa.

market

projections
of industry
and company growth at multiples
of these percentages are carried
far into the future. Wide pioneer¬
ing profit margins attract capital
whose
competitive
employment
spreads
anticipated
industry
growth among more participants
operating on
closer margins, a

soon."

funds:

Boston Fund,

Broad Street

Investing, Commonwealth Invest¬
ment,
Institutional
Foundation
Fund, Johnston Mutual, Massachu¬
setts
Life Fund, Mutual Invest¬

these

price

more

a

investor

sober

on

the

basis

of

careful

research,

provide investment opportu¬

ness, however, is more likely to
depend on true growth in earnings
and dividends than on price-earn¬

ings ratio expansion." The execu¬
tives
termed
this
change
"a
the

test, and
of two,

multiples

at

three, or four times the valuation
of
earnings accorded the DowJones

Industrials, their purchase
fashions of the

risks

confusing

moment' with investment values."
Sold
by Lazard
were
Union
Carbide,
RCA,
International
Nickel, Merck, and du Pont, the
latter the fund
industry's secondbest
bought
issue
during
the

The Dreyfus

in which the management hopes

Highlighting

switch

the

to

from

growth-at-any-price most signifi¬
cantly is Massachusetts Investors

cash

Fund

backlog

which

of
$17

and

risks in that direction.
prospectus free from your securities dealer
ur write Department C

governments from
$51.7 million, or from
3.5% of its net assets to 10.0%.
million

and three of the four United Funds

portfolios—

to

DREYFUS CfrP" 2 B'way, N.Y. 4, N.Y.

Will exodus from

perhaps

growth issues
getting further im¬

be

petus from cold war heatening—
as via excess profits tax agitation?
Charles M.
the

there is

Werly, Chairman of

Company,

investment

fixed

trusts

only

George Putnam Fund and of

Putnam Growth Fund, warns
the

increasing
stocks

mon

lead

to

cesses

over-enthusiasm
in

market.

that

1

i

appetite for com¬
almost surely

"will

certain
Fund

and

parts

of

managers

ex¬

the
must

of
investment market for which the

Continued

m

:

£

I

ONE

mutual

investment fund
.

named

deny themselves (unlike some in-

Corporation is organized and best-

welcome

return

to

type

on

page

19

ENERGY

highlights the continuing aggres¬

Co.

and

takes what it considers sensible

in¬

reserve

make your money grow

ment

with

&

&

Fund is a mutual fund

quarter.

"Looking ahead, and taking into
account

and Mr. Brown; "Their attractive¬

Particularly large net buyers of
stocks were the following
among
the
open-end
balanced

earnings records have
competitive

Stock

nities," according to Mr. Randolph

common

stood

its

still

Stock Buyers

not

Growth

liquidating

long-contro¬

whose brief

creased

situation.

a

presently discernible in seg¬
electronics industry.
When
markets
lightly
accord
recognition as growth stocks to
unseasoned
issues
of companies

Energy, Incorporated, MIG, Na¬
tional Investors, National Securi¬
ties—Stock, T. Rowe Price Growth

Haupt

Nuveen

permanently

investment dealer

for prospectus

either

measures

rate

Fund

seeking conservation of

Lazard

is

stocks

Balanced

—a

the

of

and

the

attitude, 'growth' stocks, selected

is

Ira

offered.

sponsors

the

Skepticism

forefront

"Growth

quarter of

affiliate (3,600 shares were sold in
the
previous
quarter),
thereby

Each
of
these
now has two more such
SEC-registration. These

last
April,
another
such
fund, the
Nuveen Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
(Series 1), under the sponsorship
of

"growth"
Fund.

the

Fund, George Putnam Fund,
Shareholders'
Trust
of
Boston,
Stein Roe & Farnham Balanced,
and Wellington Fund. Particularly
large equity net buying by such
open-end stock funds as Aberdeen,
Affiliated, Delaware, Dreyfus,

ing the initiation of the Municipal
Investment Trust Fund under the

aegis

in

ments of the

OF CAUTION

WORDS

In the sober category

Tri Group. Finding "a

poten¬

of

proceeds?" may be get¬
formation

current

FIND

•

THE INDUSTRY SPEAKS

Public Service) of
offering, of
additional
shares, presumably at a discount,
via rights — thereby inflicting a

General

tially profit-taking fund investors
via redemption, "What can I do
with

WELLINGTON

were

Kroger.

Diversified

Investment Fund,

Investing

acquisitions

quarter. Heavily sold

Stock Sellers

anced

When

substan¬

were

during the
Beth¬
lehem, Continental Can, and

*1j:

Important net sellers of

A Name to Remember

two

quarters. American Metal Climax

this time sold more stocks than it
.

in¬

previous

Weyerhaeuser

bought.

having

as

the

and

further

now

cently arrived at high level.
The

reported
from

Corp.

versial

conclude

is

creased

more

Tri-Conti-

Lehman

Tri-Continental's portfolio ratio
all
common
stocks
to other

assets

Trust,

once

(by

included

given at least equal weight.

area

another

which stepped

So

and

pre-Berlin)

ratio

shares

Share,

sound, sure-profit policy), and, on
the
other
hand,
announcement

infinity. In
of

Niagara

of

Con¬

trend

In the closed-end

as

European,

Investment

balances.

past quarter.

a

American

were

solidated

the

commission) in¬
stituted by some half-dozen openend funds, apart from the contro¬
versial implications, is directly

Investors Mutual Fund,

•

sellers

two

and

prominent balanced funds.

of

;

17

suited, and in which it has gained
experience in 'growth' stock in¬
vesting for almost 25 years."

,v:;'
Among the closed-end compa¬
nies, net buyers of common stocks

Buyers in Churning Market
ruling in Great Britain. Unit trust
funds
there experienced repur¬

(597)

siveness of the so-called "growth"

Funds Still Active Stock
Continued from page 1

Chronicle

FUND

IT IS THE ONLY FUND CONCENTRATING
IN THE ENERGY FIELD THAT IS OFFERED

WITH

NO

CHARGE

COMMISSION

OF

ANY

KIND.

OR

SELLING

Shares

are

offered at net asset value.

An

opemend mutual fund invested

;

Available

Fund

out

at

Western

net

asset

value with'

sales commission.

| Energy Fund is
for growth

European,
and other foreign securities.
Canadian,

in

a

mutual fund investing

possibilities in electronics;

% high energy fuels; missiles and other
space uses for energy; atomic energy;
oil and gas; electric and gas utilities
r"

and other

/

energy

activities

related

to

the

fields.

Investment
are

Ill

on

Prospectus

upon

request

Carl M. Loeb,

Rhoades & Co.

Members "Hew Tor\

Lord, Abbett & Co.
New York

—

Atlanta




—

Chicago

—

request

a

Write Department C

objectives of this Fund

possible long-term capital and
growth for its shareholders.

income

Los Angeles

—

42

San Francisco

WALL STREET

*

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SEND FOR FREE PROSPECTUS

Prospectus

A Common Stock Investment Fund

P:?5S

13

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Stoc\ Exchange
NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

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Distributor

RALPH E. SAMUEL & CO.
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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(598)

Combined Inv. Branch
PANAMA

CITY, Fla.—Combined
Company,
Inc.
has

Investing
opened

branch office at 203 East

a

Investment
Possibilities in
ELECTRONICS

which

in

transactions

No. of

No. of

Mgts.

Shares

Shares

4(1)

TELEVISION-

15,750
6,100

1--~;

Harvester--

International

8,000

7

30,700

Aerojet-General

2(2)
2(2)

60,000

Avco

14,500

Beech

Invest¬

5(1)

45,000

Boeing

ment Fund whose

4(1)

35,000

Lockheed

INC.

ii
{

Aircraft

2(1)

possi¬

44,700

United

KD
3

None

Dynamics

l

4(3)'
3(2)
5(1)

'

2(1)
2(1)
2

77,600
49,000

Pan American World

96,311

United

Booklet-Prospectus and rec¬
from

or

Lines

32,400
None

Air

Lines

20(4)

302,500

3(1)

Broadway, New York 6, N.Y

16,000

3(1)
,

54,000

Motor

Automotive Equipment
4,400

Bendix

29,500

Champion

1,000

—.—-—

Electric

Genuine

15,100

Swedish Ball Bearing

Briggs

32,000

(SKF)

& Stratton
Equipment

Clark

«

common

stocks

selected for possibilities of growth
in income and capital
over

the years.

18,321

7,500
47,166
3,400

——

3,000

,

Trust

Bankers

Manhattan

Chase

None

15,700
159,000

None

None

3(1)
2(1)

u-

2(2)
6(4)

1(1)
2

3(2)

2

A balanced investment

47,400

in bonds, preferred stocks and

62,800
44,100
30,600

Diamond

70,000

Marquette Cement Mfg..

22,900
20,200
9,100
14,800

Maytag ri—

59,500

U. S.

33,000

U.

common

stocks.

DIVERSIFIED GROWTH
STOCK FUND, w
Investing for long term growth

[possibilities in securities of companies]
in many

fields of scientific and

economic

development.

Otis

6,000

Lead—

Products

Whirlpool

30,000

General

Portland

3,500

Penn Dixie

None

1

None

KD

7(1)

6,800

1—

30,900
49,818
65,300

4(1)

.

Controls

Weyerhaeuser

1(1)

2(1)

—

Cement——

None

3(3)

Homes "B"

None
4

None
•

1'

1

30,500

1(1)

2

3(1)

57,800

Towne

3

25.000

-—.—

2(1)

12,700

36,700

Incorporated
•

Elizabeth, New Jersey




24,647

Dow

Solvents.

Chemical.,—

None

None

None
None
2

None
2,280
9,800

None
^36,200
*32,000

-

Radio

3(1)
None
3(1)
,*2(1)

24,000

2(2)

1,500
14,200
3,500
36,000
30,000

2(1)
2(2)
2

31,700

2(2)

2,300

2(2)

55,794

9(2)
7(4)
2(1)

Minneapolis-Honeywell.

8(2)
2(2)

Philips' Lamp Works
or

equivalent)

RCA

None
60

—

Sprague Electric

D
Westinghouse Electric

6,000
18,900

Square

*

2(1)

None

1(1)

2

3(1)

3,000
6,COO
29,000

10,500

1

4(2)

103,434

^

None

Commercial

1
1
None

2

Laboratories for Electronics....

500
None

2,300

Allied

4,144
67,300

3,000
1,000
None

Hewlett-Packard.

15,230

4(3)

None

•

Westminster at Parker

None

None
None

None

—

Emerson Electric Mfg
General Electric

8,000
None

4(1)

'

1,000

None

None

Figures includes

*

62,199

12,120
23,350 \
68,500 •

2(1)
6(1)

30,000 rights.

Finance Companies

32,400
17,600
44,300

None

None
None
18,600

Daystrom

49,300

Chemicals and Fertilizer

Hugh W. Long and Company

None
None
None

None

Control Data

1,900
None

(fl 50

2(1)
2(2)

Collins

None

•

2(1)

15,100

—

-

None

■

Gypsum.——
&

1

35,000

.—-—-

Robeftshaw-Fulton

Yale

None

None

None

——

-

.

None

None

*

Cement

Johns-Manville

.

None

128,000

5,000
4,600

None

3(1)
32,250
I*10,000
1
4,200

None

Cement

S.

3,900

None

3(1)

^

__—

Georgia-Pacific

U.

65,100

3(1)

2(1)

•

1,000
62,800

5(1)

KD

20,900

—

17,000

None

1(1)

,-18,400

———

Pipe & Foundry...——-i-

National

305,000

None

S.

Ideal

3(3)

—

20,100

None

2

1(1)

None
None

Microwave Associates:
Siemens & Halske
(ADR or equivalent)
Sony (ADR)
Sperry Rand
Texas Instruments
Varian Associates
Ampex
Beckman Instruments....

55,000
41,000

;

44,000

d

Plywood.——*.
Walter (Jim)_—

69,900

4(2)

300

Elevator.^

Tecumseh

2(1)

None

10,000

National

Lehigh Portland Cement.—

National

2(1)

None

Refrigeration

Copeland

24,800
12,500
13,300

2

None

Hazeltine
High Voltage Engineering
International Tel. & Tel.—
Litton Industries
Loral Electronics
McGraw-Edison

10,700
32,500

4

.

'

Gypsum
Certain-teed Products

7,000
7,500

16,300
29,200

General Instruments
General Precision Equipment—

8,800

,

1(1)

11,380

Bestwall

41,400
25,000
87,800
207,100

..

...

89,500

2

None

67,000
15,100

...

Instruments
Cutler-Hammer
Consol. Electron. Industries

22,500

4(2)

Equipment

Standard

American

INVESTMENT FUND,*

"B"

Cenco

-

2(1)
Building, Construction and

(Eli)

Upjohn

*32,700
9,000
2,400

5,300

Anheuser-Busch

Products

Electronics and Electricals

16,100

Pepsi-Cola

Products

Sterling Drug

None

41,200

Brewing

Falstaff

Home

500

V

None

None

—

4(3)
1
1(1)
2(1)
5
2
2(2)
5(3)
2(1)
2
3(1)
3(2)

5,000
20,500
6,000

1

KD

5,000
None

———

62,700
& French

None

11,000

vl

1

2

Parke, Davis
Pfizer (Chas.)
Searle (G. D.)

6,700

Breweries

Canadian

1

4(3)
1(1)

10,300

Lilly

None

•

3(2)

1(1)

Carter

11,000

2

1

6,000
8,000

Bristol-Myers

30,000

2

Coca-Cola

2(2)

12,300
16,900

American

None

'

1,000
25,500

-

Warner-Lambert.

50,700

-7

Johnson

Smith, Kline

12,000

1

Beverages

15,000

5(4)
,

Schering

10,000

None

None

25,500

-

None

Richardson-Merrell

128,350
•

1

None

42,000

d

•" 1

Plough.
Rexall Drug & Chemical

2,400

None

1

None

City Bank, Cleveland-

11,400

Miles Laboratories
Norwich Pharmacal—

3

None

730

Midland

Laboratories

13,500
11,800

1(1)

Bank, N. Y._

Marine

Abbott
Merck

None

2(1)

Continental Illinois Nat'l B. & T.
First National City

11,000

29,200

4

2(1)

Bank—

—

Can

Mead

4

3(2)

None

-

6,400
None
98J00

19,300

None

National

DIVERSIFIED

Lily-Tulip Cup

4(2)

None

24,000
7,400

Morgan Guaranty Trust—-

None

Cup

Continental

3

1(1)

24,900

Thompson Ramo Wooldridge—

33,000

17,200

Maryland

2,400

5(1)

1(1)

None

—

—

22,350

100

Can.

2,400

1

l•

Banks

11,150

American

3,400

3,

2(2)

32,000

20,600

2(1)

•".I

11,000

2

None

Parts

18,600
14,000 '

4

1

6,500

Stewart-Warner

Coal

Coal

'

1(1)
1(1)

17,500

Drug Products
3

3(2),

38,000

Spark Plug
Storage Battery

14,000

200

/Island Creek

1

V, f'V

14,500
1,800

-

—

Borg-Warner

1,500

Consolidation

None

3(2)

b'VT't

rri

—

14,000

•

Coal

6(1)

32,000

,

1(1)
1
1 '

1,500

\

None

__

64,000
86,000

None

None

None

nAmerican Motors

-

Coal—

Truax-Traer

3(1)

None

White
-

notes.

Containers

3(2)

11,200

—

of

Peabody

None

2

23,400
.

conversion

Pittston

61,000

,

Motors

through

None

1

Trucks

Mack

47,400

2(2)

General

Partly

North American Coal

4,488

1

'USi)

Investing in

2,000
93,900

'

Motor

Ford

,333,500

10(2)
Chicago 3, III.

ik

**

1(1)

Automotive

Management Corp.

INVESTORS,

'

*'

"

None

10,000

—

3

2(1)
3(2)
2(2)

2,500
7,0168,900 1

U. S. Borax & Chemical

None

None

Airways._

6(2)

* Formerly Food Machinery & Chemical.

2(1)

Air

Hooker Chemical

43,000
41,400

Rohm&Hass....

.

4(1)

'

V::

Flying Tiger Line

Shares

FUNDAMENTAL

600

4(1).
2

10,600
-

Coal

None

2;

—

41,400

Alkali

International Minerals & Chem.

None

2
2(1)

•'

9,690 '
—?

3(1)
1

2(2)

14,400

Airlines.

23,200

Cyanamid

Diamond

,

1(1)
.

None

None

Eastern

American

r_

Carbon

Eastman Kodak

1,600
2,100

*

2

93,300

„

Airlines

20,560

Name.

American

3(3)

6(2)

115

8,000

None

Airlines

Delta

120 S. LaSalle St.,

United

7,900
20,000

None

26,900
3,000

Unicn Caibide

1

18,500

Cfemical—

Texas Gulf Sulphur

6,000
■

None
.

5,600

7,800

1

l-

24,000
None.

-.

-

None

52,600

—

241,700

Stauffer

1
1(1)
1(1)

5,000

Chemicals

3

2

None

12,600

72,000** Purex
12,350
Rayonier
147,000

i

None

Potash Co. of America.—None

3(2)

36,300

—_______

2(1)

Television

Pennsalt

). 40,198

1

None

North American Aviation

8(4)

investment dealer

your

Olin Mathieson Chemical

4

-

10,000

tronics field.

now

National Starch & Chemical

26,000

'

1

None

:

13,500

; 1

29,500

Martin

10,000
27,500

(ADR)

31,800
54,700

•

5(2)

-•2(1)

?'

2(1)

500

_—

engaged fn the Elec¬

Fund

Montecatini

2

None

Aircraft

General

companies actively

Mutual

22,900

4
r

tal and income in

ord of this

Monsanto Chemical..

2(1)

None

———•—

Aircraft.—

Northrop

26,700

None

long-term

growth of capi¬

2(1)

33,979

45,200
61,300

..

5

primarily

2

Freeport Sulphur—

2

-

-

Airplane

None

80,0JO

3(3)

None

None
41,300

5(1)

Mgts.

None

3(2) •
None

FMC*

v

4(2)

—

Mgts.

10,700
(ADR)—• 7 None'.
(ADR
or
—

12,700

2

Aircraft Equipment

2(2)

Farbwerke
Hoechst
equivalent)

2,100

1

Aircraft and

duPont
Farbenfabnken Bayer

4 7

Deere

33,500

No. of

-

Shares

43,600
29,000

2

•

ELECTRONICS

Get the

:

Agricultural Equipment
3

ble

:

No.of

No. of

INVESTIGATE

invested for

17(7)

-Sold-

-Bought-

WHY NOT

assets are

Shares

;No. of

by more than one

■■

Interest You?,

ill

Mgts.

2

management
group occurred. Issues which more managements sold than bought
are in italics.
Numerals in parentheses indicate number of man¬
agements making entirely new purchases or completely eliminating
the stock from their portfolios.
(Purchases shown exclude shares
received through stock, splits, stock dividends, spin-offs or mergers,
both of portfolio companies or via acquisition of private holding
companies. Number of shares bought or sold prior to a stock split
is expressed giving effect to the split.}

Do the

A Mutual

No. of

4(1)
Issues

Sold

No. of

(April-June, 1961)

of Eugene N. Schuster.

FUND,

—Bought—

Changes in Common Stock Holdings of
74 Investment Management Groups

Fourth Street under the direction

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

.

.

200

67,200

None
•

1

4(3)

2

2,300

2(1)

24,500

2(1)

*:

8,500

YMT r

7,000
4,000
4,200
None
None

Beneficial Finance
Financial Federation
First Charter Financial
Great Western Financial
Heller (Walter E.)_—
Pacific Finance
Pioneer Finance
r

'"H ' f". '«

?

,7 i'/i

<-

A

None
None
.

■.

I

1
1

1(1)
None
None
None
None
•

"•

'

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

—Bought—
No. of

Shares

2

88,296

(599)

Shares

Seaboard Finance

7,500

Talcott

8,200

Associates Investment

(James)

5,000

None

C. I. T. Financial

*None

None

Western Bancorporation*

*

2l
"

4,100
34,000

None

*

Mgts.

5,600

1

Funds Still Active Stock

No. of

No. of-

2

1

.

<

138,400

in

v

2(1)
3 - *
2(1)

Formerly Firstamcrica.

Continued from page 17

voiced

vestors) the luxury of being car¬
ried away from reality."
."
..

by* Allan

ViceStreet,
the large open-end fund managed
President

Hunter,

William

One

of

by Lehman Brothers
Food

6

Products

56,600

3.

'

Armour

15,600

The "hot-seat"

19,0001(1)

18,000

General Foods

13,000

1

18,375

Hunt Foods & Industries

18,800

3

4,700

None

3

23,000

National Dairy Products
Wilson

19,800

Borden

10,500

Corn

68,800

2(1)
7(1)

1 •'

None

...t.; 5,000
None

Products

None

None

Heinz

None

None

National

None

None

(H.
Biscuit

Swift

None

1
1
None

13,600
16,500
44,000,

__

_

1,600

3

5,000

2

4,500

2

17,000
3,454

2

3

13,500
2,000

2

None

None

6,000

Libbey-Owens-Ford
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Thompson (H. I.) Fiber Glass..

1

5,600

3

3,000

1(1)

None

Saint-Gobain

None
' None

None

Owens-Illinois Glass
Pittsburgh Plate Glass

38,700
28,700

Thatcher Glass Mfg
Insurance—Fire

&

ing,
independent
thought
and
strong nerves.
For investment
picture

Hartford

4(2)

-

3(1)

49,800

eraging

2(2)

19,400

Reliance

Insurance

>

1,800

yielding less than 3%

dividends."

U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty

None

American Insurance

None

None

Continental Casualty

None

None

Maryland Casualty

"We

name:

for

are

carefully looking

sign

some

fence

and

when

it

to

hope

get

2(2)

;
:

lation

over

business

assumption of its corre¬

with

stock

market fluctua¬

Messrs. Parker and Devens of In¬

is

—

typically

corporated

2(1)

Investors:

None

None

these

uncertainties

management

that the

Transamerica

Life

.\

None

ism

Equipment

43,000

Combustion

63,000

1(1)

Engineering

13,500

2

2,900

4(1)

61,900

1

2,500

None

None

1(1)

10,000

time."

This

com¬

attitude
was
reflected
in
acquisitions of
"smaller, lesser known companies
with attractive growth possibili¬
daring

ties"

1(1)

40,000

1(1)

None

None
1

Engineering, Copeland Refrigera¬
tion, and New York Air Brake,
among others—this fund's overall
equity purchases nearly doubling

Joy Mfg
Koppers
Link-Belt
Singer Mfg
United Shoe Machinery
Worthington
Caterpillar Tractor
Dresser Industries
Emhart Mfg.

2(1)

its sales.

3,100
12,500
12,400
10,000
139,100

1
1

j

92,000

ishness

5(3)

son,

7,100

as

Machine

1

37,000

5(1)

73,113

3(1)

33,400
3,400

1

Mining—Aluminum

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical.
Reynolds Metals
Aluminium Ltd
Aluminum Co. of America

1(1)
4(1)
4(1)
4(3)

4,000
37,175

79,900
10,700

Should

$30
&JHT.

nr mA»*n
or

more.

Mr.

was

A MUTUAL FUND

there

be

through in this

major break¬

a

in

area

the

next

in

years,
another - group
will
benefit—life insurance." One Wil¬
liam

has-been

building

investments

4%

assets,

of* its

its

up

about

to

including

Con¬

investing

diversified group of secu¬

a

rities selected for possible
long
term growth of capital and
income. Free of Pennsylvania

few

Personal

Property Tax.

.

Send for FREE Prospectus from yom
Investment Dealer or
t-

GEORGE
145

LAND

A.

TITLE

BAILEY
BIDS.,

&

PHILA.

CO,

10,

PA.

tinental Assurance Co. and Frank¬
lin Life Insurance.

*

'

J

Exnlaining his fund's market

bullishness,
in

a

which

rise of the

tion

of

59%

its

at

reflected

was

stock por¬

common

from

portfolio to 64%

the

year-end, was this
by Lawrence A. Sykes,
President
of
the
Massachusetts
Fund:

"The

recent

Ernest

Hender¬

recession

which apparently made its low
the

first

1961

Federal

when

quarter

Reserve

in
the

Index

Board

-

dropped to 102, has been the mild¬
est of the postwar setbacks.

Busi¬

activity is now in the early
stages
of
recovery
and
gives

PIONEER

promise
of
being
sufficiently
vigorous to lift industrial output
to a new peak by early .1962."

FUND

ness

confident

A

ibility"

is

INC.

policy with "flex¬

by
the
riianage-

expounded
Flund:,lloaYour

Dominick

A

mutual

fering

ment

anticipates a further im¬
provement in business during the
second half of this year, and its
confidence in
the
vigor of our
is reflected in the heavy

economy

concentration

in com¬
mon
stocks."
This
portfolio's
common stocks represented 92.7%
of net
assets
at June 30, 1961,
portfolio

one year

ear¬

lier, and 93.5% at the end of the
March quarter.

Trustee of Investment Trust

investment

investment

fund

diversified,

a

managed

in

for

securities

selected

long-term

possible

and

of¬

growth

income.

Prospectus
your

upon

from

request

investment

dealer,

or

FUND RESEARCH &

MANAGEMENT
67 Wall

St. •

N. Y.

INC.

5, N. Y.

*

*

of

Boston, who stated that his
company is putting money into se¬
it

The
of the

common

stocks "as fast

as

Confidence in

business

volume

an

upturn in both

and

ISSUES

POPULAR

available," to take ad¬
vantage of "what should be a
period of great U. S. prosperity in
the next few years."

lected

becomes

Metals and

out of that

companies

compared to 82.2%

Remarkably forthright in bull¬

2(2)
2
2

6,945

National Acme

such

McNeil

&

2(2)

Ingersoll-Rand

7,500

this

fully invested po¬

4,400

Ex-Cell-O

10,400

15,700

This

warranted.

74,000

3(1)
2

1(1)

at

paratively

2(1)

2(1)

well

conviction is reflected in Incorpo¬

2(1)

1,600

[Berlin, etc.]
is convinced

rated Investors'

12,800

1,500

e

2(1)

Chicago Pneumatic Tool

1

i t

2(2)

56,100

2

e s p

9,000

2

3,500

"D

by

42,000

Machinery, Machine Tools and

3(1)

voiced

spirit of business optim¬

is

sition
Industrial

came

are looking
doing research in
cancer, heart and mental diseases.

for

Life

with

—

tions

2

28,000

None

Aetna

sign,
the

2(1)

5,050;

Travelers

on

POSITIVE THINKING

Optimism

the usual

Insurance—Life, etc.
None

be

the

None

31,000

we

statement

your

None

the

that
will

comes,

off

us

optimistic side."

1

None

(Newark)

1958-59 when

insurance

1

.

highlighting such quixotic
feelings is the comment by Jack
J. Dreyfus, Jr., President of the
enterprising
fund
bearing
his

None

None

None

90,000

further

prices, av¬
times
earning

22

over

and

power

;

Fire

3(2)

is

confused by high stock

.

134,500.
22,500

the

managers

Casualty, etc.

3(2)
2

Fund: "Obviously,
requires understand¬

Also

Corning Glass Works.,.

amounts of
J

•

firms, he added: "We

in

1

ically accumulated in

in

as

recession.

the condition

2(1)
3 ■
3(2)

Glass

year

Reporting that more
self is thus aptly described by Mi-' than 15%-of the fund's assets is
invested
in
lan D. Popovic, President of Blue
drug and chemical

2(2)

2 ;

None

which the in¬

pattern this

same

Ridge,,Mutual

39,000

*

the

vestment manager now finds him¬

2(1)

2

800

,

on

Shares may be systemat- Ja

:"We expect

'

The Investing Difficulties

.

Campbell Soup_^
r
Consolidated Foods_______1

.

19

Sold

No. of

Mgts.

Chronicle

have

time

leaders
most

on

the

score

card

widely-bought stocks

continued

to

rotate.

This

place is held by Ford
Motor, which had its third distri¬
top

bution of

a

Ford Foundation-held

Continued

profits was

on

page

20

Metals and Mining—Copper

7(2)

155,800

3(1)

7,949
1,500

2

7(1)

28,800

1

10,000

7(1)

33,100

Anaconda

i—

Cerro
<--Inspiration Consolidated Copper
Kennecott Copper
Magma Copper
Phelps Dodge...
.

8,700
None
None
8,000
37,000

None

•

3(2)
None
None
1(1)
1(1)
None

The

BROAD STREET
LEHMAN BROTHERS—One William Dept.
44 Beaver Street,
Send

me

a

FC

GROUP OF

New York 4, N. Y.

prospectus and literature on The One William

MUTUAL FUNDS
Street Fund, Inc.

Name

BROAD STREET

Metals and Mining—Nickel
Address

21,000
41,900

2(1)
7
.

Faleonbridge
International

1,375
51,100

Nickel
Nickel

,

.

,

.

Continued

1
4(1)

on page

INVESTING

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City

CORPORATION
A Diversified Mutual

21

Fund

•

NATIONAL INVESTORS
CORPORATION

Mutual Investment Funds

Fund

The Growth Stock Mutual
•

•

Bond Series
WHITEHALL FUND, INC.

•
•

Balanced Series

Fund

Preferred Stock Series

# Income
•

A Balanced Mutual

For prospectus

Series

and free information

consult your investment dealer, or
mail coupon to:

Stock Series

i

.

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)

•

Dividend Series

Growth Stocks Series

Information Folder and Prospectus on Request

Street

Fund,

An

open-end management investment company
growth of

which endeavors to achieve possible

capital through selective participation in the
long-term progress of American business and
industry and to provide a fair and reasonable
current return on

NATIONAL SECURITIES & RESEARCH




CORPORATION

Etlablishtd 1930

120 Broadway,

Inc.

For

CORPORATION

^j65 Broadway • New York 6, N.-J,
NAME

capital invested.

prospectus see your investment
send the coupon

dealer

or

ADDRESS
^

above.

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□ BSI DNIC DWFI

V

20

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(600)

With Wode & Co.

Funds Still Active Stock

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

C o 1 o.—William

DENVER,

Brereton, Jr.

has

Buyers in Churning Market
Continued from page 19

Variable Equities Formed
LITTLE

ROCK,

Equities,

Incorporated

with

Ark.—Variable

has

in

offices

the

been
Pyra¬

mid Life Building to engage in a
securities
McGehee

business.
is

E.

Frank

principal

a

of

the

firm.

Groups" and/or below under "At¬

block.

Brereton, Rice & Co.

formed

Aircrafts Soaring

formerly with

was

titude toward industry

Ford

purchased by 20
while sold by
The
second
best

was

fund managements,

Badische

only

Broken Hill

three.

was

next

to

Scientific

Welch

and

(a

best

bought

with

five

vestment

buyers,
Co.

of

only

and
were

one

led by In¬
(20,000

America

shares newly).
Fund

also

as

initial investment.

best

an

was

Sony Corp.

ton

Swedish Ball Bearing

Oil

In July, Delaware
acquired 20,000 shares
Second

bought in this group was
Lockheed, whose
largest buyer

Saint-Gobain

by American Tel. & Tel., Standard

Unilever N. V.

AXE-HOUGHTON

Best

Berlin.

over

seller; the buyers

Siemens & Halske

(N. J.), and Sperry Rand.

air-

the gath¬

Royal Dutch Petroleum

followed

stock,

clouds

Shareholders'

(15,000

Trust

newly).

of

United

"STOCK"

Ltd.,

following 19 issues, bought

four

by

ments

fund

more

or

met

manage¬

selling:

no

fund

Fairchild Camera & Instruments
Farben

AXE

SCIENCE

Ecuadorian

Bayer

First National

City Bank (N.Y.)
General Precision Equipment

| & ELECTRONICS

Great Western Financial
D. C. Heath

CORPORATION

(Holdings)
Ltd.,
Dresdner
Bank,

Borax
Daimler-Benz,

Korvette
Lockheed

Corp., Elliott-Automa¬
tion, Great Universal Stores, Ltd.,
Zwanenberg Organon, N. V., Legal
& General Assurance Society Ltd.,
London Grocers Ltd., Peugeot,
Rhine Westphalia Electric, Sud-

Maytag
Olivetti

Unilever

Phelps Dodge

AXE-TEMPLETON

LTD.

&

Co., Ltd.; also American-based
Eurofund, in which Guardian Mu¬

Only Locl$ieed and Phelps Dodge
appeared on the preced¬

ing quarter's list of stocks bought
by four or more fund manage¬
ments without any seller.
*

*

*

DIS FAVORED STOCKS
Rotation has been ruling

in the
The most
widely sold this time were RCA,
Corn Products, and General Pub¬
unpopular section too.

Utilities.

lic

■

Ami

INTO

Fund

tual

had also

TARRYTOWN, N. Y.

these

of

Each

was

took

(six sellers, no
buyers),
American
Machine
&
Foundry (seven sellers, one buy¬
er), and Royal Dutch Petroleum
(11 sellers vs. five buyers). Dur¬
ing the March quarter RCA also
had

been

of the

one

inghouse

widely

more

but was exceeded, in

Electric,

IBM, West-

General

and

1976.

The Wallflowers
The

following nine stocks were
four

by

or

manage¬

more

ments without finding any buyer:

Atlantic Coast Line

8

.

Corn Products

General

Dynamics

General

Public

Utilities

Parke, Davis

v.

The

following analysis of port¬
reflected in our

folio

changes,

tabulation

starting

transactions

of

not

on

Middle
the

the

the

number

Utilities

quarter,

had

been

only stock in this "wallfolwer"

the

June

FOREIGN

foreign
stocks,
mostly of course European, broad¬
ened further, both in transactions

by

crisis

NEW YORK 6,




N. Y.

heatening

and

the

the domestic

or

neutral

of

the

Berlin

attractiveness

stock

market,

on

towards

dividual
seen

in

in

the

foreign
our

issues

tabulation

in

Common

74

Investment

Stock

may

of

of

30,-

45,000 shares

of North American Aviation.

newly), while Blue Ridge was the
largest seller (all 18,000).
Auto

Equipments Moderately
Sought

Demand

Lines.

on

Largest buyers of Ameri¬

were

the United Funds Group

(1 4 0,0 0 0),
America
tional

Investment

United,

Co.

of

(40,000 newly), and Na¬
Aviation

again

the

for

automotive

equip¬
thinly, with
buyers outnumbering sellers by a
moderate
margin.
Purchase
of
Swedish
Ball
Bearing
(SKF),
whose
world-wide products also
ments

was

spread

serve
other industries, was made
by George Putnam (14,600 newly)
and Guardian (500), while Madi¬

Fund

son

made

a

first

commit¬

ment

(4,200)
in the American
subsidiary, SKF Industries.
Banks Favored

favor centered

American Airlines and United Air

can

Bullock

(25,000 each), and deVegh
(32,000 newly); largest of the few
sellers
was
Growth
Industry
Shares (all 65,500). Of American
Motors, purchasers were Institu¬
tional Income Fund (36,000 new¬
ly)
and
Pioneer Fund
(18,000
Group

Airlines Up
In this group,

(82,000),

the

(30,0 00);
United

of

Funds

Chase

Manhattan, which failed
to
evoke '! attraction
during the
first
quarter, was more widely
bought than any other bank stock

during the second quarter;
its
largest purchaser was Investment
Co.

America

of

followed

(4,960).

(10,000 newly),
by
Dividend
Shares
Second best bought was

First

National City Bank of New
York, of which the Uqited Funds

(24,500 newly).

Continued

on

page

23

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This analysis would seem to in¬

of

dicate further

deglamorization, as
formerly
high-flying
electronics numbers, in the specu¬
lative-investment picture.
Also
implied is some lessening of the
preceding quarters' emphasis on
the cyclical sections.
from

Favored Groups
Agricultural Equipments in

in¬

Demand

be

of

Management

In

this

group, both Deere and
International Harvester returned
to

MONTHLY CURRENT DATA ON

the

its

"Changes

Holdings

elimination

Del¬

Martin, and Fidelity

block-out

and

FOR SALES MEETINGS

Transactions in the

following

Fund

aluminum,
container,
drug,
electrical
and
electronic,
food,
glass, insurance, and radio-tele¬

The Popular Foreign Issues

Activities

Affiliated

Welling¬

were

Fidelity

attitude

coal,

way to new peaks.

See your investment dealer
for free prospectus and
other information or write

BROADWAY,

names.

the

Motors

(100,000),

try.

SECURITIES

Such activity was at times lessened

FC, UNIVERSAL PROGRAMS, INC.

mixed

building,

in

and

DEPT.

quarter fund
airline,

favored

purchased, to a somewhat lesser
extent, were agricultural equip¬

The

Interest

ton

or

automotive, bank, metal (copper
and nickel), oil, publishing, rail¬
road, and steel stocks.
Also

favor

POLICY TOWARD

fund

65

shares

category.

A mutual investment

seeking possible
long-term capital
growth and income

of

prevailed

preceding

South

over

the dollar amounts involved.

A

Yale & Towne

During

in

page
18
480 stock

on

issues, is based on the number of
managements buying or selling,

Gas Transmission

Tennessee

of General

INDUSTRY GROUPS

tobacco stocks.

RCA

(60,000 new¬
the Bullock Group (47,000),
(35,000). Principal buyers

AND BETTER SALES TRAINING:

*

TOWARD

ment, aircraft, auto equipment,
beverages, chemical, finance, ma¬
chinery, office equipment, paper,
public utilities, rail equipment,
retail, rubber and tire, textile, and

CBS
,

Fund's

Fore

from

ATTITUDES

managements

sold

Fund's

were

Group (50,000) and also Delaware

*

During

Electric.

interest to

of for¬
American
funds appeared in the form of the
placement of 6^% 25-year notes
by Cie. de Saint-Gobain.
Of these
notes, Shareholders' Trust of Bos¬
ton
bought $500,000, L o o m i sSayles $700,000, and George Put¬
nam
Fund
$1,000,000.
Several
funds
bought the newly issued
Nippon Tel. & Tel. dollar 6s due
^borrowing

eign

by CBS

terms of net sellers by

Established 1923

new

the extent of 1,100 shares.
An interesting example

by seven managements, with¬
out finding any buyer. They were

sold stocks,

Philadelphia
Fund, Inc.

a

sold

followed

Electric

berg Metal Products, and Yardley

Siemens & Halske

Jim Walker

AXE SECURITIES CORP.

Ultra

aware

que

Southern Pacific

Distributed by

Ltd.,

(Holdings) Ltd., Union Siderurgidu Nord de la France, United
Steel Companies Ltd., Wurttem-

Phillips Petroleum
Pitney-Bowes
Scott Paper

GROWTH FUND
OF CANADA,

elektra, John Summers & Sons
Ltd., Schweizerische Volksbank,

larly large transactions

000 shares of

the

and MIT

Air¬

Celanese

The

"B"

ly),

next best favored, had its
largest buyer in Selected Ameri¬

American Airlines

FUNDS: "A"

9Q

one

to

pointed out above, Ford was
the best bought of all issues. Larg¬
est
of
its
20
buyers
included
Fidelity Fund
(62,000), Invest¬

craft,

addition,

least

Automotives
As

Bos¬

can
(10,000), although MIT elim¬
transactions by at
inated its 21,500 shares, and Share¬
management took
holders its 8,000 shares.
General
place in the following: AEG, Asso¬
on
the
"sold"
side,
ciated British Foods, Allianz, In¬ Dynamics,
surance
of Germany, Bayerische found its largest seller in Atomics,
Vereinsbank,
Beecham Group Physics & Science Fund. Particu¬

In

"Unanimous" Favorites

Thursday, August 10, 1961

ment Co. of America

the

for
was

Philips' Lamp Works

new¬

International Tel. & Tel. had been
the

demand

This time it

Olivetti

each
with
eight
net
In the preceding quarter

buyers.

stimulated

Montecatini

Airlines

American

were

war

I

preceding quarter
scares
(Laos, Cuba) had
the

bought aircraft issue was Boeing,

Photo Gevaert

,

two

ering

Geduld

Free State

sold

and

went

During

crafts.

Pty.
Hoechst

Farbwerke

by three. Third
Gulf Oil with 15
buyers and three sellers. Ranked

17

by

place

groups":

Anilin

Farben Bayer

du Pont, midst
its divestment problems, acquired

bought stock

comer),

THE

.

curities Stock Series.

become associ¬

ated with Wode & Co. 1515 Cleve¬

land Place. He

.

though Lehman sold 8,750. Har¬
vester, long neglected, had only
one
seller, namely National Se¬

;

H.

.

relative

of Deere

favor.

was

Largest buyer
Dreyfus (23,500), al¬

175 FUNDS...

FREE
great

CATALOGUE

on

this

galaxy of practical aids

KALB, VOORHIS & CO.

and services to the Mutual Fund

1037

BLDG.

industry.

D.C.

on

WOODWARD

WASHINGTON 5,

your

Just send the request

business letterhead.

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

.

Continued from page 19

—Bought—

Shares

Shares

2(1)

35,700

5(1)
1

7,500
15,500

3

No-of

49,400

No. of
Mgts.

Shares

Metals and Mining—Other

9(2)

183,300
35,600
2,900

American Metal

Climax

10,500

3(1)

Smelting & Refining
American Zinc, Lead & SmeltBeryllium

1,700
12,000

1

5,000

Brush

18,200

2

12,250
12,050

2(1)

15,000

General

1

2(1)

American

9,760

4

None

None

1

Beryllium

Dome Mines

None

None

_

Free State Geduld

(ADR)
Consolidated Gold^^u

6,000

1(1)

1

2(2)

Minerals & Chemicals Philipp

2(1),

,

61,158

6,900

2

98,000
13,000

2(1)

15,000

2(1)

46,000

American Natural Gas.

Arkansas

Louisiana

National Fuel

None

Consolidated

None

None

El Paso

None

None

Louisiana

None

None

Mississippi

None

None

2(1)
None
1

Natural

Natural

Gas

1,025

Gas

Texas

Gas

None

None

Union

Texas

None

None

United

Transmission

Transmission
Natural

Gas

Gas

9,900

Addressograph-Multigraph

Mutual

Baltimore Gas &

British

None''

and,

1

Fund's investment policy
permits,

3,600

Cleveland

34,700
500

3(1)
2(2)

31,800

Moore Corp

2

4(2)

228,625

4(1)

25,400
9,900

None

8,100
1,000

Illinois Power
Interstate Power

9,200

None
7

Underwood

None

:

1(1)
1(1)
1

6,000

Kansas Gas & Electric

2,000

Louisville Gas &

33,200
40,000

2(1)

Niagara

Pacific

4,500

1

3,600
80,800

None

4

54,588

1

3(1)

Power

Burroughs

12,300

>_

IBM

.___

Gas

&

i!

Southern California

6,900

1

15,000

Southwestern Public

13,000

Texas

1

1(1)

20,100

Tucson

3(3)
8

3

82,800

2
*

1

18,000

6

:;1

76,500

15

355,000

2

3,300

2

32,476

6

35,800

Champlin Oil & Refining.
Coastal States Gas Producing
Continental Oil
Gulf Oil
Louisiana Land & Exploration__
Ohio

21,395

12,000

2(1)

None

None

Dayton Power & Light

1

None

None

El

51,000

1(1)
1

15,000
14,500

1

60,900

3

Phillips Petroleum
Shamrock Oil & Gas
Socony Mobil Oil

8,000

1(1)

4,080
None

Oil

26,500

3*(1*)

1(1)
None

133,000

1(1)

12,800

2(1)

None.

None

1(1)

52,900
2,000

1

5,800

None

None

2(1)

•

5

1(1)

127,800

42,000
1,200

Standard Oil of Calif

2

9,000
8,600
12,120
23,600-

2
2(1)

••_

1
1

2

Investors!

3(3)

2
•

3(d<p

7(3)i*>;
2
2
3

CONSIDER

524,200
84,700

7

31,892

Sunray
Texaco

2

27,370

Union Oil

1

300

1

3,000
500

1

4

1,000

(Ky)
Standard Oil (N. J.)

1

10,000

Mid-Continent

Oil

4(1)

18,000

1(1)

9,240

(Calif.)

14(1)

American Tel. & Tel
England Tel. & Tel

27,300
10,400
Western Union
25,000
General Telephone & Electronics 154,000

41,530

1

214

4

48,900

None

New

___,

None

4

None

'*

Balanced Fund
Investing in bonds,
preferred, and common
stocks for current Income

2

and

possible growth of
principal and income

3

3(1)

94,300
4,000

6(2)

2(1)

23,500

1(1)

2(2)

Cities Service

49,404

4(4)

3(1)

23,100
31,700

145,500

5(3)

6(5)

55,800

2

Donnelley (R. R.)
Grolier, Inc
Heath (D. C.)
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
McGraw-Hill Publishing
Prentice-Hall
|
Western Publishing

3
3

24,800

Sinclair Oil

2(1)

19,549

Standard Oil
*

Includes

11(2)

5(3)

1(1)

13,100
5,000

5(2)

2(1)

7,200

4(4)

2(1)

5,190

None

Shell Oil

263,426

27,000

Royal Dutch Petroleum

None

121,700
30,660

(Ohio)

Investing primarily in
selected

.

possible
growth of principal

None

None
10,000
None
None
200
8,500
1,535
*8,300

None
None
1
None
None
1
1(1)
1
*2(1)

*

Also

1.0,000

rights.

Crown-Zellerbach

2(1)

44,812

2

10,400

Hammermill Paper.
Kimberly-Clark

1(1)

24,800

Mead

900
None

13,260

6,000

Radio, Television and Movies

1
None

1(1)
1

2
2

Qeorge

20,000
15,500

Continued

The Parker
mutual

of'Boston

your

available from I

Investment Dealer

J

or

on

page

j

I

□ STOCK FUND

F

22

INCOME NOW,

Life Fund
A balanced mutual fund

Corporation is distributor of

funds with

EATON & HOWARD, Incorporated
24 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.

2(1)
2

INCOME LATER...OR BOTH?

PUTNAM FUND

I Prospectuses
I

Address

American Broadcast.-Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

29,760
50,900

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR

The

E&H

Name__

Paper and Paper Products

17,200

,

since 1931

□ BALANCED FUND

Crow ell-Collier

acquisition through bond conversion.

2

common

stocks for

and income

Allyn & Bacon

Oil

since 1932

Stock Fund

7
1
2(1)
2(1)

None

Refining
Universal Oil Products
Kerr-McGee

HOWARD'

EATON &

Publishing and Printing

Atlantic

8,872
113,403
21,900

...

Public Utilities—Telephone & Telegraph

1

49,000

Standard Oil

8

1

2,000

Standard Oil (Ind.)

4

5

2(2)
2(1)
1

137,370
daho Power
j
i__i
11,600
Kansas Power & LightJj.JsZLz- ^ 17,100
Long Island Lighting
67,000
Middle South Utilities
9,300
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
25,700
Rochester Gas & Electric
2,269

None

1

m

^General Public Utilities

None

None

t

Electric

Florida Power & Light

58,600

.,

vNone

Paso

STATE.

...

3
8

'

Community Public Service
Consolidated Edison (N.Y.)

11,700
100

Petroleum

Ashland Oil & Refining

'^10,000 *

-

3(1)

None

&

1

7,000
39,550
20,900

Central Louisiana Electric

1

Amerada

109,735

6,000
None

ADDRESS-

CITY

4,000
3,000
7,280

Gas, Elec. Lt. & Power
Virginia Electric & Power

None

Oil

8(3)

5,300

Service...

on

1

18,096

Utilities

30

FREE Prospectus and
the Fund of America.

NAME-

1(1)

8,000

2(1)

Literature

Oept

17, N. Y.
me

1(1)

235

Edison

New York

None

6,000

Southern Co.

IPC —60 East 42nd St.

Please send

2

None

__

Principal Distributor

1(1)
2

39,400
12,700
10,000

-

Public Service Electric & Gas

None

8,181

Planning Corp.

60 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.

1

19,000

Electric

None

72,000

Investors

None

6,000

Gas

Pacific Lighting
Philadelphia Suburban Water__
Potomac Electric
Public Service of Colorado

60,000

26,000

4(2)

Illinois

None

Ohio Edison

945

1

Electric__

Mohawk

Northern

22,000

2
2

12,000
2,150

N. Y. State Electric & Gas

625

None

2,000

participa¬

1

8,500

Utilities

None

1(1)

The

1

States

None

Pref.)

income.

special situations.

None

4,000

1

3(2)

primarily

capital appreciation

For Prospectus and literature, write to

1(1)
None

Gulf

None

(ADR

Pitney-Bowes

tion in

Florida Power

1(1)

2(1)

non-diversified

a

which

but is not restricted to,

1

None

2

3(2)

is

Fund

secondarily,

None

14,000

1(1)

4(3)

500

Power__

Power

2

2(1)

None

Consumers

Duke

1

7,700
None

1

4(2)

National Cash Register.

Illuminating

Fund

seeks possible

7,700
1,500

1

2

None

Electric

Commonwealth Edison

57,272

1

2(1)

10,000

Olivetti

The

2(1)
1

12,200

9,100

1(1)

Friden

9,000

1
None

16,000

3

AMERICA, INC.

2,037

Electric
12,800
Columbia Power_™_lA!'k'None
Carolina Power & Light.
2,500
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
2,700

2(1)

30,300

FUND OF

None

16,000

1(1)

Office Equipment

2(1)
1(1)

FUND OF AMERICA

American Electric Power

3§,690

2

2(1)
2(1)

10,700
32,473
59,000

Fuel

1

American & Foreign Power
Arizona Public Service

1

-2(2)
1

38,500

Gas

Service--

River

Tennessee

5,000

5(1)

2

2

17,634
,49,325
5,500
7,500
27,500
32,600
74,700

Peoples Gas Light & Coke
Republic Natural Gas-

None

156,305

1

None

2,300
5,300

Gas

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

1,000
20,000

2(1)

1(1)

1(1)

None
,

Suburban Propane Gas

None

1

Gas

Northern Natural Gas_____

,

1(1)

9,000

1,500

2(2)

x

2(1).v

11,100
36,900

Gas

None

2,600

International Paper

77,000
95,301

iff

6

2(2)

None

Standard Packaging
'
Union Bag-Camp Paper

47,150

2(1)
6(1)

None

Natural Gas
2

Mgts.

71,400

1

Hoilinger

,

35,000
77,500

St. Regis Paper
Scott Paper___

No. of

Shares

Public Utilities—Electric and Gas

3(1)

3,000

No. of

,

.

None

2

1(1)

None

,___

Cable

None

'

Container Corp. of America

1

5

21

Sold

No. of

Mgts.

Sold-

£L0'of

Mgts.

(601)

No. of

—Bought—

^/r°\0f

Chronicle

two

different

providing

for distribution of income and prin¬
cipal in accordance with an individ¬
ual trust account for each investor.

goals:

"A BALANCED FUND"

Incorporated Income Fond
A mutual fund

THE

PUTNAM

GROWTH

FUND

investing in

a

list of securities selected for current income.

Incorporated Investors
A mutual fund

investing in

a

EST. I92S

list of securities selected for possible long-term growth of capital and income.

A/(faMacACfCotfiifaf,
ffnau\a*tce ^ottt/uuty, Trusttt
Founded 1818

Emphasizing possible long-term Capital Growth
A prospectus on

each fund is available from your investment deSler.

Prospectus from

your

Investment Dealer

Prospectuses on Request

THE

PARKER

or

CORPORATION
MASSACHUSETTS LIFE FUND

Putnam Fund Distributors, Inc.
60
New York




CONGRESS STREET,
Chicago

200

BOSTON

Los Angeles

Berkejey Street, Boston, Mass.

DISTRIBUTORS
50

Atlanta

Stath Street, Boston

q.

Mass.

|

J
j

22

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(602)

Forms Mutual Plan'g & Inv.

Continued from page 21

Sold

No. of

No. of

No. of

business

Mgts.

Shares

Shares

Mgts.

River Road

under the

firm

■

1

Co.

of

Black

has

firm

Mont.—The
&

been

35,000
1,000

Stanley Warner....
United Artists

21,000

Zenith

None

Now E. D. Black Co.
HAVRE,

Motorola

1(1)

Planning & Investment

10,900

4(4)

of Mutual

2

name

None

4(1)

22,000

2

3(1)
2(1)

prin¬

cipal of the firm.

33,600
34,300

;

investors—
••

i
■

IVr*

-■

•

.*■'

42,200

available

at

Norfolk &

38,100

Southern Pacific

4
8(3)
.

Southern

108,100
None

Atlantic

Coast

No

sales

1(1)
" None

None ;

Seaboard Air Line

3

1,300

2(1)

redemption charge.

Gen'l American Transportation.

North American Car

None

on request

1(1)

45,500

2

19,000

None
68,100

37,900

Lorillard

27,900

28,000
18,500
11,000

Reynolds Tobacco
American Tobacco
Philip Morris

Allied

s

2(1)
3

None

2(1)

Stores

5,000

Automatic Retailers of America

2(1)

66,000

Borman Food Stores

3

Neuberger

20,000
13,600

Federated Department Stores

2(1)

1(1)

& Berman
Members New

64,200
7,000

:

Miscellaneous

.■

Broadway,

New York

COrtlandt

Grand

81,920

Korvette

5

126,100

1(1)

2

53,000

1

4(2)

36,100

1

3(1)
2(2)

37,750

2(2)

1

4

1
1

3

10,100
39,150

Thorofare Market..

Field
___.

Roebuck

5,400

i

YY

Western Auto Supply

1

1(1)

3

2(2)

113,200

12,424

.None

1

(

v!

,

1(1)

29,500

Winn-Dixie Stores

42,000

l

41,300

Aldens

14,750

1(1)

A mutual fund

500

having

diversified

list

3,200
2,000

20,500

Y

2

16,000

2(1)

1

10,000

2(1)

1

34,400

3(2)

73,000

3(2)

National

Grant

Stores

(W. T.)

Montgomery Ward

9(7)
1(1)

2(1)

None r
None
None
2(1)
1(1)
2(1)

,

2,000
1,500
12,000
23,900

1

Vitro Corp. of America
20,000
Welch Scientific
—
.
330
American Machine & Foundry— 306,500
American-Marietta
39,125

1
1
7(1)
2(1)

American Photocopy Equipment

30,200

3(2)

Bell & Howell

38,250

2(1)

,

5,000
2,000

1

£.ii

securities selected for

Rubber

and Tire

''

'

None

None

i

2

possible long-term cap¬

12,300

2

ital growth and

reason¬

Armstrong Rubber

7,000

Firestone

9,300

tus

available

from

28,400

Goodrich

35,000

U.

,

3(1)

7,006

———

or

S.

(B.

F.)

2

...

49,000

^

None

Rubber

Goodyear

288,100

15,000

1(1)

1(1)

None

20,000

V

2

4(1)

Steel and Iron

4(2)

EDGAR, RICKER & CO.

74,300

2(2)

———

180,000

2

Michigan St., Milwaukee 2, Wis.

Broken

5,300

2

Hill Pty. Ltd

Cleveland-Cliffs

5,100

1

10,000

30,000

Copperweld

1(1)

None

Steel

Minnesota Mining & Mfg.-

23,500

3(2)

56,000

3(1)

18,300

2(1)

*21,200

5(1)

Tennessee

10,600

Corp.--

Xerox

None

______

1
Y

!"i

None

7,100

*

The

1

20,500

1

(under

Granite City Steel

2(1)

500

4(1).

None

__2

Iron

18,100

25,300

1

Allegheny Ludlum Steel

2(1)

McKesson & Robbins

4,100

2(1)

2(1)

45,000

Revlon

-

"I'

$

2

7,200

Factor (Max)

None

None

8,000

Crown Cork & Seal

8,000

1(1)

2(2)

Brunswick

None

None

1

5,600

General Tire & Rubber...

investment dealer

your

207 E.

67,500

4(3)

Prospec¬

1(1)

69,100

4(1)

3

able income.

>'4

2
1
1

None
None
—

i'-3

3(1)
2(2).
None
None
None
1(1)

None

Vendo

600

30,700
63,885

,

1(1)
None
1(1)
None
1
2
1

133,200
5,500
28,000
48,000

—

4,200

1(1)'

2(1)

"

17,800

-

2(1)

Associated Dry Goods

3,000

2

of

15,800

,

First

None

1
a

Foods--i

3(1)

;

—

Shulton
Simplicity Pattern
Thermo King
Unilever (ADR)—
U. S. Freight-—
Universal Match..

5,764
8,300

'2(1)'.

Alterman

3(1)

7; None

1(1)-

2(1)

j

59,100.
35,000
None
None
None
5,000

—

Outboard Marine
Polaroid
Procter & Gamble,
Sheraton Corp. of America

50,000

6,900

Spiegel

1

None

2,500

7

—

Hertz
Houdry Process
Mansfield Industries
Midland-Ross
Newmont Mining

23,500

6,000
2,000

14,700

None

Grace (W. R.)_____
Halliburton

22,500

None

16,300

4(1)

None

3,000

3(1)

21,440

1

;

—

4,530
,

2

Sears,

4,500

36,300

1(1)

6,800
34,600..

'

5(3)

1

Marshall

Products

Diebold

Drackett
Fairchild Camera & Instrument
Gevaert (Photo Products)
Gillette

25,000

Penney (J. C.)
Safeway Stores

Express

10,800

98,200

20,000

'rY:

18,800

Kroger

1,000
85,400

2

Avon

"

2

7,100

1

2
5(1)
4(1)

2,000
21,000
2,700
None
2,000
None
1,000
11,000
1,580

Unlimited

1(1)

Loeb (M.)

50,500

2

2,000

2

None

None

1

2

American

1

500

(E. J.)

3,700

None

None

Great A. & P

12,700

Alloys

2

1(1)

1,000

Union

4(1)

7-2600

500

2,000

2

If,

None

None

Market

2

York Stock Exchange

2
120

Giants

Food

7,100
55,700
9,500

.

1

None

1

Underwriter and Distributor

!

-

Stores

(P.)

i

2

11,200

ACF-Wrigley

2,600

'-1
None
3(2)
3(2)

9,300

Cigars

Consolidated Cigar
Liggett & Myers

1(1)
Prospectus

—

None

1
None
5(3)

*

through conversion of pfd. stock.

22,500
•

5,.

1(1)

Retail Trade

i
——

,

None

Pullman

24,998 shs.

Bayuk

1,850

3(1)

2(1)

9,000

27,200

None

30,000

2

3

34,800

Industries--^—

Y- vY-YY'-' Tobacco
1(1)

4(1)

..

.

.

3(1)

commission—•

None
3,000
None
64,200

Brooks

Celanese.
American Viscose

'

4(2)

28,500

American Steel Foundries

Bobbie

Burlington

*IncI.

>

1

..____

,

2(2)

42,000

Shoe

7,400
72,600
46,000

None

v

7,000

Brake

19,100

5(4), 110,998*
2(1)
6,000

1

Railroad Equipment

American

Steel....

36,000

-

2(1)

None

7,000 ?■

Northern Pacific

Republic

49,000

2(1)
1
2
3 ,
1
2(2)
2(1)
3

Textile and Rayon

None
None

None
81,000

Line...

4,600

10,100

1,800
20,000

<

S.

None

1

23,100

Railway

2,000

2(1)

asset

net

__

Steel
Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Armco Steel
Bethlehem Steel

17,100
,

None

None

2(1)

No

value.

3(1)
1

None

Western..

1

Mutual Fund
Shares

N. Y., Chicago & St. Louis

37,000

3

Guardian

i

6(1)

29,500
None

56,000

•

None

'<■"'■:

s

U.

141,000
None

Illinois Central...Louisville & Nashville

3

forward-looking

•:

National

62,200

2

Denver & Rio Grande Western
Great Northern.

4,000

3

r

33,000

5(2)

1

72,271

3(1)

For

3(2)

25,000

Radio

1

1(1)
1(1)

Mgts..

None
17,590
1,500
4,900
8,700
29,200

Inland Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Mesabi Iron

5,700
3,700
6,210

2

No. of

Shares

18,500
7,000

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio

3,000

'•

1

Railroads

2

a

500

Columbia Broadcasting

name

Co., 316 First Street,

Dorothy Black is

2

1

changed to E. D. Black

& Co. E.

■

"

No. of

Shares

Mgts.

13-36

at

Sold

No. of

No. of

offices

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

—Bought—
No. of

—Bought—

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Webb is conducting a securities
from

.

.

additional

10

are

Fund

for

managements)

Between Cash

Purchases

ABERDEEN FUND

Y

14,GOO rights.

foregoing tabulation also includes transactions by 13 investment

"Balance

Stock

Also

and

sales

("M1G")

March

by

and

through

and

Fidelity
by

May,

in

addition

to

those shown

Investments."

Capital Fund,

Wellington

in

V

Fund

Massachusetts

included

above

companies
tabulation

our

"

.

Investors
and

in

our

1

Growth
article

1961.
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INC.

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TheChaseFund

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A

Mutual

trias

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make

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come

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the

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investment
,

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capital

in

$

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Name

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Volume

194

Number

6080

.

.

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

The

.

vestors

joined
with

Buyers in Churning Market
Continued from page 20

Was

.

Pnvestaent1"Cod

investment

shares.

St,'nnn ment
4>00°t

oi

Co.

America 12,000

.

,

the United Funds

Co.

shares

.

Italy
Chemicals

Chemical
there

Fair

and

well

were

in

Demand

fertilizer

as

V

1W Se"er' 'nvest"
America with 3,000
Olivetti

for

of

undisputed with Weilargest buyer followed

TTnr<a

-

Aiorr

Bobbie Brooks

000); Denver & Rio Grande; L&N,
and Nickel Plate. Most disliked
rail was Atlantic
Coast Line,

in the

v\rMirrVi+

•.TT'i4-v.~

Fundamental

47,300.

Utilities

Liked

on

sellers

four

buyer)

Balance

led

were

(there

was

(all

Istel

by

no

3,100) 0001 Wall Street Investing
and
rail 2

Interest in utility stocks broad-

?ned> compared with the preced- tali

Group with

bY Investment Co. of America and
Ft-ipr-oAr

+.tT~>nrfV»+

was

was

lington

stocks

of

Demand

shares, still leaving it with 500,-

when

whose

eight sellers. Largest single buyer

-

In-

disposed of 67,000 snares,
therein by Fidelity Fund

balance)

Funds Still Active Stock

(603)

23

been

there had

as

previous quarter.

Interest

in Burlington Industries lessened.

Considerably
interest

in

increased

was

the

diversified

Celanese,
which
was
bought by
Fidelity
(30,000 newly), Delaware (40,000

newly),
vestors

General

those^tfl"1

Retailers in Fair Demand
Interest in retail store chains
in the lead- A- T* & T- a^ain was went> to a S°od extent, to some
the 'most widely. bought utility- of the names "gone public" in
stock, retaining its leadership ^cent months
weU
.after the expiration of rights. Its - wise, Korvette was fairly well

American

(10,000 newly)
Continued

7,7
PF
selling, tnose utu
lties which were bought were far

In¬

and Dreyon

page

26

,

OWN

SHARE

A

in American

Industry

a

Get the Facts about

"had'b^en^nTheHrTq^ar- makWTfTst investment of 11^00
ter.

Du Pont

performer in this group, notwithstanding its nnrpcni,^

50 000)

J*. (8'5°°>>with Welling a Montgomeryyard in which.there
If
Iff,A 0 F Second be^ preceding Quarter experienced

shares. The largest sellers of Burroughs were United Science (all-

Droblem

by far the star

JndD ST
hv TTn?fpd
fSe

T

10000

was

was

shares

and

Sin
la ?

rail

t utility was Arizona Public

Service,

fi
wki
Y
,
5 000
1ZI
dr.by 3 rvfi I
T**?T Sh-f1
P^ FnnHfiuyeC emu with somewhat greater number
°dhad been the only oil equity
cal fund, Lazard led the few sell-

Emulative

Fund
n

•

(30>000)

a

(all 5,700).

ers

Next

best

bought

chemicals

Bayer,

Monsanto,

Farben

were

of sellers than buyers, this time
several oil stocks mostly domestic,

On

buyers of Monsanto

(and

iai gest

VonnnX

buyer

(24,000

of

new-

ly), of which Chemical Fund was
the large single seller.
In Pennsalt, Institutional Growth Fund
made

initial

an

18,500
Fund

shares,
added

commitment

while

22 000

Chemical,

Street

made

(9,400),

600

the

largest purchase
Fundamental In-

while

vestors

Stock

and

Diversified

Fund

eliminated

shares

and

shares.

William"

'

MIG

Growth

their

30,16,400

its

;

Companies Retain Favor

Standard

was

vestors

snares

Growth

others.

joined by Mass. In(12,000) and two

Seaboard

tracted

Finance

at-

large buying by Incorpo-

S
cial Industrial Fund elimh

Lazard

and

reduced

Machinery

Stocks

On

this

diverse

close-outs

of

,...

group

85,000

the

were

shares

Growth Stock Fund; buyers of this
led

were

(36,500).
closed

by Fidelity Fund

Dresser

Industries

was

out

by the United Funds
(66,000) and bv Eaton &

Group

Howard Stock Fund

In

this

far-flung

offset

favor,

P^17T1 in17<~T-|

,7

Fund
Fund

the
the

wl

Best

from
street

Tnvestine

(all

whose

Fashion

of

Affiliated

'

newly 'acquired'by
f

the

under

Eun^^ooln^in^6'50^15^
Fund (2o,600),. in 2o,000).' '

the absence of aiW sale- :,7;
°n the selling side, Royal Dutch 7.7;

.

7-• 7

in

and

buyers

of

Refining

other hand Wellington
98,560 shaM Chemica

the

,.Raii

y,

leading seller

Accumulative

cloud

(i^OOlthehe^iestsel'tos
(iy'dUU) tne heaviest sellers.
p.

.

,

"

rapers ricked up
Here, Scott Paper attracted only
buyin& which was led by Fidelity
Fund (4,700). A particularly large
sale occurred ' in International
PaPer
(which
was
sold
on

the

were

and

10

selling

seven

buyers

Get the lead out

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carried

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■

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only three

"shares

Second best bought rail was
Southern Pacific, with four buyFurther Interest in Textiles
ers (including again United AcAnticipatory buying of textile
cumulative with 20,000) and no
seller at all. Also relatively well and apparel stocks was mainbought were Atchison (notwith- tained but was still small. There ! Investing in diversified securities
selected for their INCOME and
standing a sale by MIT of 141,000 was about the same interest in

....y.,

March

o on

727,200 shales .^carried

7Uh M!r 7"fund managements.
50\000) leadingthe
tw0 selling

„

profit-taking was
still overhanging IBM. But while„(
in

7^7

(20,000),

United

Office Equipments Clicking
The

Tri-'coiitinental wa "?large^eller

in.

largest buyer (20,000) and Lazard
the

seller (all

■
Hill, the expand-

.

was

.State.

(3,700)7 Bethlehem Steel remained

eight b

wh

Smelting &
25,000 shares. Of

Nickel, MIG

| Address_

were

..jjked rail this time was Southern

American
with

(10,-

Name_

#

°n

shares). MIT led the

International

I

its, largest buyers, although therd
three sellers led by Lazard

;

_a?~

Group Securities Common

40,000

""II

of

ton (40,000) and Fidelity (10 000)

•

(which had its largest buyers in
the Tri Group with 117,000 shares
with

j""piease send me free prospectus
| Selected American Shares.

in favor this time, with Welling-.

irjSiok.

Metal

111.

ustralian .steel producer, was

Lehman-One William

10,000 newly by National Securi¬
ties
Income, although Dividend
Shares let go of its 8,000 shares),
American

135 S. LaSalle St.. Chic^o 3..

I

with.MG the
30,000). Broken

Rails Well Bought

-

or

Selected Investments Co.

names"' Pieked up -neMy "by A-the Axe
Tas Group, (80,000^ and "by Madisan
five manage- o(
. Steel,; sold W|ide
leadersbin
of
ly in the preceding quarter, was

7

.

send this to

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which

the

group,

of prospectus,

Allegheny Ludlum,
buyers included Tri

(26,000).

d:fferent

For information and free copy

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S ohfefly Hi C»'Seeath°

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laigei,

income.

prtatl 800). and Madison (10,000 newly ) J City.

Maicn quarter had been(subject

^reTagalnntimed

was

four

stocks.

(52,500), Selected American

ex-

('1® stocks, which .during the
March a7Trte7"had been'subiect

Dreyfus (11,000). Also well bought
were
Kennecott
(10,800 shares
bought by Group securities and

and

bought

and

stocks chosen for possi¬

common

bility of growth of capital and

Best

steel

in

broadened

Publishing Stocks Again in

was
Phelps Dodge,*
buyers were led by

seven

Cyclical interest continued

4 000)

returned, to some

Cyclical Gainers

Steels

wan street investing (all 4,uuu).

(see further below).

bought

whose

sti11 left *hat fund wi*b a holding
of 650,000 shares.

anv

'crme from Lehman
S slstStod One

.

divided

was

bv

and nickel stocks eijovei

continued
the

000)'

not

ten"'to tie pSin?

'^0001(

automo-

At

ments (including the United Funds

The sellers included

ihe two sellers. Phil-

-

Metals Continue Cyclical Favoritei

copper

100

Wall

leum. Amerada found its largest

of

Caterpillar Tractor by MIG, and
of
30,000 shares by Diversified
stock

(an

oils bought
oils bought
Phillips Petro-

Amerada and

Ali4

buyer "cPU into the "bought" category. U. S:
y
ouyer, Lr± u „
_
,
, x ,
Al
most widelv sold Rubber, bought by three manage-

Sfvor
7dg|^ing,
with Wellington (28 000
Madison

Bought

Balance

Particularly large transactions

.

in

Engrgv

SfS
ranking well among
ranking weD ^mong

,

its

holdings
this stock by 18,400 shares.
,,

in

the

Sh^es'^'fiS.SOO °leavina ^o'.QOOk .^.l'7r,e?^eS.

""

120,000 shares of Western
poration (formerly

Oil

interest in

lively

(54 500)
Madison Group with 29,000), had no sellState' Street (14 400) ers. Only Goodyear remained more
Vajj 10 000) Istel (7 670)' sold than bought; a particularly
Qf ^en;e'ral Tele'hone huge sale by MIT of 253,000 shares

Interest

itai
ital
VW1U1

newly)

of

one

(41 500)

sisted
of
Affiliated
(41,900),
Selected American (15,000) and
Lazard (4,000). Second best bought

MIG

,._6WU

The
mdlrnnp

diversified mutual

a

fund usually investing in

Wellington

Wellington (128,000), State Street

was

...

Tires Rolling

other

standing its recent involvement in The
the
short-lived
Kuwait
crisis. ^ Electronics
Gulf found its largest buyers in. buvine at all

were

Finance

the

stocks of all.

in

stock

SHARES-inc.

selelersS°and nai^a'
was

fact third best bought of
all stocks) was Gulf Oil, notwith-

oil

not
of

(20,000)

Delaware

One

Mil

(all 45,000), with Group Secun-

•n.

(75 000) and Madison Fund (30,24,000 shares,- 500), whereas the few sellers con-

and

Fund eliminated its
Of Dow

of

Wellington

Affiliated

and

SELECTED

MIT

VP. t{l?.1.?Fner ^and, over into Hve stocks lifted these accessory
General
<c Utilities moved over into
k
,
»
f<]j|ix6d" Sfld

^

moved

Bayer (20,000 newly), while Investment Co. of America led the

£

by

AMERICAN

r,mnpre.,in
runners-up.

over
into
the
"sold"
column. Nevertheless, transactions
m the oils clearly showed a prein tne ons cieany snowea a preponderance of buying over selling,
By far the best bought oil stock

and Pennsalt, Financial
Industrial
Fund
was
the largest
buyer of

a

h

sale

ceding quarter; this time,' Incor- ties another seller (26,000),
p0rated Investors led its .'buyers offset by Lazard's purchase
(33,401 newly), with State Street 20,000 shares.

Oils Mostly Bought

t

m

P

large

particularly

which there had been
no transaction at all in the pre_

20 nnn^

Dreyfus (all 20,000).

'
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Members New York and

American Stock Exchanges •

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Philadelphia 2, Pa.

24

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(604)

to

AS WE SEE IT
for

Continued from page 1

.

.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

category, although one won¬
what
he
means
by
"much too narrow." One is

the

Communist

come,

some

25

hence, everyone

society

Khrushchev's

some

Soviet

Russia

substance

is not taken from

some

other

of

people)
without
paying
a
possi¬
ble to begin to abandon the things hoped for with little price for it.
Someone has to
principle of measuring re¬ evidence of things not seen pay the price of the labor of
ward by production which of —and will so remain for a producing any and all goods
and services that are or will
course has been the rule—Mr.
long time to come.
And all that long list of be available to the people.
Khrushchev to the contrary
notwithstanding — in the era things that some day the Rus¬ They pay for what they get

revolution"

ders

Not for

production.

to

30 years
is to get that
or

remains

decades will it be

two

scientific and technical their daydreams. But to get
is in the same down closer to the earth, in

a

.

i

the

current production
are
to
have free of
of great actual e c o n o m i c sians
with the sweat of their brows
corresponds
to
his
Of course, that is
progress which made us the charge!
need, but in order to arrive
—even if the scheme of things
utter nonsense.
There is no
at a state of affairs where envy of Mr. Khrushchev. This
bourgeoisie has become a use¬
is an important point for us way in which a people can as now laid out is actually
less
growth on the social any such thing is possible, it
all to note carefully — Com¬ have anything (that nature realized a half century hence.
is necessary to reward each
organism, one unneeded in
This is plainly admitted by
munist
Utopia even in itself does not provide or that
production." Somewhat the according to his contribution
likely to find it a little diffi¬

cult to suppress a yawn when
he reads that "monopoly

part

of

which

is true when the dust is

same

old

old,

the

off

brushed

charge that "the monopolists
lead a parasitical life
and
with their menials consume a

substantial portion of the na¬
tional income created by the
toil of

proletarians and peas¬
FORECAST FOR ENERGY:

ants."

amusement

Considerable
will

be provided — particu¬
larly to those who recall the
heady forecasts of the New
Era
by the passages ex¬
plaining what is to happen
in the Soviet Union, not next
—

the next, but in the

or

year
two

imme¬

decades

three

or

diately
ahead. Take these
words, which are in fact sug¬

gestive of the Revelation of
the Apostle John:
In

"In

is

one reason

Years

Ten

decade

current

the

Heating millions of

energy

homes

new

America's need for

will double by 1980

(1961-1970), the Soviet Union,
in

creating the material and

technical

of

basis

commu¬

Twice

in

family

wi|F start using

minute in the next 20 years, another

every

'

Vv

nism, will surpass the strong¬
richest

and

est

capitalist

country, the U. S. A., in pro¬
duction

head of popula¬
tion, the people's standard of
living and their cultural and
per

will

standards

technical

substantially,

prove

im¬

every¬

will live in easy

one

circum¬
collective and

all

stances,

state farms will become

high¬

ly productive and profitable
enterprises, the demand of
the Soviet people for wellappointed housing will, in the
main, be satisfied, hard phys¬
ical work will disappear, the
U.

S.

S.

will

R.

shortest

the

country
with
working day.

the

become

there will
More

be

new

people and more homes mean ever-higher energy

demands. This is
America will

come

energy

sources,

source,

a

of the reasons why, by 1980,

one

from? Much will

some

come

from present

from new ones. Whatever the

large part will be transported via pipelines.

Texas Eastern—
new

just

require twice the energy it consumes today.

Where will it

for

gas. As our population climbs,
homes —and they'll be bigger, too.

energy

pipeliner of energy— constantly searches
sources,

while expanding its present

systems. Already, our natural gas pipelines stretch from
the

Mexican

border to

the Atlantic

Seaboard, with

capacity to fuel thousands of factories and heat millions
of homes. Our Little Big

Inch system, largest of its

kind, delivers ever-greater volumes of energy in
form—finished

liquid

petroleum products—from Gulf Coast

refineifies to Midwest markets. Texas Eastern grows and

"In the next decade (1971-

diversifies

today to meet tomorrow's energy demands.

the material and tech¬

1980)
nical

terial

abundance of

an

whole

ma¬

benefits

cultural

and
the

for

there

and

created

be

will be

communism

of

basis

will

population.

Soviet society will come close
to

stage where it can intro¬

a

the

duce

principle of distri¬
according to needs,

bution

will

there

and

transition

to

be

gradual

a

form

one

of

ownership — public owner¬
ship. Thus, a communist so¬
ciety will, on the whole, be
built

the U.

in

S

S.

R.

The

construction

of

Communist

wUl

be

fully

society

com¬

pleted in the subsequent pe¬
riod."
Down to Earth

This is
in
in

every
every

have
in

good "two chickens
pot" and "two cars
garage" talk. We

heard

it

more

or

less

this, country albeit by pol¬

iticians

or

become

a

others

little




who

dizzy

had

with

EASTERN
TEXAS

EASTERN

PRODUCERS

•

TRANSMISSION

PROCESSORS

-

CORPORATION

TRANSPORTERS:

-

PIPELINERS

OF ENERGY

HOUSTON,TEXAS

NATURAL GAS

-

CRUDE OIL

-

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

Volume

the great
he says:

194-

Number

6080

The

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(605)

Nikita himself when

thereby insure the steady that even in the archaic (ac¬
growth of the material and cording to Mr. Khrushchev)
spiritual wealth of society." capitalist system, people real¬
Work, Work, Work!
And then the dream of these
ly pay for what they get by
"Communist society, which
imaginative minds: "Thanks work. True in the complex
is based on highly organized
to the
changed character of operation of the modern eco¬
production and advanced tech¬ labor, its
greater mechaniza¬ nomic system it may appear
nology, alters the character tion and the
high degree of that one pays for what he
of

work, but does not release

the

members of

society from
work. It will by no means be

consciousness of all members

gets

of

realm

society,

the latter will
willingly for the public
a society of
anarchy, idleness benefit
according to their
and inactivity. Everyone will own inclination."

participate in social labor and




work

It

hardly

need

be

with
—

he pays

the

but

coin

of

Capital Corp.

reality what
with is his own pro¬

duction.

What strange dreams these
added communist prophets have!

to

small

business

rendering
first

mon

public sale of the

stock

Capital
shares at

by
an
jointly

of

ment

com¬

share,
syndicate
Harriman

as

per

Net

proceeds

small

a

headquar¬

business

also

investment

under .the

Investment

ness

Small

Act

registered

of

Busi¬

1958.

under

It

the

In¬

vestment Company Act of 1940 as
a closed-end non-diversified man¬

Inc.

from

manage¬

Houston, Texas, is licensed

company

is

with

company

ters in

Ripley & Co. Inc. and Underwood,
Neuhaus & Co.

and

counselling services to such

The

Corp.
is
being
made
offering of 1,350,000

an

price of $12
underwriting
managed
by

and

concerns

advisory

concerns.

Gulf-Southwest

a

-i

equity capital and long-term loans

Common Offered

the through

in

ing will be initially added to the
company's general funds and sub¬
sequently
used
to
finance
the
company's business of providing

Gulf-Southwest

The

25

the

financ¬

agement investment company. Its
purpose is to invest in small busi¬
ness

with

capital appre¬
primary objective,

concerns

ciation
it

and
ment

its

as

will

to

limit

not

and

does

its

invest¬

intend

not

to

concentrate its investments in any

particular
It

may

tial

industry

substan¬

a

portion of its assets in

ticular

feels

industry
If

arises,

the

much

if

such

an

company

75%

as

securities

invest

may

its

of

assets

business

small

of

par¬

a

management
opportunities
opportunity

desirable

that

occur.

as

industries.

or

at times invest

in

con¬

in such industry.

cerns

Authorized

sists

of

capitalization

con¬

3,000,000 shares $1
par
stock.
Upon completion

common

^

of the current

financing, outstand¬
capitalization will consist of

ing

1,541,755 shares of

stock.

common

Transcontinent

Television Corp.
Class B Offered
Public

offering

of class B

;

1

;;;

of

common

continent

400,000

shares

stock of Trans-

Television

being

made

group

headed by

Rhoades &

by

Corp.,
is
underwriting

an

Carl

Co. and

& Co. The stock is

M., Loeb,

Bear, Stearns

priced at $12.50

share.

per

The

offering does not represent
financing by Transcontinent

new

which

shares
and

receive

will

proceeds

from

the

sale.

The

outstanding

already

are

of

none

the

acquired by the under¬
writing group from certain stock¬
were

holders.
The company with

headquarters

at

Buffalo, N. Y., has been en¬
gaged
in
radio
and
television
broadcasting since 1956 and owns
interests

in

radio

seven

television

stations.

tions

in

are

The

and

radio

Rochester

six

sta¬

Buf¬

and

falo, N. Y.; Kansas City, Mo.; and
San

Diego, Calif., while the tele-

vision stations

Calif,

sale

the

television

Rochester

The

Com¬

Aug. 1, 1S61 approved

on

its

the

Communications

sale

but

of

and radio stations.

Federal

the

Scranton,

and

company

mission

each

and

Bakersfield,
Pa.
In
April,
1961,
the
entered into agreements

and

February
for

located in

are

cities

these

of

television

the

of

order

is

not

station

yet final.

capitalization
of
of March 31, 1961,
adjusted
to
reflect the 2-for-l
stock
split approved by stock¬
holders
on
May 31, 1961, com¬
prised $14,000,000 of notes pay¬
Outstanding

the company as

able

to

banks

due

through

1965

reduced
to
$12,900,000);
$435,150
sundry
debt;
30,000
shares of class A common stock,
(since

and

1,738,612

common

shares

of

class

B

stock.

With A. M. Lerner & Co.
Stuart

A.

Miller

has

become

as¬

sociated with A. M. Lerner & Co.,

Inc., 15 William Street, New York

City,

as

a

registered representa¬

tive.

Transwestern Branch
Ariz.

PHOENIX,

Management

opened

a

Guaranty
the

—

Transwestern

Corporation

branch
Bank

office

Building

has

in

the

under

management of Ralph Norton.

,f

26

(606)

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Best

~

in

bought

this

group

re¬

mained Armour, whose six

Buyers in Churning Market
mixed

fus

quarter. Issues

An additional 25,000

(6,000).

reaction

in

as

the

second

Georgia-Pacific,
S.
Gypsum,

buyers
were
led
by
Fundamental
In¬
vestors
(8,100),
while
Fidelity
Fund was the only seller (all 19,000). Most widely sold food stock
was
split, Corn Products, with
Madison Fund selling all its 16,900

shares newly acquired by the Axe

Johns-Manville,

Group

Weyerhaeuser and Yale & Towne

shares

moved

from

exercise

of

Celanese preferred's expiring con¬
version rights.
Tobaccos
Demand

mained

Meet
for

tobacco

rather

though there
of liked
liked

Fair

Interest
stocks

was a

al¬
preponderance

disliked issues.

over

re¬

restrained,

Best

Reynolds

Tobacco,
whose largest buyers were Drey¬
fus
(11,000)
and
Tri
(10,000).
was

Least

liked

American

was

bacco,

which

sellers

in

found

-

its

To¬

largest

Securities

National

(27,400) and Value Line Income
(20,500), although Dreyfus added
to
its
holdings
of
this
issue
(15,500).
*

*

State

was

tional;

Bought
This

which in the first
quarter met fairly good demand,
was sold rather heavily on balance
during the second quarter. The
only fairly well bought issue was
group,

Arkansas, Louisiana Gas, of which
Fidelity
Capital
Fund
newly
bought 44,500 shares, joined there¬
in

by
its
bigger
sister fund,
Fidelity
(15,000); Broad Street
was the larger (27,600) of the two
sellers.

CORNER

(6,600)
and
others, al¬
though MIT closed out its 18,000
shares.

Leading

of

Johns-Man-

Stocks

fairly well bought
quarter, met a more

first

While American Can

was

some¬

bought than sold, Con¬
Can was
the
object of

more

considerable

profit-taking.
The
Tri-Continental Group sold 65,600
shares, joined by Blue Ridge (all
12,000), Dominick (all 10,000), and
others.

Opinion

Drugs Still Divergent

on

Attitude

remained

toward

highly

these

stocks

with

uneven,

a

much

greater "minority opinion''
expressed by selling fund manage¬
ments.

American

contingent, with
switching
in. the

bought by the United Funds

Group

others. United

and

also
added
26,000
holdings of Rexall,

topped

^

by

Funds

shares" to

its

commitment

a

110,000 ^shares

quired. Another large acquisition
90,100 shares of Smith, Kline

was

&

French

Smith,

bought

Kline,

by

MIT-MIG.

incidentally,

of the few

one

issues

was

reduced

by
S. & Foreign Securities (5,000).

U.

Most widely sold drug stock
Parke

GENERAL

all

Davis,

its

of

125,000

United

INVESTORS

which

was

MlT

sold

shares, while the
Group reduced its

Fund

holdings

by

56,400

shares

and

Chemical Fund its stake by 13,900;
there

TRUST

at

were

buyers of this issue

no

all.
Still

Viewed

rents.

from

of America
42nd

York

Precision

ment surpassed IT & T

INVESTORS PLANNING CORP.

New

General

as

of

Siemens & Halske, the leading

characteristically

all

of

growth
funds
(namely
Fidelity
Capital,
Dreyfus
and
Energy), each bought newly of¬
fered
Sony, the Japanese elec¬

widely

sold

electronics

stock was RCA, bought
and sold by Affiliated

by

none

(24,100 all),

Investment

all)

Trust

and

of

of

Boston

others.

Still

anti-trust

and

(14,-

in

the

damage

A Mutual Fund Seeking Possible

suits.

Growth of

by eight managements (including
Lehman and Dreyfus with 10,000
and
7,500
shares,
respectively)

Capital Through
Method*

_

General Distributors
^

/

■

"

but

j> (2? ,
OL lAH
P

Exchange

^

25 Broad Street,New York 4.N.Y.

Teletype:

Telephone:

N. Y. 1-3222

Dlgby 4-9154

•

Send

again

largest

1

Electric

bought

prospectus and literature.

28,700
was
still
,

shares).
sold

,

on

,

^ fn ^he precf L^quarte^ Us
Works,
K„+

but

a

great favorite in the past
.

exposed

recent




seven

Shares

with

to

KAME

*^ET
■ITY

by

(Dividend

,,,

„

sold

was

largest sellers were Dreyfus and
Lehman here also. Philips' Lamp

.......

me

was

Westinghouse

.

w
.
c,
.
Members New v
York Stock

General

managements
the

*

quarters,

.

profit-taking
had

its

and

America

Investment

in

largest

sellers in Fidelity Fund (all
200)

newly),

transaction

the

was

initial

MIT

in

Hartford

Continental

Fire

Casualty

Insurance.

was

sold by

Eaton & Howard Balanced and by
Commonwealth Investment, while

bought

by

Co.

of

(15,500).
■

l

and

security

represen¬

salesman

is

occasionally brought into contact
with

people

who

the

use

stock

and

commodity markets as
chological outlets for their

psy¬
emo¬

tional problems. There are people
who
are
COMPULSIVE
GAM¬
BLERS and here is
of

certain

These

brief

a

their

of

accounts

resume

characteristics.
be

can

profitable

but

they must be watched
fully, because a compulsive
bler

care¬

gam¬

extend

over

himself

if

the market goes against him.

This

type
will

diately

of

speculative

often

after

closed out.

reinvest

trade

a

Just

as

ac¬

imme¬

has

soon

been

as

sale

a

concluded

they are ready for
purchase.
This
is
not
always
an
indication
of
compulsiveness as there
are
other
another

successful and

extremely method¬
speculators who keep funds
working actively in times when
they believe it is to their advan¬
tage to do so. But watch for this
ical

Cross-Currents in Aluminum
Aluminum
liked

in

stocks,

the

fairly

well-

first

quarter, were
subject to conflicting influences in
the

second

M,etals

quarter.

Reynolds

bought on balance
(not counting the shares acquired
in. its merger with U. S. Foil).
Aluminium >Ltd. and Alcoa were
was

sold

more

Than

bought.

Of

symptom and
is

sold its

factor

in

for

best-liked
Of

Mixed

and

CBS

least-liked.

enough

to

make

a

first

in¬

of

shares.

Investment

Co.

of

America 15,000, and Madison Fund
all its 12,500 shares.
\

•

Fairchild

Camera

especially
growth

good

was

from

funds

newly)

Growth

Stock

in

for

&

Instrument,
typical
Fidelity Capital
Diversified

and

(15,000
newly).
had its largest
(14,000) and was

Mining
MIG

also

added to by Lazard
(5,000)
others, with Dominick Fund
the only seller (all 5,000). As so
often, there was pronounced de¬
and

for

Polaroid, where pur¬
10,500 shares by
Dreyfus, its early promoter, was
hardly surprising; another 16,500
shares
Fund

and

combined.
mand

acquired by Fidelity

were

Fidelity Capital Fund
Particularly strong de¬

developed for

Welch

Scientific,

scientific

a

a

instruments

newcomer.

maker
and

of

educa¬

tional supplies; purchases by nine
fund managements including Af¬

of

pattern

a

based

right because they devel¬

certain

a

skill

The

concentration

people assert
tion

is

in

these

specific direc¬

a

their

personal

game,"

ventures

challenge
or

it one of the most widely
bought stocks during the quarter.

American

Machine

remained sold

much

more

on

so

largest sellers

& Foundry
balance, in fact

than

before.

Its

Fidelity Fund
(163,000 shares post-split), Funda¬

mental

fus

time

were

Investor s—Diversified

(37.500);
the

(55,000), and Drevwith

only

Dominick

buyer

this

(5,000

several

capital

years;

short

his

handled

who

who had no
He signed

wife

his

for

his own
registered

500 shares of stock

sell

to

the

told

representative
trades

in

trade

to

He

account.

account with the firm.

the

and

form

account

new

took

margin agreement home, os¬
tensibly for the wife to sign it
and return it the next day.
The

the

again, and
the registered rep¬

trade went against him
after four days

the

out

closed

resentative

trans¬

because

the

about $2,500
customer failed to

produce

the

margin

action

for

a

loss

of

agreement.

to open
wife. He ac¬
count was finally liquidated and
the case went to the courts. This
He did not have the funds

account for his

the

known. this

had

cus¬

but he
know him well enough, t-

for

several

can

tomer

do

did not
You

years

with this

business

whatever

motivates

them

it

to

be,

may

along

cer¬

a

tain pathway from which they do
not deviate unless they are un¬

and

another

matic and
tool

they

system.

try

The

to

prag¬

hand may use every

his

at

command, including
feel of the market, ex¬

charts, a
perience,

instinct,

fundamental

through

from

sources

also

and

information

acquire

can

then

professional speculator

the other

on

such
he

as

established

SEC

reports, trade
magazines, current literature,
brokerage house releases, daily

press,

and inside information from

qualified

company

of speculators

The

sources.

difference between the

two

types

is motivation.

The other very

definite clue to
compulsive gambler's activity
is usually evident when his trades
against

going

fessional
losses.
is

him.

speculator

He

not

will

pleased

himself.

or

one

on

cash basis,
rules govern¬

a

to the letter.
give advice or moti¬
vate these people, you might as
well try to stop a ten ton truck
with your bare hands.
ing margin trading
Don't try to

I

The

will

with
was

the

once

pro¬

cut

withdraw

if

his
he

market
told

by

of my accounts who has been

making

completely
activity for

market

Ram Tool Corp.

Stock All Sold
common

of

offering

recent

The

100,000

shares of Ram Tool Corp.

share by Aetna Secu¬
New York City and
has
been
oversub¬
scribed and the books closed. The

at

$6

per

rities

Corp.,

associates

offering marked the initial public
sale
of
the
company's common
stock.

proceeds from the

Net

financ¬

will be added to the com¬
pany's general funds and used for
working capital.
ing

The

company

mont

Avenue,

signs

and

of 411 N. ClareChicago, 111., de¬

manufactures

electri¬

including cir¬
saws, a reciprocating
chain saws, electri¬

cally powered tools,

the

are

orders

and also stick to the

a

the

something

prove

themselves

become

"beat

to

a business out of market
speculation
for
years,
that
he

made

broker

a

He finally got
into hot water and no longer had

for

quite often their undoing.

Since

this

at

determining
from
what
they

action

withdrew

Fidelity

with

account

active

an

execute

a way to beat the
will follow the tape
very avidly and for a while they

Shares

36,500 shares and
Capital
with
(13,500)

point, and it is very important to
protect yourself, and your firm,
by having all such accounts in
order' and insisting that they are
kept that way. Sometimes you can
be taken in by these people who
will stop at nothing once they get
in a jam.
I know of one case
where a compulsive gambler had

game. Others

upon

filiated Fund—American Business
with

turn

stick it out.
His ego won't let him admit that
he may be wrong or that his sys¬
tem is faulty.
This is the danger

of

what

will

certain

around if he only can

pre-- salesman

the

capital into situations

feels

he

they believe is

find

demand
such

as

(15,300

evolve

successful,

Miscellaneous
There

that

type of individual but be careful
to have funds in hand before you

Zenith, Fidelity Capital thought

well

type

of these people
Some will take to

speculation

see.

continued

this

symptom* is

and

market
Radio

a

of many

systems.

charts

op

Zenith

judging

Another

may be

Radio-TV

of

V

dilection

Group.

Here

indication

an

account.

4,700 shares and de Vegh
4,000 shares; the only buyer
being the Stein Roe & Farnham

its

will find that it

you

sometimes

lack of control but taken
by itself,
is not conclusive as an
analytical

the

former, MIT and MIG sold a com¬
bined 56,900 shares, while Invest¬
ment Co. of America bought 20,000
newly and Madison added
10,000 shares. Of Alcoa, MIG also

of his

more

the

will

is

also, Eaton & Howard Bal¬
Transamerica, the large
and
still
growing holding com¬
pany, was sold by Wellington (all
41,000) and Blue Ridge (1,000).

newly).

'

tative

here

Growth Stock

25,-

investors, the registered

count

anced.

series of articles on the above subject.)

a

Despite the emphasis that respon¬
sible brokerage firms have been
placing on investment service to

Maryland
Casualty had no' buyers either, its
sellers including Delaware, and,
none.

chase of another

Most

Investment

(25,000

(20,000 newly)
(45,000). A particularly

investment, via 108,000 shares, of

mand

tronics maker.

wake

Fund

Shares

MIT

large

the

"bought" category.
included United Ac¬

cumulative

buyer

559

sec¬

the

to

buyers

Newmont

them

Flexible

"sold"
Its

funds,

ID, INC.

the

u

ond quarter moved over from

German electrical producer. Three

NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR

market

the best

bought electronics stock; its larg¬
est
buyers were Fidelity Fund
(40,000 newly) and Delaware
(26,000 newly). There was
only buying and no selling either

17, N. Y.

OPPENHEIMER Fl

the

75%

beginning of
year, and which during the

Equip¬

Fund

Street

Travelers

another

since

40.000

Ambivalently

Prospectus and Literaims

insurance

16,600
shares.
Of
CBS, Fundamental Investors sold

Once more, this group of growth
stocks was subject to cross-cur¬

East

had

bought

diversified

was

vestment

Electronics

60

stock

widely

which

Products,
Parke Davis, Pfizer, G. D. Searle
and Upjohn moved over into the
Merck

Insurance Still

on

Servicing of Speculative Accounts

j

(Third in

\"

Home

which Wellington Fund newly ac¬

For Income

Most

and

Containers Mixed

-V.'L

Divergent

Dividend

was

group,

the

seller

Fidelity Fund (21,600);
of Yale &
Towne, One William
(35,000),
with
Fidelity
Fund
another seller (20,400) here too.
was

only

Opinion Divided On Building

Opinion

-".-Ha rise

uv

V.:''

.

BY JOHN DUTTON

Some Observations Pertaining to the

Securities

buyer of this

was no

issue.'

Na¬

Shares

ville

shares; there

by
(6,900), Dividend

Chemical Fund

National

and

bought

opposite direction. Mead Johnson

Reaction

in

(10,000).

was

sold-on-balance

Groups Meeting Mixed

This

Street

Lead

tinental

Sold Than

Gas More

sold-on-bal-

contingent. One of the better
bought building stocks remained
Jim Walter, whose largest
buyer

what

Natural

the

ance

*

Disfavored Group

U.

into

over

Thursday, August 10, 1961

SECURITY' SALESMAN'S

Stock making a reduction of 18,000

resulted

.

Foods Remains Mixed

Funds Still Active Stock
Continued fro mpage 23

.

.

all

from

cular power
saw,

power

cally powered portable drills in
J/4, % and Vc. inch sizes and elec¬

trically powered bench grinders,
hedge trimmers and circular pol¬
ishers.
The
company's products
packaged in display boxes and
are packaged
in kit form
containing
accessories.
Profes¬
are

several

sional

journeymen,

home

owners

as

performing

well

as

"do-it-

yourself"
projects,
utilize
the
when
he
was, not
feeling ^company's products.
physically.
He put his en¬
For
the
nine
months
ended
tire capital into marketable, short
March 31, 1961, ti e company had
term bonds, and waited until he
was
well again.
Then he weit net sales of $3,317,294 and net in¬
a

year

or

more

well

back to

work

ing and
sional
But
not do

in
a

at his job of invest¬

speculating

profes¬
the security markets.
as

a

compulsive gambler will

this.

When things

are

ing against him he usually
right in the market and

come

of

$92,548, equal to $0.62

common

shares

share,

based

outstanding..

capitalization of the

on

per

150,000

Outstanding
company now

go¬

stavs
pours

consists of 250,000 shares
mon

stock.

of com¬

Volume

194

Number 6080

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(607)

Balance Between Cash and Investments
by 88 Investment Companies
(With Aggregate Net Assets of $15.7 Billion) 6-30-61 vs. 3-31-60
Open-End Balanced Funds:

Net Cash & Governmentsf

Preferred Stocks*

Grade Bonds & Pfds.

Percent of Net Assets

Percent of Net Assets

Percent of Net Assets

Mar.

June

Mar.

14.7

29.3

25.3

55.6

60.0

868

3.3

1.7

4,233

89.0

90.8

4,044

15.1

1,678

839

6,biJ

June

N.A.

N.A.

2,027

0.7

""0.7

H38.4

H34.2
1[28.8
1122.1
§17.3
1f36.l

0.7

0.7

10.3

8.5

14,353
1,528

9.4

8-9

1.7

1.5

336

344

4.0

4.1

24.1

29,273

13.7

12.3

19.6

1,950

26,206
1,448
1,619

302

287

2.5

3,235
5,819
2,350

A N.A:

164

191

1.2

9,687
5,432
1,022
3,624
4,434
3,512
13,863
4,727
3,290
6,551

11,954
5,943

10.4

7,431
5,227
3,211
6,913

153

101

6,110
110,834

7,148
120,813

242

237

264,287

252,298

f

""""""

Fund,

Investing"

Commonwealth

Investment
Investment Fund
HI
Cox Fund,
.--IIHH

&

Eaton

&

Fund

Howard

of

General

15,258
1,799

"

Fund"

Balanced

America

(b)

Admin" Fund

Foundation

Investors

Mutual

Fund."""™!

-

Knickerbocker Fund

Loomis-Sayles

I

Fund"!

Mutual

Massachusetts Life Fund
Mutual

Investment

National
New

Tr'~~

FundIIIIIIIIII~

Securities-Income"

Nation-Wide

Securities

England Fund

Putnam

(George)

Fund

Scudder, Stevens & Clark Fund
Shareholders'

Trust

of

Boston

Stein Roe & Farnham
Balanced Fund
Value Line Fund
Value

Line

FundlliniHHI

Income

Wellington

II

Fund

Whitehall

Fund

Sub-Total

Bal.

Funds

Aberdeen Fund

Vegh Mutual Fund

Dividend
Eaton

Howard

Energy
Fidelity

Stock

Capital Corp
Securities—Com.
Mutual

Stock

Fund

Fund

Stein

United

Continental
Science

Wisconsin

75.5

64.8

65.3

7.1

85.9

90.0

16.7

80.1

81.6

26.8

27.1

62.2

62.4

5,917
3,079

18.5

20.8

62.7

58.6

647

20.4

24.1

74.2

73.1

24.6

23.5

69.8

70.3

28.8

30.1

65.0

64.1

10.9

20.9

20.0

68.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

97.3

6.9

8.2

8.4

22.2

84.7

8.7

9.4

a25.7

24.1

1.9

1.9

44.7

44.1

6.7

6.4

22.3

22.0

18.8

20.6

5.4

2.8

5.6

6.2

6.2

5.8

11.0
1.6

11.3

1.7

.

:

368

738

69.7

9,981
71,484

2,858

9,105
59,413

66.5

935

940

49

366

71.0

71.6

215,653

167,282

162,680

120,691

3,047
31,953
1,298
3,660
16,100
21,754
5,326
13,945
27,704
7,042
4,710
55,935

1,820
16,699
2,041
3,160
17,359
15,508
4,840

3,047
31,953
1,298
3,660

1,820
16,6 9
2,041
3,160

$$14,480

$$17,300

21,608

14,529
4,212

92.0

96.2

99.7

90.1

90.2

92.1

86.9

89.7

90.2

9.8

None

None

7.9

13.1

None

None

10.3

9.8

None

None

685

4.6

3.0

None

1.3

3.6

3.3

112

_

/

0.5

96.5

95.4,

2.9

95.4

,|

.

'

.

93.5

*

98.4

None

99.7

99.5

0.2

203

02

203

None

None

C94.8

99.0

.V

2.1

1.1

82.4

86.9

20,053
3,269
24,494
2,156
41,598
2,676

8,044
2,035

20,053
3,269
22,494
2,156

8,044
1,915

19,922

5.5

3.7

1.5

89.1

93.0

4.1

None

None

95.8

95.9

24.1

11.4

0.8

1.2

75.1

87.4

§3.2

§95.6

§94.9

14,927
21,898
51,717

~12A

T1I9

None

None

87.6

88.1

N.A.

1.7

1.3

None

None

98.3

98.7

42,377

None

96.5

90.0

3,595

1.1

1.5

0.8

0.7

98.1

97.8

4.3

1.6

None

None

95.7

98.4

5.0

7.2

None

0.2

95.0

9.5

8.2

3.7

2.8

86.8

N.A.

15.7

N.A.

81.2

N.A.

7.2
'

None

10.0

3.5

3.1

14.6

2.4

2.6

None

1,754

1.5

1.5

0.8

15.0

3,811

2.676

3.811

N.A.

N.A.

NA.

92.6

42,377
22,189
17,710
10,024
14,272

37.684

22,189
17,710
10,024
14,272

37,684
13,762
1,006
5,870
24,248

89.0

876

453

876

453

N.A.

N.A.

4,116

1,267

N.A.

N.A.

4,801
1,838

1,267

83.7

84.4

None

97.6

0.7

97.7

97.8
95.6

887

1,543

837

12,444

12.124

12,304

172

202

172

16,796

13,465

16,796

13 4R5

None

None

7.708

2,658
2,695
39,435

1,912

2.792

1.912

3,502

15,688

3.502

13,617

.<

0.6*

0.5

4.3

3.9

12.1

10.4

0.7

0.7

87.2

88.9

943

951

4.4

3.9

None

None

95.6

96.1

931

1.1

2.2

None

None

98.9

97.8

20,743

5.583

4.3

1.1

1.8

2.0

93.9

96.9

1,853

1,970

3.5

3.8

0.4

2.7

96.1

93.5

9.801

Stock

21

23,117

5.815

3.0

1.8

2.4

3.4

94.6

94.8

2,658
2,695
39,435
3,134
17,772

11,050

4.2

6.1

1.6

0.9

94.2

93.0

19,358

13.617

510

905

3.3

5.5

0.8

None

95.9

94.5

2,049

1,444

19,358
1,999

N.A.

17.0

N.A.

81.7

569

685

200

6°5

1.4

1.3

95.3

97.4

1,854

1,335

1,854

1,335

Fund__

Fund

.

Investing

N.A.

159

1.3

N.A.

;

.

•

'A

,

625

244

3.3

436.839

430.181

5.8

5.2

1.4

1.3

92.8

Total

701,126

682,479

6.2

5.7

10.1

10.0

83.7

5,472

6.699

5.2

6.4

0.7

0.7

94.1

92.9

1,747

10.4

8.3

2.0

2.1

87.6

89.6

1,534

5,254

10.2

11.7

1.1

1.2

88.7

87.1

3,165

1.521

15.0

7.8

None

None

85.0

3.038

4.2

4.1

None

None

95.8

L511

2,933
2,115

3.4

4.8

3.1

2.5

93 5

92.7

5,697

7.256

9.4

11.5

1.5

1.4

89.1

87.1

American

European

American

Securities

*

Carriers & General

;

Investment

Trust

Public

Lehman

Corp

Investors

Service

410

273

996

71

865

92.2

494

704

494

704

95.9

451

1,028

451

3,827
3,818
3,321

3.099

3,426

2,086
1,046

3.818

"

3.1

3.1

89.1

89 9

1,028
3,099
2,086
3,436
10,397
28,948
1,101

226

1.101

226

§13.5

§79.6

§81.3

800

836

$+8°6

90.3

86 8

96 4

96.0

4.7

4.4

87.7

90.6

7.0

3.199

12 038

10.397

12.038

24.363

28.324

23.275

4",901

4",319

"Y.O

"~0~9

10.1

H10.1

88.9

$89.0

15,980

12,876

$$788
13,374

11.579

11 833

10.3

10.2

None

None

89.7

89.8

556

1.541

556

1,541

76,440

74.861

7.5

6.6

2.9

3.2

89.7

90.2

70,038

66.845

63.922

60.565

5.9

8.9

8.9

84.7

8251036

615,868

713.030

546,040

Tri-Continental
&• Foreign

Securities

Closed-End

Grand Total

Companies

„

•

777,566

—

tlncluding corporate short-term notes where
other

also

Aaa

CHANGES

IN

assets.

through

CASH

Ba

30,

so

1961

bonds;

COMPANIES:

Balanced

COMPANIES...:....

Totals.-.




Funds...

by

bonds

Standard

OF

83

vs.

MAR.

Plus

Funds...

included

* Investment

for

POSITION

JUNE

CLOSED-END

1,181

1,492

0.1

7.8

Sock

66

439

4.3

4,664

OPEN-END

1,409

0.1

5,230

Moody's

364.784

485,475

0.2

Securities

company;

486,428

3.9

Niagara Share

stocks:

1.315

649,108

8.9

5.0

ferred

7.708

381,741

3.5
7.6

investment

2,132

549,023

9.5

8,084

Total

754,998

4.969

11,964

S.

539,345"

84.2

-

13.467

5,338
11,809

Madison Fund
Overseas

93.5

w

§14.4

Fund

American

1.3

r

International

,

2,132

306

2,169
4,567

Funds

Closed-End Companies:
Adams Express
;

General

202

24

Fund.

General

24.248

26,472

Fund

Dominick

1.006

5,870

12,124

97.4
.

„

13.762

95.1

Special Situations

Consolidated

11.872

4,800
8,518

...

'

Y

20,778
4,800
8,822

4,048

1.7

0.6

1,163

'

Fund

Open-End

17,474
19,436
3,819
1,145
60,399
20,143

0.1

4.2

7,788

5,080
4,613
50,218
19,922

1.0

15.5

N.A.

13,945
27,704

None

Sub-Total Open-End Stock Funds

U.

17,474
19,436
4,819
1,145
65,181
20,143

12.0

c5.2

3,339
20,692
1,682

5,326

0.1

0.5

0.3

1,776
17,396
2,595
25,465

.

77,992

98.3

1.6

1.5

1,338

;

752

54.0

-

None

9.1

738

1,204
2,507
1,086
3,951

53.4

96.5

30,158
31,260
18,939

932

738

87.6

2.6

.

a65.1
•

5.4

0.3

223

•

368

86.6

1.2

2,672
1,244

97.7

92.7

79

6,478
2,017
1,207
3,023

69.0

98.0

6.8

6,768
6,174
2,576

,

736

5,265
2,853

87.6

2.6

776

,

565

8,029
86,417

0.6

5.6

2,851

6,130
3,058

93.5

1.4

y

.

623
N.A.

•,

8,359

None

2.9

797

1,468

*Y

17,757
5,208
7,691
5,566

None

0.6

N.A.
-

1,204
6,144
4,548

None

16,200
10,465

;;N.A.

.

7,273
3,448
2,366
4,217
2,172

,75.2

None

1,042
1,721

;

United Income Fund
Line

8,396
6,945
2,967

11.8
26.6

2,5t7

N.A.

859

.

,

113
•

,

960

3,636

•

7.3

;

Street

681

.76.0

*-

.

*

7,437

Farnham

Accumulative

Wall

91.6

.

-

140

459

Investment

United

United

76.4

'Y

■

N.A.

91.6

13.4

•'

V

.14.0

14.4

2.9

>

N.A.;

.

7.0

-

6.5

1,942
1,449
7,304

6,648
4,993

N.A.

\.

12.4

Shares

Fund

Value

N.A.

$65.5

98.0

Investors
&

14.8;.'."
N.A.

90.3

2,605
9,132
14,600

Street

American

Roe

Y;,A-

N.A.

■v?

97.8

(T. Rowe) Growth Stock
Scudder, Stevens & Clark—Com. Stk.

Texas

78.3

89.3

Fund

Street

N.A.-

20.6

0.2

Fund__

Sovereign

:

.

;

None

Price

State

77.1

0.2

17,048

Securities—Stock

Selected

63.1

None

28,430

Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock
National Investors

Street

-f 68.3

76.6

.

y

9.5

16,175

I

Investors Trust

William

20.9

73.1
64.4

8.4

25.7
•

§3.3

Trust of Boston.
Fund

One

v

2.0

Investment

Pine

1,088
1,521
,1,939

66.7

2.2

c7,297
2,187
23,863
2,763
52,259

Institutional Investors Mutual
Fund§§
Co. of America—

Pioneer

1,006
1,468

70

Investment

National

1,766
1,521

6,117
10,357

Incorporated Investors

Lazard

2,288

N.A.

2,558
"N.A.

946

Investors

Massachusetts

2,794

7.2

10.5

9,217
5,061
1,927

68.2

19.5

■

15.5

2.8

,

9,454

381

27.5

4.4

5,766
6,lul
3,449
2,6l5

589

8.1

11.0

13,947

70.4

12.7

A

7.7

N.A.

10,376

71.9

12,9

.

None

N.A.

25.5

,

fl33.2

1.4

190

N.A.

68.8

63.9

-

•

10.5

27,726
17,014
19,279

HI
HI
"HI

Fund

Guardian

10.0

v,

<

None

69.6

277

Fund

General

Group

f

0.3

1,723

62.6

N.A.

-

480

2,332

29.7

22.0
-*'•

7 08

610

-

27.2 A:

412

Fund

'Fundamental

10,7

6.9

868

28.7

13.1

/

2.3
vr

1,166

17,565

6,760

IIIIII

Fund

&

11.2

1.3

1,021
1,426
4,349
3,830

2,429
8,431
1,777

Shares

Dreyfus

I

total

Sales**

Purchasesft

28.0

H'

23.3

13.5

"

10,217
\
6,613
4,448"

-

13.8

Sale***

N.A.

69,597
2,706
9,354
9,116
3,227

IIIIIIII"
IIIIIIIII
III

Fund

Delaware Fund
de

N.A.

447

Fundi IIIIIIIIII I

Fund

Chemical

^

■

N.A.

Purchasesft

76,525

Fund

Blue Ridge Mutual

Bullock

•

22,480
2,280

IIIIIIII

Open-End

Open-End Stock Funds:

Affiliated

;

N.A.

Mutual

Johnston

Fund

1,951
1,667

V

283

Investors^ Trust-

Group Securities—Fully
Institutional

,zoZ

1,579

Diversified

Dodge

Common Stocks

2,834

190

$60.9

$64.1
$67.3
$78.0
§80.6
$63.2

Mar.

Of this: Portfolio

xoiai

876

3.9

$60.5
$66.9
$77.3

610

4.3

H36.2
H28.8
1122.8

June

4,145

Axe-Hougnton Fund B
Axe-Houghton Stock Fund
Axe Science &
Electronics
Street

>,

luiai

Business Shares
Axe-Houghton Fund A

Broad

Portfolio Securities
Other than Governments

June

Mar.

American

Boston

Security Transactions by the 88
Investment Companies During
April-June, 1961

Oom. stocas ana juowcr

Investment Bonds and
Net Cash & Governmentsf
Thousands of Dollars

27

757,340

6.4

through

and

and

preferreds

&

pre¬

Poor's

r

HBonds
preferreds (or approximate equivalent),
irrespective of quality classification.
tCommon stocks

BBB

for

only. gin percent of gross assets or total securities. tfCost of

purchases.

AVERAGE

COMPANIES

sales. $$Estimated.

N.Y.

of

o

State,

a

As

Feb. 28.

ALLOCATION

BY

83

COMPANIES

SECURITIES,

OF

1961. b Formerly

ASSETS

AND

RISK

TO

8

15

9

32

Net.

20

6

41

Defensive

5

5

4

14

Risk

40

19

cash,

and

etc.

securities

securities

Governments
(investment

(common

Totals....-

Southern

Industries^ Fund,

CASH

stocks

bonds

plus

EQUIVALENT,

31, 1961

6.4%

..%

preferreds)
lower-grade bonds

AND

SECURITIES.
Mar.

Total

87 "

ggOwned by 84 savings banks, etc. in

Following combination of various specialized sister funds Mar. 15, 1961.

SUMMARY
Approx. Unchanged

15

28-

85.2
♦♦Proceeds from

DEFENSIVE

1961
Minus

-

Aaa

INVESTMENT

31,

...

reporting

8.595

and

and pfds.)..

8.9
84.7

.IHTlOO.0%

June 30, 1961

5.9%
8.9
-"85.2
100.0%

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(C08)

500%
while

Operations in 1960

Insurance Stocks

•

substantial
corded

in

incurred

losses

automobile

the

lines,

Federal

field.

writer of

a

In

1953

Guarantee

States

In

the

to

Federal

1957

entered

97%

of

of

The

stock

Colonial

of

and

premiums.

Net

income

million.

factors

The

Approximately 35% of premiums

are

and

is

highly

a

regarded

the middle west.

Northern

dropped from $0.o8

snare

per

Premium volume

stock

common

in tne first

of

quarter

virtually unchanged at $19.9

was

of

Federal

Insurance

recently

to

rose

an

income for 1961, reflecting the esteem in which the stock is held
by investors. There are just under 3.5 million shares outstanding

offers

which,

traded in the over-the-counter

are.

market.

Selected

Statistics

Growth

—

achieved

its

Underwriting

has

of

the

annual

fee

addition

holders

volume
the

at

reserve
were

investment

and

end

liabilities

of

1960

and

amounted

150%

covered

portfolio.

of

120%

to

net

228%

of

premiums

cash,

by

Surplus

to

the

unearned

written.

receivables,

Total

and

bonds.

Over

3.9

175.6

60.0

36.4

3.6

67.4

5.7

203.3

56.6

36.1

7.3

6.7

219.4

57.0

34.7

8.3

76.9

7.3

238.7

57.9

35.0

7.1

19.9

1.0

tt

62.8

35.4

1.8

_

_

1959
_

1961f

_

Per

l

V

■

.

.

-

,

.,

i-

/*

'

.

?

nf

•'

Admittedly large sums of pub¬
as well as private capital have
spent on non-proauctive in¬
vestments in the past.
Agricul¬
ture
has
been
sadly neglected,
except in Mexico.
Tax policies
been

have

Total

lose

Price Range

Income

*Earnings

*Value

$1.51

$34,83

$0.82

1957

37-25

1.44

1.80

31.85

0.82

56-44

1.55

64-62

1.64

,

1.98

36.68

stocks.

common

company has steadily reduced the Fed¬
applicable to net investment income to a presently

of

23%.

Net

investment

income

sharply to
$1.91 per share in 1960. Over the past decade investment income,
benefiting from the plow back of the substantial underwriting
profits, has risen at a compound rate of 9.0%.
Dividends paid
stockholders

averaged 57%

have

doubled

over

the

10

rose

year

period and

Although

erally quite conservative in its in*,

estments Federal made

purchase of electronic

1960.

mitments in the

stocks in

common

stocks

These

of Applied

included

a

have
gen¬

package

new

com¬

Adjusted

f First

40.50

2.59

42.66

0.94

0.47

0.38

45.50

for

equity in
ff

quarter,

0.25

unearned

Not

premium

BANK LIMITED

11 N. Y. CITY

Office:

Bulletin

on

Request

13

Socialism

Free Enterprise
In Latin America
needed

5-6%

40-45

lCcr.

Merely to
off-set the resulting annual 2V23%
increase
in
population, re¬

quires

per

23/4-3%

a

to

increase

in

the

pro-

existing

off-set

the

rapid

population growth, is thus in the
neighborhood of 5-6%.

to

increase

annually.

with

total

a

which the

Laird, BrssELL & Meeds
Members New York

Stock
Stock

Exchange
Exchange

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.
Telephone: BArclay
Teletype NY

Specialists in

7-3500

American

achieve

vast

case

it is

4%

Capital Needs

such

amounts

needed.

As

increase,

an

of

capital

are

basic

norm, in the
of underdevelopd
countries,
generally assumed that capi¬
investments
equal to
about
a

of the GNP

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Stocks

ADEN,

KENYA, UGANDA, ZANZIBAR

NORTHERN

SOMALI
AND

RHODESIA

savings in

and

20%

real

more,

for

or

developments.

the glittering facades of
American cities, which

rose

the

or

estate

vast

slum

and

areas

the

Cubans, who had to flee for their
lives,
it is not surprising t at
wealthy people throughout Latin
America
try to accumulate re¬
serves
abroad against a possible
revolution

home.

at

of

$1,124
Bank

only

in

schek

the

in

try

close
some

loans, in¬
to double

grants
income
people

war,

well

now

and

at

in

the

meeting of the Inter-

that

the

growing political

tainties

flights

causing

are

States

in Latin

private

America

considerably
in

vestments

larger

last

in

de¬

during

Europe

Latin

the

in¬

S.

33%

were

than

year

investments

invest¬

have

While U.

two years.

past

uncer¬

large-scale

of capital.

United

in

1959,

America

dropped by 50%.

the

of

Three Trends of Economic

the

over

Thought

years.

the

are

billion,

Development Bank, its
President, Felipe Herrera, warned

clined

Kubit-

$1

American

ments

take

foreign

of

Rio

recent

capital

experts

it will

Europe

and

excess

Accord¬

year.

of

American

Since

10-

new

President

and

10-15

which

the

of

single

capita

per

next

needed to in¬

are

billion

Latin

3%

Brazil,

vestments

be¬

Latin
coun¬

actually equal to

former
of

to

President

"vast

a

are

a

million

million,

estimates

the

$40

$500

about

needed

to

1960.

finance

by

loaned

countries

and

plan,"

year

GNP

compares

Total

private

One

foreign

can

distinguish

at

present

governments have provided more
than 95% of the investment capi¬

them will win out, will depend to

tal.

adopted by Washington.

The

by

grow

about

capital

5-6%

investment

an¬

equal

goal is not

an

impossible

one.

Germany

and

e

it

ZANZIBAR.

REPUBLIC,

is

being

pressure

States,

and

China.

In

investments

between
sums

achieve

to

it,

achieved,

under
of totalitarianism by

between
war,

r

SOUTHERN

'

diffi¬

surprising that
Latin Americans do not in¬

in

the

In:

KENYA, TANGANYIKA.

these

all

not

investors, private Latin American
investors,
and
Latin
American

ated

INDIA, PAKISTAN, CEYLON, BURMA.

UGANDA, ADEN,

unions

the GNP by 1%. Since the
national income of Latin America

t

SQUARE, S.W.I.

Branches

to

the

This

World

Kennedy's

ing to
Latin

Russia

Members American

with

is

Latin

the

vs.

of

ST. JAMES'S

In:

left-wing

American funds held in this

and

the Government

it

urban

reserve,

Continued from page 3

PARLIAMENT STREET, S.W.I.

Bankers to

of

Moreover, after the sad experi¬
of
many
once
well-to-do

War-impoverished
Japan were able

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

54

the

it instead for short-term loans

use

hide

to 20-25% of the GNP are needed.

London Branches

BANK STOCKS

Industrial

endangered
often unreasonable

are

ences

nually,

Statistics
Head

in¬

rising

must

NATIONAL AND GRINDLAYS
Quarter

rapidly

expenses.

yielding

available.

crease

Second

govern¬

rate

agriculture,
industry, where the
capital is deisperately needed, but

0.91

1.91

the

improverished hinterland.

tal

Physics, Ampex, Far-

land

restrict

despite

utilities

Thus
*

To

of pre-tax net investment income.

they

their

because

their

vest

0.91

2.52

'

gradually

in

that

all

enjoy government backing.

many

Dividend

$1.41

and

rate

and

fear

or

authorities

culties,

$36-29

1958____

some

demands

1956

poverty

effective

bonds

its

hampering rather than
development.

economic

latifundistas

through

Linuidating

eral income tax

tax-exempt

concentrated

been

operating

Estimated

Investment

Through this method the

in

Federal has

battle

-

lic

Confronted

Net

•

Approximate

are

Bell

can

investments

'

Year

reduce

investments

years

the

private enterprise.

creases

Statistics

American

recent

the

seems

provefty and stagnation
be won only by encouraging

which

Share

1948

in

that

it

against

ment

..

tween

as

obvious

fairly

hampered,

63.5

72.9

1957____

Latin

1960

funds,

past

of

Investments in public utilities are

auction. The total annual increase
in production which is needed to

During

120

investment

70%

3.5%

•

policy¬

56% of tbe investment portfolio is represented by
bonds,
chiefly United States Government and municipal and state issues.

to

total

the

in

about

Margin

to

premium

new

supplied

37.3%

—\

$166.9

its pre-eminence as an underwriter, Federal
exceptionally strong capital postion in relation to both its

premium

investors

have

—

—

$3.6

received

of the company's entire operations.

an

Since foreign and private Latin
American

addition, the management contract with Chubb & Son

by the managers is its
10% share of underwriting profits. The overall company expense
in 1960 is impressive and reflects the cost-conscious¬
In

fare.

59.2%

Millions

$55.2

_

great incentive to operate on the most profitable basis

ratio at 35%
ness

America, for instance, have aver¬
aged about $7-800 million during
the
1950s, or substantially more
than
the aid which
Washington
is now offering with much fan¬

Ratio

company's

a

bulk

pri¬
Latin

Ratio

76-57

the

S.

in

Assets

1961f

as

capital

U.

war.

Earnings
—

always stressed profitability rather than volume so
been a highly successful underwriter although a
relatively small one. The company's excellent diversification in
premium writing and its emphasis on commercial rather than

provides

the

investments

vate

through socialistic "land reforms."

agement has

the

total

Profit

r

to

in

since

funds

On

provided

haye

the

Expense

that Federal has

factors

of

Written

1956

outstanding

important

15%

year,

country.

Loss

59-47

are

they

average,

about

to

year

Admitted

1960

coverages

widely from

and from country to

Operating-

Year

13.4%

In

Foreign investments have fluc¬
tuated

Total

1959__

individual

still financed by private

are

investors.

The

Results

countries,

Reported

underwriting record
through the maintenance of strict underwriting standards. Man¬

record.

American

Premiums

capitalizing on its all line facilities Federal has developed
IV" in moving with the industry trend towards pack¬
aged, policies.
This plan, which offers complete life, accident
and
health, homeowners, and automobile coverages, is billed
directly by the company at low cost rates. It is competitive with
the various merit rating plans of other companies and results
to date have been satisfactory in both growth and
profitability.
has

tne

Net

"Plan

Federal

Latin

will

and

In

its

lost

during

of the Kubitschek

years

aiding

1960

11.3%

at

Great

all-time high of $76 per share. The present bid
price is 73y2 bid.'
Tne stock is selling at a premium of 55% over its
presently esti¬
mated liquidating value and at 35 times estimated net
investment

the company,
respectively.
written in New York State.

both extremely profitable

surety business,
relatively large

are

and

with

Recovery is anticipated over the remainder of 1961 and
earnings are expected to reach or exceed the $2.59 of 19n0.

full year

1958

insurance

Northern

organization operating principally in

19o0 to $0.38.

fidelity

Ocean marine

Great

Nevertheless, Federal was able to post an
underwriting profit margin of 1.8% during the three month period.

is licensed to write insurance in all states, the Dis¬
Columbia, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Guam,
England, Holland, and Canada.
The company has achieved ex¬
cellent underwriting diversification with premium volume almost
equally divided between property and casualty lines. No single
line of insurance predominates.
Automobile physical damage at
15.2%
of premiums written in
1960 represents the company's
largest individual line.
Combined automobile
lines represent

total

value

about 75% of the domestic invest¬

an

provides Federal with an
in an area where the company has
only limited representation in the past.

of

of

per

parts of the country.

Federal

38.6%

$2.59

During the first quarter of 1961 Federal, as well as the entire
and casualty industry, was hard hit
by tne heavy losses
resulting from the severe weather conditions experienced in most

complete underwriting facilities.
trict

two

most

fire

Insurance
now

$2.52 to

established insurance facility

Company,

Life

Federal, through its affiliates,

Company of America.

stockholders.

affiliation

had

life insurance industry through

the

the

from

acquired 100% of the stock of the Great
Company, of Minneapolis, by a share for
exchange, after the payment of a 10% stock dividend

Federal's

insurance

re¬

casualty insurance underwriter under the management
provide increased liability facili¬

acquisition

advanced

Insurance

share stock

of Chubb & Son, was merged to

ties.

earnings

consolidated basis.

a

Northern

on ocean

United

the

on

overall

Late in 1960 Federal

marine insurance during
its early history.
In 1933 Federal actively entered the fire insur¬
ance field, and six years later a wholly-owned subsidiary, Vigilant
Insurance Company, was formed to write general fire and marine
insurance.
Following the enactment of legislation in 1948 per¬
mitting multiple line operations, Federal entered the casualty
insurance

that

so

share

satisfactory profit margins of 3.5%, 3.5%, and
The company has consistently recorded higher
profit margins than the average of all fire and casualty companies.
Federal was organized in 1901 and has been managed by the
firm of Chubb & Son since that time. The underwriting operations
'

approaching New York City, and the fire and explosion

earnings from Colonial

successive

centered largely

last

its

ments

Life,

7.3% respectively.

of the company

half

almost

Cruzeiro

regime. Yet even though the pub¬
lic sector has been expanding in

on
the super tanker "Sinclair Petrolore" off the coast of Brazil.
The gain in net investment income more than offset the declines
in underwriting earnings and life insurance

has

Company

by a slowing in the growth
paralleled the trend in the national

1957,

and

1953

Brazilian

airliners

established one of the most
outstanding underwriting records in the fire and casualty insur¬
ance industry.
Over the past decade the company has recorded
an average underwriting profit margin of 9.1%, well in excess of
the industry average.
Not since 1942 has the company had an
underwriting loss. In 1956, 1957, and 1958 when the industry
recorded underwriting losses in each year, largely due to the
Insurance

marked

The

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY—
Federal

were

volume., which

premium

between
the

economy, and a slight drop in the underwriting profit margin.
decline in the profit margin to 7.1%, one of tne best in the
industry, from the 8.5% of 1959 was fully accounted for by three
major disasters: Hurricane Donna, the December collision of two

;:

.

—

Thursday, August. 10, 1961

Variahi Associates.
in

This Week

.

rington Manufacturing, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, and

BANK AND INSURANCE
STOCKS

.

.

17%

in

and
15%

involved

have

19%.

countries

are

billion,
of

so

abGut

runs

to

year

for

the

varies

of

A

year.

study

prepared

Subcommittee

Republics

Affairs

on

esti-

But

large.

the

The
$70-75

that capital investments
$17-13 billion would be

that

"for

Latin

America

America

economic

some

widely

as

since

America

ibout

importance

sector

Senate

American

timated

total GNP of the 20 Latin Ameri¬
can

public

United

20%

Latin

and

the

relative

from country to country and from

fluctu¬

the

and

The

Latin

(1)
tarian

three trends

thought.

extent

Which

upon

the

one

of

of

policies

The Cuban brand of totali¬
socialism appeals to many

Latin Americans not only from an

emotional, but also from
point of view, as

tional

Castro's

delegates

at

a

a
one

ra¬

of

recent

a
whole, public, investments
(by Latin American governments)

meeting in Santiago proclaimed:
"Only communism can fully de¬

represent about 25%

America." That
increase in indus¬
trial production was achieved at
a terrifying cost in human values

vestments
56."

over

of gross

the

period

The

public

major portion of these
investments was financed

with

the

press;

and the results

In

in¬

1950-

help

Chile, prices

of
ro~e

the
are

by

printing
obvious.

more

than

velop

Latin

China's' rapid

—the
18

-

19

mirers

death

toll

million
in

—

Latin

is

estimated

the

at

Castro-ad¬

America

refuse

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

.

The Commercial and

.

Financial

Chronicle

(609)
to see. Nor will

they concede that

economic progress was

rapid

even

more

in

Germany and Japan,
relied heavily on free en¬

which

terprise.

between the rich

wealth
of

the

has

of

Argentina,

and

Peru, which are work¬
toward balancing the budget

ing
and

the

countries'

international

accounts,

even

sitates

curtailment

a

spending,
eral

though this

neces¬

welfare

freezes, and

wage

economic

remarkable

of

austerity.

gen¬

Despite

toward

progress

eco¬

nomic stability, however, all three
governments are fighting for their
lives
against
attacks
from
the

Eight and Left. A great deal is at
stake. If the Frondizi, Alessandri
Beltran

and

governments succeed

in

increasing production and in
raising the^ standard of living of
the masses, we may witness a re¬
vival of free enterprise in Latin
America.

they

On

fail

Latin

the

the

other

choice

America

hand,

(3)

now

Latin

America

spreading
is

socialism.

type
court

of

in

President

Betan-

and

former

President

Figueres of Costa Rica
represent this trend of thought.
They find support for their ideas

with

ECLA

Economic

(the

United

Commission

Nations

for

Latin

America), whose liberals argue
that rapid economic progress can
achieved

be

only

scale government

through largespending, and if

regular Government

inadequate,

a

inflation

the

is

is

are

of

amount

price
for a

world must pay

which

the

more rapid
production This view

in

increase

revenues

certain

diametrically opposed to that of

the

International Monetary Fund,
which favors the anti-inflationary

policies

pursued

by
Argentina,
Washington—or
at least key people in the Admin¬
Chile

and

istration

Peru.

ECLA-socialist

favor

the

than

to

seem

—

the

rather

Fund-private enterprise approach,
apparently because the Washing¬
ton policy-makers do not believe
that private enterprise will work

enough
for
socio-economic
re¬
forms, which the Administration
Lberals

regard

as

necessary.

is

Jose

of

organ

COMB ATE,,

Figueres,

President of Costa Rica,
the communist

tem

order

in

who,

as

outlawed

banking

facilitate

to

sys¬

the

nancing of the government's
nomic

the

party, but who also

abolished the private

fi¬

eco¬

plans. Besides Figueres, the

Administrative

Council

of

COM-

BATE consists of President Betancourt

of

Venezuela;

de

Haya

la

Torre, the leader of the Peruvian
APRA movement which is pledged
to "return to the Indios the wealth
of the land which

him

taken from

was

by

Spanish colonialism and

Yankee

the

Eduardo

New-Dealish

and

President

Norman

President
All
the

the

of

these

New

men

for

many

candidate

are

for

States.

United

"liberals"

Deal-Keynesian

in

sense,

intellectuals, and men of the high¬
est character.
They oppose com¬
munism because they abhore its
totalitarian
features,
but given
the

choice

between

few countries which have

a

enriched

themselves,,

and

the

numerous

of

'proletarian' countries
time." The authors
concede,

our

that

Western

Europe and the
developed as a re¬
sult of frugality, hard work and
private enterprise, but "since con¬

United

States

sumers

also

are

it difficult for

voters, this makes
nation (of

a

today)
to undergo the sacrifice of
saving
and forming capital." The article
also
rejects private foreign in¬

vestments, because they "operate
suction

as

which

pumps,

carry

away to the investor countries the

greater

part

of

the

capital

new

created."

international

trade

and to the detriment of the

nations.
tries

like¬

free

"Exporters in

"poor"

.

.

are

.

export

prices."

"They

themselves

among

compete

without

real¬

izing that they

are

exploiting their

countries

for

the short-term

own

benefit
tries.

of

the

industrial

coun¬

..."

What

the suggestions of the

are

enter¬

authors?

bilize

raw material prices.
"Help
gradual transfer of foreign
investments to local ownership."
"When investing capital from out¬
side, preference must be given to

the

loans",

against private direct
investments. There should be "no
as

doctrinaire opposition to the

that economic

cept

social
men

functions,
should

activities

are

that business¬
public servants."

not

be

dogmatic

discussions regarding private

in

and
the

public

property."
Whether
suggestion that "a country's econ¬
omy must be organized in such
a way that capital accumulated
by
enterprises becomes a part of the

patrimony and continues
development" means
that foreign companies should no

to

local

serve

longer be free to transfer their
profits—or only what the govern¬
ments
regard as "a reasonable
rate

of

interest"—is

Among

the

not

of

to

proclaimed

of

equal

Adolf

A.

Berie

Their statist,

anti-private enter¬
philosophy was well illus¬
trated by
an
article which ap¬

prise

peared
issue

in
of

the

July-August

COMBATE,

1960

authored

jointly by Ex-President Figueres
and Adolf A. Berle, one of Presi¬
dent Kennedy's chief advisors on
Latin

ticle
which

American
compares

exists

affairs.

the

today

The

ar¬

relationship
between

the

ers

same

wages as

in the United
old

an

After




past

200

years

vestors
will

unless

these

be reassured that

can

not

become

the

in¬

they

victims

of

upheavals, socialist
forms, expropriation, foreign

ex¬

Berle,

of

able

prior

which

appeared

borrowed at

the

Betancourt

raised

government's share in the oil
in

revenues

contractual

Venezuela

50%

prospecting
down,

to

and

because

65%

or

drilling

the

reluctant

were

from

oil

to

the

more,

slowed

companies

tie

up

more

days'

extreme

obvious

dent

by Mr.
in
the

the

on

of

to

Presi¬

"Alliance

because

eyes

close

commenting

approval

Kennedy's

Progress,"

very

Left,

an

Aug.

1, 1966, for
by
money

at

the

option of the
regular redemption
prices ranging from 105% during
at

the

year,

first

Nobody
denies
large investments

declining

to

par

maturity.

sector.

There

is

the
in

need

the

ample

for

for

issue

has

the

benefit

of

calculated

97j/2%

debentures prior to

of

the

to

retire

Proceeds

from

sale

of

the

bentures will be added to the

the public and the private
sector,
provided the growth of the former

pansion.

supplements,

it

the

indicated,

If

one

de¬

It

than

threat¬

remembers

international

that

the

lending

agencies provide less than 5%

of

the capital needed, and that even
if we include the capital invest¬

is

obviously foolish to pour
taxpayers' money into
Latin America, and to burden fur¬
ther the already weakened
dollar,
at

the

time

private in¬
vestments, which in the past have
carried
the
major burden,
are
being discouraged. President Ken¬
nedy's "Alliance for Progress' can
wreck

same

the

Latin

dollar

without

saving
it turns out to

America, if
alliance

an

state-minded
erals"

and

between

welfare-

Washington

."lib¬

nationalistic-minded

Latin American socialists.

for

general

funds

Construction

cor¬

for

ex¬

im¬

and

the

expenaiture

of

which

about

through

25-30%

are

heavily

outstanding shares

of

$5

par

stock.

common

Elliot

Lewis

Joins

Garat
LOS

&

ANGELES,

Polonitza

Calif.—Elliot L.

Lewis has become associated with
Garat & Polonitza, Inc., as VicePresident.

The firm has also

nounced its removal to

new

an¬

quar¬

ters

in the City National Bank
Building, 9229 Sunset Boulevard,^.

New F. R. Burns Branch
Company
office

Okla.—F. R.
has opened

in the

&

Burns

branch

a

First National Bank

Building under
of

Melvin

Com¬

of

pany,

cellulose

wadding

products,

white papers and allied products.
About
57%
of
its net
sales
of

Robert

with

Green

with

of New York's 56th Annual Ap¬
peal for Funds, it was announced
by Wallace W. Lee, Jr., General

Chairman of the drive.
More

than

300

civic

key

and

business leaders in the New York
area

are

participating in the fund

drive which is slated to

September

18

run

through

offices

Street.

He

&

at

380

products,

East

formerly

was

27%

white

and

paper

DIVIDEND

NOTICES

16%

specialty products, including
cigarette, condenser and carboniz¬
ing papers, industrial wadding and
items.

Its

include

consumer

Kotex

and

401st Dividend

prod¬
Ferns

towbls

Delsey toilet
tissue. The company is one of the
two largest U. S. manufacturers
of

publication-type coated print¬
ing papers and one of the five
largest manufacturers of all types
of printing paper.
The company
is

one

of

ducers of

the

Pullman

and

two

largest

Incorporated
95th Consecutive Year of

Quarterly Cash Dividends

pro¬

A

cigarette and condenser

paid

For the fiscal year ended

April
30, 1961, total income amounted
to $414,243,000 and net earnings
were
$30,480,000. This compared
with

income

total

of

quarterly dividend of fifty
(50O

cents

papers.

to

per

share will be

v

September 14, 1961,

on

stockholders of record

t

August 21, 1961.
WILBUR E. WOLFE

$407,093,000

Vice President 4 Secretary

j

from

Dec.

31,

DIVIDEND

Division and Subsidiaries:

NOTICES

1961.

Pullman-Standard division
The M. W.

DIVIDEND

NOTICES

m

Kellogg Company

Trailmobile Inc.

Trailmobile Finance Company

ACF INDUSTRIES
INCORPORATED

*r s

Swindell-Dressier Corporation
-

Transport Leasing Company

„

Common Dividend No. 167

A dividend of 62 Vi$ per

THE DAYTON POWER
AND LIGHT COMPANY
DAYTON, OHIO
156th

Dividend

Common

i|
j|

||
||
;|

share

on

the

common

stock of this Corporation

September 15,

1961, to.

The Board of Directors has declared

It

regular quarterly dividend of 22c

|

25, 1961,

per

share

on

the Common Stock of

the

Company, payable

September

on

August 14,

1961.
GEORGE

The 685,000
ard

Oil

owners

of Stand-

Company (New

Jersey) will share in the
ings of the Company by

||

C. Allan Fee,

||

August 4, 1961

earn¬
a

div¬

Vice President and Secretary

It

close of business

on

DIVIDEND NOTICE

has been declared payable
stockholders of record at
close of business August

a

idend,
declared

Directors

SELLERS, Secretary

and

August 4, 1961

Board of

by the
on

August 3, 1961

payable September

12,

1961

£2

to

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY

for

only

total

funds

shareholders

August 14,1961
55^ per

at

of

the

record
rate

of

share of capital stock.

372nd
1961

•

65 cents per

•

Declared: August

•

is the 79th consecutive

year

dividend

in which cash dividends

Payable: September 13,1961

•

-ri

Jones, Cosgrove and Miller,

$410,500,000
in the fiscal year
Inc.
April 30, 1961, represented
sanitary
wadding
and
related

TravelersAidDrive

Exchange
Division of Travelers Aid Society

Coffman

D.

ended

kitchen

Stock

D.

securi¬

a

of

sanitary napkins, Keenex cleans¬
ing
tissue,
table
napkins
and

of the

Robert

engaging in

name

Heads Div. of

Chairman

is

ties business under the firm

ucts

Scott, Jr., of Carlisle &
Jacquelin, has accepted the ap¬
pointment for 1961 to serve as the

Opens

—

corporation, with executive
offices in Neenah, Wis., is a major
integrated manufacturer and seller

other

Stuart

the management
Appleby.

P.

R. D. Coffman
Coffman

The

Record Date:

share

have been

paid.

2,1961

Standard Oil

August 18,1961

Company

(New Jersey)
D.

H. ALEXANDER
Secretary

the

the

855

value

PASADENA, Calfi.

fi¬

inflation,

accounts

of

sale

current

debentures, consisted of $73,359,270 in funded debt and 9,653,-

about

$70,000,000.

ments of the Latin American gov¬

ernments,

give effect to the

of

plans for
the
fiscal
1961-62
and
1962-63
call

years

American

if

poration's

be

"Alliance for Progress" millions
plus other funds available through
the
Export-Import
Bank
and
various

subsid¬

1961, adjusted

reversal

developed by
of foreign private capital."

means

corpora¬

provement

rather
the latter.

ens,

for

"Comercio

apparent

should

the

of

consolidated

April 30,

on

TULSA,

of

America

to

its

the

a

sinking fund

public

room

1985.

The

iaries

lower interest cost

a

notice

in

a

1, 1961, to stockholders of record at

with

associates

and

for

year.

not redeem¬

are

purposes

company

increasing

the

is

and

to the company than 4%%. Other¬
wise they are redeemable on 30

country which showed
hostility to private
capital in general and foreign
corporations in particular.

in

money

Mexico,"

which

to

taxes.

When

Inc.

The debentures

refunding

left-wing

October, 1960, issue of Foreign
Affairs, one need not be surprised

in

Co.,

change controls, and confiscatory

to find the "Comercio Exterior de

the

&

are
offering publicly an issue of
$30,000,000 Kimberly-Clark Corp.
4%%
sinking fund debentures,
due Aug. 1, 1986, at 100%.

re¬

communist

reading these and similar

"public sector"

the

investors,

their work¬

passages in another article

nate nations" with that which

during

eign

Latin American labor unions.

nanced

ex¬

provided in the past by
Latin American and for¬

private

States, which is

argument

industrialized and "the less fortu¬
isted

Blyth

been

$31,343,000

for

pay

Exterior,"

of

has

of

fiscal

Capitalization

which

basis

as

United
States
policy,
since
"Washington's position heretofore
has
always
been
that
Latin

Views

tion

capital

clear.

socialism, they are
strongly for the latter.
Notes

Debens. Offered

Washington,

on

equal
work", which seems to imply that
United States corporations should
pay their workers in Latin Amer¬
ica the

net

will be able to replace the
70-75%
of the investment

reliance

world economy is the "prin¬

a

ciple

and

previous

"moral

see

the

Kimberly-Clark

aspirations"
which Messrs. Figueres and Berle
wish

how

socialism," with its

con¬

or

really

are

"One

wonders

one

"wave of

heavy

be

Set up an international
support
and quota system to raise and sta¬

prise capitalism and welfare state

equally

required,
new

poor coun¬

exclusively inter¬
ested in establishing a profit mar¬
gin between local salaries and

Santos,
Colombia;

Thomas,

socialist

the

years

of

eco¬

nations, and
happening today "be¬

is

same

tween

capitalism"; the wealthy

former

wealth

the

national

Among the many socialist jour¬
in Latin America, one of the

nals

best-written

of

within

wise works in favor of the "rich"

rapidly

Venezuela

place

a

nomically advanced

Free

welfare-state

a

redistribution

taken

of

most

The third economic philos¬

ophy

peaceful

between

be

communism and socialism.

by the whole
During the past 25

according to the authors,

that is

for

will

if

created

was

society."

years,

governments

in

poor

countries,
where
"a
minority accumulated what little

(2) A resurgence of the faith in
free
enterprise is evidenced by
Chile

and the

industrial

29

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•

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

•

MILITARY PRODUCTS

£sso

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(610)

STATE OF TRADE ANDINDUSTRY
Continued

they

from

be

can

assembly.

5

page

there will be

sure

no

More

and

raised

steel

are

will be

prices

Oct.

around

when
a
hike under the pres-

wage

1,

with

contract

Steelworkers

scheduled

buyers

more

that

betting

ent

other

makers

car

end of July, Studebaker-Packard

strike.

third

All

had concluded their runs by the

into

go

magazine said.

.

r

United

America

of

to

the

;

is

the

effect,

.

Members of the executive

com-

£°in& down June 21.

entire

the

serted

Chairman,
voiced a
prices and as-

Homer,

Steel

for

Corp.,

higher

that

conditions

if

in

1960

Motors

will

for

account

F°a
? ^
jp irysler Corp. 12.8% y American
Studebaker-

and

_

pressed

Washington."

in

Logan
Armco

President,
Corp., said price ad-

T.

Johnston,

Steel

justments in
come

but

he

soon"
will

offset

added
to

that

predict

rising
is

"it

still

that

the

poured 1,790,000 tons
for ingots and
castings

steel
the

week

less

ended

than

in

Aug.

the

would

above

in

week,

ending Aug.

slightly
1,790,000 ton mark.

the

Ended

Aug.

Iron

1.8%

1,818,000
week

In-

Production

tons

this

(93.9%),

54,236,000

to

19.9% below the

or

67,672,000 tons (*117.2%) in
period through Aug. 6, 1960.
The

Institute

concludes

for

week

ended

Retail

of

and

*index of

for

were

the

week's

last week.

There were mild inin manufacturing to 53

from

ingot

and

42

84

in construction to 61

manufacturing, with the sharpest
rises from a year ago among retailers and building contractors.

102
102

Chicago

102

Cincinnati

109

St. Louis

In

115

six

the

of

nine

major

graphic

Southern

108

Western

120

in the South Atlantic States

than
from

1

Total

industry

99.3

__

we"k"fXp°„fdP/c°foU„C'f°r^5?-m5rrage
product.on
for
1957-1959.

from

Production of 1961 Auto Models

the

^

g2

held

States

Early Halt

an

rose

to 118 from 82 and

EaSt N°rth Central edgCd to 68

weekly

Comes to

more

doubled, increasing to 59
27, while Middle Atlantic

casualties

West

^

^

steady

South

at

78

pacifi(.

and

in

at

19.

Central

The week's only decline occurred
bringing 1961 model year produc- in New England. More businesses
tion to an early halt, will set a
failed than a year ago in all
13-year low in its August output, areas except the Pacific States.
The

nation's

Ward's

The
with

Automotive

statistical

week,,

Canadian

period
to

same

vision

less

103,504
said

cars

turned

out

its

as

Co.

of

Motors

buildout

The amount of electric energy
distributed by the electric light

in

Ford

closed

past

197

six

WPPC'»Q

are

through

mid-month.

extend its

1961

d

a

was

tw

x Q12 m

1fiin7

000'

£wh

30 000 000

3U,UUU,000
PnnX-1 vf
or

67%

The

-

Following the Chevrolet closing
at mid-week, Ford was the only
car
company still in 1961 model




Output

ff)4.a1

July

29,

0.2%,

the

or

less

was

below

that

above

of

this

of

the

previous

week

These findings are based on the

weekly

of 34 metropolitan

survey

conducted

areas

by the ATA De¬

Economics.

port
flects

tonnage

second

consecutive

food prices at whole¬
dipped lower than last

year.

The

report

handled

re¬

than

400

Increases

in

the

prices quoted
wheat, corn, rye, beef, hams,
bellies, butter, potatoes, steers and
hogs
outweighed
declines
this
week in /the quotations for oats,
lard, sugar, milk, cottonseed, oil,
The

and

eggs,

Dun

wholesale

lambs.

16

&

Bradstreet,

food

price

pound

of

and

meats

in

not

a

price

31

foodstuffs

raw

general

chief function is to show the gen¬
eral trend of food prices at
the

wholesale level.
Purchases

Up

for

of

week

Consumer
buying, although
varying
widely
with
regional
weather, picked up mildly in the
week
and

ended

Wednesday,

591,356

July

American

This

29

was

above

in

totaled
of

announced.

the

preceding

week.

of

1960,

represented

22,632

the

cars

year ago.

a

but

Shipments

Above

1960

Were

and

fans.

well, purchases of men's

As

wear,

furniture

There

above

in

week

steel

de¬

a

total

the

1959

&

Bradstreet,

mates
1960

levels

West

10,788

were

highway trailers

or

highway con¬
in the week

(piggyback)

ended July 22,

included

1961, (which

in

that

This

was

cars

week's

5.5%

or

above

increase
above

of

the

3,427
1959

Cumulative
the

of

were

over-all

increase

an

responding week

the

1960

cars

of

cor¬

and

an

46.6%

or

first

29

South

316,754 for

12,105

cars

of

1961

increase of

an

4.0%

or

corresponding
There

above

period

58

were

the

Class

in

I U.

1959.

S. rail¬

systems originating this type

traffic

in

the

pared with
in

the

current

54

one

week

year

com¬

and

ago

corresponding week

in

1959.

to

July 29, totaled 231,649,000 board
feet
compared " with
218,810,000

At

New

Peak

for

Atlantic

and

to

+1

-f-5,
0 to

in

level
272.95

the
to

stockholders.

net

proceeds that will go
company's general funds,
will

$150,000

used

be

to

repay

bank loans.
The

L.

which is

company,

to

cessor

business

a

Hartzer

J.

designs

and

suc¬

a

founded

by

in

1950, develops,
produces electronic

instruments used to

detect, meas¬
analyze atomic radiation.

and

used, for the

are

most part, by scientists and tech¬
nicians at universities and gov¬
laboratories.

ernment

the

For

June

ended

year

1961

the

sales

of

$2,567,546

ings

of

$293,524,

reported

company

and

net

30,
net

earn¬

equivalent

to

net

sales totaling $1,509,741 and
earnings of $46,061, equivalent

net
to

cents

19

share.

a

years

Figures for

based

on 246,667
outstanding.

are

shares

Capitalization

of

as

May

31,

1961, adjusted to give effect to
the present sale of common stock,
consists of $25,000 of long-term
debt and 333,333 shares of com¬
mon
stock, 50 cents par
outstanding, not including

value,
30,000

shares reserved for issuance upon
exercise

of

options

option

and

warrants.

new

Sales Increase

Department
Federal

dex

for

of

ended

the week's

declines

climb.
noted

were

commodities

—

Only three
among

some

sugar,

hogs

in

rubber.

The

climbed

Index

(1930-32 = 100)

to

2%

Slightly
The

Wholesale

Year
Food

by

street, Inc., edged
the

latest

week

an

The

reported.

was

increase
four-

to

in

sales

the

Federal

Re¬

department store
York City for the

System,

serve

New

7%

week

ended July 29,
had been
higher than the same period

last

year.

ended

In the preceding week

July
than

higher

22,
in

sales were
1%
the same period

last year. For the four weeks end¬

is

offering publicly,

A

shares of Service

will

be

the

July 9,

a

increase

in

the

com¬

1960,

was

sales

over

period

of

2%

recorded.

used

by the company for
of debt, advertis¬

repayment

ing and sales, and working capital.
The

of 33 E. 17th St.,
City, is engaged in the
importation and distribution of a
company

New York

wide

variety
of
photographic
equipment which it sells prima¬
rily in the 37 states east of the
Rocky

Mountains.

stock consists

Authorized

of

1,000,000 class A
350,000 class
B shares,
of
which 194,000 and 181,000 shares
respectively will be outstanding
and

completion of this financing.

upon

ing July 29, a 4% increase was
reported above the 1960 period,
while from Jan. 1 to

Photo Indus¬

tries, Inc., at $4 per share. Net
proceeds, estimated at $495,000,

International

Marine, Inc.

Public

offering

shares

mon

of

of
A.

100,000
T.

U.

com¬

Produc¬

tions, Inc., at $3 per share is being
made by MarshallCo., New York

City.
the

Proceeds

company

will

for

be

production

ex¬

offering of 75,000
of

shares

Inc., at $4
New

the

15,000

for
Net

the

by

repayment

advertising,

The

working capital.

company

of

130

W.

57th

St., New York', is engaged prima¬

are

of

the

Of

the

being

the

total,

sold

company

underwriter
Ross

of

and

Miami

proceeds will be used

for the repay¬
debt, the purchase of ad¬

equipment and inventory,

new
facilities,
advertising
working capital.

The

for

and

company

ditional

and

City.

Leonard

Beach.

Marine,

share is being made
Securities
Co., Inc.,

shares

account

Mr.

common

per

York

60,000

ment of

loans

International

Albion

by

additional sales employees,

salaries,
of

by

used

Public

company

and

of 790 N. E. 79th

rily in the creation and distribu¬

year.

dex, compiled

over

period ended July 29, 1961,
sales advanced 3% over last year.

on

From

July 22,

272.95

Monday, Aug. 7,
compared with 271.83 in the pre¬
ceding week and 268.14 on the
day last

2%

of

week

penses,

Daily Wholesale Commodity

Price

rise

Inc. Stock Offered

accounted largely

rye,

a

July 29,

like period last year. For the

week

Co., Bayside, N. Y.,
150,000 class

a

in¬

Board's

ended

A. Hart &

N.
on

taken from

as

Reserve

the week

showed

1961,
the

sales

store

Common Sale

on

and

Week

country-wide basis
the

Class A Sale

2% Above

1960

A.T.U. Productions

Aug. 7, reports Dun
Bradstreet, Inc.
Steel
scrap
prices moved up, and combined
with
appreciable
advances
in
wheat

Service Photo
Industries

commodity
week, lifting
high for 1961

past

a

+3, Pacific —3 to

in

wholesale

general

to

Year

marked increase prevailed

prices

in

the

for

13,334

certain

Nationwide Department Store

Ago

St., Miami, Fla., is engaged in the
chartering of vessels, the rental

tion of radio and TV commercials

and

and

entertainment

Volume

Lumber
production in
the
United States in the week ended

per¬

0.

parable

Wholesale Commodity Price Index

2.2%

esti¬

comparable

Central

According

weeks

corresponding period of 1960 and
90,801 cars or 40.2% above the

and

Middle

Central —1

week.

piggyback loadings

totaled

30

Regional

from

by the following

The

revenue

for

the

into the

this

South Atlantic and Mountain

reported

of

Of

of

re¬

ended

week

Inc.

varied

centages:

(during

cars

the

the

in

in

volume

Wednesday was 1% below to 3%
higher than last year, according
to spot estimates collected by Dun

corre¬

more

A

dollar

—4

or

50

and

company

both

+ 1, East and West North Central

one

road

per

offering,

common

The

strike.)

loaded with

for

automobiles turned

and

moderately.

up

week in
of 46,494

increase

an

8.5%

sponding

566

clothing, sports¬

conditioners

air

3.7% be¬

or

corresponding

or

the

100,-

Radiation

+ 4, New England and East South

The loadings
crease

cars

of

period for 1960, the company had

increase of 7,219 cars

an

2,

edged slightly higher than in

wear,

Association

Railroads

1.2%

or

the

cars,

Aug.

asso¬

in back-to-school

freight

freight

revenue

ended

are

the

the

The instruments

Week

Ended Aug. 2

and

Laboratory, Inc.,
share.
86,666 shares
being sold for the account of

Of

ure

Retail

shares

common

priced at $13

is

Its

Co.

$1.19 per share. In the comparable

Were
3.7% Below Corre¬
sponding 1960 Week

Loading

It

use.

index.

&

offering publicly

Instrument

rep¬

cost-of-living

tail trade

the

000

Stone

are

The bulk of the increase centered

Freight Car Loadings for July 29
Week

Inc.,

index

total of the

sum

per

reported decreases.

areas

Common Offered
Hayden,

account

1

.

the comparable period

Compared to the immediately
preceding week, 18 metropolitan
areas registered increased tonnage
and

Laboratory

com¬

of

mon
carriers
of
general
throughout the country.

Radiation Instr.

more

at

terminals

truck

Thursday, August 10, 1961

ciates

year.

Wholesale Food Price Index Off

Lumber

that

have

resents the

in

nounced. Truck tonnage was 0.6%

same

Louis

schedule.

1960

in

tonnage

v

c^rfop-

plant,
on
strike since July 26, may have to
St.

institute

^rli

plants dur-

also

nnn'nnn'

at i6'13J^'00» j™.1

Wednesday.

"Sch^plants'will
company's

^ W€f

Corp.
1961

the

&

«•

mu

of

due to continue assembly

erations

.

di-

ing the week, but seven others

Week

truck

1%,

0.2% Below

was

the
volume
in
the
corresponding
week
of
1960,
the
American
Trucking Associations, Inc., an¬

dipped to 34

EIect"c °lJtpu1tQ,6'7.% UlShcr
Than ,n
Week

one^third

that, Chevrolet

General

of

completed
models

than

p,,,.

week of last year.

Ward's

Motor

dropped to 33,410
units last week, and

74,831

the

production

car

failures

from 38 }n the preceding week
hut remained fractionally above
the 33 recorded in the similar
week of 1960.

said that

more
assembly plants
changeover quietus this

amounted

the

Reports said.

agency

passenger

the

from

of

industry,

nine

entering
for

auto

219,627

ended

week

than

geo-

regions, tolls ran higher
in the week just ended. Failures

•_

231,054

Same

The

Intercity

tality exceeded 1960 levels in all
industry and trade groups except

90

II

235,532
234,157

Ended July 29

total).

77

Detroit

218.810

224,915

230,657

tainers

107

week

Intercity Truck Tonnage in Week

low

year,

largely
steep
upswing, jumping to 237 from 158

5,

marked

cocoa,

toll among wholesalers dipped to
30 from 34 and among service
concerns
to 25 from 30. Mor-

Cleveland

1960

231,649
239,200

_

Orders-

from 55- On the other hand, the

Pittsburgh
Youngstown

July 30

V 1961

1961

Production-

Shipments

August 5,1961

Buffalo

July 22

July 29

PWetkCEndin«r
North East Coast__

the

level. On Aug.

for

_

creases

Aug.

for

feet

the

in

1960

almost half again

casualties

responsible

with

'

follows:

as

occurring

earlier and 226 last

the

Index of Ingot Production by Dis-

tricts,
1961,

274

weeks

week and a year ago. Most of the
week's rise centered among casualties
under
$100,000,
which
turned up to 357 from 276 a week

through

year

amounted

5,

and

Failures with liabilities in excess of $100,000 edged up; to 49
from 43 in both the previous

ended July 29.

Aug.

Ending Aug. 3

1838 when the toll was 277.

below output of
(*97.6%)
in the

tons

in

.

8, the index was up 0.7% to $5.94,
yet fell short by the same amount,
0.7%, from the $5.98 in the com¬
parable
week
of
1960.
This

.

^any businesses succumbed as
the uslmilal\"Ifek of„ „Sre~war

stitute, production for weekended
Aug. 5, 1961 was 1,850,000 tons

(*99.3%),

.

1959. As well,

5

Steel

and

Week

comparable

According to data compiled by
the American

Latest

the 269

Steel Production Data for the
Week

board

of

figures

the

are

'

accounted. for 91.9%

Commercial and industrial failures climbed to 406 in the week
ended Aug. 3 from 319 in the
preceding week, reported Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc. At the highest
level since March this year,
casualties ran considerably above

of

tonnage

see

Co.

_

1.5%

or

previous

forecast the week

12

5,

„

steep Upturn -n Business Failures

in-

dustry

Following

partment of Research and Trans¬
In

estimated

'

,

Motors 8.1%.

too

hikes

when the

,

,

and Chrevolet division of General

costs,

come.

Steel

It

Motor

steel lines must

some

to

soon

.

Of thls week's production, Ford

below the year ago

sale

some

•,

fall point to an increase, he would
not be deterred by "feelings ex-

rose

model year. Of the total, General

,

the

orders

and

thousands

for\, the

Packard 1.2%.
Most auto companies will be
producing 1962 model cars by the
middle of this month, the reportmg agency said, with StudebakerPackard operations leading off
next
i?Umx I?®'®0? neY
cars
W1.1,l 5?
j!,n
al°nS with 54,000 old 1961s. By
comparison,
the industry built
305,514 cars in the same year-ago

Bethlehem

2.2%,

5%.

weeks indicated:

6,01 M81

Institute said they expected steel
prices to be raised selectively in
the fall with the increases being
passed along to consumers.

need

Compared with 1960 levels out¬
put
dropped
1.6%,
shipments

under

Motors

B.

prior week, ac¬
regional
associations. A year ago the fig¬
ure
was
235,532,000 board feet.
reports from

*961 model run would slightly
exceed 5,400,000 units, about 10%*

mittee of the Steel Service Center

Arthur

in the

cording to

gained

estimated

t

feet

board

.

.

Dun
up

Price

&

in¬

Brad¬

fractionally

but

remained

features.

thorized

stock consist of

10-cent

par

which
unon

common

Au¬

1,000,000

shares,

of

263,000 'will be outstanding

eomnletion of this financing.

repair of small boats, and the
operation of freight, eargoing and
salvage boats. Authorized stock
consists of 900,000 1-cent par com¬
mon

be

of

shares, of which 150,000 will

outstanding
this

upon

financing.

completion

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

.

(611)

Indications of Current

The following statistical tabulations cover
production and other figures for the
latest week or month available. Dates shown in first
column are either for the
week or month ended on that
date, or, in cases of quotations, are as of that date:

Business Activity
Latest
AMERICAN

IRON

Inuicated

Equivalent
Steel

AND

steel

INSTITUTE:

STEEL

operations

cent

(per

"

Previous

Month

Year

Week

Week

capacity)

Ago

Ago

62.2

60.9

54.6

Aug. 13

1,850,000

1,818,000

1,779,000

1,556,000

Crude
42

and

Month

castings

,

'

PETROLEUM

oil

and

gallons

(net

tons)

Kerosene

output
fuel

Residual

fuel

oil

output

(bbls.)____
(bbls.)

8,284,000

7,789,000

30,449,000

30,812,000

27,668,000

8,290,000
29,014,000

2,732,000

2,795,000

2,040,000

.

13,214,000

13,423,000

12,151,000

13,034,000

July 28

5,742,000

5,673,000

5,185,000

and

unfinished

Kerosene

fuel

gasoline
at__^_.„„.

(bbls.)

Distillate
Residual

oil

fuel

(bbls.)

oil

(bbls.)

i

5,598,000

___July28

193,510,000

196,455,000

200,175,000

30,720,000

29,837,000

July 28

129,290,000

124,717,000

112,511,000

128,941,000

July 28

50,226,000

49,859,000

47,454,000

43,386,000

______

"4; i->Revenue freight loaded

" /

Revenue

(number of ,cars)j.

-

;

(no.

591,356

584,137

cars)__ July 29

of

470,325

467,062

533,573

V

613,988

474,929

,

485,567

U.

Public

947,000

323;000

330,000

193,000

4,287,985

♦4,327,534
♦4,249,388

4,618,500

SERVE

in

millions

$379,200,000

$561,700,000

170,800,000

158,500,000

207,500,000

Instalment

!
(U.

coal

Pennsylvania

S.

228,900,000

220,700,000

220,900,000

195,300,000

<110,100,000

Aug.

26,000,000

33,600,000

110,600,000

OF

41,700,000

»

of

Other

V

♦8,065,000

2,100,000

ELECTRIC

Electric

output

8,266,000

and

(in

BRADSTREET,
AGE

371,000

76,000

373,000

122

125

122

335,000

•

steel

(per

Pig

(per

gross

steel

METAL

(per

PRICES

v

Single

5

Aug.

_

AND

INDUSTRIAL)

•

•

.

,

16,107,000

> •

-

14,133,000
v.

■

406

319

15,125,000

M.

J.

6.196c

July 31
.2_ July 31

ton)
ton)

credit

.

6.196c

$66.44

$66.44

$37.17

•

July 31

_

6.196b '•

$66.41

$37.17

-

6.196c

$66.44

$36.67

$31.50

2

30.600c

30.600c

30.600c

(delivered)
(East St.

Aluminum
Straits

Aug.

2

27.950c-

U.

(New

28.375c
11.000c

12.000c

10.800c

York)

at

11.800c

11.500c

11.500c

13.000c

—Month

26.000c

26.000c

116.500c

115.625c

116.375c

104.625c

Industrials
MOODY'S
U.

..■■■,

13.500c

8

85.73

87.19

85.72

87.08

85.85

89.51

89.51

8

87.72

88.13

8

85.07

85.20

86.38

V

.1

90.34

88.67

,/'•

'

,

91,48
'89:23

85.72

BOND

YIELD

Sales

of

FEDERAL

Aa

83.28

8

86.65

86.78

87.72

87.45

8

87.32

87.45

87.59

88.67

8

..

A

—

_

4.10

3.93

3.93

3.61

INVENTORIES

(bullions of

&

Public

Utilities

Industrials

80.81

81.29

80.69

83.28

83.91

84.30

MOODY'S

Group

COMMODITY

NATIONAL

i

(A.

received

Orders

Export

refinery

refinery

ttLondon,

(per

(per

prompt

Production

L-i

pound)

long

(per

30.600c

of

Unfilled

New

(per long

_

4.58

4.55

4.51

4.47

ttLondon, prompt (per long ton)_—
ttThree months, London (per long ton)

4.78

4.77

4.73

4.69

5.12

5.08

5.13

4.92

4.92

4.87

4.84

4.66

4.65

4.58

.__Aug.

8

4.61

4.60

4.59

374.5

370.4

East

4.51

374.9

Common, East St.

4.60

367.1

,

£244.125

11.000c

12.000C

Louis

St.

(per

10.800c

11.800c

£64.699

£73.375

£66.104

pound)

10.800c

£64.854

£65.943

£74.033

11.500c

13.000c

11.500c

8§Prime Western, delivered
(per pound)
ttLondon, prompt
(per
long
ton)
ttLondon, three months (per long ton)

12.000c

12.000c

13.500c

£77.893

£79.045

£90.595

£79.042

£80.054

£90.193

Silver and

310,951

Sterling Exchange—
New York (per ounce)

Silver,

310,025

307,840

316,686

308,751

335,511

Tin,

323,825

July 29

92

91

95

94

-July 29

471,652

480,165

426,706

,

London

Sterling

313,360

'

.__July 29

—

—

period

of

£239.545

Zinc—

5.11

8

J._£—.—

end

at

30.390c
£250.750

11.000c

(per pound)_,
Louis (per pound)__

4.65

-July 29

—i.-,

(tons)

32.600c

28.701c

£236.483

£233.482

ton)

York

4.31

Silver,

__

activity

orders

30.605c

27.873c
£229.685

ton)

4.39

8

__

__

(tons)

Percentage

31,560

pound)

months, London

Common,

ASSOCIATION:

(tons)

31,520

22,700

QUOTATIONS)—

<n.

'

Domestic

ttThree

M. J.

&

4.68

8

______

INDEX

PAPERBOARD

$54,880

TTrn~7"

4.45

-Aug.

___

_

$53,770

'

4.72

Aug.

—

_

$30,650
23,120

$32,180

23,110

dollars):

4.73

8

—

_

;

Group

109

SALES

4.45

8

-------

—

_

Group

109

108

June:

8

_

__

Railroad

108

$30,460

of

Lead—

__

Baa

57,996,336

;

8

—

59,077,233

31_

RESERVE

,

June

Copper-Li

"

80.93

8

_

corporate

59,196,460

110

May

54,276,563

$911,481,000

110

at

57,211,679
$966,758,000

$53,570

customers

8

Average

122

57,802,701

_

METAL PRICES

AVERAGES:

DAILY

Bonds

148

of

Total

86.24

Aug.
______

_

Government

S.

omitted)..,

Durables

86.78

Aug.

Group

Group

149

141

consumers—

customers—Month

THE

MANUFACTURERS'

89.15

Aug.

_

3,193

Inventories—

12.000c

8
_

(000's

adusted

26.000c

_

Group_

ultimate

SYSTEM—1947-49=100—Month

11.500c

8

Utilities

4,423

151

~I_

Unadjusted

26.000c

12.000c

Aug.

—

4,294

3,465

125

variation

ultimate

OF

2

12.000c

Aug.

.

_____

4,524
4,274

Average=100—

Nondurables

A

Public

4,547

adjustment

ultimate

2

—Aug.

:

2,905

PRODUCTION—BOARDsOFGOV¬

Seasonally

AVERAGES:

Bonds

11,910

32,310

of

2

——L—.L—.

_

DAILY

10,630

12,263

$968,682,000

2

at

11,340

12,345

INSTITUTE—

May:

Aug.

99.5%)

Aa

Baa

of

from

ERNORS

30.725c

11.000c
10.800c

8

Railroad

month

Aug.

at

pig,

PRICES

Government

S.

27.850c

11.000c

10.800c

11,459

"I

ZZZZZ,

.;

SALES—FEDERAL RE¬

seasonal

Aug.

Louis)

BOND

.

at

(primary

tin

MOODY'S

_

_

2,943

May:

32.600c

2

_

10,462

2,958

July:

ELECTRIC

Number

Aug.

at

2

Zinc

of

INDUSTRIAL

refinery
Export refinery at
Lead (New York)
at

II_

loans

41,752

3,449

seasonal

Revenue

QUOTATIONS):

copper—

Domestic

10,602

4,349

Kilowatt-hour sales of

-

'

17,755

10,666

loans

STORE

for

-

Electrolytic

JZinc

Month

EDISON

:

17,242

'—I.

SYSTEM—1947-49

Without

269

42,127

17,358

accounts

Adusted

220

"

42,441

credit

DEPARTMENT

'•

PRICES:

lb.)

&

v

.

3

gross

(E.

16,137,000
■;

&

DUN

—

credit

loans

payment

SERVE

kwh.)

000

COMPOSITE

iron

:

$53,662

term

30:

goods

Service

125

„July 29

_

INC.

Finished

Scrap

_

$54,390

FEDERAL RE¬

modernization

Noninstalment

INSTITUTE:

(COMMERCIAL

FAILURES

IRON

AVERAGE=100_

60,500

3,866,959

"1-1-211
^^-^.-^-^-.ZZZZZZZZZIZZZ

credit

Charge
SYSTEM—1947-49

♦78,146

*4,571,890

$54,786

June

consumer

Personal

8,135,000r

July 29
July 29

(tons) J.

4,558,000

78,534

4,355,219

credit

consumer

Repairs

MINES):

lignite (tons)

anthracite

Total

354,200,000
312,500,000

:

BUREAU

and

246,900,000

4,209,451

ZJZZZ

;

intermediate

Automobile

Aug.

..Aug.

;
-u--___

7

924,000
731,000

(net tons)

tons)

end of month

and

as

$399,700,000

municipal.....

;

tons)

(net

short

211,200,000

OUTPUT

EDISON

MInFsT—Month" oFJunet

1,081,000
•

SYSTEM—REVISED SERIES—Esti¬

mated

$458,100,000

and

*

tons)

(net

Aug.

Bituminous
u

842,000

coke

Aug.

Federal

COAL

1,277,000

coke

construction

construction..

State

1,115,000

*

municipal

construction.

S.

Private

718,000

1,165,000

OF GOVERNORS OF THE

,

$2,005,000

$1,883,000

.

CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING—BOARD

CONSTRUCTION—ENGINEERING

$2,392,000

i

ZZZZ

(net

Beehive

6,611,245

constructionM-.-u.iiiJ^^i.^^

construction

and

Oven

6,090,368

of

Oven coke stocks at

NEWS-RECORD:
Total

397

omitted)

3„

Production

.

July 29

freight received from connections

ENGINEERING

by

6,835,880

NEWS

(BUREAU ~6F

COKE

29,797,000

at

(bbls.)' at—_-a—

transport

CONSTRUCTION—EN¬

construction

State

193,195,000

31,864,000

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS:.

freight

tons*

Federal

July 28

at

U.

Private
Public

Ago

RECORD —Month

(000's

Total

2,424,000

July 28
^

July

refineries, bulk terminals, in transit, in pipe lines—

Finished

CIVIL

8,397,000

(in

ENGINEERING

GINEERING

6,834,860

July 28

.a.

output

6,888,060

July 28

(bbls.

•

oil

6,947,960

July 28

(bbls.)

6,945,210

Year

Month

ASSOCIATION, INC.—

May:

general

carriers
CIVIL

of

(bbls.

average

July 28
average

of

Intercity

0

output—daily

runs to stills—daily
Gasoline
output (bbls.)

Distillate

(

INSTITUTE:

condensate

each)

Crude

Stocks at

AMERICAN TRUCKING

Previous

Month

63.2

'

AMERICAN

Latest

Aug. 13

to—

ingots

31

New

Gold

York

(per

U.

flask

,

79.375d

79.250d

$2.78981

$2.80268

114.648c

116.281c

S.

76

101.347C

$35,000

,

pounds)

$35,000

$35,000

$194,800

price)

of

91.375c

79.518d

$2.78787

»

i

Straits

(per

91.375c

91.375c

ounce)

(check)_

ounce

Quicksilver

457,753

(per

Exchange

$200,455

$211,273

Antimony—

OIL,

PAINT

AND

REPORTER PRICE

DRUG

AVERAGE—100

1949

_

TRANSACTIONS

ROUND-LOT

INDEX—

—

ACCOUNT

FOR

1!New
1

_

114.43

114.32

113.63

109.87

MEM¬

OF

of

Total

Short
...

sales

—

-

Total

purchases

Total

Total

the

on

:

=-

sales

—

transactions for

round-lot

account

Short

sales..

252,050

210,720

405,610

268,500

233,050
;

,

275,260

233,860

612,086

549,940

864,690

XUiy

sales

EXCHANGE

123,170

101,250

738,083

580,392

751,087

560,270

863,803

703,562

852,337,

(Per

3,129,066

2,601,100

2,633,280

534,940

452,770

527,910

dealers

(customers'

:

1

purchases by dealers

3,123,877

2,527,900

2,910,212

3,651,787'

Customers'

short

other

sales.

sales

Number

Short

">?y

sales.
sales

Other

Round-lot

sales
—

—

STOCK

ROUND-LOT

EXCHANGE

ROUND-LOT

AND

ACCOUNT

Total

339,752

288,550

282,483

343,216

306,552

915,322

955,977

938,288

1,448,269

1,705,192

All

$91,154,745

$76,585,660

$93,323,733

$71,476,704

14

1,555,537

1,178,491

1,720,052

14

12,446

5,390

10,307

1,173,101

on

♦38,424,000

43,282,000

♦40,581,000

43,893,000

14,699,000

16,861,000

25,685,000

1,321,526

1,160,307

1,216,328

and

figure.

4,087,637

$22,630,437

437~560

2~7~9~930

545,070

410*350

602,800

547,900

499,160

509,320




at

INCOME

centers

Net

of

railway

Other

U. S. CLASS

I

796,900

543,900

659,570

available

fixed

July 14

14,350,300

11,843,730

16,131,700

Other

553,970

12,955,740

15,147,200

12,387,630

16,791,270

13,509,710

118.6

118.9

119.4

86.3

86.7

86.7

♦107.1

107.8

fixed

charges

after

i

fixed

charges

Net

30,991,012

18,216,277

4,060,520

52,358,320

3,797,250

4,125,298

4,366,895

...

Depreciation (way & structure & equipment)

107.8

83,349,332

30,870,684

3,788,944

income

income

87,409,852

49,086,961

8,155,839

charges

22,221,070

5,805,895

30,877,519

income

14,419,027

48,233,022

53,342,567

53,294,899

52,155,574

15,015,187

22,752,357

27,497,001

20,831,248

20,074,582

290,557

574,622

32,366,391
314,623

1.26

taxes

1.59

2.69

appropriations:

common

'stock

preferred

stock

87.1

107.3

for

from

deductions

Dividend

118.7

deductions

$65,188,782

22,822,452

39,033,358

*

54,892,856

4,582,376

income

income

$32,070,404

20,985,297
43,615,734

operating

income

Total

Income

Aug.

where freight

OF

April:

Miscellaneous

Aug.

91.5

92.2

93.2

96.6

Aug.

127.7

127.5

127.7

128.3

since introduction of Monthly Investment Plan,
from East St. Louis exceeds one-half cent a pound.

orders not reported

ITEMS

RYS. (Interstate Commerce Commission)—

On

tNumber of

of)—

1,318,773

Month

.—

(Number

1,103,256

SELECTED

-»

Tires

3,834,136

410,350

Aug.

basis

Bus

1,117,124

$67,935,752

...

(pounds)

3,644,311

545,070

Aug.

delivered

(Camelback)—

41,546,000

Ratio

(Prime

Western

Zinc

of

income

♦Revised

96%
end

of
of

where
♦Revised
sold

10,699,550

42,609,000

On

foods—-

3,425,831

9,487,374

Inventory

1,392,043

U. S. DEPT. OF

and

2,795,080
3,189,825

8,947,584

Production

9,296

1,543,091

(1947-49=100):

than farm

3,546,889

3,323,408
2,838,141

Shipments

1,401,339

14

July 14

commodities other

Inneri

Inventory

£79,930

Meats
All

Bus

(pounds)

$59,301,331

—

foods

&

(pounds)

437,560

commodities

Processed

Truck

of)—

_

Rubber

Income

products

I

Production

Commodity Group—
Farm

(Number

Shipments

(SHARES):

—

of)—

:

Motorcycle,

Tubes

1,523,363

July 14

PRICES, NEW SERIES

—

(Number

Inventory

Passenger,

Federal

LABOR

10,290,499

327,258

$78,218,253

sales

WHOLESALE

10,031,919

Production

Total

sales

10,387,736

Shipments

STOCK TRANSACTIONS

MEMBERS

June:

9,544,227

Tread

1,730,436

STOCK

Y.

$1.50000

$1.50000

Motorcycle Tires (Number of)—

Implement Tires

14

sales

Other

OF

N.

$1.60000

$1.50000

ASSOCIATION,

22,270,957

July 14
July 14
July 14

—

ON THE

$1.70000

$1.50000

.

pound)

8,500,881

sales—

round-?0t

Short

SALES

of

$82,000

$1.40000

22,669,299

1,709,745
$88,402*229

—...—_—•---*——

...—.

(per

$2.25

$82,000
$1.70000

Shipments

„

purchases by dealers—Number of shares

&

$2.25

$82,000

lots)

ton

8,802,870

Tractor

dealers—

shares—Total

of

grade

MANUFACTURING

..July 14

value——

Dollar

Round-lot

FOR

—:

97%

Inventory

July
July
..July
—July

——1

28.100c
23.250c

74.000c

21,157,037

Truck

sales^—

sales

Customers'

total

26.000c

23.250c
74.330c

$1.60000

pound)

Inventory

2,992,240

(customers' sales) —

orders—customers

Number-of

29.500c

$2.25

(per

Production

...July 14
July 14

—

32.590c
29.000c

33.000c

23.250c

'

Production

purchases)—t

—:

value.:

Dollar
Odd-lot

by

36.250c

26.000c

(per lb.)

avge.

export..

pound)

refined

INC.—Month

464,340

2,457,442

3,376,543

pig

Shipments

2,802,680

2,841,603

weighted

primary

(per

Passenger

644,520

■

ingot

pound, delivered
pound, small lots)

Cobalt,

84,250

SPECIALISTS ON N. Y. STOCK
SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION

shares

of

;

32.500c

33.000c

.

pound)

(per

RUBBER

AND

—

sales

Number

36.250c
32.500c

pound)-;

pound).

(per

81.250c

Platinum,

526,820

125,720

grade

Bismuth

245,300

Jw J4
Ju]y 14

;

DEALERS

Odd-lot

Total

23,200

383,910

11,200

grade

99%

Cadmium

TRANSACTIONS FOR ODD-LOT ACCOUNT OF ODD-

LOT

TOTAL

21,700

206,620

"Jujy J4

sales

(per

(per

♦♦Nickel

of members—

purchases

Total

4,100

240,850

July 14

Other

STOCK

202,220

*?u|y J4
}y *4
jy J4

—

sales

Total

1,722,330
2,079,220

floor—

sales

Other

1,988,880

2,393,840

July 14
initiated

purchases

Total

356,890

1,670,430

1,995,930

!4

sales

Short

404,960

1,862,670

J" ^

transactions

Total

325,500

2,042,000

2,260,690

1.

sales

Other

2,493,330

floor—

.

sales

Other

.

1,818,110

398,020

July 14

;

—

Short

2,314,760

J4
-J" y J4

sales

transactions initiated off the

Other

>

Jujy J;
"J ,y
J"}? }j

—

sales

Other

Total

99%

specialists in stocks in which registered—

purchases

boxed

bulk
boxed

Aluminum—

BERS, EXCEPT ODD-LOT DEALERS AND SPECIALISTS
Transactions

York,

Laredo,
Laredo,

of

charges

on reports from companies accounting for
secondary tin consumption in 1957 and 97% of total stocks
or more but less than carload lot
boxed. §§Delivered

tEstimated totals based

95%

of

^Domestic five tons

freight

included,
session

figure.

primary,
1957.

fixed

to

from

East

St.

t(Average of daily
London

Metal

Louis

mean

exceeds

0.5c.

♦♦F.o.b.

Fort

Colburn,

and bid and ask quotations per long ton

Exchange.

U. S. duty
at morning

32

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(612)

Now

Securities

of
of

the

large number of issues

son,
•

ated

Underwriters,
Rock, Ark.

developmental

manufacture
acoustical

Business
marble

and

phia.

Office—369

purposes.

&

Underwriter—Roth

&

Co.,

Inc.,

19,

which

1961

75,000

filed
are

offered

be

for

public sale

New

York

City

and

lease

additional

Italian

purchase

Inc.
and Edward
U \.T. V-'' //'•/,-./

■

Lewis

Co.,

Inc.,

Avenue, N. W., Atlanta, Ga. Underwriter—Best
Garey Co., Inc., Washington, D. C.

Office—2036 Broadway, Santa Monica,

Corp.

the

Corp., Boston, Mass.

Airbalance,
July

17,

1961

five cents).

Inc.
("Reg.

Price

A")
$5.

—

60,000

Office

common

shares

(par

2046 E. Lehigh Ave.,

—

Philadelphia. Underwriter—A. Sussel Co., 1033 Chestnut
St., Philadelphia.
•

Un¬

Air Master

Corp.

May 26,

(managing).

stock, of which 50,000 shares

July

Plastics

27, 1961
20,000 shares
320,000 shares

filed

Corp.
340,000

ment.

be

to

is

Public offering of 132,000 common
shares of Taffet Electronics,

Inc.,

$3

per

Heller

the

first

pany's
Net

share, is being made by
Co., Inc. and Stanley

&

&

Co.

The

offering marks

public sale

of

the

com¬

proceeds

from

the

financ¬

ing will be used by the company
for
the
purchase of additional
manufacturing
and
test
equip¬
ment; expansion of the company's

laboratory facilities;
velopment

of

a

further

proposed

line

of

and

new

working capital.

test

with

test

equipment,

systems and assemblies, and elec¬
tronic

components, for use
primarily in the communications
field, A wholly-owned subsidiary,
Metal

business
United

Specialty

Products




filed

200,000

is

Corp.,

storm

—

shares

The

windows

products.

of class

agencies

of

the

Government.

manufacture

and

doors,

Proceeds—For

other corporate purposes.

fabricating sheet
in the manufac¬

with

States

Business

A

and

and

common

working

capital,

$3.50

equipment
electronic

to

toward

conform

with

miniaturization

products

in

the

military and commercial markets.

Offering of 60,000 common shares
Components Specialties, Inc. at

offering

plans within the next year
begin manufacturing of items

in

of

test

from

28,

1961,

sales
of

of

and

the

and

financing,

italization
shares

net

net

income

three

months

net

net

sales

of

will

outstanding
consist

common

$1,962 of sundry debt.

of

income Uof

of

made

design and installation of heating, ventilating and air
conditioning systems. Proceeds—For moving, purchase
of machinery and
equipment, inventory, repayment of
loans and working capital.
Office—1425 Utica Avenue,
Brooklyn 3, N. Y. Underwriters—Rothenberg, Heller &
Co., inc. and Carroll Co., New York.
Alaska

Honolulu

Co.

July 24, 1961 filed 1,600,000 common shares and oil leases
on 400,000 acres to be offered in 625 units each consist¬

ing of 640

acres

Business—The

properties

gas

and 2,560 shares. Price—$2,560 per unit.

exploration and
in

Alaska.

development

Proceeds—For

of oil

general

and
cor¬

Alix

of Miami, Inc. (8/14)
8, 1961 filed 100,000 class A common shares, of
wnich 70,OuO are to be offered by the
company and 30,-

June

working capital, Office

ton

Far

East

lighter

and

with

All

nated

mechanical

essential

in

the

manufacture

of transistor radios,
printed circuitry and other related;
devices. Such components include

earphones,

poly-carbonate

con-

densors,
batteries, loudspeakers,
tubes,
resistors
and
miniature
speakers,

which
sells.

stock," and

Outstanding
the

company

150,000
common

Wide,

Inc.

1961 filed $250,000

debentures

Price—For

due

1971

debentures, at

of 5%
and

par;

convertible

150,000

the

&

(managing).

Stores

Corp.
Aug. 4, 1961 filed $27,006,200 of convertible subordinated
debentures due Oct. 1, 1981 to be offered for subscrip¬
tion

by stockholders
each

ten

For

New

shares

the basis of $100 of debentures

on

held.

operation

Price—By amendment.
department

of

stores.

(managing).
Allstate

Bowling Centers, Inc.
filed 300,000 shares of capital stock, of
which 200,000 shares will be sold for the account of the

19,

1961

company and
100,000 shares for All-State Properties,
Inc., parent. The stock will be offered for subscription

by holders of All-State Properties
share for each nine
construction

shares

and

held.

on

the

basis

shares
stock.

of

10-cent
<

par
'

of

one

Price—$10. Business—

operation

of bowling centers in
expansion and working
capital. Office—30 Verbena Avenue, Floral Park, N. Y.
Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., New York City.
several

•

states.

Proceeds

—

For

Almar Rainwear

Corp. (8/28)
filed 120,000 shares of common stock.
supplied by amendment. Business — The
manufacture and sale
of plastic film raincoats and re¬

alu¬

Price

lated

28,

—

1961

To be

items

for

men,

women

and

children*.

Proceeds—

««NEW

ISSUES
BOUGHT

-

SOLD

-

QUOTED

for Banks, Brokers, Institutions

Xdney J. SIEGEL
'i-'
Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.

of
of

Busi¬

Proceeds—

general corporate purposes. Office—401 Fifth Ave.,
York. Underwriter—Lehman
Brothers, New York

39

capitalization
consists

shares.

for stock, $5. Business—

Co., Inc. and Hardy & Hardy, New York
Allied

company

now

subordi¬

common

The operation of bowling centers. Proceeds—For
expan¬
sion and general corporate purposes. Office — 100 W.
Tenth St., Wilmington, Del. Underwriters—Alessandrini

April

and

World

Star

July 7,

im¬

cap¬

537,000

Ave., Miami, Fla. Underwriter—Clay¬
Securities Corp., Boston (managing).

Fund

with headquarters
I., N. Y., imports

stocks and

cur¬

by

components
electrical and

characteristics

$38,747. Upon completion of
rent

L.

proved

had

company

unaudited

$563,185

the

smaller

May 31, 1961 the company

reports

Baldwin,

the

For

&

Inc.

The company

five months ended Feb.

$827,923

$60,116.

proprietary

as

was

Planning,

to

For the

share has been oversub¬

per

scribed and the books closed. The

It also

equipment
products.

Baltimore

YOUR PRIME SOURCE FOR

Stock Sold

test

trend

mechanical

Aksman
(L. J.) & Co., Inc.
July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—A mechanical contractor in

of

Office—20th Street, and Alle¬

of

the

sale

other

Components
Specialties

The
company
contemplates
within the next year to take
steps
for
the
transistorization
of
its

headquar¬

partial electronic

minum

of
electronic
equipment.
Substantially all of the company's

ended
company,

ters in Woodside, Queens
County,
N.
Y„
manufactures
electronic

aluminum

ture

de¬

equipment; leasehold
improvements to its present plant,
The

in

required

of

stock.

common

engaged

metal

Common Offered
at

amendment.

common

offered

Taffet Electr.

Fialkov

1961

are to be offered for public
sale by the company and
150,000 outstanding shares by
the present holders thereof.
Price—To be supplied by

shares, of which
by the company and
by the stockholders. Price—By amend¬
Business—The manufacture of plastic houseware
are

electronic,

Fla.
Underwriters — Stein Bros. &
Vickers, MacPherson & Warwick,
(managing). Offering—Expected in late August,

The

(9/4)

derwriter—Hill, Darlington & Grimm, New York City
Admiral

of

Proceeds—For repayment of loans, ex-

Lauderdale,

Boyce,

May

trucks.

Office—1616 Northern Boulevard,
Manhasset, N. Y.

manufacture

electro-mechanical rocket and missile system parts
Office—6900 West Road 84,

Fort

ness—The

("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par $1).
Price—$4. Proceeds—For purchase of equipment, repay¬
ment of debt and working capital. Office—531 Pond
St.,
Braintree, Mass. Underwriter — First Weber Securities

large

a

Of

the

June 29, 1961

Proceeds—To repay loans; open new offices in Philadel¬

in

The

pansion and working capital.

for

being outstanding stock, by
Price—$10 per share. Busi¬
ness—The company is engaged in the business of leasing
automobiles and trucks for periods of over one year.

garage

York.

Ainslie

company and 25,000 shares,
the present holders thereof.

phia, Pa., and New Haven, Conn.; lease and equip

For

Underwriter—Hamilton Waters & Co., Inc., Hemp¬
stead, N. Y.

of

by

—

Calif.

Philadelphia.

Inc. (9/11)
shares of class A stock,

100,000

to

Securities,

working capital.

A-Drive Auto Leasing System,
Jan.

—

Price—$5.

distribution

and

Aero Space Electronics, Inc.
July 17, 1961 ("Reg. A") 80,000 capital shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of debt and

Philadel¬

Lane,

shares.

common

Proceeds

Walton

Proceeds—For re¬

Shurs

Little

Fidelity Acceptance Corp.
July 11, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
five
cents).
Price—$3.
Proceeds—For repayment of
loans, purchase of notes and equipment.
Office —185

merchandising, repayment of debt and other

corporate

and

Aero

locating to and equipping a new plant, purchase of in¬
ventory, research and development, advertising, promo¬
tion

Business

and components.

—2700 N. W. 5th

New

July 17, 1961 filed 100,000 class A common shares. Price
Business — The manufacture of transformers for
equipment.

International Corp. of Fiorida
29, 1961 filed 199,000 common shares of which
110,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
89,000 shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.

bridge

per

—$4.

electrical

Airtronics

000 by stockholders. Price—$9. Business—Manufacturers
of women's wear. Proceeds—For

Electronic Products Co.

and

tiles.

ISSUE

porate purposes. Office—120 S. Third St., Las Vegas, Nev.
Underwriter—None.

importation

mosaic

REVISED

installation of new moulds, machinery and equip¬
ment, research and general corporate purposes. Office—
250 Goffle Road,
Hawthorne, N. J. Underwriters—Cam¬

Bagley Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
Underwriter — Ralph B.
Leonard & Sons, Inc., New York City (managing).

electronic

Avenue,

work

The

—

and

ITEMS

•

PREVIOUS

gheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Underwriter—Francis I.
du Pont & Co., New York
City (managing).

Inc.

and

acoustical ceiling systems. Proceeds—For the repayment
of loans and general corporate purposes.
Office — 3425

Aero

Lincoln

1321

^ Aero-Dynamics Corp.
7, 1961 filed 100,000

lighting systems,
tiles and other types of

hangers, metal

Edward

Insurance

fluorescent

of

Inc.,

Aug.

is engaged in the design,

company

sale

and

tile

Price—$15

—

and working capital. Office—1208
Building, Minneapolis, Minn.
Under¬
writer—Naftalin & Co., Minneapolis.

Title

Corp.
Jan. 30, 1961 filed 40,000 shares of common stock and
40,000 shares of preferred stock (par $10) to be offered
for public sale in units consisting of one share of com¬
preferred stock.

power

in March, 1961 to engage in the development, manufac¬
ture, sale and lease of electronic, electro-mechanical and
electro-optical equipment.
Proceeds — For equipment,

Accesso

Business—T'he

and

Scientific Instruments, Inc.
(8/15)
May 19, 1961 filed 875,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$1.15 per share. Business—The company was formed

acquisition and working capital. Office—79
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriter — L. H.
Wright & Co., Inc., 135 Broadway, New York.

unit.

filters

frequency

Advanced

an

of

telemetry systems,

ADDITIONS

SINCE

June

(8/22)

and working capital.
Office — No. 15 Village
Shopping Center, Little Rock, Ark. Underwriter—Affili¬

Clifton

share

Corp.

reserves

Underwriter—None.

Abby Vending Manufacturing Corp.
July 26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents).
Price—$3. Business—The manufacture of coin
operated vending machines. Proceeds—For moving ex¬

one

Electronics

Advanced Investment Management Corp.
July 11, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 25
cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For purchase of furniture,

Underwriter—John Joshua & Co., Inc., New York.

and

Advanced

Underwriter—Shear(managing).

mercial St., Hicksville, N. Y.
Underwriter
Hindley & Co., New York City.

ities, sales program, demonstration laboratory and work¬
ing capital. Office—37-05 48th Avenue, Long Island City,

mon

purposes.

supplies for the missile, rocket and space programs.
Proceeds—For research and development, equipment,
repayment of loans and working capital. Office—2 Com¬

Abbey Automation Systems, Inc. (8/29)
June 6, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price — $3.
Business—The design, manufacture and sale of automa¬
tion equipment for industry.
Proceeds—For new facil¬

penses,

warehouse, repayment
Office — 557

new

a

corporate

Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hammill & Co., New York

radio

Funds, Inc.
June 30, 1961 filed 200 co-ownership participations in
the company's 1961 exploration and development fund H.
Price—$5,000 per unit. Proceeds—To evaluate, acquire
and develop oil and gas leaseholds. Office—120 South La

N. Y.

other

May 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,OuO class A shares (par 10
cents). Price—$2. Business—Designs and manufactures

A.G.E.

Street, Chicago, 111.

and

Wortman

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 expectations of the underwriter
but are not, in general, to be considered as firm
offering dates.

Salle

Registration

Proceeds—For

debt

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

* INDICATES

in

products.
NOTE—Because

.

.

Dlgby 4-2370

Teletype No. N.Y. 1-5237

Volume

194

-

Number 6080

...

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

For

inventory,, taxes, accrued sales commissions and
Office—Washington, Ga. Underwriter
& Co., New York
City (managing).
Alpine Geophysical Associates, Inc.

amendment.

Business

common

The

—

shares.

Price

—

120

of

debt and

conducting of marine and

general corporate

•

ness

sale

of

pre-cast

and

pre-stressed

shares.

common

cents. Business—The company is
engaged in

Madison

&

Price—50

American Electronic

stock

26,

1961
be

to

the rate of
—To

filed

offered

one

Laboratories, Inc.

10,632
for

shares

of

subscription

class

at

issuance

communication
new

Office—121

poses.

equipment.

Proceeds—For

equipment, and other corporate
North

Seventh

Street,

pur¬

Philadelphia.

Price

Co., Inc.
$500,000 of 6% convertible sub¬
ordinated debentures due 1971; 75,000 shares of common
stock, and 25,000 common stock purchase "warrants to
filed

for

—

2,

Apache Corp.

Certificates, each representing $900 of bonds
Price—$1,800 per unit. Proceeds
principally to originate mortgage loans and

—To be used

them

until market conditions are favorable for
disposition.
Office — 210 Center St.. Little Rock. Ark.
Underwriter—Amico. Inc. Offering—In late August.
American

Orbitronics

erties.

Corp.

—

This registration

has

•

in

American Realty Trust

/

-

N.

W.,

Washington,

C.

D.

-Underwriter—Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., St. Louis.
American

June 26, 1961

Recreation

Centers,

Inc.

1973.

due

Price—By

—For

amendment.

Business—The operation of seven bowling centers. Pro¬
ceeds—For repayment of loans, working capital and gen¬
eral corporate purposes, Office — 1721 Eastern Ave.,

(managing).'

•

:

,

American Sports

June

29,

1961

'

Business—The
—For

Mass.

Plan, Inc.
200,000 common shares. Price—$6.
operation of bowling centers. Proceeds

expansion.

Office—473

Winter

Street,

Waltham,

Underwriter—None.
I

• American Univend
Corp. (8/18)
May 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price —By
amendment.*,Business—/Eheieasing of vending machines *




<

(I.

to

and

Inc.

,

Andrews

T.

Unite

>$1,600,000

Co.)

&

/

Securities

and

Lenchner, Inc.
$2,400,000

Bruno

Corp.)

>

Common

& Co.

$300,000

Inc.)

Common

Co

Rippey

Murdock,

Co.)

&

$400,000

Debentures
Fuller

D.

&

$2,000,000

Co.)

(Tuesday)

CMC Finance

Instruments, Inc
Co.)

&

Common

$1,006,250

—Class A

Group, Inc

(Auchincloss,

150,000

Rt'dpath)

&

Parker

shares

Bonds

Consumers Power Co
(Bids

11:30

$40,000,000

EDST)

a.m.

Common

Fox-Stanley Photo Products, Inc

(Equitable Securities Corp.) 387,500 shares

Moderncraft Towel

Common

Dispenser Co., Inc
$320,000

Planning Corp.)

(United

.

•

Lewis &

and McDaniel
150,000 units
Co.

&

Podesta

Martin

&

$280,000

Co.)

Common

Inc
Richter

(Scherck,

Co.)

141,000

shares

Common

Stratoflex, Inc
"

*'

,•

(Offering

to

written

120,000

Co.)

shares

,

Light Co._.s———Preferred

Power &

Wisconsin

.

Southwest

(First

*

.

Co.)

Common

Resources, Inc

(Fred.

Parkview Drugs,

11

-»■

Unite

Homes, Inc—

(Cruttenden,

Pan American

preferred
stockholders
and
employees—under¬
by Smith, Barney & Co. and Robert
Baird & Co. Inc.) 15,000 shares

W.

(

Light Co.—l.l—."-—Preferred

Power &

Wisconsin

Barney

&

•

and

Co.
."V

August 16

Robert

50,000

W.

shares

Baird & Co. Inc.)

.

1

(Wednesday)
Common

Dallas Airmotive, Inc
(Eppler,

Eastern Air
(Offering
■

.

-

Kirk

~

Turner, Inc.)

Guerin &

390,000 shares

Common

Devices, Inc

to

stockholders—underwritten by Sutro Bros.
Gregory & Sons) 150,000 shares

Instrument Co., Inc.—Common

F.

Co.

&

Dowd

Inc.)

$225,000

Common

(C. F.) Laboratories, Inc
& Grimm)

Darlington

100,000

shares

Capital

Corp.

(Kidder,

Peabody

&

&

Co.)

Co.
and
325,000

Charles

Scranton

W.

shares

Common

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co
&

Co.)

155,000 shares

Common

Nitrogen Oil Well Service Co
Plasticon

Corp.
(No

&

Neuhaus

Co.

Inc.)

$1,000,000

—Common

il_
underwriting)

$1,996,998

Common

Progressitron Corp.

Price

Securities Co.)

(Netherlands

.

,tl

&

Co.-and

(Hill,

Mite

Vj.' '44-.

34

E.

by

Corp.

and

page

Common

Co.

—Class A

Inc.;

(Bache

on

Roberts

.$162,400

Loving

(Armstrong

(R.

Continued

and E. J.
shares V

—-—

Co.)

Industrial Gauge &

i

Inc

Co.,

&

August 15

subscription by common stockholders

i" VJ*

$227,850

-Class A

(Underwood,

■*W>

Common
Inc.)

Co.,

<te

& Co.; L. J. Termo &
Copley & Co.) $300,000

(S.

,

share for each share held.

shares

75,000

N.

(Hauser,

Vinco

Processing Laboratories, Inc.

new

Corp.)

stockholders—underwritten

Treat

„

1961 filed 2,100,500 shares of common stock
one

-Common

&

*

the basis of

shares

60,000

_ _

U. S. Fiberglass Products

shares. Price—$5.
Business—The renting of trucks in the New York City
area. Proceeds
For repayment of loans, purchase of
equipment, working capital and general corporate pur¬
poses. Office—385 BondSt.,~ Brooklyn,?N.Y. Underwriter

on

$300,000

Triangle Instrument Co

Bishop & Co., Minneapolis. Offering—Ex¬

for

shares

Common
Co.)

A. Hart & Co.
Co. Inc.) 150,000

Inc.;

Karen

^ Arista Truck Renting Corp.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 100,000 common

offered

125,000

Corp.)

&

Pont

Calamari

(Lomasney,

pected in late September.

be

and

Co.

Common

Corp
Co.)

&

Tassette, Inc

heating system. Proceeds—For inventory, salaries, ad¬
vertising and promotion, and working capital. Office—
1608 First National Bank Building, Minneapolis. Under¬

to

&

Taddeo Bowling & Leasing Corp

Proceeds

{

.

Seymour Blauner
Co.) $600,000

Inc

du

.

•

f>

$300,000

Inc.)

Securities

Airtronics,

(Offering

(Smith,

t

Co.

Common

Spencer Laboratories, Inc..

19, 1961 filed 1,000,000 common shares. Price—
$1.15. Business—The marketing of an electric hot water

23,

$200,000

Inc.)

Inc.;

Higginson

Wegard

C.

'

(>8/21)

shares

Corp

"

Aqua-Lectric, inc.

March

shares

209,355

180,000

Common

June

Arizona Color Film

&

Bruno

I.

&

Shepard
.

leasehold

—None.

Co.)

,

(Darius

improvements, equipment and general
corporate purposes. Office—76 S. Bayles Avenue, Port
Washington, N. Y. Underwriters—Cruttenden, Podesta
"Co., Chicago arid Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, New York, i

filed

Co.)

Monticello Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc.-Common
•?•/„< :vvs (J. Laurence & Co. Inc.) $300,000 /;,'
Patent Resources, Inc
——
—^Common

.

space

Kureen

-Units

Co.,

Stone

(Hopkins,

—

Sacramento, Calif; Underwriter—York & Co., San Fran¬
cisco

J.

(Lee

Business—Manu¬
with

&

Simmons)

Missile-Tronics' Corp.

communications, radio frequency analysis, missiles

writer—M. H.

filed $1,250,000 of series A convertible sub¬

debentures

connection

Ezra

and

Common

International

Factors

.

o

July 25, 1961 filed 500,000 shares of beneficial interests.
Price—$10. Business—A real estate investment company.

St.,

used

Capital
Inc.

Corp

(Francis

to be

and satellites and radar and telemetry systems.

general corporate purposes. Office—303
Underwriter ^Joseph
/Nadler & Go.",,inc., New York (managing).
■

ordinated

devices

of

facture

.Proceeds—For

'

Price—$6.50.

$288,750

shares

Wanderer

&

Videotronics,

Mill

120,000 common shares, of which 60,offered by the company and 60,000

stockholders.

earth

June 29, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price—$4.50.
Business—The processing and sale of canned salmon.

•

Inc.)

Common

Securities

Nationwide

(8/17)

Co.,

Noel

&

(Trinity

MPO

(managing).

shares

been

Ellis

(Hayden,

Mar¬

523

Common
$300,000

Long Island Bowling Enterprises, Inc...—Common

unit. Busi¬

—

Sons

Ltd

(Naftalin

are

by

&

Advanced Scientific

Office

&

$14,300,000

Co.)

Templeton)

Associates,

Alstyne,

Plan

Proceeds—For general

000 shares

•

Thirteenth

Lease

Proceeds—For gen¬

investment.

For

shares

Brown

Common

J.

(9/1)

Applied Research Inc.

June 23, 1961 filed

/ American. Packing Co. *•

Office—608

—

&

&

Jones

(Armstrong
(Netherlands

filed

lis & Simmons, Chicago

withdrawn.

'

Proceeds

Alex.

Planning Corp

...

("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par one
cent). Price—-$3. Proceeds—For raw material, machinery,
and working capital. Office—1730 K St., N. W., Suite
309, Washington, D. C. Underwriter—H. P. Black & Co..

i

1961

Common

(H. M.) Co

Kane-Miller

quette Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter—Blunt El¬

June 1, 1961

Washington, D. C.r Note

for

shares held.

per

Inc.;

Mosle

Zeiff

(Espy

1,000 units in the First Apache
Realty Program. Price—$5,000 per unit. Business—The
Program plans to engage in the real estate business, with
empnasis on the acquisition, development and operation
of shopping centers, office buildings and industrial prop¬

31,

Yeatman,

Jaymax Precision Products, Inc

gram.

and 783 shares of stock.

•

(Van

Office—523 Marquette Ave., Minne¬

Apache Realty Corp.

Suplee,

$50,000,000

Inor)' 400,000

Co.

Rotan,

Martin

A.

Harper

apolis, Minn. Underwriter — The company and its sub¬
sidiary, APA, Inc., will act as underwriters for the Pro¬

March

by

shares

10,632

Ets-Hokin & Galvan, Inc

(9/1)

corporate purposes.

Inc.__Common

I., Inc

(Amos

ating of gas and oil leaseholds.

Minneapolis.

American Mortgage investment Corp.
April 29, 1960 filed $1,800,000 4% 20-yr. collateral trust
bonds and 1,566,000 shares of class A
non-voting com¬
mon stock.
It is proposed that these securities will be
offered for public sale in units (2,000) known as In¬

carry

common

and oil leaseholds.

$900,000

Capital

&

70,000

March 31, 1961 filed 300 units in the Apache Gas and
Oil Program 1962.
Price—$15,000 per unit.
Business—
The acquisition, holding, testing, developing and oper¬

components. Proceeds—The purchase of equipment and
materials, operational expenses, working capital and re-

vestment

reserved

Co.

International,

(Robert

eral corporate purposes.
Office—523 Marquette Ave.,
Minneapolis. Underwriter—APA, Inc., Minneapolis.

1961 filed 1,500,000 class A common shares.
$1.15. Business—The ^manufacture of electronic

writer—Naftalin & Co., Inc.,

gas

Inc.)

Counsellors)

&

(Stern,

acquisition, holding, testing, developing and

operating of

Inc.

C. P.

Electra

—

ness—The

bentures, and capital funds. Office
1472 Broadway,
New York City;
Underwriter—Lomasney, Loving & Co.,
New York City.
Offering—Expected in September.

—

shares

public sale in 100 units. Price—$7,500

Common
Corp.)

Laboratories,

Co.

(Mitchum,

conversion

100

$600,000

California Computer Products, Inc
E.

Income

unit for each

Co.)

Securities

Dodge

and

Apache Corp. (9/1)
May 29, 1961 filed $750,000 of participating units in the
Apache Canadian Gas & Oil Program 1961 to be offered

business. One additional subsidiary is a Maryland
savings and loan, association' and two are automobile
insurance brokers. Proceeds-^rFor the retirement of de¬
nance

Price

Office—150 Cause¬

Address—Marinette, Wis. Underwriter^Paine, Webber,
Jackson & Curtis, Milwaukee.

debenture, 30 common shares and 10 warrants. Price—
$500 per unit; Business—The company and its subsidi¬
aries are primarily engaged/ah the automobile sale fi¬

Aug.

(Clark,

purchase

one

$22o,000

Business Funds, Inc

convertible subordi¬

common

Co.)

&

Securities, Inc

(Blunt

156,250

&

stockholders—underwritten

to

(Blair

By

• Ansul Chemical Co.
July 24, 1961 ("Reg. A") 12,000 common shares (par $1).
Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For working capital.

be offered for public sale in units
consisting of one $200

• American Micro Devices,

—

investment

$100 per unit. Proceeds — For expansion and
capital. Office—1270 N. W. 165th St., North
Miami Beach, Fla. Underwriters—Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc.,
and Globus, Inc., New York.

American Finance

21,s 1961

Price

working

delphia, Pa.

+

to

the basis of

Underwriter—Suplee, Yeatman, Mosley Co., Inc., Phila¬

April

shares.

Inc.

on

warrants

Schrijver

Inc

(Capital

of the debentures and 5-year
125,000 common shares to be of¬
fered in 6,250 units, each consisting of $100 of deben¬
tures and warrants to purchase 20 shares. The units will
be offered for subscription by common stockholders on

Price

shares

Automated Merchandising Capital Corp.—Common

business

1961 filed $625,000 of 5%

60,0000

Common

Kirsch

Electronic

Government

Insurance Co. of America

debentures,

Inc.)

(Monday)

Mosley

(managing).
20,

Co.,

and

Atlantic Fund for Investment in U. S.

general corporate purposes. Office—92 Liberty St., New
York. Underwriter—Bernard M. Kahn &
Co., Inc., New

nated

M.

Miami,

(Offering

—

June

&

Inc.

(Ciayton

29, 1961 filed 40,000 common shares. Price—$15.50.
Business
The insuring of animals, primarily race
horses, trotters and pacers. Proceeds—For expansion and

common

of

American

June

supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
pany is engaged in research and development in the field

construction,

Alix

Street, Boston. Underwriter—Putnam & Co., Hart¬
ford, Conn, (managing).

York

units

Class A

(T.

shares. Price—$5.
amphibious automobiles.

small

100,000

Common

Blauner

<& Co.

August 14

common

A

Units
Inc.)

Inc

Industries, Inc

(managing).

a

—

D.

Lyon

Marsan

common

of

Homes, Inc._.

(Milton

(Ross,

way

be

of electronic

Business

Anodyne,

by stockholders

100,000

manufacture

Common

$300,000

Krystinel Corp.

America

Proceeds—For investment.

company.

Inc., and

share for each 10 shares held.

new

filed

amendment.

(8/14)
A

Co., San Francisco

July 21, 1961 filed 400,000

Thomas, Williams & Lee, Inc., New York.
May

manufac¬

Anderson New England Capital Corp.

exploration,

Co.,

to

underwriting)

(Robinson-Humphrey-Co.

&

Animal

Wickett

sale

(Friday)
Teaching Machines, Inc

Fifth Dimension

Avenue, New York.
Underwriter — Herbert
Co., Inc., 115 Broadway, New York.

Edmond

vertising and working capital. Office—80 Wall St., New
S.

1961

Visual

(No

parts depot in Newark, N. J.,
set up sales and service organizations, and for work¬
ing capital and general corporate purposes. Office—660

28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par
10.. cents). Price—$3.50. Business—International air and
ocean freight
forwarding. Proceeds—For expansion, ad¬
V.

15,

&

of

Proceeds—To establish

Amerford International
Corp.

—

Audio

electronic

tape,

Corp.

Business—The

Manning, Ltd., Toronto.

Underwriters

August 11

A.

Builtwell

and products for

magnetic

33

NEW ISSUE CALENDAR

Office—

(8/28)

components
of

June

concrete

June

York.

of

Amphicar

development and mining. Proceeds—For diamond drill¬
ing, construction, exploration and general corporate ex¬
penses.
Office—80 Richmond St., W., Toronto. Under¬
writer—E. A.

Corp.

writer—Dean Witter

Inc., Washington, D. C.

ic Amerel Mining Co. Ltd.
July 31, 1961 filed 400,000

therein.

purchase of addi¬

computers, data
machines, etc. Proceeds—For selling stock¬
holders. Office—2727 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. Under¬

panels for swimming pools and pumps, filters, ladders,
etc. Proceeds—For building test
pools; advertising, in¬
ventory and working capital. Office—102 Mamaroneck
Avenue, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Underwriter—Alexandria
Investments & Securities,

distribution

processing

Corp.
(letter of notification) 75,000 shares of
stock (par 10 cents).
Price—$4 per share. Busi¬

The

—

Amerline

ture

1961

common

for

56th St., New York.
Underwriter—Robert
Associates, Inc., New York.

turers

purposes.

Oak

Amcrete

4,

merchandise

July 3, 1961 filed 150,000 outstanding class A common
shares. Price—By amendment. Business—The manufac¬

St., Norwood, N. J. Underwriter—S. D.
Fuller & Co., New York
(managing).

May

E.

Martin

By

geophysical surveys for petroleum and mining ex¬
ploration and engineering projects, and the manufacture
of oceanographic arid
geophysical apparatus. Proceeds—
Office—55

of

purposes.

land

For repayment

sale

Proceeds—For the repayment of debt,
tional machines, and other corporate,

—D. H. Blair

July 28, 1961 filed 150,000

the

and

working capital.

(613)

.

:

»■

$300,000

Continued

on

page

34

34

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(614)

Continued

from

Technical

Materiel Corp

Amerline

33

page

(Kidder,

Peabody

Co.)

&

50,000

&

Co.)

(Cruttenden,

Factors,

(Thomas

Federal

Podesta

Co.)

(J.

$780,000

Inc

McDonald

Williston

R.

&

Beane

Factors, Inc

(Shields

Harn

Common

Corp.
(J.

70,000 shares

U. S. Home & Development Corp
(Auchincloss, Parker & Red path)

Lewis
shares

(Van

(Friday)

Brisker

Martin

Common

Associates,

Inc.)

Alstyne,

Small

Noel

Co.)

'

Second

Common
(No

(William

underwriting)

R. Staats &

and

300,000

Shearson,

and Balogh &

&

Polonitza

Techno-Vending

Inc.)

Corp

(International

T.

Common

Corp.)

Development
&

Co.

Transvision

.Common

Services

V.

(Kesselman

shares

200.000

and

Arizona

21

(Monday)

Color

Film

Laboratories,
(Ofiering

Bel-Aire

(No

Processing

Inc

Products,

underwriting)

(International

(No

Equities

Co.)

underwriting)

Blackman

$300,000

Corp

(Armstrong & Co.

Inc.)

Seigel Inc.)

&

Treat

&

Co.)

150,000

Republic

shares

Flato Realty Fund
(Flato,

Frontier

Co.)

Ameritronics, Inc
(Fraser

Greene

Co.)

$320,000

(Thomas

(M. J.) Co
(Hess,

Mohawk

Common

Grant

&

Remington

(R

Dowd

*»

Inc.)

Jolyn Electronic

$300,000

Co

insurance

*

Co.

Tnc.)

.^{ MSade

Riverview

(Albion

Sav-Mor

& Co.)

u.

Securities

Co.,

Inc.)

Thoroughbred

v;

Southern

Co.

&

Inc.)

Enterprises,

(Sandkuhl

(Hirsch

Common

Inc.)

Co.

Apache

Clarkson

$300,000

Lyon

&

Co.

Inc.

(APA,

Globus

Inc.)

(Laird

&

Co.

Corp.)

(Peter

Morgan

&

shares

Common

Air

Master

August 28

H.

Inc.)

Common

Blair

Co.)

120.000

stallation of

Street, Phoenix.

be

offered

by

shares by the stockholders.
ness—The operation of 12

the

Atherton
•

company

60,000
and 240,000

discount

stores.

Proceeds—For

working capital and expansion. Office—
350 Fifth Ave., New York. Underwriter—Eastman
Dil¬
lon, Union Securities & Co., New York (managing). ic Armour & Co.
Aug. 3, 1961 filed $32,500,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures

due

1983

stockholders. Price

to

be

offered

for

subscription by

By amendment. Business
Meat
packing. Proceeds—For plant expansion and general cor¬
porate purposes. Office—401 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
—

—

Underwriter—Wertheim & Co., New York

(managing).

Assembly Engineers, Inc.
July 11, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 50
cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For plant, equipment and
working

capital.

Office —3640

Holdrege Avenue, Los
Angeles. Underwriter—California Investors, Los Angeles.
Asironetic

July 11,
(par $1).

Research, Inc.
—

$5.




Proceeds

—

2

common shares
For purchase and in¬

October

Gulf

units

•

&

Common

:

Co.)

$1,800,000

"•

r*

Co...

Bonds

$60,000,000

Electric
be

Corp

received)

Units

Bonds

$15,000,000

Pont

&

David

&

200,000

Motti)

Co.)

Co.)

&

—

Inc.

Units

York

160,000

Gulf

an

Office—50 Broad Street,

Counsellors, 50

ic Atmotron, Inc.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 common shares (par 10
cents).
Price—$1.15.
Proceeds—For general corporate
purposes.
Office—5209 Hanson Court, Minneapolis. Un¬
Co., Inc., Minneapolis.

Audio
June

Inc.

Feb. 27, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common

lish

per

and

share.

stock.

Price
Business—The manufacture and sale of

burglar warning systems.. Proceeds—To estab¬

subsidiaries,

buy .equipment to make component
parts of warning systems now manufactured by others,
capital.

received)

$8,000,000

Bonds

received)

$20,000,000

(Tuesday)
to

indebtedness, add to inventory, and for working

Office—Bellemore, L. I., N. Y.
UnderwriterFirst Broad Street Corp., New York City (managing).

Bonds

received)

$15,000,000

(Thursday)

Co

Visual

8, 1961

be

Bonds
to

be

received)

$5,000,000

Teaching Machines,

("Reg. A")

75,000

.

Inc.

(8/11)

shares

(par 10
Price—$4. Rusiness-^-The manufacture' 6nd dis¬
tribution of teaching machines, language laboratories,
and program texts.
Proceeds—For repayment of debt,
purchase of equipment, research and development and
common

cents).

working

Office

capital.

Gaithersburg, Md.

— 216
E. Diamond
Street,
Underwriter—To be named.

Automated Building Components, Inc.
July 28, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price
amendment.

ductor

which

and

the

of

loans,

N.

W.

Cohu

City

Business—The

manufacture

of

me

—

Lai

By

con¬

plates used in the prefabrication of wooden roof

trusses

manufacture
are

made.

of

jigs, and

Avenue,

Stetson and

presses

Proceeds—For

expansion and working

37th
&

the

plates

Miami.

capital.

from

repayment

Office—7525.

Underwriters

Winslow,
Laird, Bissell & Meeds, New York
—

(managing).

Automated

June

fire

5

(Bids

Street, New York City. Note—This company was
formerly the Irving Fund for Investment in U. S. Gov¬
ernment Securities, Inc.

—$4

Power

$750,000

Broad

Audiographic

be

to

December 7

shares

Underwriter—Capital

derwriter—J. P. Penn &

—..Preferred

(Wednesday)

(Bids

Common

which will become

City.

$15,500,000

Virginia Electric & Power Co

open-end company
with redeemable shares upon the sale and issuance of
the shares being registered.
Proceeds—For investment
New

December

$200,000

(8/14)

in U. S. Government securities.

be

to

(Bids

1960, filed 2,000,000 shares of common stock.
$25 per share. Business — A diversified invest¬

ment company,

received)

New England Power Co

shares

..Common

&

Bonds
be

to

(Bids

shares

Corp
&

(Bids

j?

•

$15,000,000

(Wednesday)

October 25

Co.)

Debentures
m.)

a.

Georgia Power Co...

(Tuesday)
Stone

18

Co

11

Georgia Power Co

$300,000

375,000

Common

$1,250,000

(Tuesday)

Utilities

October

$5,000,000

Inc.)

underwriting)

(Bids

Common

Co.

t-

.

(Wednesday)

(Monday)

3

States

$750,000

equipment, and working capital. Office—45
Underwriter — Schirmer,
Co., Boston, Mass.

Securities

22,

reduce

1961^ ("Reg. A") 54,000 class A
Price

October

$4,500,000

Atlantic Fund for Investment in U. S. Government

Price
of which

Price—By amendment. Busi¬
self-service

Minn.)

Spring Street, Nashua, N. H.

July
Arlan's

to

.Units
30,000

(Tuesday)

to

(No

Foamland U. S. A., Inc

Underwriter—None.

are

&

(Bids

•

Common

du

(Fialkov

Continued from page 33

Dept. Stores, Inc.
July 5, 1961 filed 300,000 common shares

&

Instruments

shares

—22 cents per share. Business—The
processing of black,
and white and color film. Proceeds—To
repay loans and
for working capital. Office—2 North
30th

snares

I.

(Hayden,

Common

&

Rochester Gas

Common

Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc._

Computer

(Monday)
H.

$280,000

Co.)

6z

Electric

&

$1,252,231.50

Inc.)

Corp..:

September 5

$300,000

Almar Rainwear Corp
(D.

units

(Monday)

(William,

Woodhill

.Common
Inc.)

(Bids to be received)

$500,000

Inc

underwriting)

(Francis

(Friday)

(M.

6,280

Corp.)

Inc.)

Simmons)

&

Laurence

(No

1,000,000 shares

Intercontinental Dynamics Corp

Common

(Monday)

September 27

Washington Engineering Services Co., Inc._Common

S. O. S.

August 25

Inc.)

Plan,

September 4

Co.)

Units

—

Ellis

Gift
(J.

Texas Capital Corp

Gas

;

Units

(Blunt

(Thursday)

(Dempsey-Tegeler &

Pacific

Units

Automated

$2,500,000

400,000

Common

$800,000

Apache Realty Corp

Common

Co.)

shares

shares

208,000

Co.,

R.piey

September 26

$800,000

Units

Inc. Minneapolis.

$400,000

International, Inc

August 24

Co.

951,799

40,000 shares

Co.)

(Schweickart

(Friday)

(APA

Broadcasting & Development

T-Bowl

Meeds)

Apache Corp.

-

Common

and

Corp.

Ariz.

1

Debentures

Reeves
.

Co.)

Laboratories, Inc

(Ross.

&

Corp.)

Bargain Town, U. S. A., Inc

.

Common

Richards

Common

$300,000

$172,500

Inc.)

Co.

Co.)

(Friday)

September 25

Common

$193,500

Corp

Class A

&

Inc.)

Higginson

&

Capital

$300,000

Shasta Minerals & Chemical Co....

(Tuesday)
Hindley

Lee

Inc.)

..

Equities

Magaril

(Harriman

$200,000

$1,500,000

Advanced Electronics Corp
(Edward

Inc.)

Debentures

Treat

September

August 22

Co.,

Co.

Securities,

Common

September 22

Utilities Corp

and

(Amos

(Hill

Common
Corp.)

&

$300,000

Gyrodyne Co. of America, Inc

West Coast Bowling Corp

$340,000

Funding Corp
(Trinity Securities

&

-

Co.)

(Monday)

James

I.

(J.

Common

&

shares

Common

unuerwriting)

Inc.)

Tresco, Inc.

*

.

Inc

Co.

&

$230,000

Smith

&

Corp

Securities

&

units

Common

500,000

Sjostrom Automations, Inc

Common

underwriting)

Realty

Co.)

&

Management

(The

$1,250,000

shares

Bissell &

&

(Amos) & Co., Inc..

Common

(No

Units

75,000

Materials, Inc

(No

Parish

Common

Co.)

Inc.__

—.

Inc.)

Fund, Inc
(Horizon

shares

72,500

Security Acceptance Corp
;

>

Common

(Armstrong

Empire,

Smith

&

Mairs & Power Income Fund, Inc.—

Common

Inc.)

Ltd

Bennett

(Laird,

$300,000

Oil Corp

...

Trinity

33,334 shares

ASC, Inc.^2.

Old

^

.Class A
r 'j .)■
Common j

;_i

Common
$300,000

Inc.)

Fenner

(Continental

NAC Charge Plan & Nofthertf

Acceptance Corp.

Lincoln

Minichrome, Inc.

$900,000

Fenner

(Consolidated

Manufacturing Corp

(Kerns,

Common

shares

(Friday)

(Atlantic

Co.,

Winston

Jay

Common

Burstein

September 18

shares

125,000

Co.,

&

Irvan Ferromagnetics

Units

&

•

Empire Life Insurance Co. of America.

(Wednesday)

August 30

shares

250,000

Co.

.Class A

Walter Sign Corp
(Amber,

.Common

Corp

Pierce,

$20,000,000

Common

underwriting)

,

$761,090

Corp

Lynch,

&

$1,000,000

195,000

140,000 Shares

214,500

Airlines, Inc
(No

G-W

&

Aviation

(Merrill

Shares
Bean

&

Securities

(Brager

;

Grimm)

Co.)

Hammill

September 15

$500,000

Common

Merchandising Corp

Common

Loeb

snares

1

Common

Peck)

Israel-America Hotels,

$250,000

Cosnat Record Distributing Corp

&

&

Pierce,

(Shearson,

shares

Class A

Joshua

(Midland

Common

Darlington

Lynch,

(Tuesday)

(John

Kuhn,

September 13 (Wednesday)
King's Department Stores, Inc

Corp.

Abbey Automation Systems, Inc

$300,000

Class A

Cellomatic Battery

(Amos

August 29

Common
by

1,075,791

September 12 (Tuesday)
Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Co., Inc.—

,

(Merrill

Securities

90,000

Grumet

Peck)

&

..

Industries, Inc

Industrial

Common

Bid D Chemical Co

~

$900,000

$300,000

Inc.)

Chemical

&

$300,000

(Monday)

(Westheimer

.

$462,110

Inc

Cle-Ware

...—Capital

Standard

underwriting)

(Adams

Common

stockholders—no

to

U. S. Plastic

Corp.)

Lehman 'Brothers)

September 11

United Investors Corp

August

.

i'

(Friday)

A-Drive Auto Leasing System, Inc

$600,000

Corp

&

•

$1,400,000

stockholders—underwritten

and

193,750 shares

Co.)

Co.)

&

Inc.)

Brand,

(Adams

to

(Hill.

Electronics, Inc.—

$300,000

Inc.)

Common

Inc.;

Co.

Common

Common

Co.

Common

Bruno-Lenchner

and

(Offering

—Common

&

shares

•

Common
Inc.)

Corp

Treat

shares

Shelley Urethane Industries, Inc
(Garat

(Amos

&

(Apache

$220,000

French,

&

Kaufmann

(Globus

Supronics

Hammill & Co.)

320,000

Western Union Telegraph Co

shares

400,000

Corp.)

Financial, Inc

$6,250,000

Capital

Co.

Co.)

Research, Inc

v

Lytton Financial Corp
'

&

Fricke

(McLaughlin,

Treat

September8

Common

Kreeger & Co.

Simmons

Co.

of Tampa
"

(Jones,

Reher

$160,000

Investment

—.Common

Co.)

Common

Securities

Moyer,

$375,000

(Thursday)
Inc

Metals,

shares

150,000

Polytronic Research, Inc

Common
&

Business

Beane)

Inc

(Woodcock,

*

100,000 shares

Corp.
(Copley

First

and

&

Common

Inc.)

Lewis & Clark Marina, Inc

shares

125,000

Philadelphia Laboratories, Inc.—

American Univend Corp
(Robert A.

Grimm)

Common
Common

Williston

Co.

Common
&

shares

Co.)

&

Fuller

D;

'(Amos

Darlington

Hill,

and

Rodney

$300,000

Co.)

___i

R.

Micro-Lectric,

.

&

(Underbill

August 18

&

Treat

September 7

(Tillie) Foods, Inc

Capital
300,000

$300,000

Gloray Knitting Mills, Inc

Maltz, Greenwald & Co.

Globus, Inc.)

(S.

Common

100,000

Debentures

(Thomas Jay, Winston & Co.;

Cressy)

Homes, Inc
J.

(Edward H.) & Son, Inc.

Common

Douglas Microwave Co., Inc

Common

Jay, Winston & Co.; Maltz, Greenwald & Co.
and Globus, Inc.) $700,000

and

Shell
(T.

&

&

(Mann

Custom

Federal

Vic Tanny Enterprises, Inc

(Amos

Corp

Cressey, Dockham & Co., Inc

$5,000,000

August 17 (Thursday)
Applied Research Inc

Ihnen

Common

shares

150,000

Co.)

Production

(Shearson, Hammill & Co.) 200,000 shares

shares

Debentures

Stearns

(Bear,

&

Witter

(Dean

TelePrompTer Corp.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

Common

Corp

Consolidated

Common

.

.

12,

1961

Gift

Plan,

("Reg. A")

Inc.

(9/1)

100,000

common

shares

(par

10c). Price—$3. Business—The manufacture and sale of
"Gift Bookards" designed to provide simplified gift giv-.

ing for business and industry. Proceeds—For

advertis¬

ing, sales promotion, repayment of loans, working capital
and the establishment of national
Park

dealerships. Office—80

Ave., New York. Underwriter—J. Laurence & Co.,

Inc., New York.

■

Volume

Number

194

6080

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(615)
Automated

•

Merchandising Capital Corp.

(8/14)
May 24, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$20.
Business—A closed-end non-diversified manage¬
investment

ment

assistance

to

formed

company

concerns

active

in

to

the

provide

ing capital and general corporate purposes. Office—1650
N. Damen Ave., Chicago. Underwriter—D. E.
Liederman
& Co., Inc., New York.

financial

industry.
Proceeds—For investment. Office—10 East 40th
St., New
York City. Underwriter—Blair &
Co., Inc., New York
City (managing).

it Automated Prints, Inc.
~
July 24, 1961 ("Reg. A")^ 85,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3.50. Business—The silk screen printing
of designs on textile fabrics. Proceeds—For
equipment,
plant,

new

a

repayment

of

debt

and

working

•

.

capital.

Automatic Data

19,

1961

Processing, Inc.

filed

100,000 common shares, of which
50,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 50,000 shares by stockholders. Price—$3. Business—Elec¬

Brite

000 of

offered

Proceeds—For construction and
Office—92 Highway 46, East Paterson,

Underwriter—Golkin, Bomback & Co;, New York
(managing).
/
: '
'
' •- : -V .

farm

equipment.

Underwriter—Loewi &

Co., Colorado

shares and $1,000,-

common

debentures due

1966 to

a

be of¬

Proceeds—

Construction

&

Materials

construction

Ltd.

Avenue, Chicago. Under¬

^ Buffums'
Aug. 7, 1961 filed 40,000

common

•

amendment.

The

Bargain Town, U. S. A., Inc. (9/25)
July 27, 1961 filed 300,000 common shares, of which
200,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
100,000 shares by the stockholders. Price—$6. Business—
The operation of discount department stores. Proceeds—

in

stores

Business

Southern

corporate

—

California.

purposes.

Office

Beach, Calif. Underwriter
Angeles.

For the repayment of

•

Builtwell

—
—

shares.

operation
Proceeds

Price

of

—

July

1961 filed

21,

Business—The

100,000

common

manufacture

supplies.; Proceeds—For

of

shares.

hospital

—

at

facilities,
oi: equipment, expansion of sales program, der
velopment of new products and working capital. Office
expansion

of

plant

:—25-11 49th Street, Long Island City, N. Y.
~—First Weber Securities Corp., New York.
Bel-Aire

'

April -14,
.common

Products, Inc.

(8/21)

...

17,

1961

(letter

(8/21)

holders.

•

.

Cable

land

Office

—

construction

and

the

3355

Poplar

Underwriter—Lieberbaum

&

special

Ave.,

of

Co., New York.

*

company

capital stock. Price
which began operations

is engaged in the research and development of
material handling systems for industrial and

commercial

buildings

Memphis,

use

based

company-owned patents. Pro¬

on

ceeds—For

working capital. Office—Kirk Boulevard,
Greenville, S. C. Underwriter—To be named. Offering—
Expected in late October.
!

Tenn.

/

r.

Blue

List

Publishing Co., Inc. ■
-June 26, 1961 filed 160,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business—General printing. Pro¬
ceeds—For

selling stockholders. Office—130 Cedar
^Street, New York. Underwriter—White, Weld & Co.,
Inc., New York (managing).
.

Boulder

Lake

Corp.

•

mineral

.

.roads and

properties.
Proceeds—For construction of
buildings, purchase of machinery and explora¬

tion of

properties. Address—P. O. Box 214, Twin Bridges,
Mont. Underwriter—Wilson, Ehli, Demos, Bailey & Co.,
•Billings, Mont.
-

-

ventory, repayment of loans and working capital. Office
—8714 E. Cleta St., Downey, Calif.
Underwriter—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Los Angeles, Calif.
Growth

Capital

July 18, 1961 filed 660,000
pany.

of

bowling centers principally in Italy, and for expansion
working capital. Office—80 Wall St., New York.

San

.Underwriters—V.

S.

Wickett

&

Co., and Thomas, Wil¬
liam, & Lee, Inc., New York City.
;

Brad^ev Industries, Inc.

July 25, 1961 filed 70,000 common shares (par $1). Price
—$5. Business—-The manufacture of plastic boxes and
containers. Proceeds—For

repayment of loans, purchase

business

ceeds—For investment.
♦

ing, Denver.

investment

Pro¬

Office—611 Central Bank Build-

Underwriters—Boettcher & Co.; Bosworth,

Sullivan & Co.,

Inc., and Peters, Writer & Christensen,

Inc., Denver.
.

Price—$3.75.

company.

.

Challenger Products, Inc.

June

30, ,1961 filed

Proceeds—For the

125,000

common

shares.

Price—$5.

repayment of debt, purchase of new

equipment, and working capital. Office—2934 Smallman
St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Underwriter—Pistell, Crowe, Inc.,

Charles Jacquin et Cie, Inc.
July 7, 1961 filed 140,000 common shares of which 20,000
shares are to be offered by the company and 120,000
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
—The production of cordials, vodka, rum, brandy, etc.
Proceeds—For working capital, sales promotion and ad¬

vertising. Office—2633 Trenton Ave., Philadelphia. Un¬
Co., Inc., Philadelphia (managing).
Offering—Expected in early September.
derwriter—Stroud &

Charter Industries,

Inc.

June

22, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price—$4.
Business—The manufacture of molded plastic products.
Proceeds—For starting up production and plant expan¬

sion.

Office—388
—

Codwise
Standard

Ave., New Brunswick, N. J.
Securities Corp., New York

(managing).
•

Chemonics

Nov.

Corp.

100,000 shares of
share. Busi¬
the missile
industries. Proceeds
For general corporate purpose*
and working capital. Office—-990 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasa¬
dena, Calif. Underwriters—Grant, Fontaine & Co., Oak¬
land, Calif, (managing); Evans MacCormack & Co., Los
Angeles, Calif.; Stone & Youngberg, San Francisco and
Sellgren, Miller & Co., Oakland, Calif. Note—This letter
14,

(letter of notification)

1960

stock (par one cent). Price—$3 per
ness—Manufacturers of printed circuits for
common

—

California

Bowling Internazionale, Ltd.
30, 1961 filed 200,000 common shares. Price—$5.
or acquisition of a chain

•and

small

Underwriter

California

Proceeds—For the construction

•June

,

Computer Products, Inc. (8/14)
July 3, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,0C0 common shares (par
50 cents).
Price—$4. Proceeds—For new products, in-

June 28, 1961 filed 315,000 common shares;.Price—$2.50.
Business—The acquisition, exploration and development
of

r

Caldor, Inc.
July 27, 1961 filed 120,000 common shares.
Price—$5.
Business—The operation of retail discount stores. Pro¬
ceeds—For expansion and working capital. Office—69
Jefferson St., Stamford, Conn. Underwriter—Ira Haupt
& Co., New York (managing).

the

of

and

New York.

—$1.15. Business—The
in 1954,

1976

Carriers, Inc.

March 23, 1961 filed 190,109 shares of

subsidiary, purchase

$200,000

due

Corp. off Denver
19, 1961 filed 600,000 common shares.

Business—A

.

Building Industries, Enc.
29,. 1961 filed 300,000 class A common shares. Price

additional

be

Office—1009 Wachovia Building, Charlotte, N. C,
Underwriter—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Washing¬
ton, D. C.
:

Blooffifjeld

thereon.

Group, Inc. (8/15) •'
filed 150,000 shares of class A common

Price—To

June

&

Finance

filed

debentures

Central Investment

Marion

Rupe

Laboratories, Inc.

20,; 1961

convertible subordi¬
80,000 common shares
underlying such debentures, and 70,000 outstanding
common shares to be sold by stockholders.
Price—(De¬
bentures) At par. (Common) $2 per share. Proceeds—
For construction of a new building. Office—Port Wash¬
ington, N. Y. Underwriters—Brand, Grumet & Seigel,
Inc., and Kesselman & Co., Inc., New York.
nated

Main

201

capital.

•

of

—

supplied by amendment. Business
through its 20. subsidiaries, is engaged
in the consumer finance business in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
Proceeds — For working

Office—4000 Water St., Wheeling, W. Va. Un¬
derwriter—Fulton, Reid & Co., Inc., Cleveland.

1

Office

—The company,

holders.

a

investment.

Dallas

April 28,,1961

July 3, 1961 ("Reg. A") 4,000 common shares (par $12.50).
Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬

June

For

Office—601

—

ClVlC

stock.

Kansas City, Kan. Underwriter—
Co., Inc., Kansas City, Mo.

—$5. Proceeds—For advances to

—

Dr., Garland, Tex. Under¬
Son, Inc., Dallas, Tex., and
Straus, Blosser & McDowell, Chicago.
/
writers

B-och Brothers Tcbacco Co.

,

Price

Co., Inc., New York.

June

Byer-Rolnick Hat Corp.
27, 1961 filed 100,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬

goods lines and artificial flowers. Proceeds—For
expansion; inventory and working capital. Office—1401

.

20, 1961

cents b

Center

;

of soft

Securities

&

June

of

Merchandising Corp. (8/29)
June 8, 196F filed 72,500 class A common shares. Price
'—By amendment. Business—The wholesale distribution

Traffieway,

(8/21-25)
("Reg. A'O lOOjOOO common shares (par
— $2.50.
Proceeds — For repayment of
debt, inventory and working capital. Office—300 Dela¬
ware
Avbhiie, Archbald, Pa. Underwriter—Armstrong

repayment of debt, the opening of additional

.

/v./

Biackman

Fairfax

Cellomatic Battery Corp.

St.,
Houston, Texas. Underwriters—Clark, Dodge & Co., Inc.,
New York; Alex. Brown & Sons, Baltimore, and Rotan,
Mosle & Co., Houston.,

writer—'To be named.

Midland

10

"Proceeds

notification) 60,000 shares of
class a common stock (par $1). Price — $5 per share.
Office—1708 W. Main St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Under¬

t

June

Business .Funds, Inc.
(8/14)
June 2, 1961 filed 1,750,000 shares of capital stock. Price
—$11. Business—A small business investment company.

repayment of a loan, new equipment, lease of a
plant, and working capital., Office — 25970 W. 8 mile
Road,. Southfield, Mich..
Underwriter — Internationa1
Equities Co., Miami, Fla.
'

May

Inc.

common

shares. Price

—

amendment. Business—A small business investment

Proceeds—For investment. Office—111

Francisco,

Calif. Underwriters—H.

M.

By

com¬

Sutter St.,

&
Co., Inc., Chicago and Birr & Co., Inc., San Francisco.
Cal-Val

Research

&

Byllesby

Development Corp.

June

16, 1961 filed 200,000 common shares. Price—By
amendment.
Business—Engineering research and de¬
velopment in ground support- equipment in the missile,
rocket and space fields.
Proceeds—To repay loans and
for general corporate purposes.
Office—19907 Ventura

was

withdrawn.

Chermil Capital Corp.

July 25, 1961 filed 250,000 common shares. Price — $2.
Business—A closed-end investment company. Proceeds—For investment.

Office—32 Broadway,

derwriter—Edward H. Stern &

New York.

Un¬

Co., Inc., New York.

'

of

additional molds,

acquisition of




a

w

•

,

1961 (letter of notification) 150,000 shares of
stock.. Price—At par ($2 per share). Proceeds

D Chemical Co.

and

Electronics Corp.
19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common shares (par
cents). Price—$2.50. Proceeds—For test equipment,
reduction of mortgage and working capital. Office—2233
Barry Ave., West Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriter—Har¬
ris Securities Corp., New York.

offices and the financing of home sales.
Office—
Adrian, Ga. Underwriter—The Robinsoh-Humphrey Co.,
Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (managing).

—For

Bid

shares (no par).

common

For research

50

sales

Underwriter

—

Casa

—For the

Price—$3.

Proceeds

July

Homes, Inc.

due
1981
and
300,000 shares of common
stock, to be offered for sale in 100,000 units, each con¬
sisting of $10 of debentures and three common shares.
Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The
construction financing and sale of shell homes. Proceeds

equipment and

$5.

will use
expansion, the repayment
of debt and for other
corporate purposes. Office—5300
N. W. 37th Ave., Miami, Fla. Underwriter —
Shearson,
Hammill & Co., New York
(managing).

debentures

/

—

ture of women's shoes. Proceeds—The
company
its share of the proceeds for

By

derwriter—Schweickart & Co., New York (managing), j

Supply, Inc.

Gardner, St. Louis

Caressa, Inc.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares, of which 75,000 will be sold by the
company and 75,000 by a stockholder. Price—By amendment. Business—The manufac¬

(8/11)
May 25, 1961 filed $1,000,000 of convertible subordinated

Beam-Matic Hospital

&

development,
advertising equipment and working capital. Office—923
S. San
Fernando Boulevard, Bur bank, Calif.
Under¬
writer—Rutner, Jackson & Gray, Inc., Los Angeles.

department

debt, and working capital. Office
r-Rockaway Turnpike, North Lawrence, L. I., N. Y. Un¬

,

Price

For general
Broadway, Long
Lester, Ryons & Co., Los

Pine

Reinholdt

—

it Card Key Systems, Inc.
July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000

repayment of debt, construction, acquisition
working capital. Stock—For the selling stockholders,

writer—E. F. Hutton & Co., Inc., New York.

Underwriter

(managing).

Office—Jarvis Ave., at Andrews St., Winnipeg,
Manitoba,
Canada. Underwriter—P. W. Brooks &
Co., Inc., New
York (managing).

paper, documents and non-negotiable in¬
for banks. .Proceeds—For the selling stock¬

—

Louis.

tures—For
and

65,000
manu¬

coatings for industrial
Proceeds
For repayment of loans, research and
working capital. Office—32 Hanley Industrial Court, St.

use.
,

Proceeds—Deben¬

company.

shares, of which 35,000

are
to be offered by the
company and
shares by stockholders. Price—$5. Business—The
facture of synthetic linings and

July 7, 1961 filed $3,500,000 (U. S.) debentures, 6%
sinking fund series due 1981 (with warrants) and 300,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment.
Business—A

common

shares

Price—

consumer

For

...

it Carboline Co.
Aug. 4, 1961 filed 100,000

108,365 common shares to be
by stockholders of Brite Uni¬

Business—The operation of

By

—

—

St., Wilmington, Del.
Underwriter—Capital Management Corp., Miami (man¬

:

aging).

subordinated

British-American

Co., Inc., Milwaukee (managing).

Office—4652 S. Kedzie

Capital Income Fund, Inc.

public sale and

for

bowling centers. Office—100 Wilder Bldg.,
Rochester,
Underwriter—None.

July 3, 1961 filed 30,000 common shares. Price
amendment. Business^-A mutual fund. Proceeds
investment. Office — 900 Market

New

4,

business in N. Y., N. J., and Pa.
Office—441
Lexington Avenue, New York City. Underwriter—None.

commercial
struments

Suite

finance

Bankers Dispatch Corp.
July 20, 1961 filed 100,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business—The transportation of

holder.

for

By amendment.

plant, purchase of land, retirement of preferred
and working capital.
Address—Kaukauna, Wis.

stock

—

Ave.,
Copley &

shares for each class A and class B shares held.

,

Badger Northland, Inc.
June 16, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares, of which 68,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 32,000
shares by stockholders.
Price—By amendment. Busi¬
•

of

Charles

subscription
versal, Inc. (N. Y.) parent company, on the basis of 21/£

N. J.

a

of

N. Y.

Universal, Inc.

10%

fered

working capital.

For

St.

July 31, 1961 filed 100,000

tronic data processing.

ness—The manufacture

Office—2833

Orleans, La.
Underwriter
Springs, CoIg.
■'/ •' •; •••/">

•

July

share for each four American shares
held. Price—$5.50.
Business—The operation of
bowling centers. Proceeds—
For working capital and the construction
and operation

Brisker

purposes.

-

,

it Canbowl Centers Ltd.
Aug. 4, 1961 filed 131,500 common shares to be offered
subscription by stockholders of American Bowling
Enterprises, Inc., parent company, on the basis of one

Corp. (8/18)
("Reg. A") 160,000 common shares (par 25
cents).
Price—$1.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans,
machine rental, working capital and
general corporate

Rd., Charlotte, N. C. Underwriter
Co., Inc., New York.
' •,
v

♦>

for

June 2, 1961

Office—201 S. Hoskins
—Street &

closs, Parker & Hedpath, Washington, D. C. Offering—
Expected in late August.

it Brinktun, Inc.
July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 133,000 common shares (par
70 cents).
Price—$2.25. Proceeds—Repayment of loans
and working capital. Office—710 N. Fourth
Street, Min¬
neapolis.
Underwriter —McDonald,
Anderson, Peterson
& Co.,
Inc., Minneapolis.

vending

35

new

plant, work¬

Boulevard, Woodland Hills, Calif. Underwriter—Auchin-

-

11

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on

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Builders, Inc.

uring

Feb.

6, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of common stock, series
Price—$5.50 per share. Business—A closed-end diver¬

2.

sified

investment

Proceeds—For

of

company

the

June

Churchill

Stereo Corp.
'
17, 1961 105,000 common shares and 105,000 at¬
tached five-year warrants to be offered in units of one
The

manufacture

and/or
retail

television

stores.

loans,

Price—$3.60

of

Proceeds

working

For

—

capital

radio

operation

of six

corporate

•

purposes.

"Underwriter
Co., New York (managing). • - i +

sales

of

products

manufactured

& Co., Inc. and
(co-managing).

•

and

Globus,

shares

are

to

offered

be

by

the

(Francis
The

—

of

H.)

& Son,

manufacture

E.

79th

St., Miami, Fla. Underwriter
Co., New York..
: V
- :

sumer

finance
purposes.

Proceeds—For

company.

Office

—

Jay W.

general

cor¬

53 N. Park Ave., Rockville
Center, N. Y. Underwriters—Brand, Grumet & Seigel,
Inc. and Kesselman & Co., Inc., New York.
—

Color

Reproductions, Inc.
May 10, 1961 (letter of notification) 950 units of $95,000
of 6% subordinated
debentures, due June 30, 1971, and
47,500 shares of common stock (par one cent) to be
offered

in

units, each unit consisting of $100 of deben¬
common stock. Price—$287.50
per

tures and 50 shares of

unit.

Business—The

makes

color

photographs
and reproductions for chqrches,.
institutions, seminaries
and schools. Proceeds—For equipment; sales promotion;
repayment of loans; construction of buildings and im¬
provements

of

company

facilities.

Office—202

E.

44th

St.,

New

York, N. Y. Underwriter—William, David & Motti, Inc.,
New York, N. Y.
Columbian Bronze

July

13,

1961

Business—The

filed

Corp.

150,000

common

manufacture

of

shares.

marine

Price—$5
propellers and

electronic equipment, hydraulic products and metal fur¬
niture.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans and expan¬

sion.

Office—216 N. Main St., Freeport, N. Y.
Under¬
writer—Lomasney, Loving & Co., New York (managing).

Commonwealth Theatres

July 28, 1961 filed 100,000
000 shares

are

of

Puerto

common

Rico, Inc.
shares, of which 50,-

to be offered

by the company and 50,000
Price—$10. Business—The op-

shares by stockholders.
aeration of .a chain, of theatres in Puerto Rico.„r Proceeds
—For

construction of

renovations
<

and

a

drive-in movie theatre, building

general

Santurce, Puerto Rico;

corporate purposes. Address—
Underwriter—J. R. Williston dc

Beane, New York (managing).
Computer Instruments Corp. (9/5-8)
duly 13t, 1961 filed. 160,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business—The manufacture of
precision potentiometers, electronic components and meas¬




For

—

shares

the

of

areas

selling stockholder

Florida.

(Mobilife

Fund

of

one

common

York.

one

warrant.

Price—$1

Growth

Fund, Inc. Proceeds—For expansion.
Ave., New York City. UnderwriterNiagara Investors Corp., New York.
Fifth

'

Continental
June

Leasing Corp.

19, 1961

("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
Price—$3. Proceeds—For purchase of new

cent).

one

automobiles, advertising and promotion, and working
capital.
Office—527 Broad St., Sewickley, Pa.
Under¬
writer

H. B. Crandall Co. and Cambridge Securities,
Inc.,. New- York.
,^
...;; /■
•.../
—

.

-

.

...

★ Continental-Pacific

the

of

repayment

Underwriter—Amos Treat & Co., New

York City
*

Cott

Bottling Co., Inc.
29, 1961 filed 335,000

June

shares

170,000

Industries, Inc.

July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$1. Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

tooling, a patent purchase, salaries, inventory and work¬
ing capital. Office—1299 Bay Shore Blvd., Burlingame,
Calif. Underwriter—Amos C. Sudler &

—

Proceeds—To

common

offered

be

to

are

The

stockholders.

manufacture

by

shares
the

Price—By

which

and
amendment.

carbonated

of

of

company

beverages.

increase inventory and for
expansion. Office—177 Granite Street, Manchester, N. H.
Underwriter—R. W. Pressprich & Co., New York.
loans,

repay

Cramer Electronics, Inc.
July 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares, of which
107,250 shares are to be offered by the company and
42,750 shares by the stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—The distribution of electronic components and
equipment. Proceeds—For repayment of loans, inventory
and

working capital.

Underwriter—Carl

(managing).

Office—811

Boylston St., Boston.
Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New York

M.

•■>

Crank

Drug Co.
July 3, 1961 filed 130,000
amendment.

Distributors, Inc.

share and

Proceeds—For

records.

debt, and working capital. Office—315 W. 47th St., New

Corp.)

unit. Business—The company is the sponsor of Con¬

tinental

industrial

Coburn Credit Co., Inc.
July 18, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1976. Price—At par. Business—A con¬

porate

Mobilife

Pro¬

Office—366

shares. Price—$1.50.
and

Consumers shares for each 5

sew¬

per

Clair Ave.,
Co., Cincinnati.

farm

of

Price—By amendment. Business—The acquisition,

units

and

Inc.

common

of 3

April 13/ 1961 filed 296,000 common shares and 296,000
warrants for the purchase of stock of Continental Man¬

which

company

Cobbs Fruit & Preserving Co.
July 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares, of which
128,500 are to be offered for public sale by the company
and 21,500 by the underwriter. Price—$5. Business—The
sale of fruits,
candies, preserves and novelties. Proceeds
—For expansion and other corporate purposes. Office—

N.

St.

agement Corp., advisor to Continental Growth Fund,
Inc.
The securities will be offered for public sale in

:

Kaufmann &

Wall

1961 filed 302,000 outstanding common shares
offered for subscription by stockholders of Mobi¬
Corp., of Bradenton, Fla., parent company, on the

Continental

Inc.,

equipment. Proceeds—For materials and inventory, research and development and working capital. Office—
1303 Elm St., Rocky Ford, Colo. Underwriter —
Stone,
Altman & Co., Inc., Denver.

400

16

..

be

ceeds

Office—10604 St.

Underwriter—Westheimer &

July 3, 1961 filed 1,000,000
Business

Co., 2nd floor,

Office—Sarasota, Fla. Underwriter—Golkin, Bomback &
Co., New York City.

by

corporate purposes.

Cfute

Trust

construction and operation of water-treatment and

stockholders. Price—By amendment.
wholesaling oL parts, ^chemicals and ac¬
cessories ^related tp the automotive and. marine fields.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans, working capita!.and

Cleveland.

Bankers

age-disposal plants in suburban

Business—The,

other

at

held.

Cle-Ware

25,
160,000 shares

phonograph

165,000 shares by

to

both of New

Industries, Inc. (9/11)
1961 filed 195,000 common shares

ment.

thereof.

.

July 27,

Proceeds

(8/21)

Distributing Corp.

44,444 outstanding shares by the pres¬
Price—To be supplied by amend¬
Business—The manufacture and distribution of

holders

Business

Consumers Utilities Corp.

plart additions, repayment of dfebt, and working
capital. Office—1450 Ferry Avenue, Camden, N. J. Un¬

Co., Inc.,

Cosnat Record

(managing).

(8/15)

basis

derwriters—Ross, Lyon &
York City.

•

May 26, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock, .of
which 105,556 shares are to be offered for public sale bythe company and

(EDST)

—For

35,000

(8/28)

New York. Information Meeting—Aug. 10, 1961 at 11 a.m.

Laboratories, Inc. (8/22)
filed 200,000 shares of common stock.
per share.
Business—The company plans to

use.

loans; general corporate purposes and working capital.
Office—3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, Calif.
Underwriter—Dean Witter & Co., San Francisco.
Of¬

ent

life

compounds for industrial and commercial

manufacture

fering—Expected in Mid-August.

Corp.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; White, Weld & Co. and
& Co. (jointly); Harriman Ripley &
Co., and
First Boston Corp. (jointly); Morgan Stanley & Co. Bids
—Aug. 15, 1961 at 11:30 a.m. (EDST) at 300 Park Ave.,

1961

July

Production

—

super-cold liquids and gases. Proceeds
of new equipment, repayment of

for the storage of

—For

common shares... Price—By
The manufacture of equipment

100,000

1961 filed

12,

amendment. Business

Shields

engage in the development, manufacture, packaging and
sale of industrial chemicals and latex, resins and plastic

•

Consolidated

Cosmodyne Corp.
June

bers:

Clarkson

April 27,
Price—$2

&

23, 1961 filed $40,000,000 of first mortgage bonds
due Aug. 1, 1991. Office—212 West
Michigan Ave., Jack¬
son, Mich.
Underwriters—(Competitive) Probable bid-

Under¬
Hardy,

Hardy &

Office—809 Cameron

Office — 1130 Madison
Underwriter—Frank Karasik &

and general corporate purposes.

June

Clarise Sportswear Co., Inc.
July 21, 1961 filed 125,000 common shares, of which 75,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 50,000
shares by stockholders. Price—$5. Business—The manu¬
facture of women's sportswear. Proceeds—For working

New York

corporate purposes.

Consumers Power Co.

....

writers—Alessandrini

other

Corp., buys and manages fractional interests
producing oil and gas properties. Proceeds—For in¬
vestment, and working capital. Office—14 North Robin¬
son,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Underwriter — Shearson,
Hammill & Co., New York City (managing). Note—This
company formerly was named Cador Production Corp.

by Clark

Office—141 W. 36th Street, New York.

1961

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

Ave., Elizabeth, N. J.
Co., Inc., New York.

in

Equip¬
ment Co., parent. Proceeds—For the repayment of debt.
Office—324 East Dewey Ave., Buchanan, Mich. Under¬
writers—Lehman Brothers and Blyth & Co., Inc., New
York City (managing).- Offering —
Temporarily post¬
poned.
~~~

capital.

Un¬

Production

Clark Equipment Credit Corp.
April 21, 1961 filed $20,000,000 of debentures, series A,
due 1981. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Busi¬
ness—The financing in the U. S
and Canada of retail

time

stock¬

May 26, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The com¬
pany, which plans to change its name to Consolidated

Office—200 E. 98th Street, Brooklyn, N.. Y.
—Lieberbaum &

selling

Securities, Inc., Washington, D. C. Offering—
Expected in late August.

expansion, repayment of

other

and

hi-fidelity,

the

and

the

Street, Alexandria, Va. Underwriter—Alexandria Invest¬
ments

unit. Business—

per

stereophonic,

equipment

20,

tal and

July

warrant.

For

Industries, Inc.
filed 200,000 common shares. Price—$6.
Business—A holding company for concerns engaged in
the pleasure-boat industry. Proceeds—For working capi¬

Office—501 Bailey Avenue,
Worth, Texas. Distributor—Associates Management,
Inc., Fort Worth, Texas.

one

—

Consolidated Marine

investment.

Fort

share and

Proceeds

Office—92 Madison Ave., Hempstead, N. Y.

derwriter—Hayden, Stone & Co., New York (managing).

type.

management

instruments.

holders.

.

.

Co., Denver.

stores.

Business—

Proceeds—For

pansion.

Office—1947

Underwriter

Mo.

—

(managing).,

,

shares. Price — By
operation of retail drug

common

The

repayment of loans, and for ex¬
E. Meadowmere St.,- Springfield,
Reinholdt

V

' "•

&
•- r;

Gardner,
v:. /• V-

St.

Creative Playthings, Inc.
'r"
July 28, 1961 filed 100,000 cbmmon shares. Price

Business—The

amendment.
and

material

for

children.

Louis

•

—

By

manufacture, of equipment
Proceeds-^--For research and

development, expansion, repayment of loans and' work¬
ing ; capital. Address—Cranbury, N, ;Jir Underwriter—A.
G. Becker & Co., Inc.,
Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Chicago and Semple, Jacobs &

Cressey, Dockham & Co., Inc.:;(8/ 1C-9/1).
June 15, 1961 '("Reg. A"1)- 100,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$3.-Proceeds-rFor working capital. Office—
1 IGA Way, Salem, Mass* Ufidcrwriter-e-Manri & Creesy,
Salem, Mass.
'■•■'■*
■'
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★ Cromwell Business Machines, Inc.
/ \/• ; Aug;;!, 1961 ("Reg. A") ,100,000 common shares (par 50
cents).
Price—$3.
Proceeds—For repayment of .loans,
machinery, leasehold- improvements, /advertising
and

★ Continental 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

—F. Baruch &

Place, Baltimore. Underwriter
Co., Inc., Washington, D. C. (managing).

★ Control Lease Systems, Inc.
July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 260,000 common shares (par
10 cents). Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For
equipment, re¬
search and development and capital expenditures. Office •
—3386 Brownlow
Ave., St. Louis Park, Minn. Under¬
writers—M. H. Bishop & Co., and J. P. Penn & Co., Inc.,

Minneapolis.

Office—54 Tarrytown
writer—Candee

• Crown Drug
("Reg. A'')//4,^2 common shares; /par 25
cents). Price—$2.50. Pro^epd^Foi*- working capital.,Office
2110 Central, Karisa^

July 21, 1961
—

★ Cook

(L. L.)

w;

•

'

Aug.

4, 1961 filed 49,736 common shares, of which
9,600 shares are to be offered by the company and 40,136
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
—The processing of photographic film, wholesaling of
photographic supplies and the manufacture of post cards.
Proceeds—For
N.

16th

St.,

Milwaukee

general

corporate purposes. Office—1830
Underwriter—Milwaukee Co.,

Milwaukee.
(managing).

Copycat Corp.

;

,

;

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a

/

.

19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares' (£ar
10 cents). Price—$3. Business—The distribution and sale
of photocopy and distributing machines. Proceeds—For
.working capital, advertising, research and expansion.
Office—200 Park Ave., S., New York. Underwriters—
Treves & Co. and Reich & Co., New York.

★ Corning Glass Works
Aug. 4, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares (par $5). Price
—By amendment. Business—The manufacture of spe¬
cialized glass products. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
holders.

Address—Corning, N. Y. Underwriters—Harri¬
man Ripley & Co. and Lazard Freres &
Co., New York
(co-managing).
Cosmetic Chemicals Corp.
June 28, 1961
—

filed 100,000 common shares (par one cent).
$4-. Business ---The distribution of- cosmetics.

Proceeds—For

search,

advertising, sales expenses, inventory, re¬
working capital and other corporate purposes.

Office—5 *E.
Nance-Keith

52nd Street, " New
Corp., New York.

York,

,

Underwriter—

Cosmo Book

Distributing Co.
'July 6; 4961 filed 110,000 common shares.t.Price ^-$3.
Business—The wholesale distribution of books. Proceeds
—For

repayment of

a

•

Homes1,* Ihc. '(8/29 )>:"'
;
May 8, 1961 (letter of notification/ 120,000 shares of
common
stock (par 10 cents)* Price—$2.50 per share.
Proceeds—To erect sample homes, repay a loan, and for
expansion and working capital. Office—412 W. Saratoga
St., Baltimore, Md. Underwriter—T; J. McDonald & Co.,
Washington, D. C.
s :
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:
Custom

Dadan,
•*

June

Price

^"

None.

loan, inventory, working capital

Shell

Inc.

J,une 29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 1'60,000 -common shares1 (par
50 cents). Price—$1.15. Business—The manufacture- of
Proceeds—For repayment of loans, development
products and working capital;; Office—209 Wilder

games.

of

new

Bldg., Rochester 14, N. Y. Underwriter—McDonald, An¬
derson, Peterson & Co., Imc.; ■ Minneapolis.
• Dallas
Airmotive, Inc.1 (8/16)
/
May 26, 1961 filed 390,000 shares of common stock, of
which 350,000 shares are to be offered for public sale

by the
present

company

holders

amendment.

and 40,000 outstanding shares by the
thereof;
Price — To be supplied by

Business—The overhaul of aircraft engines

for commercial and

military customers. Proceeds — For
realty acquisitions, the repayment of debt, and for ex¬
pansion. Office—6114 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas.
Underwriter—Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Jnc., Dallas.
Data

Components,

Inc.

1

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June

6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000 common shares (par
.10 cents), Price—$2. Business—The. marking and fabri¬
cation for metal

plant
Office

equipment,
—

parts. Proceeds—For moving expenses,
sales promotion and working capital.

2212 McDonald

Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Writer^A. J. Frederick Co., Inc., New -York/"
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July 17; 1961 ("Reg. A") 260,869 class A common shares
(par 10 cents). Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For purchase of

June

Dynamic Toy, Inc.
30, 1961 ("Reg. A") 81,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business — The manufacture of toys.

Price—$2. Proceeds — For advertising arid promotion,
legal and audit fees, and working capital. Office—247
Charlotte St., Asheville, N. Y. Underwriter—Courts &

equipment, investments, and working capital. Office—
1608 First National Bank Building, Minneapolis. Under¬
writer—M. H. Bishop & Co., Minneapolis.

Proceeds—For advertising, development of new products
expansion and working capital. Address—109 Ainslie St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—Hancock Securities Corp.,
New York. Offering—Expected in September.

Co., Atlanta.

if Data pulse, Inc.

•

July 25, 1961

("Reg. A") 300,000 capital shares. Price—
($1). Proceeds—For research and development,
equipment, furniture and working capital. Office—509
Hindry Ave., Inglewood 1, Calif. Underwriter—None.
Datom Industries, Inc.
17, 1961 filed 112,500

;

common

shares.

E. C.

June

Price—$4.

Business—The manufacture of electrical products such as
transistorized and conventional tube radios, portable

•

Executive Equipment Corp,
Aug. 1, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares. Price — $4.
Business—The long-term leasing of automobiles. Pro¬
ceed^ — For the purchase of automobiles, establishment
of a trucking division and a sales office, and for work¬
ing capital. Office — 790 Northern Blvd., Great Neck,

Eastern Air

Devices, Inc. (8/16)
filed 150,000 common shares to be offered
subscription by common stockholders of Crescent
Petroleum Corp., parent, on the basis of one share for
June 16, 1961

phonographs and educational kits. Proceeds—For work¬
ing capital and other corporate purposes. Office—350
Scotland Road, Orange, N. J.
Underwriter—Robert L.
Ferman & Co., Miami, Fla. (managing).

for

each 10

.

Crescent shares held.

Business—The manufac¬

N.

ture of power and servo components.

Deco

Aluminum, Inc.
July 5, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
five cents).
Price —h$3. Proceeds — For repayment of
loans; inventory; equipment and working capital. Office
—4250 Adams Ave., Philadelphia. Underwriter—R. P. &
R. A. Miller & Co., Inc., Philadelphia.

equipment and other
Office—385 Central Avenue, Dover, N. H. Underwriters
—Sutro Bros. & Co. and Gregory & Sons, New York
(managing).
Eckerd Drugs of Florida, Inc.

,

June

Discount

Stores, Inc. »':
July 12, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000
par). Price—$2.50. Proceeds—For
new

subsidiaries.

Colo.

Office

Underwriter

color

—

of

shares (no
organization of

common

the

be offered in units

consisting of one common share and
Price—By amendment. / Business—
The operation of drug stores. Proceeds—To open 5 new
stores, repay loans and other corporate purposes. Office
—3665 Gandy Blvd., Tampa, Fla. Underwriter—Courts
& Co., Atlanta (managing).
'

Bldg., Denver,
Copley & Co., Colorado Springs,

'C.'f.'v;r:-v.

~

Diversified

fndustries, lhc.
('TOg. A"; ^4,059 7% convertible pre¬
ferred for each 10 shares of 'cbrnmon held of record on
common, stockholders ori the hasis of one share of pre¬
ferred" shares" (par1 $5) beihg offered for subscription by
June

12,

5j 1961 with rights to expire Aug. 9. Price—per
repay.debf; and" for working capital.
Office—8450 San Fernando /Jtoad, <Sun Valley, Calif.
Underwr iter s-^-R.
E. Berhhard- & Co.,r Beverly Hills,
Calif.; Hardy & Cd, NeW
Arthur B. Hogan, Inc.,
Burbarlk, Calif.; Wedbush ^Cd. and Wheeler & Cruttenden, Jhe^fihs'^geles^M^B^^^^ker & Co., Long Beach,
Calif.,.and V, H; Anderson; & -Co., Salt Lake City.
Diversified Wire& Steel

Corp. of America

;

amendment.

equipment.

for

repayment of debt, acquisition and improvement Of
property, equipment, and working capital. Office—3525
E. 16th St., Los Angeles. Underwriter—V. K. Osborne &
Sons, Inc.; Beverly Hills, Calif, (managing).
Dollar Mutual Fund, Inc.
April 25, 1961 filed 100,000,000 shares of capital stock.
$1 per share. Business — A diversified mutual

Price

Proceeds

Bank Bldg.,

—

For investment.

Office

—

736 Midland

Minneapolis,, Minn. Underwriter—Fund Dis¬

tributors, Inc.

amendment.

Business—The

manufacture

of

microwave

components, test equipment and sub-systems. Proceeds
—For repayment of loans; research and development,
advertising, purchase of equipment and other corporate
purposes. Office—252 E. 3rd Street, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Underwriters—J. R. Williston & Beane and Hill, Darling¬
ton &

Grimm, New York (managing).

Drug & Food Capital Corp.
July 14, 1961 filed 500,000 common shares.
Business—A

small

business investment

ceeds^- For investment.

Price—$10.

company.

Pro¬

Office—30 N. La Salle St., Chi¬

Underwriters—A. C. Allyn & Co., Chicago & Westheimer & Co., Cincinnati (managing).
cago.

Duke

Shopping Center.Limited Partnership
June 28, 1961 filed 269 units of limited partnerships in¬
terests. Price
$1,000. Business—The acquisition and
construction of a shopping center at Alexandria, Va.
Proceeds—For; the purchase of the above property. Of¬
fice—729-15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Under¬
writer—Investor Service Securities, Inc., Washington,
—

I>. C.

v'lS..'

Dunlap & Associates, Inc.
June 30,1961 filed 75,000 copuhpn shares, of which 60,000
'WilL be offered by the compaiiy and 15,000 by stock¬
holders. Price—By; amendment; Business—The company
provides, -scientific research, engineering consulting and
development services to the Armed Services, U. S. Gov¬
ernment agencies and private industry. Proceeds—For
purchase of building sites, expansion, arid working cap¬
ital. Office—429 Atlantic St., Stamford, Conn. Under¬
writer—Dominick & Domiriick, New York. Offering—•

Expected in early September.

if Dynamic Cable Systems
July 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 common shares (par 50
cents). Price—$6. Proceeds—For repayment of debtequipment and working capital.
Office — 8421 Telfair
Avenue, Sun Valley, Calif.
Underwriter — Raymond
Moore & Co., Los Angeles.
Dynamic Gear Co., Inc.
■
June* 29, 1961 filed 125,000 common shares of which 100,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 25,000
-shares by a stockholder. Price—$3. Business— Manu¬
facture of -precision instrument gears. Proceeds—For
purchase and Tebuilding of automatic gear-cutting ma¬
chines, prepayment of a note," inventory, a new plant
and for general corporate purposes. Office—175 Dixon
Avenue, Amityville, N. Y. Underwriters—jFlomenhaf,.
Seidler: & Co., Inc. %arid Lomasney, Loving & Co., New
'York"(managing).:
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•*;




shares,

Price

—

By

Proceeds—For the

.

electronic

International, Ltd. (8/14-18) :
May 5, 1961 filed 70,000 shares of capital stock. Prices
To be supplied by amendment. Business—,The manufac¬

1
:

ture of products in the automotive ignition field for sale
outside of the United States. Proceeds,— For research,

writer—S. D. Fuller Co. Note—July

11, the* SEC insti¬
"Stop Order" proceedings challenging the accuracy
and adequacy of this statement. A hearing on the matter
-will be held Aug. 14. Offering—Expected in late Aug.

development, and working capital. Office—222 Park
Ave., South, New York City. Underwriters—Robert A.
Martin Associates, Inc., and Ezra Kureen Co., both of
New York City.

Electro-Med, Inc.

For

of

medical-electronic

working capital.

Office

—

instruments.

10

4748 France

Electro-Miniatures Corp.

to

company's subsidiary; repayment of loans; advertising
promotion, and other corporate purposes. Office—
1711
N. Glenstone, Springfield, Mo. Underwriters —
Globus, Inc. and Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc., New York.

June

19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business — The manufacture of elec¬
tronic and electro-mechanical devices for the aircraft,
radar, missile and rocket industries. Proceeds—For the
selling stockholders. Office—600 Huyler St., Hackensack,
N. J. Underwriter—Burnham & Co., New York.

and

•

mon

Corp.

addition

of

chemicals. Proceeds—For research and

de¬

velopment. Office — 1100 Shames Dr., Westbury, L .1.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Globus, Inc., New York.
.

Empire Fund, Inc*
.
.
.. .•
June 28, 1961 filed 1,250,000 shares of capital stock to be
offered in exchange for blocks of designated securities.
Business—A "centennial-type" fund which plans to offer
a tax free exchange of its shares for blocks of corporate
securities having a market value of $20,000 or more.
Office—44 School Street, Boston, Mass.
Underwriter—
A. G. Becker & Co. Inc., Chicago.
•

Empire Life Insurance Co. of America (9/18)
14, 1961 (letter of notification) 30,000 shares of
capital stock (no par). Price—$10 per share. Proceeds—
To go to selling stockholders. Office—2801 W* Roosevelt
Road, Little Rock, Ark. Underwriter—Consolidated Se¬
curities, Inc., 2801 W. Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Ark.
March

Equitable Leasing Corp.
.'
A") 90,000 common, shares (par 25
-cent»>- tb be: offered for subscription* by stockholders*
June 19, 1961 ("Reg.

finance

ness-^A

company.

Proceeds—To

repay

loans,

working capital. Office—400 S. Beverly Drive,
Beverly Hills, Calif. Underwriters—Thomas Jay, Win¬
ston & Co., Beverly Hills, Calif.; Maltz, Greenwald &
Co. and Globus, Inc., New York, N. Y.
r

Federal Tobl &

Manufacturing Co.

June 12, 1961 filed 300,000 outstanding common shares.
Price — $5. Business—The manufacture of short-term
•

stampings out of metals. Proceeds—For the selling stockOffice—3600 Alabama Ave., Minneapolis. Un¬
derwriter—Jamieson & Co., Minneapolis.

holders.

• Fifth Dimension Inc. (8/11)
May 25, 1961 filed 60,000 shares of common stock. Price,
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—^-The design,

development,

maniiacture and sale of precision instru¬

ments for measurement
ceeds

filed 150,000 common shares. Price—$1.
Business —The company plans to develop a device to
make non-conductors into electrical conductors by the
1961

1961

and for

September.

Electro-Temp Systems, Inc.
30,1 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par
one cent); Price $4. Business—The sale of refrigeration
machinery and equipment. Proceeds—For repayment of
a loan, inventory, promotion and advertising, and, work¬
ing capital. Office—150-49 Hillisde Ave.; Jamaica, N. Y.
Underwriters—Planned Investing Corp., New York and
Bayes, Rose & Co., Inc., 39 Broadway, New York.

Inc. (8/17)
filed $700,000 of 6Vz% convertible sub¬
70,000 Shares of com¬
stock. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Bust8,

ordinated debentures due 1976 and

relays, and precious metal products. Proceeds—For the
selling stockholders; Office — 10 Romanelli Ave., South
Hackensack, N. J. Underwriter—Harriman Ripley & Co.,
Inc., New York (managing). Offering—Expected in late

June

Federal Factors,

May

Electro-Tec Corp.
July 28, 1961 filed 91,000 common shares (par 10 cents).
Price—By amendment. Business—The manufacture of
slip rings and brush block assemblies, switching devices,

July 26,

commonjshares and 10 warrants. The registration also

40,800 common shares. Price—$100 per unit, and
$6 per share. Business—The construction of shell homes.
Proceeds—For redemption of 8% debentures; advances
covers

Avenue, N. Minneapolis.
Underwriter—Craig-Hallum,
Kinnard, Inc., Minneapolis (managing).

Electronics Discovery

Fashion Homes Inc.

-

July 18, 1961 filed $600,000 of subordinated debentures
due 1971; 100,000 common shares and 100,000 five-year
warrants (exercisable at from $4 to $8 per share) to be
offered for public sale in units of one $60 debenture,

July 17, 1961 filed $540,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1971.
Price—By amendment. Business
—

components, including dielectric and eleetro-

lytic, capacitors and pffedsion tungsten \^ire forms/ Pro*
ceeds—For the payment of debts and for Wbbrking capital.
Office-^471 Cortlandt Street; Belleville} N.1 J. ^Under¬
tuted

and

manufacture

Faradyne Electronics Corp.
.
1961 filed $2,000;000 of 6% convertible sub¬
Price—100% of principal amount.
Business—The company is engaged in the manufacture
and distribution of high reliability materials and basic
ordinated debentures.

Electra

Proceeds

longer underwriting this issue.
Corp., and

no

Jan.. 30,

Supply Co., Inc. "
June 29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 5,099 capital shares (par $10).
Price—$20.: Proceeds—For repayment of loans. Office—
2617 Kay St., Sacramento, Calif. Underwriter—None.

,

• Fairfield
Controls, Inc.
May 19, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$1 per share. Business—The manufacture of electronic
solid state power controls designed by the company's
engineers from specifications supplied by customers.
Proceeds—For equipment, repayment of a loan, inven¬
tory, advertising and working capital. Office—114 Man¬
hattan Street, Stamford, Conn.
Underwriters—Globus,
Inc., and Lieberbaum & Co., both of New York City.

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Educators Furniture &

—The

.

Douglas Microwave Co., Inc. (8/28-9/1)
June 29, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price—By

common

The manufacture of electronic

.

—

fund.

—

Co., and Jacques Coe &

Fairmount Chemical Co., Inc.
June, 28, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares, of which 125,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 25,000
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
—The manufacture / of chemicals, Proceeds—For. pur¬
chase of equipment and the repayment of loans. Office—
.117 Blanchard Street, Newark, N. J. Underwriter—Andresen & Co.; New York. .•
'r
:]■

s e l 1 i n g stockholders.
College Point, N. Y. Underwriters—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis* and Kidder,
Peabody & Co., New York (managing). Offering—Ex¬
pected in early September.
'
/ !.

116(1,100,600,^8^ A

common shares. Price
manufacture of cold dfawn steel
\\yirej; furniture 'springs an4, Xefet&d products. Proceeds—

filed 108,971

&

Underwriters now are First Philadelphia
Lieberbaum & Co., both of New York.

;'
Business

Underwriters—Reich

Note—-Globus, Inc., is

Office—1404 111th Street,

.

;

July 37; l961f
—$4.-' Business—The

,

debentures.

Eda Corp.
June 14, 1961

share. Proceeds^To

■

of

1961

June
'

29, 1961 filed 90,000 common shares and $900,000
7% convertible subordinated debentures due 1971 to

$10

707 Colorado

Y.

Co., New York.

Proceeds—For the
corporate purposes.

purchase of

.

&

Galvan, Inc. (8/14-18)
June 1, 1961 filed 209,355 common shares, including 100,000 to be sold by the company and 109,355 by stockhold¬
ers.
Price—By amendment, Business—Installs electrical
and electronic systems in missile installations. Proceeds
—For general corporate purposes.
Office—551 Mission
St., San Francisco, Calif.
Underwriter—Van Alstyne,
Noel & Co., New York (managing).

P. I., Inc. (8/14)
14, 1961 ("Reg. A") 52,500 common shares (par 25
cents). Price—$5.50. Business—The training of person¬
nel to operate IBM electronic computers and punch card
tabulating equipment.
Proceeds — For expansion and
working capital. Office—116 W. 14th Street, New York.
Underwriter—Stern, Zeiff & Co., Inc., New York.

At par

July

Ets-Hokin

—

For

research

and control applications.

and

new

product

Office—P. O. Box 483, Princeton, N.
Milton D. Blauner & Co., Inc., New
First Mortgage

Pro¬
development.

J. Underwriter-^
York (managing).

Fund

June

12, 1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of beneficial inter¬
ests, Price — $15. Business — A real estate investment
trust. Proceeds—For investment. Office—30 Federal St.,
Boston. Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co., N. Y.
Offering—Expected in September.
First National Real

Estate Trust

June 6, 1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of beneficial interest
in the Trust. Price—By amendment. Business—Real es¬
tate investment. Office—15 William

St., New York. Dis¬
New York.

tributor—Aberdeen Investors Program, Inc.,

Investment Company
(8/18L Oct. 6, 1969 iiled ,500,000 shares of common stock. Prtoe
—$12.50 per share. Proceeds — To provide investment
capital. Office—Tampa,- Fla.- Underwriter—None.•

First
of

Small

Business

Tampa, Inc.

Fischbach

& Moore, Inc.
1961 filed 50,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business—Electrical contracting

June

29;

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General Life Insurance Corp. of

Continued from page 37

June 16,

office

buildings, industrial plants and missile, radar
Proceeds—For the selling
Office — 545 Madison Ave., New York.
Underwriter—Allen & Co., New York (managing).
on

for

and power plant installations.

subscription by stockholders on the basis
share for each two and one-half shares held.
amendment.

Flato

(8/21)

Realty Fund

April 21, 1961 filed 2,000,000 shares of participation in
the Fund. Price—$10 per share. Business—A new real
investment

estate

trust.

Proceeds

For

—

investment.

Office—Highway 44 and Baldwin Blvd., Corpus Christi,
Texas. Distributor—Flato, Bean & Co., Corpus Christi.

•>'if} Fleetwood Securities Corp. of America
Aug. 8, 1961 filed 70,000 common shares, of which 56,000
are
to be offered by the company and 14,000

^shares

shares by stockholders. Price—$10. Business—A brokerdealer registered with NASD. Proceeds—To increase net

capital and for investment. Office
Underwriter—General

York.
York.

—

44 Wall St., New
Co., Inc., New

Securities

.■

^

Flora Mir

Candy Corp.

24,

Florida

Capital Corp.
June 23, 1961 filed 488,332 common shares to be offered
for subscription by stockholders on the basis of one
new share for each two shares held. Price—By amend¬
Business—A small

business investment

company.

Proceeds—For investment. Office—396 Royal Palm Way,

Palm

Beach, Fla. Underwriter—A. C, Allyn & Co., New

York

(managing).

•

A., Inc. (9/5)
June 22, 1961 filed 150,009 common shares, of which
90,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
60,000 shares by the stockholders/Price—$5. Business—
The manufacture and retail sale of household furniture.
Proceeds—For

acquisition Of new stores, development of
items, working capital and other corpo¬
Office — Cherry Valley Terminal Road,
West Hempstead, N. Y. Underwriter — Fialkov & Co.,
Inc., New York (managing).
new

furniture

purposes.

Fotochrome Inc.

shares/ The debenture's!

are

offered by the

to be

company

stockholders. Price — By amendment.
Business — The processing of photographic films; the
wholesaling of photographic supplies and the develop¬
ment and sale of film
new

a

processing/Proceeds — For con¬
plant, purchase of equipment, mov¬

ing expenses and for other corporate purposes. Office—
1874 Washington Ave., New York. Underwriters—Shear-

Hammill & Co., and Emanuel, Deetjen & Co., New
Offering—Expected in September.

York.

if Foursquare Fund, Inc.
Aug. 4, 1961 filed 500,000 common shares. Price — By
amendment. Business—A mutual fund. Proceeds—For
investment.

Office—27 State St., Boston.

Underwriter—

None.

Fox-Sfanley Photo Products, Inc. (8/15)
29, 1961 filed 387,500 shares of common stock
(par $1) of which 50,000 shares are to be offered for
public sale by the company and 337,500 outstanding
shares by the present holders thereof. Price—To be sup¬
plied by amendment. Business—In May 1961 the com¬
pany plans to take over the businesses of The Fox Co.,
San Antonio, Tex., and the Stanley Photo Service, Inc.,
St. Louis, Mo., which are now engaged in the processing
of photographic films and the
sale of photographic
equipment. Proceeds—For working capital and possible
future acquisitions. Office—1734 Broadway, San Antonio,
Tex. Underwriter—Equitable Securities Corp., Nashville,
March

Tenn.

Airlines, Inc. (8/21)
March 16, 1961 filed 250,000 outstanding shares of

com¬

stock. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Busi¬

the selling stockholders.
Office — 5900 E. 39th Ave.,
Denver, Colo. Underwriter—To be named.

G-W

Ameritronics, Inc. (8/21)
25, 1961 filed 80,000 shares of common stock and
160,000 warrants to purchase a like number of common

Jan.

shares, to be offered for public sale in units, each con¬
one

share of

common

stock and two warrants.

Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to
one

share of

common

purchase

stock at $2 per share from March

to

August 1961 and at $3 per share from September 1962
February 1964. Price — $4 per unit. Business — The
company
(formerly Gar Wood Philadelphia
Truck
Equipment, Inc.), distributes, sells, services and installs
Gar Wood truck bodies and equipment in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey, under an exclusive franchise.
Proceeds — For general corporate purposes.
OfficeKensington and Sedgley Avenues, Philadelphia, Pa. Un¬
derwriter—Fraser & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
Note—
This company plans to change its name to G-W Indus¬
to

tries.

if General Kinetics Inc.
Aug. 7, 1961 filed 200,000

General

shares.

Price

By

Business — The company conducts various
within the fields of electronics, mechanical

engineering, instrumentation and mathematics.
expansion.

Office —2611

Proceeds

Shirlington Road, Ar¬
lington, Va. Underwriters—Balogh & Co., Inc., Wash¬
ington, D. C. and Irving J. Rice & Co., Inc., St. Paul
Minn.




Gyrodyne Co. of America, Inc. (9/22)
July 13, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of convertible subordi¬
nated debentures due 1976 (with attached warrants) and
90,000 common shares to be offered in 30,000 units each
/consisting of $50 of debentures (with warrants) and
three common shares. Price—By amendment. Business—
The manufacture of helicopters. Proceeds—For redemp¬

com¬

Securities

Spray Service, Inc.

June 23, 1961 filed 90,000 class A common shares and
warrants to purchase 90,000 class A common shares to

tion

of preferred stock, construction, purchase of ma¬
chinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures and work¬
ing capital. Office—St; James, L; I., N. Y. Underwriter

be offered in

units, each unit consisting of one class A
share and one two-year warrant. Price—$3.50 per unit.

—Harriman Ripley & Co., New York

manufacture

of a spraying machine.
Katonah, N. Y. Underwriter—
Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc., New York (managing).
Business

—

The

if Hallmark Insurance Co.,

Geoscience Instrument Corp.

1961 ("Reg. A") 125,000 common shares (par
cent). Price—$1.25. Business—Preparation of min¬
erals and metals for the electronic, metallurgical and
geoscientific industries. Proceeds — For repayment of

one

Aug. 2,
Price

.

Business

—

stockholders.

>

The

manufacture

Proceeds—For

By

of

scientific

instruments.

—

repayment of loans, expansion and work¬

s

ing capital. Office—140 Van Block Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Underwriter—Estabrook & Co., Boston, Mass.

Gilbert Youth Research, Inc.
May 29, 1961 filed 65,000 shares of common stock, of
which 50,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company and 15,000 outstanding shares by the pres¬
ent stockholder. Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business
The company conducts consumer research,
does telephone sales promotion and prepares articles
are

related to

or

.

Proceeds—For acquisition of
plant, purchase and construction of new ma¬
chinery and equipment, research and laboratory product
development, sales program, advertising, working capi¬
tal and other corporate purposes.
Office—102 Hobart
Street, Hackensack, N. J. Underwriter—Winslow, Cohu
& Stetson, New York (managing).
new

Underwriter—Birr & Co., Inc.,

Harn

power

i

writers—Bache

&

Co.,

ufacture of products for baby care such, as quilts, pil¬
lows, knitted garments, etc. Proceeds—For the repay¬
ment of loans, purchase of raw materials and equipment,

Ave., New York. Under¬
Hirsch & Co., New York

and
.

;

leasehold

.

Inc.
July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common shares. Price
($1). Proceeds—For construction of a coliseum

—At par

Gloray Knitting Mills, Inc. (8/28-9/1)
30, 1961 filed 125,000 common shares.

June

amendment.

Business

—

The manufacture of boys and

mens' knitted sweaters. Proceeds—For

Office—Robesonia, Pa.
Co., New York (managing).

purposes.
&

Price—By

general corporate

Underwriter—Shields

Gordon

(I.) Realty Corp.
20/ 1961 filed 320,000 common shares. Price—$5.

eral

estate

investment.

Proceeds—For

gen¬

Office — 112 Powers Bldg.,
Rochester, N. Y. Underwriter—George D. B. Bonbright
& Co., Rochester, N. Y.
corporate purposes.

improvements, and working capital. Office—

1800 E. 38th St., Cleveland. Underwriter—J. R. Williston
& Beane, New York (managing).

-Globe Coliseum,

building, furnishings and incidental expenses. Address—
Cody, Wyo. Underwriter—Northwest Investors Service,
Inc., Billings, Mont.

(8/28-9/1)

subscription by stockholders and the balance (amount¬
ing to $300,000 after underwriting commissions) by a
stockholder. Price—By amendment. Business—The man¬

San Francisco.

Fifth

(managing).

Corp.

June 20, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares of which an
undisclosed number will be offered by the company for

—By amendment. Business—Real estate. Proceeds—For
Office—501

80-00

development, advertising, etc. Office—18141 Napa
St., Northridge, Calif. Underwriter—Hamilton Waters
& Co., Inc., Hempstead, N. Y.

if Glickman Corp.
Aug. 3, 1961 filed 600,000 class A common shares. Price
investment.

repayment

—

and

common

of

common shares.
The distribution of ,a

• Harmon (George) Co., Inc.
July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 62,500 common shares. Price—
$4. Proceeds—For working capital, equipment, research

shares. Price—$5.
supplies for arc
welding equipment. Proceeds—For repayment of a loan
and working capital.
Office—703—37th Ave., Oakland.
80,000

manufacture

—

Vista, Ariz. Underwriter—None.

-Glenn Pacific Corp.

filed

Business

if Hargraves Electronics Corp.
July 24, 1961 ("Reg. A") 292,500 common shares (par
20 cents). Price—$1. Proceeds—For purchase and instal¬
lation
of
equipment, research and development arid
working capital. Office — 108 Buena Highway, Sierra

films and related products.

1961

($1).

of bank loans and working capital.
Cooper Ave., Glendale, L. I. (Queens)
N. Y. Underwriter—Godfrey, Hamilton, Magnus & Co.,
Inc., New York.
"
Office

Girder Process, Inc.
July 21,1961 filed 80,000 class A common shares. Price—
$5.25. Business—The manufacture of adhesive bonding

27,

par

if Hamilton Electro Corp.
~
.
■
Aug. 9, 1961 filed 135,000 common shares, of which 80,000
shares are to be offered by the company and 55,000
shares by stockholders. Price—$7.50. Business—The dis¬
tribution of solid state electronic parts and equipment.
Proceeds—For inventory, new product lines, repayment
of loans and working capital. Office—11965 -Santa Mo¬
nica Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriter — William
Norton Co., New York.
\
:

—For

relate to merchandis¬

ing advice to the teenage youth and student fields. Pro¬
ceeds—For working capital. Office—205 E. 42nd Street,
New York City. Underwriter—McDonnell & Co., N. Y.

a

At

Hampton Sales Co., Inc.
July 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price—$4.
Business—The operation of real discount stores. Proceeds

—

and books which

—

writer—None.

amendment.

Price

^

thermal shock and corrosion resistant undercoating for
automobiles, aircraft and other vehicles. Proceeds—For
inventory, advertising, equipmentrand* working 'capital.
Office—3769 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y, ; Under¬

July 14, 1961 filed 78,000 common shares, of which 60,000
shares are to be offered by the company and 18,000
the

/ '

if Hamco Products, Inc. ;
1961 ("Reg. A") 25,000 capital

,

loans, purchase of equipment, expansion, working capital
and other corporate purposes. Office—110-116 Beekman
St., New York. Underwriter — First Philadelphia Corp.,
and Globus, Inc., New York.
t
,
:,

by

(managing).

Inc.

Aug. 3, 1961 filed 225,000 common shares. Price — $3.
Business—An insurance company. Proceeds—For capital
and surplus. Office—636 S. Park St., Madison, Wis. Un¬
derwriters—Braun, Monroe & Co., Milwaukee and Harley, Haydon & Co., Inc., Madison.

June 22,

shares

Harrison, Kansas City, Mo. Under¬
Co., New York (managing),
r
v

writer—Allen &

Corp., New York (managing).

Business—Real
common

amendment.

—For

investment

& Webster

Stone

shares (par $2). Price

Office—2215

tories.

closed-end

—

common

—$10. Business—The processing of foods. Proceeds—For
purchase of buildings, equipment and additional inven¬

Proceeds—For investment. Office—90 Broad St.,

New York. Underwriter

June

activities

(managing). Offering—Expected sometime in August.

filed 3,947,795 common shares to be of¬
on. the basis of
share for each two shares held. Price—By
Business—A

A..V

Bldg., San Rafael, Calif. Under¬

)if Guy's Foods, Inc.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 97,000

subscription by stockholders

Business—The

.

ness—The transportation by air of passengers, property
and mail between 66 cities in 11 states. Proceeds—For

sisting of

fice—Suite 418, Albert

1961

new

pany.

July

Frontier

mon

one

/•

be

writer—Pacific Coast Securities Co., San Francisco, Calif,

General Public Service Corp.

amendment.

Properties

common stock. Price
supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
pany plains to engage in all phases of the real estate
business. Proceeds — To reduce indebtedness, construct
apartment units, buy land, and for working capital. Of¬
—To

.v

Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.

and the stock by

struction of

Growth

20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$5. Proceeds—For repayment of loans, in¬
ventory, equipment and working capital. Office—12414
Exposition Blvd., West Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriters
—Pacific Coast Securities Co. and Sellgren, Miller &

for

;

May 9, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of

June

.

June 29,1961 filed $3,500,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due 1981 and 262,500. outstanding' common

son,

if General Plastics Corp.
July 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par 10
cents).
Price—$4.
Proceeds—-For repayment of debt,
inventory, equipment and working capital. Office—100
W.
10th St., Wilmington, I)dl.
Underwriter — Pacific
Coast Securities Co., San
Francisco.

fered

(8/21)

Co.

Growth, Inc.
May 17, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock
(par $1). Price—$3 per share. Address—
Lynn, Mass. Underwriter—Mann &'CreeSy, Salem, Mass.

Office—156 Katonah Ave.,

Foam land U. S.

rate

purposes.

July 26,

Thursday, August 10, 1961

writer—Hess, Grant & Remington, Inc., Philadelphia.

Office—8500 W. Capitol Drive, Milwau¬
kee.
Underwriter—Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Minne¬
apolis (managing).
;

1961

stock

Business—The manufacture of candy

ment.

Price—By

Proceeds—For expansion and other corpo¬

Co., San Francisco.

(letter of notification) 85,700 shares of
(par 10 cents). Price—$3.50 per share.
products. Proceeds
—For repayment of loans; working capital, and expan¬
sion.
Office—1717 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Under¬
writers—Security Options Corp.; Jacey Securities Co.
and Planned Investing Corp. all of New York City.
May

common

(M. J.)

.

14, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,U00 common shares (par
10 cents).
Price—$4.
Proceeds — For expansion, and
working capital. Office—14 Wood St., Pittsburgh. Under¬

of one new

General Plastics Corp.-/'

Greene

.

June

1961 filed 348,400 common shares to be offered

stockholders.

rate

•

Wisconsin

.

^

•
Harper (H. M.) Co. (8/14)
June 15, 1961 filed 180,000 common shares (par $1) of
which 150,000 shares will be sold by the company and
30,000 shares by stockholder. Price — By amendment.

Business—The manufacture of stainless steel and nonferrous corrosion resistant fasteners and parts. Proceeds
—For

working capital. Office—8200 Lehigh Ave., Mor¬
—
Blunt Ellis & Simmons,
Chicago.
>

ton

Grove, 111. Underwriter

Hexagon Laboratories, Inc.
July 20, 1961 filed $540,000 of 6% convertible subordi¬
nated

debentures

to be

offered

and 50

due

in units

common

1976

and

90,000

common

shares

consisting of $300 of debentures

shares.

Price—$500

—The manufacture of medicinal

per

unit.

chemicals.

Business

Proceeds—

For

equipment, expansion, repayment of loans and work¬
ing capital. Office—3536 Peartree Avenue, New York.
Underwriter—Stearns & Co., New York (managing). •

if Great West Insurance Co.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 13,333 common shares (par
$10). Price—$22.50. Proceeds—For investment. Office—
2609 Dakota Ave., South Sioux City, Neb. Underwriter

Hi-Shear Corp.
Aug. 1, 1961 filed 139,500

—None.

holders. Price—By amendment. Business—The manufac-'

000

will be

sold

common shares, of which 105,by the company and 34,500 by stock¬

Volume

194

Number

6080

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

.

of high strength fastening devices and
assembly
systems for the aircraft and missile industries. Proceeds
ture

—For

construction, repayment of loans

and

porate purposes. Office

—
2600 W. 247th
Underwriter—William R. Staats &

Calif.

other

•

June

cor¬

common

St., Torrance,
Co., Los An¬

.

30,

debentures

due

manufacture
be

to

used

of

in

of 6V2%

convertible

sub¬

1979

amendment. .Business—The

manufacture

a

fiber

patented

new

rocket

motor

glass

Proceeds—

cases.

and working capital.

Office—

Washington, D. C. Underwriter
—Atlantic Equities Co., Washington, D. C.

and; 195,000 common
shares to be offered for public sale in 6,500
units, each
consisting of one $100 debenture and 30 common shares.
Price—By

ness—The

For expenses, equipment
1025 Shoreham Bldg.,

Corp.
filed $650,000

1961

Inc.
(9/18)
(letter of notification; 150,000 shares of
stock (par one cent). Price—$2
per share, Busi¬

material

Homes

ordinated

Materials,

April 27, 1961

geles.
Hilco

Industrial

(619)

Industrionics

Controls, Inc.

July 26, 1961 filed 84,000
,

of

common

shares. Price

—

$5.

Business—The manufacture of electronic controls for the

monitoring of machinery. Proceeds—For repayment of a
loan, purchase of raw material and equipment, adver¬

pre-cut homes and components in the heating, plumbing
kitchen equipment fields. Proceeds—To organize a
new
finance subsidiary, for plant
expansion, and for
working capital. Office—70th* St., and Essington Ave.,
Philadelphia. Underwriter—Rambo, Close & Kerner, Inc.
Philadelphia. %
.V .
v .
.
and

tising, establishment of

field

engineering service or¬
ganization and other corporate purposes. Office—20 Vandam St., New York.
Underwriter—Jacey Securities Co.,
New York (managing).
a

.

Hoffman

July

International

1961 -filed

18,

Corp.

$1,890,700

r

7%

convertible

dinated debentures due 1973 to be offered for
tibn by

for

stockholders

each

shares

25

manufacture

of

•

held.

Price—At par.

pressing

and

Price—$5.
subscript... struments
and controls for the aircraft

writer—J.

Williston

R.

&

Hogan Faximile Corp.
July 26, 1961 filed 300,000

Underwriters—Milton
M.

York.

shares. Price

manufacture

of

-

Holly Stores,

Inc.

:

1961 filed 175,000 common shares, of which
100,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
75,000 shares by the stockholders. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—The operation of a chain of women's
and children's apparel stores.
Proceeds—For land pur¬

•

\

—For

•

working

capital

The operation of a

Proceeds—For expan-1

For

1961

May 16, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of common stock. Price
_$5 per share. Business—The construction of public and
private swimming pools and the sale of pool equipment.
Proceeds—To reduce indebtedness, to buy equipment,
and for working capital. Office—Montvale, N. J. Un¬
derwriter—Amos Treat & Co., Inc., New York

12, 1961 filed

Office—13856 Saticoy
Underwriters—Thomas Jay, Wins¬
Co., Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif, and Maltz, Greenwald & Co., New York.
Irwin

125,000 by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
—The publishing of textbooks on business and economic

subjects. Proceeds — For working capital and general
corporate purposes. Office—1818 Ridge Road, Homewood,
111. Underwriter—A.

(managing).

100,000 outstanding common shares

Price—By amendment. Business—The manu-v
gear-cutting tools,measuring instruments, etc. Proceeds—For -the selling
stockholders/ Office—2501 N. Keeler Ave., Chicago. Un¬
derwriter—White," Weld & Co., New York (managing).
of metal and plastic fasteners,

Offering—Expected in early September.

Planning Corp. (8/14)
Dec. 29, 1960
(letter of notification) 5,000 shares of
cumulative preferred stock (no par) and 10,000 shares
of class A common stock (par 10 cents) to be offered in

open

-

per

share
—

of

preferred

and

two

Industrial

Electronic

Hardware Corp.

June

29, 1961 filed $1,000,000 of 6% convertible subor¬
dinated debentures due Aug. 1, 1976 to be offered by the

and 25,000 outstanding common shares by the

stockholders

(par 50c). Price—For debentures—100%;
For stock—By amendment. Business—The manufacture
of oasic component parts for the electrical and electronic
equipment industry.
Proceeds—For expansion, inven¬
tory, introduction of new products and general corporate

Office—109 Prince Street, New York. Under¬
writer—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York (managing). Of¬
fering—In early September.
purposes.

Industrial

cents).

Gauge & Instrument Co.,

Inc.

(8/16)

1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par 10Price — $3.
Business — The sale of industrial

valves and allied products. Proceeds—For pro¬
duction, inventory, working capital and repayment of
loans. Office—1403 E. 180th St., New York 69, N. Y. Underwriter—R. F. Dowd & Co., Inc., New York.
gauges,

•

payable

Business—The

in cash or State of Israel bonds.
operation of hotels. Proceeds—For con¬

struction and operation of a hotel at Herzlia, Israel. Ad¬
dress—Tel Aviv, Israel. Underwriter—Brager & Co.,

New York.
Ivest

;

Fund, Inc.

Feb. 20, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock. Price
—Net asset value at the time of the offering. Business
—

A

non-diversified,

open-end

investment

company,

Underwriter—Ivest, Inc., One State Street, Boston. Of¬

one

Office—3300 W. Hamilton Boule-'
vard, Allentown, Pa. Underwriter—Espy & Wanderer,
Inc., Teaneck, N. J.

June 28,

share,

Price—$1

branch office, development of business and

of

working capital.

company

-

Israel-America Hotels, Ltd. (8/29)
June 8, 1961 filed 1,250,000 ordinary shares.

$40 per unit. Proceeds—To

consisting
a new

Co., Inc., New York

whose stated objective is capital appreciation. Proceeds
—For investment.
Office — One State Street, Boston,

shares of dommon. Price
for

G. Becker &

•

Income

units

(Richard D.), Inc.
filed ,160,000 common shares of which
are to
be offered by the company and

July 10, 1961
35,000 shares

-




fering—Expected in September.
•

Jaymax Precision Products, Inc. (8/14)
July 5, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$4. Proceeds—For construction, purchase
of equipment, inventory and working capital.
Office—
15 Broad St., New York. Underwriter—Armstrong &
Co.,
Inc., New York.

Jefferson Growth Fund, Inc.

July 11, 1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of capital stock. Price
—Net asset value plus 8y2% sales commission. Business
—A mutual fund. Proceeds—For investment. Office—52
Wall
tors

St., New York. Underwriter—Jefferson Distribu¬
Corp., New York.

^Jergens (Andrew) Co.
Aug. 3, 1961 filed 250,002 outstanding
Price—By amendment. Business---The

shares.

manufacture

of

selling stockholders. Office
Ave., Cincinnati. Underwriter—
Hornblower & Weeks, New York (managing).

Spring

Grove

Jolyn Electronic Manufacturing Corp. (8/30)
April 24, 1961 (letter of notification) 65,500 shares of
stock (par one cent).
Price —$3 per share.

common

loan, working capital, and general cor¬
Office—Urban Avenue, Westbury, L. 1.,

Underwriter—Kerns, Bennett

York.

products,

&

Co.,

Inc.,

New

N. Y.

Kane-Miller Corp.

(8/14-18)

May 17, 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$5 per share. Business—The company is a wholesaler
and distributor of
grocery

products to institutions, res¬
taurants, steamship lines and the like. Proceeds—For
inventory, and working capital.
Office
81
Clinton
Street, Yonkers, N. Y. Underwriters—Netherlands Secu¬
rities Co., Inc., and Seymour Blauner
Co., both of New
York City and J. J. Bruno &
Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
—

'

Keller Corp.

June 29, 1961 filed
$1,200,000 of 6%% convertible sub¬
ordinated debentures due 1968. Price—At
100%. Busi¬
ness—The development of
land, construction of homes
and related activities in Florida. Proceeds—For
repay¬
ment of debt, acquisition of Yetter

Homes, Inc., and
Office—101 Bradley Place,
Beach, Fla. Underwriter—Casper Rogers & Co.,
Inc., New York (managing).
general corporate purposes.
Palm

Kent

Washington, Inc.

19,

1961 filed 200,000 common shares. Price—$5.
Business—General real estate. Proceeds—For repayment
of

loans, working capital, construction and other cor¬
purposes. Office—1420 K Street, N. W., Washing¬
ton, D. C. Underwriter—Hodgdon & Co., Inc., Washing¬
ton, D. C.

porate

★ Kimberly Gold Mines, Inc.
July 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 571,625 capital shares

(par 20
cents). Price—50 cents. Proceeds—For payment of wages
and exploration of
mining claims. Address—P. O. Box
62, Tacoma, Wash. Underwriter—None.

King's Department Stores, Inc. (9/13)
July 12, 1961 filed 500,000 common shares (par $1) of
which 250,000 shares are to be offered
by the company
and 250,000 shares by the stockholders.
Price
By
—

amendment. Proceeds—For expansion. Office—910 Com¬
monwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Hammill &

Underwriter—Shearson,

Co., New York (managing).

King's Office Supplies & Equipment, Inc.
July 5, 1961 ('"Reg. A") 65,000 common shares (par $1).
Price—$2. Proceeds—For inventory and working capital.
Office—515-5th

St., Santa Rosa, Calif. Underwriter
Co., San Francisco.

—

Kirk

(C. F.)

Laboratories,

Inc.

(8/16)

/

June

16,{(1961 filed 100,000 common shares/ Price—By
amendment. Easiness—The manufacture of
pharmaceu¬
ticals. Proceeds—For repayment of a
installation
tion of

of

equipment,

loan, purchase and
development and promo¬

products and for working capital. Office—
W. 23rd Street, New York.
Underwriter—Hill, Dar¬
lington & Grimm, New York (managing).
new

521

Kleber

Laboratories, Inc.
1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 common shares (par
cents). Price — $2. Proceeds — For repayment of
debt, equipment, research and development, and work¬
ing capital. Office—215 S. La Cienga Boulevard, Beverly

July

17,

two

Hills, Calif.

Underwriter—D. E. Liederman & Co., Inc.,

New York.

Kroneld

.

(Phil), Inc.

July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$4. Business—The operation of men's re¬
tail stores.
and

Proceeds—For

a

new

general corporate purposes.

Street, New York.
Inc., New York.

store, working capital
Office —201 W. 49th

Underwriter—Kerns, Bennett & Co.,

★

Krystinel Corp. (8/11)
April 12, 1961 filed 90,000 snares of class A stock. Price
—$2.50 per share. Business—The company produces ferrites, which are ceramic-like materials with magnetic
properties, and conducts a research and development
program for ferrite

products. Proceeds—For the repay¬
loan, research and development, new equip¬
ment and working capital. Office—P. O. Box
6, Fox Is¬
land Road, Port Chester, N. Y.
Underwriters—Ross, Lyon
& Co., Inc., and Schrijver &
Co., both of New York City.
ment

of

a

L. L. Drug Co., Inc.
July 26, 1961 filed 100,000

Business

—

ceeds—For repayment of
research

shares. Price—$4.50.
pharmaceuticals.
Pro¬
loan, purchase of equipment,

common

The manufacture
a

or

and

development, advertising and working
capital. Office—1 Bala Ave., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa. Under¬
writer—Stevens Investment Co., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.

★ Lansing Sportman's Club
July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") $150,000 of 12-year 5% reve¬
nue
debentures due July 1, 1973 to be offered in units
of $100. Price—At par. Proceeds—for construction of a
golf course and other corporate purposes. Office—186th
St. and Wenworth Ave., Lansing, 111. Underwriter—None.
Lease Plan International Corp.

(8/14-18)

June

14, 1961 filed 125,000 common shares, of which
shares are to be offered by the company and
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—The leasing of trucks and cars. Proceeds—To
repay loans and for working capital. Office—9 Chelsea
Place, Great Neck, N. Y. Underwriter—Hayden, Stone &
Co., New York (managing).
40,000
85,000

Lee Filter

common

toiletries. Proceeds—For the

—2535

Y.

subordi¬

ton &

City.

(par $10).

iacture

convertible

of

St., Van Nuys, Calif.

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

July

$5,859,400

repayment of loans and research.

(9/5-8)

Inc.

filed

N.

tool

Proceeds—For

Pacific Coast Securities

For expansion, working capital and other corporate pur¬

Ave., Bronx 57, N. Y. Underwriter—To be named.
& Son,

1961

Inc.

Ferromagnetics Corp. (8/30)
July 6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 40,000 common shares (par 50
cents). Price—$5. Proceeds—For production equipment,

Plastics

(Edward H.)

15,

Department Stores,

Irvan

repayment of debt; advertising and sales pro¬
motion;, expansion and working capital.
Office—4077
Ihnen

repayment

Office—111 Eighth Ave., New York. Underwriters
—Lehman Brothers and Shearson, Hammill & Co., New
York (managing).

the

Park

M.

poses.

and

& Chemical Companies, Inc.
(letter of notification) 40,000 shares of
common/stock (par one cent).
Price—At-the-market.
Business—The manufacture of plastic items. Proceeds—

Howe

H.

Aug. 1, 1981 being offered for sub¬
scription by common stockholders on the basis of
$100 of debentures for each 20 shares held of record
Aug. 1 with rights to expire Aug. 17. Price — At par.
Business—Operation of department stores. Proceeds—•

Co., New York. Offering—Expected in late August.

March 29,

—

nated debentures due

general corporate purposes.
Office—First Federal Bldg., St. Petersburg, Fla. Under¬
writers—Blyth & Co., Inc., Lehman Brothers and Allen
&

Underwriter

Colorado, California and other states. Proceeds

Interstate

June

,

pipexUne system of natural gas.

42nd

of debts and general corporate pur¬
Office — 10391 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, Calif.
Underwriter—Currier & Carlsen, Inc., Los Angeles.

9, 1961 filed 583,334 common shares to be offered
subscription by holders of common and class A stock.

sion,

amend¬

poses.

Corp.

—

H.

—

centers in

("Reg.

Pric(e—By amendment. Business

M.

—

Interstate Bowling Corp.
July 25, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price—$3.50.
Business
The acquisition and operation of bowling

June

for

W.

Place, Chicago.
Byllesby & Co., Chicago.

;

St., New York.

Price

a

porate purposes.

July

(8/25)
("Reg. A") 200,000 common shares.

Business—The sale of replacement parts for auto¬
Proceeds—For the selling stockholders. Office

—4101

A") 100,000 common shares (par
10 cents),
Price—$3. Business—The production of mo¬
tion picture and TV feature films. Proceeds—For repay¬
ment of loans, producers' fee, stories and working capi¬
tal. ;OffiGC^-3501 'Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. Under¬
writer—A. M. Shulman & Co., Inc., New York. 37 Wall
louston

(managing),

repayment of

Co., New York.

Price—By

Hollywood Artists Productions Inc.

July 28, 1961

Co.

mobiles.

chase, inventory and general corporate purposes. Office
Fifth Ave., New York. Underwriter—Allen & Co.,
•

&

—$1.50.
Business—The manufacture of electronic and
electro-mechanical devices used to determine the ac¬
curacy of aircraft flight instruments.
Office—170 Cool-

ment.

—115

(managing).

1 &

International Parts Corp.
June 20, 1961 filed 300,000 outstanding class A common
shares to be sold by stockholders.

28,

New York

Blauner

idge Avenue, Englewood, N. J. Underwriter
Woodhill Inc., New York.

Co., Los Angeles (managing).
1

D.

&

July 18, 1961

—
By
electrolytic
recording paper and equipment. Proceeds—For repay¬
ment of debt and working capital. Office—635 Green¬
wich St., New York. Underwriter—William R. Staats &

July

Lee

Intercontinental Dynamics Corp.

common

Business—The

amendment.

L.

Co., Inc., Lieberbaum
Offering—Expected hT late August.

T

r

electronics

Proceeds-^For expansion and working capi¬
Office—129-07 18th Avenue, College Point, N. Y.

tal.

dry-cleaning

Beane, New

-i

and

Industries.

Business—The

equipment.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans and general corporate
purposes. Office—107 Fourth Ave., New York. Under¬

-

Systems Corp.
150,000 common shares (par 25 cents).
Business—The manufacture of precision in¬

June 28, 1961 filed

subor¬

the basis of $100 of debentures

on

Instrument

Business—The manufacture of machine
drift meters, sextants and related Items.

39

Corp.
7, 1961 ("Reg. A") 1,334 capital shares (par $1).
Price—$7.25. Business—The manufacture of air, oil and
gasoline filters for vehicles. Proceeds—For the selling
July

stockholders.

Office—191 Talmadge Road, Edison, N. J.
Underwriter—Omega Securities Corp., New York (man¬
aging).

Continued

on

page

40

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(620)

ital.

Continued from page 39

^Office—189 Lexington Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.

Underwriter—Continental
•

& Clark Marina,

Lewis

May

9,

Inc.

(9/8)

^letter of notification;
150,000 shares oi
stock (par $1). Price—$2 per share. Address—

Yankton, S. D. Underwriter — The Apache Investment
Planning Division of the Apache Corp., Minneapolis.
Lewis

(Tillie)

Foods,

(8/28-9/8)

Inc.

July 3, 1961 filed 400,000 common shares (par $1), of
which 200,000 shares are to be offered by the company
and

by stockholders. Price—By amend¬
Business—The processing, canning, bottling and

200,000 shares

ment.

of fruits and vegetables. Proceeds—For repay¬
debt and working capital. Office—Fresno Ave.

selling
ment

of

Way, Stockton, Calif. Underwriter—Van Alstyne, Noel & Co., New York (managing).
&

Charter

^ Libby International Corp.
Aug. 3, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—The distribution of tractors
and farm equipment manufactured by Kramer-Werke, a
German company.
Proceeds — For repayment of loans,
inventory and working capital. Office—325 W. Houston
Street, New York.
Underwriter—Tau Inc., New York.
Liberty Real Estate Trust of Florida
in

in

in

real

and mortgages on property
share. Office—1230 N. Palm

property

Florida. Price—$10

per

Sarasota, Fla. Underwriter
Corp., Sarasota, Fla.
Ave.,

-•

Liberty Securities

—

Fund, Inc. (9/18)
filed 95i,/uu shares of common stock.
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.
Distributor—Horizon Management Corp., New York.
Price

30,

1961

Net asset value

—

—

Loew's Companies,

Inc.

Business—The

bution

of building

retail

and

subscription by stockholders for 14 days in units of
$100 each. Price—At par. Proceeds—For working cap¬
ital. Office—300

writer—Lewis & Co., Jackson, Miss.

wholesale

—

By
ap¬

common

June

and

guidance

systems and missiles.
Proceeds—For tooling
production; repayment of loans; equipment; adver¬
tising; research and development and working capital.
Office—19 Debevoise Avenue, Roosevelt, N. Y. Under¬

and

ic Magazines For Industry, Inc.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 135,000 common shares. Price — By
amendment. Business—The publishing of business pe¬
riodicals. Proceeds—For promotion, a new publication
and
working capital. Office—660 Madison Ave., New
York. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York (man¬

writer—Underhill
•

Magna Pipe Line Co. Ltd;
June

educational field

000 will

micro-wave

1, 1961 filed 750,000 common shares, of which 525,be offered for sale in the U. S., and 225,000 in
Canada. Price—By amendment. Business—The company
plans to build and operate an underwater natural gas
transmission pipeline from British Columbia to: VanIsland and a subsidiary will build a pipeline from

Microwave

Proceeds—For
Bldg., Van¬
couver, B. C. Underwriters—(In U. S.) Bear, Stearns &
Co., New York. Gn Canada) W. C. Pitfield & Co., Ltd..
Montreal. Note—This registration has been temporarily
Foncier

instruments.

28, '1961

151,200

Proceeds—For

tries.

common

The

—

the

shares.

manufacture

of

selling stockholders.

Office—

Hayes Avenue at 21st Street, Camden, N. J. Underwriter
—Butcher & Sherrerd, Philadelphia (managing).
•

Mairs

June

7,

& Power

1961

filed

Income

40,000

Fund, Inc.

common

amendment. Business—A

mutual fund.

Proceeds

Feb.

Business—An

Corp.

pliances, etc. Proceeds — For the selling stockholders.
Wilkesboro, N. C. Underwriter—G. H.
Walker & Co., Inc., New York (managing).
^ Londontown Manufacturing Co.
Aug. 8, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price

vestment

luma, Calif. Underwriter—Grant, Fontaine & Co., Oak¬
land, Calif.

—

By

Office

golf jackets.

—

3600 Clippermill Rd., Baltimore.

Underwriter—Alex. Brown & Sons, Baltimore.

Long Falls Realty Co.
July 21, 1961 filed $1,708,500 of limited partnership in¬
terests.
Price—$5,000 per interest.
Business—General
real estate.

Street,

Proceeds—For investment.

New

York.

Underwriter

Office—18 E. 41st

Securities

Tenney

—

Corp., New York.
Long Island Bowling Enterprises, Inc. (8/14-18)
May 24, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock (par 10 cents).
Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—The operation of bowling alleys.
Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes. Address—Mattituck, L. I..
N. Y.

Underwriter—Trinity Securities Corp., New York

City.

repayment of a loan and working capital.
Redwood Ave., Los Angeles.

Office—4101

Underwriter—Rutner, Jack¬

&

Gray, Inc., Los Angeles.

Scranton,
Securities Corp., New York.

Lortogs, Inc.
July 26, 1961 filed
150,000

shares

200,000
to

be

common

shares,

of

which

offered

by the company and
50,000 shares by the stockholders. Price—$6.50. Business
—The manufacture of children's sportswear. Proceeds—
For
repayment of loans;
inventories; new products;
working capital, and general corporate purposes. Office
—85 Tenth Ave., New York. Underwriter—Reich &
Co.,
New York (managing).
are

^ Lucerne Oceanfront Hotel, Inc.
July 26, 1961 ("Reg. A") $250,000 of 8% debenture bonds
due 1967 to be offered in units of
$500. Price—At par.
Proceeds—For

repayment

of

loans, and general corpo¬
rate purposes. Office—4101 Collins
Ave., Miami Beach,
Fla. Underwriter—.None.

Marks
June

March

•company

Financial Corp.

(8/18)

loan

associations.

It

also

operates

an

insurance

for

working capital.
Office — 8150 Sunset Boulevard,
Hollywood, Calif. Underwriters—William R. Staats &
Co., Los Angeles and Shearson, Hammill & Co., New
York City (managing).
MPO

28,

Videotronics, Inc.
1961

filed

60,000

(8/14)
common

shares.

Price—By

amendment. Business—The production of television com¬
and motion pictures for industry. Proceeds—

expansion.

Office—15

camera

share for

and

The

E. .53rd

Underwriter—Francis I. duPont &

held.

Street,

New York.

Co., New York (man¬

Y.

slenderizing equipment. Proceeds—For re¬
equipment, new products," sales pro¬

advertising, plant removal and working

cap¬

•

Water

N.

At the current market price. Office

8,

1961

Price

—

By

—

Lee

Higginson
:
"/,•

Ave., South,
Corp., New

St., Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter

Minneapolis, Minn.

"

(8/14)

(letter

stock

Y.

—

C.

1961

filed

200,000

Business—A

be

added

to

common

life

shares.

insurance

capital

and

Price—By
Pro¬

company.

surplus

Lindell

Blvd.,. St. Louis.
Allyn & Co., Chicago (managing).

Missouri

accounts.

Underwriter—
,

Utilities Co.

July 3, 1961 filed 50.676 common shares to be offered
subscription by stockholders on the basis of one new

for

share

for

each

Proceeds—For

10

shares

repayment

held.
of

Price—By amendment.

loans

and

for

expansion.

Address—Cape Girardeau, Mo. Underwriter—Edward
Jones & Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Mite
June

Corp.
23, 1961

D.

(8/16)
filed

325,000

capital

shares.

Price—By

amendment. Business—The manufacture

of mechanical,
electro-mechanical and electronic
equipment, including
sewing machine attachments, small electric
motors, Po¬
laroid Land
cameras, etc. Proceeds—For equipment, re¬

53

payment of loans; research,
development and engineer¬
ing and general corporate purposes. Office—446 Blake

St., New Haven, Conn.
Underwriters—Kidder, Peabody
& Co., New York and
Charles W. Scranton & Co., New
Haven, Conn, (managing).

closed-door

membership
department
expansion. Office—1211 Walnut

Underwriters—Midland Securities
Barret, Fitch, North & Co.,

Mobile
June

Estates, Inc.

27, 1961 filed 140,000
Proceeds—To purchase

Co.

June

19, 1961 ("Reg. A") $300,000 of 6% convertible
15-year subordinated debentures due' 4976 to-be offered

14,

Office—4221

Co., Inc. (managing) and
Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Merchants

Underwriter

(managing).

ceeds—To
A. C.

Medco, Inc.
July 13, 1961 filed 125,000 class A common shares. Price
—By amendment. Business—The operation of .jewelry
in

York.

amendment.

additional share for each two shares

Proceeds—For

First

—

Missouri Fidelity Life Insurance Co.

July

St., South Norwalk, Conn. Underwriter—None.

concessions

Office—2615

—

it Measurements Systems, Inc.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 30,000 common shares (par $1)
to be offered for subscription by common stockholders
—

Proceeds—For investment.

Price—By
investment

development and working capital. Office—245 4th St.,
Passaic, N. J. Underwriter
Hopkins. Calamari & Co.,
Inc., 26 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

Calif. Underwriter—None.

one

shares.

business

—

Corp.

Inc.,

small

Business—The

Staats & Co., Los An¬
& Co., New York (man¬

Securities,

common

A

—

of notification) 151,900 shares of
(par 10 cents).„ Price—$1.50 per share.
manufacturers of technical equipment.
Proceeds
For payment of loans;
machinery and office
equipment; reduction of current liabilities; research and

components
and missile appli¬

Electronics

the basis of

800,000

Missile-Tronics Corp.

May

Corp.
July 20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 180,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—At par ($1). Proceeds—For organization,
equipment, quality control, advertising, supplies and
working capital. Office—7987 N Ave., Lemon Grove,

on

filed

Business

Bank

common

electronic

Proceeds—For general corpo¬
Office—95-01 150th Street, Jamaica 35,

Underwriter—Sulco

.

—Continental Securities, Inc.,

industrial plastic devices.

4r Matrix

Bldg.,
Invest¬

(8/30)
16, 1961 ("Reg. A")* 150,000 common shares (par
15 cents). Price—$1.15..,Proceeds—For film
processing
machines, machinery installation and working capital.

10, 1961 filed ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares.
Price—$4. Business—The manufacture of medical and
purposes.

Bank

Planned

June

Price—By amendment.

Master Craft Medical & Industrial

Midwest

—

Proceeds—For

National

Minichrome, Inc.

July

St., Kansas City, Mo.




York

Underwriters—William R.

geles and Shearson, Hammill
aging).

MacLevy Associates, Inc.
July 20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 common shares (par one
cent). Price—$2. Business—The distribution of health,
payment of loans,

of

instruments primarily for space

stores.

motion and

New

Proceeds—For

cations. Proceeds—For repayment of debt and advances
to subsidiaries. Office—2065 Huntington Dr., San Marino,
Calif.

1961

Office—980 W. 79th

manufacture

First

shares. Price—By

fund.

Business—General factoring in the textile
and apparel fields. Proceeds—For
working capital, and
the repayment of debt/ Office—380 Park

This company formerly was named

each four shares
—?

in¬

Park,

amendment.

★ Marshall Industries
Aug. 4, 1961 filed 131,305 common shares to be offered
for subscription by stockholders on the basis of one new
Business

1815

—

common

mutual

Mill Factors Corp. (8/14)
May 31, 1961 filed 75,000 common shares.

ventory and working capital. Office — 136 Orange St.,
Newark, N. J. Underwriter—T. M. Kirsch & Co., New
—

Address—Elkins

Bldg., Minneapolis. Underwriters
Lee
Higginson Corp., New York and Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Minneapolis.

purchase of equipment, research and development,
expansion of the Missiltronics Division, advertising, in¬

City. Note

14,

National

the

York

Price—$10.

Proceeds—For

Inc., Minneapolis.

company.

common

manufacturer.

capital.

Business—A
Office

amendment.

Industries, Inc. (8/11)
June 6, 1961 filed 125,000 shares of class A common.
Price—$4 per share. Business—The issuing firm is a
holding company for Jersey Packing Co., and a closed

aging),

exercise and

July

For

—-

—

.

Midwest Technical Development Corp.

Marsan

held. Price

mercials
For

ments,

Underwriter—Vickers

shares. Price —. By
expansion, acquisition of
new facilities and other corporate
purposes. Office—15316 Tenth Ave., Whitestone, N. Y. Underwriters—Ross,
Lyon & Co., Inc. (managing), and Globus, Inc., N. Y.

N.

1961 filed 300,000 shares of capital stock.
supplied by amendment. Business—The
owns the stocks of several California savings
be

agency,
and through a subsidiary, Title Acceptance
•Corp., acts as trustee under trust deeds securing loans
made by the associations. Proceeds—To
repay loans and

•

1961 filed 95,000

working

shares.

common

company.

Minneapolis. Underwriter

Corp.

30,

Price—To

June

27,

Polarized

amendment. Proceeds

rate

Lytton

investment.

Pa.

Underwriter

Investment Co.

investment

and

amendment.

Corp.

Ave.,

re¬

116-06

Midwest Investors Fund, Inc.

American Missiltronics Corp.

•

and

Cliff

—

Proceeds—For working
Under¬
& Co., and A. W. Benkert &

July 17, 1961 filed 5,000,000

28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 common shares (par one
cent). Price—$1. Proceeds—For working capital. Office

—301

equipment,
Office

Pa.^Underwriter—Best & Garey Co., Inc., Washington,

June

circuit television

^ Long-Lok Corp.
July 26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares (no par).
Price—$1. Proceeds—For a new subsidiary, machinery,

son

1961

Mark Truck Rental

additional

company.

Sheinman

June/22, 1961 filed 70,000

Address—North

amendment. Business—The manufacture of rainwear and

L.

Middle Atlantic

First National Bank Bldg., St.

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares oi
common stock (par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Pro¬
ceeds—To purchase raw materials, advertising and foi
working capital. Office—204 E. Washington St., Peta1,

Inc.

Co., Inc., New York.

For

Paul, Minn. Underwriter—None.
Marine Structures

Instruments

Office—1518 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

writers—R.

By

—
—

&

Planning Co., Washington, D. C.

and industrial finance

capital.

(9/18)
shares. Price

and

Middle Atlantic Credit Corp.
July 27, 1961 filed $120,000 of 6V2 % subordinated deben¬
tures due 1971 and 60,000 common shares to be offered
in units consisting of $200 of debentures and 100 shares
of stock. Price—$500 per unit. Business—A commercial

Price—By
magnetic
components used in the electrical and electronics indus¬
filed

Business

Proceeds—For

First Investment

Metals Co.

amendment.

Semiconductor

search, inventory and working capital.
Myrtle Avenue, Richmond Hill, N. Y.

postponed.
July

and the manufacture of electronic

components.

May 12, 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$3 per share. Business—The research, develop¬
ment, manufacture and sale of microwave devices and

Angeles, Washington.
Credit

Corp., New York.

Corp.

Proceeds—For expansion and
working capital. Office—55 Ninth St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriter—Manufacturers Securities Corp., 511 Fifth
Ave., New York 17, N. Y.

cover

Office—508

Securities

Micro-Precision

July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 20
cents). Price—$3. Business—The development and man¬
ufacture of
language laboratories for the electronics

aging).

construction.

St., Hattiesburg, Miss. Under¬

Micro-Lectric, Inc. (8/28)
12, 1961 ("Reg. A") 55,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$4. Business—The manufacture and de¬
sign of potentiometers used in computers, ground control

shares (par
inventory, equip¬
working capital. Office—2419 Hiawatha Ave.,
Minneapolis. Underwriter—Craig-Hallum Kinnard, Inc.,
Minneapolis.

distri¬

supplies, household fixtures and

250,000

E. Pine

•

10 cents). Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For

ment

investment. Office—1002

July 28, 1961 filed 431,382 common shares. Price
amendment.

for

Corp., Wash¬

Mag-Tronics Corp.
July 17, 1961 ("Reg. A")

Magnetic

Lincoln

March

Share

;

Bremerton to Port

30, 1961 filed 2,500,000 shares of beneficial interest
the Trust to be offered in exchange for real property,

June

interests

&

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

ington, D. C.

1961

common

Bond

.

.

-

r'"i
common

"■*
shares.

Price—$6.

land, construct and develop about
250 mobile home
sites, form sales agencies and for work¬
ing capital. Office—26 Dalbert,
Carteret,1 N. J. Underwriter—Harry Odzer Co.,- New. York/ (managing)**;*

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Moderncraft Towel Dispenser
Co., Inc.

by

the company and 6,250 outstanding shares by the under¬
writer. Price—$4 per share. Business—The manufacture

improved towel dispensing cabinet. Pro¬
advertising, research and development, pay¬
ment of debt, and working capital.
Office —20 Main
Street, Belleville, N. J. Underwriter—United Planning
Corp., Newark, N. J.
an

Mohawk Insurance Co.

and

(8/21-25)

kits.

tile

Proceeds—For

retirement

of

debt,

increase of inventory and purchase of equipment. Office
E. Grand Blvd., Detroit. Underwriter — Davis.

Rowady & Nichols Inc., Detroit.

July

17,

filed

1961

plant expansion and
Ontario, Ore. Underwriter
New York (managing).
Orkin

shares.

Price—$3.

Office—713

land, construction,
general administrative costs
and
working capital. Address—Glendive, Mont. Underwriter

homes.

—Wilson, Ehli, Demos, Bailey & Co., Billings, Mont.
Monmouth

•

Proceeds—For

Era

Aug. 1, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of capital stock. Price—
$10. Business — A small business investment company.

July

Office—First

of debt and

National

Bank

N. J. Underwriter—Meade &
•

Monticello

Main St., Freehold,
Co., New York.
Bldg.,

Lumber &

Mfg. Co., Inc. (8/14)
(letter of notification) ^5,000 shares of
common stock
(par 10 cents). Price—$4 per share. Busi¬
ness—The sale of lumber, building supplies and hard¬
ware.
Proceeds—To repay loans and for working cap¬
ital. Address—Monticello, N. Y. Underwriter—J. Lau¬
rence & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.
April

1961

11,

Mortgage
Oct.

Guaranty Insurance Co.

(8/16)

17, 1960 filed 155,000 shares of common stock

(par
$1). Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business—
Insuring lenders against loss on residential first mort¬

loans,

gage

homes.

West

principally

Proceeds—For

Wisconsin

—Bache & Co.,

single

on

family

capital and surplus.

non-farm
Office—606

Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Underwriter
New York City (managing). Note—This

Coils

Motor

July 27, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares. Price—$6.50.

general corporate

Second

Municipal

field
cap¬

Office—110 Thirty-

Underwriter—Golkin, Bomback

St., Pittsburgh.
& Co., New York.
«

purposes.

I

Municipal

■

.

/■

h

,■

1961

5,

Mining Co.
filed 800,000
equipment,

common

shares.

capital,

equipment. Proceeds—For working
products and
Hazel Street,
Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y.
Underwriter—General Securi¬
ties Co., Inc., New York.
Pacific

Underwriter—None.

ver.

New West Land

to be sold by stockholders. Price—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¬
cisco (managing).
Pacific

Trampoline Co.
May 4, 1961 (letter of notification) 9,400 shares of com¬
mon
stock (par $1). Price—At the market. Proceeds—
For the selling stockholders. Office—930 27th Ave., S.W.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Underwriter — Yates, Heitner &
Woods, St. Louis, Mo. Note—This issue has been tem¬
porarily postponed.
Nitrogen Oil Well Service Co.

if Palestine Economic Corp.
7, 1961 filed 120,000 common shares.
Price—$25/
payable in cash or in certain State of Israel bonds. Busi¬
ness—The company plans to engage in banking/agricul¬
ture, industry, etc. in Israel. Proceeds—For investment.
Office
18 E. 41st Street, New York.
Underwriter —
—

None.

Palmetto
June

shares. Business—The company
pressure
nitrogen to the oil and gas

unsubscribed

\

j.

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.
New York City. Offering-r-Expected in early September.

Neuhaus

June

1961

2,

filed

Business—The

*

1,386

company

shares.
applied for

common

has

a

Price—$350.
New York

insurance
and annuities.
Proceeds—For general corporate pur¬
poses.
Office — Meadow Brook National Bank Bldg.,
Mineola, N. Y. Underwriter—None.

—

NAC Charge

Plan and Northern Acceptance Corp.

(8/21)
June 27,

1961 filed 33,334 class A common shares. Price
—By amendment. Proceeds—For working capital. Of¬
fice—16 East Pleasant St., Baltimore, Md. Underwriter
—Sade

&

Co., Washington, D. C.

(managing).

North Electric Co.

March 30, 1961 filed 22,415 shares of common
offered for subscription by stockholders of

stock being

record May
15 with rights to expire Aug. 25. Price—$25. Business—
This subsidiary of L. M. Ericsson Telephone Co.
of
Stockholm, Sweden, manufactures telecommunications
equipment, remote control systems, electromechanical
and electronic components, and power supply assem¬
blies. Proceeds—To repay loans and for working capital.
Office—553 South Market St., Galion, Ohio. Underwriter

ucts;

the

capital.

financing,

sale

and

servicing

of home

food

N. Y.

93-25 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park,
Underwriters—William, David & Motti, Inc., and
Office

—

if Northern Milling Co.
July 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 210,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$1.10.
Proceeds—For printing, advertising,
exploration and assessment work.
Address—Box 361,
Townsend, Mont. Underwriter—None. ■
NuTone, Inc.
Price—By

if Nation-Wide Real Estate Investment TrustV y
Aug. 7, 1961. filed 750,000 shares of beneficial interest.
Price—$10. Business—Real estate investment. Office—
10 Post Office Square, Boston.
Distributor—Reit Secu¬

household

rities
/

Corp., Boston.

,

National Bowling Lanes, .Inc.

repayment of loans, and working capi¬
tal." Office—220 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia.
Under¬
&

Co., Inc., New York.

—

writer—Bear, Steams & Co.,; New York
National

Hospital

Supply Co.,

(managing).

.

'

1961 filed $3,962,500 of subordinated convertible
due 1976 to be offered for subscription by
common
stockholders on the basis of $100 principal
amount of debentures for each 100 shares held. Price—

Inc.

«

22, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
10 cents). Price—$3. Business—The distribtuion of me¬
dical supplies. Proceeds—For inventory, advertising and

promotion, expansion, repayment of loans and

Business—The acquiring and developing of oil
properties. Proceeds—For exploration and de¬
velopment of oil leases and working capital. Office—
8255 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles.
Underwriter—None.

At par.

gas

Old

May

1,

Empire,

1961

debentures

Inc.

(8/30)

filed $800,000- of. -convertible
due

1971.,* Price—At

working

par.

subordinated

Business

—

The

distribution of cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals and household, chemical and industrial
specialties. Proceeds—For the repayment of bank loans,
property improvements and working capital. Office—
865 Mt. Prospect Avenue, Newark, N. J.
Underwriter—
manufacture,-packaging

June




.

debentures

and

; National Cleaning Contractors, Inc.
July .19, 1961 filed 200,000 oustanding common shares.
Price
By amendment. Business — The maintenance of
commercial buildings.
Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
holders. Office—60 Madison Avenue. New York. Under¬

*

.

Petroleum Corp.

June 29,

For expansion,

Lewis

Underwriter—Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York

(managing).,
Occidental

.

July 21, 1961 filed 200,000 capital shares. Price—$5.50.
\ Business—The operation of bowling centers. Proceeds—

writer—Edward

*

Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
& Red Bank Roads, Cincin¬

appliances.

Office—Madison

holders.
nati.

j

Pan-Alaska

Fisheries, Inc.

1961 filed 120,000 common shares. Price — By
—
The processing of Alaska king
crab. Proceeds—For acquisition of fishing boats, equip¬
working capital. Office—Dexter Horton Bldg.,
L. Ferman & Co., Inc.,

ment and

Underwriter—Robert

Seattle.

New York

(managing).

Pan American Resources,

Inc.

(8/15)

(letter of notification) 40,000 shares of
common stock (par $1). Price—$7 per share. Office—600
Glendale Federal Bldg., Glendale 3, Calif. Underwriter
—Fred Martin & Co., 1101 Woodland Dr., Norman, Okla.
May

1961

11,

Pargas, Inc.
Aug. 3, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares, of which 75,000 will be sold by the company and 75,000 by a stock¬
holder.

Price—By amendment. Business

—

The sale of

petroleum gas and equipment. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes. Office—Waldorf, Md. Un¬
derwriter — Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc., New York

liquified

(Amos)

and

Laird, Bissell & Meeds, New York City.

_

.*#..■

& Co.,

Inc.

(9/18)

23, 1961 filed 208,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business—Business advisors and
June

specialty and department stores. Proceeds
selling stockholders. Office—:500 Fifth Ave¬

consultants to
—For
nue,

the

New York. Underwriter—The James

Co., New York,

Inc. (8/15)
June 21, 1961 filed 141,000 common shares (par $1) of
which 100,000 will be sold by the company and 41,00(1
by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business—The
operation of a chain of retail drug stores and licensed
departments in closed - door "membership department
stores.
Proceeds—For expansion.
Office—2323 Grand
Avenue/ Kansas City, Mo. Underwriter—Scherck, Richter Co., St. Louis.
Parkview

17, 1961 filed 375,000 outstanding common shares.
amendment.
Business—The manufacture of

July

Flomenhaft, Seidler & Co., Inc., New York.
*

•

Parish

freezers, and the operation 0f a supermarket. Proceeds
— For consumer time payments,
expansion, and working

.

Address—P. O. Box

—Stone & Co.

(managing).

—None.

Na*pac Inc.

July 28, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares. Price—$4.75.
Business—The processing of meat and frozen food prod¬

1,000,000 common shares. Price—
growth of timber. Proceeds—Fof
the possible purchase of a mill.
199, Orangeburg, S. C. Underwriter

amendment. Business

sell life, accident and health

license to

State

filed

July 26,

Insurance Co. of America

North Atlantic Life

Pulp & Paper Corp.

28, "1961

$3.45. Business—The
working capital and

Underwood,

—

vending machines and working capital. Office-

Aug.

(8/16)

Houston, Texas. Underwriter
& Co.,
Inc., Houston, Texas.

par

new

Three Welding Company; $10 per share for not
24,500 shares to be offered to holders (other
than Big Three) of the outstanding common on the basis
of one new share for each V/s shares held; and $10.60

St.,

Inc.

("Reg. A") 25,000 common shares. Price—
($1). Proceeds—For acquisition and leasing of
506
E. 16th St., Olympia, Wash. Underwriter — Arthur J.
Coney, 1325 Broadway, Longview, Wash.

At

less than

11th

&

...

Vending Co.,

July 20, 1961

Big

high

Corp.

$6.

Nissen

furnishes

Steel

stock (par 50 cents)

Corp.

30, 1961 ("Reg. A") 200,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$1.50. Proceeds—For repayment of notes and
acquisition of real estate interests. Office—3252 Broad¬
way, Kansas City, Mo.
Underwriter — Barret, Fitch,
North & Co., Kansas City, Mo.

any

States

1961 filed 100,000 outstanding shares of capital

June 21,

June

per

Inc.

capital, research and development, new
general corporate purposes. Office—115

repayment
Ave., Den¬

Office—9635 W. Colfax

reserves.

Products Co.,

July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common shares (par 10
cents).
Price—$5.
Business—The manufacture of car '■
and window washing

Price—50c.

working

Proceeds—For

cluding $880,000 for the purchase of 20 additional liquid
nitrogen high pressure pumping units.
Office—3602 W.

April 28, 1961 filed $6,375,000 (6,250 units) of interests.
Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The
fund will invest in tax-exempt bonds of the Commonwea th
of Pennsylvania and its political sub-divisions.
Proceeds—For investment.
Sponsor—Ira Haupt & Co.,
Ill Broadway, New York City,
Offering—Expected in

/

Address—Col-

Chemical Co., Inc.

1961

2,

Osrow

of

industry. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes, in¬

Investment Trust Fund, First Pa.

Series

early September.,

capital.

sale

22, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock.
Prices—$10 per share for 51,000 shares to be offered to

Manufacturing Co.

Business—The manufacture of armature, stator and
coils. Proceeds—For repayment of loans, working
ital and

working

and

May

stock is not qualified for sale in New York State.
*

construction

linsville, Va. Underwriters—Cruttenden, Podesta & Co.,
Chicago and McDaniel Lewis & Co., Greensboro, N. C.
New

Capital Corp.

The

Courts

hnd

St., N. E., Atlanta. Under¬
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.,
& Co., Atlanta. Offering—Ex¬

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock (par 10 cents). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—Manufacturers of drugs. Proceeds—For expansion,
and working capital. Office—38-01 23rd Ave., Long Is¬
land City, N. Y. Underwriter—Havener Securities Corp.,
New York, N. Y. Offering—Imminent.

of $10 of debentures and two common shares. Price—By
—

Lynch,

Ormont Drug &

May

Homes, Inc. (8/15)
12, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of 8% sinking fund con¬
subordinated debentures due 1976 and 300,000
common
shares to be offered in units, each consisting

Business—The. breeding of livestock owned by others.
Proceeds—For drilling of water test wells, purchase of

York

New

Proceeds—For selling stockholders.

pected in late August.

Nationwide

Business

Inc.

Peachtree

W.

writers—Merrill
/•

Office—Mallory Plaza Bldg., Danbury, Conn. Underwriters — Lee Higginson Corp., New
York City and Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Minneapolis
(managing).

amendment.

Co.,

•

•

Exterminating Co.,

control services.

ite

June

common

Kidder, Peabody &

—

1961 filed 360,000 outstanding no par common k
shares. Price—By amendment. Business—Pest and term¬

vertible

Lot, Inc.
150,000

of debt, purchase of equip- 1
working capital. Office —

July 6,

corporate purposes.

•

raw

ment,

Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
Office—575 Lexington Avenue, New York. Un¬

development, manufacture and sale of quality transistors
for military and industrial use.
Proceeds — For new
equipment, plant expansion, working capital, and other

—1548

Mon-Dak Feed

of

May 11, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of capital stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—The design,

Inc.

be sold by the company and 20,000 by stock¬
Price—By amendment. Business—The processing 1
potatoes into various packaged frozen products.

Proceeds—For the repayment

magazines

of

National Semiconductor Corp.

26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 convertible preferred
shares. Price—At par ($5). Business—The manufacture
mosaic

Publishers

Shearson, Hammill & Co., New York and
Prescott, Shepard & Co., Inc., Cleveland (managing).

June

of

—

derwriters—

fice—198 Broadway, New York City. Underwriter—R. F
Dowd & Co., Inc., 39 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y

Mon-Art,

Business

paperback books.

holders.

Aug. 8, 1960, filed 75,000 shares of class A common stock
Price—$12 per share. Proceeds—For general funds. Of¬

1

By amendment.

will

000

holders.

Publications, Inc.
July 18, 1961 filed 500,000 common shares (par $1). Price
—

Inc.
29, 1961 filed 220,000 common shares of which 200,-

June

National Periodical

ceeds—For

41

Ore-Ida Foods,

capital. Office—38 Park Row, New York. Underwriters
—Edward Lewis & Co., Inc. and Underhill Securities
Corp., New York (co-managers). ".

(8/15)

March 30, 1961 filed 80,000 shares of common
stocK:, oi
which 73,750 shares are to be offered for public sale

and sale of

(621)

Drugs,

Patent Resources,

Inc.

(8/14)

stock. Price
Business—The com¬
pany was organized in November 1960 to acquire, exploit
and develop patents, and to assist inventors in develop¬
ing and marketing their inventions. Proceeds—For gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office — 608 Fifth Ave., New
York City. Underwriters—Darius, Inc., New York (man¬
aging); N. A. Hart & Co., Bayside, N. Y., and E. J.
May 24, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common
—To

be

Roberts

supplied by amendment.

&

Co., Inc., Ridgewood, N. J.

;

if Pelvic Anchor Corp.
Aug. 3, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 common shares (par 40
cents). Price—$2. Business—The manufacture of medi¬
cal

equipment.

Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

plant

Continued on page

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from

41

page

and

equipment, research and development, inventory,
advertising and working capital.
Office—806 W. Main
Street, Rochester 8, N. Y. Underwriter—None.

^ Peralta Fund
July 26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 30,000 units (no par) beneficial
interests. Price—$10 per unit. Proceeds—For investment.

i

.

M

■0

V>.

Office—608

Financial

Center

rate

purposes.
Office — 99 Hudson Street, New
Underwriter—J. J. Krieger & Co,, Inc., New York.

Bldg., Oakland 12, Calif.

Product Research of Rhode

Underwriter—None.
17

July 28, 1961 filed 330,000

V.
))

Philadelphia Laboratories, Inc. (8/28)
May 26, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of common stock.

Business

Price

—$8 per share.

Business—The development, manufac¬
ture and sale of pharmaceuticals, vitamins and
veterinary
products.
Proceeds —For the repayment of debt, and
other

corporate purposes.
Office — 400 Green Street,
Philadelpnia,
Pa.
Underwriter — Woodcock, , Moyer,
Fricke, & French, Inc., Philadelphia.

Photo-Animation, Inc.
July 26, 1961 filed 150,000

shares. Price—$1.25.

Business—The manufacture of machines, equipment and
devices used in the creation of animated motion pic¬
Proceeds—For development of new products, re¬
of loans and working capital. Office — 34 S.

tures.

payment
West

St., Mount Vernon, N. Y. Underwriter—First Phila¬
delphia Corp., New York.
Photographic Assistance Corp.
27, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price—$1.
Proceeds—For expansion, equipment and working cap¬
ital. Office—1335 Gordon St., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. Under¬
writers—Globus, Inc., and Harold C. Shore & Co., Inc.
New York (managing).
June

Pickwick

International, Inc.

■I*,

July 27, 1961 filed 100,000

shares. Price

—

$3.

Business—The

distribution of phonograph records. Pro¬
advertising and promotion, merchandising,
repayment of loans, additional personnel, working cap¬

ceeds—For

'I

ital

other

and

corporate

n

Ave.,

Long

purposes.

Island

City, N. Y.
Motti, Inc., New York.

David &

Office

8-16

—

43rd

Underwriter—William,

Center, Inc.
April 21, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares oi
common stock
(no par). Price—$3 per share. Proceeds
—To pay for
construction, working capital and, general
corporate purposes.
Office—921-1001 Riverside Drive,
Burbank, Calif. Underwriter—Fairman & Co., Los An¬
geles, Calif. Offering—Expected in September.

w
I

i\

vi!!!'

f

^ Pike's Peak National Life Insurance Co.
Aug. 1, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 class A common shares
(par$l). Price—$2. Proceeds—For investment. Office—
208 P. B. M. T. Bldg., Denver.
Underwriter—None.
Pioneer Astro Industries, Inc.
July 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares. Price

t

amendment.

$

machined

7h

Business

The

—

components

and

manufacture

assemblies

of

By

precision
guid¬

for missile

systems. Proceeds — For a new plant, additional
equipment and working capital. Office—7401 W. Law¬
rence
Ave., Chicago. Underwriter—Francis I. du Pont
& Co., New York (managing).
<
-

li

PEasticon

f

Corp. (8/16)
8, T961 filed 665,666 shares of common stock, ol
which 90,666 shares are to be publicly
offered, 25,000

May

shares

are

shares

are

the

on

to be offered to

Leyghton-Paige Corp., 150,000
Leyghton-Paige stockholders

to be offered to

basis

of

Plasticon

one

share

for

each

Leyghton-Paige shares held, and 400,000 shares are to'
$1,200,000 of 5%
promissory notes. Price — $3 per share, in all cases
Business—The manufacture of large plastic containers.
Proceeds—To discharge the indebtedness
represented by
Plasticon's 5% promissory
notes, with the balance for
more
equipment and facilities.
Office
Minneapolis,

''I
'I

—

'V

Minn. Underwriter—None.
•

.In

Polytronic Research, Inc.

'!

development,
electronic

engineering

devices

for

and

aircraft,

production

missiles,

of

certain

oscilloscopes,

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. (managing)...

t

>

.•

Precision Circuits, Inc.
July 20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 260,000 common shares (par
-10 cents). Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For a new
building,
equipment and working capital. Office—2532-25th Ave.,

S., Minneapolis. Underwriter—Naftalin

&

Co., Inc., Min¬

neapolis.
Premier

''i i

July

i

,

,'

1

Albums,

1961

filed

Inc.

120,000

common

shares.

Price—$5.

marketing of new stereophonic records
working capital. Office—356 W. 40th St., New York.
Underwriter—Gianis & Co., New York.

H

and

*

I».

■i,

Prep Products, Inc.
July 6, 1961 ("Reg. A")

leases,
repayment of debt and working capital.
Address—High¬
way 20, Thermopolis, Wyo.
Underwriter—Wilson, Ehli,
Demos, Bailey & Co., Billings, Mont.
President Airlines, Inc.

I

June 13, 1961

(par
f

■

!»,
'

/if

•

one

("Reg. A") 150,000 class A common shares
cent). Price—$2. Business—Air transportation

of passengers and cargo.
Proceeds—For payment of cur¬
rent liabilities and
taxes; payment of balance on CAB
certificate
and
working capital.
Office — 630
Fifth
Avenue. Rockefeller Center, N. Y.

Underwriter—Conti¬

'V

nental

Bond

&

Share




Corp., Maplewood, N. J.

N.

shares (with war¬
of which 55,000 shares will be sold by the com¬
20,000 by stockholders. Price—$10. Proceeds—
payment

of

debt, the establishment of a new
subsidiary, plant improvements and working capital.
Office—400 E. Progress St., Arthur, 111. Underwriter—
Tabor & Co., Decatur, 111.
(managing).
•

Progressitron Corp. (8/16)
June 9, 1961 ("Reg. A")
100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—Manufacturers of electronic,
electro

mechanical and mechanical devices. Proceeds—
For general corporate purposes. Office—14-25 128th
St.,

College Point, N. Y. Underwriter—Netherlands Securi¬
ties Co., New York.
Publishers Vending Services,

Inc.
$600,000 of 5convertible sub¬
ordinated debentures due 1971;
120,000 common shares
which underlie 2-year first warrants exercisable at
$7.50
per share, and 120,000 common shares which underlie
5-year second warrants, exercisable at $10 per share.
3,

1961

filed

The securities
of

are

to

be offered for public sale in

units

$100 debenture, 20 first warrants and 20 second
Price—$100 per unit. Business—The design,
manufacture, sale and leasing of coin-operated vending
machines
for
magazines, newspapers and paperback
one

books.

Proceeds—For the repayment of debt, advertis¬
ing, sales promotion, and the manufacture of new ma¬

chines.

Office—1201 South Clover Drive,
Minneapolis.
Underwriter—D. H. Blair & Co., New York.

it Puerto Rico Telephone Co
Aug. 9, 1961 filed 120,000 common shares to be offered
for subscription
by stockholders on the basis of one
share for each five shares' held.
Price—By amend¬
Proceeds—For expansion and repayment of loans.:

new

Farmingdale, L. I.,
Pierce, Fenner &

—

Lynch,
Inc;, New York (managing).

\

Fine

Foods, Inc.
July 17, 1961 ("Reg. A") 2,181 common shares (par $1).
Price—$22. Proceeds—For erection of a food processing
plant. Office—Reser Bldg., Cornelius, Ore. Underwriter
—William, David & Motti, New York.

pany and

the

Address

Underwriter—Merrill

Reser's

Progress Industries, Inc.
June 26, 1961 filed 75,000 common

For

selling stockholder:
Y.

Smith

Bond

*

t

Rexach Construction Co., Inc.
July 28, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of §Vz% sinking fund de¬
bentures (with warrants) due 1976 and 105,000 outstand¬
ing common shares. Price—By amendment. Business—

The construction of
ceeds—For

highways, buildings and homes. Pro¬

of a loan, purchase of stock in :
Aggregates Co., and working capital. Ad¬
dress—San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Underwriters
P. W. *
Brooks & Co., Inc., New York and CIA Financiera de
Inversiones, Inc., San Juan (managing).

Puerto

repayment

Rico

—

•

Riverview ASC, Inc.
(8/21)
f
May 18, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,UUO common shares. Price
—$3. Business—Real estate and utility development in
Florida.

Proceeds

For

—

Washington Ave.,

expansion. Office

Titusville, Fla.

So.

2823

—

•

Underwriter—Albion

Securities Co., Inc., New York.

it Ro Ko, Inc.
Aug. 7, 1961 filed 120,000 class A
—$5. Business—The manufacture

common

of

shares. Price

stuffed

toys.

Pro-

;

<

ceeds—For down payments on the purchase of

buildings,
equipment and expansion. Office—3115 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Underwriters—Midland Securities
Co., Inc.,
and George K. Baum &
Co., Kansas City, Mo. (managing).
'
' '■*

.

-.J-

.

Roanwell Corp.

;

■

July 11, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock of
which 50,000 will be sold by the company and 100,000
by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business^The
manufacture
voice

of

electro-acoustical

communications

field.

transducers

Proceeds

For

—

in

the

additional

equipment,

writer—None.

working capital and other corporate pur¬
Office—180 Varick St., New York. Underwriter—
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York. Offering:—
Expected in early September.

it Pyramid Holding Co.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 210,000 common shares. Price—
At par ($1). Proceeds—For the acquisition and
develop¬

June 28, 1961 filed 55,000 common
shares are to be offered by the

ment.

Tanca

St.,

San Juan,

Puerto Rico.

Under¬

ment of

properties. Office—3382 El Camino Ave., Sacra¬
mento, Calif. Underwriter—None.

it Quebec Mortgage Associates, Inc.
July 25, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150 participating units con¬
sisting of one common share (no par) and one 8% fiveyear debenture bond. Price—$505 per unit. Proceeds—
For purchase of
property. Office — 635 F St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C. Underwriter—None.
Rabin-Winters Corp.
June 19, 1961 filed
000 shares

shares

are

180,000

shares of which 80,the company and 100,000
Price—By amendment. Busi¬

by

stockholders.

ness—The

manufactuer

lighter
loans

fluid

and

common

to be offered by

of

related

and

pharmaceuticals,
items.

cosmetics,

Proceeds—To

repay

for

working capital.
Office—700 N. SepulBoulevard, El Segundo, Calif.
Underwriter—H.
Hentz & Co., New York.
veda

July 25,

Properties Corp. of America
1961 filed 365,000 class A shares.

Business—A

real

estate

investment

Price—$10.

company.

Office—

1451

poses.

Roberts Lumber Co.

''

shares of which 20,000 >
company and 35,000
shares by a selling stockholder. Price—By amendment
Business—The sale of building materials. Proceeds—For
repayment of a loan and working capital. Office—2715
Market Street,Wheeling, W. Va.
Underwriter—Arthurs,"
Lestranne & Co.. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Robins

Industries Corp.

July 27, 1961 filed 100,000

(managing).
.

common

shares. Price—$2.50.;

Business—The manufacture of products in the electronic
sound and recording field. Proceeds—For repayment of a,

loan, moving expenses, research and development, tool¬
ing, advertising and working capital.
Office — 36-27
Prince

St., Flushing, N. Y. Underwriter—Carroll Co., New1

York.

Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Co., Inc. (9/12)
July 10, 1961 filed $1,500,000 of sinking fund debentures
due 1981 (with attached warrants) and 150,000 common
shares to be offered in 75,000 units, each consisting of
$20 of debentures (with an attached warrant) and two
common

shares.

construction

Price—By

and

general

amendment.

corporate

Proceeds—For

purposes.

Office—

1726

Broadway, New York. Underwriter—Stanley Heller
Co., New York City (managing).

Champa St., Denver. Underwriter—Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., New York (managing).

it Red Wing Fiberglass Products, Inc.
July 28, 1961 ("Reg. A") 260,000 common shares (par 25
cents). Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For repayment of
debt,
building improvements, equipment, research and devel¬

it Roddy Recreation Products, Inc.
•
r~
July 31, 1961
("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of debt. Office

&

opment,

and

working capital. Office—Industrial Park,
Red Wing, Minn. Underwriter—York &
Mavroulis, Min¬
neapolis.
it Redman Manufacturing & Engineering Co.
Aug. 9, 1961 filed 70,000 common shares, of which 35,000
shares are to be offered by the
company and 35,000
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
manufacture

of

moulds

used

by the plastic and
container and packaging industry. Proceeds—For
repay¬
ment of loans,
equipment, working capital and a new
plant. Office—1630 Oakland, Kansas City, Mo. Under¬
writer—Stern Brothers

&

Co., Kansas City, Mo.

(man¬

aging).
Reeves

(8/22)

16, 1961 filed $2,500,000 of convertible debentures.
Price—At par. Business—The operation of TV stations
and recording studios and the
development of real estate
properties in North Carolina. Proceeds—For
expansion,
the

repayment of loans, for working capital and other
corporate purposes. Office—304 E. 44th St., New York.
Underwriter—Laird & Co.,
Corp.,

Wilmington,

Del.

(managing).
Reher
Simmons Research
Inc.
(8/28-9/1)
May 8, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of capital stock. Price—
$6 per share. Business—The research and development
of

in the field of surface
Proceeds—For plant construction,
processes

and

.

—1526

W.

bison &

166th St., Gardena, Calif. Underwriter—Har-.
Henderson, Los Angeles.

Rodney Metals, Inc.

(9/7)

June 30, 1961 filed 140,000 common shares.
Price—$10.
Proceeds
For the repayment of debt and other .cor¬
—

porate purposes. Office—261 Fifth Ave., New York. Un¬
derwriter—Amos Treat & Co.,
Inc., New York

(manag¬

ing).
Ross

Products, Inc.
July 14, 1961 filed 200,000 common shares, of which
100,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
100,000 shares by the stockholders. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—The

importing and distributing of gen¬
merchandise.
Proceeds—For repayment of
debt,
expansion and general corporate purposes. Office—1107
Broadway, New York. Underwriters—Blair & Co. and
eral

Broadcasting & Development Corp.

June

1,400 common shares. Price—
At par ($100). Proceeds—For
royalty payments on

'li

Providence, R. I. Underwriter—Continental
Corp., Washington. D. C.

—The

Business—The manufacture of
long-playing stereophonic
and monaural phonograph records. Proceeds—For
acqui¬
sition of facilities,

A
'

31,

the

Share

Real

electronic

,•

&

(8/28)

June 7, 1961 filed 193,750 common
shares, of which 150,000 will be sold for the company and 43,750 for stock¬
holders. Price—By amendment. Business—Research and

fi

Nort

three

be offered to holders of the company's

H,

shares.; Price—$2,05.

vinyl

automotive,

Office—261
—

ance

Mt

the

warrants.

Pickwick Recreation

i't

of

Republic Aviation Corp. (8/29)
July 11, 1961 filed 214,500 outstanding common shares. ;>
Price—By amendment. Business—The manufacture of •
airplanes and ground support equipment. Proceeds—For \

Island, Inc.

common

manufacture

York.

Proceeds—For

July

common

The

it Reid Laboratories, Inc.
July 20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 capital shares. Price—
At par ($1). Proceeds—For working
capital. Office—664
Eleventh St., N. E., Atlanta 18, Ga. Underwriter—None.

plastic products
marine and household fields.
repayment of debt, new equipment and
working capital. Office —184 Woonasquatucket Avenue;
—

in

used

rants)
common

Office—545 Broad St., Bridgeport, Conn. Underwriter
—McLaughlin, Kaufmann & Co., (managing).

it Prevor-Mayersohn International, Inc.
July 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3.75. Business—Export, import, broker¬
age and wholesale marketing of fruits, vegetables and
poultry. Proceeds—For expansion, sales promotion, ad¬
vances to
growers, working capital and general corpo¬

and

biochemistry.
equipment, research
development, sales promotion and working capital.

F. L. Rossman &

"

Co., New York.

.

.

it Roval Land & Development Corp.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 2,000,000 class A common shares. Price
-—$1. Business
General real estate and construction.
.

—

Proceeds—For

construction

and

general

corporate

pur¬

Office—400 Stanley Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Under¬
writer—Lieberbaum & Co., New York (managing).
poses.

Royal School Laboratories,
June 23,

1961 filed 170,000
Business—The manufacture

Inc.

common

of

.

shares.

Price—$5.

labora¬
expansion,
general corporate purposes and working capital. Office
—Meadow & Clay Sts.,
Richmond, Va. Underwriter—•
B. N. Rubin & Co.,
Inc., New York.

tory furniture

for

schools.

special

Proceeds

—

purpose
For

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194

Number 6080

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Rudd-Melikian, Inc.

ucts.

June 16, 1961 filed 130,000 common shares.
Price—$10.
Business—The manufacture of automatic coffee
dispens-,
ers and similar items. Proceeds—For
repayment of loans,.
promotion and manufacture of a new product, working

capital

and

general

Jacksonville
&

corporate

Office —300

purposes.

Road, Hatboro, Pa.

Underwriter—Stearns

Co., New York.

—697

Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Address
Route
46, Clifton, N. J.
Underwriter—Smith,

Barney & Co., New York (managing).

S.

Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc.

(9/4)

—

The

printing

of

*

wrap

—For

automation, devices.

^Southern

Electrical

Belle

of

machinery and inventory, building con¬
struction and working capital. Office — 4793 E. 10th
Court, Hialeah, Fla.
Underwriters — Aetna Securities
Corp., New York; Roman & Johnson, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. and Guardian Securities

Business

The

purchase, inventorying and wholesale
roofing materials, sheet metal products
heating and air conditioning accessories. Proceeds—
For repayment of debt, purchase of merchandise and
operating expenses. Office — 3690 Northwest 62nd St.,
—

distribution

of

and

Corp., Levittown,

Sav-Mor Oil Corp.
(8/21-25)
July 5, 1961 ("Reg. A") 92,000 common shares (par one
cent).. Price—$2.50. Business—Wholesale distribution of

Miami, Fla. Underwriter
Inc., New York.

gasoline and oil to service stations. Proceeds—For ex¬
pansion. Office—151 Birchwood Park Dr., Jericho, L. I.,
N. Y. Underwriter—Armstrong & Co., Inc., New York.

June

Southern

advertising, public relations, additional employees,,
working capital. Office—135 W. 52nd St., New York.
Underwriter—B. G. Harris & Co., Inc., New York.

Enterprises, Inc.
Price—$2.25.
a

low mark¬

Second

June

20,

Financial, Inc.

(8/28-9/1)

filed

1961

100,000 common snares. Price—$3.
purchase of notes, mortgages, contracts,
etc., from Shell Home Builders. Proceeds—For invest¬
ment.
Office—2740 Apple Valley Road, N. E., Atlanta,

Business

Ga.

—

common

$400,000 of 7%% 10-year debenture bonds, to
consisting of $100 of debentures and
25 shares of stock. Price—$200 per unit. Business—The
purchase of conditional sales contracts on home appli¬

writer—None.

Semicon,

For working capital and expansion
St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Under¬
V;1"--''
;i..

shares.

common

Price

Business—The develop¬

unimproved land in Florida. Proceeds—For the
repayment of debt, the development of property, work¬
ing capital and other corporate purposes. Office—1674
Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, Fla.
Underwriters —
York

&

City

Co., and Lee Higginson Corp., both of New
(managing).

/ Southwestern Growth Fund, Inc.
July 21, 1961 filed 200,000 common shares. Price—At net
asset value plus 8J/2% sales commission.
Business — A
fund.

Proceeds—For

investment.

Inc.

v

Inc.

(managing). Offering—Expected in late Aug.

shares held, with the

unsubscribed shares to be sold to
public. Price—To stockholders, $100 per share;, to
public, $110 per share. Business—Manufacturers of
Pharmaceuticals. Proceeds
For testing new products,
inventories; marketing and general corporate purposes.
the

the

—

September.

Office—10

Pine

St., Morristown, N. J. Underwriter—E.

Star
June

ment, and exploration of mining properties. Proceeds—
For general corporate purposes. Office — 1406 Walker

due

1

Shelley Urethane Industries, Inc. (8/18)
May 24, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock. PriceTo be supplied by amendment. Business—The manufac¬

units, each unit consisting of $50 of debentures and 20
shares.
Price—$100 per unit.
Business—The

common

construction and sale of shell homes.

ment ot branch sales

Proceeds—For

re¬

subsidiary, establish¬
offices and working capital. Office

advances

to

a

distribution of urethane foam
Proceeds — For expansion, new
equipment/repayment of debt, and working capital. Of¬
fice—4542 East Dunham St., City of Commerce, Calif.
Underwriter

82,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 43,200 shares by stockholders.
Business—The distribution

converting
to

(managing).
name

to

and
industry.

—

Garat

&

Note—This

Urethane

Polonitza,
company

Industries

Inc.,

plans

Los

to

International

Angeles

change

its

Inc.

75,000 shares of
common
stock (par one cent).
Price — $4 per share.
Business—The manufacture of high altitude breathing
and ventilation equipment. Proceeds—For repayment of
loans; new equipment, research and development, plant
improvement, purchase of inventory, advertising and
capital.

Office

—

787

Bruckner

Boulevard.

Bronx, N. Y. Underwriters—L. C. Wegard & Co., 28 West
State St., Trenton, N. J. (managing); L. J. Termo & Co.,
Inc., New York and Copley & Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
Shulton, Inc.
July 21, 1961 filed 50,000

50,000 class B
Business—The
manufacture of toiletries and household chemical prod¬
common

shares.

class A and
Price—By amendment.




E.

Salisbury Street, Raleigh, N. C.

Liederman

&

Co.,

New

Inc.,

Underwriter—
York (managing).

Sterling Electronics, Inc.
July 24, 1961 filed 125,200 common

of

electronic

parts

and equipment.

shares,

re¬

Fuller

&

are

to

be

common

offered

by

the

.

•

.

.

Stratoflex, Inc. (8/15)
June 8, 1961 filed 120,000 common shares. Price — By
amendment. Business
The manufacture of hydraulic
—

*

on

Proceeds—For

Office—South

Vt.

Under¬

Strouse, Inc.
June 27, 1961 filed $600,000 of 6% convertible subordi¬
debentures due 1981. Price—At par. Proceeds—

For plant expansion, working
capital and other corpo-:
rate purposes. Office — Basin and
Cherry Sts., Norristown, Pa. Underwriter—H. A. Riecke & Co., Philadel¬

phia

(managing).

Sun

Valley Associates

t

March 30, 1961 (letter of
notification) $205,000 of lim¬
ited partnership interests to be offered in units of

$5,000,

or

fractional units of not less than
$2,500.

working capital.

Address

Proceeds—For

Hariingen, Texas. Under¬
writer—Nat Berger Associates,
Inc., New York City.
—

Supronics Corp. (8/28-9/1)
May 29, 1961 filed 90,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The com¬
pany is engaged in the distribution of wholesale elec¬
trical equipment and supplies.
Proceeds — For the re¬
of

payment

bank

loans

and

other

corporate

purposes.

Office—224

Washington St., Perth Amboy, N. J. Under¬
Treat & Co., Inc., and Standard Secu¬
rities
Corp., both of New York City and BrunoLenchner, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
writers—Amos

Surfside Marina, Inc. '
July 19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common shares (par $1).
Price—$5. Proceeds—For the construction and operation
of

a
boating and fishing resort. Office—616 Broad St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn. Underwriter — Branum Investment
Co., Inc., Nashville, Tenn.

Paper Corp.
filed 150,000

29, 1961
35,000 shares

115,000

are

shares by

be

to

the

common

offered

by

stockholders.

shares, of which
the company and

Price—By amend¬
products.

ment. Business—The production of tissue
paper

general

corporate

Office—205

purposes.

E. 42nd St., New York. Underwriter—Blair &
Co., Inc.,,
New York (managing). Offering—Expected in late Aug.

'

Swingline Inc.

„

,irl

-

June 14, 1961 filed 200,000 outstanding class A common
shares. Price—By amendment. Business—The manufac¬
ture of stapling machines. Proceeds
stockholders.'Office—32-00 Skillman

For the selling
Ave., Long Island
City, New York. Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson
& Curtis, New York (managing). Offering—Expected in
—

late September.

T.

F.

H.

Publications, Inc.
1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 common shares (par
Price—$5. Business—The publishing of books,
pamphlets and magazines. Proceeds—For repayment of
June

22,

loans, production of new garden books, installation of
air-conditioning and working capital. Office—245-247
Cornelison Ave., Jersey City, N. J. Underwriter—Arnold
Malkan & Co., Inc., New York.
•

T-Bowl

International, Inc. (8/22)
1961 filed 400,000 common shares, of which
325,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
75,000 shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—The operation of bowling centers. Proceeds—
For expansion. Office—27 B Boulevard, East Paterson,

June

15,

N. J. Underwriter—Peter Morgan
•

T.

& Co., New York.

V.

Development Corp. (8/28)
May 26, 1961 filed 100,000 shares ui common stock. Price
—$5 per share. Business—The manufacture and sale of
replacement knobs for television sets. Proceeds—For the
repayment of debt, the expansion of product lines and
working capital. Office—469 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola,
N. Y.
Underwriters
Kesselman & Co., and Brand,
Taddeo

Seigel, Inc., New York (managing).
Bowling & Leasing Corp.

(8/14-18)
subordi¬

March 31, 1961 filed $600,000 of 8% convertible
nated debentures due 1971, 125,000 shares of
stock

common

and

50,000 class A warrants to purchase common
stock to be offered for public sale in units consisting of
$240 of debentures, 50 common shares and 20 warrants.
Price
$640 per unit. Business — The construction of
—

bowling centers. Proceeds—For construction and work¬
ing capital. Office—873 Merchants Road, Rochester, N Y.

Underwriter—Lomasney, Loving & Co., New York City
(managing).
Taft

Broadcasting Co.

May 26,
mon

1961 filed 376,369 outstanding shares of com¬
to be offered for public sale by the present
Price—To be supplied by amendment,

stock

holders

thereof.

Business—The operation
stations.
—1906

ing.)
•

of TV and radio broadcasting
Office

Proceeds—For the selling stockholders.

Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.

—Harriman

shares of which 20,000
company
and 92,300
shares by the stockholders. Price—By amendment. Busi¬
ness—The design, lithographing and stamping of metal
caps or closures for containers. Proceeds—For .working
capital. Office—316 W. 16th St., Erie, Pa. Underwriters—
Fulton, Reid & Co., Inc., Cleveland and Walston & Co.,
Inc., New York (managing).r
shares

Vermont.

resort

nated

which

Office—1616 Mc-

Houston, Texas. Underwriter—S. D.
Co., New York (managing).

Kinley,

Sterling Seal Co.
Aug. 2, 1961 filed 112,300

of

Proceeds—For

payment of loans and working capital.

•
Shepard Airtronccs, Inc. (8/14)
April 26, 1961 (letter of notification)

working

D.

recreational

Londonderry,
writer—Cooley & Co., Hartford, Conn.

Homes, Inc.

28, 1961 filed $500,000 7% subordinated debentures
and 200,000 common shares to be offered in

—336 S.

ture,

construction.

Grumet &

1971

payment of loans,

summer

—

T. Andrews & Co., Hartford, Conn.

(10/2)

April 24, 1961 filed 500,000 shares oi common stock.
Price—$2.50 per share. Business—Acquisition, develop¬

products

winter and

a

10 cents).

Spencer Laboratories, Inc. (8/14)
May 1, 1961 (letter of notification) 1,624 shares of class
A common stock (no par) to be offered for subscription '
by stockholders on the basis of four shares for each five

30, 1961 filed 125,000 class A common shares. Price
—By amendment. Business—The manufacture of semi¬
conductor devices for military, industrial and commercial
use.
Proceeds—For equipment, plant expansion and new
products. Address—Sweetwater Avenue, Bedford, Mass.
Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York (managing).

Bank Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. Underwriter—None.

of

Stratton Mountain in southern

Office—402

•

.

Shasta Minerals & Chemical Co.

of principal amount

ment of

New York

June

•

—At 100%

—

—

Offering—In early

eration

Swanee

(par 10
cents). Price—$4.50. Business—The design, development
and manufacture of electronic systems, instruments and
equipment, including microwave, radar and underwater
communication devices. Proceeds
For purchase of
equipment, plant expansion, patent development and
general corporate purposes. Office—812 Ainsley Bldg.,
Miami, Fla. Underwriter—Hampstead Investing Corp.,

be offered in units

9th

Underwriter—Capital Securities Corp.,

June 9, 1961 filed 83,750 class A common shares

litock and

Proceeds

debentures, due Dec. 1, 1981. Price—At 100% of
principal amount. Business—The development and op-

Proceeds—For

Spectron,

Underwriter—Globus, Inc., New York.

Office—724

Pro¬

Building,

University Towers, El Paso, Texas. Underwriter—None.

•

ances.

company.

convertible subordi¬

nated

debentures and warrants for five

mutual

The

Security Acceptance Corp. • (8/30)
March 7, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of class A

investment

Office—Poinsett Hotel

Corp.

June

Hirsch

Proceeds—For new stores, inventory, and working
capital. Address—East Windsor, Conn. Underwriter—•
Willis E. Burnside & Co., Inc., New York.
•
'
up.

•

Stratton

March 3, 1961 filed $650,000 of 5%

Realty & Utilities Corp. (8/30)
May 26, 1961 filed $3,140,000 of 6% convertible deben¬
tures due 1976, with warrants to purchase 31,400 common
shares, to be offered for public sale in units of $500 of

and

Business—The retail sale of merchandise at

business

Southern

sales¬

July 21, 1961 filed 175,000 common shares.

small

Greenville, S. C.
Greenville, S. C.

men,

Scot's Discount

•

Industries, Inc.
filed 100,000 common shares./ Price—$6.

ceeds—For investment.

merchandising in New York City. Retail establishments
who join tile plan will give 3% discounts to members
to

Netherlands Securities Co.,

Growth

1961

28,

Business—A

'

salaries

—

.

Save-Tax Club, Inc.
July 6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$2. Business—A plan to stimulate retail

Club. Proceeds—For

Corp., Miami, Fla.

it Southern Diversified Industries, Inc.
Aug. 8, 1961 filed 250,000 common shares. Price—$5.50.

New York.

Save-Tax

Industries, Inc. ,-T.

July 25, 1961
("Reg. A") 50,000 common shares (par
10 cents),, Price—$4. Proceeds—For
repayment of loans,
purchase

and handbag frames. Proceeds—For purchase of
machinery and equipment, working capital and general
corporate purposes. Office—413 Thatford Ave., Brooklyn,

the

Worth. Tex. Underwriter—First Southwest Co- Dallas.

.

purses

of

Proceeds

140 N. W. 16th St., Boca Raton, Fla. Underwriter—J. I.
Magaril Co., Inc., New York.

Inc.

it Salvo Manufacturing Corp.
Aug. 2, 1961 ("Reg. A") 72,000 common shares (par 10
cents).
Prise—$3.50. Business—Manufacture of metal

Underwriter—I. R. E. Investors

controlled

the

repayment of debt, purchase of additional
equipment and inventory, and working capital. Office—

equipment and working capital. Address—120 TwentyFifth Ave.,; Bellwood, 111.-Underwriters—Stifel,
Nicolaus & Co., St. Louis and Walston & Co., New York.

N. Y.

boys'

Hammill & Co., New York (managing).

electronically

Proceeds,—For

papers.

and

loans, equip¬

Sjostrom Automations, Inc. (9/18-22)
1961 filed 70,000 class A common shares. Price
—$4. Business — The design, manufacture and sale of

Price—By amendment. Business

gift

and pneumatic type hose,
primarily for the aircraft and
industries.
Proceeds—For repayment ot loans,
and working capital. Address — P. O. Box
missile

•

June 19, 1961 filed 113,600 common shares of which
40,000 shares are to be offered by the
company and 73,600
shares by stockholders.

For repayment of

June 28,

ment, advertising, research and development,
capital and other corporate purposes. Office—602 W.
52nd St., New York. Underwriter —
William, David &
Motti, Inc., New York.

Specialty Manufacturing Co.,

—

working capital and other corporate purposes.
Office—230 Fifth Ave., New York. Underwriter—Shear-

son,

equip¬
working

Clair

The manufacture of men's

—

ment,

shares. Price—$40 per unit. Business—The manufactur¬
ing, renting and distributing of motion picture and tele¬
vision production equipment. Proceeds—For new

St.

Business

sportswear. Proceeds

i'

...

10398, Fort

Siegel (Henry I.) Co., Inc.
July 27, 1961 filed 270,000 class A shares (par $1), of
which 135,000 shares are to be offered
by the company
and 135,000 shares by stockholders.
Price—By amend¬
ment.

O.

S.

June 29, 1961 filed $50,000 of 6% subordinated deben¬
tures due 1969 and 50,000 common shares to be offered
in units consisting of $10 of debentures and 10 common

43

(623)

Underwriter

Ripley & Co., Inc., New York City (manag¬

Offering—Temporarily

postponed.

Inc. (8/14)
Feb. 15, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of class A stock. Price
—$12 per share. Business—The company was organized
Tassette,

under

Delaware law in 1959

to finance the exploitation

patented feminine hygiene aid.
Proceeds—For advertising and promotion, market devel¬
and sale of

"Tassette,"

a

opment, medical research and administrative
Office—170 Atlantic

expenses.

St., Stamford, Conn.. UnderwriterContinued

on

page

44

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of the issuing company and

Continued from page 43
Treat

1,171,004 shares, represent¬
ing outstanding stock, are to be offered for the account
holders thereof. Price—For the company's

&

Co., Inc., New York City (managing);
Bruno-Lenchner, Inc., Pittsburgh; and Karen Securities
Corp., New York City.
.
Amos

Tastee Freez

Industries, Inc.

Tax-Exempt Public Bond Trust Fund, Series 2
Feb. 23,

Price—To be filed by

—The fund will invest in

counties, municipalities and territories of the
U. S., and political subdivisions thereof which are be¬
lieved to be exempted from Federal income taxes. Pro¬
states,

ceeds

For

—

Office

investment.

Street, Chicago.

—

South

135

Sponsor—John Nuveen & Co., Chicago.

ment

houses

Business

Proceeds

—

—

A

small

—

June

Textilfoam,

in

Newark, East Orange and Jersey City,
general corporate purposes. Office
—420 Lexington Ave., New York City. Underwriter—
Nat Berger Associates, Inc., New York.

—

—

TV

Materiel

Dempsey-

Fenimore

Rd., Mamaroneck, N.
writer—Kidder. Peabody & Co.. New York.

Tresco, Inc. (8/39)
5, 1961 filed 100,000

June

common shares.
Price—$5.
Business—Manufactures transformers for electronic

Proceeds—For the repayment of debt, re¬
development, to finance a new subsidiary
and for other corporate purposes. Office—3824 Terrance
St., Philadelphia. Underwriter—Amos Treat & Co., New

equipment.
search

expansion, working capital and general

corporate purposes. Office—200 Fair St., Palisades Park,
N. J.

York

Underwriters—Flomenhaft, Seidler & Co., Inc., and
New York (managing).

Street & Co., Inc.,
Theil

Y. Under¬

24,

1961

five cents).

1961

Business—The

*

(managing).

Displays, Inc.
("Reg. A") 260,000 common shares (par
Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—1221 Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis. Underwriter
—Naftalin & Co., Minneapolis.
July

Publication, Inc.

25,

and

ic Tri-State

filed 110,000 common shares. Price—$3.
writing and producing of technical ma¬
terial for industry and Department of Defense. Proceeds
—For repayment of loans, working capital and general
corporate purposes. Office—1200 Hempstead Turnpike,
Franklin Sq., L. I., N. Y. Underwriter-^-None.
July

•

Techno-Vending Corp. (8/18)
June 9, 1961 ("Reg. A")I00,000 class A common shares
(par one cent). Price—$3. Business—The manufacture
of coin-operated vending machines.
Proceeds—For re¬
payment of loans; sales promotion and advertising; ex¬

Office—460 North Avenue,
Underwriter—Adams & Peck, New

Rochelle, N. Y.

'York.

Inc.

Proceeds—For

30, 1961 filed 50,000 outstanding common shares.
By amendment. Business — The design, manu¬
facture and sale of components for high frequency radio
communications. Proceeds—For the selling stockholder.
—

Office—700

Proceeds—For expansion, repayment of

working capital.

shares by the stockholders. Price—By amendment. Busi¬
—
The lamination of a synthetic foam to fabrics.

(8/16)

Corp.

Business—The

June 23, 1961 filed 130,000 common shares of which 100,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 30,000

June

Price

and

New

Electronics, Inc. (8/28-9/1)
140,000 common shares. Price—By
manufacture of specialized

1961 filed

equipment.

debt

104 E.

ness

Technical

29,

amendment.

investment

business

For investment. Office

Eighth St., Georgetown, Tex. Underwriter
Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Proceeds—For

J.

26, 1961 filed 185,000 common shares of which
75,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
110,000 shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—A holding company with subsidiaries in the
savings and loan, real estate and insurance fields. Pro¬
ceeds
For repayment of loans and working capital.
Office—9460 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Underwriter
—William R. Staats & Co., Los Angeles (managing).
Transvision

company.

ship will acquire all the outstanding stock of five apart¬
N.

Trans-World Financial Co.
June

Texas

amendment.

June, 12, 1961 filed $2,420,000 of limited partnership in¬
terests. Price—$10,000 per unit. Business—The partner¬

15, 1961

Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Underwriter—Continental
Securities Corp., 627 Continental Bank Building, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
v

Capital Corp. (8/24)
June 16, 1961 filed 1,000,000 common shares. Price—By

Taylor-Country Estate Associates

Investment Co.

(letter of notification) 120,000 shares of
common
stock (par $1).
Price—$2.50 per share. Pro¬
ceeds—For advances to subsidiaries. Office—278 S. Main
March

—

•

Co., New York (managing).

Transcontinental

None.

Salle

La

products and other corporate purposes.
St., Stamford, Conn. Underwriter

new

Prospect

—F. L. Rossman &

^ Texam Oil Corp. '
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 240,000 capital shares (par $1).
Price—$1.25. Proceeds—For repayment of loans, gen¬
eral expenses and purchase of additional leases. Office
235 S. County Rd., Palm Beach, Fla.
Underwriter —

(100,000 units) ownership
amendment. Business
interest bearing obligations of

1961 filed $10,000,000

certificates.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

Office—65

shares, to be related to A.S.E. prices at time of the
offering. For the stockholders' shares, the price will be
supplied by amendment. Business — The company, for¬
merly Sentry Corp., is primarily a general contractor for
heavy construction projects. Proceeds—The proceeds of
the first 12,000 shares will go to Netherlands Trading Co.
The balance of the proceeds will be used to pay past
due legal and accounting bills, to reduce current indebt¬
edness, and for working capital. Office—11-11 34th Ave.,
Long Island City, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter — (For the
company's shares only) Greenfield- & Co., Inc.. New
York City.

12, 1961 filed 350,000 common shares, of which
200,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
150,000 shares by a stockholder. Price—By'amendment.
Business—The franchising and supplying of stores with
a soft ice
cream product and selected food items. Pro¬
ceeds—For acquisition of properties and working capi¬
tal. Office—2518
W. Montrose Ave., Chicago. Under¬
writer—Bear Stearns & Co., New York (managing).

.

equipment,

of the present

July

.

(8/14-18)

Triangle Instrument Co.
'March 30,

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock, (par one cent). Price.—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness
The manufacture of precision instruments and
components. Proceeds—For equipment, inventory, the
repayment of debt, and working capital. . Office—Oak
Drive and Cedar Place, Syosset, L. I., N. Y. Underwrite*
—Armstrong & Co., Inc., New York City.
1961

—

pansion; purchase of raw materials; research and devel¬
opment, and working capital. Office—599 Tenth Avenue,
New York.
Underwriter—International Services Corp.,

July 27,

Paterson, N. J.

flexible

Telecredit, Inc.

processing systems.
Proceeds—For organizational ex¬
establishment of service centers and reserves.
Office—100 W. 10th Street, Wilmington, Del.
Under¬
penses,

writer—Globus, Inc., New York (managing).
Telephones, Inc.
26, 1961 filed 250,000 common shares, of which
200,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
holding company with eight telephone sub¬

Business—A

Office—135

So.

La

Salle

St., Chicago. Under-/
writers—Hayden, Stone & Co., New York and McCormick & Co., Chicago.
TelePrompTer Corp. (8/16)
July 6, 1961 filed $5,000,000 of convertible subordinated,
debentures due 1976. Price—By amendment. Business—
The manufacture of communication systems and equip¬
ment. Proceeds—For repayment of loans and working
capital. Office—50 W. 44th St., New York. Underwriter
—Bear, Stearns & Co., New York (managing).

^■Televiso Corp.
Aug. 8, 1961 filed 97,400

shares, of which 60,000
company and
37,400
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
shares

to

are

be

common

offered

—The manufacture of

by

the

electronic and electro-mechanical

apparatus used as ground to air aids to aircraft naviga¬
tion. Proceeds—For repayment of loans, purchase of a
plant and working capital.
Office — Wheeling & Ex¬
change, Roads, Wheeling, 111. Underwriter—Kalman

Co., St. Paul (managing).

and

metal

parts

manufacturers.

Proceeds—For

working capital and general corporate purposes. Office—
Y. Underwriter—Levien,
;

701 Atkins Ave., Brooklyn 8, N.
Greenwald & Co., New York.

Templeton

Damroth Corp.

March

30, 1961 filed $445,000 of 5%% convertible de¬
bentures, due 1969.
Price — 100% of the principal
amount.

Business

—

The

management

and

distribution

of shares of four investment companies, and also private
investment counselling. Proceeds—To increase the sales
efforts

of

subsidiaries,

to establish

a

new

finance

com¬

and for general corporate purposes.
Office—630
Third Avenue, New York City. Underwriter—Hecker &

Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Offering—Expected in late Aug.

Investors,

Inc.

May 16, 1961 filed 500.000 shares ol

common

stock to be

publicly offered, and 4,206 common shares to be offered
to holders of the outstanding common on the basis of
one

new

share for each nine shares held.

Prices—$12.50
per share for the public offering and $11.40 per share
for the rights offering.. Business—A small business in¬
vestment company. Proceeds — To finance the com¬
pany's activities of providing equity capital and long
term

loans

to small business concerns. Office—Life

and

Casualty Tower, Nashville, Tenn. Underwriter—Paine,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York City (managing).
Terry

Industries,

Inc.

Feb. 28, 1961 filed 1,728,337 shares of
common stock of
which 557,333 shares are to be offered for
the account




150,000

common

shares

(par
a

a

Tri

Thermo-Chem
June

be

Corp. *

14, 1961 filed 130,000

common

shares. Price—$4.50.

Thermotronics Corp., Inc.
July 10, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—Research and development

and

devices, principally an elec¬
Proceeds—For raw materials, plant

New

Office—30

N.

LaSalle

wholesale

stores.

Turf &

'

*.

of

food

Proceeds—For repayment

products

Union

of debt and

June

Water

Office— 121
Miller Securities

of loans and inventory.
*—

Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
Tinsley Laboratories, Inc.
29, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares (par
16% cents). Price—$3.
Proceeds—For repayment of
loans, purchase of equipment and working capital. Of¬
fice—2448
Sixth
St., Berkeley, Calif. Underwriter—
Troster, Singer & Co., New York.
• •
<
June

Tor Education,

Inc.

100,000 capital shares. Price — By
amendment. Business—The production of self instruc¬
tional courses and devices. Proceeds—For purchase of

July 28, 1961 filed

Paddock,

Inc.

'rV.'Y-

\

Leagues,

Inc.

28, 1961 filed $700,000 of 7% subordinated sinking
1976 (with attached warrants) and

140,000 common shares to be offered in units consisting
80 common shares and $400 of debentures.
Price—•

of

Electronics, Inc.

St., Tampa; Underwriter

62Y2 cents per

fund debentures due

unit. Business—The operation of bowling cen¬
of debt, acquisition of a
warehouse and working capital. Office—11459 E. Impe¬
$800

July 20, 1961 ("Reg. A") 41,500 class A common shares
(par $2.50) and 83,000 class A common shares (par $1)
to be offered in units consisting of one class A and two
class B common shares. Price—By amendment. Proceeds
S.

—r

^ Union Finance Corp. 1
July 24, 1961 ("Reg. A") 14,000 class A common shares
(par $1). Price—$10.50. Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—505 Twiggs St., Tampa, Fla Underwriter—None.

corporate purposes. Office—Church & Hender¬
son
Rds., King of Prussia, Pa. Underwriter—Kidder,
Peabody & Co., New York (managing).

—For repayment

(par 25 cents). Price

Co., Inc., Washington, D. C.

general

Thurow

Y

26, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
one
cent). Price—$3. Proceeds—For working capital.Office—One State St., Boston. Underwriter—Shawe &

Co., Inc., Newark, N. J.,

distribution

.

June

Thriftway Foods, Inc.
July 13, 1961 filed 140,000 common shares, of which
66,915 shares are to be offered by the company and
73,085 shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
retail

•.

L(letter of notification) 400,000 Shares of

gines, and related activities. Proceeds—For research and
development, and working capital.; Office—1346 Con¬
necticut Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriter—■}
T. J. McDonald & Co., Washington, D. C.

breeding of thoroughbred race horses.
purchase land, build a stable, and buy
additional horses. 'Office—8000 Biscayne Blvd., Miami,

to

A;/

Turbodyne Corp.
.
a
May 10, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common, stock. Price.
—$2 per share. Business
The research; development,,
manufacturing and marketing of space and rocket en-<

The

Business—The

YorkY;-*-;

Bldg., Seattle, Wash. Underwriter-^H;„P. Pratt &
Co., Inc.. Seattle, Wash.
, V
;v v

Proceeds—To

City.

company.

rities

St.,

Thoroughbred Enterprises; Inc. (8/21)
June 2, 1961 filed 85,000 common shares.
Price—$4.

Underwriter—Sandkuhl &

York.

common-stock

plus. Office—457 Starks Bldg., Louisville. Underwriter—
Stein Bros. & Boyce, Louisville.

Fla.

.Price—$6.^

share. Proceeds—For mining expenses; Of fice^r-511Secu->

★ Thomas Jefferson Insurance Co.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 63,750 common shares (par
$1). Price—$4.70. Proceeds—To increase capital and sur¬

and New York

t

industrial finance

working capital.- Office-yl 107, Broadway,
Underwriter—Trinity Securities Corp., 40

April 7, 1961

,

Chicago. Underwriter—None.

—

and

Tungsten Mountain Mining. Coj
.

investment.

consumer

Exchange Place, New

30 North La Salle Street Realty Fund
July 3, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of beneficial interests..
Price—$5. Business—A real estate investment company.

Proceeds—For

1961 filed 250,000^ common. shares.

Proceeds—For

^

.

19,

Business—A

Underwriter—J. B. Coburn Associates,
..

etc;'" It also engages in

Trinity Funding Corp;-:(8/21:-25jn^
June

electrical

equipment, advertising research and development
working capital. Office—27 Jericho Turnpike, Mine-

ola, L. I., N. Y.
Inc., New York.

by the stockholders. Price—At the market.
designing, cconverting and equipping

—The

and manufacture of vacuum furn¬
aces, ovens and components in the fabrication of metal
equipment for the food; pharmaceutical and chemical
industries. Proceeds—For the selling stockholders. Of-,
fice—Bennard & Warrington Sts., East Riverton, N. J.t
Underwriters—R. L. Scheinman & Co., New York and
Blaha & Co., Inc., Long Island City/N. Y.'v*

loan, and purchase equipment, for re¬
development, administrative expenses and
—
Noeland Ave., Penndel, Pa.
Underwriter—Best & Garey Co.. Inc., Washington, D. C.

and

Inc*

the research, design

and

tronic water heater.

Works,

trucks used in sale of ice cream;

working capital. Office

of electronic and

offered

Business

Business—The manufacture of coatings for fabrics. Pro¬
search

Metal

,J[une 29, 1961 filed 68,000 outstanding common shares to

Trenton, N. J. Underwriter—D. L. Capas Co., New York.

pany,

Tennessee

("Reg. A")

Price—$2. Business—The manufacture of
heating tape. Proceeds—For construction of

research and development, ^ales. engineering
working capital.
Office — 500 Edgewood Avenue,

and

Business

Templet Industries Inc.
June 2, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 25
cents).
Price—$3.
Business—Licenses patents to diemakers

1961

cents).

ceeds—To repay a

July

50,000

10

Corp.

machine,

July 24, 1961 filed 155,000 common shares.
Price—$1.
Business—The development of high-speed electronic data

sidiaries.

Industries

Thermionix

ters.

rial
_

per

Proceeds—For repayment

Highway,

Henderson &

United

Norwalk,

Calif.

Underwriter

—

Holton,

Co., Los Angeles.

Investors

Corp.

(8/28-9/1)-

»

May 26, 1961 filed 76,109 shares of class A stock. Price
—$10 per share. Business—The company plans to ac¬

quire 15 realty properties in eight states. Proceeds—Fo^
the repayment of debt, property acquisitions, and work¬
ing capital.

Office—60 E. 42nd Street, New York City.

Underwriter—None.

* U. S. Dielectric Inc.

-

w,:,. iv. :>;:)/

July 24, 1961 ("Reg. A")99,990 commdn shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—The manufacture and dis¬
tribution
TTnp

of

epoxy-resins

rQnn.rmont

<->-P

for. potting uses.

Proceeds—

"H^UPlrtrmPnt.

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Volume

moving
Adams

194

Number 6080

.

.

.

expenses and working
capital. Office
140
St., Leominster, Mass. Underwriter
Richard
Co., Inc., New York.
—

—

Bruce &

U. S.

•

Fiberglass Products Co. (8/14)
April 27, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stobk.
Price—$2 per share. Business—The company plans to
manufacture fiberglass shingles,
beams, purlin and other
materials.
and

Proceeds

—

equipment, and

For

working

sales

capital,

promotion.

inventory

Office

Clark-

—

ville, Texas. Underwriter—Hauser, Murdock, Rippey &
Co., Dallas, Texas.
U.

S.

Home

&

Development Corp. (8/17)
May 11, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of class A capital stock.
Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business
The
planning, development and marketing of single-family—

home communities in New Jersey. Proceeds—For the
repayment of loans, purchase of land and development
of properties. Office — 52 Neil
Ave., Lakewood, N. J.

Underwriter—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Washing¬
ton, D. C., and New York City.
•

>

,

.

U. S.

Markets, Inc.
July 31, 1961 filed 200,000
000 shares

shares

shares, of which 160,by the company and 40,000
stockholder. Price—$5. Business—The op¬
chain of supermarkets and other retail food

by

a

eration of

a

common

to be offered

are

stores in the San Francisco
of

ment

area.

Proceeds—For repay¬

loans,

working capital and general corporate
Office—60 Fallon Street, Oakland, Calif. Un¬
derwriter—Stanley Heller & Co., New York.

purposes.

U.

S.

Plastic &

Chemical Corp.

July 11, 1961 filed 125,000

common

(8/28-9/1)

shares. Price

—

By

amendment. Business—The manufacture of plastic mate¬
rials for use by the button and novelty industries. Pro¬
ceeds—For the repayment of debt,

expansion, and work¬
ing capital.
Office — Metuchen, N. J.
Underwriter—
Adams & Peck, New York.
..

'.

Fund, Inc.

investment.'Office—20. W. 9th Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Underwriter^-Waddell • & Reed, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Offering—Expected in early November.
,,
.

^ Universal Electronics, Inc.
// ; ■
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 213,000 common shares (par
10 cents). Price^$l;,i5i. :O^ffice-r-402 Minnesota
Bldg., St.
Paul;
•

Underwfiter^Br.ap'dtjeh?
Bayliss, St. Paul.
Universal Health,;Inc...V
("Rbg. A")/100,000

common

Fiber

shares. Price

Glass

Corp.
18, 1961 filed 275,000 outstanding common shares
sold by stockholders. Price—$10. Business—The
manufacture of fiber glass reinforced plastic. Proceeds
•—For the selling stockholders. Address—Commonwealth
June

to

be

Ave., Bristol, Va. Underwriter—A. G. Edwards & Sons,
St. Louis (managing).
Universal

Publishing & Distributing Corp.
28, 1961 filed 50,000 6% cumulative preferred shares
(par $10) and 50,000 common shares to be offered in
units, each consisting of one preferred share and one
common share.
Price—$15 per unit. Business—The pub¬

June

lishing of magazines and

paper

bound books.

Proceeds—

For

expansion, additional personnel, sales promotion,
working capital and other corporate purposes. Office—•
117 E. 31st

Street, N. Y. Underwriter—Allen & Co., New

York.

Inc.

Aug. 1, 1961 filed 200,000 common shares, of which 100,000 will be offered for public sale and 100,000 to stock¬
holders of Houston Fearless Corp., parent company, on
the basis of

one

share for each 30 shares held of record

Sept. 1. Business

— The
sale of medicine, surgical and
laboratory equipment manufactured by others. Proceeds
—For the repayment of debt. Office — 9107 Wilshire
Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Underwriter — DempseyTegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.

Upjohn Co.
July 28, 1961 filed 633,400
amendment.

Business—The

common shares.
manufacture of

Price

—

By

drugs. Pro¬
ceeds—For the selling stockholders. Office—7000 Port¬
Rd., Kalamazoo, Mich. Underwriter—Morgan Stanley
Co., New York (managing).

age

27,

1961

amendment.
bank loans

filed 400,000 common shares. Price—By

Proceeds

—

For

expansion, repayment of
Office — 950 56th St.,

and working capital.

Oakland, Calif. Underwriter—Wilson, Johnson & Higgins, San Francisco (managing).
;

—$4 per share.

high

Business—The manufacture of industrial

systems

vacuum

and

equipment.

Proceeds

—

For

the repayment of

debt, plant expansion, equipment, sales
promotion and working capital. Office—Northport, N. Y.
Underwriter
Stanley R. Ketcham & Co.",1 New York.
Offering—Expected in late August.
—

if Vending International, Inc.
July 27, 1961 ("Reg. A") 70,588
10 cents). Price—$4.24. Proceeds

C.

Underwriter—H.

P.

Black

common

&

Co., Inc., Washing¬

ton, D. C.
•

Valley Title & Trust Co.

June

.

filed 120,000 common shares. Price—$5.
Business—The writipg and selling of title insurance and
the acting as trustee-and escrow agent. Proceeds—For
working capital, reserves and other corporate purposes.
13,

Vic

Tanny Enterprises, Inc. (9/5)
11, 1961 filed 320,000 shares of class A common
(par 10 cents) of which 120,000 shares will be of¬
fered for the account of the company and 200,000 shares
by the present holder thereof. Price—To be supplied by
amendment. Business—The operation of a national chain
of gymnasiums and health centers for men and women.

May

stock

1961

City.
Vinco

Corp. (8/14)
19, 1961 filed $2,000,000 of 6%

convertible subor¬
of princi¬
pal amount. Business—The production of gauges and
measuring instruments and the manufacture of precision
parts and subassemblies for the aircraft, missile and
industries.

Price—At 100%

Proceeds—For the repayment of

debt,
expansion, working capital and reserves for possible fu¬
ture acquisitions.
Office—9111 Schaefer Highway, De¬

Price—$11.

company.

Pro¬

New York

* Watson Electronics & Engineering Co., Inc.
July 25, 1961^ ("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par
10
cents). Price — $4. Proceeds—For manufacturing,
laboratory and office facilities, equipment and working
capital. Office—2603 S. Oxford St., Arlington, Va. Un¬

derwriter—Hodgdon & Co., Inc., Washington, D. C.
Wesco industries, Inc.
July 19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 80,000 common shares. Price—
$3. Business—The manufacture of pumps, mist coolant
general tanks and machine component parts for the mis¬

ment,

Proceeds—For moving expenses, equip¬
and development, and working capital.
Burbank, Calif. Underwriter — First Madison

research

Office

—

Corp., New York.
West Coast Bowling Corp. (8/30)
May 26, 1961 filed 128,434 shares of common stock, of
which 115,000 shares are to be offered for
public sale
by the company and 13,434 outstanding shares by the
present holders thereof. Price—$9.75 per share. Busi¬
ness—The company plans to acquire and
operate
centers primarily in California.
Proceeds—For

corporate

purposes.

Office—3300

West

bowling
general

Olive

Avenue,
Burbank, Calif. Underwriter—Hill Richards & Co. Inc.,
Los Angeles (managine).
Western

Factors,

Inc.
700,000 shares of

common

stock. Price

share. Proceeds—To be used principally for
the purchase of additional accounts receivable and also
may be used to liquidate current and long-term liabil¬
per

ities.

Office
1201 Continental Bank Bldg., Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Business—Factoring.
Underwriter—Elmer
K. Aagaard, Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake
City, Utah.
—

Western Union

July 12,
for

fered

Telegraph Co. (9/8)
1961 filed 1,075,791 common shares to be of¬
subscription by stockholders on the basis of

troit, Mich. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York

share for each six shares held of record
Sept.
8, 1961. Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For repayment
of loans and ^expansion.
Office—60 Hudson St., New

City (managing).

York.

*

;

»

common shares (par one
Business—The manufacture of a
patented heat and mass transfer system. Proceeds—For

cent).

Price—$2.50.

equipment, filing of patents, inventory, ^advertising and
promotion. Address—2 West 45th Street, New York.
Underwriter—Glass &
York

one

new

Underwriters—Kuhn, Loeb

Brothers, New York

•

Ross, Inc., 60 E. 42nd Street, New

17, N. Y.

Voron Electronics

Corp.
July 28, 1961 filed 100,000 class A shares. Price — $3.
Business—The manufacture of electronic test equipment,
the sale, installation
and servicing of industrial and
commercial communications equipment and the furnish¬
ing of background music. Proceeds—For tooling, pro¬

Wetterau

June

27,

institutions.

Proceeds—For working capital. Office—350
Avenue, New York. Underwriter—A. J. Gabriel
Co., Inc., New York.
Z.

Fifth

Wisconsin Power & Light Co.

(par

$100)

shares.

common

manufacture

of

of
frozen foods.
Proceeds—For the
selling stockholders.
Office—13 Vesey St., Newark. Underwriter—None.
Wainrite

the

distribution

Wald

Research, Inc.

$3.
Business
The manufacture of ground support equip¬
ment for the aircraft, misisle and related industries. Pro¬
ceeds—For repayment of loans, purchase of equipment
and inventory, working capital and general corporate
purposes. Office—79 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, N. J.
Underwriters
Martinelli & Co., New York and E. R.
Davenport & Co., Providence, R. I.
1961

filed

65,000

common

filed

of

and

shares to employees and preferred
Aug. 10, 1961, with rights to ex¬
pire Aug. 30, 1961. Price—By amendment. Proceeds—
For construction.
Office—122 W. Washington Avenue,
Madison 1, Wis.
Underwriters—Smith, Barney & Co.,

15,000

New York and Robert W. Baird &

shares. Price

—

—

—

Waldbaum, Inc.
July 21, 1961 filed 183,150 common shares, of which 120,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 63,150

Co., Inc., Milwaukee

(managing).

Wonderbowl, Inc.
6, 1961 (letter of notification)

Stores, Inc.

23, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
10 cents).
Price—$3.
Business—The operation of dis¬
count merchandising centers. Proceeds—For repayment
of loans, expansion and working capital. Office—691 E.
Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, N. Y. Underwriter
—Omega Securities Corp., New York.
July 26,

(8/15)
65,000 cumulative preferred shares
which 50,000 shares will be offered to

1961

stockholders of record

Business—The

and

new

Wilco Commercial Corp.
<
July 21, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—The financing of business

public

cakes and other pastries

common

—

Joshua &

pies,

Lehman

(managing).

17,

Price—At-the-market.

and

shares; Price—By
equipment and working
capital. Office — 7100 Englewood Ave., Hazelwood, Mo.
Underwriter
G. H. Walker & Co., Inc., New York

July

Wagner Baking Corp.
July 5, 1961 filed 50,637 outstanding

Co.

.<fH

100,000

amendment. Proceeds—For

duction, engineering, inventory and sales promotion of

Co., Inc., and Reuben Rose & Co., New York.

&

(managing).

Foods, Inc.

1961 filed

its products and for working capital. Office — 1230 E.
Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pa. Underwriters — John

Feb.

150,000 shares of
($2 per share). Proceeds
—To discharge a contract payable, accounts payable, and
notes payable and the balance for working capital. Office
—7805 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriter—
Standard Securities Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.
stock.

common

Price—At par

ic Wood Manufacturing Co., Inc.
24, 1961 ("Reg. A") 250,000 common shares (par
$1). Price—$12.05, $1.24, $1.25. Proceeds—For working
capital, repayment of loans, purchase of equipment, ad¬
vertising and building construction. Office—1035 Chest¬
nut St., Conway, Ark. Underwriter—J. P. Penn & Co.,
July

Minneapolis.

•

,

;

:

:

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World

Scope Publishers, Inc.
July 31, 1961 filed 300,000 common shares. Price—By
amendment. Business—The publishing of encyclopedias
and other reference books. Proceeds—For repayment of

the

working capital and general corporate purposes.
Broadway, Lynbrook, N. Y. Underwriter—
Standard Securities Corp., New York.

wholesaling of food products. Proceeds—For repayment
of loans, expansion, inventory and other corporate pur¬
poses.
Office—2300 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Enterprises, Inc.
1961 filed 130,000 common shares. Price—$4.
Business—The operation of bowling centers. Proceeds—
For repayment of

shares by

the stockholders. Price—By amendment. Busi¬

ness—The

operation

of

a

supermarket

chain

Shields & Co., New York
Offering—Expected in late September.
—

Walter Sign

Corp.

and

(managing).

The

manufacture

and

Dreyling & Co., 25 Livingston Ave.,

New Brunswick, N. J.
Valve Corp. of America
July 26, 1961 filed 160,000 common shares, of which
75,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 70,000
shares by stockholders. Price—$7.
Business—The
manufacture of valves and accessories for aerosol con¬

installation

of

highway

of debt and working
capital. Office^—1720 • Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, Conn.
Underwriter — Lomasney, Loving & Co., New York

tainers. 5 Proceeds—FOr repayment

'

-

'r*

tion, inventory and reserves. Office—4700 76th St., Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—Amber, Burstein & Co.,
40 Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y.

Washington Engineering Services Co., Inc. (9/1)
29, 1961 filed 375,000 common shares. Price—$1.
Business—The servicing of manufacturing companies and
engineering professions, through various training pro¬
grams.
Proceeds—For / leasehold improvement, repay¬
ment of loans and working capital. Office—4915 Cordell
Avenue, Bethesda, Md, Underwriter—None*:....
June

Office—290

World Wide Bowling

July 20,

—Fraser &

(9/15)

March 30, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock (par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
—

debt,

debt, expansion and working capital.
Philadelphia. Underwriter

Office—2044 Chestnut Street,

writer




investment

Office—122 E. 42nd Street, New

Underwriter—Hornblower & Weeks,
(managing).

—$1.50

City. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York

other

business

York.

York

signs. Proceeds—For the reduction of debt, sales promo¬

/(managing). J.;.- '

small

ceeds—For investment.

June 29, 1960 filed

ness

Louis R.

Business—A

Proceeds—The company will use its part of the proceeds
for the opening of new gymnasiums and the promotion
of home exercise equipment. Office—375 Park Ave., New

Office—1001 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. Under¬
—

Water Industries Capital
Corp.
July 21, 1961 filed 964,100 common shares.

sile industries.

shares

(par
—
For repayment of
debt, expansion and a new building. Office—c/o Brownfield, Rosen & Malone, 1026-16th St., N. W., Washington,
D.

45

Underwriter

Vacu-Dry Co.
June

Equipment, Inc.
May 29, 1961 filed 80,000 shares of common stock. Price

June

Universal Surgical Supply

&

Lab.

Vol-Air, Inc.
J. : July 2?r 1961" C?Reg.' Asv) 96,000

—$3.y Business —^The operation of a chain of health
expansion, advertising, financing
of time payment memberships and other corporate
pur¬
poses. Office—15A South Maih St., West Hartford, Conn.
Underwriter-^-Cortlandt Investing Corp., 120 Wall St.,
New York. '/
Moulded

Vatronic

.

studios. Proceeds—For

Universal

New York.

dinated debentures due 1976.

April 11, 1961 filed 2,500,000 shares of stock. Price—$10
share. Business—A new mutual fund. Proceeds—For

;

and working capital.
Office — 397 Seventh
Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter — Kenneth Kass,

May

per

June 14, 1961

receivable

Ave.,

.

(625)

Varitron Corp.
July 25, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$2. Business — The manufacture of electronic items,
principally TV and radio parts. Proceeds—For equip¬
ment, financing of merchandise, imports and accounts

•

United Variable Annuities

6..-

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Co., Philadelphia.

Wyoming Wool Processors, Inc.
June

5,

1961

Business—The

filed 700,000 common shares. Price—$1.
processing of wool. Proceeds—For the

purchase of equipment, building rental, and working
capital.
Address—Box 181, Casper, Wyo.
Underwriter
—None.

XTRA, Inc.
June 28, 1961 filed 182,570 common shares of which 160,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 22,570

stockholders." Price—By amendment. Business
leasing of truck trailers to railroads or customers
Proceeds—For repayment of debt and for

shares by
—The
of

railroads.

t

.

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on page

46

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The

(626)

Commercial

and Financial Chronicle

.

.

Thursday, August 10, 1961

.

1

Continued jrom page

1

Office—150 Causeway Street, Boston.

capital.

working

45

Underwriter—Putnam

&

Co., Hartford, Conn.4 (manag¬

ing).

4'

July 18,

;

primary and rechargeable batteries. Proceeds—For pur¬

}■>

manufacture

chase and installation of equipment and

O)'

of

silver-zinc

property, work¬

ing capital and other corporate purposes. Office—40-52

St., New York. Underwriter—Kidder; Peabody

Leonard

:1

&
r:

Vi>>

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:|
V

l'

common

Business—The

amendment.

^

'

1961 filed 200,000

shares. Price—By

;

4

!•*

^

~
"June 28, 1961
class A shares. Price—By
amendment. Business—The testing of industrial and consumer products.
Proceeds—For the establishment of a
new laboratory and the purchase of equipment.
Office—
1 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Conn.
Underwriter—Allen
Corp.
filed 75,000

1

(managing).

Zep Aero

fi>-

i

4

!ju

Corp.
July 20, 1961 filed 110,000 common shares, of which 90,-

•{if

000 shares

:!'{

shares

Zion

Foods

are

by the company and 20,000

to be offered

Price—$5. Business—
The processing of meat and poultry. Proceeds—For in¬
ventory and plant expansion. Office—482 Austin Place,
Bronx, N. Y. Underwriter—Finkle & Co.,, New York

>v<}

WJ
*v<

Best

July 25,

1961

file

to

Co., New York (managing).

Plastic Corp.

it

was

that this company plans

reported

"Reg. A" shortly covering 125,000-common
shares. Price—$3. Business—The manufacture of plastic
a

39th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriters—S. B.
Co., and John R, Maher Associates, New York.

Cantor

Carbonic

Equipment Corp.
28, 1961 it was reported that a "Reg. A" will be
filed covering 100,000 common shares. Price $3. Proceeds
—For expansion of the business. Office—97-02 Jamaica
June

Ave., Woodhaven, N. Y. Underwriter
Co., Inc.
Caxton

shares, of which 30,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 20,000
shares by a stockholder. Price—By amendment. Business
—The manufacture of oxygen systems and accessories
for aircraft. Proceeds
For inventory, plant improve¬
ment, equipment and working capital. Office—113 Sheldon St., El Segundo, Calif. Underwriter—Francis J. Mitchell & Co., Inc., Newport Beach, Calif.
common

—

'l.f
tif)

derwriter—S. D. Fuller &

fice—945

York Research

July 28, 1961 filed 50,000

:|
4

and

party favors for children. Proceeds—For expansion. Of¬

Co., Inc., New York.

& Co.. New York

<•>(?

shares to raise

some $2,500,000. Business—Research,
production of items in the fields of
medical electronics, etc. Proceeds — For expansion and
working capital. Office—43 Leon St., Boston, Mass. Un¬

mon

development

Yardney Electric Corp.

W

Bay State Electronics Corp.
Aug. 2, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
file a registration shortly covering about 270,000 com¬

by a selling stockholder.

—

R. F. Dowd &

House

Corp.
reported that a full filing of this
company's stock, constituting its first public offering,
will be made. Price—Approximately $3 per share. Busi¬
ness—Book
publishing.
Office—9 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York City. Underwriter—To be named.
-

Jan. 24,

1960 it

was

Central Louisiana

Electric Co.,

1961 it was reported that the company is con¬
sidering the issuance of $6,000,000 of bonds or deben¬
the latter part of

1961. Office — 415 Main St.,
Pineville, La. Underwriters—To be named. The last is¬
sue of bonds on April 21, 1959 was bid on by Kidder,
Peabody & Co. and Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc. (joint¬
ly); Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
&

Fenner

Smith

Inc.

(jointly); Halsey* Stuart

& Co.,

Inc.; White, Weld & Co.

(managing).

Feb. 16,

1961 it

was

stated in the company's 1960 annual

report that this utility plans to sell both first mortgage
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Do you have an
Our

i.H

Corporation

Department

News
so

that

we

can

would

like

an

item

prepare

similar to those you'll find hereunder.
Would
write

telephone

you

us

at

us

REctor

and

2-9570

at 25 Park Place, New York 7, N.

common

000 construction

UNDERWRITERS!

issue you're planning to register?

know about it

to

stock in 1962 to finance

its $45,000,Office—Fourtin & Main Sts.,
Cincinnati, O. Underwriter—(Bonds) To be determined
by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart
& Co. Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
and Lehman Brothers (jointly); Morgan Stanley & Co.
bonds and

or

W.

E.

Hutton

&

Co.

(jointly),-, Blythjf Co., Inc.,

Corp. (jointly);'Eastman JDillon, Union
Weld & Co. (jointly). The
common stock (81,510 shares) was sold pri¬

Securities & Co., and White,

in'l

last issue of

iir
uV-

reported that a "Reg. A" will be
filed with the SEC shortly covering 100,000 common
shares (par 50c). Priee—$3. Business—Automotive fabri¬
cating. Proceeds—To establish a new industrial air con¬

lit.,

ditioner

m

1961 it

30,

was

division.

All-American
i-i'f

Airways Co.

1,

filed

N',
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writer—Edward Lewis Co. Inc.,

d-

New York City (manag¬

ing).

V<
1(»

^ AIuma-Rail, Inc.
Aug. 9, 1961 it was reported that a ("Reg. A") will be
filed shortly covering 100,000 common shares.
Price—
$3.
Business — The manufacture of new color anodized

vt

,U

aluminum

chain link fencing.

irf

h)-

and

expansion.

plant

Kearny, N. J.

Proceeds—For inventory

Office

Underwriters

—

44

New York.
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Appalachian Power Co.
1, 1961 it was reported

j!;>.

Feb.

•'fi

American
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t

Electric

that

this

subsidiary

/•«

Arizona

jm»

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Public

Service

Co.

4
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May 26, 1961 it was reported that this company is con¬
sidering the sale of about $5,000,000 of preferred stock
this summer and about $35,000,000 of first mortgage
bonds
—501

•>

#

in

November.

South

Third

To be named.

Proceeds—For construction.

Office

Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. Underwriters—>

The last sale

'•i

18, 1958

f.f

'•i

26, 1959
Co., and

of preferred stock

on

June

the First Boston Corp. The

made privately through Blyth & Co., and
last sale of bonds on March

also handled privately through Blyth &
First Boston Corp.
However, the company
stated that there is a possibility that these bonds will
be sold at competitive bidding, in which case the follow¬
ing are expected to bid on them: Halsey, Stuart & Co.
Inc.; Kidder, Peabody & Co.; First Boston Corp.; Blyth
& Co.; White, Weld & Co., Inc., and Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

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was

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it

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was

i

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

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May 15, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
issue about $20,000,000 of first mortgage bonds in late
1961 or early 1962.
Office — Lexington and Liberty

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Baltimore 3, Md.

Underwriters—To be deter¬
mined
by
competitive
bidding.
Probable
bidders:
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; White, Weld & Co., and First
Boston Corp.
(jointly); Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.,
Streets,

and Alex. Brown & Sons

«




Columbus

(jointly).

&

Southern

manufacture

of

Offering—Expected in Dec.

-—

Delaware

Power

& Light Co.
it was reported that the company has
postponed until early 1962 its plan to issue additional

Feb.^

7,

1961

stock.

common

10

The

stockholders first

mon

shares

held.

offering would be made to com¬
on the basis of one share for each

Based

on

the

number

out¬

shares

of

standing on Sept. 30, 1960, the sale would involve about
418,536 shares valued at about $14,600,000. The last of¬
fering of common to stockholders in June, 1956, con¬
sisted of 232,520 shares offered at $35 a share to holders
of

record

eight

June

shares

6,

on

held.

the

basis

of

one

share for each
Office

construction.

Proceeds—For

—600

Market; Street, Wilmington, Del.
Underwriter-*—
be determined by competitive bidding.
Probable

To

bidders: Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New

York; W. C.
Co., and Union Securities Co. (jointly); Leh¬
Brothers; First Boston Corp.; White, Weld & Co.,

man

and Shields & Co.

(jointly); Kidder, Peabody & Co., and
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (jointly).^

Merrill

Dixie

Pipeline Co.

April 17,

1961 it was reported that this firm, recently
eight major oil companies, plans to build a
1,100 mile liquified petroleum gas pipeline from Texas

formed by

and Louisiana to

Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the
that the multi-million dollar
pipeline will be financed in part by the sale of bonds
and that it will be in operation by late 1961. Office—•
Tulsa, Okla. Underwriters—First Boston Corp.; Morgan
Stanley & Co.; Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.
It

Exploit
March 8,
a

is

expected

Films,

1961 it

Inc.
~
reported that this

was

>
plans

company

full filing covering 100,000 common shares. Price—$5

share. Proceeds—For the production of TV and mo¬
tion picture films, the reduction of indebtedness, and for
per

working capital. Office—619 W. 54th Street, New York
City. Underwriter—McClane & Co., Inc., 26 Broadway,
New York City (managing).
National

Bank of Toms

River

(N.

J.)

March 22, 1961 it was reported that stockholders voted
on this date to increase the authorized stock to provide
for payment of a 66%% stock dividend and sale of 20,000
new

shares

basis of

one

of

(par $5) to stockholders on the
share for each 20 shares held of record

common

new

July

17, with rights to expire Aug. 17, Price — $22
share. Proceeds—To increase capital. Office—Toms
River, N. J. Underwriter—None.
per

Florida Power & Light Co.
May 11, 1961, it was reported that the company may is¬

System, Inc.

Ohio

Electric

Co.

>

13, 1961 it was reported the company will sell
about $10,000,000 additional common stock in late 1961.
Proceeds—For expansion purposes. Office—215 N. Front
St., Columbus 15, Ohio. Underwriter—Dillon, Read & Co.
Commonwealth Edison Co.

July 12,

1961 it was reported that the company plans
spend $720,000,000 on construction in the five-year
period 1961-65 and that the program would require

bonds in the second half of 1961

sue

to finance its cur¬

rent

$40,000,000 construction program. Office—25 S. E.

2nd

Ave., Miami, Fla. Underwriter—To be determined

by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc and Kidder,'Peabody &
Co. (jointly); Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; White, Weld
&

Co.; First Boston Corp.; Blyth & Co., Inc.
Gabriel

Co.

April 27, 1961, the company announced plans to form a
new
subsidiary, Rocket Power, Inc., by merging the
present Rocket Power, Talco and Bohanan divisions. In
the

fall

offered

of 1961, stock of the new subsidiary would be
through subscription rights to Gabriel stockhold¬

and debenture holders with about 20%

ers

of the offer¬

ing going to the public. Office —1148 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio. Underwriters—To be named. The last
financing by the company in September, 1959, was han¬
dled by Carl M Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New York City and

Prescott, Shepard & Co., Inc., Cleveland.

-

to

$150,000,000 of outside financing. Present plans call for
$40,000,000 of debt financing in 1962 and about $20,000,000 in each of the

following three years. No common or
preferred stock financing is planned during the period.
Office
72 West Adams St., Chicago 90, 111.
Under¬
writers
To be determined by competitive bidding.
—

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Gas

March

of

.v»

Springs, Colo.

April 24, 1961 it was reported that this company is con¬
sidering the sale of either $20,000,000 of debentures, or
$25,000,000 of common stock in the fall. Office—120 East
41st Street, New York 17, N.- Y. Underwriters—To be
determined by competitive bidding. Probable bidders on
the
debentures:
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Morgan
Stanley & Co.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc., and White, Weld & Co. (jointly). The last sale of
common stock on May 4, 1960 was handled by a group
headed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.;
Shields & Co.; R. W. Pressprich & Co., and Carl M.
Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

Power

Co., Inc., plans to sell $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 of bonds late in 1961 or early in
1962. Office—2 Broadway, New York City. Underwriters
—To be determined by competitive bidding. Probable
bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; First Boston Corp.;
Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and
Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co. (jointly).

Mr. A. N. Porter of the

treasury

Columbia

Passaic

Avenue,
Omega Securities Corp.,
—

rado

Mich. Underwriter—

1961 it was reported that a "Reg. A" will be
shortly covering 75,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$4 per share. Office—Danbury, Conn.
Under¬

May

•'t4
/.

Office—Adrian,

Morrison & Frumin, Inc., Detroit.

yh
>\h-

Business—The

Magazine & Broadcasting, Inc.
May 3, 1961 it was reported that this corporation will
issue stock later this year. The firm denied the report.
Business
Publishing and allied fields. Office — 488
Madison Ave., New York City. Underwriter—Goldman,
Sachs & Co., New York City (managing).

First

Co.

department that the • company is
awaiting a hearing before the full FPC with reference
to approval of its application for expansion of its sys¬
tem, which will require about $70,000,000 of debt fi¬
nancing which is expected in the latter part of 1961.
Proceeds—For expansion. Office—P. O. Box 1087, Colo¬
company's

Adrian Steel Co.
June

Gas

Oct. 17, 1960 it was reported by

Prospective Offerings

f'U

Interstate

shares.

common

Cowles

vately to employees in August, 1960.
Colorado

of

Underwriter—To be named.

program.

and First Boston

Y.

ber

contact lenses. Office—353 East Main St., Rochester, N.Y.

Carolinas.

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

;.iy

19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
a "Reg. A" shortly covering an undisclosed num¬

to file

Langley

Inc.

Feb. 21,
tures in

Contact Lens Guild, Inc.
June

—

Probable bidders:

Co.

First Boston

Corp.; Halsey, Stuart &

Inc.; Glore, Forgan & Co.

Consolidated

Edison

Co.

of

New

York,

Inc.

May 16,

1961, H. C. Forbes, chairman, stated that the
company must
issue almost $100,000,000 of securities
in late 1961 and early 1962. He added that if the com¬
pany decides to issue any of the
1,000,000 shares of
cumulative preference stock approved by shareholders
at the May 15 annual meeting, it will be on the basis
of convertibility into common with subscription rights to
shareholders. Office—4 Irving Place, New York
City. Underwriter—To be named. The last rights offer¬
ing to stockholders (of debentures) on Jan. 28, 1959 was
underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co., and First Bos¬
ton Corp., both of New York City. The last sale of bonds
on
Nov. 23. 1960 was handled by First Boston Corp.,
and Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc. (jointly). Morgan Stanley
& Co., also bid competitively on this issue.
common

Cosmetically Yours, Inc.'
May 16, 1961 it was reported

that this corporation is
contemplating a public offering. Business—The manu¬
facturing and sale of cosmetics.
Office —15 Clinton
Street, Yonkers, N. Y. Underwriter—P. J. Gruber & Co.,
Inc., New York City.

Georgia Bonded Fibers, Inc.
Sept. 14, 1960 it was reported that registration of 150,000
shares of common stock is expected. Offices—Newark,
N. J., and Buena Vista, Va. Underwriter—Sandkuhl

and

Company, Newark, N. J., and New York City. Offering
—Expected in October.
Georgia Power Co.

..

.

(10/18)

Dec. 29, 1960 this subsidiary of the Southern Co., vapplied to the Georgia Public Service Commission for per¬
mission to issue $15,500,000 of 30-year first mortgage
bonds, and $8,000,000 of new preferred stock. Proceeds—
For

construction, plant modernization or refunding of
outstanding debt. Office—Electric Bldg., Atlanta 3, Ga.

Underwriters

ding.

—

Previous

To be determined by competitive bid¬
for bonds
included Harriman

bidders

Ripley & Co., Inc.; Lehman Brothers; Blyth & Co., Inc.,
Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Shields & Co. (jointly);
First Boston Corp.; Morgan
Stanley & Co.; Halsey, Stuart
& Co. Inc.; Equitable Securities
Corp., Eastman Dillon,
Union

Securities

preferred

were

&

Co.

First

(jointly). Previous bidders for

Boston

Corp., Lehman Brothers,
Morgan Stanley & Co.; Eastman Dillon, Union Securities
& Co.; and Equitable Securities
Corp. Bids—Expected
to be received

on

Oct. 18.

★ Glenmore Distilleries Co.
Aug. 9, 1961, Joseph A. Engelhard, President, stated that
the

company

cause

it

loans

are

plans

thinks that

to

issue bonds

later

this

year

be¬

its

$12,000,000 in outstanding bank
"too heavy for out our volume."
Business—

The production and sale of domestic
whiskeys.
660 South 4th

Street, Louisville, Ky.

Office—

Underwriter—To

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(627)
be named.

The company
last sale of debentures on

has never issued bonds, but its
Sept. 12, 1952 was underwritten
by Glore, Forgan & Co., New York City and associates.
Gulf Power Co.

New England Power Co. (10/25)
Jan. 20, 1961 it was reported that this
subsidiary of New

England Electric System plans to sell $20,000,000 of
first mortgage bonds. Office—441 Stuart
St., Boston 16,
Mass. Underwriters — To be determined

^12/7)

Jan.

4, 1960 it was reported that this subsidiary of The
Co., plans to sell $5,000,000 of 30-year bonds.
Office—75 North Pace
Blvd., Pensacola, Fla,
Under¬

vious

be

determined by competitive
bidding. Pre¬
Halsey, Stuart Si Co. Inc.; Mer¬

bidders included

rill

(jointly); First Boston Corp.; Lehman Brothers.

& Hutzler and Drexel

To be received

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Smith Inc.; Salomon Bros.
& Co. (jointly); Equitable Secu¬
rities Corp.; Kidder, Peabody Si Co. and
White, Weld
& Co. (jointly). Bids—Expected to be
received on Dec\
7, 1961.
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'

on

Oct. 25,

Appear

Bids—

St., Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriter—To be named. The
on May 12, 1948 was handled
a negotiated basis
by First Boston Corp., New York
City and associates. The last sale of bonds in April 1961

.

last sale of preferred stock
on

$15,000,000 of common stock will be sold to stockholders
through subscription ■ rights in September or October.
Proceeds—For construction.
Office—2223 Dodge
St.,
Omaha 1, Neb.
Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., New
York City (managing),

(10/3)
July 25, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
issue
about
$15,000,000 of debentures.
Office — 285
Liberty Ave., Beaumont, Texas. Underwriters
Com¬
petitive. Probable bidders: Salomon Brothers & Hutzler
—

Pacific Gas &

July 25,

1961

it

(jointly); Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., Equitable Securities
Corp. (jointly).
★ Teeco Automated Systems, Inc.

Electric Co.

Aug. 9, 1961 it

was

cisco.

Underwriters

First

filed

$3.

3, 1961 at 11 a.m.
Information Meeting—Sept. 28
(11 a.m. EDST) at 70 Broadway (18th floor) New York
City.

Boston

Hygrade Packing, Inc.
June 28, 1961 it was reported that this
company plans
to sell about $500,000 of common stock.
Business—The

Proceeds

ceeds—For

Ozone

expansion.

Park, N. Y.

Office—92-00

J.

Avenue,

Gruber,

N.

Y.

17^
shortly covering

Bay

Harbor,

New York

Maine.

Feb.

1,

Corp.,

For

Metropolitan

.

Underwriter—Nance-Keith

City.
Edison

it

1961

that this subsidiary of
Corp., plans to sell about $10,,000.000 of first, mortgage bonds and $5,000,000 of deben*
tures in August or September. Office —2800 Pottsville
Pike, Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pa. Under-?
writers
To be determined by competitive
bidding.
Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; White, Weld
Si Co.: Kidder. Peabody & Co. and Drexel & Co.
(joint¬
ly); Blyth & Co., Inc.
reported

was

General Public Utilities

—

.

Milo Components, Inc.
June 19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
file a "Reg. A" covering 150,000 common shares

Sel-rex

N. J.

working capital. Office
Stream, N. Y. Underwriter—
Co., New York.

September.

manufacture of teen-age

apparel. Proceeds—For the sell¬
Los Angeles Street, Los
Angeles,.Calif. Underwriter—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Los Angeles.
.1
ing stockholders.

To

—

be

•

Center

Centers, Inc.
offering

of

198,000

was

it

reported that

com¬

Centers, Inc. at $5 per
being made by Russell
Inc.; V. S. Wickett & Co.,
Thomas, Williams & Lee,

share

offering
sale

the

stock.

company's

common

'

Of

the total number of shares,
120,000 shares are being sold for

and

will

be

reported

was

that

this

On

a

pro

olis

Bowling Centers, State Bowl¬
ing Center and City Hall Bowling

of

the

current

standing

financing,

capitalization

the company and 78,000 shares for
certain selling stockholders, who

company

will

shares

common

will

hold

to

75,000

Net
its

proceeds

120,000

stock

will

pany

for

from

shares
be

the
of

sale

of

common

used

by the com¬
improvements
to
its

-

being added to working capital to
be available for general corporate
purposes,
including the acquisi¬
tion by lease or purchase of addi¬
tional bowling centers.
The

Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., is en¬
gaged in the acquisition and op¬
eration
of
bowling
centers.
It
company

presently

of

647

center and
has
entered
into agreements to
purchase two additional centers.
owns

The

one

-

center owned and operated
by the company is .the 52-lane
fully air-conditioned;,Brooklyn
.

i

1

•

t.

of

of

the

292,000

stock, and $1,-

•

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Common Offered

'

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&

being made by P. de RenInc., Boston. Net pro¬

Co.

ceeds from the sale will be used

by

the company for the development
of new
products, advertising, op¬

erating
expenses,
purchase
of
equipment and working capital.
The company of 505

Washington
St., Lynn, Mass., is engaged in re¬
search and development relating
to arc. welding and wire shielding..
Authorized stock consists

by

the

offering,

being

are

sold

remaining

118,000 shares

by

the

57,000

Proceeds

from

the

sale

of

are

of

the

indebtedness.

The

balance

The t company with headquar¬
ters in Long Island City, N.
Y.,

of

500,shares, of

electronic

testing and measuring
equipment, high fidelity compo¬
nents, amateur radio transmitters
and citizens band radio

apparatus,
nearly all available in kit form or
factory-wired at the customers'
option.
Consolidated

ended

net

sales

for

the

Sept.

30,
1960
$8,011,287 with net
earnings of $245,596, equal to 50
amounted

cents

it

reported that

was

for

this subsidiary of
sell about

Aug. J), 1961 it

per

to

share

outstanding.

was reported that a full registration will
shortly covering 100,000 common shares.. Price
Business — Engineering and design services, the

—$6.

publications. Proceeds—For expan¬
Office—155 Washington Street, Newark, N. J. Un¬

sion.

derwriter—Omega Securities Corp., New York.
Virginia Electric & Power Co.
March

on

For

489,143 shares
the

(12/5)

23,

1961, the company announced plans to sell
$15,000,000 of securities, possibly bonds or debentures.
Office
Richmond 9, Va. Underwriters — To be deter¬
mined by competitive bidding. Probable bidders:
Halsey,
Stuart & Co. Inc.; Stone & Webster Securities
Corp.;
Eastman Dillon, Union Securities &
Co.; Salomon Broth¬
&

ers

Hutzler; Goldman, Sachs & Co.

ceived

on

Dec.

number of shares outstand¬

'

-

.

capitalization
of
the company as of Aug. 1, 1961
and giving effect to this offering,
consists of 200,000 shares of capi¬
tal stock
and 407,143 shares of
class

B

first

eight

Bids—To be

capital stock.

Chrislin Photo

Industries Corp.
Class A Offered
Lewis Wolf Inc., New York City,
is publicly offering 50,000 class A
shares of Chrislin Photo Indus¬

Calandra Photo

tries

Corp., at $6 per share. Net
proceeds, estimated at $225,000,

Class A Offered

will

be used

by the company to
loans, remodel its factory,
research
and
develop¬
ment
activities
and
purchase
equipment.

prepay

Public offering of

170,000 class A
Photo, Inc., at
being made by

shares of Calandra
per

share

is

Cruttenden, Podesta & Co., Chi¬
cago.
the

Proceeds

purchase

additional
of

new

will be used for
installation

and

of

equipment, the opening

stores

and

for

working

The company

Omaha,

the

of 116 North 42nd

Neb.,

processing

black and white
on

a

is engaged

printing

in

equipment

greeting

and

card

now

the

photographic
operation

stores

and

and

party

of

one

goods

Authorized stock

Magazine

within
-

A

-

75

Vision,

combination

seconds
an

projector and
Authorized stock
500,000 class A and
200,000 class B shares, of which
55,000 and 150,000 shares will be
consists

of

outstanding
this

upon

completion

consists of 1,000,000 $1 par class A
and
mon

1,000,000 $1 par class B com¬

C. C. Whitfield Opens

shares, of which 170,000 and

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Charles C.

outstanding

upon

40

cents

were

per

$195,966

equal

share, based

on

to
the

of

sale.

360,000 shares respectively, will be Whitfield is conducting

"common

and

automatic

slide

earnings

par

288,170 will be outstanding
completion of this financing.

and
pic¬

phonograph.

which

$1

Loaded

capable of taking
developing black and white

Camera,

Tune

of

prod¬
ready for marketing are

Instant

photographic film

camera

store in Omaha.

Two of the company's

an

tures

nationwide basis, the whole¬

retail

ucts for commercial and industrial'
use.

of

and

sale-distribution

six

The
company
of
17 Jeffrey
Lane, Hicksville, N. Y., is engaged
in the developing and designing
of a number of diversified prod¬

ucts

capital.

St.,

conduct

months of the current fiscal year,
net sales were $5,696,324 and net

000

re¬

5, 1961.

Outstanding

$10

118,000 shares will be used by the
company
to liquidate all short-

year

1961

company.

shares

being sold for the account
Harry R. Ashley, President.
*

8,

an

designs, produces and distributes

Public offering of 100,000 common
shares of Electrarc, Inc., at $5 per
sis

Of

term

Electrarc, Inc.

share is

of

will be added to general funds of
the company.

.

bowling centers, with the balance

v.

of

consist

offering of
175,000
capital stock of Elec¬

made

The

out¬

019,681 of sundry debt.

continue

shares, or 25.7% of the outstand¬
ing stock following the financing.

'

of radar,

towers

be filed

ing.

share.

Center, for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1961 had consolidated
revenues of $699,509 and net in¬
come of $29,375.
Upon completion

antenna

Peabody & Co., both of New York City (managing).

will

same

underwriting
group headed by Goodbody & Co.
The stock is priced at $7.50
per

forma basis, Metrop¬

broadcast

$32,000,000 of bonds and $10,000,000 of pfd. stock in Sept.
Office—120 Broadway, New York City. Underwriters- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and Kidder,

Price—$2.

company

tronic Instrument Co., Inc., is be¬

ing

and

—

public

shares

purchased

reported that a registration state¬
shortly covering an undisclosed num¬
shares. Price—$10 per share. Business—
was

aration of technical

shares.

Cap. Stock Offered

by the company.

is

& Saxe,
Inc., and
Inc. The
marks the initial public

of

company,

Greenpoint

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., expects to

("Reg. A") will be

a

common

Electronic Instr.
The

42-14

—

Underwriter—Omega

development of electromechanical and electronic devices
for industry and the Federal
Government, and the prep¬

in

tan, have been operated by cer¬
tain principal stockholders of the

shares of Metropolis Bowling

mon

Avenue

Brooklyn and the City Hall Bowl¬
ing Center at Park Row, Manhat¬

,

Common Offered
Public

Flatbush

on

Office

Trunkline Gas Co.

Wr^w.'-

Strand

Center, on Fulton Street
Brooklyn. The State Bowling

1961 it

March

need an additional
$35,000,000 to finance its 1961 con¬
struction program. No decision has
yet been made as to
whether the funds will be raised
by bank loans, or the
sale of preferred stock or bonds. Office—601 West Fifth

Office—860

in

determined

Southern California Edison Co.

1961

expansion.

ir Vector Engineering Inc.

shortly covering 100,000

May 23,

For

—

Boulevard, Long Island City, N. Y. Underwriter—Omega
Securities Corp., New York.

Business—The

Price—

micro-wave
military and
commercial use. Office
2700 Hawkeye
Drive, Sioux
City, Iowa. Underwriter — C. E. Unterberg, Towbin &
Co., New York (managing).

Business—The manufacture of medical electronic
equip¬
ment.
Proceeds—For expansion.
Office—28-21 Astoria

Aug. 9, 1961 it was reported that a registration statement
covering about $1,000,000 of this company's outstanding
stock will be filed in

it

—

common

relay

Corp.

1961

shares.

material

The installation and maintenance

Underwriter—To be named.

Aug 9,
filed

it Miss Fat, Inc.

common

Underwriter

* Servonuclear Cprpi%0;-

—For expansion, equipment, and
—9 Cleveland St., Valley

•

ber of

,'May 16, 1961 it was reported that this firm is contem¬
plating its first public financing.
Business — Precious
metals manufacturing;
Office—75 River Road, Nutley,

(par
10-cents). Price—$1. Business—The manufacture of com¬
ponents for the missile and aircraft industries. Proceeds

T. M. Kirsch &

construction.

automated

ment will be filed

by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart
k Co. Inc.; Kidder, Peabody &
Co., White, Weld & Co.
and Shields & Co.
(jointly); Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Salomon
Bros, Si Hutzler, Eastman
Dillon, Union Securities & Co.,
and Equitable Securities Corp,
(jointly): Blyth & Co.,
Inc.; The First Boston Corp. Bids—To be received about
Sept. 27.

Co.-

of

Tower Construction Co.

July 5,

Rochester Gas & Electric
Corp. (9/27)
Jan. 24, 1961 the company stated it plans to issue about
$15,000,000 of 30-year bonds in September. Proceeds—

$300,000 of common stock. Pro¬
general corporate purposes. Address—Booth

ceeds—For

("Reg. A") will be

a

common

Pipe Line Co.

Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and Kidder
Peabody & Co., both of New York City (managing).

Electronics & Marine Development Corp.
1961 it was reported that a "Reg. A" will be

filed

Eastern

1961

Merrill Lynch,

Mainco

July

8,

it was reported that this company ex¬
pects to sell about $72,000,000 of debentures in Septem¬
ber, subject to FPC approval of its construction program.
Office—120 Broadway, New York City. Underwriters—

packaging. Pro¬

Atlantic

Underwriter—p.

Panhandle

that

Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Securities Corp., New York.

1961.

March

reported

handling systems for
large wholesale and retail establishments and industry.

—

.

26,

was

shortly covering 100,000

Business—The custom, design, manufacture and in¬

stallation

Competitive. Probable bidders:
Corp., and Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.
(jointly) and Blyth & Co., Inc. Bids—Expected on Sept.

Oct.

consumer

by Blyth & Co.; First Boston Corp., Dean

on

Witter & Co.

(9/26)
reported that this company plans
to sell about $60,000,000 of first and
refunding mortgage
bonds in September. Office—245 Market
St., San Fran¬

Dillon, Union Securities & Co. (jointly);
Brothers; Halsey, Stuart Si Co. Inc.; Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., and White, Weld &
Co. (jointly); Stone & Webster Securities
Corp. Bids—
Lehman

manufacture of industrial and

bid

was

,

Eastman

Page 29.

on

1961.

Northern Natural Gas Co.
March 15, 1961, it was reported that some
$12,000,000 to

Gulf States Uti!ities Co.

and

Dividend Advertising Notices

by competitive
bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.;
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Equitable Securities Corp., and Blair
& Co. (jointly); Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc., Kidder, Peabody & Co., and White, Weld & Co.

Southern

writer—To

47

this sale.

upon

completion

of

ties

business

from

a

offices

Fifteenth Street, N. W.

securi¬
at

734

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(628)

r.

,

Thursday, August 10, 1961

*5,

1961 (Rochester, N. Y.)
Association
of
Bank
Annual Convention at the

Oct. 9-12,

National

WASHINGTON AND YOU

Women

Hotel.

Sheraton

f

1961 (Toronto)
Canadian
Group
of Investment

Oct.

BEHIND-THE-SCENES INTERPRETATIONS

1

7

FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL

ci:

Bankers Association meeting.

V'? •'
Vi>/<

Bankers

WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pace
in
Washington has now slowed
down
very
much this summer.
There is too much going on in the
Nation's Capital.
I

is

There

'Wf
i.i

the

at

f

increase in activity

an

Pentagon
River.

tomac

and

the

across

Po¬

Many men, civilian

brief cases
under the arms are going in and
out of this vast military building.
military,

There

V) f

the

the

Pentagon

on

at night-time, so
since the Korean

and

than

seems,

automobiles

more

near

week-rends

War.

with

are

parked
it

It appears

that the tempo at

Pentagon has stepped

de¬

up

spite the hot, humid, summer days.

■■>>>

4'

prior consultation, and that he had
received

headquarters

the

of

tional Aeronautics and

I

ministration is

a

scientists

engineers

;£

and

:!i::

and

going.

headquarters

matter

of

creased.

time
The

missiles

to

example:

The

a

with

Times

editorialized:

Telegraph"

-

County)

(Smith

the

is

nation

to

give

help

us

grow

Hill

is

busy

a

backed

the most part,

with

summer

':ih

coming

i;*ih

have been busy all
many, constituents

Washington

busi¬

ness.

flib

to

Constituents

I'itf

Washington

,i-K

that
i;n'-

coming

are

business

on

to

matters

most important to the in¬

are

dividuals

IT'1'

on

and

to

llV

not

com¬

munities and areas,

•'
if*

some

-if

but they were
stories, not by any

headline

means.

proposal

are

Both

had sufficient

that in reality

classrooms

than

and

already,
in

needed

were

small

Some

k

in¬

they

have

merchants

Perpetuity

Oct.

community as
does not mean

a

will

assistance

Federal

forthcoming.

immediately

at

in

ment

tell

things

is

neck

deep in

shopping districts
they should choose as ten¬

ants? Now the owners of shop¬
ping districts, who risk their cap¬
ital, prefer to rent to chain stores

Hit

rt'<) '•

these

because

('•,

credit

ili

have

stores

high

ratings.

;<U.

where

in

a

like

Hubert

H.

Humphrey

of

Minnesota—who sincerely believe

•f '!■

that

/'I

the

Federal

should step

chants

iv»t

Government

in to help small

reinsuring

by

their

teeing

-■M

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result

t.ii

how

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or

guaran¬

minimum

yearly

position would in effect

a

in the Federal

center

Welfare

Unfortunately,
in

uij-

State

<•;?

United

•'"1

nated

;-u

legislation

460

States

counties

the

■•'.t

have

been

many towns in all
nation are becoming

the

desig¬
As

a

parts of

eligible

fact
as

that

areas

are resenting the
they have been labeled

of chronic

and thus

are

,K

unemployment

The

new

from

Republican

Texas,

keep

to

directly
the

pro¬

Therefore, these

going.

#*>>•

Senator

Senator
John

G.

all

In

ident

probability the bill Pres¬
signed

Kennedy

into

running

handouts.

Federal

want

the

will

from

Republican
It

is

the

borrow

Treasury

one

$200,000,000

to set

of

funds

Admin¬

two

up

$100,000,000

for rural redevelopment

the other for industrial

rede¬

or

distressed

correct, said

He maintained
on

47

areas.

Texas
It just

Senator Tower*

that the label

was

these counties without

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Castro

or

column

that

the

low-

is

there

circles

is
in

speculation
Washington

the

grams

proposed spending pro¬
along
the New Frontier

mean

meet¬

may

(New York City)

Sept. 13, 1961

George
Dinner

in

the

main

ballroom

14-15,

Sept.

or

may

$293.2

intended

to

re¬

Capital

coincide with

not

(Cincinnati,

Municipal

This

National

country,
that

or

any

matter.

Dealers

Group

of

In¬

Bankers

Association,
meeting at Hayden Lake, Idaho.

Sept. 21-22
ciation

(Omaha, Neb.)

Sept.

27,

1961

dinner

Sept. 29,

(Detroit, Mich.)
summer

outing at St. Clair Inn & Country

Club, St. Clair, Mich.

1961

Club

of

Bond Club of Denver annual
frolic

at

17;

and

the

golf,

golf

sum¬

tournament

Petroleum Club,
lunch and dinner

Columbine

Country

Club

Aug. 18).
Sept. 8, 1961
Northern

(Cleveland, Ohio)

Ohio

Group of Invest-

Association

too

meeting at the St. Anthony

York

-

City)

at

the

Waldorf

May 6-9, 1962 (Seattle, Wash.)
National
Association
of
Mutual

Savings Banks 42nd annual con¬
ference at the Olympic Hotel.
Sept. 23-26, 1962 (Atlantic City,
N. J.)
American Bankers Association an¬
nual convention.

April

Savings

(Boston,

1963

Association

43rd

Banks

of

Mutual

annual

con¬

Hotel Statler.

ference at the

(Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia 36th

day at the Philmont

1,

27-May

Mass.)
National

r

General Securities

Form

WASHINGTON, D.

C.1— General

Securities

Oct.

formed with offices at 1012 Four¬

4,

New

1961

York

Oct.

7,

Security

(New

Group

York

of

City)

Investment

Association meeting.

1961

City)
Association

Traders

Hotel

the

been

Street, N. W., to engage in

J.

O'Connor,

President

Brown

and

Treasurer; and K. A. O'Con¬

nor,

(Denver, Colo.)

of
Stock
Exchange
Firms, Fall meeting of Board of

at

has

securities business. Officers are

Thomas

Association

Governors
Hotel.

Corporation

of

Commodore.

Oct. 9-10, 1961

teenth
a

(New York

New York annual dinner dance at

Secretary.

Mr. O'Connor was

formerly president of O'Connor &
Sons,

Inc.

Palace
Attention Brokers and Dealers

MARKETS

TRADING

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is the

long

Bank¬
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of

Country Club, Philmont, Pa.

Bankers

Aug. 17 & 18, 1961 (Denver, Colo.)

(New

Asso¬

outing.

Astoria.

Bond

Basis Club fourth annual

Dealers

summer

Association of Customers Brokers
annual

IN INVESTMENT FIELD

(Atlanta, Ga.)

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annual

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Hotel.

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Georgia

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nual

Sept. 15-17, 1961

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COMING

1961

,

(San Antonio,

Texas Group of Investment

American Cement

Botany Industries
Maxson

W. L.

Official

other country for

Not

15th annual mid¬

meeting.

year

Group annual fall outing at Queen
City Club and Kenwbod Country

Association annual field day.

11,

Diplomat

4-5, 1961 (New York City)
Association of Mutual

Dec.

April 8-10, 1962

States debt today is

billion.

of

Ohio)
Cincinnati

the

and

Club.

both.

own

1961

that the Federal debt

The United

Association

Hotel

Hotel.

Testimonial

Rieber

E.

have to be raised further.

about

(Hollywood,

Bankers

Investment
Beach

Nebraska Investment Bankers'

the

1961

Annual Convention at Hollywood

ing.

vestment

Aug.

Valley Group of Investment

Fla.)

Invest¬

Group

Association

Bankers

ment

Pacific

at

fiscal

Mountain

Rocky

pretation from the nation's
the "Chronicle's"

Ky.)

(Louisville,

1961

26,

ing.

flect the "behind the scene" inter¬

(dinner

Waste

ago

Films

King

Congress passed a bill raising the

Now

the

there

Kennedy

possibility

that

Administration

may

is

a

above $300

as

[This

Aug.

for

counties

time

them¬
selves
another
whipping
boy
other than the New Frontier, of
course.
They can blame it on

mer

Meantime,

Investment

of

Bankers Association annual meet¬

Nov. 26-Dec. 1,

(Denver, Colo.)

Sept. 13, 1961

annual field

to

meet¬

Savings Banks
about

cost money advocates found

and

Association

Bankers

ment

the Waldorf-Astoria.

like

Redevelopment Administra¬

designating

on

tration.

velopment.

may

5%
the
Eisenhower Adminis¬
it

They will

The law authorizes the

may

One

bearing

more.

istrator

and

out

blamed

and

grow

communities

and

towns

the

officials

The

grow.

will

it

are

securities.

came

They

providing
for
$394,000,000
is
merely
a
foot-in-the-door law.

Area

tagged

issue

or

went beyond 4%

ago

government

note

interest.

two

rate

interest

law-

before adjournment
to raise the national debt ceiling

Tower, protested the action of the

Isn't

years

on

of

being liquidated.

Group

Bankers Association annual meet¬

ing.
clear

and

pro¬

instead

expand

usually

a

tion

'

three

loud

up

public debt ceiling to $298 billion.

depressed.

'ir« I

"..4

Minnesota

happen to own it!"

biggest debt in the history of our

Some counties
H

the

pro¬

result

a

bonds

S.

or more.

hollered

when

Rise in Federal Debt Ceiling

for Federal assistance.

•!-

As

influence,

their

use

grams

has

in

"distressed areas."

as

result,

-'■'1

bureaucracy.

gram

that

than

these

once

U.

numerous

Many New Deal-Fair Deal Dem¬
ocrats

Berlin

get started there is built

indirectly,

in

more

themselves

Washington and in the field

development program. Already

MJ

for

livelihood

for future assistance.

moved ahead under the Area Re¬

■4

communities
unemploy¬

both

owners

operate their business.

Unwanted Aid

»

areas.

on

amount to 4%

Indicated

shopping

to

Government

/■<(
"4

industrial

family, have been designated

each,

telling

■

most

many

revolving

Such

if

the

underunemployment,
workers do not
sufficient
wages
for
a

decent
and

mer¬

rentals.

*1

but I

me

(Minneapolis-St.

1961

24,

Paul)

down

went

common

Oct.

and

where

seg¬

Congress—members

Senator

fa

is

area

is

there

Chances

is

there

Nevertheless,
ment

designated

the

Agricultural-type

they

now.

of

owners

whom

labor

a

depressed

and

i r

law

commonly used yardstick to iden¬
tify

Should the Federal Government

JH

bother

XYZ

Ohio

rates

eligible for
low
interest rate public facility
loans and grants.
A substantial
and continuing rate of unemploy¬

large

Government

con¬

ing.

may

too many

'

that

fact

The

also may become

grams

»»•
t

the

wouldn't

be

jobs.

more

this

Under

eral

.v*»

"Normally

aimed

development plans

providing

areas

shopping

•¥!

national

annual

11th

Clubs

Designation of
depressed area

find space in the
districts that are con¬
tinually springing up.
But this
raises a serious question. The Fed¬

so

t)'U-

National Association of Investment
vention at the Hotel Schroeder.

In

receive

been coming to Washington to see
if there is anything can be done

(Milwaukee,

Wis.)

stances.

and

Federal Help?

More
<p

.

October 20-21, 1961

more

few

a

19,

meeting at Rolling Rock, Pa.

need for classrooms in some coun¬

ties

meeting.

1961 (Pennsylvania)
Western Pennsylvania Group;of
Investment
Bankers
Association
Oct.

the

showing

statistics

with

up

Investment

of

Group

Bankers Association

Federal

the

Mich.)

(Detroit,

1961

Michigan

socialistic,

are

of

Some

course.

17,

Oct.

somewhat similar in

their motives.
of

ment

iii,r

Asso¬

Traders

Springs Riviera Hotel.

Palm

Federal-aid-to-education

overall

of the Capitol it¬
of Congress, for

Members

Security

ciation Annual Convention at the
area

ing in and out

;*<•

National

redevelopment wel¬
fare law and the AdministrationThe

for

place

(Palm Springs,

16-20, 1961

Calif.)

towns and cities must first submit

self.

L

Oct.

don't

we

need."

come.

Capitol

S

nual convention.

willing to tap the taxpayers of the

with thousands of tourists stream¬

W

American Bankers Association an¬

that

fact

the Federal Government would be

that

>1

Calif.)

that distresses us

"The only thing

(San Francisco,

Oct. 15-18, 1961

apparently

and

Sulphur

Association meeting.

Bankers

"Courier-

Texas,

Tyler,

in¬

age"

"space

grow

in
be

W.

Springs,

Southeastern Group of Investment

An

a

to

years

to

that

will

have

satellites

and

is destined

coming

apparent

NASA

I

place with

busy

is

It

Na¬

Space Ad¬

(White
Va.)

1961

13-15,

Oct.

complaints.

numerous

education assistance backers came

The

W#;

!

Group

Canadian

'M.'

t

(Montreal, Canada)
of Investment
Association meeting.

13, 1961

Oct.

W-

1'

10,

ask

Carl Marks
FOREIGN

Congress

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