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Metit. s; Pat. Officer

Volume 164

New York, N. Y.,

Ntimber 4517

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RAILROAD

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PUBLIC UTILITY

INDUSTRIAL

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Price 60 Cents

Monday, August 19, 1946

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INSURANCE

a

Copy

MISCELLANEOUS

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MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT

INVESTMENT FUND

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Company

Established 1922 \

SO BROAD STREET

Telephone:

HAnover 2-2600"




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NEW YORK 4, N. Y.
~

Belt Teletype: NY 1-575

Kobbe, Gcarliart & Company
'i..incorporated

4.;

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X'; Members New York Security Dealers Association
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-45 NASSAU STREET,

Telephone

~

REctor 2-3600

• \ 1 Philadelphia

NEW YORK ft '

Telephone

Enterprise 6015

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PROSPECTUS ON REQUEST

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" Bell Teletype
New York 1-570

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HUGH W. LONG and COMPANY

V .;

INCORPORATED

^

48 WALL STREET

634 SO. SPRING ST.

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LOS ANGELES 14

NEW YORK S

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THE COMMERCIAL

950

Report

American International Corp.—Quarterly

scribed

• </

and

Cash

on

v."

Dec. 31,
$1,916,289.>.$1,841,375

June 30,'46-

w

hand-

-------

Bank

Govt,

loan

for each $1,000 of debt_-=. -'

Asset coverage

v--!'25,658,359

3'85?'9?2

—

—.

.

6,919

•

.

»

^

$25

During the six months ended June 30, 1946, the corporation reduced i.
bank loan by <$1,500,000 representing amortization required underloan as a result of increases in the market value of net assets

of

such

specified levels.

Stockholders
tion's

price

,

advised

were

'

*

<

May

on

-

<

13:

*

\

the sale

of

1946

'

' \

*

-

capital

Based

loss* for purposes
current

on

that

believed

is

paid during 1946 may be non-taxable to
Federal income tax laws and regulations.

income

Federal

of "determining

it

estimates

recipients

present

under

1944:,

1943

$403,063

$367,894

$349,043

W-"!".:

12,758

19,382

—

rPj'V-'

27,084

34,139

!
'

4

'

v,

1,290

1,800

main
•

activity

i

$364,608

$417,441

$403,834

$377,927

companies

Oper. and other exps.—

80,950

76,498

87,451
217,848

79,298

processees

Interest

112,930

•

$56,807

KAL71NCE*"SHEET^''•S&5?

ASSETS^

r

-

^

-

June 30,'46 Dec. 31/45;

•

: ? ;

.

,

Investments—other than-U» S. Govtv oblig.i

V

;

*■ .* 't
$13,884,692.$14,763,859

7

General, portfolio, securities^-*—:.*.—
Allied Machinery Co. of America—_—_—

Cash

obligations—at- cost-—a:-.;;—L-*.
intere8t^and:ilividflndSi:i-i.i'i^-l_

vU. S. Govt,

i'Accrued

Amount receivable for
Accounts

302,033

-

,

^$17,261,480 $18.626.988

^

Other

int.,

incl.

unclaimed

matured

interest--

-

and accrd. taxes and-.exps.ii«ContihgencieSwis^L-i-^yiy-^-----'

320

3,714
34,314

•27,338

directors

60,000

2,531,185

Trustees

;Earned^surplur^^y.y—i.----i;';':9,826i>089*;'

9,047,772'

of

----------

Total

American

V. Unfilled

orders

at

July

16,

;- v

Report—

1945-..

V 1944

•

of the

new

Massachusetts
law

company

.

1943

$

$

<•:
^

-

.

Investors

of

firm

oper.__.

profit
.other charges

;

■

■■

acquire

310,641

23,090,247

164, p.

dividends

700,000

3,359,469

1,138,029
965,354

1,245,353

of

credits

over

164.

government contract advances

of

1946

'LIABILITIES—Accounts

(contra),

payable,

payroll,

other

than

$9,536,195;

|

.

"}5"

f
1
outstanding 250,000 preferred
convertible, series A, and 102 000

v.-.'v-v.'to

offered

was

which

program

included

last,

$25,000,000

.I

„

buWicly to refund

'

.

.

a simtlar amount
only funded debt.

the

are

holders

common

also

$2,330,175;

investments—at

$10,266,997;

for

reserve

other

and

expenses

income

taxes,

reportedly

involved nearly $500,000.—V.

past

for

164,

2.-

p.

;

,-

income

and

excess

under

and

pension

costs,

$2,647,526; war and other con¬
tingencies, $2,633,000), $7,886,898; capital stock: 7% cumulative
pre¬
ferred stock (par $100), $20,000,000; common stock
($1 par), $1,779,076; capital surplus, $13,344,350; earned
surplus, $17,974,256; total,

$104,800,238.

assets

of

the

Canadian

subsidiary not consolidated

which

30,

1946, at the U. S. dollar-equivalent, aggregate $8,318,367,
American Locomotive Co.'s equity amounted to
$4,753,353.
June 30, 1946, the rate of
exchange between the U. S. dollar
Canadian dollar returned to
approximately par; on this

basis,

30,

1948,

the

subsidiary

Locomotive

Co.'s

p.

U.

S.

would

equity

dollar

have

therein

equivalent of

aggregated
would

have

the

net

$9,081,079
amounted

assets

and
to

of

the

American

$5,189,188.

821.

fered—Corporation, through

Estabrook & Co., and Har¬
Ripley & Co., Inc., as its agents, made public
offering Aug. 13 of 200,000 shares of common stock
riman

at

TURPOSE-—The

$25
offering is that

per
a

share.

minimum




An unusual feature of the
of $1,500,000 must be

sub-

to

.proceeds

(estimated

at

to

part

and

to

<

engines;

required

sanitary tin cans, and in part for the manufacture
sanitary;.tin cans, for aale jto packers pi Iood_products.
'<
*
CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TTOTRESENT FINANCING
,

<

1

V

to
of
„r

v

A

Ser.

A

cumul.

Common

pfd.

stock'

NOTE—The

stock

($50

($2.50;, par

;

.

par)

;

'•

Authorized

1

Cumul. pfd. stock ($50 par)____;

|

4'"'

".will'.VWI

$1,916,000)

general funds of the company and used in
engage in the peacetime production of diesel
construct machinery, equipment and facilities

to

in

part

net

the

convert

Outstanding

§

60,000 shs.

M
40,000 shs. !
' 360,810 shs.
^
v

______

value)__

-1,000,000 shs."

authorized

capitalization o? 'the companyT* as of April
30, 1946, consisted of 1,000,000 shares of common stock (par
$2.50)
-Of which there were 360,810 shares
outstanding, and 300,000 shares
of cumulative preferred
stock'(par $10) of which there were no shares
outstanding.
On July 3, 1946, the certificate of incorporation was
amended (i)
to increase the par value of the cumulative
preferred

§?
$
■

from $10 to $50 per
share, and (il) to decrease the authorized
number of shares of cumulative
preferred stock from 300,000 to

60,000.

HISTORY &
1927.

BUSINESS—Company was incorporated in Delaware In
or its predecessors, have been engaged in the manu-

Company,

facture

and

Company

sale

of

intends

Company

cans

engines

also
for

since

and

1905

diesel

engines since

to

engage
in the business of
sale to packers of food products,

taxes

——.

manufacturing
.fivur

presently engaged principally in the manufacture and
Atlas
Imperial heavy duty marine,
stationary and
industrial diesel engines and of Atlas
High-speed diesel engines and in
of

.

"

1943

1944

$386,477
)

the

"$344,268:

,

43,410

22,549

15,231

15,248

merchandising of engine parts, supplies, accessories and service.
UNDERWRITERS—The names of (he principal underwriters and

$357,678

2,884

■•

,

of

.

shares

be

to

by

them

severally,

:

.Biyth & Co., Inc

Shares

Pacific Co.

12,000

of Calif.____

including gains

*

losses on sales of securities

or

*

;

"

'

,

'

!<

(gain in 1946,

'

,

SHEET, JUNE 30,

•'

Pacific

4,000

William R.

2,000

Henry F. Swift & Co

Eateman, Eichler & Co.__
Brush, Slocumb & Co

$296,541

6,000

Leib, O'Connor & Co

21,297

2,000

Walston,

Kaiser

*.

„

&

Northwest
Staats

2,ooo

Co

2,000

Co

Hoffman
Goodwin

.2,000

Co

2,000
2,000

•

<Si

2,000

2,000

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME

1946

as-

No.ot

Sutro & Co

■

$356,487 ;

$333,659

are

Shares

9,789

'

purchased

No. of
"

23,732
<:

number

follows:

6,319

■

23,047

21,755

20,820

-

1920.

is

distribution

33,738

ASSETS—Cash, $538,277; receivables,
Value, $15,298,580; total, $16,079,890. '

-

■

LIABILITIES—Bank

Investments—book

$243,033;
"

!

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and

89,911

—V.

Gross

par),

total,

$15,315,852;

sales

of goods sold
Sell., gen. & adm. exp._

$16,079,890.

Profit
Other

Andrews Steel Co.—Sale of Assets—

;

i - Faul D, Angell, Chairman of the
Board,
this

.

has

company

its fixed

sold

to

and

assets, such

on

Aug.

8

sale

includes

the

-—-—Years ended Nov. 30
Apr. 30/46
1945
1944
"
1943
$2,467,940 $13,246,897 $15,889,022 $13,221,330
1,933,414
10,745,057
12,788,758
10,719,827
347,146

1,074,710

801;258

$1,220,468

$2,025,553

$1,700,243

income

$11,575

$19,434

$19,921

$1,240,660

$2,044,988

$1,720,165

2,130

57,061
815,196

65,287

102,095

103,021

1,469,965

1,235,484-

$93,802

charges

for

$20,192

$198,954

income

Prov.

1,281,371

$187,379-

operation-

Income

anounced that

International

5 Mos. End.

$368,402

$509,735

$382,585

vii

tax.'on

inc.-

!

•

as

Wilders, Kentucky.;!

The

fr,

Total

Detrola Corp., Detroit, Mich.,
land, buildings, equipment and machinery, !
jUnd all of the physical inventories of the Andrews plants in Newport
all

discts., &c._

Cost

162, p. 778.

shares—no

common

-,

'1

-

.

loans.

$500,000;
dividends payable
$222,022;
reserve
for Federal
income
taxes, $42,017; reserve for shareholders
and profit and loss
(represented by 68,700 $4'/2 cumulative preferred

"Vh

,

stock

of

Andrews

-"k

.

Co.
'
t

Net

—V.

subsidiaries, such as the
Roofing and Corrugating :;

Newport Rolling Mill .Co., the Globe Iron
Co., the Newport Culvert Co., and the Hardy-Burlingham Mining
See also International Detrola
Corp. below.—V. 160, p. 2.

income

163.

P.

2287.

Aviation Corp. (Del.) (& Subs.) —Earnings—
•

6 Months Ended May 31—

Net

...

,1946
1945
' " 1944
'
$1,982,552 $19,814,423 $33,902,816
16,213,925
24,972,214

sales

Cost of sales__

Arkansas Western Gas
Co.—-Registers

—2,508,602

With SEC—
•

The

company on Aug. 12 filed a registration
for 93,430 shares
($5 par) common stock.
Rollins & Sons, Inc., New York.

-statement

SEC

subscription

is

with

Underwriter,

offering

the

E.

company

stock for

ing

fund

bonds

bonds,

and

3%

common

institutions

series,
stock

due

will

1966.

be

used

$1,500,000
Funds
to

first

from

Total

Expenses
Federeal

mortgage sink¬
sale of the

and

25

the

cents

have

regular

dividend of 59%
outstanding 43A% cumulative convertible preferred stock
per share on the outstanding class A and class B com¬
a

Earnings

quarterly

mon stock, all payable Oct.
1, 1946, to holders of record Sept. 16, 1946.
Previously, the regular quarterly dividend on the class A and class B
common

stock

was

15

cents

per

share.—V.

164,

p.

271.

per common

postwar tax

and

debt

retirement

_

NOTE—Depreciation

;

4,250,000

■

'

!

147,172
542,000

*1,350,000

*4,994,000

$12,723,233 ! $1,593,260
$2.09
$0.27

$2,317,853

Cr350,000

490,000

refund of $90,000 in 1945
credit

$286,396 in 1944.—V.

95,497

500"000

of

$60,000
on

in

sale of

amortization

of

and

1945."

164, p. 271.

$0.40

$555,000

(Deficit,

in 1944
tlncludes

securities.

fixed

assets

during the period in the amount of $167,423 in 1946,
and

268,079

37,253
_

share

and

1,178,011

129,959

•

129,961

extraordinary profit of $16,959,908
"

1,133,425

State

Profit

*After

declared

and

Federal excess profits taxes—
Provision for postwar readjustment

'""V

directors

1,102,010

$4,743,897 $10,032,612

741,101

stock

taxes

Amortization of goodwill
Federal income taxes

Armstrong Rubber Co.—Increases Dividend.
on

$8,930,602

1,143,399

Interest, discounts, etc

the

$840,000 3% % bonds
$210,000
serial
promissory note.
Company will also
deposit
$600,000 with the trustee under the indenture securing the first
mortgage bonds.
Remaining proceeds will be added to general funds.

The

$3,600,498

___

capital

corporation

and

cents

income

..

retire

163,

^

t$526,050
118,020,345
$17,494,295

Other income

H.

to

intends to sell to

Operating profit

the •!

present common stockholders at $10 a share in the
ratio of 3 shares for each 4 shares
held.
Unsubscribed shares will
be sold to underwriters.
At the same time of common stock offering,

V.

American Research & Development
Corp.—Stock Of¬

<

Transfer

sanitary tin

$420,216

Company

net

"*

*'v

Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., San Francisco,
Agent—American Trust Co., San Francisco, Cal.
The
4M»%. cumulative preferred stock is convertible into
common
stock
on or before
July 31. 1951. '
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:

</.

and

BALANCE

con¬

gov¬

1C--X

33,049

29,041

Federal

$2,799).

or :

$2,330,175;

•

Registrar—Wells

J. Barth &

State

•

payable,
$4,111,414; ac¬

advances on
profits taxes

contracts, $10,957,548; fund liabilities
advances—contra: cash fund advances,

service

NOTE—The

(par $50) at $50.75 per share and div.
Cal.

iv

26,558

expenses

Prov.

dividends

items,

$1,178,639;

of

shares

common

Imperial- Diesel* Engine >Cd.-^Preferred Stock
Offered—Biyth & Co., Inc.; Seattle, on July 30 offered
40,000 shares of series A cumulative: preferred stock

and

Approved---

26

8

the

stock

debentures

Aug.

the

authorized capital stock
capital the company plans to

new

cumulative

5,000,000

of

.

Atlas

;

Haussermann,

Shattuck,

$400,097
2,895

_

tNot

liability for purchase of government facilities—instalments due subse¬
quent to June 30, 1947, $780,094;, reserves for deferred credits and
operating reserves, $1,564,837; reserve for accident
indemnity reserves,
$2,117,082; contingency reserves: (income and excess profits
taxes, $2,-

(par $1)

.

there

transaction

.

'

$367,048
<

2,514

Other

-

1946

war

contract

164,

.

this additional authorized debt has been
undertaken.
The -company has sold its
production, acreage and equipment in
and Finney
counties, Kansas, to the Shallow Water Refining
-Co., Morton Bxowny. President of .the .latter
concern, announced.
The

Davis. Dflwv, ^2nd, Is !

.

1945

i

.

$428,572

_

Salaries

cost

accrued

Jr.

V

32,519«*

,

.

income-

Interest

$1,700,000;

(after reserve for possible loss of $1,738,000), $3,357,908;
assets—on basis of cost: land,
$2,188,260; buildings, machinery
equipment (after reserve for depreciation of $28,547,660),
$22,613,907; patterns, drawings and dies, $1,760,000; unused plant sites at
estimated realizable
values, $37,732; deferred charges, $446,846; total,
$104,800,238.

—V.

The

also

are

preference'stock*

of

Stockholders

Scott

the
Total

and

Canadian

f

the sale of the company.«^-V. 163;-

on

$396,053

__

1,231,864

fixed

and

will Increase

authorized

4%

shares

v

authorized, $25 par, of
are 2,663,998
outstanding.
*,
»
V:
the stockholders voted to increase the
company's indebted¬
periodically by additional amounts not to exceed $50,000,000. None

of

v

6 Mos. End. June 30—

Interest

ASSETS—Cash, $16,561,841; U. S. Government securities, at cost,
$11,506,680; accounts receivable (after reserve for doubtful accounts
$80,711), $10,013,963; termination claims and other unbilled charges
(after applying advances received of
$11,230,356), $1,958,132; inven¬
tories, at cost not in excess of market, $32,024,794; fund assets under

renegotiation of

&

821.

p.

of

at June

650,000

preferred.

.

greeting held on Aug. 6 approved the

fNet income

-

Wv

Oscar

m

finance

Last May
ness

270.

Amoskeag Co.- -Earnings—

4,618,125

'

(

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30,

June

148,000

debentures.

which

:

electric properties of this company for the
Aug. 10,
1946 totaled 86,464,000 kwh., an increase of
the output of 86,061,000 kwh. for the corresponding week

1945—V.

;

tlncludes excess profits taxes of $22,140,000 and after postwar credit
.of $2,400,000, § Includes Canadian excess profits tax of $1,637,000.
,

at

of

special meeting called for Nov. 1, 1946

rluhsntiivac

There

of "the

output

ended

0.47%

1,183,665
689,773

profits taxes of $12,900,000 and postwar
includes provision for renegotiation.
<

Since

3%

■

Power
week

360,432

3,050,550

excess

of

a

create

•

preferred merles * B
in
a
financing

;

95A 'L

SL

any
v

iat

to

cumulative, series B, .both $100 par,

v..:The

business and goodwill of Sylvania In¬

the assets,

Aug.' 26 - to vote

on

3278.

Income—Dividends
3,950,016-

dividends

606,372;

of

.

volume

stock

*Includes excess profits taxes of $11,343,000 and is after deducting
$882,000 postwar credit on Canadian excess profits taxes,
tlncludes

ernment

3.6%
•

has

company

shares, viz.;

American Watep Works & Electric Coyf Inc.--Output

27,425,106

^191,567:.

meet

will

,

Net profit for period-

taxes,

Trust;

American Viscose Corp.~Acquisition

p.

6,887,240 16,287,638 23,281,813 " 27,785,538
VV 31,224 " : ( 193,169
f 81,263^ :
37,413
§2,906,000 *12,135,000 tl8,750,000 120,730,000
600,000
1,400,000°
2y400,000

Prov;:forj»ostwayadjust.

tracts,

: v-

Corp.
They also voted to increase the authorized'common
stock to 2,500,000 from 2,000,000-shares.
*
.
.
,
.
;
>American. Viscose Corp. -will Issuq 327,411 shares of> Its common
stock, on a basis of three-quarters Qf a share of American Viscose
for^each^share-of Sylvania Industrial.: :
Frank H. Reichel. President of Sylvania Industrial Corp.', has been
elected Chairman "of American Viscose Corp.
Stockholders of Sylvania

vi¬

15,§76,998

352,972

,Prov. for. Income taxes-

crued

The

Brigadier . GenexaLi

Haussermann^ Davison

The stockholders at the-annual

!■

,

'6,534,267

income

$972,677;

proposal

a

approved,- the action

added

assistant.-^V;

proposal to

-

v

,

Net

below

on

to 5,900,000 shares.
How much
-raise has not been determined.
'

so

•

allowances —52,398,784 120,384,613 159,418,051 241,059,161
goods sold, incl.
<
?
\
admin.,
selling
and'*'
< > - ■
1
1 *
general expenses
45,205,919 103,363,721 135,196,288 212,358,129
Depreciation
658,598:
1,043,894
1,131,516
1,275,92$

!

.

•;•<■:'■:

»

to buy .$7,500,000
Proceeds are to be

future.

increased

par,

If

.

,

i>

Cost of

also

of

Boston

technical

,;

v

Common

enterprises,
existing proc¬

the .desirability

contracted

the
an

Junior to the present
.3946, will be entitled to vote. -

dustrial

•

14

Preferred

in
of

care

manufacture

INCOME STATEMENT, SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

sales, .less discts-r..

from

the

a

and

,

vote

$100

new

;

!-'■//,
com¬

Atlantic Refining? Co.—New Preference Issue Planned

of advisors is to Assist-the fmanagement
of projects and to recommend |

The Vice-PresidentVis Joseph..W. Powell,

;

-

:V^V
:1940
: $

Other

take

The common stockholders

appraisal

1946, of

•

CONSOLIDATED

Profit

of such notes

will

!<&■

Co.—Semi-Annual

Locomotive

the- consolidated companies
amounted-to $75,000,000 and consisted principally of steam and dieselelectric locomotives and parts, of. which $28,000,000 represented steam
locomotives for exports
Montreal Locomotive Works, Ltd. had $15,000,000 unfilled orders at that date,^principally steam locomotives for

f-

which:

om

:

;

has sold to the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
$2,500,000 of its 3% junior notes, due 1953.
The

to

The other members of this board

in
determining
suitable^ ^Investment.;

&

*23,655,843 $61,963,821 549,486,754 \

'

-4

-

.

business.-—V. 163, p. 3127.

formerly President of the Boston Chamber of Commeoce; Ira Mosher;
formerly Vice-President and General Manager of. the American Optical
Co.; Warren Motley, of the Boston -law firm of Gaston, Snowy fiiee

$17,261,489^18,026,988

—

163, p. 2846;

Gross

as

$

•<!

'

January

of

•

"

;

used

far elected- ere - besides Mr,
Flanders, Frederick S. Blackall, Jr.,:who is President and Treasurer !
h' of the Taft-Peirce- Manufacturing So.; Bradley Dewey, President of *
Dewey-& Almy Chemical Co.; Horace S. Ford, Treasurer of Massachu¬
setts Institute of Technology, and-Financial Advisor to the National
Academy of Sciences; Merrill Griswold, Chairman of the Board, of

•

5,350,000
1,000,000

,

advisors,

••••.

......

the

The

$26,553

accts. pay.

export..

development, of

.

*«n n** qzi*eiaa

insurance.; firm has also

furnishing capital to

in the

or

iThei- functionrof th^ board

bank loan, due Jan^ 1, 1954_-^--._—3,850,000
Common stock (1,000,000 shares, no par)„____
1,000,000
Capital surplus;
2,531,185

.

■•

new' enterprise
•

Reserve for

•

the

of

:

.

"

*3%

—V.

consist

in

board; of

a

corporation in the
procedures to be followed

payable -for securities " purchased- -not-

receivedAccrd.

engaged

products,

new

be

.

of

"i

LIABILITIES^

and

There" will

,

"'

Amount

principally

will

V
•<?'.;!

«

more

Will he Dr, Karl T,^ Comp ton, Edwin; R.- Gilliland - and Jerome* C. Huni
.^saker.•

1,279

receivabie^ther ;1,070

Total

corporation

unit,

a

t-in -to* iifi

.3T2T."""

p

'

York

time for such payment,' which time
days after the date of such notice.

Georges F. Doriot will be Chairman.
.

-

t

of the

i63

pany

at such
later than Nov. 17,
the above condiions

the

seven

and

Associates Investment Co.—Obtains Loan—The

;

or

nf

44,732

!.'

-

Harriman

and

with the SEC
1,000 shares ($1 par) com¬
Proceeds will be used for general

preferred

$101

companies

~V
*

JRalph E; Flanders, who recenly resigned as president of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston, will temporarily servfe as president,.

50,283

57,405

sold—not delivd.-

secur.

fixing

*

PERSONNEL

225,459
1,916,289^ 1,841,375
1,100,000 " 1,100.000.

————

Co.

Washington—ReglS-

'

^ 4 letter of notification

g'
par)

Associated Dry Goods Corp.—Sales
Increase—
Period End..July 27—
V, 1946—3 Moa.—1945,,
1946-^6 Mosi-1945

not

that

stating

z*1?

($100

Offering price,

become payable

shall
(but

company

company

(whether

Inn

Sales by subsidiary store

development of
esses
and
products.
However, it will be the company's, policy to
invest in new enterprises only when, in the judgment of the
company's
board of directors, research or development work
already carried on
indicates that the -product or process to. which the new enterprise:
relates is commercially practicable and embraces prospects of ultimate
fprofit^ '
'
'"
■SP:

;■* 241,823

$228,013 *;'! 598,534

5218,095

.

!;^---:< v ^
^

-

65,653

Operating income——. *

and

earlier than
&

the

the

met

are

Publisher®

corporate purposes, r Issue not underwritten.
?»«£•
?;v, ' J
'fi. V !\
t3;V- V iV !'{•'
.>*;

such
subscriptions and purchases are obtained by the- agents.
company^5was organized June 6, vlM

not

or

X rTtie

1,800

'

income

Total

from

conditions

above

subscriptions

1946),
fixed by

mot

be

the

If

1,

be

notice

a

been

'

1,800

mon.

Ripley & Co., Inc., have agreed to
assist the. company in finding purchasers for the 200,000 shares.
The
agents will charge no fee or commission for obtaining subscriptions
from institutional investors^ but will
receive an agent's commission
of $1 for each share subscribed for and purchased by others whether

JUNE 30

1945

$343,936

Dividends

Compensat. received fr.
Allied Machinery Co.
:V, of .America

have

Nov.

may

in

.Estabrook

1946

.

as

1946)

shall not

INCOME STATEMENT, SIX MONTHS ENDED

Interest

date

dividends

any

investors.

an

'

^nC0I?pany
500 shares

for

.

before

not

Book

terg
*

J,

initial quarterly dividend of % ■$
preferred stockj payable Sept. 1 Z X
23, 1946.—V. 164, p. 822; V. 163, p. 2718!

Associated

,

:

minimum

the

Aro Equipment Corp.—Initial -Dividend^*

directors on Aug., 8 declared
cents per share on the new 4 V2 7c
1946 to holders of record Aug.

shares.

institutional

,

taxes.

(The)
The

56 Va

subscription received pursuant to'any such offers shall be
cancelled if by 3 p.m.
(EST) Nov. i, 1946 the company shall not
have received
have-received and accepted subscriptions for an aggregate of at least
120,000 shares including at least 60,000 shares subscribed for by such

of corpora-,

wholly owned subsidiary, Allied Machinery Co. of America. The
realized for the stock was approximately the amount at which
were carried on the books and should provide .a substantial

share,

per

Monday^ August 19jt 194(5

investment

as

Each

1

the 6hares

long-term

such

number of shares so offered to any
such institutional investor being 1,000 shares; and
(ii) to other than
the foregoing,
for cash at the rate of $25 per. share,., the minimum
number of shares so offered to any of such other offerees being 200
shares
except
that incorporators,
directors, officers and members
of the board :bl -advisors may subscribe' for less than the minimum

its

'to certain

investors,

The 200,000 shares are offered (1) to institutinoal investors, which
be either investment companies registered under the Investment
Company. Act of 1940, life insurance companies, educational institu¬
tions, or research or educational foundations, for cash at the; rate of

.
4,796 .- , .j
20,308,359
1,000,000 shs^ •
$20.30

;:

,

com.

institutional

shall

5,350,000 r:/:./

-

stock—- ~ 22,788,563
Number of shares outstanding.—1,000,000 shs.;
Net assets per share of com.-^stock
4 $22.78
. ,
Net assets applicable to

-

\

1,102,353..

obligations
—,
1,102,273
Total.net assets before deduct.; loansi_-*. 26,638,563
S.

U.

by

companies registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, life insurance companies, educational insti¬
tutions and research, or educational foundations.: ' J
'

following tabulation, summarizes the pertinent- figures at June 30,
Dec. 31, .1945.
Market values at the respective .dates have--,
been used on the basis set forth in- the accompanying1 list of securities..
The

1946

FINANCIAL'. CHRONICLE

was

provided

$308,609 in 1945

.

Sales

3(£-

other

and

/'1945

1946

•

oper,'

$14,074,066 $27,909,610 $21,278,464 $18,750,712
Cost of goods sold, de» ?.
•
-V
';'v
\
•
•■'■'•"i"
^: Uverx and other vepsi
13,624,2515 23,514,036 18,451,019 : 15,355,807
revenues

ideprec.^^ 555297»001" ,,;62Q,606; ^ '"483,238

>

.

Interest
.

JCr252,000

*2,907,000

11,640,000

$856,329

$506,713

171,346

,

.

iiv-.1

deductions

$767,012
171,493

"

negotiation

'

421,339

526,604

3,143,625
82,057

Excess

2,459,176

earned

i—

171,346

.

stk. outstdg.,-Vv,v 257,171
$1.30
per share.

6hrs,

com.

Amt.

earned

$523,019

$684,837
384,840
256,564
$2.66

$335,367

com..

on

dividends

.

384,840
'

256,564

>

.

-

profit

Net

$1,480,472

—

initial

The

-

'

(1

'

' $861,364

-

requirement

dividend

annual

Thereby;1 will ;be $202,500.

$595,519
384,840
256,569

»'

"

v

of

names

7

stock
per¬

and renegotiation refund (less post¬
war refund of $217,000).
tlncludes $1,420,000 (less postwar credit of
$142,000) in
1944, $1,826,000
(less postwar credit of $183,000) in
1943.
^Including tax credit due to carryback of unused excess profits
credit amounting to $313,000 and f ederal income tax of $61,000.
♦Includes

excess

>r.teirt^-^a$hV:44,65b,038j'M; S.
accounts

and

Inventories,

notes

JUNE 30,

f

of $167,871), $3,104,059;
of Federal taxes due to
$322,269; cash and receiv¬

:7

.

,

1;

,

Collins

2.21
2.21

—

Maine Securities Co.———v

.

California—

Co. of

2.21

Pacific

H. M. Paysoh*& Co.—.

4,45

'

'

*

"

,

Co.—Earnings
1946"
1945""

30-^-

"

'

;

—*$1,436,270

Federal taxes

;

'♦

after estim,

profit

'

•

2.21

.

'

'7

'

•

accrued

earned

stock

7,352 shares common
J2r$203,299; total, $30,121,425.—V. 164, p. 271. ?
surplus,

$7,106,533;

in

$1,069,129.. $1,267,403,

The

which

prevents

it

$2.90

$2.44

.

—V.

.

the

EFFECT

Buffalo

full

291,830 shs,

•

^

€ Mos. End. June 30—

Chemical Plants Division of BIaw-Knox Construction Co, has
a
contract from Colgate-Palmoiive-Peet Co. for the design
to be located at Kansas City,
Kansas: Jersey City, N. J.; and Jeffersonville, Ind. Construction is
under way at Kansas City and Jeffersonville, and it is planned to
$tart work at Jersey City in the
bear.jfu|ure.—V. 164,-p. 678.;

Gross

Corporation on Aug; V announced the acquisition of 100% con¬
the Wiley Equipment Co. of Port Deposit, Md., and the Wiley
Manufacturing Co. of Mountville, Pa., manufacturers and fabricators
of cranes, barges, hoisting and loading equipment.
The operations of
both companies will be coordinated with and supplement the activi¬
ties
of
the
Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn,, a subsidiary of the
Barium Steel Corp., and ofte
of -the largest manufacturers in' the
tioi8ting add Uoading equipment industry;
•
,A
'^7 - 7: ,v.v ;
^ ^

—V. 163, pp 2720

and others of the
*

V

'

1

'

:

"V's)

-*■

"

i

J

'

"

'

■

Bausch & Lomb

5'

.

'.u

continued

30,
31,

Dec.

Dec,- 31,
Dec.

31,
31,

'*'

H

Optical Co.—New Unit—

$798,744
$245

Tlie company ron Aug. 14 announced the formation of a new com¬
to serve Sweden and Finland, which is jointly owned by the
optical firm and Aga-Baltlc Ab: a Swedish corporation.
The new
concern will be known
as Aga-Bausch & Lomb Ab.
With headquar¬
ters located in Stockholm, Sweden, it will serve as a distributor of
Bausch & Lomb's entire line of scientific optical
and ophthalmic
instruments, equipment and eyewear.—V. 164, p. 145.
"' ? v
•; v ,■

1946
1945--.-1944--——
1943—
1942
-

'

offer

months)

1

for eight

days.

j

per

sum,

9 Months Ended June 30—'

^

/

:

1946

.

-

f

Grass income

Federal

income

Federal

excess

taxes_i^—t
profits

tax

common;^hare---^.^

*

$105.13
:
105.78
•' v
102.92
v.'O,
99.1994.38
;v

6,545

stated

$2.00

5.50

.

MONTHS

SIX

'

JUNE

ENDED

'

with

on;

OF

NET ASSETS, JUNE 30,

LIABILITIfiS^-Fayable^'-ior^purchase ot
-

units

Net

of beneficial

interest

.

on

stock,

Oct.

1

in

1945

f>;.

r

issue

debentures due Jan.

retire

I,; 1952.—V. 164, p. 678.

'

a

"

'

respectively, and is
official

exchange

exchange

are

sub¬

dividend of 50 cents (2%) on
of the year 1946, payable in

respect

record

30, last,

Aug. 26. This

50 cents
-

;,,

-

1946

$151,741
6,753
divs. distrib.

on

Oct.

1,

compares

1945,

and

,

,

*

1946

"

-

_

" 1945

'

*

•

British Industries Corp.—Transfer Agent—
The Marine Midland Trust Co. of New York has been appointed
transfer agent for 199,000 shares of common stock.—V. 164, p. 678.
Z:

1945

1944

,

^ '

1943

;

'4,791

5,216

4,823

;

8,126

3,269

,4,231
i

$175,377

23,681

'

$156,314

$156,563

15,367

14,143

$165,024v
18,266

Fees of custodian,

regis- •
trar, transfer agent--'
Legal and auditing fees
Fed. capital stock and

1,797

1,461

1,597

1,767

56,247

56,462

2,600

2,500

$81,836

$75,904

$72*775

$73,565

440,231

for

Net

160,371

142,192

t29,306

$522,067
56,300

$236,275
56,300

$30,583

$44,259

56,350

56,434

Fed¬

normal

taxes—

income

Net Income

-

profit

—

of

sales

on

Net oper, profit^—*
Dividends declared
—

£:

*in

.

.

the form of

*

,

5,715
2,411

>2,336

62,030

expenses

Prov.

■

1,884

5,392

1,755

—

Other

-

5,479

60,206

taxes

misc.

6,101

"

securities at famounts based on'mafket; quotations^

BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30,

> ASSETS—Investments

as

annexed,

at

1946 "

average

1

cost

*

(Reg. U.S. Patent Office) William B. Dana Company,




,

:

(market value

30, 1946, $9,402,912), $6,588,581; cash In banks, $97,133;
dividends receivable and interest accrued, $31,289; receivable for secur¬
at

June

ities

sold,

$23,675;

deferred charges, $232,764; total, $6,973,442.

Publishers, 25 Park Place, New York 8, N, Y.,
^
Thursday (general news and advertising
wmi a^atlstlcal issue om ^imay].^ othw:
England, c/o Edwards & Smith; Copyright 1946 by William^B^ Dana Company. Reentered
3, 1879. Subscriptions in United-States and - Possesstomr E26.00 v per year; to Eom^n of
Canada, $27.50 per year; South and Central America, Spain, Mexico and Cuba* $29.50 per year; Great Britain, Continental Europe (except Spain), Asia, Australia and Africa, $31.00 per yeat
NOTE; On account of the fluctuations in the rates of exchange, remittances for foreign subscriptions and advertisements must be made in New York funds.
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

William Dana Seibert, President; WUllam D.-Riggs, Business Manager.
Published twice a week [ev.ury
offices: 135 S.\La Salle St., Chicago 3, ILL (Telephone: State 0613); 1 Drapers' Gardens, London, E. O.,
as second-class matter February 25, 1942, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March

.

$155^10 %$147,830^-$152333:

8,757

Total Income
•Management lee.'

like amount of 3 c/o
'

1944,

Canadian

Corp.—^Earnings—

J; ■'x

.

P. U. Commission on Aug. 2 authorized the com$800,000 gen; and ref. collateral trust 2% %' bonds,

due April 1, 1976.; Proceeds will be used to

and
of

>

»

Dividends
♦Taxable

pay¬

■,>*'

A

Interest

accrued ex¬

-

-

Misc. income

The Connecticut

to

$1,003,709

■^■•$i."7%oi4 --$l.63-:

$3,473,000 7 $6,197,000

1

Bridgeport (Conn.) Gas Light Co.—Bonds Authorized.
'pany

$1,163,904

involving foreign

"

investments

•

1945

basis

holders of

to

March

on

March 31,

on

Income—

per

///

on

Carriers & General

eral

value each, $6,641,498.—V. 163, p. 2847..

capital

funds

6 Mos;End; June 30—

carrying Investments at market quotations,
unit of beneficial interest for 63,172 units

to $105.13

par

1 280,003
*1,166,972230,655

>■;

215,814

,

—V. 164, p. 552.

30

investments.^lli^^f,

of $l

net

*920,928

"

0.28

1946

repurchased, $21,590;

equivalent

discharge

1946,
the

on

transactions

Week Ended Aug, 7—
Traffic earnings

$7,185; total, $140,507,
assets, based

30,

dollars

cents paid

75

75 cents

and losses on securities)
1946
1945 7

-

S.

Canadian

ordinary

Canadian

91,214

penses,

.

.7,196

-r

Canadian Pacific Ry.—Declares 50-Cent Dividend—

$1.30
0.35

4.15

\.;r4.12 "

and unrealized gains

ended June

U.

The directors on Aug. 12 declared a
the

"7,""'-.*-.

4.20

•

4.50

All

.

;

7,552 :
488,416 S

,

ject to^^ Canadmn Government restriction and control.—V. 164, p. 678.

Gains

Income

in

rates.

Distributions Declared per Unit
'
"
From
From

4.40.

months

nine

7

/•ASSETS—Investments -in bonds %t market quotations, /(co^t per
books $6,152,638), $6,352,336; cash in bank, demand deposit, $331,573;
receivable ior Units of Beneficial Interest sold, $21,471; accrued in¬
terest on bonds, $76,623; total, $6,782,005.

:

$2,788^34

! J^GTE-f-The- net incomeiof the fcoihpahy's Canadian
"subsidiary, whose
accounts are included in the above summary,
amounted "to7 approx¬
imately 13%, 19V2% and 19% of the consolidated net income for the

7 $97,483

for

-

$1.90

.

40,840
„

732,157
165,694
"145,427

'

taxes

$2,747,694
.

<$2,796,614"

$1,365,188

^Net;incpme;pcr

Liquidating Value
per Unit
,

period.—$111,294

-

•

r,

412,582;
4,117

_

Foreign inc. arid excess prof,

$111,327
'•
13,844

able

1944

>

$2,628,688
167,926

54,941
-'I'-

,

,

v19,06l

—

STATEMENT

?

1945

*

,

$2,357,641

'

v*

Income deductions

$1.43

Cash distribution-^119,344

by the common

proceeds from- the loan; together'With the net proceeds
1945 of 256,500 shares of common stock, were applied
(i) obligations of thje company in payment of part of
the
consideration for the assets ' acquired from Androscoggin Mills
jand Hill Mfg. Co; (ii) as a loan to the company's subsidiary, Bates
Mfg. Co., to enable said subsidiary to discharge its obligations as part
•of the consideration for the assets acquired from Edwards Mfg. Co. and
York Mfg. Co.; and (iii) to pay indebtedness of the company repre¬
sented by demand notes which had been outstanding more than,one
.year, the balance not used for the foregoing purposes haying been
Added to the working capital of the company for financing accounts
receivable and inventory, expansion of the finished dress goods busi¬
ness and increases in the level of costs and volume of business.
The

-

•>./-•'

of

—

$^10,881

$124,873
—" 13,579

Income; interest
Expenses

The under¬
share plus

ShS::::

sales

vNefr operating income^—

from the sale in
to

'■-SS '-y'

■

Income credits

.-f •"

$2.00

.

together with other funds of the company, will be applied
company of a present

principal amount of $4,600,000. ;v"';S

.;Vi.

■'

Magazine, Inc., Los Angeles—Files With*

-■

tabu1^^ott7ihdicates3thq

63,172
51,084
36,820

"

;$o pay and discharge a term bank loan of the
aggregate

4

,

.

;p

1

^ SenwrArinuaJ

Outstanding

-

(Exclusive of realized

PURPOSE—Net proceeds to the company is estimated at $4,452,500.
Said

"

520,778

$503,908
$1.41

-K No. of Units

-

—

Net income for the

open

,

7.

.

—

—

1944

Stock Offered—

writers are to purchase from the company at $100
dividends from July I, 1946 any shares not: purchased
stockholders.
<

,

J.-—$26,254,538 $24,036,775 $23,259,929
goods sold
13,646,599
11,800,005
12,194,343
Advertising, selling, distributing and
•
v*
general and admin. expense$-.ii 10,250,298
' 9,608,082
8,317,892
v
;/
>/'v:
-■• ••
• -.v.
,.
-

\

i

"'**

$6,641,498
5,403,606
3,789.534
1,890,(65
617,729

—

1945

1943

($100 par) at $102.75
subject to prior; rights - of

remains

'■

.

Total

1946 (6

TThese 45,000; shares of preferred stock are first offered by the
to the holders of its presently outstanding common stock
(391,500 shares), at $100 per share plus dividends from July
1,
on
the basis of 0.11494 shares of preferred stock for each share of
Such

•

Allen, present receiver for the Hamburg company, said
interruption of service and he will continue to oper¬
the sale is completed by delivery of deed to the new
pur-

; ; Canacia Dry Ginger Ale, Iiic. (& Subs.) -Earnings--

$1,237,892 in total.net assets during the past six
substantial than in any corresponding period.

The Increase t>f

company

stock.

v

America;

:

common

common

1943

350,792

•

Dec. 31

4&% cumulative preferred stock

share and dividends,
stockholders.

com-*

determined by directors.

as

v..

exchange restrictions in amount
in 1943.
1

Year Ended

Coffin & Burr, Inc., on Aug. 9 offered 45,000 shares of
per

,

BORTFOLIO---rThe fallowing

growth of the Trust:

INCOME STATEMENT

Co.—Preferred

authorized

The. company on Augv 6 filed a letter of notification With the Se6
50,000 shares ($1 par) Series A common.
Offering price, $1 a
; Proceeds
will be used for working capital.
IssuS not under-

$1,519,042
1,055,768
24,109

.

1 \

' $551,254
\
$1.53

and 2151.

months was more

pany

Manufacturing

1944

-

<

w

;

/

Bates

increasing

on

no

■■■-S

Cost

$1,339,232
880,519
25,819

*

624,685

(at Market) '
June

Dec.
«

1945

601,479

^

Total Net Assets

V., '

"<•

20

$131,523.>. -'r. r,4-ntf'5?;- /•' 'f • ■'

;, ' ASSETS' ANP

Steel Corp.

^ >

\

Aug.

Net Income

Republic Industries group,—V, 164,, p. 3414.

•V

•

y.i'/':-.

vote

Report—

of Canton. Ohio; Detroit Steel Casting Co. of Detroit,
Mich.; Erie Bolt «& Nut Co. of Erie, Pa.; Globe Forge, Inc., of Syracuse,
14. Y., as well as the Kermath Manufacturing Co. of Detroit, Mich.,
'

until

Het

$1,667,888
1,199,725
23,786

•

Bond Investment Trust of

Inc.,

'

will

share.

of $55,731 in 1946, $53,185 in 1945, $50,165 in 1944 And $45,307

12 subsidiaries in the steel producing, manufacturing and allied fields.
In addition to the Clyde Iron Works the Barium organization includes
the
Central
Iron
&
Steel
Co. of Harrisburg,
Pa.; Barium Steel &
Forge,

- ♦

$2,026,842
1,423,838
23^615

•

'Includes foreign profits subject to

of

the Wiley companies gives the Barium

1946

»

sales—

on

♦Net profit j.
—
Earns, per class B sb.^

Steel Corp.—Continues to Expand¬

acquisition of

profit

Operating profit
Deprec. and depletion,,
Fed. & foreign inc. and
excess prof, taxes, etc,

The

The

^

,■

for

Bon Ami Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings—

-The

trol

-

SEC—

1945 to be made

pending. renegotiation of profits for
stockholders."*
.
'
,
,
.
of

in any case prior to the
third Thursday in November.—V* 162, p, 1508. :

received

er

^

It is the intention of the directors to hold the meeting shortly after

and construction of processing equipment

Barium

-

D.

will be

v

last Thursday in April, but

annual meeting normally held the

completion of renegotiation proceedings, but

:

,

Co.;; Boston,^ has beerir appointed registrar for,the

the proceeds of the sale.

from

California

Corp.—Meeting Posponed—

?!

< Blaw-Knox Co.—Unit Receives Contract—

stockholders.—V«

:Chaser*'H-^;v-■
.All,assets, tangible and Intangible, are included in the saie. The
Hamburg concern.has 30 buses and its routes*cover 62. miles.

postponed to Aug. 15, has been put off again to allow additional time
to

by

.

,

50-year-old Hamburg Railway Company, which" has been re*
for a quarter of a century, was sold on Aug. 9 to the
Transit Co. Inc.
for $140,000
subject to confirmation; i»

William

.

known

being .sold

are:

,

Outstanding

300,000 shs.

^.—-^^-«.^-.—

Bohn Aluminum & Brass

results

Shares

Col; inc.j-which ^ now' serves 63 communities with
bus service, submitted the lone bid at the foreclosure sale
through f
its? President; John G. Campbell,v.He emphasized that all creditors of the
receivership will be paid in

ate

Authorized

The

Chicago,

Supreme Court.
Buffalo Transit

ISSUANCE OF SHARES

TO

In

(par $10)
—V, 164, p. 271.
-

$3.21

foregoing summary

161, p. 459.

there

lor

Inc.

stockholders

The

Company offered to the holders, of its outstanding, common stock
$10) of record July 8, rights to subscribe for 26,530 shares of
stock at par at the rate of one share for each 10 shares held.
Rights to subscribe expired Aug.; 12
;: ^ 7
" -v 7
*
7u
The net proceeds to be received by the company initially became
part of the general funds of the company and as such may be applied
to; any, corporate purposes,

Common stock

297,149

»•

$2.07

ceivership

(par

1931, the B. & O. was authorized to acquire 250,000 shares of
capital stock of the Alton RR., since declared by the ICC to be with¬
out value.
The B. & O. meantime also bought stock of the Joliet &
Chicago RR., Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago RR., and Louisiana &
Missouri RR. leased Alton lines.
A provision made by the ICC at the
time the B. & O. acquired the stock prevents the company from sell¬
ing, pledging, repledging, or otherwise disposing of. these holdings.
The B. & O. has informed the ICC the stocks were initially acquired
for "strategic" and investment purposes, but now have only invest¬
ment value to the company.
The holdings it.plans to dispose of are:
ta) Joliet & Chicago guaranteed 7% stock, 7,413 shares; (b) Kansas
fcity, St. Louis & Chicago guaranteed 6% preferred stock, 3,617
shares; guaranteed 7# stock 23 shares; (c) Louisiana & Missouri
River guaranteed 7% stock, 1,576 shares.—V. 164, p. 551.

$953,610

594,298 "

Buffalo Transit Cu.» Inc., Buffalo* N, Y.—Acquisition—

163, p. 2287.

common

CAPITALIZATION GIVING

;

$1.65 ;

$3.03

.

.

Belden Manufacturing Co.—Rights, Etc.—

!Aug; 14 asked tihie ICC to free, it from a restraint
from selling its stock holdings in three railroads.

$1,228,795

297,149:

,

from 250,000 to 300,000 shares (par $2).
The additional 50,000
shares would be offered for sale subject to
preemptive rights of stock¬

$1,325,028

net profit Of $189,860; resulting from

♦Includes non-recurring

Baltimore & Ohio RR.—To Sell Rail Stocks—
The companf on

„

:

$1.36

holders, at such times and in such amounts

$3.28

■;

sales of securities held by the company.—V*

treasury,

$490,737

594,298

mon

■,■'cv;

(par $20)

on

.

Buckeye, Incubator Co.-^-To Increase Stock—

1943

1944

-

".

-

Earns, per shr. on 437,524 shrs. com. stock

liabilities, $836,$1,470,463; divi¬
preferred stock, $57,017; advances and other liabilities
relating to U. S. Government cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts (contra),
$1,022,110; notes payable due 1950, $522,400; insurance reserves, $269,230; reserve for pensions (after amount in pension trust, $1,180,639),
$538,504; reserve for contingencies, $697,097; cumulative convertible
preferred stock (par $100), $6,842,100;
common stock
(264,522.92
shares no par),
$8,817,431; capital and paid-in surplus, $1,060,394;
ABILITIES—Accounts payable, $1,085,422; accrued
estimated liability for Federal taxes on income,

dend

:

;

4.

'•Gld 'ColonyiTrust'

,

023;

940,500

•

$808,982

——

notes.—V. 159, p. 1549,

6 Mos. End. June

Net

651,500
1,760,700

'

tax—i—-

vestors $705,000

:

Beech-Nut Packing

$3,365,820

872,700
607,984

Brockton (Mass.) Gas Light Co.—Notes Placed Pri¬
vately.—The company has sold to two institutional in¬
10-year 3 JA% registered notes, dated
Aug. 1, 1946, and due Aug. 1, 1956. Proceeds were used
to refund $705,000 4% notes on Aug. I last—,

3.35

Co.—2.21

&

Snyder7

&

4.45 v

.

Co.,
164, p.

3.35

i-^V. 164, p'. '822*.

estimated refund
carryback of unused excess profits credit,
ables
relating
to
U.
S.
Government
cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts
(contra), $1,022,110; investments, $693,176; property, plant and equip¬
ment (after reserve for depreciation and amortization of $13,647,267),
$7,739,976; goodwill, patents, etc., $4,052,682; deferred charges, $104,633; total, $30,121,425,
•>,.>
\
/> >>r>\

profits

&

6.66

Curtis

reserve

$5,735,182;

Ingalls

Webber, Jackson: &

,

Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs

7.80

Baker, Weeks & Harden
Central Republic Co., Inc.—

"Government: securities, $2,697,300;

receivable. (less

Julien

R. W. Pressprich & Co

Paine,

$2,709,479

332,000

577,700

Hornblower & Weeks—3.35

Harriman Ripley &

1946

:

Charles H. Gilman and Co._

Co., Inc. 16.66
Kidder, Peabody & Co._—« 11.11
E. H. Rollins & Sons, Inc.— 11.11

profits taxes

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET,

16.66'

Coffin & Burr, Inc.-——L—*.

$1,763,237

Wisconsin

The company on Aug. 9 filed a registration statement with the SEC
for 76,000 shares (no par) capital stock.
Underwriters, A. G. Becker

for by common stock¬
.

•

Registers With SEC—

.

the

60,700

,•/,>

profit and loss amounted to $56,554 for the six months ended June
30, 1946, and provisions for depreciation and amortization for the
12 months ended June 30, 1946 amounted to
$164,442,

^
and

69,076

36,190

of

$1,037,186

preferred

the

on

'

underwriters

the

$3,305,120

NOTE—Provision for depreciation included In the

ir

$958,767

centage of unsubscribed shares not subscribed
holders to be taken by pach,are as follows:

$2.32

$2.03

and

No. of common shares—
Earned per com. share.

-

Amt.

Common

32,982" 7

•

539,594

2,217,632
69,157

"

$2,640,403

inc.

taxes-—$1,386,682

,

1,047,500

—

UNDERWRITERS—The
t

(net)..

bef.

Net profit

Income and for re-t ^

on

'

YsipOO

$694,511.
171,492.

.

.171,492 /

income

profit

Federal

$4,711,052'. $4,035,956

$3,569,493
5:

139,499

■

Prov. for contingencies-

ToToo

DIvs.onpfd. stdcfc.^

Net

Prov. for Federal" taxes
;

42,591

taxes

Net Income

.

t2,014,000

$2,667,471

Gross income —,—

Other

$2,384,511' $2,856,012

additional

on

other

$4,612,582
$3,939,548
98,470'
96,408

1946—12 Mos.—1945

-

$1,727,047

.

income taxes

,

$3,805,920

1946—6 Mos.—1945

profit from' opers.w $1,353,701
discts., int. and

Purch.

-

$254,713

prior :years-..**
Prov. for contingencies-

Net profit from sales ' $2,630,818$3,468,728
Non-operating income—
36,653
100,764

$2,827,543
28,469

"

'

»

Net

•,

5 567,3635

$2,344,207
40,304

$3,774,974
$152,814
30,946
101,899'

;

"Period End." June 30—

-

.

Provision for

Briggs & Strattori Corp.—Earning^-. '

20 Wks. End. ——^Fiscal Years Ended^May 18, '46 Dec. 29, '45 Dec. 30, '44" Jatt.-l, '44
Net sales'
$16,281,083 $33,104,585 $36,313,907 $35,275,824
Cost of sales—
12,983,061
28,463,071
30,473,589
30,174,172
Cost of distribution-.—667,204
1,172,785
1,227,736
1,162,104

V1944,'.'^1943:;^/,;

951

-^^0X700**KPV *

COMBINED EARNINGS

Atlas Powder Co. .(& Subs*)—Earnings—
6Mos. End. June

cM&Nfcil

WtfiMSOMiiMciAii

.Volume 164: Nufti6ef '4Sl7

.

the commercial ^ financial chronicle

952

^Monday, August 19, 194$

J

provision for taxes,

$11,433;

PRESENT

3% debentures,
$2,944; -15-year 3% debentures, due
stock (par $1), $563,000; balance of
$6,973,442.~V,* 163, p. -;34l5,-;.~-

payable, accrued Interest on

LIABILITIES—Accounts
etc.,

1961, $1,872,000; common
capital surplus, $4,524,065; total,
1,

May

located

Caribbean Sugar .Co.—Seeks to Buy-Bonds--

~

Investment &

Manopla

first mortgage

Co.

Sugar

PURPOSE

AND

OP

ISSUE—The

present

plant,

v"':;r'-Glimax''Molybdenum"jCo^Earning^

in MHlbrae, San Mateo County, is essentially'

to ihis July .^approximately
of Duolite exchangers. -.; Company has

producing-prior

was

sales

value

.

'■

result

a

'»Ne$

:

that

the

value

sales

Files With SEC—
The company

tor

.

t

•

■

-

v

...

•

.•* "■s/.'sv 7

\

.

i*

'*•'•■ *'
*?•>'«•£♦

* • -

*

The

Guaranty

Trust

of

Co.

has been appointed covalue.r—V. 164, p. 823/ "»

York

New

fegistrar for the common stock, without, par

.1942

Split-Up—

Casco Products Corp.—To Vote on
•

board

The

directors

of

has

called

r

Aug.

20

from

of

511,356,

170,500 'to

value.—See

par

no

Caterpillar Tractor Co.—New Treasurer—
Virgil V. Grant has been elected Treasurer,
succeeding W. J.
McBrian, a Vice-President,- who will now devote his -full time to
departments.—V.

in connection with the purchasing fi,nd
164, p. 553.
\
„

as'well

as

'

companies sinoe 1920 and was President -from 1932. until
this year, when Tubize was .merged intp Celanese Corp. pf America;—

•

■■

...

■■

:

■

&

Pere

-

Aug. 14 filed a registration statement with the SEC
($100 par) cumulative preferred stock.
Name of
underwriter -will be
determined by competitive • bidding./; New pre¬
ferred .stock will be offered on a share for share exchange basis, to
holders of old preferred stock other than the Middle West Corp.
-which holds'38,564 shares of such stock.
If more than 150,000 shares
of
old
preferred stock are deposited for exchange the number of
shares-to ,b©' exchanged .will be pro rated.
Shares, of-new preferred
toot issued in exchange will be sold to underwriters.
Net proceeds
from sale of shares not issued in exchange will > be used to redefem
old preferred at $110 a share and accrued - dividends.—V. 163, p. 185T.
c.■■■ .;///;,;/■.■ v.
»■
The company on

shares

150 000

The ICC

on

of -New

in

Jersey

certain

for

exchange

capital.'

personal

the trustee and the proceeds uSed
"

•

Two.NewDirector? Elected—
i

Andrew

of

election

The

Earl T. Moore of Elizabeth,

7

Sordoni. of

J.

N. J., as

;
Barrq, ,Pa.,.and
.

.

Wilkes

<•
v V
Chunk, Pa., re?
signed. Mr; Sordoni is President of the Sordoqi Construction .Co., the
Sterling Hotel'System and
the Commonwealth Telephone Co. of
;Pennsylvania,
- * ,'
1 " ' •/ ' '
'
1 " "• "V ' /

v

Mr. 'Moore, Vice President .and General Manager of* the -Central
Co. of Pennsylvania and General -Manager of the' Central ,RR.

■

jrr.

of

,Co.,

New

.

succeeds, the late Shelton Pitney of Morristown,

Jersey,

Century Electric Co., St. Louis,
The

for

Mo.—Files With SEC—

on Aug. 7 filed a letter" of notification with the SEC
shares $10 par) common./Minimum offering price, $10 a
used for working capital.
Issue not -undeir-

company

25,941

Proceeds wilt be

jihare/

writfen,—V/. 163/ p...2153..•/••/;.-•;

,

It was^ announced-recently that the Continental Bank fc Thrust Co<,
New" Tork, * N. Y.',* would receive bids for the
sale to it of first
mortgage leasehold 4 % cumulative income bonds to an amount "suffi¬
cient to exxhaust the sum of .$181,825,at prices ^iot^ to expeed nar.

c

—V.

162,

2638.

p,

'

'

-

v

Yoiingberg, ;San

^rancisco,f

of

stock

shares

common

($1

par)

at

$1.20

share

per

(subject -to prior rights 6f stockholders which expired
Aug. 12); Stock is offered: fs a speculation.
.
. y ^
ORGAN ELATION* ANp HISTORYr-Cpmpany .was organized

Aug. 23,

by James D. Dols & associates for the purpose of continuing
investigatiops relating fto* sugar juice •purification and in the •course
investigations It developed, the; Duolite ion exchangers.^ When
the company considered that it had a satisfactory product, a pilot
1938,

-pf such

1945

was

spent in planning and

negotiations with the Chemical

jqompany

relative to a proposed war contract for. production, of
bomb product.- Such a contract was awarded the
In" August and cancelled Almost immediately -thereafter:as a

result

the

(Warfare

Service

incenediary

«tn

of

\

,

,

termination of

the

As

war.

a

consequenceof

the

com?-

concenti'ation on * the* war; contract, production .and .gales, of
exchangers -dropped- bo $44,000 -but the plant was reconverted in
October,
1945, '" and is now actively ' in.; production of.-the Duolite
jexchangers.-

»-

i

.

t"

.

contractors.

In

addition

''

to

extensive

properties

sand

Include;

concrete-mixer

ten

trucks,

and

docks/

concrete

.

and

others. "

numerous

ICC

Village,

Idlewild Airport,
housing .project, etc;
;

•

c-;;I >/•/•*

'

"

j

flew

76,400.000
of

1946.

revenue

"passenger

increase

an

miles

during

the

During

months

the

passengers
an

,.-.

effective

Aug.

30.

/

subscription

agent

for

Mr/Futhbm stated:
to

-auunration

pansion."

of

the

,"AIf;.yfiUiamsr.ixas

company's
DC-4

our

deyelooment

service

and

our

& Electric

/

.A\

>*' >'

■;

'

(>^^4Rights:^$uto

an

offer by the

corporation, holders of cqm-

the

extent

of

share

one

for

each

shares

six

of

stock

common

NATURE

QP

BUSINESS—The

resinous

company

under

jus

cation

its

and

registered

sole

anion

-

products

exchangers

of

.

the

are

company

Gas & Electric Vorp. held.
The subscription price is to
determined shortly before the offering is made.
'*"/
: *

The

York Stock Exchange -on Aug. $3 directed, ^suhject to-the
that Columbia Gas & Electric Corp/ common
quoted ex-rightis until further notke,' ; ' :
'
X , *<

New

offering

being made,

atock be not

Registers Debentures With SEC—

1

The

company

$75,000,000

debentures,

|

*

v r*

registration statement with the^BEG

Aug. 8 filed a

on

of

due

1971,

and

$20,000,000

of

serial

on each Sept. ;1, 194,7 to 1956.
Names nf
will
be
determined by
competitive bidding.
Columbia
the-sale of common stock of Dayton Power & Light Co.
June 13, 1946, and used the proceeds to call for redemption July , 15
$44,914,000 5% series debenture bqnds, flue 1961, at 102,,and to prepay
'$5,500,000 of its $22,000,000 1^% bank, notes. Any remaining prof
ceeds and the proceeds -from the .sale of the debentures; and .the -sale
underwriters

completed

Of

stock

common

•redeem

$110

Cincinnati

of

Gas

Electric

&

Co.

will

be

used

941,820 scares of cumulative 6% preferred stock, series
to redeem 38,695 shares of cumulative preferred

5% ,.-series, at $105 a share; and to redeem 121,849 shares
cumulative preference j?|ock, ,ajt$100
a.Bhgre.-^V/164,gp,^B24.

:v

„;.4.

/

:

.

stock.
5S&

of

/

trademark,' "Duolite;"

Ion

then

.be

indefinite

removed
number

from
of

the

times.

exchangers
At

the

which

can

,thus be

used .an

present time the' principal use

of

John

-

zine,

Delaware/ Wancouvfcr*

rW^sh.-r-Earflings—

^

'

INCOME STATEMENT- OF OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES
Oregon Pulp &
'

■

Calendar Years—.
Net

before

profit

terest

$1,639,258

bond int.^,-

/Income bqnd :Int.
;:,<Depreciation

made jnarty/yaluable con¬
the im-

in-connection .with

* Paper Mills
/

1945

* /

.The only other source of potential income for the company at present
is royalties on a new process: for refining'
sugar, although np such
J-oyalties have been received as yet and there is no assurance that
»ny will be.




■■

/

•

-

1944

$1,314,489 >$606,121

'

-

46,550
185,439

270,426

'-///■!?//'

v

$522,'40t
9,90S

8982

„46,510

——

;provision -dor - Federgl
IniV & Ex. Profits Tax.

ex¬

■/

in¬

taxes

First mtg.

Paper Co.
■
-.*044-

1945

.

.

/

•

Columbia River:

39,640
150,299

39,64®
193,16®

"

(

802,762

774,124

:

■ ■ --

237981

124,30^

$169,821

$155,38®

;

Paul

has

Andrews, -former-executive-editor of-"Air -News'' -mag'a?
been, appointed Director cf Advertising and Publicity.. for
Southern Air' Lines,
according to an announcement, by

Chicago and
Mr". Earling.
Director

of

He

replaces George E.

Public

Relations

for

the

—V; 143, p.
J

»

,

^

V

r

'

«

„

■

167,800

^

."

'

1

'

«

:
*,

1

T
,

the .Commonwealth: Edisop group ,Of ;cpmpan{es^

other electric utilities,-for

Week Ended—

'

-

*

•

-

.

.

194a"

the week ended Aug.

'

-

*

.

-

f

sec.

fcransactls)

$1,100,069

<

■■

iff

a

August. 10—-——-.
—Z— -188,594,000
Total "income ——.Z $841,229 $2,047,391 $2,016.461.
August i 3—186,131,000Interest on long-term debt
July-■27i///zi-------_Z__lJ/Z ;182,652.000
45,063
38,926
/ 55,805
V July
Proy: for deprec;, 4epl, .and amort. 183,618,000
195425
~ 296,560 422;598
Prov. for Fed. taxes on inc.
(est.)__
Crl79,719
418,148 : t.373.200
/ •Increase—-y. 164, jp. 824.
•Adjb^. cf nrior year's provision/^
'
^Crl,863
Special eredlt
$500,000"' :
j- •Net prof. (excl. of

»

.»,

^

-

' 201,473 / / 252,440

,

%

0.8% increase over the corresponding period last yeah.
.Following' are :therkilowatt-hour output totals of the past four -weeks
Jand percentage comparisons with-iast;year;
*1
^

;/

•'

Elebtricity output of

/ 1946,- showed

$673,429/ $l,845,919 / $1,764,021

^ividends^ received

"$308,376*
,

iCommouwealth iEuisojn A^.^Weekly Output-—.
excluding sales to

-3 Months Ended June 30—
•Total income

'

2203.

'

'

Bounds, who resigned to become
Corp.-—V. 164,

McDonnell Aircraft

(& Subs.)—rEamings—
1946
/'l 945*,'
194,4

$518,560

/'Net:Income*
.

:

Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.

Pecregsjs

1945
%
187,168,000
.

*0,3

v

<jptnmonwealth

Ittvcstmcjai

•Annual Report—-

•$1,193,757 v$l,166;720

*Excluslve ot dividends recelved
^and security transactions .but/before - •'
interest on long-term debt- and provisions for.
depreciation,
xiep fttjnn a^nd
ion (except cost of.
denreciB.tif>n^^n^^(jGP^^0Ti
applicable to sales of jeal estate, timber and

5

0.4 >"

186,956,000
186,980,000
184,034,000

2.3
.

V

n

"*

0.2

/

_

!

Uo„ San Fra»ciscp-f-SemL.
1

*

r1

i

.

S.

deducting

equipment).-

inA es^fA P°stwar
tPortion

puolite exchangers is in water softening and purification (deionization)
but fbey are adaptable for other purposes hereinafter described..

1

-'i;;.-. y

-f'

v.

£olxnribi& W

!

-

to

at

A,

share;

a

'

by, .the
exchangers

used are primarily purifying

def

beptures, du® $2,000,000

frrst

manufactured

agents ,and perform-this-fpnefion
l»y giving off harmless ions in exchange for certain other ions which
constitute deleterious matter in fluids.
The deleteripus matter can
now

of

Columbia

_

synthetic

pa$

;

y'rX't

ptock of record at the close of business on Aug. 22, 1946, shaU
the right to subscribe, on or before Sept. 9, 1946, for common
,'stock, of $8.50 par value, of The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., tn

announced

further

convertible $4

cumulative

have

-

for

30c

Uohtihgent^uponn ieffectivd: ^gl^iydon' under;H^vHe^

;

preparations

.

'

mon

*

tributions

'

' //' • V 'fr"

.1933, and the making of

through

Putnam. President,
has not been' named.

the Cllntoa

V1-')'

$6,796,852 $66,967,334 $52,483,460

the

"t \

das

Columbia

-

:;

as

Carfleton

successor

.

Value preferred stock,—V., 164, p. .6.

Official -Resigns—^New Director of Advertising—
;
Harvey ^. Williams, Executive Vicfe-PfeSident,.(has. resigned^ from the
Mr.'Williams'

unfilled

The:Bank.of ,the Manhattan Co.; New 'York,

for

;-..? r^"/

development,

f

-i

.

v'

'

>•

'

'

■

housing

/:*' /

$8,448,259

pointed

For. the yinqnth pf jJuly,. 1946, there was, an increase of 63% in the
number of revenue passengers carried as compared with
;Jqly;" 1948".
-.This, is the result pf carrying 33,200 passengers in July, 1946, as com¬
pared with 20,387 passengers In July, 1945.
Revenue passenger miles
(for July, 1946, were 13,450,000, as compared with '9^117,094 for Jiily,
<"

hand

Columbia Aircraft Pfoducts, Jnc^^ubscrA
if. Y., -Has beep

;
;

increase of 97%.

'

oh

■

r-V. 164, p. 274,

July 31,.,the qqmpany
against -95,467 for the same
These figures represent
trafffc on C. & S. domestic routes which serve Chicago to New Orleans,
via Peoria, St. Louis, Memphis, Greenwood,-and-Jackson;-and Detroit
to Houston via Toledo, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis. Evansville, Paducah,
.Memphis, Little Rock, El Dorado, and Shreveport; >, Service on C. & S.
Caribbean froiiieiSiWiU begin Mi tjip
faWM ihik iyba^ <- • A «. ^ -v.;
revenue

This was

has

now

'

(

Sales

of;.76%';over,the,samp .period of

from -Jan. 4

Riverton

*;*v\ •'/.*'

(Period End.

'

^

-

company

Colonial Stores, Jnc.—-.Current Sales Rose 24.3 %—
July 27—
1946—4 Wks^lMS V1946—30 Wks.^-1945

.

on

"/*

The

for sales .in connection ,with such, projects >s the Brqokl^n
approaches to the ' Battery tunnel;; Peter ! Coopec

and' Manhattan

.

>,

r

.

'.**

'

274.

p.

the products in-its field -for such large construction
projects as
City, West Side Express Highway, World's Fair, Camp Shanks,
Camp Kilmer, LaGuardia Airfield, Hutchinson River Parkway Highway

passenger

.

pany's

164,

of

tl9.45*when the jilrline flew ,43,387452 passenger aniles."

plant was constructed in'1944 and* production .started in a small way,
i&ales; that year Of ion ^exchangers .beings $71,000... A good part of the
year

*

are-

line

months

today.

be'

-■/■

•,

cranes, hoppers; and other loading; storing ; and ' hauling
a^cilities, * - f -*l ' •
s
/ "■%
J
During -the past ; ten years: Colonial has furnished a inaj6r: portiori

A. J. Earling, Vice-President Traffic, and .Sales, stated; "Chicago and

,

;

plants;

prderp

Company

Offered—Stone
&
on Aug. -8 offered ^59,000

'

...

Co^Increasifig Facilities.--y

above.—V.

deposits owned and
leased,
approximately 100 dump trucks, 75

.

t!'-

Co.

-construction

the Nickel -Plate and the
contemplating' complete. replacement: cf all of
equipment, it was announced" Au^. 9; by
R. Young. Chairman of -the board.
•?
1

'Southern

"

Co.-^-Stock

Process

Chemical

And

f

-

-

•gravel

,

C

Building, N. Y. City—Tenders Asked—.

Chan in

*

/and its' companion lines,

company

carried 187,500
period of 1945.

x.164, p. m.

• ■

.

will

Th^ company,. Mr. Pope said/waa .organized ih^SepUmber; ifliilf

Chicago and Southern Air Liues, ^c.rr--Tra(fic in¬

seven

options

Radio

creased-^r

of

and;^ now is the •^dbtttinaht producqt/and suppUer bf 'mixed Concrete
and its -components (sand; gravel, cement,« etc.)
in the New • York
■metropolitan area.
These materials are sold principally to builderd

In, .response"thereto four ^bids .repre¬
senting- 15 parties'werp received.
The lowestr bid; .specifying an inr
terest rate of 1.50% per annum, was made bythe Northern Trust Co.
■for itself and the Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. of
Buffalo; New
.York, And .hast heen-acoepted.?-nyr 464, -p. 679.
.
'• // .
/ .
" ?

r

upon'exercise

program, Mr. Pope estimates, is necessary to meet the
large prospec¬
tive demand for building materials for .public and private
construction
In thfe New; York metropolitan area.'
'

;

jthe. fundS' would be"provided.

.

common-

.

L"The company invited^ bids-for thef fhiancing-.of the .purchase- pf the
equipment fhrpugh competitive biddjng/.aqd invitation for bids were sent
"to -34 corporations, the1 bidders to name the r$te: of-interest-at -which

.

par)

.

members" of the board of directors

announced Aug.. 13 by William Wyer, President.
Mr.
Sordoni succeeds John R. Prizer of Mauch

was

(no

Jones,-

future

July 17" authorized the company to issue not exceeding
$2,020,480 of promissory notes in further Evidence, but not in payment
of, the Unpaid portion of the-purchase price of certain equipment
ito he acquired under a conditional-sale agreement.
■
A

property, .and

shares

Turner

fc*'PubUc; participation In the company will be invited in the near
through an offering of shares, according to Generoso -Pope;*
President.- All of.,the stqck now is held by Mr. Pope, and the
majority
pf it. will be retained by him after the .contemplated financing..,
It is contemplated that funds received by the company" from
thq
Stock offering .will be applied to the retirement of indebtedness
Incurred incident to recent -property purchases, ^ as well/ as to
the
acquisition of new concrete-mixer and dump trucks and to the con¬
struction of additional dock facilities.
Completion of this expansion

/

"

Chicago, Burlington $ Quincy RR.—Notes Authorized }

not exceeding

July 12 authorized the company to issue

8750,000 thereof to be sold at par to
2or working

p

dated

The

The

issuable

shares

200

.}• Jl'-V?, /.

82,250000 of capital stock (par $100), not exceeding $1,500,000',thereof
to be delivered to the trustee of the .property ofrthe Central ;Railroad
«*»

are

„

Pennsylvania—Stodt---

;
—

•,

,

currently .hasout¬

car builders for* the new equipment
the replacement program on the rgilroads.
equipment embraced in the inquiries addressed to the car man*
ufacturers would supplement that of the two new streamlined *"Pere
Marquettes" which were scheduled to be commissioned in regular
service on Aug. 10 on the .Detroit-Lansing-Grand Rapids "run.
-They
.would supply also the units for other crack trains on the Chesapeake
As/Chip Ry;; which already has .under construction two tie luxe. 'st'reamlinersf.1^"- ;
r"
r' /
" /l-,:
' '•'-*v:
:
These streamliners are being -built -by- the -Edward G. Budd Maniifacr
turing Co.
They will be powered by coaPburning, steam-turbine,
•filectrically-driven locomotives'now b^ing "built by Baldwin LocomoUve
(Works and ;Wjestinghousa Electric Corp.-r-V: 164. p. 553. 1 /
"
-5

■

....

200

of

Colonial Sand & ^tone Co., Inc.—Stock .to be Offered
io Public—
"
2

Inquiries^ have been placed with

Co.—Registers With

purchase

behalf

on

•

needed to complete

Service

from

Blaw-Knox

/

main

Robert

_

Central- Illinois -Public

for

-

to

Colgate-PaliholiverPeet
See

..

Was. Awarded- Aug. i3. (pn a- hid of 99.51-7, >" net* Interest
1.593%.
Other bids included Salomon Bros, & Hutzler, 99.'489

Marquette,-

-

their

•

-

1

58,768
shared

The ISsue

•f This

with

1420..

p.

:*

'

..."

LOANS?rCompany

y

"share,

a

BANK

Replacement Program—

the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend of
payable Sept, *16 /to holders of record Sept, 6, 19,46•
A dividend of 30. cents a share was paid March 15 and again pn Juno
15 on- the old stock which -has .since been split three for ppe.-r•Y.
basis

'73,720

i,500,000

of

The issue was promptly oversubscribed.

cost of

Burlap? Co. j Chicago—New /Split-Up
60-Annual1 Dividend Bgsis—
on* Aug. 9 placed the new; common/stock m A $0,-cent

The directors

15 cents

>

;/.'.; 19,043
consists

ifor i^c; Chemical Bank & Trust Co., 99.25 for l'/fes; Harris, Hall &
<Jo. Xlnc.),-99^26 ior -I'/as.
! * *
;
; .;
\

v..

Central Bag

snnual

AND

;

Shares Placed On
'/

•

<

.693,150 bhares/

inately $2,246,049.

i64,'.p,..823/7v.7../:/;7;7M^

•T-V;

-

capital

Corp.;

predecessor

;.

1

None

Ross

General Manager of the rayon division, is re¬
linquishing all positions, with the company, effective.Sept, 1,Mr
BassUl has been associated with Tubize -Rayon COrp ■ • and • its
committee,

options'

stock

common

|)dded tp geperal funds..

Associated rln 4he ;oftcring-axe: *Putnam
Co.; -First .of -Michigan
The First Cleveland Corp.; ■ Mason, Moran ■& Co;;' Mullaney',
«Ss Co.: Alfred O'Gara & Co.; Patterson, Cop eland ;& -Kendall,
'inc.,- and F; G. "Yantis & Co., Inc. •'
■
'.
The TCCrtificates -aye being Issued to provide -not exceeding 80%. of
the cost of 790,5P-tpi) ell-steel hppper.cgrs; estimated. tp .CQ§t app.roxir

America—Official Resigns—
is."Bassui, Vice-President, direcfor^hii-member .of the executive

and

:

par.)

63,870

•

If the present financing is completed, the outstanding capi¬

turity.

.

Celanese Corp. of
j.

40.98T:
——/
14,932

responsibilities

administrative

(no

the

fcompany

Chesapeake <& Ohio Ry.—Equipment Trusts Offered—
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc. and associates on Aug. JU
offered
(subject to ICC approval)
$1,750,600' l1/^ %
equipment trust certififcate$, 4ue:; 1947 to 1956,: inclusive,

'

treasury

"71,550

standing $90,500 of convertible debentures.'. The debentures
Oct. 18, T944, and- are flue .jpet* 18, 1954,-—164, p. '417. '

164, p. 823,

y.

$30,562*

-9,711

4,436

-

talization will be

.

ofshares

number-

'

f:

.' -PEBENTURES

special' meeting of Stockholders

a

to vote on a proposed three-for-one split-up of-common
stock, to be effected without an .increase in the capital and surplus
account/Stockholders recently approved an increase in the .authorized

tor

from

; $57,596

;//14;549

26,324

-

/-

-

" Jll(674/

CAPITALIZATION—Authorized

($1 par).

^

President,

Me.—

_

Aug.112 filed a* letter of notification with the SEC.

on

shares

600

ended

company at $10 a share.** Offering price
600 shares
$30 a
$hareoptions, to purchase-2qa shares. $20 "per optioned share/ .Un¬
derwriter, Clement A. Evans r& Co., Inc./Atlanta, Ga; ' Proceeds to-

/Deficit

-

Wonths

,

1941
v

Loss,

$13,954

54,824

1043wa.>-—i,__w;—-

.

.

Profit-,

■

,,

* $123,220:/

1944-_.__J_„-_/___/_„
'

•

-

i "e mulated

Reyenjie

1945-—

Carolina Power & Light Co.—Co-registrar—

.

;v

for

./i-Xvi ,
•;
Accu->;

;//•

Year—'

1946"(6 rhbs.)/_-~—1--.'

n

^

....

v,
.-

The!'company

r

..

:Hi

iwill be used-for payment of bank loans

Issue not underwritten.

*

■■

of 1945.*" Fob the first 'she

^Coca-.Cola Bottliiig Plantsi Inc., ^outh Portlands

•

;Files With SEC—

i^-PROPit^ANi?-*Lp§s-^hrfpiiowlo«^
past five afldpne-half y$ars; '

t

^ $813,903 for like period

[

//

Aug. 12 filed a letter of notification with the SEC
of common. Offering price, $5 a ; share. J Proceeds
and additional working capital.

on

shares

20,000

[

-"
Mos.~i945

f946—6

-'

---•

•"'for-the three

,

Carley Trailer & Equipment Co., College Park, Ga.—

'

after, .all

,

$634,384 $1,856,296 ."$1438367/$^942,24^
;per;icom,.iShare,^;/;/(: :$o.25:/;$0.74. ; I .$045 •
$1.96
.^Before provision Jigt .depletion of. disco,ye.red Increment;
--

its

of

profit

■/J charges; and taxes—

operation on a full 24-hour,

plant

estimates

:;'i94^-Mosv—1945'

Period End. Junfe

,

,

three-shift basis andproduction will be
about $59,000 per month by August of-this* year.
The purpose pf the'
present
financing
is
to provide funds for "the construction and
equipping of a- new plant .on a lO'-acre .site'recently purchased .by the
Company/in : Redwood City.
Initial plans ' fdr the new plant corttem^
plate production in two shifts of approximately twice the volume*
which can be produced In three shifts by the "present pfant.
Based pn
present sale prices, therefore, thd new plant should be' able to prpducp
;» "sales volume of 'approximately; $^200,000
anhually,/ ^hp/he^. jilant
will also be capable of expansion.
*
I,
j?-'
*'s >
■as

Trading Corp, is inviting holders of
7% bonds, due;Aug. ;1,-1941, ;fo
submit tepders to it for the purchase of such bonds,. Tp.that purpose,
8100 000 has been made available to Bankers Trust Co,, 16 -sWaU.St.,:
New* Yprk, N. Y., for the purchaser of the bonds at the lowest prices
tendered; and to whom such tenders should be .directed on or before;
Sept. 9, 1946.—V. 164,. p. 416.
/
-—
1
'
The

Caribbean

-

month .in

a

initiated

now

•

plant .and

-

$30,000

PLANT

leased ground

on

pilot

a

of

Fncome taxesS°

es

refund of

reserve

^e

for

/

.

„

,

-

'

P/^ortionate share of net profit of subsidiaries
no' taken up, amounted to (def V $84 867 in 1946,

$217,665 in 1945 and $245,401 in 1944.—V.
162,

p.

3070

;
V

net

President,' on July 26 stated:;',>
asset value,,.on the basis of June. 30 markejf:

,

'

4

Coleman,

company's

.values, was equal to $6.95 a share, compared with $6.44 < a share ,pm
"Dec! 31,; -1945 and ..$5.81 a ;share -on ,June 30/-1945./1
Two quarterly dividends of 60 cents, a
share were paid, the first
on April
! and-the second on July -1.
Approximately 57% of these-

tAfter

profits taxes amounting
contingencies utilized„during...the, /
excess

st-rilce expenses jess applicable ^eduction in

.Waldo

"The

dividends', represented
sale

of

security

securities
profits

distributed
whnip

will

of

during
deuend

the

during

distribution of - net-profits realized on ther
first half of the year.
This left net

the

15 cents a share, which were realized but unthe period.
Dividend-payments for the year as a
to an important extent upon/the amount of net

;;

Volume

Consolidated Hotels, Inc., Los Angeles—Registers With

the sale of securities during the
^7* " '
1

which may be realized oil
//.Z/

profits

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4517

164

(entire year.

SEC-—

outstanding ^development^concerning the - company during th6
first half of the year was its substantal growth.
Reflecting primarily
ah increase of 22 % in the number of shares outstanding, total net
assets rose by 31%
to $3,314,955, the highest level for any reporting
Tfhe

.

the history of the company.

date In

'■I

Interest

-

income

Total

.

1944

$32,467

3,060

3,186
$32,893

$34,710

.9,006

8.474

7,901

12,774

Expenses

$26,809

$24,419

$24,464

$22,806

78,867

14,174

32,644

$126,494

$103,331

$38,593

$59,453

52,692

44,368

36,277

28,587

103,688

:

cash

number

shares

of

to

(no

par)

/«'r»ort«0inpany

lor

for

the

to

tional

public through competitive bidding such

shares

of

common

will

as

cash

produce net

See

Securities

market

at

quotations (carried on books of com¬

Interest receivable

that
Total assets iL-,

•I

LIABILITIES—Sp

" ' ''
$3,450
28,486

Current payables and accruals
Dividend
•

payable

Total liabilities

$31,936

:—

•Net assets

$3,314,955
476,769
$6-95

(valuing securities owned at mkt. quotations)capital stock held by public ($1 par)
value per share

Shares of

Net asset

stockholders

of the

company subscribed for;
130,150 shares of a new issue of 141,496 shares of capital
stock under the terms of an offering which expired
Aug.
The stockholder - subscription price was $42
per share. - The underwriting group headed by Kidder,
Peabody & Co. purchased-the: unsubscribed shares. iThe
names of -the? underwriters and1 the percentage of un¬
subscribed shares'taken by ■ each are as follows:
.£'/■

$3,346,891

.

.

the

~

company

Aug. 8 filed

on

registration statement with the SEC

a

ment.—

V.

163,

•

Amer¬
invest¬

Webster -Securities^■

A.

Southern

Corp.—Weekly Output—
.

to

tricity
Aug.

Aug.

on

(electricity

11,

14

that

announced

and

generated

System

purchased)

for

increase

Shares

stock—or

the

$34

share

a

to

share—and

a

taken

The

of

the

it

provide

to

all

which

outstanding

2,188,890

shares

$5

of

'

1944

1945

1943

t$475,959
514,864

§$298,060
/ 514,864

$0.84

$0.49

•

$$485,777
514,864
$0.85

charges, including depreciation, Federal and State income
income

taxes

amounted

to

profits tax, $62,634.

excess

company's

formal

to

the

or

15%

have

preferred

objection and

Oct.

8

meeting.
preferred

the

of

reserved

the

stockholders

to

demand

at

$225,700

for Federal

and

State

income

holders

If

shares

right

to

of

file

will

such

abandon

the

have

right

to

objection,

the

the

company

$11$,531, representing, one-halfW

fiscal year ended Sept.

the

profits

1945.—V.

value,

amount

—Fiscal Year Ended—

of

account

par

the

company's
does

was

Aug.

On

the

outstanding

trust.

Although

it

reduce, the

have

would

net

Trust—Report—

been

but

1.005,162 shares of $1
there

dividend

for

par

value
the

of

each

split-up.

value.

In

share

There

connection

to

one-third

are

accumulations

Drug

the

50%

The

net asset
to

amounted

$22.99

as

value

$32.68

as

of June 30,

INCOME

share

per

compared

of

with

STATEMENT,

income—

dividend

income

Interest

-J-

(pther Income

trust

$28.99

SIX

MONTHS

on

801

•

31,

1945

JUNE

1943
$323,750

521

1,164

Total

Income

———

$540,391
38,426

Federal income taxes—

Net inc.,

excl. of

1

T :

$335,957
35,590

Crl,071

15,200

$501,965

$414,734

$316,131

402,064

402,064

301,548

$285,167

201,032

BALANCE SHEET,: JUNE 30, 1946

-

ASSETS—Cash, $351,447'; investments
(market value $32,024 217),
$14,529,267; accrued interest receivable, $494; notes and accounts re¬
$47,028; investment accounts receivable,
$543,750: deferred

ceivable,

items,

$425;

total,

$15,472,411.

LIABILITIES—Accounts
kfa

$ 1 1A HKO«

nr/Mrieinn

payable,
4-A^Ar.




'

*

$9,212;
(MAO.

,

investment
n.»

the

$1

of

40

cumulative

cents

'

*

'

accounts
~

.

;

debentures):
*

due

June

"

$240,000

-

to

1956

'

:

y

,

.

1,

give

(adjusted

1945

;

'

715,429

;

1945

1946

$11,902,471 $15,594,739

special charges equal to unusual reductions In
Federal

Income

taxes__«

Depreciation and depletion
Interest and debt discount—
income

Net

—

.

i

1,389,875
4,156,927
1,896,891

—

—

on

>' "V

.

4VS»%

prior pref.

4,362,105 '
5,386,157
2,308,465

■

$4,458,778'

stock—
7?

11

1

of

6%

preferred stock

$3,538,012
1,108,729

1,108,729
."

1

Balance before state taxes oh dividends
Earned per share
—V.

$3,350,049
$8.95

-

$2,429,283
$6.49

,

163, p. 3133.

Eastern Gas & ^Water Investment Co.—Bonds Sold—
Bioren & Co, have sold at 100 and interest an issue of

$254,000 secured" 4% bonds, due'Aug.
tax free in Pennsylvania—

1, 1976.

Bonds

are

used

were

to

acquire stocks of certain companies.
The
bonds are secured by all the capital stock of Eastern Shore Gas Co.
of Virginia, Eastern Shore Gas Co.
(Maryland) and Charleston Gas
Co. (Maryland).—V. 164, p. 681.

Eastern Minnesota Power Corp.- -Earnings(Company Only)
1946

Quarters Ended June 30—
Gross earnings

Operation

V

——

-

1945

..

V

$142,364

———

$119,883
.64,886

80,995
"
5,769

2,970

14,267

—

Taxes

Net earnings
Total

13,904

12,815

Depreciation

share
A stock, no

class

12,066

$28,517
23,888

deductions-

income-

/

$26,055
23,962

$2,093

$4,629

issue

reported

were

to

amount

to

$3.45

per-

1946

Quarter Ended June 30—
Gross

other

1945

$419,271

income).

$363,672

201,967

(incl.

revenue

145,190

Operation
Maintenance

14,817

■

8,697

Depreciation:

44,922

43,292

34,388

33,237

Co.—Preferred

Conversion

Stock

preferred

likelihood
remote

the

of

of

of

a

the

on

Aug. 15 approved

preferred stock

share.

need

for

the

program

a

basis

a

of

providing

four

sizable

24,328

recent

loan

shares

to
of

announcemnt

provide funds
preferred stock

that

Total

common

'•
any

unconverted

following

on

income

—..

Total

47,851

;

47,893

S

$61,961

23,888

deductions-

income

23,962

$24,946

parent company

Net

23,400
$109,854

$48,834

subsidiary deductions-

Balance

than

more

26,490
$96,686

taxes, State and Federal

Plan

$37,998

-V. 163, p. 2723.

of common stockholders had

Ebasco Services Inc.—Weekly Input—

-Agrees to Pay

ended-Aug. 8. 1946 the System inputs of client oper¬
of Ebasco Services Inc., which are subsidiaries of
& Light
Co., Electric Power & Light Corp.. and:
National
Power
& Light Co.,
as compared
with the corresponding
week during 1945 were as follows (in thousands of kilowatt-hours):
ating

.

.

,

Operating

American

Electric

-

&

Light

& Light

Power

1946

1945

Amount

Pet,

177,570
73,436

176,318
80,781

1,252
*7,345

0.7
*9.1

102,120

103,180

*1,060

*1.0

;

Company-

& Light Corp

Power

National

Increase

f-

Subsidiaries of—

Power

Company..

■

of

$500,000.

The

government's

settlement

figure

was

one-fifth of its original $3,498,182 claim,
Federal. Judge F. Ryan Duffy ordered that
hearing be
termine

•Decrease.

the

settlements

NOTE—The

■■■■

held to de«

and George Randall. They are former officers of the com¬
by Judge Duffy of income tax evasion and sentenced
They have filed appeals.
: Another of the disputed
claims, the rent due to the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. by the company for the use of one of its war
plants,
heard

in

Federal

Journal.")

Court

Aug.
'

20,
,

Judge
-

/

Duffy

ruled.

any*

("The
"

was

announced on Aug.

9

that early filing

(by notification)

of

shares (par $1) common stock was expected.
The stocx is
underwritten by B. G. Cantor & Co., who it is said will offer
the stock at $5 per share later this month.
Company is an 18-year-old
radio
manufacturer.
It
manufactures
radios
under
private
brand

59,500

being

names,

pany found guilty
to Federal prison.

be

inputs of

Espey ManufactuHiiff Co., Inc., N. Y.—To Offer Stockit

of

Lange, jr.,

Milwaukee

above figures do not include the system

companies not appearing in both periods.—V. 164. p. 825.

than

less

approximately $130,000 in disputed claims
before approval of Mr. Houghton's reorganization
program is made.
Mr.
Houghton said he was sure that the largest of the disputed
claims, that of the Gulf Securities Holding Co., would be disallowed,
explaining that payment would benefit Walter W. Lange, Fred A.

will

Power

cash

a

ment

companies

American

i.

e.»

Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Spiegel, &c.

.

t

Ethyl Corp.—Increases Directorate—
Five new members have been
Albert

L.

elected to the board of

directors, viz.:

Executive Vice-President, General Motors Corp., and
Vice-Presidents of Ethyl Corp.: John H. Schaefer, Percy

Bradley,

the following

pay-

r

31,

per

Treasury Department announced in Court that it had decided
to
raise its figure
for settling tax claims against the company to
$675,000.
The Treasury had said earlier that it would accept a pay¬

10,888
1,318

$352,200
36,069

35,176

December

the

Total consolidated income-.-.^^—.-^——.,—
Prov. for income and excess profits taxes and

The

cap.

gains and losses—
Dividends paid —
'

—

$448,839

of

of

issuance

CURRENT] POSITION—As of Dec. 31, 1945, and before giving effect

series

itors.

1944

■

Expenses

on

dividend

a

payment of claims by unsecured creditors in cash Instead of
preferred stock arrangement was agreed to in the first of
of hearings in Federal Court at Milwaukee,
Wis.; on Aug. 5.
The change was accepted by Albert B. Houghton, trustee of the com¬
pany, after the Joseph L. Behr Co., Rockford, 111., one of the cred¬
itors, offered, to buy the company and make cash payments to cred¬
a

30

$338,910
12,126

,

With SEC

The

and

ENDED

the

to the new financing,
the partnership had total current assets (ineluding $98,347 in cash) of $580,720 as against total current liabilities
of $101,642, leaving net current assets of $479,077.—V. 164, p. 681.

1945,

30,

Debts in Cash—

stock dividend.

1945

305

-r-—

Dec.

.

to

For the Week

1946

$395,911
52,407

.

$539,286

30,

BUSINESS—Company is

in

and

that

Crucible Steel Casting Co., Milwaukee-

by
June

founded

CAPITALIZATION—As

approved a conversion program.
accepting the exchange will be redeeemed at the
call price of $25 a share,—V. 164, p. 554,

200%, stock

of

as

1945, adjusted for the 200%

1946
Cash

the

'

-.

working capital to take, care oi ;
business; and to provide for * addi- *

Preferred stock not

to paid-in surplus account and credited
to capital account $2 for each share of beneficial
interest outstanding
at the close of business on May 24, 1946.
.

each

retirement

became

charged

was

<

>.

other

Gross

conversion

for

The

for

what

of

and

a

as

outstanding

now

with

the

shares

a 200%
stock dividend on
of beneficial interest of $1 par value of
distribution took the form of a stock divi¬

asset

,

provide: Additional

successor to a business- orlgl- :
1870.
Dyke Bros, is a manufacturer and wholesaler /
building materials, including paints, hardware, glass
related-building materials.- Operations include glazing, in¬
stallation; of store fronts, sash and doors, and millwork.

nally

-of .lumber

Approved—

it was essentially a split-up of the outstanding shares and did
change the proportion of each shareholder's ownership in the trust,

but did

/PURPOSE^Td

the- -increasing dollaryolpme. of
tionai. expansion.

Income

Crown

shares
this

and

1

General taxes

dend,
not

for

operate

payable Oct. I to holders of record Sept.
10.
A like
paid on Jan. 2, April 1 and July 1, last.
On the latter

arrearages on the
share.—V. 163, p. 1423.

June 29/46 June 30/45
$7,315,748 $123,487,826 $67,000,206

May 10, 1946 the trustee* declared

then

not

declared

12

The common stockholders

•

Interest payable June

1956.

3UNTS
on

date,

June 29/45

for

the

$1,000- denomination.

Net

directors

Co.

Consolidated Investment

'

Crown Cork International Corp.—40-Cent Dividend—
The

1945 fiscal year included only one month's sales of
Reid,
and Danncmiller Grocery Co. acquired as of June 1,
164. P. 824.

&

that

cancellation

Aug. 9 filed a registration statement with the SEC
($5 par) common stock.
Underwriters are headed
by First Boston Corp., New York.
Proceeds go to Joseph Levy, Presi¬
dent, selling stockholder.

will

NOTE—The
Murdoch

1946; due June* l,

Maintenance

plan.

—4 Weeks Ended—

The

The company on
for 300,000 shares

on

June 29,'46

ground

Crawford Clothes, Inc., L. I. City—Registers

file

Consolidated Grocers Corp.—Current Sales Up 43%—

sales $10,445,681

^

year were not
release of liability
under the renegotiation statute.
Nevertheless, in the absence of new
development no further action is contemplated.—V. 164, p. 274.

Proxy material for the October meeting already has been filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission and will be sent to stock¬
on
Aug. 30.—V. 164, p. 824.

net

reserves
of

Blake, President, on Aug. 12 announced that the War Con¬
Adjustment Board has recommended that renegotiation

excessive.

holders

Period—

•.

^

.

Price

the company be cancelled-for the

the

Consolidtaed

Dated June 1,

taxes

tax, net credit of $115,091 for estimated recovery
profits taxes in accordance with the provisions of the

for

appraisal of their shares prior
approximately 300,000 shares,

an

With

Registers

:

1.
Principal and Interest payable at Mutual Bank Si Trust Co.,
St. Louis, Mo., paying agent and trustee. Debentures in coupon form-^- *

-

Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp.—Renegotiationoctave

on

The

Angeles

Dec.

Dividend require,

•

profits

excess

1941

tract

entitled
to
$100 a share in liquidation but
which
are
,the books at $199,995,714.
This discount of $18,893,286
from par would be eliminated
through a preferred sock refunding
program known to be contemplated for early next year.

a

Los

■;

Proceeds

are

carried

Inc.,

debentures at par.

$254,014 and Federal

-

in
prior years and after provision
$43,237 for Federal and State income taxes.—V. 163, p. 2434.
v

stock

preferred

to subscribe

right

$23 per share in the
Rights expire Aug. 19.

Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates—Earnings—

on

now

are

at

12 Months Ended June 30—

was

To effect the two proposals, approval
must be obtained from
least two-thirds of the outstanding preferred and common stocks.

There

for

interval

an

par)

825..

p.

sinking fund debentures
Partner's equity*

shares from 3,000,000

common

10

514,864

11 After crediting to ihCbme
Charged against operations

learned on Aug. 13, is to
adjust the company's property accounts valuation to
satisfy the
New York Public Service Commission which has questioned $238,800,000
«f items in the property accounts.

write-down,

4.6

§Includes $248,460 excess profits tax • recoverable from 1941 because
of carryback of unused excess profits tax credit.
No provision for
•Federal andStatelncomfetaxes required in 1944, ' *

fall.

purpose

10.6

& Co

Revenue Act of 1942.

stock—2,200,000 shares—to be sold to replace
$5 preferred stock.
If approved, these steps would be
completion of the $290,000,000 bond refunding planned

after

this

Sept.

$0.02

tAfter deduction' of
and

create

to

Hutton

fi$50,540
stock—

tFederal and State

of

$20

164,

given the

are

(no

10 shares held.

taxes, and excess profits taxes in 1945 (1944 none) and 1943.

class of preferred

present

for

from

V.

stock

Dyke Bros., Fort Smith, Ark.—Debentures Offered—
/Edward D. Jones & Co. and Metropolitan St. Louis Co.,
St. Louis, Mo., in July offered $290,000 4% sinking fund

effect

1946

share

per

♦After

meeting of stockholders will be held on Oct. 8 to vote
write-down of about $162,500,000 in the stated value of the

new

until

recessed

was

common

Earnings

special

common

a

10.fr'

Corp.—Meeting Postponed—

•Net earnings

Plans New Preferred Stock Issue and Write-down in

a

also

reijord July 30

common

share for each

new

4%

6 Mos. End. June 30—

output of elec¬
the week ended

Stated Value of Common Shares—
on

Securities .Corp.—

Copperweld Steel Co.—Earnings—

excess

A

10.6

—

164, p. 824.

5,000,000,

5.8%.

of

one

Drayer-Hanson,

working out details.—V.. 164, p. 680.

1946,

an

Beane—

The adjourned special ■meeting of the stockholders called for Aug. 13
authorize the issuance of 350,000 shares of $50 par preferred stock

to

amounting to 183,000,000 kwh., compared with 166,200,000 kwh. for the corresponding week of 1945, an increase of 10.1%.
liocal distribution of electricity amounted to 173,200,000 kwh., com¬
pared with 163,700,000 kwh., for the corresponding week of last
year,

Fen-

Bacon, Whipple & Co

and to increase the number of authorized

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.—Output—
company

Pierce,

10.6

Inc—

Continental Motors

The weekly kilowatt-hour output of electric energy of subsidiaries
■of tihs corporation adjusted to show general business conditions of ;
territory served for the week ended Aug. 8, 1946, amounted to 259,-518,309 as compared with 250,367,521 for the corresponding week in
1945, an increase of 9,150,788, or 3.65%.—V. 164, p. 824.

.The

Co.,

E.

W.

10.6

------10.6
&

Lynch,

&

ner

Union

>«..*

AsBecker

G.

—V.

Commonwealth &

Inc.—_

'Corp..
Drexel

1423.

p.

10.6

Stone &

:The

Co.,

Merrill

21.2

Blyth &

Registers With SEC—
for 250,000 shares ($1 par) common stock.
Underwriter, North
ican Securities Co., San Francisco.
Proceeds will be used for

of

HISTORY &

Kidder, Peabody & Co._

Electric. Corp.—Stockholders' Rights—

of

The company on Aug. 12 filed a
registration statement with the SEC
for 80,529 shares
($1 par)
class A stock, convertible into common
stock (par $1).
Underwriters, Maxwell, Marshall & Co., Los Angeles.
Price to public, $10.25 a share.i : Net
proceeds, estimated at $694,761,
will be used to pay off loans and accounts
pay able,

company

Container Corp. of America—Unsubscribed
Stock
Purchased—Mention was made in our issue of Aug. 12

,

10,836

——

——

&

shares

SEC—

of addi¬
of $20,-

number
proceeds

20,066

ratio

Such proceeds will be used for acquisition of property, con¬
or
improvement of facilities or other corporate purposes.
has property additions, estimated to cost more than
$53,000,000, now under construction.—V. 164, p. 554. >

pany at average cost, $2,298,111)^^-.—
...
$3,059,657
Cash on demand'4epolitwl^^^--»»W-^i-—'

a letter of notification with the SEC
sinking fund debentures.
Underwriter, City Securi¬
price, $97 and Interest..
Proceeds will be used
of equipment.
.;./•/ .*•••'••*•//<
/, v. / ■

Derby- Gas

struction

The

ASSETS—

on Au&* '

Offering

The stockholders of

000,000.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS, JUNE 30, 1946

V

Corp..-

for

its

Indianapolis, Ind.—Files With

$300,000 5J/a%

ties

lor purchase

stock.

common

*** P' B* Atwood' Asslstanfc Secretary.—

Delta Collieries Corp.,

o

J,

<

p? 3416,

v. 163,

parent, Commonwealth & Southern Corp., in exchange
1,811,716 shares of its common owned by Commonwealth, r It will

offer
~

Divs. declared,

unspecified

an

shares

Net

Net Income

"

.

*»hr».rin«r- Robert,.r. schnertng
e v zeddies. vice-presidents;
Treasurer; C. HowardBent, Assistant Treasurer;

and

convertible preferred stock
Underwriter, Lester & Co.,

common.

Names
of underwriters are to be determined by competitive bidding.
Con¬
sumers
proposes to
increase its authorized common stock
(no par)
from
2,000,000 shares to 6,000,000 shares.
It will issue 3,623,432

before gain
realized; from; sale

gain realized from
sale of securities..—.

par)

The company on Aug. 9 filed a registration statement with the SEC

inc.

of securities

registration statement with the SEC

a

4%%

par)

*

'

Consumers Power (/©.—Registers With SEC—
for

Net

($25

(50c

—V/158, p. 387.

2,242

$33,470

3,349

shares

'

1

*

Los
Angeles.
The offering price is $25 a share of preferred and $9 a
share of common.
Of the total, company will receive proceeds from
the sale of 851 shares of preferred.
The remaining shares of pre¬
ferred and all of the common are being sold by Ben Weingart, Presi-/
dent and director.
Company will add the proceeds to working capital.

1943

$29,707

•

$35,580 C,

,

1945

$30,410

1946 '

•

<■>■'.<

'

shares

97JJ63

150,000

,

$32,231

.

"

The company on Aug.7 9 filed

for

EARNINGS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

Dividend income

~

j

953

Griffiths, Harry W. Kaley and Stanley T. Crossland.

Mr.; Bradley takes the seat of Donaldson. Brown, who resigned as

T

a

director

company

crease

after

serving

continuously

in August,' 1924.

in ; the

number

of

The

since

other new

directors from

the incorporation of the
directors constitute an in¬

ten

to

14./W

Other members of the Ethyl board are: Frank W. Abrams,

•:

Chairman

954 ^
Si

i

of

[THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL' CHRONICLE

the'

Hafden1,*: Vice-Fresi'dent, and Robert T. Haslam,
Vice-President, Standard Oil Co. (N. J.)Robert P. Russell, President,Xj
B0&Td;

Standard

Orville

and convertible at-around $30 a share. Divi¬
details'Will be determined by • the board at
S. Saphier, President, said. X7"--'
^Proceeds from. the. sale, of .the. 115,.00)3 -shares will be used for con¬
struction of a; new plant in Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y;, and for
add:tidns''?fd WOrking k3apitah ::C6nstrudtioif' on ,the ;factoi;y,' Scneutiled A
foi" completion early next" Year, will begin in a few days,u Mr. Saphier '
said."''-' ' "'1'J'V'; t
■■•yy y-yyyyyy ::X'X:X"JX',:;

;• i-;sr»>V*.;»C* .-.V*- XX x, ,:-LX

~The Company
lor

{,

>• UM:

x*!

'

an

will

on-

be

,

used

additional

for

working .-capital." Issue "hot

'

Uerwritten.

<

XXX,: V^^4...'^V^
-The

Chase

National

pointed -registrar-of
$50

,

.

•

-

.

of

"

.

Fidelity

$1

"XXX.XX..
v

.The company on
100,000 shares

Guaranty. Co.

^;A

,-

i

■>

(

series

•*^

'

would

"

($10

to

is'sue," this" would' leave
about $5.33

to purchase at $40 a share any of the stock;nut subscribed'
stockholders. ■; Stock will be offered fqr subscription to stock¬
at $40 a share.
Proceeds will be used to increase the

by

'7.

157, p. 552/

;

Filmack

Corp. '(111.)—Stock Offered—Daniel F.Rice^
Aug. 5 offered 60,000 ; class ,A common ^shares■
(bar |$1).; at ,$3' per share.
These securities are offered •
,as a.speculation.
,.XX yMxxsy i XvX-AX-.. -

x;&: Co;

on

Agent—-Continental

HISTORY

&

in

ganized

in
Co.

1946,

BUSINESS—The

1919

Trailer

;

National

Bahk

as -!a- sole

May,

1940,

Trust

v

as

business

fifth

.'.j-V" -7

^

7.'

/■

*"7r* 7•'"*

or ;,

■

Mills. ' Now

'

'The

Angeles plant Will

Los

new

becoming its principal officers and the sole holders of all' its ;
outstanding shares, of stock, consisting of 62,000 Class B common
jsnafes.
"
v
*M *X %j
• X
4
< r yi

.

'

>v

General
For

•

^

I

.The company

■

with

;Is;now:-:'^gaged'^n'''provldlhgfmot|bn'.-i>icture'.''-theatres

film

the

trailers, either Out of standard inventory or made to special
otder. rThis is 'its'sole TihC "of
business,'"except" "for* development work

y in

connection

theatres.

"

•

'

'

■

,

'

'

,

Authorized

A

B -common

shares. ($1 par)shares. ($i parju.

common

3,186

from

*$3,658
x7,994
1,984

traffic

of

.

The

.

and

INCOME

*

.

>

STATEMENT

Gross sales
bf'i sales
.Operating "expenses

1,J

'

;;

—

_

1454

;

I

$238,163

Canada.

in

Following

is.

income

Other

$28,456

of

production; figures

for
v''?:v5

Week End.

Chevrolet—Passenger

;

,

material

costs

with

and

the

6,491;

in

income

Miscellaneous

;

expenses

Interest:

$63,169

Vft

2,056

5.^.•

J-L- X'

.-.rX X'

•

2,.786

Cadillac

2,951

18

875

7'

:

$53,114

5.Coaches

profit

164, p,

—

»»

826.

.

•£

•*»■*«•

$27,307; I.

•>

$60,364

Foods—-Netv

r

than

more

Financing .PZaimed-^;

previously

40

■-

1946-^5 Mos.^1945

$77,709

$381',608

62,179

50,036

286,084

v.;^,

-

V.

-i

;

tax

rwy.

"

$8,860
'Cr6,484

accruals

$27,673

A,000
.

$11,084

Fixed

inc..._

oper.
income

•,

on' fund.: debt

1,583

--2,259$7,412

Dr427"

3,271

2,980

8,264"

\ J-J J ■*. *'f■1-i~r:

directors

the

on

outstanding

1•..

;Aug; 9 declared
common :

.

-

«t•••'

$53,598
;

stock,

no

t

,

shares

outstanding,.,per share-,——V. 163, p. 2291.

-

;

$1.94

—V.

*

.

|

>

•

interest

fixed

The

stockholders

ferred stock
■

'

i

Of

the

initial

$25

200,000

series

of

authorized

par,

at

shares

115,000

a

a

special

new

"cla'ss

meeting held

authorized'the
cumulative




of

200,000
on

•

shares

convertible

to

of

shares. aV.a'

t ; ♦

will

be

promotion.

Actual

option to purchase
Lincoln Highway,

;.

The

operations have not
*

■

former ice cream inanu-.

a

immediately after possession is obtained.

.

will

rent

property, company has negotiated art
Fuller Co., of Ardmore, Pa., under which8,000 cubic feet of-controlled
refrigerated. *

on -Haverford

Road,

Ardmore,

Pa.,

capable

storing

of

of the company's products and will
trucks" of. Thornton Fuller Co. in order to

pounds

also

lease-'

serve

as

a.

in

distributed

by

the

supplement. the

to

company

sale

pfr.

Ultimately, the: resale of all products so purchasefet;
own label.
'
.yX r>y
.

_

..

authorized {capital stock consists of 155,000'
divided into 145,000 shares of class A common stock*.;

for cash,

in

or

reimbursement o£r

3135.

p.

will
of

;

^

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Co., Inc.—Earnings^- X

1946•f945 - •
$5,208,879'
$5,508,529
4,188,106" ..4,240,044

'1944

-

X'

Aug.

letter of notification

5 filed a

with the SEC

par) comifton. ' Offering price,- 25c "a share^
for general development and improvement o£

"V" ;X

Issue not underwritten.:

company.

19'46.

operating ' profit;-com..shareMa

taxes

ori

-

$1,2168,486;37,149

$1,020,773

-$96fri687

f $329,85T._
$0.68t

f

-

in. 1946, $230,142 in. 1945-for U.hS$123,020 uri

1944,

in

also

1944

deducting $100,440 for depreciation and amortization and $28,515funded debt 'charges. XtAfter deducting $99,005 for depreciation

;

,

for

$563,35(1

Fed.

$1,305,635

.

;;115,093

;

233,168

-

1

inc.

tax_

289;000 '

$1,081,781 ;
229,240

$25j65 fc for fUrided-"debt charge, 'arid; provision of $68,701 for Canadlaa;

:.19,707;

;

725,000 '

-

$497,541'

ju—

-

'

'

..

til

yyjyy

v. 163, p.

$285,824-

]■'>.Xv'X-X i

,

over the corresponding week of 1945.—;V. 164,.

827..

P-

its

and

who

will

continue

as.Chairman'.

his

in

'•

Counsel

Mr.'- Boles

tinuing
will

become

Charles
Vice

as

H.

and

alsb

later

becoming ^Senior

announced

Executive

Vice

that

Vice

President.

W.

W.

Greene,

President

of

General

in

-

.1.

•"

-

to

President

of

it

both

was

"

companies

in

;

''';

„

,

- h

-

„

.

1945

•

$2,828,231.

''/

,

■,

Commercial

National

Bank

&

Trust

Co.

of

New

York

-

has beea-

*

;-

Hamburg (Electric) Ry. of Erie County, N. Y.—Sale—
v-:

;

Corp.,1;

y

yyy

fX-yxy%:y. xxy-

■'■y. y-,

iyyyxyyy.X'XX*,

.tlamilton Radio Corp.^r-Plans Change in Name-^r

"-special stockholders1 meeting Will be held' on Aug. 27 to vote on. as.
proposal of the directors to change the company's corporate name to»
Olympic! Radio &. Television^ Inc.—-V, 163, p. 464.
X>-XX '
'X
fr -,VX.**?
:;..1

■.

^

has resigned as aft Executive'
order to. go into-business-for

announced,

.

1946

"

,■

con¬

Executive Vice President'of North Star Reinsurance Corp.

Pritchard,

/

X^ee Buffalo Transit Co., Inc. ^above.—V. 161, p. 208.

.-"vi. X-.-i

addition

,i'j. v

1945X

fewned'by the company.--*'

XX

;

appointed - registrar jfor the common stpck.T-V, .164, p. - 421;
:
i\*
'*
'<■ [
'
-1"

position

Reinsurance

'

JUrie -30,

Gulf; Atlantic Transportation Co^^egistrai>Hs1

.

A

-

,

eral

.

——*$2,732,724

■XV; 164, p. 556.

•

Xr.X-

rx

2157.'

Sales-:

fire

two companies

Six 'months ' ended

thfe

Grayson-Robinson Stores, Inc.—nluly Sales Off—:

The

of

for

Month of July—

■

output: bf "this company for the -week* ended -Aug.r O,'
amounted to -127,674,600
kwh.r an- increase of. 5,335,276 kwh.,

or 4.4%

net 'profit'

gatton iin-respect: of infringement of a pateftt

a—

'

$303,745" "

NOTE—The

included & :«Ct ; amount; pt '■ $66,000 "for :a"recovfeiV a§ a -reeuiti of 'litt--

63,000
:..

•

■

•

234,233)

355,000

$347,467*""

$583,057'

•

Lowry returns1 to the insurance business after having served as
of E. R. Squibb & Sens since
Jxily, 1943. Prior to that he
was
associated
for nine
years
with-'the Maryland Casualty Co.,' of
Baltimore, joining that: company in 1934 as Vice President and Gen;;

pre-:

.

1943

*$238,098
$0.46

*$322,735
$0.80

and

Income

-

..

194'4

-1945

' *$647,668 '
$1.61

provisiop of $488,966

Canadian

and

.2,603,058;

•

*

' (25c

used

6 MoS. End. June 30—

•After

$3,166,403':

3,064,185

on

be

Earns, per

.'"Mr.

"

±

".V "

X

Gotham Hosiery Co., Inc. (& Subs.)—EaMrtgSr-^

Net

-1943'

$4,030,873

company

500,000' shares

facilities

Treasurer

.

-

the' Lancaster

Thornton

(par $11,

Proceeds

these

in

7^*

A^verlisi^

Wbfit-iX_i__*I_

President of the

.

Aug.: 1.5.,A

corporation plans

The ""
^

,

•

affiliate, the North Star Reinsurance Corp.,; Edgar H.
Boles, "Chairman of the board, announced on Aug. 15.
As President,,Mr. Lowry succeeds Mr. Boles, who has been President
for nearly 20
years and
whot recently has -been both Chairman of the board and

$8,092:

\ General Bronze Corp.—New Preferred Approved—

-

to

distributor

ness.-^. 163,

jGeiieral Fublic Utilities Gopp.-X-Weekly Output-^
,The)'electric;

and

on

,

M_

PURPOSE-~The purpose of the present offering is to acquire fuftdsu*
to complete the purchase of the plant and equipment and to
provide^
material, supplies and working capital with which to commence busi¬

employ^

•

assets

X

,

Buick

General Reinsurance Corp.—New
PiesidentXRtc.Tv
;Pdwafd G. Lowry jr. has been: elected-President of this corporation

v.

LIABILITIES—Accounts' payable, $'671; accrued ^liabilities:
capita! stock, $1,328,671; total, $1,337,435.—V. 164, p. 297. /'

Offered—E.

'

an

at par, either for services rendered,
corporate expenses advanced.
^

"

$699,348, advance •• to .employee for ^expenses,'$150:'
savings bank account, $815; oil concessions,
$535,(net), $1,392; organization and
predevelopment expenses, $64,126; development expenses,
$36,104; total, $1,337,435,
*
500;

Inc.—Stock

limited-Voting power (of which 125,Q00 'shares, are lp<j|W beingoffered for sale*), and 10,000 shares of class B common stock, with full'_
voting power (which are not being offered for sa!e to the public),.
v
Of
the class B Common stock,
7,500 shares are now issued and'
outstanding;in the hands of officers and directors who acquired them,

163, p. 2437.

1946,

ASSETS—Cash,

-

"

lncom'er___X6,317

'bf?

•'

$0.74

.

.

CAPITALIZATION-r-The

shares

v

220,360

.

'

——

$163,835

282 071"

*1

,

—

for

'-Net

1945

$563 '967

;arid Federal■taxesl'L-

1945

$1,347,423

with.

on

Total

Prov.

:

1946

...»

"

''1

'

r-~

"

-

,•

,

''

$1,346,691

subsidiary income and excess profits taxes,.u

-if:,:-C

-.

1946

$68,943

'

its own 'product's.

tars—a-

Income-—____
$L037,090
Ambrtfzatldh, :etc'._li'_ll '
244;345

dividend of BO cents ?per - share*
par value, payable Sept. 30 to

a

Named

accrued
?

announced

1946-^model

Operating'proiitTi

,

'r

$1,411,023

after

Other

*14;900)

Gaspe Oil Ventures Ltd.—Balance Sheet
April 30,. 1946'
•

t

!

..;~7.%v.'«.

(Indl) "Corrugated Paper Co.^-Earnings-r

Net profit "after ail chgs.
<Common

'

•

:

Ft. Wayne

6 Mos. Ended June 30—

y'» ;

-more-

Expenses

Payments in 1945 were as follows: March
31, 35 cents in Cash;
June 8, 25 % in stock, and June
30, Sept. 29 and Dec. 31, 40 cents each
in cash.—V.
164/p. 682. *
*
:
;
-

Buick .plants.;

-an

___

.8,996

X

16;34$
•>.

$1,144,141

,1945

.

by the company" Will be" under its

persons, were;; employed; in

X 3 Mos. EnfeL June 3QrOperating revenues

holders of record Sept. 14.
This compares with 40 cents
per share paid
«n March 30-and
June;29, last;u; ^
c■*

•

two

r

X 11,299.

$24,503

struc¬

•

The

on

1,064'

422,076

production

$82,156,

11,889 • '
7,188
11,299-

.

.1945

■;

Philadelphia and vicinityi;
'<H-X V*
rThe business of the company will include not only the processing
and selling of. coo.ked frozenf foods pf; various kinds;: hut;• will also"
include the purchase from reputable packers of a large variety offresh frozen, foods,, including fruit,-vegetables, poultry; fish and meat,

series are Models 51 and 71, 6-passenger,
4-door-sedans, and Model 59,
the 6-passenger Super Estate
Wagon.~-y. 164, p. 827,

'
■

*

v

'

I7;282*

General Oiitdoor^^

-$54,878 *

3,365

2,259
$160

{way ;.and

-

,

for

$82;583'
V

ia4b

.

,.$63,600

.

speculation..

a

planning and

refrigerated

direct

.

Food JWachinery Corp.—Increases Quarterly payment

a- ;.
-

Z7479

$14,619

income

_

Dr 1,863

as

holds

with

company

the

,

and

-10,915

:

X-.

.<?*}£'
y
."ft?-?-1("■&■?#■<). *' ' 1
"" »X. "-'X'
;Goat Mountain Milling & Developing Co., Inc., Seattle
Wash.—Files With SEC—•
1 '
'
'X
" "

$93,498

$55,357

installed

Mr. Cur.tice .said: production
oft these 6-passenger cars: on 124-inch
129-inch wheelbases rounds out the Series 50 Super and Serifes 70Roadmaster Jines.. Other body types already in

*,619,

11,086

-

addition

storage .'space
250,000

21,952'

30,964

*

ties

——Jan. 1 to Aug, 7——

Aug. 11 it has begun production
.Vpersonaliz:ed', -convertible- 'With
push-button controls for top, windows and front seat, 'and the graceful,
rpomy sedane.tr-^all; featuring importantv ehanges and iniprovements in
appeafahce,^design add performance.
*•'
" s
<

:.X ffi.OOO

$66,443"

*

1.731

4,699
1,437

tures
and
equipt.)__
•;
T-V.. 164, p. 7.
;

.

.19,565

$16>82

.

Drl,055

chargse

Depr.

-

$9,611

deductions

Net

'

about

as of

Buick Motor Division

of

*

Cont. int.

■r«

,

.262,029

$141,117

§»515

.

8,460 '

$18,213

income

Miscel.

"

-

-1,473

rwy.

-Total

1

$95,523

-

"

4,260

rents

Net

to

the

-

.

;

Rwy„ operating ;inc._

Other

limited

cln

.

-

.

1

-r

track

of

thfe

in "labor

July 22 offered 125,000 share* of

tions can commence almost

all-time high of 44,600 dtiring Ihe war.
^
Buick currently is seeking, an additional;;3,000 workers in
skilled
and unskilled tcategories for : its
expanding production) ;prdgram;i
J

$403,146
;

cars

rnent reached

$71,039

-•

;

when

1946—Month—1945

•

Net

28,603

number

-

class

handled

increase

to

x

'jjXyX
lower

a

traffic

due

$48,661

;

plant on the
about 3'/a miles east of :
for $50,000, clear of encumbrances. The property contains
adequate acreage for future expansion.
Since the plant already con-"
tains a large part of the necessary equipment. It is believed that.opera-,

-

1,656

•

with

was

)

to

Lancaster,

Aug.-1, Harlow H. Curtice, Vice-President of General'
Motprsi'and .Gen6faI:MariageT;ol7^
disclosed. 0n..;Aug7- 9.-v:
>
At
the
same
time
Mr.
Curtice
disclosed
that
employment had
reached .a peactime .high, of 20,128, of- whom 17,757 are hourly-rated
personnel.
The previous peacetime peak was reached in June, 1941,

Co.,

revenues

Net rev. fr. rwy,
oper,,
Federal income tax.._*l^
•

.26

Foods,
on

fgcturing

7 Buick Motor Division
produced 14,764 passenger cars during July, >
bringing total 1946 'model production for ^domestic find >«XPflrt .user$ to •

held*

expenses

Railway oper.
Rwy.
operat.

i

privately

It is expected that Luckhurst &
of underwritters handling the.Issue.

years.

Pelriod End; May 31

Other

>

.

due

was

and: business—Oft

.The company

';Bui6k Motor Division Produced 14,764 Cars in ,July-43,667

expenses

$78,250

Frozen

>

Fonda, Jphijstowii & Gloversvifle
^RR.—-Earnings—

/

.

V'a. ;i,210

increased

___

Co.; Inc.,

commenced.-

..

Xia<v. will-head the syndicate
v

been

9,771 '
11,005

J

69

*$53,153

April 30, 1946, .company was-'orgftiibusiness of preparing, processing*
cooked and fresh frozen foods, with its regiptfered office ar 1700 Sansom St., Philadelphia. " Activities to date have

which

it wa§ announced Aug. 14, plans s^-le of-:
125,000 Aharetf
par)
eonVCrtible preferred and 60,000 shares of common
stock.
Proceeds of preferred will be used"
to. further along company's pro¬
gram cf
expansion which recently included, the 'acquisition of-three
additional wholesale grocery concerns.
Sale of common stock will be-*
the initial distribution of securities of this
in

-i:

A,

894
"

67

"

*

49,871

distributing and. storing

•Canada shut down for vacation.

<$10

Concern

L-

-

*$51,822

ized in Pennsylvania to engage in the

44,178

761.

-

.

:

Total .U. -S. - and CAnadar—1

Company,

-

906 *
•

$43,314 *
; ';,::;X6,557

6,625

556.

Glacier

HISTORY

47,958

_____

A—X__

.:yl2,0ft

*$58,447

$16,356

$67,450

stock is offered

$49,288

•

.

1

Flagstaff

3,3f9

i&yy 769v^

GMC Truck & Coach—Trucks
GM of Canada0.

Net

>-V.

$29,363

164,

agreement

35,691

4,137

Buick
Total

2,826

v,

ciassXA;^^bommOn^^-sto^Ic iSl'jgiar) ^ at ^2'Fer

118,311

"

46,350

r

;

12,031

10 Days End. July 31 —Jan. 1 to July 31—1*

p.

-

»

2,350

______

•64,015

month.bast year.

same

revenues

Fitch &

..

;7,652
2,938

17,349

$17,599 X $101,681

*

ia4o

revenues

-Jan. 1 to

3,472

Oldsmobile

3.688

.

-

1;

18,443

$16,565

1946,

Aug. 10, '46 Aug. .3, '46 Aug. 10, '46
10,849
10,385 ;
132,146

Pontiac

$49,425

'

.1,071

in

year.
in operating

—V.

truck

and

car

Week End;

"

18,794

X

Operating
-

-■■■.

"

29.706

,229„

Period—

1 c./..'•

.

3,000*

'

3,600.

v

•

75,575

"!

$59,563

income

tabulation

a

divisions:

•

"Truck X,

Net

A::'-'/:

110,161

2,888

..

15

"1944

$261,253
.119,771
■
:79;024

33,047'

,

depreciation
;

.1945 f':

-$113,363
"
50,404

—

-y Cost
•

—Calendar Years—

May.31,'46

*/x

freight revenue
generally as compared

handled

Operating

.

(Partnership),

5Mcs. End.

.

•

^32,244 :

$15,494

Xi8

_

Period

Froductibni of v trucks In -the iUrilted States^by; GeneftcT. Motors ivas
short of previous weekly hig.hs for1 this year, primarily be- -'
cause
of
two
supplier
strikes
which
curtailed
production
at
the
GM Truck & Coach Division in Pontiac for several
days last week.
A total of 7,464 trucks were produced;
by General Motors in the
Aug. 10 week, compared-with 8,615 •fOr the previous week.
; Although
several important Strikes among GM supplier companies
were
settled
during the week' ended Aug. 10," the number of such
strikes
continued
to
rise.
A .total
of 72
supplier strikes are now
affecting : GM divisions, 57 of which are in the United States and,

62.000 shs.

■

-

"

1,984

Week End. Aug. 7

.

:"!?r

$167,831

v

*$13,346

decrease

increase

compared

as

continued

1941.

•

*$13,137 ~

______

month last

same

269,744 passenger fears -fir the Uhltei
compared with 1,385,905 for the same

as

988,950

$89,8dl

2,940

""Decrease. "

;

.

of' passenge.r cars. in
a
slow
rise, with
Aug. * 10, with; 20,693

1,058,565

$25,288
'7,810

'
;V

*$13,635

X.

income.

-NOTE.—The

z

•60,iKk)shs.

-62,000 shs.

date

to

X.

*

'

Output Changed—

production

Motors

X:

--

$1,156,481

.

"

.Surplus applic. to int.

again

'

Outstanding

/ 60,000 shs,

the year

for

period of

■

^

Class

week,

General

produced -during the - week; ended

cars-

States

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

Class

by

the week previous.
•.„.<.•••—1 :
rThe Corporation -has produced

w

provide additional wprik-*
ing capital, -to"be used mainly to expand the company's business into
the field of producing and
supplying preview trailers for motidn pic¬

f

consecutive

States

for

with

supplying

ture

third

United

21,113

its purpose to expand into the field of
producing
preview- trailers, hereinafter described, X\
^PURPOSE—The' purpose of the issue is to

and

the

Motors Corp.—Weekly

or

Mos;-^-i945>
$1,148,366

'

.

-

cash,

;

170,166

'2,980'

income—

Gross., income

.

be the 20th in the chain of General

—

: Jiers

in

Rwy»|-«^r^

$58,365
,4,95.1

>.•?

Deducts,

flour mills extending from coast ib coast.
,,
These newAplahfs ^te part bf the corporation's "postwhr Expansion
program and will be under "its Sperry
Division, which serves the West
Coast.—V.. 163, p. 3134.
'•
"
'•
»^s
.A. .-A"
Ti v * •

present company,
incorporated in Illinois- June 15, '
the business and assets of the partnership, the part-

$2.75

"

Mills'

proprietorship by Irving' Mack, was reora partnership. under the name! of Filmack

the

on

ACCOUNTS—COMBINED
Northern

$8',172' 1 X. ;; 5,374 .-X
*3,476

Ins.,Act of *38

Non-operating

bperafion

in

Cashr-

or

sham

per

1,

.

174,579

o'per.
accruals-r-reg.
ry.

-Net ry. oper. income,

*'/■'; )

General

expenses

fr.

ixxxX

Dec,

1 11946-^Month-i4945
$182,751 " $206,531

Ry. bper. income
Eqpt. rents—(net Dr.)'_
Jt. facil. rents (net Dr)

■

7

Mills, Inc.—Grants Contracts for Construction

packaged food plant owned ;by

ffev.

.Unem.
.

share."—V. 164,'pp. 826 and 682.

per

$1.50

164, p. 827.

RECEIVERS

rev.XX

tax
'Fed. rr. Tax; Act '37

plants at Portland, Ore.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Chicago, 111., and Oskalo'osa; Iowa.
:'clV':;v 'V*:- "" 1
7 'X " '■
' ";7V""-;

The

acquired

stock,

commo.n

on

oper.

Rwy.

are

Co,1 of,

brlgiiikily'

corporation,

of

earned

operating

Net

and )

(Thd new. plant'at Lodi; less than 26 miles from Stockton, will be the

.

andTrustCo.'

arid-

^■■ "■

y-/rXX

.

founded

lllinois

Reglstirar-rAmerican; National ^Bank

$1,220,000

AND

,'Period End.'June 30—

aged^^ f0d^fpj^pucts7at'L.odir Calif.; and 47 cbxppletely) modem flourt mill
to be erected at Los Angeles, ;vv;' v':"r
y "I"- "■

,

Transfer

■y.otChicago;
Chicago*;-,t

$2,350,000 annua.ly,

share; : and

{Including Statesboro

"

Rwy.
Rwy.

NkjbjfointmeftV of contractors for the construction, of two new manu¬
facturing plants in'California was' arinouncCd on'Aug; i by this cor- '
pdration.1 These contracts have bkei awarded to two West'Coast firms •
and cover the building of the 1
company's new cereal plant for pack¬

.

,

about

'■*

General

:

capital

*nd surplus of the
company.~r.V.

earnings of approximately

gross

of .a::,common

CORPORATE
:

diesel

mean

of

"i: Florid^: RRi—Earnings—*

Georgia

:

iafter taxes baore thah.'$l,350,OOQ net-profit. ;After ,deducting aPproximately $130,000 for dividends on the contemplated preferred stock

Aug. 14 filed'a registration statement with thfe' SEC"

holders

;

the present plant setup.
,
,
•
;s
a hi
;%r
'5 £'*■>.
jNormklly 'the company anticipates a 10
.net -profit on, its Volume j
of business'after all charges, other than taxes.; Mr. Saphier said this

Baltimore—Registers^

44/iOODths

121/1500ths of, ^ ..common share,—V.

under

t

company
<•

cash,

;

par) capital stock. United States Fidelity &
Baltimore has entered into an agreement with the

of.

"

engine parts, and other metal fabrications should _>
reach about $4,000,000.
i
:•
•
"
;
'A compilation' of total volumesales-for all products is .'$23,500,000
annually against a. $9,000,000 yearly gross volume for all products

I

A,

dividend

a

rate of 44/1000ths of
one
share for each share of preferred
stock.
A'like amount was'paid oft March'1 and on June
1, last. Payments in.
1945 were as follows: March
1, Jilne 1 and Sept. 1, $1.50 bach 'la

wqrk^t custom-jhade'.'windows,'; outdoorbarbecueA grillSi tateel v

stairways',

declared

have

convertible;

.

windows

mental

,

Sharehpldinga Corp.y-Piv- in.Stpck

directors

-cumulative

preferred .stock :;(optional stock dividend
series),' "Payable on Sept. 1 to holders fef record Aug.' 20, "In lieu of
cash, stockholders, at their optibn, may receive common stdck at the

^pnually for.a volume of.$16,000,000. Probable minimum
bf'- SO.OOO^befetfhgAuhfts^Y^riy^ for Ak •gros&' bf ^kbotit
$3,500,000 for that product, is planned, f Sales .of "architecturalorna>-

;':=XX XX" ^XX/'-xX

^*■»-' »*"*■".

■

$6

"producWon

,See also V. *164, *

'

.

'•

'

forfera^t A'ugi. 9';for ibis

Volume ''waX

General

.

The

-

$23,505,000 "annual} sales

inum

been'ap-

preference'stock,

& Guaranty Fire Corp.,

lor

York' has

par value

X;

11.i

With SEC—-v.,. -;XXx

...

stock,

common

yj

.

"the-City of New

the-4lhl/c-cumulative

and the

value,

par

682.

p.

Bank

.

^.'. X;

Family Finance; Corp.-~-Hegistrar iA.ppointCd-4- X

,

.

...

.

•

.

Aaron

Saphier1, if the/stockholders' approved the proposed
preferred ;stock issue to 'obtain funds for the company's new plant.
-Mr.'Saphier predicted -that-with thfe new plaht at Hempstead, L. I.,
the company should be able to sell at least 1,000,000'low-cost alum¬

un-

.

meeting,

corporation by -Mrs

.

Augf.••••9 filed-a letter''of ndtiflcatioh.'VitH ' the SEC
-shares Xno par) common. ; Offering price,
$25 a share.

1,278

Proceeds

;

early

.

•A

•

Fake? & Co., Forth Worth, Tex.—Fil^

-

V:

A*-; \V> il

J

.4Va%

dend:'.rate -and conversion

■

XX

to exceed

rate not

.Oil

Development. Co.;-Frank A. Howard, formerly • Vice- '
President'Qf Standard Oil Co. (N. 5.) ;.'Alfred P. Sloan;.; Jf,; Chairman •
of
the'board; "Charles' F. Kettering, Vice-President and DirectorofResearch; John Thomas Smith, Vice-President and General Counsel,
General Motors; and Earle W. Webb, President,
Ethyl"Corp.—tV. JL6D,
p. 2542. X- >
•-""X. *'*

t

Monday, August 19, 1946

'il

i

Instrument

Hammond

i

Co.,

Chicago—Registers

With

sec—

"

filed' a registration statement with the SEG
commoft. "Underwriters, Paul H. Davies &r
will be used to redeem the outstanding
'preferred- s'tock at- an estimated cost, of $213,258,_

The 'company on Aug'. 8

for

Co.,

80,000-shares

Chicago.

6%'^cumulative

Net

($1

par)

proceeds

exclusive,of accrued .,dividends. .0CompaqyXalso wl)l (Use, approximately
himself, as a reinsurance Intermediary
and~,copsult^nt- but;WiU re- :J
,tain, his -cohnectioft. .with the ; two ' companies, in"1/a ^consulting and , X$40^,00p 'toward /jthe^purchasey of ;-a • manufacturing .plant,- in Ch«j.ago^:
dividend X Advisory ".capacity XrV.
163^?.: 142q^X>'X::
;***» V ••I*
he-addMUe-working eapital.-*-V. 159/t».-2520. "J"
-

issue fen*

14
'

?)3^baliiftcfe'will

<

.Volume 164

*4517

Number

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

')Lik^-iybandonment^The

ICC

July

on

c<mpany

issued

n

certificate

a

.

^ts ientirAillne of railroad in Hawaii County, .Tffr*
158. P.

01

i

i

"

County, Ky.

.

station

wagons,

General

4:

V U

-•*

Hazel-Atlas Glass Co.

Subs.)— Earnings—
Fnrird

S

:

YeaTS Ended

Tirm T

,

June

//

,*M.

Yc-irc Ended

-

i -'

oi'lZS'nrt

^

Cost of goods

sold----

11,401,764

9,916,264

188,493

185,097

....

^

...

.

•

...

Gross mfg/ profit.

.

Sell., gen. & adm.

r

'

■

1,010,370

.

■

,

Other

Income

/.

122,687

_

To

Tnini

■;

f

104,458

-

*in *»nd «79«;

e.«9,480

(nett' **.

sold

;

.

^

A

6 0r

.....

,

,

Prov,

for

taxes

Fed.

1 571

•

~ ~757
ioi

-

..

With

the

,

in

the

size of the plant

from 20,000 to 56,000 square

of

addition

acidulating

the

Middle

.

.

6,861,110

$1,783,775

--V164

'

422.

p

$587,009
543,011

$4,615,543
2,437,852

$2,798,430

434,409

434,409

434,403

•

$4 U

$1'35

$6.44

.

-

S10-62,

.

"

skcotS^oC&
Ottered^F,-®ber-

Stadt & Co., Inc., headed, an underwriting group

(with non-detachable

"PWiSais Variants 'attached! and.89,000

funds.

from

stock

common

at

common

proceeds

be

shares

10.000

holders.—=V,

will

164,

$16,75

the

sale

applied

of

stock

nlnr»pH
pidueu

rnmnanv

vumpdiiy

:

•

.

-

j

,

<69 000 OOft

q>^,uuu,uuu

i

mnrtcyncro

iHoiel Waidorf-Asioria

Interest

an.

payment, of

"ex-interest"

Idaho

29.—V.

Aug.

163,

corporation

Calcium

.

■

..

.

_.

materials become available.-V. 164, p. 557.
*,>*■■■

shares

loO,000

*

and

2a

of mining

jnent

$125

—

gik

Uncollectible

oper.

J-

:

—T-—

SKK
/Net

income

?«i

for

interest

income

,

S 08? 1'SIS
7,898,615

iw

13,580,429

nRTqss

•

Th.

fUed

f

4,633,696

(

.5,370,921

to

•

i'r

' '■

Bank

*

sharehoMera

Group

*

''''

rr=

1

;

i

'

record"^3if631

of

'i

:':l<

..

:

.

■

Common

1946>

New

Ytrk

stock Exchange

ducted

Augj.13

cn

contracts In common stock on Aug. 22, 1946, shall be ex'said distribuand- that all
jnyst be redeemed..on. Aug, 23,, 1946.

navable'Splitting the 599,760 shares of common stock outstanding would

,m.L.im»;»MTllsb»Tse4280.
on
Sep
30. 1945.-V 164.
p.

-

6 Mos.-End. June 30—

Total

———

;v5,52T

—.

/

■

income

.JB^rnings per .$hare^—
/

As of

i

cumulative nreferrtd stock.-

' 'I

9;984

.42,760

$0.1437n.

;.

1945w the- liquidating value lpei< «hare
Stock, Valued At the hidaide bt the market, Was $11.97.

i>f

/; ;47,390
$0.1384

paper

/iIjIABILlTIES-^Notes/pay/^unseiC;-),

■to

3286

■

*

$817 74-7f

in portfolio,

of securities

elation

-.

-t

,

,

,

.

,0"al

-EarningSpr,

"

;

$869,719;

total,

$5,292,797.-!-V.
/■■■'■./

Machines
.

Crp.

(&

v. Aoa,

Canadian inc
Outetdg

IhaVes

Earnings DeJ

share

^

■

-

and exc

prof

"

W(.

taxes

'tock

$19882 770

'8

188 770

1 432-407

«.nd excess

-:

: International Dctrola Corp.
fabricating

of $175,000 with the contracting firm of Wagner & Martinez to erect

067

•

r 'company's present working capital, v It is therefore the
the company to apply any funds received from the sale of

reserve

Provide additional work ng cap tai.

.

.

-,f

t.

Lo»ergan
WHH

Wlih

164, p.

'

Torrey,

r„. n,

manufacturing

facilities

Co., Albion Mich.
:

,

.

/

-

proceeds

to

working capital.—V. 144, p. 1965.
,.//•/

and their respecbe purchased by
p''

„

--Singer,
Putnam

.

Bfearie

* 'Company Shareholders
& 'Scribner—-——k-9,000
• 3,000
'•

&-Co;-a.

,

Selling, gen. and

.

the

y />/

•.■"J

company
:

-

will be used

as

1,493,257

admin.

''

'

'

—

-

..

T

,

profit.^—$261,715...

Other income

^

_

$2,235,915
;

-Cost- of products sold--

Gross

/ -

^

.

/

Total .incomeincome deductions——'
/ ,lt ,
/
Profit before taxes on • •

-—--Year Ended Dec. 31--7-1945
1944
1943

.

_

.

$265,991
64,242
,

,.

fi

$5,319,16«

,

—rrr

3,526,052

$673,729
$688,278

189,665

;
.

.

$5,650,380

$5,303,917

- 4,276-14,549
—r-r- —-—

"

-

$498,613

95,780

343,991

.>

w

3 665 97ft

■

-3,873,507 - 3,bbo,y#ft
; ./

<•

'i1

"S "S
$668,303
$542,994
/

68,287 >

;

•
s.

r

; 406,673

—
.<y

$420,473

$562,203
..

'•

289,92a

louisvi,,e Gas & Elcctric Co- (K}-.-)-Weekly Output- - Minority
13'818
1M2°
15'!78. . . "fs
Etief-rtakifig.':rdlltitf'milt »M™lSS^d wlUf^lSOW '"tw'^orfYhe //Net'protft™\..-.._$92,150^ ,$136.501,-,$117,283i
'Interests^of The. Andrewi
corresponding week last year, an increase of 1.9%.—V. 164, p. 829. -h•.^• '164, p. ^82,/,y,
t
v., ,
•
•

Acquires Steel Concern- /

'

- 33,064
-*—-/■

$576,058
155,584

$736,590
174,387
•

income:;-^—$201,748
prov;< for:- taxes on In-' / ' •
-

(est )

'

-

5 Mos, End.
May-31, *46

-

i,.' ^
counts, etc.)-y>—u--

••

6,000
6.600

-r-*—jT
CONSOLIDATED,JNCOME STATEMENT

/
i

2,000

2,000
2,000

6,000

—

-

Hayden, Miller & Co.—r

.

l''

feutcher Si Sherrerd——<1/—'
T>oolittIe, Sohoellkopf

Flies '

■/'

«s. /

National-Bank: /
....

UNDERWRITERS—'The names of the underwriters
tive number of shares of common stock, severally to
each, are as follows:
,
'•

.-

-

4

Net

Outstanding

both -.. PittsburBh, are transfer.
of
'

a$ent and registrar, respectively.

except • those

728.

^ufactu^

York.

f;

' Authorized

,

Iuip*c™u&w
^
^ 125,000shs.
.107,300shs.

company on Aug/7 filed

New

,

«Excluave <« 2,700 stares held In the treasury

,

Aggers; said.is expected-1 to, play an increasingly important role In
home construction.—V,

, ,

.

CAPITALIZATION, GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

•

-

Glass Co*—Expands Facilities—

glass

ntention of

the common /

^ finance plant improvements to

°P ?"t
1 COmI,an^„»PeMa >
; W«. for renegotiation
'^turing ,Thermopane,. its new insulating > windowpane, . which > Mr. ;
refunds

^; ;.44,58/

olftees.

manolacturlhg huUdtng. and

*
.nooessaxy.
■ .
, . .. , ;
/-The-additional productive capacity resulting from these additions and improvements- to plants will • create an additional demand upon the

•

«bderg6ing rnutine repair; The- company has appropriated $14,700,000 • Gross-sales, (less dis-

: -l'//

c°rPor®b°h of
: the
plants1 and coal mining




coast; subsidiary has. entered into-contract in approximate amount

f

.for inew construction,-.all of which is either under way - or completed.

Canadian income

profits taxes.—V. 164, p.

-i hurthhf nS

*5

;1* 145

regular and

West

Co.

.

,

Name—

£ letter PfYiiotificalrfort ;with the SEC
-for ?4;500 shares-^ <$l par)^^class^^B common on hehah of the company
523
7
•
and obtion warrants for purchase of -10,000 shares of class' B common
Mfi-^^dnbehalfJ of' ^ree optioning stockholders./Offering price, $4 a share
9261,091^443 -> vof- tjlass- B common and 10 cents a warrant./Underwriter, Cohu;&

?t°ck
1,432,4071,145
J""*"-T™'-*tl^2 and £4.42t
S. Federal

•-v;?After providing Jor- estimated U.

„

,

vi

-

-

.John D, Biggers, President,-an Aug, 12 disclosed-that, for the-first
tlhfe in its history,•: the company is now Using simultaneously all -of

Subs.)-

Mathews Conveyer

subsidiary,

contemplates

TRANSFER--AGENT"-AND REGISTRAR^—Peoples First

^

'

■

-

the company's

the erection-of a new plant upon real estate
owned by it in San Mateo County, Calif.
The cost of erection of
.such .,a plant, and the transferring of equipment, together: with the
purchase of new; equipment, will be in excess of $190,000.; .The West
company

r

its

163,

lease of

The

-coasts covering its,present premises expires on March 1/1947, and the,/

,
_

V®rP»—Leases Add 1, Spa(?e,~5r

^]b^y-Owens^Ord

in

'.6MonthIWded June36-k r
' .'Y 1946
:.A945-^
,1^4
$10^?n« w'VionaViiv
Sel'wofit^0a5;517^^

-

mately $76,000 of construction work at Elwood City.

sale

See Tishman Realty & Construction Co. below.—V, 163, p. 1569..
4-«W, !/rv
*
*
r-i
/
7
,r
t
i
"
/

/

.

nn.rotirv'J Ll;£Z,L

linfiWihntPri

v-

.

cash

$500,000; capital- stock ($1 par),

,
-

,

No.of.Shs. Purchased from

'

/ '•

insurance^tbeks^-^1^^,3^,333•

sumlu&

* lines of'-'equipment' make /Jt necessary that, the plant' facilities :at
Ellwood City and Port Hope be enlarged.K. It -is estimated that the
--cost of these .plant improvements and the acquisition of additional
equipment will cost approximately $250,000. The company has already
issued purchase orders to the Uhl Construction Co. covering approxl-

,

olfe/for

-

SHEET, JUNE, 30, ,1946
'^siCTS—Securities lil portfolio:
/unrealized
appreciatibn- (income tax deducted), $869,719:
Jjanks and on. hand, $111,744;. total»-$5,292,797, v
• .
<at427 851-- naid-in

surPlus- >
> >
» . *
,
y1 ^
*
»
' /iv The. ^company., has been .considering for some time-increasing v its
.
plant capacity--. Additional demands, upon the company for its present

.

t

-

n

/'

the capital

BALANCE

;

connection with the issuance of the stock, will be credited to paid-in

•

plant acquired from the War Assets Administration.—V» 164,

~

,

th«

'

of the war the corporation began- a program to
and cellulose Droduct mills, .including a Memphis

p

$67,-125

ii45440

.

$0.05.,,$04479.,

June 30,

end

its

.(Tenn.)

—.—

$65,922

the

modernize

.'6,613

i

■

Following

11,222

the proceeds to be received by the comp.ny from

of"80,000 shares of common 'Stock, ^$30,000 will be 'credited to
capital, stock and the balance of the consideration, Jess expenses in,

later this year in connection with the additional expansion-program.

$84,360

5,876
■■

...

$64,186

.

.

It was said that addttionsixohimon stock might be

v-1943

$81,782

;5,545

-

t

40/760;
;.

;;

-

-

10,752

$22,450

^ivs. paid or accrued--

.

-

$80,483

■

-

1

---

.

Income—w$83,8J7.
16,923
r

Net

t

'^£arnm^
1S45
.; 1944

-j-,1946

Expenses

Taxes

Yportose-oi

'

'

^1"/

/MSUV?^are7h£<8

.

On April 9, 1914, it became a Pennsylvania corporation, and

^nSe

that

tion;

•

the bottling, glass, brick and
1912, to be closer to the then geographical center

operations from St Paul Minn .to its present plant location in Ellwood

'•/

£

aTSndment purs„antcerSieat"8 eachmegaton ' whtl'stock,
to the
M
was
to which
share of
AaJg> 10>

1805,

the name of the company was changed to Mathews con-

**.,'.

,

...

in Minnesota April; 12;

City, Pa.

a

on

^

^

Institlltiohal Shares, Ltd.—Distributioh-^a

<

.

of 110 Par valde> wiU be changed into two shares of common stock,
of no par value, by the distribution on Aug. 20, 1946, of one. additional
share tQ holders of eaCh share of record Aug. 10, 1946. H

$H?X'22?

4 677 606

907,376

7b2,930

days' notice at par plus a

irimhArlv-iniark Corp.-r-StOCk Distribution Approved—
qtorkholder,
at
Snecial
meetine held
on
Aue
9
1946 : an-

*

«k coo ooq

Snv'^fi

762 930

J

V
-V. 164, h 422.
p.

60

upon

The company is a direct continuation of a lumber business started
1827.-<, About I860 Charles. C. Kellogg becaine.a partner
in the business and his name has been associated with the concern
ever since.—V. 164, p. 727.
-

lao'S

13

_^20,081
$1

1947

in Utica in

%

—

^962 742

16.

?incorporated

of its customers and suppliers, the company moved its manufacturing

are

plus-accrued interest to date of redemption..

*

ll®M8
1'199'048

Jan.

tilteS lo/Seel

-

semi-annual

5% and accumulated interest to redemption date.
The
subject to redemption through the sinking fund at par

of

also

bonds

SnvS^i

'^nvW

together with other

■

after

date

premium

develop-

$12,848,992 $11,538,186 $77,075,230 $67,818,410

revenues-

•operating taxes—
oDer

par

preferred

one

used

wtel

as,to supply conveyer systems for

So

other industries; i In

...

the company's JLO-year

of $26,400.
;
The bonds may be redeemed In whole or in part on any

1946—Month—1945 ;• 1946-^6 Mos.-v-1945
$12,866,912 $11,554,000 $77,178,227 $67,917,860
17.920
15,814
102,997 fV 99,450

rev-

>

Operating

of

be

TTovklrrkc
Earnings.

ties

.

.

principal

the

in

ig47

r.

2

37,500 -shares of $1

will

the''company

bv

of,

sale

f in the conveyer .industry, the company enlarged its production facili•

?!.&«/,

and refunding mortgage bonds maturing Jan. 16,
amount of $137,000 and for payment/of an
existing first mortgage on the plant property in the principal amount

Files

underwritten.

Telephone UO.

/ Period End. June 30—
Operating , revenues

and

net nroce^ds to be received

The

primarily

and

^.Company, was originally

b.a

'A

j.,

engaged

are

installation,

as Mathews Gravity Carrier Co.,to-'produce gravity conveyers for
: ?ahbgle'\inann£actuTer6v;/ Wlth the advent of the anti-friction beafing:

'

sinking fund first

Ida.

,

uhit_ consisting

Proceeds

Issue not

-

Net

a.

shares.

claims.

Illinois

;>

preferred

pari

price;

common

u

Inc.,

and

,

Sons. Co.—Bonds Offered—

&

erection

manufacture,

^

tfie pUDllC JploU,UUU O fo 10-year SinKing luna nrst
mortgage bonds due July 16, 1961, at 100%, .and interest.

the

__

Home,

^

($100

Offering

common.

share

,./••

fellogg

(Charles C.)

fned a Jetter of notification with the SEC

Tc°Fpa?y'on JiHk
lor

to a shortage of

is due principally

reported,

1

*

side
add,
aluminum strip.,; sheet pilers, core-handling systems for foundries, and
assemoly and inspection; conveyers for.^numerous Industries, mills,
packing houses, dairies and bottling ^plants.
^
{

The

*

and certain other telephone systems are bemg iineu as.

With SEC
^

peripd. ^.. ^

corporate funds, will be used for .the payment, of

.

Mountain

Corp.,

design,

hamdling devices such as coll upenders and

office equipment which was virtually unobtuinoWe
equipment nfceds of .the,.I. T. & T. companies

central

the war;*

during

2727.

p.

Wr

.

r'

the

automatic

•*

.

I

hers,

•

%% debentures/payable 6ept.- l-,1946, to holders of record August 30.
The New Yoi'k Curb Exchange has ruled that the debentures will 'be
quoted

owned

the

Jpo^t-dlSenrTS?^^^

'

90

2'/i% nn

.

»

virtually ah.types:.of ^conveying.equipment'.except types'/used in the 4

'Payment^-

CJorp.—Iriterest

The* directors -have^ ordered

,

belt ConveyerSi overhead trolley conveyers, drag chain conveyers, pallet

applications for telephone- service on June^Oi ; TKe total;pf;"unfilled or-

o.^/o mux tgdge

^

™a^;*agg.

-

•

4

*

J'

v

subsidiary; Malller Searles,

wholly

I. T. & T. telephone operating companies had a backlog of 199,514

>-

Off existing loan and balance was used to retire out^"""6 *
J
1
J
X
1-"
.J
,
T
i
i
"
standing preferred stock and to liquidate bank loans.
i

'

behalf of selling stock- /

are on

•<

m

.

RicoPand^ shangSii

Of the proceeds $600,000 was used to pay

Milwaukee.

holders.

Largest net gain was shown by the United River Plate Telephone Co.,
Ltd., of Buenos Aires, I. T. & T.'s. telephone System in Argentina. The
company reported 513,915 stations in operation on June 30, an increase
of 5,381 statiiii^i(/or

<•

year loan Wltn^lSOrtnWGStCIH^MUtUal Lilt Insurance CO.,
-

'J •'»

,»

:

^

.

9 do/

L.

,

- •

* shares offered 10,000

-

Inc.—Loan Placed Privately-r-In June

nrivnfplv
pxivdiexy

/

.

,

& Scnbner and associates on Aug. 1 offered 40,000 shares
of common stock ;(par $1) at $18.75 per share.: Of the

China, had a total pi 968,221. telephones in service on June 30...,

,,

,

;

,i..

Henke & Pillot,

i

;

70,000

...

&LS

t.

,

^Mathews Conveypr^Co.-Stock Offered^lnger, Deane:i|

r»

The 6e<?phone6peratlng. rtbsidiaries W ««. T., &.;T,
ported on Aug. 7 an aggregate net-gain of 16,701 telephones in service

V

shares, "of
company
to general working
are being sold by. two stock-

the

by

,

and

preferred

the

common

556,

p.

share,

per

of

1

Partial Re-

.International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.—Large
Gain in Phones in First Half of 1946— — •

-

common stock ($2 par).
The preferred stock
priced at $101 per share plus dividends from Aug. 1

Net

•

'i
l

cumu-

shares of
and the

+•

t>

—

.

which

Aug. 15 publicly, offered 10,000 shares of 4%

.

.

International^ Rys. of Central America
^

2,172.045

..

was

'

of record Aug, 12. 1946.

The directors on Aug. 14 authorized the call for redemption for the
sinking fund on Nov. T,
1946, of $54,500 principal- 'amount of its

(par $100)

.

accrued dividend thereon from Sept. l to Oct. l. 1946,
amounting ;to 37V2 cents per share. /The regular quarterly dividend

demotion—

preferred stock

•

^

^

•

434,409

lative

,

*!

on this preferred stock, which in former years has been paid on Sept.
\f has been declared and will be paid on Aug. 23, 1946, to stockholders

plant

868,818

on

#

«

r>

5,701,670

(Walter E.) Heller

fv,

,Bhare. plus

currently

i_„

profit

t,

K

,

-

2,378,000

2fnHS

-

:i-V„

;

feet_jf

City

,v,

v. im, p.

company,

.

Mason

^

vi
;
,
.
•
:' w?
Masonite Corp.—Calls 4%% Preferred Stock—

.

last year and has

the

unit,

'

Pnrrhasp

RR

«

properties of the Portland & Rumfoid Falls RR. and the Portland
•& Rumfofd' Falls- Ry.
;The Commission granted Maine Central atithorization to assume direct obllgatioin and liability In respect of
$271,000 «f" 5 %'fllrat-mortgage, sinxing-lund bonds of the Portland &
.hurniord Falls Ry. in connection with the purchase of the properties
f ..
. comDanvl_v 1M. «
72q
5
-

,

i

..

,

fertilizer

demands-for

Central

°^tai"s f^om International's piant in Chicago Height;wmilvFunds due under-this redemption-plan will be available upon deposit
?
e"1®,rge^^ s^cture at Mason City will
®
of the stock with the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 111., any
fertilizer plant Tor the production of the finished product" for shipment
- ti
v
ifu
«9Q'
?V
t0 the-users.
It is expected to be in full operation early in 1947.
wme* v.-104, p. «29.
, \,s
V
?
t

2*360

1,084,735

Dividends

.

Maim»

it
*
• "
;
Ju*
The ICC on "July 30 .approved the purchase by the company of the

^Enlatges

capital shares outstdg.#

.

'

wUlaV«lo

tvill be.capable.«fvproducing its own superphosphate which *lt

U148

•

10*691
.xu.oax

income

(estd.)

Net

■

...

.

deductions"
ueaucuons .1,011
I"
"1571

Misc

,.

pvnnnriinff

.

increase, the

$9,719,298
_

^

-

.

.

.

rir.r,'

«

fl°,01 sPacev The .original Plant was constmc^ed
only been in operation since last spring.

«Q7ia9Qn

52-965<766 $10,384,725

oTn noi

$2,870'081

t:

....

_

.

sa,25>u

nf5

<t9 QftR 7ft«

j.

t;-i,

»

.

21,552-

--35,078

<

'To help meet the expanding demands^for tertuizer m .tne .Miume
west,--this .corporation is starting, construction of an acidu-atlng unit
and addition to Its Masoh City, Iowa, plant whfch will about triple its
-size when completed. Total .cost of * the project will approximate
$150,000, according to Louis Ware, President.
.
i «

■

.

-t

•

-

$3,785,648 $13,045,951 $13,011,762
841,434
-3,683,914 -3,396,922

$3,845,373

exps.

—

•

-

759,148

-

*-i ♦

^

I^lant-—

37,509,965
-749,037

42,153,818

;

.

,

^

,,

„ca

A._

?

making

-International Minerals & Chemicals Corp.

'

Prov. for depreciation..

.

fi

2.9,46 June 30,45 June29,46 June 30,45

4 *

for

facilities

operates

mately $1,750,000 from the sale of the preferred stock for expansion

- o

corrugated roofing, all types
of formed roofing products, conductor pipe, eavetrougxis and faoricated bu.lding materials.—V. 164, p. 557.
*_ ' « ,
Globe

,

purposes,
^
v
,
, .
»;».y
Stockholders unable to attend tire meeting on Aug. 28 were invited
-'to send proxies,:- actwo-thirds afiirmative vote being required for
j adoption cf the proposed amendment —V, 164, p. 282
:
">4 ; "
'
'
/--_
;
>

mines,

steam <ppwer*;and'"fof 'ga^ »producers.

.

.

,

(&

_

Net sales, royalties and

rtif'-i

,»,wi

»-

r.Tn"

o

•i-a

V

.v

,»

•*

»

coal

,

.

with a monthly capacity of
70,000 tons, are producing 55,000 tonsiOf which about 80% is sold
outs.de, the -balance going to the Newport- and iWnders plants lor
Hardy-Burlingham

The

Electric, hay bailers, .truck parts and .miscellaneous farm maequipment, for international Harvester.—V. 1G4, p, .683, k

chinery

,

50,coo snares ox convertible preferred stocK.
Mr. Cole-stated that, while Lytton's present working capital is ample
%'tor current .operations, it is the company's intention to obtain approxi-

<.

production include-bodies for-Willys-Overland
for Kaiser-Frazer cars,/.canteen cabinets for

in
doors

•;

.

i ^e -fclicon sheets, 85,000 for galvanized sheets op galvanneal, and the
balance jdloys orb nj.scellanpous other grades, ^

>Hayes' principal Reduction at-present-is fo'r-Ihttonatibnal Harvester,
Willys-Overland,, General Electric and"Kai6er-Prazer companies; -Mr.
said;.)/Items

in Wilders and Newport, opposite Cincinnati,

more than a million square feet of
plant bu.ldings on tracts
aggregating 160 acres: There are eleven miles of ra lroad trackage
wtJi seVen companynowhed locomotites. The operi hearth division has
a 413,100-net ton annual capacity. The rolling mills - have- an annual
eapacuty of 180,000 tons of hot-rolled sheets. Of this 60,000 tons may

,

,

>

MO.OCoW

J1 par value to 1,100,000 shares _»!
ie%, sliar®f without par value, and
1,000,000 shall be .cofhm».n shares, par value $1.
• /*? aietAe/t0,re^old ers,^ iliar dW.: fole.^ Executive ViceW^.d®n.t. and Cbneral Manager, explained that if the ■
t0 the Articles- of Incorporation is adopted it is in ®
; £*0,HP, 1£u und®rwriters will make a public offering or appr
a y

: I

a

The Andrews-plants

gradually improving," he said, "and our capacity will increase
become more plentiful.
Inventories are virtually hon'
.v..
I
/

/

The* stockholders -on *ug. 28 will vote *ri- increasing the authorized

•

have

materials

existent/'/

LHton% ^Or^lanS to Issue 50,000

JPreierred Shares—

C

riivi«inn

955

'■

Co., in Newport, Ky., employing more; thanJ2;000 persons; ;and the- V
'entire HardywBurUngh&m Mining Co.; which employs 350 in Perry
•

-

000,000 and that, the company is now operating at capactiy as dietated by present supply of materials.
4,The materials .situation, how-

•Clark

A„rfron,0'ot00i

tv,a

lleSoor?andIt?dlvlSon?

/

Atel/iAVylft tv"
jCOt-^-Hss- llS^OOjpOOj ^CklOg-r
C Rensselaer W. Clark. Presided 4old the stockholders «t Itheaximtal
-meeting,pnAug,8thatli:ayesrpresent .backlpgiii^uapproximateiy^lS.r

as

fl—J&L

0„0

1473.-;.

"iS^'t > iJi
jH&y CsManufacttiring;

ever, is

L^iori^/fenry

steel Co- was announced on Aug. 8. The purchase price was not

.

abandonment

permitting

'

>,i*

\ ;j

i

a- > c/, i -■
■/

J'. -1*.U »«f. !

.;i\

"J-

The

company

6 filed.

Aug.

on

a

Co.—V.

164,

1

controlled

a

'

t

.'

..

Hugh Bullock,
For

of brtck- and

of

available out of surplus $206,980 and hasoffered to buy in shares of its 4% preferred stock up to this amount
at a price not exceeding $105.33 1-3 a share.
.
j ' i..!..*
The $206,980 represents 3 % of the greatest number of shares issued
prior to Jan. 1, 1946, plus dividends thereon from Aug. 1 through
Aug. 31, plus a premium of 5% on the $100 par value of the shares.
In computing the maximum amount of preferred shares issued, there
Is excluded 32,592 shares issued but. reacquired and. retired or con¬

PURPOSE—The

by the number of
policy
which has

compahy^feasv^
followed

stockholders

new

wide

appeal

a A-"balanced'

;

since March; 1945, and, judging
since that time, this is a

added

to

conservative

investors—including

Institutions.

■On June 30,

changes,

reduced

were

assets

result

a

how

the

history

while

feet,

the distribution, Midland Realization will have

Utilities

Midland

Northern

of

Indiana

Midland

54,395

shares

- •

Realization

Public offerings
164, p. 355,

k~V.

$1,007,694

$0.72

$0.74

The

opened

said

company

applicant

in

Dec. 1,

on

that

much

a

the

increased

company

(excl.

the

losses)

the

number

of

shares

at cost

cash

held

BUSINESS—-Company

DC-6

164, p.

airplanes

Incorporation,

Cash

dividends
«'<.£*

which

the

Total

'1

.i, «'

income

Corporate

the

company

:

new

adjusted
new

for

to

each

old

common

give effect

common

stock

is

to

the

>

'

„

The

agreed to purchase

are

as

Dividend

-

Co.,

Inc..

—_

...

,

CONSOLIDATED

INCOME

5Mos. End.

'

~

"

'

sales

of

Sell.,

Operating
Other

gen.

$59,729

___

1944

1943

$1,764,321

$1,932,804

1,271,959

1,429,462

268,646

225,710

227,428

$292,942

$266,651
12,142

30

U.

in

S.

and

Government

Stocks

and

Investment

Corp.

in

$80,460

$278,793
30,499

$292,748

$66,585

$305,532

12,034

Income

34,835

22.210

income

inc.

taxes

Minority
•
.

deeducs—

charged..

interest

Net income

;

: V

194,774

Cr 14

26

Deferred

„

$32,355

.

$75,895

310

'

in

portfolio—at

interest

and

receivable

to

JUNE

Total

^

16,834

480,114^

34,028

LIABILITIES—
Accounts
Reserve

included

"

,

payable
for

and

12:

$5,850,000

of

note

$68,163

$72,613

repayment program totaling $30,914,-

$23,134,800 of Reconstruction Finance Corp. notes,
®1'929.629 of Railroad Credit Corp. notes, July 9
notes

of

paid
and

secured banks (J. P. Morgan &
Co., Inc., and
associates) on Aug. ,1.
The International Great Northern RR., an
affiliate, repaid notes on July 9 of $395,228.
v A
'
:
Principal collateral which secured the RFC notes included
$32,250,000
Missouri Pacific first and
refunding 5s, series I; $11,475,000 par com,

from

5^452,621

cost

J

5,000

profit

surplus

directors

the

on

have

declared

outstanding

that

■

Earned

On

of

Aug.

■

: 'a

j

initial

an

dividend

stock, payable
163, p. 3141. **

of

10

Oct.

common

cents

15,

per

1946

U»

Research

»

Corp.—Dividends—

Aug. 30 the following funds sell ex-distrihu-

on

Stock

Apr. 26

June 15

$0.12

$0.08

$0.07

.12

.12

.06

series

1946:
From

series

v

'

,

• •,!>

;

series-.-

uau

.

/

From

Invest.

"

..

-j.-'O.;,':;;. )c
Preferred Stock

Capital

-i—$.108
——

'

$,16.'b>

$.052

,100 *

.050

.021

I

-

Total

Gains *

Income

1

Groups series

See V.

For

.029

>

.15
.05 '•

*

164, p. 559.

the

production

of 12,707,824 kwh. for the corresponding week a
'■' ■'■f-i:.
' \
/
^
^
for the Aug. 9 week is reported at 112,620,000 cu. ft.,
an increase of 8,380,000 cu. ft., or 8.66%
above production of 103.640,000 cu. ft., in the corresponding week a year ago.—V. 164, p. 830.

Association

reports number of kilowatt hours

available for the

ended

the

for

Aug. 10, 1946, as 62,545,823, compared with 62,082,819
week ended Aug. 11, 1945, an Increase of 0.75%.
comparable figure for the week ended Aug. 3, 1946 was 64,-

240,079 an Increase of 3.52%

over the corresponding

week last year.—

111,618

V.

243,127

1,254,963

$8,749,052

164,

p.

830.

Newmarket

2,386,373

4,139,368

243,127

2,021,136

surplus

.

New England Power Association—Weekly Output—
The

$5,578

2,386,373
•

»

Aug. 9, the Association reports electric output
This is ah increase of 1,445,009 kwh., or 11.37%

ago.
Gas output

128,193

4,139,368
4^139^368

—

;

Electric Association—Output—

ended

year

The

$4,545

week

14,152,833 kwh.

above

$7,782,969

329,137

___

*$58,094

the following distributions will be paid to shareholders

15,

record, July 31,
.'

cj

,

——

$29,013

Mar. 15

1,500

$8,749,052

at cost

-

'

series

Industrial Stocks

22,583

991

111,618
par)

-•

•$54,794
3,300

follows:

as

are

Income

In

50,000

28,800 /

:

($5

"

;

•

$29,013
:

26,632

$138,209

$9,400

/

•

25,846 (

:.

Distributions previously made this year per share on aforementioned

6,089,386

—

' '

$190,688'/

$14,400

income—

♦$61,707
6,913

,

The

funds

1,100,092

payable

stock

Cellulose

made in

our

Mfg. Co.—Stock Offered—Mention was
issue of Aug. 12 of the offering by an un-

derwrting group headed by Lee Higginson Corp. on
Aug 8 of 85,000 shares of common stock (par $2.50) at
$15.75 a share. The issue was oversubscribed. Further

$7,782,969

,-

Corp.—-Stock

Offered—Floyd
Aiig. 15 offered 200,000 shares

Cerf Co., Inc., Chicago on
of common

stock (par $1) at $6 per share.
With each
shares, the purchaser will also receive one warrant
giving the right to purchase an additional share of

10

stock

at

$7

per

share

any

within

time

details follow:
Transfer

Old Coioqy .Trust. Co., Boston.

agent,

Registrar, Second

AND

March

28,

BUSINESS—Corporation was Incorporated in New
Principal manufacturing plant Is located at

1927.

Baldwinsville, N. Y.
Company

facture

own

"

;

high

These products are sold under the company's
Company also manufactures for numerous depart¬
drug chains under their private brand names.
>

names.

and

•

company's present production approximately 75% is facial
toweling and 10% sanitary napkins.
Company's daily
production is approximately 24,000 boxes of facial
tissues, 7,000 pounds
of rolls of toweling and
65,000 sanitary napkins.
The company had no war
contracts or subcontracts and is engaged
solely in production for civilian purposes.
The company is not subject
to renegotiation and has no reconversion
problems.
15%

.

The
will
an

company proposes to construct and
have a production of 30 tons of
paper

option

»

T"

on

approximately 74

Proposes

to

acres

construct

plant which will consist of

one

of

thereon

story.

equip
pe«

land

This

a

a

new

day.

located

.

plant

which

It has obtained
Baldwinsville,

In

modern

plant

..

will

manufacturing
be constructed

(estimated

,

Authorized

an

with

Outstanding;

225,000 shs.

(par $2.50).

In connection
authorized

225,000 sha.

offering in August.

the

amendment

of

its

articles

of

1946,

the stockholder#

organization

so

as

to

from $100 per share to
authorized shares from
3,500 to 225,000 and authorized the issue of 39 shares of common,
stock (par $2.50 per share) to each holder of one share of the then
outstanding shares of common stock (par $100) so that such holders
will hold in the aggregate 140,000 shares.
the

par

value

of

its

common

stock

$2.50 per share and to increase the number of

the

tissues,

proceeds

.CAPITALIZATION, GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

reduce

organized for the purpose of and continues to manu¬
quality facial - tissues,
sanitary napkins, toweling and

was

tissue toilet paper.

brand

In

at $1,184,750) will be applied
to the prepayment in full of the company's $1,063,031 first mortgage
note payable to Commercial Factors Corp.
The balance of such net
proceeds, estimated at $110,793, is to be added to the company'*
general corporate and funds applied to any corporate purpose.
PURPOSE—Net

Common stock

HISTORY

York

.

five

years.

.




^

Income.—

40,000

amounts shown are estimates of such distributions payable
on'Sept. 16:
On Income series, 10 cents per share, and on Industrial
Stocks series, 6 cents per share.
•
J
^
-

1945

2,457,738

accruals

taxes

Paid-in

.

37

to the Securities and Exchange Commission
a

—-

National Securities &

Research

:

-

•'■

$519,406

—

Treasury stock (30,800 shares)

186,068

16

RR.—Completes Note Repayment—

♦uCi)IPPuny consummated
has reP°rted
it has
that

It

*$10,986

-

holders of record Sept. 30.—V.

30

50,000

—

83,45&
97,856i

$106,192
84,495

of

$758,901

cost

expense

739,542

111,618

—

aver,

Aviation

at

1944

$859,147

842,298

$14,400

$1,254,963

.

cost

f

1945

$986,520.

680,649

"

•

admin.

profit

124,518

$2,021,136

owned)

charges

ment stores

Missouri pacific

66,787

85,666

share

2,^06

183,970

SHEET

1946
$955,907

69,541

$1,491,100

profits-

BALANCE

EARNINGS

88,899 "

Selected

hand

on

%

;

OF

Initial Dividend—

477,927

'

.

a

;

80,166

week

facial

—'

—V. 164. p. 10.

676,882

:__

—

at

have

they

v

.

shares held by each stock¬
being issued to David Manten.
their request.
Company, has
both indicated their ,intention

are

April 1946
$96,564"

and

The

$133,791

&£--

items
M.

security

and

goods sold

♦Loss.

•876,975

$2,316,725

National

(75%

Dividends

.

Total
Other

the

number of

~

11,649

1,559,072

securities—'at

bonds

common

12,590

of

.

7,618

25,688

1946

banks

$275,914

6,855

public >

being

National Bank of Boston.

1945

'

of

Total

$171,130

111,618

at June

National

1,392,329

105,340

profit

income

the

to

are

7,758

On

surplus

on

the

warrants

4,489

STATEMENT '

and

exp.

common

purchasers

,

,

underwriters

Prov. for Fed. inc. taxes-

$166,641

"$122,770
$122,770

tax

the

sales

Deducts,

1945

13,344

inc.

and

stockholders

two

Net

NOTE—Market value of stocks, and bonds In portfolio at June 30/
1946/ $8,784,075; andl at Junet 30, 1945, ;$10,227,891^-V. ,162, p.; 676.

.

$1,953,917

576,389

ship.,

adm.

68',438

the

to

warrants

exps._

purchase.

$113,300

ASSETS—
Cash

-—-—Years Ended Dec. 31-

May 31,'46
L—$741,459

Net sales
.Cost

to

5* m 9,470

—

Total—.

ag439

.

Co.-w—...

sold

company

the

Other income-;*

'

(net)—

the 80,000

New England Gas &

No. of Shs.

Bond

&

the

charge
of

exp.—

payable,

1946

follows:

,

Bankers

Cruttenden

v""

•i'j'x

-

COMPARATIVE

sale

number

of

further
50,000

proportion to

It is announced

payable.

Balance

Outstanding
231,200 shs.
the

par)

York,

•

surplus

Capital

Authorized

has

contracted

"

.

expense

earned

Dividend

$3400,000 shs.
"UNDERWRITERS—The names, of the underwriters and
each

and

($1

Gen.

1946, $7,New

$50,299;

expenses

Total earned

'

(par

which

30,
of

28,965

—

Estimated Federal

held.

issuance

follows:

as

has

'

years'

stock,

capitalization
oL 32,000 shares of

on

company's new

-—Years Ended March 31—►

Offered-r-rLehman

;

K

the

All of

Manton

the

to

"*

Profit'from sales of securities
Net adjustment prior

capital stock was changed from
(par $10) to 400,000 shares (par $1). There¬

shares of

The

of shares

Co.

ordinary income

corporation's

common

the

stock

without
offered.

exercise this right.

Net

,

Net

Previous

Incorporated

was

of

common

now

$55,445
" 64,383

Corp.—Earnings-^

June"30—

~

Net

Stock

-—

offered

——i_'__

v

Management

Registrar-^

Ky,

outstanding

Sines

March 31, 1946,
preferred stock and
March 31, have been ex¬
;

the

and

Selling and ship,

Trust

purchased,

——

Interest income

164, p. 729.

the corporation issued to the holders of its
outstanding 24,900
shares of old common stock, 199,200 shares of new common

•

Guaranty

securities

upon

Capital stock

48,462

283.f/':'V ' ^

National Aviation

■/CAPITALIZATION—On June 6, 1946, by amendment to Its articles

basis of eight

$51,906

(market value at June
by

associates

6 Months Ended

In Kentucky
April 2, 1921. Business presently being conducted was commenced in
1872
by M. J. Murphy, in Detroit, Mich., under name of M.
J.
Murphy Co.,
a
proprietorship.
This business
was
incorporated
in
Michigan, in 1884, under name M. J. Murphy Co., and by amendment
was changed
to the Murphy Chair Co. in 1901.
In 1921, the Michigan
corporation was dissolved and the Kentucky corporation formed to
own and hold Its
property, and'assume, its liabilities,.
Since 1878, company and its predecessors have been
engaged in the
manufacture
and
sale
of
office, household and institutional chairs.
Corporation makes pull up and occasional chairs, desk slip seat chairs
and dining room
slip seat chairs for the home and wood eat chairs,
stenographer chairs and upholstered, chairs for the office.

on

only

to surplus from, sales ot investments.

Kentucky Trust Co., Louisville, ,Ky.

30,000 shares of

$69,284
13,839

tion.

136,877 shares of common stock (par $1) at $5.25 per
share.
Of the shares offered 104,877 are being sold on
"behalf of, selling stockholders.
Louisville,

outstanding.

SUMMARY

$97,808

Airlines, 1 Iiic,

and

new

Murphy Chair Co.—Stock Offer6d-^rCrUttenden & Co.
and The Bankers Bond Co., Inc., on Aug. 2 offered

Agent—Louisville- :Trust 'Co.,

and

recapitalized

and

shares

..

*210,848

National

—V.

the

that

of

delivered

stock

share in

Proceeds from the, sale of the stock will" be applied toward the pur¬
chase of new airplanes costing at least $3,830,000.
These will include
a
new Douglas
DC-4 airplane purchased for delivery in October and

interim.

so

200,000

shares

10

being

Martin

public Aug. 15
a new issue of
150,000 shares of common stock ($1 par)
at $25.50 per share.
Issue has been oversubscribed.

v':-

Of

13,767

—

$6,211,650;

Brothers

•>

present capital structure of the
position than
was ''contemplated
In
the $2Q's or $30's.'%^Vl

been

,

$5,122;
accounts payable and
accrued
expenses,
$2,918; capital stock
(par $1), $467,996; capital surplus,
$5,535,991; earned surplus, $571,329; total, $6,633,654.—V. 163, p. 1868.

- •

•

&

235

10,155
$65,673

.•>

security profits

which $99,662 charged

vt

HISTORY

2,584

of
31,121

LIABILITIES—Payable for
for capital
stock, purchased,

the

stronger

1939, It is desirable to increase
placet price per share will be in

.Transfer

4,143

'

and it has sold above

1913 at about $37

"with

in

issued

were

issued

sold4»
underwriter, Floyd D. Cerf Co. Inc., at a price of 1 cent per
warrant share, of which amount the underwriter
proposes to distribute
20,000 warrants to dealers participating .in the distribution ol this
issue at the underwriter's cost.
,
t
'.,v
In addition thereto, the company's present stockholders are
givta
the right
to purchase 30,000 of warrants at 1 cent per warrant

trustee, $374,442; dividends receivable and interest accrued, $36,134;
.receivable fat. .subscriptions tor capital stocky $11,428^. total,-$6,633^654.

application said that the reorganization manager of the old
company, the Minneapolis & St. Louis RR. Co., estimated in
1939
that the market Value of the common stock would be abbut $12 if
150,000 shares were issued. The reorganization took longer than ex¬
stock

each
are

BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, 1946

..The

The

sales

1944

$117,475

ASSETS—Investments,

/ The company has applied to the Interstate' idommerce Commission
for authority to issue 450,000 shares of common stock so it can split
present shares on a four-for-one basis.

of

the authorized capital stock of the company
preferred stock and 31,531 shares of
of which 3,112 preferred shares and 29,423

(no par)

par),

has

stock,

common

Cost

.

earnings

1346,

PURCHASE WARRANTS—Company has authorized the issue
of stock
purchase warrants for common stock, entitling the holders
thereof to purchase at $7 per share for a
period of five years front
July 1, 1946, an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the common stock.
Up to 20,000 of the warrants (on the basis of one warrant share for

'

the

400,OOu sns.

SlbCK

$66,465

3,573

income

♦Of

378,581

164, p. B29.

and

from

Dividends—

$1,894,391
$1.38

,

"

Stock.

*

1945

19,667

and

"£ubs.)<~>

Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry.~Plans Split-Up---

pected

proceeds

—

075,737),

$1,630,666
$1.18

Outstanding

500,000 sns.

—__

shares

(no

company

changed for

which

to

Net

Following

1946—6 M©s.-r-1945

$977,707

to

$51,375

$82,782"'

Expenses

' j

.1946^-3 Mos.—1945

Period End. June 30—•:

Net profit-after taxes—
Earns,
per
corn,
share

matter

a

shares

the

common

holder.

1% shares

total

Regulator<jo.

,

4!

will

is

ACCOUNT, SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

dividends

Interest

remaining 177,262 shares
Indiana.
These will

common.

Minneapolis-Honeywell
Earnings—
f

cash

Total

at competitive bidding along with 146,924 shares of
which Middle West Corp. will receive on its holding

ehares of Northern; Indiana.7-V.

This

stock

common

value per share was $15.90 on June 30, 1946, as com¬
1943 and. $14.97 a year earlier.

asset

oh Aug. ;12 .approved

Northern

of

common

giving; full consideration,

securities

share of capital stock of Midland Utilities and a dividend of
of Northern Indiana for each share of Midland Realization,

and

laws.

tax

also

1946

of

be offered for sale

may

par).

100,000

consisted of 4,509

policy, they also raise the question of
participate most^ advantageously in such

under current

INCOME

Net

-

of

investment

are

($1

the

reorganization for the Midland Utilities Co. and Midland
Realization Co.
The approval makes effective partial liquidating divi¬
dends of 1 4/10 shares of common stock of Northern Indiana for each
plan

of

officers

Income—Cash

Midland Utilities C<r.—Plan Approved—
The Federal Court for the District of Delaware

.

the

45.38%

pared with $15.26 at the end of

3'*

f-f

to

stock

As of March 31,

timber holdings are also extensive, he stated.—

J*|;r

■y. 164, p. 829;' " /

1945,

,'

-j

purchase 100,000 shares of company's common, stock at $7 feer
ehare for a period of five years from
July 1, 1946.

.

The net

departments and operations of this branch, including logging
«nd towing, will be under Mr. Prescott's direction, Mr.. Hornle: said.
The hardwood plywood mill in this plant has an annual capacity of
'.'•'All

20,000,000

31,

f::F'

"/

♦To

market

hardwood plywood industry."

the Southern

of

Dec.

en

stocks

"Total net assets of company on,June
30, 1946, with securities at
quotations, amounted to $7,439,403.
These assets were ap¬
plicable to 467,995 7/10 shares then outstanding.
These figures com¬
pare with total assets of $5,094,775, applicable to 333,642 9/10 shares
on Dec. 31,
1945.

Appointment of James C. Prescott as branch manager, of the com¬
pany's Elizabeth City North Carolina, plant was announced on Aug. 14
by I. Horine, Vice President in charge of production and research.
This
company
recently acquired
this plant from the ForemanDerrickson Veneer Co. in a transaction then called the "largest of its
the

assets

Common

operations

stockholders

profits

directors and

(The) Mengel Co.—Appoints Branch Manager—

in

of

assets.

,'r

<

♦Warrants

1946.

of

the determination

realized

kind

50.19%

the company's

labor.

Authorized
Common

categories of securities

same

during the first half of 1946 company
realized net profits arising from the sale of
portfolio securities amount¬
ing to $340,083.
Unrealized
appreciation
on
June
30,
1946,
was
$864,087.
In addition to the influence which such figures exert on

/^hen payment will be ma.de for such shares purchased.—V. 164, p. 829.
•

from

June 30,

on

As

these

of

-

1946, bonds and'preferred stocks, as a result: of these
approximately 50% of the company's assets at
ago

($1,020,000) -will be applied

proceeds

CAPITALIZATION," GIVING jfcFFECT TO, PRESENT piNANCHfCl

represented

market quotations.
Six months
accounted for less than 45% of

.

net

estimated' cost

an

■

ment

During the first half of 1946 the management has made substantial
revisions in the company's portfolio.

1945.
^
^
a portion of the 58,842 shares presently out¬
standing the company called stockholders' attention to the conversion
right of" the preferred stock.
Holders are entitled to convert each
share of preferred into 2'/a shares of common stock.
Offers to sell preferred must be submitted to the Irving Trust Co.,
One Wall St., New York, N. Y., on or before Aug. 20.
Certificates &
representing
shares purchased
must be surrendered in acceptable
negotiable form to the Irving Trust Co. not later than Aug. 31, 1946

10V;

(a) .Payment.to, the N. C. C. Sales. Corp. and the. Unit
5.
>
V" Match Co."of loans secured by mortgages upon the
;< company's plant and .equipment.
Company is pres- ~ 1
ently indebted to , them in the sum of $61,000, which v
*
?~
is payable at the rate of
$1,000 per month-$61,00(1
(b) Estimated cost of plant and equipment
751,620
(c) The remainder will be used for working capital, the
■
Requisition of additional inventory and the pay¬

President, states:

This policy has been

estimated

follows:

as

^

verted prior to May 1,
:r : In its ofler to buy in

'Stfeeirconcrete block and glass block; at
$250,000, plus the cost of the land of $9,500.

of

Texas & -Mexico Ry.

7»;V/i'..'."* k''"'"r

more. thart :one; year

fund."

The corporation has made

5«

Monday, • August 19,1946

829,

p.

''"/T.5.

New Orleans,

company,

Nation-Wide .Securities Ce., Jpc.—Quarterly Report-

Prefrred

Melville Shoe Corp.—Offers to Acquire 4%

assignment

.$9,955,227

advances to

Stock—
-

*»?,>

wl-

.

Great

letter of notification/with the SEC
for 1,954 shares (no. par) common, stated value $100 a share.
Offering
price, $100 a share.. Proceeds will be used for<purchase of real estate
and development*- of. such.
Issue not underwritten.

:

■

■.
'■'
i'".'/:./ A',
.' A
'"'ft;
'•
.-.•s.'i{■> V.S;
stock of the Texas & Pacific
Ry. Co.; $7,498,900 par International
Northern Railroad Co. capital stock;

mon

SEC—

Mattoon (111.) Development Corp.—Files With

r-;

•

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

956

HISTORY
setts
of

Nov.

the

cessor

in

a

name

;•

1823.
The

over

cf

of

BUSINESS—Company was organized in Massachu¬
1944, as a successor to a Massachusetts corporation,
organized in 1910, which, in turn, was the suc¬
New Hampshire corporation of the same name organized
AND

7,

same

20

a

.

W;::

.f.

and the predecessor company have for a period of
been engaged principally in the manufacture and sale
variety of fabrcs made fi'om synthetc contnuous flament

company
years

wide

yarns.

The manufacturing operations since 1929 have been conducted

two mills located at Lowell, Mass./In 1943, the pre¬
company
leased certain looms with supplementary machin¬
equipment to Pioneer Manufacturing Co. (N. H.) then wholly

principally in
decessor
ery and

1

Volume 164

/

957

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4517

owned-by ihe^piedecessorj company, which manufactured -iabrlcs: with.- / year ago, whereas total production' of' bituminous coal in the tlflited'
States dropped 21%.
West Kentucky's June output was 13% above
such looms solely for the predecessor company at
a plant located /;
■June, 1945Y '^ v-w /v -■ % v/ m"-' - ■>;.,/";
;■ J
in' Newmarket, N.
H.
Pioneer Manufacturing Co. "became, on Noy.
/ ///
•CONSOLIDATED INCOME . STATEMENT,..
/
13, 1944, a wholly
owned subsidiary of the company, and similar
/ Period End. June 39— 4946—5 Mos.—1945 I
lease covering the looms with supplementary machinery and equip¬
1946—12 Mos.—1945 v
ment was entered into between the two companies.
Y''/;'..
V :Y"::Y:i:~~ • £
At present such
.• : 'Y/'■;'■/ g
Y.-Vi.'t-:"-'$
subsidiary is manufacturing fabrics on 209 looms exclusively for the
Total Oper* revenues-—-. 40,927,979
43,992,432 472,196,525 175,282,350
company.
The fabrics produced at all plants are woven principally
Operating expenses
17,426,606
18,254,315
74,453,385
74,131,502
from continuous filament acetate rayon yarns and continuous filament
Maintenance
:
3,204,107
3,185,196
13,717,936 12,634,131
viscose rayon yarns.
The fabrics consist of satins, taffetas, crepes,
Taxes, other .than inc.
1
"
*
»<
twills, serges and jacquards. for use chiefly as materials for negligees,
taxes
—./'•3;783,8l1/ 3,895,796 15,321,740 14,898,678,
underwear, women's and children's dresses and blouses, linings for
Prov: for income taxes; V :
/'.:'• /' /./.
/v"'
men's antl women's suits and coats, blanket bindings and other cutFederal and; State in-.
"/"//.. "// T/"/"'",/
i, /-.'//
•/" r
'

hew'stock "wilf 'accrue

stockholders

.

held

the

manufacturers

to

of

sold

was

and

men's

coats

women's

suits

and

for

use

justments
Portion

of

of

of

shares

stock

common

of
be

to

and

underwriters

the

purchased

are

Richard W. Clarke Corp—

29,500

Shields & Co.___

6.000
5,000
4,000

&

Co

4.000

to

Period—
Gross

less discounts,

sales,

etc

.

2,200,036
1,164,030

10,132,057
4,603,725

.

28,760,542.

for

Earns,

divs.—

per

$0.57

com.

19,193,002

3,543,805

$2.24

$0.41

STATEMENT

Total

(COMPANY

5,723,188

Interest

Net

loan

Net

Interest

Divs.

20,871

profit from sales

Deductions

Federal

12,562

,

income

Gross

::

income

28,005

and

175,174

•

678,893

income

11,217
62,000

of

disct.

and exp.

on

for divs.

and

debs—

on

$175,788

$22,796

Drydock

•

interest

and

repairs

Ship

'

•

V.

sold

J

'

;

lot matured debenture In¬
but

not

delivered,

$93,521;

receivable, $8,481;
securities owned
market value (securities valued' at $913,-

quoted

-

162,• p/2021.// : / v/y//

Pacific

Outpufe

The

'

1946—Month—1945

to

1946—6 Mos.—1945

—

$5,875,855
,4,633,018
,698,712

income-

$514,125

Net
Net

$8,028,000 $29,024,000 $17,015,000 $53,814,000

oper.

income——

—V.

558,023

499,954

*-

3,941,155

stock,
•

..

thus

reducing

transaction

canceled

and reduced
The retirement

$270,239

share

a

.

number

the

''V'-mY"'''

f

of

shares of dts

5,484

outstanding

shares ltd

''/

•: ':

accumulated

future

amounting
by $35,646

dividends

dividend

annual

unpaid

accruals

Pacific Telephone

&

Telegraph" Co^Increases ..Comr

;»iori :Sto^^igl^s td
Under formal proxy assent/the

—26 Weeks Ended—

June 25/45

Consolidated- -Buys

year.
of
the 5,484 preferred shares, reduced the
capital $744,453, with the difference of $196,053, between the
purchase,price of $548,400 and the stated capital reduction, being
added to capital surpluSi~rV. 163, P. 2898Y /
a : *
• a

$590,044v $4i033il65 i;$3/?12,607

revenues—

expenses—

Co.,

stated

$5,158,950 $34,556,040 $30,454,343
3,348,049
25,741,773
19,595,965
1,220,857
4,781,102
7,145,771

Operating

v

a

.

$5,164,420 $34,602,627 $30,491,878
;
5,470
46,587
37:535

rev-

§exnent

company/has purchased' at^ $100

preferred

,

.

Portland

Stock—

$5,886,078
10,223

oper.

Operating taxes

;

con-

securities

dividends

and

at

SHEET/JUNE 30, 1946

$3,525' oh deposit;

for

$23,306

(incl. $3,525 matured debenture interest), $11,527;
accrued Federal
on
income, $1;494; accrued interest on 5% debentures, $9,0751
contingent reserve for directors' compensation for 1S46, $55,098; 5%
gold debentures, due Nov. 1, 1947, $378,000; 5% go.d debentures, dub
April 1, 1948, $474,000; capital stock (par $1), $141,151; paid-in sur¬
plus, $3,386,870; profit and loss deficit, $230,779; total, $4,472,092,^*

$14,055,505 $11,527,553 $11,174,909
$1.64
$1.34
$1.30

*

share—

revenues—-

Operating

June 24/46 June 25/45 June 24/46

ship construction—

.New

BALANCE

due

$150,428

105,863

taxes

Co.—Oper¬

/

—13 Weeks Ended

$441,739

5,98^

j*

,

7,202

——

Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings.

STATEMENT OF RECORDED COST OF WORK PERFORMED

;

$633,625
176,439

176,313

have; beeppledged as collateral to loans payable), • $4,340,946;;
prepaid*expenses, $1,818; to|;al, $4,472,092/
:
/ • - -•:) '
LIABJIJlTpiS—rCollateral loans payable (quoted market Value bt
securities pledged, $913,588), $156,000; due for securities
bought btit
not received, $89,656; sundry accounts
payab.e and accrued expert'Sfes

$15,617,484 $15,348,802 $14,996,158
1,561,979
3,821,249
3,821,249

surplus.

Period End. June 30—

&

$1^,320

Dr38,412

_•

$2,999,164)

3lL3l3.'

Uncollectible

Shipbuilding

463,298

Dr55,098

period-

$27,326;

(cost

514,716

pfd. stock of company*.

Operating

Newport News

674,018

accrued

3,000

-V. 164, p. 831.

ations—

$9,114

$16,853 "

,

587

output of this company for the week ended Aug. .10, 1946,
totaled 48,274,000 kwh.,
as
compared with 44,790,000 kwh. for the
corresponding week last year, an increase of 7.8%.—'V, 164, p. 831.

28,000

$386,409

16,251
21,300

jDr35,000 /

ASSETS—Cash'; (iiicl.

Electric

70,332

240,000

—

$14,706

oper.
tax-

inc.

>

The
Net

17,604
21,300

21,300

from' sales of

securities

986,767
526,000
130,582
372,850

148,819
546,720

*

Northern States Power Co,. (Del.)—Weekly

432,000

surtax

from

Fed.

Dividends

1,007,227
689,000

633,000

,

notes

Balance, surplus

$99,013

profits tax

excess

Federal normal tax

profit
for

/£

debentures——_

on

Earnings per common

2,079

$706,120

4,42$

$54,87$

$96,933

32,139

v

$654,414

i

from

$673,981

$641,851

income

4

$48,019

23,073

21,300

(tectors' compensation.

—V. 164, p. 560.

Other

'$61,226/

19,839

,

•

.

$50,450

$46,093
1,926

2,333

Contingent prov. for di-

14,926,937
$1.74

ONLY)

1,085,979
-

bank

on

i-.v

1943,1

.

$966,201
848,397

187,494

debentures-

on

Net profit

$18,190,530 $17,740,568 $17,534,275

—

—

Other taxes

market

on

'1944

'

$58,893

$55,844 >
/

Interest

1945

$55,558

'.

Expenses

1945
1944
$18,116,420 $17,654,685 $17,366,056
74,110
85,883
168,219
1946

income

Expenses
Federal income taxes

/

/I—/

terest),

to

$6,584,663

''

286 /

Total

.

.-'Y"-"
.-y ■•,
,1,434,006 < / 1,179,607
145,833
750,000
520,833

4,893,998

share-

com.

1946, based

,

Interest

6,045,828
34,806,370
9,647,590
4,710,15.4

••'comiiahy^^^-^ii^>,"'V.-:^^Jf«/-95b,3l2^'^l,6dl,9V9': ,3,821,249
Bal.

.

ACCOUNT, SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

from oper.—Divs.-.

Prov.

Balance

97,397

INCOME

„

'

'

.

Interest

2,500

3,275,393

assets of the company as of June 30,

/,

•,

,

286,589

187,500/

-

4.885,140

37,674,769

Income—Dividends

3,000
2,000

$4,014,641

sales

Selling, gen. & adm. expenses

1

v

Inc.

Nov. 13-

to

'

;

Net profit for

June 1, *46 Dec. 29, '45 Dec. 30, '44

cost of

Total

r

Balance, surplus—„*_.i
4,893,998
4,499,117
20,754,981
18,748,186
Divs. fon pfd,-stock of ,/'. //»/, V.
Y \\'*»,/?,/•

Amort,

Dec. 31, *44

32,789,629

1,480,385

12 Months Ended June 30—

SUMMARY OP EARNINGS
Dec. 30, '45

6,815,220

-

{ 8,295,605

414,041

——

Other deductions

3,000
3.000

Perrin, West & Winslow,
Inc.
Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc.
George D. B. Bonbright &
Co.

6.000

F. S. Moseley & Co

Herman

Henry

17,000

Hayden, Stone & Co.:

Sulzbacher, Granger & Co.
Skall, Joseph, Miller & Co.
Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs—

df subsidiaries-

INCOME

Shares

Shares

Higginson Corp

,,

—

No. of

No. of

Lee

Net oper, revenues—- ./ 9,031,649
Non-oper. revenues
1,019,617
Gross income
10,051,266
Net interest charges—
3,405,096
Pfd. divs. of Subsids.—
1,150,631
Miri. ints. in pet income, - rv-

follows:

as

p.' 560,

164,

1946
L

shares

v-

1,981,342

*

as

each' &

before deducting
the outstanding debentures,, amounted
$4,149,242, equivalent to $4,870 per $1,000 of debentures, as com*
pared with $4,410 on Dec, 31, 1945, and with $4,188 on June 30, 1945.
After deducting the outstanding debentures at par, the net assets per
share of outstanding capital stock were equivalent to $23.36 as com?1
pared with $20.58 on/Dec; ?!, 1945, and with $19.24 on June 36,. 1945".

2,154,780
4,264,147. .17,675,038, 17,483,028

4,182,759.

res.

August 12.—V.

The net

2,780,200
•

present common

to

/.-v >/•

•'

prop,

number

the

1,503,700

760,700 *

sale

on

^

for

quotations,

9,68tf,295

:

Crl42,000

—

loss

Approp. for deprec.

.

names

of

// 943,320'

3,616,000

equiv. to re- ?'Y/y.YY. ' -'.//
suiting inc. tax reduc.
/V 46,000

linings, to concerns which cut broad fabrics into ribbons and blanket /
bindings, to manufacturers of hat linings and underwear, and to a
minor degree to miscellaneous trades.
The fabrics that are currently ;Y
being sold in the converted state are approximately 41% of the com¬
pany's total estimated production for the third quarter of the calen¬
dar year 194G.
It is the present intention of the company that it
will not vary materially in the near future the percentage of its total
production now being sold in the converted state and that it will
continue to sell a portion of its total production in 4he converted
state only so long as the current shortage of finished fabrics exists
and that upon the
return of a normal cloth market, it will sell
substantially all its production in the greige or unfinished state.
UNDERWRITERS—The

"r—---

/

y

,

Approp. for postwar ad-

13,810,435; 12,759,194

3,155,058

:

taxes

in the greige or unfinished state,
•except that during the years 1942 to 1945, inclusive, certain fabrics
which were manufactured lor use in the war effort,
were
sold in
the converted state.
Since Jan.
1, 1946, the company has soltj a
certain percentage of its production, dyed in plain colors or printed
and finished in approximately 16 independent commercial dyeing and
finishing plants, no one of which processed more than 10% of the ;
company's total production.
The fabrics so dyed or printed and
linished are sold by the company to the cutting-up trades, principally

predecessor company

3,441,041

profits

excess

shares

Overseas Securities Co,, .Inc.—Quarterly Report—■

.

taxes

Come

additional

2

? ;
& Co^/and
Kalman & Co., Inc., will purchase- the preferred stock not' taken by
exchanging stockholders/ and also the unsubscribed common stock, at'
the above prices.
This group was designated by' the., company i as the
high bidder in competitive1 bidding for the preferred and commpn

'

Federal

of

Both-offers will expire at noon on August 26, 1946, <
Y A group of investment bankers headed by Glore, Forgan

—

<

fatio

the

in

held.

-

edge rlbbons. jcasket linings,/draperies and other house furnishings. , <
"Prior to 1946, substantially all the production of the company and

"from'September 1/1946? All unexchanged old

preferred stock will be. redeemed October J,. 1946/
The company is offering the common stock to its

;:to/Stockholders-^^

^

-

company has amended its articles
incorporation to provide for an increase in the authorized common
stock to 4,000,000 shares from
2,461,250.
Preferred stock remains at
820,000 shares. "- - ', *> ■ V .
The company proposes offering Subscription rights to its common
and preferred stockholders for 28,125 shares of the newly authorized
V

•

of

3,430,868

164, p. 12.

,

versions

1,502,000

—

turbines

Hydraulic

accessories

and

(

518,000

Totals

164,

2,612,000

1.644,000
.j.y.v

.

work

—V.

942,000

and
other

r.

.

..

1,292,000

1,623,000

2.003,000

$10,048,000 $31,258,000 $21,250,000 $57,461,000

730.

p.

Northwestern Terra'Cotta Corp., Chicago—Files

•

sec—

■

With

stock, Jn; connection

common

■.

tures.

The

company on Aug. 7 filed a letter of notification j with the SEC
19,000 shares of common.
Offering price, $4.50 a share.
Proceeds
will be used for plant improvements and additional working capital.

with the ^ sale of $75,000,000 in deben¬
operation will increase the common stock outstanding to
shares.
The terms of the subscription of.ering are to be

The

2,789,375

for

set

by the directors.—V.' 164,, p. 560;

,

Pa^ American
Noma Electric Corp.—Sales Exceed
Sales

corporation

this

of

and

its

Expectations—

subsidiaries

during

July

Aug.

on

13.

sales

Total

for

the

seven

months

through

July were $12,31'6,000.
"
"While
no
fair
comparison

of these figures with corresponding
periods is possible in view of our substantial expansion, it
significant that July sales actually exceeded our expectations by
$212,000," Mr. Sadacca stated.—V. 164, p. 831.

previous
is

North American Cement Corp.—Earnings—
1946

*
charges and taxes—

12 Mos. Ended June 30—

Net income after

•Loss.—V.

1945

$35,490

*$325,235

Proceeds ,will

be

used

in

payment

underwritten.—V." 164, p. 283,

North American Co.—Quarterly Report—•

as

for

company

loan

of

'

by

stockholders.

The

tn North American's second quarterly pamphlet report which, will
to stockholders today, President E. L. Shea points out that
improvement in the company's earnings "reflects the rising trend of
postwar electric sales to residential and commercial customers,
to¬
gether with elimination of Federal excess profits taxes this year and
savings resulting from the refinancing providing for the retirement of
all of North American's preferred stock." v;
^
l
With sales to commercial customers up 21%
and to
residential
customers up 12 %, the report points out that electric revenues for
the second quarter were only 4% below a year ago, although kilowatt-

of

June

industrial customers were down 34%.

electricity

for

the

1946,
used

which

kilowatt-hour,

a

a

30,

System

a

average
new

he paid

compared

household

record
a

with

new

total of

For

the

customer

of

1,450

Aug.

on

12 fi'.ed

letter of notification

a

the

.

used for

Paramount Pictures, Inc.

average price of 2.81
kilowatt-hours at 3.21
,

-

The First National

v

«

Period End. June 30^—

•

<

/ ;1346-^Month,~4945

Uncollectible oper. rev.~

Operating revenues—
Operating expenses—
Operating taxes—

$7,060,308
4,695,355
1,198,960

should expect to show increased sales to our industrial customers."
Many new industrial plants are being located in the are** served
by the North American System and many existing industries are
"exoanding. It is pointed out that postwar construction ana improve¬
ment
projects already announced, including public works, call for
expenditures approximating $600 million in the St. Louis area, $967
million in the Cleveland area, $375 million in the Milwaukee area
and
$485 million in
the District of Columbia.
In anticipation Of
continued growth in sales of electrcity, additional generating capacity
Is
being installed by Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Union Electric
Power Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co., and additional capacity /
has been authorized by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
These

a

year. ago.

Operations of West Kentucky Coal Co., a wholly owned subsidiary
of North American, have been, running at a high; level since a sevenshutdown during the nationwide coal strike in April and May,
the report states.
In spite of this shutdown, West Kentucky produced
'•tonnage for the first six months of 1946 was only 6% less than a
week




interest

as

stockholder

a

income——,

Net

$1,165,993

$804,262

——

1,125,766

/811,214

income

164, p.

283/

V."

in

the

combined

undistributed

partially-owned

of

in

$759,000

The
cents

directors
on

the

Stock Placed

on a

outstanding

•

Annual

$1.60

•'. /

Aug. 8 declared

on

present

>///

regular quarterly dividend of 40

a

stock, payable Sept. 27 to
holders of record Sept. 6.
This is equivalent to an annual rate on the
old stock outstanding prior to the two-for-one stock split-up of $3,20,
as
compared with 50 cents per share previously paid each quarter.—
V. 164. p. 426.
". \ Y/;/- /:/?/"
v
*' "/*;"
common

.

•

.

Parker Rust-Proof

Co.—Earnings—

Period Ended June 30,1946—

$6,996,685/ $5401:730
; .6,916,524 / / 4,950,312

Net profits

*

/

/

e

/

*

taxes—
Earned per common share—.——

,-.rV...

—V, 163, p. 8162.

'

*

3 Mos.

after charges and

9'Mos.

$300,554

$652,458

$0.70

$1.52

'

' " '

••

Oklahoma Oil Co., Denver, Colo.-—Files With SEC—
Penn Mutual Life Insurance^-Co/^-Breaks/^

letter of notification with the SEC
for 571,000 shares (5c par)
common on behalf of Frank C. Myers,
President and Treasurer of the company.
Offering price at market.
Underwriter, Inter-Mountain Shares, Inc.
Proceeds will go to the
The company

on Aug.

5 filed

a

/In
it

selling stockholder,

new
,

,

^

paid

announced

-

-

exceeded

the

From

new

18,887 for the

New

Otter Tail Power Co.—Stocks Offered-^

business

$11,008,130

shares of common stock at $51.25 a share. Ini¬
tially, the company is offering" 50.000 shares of the new preferred;
stock to the holders of its outstanding $4.50 -and' $4.25: preferred stock,
share

and

share for
pto"k

51,216

share; with cash adjustments of $1.50 a share on the $4.50
a share on the *4.25 stock.
The adjustment includes

and $6.46

dividends

to

Sept;

1, 1946,

on

the. old ;

plock/ and dividends/on thq

1946,

last July,

Becnrd-r/n

the vcompany'S

for

President.

the entire

and
of

$143,677,253,

This breaks

Ufdr

paid

year

including

of

1945"*
12,

Aug.

it

was

all previous

•

policies

same

in

issued totaled nearly 30,000 compared
period of 1945.
1946,
totaled $20,930,293 compared with
increase of 90.1%.—V. 164, p. 560.
.//

July,
an

Company is offering 60,000 shares of $3.60 cuniu. pfd. stock at $99.25
a

of

business

1, 1946 up to
the 1945 total

.

-

with

total

Jan.

insurance passed
by John A. Stevenson,

company records.
The number of

Olympic Radio & Television, Inc.—New/ Name—
.See Hamilton Radio Corp.. above.

has

announced.

is

and/12 days'

months

seven

insurance

•

companies also are extending distribution and transmission lines and
adding substation capacity.
i
The report shows that the North American System has effected
savings in interest charges and preferred dividends over the last few
months.
The only senior capital outstanding ahead of the North/
American Co/s common stock today amounts to $48,875,000 of 1%%
bank livnsj compared with $88,974,375 of debt and preferred stock
outstanding

$1.36

New Split-Up Common
Dividend; Basis—»/.

we

Net oper.

/;'

June 30, '45
$4,*8U,000 $21,792,000 Y $8,487,000
$0.60
/ / $2.90
$1.13

$10,205,000

non-consolidated subsidiaries, compared
the corresponding quarter in 1945, $4,149,000 in the
first six months of 1946 and $1,598,000 in/the first half of 1945., /
.,

$6,536,304 $41,404,588 $38,985,665
4,027,816
27,520,706
23,144,775
1,704,226
6,887,197
10,739,160

.

—6 Months Ended—

..

June 30, '45 June 29, '46

two-for-one

net

earnings

$6,542,585 $41,491,128 $39,033,971
6,281
86,540
• / 48,306

new

creasing

the

to

wtih

1946—6Mos.—1945

$7,077,138
:
16,830

Operating -revenues—

earnings

indirect

appointed transfer

Ohio Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings.

cents

of

.Proceeds

7,504,272 shares of common stock presently outstanding
stock split on July 8, 1946.
On June 28, 1946
and at the close of the corresponding quarter of 1945, there were
outstanding 3,752,136 common shares,
tAfter all charges, including
estimated provision for taxes on income.
Net earningi also includes ?
in the
1946 quarter $1,054,000 representing Paramount's direct and

of

to expect that,
home building and with electric appliances available in in¬
numbers, residential and commercial use of electricity will
continue to increase.
It now appears that the postwar low point in
our
industrial loads was reached some weeks ago and from here on

•with

,

SEC

share

•Based on

due

Issue not underwritten.

Bank of Jersev City has been

the

shares
one

(& Subs.)—Earnings—

June 29, *46

♦Earns, per com. share-

cumulative convertible
preferred stock, $10 par value, and common stock, $1 par value.
See
offering In" V. i64/;-P/83&XY///////;/;^

cents
:

tNet

a

Oberman. & Co.—Dividend Disbursing Agentr—

not

"X//

acquisition of real estate, erection of factory building,
etc.
Issue not underwritten.
r

Period—

agent and dividend disbursing agent for the 5%

North

low

1,031

ktlowatt-bour for the last pre-war year of .1939.
Mr. Shea's letter points out that "it is reasohable

4

with

of preferred stock (par $10) and 2,500
(par 50c) which will be offered in units of
and one share of common at $10 per unit.

stock

preferred

will be

letter of notification with the SEC
non-cumulative preferred
stock
(par $100) and

Aug. 9 filed

ducing plays and motion/pictures.

12 months

kilowatt-hours

on

.•/

purchase of machinery,

3,000 shares common stock (par $10).
Stocks will be offered in units
of nine shares of preferred and ten shares of common at $1,000 per
unit.
Proceeds will be used for working capital to be used in pro¬

.

American

shares

900

for

be mailed

company

Issue

-,.//Y:

//>•>»r--r/' Y,

•

shares

2,500

common

Nugent & Montgomery, Inc. N. Y.—Files With SEC—
,

'

Paquenam Co., Inc., Friendship, N» Y.—Files With SEC
The

during the previous year.
William B. Falconer, President
of the company, which is strictly
a brokerage organization
closing
6,492 transactions in its fiscal year ending April 30, 1946, states:
"The volume of business (dollar volume based on commission earned)
is
40.7%
greater for May and June, 1946, as compared/with the
previous year and the net earnings are 66.3% higher before deprecia¬
tion, capital charges and taxes."—V. 162, p. 13.
,
.
„ Y

holders,

;
.

for

163, p. 2296.

hour sales to

..

Ttte company ;.o»; Aug, .6 filed ft; letter qfr noti/ioation wit^ the. SEC
40,000 shares (25c par)
common.
Offering pribe, $1 a share.

Company paid the regular quarterly 6%
(per;:annumi dividend' on
its.preferred stock ($430,410 in amount) and $1 per share on common
stock (13,590 shares) payable Aug, 1.
The corporation's year: ended
April 30.
For the year ended April 30, 1946, the corporation paid in
Federal and State taxes an amount equal to $19.49 per share on its
common stock and earned $8.22 after taxes and preferred
stock divi¬
dends.
It disbursed $5 per share during the year to common stock¬

—3 Months Ended

ended

.

.

Mining & Developing Co., Salt Lake

SEC-^

City*4Files With

(Charles F.) Noyes Co., Inc.—Earnings, Etc.—

totaled

which compared with average monthly sales of $1,567,000
during the first six months of this year, Henri Sadacca, President,
$2,912,000

announced

t

,;

Issue not underwritten.

(J. C.) Penney Co.—July Sales Increased 29.05%. "
'Period End. July 31— / 1946—Month—1945
' 1946^-7 Mos.—1945
;

Sales--^--I2li-/--^
—V.

164, p. 284.

47,729,677

36,984,429 332,030,561

278,093^284
,

_

j

I//////I•^'■////■/; -sC4

tv* 0-^IV,

■/~r;;

,;;

;

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THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

558

Monday, August 19, 19461
*

v

Corpi—Semi-Annual Report-*?■::

Pennroad

;

anonths'

'on

;

Cash

*

U. S.

Govt,

3Deo.-31)• 1945i -Of 2,678;.

,1

•'

t»S the
^°^^SS'5.ooo.o°o* i.
-iJIVifrgn "nf'

Srovhig

the settlement

^lav

nn

and

for

trwfnin Is^that

St

X ^^Smfor

-writ of certiorari <to the U.- S.
S This must be done, if it is, to be done, on or^ about
1946, and is; in effect, a request to the Supreme
to

'

I

^

The corporation

Interest

$884,171
.1,792

General expenses

25)798

46,610

legal expenses
Ped. income taxes, normal & surtax

Extraordinary

Vet

-

-

income

•

JPjiblic
El'ectric

"^O.'sil '

1™!-*

$7-16,555

•;

SHEET', iUNE 30# 1946;
ASSETS—Cash^-demand -deposits in hanks/ahd hn

J.

payable, $6,000,000;
taxes withheld on salaries and

LIABILrriES—Notes
accrdedi

$74 425;

dividends, etc.,

Co.—Acquires Fluorspar Mine
recei$iyJ announced it has purchased the Kentucky
' >';>l'•*■« ■'■ : w

.

v

;t, v

Pennsalt,

being sold only; for experimental purposes at
P^284;^
y\
ment is

:

1

?■

•

Accts.

served

this

by

--

Period Erid.f Juhejirf—

•

974,502"
^25,230

Net-rev. from ry. oper.tr.

-

Net

ty.

:%• \,/>V

—

;t:c-■'&

'«r..-

Fed.

84,824
h ;r

.

*•■

'-"civr'.r.!

$267,850

v

4

22.272

Cr94,200

taxes..

1,26'4
A

A

half

Other

W.

Kellogg- Co.,

//169)200.

'The corporation's

ICC

:

j

sleeping

The

certificates

were

bids

cost

of

the

proceeds to
V. 164, p. 595.

Petersburg' &

offered for s&le through competitive bidding
were sent to 121 firms, the bidders being re-f

advised

also

The

Pullman

tickets,

Gas

Co.—Stock

all

Govt,

deposit
_______
—
obligation <at quoted market )____
stock outstanding—
Net assets (securities at quoted market prices)
Nbt' asset value per thai© outstanding_w*_4.i

Offered—

'4 $253,725'

•

-

,301,312

of capital;;

the

earnings

a

for

Net

period

INCOME ACCOUNTV

Income—Cash

'SIX

J
"1946
::
dividends___l-/-:i_^_^.—$169,675.

interest.

..-V

Net income from -mineral

rights, etc.*-

,

Int.

;

Total —i-A

Prov.

for. estimated

'

Federal

income

tax

Net income (without giving effect to security
•

/

$175,935

transactions) >'_,

_J:__




)

1943

and
.

»..

!

63,469,991

5,130

$172,871

9,000

for

cents

on

'

•

11497a?

S'^4

11

>

SJ?075-

*:

61,547^411

•

52,980*.340

in

the

aggregate

,®„,.

I

Aug.

declared

6

Quarterly

regular

a

dividend

of

on

■

>-

.

oper.

.

1946—Month—1945

1946—6 Mos.—1945

$1,015,491' $i;052,723
854,006
567,166

revenues^—

$161,485

$179;i08

•

$7,297,035
4,781,630

$8,367,245

$2,515,405

$3,082,050

$485,557
12,355

$2,609,999

3,285,195

\f 94,594

$497,912

-

*17,623'
'

Cr3,963

J5rl,755

—

; ;112,083 .v

,

$3,194,133

-

Dr3,238

Z)rl8,773
' 4

$2,606,761

$3,175,360

Deducts,

from

ordinary

63,829

66,873

—

-$183)071
"
*
*

income

.-

$496,157

•

*

8,760

•

Net.ordinary income.
E^traord. income Cr__
Extraord.

inc.

$174,311

-

$487,658
Dr578

,

chgs.)_—

Net
•

$2,542,932
■

$3,100,487

^

4.240»

>

74;254

.

11,667

9,575

70,028

59,947'

$162,644

$477,405

$2,477,144

68,950

income

Deducts/ from

..

8,599

348,500

976,450

$3,122,794
2,272,340

$128,905

$1,500,694

$850,454

.

Net

net

inc.-

to

'

»

.

sale

of

2,542,804

1930

arid

¬

Federal Communications

<

3,200,734 *

86,849,328

-

•♦Net

-

loss

fr.

sleeping-car

-

.....

oper.

of

being sold for the account of Atlas
share

'

x

..

for

•
.

deficit

period
per

381,354'
A

-

173)317,433

129)732,795

r;

$9.12

Corp.

and

proceeds to be received by the

Option warrants

Cri,466,103

20,000
.

corpora-

-

Cr241,355'

11,870,721

648,582

21.222,726

8,280,569

142,876

15,060,756

.%

,

stock

of Arid -claims

"

702,344

1,614,996

3,229,897

6,161,970
3,229,945

§2,527,552

2,932,025

$0,22

$1.91

$1.11

^

^

•

v

*2,536,407/* A

shares

of

stock

arid

,

/
"
,

"tinciudes
of

.

-

96,353

729)608 shares of.--'common

-

31,>1946,

stock "issued

Upon

conversion

♦Subject "to renegotiation of "prices on T945 armament
shipments;
tRailroads' contractual share of The Pullman Co.'s
sleeping and parlor

.

:
>

/

23,166 shares of common stock issued to /
of option warrants but excludes the now> offered- which are being acquired- by the several**

6%- preferred

May

common*

stock

and

upon; exercise

20,000 shares
purchasers pursuant

to the exercise by them of their option rights
acquired* from two officers who are also directors ot the corporation.

0196,638

3,590,161

1,975,155

"

against ? the corporation's

option warrants, all of
which have, been deemed to be. outstandlrig. • The- redemption price
for
said 462 shares
of 6%
preferred stook has been deposited in.
trust with Manufacturers Trust Co., as redemption agent. .>• < :

Crl,013,654

■■

2,559,573

,

'*CertainvhoIders of

predecessor have not yet taken steps necessary to procure delivery
of certificates for stock of the corporation issuable to such holders
pursuant to the plan of reorganization of said predecessor.";" At Dec;
31, 1945, there remained undelivered 462 shares of 6% preferred stock,

6,618,045

--

§1,233,593
share-—

'

CAPITALIZATION—The capitalization &3 adjusted to give effect to 1
changes to,-May 31, ,I949? is ossfollows^
a;
•'v
r / ■%£..X..
♦*,
"
*«1
r
Authorized * • • Outstdndlng
Common stocl? ($1 par)—8,000,000 shs, *13.814,827 shs.

J...7.222,408 >

1,78.4,204

,t

*

1,614,948

\

arfe

'OPTION WARRANTO—-Each
Dividends paid
Inc.
surplus or

*

Sold-—Mention

tion from. the: exercise of the option/ rights 'amount to
$160,000, which, will be added to- the' company's working !

1946—6 Mos.—*1945

/

,

427.

being sold through the exercise of optioii
rights purchased from two officers of the company. The

-

total net cash

"

>

0674,887

P.

Stock

Attg./9-of/42Q,OO0/s3hares of: common stock ($l/parX At/;"
$21 a shdr£ pf the total; offering,^/40O;O00 sHares* are? •

/,21,222,726

......

*

,

—

our issue of Aug. 12 of the sale by Lehman
Brothers * and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and associates <w

18,339

1911,196
Cr617,664

business"'

for 1946 periods.

164.

"

Corp.

wa3 made in

$2,-

of

5,113,637

Cr38,448

taxes

Commission.—V.

h-:1-*..

$A

3,288,523

Crl79,796

Total

..

Radio-Keith-Orpheum

.

set¬

1937—

$93,694

,

11,870,721 " *"§606,427

11;129)441

—i.';

surplus..

Laurence

cap.

in

earned

G. Hills has been elected Vice-President in
charge of fi¬
He has-been associated with the
company for 27 yean;.- Since
1940,-he has been Vice-President and Controller.
-.v
The position of Controller of RGA Communications will be filled
by
Lon A, Cearley, who has' served " as assistant to Mr. Hills since Feb¬
ruary,
1945.
Prior to that time, Mr. Cearley was employed by the

...

-

.

-

nance.

the

unused
a
sub

on

draft

transferred

Officials Promoted—
'

,

necessitated

inc.

*

t

income---.

refunds

tEarriings
$138,037

share

a

Cr733,051

depreciation—

Prov. for Fed. inc.

9,000

f

i2

record

...

,

25,835

^

of

communication

72,414,135 125,225,585 146,942,785 1

1eserve_-_

from

for

1945"I

'25,413

$141,522

"oltr

directors

.k^s-r. -I--,-'
Gross ordinary inc.—

tlement of Fed. taxes

.$(?!

1,847

4,403

-

3.266*676:

104 456.

9Q,121,062 :131,517,000.180,539,862

64,883,353

assets:

-

$165,895)

1,857

10 026676

2,ono o^o

■

•:V-.\-

285,204

,

expenses'of
proportion

Net income
"

Deductions

50

$12.69

MONTHS ENDED JUNE

on

llReturn

11,190,555

5

-.-.■I'-

covering
indicate

INCOME ACCOUNT

AAVx-S

.

/Balance
Total

*

COMPARATIVE

•

261,887,327 298,666,938

Operating income—
Ordinary .income — non

v.-:;■*>*-*,

of

1946—3 Mos.—* 1945
&$,> • V/1
*$ Y,'**

rev.

payments to railroads

$443,131 '
301,359

$13.91

;

1,

,

65,168,558

tProv. for contract

881,938

;

508.256
1466 103

2,*500:000

2,500,000

stock

Oth". communication ins.

1946,

of

earfy reports

tariff
Aug.

t-r

,1 **

dividend

that

Gross income

"Net oper,

12,265,377

that

refund

new

became effective

7 v

declared

Period .End. June 30—

Prov.

881,938

.

531168

2'53l'63T
360*329*

-

-

——

©per. revenues!;—
Total- oper.
deducts.

'

stockholders

Co.'s

which

for1 which sold.

car

of

Gain
S.

'830935
3

_____

I29!l95!s80 129|l95[880

subsidiary)

Total
-

$10,950,000 of ^U. S, ' tax savings

,527,552iori j)revious)y ea)rDedrsurplus...

Petroleum^ Corp. of America—Quarterly Report—
coihpiratl^e data arc givei^ be^oW;^ T

IT.

4 659 753

*£0/

contr"

.1*1

Period End. June 30—

unfilled
1. -' Despite

first' half

the

,

'Certairi;

Shares

39 061 506

the common stock, no par value, payable
Sept. 3,
Aug. 19.
Previously, ther company paid 40 cents
per share each quarter.
On Dec. l/last year/an7 extra distribution
of 40 cents per share was
made, which brought total payments in
1945 to $2 per4 share.*-V.
163, p.>2732:
^
-

capital
stock- of- Pullman Inc.,1 payable Sept. 16 to holders of record Aug. 23,
making a totabof $1.50 "per-share* declared *this'year/:the same*ak <
for th©
corresponding 1945 period.
•
,I '
; ;
Payment of dividends at the rate of $1 per share involving dis¬
bursement of $3,229,897 during the first half of this year, absorbed

of

on

76 227 uu

12*248*122
4,130f679

"D. S. Government securities carried at cost
which
less than the market value.—V, 164.
p. 13.

The'

rules,

new

•The- directors

Scott/'Horner & Mason; TncT recently: oj^erfd/
scares- of common stock* (par $10): at $13 per $hare- to
residents of Virginia only. : The stock, which was owned
by Pennsylvania Gas & Electric Corp.;'was purchased
from the latter corporation by the bankers with the
permission of the SEC.—-V. 164, p.'595.
.
,•
*
i
•'*,

Cash

35 158 913
•

____________

to* holders

in

reduction

The

o| the,

accepted.
On this basis the average annual
the applicant will be approximately 1.57%.—
'
" " "
«
' " ' ' ^
"' >
i

Hopewell

■;£

AveltJIZ

outstanding

50, cents per share

consolidated working capital stood at $168)262)552,
on June 30, 1046.
Cash and-U. S.
held by Pullman Inc. and subsidiaries on that

CONSOLIDATED
.

n',,1' te'iifat-B

re¬

yet due

—

I ill

Purity Bakeries Corp.—Increases Quarterly Dividend

of

last-day cancellations of ticketed space reserva¬
designed to insure a more orderly distribution
of sleepirig car accommodations, provide
that railroad ticket agent?
may refund the full amount paid for an unused ticket only if the
space Covered
released not " later than tbe day/i)receding departure>
tions.

quired to name the rate of dividends to be borne thereby in multiples
of y8 of 1%
per annum.
In response thereto five bids representing
ten parties were received.
The best bid, 99.636 and dividends, based
on
a
rate of iya%
per annum, was made by the Savings Bank of
Baltimore, and has been

of
car

stantial

-//The report of the Commission states;
and invitations for

"'.HI' ''<1 If. ill will

to

V

Crawford

operation

4^

ot equipment,* :

during

procurement

■'

-Mr.

in

■with the? procurement

for

prov.

not

v

—

Total.

securities

ndtes.

on

liability

incl.

taxes,

——.—i—

credits,
stock

Surplus

$52.10 per snare of capital stock,

Government

..

July 19 authorized thd company /tb assumU obligation respect of not exceeding $850,000, iya% serial equip¬
ment-trust certificates, to be issued by the Marine Midland- Trust Co.,
New- York, as trustee, and sold at 99.636 and dividends in connection
The

inc.

reserve

Pullman; Co.. (a

cor¬

amounted

had a backlog
books at Aug.

subsidiary,
i $51,000,000 on the
a

ddte iiotaled $135,972,014, :lncl,uding

and

for. Fed.

reserves

Deferred

is

1946

875*508)

A-:/wx *■&! ■'

,,7-;

facturing plants and Pullman'equipment

General

subsidiary's operations were fairly well malntairied, but increased
operating ratio held net income below the 1945 rate of earnings. £*-'■-

Railway—Equipment Trusts—

Pere Marquette

*■

deferred maint. of Pullman cars—
Reserve'for manufacturing and other
conttrig—
Reserve for postwar re-adaptation of car manu¬

.

of

isafiqo-

79

36,668;620*5

832.

first

'

Reserve for

1946, totaled 199,981,000. kwh.,
for the corresponding week last
p.

:

-

^oiW'

a

the

§$189,414

CT94,200

M.

amounting to
difficulties in material

98,401*;

$185)683

163. p. 2586.

'

m1,

2,645,557
107,932
installations—/••-••;'.»

is

orders

/iL2.307/

or
.

•

--/
'162 123:

on munition and other contr.
(contra)
Reserve- for employee benefit plans—
Reserve for uninsured fire and
casualty liab.__
Reserve for exper. cars and

operation

The

$290,122

112,894"

;

§$127,526 "
.*102,600

$99,316

^

$$68,820
'3,969

49,201

56,476

charges

inc.

/

'2,481

—

deficit

•Incl.

•

18,943

.

$177;991

$$40,353

fixed

*Net

>J>

:

1

adjustments—

wage

prov.

Capital

_

:

deductions

Total

$663,752311,078

■

Total income
MisC:

$$87)763

96,707

i/vlMOA'1;

: 8,m

:

i

-

56,442

$166,887

t$48,525

income

oper,

O^her inqorae

$67,3^6

173,016
39,885

42,521

-

1,963,574

2,067,230-

$379t788

-

Url9,226;

•Railway tax accrualsEquip. & jt. facil. rents

$2,134,625 : $2,627,326 :

983,777-

;

l'o75"*655

1,075,655

Advances

high of $216,000:000 in unfilled car ortlers on Aug. 1, 1946,
was
reported for the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing. Co.
The
carbuilding subsidiary of Pullman Inc. received orders for 1,445 rail¬
road mainline ppssengert cars- during
the tperiod*'from- y-J Day to
July 1, 1946, and haft* the distinction <>f "delivsiiirig the |lrst 100
postwar jpassenger cara |o America's railroads." ;:- - 4
;
j >;■ % / •
Due to material shortages occasioned by strikes in supplier plants,
only 82 passenger cars were delivered during the first half of 1946,
as
compared 'With 476 cars originally scheduled* for delivery during
that period.
When kinks in the supply line are ironed "oUt, PullmanStandard expects to accejerate delivery of equipment from, its newlvmodernized. passenger car. plants.- Volume of production during the
second half promises to exceed that of the first six months/but will
faW corisiderablyAshbift of potential capacity.
f
*v,
>
.
"-**

1946r—6 Mos.—1945

$1,363,565

$949,272;

<-'<—'

'

not yet
for 1944 reneg. for prices oh
govt,

Prov,

•

500,000 a. month was made retroactive to Jan. 1, and. an expanded car
repair program have tended to hold-operating expenses up to near the
1045 level in the face of the slump in gross revenues: >
4'< •

Peoria & Eastern Ry**—Earnings—
Operating : revenues.___
Operating^ expenses— ?

45 07R 7<in

?•

at

V *"

Accrd. prov: for other taxes;

10,

the

•

payable and payrolls,

troactive
Accrd.

A' record

1946—3 Mos.—1945

46 193 631

cost of shrs.

(domestic)

* f '"»'*• "•<"

LIABILITIES—

,

A«Wagd;$rid Ijayrolk tax increase .of $l;700)000 :a AmorithiVoL^^which $!)«»

*Pr®??I!lk~v. 164jl
■

companies

...

producing from, it,y**
one of the largest wartime producers of hydrofluoric and
anhydrous-hydrofluoric acid, recently announced it is making -ele¬
mental fluorine available commercially for the first time.
The ele- .

-pot- now

'

companies

koa'hhi

*•>

r

were

active in other fluorspar mining
Fluorspar Co.
The Pennsylvania Suit
Fraaer,

pleted

for

income

net

AQd'^nr-

33 779 17RV

.

placing, in suspense, the. net doss, of $196,636
of the sleeping car business by The Pullman Co.,
being continued, under Federal District Court order, by the
Vv ;.'V ;
present management for the account of-the Railroad Buying Group. ,. -: ^
r -,<v
Approval by Ihe Federal :District. Court of the: proposed sale, under .
Radiaphone Corp., Los Angeles—Files With SEC—
anti-trust proceedings, of the sleeping car company to the 52 railroads
of the Buying Group has been appealed
to the Supreme-Court by
®°2?pan.y on A"**" ? filed a "tetter of notification with the. SEC
for
the
168,528
shares
Department of Justice and some interveners, and* the case is
($1 par)- capital stock.*" Underwriter, Barbour,'
Smith and Co., Los Angeles.
expected to be reached for arguments during the October term." •'
Offering price, $1.25 a share. -Proceeds
''Mounting- labor ■ andi: other costs superimposed -Aon a decline of V will be used for reduction of liabilities 'and increasing working capital.
.,**
*,
•
$6,562,515, or 8.1%, in gross revenues, nearly one-half of which was
v..,*;;,
Ai-e-ty
'..-n.
rru'
f >
sustained in- May as a result of the coal and rail strikes, cut sharply
RCA Communications,
Inc.—Earnings.
into the sleeping car company's earnings during the first-half of 1946'.
from

purchased from Roberts and
operations, as- the Kentucky
Mfg. Co. recently has com¬
Underground -explorations'.of the* Kentucky. Babb -mine .but is
inventory

and surface

mine

The

Aug.

"

r&i&S '•

356.025-

income figure also includes
,

Pennsylvania Salt Mfg.

Salem?-Ky. v •«■

ended

190,368,00b kwh.
increase of 5.0% —V. 164,

an

which

" company

operating

the

_

(contra)^...^^!

Kellogg Co.—excess

affiliated

TOtto!

recently

with

Consolidated,

$1), $8,300,000; capital surplus, $39,657^234;
common stock held in treasury (2,656,575
shares), Br$i0,800,064; total, $47,046,185.—-V. 164, p. 560. •
' "

The

-r

;

nnn

sbS'So?^

3

'

$702,344, or- 22 cents per share, as; compared \vith $6,161,970, or $1.91
av share,
for:'the; same -period in 1945, -D. * A; Crawfdrd, President,
reported to stockholders on Aug. 14.
In
addition to
credits from sale of property,
the first half net

$1,914; common stock (par
earned surplus, $3,806,219;

Babb FluorspaC tohie mear

out tuberculosis.

wipe

xPiillinan, Inc.—Quarterly SJatement—

:
interest payable, $6,458;

•

of
week

in

17
-

secu*.),^WSSS\'iiXX!
Other^ssets^**** W4'-"^3,772,055 / 881,295
utner.. assets....408,603-

.

f^9,121;

accrued income, $42,846;^ fur¬
unadjusted debit, $5,000/:total,

inet),;: $8,083 r

fixtures

$47)046,185,
taxes

year,

book values, $46,582,135;

investments at
niture: and

.

.

the

compared

as

'

GENERAL BALANCE

compahy arid its subsidiaries for the
to 123,696,000 kwh., a decrease of

tliilijji. EnglBeei^ng & Service Cor^OyLtpVLt^output

poration for

'£'■

,hS,R

\>.v

406~769
__

investments at cost less reserve-.-.
Equipment and property (less depreciation)'——
Funded*reserves (invested in U. ft Govt:

_

6)637

'89t':-?

--«^4438^^.^l:33^2^-

Invest, in M. W.

Invest,

'

5™

cost less;. reserve^.i^^-i^-^^^^^Wr7 ■ '.y;^

to

»•,

;/; ,'v.||r«VW-HI#'

y

-.
Other

drive

-*•>■ •

194$'

"-A

-

at

Munition, and, other contracts

by Governor Thomas E. Dewey. . -' ; '
Orders already have, been placed for new mobile equipment, and the
Powers organization is
actively engaged in the manufacture of its
magazine cassettes through which hundreds of full-sized x-rays may be
,
talcen lm^a'smgld ;day»A4 4'
The Powers mobile units, with complete x-ray equipment including
power- plant, will start some time next month their-State-wide trek
to reach every Civil Service worker in the State.4. .A, ^
-'A
^
-4 "A/.
;
"

73,734

109,324

—

—

health., drive announced

6,923
69,318

11,686

3,118.
83,308
32,788

income

$7,278",886

securities at cost
notes receivable——_

and

Inventories

on

York State

,

81 986 999

950 OOo

'

.

Dr53,315

This corporation has been named to handle the x-raying of all. New
State: Civil Service employees as the iriitial step in the 20-year

$936;115
2)167

3,019

—

than Fed.

2.417;697

York

1944

39,094

paid

other

Taxes

1945

$629,433

income

Total

announced New

ENDED JUNE 30

1946

2,418,800
Dr53;313

'

Aug. 12 announced a general expansion program
designed to Increase its x^ray service, facilities as part, of the recently

have been going oh, at Philadelphia^ and _
at Wilmington on claims made by attomeyf
others^for
Son from the fund which the Pennsylvania RR.^has agreed to pay to j
Pennroad under the
settlement agreement.
Previous notices have
advised" that the total of all claims have been limited to 20% .by
agreement.
■
|M
if
FOR SIX MONTHS

this

of

v

" 'A*""'/

A.

-*

taxes—10

marketable

Accounts

Powers X-Ray Products, Inc. of Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y.
—Plans Expansion—
< '

Th the meanwhile, hearings

INCOME STATEMENT

Other

V'f.;//*1

,

Sept. !,' •

savings notes';earmarked for

excess

374,141

1946 amounted

10,

-V, ■

y

125,022,014

,Wftii

707,000 kwli.. br 0.6%, from the corresponding week last year.-^V. 164,
pi832 and 731. i\ > ■»> >• ■ ,v '•' }
y_'•* V;v-^
'** w

'•••iV.-v'rH

.v

felectric'' output

week1.ended AUg.

Supreme^*

r

ii" V"vv'

CftSOS.

The

..

f

/v<//\;/y

profits tax refund bonds-Claims fori postwar-xefund ^ 10% ) /oh-?.excess

4,444,890

365,571

r

—^ffJariprgflri27~~~"'

the cases,

now-have no recourse in-any or

-

Govt,

.

investments

Dec.

U. S.

1 Philadelphia Electric Co.—Weekly Output—

the Circuit Court of Appeals.
lnstr by 1 the

cases

the objectors

H.ia/Treasurer1 tax

;

.

-

settlement^ ' were

the

4,444~690

—

of

realization

on

■/">■-*;•

♦Cashjmd U. S. Government securities

59,094

,

$7,231,818

'

Delaware

01

$27,740
8,840

expenses

($5, par).

loss

-1

accrued Federal income

$25,079

—

31, 1930
;
UndistributedL incohie
:
—:
Capital stock in treasury—at cost (7,000 shs.)_
.]X'>;' • v. <. V.t .i
*-

31,1946; thd action ot-the-Circuit-Colirt in
became iinal. The result ot all the .lore,

May

an* on

the Oveitfeld-Weigle

Chancery

of

Court

and

since

-•

•

$7,27'8,886-;

'

Profit

•

683

$7,231,818

for

stock

-

Consolidated balance sheet, jhne'30
ASSETS^;.\fv>
:J946
''

41)104:::

■

payable and accrued
contingencies

•'

—1——■

s

taxes—

Reserve

agreement, and the, Supreme Oourt of Deladenied a petition for rehearing. On May 21
attacking

--Circuit

thP> Third

Sectom

1946,

29

the

-

.

Supreme Court;

6,468,279

*

-

A—

LIABILITIES—
Accounts

;

respectively, two cases in

27,

May

^

of

chancellor

300,000

300,000

6,620,681
—V39.37*.:
2,186

——

Reserve

the matter of this settlement. • -j. . , -.
Court- 6f Delaware; on May 19, : 1946. approved ttie •

fh#>

25,689

v

has been made ia

The' Supremo

•

:

f T 1

•

ouifitaridingAhareV capital 'of3

229
shares in both years. SDeficit.
^Proportion of 1943 reserve for deferred
maintenance of Pullman cars credited to expenses in
1945
■"'■Placed in '
suspense subject to disposition under appeals now
pending ih U
S

$443,131

•

—
■■

Total

<

the settlement beunder which Fenn-

reports have advised of,
Pennsylvania RR. and this corporation,

$253,725
15,851

rights

Deferred charges

,cir:

June 30,'46 Dec. 31,'45

,

,,

portfolio

Minteral

as

LITIGATION—Previous

.

.

receivable

obligation—at costsecurities^.——

General

^

Capital

progress>

t\j

and interest

sales of securities

in the- 1946 period,

surplus

>/

deposit.^

on

Dividends

of $f290'260
ridupdm''
compared with $495 496^so
1945; the balance in earned surplus at June 30, 1946 was $3,806,219.
Cornoration
acquired
156,575 shares of " its owri common Stock .
«ltirins
thp period Jan
1
1946, to June 30, 1946,-at a total cost of- «
S1285 611 or an average 'of $8.21 per share, including commission.

there were profits

ASSETS—

-

the^six'.;

income of the corporation from in vestments^jf or
period ended June 30, 194£>
nprioH
taxes, was $440,511, as compared with $716,555 tor the similar pe
of, 1945, a decrease of $276,044, as shown in the income statement.
In the current period such
net income; ai"°un^e<| .^
J
8 cents
per share.
In addition to the profit of $440,511, as above,
net

The

BALANCE SHEET

COMPARATIVE

his

election,

share

option

to purchase at any time

of common

stock

warrant
on

or

entitles, the
31,

before Jan.

*
*

holder, At jl
1950,

one,

payment of scrip certificates/ exchangeable in amounts aggregating full shares for certificates of stock,- which
scrip, certificates will be issued in a form approved 'by the • board of *
directors of the corporation,-■ in denomination* of 4ths. of
a share
expressed to; expire at the- close of business 011 July 31, 1950, six;
upon

months after the expiration -of

the option warrants..r

:

/'

>/^li

i'

'»».»> \ »*>%■#*

'

'»VV

surrender

>Uf" '*»

''4

common' stock

reserved

C ft'M"?■

"lifcf

•

Includes.. 4,217
holders -of

shares

or

.

delivery

for

Railway' &LUhtSecurities ^

to

outstanding- scrip for fractional shares- thereof, 'upon' the-'

by such holders*of scripaggregating full shares. '

fw •'

"';"

*

IIQTO^Ab.ove table' does
Interests

combined'funded

$22,200,000

iJeihai,

at

May

31,

debt of

funded

ih ' the. corporation's - subsidiaries.

amount-of thc
was

hot Include

The

minority...

nor

aggregate

principal;

compared with

as

$12,408,655

the hew

as

was
for by

provided

company

\:>h"

-

the

prises.-,,

and

in 1939 in
the plan of reorgani¬

■

,

I. UNDERWRITERS-—The
of

names

shares

of

of

and

estate

>
several

.•:-»>

respective number
has agreed to

Upon,

real

the

stock

common

related

other

1

"

f

"

*

*

Brothers

Goldman,
Adraham

Sachs
&

Purch'd from

Atlas Corp,

Lehman

No. of Shs.

Corporation:

——

1,776

Co/—

&

1,776

Co.^.

—.

A;. C. AUyn & CO. Inc..
Ame?j Emerich & Co., Inc
Arnhokl and S. Bleichroedcr, Inc
Bache .&. Co.—,,
*
Bacon, Whipple & Co.—
Baker, Weeks & Harden—'——

Mr.

A.

G.

Becker & Co.

Blair

St-

Co.,

Blyth & Co.,
Boettcher

Inc.

3290.',

Inc

and

452

Co

48

George D, B. Bonbrlght 8t Co.—
J.

C.

Buckley
Burr

Brothers

Co., Inc
Rutcher - & Sherrerd—
ti. M. Byllesby, fc Co., Inc
Central National Corp—<—
.Chaplin, & Co

1,334

—

142
105

952

452

2.095

105

2,095

105

571

29

1,334

Skaggs & Co.--_*_—t
Dqmpsey-Tegeler & Co

29

9,048

Davis,

48

571

Si. Co

48

952

■

Clayton
.Commercial Investment Trust Inc
Courts & Cp.

66

571'

Dominicjc & Dominick.,
Francis I. Du Pont & Co—
Eastman, Dillon St Cc

452

105
48

29

First California Co.. Inc—
The First Cleveland
Corp.

571

W.

D.

Gr.idison

&

9,048

—

Co

452
105

i—-

1,334
2,095

Granbery,

2,C95

Marache & Lord

fitieglitz-^—
&

Hentz St

'Henry
Hill

&

'Hirsch

St

St

452

'

—

•'

105

'

6,000
571,

300

Levy

29

1,334

66,

2,858

142

571

142

9f.048

452

9,523

477

29, >
452.;.

Cq.j—

9,048
952

M.

Loeb, Rhoades & Co
Irving Lundborg .& Co.^.^—
M.

Mason-Hagan, -top;:
McDonald & Co.—
"Gordon Meeks & Co

29;

,

—'

—

2,858

48

.Paine,

Co.—

'

Tenenbaum

1.334

Co—

Piper, Jaffrav St Hopwood——
:i—.
/Edward A. >-Purcell «&—--—
I
/Putnam
Co^u————
:.QuailfSt Co.~t—
«-u_aT Relnh'oldt it Gardner-————————

66
300

1,334

—

Co

——

Robinson-Humphrev Co——
IB.tlLiRomhsvdt Sona;Inc.^i_rl_--l—

-Dallas
-

-

•

.

Rupe-,&

Schwabachen St

•

Co.^,Inc.____——

-iAMv Simon. 8r'Co;_£^-x-__—

Stern

'

Brothers St ',Co.---————

— -

SMx St -Co.--| Straus • • & Blpsser--Ji_^—_~_r
: Stroud'&;,.Cp„; Inc.
7Swiss, American Corp.rJ_—l———-—_—___
*
Town'send, Dabney.. St Tyson__i_____
TupHer. .Anthopy St, Co. —^^
Union Securities
Coip.i/.pI_---;-—-J—U--Vipf.nr
Vietor, Pnmmrm T>o nn & rv>
Common,'.Dann Xr Co..

•

48

rbe

952,;
142

Co.:^..^——
Watlihg, Lerchen £ Co—-—---V-

*

2,858"
"VflS^V;

105L
142V

•;

K -48

571
6

.

9,048,

:

-r—.
—

952t.

2.095,

•:

L334

w-^rlr/-rVr'-r---------r--.---

2.095

6,000 V

Witter &

Co,—

Wurts.

Dulles & Co..'_

Yarnall & Co._

-p-

77,999
29,23913,483

months^

ended March 31,

•

•

571

$27,912

cumulative preferred ;
1956);.

convertible preferred/

the>lniMqlvpublio offe^gApricoiof the 4%,
V: •

......

,

*

'

"

Authorized

^

Outstanding

•
.

40,000 shs.
60,000 shs.
500,000 shs.

BUSINESS—Company was

the

6/359

*

•

be used for work-

$2,200,000

40,000 shs*
None

j

215,000 sha,

$2,200,000

,

founded in 1896 by Sussman, Wormser
•

These; notes will bear

interest at the rate of 378% per annum

or

less and of

common

r

STATEMENT OF INCOME

-

,

Gross
•

sales,

'.
•••_ i ; ■
•: ■
less discounts etc

"'•:*f--

;.

-

V O

Ai'-'fi:

;

t;

■

■■

Net

sales
loss

'a;

'Earned

.

/

per

share__l_I__„___„

$1,972,003
*483,355
'

Nil

V

1945

$3,788,626
1184,994
$0.62

•After provision for "carry-back" refunds of Federal taxes and prior
period tax adjustments; tProfit.—V. 164/p. 427.

of:goods;:sold^:—^a--i_—__

Selling, gen
& adm. expense.J—
/Warehouse/receiving and shipping
Frov. for doubtful v accounts—,—
•

•/

.

Cost

•

stock would meet the require-

payable

;

clpsing date and subsequent closing dates to be fixed bf
the company,- the bank will loan to the company $1,100,000 evidenced
by- 10Aprom.issory. notes bearing that date, , said notes maturing- serially
'from.., the/. 1st to the 10th anniversary inclusive after - the first
'closing date in an amount, equal to one-tenth of the amount /of the.;loan,.'being made by the bank .upon the second or subsequent closing
date or dates.- Loans will be made on each, closing date, in the, amount,.,
"of $110,000 or some multiple thereof and all .loans in the aggregate
principal amount of $1,100,000 shall be made oh or before Nov. 15,
1946.: These notes .will bear Interest ,a.t the rate of 2%■ per. annum pay'able •semi-annually.
>
////;^/V '
! wbicbclowwigeletaoi shrd shrdl shrdl shrdl
shrdl shrdlu s shrdl shrdT
-ENDERWRITERL-Blyth'& Co., Inc., Sare Frahcisco. "/
,; ^ \ ^

^

Reynolds Spring Co.< (& Subs.)—Earnings—
6 MOs. End: Maf/31^
"'l
'1946

"Net

29

;

second

/Opt

.

•

: 29;

!

company.

semi-annually;

.

'




4%

of new

On. the first closing date to be fixed by the company the insurance
•company/Will purchase from the company ten serial promissory notefs
of the company bearing that date payable to the order of the insur¬
ance company, maturing serially at the rate of $110,000 per year from
the 11th to the 20h anniversary inclusive after the first closing date.

20,198
^

a new single class of $15 par comw>h stock,
Of
of new common to be authorized, 114,590 would
exqhange.for.the^,bonds and- preferred stock,on- the basis

$1,000,000

.i'tV-'t l-5

300
v

share

1911, the company was incorporated
name .and, on Dec. 28, 1911, acquired

28,017
»

1946.

1

V

•;v;.iQ5V

i 571.

holders of 10,400 shares

offered to

common-stock on or prior to July 1;

Co.;'a; partnership,-,

Net Prof it

$72,582

*

—V. 164, p. 869.

,

Jk
*
in California under
the same
the business of the
•partnership. The present name, was adopted in 1937. w1 <
. ^
Originally the, compaty was engaged in the wholesale grocery busi¬
ness, in San Francisco.
Company expanded and developed Its business
.to, iqclude the processing
and distribution of an extensive line of
food products/Its featured'brand isJ'S and W>" which is established
in all -markets served, by. the. company.<•
v,' {- "/
FUNDED. DEBT—Under date of June 10, 1946, the company en¬
tered into an agreement with the First National Bank of Chipago and
Northwestern Mutual Life- Insurance Co: under the terms of which r
the
bank and insurance
company severally agreed to loan to the *;
company $2,200,000.
None of this money has yet been borrowed i>k /
.'

The Commission suggested. that//a capital structure consisting of a.

.

29

Dean

a

•

•On Doc. <22,

profit*?./).

-v-a—•— -

| ments of .the Holding Compapv>A^t<r/-;V| 16^, p. 882/

66-

571

The.Wisconsin Co.——
:

for

..

'

issued-in

debt of

452/;
48

*

share.,

National Bank- 6f San Franciseow

preferred stock the right to exchange.

.

^

105.

,

Stock Of¬

PURPOSE—Th/het

.....

'

300V

:

outstanding ak;

stock, //:

3i

MARCH

r

29

OOd c

such" shares

5%

Bank and insurance company loan

cif',97,fl09 fhareS,i or;>84.667e, to the. bondholders at the rate of 111 shares
/ for/ each. $200;. principal amount , and-.v 17,681. shares( or. 15.34%,".to
; preferred-': stqckholders. pn1 ^vshare-for^sharef basis.*/<:,:•;;,':
Ender the stockholder's plan,, bondholders will be paid in cash in
cfullfrom proceeds-of the. sale Gf*$l,300;000 debentures,-a $100,000 note
and sale of 35,162 shares of new common, stock.The company v also
would.issue„new comrnqm to fhe prefgrredvStockholders-.
•
...'.The, Commission/ stated, that it/bqlievgd .both'"plans' prpperly deny
$ participation i to the,/c6mmoh;,stock.l/'-v:/.'
♦«:
\

'

Weil

■

ENDED

123,791

.

67*.:*
r

$258,720

$i.7i< •KV'< $1.56

San-Francisco.

OFFER—Company

.Coqimon: $tocki

•

' 66V

1,334

.

Anglo California

agent;

4% /cumulative preferred stock/con•vertible-series; ($5Q par)
-Cumulative preferred stock ($50 par)_

thel 120,000.: shares

66

2.095

-

Products, Inc.—rPreferred

(convertible -into

.

"preferred stock:into

142

2 858

/,

of outstanding 5% preferred stock for 4% con¬
preferred stock, a cash adjustment will be made in ait
of $2 per. share, which amount is the difference between
redemption. price-of. thb 57/ preferred stock ($54.50- per share)*-'

and

/The pomp^ny's^planivin/.brief, pFop.ose<| to;.ji;pn.vert-theibond$ an*d

:

-

Q, H, ,Wg]ker

•the

•

/

376,267-

105;

'V

1,016,000
:

$283,520

vertible

•

504,600

142'i

1,334 V

'

173,096

—-

Upon? such exchange

The Securities and Exchange:Commission Jiai rejected the alternative
plans :'fqy recapitalization; filed; by; thp; cpmpapy.. and.„Ifving; R, Isaap,
a preferred stockliolder,. but gave-the
parties 30 days to file modificartrpns to m^^thie?,suggestions of: the Commissions
'
r.ir---S -.1/":l

29

1.334

Sing&r, >Deane St Scrlbner———i—
Starkweather
Stfii»>BfJb5.l&' Bovce*.
---L
iciL'S'

stock

"

.142, ••

•,.571",
952.

V

-a
Income and (in 1945)

...

and W Fine

each, of

j

■h

$1,305,818
31,098
105,533,

amount

-Republic Service Corp,—Plans. Rejected—

,

66(i;

2.0P5

on

of outstanding convertible

;

•

12,759

300,074

$562,053

——

—

—

EXCHANGE

/

29i

2,858

—

!

'ing; capital,—V. 164^ p. 731.

300.'

2.858

$1,293,059

shares of common stock
1946.—V. 163, p. 2299.

Transfer

Offered—Charles

PURPOSE—Company's share of the* proceeds* will

29-

-

5,338,582

;cpnvertible series ($50 par) at $52.50 per

'

105,

...

.

fct 'V _•*>;

fered—Blyth & Co., Inc., San Francisco, ori Aug, B
'offered, 40,000 shares of! 4 % cumulative preferred stock,

pr

$608,373

^Period of three

/

2.858,

Co—

Sills, M'nton St

YEARS

♦1946

6,000.

Scott; ^Sfrlngfellowr^-^_^--i-.——iChds^Wj ^Scrantojr^

Shields -&

«■

'

1.334/

Co

vSilberberg'

v

'57 l;v

Son—:-i;j——_"____-_—
-

EARNINGS

Ui'M

J

571

'

190,130

'

S

•

2,949,303
226,239

.^Calculated on'the. 165,90o

.

'

$6,931,715

•

194^
1945i

.,

66

*

profit

June 30,

$0.43

-

1945

1946

$371,923

renegotiation of war contracts—

Net

June 30,'46
] $2X5,518

Net Sales Before Taxes

48

2,095.

The

•

:

1-.334

"
$1,750,000;

short-term,

♦Earnings Per share '^-a.

authorized

1943

<

48

'

,

952

,.

total,

$379,410;

charges,

income

for

66 '

/95*

—

Riter.Js

AND
I'

66

■

;■

.

SALES

105/

6.000

payable,

Other charges
PfoV. for Federal taxes

Cliquot

and

v.

;

.,

105

/
t

1,334

Webber,.:. Jackson & Curtis———

Pejtason,*

;'

-

2.095
i

v

'

*

^

'total income ."--j. JUi

■

p:\v;i-

48

.

2,095

Co.—•—--a_:

drink)

lemon

Rees, Ine.—Stock

„

66

952

„

Newburger & Hano
Ohio

•

.

29

1,3-74

Pacific Northwest

Other

capital*•'■consists Of ' 200,006
'"shares of tommon; stock, ,/'(par $t) -.- 100^008^shares are- issued * and *
outstanding; of/whitchr 20J.000 ;shares, as well as 20,000 of the author¬
ized 1>utJinissued/: shares^ pre now" being-offered.*
\
'
; .v

452.

——

Co.—-L———

lithiated

Co.—Earnings—

CAPITALIZATION—The

142 V

952

•

»

• •

deferred

and

Gross .prpfil

,

,

^contracts.

29 1

Fenner & Beane—9,048
Metropolitan St.. Louis Co.—1
*
571
"Moore. Leonard & Lynch—

,

$4,831,426;

Selling, general and administrative expenses—

ot^the/company's totaLsales, /In
1943 Chrysler Corp. purchased 47^2%, and in 1944, 42J/2% of the company's .total sales,, for use in connection .with Chrysler Corp.;'Navy

105;/

571

221,423
31,, 1946

MAY

SHEET,

$43,874 in 1945)

.

subcontractor; pp ; war products,. Jn. 1941 - the,.Ford- Motor" Cor. pur?

as

"48'
:

2,095

-Merrill Lvnch,-Pierce.

The

,

.w.

chased ZZVs'/e, And in 1942/;/22.%%,

300

571
952

& Co._—.

.Nashville- Securities

.

,

with

-throughoub. other parts/of the United Stetes./ V
Durfing the war period, the bulk of the company's business was done

48

6,000

Inc.

Marks

and

571

Williams—

.$493,620

•

Gross saies, less freight, discts., ret. & allows.
$3,547,465
Post,of, goods sold .(Incl. dcprec: $52,922 in 19.46/ .H;V.

is

business

48 '

&

"Mannheimer-Egan,

f

,

types pf, industries.
Approximately 40% of - the-company'-s
conducted; with, industries, loqated in southern Michigan
northern
Ohio, and the balance oi its business is distributed

different

952

&

—

'

48

2.858

268,870
328,500

Rotary Electric Steel Co.—^Earning^-r'
6,Months-Endedi June 30^

;

equipment. Another 30.%. (approximately) of its husiness consists of
the-^design, manufacture, and^sale of electrical push button switched, of
•which. there are. more than 350 styles, and which are sold to many

29

952

Co._^——

Laurence

•

335,518?

*

proceeds to be received by the company from
the sale of 40,000"shares of 4%
convertible preferred stock are esti¬
HISTORV" AND BUSINESS—Company was incorporated in Michigan,
mated
to
be
$2,007,520 if all are sold for cash, after deducting
on ..May 8; -1931 to continueJ a bu&inesk established by: MackwonR .n* ■'
.underwriting eomml8»sions rand-other expenses in, the estimated; maxi- ;
-Reesvin 4929. ♦ I - «• *"
- - y
'*
'
I •1
;
' mum amount of $92,480 and will, be used as follows:
(1) Retirement,
The
company
designed - and manufactures special electrical and
of 5%. preferred stock, by exchange or redemption;
(2) use of - nefc,
.mechanical- industrial • control devices.
Approximately
30%
of
its'
/cash proceeds for working capita^ and other corporate purposes. .i
..business js repreeeftted .by, the; design^ manufacture,, andl .sale of lci^ >•>
reactless kickless cables used in connection with resistance
welding sv
CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING
*"/

.

2,095

Weeks

Freres

Lester

.

cases

G^o.i De|rpit;* on Aug; 6 ! offered 40,000

stockholder.

29

29

Bissell fit. Meeds.—

Lazard

142

.

571

Kidder, -Peabody & Co.i—
Kuhn, ,Loeb & Co.wC—-

Carl

^

571

Kebbon. McOormick' & Co.—:
A. M. Kidder Si
Co.,^.i—.J.

»Lawson.

^ - -

^

.

shares common stook C^ar^l) at $2.50 pet shdre;- Of the
shares" oHered 20,000;aro being sold oh behalf of a selling

105
300

2,858

—

Laird,

452

Co

:Jenks, Kirkland & CO.———;—
Johnson, Lane> Space and Co., Inc
Johnston, Lemon & Co.--—*——
Kalman & Co.rTnc.—_rr-—"
•

' /

.

company ; this'

.A.: Pareells

9,048

Co.-!————

Hornblower

period of 1945.
machinery, now on order

(Mackworth G.)

29

Co

St

'

Earnings-per, .share on 500I06o common shares--^_ii-^i._i>
~v. 164, p.' 322..;;-:;v

6,000

Co.----_-_:_--------

Herman

Richards

.

of.. 1,000,000

Earnings for Quarter Ended—-

2,095

$755,480..

Aiig, j> that the new unit is expected

Net-profit, after jdepreq, and.'taxes__v^..-._i-.„,^i..

452

9,048

Harrlman Ripley & Co., Inc—__—
Ira Haupt & CO.------I-—
Haydem Stone & Co.__
"Hemphill, Noycs Si Co.
:
H.

:

105

571
9 048

Co——_——

'

1

"

%.

BALANCE

Registrar: American Trust Co-.

105

Hallgarten

V"

Red Top Brewing

66

Graham, Parsons & Co,——
,Halle

.

<
vft*- „
*'»
h>< '
>
' ; .4
year acquired 20.0,000 shares of common stock
pf Red Rock Bottling Co. of Pittsburgh, which operates a bottling
plant with 14,000 square feet "of floor space in Pittsburgh, Pa., and
plans erection of a new. plant witlv,approximately 20,000 square feet
of floorVspace. ' The^^ Pittsbjqrghcompany/ haa 406,506 common/ siiares
outstanding..» •' f ■*"

29

2,095

Forgan St Co
Goodbody St Co.

.:

.

Red Rock Cola, Hep
(a
Ginger Ale and Soda/f-j,

The

66

571

First Southwest Co.

Glore,

100% when, a new/
gets into opera¬
Samuel Mataskr,

29

1,334

Michigan Corp—

■

300

571

———

2,095
952

Inc

Far^ell, Chapman

165,159
"

'

accounts pay-r
$990,935;, income
bank notes due
within
year,-- $500,000;
7-year 2% serial bank notes (not current),
.<
$3,250,000; deferred income, $23,564; reserves for contingencies, $475,-; '
166;: capital stock, $4,436,815; capital surplus, $4,537,371; earned sur- n
plus, $5,039,669;, totaU $24,237,762.—V. 163, p. 2299.
•

Cleveland—ExpansioRT- v,

will be; increased;

corresponding

When

Club

142

9.C48
6.000

A. Evans St, Co.,
& Co

company'

tribute

142

2,858

Emanuel, Deetjen & Go

of

29

2,858

''

...

LIABILITIES—Notes

„

Andre de. Saint-Phalle & Co.

First

66

1,334

Ciarke Corp
Securities Corp.

Clement

66!

2,858
2,095

——

—

W.

Crutter.den

105

2,055

—

'"l/VJ-V1;

.

$52,751; v prepaid

$24,237,762;

Liquid Carbonic Corp. is in¬
stalled,, operations of -the company will be concentrated.-in the new
plant.
Equipment and machinery of three Cleveland bottling com¬
panies purchased in the past year were transferred to the. plant now
operated by Red Rock.
The company, incidentally,' succeeds to the
sugar allotments to which the three companies were'entitled.
•^Expanding operfitipns , will , require '&.■^ doubling - of pur? - trucking
facilities," Mr. Matasar said.
"Within a year we expect to be oper¬
ating va minimum of 25 trucks in the City of Cleveland proper,, com¬
pared with 13 trucks at present.
Orders for seven new trucks have
been placed.
In addition to outlets in- Cleveland directly serviced
by our own delivery facilities, we have distributors iq;; Ashtabula,Akron, Lorain and
Sandusky who are supplied by our Cleveland
plapt.
Our over-all distribution of- soft drinks covers ten counties
•in Ohio 'for whicfe we have an exclusive franchise to bottle and dis*

105

*.

&

Richard

the

29

.

Bradford & Co.—.

' '

able, • $1,136,-343;accrued,• payrolls, taxes, expense,
taxes and renegotiation refunds, $2,097,899; serial

,

300

—

'/... V

'SJ\

$l,090,99ff

receivable,

claims,

of soft drinks per
annum compared with present- capacity of 600,000 cases.
In July, ap-t
proximately 70,000 cases were delivered, or at. the rate of 840,000 caess
ahnually compared; with- 30,600 cases: ih July last year,. For- the. first
seven
months of 1946 deliveries were- approximately 365%
ah£ad of

452,

*—

Inc..—j—

J ..'/oVs ■ -p' A V,

investments, $870,152; notes and ac¬
imlentories, $10,851,300; land, buildings,
machinery, etc. (after, reserves for depreciation of $6,397,771), $5,122,453;
patents
(less
amortization),
$83,713;
sundry
accounts
an$

Smith,. Merchandise.- Manager,--has resigned to open a
to corsets, underwear aud accessories.—VV163,
'
'

; yR' was further announced on
to give the company a capacity

29

$14,099,797
10,343,604

expenses_vrr._,-,«^« ':, 2,835,554

ASSETS—Cash; $2,046,557;

counts

shop devoted

President".

66

300

general,

—.

:

amortization—.—...r—

and

V;' ?

Conri.-r-Pr6motions—

bottling plant under construction in Cleveland, Ohio,
tion, probably about the end of .October;; according to

66

,'.i if. A'

CONSOLIDATED

Bondy Joined the company in 1933 dnd Mr/'Montanye in 1936t

Newell, C.

Red Rock Bettling Co. of

300

M)

and

Net profit
Dividends declared

Jack Montanye'and Lester Bondy have been-appointed merchandise
Councilors, according .to Daniel S. Van Dyk+ President, w. \
1

Production of 4his

48,

♦

■

?Ei

48
.

Bateman,- Eichler & Co.(
Bear, Stearns St Co.——

.

(D. M.X Read Co., Bridgeport,

300

—

inter-company sales__/,.«_l
exclusive of depreciation

"

.

p,

105

—

sold

Miscellftneous,. deductions
Proyi§iop for Inderal and state, income taxes

300

Co

of. products

Gross income

...

Lovelace; President bf' Capital Research and Manage*.

B.

ment

/

66

.

Allen' &

■>,

■

ii'

Other income:-'^»*—«.w-.—

v;;.:'

^■ v:

®
Rayonier, Inc.—New Director, Etc.-nJonathan

•

specialty

Adamex'Securities Corp

;•'*

.

'•/'dperating-'pvofit

operate.air-carrier: service:v.'^otvuhderwrtttien.,.x.

enter¬

sales/ exclusive of

Depreciation
y$0;4i

par. '

,

each

u-

Selling; •-administrative'

company on Aug. 5 filed a letter of notification with the SEC'
10,168 shares i$l- par) common, and 21',500' shares of 6 preferred,.'
Offering price, $1 a share each.
Proceeds will be used to

$1

purchase from (a) Atlas porp.,' and (>b) the corporation.
the exercise; 61 option rights are as fpllows: ,
,
>f
*'

l

Net

Corp., of Los Angeles, Cal., has been elected a director, succeed-*
-4, ing Eugene Bashore. William F. Weberhas been elected Secretary. All
other officers were re-elected.—V. 16/3, p., 1436.,
and the
i
severally

purchasers
which

it

Rockwell Manufacturing Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings,-etc.
(-1/ giX MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 1946
;.1'■ j:'

i

With,

The

for

,

in

last, and on

15., A like amount was disbursed on Feb. 1,
1945.—V. 163, p. 1034. ..-•* -

''A'-''

.

a holding company.
Its subsidiaries are engaged
production, distribution and exhibition of- motion, pictures,;. ih

operation of theatres

v'

Cost

-The Corporation is

*

In the

V

•

feainier Air Freight Lines, Inc., Seattle—Files

organized

ovr

-■■■.

V.:

....

Aug.

•;:.•>!

,

sation jof the corporation's predecessor, Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp.
(Md.), approved and effectuated in proceedings under the National;
Bankruptcy Act in the District Court for the Southern District of
New. York.

427,,..;,

164,. p,

record

33-41

share

-

—

Feb:. 1 and Sept. 1,

-J83,62

/

Dividend

directors on Aug. 6 declared a dividend of 75 cents per share
stock, no par value, payable Sept. 3 to holders of*

the -common

on

$2,872.24

collateral; trust: 3"^4^,; bond"—-—-.J-—
cum., conv.; preferred share, $50"par_^

-V.

I'-'■

^ history, AND BUSINESS—Corporation

1946i. the company ;
pf its outstanding securities.as follows:,-.. .

Per 4%

atr

1945. '

Delaware

reports net asset coverage
Per

Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.—75-Cent

r

;• Tlie

31,'

/ upon' rilarket * quotations' as * of July

Per common

debt of subsidiaries of the corporation

1946,

Based

-

•

YEARS ENDED APRIL 30,

1946 * ': 'i945' ! 1944
$30,718,520 $27,047,250 $24,354,442

.

—i.————
$1,214,468
Operating profit
other income.———.-j.—-—, ■V .6,996,

$1,258,704

$1,221,465
— •138,008
income.
628,000

$1,262,068

income

Total income
Prov.

Fet

.

—

deductions^

for Federal

income

-V, 164, p. 465,

taxes on

$455,457

$1,380,454

3,364, /

Total

Gross

.,

20,616,461

26329,362. 23,i46,4l6; "A cle
1,999,498
2,656,285
2,224,827
359,709
517,311
*417,956
:
Crl,6^2 %
1,091
Cr653

35,709.

,

46,611

$1,427,065 /
vV

37.882

881,013

"

1,014,538

$345,345

$374,6441

y

960

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Ross Aircraft Corp., New York—Files

With SEC—
notification with the SEC

The company on Aug. 7 filed a letter of
for 50,000 shares ($1 par) common/ Offering
ceeds will be- used for working capital. Issue

Scandinanian Airlines
Formation

Nilert,

who

Danish

this

will

for

output of this company for the week ended Aug.
10,
2,415,000 kwh., as compared with 2,073,000 kwh. for the
responding week last year,; an increase ot 16.5%.—V;
totaled

will

which

offer

Total ry. oper.
Maint. of way

was

signed

unit,

of

Trafic

expenses

All

oper.

•

,

A.

named

President

Norlin,

the

of

President

of

the

Swedish

t-y: J-.-

-

Net rev.

.

rents

combine.

new

Mr.

Net

S.

for Swedish
Intercontinental Airlines,
will
work in
with Max Wcstphall, U. S. representative for the Danish
and. Cap|. Gert MeidelV U. S. representative for the. Norwegian

representative

;

The Scandinavian Airlines System will
the three companies. < In addition to

-.Service

shortly be "offered

will begin

modified

to

''' ..!■

.

■

».

t

i

..

.n..,;..'.,.

5,740,502
er377,740

>

Bank at Dallas,

ii ,n i.

iii'n'iiin

i >i

..

20,053,171
12,826,936

■

i imih 1

,

TRANSFER

J.i',..

1

income.

oper.

4,158.342

17,705,990

The

26,142,252

783,324

3,909,789

3.279,303

4,951,751
.46,087

5,643,215

21,615,779

1.907,035

1,932,346

12,236,564

29,421,55a
297,860
11,698,492

......

405

565

,

.......

deductions

charges.
Total conting-. charges.

seat

with

but

fleet

a

28

to. South

of

North

America,

Net income of S. P,
Transp.
System..^
•Net loss of solely con,

Via Africa,-

DC-4's,

seven

which

been

have

the <,ships are roomy
Stockholm will be a terminal;fpr.
although

passengers,

enough,to carry, up to<60 persons.
all .flights with'landings being'made" at
flights.

Oslo

Copenhagen

and

on

456,320;

BUSINESS—Company

Co;

nature
on

June- 6. 1933.
of company's

discount

a

cos;^.wadjust. (Cr)_.

tConspl.
tponsoL -adjust.

'

alternate

2,998,629

^rolled. affU:>

.

,

.

3,678,272

8,922,321

174,805

(Dr)._

*

179,922
'

......

notes

and

and

conditional

sales

appliances,,
commercial, industrial

Boeing Stratocruisers
and
they wiil be placed into
tthe DC-4's.
V".
The new

of

the"

for

on

the

next

to

service

year,

v.

certain

;andf,establishes. ;a board

for five years,

income

cofnpany'of six members, two from each
the", chairmanship rotating annually kmong~ Denmark,
is

located

at

^

Park

270

Ave.,

y

Schulte Real Estate Co., Inc.—Calls

Payment, at
of

the

..*

19.538,871

of

V. 164, p. 869.

for

series
ments

2018,
4.

The

.

Chase National Bank

Sept. 15,

Pine

St.,

pointed transfer agent of

the

the

stock

v'r.Al; v

'-V.'V-.'1

'ifsrt.

**

-•

($10 par

'

' v

..<"

contracts

secured by liens on automobiles,
furniture, and other miscellaneous
household articles and equipment.

;

•

.

of

$10,000,000

common.

of

&

Co.,

is

it

said,

the

agent;

Illinois

HISTORY

Seeger-Sunbeam

it! Earnings

Corp.—Earnings—

ated

May 31,'46

Gross sales:

>

loss from operation_____
Net loss for periodst

i..;

* After miscellaneous other income and

on

*475,070

estimated

carryback

taxes.-r—V. 164. p. 596.

few

credit

Fiano Co.,
Urban J .Alexander
Co.,

Inc.

(Ky.)—Stock

Offered—

After

that

a

full
The

the

selling

organ -department
was
department.
A
few
years

rounded

partment
-

for

an

graph-radio
¥

department

a

music

house,

records

qualify

tion

operates

orchestra

Company

until

several

years

selling musical merchandise

t

which

it

chised.

had

various

and

ago

was-

retail

at

in

high-class

musical

Today the company is not only

territory

territories

or

merchandising

lines

in

2?'caPital
Of

the

the

company

was

recently

canital

for

the

Net
Cost

last

few years

consists

stock

increased

or 4%,

,

'7;

dividends

same

of

were

paid

by

the

company

on

at

The

the

regular

rate

of

$4

v

.

,

of

the

now

exnansion

which

experiencing.—V.

cash

dividend

share

per

x

for

($100

the

/

,

addi¬

secure

believes

the

com¬

323.

$524,577

.1

• >i'

$662,697
7,079

oh

company

Aug. 5 filed

letter

a

of

notification

for 3,363 shares ($10 par) series A
5% preferred;
*v.*£ par) series 3% preferred and
6,161^ shares ($10

price,- $10

ing
"for

dollar

•

series

B

for

and

accounts

Preferred

trade

to

are

purchasing
trade

each.
be

the

series

accounts

exchanged
balance

payable.

The

is

A

for
to

2,278

assets

be

shares

which

exchanged

common

is

to

be

exchange

for assets of a going
business, except
shares which is being reserved for
conversion

-.

cash

received

There will be

no

from

the

sale

Is

to

be

the

($10

to

used

for

for

the

the

of

preferred

corporation

dollar

issued

of

:Th

the SEC

shares

par) common.
Offer¬
to be exchanged dollar

is

payable;

with

6,581

dollar

cash

extent

preferred

for

-

-

;

The company
for

2,500

writer,
Price

shares

Robert

and

of

in

1,161

series A.

working

capital.

underwriting.

to

'

public,

on

Aug. 9

class

B

filed

a

letter

non-voting

P.

Bennett,
240
$30 per share.

".capital,




-

of

notification

common

stock

(no

Reynolds '. Terrace,
Proceeds

will
^

be

with

the

par).

Orange,

used

for

'

on

Earned

share

$30,981

.

so

Period End. June 30—

The

33,422 i*

$35,578,756 $33,488,465-

;

$15,591

$23,498

64,403

.

=

for

each

the

of

July

on

1,

423,253 shares

.'

20,

1946,
of

of

such

one>

stock

1946.

bbbv-;

stockholders

will

outstanding $4.50

■

Inc.—Refunding Planned—
vote

Oct.

2

on

approving

plans

to

refund

cumulative preferred stock

new

a

,

Standard Life Ins. Co, of America—Files With SEC—The company on Aug. 12 filed a letter of notification with the 8EC
for -29,110 shares of common stock (par $10).
Stock will be offered

subscription to stockholders at $10 per share.
purchased

1, 1946.
Unsubscribed shares will be
by
Alfred MacArthur, Chairman and

1946-r6 Mos.—1945

<

distribution

the

to

stock

June

on

and issuance of

32,864

^

146,365
2,447

1946—Month—1945

rev._

10,063,962

through the creation
preferred issue.
On Dec. 31, 1945, the company had
Outstanding 200,000 shares of
$4.50 cumulative preferred and 3,163,277 common shares.—V.
163*
p. 2770.

$15,702

Vice-President.

$15,240,939 $13,959,615 $88,669,163 $82,350,912
22,666
18,820
136,772
132,226

revenues___.

Uncollectible oper.

8,930;23O

*9,771,724

common

2300.

for

Operating

..

*13,465,060

Standard Brands,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.~^Earnings.
.

■

4,760,247
1,175,780
4,775^000
1,422,000

The aggregate par value of the shares*
distributed ($4,232,530) has been charged to earned
surplus.—V. 163#

p.

8,788

"

14,234
2,249

*

1-

987,619
4,275,000

b

225,000

4,831,047

—'

•

,

$2,136,246-

adjusts. & contings..^—

giving; effect

of

outstanding

48,565
22,509
2,558

mortgages and notes

notes

sav.
i

surplus

♦After

1944

$14,897

expenses

225,000

inc., less tax

oir

for post-war
stock

Capital

428,808
149,552

10,398
-

425,240

$2,023,306
-

%Fundedrdebt^^-^^^_:>^i-_-_

$611,258
8,411

169,510

31,381

Net profit
—v.'164, p. 323.

Operating

revenues.*..

Operating

expenses^—

Operating taxes

Proceeds

will

be

Rights expire Oct.
at $10'per sharer
Pierce, Executive
general corporate pur^-

Hyman

used

for

A.

poses.

Sterling: Drug:, Inc.—Division Increases Output—

$15,218-273l$I3,940,795 $88,532,391 $82,218,686.
•

11,301,935

8,747,402

2,015,482

3,615,925

—

63,104,054
12,746,574

50,270,656
22,053,341

"Gastron"

Net
Net

income^--.

oper.
income-

$1,900,856
1,625,523

$1,577,468 $12,681,763
1,378,776
11,395,008

$9,894,689
8,296,824

of

at

$20.50

per

common

of
so

stock;

thereafter

long

as

any

N.

J. 1
working

for

shares of preferred stock for eight shares
until August 31, 1950 at the rate of one
one
share of common stock, and there¬

chase

to

their
vertible, 5%
for

a

TO PUBLIC—The
allow the company's

pro

rata

part

of

the

underwriters

stockholders
12,500

shares

for

and

of

vl

Salts

Foster

will

be

added

the

to

list

of

former

preparations taken over by Stearns.-1—-

fall

homes

production

exclusive

an

were

Chairman.

announced

The

nature.

unit

Mr.

Knowlson

indicated.

'

.

v

Contracts
clude
'

agreed with the
opoortunity to pur-

preferred stock, con¬
cumulative, ($20 par) at $20 per share plus dividends
period of 15 days from the date of filing of the charter amend¬

Bile

and

by this corporation of a small heating*
today by James S. Knowlson, Presi¬
has been advanced through all phases
of
engineering and field testing end will be marketed in limited)
numbers, the latter part of 1946, Mr. Knowlson said.
Incorporating certain principles of the corporation's "South Wind"
aircraft heating equpipment, the new heater will provide advantage

have
an

Holadin

597.

for

Plans

dent

of such preferred stock is outstanding at the
preferred stock for four shares of common stock.

OFFERING
company

p.

unit

part at any dividend paying date on 30 days'
dividends. Convertible prior to August

seven

preferred stock

rate of five shares of
SEC

or

and

164,

Stewart-Warner Corp.—To Produce Heating Unit for

share and

1948 at the rate of

in- short supply be¬

Homes—

Entitled to dividends at fate of $1
per share per annum, cumulative
June
l,
1946, payable quarterly March, June, Sept. and Dec.

after

Under¬

V.

from

31,

have been

which

demands

Fairchild. Brothers

Texas, in July offered 12,500 shares of 5% convertible
cumulative preferred stock at par ($20
per share), plus
dividends.

notice

"Pepsencia,"

in obtaining raw materials and because of in¬
by physicians, are gradually becoming more readily
available, according to Dr. J. Mark Hiebert, Vice President and Gen¬
eral Manager of the Frederick Stearns & Co. Division.
Dr. Hiebert
also announces
that 'oy late Fall of this year it is expected that

Southwestern Investment Co. (Texas) — Preferred
Stbck Offered—Schneider, Bernet & Hickman, Dallas,

Redeemable in whole

and

difficulties

of

cause

creased

is
for

Ski-Bike, Inc., Montclair, N. J.—Files With SEC—
•

v
—

Accrued Fed; taxes

V

/

444,728

$21,237
10,144

—

income

Interest

share

.

583,054

LIABILITIES—

U- $655,617 .^-$602,847

350,662
148,023
4,655

333,959

—1,422,000
11,417,445
11,394,297

for depreciation

-

1945

17,473

sales

313,495

tax—est

—Calendar Years—

:

1945

$1,925,752

$35,578,756 $33,488,465

Holadin

The

less reserve

payable
Sinking fund payment

—:V. 164, p. 428.

Simpson Steel Corp., Azusa, Calif.—Files With SEC—
r

profits

excess

Total

1926-1929

30

shares)

t

management
p.

and allowances

income

adequately

the

164,

^

EARNINGS

.

3,397,364
14,589,853

-

of

assets,
Deferred charges

Outstanding
399,900 shs.

«

$1.37

stock

13,598,891

—

refund

Permanent

used^^ for the rehabilita¬
the increase of working,

Authorized

$1,278,569'

100%

$6,682,666
2,983,205

—

500,000 shs.

after

,t|

Sundry other accruals

OF

outstanding

1946.

1,

assets

Accounts

for

par)

income

com¬

three com¬
panies—Shackleton Piano Co., Louisville,
Shackleton's, Lexington, Ky.,
and Kentworth Corp.,
Louisville, Ky.—and to enable it to

is

as

period

367,031

$2,120,495
$2.36
stock

common

receivable

Postwar

furniture,
Supplemental lines

the

$542,051

Miscellaneous

the

exception
paid at different

period.

(

care

until

3,637,000;

1946

Inventories

hav^ consisted

the

$200,000 to
$200,000 has been

present financing is to
expand the operations of the

take

and

sales
of

Total

stock

common

1 PURPOSE—The pu.pose of the
tional operating cap'tal to

pany

Accounts

rugs, carpets, and
The volume of sales

time.

405,512
1,300,000

taxes—esti.

share

common

shares

profits

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET JUNE

Reserves

(50c

goods

Other

from

year

has been

to
1909

1943.

$7,2^^,056
1,932,450

ASSETS—

$1,000,009 annually,

Operating expenses
Depreciation

*$400,000

1928 to 1946 inclusive, with
Substantial stock dividends have been

of three years# times during that

time

sales

Returned

authorized
in, and $100,000 of the increased
capital authorized has been
offered to present stockholders who will
subscribe; for this allotment.
remaining $100,000 is offered for public
subscription.
stock

from

increase from

excess

Total

The

DIVIDENDS—Cash

to

(INCL. SUBS.) 4 '
1946

Cash

built

Oklahoma,

Outstanding

paid

mon

stock

Net

$400,000
of

stock

total

such

&

paid July

a

city

Texas.

merchandise

30

The earnings for the quarter ended June 30,
1946 follows: gross
earnings, $3,142,057; expenses, $1,121,980; depreciation, $202,166; Fed¬
eral income taxes—estimated, $690,000; net profit, $1,127,911;
earnings
per common share, $1.28.—V. 163, p. 2900.
*•

the

Authorized

($10 par)
structure

company

Kansas,

June 30;'46

fran-

operating, company

an

'

A

capital

of

6 Mos. End.

Gross

in

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT
FINANCING

$400,000.

continued

SUMMARY

musical merchandis'ng field for about one-half
of the State
Kentucky, but is also a holding company for Shackleton's of Lex¬
ington in the retail musical
merchandising business for approximately
the other one-half of
Kentucky, and is the holding company for
Kentworth
Corp.
and Wasco Realty
Co.

Common stock

lines"

operating company only,

an

the

retail

""The

"hard

so-called

enlargement of facilities
for expanded operations.

Common

of

-

the

by 4h0 company

v.

repair

b

2,453,339*

846,506

dividend

venture

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

de¬

Net profit
■"Earnings per

was

a

JUNE

$6,2<9,j46

income

♦On

with

was

The

MONTHS ENDED

Depreciation
Federal

■"

piano

a

servicing department,
an
organ repair and servicing department,
phonograph-radio repair
^and' servicing department, and band and orchestra
repair and servicing
department.

,

begun

was

FOR SIX

earnings
Expenses

Con¬

name

Wichita

and

years

Panhandle

time

census).

throughout

carried

and

capital

as

J _'i.

.

on

6 Mos. Ended June 30—

Company was
wholesale furniture

when

PURPOSE-^Nk proceeds ($254,745)

phono¬

a

to

.

the

on Sept.

dividend

Other

sales exceeded

when

"

.quarterly; dividend of 30 cAat$.
usuai quarterly
tnviaend pi

a

and

stock

Gross

Inc.

the

(1910

ensuing

the

Mart,

in

Business

time

a

accounts

lines

also 'started!

was

company

dealer

of

generally

added.

was

with

along,
in

order
instrument and

band

a.

of

added
ago.

at

which

felt base rugs, and nard surface floor coverings.1
of so-called "soft goods" such as wool and cotton

,

later

the

Mexico and

at

engaging

population

through

hundred

1946

implies.

Kansas

52,450

kindred items Were Added

Company was organized and incorporated on Jan. 15, 1927.
Com¬
pany's original . business consisted- of- the* selling, of pianos
only.
A
short time later' company added a*
small stock of sheet "music.
A
years

of

name

merchandise

primarily

$10) at $11 per share.

few

in

June,

Merchandise

purposes

accounts

New

General

;

Aug. 13 -declared

common

the $3.75 preference stock, the common dividend
6 to holders of record Aug.. 26, and the prefer¬
Sept. 20 to holders of record Sept. 10.
Prior to the distribution
in July
of a 100%
stock dividend, the
common stock in
February and May, this year, received cash dividends
of 50 cents eaoh on the then outstanding
423,253 shares.
■

was
originally incorporated
Wichita Wholesale Furniture Co; It oper¬

as

original

successful

Colorado,

Inc., and Bankers Bondt Co.,
Louisville, on Aug. 12 offered (to bonsl^fide residents
of Kentucky only)
10,000 shares of capital stock (par

Bank,

Chicago.
Registrar:
Trust Co. Chicago.

&

until

Southwest

the

the

several

up

Shackleton

1909,

approximately

proved

Bank

name

the

for
as

dealer

of

$1.20 Annual Dividend Basis—Net

a

94 cents per share on

BUSINESS—Company

12,

that

to

business

the

on

being payable

at $3 per share by Clayton

National

National

Jan.

organized

853,850
.,

First

AND

under

changed

$8,783,384 ;

Net

•

Kansas

in

for Nine Months Ended—

share

per

-

offered in July

was

tinental

on

733.

p.

Transfer

under¬

*

■

.

head

will

164.

s".

The directors ;on

-Jan.'1 to Aug.7

;

Authorized"; Outstanding12,500 shs.
12,500 sha.
40,000 shsw;

Earnings Higher—

1945 J 't
x 1946
j
1945 :
$5,886,262 $160,552,650 $209,423,908

$5,075,637

•

*The remaining 8^000 shares of common stoclc are reserved solely
be issued in exchange for any preferred stock tendered for con¬
164, p. '596. '

Stock Placed

Securities Corp., Boston; Sijls, Minton & Co., Chicago,
and Estes, Snyder & Co., Topeka, Kan.

14 that company: plans the early registration
preferred stock and
150,000 additional shares of

Morgan Stanley
160, p., 2760. ;

1946

Earnings

"

(A. E.) Staley Manufacturing: Coir—Increased Common;

specified in the bid.

Week End. Aug.7

50c)

*

announced Aug.

writers.—V.

to

RESULTS

.

ing Planned—
was

be

•

version.—V.

Southwest Merchandise Mart, Inc. (Kan.)-—Stock Of¬
fered—An issue of 99,900 shares of common stock
(par

Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury—New Financ¬
It

by

1947, will be received at company's office, room
York 5, N. Y., up to 12 noon, EDST, Sept.

,

ap¬

_

,.

v

in¬

value).—V. 164,

.

.

net

ence

—V.

City of New York has been

common

P'. 869.

in

surplus

against

New

dividend rate must

Gross

Inc.—Transfer Agent—

of

included

charged

purchase of .$7,880,000 vequipment- trust certificates
Sept. 15, 1946 and due in 10 equal annual install¬

dated

from

70

The

.

.

Schuster & Co.,

companies

Railway—Seeks Equip, Bids-

the

LL,

Period—

(Ed.)

affiliated

se¬

Sl cum; pfd. stock, conv.- (no-par)^-ii-i * 12,500 shs.
5% conv. ciun. pid. stock ($20 par)„-_->
12,500 shs,
Common stock (no
*48,000 shs.

Mexico.

P.

Southern
Bids

Debentures—„

unpaid accrued interest at 6% from June-1,
redemption, will be made at The Chase National
New York, trustee, 11 Broad St.', New York.—

of

City

solely controlled

S.

of

of

Transportation System,
paying companies.-^V. 164, p. 733.

plus

par

1936, to the date

P.

S.

Co.

:

-4,060,248

-(Representing interest on
solely controlled »affiliated companies not credited to
Transportation System.
^Representing dividends re¬

of.

of

from

come

.

The

Bank

bonds

ceived

company has called for redemption on Oct. 1, 1946/
$3,160,409
principal amount of its 15-year income debentures, due June;I, 19511
,

3.099,572

contracts

CAPITALIZATION—Giving effect to charter amendment filed July
24, 1946, increasing the authorized (no par) common stock from 40,000
shares to 48,000 shares and.the sale of 12,500 shares ($20
par) 5%
cumulative, convertible, preferred stock, the capitalization of the com¬
pany will be as follows:

York,

New

V

-

income..

net

^Excluding S.; P. R. R.

new

country with
Norway and Sweden.
The new company's office

Consol.

s

augment
VV-

agreement is. valid

directors

delivery

order, for
trans-Atlantic

are

purchasing from.;

sales

household
and

'■

Four

follows:

as

conditional

industrial

notes

s

124,000

8,338,906

business- Is

basis

equipment,
insurance
premiums
and
miscellaneous
and
equipment, acquired by the dealers on the time sales
Making personal loans direct to the public on automobiles and
miscellaneous
security and
on
an
unsecured
basis.
Rediscounting;

1,079,532

76,000

uudeif

,

articles

17;424,521

1,048,832

...u.-

Texas

plan.

J^7l862 ^Cr202,d$i.nrl,556;247-m^58,8i7

:

,

•

-

.

in

by purchase money liens on automobiles, refrigerators, stoves,
household furniture and other household
appliances, and commercial

676
-

-

organized

was

cured

household

service,

American

32,101

it

corporate name of Western Reserve Mortgage Co. on April; >10,
1930.
By
charter
amendment
dated
August
3d,
1930,
name
was
changed to Western Reserve Investment Co. and to Southwestern In¬

and

-Total income

fljt the Intercontinental-routes
the

„.

HISTORY

26,854,325 101.836,428
Cr351>109
63,381,751

4,859,891

793,409

AND
REGISTRAR—The Mercantile Nations^
Texas, will act as transfer agent and registrar,, •

the

:

vestment

income

AGENT

*

15,099,240

Drl,959,900 2^2,366,345 2)r9,499,445Drl2,312,425

—

Fixed

Schedules' will

••

fr. ry. oper.-.

ry.

Miscer.

company.

of

2.567,421

"" " 1

4,940,889
95,149;059

5,633,408
99,080,450
16,476,245

49,393,996

824,103

16,401,854

2,738,603

'

UNDERWRITERS—Schneider, Bernet & Hickman, Dallas, Texas,
have agreed to purchase from the
company ail ox the snares now
Offered remaining unsold after the
company has given its stockholders^
the privilege to buy these shares
pro rata.

$

•

cooperation

line,

' •

'

42,240,772
53,901,959

$

39,361,843

984,451

expenses

(net)

Other

Nilert, who has been U.

7,030,789

its. sub-,,

corporation and

sidiarles.

dealers

has -been

(SILA),

line

PROCEEDS OF FINANCING—The proceeds of this financing will;
be devoted to the following purposes: (l) to furnish additional capital,,
(2) to increase the credit limits of the
corporation, and (3) to expand
and to develop; the general v business of tho

1946—6 Mos.—1945

6,922,334
8,642.426

17,729,239

x......

The

shares.

of such

issuance

,

55,411,310 236,800,267 313,168,348

6,091,335

Railway tax .aceritals..
Equip, and Joint facility

.

Per

40,314,919

struc.

equipment...

other

'«

Regular trans-Atlantic service will begin Sept. 21. - Meanwhile, twice
weekly : charter service, is-being operated to relieve the backlog of
traffic and
heavy demands for reservations.
Connecting services to
all the major cities of Europe will be available through the' contlnental lines of the three companies.

..

&

Transportation expenses
-

'

:

revenues

Maint.

1.

Aug.

on

of the
group marks
the first time in aviation
that three nations have pooled their air.^services into-a single
Mr. Nilert said;
1

formation

The

history

1946—Month—1945 ;
$
$

authorizing the

remaining shares of the preferred stock are being offered for sale by
underwriter and, may be offered
for sale by certain selected
dealers, who are members of the N.A.S.D. Inc.

(Incl. Separately Operated Solely Controlled Affiliated
Companies),
Period End. June 30—

tjie United States to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.,' The agreement

•

"

(July 24, 1946)

Monday, August 19, 194&

♦

the.

cor¬

Southern Pacific Transportation
System—Earnings—

pool
equipment and
regular service from

will

(SILA)

Airlines

operation

joint

ment*

1946,

164, p. 869.

(Scandinair)—Formed

System

System was

Intercontinental

personnel

Electric

,

Pro¬

announced-on Aug. 14 ,by Tore H.
head the group's activities in North America.
The
(DDL),
the
Norwegian
Airlines
(DNL)
and
the

-Airlines

Swedish
'

of

price, $5 a share.
not underwritten.

Southern Colorado Power
Co.—Weekly Output—*

J )

.:*»

B-50

now
being filled for "South Wind" aircraft heaters in¬
Boeing Stratocruiser, Martin 202, Lockheed 75, Army Boeing
and North American P-82-E. and Navy Lockheed P2V-2.

Two

types of "South Wind" automobile heaters

are

also

being pro¬

at a rate of over 2,000 units daily
Mr. Knowlson said.
The
corporation's South Wind Division is' in Inaianapolis.—V,: 163, p., 2999*.

duced

;

(Continued

on page

995)

Volume

164

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4517

Stock Record

961

New York Stock

«»

Exchange

DAILY RANGE OF PRICES

WEEKLY VOLUME OF TRADING

YEARLY RANGE OF SALE PRICES

FOR EVERY LISTED ISSUE

LOW AND
'

Saturday

Monday

Aug. 10

Aug. 13

I per share

$ per

67%
STOCK

$ per share

70%

70

%..* i m
108%

i/v v

EXCHANGE

*132

—

*1073/4

145

49%

*49%

20%

20%

60

603/4

32%

32

32 Va

133/4

133/4

13%

13%

513/4

52%

51%

52%
130

41%

41%

53/4

♦41

7%

5%

■

70%

50

145

13%

49%

*49

32%

32%

32 J/8

32 %

13%

13%

13s/8

135/a

1,300

51%

51

51%

49

50%

*127

130

61

127

7%

<:

*413/4

61

600

130

20

7

53/4

7

2,300

Alaska Juneau Qnld Mtn

1,200

♦56%

563/4

*66%

56 %

56%

56 3/4

57%

68%

66%

66 %

67%

673/4

57

56%

57%

57

57%

56

•110%

112

*110%

24%

25

25%

1943/4

113

195

.

56%

111

25

5%

66%

55

55

195%

193

193

V

273/4

28%

•106

273/a

28%

27%

273/8

36%

36%

363/4

36%

363/4

36

36

52%

,,

51%

52%? 52s/a

523/a

523/4

51%

52%

107

*106

473/4

48%

34

34

> 107

106

106

*26%

273/a

4

*105 Va

273/a

48%

47%

48%

*333/4

34%

34

34

Alleg A West Ry 6% gtd

6

13

>

47%
33%

122

Allied Kid Co

4%

10%

10%

10%

10

9%

93/4

66

*58

,p>

-1

83

*81%

*61

66

*60

9%

*59

65

83

83

83

84

82%

823/4

47%

48%

47

47%

47

47%

16

153/4

15%

15%

41

41%

41%

15%
■41%

47%
15%

47'/2

15%

411/4

411/4

41

41%

85

85

83%

83%

*83%

84%

*20%

*21

21%

563A
*133

22

56%

56%

*133

135

11

10%

11%

21

56%
11%

100

100%

101

207%

206 V*

207%

703/4

,703/4

703/4

71%

71

126

*123
31

*123

126

313/8

31

•115%

117%

*116

*143%

145

144%

•27

28

27

108

72
83/4

i?

28

28
9

8%
123

46%
93/4
•53%

46%
10

1%
14%
♦106%
•14

2

35 %

♦115

v

93/4

?

2%

*26%

251/4

9%

,

23/a

2

14%;

8%
21%
253/4

21%

8V1
*120

34%
*110

47

9%"

9%

3,900

107%

10,600
102,200

14

,14

14

*14

14%

*13%

*13%

13%

13%

343/4
35%
*115
115%

34%

2,500

13%

*13%
35V4
*115

V.

f-

2%
141/4

*108

13%
35%
115%

114

*108

14

2,400

Hide

Rights.-'

American Invest

Monday
A«*. 12
t per share

Aug. 10
f per there

35%
STOCK

106

*

CLOSED

ft

37

35%

157%

16

''16%

18%

50

I

2C%

20

20

37 %

36

156%

*156

157

157%
16%,
50

49%

49

49 Va

18 V4

18 3/4

17%

18

1,800

16.200

133%

132

133

131%

132

122

120

120%

X40%

64

64

*56

47%

♦166

'

48%

44Vs

44

61%

613/4
198%

93 %

93%

/

•56

57%

700

*25%

27 Va

400

48%

260

62%

63%

185%

61%
62
185% 185%

4,100

185%

63%

44%

36

37 v#

36

198

96

■

170

96

653/4

65%
*117%

23%
613/4
175

;r

11

11%

*76

82%

174

-

66 3, 'a

1173/4

23%

10%
*76

:

600

168

•

:

118%
22%

62%
178

61%

*117%

62

*174%

7,700

6,600
140

66

4,600

118%

300

8,300

105

100

61% A 61

103/4

*76

500

6,600

93

5,900
2,300
3,800

;

174

174

10%

10%

.

82 Va

ft

47%

473/4

47

47%

46

46%

45%

45%

493/4

49%

49%

49%

50

50%

51

50%

51

*54%

543/4

54%

54%

54

54V4

54%

*112 '-ft 113%

*112%

& *59 %

60

*60

21%

21%

*21%

21%

18

18

18 Va

18%

*73/4

8%

61

60

.

21%
19

60

21%
19

*1123/4

114

*59%

A 37%

37 Va i

16%

ft'ft 16

*132 -; 133%
♦161
163
For

footnotes

see

page

r




971.

'-

37% V.'37 %
16

*132%
♦160

16%
133%
163

7%

*37
•

16

,7

38

-ft". 16%

133%
163

7%

207/a

*17 Va

*59%

133%
163

Jan

Jan

V%

Jan

*117%

Nov

40

Nov

91

9

38% Jan

28

5

68% Jan

*«%

May 10
16% Jun
5

Nov

15

Deo

26

Jan

May 22

108

Jan

119

7% Jan

Range Since January 1
Lowest
Highest
I per share
$ per share

32% July 24
17

♦363/4
15%
133
*163

37
i>

157/a

133 Va

ft 164

60

?

ft; ft

18%
7%

36%

fts

15

43% Jun

4

Jan

24

3*

163

July 15

15% Aug 16

17 Va July
60

Jun 21

10% Jan

179

24%

2% Jan

Feb

186

Feb

14

Apr

11%
176

43

50% Feb

July 26

160

Jan

Apr 25
50% Feb
4

27% Jan

9.

43

No par

28% Jan

2

Jan

184

49

100
100

July 30

147

99

Oct

Jan

38

Dec

17%

Jan

31% Nov

32

Aug

44%

40% Jan

41%
153

158

Jan

8

47% Jan

8

67% Apr

Telep & Teleg Co
100
American Tobacco——————^..25

3

Common class B——..25 '

American Viscose Corp——*.14 ?
5% preferred
100

61% Feb

78

117% July 22

121

2t

Jan

29

Dec

31

Dec

Aug

£ 60

Dec

Jan

151

Deo

128%

29% Jan
157
65

Jan

No par
100

90

91%

Oct

145% Jan

161%

Dec

May 28

43% Mar

69%

Dec

Jun

24

116%

y

Sep

28% Jun

5

27

110% Feb

9

3

70% Jun

5

/ 0

182% Jun

5
29

121% Mar

100% Mar

15% Jan

128

July 23

Jan

3

8% Jan
99%
.

26%

Jan

112

Jan

79
f

3

Jan
s

,

fy

9

^ \1

•

;:

90

May

140

5% Mar

Deo

11%

Dec

83

60% Jan

8:

Dec
Nov

31% Deo

:

93/4 Jan

1

25

Dec

65% Jan

9

Feb

104

Dec

63% Nov
196% Nov

Jan

29% Jan

par

No par

Aug

43%

41

100 % May 17

174 V July

26

50% Nov
164

Jan

22% Jan

99% May 21

80% Feb 26
158% Jan
2

100

Apr 10

Apr
Feb

17%

18

200% Jun

.

Amer

Nov

68% Dec
181
Deo

27%

May 10,

185% Feb 26
80 3/4 Feb 26

Am Sumatra Tobacco..—±.JNq pat

Mar

30% Dec

Jan

18%

38% July 11
58% Feb
6

No

Jan

15% Jan

6

172

8

39% Mar 13

Dec

95% Dec
19% Dec

164% Jan

100

—

104 %

75

&

No par
No par

Preferred

13% Nov

80% Jan

16

.———.100
...—25

Dec

39% Nov
142% May

54% Jan

52

preferred—

Nov

19%

1
6

23

4

41

Jan

133% Aug 13
8

10

Jun

$ per share

.Mar

130% Jan

123% Aug

17% Janv 3

No par

21

11% Mar

73% Jan 29

Amer Zinc Lead & Smelt

Nov

Apr. 10

22% Jun

3

60% Mar

153/a

'132

132

*163

164

Anaconda Copper Mining

500

Anchor Hock Glass Corp

100

36%

.-

123

I per share
'

3

41

No par

Anaconda Wire & Cable—.

20

ft;/:

20%

*7%

V.

Oct
41% Deo

24

25% Jun

Feb 25

33% Mar
140

106 V4 Jun

Amer

Preferred

14%

.Year 1945
'
Lowest
Highest

67% May 14
33% Feb
6

550

113%

*17%

7%-ft

45% Mar 21

104% July 16

5

Elec

14% Deo
103

An

15

353/4 Jan

&

*

Jan
Jan

9

44% Jan

23% July 24
39% Mar 4

Wks

Dec

70

41% Aug 13

$6 1st preferred
American Woolen

Deo

-

23/a Aug 14
18% Mar 30

108% July 12

Am Water

Dec

109

3

preferred

10 %

58

Apr 24

26

6%

Jan

47 "'Mar

118

2

Co

109% Deo
66% Dec

28

27% Jan

American Snuff

Mar

Nov

Jun

<■;>
'

7.700

54%

ft 20%

19

7%

::

113%

ft:

6C%

20%

*54

'

8%

*77/s

130

3

Smelting & Refg

Deo
9% Dec

"2%

28

97% Jan

-Preferred

Oct

67
f

20% Jan

15% Jun

88 3/4 Jan

$5 prior conv preferred

47%

1123/4

12% Jan

21

par

Sugar Refining

22%

22

*105

174%

10%

•

.

■■■•■

Deo

149

96

£■

May 11

553,4 Jan
63

26

par

American

200

613/t

*48 3/4

113% T'-y,

Feb

-No

Stove

169

65%

107

54%
1123/4

118
v

July 23
114% Aug 2

v'

47

129% May 15
44% Apr 15

3

—No

1,100

154%

42

156% Dec

8

14% Jan 29

T

Abr

6

28% Aug

3

15

33

par

100

non-cum

Nov

,

10

12% Feb 26
11% Mar 12

No par

American

95%

95
169

66%

22%

82 %

Jan

July 10

23% Jun

21

<Jan

Jun

11% Feb

4>

Jan

1% Aug
6
11% Jan 22

com___No_par

400

197%

*91%
■».,

170

66%
*117%

<

197

953/4

170

*104%

10%

75
<■

95% Feb

6%

•

52

*60%

93

92

ft" 95

23%

-

Jan

127

112% Mar

28

Rolling Mill
10
preferred..—100
American Safety Razor
18.50
American Seating Co
No par
Amer Ship Building Co
No par

♦151

♦76

108

9
1

Feb

99% Jan

conv

153
153
61%
61%
1973/4 198 %

a. 10%

27

110

1*
14

4%%

*50

82%

Jan

Oct
Dec

67% Dec

Range for Previous

Preferred

,

50%

10%
,

96

Dec

112%
199

Jan

10

Feb

164% Jun

American

50%

105 %

176

97

_1 *

San'y

34%

1173/4

40% Jan
150

17

Feb

39.

May 28

Deo

55% Oct
135
Jan

10% Aug
89%

Jun

23%
'■

I833/4 Jan

132% Mar 20

46% July 17
# July 23

No par

$6 preferred
$5 preferred——.
Am Rad & Stand

34%

663/4

1

15

72 3/8

54% Mar 14

ft

.—,,.100

Co

Light

35

62%

175

44 V4

510

News

Power &

35

223/4

63%

"

No

American Stores

;•<*

105%

106

61%

ft

American
Amer

1,800

94%

105

100

38

96 Va
170 -ft

66

*105

*433/4
•166

167%

43%

.

17% Feb

210% Mar 29

32% Mar 15

—1

preferred

38

96%

170

118

23

106

6%

373/4

61%

Jan

106% Jan

10

6% Jan

113

1

Amer Steel Foundries

1983/4

136

80

15% Aug

/49% Nov

&

1,900

93%

963/4
170

,170

118

♦166

,

Mach

43.

198%

Oct

19% Jun

10

111—

——

42%

154%

128

18

50

of

43%
383/b

*60%

94

Co

51%

*50%

25

May 16

14

30%. Jan
3% Jan
10% Jan

No

36

*153

198%

94

48

44 ft,

168

36%

.

.

430

26%
48%

43%

50 Va

25,300
108
'

186

*166

Mar

73/4 July 24

No par

American Molasses Co.—

20

39%107

57%

43%

50'/a

♦179%'

40%
107

26%
48%

303/4

198 3/a

107

14,800

57

43%
37%

:-.-T53..,-:> 153
61%
61%

180

39%

-

183/4
180

27%

*35 Va

;

*179%

41%

48%

63%
184

168

433/a

180

19

18%

57

273/4

185% 186%
ft-; *44

18%

*106% 107

56%

473/4
64%

19%

*179%

41%

X41

48

1

Amer Metals Co Ltd

2,900

107

14

18

30

103% Apr

20

Fdy Co—par
3.90% /cum preferred—100
Amer Mach St Metais
No par

3,600

121

40%

50%

60%

493/4

19%

1,000

1223/4

107

153%

174

80%

19

27%

50

23 Va

'

15%

122%

56%

*151

•105

15%

123

19%

Jan

64% Apr

100

Par
Amer

40

15%

18%

179% 179%

36

65%

1,600

15%'

50

19%

18%

37

117%

156%

,16

133

44%

95%

16

122

S

43

♦168

156% 156 Va

133%

27%
47%

36%

280

37

27%

*35%

600

20%
37

167%

44%
43

v

20%

19

185% 185 y«

*165

2,800

37%

,

88 V4 Jun

27% Deo

Shares

34
1053/4

37%

57

47%

33%
*105

132%

122%
18%
•179% 180
40
40%
107-107%

63%

f per share

34%
35
1053/4 1053/4

20%

49%

19%
133

18%

•27%

I per share

21

*16

2

Deo

41% Dec

,

29% Nov

NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE

the Week

■

35%
105%

38

*156
.

121

57

353/4

105%

37

*156

48%

35%

106%

RiIm for

Friday
Aug. 16

21

-,,37

131%

I per share

35%

20%

Thursday
■■/ft.,; Aug. 15

,

203/4 Jan -;
69 Va Jan

STOCKS

Wednesday
Aug. 14

106 %

106

20%

EXCHANGE

Tuesday
Aug/13 ft
tper share

43

Jan

Jan

Tiling

Locomotive

7S ,preferred

28

11

18% Jan

par

200

43% May

11% Dec
71
Dec

13%

stamped

Corp

115 %

*115

Sep

3% Jan

32% Jan

Amer Internat

-

Dec

35

34% Apr 22

par
100

American

Dec

56 %
v

3;

—

2,900

Dec

104%

3

American Ice————.—.No
6% non-cum preferred

34%

48%

/

Jan

Jan

Deo

/

24% Jan

Leather

&

/ 400,--

■■-■v

t

24% Jan

American Home Products..—..—.!
v

38 Va

Deo

36%

Dec

23.

May 27

Deov

94%

10

preferred

conv

Jan

194
/

10

American Hawaiian SS Co

6%

108
Deo
20% Deo

25

Foreign Power
No par
,%1 preferred—.j.———.—No pat
'%1 2d preferred A
No par
$6 preferred—..
—No par

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

Saturday

Co

Encaustic

American

20%

102%

:

19% Apr 24
45% Jun 10

114

Amer &

100

Jan

303^ July 30
July 30

par

American Export Lines Inc new__40

,

Jan f
13% Jan

1373/4 Feb

'

_

Amer European Sees

1,300
600

Distilling

American

300

.

1121/2
47'

114

14%
35%

,y

34%;

*108

114

Amer

4,100

,

r2Va
<;

14%

1.100
3,300

;

56 Va

1063/4

2ft

16

800

Deo

91

No par

Colortype Co
Crystal Sugar
prior preferred

4Va%

Doo

42%

Apr 25
91% May 29

90 V4 Mar 13

100

American

1,300

8%
124 ;

9%
*51
"

108%

14%

-

*46'ft

56%

500

Jun

74

53% Jun

1

129

Deo

60%

Jan

153 % Mar

39%

Deo

6%

,:.;15% Jan
27% Aug

30

Nov

27

Jan ftftft

18

Jan

July 29
62% May 31

21

100

American

-

-

12% Apr 25:

preferred
No

8%
1

22% Jan

63% May 27

9% July 23

Cable Inc

vf.

56

18% July 23
Jan 21

23

preferred

July 30
Aug
1

Deo
Dec

84%
i

108

57% Mar 13
120
Mar 5

&

28>

39

50
:•

Chicle

28

Jan

75

par

conv

Jan

1

196% Jan

Chain

5%

American

2%

28

1

100

non-cum

300

71

*81/4

83/4

Am

30

1081/2

70%
0

.

34%

*51

115

1%

.

Jan

Deo

66

122

•

.

Car A Fdy——JVo

American

Jan

29% Jan 28

145/8 July 24
Feb 26

No par

Preferred

200

27 V4 ;
271/4

v

*107

122

X107

14%

*27

-

2,500

142*

26%

*46%

55%

14

35%

i'>" wLbb

1163/4

22

34%

109%

2ft

115

<

■

30%

142

*110^; 113%

46%
10

30%

8%

8%
'

55%

.i

124

*114

71

X122

36*
114

46%

-:'

14%

13%

13%
35%
115%

*122%

27

253/4

...

•8%
124%

;

*112

114

14

14%

*13%

1,300

108%

*21%

l067/a

14

693/4

8%

.

27 C

8%
35

10

*106%

68%

,

28

71

9

22

56%

111

T:

14%
114

120

/■;

Jun

78

Co

6%
15%

212% Jun

33

Amer Cable & Radio Corp
American Can

7,300
2,200

31 Va

*107 V

1063/4

105%

10%

101%
207%

117

27

»

72

124%

114

*53

Vv

10%

143%

*27

,

27%.,
108%

*8%

8%

10

57

*30 3/4

28

26%

*453/4 -.46%

105

!03

Brake Shoe

;

...

Mar

50

«%*-•■; preferred --1„;

100 3/a

125 Vs

143%

*21%

353/4

*112

113

♦111

Am

■

39

Note..—.—..—to

preferred

6

61% May 28

Apr 25

79

American Bosch Corp——1

100

1,300

206%

70%

*1143/4

71%

>,

■

125

35%

31%

27%

28

♦123

.

35%

11%

*122

116

*107

8%

8%

123

♦343/4

20%
56%
135

101

70%

145

\ *27

22

27%

126

30%

713/4

21

20 Vs

*133

207%

*206

116

108

8%

83/4
21

207'/4
71%

144%

28

713/4

72%

20%

31

117

*107

Bank

6%

'

27% >27%

27

♦107

10%
101

101%

*123

:144%

P; 27 £

:

101%

American

30

Jan

82

28

ft

Airlines

1,700

Jan

89 y4 Jan

/

7

8% Apr
64% Apt:

Petrol Corp
No par
Agricultural Chemlcal.No par

.American

84%

56%

135

♦133

11%

*206

21

Amer

1.000

18,200

38%
ft 08%

8% Jan

46y4Aug 16
31% Jan
5

Amerada

1,900

■

8

Mar 30

12% Feb

26

453/4 Feb

50

'

135

11

100

40

*83%

57%

56%

83%
47%
15%

40

84%

201/4

56%

*133

83%

Nov

21%

51% May 27

;

2

Feb

103

...—No par

6 % conv preferred

Deo

34%

Doo

26

Amalgam Leather Co Inc——.1

3,800

61

471/4
153/a

v

153/4

*83%

21

56%

135

i

207%

,

9%

9%
'

66

47%

Apr

5

No pat

Alpha Portland Gem.

300

Jan

17

113

No par

Mfg

32%
22 %

25

33

Deo

1

3

No par

Deo
Deo

3

Jan

Mar

17%
35

21%

28'

Jan

21

preferred—..—..100

Allls-Chalmers

8,800

Apr

13V8 Mar

593/4 Apr

$.v

22% Jan

,

Jan

38

e

_

Allied Mills Co Inc

9%

25%

135

3

185% Jan

Allied Stores Corp

1

105

1

Deo

20% Feb

9

66% Aug 13

-No par

Jun

114

Jan

413/4 Jan

6% Aug
6
31% Feb 26

.

10
♦61

Jan

Feb

60

68 % Jun
V

July 24
Aug 16

49

116

24

May 28
243/4 Feb 18

4

31% Aug

100

Allen Industries Inc
Allied Chemical St Dye

,.200

46%

33%

■

——

7.900

-

107

*105%
;

Corp

High

111% Apr

X50
■

:

100

1,900

36%
51%

106%

47%

34%

*333/4

*27' :.;

:

36%

48%

48

i/44% Jan

52%Jan;

1,600
3,000

19

26

July 23

5% Jan

800

-

'

36

12% July 23

1

...

25 t

*24%
-

3,400

2

30% Feb

pf A with $30 war
100
$2.50 prior conv preferred-No
par
; Algnny Lud Stl Corp.
No par

600

'

'

Jan

ft; 19

5 Va %

1,400
;

.

112

25Vs

195V4

55%

•111

./• 114

Jan

May 13

jn

.

preferred

Allegheny

24,600

661/2

'

4% %

___

5%

55%

,

68%-^
56%

25

197

56'A

,

•111

196

196

113

25

"

25

195%

»

40%
102%,

5%

*67

563/4

lib

Aldens Inc common."..—5

40%
5%

4

iya Aug. 13
169

Highest

Low

84% May 13

10

Address-Mutigr Corp
10
Admiral Corp.
1
Air Reduction inc___
.—.No par
Alabama & Vicksburg Ry
lOu

6,000

r

12

2.50

*127

>

423A

53/a

127

7%

53/4

*59

Co

ftft*'v-:>ft

112

100

No par

Lowest

v.

% Aug
7
106 Va Jmy 11

Adams. Express ——
1
Adams-Millis Corp
No Par

1,200

14, '•

51
>•

603/4

32%

13%

preferred

ACF-Brill Motors
Acme Steel Co

1,000

3,600

61% Apr

Xear 1945

Highest

High

;

.

Abraham & Straus

1,300

49 %

20

19%

*100%
5%

"ft**

ftft^ftftft.—

.

135/8

60%

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Rights

41,600

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20%

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*107%". 108%

14

20%

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145

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Lowest

Par

71%
-

Range Since January 1
,

Shares

108%

ft/ft *130

7%
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EXCHANGE

313/4

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7%

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14% ft

-

71%

Range for Previous

NEW YORK STOCK

„

108%

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130

69%

Sales for
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(per share

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60

7

..

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32%

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72%

14 ft ft- ..ft'ftft 14

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Aug. 16

fper share

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50

20%

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Aug. 15

$ per share

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50

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14

20%

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share

i

145

13%

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ft

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CLOSED

HIGH

Tuesday
Aug. 13

ftft

1,100

—

$4

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Oil

Archer-Daniels-Midland

13,700
.

Corp

A P W Paper Co Inc

300

».

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300

Copper

Armour

& Co

4

51% Feb

6

29 Va

Jan

45 V2 Mar

4

60% Jan

14

38 Va

Jan

Mining

of Illinois

500

$6 conv prior preferred

300

7%

preferred

12.50

40

Feb

28

62% May 28

No par

preferred

Anderson, Clayton & Co

400

r-t

43 Vs Jan

50
No par

112

Feb

28

*114% Mar 21

43% Jan

7

21%
10

20% Aug 16

5

163/4 July 31
73/4 Jan
8

No par

26% Mar 22

20

9

No par
100

x64 %

:

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3

122% Jan

10

24% Jan
109
July

'49'

•

Nov

57% Deo
45

Deo

113

Dec

38% July

July 11:

49% Nov

12% Aug
4% Jan

23% Nov

273/b May 27

rf;

243/a Feb

8

103/4 Feb

5

40% Jun.

3*

18% May 28
139

July 18

172

Jun

25

:

9%

Nov

23%

Sep

30 %

Oct

6%

Jan

15

Deo

102% Mar

127% Nov

111

141

Mar

Nov

,

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Monday, August 19,

1946

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD

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1

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58
107%

57%

57%
107%

STOCK

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138 V,

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88

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57

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25

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par

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100

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preferred

116

104

73

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3

110

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15

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42

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7

142

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25

114

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136

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19 y4 Mar 14

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par

$3.25 §er of 1946-No par

Best & Co.
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....

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1

....

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22

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•

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Monday

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36

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112

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:

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12% Mar
120

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2

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128

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37%

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Dec
Dec

111%

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20%

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.

July 24

111

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101% Aug
1
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90-

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13

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7

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7% Mar

/LOO f Apr'' 41
75% Jan
2
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39% May 28
25% Jan
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110
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3

105% July
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24% Jan

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:

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14%

6

Jan

87

112% July 11,
40

Jan

15

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29% Feb 26

;Aug

22% Mar

May 28/

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15% NOV
05 / NOV
81

NOV

27%

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110

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7% Dec
28

Dec

101%
39

Feb
Nov

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7
7

50

Dec

19%

Jun 25

/

'

•

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8% Jan

25

•

52

12% Jan
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18

147

'58

17% July 24

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16% Mar
55

26
1

Jun

26

126% Jan

2

45% Mar

5

34% July 23
53

July 30

'27%

43

Deb

Sep

68

Apr

4

Dec

9%

Nov

6V4

>20

Apr
Mar

32% NOV

July 30

113%

May 29,

Jan

22% Feb

21V4 May 29
59% May 21 /:

137
May 23
61% Jun 17
34

Jan

30

•60

Feb

4

Feb

128%

Dec

47

Jan

56

>10%

Jan

20 %

Dec

>48%

Jan

72

Nov

Jan

21

Mar

„'• 56

Oct

Jan

135

Nov

:32

Mar

49

Dec

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7 /
16

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28

40% May 29 h

6

Highest
t per share

,:52%

8

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Mar

4 per share

share

47% Apr

,

16% July 23
124

Lowest

7 88

7

Feb

x30

-

Highest:'
per

3

—

Preferred A%

80

39%

Jan

class

37%

Jan

42%

"Jan

A—1
$3 preferred A
10
Carolina Clinch 6t Ohio Ry^.—100
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—.5
Carrier Corp
10
Administration

10%

59% Nov

20% July 22

3VaJan

par

Jun

Apr
Jan

46% Jun 11.

39

100
23

Oct
Nov

59% May 29

.54

Dry Ginger Ale .Inc—1.66%
-$4.25 preferred
1—1
No par

Dec

55

25

par

-—No par

Ap'r

Dec

%

35%

'

Range Since January 1

rl
8

45%

106 / July
21
Jan

f

3
22% Jun 13/

107.

<

Canada

Canada

Capital

•

134%-/ *•>133;/.: 133%
56%

700

^

preferred—:

Calumet

3,200

32 Va

5%

Callahan

40 %

37% Mar

Feb

21

60

California -Packing—..-.—No

/

ro.Ioo

67%

17% Mar

STOCKS

NEW YORK STOCKEXCHANGE •
'

Apr

47

23."
25% May 31.

t per share

1,200

^

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■

4

Dec

Dec

>«10% Mar

38 V2 Apr

108

•

100
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Dec

78

109

110% Mar 18

r

2 V

Jan

May

3
38% Apr 22

i

38

-.

Participating preferred
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Dec

23% Aug 16

•

^.Shares

18%

18

*17%

-

35
-

(A M)————-No par

Byers Co

the Week

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32%
,

Sales for
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'

>

134

*55%

•

"

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4%.
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8%

17%

rrttof
Aug. 16

j per share

'54%

4%

33%

& "Zinc—'

34%

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5

1

26

-;

8

Copper

Dec
Dec

3

70

95% Jun

common.——-10 /

preferred—100

4%%

300

v

40%

i

54

8%

17%

*55

.17% /is '/■:
67%
68%

"*40%

4%

42% Jun

'115

Terminal..—.—..—^/——1

Butler Bros

42%

42 V4

28

.7

16% July 23

-

'Bush

32%
112

Jan

36%

.

'

I per share

40%
54%:

.*

4%

53% Jan

.

18% Mar 14

^wv——100'
Bldg 1% preferred—100

Jan

24% July
33% Apr

>

9

10

120

preferred
——100
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preferred

Dec

52%

<

16

31% Feb

"3 Vi%

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Dec

25%

95

May 14

20% Feb

28%July30

■

38

Jan

Nov

49%
-

5

35% Jan

''SVa F*h 9A
106
Jun 10

•

72% Dec

Jan

20%

9

109% Jun

—.No par
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Dec

Jan

■

May 3.1:

91

42% July 24
30.
July 23

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Bulova Watch Co';

3

34% Jan

3

"110

33%

64

21

25

10

.

.

••'.

Dec

13 Va

155

'

-8

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98%

23

107% Aug 12:
11% Jan 23

15% July 23

par

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28%

J an

48

*

Apr 30

23% July 24
Jan

•

Jan

6

72

30% Jan

1,100

27/

r

Mar 18

Aug

65

10

61% Jun

26

104% Apr

-

110

/

6% July 24
.51

com——15

Co

Jun

.1

;

Thursday
Aug. 15

f

9 pen share

Inc

Co

$5 -preferred
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.200

.

.<

-

106

:

Buff Nlag El Corp $3.C0 pfd--—100

200

;
*

PRICES

Wednesday/-/
IAug. 14 t'■/:/i
,

135

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56

17%

-

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8%
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-

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SALE

HIGH

/.- Tuesday

26

7% -preferred—100
Budd (The) Co Common
No par

y-

Saturday
••Aug. 10 J;.3

44% Feb

J

...^._100

Bucyrtw-Erle

1

26

Shoe

Brown

20

116% 110%

-

preferred

cum

3,700

130

*26

A

Dec

17
*

69% July 9
48% May 13
57 % Apr 22

■#.%.

44% Jan

5

20%

100

27

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Corp—

Jun

73% Jan

lo

Dec

35%

10

112

.1

(The)

30

Nov

127

'

58%: Mar 13

■

Jan

18% Jan
114% May 22
xl08% Mar
35
Mar 26./
17% Apr

104% Jan

Brlggs &r.Stratton_..._^....No par:
Bristol-Myerc Co New
i
2.50
3% % preferred..
100
Brooklyn Union G08M,./M..rfNo par

'

-6%

8

Dec

63

19%

60% May 10

1

Dec

109%

Jan

22% Aug

16

58"
r

:

2

Boston &-Maine RR (assented) .100
Bower Boiler Bearing
:;/-//f "'; v
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2.50
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15
Bridgeport Brass Co
No. par
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127 "

1,100
; 6,600

33 %

Biass

•$3.60 preferred ...........No par

35

♦108%
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A

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,

110

Co

i3% %

200

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27

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i35% 35%

3

25% Jun 25
57% Aug 6

class A„.jNo par

1,900

107

23% ' 33%
6%

Ami Co

31 Va

97

*108%

6%

26

Dec

*

41% Jun

July 24 '
Feb

109% Jan

.

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100

HI

-93-

.

34Va
109

6%

109% >109%

4

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95

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109

51

v

■

33% Jun

:

29

&'

/

30% Feb

38% Jan

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par

per

108%
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52

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,,

,

'v 34
-

9%
97

No par

Boeing Airplane

3,700

24%
110

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18%

9%'

preferred

conv

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600
,

"97;; '27%

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$2.25

'

35

6

Mar 22

'

24%

29% Nov

47%

83% Apr 10
46
May 31-

•

2

21

25% May 16

Bliss & Laughlin Inc
Bloomingjdale Brothers ......No

1,900
;

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101%
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18%
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23% -34 '

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3,400

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101%

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200

55 %

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97
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.

1,700

11,500

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51%
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18%

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31

27

33% Jan
22%pJan

:

par

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100

:

33%

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No

Bon

500

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113

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55 %

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100

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35
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43 f'
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24%

111

96%

63% Feb

par
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95

17%

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36
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May
Aug
103% Sep

52% May 10
31% July 11
-114% July 31

2

Jan

12%

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112% Aug

3

100

12%
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17

•

26

par

preferred

,

110% Aug 14
31% Jan
2

1

Blaw-Knox

Apr

10

8

2,900

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33%

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41

20%
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53

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43

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33%

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9%

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17

1%

Dec
Jan

Jan

Jan

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55%
110

39

Jan

,

Nov

8

58

2,600
•

Dec

30% Apr 25

112

2,700

51

Jan

Dec

47

•

May 8
44% July 25
28
Jan
7

Beneficial

Feb

24%

127

No par

2,000

51%

23%

95

18% ?18%
7*4%
45
32%. 33%
55%
55%
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*108% 108%
33%. 33%

.33%

20%

-

r

36
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107 Va'

,

-*106%

42

33%

'

17%. .*17%

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33%

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•

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33Va

1

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24 "- " 24%

30%
32%
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/ -112% 112%

.

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•

.

36

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Dec

25

Aug
32 Va -Jan

107

.

Jan

14 %

May 23

Mar

54

Dec

16%

•

Dec

Dec

20

Aviation

400

,:39

*7%:

,8

•:

81

52%

50

Corp

110

*106%, 107%

59/

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17%

"

.

39

r/ 51%
50%

51%>51%
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8

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52%

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18

119
July 5
118% July 18

Aug

147/8Jan

>1

i,

>

Mar

29 V» Aug

63% Jun 17

31

.

100

Bendix

5.100

/

.

*57

/•

60

52%

95

17%

44%. >44%..

-

,

66
«'

May 16
May 23

par

No

Dec

28%

Jan

39% Feb

I

35%

Jan

Apr

30

111

68Va
40

25%

*89

60

*66%
39%

Dec

Deo

19%

37

700

?8%

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52%

•

28 %

111

59

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40%
40%;
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V
51%
53%
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'
7%
7%
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58%

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'

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1

29%

63

24% Aug

28% May 13
35% Jan 28-

100

-

•

111%

v:

60

60%

110%.

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67%
' -40% '40%
52
52%
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28%

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38
52

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Dec

Dec

/

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64 % Aug 14
41V2 Jun 12

'

55

,

38
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10%

30

36% Apr 26
32% Apr 20

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fin

29

Jan

16

July 16

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54

Dec

20% Deo

47% Jan 28

Mar 13

400

30%

*

10% Jan

Dec

Dec

27%

5o %

23

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55

94 y2

130

Jan

Jan

2

26

4,600
•

.

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39

Jan

Jan

5%

10

3,000
2,100
/ 800

' 53

Nov

277/a Deo

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.

.)

5,300

•

111
167

40

>

29

20% Jan

RR

Howell

/; Cum pfd

'5,000

•26

55

120

Jan

113;
:

83% Feb

:

Apr

60

Co

3,600
2,600

25%

*49'-

•

*,

.

44%

■

3.

21% Jan

pfd—

Corp

&

39%

*38

/

53 t

Hp/

32% Aug. 14
14% Feb 16

,

3

10

No

4%%.

Aircraft

26

110%

110%

66%

'

"

in -ill29%" 29%

,

61

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39

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3:

1

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30

31%

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-

:

29%

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110%

>

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29',

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*

'

,

.111%,

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'

'

55

39% -39%
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1

51

31%
'

Dec

37% Jan

3 *

July 23
July 24

50

Co

conv.

Bell

-

731%

42 Va

May 28
May 13

38% Jan 30

10

Inq

Bell

25%

,•

Nov

25% Jun 10.
23% July 23

.

3

Aug

9 '

56

100

cum

Beech .Creek

,

30%

30%

167

72'/4

Nov

83%

30 V4 Jan

Corp

500

43%

*110%

39% "40:

45

Sep
30 y4 July

-18 V2

•'

"/

Dec

Feb

71 V»

18

5

Dec

,24% Deo

3<%

40% Aug 13

14% Mar 13

120

9

17

.21 Va Aug
26Va Jan

113ya Nov

83 Vi

130% Jun
110

12

Jan

Jan

34% Apr

25% Jan

Nov

52% Deo"

48 Va

97% Jan
July 29
Aug 6/ .135
Jun

66

119

139%

May 24

94

.

Jan

20

49% May

26

:

Jun

.5

Works

1,200

45%

*110% 112

167

83

Nov

.101 / Jan
13% Mar

// 4V*% preferred,

45 Va

31%

.*166%

'

Dec

14~0

Mar

76%

25

Ve May 28

28% July 24

/

....

2,000
.

112

*110%

llOVa 112

167

20

22%

27

'41% ,42%;

Jun

29

19%

Nov

Jan

*0

May 31

125

21% Apr 25
32% July 24
20% Feb 25

Beech-Nut Packing Co

25%

•

121

13

Corp

preferred.../..^

Beech

138

22%

46
/
32%

Hi

•

24% Feb

50

3%%

Beck

2,100
•

27

112

May 29
Aug 12

58

6

100

$4.25
•

.

:—

.

41

*132

*110% 112

' 113%

?

21%

26

*110%

Beatrice
j

30

22%

/./ 45%

148

59%

Jan

113

'

21

July

10,

May 21

100

Co

Oil

Iron

,Bayuk, Cigars

HM,«

27

,

Bath

1,000

107%

Works...

preferred.

Barnsdall

300

.

26

r

/; 4 % %

0

■

21 Va

>

20

:

60

*106

"

22

:

118

*117

107%
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80

,

?*--7

J

138

31%

30%

167

*53%

30 Va
■27 %

>42

40%

112

167

30%

Brothers

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457/a" 46%
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110% 111%

39%

Asphalt

*132

42

138%

25%

45%. '46 %
31%
32%

mm—+m

Barker

*106

X27

45%•'

I

,

Barber

21%

22%
26%
27 y8
*109% 111%

24

Locomotive

400

,118
.,118,.

Dec

30
Apr
9
32% Jun 14

14

No par

preferred
Bangor & Aroostook
/(Cony 5% preferred

.5,300

■-/"

Nov

42 V,

153

26

115% Jan

/»

4%

36%

58

<Tbe, Z

Baltimore & Ohloi.

9,700
■3,100

62%

*106

•' 22%

237/a
33%

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Baldwin

6,500

.

83%

U

...

Op'

108

X29%

2
2

106 % Aug

100

preferred

conv

36%

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.

$2.25

83 %

*117
*117

21%

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45'%

1

-

*135

28

111%

100

50

of

Nov

Jan

81% July 24
33% Feb 23

..25

w

Corp

60%

••••-

118
118

>■

21%

26

28

*166%

Co.

Aviqr.ton

37
55%

;•

Highest
$ per share

11%

July 23

37

-

100

t per share

10fi%

'65% Mar 15

Automatic Canteen Co of Amer_—5

84

*56%

*105% 107.

42

'

:.

*105% 107:

/

*135
"138 '
23%
22%

22%

25

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r

22%

22

138

;v 22

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22

1N0 par

63%
:

„

54%'

/
:V

61%

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Feb

115% Feb
.

Far

preferred____„

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>

'

.pref series A

29%

58

"56

30%

*27 Va

ju.100
.—10
No

Refinlng__^.„„ww».

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27%

56

30%

27% - 27%

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900

r>

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:

33

.

23%/

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//,: ;/ B s

30%'

24%'

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34

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96

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Conv prior pfd ($1.20)
No par

1,400

30V«

'•

10U

Alias Taclc Corp

4,200
0

30%

30%

Year 1945
//

36% May 28

-

Jan
3
"Feb 27

48

3.60%

4%

800

32%.

'

21%

4%

Jan

133

—No par

preferred

>non-cum

Atlantic

'

180

*31

23%

18

131% Jan

"

30%

J*105%

75%

*122

33

21%

.9%

Range for Previous

\

.65
May 31
112% Feb 13

e

23% July 21

,/„l

preferred series B__i__lOo
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——fn,T //jit
260 V .Atlas Powder-..^./..*...
par

124

23%

^No par
new

26

23 Va Mar

<8s W 1 ES Lines

>5%

130

30%

/

74%-

-

//

33

30%

.

.

.24 Va

*116

30

'

Atl Q

100

123

51% Feb

preferred^Ww-»./.w^.-XO0

Atlantic Coast Line RR__

4,500

♦107% 109

124

X3t%

60

*

123

*107%

76%

;

44%

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/

;r.

,,

:■$ per share

107% Aug 12

.-_8

Atch Tope! a & Santa Fe
5% preferred
AT F Inc—.—

5,500

■

69 V2

•

37%

•23%

31
10

;

120%
23%

'

44

45%

3,400
300

112

par,

/pdn

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Assoc Investment Co

200

*

123%

•

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21

9%

45

46

75%
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-

31

22%
131

31

'

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21

20%

30%

120%

30%

22%

r

120 Va

109

39%

38%

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86%

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76%
123

76%
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111

♦107%

31

30%

113 Va

43

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86%
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46 Va
121
121 'f
107%- -108%
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112

120%

43

44

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114%

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fper share

l%.2d preferred///.«.//w/..100i

..

700
300

72%,

"V

6%, 1st

,

577/s

/ 577/a

—No

Corp...
Associated Dry-Good3

3,500

141

59

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par

.

Artloom

147

*138'

1

*57%

59

Lowest

Armstrong Cork Co—
$3.75 preferred

58

58

(}%\

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.

21

*27%
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147'

,

1,500

v

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57%

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21%

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29V4

29 Va

29%

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28

22

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CLOSED

$ per share

•57%* "57%/;
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110;

NEW YORK

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$ per share

28%

Sales for
the Week

Friday
Aug. 16

r

Aug. 16

share

*106

»

v

Thursday

Wednesday

Aug. 33

Aug. 12

Aug. 10 ,/•''

/ //

Tuesday

Monday

Saturday

HIGH SALE PRICES

AND

LOW

;:ll
'

-

52

116%
-

Dec

Dec

33% Nov

.Volume 164

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

' Number 4517

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD
LOW

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Aug. 13

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$ per share

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Aug. 14 :; :

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Sales for

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Aug. 16

Thursday

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Tuesday

Monday.

Saturday
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PRICES

SALE

HIGH

AND

Range for Previons

v,

NEW ItORK. • STOCK •vv'/:5

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EXCHANGE

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Year 1945

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'

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170

,

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7*72%- 773%
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31%

22 :;ft

23

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16

32 %

16%

22%
16%

10%

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113

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15

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37

37

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19%

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24% ; 25%

24%

25%

35

35

19.

45%
;

35%

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55%

55%

57%

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8,200

Central.

4,200

Central Hudson G & E Corp.No par
Central- III Lt 4%% preferred—100

10% July 23
110% Jun 20

Cent N Y Pr Corp pfd

101

10%

10%

10%

i

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113

102%

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.

43

43%

2,406

24%

24%

24 Va

24%

10,700

36%

35

35

58

58

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23%

23

24%

v\ 61

60

61%

1

;

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16%

16%

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11

11

10%

10 %

19%

19%

19%

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14%

14%

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1,000

1,400
2,200

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7%

7%

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7 V4

23

23%

23

23%

23%

24%

22%

23%

22%

22%

C«3/4

57%

58

58

59

57%

58%

57 Va

57%

27%

27%

27%

28

27% ' 28%

27%

27%

27-

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3,800

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56%

57

56%

57%

56

57

55

55

2,800

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31%

30%

30%

30

30

29%

29%

29%

29%

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57

57

s-

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57%

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57%

63

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62%

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62 Va

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20

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20

22

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12

12

46

119%

118%

55

53%

37

3T

37

17

16 Va

108

106%

106'/a

29

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'

4

61%
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20%

20%

400

11%

11%

4,600

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120 Va

117%

34

52%

54

52

36

35

108 Va

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277a

28

f •

63

65

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188

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110

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108

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30

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30

30%

30

30 V4

35%

35%

35%

35%

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,

162

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Tuesday

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tperthare

;

170

170

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21

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Mar

37% Jan,
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700.

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$4.25

&

2,400

Commercial

pfd

9

42%

Jan

58

Aug

May 23

20%

Jan

30

Dec

7 Jan
9% Jan

105

Jun

25

Nov

:

49

205

Feb 27

Jap

2

108

Jan'

6

113% Jan 10

20

•

2

108 % Mar

25

106

3

Feb

.205

89

Jan

105

Jan

115

109%
44

Apr

5

62

Jan

9

53%

Jan

4

34% Jan

2

July

44 Va Feb

:

36% May 21
60% Jun v7

July 23

' May 31

165

.

35%

140

May
Oct

:

Jun

|

Nov

:

share

>

15

-

July 22

63% Jun,

2

July 24

130

Highest

106

Oct

34%

Jan

24% Feb

Aug 14

41

Janri8-

23 Va July 19

39

Jan

20% July 24
July 25
33% July 29

38

Jan

14

25%

47

Jan

29

31

47

Jan

28

31

Mar

14

Jan *24*

*9% Jan
: 109

,

Jan

3

47

Aug 16

47

Jaii

5

-100

112

Feb

28

50% Jun

Jan

28%

46%

46% Jun
50% Nov

4Vi Jan
90 %

Jun

Jan
Jan

50
•?

Jan

Nov

11%

Deo

110V4 Nov

;

Jan

36

'

NOV

41%

Oct

20

Deo--;'

28

Deo

*. 69% Jun 78

39

Jan

53 %

Sep

July 15
32% May 13

110

Dec

116%

Dec

15% Aug

25%

Dec

48

24% Feb 26
95
July 23

No par
Ohio Elec.lO

14

7

"84

23
36% Mar 15

102% Jan

w w

Deo

16

111% July. 25
107 * Jun "10

4

Deo

18%

Mar

34

Deo
Deo

50%

|14;>7'NoV

19% Aug 16
-26

Oct

Nov

4T

31% Feb
101%

183

72

59% Deo

5

23% Jan .29
'

•

I per share

May,

'

60% July 11
109

26
•

Feb It

69 Va May 20

42% Feb ,26

Apr
45% Jan

Apr

:

53% Oct
155
Deo

i per share

S per share

Jan 23

41% Sep

Jan

Lowest

Highest

:

59

Apr 22

36% May 21>
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19

107%

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10

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r

117
28

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51

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117

116%

118

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129

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35

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34

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106%

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54%

24%

24%

24%

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7%

23%

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1,900

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19%

57 "7"

56

57

55%

56

3,000

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Natural

24%

24%

24%

24ya

24%

9,200

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Vultee

32 y4

1,40Q

113%

240

32%
47%

46%

46%/

46

19%

19%

20

19%

19%

19

19%

18 y8

*106%

107:.::;,"

*106%

;

107

45%

'

45%
113 7:'

13% 713%

713%

13%

:-::7r-54%

54%

54%

;fe7:'745%
43%

15%

15%

43%

44

,

21%

,21%

21%

24

*23

54%

54%

,■77.,"17%
,
*65%

17%

:

,737%

'

13%

13%

55

55 Va

55

21%
24

16

44

21%

21%
23

21%

54%

54%

18

18 V*

17%

18%

•54%
'17%

*55

55%

55%

54%

*iio%;

19

19%

19%

19%

61%

60

61

19 ;7:
•739%

38%

38

38

"37%

60%
37%

109%

109%

i-:

-

*109%

11

111

*32%

69%

69%

206%

*11%

6%

-

*29

45%

:,>

33%
30

47%

109%

206%

•

:

6%

•

-

*110%

11%

•6%
46

111

109%

*32%

33%

*29

30

109%

69%:

47%

For

55% 7

*54

66%

47%

footnotes

see




page

971.

55%

■;

7

55

1834

1,800

,

60

470'

37 Va

■>37%,
*109%,110Va

4,300

11

11%

6

68%

7. 6'A

110%

6 ~

"7,

*32%

33%

7

29%

29 %

"

67%;

/
.

207

.10%
:

.

44

6Va

42%
:

*109%

110%

67

207;

10%

10%

•t 43

45%

;"
: :

110% '

11

>

100

v:..

2,900

v

40

'0*

43%

33%

33

33

29 V*

*29

48%

56

*54

f."

46%
55

•,'
:'

Deo

108%

26

Feb

25

103

3%%

Corp—

—

—

preferred

1

100

—

of Wheat Corp

Cream

200"

.46%

54

54 7 " ; 7.

Crosley Corp (The).
Crown Cork & Seal

1,300
,

200

.$2

52

preferred

18% Feb
63

Jan

18

Jan

29

49% Mav 23
x23 %

May 29
1

307/a Feb

•'

109% Aug 14

7% Jan 29
7 49% Jun 17

14% Apr

10

,

110% Aug

107% Apr 25.

8

35% Jan

14

July 23

3 9 yA Feb

1

42 v4

July 24

62

Jan

14

51

Feb

54% Feb

6

28

No par

—No par

27

Dec

Oct

Jan

59%

Jan

20

Dec

29% July

43

Nov

28%

Dec

8%

7-10': •" Jan

26% Deo

4% July 16
38
Feb 26

2

17%

1-6% Aug
52% Mar

21

70 V2 Aug 12

—No par

Sep
Dec

53% Jun

'

(The)

46

Dec

50
113

Jan

39% May 29

.

5

4-

109%

55% Nov

210 % Mar 30

Mar

93% July
Jan

37 %

106% July
7 10% .Apr

Dec

19%

67% Jan

20

Jan

31

17%

Feb

8

10

Jan

8%

Feb

40% Nov

Jan

1

■

115

47%

2
July 25

58 % May

199,

Jan

12%
49%

'

7

17% Aug

26%* Apr

19

Jan

27% Jan '18

57% Juir

105% Feb

Jan

23% Feb 16
60
Apr 24

56

July 23
Jan 14

33% Feb

8

24
-

6

17% July 24
7

10

53 % Jun 10
113% Mar 29

'15

17

18

July 18

109 Va Jan

52% Mar 12

25 7

common

22

i

12% July 24,

.

May 27

54% Apr

39% Mar 13
2
110% J an

—1

—

Co

100

,

46%
•

45

115% Mar 15

12% Feb

Electric Corp
1
Ti'ust Co
—20.

Inc
Int.ernat

100

30

46%
••-•

f July 23

20
No par
No par

~

48%

Dec

4

No par

Deo
Dec

35%

21

—~—100.

Ootv

'

29%

■

Coty

•

*54

.Preferred

Crane

6,100'

S':

*32%

22

45%

17%

Jun

Corning Glass Works common
5
7 3% %
preferred—
—J 90
Corn Products Refining
725

5,900

•

.

*109%

Bank

Exch

4,300

% 6%;7 11;
.

Cornell-Dubiller

109 % May

31% Jan

Jan

Corp—7—14
No par
$3 prior preferred——No par
Copperweld Steel Co.—9'
ConV pref 5% series—..-—...50

Corn

Sep

33% Jan 17
47
Jan" 8

22% Mar

190

Jan

60

6

Ccoper-Bessemer Corp
.

24%

106

Oct
NOV

25% July 12

18

Continental Steel

71,000

6
28

Nov

7% Dec
34 % Nov

42% Jan

400
60

17%.

,'60:-;

206%

'

*54

54%

18%

,

"

*205Va

206%

'

47%

19

,

39%
50

Jan

3% Mar

11% July

400

'

23

"

69

206%

44%
•

*55

■

:•-••

23

26% Mar
29%

23% Apr 20

52% July 23
V July 23
35% Feb 26
20
July 23

1,900

Jan

26

23% May

1

5
Continental Insurance
—10
Continental
Motors
—1
Continental Oil of DeL.^.———-5

9,900
-

48

36-Feb

31

preferred

22

16% Feb

.

Continental Can;

$5.50

Deo

-22'

109% Jan

37

$3.75 preferred
Continental Diamond Fibre

4% Nov
124%

34% Nov

5

112

of America

Jan

55% May 13
10% Feb
6

July 23

nfd~—,100

:

H Jan
89

28% Jan

40% May 31

4

pfd—No par

Continental Baking Co

1,000
:

15%
44%
21
7

*20%

23

$4.50

1,800

55

15 Va

*20%
22%

:

55%

109%

6%

55 7

Cuba 0

Pow

Container Corp

5,500

45

44

RR of

Consol

Consumers

4,700
v.

•mm

"

55

38

1

17,

29% Aug. 14

13

Gas

Aircraft

4,300;

46 y4

13

54%

*54%

*

113%

55%

•:

,

718%-

44%

15% "
74477

15%

44%

r

"110%

!3%>

'I

15%

44%
23

44%

-

*106% 107.

77

18%

453/a

7;

13%

113%

45%
113

17%

V ' ' 69 %
70%;
-H *206% 208

•

*112

lB7/8

10%
.

745%

113%

45%

54%

.

,

7'

'<45%.

110%

60%

*109%

.

-

16

*106% 107 7

32

32

113%«

764%

,

61
^,v.

55

.

32

113%

56

18%

31

77 Va Apr

1

7

Mar

21

Corp—1.33%

!Corp—,

19JA

113%

v

Laundries

19%

47

'•••*23'

Feb

36Va Jun

38% Feb 28

105% Jun

No var

Grocers

2

av« Jan

No par

$5 preferred

19%

32%

-

66,400

7

'

113%

«-:> ::•.••.•

132

26

32

No par
Vo par
5

Edison of N Y

Consol

1,400

23%

24

23%

47%

'

4,400

29%

106%

32

*110%

'

7'%

29%
106%

Feb

42% Jan

—

Consol Coppermines Corp..

30%

114

45%

Consolidated Cigar

106%

31%

107

1,300

29%

46%

113%

5% Jan

2

19
'

No par

Congoleum-Nairn In6

49 Vz

113%

-45'

2% Jan
31.

—25

Conde LTast Pub Inc—

800.

y

33%

46%

*106%

19%

123

Mar 15

*122% Jun

Np par

Edison Co

Commonwealth

106%

107

23% 724""
X19% <19%

19%

50%

114%

*110%

A

64 Vk

*48%

34

'19%
•

$6 preferred series—

'

*49

46'A

„v

'

'

*

4%

No pat
Commonwealth St Southern—No par

4,300

'

Credit.

$3.60 preferred *
Commercial Solvents-

240

,

26%

26%

27%

113%

?

50%

49%

51

116%

117

128%

19%

7

32

32

27%

7

24%

-24%

•66%
34%
50%

107%

•23%

55%

53

107%

,

"

19%

*19%
:

343/a

107 %

24

35%

*49%
'

32%

107%

128%

35%
-*65

50%

:

;

51%

*116

"

34%

*49%

U7%

•

'

128%

3534
66%

" 35V4

in

27%
4% .'73 ?7

(

5,. '•-'

..'4%
129

.

51%

•'116%

27%

117

30

Jun

64%

38%

Dec

Oct

Oct

101% Aug
58% Jan

108
71

Oct

182%

Jan

199

Deo

6

Jan

13

Dec

Dec

v%

Dec

25%

Jan

43%

Dec

99 %

Aug

108%

Dec

24

Jan

34%

Dec

28% Mar

41

Jun

37

59%

Dec

53

Dec

3%

Jan

Jan

49% Nov

:

Apr

Range for Previous
Year 1945 'c,:;7777;

Range 81nee January f 7/77

104

'

110%
100

106% Nov
93 Va

.

68% Nov

,Jan

18

f Dec

'

'62

com_—___No par

Deo

72% Deo

Jan

170

8

May 20

77

1687 July 24 C 200

No par

140%

98

.

Southern

cum

Columbus

Jan

9

Jun

• per

'

2,100

•;

C0"_.—:

Pictures

Columbia

2,700
200'

r

91%

1

38% May 11
71% Jan 18

9

152% Jan

—100

-—:

Carbon

Columbia

•

Dec

Nov

Feb,

July 30

47

-2.50

preferred

15
48

May 10
108% Mar- 8

29% July 23
•32% Jun 21

No par

Dec

X23

16 / Jan
Jan

Jan' 30

'56% Feb 19

No par
No per

Deo

22

•

.No par

Dec

27

15 V2

Jan

38% July
58 V4 Apr

4

99% Jan

Oct

64

Jan

jan

e

,

29%

114

■

July 31

Jun

59%

:Jan

49
7 64

77 4%

44 Va

106

;

,

8

141.

,

37% Deo

19% Jan

.

17

Jan

63

•

-

'May -8

15,

1

-

57% Jan

preferred series Am——100

6%

Mar. 13

Oct

; 64

25% Jan' 2
25% July 11

.

105

cum conv

:

30

2,800
-

-

67% Jan

6

0
5

34 % Jun

Jan

24 Va

76% Feb 16

;

Mar 21

29

187

Columbia Gas As Eleft...NO par 7

27,200

99

47

49

Jun

Jan

■7/24

7

Class B

1,300

37% '
:>11%

.11%

,

Deo
Nov

16

109% Juil

.

3,000

109%

105

38

20;:

'

t

111 •%.'; -

'

33
74

49 Va

56

preferred—-.—20 '
Colorado St, Southern—
—.100
4% non-cum 1st preferred—.100
4% non-cum 2nd preferred... 100
Columbia Br'd Sys Inc cl A—-2.50
5

,

Jun

Oct

19% Feb 26

Colo Fuel & Iron Corp——_N<J Par

1.800T

.

-

20% 721 :«

22 "

"38%

'

:

39%

-

500
11,100

12%

Jan

Jan

.

noliins & Alkman

7

5%

66%

102 % Apr

No par
—No par

Colgate-Palmoiive-Peet—
$3.50 preferred

3,800

:

Jun

25 %

15

Per

(The)—
Clksa' A—-'I
.......

12%

28

Lowest

Coca-Cola International Corp

Oct
Jun

17

:'

./.

Dec

58%
26

6Va Mar:

.

1

Coca-Coin Co

7:.77': 130

-

16%
X20

♦25%., 27

39%.-

40fr

-

66%

66%

Jan

82% Jan

28% Jan

EXCHANGE

.v'

Mar

115%

43% Jan

38% Jan

31% May 15
48% Feb 25

STOCKS
NEW YORK STOCK

Shares

•

.

5; ^o%f i7b^

766%

"

109%

31%

49%

Aug. 16*:
t per share

747%

14% July 11

H5Va July 29
July 10

100

•the Week

Nov

22~

14% Jan
■

•

17% Jan 25

2

7112
•

No par

Preferred

,7

...

112

•15% JUl^ 10
li.% July 8

6% Apr

No par
——1

Ciuett

Sales fei

Friday

-11%

••,''

'//•

41

50 V*

49%

.

•ilOO
1
/ v;756% ,-57 ,
;..-..577 75t'.7
,1 *109
*109 •
; no /
iio;
*57
58
,.'4:,'66.
56 '

,26%
23%
22 "

39%

-

.40%

98:

*96

66%

16% *"
20%"'

20%

v

105'

39%

106 V
40%

»

,26

,

109%

*104%

162

'

11%

'109%

•-,'

;i7i;;.;.

170%

I 110
58%

16%

.

7

39%

11%

109%

109%

*158

Molybdenum
Industries Inc

Clinton

1,700

Oct
Dec

55

Jan

Oct

33% Feb

19

—100 V

Peabody St Co—.

Climax

1,800
.

28%

108%

v

17

28

41% Mar 15

EL Ilium *4.60 pfd^

8,600

35>7 '
54%

•iioo

58%

,39%

11% ; 11%

•

>

20%

27%

*23%

-21

,

—

30

W- 54 V4

Thursday
Aug. 15

*

sV66'

'55%

-a

\59..;'v
416%

'-".'•15%l

K,

:

:

110

..'59

54 V4

.

*1100 -r

"55%

•109."

.•

66

.

7—1

'55%

*

110> t
88%
58%

*109

•

"

29%

.35%

•158,7

''*t70'/ Jftar1".'

'•

,

*1100

—•

59%

35

30%

35%
53%

*57%

per SKertfr i-; T-tpei'ihate

•170
' 172%
65%
65%

'

66 ^

66

59%

30 Ve

Wednesday
Aug. 14^7

aV,

• per share

v

v

Jan

33

21% Mar

26 Ve Jan

18% July 22

preferred
—,——100
Clev dt,Pitts RR Co 7% gtd.
.50
Special gtd 4% stock———750

-

Dec

31

Aug 12

59

■

&%

10

..

16%

Apr
9
25% May 20

50

par

preferred—-.100

HIGH SALE PRICES

Monday
Aug. 13

*

103%

-

162

.*158

1:

Saturday

CLOSED V

*101%

,

54

53%

.,•••

162

•'•••1

'

102%

Jan

23

25

„

~N0 par
Clev Graph Bronze Co (The)1

30

7

33

54% Jl(ly 25

^—28
.
.'.n •

—

Dec

1

11% July 24
7
July 29
21
July 23
55
July 24

No par '
^———NoTpp* 7
;
5

preferred

5%
Clev

30

108

35%

53

67%

*107%

*57%

59%"

53

50

108 7,/-

"

*57%

10O

188
106

Nov

50 %

7 18% Jan

9% Jan

series—100

pfd 4%

40

Jan

7 66% Jun' 17

5

12% July 23

City Stores—:
Clark Equipment
No per
O. C. C. & St. Louis Ry. Co——100

500

66

68%

114

Jun

ik

■

■.

68% May 24

"

Mar

Feb

20%

33

9

July 23

No pat

...

& E Co

5%%

10

112%

106

■„

,

Jan

115%

,

16

25% July
43 7

25

Sep

26 % July 23

No par
No par
—10

Oil

Cotton

City Investing Co

1,000

,

102%

103 Va

-

•59%

/

108

-•""•..

-

59%

Dec

18yB July 23

ClT Financial Corp

410

'

*178

*121%

112%

—No par

($2,50) ciim dlv
Yellow Cab

; city.Ice: a Fdei^

1,300

28
62

110

112%

68>/a

27%
.

188

111% 111%

68%

Nov

;

711% Nov

16

May

*

16

—100 '

No

24

'
7 51% Jan

ft

I

par

Cincinnati Milling Machine Co—10

3.900

108 Va

*58%

28
62

-r

188

67%

*106

103%

62

"• '

106

67

13%

25%

Apr

Apr
4
17% Mar 12

No par

Copper Co

Cinn G

15 Va

15%

16

*15%

106

•

J

35%

.61%

61,%

Dec

Jan

10%

23

No par
..—100

Chrysler ■•• rrnrp

1,200

;

52%

36

29

*28 Va
"

.

54 V2
37
16 Va

pf

Chlckasba

•

54

111% 111%

•1100

113

36%

*17b

$ per share

*110,

: 113

;54%

*106

Dec

11%

4%

■

26

---7—J————Nonpar

A preferred

tChllds Co—7;, ,:7'r%

8,300.

"

34%

110

*158

116%

34%

*110 -

112%

*57%

116 »/4

.

34%

*15%

21%
31%

Jan

26

40 M

,

B

Chicago

Chile

35

*111%

i

119

Pr

100,

46

*44

46

113

*106

*178

STtXCK

12

*44

"37"

-

Jan

109%

'

35

16%

*106

20%

Co. -___NO

Chicago Pneumat Tool
$3 conv preferred—

62%

*19%

RR

Chicago & Northwests w l
5% preferred wl

100

57 Va

*61 Va

,

*110

35%

Dec

Jan

29

7

'-54% Jan

—25

Milw St lPl P vtc_:

Series

-

35

54%
*16Va

■

*57

20%

'46

119
'

113

*110

35%

35%

120%

119%

'

113

*110

Chic

900

20

12

11%
*44

,

63

'

20%

20%

12

46 "

,

*61%
*19%

19% 719%

'21%

11%
*44

500

9.600
'

*61%

*44

Dec
Jun

159

18 Va

24

Jan

42% Feb

Feb

1,25

A.

Class

4,000

7

45

Chicago Corp (The)
L_—1 '
unicago Great West RR Co
.—50
5% preferred——
—59
Chic Ind & Louis Ry Co cl A__25

13,300

,13%

,

111

East

at

Class

•

piu,

EXCHANGE

owe

116

13

108% Feb

pat

Va

Chesapeake & Ohio Ry

5,100

.

"13%

10%

19%

7

L.

Cab Mfg

Checker

Chesapeake Corp of

700

16%' 16%

7

Nov

66'/a
110

14%

•102% July 31
23% Jan 17

5

Jun

29% Jan

No par
-

Aug

13% Jan

,

v
:

4

.41% July 24
14% Jan
3

1

preferred

$4J5Q

Jun

18

7

No par

Champion Pap St Fib Co
U

7,200

9%

16%

7

Dec

7 20% Apr

July 10

17% Apr 22

26

36

—

No par

.

•

10%

7

Dec

71

Jan

104% May
127
Jan

7, 29^: Jan, 15.

(V 13% July 26

——No pat

600

24%
60%

—100

Products

200

23%

25

V-

ser_100

Copper—

Chain Belt Co

10

,•••;

*24%

*

Certain-teed

800

v

112

111%

Oerro do Pasco

800

60

00

112

3.40%

Mills

Century »Ribbon

19

10 */a Feu

1

Co

23

22% Aug 13

par

Central Violeta Sugar Co,

*18

*111%

Foundry

20

-

No

100

37

*36

18%
44%

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—

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37

-

preferred

400

43%

*19

*6%

•

16 %

15

62%
9%

.

2

Dec

48%
175

Jan

37 Va

3

3

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16%

*101%

25

61%

:'

.

38% Jun

22'/a Jan

,

10

Jan

47%

3

87

3,500"

18%

24

161 % Jan

Mar:

23%.

113

57%
-

152

14

23%

5%

400

Va,

102%

112

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25

61

61%

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24

24

24

*24%

24%

24%

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Corp

109% Jan

Central Aguirre Assoc

10%

36%

<

Celotex

2,600.

;

Jan

8

7 81% May 27
;
83 % May 29

25

21

.

Jan

35%

13

Jan

105'/a Apr 25

23 V4

31%

Jun

183

T 5%

2

154'

pref6md.*1.^w-*NW.*.wlO0

2d

Feb

56
•

31

25%

•24%

55

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No par

1%

(

No par

$4.75 1st preferred

45%

112

55

"111%

159%

*112

.

:

45

*35

159%

1

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800
250

107%

55,

163% July 24
66
Feb 26

•

—No par

Caterpillar Tractor

7.600

77

8% Mar 14

7 40% Mar 13

100

2,500

*101%

,

15%
*35
137 T';..*18%
19%

46%

*18%

7,.
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Co

10% Jan

'

102%

'

80

3

(J .1)

21%

16%

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Case

7 Preferred

22

...

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1,800

32 %

23%

16%

10%

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31%

22 '

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32%

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171

107%

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,

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110

130

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37%

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23
66

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15%

16

Curtis Pub Co

*128%
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130

;

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35%

30

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7

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25

Detroit Hillsdale & 8WRR Co_180

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28

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43

49%

26%

26%

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2

28 Va

29

Distil

2

106 Va

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43

49%

110

*45

32%
20%

33%

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Dome Mines Ltd

21

212%

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214%

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30%

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59

26%

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48%

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t per share

26%
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,

240 Va

203%

237,"

237
205

51

10%

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10

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207

6%
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50

62%; 63%■21%

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44

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preferred

5%

ind

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177 V»

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50%

50%

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55%

55%

55%

El Paso Natural Gas,.,,

20

20%

105%

109

108%

,..,

110

:

16

16%

Co

42%

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10

Exchange Buffet Corp."

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73%

73

74

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25

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12%/

12%
24%

24%

*

,

-

73 Hi >73%
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12%
24%

12%

12%
24%

2

20

Aug 16

5
50

24

Jan

5

75

Jan

4

104% Apr 24
31

July 23
102% Apr
9
104% Apr 11
105 :

15

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..

Fajardo Sug Co of Pr Rico
Farnsworth Televis'n & Rad

1

July 24

72 V4 Aug 16
92

May 6
15
July 23
23% Jan
3
41% July 25

——1
-3
—2.50

Corp

May

2% Jun 28

-100
50
5
5

Williams Corp

57%

•24%

49% Mar 13

No par

Products

Evans

3

Jan

46% Jan

{Equitable office Bldg.——No par

Eureka

*26%

7

3

137

1
...No par
No par

5% pref series A
Erie ft Pitts RR Co

*91%

9

July 29

148% Jan

Erie RR common————No par

x72%

12%

5

17% Jan

com

$6 preferred

3%

42% Aug

.100

Public Service
15 preferred....!.,„ ■ „,,,. „„'
,-*85% preferred..

110

3%

Aug 6
57% July 29

19% Jan 21

4

preferred.

Engineers

105%
108%

110

3%

Battery

Phonograph

35%

10

No pur
No par
No par
No par
.,.,—..3

Emerson Electric Mfg Co

4%

108 Va May 23
33
Mar 4

—

$7 preferred

162

8

9

109% May 24

No par

shares

Electric Power ft Light

177 Va

Feb

100
5

.1

(The)

preferred w 1
Mus

&

Jan

55% July 24

—5

...

Boat

Elec

21

3

Auto-Lite

Corp

105%

-

45% Mar 14

8% Jan

Wo 9**

9

61% Jan
23

...20

-88 f May 21
36% Feb- " 5
19% Jan
0

9;
July 29

12% Aug 16

Corp.l

*39%

:

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29%
30

61%

71%
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61%

17 y»

33%

34%

33%

213/4 Mar 14

107%

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107%

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30%

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63

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39%,

38%

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38%

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63

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113%

46%

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19

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19%

19%

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25%

25%

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187/a

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For

footnotes

see

page 971,




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preferred

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preferred
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—

Fidel Phen Fire Ins N Y
Firestone Tire & Rubber
.

4% %

First

100
1
10
28

105

Stores

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Flintkote

28

113%
44

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19%\

19%

19%

Florida

26

26%

17

17%
18%

17%

19 %

39%

39

27%

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18%
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29

18%
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;

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93

Food

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Corp

10
10
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*38

27Va
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27%

*29%

29%

Stores

4

6%

prior

preferred

Francisco Sugar Co

No par

34% Aug 13

Feb

108

7

f I 34 % May 29
1

7

Jan

3

70
Feb
83% Apr

6

12

109% Jan

17

25

22
July 23
34% Feb 26

HO3/* Jan

70% May 29

287/a July

5

Jan

18

115

Feb

26

57

16% Jan

3

25

7

July 25

11% Jan
2
16% May 6
72% Feb 26
36% July 23
26

July

26

July 23

5

1

467/a Jun

2

42

7%

38%

39

a

21% Jun
6
84% May 10

54% Feb

No var

Co

Corp—

Mar 14

56% Jun 20
x66

Florsheim Shoe class A new.No par
Pollansbee Steel Corp
10

,

t

106% Jun

>

No par
No par
No par

26%
17%

,

26

313/4 Aug 16
X104% Apr 17

No par

26%

,

50% Feb

/

-

Firth

Feb

14% Feb 26

100

preferred

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18
No par

19%
.

94

y

.*61
71%

...

>

$6

New

30

*105%

73.

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"

46%

30

30

36%

19

29%

32

26%

94

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Light ft Traction

Federal

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107%

65%

39%

27%

5

No pof

38%

94

30

43% Jun

26%

40

27%

26

37%

40

30

26

26%

94

"

8

16%

Federal-Mogul Corp
Federal Motor Truck.

*63%
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19%

25 V4

7

39

31%

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26%

39 Va

54% Feb

*106

62.

,

13

4

16%

33%

62

112% Feb

41% Jan

39

30%

'*72

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63
63

10

18

2

105%I05%

*106% 107%
30%

26% Jan

.Jun

Federal Min ft Smelt Co

*23%

46

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*16%
16%

34%

107%

t

106
'

39%

16%
/

46

46

Federated Dept Stores

*45

•45

*45

107% 107%

•106% 107%

-

Apr 18

203/8 Jun

7

29
Jun 20
21% Feb 16

237/a May
100

9

Apr

16

49% Jan

17

Feb

9

28

.

s

Year 1945

Lowest

2.
Feb.26

100

........

Johnson

108%

5

30% Jan

28

Radio ft

109%

3

May 21

19% Feb 26
25 V» Jun

191

_.

Stop Nut Co.

Conv

23%

5

4.|<

1

Endlcott

*105 %

21

13

$ per thare

106
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com

Emerson

34%

Jun

Highest

215

29%

34%

16% July 23

No pat

Stores Inc

Electric

43 V*

23%.

5%
24%

21%

34 V2

133
July
116% Feb

4

Range for Previous

n,,^.

Electric

,

21%

106% 106%

106

227

Jan

Range Since January 1

88

29%
*82

Apr 12

41% May 10
58% May 28

Lowest

50%

21%

116

2

125% May 22
114

STOCK

preferred

Bros

Elastic

'

YORK

Manufacturing Co

4%%

110%

,

10%

177

Jan

181% Feb 26

20
100

5

4 V* %
preferred
Ekco Products Co..

111%

49%
*110

21%

*160%

pfd

Cigar Corp

cum

59%

35

66 *

5

1st

108% Mar 25

Aug 16
24% Mar 12

No par

««

Eastman Kodak Co

64%

23%

•

(EI) ft Co

preferred

55%

3%

Apr 24

• per share

59%

52%

*43'A

5%
178 %

106

3

July 23

30

par

EXCHANGE

235

21%

i

162
51%

51

62

108

1

No

,

10%

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100

International

23

U,Eastern Airlines IncL^i*.—j.1
Eastern Stainless Steel Corp—
Jt

59%

*203

♦109% 110

22, r
42%

178%

37% May 31
29% Feb
6

preferred

conv

NEW

61

*110% 111 Va

162

Jan

26

7

35%

35%

49%

VL

235

205

*60

113

25

25

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26%
26%
% <jj» 29

201

63

5%

48 i

Sharet

I per share

59

,

62,

42%

62% Jun

July 30

17

the Week

28

*236

240y8

21%

24%

Mar 28

27

Sales for

Friday
Aug. 16

31
58%

10%
-

Feb

36

Jun

DWG

26%

31 Va

•109% 110 %
r

30
July 10
109% Feb
5

Jun

•4.50

8 perthare

58,

59
35%

34% Jan 14

21

33% Jan

Ououesn#

Thursday
Aug. 15

t per share

202
,

35%

21% Jun

STOCKS

Tuesday
Aug. 13

I per thare

26 %

50% Apr. 4
49%Apr 15

118

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

58' ,
240%

3

July 30

105 % Mar 15

50o

Du P de Nemours

116%

17%

17

Monday

h

.v.-

113% Mar 12

129% 129%
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Aug. 12

I per there

25"

52

Duplan Corp

49%
215

*212

129%
18 %

Aug, 10

Feb

39

Industries

3%%
47.

115%

Saturday

77

24
Aug 13
39% May 9

192

Dunhlll

25%

*17%

29

143% Feb 26

Dresser

48

115%

50% Jan

'16% Jan 16
28
Apr 17

19% Aug
7
80% July 24

109

25%
*46%

1

(No par
Douglas Aircraft——........No pat

'88%

27%

109

Pepper

Sep
25% Apt

3

pat

No

Dr.

■■

Jan

118

20

..^JVo par
I

A

36

116%

25%

24

5 %,

Class

57%

*

18%

'J

42% July 26

43% Jan 15

;prefeired..^..w«^.^^.i._^l(W
Dixie Cup Co common
No par

185

115%

Corp-Seagr's Ltd new

•

5% Aug

July 15

75% May

3

40% Jan

par
25

July 18

May 20

58 % Jun

3

Jan

2

'

45

Dow Chemical Co common—No par
$4 preferred series A
No pat

88%
185

-

46

57%
*35 Va

preferred

partlc

Jan

Jan

34% Apr

2

74% July 23
22% Aug 12

.5

......

Raynolds class A

6

9% July 29

20

59%

4

29

41% Mar 15

50

Edison

Apr

29

34
May 13
31% May 28
36% July 31
113
Jan
7

42% Jan
5
37% Jan 11

p—

Mar

122%

34% Feb

26% Aug 16
Jan

Jan

9

5

'l 145

34% Aug 16
llOVs Jun

28

24

12 Va Feb

26
19

Sep

8

Jan

76% Apr

.

Dec

51% Nov
102
Nov

146% Feb

23

Feb

100

Delaware ft Wndsnn

26

24% July 24
23

45

De Vilblss Co..—

9

xl50

99% Deo

82% May 16

24

50o

Deere At

Delaware

Jan

32% Mar 13

Decca Records..

Detroit

257/a

24% July

1

4%% preferred
Dayton Rubber Mfg Co

Preferred

11

Mar 25

July 23

5

Dayton Power & Light Co (The)

53%

Jun

106

19% July 16
.29% Jan 30

t

v

36

52

66

2

100
No

Duvega stores Corp, N Y
Chemical Corp iThei.

.

Jan

par

pfd

Davison

113
27%

145%

4

Apr

42

/Mar-%.f/' 29r '-Dec

8

Feb

7

;

Aug
■

; Jan

128Vo Aug 13 '
69% July 23

1

52% Nov
111
Nov

165

15

1

Nov
i Nov

Jan

25
/ 16

18% July 17

par

A

112
124

87% Jan

8

47

No par
No par
_No

Mar

30% Dec

(

Oct

35%

9

H$perthare

Jan

106

10

23% Jan

5

99% Jan

5

(The)

Jan

39

100

26%

*27

*112%

60

Drug Stores Ino._2.50

Dana- Corp
*25%

32% July 24
22% Feb 26

100

Cutler-Hammer Inc

38

115% July
46% Jan

10

_

Cushman's Sons Inc 7%

145

54% Feb

Feb

-•••

Highest

106% Dev

16

Va Mar 13
25

20%

5

12

42

Year 1046

/Lowest
$ per thare

12

Apr

L09

100

Sugar
__

preferred
preferred..

Class

22%

40 % Apr
110% Feb

150

par

Curtiss-Wrlght

7%, ' 7%
X22

No

Prior

72

'

3

Inc new

65%

129% •
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72%
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7%
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23%
24
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142
37'A
37%

21

Packing Co
preferred

4%%
Cuneo

*22%

*127

3

Jan
Jan

preferred—

preferred

Cudahy

57
105

69
16

Jan

115

100

Cuban-American

57

29

L07

preferred

25%
175

*103

103% 103%
23%
23 Ve

'

5%

35%

35%

25%
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175

a

Crucible Steel of Amer

l.QOO

50

I per there

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No par

$4 2nd preferred

114

Range for Previous

Range 8Inee January lr,

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14.20 preferred

200

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40

132

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EXCHANGE

1,500

109

50

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25%

25
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65%

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33%
109

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.

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130

24%
175

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23%
23%

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,

109%

133
50 ■
114
35%

Sales for
the Week

# per thare

35%

109%

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*'
50
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35

34%

24%

57%

51

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34%

34%

35%

35%

132

50%

I per there

Friday
Aug, 16

-

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110

*127

,24%
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34%

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share

:

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Aug. 13

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132
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Wednesday
Aug. 14

Tuesday

Monday
Aug. 12

x

.

4

HIGH SALE PRICES

353/4 Jan 28

4

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Highest
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129%

*128%

1291/2

129%

1291/2

23%

23%

23 %

23%

23

23%

221/2

227/s

33%

33%

33%

34

331/2

337/8

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121%

r

33%

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5%

5%

20%

21%

21%

38

38

147%

7%

7%

31%

31%

43%

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20%

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146

<

146%

71/4

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31%

71/b

31

31%!

40%

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40

125%

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43%

43%

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37

371/8

111

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111

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7

33%

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43%

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211/2

40%

126

35% .35%

.,

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21%
33%

126%

40%

127%

43%

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*146

7%

66y2
1291%

5

2iy8l

36%

111

♦108%

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40

391/4

126%

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1-25

42

42

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<

43'/2

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38

52 f.

52

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109%

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109

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109

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104

*102%

104

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104

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50%

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103

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36%

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103

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76%

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77

104%

105

68%

70

105

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67%

67%
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; 107%

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9%

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57

57

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57

57

74

75

75

76

751/3

2,400

4,800

9 per ehare

I per share

:

Friday

Aug. J 5

Aug. 16

I per share

t per share

par

28 %> July

10c
5

4% Feb 26
36

par ;

f per share

Jun

Jan

19

Jan

>31

99

Dec
NOV

27% Aug

38%

Dec

17

111

Feb

Jun

14

26

118

Jan

9

103

105%

4

60

111

Mar

46

Nov

Deo

July 10

Jun

26

107

Jan

111% Deo

Jun

'

22% Jan
103

Jan

42% Apr

4

108

2

Mar

g

Feb

68

102% Jam
58% Jan

96

Sep

25%

Jan

39

Oct

May 10

52 Va

Jan

57

May

25%
53

July

102

Apr

4>

107

3

77

43

8

3

Mar

-Apr

113% Jan

6

115

.Nov

39

Dec

5%
4%

Jan

18%

Jan

14 Va

Jan

8

40% Jun

18

Jan

3

21

Feb

4

54% Feb

26

64

Jun

25%

3

Feb

105

14%

34% Jan

188% Apr

17

Feb

5

30% Feb 26
9
Feb 25

9% Jun 28
91% Feb

26

'

-'

NOV

39%

May

175

Oct

75

Jan

86 '

Deo

Jan

22%

Jan

x35

104%

Jan

108% Mar

28 Va

Jan

>lllf>:Apr>5.5>;
52% Apr
13% Jan
Jan

108

4
25 1

78

:

Oct

Dec

55 Va

Dec

12%

5% Mar
82

25

Dec
Deo

100

30%

Jun

58

Jan

82

Jun

49%

Jan

61%

Deo

14% Mar

28

May 31

Bange for Previous
Year 1945

\

1 >.

Highest

Lowest

Highest

t per share

Par

Jan

64

NOV

65%

Aug

52%

Lowest

$ per share

.

Deo

May 20

Range Since January

STOCK

Dec
Nov

21%

54% May 28

105

78"% Jan

57% Feb 26

33%
109%

161% Mar

30% Jan 28

July 24

21% Deo

;

Sep
Sep

46

28

14

Nov

7%

>33% Deo

Jan

28%

14

28% July 23

42

12% Aug

Jan

19

54% May 10

79

Oct

63%

12% Mar

112

107% Aug

105Va Mar

3

Jun 24

,

Oct

74 %

48 •■'■■■

27 % Feb

18% July 23
26

29% Feb

May 22:
Feb 25

Feb

18

<

Feb

12% Jan
-

Jan

Nov

40

July
107% May

>

10

>16 " Jan 30

4

63

165 Va

147 % July

88% Apr

5

77

7% Oct

3% Jan

8% Jan 29
47% May 14

6% Jan

Jan

104% Dec

Apr 13
4

26

30 y4 Mar

172

Deo

151% Jan

33% July 24
9% July 23

17

Deo

105 Va

1
3

105% Jun 24

106

26%

Mar

56% Jun

4

Mar 25

133% July
35y2 Jan

-

59

106

Apr 22
36% Jan
3

54

13 Va Mar

90

18

May 17

73% May 10

39% Feb 26
103

21

Deo

44%

99% July 23

par

Deo

133 V*

26

107

v

OCt

34

Deo

8%

Mar

17% July 23

Shares

Deo

140

25% Mar

52

•

Jan

Feb
123
3% Jan

July 10

No par

;>

Jan

28%

;,7% Deo

46% Apr

34% July 29
Jan 22 a

.1

EXCHANGE

Dec

1%

Apr 12

No

NEW YORK

36%

10

37% Feb

Greyhound Corp (The)
-No par
4%% preferred—
100
Orumman Aircraft Corp—————1
Guantanamo Sugar common
!
1
$5 conv preferred -i.
No par

Sales for

Jan

49% May 21

6

108

-

the Week

Dec

22%

47

—5

Gulf Oil Corp

23

132

No par

preferred

Jan

14

Jan

36% Mar

Dec

10

21

29

Dec

77%

Mar

10

-20

123
130

112% Mar 23

1
par

Oct

Mar

134

Jan

36% Jun

26

NOV

'

52% Aug

Aug

May

y« Mar 13

par

Sep

62

8

Aug

49%

125

11% Feb

lOo

—
10
com—No par

Gulf Mobile A Ohio RR

fi 56

114%

14

Jan

150

Feb

5

7

preferred —.—100
Great Nor Iron Ore Prop
-No par
Great Northern Ry 6% pfd—No par
Great Western Sugar
No par
Preferred
100
Green Bay & West RR.
100

$5

July 25

May

40

23% May 2V '
48
May 31

142% Feb 27

100

(H L) Co Inc

16

Oct

172

43% Aug

Apr 26 «
40% Jan 14 '
7% Jan 15'f

18% Mar 4

Mar

> 36

127

29

2

20

Dec

27% Mar
Oct
37% Jan

153

80% Jan 30
132
Feb
5

2

par

3%%

Green

123

29

Dec

15

Mar:

5
15

56% Feb

Jun 20

64% July 26

1
10U,

STOCKS*

Thursday

Aug. 14

Aug. 13

40% Apr

g

27%

;

13

Aug

Feb

Granite City Steel——No pat
Grant (W T) Co—.
'
:
8,

700

761%

Wednesday

Tuesday
; ;

48

~

9

90% Aug

:

5
Mar 13

17% Jan

Apr

$5 convertible preierred—J7o par
Gotham Hosiery.
..—..—No par
Graham-Paige Motors
_1

'

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

Monday

Aug. 12

Aug. 10

•J

74%

73%

4,300

30ya

20'/4

56

73%

43%

101/a
98

V

48

107%
44

107%

45%-~;

3,500

57

29%

56

47%

108.;

10%

95%

57

Saturday
• per share

*107%

620

19%

82%

July 23

16% Apr

52

$5 preferred ——i.No par
-Goodyear, Tire & aubb
—No par

1,300
.

58%

*63

Dec

17

182

Granby Consol M S & P

179%

84

185%

.;

29

2

Grand Union Co_

30

70

84

441/2

57

73%

*66

Goodall-Sanford Inc
Goodrich Co (B F)

1,500

33%

58%
1

Jan

Apr

26

"Goebel Brewing Co_—
Gold & Stock Telegraph Cc

1,900

*178

301/a

1791/2

160%

200

Feb

50

1,600

110

19y«

Dec

Jan

4%% conv preferred

;

28,600
.,

46y2

'331/2
110

59%

30%

481/4

1,100
200

8

461/2

-19%

70

95%

95%

19,

179

^

45

20

-

47

34

59

30%

83% >83%
?

44%

10%

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-

.

97/s

7%

.

:

•

33%

9%

.

>

500
13,100-

20%v:V > 20%: ^20% /

179

*66

70
84

a

81/4

109% 110

60 %

59%

30%

♦107%: 108%

■•■•■

.19%

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/■

46% 147%

108%

>4514#:

♦95

*66

83%

46%

46%

*107%

19%

30%
179

179

—

.107%

33ya

471/2

90%
33%

33%
109%

60

30%

*

84% : 84%

a

*

:•

;;

337/a

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10

8

471/2

21%-

211/8

109%

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179

34

110% »;V

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i

59%

30%

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21%

34

-

7

19%

59%

21

&

33%

33%

a

>

3,900

-

106
106
,,, 68%
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35

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I

■

7

•?

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10

46%

100

6,300

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14%

127% May

2,200

106% 107

Jan

115y4 Mar

77%

s

8%

par

42y2

34%

6

54% Aug

77

*06%

14% Apr

;

49

135 Va Jan

41%

104y2 105
'..
69_.
69i/a

Dec

4

78%

;

61 Va

17

42%

.70%.

Jan

Jun

148

?

22

Feb

77%

K

*45

6%

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71% Apr

42

57%

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109 %

130

42%

34%

i

8%

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57'/4

/'' *106%

10%

8%

46%

8%

52%

...7

24%

Apr

100
100
10

42%

x69%

35%

♦341/4

1051/2

52

*104% 105

V

.*107%' 107%

w

35%

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53

*142

Jan

28% Apr

49

Dec

12%
104%

45

..JVo par

Jan

1

par

79

'

•

103

53

7%

77%

%

58

14

171

Gen Time Instrument Corp—No par /
4%% preferred
100/
General Tire & Rubber Co
5 f
•
4y4% preferred
10
3%% preferred
—100
3,800Gillette Safety Razor
No par
500 '.• $5 conv preferred
No par /
5,100
Gimbel Brothers —
5
100
$4.50 preferred
No pari
2,500
-Glldden Co (The)
No par

59

103

145

Deo

Jan

51% NOV

Jan

1

87% Aug 13

-

57J/2

42

Deo

80%

21% July

45% Aug

—

37%

*561%

Deo

58

7%

May 29

108

12% Feb 26
182
Jan 28

"

107

58%

26

July 26

2,100

53

•141

145

59

104'/2

*56%

7%

7%

7%

.

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36J/2

106%

53

,

57%

♦56%

37%
108
60'/4

*103

52%

60
*103
,

37'/e

*107%

59

1051/2

*56%

52%

38

108

*107

108

52%

105%

52

37%

37%

108

59%

*103

'

,

Deo

14%

May 28
141% May 28

8

July 12

400

-

'

50%

NOV

28%

No par

General Mills common—-No
rSlX 5% preferred
100
3%% conv preferred
18,500 >> General Motors Corp..
Zv:
700 \
$5 preferred
No
1,900
Gen Outdoor Adv common—No
2,100/f 'Gen Precision Equip Corp
No
5.700
Gen Public Service
18.300
> Gen Public Utilities Corp
400
Gen Railway Signal
No
>40 :>
6% preferred
—;
4,000
Gen Realty & Utilities
1,100
General Refractories
No
800 ;f General Shoe Corp
160
Gen Steel Cast $6 preferred—No
1,700
General Telephone Corp

1211%

65%

.

29%

60

136y2

128%

5'/b

5

149

7'A

32%

32

68

20%

391/4

*146

7%

7%

40

39%
*125%

21 Va

39

381/2
149

*146

5%

20%

5%,

67

341/2

*5'/a

21%

38%

147%

*119

Apr

24

17% July 23

.10

NOV

14%

17

19% Aug

Dee

19%

16% Mar

67% May 29

58

10%

Jan

5

3

17 Va Feb

Jan

15

5

107

Deo

12%

Jan

4%
•; 16

29

12/4 Jan

Jan

* Dec

Jan

.100

Foods Corp

General

22% Jun

31

—

36

Nov

51%

Deo

6%

2

54% Jan
78

-

29% Jan

July 24
22% Aug 16

No par

790 preferred
General Electric Co

2,800

Apr

26

19

—50

35

15% May 28
21

2 >

,16% Aug 15

<

Jan

84

18

11% Jan 29

26

Jan

1,900

54

*134

19

——.No par
—.100

2nd preferred—

conv

/General Cigar Inc

—

,

52%

54

135

4%

16,900;>

46

> 8% Feb

Jun

iiia:^uiy.:i

3

10% Jan

Co.

General Cable Corp
4% 1st preferred

3

.

27% May 13
48

4

105% May 15

—.JVopar
Gar Wood Industries Inc
1
4%% conv preferred
50
Gaylord Container Corp
1.66%
5%% conv preferred
50
Gem Amer Investors——.!
$4.50 preferred
inn
Gen Amer Transportation—
Gwinwirftl
/ ;
a

600

8,200
1,130

Jun

I per share

t per share

19% Aug 14

$8 preferred———No par
General Bronze Corp———,——8

600

46

^

.

46%

135

.

—.

88%

'-

-

183

52%

135

'

195%
2iy2 21%

36%

46

>

>193

47%

>,

*178%

54%

541/4
135

^ lno

13

36%

537/8

53 y4

>>,

54

135

12%

12%

38%

37%
v

3,300
1,000

12%»
47

46%

19%
60

88

183

4,300

59%

21%

,

>;

.

>'.>/£

109

195%

>

2,700

*106%

*21

,

191/2

.

800

„•

120

19%

6,600
7,500

.

60

47%

46%

53%

54

135%

13%

19%

-

*110

*193

2174

88

'

•

20%

12%

196

*178%

46%

52%

54

12%

37

183

46%

52%

54 :<y

C;: *134

37%

*178%

183

v.

46%

•

-

^

109

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12%

>

20Va

59

1. 4 88
>:> > 47%

20

,

*106%

21%

.

48

*47%

•

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,

12%

196

22

*21

201/4

*193

196

v.

59

12%

22

t/i

22

»

.

61

Feb 26

Highest

Lowest

:

34% Jan

t

preferred—————.100

cum

23'/4

•i7

.

*193

;

•

60

*12%

4ft

f per share

47

—-.10

57

109

59

560

.

'

20%

20%

*106%

109

•106%

Freeport Sulphur Co

Froedert Grain & Maltlngr Co Inc.l
Fruehauf. Trailer Co common——1

14%

57%
;; 20 ;i

*116%

19%
125 vU'ri

*115

J

.../

108%; 108%

Par

f

1,000
400
.1,800

Highest

< per thare

23y4

16%

23%
14%

14%

,

'

14%
15%
14%
14%
lO'A. loy*
; 10*
loy«
20%
20%.>>^'30^^20%
16%
16%
;> 16% 16%

;

>20%;

*21%

21

'

14

•

.

'

20%
42%

;

Lowest

>

;

Year 1945

Bange Since January 1

i

>

23%

10'A

*20%

■

17 %

.

"21 ,'
23%

21

23%

56%

*19
*42

.

EXCHANGE

r

Shares

Bases for Previous

' V '' •;■•.• ;"

""

23%

20%

17

17%

17%
*20%

:.*23%

56%

-

20%
43%

■ -

Gabriel Co (The) common
1
Galr Co Ino (Robert;—
6% preferred
—20
Galvin Mfg Corp
—
3
Gamewell Co (The)—*.„Ao par

10%

20%

'

:

56%

*107% 108%

15%
10%

the Week

$ per ihare

STOCKS

i> / NEW YORK STOCK

galea for

*106%

10%

10%

20% v

Friday
Aug.; 16

| par share

W/a
,23^4

8

108%

108»/4

108 Mi

..20%

??,/. ??

/

Aug. 15

■

$ per share *

,
'

-

>;;c. * >..>>■•'••>

>>>>■<>
Thnrsday

Aug. 14

55%

*20'/»

8T0CK

.EXCHANGE

FBICES

Wednesday
v

' Pgf> ehare1

'

share

SALE

;

Aug. 13

.

55%

ir

./Tuesday:

:<<.

Aug. 1.2

t

.;# per share

HIGH

9 per share>

$ per share

H
>

♦38

39

39

22

STOCK

22

21%

*22

EXCHANGE

23

114%

22%

*113

107%

*107

30

30

*167

170

•48
12

*38

21%
22V4

21

22%
*113

114%
107 %

30 Va

30%

48%

49

49 J/4

12 %

12%

103%

103%

15%

15%

15%

10%

10%

10%

181%

181%

181%

41

v;V

40%

28%

28%

63

*134

>

135
99

29%
*39

•32

39%

35%

35%

34%

•34%.'

>

22

22

*102%

103%

15%

15 %

103%
15%

(M A) Co $4.25

155

10

37

par

100

pfd__No par

Hat Corp of Amer

4%%

10%

10 %

2,500

181%

182%

320

10%
182

40%

*40%

40%

3,200

107%

107 Va

,

82% 5.i

82%

;

82'%..

<

82%

preferred

Hayes Mfg Corp
Hazel-Atlas Glass

3%%

193

:

•188:

29

63%

32

33%

X33

34%
36

40

Helme

(G

W)

*34%

29%
423/4

*33

-

.

♦32

34%

35%
;

43

22%

21%

56%:

56

96%

200

>

No par

5%
preferred
Hershey* Chocolate

100
.No par

500

39

39

200

Hinde & Dauch Paper Co

34

*30

29%

:

500

32

34%

34 Va

1,000

Hires Co

Holland

preferred

Furnace

*31
>

No

(C E) The

34%

100

Hollander & Sons

;..*28%

29%

100

(Del)

41%

21%

:

20 Va

563/4

55

41%

>»>

5,400

20%

? ::

1,700
200

55.

Houdaille-Hershey
$2.25

com

preferred

-3

42 V2 Juiy 25

34%

34 %

33

*108%

1093/4

108%

108%

*108

89%

90%

90%

90%

90%

•SO

24%

24%

24%

243/4

24

243/a

237/a

23%

1,800

preferred
100
Houston Light & Power Co—No par
Houston Oil of Texas v t c
25

43

43

43%

43%

•43

433/4

>•'•41%

•413/4

2,100

Howard Stores Corp

*44 .>:'

45

24%

24%

43%

43%

*43%

44%

»%

41%

42

27%

41%
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44%

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18

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18

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83%

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200

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41%

41%

8%

8%

1,000

Household Finance

>

com

No par

v-3%%

Howe

Sound Co

Hudson

5ft

&

—

Manhattan

non-cum

preferred
Ltd

4.400

42%

25%

2,700
:•

-

41%
■".Jv

1,200

'•>>

33

109%

Hud Bay Min it Sm

5,800

V'tHcin"

900

Hunt

7,100 >

kudo

xxr>t.f)r

Foods

Inc

Motor Car Corp

July 24

Mar 9
Apr 16
Aug 7
July 23
July 24
Jan
3
May 1
Mar 7
Jan
3
41% Aug 16

34%

& 89
/

32
24%
27 %
40
19%
55
27 Va
106 %
83
19%

0

No par
12.50
No par
50

109%,

109 Va"

28
5

1

iA)

34%

34

15
25
31

32 % Feb 26
29% Feb 26

*108%

343/4.

4
26

135
Jan
2
25% Feb 26

par

-5

new.

Holly Sugar Corp
Homestake Mining

'

43

•55

v

conv

Mar 13

10
1

Hewitt-Robins Inc

$4

2

5

480

29%

■

:>35>>'K

21%

563/4

80

136

No par

142 Vb

>

33%

42

21%

Power

•94

.

preferre'd

Motors

Hercules

29%

*28%

43%

Hercules

142 Va

•32

34;>

1,500
1,200

40

*39

*28%, >29^4 r

non-cum

28%

62%

29%

143

29%

33

7%

•

28

*134

96%

143

/

;

> 193

7

190: :

100
No par
„*■*»"*

6.66%
*

?:
;

J-.'

39

Jun

Jan

43 Va

Nov

27%

Dec

26% Jan
Apr

11

Jan
103% Aug

13

105

119

167

10Va July 23
121
Jan
2

103% Jan
> 82
Apr
184
Jan
27% July
57% July
130 •> Jan
82
Mar

Jan

20%

1
8

Aug

17

13 Va Apr

100
23
100

33

24

16
15

100

9

40 ys May 13

109 Va Apr

Feb 26
11% July 17
99
Apr 25

1

Co———25

preferred

62

136

*94

29%

Vi

63%

*134

142%

29%
*39

*188

x

29 %

29

*62%

96

142%

193

Jan

1
15
23
14

.,1

class A
(modified).

Hecht Co.

800

>

No

Hayes Industries Ino

10

82%.,

Refrac

preferred

Hart, Schaffner & Marx

1,600

107'/a

♦134% 1353/4

39

*54%

,

100

*40%

30

22

*55

500

12 y8

*106 3/4

143

42%

>>

48%

*11%

4i%

95

*33

42% %

6%

1073/4,

29

98

34%

41%

par

100

No

preferred

Harbison-Walk

2,600

*47%

10%

633/4

135%

*28%

.

>■•

.

63%

*32

28% >28%

Hanna

28%
170

12

181%

*188

29%

39>

33%

conv.

5

new—

'

141 Va
30

>

29%

10%

*82%

.

*96

144

4%

35% Feb
21
Aug
20% July
111
Mar
105% Jan
23
Mar

Water———————JIB

Printing Co

Hamilton Watch Oo

107%

28

'

*403/4

193

134

*96
143

Hall

50

1073/4

»
82%

29
63%

;

10%

108

82%
*187

63%

*106%

Faekonaaeu

400

Va

114 v

*167%

49

181% 182%

40%

*107%

82%
82%
193 >
♦187

22

22%

1,500

49

15%

*102%

15%

41

39

*102 %

15%

103%

15%

•107% 108 "

21

170

*11%

*102 y4

10%

2Q

*167%

48%

*11%
*102%

181

>

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107

*106%

*167% 170

*11%

<12

23
113

113

107'/a

30

21

200

38%

♦37%

21%

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114%

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39

'

29%

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49%

38%

21%

:

22

22%

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CLOSED

*37%

39

July 15

16
July 19
33% Jan 4

15%

18%

34% May 28

152

July 16

X30

60 Va May 29

16% Jan

7%

16

98

106% Jan 24
20% Apr
15% Jan

9%

22
28

Dec

121
Deo
110% Jan

Oct

Dec

29%

Jan

Apr

155
43 %

Jan

Dec

14

Apr

Nov

Oct

104 Va

Jan

16%

Dec
Dec

14

Dec

6

Mar

108

Mar

134% Nor

186

July 11

51

May 23

20%

Jan

•35'

109% Mar 26

100%

Oct

103%

90

Jan

192; Aug

2
7

>;
-

170

Jan

9

17
3

130

2
21

123

106

May

146% Jan

39% May 13
x43

May 31

41%. Apr

Deo,
Dec
Aug

39% Deo

July

Feb
Feb

138

Feb
21% Aug

138

NOV
Dec

32

Dec

72

,

90

25

Jan

33% Nov

23%

Jan

32%

Dec

Jan
17% Jan

26%

Nov

35

Nov

42

Jan

60%

16%

Jan

„

6

37% Jun

189

22% Jan

38% Jan

72% Apr
Apr

139

.

92% NOV

71% Apr

4

40

May

221

34 % May <10
Jan

11

28% Feb

6

46

17

25 %

63

55% Oct

Jun

Dec
Nov

62 Va Apr

22

35% Jun

26

25

Aug

29% Deo

111% Jun

20

102

Sep

109 % July

95

30
47

87%

66% Jan

24
Apr
9

Nov

July 19

Apr

12%

25f
17

45% May 17

36% July 23
8
May 6

,

34 Va Mar 25
49 Va Jun

10% Jun

Jan

8%

Jun
36% Dec

26% Aug

14%

Jan

34

Jan

3%

3>.
24

Dec
Dec

23%

34%

5

12% Jan

24 % July 23

Jan
Jan

54

2

10

60% Feb
25

> Jan

23% Dec

Jan

>

9%

May
Dec

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August-19, 194S-

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD
HIGH SALE PRICES fel
Tuesday ;■■■'
•
Wednesday
■
Thursday

•

Monday

Saturday

:(;

Aug. \%

Aug. 10

§

• per share

•;Aug. 14

Aug* 13 V/

.

I per share

per Share

/

9 per share

$

Sales for

Friday
Aug. Id
per

NEW

the Week

10%

10 Ve

31%

Shares

share

I per share

51%

51%

*137

41%

42

%

20

I

*7%

42%

106%
9

15%

15%
247%

247 %

95%

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193%

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105

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193

194%

194

13%
37%

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36%
138
49%

37

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67%

110

,

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20%

51%

128.

128

125

125

126%

127%

122%

124

112/

113

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111

20%
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66%

66%

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42%

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23%

23%
23%

37%

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48%

17%
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56%

113%

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50

23

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113%

23%

17.

17%

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113%

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139%
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♦60

61%

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•

49%

49

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106%

106

29%

29%

i-;
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124

v

113%

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62

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63

48%

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29 Vs

28%

28%

32

31%

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48

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21

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30

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58

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57%

48

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63%

63%

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23%

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22

♦97%

99

39%/ 39%
108 3*2

39 %

40%

40

108 A

108 3*,

40%

108

•40%.

97%

10

39%

30o

40%

55%

55%

57%

57%

58

9 per share

7%

9 per share

:

Thursday

9 per share

9 per share

66

13%
44

73/8

4

64%

*40

57

28

28

10

10

28

10

58.

r

58%

35%

60

12%

12%

34

-',28

35%

59%

58%

,

28%

'.*28

34

*94%
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34

86% Feb

26

34% Feb

26

30%

>

•

273/4
9%

31 %

82 "i">

i.

Corp

61% Jan

64
July 24
13
July 24
39% Jan
3
,

26

34

*333/8

34%

Life Savers Corp new

95

943/4

943/4

Liggett Si Myers Tobacco—...

'

95

503/4
66

*200

95

■

.

5

Series

-

58,/2

48%
-

48%

65%

65%

41%

57%.

57%

Lily Tulip Cup Corp————No
Lima Locomotive Wks
No
Link Belt Co
-No
Lion Oil Refining Co—
No
Liquid Carbonic Corp
No
/

Preferred

3%%

31%

Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Loews

813/4

Lone

31%

Long Bell Lumber A

253/4

Lorillard

25%

293/4

196

7%

*39%

40%
165

*39
♦160

165

*160

(P)

—.

4%%

39%

1

643/4

65

62

54 y4

Mack Trucks

54

54 %

63%

53

53%

52%

52%

Macy (R H)

110%

1093/4

110%

110%

*1093/4

h

——

Forbes.

65%

*109%

Co

ft

160

65%

54

110%

& Sons lnc
pfd series A

preferred

MacAndrews

165

653/4

*1093/4

—

(M)

cum

Steel

65%

6%

.No par
50

Nashville

&

Lowenstein
Lukens

165

65% Apr 11

3

.88

4%%

IncJ

Co lnc

pfd series A—

1
100
10

Feb

25

8

Feb

13

43% Jan

1
29

/ Aug
7
45% Jan 14

120
:
•

25

Jan

68

433/4 July

27% Feb 26

24% July 24

24

210% Mar 29

32% Apr 20
115% Apr 24

vnr

No Vat
10
100

Co

preferred

22%

*38%

.

15
21

May 23

103% Jan

July 25

32% July 24
64
Jan
3

1063/4

40%

37% Jan

July 26

var

44% May 14
74% Jan 28

102

273/4 July 12

Louisville Gas & El A

37%

Jan

63

57

-1

Louisville

37

47

par

May 13

15 % Apr

4

No par

66%

♦22

■

86% Mar 15

Cement Corp——No par

29%

1063/4

33

Mar 13

lnc

65%

JO"
23

14

Star

29%

67

38 /

15

65% Jun

100

—

343/4

196

Apr
4
38% May 16

July 24

194% Jan

par

par

28.
57/a Jan 15'

,64

-15% Apr

86

23
B—————--25

Preferred...,———-100

201%

'

v

3

30% Feb 26
58
July 24
11% Jan
3
30
Jun 19

Llbbey Owens Ford Glass—No par
Llbby McNeill & Libby
-7

Corp

28

17% Jan

& 9%, Aug 16

—No par

Lerner Stores

953/4

17% Jan

553/4 May 23

9

12%

Highest

,

$ per share

May 29
Apr 22
.1023/4 Apr 22
.82
Apr
9

.

3% Aug 16

iter share,

62

10% July 25

49%, Jan

Range for Pretioue
Year 1945

68

20

33%

,;.\v

5

26% Jan

60%

^

7
4

Oct

9% Jan 24

2

Jan

49% Feb

59

• V

6% Jan

1 per share

50%

Jan

Lowest

Highest

ji;

-5

Lehn & Fink Prod Corp

33%

31%

26%




X49% Not

37

(The).—....——1

Lehman

283/4

813/4

30%

971,

35% July

3

43% Jan
37

<

31%

197

page

.

Lehigh. Coal & Navigation Co.--.10
Lehigh Portland Cement
25
Lehigh Valley RR
50
Lehigh Valley Coal——i.—-No par
Non-cum
preferred
—50
$3 non-cum 1st pfd—.——No par
50c non-cum 2nd pfd.—^.Nopaf

34%

*160

see

Co

58

34%
34%
*115% 118%

35

82

23

*28

4

Light

(The)

,12%

40%

34%

35% Not

-

12%

50%

34=%

*ln«%

573A

"

66

118%

37%

28

*573/4

41

34%

293/4

273/4
93/4

34

95

67

*66%

;

201%. 203%

118%

Mar

Lowest

Bryant—..——.—No

Mar

Aug

26

3

.44 * Jan
44% Jan

•

52

253/4

11%
,50

Gas

40% Dec
112

107

Range Since January 1

4
No par
par
4%% Preferred
—50
•Lee Rubber & Tire.———
—5
Laclede

19

7

I per share

Lambert Co

Dec
Not

67

96% Dec

1% July 25

STOCK

Dec
Dec
Not

2

July

33% Jan

EXCHANGE

Lane

31

38% Jan
8% Jan

STOCKS

NEW YORK

61

95%

58%

*29

107

Jan

72% May
28
Aug

15% Feb 26

N«» paf

34

57%

3

58% Mar 13

Kroger Co, (The) ——No par

*93

95%

67

*196

& Co

(S H)

Kress

12%

•;>

*40%

.

35% Dec
51

Stoppers Co Inc..■,^.■....^.....10
4%% preferred
s
100
Kresge (8 S) Cov— ,.—.^.^.10,
Kresge Dept Stores lnc new——1

13%

*40

58%

v

rh 60%

201% 202
52

27

35

.

44%

U1
3%

4%

10

66

13%

57

27%

85

44%

12
1

♦40

48%

*78

4434

*11%

7%
533/4

48%

13%

H

15

Feb

22% Mar

Shares

*52%

66

V

Apr
,

19% July 29

32% Jan

the Week

t per Share

85

fe

54
35

No por

Bales for

Friday
Aug. 16

Aug. 15

49%

*78

26

117% May 21
24% Mar 13

Jan

;

Wednesday
Aug. 14

105
Dee
30% May

Jan

HIGH SALE PRICES

Tuesday
Aug. 13

Dec

46% Not

Jan
Mar

19% Jan

Apr 22

Dec

Jan

18%

900

55

49%

79

,

;

35%

2,600

7%

55

28% Feb

34

-

May 22,

*

LOW AND

Monday
Aug. 12

24% Mar 14.-

,1

.

108

8

27%

22%

—

55%

100% Jan

100

—

90*

T

2

v May
6
20% July 23
Jan
8-

■

55%

pref series A

53% Feb

Not

140

28

S.400

57%

109

Mar 13

61

116

Jan
Sep

31

48

2,200

J1#

39%

41%

5%

40

par

137% Deo

—

May 31

115% Feb 15

May 28

114% May
145
Not

109% Aug
101.
Jan
118% Aug

Kimberly-Clark Corp
No por
Kinney (QR) Co—<—.t
'
$5 prior, preferred—
No par

300

100

101A

39%
108

32

LaughllmSteet^—1.NO

'Keystone Steel Si Wire Co

'

.97%

63

109

.

63%

23%

99%

i

5

Dec
Nor

—

114% July 31
167% Apr
9,
153
Apr
9
127% July 22 -

140; v,Mar 20^S15O/v Feb 25,

100
stamped—100

Chicago RR

Ran City P ft L pf ser B

—

*22%

Mar

22%
47

19% Not
34% Jan

2nd preferred ser A..:

Joy Ufg Co

48

*98

53

»

.

29

29

57%

.12%

1,000

61%

*20%

;

58%

.

...

46 %

*20%

100

——,

300

123%

32%

121% July 24
118% July 24

Kalamasoo Stove & Furn—
10
—No par
Kansas City Southern
No par
100
'
4% non-cum preferred
100
300 N ''Kaufmans Dept. Stores*^i,^,.4.^10
'2,100'-VKayser (Julius) & Co
1.5
;
200 4 Kelsey Hayes Wh'l conv ci A——1
300
~ -Class B>~—
.>.1
8,100
Kennecott Copper.
—No par

31%

*121

33%
61%

108% Apr 15
July 24;

134

com—No par

Johnson

Si

•Jones An

106%

-28%

*31%

106%

100

—

Corp
preferred

24% Jan 17
July 16-

59% May 29

108

3

&

4%
Joliet

48%

*105%

29%

*

159-'

50

46 y» Jan

Preferred called

113%

•156

49

106%

*112

160

50%

preferred

Johnson

63

113%

15 Va July 23
106% July 31

pfd—100
nu

Manville

3% %

<

*158

*105%

Johns

135%

123

*112

—

49%

106

134

123

61%

4Y*%

113%

♦112%

138%
*125

121%
;

———1.

—

Jewei Tea Co lnc

113%

136%

61

♦155

.

*112%

(Fti) Co_

Jersey Cent Pw & Lt A%

108

57

*123

preferred.

Jacobs

16%

*107%

108

*54%

*124%

16%

16%

108.

57

139%

139

♦155

29%

16%

107%

*124% 127%

48%

22%

22%

17%

107%

108

123% J24;

125

48

23%

23%

*60

124

56

to

107%

127%

45%

30.

17%

140%

66%

.

45
55 %

49

56%

139%

*63
*

58

165

107%

*125%

119%

37%

*160

*113

20%

119

45%

45%
58%

113

20%

49%

49%

51%

*111

20%.

45%

67%

50%

119%

23%

*54%

139%

128

42%

107

7%

36
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FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
&

THE COMMERCIAL

Number 4517

(Volume 164

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD
LOW AND

SALE PRICES

HIGH

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43/4 % preferred
.100
Murray Corp of Amerlcat^...***.!?
4%/preferred .i.i.-,
Myers (F E) St Bro
——No par

50

1,100

49%

Jan

36

1041/4 May 29

*16% Feb 26

Mull Ins

16% Jan

;

Apr/ 8

44-

1

....

Jun

5% Jan
,

283/aFeb

"

4,800':

(iV-

1091%.

16 3%

203/4'
-

37%

34

;'493A

Aug., 14

CLOSED

*201%

41%

109i%

173%

Sper share

EXCHANGE

28%

42

110

/ :-.v

Co—

Dec

16%

573/2 Aug 13

47%'Mar.:j;4-;'
25% Feb 26

,%Motor Wheel -Corp———.8:■

Deo

37

135 »/2 Jun. 17

53

No par

5

Brass

48

2

22
4

Deo

124

23s/a July 15

5% July 29

10

1,600

Mueller

/ 70

23

July 25
July 26

71
..

1,700

V-,

20% .21

17.

Wednesday

Aug. 13

Sper share

109

•106

21,

42..:

18 "

493%

109

Motor Products Corp..

1,000

293/4 iiBO'%'
•%54
20 3%
21»% :

.21'%

—-

$2.50 cum pfd—————,—5Q
Morrell (John) & Co.
No par

200

;

26 %

•r

.

Jan

52

521/4 July 29
126
:

—i

13 3A

Jan

22% Jan

:

17% Jan 24

July 23

211/4 July 23

series A—No par
Co
No par

Oct

7% Mar

May 31

32% Jan

58%

109%

44

341/8 July 23
-

Dec

42% Mar

5:

19% May 28

3

27

261/4

1193/4 July
1
563/2 Aug
9

29% Mar 13

Feb

75

Aug

13

Mar 25

10

Deo

Mar
Oct

160

53 / Mar

129

X45

63%

Jan

9

Dec

36

Jan

137 '

July 11

117

5

new

35

1

681/4 Apr;

July 22
401/4 Apr 30
11% Jan

9

26% Mar 18

117

20
1.25

Moore-McCormack Lines Inc...

9,800

54

.26.:

Co

Rights

-

..

,62

,*52;.

*1093/4

42%
110

*62'%

20%

21

21

%

preferred

Montgomery Ward

663.400

29%

29'%
*59

55%

*106

;-213/4

50

::

.27'%

54'%

/

.

•;2i3/4

17%

$ per share

STOCK

56

.

173%

LOW AND

'

$3.25

78%'

Chemical

Monsanto

4,100

131

78"

93

14'A Nov

Jan

73/2

Feb

-173

Tool——No par

Mach

Mouarcn

56

*1293%

29% ,30

?30%

*49'%

*

26'%

109

213%

42

17%

*48

X21'%
*106

110

*109'%

18

38%

56

24

37

July,

62'/j Jan

July 23

/ 563A July 30
153/2 July 24
513A Feb 25

No par

Mohawk Carpet Mills—
Mojud Hosiery Co Inc new

4,100'

%

45

1561/2 Jan

100

StP&SSMA vtc

18% Feb

3

3iy2 Feb 26

par

Mo-Kan-Texas RR——par
7% preferred seriesAi-.——100

f

3,500
1,200

52

52

#27%

30%

57'%

1093/4

1.700

.

37

213/4

61,.

*59

53

*50

30'/a

*17%

11%

*37'%

29%

29

,62

571/4

4

:

.'301/4

29%
*60

51%

:

800

39'%

63%

.

80'%

79

700

•211%

132 ;

*1297/s

800'

,

16

107,500

62

*>27'%

273/4

273/4

81%

30'%

*60

53

*51

131%

80'%

260

*62'%

38'%.
563%

56'%

No

1st preferred..

Minn-Honeywell. Regulator
.3
3.20% conv pfd series: A
100
Minn Min & Mfg—.———No par
Minn Moline Power ImpL
1
$6.50 preferred
No par
Mission, Corp——^——10

•:

7'%

29'A

62

*59

7

*38

56%;

*129%

80%

78'%

38%

56

57'%

*129'%

7'A

*37%

38%
131

Steel

cum

900

37

22%

79

6%

Products

8%

.10

Minn

*103%

'

63

233%

13P/4

763%

Aug. 10

37%

23

57'%

56%

Saturday5

ll'/a.;

37'%

61

38'%

*37%

Midland

•

119

39

11

:

23%-'

*127

>

393%

61

22%

Petroleum;

10

;

110% July 19

106% May

Minneapolis & St Louis Ry—No par

55

77'

Nov

45% May

3

600

153%
*118

119

39%

37

*54%

15%

*118

2
May 15

523% Apr.

21

Nov

87%

9

18
16

600

62'%

2

29%

33% Mar

10

32% July

473/4 Deo

Jan

35

1053/s Jun

14% Mar
64% Jan

10

61% Jun

Mid-Continent

400

>

119

*118

Dec
Deo

'

1133/2 Apr

60

*59

,

5§%:

153/8

119

*393/4

623%,-.

30 y8
25

8

353/2 Jun

26

123/a Jan

5

Copper

17%

*16%

Jan

51 ys Feb 26

3,800

■■■;

/.

164'%

60

•

119

543%

'

v

16%

16

16®%
119

11

I per share

62'%

62,

37
*60

*162

164'%

118%

55'A

55

55%

*16'A
*116

119

39%

63

119

55%

16%

163%

42'%

48'%:

Deo

27

Jan

1081/4 May 10

Miami

J

*117

55%

55%
*116

/

rl7 ' " rl7

117'%

117%

41'%

50

*49

Dec

Machine Co—^—.^—8

1,500

14%

48%

423%

42'%

*•

14 Vo

14% v:

Nov

12% Mar

593% Jun 28

106% Jun 12

-

15

Feb

1093/4

571/4 Aug 13
563/4 Aug

7
25

221% Mar 14
70

Dec

Sep

-

Metropolitan Edison 3.90% pfd—.100

Mesta

400
»

cum

>.

pfd...—.

Co

&

$3.50

100

,

iii3%,;

*111

400'

2,100
/-:

no'%:,"

553%

1113%

;

673%'

66%

; *

583%

*111

48

*44

•

J.10

*57'%-

1113%

"■

48 3%;.

*44

110

57%

57%

1113/4

*15

50

93

*86

293/4 ,..30

Aug
Feb

■

110

*111

93 "a

*87
.

67

110'%

58

*55

'48%

*471%
*1091%

67

663/4
*1091/8

90

,30
"47%

56
43

-;

41%

173/a

10

28% July 23

95

*90

4%" 2nd preferred...

703%

13 ya

4

Jun

36

Jan
'Apr

52"

10

105% Aug 13

Aug; 7

105%

57'/4

Jan

357/8 Apr

3

25

Aug 16

56%

70,r

Dec

11

105%

:

36

1041/4 jun

56%;'

,

Jan

193/4
24

57

1051%.

NOV

30% Jan

56% Jun" 3

56%

105%

Deo

43*

9

481% Apr 22

563/4

*1053/4

323/4

2

10

Movjuay-Norris

1,900
'

55%

Jan

41% Jan

Mead' Ctorp.—:«»No pat

300.

>

Deo

Jan

193A

--.--.—JVb' par

preferred

Oct
Sep

27%

Apr

69'

55

114

May 27

3iy«Mar 22
53% Aug 6 <

8

Dec

Jan

Apr 23

463/4 May 29

1

Dec

16%

Aug

40 3/4

18

No par

McKesson & Robbins Ino;

2,000

,

-

,

43 '

May

533/2

Jan

110

6

Dec

1093/2 Nov

Sep

8 3A

May 31

71

2

333/4 Mar

1

104 i/a

Deo
Nov

195

Jan

341% July

5

Mar

118

109% Jan 14 ■.?< 122

-.100

'

,

55

50

Mclntyre Porcupine Mines

Jun

17

13'/4 Feb 26

63%
33i%

Jan

176 »/a

May 10

Jun

48

/

Mar

40

:

18

1121% May 13

1081/2 May 29

-t

McGraw-Hill Pub Co

48%,.: '

70

18

800

106

195

5

Apr

Deo

243/4

22 3/4 Aug

26

400

26'%:r/26 y8f
104
104

';

27%

38 3/s May 29

Feb

36%

*31'%

•;

481% May 28

26

Jun

533%

283%

33%

26

75 7

26

McGraw Elec Co..

48%

30

-333%

26

Feb

Oct

463/4

97/a Mar

521% Feb

2

48

260

*1047%

106i%- :■

5

281% Feb

Jan

Dec

111

Jan

21%

2

30-% Jun

Sep

109

112'/a Mar 25
V 453/2 Feb

;

Dec
Jan

42%

Jan

,183/4

07 Va Apr 24

25

111

533/4

36 '/4

49'/s

106'% .106'%30
"29%

29%;:

*313/4
.

49%

49'%

,49
108

*106'%

108

53%

54

Feb

—No por

800

116%:

.

18 3/4

73/8 Mar

£15% Apr

34

No par

41

41

41%,,;:

4

23

rnrp.V.•

McCall

Dec

11% Feb

.

No par £
No par '

McCrory Stores finrp ■
3%% conv. preferred.

116,

115i%

41,
361% :

.37%

600

500

54%
35
(/"•"

*33

,

Dec

7%

II1/2

20

.

$6 1st cum preferred

39%

Jan

20% Jan

39

,1.100

Maytag Co
$3 preferred

100

..

preferred

36'%

;'.35

115i%
:-,V

'»

115

*112

No

Department Stores^
$3.75 preferred

52 3%

*50 Ye

■■

Wks

Jan

3%

28

par
1 £

Co-

Alkali

Dec

par

No
—No

May

/

110

*108%

'

40%

7%

*

<60.

Eleo

Mathieson

1,800

34%
205

:

-

Master

500:

.

Jan

8

1

Oct

321/2

24 -■

461% May 31

26

109 % Aug
2
37
July 25

^

(Glenn

Martin-Parry Corp
Masonite Corp

1,200

40 %<

34%

115

*34

,

67%/

*202

14%
52

Martin

.80ft

14

Nov

July 23

9

preferred——-——--.100

25%

% Jan

525
15%

14% Aug 16

S
..100

COrpRy 6% prior pfd

Marshall Field& Col-—-.—NO por

& 59%

-V'/

110

*112

St

7 361/4 Feb

Jun

7% May
14
Jan

8

7 26

Deo

25%

Mar

425

7 16 3A Apr

26

5 >/a Aug

1,500

395/a~

25

61%

52

115

35

;

1153/2

115

"

51%

*112

115

;

Midland

Market

<

17

Aug 15

526

10

19% Mar 13

1

4,10ft

49

:

par
6

Oil Exploration

Marine

111

39%

243/4
205

59%
*108%

*112

48%

*109%
-

66%

*202

62.

14%tv

i£ 39%

X61%

15

10,800
510

40 %

64%

/ 64

63,

9%

67 3%

343/4

•

63%

>

9%
14 '%

40%
:

No

Ma-racaibo

25%

t.

Bros

Manhattan Shirt

67 3/4

*202

;

25%

Mandel

12% Feb

-

Highest

"

I Pershare

17% July 11

303/a May 28

6

Jun

Previous
1945

"

I per share

< per share

,

15% July 26
22 V4 Aug

1

Lowest

Highest

share

per

520

....50

Co

500

V.

39%

26

Sugar

200'

49%

.

Manatl

5Va,

111/

26

2,800

38%

I; $

■

.10

Mahoning Coal RR Co

22

-■

Lowest

Copper.i—«,

2.000

133/4

38%

143/s

39'%

Magma'

800

■

.

Year

Range Since January 1

/-■

'

Madison Square Garden hew-No par

1,000

;

Range for

/•>

V

.

::1 Par

/■/:

;/-:'5;%

%

9%

143/»=

.

A *21

38%
& 5

5%

49%

25%

*202

22

.

38%

*109%

39

,

*21!

.13%

:■

50'A

39%

67%

205

14

*109% 111
39%
39%

111

25%

,

14

,

39%

36

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5%-,.
9% .,»%..
14%
14%

50%

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39%

36

5%

23
525

*500

15).'

526

..'

16%.

16%

23%

522

v

22;//
39%

'•

*38%
'•*

9%

14%

67%

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*21

5%;

f

-9%

39%
26%

26

14

39%

*5%

111

39%

14

*23

645

"14%

.

16

*15%

23y4

*525

.

'V:*2'f^22,;v:

'

50%

*109%

546

■

NEW YORK STOCK

>

EXCHANGE

Shares

6 per share

6 per share,

' r' STOCKS

•

.

,/

v

the Week

Aug. 18

Aug. 15

16%

23'%

23%

14'

•

Xl6

16%

*23

•525-

!>

,

Sales for

Friday

Thursday;

16

'

/

613/4 May 29
135

Jun

10

:

Dec

58i%

oct

21%. Jan

353%

Dec

Jan

75%

Jun

45

32

Mar

103% Jan

148

Jun

THE COMMERCIAL ft FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 1946

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD
STOCKS ^

// A:

Monday

Saturday
Aug. 10

•

stock

'A:.' A,

'-. A

•

•

T^A

;©

325

*310

A:/A./"-;

•

19%

' \V

40

*31
•66:

.

75

109

109

.

19%

19%

•109

109%

170

NY

19%

500

46

46

*45

X259

262

261

263%

261%

261%

128

128

128

128

129

129

•-

:y

33%

33%

14%

14%

14%

*114%

116%

*114%

27%

27%

"t : ©'':•©

44

28%

28%

110%

*110%

43%

28

13%

44%
52%

52%

*15%

16

xl5%

21%

20%

21%

*20%

27%

Jun

28

Light 3.90% pfd—100
part stk
l

&

Western

Ry

106% Apr 30
18

Aug

43

July 26

246

Jan

3

,121

Jan

11

A 29 % Feb

26

_1

Northern Central Ry Co.
Northern Paclflo Ry

12% July 23

.50
100

111

Jan

17

Mar

162

400

13% Jan

500.

Norwich Pharmacal Co.

18

July 1
36% July 23
Apr
1

45

Feb

7
26

J per share

.

Jan

41

325

Feb

19

53

Jan

Mar

410
110

Deo

24

% Mar

37% Jan

19

50% Oct
258% Nov
126% Nov

219

Jan

,118

Aug

A18 V£ Jan

11

Oct

31%

9% Jan
105% Jan

May 22
Jan

39% Nov
29 A NOV
65 A Nov

102%

28% Feb 18

288% Apr
5
129
Aug 15
39% Apr 20
A 16% Feb 16

Jan

Sep
14% Aug

113% Mar 18

36

Norwalk Tire 8sRubber-

2,200

28%

25% July 24

340

42%

37% Feb 16

117

110 %

Highest

t per share

41% May 28
May 3

3

Northern States Pow $5 pfd-No par
Northwest Airlines
JNo par
Northwestern Telegraph
80

170.

,

1

100
10

i per Share)

:©:-

A Year 1948

Lowest

76

100

pfd

non-cum

North American Aviation

6,600

27%

•110% 111

21%

.

275

North American Co

8,300

15%

•21%

Power 8s

Adjust 4%

12,700

52%

16%

-,__60

Noblitt-Sparks Industries————-8

117

42

52%
16%

7

Norfolk

90

13%

•115

•110% 111

81%

51%

Jan

555

•-

129

33% 0 34%

15

45

44

44.

-

27%

111

129

117

28%

27%

110%

111% 111%"

'259% 264

34%

147/e
•115

*114% 117

57

400

46

33y8

15

14%

14%
117

*45

.

34%

: 34%

34%

No par

N Y supbldg Corp

•19%

19%
46

24% Feb 27

par

■

Highest

A 27% July 17

No par
—No

$5 non-cum preferred
N Y & Harlem RR Co

325

46

33%

N Y City Omnibus Corp
New York Dock

•305

A

Lowest

$ per share

700

28%

28%

Range for Previous

Range Since January 1

Shares

.

128

46

Aug. 16

;/ NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE

'/AAA'

40

75

"'•>310. v 325

109%

19%

:

;

28%

:
,

the Week

I per share

256% 158

A; Av..AA•:♦;" A■ }'■
;

28 W

share

*31

325

109%

109%

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per

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103%

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r

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♦28%

40
72

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,

A >19%

'

;

-

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75

*310

CLOSED
■

40

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.

v;

Aug. 15

v:.

-'

Saleufei

Friday

Thursday

4 /■; # per share

28%,

*33

*32'A

»66J

/

Wednesday
Aug, 14

share

28%

28%

28%

Tuesday-,
Aug. 13

$ per

$ per share

exchange
C

.

Aug. 13

• per share

'i■■

'

Deo:

15%

Deo

112

17% Jan

Deo

38% Deo
116% Mar;

114% Mar 13

110

56% Jan 11
55% Jan
3

26% Mar

63% Deo

46

Apr

57

Nov

Jan

15

Deo

19% May 15
25
May 23

July

6%

A 12% Jan

21% Deo

i

*111%

•111%

112

27 %

27%

22

29
/V 29%
*110% 111%

015%

15%

117
47

35%

174

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107

87%

>21%

15%

117

117%

116%
46%

173

30%

46%
34%
35%
V 174

32

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-

104

14

14

14%

14%

14 3%

22%

23

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,

200

14%

*i4ya

14%

22%

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22

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76

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38

:

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77

*37%

39-

*37%

39%

*37%

39%

37

441/8

44%

44%

44%

44%

44%

44%

44%

Pacific

3,800

643/4

643/4

65s/8

65%

65%

65%

65%

800

♦64

42%

/A41A

;

41%

41

41

156

152

177

177

177

7%
29%

7%
28

9

20

Pacific

Gas

Electric

&

No pat

49%

1083/4
77%

•108%

93/8:
115

*110%

41%

1,500

153

210

*175

177

120

9

A-

18%

18

17

16%

16%

48%

49

108%

108%

9%

9%

"

49%

49

9%

80

*108

•

108%

*77%

79

300

*110%

115

37"%

36%

37%

36

36%

35%

36%

80

81

34,900

81'%

81'%

79%
4%

79%

78%

78%

700

4%

conv

No par

preferred—

100
1

Paramount Pictures Inc new
Park &

Tilford

Inc—

5

5%

45%

46

-4%

46

5,200

46

46%

45%

46

45

45

35

35

1.400

Parke

33'/s

35%

34%

34%

34%

34

35

18%

18

18

2,900

Parker Rust Proof Co

17%

17 %

18

17%

17%

17 %

17%

17%

17%

1,600

17%

17%

17%

17%

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3.300

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Mines

79

'79

80

78

78

76

76

500

Penick

& Ford

50%

513/4

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50%

51%

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39

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38%

38%

38

38

1,600

11

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12

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30%

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104

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Aug. 10
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;

Aug. 12
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Tuesday
Aug. 33 A "

12

14,900

26%
105

A 200

39

300

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12

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A 100
A 300

108%

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15

;

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15

147%

4,700

$ per share

15

14%

the Week

I per share

14%

15

77%

2,000

75

75%

75

75

42 %

43%

42%

2,800

43 y2

42%

43

73

CLOSED

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73

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73

73

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114

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119

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103

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40

100
800

29

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55

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103

40%

65%

1,900
20

89

20

87

180

28%

4,500

53%

200

20%

1,500

21%

A.

30

Dec

17%

Dec

22% Jun

17

24% Jan

29

'A© "Av ©.©©

6% Mar
xl8

Oct

A

59

Deo

24y«Mar

Jan

i per share

Apr 2
Jan
5
Jan 21
May 7
111
Jun 26
No par A
27% Feb 25
No par
27% Feb 25

(Chas) & Co Inc

Phila Electric Co. com

$1 preference com

13
35%
36%
65

117% July 29

—J00

4.4%
preferred
Phila & Read Coal 8s

Iron

1

3
5
—100
10Q
Phillips Jones Corp
Nonpar
7% preferred
100
Phillips Petroleum
No par
Phoenix Hosiery—......8

'V

Corp
Philip Morris & Co Ltd
4% preferred
A 3.60% series preferred
-

49
28

7%

preferred.

100

134

A
,

1

100
100
-10

,

Mar

8

Jan 2
97% May 17
21% Mar 13
23
Aug 5
197
July 11
203
Jan 14
38% July 16
9% July 24
14% July 23

—No par

•

■

Plough Inc new——————5
Plymouth Oil Co—
—8

1

19
Aug 7
x21% Mar 4

—No par

31% Mar 12

Poor & Co class B————No paf

18% July 15

Pocahontas

19% July 24

July 24
Feb 26
44% May 6
102
Jun 21
33% Feb 19

60

6,800

103

200

1,300

$4.75

cum.

30% Dec

Jan

Nov

113

24%

Dec

Apr
Dec

33% Aug
37% Mar
30% Jan

46% Nov

69

Jan

14%

Apr 22

Jan

96% Nov
43% NOV

49

Nov

46

109% Jun 17
43% Mar 18
109

21

11

Mar 12

Dec

preferred—-_No par

Public Service Co of Colorado—20

51
62

38% NOV

Jan

26
Apr
105% Nov
8

14% Apr 13

41%

Deo

108 /

Mar

13

Jan

Doe

Range for Previous
Year 1948

Highest A/
#per share
16% Feb
80

May

8
9

x48

May 23
76% Jan 22

117% Jan
30% May
34

122

18

1

July 10
May 16

19% Feb
47

5
Jan 17

71

Jan 28!

112

Jun

106 y* July
36 / Jan

130

10

A Lowest

Highest

$ per share
.

I per share

9% Jan
19% Aug

15%

NOV

36%

Deo

25

Jan

40 y4 Dec

57

Jan

71% Dec

106%

115

Jan

Oct

21%

Jan

29% NOV

25

Jan

29% Nov

117

Aug
12% Aug
31% Mar
56% July

107%

122

Apr

19%

Nov

44%

/

Deo

74

Sep

113

Sep

Apr

24
8

July 18

14% Jan A
111

34% Deo

,

Mar

124

Deo

44%

Jan

69% Dee

11

11

Jan

35

35% Jan 18

28

Jan

37% Nov

105

Sep

July 26

4%% preferred ser A———50
Procter A Gamble——
No pat
Publicker Industries, Inc.———5

59

20%

51% Jan 25

41

Pressed Steel Car Co Inc.———1

*102

Dec
.

111

49% July 16
68
May 22
115

73% Jun 10

Pittsburgh Steel Co
No par
7% preferred class B——100
123
Jan 7
5% preferred class A
—100
65% Jan 3
5%% 1st ser conv pr pfd
100
83
Mar 25
Pittsburgh 8c West Va—
—100
22% July 25
Pitts Young 8t Ash pfd-100
—
Pittston Co. (The)
——1 *©
Jan 3

Pond Creek

17% Jun
33% Deo

19

27% Jan 24
23% Aug 15
47% Feb 16

Feb 27

30% May 16
106% Jan 12

28
—No par

Pittsburgh Forglngs Co——
Pitts Ft Wayne & Chic Ry

July 24

123% Jun 20

;

—

-

14

30% July 30
42% Feb 27
105% Feb 7
102
Apr 27
25% Feb 27

Phllco

Pillsbury Mills Inc
$4 preferred ——

May

49% Deo

HYe Aug

37% Aug
115% July 15

''

Lowest

No par
1
Phelps-Dodge Corp
28
Philadelphia Co 6% preferred
50
$6 preferred
No par
Pfizer

72

Jan

Range Since January 1

500

2,400

40%

5%

Jan

116% Jun

4

35% July 30
106% Apr 12
10% Mar 13

4,900

65%

40%

39% Nov

Jan

'83-:..

A 88% Jan

100
8
:

Pfeiffer Brewing Co

Pitts Screw & Bolt—

24%

55

Feb

21%

43% Jun
119% Nov

For

Pitts Plate Glass Co—

200

20%

29 y4

July
19% Jan

25

EXCHANGE

6,200

20

*53%

2%

21

92% Jan

29% July 23

NEW YORK STOCK

-A

6

Feb 27

x40

No par

4%% 2nd preferred
Petroleum Corp Of America

"20

900

20%

29

35% Aug 13

17

4,200

25

28%

July

73% Deo

19

23%

25

*51

35% Aug

$5 cpnv preferred——_
-No par
Pitts Consolidation Coal Co——I

39%

110

Jan

40% Jan
36% Jan

30

*19

20

32%

132 / Jun

100

Pet Milk Co

4,800

*22%

106% Oct

11
30

Mar 13

Pitts Coke & Chemical Co—No par

213

Dec

111% Jan 14

2,000

25

Oct

14 V*

X80% Dee

33%c
100
100

11%

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•

28%
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3,800/

50

15%
16
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85%

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39%
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88

20

21

65

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88

,

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29

22

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40

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10

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25%

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53%

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110

111

Jan

43
Jan
2
89% Feb 20
28% Aug
7

101 %

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56

100

Co

Pitts C C & St Louis RR-

*100

24%

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40%

89%
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11%

213

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160

16%

113

69%

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120

16%

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125%

69%

Ry

Pepsi-Cola Co
Pere Marquette Ry Co
5% prior preferred
©5* preferred

600

113

32%

♦124

46%

.

*111%

113
106%

*105

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10

29

31%

16%

270

114

28%

31%
120

32%

8,100

73%

28%

31%

Eastern

Shares

42%

-

——

Light Co

distributed

&

Sales fur

Friday
Aug. 16

417/b

STOCK

EXCHANGE

&

©©©©©STOCKS <©
Thursday

Aug, 14

• per share

No par /
28% Feb 25
—100 A 110
Jan 12
No par
21% July 24
21% Aug
9

Peoria

124%

*107

Wednesday
,

preferred
Power

11

—7

Co

Glass Sand Corp

100

*95

A.

Penn

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

AMonday

Saturday

Cement

35

Pennsylvania RR—50Pennsylvania Salt Mfg Co
—10
Peoples Drug Stores Inc
8
Peoples G L & Coke (Chic)—
100

100

m

X39% Nov

106% Sep
A 4% Mar

28

400

30%

Jan

29% Apr

,

16 % Feb
30% Jan

26%

39%

Dee

July 23
23% Mar 4

124%

108%

*107

20

Penn-Dixie

700

A"

29

30

Deo

13%

;

29

21%

5%

109%

*109%

28%

-

Deo

16% Mar

79% Jun

Penn

65

32% Dec
12

1,400

>

••

mmurn

Jan

45% Jan

18,400

*45%

5%

Oct

•

57% Feb

37%

*62

4

6-Mar

4

39%

65

7

82

Jan

ley* Jan

5;

Jan

36%

A: 109%

-

Jan 10

3

9

Dec

Nov

*60%
mm

1,400

116%
24 A''

47

*62
109

27

39% July
Apr
7% Jan
48% May

Feb

13% Feb *26
17% Aug 12

5

—-No

12% Feb

42

46

Jan
Jan

Jun 21
July 16

37%

126

:39

Enterprises

22% Dee

Jan

34%
48

11% Feb 26
34% Apr 22

4% Jan

par
2.50

24

17

67

23%

*124%

107

&

Mar 18

35% Jan
28% Jan

Mines—1
No

48

49

.23%

•A '30%

98%.' %AlOO/v

98%

Consolidated

Davis & Co

23%, Nov
89% Nov

par

23%

'© *26%
V.

Utah

11% Jan

Penney (J C) Co
;
No par
Penn-Central Airlines Corp.
—1
Penn Coal & Coke Corp
10

27,300
10,700

28%

38%

♦114

23%

31%
126 ;-A

107

12%

.

27

*37%

24

*45

62%
109%

*28

*124%

♦38

46

623/4

109

31

27%

Park

•*

23%
233/4

108%

*26%

-

•107
12

116%

*28%

•

126

*98%

*114

108%

31%

/ 31%

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116%

A 22 %

47%
'

*10%

39%

27%

23%
23%

•

4%

11

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22%

-

*106%

11

27%
38%

$114

116%

22%
37

22

11%

27%

39

*114

1\6%
21% / 22

*11

5%

*37%

27%

*37%

*114

♦78

Dee

Nov

13% Jan

14% Jan lo
90% Apr 25
110
May 1

67

Parmelee Transportation..—No par

173%

33%
17%
17%

■!'

DeO

79%

45% Mar

20% Apr
9
56% Apr 22
111
Apr 30

33% July 23

1

45%

39%

95

86% Mar 19

8% July 23
75% Feb 26
108% Jan 10

—1

Paraffine Cos Inc
•

37

80

5%

Jan

Jan,

19% Jan 22
25% July 11

16% Jun 26
37% Jan
3
107% Jun 26

—8

Panhandle Prod. Ac Ref.

2,900

115

*110%

9

38%

5%

32%

74

68

Aug

17% July 16

,

Panhandle East Pipe Line—No par
4%
preferred
—100

250

3%

Airways Corp—2%

Pan-Amer Petrol & Transp

400

3,100

80

*78%

115

*110%

40

153

177

*16%
/

40

154%

•

18

108%

9%
80

22%, Jan

111% Majr 29
100
Apr S

10

Pan American

77%

34% Nov
36% Dee
168 A Deo

Jun

12,700

108%
A 9%

Jan

175

18%

163/4

9%

Jan
Jan

23%
155

7
Jun 17

160%

22,600

77%

13%

2

181% July 17

8'/8

9%

51% May 22

Nov

?

18% Deo
X118% Deo

Jan

149% Deo

8%

77%

119

121% Jan

W

49

107

180% May
35

34% Deo

Jan

11% Jan

48
Apr 24
160% Jun 13

3,300

50

24% Jan
106%

67% Jun 14

7%

49

3

xll9% Jan 14
17% Jan 18
120
Feb U
39% Feb

Oct

23% Dee

47% Jun

29%

49%

Jun

112

6

71/8

"

18%

*39

2

29%

49.

36

107% Jan
16% Aug

1
14

56 V* Mar

28

Pacific Lighting Corp
Pacific Mills

Jan

29%

16%

5%

la

r7%

18%

Jan 19

29% July

22% Jun

-75% July 23
34% Jan 19
40% Jan
4

8%

18%

5

13% Aug 12

10

r7%

16% 116%

37%

Co

preferred non-cum
No par
2nd preferred non-cum—No par

*28%

18%

>79%

Coast

1st

9

7%

17%

115

•

30

18%

*110%

7

8%

*16%

108%

30

7%

; 18%

*108

2

Jan

Jan

*28%

9

8%

.'

Jan

91

75

7%

178%

8%

28

par
12.60

Go

Glass

28%

178%

7%

77. r
37%

41

156

*27%

27% Feb 26
$2% Feb 25
166
Jan2

No par
35
July 24
Pacific Telep As Teleg ..——...100 A
142
Mar 6
6% preferred.,...100
:.171
Jan 3
Pacific Tin Consol'd Corp
1
iy8 July 24
Pacific Western Oil Corp
10
23% Mar 14
Packard Motor Car
No par
8% July 24

156

180%

*178%

*74%

*155

413/4

157

157

10

Paclflo Amer Fisheries Ino———I

430

77

65

*15

No

Owens-Illinois

2,000

14%
22

„

*74%

44%

100

July 24
Jan 2

No par

com

Outlet Co.

30

77

/

July 29

14

8% preferredino'
Outboard Marine & Mfg.
—2.50

2,100

•74%.

65

110

6

112

//A A P ©Ay-

23%

44%

Elevator

26

100

Oppenheim Collins
Otis

30

87%

>

•

19% Feb

21% July 19
27% Feb 26

-No par

convertible preferred
(The)
8% cony preferred A

Omnibus Corp

500

107

87

108% Jun 26

20

4%%

.

2,400

28%

28%

•101%

120

1,900
220

*170

pfd

Oliver Corp.

3,600
A
<

•44

173

*29%

102

102

28%
111%

15%

Oklahoma Gas & Elec 4%

200

22%'-,

pfd—100

Ohio Oil CO—A..——NO POT

7,200

28%

88

22%

13%
.22%

27

*110%

-;;u35%:,-35^V-'

174%

30%

32

*102

V26%:
1

15%

*45

357/8

*171

Ohio Edison Co 4.40%

•111% 112%
•

v

29

15%

116'A

47

35%

35%
174

28%
;

117

47

46%

22%

-111% 111%;./

15%

117

■

*217/8

1

111% 111%
15%

•111% 111%
26%
27*

27%

22

297/a

*29%

117

112

27%
22

*21%

110

136

Jan

Feb

7

126
106

8

85% Jan
20% Dec

8

15% Jan

8

Feb

16

106

26% May
30

Feb

202

May 15

210

Mar 29

190

39%

48% Jan

15

Jan

30

6%

22% Feb 16
141
Feb 27

8%

14

108%

118% Aug
8% Mar

May -3

15% Feb

96% Jun 14

99

"jan,
Deo

Deo

Feb

Sep

11% Dec
Dec

23% Nov
•

;

25% Deo

205% July
A 44% Deo

Jan

12%

Jan

Deo

15% Deo
117% Oct

Mar

49% Mar

;

69%

Jun

91

Jun

May 28

68

Feb

34% Jan 18

21

Jan

198

Jun

198

Jun

12% Jan

22

Deo

17% Jan
24% Jan

27% Deo

2
7

12%, Jan

25% Deo

16%

Jan

26% Dee

Mar

66% Nov

92

31% Jun
22

/July

14.

Aug
27% Feb

30

Feb

16

63% Feb 18
71% Apr 27
67 - May 14
105% May 22
41

July

43% Jun

i

29% Aug 12
55

/

1

55

33%

Deo

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THE COMMERCIAL ft FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4S17

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§ perehara

I per ehara

108

108%
114

1127a

114

120!

26%

257a
267*
107% 108%

114

121%

257*

26

121

122

■129%

•

131

129% 130

,

'115

•114

*114

.

Xl067a
X1127*
xll8%
xl27%

62

61%

62%

26%

27

26%

27%

113%

38

*112%

7

37%

38

113

38%

,

26%
107%
113%

Friday
Aug. 10
25%

26
26%
106% 106%
117%

138%

1267s

:

129%

125%

*114 ;

62

.

(5,300

26%

106%
112%
115% 116%

27
*112%

37%

1,170

111

*113%

115

.

820
50

115

61%

27y«

*112%

113%

*36%

<95 preferred
6%
i

7%

9%

37%

&—

Puo Ser Jfii

<»

Pure Oil

oas

100
100
100
No par

pid $5

Pullman Inc

;

100

2,500

W

No par

preferred
preferred
preferred

7.700

:

Range lor Previous
Range 81nee January 1
Lowest
Highest

v

Fub Serv Corp of N f com—No par

8,400

61%

26%:

63%

27%
114
38%

.;■■■

1180

126%

v

EXCHANGE

2,730'

.

7

v

NEW YORK STOCK

Share*

106.

: 111% 113

;

Bales for
the Week

I per share

$per ehara

119%
129
114
'
114%
62%
63%
f 27
27%
113
113
38
38%

'

115

61%
*113%

8TOCK8

AND HIGH BALE' PRICES
Tuesday
■
Wednesday A A/A Thursday ■
.V Aug. 13
Aug. 14
Aug. 15

f 10W

(The)

5% conv. preferred
Purity Bakeries Corp

.

No par
_No par
100

No par

■,

9 per ehara

t

Year 1940

lowest.

per ehara

23% Jan
3
; 30% Jun 10
104% July 19 v 115% jan 10
.

110

July 18

115

Jun 20

27% Nor
115% Dee

Feb

106% Jan
121% Jan
112% Oct
47% Jan

Jan

•

110

17

117 % Feb
69% Jan

;

15

J

15 K

287a May 28 *
115% Jun 13

Mar 19

f per ehara

17Jap
102%

150

19% Feb 26
108

i

126
Jan
2
1397$ May 10

119% Jun 20
112 % July 25.
57
July 24

Highest

9 per ehare

32% May 16

38% Feb

.126

17Jan

May
23% Jan

Not

2148% Not
118*

Jan

65% Oct
■

106

4-

Dee

138

Jan

.

24% Dee
112% Not
30
Not

2,000 1 Quaker State Oil Ref Oorp.,,,,11

13%
*88%

89%

21%

217s

217s

Radio Corp of Amer
No par
83.50 conv 1st preferred
No par
Kadlo-Keith-Orp,4uim
1
Ralston Purina Co 3%# pfd—100
Raybestos Manhattan.,
No par
Rayonler
; $2 preferred
28

13%

,

21%

13%

137a

13%

89

89

89

217a

217/a

.

14

,89

109%

10974

*109

110

4674

4674

4674

4674

*45

46

267a

267a

26%

267s

26%

27

*377a

377a

*3778

377a

37%

37%

2572

2572

397a

397a

.'*38%

110

110

,.

50

*2574

*2574

26

,

Reading Company——
—Bd
4% non-cum 1st preferred.
.50
4% non-cum 2nd "preferred.
50
Real Silk Hosiery
5

51

4072
27

-

111

7.111

*108

10872

3972

22

227a

22
*97

457a

45%

.

Remington-Rand

4572

17%

177a

177a

177a

12%

1274

1272

127a

127a

177a

*17%

1774

1774

177a

3774

377a

377a

3774

;

1167a

115

29

297a

29

116

11474

2974

1077a

*106%

10772

1077a

*3574

3674

367a

367a

357a

;

3674

121
21

21

43

437a

43

*48

507/a

*50

123

*119

121

217a

4372
507a

121

10874
3174

3174

1874

187a

3174
18%
*35

367a

*35

97/a
*26 7a

267a

56

56

3072

3072

3074

PRICE#

9 per ehara

8 per ehara

$ par ehara

547a

5472
3074

55

-Y

307a
114

30%

s

114

557a
30%
1137s

1474

1574

1574

15

1572

9874

98 7J

99

,

*577a

60

*30674

54

1147a

147/s

297a
1137/s

597s

NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE

55

V

52%> 53 ^
29%
2974

>

30

113%

1147a

147s

1474

147a

997/s

947a

*57%

60

587a

587a

108

*10874

1097a

50

3074

16.400

307s

307/s

30

6674

647a

66

637a

647a

6274

35

34%

35

35

35

35

10%

10%

10%

10%

35 N
*1074

43%

4374

447s
1974

4374
197a

447*
20

197s

1974

197s

2174
1974

22

22

217s

19

1974

19

21%
1974

19

1974

21%

2174

43%
197s
2174

19

197s

19

1107a 110%

1117a

25

257s

357a

3574
3074

2374
36
30%

247a

247a

82

82

377a

377a

247a
37

9%

10

507a

497/a

50

58

18%

*57

1874

77

1874

77

2074

2074

78

20%
*23

24

*23

687a
687a
*47
487a
♦1057a 1067a
♦397a
407a
177/a
18
6

3674
3174

*82

35

2474

2474

X82

387a

97a

78

48

*105

*69

707*

177/a

187a

,'6

67a

57/a

55%

557a

547a

55

55

55

55

1847a

*182

V

307a
617a

60%

61%

5974

597a

59%

59% >

83

83%

90%

91% {

84%
*90%

82%

2374

2374

*227a.

974

9

*19

104

487a
28%

497a

mm 113%
46%
114% ;

45%

*113•

49

•

49%

*84
*90%

85
927a

*22%

23

97a

*114% 115%

50

49

127% 127%

.

..

.

,

,

f

v

18%
*52

;

19
53

For footnotes see page 971,




18% 18%
527*

52%

*ioo

.

,

.

18%
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20
*44

■

45% 45%
; #111% 114%

128
140

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19 ^

52%

;

45%

ioo%*
(
20% '

400

'

2,300
100

•

49%
2874

4,000

10,300

45

.

18% . 18%
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10

H

_

' 600

100%
20
47 '

140

-

2,700
400

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45%i.
113% ;

108

1,400

23% ' 247s

*43

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*126
127
*137
140 ^
58%
59%
rr 46%
47% '
773/*
787a
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3,800

105

noo
20

47

29% ' 297a

7,000

287a
,

*114% 115%

nil

1,700

*47%

497a
28%.

47

800
2,500

22%
8%
197a

87/a
*19

9

21

1,500

847a
92%

22%

24%

207s 20%
>

847a
*90%

105

287a

*137
139
*137
1397a
587a 587/8f
59
59%
;
X59
59%
,7467s
467a A''' (,46%7 '47- '7.; - /•, 47- v 47%
77%
777a
777a
78%
78%
787s
287s
28%/ '
28% ^9 ' 7/ . 29% 729%
*107
108
*107
108
*107
108
.

30%

247a

1
i

*48%

37%

28%

28%

*127% 129%

128
*137.

9
*19 7a

*102

2,300

1847a
377a
307a
6174
57%

57

f

4

:»184

1847a

58%

20

28,500

547a

6174

*44

45%
45%'
»113 -114%
' 49% 507/a

•

,

547a

24%.. 25%
ioo% ioo%

:

467a

*11474 115%

54%

57%

237a

800

54

607*

*100/ 104
497a
49%

49%

457a

54

59%

9

•

28%

46

57/a

23%

257a
,2574, 25%
loo
100%: ioo%'100%
20%20%
*20
207a
,

177/a
557a

85
85
*90% 92%

.

.

500

70
4774

70
4774

*10574 1067a
*38%
40
177e
177/a
>
57/a
57/a

307/a
6274

30

700

1,800

20

3774
307a
61

20

28%

6974
4774
40

*182

.

97a;

497a

777a

24

.

3774

61

104

29

16,000

30%

21

*100

'

187a

37%

X5974

84%(

*19
'

'

60

37%

257a

46

•v

30%;

9

20%

.

*99

1

30%

2374

3774

2374

1067a

54%

1847a

*182

60%

>

3774

''■*

1,400

50

187a
77

57/a

3,800

49

1874

20
*23

*54

1,400

97s

*57

60

-*38%
Xl77a

,

40

377a

9

507a

*10574

100

1,100

85

377a

377a
97a

3,100
3,300
.

2474

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78

46

40

87

247a

24%
85

21

6974

48

577a

3774
3074

3574
31

31

78

*23

1067a

*39

1847a

357a
*84

207a

2174
24

547a

"

187a

-

77

2174

70

*57

187/a

*23

47 %

50

60

77

2174

97a

51

187a

2374

37%

974

*57

18%

*82

38

507a

60

247a

82

377a

97a

5074

3,100

85

2474

85

247s

3174

85

70

24

357a

3174

87

56%

37%

19

400
23,200
1,400
1.900
2,700

*110% 1127s

*110% 1127s

367s
3274

*84

577a

*182

19

36
3174

87

1067a
*397a
407a
r:" 177/a
187a
6

2174

900

1074'
42%
19 Va
217a

247a

4774

6

42

2474

57

1

1074

437s

1,800

34

107a

437s

247s

69

'

34

*1074

'

237a

*105

,

11

11074 10374

247/s

*84

87

*57

100

63

35

97a

7,900

21.400

*10674

317s

67

30

110

147s
96

3074

66

*84

1,400
4.400

1147a

317s

327s

*110%

Sharee

9 per ehara

96

9974 100
*57 7a
60
*10674 108

108

Bales for

31
6674

3174

series

tho Week

'

55% v
307/s'

31

55

Mar

Apr 9

33% Feb

4

34% Jajr

19% Jtan

53% Jun 20

43

467a Jan

9

36% Jan

Apr

17

117a Jan

112% Feb

4

102% Oct

125% Jan 17

I 69% July

6
.

31

4
Mar 19

277a Jan

AUg

16

7

457* Apr 22

17

46%

'

"

45%

<

'$,300

'

^

,

47%.

-

6.800

*126

127 '
137 /137%

58%
.

59%

467*

46%

777a

29

:

•

#111% 113. A

*107

18%
*517*

78 7*

29: 7

200
300

"

11,100
• ■ 13.200
17,500
:77 5,400

108

187a
527*

-

•'

3,600
>

100

Mar

Jan

2774 May 11
101

>

May 18

50% Jun

101%Mar 8

3

1057a Apr

12

No par
100
No par
100

100

?

24% Apr

8

July 23

17% Feb

25

Jun

r

2174 Feb 21

20

29% Jan

2

: 407a Feb

1107a Jan

4

118

187a Mar 14

106% Mar 11
31

July 23

1137a Jan
2
1974 July 24
377a Jan
2
43

Feb

18

10474 Jan

2

16

Apr 20

317a May 28
110% Jan
3

45% Jan 15

:

136

Jan

16

98

Jan

16

147s

Jan

6

31%

Jan

38

Jurt

377s Mar
99% Sep

Apr 29
137a Feb
5

16%
10%
167s
6%

307a Jun

19% Apr

10

Feb 20

20% May 28

Feb

44

26

9% July 25
4374 Mar 13

Jan

Jan

14

24% Mar 14

Jan

Jan

287» Feb

507a July 31
10874 Feb 25

2274 Mar 11

Mar 13

Jan

467a Jun

-

26
25

197s
102%
11%
87%
15%

v

3

63
May 29
34% Jan
9

Mar
Jan

Jan

Aug

33

Mar

31

Sep

8TOCKS

e

■

114

9674
*567s

10674 10674

3.60%

Friday

9 par ehara

9 par ehara

:

114

Preferred

Aug. 16

Thursday
Aug. 15

Wednesday
Aug. 14

Tuesday
Aug. 13

Aug. 12

39

106% Jan

17

10

—

—

LOW AND HIGH BALK

Monday

Saturday
Aug. 10

July 23

397a Aug 12
2174 July 23

July

May 14

33

15% Jan

No par
100

„.

97a

56

557a
3074

24

49% Mar

7% Mar
103

3
34% July 19

Rheem Mfg - Co..——.1.
Richfield Oil Corp
No par
Ritter Company
No par
Roan Antelope Copper Mines——
Royal Typewriter
1
Ruberold Co 'The).*.-.-.—-No par
Ruppert, Jacob
5

187»
367a

267a

2674

5%%

Common
-

3274

97a

10

3

78% Jan

33

257s,Feb 26l

Reynolds Spring
1
Reynolds (R J) Tob class B—-...10

♦10774 10872

10874

Jan

10% Jan

,

6

^

preferred
Reynolds Metals Co
5%% conv preferred,

1077a

•2074

37

497a Feb

3

10

6% conv prior pfd ser A
Revere Copper & Brass

297a

29

*106%
*119

217a Jan

50c

81 conv preferred.

•

*115

.25

28

1

Xne

Republic Steel Corp^.;

387a

11474

387a

Motors,

Republic AvifttiftnRepublic Pictures ,

127a

177a

1

Preferred with warrants.

Reo

33

Jan

967a Mar 19
28% Apr 24
112% Feb 11

20% July 24
957* July 16
32% Mar 13

105

3272

33

.19

7

95

-

*102

105

*327a

Feb

Reliance Manufacturing Co—No par
Conv pfd 3%% series
100

98%

*102

July 23

157a Jan
3
10974 July 16
397a July 26

(Robfc) & Co 1st pfd
.100
Reliable Stores Corp
—No par

227a

987a

100

Reis

3972

*97

4574

Preferred

11274

*107

♦1067a 109
*39
39%

13
87

Range for Previous
Range Sinee January 1
Lowest
<. Highest
8 per ehara

8 per ehara

Year 1945
?

<

Lowest. / / / «... Highest;
I per ehara
I
ehara

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 1946

NEW YORK STOCK RECORD
LOW AND

t per share

Aug, 13

Aug. 12

Aug. 10

!■:.

t >**

tvprs^are

>48%

share

*43%

50

WV4;"

i4*'/4

>109 '
21%
33%

7M,

*J09

110
21%

32%
21%

20 Yo

18%

72%
125%

72%

11

56%

18

30%

30%
14V

53%

*45%

46%

46

•60

66

*60

39%

39

34%

34%

33%

32%

32%

-33%

*108%

*108%

109

,

109

33%

*21%

21%

2,800

31%

6.200

18%
19
*106% 107%

18%
106%

19
106 V2

2,700

71%
*124y8

71%

800

125 %

40

22,000

72

72
125%

*124%
:
10%
55%

*60

10%

10%
55 %

1,800

17%

18%

2,800

29%

30

2,600
300

66

.

39%
33%

148

148

^

*52

54

400

54

45%

45%

4.700
3,500

*108%

11%

11%

2.665

59
112

8%'
Ys'

53

23%

23%

23%

110%

110%

23%
24%

24%

23%

24

54

54%

53%

53%

18%

13%

50

50

4

-:18% TMV>
50%
24%

50%

24%

.

9%

,

*23%

9%

3%

9%

112%

112%

*112%
54 Va
68

113

*20%

21

53 V8

52%

105%

LOW AND

63

19%

t per

that*

*66,

111%

112%

112%

*112%
♦109

113%
111;

*103%
25 Va

150
116

38%

38%

*38%

28%

28%

.23%

v

,

:

"■-.39,%'
29

*111%

44%
55%

79

SVs

"

49%
16%

*102% 104%
17%: 17%

103%

104%

*17

53

17%

52

51%

33%

11%

5

5V»

,

49%
*16

*30
11

11%

5

49%

16 %

15

*102% 104%
*17 i
17%

.24%

24%

62%

5%

49%

,.; 15%

15

United

102 %

17%

17%

50

52%

52%

24%

25 Va

64%

«K

,

21%

Feb

United
United

108%

•13V4

13%

*108% 108%

13%

15%

15 V4

*27V4

15%
15%
*27 V*
28
*106% 107%
;
20%> 20%

28

*106%

107%

19%

19%

119-123
202

124

Gas improvement

124

*202-204:

*43%

21%

21%

108%

108%

*13%

55%

*§8

>

44%
56%

11

11

*10%

10%

35%

.

35%

24%v 24%
:11 -

53%

;

53%

14%

13%

203

*43%

;10%

10%

'

24%

54

*52

55%

43%
54%

v

10%

common

01%

52%

24%
113

f;:

51%

U 6 P1&* &

j

51%

14
74

•

174%

al73

78

12%

13%

X71

173

71%
174%

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60%

58 Var1-

08%

85%

85%

84%

91%

88%

84%
89 Va

26%

26%

53 /

.

15

15

10%
56

22%

12%
14%
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: 106
198 V -

42%

:■

,:

15%

115

.:•/

114%

10%

,11510%

10%

*53 V4




.

23%

14

14%

104%' 104%
198

42%-:,

42%
*97%

For footnotes see page 971

56

23%

*193

161 -161

26%

*52%: 53%
7% " 7%

/

7%

114%

161%

..

99

26%
•:

:•

20%

*52. ://.63%,

.7
14%

7%

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14%
117

10 Ve

10'/a

14

103%
*193
j
42%

:

,

1st preferred-,—100
50
-——50
U S Steel Qorp common
No par
-Preferred ——--r--»10®
U 8 Tobacco Co_,———-No par
7% non-cum preferred—,*—20

12%, Aug 10
04% Mar 4
166
July 22
58% Aug
6
82

8tookyard8 Corp_r..—---l
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16 conv preferred
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Universal

United Wall Paper

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:

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preferred——
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4%% preferred w.wr--7-^lOQ
845,

18

Jun

79% Jan
154

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26

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41

non-cum

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2

> Mar 19
60% Jan 12

preferred-.

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24

51

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13% J0n

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-1
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•

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26

—10
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77

199

10% Aug 13
•

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103 Va
198 42%

41% Jan
103% Oct
16% Apr,

108

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4% cum conv pfd-—-----—50
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—1

52%

3

4

July 23
Feb 26

38%

,

50
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3

21

May

6

Jgn
4
Aug 10-

13% July 15

108
10 V«

Mar 25

July 23

52% Aug 16
Feb

25

8% Jan

3i

21

94% Feb 26
187
38

May 14

July 24'

95% Aug

5

Jan

6% Mar

9% Mar 14

23%

52%

*23%

Jan

Feb

19

34 ;. July

Playing,Card Co—
Plywood Corp
——

U S

59%
-

4% % preferred

U 8

.

23

-20

*—

106% Oct
6% Mar

106
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.! 34%

59%

13%
73%

.

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9% Mar 13

U S Hoffman
U 8 Industrial

24

♦10%.

V

14

*173

7%

13% Jan
22
Mar

14% July 12

.

34
24

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3
6

106% Mar

:
United Rexall Drug, Inc

U S Gypsum Co—.

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Jan

21% Aug 15

-

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—2.50
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$4.50 preferred
No par
u 8 Freight,Co--,—
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33%

July 23

47% Mar

—»—100

preferred
Paperboard-

10% May

50 "

1

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U S Leather
; Partic fceonv
U S Tines Co—

10%

85%

7%;

595
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204

43%

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74%

26%

42%

19%

20
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204

59

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161%

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61

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122

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66 5

3

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'

202

.

13%

9ya

Mar 13

45% Mar 11

*

*108%

3

7% July
1V4 Jan
38% Jan

16% Jan

5

Fruit Co Hew_

United
New

3

12

Engineering & Fdy__,
5
—No par

49%

...

22

4% Jan
47 V2 Jan

5

Electric Coal Cos

52

24%,/25/

26

10% Aug 16

71 Va Mar 16

49%

•

Jan

26%

Feb

30

30c

■.*

51%

51

52%
24% ^24%

66

Preferred
United

17%

Jan

22% Mar

72% July 24

common,,-*,-—..—»—:f

$3 preference ——;
Dyewood Corp

101

•

17%

52 V,

24%

*100

Aug
Sep

31 y8

33% Feb 25

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v

25
104 *

par

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United corp

49%

14%

51

,

62%

>

5

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Unlted-Carr Fast Corp
-

27% Jun 2 6

Jan

100% Jan
29
Aug

No par
No par

United

11

37% Feb 26

20% Jan
109 V4

109% Apr 13
35% July 15

preferred-—-—

Air Tines Inc—.
United Biscuit Co———.No

49%

100%

Conv

2

112% Jan 24

5
100
10

United Aircraft Corp——
5%

25

140% Jan

non-cyra

1

10

106% July 24
23% Feb 26

Co———100
preferred
100
Union Tank Car—-—No par
4%

;33

10%

5%

49%

•

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51V4

24%

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53%

52%

63%

51%

106

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25

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42

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51

53

series—,—No par

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'

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80

40%

3

26

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113

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79

11%

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39%
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116%

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100

$ per share

Aug. 16
Jan

$ per share

Lowest

July 23

98% Feb

Union Pacific RR

150

150

*115%

*32%

15%

53

151%
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28%

33

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39

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49%
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65

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107%

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11 Vs..

111%

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; 111

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110%

Highest >>

Lowest

17

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5

Underwood Corp
Union

113

t

$ per share

3,900

*115%

56

300

s

Year 1945

Range Since January 1
:

Shares

3,400

116%

.*77'
32%

•'.# per share

Range for Previous

.

STOCK

EXCHANGE

37

150%

43

*

NEW YORK
>

the Week

18%

*148%
♦115%

42%

*

Sales for

'

18%

25%

>112% 113 y«

S per share

Friday

Aug. 16

35%

25 Va

28%
*112% 113%
42%
43

t

>

37%

*109

.

STOCKS
*

Thursday
Aug'15

*106%- 107%

112%
111

66

•

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'

112%

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■

66

112%

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37%

111%

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20%

60 %

19%

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67%

19%
37%

20%

20%

62%

19%

Aug. 12 :

t per share

t per share

r

20%

63

105%

SALE PRICES

HIGH

•/Tuesday

21

19%

Monday

54
67

*104%

63

-

20 %

67

66

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2Q%

Saturday
Aug. 10

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20

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66

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Thursday
Aug. 15

Wednesday
Aug. 14 •

Tuesday

Monday

Saturday

HIGH SALE PRICES

30 V4 Mar
.'

7% Jan

Highest
$ per share1

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Vplvitne 164

.

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4517

STOCKS

Monday

Saturday
,

Aug. 10

Tuesday

Aug. Vi

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

22%

50

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23

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50

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3
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106%

152

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106

107

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Dec

124

57

Jan

83

Dec
Nov

Nov

3

45%

Jan

55

30

36%

Jan

43% Nov

Apr 29

7

Feb

170

Mar 29

120

Mar

165

Deo

178

May 11

145

Mar

173

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46%

46%

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46%

45%

45%

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300

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LOW AND

Saturday

Monday

Aug. 10

Aug. 12

53%

STOCK

53%

53%

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{

101

-

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102

90%

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77

75

19%

19%

19%

20%

i

4%

Jan

14ya

Jun

17

13 »A

Feb

373/4

Jun

56% Jun

14

30%

Jan

57% July

64%

Jan

92

May

103% Jan

2

101
Apr 24
53% Jan 14
32% Jan 14
41% Jun ,J7
39% Jan 30
Jan

29

63y4Jun

18

45 y4 Jun

17

45

•

%
5

J an

107% Jan 31

65

July 26

72

Jan

11

101

Mar 26

106

Jan

16

Jan

3

98% Jan

21

62% May 29
107 % July 26

27 % Feb

26

44

May 28

33% July 25

44

Jan

45

13% Mar 13
84

28

105

36

17

July 11
May 21

'3% Deo
Deo

61

Jun

43% Aug

56

Oct

26% Jai*
27% July

35

Oct

31% Aug
37% May
30 3A July
27% Feb

;

38% Dec
37% May
50% May

45%

Dec

43

Dec

100

Oct

105 y4

Deo

64

Jan

78

Feb

101% Aug
31% Jan

107%

Jan

47%

Dec

87%

Jan

21%

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31%

Dec

26'A

Jan

47%

Deo

23% July 10

Mar 23

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whbIav

600

19%

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1,800

i.Wm)

$ per share

53%

533/4

223/a

21%

22 Va

29

28

28 V,

28

2

80%

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81%

82%

82

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8%

Jan

18

Dec

83%
30

Jan

94

Jun

Jan

35

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6,300

1,400

Youngstown iSteel

21s/a '

1,300

27%

1,100

79%

80

25%

25%

30%

'30%

1,700

11%

1,900

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'

.

.

26

91% Jan; 1

•93
•

83

Feb
May

May 31

Jun

22

Dec

•138% Dec

22%

Jan

37

62% May 29

40%

Jan

53%

Dec

Aug 13

38 .Jan

70

Nov

Apr

79 /'

100

Nov

100

103

4

105

July 23

Jan

.

74 "

,

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74% July 19

19.'

52

13%
128

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25

May 10
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Feb

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1

80

..

75

Jan
.

Jan

Nov

100% Nov

Jan

.110

69% Mar

84

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Oct

.

6

8 per share

Year 1945

Lowest

I per share

61% July

1

t per share

32%

Jan

Highest
t per share

47% Deo

Door

No

par

42% Mar 14
21
July 24

27% Jan

31

13 Vi

Jan

24%

27% Aug 16

35% Jan

17

19%

Jan

31%

Dec

61% Mar 13

83% May 31

39%

Jan

.70%

Dec

23% July 30

31

29

20

Mar

27%

Sep

30% Aug 16
10% Jan
3

Zenith Radio Corp

11%

81

x80

Feb

7

Jun H

26

50% Feb 26
50

21% Feb

160

12

Range for Previous

York Corp—I—.,

21%
27'%

Feb

34

5

Range Sinoe January 1
Lowest
;
Highest

Yale ft Towns Mfg. Co
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.
: • —■-I—:*
Young Spring ft Wire
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1,200

22

27%

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.

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.

27%

22

No

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52%

53%

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NEW YORK STOCK

the Week

$ per share

Sper share

Jr

STOCKS ft?

,

Aug. 16

18ya May 17

142

is

_

Wyandotte Worsted Co

Sales for

Friday

Aug. 15

No par

preferred!—'—No par*

10
Worthington P & M (Del).l.No par
Prior pfd 4%% series
—100
Prior pfd 4% % Gonv series—100
Wright Aeronautical
*
No par

60

-75%

.

Thursday

CLOSED

T

32% Jan

323A Jan

36% Mar 21

Woolworth (F W) Co

300

9oy«

*89

*89

EXCHANGE

1

101

90

53%

90% May 14
13y8 Jan 16

2

30% Aug 10

,,,,

,

Woodward Iron fin

99

101

,76-

22

Jan

39% Jun 25

Do—.10 •
Wisconsin El Pow Co 9% pfd—_100

2,200

Aug. 14

533A

;

Dec

35

39

12.50

Wilson-Jones

7,100

73

OU

$4.2&

200

48

54%

53%

Wednesday

t per share

Dec

July 26

87 3A Jan

No par

pfpferrgrf

HIGH SALE PRICES

Tuesday
Aug. 13

$ per share

9 per share

99

19%

3

Dec

26% Jun

72%

•

9

40

115

19% Nov

100

46%

20%

Jan

22% Mar

lO1^ Jan

200

54%

20%

106

July26

19%

90

11

July 10

7,300

18%

74

75%

116 % Apr

21

18%

101%

55%

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Dec

10i

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48

89

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900

*100%
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73

75%

Dec

118%

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19

19 y8

55

102%

112

Sep

Wilson & Co Inc

101

*47

88%

Jan

6% M$?

74

75%

101

113%

57

preferred... No par •;

conv

Prior'

Oct

Nov

16% Mar

47

*100%

$4

118%

119% May 16
53% Jun 10

2

V

Nov

113%

Jan

12% Jan 29

55

.

7

37

Jan

109%

26% Jan 16

73%

.

117% Aug

23% Mar

100%

9% July ?4

54%

89

6

17% Aug 16
16 % Mar 13

47

77.

Instrument

Apr 30
Aug
1

122% Feb

8

73%
102%

45

119

3>

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54%

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6,000

47%

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.

Jam

10

54J/a

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,

17%

18%

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Nov

10

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165

101

Nov

89%

17%

73

99

Dec

38%

Apr

10

*46%

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16%

Jan

17%

*100%

*155

May

84%

17%

.19%

165

*155

165

•

100%

.19.

9
24

10

18 y4

*18%

19%

*183/4
*155

18%

*100%

183A
101

10%

18%

16% Apr 20
43% July 11
89 Vb Aug
8

3

10

20 y8

Wheeling ft Lake Erie Ry
100
5%% conv preferred—.—.
—100
Wheeling Steel Corp
No par
$5 conv prior pref
No par
White Dental Mfg (The 8 8)
20
White Motor Co————
White Sewing Mach Corp—1—1

110

34%

34%

Dec

111% Aug

12%

Elec

$3.75 preferred

2,100

105%
39
'

Dec

47%

110

.12%

Preferred

50

53

105%

38%

Westinghouse Electric Corp

70

53

106%

Westinghouse Air Brake

10

*103% 105

55%

33%

Jan

112

Westvaco Chlorine" Prod—...No Par

*37%

21%

21

•

.

30%

39%

54 "

*105>/2 106 »/2

39
*

30'/a

103%

55%

Mar

32% Mar 14

2,000

j

Deo

30%

No par

363/4

50

29%

20

33% Aug
5
21% July 19

36

14

34% Feb

No par

'

16

47% Jan 31

Feb 25

'34% July 23

class A_No par

Class B

Jan

Deo

8% July 23

37

*63

50

21% July 31
46% Mar 2

37

70

Deo

32.

100

22

105%

Dec

35%

91%
•13

21% Nov

33% Jan

..10

Ry

*20

*105

105%

85% Mar *5

non-cum

27

105 y2

Oct
Mar

Apr 24

Apr
14% Aug
24y< Jan

Western Union Teleg

5,300

Dec

12% Mar H

r:

1

*20

*103% 105
V 55%

56%

Maryland

16%

35>A Mar 14

2nd preferred
100
Western Pacific RR Co com..No par
Preferred series A
100

500

98

*57

»

20%

20%

80

40

*38

35

?

793/4

34 y8

'

100

Lines, Inc
Auto Supply Co

Oct

24% July "25

No pan

Air

8%

30% Jun

26

Western

Deo

9

35 %i Feb

1,200

Feb

14%

56

7

preferred

20%

18% July 19
107% Feb 20

23

4%%

Deo

110

40 y

.

pfd—100

West va pulp & Pap Co

19

r!

Sep

Jan

24

Jan

Jan

Power 4*/2 %

61% Mar

Deo

Deo

110%

Sep

7

18 y2 Jan
30

Aug

8%

8

31% Aug

105

Nov

-

7

20'/a Jun

3

Jan

114% Jun

23

34

31

West Pehn

150

154% Aug 12
i/21% Feb ?l

U5% Jan 'A

114

*8%

5
3

103% Jan

NO par

X

26

July
Jan

West Penn Electric class A__No par
1% preferred^—
.
" :
..100
6% preferred—1
L———100

10

30

*22'A

793A
8%

Feb

98

xll% Mar 15

,

4,800

45%

Gas Lt Co

Webster Tnhftp.niv Twrt

*112%

60

105

v

No par
84 conv preferred :—.
Np par
West Indies Sugar Corp—.1*

.70

39%

1

par

No

Wesson Oil & Snowdrift

900

31%

105%

106 JA

38%
119

120%

45%

114

.

400

114%

60

56

2,100
1,100

■

117%

39%

*1033/a

105
56

14%

42%

*116%

30%

70

1,100

*ii4y»

114%
117%

60

*63

G & W

preferred

Warner

9,300

f

89

38

41 y4

105%

Mar 26

—1

32%

40

111

—9

37%

104

Apr 12

Wayne Pump Co—.

X36%

40%

105

Waukesha Motor Co

37%

105 %

100

300

22

*58%

t 42

200

*20

41%

♦58%

Jan

;

39%

33

x4i y2

30%

(

30%

37

Apr 29

41%

37'A

36%

54

18

96%

34%

2

;i3

34%

96 y2

34%

Jan

No par

*21

47%

49

39

,

23

8%
*21

par

27

120%

.

23%

79%

22%

20

Washington

22

*20

22

40%

21%

34'/a

23

9

*48

*20

*112%

78'::/

Jan

500

*118

?.

46%

„46

•

80%

8%

22%

*20%

:

23%

80%

9%

*9

9

*8>/2

47
114

*112%

23%

23%

46 y2 :

Sep

13%

700

14%

120%

46

64

{

41%

39%

119

45%

21
14

33%

*88%

115

114%

*117%

Feb

23% Jun

Bros Pictures
—5
Warren Fdy & Pipe——No par
Warren Petroleum Corp—L—i'ii, —5

*40%

42%

120

-

86

Jan 22

33%

89

120

119.
121

35

*14%

70% July 31

l£

27

*118

*118
*120

*55

•

41%

.

X87%

40%

40%
88%

37

36%

.*27
1

16

14%

41

*88%

27 V»

41%

*27

28

*40

.100

Walworthyfi«
;■••■■■,-■■■
yp par
Ward Baking Co common,——....
100
5preferred

90

46%

preferred

No par

(Hiram)

,t

•of*. ;-\'f

4%%

System

Div redeem

300

108

46%
33 y2
33

Walker

3,300
•

}

Dec

'

81

:

Sep

2

Mar

172

Jan

118

9

Apr

45% Jan

3% Mar
59 Va

10

^53;JV: July

39% Jan
4
40
July 24

5

29

99% July 10
123 % Apr

Jan 21

47

23

Wftlgrttn Co—
■■■A% preferred—..——..—..

10

19%

32%
33

Waldorf

1,000

-v

46%
28

Wabash RR

100

1,000

152%

106%

^

*108

109%-

17%

.

*45

45%

16

16%

17%

22

*19%

19%

16

.

21%

^

—

86% Mar

Feb

W
78%
21%

,

t

May 28

118% Jun 24

—25

Detinning Co
100
Preferred
U.,1(HL:

Dec

Mar

115"

77% Jan

>.

100

Vulcan

21%

113

2

May

34%

13

32

8

■

100

preferred
Visking Corp (The) class A

V.';

37% Feb

;1Q5,

100

$5

6%

v.-riT"^h;

1

8"

-

Jan

30
24

51 % Apr

Jan 16

pret
Va Iron Coal & Coke 5% pfd
Virginian Ry Co
;

300

167

*175

,; •-

167

Jan

div partlc preferred

6%

800

*175

1Q4

110

Feb

Highest
J per share

58% Apr
26yaJun

39% July 24

i

100

>.£«:* !•' "* X';' v' 'V-*;',*1/ "■ *
y? ;X *
Va-Caroiina Chemical .—No par
Va

39

tper share

25% Apr

w 2.

19% Mar 13

'u

V*

150

46»/a Jan

.

Year 1945

Lowest-

f per share

-

27
July 23
fel8%Feb 264

preferred——10Q

non-cum

'

800
'

■;,|i

53

141

1Q

V/s%, cum preferrpd-^—.—--100

,

900

*

42%

42%

42%

20
i.'.

i

t.

!

——2.50

Victor Chemical Works

1,000

■-

i

:-vl

121 y2

121.4
*93

41%

■

Co

Vicks Shreve ft Pac Ry

15%

(.
-

9%

*90

v.

97

42%

760
f-

•

Norman

I per share

Vertlentes-Camaguey Sugar Co_6%
Vick Chemical Co__
2,50

4,100

1

109

par

Van

Van Raalte Co Inc__

'

*155

185

*175

■■

'*•

121%

43

•42'A

42%
A61 -

*155

9%

x92.%

A2

*52%

:

"43 t?:*

?

92

*90

45%
117*.

-"-47% V47ya

109

*121

•52

97

1

121

42%

*108%

Range Slxiee January 1
Lowest
Highest

Yanadlurq Cprp of

800
600

'

S

113;

.

•no

48% i'49

luo%

*93 "

96

120

*42%

49

*109

''

117

^

22%

*43%

113
"

Range for Previous

STOCK

Par

300'

"v

150%

22%

lOKK

EXCHANGE

Shares

28%
22 %

22 VU
*50

46

*110

120%

98

121
i

*44

*109

49

97%

98

*120

'*

23

113

*10o%

10

""

.28%

*

i'.O^

5oy»

NEW

the Week

I per share

22

22%

Sales for

Friday
Aug. 16

29 Vt

22 H
50%

y

117

v

*lUO"/8

;

108%

*28%
•

y2

45%

*110

Thursday
Aug. 15

I per share

30

22%
50%

23

..

50%

,

•

I per sha,re

29

28%

•28%...,29%:
STOCK

EXCHANGE

Wednesday
Aug. 14 5

Aug. 13

42% Jan

15

Deo

18

34% July
5% Jan

44%

14% Apr

12%

Deo

Jan

Oct

ji S

32%
U

14
"

'•

*Bid

and

asked

■

32%
u

I]!" I'"-•.1 -111

prices;

no

sales

on

'Ji' '•

j I III

this

day.

^

r-i^ I I 1111III |I ili aiii mj" m im

\\immmmmm\i

hii

tin receivership.

a

Deferred;

Products Corp.

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.

1

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.'J

s Special soles,

.

'•

"

•l"l"

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.

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Transactions al the New York Sfock

Transaction al Ihe New York Curb

Exchange

Daily, Weekly and Yearly
Railroad

United Statet

Government

Bond

,,

Foreign

16,1946
* '
Share*
" Bond»
Bonds
Batnrtay-^^^^,;*:- Holiday
-Week Ended Aug.

.

«7n<? rrh

Tuesday——-—
TO.Hr,A^ay
_ _
Thursday.
Friday

-

;

927,730
803,260
620,520
692,480

'
,

'

-

■■

,

'

'

v

in-,,

.

.

,

•

-

na* nnn.; •
.

3,419,000
4.886,000: 2,637,000r
2,645,000

Bonds

•;

•'

•
- ,
^

"

:

Week Ended Aug, 16,1946

Haturdayilx

244,700

■H*1

•

'

-

Foreign
Government

$85,000

230,750

222,605

137,000
'

■
■

•

,r

'■

■

206.880

124,000

4-v

—

Total
$104,000
:'i 163,000

,$1,000

22,000
66,000 i

$535,000

W

26,000 Cv

124.000

211,620

.

'

Total

$19,000
»

65,000 ,'

1,085,620

.
■

U. '

Foreign
Corporate

Holiday-

'213,765

PrlriaiF

$1,033,700

$16,270,000

e":;-a

'

i-j
„

•

Sonde (Par Value)

.
■

Domestic

*-:l '■

Wednesday
Thursday

194.00Q,

f

Shares)

Monday
Tuesday

204.000
194,000

;

"

*

o;

Sales

-ficw nnn

r

•'
Slocks
'■ ■(Number

/

Total

and Miscel.

<

Exchange

Daily, Weekly and Yearly

Stockt,
Number of

-

''

>

Monday, August 19, 1946

-

'

88,000
190,000

28,000

1,000

153,000

$161,000

$2,000

$698,000

,

Week Ended Aug. 16

1946
■took a—No. of share*.

1945

3,746,650

Week Ended Aug. 16
Stocks—No. of shares.

V. B. Government

$135,300
1,033,700

Foreign
Railroad 6* Industrial

$173,500

16,270,000

listed

17,222,200

Averages

are

i;

Stocks

io

-

30

20

«

s

m

Total

10

Indus-

Indus-

Rail-

Utlll-

65

/K:: trials

ji^Dats-

roads

ties

Stocks

%

Bank

of the Manhattan Co
Bank of New York

Bankers Trust

Bonds

—

-

s

First '

Grade

trials

Second

i

Ralls,-;

10

Total

Grade

Utlli-

Ralls

ties

40

425

to

<

Bonds

47%

Guaranty Trust
Irving Trust
Kings County Trust

138

116

43

45

Lawvers Trust

48%

50%

Manufacturers Trust Co

20
100

22

47%
23%

Morgan (J P) & Co Inc
National City Bank
New York Trust

59%

61%

Public Nat'l Bank tc Trust—17%

,

75.20

105.51

115.31

100.34

108.66

107.46

105.50

115.42

100.69

108.61

107.56

Corn

63.12

41.60

75.51

105.31

115.45

100.55

108.59

107.47

50

114

118

10

26

29

Title Guarantee 6c Trust

10

43

46

Cnited States Trust

202.49

462.33

<

Exchange Closed

vt

44'/2

•

Exchange Bank 6c Trust-20

41.35

62.35

200.69

v.

74.87

105.32

115.27

100.30

108.59

107.37

Kmplre Trust
Federation Bank & Trust

41.25

74.44

105.37

115.25

100.21

108.53

107.34

Fiduciary Trust
National

;

Bank

..100

1,820 *

New York Stock

«»
FRIDAY

-

WEEKLY

-

Figures after decimal point represent

LOW

Monday
Aug. 12 ■
Low
High
*104.4

AND

HIGH

Tuesday

{'■} Aug, 13
Low j High

one or

SALE PRICES

Wednesday
Aug. 14
Low
High

Thursday
•; ;,y

Friday

Aug. 15

Aug. 16

Low

High

Low

*104,2

104.4

*104.2

High

104.6

"104.3

104.5

*104.3

104.5

EXCHANGE

*107.11

107.13

*107.11

107.13

*107.11

107.13

CLOSED

*107.10 107.12

*107.10

*109.22

109.24

*109.22

109.24

*109.22

109.24

*109.22

*109.20

113.2

*113

113.2

*112.31

113.1

*112.30 113

*112.29

103.6

*103.4

103.6

*103.4

103.6

*103.3

103.5

*103.3

103.5

108.3

108.3

108.2

*107.31

108.1

*103.9

103.11

Bonds ($)

112.31

*103.4

Sales for
: the Week

109.24

*113
n

'

v

102.24

*108.3

108.5

*108.1

108.3

*108

<4.13.12 113.12

*113.12

113.14

*113.12

113.14

*113.11 113.13

*114.13 114.15

*114.13

114.15

*114.13

214.15

*116.4

116.6

*116.4

116.6

*116.4

*103.19

103.21

*103.19

103.21

*103.19

103.21

*105.9

105.11

*105.9

105.11

*105.9

105.11

*106.8

106.10

*106.8

106.10

*106.7

106.9

*104.3

■

104.?

*103.31

116.6

104.1

*102.29

103.31

*102.31

103.1

al06.30al06.30

al02.10al02.10
102.12 102.12

*102.9

102.11

*102.9

102.11

*101.21

101.23

*101.21

101.23

*101.20

101.22

*101.19

101.21

*102.26

102.28

*102.26

102.28

*102.18

102.20

*102.23

102."25

*102.28 102.30

*102.29 J02.31

*103.4

103.6

*103.13

103.15

*103.19

103.21

*103.18 103.20

and

12%
23

25
12
100

1,880

YEARLY

are "and interest'—except for Income and defaulted bonds.
Cash and deferred delivery sales are disregarded In the week's
range, unless they are the only transactions
outside of the regular weekly range are shown in a footnote in the week in which
they occur.
No account is taken of such sales In computing the range lor the year.
The italic letters in the column headed "Interest Period" indicate in each case
the month when the bonds mature.
and when

■

High

Sterling National

25

Exchange

NOTICE—Prices

Saturday
Aug. 10

100
10
100

133

75.55

Bond Record
week,

——100

112

41.52

,

First

*Bid

49%

100

Trust

41.62

-

v;?-i

Fulton

Grace National

62.63

August 16-.-..

.

rat

%

437

203.99

August 15

the

*

a«a

35

62.87

Exchange Closed

203.36
_

AugU6tl4,£

,

100

;

,204.52

r.

Augusts

Low

33%

Brooklyn Trust
100
Central Hanover Bank 6c Trust 20
Chase National Bank
15
Chemical Bank & Trust
10

io

•

Htd

10

Commercial National Bank 6c
Trust Co
20
Continental Bank & Trust
10

August 10
U August 12

>

Quotations for Friday, August 16
PM

the daily closing averages of representative stocks and bonds
the New York Stock Exchange as compiled by Dow, Jones & Co.

on

840,920

Domestic—*—
Foreign government.
Foreign corporate

$18,111,700

Slock And Dond
Below

^

1.085,620
Bonds

716,000

$17,439,000

:

1945

1946

3,096,300

Bond*

asked

price.




No

sales

transacted

this

day.

a

Odd

lot

transaction.

104.4
102.12

6,000

10,000

more

S2d of a point.

v

.

of

SISI tHEI

J17
Hi

Volume i
104 ; ^Number
I jNumb'er'H 17

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

973

NEW YORK BOND RECORD
RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING

:

Friday
Week's Range
Interest.'.'x'Last •''•^•••erFriday's
Period
Sale Price
Bid & Asked

■r':I.sV;' "?'M BONDS
New

York

Exchange

Stock

'

U. 8. Ctevenunent"
New

Stock

118%

1980

/:

Last

>

or

Sale Pyloe

1928

of

1927_

3s external
A Colombia

-Oct

1961

A-0

.Jan

loci

J-J

f $ bonds.

s

1947

A-O
M-N
F-A

1947

Rica (Rep of) 7s
(Republic of) 5s of 1914

*55
98

99

96%

98%

M-N

1949

Af-S

4%s

loan

4y2s

1949

debt

1977

J-J

1945

J-D

5%s
5%s

works

SAPublic

317/a

ACzechoslovakia

33%

:

'

167%

A-1951

A-O

«•••' ■ 'AY':

A-0

L*-m'

J-J

99s/a

External

1955

F-A

4%s—._^.-......1962
lADomlnican Rep Cust Ad 5%s-._11942
SA 1st series 5%s of 1926
1940

Teletype

Exchange

sink fund

1940

A-O

1961

A-O

|A2d series

NY 1-1693
s

5y28

Customs Admin 5%s 2d series
5%8 1st series

Foreign Govt.

Municipal

A

Agricultural Mtg6 Bank

78

(Colombia)-—
1947
1941
1968

AGtd sink fund 6s

AGtd sink fund 6s
(King of Norway)

Akershus

4s

SAAntioquia (Dept) coll 7s A
1945
SAExternal s f 7s series B
1945
SAExternal s f 7s series C
—1945
SAExternal s f 7s series D
1945
A External s f 7s 1st series——1957
f 7s 2d series.—1957
f 7s 3rd series—1957

A External sec s

AExternal sec 8

(City) external 5s
—1958
(National Government)—
B f external 4%s
1941
S f conv loan 4V28
1971
S t extl conv loan 4s Feb
1972
B 1 extl conv loan 4s Apr—
..1972
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*105% 106%

1961

*106%

..I960

1st gold 4%s series JJ

98%

..

99

July 1970

1A Boston & N Y Air L 1st 4s

108

110%

104

106%

107% 107%

107%

116%

*108% 109 y4

Bklyn Edison cons M 3%s
Bklyn Union El 1st gold 5s

i960
^1950

Bklyn Union Gas 6s series A
f debentures

1947
1969

Buffalo Niagara El 1st mtge 2%s_1975

977,

Columbus ft H V

107%

109

Columbus

105%
106 %

106%
106%

60%

105 ya

105% 106

105

Ry.—

Columbus ft Tol

1st
Conn

mtge

3s

*io6y8

..

*103y8 105%
105% 106
103% 104

103% 105%
106%

106%

103%

106 y8

105 y4

107 ya

103%

106%

.•

61

84%

106 Va

106%

*109%

108%

111%

1955

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116

116

1st

extl 4s__;

series

L

Ry ft L 1st ft ref 4 Vis

Consolidated

*;64

110

108%

.108%

*105%

extl gold 4s—1948

Conn River Power 8 f 33/4s

103% 103%

1980

modified)—
1st

Commonwealth Bdlsdn Co—

84%
85

& Sou

106

107% 108

Ohio El 3V48——1970

105%

61%

1955

93%
110%

109% 109%

-1977

gtd

Southern

(stamped

102%

98% 104

10G

-1990

•

—

91%
86 y2

105

—-1973

f 4Vis series C

4V2S

103%

108% 121

105% 105%

-1948
*--—*.1950

gtd.

gtd.

Colorado
1970
1967

1st 5s A C

89%

*

Pittsburgh RR—

3Mas

1st

Bethlehem Steel Corp—
Cons mtge 2%s ser I

95

1970

gold 4s

1st

1960

94

89%

——1991

Cleve Short Line 1st gtd 4 % S——1961
Cleve Union Term gtd 5%S;
.1972

1951

109%

*119

-.1977

3s

Series D 3%s

1951

Boston ft Maine




109

General gold 4s__;
&
1993
General 5s series B—...i.:—1993

102% 102%

page

*112%

1974

4a A—'—.1959

see

•

E—_—1969

mtge gtd 3%s series

Cleveland Elec Ilium

■;

107%

104 7% 104%

101% 102%

stamped

110%

107

1962

44 Vi

1950

Beech Creek Extension 1st 3%s
Bell Telephone of Pa 5s series C

100

lOSVa 106 %
*109

:—1952

4s

80

(int at 3%%

;

For footnotes

com

1st

(int at 1% to

Con ref 4s.

4s s

G

ser

Indiana

*44

Bangor ft Aroostook RR—
;v4s

27/bS

*43%

Feb 11960

foledo Cin Div ref

mtge

94%

108% 108 %

—1063
—1963

1st

2000

due

95 %

.

mtge 3%s series F

Cincinnati

(int at lYa%
due.
1995

1947)

103%

95

.

Cine Gas ft Elec 1st mtge 2%s—-1975

(int at 1% to

S'west Div 1st M

103

.—..1994

*

ISAChilds Co deb 5a part paid.—1943
jADebentures 5s part paid
1957
lAChoctaw Ok ft Gulf coni f>8—1952

to

Pgh L E ft W Va System—
Ref gold 4s extended to

\

\

■

1994

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1st

due

'

1st ft ref 4Vis series D

jSep 1 1946) due—.1996

A Conv

i:-

-v/

.

2%-4Vi8

Union

Chic & West

due

107%

3

Chicago Terre Haute & S'eastern Ry

July 1949

due

103

1960
.1951

Vis——1951
Memphis Div 1st gold 4s
..—1951

102% 105 V*

Stamped modified bonds—
1st mtge gold (Int at 4% to
Oct 1 1946) due
July 1948
1946)

98%
107

.1952

gold 4Vis_i
i
Chicago St L & New Orleans 5s

113

110% 118%
42%
46%
33%
38%

1948

(int at 1%

84

104%

.1934

JASecured 4Vis series A__

Baltimore ft Ohio RR—

1

85%

deposit.;

1st

Dec

.84%

*104% 105

stpd

A Conv

Income

Ref ft gen ser A

5s

105%
107%

74% ? 96%

...1989
1st

lARefunding gold 4s

1948

mtge gold 4s

58

.

Chicago

1st

91%

2044

..Jan 1

mtge 3s ser B—

ACertificates

19S4

debs

80

110%

25% partial redemption
1927
IChicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry—
AGenerai 4s
1988

July 1952

4s-

105

—.—1994

4s ser A

mtge 4%s inc ser A Janl 2019

Chicago ft North Western Ry—
2nd mtge conv inc 4Vis—Jan 1 1999

98% 104

1963

A

53

Chic Milw St Paul ft Pac RR—

104%

Ry—

Atlantic & Danville Ry 1st 4s

Atlantic

72%
107%

103% 107%

104%

1995

...

unified 4%s

1983

2nd mtge 4y2s inc ser A———2003
Chicago Ind ,ft bau 50-year 4s
lyou

—

155%
103%

Adjustment gold 4s—July 1 1995
Stamped 4s.
July 1 1995
Atl Knox ft Nor 1st gold 5s.
1940

1st

Janl 2038

Indianapolis ft Louisv Ry—
1st mtge 4s inc ser A

.IfAChicago

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe—
■v. General 4»«
-.U

4Vis

Chic

A
Anglo-Chilean Nitrate deb
1965
Ann Arbor 1st gold 4s—.i...1995

Atlanta

AGen inc mtge

110

American Telephone ft Telegraph Co.—

Amer Tobacco Co deb
3s debentures

1985
—.—1970

AGen mtge inc (conv)
1997
1st mtge 3%s ser B
—1983
Chicago ft Erie 1st gold 5s.i_—.
1982
Chicago Gt West 1st 4s series A
1988

109%

105%

*100%.V—,

2030

3s conv debentures
1956
2%s debentures——1 gap
2 % debentures
1975
2%s debentures
1986

53%

Chicago ft Eastern. Ill RR—

105%

109% 109%

Albany & Susquehanna RR 4%s—1975
Alleghany ft West 1st gtd 4s
—1998
Am ft

124

52 Vi

1977

—

1st & ref mtge 3VaS
1st & ref mtge 2%s

COMPANIES

1947

Great

Alabama

122

-1958

-

1st ft ref 4 Mi s series B

Alabama

129

1989

;

105% 106

1989

.....

General 4s_

Adams Express coll tr gold 4s...—1948

105% 106

1996

gold 4s

cons

145 % 145%

.*.1990

fACLlcago ft Alton RR ref 3s__
1949
Chicago Burlington, ft Quincy RR—

RAILROAD

;

107%

1974

1960

A External sink fund 6s

85

44%

1960

—

4s

(4%%

Sydney (City) s l 5%s._^.. ^...—1055
AU^uuUny (Republic) extl 8s
1948
6s

33%

73'/a
37

—1946

3Vis

Central Pacific 1st ref gtd
1st & ref series A

1958

^ 1QR8

A External sink fund

96

108

22

gold 4s—1951

Central N Y Power 3s

Cigar Corp

'
——1977
1951
1961

A_.

3y4s„—1965

Consolidated Edison of New York—

Z

3Va8

debentures

3'/as

debentures—

3Vis

debentures——._

'

1945

registered

A4s

1962

;

7s__

'

1959

registered

AGenerai

1962

A4Vis

91

gtd 4s
1961
lACentral of N J gen gold 5s—... 1987

Berba Croat# ft Slovenes (Kingdom)—

ASilesla

87%

....1959

§AMoblle Div 1st. gold 5s_

(Int'reduced to 2%).—2012
s
f 7s
1940

:

105 %

109

1960

3y4s debs

AChatt Div pur money

Stamped pursuant to Plan A
(Int reduced to 3.5%)—1978

external

Vi

107Vi

109

109

1965

Corp

IA Con sol gold 5s
ARef ft gen 5 %s series B
ARcf ft gen 5s series C__

IA Secured

secured

105%

105
102

1963

1981

iara

Stamped pursuant to Plan A
(Int reduced to 2.25%).—2004
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,.—^1.^.1968
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A8s

124

•

,

'

125

gold

*

1999
:

118

ACent Branch U P 1st gold 4s
lyijj
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§ A 1st mtge 5s
Nov 1945

A 8s external—j—1930

r

115

Celotex

■■

_

116%

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Celanese Corp 3s debs

(State) 8s
—;
1938
Stamped pursuant to Plan A
(Int reduced to 2.5%)
—1999

A7s extl water loan

116

gold

Carolina

fASan Paulo

Stamped pursuant to Plan A
(Int reduced to 2.5% )—

125 Vi

1969

.Oct

1217a

Ry 4% deb stk perpetual
IIA Carolina Central 1st gtd 4s_.._1949
Certificates of deposit

■

v

5s

1183/4

121% 121%

Can Pac

2012

2%)

108

119Vi 119Vi

Guaranteed

54

1957

to

gold

106 %

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1957

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High

95% 100

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.

gtd 5s A

gold 4!/as

Guaranteed gold 5s

January 1

48

—

Guaranteed

Range SInee

2001

f

s

High

cons

Canadian National

Week's Range

—.'—1948

101% 101%

101V*

1950
—.1958

102% 102%

101%

103
104%

*104% 105%

104%

106%

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number 4517

Volume 164

NEW

YORK BOND RECORD
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BANGE

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./

::;S;.:;3£.BD ND S-w:.3: ti-jt.

Friday

York

Interest

Exchange

Stock

Last

Period

New

Sale Price

,/

Friday's

Bonds

or

Rid & Asked
Low

{AConsol
A

J-J

1955

4s_

High?

:

1954

Ry non-cony deb 4s

Debenture

J-J v.-

Continental

Crucible

1st

Power

1955

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Steel 3y4S

1

s

J -D

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lACuba Northern Ry 1st 5%s

receipts—

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//

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receipts

-k

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•

58

•

82%

'

42

45

45

44

44

1st ft ref 4yas series C

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i:

rets———1946
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ser

J-D

/ Ina

111

ft

Iowa

1st

gold 48—

ser

60

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51

AAdjustment. 6s series A
A 1st

40
45 v.'

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53

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2%s

& Co

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1965

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&

West

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ft

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1st mtge 3s series F

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series A—

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5s

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A 1st gold 5s series O———1956
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104

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series

.

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76

58

109

108

3

106'/a

109

16

107%

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—1959

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1

70%

53

45%

8

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116'A 116%

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3

114

96'A

2

96%

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---

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—

1962

East Tenn Va & Ga Div 1st 5s_

1956

M-N

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1995

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1950

J-D

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1970

M-S

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ui-1968

A-O

8

6t

W

1937

42

12

53%
98%

......

;

,

,

mtge inc 4%s series A—

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ions

mtge 3'As

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mtge 3 Vis
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ser

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cons

1st

cons

2s

•

ser

let

Kentucky Central gold 43
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4V2s

104%

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122

122

J-J

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1961

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unguaranteed—

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—

183

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155

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mtge income

MS
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,

.

4%

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108

108

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85

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124%

Lehigh Valley Coal Co—

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1st ft ref sink fund 5s

87

S

F mtge

104

106%

100'A

106

98 V2

5

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M

2-

97%*

96%

1964

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-1974

•:

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stamped-

—

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F-A

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stamped

5s

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.1954

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106

F-A

.1954

stamped

5s

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A-O

1970

3%s ser A

1st ft ref sink fund 5s.

103'A

5

98%

.184

4%

—1975.

reg-

106%

8

88

__

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102

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104

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101'A
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87%

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47

45

60

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69

62%
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82%

83%

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j-j

90

92

51

83%

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Jf-H

51

registered
2003
4%s stamped modified
-2003
4%s registered——.—2003

Fh

57

2003

ft -N

4s

Firestone Tire ft Rub 3s deb

1961

103%

104'A

104

106%

t§AFlorida Cent & Peninsular 5s—1943
<>

deposit

{Florida East Coast

1st

4yas

♦Alst ft ref 5s series A

Certificates

A

of

1959

•103

—1974

78

100

107

104

78

90

80

W«103

—

5s stamped modified

131

—

103%

deposit

88'/a

78

98

Francisco Sugar coll trust 6s.

104,

108
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Lehigh Valley Terminal Ry ext 5s_195i
1st 50-yr 5s gtd
1965
Liggett & Myers Tobacco 5s
1951
Little Miami gen 4s series A
1962

Long Island unified 4s——1940
Guaranteed ref gold 4s
—1949
4a stamped——-.
-"—1-;——1-1940
■

(P) Co deb

Lorlllard

Gas ft Elec of

Berg Co cons 5s
1949
Realty & Utilities Corp—

General

A4s conv lnc debs,{AGeorgia ft Ala Ry-5s

of

56%

1934
.

13

120

1952

121

1973

136%

102%

9

-.—1976

136% 136%
>129% 133

General 4%s series E

——1977

Gen mtge 3 'As ser N
Gen mtge 3yas ser O

—

119%

2

121

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136'/a

107U 10714

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107} h

134%
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1990

104% 104%

54

102%

107

2000

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1021/a

107

120

106%
107%

105% 106

—

100%

104%

110% 111
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110% 113%

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MS

•—

105

100

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—

Metrop Wat Sew ft Drain 5%s

75

79

102% 106
119
116

11

17%

103

104%

105%

107'A

11%

103 »/a 103'/a

15

106% 106%

1

11

mtge lnc 5s series A

1st ft ref 3%s series D

.—2015

—

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—

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99'A

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82 ,:

88

101

102% 103

102%

103

>

87%

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107

107

105%

96,
75
108%

103

101%

103%

28

23%

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94%

93%

93%
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75

1950

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103

4s—1938

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3%S——1951

US

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1st

MS

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106%

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6

103

ftT-S

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5

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64

64

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64

9

99

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El

Jack Lana & Sag

(Chic)

12

99 Va

104%

gold 3%S——1952
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2-1979
Michigan Cons Gas 1st mtge 3%s_1969

101%

104

{§ A Midland of N J 1st ext 5s

100%

100%

'100% 101%

1976

Metropolitan Edison 1st mtge 2%s_1974

20

99'/a

102% 103

196°

J-D

Michigan Central-

1975

—

B
1954
Manati Sugar 4s sink fund—Feb 11957
AManila RR (Southern Lines) 4s
1959

{SAMet West

87%

J-D *

-I960

A

ser

ser

99'/a

—-1959

B

Greyhound Corp 3s debs

4%s

RR

coll 4s

mtge ft

91%

34

Gulf Mobile ft Ohio 4s series B

100%

1st

98%

78

—1982

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98

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1st

104% 105

104

90

99

Gen

107%

106

116%
104%

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__

104%

104

17

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Gulf States Utilities

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105% 107%

—

ms

28

90'A

1961

P

2%s ser Q—
2'As ser R
AGreen Bay ft West deb ctfs A
ctfs

ms

t

a-o

90%

—2010.

mtge

A Debentures

F-A

A-O

118%

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2003

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99'A

99

mtge
mtge

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ser

ni8..

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2%s

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ms

117% 120%

3s———1980

ser

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118
105%
102%

—

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■

102%

3

103

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132

118 ZS 118

,

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103

102% 102%

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M

83%

*132

.2003

ref M 3%s series F
ref

Bt Louis Div 2d gold

116

—

lst ft

61

88%

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AO

.1965

1st &

57

AO

52

62%

62

62

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Louisville ft Nashville

64

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Goodrich (B F) Co. 1st mtge 2%s_1965
Grays Point Term 1st gtd 5s
1947
Great Northern Ry Co—

89

58

—

—

deposit

,——1963.

Louisville Gas ft Elec 3%s_.

-Oct 11948

Certificates of deposit
{8AGa Caro ft Nor 1st ext 6s
Certificates

tow

1951..

debentures

3s

82%

27

1969

,

56

Lex ft Eastern

•.

,

72

108%

108%

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Koppers Co 1st mtge 3s

117%

100% 100%

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1953

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ser

—

65%

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105Va

.

124 7/a

104

87

100%

—'

70%

1961

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——

102%

105

103

104% 104%
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Plain

105%

1974

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mrntm

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1990

,

H

mtge

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85%
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81

106% 106%

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Lehigh Valley RR—
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Div

108%

77%

1067/a

120'A

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1964

F

2015

E

cons

1st

107%

80%

79%

—1987

Kansas City Terminal Ry

5s

1st

Ohio

102%
104 %
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98

•109%

ACertificates of deposit.
Kansas city Southern Ry 1st 3s—1950
1st mtge 4s ser A
1975

Erie Railroad Co—
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103 Va

54

41

23

106 7/a

41%
106

1963

lai os

stamned

104%

*104%
104% 104%

S A Refunding

Lake Sh ft Mich Sou gold 3%S——1997
3%s registered
-—-1997.

5s

104%

100%

—

.:

gtd gold 48—1990
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gtd 4s
;
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75

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Duquesne Light 1st M 3VaS

*u Faso

105

.

100/101

100%

—1976

Jersey Central Pow & Lt 2%s
ft Laughlin Steel 3 y4fl

Jones

110%

70'A

70y4

1995

1961

Miss & Iron

r

106%

108

4s 1995
-

8%

so

12

106% 107

106%

Gen ft ret mtge 3%s series G—1968
& ret 3s series H
1970

Detroit & Mackinac 1st lien gold
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a

79%

109% 110

1965

Gen

Dui

100

M

102% 103%

102 Yz

Kanawha ft Mich 1st

;

63%

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101

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93

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1951
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1952

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NEW YORK BOND RECORD
RANGE

FOR

~

WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1G
•'

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Interest

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Week's Range
or Friday's

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bonds

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York

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/
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1948
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110

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1956
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1975

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1948
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1974
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1975
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1975

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1974
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141%
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32%
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1943

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62%

86%
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1937

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1961
1971

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55

65

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1993

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1980
1974

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53

—

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series

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High

54

53

1st.. 48—.w.
——.-—1954
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4s.—June 1992

cons

Last

Sale Price

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1948

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series of 1927
1967
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1
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.

106

104

f

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93%

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99%

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106%

1965

B—-.—1973•

i

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IN Y New Haven Ac Hartford
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deb 4s
1947
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4s——...1955
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....1956
deb

97%

83

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A—.1973
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95

102% 103
104% 104%

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4s—...
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A

100

.

5s

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104%::

—1951

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Interest

Exchange

>

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■

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Pitts Steel 1st mtge 4%s

109Va

87

-

York

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal—
3%s debentures
—1965

114%

88r

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•

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1960
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....1963

:

98%
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100

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■•.w"v

B—1975

.—

87%

100
100%
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gold 4s

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1

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108%

...

■

—.—1998

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.

i

104

87%

91%

100 V*
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,

1998

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106

95%

98%

^

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ser

94%
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,

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108%

87%

—1998
—

New York Chicago k 8t
Louis—
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108

|

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108

ACertiflcates of deposit-;

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94%

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..

A..——2013

;

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..

D

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3%8—.—1997
.

96

94%

1956

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A—..—1998
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109

.

A 1st

^

84%
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deposit

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?

89

101% 102%

...

104

,

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1994

..

89

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..

7

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—

92%

83

1931
1954

of

ACerttficates
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of

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■

1st and ref 2%s
1974
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deposit..
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•'v.

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gold 4%s series C
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110

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1974

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^

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„

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Sold

No.

High

i,

Friday
Bonds

*108Va

,

—

J-J

,

19M

N J Junction

:

jjf

1945

5 A Consol gtd 4s

Low

•

—

105%
102% 106%
108%

;

108%

64
'106% 106%
129% 129%
53

s

106 Va

?:

*112

109 Vs

,

106% 107%
102 Va 102%

*101% 102%
106

106%

Pacific Gas Ac Electric Co—
1st A ref mtge 3%s
series I
1st A ref mtge 3s
series J
1st A ref M 38 series
K
1st

Ac

ref

M

3s

series
1st Ac ret M 3s series
1st Ac ref mtge 3s ser
Pacific Tel & Tel 2%s

1965
...1970
1971

L

1974

M—...1979
N

—..1977

debs
Paducah A 111 1st s f
gold 4%s
Paterson A Passaic G A E

1985

*1087/8
108

—

108 Vs

*107% 109

106%

109%

107 Va

110%

108 Va 108%

107 Va

110%

109% 109 %
108% 108 %

107 %

111%

104% 105

104%

107%

107

107

109%

111

107

111

cons

Ss.1949

*107

*108%

—

inc debs

conv

Pennsylvania

1960

107% 125%

Co—

Gtd 4s series E trust ctfs

1952

111% 113%
102% 104%

Pennsylvania Glass Sand 3%s
1960
Pennsylvania Power Ac Light Co.—
1st mtge

3s

f

s

3s

:

gold

104% 104%

4s—l.—1948

104% .107

104V4 104V4

104%

106%

126% 126%

126

131%

1965

4s

122% 123%

122%

128%

1968

ext

page




110%
107

95%

95%
91%

95Ve

95%

131%, 131%
108% 109
119% 119%
123% 123%

107%

*106

105 7/a 106

1057/B

111%

52

105% 106%

104%

107 %

106

103% 103%

103%

106%

977.

1974

■

81

94

»/4 105
106%

99 Va

■{

116
123%
120% 128

103

*107% 108

135%
135 Va

82

97

107 Va

139%

124

81%

95

130% ,145
104% '109

j

135%
109 Va

124

104

:

94% 102%
89%
93%

126%

130%

124

1

>

108%

130

*128

123%

Apr 1990

see

106%

105

1311/4 131%
123% 124'/a

1960

4s

footnotes

102

104%

1952

Peoria A Pekin Union Ry 5%s
For

104

105% 106%
109% 109%

1984

—..1981

Gen mtge 3%s ser P
1985
Peoples Gas L & C ref 5s.———1947

Eastern

lt)3% 105%

104% 104%

mtge 4%s series E
Conv deb 3%s

A

107%

1960

—

Gen

A Income

104%

May 11948

•

Peoria

106%

1

General 4%s series D

*

106

1965

debentures

4s sterl stpd dollar
Cons sinking fund 4%s
General 4%s series A,
General 5s series B

112%

104
.108 ,
108% 114%

91

1975

Pennsylvania RR— \
Consol

109

108% 108%
106% 106%

Pennsylvania-Central Airlines—
3%s

110
110%
104% 104%

106% 106%

1955

52

106%
99%

105

107%
67 Va
104% 107%
99
.99%
105
107%
104 Va 106%
104*
106
51

1

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THE COMMERCIAL &

Number

y olume 164

FINANCIAL" CHRONICLE

NEW YORK BOND RECORD
RANGE

Interest

Last

Period

Exchange

Stock

Week's Range
or Friday's
Bid & Asked

Friday '

■yBONDS-y£My|
York

New

Sale Price

Low

FOB WEEK ENDING

-

Low

129%

105% 106

109

102 Va

105%

High

No,

106 Va 106%

101% 104%

1st

100% 100%

Texas & Pacific 1st gold 5s
Gen As ref M 37/as ser E

1041/4

1985

99 Va
138

138

138

2000

Third Ave Ry 1st ref 4s

A Ad J income 5s
Jan 1960
Tol ft Ohio Cent ref ft lmpt 3%s__1960

♦105%

Trenton Gas ft Elec 1st

*109%

1st

&

M

coll

tr

2%s

103% 103%

'

Biscuit

2%s

debs—.

Maryland

Western

Union

101% 103

109% 112%
104
34

103

107
34

'■

v

104%

104%
107'/a

97%

98%

1976

100% 100%

Universal Pictures

1959

103% 103%

99%
103%
101%
102% 104%
97 Va

103 %

99%

...

.

Cons

1st

5s

cons

Wisconsin Electric Power.2%8—1976

...

,

1995

....

v

STOCKS

Friday:

,.
-

Curb Exchange

New York

•

/ Week's

Last

,

Range

Sale Price y

of prices
Low
High

ACP-Brlll

7%
16

.

.

Shares

STOCKS

;/

New York Curb Exchange

Range Since January 1

7%
17%

2,000

V'uo

Acme

A

warrant*

Motors

Aluminum Alloys
-1
ou common—.——...lb

Acme

„

Sales :
for Week

P CO.—

D

Aero Supply
AI'joWuj

Mfg class B
Mfg common—...
(N J)..

»u

1
-»

-—

Air1 Associates Inc
Air Investors

——1
—-9

common

Convertible preferred—
—10
JJreon Mfg Corp..—..........,■ ,.m——SOc
convertible

60c

preferred

10

'Air-Way Electric Appliance:

3

Alabama

Great Southern—....—60

Alabama

Power 4.20%

pfd

Alaska

Airlines

AUes

100

Fisher common

&

Inc

1
1

Allied

Int'l Investing $3

Allied

Products

(Mich)

Bros Co

Altorfer

pfd——•

conv

5

common

•

common—

Aluminum Co common

6%

;

•

preferred

Aluminum

85%

—100

Goods

Mfg

115

——•

Aluminum Industries common

•

6%
*/•'

••

Ltd

common

preferred
V1

r'

*

■

22%

22

•

Aluminium

86

115%

22%

22

192% 207%

100

-

,

^

•,

v

.•

1

•

\.;

-...

7%

American Beverage common.—.——1
Book

American

Cities

American

.uight—

Barium

Steel

Barlow

$1.20

ft Seelig Mfg—
convertible A common

Class B...
American

Cyanamld Co

American

&

American

Fork

American

Gas

ft
ft

Hoe

Bauman

General

Corp

Beck

100

(A

1
—-—1

Inc

Co

1

common—

1

2.50

Aircraft

Bell Tel of

)

1
1

Corp

Shoe

S)

Bellanca

common—10c

convertible preferred
$2.50 convertible preferred—
$2

&

Beaunit Mills Inc

—10
.

(L)

Brummell Ties new com

Beau

•

common

Electric

Corp

Basic Refractories

10

common

Foreign Power warrants-

preferred

American

——1

28

A—

"'

4% %

shares

——28

class

A......

—1

common—

los- Andes-

Banco de

——1
ft

Rubber Co

Baldwin

——100

Mfg

Power

.

.——30

preferred—

——.1

Convertible

Class

Co

Central

American

American

•

Babcock ft Wilcox Co

Baldwin Locomotive—

■

common

Canada

100
•

.

Benson

ft

Hedges common
Convertible preferred...—

American Hard Rubber Co

Berkey & Gay Furniture.

28

American

Blckfords Inc common

American

Birdsboro Steel Fdy ft Mach Co

6%

Laundry Mach
20
Light ft Trac common
28
preferred
...25

American

Mfg

American

Maracalbo- Co

Co

25

American Potash

American

$3

Republics

*

Blumeathal

•

Seal-Kap

Bohack

7%

10

Superpower Corp

series preferred
American Thread 5%
American

Anchor

Writing

Post

preferred

Paper

common

For

footnotes

see

Inc

8
•

Brewster

Brillo

page




Mfg

Class

—

£ l
1

——•

pfd—100

981.

Aeronautical

Bridgeport Gae Light Co.
Bridgeport Oil Co

Angerman Co Inc common—.——1

Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd—
Am dep rets ord reg!—
Angostura-Wuppexman
Apex-Elec Mfg Co common
Appalachian Elec Pwr 4%%

*
-*
*

British

5%
41%

5%
53

115% 115%

British
Am

Am

*
*

Corp common..————.——!

Breeze

2

—

Co common

1st preferred—.—...—•....100

•

Products

(8) ft Co——'..,

(H C)

Brazilian Traction Lgt ft Pwr

com——lOo

$6

*

Borne Scrymser Co..—————.—28

2

common

1

com—*

—

Ridge Corp common
1
optional convertible preferred—*

Bourjois
Amer

common

$3 opt conv pfd called

—

class A—

& Chem

Class B

American

Blue

1

common

American Meter Co
>■

Blauner's

Co

common

A

-

American Oil
American

Co

dep

rets

1

*
e
*
*
-*

Tobacco—

dep rects ord bearer

ord

reg

.

*102% 102%
109

1971

—1958

—

scr B——...

•

tl
01

109

103 3A
94 Va
91

'81

107%
,

82%" 83 "
81% 81%
35
v 35;
37%
—*34 ''— •

1st Ac ref mtge 2%s ser EL
1975
Va Iron Coal ft Coke 1st gold 5s—1949
Va ft Southwest 1st gtd 5s
2003

Virginian Ry 3s

w

81'/a

eons g 4i series A—19BB
f 4s series B—. ^
1957

s

%

'82 %

Vandalia RR

Virginia Electric & Power Co—1;

83

86%

105% 105%
*120
y.. ;y

..y
...

1930

Wisconsin Public Service 3 Vis

83

*99 % 100%
—f '"107 yi,o7

deposit

of

•

—

85%
81%
*107%

v—

1949

IASu ft Du div ft term 1st 4s
A Certificates of deposit

—

95%

101 Va

•102
86 !

109
108
108 Vi

95%

J 103% 105%

82%

1958
I960

$§AWisconsin Central 1st 4s,
ACertiiicates

103%

H6Vi

67

104% 105%
101% 103%

101%

2361
2361
...1949
1992
1970

Wheeling Steel 3% series C
Wilson & Co 1st mortgage 38
Winston-Salem 8 B 1st 4s

102% 105%

104

•103% 104

1966

1951

104

106% 107%

104%

107 Vi
109

106Vi 111

108% 109

106%.

1950
1951
1960

Westinghouse El & Mfg 2 Vis
West Shore 1st 4s guaranteed
Registered
Wheeling ft Lake Erie RR 4s
Gen & ref M 2Vis series

105 Va

106

108% 108 V»
•

Vi

104 Vi
102% 104
114% 117 Vi

*105% 106%

'

..

HO Va

59% V 68

102%

114% 114%

—.

Co—

Funding A: real estate 4Vis
25-year gold 5s
30-year 5s

,

99

107'A

106

.-,106% 106%
'
62% 62%
/ *101%
..

62%
—

.1952
2014

1st 4s
inc ser A

Telegraph

102

105

2000
1948

Pacific 4Vis

Western

102%

.105

U S Rubber 2%s debs

3%s debs

Western

110 ;■*;

105

Ref mtge 2%s series C———1991

United

82%

y 105%

51%

110

102& 10253

1976

,

347/a

•103% 104

—1947

debentures

104%

*—

—1945
1967
2 Vis debentures ju———-1970
Union Paciiic RR—
v

88% 104

103
vi

104

Union Oil of Calif 3s debs

27/aS

75%

•110% 112%

1975

1st ft land grant 4s

•

102% 103

»AUnlon Elev Ry (Chic) 5s!

y

71

v

Union Electric Co of Mo 3%$—-1971

'

102% 105%

—

102%

101

gold 5s
1940
Tri-Contlnental Corp 27/sS debs—1961

High

91

Washington Central Ry 1st 4s„_
Washington Terminal 2%s ser A—1970
Westchester Ltg 5s stpd gtd..
1950
Gen mtge -3%s
...1967
West Penn Power 3Vis series I
1966

102% 106

104% 105

•105%

I960

January 1

1027/» 106 Vi

1970

(subordinated)
Warren RR 1st ref gtd gold 3 Vis

101 ■
152 V4

Texas Pacific-Missouri—
Pac Tenn RR of New Orl 3%S—1974

Range Since
Low

High

92 Vi

mtge 4s inc ser A
Jan 1981
AGen mtge inc 4%s ser B—Jan 1991
1st mtge 3 Vis ser B
1971
Walworth Co conv debentures 3%s_1976
Ward Baking Co 6 Vis debs
/

,

—1970
ref M 3%s ser' C——1990

&

Low

•

A Gen

105 Vs 108

104

Orleans RR—

.

yy,

1st Af tef M 3%8 ser B—

New

or Friday's
Bid & Asked

' Last '
Sale Price

Wabash RR Co—

Ref & imp M 48 ser C
.,,.2019
Ref & Imp 2%8 series D
1983
Texas Corp 3s deb
—1959
»
3s debentures
.———.1965
r

Texas As

Week's Ranee

Friday

^

<

137%

105%

Period

High

131% 131%

h

Interest

Exchange

Stock

York

New

Range Since
January 1

V

\

BONDS,
Bonds
Sold

Terminal RR Assn of St Louie—*

/

AUGUST 16

99Vi

109%
104

105% 108
103
106
117% 123

35

'

36%

;

90

78 Vs

843/4

r

87%
56
51

THE COMMERCIAL

& FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 1946

NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE
FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST

RANGE
8IOCKS

Friday
Last

New York Curb Exchange

Week's

Bangs

•

Sale Fries
Celanese

Rahgft Since January 1

High

Low

25%

common

9J/a

8%

&

■_

..

Sullivan.....

13

-

,

2.50

Burma Corp Am dep rets
Burry Biscuit Corp
Butler (P H) common

Mar

25c

Jun

8

12%a

102%

July

7% Mar

Stores

Distillers

Am

Feb

2,100

34

45

300

4%

200

15%

16

50o

12%

12%

13%

3,000

22%

22%

22%

100

21%

1

-

dep rets. ord

22 %

22%

22%

300

18%

16

16

100

;

;

1

Domestic Industries class A com

r July
15% Jan

13

15%

com.

T!nrp eotrtwinn
Dobeckmun Co common

30

4

1,400

12%

„

'

Ltd—

Divno

May

23%

300

37

4%

f*

Corp new

Co

High

35%

12%

Devoe & Raynolds Class B.
Diana

Shares

4%
——

Jan

50

2

Products

37

common.—

Jun

14% Jun

18% Mar

Steel

Co

33

Jan

16 'A Mar

Stove

—1

...

17

76% May

Mar

41

Ltd

Buckeye Pipe Line
Hill

Jan

27 % July
Jan
100
Jan
44

Mich

Detroit

May
4% Jan

Low

Gray Iron Foundry

Detroit

31

3% Mar

Brown Rubber Co common...
Bruce (E L) Co common
—
Mills

Jan

feftRketj ft Mfg

Detroit

7% Jan

Sales

for Week

of Prices

Par

Detroit

5%. July

Class A preferred
Brown Forman Distillers
$5 prior preferred

Bunker

|
|

v

Week's

Last '' '

Sale Price

Ltd—

-

Bruck Silk

High

.

Range

Friday

New Fork Curb Exchange

Shares

rets ord reg
British Columbia Power class

Brown Pence & Wire

'

"

STOCKS

Amer dep

Class B

U

Sales

for Week

of Prices

low
British

.

26%

Jun

Dominion Bridge Co Ltd
Dominion Steel ft Coal B

'4

Feb

Dominion

Tar

12 J/4

Jan

Dominion

1

Textile Co Ltd—

Chem

ft

4%

' 5 %

4,100

17%

17%

1,600

22%

22%

•

21

Co

Ltd

•
•

19% May

Draper

Corp

Driver Harris Co.
Duke Power Co.

Cable Electric Products
common
Voting trust certificates..

Cables

in

&

Wireless—

^®e;icaH deP rets 5 %

; : :

Pfd

Canada

Tn

Corp..
I"
Insurance
Bread Co, Ltd—I"

Class

A

niA..

i.f-4 v-i (T

£i%
7%

"""I

•

I,-'

21%

19%

19%

^

|

20

15% Feb
13% May

100

"2%

36%

33

33

9

Jan

Feb

~

of

100

A....—

~

21

21

Suburban

Coal

——IIIII
Z11

Plow

II

16%

'

35%

,

14% Mar

13

13

200

11

5%

to

"5%

-

3%

800

24%

25%

150

26

26

•

,

"

6>«U

,

14%
Machine Co

Curtis

14%

1,900

29

900
100

11%

11%

1,350

1%
19%

107%

.

"

l

\ 4%

50

receipts (ord

'44

;

reg)—£1

5%
107
..

4%
44

1%
20

4,200

2,400

5%

300

107%

30

13%

3%

3%

10,500

42

Apr

' Apr
9% Jan

71% Jan
22

Jan

3% July
34
Jan
9% Jan
25% Jan
26
Mar

28% Jun
26

Franklin

•

Fuller

i

Dayton

Rubber

Dejay Stores
Dennison
f

Mfg

13%

class A

conv

common

Mfg class A common..—.

fi% debenture...
Derby Oil Co
For

5

xqO

common

footnotes

.35

6O0

see

8

.

page




981.^

22

50

■

__

Feb

33

I.
i

Aug

6% Jan
44 % Aug
11

38

5%

Jan

May

Feb

•

t
;•
>.

,f

Apr
23% May

10% May

July

21%

i
>

Jan

17%

Jan

29

Feb

Jun

70% Feb

July

65

66%

60

—.——I

22%

22%

100

22% Aug

11

Stores

7%

7%

2,000

7

Mar

23%

23%

200

23

Jun

29% Jan

27

27

25%

Jun

35

66%

Apr

8%

Jan

=<
27

*

-

,.50

Jan

of France—

rets

bearer.

"9% "9%

200

47%

700

46

7% Mar

4% Aug
7% Mar

—

Brewing

9%

Jan

27% Jan

49% July

Mar

30% May

19

20%

20%

21%

1,100

34

34

35%

600

28

Mar

40

July

85

.lit

May

110

July

134

134

40

112

Jun

150

July

134

38%

13%

Feb

20

Feb

Jan

Co

17%

common—

May

.16%

.♦
.101

10%

105

500

Jan

Jun
18% July

97

2,700

Jan

14

17 7/8

IWV2

,

Jan

107% July

8%

300

8% Aug

14 %

Jan

500

5% July

9%

Jan

12%

13%

GOO

—

..

8%
5%

12%
—;

17% Jan

preferred series A

Warrants

Service $6 preferred—*

11%

100

17%

105

—'

v5'-

5

-i.
'

111%

Inc

32%
53

54%

;

26%

700

21

21%

3,700

19

Mar

—5

21%

21%

22%

1,000

21

July

4

—

6%

6%

6%

1,100

Sugars class A.
32%
*

1%

57

Co.

Atlantic
1st

.

1%

ft

Stores.

103

Apr
Jan

1% July
Jan

10% Mar
...

53

July

29%

31%

11

11;,.

29% Aug
10% July

18%

19%

•16

24%

118%X120%

stock—
—.

.100

——

..21

preferred

Stores

57

Jan

Jun.
1

21% Jan

Paper

_•

Products

common—25a

100

Utilities $4.40 pfd

Gypsum Lime ft Alabastine

,

■

Xl35% 140
45

46%

24%. 25 % :
22
22%
113% 113 'A

109% Mar;
134

Mar

38% Mar
17'/a Jan
13% Jan

xlll% May
12% Mar

„■*

Jun
Jun

13% May

Ball

Lamp Co.—
Bridge Co

Hamilton

Hammermill

.

July

Pacific Tea—

common

Northern

,10

11,100

30

23

1
■

Varnish

Grayson-Robinson

1%

107

i—

—«

Graham-Paige Motors $5 conv pfd—21

Great

1%

a

48 '/a

common.

Grand Rapids

Non-voting

107

'

100

32%

Co—

class A

Mfg

Gray Mfg

6%
€3

B
$4.50 prior preferred
...
—
Goldfield Consolidated Mines-

Great

21% Jan

25%

26%

M Class

Inc

Feb

27

...

21%

inc common

Mfg

Jan

19% Jan

—

—u

Jan

53

220

—

—

Jan

27

300

33%

53

Coal

Globe-Union
Godchaux

32%

Jan

110

75

,

Gobel (Adolf)

Feb

104

100

113% 114%

*
$5 preferred
*
Gilbert (AC) common
•
Preferred slt,i;v„.*•—,
*
■*:
Gilchrist
Co
*
Gladding McBean ft Co———*
Gleaner Harvester Corp
;
SJi
Alden

Feb
Jan

July

4% July

700

5%

107% 108

Jan
Mar

104%

17%

17%

General Plywood Corp.

Glen

Jan

24

General Fireproofing common.
General Outdoor Adv 6% pfd.
Public

Jan

9%
9

--

Gorham

;

12%

—

Aug
16% July

May

22

5%

~5%

-j

dep rets ord reg.

Gorham

Jun

6% Apr
60
Apr
36% Feb
108
May

20%

31%

of Canada—

Power

Goodman

24
May
10% Jun
36

11"%

Apr
Feb

25

Georgia Power $6 preferred,,„,

Feb

Jan

Jan

Feb

Jan

28

2,050

..

Co—

Mfg Co common—.

General

July

{

4% July

8%
26%
40%

100

General Shareholdings Corp «om—1
$6 convertible preferred
^vi n-iV*-

Feb

44

Amer

5%

26% July
7% Jan
llo
Apr

36 % May

Jan

4,800

General Alloys Co
#:

<

175

300

Jan

5%

8,100

15%

General Finance Corp commo

Feb

Jan

17% Feb

13%

21 % May

1,000

6%
26

Gen Electric Co Ltd—

17% May

180

M-

Jan

Jun

14%

preferred

Gellman
>

July

95% July
Apr
6% Jan
47
Feb

21 ;=■

II

Jan

G

5%

3%

100

14

6%

38% Mar

F, —'p

34%

30% Jan

38

—

Davidson Brothers Inc

56

14%

21
——It

Garrett Corp common.
Gatineau

39

87

2.50

4%

Jan

July

14

Apr

1

—

Stores

Gulf 8tate
common

3% Jan

49%

,

Apr
Apr

33

(Geo A) Co—^

Grocery

New

16

30%

•;

112% Aug
12% Jan

23% July
8% Jan

2.50

53%
112

31

$3 <K>nV atftAlr ,
4% convertible preferred.

Jan

15% July

Mills......

Apr
Feb

•

—

Greenfield Tap ft Die.

Davenport Hosiery

33

25%

—

Fort Pitt Brewing Co

■1% July
19% Aug
5July

31

common-

14%

13%

6%

rets ord

Fo* (Peter)

Feb

29% Jun
105 % May

(Mo)

14%

13%

—

(Phila)

H)

(M

dep

-

Aug

5

121

ft Inst Co.

Camera

dep

Amer

14%

27% July
3% Jun

——g

Apr

30%
39%

Jan

700

33

14%

Engine ft Airplane.

Ford Motor

10% July

6%

————————100

27

12% July

500

X52 % X53

10

common

'.Class!A "nn-PftMfty
»Class B voting

Jan

18% Jan

common

3%
52%

Jan

Jan

Feb

49% May

50

78%

Apr

•:,;9^ Feb

7% Mar

jq

22

24%
109

Brewing..

to $1

5^

101% July
% Jan

14%

...

Line

Pipe

Association

Am

Jun

2% Mar

(Md)....

100
850

1,100

Jan

166% July
12% Jan

July

19%

200

Feb

July

1,000
44%

48

13

.

51

13%

-—

77% Mar

July
Feb

Ford Motor Co Ltd—

Jan

25

24% Mar

IIIIIIIIIl

Sugar

50%

.

preferred

Fishman

Jan

50% July
12% Jan

91

,82

9

g

Lighting Inc

Curtis Mfg Co

300

38%

5%

—

preferred

*

13%

1%

.

Atlantic
Tobacco

3,800

27%

Crown Cork International
A—•
Crown Drug Co
common.....
—.25c
n% convertible preferred^
25
Crystal Oil Refining common——..
•

preferred

400

4%

33%

19%

common

Brewing CO :».
Crosley Motors Inc.
Crowley Milner & Co

5%

32%
39%

11%

Croft

Cuban

•

38%

Co.—.

preferred

1,400

27%

Petroleum

Cuban

4

39

Oourtaulds Ltd—*

$6

31%

93

6%
43

49

115

1,300

Jun

6%

500

.50

Apr

Feb

108

89%

17%

Feb

30

10

9%

8%

Corp

common

Ford Motor

Jan

100

200

Jun

26%

71

800

Federal Compress ft Warehouse Co

Apr

16%

400

9%

25%

44%

89 %

'

Co

Petrol

*

22%

<

Corr^/on

Cent

700

17% Jan
26
Aug
2% Aug

88%

"9%

Cornucopia Gold Mines

Crown

2%

Jan

July
36% July
3% Jan

22%

C...

& Reynolds
$6 preferred A_.
Cosden Petroleum common

97

4

117% 121
I'll
112%

89%

117%

Cook Paint ft VarniBh
Co-s—

Creole

2%

50

•

II
-

...

6% July
35% July

460

3%

i

4%

convertible

Aug

350

y

Corp....,-

&

July
July

41

28,800

31%

Continental Fdy

4

25

32

72

■

Fedders-Quigan Corp

Apr

: 300

99%

Jan

15% May
43 %

139

Empire District Electric 5% pfd—100
Derrick ft Equipment
I
Equity Corp common
—IPS
$3 convertible preferred.......
,4
jfaqm™ Tnft
....
-1

Fire

Jun

<•600

38%

l

Steel

dep

50

105

13% July

400

71%

•
A—*

28%

Jan

Jan

Jan

8.000

99%

Jun

July

Mar

5%

fs

io

American

7%

2,100

56%

Jan

18% Jan
70% Apr

—•

Fansteel Metallurgical

21% Jun
15% May

38

44'

7%

98% May

11% Mar

15,300

24

Falrchlld

Feb

Jun

27%

38

23%

23

Mar

38 V4

Consolidated Retail Stores
Consolidated Royalty Oil

5%

Jan

15%
156

9

300

22%

26%

Falstaff

July

32

-fii

90%

new

Jan

166

20

325

22%

—I

common.

-JU

Fairchild

Jun

14

38»A

25

.——

series

ft Share

warrants

Co

Eureka

Feb

41%

20% Aug
5"% July

200

A 15

'

184% May

100

47%

37%

-

Consolidated Mining ft Smelt Ltd—8

Coro Inc

Feb

5%

99 %

wariants—

f Consolidated Gas Utilities.

i

1,000
12,200

13%

,6%

——•

•

Range

13%
140 1

43%

7

—

III~2a

Biscuit Co
Consol G E L P Bait
common.
4%% series B preferre

Copper

6%
16

15

iqab

1956

Textile

24

13%

—

Consolidated

Consol

Feb

100

60

warrants
Arms

Southern

extended

Consolidated

Feb

26%

&

preferred

26%
140

200

16

Jun

Jun

Jan

16%

20%

Apr

Jan
Jan

May

15%

46%

H

$3 preferred

4%

88
19
4

15%

5%

-

28% Jun

'Aug

16

—

Conn Gas & Coke Secur
common

•'

400

5

Feb

150
,

42%

25

1.200

Emsco

53% May
52% May

22

14%

4,600

163

160

20%
Inc

8 & ; Preference =TOO

.■;V t C ext to

36%

Mar

50

May

104

Mar

68

23

5%

Apr

Jan

3,400
190

69

75

23

15% May

Apr
1% July

75

525

104% May
92

Feb

3% May

100

90%

Jan

8

Aug

65

37% Mar
3%

Elliott

52% May

166%

29

13

Community Public Service.—..
Community Water Seivlce
Compo Shoe Machinery— :
c

16%
2%

2

5

97% Jan

1,375

78

Elgin National Watch Co common.. .15

May

Jan

16%

II

Colorado Fuel & Iron

V t

100

68

Columbia Gas & Electric—
Commonwealth

21

20% Mar

Inc
Fire

Bond

Option

Feb

225

160

Co.—I

106

10%

600

35%

Airlines

Mills

*

Jan

25%

—'

v •

Jan

6% Jan

71

Co

Colonial

Patent

37

Cnm

Colonial

Colt's

10

3,300

172% 176

CommonDevelopment ordinary

Colon

Jan

'

MfgI~III_ "II
Illuminating"

Club Alum Products

Cockshutt

Jan

25

2

Co

Electric

Clincbfield

10% Jan
37

15%

Neon Lights
Clayton & Lambert

•

May

106

76%

90

formerly $5
$4.20 pfd. formerly $6.

34% July

68

16%

~

Claude

Cleveland

Jan

25

Homes

Controller

225

3 %

$3.50 pfd

23% July

71

$6 preferred BB

&

Jan

130

76%

Corp

Electric Power ft Light 2d pfd

Apr

16% Mar

—

City Auto Stamping

Electric

Apr

51

100

in

_

II

Jan

Apr

Jan

36

preferred B

Clark

9,400
.

40

40

~6% ~6%

I"

Cities Service common
$6 preferred

1,200

preferred
Easy Washing Machine B,
Economy Grocery Stores

Jun

18

400

125%

g

Macn

5%

$5

38
July
33% Aug

13%

4,600

13%
43

120

~6%

h

common.—

Consolidated Mining
SChilds Co preferred

12

43

—

122

l

Chief

City

Jan
Jun

36% Jun

100

common...

&

30%

IHioo

Chamberlin Co of America—
Corp common
II

Chicago Rivet

30

_

inn

Clxaris

Chesebrough Mfg

20

12%

ouo

preferred

60c

500

States

Electrographic

Central & South West
Utilities
SCent States Elec 6%
Conv pfd opt div ser

19%

30

Ohio Steel
Products—
Central Pow ft Lt 4%
pfd

Cherry-Burrell

4%
45

106

19%

Conv pfd opt div ser
1929
Cessna Aircraft Co
common

5%

$7 preferred series A.
$6 preferred series B_—
Eastern Sugar Associates—

164% May

34%

America..

preferred

17%

100% 102%

5%
100%

preferred.

Eastern

14%

Jci im

34%

Central

7%

1

& Co

Corp

6%

14% Jan

17%

Eastern Malleable Iron

68
1

i

t

ft Fuel Assoo common.

4%% prior preferred—————,

24% May

122

4M

com

^

fcast

25% May

2% Aug
30

32%

—

"

164%'May

~2%

36

~2%

5

cS,;tpW^b pm-—•
(J W) Co
Products

17%

Jan

Aug

6%

—

(A M)

e

16

9

Jan

22

Feb

common

Castle

8%

Jan

11%

15

22

22

—

Class

Catalin

13%
25

,

Capital City Products
Carman & Co class a

Casco

Duval Texas «niphn>

Jan

.

;-|

1

cnmmnn

12% May

7% July
23
May

-

21%
;

5

9%

—

Durham

inn

° ,T~—•

Carter

Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd—»
Am dep rets ord reg ^*—..—£1
Hosiery class B common—* ^

Jun

6% May

*

Canadian Industries
Ltd
7% preferred
%
Canadian Marconi

Carnation Co

7%
mi**

Alconoi—"

non voting

j

11%

7%

voting

r-.

(Class B

3% May
8% Feb
10% Jan

"***

«

ci?lR dement Co Ltd commonl
6%%

—

•

1

Fire

preferred
Canadian Industrial

1

i

i

Tungsten

Camden

7

Feb

3% Mar

—

Duro Test Corp

Calamba Sugar Estate^
California Electric Power
Callite

4%
;

Paper—

12%

Ltd.

12%

8%

8%

12% Aug
% July
35% Mar

r 8

j

Volume 164

THE

Number 4517

COMMERCIAL

979,

& FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE
-it'

•

4s -v

i

■

rl

RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 16

,

,,

York Curb Exchange

.

Sale Price

*;

Harvard

21
ctfs——1

Brewing Co

Dept StoreB
Mining Co—

Hecia

,i'.m.i

i.n.aiK

mi

Helena

Rubinstein—
Class A

Heller

Co

6%%

preferred

Hoe

(R)

Holllnger

w

.1
1

common

10%

300
"

20

20%

700

17%

18%

15%

16 %

1,600
1,500

33%

33 y4

100

15%

15%

16%

4,800

Consolidated

34%

37%

79%.

14%

79%

1,900

84%

34%'

M_

100

18

17

-1

O

320

107% 108 '
18'

600

11%

14%
-

14%

Jan

Mangel Stores

26%

Feb

15 Va

Feb

23%

Apr

Mapes

15% July

19%

6

Manischewitz (The B) Co

::: 'r

18

July

107

July

Ltd.

Co

87%
17%
15

& Co common—

Baking Co
common

250

fiS

Aug

175

45%

45

McCord

common

Corp

.

itmmjtyy,

McWilllams

*
—

—•

Dredging

Mead Johnson & Co

:?

Menasco

170

May

Feb

May

115% Mar

33% Jun

100

27% Mar

69

900

48%

15%

14%

8%%

A

:

19 Va

19%

20%

6%

6%

"7%

2,100

Jan

Mar

10

.

1

—

7%
2.50

13%

13%

23% Mar

37

Jun

Michigan Sugar Co.——....,—.—..*

3%

3%

49%

45%

Jan

50% Mar

17

Mar

Jun

11%

Hygrade Food Products.

49%

46%

250

55

49%

15

21%

1,100

8

Jan

12

150

43

Jan

59

Mlcromatic Hone Corp

July
July

2,900

22 Va

7%

.......1

Jun

19

Mid-West

Dividend arreat ctfs
•

ou

Imperial Chemical IndustriesAm dep rets regis.

31

32

1,100

29% July

62%

62%

65

2,700

60

20%

-$«

20%

20%

2,400

31%

31%

31%

350

•

(Can) coupot

Ireland

13%

23

Apr

Jan

38

July

Mia-West

500

jwu

Jun

15%

12%

Jan

14% Jan

Juiy

25 y4

1,900

112

112%

500

101

101

101

20

90

107

107

20

92% Jan

25

100% 101%

10

Jun

Minnesota

30% Jan
112% Aug
109% Jun

94

Jan

300

international

Metal Industries

67 y2

67

series..———...50

Investing Corp

24 y8

400

coupon

shares

shi—*

Montana Dakota

—————10

Jun

18

Jan

31% May

Feb

35

16%

16%

16%

16% May

Power $7 preferred—
Royalty.

1,700

16%

Juh

10%

Jan

5%

4 "/a

900

4% Aug

14%,

900

49

100

.13% AUg
30 Va Mar

2

1,000

1%

25

24%

1

Jan

10 y4

10%

500

9% Aug

Kldde

——•

2 V4

1,200

2Va Aug

(Walter7

20

20%

21%
30

1,200
50

13%

.1

14

13%

10,900

124%

124

32"%

32%

Co

States

Nachman

26

17% May

preferred D
King Seeley Corp
Kingston
Products.

27

Apr

Power

Corp

Jan

124%

Aug

Jan

33

Feb

14%

24% July
4% July
13% July

14%

11

11%

125

18%

1,000

9%
17

Apr

29%

July
Aug

115

80

80

Aug

94

—

80

80

76

Jan

—

I

21%

21%

22%

500

7%

7%

7

9%

9%

'7%
'9%

2,700

.1

1,600

Kirkiand Lake G M Co Ltd.—-1
Klein (D Emil) Co common
•

1%

1%

lib

9,500

Nelson

33%

200

14%

15%

1,200

17%

17%

200

Kleinert

(I B)

Rubber Co

'

\'

30

1

14%

—l

800

8%
4

16%

2,200
1,500
8,200

Lake Shore Mines Ltd

15%

Lakey Foundry St Machine.
Lamson Corp of Delaware

I

Lane Wells Co

1

8%

15%

15%

8%

•

3,600

9%

1,900

10%

700

11%

19%

—

20

18% Mar

July

Prior

Realty

20

175

24

8

Jan

43

Jan

34

29

Feb

37 %

12

Jan

12% Mar

•

Oil

8%

England
Haven

4%%

Line

.21

<R G) Inc—

..1

46%

46%

47

.1

19%

19%

19%

.10

32%

32%

34

15%

15%

16

Material Co.

8%

Corp

(Thos J* Inc 6% preferred.

Lipton

2.

2%

Loblaw

Class

Groceterias

30%

31

19

19

Lone Star Gas Corp common-

.10

20 Va

19%

15%

For footnotes

—

see

page




981.

8% Mar

400

25% Mar

150

18

,

Feb

Jun
23% Feb

5% Feb
10& Jan
32%

Apr

160%

Apr

36

Jun

21% May

Mar

17

Jan

23% Jan
5% July

35

Jun

14

200

Feb

24

preferred

Jan

Mexico

Jan

Tel

;

200

19

July

28%

100

18

Feb

80%

400

69%

Jun

89% July

17

17 Va

900

14%

Feb

23% Mar

Jan

x26% May

12%

12%

500

12 y8 July

2%

2%

1,200

2% July
7% Jan

12%

1

2%

9%

18

•

"

700

8oa

20

Mar

% Mar

12

Feb

Merchandise—

Mar

Feb

North

Apr

Northern

* 2oy«

4,700

15% Jan

22% July

1%

38,300

;

91

93 y4

700

13%

13%1 J5%

.15,500

1

96%
.82

-10%

lil%
20%

21

500

3%

Aug
Feb

Aug
Jan

Jan

20 y4 July

117

American

Northeast

1,080

Mar

12%

84% Feb

108%

10

Jun
Jun

35

Apr

80

126 Va Mar

142

Aug

100

10% Aug

100

18% July

21

27

100

25% Jutt

72

1,000

32
Jan
81% Feb

>

7

1,100

3%

6,200

100

17%

17%

—

Aug

6% Aug
2% Aug

Mar

58%

59

150

53

—

29

29

100

27% May

16%

100

107

—10

107

16%

pfd_100

50

107

78%

78%

10

12%

12%

1
100

12%

18,600

113% 114

113%

.

26

Feb
Jan
Jan

July

8% Jan
Jan

117

220

no % July

Aircraft

20

Inc

Apr

Northrop

Apr

Novadel-Agene Corp

—.—

—28

—1

*

iJay
Feb
Apr

3%

Feb

1%

1,800

i%juiy

12%

700

ir>3/4 M« r
17
July

13% May
26%

Feb

Apr

17%

28%

-

•'

18%

2,300

20y2

"3

~3 Va

2,500

2% July

5%

28

28%

5,800

23% July

9

145

9%

9

145

146

51%

3,300
■

51%

175

100

7%

Jan

8% ^

8Va

li

10%

11

17 /'

17

18%

100

1,500
4,100

325

Feb
Jan

12% Mar
164

Apr

49% Jan

63

May

49 Va

;

35

Feb

134

Feb

«% Jan
8

Jan

15

July
Jan

A

15

123%
120

15% July

"3

—5

Gas

Jan

Feb

95

May

Power class

Mar

111

104

Natural

19

64%
x35

July

16

69

108

States

Jun

18% May

'1%

17%

& Power common__l
•

1

11 % Mar
4% July
65

12%

1%

9
•

Texas Oil

July

108% May

350

119% 122

warrants...
com

9% Jan
11% Aug

—•

pf d—j^alOO

class B

71

50

Northern

16% May

11

i8%

Northern Indiana Pub Serv 5% pfd__l00
Northern

26%

150

54% Feb

_

Airlines

Apr

117

Jan

10%

Feb
Apr

v

19

2%

Utility Securities.—-•

Central

15% Aug

108
V

12% Jan

i.vV:

i \ :

30;i

300

500

6%

6%

North American Rayon class A
*
Class B common
_—.—.*

22

100

Apr

16

71

72

-1

isiectrlc.—m.——.3

25

1

22

18%

1
Mines————.8

preferred

16% July

97

Feb

18% Apr

11

II

—.100

optional

North Amer Light

600

Jun

24%

100

139% 142

10

preferred

Noma /

300

:

Feb
Feb

19

101% 102

—.£—.20

1st preferred..

Jun

32% July
32% July

Feb

115

Jan

/

101%

•

Co

Nlles-Bement-Pond

$6

4%

15%

100

Rosar<o

Aug

33

Jan

15 ya

14

May

19

15 %

Nineteen Hundred Corp B

41%

4,600

common——

NlpisBing

20% May

10 Va

9%

22% July
38

16% Jun

.20

Niagara Share Corp

56

July

.

108%

IIoo

Arizona Land—

Jun
26% Jan

Jan

1T% Jan

2,600

27

Watch

&

Y

B

Jan

14%

16%

78%

City Omnibus warrants—

2d

Apr

48% Aug

10%

_

St Honduras

5%

9%

;;Apr

20%

•

preferred—^

&

40

200

28%

*

Tel..

&

5

1% July

300

9,100
'

5

Y

5%

14% Jun
43
July
3% Apr

48%

100

Niagara Hudson Power common

24% May

.Mar

~

6"%

6%

27 % Mar

N Y Water Service 8 %

Aug

10 y2

31

30

17%

common

New Process Co

Jun

600

92
-1

18% Jun

16%

..30$

North Penn RR Co—

1%
97

Feb

6

19%

.12.50

Apr

35

island Lighting Co—
dep

Jan

10%

19%

1

New Park Mining Co.—————1

18 y8

17%

7%

.20% Feb

22 Va

Fabrics..

N Y State Electric & Gas $5.10

21

25% Mar
17%

Lynch Corp

Feb
Apr

.28

Corp

Clock

conv

28%

28%
-.1

of

37

Jan

28% Jan
136% Jun

14%

48

N Y Shipbuilding Corp—
Founders
shares...

Jan

42

B

ctfs

11% Jan
107%

3% Apr

20

19%

6%

-1

common

Feb

Feb

26%

preferred A ctfs of dep.
8% preferred B ctfs of dep.
Louisiana Land & ExplorationLouisiana Power & Light $6 pfd.

July

Jun

Feb

2,000

30%

30

Feb

10% Aug

1,000

Class

Steel Chain

Common

Jan

6

50

10%

May
Apr

8

17

2,400

'

^ 9

14

14

Jan

29

Logansport Distilling Co
Long

7,700

.20

Lit Brothers' common

Locke

2

3%

141% 142%

-•
—2%

New Jersey Zinc.
New

July

'

Lionel

29 Va Aug

84 y4

45

'■

— -

New Idea Inc common.

Apr
% Apr

17 V2

37%

Development.

Le Tourneau

■

•

100

23%

Aug

15

9% Jan

preferred

Lebnard

Jan

210 Va

25

4,600

'

8%

3%

8%

10

Radio

Meter

New

19% May
18% Jun

18

1

common

Feb

9%,

11% Jan
Jan

800

20%
52

■

8%

preferred.

$2

Class
Lefcourt

Jan

47

16%

(Herman)

New

11% May
2% Feb

31

1,100

•
24

Machine—

-

18%

19%

3%

—5o

common

N

Monotype

35

v

N

Lanston

14% July
7% July
3% Aug

15%

7%

3%

52

N Y

common

20

14%

20

N Y Auction Co common———•

Langendorf United Bakeries blase A

800

30%

—

England Power Associates..
6%
preferred—

Apr

23

'

Krueger Brewing rCt*,,-

Aug
Jan

105

—

30

New

May
Apr

82 %

Union

Neptune

Jan

29

10
.-...1

Kobacker StoreB new common.

1,300

8%

7%

«...

AUg
6% Aug

46

100

197

Nestle Le Mur Co class A

28% May
9% Feb

1% July

33

■i

8% Jan

Knott Corp common.

47

17%

—

Nebraska Power 7%

9% Feb.*
15% Jan

5% July

113

.100

—

14%

46%

common..

Mallinson

National

32% Jun

.100

Petroleum.

19% May

1,200
2,800

7%

National Tunnel & Mines common

Jun.

121%

.1

Kliny

14% May

May

"4%

—.—

preferred

National

Jun

18%

1,050

17%

17%

19

6%

18%

13% July

100

27

6

.100

;

36% Jan

~4%

National Fuel Gas

May

31%

Jan

x26

Kimberly-Clark

5*

30

250

"1%

Feb

32

200

33

27

20

*
•

Corp—
preferredKings Co Lighting 7% pfd B.

100

40% :

N

3% Apr

•

4 %%

300

July

20

13% Jan

2 Va

2%

100

Key Co common

19%

3%

National Transit.^.—

..

Aug''

33

9,100

900

National Rubber Machinery—
National Steel Car Ltd

—

Apr

6

31% May

39%

National Mfg & Stores common.—.—1
National Pressure Cooker
2

Lamp A

20 Ya
.

63
May
3% Feb

1% July
26

26%

30

1

Inc..—

Jan

19

Muskogee Co common..

7%

co

3%

20% Jan
13
Mar

13%

...*

common

Murray Ohio Mfg Co
Muskegon Piston Ring

Jan

26%

Ok Koaenge Co

ivawueer

3,700

5%
26%

13

Utilities

National Breweries

Ken-Rad Tube St

15% Feb

14%

National Bellas Hess

Kennedy's

17% Jul/

200

>, 7% Mar
i.*-16,% May

4%
49

1%

pfd

400

19%

100

pfd

Mountain States Tel St Tel

16% Aug

13%

Mfg voting trust etfs—i*
Irving Air Chute.
,1
Italian superpower A
»

Kalser-Frazer Corp
Kansas Gas & Elec 7%

18

24% Apr

"

24% Jan

16%

14%

Iron Fireman

Jeannette Glass Co common.,

14% May

5%

59

Mountain City Copper common
Mountain Producers

Jun

500

17

15%

15%

3,900

17

49

5

Jun

Mountain
,

4%

International Safety Razor B—.
Utilities common.

73% Apr

Mar

58

28%

*

International

Jan

10% Apr

—

Montgomery Ward A
Montreal Light Heat & Power.
Moody Investors partic pfd—
Morris Plan Corp of America-

33% Jan

21

«•

—

Jan

3% Aug

200

5% Aug
11
Feb

Molybdenum Corp

Jan

15 V2

International Minerals and Chemicals
Warrants
——
Petroleum

L

Sc

Feb

5%

4,900

25%

—

»

P

9%
17%

32

Monogram Pictures common
Monroe Loan Society A——

Jun

123
112

July

1
A

common

preferred

Missouri Public Service

Hydro Electrio—

International

Co

conv

Mihtng Corp

Jan

Jan

25

109%

800

25

25

*

,,,

X14

112%

—100

Insurance Co of North America

12%

200

13%

13%

4%%

12 ya Jan

112
May
11% Jan
14% May
62
Mar

3%

25%

—10

Henneries

,

Apr

Jan

12%

5%

Piping & Supply new com

Jan

Co

Jan

8ya
26%

li

pfd—100

preferred

International Cigar Machine

Midwest

18%
25

7% May
15"% Jan

1,800

13%

13%
Xl4

£1

Indianapolis Pow & Lt 4%

Oil

Apr

10'

July

13

,50c

Midwest

7% Jan
12% Jun

__

•

250

—50

39% Apr
81
Apr

July

Miller Wohl

.11

Registered
Imperial Tobacco of Canada
Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain

eniian

37%

6% May

600

•

1

Abrasive

Mar

18%

18%

$2 non-cum dividend shares—*
Mid\ ale Co common
•
A

Jan
Aug

Apr

24

17%

—

Middle States Petroleum class A V t c.l
Class B v t c
—1
Middle West Corp common
.—.8

Apr

53%

Jan

56

Jan

47

11%

..10

Midland Oil Corp $2 conv preferred—*
Midland Steel Products—

4% July

Illinois Power Co common.
5 % conv preferred

8%
13%

7%

Michigan Steel Tube

16 Va

16%

9%

10

Jun

Michigan Bumper Corp.

109% Jan
6% Aug

100

56

15%

10%

Investors

10

56

—

10 Va May

Preferred

3,100

.

10

Corp..————25o
Participating preferred—.—...15

49%

Products

July

8% Jan

j

.—.100

100

25

3,200

V

—.............

preferred

Messabi Iron Co

75% May
X20% Jun

4% ;

Apr

22%

4% July
18
July

4%

Jan

18%

Jan

4,500

4%

,-.i,

6% Mar
Jan

4%

6% Aug

'7%

May

19 y«

May

1,500

6%

400

55

Interstate

600

2%

13Va

.

'■?.

Jan

60

v

Jan

900

12%

10%

International

14

31%

Co..

Indiana Service 6%
1%
preferred

26

40% July
16Va Jan
25
Feb

33

55

Registered

100

12%

common—

International

15

7-:f

8

common

Warrants

47% Jun

28%

preferred
—
Hydro Electric Securltle

$3.50

200

.

32

Mfg Co.
i1
Merrltt Chapman St Scott——*

45% July

Apr
Feb

37%

68%

14%

1st

Preferred

1,100

16%

Jan

17% 19
32./-U 32%

17%

■■

—1

25% July

28
69

Corn stk purch warrants.

International

2%

16%
15

—•

Memphis Natural Gas

112

Hard Lock & Mfg Co

Imperial Oil

12 Yb

2%

•

Metal Textile

/ano

4,600

'

32% May

40 %

45%

(Harvey) Inc

Humble Oil & Reflnlns
Hummel-Ross Fibre Corp—

Dlinoib

15%

15%

15%

III

common

Jan

22%

lw

*
—--*

—100

Ligonier
$2.25 preferred-

56% May

Aug

•

.

preferred

Huyler's

40%

8% Feb

*

Massey Harris

Jun
Feb

13

'fjijiiif

—

.11

$2.50 preferred

11% July

"""•*
—

Mass Utilities Association v t e.

45% May

32% July

-F

Communication

Jan

1,100

29%

28

28

Jan

8%

Jun
Feb

21% May

Mfg Co.

Marion Power Shovel:.

May

26%

.

36

Marcbnl Internet Marine

Apr

113

16% May

Consolidated

20% Jan

Hussmann

5%

700
200:

40

38%

'

48
Apr
16% Jan

I4ya Mar

32

4o

common.

'

Horn & Hardart

Hubbell

January l
High

Feb

Feb

Inc.

(Geo A)

Low

High

■

Manati Sugar optional warrants.

9% July
19% July

1,100

12

13%

Range Since

Shares

M

9% May
7% Jan

Apr

15 y4 Mar

.10

Horn & Hardart

6%

9%

.100

w

common

Stores Inc
noiophane Co common
Horder's

4

;72% Jtin

5% Mar

2,000

15%

Holly

Hormel

2,000

5

••

class A.

& Co

6%

4%

for Week

Of Prices
Low

Per

High

Mar

87

6%

,,..,*

common.

Henry Holt & Co
Heyden Chemical

LoW

Sales

Range

.-Last V'-

'••

Sale Price

Range Since Jannary 1

4%
9%

•

common

Shares

High

6%

—I

Hat Corp of America B non-vot com—1
Hazeltine Corp
—•
Hearn

STOCKS
New York Curb Exchange

Low

^. For

Hartford Electric Light
Hartlord Rayon voting trust

Sales
for Week

of Prices

Week's

Friday

Week's
Range

Friday
Last

STOCKS

,

New

45% Jan

62 y4 May

12%

Feb

11%

Jun

If 21% Jan
108% July
111
59%

Apr
Jun

57

50:

57

55%

55

58%

1,500

45

Jan

12%

12 V4

12%

1,100

10%

Feb

15%

Apr

34

Feb

40.

Apr

.

i; 73% May

■

.THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 194(j"

NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE
RANGE
;

STOCKS

Friday

Exchange

New York Curb

Week'*

Range

Last

Sale Price

FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST

16

,

Sales

for Week

of Prices

Low

High

Shares

Range Since January 1
Low

High

Ogden Corp common
Ohio

Brass

class

Co

Ohio Power 4%%
Old

Poindexter

B

common.

preferred

Natural

oclahoma

(las

...

common.

Distillery

Filters B

Oliver United
Omar lnc

Overseas Securities

Pacific

Can

Co

common—

5%%

1st

147/a

1st pfd

preferred

Pacific Lighting $5 preferred
Pacific Power & Light 7%
Public

11.30

1st

46
4iya

103% 104

pfd

Pacific

15%

45%
41

Pacific Gas fit Elec 6%

114% 114%

Service

15%

15%

preferred

Page-Hersey

Tubes

common

...

Pan American Airways warrants..
Pantepec Oil of Venezuela Am shs.
Paramount
Parker

Motors

Pen

Patchogue

X56%

Kig

100

S%

Jan

5% July

W'

Telephone

common

106

preferred

cum

43% Aug
299% Aug

Mills

'•

•

2,400

23%

"II!

Reel

fit

Plymouth

Peninsular

$1

50

Corp

Co

Farxersburg

Feb

Pennroad Corp common

!

Penn-Dixie Cement warrants
Gas

r*enn

&

Elec

Penn

PoWer

Fenn

Traffic

Penn

Water

Pepperell

&

class

Light

A

com

4% %

-

pfd

Co

& Power Co

Mfg

.

Co

Pericct Circie

Co

Pharis Tire & Rubber
51

Philadelphia Co common
Pnillips Packing Co
Pierce

Governor

Pinchin

Johnson Ltd

Feb

32%

■„

Feb

31% Jan
165
Jun

common

Am Shs

Pioneer Gold Mines Ltd..

17

13%

com—1,.....

Piper Aircraft Corp
Pltney-Bowes lnc
Pitts

Bess

L

fit

E

common.

Valley Wiac Uu.„

Pneumatic

Scale

common

Polaris Mining Co
Powdrell
Power

Feb

RR

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Pittsburgh Metallurgical
Pleasant

July

19% May

,

&

—
.

Alexander

common

Corp of Canada com
1st preferred—.

6%

Pratt St Lambert Co

'

Premier Gold

lnc

:VV;

Mining

Prentice-Hall

Pressed

Metals

Producers

common!

of

...

America

Corp of Nevada

Prosperity Co class R
Providence

;

—

Qa«:-.Mi,,

Public Sendee of Colorado—
6% 1st preferred
7%

1st preferred

,,

—,

;

_

8%

Puget Sound Power & Light—
$5 prior preferred
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber
Pyle-Natlonal On

Jan

22% Jun
25

Pyrene Manufacturing

Feb

3% Jan
49% Jun

M

48

Jan

62% May
■«34% Jan

6% July
26 Va May

Quaker Oats

common

6%

preferred

Quebec

Power

lllVa
174

Co

8% Mar
32% Mar

Taggsrt Corp common
Tampa Electric Co common
Technicolor lnc

Radlo-Keith-Orpheum option warrant*.
Railway & Light Securities
Voting common
1Q
Railway & Utility Investment A
1
Rath Packing Co. common.
10
Raymond Concrete Pile common
•
rr

*3 convertible yreferred

Texas

17% Mar

Roofing

Tishman

50o

Allied

deed Roller Bit

Bo._

Reliance Electric h
Rice

Stix

Dry

Richfield
Richmond

,

Engineering

fit

0

Amer

•

Amer

Radiator

.1

13

dep rets ord regis
dep recs def reg

2

.

7%

•

160

pfd F

preferred—

Rolls Royce Ltd—;
Am dep rets for ord

Ronson

Corp

"

■

'

common

Art Metal Works

,

f*

..........

1
10

Royalite Oil Co Ltd

•

Russeks Fifth Ave

2%

Aeronautical Co
Consolidated Petroleum

Ryerson & Haynes common

1
•

,1

Udyllte Corp...—.......
Corp

Realization

43

Jun

Ulen

10%

Feb

8%

Jun

Unexcelled Chemical Corp
Union Gas of Canada

9% Feb

Investment Co

Union

Union Stk Yds of Omaha

United

Aircraft

United

Chemicals

United

uorp

Products
common—

warrants

United Elastic Corp

Bt

Lawrence Corp
Class

Bt

Bait

$2

A

Regis

United

Lid
pre!...

Oil

United

$3

Co

Corp common.

Savoy

Oil

Co

Schiff

Co

common

Schulte
bcovill

(D

A)

lnc

For

footnotes

United

United

.

page

Corp

common—

Railways

Molasses

dep

10%

981,




..

Products.

Co

preferred.
Ltd—

rets ord regis—
& Canal

United NJ RR

common

see

Milk

participating

Amer
..

Manufacturing

Gas

United Light &

United

Paper common

Dome

Bamson

conv

" May

Profit

Sharing

preferred

19Q

.

X109%X109%
115

2%

2%

115
2%

5%

5%
*

5%

4%

4%

100

July
Jan

107% July
Apr
2% July

113%

5% July
3% July
Jan

7% July
12% July

9% May
11% Apr
44% May
19% Jan

191

20

Inc.—..——

p

Petroleum Co

Xl09%

..

Tung-Sol Lamp Works
80c convertible preferred

g

-n

Rotary Electric Steel Co

Ryan
Ryan

—1

Trunz

Roosevelt Field Tnn—
Root

...1

Trans Lux Corp,...
Tri-Continental
warrants.

100

Pendleton lnc

19S

.100

Tonopah Mining of Nevada
Rochester Gas & Elec 4%

Cable

Apr

Security Trust Co Ltd-

Todd Shipyards Corp...—
Toledo Edison 6% preferred

Grande Valley Gas Co—
(Texas Corp) vtc_i...—t-..ui rri—r^T1i

Rome

Jan

6% July

Exports

warrants

Rio

Roeser fit

Jan

64%

Stocks—.....

Product

Tobacco

.

Goods

Oil Corp.

Tobacco

Mar

15%

common...—..

lnc

Realty & Construction.

Tobacco

common

37
16

The# Shovel Co
Tilo

Apr

8% Mar

Textron In?

,,

Aug

117 %

& Light 7% pfd—
4 Land Co—...........

Power

Tex on Oil

•

Raytheon Manufacturing

21

common

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Sales

'Week's

Shares

of Prices

$ Friday./-;

BONDS

for Week

Range

Last

New York Curb Exchange

ENDING,AUGUST

New

Range Since January l

York

Curb

Interest

Exchange

LOW
Low

High

;

yJ! High

United Shoe Machinery common—23

823/b

81%

823/4

1,250

783/4
18%

—2j*

47 MI

47 Ml

48 Ma

110

46 M2
46Mi

Jan

17 Ms

173/4

-300

17
17

Aug

Preferred

-—

1

United Specialties common

—

: -

253/4

253/4

27 Ma

U

i—8
•

17

16 3%

17

43/4

5

•

98

97 M2

99

—-J

17 y4

17 Mi

18

50o
10
1®
10

4%

S

Graphite

$5

common

Securities
preferred with warrants

1st

U 8 Radiator common
U

700

-

15
IS

;

.* it

-

Jan
Mar

>••

f

4

;;

7 Mi Jan

;

Interstate
Altallan

69

250

89
B9

500

12 Ma
12 Mi

Feb

4 Mi
4Ma

Feb

July

200

4%

200

.1957

Superpower

101 Ml

J-J

Kansas Power ft Light 3Mis

.1969

-1970

Universal Consolidated Oil
Universal

Insurance

Universal Products
Utah-iaano

tfugar..-

stock—....

15.50 priority

Milwaukee Gas

Nebraska

5 Ma

7,600

7M2

Jan

23%

1,200

25 Ma

4M4

600

5%

US

150

113

112

115

K

5s

*

84

convert) ole

10%

Venezuelan

109

Mar

8%

8%

8

3%

3

13%

Jan

145 {..

Jan

12 Mi

Aug

15

20o

Syndicate Inc
Manufacturing

10% Mar

11
112

3

8%

Petroleum.

Venezuela

Vogt

10%
111

preferred

Feb

'

July

Jan

..2022

—.

Gas

4% May
24

England

J-J

.1947

US

100

J-D

ft Gas

Af-N

.1961

U'N

.1948

3%s_l—

A-O

102 Ms

******>

102

.1954

3%s

-1964

Ohio Power 1st

Aircraft

Co

5 Mi

•

;

100

5 Mi

5 Mi

Wagner Baking voting trust ctfs ext.-*
7%
preferred—.
—100

16Mb

163/4

800

Waitt ft Bond

46

46%

5

300

Cl&SS "P.

,

,,-rnn

-,,-,-Trirr.n-iMrw

.

Ward Baking

hpitjij

>j*rr

Aircraft

600

17

16

~7

73/4

7

5 Ms

4

4

600

3% Aug

7

33

36

70

10

103/4

1,300
3,700

31M2 July

10

37/s

•

8 3/4

112

—

12%

12%

5

mtge 3%s

Power

127/a

Feb

40Mi

Feb

Apr

32

32

50

30 Mi July

49

21

21

50

19 Mi

24 Ma

41

41

500

Jun

Mar

Feb

16% Feb

Jan

Feb

38

23 Ma

250

33

Apr

11 %

25

12%

600

10 Ms July

15

Jun

27

100

263/4 July

31

Jun

14 Ma

400

Mar

20
112

Apr
Jun

40

109

18

Jan

12 Ma
109

Portland Cement—

11%

Woodall Industries Inc

13

13 Ma

200

12

Aug

17%

Jan

Woodley

133/4

14

200

10%

Feb

16

Apr

Petroleum.
<F W) Ltd—
American deposit receipts.

21

New

105 M4

/"■

987/a

1013/4

983/4

101 Ma

1017/a

102

5

■

1085/s
105

1053/a

106 Ma

13
'-r

—

99
105 ft
1003/4

21

•; 102 3/4

\

107 Ms

101% 103%

103

mmmm

5

103

102%

■"

$87

'■

'

95

106%
91

81

''

J-D

$107

J-J

J :w-

109
'l

•

105%
,;e,v

109

'

1959

MS

106 Ma 106 7/s

;f 4

J-D

107'

107 Ms

3

J-D

$103

104 Ma

1

108

106 Va

109

105%

<•

5

10X

1

105% 107%
101% 104

—

.

Jersey—

certificates

U'N

170 Vi

12

170 Ms 170 Ma

jv

160

172%

Queens Borough Gas ft Electric—
5%s

series

A

1952

A-O

106% <106%

Safe Harbor Water 4%s

.1979

J-D

1053/4 1053/4

San

.1952

MS

Joaquin Lt ft Pwr 6s 3

ASchulte

Real

Estate

6s

$125 Ma

California

Southern

Counties

101 Ma

US

107Ma

Gas

A-O

J-J

'

125

$150

y

v'

126

108%

105

109

104%

IO71/4

108 Mi

1

111 Mi

107

106

106

—

<

103
98%

12

108%

.

1013/4

(Calif)-

lst mtge 3s

104% 106

Southwestern Gas & Elec 3%s_.
—1970

F-A

Spalding (A G)

U-N

5s__.,
AStarrett Corp Inc 5s.
Btinnes

104% 108%

107 y4107%

.1970

105% 107

1

101 Ma 101 Ma

.1965

3V*s

Gas

A-O

.1971

Southern

J-D

.1951
3s__

2

1

—

.1951

Scullin Steel Inc mtge 3s
Southern California Edison

May

Aug
83/4 Jan

14 Mi

109

of

perpetual

-

102

/■

;

'V J

102%

$107%

J-J

Jun

27

23%
1

common

preferred w w
Winnipeg Elec common BWlsconsin PAL 4% ft pfd.

6%

17
11

,

78

105

■yX'

—1949

Sinking fund deb 4s
Service

115

1964

mtge 3%s

Public

Jan

29

20

6 Co..

Jun

Apr
Apr

55

21%

1

—

24

34

1

«.

%

Wolverine

16% Apr
155

Feb

33%

1st

111

102% ,102%

F-A

1st mtge 3s
1964
Pennsylvania Water & Power 3M4S.1964
:
3Mis
1970

Corp (Can) 4%s B
Public Service Co of Colorado—

108 Ma

A-O

Light 5s.

Power

108%

105 Ma

__

102

«...

105

A-O

1971
ft

7

J-J

1988

38

mtge

May

Apr
ll7/s July
115
Apr

20

(Wm & Co

Brothers

May '

140

Products Inc.

Wilson

Jan

12 Mi Mar

River Oil Corp

Willson

Jun

—10

Inc.

(R C)

9%

33

9

Weyenberg Shoe Mfg

Williams

24 Mi May

Feb

5

Westmoreland Coal

Whitman

10% Mar

Feb

1

Western Maryland Ry 7% 1st pfd—100
Western Tablet & Stationery com..
•

Wichita

Jan

463/4 Aug

16% July

2,550

Jun

114

1.28

Corp
Mills

Coal ft Coke

Westmoreland

Feb

6%

Feb

19%

Aug

May

30

^

—

Wentworth Manufacturing
West Texas Utilities $6 preferred
West Va

j.w

1

Co warrants

Knitting

Wayne

..iuiw w un r» bib:

15 Ms
111

—

•

Watch Co

Waltham
Warner

claw A

9%

July

104

69

5

105%

$105%

J-J,

Park Lexington

Waco

102%

8

,89% .100%'

100

Af-N

.2004

Utility Corp—
A5M2S series A (54% redemed). .1948

1st

111 Ma

105% 107

4

-

$105
\
•
993/4 100 Ms
99% 100

•

.1950

Power

Westchester Ltg 4s

Pacific

m

106 Ma 107
$113%

'•

North Continental

v

115 M»

109

.

72

105
:

.1948

5s

N Y State Elec

Apr

104

70

:v:'"

.1948
deb

ft

104

—/

US

5s

England Power Assn 5s
Debenture 5 Mas
;

N Y

113'

1

107

70

J-D

New

Tftfcpar Corp common

55 Mi,

r.■

„

MS

..1981

.

Conv

New

101 Ma
.

6

II53/4
110

107

A-O

—1967

4Mis

New Eng Gas ft El Assn 5s.

July

103 Mi

95 Mi

44 Mi

■104% 105%

110

!.

100%

11

„

$114
-

F-A

-1963

Light 4MiS

Power

Amsterdam

New

19

45 Ma

•

1956

to

6s series A——

;;;

Apr
Feb

4

-»

<

.

Feb

Aug

4%

10c

Utility Equities common

4%

34 Ma

23 Ma

®

—

Extended at

Apt

High

Valley RR—

28

150

31 Ms'

31

Light common

Power &

Utah

Co new com

27

Low

$105%

.

Midland

January 1

$40

J-J

McCord Corp deb 4MiS
4

-

Range for

Sold

No.

102% 102 Ma
101
101 Va

:

J-J

Kentucky Utilities 4s.

Aug

Bonds

or

102 Ma

J-J

.1962

6s.

J-J

.1952

6s

.

United Stores common

Range
Friday'.s

Bid & Asked

J-D

7% Jan

6%

4 Ma

Sale Price

Kansas Electric Power 3%s—i— .1966
Kansas Gas ft Electric 6s
.2022

20% May
8 Ma May

Mar

5s

Power

Debenture

-.»'§

30 V2 Jun
17% Feb

■

3 % Jan
33/4 Jan

4,800 '
-

6%

•

Reclaiming

Rubber

S

4%

18 Ms
18

7,100

847c Apr
49Mi July
24% Apr

Jan

U'•

U 8 Foil Go class B
U S and International

> -

Week's

Last

Period

Low

~

LOW

.1989

$108%

—

—

$106%

•»*»

.1950

—

'X

—

.

104

,106%

92 Ma 100

(Hugo) Corp—

A7-4s 3d stamped

Btinnes

(Hugo)

A 7-4s 2nd

—1946

$34 Mi

40

36 Ma

48

34

34

48

.

Industries—

stamped

Toledo

Edison

United

Electric

United

Light

3M«s_
N

34

1946

1063/4 1063/4

—1968

—

J

1949

$ 107 %

1959

4s

105'/a

107%

107'A

110

$105

~

Woolworth

15

f
6ft
preference
Wright Hargreaves Ltd

—

—

4Mb

37/s

12,400

July

17 Ml Mar

.7
Feb
33/4 July

6M4 Feb

7

A

-

Feb

ft Power Co—

1st lien & cons 5%s
United Light ft Railways
6s series A

(Maine)—
1952

.

Utah Power ft Light CoDebenture 6s series A

ps

106

106

.2022

$112% 114Ma

-

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel—
A5s

Income

debs

1954

M-S

Wash Water Power 3%s

1964

2030

A-O

I960

J-D

..1999

F-A

West

Penn

Western

BONDS

Friday

Exchange

Last

Sale Price
Low

Par

Amer

»'

or

J-D
J-J

llOMs HOMs

.2024

A-O

121

1103 Mi

J-J

Assoc T & T deb 5%s A.

1955

US

105 Ms

Atlantic City Elec 3 Mas

1964

us

1957

J-D

4Mas

Bell Telephone
1st
5s

M

5s

series

Sold

—I960

72%

61 Me

107Mi

HOMi

108

108 Mi

125%

122

126

106

125

125

~-

110

$109

101%

106$

■

?

Newspaper Uniondebentures.

«106

January 1

High
101 Ms

—

~4

111%
124

121

2

121

41

101

105 Ms 105 Ma

$107

108

6

104%

109 Ma

104%

1033/4

106 Mi

105

108

Foreign Governments & |fluiiici|ialititts

of Canada—

series B
C

82

$108%

——

Range Since

101V* 102

101 %

Elec

Bonds

Low

.1970
1953

Associated

Friday's

Bid ft Asked

High

.1961

Writing Paper 6s
Appalachian Elec Pow 3MiS—
Appalachian Pow deb 6s

5s

.•»

Week's Range

f.

Interest
Period

Curb

81

'

5s

Traction

6s conv s f

New York

81

J-D

West Penn Electric

"•

•101%

107 Mt 108

107M»

110 Ma

Af-N

1117 Mi 119 Ma

115Mt

120

Bickford's Inc 6Mas

1962

A-0

Ull Ma 112 Ma

113

115

Boston

1970

J-D

106%

105

1083/4

Edison

2%s

106

v

lACentral States Electric 5s

1948
1954

M-S

lAChlcago Rys 5s ctfs (part pald)_1927

Af-S

100

;

A5MaS

©ervtce

Cities

Ps—Jan 1966

803/4

1013/4

82

64%

105 Ms 105 Mi

64

73

1043/a

107 %

Pa.;,

F-A

103 Ma

103 Ma 103%

103

1043/4

A-O

105 Ma

105 Ma 105 Mi

A-O

104 %
105

107 Ms

..1969

5s

108

109

'•%!!!'•

,v

1958

Debenture

Debenture

'•'

109

""

Interest

'
.

112

Week's Range

Friday

Exchange

*;•

1103/4

64

64Mb

Af-S

■-*»'.i',„,1Q*<V

Conv

100 Ms

100 Ma

101 Ma

J-J

>"

bonds

New York Curb

Last

Period

.*-• 'V

Sale Price
Low

Far

or

Agricultural Mortgage Bank (Col)—
A20-year
7s—-.^-April 194e
A 20-year 7s
Jan 1947
Bogota (see Mortgage Bank of)
ACauca Valley 7s
—.1948
Danish
'
..Vi

1st ref
'Gen

108

106

110

105

105%

108%

105 Ma

106 Ma

$121

1981

105

$105% 106

1976

2%s series R

Consolidated Gas

108

120% 12$

Sold

Range Since
January 1

$84

High
78%

83%

80

85

30 Mi

26«/4
92 Ma

99%

89

97 Ma

$84
$29

:

—

31%

98

98

.1953

$95

100

Danzig Port ft Waterways—
A External 6%s
stamped
1952
ALima City (Peru) 6%s stamped.1958

$20Mi

203/4

27

32

*19

20 Ma

20%

23 Ma

Extended

1969

Bonds

Low

High

-

Consol Gas El Lt & Pr (Bait)—
1st ref mtge 3s ser P
1st ref mtge 2%s ser Q

Friday's

Bid ft Asked

5s

(Bait City)—

mtgs4%S-..

......1954

.

Maranhao

stamped (Plan A)

Interest reduced to 2Me8——2008

Delaware Lackawanna ft Western RR—

AMedellin

Lackawanna of N J Division—1993

Jf-S

70%

mtge 4s ser B—.—1993

MS

$37 Mt

1st mtge 4s ser A
1st

—

Eastern Gas ft Fuel 3MaS__

Elmira

.

~

Water Lt ft RR 5s

1965

_

gs stamped '—Vn.

A General

1961

.

mn

Green Mountain Pow

Guantanamo

West

ft

6s

series

39

39 Mi

49 Mi

—

J-J

Jan

5s

105

1073/4

125% 130

■

$72 Ma

7374
110

6OM1

62 Ma

107 Mi

109 Va

104%
71

103

ARusslan

1951
52

$52

$26 Mi

—

$98 Mi

99 Ma

$-.

42

6%s

•3?>-

:

1919

6%

14%

1921

Government

A5%s

104

104

105 Ma

U'N

$106 Mi

1053/4

1083/4

-

stamped

7

14

105% 110

$105% 110
$103 Ma 1033/4
$105 " 1053/4

105

F-A

-1970

7s

Rio de Janeiro stamped (Plan A)
Interest reduced to 2%
2012

1053/4
75

$107

/ J-J

1963

Indianapolis P ft L 3Mis

.

92

A-O

,

1950

1st lien ft ref 5s

—

—

7^

A-O

1949

_

_

—

82 Ma

$106 Mi
105 Ma 105 Ma

—

J-D

_

B

Service

$63 Ma

J-J

Bygrade Food 6s ser A——i..JTan 1949
Indiana

82 Ma

Ma

J-D

1950

.1963

3%

82

—«

1948

Rayon Co 6s ser A

Grand Trunk West 4s

6s

81%

Residential Mtge Bank—

Finland
■

\

$125 Mi

US

•

69 Ma

107% 107 3/4

J-J

—1956

713/4

Mortgage Bank of Bogota—
A7s (issue of May 1927)—.
1947
\ A7s (issue of <?ct. 1927)
1947
AMortgage Bank of Chile 6s
1931
Mortgage Bank of Denmark 5s
1972
Parana Stamped (Plan A) /r n
Interest reduced to 2Ms8^.——2008

•No par

1063/4
n

value,

a

Under-the-ruie sale,

Deferred delivery sale,
r

Cash sale,

d Ex-interest,

Ex-divldend.

x

y

e

Odd-lot sale,

g

Ex-stock dividend,

Ex-rights.

{Friday's bid and asked prices; no sales being transacted during current week.
ABonds being traded flat,

(International Power Seo—
A6 Mas

-.1958

C

series

$40

J-D

■

47

44

(Reported In receivership.

65

A6%s
/

A 7s

(Dec

series

A7S

(Aug

1

1941

coup)_

E__

1941

44

1955

series

A 7s

F

(July 1941 coupon)




_

Abbreviations used above-"cod," certificates of deposit;'

42
45

1952

1952

j-j
1",

60

$42%

50

46

63

45 Ms

,

fEx liquidating cash dividend of $22.50; plus stock distribution.

50

1957

coupon)

-

A7s

%

$.42%

F-A

.1957

■

59 Ma
65

•

60

:?

"cons/' oonsoHdatsd;

tlve; "conv," convertible; "M," mortgage; "n-v," non-voting stock; "v t c," voting

"wi," when issued; ^'ww," with warrants; "xw," without warrants.

woum,,,.enmuIa»

trust certificates;

•;

THE

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 1946

OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES
RANGE

Friday

Range

tow
T raniut Co

ball

11%

44%

Preferred vtc, .———10R.
Fidelity & Deposit Co—_i———20
Fidelity & Guar Fire Corp
10
New

of

Co

Finance

Amsterdam

.

„

183

Casualty...

183

40

10

.

168- / Jan
404 Jun

183

Aug

58

Jan

300

31% July
70c
Feb

r'54

111% Jan

37

& Co

33%
-47 »/2

•

Central 111 Secur Corp common
Convertible pfd
Central S W

Jan

Util common.

'

Prior

1.30 Mar

51%

50 Va

:

51%

540

47

Jan

54

lien •• preferred——'./

Central

Apr

Jun

States

Chicago Corp

•

Power

&

*
4

preferred

Corp

Coleman

common

(The)

Consolidated

Consumers

Boston Slock Exchange
STOCKS

Week's

Friday
Last

Cq

Sale Price

Low

American Agri Chemical Co—

American

Shares

Copper

197 J/4

Low

60%

sh

87

38% Mar

50 %

65

19% Maf

1,672

185 V8

Feb

62%

220

47%

ISO

30% Jan
43% Jan

20%

125

20

Corp

&

Ron Inc....
...———•
Boston k Albany. RR——^.106

Flour

25% May

Elevated

141% 142%

55

136

Jan

52%

53%

1,177

44

Mar

100
•

78%

80%

572

77

Aug

Edison

Boston

142%

25

Boston

Herald

Boston

Boston si

4

Aug

Ry

Mills

of

Brewing

(Peter)
': -

Traveler

Finance

Corp

41%

General

10
A

Stamped.

59%

100

10% -class D 1st pfd

328

57

91

10

20%

Jan

11%

120

21

Jan

Heln

25

Jan

Prop Trust—
Providence RR
.^—^..100

17%
60

Feb

;V sy4
"'f

10

1

8%
36%

u%

—

_100
prior preferred*—
preferred
—————
Street

Mass

6%

1st

Eastern

Hupp

76

Illinois

Apr

11V4

176

8%

Jan

12%

Feb

28

26%

Feb

42

Jun

loo

11 %

Aug

14%

Feb

Inc

National

•

>

...

Mergenthaler Linotype

25

*

y^

f

.

'

r

United

Motor

Parts

Brick

,

&

Co

Libby McNeil & Libby common
Lincoln Printing Co common
Lindsay Light & Chemical com

Mlckelberry's Food Prod dom
Middle West Corp capital

22 y2

10%

Feb

45

Aug

Minneapolis

Brewing

1%

Jan

5

Aug

Modine

common

Feb

3%

15

3
48

Jan

16

; July

42%

Jan

160

35
466

.

80

Jan

20%

20%

180

19% July

65c.

75c

790

60C

119

100

76

142

290

Aug

127

1,345

6%

-

3%

Machine

4%
60 Va

22%

Feb

Apr

Apr

Feb

30

prior preferred

Mfg

;

;

Securities

*

common.
r

1%

142

Jan

Pressure

Cooker

Jan

common..

Northwest

Jan

Car

„

Oak

Mar

Mfg

6%

Quaker

System

Inc

Jan

37%

150

19

12%

500

11% Jan

35

1,700

32

650

(SO
26%

800

13%

11% May
41
May
15% Apr
35% May
38% Apr

300

24%

Jan

23% July
15% Mar

7,300 '

11% Mar
13

Jan

50

19

*

50

19%

150

45

100

8%

Aug
Jan

33%

10

14% Mar

17%

100

3%

Feb

19%

Feb

Serrick

Aug
Feb

153/4

965

1% Apr
% Aug
15% July

203/a

117

18 Vb

Jan
Jan

4

Oats

Co.

100

40

31%

200

19% Mar

37

July ; i
May i i

133/4

100

13% Aug

16%

Jan

28%

200

25%

Jun

26

60

23%

Jan

32
Feb
29% Jun

11

11%

3,200

10%

Apr

14

11%

11%

Jan

88

1,250

8% Mar

114

50

108% Jan

127

23

23

100

36%

37%

40 Va

40 y4

100

40%

j

22%

500?,

'

July

25

7

Jan

340

39

Mar

2,783

49% July

Jun

82%

305

78% Jan

473/4

100

46%

73%

109

64% Mar

59%

186

91c

950

21%

21%

63

30%

Jan

58% Aug

Sinclair Oil Corp

Apr

12% July
46

Jun

53% July

24%

;35% Aug
38% July

47%
40 V4

Jan

114

37

Fe'j

H'

Feb

j;/

Aug
Aug V

32%

300

28

Mar

18

18%

300

18

Aug

24%

Jan

44%
10 •;
33%

900

36

Jan

49%

Apr

9% Jan

12%

Jan

9%

•mm.

150

33%

31%
17%

18

350

16%

18%

18%

18=/4

buu

31

1,050

July

May

37% July
20% Jan

Apr

11

11%

500

16% Apr
11
Aug

55%

56%

100

33

Mar

11% Aug
59% Aug

25

25%

2L

Feb

39% Apr

11
'

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common

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19

Jan

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Standard Oil

63

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33

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OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES
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31
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange

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AUGUST 16

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Pittsburgh Slock Exchange

Alaska Juneau Gold Mng Co———

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Gold

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—

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12%

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109

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Jan

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Apr

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Jun

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Apr

98

Feb

112%

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Blaw-Knox
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Bendix

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1

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United States Glass

common

v

a34%

63% May
22

May

20c

July

80

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Oil

Co

Standard Oil Co
:

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New York

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17%

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37

A

I25

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Hyde Park Brewing common

a46% a47y8

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,

33

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100

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Co__

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24
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22

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41

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18
45

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f Jun

27% Jan
20% Jun
31% Jun
32
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21% Apr
22 Yt Mar

60

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24

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12
50

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45

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25
470

27%

5%

common..100

International Shoe common

Shoe

1

warrants.—...—

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5
Laclede Gas Light common.—.—.4

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7%

--

.

18

7%
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60

85
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50

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Aug
,

15
27

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.

28,

Mar

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Sterling Alum common^.-—--——I
Stix, Baer 8c Fuller common——10
Wagner Electric common.—
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31
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'35
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91
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32

111

-

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85

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1,171
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60
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371

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24% Jan
35 V» Feb

105

25

25

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41

,

Jan

Mar

105
25

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—

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8

35

55

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26

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22

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31
27

26

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215

10

20%
26

—

1

5
4

Mar

alll% all2%

a73% a73%

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Warner Bros Pictures Inc
Western

—

Laclede Steel common———20
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Railroad

a53% a53%

23%

Union Carbide 8c Carbon Corp
Pacific

common

,

30 ?Aug
15% July

Apr

11

a39%a39 %
a65% a65%

a53%

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Preferred

20%

—

—

common.—--—4

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Emerson

a45% a45%

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25

90
81

40% 4iy8
22 f * 23
31
31
20
20

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30
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s—.^a77% a78%

-25

;

common.—-—-—1

a58% a58%

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—

Bldg Equipt common————3
Shoe
common———15

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Johansen

I
Texas Guif Sulphur Company.;

..—5

common—:

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American

Brown

Co

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for Week
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of Prices

v

37%

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s

far

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9

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York

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23

8%

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4th St., St. Louis 2,

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Coca-Cola Bottling

-25

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Jan

80%

a36%

8%,

1

—•

(Ind).

& Webster
Studebaker Corp.

Jan

Jun

St. Louis Listed and Unlisted Securities

Sale Fries

-15

(N J)

Stone

30% Aug

Apr

Feb

14% 14%
a33% a34y2

—

a34%

,

..

28% May
46

41%
39%

32% Mar

a35

23

Republic Steel Corp—

Inc

Jan
Mar

40

•

.70
Apr
27% Aug
60c - Jan

Established 1871

,.-j^^#:.Ja27a27.%i

Bocony-Vacuum Oil Co——
Southern Railway Company

5%

I

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Jan

14% Feb
10% May

-

Edward D. Jones & Co.

Radio Corp of America--———-—

Standard Brands,

Jan

a49% a49%

—

—*

_

48%

Jan

58y4

—

commpn„. —1
Pennsylvania Railroad Co—
-60
Phelps Dodge Corp—
.25
—

2% May
6% Feb

Jan

9% July
7%

Westinghouse Air Brake.
•
Westinghouse Electric Corp com—12%

22%

58%

—

new

Pullman Incorporated
Pure Oil Co

4%

38% July

100

Vanadium Alloys Steel

al2% al2%

—•

Motor Car Co—1——, —•

Paramount Pictures

22%

—

.18

—1
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Mar

1

36

22%

North American Aviation Inc

North

13% Aug

1

__5

-

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36

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May

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Jan

9

*
10

Corp

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6%

10

10

36

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July
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46%

al5%

—

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July

22

a58%a60y8

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Oorp—
International Nickel Co of Canada. —•

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29

15% Jan
10% Jan

4

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a76% a76%

w:

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Loews- Inc—

Jan

5

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—

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July

a22% a22%

Co

International Tel & Tel Corp
Kennecott Copper Corp
Llbby, McNeill 8c Libby—..,

13

14

24% Mar

50

Feb
Jan

•

300 North
.

Feb

12%

10

Preferred

Ruud

31

12

Gas

Pitts Screw

60% May

Jan

12%

Co

Pittsburgh Brewing common
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Pittsburgh

Jan

10

:

Fuel

&

37%
22%
11V4
9%

10

Gas

High

50
127

11%

Fireproofing Corp

Oil

26%

*

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National Radiator
Ohio

'

56%

25%

12% Feb
33%

24

24

45%

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Great Northern Ry Co preferred—; —•

5% May
32% Jan

;a7y«: a7%s

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,

13%

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4%
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78% May
41

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:

22% Feb

.18
a47%

a35% a36%

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Commonwealth Edison Co——— .25
-

54% May

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33% Mar

all% all%

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—

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;

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5

30%

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-15

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30%

a45 % a46%

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—*

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4

a30% a31%

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56%

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Gas

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Lone

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Par

19%

18%

8c Stan San Corp—.— _•
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American Smelting & Refining Co..
Anaconda

Sales
tor Week

of Prices

Friday
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.

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;

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§ f§§S

I THE COMMERCIAL

& FINANCIAL' CHRONICLE

CANADIAN
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FOR

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Canadian

Week's

STOCKS

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22

150

215

247

27

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320

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98

100

28%

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July

235

2

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Feb

May

27

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new-

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Southern

105

12

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102

Jan:

3%

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British

Columbia

British

Forest

24

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Columbia Power

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y

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216

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20'/a

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27
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310

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350

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.

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17

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.

Wabasso Cotton

Gold

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;:-19%

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29% July

..July

35
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Canada

Cement

common-*-—-.i,—*
preferred
100

6%%

'

22%

23%

22%

;

149

Canadian Bronze

51

29%

preferred

Canaaian Celanese
7%

preferred

Canadian Converters

74%

41%

class A

Feb

17% July

22%

47%

155

Mar

105

60

21

Jun

July

20% Jan
223/4 May

20% July

68

75

1,306

42

190

40

July

59%

75

Jan

Aug

pfd

Canadian^Ind Alcohol common

19

75

16

Mar

20

35

255

32

July

53

21

22%

560

16%

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20%

20%

21

960'

13%

Feb

30

30

31%
18%

18%

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35
•

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18%

19

15

15

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.

: 1,010

29

125

46

July

153/4

10

__

10

253/4

10

38

10

173/4
24%

Feb

105

14% July

19

Apr

78

93%

96%

600

52%

52%

100

Davis Leather Co Ltd class A
Distillers Seagrams old common.

32

32
29

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41

407/a

Dominion

Foundries

Dominion Glass

&

25

19

102 3%

Jan

48/

Jan

Jan

Donnaconna

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5%

34

30

39

Jun

30

July

45%

20'%

310

23

295

28

300

29%

29

July

37%

50

575

47

Apr

Acme

Glove

Works

18%

23

Jun

Auto

Feb

12% Mar

165
10

27%
25%

'

Feo

Feb

Power

&

Paper

Co. Ltd

£ General Steel

Wares common

British

Columbia

Sales

Brown

Company

Jun..

107

Feb

Preferred

19%

Butterfly

Calgary Power Co
Canada

<fc

30

30

Canada

6%

350

6% Aug

6% Aug

5%

6

21%

28% .Jan

109% 110

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125

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•

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Jan

Canada

11%

11%

16%

17%

15

6%

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pfd

28%
10%

65-

6%

14,551

81

82%

315

350 /

v

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175

340

175

34

34%

—

14%

6,165

14%

2,930

35

145

26%

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950

39

39

•

common

———————25

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36%
127

•

17%

International Power

•

57

common

International Utilities, Corp*.————5
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Power

Canadian

Vickers

50

———i

—

„

May

%. 7%

Jan

Canadian

15% Feb
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July

Chateau-Gal

17%

Jan

29% Aug

Claude

33

Jan

40

Commercial

May

353/4 July
433/4 Mar

47

Feb

59

Apr

Consolidated Bakeries of

140

Apr

840

16% July

273/a Jan

47

60

17%

17%
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60

7

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8

Aug
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May

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:

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3

191

14

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v

306

v

3

1

405

2%

77

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3

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53

53%

21

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10

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160

7

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100

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5 %

5%

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7%

500

5

7%

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20%

20%

19%

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7

14,028

common

Feb

9%

9%

160

9% July

19

100

18% July

„*

Apr

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20

30

30

36

25

275

29

Jan

37%

Apr

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•

44

44%

245

3

157

38%

165

24%
21

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60

18%
19%

165

Aug
24% May
23% Feb

Jan

>150

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18

25%
29

7/7 -..1,018

14%

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880

16%

Jan

21:;
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27%

Jan

33

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315

29%

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37

12%

20%

21

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37

37

21
37

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5

4

Jan

22% Mar
Jan

17%

17%

130

13% Jan

17

17%

1,260

14% Mar

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3%

4

625

10%

1,180

Fed Grain Co class "A".—.—

•

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9%

6%% cum red preferred———.u.100
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*

3% July
6

Jan

89

Jan

Jun

Jun

Fraser Companies

22

-

121

3

7%

Ford Motor Co of Canada class A——*

15

121

8%

1,700

24

24%

767

24

July

64

37%

67

1,460

53

Feb

24

July

5%

Jan

253/4 Feb
Hlreat Lakes Paper common.

May

80

30

Jan

56

28% Mar

34

May

♦

30

—

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460

34%

Apr

Feb

45

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-

5%

•

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4,307
1,380

Aircraft

5%

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12% July
18% Jun

40

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!,

Woollens

Donna con a

Co. Ltd

Feb:
Jan

15%

18% May

Malting Co Ltd—

Jan

16%

58%

Oilcloth & Linoleum

Feb

Feb

'

Jan

7>.

3.80

Mar

18%

.

...———

Apr
Jun

62

Aug

Hydro-Electric Securities Corp———*

T

National Breweries common
1% preferred

50%

51

25

'l^ '

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51

51.:,....,

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27

26

27

*

30

30

30

54%

56%

34%
6%

34%

55

6%

300

6

Jun

228

50

Jan

83

May

Mar

20

5%

400

5%

4%

8% Apr

4% July

Apr

•

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Niagara

Wire

Corp
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Nor an da Mines. I.tri

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Ottawa Car Aircraft
Electric

Ottawa

Rwys_

Penmans
Powell

•

Price

River

■■

-

of Canada

•

Co Ltd

Knitting

Preferred

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New

common

—

—,

•

100

—

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——

:

44

5

10

7
.v

2,326

7.

82

Feb

44%

,

52

Jan

24

Jan

103
31%

18%:
103

-.105

Inter-City Baking

Inv

May

54

72

Jan

30% Jan

-

35

8%

16.

Feb

103%

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Lowney

35

35

36

Apr

.'13%

14

171/a

Jan

.

'

64%
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65"%

102%
21%

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73 % Apr
102% July

22

common.—

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«

Melchers

27

27

253/4

see

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—

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253/4 Aug

*

15

15

104

104

20%
104

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Jan

July

12
May
52% Jan

13%

50
5

V*

rP

80

37

12%

12

13%

2,795

13%

13%

13%

600

80

_L
7

60
8%
12

14
July
53% May

Feb

85% Mar
13 Vb

Jan

15

34

44

July
Apr

42

42%

371.;

14%

14%

185

21%

21%

35

29%

30

200

28% Feb

182

101% July
7% July

,20

,

Jan

17%

Jan

13

42

21'/4

Aug
Jan

Feb

21%

July

Jun

39% July

&

'

■

Oil 4%

new

pfd__100

103

104

Limited

com...*

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9%

50

——————3—10

16%

17

175

Distilleries

Preferred

Mar

27

100

...

preferred

footnotes

...

—25

—

Jun

7

"

Minnesota

21%

May

36

28

52%

Teleg & Tel 7% preferred_10
Massey-Harris Co Ltd 5% pfd
100

Aug

17

Jan

10%

30

13%

Ltd—L..—.*

82

Feb
Mar

25

u

52%

Maritime

Apr

75

10

14

V32

—*

MacLaren Power & Paper Co.——:.—*
Maple Leaf Milling Co Ltd com
—*

Apr

81

Co

82
<

14

77! 32

7

preferred....50

common

convertible

cum

Lake St John P & P.—
Lambert
Alfred
Inc..

34% Feb

79%

Foundation Ltd

6%

Feb

79%

,

82

International Paints (Can) Ltd A—*
5% preferred —J2Q

31

Aug

Company Ltd—100

Apr

24% Mar

102

31%

Jun

52% July
30 %

■

Paper common

For

17%

•

preferred

Regent
■

82

493

1,406

•

4

Quebec Power

-

'

common-..—!.:.7—7*
Co—

Bros &

5%

-

:

—..——100

Ltd

Power Corp

.55%

»

Page-Hersey Tubes—

-

V

t

•

•

;/Ottawa Light Heat & Power com--lOd
Preferred

51

Moore
Mount

Mount

Corporation
Royal Hotel

15%

22%

24%

2,765

17

July

14

14

90

10

Mar

30 V*

30 V*

30 >4

1

29

Jan

21

20

15

18

Jah

Ltd
Co

Royal Rice Mills

*

•

21

75%

*
Ltd—

'

+,

7.^.7.
10

80

75%

1314

13%

10

•

10

7

70%
11 %

112

f

150

•

10

11%

Aug
Jan

27y4 May

7 22%

5

104

I8V4 May

——20

Paper Co

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Feb

30

Ontario

Refrig & Storage Ltd common.—*

1st preferred

2nd preferred
•-

104

14

Aug

30 %

Aug

22% May

Jan

80%

Jan

16%

Aug

/

Jun

4% Mar

25

•

4Vi

43%
174 7

•

2% July
53

•

—

7

Feb

98

1

Jan

12%

com.—.*

Canada

—

3%
:

*

>

42

7-

2% July

160

156

178

14% Aug

35

20'/a

''

Jan

4% July

190
..

25

I 29%

20%

*
,

July

135

12%

•

Murphy Paint Co common———

——

>

Aug
Feb

25

600

24

'

*

•

———.105

18

28

17%
.

...100

Montreal Light Heat & Power Cons
Montreal Locomotive Works

'r,

:

29%

—•

—

Tramways 7.:

24

.

*

__

Jan

14%

20%.

17%

(Robert)
Molson's Breweries.—
Montreal Cottons common—

Jun

15%

David & Frere Limitee .B.1——

21

lfiril-„*

Mitchell

39%

23% July.

39

Consolidated Paper Corp Ltd

v

7,

May

795

156

common

120 % Mar

30

150

290

Ltd.

Advert

35

Jaii

16%

•

Ltd——i.1

General

Alcohols Ltd

3,486

24%

McColl-FrontenaC: Oil

Wines

Neon

1,809

"

25

Feb:

63
Aug
113% May
19% Apr

:

237/a

com—«

Lumber Co

Co

Jan

; :

Apr

16%

.100

Westinghouse

109 '
29%

23%

191

common

52%
127

fe:

163

.3

173/4

11% May

.

:

7

Apr

16%

4%

preferred

Fairchild

v'"1*

Paper Inv
Ltd

104

15% Apr

50

35%

-100

Lang & Sons Ltd (John A)—
Laura Sccord Candy..

30

42

14%

36

Massey-Harris

•

:

50

42

com."1

.

Jan

July

8 77 Apr

May

"550

Mafcohi Company—...1*, ..—I
&

;

11

56% Apr /
109

27%

*
—

•

13% July
13% Jan

120

57

«

14%

—•

Lake of the Woods Milling common

V*

Canadian

23

15

30

...100
Trust

37%

50

100

International Petroleum Co Ltd

V1,1

Canadian

Apr

;

23%

—>—

:

Feb

28%

Feb

*:.-•.

Feb

July

106

10

27%

Investments Ltd—•

preferred

12%

53% May

225
272

14%

Montreal

Canadian

175 *

Jun

25% Mar

585
7.

-

*

Canadian Industries common

52% July
37 Mi Jan

53

44

323/4

International Bronze

-

165

63

*

Aug

38

53

International Nickel of Canada com—*
International Paper common
15

.

General

Co Ltd

Mar

30% Mar

13%

% j' : Preferred

Fairbanks-Morse

175

43%

———

8% July

75

•

Labatt

Canadian

Canadian Western

7;. Preferred 7-

,

Feb

& Dock

Apr

20% Apr

.

10
July
,■4% July
77
July
8% Mar

20

112% 112%
16%
16%

'

1%

24%

63

*

Dredge

18% Jun

106

23'%

23%

pfd—100

Vinegars Ltd

13

Mar

10%

106

—

106

•

Canadian

Canadn International Inv
9

—

Imperial Tobacco of Canada common_5
Industrial Acceptance Corp com
•

7

.

965

8

15%

Jun

'

*

Apr

7

Mar

July
18% Feb

28

•

7%

12

11

5%

100

Sugar

Power

55

8% Mar
14

25

65

10%

82

20%

July
53% July

345

.

5

11
20

28

6V8

7%

17

47

*

Bridge
—•
Renfrew preferred
100
Howard Smith Paper common
•
$2 preferred
50
Hudson Bay Mining & Smeiting______*

>:

4% Aug

710

225

11

77—

Malting Co Ltd

18%

35

High

6%

>

16% Mar

15

525

Low

121/4 Aug

>

♦

'

1.020

205

•-*'

6

....

4,275

Mar

;:'Range 8inee January I.':>

• j>

9% July

.

Hosiery

21%

...

11

12'% Aug

common

102

13

for Week
Shares

35

B__*

Ltd...—_

184

120

16%

50

Imperial Oil Ltd

Apr
25% July

450

British American Oil Co Ltd..—
120

Jan

20%

Holt,

—--

Apr

39%

12%

——

165

21

Gypsum, Lime & Alabastine____
Hamilton

Jan

Jun

Jun

30

27%

Jan

Feb

July

12%

;;

50

•

Goodyear Tire pfd inc 1927
Gurd ^Charles) common..:

i

Mar

21%

19

common

4

184

•

—

28

28%

12%

A.

Preferred

19%

—X00

«

Bakeries

24

Jan

,33%

High

11

■

General

Jan

•

Feb

24% Jun
SO
.Jan

200

Products class

Belgium Glove

-

t

May

6%

Fabric

Class B

May

32%

23%

200

/

107%

23"

23 %

2,250

27%

16%

*

-

Low

51% July

13% Mar

*

■

45

22%

Jan
Jan

243/4

of Prices

—

*

■

i»J/4

115

Range

*

•

-

16%

1,495

38%

Week'a

Par

Jan

75

104% 104%

*

,

Apr

30

V

Jan

25

25

26

Sale Price

.

July

445

184

pfd.100

conv

Apr

104

27% July

24%

Friday

Jun

19

25%

—100

common

preferred..

23%

333/4

Bathurst

,7 Foundation Co of Canada

'i?|

120

355

Jan

30

27%

Corporation —
Players Canad Corp
Power

30
41

105

Electrolux

Gawneau

29%

27%

23%

Dominion Textile i*>mmon——
IS
Preferred ———————

Famous

205

18

18%

•

Voting

y

32

50

common

25

Jan

75

27

21% May

Mar

28

Canadian Fonda
STOCKS

52% Aug

30

.

trust certificates
Preferred ——-

>

13

May

Aug
36% May

Montreal Curb Market

Jun

18

Steel

Dominion Steel & Coal class B
Dominion Tar & Chemical common

159

423A

Last

Bridge
Dominion Coal preferred

99

Feb

28

i 25%
5 38

;V-

—

Jan

95

"

35

29%

Imperial

i; Royal

352
'••

22%

Montreal

,

175

15

28

—

Nova Scotia

25%
100

20

•

23

10

y4

-,r^{

—

10

Dominion

.-

74

109

May

Jan

—

_*

1

__lo

50
791
405

26% May

173/4 July

93%

5

i.—;

——

:n.

<

Fee
Jun

25% May

„

3,842
"

Consolidated Mining & Smelting
Crown Cork & Seal Co—

Canadienne

r

Apr

13 Vb

42 %,

—

:

44

31

14%

Jun

106

92

100

•

Commerce
>

4Q

lPA
102

25

■

42%

25

—

>J/:>

Banks

94% May

Jan

22

Canadian Oils
Canaaian Pacific

6% preferred

92 %

Jan

31

•—

*

...

Jun

106

Jan
Jan

84

Jun

35

—

_*

Canadian Locomotive

it>*/8

35

20

Investment——*

common

Aug

44% May

17

Canadian Foreign

>>

Jun

29% Aug
110
May

14% July

429

41%

.

53

Jan

20

440

15%

>

Jan

11,222

106

20%

*

—

*ii lil

29%

40

29%

15%

—

••—••25

common

—**.i|.»

105

15%

*
20

Feb

'

"

51

28%

100

Canadian Car & Foundry common
Class A
;

Jan

28

285

19%

18%
/

19]

Canadian Breweries common—

131

100

r
""

'

Canada Steamship common—
59b preferred :
.
—50

25% Jun

,

890

26

*

14% Jan

1,777

150

26

.

Canada Forgings class A

Limited

100%

Jan
Jan

15c

79

153 % 159

31

.——.100.

—.—

15

16
16

>

20

92

,

153%

Wilsils Ltd —,—25
V/mnrpeg Electrie mmmnn
*
14%

Jun

24%, Feb

Aug

30

11%

,

Bulolo

V14

£ 10% Mar
p: 7c Aug

a

20,634

Apr

88

102

————

•

190
3:3.«

Jun

•5 25

91

40

11%
—

•

108

18% Jan

103

■

Walker Gooderham & Worts com
Weston (Geo) common

14 y2
12

May

16

Jan

87

*

;..100

SV

jun

-

26% Mar

Jan

July

102%

Mar

41 -

91

>

•

;

a

12

50

55c

88

21%

250

Jun

39

113

teo

1,670

105

103

Apr
9% Mar

Apr

13o

—

106
,

Feb

34

20%

141/4

109

—

United Steel Corp
Viau Biscuit preferred-

5% May
35
May

30%

■

•

Building Products class A

3,152

4 Ml

4

*

7'-":,

i

Mills

181%

23%

23%

Products—_*

.268

208

;30

,20%
141/4
10%

Jan

Feb

19

982

22%

22%
"203

176

11%

•

Steel Co of Canada common——•
79b preferred ———
..25

Feb

35

Power

Rights
5%
preferred

Hiah

'

Jan

July

530

40c

Canada

Standard Chemicals common—.—*

7

150

24%
14%

14

—

•

'

35

23'A

—

——

103%

35%

common.—*

Tooke Brothers

Bathurst Power & Paper class A•
Bell Telephone ,,,—.100 *
Brazilian Trac Light. & Power
•

23%

Low
10

105

preferred—————100

Southern Press Co

Range Since January 1

3,006

35

103

May

26
227

.

Brewerles

V'•

35

Sicks'

Paper Mills 6% pfd

;

Share*

106

7%
34%

102

8hawlmgan Water to Power—.—*

St Lawrence

106

fi

100

common

Jan

■

40

Jan

8

Mills

Apr

24

26% July

3,680

99%

99

99

*

—

•130

Flour

Apr

40

/19%, July

50

Lawrence

2iy4

20% Jan
,29
Jan

26%

9%

100

"'.'/'•W-:

2%

Corp

35

22%
37

4%
St

106

Corporation common——•
A preferred
50

Jun

Sale*

for Week

•f Prices

'^ilmt:High

r

■

ij»wience

22%

•

7

>

•

common-————-——*

convertible

16

22%

201

Warrants

Asbestos

9,700
325

20%

•

I Aluminum Co of Canada 4%% pfd—25
i

Mar

19%

1

14

22%

212

'

V;

9,735

37

Aluminium

Argus

19

?'

bi

Range Sine* January 1
Low
High

22%

22%

Algoma Steel common—---—

V-

I 21%

Pat
Saguenay Power preferred————100

Shares

High

21%

V Week'a
Range

Lut

for Week

Range

-20
*

—

Acadia

Friday
Sale Price

Sales

of Prices

Par
Abltibl Power & Paper com.—.
*
$1.50 preferred -J—•—:20

: ;

Funds

Friday
/
Last
Sale Price

985

LISTED MARKETS
WEEK ENDING AUGUST

Montreal Stock Exchange
stocks

'

U

Jun

Jan

July

y

Last

ft

ft

?

;

pfd—100

6%

Nova. Scotia Lt and Pow

——*

'OrangeCrushcommon
.

Pauls

Stores----—.*—

Service

20

2,810

20

15

20
__

"

109'/a

2

red pfd—100
*•

27

July "

common——*

Reliance Grain Co Ltd

15

Aug

11

Jan

115-

Jan

25c

*

•

Apex Consolidated Resources.:

——1
•
—100

Aquarius Porcupine
Argus Corp Ltd common
4%% conv preference

Jan

Arjou

13% Aug
Jun

1.15

1.35

13,350

220

22c

24c

3.000

18c

July

1.12

1.15

7,800

95c

Mar

:ft —..ft

Jan

30c

8.25

—

May

28

United', Amusement Corp Ltd!A——*'•
ft Class B ■
—.—*

30

May

3D

May

A th on a

3

May

Atlas Steel

13

Apr

1.10

July

5,000

7C

July

4,000

6c

July

11,500

55c

Aug

8%C

8c

60c

9c

58c

61c

9

9%

98

99

1.80

9%

-

99

370

;

8.00

2,095 ;

-

23c

Jan

514

30c

12,300

88C

1,200

68o

14,700

16c

102

Mar

July

-——1
———10

Mines

16%

16%
8%C
;

—

1.

—,

8%c

28c

32c

24c

.

33c

17

420"
'

"

i

-K
'ft

3% Feb

Jan //ft

55c

1.701 Apr
Jan

,62c

12% Mar

1,000
122,800
41,100

>

Jan

Apr

12/

July
1.80
Aug
23 %c July

• >'
ft;
-.ft;

Mar

85C

98

2.25

;

Jan
Jan

*:

27c

20c23%c

Feb

1.95
30c

8"'July

50

Jan

./ft 13

July

8j5c

Mining

"May

1,500

9C

29C

Ashley -w——,-*-1
Astoria Quebec Mines
—1

30

1.20

2c

9C

It:

2.10 Apr
38%c Apr
1.36

.880

Asbdown Hardware

May

8.25r

1.14

8.25

High

1.00 July

1

.*..n■"

Jan

23

Low

v

Mines----——i"

Gold

-

Armistice Gold

132

Arntfleld

—*

Thrift Stores Ltd common

-*
—1

—

—

Mines-—-1

Aneley; Gold

25% Mar

May

141

—

Range Since Janeary 1

High

1.35

--

Bridge Company, Ltd-—
Canada Power 6% pfd-—100

Southern

Co. Ltd.

8;

*

-

Anglo-Rouyn Mines

43 - May

•

Jan

8

Oil

Canadian

Anglo-Huronian

20' ' Aug
112% May
15
Apr

-

Jan

25.

Quebec Tel and Power Corp A

Southmount Invest.

Jun

11

Ltd-—*———10*

Quebec Pulp & Paper 7 %

S'arnia

25% Jim

May

for Week
Shares

low

Amalgamated Larder Mines——-.—1
American
Yellowknife
1

May

112

14% Aug

1,890

109% 109%
13
13

ef Prices

High

ft

Feb

109

Anglo

100

Purity Flour Mills ce

5

Sales

Range

Sale Price

Range SlneeJanuary 1
Low

?•••'

23%

22%

23

-

•'

1st pfd

Corp of Can 6■%

Power

111

HI

Week's

Last

High

Low

P"

^

.

Friday

for Week
Shares

Range
of Prices

Sale Price

I'

/.

WEEK ENDING AUGUST. 16

FOR

Sales

Week's

Friday

1946

LISTED MARKETS

CANADIAN
RANGE

Monday, August 19,

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
&

THE' COMMERCIAL

18

Apr

6c

July

21c

July

20c

July

50c; Apr

55

May
July
July
July

78

22c

Jan

87c

>

Feb

:V"

Windsor

Woods

1.25 July

Grain Co

Western

*1

Co

Manufacturing

11

*

Ltd—

Hotel

'

39% May

Jan

72

'175

30c

97c

on <v»v

21c

—1

45c

43 %c

48c

77,700

36c

—-1

70c

64c

75c

70,000

40c

1

4,75

4.<tvJ

4.cjj)

*

12%

12

12%

700

*

6 J/4

—

Auraaque Gold Mines
Aunor Gold Mines

Mining

Auto

Stocks
Yellowknife

Akaitcho

Arno

6C

30c

Mines"

Gold

Yellowknife

Gold

Bob's Lake

Bagamac

Mines

87c

Feb

Bankfield

Consolidated

26c
38c

68C

53c

July

9c

July

34c

May

36c

Aug
July

57c

Jan

Beatrice Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.
Beaulieu

Jan

:

50c

Mines

21c

Bank

Apr
1.50 Feb

of

32c

30c

1
10
10

15c

15c

500

12c

25%

26

740

21%

15c

37%

37%

15

32%

Feb

10c 10%c

12,200

;

r

/

'

-

ft/'

»

29c 32 %C

Cartier-Malartic Gelid Mines" Ltd--;

7c
25c

Centremaque Gold Mines Ltd

20c

20C

11c

Century Mining Corp Ltd

27c

30c

22c

Cheskirk

lie

14C

10c

70c

72c

70c

July
July
July
July
July
July

37c 43%c

37c

13c

Aug

Central

Gold Mines Ltd

Cadillac

Mines

Yellowknife Mines Ltd—..

Colomac
Cortez

Exploration

Cournor

^ft-»,—,

—

Milling

30C

26c

y;-.

26c

Class

49c

175

150

—1

76c

85c

18,150

1
•

77c

82c

10,400

48

48%

170

39

Jan

51

45

45

100-

31

Jan

46

JOly

1

50c

60c

45c

Jan

Canada..——100

202

209

319

1
5

70c

71c

4,800

V

'

70c

11c

Bevcourt Gold

!

-.

Feb

preferred

Hats

23C

24c

16c

80c

74c

Aug

9C

Gold

Goldbeam

Aug

Mines

60c

Mines

Goldora

Mines

Goldvue

Mines

12c

Heva

Cadillac

Hillorest

Gold

Collieries-

Mines Ltd

Brazilian Traction

Aug
July

23c

26c

Hollinger Consolidated Gold

2274

Aug

51,400

26C

«•

10c

10c
11

19c

77,100

12%

2,760

26%

26%

10

23%

24

8,805

14%

14%

27%

28%

4

4%

30%

31

*

3%

3%

Louyicourt Goldfields^—

21c

24c

Macdonald

1,000

Ltd——

4,400

Mclntyre-Porcupine Mines Ltd

110

Nechl

Mines

Cons

Dredging———.

15,700

Nib Yellowknife Mines Ltd

45c

47c

1.35

4.65

5.00

14,500

Mining Corp Ltd

Burlington Steel

2.50 July

Burns

ft Class B

Flin

100

*

Gold

Mines

6,500

16c

_

26

205
5

13
Mar
22% Jan

lie

100
I

-ft

V

.

15c

39c

Sherrlu-Gordon

Mines

'•

July
July
July

Mines.

—

ft,

5,504

1.07

fitadacona Mines

44% July

Jan

8,925
14c

—

1U44

Lta.

60c
10c
64c

Aug
July

13c

3.65

July

1,000

80c

76c

80c

Aug

13c

Sullivan ConrMines r.tH

Jiftft..

12C

3,250
2,500

2.04

4,800
41,000

Apr

10 %C Aug

1.49

Jan

42c

Jan

3.50

Feb

B

Class

.

Commerce

Bank

*

Canners

1st preferred
/ Conv

2.00 July

3.16 Jun

| :

0% Jan
25% Jun
153;
Jun

ft

—-.L-

—

... i

/

14%

1,045

Jan
Jan

,20r

Food Prodttcts

A

cominohft-~J

General*'Electric
-.—50
Industrial Alcohol com A—*
B";~—i-Lftfc-.——
Canadian.. Locomotlvy'—w.—. n ■ji,.—

•.f'

Canadian. MalartlK
Canadian Oils

Canadian Funds >

ef Prices

Par
Abltibl Power & Paper

preferred

•
20
20

new com

—

—

Sugar

common

preferred

Acadia-Atlantic
Preferred

"
*

——

Acme Gas & Oil

,

21%
19%
/ -;

—

1

-~i

••

common

Yellowknife

1

Gold Mines

-■

,

-

ft 39%
40
21%. 22%?
106

i—ft

Preferred
Preferred

footnotes

page




989,

1.78
22C"

21%

205
26 y8

;

215
27

High

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ft

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35
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1.20 July
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460

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ft
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1,600

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10%

ftr

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16%

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July
July
July
July

5

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16c
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5,000

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12,000

47c

79,380

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13,900

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July
July
July
July

11c

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—

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2.65 May

44c

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Indian Lake Mines- Ltd

fl

70c

Jun

30c

1.71 Feb

9,600

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—.

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181

2,300
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51c

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58c

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34c

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1
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1.06 July

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57c

p
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16c

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80c

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Jan

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9%C 11 %C

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24

Feb

5%

186,260

57c

21%

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Bertram & Sons

Aug

2.25 July

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—

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1.15 Mar
45c

Aug

28c

19

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Feb

Apr

6

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58c
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22 %

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76

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15,900

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July

Aug
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3c

6

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2.60 May

7.25

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55c

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July

—

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Jun

class A

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12c

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Number 4517

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CANADIAN LISTED MARKETS
RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING

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816

78

Jan

103

Jun

106

173

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188%

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1.15

1.30

2.75 Feb

L35July

5,380

90c

22

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*

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140

25c

July

70c

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International

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53c

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16

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39
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20

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13

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1.06

1.20

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6c

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28,500

1.63

1.60

1.75

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2.88

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43,225

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new

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55,550
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4.80

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21

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490

•

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9%

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10,185

134

125

134

10c

1

11c

common

23

Jan

May

28%

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Apr

20

1.85

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490

4,300'

58c

July

13c

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class A

1.45

Jan

13

4.20
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6.35

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Mar
Jan

Jan

90

Jan

134-

8%c July

24c

1,620

*

25

II,300

63

63

5%

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5

1.50

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Apr
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31c

35c

23o. July

650

Apr

65c

65c

680

8,800

45c

1.46

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13c

13c

1,000

9 V4c July

16

16%

I,045

16

35

35

3

preferred,

General Bakeries

Groceterias

General

Steel

Wares

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common

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25

54

Mar

73

100

Aug

101

18

18

18%

240

14

Jan

20

decora

109%

110

510

105

Jan

111:

5

900

18

50

17

106 106 V*

25

105

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2.90 July

.

4% Aug

10% Jan

4c

4%c

6,000

1.28

1.40

6,050

27c

9,300

18c

85c

80c

86c

27,400

68c

2.10

4,490

35

940

2.01-

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34%
—

33%"

34

4c

Aug

July
1.74 July

35

Jan.

July

.

34

May

—

107%

:

112

Aug

112

105% July

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1.80 May

1.02 July

30o, July

860

Apr

♦

35c

31c

35c

II,900

21o

45o

Feb

1

3.40

3.25

3.50

7,375

3.40

3.00

3.70

Lake

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(HR)

Lake

Red

24c1

33c

10,400

18

225

18

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1

3.25

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3.25

48c

48c

60c

1.75

1.73

1.99

\

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11%

*

common——

14%

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95c

Jan

3.75

July

1.50 July

Jan

Apr

10c

49%

Jan

55

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Jan

4c

3c

24,500

400

14%

10

Feb

July

5.45

2.45 July

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11%-

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19

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38c

July

3.75

10

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52%

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10

Jan

7.50
35c

Aug

1.50 July

43,200
25,000

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3.15

24c

12,700

1
1

5.00 Jan.

2.50 July

9,100

2.00

July

3.00 July

8,850

24c

1.80

1.92

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Maple Leaf Milling

Jun

Jun

20%

Maralgo

1

—

1

——I

7

8

May

/May

13%. Feb:
17% May

July

95c

84c

1.00

24c

23c

27c

15c

12c

17c

17%

17%

18

108 y2

Jun

Preferred
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-

29%,

29%
19%

30
19%

20

—

preferred

———

—

class A

Grain

*

6.70

8,911

12c

13c

7,000

5c

7c

13,500

5c

Jun

22c

Feb,

70C

75c

52,600

57c

Jan

88c

Jan

McLellan

19c

Aug
24%c July

39c

•

24

L—>

Mclntyre Porcupine Mines

70c

—

55%

Jan

j 28% July
18%

■

15%c Jan

July
July
July

21c

150
250

60c

14%

577

.

July

12c

12,000

——*

Rouyn Gold-,
Martin-McNeely Mines—
Massey-Harris common—

5c

1,000
19,500
34,000

—

Marlon

Feb

Jan

Jan

2.20

Feb

51c

450

/

Jan

21
'

Jan

Apr
35% Jan '
20% July
12% May

12

12

100

24

24%

395

55%

56%

585

90c

95c

6,900

80c

July

1.70 Mar

7c

1,600

4%c July

8%c Apr

11% July
16 % Jan

26% Jun

55% Aug

176% Jan

Feb

5.05
12c

July

McColl Frontenac

8.75 Feb

Aug

25c

21c

22c

3,200

32c

35c

17,600

9c

10c

July

85c

90c

70c

Golden Arrow Mines

2,000
14,822

8c

goc

July

l

33c

33c

90c

12,900

28c

July

90c

1

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common

Red

Lake

Mines

1

87c

Feb

McMarmac

Red

Jan

McWatters

Gold

Feb

Lake

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—l

34c

Mercury Mills

Gold

26c

25c

29c

18,500

16c

July

40 %c

2.55

2.80

12,252

2.00

Jan

2.90

Apr

Modern

l

12 %c

lie

13c

10,500

8c

Monarch

38c

30c

40c

15,800

30c

July
Aug

Jan

j

500

5c

July

25c

July
Jan

6,050
185

•

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&

13,650

23c

21%

7%c

7c

7%c

•

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75c

July

20c

17%

40c

22c

20%

8.25

7.85

8.90

16,700
11,390

58

10

19 Va

22

2,645

11

102

102

20

95

—

6c

17c

July

6.65

36c

22

July

Apr
Feb

Mar
Jan

12% Jan;

Jan

2.55

34c

21

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Aug

95c

1—1

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1.30

•

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Goldvue

Mines

Goodfish

1

35c

1.15

5c

5c

113

115

40

125

May

57

313

52

July

58

May

11%

11%

810

11% July

12

Jun

21%

21%

21%

35

21

July

22

13c

13c

1,000

11c

July

26c

Jan

28%

31

1,509

15

Jan

35

66

Apr

67

247

42

Jan

70

Jun

1

38c

37c

38c

1,600

Gypsum Lime & Alabastlne

30 %c July

59c

f

Apr

17

16%

17%

I,440

13% Mar

Halcrow

1

8C

8c

5c

5c

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*

common

—-100

common—

preferred

58

22

100

v

—

59

Jun

Feb

22

Jan

102

Aug
July

Feb

38

Jun

29%

Containers

New

Apr

54%

,

Goodyear

Tire

&

Rubber

common™*

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50

McKay

Grafton

&

Graham

Co

class A

55'/2

;

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class A

Bouguet

1

12 %c Mar

99% Mar

Moneta

Porcupine

Montreal

Light

Montreal

v

Paper

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t

Gold

•

common

Moore

Corp

•

—

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Ltd

Mosher

&

Power

Hailiwell

Gold

Hallnor■

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1

—

Hamilton

500

3,600

5c

July
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-

18c

National

■

10c

Jan

common

*

4.95

100

4.10 July

6.00

Feb

9

9

9

75

8% July

12%

Feb

Jun

22

May

Jan

81

May
Apr

5

185

70

5V8

300

25c

1,900

45c

Feb

26c

43c

17,300

5% Aug
July
26c
Aug

49c

July

16% Mar

21

May

10

21

21

29

29%

195

28%

13

13

13

610

12

7%
14%c 14%c

50

'

".ii,

—

14%c

-

7%

.

Carpet

•

Harrlcana

Gold

12%

12%

13

685

l

W;; Hard Rock Gold Mines
& Harker Gold Mines

75c

74c

77c

5,450

65c

17c

18c

5,500

13c

19,000

16c

July
July
July
July

11.500

1.00

July

j

Mines

l

21c

21c 23%c

Hasaga Mines

1.21

Headway Red Lake Gold
Heath
;__
i*

1
•

_____

Hedley Mascot
? Wevtt Oa.riil1fl.ft

;r

Hlghwood-Sarcee

Oil

__

11c

2,000

-

"'V V

Homer

*

Howey

Bay

20%

footnotes




11

989.

29

29 %

30

2.24

2.50

10,850

38£-J&0c

Trust

2.95

2,925

15c I71/2C

5,000

7c

11,600

10,800

lie

1,145

II,500

36c
34

37%
7c

^5:;

°5

45

17

July *
Aug
Jan

July
Jan

Jan

—

1
-

*>

Mines

Gold

2.40

30%

Apr
Mar

Apr

29% July

24% Aug

Mines

.

"

3.25 Mar

Jan

1.50

1.37

60c

25 %C

26c

3,500

24c

290

26c

30c

Apr
1.37 Aug

Jan

26c

62c

July

1.27

5,000
14,500

28c

1.36

Blriia.ma.qnn'

Nib VftUnwirwifA

3.60 Jan

Nicholson

63c

Nipisslng Mines

Jan

1l

.

r

38c

33c

July

miwpo

f

T

May

14c

15 V2 c

———5

—

3.15

3.15

•' *

55%

54%

15i/2c

30c

Jan

30o

Apr

54

200

-------

July
10c
July
2.55 July

72% Jan

15 %c

146,100
3,100

;

5.65 Feb

14%c Jan
Noranda Mines

Apr

4.40

Normetal

Jan

35c

Jan

North

lie

:

,

-

Malartic Mines

Mining

Norseman

2,497

56

55c

1

55c

1.75

1.90

,

48c

2,400

Aug

1.05 Mar

July

2.24 May

1.03 Jan

15c

Ltd

—•

13c

17c

21,431
34,700

July

33c

46c

45c

50c

5,700

30c

July

95c

Apr

ioc

Corp

iic

15,500

80

July

22c

Jan

.71c-

75c

3,100

70c

July

1.75

.

Jun

74c
73c,
50

20

Mines———1

Mines

Jain

Northern Canada

Feb

North Star Oil common

May

.

30c"Jan

107

Mines

Inca

Northland

25,700

new——-—-——10

—

Calumet

Norbenite

2.90

32

Jan

19% Feb

43%

100

page

1,740

40i/aC

100

see

27

131/a

•

1

Erie common

paid

For

20% Mar

37^

Mlnlnar & Smelting

Hugh Malartic Mines
Huron &

150

July
2.75 July
13c
July
5c May

20c

Aug

24

New

Jan

*

6%c

■

29

720

Jan

69c

2,000

134,000

1

Gold 'v;:.•••-

Hudson

30c

23

26c

17c

Hosco Gold Mines-—-—

July

12 %

23c

2.95

37

27

New

Apr
2.70 Jan

6%c

7,300

24c

12%

29%

Negus Mines

45c

July
1.25 July
20c
July
6c July

1.65

.

,

„„rl

19o

Jan

6%c

'

Yellowknlfe

:Homestead Oil A Gas,—^

14c

1,500

1.55

v./'"-'r

Oil-,-—_————;—^-TT1-,,1...

15,200

25c

20c

.■->

1.65

7% Aug

Jan

21%

1

Zollinger Consolidated Gold Mines——6
Home

16c

1.24

29
26%

National

16% May
31c

*
•

Apr

13% July

Mar

National Sewer Pipe class A

Newnorth

•

—

-

1

1.34

14c

14c

;4/'/./: -■„?

—

Hinde & Dauch
\

11

30 %

Feb

July
6% July

National Steel Car

Harding

___

7

16c

21

*

National: Petroleum

76%

22c

29 Va

20 /

Feb

75
,

'
39c

25%

5%

75%

——•

Hosiery Mills class A—

Class B

May

19%

I

—1

Grocers

National

Jan

4.95

,__i

4

—

Bridge

5c

~

July

18

1,100

•

-

Mylamaque Mines

18% Jun

52c

2,055

21

>

Corp

Preferred

Swayze Mines

2,800

20%

20%

60c

,

Lac

Feb

63 c

20%

20%

•

common

Brass

Long

91c

60c

20%

—*

Heat

Locomotive

Morrison
Great Lakes

•

Jan,

3.45

■

Jan

26%

Jan

1.46 Feb

Jan

27%

70

1.55

37p

July

18,300

Goldora

/

8V2C May

1.20 July

25c

23% Apr

-

20,200

Golden Manitou Mines

/

400/

42c

Preferred

Apr

35c

Gate

Jan.

May

July

7%

1

Golden

Jan1

70c

July

1.35

6.55

1

_

20c

25c

35c

13c

1

Eagle Mines

22%

25

7%c July

'

1.18

Madsen

5.55 Feb

Goldhawk

Gold

22

225

3,000
19,700

36c

38c

6.65

•
_

31c

1.25

1

Ltd

23 Va
24
10%cll%c

—

»^100

Magnet Consolidated Gold—*
Malartic Gold Fields
i

Jun

1

Mines

Feb

8.00

8.75 Mar

5.55 July
20 Va Jan

1

McKenzie

God's Lake

Goldale Mine

165

4.50 July

1.37

•

Mines—

1
-

Gold

Jan

July

x

McCabe

Giant Yellowknlfe Gold Mines
Gillies Lake-Porcupine Gold

6.05

—

•

A

Goldfields

Gold

MacMillan

Jun

18*

6.05

—

Manitoba & Eastern

40

•

26% Mar
37

1

preferred

Maple Leaf Gardens

4,330

100

•—

200;//

31c

-*

Feb

100

<

23 %
10%C

1

-1

class

Feb

4.00

4%

4.70

Jan

19c

Aug

1

Jan

100

5

—

—-—3

33

32%

Aug
July

3.65

•

Jan

11

July

29%

50

4.55;

—

•

75c

23% July
30
33c

100

100

—

1

Macfie Red

Jan

3.95

•

.

16%,

t..•

..

*

common

Jan

4.55 July

Marcus Gold

Gatineau

29%

24% Mar

Macassa

Jan

2

31

Feb

Jan.

175

Aug

9

43c

Jan„:

2.90
55c

July

Lynx Yellowknlfe Gold

10% Aug

2

31

160

65 v May

8

38c

500

8,005
6,700

Gold

Lundward

22% July

48%

•

4%% preferred
Exploration

Feb

$2.30

;

1.25 July

14,445
>

Aug

6.30

1

Gold Mines. Ltd

Loew's

Feb

9

115

19c

99c

27%

—

Class B

7% Aug

5,040

1.65

19c

100

6.15

Oro

Leitch

13 % Aug
9
Aug

24%

Apr

Jan

5%

•

1.50

—

•

Laura Secord Candy

-Feb

6% July

23%

Jan;

1.76

17%

%

1.05

*

Aug
July

12% July

24

1,600
5,735

27%

Mines

Luz

Loblaw

25

40c

30

23% May
1.20 July
11% July

120

;

6.30

Little Long Lac Gold Mines Ltd

550

•

.*. V. /Cp;

1.57

1

Jan

7'A

•

26

1.05

*

Jun

13J/4

•

Ltd

Frobisher

•"
—

•

Jun

13

Co

26

—

•

_—

May

7%

-

Feb
Jan

37c

1.60 Jan

7%

Gold

Co's

Freiman

July

Mines

Lang & Sons
Lapa Cadillac
Lapaska Mines

Jan

1314

»

_

of Canada

Francoeur

10c

Mines, Ltd

1.35

...

Ford

6,500

1

15%

*"

Foundation

12c

Lamaque Gold Mines

July

•

Fleury-Bissell

Jan

2.25

11c

Z.

.

28 Va July

Jan

July
JulyAug

•

Aircraft

9c

—

•

Fortune

Lake

Jun

*

Class A
Fleet

Jan

July

36c

jA
1

MaoLeod-cocxsnutt Gold Mines

Fittings Ltd

Feb

3c

July

'

& Exploration

14 %

10

2,275

59

100

Jan

65c

21c

45c

1

Apr

37c

58c

11%

57

Mining

July
July
July

41c

6c

58,210

1

14"
40C

58

Kirkland

12c

73c

Lingman Lake Gold Mines

25

810

1

-

Preferred
Federal

,

July

56c

1

Jan

47,700

common

Grain

'

.

4.60

13

Candy Shops

Farmer

.

July
10% May

45c

50c

•

.

71c

67c

Lake of Woods common

Louvlcourt

Palconbrldge Nickel

■>

Laguerre Gold Mines

2.30

15%

11%

540

July

5c

—

Mining

Lexindin

42c

-

Feb

18c

5c

Lake Dufault Mines Ltd.

3.35 Jan

15%

1

__25

_—

Apr

2.30

5c

(John)

1.15 July

12%

43c

Jan

2.09

Feb

50% Jun

12% Mar
-

271/4

12%

19c

27%

July

75c

a

Labatt

Feb

17%

__1

6,100
; 1,000
19,907

Jun

45

35% May

1.56 July

Z

1,167
1,000

Townsite

July

27

*

Gold

Equitable Life

•

Lake

Kirkland

7

75c

1

Washing

'900

2,205

51c

i

Jun'

109

17%

1

East Sullivan Mines
Eastern Steel new common

1.70

19c

*

Kirkland Hudson

Jan

45

84c

•

East Malartic Mines

1.70

9%c

Co

Feb

Lebel

East Crest

18,600

49o

Mining

30

July

104%

1

Mining Co_.
Duvay Gold Mines

171%
1.12

16% July

1.00

1.32

May

j

Duquesne

17%

13%

30

1

•

Feb

Apr
Jan

9%c

La
18

/

47

1.25

4% Aug

890

18%

__

1,845

35% July

49c

,

23

Jan

7%

10

•

_

37%

12%

32%

21% Mar

110

46

29

10

4%

—25

common

.

29% Mar

1.25

Aug

11

5

-

30

13%

36

30

50

29% Jun

21

Jun

5

29%

1.65 Jan

120

1

13

36

n

;v

115

1

9 % Mar

36
30

Aug

300

Kerr-Addison Gold Mines

13% Mar

30

.

750

32%

Kenville Gold Mines

350

10'/2

*

Jan

15% July

Jan

27%. 28%
42
42

Kelvinator

Apr.

1.50 Aug1

345

10%

100
com

—

Dominion Woollens
Donalda Mines

l'der

18 %

_•

Dominion Tar & Chemical VTC

Easy

281/2

18

•

com..

Dominion Steel class B

^

28

Jun

9%

Feb

20% Aug
24% Jan

*

common

Stores

28 %

18%.

/'

1

,

Quebec

Labrador

Preferred
Dominion Scottish Investments
Preferred

Dominion

21

35

Dominion Foundries & Steel
Dominion Magnesium
Dominion

21

io

;

Coal preferred
Dominion Dairies common
Preferred

2,400

"

-

25

Bank

Dominion

80c

1.90 Jan

Jun

-22

75c

1.46

July

1.50

725

80c

July

—1

,

Tyi%

July

1.07

1.36

July

20 %c

1.55 Aug
5c
Mar

1.00-

1.45.

•

—

w

7,700

4,000

14

——

i

Mines

Dominion

>50^

—

13c

1.70-1.90

1.31

—

i

Uranium

Mountain

Island

37

22c

19c

1 i

;

Discovery Yellowknlfe
Diversified Mining
Dome

*

32%

1.81

1

_

12%

Jan

16

27c

350

17%

36%

—

Petroleum—.,17%,
Mining
1
1.05

International

,

4 1.15 Feb

May

-.v*

Nickel

—*

14

'

47,000

30% Aug

Jan

32%

——1

class A—

'31
__

5,245

14 %
40c

26

13% July
13% Jan

i5c 17 %C

& Coke

121/aC

13c

__

Dickenson Red Lake

27%

International Bronze Powders

Apr

Jacknife

D'Arijtgon Mines

Denison

32

1.00 July
Jan

3,000

44-.

•

14%

75c.

.,..1

International Nickel Co common

Crow's Nest Coal—j—.u

Delnite Mines

Inspiration Mln dB Pevel.,

6,750

„

—

High

Low

30

22% Jun

Jan

8

,?

Range Since January 1

300

14 V2
35c

14
14%
.380
-

32c

26c

53c

—

70

'£.$■* >

Shares

29%
137/s

«.«

John-

Inglis,

30%

28c

t

21

30

30%

1

Orolnor Pershing "Mines--

Cub Aircraft

21

•

Apr

for Week
,

V<■ /MLotOi High

Imperial Bank
-,...10'
Imperial Oil —...—.•
Imperial Tobacco of Canada ordinary_5
Indian Lake
.J_—
—1

1.95 Feb

July
.s

Corrugated Paper Box
Cosmos Imperial Mills
Cournor Mining
Crestaurum Mines

■'Vr,

High

1.60

16»/2

Sale Frie*

STOCKS—

Bales

Week's*
Range
of Prices

Mday
Last

Shares

178 179 Vz

Consolidated Mining & Smelting—
5 '
Consumers Gas (Toronto)
_100

16

v

for Week

20%

1.66

4

AUGUST

E

Sales

of Prices

Low

a

n

Week's

Range

JPar

'■>;

"

Lut

Sale Pries

uuiV

■

^

O'Brien

July

Aug

Okalta

.

Gold

Oils

6%
6

Mines—

Ogama-Rockland
■

Mines-,.—*..

Preferred

-

—

7

300

2.15
48c

1,900

45c

49c

1,200

1.53 July

9.395

48c

1.90

1.40

Jan

Feb

9% Apr

6% July
5% Jan

480.

6

10c

614
.4

Jun

3.85

Jan

47c
.

Jun

80c

Apr

40c

July

90c

Jan

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

LISTED MARKETS

CANADIAN
RANGE

Week's
Range,

Friday
Last

Sale Price

Low

"-'.J-.

O'Leary Malartlc Mines.

Gold Mines

Omega

:

v

Exploration

Omnltrans

Orange Crush
Preferred

20c

20c
■

20C'

20c
22c

1,000'

19c

9,200
11,700
8,695

2314
19

24%

OH

preferred-

Sturgeon River-*-.-***,^***7;***

—1

57c
Jan
26% Jun

Sudbury

Conta ct*.

21 Va Jun

Sullivan

Cons

Apr :

20c July

Inlet

Surf

Jan

57c

Mina«

Consol

**.*

.

40c

July

95c

July

Mines

60c

July

Ottawa Car & Aircraft.

6

Orlae Red Lake Mines*.

Lake

Oslsko

Osulake

86c

May
Taku River

Tamblyn

Gold

(G)

7c

—*_***———

Cadillac

Pandora

•

Mines

Paramaque

.1

;

1

******—_

.1

Malartlc GolcL******

Parbec

Credit
Goid

Perron

—

13V2c

1.25

1.33
19c

15c

10c

12c

10c

Mines

Elevators

Toronto

July

General

July

**—*****_----..

Class A

Miues—,

Goio

Gold

Pioneer

of

Mines

B C.

Porcupine Reel

Gold Mines.

Traders Finance class A
A

Powell

River

Rouyn

Voting
Power

29%

Co

Gold

Corp.

Union Gas r>n

.■

Union Mining

Metals

Preston

East Oome-^*—u*.*.

B

?_*

United

Feb

Oils

Steel

Purity Flour preferred

51

8c

—

Gold
Mamtou

-■■■,

Quemont Mining

1.40

Mines—:--*;

44c

Riverside Silk Mills class A.

35

Apr

13%

Grocers

23 %c Jan

Westeel

Products

Jan

24%c Apr
93c

Royal ttnnlr

Royalite

13c

Preferred

■

:

.*i,**-**J-,

Saguency Power preferred
Lawrence

Class

A

■

,

*<J

—1...;

20c

**;?■

26

355

24

51

52

205

8

8%

140

,6

ll%c ll%c

5

11 %
2.30

2.55

11

10%

11%

24c

24c

12c

_•

63c

23%
43c

—50o

-

«

Mines.

2,014

20

70c

83c

16,900

preferred

common

preferred

Class

.**•.

16

B

230

Class

B

new

,■

230

32
15c

15

15%

...

15C

130

4.00

Malartlc

4.35

25c
—

Exchange-Curli Secfioo
Fands

Week'*

Sales

Last

Rang*

for Week

Sale Price

24

of Prices

Shares

Par

47c

1.23

'2.78

2.08

°"yr '

3.65 Jan

...

Preferred *****—**^—*.—

.15% May

Bruck

Silk

Bulolo

Gold

5%

Fen

Canada

Jun

.100?

81

$6%

106%

—

•.

Sugar—»

36%

Jun

■

•

Copper

Aug

150

Aug

23%

23"%

103

? 23% July

'" 25

July

215

' 2% July

161

161

3

3

3%

53

? VX? "■<>? ?

Steel

*._**_**

—,*—

Dominion Textile

*

.**•

**

*

'

*

,

Foothills Oil de Gas

v

Humberstone
International
■-

r

:

?*-****—,**'*—

...

Co

of

Canada

common.

.*^*-*———*,

For footnotes

see

page




989.

& Ontario Paper***.

Oil Selections
Pend

Temiskaming

;

common

-

•*-.

Mining————

—1

♦,

'

jv*

22%

8

**.*.—_******—

Grain

50
128

-*

„

..

Oreille '*_*—:

Reliance

^

23

50%

'

.100

Olson Co

1.68

—

100
._J&

Paper common

17.:

,

-*

***********

Preferred

Minnesota

108

'

*

47/8c

3.00
21%

-

,

17
1.75

149
V

-

130
'

•

.75
1,450

128

47/8c

3.00

3.15

1,250
70.

.•a0c"llyac,-' - 4 ft,0Q0 A :<

Apr

95% Feb
15
Mar
1.50 Jun

v

'

23
Aug
44% Mar
116
July
18
July
3%c Jun

2.70 July
17July

jp%0 July

Jan
Aug
Aug
45% Apr
45
Jun
,118
May
' 20% Apr
2,15 Feb
24
May
59
Apr
144
Apr
85c
24
22

I"

3,770
2,000

19% .21%

52
July
1.80 July
15% Mar

39
-

June

/

3.80 Feb
61% Feb
4.00 Jan
23% Apr

July
Jan
18% Feb
39
July

.

Feb

5

'173

May

2.80 Mar

J

24%
4%c

22%

?

32c
7

5
2,525
10

23
52%
>

1

1,200
170
175
155
100

24
22
40%
44%

105

*«

•:

•

Paper

6,057

33c

——

*

53
2.10
20%

44'A

•

50

150

670
10
100

■

33c

22%
,

■■

■

22%
22

—.

.**•

***>!****—

Dominlon Oilcloth

20

—40%

Dominion Bridge *******——

common.

Donnaconna

20

l*—*—

preferred

2.10

_

•

common*

3 &

3

161

5

_*——*——

Consolidated Paper

Airplane

Aug

10

Westinghouse

Coast

'

42

60

3

Lumber****

Western

38% May

42

150

•?'

preferred—

Vickers

,

.

42

__

Canadian

Jun

Mines

Preferred

30

150

•

Dalhousie Oil

Steeloy Mining Corp.
Steep Rock Iron Mines*****.

16

'vr:

—

«_?**—.****!??—:
Standard Paving common*.

8teel

10
110

Mar

42

*

Canadian Industries
Canadian Marconi
Canadian

25

25

:

"

Starratt

.

16

f'

Preferred:

May

1.40 Jan

Radio

420

'

High
35

58
Feb
78
tApr
47/a July
f v 8% Apr
y ; 78
July??? 104%' Apr
19% May ; \ 29% July
;
19% Aug
19% Aug
" 23 • Jun :
? 29 ? Feb
■
14
Apr?£*£*■ 18 ? Jun

150

Fairbanks comptoh
—1

Canadian

13% July
18% Jun

Preferred

Standard

4,880

23% v?

19%

■

Rights

19%

'

Jun

Dominion

&

deHavilland

Sturgeon

83%
26%

19%

83

—5

Canada Vinegars -.**—*?*«***

Mines—

Standard Chemical

6%

88

!

27% Aug ?

915

59

6%

*j-.

—-

Low^'i
V

28%

58

—1

',*

Bange Sine* January 1

High

28

X;'4

Pulp & Paper

Brown Co common

'15%^May

Low

28

Columbia

British

Jan

Disher

Stadacona

July

14c July
14% Mar

—

75c

Co

Springer

94% Jan
15c July
117
Jan
3.85 July

170

130

Mines

1

Bladen

11 %c July
12% May

100100 Va

Jan

108% Mar

,

Slscoe Gold Mines**—**.

Southam

'^sl.69 Jan

Bonds-

Jan

40

new.

**********

Preferred new

:v

25%

12c

Wright Hargreaves Mines—.——

Canadian

i>

5.10 Feb
159
Aug
23% May

\

Jun

6% Aug

Simpsons Ltd Class A

July
59c July

Jan
^

18%

A

Class

Mar

300

25%

*

new

Jan

40c

108% Feb

1,597

87c

-

.

24c 25 %c

25V2

*__**

Dairy

July''

,159

30c

17%'

*

new

3.80

3,044

•:

16% Feb

July

Knitting common

14

Woods

Aug

lie

20.10

^

Yankee Girl

••??14%

New vtp

New

24c

153

80c

24c 24 %c

-—'

Silverwood's

V'5 3.10 Feb
t;

9% July

20.10

—

Canadian

Slck's Brew new common**..

Silver

;

4.40

4.15

—

Toronto Slock

Mines

Silknit Ltd common

f 1.93 July

2,076 ?
4,400

14c

May

11
May
14%c Jan
13Va Feb

5.UUJ

28c

12c

t

Apr

58

Jan

July
8y« Jan

13,775

1

Mar

8c

7.653

11%

2.45

Mines—.——.—

-***il-*„

Creek

Sigma

26

11%
:

26

12% May
45c
Jan
31
May

40% Jan

8%

,

Asbestos

■

20c

26

11 %c

Gold Mines Ltd,__.

Bherrtt.t-Gordrrft Gold

6.400

52

153

common

York

25c

Shawinigan

Sheep

14
Apr
July
21% July
1.80 Jan

35

9% Mar
18c,5 Aug

>

****

Senator Rouyn Ltd__

■

21

205
1,500

10%

Friday

Shawkey

.

11%

.10%

Sand River Goldit.«*_w=r—
Sannorm

.

.

2u%

Alexander preferred

Corp common**^*.

**—U.--

Antonio

.

Jan

18
Jun
85c July
15% Jan

—'•

—

Ymlr

62c

Ryanor

.

34

-

July

46% Feb
-170
July
13% May

11% Jan
11% May
25 ' Mar::.

:

21 va
1.23

31

Feb

25

industries, new common:

San

.142

25

May

25% July

Mme.

Russell

St

142

.

80c

Jan

64c

,:-,r

; ■

■...

.

160 y

—

———

1.57 Mar

■ ■

13%

—

common i

Gold

Winora

16% May

Co

Goia

168
13%

**

preferred—*

Electric

Winnipeg

Apr

22c

Oil

Lake

Rush

25

Jan

Wlltsey-Coghlan Mines———

Apr

39%

Rouyn Merger Gsld Mtae8*^i^
Oils

May

36

——

Ltd

Yellorex

Roxana

20

10

.

May

40c

13%

12 %c

Cotton

Long Lau———

235

43

.

—.a

West Malartic
Western

Wood

Roche

43

42

Consolidated——,

Wekusko

Feb

1.99

—-

Wasa Lake Gold Mines

Apr

35 J/2

Robinson

42

..13, 13%

—

i

1.25

47c

Gold

Mines.

—

1.15

12 %c 12 %c

Gold

Richmac

Preferred

July

25c

Ltd—

Walte-Amnlet

Jun

2.15

1.40

23c

1.25 May

-

-1

Walkers (Hiram) common

Apr

July

34.

__1

——

Feb

Feb

55

Feb

'

Mines

Westons

—

1.45

July

45c

mmmmmUmmmmj

Jan

22 %c

'v

Reeves Macdcnald

1.10 Aug ;
48c

Jan

72c

Aug

July

40

.21'/a
1.10
.«,*20%

—1

.........

—

Mar

11c

.

^
Reg court Goid

Vicour

n

69c

■

,

38,500 "

-

—

—*

—

50c

-V

1.10

—

—*

———■

Villbonna

17

July
July

Feo

Jan

3.45

1.35 July

Queenston Gold Mines

Reno

3.30
22 %

July

1.70 July
13

^^1.10

13,000

'

-25 ?

*_*_—

United

45C

Que Dec

.*—****..

—

Upper Canada Mines Ltd

Proprietary
Prospectors Airways
Purdy Mica
*——.

Quebec

.(,r„

Aug

16

__—

7% Aug
12% Aug

64c

.

150 July

Goldi Mining Co

Pressed

120

1.95 Jan

58c

**♦'..'.
United Corp class R —*
**•—*.
united Fuel class "A"———*—. *50

Ventures, Ltd.:
rtemier

12%

J*

***•——***,*..

July
July

13

12

•

*27% May

5 '/a July
11% July

40

435

53c

—

52c

—

4.10 Feb

1.00 July
21% Jan

49'/ac

.i._——-i,
-> ;■
Transcontinental Resources

66c

—

certificates-

trust

5,300

25

—

rights

Class

Powell

1.20

'

July
2.70 July
3.80 July
24c July
35c
July

Porcupine Peninsula

—*

—•

***_*_*

Twin City common
Pickie-urow

,

60c

Trust-—w—w 100

14c

—.

Jan

45c

24c • Jun
3.25 Feb
1.09 Mar

'•' -r.-.;;.': <■ v.'^^v
3.80
3.95
2,640
3,05 July
5.35 Feb

:

56c

Toronto Iron Works common .—-i —•
-

7
Aug
1.00 July

Piccadilly

?5c;.v'

—1

***»*;*; —*

Tip Top Tailors

July

12c

July

»'■;

7%.

—

23% Mar

Jan

July
.1.50 July
45c July
' 2.15 July

11,015
15,900
3,130

«.

7'/a

—

,

3.85

,_$5

I

-

Toronto

July

12c

i

Secur

?

-10

July

50c

13%cl3%c

'?•'?'?*'
1.20
1.05

•

Tnompson-Lund Mark Gold Mlaea_. **•

1.00 July

16C

25 %C

Mines********

Gold

Pen-Ray

Peoples

16c

55c

Ltd**~

Paymaster Cons Mines

1.31

—.

Oil

Canadian

Texas

Jan

Thurbols Mines

Porcupine Mines Ltd.

Pamour

:Z

55c
2.70

:

—

18 %

;!S■"•0:>

July

28%

(new)

51c
2.50

510

—1

Aug

70c

Eastern
Petroleum

Hersey

;,:1v,-•**/'

25
—*

High

9c

July

50c

Pacific
Pacific

Page

20c

7,500

common

Taylor Pearson & Carson common.
Preferred *-*_*_*
7
*—**—

Oils

Pacalta

3,500

70%cll%c
1.99
2.06

—

Teck-HuRhes Gold Mines

Jun

25c 26'/ac

10%'c

Xr-A>

2.50 Feb
85c July
8% Feb

v,

Low
250

.500
~JL

,

Bange Since January 1

23

25 %c

,

Gold

•••••»

for Week
Shares

High

23

—

-

Sylvanite Gold

Sales

Range
of Prioes

Low

—•

14

7 .500

J

Stuart

Jan
Feb

37c
43c

Week's

.

.

Par

High

.

July

15c July
16c
July
13% Mar

96

24%

f

Low

••

*

"•**

Mines__.

Bange Since January 1

High

24%

—

Friday
Last
Sale Price

»■:•

Shares

22C

VVEEK ENDING AUGUST 16

Sales
for Week

22%
18%

; 23

common

Gold

Orenada

22C

iuc

.

of Prices

FOR

Monday, August 19, 1943

t

*

'

1

.

t\

'

27% May
7c
Feb
5.00 Feb
29
Mar
33c Jan

'

CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

(volume 164 •' Number '4517

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OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKETS
Quotations for Friday, August 16*

For

Specialists

Qnotations on Real Estate Bonds
Shaskan & Co.

OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES

Members New York Stock Exchange
Members New York Curb Exchange

Firm Trading Markets
in

250

ACTIVE

40 Exchange Placm, New York S, N. Y«

ISSUES
Tel:

DIgby 4-4950

120 Broadway. New York

Ward

&

Co.

REctor

Members New York Security Dealers Association

Sftafclished 1926

Direct Wires to

CHICAGO

—

Bell Teletype NY 1-853

2-8700
Tele. NY 1-1287 & 1-1288
Phono:

Reorganization Rails

PHILADELPHIA

..

(When,
Bonds—

Investing Companies
Mutual

Funds-

IV*

Affiliated Fund Inc

5.12

Foreign Investing.lOo
Assoc'ted Standard Oil shares—

11.32

Axe-Houghton Fund Inc
Beneficial Corp..—
Bond

Inv

of

Tr

America

#

.

6.66

.

.

♦

Fund

;

8%
8

1

31.04

1

17.10

Fund Inc..—10

17.22

16.80

1

12.48

13.49

series————*
Income series—————

7.42

Invest

Securities—

Natlon-Wlde

Denver

50-year 4s

Income

4.95

36.87

National Investors Corp

17.28

National

148

.1

1.77

Security Series-

stock

Industrial

7.35
24.35

25o

——

102

100%

75-year 4yas

78

1.95

Par

_10

Aetna

6.75

American

10.08

American

7.68

8.44

5.48

6.15

9.23

Selected series

10.20

5.37

4.84

-

Alliance

——.10

57%

Homestead

83

Maryland

12%

12%

13%

Merchant Fire Assur
Merch St Mfrs Fire N Y

American of Newark

197/a

21%

33

35

3%

Reserve.———.—10

Fund Inc
'
Financial Industrial Fund, Inc.

29.05

31.28

18.10

19.05

American

Surety

Corp
10
First Mutual Trust Fund
ft
Fundamental Investors Inc
2
Fundamental Trust shares A—2
General Capital Corp
•
General Investors Trust
1

54 V*

Agriculture

14.47
8.58

9.44

14.30

15.70

11.77

12.93

>-• v

15.89

Automobile

Stocks toe—

New York

8.23

18.92

6.79

7.75

Bank

10.89
15.71

17.25

Chemical

11.63

12.78

13.95

15.32

15.85

17.40

10.83

11.90

11.51

6.48

—<

stock

Diversified Investment Fund-

Group Becurltles—
—

9.14

10.04

7.96

shares

8.75

9.24

11.38

7.72

8.49

12.64

6.45

Food sh&res

Electrical

10.15

10.36

Building shares
Chemical shares—
Electrical Equipment

Diversified

Speculative
equipment
stock

Insurance

—

Northern

55%

34%

37%

35

37

Phoenix

74

Preferred Accident

8

14'A

15%

Providence-Washington —10

39%

42

Reinsurance Corn (NY)—.1
Republic
(Texas)
—10
(Paul) Fire
10

30

32

25%

27%

:■■■"

114%
15%

9.62

Fire Assn of Phila...

8.83

Fireman's Fd of San Fran

-10

11.15

-8

11.06

10.32

11.34

Firemen's of Newark—
Franklin wi™..

11.48

Tobacco

13.16

14.45

General Reinsurance Corp—

-10
,

-r7o:-^:

.10

8.08

10.14

8.75

Railroad

—

————

;

Gibraltar

Indemnity Co

F»re

St

-8

Marine

%

67.
14%

39

21%

23%
55 %

V

Glens Falls Fire—

52%

18.57

Globe St Republic-———, -8
Globe & Rutgers Fire com..- 15
2nd:'
15
preferred '■

9%

11%

33%

36%

Travelers

1

5.25

5.78

7.54

90c

1.05.

Standard

4.13

'

:

e%

Investors———8

1

20.55

250

Series

A

series

B—...-........

..I.———

————

Union Preferred Stock

59
.59

io

Westchester Fire

;*

52
62 v''..'

89

94

38%

2.80

40%
vO."

—

1.21

Recent

23.68
10.17

27.91
22.41

34.92

37.96
17.07

—1966

D
North

Gatineau Power 3s
.

Series

27.87

30.52

Series 1955

19.05

20.91

Series 1956

1

Scries

B-4

11.33

12.41

102%

102%

102 %

100%

102%

Texas

101%
105%

Power St

Light 2%s_1975

Utah Pow & Lt 2%s
.'

'

''

*;T,,;v^;-V..

v

1976

^

1970

101%

102%

99%

99%

1976

105%

106

American Airlines 3%#—4*

Iowa Pub Serv

7.75

—1

Series

B-2
B-3

Trust

Amer

100%

1961
1976

101%

101%

Central

101%

2%S

2.92

•

29.96

99%
102%

Kans Okla St Gulf Ry 3%s_1980

.2.80

*

Independence Trust Shares
28.59

101

105

Oil

shares-

———

Laclede

2%s__

Gas Lt

3%s

1965

Monongahela Power 3s

Preferred Stocks—

Maine

Par

Power

98%

3.50%

98%
97%

&

100

105

106 V2

Koppers Co

105

97

Central Pow

104%

1975

Montana

Ask

2%s__1976

Gas & Transm 2%s._1966

Tenn

96%

96%

Illinois Power Co 2%s

Diversified Trustee Shares—

B-l

Bid

Socony Vacuum

American Airlines 3s..

1976
Calif Elec Power 3s——^..1976

Series

Ask

Bonds-

Bklyn Union Gas 27/es

16.70

Security Issues

Bid

12.78

Unit Type Trusts—

Custr-Man Funds-

36
690

2

U S Guarantee

121%

25.28

1.23
18.63

123%

33%

8.25

Fund—.

Fund

Bond

Wellington Fund

1.10

30%

116%

30%

119

670

1.06

Union Common Stock Fund B—

1.11

28%

10

-

63.00

-•;

17.01

,,t>{ 10

Fire

.8

79

56%

36

-v-

!

60.00
1.08
24.02
21.66
9.30
11.69
25.53

Scries

18.19

32%'

---"i

^

76

53%

10

15.99

97c

Union

institutional Securities Ltd—

•

Hartford

7%

100

U S

101 %

92

34

25

;

Fidelity & Guaranty Co
U S Flra^-^A^

Great- American
'Hanover

117.22

10o

Utilities

Trusteed Industry Shares

1.98

'97%?

■

.

32.70

1.00

69%

6%

10

Standard Accident

5.04

—lOo

Bank Group shares
"1 Insurance Group shares
Stock and Bond Group sharesInvestment Co it America—10
Investors Fund O——I--.,

88

„io

Security New Haven
Springfield Fire & Marine

30

Fund Inc

7

93
107

66%

12%

Seaboard Surety

20

—

Fund

4.59
1
Bchoellkopt Hutton and; - •
''' !V^
Pomeroy
——-—10c
5% '
Scudder, Stevens St Clark
A
Fund, Inc
•
114.90
Selected Amer Shares
2%
14.67
Sovereign Investors
1
7.53

16.60

89

10

St Paul Fire Sr- Marine

26

24%
37

.

10

17.27

Trading

&

(Geo)

Republic Invest Fund—

State Street Investment Corp—

Aviation Group shares——.—

.7%

102

Revere

Pucnam

Petroleum

6.86

Common

67/a

■

ifl

6,43

7.02

Income. Foundation

an

Pacific Fire———.—28
Pacific

Railroad equipment
Steel

6.89

Keystone

76

52%

110%,

Public^tm^*^—Z-——

6.27

Incorporated

73'

;

.26

185

6.38
—

16%

9

8

8.34

3.74

55 V*

10

180

5.70

shares
shares—

24'A

Continental Casualty
Crum St Forster Inc

.20

6.26

Holding Corp————1

KQ

Connecticut General- Life—...10

Fidelity St Deposit of MA

Steel shares—... ■ „iv■

Utility

15%

Northeastern

15.43

Railroad
Tobacco

33%

52%

8

24%

14.05

13.48

Huron

31%

10

,

7.59

Equipment shares
stock shares—

33%

—10

5.84

—

180

31%

22%

7.10

12.28

Railroad Bond shares.

7%

170

2

New Hampshire Fire
New York Fire

61

-

10.32

—

6%

2

City of New York—Um*u«10

59

9.39

shares

67

North ;.RlVft*:

_io

10.45

Mining shares

5%
28%

24%

Federal

10.54

RR

(Detroit) ..10

23 V*

10.22

9.92

Petroleum

i

9.30

9.63

—

Camden wrw

Casualty

New Brunswick
v

Zio

Machinery

Merchandising

10.24

Shares
Merchandise shares.—

74

Employees Group.
Employers Reinsurance

9.03

Low Price

79

18.32

9.32

Institutional bond shares

75

70%

'

8%

64

20

14.29

8.76

Investing

National Liberty
National Union Fire
New Amsterdam Casualty

13.01

General bond shares

Administered shares...

44

28

V

26%

10

16.69

Industrial Machinery shares-

Fully

National

7%

93

7%

4%

National Fire

6%

19

30

-.-C

42

"■ ,n

Bankers & Shippers

''

'

71%

Baltimore American—
.'Boston

\'L:;

■

20%

13.88
■

40

28

4

18%

12.65

Aviation

17 V*
104

88%

8

68%

••

28

?

Casualty————I
12%

Monarch Fire

11.97

6.81

Building supply..,;—
Business
Equipment-

10

;

Automobile

17.26
49.39

100%

Massacnusetts Bonding

22'A

Re-Insurance

2.62

10

17%

34%

20%

American

56 %

49

31 Va

15%

23%

American

2.38

.

29%

37

11

5.16

7.39

W1C
45

10

Insur Co of North America

32

8.00

England Fund

Fire

21%

7.23

New

'

f

4

4.63

series

?■

Pa»

Casualty
1
5
American Equitable
—....8
American Fidelity St Casualty.B

Automobile

American

Stock

Automobile shares
Aviation
shares.

53

Jersey Insurance of N Y—.20

Speculative series

Agricultural

22%

51

■

HomeV

80%

..28

18.96

First Boston

,:

57

21%

Hartford 8teamboiler Inspect.-10

59%

55%

29.33

Stock

■

65

Companies

Auk

101%

57

r

,

17.73

Fidelity

30

Grande com—.

—

Preferred

■

Aetna

9.05

V.

Bit,

98%

10

27.43

.1

Rio

f.

6.11

series

Low priced bond series
Low priced stock common—-

& Howard-

Fund
Fund

V.

80

St Louis St San Francisco com—

79%

Insurance

Agricultural

Bond

153

6.76
22.52

Balanced

St

Preferred

Francisco—

Aetna Casual & Surety

shares

Balanced

Preferred stock series

Eaton

San

8.15

Mutual

Fund

5.65

3,000

Delaware Fund

&

18.82

15.65

24.68

"

15.97

Dividend Shares

Louis
1st

18.39

2d

Securities com—100 3,200

>————100
1

77

100

?

10.02

Trust

34.29

Commonwealth Invest.—.

St

33.38

Investors

1

102

preferred

43

-

9.11

Investors

Chemical Fund

100

5%

40

:

—•

59.50

58.31

16c

Common

Mass

•

81

•

■Common

Manhattan Bond Fund too-

109.14

Mass

.

Stocks

Chicago Rock Island St Pacifio—

■

25.15

-

79

106

:i

129.85

Sayles Mutual Fund—*
Loomis Sayles Second Fund—10

27.22

f

Aik.

.

7.67

8-4

22.34

>

<

2018

4%s

7.39

6.91

Series

Knickerbocker

Century Shares Trust

Preferred

17.19

25.31

5

Canadian Inv Fund Ltd——1

Christiana

15.63

22.53

I >' /'V4"'l\',

f

S-3—

Loomis

104.77

Fund

Bullock

19.69

10.23

7

Broad Street Invest Co Inc
.

35.85

17.91

V.' Series:

9 3/4

95

Income

32.60

32.67

20.77

7%

—

Fund Inc.

Boston

29.69

S-2—«——«

9.51

1

Blair & Co

_

K-0

19.32

—

B——
1

Fund

Axe-Houghton

9

92

1st 3-4s income—..—1993

22.41

Series

12.28

American

20.42

Series

5.61

104

Denver St Rio Grande-

(Cont

K-l—..

Series S-l

41

39

1

1994

4%s——2019

income

Conv

Series

7.66

7.00

10

Amerex Holding Corp
,
American Business Snares

■

:

"•

1st 4s

Keystone Custodian Funds
9.78

8.92

BM

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific-**'
BUN

Aeronautical Securities.

and If Issued)

as

Xr:.':X

$4-L_.————

102

102%

Lt

4%

106 %

107%

Monongahela Power 4.40%—100

108%

110

1975

103

103%

Ohio

105

105%

Mt States Tel & Tel 2%s

1986

101

102

Pennsylvania Electric 3.70%
Philco Corp. 3%%
Public Serv (Ind)
3.50%
Ruppert (Jacob) 4%%
100

107%

Ohio Public Service

U S El Lt St Pwr Shares A—

107%

109

103%

105

2%s

Power

2%s

Public

Service

3.90%

972

1976

104%

105%

Pennsylvania Electric 2%s__1976

101%

101%

Philadelphia Elec 2%s

FOB NEW YORK CITY BANKS & TRUST COS.—See Page

102%

103%

99%

100 %

3cranton

Electric

103

Scranton

Spring Brook 4.10%

102%

Portland

Gas

1975
3%s_1976

Coke

&

Public Serv (Okla) 2%s

BM

100.18

100.22

.

997/8
100.14
104%

106

^

101%

Sioux

101%

City Gas St El 2%s

>

1975

98%

>.

Federal Home Loan Banks—

0.90%

Oct. .15, 1946

106

108

106%

107%

Union1 QU(Cal)i $3,75-^—

102%

106%

Sioux City G St E 3.90%
100
Union Elec of Mo 3%%——_

99

105%

106

106%

.

—

bl.10%

United States Treasury

Other Issues

100.18

us Conversion

104 %

3s————1947

100%

1981

Panama Canal 3s

130

V

131%

Bid

Ask

Bid

Oct. 3, 1946

b0.375

Aug. 22. 1946
Aug.
29, 1946..

b0.375

0.28%

Oct.

10, 1946—

b0.375

0.35%

b0.375

0.33%

Oct.

17,

1946—

b0.375

0.35%

Sept. 5, 1946
Sept. 12, 1946—

Quotations For U. S. Treasury Notes
Figures after decimal point represent one or more 32ds of a
Matortty—

Int. Rate

1946
tMarch 15, 1947
Wept. 15, 1947
tSept. 15, 1947
SSept. 10. 1948
15.




1 %%
IV* %

1%%
1V*%
1%%

Bid
100.6
100.6
100.20
100.12

101.1

Certificates

t7/8s Sept

100.7

V/aS Oct.

100.21

100.13

101.2

point

Maturity—
Dollar Price 100 Plna
Bid
Ask
of Indebtedness—

Ask

100.7

1

.0053

1, 1946
1, 1946

.0049

.0089

b0.375

0.33%

Oct.

1946_

b0.375

0.35%

b0.375

Sept.

1946—.

b0.375

0.34%

Nov. 7, 1946

b0.375

0.35%

Sept. 26, 1946—

b0.375

0.34%

NOV

b0.375

0.35%

.0065

.0126

t%s

.0094

.0179

.0124

.0197

Dec.

t7/as March 1, 1947
t '/as April

1,

1947

t7/as June 1. 1947

t7/aS July 1, 1947

t7/as Aug.

1,

1947

1
__

19,

24,

Oct.

0.33%

31,

1946—

14,

b0.375

.—

1946

0.34%

0.35%

.0096

V/eS Nov. 1, 1946
1, 1946
t%s Jan. 1, 1947
t%s Feb. 1, 1947

Rills

RRtek quoted Are tor discount *t purchase

Treasury bills—

tDec

3.35%

104%

101%

Aik

Federal Land Bank Bonds—
lHs Oct 1, 1950-1948.—™
lVis May 1, 1962-1950
1%S Jan. 1, 1953-1951
2*48 Feb. 1, 1955-1953

102%

Scranton-Spg Brook 2%s__1976
Seagrams (Joseph)
2%s__.:1966

Obligations Of Governmental Agencies

1975

108%

103%
100%

.0110

.0200

.0132

.0238

.0150

.0273

.0190

.0346

.0211

.0384

.0329

.0518

a

Odd lot

g Formerly

livered*
z

1946,

sales,

Club

x

b Yield price.

Aluminum

included

sale—not

in

range

Ex-dividend*
Alfred

Formerly

y

Utensil

cCash sale,
d Deferred delivery,
e Ex-interest.
fFlat price
Co.
kRemoved to Stock Exchange, r Canadian market. sCash
t Ex-stock dividend.
(Un) Unlisted issue.
wdWhen de¬

for year,

Ex-rights.
*
& Cohn

Decker

;

Inc.;

name

changed

and common stock, split on a 3-for-l basis.

•No par

dividend.-:

tin default.

value,
.

.

r

..

fThese bonds

are

to

_

-

■

Society

subject

to

V

v

.

Brand

.*

Clothes

July

:

29

,

all

Federal

taxes.

...

i

lEx-liouldating

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Monday, August 19, 1946
Week Ended Aug. 10

THE COURSE OF BANK CLEARINGS

1945

t

Bank-clearings this week'Will show an increase compared with a year ago.

for all cities

.corresponding week last year.

will be 60.8 % above those for the

1,026,:

Bethlehem

1,171;

Chester..

,.

,

Philadelphia,..

Our preliminary

1,112'2,40?|;

,

Lancaster

.■■■'

-

fOlOCO.i

.

gain for the week ended Friday of 131.4.

At this center there is a

for the week follows:'

Week Ending Aug. 17—

'

t

>

V

I

^

•

•'■■■

.'

,

388,631,384

u.iiij-i'.n,iiii|>.ian.ilii ■ r»'

-i,n. in,,

<>T»iqT»r

■

■

.

132,595,437
*165,000,000
96,403,281

Other cities, five days

——.■» „ .i-*—

$11,382,115,283

$5,833,649,243

day

1,787,503,557
$7,621,152,800

Total all cities for week

196,645^45

688.101

(7 cities

575,300,754

519,296,113

Virginia—Huntington^..

2
7

,

92

....

Carolina—Charleston
Maryland—Baltimore

+60.8

-

—

3,566,703

231,610,431:

South

—51.4

$12,251,028,750

-

——

1,989,671

2,803,835
4,094,230

odq^bt

-

j

165

...

All cities, one

17,020,400

3 15(

Richmond

+95.1

868,913,467

Total aU cities, five days

21,68

—

Virginia—Norfolk

+ 45.1

1,284^889,700

<•

94,571,593

204,937,567
14,033,100

Fifth Federal Reserve District—Richmond
West

$4,548,759,543 +109.3

1,863,831,278

;

104,957,024

210,868,738

,

Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh
Total

3,552,434

3,946,096

126,60226,85!

>

Mansfield—
Youngstown——

.

+52.0

$9,518,284,005

days

HI

Coiiimbua^^—
+

4 89'

■,

., v.

t

+ 46.9
+54.3
+ 41.3

146,562,006

-

Ten cities, five

201,180,000

District—Cleveland-

Cleveland—

68.1

295,476,000
233,142,884.

_

Baitlmnit.

8,336l<
730,318,:

—,

Cincinnati

+49.7
+

204,560,304

,

Pittsburgh

3,135,!
f7,475,:

;

Ohio—Canton

+119.6

148,185,041
129,600,000

217,800,000

'

-

Ban,.-^,1,^1 -i'm,:f.-,

;

Fourth Federal Reserve

-

+60.5
+92.4

.176,961,029

.

.

221,905,979

t

St. Louis

i.

326,755,754
331,000,000

$ 637,000,000

Kansas City

,

^

Jersey—Trenton.

*

1945,

$2,872,987,928 +131.4

.524,288,883

'■

1

Boston

,

'

T946

Philadelphia

-

York—i.

.

Total (10 cities)

,

V

'

,v:;. ■

Delaware—Wilmington

,

$6,648,916,565

-CM-fig"

Our comparative

New

»lf

NewYorlU—L•

3 843,!
2,115,!

^4

Wilkes-Barre...—..——

TelegrapH

by

Clearings—Returns
^

^

t

2,169,:

Bcranton—

summary

Reading—-

:.

$12,251,028,750 against $7,621,152^800 for the same week in 1945.

at

stands

total

or

Third Federal Reserve District—Philadelphia—
Tennsvlvanla—Altnnna.

advices from the chief
country, indicate that for the week ended Saturday, Aug. 17, clearings
of the United States from which it is possible to obtain weekly clearings

Preliminary figures compiled by us, based upon telegraphic
cities of the

Inc.

Dec. %

District >of
Total

the week covered by the foregoing will appear
We cannot furnish them today, in as much as the week

Columbia—Washington.

55

~"32g

(6 cities)

Complete and exact details for
in

our

issue of next week.

ends Saturday and the

Sixth Federal Reserve District—Atlanta-

Tennessee—Knoxville

Saturday figures are not available at time of going to press.

we

ended Aug. 10.

132
3

Macon

2

Florida—Jacksonville

the aggregate of clear¬
having amounted to $11,320,995,406 against $9,698,484,219
1945. Outside of this city there was a gain of 21.8%, the bank

2,056,407
47,922,232

+32.5

65

-+- 4.2

5

62,446,318
4,898,100

102

247,056
83,708,149

488

408,020,147

Mobile

Mississippi—Vicksburg

Z

II

Total (10 cities)

clearings at this center having

'*•

1st Boston

$

$

442,073,659

383,516,658

6,149,733,577
730,318,166

+39.8

2,802,665

+46.0

27,335,000

+24.5

3,484,427

3,388,608

n

8,738,238
32,592,358

+19.1

7,321,817

+24.5

32,848,330

1,908,177

+59.0

10

+37.2

7,645,232

+44.3

+

627,622

+42.9

%■

7th Chieago-aM.-*

17

**

Louis—

.\'4

Ridhmond0
■

1944

Inc. or

Dec. %

-,v

v

•

j1943
-t

+15.3

333,128,612

5,461,973,362

+12.6

"4,701,333,007

619,911,578

+17.8

599,243,765

646,440,459

575,300,754

+19.6

549,910,314

278,503,069

+17.8

245,304,391

408,020,147

+19.7

367,869,760

519,296,313
260,599,044
347,415,258

'7181111,389

;

560,516,377

+ 28.1

577,054,786

-

:

Eighth Federal

Missouri—flfc.

Kentucky—LouisvilleTennessee—Memphis,

,

rv-i,

,

+30.8

262,206,167

+ 38.8

198,910,290

202,507,044+

7

"
"

373,686,499

310,628,809 ~ +20.3

291,663,645

6

"

186,694,855

139,903,456

123,846,907

118,458,942-

10

"

591,787,009

Ninth

283,691,672

"

Outside New Tork^City—.

+33.4

495^44,208

+19.4

465,427,895

add

our

+16.7
+ 21.8

8,715,899,539
4,167,163,517

St.

8,424,343,882
4,209,783,872

detaled statement showing the figures for each city for

week ended Aug. 10 for

.

Reserve

+3116

4,511,540

4,611,140

146,135,180

+35.0

+'40.1

143,220,993
42,162,170

140,974,021

4,723,:

45,892,993
601,780

+685.0

2,519,
2,602,1

1,666,398

+51.2

1,793,036

+45.2

1,597,851

1,511,639
1,063,233

"7,989,;

4,995,290

+ 59.9

3,752,958

*4/244,358

285,199,

205,449,824

+38.8

198,910,290

202,507,044

64,273,1

Dakota—Fargn—

Helena

-

■

..

Clearings at—
Reserve

1946
8

1945
8

Inc. or
Dec. %

1944
%

1943
8

Hastings,
:

—.

4,382,504

—

371,263,091

329,218,026

+12.8

1,334,776

.

Fall River_^».

1,176,777

+13.4

468,523

+56."3
+30.3

422,177
1,313,111.

.

Lowell

1,806,878

New Bedford

1,386,697

+53;9
+44.2

785,649
3,640,215
283,723,732
972,951

887,124

;

Connecticut—Hartford—

—

—

''

.

r,.—,

891,448

-Wichita

...

190.213

47

285,081

.

5,61

4,237,339

*

-'

.

,93,70

65,997,466
3,323,679
7,472,035
201,631,583

5,61;
:

-

■

"

■■■"

8,9!

City

246,80
St. Joseph..
—...——v..8,92
Colorado—Colorado Springs
1,74

3,517,572

Pueblo.;

;

-406,796'

6,338,104
.1,138,518

1,49

1,049,627

373,68

(tftpiHpg)

291,663,645

1,166,011?

3,522,378

+ 66.8

4,014,167

3,972,435

—

- -

.

Missouri—Kansas

311,477,467!

5,874,907

Springfield
Worcester

1,546,859

.

•Omaha.—

Kansas—Topeka

i

732,267

Portlands

Massachusetts—Boston

*>'*

„

Linp.nln
•

+

*

(7 cities)

Nebraska—41

1,005,261
3,039,736

-

..

Tenth Federal Reserve District—Kansas City-

Districts—Boston— V>

.

,

.

3,158,119

+ 25.8

2,758,028

4,800,544
2,850,225

21,548,778

16,343,218

+31.8

15,441,379

!

15,732,278

Eleventh Federal Reserve District—Dallas—

+

Texas—Austin

5,6

...

■

Haven——

8,666,947

5,864,799

+47.8

'5,307,552

Dallas

5,935,132

New

.

Hampshire—Manchester—

Total

C12 Cities)—




19,936,300

17,576,700

+13.4

14,177,700

13,989,000

1,007,917

756,424

+33.2

571,949

630,402

442,073,659

383,516,658

+15.3

333,128,612

362,283,999

\

.<147,9
20,8

y.,/,: >

1

'

•

..Galveston
——.—'
Wichita Falls—•
;r

:

1

r

Wnrth

Fnrfc

Island—Providence

2,303,151
1,361,627

the

four years:

if!

4,365,1471

5,745,:
197 345

Montana—Billings

■

First Federal

^23

District—Minneapolis-

______________

Paul..

North

Week Ended Aug. 10

Maine—Bangor

560,605,144

339,06

LJ-

Minneapolis

506,034,166

9,698,484,219
4,395,643,746

Federal

Minnesota—Duluth__

Total

now

+28.1

52,69

^

South Dakota—Aberdeen.

11,320,995,406
5,353,867,256

111 cities

2,020,044

f 1,866^695

4,899,190

253,464,886

205,449,824

10

total

>

+33.4

85,32

m

ii„,,

'n" ', ,,;,

560,605,144

>259,215,977

8th Minneapolis

12th San Francisco

1,538,586

ii99,8C

'

.

Total (4 eifctejitV■

10th Kansas City
+

560,652

447,582,767

+38.3

■

Lnnis.,....-.-y'

lliinoia—Qiiincy,

'339,060,926

i

6,585,800

+40.6

560,516,377

362,283,999
4,363,546,455^

285,199,944

Rhode

11,145,879

6,024,137

488,213,505

"
"
**'
"

10
-7

4th. 'Cleveland

New

1,774,235

16,643,240

2,375,808

328,009,203

"

*12

3d Philadelphia

,

2,910,756

2,893.533

Districts:

688,106,734

12 cltlea

.........

New York,

6th Atlanta'

1945

1946

week Endeed Aug. 10—

We

v' t 711,062
4,944,239

+31.6

l,892f71^-+42.d

furnish a summary :by Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve sDistrlcts

11th Dallas

+54.9
+-13.0

28,607,000

SfJMMART OF BANK CLEARINGS

8th St.

+ 19.7

,

In the following we

gth

-

712,044
5,603,944
4,018,357

1,651,975

sj

6.8

+22.9

435,193,389 -+26.3

of 19.4%.

■

+

+59.8

.

Louisiana—New Orleans

recorded an increase of 12:5%. We group the cities
according to the Federal "Reserve Districts in which they are located and from this
it appears 'that in the New York District (including this city) the totals show an
improvement of 12.6% in the Boston Reserve District of 15.8% and in the Philadel¬
phia Reserve District of 17.8%. In the Cleveland Reserve District the totals are
larger by 19.6%, in the Richmond Reserve District by 17.8% and in the Atlanta
Reserve District by 19.7%.
The Chicago ReserveDistrict has to its credit ah-expan¬
sion of 28,1%, the St. Louis Reserve District of 30.8% and the Minneapolis Reserve
District of:38.8%. In the Kansas City Reserve District there is a gain Of 20.3%* in
the Dallas Reserve District of 33.4% and in the-San Francisco Reserve District

+42.5

g3

.

Alabama—Birmingham

"For that week there was an increase of 16.7 %,

12,381,551- + 8.9
38,094.769
+29.5
153,900,000 ~+ 18.4
2,365,565
+36.7

49

Georgia—Atlanta
Augusta

ings for the whole country
in the same week in

13

...

^Nashville

day of the week in all cases has to be estimated.
Tn the 'elaborate detailed statement, however, which yve present further below,
are able to give the final and complete results of the week previous—the week

Accordingly, in the above the last

-

Louisiana—Bhrevflpnrt
Total

.

T

-

r

__

(6 nlMes)

3,5
2,(

6,6

__

186,6

,,

Twelfth Federal Reserve Dlstrict—San Francisco—

Washington—Seattle—1—82,884,133
Yakima

i

Utah—Salt Lake City

8,123,346 '

Pasadena

7,848,974
351,976,000

Francisco

San Jose..

'9,597,576

+28.9
+47.0
+31.3

591,787,009

495,544,208

+19.4

t 11,320,995,406

9,698,484,219

Outside

+16.7

X

,

■

CIO cities)

.

(111 cities)

New

—-

*3,065,295
7,303,317

York—5,353,867,256

tNot included to total.
•

a-<

A +

r.'.

»..i-

1

t o .i -ixi

■

$

7,447,290

;'V:

Total

8,884,863 x—8.6
5,942,164
+32.1
273,133,000
+28.9

•,<;"*

5,562,235

,j
"'

Stockton—

Grand Total

+30.5
+20.0

2,085,300

Santa Barbara.—————x
<

—14.7

2,678,723
67.675,529

^+^ 36,299,219 ' *^25,017,729 X +45.1

California—Long-Beach
San

97,117,375
7

3,495.613
81,193,536

Oregon—Portland

1

$'!<■.

4,395,643,746 * +21.8

46,988,849
3,113,204

Volume 164 VNumber 45 X 7

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

991

>

Foreign Exchange Rates

convertible

/.

.

I

; FOREIGN

'

4

'

-

ft

•

;/

/ p,. ■/

.

"

W

■:

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK TO

EXCHANGE RATES CERTIFIED BY

'

:

$$$<% S—/

■

UNDER TARIFF

TREASURY

/""■•; *

""

ACT

AUG. 9.

-

1946 TO AUG.

Date

.

Page

Co

due'

1960

Sep

1

1

.......

680

681
\

^

3

419

1

681

Hygrade Food Products Corp.—
11
;
'
1st & ref. mtge. conv. 6% bds., ser. A &
B, due 1949_Oct
1
684
Paper Co., 5%
preferred stock
—Aug 27
684
International Rys. of Central America—•
"
,
1st mortgage 5%
bonds.'..—
...^..^..JNov '" i:. : ::J:: ♦
Northern Pacific Ry.—
1
1
'
'
•
s
Collateral trust 4ya% bonds,'due 1975.—Sep
5
426

OF 1930

1

~

^

Fibre

debentures

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.,'2Vb % debentures due
1965_Sep
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry.—
:
•• •
1st mortgage 3V4S, series A, due 1970..,-...
Sep
Empire District Electric Co., 1st mtge. 3J/2S, due" 1969—Sep

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 522 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Federal Reserve Bank is now cer¬
tifying daily to the Secretary of the Treasury the buying rate for cable transfers in the different countries of the
world.
We give below n record, for the week just passed:
■'

Company and Issue—
Continental-Diamond

International

15, 1046, INCLUSIVE

,

Noon

0} '#>'

Buying Rate for Cable Transfers In New York
Value

Country and Monetary Unit

■

Aug. 9

argentine,

''4-

peso—

Official

,

In

United States

Aug. 10

r

;Aug. 12

.

Pree.

pound

Belgium,

;

V.;

.053360

—

:

.022845

.022845

,022845

.1)53360

'.022845

.053360

.053360

1.000000

1.000000

.071171

.969375

.570066*

.570066*

k

■

.053360

ENTIRE

Canada, dollar—•.: Official

v

«...

I.OO060O/

1.000000

—

•

1.000000
-

.964921

Colombia,

peso—

Czechoslovakia,

.570066*

•

.570066*

'

V570066*

•

.

.020060—

.020060

koruna

;965312

.965234

...

.

Closed

4.033593

.208767

.208767

.208767

4.033750

4.033593

4.033671

'

France

India

(Metropolitan) franc
(British), rupee

Mexico,

v

.008409
—

.008410

.008410

Z008410

.301824

.301824

.301824

;301824 '

.205946

.205946

.205979

.205963

.377892

.377892

.377893

.377892

'

*9
'

.205946

peso

.377893

Netherlands, guilder

Newfoundland, dollar—

1.000000

1.000000

.968541

Zealand,

,

3.22.7000

.3.227000

3.227000

3227000

3.227000

Norway, krone.

.201612

.201612

.201612

Portugal, escudo
Bpaln, peseta—

.040501

.040501

.040501

New

pound-

,

.278180

—

.278195

Union of South Africa, pound——

.233629

Closed

.562716*

if oncon trolled

^Nominal, rate..

.

;

'►

A

»'j

i-<—/•

' ••'.

(In

*>'/^ K-.

V>

thousands

v-

i/;

•

.

Demand

.A ; '•

Aug. 15,

Aug. 7
"

1946

1945

certificates

Total

Other

for

F.

17,351,207
750,705

R.

a

—

Industrial

1,644

+
+

Great

4,515

1,138

*'"+

13

-

Acceptances purchased

—

23,020

securities:

1,993

—

.562716*

.562716*

Holdings of Treasury notes declined

Iowa

Bills

2%%

millions

(In

+ 1,514,904

—124,320

14,452,339

-

Bonds

'

+106,000

7,771,637
595,600

.Certificates,

of

—

755,290

—

U. £. Govt,

18,320

—

W.:—s.

Aug. 7,

July 31,

Loans and

Total loans and securities—.
Doe

from

23,861,422
83

banks

foreign
Items

Bank premises
Other Assets • V,-

.

+

32,850

,

-i,:—/

-

.

2,472

+
+

59,786

Commercial,

393,140

Industrial,

and agricultural

14,877

36,845

485,625

—

-

2,486,704

.

1

—

52,269 -■#, +

1,115

—

2,422*

8,136
Loans
1

10,090

—

to

brokers

and

dealers

chasing or carrying:

for

44,961,978

+465,416*

+2,312,423

Federal

—

24,334,039

+

|>ank—reserve acct.

16,008,045

—

Treasurer—gen. acct._
Foreign —
Other

557,264
762,160
"533,169

-

Member

667

Other loans for purchasing or carrying:
U. S. Government obligations

16,331

+

84,637*

+1,004,262

——————

'

452

1,338

—

+ 204,262

159,069

+

—

62,206

—

+

26,943

—

deposits

—

17,860,638

Deferred availability Items
Other liabs;( lnd.acbrd.divs.—

2,110,673
"
10,885

.

+

84,362*
"

641

;

667

:

Treasury certificates of Indebtedness

8,908

Treasury notes—

18,476

4,908

615,127

bonds

+
.

26,971
Other securities

3,455

Reserve with Federal Reserve Banks-

1,548

'

10,280

Cash in vault...

Total

liabilities..

—

44,316,235

„

+ 463,804*

+2,211,083

184,111

Surplus

358,355
27,428

paid in
Surplus (Section 7)
13b)

—.

88

Ptyer .capital Accounts..—.—
Total liabilities &cap. accts..

44,961,978

+

serves
dote

gold
to

certificate

Commitments
$1
fnane

1,524

263

—

465,416*

Demand deposits adjusted—.

7

make

42.9%

Debits

6,102

+

-:

'

414

to

—

71

5

—

27

530

—

+

30':*

+

-stock,! series A—

+

56

+

Gov't

•Announcement
Vol. 163.

hanks

of the

Federal

Reserve Bystem

in

101

30

+

918

—697.

—1,554

47

—4,603

35

—

+
—

+1,758

26

+

149

+

495

59

+

+•..

—

—

73

41
89

—

—293

+

2,007

33

+ 1,383

63
14

194

232

21

67

accounts,

loans

creased $57,000,000 in New York

City, $18,000,000 in the
San Francisco District, $14,000,000 in the
Chicago Dis- '
trict, and $118,000,000 at all reporting members. Loans 1.
for purchasing-or .carrying
securities declined $133,000,000, ei*vhich;$128,000,000 was' in New York City.

Treasury certificates of ; indebtedness
declined in nearly all districts, the principal decreases
being $370,000,000 in New York City, $78,000,000 in the
Chicago District, $67,000,000 in the San Francisco Dis-v
Holdings

trict,:, $42,000,000 in the Cleveland District,

and

$40,-

-

Boston District.:.; Holdings of Treasury!
bills declined $29,000,000 in the Chicago District, $28,000,000 in New York City, and $106,000,000 at all report- r
000,000 in

PARTIAL

the

■

ing member banks, and increased $24,000,000. in the San




Company and Issue—
Alreon

-

6%

•

-

•

•

Page
•
♦
727
*

Date

■

Page

Aug 31

269
415

1

;

Optional $3 conv. preference stock, series of

•/l929-..-$ep

2

551

1969....J9ep

'7

822

4ltt

Issue;

VoL

161.

Name of Comvant

Abbott Laboratories

.Sep

3

•;;:'i;l8t'«nd ref. -mortgage 4% -bonds, series D, due 1962_Sep

1

<53130

series

52015
870

3

7*

A, due 1965
Chicago &-Western Indiana RR.—•

...

^

Vol.

870

■

$2490
;; J2901.

162.

Sin

;

.

When '

'

v

Share

,

;

quar.)

60o

,

8-20.'|
9-10

8-22

^*31

Stores

9-16
10- 1

(quar,)——$1.18%
common-—
*
20o

Co.

9-(10

; 97MsC

pfd.

(accum»)

35c

■

8-28

10-15
9-20.
10-1

;

$1.75

(increased)

8-20
9- 4
;

9-38
8-31 *
9- 1

Anderson Prichard Oil Corp.—

4V2%

Apex .Smelting

—

Archer-Daniels-Midland

Rubber,

$1.65

common

(initial)

(quar.)

8-20

.

—

56 %o.
25c
41 Vic

9-80
9- 3
.9- 3

$1.75

10-11

(Sidney) & Co:
City Manufacturing
Manufacturing Co.,

-

(extra)

'

Corporation, Inc. (quar.)
British Columbia Packers—1 -y—r
A

(initial

Class

B

(Initial)

—

^

s-a)
-

„

8-30

30c

60c

$!

.

_

8-19
9-10
9- 5
8-„0
8-20
.8-20

\\q,!

-8-24
9-10

':50c
40c
$37%c
$12Vio

9- 1
2*30

9-16
9- 1
9- 1
9- 1
9-13
-—
9-12 ;.J. 8-30

25c
$1.25

.

—

8-20

„

25c

—

(quar.)

9-16
8-20
9-10

9-15

$4.20 pfd. (initial quar.)—,' $1.05
5 % "preferred (final)
:.
$1.42
Blumenthal

.

— —

,

12V&0

——

Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing—
Irregular
—
Bendix Aviation Corp.^_
""
Berghoff Brewing Corp.————^—
Bird & Son, Inc., 5% preferred (quar.)—
Black Hills Power & Light Co. com. (quar.)

Boss

•

10-1
10-1

.

Works, common "(quar.)—
convertible preferred
(quar.) ——
Gear

Bangor Hydro; Electric, 7% pfd.
Beau vBrummell Ties,
Inc.—

9-3

8-31

25c
' 25c

class

Atlas ImpeHal'Diesel .Engine—
Series A. preferred (initial quar.)

Automotive

9-16

9-16

9-16
9-16
-59%c ; TO* 4-;, '9-16
50c
9-30
9-12

A (increased)
Class B (increased)—:—-—
4% % convertible preferred (quar.),
Associates Investment Co,
(quar.),.—

Armstrong

9-30

25c
20c

(quar.)——
Co. (quar.)

53c

preferred

Class

—

of Ree.

10-15
9-10
10-1
9-14
9^14

Electric—

preferred

American

Boldm

v Payable

pfd. (irreg.)
$1
Aluminum Co. of Affltrica, common—50c
6%
preferred
(quar.)
$1.50
Aluminum Industries (quar.)-_.—
15o
American Factors Ltd. (quar.)
——
30o

Breeze

-416

4s,

Sin

4%

Border

Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio' Ry.—
mtge.

,1

.

The dividends announced this week are:

New

52824

Oct

preferred stock

Brooklyn Union Gas Co.^ 4% debentures due
1st

596
.

declared.

4% %

REDEMPTION

Mfg. Co., 60-cent convertible preferred stock

Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.,
Blue Ridge Corp.—

52769

53144

-

American Public Service, T%

Company and IssuerDate
Caribbean Sugar Co., 1st mtge. 7% .bonds, due. 1941
Sep
9
Chanin Building, 1st mtge. Leasehold .4 % income bonds.Aug 15
Lackawanna Laundry Co., Inc., 1st (closed)
mtge. 6yiS_Sep
3
Melville Shoe Corp., 4%
preferred stock
Aug 20
St. Joseph
Grand Island Ry.—
,,
»
1st mortgage 4% bonds due 1947^^^^^.^+.^..iAny time

of

•

52769

are

Common ' (increased

The- date indicates the ^redemption ..or last date for mak¬

in¬

52447

*

:

agricultural

731

I

,

American Machine i& Foundry,
3.90% preferred (quar.)

•.

industrial, -^and

595

1

,

series E. due 1960....Oet

...

14,994

United States Government deposits, reflecting the partial £ ing tenders,; and the page number gives the location in
jredemptiom hf^iseries Df .maturing certificates--and 1 i- which the details were given in the "Chronicle."
.V
Treasury calls pn war loan deposits.
NOTICES OF TENDER
•

...LSep

.......

731

'

grouped in two separate tables.
In the
first we bring together all the dividends announced the
cufrent week.
Then we follow with a second table in
which we show the dividends previously announced, but
which have not yet been paid.
Further details and rec¬
ord of past; dividend payments in many cases are given
under the company name in our "General Corporation
and Investment News Department" in the week when

138

Below will be found a list of corporate bonds, notes,
preferred and common stocks called for Redemption,
including those called under sinking fund provisions.

following principal changes for. the week
ended Aug; 7: Decreases of $697,000,000 in
holdings of
Treasury certificates of indebtedness and $712,000,000 in

730

52822

DIVIDENDS
Dividends

—6,764

+

Notices

leading

Aug 24

^G.

491

—

—106

Redemption Calls and Sinking Fund

cities shows the

Commercial,

this

in

American Gas. 8;

The condition statement of weekly reporting member

282
282

65

+

>—712

deposit accounts except
S.

1
1

1947....—Any time

-y^y;"p9r

U.

*

285

—

revised.

Condition Statement of Member Banks

.—Sep
....Sep

stock, series B
....
Refrigerator Line Co.—
equipment trust certificates, series N

558

54

6 "•

—

1,259

and

1

series A, due 2022
July 1,'47
Walworth Po.^ 20-year 1st xntge. 4% bonds due 1955..0pt .1

196

—

6,642

during week.

943

Sep

280
•

Texas;Power.& Light Po.—
6% ; gold debenture bonds,

489

—

9,437

demand

Interbank

lndus-

.1—

figures

10,192

Foreign banks
Borrowings.

1.4%

-

1968

preferred

Domestic banks

+2,312,423

.1%

—

39,069

U. S. Government deposits.
Interbank deposits:

41,727

re¬

combined

to

2,102

Time deposits

deposit vandFiR,

liabilities

'August

12,602

130,202

+

+i

of

+
+

75,849

Ratio

2,222

Liabilities-

Capital

(Section

—

580

Balances with domestic banks.

Capital Accounts-

due

20-year 6% ?gold notes due 1948....;^—Oct
Sunray Oil Corp., 3%% debentures, due 1959
Sep
Superior Oil ;CQ., 3ya%-debentures, ,diie 1956..,
!— ^Sep

+1,902
+

(Including guaranteed

815,484

+

1,962

Treasury bills—

.329,371

+

363,752

+
—

133

Other loans.

U. S.

Total

•*

Loans to banks

U. S.

35

+ 118

'

1,328
■

Real estate loans-

778,924

■

,

—

683
51513
683
422
H3136

.

861

Other securities.

Reserve notes

Deposits:

debentures

Standard Gas & Electric Co.—

—3,266

: 44

-

Total, assets

—876

pur¬

U. S. Government obligations
Other securities

-liabilities—

5%

.

$

investments—total.

Loans—total

27

—

128,318

F. R. notes of other banks
Uncollected

+1,677,473

18,698

—

827

,

1945 '; i

$

555
'

Schulte Real Estate Co., Inc., income debs, due 1951—Oct -1
Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service'Co<—
Bcranton- Gas & -Water Co.; 1st -mtge. ^VaS due
1958^Sep
1
Spring Brook Water Supply Co.—
:
1st refunding mortgage 5s, due 1965
Oct
1
Seagram (Joseph E.) & Sons, Inc., 3J/4% debs, due 1965_Sep
2
Southern'Pacific C0s, i40-year 4y«%-4>onds, due 1968
.Sep
1

Aug. 8,

1946

$

Assets—

+1|706,328

^

Co.,

Public Utilities Consolidated Corp.—
lst
mtge.' 5y2S -due 1948—........

Increase ( + ) or
Decrease (—) Since

357,352

23,574,866

securities

113417

Pennsylvania Gas & Electric Co<—
►
1st lien and ref. mtge. 5J/a% and 5% bonds—.....Sep- 1
Phillips Hotel Operating Co,, lst: leasehold bonds—.—Sep 15

dollars)

1946
Total

Service

Rochester Telephone Corp.—
1st'& ref. mtge. 2Yb% bonds,

-1,102,350

•

12

Co.—

Northern New' York Utilities, Inc.—• •
1st lien & ref. 6% bonds, series B, due

_

1,651,126

+

Public

$5.50

"

.

727
727
727

554
555

Sep

preferred stock

,1
1

North Western

> '

<■

Inc., 7%

681

Dec
Sep

—

Co.,

Co.,

■

Northern

Mead Corp.—
$6 preferred

*

-

&

1st mtge^ 6s.
7% preferred stock

■

Koppers Co.; Inc.>f 4%% preferred 5 stocks..
31
Liberty Aircraft Products Corp., $1.25 preferred stock—_Sep -*5
Masonite Corp.,
preferred stock—
Oct
1

declined

member banks follows: 4 ?

22,974

+

4,906

—

;■ 49.836

—

due

5s

Ry.—
4Va% gen. mtge. gold bonds, series E, due 1977...July 1; '47
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc., convertible preferred stock-Aug 25 •
Hiram Walker-Gooderham &
Worts, Ltd., pref. stock—Aug 27
Illinois Power & Light Corp., 5ya % deb. bonds due J957_Sep
1
Indianapolis Union Ry.—
Ref. is lmprov. mortgage, series B 3yas, due 1986—Sep
1
Iowa Electric Light & Power.COv-+
«
1st mtge.'bonds, ?3ya% series A, and 3%% series'B-^Aug 26 '

.658300*

$36,000,000 in New York City
and $21,000,000 at all reporting member banks, and in¬
creased *$14,000,000 in the Minneapolis District and
$10,000,000 in the Chicago District.
A summary of the assets and liabilities of reporting

83,201

+

Borrowings

132,996

184

262,398

loans

U./ 8. Govt,

75,104

+

advances

and

58,892

+

""298,420

————

Discounts

+

642

—

18,101,912

gold ctf. reserves

cash

1,002

—

mtge.

1st mtge, bonds, ser.-A-and-ser< B, due 1969.„—Aug 20
Phoenix Corp., 4% conv. subordinated debs—Sep 16
Great Lakes Paper Co.,
Ltd., 1st mtge. 5s, due 1956
Oct
1

United States Government deposits declined

in all districts.

—

Redemption fund

1st

General

deposits

$33,000,000.

.Assets—

Co.,

3%%

.233628

4.005000

.658300*

Simon

Gatineau' Power

278181

.233628

adjusted declined $152,000,000 in
New York City, $54,000,000 in the Chicago District,
$37,000,000 in the Kansas City District, and $293,000,000
at all reporting member banks.
Time deposits increased

Inc. (+) or Dec. <—> Since

194S
Ok)kl

Franklin

$47,000,000 and holdings of United States Government
bonds increased $35,000,000.

dollars)

of

Aug. 14

g; notes

.091323

4.005000

.562716*

.562716*

Francisco District.

Reserve Banks fiombined

;

El Paso Natural Gas

••Temporarily omitted.

Statement of Oonditienof the 12 Federal
'■

Dierks Investment Co.,

.658300*

;658300*

.658300*

'*

4.005000

4.005000

4.005000

—

Uruguay, peso*—
Controlled,

679
553

.201612

.278181

.278180

.233629

(subordinated) due 1961_Sep

4

678

678

.091323

.233628

.......—

,—

Bwitserland, franc.—....

678

52142

Power

';040501

*

Sweden, krona—

549
415

1
1

1

&

.040501

.091323

.091323

1
3

1951—Any time

Electric

.201612
'

.091323

Pago

Light & Power Co.—
'
1st mortgage
3^8, due 4966—;
..Aug 29
Citizens Utilities Co.K 5'/a % 1st mtge. bonds, due 1948-Sep
1
Delaware-New- Jersey Ferry Co.,
preferred stock
Sep 30

.967083

•

.962708

466

734

1 :

Date

25-year debentures series A
Butte

1.000000

.963125

1.000000

.962500

1869

16
;

'

Central Arizona

'

Closed

1.000000

Official

"1

Blumenthal (Sidney) & Co., Inc., 7% preferred stock—Oct
Bridgeport Gas Light Co., 3% debentures due 1952
Aug 30
Bums Bros.—

.008404:

.301824

.

Italy, lira——

731

i/!" ','

Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.—
1st mtge, and col.! trust
20-yr. -6% bonds due 1948
Oct
Armour & Co., 1st mtge.,
3y»s, series E, due 1964
Sep
Bessemer Limestone & Cement Co., 6% preferred stock.Oct

.020060

.020060

.020060

.208767

4-033671

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Atlanta Gas Light 4%% preferred (quar.) —

8-31

8-28

Atlantic Coast Line RR.

8-28
8-15

Atlantic

10c
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Powder- -y—y——.y.—fcy-,uy-*y—.yy/u
Atlas Tack Corp. (quar.)..—
—
Aunor Gold Mines, Ltd. (quar.)—

9-16

10c

9-27

9-16

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25c

9-16

Autocar Company

41%C

9- 3

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9- 3

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58%C

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(quar.) —

Co.

Atlas

9-16

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Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe, common—.
Atlas
Corporation (increased)

9-30
,

25c

£

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preferred (quar.)
preferred (quar.)
Spring Corp. (initial)

10-1

Finance

Corp., common (extra)..
(stock dividend)—

share of 5% convertible preferred C
for each 15 shares of common stock

One

held

9- 3

—

9-30

5% series A convertible preferred (quar.).
5% preferred B (quar.)————
——
Automatic Canteen Co. of America (quar.) -

37%c

9-30

Avon

$1.12%

9-16
.9-16
9-10

25C

--™™_«.

8-15

75C

9-30

25C

——

shares (s-a) ™-™_«_y_-™
International
Cigar Machinery " ™—
International Harvester
(quar.)
International Bronze Powders, Ltd. com.™

25c

-.iJ

;

30c

-i

(quar,).——————(monthly)—
.....—.

.......

Baldwin

Locomotive Works, 7% pfd. (s-a)
Building, Inc. (quar.)——..... — ■
Baltimore Porcelain Steel, 7% pfd. (quar.).

Balfour

7%

Utilities™—™'™———




Products

Mills

'Monthly.... ™

partic. preferred (quar.)——1—-™
Bakeries, $5 pfd. (accum.)

pfd. (s-a)—,

Allied

Avondale

Interstate

Jefferson Lake Sulphur 7%

Ordinary

for

2nd

Associated

9-20

13C

group

Southern

—

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.7%

-

10c

common

Final—™—™.—^

6%

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$15c

Institutional Shares, Ltd.—*

Iowa

£

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Argus Corp., Ltd.-^4%% cqnv. pref. (quar.)
Armour & Company—
$6 convertible prior preferred (accum.)..
Armstrong Cork Co., common (Interim).
$3.75 preferred (quar.) y—y
Aro Equipment, 4%% pfd. (initial quar.)—
Artloom Corporation (quar.)...
Associated Dry Goods Corp.-«t
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5% , preferred
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Industrial Brownhoist Corp.—
60c convertible 1st preferred (accum.)—

Bank

9- 8

94c

Heywood-W akefield Co. com.
5%
preferred B (quar.) ™_.._...™™
Hinde & Dauch Paper Co. of Canada, Ltd.—
Quarterly ——
—
Holophane Company (irreg.) ™-—
Gas

(accum.)

Inc.

12 %C

Brewing

pfd.
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(quar.)

prier preferred

6%

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Natural

,8-31

66%c

Hendry (C. J.) Company, 5%% pfd. (quar.)
Hershey
Creameryv (quar.).™-*^-.....—.

Houston

8-21

8-16;
8-15

9-16
9-16

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9-2

8-23 /

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Heilman

8-31

$1.50

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preference (quar.)
$4 prior' pref. (quar>l»y;
Hathaway Mfg. Co. (quar.)
$3

7%

inc^

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Co.,

(quar.)
Arden Farms Co., common (irreg.)
$3 participating preferred—

8-22

$5--

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Indemnity Co. (quar.)
Great Lakes Plating (quar.).—
...
Great Northern Paper Co———
Green Mountain Power, $6 pfd. (accum.)—
Great West Saddlery 6%
1st pfd. (quar.)
6% 2nd preferred (quar.)
Gulf Power, $6 preferred (quar.)
—
-Hammond Instrument (increased quar.)—y
Hanley (JTames), 7 % preferred
(quar.)
Common' (quar.)
Harbauer Company, (resumed)
.
Tobacco

—

(quar.).

—

Woolen

Anheuser-Busch,

8-31*
8-31*

$1

American

Hartman

quar.)—

—

Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd.—
American Deposit Receipts
(final)
-

-

Co.—
preferred (s-a) __—
preferred (s-a)™——

Grafton & Co.

B

——

(quar.)

Rutgers Fire Insurance

&

Junior

Bottle—

(quar.).—
Anglo-Canadian Telephone, class A (quar.).

yy/;/':Pr:cash;y£U*.yi;-;--;iii-^^

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Anchor Post Products/
6%
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(quar.)

preferred

Class

preferred

Tire

preferred (quar.)-.—
Co.
(bi-monthly)

American Tobacco Co., common

(quar.)
Food Machinery Corp. (increased)..™^.—
Garfield Building (irreg.)--.*—™-*-.™.—
Gaylord Container Corp. com. (quar.)
5% %. preferred (quar.)
General Shareholdings--'
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$6 preferred (quar.)
optional 44-l,000ths
share of common for each share held*
General

News

preferred

preferred (quar.)__
Rolling Mill, common
preferred (quar.)—
American Smelting & Refining, com. (quar.)
American Steel Foundries (quar.)
American Sugar Refining Co., 7% pfd. (quar.)

Power

$2.50

Metal Co., Ltd., common

non-cum.

4%%

Cleaning & Dyeing Co.—

:(quar.)

Illinois (quar.)
Ry. Co.—;
—

American

Corp. (increase'd) __———
Food Fair Stores, common (quar.)

Great

of

7%

(initial (quar.)

,

$1.50 non-cum. class A (quar.)...
Federal Mining $ Smelting.^^—

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American Paper Goods, 7% pfd. (quar.)
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary, com.

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,

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(s-a)

Investment Co.

American

7%

Federal Bake Shops new com.
Electric—
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American

Federal

Globe

Leather—

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preferred

(quar)

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6%

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American Meter Co.
(quar.)

Exchange

8-31

$1.50

6% convertible preferred (quar.)
American Home Products (monthly)
American Indemnity Co.—

(quar.).

com.

;

9-12

9-20*

Forging & Socket

Boat

4Vi%

8- 6

9-20*

preferred

(increased)...
participating preferred (quar.)

Electric

8-10

(irreg.)

Shares, Inc

American Insurance

(quar.).

Co.

Hoe, common
American General Corp., $2 pfd. (quar.)
$2.50 preferred (quar.)
$3 preferred (quar.)
American Hair & Felt Co., common (quar.)—
6% 1st preferred (quar.)
$6 2nd preferred (quar.)

Empire District Electric, common (quar.)..
English Electric, Ltd* class A (quar.)..;—-

Faber

Board

5*

9- 5*

American Fork &

25C

—

Massachusetts Street Railway

Eastern

Business

American

$2.25

Chemicals—

Edison Brothers Stores,

8-15

Co., com. (increased)—

(quar.)
American Chicle Co. (quar.)
American & Foreign Power Co.—
$6 preferred (accum.)™
$7 preferred (accum.)

37 %C

preferred

Box

7%

50c

(initial quar.)

common

6%

5%

&

8-20

American Can Co., 7% preferred (quar.)
American Car & Foundry, common

j-a. y
(monthly)

Fields

Oil

Light,

Plastics

Durez

pfd.

(quar.)™

American

$30c

com.

certificates

preferred

American

5%
preferred
(quar.)
Dobeckmun Company..—._™™—™
&

9-

6%

reg—

..

9-16

9-30

8%

Asphalt Roof Corp.

8-31

v

ord.

8- 2

(quar.)

(quar.)
American Auto Insurance (St. Louis) (quar.)

,

.

8- 9

Co

Arch

American

9-10

133/ic

9-16*

common-

(quar.)—

common

American

9-10

/

$1.25

7-31

preferred (initial quar.)
Goods Manufacturing,

6%
preferred (quar.)
Amalgamated Leather Cos.

9-12
10-15

10c
50C

■:

Duquesne

(quar.)

Aluminum

Aluminum Ltd.,

9-30

(quar.).™,-..™

deposit receipts for
Distillers-Seagrams, Ltd.—
New common (initial quar.)

Tar

Co.

Cement

Portland

Aluminum Co. of Canada—

Corp.—

American

trust

Laboratories

Corp., common
preferred (quar.)

Allis-Chalmers Mfg.

class A

Stores

Distillers Co., Ltd.—

Voting

Investing—

(accum.)™

Stores

4%

.^^__™.._.'™_—

Dominion

International

Allied

•Dewey & Almy Chemical Co,, common—-.-.
■

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preferred

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(quar.)

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$3

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6%
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Davis Leather, class A
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Vicksburg Ry. Co. (s-a)_™
Allegheny Ludlum Steel
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Alabama &
,

common

Cunningham

Co.

Manufacturing Corp.
Associates, Inc. (quar.)

Extra

Crown Overall Mfg. 6%
-

Steel

Agnew-Surpass Shoe Stores, Ltd,
Ainsworth

Steel com. (quar,)—™.*—•-•—.
preferred (quar.).™
Cornell-Dubilier Electric, com.
(quar.)™..
$5.25 series A preferred (quar.)
.
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preferred (quar.)—

Acme

8-26

9-10

Wnen

Payable

Acadia-Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd.—
Class A preferential partic. (quar.)

Air

Copperweld

Crown

8,-13

Per

8r 5
™.

,'10-15

■

(accum.)
Consolidated Gas Utilities
(quar.)—
Consumers Company, $3 preferred™
Consumers Power Co., $4.50 pfd. (quar.)...
Continental Assurance, Chicago (quar.™—
5%

9-14

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Consolidated Cement, $1.40

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7-15-47

1

9-16

.

8-15

—

preferred (quar.)
Conde Nast Publications, Inc.—
dividend

10-

?

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8-15

25c

Allied

4%

Stock

8-1-47

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(Phila.)

11-

37 %c

8-16

25c

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5% 1st preferred (quar.)
Commonwealth Title Co.

1-15-47

5-1-47 4-15-47

9-9

Electric—

&

10-15

2-1-47

3;%c

give the dividends announced In previous
The list does not include divl-*
dends announced this week, these being given in th#
preceding table.
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Clark Equipment

Coast Counties

1

37%C

weeks and not yet paid.

8-21

1-2-47

$1.75

CO., common-!—
5% preferred (quar.).™
Cleveland Hobbing Machine

37 %c

K

9-9

Knitting Ltd. (quar.)—!
yyyi-'.——..-..*.y™-™*.™y!.;-*

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9-10

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preferred (quar.)™™™,

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8-21

10- 1

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9-24

8-24

8-30

9-3

$2

preferred (quar.) :_...__™_™—,
Rivet & Machine Co. (quar.).—y
Street Railway (quar.)__
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62 %o

3?

$4.50

9- 3

9-13 '

$1.75

prior lien preferred (accum.)
Central Vermont, Public Service com—
4.15%

/

'9-18

30c

$7

Chicago

8-24

9-14

12%c'

Cincinnati

9-13
8-20

9-1

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25c

Utilities Co.—

West

9-13

1

9-1

60C

8-20

37%C

(quar.).™——-—,

10-

:

$1.50

(initial quar.)...™———
Illinois Light 4%% pfd. (quar.) —

preferred

(quar.)..
Water Power—

25c

common

South

Mills

9-16

50c

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50c

Washington
$6 < preferred

8- 5

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1

(quar.)™™...™.
Williams (R. C.)
Company™.
;
Willson Products, Inc.™—™

Central Ohio Light & Power—
&

Wamsutta

;8-20

10-

$1.75

100%

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Telephone & Telegraph (quar.)..
I.) Company, common_._yi_™„
preferred (quar.) ..*_™—
™.
Central Bag & Burlap—

$6 prior lien

9-16 '

8-15
19-10

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Central

8-19

8-15

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preferred

9-16

v

9-1

Carolina

•3.6%

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8-31

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Vinegars,; Ltd. (quar.)
Pacific Railway™..
Ltd.—

New

9-16

10-

BoUers
of Reett

Payable

50c

Virginian Railway, common (quar.)
:
6%, preferred
(quar.)
6%< preferred {quar.)™..™.^™
6%
preferred
(quar.)..
y.
6% preferred (quar.)™.
;
Wabasso Cotton, Ltd, (quar.)

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9-14

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(quar.)

Canadian

Central

8-26

30C

Canadian 'Witebound; Boxes,

Case

Van

$1,12% ,10- 1

——..._™.™™

Permanent

Canada

8-26

9-10

15C

8-26

U, S. Gypsum Co., common (quay.)
7%
preferred (quar.)™__
Raalte

When

Share

,

9-10

50o

12 %c

(quar.);

Name of Company

9-2

' 9-10

j

25c

$1,12%

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of Reo.

9-9

40%

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,

Payable

50C

Brooklyn Borough Gas Co.J common--!-*--,.
! 4.40 % preferred (quar.) _—
Bullock's, Incorporated
(increased)
Burlington Steel, Ltd. (quar.)..—
Canada Cycle & Motor* Ltd.—
5%
1st pref. (quar.) ™—
Canada Foundries & Forgings, Ltd.—
Class ■ A (quar,) —y.™yy-y-yyy----.-.-;--U
Canada Malting Co., Ltd.—
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8-20

8-15

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9-

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30C

9-

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8-16

25C

9-

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2

8- 2

9-13

8-29

9-

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8-15

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10-

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9-10

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$1.18%

9-

2

8-15

Shoe Corp.—

,%k 4% %

preferred (quar.)
Belden Manufacturing Co. (quar.)—
Belding-Corticellt, Ltd., common (quar.)

1

8-17

1

8-31

10-

1

8-31

9-

1

8-15

Coca-Cola

9-1

8-15

Cockshutt

9-3

8-21

9-3

8-21;

10-

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9-

3

9- 6

9-

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8-15'

9-

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h.

15C

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8-15

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9-16

9-10

9-

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8-12.

.

9-15

$1.50

9-30

9-25

$3 conv. pfd. (quar.) "Optional" (cash or
\>\ A share of; common stock)—
—
Blumenthal (Sidney), common (quar.)——
7% preferred (final),
—_——

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Borden Company (interim)
Boston Fund

***

'Boston Real Estate Trust——
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.

(quar.).—

Bower Roller Bearing

Bowser (S. P.)

50c

8-22-

8-26

8-15

Confederation Life Association

9-

3

9-

30c

—

!

1

8-20

9-

3

8-24

(quar.)—:—

35C

15C

8-22

8-12

Brewing Corp. of America (quar.)—
f Bristol-Myers Corp., common (interim) —
3%% participating preference (quar.) —
British-American Bank Note Co., Ltd. (quar.)
British-American Oil Co., Ltd. (quar.)

62 %c

9-10

8-24

%

60c

9- 3

93 %c

10-15

$25c

$25c

8-15

10-

dividend

100%

.—-

Brown-McLaren Manufacturing

*

Brown

*

Shoe

Company,

$3.60 preferred

*

Brack Silk Mills,

Buell

Die

1

9-

Buffalo

Bunker

8-23

8-

4%

10-15

9-15

8-15

Consolidated

Paper Co.

9-16

9-

Consolidated

Press

3

1

9-14

8-16

9-

8-20*

trating

3

8-16

8-29

8-19

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Mining

8-26

45C

9-

3

12 %c

Burlington~Mills," new

9- 3

8-

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3»/a%

2nd preferred

conv.

(quar.)

9-

1

8-

8

Cook Paint &

9-

1

8-

8

8-31

Butler Brothers,

7%

(quar.)
pfd. (accum.) -

.

.

California-Western

^
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Electric

Semi-annual
*

Power

Crushed

Canada

50c

—-—

preferred-

•

class

Canadian Food Products, Ltd.,

9-

3

8-

10-

1

1

9-11*

8%

preferred

Canadian

:%%, Class

9-20

$$1.75
$$1

10-15

9-20

9-15

8-31

$25C

9-15

8-31

com.

(quar.)

$12 %c

——-—

$25c

Investment

M

8-30

$$1.25

9- 3

8-10

$15c

12-15

11-25

$75c

O

K

$15c

12-15

11-25

10-

1

9-20

U2

10-

1

9-20

9-

1

8-20

8-30

8-15

$25c

8-30

8-15

25c

10-

1

9-20

$1

11-

1

10-21

75C

——-—-

Central Arizona Light & Power (quar.)

8-31

8-15

15c

9- 3

8-10

$1

9-15

8-16

40c

4% preferred beneficial certificates

preferred

(quar.)—

(quar.)*.

9-17

9-

$1.25

9-

$1.50

3

3

8-16

9-16

8-20

$1.50

4 9-16

8-20

85c

(quar.)

6% preferred (quar.)
Central New York Power Corp.—
3.40% preferred (quar.)———————-

Central Ohio Steel Products,
New common., (initial)

9-1

8-12

25C

9-

1

8-15

11-30

11-15

10-25

10-15

A 10c

8-20

8-9

15c

9-14

8-31

$1.12%

10-1

25c

9-10

8-12

25c

9-10

8-12

25c

33%%

——;

States Edison,

Central

Inc

%

(quar.)
Corp.—
prior pref. (quar.)
Champion Paper & Fibre, common..

Century

Ribbon Mills
Products

Certain-teed

4%%

preferred
Co.

Chicago Corporation, $3 preferred (quar.)
Chicago
Chiksan

$1.12%

(quar.)———

(quar.)
Chestnut Hill RR. Co. (quar.)
Belt

Yellow Cab
Company (quar.)




10-

Match

8-

9-

'

10-

1%

9-13

8%

Corp.,

9-

-

.

1

8-13

9-30

9-18

$1.75

8-30

8-15

10c

12-24

12-14

75c

10-

_

9-

1

—

4Va%

class

$2.50

9-

8-15

3
3

9-

3

9-10

9-

$1

Class

9-20

Dominion

8-28

7%

9-30

—

/

25c

10-

1

9-

9

8-24

8-10

750
—

.

9-

8-1-5

35C

8-20

8-

9-10

8-22

50c

9-

1

75c

3

Group

Extra

75c

3-1-47
9-

4

9-

4

8-23

75C

9-

9

8-26

2-

9-

4

8-20

75C

9-

1

8-15

25c

9-

3

8-20

—«

7

Building

62 %C

—

&

-

8-31

$$1.25

9- 9

8-15

$30c

8-24

7-31

(Western)
1

8-15

9-14

8-17

9-

$87i/2C

Investments, Ltd.—
5% preference (accum.)
Donohue Brothers, Ltd.
(initial)
$1

Dow

:

% $50c m 9- 2
$25C A--'9-

Shoe Co.—
convertible prior preferred—

Drug

•

A

8-

1

8-15

1

L.)

Co.,

'

8-15

8-30

50c

i

9-

2

8-22

10-

15c

(quar.)

common

1

9-20

-

*

7%

preferred (quar.)————.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., common (quar.)—.
4V2%
preferred (quar.)
Eagle
East

Electric

Picher
St.

6%

Louis

Co.
&

preferred

Co.

(quar.)

$1.75

10- I

$1.12%
\
150

9-

Co.—

8-20

8-10

Eastern

8-20

8-10

Eaton

Steel

Products,

Ltd.

Manufacturing Co.

-

—

*

—

9-

$1.50

$1.75
preferred (quar.)
*
Eastern Magnesia Talc Co., Inc.—
Quarterly —$1.50
Quarterly:
■ $1.50

7%C

8-23

9-10

30o
Water

v

(quar.)—
$20c
(quar.) —' ; ■: 75c
.

3

A

8-12

9- 3

8-12

9-30

1%

2%c

8-15

1

-

-

>s

(quar.)

-

8-20 %
9-20

9-10

50O

(increased)
Interurban

*—*_*—*

-

*

$25o

Dominion-Scottish

(W.

—

-

preference (quar.)
Dominion Stores. Ltd. (quar.)_.

Douglas

-

Equipment

—

8-21

9-10

(quar.)

Cartons

10- 1
y,9-17
10-1 >' 9-17
11-15
10-t f
9-27
9- 5

25c
40c
25c
BOo
30c
,

50c

9-26 4 9-1^
11-30
11-25;
9- 3
8-lft
9-20
9A #
;?9-20 g 9-' 3
10- 1
9-12*
10- 1-,:^ 9-12*
10- Is;" 9-12*
9-12
8-23
9-12
8-23
9- 2
8-2#
9- 2
8-2#

9-16
9-1644

8-1#
8-1#

9-14%
9-14:
9-16
9- 3 %

75c
$1.25

8-li
8-1#
9-3 :%
8^ #>«?:

>

9-20

—

*

•

' 12-21

12-

9

9- 1

8-15

8-24

8-

6

8-23
8- 5
8-31 % 8-1#
8-31!% 8-15

35c
$1

9- 3
9-13

30c
15c

8-23

9- #

■

8-31

5%c

'•

8-16 %
8-lft
8-1#
8-lft %

8-31

4c
I®
5c
8c

8-1#

8-31
8-314',
8-31
8-31:.

4%c
4c
lc
10c

8-16

8-31:-, ' 8-1#

8-1#
8-1#
8-lft
Extra
—8-16,4
Food shares
—:
—.**
■
8-16 %
Extra
—
l%c >>: 8-31%%- 8-16
Fully Administered shares
3 '/2c
8-31
8-1#
Extra
4%c
8-31
8-16
General Bond shares
9c
8-31
8-16
Extra
1c
8-31
8-16
Industrial Machinery shares
4c
8-31
8-16
Extra
2c
8-31 4 8-16
Institutional Bond shares
10c
8-31
Low Priced shares
2c
8-31
8-16
A, Extra
**'*.50
8-31:
8-1#
A Merchandising shares
6c
8-31
8-16
; r
Extra
-—
4c
8-31
8-16
Mining shares
3%c
8-31 % 8-16
Extra
%c
8-31
8-19
Petroleum shares
4c ' 8-31 >%; 8-16
Extra
4c
8-31
8-16
Railroad Bond shares
4!/2c
8-31
8-1#
Extra
%c
8-31 % 6*1#
Railroad Equipment shares—,
—
4c % 8-31 :% 8-1$
Extra
—
4c
8-31
8-16
Railroad Stock shares
1c
8-31 p 8-16
Extra
3c
8-31% 8-16
Steel shares
4c
8-31
®"46
Extra ■:**-**--*—
2c
8-31
8-16
Tobacco shares t***;——
4
',4c
8"^
Utilities shares*****_*u--—--4%;•%* %c
8-31
8-lft
Extra"'**—
3%C
8r31 : 8-lft/
Extra

Investment Corp., Ltd.—

Envelope

—
—

shares

Electrical

9-10

1

shares

Extra

8

30c

7%

Ltd.,

10-

250

%

——

10-

shares

Chemical

Co.—

5%

Dominion

10-31

shares

Extra

Aviation

8-23

$1

—

-

Automobile

^

8-12
8-12

25c

Eastern

Great Lakes

5

9- 3

37V2C

quarterly

to Anglo

25c .' 11-15 4 11- 2.

$1.75

(quar.)

preferred

Fire Insurance (N. Y.) (s-a)
Engineering Works (quar.)
Securities, Inc.—
Agricultural shares

9-10
8-12

50C

(quar.)

Pacific Tea Co., common—

Great Atlantic St-

Great

common

preferred <quar.)
Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd.

,

9-10
8-1S
11- 1 4 10- 7
9-12 > 8-2#

$12%c
$12%c
75c
25c

quar.)
Co. (increased)

(initial

(H. W.) Company
Grand Union Co.__
1

3

9- 3

B

Gossard

8-10

25c

(quar.)

—;;

(quar.)**
—'

9-2#

,? \
' „
9- 1.4 ,8-9*

84%c
50c
$1.25
25c

5c

Gorham Manufacturing

8*10

9-

50c

(quar.)

(Colo.)

(quar.)—.;

.> $1.25

50c

-

$5 conv. preferred (quar.)
Mackay & Stores, Ltd.—
Class A (initial quar.)

10-10

$1

Manufacturing

11^ 0

37y2c

(quar.)

*

Goodyear Tire & Rubber, common

8-20

35c

(quar.)—

A

Pepper Co.

11-t »

11-25
10- 1

•561/4C
5c

preferred (quar.)
(quar.)

Extra

8-19

75c

25c

Doernbecher

11-25

30c

30c

Goodall-Sanford, Inc.

8-16

3

9-3

9-

25c

preferred (quar.)—
Disston (Henry) & Sons, Inc. (quar.)j

Dr.

7-23

25c

Gordon

—

common

7-J»

8-30

50c
(increased quar.)

Extra

6

8-27

$1

$1.75

$1.12%

common

Company,

8-30

20c

Extra

8-2#
8-2#
9-13*
8J15

1Yi%

»

Goebel Brewing Co.
"

9-30

9- 1
10- 1

25c

(quar.)*****..—..

;;

9-2

25c

;—

8-lt

9- 3

9-2#
8^i4<
8-14

(auar.)

Corp.

^

8- 1
9-16

9-16
9- 3

(quar.)

*

-

8-2#

'
10%

fquar.)

Glidden Company, common

1

-

Outdoor Advertising Co., common*
Corp., common (quar.)

Extra

■

-

9- 2

30c

Paint

___

8-3$:

8J2ft
$-19'

,

8-15
10-1

75c
$2
25c
$1.75

*

Public Utilities (initial)
Refractories Co

11-2ft
8-34

9- 3,

,

common

Gleaner Harvester

9- 1% "8-13

$1

$1.05

4%

Cup

Motors,

(quar.)*:

Telephone Corp. (quar.)
(S. A.), preferred (s-a)
Gibraltar Fire A Marlne lnsurance (s-a)
%

'

-

.

preferred

Gerrard

6

9- 3

$1

Mills—

convertible

8-«3'
-

9- 3

r ; 62Vic
25c-

(quar;)

General

8-23*

9-16 ;

50c

participating, preferred (s-a)__i
participating preferred (s-a)_

Dictaphone

*

*—«•

preferred

General

8

8-3LA % 8-16t

4c

Co.

Co;,

(quar.)_

common—

preferred

General

9-24

1

9-16

25C

Derby Gas & Electric Corp. (quar.)
Diamond Alkali Co.
(quar.)

Dumont

4%%

Chain

8-22

50c

$1.50

preferred (quar.)—;.

6%

common

Co.,

1st

8-15

9- 1

28Y8C

45c

Y.

Corp.,

9-1
12-1
9-10
9-16
>

70
37%c

---c.

—

2nd

.

RR.

Dentist's Supply Co. of N.
Denver Union Stock Yards

9- 9

common

————————.

dividend

Stock

8-30

"

Increased

Central Coal & COke—

$6

9-16

Dixie

—,

Foundry, 5% conv. pfd.
Illinois Public Service—

General

'

50c

—

50c

preferred (quar.)—.:
Caterpillar Tractor Co.' (quar.)

General

8-15

(quar.)
Delaware Power & Light—

Diamond

$$1.25

7-30

8-30

v,

8-1$
9- #
9^ «
8-13

9-3.
8f t*
9- 3
8<* 9*
9-9':, 8*19/
9-3
8-»15

$2.75

(s:a)—————-

Co.——*

Trailer

preferred

$5

8-20

8-29
9- 9

$2

(quar.)

pfd.

(quar.)

Brook

Hudson

&

1

93 %c

common

Bound

&

General

8-15

2

5C

(quar.)

preferred

Delaware

4%

Trust—
-

Company,

Delaware

Ltd.—

Cohn

to

(Alfred)

7%

8-31

8-31

1

General

Corp.—

(quar.)
(s-a)—
Curtis Publishing Co., $4 prior pfd. (quar.)
Curtiss-Wright, class A (resumed)—
Cushman's Sons, 7% preferred (quar.)

&

9-

20c

.

Corporation

Deere

10-

8-12

2%%

preferred

Culver

Decker

10-1

8-12

8-22

(quar.)

Shares

8-15

3

8-22

33/a%

—

preferred

Insurance

7-29

4%

Central

Forster

7-29

B

Central

Forster, 8%

&

9-

(quar.)

Storage

&

8-22

$20c

8-15

,9-16

30c

$4.20 preferred (quar.)

8-22

Corp. (increased quar.)
Company* $2 class A (quar.)

Central Cold

r

Crum

Crum

$25c

8-31

8-31

(quar.)

$4 conv. 2nd pfd.

$25c

10- 1

8-15

10-1

common.!-.—

(quar.)

$37 %c

8-31

15c

*

7%

10-25

Carpenter Paper Co.—
Common
(quar.). ——————

*:

Crown Zellerbach,

5

$15c

Tire

&

Zellerbach Corp.,

Crown

9-11*

10-

(quar.)_

preferred

Carman

8-30

9-16

15c

8-20

Co.—

Sexton

&

Ltd.

(accum.)
Canadian Motor to Lamp Co., Ltd.—
Class A (quar.)
%;•% Class B (auar.)—
Canadian Oil Companies, Ltd.—
5% preferred (quar.)
•

8-26

9-20

8-15

8-27

$$1.25

—

preferred (quar.)—*-*—
—General Electric, Ltd;
American
deposit receipts for ordinary
^
registered (annqal)
:
: Aiherican
deposit receipts for ordinary
registered (bonus)
General Finance Co., 5% pfd. A (s-a)
6% preferred B (s-a)
General Industries Co,, 5% pfd. (quar.)——

9-14*

3

25c

pfd. (quar.).
(initial quar.)

9- 1

15c
$1
30c
25c

>:

1%

1

$1.50

non-cum.

Dayton Power & Light, 4%%
New common (initial)

(quar.)—
Canadian Foreign Investment Corp.,
Quarterly
.—
5%

8-15
%

$20c

Class A

International

9-10

$1.06%

•

Fairbanks-Morse Co.,

9- 2

10- I

$10c

Stone

Car & Foundry, common

Canadian

'«*.*■«»•*

25C

A

$1 conv.

8-31

15C

(quar.)

•

Canadian

8-30

1

9-

9-

20c

4'/2% convertible preferred (quar.).
Crompton & Knowles Loom Wollts, common.
6%
preferred (quar.)
Crosley Corporation ——
.—
Crown Capital Corp., class A (quar.)
Crown Cork to Seal Co., Inc. $2 pfd, (quar.)

8-31
'

34 %c

common

preferred
Cannon

preferred

Canadian

9-14

8-15

9-14

$1

———

Dry Ginger Ale,

$4.25

6%

8- 9

8-24*

-

■

.

8-20

75c

;

Galr (Robert Co., 6% preferred (quar.)**.—
General American Corp, (quar.) ***—.—*

$4

—

—

General Baking Co., $8 preferred (quar.)—'*
General Cigar Co., common—.***—I

9

9-16

i

Cribben

Insurance—

new com. (initial)
(quar.)—
(Canada Northern Power Corp.-, Ltd.—
Common (quar.)
7% preferred (quar.)
Canada Wire & Cable/class A (quar.)
Class B (quar.)
Canadian Breweries (increased)—,
Canada

1

9-

50c

Life

(quar.)
Canada & Dominion sugar, (quar.)
%%:

8-23

15c

8-

.

,

3

9-16

7-30

8-20

Corrugated

1

9-

10c

—

-

■

8-

$1.75

(quar.)—*

:--**:—•

Special
Callaway Mills, $2
Camden Forge Co.,
i5%% convertible
"Campbell Wyant &

1

9-16

8-31

30C

Paper Box Co., Ltd.—
57o preferred (quar.)—.
Coty International Corp.
(resumed)..——
Courtaulds, Ltd., ordinary (interim)-.
Crampton Manufacturing Co. (initial quar.)
Crane Co., 3%% preferred (quar.)—

8-'l

9-

9-16

50c

.

(quar )—

Coro, Incorporated, new com.

9-16

9-1

8-30

50C

preferred

.

.

9-16
9-16
9- 1.

■
17 %o
—17%c

—■

common—

(quar.)

preferred

4%

25c

——;

*

"

10-1#?
,,<■ <

40c
20c

—

America

Kleiser

to

Fruehauf

30c

10-

8-3111

9-13'

25c
$1,25

(s-a)

Freeport Sulphur (quar.)

$50c

Varnish, common (quar.)_—

$3 prior preferred

9-13

1

25c

(quar.)

States

1

10-

$1.12%

California Cotton Mills, new
California

10-

$1.25

(increased)

4%% preferred (quar.)
,vButler Water Co., 7% preferred
i.

28'/a C
-

9-15
8-12

108-27

>•

of

Foster Wheeler

8-21

40C

pfd. (quar.)

(quar.)—*

Bridge

preferred

5ya%

9-15

43 %C

Extra

preferred

common

(irreg.)

Cornell Products,

8-20

convertible

Mills

Fort

8-15

9-

(quar.)_

8-19*
8-lf
8-3#,
9-t3

•

>

(initial).—********
Works—i..*
Wayne & Jackson RR.—
Mills

Pitt

Foster

10-

93%C

Continental

9- 5

9-14

9-14
9-14

25c

Corp.

Company,

preferred

Flour

10-

9-

preferred
preferred

$4

9

10-

(quar.)

8

25C

4%%

preferred

1%
7%

$1.12 Vi

-25c

9-23
9-11
8-14P

Fitzsimmons Stores,

Fort

—

$3.75

Co.—

Bush Terminal Building,

8-

(interim)

common

8

15c

——

9-16

V •

4ya%

common

Stores (quar.)
Ltd.-*
<quar.)—
(quar.)—

Fishman, ;(F, H.)

Flintkote

$25c

Extra

8-

Burton-Dixie

Corp.

40C

Power & Paper (quar.)_
(Reading, Pa.) (quar.)_
Co., Ltd. (quar.)
Container Corp. of America (increased quar.)

7-27

Bush Manufacturing

9- 3

Water

8-

6

Burroughs Adding Machine—
*

8-15

9-23

Glass

1

9-

9- 2

25c

$50c

9- 1

$1

$1.50

.

Continental Casualty Co. (Chicago)
Continental Commercial Corp., 7%

25c

(quar.)

56'AC

8-15

(quar.),

87 %C

(initial

preferred (quar.)—.
3Va% preferred (quar.)

8-5

3

—

class A

87 %c

com.

4%

c

8- 5

9-

Consumers Gas Co.

Consumers

8-6

9-

3

1

9- 1

——

Consolidated

8-15

Concen-

&

9-

55c

10-

9-If1
'

10-15

$3 f
$3
$1.12%

(quar.)

preferred

First Barik* Stock

9- 5

$1

(quar.)

Ltd.,

Continental Can Co.,

(quar.)

Co.

Extra

9-20

10-

8-30

1

90C

preferred series B (quar.)—
—
Consolidated Laundries Corp. (quar.)—--,*.*

10-30

9-16
10-

(quar.)

preferred series C

8-13
9-13
9-l>
9-13
8-13
8-1^
11-13
,9-lfr;

' > *■■

20c

Class B,

6%

(Bait.)—

Lt. & Pow.

9-10
9-16

«

————

—

Firestone Tire & Rubber,

60c'

—

A

Firth Carpet Co.,

12-10

75C

;—-—.-.i--

(quar.)—

Co.

ClAss

9-10

r

8-21,

Finance Co. of Amerlck at Baltimore—

12-15
-

9-14
-

,

.

30o

quarterly

Field (Marshall),'See Marshall Field.
Field St Stream Publishing Co. (initial)—

v8-24,

9-15

t

$$1.50

2

12V/2C

*

8-15

Increased

(Toronto)—

4%%

9-

5c

Forge Co
Fund, Ltd.
Hill & Sullivan

Bullock

9-13

9-2
9-16

25c
25o

Federal-Mogul Corp; (Increased)—50c
Federal Screw Works (quar.):ri-L—„'
12yac
Federal Water St Gas Corp.—

■

Consolidated Gas, Elec.
Common
(quar.)-—

8-22

20c

10- 1

50C

5

8-15

9-15

10-

8-15

$1.25

6C

(quar.)—

25c

Machine

&

8-10*

25C

Connecticut Power

3

$i.;5

8-26

Inc; (quar.)————-.—.
& Power Co., common—
(quar.)i._.

90c

—

9-10

$1.25

;—.

—

—_....—

$30c

(quar;)
Ltd. (increased)

9-25

$$1.50

Quarterly -.
Congoleum-Nairn,
Connecticut Light
$2.40 preferred
$2.20 preferred

8-31

2%C

(quar;)-

Brunswick-Balke-Collender, com. (quar.)
$5 preferred (quar.)
Buckeye Pipe Line (quar.)
Budd Company, $5 preferred (quar.)

-

20c

—

8-18*

N. YJ—
—; :•>

Fenton United .Cleaning to Dyeing—"*'
.' 7% preferred (quar.)—$1.75

■

'• $5

30c

Co.

common

8-9

Connecticut River Power. 6% pfd. (quar.).
Consolidated Biscuit Co. (quar.)
Consolidated Edison Co. of N. Y. (quar.)—„

1

Brown Forman Distillers Corp.—

'restock

9-10

.

■

$1,20 preferred (quar.)
Boyerstown Burial Casket Co.
Braniff Airways, Inc. (quar.)

8-23

40c

6

& Co., Inc.—

-V

8-23

9- 6

■

Co.:

Investment

Commonwealth

9-20

50C

-

'8-15

9- 6

"

:

Telephone Co.—
preferred (quar.)
;
u
Community Public Service-—

'9-

50c
....

9-1

50c

$ Vic

Shearing & Stamping (irreg.)

Commonwealth
8-12

7-31

8-16

.8-15

50C.?

TS. .750

Commoil,

3

1

25c

Quarterly
;
$2.50
10-1Quarterly—.
—
•
1
35c*
10-1
Farreil-Birmingham Co.,
Inc.i—1-L-k—25c ^ 9-25
Federal Grain; Ltd., 61/2% pfd. (accum.)
$$2.50
8-31,
Federal Light & Traction, $6 pfd.• (quar.)— $1.50
9- 3
Federal Mfg. & Engineering (initial)——
7Vic > 8-30

8-19

9- 1

9-

9-1$

;

9-13
10- ,1,; :.9-13"
9-12
8-33
9- 3
. 8- 9
9- 38J
9- 3
8-13
8-30
8-13

25c
; 25C

y

---'yv

Fallstaff Brewing Corp
Farmers to Traders Liie Ins. (Syracuse,

$-15

'

(-i—**

1

————

Sugar'---i——

Fajardo

8-19

9-1

20C

—

8-16

9-

9- 1

25C

(quar.)

pfd.

conv.

(quar.)
Broadcasting, class A (increased) _
(increased) u
—
Columbian Carbon Co. (increased quar.) —

3

8-20

50c

16c

—

5%

9-

9* 1

500

1—

"Extra

8-20

2:

250
25C

,

B

Commercial

10- 1

$1.75

—

(quar.).

7-31

B

'.

convertible preferred

8- 9

.9-

20c

8-31
8-31

Columbia

9- 2

75c

14%C
14% c

(initial)

9-30

,

250

.

Eftlr <The) (Chicago)-—
Fairbanks Morse & .Co. (quar.)

;

9-11

York—

New

60c

2—L—

(quari)*

pretexted

5%

9-30

Milling & Elevator Co.—
Common '• (Increased) •'

.

Class

v!

9-12

11-1

Colorado

$3

•;

9-12

10- t

Power

Colorado Fuel & Iron,

8-30

6%
preferred (quar.)
Blue Ridge Corp.—
-

of

Collins &
Aikman Corp
Colonial Stores, new com.
4%
preferred (quar.)

«<?

10- I

8-10

450

8-31

56 %C

8-10

9-16

87 %0

-—

8-15

i

$1.50
•

3

12-1

L-

<

—

Central

9-

9-30

$250

-

3

9-

87 %c

8-15

3

75c

shares

shares

1

9-

$5.60

(s-a)>

Shares

Trustee

Bearer

Ltd.

CO.,

9-

50c

Corp

9-13

:

$1.50

(quar.)..

International

8-12

30c ,v

(quar.)
-

Plow

Registered

1

50#

-

8-5

10-

$1.75

<*•

12-20

3

9-

250 '

Co.

Collateral

75C

$1.50

—

(E. W.) Co., $2.25 preferred
HBloch Brothers' Tobacco^'

1-2-47

87 Vic

Colgate-Palmolive-Pe'et—*
$3<50 preferred (quar.)_.

•

%

'

(quar.)

Coca-Cola

$1.25

.

Bliss

Corp.

11-

—

—i——-—

—

,

2-7-47

Climax

,5%

Blaw-Knox Co. —*—i-u—--*-.-*

11-13

$1.25

special guaranteed stock
Molybdenum Co

9-

10-

7% preferred} (quar.).
$$1.75
Bell & Howell CO., common (quar.)—
12%C
comn
4%% preferred; (quar;); $1.06%'SOc
Berkshire* Pine Spinning Assoc., common

__*

4%

30c

$$1.50

—

convertible'preferred (quar.)
Bessemer Limestone & Cement, 6% pfd
Bethlehem Steel Corp., common—————
,11% preferred ♦ (quar;)
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet, common (quar.)
6% preferred1 (quar.)-———.—
Birmingham Gas Company, common
$3.50 prior preferred
(quar.)
—
Birmingham Water Works, 6% pfd. (quar.)

J* 3

8-12

Ely St Walker Dry -'Goods • (guar.)
■' 25o
■" 9t. '1 v
Emerson Electric Manufacturing-*
,
,
•
•
7%
preferred
(quar.)
——!
—.
$1.75
10- 1
Empire & Bay State Telegraph—
,
■ ■
4%
guaranteed (quar,)—
—.
$1 . 9-3
Empire District Electric, 5% pfd. (quar.)—.
$1.25
9- 1
Engineers Public Service, $5 pfd. (quar.)
$1,25
10- 1
$5.50 preferred (quar.)
—
$1.37ya .10-1
$6 preferred (quar.)
—,
$1.50
10- 1.
Equity Corporation, $3 preferred (accum,)—.
75c
9-1
Erie RR. Co., $5 preferred A (quar.)
$1.25
9- 1
,' $5" preferred A (qilar.)——$1.25
12- 1-.
Eversharpi Inc., common (quar.)—..
30o
10-15 ,
■Extra-"-—'
.
30c
10-15 :

:

'

(quar.)„„«..

Machine

8-14,
9- 7'

8-1

$3

Cleveland A Pittsburgh RR. Co.—
7% regular guaranteed stock (quar.)

—

(A. S.)

9-23
,,v9- 1

—

8-18

$1.75 2-15-47

35c

•

8-28

; 0*21

15c
$1.75

,

,

$1.73

preferred (quar.)
preferred (quar.)
7%
2nd preferred
(s-a)
City Water Co. of Chattanooga—

50C

9-

(irrpg.)

Elgin National Watch Co., common
Paso Natural Gas, 7% preferred-,

9-2

1st

———

t25c

of Bee,

9-14

$5
^$5

El

Common

1st

.*—-—-

(quar.)**_**_«*_-.*.--*_---*---Bayuk Cigars, Inc.——
Beaunit Mills, Inc.
(quar.)——
Beaver Lumber Co., Ltd., 7% pfd. (quar.)

j:.[

Electrlo Hose & Rubber Co,

1

BolSm

,

Name of Company

.

>1 Eddy Paper Corp. (irreg.)

8-19 J
8-

.

11.25
$1.50

preferred
:
City of New Castle Water,, 6% pfd, (quar.).
.
City ojf Paris Dry Goods— ,—
7%

—

T : Class A

Beck

-

5%

Oil Co. (increased quar.).*.
Bathurst Power to Paper Co., Ltd.—

;

9

Cincinnati New Orleans to Texas-Pacific Ry.

——

Barnsdall

8-

50c A" 8-27 1
75o
9-14
35c
9- 1
$1
9-1

.

$4

*.***.****-«

8-31

& Seellg Manufacturing—
Common (irreg.)

*

Share

■

,

Chrysler Corporation
.......
_
«
Cincinnati Milling Machine, com. (quar.)—.
4% preferred (quar.)—
.■'■■•

r

..Barlow
•

Name of Company

■Chile Copper

$12 %c

(quar.)

Co..

9-25

8-31

$i2%o

'

of Rec.

1

25c

Company
Canada, Ltd.
Extra *'—.—.*.*..—;

Bareco

10-

$1.50

—-

H.l

JBarber-Ellis

Payable

Share

'

•

8-31 %%
8-31
7c
8-31
0°
8-31 ,'A
3%c il, 8-31
x




-V,T

;.':i!rf-%*:-,l,J'

THE COMMERCIAL. &•

FINANCjAE'CHBQNICLE
POT

Payable,

,

>«r

Bolter*

When

Share

Monday,

.ojf #ea,

9-14

-

$8ce
25c-'

10: li

25o

9-15

•

$l.t

; ■

-

preference
Acme

National

Automotive

National

Battery

National

;$!, *
62 Vic-

12-21 -'

10-. 1;:
10- 1

•

f350

9-14
9-14

r

250;

9-14?
9- 5.'
9- 1=)

$1:

9-1=

8-9;;

9? 3r
9-10;

8-1.21
8r273

9- 2

8- 1.

250;r

;

$1.75,
250
350

-

'25ft.

8-30)

9f 2:

preferred (quar.)——----——--•
Dairy Products (increased) - -National Gypsum Co., $4.50 pfd. (quar.) —
National Lead Co,, common (quar.)--w-r,—
i 7% preferred A
(qua?.)
r~v
6% preferred B (quar.)----—---———
National Linen Service (stock dividend--

8-13

additional shares for each share held

Two

Common

(initial) -—-—.—~r—preferred initial (quar.)

4(i%

■•***<

$1.50

9-10

$1.10

12-10

50c

t25c

9- 2,

t25c

9f 2
8-31

8-

$1

8-31

9y
*.8-21;

$1

9-30,

9-20

$1;

10-31:

10-21,

$2

10-

20c

;

1

$1.25

9- $

$2

9-14.

$1.50

8-26*

8-19

.

:

100

•

8- 9-

*

10-1

9-16;
9-16='

♦.

10- 1,
10-1

37ViO

10- I

One-tenth

preferred

4u,%

(quar.)-,—
(guar.)---------

common

National Union Fire Insurance Co.

(B-a)^----

Inc.

Brothers,

Neisner

~

class A
------New Amsterdam Casualty Co. 0&.XAW. )New England Laundries, $6 pfd. (quar.)-—

Nestle-Le Mur Co.,

8-15

^cum.)

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry

Dock—

Quarterly J—---

SS

DJc®■

Yort

New York State Electric & Gas Ccrp.-r**

5.10% preferred

(quar.)r

York Stocks Inc.— Agricultural Industry Series-Alcohol & Dist;-Industn^ Series
Automobile
Industry
Series
Aviation industry Series
Bank
Stock Serlefe

New
-

20c

,

I

,8-30

8-1$

9-16

8-29

9r 1;

8-10;
9-13,
8-31:

12y2C
l25c

9-30,

20c,

9-10,

,'40C

$1.50;

10r 1
9-10

8-23'

25o

9- 3

8t 8

9-30
10- 1-

Business Equip.

9-25.

20C,

;

Industry Series
Industry Series—
Chemical Industry Series-——-Electrical Equip. Industry Series
Food Industry Series—

9-14

$1.06 Vi.
37%C

$142

10- 1,

8-12,

8-23

8-12

$1.1254

9r I

30C

9-16

75c

9- 3

8-15.:

■

-

•

43

S

8-31

Railroad
Steel

43^0.
25c

$55 ViC.

y^25c
$1.06V4
$0.3610
$1.50

$1.37%.;
.37 Vic
25c

•Includes 5c from

AU(d'^U)ar")

Noranda
Norfolk

30c
25p
50c

7-31

25c

87:Vic.>

10-1

IOtI?

preferred

$2

100

5(4%

(initial)-f---rrr~~Zr

"

Water

"85 ft.",

$1.75
25C

75,C

(accum.J.

pfd.

*•■*—

$1.50

$1.37 Vi
25c

^

f^uar.)^——

$t

.90., -$4»pr»or p

Northern Central Ry.

$1,624'

6%

$1

preferred

$2

9-18

BeeWe for each

(accunv;)—

Insurance

Northeastern

9-12

invest,,

preferred

North River

—

(quar.)

common

held-(subject-to approval of

shares

Nortlf Ammdcan

'

8-31*
,8-15

(quar.)

Aviation--————T""~~TT

N°S tharfSeme Oast

0-1

12^ti 12- Is
9rl4
9- 1

Western

North American Car Corp.,

9- 1

9-5

Ltd. (9uar.)
Ry., common

Mines,
&

American

North

.

9- S

-

secuilties profits.

Niagara Lower Atch Bridge C®*(
Nineteen-Hundred Corp., class A (quar.)—

8-15
8,-16
8:15

9-1
8-31,

-

'

.-^25c;:;'4^f.5Z;v:12- 1
30c

Series-

Speculative -Shares*

piversified

11-28,
8-28;
8- \

9- 3

9r 6
Off t,:
9>r I
9r..l..

Industry

Equip.

Industry Series-

Industry Series——Diversified Investment -Fund-

8-30

11-3Q
<)rlO;=

Industry Series

Tobacco

;

8-31,

"

publi^Utility

;

yir20o ,•> 9hr4;/- f8-15.'

.

Series

Metals

8-15

9-3>

93%6

aeries—-—

Machinery Industry Series
Merchandising Series

9-16,

8-23,

50c

Stock

Insurance

Series

Bonds

Government

9-16

25c

r

Supply

Building

''

Liberties

(quar.)—

25c

—-

60C

6-30

8-15

Northern

9-10

8-30

Northwestern states Portland Cement (quar.)

Gas^, ^""rir^Mr\

40c

9-30'
0.1 2,
9r 2

9-2Q
8-15
8-23

N(^h(veBWr^"t^ilfties/*5^*^re)erreL--—I

,$$1.50
:
25c

,

40c

Norwalk

Tire

&-Rubber

J———

15C

Norwich Pharmacal Co.—J.

IIIIIIZZ

Extra

•u

6%

-

& Power

Ltd.—

preferred ;(quar.)—

$$1.50

~

Ogilvie Flour Mills,.Ltd., common (quar.)v 7% preferred (quar.)
—-—T'T.tvv""—^
Ohio Power Co., 4Va.% preferred (quar )—
Oshkosh B'Gosh, Inc.,-common (guar.)
$r.50 ^preferred ' (quar.)--—----Otis Elevator Co^, common
*

OutboardreMarine

&

Manufacturing^—^

SfSirpapw^V«temd
Pacolet
Pacific

5c

tz"i jf"*?■

Light

Scotia

Nova

(accum.).

8-14

9- 2

8-28

10- 1
3

7-20

$142 Vi

9-3

8i *

10c

9- 3

8-29

$$1.75

9-

37Vic"

9- 3

'350-

-9-20

$1.50
-25c
•

'

25C

H.75;

9-20
8-26

•

*

8-27

9-1-

8-20
'8-24
8-22
8- 5
8-20

8-15

%40c'

Mills

:

8r31

8-24

75C

(quar.)

Manufacturing Co.
(increased)—

<25C'

9-16,

8-30

25C
8-30,,
fi(-l6
••';.62.^C>::-:«9rt14y;,Z8r3p,

$1.25

d 34%c.

'kf.pfk

$i

4% preferred , (quar.)
Raritepec Oil of Venezuela—•1
j. American3 shares
Paramount
.

,

Rictures^.

'

*

.. r

-

25c

$1.62(4
s^5o
$13o
144c

$4.25 'preferred

-

(quar.)
Co.; Ltd*-.

Paton Manufacturing

..- .,
^

$31V4c

v

.

Common

(initial;i ouar.1 —

$55 (4c
'

t$l-.75

t$l-75
-25c

$$2
$1

$1

&oS^Co<A ct: 6\- iretOTed.;(^;)«
Electric S,witch Co
•-7
Penn

,-K

«

„.

20

■.

*preferredv class Ar (quarA
.Telephone,^common (Quar. >r-—r

peninsular

'.

.

common

(quar,)

*—:*r-

(quaj,.)' _-:4------preferred (quar.)
$1 preferred .(Quar.)--^—
Pennsylvania Electric Co.
V4.40% preferred: B (qua^-'—
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.
Common' (quar.) -—-—■—

,

; : common

ic
25C

$2
,

$1,

v:,.,
$1,
-37 ViC,

gi

5%
preferred (quar.)
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing

*?

Co.

-

-

9-15^,9-20". i

Pumps Corp.—
(quar.)—--———

National Tea Co.*

-;>>

10rl4«<.«

11- 1
A: v

SSSSS sXTl™;

9-17
8-16

8-31

$1

$1.75

.

8-20-

9- 3{

Or 9,

prior ;preferred

<:6%

8-20
■

%

10-

$1.50

National

8-23

9- 3

25C

8-H

9-21

9- 9;;

**•!>$

9r30

..

8- 7*
8- 7*

20c

*

8:20*

12'/aC

of Birmingham Electric Co., com¬
one-sixth share of Carolina Power
& Light,' common,: and. one-eighth share
of Pennsylvania Power
& Light, com
:.
mon :for; each share held—---r-------;National Pressure Cooker Co. (stock dividend)

11*22

9r 1"

8r »$•;«

8-; 3

$t42Vi;

mon,

3-10-47; 2-24-47>

-500

^

'
\

9-10

share

11-22*

$1 3-10-47 2-24-47'
50c
9-10
8-23

87%0

——

8-15;

8r. 9Sr&g|

8-31

12 ViC

(quar.)

NS!&Un^U«Uo«.

8-23

12-10

preferred

conv.

,

;

$1.12 ya

National Motor Bearing, common

$1.10*

40c

.

9-9

$1.08

s,;

9-30^ fet
8-31;

9- 9

*200

'

8t13*

.

8-10.

25Q
;

■

4y*%

9-10,1

9-14

250

'■

-v

8i,9,;?ys
10-18^4^-f

;

10-15
$1.75-.., 8-30 '
25c
10-15

National

8-13;

9- 2

750

■'

•*••>'

8-I5••

8-8*;

30o

IOq

8-9

9-19:
12?!*'

150
9,-. 2
3Qc.,11-..it

(quar.)—-r~--—t-r--

8-20

,

.

■

8-22,

50c

h

9-14;

,

;■'

9-1

$8l(4c

—■

Company, common (quar.)
7% preferred (quar-)
National Cash Register
(quar. ----------National City Lines, new com,, (initial quar.)
National Container Corp.
(quar.)—
National Cylinder Gas Co. (quar.)

.

'

;

Biscuit

8-1

Co.

9-28
12-28

$1.50

(quarj.,-^-----------Fibres^ Inc. (quar.) —

-

/

*^,1

$1.50

(quar.)

Co.

8-21"

10- 1

250;

v

6Vi%
National

BoUtrg
ofXea.

,

....

...

8-20,.

9-5 2.:
12-31

<

America

preferred (quay.)! —

8-31]

f20O;

of

6% preferred (quar.)-——r—r-'-rrw-r—
Nanaimo-Duncan utilities—-

8-10:
8.-15
8r28 >

,

Chemical Co.

9rl$v

250

..

Mutual

10-.5

8r31
9r 3.

250;

i

' 8r26.i

,

11-15}

10c

t$3

8-14

When
Payable

Share

NaiM of Compant

.

$18c

10-1;

' 9-12

fi:
a

Number 4517

Volume 164
•:<vy,;7w*'*

'H >.

•

995.

V. A''"**:

" .' /I'/i?-?'/

■'"• -,•'.• • yfii -*'■

f\//ft-

Boinert

|

,> "V

Name of Comvanit

•

$1.75

._

Pennsylvania/Water & Power, com, (quar.)
^preferred (quar.)_„L_.:_—_______.i^—11

$1.25
$1

PettIbone*Muillkenr

256

Pfaudle^ Cdi^f 8 %^vpreferred

..........

-

—

Philadelphia Suburban Water, com.
$3.65 preferred (initial quar.)_

—

Philadelphia. Transportation—-

/.

9-

•

6

".

8-18

8-30!■?. -''b
8-15

84124

r.

30cs
$1'
30ci
10c

Poor

25c
37%oe
-35pv.

it

Company, class B
$1.50■ preferred. A (quar.)——.•

Potash Co. of America
Electric

Potomac

6%

(quar.)

Power—

$$1.50;.
$75e
$2.50;
70c;75C"
15o :
$1.50

Prentice-Hall, Ino.,'common (quar.)
$3 preferred ;(quar.)—_—_——
Proprietary Mines, Ltd.—.
Public Electric Light Co., 6% pfd. (accum.)
Public

Bank

National

/Quarterly

•

&

(N.

Trust

Y;)-

X;
of. Colorado—

r

Dredging

Standard Oil
Extra

Corp.—

.

of

Indiana

8-22'

8-20':

9-20;
8-15

6%

8*15;
18*30

'

9u14r'
9»*14!
10*15!
9-14;
9-14'

(s-a)

_

8415'l
9~i3;>

•

W

9r30r'
9-1*
8-22.;
9-1

8*30/1

(increased)—.——-

19y,-M
9- 3|

6% preferred (quar.)
$150*
8-31
Quaker State Oil Refining (increased)
•
30c 9-16.'.
Quebec Power Co, (quar.) —
J25c i
8-26
Queen Anne Candy Co.
9'flv
Raytheon Manufacturing Co.—
^
$2.40 convertible preferred (quar.)
.
60c
10-1
Reading Company— il" • •
<
•
•'
'if !•$%:.'. non-oum, 1st preferred (quar.)50h
4 9-12.
Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc,, com.
(quar.)
150.
9-15
$5: prior preferred
(quar.) ———oat.
$1-25'
10- 1
>
$7, preferred
(quar.)——
$1.75 • 10^1
Regent Knitting Mills, Ltd
—
$25c <
10-15
Reliance Manufacturing Co.—
ipreferred (qpar.)——
—-T.—
87%c.
10-1
Remington Rand Inc., common (quar.)
* 35o"
lfl^-l
$4.60rpreferred (quar.)-xx-i.
$1.12%
10-1
Reo if Motors,
Inc.——
i.-.—-■
37'/2C.
9-25;'

8.

9*10/
=

/

•

L

8-301

7-lOi
94 li'->

.

«

-

.

»

9.-15

,

AX'

..

'

f

9-

1"

8-181

$25c

9*

1

8-15ri

10c

37% 6/

8-23;
8*20-

9-25

$2.75'

9*10"

8*30

'"'

50

8-15?
-

8-15,1

9-

3 V

9r

3/

8-15;-

10-

1

.

9-19

7%i«lst preferred
Corp.

10-1^.

-

9* 3

9*13)

Terre

9*13..

Texas; Gulf

9*15?

Texas; Public

Haute

.

9-13

8*18

10c

8-29?

8-9^ ?•

•

% -li)

$50

8*26?

10* 14

,

I#

.

25 c

■

,

j

1

8-26

9-14

.»

9-257

25c

Water Works, 7% pfd.
Producing Cd.—ir/i

(quar.)..

$1.75

3i>'

9-

:

20C:

iVa%

(quar.)—

preferred

Rice

Stix

Dry Goods,

25C

8-12»i

8-22
9*101'

Electric

preferred series F

Rockwood

5%

&

Co.. common

preferred

•

Stock dividend

_•

5%

25%
15c
31 Woo
45c ;

—

(increased quar.)
preferred: A (quar.)^.

Scott Paper Co., common
•

>

Seaboard

Oil

—*

(quar.i

8-15*

Power : (quartl—.!.—«/
Pen Company (quar.)—

8-10*/

Sheaffer

;<W.

A.)

50c

v"®Ktrat"1.--i—■
Sherwin-Williams Co.,

4%

pfd.

".

256;
$1'

(quar.)

/ Sburoni

Optical.^Co;' (0uar.) /ii—^
Signal Oil & Gas, class A^i-/-——^

35c
60c

'

■••"dass'B

•

9430
9*15'

9*20

9-15^v
8-31
8-31

56y4C'

9-129-1.

Simon (H. ). ds Sons, Ltd., Common
:i preferred < oua

Saw

Simonds

& Steel

-

(quart$?3O60
9- 3
: ; $$1/25 ? >• 9* 3./.
(increased) —x.—
* 9-14

Simpson's, Ltd., class A (interim)
•

Class B

4%%
Srhith

(inlti6lH£X^-l-4iSX-^-«—^-^1--J.''

iExtra

(quar.)

Commbn
■

(increased

preferred

qiiar.)—

>
—_

(quar.)^——•




/ 8-26

-

8*26n
9-16

v.

•„.

!'•

I

*-

r

8-17/

8-17?
8-15;
R- 5/
5

8-10

9-10;

8-10/
8-1/

40c

97 '/ac-

9- 3
9- -3

U. S. Plpe & Foundry—
'Qim-rfa>r1y
/.in-.V. r '
Quarterly.

8-15

llrl5!
8-15

?

3

11-15

8-31•

8-15 >

$1.06 y*.-

8-31

8*15

37%.

8-31

8-15«

10c

8-31

8-15';;

8-31

8-15"

12%oo

(quar.)_

8-22

8-1

8-22

8-1

3

8-15

■

V

'Z>25oi*

?

(quar.)

9-

$1

Co

75c

Co.j

Z//'

9i 3-

<

8-15

11-15

75c

(quar.)

common

75c 2-15-47

$1.25

•

11-1? i

111-15

$1.25 2-13-47'

1

a- 1,

■250!/'!? 9-14

,;

8-15

8-13.
0-14'8-27-

com.

Instrument

WfestonZ(Georee) Ltd;j 4M.'%4

Wichita River Oil

25c

(quar.)

nfri

8.-30

•
•

8-13;-

.

*

(mu

Corp,,

(Initial)—

common

25c*

10*15

,

Wilkes-Barre

9-30

Lacei
25c
Manufacturing Co.____
8-31
WlUi&msport Water, $6; preferred (quar.)
9-3
$1.50
Wood Newspaper Machinery
9-1
10c.
Corp., common
0'% convertible' preferred-"(quar.)
9- 1
.//l /£/>
31%6
Woodall industries, 5% conv. pfd/
9* 1
3iy.c.
(quar. )„_
Wbodwartt Governor "Co, /(quar.)_
Z 25o
y'0-p
Woolf ? Brothers, 4 Vu %
/ UViQr
preferred (quar.)
9* 1
•s,v

8-15
8*10

8*20/

(Rudolph)

Co.,

t

8*20;
8-15
8*21

.

8-20

y

15%'

8-22

'406'

7-5

9- 3/
9-20

9- 3.

9-16

9-3

$1.12%

9-18

?

8- 9;

37% CZ
$1.12'/a?

Worthington Pump & Madiinery, common.4 y2 % ' convertible preferred
z(quar.)*-«X'-i4y2% convertible prior preferred
(quar.)_
Wrlgley- (Wmi) Jr. 'Co;,'common (monthly)Common (monthly)
Wright-HargreaveS Mines, Ltd. (quar.)

9*3

25c

9-

25c

(quar.)

20C'•

•

0-20
8-22

10-

30C

(Increased quar.)

si)y-ir

r

V,;"..'

12-20

9?-l8

756

;

■

1

1-1-47

:

8*15..; •

.

";VV".z

'

-

Z

-

8-20-

1

9-1

;

X80 '

Zi /

3Z

10- 1

$5C>" 10-

common

1

Institution'

75c

9-15

9-

750

12-15

12'

iwJddm-

30%

Jamaica

..

not

Income
closed

tax.

for

this

dividend.

tPayable in U. S. funds, less 15% Canadian non-residents' tax.
■,
JPayable in Canadian funds, tax deductible at the source.: Nonr^ident.rtaX, l5%;/.resident/taxfv.7,%. ft LesB :Brltlsh income tax;;i:?z/iZz

|.lj. ..^.1

11,1

;

....

1 ' .lL!'.;

-

.

,'I

I.'.'U

f,'?/,

f 1 f|,fi ,J I.1 Il4

/

.

6^

General Corporation and

,8-23'i

9-

105

"4

.«

9-10,

Investment News

7-17

1

9*11

L
1

■.

(Continued from page 96,0.

9-

3

8-15,

530

9*

3

8*15

>

58M,0

9-

3

8-15

r

//

:

$2.50

10-10.

8- 6 '

•9-6-'

50c

9-30

71c

9-3.

8-20;

50ci

9-15/

25c

.

8-30?

8*23

•; ; ;;.tZ

(s-a).

'-22140:

Z.|v

>

29;7p9 c6namahj shares' ($1 par) at $3.'50 per share.
Debentures
deemable

12-26/

1-2*470

:

Co., on July 23 offered $500,000
15*year 5,% sinking fund debentures (with common share/
purchase' warrants' attechedj at" 100 and/interest; arid,"'

8*15 !

:

.-.Xrl

Offered—

Maxwell, 'Marshall

9-20,

8-27.'

':25c;/

:

;//..ZZ'Z?/.:.///?.M?'. Z:>?/4;1?

Sterling- Electric Motors, Inc.—Securities

at

are

dated

'

i, 1946, and mature May 1, 1961,

May

re¬

2%*% from dati

company*? dptibn at following premiums:

/J/:

:

U. Si
U.

.•"•■•. " ,■•/

;

40C ''

/

.J

—

50©

$1'

.....

Rubber Co., common (increased
1st preferred (quar.)

States

.

(accum.)

Printing

v-;/:

:''if

benture detabhable

entitling the

9-

$1.50
$1/

■

8-19;'

9

IZ 'fZ

50c /

62% c;

ti//-"

A

■:

/// /

'>/,

9-

2

1

9H4'

9-10

<8* 9 !

$1.75

8-20

8-15

25c

9»

,

2;

-

■;'

25o

9-16

25o

12-16

_

8-15/

::■

Universal.Pictures, 414% preferred (quar.)..

$1.0614r

ROc

.

9- 3
12- 2

•

.

To each $1000 de¬

warrants

common, shares

"

,

are

($1 par)

attached!4

at $5

iper^

calendar years 1946 arid 1947, at $5.5®year

19'48,

purchased during the calendar year 1949,

'

and

at

^

.

$6

The warrants

/

agafnsfe dilution ?an<J
-

,

Registrar; California Trust Co. Los Angeles, Calif.

7

/

i

Transfer agent

warrant' agenti' citizens;? National Trust is Savings IBank/ of Los

and '
,

t

.

HISTORY

—

there-

_

jt I

.

y ]■:.

/

"*

'

'

' "• ■■

.,P

^

,

«+•

Angeles.

.

Universal- Mdteh.

100

therekpirb'Dec. 31, 1949.

8-30

8-30

holder to buy

purchase

C0utato"plovisibnd; jprbtecting! the' putchase^ right

8* 5

9-16

10c

share

comnion

share If purchased during "the' calendar

per share if

8-15

10-

l'y2.%

May l, 1953;

1959; and nb premfuni thereafter.

share if purchased during the

per

8-22

4

$17V2c

(resumed)/.

Laboratories;' Inc.—
Quarterly £.v...,, -..i

after to May 1,

9*14

8*19 1

9« 9-£
9-

iSstfe/'tc-MS'y'l,"11051;';'2%/thereafter to

after to May 1, 1955; 1% thereafter to May 1, 1957; % of" f%' there-"'

9-14? '

1*

10*1

: ■

(quar.)

"Corp./Lt'd.

11-304/

'

& Lithograph Co.—
Commonj,/^-._u.._i/_.^_—-

Steel

10-

$2

S."Rubber Reclaiming Co.—

United

,8-31*.

12-201

"81/

—...

prior: preferred

of?

ri-z;

0-20

400

•

...

&

BUSINESS—Company was

organized In California in

•

1927..

It Conducts

a

business 'of/manufacturing

three principal; types:

9*15'

8-31

motofs of

9->3

8-15

(geared : head)

and

selling' Alec'trii,.

Standard,' motors,, Slo-speed! motors;

and/ Speed*trol ? motors /(variable' dpeed

?trans'mlssloiis)>z

'

'

"

8-17;

Quartftriy',-

>.

$1

•

U, S."Playing Card (quar.)
Extra uii——

Quarterly

8-20,

9-

1

10-

50C

(quar.)

Universal

/-

2!

3

7-311

1)

9*10

175c

United Utilities? & Specialty Corp. (initiaJ.)
Universal Insurance Co. (quar.);
;

9-10

12-

$1.25
22%C,.

preferred

(quar.)

•Transfer? books

$-10

.v.c

.

50c

United

8-20'

10-

,

8-15

20o,

9- 1

.

■1'."l>referred'':-(quai/);£ii/^—//^£/////^:!

1

:<>«•■*

87%0

...

U. 8. Steel Corp., common_..-/-/.£.«.//^w.

8-1
8-

'•

8-30
•

25c
d

.

Sjieciaities- Cp./....t—;

5% 1 preferred

8-23

9-

•

8-30

-

t25c

$1.75'

preferred "(initial)
Leather Co., class A (quar.)

8%v

8.t15*

;>

8-31'
12-

8-17

?:

3 ?

V:

■

'8%
.

9./

r

Coal Cos. (quar.)
Investments/ Ltd.-**

preferred (Initial)

8-17/

3

9-3

•

z

$2.50i

4 %%

Supply

Electrical

xLess

9-15

-

Hoffman: Machinery. Corp.—

AVa%'

-9vl 1
::
9* I*

8*

S.

$1.12

Z

/,

y,.'

9*

.

9-10

'

8-15

.
•

8-15 •'

,

3 '

4%%:
U.

75c

8-13

v;

.

8*15'

•

9-

;

U.? 8/ Lines Cq./bommon (0uar^

8-10.

60c

/•

—w————:

£—

3%.% preferred, (quar.),r^
Sioiix! city Gas & Electric—

$3.90

•

preferred (qnar.)£.£-4---~-£.--.».w4$lil2%
(Alexander) & Sons Carpet Co.—
' /
'

Common
-

150c
*50C

—

'

U/ S.

8

0-31

75C

JOS JZ

8-16*

3

37c

(accum.)..

Uv S: Guarantee Co. of N.
•

8*249

8

8*■-

i

.

•.

8*10 i

8-

8-22

406^'

r<

prior'preferred (monthly)
_L
6.36%; prior preferred (monthly);
7%
preferred (monthly

5 " United!*
i

7-18'

9-15

15c;
62y2c
$75.48'

9^ 3

9-

Ltd.-'—'^ ';•*?#«*$•

United New Jersey RR. & Canal

10*19*

«•///

8-20

3

9-

9-

6%

9-100 ^
8-30*

8-26

&

$1<23<

Zion'S ' Cboperatlve Mercantile
Quarterly

9-16^

9-10

25c

United.7LightvAs Railways (Del.)-*

;

8*24;'

25c"

_

&;■:

:
I

'

25c

'New

9-10

2

$1.25

Electric
Fuel

0-16

8-27

■

j

(s-a)___.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube

ft

preferred A (quar.)
United-Grain Growers. Class A pfd. (interim)
United'. Illuminating Co. • (quar,)u.._£a£._£._)

9*109
•

50c

-

Signal Royalties,- class A (quar.)
l.w.
Signode Steel Strapping Co., com. (quar.),—
6%' preferred
(quar.)
—.——;
Simon (Franklin)
& Co.. 7% pfd. (final).
4%% convertible preferred (initial quar.)

15

9-20) ;
12*20) ;
8-10

United

7-20
.

V

YellbWCah'Co/' (San ■ FranclsCO)—

9-10?'

9-30 '
10-

•"50c

/6%

.

held

..

"

8-16

0-16
'■? "

9-20 -

9-20

93%c

£•£

United

,
i

1%'.

10-

./

United' Dyewocd Corp.,-7%. pfd.

8-12*

share

8-20
~y

t $2.50

Yale''& ^0^0* AlanUf'acturlng" Co.Z/x«_

8-30'

.

A (quar.)
Company (quar.)

Corporations,

9-10

50 c

United Cigar-Whelan, $1.25-prior preferred—
United

i

IOO

8-16
*Z

0-14/

25c

Wurlitzer

8-24?
$1- 9

1

U-*

Corp.—

Class

8-26 '
8-26
8*26'
9- 3':

$25c

&

-

8-23;'

9-14/-

;

•

*
1

8*2

11-15

ny2c

(quar.)

I

9'

8-20

9

9-

6214c<
13%C

convertible preferred (quar.)
United Biscuit Co. of America

9-10.

9-12
114 1
9-16
9-10?
9-14;

25c
336'

Class;V •>'10c

Shawinigan. Water

l-O-l

25c

Co/ (quar.)

Co.' (qua,r.).———
Corporation Class A (quar)

Sears Roebuck &

Serrick

*

8-15 v

10- 1

Car

Aircraft

9-

30c

(quar.)

8-

r

5

25c

(quar.)

1

Rubber

9-

8-30

$1.50

5%

9*1(1?

8-20

85cr:

(quar.)—

preferred

$3.40

United

'

.

Common

i:-v

$3,75, preferred
Union'Tank

9-16

Corp.-—

&

of -California—

8*10,,
9-16

(Dallas)

9-3

•

5%

Oorp/, 5%% pfd. "(quar.) :

Corporation

8-30,

50c

Coal/(increased'quar.)

Asbestos

Union -Oil

8-15

$1
20c
$1.25
$1.25 ^
ROc !

(quar.)
(quar.)

Underwood

8-30

9-15

5%

South La Salle Street Corn,

Union

Corp.—

(quar.)

Acceptance

Securities

'

9-l5«

——

>

208

Tyler Fixture

9-18 *

9- 1
9- 3
10- 1
5%
prior preferred (quar.)
———
10- 1
Roos Brothers,: Inc. (quar.)
—
9-20
Roxr Theatre, $1.50 preferred (quar.)
37V2C
8-30
Ruppert (Jacob) Co., common
'25c
9-1
AVz% preferred (quar.)
——
$1.12ya
10- 1'
Ryan Aeronautical Co. (quar.)
*
10c
9-10 •
8aco-Lovell Shops (quar.)——
25c.
8-24 .
St. Joseph Water Co., 6% preferred (quar.)
'
$1.5Q
9.4 3
San-Nap-Fak Manufacturing Co.—> ;• ■■■,<
70c preferred (quar.)-——
17%c
9-30
70o preferred
(quar.)
17%C'
12-30
A%

;
1

8-15':

9-15

25c:

receipts '(final)
$6 1st preferred (quar.)__

Trinity Universal Insurance

8-

$1.75;
$1.75

Co. (increased)..
(irreg.).—

(interim)/£.

Truax-Traer

9-12 1

•t$i

(P. W.) & Coy, Ltd.—
" ?
s'': "
'Ordinary (interim >4
L
Woolworth (P. >W.)i Co. (quar.)__IIIIII™"

11-25

2

25C'

depbsit

Company,

12-

$1

8-28/

8-15
9-. 3
10- 1
10- I

common^—

Bearing

Securities

:

Wboiworth

8*30

f:'A

>)

common

1

,10-15/

9-2

...

$2.50

Trane

33V!i%
75c

%% 1st preferred (quar.)
■h% 2nd preferred (quar.)
&

'

$l-12Va

-—

Roller

American

10-15

.84

:.."r*

Rochester Gas

Ti'mken'
Tobacco

11- 1
11- 1
9-16

15c
,15c;.
25c

(stock dividend)—

Rhode Island Insurance

8-25

Tide Water Associated Oil

8-10:

.

30c

Republio Insurance Co. of Texas (quar.)—
Republic Investors Fund, Inc*—
.
~
6
6% preferred class A (quar.)
■v'
6% preferred class B (quar.)—
—
Rheem Manufacturing Co,v com. (quar.)—

9'

94-s!fr:

*

(quar.).

15 preferred

9-9
9-

•

(Del.)

40O?

■:/ZZ$t/!

9'

10-

:Z; 8- 9'!

9-10

.

,

1

(s-a)
Thompson Products, Inc.,
4„% preferred (quar.)

10-19?

$150

.

Thermatomic Carbon Co.—

9-13

.

$1.75

??:'

„

__

.

Service

9-10

8*180
8-151

'

>

50C

(accum.)

(quar.)

.

9-20

8- 9.
s-

'

Tennessee

5

8-15

:

(quar.)_

Weston

'

'

5

3

9-15

<(quar)uw-„i>
Westmoreland; inc. (quar. vZ'.T..
" /.';

*

8-150 t

9- ?lr ';

$3c

99-

9-

_7 %" participating preferred

8-301

50c.'
£

8-15

8-23/

3?;

$1.50

•

$5' preferred';A (quar.)
$5 preferred 'A, (quar.)_k:

40C
40O

.

8*261

,

each

Wetttaghouse Air Brakeiu
Westinghouse Electric -Corp.,

10c

25c

Auto

iCommon

9-10

-

8-26
9*

$9

Western1 Pacific RR.

8-23.

9-20

25c
-

.

9*

8-31

9-15

preferred, (quar.)^
preferred (quar.)__

Western
v

9-14

25c

9

8-20*

;/ 9-10*

20C

$4 convertible'preferred

8rl5,.

9-

$20c

(quar,)

_.//£—

8-31

WesSon/Oll:&Snowdrift*^.. ",/

,85c

Co. (quar.)...
Sylvania Industrial Corp. (quar.) u.
Sylvanite Gold Mines, Ltd. (quar,)
Syracuse Transit Corp. (quar.)...

jm2m

-

-

Wentworth Manufacturing
Co., common,.-..
$1 convertible preferred (quar.)_^^__^__

8-10

1
2

9-

/- ?•

60/

'

$3.25

:i, 9-

15C

)■

d

1

i3y4c z

Non-cuto,/4 2M; preferfedw-.*.^/v.-Z/-^/-./x.
Wellman Engineering Co. (quar.) »

9-19

2

9-

$1.50

(quar.)

10*

z i3y4c

■

Welch Grape Juice,

;

8*15'f

1

8-15

$i:'

%/

Participating?. Units—£-».

8-12'

1

10-

Z

.

Corp

preferred

5%

11*30

3:

9*

9-

25c

5%

8*31!

8*23/

.

Talon, Incd^pofhti^wi^
i
Tampax, Inc.
L
Teck. Hughes:Gold Mines (interim)
Telephone Bond & Share Co.—

for

5%

8*31'

12-12

25c

participating preferred

share

Petroleum

•Common

1

.

Swift'International

*"}<*
8- V

9-

9-12'

50c '

;u

.

,

Gooderham & Worts Ltd.—
(quar.)

additional

Warren

8-12"

9-12?

'75C

'

Corporation
(initial)
Superior Tool & Bie Co/ (quar.) //•..
l._.
Susquehanna Chemical, 5 V2% pfd. (s-a)
Swan-Finch' Oil, 6% preferred (quar.)
4% 2nd preferred (quar.)..;
Swift & Company- (quar.)

84 6

Qualcer Oats Co..

3'

9-11

12MiC

..

10-15

1

9-

i2y2c

.

Super-Cold

8-23.
8-

11-

1

$5

(quari)/—s../

Washington Railway & Electric Co.—

Oil Company (quar.).
Sundstrand Machine Tool

8-30

-BOc^
$2
25&
$1-25
S0C

A

Iron

(Northam) Gorporation—>
$3' preferred "'(quar.) .-jWXcM?
Warren (S. D.) Co., common
$4.50 preferred (quar.)

v

.

75c

Sim

(L25.;

VJ,

100%

•'•■Extra

8415;
.

.

Class

8*16

*

i

9* 0
'

Warren
.

3

9-

.

8-15

:

3

10-

20o:.

Warner & Swasey Co

"!

1

10-

50c

-

8*12

'

>

:

•

One

8*12"

9-10,/
v. 1S

.

3114c

-

6y2%: preferred '(final)
Stuart (D/ A.). Oil Co..;(irreg.).

9-30^

9-10

,25C

Ltd.;*/;

9* 1*
9-

$1.50 V

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
(stock dividend-

8^X

9-161

1

^

?

.

1

9-16

$2.50
$2.50?

•$L:-prefeilTed~4'i(final)'£i:/i££/-£-^i-i-z^;i:

8-31

37y2C

...

Common

8« 8»

8-28.

9-

?

••

Alhhlet*'MinOs, - ltd, • (quar.)

Wklkertv (H.)

8-20

<

r

*■ 'vr

\

'

12-

$7C
30C
•A

'"■t

12-10

.206

.xi_

/■

9-10

$1.75/

Walgreen Company, common (quar.)
4%' preferred
(quar.)
Walker & Co.V Clasa B-JLn—
?
^

9-20?

Stromberg-Carlson Co.—v

.

&

Class A
(monthly)
Class
B
(monthly)
Vogt Manufacturing Corp.
Vulcan Detinnlng Co., common
7% preferred (quar.l.
.

Waite/

i

7-31

3

•.

y 8-30 / 8-15 /
50cvi Z 9* 3 /
8-16

$3.50
i

; '•. .■>

.

(quar.).—/

A

8-lS!;;
••

'i.

-

9-

60c

preference

'

•.

9- 1
10.*'li

40c

(quar,)

prior

8*13"

9- 3
:

.

8-lS;

8-30
•'

Coal

Vlsking Corporation—

8-23

■

J«y.-

;

8-29
9-20
few.-liil !

1

-

Virginia

.

(quar.)
Stokely-Van Camp Inc.—
5% prior preference (quar.)—
Strawbridge & Clothier—

8-15;-

5

r/.'-.

Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp.—
4$6 participating preferred (accum.)__

■•8?31^;Z;

'-if

■

40c

Sterling/Drug inc.

8-15/.

"■

8-20)V i

9*16/

rt'm

Common (quar.)
Stock.: dividend

-

<;

8*206

9-

$$1.25
62y2C

Sterchl'Brothers Stores, new common (quar.)
'
Extra

8-16

18-26,

3'

9-16

36y4c

$1.12 y2

_^_4£.i^..v4-i4*—

Works

5

n

8-31'
9*

—

Standard 'Stoker) Co. (increased) -.......
Standard
- Wholesale
Phosphate
&
Acid

8-20 1

:

7-311

9-15

9;

10-

$1.75

l'x

9-28
12-29

1

9-

-

vV'v

8-30

■

'

?Z:

(s-a) {
5% ^preferred' (s-a)
Victor Monaghan Co;: (quar.)«
Victor Products -Corpi

_wb

1

10-

$1"

/„

■

1-1-47-

.

62%e

Common

10-11

94-3/.
0-14

:

$l.l2y2

(quar.)

Participating-- coiiyertibles' preferred
Standard Steel Spring— / / ?v <' . •
:4 4 %" preferred: (quar.) i.__.

9-20;;

.

.

8-204

IOOK

$1.37 »/2

8*190

10-15

35c

$1.37 >/2

....

9-20,:

8-15 >

«

.

/

8*30/

8-3 l.c

$lCi

75c

Vernby Corporation idnitialV—;/-;;/a'Z
Viceroy Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (quar.)
Vick. Chemical Co.-'(quar.)
Vicksburg 'Shreveport & "Pacific Ry; Co.—

?;-s- ir>:

9-18

40c

Standard Pavingi-8r Materials;!

$1-75

preferted: (quar.)——
Pullman, Incorporated' (quar.)
Punta Alegre Sugar: (increased)
Puire Oil Co., common (quar.)—
5%
'preferred
(quar.)—J.

PuHty Bakeries, Corp.

Z

10-

75c

•

of Rea,

..'V

9-12

?;?:?/; $2;:

(quar.)

?2%( 'Urbfferfediquar.l—
7%
preferred? (quar.)

9-20:

9*12/

37 '/a Of..

'...•■750!

(quar.)

8-15,'

9-30/

-

preferred ti(quar.)—I—

85

'

,

Standard

8-15'

9-3
9-' 3 '
9- 3"
9- 1
9« 1:

—

•7%

;•

prior preferred

\ ZL\V\

■,

50c

;

H oldert

Payable

n.'/

Vapor Car Heating Co., Inc.—

its

/

.."J

-

(quar.)..

preferred (quar.)^_<..'..._.
Sthndard-Coosa-Thatcher (quar.)

8"16;

10-15

$$1.50

'ii ~ -iw AiUum'mi#* ****''

$1.60? convertible-: preferred

8-15/

8-

8-13'

Standard Forgingafincreased quar.)...
20C.
Standard Fuel Co.. 6%% preferred...,
t$l.loy2
Sfarfdard Oil Co. of California (increased)..
65c

8^15,

'

preferred ' (monthly) __—
preferred (monthly)'/
preferred (monthly)-

Public Service JElectric & Gas—

'.

8*12

10-1

41,Ac

-

58y3C
6%
50c/
5%
41%C"
Public Service Co.. of Indiana, common
43c-'
3%% -preferred (quar.)——
87y2c
Public Service Corp. of New Jersey, common>256;
/ -$5-preferred (quar.) >————$1.25/:
6%>
preferred (monthly).
v50ci'
6% preferred (monthly)50C^
1%
preferred (quar.)
—
$1.75:
v
8%
preferred (quar.)_
$2''
7%'

4

8-15/;

9- 3
9- 5
9- 1

94 -2/

.

——-

—

Public 8ervice Co.

;

8-26

9^3,

26.5c

■:"i

(initial)

common

Utility. Equities Gorp^i**,
)- •••*
$5v50 priority stock (accum.)
Vanadium-AUoyb Steel •<16:>-_rj.L-L- „-

8*20;

>

Standard Cap;8*cSeal> Corp.-—/•: v
.
.....
$1.60, preferred -/(quar.) t..
Standard Chemical Co;;-Ltd.—/ ^,

8-13.

'■

9- 1

(quar.)

(Detroit)

wu

;

9-15

Commom (quar.) ;

8-16'

9" 3
9* w>
10-15/
10-159- 1

$1.50i
$1.37%?

preferred (quar.)
preferred (quar.)
Power Corp. of Canada, 6% 1st pfd. (quar.)
6% non-cum. partic. preferred. (quar.)—
Pratt Food Co. (quar.)——
:
i

5%%

pfd.

Inc., $4.50 pfd.

8*15

8-31

37'/2C

pfd.

$6

(Dallas)

1st

5%

$1.12 »/2

'

Quarterly, '0 Qafiut,mm Ham.

3

/ 9* 1

$2

Standard. Brands,

I f

8-2dA

8-31

Telephone,

Company, $4.50

8-18

u,

...

<

Standard Accident Insurance

9-141)

9«"ly

California/Edison-^,

-

Spear &

8f 9/

10- 1
9- 1

$l£

—

preferred; (quar.>'.i/u_./.i.4~---«.

preferred B

4;>>i«$^'60!/2nd preferred (quar.) J.
Splege/^/Inc., $4.50 preferred (quar.)

9- 2/
8-30'
8-30/

$1.37%

Share

;

$3/ preferred (quar.);
Upressit Metal Cap. 8% preferred (accum.)
Utica'* Knitting Co., common- (quar.)

;

.

Spartan, Mills
,

9- 2/

Wine—ai-xis—u—10c
—
10c?

Mining,. Co._————
Creek Pocahontas (increased)

9-

8-15

9-1

25c

preferred.

Sovereign Investors,. Ino,

8*134
104

y2%

Southwestern Life Insurance
.

'r-

10*1p

$1.25,

8-30

Hew

v.

1,

Upper Michigan Power • & Light—,v,
$3 preferred (quar.)

8-15/
8-15
•-/ : h
*

8-24

$1.06
6%

Bag & Paper—

Southwestern' Associated

8-12^'

3''
10*15'
9-16/
8*30»4

75C-

.

Valley

8-15/4

When

Per

'Z/vZ/

Name of Company

Universal Products Co/--

,-s r.i

,m

8-15

v..

Mills,'common (quar.)—.
$4.-preferred (guar.)---..,
—wwPloneer
Suspender Co.
(quar.)
——
Pitney Bowes, Inc; (quar.)
Pittsburgh Bessemer & Lake Erie (quar.)—
Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical, $5 pfd. tquar.k
Pittsburgh Steel Co., $5.50 pfd. (accum.) —

Pond

8-31

$1

(quar.)....
Southern: California Water, 4% % pfd. (quar.),
Southern Canada Power Co.; Ltd.—
0% participating preferred (quar.)
Southern' Natural Gas Co.r( increased)—^
So 1 itherm Railw&vt Cm

8-30.

»*'.,

4

6%

—

Polaris

8-16*

50c

Telephone,

Advance

Southern

-

Pleasant

Southern

8-23

9- 39- 3

20c
91V4C

(quar.)-

Works
(irreg.)
(two additional shares for
i:K

quarterly

Southeastern

:

•

9- 3;
9- 3r

25c

-

8-10

8-21V
8-23'

•

r

8*20.

9-10
9-30
9-30/

,

/.increased

i

10- 1
Participating preferred
50c
10-12
8-2;
■Phillip*"Petroleum '(quar.)/••'BOWZ/ 8-31<
8*15'!
Photo Engravers & Electrotypers Ltd
$50c
9- 3/,
'8-14'
Pierce Governor Co._---u*JI-_'—-i——
300:'
8-24.

PiUsbury

of Re0.

9-14

;

Southeastern Greyhound Lines—

8-31

9- 5'/

Dodge Corp. (quar.)40c
com. (quar.)
30c
$lpreferehce*(quar.)Z
___.—.il.—-.
J.
25C'
Philadelphia'Suburban Transportation Co.—
«r*v
Quarterly
!—25c
Philadelphia Electric Co.,

-'''Extra

Hoiatrt

Pavabla

.

9-18

Lathe

Bend

Stock :dividend

9- 5

Phelps

.

When

Share

--

each three shares held)

$422'

9*27'?

70c

—

South

9-20/'
8-31"

8-20
9r 3.

)

—50c

(quar,),

Company

Extra

'

9- 1
9* *3?
9- 3,

$1.50/?
'-'^8505::

pfeif-fer brewing; '"

9-16''
9-16 '

10* 1'
10-15
9-15

__

&

POT

Companw

256
Socony*Vacuum- Oil C
Soundvlear Palp; Co;/;common
30C
(quar.)..—3
/;
6 % ' preferred Xquar.),$1. 50

8-12

10-* M

$2
$1
Perfex Corp.,'' 4% % preferred' (qUar.'>*.».«-l-.~ $1,12 %'
Perkins Machine & Gear, 7%, pfd. (quar.)__
$1.75

(Clias.)

mh"

"

9- 3//

•/$!.

Peoples Gas Light '& Coke_:—._—■'■"■
Peoples Telephone Corp.r common (quar.)__
4% %
preferred
...—

Pfizer

Worn* of

i

D"

v

Pennsylvania State Water' Corp.—
; $7
preferred
(quar.)_——

-

oJReo.

favabt*

SMro.

,

.

.

•'<-

'

;?

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

996 <

Monday, August 19, 1946
i

>•>'

...'.■

Company's products are used principally in the following industries:^
iood processing, machine tools, :;lumber, automotive;^ rubber -and tex- -

■*'.

'

^

as

$500,000
500,000 shs.
69,591 shs.

sinking fund debentures.,

5 7c

year

Authorized

:

Common

shares

Common

share

pari-;—_^_a-

($1;

/;

warrants

purchase

shares

of

28,

;T

/

.

.

.

"'

1944

The company on Aug, 7 filed a letter of notification with 'the SEO
12.000 shares (no par) common.
Offering price $25 a share. Pro*
will be used for additional working capital.
Issue not under*

for

ceeds

written.—V.

^

'

■

Tobin Packingr Co., Inc., Rochester, N; Y»~-Files Witl*
SEC—

Carr

shares

&

Detroit,

Co.,

.

June

on

stock ($1 par)

common

27

offered

«•'

,,

299,000

•

.

F

_.

.

,

.

.

.

The Occidental Corp./ a new subsidiary, has
acquired a
in Far East Oil Development Co., Inc., according to E.
President of Occidental.
Far East Development has

.

70,000

Peninsula

v.

p.

164,

_

16.

the

in

acres

southwestern

in

■

Products

northern

Luzon

;

TreeSweet

^

;v

15% ' hold*
D.

Wood*

leases

on

Cebu and oit
Philippine Islands.—*

part
the

^

■,

Co.

in

' /y

of

.7^//,^

■*

(Calif.)—Preferred

Stock:

Offered—Mitchum, Tully & Co., Lester & C6. 'andl
Wagenseller & Durst, Inc., Los Angeles, on Aug. 1 of¬
($25) per

1'

„„„v

|

>(tK,

ing

Bondoc

tor and pump, when used in combination, constitute a hydraulic trans-

.

4' £

4

..■

approximately

x,_

COMPANY—-Was organized in Michigan April 5, 1946, for the purpose of engaging in the production and sale of the line of Superdraulic
products which had been uhder development by Hydraulic Inc. for
several years.
•
Superdraulic products are of revolutionary design. They consist of
hydraulically actuated variable'delivery motors, constant delivery motors and both variable and constant delivery pumps. A hydiaulic mo.

,

ruff,

«

.«>•»

1440.

p.

Transamerica Corp.~rAcquisition by New Unit—

_

at $1 per share,
.

162,

-

Superdraulic Corp.—Stock Offerea-^Lytle & Co.y Jnc.,
and

.

.

.

vl

194®

«

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|

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.

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[-_;

(estimated $532,097) will be applied as
follows:
Construction of additional factory building, $31,825; purchase
of machine tools, $89,598;
purchase of miscellaneous equipment and
making
factory
betterments, $82,000;
retirement
of current bank
loans, $115,000; retirement of conditional sales contracts and equipmeut notes, $18,585; working capital, .$277,090.
proceeds

4

.

$U&2«$U,672*438 $7t787?m

that time.—V. 164, p. 4G4.

180,409 shs.
' 69,591 shs.

1946,

.

j

'

turm3^;1946

outstanding.

PURPOSE—Net

\I

»

(

,

shares of

2,000

were

„

Sun'Oil Co.'.(& Subs.)—Earnings—

•• •

the company's authorized capital stock
common stock ($100 par), of which 1,507
Subsequently the company's articles of incorporation were amended to change its authorized capital stock to
SOP.OOO common shares ($1 par),'and to change and reclassify each of
the
1,507 outstanding shares of common stock ($100 par), into 100
common shares
($1 par) value, and common share purchase warrants,
entitling the holder to purchase 13 additional common shares,
($1
par), upon" terms set by the company's board of directors.
Subsequently the board set the same terms for the exercise of such warrants as wore set for those attached to the debenures.
Feb.

note-—on

consisted

1

Earnings per common $harfc.***—
$1.21
$3.67
$2.67
Outstanding ::
•Includes a net gain on sale of capital assets, in the amount of
$600,000 > > $3,330,142, equal to $1.13 per Share on. common stock outstanding at

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

■'

>1

*

k.

c

.:• N^.^prof—-.-.-ki.---,—J

^^e.*, AU of ;$b© product?: arc sold, under the brand,,^ame ^3terling."
1

f

fered 12,000 shares of preferred stock at par
share.

„

PURPOSE—Net proceeds ($262,737) are to be used as follows:
To construct administration and factory building (approximately),
$109,000; land, $15,COO; off.ce furniture and equipment, $14,384; as-

Transfer agent;—Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Los An*
registrar, Bank of America National Trust and Savings Asso*
ciatton,

geles;

senibling and testing equipment, $84,800, balance for working capital,

■

HISTORY-

!>^ER^I,raife^aSeU'-Marshal* ^

wS

ge

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO, PRESENT OFFERING
Authorized

r

'

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»

2 MosjEnd.

'\

.

CJros^ sales

less

dis-;;,v:

1945

- ^ftfVO
$318,213
$2,008,148'

60,319

:

Total
Other

'

$14?'537
1,531

$65,283

$126,671

$155,623

$157,272

50,309

35,897

6,548

;

,

59,757,v

.

,

taxes..

22.530

37,562
$29,352

467

73,048

$36,203

Prov, lor Fed

'$32,266

.

income

•;V"'v-ifi."
,v" 0 '

4R4

n

l;

_

Sun
X>illon

on!Aug.

*i\Loi

$2,000,000

offered

13

U.

15-year

each Dec.

Oil

debentures.

and June

15

the

in

redeem

fund

Sinking

of

may

the net

PURPOSE—Of

for

($1,980,790)

proceeds

$1,200,000 will

,

V, 164, p. 323.

".

Files With

-*exas UUII dUipnur to., inc.

1945
$5,379,617

1944
$4,467,418

l'innnno

2'innS

1'innnoo

purchase

91,140 shares

of

of

stock

common

assets

•5

operated

the

consist .of

stores

:J

acquisition.
The

by

merchandise,

Media

>■

*

-

..

intends

company

fixtures

Drug. Stores,

to

'

,

,

of

sum

,•--*•

■

,

the

use

Inc.

$150,000

-

as«<

49,83®

80,786

37,273

2,776,777

235,279

173,322

61,957

357.878

213.129

144,74®

3.799.738

100,000

4.9trKQfit7

cm

'Net profit
Earnings per share

of
"

net

assets

proceeds

to

the

additional

Texas Public Service

this

of

company

$0,67

as

preferred

per

compared

share

and

with

595%

$9.18

per

30, 1945, and 767%, $347.59
respectively, on March 31, 1946.
At

$0.64

June

securities,
5.5%
On

and

of

net

that

common

the

good
the

while

bonds

before
total

tax

bond

SSSSm-rS
purposes.

estimated at< $335'7?0'

'

preferred

74.2%.
than

and

stocks

of

preferred

eastern part
Of

of the United States, principally in the Philadelphia

these, 48 stores

and

under

35

operated under the trade name of "Sun Ray,"

are

trade

the

area.

"Nevins."

of

name

The

"Nevins"

stores

were

Deprec.

accounted

utility

addition

In

license

a

company

chain

trade

of

a

stores

under

the

by

company

of

are

so-called
with

the

cash

percentage only
neighborhood
handled

staple drugs

following:

and

tobacco

are

on

in

merchandise

The

rettes,

operated

the instalment plan.
The
or downtown shopping centers.
In
retail sales, the company does some wholesale business,
;
small

located

are

Addition to
;

independently

type, containing large merchandise selling space, often
soda fountain facilities,
Practically all sales are for

very

stores

'the

operated

stores, and since July 1, 1946 has operated, under the
"Media," these stores as part of its regular business.

the

of

"super"
extensive
and

stores

30

are

12

name

Most

7

i

there

-

with the company which bear the name "Nevins."
has purchased the assets of Media Drug Stores, Inc.,

agreements

The

by the company includes, when available,
and pharmaceutical supplies; cigars, ciga-

tobacco

accessories;

candy

and

related

items,

xundry merchandise such as toiletries, electrical appliances, hospital
and surgical supplies, hardware7and.houseware supplies, wearing apparel, toys, games, sporting goods, school supplies, stationery/ glass
and
chinaware,. cameras, films and .photographic supplies, rubber
goods,
radios and radio tubes, phonograph records and seasonable
merchandise,
including greeting cards and vacation and holiday
specialties.
In addition,
in several stores, the company maintains

departments.

grocery
.,

Authorized

debs., due Aug.

cum.

Common

conv.

pfd.

stock

($1

•Exclusive .ot

stock

li

1961 ; $2,000,000.

($25 par)^_

par)

300,000 shs.

*8,1338113.

400,000 shs.

-

tl.05,686shs.

^AT>oi« 3°* 1946v * Ex"
1946.

chisive of 54,150 shares held in. treasury-April 30,

UNDERWRITERS—The

sole

underwriters

of

the

97,209

1,592,687

8,049

Ai":8,699

93,978

1,513,617
99,136

15,804

15.4C4

17,756

17,738

186,454
187,251

Operating
other

11,000

u

6,000

275,000

___J

for

'

■

■

$30,737

17,117

17,047

<m fi2n

"

.

-

inr>nm.

*9 ion

'

*

1)1291""*"—

163

' *'•

Total

Zastman; Dillon & Co., New York.

are

7

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

ears Ended Jan.31——

ADr°3(l^46

$4,188,386 $11,159 082

n,erchands,dl!

<3ISm

,...

8,442,102

.......

'

jmTI gen, fadm
Sell. & 25 & adm.

r
exp.

excess

Pennsylvania
Mof

.Net

2 248567
2,248,567

2 108398
2,108,398

1933 202
1,933,202

^91000
91>00°

$117692

$lll'201

$105407

------

J'ft??
8,837

7,100

9,101

$lti4 068

$177 $42

tax
tax__

profits
inc.

:

rurnfil

profit

$154,0b8

,

Drug Co.

.NOTE—Nevins

fio«uio

751099
751,099

iswf6'i^rmal"^'^urtax
Ped.

7,877,657

was

$177,542

merged with Sun

4^4
434(399

40Q'ft79
499,973

600

- r.

25,444

.

$947 fiQ7

^

24,421

*9ftn 790

$247,693

$264,328

Ray Drug

Co.

as

of

_____

Tn

i}onf:np-

To

Tnprpa<5P$

Ttir»

1,

1946,

424,140

appreciation

BALANCE

ASSETS—Cash

of

„vw

investments

Alio K-ouiuig A/O., int.

increases uiviaenu

The directors on Aug. 12 declared a regular quarterly dividend
25 cents per share on the common stock, payable Sept. 16, 1946,
holders of record Aug. 26, 1946. This compares with a dividend
20 cepts per share paid on June 15 and 15 cents per share prior
that.—V. 164, p. 15.
<
..
'
*
i
:7 " v? v

in

SHEET, JUNE 30,

banks,

$1,279,869;

v

n




'

j.

y.

}

\

n

e

:)

n r

il

after

in

U.

S.

Govern¬

"

another

important

sion 0f iarge American
to the Lehn

& Fink

leasing

due

for

securities

March

feet

the

on

second

feet comprising the
also a store and .
floor to be. used by its subsidiary,.
square

1961,

a beauty salon, in the 21,-story air-conditioned
^fi?e building^now.jn cpur$e oj construction ^^ 445 Park Ave.^ New

ThePnew building

surplus,

purchased,

is scheduled to be completed by May 1, 1947,, at V

The

Tne

St.,

The

other cosmetic

and

been rented

have

from

been

the plans.

taken

by

Six

the

floors,

the third to

Universal

Pictures

Norman

that

a

Tishman,

number, of

Treasurer

other

leases

of

the

are

Tishman

improve

to

its

Fidelity

;

■

of

the

Y.,

is

occupied its
for 25 years,

present building at 75
but business expansion
present site, the announcement said.

the

in

facilities

new

as

result

a

of

.-".'-t'

early in

J

in

1947..

Guaranty

parent

A

this

new

.

Fire ' Corp.,
in the

given

and

company

its

fire

affiliate

an

space

of

location

new

subsidiary

,

.

the

and

will

preparation

operations
housed under

be

163, p. 1292.'

purchasing:

all

:

plan of recapitalization for this company designed to reducer
liability and eliminate dividend accumulations is being sub*

mitted

to

Sept. 30,

reports

'

acquiring

building will begin promptly

capital

$

The

:

stock
of

the

voluntarily

who

will

vote

to

for

stock

the

on

plan

,

J'"t

Ci

»

C

rf'i

i,

the
and

for

exchanging

of

increasing

shares

500,000

'

.

V

meeting

a

-I
»

from

stock

a

new

the

the

^referred

their
ti

•/

X> .-♦* ,3

Irt

t

>V

on
<

authorization

outstanding 7%

t '

at

''Z

V;.

provides

preferred

common

Holders

of

stockholders

1946.

plan

vertible

£

the

United States Finishing Co.—Plans
Recapitalization—*

the eighth,..
and the »

involving multiple floor
feet of floor area in the

"

par

the form of an eight-story building on thn
a
ten-story building on the Cedar Street side.
departmental layout and the company will be abla

cervice

on

&

roof.—V.

one

pending,

vi:r. 'i i

due

no

and

a

will be

company,

Corp.,

organization,

front

for occupancy

With the. closing of this lease, the Tishman company announces
th^t all space in the building frpm the third: to the, 13th floors/has ^
inclusive,

Lane

;
Alterations

pharma-

9th' 10th and llth floors haye been leased by Monsanto Chemical Co.

stock,

property.

In addition to Dorothy Cray products, tehn
Fink manufacturing
plants in Bloomfield, N. J.; Toronto, Canada; London, England; and
Buenos Aires, Argentina,^^ produce Tussy Cosmetiques, Hinds Honey &
Almond Cream, Lysoi Disinfectlmt, Pebeco Tooth Paste and Powder,
numerous

debentures,

.

($1 par value),
$43,835,760.—V. 163, p. 2342*

total,

and

N.

facilities of

location

new

owned

Yoi'k,

the

is adaptable

to

retail store, the only retail unit operated

corporation, located next to the .Park Ave. entrance ol the

and

2%%

preferred

common stock

Ely & Co., the building at 100 Maiden
New y°rj£« N* V., for
occupancy by its branch
formerly was owned by Maiden Lane-Cedar, Inc.

has

New

Maiden

Cream

cumulative

through H. S.

company

William

has outgrown

of

Deorinvont

$6

$29,013,945;

building

leasing: corporation, one of America's largest manupharmaceuticals and cosmetics, of which Edward, Plaut;
is President, will move from 683 Fifth Ave.r New York, N. Y., where

Etiquet

securities

United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Co.—Buys Bldg^—
has announced that this company

office.

which; tinie : the

a

..

$317,279?

^ William A; Edgaf,'5 Vice-President,
has

York' N- Y> between.. 56th • and 57th streets. The lease, which will
run for a Period of 20 years, will Involve an aggregate rent payment

now

$7,360,000;

issVed 141.389- $3,534,500;

$2,429,318;

Dorothy Gray, Ltd., as

facturers

dividends payable, 'etc.,
cash, $244,200; due for

against

trn«eiXp^Sonk ^esL *tc" $503,803;

1,

12th and 13th floors, for executive offices;
square

accrued,

loaned

purchased. $20,952; due for securities purchased when
issued, $411,763:

reflecting postwar expanenterprises, this company has leased

Products Corp. 30,000

.

LIABILITIES—Interest

\

transaction

business

for
securities sold,
$19,282; receivable for securities sold
ued' $19°.451"' special deposits for
interest, dividends, etc.,
total,1 $43,835,760.
'
'

$246,746;

■X'Z*':
t

..

1946,

1946

Investments

present

stock

for
*

-ii '■*

class

authorized
will

the

.

t

30,

receivable

of
to
of
to

Tlshman Realty & Construction Co.—More Leases—
jn

and

-

June

on

securities, at cost, $703,391; investments in other securities (at
cost), $41,272,8J5;
dividends and interest receivable,
etc., $123,206;

DiviHpnd—

the foregoing statements with respect to the last
areas,
and that all of the 243,000 square
month, of
the fiscal year ended Jan. ;31,
1946, and for the three
building above the street floor stores will probabW be leased before
mpnths ended April 30,
1946, reflect the operations of the Nevins
Oct. 1, six' months before the building is scheduled to be ready for
stores acquired.—V. 164, p. 323.-J.occupancy.—V. 164, p. 870.
;
:

Jan.

1943

.

$442,854

dividends

unrealized

$316 755

SJiMbo

i

Dorothy Gray will have

mifiii

"

~

1944

deducting provision of $5,280,000 for possible Federal income tax
pay¬
able if such appreciation were
realized, was $14,276,559, or $2,140,698
more than on Dec.
31, 1945.
' /

$527,142
7 210,387
'

$391 057

profit

The

-

.

$391,057

'

Net

,.„

8,013,567

7fi 3fi3

V1

ci»

ment

$11,065 414 $lo;6ra,606

...

3,146,756

TtV w"r;rf"

-t

1945

*-74100

1

Preferred

35.441

It

Sales

(other

Interest

Hs' present quarters, occupied since. 1928, have become inadequate to

debentures

portfolio

income"

Expenses

491,701

-

$600,798
209,740

$26,237

deductions

/

88 791

:
Npf

and

about

■

185,706
222,329

512,007

718

''

--7

for

Dividends

—

25,519

10 903

income

income

stock

common

of

17.2%

corporations,

3.9%.

earned

175,131

'

19,834

income

income

Gross

about

4.5%

Taxes

surtax

and

a. u

5,000

Outstanding
$2,000,000;

$2,687,623

plant

normai

entire

CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PRESENT FINANCING

15-year 3V2^

$2,847,280

General taxes
Ped

for

to

appreciation.

were the holding in
buildings, equipment
enterprises,
representing 8.8%
of
gross
assets, oit
accounting for 7.8%, public utilities for 5.8%,-and chem*

companies
icals

of

amort,

and

acquired as a result of the merger of the company with Nevins Drug
Co.

$170,571

Maintenance

amounted

approximately

RESULTS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

106,789

Operation

BUSINESS—Company was incorporated on June 27, 1929 in Pennsyivania, Company operates a chain of 83 retail stores in the. north-

stocks

share,

per

government

unrealized

on

subsidiary

the

$14.40

renovation

Co.—-Earnings—

' $179,234,

and

was

ot

debt, $257.89
respectively, oa

investment companies)

and

Interest

Operating^^ revenues^.

share

funded

share/

holdings of cash,

provision
portfolio

stocks, including, those
The
largest groups in

the

share

per

Tri-Continental

grade

assets

date

assets

gross

1946

30,

for

common

1946
will be Wi for general corporate
used for

' - ^

corporation,

June

*9479410

t*3'56^ $2'56^6J? $2A12Jll
$0.94

stock

common
*

*

♦

net

84,22®

per

100,000

100,000

plies.
Current liabilities (including $7,567,609 provision for current,
taxes) were $8,019,858. Reserve for contingencies amounted to $2,768.087.—V. 163, p. 2485.

the

133,012

before deducting funded debt,
1945, to $56,614,322 on June 30
1946, according to Francis F. Randolph, Chairman of the board
At
March 31, 1946, net assets were
$56,502,688. The net assets on Juno
30, 1946 indicated an asset coverage of 769% for the
2%% deben*
tures, $348.38 per share of preferred stock and $14.45

earnings

and 'leases of 12 retail
in Philadelphia, Norris-

the

in

113,089

increased from $43,821,192 on June
30,

1946
$5,115,569

Provision for contingencies

but presently reduced to $1,050,000, and a short
amouat of $150,000.
This $1,250,000 loan was in-

finance

197,309
182,848

Tri-Continenta! Corp.—Financial Report—

Earnings

Inc.

be used

Drug Co.
It is presently expected that the sum of approximately $295,000 will
■3>e used to
purchase the assets of Media Drug Stores, Inc.
Such

1,677,661

118,059

*

town,'Upper Darby, Landsdowne, Wayne and Media, Pa.
Company
is purchasing these assets for the sum of $358,000, subject to adjustments.
These stores will
be operated
by Sun Ray Drug Co. upon

to

$74,702

from the shares of*
fered are estimated at $277,500
Company intends to use such net
proceeds to increase its plaint facilities or to provide
necessary addi*
tional working capital or for both such
purposes.—V. 164, p. 734,

*On 3,840,000 shares of capital stock,
tAfter deducting charges of
$143,426 for depreciation, $352,555 for amortization.
Earned surplus.at June 30. 1946, was $32,429,164 after having paid
dividends of 75 cents per share, or $2,880,000 on June 15, 1946.
As at June 30,. 1946^-xurrent assets^includiflg $28,863,410 in cash
and U. S. Treasury notes and certificates) were $33,129,610.
This does
not include inventories of sulphur above ground or materials and sup-

surred

i;.

Net

Income

$48,006

2.090,120

PURPOSE—The

WifK

'

Qarter End. June 30—
Profit after charges
Fed. and foreign inc. and exc. prof.

of $1,250,000

loan

term

'

Taxes

$122,708 *

1.810,813

1946
irn«c

on

Tpva« Gulf Suluhur Co

payment of outstanding indebtedness presently owed to The
Pennsylvania Co. for. Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities.
"This
indebtedness
consists
of
a
long term loan,
originally in the

Nevins

Income

Taxes

$1,167,794

The

the

amount

company

derwritten.

,

V*

Profit Before

.

"

'

The

accrued

and

v

Aug. 7 filed a letter of notification with the SEC
f0r 3,908
shares (no par) common.
Offering price, $10 a share,
Proceeds will be used for additional working capital.
Issue not un-

interest: prior to Sept. I, 1948,
;,r 104; thereafter with successive reductions in the price 6f
during
each full period of two years prior to Sept. 1, 1958; on or aftef Sept.
1, 1958. and pricr to Sept. 1, 1960, 100%; and on or after Sept. 1,
1960, 100.
^
4
prices

following

at the

1941

MAY 31

ENDED

Sales

1945

Tempnte Products Corp., Detroit, Mich.

SEC
..

full period of two years prior to Sept. 1, 1960;
1, 1960, 100.
Also redeemable through operation
in amounts of not less than $10,000 on 30 days'
1947, and on anv interest payment date thereafter,

1,

Aug.

on

•

.

YEARS

Total Net

1944

.

sinking fund

notice,

EARNINGS

Merger

on

See American Viscose Corp. above.

after Sept.

or

on

the

juice,

1942

2fi

Anff

Vnt#>

®

1$, during each

and

of

the company's fiscal year gross sals by products
Orange juice, $1,944,736; grapefruit juice, $982,858}
$724,280; other products, $158,834.

follows:

as

.

,

withdrawal

m

made

be

..

.

SALES—During
were

lemon

assigned

8

in cash or debenlures and debentures redeemed otherwise
than through the sinking
fund may be credited against sinking fund requirements.
Redeemable
at the option of company as a whole or in part at any time, on 30
days' notice, at the following prices and accrued interest: prior to
-Sept. 1, 1948; 107; thereafter with successive reductions in the price
payments

,

and

Clark

1943

f>ffainst

15, 1960,
amount of

principal

$1,520,000

Andrew

James

Calii.,

juice,

According to the terms of the patent, the new method also dethe quantity of rubber latex used in the treatment of pile
fabrics
and
produces a fabric in which the piles are permanently
bound to the ground material in a manner that secures the pile yarns

thereafter to and including Dec.

15

aggregate-to

OF THE COMPANY—At its
original plant at Sant*
- the
company
processes
and cans orange juice,
lemon
grapefruit, juice and the allied preserve products.
At its plant
at Phoenix, Ariz., company processes and cans
grapefruit juice.
For
canning purposes juice grade oranges,
lemons and grapefruit ara
purchased from fresh fruit packers.
•"%

Ana.

creases

^

1 and
Aug. 1. Coupon debentures in the denomination of $1,000, registerable
as to
principal only. Sinking fund payments on June 15, 1947, and
sufficient

issued to

2,391,867,

to the company

1H4

of

3%% debentures at 104 and interest.
Dated Aug. 1, 1946; due Aug. I, 1961.
Interest payable Feb

Patent

S.

has

OPERATIONS

de"

Syivania Industrial Corp.—New Finishing Method—

x

and

States.

Y>( has been ap.

Using a compound of "Ceglin" cellulose ethers and rubber latex as
backing composition for pile fabrics, this corporation has developed
a new method of finishing such materials so that they are rendered
more resistant to ageing and laundering.
The process is covered by

-

^
a

Co.

&

"

"

'

was

which

now
includes
canning of lemon juice, grapiKruft
products. Company maintains a research, depart*
constantly experimented to improve the quality. off
its products.
Company is one of the largest citrus fruit juice canners
in California and its products are distributed
throughout the United

a

i\ V
• •
_■/,
' v,
Drug CO.—Debentures .Offered—rEastman,

_

Ray

now conducts was begun on a commercial basis
acquired by the company on July 1,
1937. L-The
originally consisted of canning orange juice has been

company

and

expended until it
juice and preserve
ment

bentures, due July 1, 19b6.—V. 164, p. 870.

.

,

Bank Farmers Trust Co>( New Yorki N<

°* $25'000'000 2%%

$36,497

•

'

iK: J;1

ci{y

...84,87?

^

Nelfc.

are deposited in escrow with the proper state regulatory
Of the remaining 559,000 shares 300,000 shares were issued to

body.

the

1933

bubsiness

Hydraulic

$147
.,7,467

.

which

in
•

(The) Superior Oil Co. (Calif.)—Trustee & Registrar

$117iifi
7,110
•

applied

Outstanding

Machinery, Inc., for assets, contracts, and inventory; and
259,000 shares were issued to' individual subscribers' for cash at par,

V

deductions

issued for

shares,

>

2,000,000 shs.
* 1,149,000 shs.
patents; engineering and de-

par)

291,000

-326,696

.

.,1,107

income

.

$1,655,406
1,178,905

388,822

which

velopment,

Ana

0

-

^

«of

,

($1

stock

Common

i»w

$2,059,627
4,522,717

>

1,480,869
407,718

193,718-

'

I

income

.

,o

counts, etc._^

Other

194*

'

—

Cost of
goods sold—rf4Bales, ,gen. & adm. exp.

Dec- 3^7T.

—Years

■

Feb.-28, 46.

&
BUSINESS—Company (a California corporation) .1$
primarily in the business of selling pure citrus juices and
products canned and packed by the company.
The business

engaged

$4

the

J.

of

shares

privilege

$4r convertible

b

■

coni

amount

200 000

have

new

of

«v

yolumir 164

Number 4517

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

^referred -'and-common" stock

on
the: basis of 1% shares of
preferred and 1% shares of common stock for each share of old
preferred. The new preferred will be convertible at
any time, at

loption

of

abling

a

plan

the

holder

holder

and

Grant

A.

stock.

7%

the

The

"It
of

prefered

the

stock

7%

of

the

Ihe company

participated.

plan

and give

stock

The

plan

and

common

greatly

will

improve

the stockholders

company's future earnings."
Mr. McClatchie pointed out that

offers

dividend

accumulations

-company amounted to
the end of June.
"The elimination
xhe

correction

is

pany
•said

Mr.

of

classes

can

Int.

classes

new

structure

stock

preferred
to

dividend

these

stock

off

pay

be paid

are

currently

of

accumulations

being

accumulations,

long

so

as

capital

a

shares

to

of

124,858

be

7%

paid

while the
cumulative preferred

shares

of

off,

stock

common

27,622

2,573

i—-

4,394

-

income

1.705

,

.

$570,873

and

earned,

127,658

Prov,

for

income

6,178

2,736
66,209

has

company

stock

outstanding

7,218
69,902

that

$613,262

$603,911

598,000

538,000

divs.

t$86,390

/"S■:'/■-■•'■

stock

mon

(2,485,543 shares

262; total,

■

hew

$4^ convertible; preferred stock
the 7% preferred stock and

over

.subordinate to

1,198

shares

the

$6

prior preferred

outstanding.

Upon

be

will

preferred
stock

common

stock,

of

consummation

which

but

there

as

$24,562,752.—V.

par),

no

164,

some

plan—assuming
is exchanged—there will be out¬
preferred stock without par value,
sheet at $100 per share; 63,000 shares of $4
•convertible preferred stock without par
value, carried on the balance
.-sheet at $50 per
share, and 187,585 shares of common stock without
par
value, carried on the balance sheet at $1 per share. Of the
500,000 shares of common stock authorized, 189,000 shares would
•that

all

of

the

7%

preferred

standing 1,198 shares

-tarried

.be

the

on

reserved

of

$6

stock

prior

balance

for

conversion

323,142 shares available

of

for

the

$4

convertible

preferred

grommets

of

each

class

of

leaving

fir

authorizing

Company, reports for the

solidated

net

profit of

Contingent
At

their

six

months

ended

June

30,

$1,030,960 after charges and

con¬

tial

at

"Operating profit

Canadian

corporation

$2,474,062
260,113

subsidiaries,

Algoma Plywood

and

Co., own manufacturing plants at
C., respectively, where a substan¬
sales requirements of hardwood ply¬

.

hardwood

plywood
and
at its own plant in Woodstock, Ont., and lumber at its own
plant in Haliburton, Ont.
Company owns 51% of the common capital
stock of Siuslaw Forest Products,
Inc., and 50%
of its non-voting
preferred stock; Siuslaw Forest Products,' Inc. owns timberlands and
a
saw-mill and a lumber manufacturing plant, all located
Lane
County,' Ore.
Company's recently acquired wholly-owned
subsidiary, Seattle Export Lumber Co., owns a saw-mill and lumber
manufacturing plant"located'at Seattle, Wash.," and also owns 35%

the capital stock of Kosmos Timber
Co.,
timber located in Lewis County, Wash.

equipment

$2,213,949
41,599

of

the

combined

$2,166,080

capital

stock

ownership

aggregates 90%

32,317

for

of

of

said

the company

and

Timber

owns

Co.,

so

Int.

income
RFC

on

$1,841,200

loans, etc.

Int..
on
stockholders
notes pay.. deferred)_
Int. 'on mtge. bonds—

Profit

directly
that the

expanded

wholly-owned subsidiary
stock of said Kosmos Tim¬

sold,

2,505

5,010

5,010

3%

199,292

198,078

202,883

11,895

6,320

7,587

3%%

Crl8,584

L

f

iary

668,000

1,275,440

1,446,500

1,037,350

($100

A

Preferred
Common

income (est.)

'

companies '

3,896

4,651

$476,750

$521,408

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET,

JUNE 30,

*An

stock

reserve

36,139

($1

Company

sidiary,

$789,208

United

gregate

lower

of

cost

or

market),

$1,173,612;

funds

is

$550,000

to

,

60,000 shs.

Gross

by Recon¬
Finance Corporation
for payment
of property taxes
(see
$18,250; funds held by Reconstruction Finance Corporation
proposed plant additions and repairs, $63,779; sinking fund assets
(Queen Dyeing Co. 5% first mortgage sinking fund registered bonds—
;payment due trustee on July 1, 1947—see contra), $82,173; land, build¬
ing, equipment, etc.
(after reserve for depreciation of $5,231,812),
63,032,817; copper rollers (after allowance for shrinkage), $384,333;

in

*A

patents

and

trade

marks,

$1;

sales, less disc

Cost of sales and exp—

In

payable,

$546,849;

notes

payable,

$45,730;

Net

payrolls, $204,560; Federal and State taxes other than income
$104,933; miscellaneous accrued expenses,
$24,111;
property
(see contra),
$39,739; reserves for State income and
Federal income and excess profits taxes (after
deducting United States
Treasury Savings Notes Series "C" of, .$1,347,440), $520,327; bond

shares

and

for

July

1,

1946

,,

Reconstruction

Finance

Reconstruction

Corporation

Finance

March

Corporation

1,

(not

1947,

$252,791;

loan

current).

$188,159; 5%
lirst mortgage sinking fund registered bonds of
Queen Dyeing Co. due
Feb. 1,
1955, $191,700; notes payable to stockholders of the United
.'States Finishing. Co.
(plus Interest accrued thereon at 6% per an¬
num

amounting to $60,955)^ $144,455; 7% cumulative preferred stock
•«f
Queen Dyeing Co. (plus accrued dividends of $11,466), $24,066;
-minority Interest In common stock and surplus of subsidiary (Hartsville
:Print and Dye Works, Inc.), $24,376; $6 prior
preferred stock (1,198
rchares
of
no
par
value), $119,800; 7%
cumulative preferred
(par
Walue $100 per share), $3,600,000;
common
stock
of no
par
value
*(issued, 124,858 shares), $4,161,933; consolidated deficit, $3,200,071;

$2,641,719

$3,034,856

$5,137,270
'_■-•

^$3,897,938

141,956

for

25,314
taxes

47,917

1,858,998

62,255'

2,148,233

$757,407

—

•,

4,015,314

2,650,030

$878,742

$1,215,995

$1,497,936

the
of

company.
the capital

trolling

Company recently
stock

of

Seattle

expended

for

Export Lumber

the

acquisition

Co.,

^

•

No. of

& International

Securities Corp.—He-*

Eastman,
Lehman

Dillon

&

Shares

Co.— 15,600

Brothers

The corporation Announces that under the tender'- offer made to its
J$5 first preferred stockholders of record July 18, 1946, it had retired
39,200 shares of the issue at a total cost of $3,920,000. Giving effect

Smith,

to

this, the outstanding number of $5 first preferred shares has been

reduced to. 200,000.

-

,

,

.

.

Quarterly Report—
Oq June 30, 1946 the net assets of the corporation had an indicated
on market quotations, of approximately $43,499,204. Since
is impracticable to

jnay

be

incurred

in

determine the Federal income
any

future




Beane

Barney

realization

of

the

tax

liability which
long-term capital

—

Noyes & Co.
Rollins 8c Sons

__

Company

Riter

4,800

Witter &

Co.

3,600
—2,700

Weeks

Co.

2.700

2,700
Co.

120,000

1,800

Jaffray & Hopwood
' :

,

—V. 164, p. 598.

changed
and
reclassified
by
articles of incorporation

on

or

before-

subsequent
amendment of the
300,000 shares of common

into

par), and warrants for the purchase of 20,000 shares of
stock ($1 par), on the basis of 30 shares of common stock,

($1

stock now constitute a portion

common

Gross sales, less returns &

% Cost of goods sold

of this authorized

from

Loss

Loss

from

Selling,
Total

f

allowances.————

—

:

"

operations
&

—-

2,100,078——

—

operations

shipping

30; 1949

,

^2,624
221,087

—

administrative expenses

—.

loss

.

Other income

——

——

-

$273,711

88,669

;

lossi.--.^--,,-!—
Other' income, deductions

—v:

,//

164,

55.

p.

Z99>33T

——-

Net loss for period-——-——

—

$484,375

—

:

,

States Radiator

United

1,500,000 shares
.;

-

--

Corp.—Over 53% of Deben¬

tures Extended—
; As

of

the

to

a special meeting on
Aug* 9 approved proposals
shares of new cumulative preferred stock, $100

par, and an increase in authorized common stock from
to 2,000,000

par each.

Gross

close

of

business

debentures, which matured

Approved—Common Increased—

shares, $1

time;

any

EARNINGS FOR EIGHT MONTHS ENDED APRIL

1,800

Piper,
•

The stockholders at

authorizing

at

2,700

Kebbon, McCormick & Co.

:

3,600

3,600

&

Dean

4,800

Corp.

8c^

California

Hornblower 8s
4,800

& Co.

Securities

New Preferred

•Value, based
It

E. H.

First

Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

Fenner &

Union

Shields

4,800

Hemphill,

\

authorized but
of $10 per share

1949.

No. of

Shares

Merrill

dilution^

exercise of warrants.
in the aggregate 20,000
unissued common stock, at
for

purchase

UNDERWRITERr—Dean Witter & Co., Los Angeles.

warehouse units.

''

States

reserved

to

$400,000; working capital of the company, $33,825.

all

UNDERWRITERS—The names of the several underwriters • and
the
of shares underwritten
by them respectively are as follows:

-|ires 39,200 shares of Preferred Stock—

are

light

company's

price

against

conversion v privilege

the

proceeds are estimated to be $2,133,825. Company
expects to apply such net proceeds approximately ^as follows:
Retirement of long term bank loans, $950,000; retirement of short
term bank loans,
$750,000; purchase of machinery and equipment,

numbers

.

for issuance upon con¬
of shares so reserved
time to time in certain

number

from

PURPOSE—Net

stock

new

--

:*380,000shs.

but unissued commoa stock.

company

development and for the erection of

the

The

adjustment

shares

holder

cash

-J

30,000 shs.

con¬

of Kosmos Timber
Co., $1,978,441.
Expenditures by
and its subsidiaries for capital purposes,
distributed
among a large number of items, totaled during the fiscal
year ending
April 30,: 1946, the sum of $1,966,738.
The company contemplates a
continuance of capital expenditures for
additions, replacements and
improvements to plants and facilities for the manufacture of its
present products and of new products which are in the course of
the

ttotal, $7,079,625.—V. 151, p. 2960.

United

of

and for the

stock.

to

protect

20,000

the

a

14,300
136,820

30,000 shs.

par)

120,000 shares is reserved

preferred
to

as

shares of

PURPOSE—It is estimated that the net proceeds will be
$5,978,776.
this
amount
approximately $2,458,310 will be used to redeem
shares
of
cumulative
preferred
stock, Series A,
and
9,412
shares of cumulative preferred
stock, Series B, now outstanding at
prices of $106 and $105.50 per share,' respectively,
together, in each
case, with unpaid dividends accrued to Oct. 1,
1946.
The balance of the net proceeds will be added
to the cash funds of

13,824

,

of

Outstanding
,$37,100 ^

' v

30,240
136,820

($1 par) and warrants for the purchase of 2 shares of such for each
outstanding share of common stock, ($100 par). By the same amend¬
ment
the
41/2%
cumulative convertible preferred
stock ($50 par),
was
created and
authorized, and 300,000 shares of common stock,
($1 par)
(in addition to the 300,000 shares of common stock issued
upon the reclassification)
were created and authorized.
The 80,000

$4,210,221
'

$63,000

600,000shs.

($50

company's
stock

312,283

on

renegotiation.

profit

$5,279,226

7,881.4

Authorized

.

NOTE—Company's authorized capital stock, comprising 10,000 shares
(par $100) as of April 30, 1946, all of which were outstanding, has

r

interest

/from

$2,927,284
107,572

.

—'

pfd.

subject

the

of

30

Of

accrued

accrued, due Aug.' 1, 1946 on 5% first mortgage sinking
registered bonds of Queen Dyeing Co.), $3,994; sinking fund
due trustee July 1, 1947 (see
contra), $82,173; payment due

9,755

income

income

taxes,

lund

$2,631,964

charges

Provision

total,

payment

so

give

common

Total
■Other

•accrued

taxes

profit

is

1945

APRIL

1944

'

ik:

—■n*-—

payable

the

addition

They

$19,069,370 $20,563,091 $29,375,924 $27,083,286
16,437,406
17,635,807
24,238,654
23,185,348

income

of

events

been

Gross

Other

-$7,079,625.
LIABILITIES—Accounts

<

TO PRESENT FINANCING

Stockist par).

and

varies

of certain 3%
debentures of its sub¬
Plywood of Canada, Ltd.; these debentures ag¬
payable $50,000 in March of each year

note

maximum

version

Treasury.

guarantor

ENDED

conv.

*699,864

held

are

1952, inclusive, and $250,000 in March of 1953.

lor

$104,405;

capacity and to modern¬

pre-war

stockholders

cumulative

Common

(Canadian)

1943

held

stock

payable' to

4j/2%

None

2,000,000 shs.
common

contract

Notes
60,000 shs.

deed

Land

stock,

EARNINGS—YEARS

struction

charges,

continuously since 1928 and at the
of expansion and improvement

program

CAPITALIZATION GIVING BF^ECJ

Trust

$525,000
105,900 4 i

•contra),

•deferred

a

,,

1

par)
shares of

'

Outstanding

.

60,000 shs.

States

1946

$1,074,771;
accounts
and
notes
receivable
(after
for claims and adjustments of
$87,931), $1,145,485; inventories

the

installments; of

classified)

(not

stock

ASSETS—Cash,

-(at

Authorized.

par)

additional 900

The

24,891

$1,030,960

$4

(less

on

'

JPrior charges of subsid-

facilities

commenced

PRESENT FINANCING

.

one year)
certain properties
cumulative
preferred

Series

Prov. for State and Fed.
on

EFFECT TO

.

notes payable

Mortgages

15,837

prop.

scrap, or dismtd.

taxes

GIVING

$150,000 due within
.

production

war

,.

CAPITALIZATION

5,310

5,647

_

"97,975

on

$2,198,398
70,255

-45,213

its

close of the

designed to increase considerably its
ize. its equipment and facilities,

Title of Class

—„

loss

or

$2,255,548

'

/"(payment deferred)

:Depreciation

$2,015,799
49,551

25,969

>

...v.

intends to continue and develop the business in which
it is presently engaged in order fca meet. the inoxeased demands el
the automotive industry for assembly: on the Pacific ; Coast, and te ;
expand its participation in the farm tool business.
Company has

its

of the outstanding capital

as

The company

ber Co.

Total

and trailers and for replacement purposes on
and trailers.* In addition, it manufactures farm
original equipment for implement manufacturers and
replacement), metal
highway
safety
guards,
and
road-center

trucks

(both

dividers.

■

-

■

Company

Kosmos

trucks

for

automobiles,
tools

the owner of timberlands

and

,

automobiles. It also manufactures leaf springs and bumpers as original

.

of

Aug. 6 offered 30,000 shares 4%%
preferred stock at par ($50)

on

convertible

HISTORY &-BUSINESS—Company conducts a business' of manufac¬
turing and selling automobile leaf springs, bumpers, and buffer plates
(fender guards) primarily for use as original equipment for passenger

lumber

$2,416,028
249,948

,

preferred stock is convertible into common stock atHhe rate
of 1 share of preferred into 4 shares of common for the five years
commencing,July 1, 1946, into 3Va shares for the next five years and
into 3 shares for the following five years.
Dividends cumulative fro»
June 1, 1946 and payable Sept. 1, 1946 and quarterly thereafter.
Re¬
deemable at any time on 30 days notice at $52.50 per share for tb«
five years commencing July 1, 1946, $52 per share for the next live
years, $51.50 per share for the next five years, $51 per share for tba
next five years, $50.50 per share for the next five years and at ps*
thereafter,-together with accrued dividends,
•'
<
;
Registrar—Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles.
Transfer Agent—Citizens National. Trust &
Savings Bank of La*
Angeles,
'

S.

manufactures

,

The

Tekwood, Inc., another subsidiary, owns a
H., and is engaged principally in the manu¬

which

is

$10''per ■•■ share^;f

subsidiary, United States Plywood of Canada, Ltd., owns
the
outstanding capital stock of Hay & Co., Ltd., another

of

all

structure

share. and 80,000 shares common stock. ($1 par) at

per

a
patented, low-cost panel combination
of
cylinder kraft paper.
Company's wholly-owned

and

,

floors.
new

cumulative

"Tekwood,"
veneer

the

Dean Witter & Co.

Veneer

company's

•

will contain 15,000 square feet «*

150 feet and

100 x

three

on

„

timber,

236,857

$1,972,225
43,574

the

u.

United States Spring & Bumper Co.—^Stocks Offered.—

Douglas

Canadian

—Year Ended Dec. 31,—
,
i
1945
1944
1943 o?

$2,209,082

$1,813,795
27,405

«Other income

of

of

hardwood

55%

v^: Oper. prf. bef. depre.

of

also

wholly-owned

Orangeburg,

Lakeport, N.

in

$1,935,985
122,190

Its

Hamilton

and

manufactured.

facture

6 Mos. End.

•Taxes (other than Fed.)

portion
is

,

o

and

Wis.,

plant

CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS

Unaudited

sale

plywood,

located.

Co.

wood

interest to $153,105 and to redeem the
preferred stock of its subsidiary,
(Queen Dyeing Co., amounting with accrued dividends on
July 1, 1946,
rato $24,066.
"

30, '46

and

cutting plant

are

Veneer

Algoma,

^•outstanding 1,198 shares of $6 prior preferred stock at $100 per
share plus accrued dividends
which amounted on July
1, 1946, to
:a
total of $162,428; to
discharge stockholders* notes amounting with

June

veneer

trans¬

.

manufacture

is

and

be

expected to take from 12,.to 18
months, depending on the delivery and availability of critical buildte*
materials.—VV 164, p. 598.
'
^

The company owns a manufacturing plant located in Seattle, Wash.,
where Douglas fir plywood and allied products are manufactured, and

'/business conditions, the management
expects to pay off in the current
year, or early
in 1947, the $300,000 balance of a Reconstruction
Finance Corporation loan which was
originally $1,935,000. The com¬
pany also expects, subject to the same contingencies, to redeem its

.

products

hardwood

Its

of

Work

was

plywood, hardwood plywood, molded plywood, fabricated
fabricated metal-covered
plywood, and other lami¬

related

will

company on AUg. 12 announced plans for the erection of'ri.
$1,500,000 mill room building to service its Naugatuck, Coon,
footwear plant.
Construction of the three-story steel and brick build¬
ing will start as soon as preliminary engineering work is completed.

located at Mapleton, Ore.
It also owns a
plant at New Rochelle, N. Y., where it manufactures materials of
"honeycomb" construction, and at which its laboratories and research

plan becoming effective, earnings continuing
indicated rates and the existence of favorable

presently

the

articles

Footwear Plant Expands—

.

a

income.

on

in

these

of

The

engaged in the purchase and
Douglas fir and other softwood plywood,
sheet and laminated products and
glue.

of

staff

1946,-a

taxes

engaged

fabrication

modern

parts,

and

related
.

the

upon

(softwood)

nated
sale

is

company

ail-plane

stock

outstanding, and consummation
•of
the
plan is also dependent upon deposit for exchange on or
.Before Sept. 30, 1946, of at least
90%
of the 7%
preferred .stock
•outstanding. Directors may, however, extend the time and also may
:reduce the amount of shares
required to be deposited to make the
3>lan effective. Holders of the 7% preferred stock who
approve the
plan should deposit their shares with the Chase National Bank
of
vthe City, of New.
York, 11 Broad St., New York, N. Y.
i

BUSINESS—Corporation

-The

The bulk of
V
Other products to be made in Fort Wayne include rubber-bonded
grinding wheels, industrial adhesives, rubber-covered rolls and rubberlined tanks and pipes.
These articles are currently made in Passaic,
N. J., Providence, R. I., and Detroit.' Another important product will
be vibration
absorption mountings for radios, railroad cars, stxfijft
cars, aircraft; farm implements, household appliances, industrial m»«~
chinery, elevators and air conditioning equipment.
"

$24,855; operating surplus, $15,-

,

The

and

seals.

to Fort Wayne from the company's Detroit plant.
facilities in the motor capital will be devoted to tires.

organized in New York
May 6, 1937, by the consolidation of United States Plywood Co., Inc.
(N.
Y.)t United States Plywood Co. of Del., and Aircraft Plywood
Corp. (Wash.).
v."
,/...

requires a tworthirds vote

approval

and

steering

ferred

each

HISTORY AND

lubber products required by in¬

of

The company makes
products, Including engine mountings for
wheels, rubber window stripping, gaskets,,

truck

and

auto

vibration,

It will measure

subsequent issuance.

Creation of the new issue of convertible
preferred
the increase in the amount of
common stock
•of

increased production

share and accrued dividends.

be

only

the

of

200

reducing

598.

p.

for

Wayne will specialize In the manufacture of automobile rubber

United States Plywood Corp.-—Preferred Stock Offeted
—Eastman, Dillon & Co. headed a group of underwriters
which on Aug. 14 offered to the
public a new issue of
60,000 shares (par $100) of 3%% cumulative preferred
stock, series A.
The stock was offered at $102.75 per

to

will

are

,

parts other than tires and tubes, Mr. Smith said.

<!:

JUNE 30, 1946

/

The

•dividends

-

.

Fort

LIABILITIES—Reserve for taxes, etc., $4,650; $5 first preferred
(239,200 shares no par), $23,920,000; $5 second preferred stock
(100,000 shares no par), $500,000; special reserve (set up out of amount
paid in cash by subscribers to second preferred stock), $97,985; com¬

1,198 shares of $6 prior preferred stock carried at
is designed to correct this condition."
v,

598.

p.

Smith, President of United States Rubber Co., announced
equipment will be moved to the site as soon as possible to meet

need

dustry.

t$728,149

stock

36,000

164,

400,000 feet.

36,000

ASSETS—Cash, $1,751,429; receivable for securities sold, $906; divi¬
dends
receivable, etc., $109,419; securities, at cost (indicated value
approximately $41,642,100), $22,700,998; total, $24,562,752.

is

working capital.—V,

company on

28,000

27,500

BALANCE SHEET,

at $3,600,000, and
$4,161,933, as well as
$199,800. The plan

at

t$615,030

'

at

of

Herbert E.

tax

preferred

the

of

stock,

shares

plant

68,988

fLoss.

carried

carried

4,289,663

Federal

profit

First

there

There

exists.

607,673

the

and

to

23,236

rubber

$674,633

t$16,789
6,192/

$700,355

79,091

est.

added

the

Aug. i announced the purchase of a governmentin Fort Wayne, Ind., for the production of industrial
products.
The purchase price was $2,100,000.
': The plant, built in 1941 by the Reconsturction Finance Corp. for
the Studebaker Aviation Corp., was used during the war for the manor
facture of
aircraft engine
gears.The floor space,
includnig both
manufacturing
ahd. administrative 4 departments, totals more than.
The

1,296

•

$590,884

Crl70,270

$698,531

w/w

expenses

the

dividends

no

deficit

be

proceeds

preferred

new

United States Rubber Co.—Buys Gov't Plant—

43,614

1,308.

$530,085

Cap; stk. & other taxes

likelihood for several
years of converting this deficit into a surplus
operating profits sufficient to permit $4,075,128 of accumulated

»o

6,695

estimated

the

redeem

1943

$629,723

accrd.

.

Net profit

.-from

•dividends

and

1944

$561,954

of

to

will

1945

Net realized loss in in v.

of

Net

reduction of

or

•

$521,685

deficit of $3,844,100 existed

a

of

aggregated $598,000.

$563,906

—

management

of

distribution

used

built

Total

1, 1946, the aggregate

various

$4,075,128, while

funds

lawfully

received

.Other Incomes

of

the

of

insufficient

•all

Cash divs. received

opportunity to share in the

of July

as

the

on

The

capital

further

a

dividends

1946

the

present unwieldy capital structure of the com¬
necessary if dividends are to be placed on a current basis,"
McClatchie. "While the dividend requirements on the two

•existing
are

an

stock.

the

These

on

of

holders

to

made.

was

the

proposed public sale of eO^OO1
approximately $2,458,310 will be.
cumulative preferred stock now
outstanding at the redemption price of $106 per share for the, 13,824
shares of series A, and $105.50 for the 9,412- shares of series B of ?
such cumulative
preferred stock.
The balance of the net proceed*

first preferred stock was

INCOME ACCOUNT, SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

r

'

revision

a

on

Other

-

tunpaid

$1.75 per share

company

preferred

that

en¬

stockholders

to

that

From

shares

75; cents per-share on the
March 30, and on June 28

seven

preferred.

letter

a

apparent

total

a

provision for such tax has been

dividend of

distributed

would be advantageous to all classes
being submitted is the product of extended nego¬
representatives
of
7%
preferred
and
common

plan

convertible

Believes

A

no

made.

the

stcok,, thus
exchanges under

who

privilege to obtain
in

7%

the

common

preferred stock the opportunity to exchange their shares for

.$4

.41

of

share of old

President,
long been

has

tiations
in
which
stockholders have actively

*1%

shares

conversion

McClatchie,

12, states:
capital structure

three

stock for each

common

-Aug.

<)f

old

of

exercises

.shares of

into

profits included in this calculation,

new

997

extend

of

for

a

Aug.

12,

holders

of

of 5

$940,000

,*

Aug. 1, accepted the corporation s offer
period of three years at the same rate

Wesley J. Peoples, Chairman of the Board, announced on
represented 53.6% of the $1,755,000 debentures out¬
the: maturity date.
'■■'•■■■
/
*
peoples stated that $567,599 of the debentures of 32.3 & oft

13.

standing
Mr.

bonds

on

interest,

Aug.

their

on

This

on

•

„

*,

A

WtlMl l.l III

////ffivllftll I '■
1 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
1^ beeA^paid bff;:in fuli; of ^rincipal and i^^rest.
:

Mo

'

f/»llc
Marcus

sales

<4-i' '

,

-T

*''"ii

A iii»ol fniir

J,

■•

United

»^1K aav\

aa
has

Aurelius

the

of

July

pany on

15,

subsidiaries for

been

and

commercial./forgings

charge of
succeeding

with

ten

;

manager

*2

•

The.

"

warehouses

over,

operating

Chicago,

m

Baltimore,

.-this .pipe, manuiacturing .
subsidiary to
has Just been elected President of the

company.-

,$ew yic^residfht—t

j
I

Wi'lby

: Arthur C.
Steel .Corp.
on

E.

Goble,

P.

plant.

President/ announced
associated: with United States

'«

j»*

^

>

^

•

.

New

r

•

J.

of

and

International

as

Corp. to Be

and

of

."Universal

pany will produce pictures of
planned to produce 25. of. ..these

top ^pictures. The
formerly.: made ,by; Universal, such as Westerns,
bracket'pictured will "be completely eliminated. „ ,

v

This

announcement

made

by

serials

and

low

The

-

Matthew

f

versal,

,V/a%

the

United

Kingdom

where

is

and

with

In

the

-products
!

remainder

-

will- be

-

of

It

is

the

interests
sition

intention

of

General

Rank

the

in

over

for

The

$6
It

SEC

plus

-

held

of

Ltd.,

will

of

States

dis-

and

>«'

- -

;

the-combined

>

to -add
the world

group

throughout

the

and

distribution

Latin

America

of

number of

a

will

Rank

continued.

be

films

The

Month of May

in

Rank

V

the

Depreciation
Amort,

i.--,

for

lot;

Special

price

1945

r

$3,226,500

of

be

trustees

account

Gross

from

to

be

record

retired

holders

20,698

2,273

181,561

charges

•

•

The

•

split

$1,205,107
Dr5,163

•

•*'.»

allowance

for

amort.'

inc.

of

ion Aug. 5 filed
($100

*■' V

outside the

Total

1946

<

—V.
•

taxes

(prior

period—$8,661,042)

Net; operating
.Other Income

—

2,314,132

to-the
(shown

at

Selling admin,
Interest paid

usual

inc.

in

opposite)
excess

prior

from

$i,504,351
in

from

in

of

of

tp-xes,

and

stock

are

(2)

equivalent

;

.With

the

-

-

,

on

for

Allen

1

>Cash

new

1

-

-

of

the

to

rate

commence

of

$1.50

non-

each

dividend

.J''1"




'

K

^

;

.s

,

r

tion

the

announced

Smith

joined

knitting
for-the
"We

and expenses

on

redemption of

by

Eugene

Federal

income

representing- pro rata,
transportation property in 1944 "which1
I. A i.'Jtii'i.i
I i t j

units

100,358

148,750'
24,759

12~550

1,501,111

———.————#-*———w_

amortization

—I

549,821

192,301

63,329
807,362

70,863

$7,042,335

$7,362,284

$1,583,909

$2,500,000
2,001,831

507,360

171,025

goodwill

J——

^^

~

1

,

.

-

.

payable—"V" loan_T
——
.-i---accruals & reserve for. reneg.
on
inc.—est!., less U. S. Treasury
Tax Notes of $301,949 at May 31, 1946

Fed,

Taxes

payable on props, acquired, less $22,500
payable within one' year, incl. in curr. liabs,
113,125
Res. for post-war reconversion of plants—i--- ; '
-?5% "CUittuJcdnv. preferred stfc-. .par); 2,500,000
/Common stock ($2 par)
—w
800,000,
-"Capital- surplus
'
" • 137,543
Earned
surplus———
i
—
1,400,397
.

of

J.

Dan

Buck

to

General

Sales

.

w

through the

;

*

wars

,

:

!

!.i

NOTE—All

'located

outstanding

capital

: *7,042,336$7,362,284
stock of Southern Fabricators. Im*
.

At

Laurel, Mississippi, was acquired as of May 29, i94$.-4-V»
163, p. 2055.
'
'

'

V-Vrv/.
Co.-—Earnings—
,i^l^fodttng?:Vholly^wned--4!omestie:'$ubsidiar!e8><'.'''':--'
:

^
•

*.

r

.

;

from

$4,647,973
•110,691

i,
r''*,

">,

-

"

'a-"

/ Profit), from,
,

income

2,115,173

Manager

out

more

than

226,467

for-our

government," Mr. Hynes said. "We are now ready
battle of-production and competition;
We are ready with

from

i

domestic us*#**
$2,217,104

4,546,564

■■

■

>,&•. f»ti"

....

4,317,405

(net)

665,405

262,638

228,132

vi;

•

$2,779,553

$1,546,23/2

143,428

■

foreign subs.

Prof, before
i

•,, ■

prov;

loir

v

$4,164,663

1,002,079
-a

i.

^

$3,025,937

income- -taxes—ixt—
Fed -

inc.

and

'.excess

profits taxes—

•Special

i.-.,

542,119

254,063

■

1,016.950

wmw

Consol.

vK

net profit

per

com.

share-

vv

:

$1.02

!

W ;>

$4,965,726
/'.iij'.'-h

1,300,912

431,000

1,802,000

Cr820,625

w.

$2,006,987

:<

.

$4,035,696
■■

.

J

258,944

-

-•

$2,037,003

1;::.

items-:—-----

Earns,

J

326,195

<

'

•

Divs.

Prov, ,for

5,500,-

$8,808,263?

£

1

operations

Other

""--f

1946—6 Mos.-*-1945

$7,552,585

$3,822,626
161,220

2,320,178

operations

Depreciation , ------Sell., gen. and adm, exp.
.

J

1946—3 Mos;r-i-1945

Period End. June 30—

Profit

;

"

r"
and turned

? 137^43
1,751,884

.

—.—

-

Hynes,.-Chairman -of the.,board,
-Mr.
1928 as Superintendent of underwear
Assistant General Sales Manager/ '

-• .-i

200,()0O

600~000

.

Buck has' been

past two years,

to take vn .a

"A"

subsidiary—Note

551,713

111,618

:

Accounts payable,

Wilson Brothers in

come

1,252,537

life -insurance

'

promotion

mills. J Dan

have

of

LIABILITIES—. '

Brothers, Chicago-^Officials Promoted—

and

27,394

—

i

.—Z

Total

the.promi.se of increased production and--keen competition fin
wear
trade, this, company Js launching the/,greatest ad- "
and..selling campaign in its history, it. is.announced. .-ElecRichard Smith as Vice-President in
charge of knit goods man-;;/

of

in

carry-back provs.

Code

Notes,

Proceeds will be used for working
,A

225,794

Deferred charges

jhotificaUoh^with 'the

preferredi and -1,340, shares .(no par)
$105,.a unit,.»consisting- of .one. share; of

:/

termination

value

102,589
1,280,512
1,910,669

1,256,771

Mort.

par)

^

reserves^

Revenue

depreciation &

Inc., New York—Files With SEC—

rfV

$2,783,204
77,374

——

taxes under

Fed.

assets

Purchased

157,

V

common.

180,000

,

deposit

on

contract

Patents

-

-

letter of

120-000

Property, plant; & equipment, less reserves for

pay¬

annually.—V.

Underwriter,: Kuhn, Loeb & Go. <-The debentures will vbe
publio while the common stock rwill be offered .for

a-

$510,497

,

Aug. 31,'45

surrender

Other

Corp.—-Register^, With BEC--

-

$198,573
53,124
-

?

•

•: •

for

-Investment

>

'■ '

Crl65,470

Cr200,000

H

Internal

Cash

to $1.40 annually
the intention of the direc¬

It is

effective,

I ,1,654,520

1——•?

Inventories -.U.J

£

•

94,680

j

.—,

*_•—

receivable less

Refundable

to
of

for

shares

common

'

.

)

excess

dividends

hand and

on

Claims

$2

par

J
Crl39,400

..

...

j

dividends

^Accounts

v-

7% $20 par pre¬
stock for each share
no

55,202

90,000

58,230
25,835
5,484

—

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

new

new

918,584

-

ASSETS—

i

-

&

approved proposals
the plan, holders

four

4

'*

1946.

■

resulting reduction in

sale of

'

of

15*88M56

I

J—

'

.

$1,994,25.1, in-priori-'.period,

book loss
'

■*

78,024

-:

1^—•■■.f

6,269,740
,808,216
22,792

exps.-

profits tax
Reserve for post-war reconversion
' ',/•-/./
'.;■>■& '/•
; Net profit
:

men's

;, was

period—$2,380,380), representing pro-rata
to

p

ufacture

of. premiums

refund

Preferred

Under

common

new

three

at

"'ttK-'-

Not underwritten.

emergency

requirements
(prior

V

/

•

$7,049,470 $19,046,870

-

tax—/-.*

profits

Post-war

yertising

.

000

amount of

30,

becomes
A

shares,-($100

Wilson

of .transportation propbook loss in 1944^„_.T,

of those portions

which

have

receive

-

The.-company-on Aug. 7: filed

Vi'i

,

sale

♦Of- (1) ;$1,207,413

amount

of

and

June

plan

Wheeler <W. II.)

capital.

emergency facilities
theJ~accounts" since

amortization

dividend

bonds

sold
•,

stocks.

will

1

•

.

depre¬

and .excluding. Jn prior period the
pro rata amount of tax reduction

excess

Preferred

shares

common.
Offering ;price,
preferred and one share of

which

of

such facilities-are expected
to be employed
throughout their normal life and not to replace existing - facilieies^r;r^v_i—
Earnings before giving effect to tax reductions

.resulting

Excess

company bri Aug. |4.filed a registration statement with .the SEC
$30,000,000 of debentures, due 1971-, and 1,647,037 shares $12.50

for..,l«34o

'■">

facilities

being

are

gen.

Marketable securities

meetings

common

shares
v

and

Amortization of good will

(Wm.)

rates, allowable for tax pur¬

not -recognized

resulting

shaies
•; :

capital.—V. 164, p. 56.

/

35,406

——

Miscellaneous expenses ——i
Normal income tax and surtax,--

-i

*

4,374,631

taxes

m* 1945

$7,014,064 $18,968,845
—

Provision for post-war. recon. of plants
•^Research engineering exp.

the BEG

■

charges, in-

$1,504,351

deductions,' -in

amortization of

as

Fed.

special

amounts

ciation

poses
■but

in

offset by

1946,?

-

—

Cost of products sold

or
preferred
held, a Unsubscribed
shares
will
be
sold
to
underwriters.I, Proceeds will be used to finance part of the company's
plant expansion and rearrangement program for increased working

$8,035,379t$10,930,121
-reductions

j

...

.

income

•

common

.

not

from

result

.

v

—

income

-

t

holders of ..outstanding 'preferred rstocki and.? common
-.stock >o£; record Sept. .l.0.:in ratio, of-.vys-sharei for', eachjshare of

2,954,250

1,207,413

in-addition

period

A
4

:T;";'v?

Par), common.

—$11,556,924 $18,259,001

amortization-

are

-clude,

'*

preferred will receive five

three

class

..offered .to the
subscription to

——.—

'J.

.Which

328,656
-3,797,604

$53,835

2774.

p.

Gross

registration statement with the SEC
"stock.
Underwriter, Shea & Co.,
is selling 26,400 shares for its own

Co,

Westinghouse Electric
for

-23,963

Woodall Industries, Inc.-

a

"irW

.

revenues——$11,815,357 $18,332,601
Pr258,472
JDr73,599

*

•Special charges
Net income
Extraordinary

693,168

-

..—3,296,392

BeIance;K-^^^ir^^--v—
and

3,450,582

693,168
2,015,375

—1-—^—

163,

Other

3,565,874

2,832,719

^

$3,199,113

Interest

1095.

p.

29,922

common

special

at

from

the
the

on

23,400
$83,799

$38,246 *

,

Net. sales

4

"

3,256,626

Amortivation of plant acquisition adjustments^Fed.
inc.: taxes, after extarodiuary
reductions

Other

when

ments

$40,909,685 $48,174,483
17,000,006
18,662,707

Maintenance

income

9 Months Ended May 31—

t.v

service

of

cumulative

are

tors,
1945

26,490
$68,168

—

deductions

Net

M^Files With SEC
notification with,

of

■

6 filed

-

■

5,727

21,573

.

:Net, earnings

per

is

shares each of class A and common stock.
• •
- •
Dividends on the new preferred stock amounting

282,799

INCOME STATEMENT, 12 MONTHS ENDING ,MAY 31

taxes

h

presently outstanding 11,943 preferred shares .and 16;943
Upon the plan becoming effective, the issued capital
59,715 shares of 7% $20 par-preferred; 67,772 shares
of new class A
stock, and 86,658 no-par common shares outstanding.
The authorized capital will be
170,000 shares of preferred and 150,000

$671,371

29,388
21,170

taxes, State and Federal

.

shares.

consist

80,303

30,655

—

•

Common

stockholders

class

120,971
9.047

'

:

General

been

have

are

common

emergency

Operating revenues
Operationr.>^__->^»^,__^—

a letter

.4

and

par

and

held.

now

There

-

1945

$243,788

$276,906

Depreciation

par)

6/- V*.-*"-

preferred

Common

share

taxes

■___

.Depreciation

1

j,

1346x

1

earnings

Income

shares

"'W,>•;

stockholders,

the

held.

171,439

$373,151
Fed.

S»'v

•#>?'. :*

a

Maintenance

Grocers,Xtd.—Reeapitalization Approved—

ferred. shares

$1,199,944
357,134
...

income

in

'

^

,

be selected in such manner
the executive committee shall determine.—

the remaining 20,000
York.—V. 163, p. 3333.

S.yo

I

Operation

Retire preferred-—

o

and

Co., New

267,112

$554,713

.1.

reductions

vi

^'Quarters Ended June 30*^-

:

redeemed. shall

or

par)
Proceeds—Shea &

Western

$552,439

—

through

i

,

„

.

Virginia Water Service Co., Charleston, W. Va.

Boston.

231,160

191,67.4

revenues-

amortization

*%v

^

Wisconsin Hydro Electric Go.—Earnings—
'

proposed to be made by
held by record holders within ;the .service
incorporation of. Washington provide that if
shares;.of the $6 -preferred stock are:;t<K-be-re¬

The company on Aug.
for 46,400 shares (no

57,764

,

and

facilities

'

!

consist s
at $388 on

r

57,764

-

Extraordinary

.

;

preferred and 900 shares (no par) com¬
Shares are being offered on behalf of stockholders.
Offering
$100 a share of preferred.
Not underwritten.

mon.

will

V

will

valued

Common

Wellington Manor, Inc., La BkW

cumulative

Balance

•

increases Service Offices-*. Sdv-W

of

the shares to

board

West

287,943

operating

treasury stock,-i?r$32,685

shares

articles

The company
shares 5%

'

233,436

____

income

Interest

.-

These

stock

common

preferred.

retirement

by

present .7%., $100

y,';.Net

$436,801;

Expansion of the professional service . facilities of this company,
begun thfc first of this year, IS; being, continued with the opening of
new offices in Seattle, Wash., Aug. 15, and in Memphis; Tenn., Sept.' 1.
fc„Joseph C. Noh, Vice-President and Director of Sales, pointed out
that the two new additions constitute the fifth and sixth such offices

shares of the 103,753 shares; (no par)
presently outstanding in the .hands of the. public.

164, P. 598.

600

1,211,222

ductions of $454,238 in prior period

.

$888:

30 approved the following transactions; v:» <
to
call in, redeem and retire, at $110

68,753. shares

the

United

239,160

—»

plant acquisition adjusts,^^^___^___
.income taxes after extraordinary re¬

"Other taxes

erty

.

,

of

—Registers With SEC—

1946

of

Federal

V.

of

the

V.

United

1,581,011
220,627

Maintenance ■

of

value

amount;

share

stock

as

Organization

$3,130,620

'■

'■

of

10

dividends,- 68,753

The

deemed,

*

y|iginia Electric & POwer Co,—Earnings—

-

face

lqss. .than .all of the

Rank

*•'

to its present
by the acqui¬

distribute the- American made Eagle-Lion product in the
Kingdom and elsewhere throughout the world.—V. 164, p. 55.

Net

under-Section

proposes

called

and

area.

respective

<will

Other

proceedings

by stockholders of record whose postoffice addresses are out¬
area.
The difference between the number

selecting,

the

building -: of theatres, including - theatres which. Universal
intends -to acquire In the: United-States.;
>V",v; ■ >
relationship heretofore established between the J. Arthur Rank
Organization
and
Robert
Young's -Eagle-Lion
Co. ^in
Distributing

%

and Exchange Comcapital structure of

a

Washington's service

shares

area

The

the

taxes,

Val Kolh 'has been elected Divisional, Ylce Fre4ident. ln cha,rge of the
special markets division which is engaged in marketing throughout the
United. States and Canada, Vitamins used by the food and pharmaceu¬
tical industries; a new flour bleaching agent; and chemicais produced
by'-'Winthrop and other subsidiaries of Sterling Drug Inc.
- '
^
Mr." Kolb joined the Winthrop concern in. 1940 As associate director
of the special markets division in charge of Vitamin gales.»

Reorganization

—

or

America for
•

Co.

is.«proposed .to retire all shares of Washington^ $6 preferred stock

now

in

obtain

distribution

on ; July

preferred

side

International

«,

reorganization

$250

each

.^Washington

a

'•

theatres

1,000

will

films

Distributors

Film

^

-

of

income

.;

,.r:;Z

■

Washington Water jI*.ower
share,

world,
distribution -of
by Universal International

continued

distributing companies.
••

payable, $228,566; claims of subcontractors
accrued, items; $75,161-;: Federal and
capital stock, $162,632; capital surplus,

terminated contracts, ^$50,751;

r«
•'
•:
4'
f
Winthrop Chemical Co., Inc.—Divisional Vice-Pres.-

,

found to be worthless under the
plan.—V. 161, p. 2491.

,..

the

•

in

a

bonds of

common

Uni¬

rejoining

President

^•tributevthevcombined product,1
r

LIABILITIES—Accounts

on

State

,

^

Electric

&

""*:'. "

company,-

^

distribution

Gas

r

^

,

special .department .within, the Universal distribution, organization
be created to give specialized and concentrated attention to the
product of the f. Arthur Rank Organization..
.
0,v..
The 'same/ long term relationship which - is being created in the
the

;

>

,

A

for

•

-

the basis of $10 a share; $110 of Southern Utah
preferred; and1 $140
pf Southern Utah common.. The plan noted that
"Ji39o. on .each $1,000
of 6% bonds already has
been-paid in cash.
Present 6% bonds, with
interest to June -30, 1946, totaled
$2,775,486.'
<
..
The
7%
preferred stockholders would receive one share of new

will

States

'•

,

-direetorv;of: Universal' Pictures Co., Inc. v/

United

*

,

securities

Fox, President of United World Pictures
has been elected both Executive Vice

and

1946
accounts receivable
f>(net), $459,030; claims on terminated government contracts,. $72,137;
notes receivable, $2;500;- 'inventories,' $1,123,386; 'cash- surrender? value
of life insurance, $115,853;
plant, property and ^equipment 4 after de',-preciation ^eseryef;nf ;$390,859),!$837.781; prepaid «xpenses and,deierred .charges, $.21^374; total, $3,183,082,
...
.
- ■ ^:»*
'■
JUNE 30,

BALANCE SHEET,

(on hand and in bank), $551,020;

.

,

,

tures, which - organization will also distribute the Rank Pictures in
jthe United States and Latin America. The .executives of United World
Pictures Cm^.-Incf. ' Willii join the/expanded Universal organization. .;
,

$8.97

A

.

stock. ,>
^
?Shares of the reorganized Washington Gas Company are to be dis¬
to be opened so far
this year^ .Increasing by 50% the; number ,of
tributed among its creditors
And, 7% preferred stockholders, v
-) .
such offices operated by the company in 1945, they bring the. present
The
company
will issue $782,250 of new 3J/2%
first
mortgage
.total to 18.- These, branches are maintained by the company to coor¬
,bonds* and. 136,489 cqmmon, shares, at g fixed-capitalrvalue of $13.73 a
dinate relations with physicians, dentists, hospitals and pharmacists
sharey but valued at $10 a share .for purposes5-of the plan,..; t-nt
in the.territories served.—V. 163, p. 949.
; f
f/, Holders of. each $1,000 of Washington fGas 6bonds will receive /

new

Co.,
rUoetz-, «as- President, and -they wiir be in-charge of all production
activities..,Cliff Work, Vice-President of Universal, will remain as one
of the,/senior^studio-executives.
n<,'The United World ^.Pictures-Co., Inc.; will be consolidated, into.-the
sorganization fo-r the distribution of the Universal International Pic¬

-

$124,837

$1,75

.

.

producing company,
Universal International Production
which will be a wholly owned--subsidiary of Universal Pictur.es
Inc., will be headed by Leo Spitz, as Chairman,. andu William

v'Co,,

<r*rr

ft

$268,849

-i—

.

the J.

Picture.Enterprises, was.also,present.

,

,

jjrAf«r?edrAnd-a}AingleiOlassiOfscommon

Arthur Rltnk Organization
Ltd., Universal Pictures. Co., Inc., International Pictures Corp.,. and
-United. World Pictures -Co., -Inc.,
at the conclusion
of a series of
conferences in London, England. A representative of the Robert Young
was

194,683.

share—

per

ASSETS—Cash

the Commission before it may be filed with the Court.
Southern Utah Power Co.; a subsidiary, also is to'be
recapitalized
to provide, in addition to its
outstanding bonds, ,only -one class uf

pictures

program

.

159, p. 51.

approved ,by

Co. This, new consolidated comdistinction and in the first year, has

•

;

-Net-profit

ythe Bankruptcy Act,-, would continue -to own and derate its gas propT,Arties.
Nathan A. Smyth, trustee, submitted the plan^ which must be

Production

$479,258
387,096
Cr32,676

$463,532

—

5Vz%

,

•

,16,920

now

-

The

$469,837
9.361

$446,612
...

'

"

Earnings

,

jnlssion
-

-

i.Oi•'

t

The company has proposed to the Securities
a areorganization program which provides
only first mortgage bonds and common stock.

production, distribution and exhibition of
and;Internationa] Pictures.throughout
on, July 31. A..merger of interests .has been

which

International

4u£

.

the

Washington

Universal

result

a

u.-

'

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—-

;Prov.. for income and excess profits taxes..
Postwar refund of excess profits taxes

.

■

(the production ( activities of Universal
.Pictures Co.-Inc. And International Pictures,vCorp„.will be merged ,&s
.of Oct,- 1, 1946fc,ln„ a new. production company under, the,name, of

,

are

tii.

stronger Anglo-American film relation-*

ra

!■»-•

-

25-year debentures
(subordinated) due Oct. ,1,
$999^2a"eaxned su^ius;i$1^261,928,
ready for exchange for temporary debentures of that
$3,183,082.—V. 163, p. 2488.
Guaranty Trust Co. ol New York. 140 Broadway. New^*»:
*».
\
York; N. Y.-V. 164, p. 734. ■
^

the expanded

for

Arthur Rank

„the vyoxid were .announced

.^arranged

Pictures

CI

-

•

"Planned—

long term' plans,,'for

ship .and

-

4

'definitive

1970,

TTViilvorial
toivorsal j^ctures VlV .lhcf-^-Fpoduction, Activities of
"Co.,

tils ..Corp.
Merged

•

Not underwritten,,

issue «t

(.

,*

ft

.

Ward Baking Co.—Definitive Debentures Ready—

14,. Mr. Wilby,- who has been
-Steel.since Jan. 9, 1909, will maintain his
headquarters In Chicago, 111.
—V. 164, p. 734.

-

v

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•

•

.

Total net profit—'-a—-

v'

.

;

-.

Fairless,

Aug.

-

•

r

Other' income

.

;12y500 shares (na parf common and, 27,400 shares of cuwuletive 6%
preferred stock. Oaenng price $i:)a snare of common tmd $10 a share
"of preferred.
Proceeds will be used for acquisition of manufacturing

States

United

.•

Wailes-Bageman, Inc., Vernon, Calif.—Files Witli SEC
'1'
1 the SEC
cqmpany on-Aug..?.filed a-, letter-.of.-notification--:W

•--i

.

Vice-President of

a

Benjamin

i

„

^•>a

Selling, admin, and gen. expenses
.4"i
&
*2M ?•?"•*$
>'V
•'
:d Net. prof it from operations.———-—

p.-'

'V

who

.

,

has been elected

of Delaware,

John

succeed

.

.

Inc.—Earnings—

Gross sales, leas discts. & rets, and allows..

a

agent and registrar for the capital stock, 50c par value.—V.
«?■>
.
w v
.
1 ., /
-.
.
X
-fi
v

St. Louis and St., Paul.
* 3 William FJ McConner, General Manage*-'a* sales i-of- National Tube
i£ja since 1936. >hasbeen named /Vice-Plesident in charge of sales

y

filed

r "

"

jit

ij&ostibf Aaaiesjfe

;

Guaranty. Trust Co. of New York has been appointed transler
-

,J! Boston, Cleveland, Newark, Pittsburgh,
v

saie of
4944.—

in

loss

' ;

•»!£•»

Willson Products,

Vulcan Iron Works, Wllkes-Barre, Pa.—Tr. Agt., Etc.

Corp.
'

/TSales,fjurisdiction

book

-r.

a

■6 Months Ended June 30—

letter of notification with the jspc
if or
common,
.Offering price $3 a share., Underwriter, Mercier, McDowell &. Dolphyn. Proceeds will be used for
reimbursement of treasury and additional capital,«;

..

Steel

related

ox

pro

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company on Aug. 6
83,095. shares ($1 par)

States Steel Corp.
In Octoberv 1944. he was
of the railroad materials

division of .the. Carnegie-iUinois

'"■•:?!.

reuuction, ^resulting .from

tax

excess

Vokar Corp., Dexter, Mich.—Files With SEC—

United

years.

^

r!

in

^

is $1,504,351 less than

years

of

amount

The

com¬

Ernest E. Aldous.,..

-".£V.H.&

'•>S

«

in

rata

pro

transportation property,
v. 163, p. 3332.

•

•

associated

^promotedftO .rbecomeaassistant to

4»> ?

Co., a subsidiary,
the. Presidency, of that

to

retirement of

of, the. last

most

am

Vice-President

Supply

advanced

$1,504,351

Y.-P. of Units-..io<i»Aiw k A

f arl

/■>

elected

Steel

the

upon

'" aVei

been

States

Mr. t Aurelius ,;has

1

.

'*W«a),jUw«,

■

^

Leslie B..?\VorthiUgtOn, ;who

,

because of write-downs in, prior

""""

United States-Steel Corp.~New

,

-Holders

eifher' to- £fco»

bonds

Monday, August 19, 1946
(a*

.

j.i"

.f

r- r

1

■

f

,1

.

$1,606,003
...

^Estimated credit for. refund of prior

$3,555,409
$3,163,726
$0.82 J, ci;' $1.81 '.A1- ,-'>:$1.61

years

excess profits tax,

$500.-

OOP; gain.from sale.of,real property ,(net), $320,625.
j-v
thousands-of dolf-lars on new
•v-NOTE—Dividends received from-foreign subsidiaries not consolidated
machinery,; new equipment plant modernization and decentralization—all in preparation for increased volume, lower,
costs, J were $14,692 in .excess of. earnings for the six months' period ended
and keen 'competition,^—V.
June 30, 1945, and $36,416 in 1944.-^-V. 163, p. 2774.
164, p. 56. V-'
'•'' !•1 f.v
®
./
\
$ j c ^ I ?;): ? -'/"j ■■ "/( -5',- u:i-/v:'v
g<
i C--1.
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;
!•- .J J. »?f':
L J"
:

our factories

■

and

machinery,;:.iWe have spent

many

~

[Vplume J(j4„ Number,,4517,

ffHE COMMERCIAL' & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
•yl>

999

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and

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City Department

BOND PROPOSALS AND

j*/*/

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NEGOTIATIONS

:,ai-^ T

-fV.':.

W'<
ijvl.*

.ARIZONA

calls for.tenders> of non*highway rdated Aug. 1,1946 arid mature on
^direct. tobligations.^oL theo State ';Aug. T, from 1947 to l959 inch
ArtoohateSiZ t ii
whenever, the necessary funds are Second, high bid of 100.351 for
*.
wnUamiT:
available Jor the purchase of such l%s was made by the Bank of
;SBix>oks/State:Txe:a$ tir er, hn*
Enounces that sealed bids will be obligations. This eliminates the ;America National Trust Savings
time element required an the past, &- Association, of San Francisco;
received by the State, Loan Coini
necessitated by the Board's prior and Weeden & Co., jointly,
;. ,
missioners, at his office in the
approval of such operations. The
Placer Cpunty Sch. Diets. (P. O.
CapitoL Building, in Phoenix, unnew- method
applies chiefly to
Auburn), Calif.
IStil 2 p.m. on Sept. 4. for the pur" Confederate
pension and State
; Bond Sale — The $100,000 Lin¬
/- chpgetoi
$80,000 not, to exceed
hospital bonds.;
(
coln Union Grammar School Dis¬

■n«fe

M-S.

multiples

.,

the

Little

ifrom 1947 to 1950. incl., and $12,-

:

C'OOO from 1951 to 1953 incl. Interh^est J-J. " ■^,,: -•
> ■ At the time and place above in;' dicated,
or at a- later time, the
State•«Loan Commissioners will

tion.

a

pot less than

*

FLORIDA

—

rate of interest.

Raton, Florida

action thereon as may be

advisable.- AH bids must state the

be

must

certified

or

accompanied by

,

i

<;>■:<;

i

thereof will be considered and all
bids

i-ti.

i

..

Voted

is

—

/■).•)-;« .t

CALIFORNIA

bank doing business

}

of

State

,

certified

State Treasurer. The

cashier's

check

the

of

voters at the election to
in the near future:. -;

or

successful

retained

by the
State Loan Commissioners to be
bidder

shall

be

^he legality of said bonds is to be
of

be held
c;

-

$100,00(1 2Sj at a price of 100.729.

authorized at the Aug. 1

disposal

Atlanta),:Ga<*

i 4-M::

< \

$2,500,awarded

4

the

in

bidder

such

event

-

-

^^dpes hot take hb land pay &>riaid

pifeonds/jimnrn^their
issuance ah delivery to such bid-

i

m&tfeat;

The

sioners

Coriimis*
the right to reject

State * Loaft

reserve

,

a.m; on Aug. 19 for
of/Loa- ^ngeles; ment. A,: Evans; &. Co.,/Brpoke,
purchase of $100,000 not to Weeden & Co;y.Lawson, Levy l& Tindall'jCci.,V& H. J&ilsman;&
exceed 5% interest school bonds. .Williams,' and Hannaford;&. Tal-» Co., First National Bank, Courts
Dated
July
22, J 1946.
Deriom. hot, all of San Francisco, on a & Co., and Stockton; Broome &
$1,000. Due $20,000 from 1947 to bid of 100.0509, a net interest cost ,Co.,;ail pf jAtlanta,, .Due Aug.»;i,'
1951 incl.; Principal and interest of about 2.377%, as follows:
For ias folldws: $75,000 in 1947-to 1955;
payable, at the County Treasurer's $300J)00, maturing $50,000 July 1, $125,000 in 1956, $150,000 in 1957,

the

"

office,

/tpn, of Phoenix,-will be furnished.
#.C; iButlfeA
receive sealed
Sept.,9 for the
purcna&e of $283,000 not to exceed
3% interestY water and electric
light revenue bonds. Dated July
1, 1946. Interest J-J. Due July 1,
as follows: $8,000 in 1948 and 1949,
Clerk,

•»

;

1

the rate, 1947 .10,1952,. as 2s,. $3,00,000 ma¬

name

check for;

required.
tip*:'

1

,

;

,

v

1952

to

1955,

\

bonds, not exceeding 5% interest.
Dated
July
22,
1946.. Denom;
$1,000. These bonds are due $1,000
in T947 ^ to 195 lv' ^Principal /mid;

1969,and $16,000 inl970>andl971. Interest

payable

at

Treasurer's office,

These bonds

carried by a vote of
191 to 17 at the election held on

,

the' County

Enclose

a cer-^

tified cheqk-for 10% .of .the tonds
July 23.- Bonds maturing in the bid.. for, payable to the .above
Clerk.;;J'
;"; years 1958 to 1971, inclusive, shall
.v:^-AV-'v-V-:
*-'»*■<.''•A'.?*"'': '"rSS\t
be ^doemable^inyerse brdei^ 5
\ Los Arigkles County )Sch<*. Dist. l
years prior to their respective man
(P. ^CX Los^Angklesyi Califi
:i txurity. dates,, amixop interest pay* .)? Bond Sale—The
$860,000 Gompl ing dates thereafter^alipah ahd ton Union
High School District
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■

taccruedvinterest, upon^^O >days' bonds offered
Adg;t
';, i>ubOish^d Pdtic6<ft The ^ihcipdl <871—'Were Warded to a syndicate
of and interest on said bonds shall
coihposed of Halsey, Stuart &.Co.[
lj>e payable solely from the rev¬ C.i F.) Childs & Go., of Chicago;
enue to be derived from the water
Milwaukee Go,,
of Milwaukee;
and electric light and power dis- and
Thomas Kemp & Co:, of Lo3
tributioh Systems of the Towa,
Angbles/as:2sivat -a price nf 10L16;
after paying costs of .maintenance a basis of about
1.869 %.
Dated;
and:

a
.

,

certified .check

total amount

for 5% -of the

bid.,,

'

,

Aug. 1, 1946 and due serially on
Aug. 1 from 1947 to 1965 incl.

Second'high bid pf 10^065 for 3s
made by a syndicate headed

was

by Blyth • &i Co. ?
;

;

TKe

$125,000

v

3-rvvict

-

V,.

•

,

Arkansas (State-of.) I

4.Bohd

-

Tender

,

Pro

ce

t.

k

d ii

..

.

r e

Amended—The iState Fiscal' Con"
''

Said bonds are gen¬

,

same' time

were

awarded to

syndicate composed of Blyth' &
Co., Security First National Bank

a

Angeles, R. H. Moulton. &
Co., all of Los Angeles, American
Trust Co., of, "San Francisco,;
thq

William R. -Staats Co.; and Red"
!&.Co,,~both of Los Angeles•
as
"at a pride of lM36, a basis
field

The bonds

are

lowing bids
York:

were

Dixon

National

of 101.108, a basis of about 1.11%.

Dated vAUg; 1," 1946 and, due on
pecv 1 from 1948 to 1960 /inclusive.
Second high bid of 100.216 for

IV4S

made, by Halsey, Stuart

was

& Co.
*r

*

,4.

Geneseo, Ill.

.

i:;:;Bohd;;Ele^|ion4^if^'|s^

of
$150,000/hospital bonds will be
considered'>bv/tke voters at the
Sept. 16 election* ,
-

i'icJ°Met, Illinois
>.

"/t/
Proposed Bond Issue ^ The city

I sewage

tion

disposal

bonds.

plant

construc¬
■

.

.

1

.

v

-

McCpok,

Brookfield-North -River•
'side' ]Wat<er.District'(P. O.
j
"Riverside), III.
/jjBonOs Voted—At a recent elec-

fi

Bld^4for;BondsTssuer^he^fd^

,

the

to

Bank and the City National Bank,
both of Dixon, as IV4S, at a prine

received in New

tion the voters

for ; the

authorized

an.

is-

$1,000,000 T8/^
water supply: revenue thonds: of4 sue;of $600,000 water construction
bonds.
f;
■
fered Aug. IS-^-v, 164, pi 736:.> 1
of. ..Supervisors
of Sacramento
Port Byron, III.
Bidder^ /
' v /
Rate Bid
County, as and constituting the
First. Boston Corp., Lee
^BQiid Election —r- An issue; of
Board .of pirfctprs; .of County
Higginson. Corp,, Whiti
$40,000 street' paving bonds will
Sanitation
District.,1 No., 1, u has
be submitted to the voters at the
'-ing, Weeks'A<& ^ Stubbs,
power4 and Is "obligated, Jfo, levy
5ahd
F.1 ' Brittain/Ken ■
"i \ ■. election to^be held on Sept. 17.
;and collect pd valorem faxes for
riedy
-ijointly/^ 100,811)
the 'payrhent of ^said bonds, and
INDIANA
;Devifie.W» Co* -and • t .1
2
the interest thereon upon all of
Bank of Hawaii, jointly
100.399
the roa| property in eaidJ District
Kokomo, Ind*
/
; VW ^'V
'
Bond Sale —The $150,000 imsubject to taxation by said Dis¬
trict, without limtation of rate or
provement: bonds roffered Aug. 8
Arenzville, III.
amount.
The
legal
opinion of
-r-v. 164, p. 872-^Were awarded to
Bonds Authorized-r-An, .issue, oi the. First National Bank of Chi¬
Grrick, Dahlquist, Neff, Brown &
Herrington, of San Francisco, ap¬ $18,000 water; system: completion cago, and the Fletcher Trust Co.,
proving the validity of said bonds bonds was authorized at the elec-j of Indianapolis, jointly, as IV4S, at
Willbefurnishedtothesuccessful tioh hpld on July .29..
^
't a price of 100.935, a basis of about
V.*
**»
«•>'• 'it:
bidder without charge.
:
1438%. Dated June 15, 1946 and
Avon Community High 5cL Disti
due semi-annually, from July 1'5,
No* 176, III.
COLORADO
1948 to, Jan. 1, 1963, inclusive.
Bonds Voted-—At \ the July 27obligations of County Sani¬
tation District No. 1 and the Board
eral

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,

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Moffatt

County,-pratg Sch. Dist.

/Bond

VoteifaAh "issue/o^$350,-

000 -school

building

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authorized ? by

voters at the

July 26 election;

;

issue of $200,000
bonds.
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,

construction

ponds ', was

riVeW ; Castle Cottnty (P. O,

\Yilmingtoh)sI)el*'

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election the;< voters iauthorized an

(P, O, Craig), Colo.

the

i,

t

school building
i

t>

Other bids:

-

1

Bonds

\

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...

»:*43iddar
/r
int." Hdtehate Bid
Oity Securities Corp.
\%*b
100.741
Mullaney/Ross &. Co.—^.« IV^ %
100.64
Northern * Trust Co.,

Byron, lit.

1

College District bonds offered at
the

rtrol;Board11 h^S/au|ho^izedVSeci:e^
tary Frank" A. Storey, Jr., to issue of about" 1.693%.




urer's office.

Comptort', JUnioi^ ^MEUvDELAWARR^^^

of Los
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pealed

1959, $12,000 in I960 to 1962, $13,000 in 1963 to 1965, $14,000 in
1966 and 1967, $15,000 in 1968 and

operation of such systems.
The Town .will furnish the bond?
and the approving legal opinion
ofJJyles p. Tallniadge,;of D.epver,
The. Council will not consider any
bid at less than par and accrued
interest, and it reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Enclose

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Julyi,,49^/Ponom $l,0Q0..Ddn
Randsburg Schi. Dist.
\ f (P. \ OSBakersfield), Calif. % <> $50,000; bn^'July, l4 from ,1947 -to
1966 incl.
Principal and interest
]
Bond Offering • — ;R. J. ^ebh;
(J-J.) payable at the Count Treas¬
douqty' ClerWill i receive

1956 to

$11,000 in

awarded

is making preparations to issue
$3,250,000 water main, sewer and

,

Kerri County,

pids ;untij;l 1 ^3^Ptt;<Aug^|DToif:
$9,000ifit950*andi951,$10,000 in the/purchase of $5,900 school;

:

$250,000 in 1958 to 19.62, and $300,'.;, -, < .<.
*j
turing $50,000 July 1, 1953 »to 000 in -1963^
The bonds are dated Aug. L
1958,. as 2y4a,r$400,000,;2y2s, due
C
$50,000 on, Julyv. 1 from. 1959. ,to 1946, Interest E-A,
1966: incl*.
Tho,bonds are dated
.

10% of the bonds bid for, :payable
tot ;'thelCpunty<CIerk^?M

will

bids until 8 p.m. on

Bidder to

f

of interest.r> A certified

All bids must be unconditional.

Town

4Bond ^ale^The $129,^500 'Swimming/pool: ^construction' offered
Aug J 12
v.
164, p. 736 v-were

bids until 11

V J any! and, ail bids re<^ived*/DeliV"
ery of the bonds shall be made
f at the office of the State treas¬
urer, in the Capitol Building, at
the City of Phoenix, Ariz. The ap:
proving . opinion. of Gust, Rosens
vifeld, Divelbess, Robinette & Lin-

pixdn park District (Pi Qi
'M*

/.

.v

feited

election.

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Bond Sale—An issue of

i

-

fire

.

applied upon the purchase price
C^o£/said^onds>,ah<l shaH be/fof-

.

Bonds Voted—rAn issue of $7,500
truck
purchase bonds Was

interest

payable A-O. Dated Oct. 1, 1946. funding bonds amounting to $20,Denomination $1,000. These bonds 000.
; '
r
'•fc* -f
,:„4' <•'
'> ::.
are due r$lj000 Ironic Oct. lr^?4t
to 1966' inclusiver The: next 'high^
est
bidder
was
the
American Fulton- Coiinty, 'County -Sch. Dist.
Trust
Co.,,, San
Francisco; for : -»v-1 (JP* O.

jpOO school bonds .was
plant County Sanitation i District (P. Oi
fecfently asi%s, atfpar. to a syni-5"■>' bonds*--..-.
,,
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;«f- Sacramento), Calif*
, - i
dicateComposedoftbeChaseNa<35,000 sewer extension bonds.
»
tional Bank, of><New York;; the
I Bond.Baie^TJ^*$l,OO0iOO'O".s.aw^^
135,000 publit library^^bondSiv &•<■?}
Trust Co. of Georgia,y Robinsonf f *i?;K
system and treatment plant bonds
Ki"■
Kem County, Tehachapi Valley | Offered Aug. 14 Were awarded Humphrey -Co:, both of Atlanta,"
I
UnionHigh Sch. Dist. (P, :(L ^i to a syndicate composed of Bank Equitable Securities'Corp.; > GitiJ
i ^v' •
of America National Trust & Sav¬ zens &a Southern National Bank;
Bakersfield),
Bond Offering
H. J. yeon, ings Association of San Francisco; pf Atlanta; Messrs* Johnson, Lane;
County Clerk, will receive sealed Messrs.-Blyth v& Co.; R. H. Moul- Space & Co., of Savannah, Cle-

$65,000 -sewage
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; Chicago,
and their approving
opinion will be furnished to the
purchaser without charge;
The

fiO^e.pistriet'Tfeasurer;/-'''.'/

At the

'£^asl3;'^Lya^Q'^S66

a

cashier's check drawn

There shall be

-

one coupon rate "for .the issue,

approved by Chapman & Cutler,

Springdale, Arkansas

Bonds

net interest

purchaser will be reqpired to fur¬
nish the printed bonds. /Enclose a
Sam South¬ certified check for $500, payable

in the
Hemet, Calif.
Arizona, in-an amount
i Bond
Election Planned—The
equal to 5% of the total par value
bonds
amounting
to
of said bonds, said check to be following
cli*awn payable to the order of the $135,000 will be submitted. to. the
eh a

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only

Tenders Wanted ~
p. 599—were awarded to the Bank
.V * of America National Trust & Sav¬
land, City Clerk, has. announced
Aug. 9 ings Association, of San Franeis- that he will treceive sealed hids
election the Voters authorized an
co, as 2%s,/at a price pf 100.795, until 8 p.m. on Sept. 9, for the
issue of $85,00(0 auditorium bonds;
Pur<h&sec/ofMs&U£/^^
'J

paid. No bid
said bonds at a
price of less than the par value

rate of interest to be

for the purchase of

/

het interest cost.;

8, are described in
-P?yinant
'* detail —v. 164, p. 470—were re¬
W. B..Worthen Co., of Little Rock. (- The $20,000 Eureka Union Elejected.
The bonds are part of an original! mentary School District bonds of¬
jK'. v..i ,1^- ' Uir*
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fered for sale on Aug. 5—v. 164; :
Wnitdhida^FIa.,
;k''
issue of $308,000.

deemed

The

Bbiid Call"~The town has called cost will be computed for each
fdr;^yment^h:*|f0Yr:!L; 1946, aix bid and the ('best: bid" shall be
defined as the bid with the "lowest
refunding bonds, of 1934/
- f /;

presented: Tfo'

|f;!of said bonds and- to take such

A)l

.

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aggregating.,$3i;6o61'

ail bids received for the purchase

other

and accrued in¬
things ; being
equal, the District will accept the
best i ;bid
specifying,, the, lowest

The "bonds V follows:- For;$45,000 maturing
are dated March.l, 1945 .and ma- ~$5,OOO^Oct: 1,1947 to 1955 as l%s,
MeridaSfState of)
% /
tlire. on March l,:as foUoWs: $21,t and $55,000 maturing Oct. -1, $5ri .[• Bids Rejected—All bids/sub-;
convene
at their usual/place of 000 In 1961 and $10,000.in 1962.t'000 m 1956 to 1964, and $10,000 m
mitted for the $900,000 revenue
meeting within said Capitol Build- The bonds, with all unmatured in- 1965 as 2s. Interest payable A-O. certificates of 1946 offered for
ing for the purpose of considering terest1 coupons attachedi jnaay. be'Dated Oct. 1, 1946. Denomination sale on
Aug.

;

.trust company

par

terest.

certified check for 5%.

Boca

or

Said bonds will be sold for

.

Enclose

bank

a

mutually ;agreed upon by the pur¬
chaser and,.the Board of Educa¬

.

Rock,

Bond :Call

able rat

State of

Delaware, Wilming¬
ton.
The approving opinion of
Joseph ; Donald
Craven, Levy
Court Attorney, will be furnished.

trict bonds
offered for sale on
Arkansas
H. C. Graham, Aug. 5 — v.? 164, p. 599 — were
City Clerk, calls for payment on awarded to Blyth & Co., of San
Sept. 1, 1946, 1Y2% airport re¬ Francisco,- at a price of par, a
funding bonds Nos. 282 to 312, net interest cost of about 1.87 %;

town;^Denominational $00;

1952, and $10,000 in 4953, and
1954.: 'Registerable as to principal
Only. / Principal and 4nterest pay¬

Principal and interest
payable at- the Farmers Bank of

:p. % %i interest refunding] bcmds 'of

pDue/hily 45;£as;followsi $11,000

to

1%;

the bonds;

-

/the

of

one-eighth

of

est J"J: Denomination .$1,000. Due
June .1, as.follows:,$5,000 in 1948

interest to .be: in

and must be the same for all of

>

V

1948 to'

Due $5,000 Sept. I,

1966. .;Rate of

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Chicago

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101.07

Vo|;ed-r*An ;issue of ■ $17,4 Wayne ToiPnship School Township
(P. O. Fort Wqyhe), Ind.
at an election
.Bond Sale—The $28,620, school

000 street improvement bonds was

favorably ;;voted
held recently.
.

k

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Cook County Sch, .Dist, }No.: 161

15—v. 164, p.
awarded to Raffens-

'bonds offered Aug.
_

872

—

were

pefger, Hughes & Co,, of Indian¬
apolis, as iy4s, at a; price of
Secretary of the Board of Educa¬ 101.275, a basis of about 1.05 %.
tion, will receive sealed bids until Dated Aug. 15, 1946 and due
7:30 p.m. oil Sept, 9 for, the pur¬ semi-annually from' July ;!. 1947
chase of $45,000. not tto -exceed to Jan; 1, ,1959,. . Second- high bid
ment; bonds,' D^ted JSept/ 1/|946; 4.% fe?
.iiA^fevvcbup<pi^;^ Soh^l Of! 100.936' for iy4SvWSs. made by
Denomination
$i,000. - Interest bonds;; Dated June 1,1946. Inter¬ Fox, Reusch & Co* of Cincinnati.

i: Bond : = Offering—George
: Gray
Thouron, Clerk of the Levy Court,
will -receive -sealed bids until 11
a>m.
(DST), on, Aug. 20 for the
purchase of $95,000 not to exceed
■3% interest.; suburban improve¬

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c/;(P. p.iFlossmoor), III.

Bond Offering—Ruth J.

1

,

Spreck,

THE COMMERCIAL &

1000

ated with the Bankers Bond Co.,
*• "if-!".!'-.: ■'■■*

of

Guthrie County (P• O.

j

1

..K--

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Louisville, in the purchase of
the $201,000 2%% first mortgage

Guthrie Center), Iowa

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refunding bonds reported sold in

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164, p. 737.

v.

i: yyy y1

y,yyy.^
Owenehoro City

Sch. Diet., Ky.
ySale;^ The $85,000 : im¬
purchase of $1.00,000 county hos¬
provement bonds offered Aug. 8
pital bonds. Dated Aug. 1, 1946.
were. awarded
to the Bankers
Blue Nov. 1, as follows: $7,000
Bond Co., of Louisville, at a price
*rom 1947 to 1960 incl., and $2,000
of 102.50, a " net Interest cost? of
In 1961,
Optional Aug. 1, 1951.
about 1.731%, as follows:

.fintil 1:30 p.m. on Aug.

19 for the

Red Oak Sch. Diet., Iowa

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,

issue of

Defeated—An

Bonds

construction bonds was
at the election held on

$225,000
defeated

.Aug. 5.

Bond

$55,000 2s. Due on Sept. 1:

.

1955 to 1962 inclusive,
$15,000 in 1963.
30,000 l%s. Due $15,000 on Sept.
and

1 in 1964 and 1965.

Toledo, Iowa

The

$00 municipal hospital

$32,-

$5,000'

from

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Bonds Voted—An issue of

v

1946.

bonds

.

dated

are

Sept. 1,
Prin¬

Denomination $1,000.

bonds was cipal and interest (M-S) payable
election at the Central Trust Co., Owens-

the

favorably voted at
itieJd on Aug.,1. v

boro.

$1,025

KANSAS

Bidders
per

must

bid

$1,000 bond

at

least

plus

crued interest. The aproving

Starbuck, Minn.
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Said bonds are to
Bonds Defeated—At the July 22 ■(
Act 94, public
Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amend¬ election the voters turned down
Cantom' Maee.
he proposed issue of $10,000 street
Bond Offering—Howard B. Ca- ed, for the purpose of paying the
Cost of purchase and extension of improvement bonds,
.
J
pen, Town Treasurer, will receive
a
water system for the Village.
sealed bids until noon on Aug. 15
Stowe Prairie (P. O. Verndale), y
Said bonds are not a general obfor the purchase of the following
igation of the Village, but are
notes amounting to $75,300:; ■; \
Bond dffering—George A; Gos«*
payable solely from/ the revenues
sel, Clerk of Board of Supervisors,:
$47,000 street, construction bonds. of the water
system of the Village will receive sealed and oral bids
Due Aug. 15, as follows: $5,and are a first liert: on all such
until 2 p.m. on Aug. 30 for the
000 in 1947 to 1955, and $2,000
revenues, subject only to payment
purchase of $6,000 coupon road
in 1956.
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; of
expenses
of operation > and and
bridge bonds. Dated Sept. 1,
18,300 water mains bonds.
Due maintenance.
While any of these
1946.
Denom. $1,000.
;
Due $1,003 ?
Aug. 15, as follows: $4,300 in
bonds shall be outstanding, no ad¬
on Sept. 1 from 1951 to 1956 inch \
1947, $4,000 in 1948 and 1949, ditional honds
payable from the
Bidder to name rate of interest,
and $3,000 in 1950 and 1951.
revenues
of said water
system
10,000 veterans housing bonds. shall be issued which shall be of expressed in a multiple of l/10th
of
1%.
Principal and interest
Due $2,000 Aug. 15, 1947 to
superior or equal standing with
payable
at
any
suitable
bank
1951.
these bonds.
The bonds will be
designated by the purchaser. A
Dated Aug. 15, 1946.
The. cou¬ awarded to the bidder whose bid
certified check for $100, payable
)roduces the lowest interest cost
pon notes are in the denomina¬
i;o, order of the Town Treasurer, isi *
tion of $1,000, with the exception to the Village after deducting the
required.
'
of $300 water mains notes payable
premium offered, if any.
In de¬
Aug. 15, 1947. Bidders to name termining the net interest cost,
MISSISSIPPI
price of 100.344. These bonds
due on Aug. 1, 1947 to 1951.

are

ac¬

opin¬

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to be furnished by the

,

and Light
and

Bonds at 100.005.

(

1, 1945. Interest M-N.
Denomination $1,000. Due Nov. 1,

,pet interest cost of 1.358%:

provement

Im¬

Extension
For $1,125,-

000

as

follows: $1,000 in 1946 to 1958,

and

$2,000 in ,1959 to 1970. Prin¬
cipal and interest payable at the

maturing $75,000 Sept. 1,
1947
to 1961, as l%s,
and

Town Treasurer's office.

$375,000 maturing $75,000

v

to the Town Treasurer.

Sept, 1, 1962 to 1966,

;f-

as

a

Enclose

certified check for $750, payable

l%s;

LOUISIANA
Hospital Bonds at
For $260,000 ma¬
Calcaeieu Parish Sch* Diet* No, 23
turing Sept. 1, $17,000 in 1947
(P. O. Lake Charles), la*
to 1956, $18,000 in .1957 to
Bonds
,Voted—The
$275,000
,1961, as l%s, and $90,000 ma- construction bonds were
approved
turing $18,000 Sept, 1; 1962 to
by the voters at the

550,000

100.0114.

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1966,

as

Aug. 5 elec¬

iy2s.

tion

All of the bonds are dated Sept.
X
1947.
Denomination
$1,000.
3©th principal and interest on
«aid bonds will be

under

,

.

,

1^500,000 water

issued

^

Hays & Fahey, of the rate of interest in multiples
of % of
for.;the entire issue.
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Principal and interest payable to
Second high" bid of 102.75 for the Merchants National Bank of
yftered for sale on Aug, 13 were
awarded to a syndicate composed 3s was' made by W*5 C. ThOrn* Boston. No bids for less than par
,«©f Harrjman Ripley & Co., Inc., burgh Co.
and accrued interest Will be; ac¬
JSternBros. & Co., of Kansas City,
cepted.
The notes will be cer¬
Shepherdsville, Ky.
l&auny BoswOrth &Ctit Inc* WRr
Bond Offering-rJ. D, Buckman; tified as to their genuineness by
lam
Blair &
Co., of Chicago,
the Director of Accounts..
De¬
Jr., Clerk vbf ...Bpard of Board of
Epden-Zahner
Co.,
of, Kansas
Trhstees^wM receive sealed bids partment of Corporations and
idly, C. F. Childs & Co., of Chiuntil 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 for Hie Taxation, C o m m o n weal t h of
go, Seltsam & Co.j Ihc? of Em?
Massachusetts.
purchase of $37,000 4% water
poria, and Blewer; Heitman & works revenue
refunding bonds.
Salem, Maee.
Glynn, of St. Louis, at an overall Dated Nov.

^ale—The following bonds Louisville,
amounl^ig to $1,850,000 and of- Board, c
JSond

v

Bank, Onsted,
be

ion of Sk&ggs,

(Coffeyville, Kan.

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Mottday;-August119; 194$'-

;

The County
Treasurer will receive sealed bids
Offering

Bond

FINANCfAL CHRONICLlS-

payable at the

office of the State Treasurer. Said

feonds, duly printed, executed and
registered, will be furnished by
"the City, and said bonds will be
"jsold subject to the legal opinion
i*<jf Stinson, Mag, Thompson, Mc^Evers & Fizzell, of Kansas City,
whose unqualified approving opin¬
ion will be furnished and paid for
fey the City.
AH of said bonds
will constitute general obligations
of said City, payable both as to
principal i and interest from ad

and

will be offered

for

sale

within the next several months.

Louisiana (State

of)

Bond Offering—L." B. Baynard,

Secretary of the Bhard of Liquid
dation of the State Debt, will re¬
ceive sealed bids until 11 a. m. on

Sept. 17 for the purchase of $4,972,000 coupon or registered re¬
funding bonds, not exceeding 5%
interest.
Dated
Sept.
1,
1946.
These bonds are due on Sept. 1,
as follows: $272,000 in 1947,
$300,000 in 1948, $325,000 iri 1949, $350,000 in 1950, $375,000 in 1951, $400,000 in 1952, $425,000 in 1953, $450,000 in 1954, $475,000 in 1955, $500,000 in 1956, $525,000 in 1957, and
valorem
taxes
which
may
be
levied without limit as to rate or $575,000 in 1958.
Principal and

Bond Offering—Arthur J. Bren-

nan^ City Treasurer, will receive
sealed bids imtil 11 a.m.- (DST)

Aug. 20 fori the purchase of
$50,000
coupon
water
bonds.
Dated Aug. 1, 1946.
Denom. $1,000. ylnterest F-A Due Aug.
as follows: $4,000 in 1947 to 1951,
and $3,000 in 1952 to 1961. Bidders

on

interest

on

considered

premium will not be
deductible.

as

from the date of

Bids

maturity.
tioned

on

receiving bids to
shall

be

condi¬

the unqualified opinion

of

Miller, Canfield, Paddock &
Stone, of Detroit, approving the
egality of the bonds. The cost of
said legal opinion and of printing
;he bonds will be paid by the
Village.
The bonds will be de¬
livered at the Onsted State Bank
at a bank in Detroit, designated
by the purchaser. Enclose a cer¬

or

tified

check for $500,

payable to

the Village,'

MINNESOTA
Birchdale (P. O,'' Grey Eagle),
1
Minn.
Bond

Sale —The

$24,500 road
and bridge bonds offered July 20
to name the rate of interest in
v. 164, p. 471—were awarded to
multiples of V\ of 1%. No bid for
the Peoples
National Bank of
less than par and accrued inter¬
Long Prairie, as l%s, at a price of
est.
Principal and interest pay?
at

able
Bank

National

the

of

Boston,

Treasurer's office.

Shawmut

&

Dodge, ot Boston; will be

furnished.

Dated

a

basis of about 1.462%.

Aug. 1,

1946 and due on

at the City
Feb. T from 1948 to 1962 inclusive.
The bonds are
Other bids: y

or

prepared under the supervision of
and authenticated as to genuine¬
ness
by the National Shawmut
Bank, of Boston.
The approving
opinion of Storey, Thorndike, Pal¬
mer

100.306,

.

Worcester, Mass,
Bond Offerlng—Harold J. Tuni-

Y

Bidder

Int. Rate Rate Bid

;

Houston; Mi?s.

Inter¬

est oh all bondawillbe computed

Vh%

100.20

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

1.60%
1.75%

of

Cbmpton

O.Wadena, R. R.

No, 1), Minn.
Bond Offering—K, E, Johnson,
Town

sealed
Aug 19
$15,000 not

Clerk, will receive

oral bids until 2 p.m. on

Houston,

as

Lexington Separate Sch.Diet.,
y ;
vy:'lY ^ ? Y'':-

V;

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Bond cOffering?-(Li A*' Glover*
City Clerk, will sell at public auc¬
tion until 8 p.m. on Aug. 19, an
issue of $75,000 -school ; bonds* *
Dated Sept*!2, 1946y
Denomina?^
tion $500.
These bonds are due
Sept. 2, as follows: $2,000 in 194T
to 1951, $3,000 in 1953 to
1954, I1
$3,500 in 1955 and 1956, $4,500 in
1957 and 1958, and $5,000 in 1953
.

1966.

to

A

certifiedY check

for

2% of the par value of the bonds
is required.

Newton, Miss.
Bond Sale—An issue of

$150,003

industrial plant bonds was award¬
ed

Aug.

5

to

Newton

County
Bank, of Newton, as l%s, at a
price of 100.166, a basis of about
1.73%. Due $7,500 on July 1 from
1947 to 1966 incl. Interest J-J.
,

Scott County Sch. Diete. (P. O.

Forest), Miss.
Bonds Purchased—The follow?
ing 2&% bonds amounting te
$26,000 were purchased recently
by the Walton-Hamp Jones Co.,
of Jackson:

for the purchase of
Treasurer and Collector
$20,000 Goodhope Consblldateid.
to exceed 2Vz% interest coupon
School District bonds. -' - -"' - "4
will receive sealed bids
road and bridge bonds.
Dated
until 11 a.m. (EDST) on Aug. 21
6,000
Ring Gold
Consolidated
July 1, 1946.
Interest J-J.
Due
for the purchase of $1,610,000 cou¬
School District bonds.
July 1, as follows: $1,000 in 1948
pon bonds, divided as follows:
Dated June 1/ 1946.
LegMity
to I960* and $2,000 in 1961.
Prin¬
$100,000 water bonds. Due $10,000 cipal and interest payable at any approved by Charles & Trauer-?
on April 1 from 1947 to 1956
suitable bank or trust company nicht, of St. Louis.
incl.
designated by the purchaser. The
MISSOURI
500,000 trunk sewers bonds. Due
approving opinion of Dorsey, Colpayable
at
the
State
amount upon all tangible taxable interest
$50,000 on July 1 fromyl947
Fredericktown Sch. Diet., Mo. ;
man, Barker, Scott & Barber, of
property within • the territorial Treasurer's office, or at the fiscal
to 1956 incl.
Bonds Purchasedr^The $65,003
Minneapolis, will be furnished; No
limits of said City Each of the agency of the State in New York
100,000 trunk sewers bonds. Due bid for less than par and accrued 1% semi-annual,' school bonds
Rate of interest to be in
issues of bonds have been duly City.
$10,000 on July 1 from 1947 to interest. Enclose a certified check were purchased recently by the
.authorized by the necessary vote multiples of one-tenth or one1956 incl.
for $300, payable to the Town New Era Bank of Fredericktown^
of the qualified voters of the City, eighth of 1%.
These bonds will
910,000
sewerage
bonds.
Due Treasurer.
Dated June 1,1946; Legality ap¬
voting on the respective proposi- constitute general .obligations of
$91,000 on July 1 from 1947
proved by Charles & TrauemichV
All bids must be un¬
Hons to authorize the issuance of the State.
to 1956 incl.
Hennepin County Indep. Sch** Diet of St. Louis.
said bonds at the bond elections conditional. The opinion of Wood,
No. 17 (P. O. Edina), Minn.
The Water bonds will be dated
3ield in said City#
Hoffman, King & Dawson, of New
Newton County (P. O.
Bond Sale—The $150,000 build¬
April 1,1946 and the trunk sewers
York City, approving the
Neosho), Mo*
validity and
Great Bend Sch. Diet., Kan.
sewerage issues will be dated ing bonds offered for sale on Aug
of these bonds will be furnished
Bonds Approved—An issue o£
July 1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. Bid¬ 12—v. 164, p. 873—were awardec
Bond Sale Details^-The $667,- to
the purchaser without cost. All
$200,000 county; hospital bonds,
der to name one rate; of interest to the First National Bank of
400 school bonds purchased by bidders
are required to submit a
were
approved at the election,
for all of the bonds, expressed in Minneapolis, and the First Edina
Btern Bros. & Co., of Topeka, as certified check drawn to the
held on Aug. 6.
order
a multiple of % of :1%.
Principal St$te' Bank, of Edina, jointly, for
reported in V.T64, p. 600, were of the Board of
Liquidation of the and
semi-annual interest payable 1V4S, at a price of 100.25, a basis Phelps County (P. O* Rolla), Mo*
sold at a' price of par, as follows: State Debt for
the amount of 1%
of about, 1.218%.
Bonds Defeated—At the Aug. £
Dated Aug.
For
$172,400 maturing Aug. 1, of the amount of the bonds. The at the First National Bank of
Boston.
Legality approved < by 1946. Denom. $1,000. These bonds election the voters rejected a pro-*
$35,400 in 1947, $35,000 in 1948 right is reserved to
reject any or
Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & are due on Feb. 1, from 1948 to posed issue of $400,000 courthouse"
and 1949, $34,000 i in
1950, and
1962 inclusive. 1 Interest payable bonds.
'
Rugg of Boston.
$33,000 in 1951, as Is, $165,000
F-A.
; The
next highest bidder
MAINE
maturing $33,000 Aug. 1, 1952 to
Ray County Levee District No. 4 ; ;;
MICHIGAN
was
the Northwestern
Nationa'
£956, as l^s, F-A, and $330,000
/
Old Orchard Beach, Me.
(P. O. Richmond)» Mo,
Bank, Minneapolis.
maturing $33,000 Aug. 1, 1957 to
Onetedi Mich,
Bonds Sold—An issue of $20,003.
Bond Sale—The sale of
$20,000
1966, as ,l34s.
Dated June 1,
Bond Offering—E. R,. Knapp
Morton, Minn.
levee bonds has been sold to G. H_
sewer bonds to F. W. Home &
Co.,
1946.
All of said bonds are opBonds Voted—An issue of $25,- Walker & Co., of St. Louis, a«
of Concord, as iy2s, has just been Village Clerk, will receive sealed
iional after 10 years.
bids until 3 p.m, (EST) on Aug
00 curb, gutter and street im¬ 2%s. Dated April 1,1946. Legalityreported.
Dated Aug. 1, 1946.
22 for the purchase of $25,000 not
Due $2,000 on Aug. 1 from 1947 to
provement bonds was favorably approved by Charles r & Trauer-*
KENTUCKY
to
exceed
3%
interest
coupon voted
at the election held on nacht of St. Louis.
1956 incl.
Principal and interest
; Bardetown, Ky*M
water revenue bonds. Dated Aug
July 31*
(F-A) payable at the Canal Na¬
MONTANA
1, 1946. Denom. $1,000. Interes
Bond Sale—The $50,000 water tional
Bank, Portland.
Legality F-A. Due
St:. Louts Park, Minn. 1
works and sewer revenue bonds
Aug. 1, as follows: $1,000
Y
Hot Springs, Montana
approved by Verrill, Dana, Walk¬
Certificate Offering — Joseph
in 1948 to 1960, and $2,000 in 1961
offered Aug. 13—v. 164, p. 872—
er, Philbricky & Whitehouse of
Bond Offering'— Nellie Hood*
to 1966.
Bonds maturing Aug.
Justad, Village Clerk, will receive
were awarded to Almstedt Bros,
Portland.
;
/
sealed bids until 8 p.m. on Aug. 26 Town Clerk, will receive sealed
of Louisville, at a price of 103.02.
$1,000 in 1964, and $2,000 in 1965
for the purchase of $4,750 not to bids until 8 p.m. on Sept 3 for the
and 1966, are callable at par anc
The bonds are dated Sept. 1, 1946.
MASSACHUSETTS
exceed 4% interest certificates of purchase of $12,000 not to exceed
accrued interest on any interes
\Kentucky (State of)
3V2% refunding bonds. Dated Oct*
Ameebury, Mass.
date on and after Aug. 1, 1950
indebtedness. Dated Sept. 1, 1946
y .Bond
Sale Details — Almst^dJ
Bonds. Spld—An issue. qL$20,r Rate,of interest to be in multiples Due Sept. 1, as ( follows: i $1,000 1, 1946. Amortization bonds will
Bros., and Stein ; Bros, & .'i Boyce, 000 department ^equipment bonds of M of 1%, Principal and inter- from 1948 to 1951 incl.j. and. $750 be the first choice and serial
5
bonds will be the second choice
was sold on Aug,
in 1952. ? Interest M-Sf ';:
|>oth of Louisville, were associ
8, .as ls» at. a est
son, City
of Taxes,

,

.

,

.

,

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2s, at a price of

par.

100.17

Allison-Williams Co.

issue of 1

$100,000 industrial plant bonds
were purchased on July
16, by the
Houston State Bank, and the Bank

100.11

Kalman St Co..

Bonds Purchased—An

,

payable aL thej - Ousted, State



,L...

.

Ypiume 164

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THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL
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CHRONICLE

r-

of the Town Council. The former 1 for the bonds, which shall be not
would involve -payment of both less than $320,000 nor more than,

at

CT;?5'-ti;r; NEW MEXICO

a

1001

Vt -V

price of 100.267,

a basis of years, the Authority met all of its
financial obligations.
The
$321,000. As between legally ac¬
Commissioners
declared
principal and $ interest inv; semi¬
$34,000 series A Bonds. Denomin¬
(P- O. Silver City), N. Mex,
ations $1,000 and $500.
annually
installments- overt a ceptable proposals specifying the
Due that "only an Authority with a
Bond Offering—E. B. North,
period of eight years; serial bonds same rate of interest, the. bonds"
;
strong credit position can carry
Sept. 1, in 1947 to 1966..
County Treasurer, will receive
would mature $1,-500 annually on will be sold to the bidder comply-,
76,000 series B bonds. Denom- forward a port plan of such tre¬
sealed bids until 10 a.m. on Sept.
Oct. 1 from 1947 to 1954, incl.: i'ng with the terms of sale and of¬
V ination $1,000. Due Sept. 1, mendous scope on a self-support¬
4 for the purchase of $60,000 not
V
Interest A*0. Regardless of the fering to accept for the amount
in 1947 to 1966.
ing basis.
A weak port agency
tWk
to
exceed ' 6% ' interest
school
can
be of no service to the two
type of.bond, they will-be subject bid the ieast amount ,of bonds, the
Dated Sept. 1, 1946;
bonds. Dated July 1, 1946. Denom.
Interest
to prior
redemption five years bonds to be accepted being those
States, to the municipalities with¬
; V; V i '• ;
Interest J-J. Due July 1, payable M-S. ■ r '
from Oct. I, 1946, and on April 1 first maturing, and if {two or more $1,000.
in the Port District, or to the thir¬
as follows:
$3,000 in 1947, $5,000 North Hempstead and Hempstead
bidders offer to accept the same
and Oct. I thereafter, in whole:
teen million people who live in
in 1948 and $4,000 in 1949 to 1961.
Vrf Union Free Sch. Dist. No. S
<*yc itipart. A certified .qheekfor least amount, then lo j:he .bidder
this Metropolitan area."
Principal and interest payable at
(P. O. New Hyde Park), N. Y. %
It was pointed out in the let¬
offering . tp
pay, therefor ■ p the
$500,

Grant

County Sch, Dist, No. 6

about 1.371%:

.

.

•

.

to -order of

payable

town, is required.
Toole

County

the
!

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(P.

Shelby),

O.

interest

Mont.

Bonds .Voted-^An issue of $150,000 airport bonds was favorably
voted at an'

eleptioq held recently.

NEBRASKA

the office of the

highest price.; The purchaser must
also pay an amount equal Ho ' the
payment of the pur¬
price.
In the ; event .' that
prior to the delivery of the bonds
the income received by private
holders from bonds of the same

the

date 'fit

chase

type and character shall be tax¬
r
able by the terms of , any Federal
Voted ^ The following income tax law, the successful
bonds, amounting to $56,000 were bidder may, at his election, be .re¬
iavorably voted at the selection lieved of his obligations under the
field on July 16;
'
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contract to purchase the: bonds
and in such case the deposit ac¬
$21,000. airport bonds.
Hartington, Nebi

v
•

,

Bends

.

,

State Treasurer.

must

submit

a

bid

specifying (a) the lowest rate of

the bonds accrued to

on

bidder

Each

.

Bond

Offering

—

Lawrence

P.

Quinn, District Clerk, will receive
sealed bids

until 3

(DST) ,on
interest at which the bidder will Aug. 27 for the purchase of $1,purchase said bonds at par (b) 200,000 not to exceed 5% interest
the lowestrate of interest and
coupon.or registered school build¬
premium, if any, above par at ing bonds.
Dated .Sept. 1, 1946.
which such bidder will purchase
Interest M-S. / Due 'March 1, as
said bonds; None of such Bonds follows:.
$40,000 in 1948 and 1949,
Will be sold at less than 95% of $35,000 in
1950, $40,000 in 1951 to
the par yalue of said bonds and 1966, $50,000 in 1967 to
1974, and
accrued interest' to the date of $45,000 in 1975.
The bonds ma$
delivery to the purchaser nor will turing in 1968 to 1975, will be
any discount or commission be
subject to redemption:at par plus
allowed or paid op the sale of the accrued interest as a
whole, or in
bonds.
Enclose a certified check
part,' in the inverse order of their
for\5% ,of „the amount bid,, pay¬ numbers and maturities, at; the
able to the County Treasurer.
option of the District, on March 1,
p.m.

J;85J)00 park improvement bonds. companying his bid will be ire-;
turned. The successful bidder Will
Wahoo, Nebraska
' ; ;■
be "furnished with the opinion pf
Bonds Voted—An issue of $35,Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of
1967, or on any Interest payment
Neu) Mexico (State of )
000* swimming -pool. boritte wa| New
date thereafter. Rate; of interest
York, that the bonds are
authorized by the-voters' at the valid and
County {Hospital Bonds Banned to be in
legally binding obligamultiples of 1/4 or oneAug. 6 election.
Assistant
\
Attorney
General tenth of 1%, and must be the
tiohs of the'City.' Enclose a ,certified check for $6,400, payable to Robert V. Wollard recently held same for .all-of the bonds. Princi¬
'JVayne, Neb, } /
that counties cannot issue bonds
Bonds Defeated —-An .issue of the 'City.f^f{l;^-::
pal and interest payable at the
5
.

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.

,

memorial

$35,000

to

park improve¬

Mountain Lakes, N. J.

ment bonds' Was defeated at the
.

election held
-

Bond

.

West

on

Aug. 6.

;

"5

Point, Neb.

Election—Ari

of

issue

$32,000 airport bonds will be sub¬
mitted to the voters at theelec-

i

lion Ho be held on-Sept. 17.
NEW
—

HAMPSHIRE

-.'-,<>1

Bartlett, N.H,

$49,000

ing

(Campbell; rPhelps &
Co.f "of New' YPrk, ,asx l%s, at a
price of 100.105, a basis of about
1.226%. The bonds are dated Aug.
1, 1946 and mature on Aug. 1 from
194716 1054 incl. Other bids:'

awarded

pqe $1^000 on ;Aug. 1 from" 1947

J958 'inch Interest

biggin of Manchester, -

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Durham, N- H* ;■
% Bond Sale—An issue of

'

//

For

1,30% Bonds

Co.) and
jointly—-100,07
Boland, Baffin 8c Co.——100.06

B. J. Van Ingen &
Cohu & Torrey,

$63,000

are

the

if

exist¬

necessary

available, the

opinion

vamounf.' $aid bonds

Y.

Bond/Offering—John H. Reniken, •: District Clerk, Will receive
until

10:30

a.m.

on

Aug; 19 for the purchase of $14,^
000 school coupon or registered
bonds, not exceeding 4% interest.
Dated Sept. 1, 1946.
Denomina¬
tion $1,000.
These bonds are due
$2,000.Sept. 1,1947 to 1953. Rate
-of interest' to be in multiples of
V\ or one-tenth of 1%. Principal

,

,

Coj^hdge & JRugg of Boston.

:;

Bqcf^legdRy Binding pbligatiohsBf
(Common School District; No. g ptf,
<Curr:
Bond Sale^-Ah issue of $36,000 i-Sn;; Bofpugb^^ Clerk, will "reyceive jthe Towns, all the ,taxable /reel
water bonds has been sold to Gra¬ sfealed hids until 7:30; p.m. fDS^T) property; within ; which; will Be

lYiatefield
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Village Sch. Dist., N. H.

Point Pleasant, N. J,.

.

Bond Dffcring—WilliamI,

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ham, Parsons & Co., of Boston, as
Hated Aug. 1, 1946.
Due
$3,000 on Aiig." 1 from 1947 to
^958 incl. Principal and interest
<F-A) payable at the -First Na¬
tional Bank of Boston. Legality
approved by .Storey, Thorndike,
Palmer & Dodge of Boston.

on
Aug. 23 for the purchase pf
$20,000 2% series C water ,bonds.
Dated Aug. 1, 1946. Interest F-A;
Due $2,000 Aug. 1, 1947 to 1956.
Registerable as to principal qnly
Principal and interest payable at
the Ocean -County National Bank,
of Point Pleasant Benchv
The
bonds will .be sold to the bidder
NEW JERSEY
or
bidders complying with : the
terms ,of sale and offei^h^ to pay.
Dumpnt, N. J.
an amount equal to the .par value
;
Notes Purchased—An issue, of of the bonds
offered, and to take
$8,000 3% fire apparatus notes was j therefor the
r least
amount
of
'purchased recently by the Police;
bonds, the bonds to be taken being
pemsion Fund, payiiig h price* of;
those first maturing; and if two
par;; "These " notes are due- $2,000
or more bidders offer tb take 4he
l)ec; 15, 1946 to 1949.
4
same: amoynt of said 'bonds, then
to the 'bidder or bidders offering
Long Branch, N., /.
Bond
Offering
J; I Arthur to pay therefor the highest addi¬
'Wooding, City Clerk, will; receive tional, price. In addition ito Hhe
^sealed bids Until 3 p.m.: (DST) on ampunt bid, the purchaser must
•Aug. 27 for the purchase of $320? pay accrued interest at .the rate
B00 hot to exceed; 6 interest tou-' bprne by, the Solids Hrbm the date;
of .tbe bpnds tto* ttie date of pay¬
pon or registered jetty extension
bonds.
Dated Aug. 1, 1946; - In¬ ment of Hhe- purchase price. - The
.

.

,

Denomination .$1*000.
Due Aug. 1, as follows: $17,000 in
:|L947 to 1959, $20,000 in 1950 to ,1955,!
$25,000 in 1956 to 1960, and $24,000
in 1961. Rate of interest to be in;
terest F-A.

successful

bidders

will- be

fur¬

nished with the

opinion of Rogers
.& Sim, of Point Pleasant Beach,
that the bonds are binding and le¬
gal obligations of the Mayor and

Council. Enclose a certified check
multiples of one-eighth: or; onefor „2%
of the amount bid for,
twentieth of 1%, and must be the
same lor all of the bonds. r Prin¬ payable to ,the Mpyor and Coun-

cipal and interest payable at the
No pro¬
posal wil lbe considjsred which
specifies a rate higher - than the
lowest rate .stated in- any legally
City treasurer's office;

,;\v

^,

WalUngtpn,

Issue Bonds—The
to enter .the

subject to the leyy of ad valorem
taxes to pay said bonds and in¬

terest; thereon without limitation
as

to rate

ing

or

opinion

amount.

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r

borough plans

.market with

an

The apprpy-

of

check; for 2% of the ampiir^ pf.
bonds bid for, payable to ' the
Board of Trustees.

issued

the Port
confronted with

of

ment

the

terminal

and

trans¬

portation facilities of the greatest
port in the world, without credit,
without
revenue
and
without
to tax.
"It is a tribute to
predecessors on the Board and

power
our

to ,the Htble and determined .men
who built our staff that the Au-^

thority, under such a financial'
handicap, did not. degenerate into
just another anemic, ineffectual
commission," the Commissioners
continued.
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The

regional obligations of the
Port Authority were emphasized
in the letter,to the Governors, and
v

Commissioners

the
the

said:

"From

nature of our duties

very

as

Commissioners
under
a
Bistate
commitment to the regional de¬
velopment of the whole Port area,

it follows that
as

we

do not function

Commissioners for the

opment

of

the

develr

New .Jersey part

pf the area alone, or as Commis-r
siipners fdr the development of
the New York part of the area
alone. Rather .each Commissioner,
from whichever State appointed,
functions as a Commissioner for
the
development of the whole
region.
Any approach that at¬
tempted to match facilities,
a
brick for a brick, in New Jersey
and New York, would be the anti¬
thesis of the regional development

sulted in the construction

over

the

cation Baw.
Provision for the
past twenty years of new port
Validation of said b.onds provided
projects representing a capital inr;
in Title 6 of Article 4 of
^e Local vestment pf over $300,00.0^090;
$
Finance Law Is Being cbmplied
ft was pointed out that in many
With.
In the event that prior to
the; delivery of .the bopds the ih- case$ pf prbpef Aathoi^y iEinancsCQmeVreceived by private holders ing, the projects are marginal in

from Bonds of the .same type and
character shaB be taxable by the
terms Qf any Federal income fax

law, the successful bidder mayi ,at
his election, be relieyed of; his
obligations under the contract to
purchase the' bonds and. in ' such
case

the deposit accompanying his

bid will be returned. The approv¬

ing opinion of Vandewater, Sykes
$c Heckler, of New York, will be
furnished to the purchaser with¬
out cost, Eqciose a certified check

With jthe aid of, the im^
and advantages of op¬
Authority, the
projects
h61d
the
"reasonable
prospect of sufficient fevefnues to
pay their operating costs and in¬
terest charges and to repay their
capital investment,-'f- but hold no
real prospect of profits. The rev»?;
enue potentials are neither attract
tive enough for private financing,
nor so meager as to require gen¬
eral tax support"
nature.

mUnities

eration by a public

.

Traffic

payable tp the Dis¬

Continuing its recovery from
New York Authority, N. Y* ^eVetal years Pf light traffic,; the
Revenues in f945 Exceed Preyi- total traffic: volume - for .the; six
Aus Yofr's Incomes—The GommisV Port Authority crossings in 1945

Port fif

ciphers' pf Thie Port of; New;York
Authority in their annual report

Fallsburg, South Fallsburg
Wfiter District (P. D. South
Fallsb.urg), N. Y,.

for 1945 released

vehicles,- an in¬
2,838,000 or 10.4% over
the 27,235,000 vehicles that used
was

30,073,000

crease

of

Aug. 12, review¬
pf progress in their -ac¬ the facilities in 1944. ; Traffic for
tivities, which included the { de¬ the year over the Holland and
velopment of essential terminal Lincoln Tunnels and the George
and .transportation. facilities and Washington Bridge, spanning the
the promotion and protection of Hudson River, and the Bayonne
the commerce of the Port -of New and Goethals Bridges and Outera
basis of about 1:636%;
Dated York. The
report, which Included bridge Crossing connecting Staten
Sept. 1, J946 and due on Sept. 1 a letter io
Governors Thomas E. Island whh the New Jersey main¬
from 1947 to 1976 incl.
Among Dewey pf New York, and Walter land was {527,00.0 vehicles under
other bids were the following:
E; Edge pf New Jersey, revealed the last peacetime year, ;1941. The
C. F. Childs & Co., and Sherwood
a
10.4% increase /over 1944 in increase in traffic over the pre¬
&;G04 jointly, 4.70%; 100.59; Ma¬ traffic for the six Port
Authority vious year coincided with the lift¬
rine
Trust -Co., Buffalo,' 1.70s,,
ing of restrictions against the use
crossings.
100:264; National Bank, Liberty,
In their letter to the Governors Uf gasoljne on Aug. 16,1945.
; :
•1.75s,$100,059; John C. Clark & the Commissioners said: "Despite
Toll revenues for; 1945 were
Co., 1.80s, 100.157.
r, severe curtailment of traffic in
$17,519,000, an increase of $1,530,7
Hempstead and North Hempsjtead, 1942, 1943 and 1944, the Port Au¬ 000 or 9.6% over 1944. Although
Bond

Sale—^-The- $42,000

Water
System, bonds offered Aug. H5-rv.
164, p. f87.(4~-were awarded to
Newburger, Loeb & Co., of New
York, at 1.70s, $t a price .of 100.65,

ed ;a yegr

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New Hyde Park Fire Dist.

thority

(P. O. New Hyde Park), N. Y.

JfoWowing issue

i of. 1946, fire house Bonds amount¬

ing

{offer¬ Sale

to

$110,000

on

Aug. 13—v. 164,

and pfferqd
p.

for

738-.-

acceptable - proposal. .Bach *.pror ing of $25,000 "street improyeipent' were awarded to Francis ,,I du
jppsal must state ,the amount bid bonbs.
;.;
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-I Boqt 6lCq', pi: New York, as l*40s,




are

was

the States' mandate to go forward
with the -comprehensive develop¬

pursuant to the: constitution,/and
statutes
of the State,
including
among others, the Education Law',
and the Local Finance Law, for
the purpose of construction and
equipping a new .school building.!
the period of probable usefulness
of the whole Port area that is
of which is 30 years.
The statu¬
intended by the Treaty;"
The fi¬
tory authority to accomplish the
nancing of these regional projects
object or purpose for which said
on a self-supporting basis has re¬
bonds are to be issued is the Edu¬

Hawkins, Dela¬
Wood, of New York City,
Will be furnished to the purchaser for
$24,900;
without. ,cpst. Enclose a certified trict.
field &

Bond Sale-^The

/*

within

OUt-

Community Sch. Dist. No. 8

sealed bids

property

bonds jand Interest thereon^ with- j
limitation as to rate' or

Clarkstown and Orangetown

(P. O. Nanuet), N.

real

of

.and
interest
payable
pt
.the
For 1.40% Bonds
bonds has been - sold - to
Nanuet National Bank, Na.nuet«
CPffin & Burr—I---:—100,08"
•$T. »W* rHorne & Co., of Concord,
The Bopds will Be delivefed at
as l%s.
Hated June' 1,* 1946 and
Fpr li/2% Bonds
Hhe office pfjthe successful Bidder
due serially .bn .June i irom .1947 ,John: C..Ciark 8c *Co.-fl:^-.-100a57 or at the option of the successful
:jto 19^4 ihciv {PrinetofahSihterr H. L. Allen $c Co.—^-lQ0.p,74 Mdderzfth the pffice ;of{ Hywkins,
jest payable at the National ShawDeiafi4d 6c Wood, 67 VVailBtreet,
For 2.20% Bonds
jnut Bank of Boston. Legality apNew York .City, on pr about Bept.
—,—100,263
"proved ' by Ropfes,
Gray,' Rest, Campbell 8c Co.,5,1946. The bonds will be valid
sewer

City.
The Bonds will Be valid
and legally Binding general obli¬
gations of the District, all the
Which will be subject to the levy
ad valorem takes fo pay ;said

NEW YORK

-

Chase National Bank of New York

taxable

to

Julius A. Jlippal, Inc.——-100.Q3

ity approved by-Warren, Wilson &

construction of hospi¬

facilities

($25,000 municipal building and
$24,000 water) offered for sale on held.
Aug. 8 -^-v. 164, p. ^01—were

Bond Sale—An issue of $12,000
Fpr 1U% Bonds 1
equipment bonds was sold recent¬
Fidelity .Union Trust Co.
ly to F. Wt Home ^ijCo^pf Con'r\';N ewark------.^10,0.051
; cord, as 1
Bated* Aug,
1946, J. B..Hanauer & Co._—_._i00;031

to

finance

tals. Such units can operate

.

bonds

funds

■"■•v.

-y

Sale—The

Bond

ter that in its early days,

Authority

,

credit

wvas

.able Vto protept if s

position and emerge into

the reconversion period With suf¬

ficient
sume

financial

strength

to

the -States' work of port

velopment

on

a

re¬

de¬

self-supporting

traffic volume

basis, without burden to the tax¬

toll

payers." Throughout the lean

in

war

was

somewhat less

ip-1945 jthan it -was in 1941, foU
revenues
during the past year
were $461,000 or 2.7% higher than
the $17,058,000 collected in that
previous peacetime year. This is
explained by the fact that a greater
number pf vehicles -in the higher

categories jused the facilities
1945.:.V
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Operating expenses during 1945
$5,900,500, excluding the
Terminal, as compared with
$4,649,000 in 1944, an increase of
more
than $1,251,500, or 26.9%.(
For the most part-this rise was1
due to increased payments to the
Pension Deficiency Reserve,
an
increase
in personnel resulting
principally from the opening of

reaffirmation of the. vital consti¬

were

tutional

Grain

mental

doctrine

of

immunity,"

New York

City. ~ The bonds are' p. 874—were awarded to a group ■/:'
•:
Avon, Ohio
<■■■■
general obligations payable from headed by F. W. Craigie & Co., of
Bond Sale—The $30,000 munic-»
unlimited ad valorem taxes upon Richmond, at a price of
100.096, a ipal bonds offered Aug. 8-;—v. 164,
real- property
arid have
been basis of about 1.712%, as follows: p. 602—were awarded to
Fox,?
authorized pursuant to the Local
$50,000 water and sewer bonds; Reusch & Co., of Cincinnati, as
! Finance Law for the purpose of
V
For $35,000 maturing March l^s, at a price of 101.093, a basis
financing the cost of construction
1, $2,000 in 1948 to 1962, $5,- of about 1.30%.; Dated Aug. 1,
of a waterworks system in the St.
'••-•'
000 in 1963, as l%s, and $15,1946 and due^ $3,000 on Aug. 1/
James Water District of the Town,
000 maturing $5,000 March 1, from 1947 to 1956 inclusive. Other;
and such improvement is an ob¬
1964 to 1966, as l%s.- /: /
bids also for l^s, were as fol¬
;
ject or purpose for which the
180,000
s t r e e t / improvement lows;
'
§
Town Law authorizes the Town
;
bonds as l%s. Due on March
Bidder
Rate Bid
to spend money.
The period of
; 1 from 1948 to 1962 inclusive.
J. A. White & Co.
100.93
probable usefulness of such object
Each issue is dated Sept. 1, 1946.
Braun, Bosworth
?
or purpose is 4P years/! The pro¬
An
account / headed
& Co., Inc. ^^-Z.^-100.39; *
by
Scott,
cedure for the .validation of the
Horner: &
Mason, second high
R,yan, Sutherland
j
bonds
provided. in Title 6 of
bidder, offered 100.382, a net cost
&: Co. *k»«*i»*i.'«M.i.d;;100.35
Article 2 of the Local Finance
of 1.718%, for $8,000 6s, $14,000
Law Will be complied with.
No iy2s and
Bowling Green City. ScA,. Dist., \
$208,000 1%S.
'
down payment is required by law.
Ohio '■://■■
In the event that prior to the de¬
Greenville, AT. C. /■;/////
Bond Offering—W. H. Gernet,
Bond Sale—The $220,000 street Clerk of the Board
of Education,
livery of the bonds the income re¬
ceived, by private holders from improvement bonds offered Aug. will receive sealed bids until noon
13—v. 164, p. 874—were awarded on
bonds of the same type, and char¬
Sept, 9 for the purchase ot.
acter i- shall;, .be; taxable by the to the Commerce Union Bank, of $298,000* X*A% / building
bonds*
Nashville, and Goldman, Sachs & Dated Jan;
terms of any Federal. incQmq fax
1, 4947,;/ Denomina-t
Co.;'of New York, jointly, at: a tion $1,000. Interest M-S. Due
law, the successful bidder may; at
his election, be relieved of his price of 100.01, a net interest cost $10,000 March and Sept. 1, 1947
of 1.56351%, as follows: For $20,to 1949, and; $7,000 March arid
obligations under the contract to
000 maturing
$10\000 March 1,
purchase the bonds and the de¬
Sept. 1,1948 to 1966. Bidders may
1949 and 1950, as 4s, and $200,000
bid for a different rate of in-*
posit accompanying his bid will
be returned* The approving opin¬ maturing March 1, $10,000 in 1951 terest in a multiple of % of 1%.
to 1953, $15,000 in 1954 to 1959,
ion of Caldwell, Marshall, Trim¬
These are the bonds authorized

intergovern¬
v j

-

"A

major financial devolpment
of the year was/ the; successful
flotation in September, 1945 of a
new type of Port Authority bond.
This General Reserve Fund bond,
issued for the financing of the
Authority's Manhattan and New¬
the North Tube of the Lincoln ark
terminals, was made con¬
Tunnel on Feb. 1, the restoration vertible into General and Refund¬
to, service of the 178th Street ing bonds upon the
;1 opening : of
Tunnel on Nov. 9, and an expand¬
the projects.
The resultant sav¬
ed port development and promo¬
ing to the Authority on this issue
tion program*
y

*

is estimated at

Survey v/^ :-/./•'

A

request

Newark
survey

that

from

the

City

of

Port Authority

the

the possibility of

the fi¬

nancing, development and admin¬
istration by the Authority of the

Newark
Airport
and
Seaport
reached the Commission just be¬
fore the end of the year,-and re¬

,

-

■

,

minimum of 8%.

,

On

Newark Airport and Seaport

/ "7/!

a

'

;

March 28, an issue of the
Authority's Ninth Series General
and Refunding bonds, aggregat¬
ing $12,000,000 in principal
amount, and bearing a coupon
rate of vi%%, was sold at 99.15
of par value, or an average inter¬
est
cost
to1 the
Authority
of
1.534% ; This was the lowest; long/

-

term interest cost which the Au¬

sulted in the presentation to New¬ thority had enjoyed in its nine¬
ark only ten days ago of a pro¬ teen years of financing; port and
It is believed
posal that would include the $76,- terminal facilities.
to be the lowest long-term inter¬
000,000 devolpment of the great
est rate ever accorded by any selfterminal facilities by the bistate
municipal
Agency; The proposal, now being supporting/state / or
studied by the City officials, has agency in, the" history of Ameri¬
can' municipal borrowing.
the wide / support of important
One the same
day, Series H
Newark citizens - and'eivic and

-

.

and

$20,000 in 1960 to 1963, as
Second high bid of 100,196
$110,000 l%s and $110,000
General
Reserve. Fund
Serial
business groups.
y
■
IVzs, a net cost of 1.56361%, was
Notes; aggregating $14,000,000 in be delivered on or about Sept. 10,
On Aug. 2, three days after the
made by/ a syndicate, headed by
principal amount, and bearing in¬ 1946, at the office of the above
Authority proposal was submitted
F, W. Craigie & Co., of Richmond;
terest at. the rate of 1%, ;Were attorneys, or at such other plape
to ' the
Newark1 Commissioners,
Note Sale —The $30,000 bond
sold.
The issue of Series J "con¬ as may be specified by the pur¬
Mayor William O'Dwyer of New
vertible" Terminal Bonds were chaser and approved by the Town anticipation/ /notes / offered / the
York requested the Port Authori¬
sold/on Sept. 12, in an aggregate Supervisors.
Enclose a certified same time were awarded to'the
ty to make a survey of the pos¬
principal amount of $7,500,000, check for $6,300,; payable to the Guaranty ; Bank/ 85/ Trust r Co., of
sibility of the financing, develop¬
Greenville,/ as Is, at par plus a
Town.
bearing a coupon rate of 1%%.
ment and administration by the
■v.'Vv
fi"!?"X[
siyf'CisXffc': premium of $33.33.; Dated
Aug.
The Port Authority on June 23,
Westchester: County (P. O. White
Authority of LaGuardia and Idle20, 1946 and due Dec. 20, 1946.
1945, offered to repay a total of
WUd Airports. At a special meet¬
Plains), N. Y.
$8,300,000 advanced by the States
Henderson, N, C.
ing of the Board on Aug. 8, the of New
Bond Offering — John T. ConJersey and New York
Note Sale—The $20,620 coupon
Port
Authority; Commisioners
Commissioner 1 of Finance, bond
from 1926 to 1928 to aid in the nell,
anticipation notes offered
Idok favorable action on the re¬
construction of the Staten Island will ;receive/ sealed / bids/ until
Aug. 13 were awarded to the First
quest, and directed the Staff to
noon (DST) on Aug. 21 for the
bridges.
"Under existing legisla¬
National Bank of Henderson, as
begin immediately a $95,000 sur¬
tion, these advances were to be purchase of $560,000 not to: ex¬ 0.90s, at a price of 100.024, a basis
vey which it is expected will take
ceed 4 % interest coupon or regis¬
repaid only out of the revenues
of about 0.884%.
Dated Aug. 1,
at least three months to complete.
of the three Staten Island bridges, tered bonds, divided as follows:
1946 and due Aug. 1, as follows:
:;;"The Newark and New York and repayments are contingent $180,000 park bonds. Due Sept. 1,
$10,620 in 1947 and $10,000 in 1948.
requests for the possible admin¬
upon/^conditions.rwWdh'./Aiafce^it'.' : 1 as follows: $40,000 from 1947 Notes issued in anticipation of sale
istration of these ; great regional
to 1950 incl., and $20,000 in of fire alarm
impossible to. determine at the
system bonds. Legal¬
terminal facilities by the Port Au¬
1951.
present time when their repay¬
ity approved by Masslich & Mitch¬
thority are an acknowledgment of ment, would be required," the
380,000 county airport improve¬ ell of New? York; Second high bid
the importance of a regional treat¬
Commissioners reported. "We ad¬
ment bonds. Due Sept. 1; as of 100.145-for-Is was made by
ment of air transport in the Port
vised the Governors of the two
follows. $80,000 from 1947 to R. S. Dickson & Co.
District/? • the
Port
Authority States, however, that the Port Au¬
^
1950
inch, and $60,000 in
"Such ac¬
Commissioners stated.
Wingate, N. C.
thority; has
always / recognized
1951.
Bond Sale—The $50,000 water
knowledgment is a long step for¬ that these advances and the prob¬
All of the bonds will be dated
ward in the advancement of the lem of
bonds offered Aug. 13—v. 164, p.
their contingent repay¬
Sept. 1,1946. Bidder to name one 874—were awarded to J. Lee
Port of New; York 7 as a great
ment should be approached from
rate of interest; expressed in a Peeler &
world air center." /
7//7:/7M'7 the broad standpoint of the rela¬
Co., of Durham, and the
multiple of
of 1%. Principal Vance Securities Corp., of Greener
tionship between the two States: arid interest
Financial
(M-S) payable at of¬ boro,/jointly, at par, as foljows:
as principals in the great task of
v "Twice
fice of the Commissioner of Fi¬ $
during 1945 deeisions of
j0,000/2% s, due $1,000 Jlarch 1
developing the Port, through their
ble &

Mitchell, of New York City,

will be furnished to the purchaser
without charge.
The, bonds will

IVzs.

for

i.

.

•

at the primary election on May 7l
No bids for less than par and ac-fc

erued interest./ The Board wilj£
receive bids at auction at the times
and

place of the opening of the

sealed,

bids

aforesaid

bonds, and the

same

for

said

will be sold

at the best bid at auction orl by/
sealed

bid;/ provided,

\

however,

that said Board of. Education re*
serves the privileges to reject any
and all bids made at said auction
any and all sealed bids.
En-*
close a certified check for $2,980,

or

payable to the Board of Educa«*
tion.

♦

,

Decatur

Township Locat Sch* Dist»
(P.O. Pedro), Ohio f

.

■iv.

,

>

'

,

the United States Supreme Court

protected the continued financing
of state and municipal projects
/without Federal interference," the
Commissioners report.

nance.

joint State Agency, the Port Au¬
thority." Payment was made to
New York and; New Jersey on
May 27,1946.
//;;/;
;
At the

same

/■' "In January, 1945, the Supreme Authority

Court denied the application of
/the Department of Justice for a

review of the so-called Port Au¬

200,

to

repay

amount

'express purpose; of establishing
the Federal power to tax interest
on all state: and municipal bonds,

September,

/ / In

1945,/the

Su¬

preme Court propounded ques¬
tions to counsel for the reargu•

of
the
case
of t; Saratoga
Springs Authority v. United States
of
America.
"These / questions
ment

"transformed
of

that

from

case

issues into

one

litigation
that might 'determine the entire
constitutional issue of intergov¬
ernmental immunity," /the Port
Authority Commissioners explain¬
narrow

a

ed.

"The supreme Court decided

that

the Federal Treasury might

impose

an

excise tax

on

bottled

mineral water sbld by the

Sara¬

toga Springs Authority.

But the

net result of the several

opinions

of the Court

was

sidered in legal

generally

con¬

circles to be




a

years.

(P. O. Williamsport), Ohio
Sale—The $50,000 school
bonds offered/Aug. 9—v/164/p^
739—were awarded to J. A. White
Bond

& Co., of Cincinnati, as l%s, at e
price of 100.638, a basis of about
1.659%.
Dated July 1,, 1946 and
due semi-arinually from June 1,
1947 to June 1,1961* Second hight
bid of 100.60 for l%s was made

by Pohl & Co.

the

$1*500 March 1 from 1959 to
1966 incl*; $8,000 0,75s, due $2,000
March 1 from 1967 to 1970 inch;

$20,000 3V2S, due $2,000 on March
$500,000 city hospital bonds will
1 from 1971 to 1980 incl. Interest
be submitted to the voters at the

$8,300,000 to the two States, it re¬
imbursed them in cash in the
for

incl.; $12,000 3s,

serially in 16

fellow of New York City will be
furnished the successful bidder/

due

M-S.

NORTH CAROLINA

Bond Sale—The

preliminary

$10,000

coupon

electric light bonds offered Aug.
13—v. 165, p. 874—were awarded

to Kirchofer & Arnold, of Raleigh,
as
2%s, at a price of 100.13, a
basis of about

2.724%, Dated Sept.

1, 1946 and due $1,000

on

Sept. 1

from 1947 to 1956 incl.

Bismarck, North Dakota
Bonds Voted—An issue of $50,000

Defiance, Ohio
Bond

Election —An

issue

of

election to be held in November^

NORTH DAKOTA

Aurora, N. C.

of $300,000

for advances
studies for the
construction of the George Wash¬
of the Federal Government to tax
ington Bridge/ 5 Since 1933 the
the interest received
by bond¬ Port
Authority has not required
holders from state and municipal
state aid in its port program, al¬
bonds."
Known as Shamberg v.
though originally provision was
Commissioner of Internal /Rev¬
made for state appropriations of
enue, the test casp, according to a
$100,000 a year from each State.//
statement issued by the Treasury
Department, was started for the Smithtown,St. James Water Dis¬

thority tax case," they continued.
*The litigation involved the pbwer

payable

from 1949 to 1958

ture

XDeercreek Township<Schi Dish^

to order of " the
county, is required. Legal opinion
of Hawkins, Delafield & Long¬

time that the Port

offered

A certified check for $11,-

Bond Sale—The $20,000 build-*
ing bonds offered July 24 were
awarded to Fox, Reusch & Co., Of
Cincinnati, the only bidder, as
2Yts, at a price of 100.048, a basis
of about 2.493%.„ The bonds ma¬

fire

department

Franklin County (P.
Ohio

Bond Offering—Wm.

equipment heimer,

bonds was authorized at the Aug.

County
ceive

6 election.

OHIO

Alexandria Local ,Sch» Dist,, Ohio

O. Columbus)p
F, Berk-*

Clerk of the Board of
Commissioners, will re*

sealed

bids

until

10

a.m^

(EST) on Sept. 6 for the purchase
of $203,600 not to exceed 2% in¬
terest Sewer District Mifflin No,

1, Trunk Sewer Improvement No»
Bond Sale—The $81,600 build¬
195 bonds.
Dated Oct* 1, 194&
ing bonds offered Aug. 12—v, 164,
trict (P. O. Smithtown Branch),
Denominanqn $1,000, except one
Bond Election—At an election p. 602—were awarded to J. A. for $600.
Interest M-S.
Due
'/Road • Offering—Harry 'E/ Mar¬ on Sept. 14 the voters will con¬ White & Co.,. of Ciincinnati, as $5,600 March and $5,000 Sebt. I,
sider the/ proposed ; issuance of l%s, at a price of 101.91, a basis 1948,/ $5,000 /March and $4,000
tinson, Town Supervisor, will re¬
of about 1.572%.
Dated / July 1,
ceive sealed bids until 11: a.m. $1,850,000
school
Sept. 1, 1949, and $4,000 March
improvement
1946 and due on May 1 and Nov.
and Sept.? 1, 1950 to 1972.
(DST) on Aug. 20 for the purchase bonds.
Rate
1
from
1947 to 1970 inclusive.
of $315,000 not to exceed 5% in¬
of interest to be in multiples of
Denton, N. C.
Second/high i bid of 101.558 for
terest coupon or registered water
y4 of 1%.
Principal and interest
Bond Sale—The $40,000 coupon l%s was made by Fox, Reusch &
works system bonds.
Dated June
payable at the County Treasurer's
water bonds offered Aug. 13—v. Co., of Cincinnati.
J
^
office.
A complete transcript of
1, 1946. Denomination $1,000. In¬
164, p. 874—were awarded to the
terest J-D.
Due June 1, as fol¬
all proceedings had in the matter
Ashland, Ohio
Carolina Bank & Trust Co., of
lows: $6,000 in 1947 to 1958, and
authorizing / advertising ; and
Bond Offering—The Director of of
Denton, at par, as follows: $10,000
$9,000 in 1959 to 1985.
$180,000
Finance will receive sealed bids awarding said bonds will be fur-*
2y2s, due $1,000 on June 1 from
of said bonds maturing in 1966 to
nished the successful; bidder at
1948 to 1957 incl., and $30,000 3s, until noon on Aug. 28 for the pur¬
the time of the award, and bids:
1985, will be redeemable as a
due $2,000 on June 1 from 1958 to chase of $5,500 3 % street improve¬
whole or in part, in the inverse
Dated Sept. 1, 1946. conditioned on the acceptance of
1972 incl. / The bonds' are dated ment bonds.
order of their numbers and ma¬
These bonds bonds bid upon only upon the
June 1, 1946. Second high bid of Denomination $500.
turity at the option of the Town,
approval of said proceedings by
are due on Oct. 1, as follows: $500
par for $10,000 2%s, $20,000 3s
on June 1,1965, or on ariy interest
the attorney of the bidder will be
and $10,000 3%s, was made by J. in 1948 toT956, and $1,000 in 1957.
payment date thereafter. Rate of
accepted and considered .and a
Lee Peeler & Co., and Vance Se¬ Bidders may bid for a different
interest to be in multiples of %
reasonable time will be allowed
curities Corp., Greensboro, jointly rate of interest in a multiple of
or one-tenth of 1% and must be
Y4 .of .1 %..., No. bid.for less than the successful bidder for the'ex¬
.<1,
the "same for all Of the bohds;
.y
Farmviile, N. ■ C. ^ •'
par and accrued: interest.
En¬ amination of said transcript before
Principal and interest payable'at
Bond Sale—The $230,000 cou¬ close a certified check for $100, requiring
compliance with the
Cleveland County (P* O. Shelby),
North

Carolina

.

.

the Chemical Bank & Trust

Co.,

pon

bonds offered Aug. 13—v. 164, payable to the City.

terms of the notice of sale or any

bids

delivered

be

,'liBonds

thereunder,

made

•will

free of

charge

bank-designated in the City

to any

of Columbus.

Purchaser must pay

charges, if any, for delivery outside the City of Columbus.
En¬
close

check for 1%

certified

a

v*the par value of all the

of

bonds bid

|? for.

Plains Local Sch. Dist., Ohio

,

was

rejected at the Aug. 6 elec¬

•

Racine, Ohio

•Hayden,v Miller & Co., of Cleveland,

as

IV2S, at

basis

a

price of 100.67,

about

of

ported in

1.44%, as re¬
875—are dated

164,

v.

p.

,

Passed—An

ordi¬

nance

Bond Issue Details—The $350,construction bonds sold to

000

a

July

15, 1946, in $1,000 denomil$/-; nation, and mature as follows:
$7,000 on Jan. 15 and $8,000 on
/ July 15 from 1948 to 1965 inclu¬
sive, and $8,000 on Jan, l and
July 1 from 1966 to 1979 inclu¬
sive.
Principal and interest (J-J)
payable at the Franklin National

was passed recently
by the
Village Council calling for an is¬
sue of water works system bonds

to be submitted to the voters at

special

election,

in

regards

a

to-a

Reading, Ohio

-

Bonds

Defeated

An

—

issue

$140,000 Improvement bonds

yVv\

defeated at

a

of

was

recent election.

""Bond

-J

"Will receive sealed bids until noon

Sale—The

$127,000

un¬

Aug. 7

164, p. 603—were awarded
to Braun,: Bosworth & Co., Inc.,
Toledo, as l^s, at par plus a
total premium of $263, equal to
—v.

of

100.207,

a

basis of about 1.478%.

$100,000 incinerator bonds.
Due
$5,000 on Jan. 15 from 1948 to
incl.

bonds.

-

$27,000

-.Due

storm sewer
Jan. 15: 41,000

on

from 1948 to 1968

bonds

are

dated

July 15, 1$46.

,Aug. 30 for., the, .purchase; of
South. Euclid-Lyndhurst City
$150,000 2% building bonds. Dated
School District, Ohio
Sept. 1,1946v Interest J-D. Denqm.
Bonds Not Sold-*-AU« bids' for$1,000. Due $3,000' June; and; Dec, the.
$916,000 2% building bonds
1/ 1946 to"l97?; .Bidders rniay}bid offered
Aug; 13-r-v. 164, p. 603-r* for a
different^rate of interest in were
rejected.'
' ;-'a multiple of 'Vi ot 1%..
These
- - bonds are/payable from.unlimited
Tiltonsville, Ohio,
on

.

•

.

;

..

'

'

,

w -

taxes.

«

.

No bids. for less than par
^nd accrued interest; The approv¬
*

;

Bond

OfferingT-Eugene E. Bess,
Village Clerk, will receive sealed
opinion of Peck, Shaffer, A bids until noon on Aug. 30 for
^Williams, of Cincinnati, will be the purchase of $4,935 hot to. ex¬
furnished." No conditional bids ceed 4% interest street assessment
ing

;?.

will be received.

;; ;

a

certi¬

bonds.

Dated

July lv 1946. - Inter
est; 'J7D..T Denomination/ $1,000,
; bid for, payable to the Board of one jor $935. Due. Dec, 1,. as fol¬
fied

:

Enclose

check for-1%

Education.

of .the /bonds

lows:

/

...

North Canton,

Ohio

Bond

Sale—Fox, Beusch & Co.,
Cincinnati* ..were -awardedvori

! ©f

July 19 an issue of $15,000 fire de¬
partment
equipment
bonds
as
at a price of 101.023, a basis
of about 1.375%. Dated June • 1,
1946.

Denomination

$1,000

on

$1,000.> Due
June 1 from 1948 to'1961

Inclusive.
Interest J-D.
Other
bids: 'Ryan, Sutherland & Cq?,
l^s,' 100.593; J. A. White &• Co,,
%%s, 100.46; Provident Savings

V

Bank & Trust Co., 2s, 100.673.
Ohio (State of)
Special Session to Consider Tax

Revision—Proposed creation of
commission to make

study

Ohio's

of

a

exhaustive

an

taxation

State

-structure; with a view toward re¬

visory action by the 1947 State
Legislature, is among the issues
scheduled to be brought before a
special State legislative session to
.convene Aug. 20, at the call of
^Governor Frank J. Lausche.
.

Governor Lausche's proposal to

create

tax

study commission
777 came as an answer to the finan-*
cial
plight of many of Ohio's
larger cities which have been con¬
sidering various means of raising
>

a

,

additional

for

revenues

general

operation,
cated that such
collected

method

$1,000 in 1947 to 1950, and

$935 in 1951. Rate of interest to
be in multiples of.
of 1 %V No

Said bonds with all

attached

coupons

unma¬

by
of

a

study of taxes

State, and the
distribution:, might
the

.

for

redemption
and
payment to the Philadelphia Na¬
tional Bank, fiscal agent of the
City. Bonds registered as to prin¬
cipal alone or as to both princi¬

Lausche 7 also
an¬
that the special legisla¬

session' would

be

asked

and accrued

interest. A certified check for 2%
of the amount bid is
required.

(These bonds
on

are part of the total
$930,000 unsuccessfully offered
July 15. At that time, the sole

bid received

was

to

chase of $30,000 coupon, registerable as to principal only, school

bonds. Bidder to name

one

Jackson County Sch. Dist.- No. 49
(P. O. Med ford), Ore.

study

State

employees'

salary scales.

Bond

Pepper Pike (P. O. R. F. D.,
Chagrin Falls), Ohio
Tenders Wanted—Ruth B. Fara-

gher, Village Clerk, will receive
sealed
on

of the

following

interest
rates:'
1 %,
1V4%, l1/2%,:;i3/4%, 2%,:2y4% or

2y>%.

The

Sept. 1,
*

Due

bonds

1946.

will

be

dated

Interest M-S.

Bonds Approved
■/,

Recorder,

\

/

B.

will

sealed bids until 2
p.m.

water

-

bonds.
Due

on

in

works

revenue

Sept. 1, 1946. De¬
$1,000. Interest M-S.
1, as follows: $10,000

Sept.

proved
by
General.

receive

(EST)

Dated

nomination

/ :1;;

An issue of

—

$20,000 2y2% street improvement
refunding bonds has been api-

i'V >

Clark,

Aug. 23 for,the purchase of $300,000 series A not to exceed
3%
interest

Texas,

"

the

State

Attorney

Dalhart

Sch.

Dist.,

Texas

;

■Bonds

.

to

,

Defeated—The

issue

proposal
building bonds

$100,000

defeated

was

at the

by a small margin
Aug. 8 election.
;oU

1949

-

-'

to

premium of $251

On br after
1, I960, arid prior to March
ly 1966, a premium of $15. - On or

a

March

after March 1,

1966, and prior to
premium of $5." ~ ;
Bidders are requested to harrie a

maturity,
rate

or

*

-

-

a

not

than-

more

three

Funds

Oct.

callable in whole

or

in part at par

interest

accrued

v

ceived for the entire
of the above rates of

bid

no

rates

interest

to

pay

;; .v

/

Bonds Voted—An issue of
was

favor^-

,

y4 of 1%, and no single maturity

r

.

k

$10,-

ably voted at the election held
;

;

.on

»",

Electra, Texas
Bonds Purchased

—

The

followf

ing bonds-amounting to $145,00(1
were
purchased recently by. the
issue at any sults in the lowest interest cost to
First, of Texas; Corp.,
of San
the Town,
and delivery of the
interest, but
Antonio, as 3%s:

combining; two different,

of

available

000 construction bonds

Sept.

on

now

Denison School District, Texas

1, shall have more than one rate.
1953, or on any interest paying The bonds Will be awarded to the
date thereafter. Bids-will be re¬ responsible bidder whose bid re¬
and

are

1, 1946 interest."

AugUSt' Z.
$2,000 Sept. lf 1947 to 1961, rates of interest in multiples of

will

be

cort-

bonds will be made at the Hamil¬

National

ton

KnoxVille.

Bank,

sideredr Said bonds; and the in¬
terest * thereon will be
payable

Premiums will be taken into con¬

-

sideration

in

computing

interest

without deduction for any tax or

cost

taxes, except succession or inheri¬
tance
taxes,-now or hereafter

mine which of two identical bids

levied

$60,000 refunding bonds.
85,000 water and sewer

only

if

to

necessary

deter¬

results in the lowest interest cost.

.

system

bonds.

M These bonds

The

or

assessed

present

any

or

thereon under

future law of the

tenders

until

noon

(EST)

Sept. 9 for the purchase of re¬




Sale—The

bonds offered

$50,000

1956 incl.

awarded

of

Townsend,

favorable

opinion

Elliott &

Munson,
of
Philadelphia/ and will be de¬
livered to the purchaser
only if

and after the

izing

tified

school

Aug. 13—v. 164, p.
as
iy4s, at a
price of 100.228, a basis of about
1.203%.
Dated Aug. 15, 1946 and
due $5,000 on Aug. 15 from 1947 to
739—were

subject to the

the

proceedings author¬
issuance thereof have
by the Department

of Internal Affairs. Enclose

aged and to establish a commis-

-

Erwin,' Tenn.

Offering — E.

City

was

electioijy

and 1950, $11,000 in 1951
Dallas City and County Levee >
1954, $12,000 in 1955 to 1958,
; '; Improvement District, Texas <;
$13,000 in 1959 to 1962, $14,000 in
Refunding Substantially Comf
1963 to 1965, $15,000 in 1966 to
pleted —The Bondholders' Com¬
pal and interest must be accom¬ 1968, $16,000 in 1969 and 1970, and
mittee, secretary of which is W. IX
panied by appropriate instruments $17,000 in 1971. Bonds numbered
Bradford,
115
Broadway, New
54 to 300,
inclusive, shall be call¬
of assignment executed in blank.
able for redemption prior to ma¬ York 6, N. Y., announced under
Interest ceases on date called. ;7
date of Aug. 6 that the
exchange
turity at the option of the Town
of
new
VpperMakefieldTownship
refunding; bonds, dated
in
inverse
numerical
order
on
Oct. .1, *1945, has 'been substan¬
Sch. Dist. (P. O. Dolington,
March 1, 1953, or on any interest
Newtown R. D. No. 1), Pa.
payment date thereafter at par tially completedf The district was
Bond Offering
George M. plus accrued interest and a pre¬ recently able to retire $300,000
bonds
at
an
average
price of
Ashton, > District Secretary, - will mium for each bond so called,y as
53.83%, thus reducing its prin¬
receive sealed bids until 7 p.m. follows: On or after March
1,
cipal indebtedness to $5,700,000.:
(DST) on Aug. 26 for the pur¬ 1953^and prior to March X, 1960,

been approved

rejected.)

OREGON

to

Bond

were

the election held
are

authorized

on

at

July 30 and

due in 20 years.
"

man

issued

pay par

Increase the aid for the blind and

sion

Bay

:

$200,7

&

,

of

Governor

l%

authorized at the Aug. 3

—

taxes direct.

.

be

must

,

tive

$99,500
water -.works
and
sewerage bonds.;;
-v';,;.;'V

^

\

..

agreeing to

nounced

Bonds Voted—An issue of
000 ; construction
bonds

ing

Town

Independent
Dist., Texas

Sch.

■■

scheduled to be held in the near
future on the proposition of issu¬

approving opinion of Chap¬
Galveston, Texas •; y
'
Cutler, of Chicago, will be
/Bond
Offering — Mildred
M.
Commonwealth, all of which taxes furnished. Principal and interest
the District assumes and agrees to payable at theV Central Hanover Oser, Secretary of Board of Com¬
for $200, payable to the Village
will
receive
sealed
Bank
&
Trust
Co., New York missioners,
pay. The bonds will be sold to the
Treasurer.
bids until 5 p.m, on Sept. 5 for
Enclose a certified check
highest responsible bidder, pro¬ City.
the purchase of $1,000,000 series
vided such bid is not less than par for $6,000 payable to. the Town
Warren, Ohio
E
coupon school
bonds.
Dated
Ordinance Passed
The City and accrued interest. The highest Treasurer.
Nov. 1, 1946. Denomination $1,000.
Council recently passed an ordi¬ responsible bidder shall be the one
Tennessee (State of )
Due $20,000 in 1947 to 1950, $25,nance calling for the issuance of
who, having compiled with, the
Tax Collection ,Data—The tax
000 in 1951, $30,000 in 1952, $35,conditions of
the
incinerator
and
sale,goffers; fi',:^ take collections of federal, state/ county, 000 in
equipment
1953, >$40,000* in 1954 and
the whole anioiint of the" issue.' at
bonds amounting to
lahd ^municipal
government in 1955, .$50,000 in
$222,000, that
1956,b$55,000 in
the lowest ijriterest cost to the
were favorably voted at the' elec¬
Tennessee » for' the - fiscal
year 1957 to
1959, $60,000 in 1960 ta
tion held in November, 1945,
municipality, which shall be de¬ ended on June 30, 1946, aggre¬
1964, $65,000 in 1965 to 1967, and
termined by deducting from the
gated $503,140,075, as compared $40,000 in 1968.
These bonds are
total amount of interest to be paid
OKLAHOMA
with collections of $496,487,628 in
part
of; the
$1,900,000
issue/
on account of such bonds
during the preceding year, according to
authorized at the election held oh
AltuSfOkld.
the life thereof, the amount of
a
report just released by Ten¬ May 21. Bidders to name the rate
Bond Offering—Ethel
Williams, premium offered if any, over and nessee
Taxpayers Association.
of interest in multiples of onesCity Clerk, will receive sealed above the face amount of the is¬
The revenue collections of the tenth or
bids until 8 p.m. on Aug. 26 for sue. These
% or 1% and not mope
obligations will be pay¬ State of Tennessee for the
year than two interest rates
the purchase of $321,000 bonds, able from ad valorem taxes within
may, be
amounted to $68,798,065, an in¬
divided as follows:
specified.
Principal and interest
the taxing limitations imposed
by crease of $13,159,837*
payable at the City Treasurer's;
$163,000 sewer system; extension law.; upon school districts of this
Collections for the Tennessee
office, or at the National : City
bonds. Due as follows: $10,000 claSs, The enactment, at any time
Unemployment Compensation Bank of New York.
No bid for
from 1949 to 1963 incl., and prior to the delivery of the bonds,
Trust Fund established for com¬
less than par and accrued interest.
of Federal legislation which in
$13,000 in 1964.
pensating" involuntary, unavoid¬ The bonds are offered for sale
terms, by the repeal or omission
121,000 water works extension
able unemployment, amounted to
subject to the approval of the At¬
of exemptions or otherwise; sub¬
; bonds. Due as follows: $8,000
$18,605,167 iii fiscal 1946, as com¬ torney-General, / and of x Wood,
from 1949 to 1962 incl., and jects to a Federal income tax the
pared with $21,823,143 collected Hoffman, King & Dawson, of New
interest on bonds of a class or
in the preceding fiscal year. The York
$9,000 in 1963.
City, whose opinion will be
character which includes these
Tennessee Unemployment Com¬ furnished
37,000
warehouse construction
by the City, which shall
bonds, will, at the election of the
and' equipment bonds. Due as
pensation Trust Fund, during the also, at its own expense, cause the
purchaser/ relieve the purchaser
10 years since its creation in De¬
follows: $4,000 from 1949 to
bonds
to
be / lithographed
from his obligations under the
or
1956 incl., and $5,000 in 1957. terms of
cember, 1936, has accumulated a printed and; duly/executed and
the contract of sale and
reserve of $87,537,567.
This shows approved and with reasonable
Each issue will be, sold sepa¬ entitle the purchaser to the re¬
an increase during the past year
rately, and to the bidder. Naming turn of the amount deposited with
promptness after the acceptance
of $7,754,292.
;
the lowest rate of interest and the bid. These bonds are
;
,
' ; of the bid and date of the bonds
bids for less than par and accrued
interest. Enclose a certified check

point to the possibility of the State
vacating certain fields of taxa¬
tion with the view of allowing
local governments to collect such

,/■

;

Aransas Pass

.

,

The Governor had earlier indi; ; ;

16, 1946.
Bonds : issued
16, 1922, to mature Oct. 16,
1976, although optional Oct. 16,

Oct.

presented

incl., and $1,500
/ Bond Offering-r-John G. Hite,
from 1969 to 1972 incl.
All of the
Clerk of 'the -Boardvof Education,:

;.

Oct.

oil

tured

limited tax bonds offered

1967

ffeu) Vienna ,Local Sch. Ditt., Ohio

600, have been called for payment

-

3ank, ; Franklin^ ^Xegalitjf !ap-: Bidding -for all or none, the "suc¬
proved by Peck, Shaffer & Wil- cessful bidders offered a premium
of $207 for the
liams of Cincinnati.
'"
$100,000 issue and
$56 for the $27,000 issue, the
j
LynchburgSch,Di*t.,Ohio
bonds being described as follows:

>

Bond Call—William W. Felton,
Clerk of Council, announces that
41/4% bonds aggregating $5,840,-

project to cost $95,000. 7/v77;7>77 1946.

"

7

,

TENNESSEE

Ordinance

,

r,

An issue of

—

$30,000 sewer main bonds was
purchased recently by Schmidt,
Poole & Co., as Wzs, at a price of
100.512.

are

Fratnklin-Sch. Dirt., Ohio

■

Bonds Purchased

TEXAS

<

Willow Lakes, South Dakota
Bond Election — An election is

;

Philadelphia, Pa.

the bonds originally
scheduled to be sold on Aug. 30.)

.

,

Pennsylvania

7/.7;
?

1003

SOUTH DAKOTA

;

O.Allentown),

tion.

i(These

•

,

Bonds Defeated—A proposed is¬
sue of $21,000 construction bonds

PENNSYLVANIA
Fountain Hill (P.

.

5;;

funding bonds, dated Jan. 1, 1940.
More than $5,000 is available for
the purchase of such bonds at a
price not exceeding par./777777

)£i fc

:

THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

[Volume 164 ? Number 4517

check

amount

the

of

for

the

2%

of

a

the

cer¬

face

bonds, payable to

District Treasurer.

The tax collections of Tennessee

counties, cities, and towns are as¬
on

a

estimated

Abbeville,

S.

C.

Bonds Not Sold—The $175,000
refunding electric system refund¬
ing bonds offered Aug. 6—v. 164,
p. 604—were not sold.

a

for

1946

fiscal
"

lows:

County

collections

as

fol¬

.

$54,148,318

compared with $51,441,493 for
the year before.
The cities and towns in Ten¬
as

nessee

1946

SOUTH CAROLINA

calendar instead of
fiscal year basis, but are

certained bit

had

collections

estimated

at

in

fiscal

$37,031,222,

made

in Tennessee

collections

in fiscal 1946

$324,521,303, as com¬
pared with $332,791,513 in the pre¬
aggregated

ceding

year.

City, the pur¬
to i have ; the
privilege of directing delivery at
some
other place upon payment
of any increase in the cost of ship¬
ping and delivering the same over
the cost to the City of shipping

chaser,! however,

the

same

from

Austin,

Tex.,, to

Galveston, Tex. /Enclose
fied check for 2%

a

certi¬

of the amount

bid, payable to the City.

;

as

compared with those for the pre¬
ceding year $34,793,251.
Federal government

deliver them in the

;

Gober

Independent Sch. Dist.
Texas

Bonds Approved

$12,000
been

—

An issue of

construction

approved by the

torney General.

bonds

has

State At¬

■.

1004

fflfK COMMERCIAL &

FiNANriAtCHROfriCtte

Monday, August 19,. 1946

fll urni^lftTHM

Gregg County CdiftrAon Sch. Diet. terest school house bonds. Dated
No. 9 (P. O. Danville), Texas
Sept. 1, 1946. Denomination $1,000.
Bond Offering—Albert E. Walk¬ Due Sept. 1, as follows: $17J)00

VIRGINIA
5'c;r.

C lift Ori

WEST

Forge, Va,

$18,000 / Bond Offerihgf Vg W» J» Enos,»
$19,000 Mayor, will receive; sealed bids
3 p.m. on Aug. 24 for the purchase from 1953 to .1957 incl; Principal Uhtil 2 pm. (EST) pri Aug; 28 fot:
interest
of $20,000 not to exceed14% inter¬ and
(M-S) payable- at the purchase of $220,000 Water
bonds*. Dated Sept. 3, 1946. De¬
est school house bonds,
Dated place of purchaser's choice. Al¬
nomination $1,00Q/Bue Sept1. 3; as
Sept. 1, 1946. Denomination $1,- ternate bids are requested on nonfollows: $10,000 from 1947 to 1996
000.
Interest
M-S.
Due
$2,000 callable bonds and bonds subject
Sept. 1, 1947 to 1956. These bonds to call, after; five years. Bidders inch,Hand $12,000 from 1957; to
1966 incl., Bids for the, purchase; of
carried at the election held on are" required" to name a rate or
said bonds can be made on either
July 6, by a; vote 6f 26 to 1.. Prin¬ combination of two rates•' with
or both, of the
follbwjng basis, tor
cipal and interest payable at a their bid which1 is nearest paf' and
interest.
Any / rate ; or wit:
place preferred by the purchaser. accrued
It is the intention of the Board' of rates named must be in: multiples
1., At a- flat interest rate- of
Trustees to sell the bonds at the of Vs of 1%.- Alternate bidsV are l%% 0n all of said bonds*
^
r
lowest interest cost that will bring requested on bonds with option of
2; Bidders may name the inter/
a price of
approximately, but not redemption five years from their est rate or rates, not exceeding
less than par and accrued interest. date. The District will furnish the 6%
per annum
in multiples of
Bidders are required to nameVa printed bonds,-a- copy of the pro
y4 of 1 %. Each such bid may name
rate or combination of two rates ceedings, the approving
opinion one rate -for 'part of :the/ bonds
with their bid which is nearest of any; market attorney selected
(having ; the Carlibst -,f maturities)
par
and accrued interest. ; • Any by the purchasers, and will deliver and another rate or rates for the
President

er,
will

of

receive-

School

sealed

from

until

1947

1950

Board,

bids

to'

to

1949

1952

'

-

f0y^'y'!Wihdspf^

v/f^briSs^^'Gffered—1The/;-following.:!

W." Vor/:-;; *''j,•'

Bond Electiori

incl.;

inch,

VIRGINM

?';,>• //-

bonds amounting to

Ari;plhcH;

held

Aug.

.tion bonds.

-

WISCONSIN

rates

or

named

be

must

designated
by' th^ptirchaser without?CoStf;tb

in

multiples of Vs of 1%.- Alternate
bids are requested on bonds with

him: It is

f953^ I955Vhrid $500,H:
v
?
6
g

wr;,0OQinJ956.f

feridehtTof. Schbols estates that

be effected on

carl

of redemption

option

five years
The District will

from their date.

20- 1946. Enclose

for

furnish the

printed bonds, a copy
of the proceedings, the approving
opinion- of any market attorney
selected by the purchasers and

before Oct,
check

or

certified

a

each' rate.

$4,Q00, payable to the District

date prior to maturity at a
price
of par.
V; Principal - and - interest
payable at the Canadian Bank of

an

.

v/hi'g

?U l

S

m>

'

'jlf

*" *>n'- '->■*.

M

Odessa, Texas

A

by

Bond Bale-^An issue of $500,OoO

designated by the purchaser with¬
cost to him.

that

•

It is anticipated

certified- chfehlc

a

been sold to

delivery can be effected s on
Oct. 15, 1946.
Enclose
for ^$40(1,* pay¬

able to the iDistrict;

,7>:

;

Haskell, Texas
^

Bottdfe
tion

Voted~Ats ct recent elec¬

the

voters

said1 to

are

O'Donriell Consolidated

have

lV

approved the "issuance : of $88,000
bonds.
-V

&

Approved—An: issue ,of

to

These bonds

194&

May 1,

-7

are

dated

tlie

at

4

.

/

Bank

of

as

l^s, at

;

Quanah, Texas

Bonds'§olll

construction

bonds

.Te'Xds

^

.

Odem Independent, Sch.Dist,

dbn;: Superintendent of
receive

sealed

until

$75,000

Ari is'Sue: of
bonds

to 1971.

Dated Aug. 1,1946. Interest pay-

-

has

called for

I^esV

At

/

..

:

Due' Seri¬

:

per
on

cent,
the

Royalt on' Sch* Dist., VP*

!;7p?f|

Stock in-

respect of the year 1946
declared payable in Canadian
funds on October 1,1946, to Share¬
was

holders

of

record

at

3

p;

m.

*•'

Bond Sale DetaiTs—T. W. Home

(fifty cents per
Ordinary Capital

August 26, 1946.
By order of the Board.

be

•

?

examined; and" copies Of

if made in
accordance^with and
subject; to: ,:tri^|-ternwb ;dkd)coridi4
tions;; set-forikini thO/Statenieri^
$592,500 1 %% improvemeht bonds
including the • filing of -questiceB^

Bold^-It is ; stated

alV,

15 to 22

that

we3^:awafddd/(n^Jf^
Cmiadian Barik^M; Cohiriiefc^i? of
June 1 m

price of 100.70L Due
1947 to 195T. Interest

payable J-D.

Second highest Was

a

R. A* Daly & C&.{ offering
-100:4465
and- the Bank of <• Montreal was

third? best, bidding (100:146;

TheHydro*FleciricP'6yjerC!om»
missiori of OntaHC
(P\ O',
'
•
;
Toronto)'; Olnf, V f

n

Officers; and reprekntaitivef of
the City of Montreal, repreSenta•

ttvesvOf: the) ittdeperidette^^^aiiditdrs

appointed by the City, arid- coun¬
sels for the prospective
purchasers
bf:i thei DebehtuCesf Will- W avails
able at the'auditorium ori" the-fifth.
floor ?

t

Notice—Os¬

Redemption

naires gs therein required,

of^^Cit3r.Barik;Fbnri^
Ppriipnny^
Vfilllark
tork ;i5;::!New-York qn Aug.a^

borne.

MitcJielJ*,. Secretary >of fhe
Cbmmissioni is giying notifce to all
-

dated

of.

te; Surpriseof

.

bbieWirig:: Willi'

outs'triridingfO^year them
4n^rmajlon*:wl#vle^

bririd^ pf 'the*; Coiririiissipn,
Bept. IV 1943,:

SeptV 1,

19$3^; that:

|ions?? the^^alkjthe outstanding

^e.Ci^c^ritainadi iibihd^gfebpii-?
ioii

:-Stateh^eht Taifd X-Brio|pefcihji^

and;lhe/$^

On Aug; 9
*. 7,?
ponds of the said-issue are hereby CondRicyis Reiafin^fe^Bl^^^Atf
pr0si>ectiyejbidSb.rscaie;^i^
t Alley I Block > No". 3,. FleaSarit called for" re^empilori rab<i'
^
be! preseiit atT feuch meetirig.: I /
'
Ridge Addition, District NoV 5598, payment as an entirety; at the

on
/

&

Co:, of Concord,

were

NoV, 1 to' 4'bonds.

.

,

principal

sum ,thereof on Sept. 1,
1946, at" the Agency of the Bank

.

associated

with W. E. Huttori &

Co., of New
East 57th Btreety ■ et. al.y District
York, in the recent sale of $75,000 No. 5459, No. 23^ bonds. '. 1
improvement bondsV as 1% S, at. a
'Pullman-Avenue 'et al., District
price of 101.149, a basis of about No. 5476, Nos. 20 to 22 bonds,

;

1.48%.-—iV. 164, p. 740;*-,; U-''

Jii

Rutland,

Interest' Ceases bri dafesl called,

i Cash is also available to apply on

Vt.

of Montreal,

York,

bonds with;
due March

all

of

to

accrue

.

phowipigan Falls,- Que*

Bond

.

Frederick Bramley;

77. ;.f.t

Note Sale

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:

73 Secretary>,v

Montreal, August 12, 1946.




—

An issue of

temporary notes

7, at

a

notes

are

was

sold

$75,000 the

on

Aug.

discount of 0.60%. These
due

on

Oct.

18, 1946/ ; •!

*

following/ matured -" bonds.

District
trict No.

No.

4344,

No/ 224;

Dis¬

3936, No. 18; District No.

4070, Nos, 381 arid 382. 1

called.
be

*

j

.

£mt

Sale-r--The; $250,000

awarded

to: McTaggart,

tBanna4

1, 1947 and all subse¬ ford, Birks & Gordon, of Montreal,

quent: coupons attached,
on

r.,

.

rin the pity of New proyement bonds offered for sale
on Aug.
7—v.' 164, p.; 475—were

;surreh5er% of said
fhe;'interest cqUpbris

upon

,

said

bonds

v Interest

shall

cease

at

a

price

of -99.02,

maturing in 1947 to

-

for

1952,

bonds
as

•

•■:,* *:/::■

cer¬

-•

meeting of the Board -of
Directors held today a dividend of
two

-£e^d^jt6.^ihtshch):Stati^

of)

Hamilton;Ont.

Bonds.

holders

West Clovefdais Street, et

Of thb/Statementr of TeririS-'arid
Conditions Relating to Bids arid of
ail^^ other (relevant1 documents rf-l

persons who- have received
copies of the Prospectus and; only

;

bonds.

.*

VERMbNT

a

share)

Ori

1

district; No; 557^; ;S'oVt

Pros¬

a

felatirig,to;the-Debdiitures,

tain; of siich • docUtrierit¥: may be
$75,000,000 Treasury bills Was obtained, at the Agency of the
on
Aug. v 8 at a- yield of Bank of- Montreal, 64 Wall Street;
0:402%;/ Dated;5 Aug," 8) 1946 drid New l?ork ^N. Y,?/Bids for:De^
due ori Nov. 8; 1946.
beriturOS^ will-be considered -only

'

ally from 1947 to 196d iricli<

;•• /71&

Dividend Notice

all, Distl

partial; payirient
On Aug. 7

pectus

of

Bond

Avenue et

(Dominion

as may, be- fixed
provided in,® Statrif

ment of Terms and Conditions Re-

.'

■

as

lating tb4 BldSK 1 Copies of

Christensett;
,

date

TreaSiiry BlHjr^ SPIdN^ri iSlue

Aug, 1

bonds 1^0.- 256.

Bond Salk—The $250,000 school
bonds offered Aug:- 13—-v; 164V p:
*

RAILWAY COMPANY
;,

such later

by^fhe City

sold

:

payment:

4372;

\Sehbol\ JDistftct,:> Texatrj.-

:

;

has

-

California

«Wdst Or'ange lndependent

CANADIAN PACIFIC
C

?

CANADA
Canada

aririoririOedV that
the; following ponds have' been

;; 7;

"

by Peters; Writer
of Denver.
/

on

Bond/C

Treasurer,

tionaFJari.-1,: 19577

7/:*'7/

Rauflins,1 )Yy<f*

Toronto; at

On

; :>

•

740^were Sold' as

DIVIDEND NOTICES

geherap improveriient
Aug, 1,- in* 1953

-bondSi- Due

beeif

2

Aug.-24 for the' purchase
$200,000 not to exceed 2%: in-

1,500,003*

WASHINGTON

■

Approved
construction

torhey General;"

.

Schools;

bids

p:m. on-

of

-

on

,2t.

Sheffield Independent Sch. Dist,
Bonds

will

mitte'e, City I|aEV- Montreal: *
;P. -Q'.,. Canada, up ; ta ,11; am.
(EpST)Vpiv Aqg.^2,; 1946,
up^ to-

from

borids.' Due

$220;- Seattle
Local Improvement Diets*
000 road' improvement bonds was
Wash,
authorized at ari'election ori July 9l

has

f ?'//3;'7; 3:777 • Texfas
Bond Offering ^ H. W. Herri

100^699;' a; net interest

1:6794%:

Dec: 1, in 1947 to 1967.

•

'

7 /'

13—V.

Bonds Voted^An'issUe of

approved by the State5 At-

toriieyr Gehetal.r

Aug.

Col, all of New Yofk; as 1.70s, at
a- pricelof

$420,bdo V Water

Refugio County Precinct No*?
(P, O. Refugio), Texas

on

Merle-SmitW, Geo; B. Gibbons1*^
Co., Inc., Hofnblower & Weeks,
Otis & Co., First of Michigan
Cofp., and Newburger, Loeb &

iSsub'-bf^$40;j

to 20'yearS; ''

(P,r^-;:DittnMs)^"Texwt
Bon«& Appift Ved 7~jAAissUe i>f

been

p'f .Montreal ' will be received at
the" office of the Executive Gbni'^

^-v."

:-v

,

p. '740—were a\varded:; to a
syndicate ^composed of Halsey*,
Stuart & Co., Blair & Co:,. Inc..
E^H: Rollins-;& Sons, Dick ; &

airport
site
acquirement
bonds; authorized at the election
held; ori^July *23/ hdye beeri sold
as 2s. These bonds are due in 1

County CommCh Sch. Diet,

$43,500!

3 *>-

164,

000

pricfe of

tftiv 3

\::

'

on

Dated-July 1, 1948. Denomination
$1,000: These bonds are due $20;000 from July ty 1947 to 1956. In¬
terest payable J-J.
Moore

arid 1% %

sale

whole

in^jristallmentf IronV N?py^ 1^ 1947
Birough ?Nov/lV?197$,v oi* the: City

Bonds ;PrirchasedH~Ari Tssue /of

cost* of

about 1.484%.

of

100.055a basis

a

Approvedr-fAn

1946.

v.

Houston,

:

April 27, has been approved as to
legality by W. P. Dumas, of Dallas.
These bonds are dated May 1,

164. p. 382
were
awarded to Chas, B. White & Co.*
—

;

ford), Texas'

Legality

issuer of 7 $50,000

$200i006 scTiopl

house bonds* offered for sale

j;

Weather*

series of 1946, hospital bonds that
carried at the election held" oil

.

July 15

Assembly of Virginia of

offered1 for

as a

bfanissueaf$47,835,000 principal
nmourit of serial Debentures
fpay^

~

Bond

f, 1949.

Bond Sale—The

school

;

Parket County (P. O.

Montgomery County, Magnolia
Community Sch* Dist* No. 6
i (P* O. Conroe), Texas

■

>:

c .*

will be submitted to the voters at
the November general election.

by' ari authority ot an
ordinance
of
the City CoUridil
adopted Ori 'AugUSt 12thV1946:

of Dallas;

The bonds are due to

mature oh Oct.

'■

National

Mercantile

Bids for the purchase

__._109.53

______

$600,000 watetf improvehiCnt bonds
May, 15, 1946. Legality
Bond Sale
The following authorized^ at the election held ori
approved- by Dumas & Huguenin; bbrids
ahioun'tirig1 to $i,920,000 arid July 16; was purchased recently

Secretary, reports that refunding
bonds of 1940,i Nos. 35 to 37, are
called for payment on Oct. 1, 1946,
of Dallas.

sigriritureVof X *A. Morigeau; -Ci^f
Clerkfvis^ reprinted?berewitht ? ;

able in United States
currency),
Bond Election-^-An issue of $1,-dated' Augl J, .1946 and
f maturing
248,000 road improvement bonds

with.Sectiort 217, Acts of the

Dated

Eckrols, City

E.

1946;

Bay

■''nVJ'-Cil.*

*

B0»d: Otfeimg—A notice issued
date of Aug. 13 over the

under

Trempealeau County. (P, O.
;; ;
' Whitihati)K Wist y_

*

McCamey, Texas

.

of

'&■'<"*

-

1913 and

-77,500' series; of 1946j refunding
:bonds.*-,* '
:
J » >
* *

7

Bond

bonds:

-

legality by Dumas & Huguenin,

of Dallas.

series

*:■
-

Bonds will1 be Issued1 fnxhfccpfdance

General

$75,OOOv

:

*

Co., of Lubbock; 7as^ 2i^s, 2%i
3s, These bonds are described

and

proved by the Attorney-General
on July 17, has been approved as

Green

ing: fund: for? the payiriehtf of the
principal at maturity.

bonds : ap¬

revenue"

sewer,

//:/-i'ltiML:

1947 to 1966/,

...

has the power to levy taxe^ for
the: pay merit: of the'1 inter est
;on
said bonds and tO'provide a sink¬

Ihde'p.

Bondspurchased-**•■Kn issue of

$40;000- 3 Vz % series of 1946; watet
and

1947V to; 1956' ? inclusive. 3 Bonds and F^J. Brennnrr, &-CO.> bofh of
nirituririgifrbpf 1952* to 1956-are .Saint John; at. a price^ of 100.039.
These bonds are due on
AugVi/ in

Those5 desiring to bid fof these P^ln(^t?W^bbe^*27/f t/ <
1;.
Jackson & Curtisiia—:
-103.00
furnished^ with the
opinion of
Q. JohrisOi^ 'City C^nner Eecurlties- Cos i/i-102.27
Attorney, thai the- bonds afe^'% HarieyvHaydon^Ss
___101.51
valid and binding general obliga1- Gillespie & Waiters :
V "
..
tiohGfthe^Gity/ and1 th-at the- City Peoples Trust Co;,;-

'

Bonds

-

bonds may be

bonds amounting to $152,500 was
purchased recently by C; E.JDavis

Texas

Lorenzo,

St.- John, N, B.

•

2%

-

'

School District, Texas

water and sewer; revenue
;v; !v'':

A. Underwood* &

Co;, of Dallas/ and* Williamf N. Ed-*
wards &~Co.» of* Fort Worth; joint¬
ly. Dated Aug. 1, 1946. • Legality
approved by McCall, Parkhurst &
Crowe,, of Dallas.

before

or

'

^d.OO'O

.

at a price of
103.55,- a basis of posed of Wood; Gundy: & -Con of
abdut 1,274%; :Dated Aug/1,1946 Toronto, Bank of Nova ScOtih; Of
and
due? $3,000 on Aug.. 1 from Halifax, Eastern - Securities5 Coi,

to thb' order 4ot the

.

out

IV/i'

Salii^—The

3 %, water works and sewer sys¬
tem* improvement: and ) extension issue, as; eviderite! of good faitlr of v..v^idder^v•
.*
tin /Price?:Bid
revenue bonds, series of 1946, has such bidder :■ ;
.*
: *.
•
.'u». State Banky^ DePere ;#^-.clI)3;03

will deliver the bonds to the bank

•5
kit*

Brunswick

works ' mortgage)
Bohdsrihifclbsed^Ari:/i^srie nf
ponds* offered ' Aug. 8—v. 164,y p. $633,000 2^4; 2% and 3% civic irii604—were awarded to the Bank prdvemerit* .bonds, was/purchased
on
of West
July 30 by-a- syndicate5 COm^
DePere* of West DePere,

certified check of each bid¬

a

der payable

r
*

new

cOUpOft. vwater

All' bids shall be dctdrapanied

^

.

jpominerce; Windsor*.:

$300,000 building bonds.
DePere

Bond

,

^

of

.

.nation

election is scheduled for
Eept. 20
to have the voters
pass on the is¬
suance

Dated June 30, 1946, Denomi^
$1J)06. : Callable* ori1 any

,;

ElectioriH-The; Supefin-

Bdnd

.

balance, but no bid of this nature
may have more than four rates;
and each bidder must specify iii
his hid1 the airiditot of bonds ' of

anticipated that* delivery

-

/

Clintonville Sch: Dist. (P. O.
Clintonville), WiX, '

;

•*

rate

•

due $750,000 JUftS
Denominations $1,000'
30, T947: to
1950.
$2,000. Due July 1, as fcrii-'
lows: $1,000 from 1948 to 1957 incl.
3,500,006 2 V2 %Vrefunding. bonds.
and $2,000 from* 1958 tb 1977 incl.^Dud Jurie 30;; as fblldwsi
$600V»
and

„

the bonds to- the: bank

$6,500,000 are

?'T7Hpri;vthe! vbeing, offered' for. sale by Angus
Pnesripn- of; issuing ; $50;000 com¬ ;&:Co^of TororitoC;munity building site and construe- $3,006,000 2 % refuriding; bonds.
tion /was

and

from

and

Registered

bonds

accompaniedby

ments requisite for

after

all

date

should

instru¬

transfer.

bonds
as

maturing in 1953 to

21/4s, and • bonds - maturing iii

1957 to

ti,

2s,

1956,

1947,

1966,
,

as

' '

2 %s, -Hated

v; :"r

Ma^

-