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■rlaw?*b1 y^sgiStiir : ? rr:' mmms. msm :.■<■•' -''.;., jiij."■: 1 1 (nvwi L'P.-tX - •'" Metit. s; Pat. Officer Volume 164 New York, N. Y., Ntimber 4517 - RAILROAD - PUBLIC UTILITY INDUSTRIAL - Price 60 Cents Monday, August 19, 1946 - INSURANCE a Copy MISCELLANEOUS - Stock and Bond Quotations New York Stock Exchange (Stocks) 111 New York Stock Exchange (Bonds)!_ 1 New York '■ Consol. * ' Curb; ;Exchange„vl---«---l--. Baltimore Stock Exciiang-el—j-iilwill- Net income Boston :Stock;; Exch'Snge^>^ill'lllli:lX:l .Chicago. Stock '.Ekchangewl-^ll^^-l^ll^« Cincinnati Stock Exchange..........^.. earned surplus, Dec. 31 Cleveland Stock : ExchangeDetroit Stock Exchange. _ Los Angeles Stock Exchange. Philadelphia ... Stock Exchange.— Pittsburgk^Stock-;Exchangeillllii#l£lf St. Louis Stock Exchange Montreal Stock .Exchange . Montreal Curb .——- - Exchange.^_^_______.__ TorOntO' Stock'Exchange^.... ...—. Toronto* Stock Exchange^CurbSection. :6ver^i^nnte^;lferfets: i£ Transactions tfew York' Stock Exchange Transactions New York Curb Exchange. Stockand Bond Averages^«^-^t-l-.lll Miscellaneous Features General: Corporation add Investment.News-r5 949< State ah^cjity' Bohd Offerings: and* Sales^. . 999f - Redemption Calls & Sinking Fund Notices Dividends?; Declared and: Payablei. I... -r_ The*Course lof Bank Cie'iringSL. .... I 991 993? .. _ . 990> ForeigiTExehahgterRdteslli:lll^X:-^:^^^$9^ " 991 ....^-1.1.. Federal Reserve Banks Condition Stateihen^O^ MdiaibefBanks *^FedcralyReservb*:)Syste*iafc^ ■pppW-^PPP^i SPECIALIST W P'P'P'P% r electronics, ^iSDIYERSIFIEDV:S Pp'iBpp Municipal Bunds ■' ' " ; industrials MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT INVESTMENT FUND ' ' • qAllen ^pp-Pp* \p;p PpP:-p^ & Company Established 1922 \ SO BROAD STREET Telephone: HAnover 2-2600" ■ NEW YORK 4, N. Y. ~ Belt Teletype: NY 1-575 Kobbe, Gcarliart & Company 'i..incorporated 4.; .. l X'; Members New York Security Dealers Association .< -45 NASSAU STREET, Telephone ~ REctor 2-3600 • \ 1 Philadelphia NEW YORK ft ' Telephone Enterprise 6015 .."-J" PROSPECTUS ON REQUEST ■ v- " Bell Teletype New York 1-570 r HUGH W. LONG and COMPANY V .; INCORPORATED ^ 48 WALL STREET 634 SO. SPRING ST. ; LOS ANGELES 14 NEW YORK S vwaifif1! 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; " ! \ 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. ' ■■ : </. 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 ; ^ ' 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;; ,;; ; " vfvrG&f/./' 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% . Rights 41,600 *126 20% *59 Abbott Laboratories com—lNo par *107%". 108% 14 20% 20% 12,900 ' 145 *13% 49 % Lowest Par 71% - Range Since January 1 , Shares 108% ft/ft *130 7% 42 EXCHANGE 313/4 603/4 *127 7% *107% 14% ft - 71% Range for Previous NEW YORK STOCK „ 108% *133 20% 130 69% Sales for the Week (per share .■ 145 60 7 .. 108 % 32% *127 72% 14 ft ft- ..ft'ftft 14 Friday Aug. 16 fper share 71% ,49'/a 50 20% Thursday Aug. 15 $ per share 71% iv8 .14 50 r ' •132 A 14 20% ,v PRICES Wednesday Aug. 14 share i 145 13% SALE ft *1073/4 ♦1073/4 CLOSED HIGH Tuesday Aug. 13 ftft 1,100 — $4 Anderson-Prichard Oil Archer-Daniels-Midland 13,700 . Corp A P W Paper Co Inc 300 ». Andes 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 % : *12% Jan 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 , THE COMMERCIAL" ft FINANCIAL" CHRONICLE Monday, August 19, 1946 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD I per share - 1 I per 58 107% 57% 57% 107% STOCK *28 EXCHANGE V share $ per ; j57% *21% 22 147 *144 <147 138% 138 V, - *138 29 29 % ♦138 *57% 100 28 100 Arnold 600 28% 27% . 141 141 *144 30 „ 113% 114 113% 119 Va 119% 23'A , 23% *23% 23% •23% 23 Va 23 72% X71V4 71% 69% 70% *69" 44 44 *42 43 85 *83Va 85 100 •- 45% >60 *122 109 30% 30% 74% • 75 124 36 20 19% 20% ♦19Va 23% 23 V4 23 V4 10 30% 30% 30% 31% 29 % 29% 3,900 9% '9% 9% 9% 15,400 58% *55% 58 V2 1,600 , *56 31% 31%; 30% 31 34% 25 Va 23% 24% 23% 33% *23 "24 " ' 35% 33% 33% *23 24 *23 ♦83% 63% 37 61% *36 84% 63% 64% ;-./' 83 / 61% 36% 84% *83 36% *36 ;;:/> •55% X30 Va 30% "27% 28 •/ *56% / 58' • / 64 /..58 • ; *62 ; ; 1 61% 117% 107 117% /117%. 118 *105% 107 *105% 107 . t 21% ^42- ^41 25% '25% *27% '*110% 112 *110% 112 31 31% *•111% 112% *111% 112% 39% 39% / 40% 30% 112% 112% 113% 167 167 30% 30% 55 V2 > 29% 30 ya 27 27% 12,300 2,100 56 56 61% 60 £'.)V •> . 22% Z/41/ZT. 25% 27; 32% 30% 3 «Jan 51% 28 v ■ *71% 41% 72% -41% 26 Va 26% 71% 71% *41 26% 41% *72% 72% >26% 41 71% * 41 26% 30% 55% 27 31 Va 32 Va 42% Foods 31% 31% 55 55 55 55 V4 39% *37% 51 . •nil 29%: 59 Va 59'/a ; *66% .68% ' 40 - ,"52 Shoe Aircraft 75 mJan ... • 29% 30 52% 40Va r527/a . *59 Va 53 * ' 107% 107% *7% • 7% *56 58Va "24% 24% 24% 25% 92 90 ' ' 90 17% 17% 17% . 1 68Va *90 /V; 17% 56 447/a 44 56 / 24% 53 Jan - Jun 44% Nov May 24 12% Jan 23 Jun 88 Vx Jun 17 57 9 " ' 40% Jan 25 56% Jan par / IO6V2 Jan 100 100 preferred 116 104 73 Feb 21 3 110 33% , • >' 56% ■ 33 V4 • 30% • •"31% >56% V; 7 *56W 56% s *112Va 113 33% -42% 33 Va 44 Va *41 *41 Va *108% 108%; 33% - 34 •V-.21% 45 Va ' 21% 96% *■*34 97 '34% 17% Dec 43 Jan 15 35 Aug 42 Dec 7 142 Jun 25 114 Jan 136 Dec 19 y4 Mar 14 .8 tLoan.. Indus Vn par $3.25 §er of 1946-No par Best & Co. Foods .... Bethlehem'Steel 1 .... (Del)______iVo 22 Feb • 93%'Jan 149% Jan 18% lOVa • 111 10Va- 168 92 92v ,92 % > ' 33% ' 34% 111 ; ?-x 6%' -'26%' './.> -109% 109%' : - 34V4 84% .. i. *109 6% 111 6% 26% 6% 27% 27 *34 . , <27 ; *36 40 Va 27. ' *34 LOW AND Monday I per share . 1 Aug. 12 f per sharer '41% STOCK 54% 4% EXCHANGE CLOSED / * 8% 4% * 8%' 41% : , • 8% 33% *33% 17% 17% 17% 135 • 135% 17% 11,000 570 *67% 17% 68 ; (- .500 4,100 2,200 240 1,460 33% : 6% . 800 *109% 110% ; Bullard Co—. .4% / preferred 100 3%% opnv 2nd preferred——100 33% : ? '40%. *54 8% / 33 , 17% ./ :. Term Butte v 135 *133 •56 Z 56 :• , 32% / 17 ; 135 - *133 56.'■ *55% 133% .17% 57 *17% 17% 17% 18% / *, 68% 68% Z 68 *55% 133% 57 133% * *55 % 26 ♦54 ~ "For footnotes see 57 / 26% 55 page 071. /' 133% *55% 57 25% 26% 26 55 55 ♦54 •/: 57 % *17% 57 ;/ *55% 133%. 133% 56% 17% ♦133% 57 . : 56% 26% 55 , 25% , : ^ J - * v /1 i * - 1 , - ( Apr 453/, May 28 40% 4% f 40% *53% ; 543/a 13Q 8%" -31% 17% 17 *131 / 8% 17% 6,100 ■134 50 56% *55 56% 18 18% 68%, 67% 68 18 57 :;/;*i7% ••'■. / » *55% 54% 25% 25V4 57 / 54 10 i 42,900 >2,800 173/4 57 ' />:/ / / 55% « ■' 257/a '../ •■■54 > 240 - 900 '1,600 300 —; Zinc-Lead_—— & Hecla'Cons Copper .Campbell W & O Fdy Feb 26/ Feb • , Southern'Ry Co Canadian Cannon Pacific, Ry-. Mills i —-No . ^99 series—j Dec Dec 52% Nov Deo 36 Dec 112 Nov : 35% Nov i 23% Jan 40 12% Mar 120 Nov 20% 45% Feb 2 22% j 128 Jan Dec Jan Nov 37% Oct <108V4 Mar 28. Dec Dec 111% Dec 20% Dec . July 24 111 Jun 20 119% May 27 101% Aug 1 16% Feb 25 9% Aug v Jan 90- Mar 22 105 \ Sep 102% Aug 16, 21% Jun 13 13% 15% Jan 29 7 Jan 7% Mar /LOO f Apr'' 41 75% Jan 2 '98 - May 31 39% May 28 25% Jan 4/ 107 ;Jun 28 110 May 15 - • 10 •>77% Aug Jan 3 105% July 3% Jan 24% Jan x 3 99%Jan 2 6 •: " - 9% Jan : 59% Mar 14% 6 Jan 87 112% July 11, 40 Jan 15 3§Va Feb 16/ 29% Feb 26 ;Aug 22% Mar May 28/ ' 15% NOV 05 / NOV 81 NOV 27% Dec 110 Oct 7% Dec 28 Dec 101% 39 Feb Nov \^y -/Lowest. .--.: 7 7 50 Dec 19% Jun 25 / ' • Range for Previous Year 1945 ; >Z 8% Jan 25 • 52 12% Jan •', 18 147 '58 17% July 24 >62% Feb 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 ,21 Jan 7 / 16 •:' 73% Apr 22 / > Jan 1%- Jan 28 40% May 29 h 6 Highest t per share ,:52% 8 Apr 10. 7%Febl6 May 24 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 -Carpenter Steel Co —.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 ^ •43/a * ■ 4 Dec Dec >«10% Mar 38 V2 Apr 108 • 100 .No par Dec 78 109 110% Mar 18 r 2 V Jan May 3 38% Apr 22 i 38 -. Participating preferred Byron Jackson Oo Dec 23% Aug 16 • ^.Shares 18% 18 *17% - 35 - (A M)————-No par Byers Co the Week *54 32% , Sales for •. ' > 134 *55% • " •*17% 4%. 8% 8% 17% rrttof Aug. 16 j per share '54% 4% 33% & "Zinc—' 34% Ffeb 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 Burroughs Adding Macli____No par preferred Dec 52% < 16 31% Feb "3 Vi% Bush 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 Xnc...*..»^—^5 Dec Jan ■ May 3.1: 91 42% July 24 30. July 23 J:./..No par Bulova Watch Co'; 3 34% Jan 3 "110 33% 64 21 25 10 . . ••'. Dec 13 Va 155 ' -8 Burlington /Mills Corp commew..—1 98% 23 107% Aug 12: 11% Jan 23 15% July 23 par Co..; Forge 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 Buffalo .200 . .< - 106 : Buff Nlag El Corp $3.C0 pfd--—100 200 ; * PRICES Wednesday/-/ IAug. 14 t'■/:/i , 135 .'I 56 17% - .4% 8% 34 ' :: ,41% -54% *54 -v /'/ 4% 33% *55 - '•'# pet tthar» 41% *54 ://: Aug<-13 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 ?36% Jan 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 : ■ -/'/* '• i'U/". Branlff Airways Inc 2.50 Brewing Corp. of America 15 Bridgeport Brass Co No. par Brtegs Manufacturing...Z..No paf 127 " 1,100 ; 6,600 33 % Biass •$3.60 preferred ...........No par 35 ♦108% 6% A Bfuns-Balke-Co3iender.-i.-^No , 110 Co i3% % 200 ^93-- 27 ;/HQ%. 110%u; 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 . Bona Stores Inc common.. 100 HI -93- . 34Va 109 6% 109% >109% 4 . 95 z 109 51 v ■ 33% Jun : 29 &' / 30% Feb 38% Jan ,fi par per 108% • 52 *95 ,, , 'v 34 - 9% 97 No par Boeing Airplane 3,700 24% 110 *109 18% 9%' preferred conv .BJumenthal •Ar Co preferred_j.._100 600 , "97;; '27% *106 ,*95,. $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 ; *101 101% 18Va 18% "9% - "9% ' *93 23% -34 ' *109 3,400 .33% *34% 101% / . 200 55 % *106V4 111 '* 97 .92% . 1,700 11,500 42% 51% 24 109Va 109% 18% *10 * *95 42% v , 17% *101 .18% *9% ' . 20% •125 31 27 33% Jan 22%pJan : par COw^— Bohn Aluminum 100 : 33% *39% ' (E W) No Bon 500 •x 113 :33% *108% *109V4 ;18% 97 *95 ' 111 : ., / Co Borg-Warner 45 55 % 40% 24% .Bliss 100 23% *32% *112 Va 35 "36 106% 106% 54 24% *100% 101% " *52 > : . 8% 18% 44% :• '21"21% ;*125% 127/ 17% ""17% "97% v-97% 97% 42%" 42*% '24% *109,109% 101% 18% • * 43 f' ,53 V: 24% 111 96% 63% Feb par ..No par Black & Decker Mfg Co Borden 95 17% *108%. 108% 31% '32% *35 36 .*106% 107 BigeibW'Banf Carp lncMMM^.No May Aug 103% Sep 52% May 10 31% July 11 -114% July 31 2 Jan 12% •36% May H 112% Aug 3 100 12% -18 17 • 26 par preferred , 110% Aug 14 31% Jan 2 1 Blaw-Knox Apr 10 8 2,900 ^59 *87 33% *40 41 20% 21%*125% 127/ / 17% 17% , 53 43. 101% : 107% f - 108 , 34% *106% 24%/25 *109 109%- '* • c ,96% ,97% . 151% 50% . 126% 17% 18% f / 43 •42 > X40% -21 *125 33'/a 33% / 9% Jun 17 1% Dec Jan Jan Jan Best 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% *112% 112% *108% 108% 33%. 33% .33% 20% - r 36 '■ 107 Va' , -*106% 42 33% ' 17%. .*17% *■ 33% *108% 108% • *124% 126 - 33Va 33Va 1 *57 24 "- " 24% 30% 32% >X55%' 56%*. / -112% 112% . *U2%? 112% • . 36 X106 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/ *89 17% " . 39 r/ 51% 50% 51%>51% ^106% 107% 8 ' 52% ■> 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% *110 52% • 28 % 111 59 *110% 40% 40%; '52 - ''52% V 51% 53% *106% 107% ' 7% 7% >56% 58% 7%' 7% ' " 1 29% 63 24% Aug 28% May 13 35% Jan 28- 100 - • 111% v: 60 60% 110%. *66Va 67% ' -40% '40% 52 52% ' 52% r53 * *106% 107%: ' 28% Z ' 38 52 *111 Dec Dec / "11% 64 % Aug 14 41V2 Jun 12 ' 55 , 38 *43 iii% 10% 30 36% Apr 26 32% Apr 20 " fin 29 Jan 16 July 16 "600 54 Dec 20% Deo 47% Jan 28 Mar 13 400 30% * 10% Jan Dec Dec 27% 5o % 23 ,700 55 94 y2 130 Jan Jan 2 26 4,600 • . *69 39 Jan Jan 5% 10 3,000 2,100 / 800 ' 53 Nov 277/a Deo .14% . .) 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 *110 39 **50 3: 1 Beldmg-Hemlnway 30 31% *38 - : 29% *59 Va 110% > ,111% ,*in 29', •110 * ' , .111%, "29 ' ' 55 39% -39% .*51% "53 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% 1Q7% 80 , ?*--7 J 138 31% 30% 167 *53% 30 Va ■27 % >42 40% 112 167 30% Brothers *41 457/a" 46% "32Va- 32Va 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% *22% Baldwin 6,500 . 83% U ... Op' 108 X29% 2 2 106 % Aug 100 preferred conv 36% *60% . $2.25 83 % *117 *117 21% *41% 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 *117 *117 r 22% 22 138 ;v 22 *37 22 1N0 par 63% : „ 54%' / :V 61% *10413 / — t-r ;.>ti07J3 *10413/'/mm *10712 ' Autocar Feb 115% Feb . Far preferred____„ conv > ' .pref series A 29% 58 "56 30% *27 Va ju.100 .—10 No Refinlng__^.„„ww». conv 27% 56 30% 27% - 27% *55% "*135 900 r> .30% : 33 . 23%/ ' Lowest //,: ;/ B s 30%' 24%' .31% *24% 34 S>*41 96 .Austln^• rNlchols—pa/ Conv prior pfd ($1.20) No par 1,400 30V« '• 10U Alias Taclc Corp 4,200 0 30% 30% Year 1945 // 36% May 28 - Jan 3 "Feb 27 48 3.60% 4% 800 32%. ' 21% 4% Jan 133 —No par preferred >non-cum Atlantic ' 180 *31 23% 18 131% Jan " 30% J*105% 75% *122 33 21% .9% Range for Previous \ .65 May 31 112% Feb 13 e 23% July 21 ,/„l preferred series B__i__lOo -5,700 .Atlas Corp ——fn,T //jit 260 V .Atlas Powder-..^./..*... par 124 23% ^No par new 26 23 Va Mar <8s W 1 ES Lines >5% 130 30% / 74%- - // 33 30% . . .24 Va *116 30 ' Atl Q 100 123 51% Feb preferred^Ww-»./.w^.-XO0 Atlantic Coast Line RR__ 4,500 ♦107% 109 124 X3t% 60 * 123 *107% 76% ; 44% *122 / ;r. ,, :■$ 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 Corp__,„ Assoc Investment Co 200 * 123% • x37 % 21 9% 45 46 75% -123 *83 Va - 31 22% 131 31 ' .123' 21 20% 30% 120% 30% 22% r 120 Va 109 39% 38% *119 86% *122 76% 123 76% *121 111 ♦107% 31 30% 113 Va 43 *82 86% •45% 46 Va 121 121 'f 107%- -108% *81% 112 120% 43 44 *41 114% *119 J Highest 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 ConstPble par . Artloom 147 *138' 1 *57% 59 Lowest Armstrong Cork Co— $3.75 preferred 58 58 (}%\ Range Since January 1 . 21 *27% *20 147' , 1,500 v *107% 109% : <*144 - - STOCK EXCHANGE -. Shares 57% ' / 57% 21% 20% * 29V4 29 Va 29% 29 Va *145 * 28" 28 22 *21% CLOSED $ per share •57%* "57%/; *107% 109%; 110; NEW YORK ' $ 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 % per-share Aug. 13 ;. •/• t per share $ per share 7 STOCKS 5 "> '.Aug, 15 Aug. 14 :; : -7 Sales for Friday Aug. 16 Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Monday. Saturday "Aug. 10 PRICES SALE HIGH AND Range for Previons v, NEW ItORK. • STOCK •vv'/:5 •• Range Since January 1 EXCHANGE the Week : -k Year 1945 Highest 7/ Lowest' . Lowest Highest ' t per share $ per share $ per share Shares ; , Per .# per share $ per share $ per share \ t per share ' •8% * STOCK Vv 169 >•8%.? 8% -6% 48% EXCHANGE "47% 170 , 170% 7*72%- 773% 7l% 72% : 107 % 73% 159% 159% 31% 22 :;ft 23 23% 16 32 % 16% 22% 16% 10% 10% 113 *111% 24% 16% 10% 10% 7*34%,, 36% 15 15 % 37 37 *18% 19% '45% •'45%:; 24% ; 25% 24% 25% 35 35 19. 45% ; 35% *35 55% 55% 57% 111% 111% *111% 24% 61% 9% 16 'i 16% 16'% 13% 14% 13% 10% !' 9% 9% 9% 9% 16% 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 *112 113 102% .*14% .14%. 15 *35 . 43 43% 2,406 24% 24% 24 Va 24% 10,700 36% 35 35 58 58 '23% 23% 23 24% v\ 61 60 61% 1 ; ; " *9% 9% 9% 16% 16% 16% <16%- 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 12% 10% 11 11 10% 10 % 19% 19% 19% 10% 18% 10% 19% 19%' 18% 18% *13% 13% 13% •14% •14% 14% 14% 14% 13 % 1,000 1,400 2,200 . 7% 7% *6% 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- •27 V4 3,800 5t>74 OV % 56% 57 56% 57% 56 57 55 55 2,800 *30% 31% 30% 30% 30 30 29% 29% 29% 29% *56% 57 57 s- *56% 57% *57 V4 *56% 57% 63 *61 % 62% *61 Va 62 Va *19 20 *19 Va 20 22 *20% *20% 12 12 46 119% 118% 55 53% 37 3T 37 17 16 Va 108 106% 106'/a 29 *28 ' 4 61% lb'a *60% '21 20% 20% 400 11% 11% 4,600 11% 120 Va 117% 34 52% 54 52 36 35 108 Va ' *106 277a 28 f • 63 65 27% *178 188 *178 *106 110 *106 *67 Va *107% 108 ■>; *107.% *102 103% *102 *67 108 103% *67 *107% 108 *102 • • *5-7% 30 30Va 30 30% 30 30 V4 35% 35% 35% 35% *35 53% ,53 , 162 *158 LOW AND Tuesday yAug. 10 Aug. 13 tperthare ; 170 170 ' 55% .:■ ..56% V . 15% 20%' -20% 27.%. ,.*26% *26 . , 15% v 20% • *23 24 21 *21 ' 39%'/' 39% - *39 39 24.: 21% 39% 39% 4 *109 • - •104% 30% 30% " *22% 22 .■ .30% *95 56% .49% . * . 16% r. ; 7720% *23 *21 23% - '< • 20 ,*24Va • 19% .26 7 7 *22% f 24 : ( .38% 39: "38 : 4 39 • 37% 39% """' 11% 11% 109%;; "* ;io4%-104% ; - 109% 109% 109% Iio 104% 104% 41 40% 40% 32 31 31V4 •v"- 40% 98 t 41 40%v " 99 <• 49 Vi , ii 31% 32% 32 7 98 *104% *97 - *96% 100 43% 49% >' 48 66 Deo Mar 13 Mar 37% Jan, 61% Aug . 700. ',S , '?::'• $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> 106 V4 Apr 19 107% Oct 10 49% Au^ '9 f " " ^ 51% '51% 51% r 117 28 ' ' 27% 129; 66% 'r:. 34% 7% 32% -: 23% 7% 31% 51 51% 117 116% 118 ,27 4% "4% 111,100 128% 128% 129 : :> 129% 900. 355/a 35% 35 ,;•; 35% 10,800 *64 .7 .27%, 65% *63 5'" 128% 4% 4% '77%': 32% 24 35% ■35% *64% .66 34 Va 34% 34 ,50% *49 '. i. 33% 77 7% 29% 106% 7% 7% 31% ' 54% 35 54% 24% 24% 24% 7% 7% 23% 2,900 Consolidated 1,900 Consol , 19% 57 "7" 56 57 55% 56 3,000 Consolidated Natural 24% 24% 24% 24ya 24% 9,200 Consolidated 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% *35 — iCent itR of New Jersey 37 - preferred 400 43% *19 *6% • 16 % 15 62% 9% . 2 Dec 48% 175 Jan 37 Va 3 3 ?n% Jan 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 *24% 25 61 61% •61 24 24 24 *24% 24% 24% No par 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 *24 No par 1% ( No par $4.75 1st preferred 45% 112 55 "111% 159% *112 . : 45 *35 159% 1 Ceiane<>e Corp ol Amet 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,. —25 Co 10% Jan ' 102% ' 80 3 (J .1) 21% 16% *101% Case 7 Preferred 22 ... *21% ♦111% .113 1,800 32 % 23% 16% 10% ♦14% 31% 22 ' 23% •111%. 113 *101% 102% .. V 32% 3,200 171 107% < 1$9% 159% 22 ' *101% 102 % , 32% , 23% .16% 10% ' :i59'%*' 159 v 71% 71% 69% •••72 73 73.: '. 107% (107% ; xio7%;io7i%r 22,; *21% 72 46 *163 171 72% . 8% 46'/4 8% r ' 46% *168, 73% 72% 159% 32 32 *21'% ,. *107% 107%; 107% *159 73% '46% ; / 169% 469% X72%, 73 73%. 72% 8% 8% 47% 47 ' CLOSED 8% 8% "47 48%: 170 . Carriers & General Corp_ THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE JM briclay^ August 19/ NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW AND Saturday Aug. 10 • .; tyf - per 34% • I 35 24% *165 - 175 57% 57% *23V4 23% 110 130 *35 *57 58 57% 16% 128Va 128% *65% 15% 16% *71% 7% 23% *136 .72% 7% 24 142 37% 37% Cuba > RK 6% 7% Press 23 66 Cunningham 15% 16 Curtis Pub Co *128% *71 % 130 ; $7 * *137 •36% 35% 30 Feb 7 /inn Lack ft Western 25 Detroit Hillsdale & 8WRR Co_180 & Devoe .12.50 28 ■i\ I." Diamond Match wn 43 49% 26% 26% Diamond T Motor Car Co 2 28 Va 29 Distil 2 106 Va * 43 49% 110 *45 32% 20% 33% Doehler-Jarvls Corp Dome Mines Ltd 21 212% *129 214% . 30% *200 59 26% *110% 48% Wednesday Aug. 14 t per share 26% •30% *57% , 240 Va 203% 237," 237 205 51 10% Light 10 Mar 19 207 6% Eaton 35% Edison *110% 50 62%; 63%■21% 43V4 44 ' preferred 5% ind Am *175 177 V» *159% 162 % 50% 50% 50% S6 preferred Electric Storage 55% 55% 55% El Paso Natural Gas,.,, 20 20% 105% 109 108% ,.., 110 : 16 16% Co 42% Eversharp Inc Ex-Cell-O 10 Exchange Buffet Corp." .-73%. 73% 73 74 •25 25% 25 '25 12%/ 12% 24% 24% * , - 73 Hi >73% *24%.24% 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 FhlVbanks Morse ft Go .. 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% : -.106% 29% 30 61% 71% *106% 61% 17 y» 33% 34% 33% 213/4 Mar 14 107% *106% 107% 29% 30% 30% 30% 63 63 ' . 61*A - 71% . 62%", 62% 71% 108 I"'-"; *107% 73% 108 73 , 32% . 73% 61% *62% 26% 26% 26 % 26% 26% 39%, 38% 39% 38% 38% *113 114V2 *44% *113 63 •: 114% *113 113% 46% ; 18% 19 V 19% 19% 19% 25% 25% 25% 25% 26% 16% 17 16% 17% 17% 17% 18% 19 *44 - 18% 46% 187/a ♦44% For footnotes see page 971, ,63 71% 107% .26% 37% *63 113% *44 1 66 *113 46 " 44 preferred , ,—_*: common 4%% Ferro conv Enamel preferred Corp — Fidel Phen Fire Ins N Y Firestone Tire & Rubber . 4% % First 100 1 10 28 105 Stores ' (The) Carpet Co Co (The) com $4 preferred Flintkote 28 113% 44 Florence 19%\ 19% 19% Florida 26 26% 17 17% 18% 17% 19 % 39% 39 27% *27 18% *93 29 18% 94 ; 18% iv 91 > Stove Power Food Fair Inc Notpar 93 Food Foster-Wheeler Machinery Corp Corp 10 10 .28 *38 27Va 29V4 ,:;... *26% 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 National 18 No par 19% . 94 y .*61 71% ... > $6 New 30 *105% 73. *113 " 46% 30 30 36% 19 29% 32 26% 94 *27 No par Light ft Traction Federal % 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% ' 19% 25 V4 7 39 31% *105% 107% 26% 39 Va 54% Feb *106 62. , 13 4 16% 33% 62 112% Feb 41% Jan 39 30% '*72 *105% 107% 63 63 10 18 2 105%I05% *106% 107% 30% 26% Jan .Jun Federal Min ft Smelt Co *23% 46 *39% 39% *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 ...4 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% y4 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 ufXagle-Plcher 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% *1151/2 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% • *71% 72% " 7% ' 7%' 23% 24 *137 142 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% *165 175 a Crucible Steel of Amer l.QOO 50 I per there __No par No par $4 2nd preferred 114 Range for Previous Range 8Inee January lr, 1."/Lowest//;/;:^':.v Highest/*^?; Crown- Zellerbach rierp 14.20 preferred 200 *48% STOCK f per thare 40 132 •113 YORK EXCHANGE 1,500 109 50 *113% 114 25% 25 *165 65% '63 *49% 34% 33% 109 * . NEW Sharet *123 130 24% 175 *103% 105 23% 23% '*103% 10A ■' , 109% 133 50 ■ 114 35% Sales for the Week # per thare 35% 109% *128 *' 50 *113 35 34% 24% 57% 51 *112% 114 34% 34% 35% 35% 132 50% I per there Friday Aug, 16 - *109 110 *127 ,24% •l. 34% *109 *112% 114 *165 share : v/':.'Thursday Aug. 15 I per share Aug. 13 * per thare ■yi •34% 34% STOCK xl08% IO8V4 EXCHANGE > *127 132 CLOSED / 50 . 50% 8 per thare STOCKS tF-W Wednesday Aug. 14 Tuesday Monday Aug. 12 x . 4 HIGH SALE PRICES 353/4 Jan 28 4 I per thare Highest $ per thare '* • . • ' THE COMMERCIAL'& FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4517 Volume 164 • ' 1 ' - •'.--■••'••'5 W...I ... ; ► '< <1 > " ' ' *' '* ' "" ' / •' , "... . • 96S • * . NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW AND > Aug. 10 Monday 9 per 20% 42% CLOSED 43 - 108 % •14% 14% 14% 10% ■ 57% 57% 19% 44% 56% *19 43 ■ 108% 108% >."-;T4%: 14% > . *57 '■*: 14 58 19% 7-U *57 20 125 ' 20% " 20 ". t 60 60 12% 12"% 22 211% 21'/8 200 221/2 23 600 Gardner-Denver 141% 13% 14 13% 14y8 4,400 57 57 57 56 56y« 600 19% *117 2oya 20 20 125 109 ,•> *193 22 22 13% 13% 13% 88 88 13% 87% 47% 47% 87% 38 »» 38 •179 X37% 46%- ,V 52% ; *134 121 % • 121% .•> 12% 1: 12% 12% 88% 46 36y4 500 *3578 *178% 183 45% 53'/a 54y» 52% 54% 121 y2 *119% 67% 67% 68% X67% 121% 68Va *119% 66% 129% 129% 129% 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 *118 ; 121% r 33% *5% 5% 5% 20% 21% 21% 38 38 147% 7% 7% 31% 31% 43% 5 20% *37 <38% 146 < 146% 71/4 7 ye 31% 71/b 31 31%! 40% 401/2 40 125% *125 43% 43% 37 37 371/8 111 *108% 111 *108% 111 52 51'% 52 50y2 51 ♦108% 109 *1021/2 104 44 36% ... 38% *31'/2 V 20% i :; 149 7 33% 125% 43% in •108% 321/2 211/2 40% 126 35% .35% ., *31% 21% 33% 126% 40% 127% 43% *37% *146 7% 66y2 1291% 5 2iy8l 36% 111 ♦108% *108% 40 391/4 126% *42% 1-25 42 42 ^ 37% >, . 391/4 125 < 43'/2 *37 38 52 f. 52 *108% 109% *108% 109 *108% 109 *102% 104 *102% 104 *102% 104 50% 50% •108% 109% 103 103 36% 36% , 36% ». 103 *107% 59 6i% 57% 7% 61 14» *141 7% 41% 41% 41% 42 76% 76% 76% 77 104% 105 68% 70 105 *104 y8 67% 67% 107 ; 107% 10% 9% 9% 8% 571/4 71/4 1471/3 8'/4 21-'I'- 21 110% ♦109 19" 47% ' •66 59% ► >; i 70 ■ 45 > 10% *95% 20 20 V &v. 1,600 50 loyft / 70 84 80 43 % > *95'/2 2,100' ; >' ; 10 9% • 98 5,400 108 42 % f 1,500 47'/2 47 *107 > 10i/8 »95y2 > 700 30 97 21% 20% 201/2 20 »/2 20% 57 57 571/8 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% ^vK-10% - . 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% *117 /■ 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 .-V *107 10 8 471/2 21%- 211/8 109% ■ 191/a ,.•■-■> 19 30% 179 34 110% »;V ♦109 i 59% 30% *177% 21% 34 - 7 19% 59% 21 & 33% 33% a > 3,900 - 106 106 ,,, 68% 687a 35 gy8 8% 46% I ■ 7 •? ,, 10% 10 46% 100 6,300 *33% 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% Dec 71% Apr 42 57% *143 109 % 130 42% 34% i 8% *46% 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% •34% *103 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% . *141 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 *59 12% > 20Va 59 1. 4 88 >:> > 47% 20 , *106% 21% . 48 *47% • *116'/4 125 , 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% ;> 41% >>v: 8% ,■■■: 8% footnotes see 44% 8% >;• 9- 18 27% . 43%. >44 , 8% 18 For . 83% , :■>,;• 18% 19 •>•■' 42 42% » 27% 28 ; .;is-' 42 : page 971. * 8% , 42 is : > 8%.> 45' 87/a >18 42% . •' ••>42%. 27% 28 *42 • > 83/4 43 %-;>;; K 87s v *90% 44 8% 8% ■ > > >.7% 18%;>>: 42 Va 42% '27% 26% 8% *108 91 «17 >;? 42 33 33% ■ ... < .42 V > 8% > . >, 17% i> :. >> •v- 150 91 200 •44 18 600 ■ 8Va >: 26 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 > *113 107 *106% *167% 170 *11% <12 23 113 113 107'/a 30 21 200 38% ♦37% 21% *22% 114% *106% 39 ' 29% *167% 170 49% 38% 21% : 22 22% •113 *107 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% 95% 194 193% :12%>vl3% 37% '37% *99 :101 7% 7% 36% 36% "138 *136 49 49% . *123 *105% 105 105% 8% 15% *245 193 194% 194 13% 37% 20% 119% *66% 7%: 36% 138 49% 37 *137% 67% 110 , ■ 20% 51% 128. 128 125 125 126% 127% 122% 124 112/ 113 *109% 111 20% *119 66% 66% •57 42% *42% 23% 23% 23% 37% *29% 48% 17% *54% 56% 113% *42% 50 23 *112% 113% 23% 17. 17% *54% ♦112% 113% 138% 139% 127% 123 ♦60 61% ♦111% 112% *111% 113 *112 •155 • 49% 49 *105% 106% 106 29% 29% i-; 50% 124 v 113% 123 118% 62 119% 63 48% *105% 29 Vs 28% 28% 32 31% *121 123% 33 *59 *47% 48 •46% 47% 46 21 21% 21% 21 21 *29 30 *29 3Q 21% 21% #i*21% ^22 ' 57% 58 m 57% *45 46 *62 T *44 63% 32% *59% f , 21%. 57% 48 *44 63% 63% *62 *22% 23% *21% 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% x94% 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 36% *137% 139 36% - 37 101 7% 126% ' 58 *17% 37 ♦100 50% 119% *66% -36%, *137% 13 125% 110 20% V 139% 104 12% 37 37 93 193% 194 ,13%, *99% 101 *7%7% - 15% 247% 92% 126% 50% 125 *119 13 . 7% 37 93% *193 37% 101 138 15% 247% 247 93% 13% *7' 36% , 8% 8, 95% •99 7% „ 15%i£l59if*i /194% 45% footnotes $ per share 105, 247 37% 37% 101 *99 8% 15% 13% 13% 125 20% For < 51% 105, 248 ' 94% 122% 125% 118% . 15% *245 122% ♦109% 112 105% 8% 8% 16% 248 125 122 • share 8»/4 *8 ■ •8% « t per 19% 19% 8% ♦105% - 4 per share 42%. *49% / Range for Previous /." Year 1945. Highest Lowest 186 ' 20 140., *181 185 9 per share ■. 31% *179% . Range Siuee January 1 Lowest j Highest ,,„,15%ft;15%,' //51; 51% 1139%, 140 Aug. 16 '"Vi* STOCK 10 % 31% 15% 15% Saturday YORK EXCHANGE 30% *29 % 10% 31% , vi ' ~4\ Aug. 15 ■ $ per share ; STOCKS ■■rv LOW AND 35 Jun 10 32% Dec 313/4 Jan 18 *32% Not 190 Dec •> 31 Not J 68 Deo 196 : Aug 15 Feb 27 28 Jan 3 32% Jan 17 61% Mar 13 72% Feb 6 323/4 Jun 21 17 y8 Jan 36 3 Feb 27 154% Jan 62 9 5 Aug 16 44 'A Feb 20 108% Jan 18 Dec Dec Oct Apr 11 May 31 186 104% May 42 V4 37 y8 94 41 43% May 108 July 7 9 30% Jan 14 ■. 66% ;; FINANCIAL CHRONICLE & THE COMMERCIAL Number 4517 (Volume 164 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD LOW AND SALE PRICES HIGH Saturday Monday Aug. 10 Aug. 12 Tuesday Aug, 13 I per s/iare $ per share I, per share ■; Wednesday Aug. 14 t par share 16% STOCK 22% *525 CLOSED 16% 16% 22% EXCHANGE 545 7 14% 14 *21 22 *38% 39% *5% 5% * 9% 9% :y 14% . 14% 50 A *38% 67% 14% 49% . . ■ 49%' 9% 67% 68 39 39 39 35% 36% 35% 35% 205 205 ' *109% 110% *109'% 110% *108% 110 15 V: 14% 143/4 14% 15 143/4 51% *50% *50%' 55 u 55% 35 35 51% *51% *112 115 *543% 543% 56 54% 35 34 ,34% 115 • 115 *1153% 1163% 401% 403% 53 v 3,700 14%: 600 *14% ♦53 53. *403% 40% 36% 531% 491% 491% *100 3/8 , *36 37%';' 36 *533% 54 54 36% 53% 41»% 48% • : 28% 291% 29 323/4 32'% 32'%;.. 26% 26% 26'% 27" 533% 32% 29 263/4 ' 49% *104 32J% X26% . Vi 26 v par Jan 8 2033% May 20 501/2 Feb 26 - Jan. 4 28 Jan 28%:;/; $4 100 2.80O 33'%; McLeile# Stores 108% Mar 21 104 Co 23% Jan 1 — - 24 104 Mfg. Co 4%% -preferred Feb 56 100 ....—..50 X1043/4 IO43/4 *104 573/4 x57'/4 573/4 57 57 56 56'%' 1,200 57'A 57 571/4 56 J% 56% 54'% 543/4 1,600 Melville Shoe nnrp. 29% 30 29% 30% 29% 303/4 29'% 29%; 29'% 293/4 3,900 Mengel Co (The) 1 5% cony 1st preferred-—-—SO/ Mercantile Stores - Co * Ltd—.-No por Merch & Min Trar.aCo-i—Nopar 38 Jan Merck lnc^. 59 Jun 90 90 90 293% 29% 293% 293% 29'% r 47%' 47% 47% 663/4 1103% 663% 66'/4 *1093% 58 *55'% *111 1113% *111 153% 15 15 y8 15 3,000 i,29'%. 29 67 66'% *110 4 ■ ,. . 57 : • . 1 Nopar — 411% 49 165 165 413% 48 42 41 *473/4 50 *164'% 14% 42% 413% 51 *49 166% 61 *164'% *60 61'% 61% 61%,/ *59 16%v 16% 166% 61'% *60 *163% 17 17 17'% 62 *61«% 63 393% *162% 63 *117 119 *116 40 40 40 Jan 56 Deo 111 Jun 453/8 May 15 253A' Aug 11 11 H'% H'% ,11% 37 37'% 363% '39% 61 61 62 63 23 23 22 *37 57 28% - 29% *30 30% *57 58, 51% 27% 27% 30 y8 55% 21% 21% 213% 107% 107'% 107% 107% 21% 21% 21% 213% 22 42 41 41 110 50 *63 64% 42'% *109'% 64% Monday *62% HIGH SALE Tuesday Aug. 12 20H4 39% 39 % f 20% *38 »/2 16%£,,= 22% 22% 22 34% 17V4 17% -35% 353% 35%; 22 3A 403/4 40% 40%; 29% 2?%. 36% ,27 Va *32 *32^ *34% *56 .■/ 12. 11% 1%' 1% 96 % 31' 96% 32% 58 11% 12; /1% 1% .f 96% 97% 31 :V31',.;'.; 21% 21% ; 263/8 *26 •103% *103,% 34 104% ,34 ; 20% 20%' 20 12%' 123/4 263/4 20% 12% / 21% ! 28%, 500: 333/4; 4,7007 210 7% 41 : • £ 3.300 - 34. *26% : 72* ♦108 '. *109* ' , *109% -J-' 22' 1,000 13,700; 103 »/8 736% -37%' *204y4 .207 166 33%U 190- 7/ 32% i 1%. 97 283/4 *253/2 1033/4 i 35;. 203/4 777" 21 21%" 20% .*253/2: 26% . 20 3/4 35 201/a 123/4 123/4 20 121/4, 12% 26 2ov*7 71 71 •77 123/4 25%7/ *108 71 % 109%; *108 109% ; 35% *34% 35% 35% -35% 343/2 109% 1093/4 1-09% 109% *109 y4 *1091/4 *108 . 112 112 *109% 77 112 43% 44% 44% 44s/8 38% 38% 38% 38% 38% 45 383/4 *108 % 108% *108 % 108 3/8 *108% 108 3/8 27% 27% 563A 223/4 23 y» 7*25•' 7:7.71%; t 109% *553/4 Ex -distributfon Natiuiioi. 27% 273/4 56% 56 3/4 otcei 4,5007 200' $2 7 10 r - preferred preferred ; 43/2% ——-—40 — 100 . X27 27% *55% 7 56 , *43% *43%, ; 37- 38. : 600 108% 108%/ 26% Neisner Bros Ino ; -j • - vr'7 ' 1,800 7C07. 100 *50 For 52 / *120 ";" 125 footnotes see page :if *50 " 7 54 124% 971/ 23% 124% 23% -233/4 - 26% 263%: - *51% *122 53% 125% ■*51 125,:.; • 54 > ' 543/2 543/4- r, 22% 223A . 125..','?;'; *50'A 122% 53 4% % • conv serial preferred—100 > preferred New York Air Brake 800 New 16,700 York Central- N Y Chic & St. Louis Co ;;.7O6 34 May 16 41% Feb 4 5134 Fen- 26 79% May 17 9% Mar 14 ) - 6% 1% Aug 80^8 reo r 1% Aug 9 101»/»July 2ft Not 33 NOV 35 Deo 59 26 y4 Jan 2 Jan 15 18 19 Apr 22'% Aug 263/4 July : Deo 403/2 Feb 29 104 Apr 24% Jan 53 -22 Deo Nov 28 3/4 Deo 61% Deo Mar 13 Jan Feb 106 1053% Dec 108% Mar Dec Deo Oct 35 37 109 Nov jan 110 Nov llli% jan 30 50 Apr 20 32 r Aug 47% 45 Jun 27 183% Jan 883% Dec 109 Yb Jun 19 Xl6% Aug 27% Deo 3434 Apr. 5 69% Jan 18 35% Jan 4 Feb 20 15 3A Mar 30: 22 103 V July 23 July 23- 44 Dec lTVs 10% Jan 110% May 27 9 120 Dec 333% Mar 29% 6 43*A May 24 26 Feb 26 :■ 24% 10% Jan 108 3% Apr ; Ma* 14 1103/4 May 28 85% NOV & 36 1023% Nov 15- >107 143/4 Nov 107% 42% May 10 79 V May v ' Jan.29 106% Mar Jan Jan 65 -; 1 Jan .32 ; 33 .••7% Jan Apr 25 25 18y»July23^ 243% July 25 101 »/4 Jan 24 No par 100 167 Sep 9 38 293/b July 26 i—No par preferred series A—-——10ft Jun 37% Deo 199,3% ceo V 16% Jan 21 123^ Aug 14 24^ July 24 53% Jan i 4 106 Feb 8 32 Jan/4 —100 Newport News Ship St Dry Dock—1 43/4 % 7 125%; 22% Feb? 13 30i% Mar 14/ Feb i 2 32% Jan 30 1 ; «<T • 243% May 27 — V ,71,300.: 7. 233% 151. 16% Mar 15 * 7"/. 23. i Apr 10 12ya Mav "8 » 110; 7 553/4 23 37 173 12 Aug 15; 177 Dee 108 Sep July 29 1 Newberry Co (J?J) common-Nopar 3%% preferred^ — -100 New Jersey Pr Ss Lt Co 4% pfd-100 Newmont Mining Corp_ 10 Newport Industries -———1 400 *1073/8- 108 '/a: 26% 553/2. - Nehi Corp 400 441/4 777 164> Jan 207* -—No pat Fibre* Col— — 71%;:' 109 78 ' *1093/4:. 112 44%, . 24 Nov 26 ys Jan *101% Aug Deo Nov 54 y4 Jan 13 4 s —No pat Natomas Go ' 33- —10 Co„ Vulcanized Nat 1,7007 " 12 y4 253/2" :>34%109'a; 1093/2 35 y4,v Tea 2.40Q 203/s 1951/2 Jan 25 — conv National 200 • 37 17 ■; 00rp National Sugar Ref Coi.__—No par National Supply (The) Pa— 10 400 104 *33..- *?3%n 35 7.7 40% Apr 3 ' 173,200) jt;7UO 7 -:-;7 102% Aug: 18 24 —No par National Power & Lt_ 7 26'% *1037 104 *103 110% •; National Oil Productsv Co ' 31 9 108 % Jan No par ——4 Nat MaU & St'l Cast CO: 192,300 11%: 7. *30'A 32 3/s Aug 19% 38 Jan 13 243% Jan 673/4 Jan 29 333/4 jUn 323/4 Jan: NOV 32% Deo 12% Mar Aug 13 3 National Linen-Service^ Co^p.LU^^l 500. > 97" — 600. r 7 23 2; 24% Jan 41 y8 30 31% Apr 29 May 31 453/4 Apr 22 34'/a Jun 14 July 23 6 Jan Deo Deo Deo V 24% Aug. 13 37 Aug; 48*: —10 > 1,000.- 551/a 11-%.. 1?'V 1%- Co preferred—. 7% preferred Ai_ 100 > 6%' preferred 3—.....100 i:i^7;77-7-77:;777;77,,7.7., 10.' 32y», 34 2ft 30 < 20% Jan 13% Jan ' 90" 333/4. ; 57 1?% $4,50 ,conv . No par —1 No par 195 Oct 20% 453% Jan 26 7.17%. Jam y.*: 34% Jan 2 Products new—No par Distillers National Lead Co 6,900' p- 55%. 34%, Nat "Deo 1813% Feb 25' i 19% July 23 Feb Dec x34% 3 323/4 Apr Feb 20 Nov 32% 23% Mar v 1 2053/4 Apr 87* 1 1 „_No par Stores new-—-—5 7 National, Dept • 38,500 *163 , 26 -,71 109% *109% i Cylinder G is Co Nat Dairy Products ' *108 112 National 9,600 37% May Feb 20/ July 24 24 19 y8 Jan '- 13% 29 16 y8 par National Container 18,500 ■ 102% 7 : 34% Apr 17 26 16 213/4 Feb/ 5 27 ———1 ^ 273/4,: 27% 97 >4 " 9'r%» 20% 720% 26% ^ Lines-Inc National Gypsum *30^3177 ;7 213/4 433/4 ./■V' Nat City Feb 303/4 Feb 20 193> No par 10 ' 123/4 26% *70 109% *34% : 263/4-: 72; 100 — Corp Nat • Cash Register : - 3,900: 34%,. r* " : & Share National Can Corp 1,300 3,50ft 22 3/4. preferred—* Nat Bond 300 Nat Enam & StamBing^— !.%• 1% : 413% Dec 28% Jan 191/2 July 23 26 10 National Biscuit Co common .- 17 Corp^ 513%, 12'A C 56 Nov *37% Dec 9 4 Aviation. National Battery Co_ 303/b7" 56H> Jan National :'7'.*50'i«- *34 3 203/a 1,300 :7': 3ft 37% 37% *204:7 207- "7 25% Dee 35 3/b 21'/2. 523%, . n , 91/2 Mar 293/4 164 15% Jan Jan 25% Jan 15 52% Jan 16 413/4 May 31 381% Aug 14 163/4 Mar 16% 105 Highest 9 per Share $ per share 2 22 • 66% NOV Lowest Highest 20% May 28 — Dec Dec Range for Previous Year 1945 • 34% Jan Co. Acme Jan 21% 52 Jan 53 $ per share 193/4 July.23" 31% *1043/4 30% ' 1033/4 Jan 48% Nov July 23 40 35 164 *33 60% May 77 100 ' .. 1 115 Jun 13 55% Feb 15 70 Juhvll; ' 273/4 97% S 97% 27/-::' s:34,v v/ : ; 47% Aug Aug 16 333% 23% 32%, , ; 109% 2 Jan 20 22 16 *29'% -301%: 28 165 30% 8 May 1141/4 Jan 27 23 29 y»' 1% . NOV 32% Jan *201 - 41%, 7*5177; 343/8/ 343/8 *56 7 57% \: 12 ;■ *12%" , 109% 6 Oct 27% Apr/24; 49 ' Range Since January 1 Louis 303/a 32%:, 32 .343/4. 97% Mar 1093/2 Feb July 23 Lowest 29% 29% 204 Deo 1 29 Ye' v 18% 1 40'/a' 165 Jan 1 213A 204 . Dec 9% Nat Automotive Fibres Ino 39%: ' 21% 26% ,. , •:.31;./.-:-' f! 21 ' 32% . 473/4 National Airlines *27% , 17'/4. ' -7 35 7 28 167 58 *56 r 207. *165 343/4 - 34% ■ *204 166; Jan National 22% - 31% 2,100 41 .28%,: 104 % 104% : 373/4 737% 32 y4 1,700 21% .52 23i/i Mar 9,800 40 31%. May 31 ; 413/4 293/4 105 % 207. / *204 , 23 St. Dec 33% I6I/2 r, 22%' *53% 37% .37% , 17 41 & Dec 21% Jan 25%, 40% 51% 28% 104 373/s X35% - 31%:). 31% *104,.: 1043/4/ 17%, Chatt Dec 54 21-77 > 30%. 30% Nashville 61 38 2P/4 *51% 9 fl ..27% 210 *203 42% 233/4 22% 393/4 29% ,7 ,24 ' 35%" *42. . 35: 52 , , 34 33.3/4 , Jan. 15 151/2 July 23 Rash-Kelvlnator Corp^.— Deo Dec Mar 533/j 41 663/4 May 29^ 22% Jun 13 1081/2 Jun Deo 24% 34% Jan. 16 25 Jan 76 Deo 21 16 - 28'A 28J/4 . 30 *17% 24% 32% 22% 734 42% 21'* 313/4 22'% 210 *29 66 ; 9"per share ' 42. 29% 16% 33% 7 ; 36 EXCHANGE. 12,500 f 120 ;i 393/4- : Dec 25% 253/4 16% 283/4 -' 3 26 20 STOCK YORK 36 38 38% 25% *199% ■: 17% 233/4 • 38" ,17 22% *28 30% 24" 22% 38% 26 16 5/8 28% ;*29 17% 42% 26 . 34 34%, *199% 210 s 30' 38% , 22 %' . 28% 21ft 30 > ' Jan- Jun 21 36% Mar 21 7 Dec 47% Jan 73/4 Aug 12' 30% Apr 3 62 Jan 29; 104% Jun 27 Shares 20'/4 20 Vs 39% 38%>- NEW Sales for the Week I per share 20% 263/4, *51 Aug. 15 38V2 16% / Friday Aug. 16 Thursday I per share 39 25% * 200 Jun 62 y« 253/4 Jan 22 Apr STOCKS 21% ^ 37% 28% 61% 61'% 20% 16 3/4 /v-: 62% 300 PRICES 38% 37% 23. 62'% 200 2,400 49% 39% 26%: 41% 64% 800 41%:;, 17 *48 213/8 16% I 487/e 383/4 26% ? 48'% Mfg CO class B —I $7 preferred^——..No por Munsingwear. Ino .——.....5 Murphy Co (G C) com__, 1 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 *202 5%-,. 9% .,»%.. 14% 14% 50% *109% 39% 36 5% 23 525 *500 15).' 526 ..' 16%. 16% 23% 522 v 22;// 39% '• *38% '•* 9% 14% 67% *38 *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% ©;© - vc©A j;©'■ A'khA©i-A • 28% per *66 ' 103% *127 r i ♦28% 40 72 *66 , A >19% ' ; - ©:© 75 *310 CLOSED ■ 40 ■A# . 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 *30% 107 87% >21% 15% 117 117% 116% 46% 173 30% 46% 34% 35% V 174 32 *101 - 104 14 14 14% 14% 14 3% 22% 23 *22% , 200 14% *i4ya 14% 22% *21 Ve 22 *74%; 76 *37 ' 38 : *74% 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% 17'/8 3.300 Patino Mines 79 '79 80 78 78 76 76 500 Penick & Ford 50% 513/4 51% 513% 50% 51% 50% 39% 393/4 51% 6.900 39 393% 38% 38% 38 38 1,600 11 27% 11% 11% 11 27% 27% •37% 11 27% 39 21% 36% 37% 22% 22% . 22% 37% ,47% *46 ,.62% *62 47% *61 109 *28% 30 *26% 28 37% 37% 36% 45 62% 293/4 100 f 39 A 108 293% 47 28% 28 *26% 28 124% *12 25 124% ;' - "31 .:•> 100 *37% A *107 .. 12% 12 30% 30% *100 39% 104 *37% 108% 12% Aug. 10 I per share ; Aug. 12 • per share ?i47/a Tuesday Aug. 33 A " 12 14,900 26% 105 A 200 39 300 *38 12 * A 100 A 300 108% 10 11% 11% When 14%.: f76%: 77% 15 ; Aug. 15 $ pet share 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 14% 77% 73% 73 41% * 41% 73% 73 73 73 113% ♦113 73% 114 *113 113% 28% 32% 119 114 28% 29 *31% 32% *119 '77 ni3 28% 29 *31% 120 76 120 * *72% 114 *113 *119 29 28 5/a 31% 32 32 119 119 119% 16% 16% 37% 16% 17% 16% 16% 33*, 32 32% 32% 32% 31% 32 47% 47%; 47% • •111'/« 47 *31 113 106% *105 106% *105 106% *105 106% *124 32% 124 *32 X33% 33% *33% 31% 327% 69 69% 31% 30% 30% *28% 35 35 35 *34 *108% 110 34% 108% 109% > 23 % A 41 23% >*2C8A" 208% is 41% 23% A 108% 11% 101% *24 213 40 41 10 10 16% 16% 41% •133 *88i . *22% . 88 V 24% •198 - 25% 29% 29% 53 V 53% *20% 55% •102% 40 For footnotes sea 103 : ■ / 40 . • 553/4 62 *102% 102% 40% 21 22% 21 55 3/4 y 66 . *53 65% 61% 61% 60 102% 102% *102 40% 40% 40 100 800 29 A 53% 213/4 400 21% 55 65% 60% 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% *198 • 28% *50 3,800/ 50 15% 16 *133 A 140 85% *19 29% 39% ■ ♦87% 88 20 21 65 A 88 , 25% 53% *53% 65% 6134 140 *25% 29 22 A 10% i6%: 24% *20% 23 40 *86% *52 :: 20% 10 ~ *208 25% 25% 19 29% 53% 39% 9% 88 • 23% *197 ♦133 . 110 111 Jan 43 Jan 2 89% Feb 20 28% Aug 7 101 % *23% 56 100 Co Pitts C C & St Louis RR- *100 24% *22% *198 ' 65% 40% 89% 88 24% *198 20 A *54 *88% *23 34% 11% 213 *16% 140 88 24% 26 20% page 971. : AA:29/A A *51 65% 61% 60% 89 22% 65% *133 88 ; *19 23 55% , 88 *23 *25% 21% .22% 140 89 .*198 A .19 AA19% / A ' / 25% . A *133 89 •86 A ' 10% 16% Al6%> r *208 . . " 16% 140 11% *197 *208 30% *108% 101% 23% 23% 24% 300 68% *135 *100 23% 32 127% 68' 108% 11% >l9?,:A 10 10 . / *16 *31 *135 11% 101% A 23%. \>24./.; 213 41 10% A 101% : 23% A *.197 i 24 ? U% *100 *197 ; *135 11% 23% 23% ;23% 208 *28 *135 : 31% *124 127% 69% - 31% 109, 34 46j/8 69% *122 70 471/a 34% 124 69% "28 101 3,400 *111 31% 101' 46% 113 32% 12 3,200 *105 *135 10,400 32% 46% *111 : *27% 11% 30% 6,400 160 16% 113 69% *108% 120 16% *111% 125% 69% Ry Pepsi-Cola Co Pere Marquette Ry Co 5% prior preferred ©5* preferred 600 113 32% ♦124 46% . *111% 113 106% *105 /47% 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% *124% 116% A 22 % 47% ' *10% 39% 27% 23% 23% • 4% 11 *37 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 Volume 164 THE COMMERCIAL ft FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4S17 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD * && Monday Saturday ; ' Aug. 10 Aug. 18 $ per ehara I per thare § 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% *517* 20 *44 ■ 45% 45% ; #111% 114% 128 140 *102 19 ^ 52% ; 45% ioo%* ( 20% ' 400 ' 2,300 100 • 49% 2874 4,000 10,300 45 . 18% . 18% *5i7a ,52% 10 H _ ' 600 100% 20 47 ' 140 - 2,700 400 *114%, 115% 45%i. 113% ; 108 1,400 23% ' 247s *43 -487*' 48% ". *126 127 *137 140 ^ 58% 59% rr 46% 47% ' 773/* 787a *107 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 *82 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% *171% 60% 58 Var1- 08% 85% 85% 84% 91% 88% 84% 89 Va 26% 26% 53 / . 15 15 10% 56 22% 12% 14% *105 : 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% *113% 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 United Stores $4.20 non-c 2d ,pfd_5 16 conv preferred No par Universal United Wall Paper —1 Inc : N° preferred—— —100 Universal Pictures CO Ino—,—--1 4%% preferred w.wr--7-^lOQ 845, 18 Jun 79% Jan 154 Jan 26 ' United Feb 20 41 non-cum Laboratories 2 > Mar 19 60% Jan 12 preferred-. Universal Leaf Tob 24 51 U 8 Smelting Ref A Min~, • Jan 13% J0n '13% Jan FoundryU— S Rubber Co—-—8 ft 77? 26 47% Mar 13 -1 -10 • 11 Feb • U S Realty Sheraton Corp.. ■ Jan Jan 26 —10 I T 77 199 10% Aug 13 • 14 103 Va 198 42% 41% Jan 103% Oct 16% Apr, 108 -r* -*-*--7—• Inc.———--2 4% cum conv pfd-—-----—50 Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp —1 52% 3 4 July 23 Feb 26 38% , 50 •7 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 • preferred—, TOO Mach C6rp,^--v.-^5 Chemicals No par .! 34% 59% 13% 73% . 0 9% Mar 13 U S Hoffman U 8 Industrial 24 ♦10%. V 14 *173 7% 13% Jan 22 Mar 14% July 12 . 34 24 .*10%-11; 3 6 106% Mar : United Rexall Drug, Inc U S Gypsum Co—. Jan Jan 21% Aug 15 - -.—10 —2.50 U S Foreign Se^urn—-~^4Vo par $4.50 preferred No par u 8 Freight,Co--,— No par 33% July 23 47% Mar —»—100 preferred Paperboard- 10% May 50 " 1 -4——-r—--- U S Leather ; Partic fceonv U S Tines Co— 10% 85% 7%; 595 .United 204 43% .44% 74% 26% 42% 19% 20 122%-122% 204 59 ,90 161% *193 • 15% 61 ♦62 A - *19% 20%. 121 122 >76 89% 22% 26% 107% 80 161% *53% 26% *106% 60 88% 14% 16 y« 27% 107% ; 161% : 15% 27 V, 14 174% 61 *84 r 15% *106% 73% 14% z ■ 59% -73% *172% 10% 51% *70 60% 72% ' 24% 24% 10% : «0 60% 13% |>34%;®36^ / *10% *75 108%. 13% *203 55 ; *108% Jan 66 5 3 23% Jan Cp.__13% United Merch & Mfrs Inc com ' 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 United v 25 104 * par Cigar-Whelan' Stores United corp 49% 14% 51 , 62% > 5 Carbon Co 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% • 02% 51V4 24% Feb 53% 52% 63% 51% 106 $3.50: series—No pat 25 Preferred United 42 *77% 51 53 series—,—No par Preferrd $3.70 ' Union OH of California— 80 40% 3 26 Jun 113 *112 79 11% IIV4 lls/« 5%' 5 V, 40% j 49 Va 16% >16% 39% 28 % 28 113% ,43 < *55% 116% *38% ' 100 $ per share Aug. 16 Jan $ per share Lowest July 23 98% Feb Union Pacific RR 150 150 *115% *32% 15% 53 151% -116 28% 33 5 Vs- 25% 39 79 \ 49% 'n 25 V* 56 65 23 111 25% 116% 39 " 11% 4,000 Asbestos & Paper—'__,—,No par Union Carbide & Carta—*..—No var Un El Co of Mo pfd $4.50 ser No Par 107% 151 Va 11 Vs.. 111% 112% 112% ; 111 150% v Co Rubber Union Bag 110% Highest >> Lowest 17 No par 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 • 37% ' 112% *106% 107 % -25% ?25% ■ 66 112% *109 "107% 107% 61% :i *19%' 19% 19% 112% 111 *109 ...t per share 37% 111% 111% 20% 60 % 19% >v 'Wednesday 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 *104% 2Q% Saturday Aug. 10 24% 20 53% 66 104% 400 ,2,000 11Q% 110% 53% . 32% 109 *52 21% „ 39% 33% 32 ?% 104% 70 55 1C% 55% 18% 30 150 58% *66% 200 20 *111 *20% . 19% 31% 46% 12% 12% - 1,200 2,8200 33% 33 32% 31% *45% '32% - 32% *108% 109 l- 12% -12% 21% 33% . 100 109% 21% 39% 39% 39% 34% 32% 38% 2,300 *108% 66 *60 66 Shares . 54 fc ? >48%, 49% .21%,.. 31% 34 • 341/* *21% 21% 20 20% 46 54 .46 , the Week Aug. 1G 109%%Wh . 18 30 150 54 150 150 56 46 ; 56 18% 30% 18%' 30% s 152 *54 52% 11 10% 55% 30% 30% *145 18% »106% 107% ' *72 73 *124% 125% n 56 56 18% >' 18%' - 18 Va *142 124% V 124% 10% 10% 56'% ' 33% 18% 19% 107% 72% 108 •123 33 ".107% 18% ,-:-19rV:' 72% *21%" 21% 20% 20% 33 •» 31% *107% > 20% , -- *109 109% ) 21% 21%. .33 33% n : 33 ■>,; 21% 20% 21% 20% *21% -•*»«> ■• ' 110 21% . M8%k50 V' ; Sales for Friday ' :$ nerfhAte *48 ,49% * pet sharft ; ' 50 •' Thursday Aug. 15 Wednesday Aug. 14 • Tuesday Monday Saturday HIGH SALE PRICES 30 V4 Mar .' 7% Jan Highest $ per share1 ; . Vplvitne 164 . THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4517 STOCKS Monday Saturday , Aug. 10 Tuesday Aug. Vi $ per share $ per share $ per share 22% 50 22%' CLOSED 23 22% 50 *28% ,22% 45'A 22% 44%' 44% "112 : ' 117 • 23 so 22% 22% i% 50% 23 .. 45% X45% *109 *109 114 *109; *110 *110 117 47% 48 108% 9% 48% 48% lOO 74 ;10 10 10 *93 97 *93 52% 10 121 97 *93 52% 52% 41% *108% 9% 9% 92%. 52% *52 52% *50% 42% 42% 41% *41% 42 *•157 v 167 ; 92% 97 V' -v41 *157 185 100 % *155 185 *175 185 *175 79 *74 78 *74 21% *21% 46 X45. * 109% *107'A 109% 107% 107%" X149 150 148% 148 y2 167 », i-i 185 '••T-: ' i V • ■ . El & Pow ir 22% Dec ; Jan 50% Nov ; 17 13% Apr 24% Dec 30 «*«*• • 78% 44 21% 44 * ■ *45 *108 109% ».*108 152 154% 152 *19% *74 17% 106 >A 21% 106 y2 . 78 < ...45. *74 77 *21% • 22 21% 44% m:45 10^ Dec ; ! 15 90% Jan 103 Dec , t 53 May 28 108% Mar 18 24% Jan 26 * 8% Jan 3 5 80 12% Jan Feb 26 105 45% Dec X161 52 a 8% 151% *19% 19% 19% 19% *19% 19% 16 y8 15% 16% 15% 15% 15% 15% 4,900 16%. 17%. 16% 16% 16% 16% 4,000 17% . 106% 152 106 106 107 47 107 *107 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 Deo 46% 46% 46% 46% 45% 45% 32% 33'A •33% 33% *32% 33% *32% 33% 28% 28% *27 28% *27 28 Ve *32% 33% 33 33% 28 27 27 40% 41% 28 " 28 28 . 33% *32% ' *27 41 41'A 14%'\ 14% * 91 41 ' *40% 14% 14% 41% 88 % 36% 41% 42% 88'/a *87% 38% 38% 39'A 38% 14% 118 118 *118 119 *119 121 *119 114% 115 117% 117'A 117% 114% 44% *112% 114 *ii2y2 114% 114% *117% 46 117% 117% * 114 ' 23% 23% 81 % 82 81% 23'A 82'A *21 23 48 48 *47 49 96% 96% *96 96% *96 34 Vb 34 Va 34% X32% 60 *104 70 *63 *103% - 106% 38% 38 % 2,700 Western 9 400 Western 223A 200 4% 47% *46 Vb 49 200 97% *97% 34% 30% 31'A 40% 58% 58% 40 *39 42 *39 42 *39' 105 105 *105 *63 70 *63 106 % 35 ^ t, 25,300 40 190 58% 200 Weston 42 200 106 % 103% 38% 35% 35% 38%. 35% 34% 34% 211 207/« 19% *37 20% 300 1,000 3,300 19% 19% *97 10i *98 105 *98 105 *95 100 *94 100 *35 36 *35 36 *35 36 *35 36 *35 36 10 10 *10 *10 10% 18 18% k 17% 19 .19% 101'A 100% *18% 101 19% *155 165 *155 165 46% 55 72% *97% 99 99 *; *71 *.95% 20 20% LOW AND Saturday Monday Aug. 10 Aug. 12 53% STOCK 53% 53% *97 { 101 - *99% *45% 102 90% *76 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% Jan 31% Dec 26'A Jan 47% Deo 23% July 10 Mar 23 x33% Jan whbIav 600 19% Co 1,800 i.Wm) $ per share 53% 533/4 223/a 21% 22 Va 29 28 28 V, 28 2 80% 81" 81% 82% 82 823/s 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25 Vb 257/8 32% 32% i+'/s 32% 32% 31% 32% l\'/9 ll'/8 11% 11% O new— 103 Oct 8% Jan 18 Dec 83% 30 Jan 94 Jun Jan 35 9ct 6,300 1,400 Youngstown iSteel 21s/a ' 1,300 27% 1,100 79% 80 25% 25% 30% '30% 1,700 11% 1,900 Zonite ' . . 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 " , 0" 74% July 19 19.' 52 13% 128 Dec 25 May 10 A" Feb 82% Apr 25% Jun 1 80 .. 75 Jan . Jan Nov 100% Nov Jan .110 69% Mar 84 -Nov 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 il . : • —■-I—:* Young Spring ft Wire No. par. Youngstown Sheet ft Tub6—No par 1,200 22 27% Ma? . Par 22 3*, par EXCHANGE . 27% 22 No Shares 52 % 52% 53% 22 28 'Del) 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% ? Dec 10i xlS'A 48 89 Wilcox 900 *100% 18% %> 73 75% Dec 118% •99% Jan 1? 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> Willys-Overland ; Motors—.——ill t 54% *75% y 6,000 47% *87 . Jam 10 54J/a *100% , 17% 18% *97% Nov 10 *18% 165 101 Nov 89% 17% 73 99 Dec 38% Apr 10 *46% *96 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. "■ 11 mmhmmmnmmmmmmUmwmswmmm i * i iiuiiiii i d«j^vexfi n Nsw BtOCk. VOUh sala. . 1 -C.M .'J s Special soles, . '• " •l"l" wd When distributed. x-Ex-dlvidenda. '' y Sx-rlghts. w \ t ri: ■•#..c tV :■ ■ j' -trV.si: r. ■ c. '.r •. r. a m -* -tA:> i -w ».««■* *.«.*■* V » » . » > . • u . i «. } v.'.: .»•. . ; » k-'i -t v. v.; '..A:,.'. ,i'J ei* V vrl »i v r. # *•. » « * »■ „ . , •. -'V . «... •«*. - : -«• «-: 3R " .4- . 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 Australia (Commonw'lth) 5s of'25-1955 External 5s of 1927 1957 External g 4%s of 1928— 1958 Belgium external B%a— —,—.-1949 External s f 6a——— -1955 External s f 7s —1955 1A Br a Ell (U S of) external 8s 1941 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reducea to 3.5%) 1978 AExternal s f b%s of 1926 1957 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.375%) 1979 AExternal s f bV2s of 1927 1957 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reducea to 3.375%) 1979 A7s (Central fty) 1952 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.5%)——-1978 5% funding bonds of 1931 Stamped pursuant to Plan A X (Int reduced to 3.375% ) 1979 j External $ bonds of 1944 (PlanB)— A Antwerp F-A *85 A-O *85 M-S 103% 103% 2 97 y« 37% 3%s Series 5%s Series 3%s Series 3%s Series 3%s f 3%s Berles J-J Series 3%s Series 3%s 3%s Series Series 38 36% 38 36% 373/4 37% 37% 31 36% 30% 373/4 33 y4 303/s 33 30% 33 31 *31 A-0 *31 J-D — 100% 100% 100% A-O 100 100 J-J 110% 110 M-S 104 5/s 104% 104 5/b M-N 102 101 >/4 102 .. J-J J-D A-O 74 74 74 60 76% 62% 85 A-O 85 71 4 73 73 58 73 7 62% 65% J-D 65% 73 67 58 61 v-61% 673/4 61% 66% 67 61 76 78 77% 79% JB2 66 60% 65y4 70 • v 64% 63% 17 *63% No. 18 *63 y2 645/a 3%e Series No. 19— *63% 3%« Series No. 20 *63% 3%s Series No. 21 *63% 66 67% *63% Series No. 22 Series No. 23 3%s Series No. 24 *63% 65 603/8 65 3%s Series No. 25 *63% 64% 61 65 *63% 65 60% 65% 64% 60 ya 65 60 y2 65 643/4 61 643/4 66 60% 64% 26 27 28—, 643/4 3%s Series No. 29 643/4 3%s Series No. 30 *63% Buenos Aires y External s M-S 101 101% 2 100 F-A 101 1013/4 4 100 102% 4 101 102 *96% M-8 1978 F-A 100 1978 1975 A-O 100 3% external » t $ bonds—-—.,1984 ACarlsbad 30-yr 48—1960 _1961 15 1948 -Jan (Clty» 9s. A 6s M -N A-O 1960 fund 1961 assented — 1961 1961 J-J 100% 90% 100 3/a „ 74% * : 1961 assented——.—.——...1962 ACbile Mortgage j Vr( iJ ' < I r 101 104 F-A -1963 „1970 extl (Rep) mod 3^*8 J-D —1956 1994 : , .. 5 26% 26% —— 26% 26% 1; 263/4 263/4 # K; 30% 30% 30% 293/4 30% 22% ■ 24% 30% 21% *101% — M-N f M-N J* '• ■ 1 •' V-.V- *99% — —/:v,' *100% w. . 993/4 *104 *.. 47 3/4 *— .. .. 105 3/i 393/4 __ M-S 2008 M-S .1959 1960 J-D 25% 25% 26'A 1961 A-O 25% 255/a 26 ' "20 * external 7s M-S 26% — 102 9834 100 40 13 Bank 6%s.—1957 J-D ' 28% ->■ 1QRT J-D 25% 26 28 21% 283/4 J-D 26 26 1 ,.:-.2t 26 2 : 23% - 1961 A 6s 1 assented AGuaranteed sink fund 6s A6s A7s assented : 26 A-O 26 1962 Af-N For footnotes see page 977. M-S J-D ». 3 26 24 24 16 29% . 20% • 10 11 28ys 21%. 30% 30% '' : (Rep of)k dc *__ 25 25 *14 17% 13% 24 43 48 42 47 43 45 41 43 40 *335/a 38 *._ 83 101 a'a *42 8s !. A7s 1953 37 103% 42 48 52% 37% 50 38 37 35 y8 45 ,—1966 (Int — J-D 39% J-D 35 M-N 44% 42 1967 45 44 ;.i 42 ya 47 10 35% 40% 43 r- 39 Financial Institutions , SECURITIES FIRM TRADING f-ABL MARKETS JJtKBBS & PA ^ FOREIGN SECURITIES 50 Broad Si., I *18% 16 ; 29 37 Telephone HAnover 2-0050 52 50 347/a 1 42 2004 FOREIGN ' -r'l 36% )—..2004 For ; 37% 37 4 40 to Plan A reduced to 2.25%) fi 48 37% 47 Stamped pursuant to Plan A . 85 101 10132 45 37% 2001 .1946 <( Int reduced to 2,25% municipal loan 35% ■ 76 (State of)— Stamped pursuant rv 24 16 —1966 (City of) 23 32% 18% *25 *13% (State) extl 6s. Janeiro 18/^ 31 *13 — SPECIALISTS New York 4, N. Y. 29 27 33 25% 24 24 29 23% .... *23. 1860 5s 29 22y8: 26 M-S 19SJ . (Hukuang Ry) Af-N 21 26 - 1980 assented—, AChllean Cons Munic 7s ACblnese 25'/4 A-O 1961 —1962 AGuaranteed sink fund 6s J-D 1961 A6%s assented , 18 28% 26 23% 20% X::X.v.X:^'' A6%S amwntftd 44. 46 42 % ASlnklng fund. 6%s——1961, 106% . 39 26»/4 26 100% 1053/4 M-S — 1033/8 — *99 J-D 103 99 y« 30% 21 wW- 99% 3oy4 24% 21% 3 107 y4 104% 104 ,-*102^riil /• . 30% 21% •V- 107 y4 11 101 —1947 7s A7s external loan of 1926 303/4 24% 263/4 4 107 y4 100 30% 213/4 21% 26% .... 101 4 3oy4 22% 27 6 104 —1967 ref 3%s series B (State of) : —1963| to. 104 104 r- 104 A-O f 5s ser A_1963 s ext 100% 103 1003/8 1033/4 30 y4 21% — 26% Af-N , 63 24% 11 263/4 Af-N ; , A-O pursuant to Plan A •(Int reduced to 2% ) 2012 30 21% 1 30 — A-0 " M-B -1965 Stamped 1021/4 47 26% 26% A-O lOft** 'J * I 10 pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.5% ) 1999 A 68 external sink fund gold 1968 1145/a 22 26% MS A 68 1103/a 59% p M-S 1981 1962 AExternal sinking fund 6s——1963 . 13 1003/8 101% Stamped ? 1093/4 112% ^m^0- . 94 100% *100% 101 Va J-J ARy external s I bs Jan A 6s assented — —Jan AExtl sinking fund 6s Sep AOs assented-————Sep AExternal sinking fund 6s r A6S 100 y4 88% 1 F-A 1961 87 100 Vf F-A Feb , 100 27 A-O Feb 6s 100 J/4 110 3/8 110% . J-J nw.t 86% 1093/4110% A-O J-J 96% *92 .1942 assented sinking 101% 101% 1003/4 -1956 4y2s 4y4s extl loan fund Rio Grande.do Sul 95% *100% J-J M-N ;... :• Af-N 1942 AExternal sinking lunu a* A Extl . — 99% 100 J-J _ jAChlle (Rep) External s f 7s 8A78 assented-— A6s 101 A-O Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2%)—.—..2013 104 J-D Af-S 1977 25-year 3Vis 8%e —. F-A A8s extl loan of 1921 Refunding s f 41/4-41/2s External readj 4%-4%s External s f 4y2-43%s Canada (Dom of) fund 42 *125 -1958 (Int reduced to 2.375%) sec 6y2s— 103% VOA1 40 *37 — 46 35 -1957 AExternal (Province of)— f 4y8-4%s 38 Stamped pursuant to Plan A 103 1958 —1950 — J-D 5s__ sink Queensland A Rio 1957 A6s ■tnmpft/1 *17% Stamped pursuant (Int reduced to 64% *63% 16% *243/4 to Plan A 2.25% )_. —2006 APrague (City of Greater) 7%s. —1952 3%s 64 .. *14 1952 AExternal loan 7y2s 3%s — 12 *18% - V: gold 6s——1940 1958 AStabillzatlon loan s f 7s 1947 A4%s assented 1968 AExternal sink fund gold 8s 1950 A4%s assented 1 1963 APorto Alegre (City of) 8s 1961 Stamped pursuant to Plan A —2001 (Int reduced to 2.375%) 65% , f s JortUv 65% Series ;/ 173/4 *10% 2008 2.125%) to f 5s s (Rep of) fAPoland 643/4 15 16 II „ ' 64% No. (City) s t 5s *16V8 *12 3/4 ; ANat Loan extl s f 6s 2d ser 65% No 11% 1951 (City) 7s (State)— A4%s assented^ *63 % , __ *21% agree ANat loan extl s f 6s 1st 3er 82 *64% 14 sec APeru 77 *64% ii Sinking fund gold 5s Sinking fund geld 6s 1942, Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.125% ) 82 82 No. Brisbane *13%. agree (State)— APernambuco 82 e82 3%s . Ext 77 *64% 11 No. 5, AStamped assented 5s—.. 68 y4 82 No. sink Stamp 68 e82 No. Nov. (Kingdom of) APanama 68%^ *82 Series to 68% 63 — Series 1942, Municipal B*nk extl s f 5s Oslo (City); sink fund 4%s " 76 :,.ex$u 68 m 67 *82 Series 5. Wales External 75 3%s Nov. reduced (Int South External 67 M» e66 % e66% 67 3%s to *10% 1943 assented stamped External 1 " 60 Series 3%s *96% 100 3/8 • 60 — Irrigation— AMontevideo 4s 3%s Series 1954 1954 8tamped pursuant to Plan A — 3%s Series 3%s *99% 100% 12% Norway 75 42y4 18 133/4 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.125%)—2008 ASec external s f 6V'2s 1959 1 *62 y8 J-D 133/4 100 .100 f 1960 ASec external s f 6%s 7 73 73 46 38% *15% 31% New A-O s 31% 76% 70 A-0 38 J-D 1964 (Prov) 4s readjusted Mlnas Geraes 82% — M-fl 12% 117 1 64% 2 2 1957 AAssented 64% 2 73% *61% J-D 1103/4 113 111 .73% — 103% 105 *116 J-D V s. 102% 102% "v extl 5s of 1899 £ 1945 SAAssenting 5s of 1899 1945 i AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942, agree AAssentlng 4s of 1904 1954 AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942, agree AAssentlng 4s of 1910 1945 AAssented to Nov. 5, 1942, agree iATreasury 6s of 1913 assent 1933 1063/4 1033/4 9 113 113 —- SAMexico (US) 102 1003/4 *103y8 108 M-S — *103y8 A4%s 102% 103% 63 101% 102'% 1013A 101% 101%,... 1952 Mexican 104% 96% 4 1 . *101% »*•»- 102 5/a 101 y8 — 1013/4 1013/4 >mnm, ■ Ajugoslavla (State Mtge Bk) 7s AMedellln (Colombia) 6%s„ 106% 112% 63 1103/a A-0 i860 104 96% 9 100 *101% Af-S 19b8 f 6s series A (City) ext 6%s AAssented 100 7 99% 99% F-A paid-.- (Republic) Mendoza 100 Va 17 M-N : 104 90% ' • Irish Free State extl s f 5s 131% 100 7 2 '66% 8 9 10 No. 33 100% 100% M-N 7-. No. 2 — paid Helsingfors — 101% 101% No. 6 No. No. — **66% 3%s Series No. 12 3%s Series No. 13 Series 36 V* 9 A-0 5 3%s Series No. 3%s 4 37% A-O 102 „■ A-0 part Haiti 37'A 2 10 102 y* 98% 96 100 J-J part A6s 104% 37% —— No. 3 No. 4— S%» Series No. 85 77 37% 37% J -J J-J No. 1_ No. 2— No. A 7s *37% J-J Argentine i __ unstamped / 1 , Greek Government— 85 77 102 V4 18 102% 102 1969 (Republic of) 7s French Republic 7s stamped 168 V4 98 37 102% 103% 103% 1967 1949 1949 5%s 2d series AEstonla •"/r 99% 100 M-S 1969 ' A-O External gold Broadway, New York 120 REctor 2-2300 ser 115 162 2 102 y4102 y4 1942 , 1021/4 102% 1952 (Rep of) bs 115 109 1 __ wASlnklng fund 8s series B 108% 110 16 — 167% lADenmark 20-year extl 6s gold 5'/aS 39 111 104 • *112 167% 98 y2 106, 112% 113%; 112% 100 88 3/4 *103 Ve F-A 56 31% *106 J-D 1953 external Sinking fund 'vi - 54% 91 J-D Af-N 1951 External Member! New York Stock 51% I- 56 51% 1953 ACosta . 70 V v 5iy» 1952 : Cuba Weriheim & Co. 58% *55 iCityi bs 25-year gold 4%s 90 8i y2 69%: *55 1948 90 81% 90 68 y* Mtge Bank 6%s High Lota *90 A-O ,1970 Coptunageu Telephone January No. High 90 ASlnklng fund 7s of 1926 ASlnklng fund 7s of 1927 Foreign Securities | Since 1 ; Range (Republic of)— of AOe 118% 125% 10 Week's Range';-;b'-:0:h Thursday's1 Bonds Bid A Asked Sold Friday Interest Low Colombia 118% 119 ' ' Exchange High Low No. A6s Corporate Stock J':' BONDS ' < York Period ; Transit Unification Issu*— 3% \ January 1 Sold High Low •' • York-City 1 New Range Since Bonds ■ ~ - AUGUST 16 Teletype N, Y. 1-971 M 46% 42 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE NEW YORK BOND RECORD RANGE FOE WEEK " ENDING AUGUST 16 ION D S. New York Slock ,^-y Interest Exchange Period .Week's Range Friday y -last or Sale Price Friday's Bid & Asked Low Buffalo Rochester & Stamped High , Z-. Bonds Sold No, V Range Since January 1 Low High £gh Ry—* modified (interest at 3% to May i; 1947) due 1957 IBurlington Cedar Rap & Nor— § Aist ft coll 53-^—^..—-_1934 • 4 ACertificates of deposit—— Bush Terminal 1st 4s Consolidated ;^Mli^ iosa Bush Term Bldgs 5s gtd 61 1952 . R* .—.I960 Broadway 1 Telephone—DIgby 4-4933 Calif Oregon Power 3 Vis—.—1974 Canada Soutnern BONDS Friday Interest Stock Exchange Last Period New York f Sale Price or Friday's Bid & Asaed Low Santa Fe external sink fund lASan (Int reduced Ad % s extl ; to secured MS 1952 Paulo (City) 8s—.: Stamped puisuant to Plan A ' ; 1964 as. Af-N 2.375%) Bonds Sold No. *98 Vi 100% — — Low . (Int. reduced 116 119 1970 116% 116% 4%a 1955 *121% 121% 121 Ya 4V2B ..1956 120 % 120 % 120 Vb 123% Guaranteed gold 4'/as ..1951 *113% 113% 113 116Vi ■'%:'?-ti -.■'t !' Clinch & Ohio 4s 108% 121 105% 105% 104 107 105Vi 105 105'/a 89% 85 89% — Central Illinois Light lACent New Eng 1st 85 85 99% A5s A 7s series B sec extl of) (Prov extl 72% 87 Vi 33% 21 1987 1987 1987 1964 gold 4s_1949 to Aug 1 1949)™ lACentral RR & 5s -.1974 i stamp Banking 3%s-4-4% % ' External Co— (partial redemption)—1942 Champion Paper & Fibre deb 3s—1965 Chesapeake & Ohio Ry— General ($ bonds of 1937)— readjustment External 1979 R & A Div 1st extl conv 1978 4-4%-4%s extl readjustment—1978 3Vis extl readjustment * 1984 AWarsaw A4%s (City) external 7s gold 4V2s 1992 Ref ft impt mtge 3Vis D.i. Ref & impt M 3Vis series B— 1979 ; conversion^ 3 %-4 Va-4 -fa J 2d consol gold 4s 1958 s •Toll trust 4s of 1907 MS AND INDUSTRIAL — Southern 3 Vis. 1967 Power 1st 3%s 1972 mtge '*104% 104% *104 Foreign Pow deb 5s— 104% 105% 102% 103% 104 Vi 107 115% 114 £116% 109 109% 100%. 104 107% -; Hr— -19«2 —.1969 ..... A ft Charlotte Air mortgage 3%s Atlantic Coast General 1st Line 155% 157% 143% 159% 103% 103% 103 107 Va 104 104 cons 4s 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 1st mtge 104% 104% 103 105% Gen 106 105 7/8 106% 105 107% 4Vis 92% 99% Second mortgage Refining 2%s conv inc B ser 1st Railways of 104% 107 109 19C6 Gold Ref ft gen ser C to Dec 1 1946) Ref ft gen ser D Sep 1 1946) " \.T• 1st & ref M Ref ft gen ser F r 2%-4y4s : to Jan 1 - 1995 45 81 Terminal—• v Union mtge 2%s ser G 105% 105% City investing Co 4s debs.iu—..1961 104% 105% deV6 din Chic ft St- Louis Ry— Ref ft impt 4% s series Cin Wab ft M Div 1st 4s 1951 8t L Div 1st coll tr Cleveland Series ft C >' 1951 102 7/8 *108% 8 f 5s series B s ft 1st M 5s series II 1955 1st mtge 4s serie3 RR Alnc mtge 4%s ser A... *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 *115% 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 Station— 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 A8s extl dollar loan. ,.—^1.^.1968 Stamped pursuant to Plan A A8s 124 • , ' 125 gold * 1999 : 118 ACent Branch U P 1st gold 4s lyijj ICentral of Georgia Ry— § A 1st mtge 5s Nov 1945 A 8s external—j—1930 r 115 Celotex ■■ _ 116% Cart & Adir 1st gtd gold 4s 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 % J 962 1957 Guaranteed High 95% 100 Stamped pursuant to Plan A . 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 FOB BANGE > ./ ::;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 Baking 3s clebs Steel 3y4S 1 s J -D :1942 J-D debs lACuba Northern Ry 1st 5%s receipts— ADeposit // ADeposit J-J 58 receipts -k - '' "■ 57 • 58 • 82% ' 42 45 45 44 44 1st ft ref 4yas series C 104 1963 A6s i: rets———1946 B deposit rets —1946 A deposit ser J-D / Ina 111 ft Iowa 1st gold 48— ser 60 Inland Steel 51 AAdjustment. 6s series A A 1st 40 45 v.' 531/4 44/ 53 Deere 2%s & Co 1965 debs 1965 Lack & West RR •J— 100% 101% AIncome Morris mtge due Essex ft A 1st 1st mtge 3s series F A-O 1961 series A— 6s 5s 1952 106% 106% / * Power & Light Granae *nnsnl IA 1st A 1st gold 5s series O———1956 lAInternat Hydro El deb 6s 1944 1947* J-J 1972 Af-N Paper 5s series A & B- 4a • 2 ■ 99% 104 3s •108% 109% 1973 78 245 61% 79 22 Edison 4s 11% 203 9% 11% 504 71'A 148 9% 1978 68% 9 series . F Detroit Term & Tunnel 4VaS 29% '29'A 76 58 109 108 3 106'/a 109 16 107% Frankl ft Clear 1st 4s —1959 63 % 1 70% 53 45% 8 .53 116'A 116% 116% Det Tol & Ironton RR 2%s ser B__1976 3 114 96'A 2 96% 96'A --- .1961 — 1962 East Tenn Va & Ga Div 1st 5s_ 1956 M-N •121% Ed El Hi (NY) .1st cons gold 5s_ Electric Auto-Lite 2'As debs 1995 J-J •155 1950 J-D •102 Elgin Joliet & East Ry 3'As 1970 M-S •105% 106'A I960 A-O ui-1968 A-O 8 6t W 1937 42 12 53% 98% ...... ; , , mtge inc 4%s series A— 1st ions mtge 3'As ser mtge 3 Vis mtge 3Vis ser 107% 104% cons 1st cons 2s • ser let Kentucky Central gold 43 Stamped 4V2s 104% 107% •122 122 122 J-J •108'/a 1961 "111% unguaranteed— __-200O 87 — 183 .-1997 122% 155 -.1964 {AKreuger ft Toll 5s ctfs———I960 157 A 1st mtge income MS US 98'A , . 4% J-D 108 108 J-D •104 106% 82% Deo 85 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.— 102% 127% 124% Lehigh Valley Coal Co— 124'/a 1st ft ref sink fund 5s 87 S F mtge 104 106% 100'A 106 98 V2 5 •96'A M 2- 97%* 96% 1964 ¥-a. -1974 •: -1974 stamped- — •100% 101 F-A .1964 stamped 5s •100 .1954 1st ft ref sink fund 5s 106 F-A .1954 stamped 5s •107'A A-O 1970 3%s ser A 1st ft ref sink fund 5s. 103'A 5 98% .184 4% —1975. reg- 106% 8 88 __ Lautaro Nitrate Co Ltd— 102 29 104 3 Vis 101'A •105% — ~ -95-44r §5%/ 106% 106 80 87% 88% 96% 52% 49% 65 47 47 45 60 56% 57% 54'A 69 62% 73% Leh Val Harbor Term gtd 5s_ -1954 F-A 82% 83% -1950' j-j 90 92 51 83% -2093 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 'U- 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 General 4%s series D 136'/a 107U 10714 "l 107} h 134% 110 3V. 1990 104% 104% 54 102% 107 2000 -102% 103'/a 1021/a 107 120 106% 107% 105% 106 — 100% 104% 110% 111 100% 100% a-o 110% 113% -1951 MS •— 105 100 1177/a — 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 — M — 2%s 99'A 89% 82 ,: 88 101 102% 103 102% 103 > 87% Af-N •63 Va 100 Af-N 107 107 105% 96, 75 108% 103 101% 103% 28 23% M-N 94% 93% 93% TQTy 75 1950 A-O 103 4s—1938 F-K •23% 3%S——1951 US •100% 103 1st MS •105 106% Ref ft J-J 106 106 Va 6 103 ftT-S 111 111 5 109% 113 A-O 64 64 7 64 9 99 Side El Jack Lana & Sag (Chic) 12 99 Va 104% gold 3%S——1952 impt. 4%s series C 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 Maine Central 98 •75 1st 104% 105 104 90 99 Gen 107% 106 116% 104% •116% 118% __ 104% 104 17 •97% Gulf States Utilities .105% 107% 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% no5% 105%, k 105% 105% •105% 106% 2003 G 99'A 99 mtge mtge Gen ser ni8.. —• MS MS 122% 140% 127 '/a Gen 2%s M n ms 117% 120% 3s———1980 ser Atl Knox ft Cine Div 4s 118 105% 102% — Gen ■ 102% 3 103 A- O 94 y8 136% 132 118 ZS 118 , General 5%s series B General 5s series C 103 102% 102% 27/8s M 83% *132 .2003 ref M 3%s series F ref Bt Louis Div 2d gold 116 — lst ft 61 88% •87 AO .1965 1st & 57 AO 52 62% 62 62 fcR-r Louisville ft Nashville 64 ***• 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% —;„' •104% 105 Koppers Co 1st mtge 3s 117% 100% 100% J-J 1953 1071 G ser — 65% •105'% 109 —1961 Kings County El L ft P 6s 105Va . 124 7/a 104 87 100% —' 70% 1961 - —— 102% 105 103 104% 104% •102 ——1961 —— Plain 105% 1974 2%s Kentucky ft Ind Term 4%S— mrntm A-O 1990 , H mtge Certificates of 85% 83'A 107'A 76% 81 106% 106% Lehigh Valley N Y 4%s ext-. Lehigh Valley RR— 4s stamped modified. Div 108% 77% 1067/a 120'A — •— •__ J-J 1964 F 2015 E cons 1st 107% 80% 79% —1987 Kansas City Terminal Ry 5s 1st Ohio 102% 104 % 105'A 98 •109% ACertificates of deposit. Kansas city Southern Ry 1st 3s—1950 1st mtge 4s ser A 1975 Erie Railroad Co— GeL 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 Fcftt Scott & Mem Ry— ' gtd 4s ; _1936 Kansas City 75 120 % 105% •106% 107% Range ity liyas «ADU Sou Shore ft Atl gold 5s 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 ASecond gold 4s a 79% 109% 110 1965 Gen Dui 100 M 102% 103% 102 Yz Kanawha ft Mich 1st ; 63% * ARef & impt 5s series B Detroit J-J 103'/a 101 101% 101% •103% 101% 93% ' 110% 109 — 74 —1955 . AAssented '• 70 100% 101% a-o 73% 64% 76 L f 5s s 73'/4 32 69% 67% 56'/a 2 17 {Denver & Rio Grande Western RR— AGeneral 73 Vi 73% j-j 34% 72% . 107% RR— r ,y ' 103# gold 41936 SAConsoi ; 66% 65% May 1 2042 ft Rio {Denver 34 A-O j-j series B— 80 106% 99% ' 56% 56% —1993 107% 75 80 9-j July 1952. _1958 James 101 101 96'A 106 165% 105 »/2 105% 106% 105% •101% 103 '/2 division Coll tr 4-6s Oelaware ' Co— N Y, Lack & Western div ^ -/ 1st <& ret M 5s set -C-^iii,L.1972t 102 ; 107% 104 104 100% 96 92% 103 — •104'A 104% Delaware & Hudson 4s extended—1963 Delaware, 103 25 104% 104% •103% —Z ' 104'A High Low 99% 106% qo j-j Int Telep ft Teleg deb gold 4%s—1952 1975 Range Since January 1 Bonds Sold {International Great Northern RR— 86 48% lnc Rys Cent Amer 1st 5s B Dayton Pr & Lt 1st mtge 2%s Dayton Union Ry 3y4S series a , No. High qo J-J —1050 56% ■ ; 102% 103% 97% 98'% J-D Internat A7%s Friday's Bid & Asked J-D - 46 .5 5 44 —1963 A series 80% 9 23 s 1st ref 5s 1st ref mtge 4s ser D-^—.-—1963 Illinois Terminal Ry 4s ser A.. .-1970 106 102% $: 2 45 J-D 75 102% » or 4 IU Cent and Chic St L ft N 108% 6 68 82% 41% J-D — Joint '!• v » 50 47 J-J > ' Last Low 76 76, 104% ; Week's Range Friday 8ale Price High 55% — 22 103% 103% 50 Exobanfo 55 104'A 104%: 103% Stock interest Period York 55 106% 106% «.=•• •»••' -—— ACuba RR 1st 5s gold—————1952 Low No. 60 / M-S v BONDS New January 1 57 j-j 2%s__1975 1965 mtge AUGUST 16 Range Since - •—5lW->' ' ADebenture 43-—...—..--——1958 Consumers ENDING . 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' . >' - V J J'*' 1940. ,ii ?*'' *> 28% 102 10a 105 108 107 97 ,J'' Minn St Paulv ft Sault Ste Marie— v 101% 101% 106% 1st mtge 4V2S lnc ser A——Jan 1971 j-j 101% AGen j-j 67 % 67'A 68 42 66 1990 J-D 94 94 94% 77 93% 101 1962 j-j 93% 93% 95 22 j-j i 84'A 84% 84% 17 / 84 86'A 87% 26 86% 101'/a 31 99 mtge 4s inc ser A Hackensack Water 1st mtge 2%s—1976 MocKing valley Ky 1st.-.4— {{AHousatonic Ry cons gold 5s 1937 Household Finance Corp 2%s Hudson Coal 1st a f 5s series A —1970 1962 Hudson Co Gas 1st gold 5s_——1949 Hudson ft Manhattan 1st 6s A 1957 </; AAdJ Fob 1957 income 102% M-S '' J-J r?.* ' - 146 102% J-J J-D v 88 A-O t 10 34 Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR— 150 Prior lien 104% 40-year 4s series B 100% 104% Prior lien 94 80 111% 66 129 74 34% 104 140y8 85 — 72% 102% 100% 89% 88 73% F-A 5 — 102Va 102% •111% M-N — 146 •102% M-N 36 f 172 Jan 1991 1st 4s Mo Kansas ft Texas 7 * 30 A Cum 5s series A ——1962 4%s series D-———-1978* adjust 5s series A—Jan 1967 j-j A-O 100 100. i 93 - 45 {Missouri Pacific RR Co— A 1st F-A & ref 5s series A. AGeneral ft ref ft 56 series F ref Af-Sh 44'/a 45% 229 -1977 M-S 92% 93% 163 -1978 M-N 92% 93'/a 49 33% 257 .-1975 4s- A 1st A 1st 5s series 93 — G_: 96Vi • 114% '■> *"• ; z" • ;. 41% 90% //,1st 1st 1st gold •103 A-O •103 1951 gold 4s A-O 64% Z 103 - : Collateral trust gold 4S-—953 ~ M-N Refunding 5s———————1955 40*year :4%s— Cairo Bridge gold 4s _1950 1st gold 3s Louisville Div & Term gold Omaha Div 1st 103% 104'/a A-O 92% 93 14 30 46% 90% 103 F-Ar 92% 93i/a 94 90% Moh'k ft Malone 1st gtd gold 4s. —1991 1966 Monongahela Ry 3 Vis series B-. u-a 88% 89 F-A •105% ref Montreal — Tramways 5s ext—— 1951 —1958 J-D 108 104 3/a 102% 107 104 102 106 Constr M 5s —1955 M-N 104% Cnristr M 4V2b series B-—.2— —1955 M-N 104 J-J 98'A 98'/a 98 97 105 3/a 94'A 94 . •106% J-D 94% 108% 91% 107% 107% F-A 973/8 Morris ft Essex 1st gtd 3%S series A — Mountain States Tel & >Te 1 2%s- —1986 Mutual Fuel Gas 1st gtd 6s. 1047 *— J-J F-A gold 3s 1951 •— 100% 1951 J-J 101'A 101 102 3A 102 102 102 106% J-J •90 1st mtge 3s ser B——1986 National Dairy Products 2%s debs_1970 footnotes see page 977. x " 71% , # M-N 94 Z 106% 106 "5 103 102% 103% 103 3 70 55 66 74% 80 15 77 73 32 71 89 83% 101% 101% M-S Nashville Chattanooga' & St Louis— J-J 1951 1951 F-A /■' Z 9934 5 100% 102 Vi 107 103 105% '^/,105%; #>*15 **** 71%- ''".-I •u- '5/105 ?■: Springfield Div 1st gold 3%s Western Lines 1st gold 4s jbr? r '79 87% 106 ; w J-J Gold 3 %s——1951 For 69/ 69 6 102% 103 __1951 £%s_l953 St. Louis Div ft Term gold 3s . 103 M-N .—2000 Morrell ( John) & Co 3s debs. 102% 104 i 102'/2 102% j-j 102% 102 3/4 ; . - 102% M-N Lltohfield Div - — 30 gold 5s series H 1980 A 1st ft ref -5s- series L-———---1981 ft 109 104% M-N A 1st 104 - M -N . 108% 105% 105 •68 MS 1952 - Refunding 4a —1955 Purchased lines 3%s—————1952 - '104% 104'/2 •107% J-J 1951 3%s gold 3s sterling Collateral trust . J- Jc 3%s Extended 106'A 1951 fold 4s-w—— „ 1st gold 106 j-j 6 106% National 104% 105% {ANaugatuck RR 1st gold 4s Steel 1st mtge 3s 1965 1954 103% 103% F-A J-D A-O M-N 103% 103 103% 103'A 103% 102% 105% 105% 105% 103% 106% 107% 110 '106 / 90% 103 AConV gold 6%s—2-—-—L-i-—1949" Illinois Bell Telep 2%s series A—1981 Illinois Central. RR— r , 98%/ - 91% 102% 5 94 191% - • 1133/s 803A 84 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ■Monday; August 19,1946 NEW YORK BOND RECORD RANGE FOR ~ WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1G •' i Friday Interest LaBt Week's Range or Friday's Period Sale Price Bid & Asked bonds New York Stock Exchange / Newark Consol Gas cons 5s—. tlANew England RR gtd 5s jr.n 1948 1245 New Ei^lanu lei <* Tel 5s A 1st gtd 4%s series B 1986 New Jersey RR gtd P & L 1st mtge 3s 108 % 103 % 110 125% *- 118 j-7 1953 *109 MS 1983 j3: New Orleans Term 1st gtd is——1953 107% Phlla 107 Va 108% 107% 111% v 1st , 108 *i07%.:-^; ■ S ANon-cum lnc 5s A 5s series 5s series -. A C of series deposit 1956 . 3%s- registered 1997 Lake Shore coll gold 3%s 3%s registered Mich Cent coll gold 3%s 3%s registered 1st mtge 3s Dock 1st —1998 ' 95% 109% ser ; 99% .i 91 92 99% 90% 97 Va *84% 97% .J __ *80% — — 83% 99V« — 98% 100% 105 t 102% 103 1027/a 104% , 105% 105% 105% 107 - 102% 105% 1948 109% 109 % 107% 3000 109% 111% ? 107% 107% (■} 1949 107% 109 ; *100 118% 115% 115 V» 115 119% 113 3043 ,...,2043 Debenture certificates 3%s—__ 1956 6s 88% a - 1940 1957 Han Y 1st West Ac gold 5s Niagara Palls Power 3%s Norfolk 8outhern Ry Co— let 1946 1960 j •i\ '* * A-—...—1974 \ \ V,. 4) , i'"- V- j' • ?•' 4s registered Gen lien 3s ; Jan 2047v registered Coll 1 ». trust 2047 Northern States Power Co— (Minn) 1st mtge 2%s., 1st mtge 2%s (Wise) 1st 1975 lOgdensburg Ac Lake Champlaln Ry— A 1st guaranteed 4s 1948 Ohio Edison 1st mtge 3s 1974 1st mtge. 2%s 1975 Oklahoma Gas Ac Electric 2%s Oregon-Washington RR 3s 1975 aer A—1960 108 28 104% 107 — 104% 107 2 17 Va 26 u-?' .,; 47 17 Va 21 ■ 103% 104% *105% — 103% ,| 1 i 105% 105% 106% . *120 121 120V« 127% 134% 126% |• \\ 123 135 *127Va ' Series J t%s—1964 .mm guaranteed cons Gen mtge 3%s ser E m — •132 — H if h 132% 132 % 132% 138% ?l 135% 136 1979 134% 142 109 ;,?■ <| 1975 106% 106% 105y4 3%S.1964 103% 104% 103% 1Q4% j 100% 105 f , r, Pittsb Coke & Chem 1st mtge Pitts A W Va 1st 4%s series A 104% 105 . '"105% 1950 1950 *106 1958 5s series C—... t «8t 4%s series D *Plttston Co 5% ino deb....- 102 Potomac El Pwr •118 101 1st M 3%s——1966 1st mortgage 3%a IA Providence Securities 4s. : ,127, I i'SWfcf 101 *105% __19S7 1956 Public Service El & Gai 3%s 3s 1st k ref mtge 5s 1st k ref mtge 8a 427 A, 1 { .........1977 fAProvidence Terminal 4s 1st Ac ret mtge — *127"; ,—1994 — 102% 103% 103% *127 ' .fj 102% 105% 98'/a 103 Va v 98% 102% 98% 102% 103 % 105 Va 102 Ve 102 Va .1974 1977 gen ?,1O4-,V'.1O0' 102% 102% 1st mtge 4%s series O 1960 Pitts Young & Ash 1st 4s ser A—1948 1st gen 58 series B ......—1962 1st 105% s 1959 1st mtge 4%s series B .1968 ——1973 2037 *109% 110 *109 109% 163% 163% —2037 *245 96 103% 97% " 57 57% Reading Co 1st Ac ref 3%s 53 66% Revere Copper A Brass 3%s ser D—1995 46 — 23 105% Gas A 8 103% 103% If AR I Ark A Louis 1st 4%s lARut-Canadlan 4s stpd 85% IIARutland RR 4%s stamped 84% 71 "I 1969 1949 1941 3 14 20% 4 16 24 34 Va JVJ 1 74 54% *128 55 ' 136% 21 13 — 3>*130% 109% 108 I 96 *94% — *102% '• • * - 114%,115% '116 85% *81% , 86% 135% 143 138% 143% 60 54% 55% 59% 41% 41 ' 33 42 113 127% 100 ffi ''84% ^ 10 105 107 94% r . — 104 Va 104% 5 172 *103 112 • 103% 103% 21 107% 107% 1 94 94 80% 82 85 87 53% 103% 106% 102y» -:l; 42% 85 '112 107% 59% f 45% 82 — 108% 109 63% . 110% .110% 110Va 90% 110 82 29 - ■ 60% 59% 53% 55 :.:L. V-Ml'1%- 122% 84 106 Va 107% 108 109 56 133% — JA"- \ /■" ■ 100 Vi 103% 52 Vs 71 131% — *111 .. *94% —, 102% 103 • 103% 56 105% 105% . y* 104 Va 108% 109% 57 •100% 108% 108 % 108% 85 108% 108% 1934 97 Va 32 « 106% 125% I 1967 1967 105% 115% 88 125% 1977 247/a 97% — 72 }; 56% *__ — 104% 115% *104% 105% 105 Va 105% *40 32 105% 102% 107 Elec Corp— mtge 4%s series D Gen mtge 3%s series H Gen mtge 3%s series I—— Gen mtge 3%s series J 7% 84% — Gen 63% lOOVa 53 i960 22 1974) mtge 3 %s——1964 . 117% 122% *107% —2047 1975 108% 121 $ 2047 4%s t 105% 104 % *119 Rochester 2047 Ref A impt 4%s series A Ref- A lmpt 5s 6eries C Ref A impt 5s series D 4 8 105% 104% V j 135 .17%, 17% ..V .20 . J 142% *105 : 105% ... — 1940 1953 86% —1997, A Id gold 3s ry 105 104% 105% ..1957 35 .{-,'yr Northern Pacific Ry prior lien 4s—1997 ; 105 % V". j 131 : High 137 10 108 108%" *105% 107 — (j January 1 K mtge 4%s series A——1098 ,• >1 A Gen mtge 5s conv inc 2014 Norfolk A Western Ry 1st gold 4S.1996 f- North Central gen A ret So 1974 Gen A ref 4%s series 108%: Range Since Low 141% & *135 —• 1967 32% 61% 1943 1st 4%s 2%s 86% loan, Bost 2%s 62% 86% 33% I1AN Y Susq & W 1st ref 5S—1937 IA2d gold 4%s 1937 gold s* ref 1977 1961 1971 Sold No. 104% 104% HARio Grande West 1st gold 4S..1939 A 1st cons A coll trust 4s A—...1949 103% § A Terminal 55 65 V7% V A General ref M Ac 56 ....1956 N Y Queens El Lt A Pow 3%s 1965 N Y Steam Corp 1st 3 % s..—.1963 I , Ac 1st 55 Va mtge 2%s_1975 1993 Electric 104% 1980 1974 B 53 — 22% gtd 4s series Bonds Bid & Asked Low High 54 53 1st.. 48—.w. ——.-—1954 IAN Y Ont Ac West ret 4s.—June 1992 cons Last Sale Price Quaker Oats 2%s deb. 52% 1948 A 1st A ref 4%s series of 1927 1967 t AHariem River Ac Port Chester— N Y Power Ac Light 1st N Y A Putnam 1st 1 I 102% * IA Collateral trust 6s A Debenture 4s . 106 104 f s - General 4s___. 93% 82% 99% ? ■ <• A % 106% 1965 B—-.—1973• i ; - 101% IN Y New Haven Ac Hartford RR— l : A Non-con v deb 4s 1947 ANon-conv deb 3 %a.—.......1947 ANon-conv deb 3 %s.——1954 ANon-conv deb 4s——...1955 ANon-conv deb 4s ....1956 deb 97% 83 N Y Lack A West 4s series A—.1973 4%s series AConv 95 102% 103 104% 104% ..I960 Purchase money gold 4s—... N Y A Harlem gold 3%s Mtge 4s series A A 100 . 5s "■:Klst mtge 4%» series B—i 104%:: —1951 Week's Range or Friday's Interest Exchange > *100% 104% ■ Stock Pitts Steel 1st mtge 4%s 109Va 87 - York Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal— 3%s debentures —1965 114% 88r *87% • « Series H cons guaranteed 4a 1960 Series I cons 4%s ....1963 : 98% 102% 100 *88- ■•.w"v B—1975 .— 87% 100 100% !: 97%- 97%. " 1980 gold 4s Mtge 4a series B 96% 107Vs 88% 98% 1 Gen mtge 5s series * Gen mtge 5s series B 108% ... ■ —.—1998 V- . i 104 87% 91% 100 V* 1t , 1998 N Y Edison 3%s series D 1st lien A ref 3V»s series E N Y Gas El Lt H A Pow geld ffs /; 106 95% 98% ^ F__—.1986 Connecting RR 2%s Y N ser 94% 89% .. *104 , i i Series G 4s guaranteed. 108% 87% —1998 — New York Chicago k 8t Louis— Kef mtge 3%s ser E— N Y 108 | 108 108 ACertiflcates of deposit-; ;; 94% *101% .. A..——2013 ; 106 *102 .. D Ref k lmot 5s series C— 2013 N Y Cent k Hud River 3%8—.—1997 . 96 94% 1956 N Y Centra! RR 4s series A—..—1998 Ref & lmpt 4%s Berles ' 90 109 . A 1st ^ 84% 92 Va 104% 104% deposit ' - Pittsburgh Cine Chi A St Louia— Series E 3%s gtd gold Serbs F 4s guaranteed gold ? 89 101% 102% ... 104 , ACertiflcates of deposit—...— 5%s series A 1994 .. 89 103% 104 .. 7 » — 92% 83 1931 1954 of ACerttficates A 1st 4%s deposit B Certificates A 1st series of ^Certificates A 1st ■ 1st and ref 2%s 1974 IfAFhilippiae fty 1st a S 4s______i»37 A Certificates of deposit.. Phillips Petroleum 2%a debs ....■■..■.1964 |NeW Orleans Tejas & Mexico Ry— •'v. \ gold 4%s series C Philadelphia Co coll tr 4%s 110 *109 y« 110 W ■ v General -i>i 118 105% i- . 105% 105% —• j+ji;; . General 127% 1974 ,♦ Pere Marquette Ry 3%s ser D Fhila Bait Ac Wash 1st gold 4s— 114% 125% 125%. N O & N E ^ Period 105 Va 96 Va 110% 111% ~ /, New 110% 98 Va 98% 99% ^i:98^v 110% ?.A _ v - High 125% New Orleans Great Nor 5s A 1st ref k imp 4%s Low M-H- •% „ ■ Range Since January! J-D '/ 1981 1st 4s 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 ilililiil 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 $§AWisconsin Central 1st 4s, ACertiiicates 103% H6Vi 67 104% 105% 101% 103% 101% 2361 2361 ...1949 1992 1970 Wheeling Steel 3% series C Wilson & Co 1st mortgage 38 Winston-Salem 8 B 1st 4s 102% 105% 104 •103% 104 1966 1951 104 106% 107% 104% 107 Vi 109 106Vi 111 108% 109 106%. 1950 1951 1960 Westinghouse El & Mfg 2 Vis West Shore 1st 4s guaranteed Registered Wheeling ft Lake Erie RR 4s Gen & ref M 2Vis series 105 Va 106 108% 108 V» • Vi 104 Vi 102% 104 114% 117 Vi *105% 106% ' .. 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Co— Funding A: real estate 4Vis 25-year gold 5s 30-year 5s , 99 107'A 106 .-,106% 106% ' 62% 62% / *101% .. 62% — .1952 2014 1st 4s inc ser A Telegraph 102 105 2000 1948 Pacific 4Vis Western 102% .105 U S Rubber 2%s debs 3%s debs Western 110 ;■*; 105 Ref mtge 2%s series C———1991 United 82% y 105% 51% 110 102& 10253 1976 , 347/a •103% 104 —1947 debentures 104% *— —1945 1967 2 Vis debentures ju———-1970 Union Paciiic RR— v 88% 104 103 vi 104 Union Oil of Calif 3s debs 27/aS 75% •110% 112% 1975 1st ft land grant 4s • 102% 103 »AUnlon Elev Ry (Chic) 5s! y 71 v Union Electric Co of Mo 3%$—-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. 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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 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4517 kVolume 164 EXCHANGE N EW YORK CU RB .RANGE FOR-W«EK STOCKS- - Friday .« - Sale Frice 16 -J- 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! 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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 ' '55% 5 Spiegel Apr Inc common 49% May St Louis Nat Stockyards cap 79% Apr Standard 83% Feb - Aug 2% Jan 19 Jan 23% Jun Standard Oil 63 49% Feb May Sunbeam 33 30% July 66 39% Standard Jan -.20 Corp 6% 1 12% 12% 20% Jan Jan 28 6 Jan 900 12% July 800 14% 47% Jan Feb 8% 37 % Feb Feb 49% May H 45 v July v 39 39% 150 31% 2,200 18% Feb 33 33 1,900 25% Jan 40 57% 58 290 51 % Jan 61% May 893/4 91% 600 79% Jan — ■n 38 Mar ^ 34% July May 97% Feb Westlngbouse Elec & Mfg—. Common - Friday Week's Range Last Sale Prico Wieboldt Sales for Week of Prices Shares tow Abbott Laboratories common--*—* Rights Admiral Corp common Allied Laboratories Pub Az Associates 5 21% 125% Washer „_8 3 Bastian-Blessing Mfg Btnks Borg Cq wi common... common 10 ———L : ; * Co ■ ' , American see • 100 10% 300 19 125% 125% 30 . 16% 5 58 15% 15% ' 200 800 1,800 50 300 7 6% 7 200 9% 9% 9% 800 124% Aug Jan Mar Jun 185% Feb 12% 4 47 15 ,. Jan Aug Mar Mar 5% July 9%, JuJy 20% jan Feb 25 % May 134 Feb 20 y4 H V I}: " 1 . V'V 1 .. page 989. •' ' r 1 fc* ' Cl 7: m ~~ ?"> ' ' 84% Jaa " 800 300 v - 46% 473% 25 — r. 11% ,,,1 15% •• ««■ — "".200 25 r . , 200 25% July ixw: 900 13% May 16 200' 20% 7% — Farnsworth Television &. Radio—__l Electric General ry. 20% July 26% Cl 1% July 17% Feb Jan : Co • Apr Feb ioo 1 9% Corp common 45% •r; • Jan 30% July Nash-Kelvlnator 15% Jan 22 New 50% 46% Martin (Glenn L) Co common Corp... York Central RR North American Co — 9% 500 61% Feb 10 700 13 V* Jun 20% Feo y* r7V, . 1,3Q0 • . 8% Ijay ^ Jan 25% Jan 44 1 ; {——8 capital • ~7% Laclede pas' Lights—"-■ 4 20% 59% May 46% • Iron 15% Feb 18%. Apr •..<r.v*- 45% Motors Interlake 49% May Feb 100 5% 19 41 f M 16% 50% Jan —* —* j Curtlss-Wright, Jan 21% v- May " 13% May ' 28 - 5% 18% 40 « 1 — Continental Motors 15% ■■ '* Columbia Gas & Electric 14% Feb 40% 21% 9% Aug 5% — Graham-Paige 40% 100 Jun 8% 19 10% 18% Rolling Certain-teed Products 18% May 7% Feb Aug 48 800 ' J99% May 58 fJan 14% July 10% .1 Mill 10 Anaconda Copper Mining —.80 Atch Top & Santa Fe Ry com 100 Bethlehem Steel Corp common— 43% Jan 14% 39% Jan 33 800 5 Radiator A St Ban com.—* American 27 V8 5 , footnotes 9 capital Alleghany corp 16% common...... ' ■ 30% Aug 100 15 Unlisted Stocks—- Jan Aug % July 12% Mar Corp ■ 320 1 l Corp capital Borg-Warner Corp For am 82% 31% 40 14% common—.—• Machine 1 Brewing Mfg (George W) 1 Rights Co • 22% 58 4 common Berghoff % Aug 13% Aug 11% 21% 4% common.^..* Aviation Corp (Delaware)— Belden 70% Aug 9% 15% Athey Products capital Automatic 150 198% 198% v 1 Co 9 41% * ..100 Co common Investment 9 capital——100 , c% 13% * I preference Oa enmmnn....... Asbestos Mfg - 1 —... common Serv American Tel St. Tel Co Armour LOW 70% ciVt"~ 12,000 13% .100 ■ Advanced Alum .Castings Aetna Ball Bearing common American High 70% — ——-.t—_ — 30% 40 * common Bankshares Yates-American Ranfe Since January 1 v< 30% -12% • Inc Stores Wisconsin • 10 !i; 20% 20% v ¥' . 33% ■ ; ; 17% Mar 57% n.,—*, .,.r m, 45 25, 33 common——1—6 Sfeel copfuhon^.,-...,, 400 35% Apr . 27% ... cqnpaioq—«-Q° 208 South La Salle Street Corp com—* U s 80 100 31% * common 800 ' 46% capital——-—10 Bundstrand Machine Tool (The) 44 26% '6% 6% Forglngs common of Ind «... ———11 -—: — 41 26% 41 * preference Dredge Common Trane- Co STOCKS U 18 % May 85 90c '"•-15 31 102% ; \ May Hi Apr 43% 1 Lathe Works cap— Bend 90 ».«• ' South my2 32 . 1 * * zSociety Brand Clothes com— 11 40% 109 f:|- May May n 16 XI12 36% •v * 80% 109 class B common Shellmar Prod Corp common Signode Steel Strap Co com (new) , 25% «... common Corp ; 79 114 Sangamo Electric Co common— * Schwltzer Cummins capital 1 Sears Roebuck & Co capital —• 23% 7 36 28% RR capital —50 Cblo common—1.,——20 Serv of 700 90c «.- 7% Jan 500 — 10 1 78% I A Feb 82% Warren (S D) Co^.i.4i —„ Westlngbouse Electric Corp 12% 12% Jan Feb 14 V2 • class 6% 473/4 ... 14% 200 May 21% May 58% May 13% 100 Switch 47% 320 1 150 250 9 c6% 11% preferred Elec 2% 583/a 12% 30 Jan c6% 11 35% Aug 3% Jan 53 58% 22% Jan Mar 31% 2 V2 125 15% ' 27 25% May 26% July July July —— Peabody Coal Co class B com.. Aug 2% Feb Pennsylvania 513% Smelting Ref & Minl.l*u—i Venezuela Holding Corp.i— 6 20 300 rnmmm common Pub 15% —10 13 280 44 500 * Nunn Bush Shoe common Apr 513/g h-*' 400 15 80 * Apr 15% —23 22% .8% «««• .20 American 47% • ^ 23% July 79% «... -.2 common North Northern 111 16 A 9 8 Waldorf 3 Drug Tnn common...™ 250 X33% 424 11 preferred ——*il—i— ' 19 r- Corp common Bancorp common Apr 35% July Co—— t7 S Rubber Jun 24 19% -- 1,142 39% 40% y_1T.' 10% 17% Feb 45 «... Muskegon Motors special cl A Nat Jan 25% Jan 132 15% 15% , -TO * May 100 700 12% « — Apr 79% Jan 20 |nl: Inc Apr 8 8% 22% 25% .10 : common.. -.1 Co 4% % Aug May 34 24% «... 12% 373/4 2% 33 Jan 31% ... vtc—- common 15% % 100 - _ 255 33/4 Jan 27% ' $1 1.4% Mar 58% Feb ; 75C 1,015 15 —10 pfd 6% 41% 36% 25 16% 50 49% Moproe Chemical Co comipoh— * Montgomery Ward & Co common....* Rights Jan 58% 18 y8 40% 37% Apr 550 28 — 1 50 , 1,610 12% 33 I Miller & Hart Inc Feb Apr 25 37 • 861 • 17% 27 31 8% 12% ...1 2,236 1% nm «!.«. 8% —'1 5 ' 25% Jan 22 y2 22% • common Apr Apr 20% July 20% July 44 — •' common 45 10 30% Jun 12% • 38% 47 42 V2 Feb 21% ....1 5 Univ Ext Jan Jan 17 23% 1 Salle 14% Fed 27% 8% ... pfd—: Feb May 24% 50 21 21 • common 14 27 10 51% 139 _ 100 , 14 Prod , 22% — 1 capital Pneum Tool (new). 70% May 44% 17 ' 1,150 ' 49% July 27% 8 Co Steel 25 !__5 Harvey Inc common..: Corp common (new) 695 120 4 20 ,-r'iyr ,, United Shoe Mach 400 mrnrnm • 405 40% —50 rTl. \ Fruit 22% Marshall Field & Co common 73 * nnitud-RfiVftU 21% Apr 23% 140 • _____ Elec 100 41% 108 119 — RR Tnrj-lngtnn fin 22 Jan 70 1% AssoHatinn Suburban 22 10 Jan Feb 23 • -100 Webster St 25 25 8% Aug 4J /July 64 July 70c IlOO Quincy Mining ^ Stone 37% 25 46% 46% "^«« 1 Colony RR Folding 8% 37% 46 73 Cos Pacific Mills common.; Reece 8% 37% • Drug Co common Kellogg Switchboard common Penn Rutland RR 7% 79% • Jun 120 23 ' North Butte Mining— Rhnwmtit 9% jun 64% July 8% Aug 50 95 9 — «-M 1 - - New England Tel & Tel— Reece Corp 700 La ' 100 England Gas a Elec Assn— 5%% preferred —.— Pennsylvania 100 68% • New Old 10 65% 55 1 353/4 " 18% r- —. Inc Assn •,«. 70 173/4 343/8 .3% ..100 ; 8% 573/8 «... ^ Service 75 4% —15- Maine* Central FtR commons— National 16% 10 65% 36% ««.« — Rac'g Jan 45 36% * * winfttnr 12% 46 ■ ,, Copper..— Narragansett 6 62% * Z 200 ...1 Brewing Co G capital Warrants 91% May 34% —-• . 13 I common Interstate Power $6 104% May Feb 34% •. preferred Jan 70 104% 107 34s/8 — Loew's Boston" Theatres 5% 99 25 ... Stores.-—r——— Copp«i 100 —1 Hathaway Bakeries class A—. p Royale 101 77 y4 173/4 * Gillette Safety Razor Co^ Kennecutt 105 ». common Service.. Class (H W) Werner Leath General Electric Isle 101 6 100 Assoc Public Engineers First Lines Group Co Indiana Ry— preferred series A—**. SS Employers 200 12% • 20% May Jan 77% —» :±ii.———— *100 Common 47% 12% LlQ Katz 4%% Eastern 46% 81/4 May 12'A Aug 27% Apr 1 56 262 Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates— 6% 150 Heileman Aug Aug 11 July 16 Aug 16j/2 Aug 20 36 , 3,100 100 Motors Corp conjmon Refrigerator Co common Gossard Jun 45 Indep ' 800 11% 12% 1 Hubbell Boston Hecla 21% 25% Jan 20 16 & Apr 4% July 48% Jan 10% common Gibson 37 (stamped)—100 Calumet 100 1V* common Corp Gillette Safety Razor common. Goldbjatt Bros Inc common.. 140 Boston Personal Copper'" Range .Co—— 450 105% 25 Jan 12 12% 46% a Apr 10"' 11% 5% 20 1,250 100 «... 25 10 July 60% 10 5 290 16% 11% Inc Auto 55 44 .59% 45 24 15% 5 * .5 Great Lakes D & D common.. 7% pr)or preferred__„—..—10Q 5r/0 i class A 1st preferred— 16% _1 - Corp. 150 KR—- Maine 42 24 -- -r ■ , ■» class America Drive General 86% May 50% * Preferred Bird 50'A A (The) J. Util Fox 70% Jun 51% Feb 20 Paper Inc Four-Wheel Jun 200% 60% 35% 23 50 common new Electric Household 52% Jun 58% Feb 47% vtc 21% 35 22% part shf v t p B Eddy1 High . 47% 197 Va 199 part 211/2 l partic pfd Domestic Industries Range Since January 1 High 50% Woolen Anaconda — vtc Dodge Mfg Corp 47 y8 100 luu fei—: Co 113.. 119% 119% 25 common.. Common for Week Of Prices Par Biscuit 113 5 L„n...;fr: Inc.—... Common Rales Range • ... Commonwealth Edison common. Si 116 •-,» Chicago & Southern Air lines "* Chicago Towel Co conv preference...* Chrysler Te: 3% 19 121/4 T, < Eight pfd common Convertible • ,< American Sugar Refining com. 109 % 1 goo Preferred-_' 116V2 May 95% , Amencan 109% 1 j —. ■ 114% 114% Central Baltimore Transit Co 4s—*.——..1970 10 __10 (A M) commop„ Illinqis Pub Serv $b pfd Central 313 »/a Aug Mar .__i - :;r 55% May 300 V 3 220 1.00 iu,: 1.00 Oil Co —25o Ry.;..,-———50.. O S Fidelity & Guar 50 Feb' 28 —13% Brothers Castle 13% May ' for Week Shares Low • ' common. Corp Butler 31% May 28 164 'M 32 % 32 2 240 Ring Burton-Dixie yBUlh f..,r Jan 4% Feb 300 .. . 313% 313% North American Northern 11% 40 25 540 44% 183 40 class A—..20 Amer 26% 43% v 10—• common . Low High 26 Fence & Wire cl A pfd Piston Burd Sales Range of Prices Par Browq Range Siqce January 1 Week's « Sale Price Sharet 26 Friday -/Last . for Week of Prices ——.—;—-——*. 16 8ales Week's . Last Corporation ENDING AUGUST Exchange Rale Price Arundel WEEK STOCKS Baltimore Stock STOCKS FOR 20 3/4 400 23% 33% 23% 200 35 33% •10Q 37 Jan , Apr ' Volume THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4517 164 OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES RANGE FOB WEEK,ENDING AUGUST 16 , -• Last Motor Pan Amer Car Airways Corp. Paramount Pictures Fepsi- cola;Co... I i:« Inc new July 33% July 30% July com. C ' 20 20 - ,■,' >3 f: < y , ' t New York ' /" V J "> , ' m. mm Members • Detroit Stock Exchange Stock Exchange - Feb Neyr York Curb Associate ; Chicago Stock Exckangf ^ 28% May Jan •; 19 Jan v> 28 :> Apr 40% July Ford Building DETROIT Telephone: Randolph 6530 v-*. Soqony Vacuum Qil On Inc—^ : otttuaard Brands commonj ; Standard tpU of n V Standard Steel Spring Studebaker.Corp common__.^_i__ Detroit Stock sunray Oil Corp.-.—...„..w. 'j11 a," y ' jV, ; c }\ '*;/J •; % t ,'-V! \ i-' i United Cprp — ■ l't V, 1 r , ■ 6t , July 30 Radlo-Kelth-Orpheum Republic Steel Oorp common...-. y Peb 13% July Corp or America common^.. rtaaio ' 37% July 56% Pete • Watling, Ierchen & Co. v Pullman Incorporated pureYQil oa (The);mnoiu^. I High 10% May 32 ; Apr 38 Aug 17 Ya . .1. 4,1 Low 8% July -0A ...- r. ., Range Sine# January 1 Shares High 8% 8% _ for Week Range of Prices Low Packard * Sales .(Friday.-week's Sale Price , U s Rubber Co common Exchange ; Week's Friday Last.' Y -Bongo . SaloPrieo »Bf ' Allen Electric Brown, _1 McLaren 5, 3 ' 3% 3 Davidson Bros Detroit & Cieve Detroit Week'a Range Friday L»»». - Sale Prise Par '• American -26 i; Baldwin —8 l[ Beau 4% • 23% 100 20% - 11% il% 1% Jan 100 17% 10 Jun 25 Jan 12% July 11% Aug 400 m**- Finance General Carthage Mills • : 85 — 85 19 85 • Churngold 19 30 —3 M 2% July .v'H'. 175 .• 18% Mar .,20 . ... Motors .10 Mar 4% Mar 15 —1 —1 7 -1 — ' \ Jan 4 16% May 16 Mar 13 \ Jan 23 July 16% Feb 7 — 7% ; • 60 'Jan 1 V Sfc 8% Jun Y 64% July YY. Jan 5';' 800 10% 9% 9% 40 2% Mar Feb July... Feb Apr July Jun Feb 12% Jan 14% 100 ?1 ; 55Q. 13% 13% 100, 66% 68% 650 7 7%o-; 2,570 66% , Michigan'Die Casting , Mar 33 Jun 23 Y 16% 6% 88 33% 81 6% . , 20% —1 Brewing 21% / Aug 13% July 6% July 25 Jan 14% • , .. Gerlty Graham-Paige A " Goebel __ *, 18% 20% 13% r, .11 w Manufacturing class B__. General 18% 20%; ,, 175 , •■.fe.'C;'. 13% ' 2.00 .10 6% ; 8% ;6% 1,335 J20 ; wr 26% 37 ; 1,948 —232% 32% 323 17 17 150 -1 5% 5% 5% 200 2% 3 i '->;Y 500 ■ Bigh 7% Feb Y 5 Feb : 4% Jan — Ale Gemmer _10 100 550 — Gar Wood Inc 46% Jan 6 Mar 40% Mar 162 common.. Corp Motor Truck Frankenmuth Brewing Friars -High Low 42% 4% __ _L..T!_„—. Brummel 41% 42 Range Slnee January 1 Shares Bigh Low Laundry Machinery. f j American Products ..I ; Steel Federal for Week af Prices NaTlgaUon..^^, Edison Detroit K Sales * — **-< Range Since January 1 Low o , * Burroughs Adding Machine Consolidated Paper,- Sales for Week Shares Hiah Low V- t .... of prices 1,015 Marlfl^ 8% Feb^ •.<' 6 -y 9% Aug 15% Jan;; < ■ ] Cincinnati Ball Crank I'! Cincinnati Gas & Elec pfd ...5 10% 219 110% 110% 27 9% __ 110% .100 Hoskins Mfg Hudson 2% Motor 20 Car 27% ..60 ;5.j Cincinnati Telephone Cincinnati Stock Union Yards. 17% 16% -50 791 104 % 105 __ ...» 13 13 • 50 Kinsei Drug Kresge 1 Eagle-Picher Early & Daniel preferred i Formica ?; Hatfield K- Hobart class A ...- preferred— Oil National ....J L Leonard ' l.. Peninsular Metal I- Lunkenheimer 1 f. National Pumps Preferred Procter [' Rapid U S • a. ----- Service General 35 Motors i-i Roller Timken 28% Jan 9% t 6% 6"% 375 S Wayne Screw 6% 6% 14% 875 1,452 • preferred Aircraft 700 14% • • "• 4 ;f'-, Products new com. 4 4 . 20% 5! 2% 8 9 % Mar ' A 56% July July " 2%, Aug 23% July 62% Jan 6% May • >4 1,800 Jan 17 Jun • 8% Jan , Jan s;-:y 1,400 ?"; ' 3 8 191 n 4%x • 11% Mar ' .' 6% July Mar 5 250 58% 58 „ 1 6%/Au£ 600 8 20% 50 ... common.. " 8 ... Shirt Distributors.—..^. Radiator "Warier 6% 6% 14% 1 — , 6% » d Apr Mar 33 20 13 41% 90 Bearing.i common . 6% ; „ . 569 17% .. ; ' 775 10% 17% ■ ...1 4% , 29 800 209 600 425 6 4% ' 51% July Feb COMPLETE INVESTMENT BROKERAGE AND FACILITIES Member Los Angeles Stock Exchange Friday Week's Last - Range f*r — Unlisted Issues Sales for Week «f Prices Sale Price V 1 Listed Shares Low Direct Private Wires to Range Since January 1 High SCHWABACHER & CO., SAN FRANCISCO ALLEN & CO., NEW YORK Bigh low ' Akron Brass Manufacturing Alleghany Corp Coach fl American & Body ^ ,.15 Cliffs 1,'S 4y2% Corp 29 200% 32 26% 501 Jun Jan 42% Jan 10 Gabriel Co i ■ General Electric (Un)_- General Motors ^1 (Un) Glidden • STOCKS Co (Un) com Great Towing common-!-'. Cooperage A_^_: ;' Greif Bros ' Bros PfdiJ-J....!^ Hanna (M A) VA% preferred.-.. Halle ( ! Industrial Rayon Interiake Iron ; Interlake 90 10 68 138 (UnV!.^ (Un). .... £» .,v: *r & l ;: Nestle S13% N ; Y Central RR A__l! 1_. (Un)_!__ —1* i (Un^i-2- 41 40 13 ; ; Jan Mar Aug;; , Aireon Barker .. " a36% a37y4 al3%al3y4 .. ■'£* ' •: ; 'a37% 638% ^8 57% ; 58% 100 ?- 25 Blue Standard • t U S Vlchek '.Tool Warren White ,; ; Oil of Ohio Steel ^common common..^ (Un) Tube 2 common.. • Youngstown Steel. Door (Un)_i__- footnotes 90% 90% . see page 989, « ; * 15 l Sheet -101 628% a30 - — Refining & Chemical For 101 10 * Motor v«iinirstowt) Bros Corp Diamond fihlftft Oil finrp, Broadway Dept Stores Inc 19% Feb "121: 2 ^ . . ;o^29% May 12% 50 ' 1 41% May i 8% Apr 19 Jan 35% Jan 32% Jan 4y8July; . Jan -21835% Aug 35 13 i July «oa^ ~29% Jan 605 ; . 51% Feb 47% 19 ; Feb Jan 40% Feb 63 Jun -15 4 4% 101 125 155 79% 100 14 5 Jan 4 Aug 215 a35% a35y8 99 a25% a25 Vb 20 30 '97% Jan . - - fii % Mar 23% July 44 r Aug July Feb 18 y4 May 5% 33 V* July 16 a807/e 602% 101 Aug 20% Mar 168- Jan Jan Jun 31 i Jan P3% V , Co Cora. 100 1 r___ ... 5 ... Colorado Fuel & .Iron common preferred Consolidated Steei Corp., — 28 ' .. Corp Motor Foods Hupp Motor InternoflSf. Car Inc common— . Lane Wells Company...! common- Lincoln ... Car Corporation^.-, Petmlaiini United Petroleum L.I 225 200 , 153 200 210" ^pr May .6% Feb 60c 31% Feb 41 July 22% July 115% July 15 July 20 Aug 406 22% a66% a66% 32%32% * 6% 4i% 32o l 2.10 ' 218 383 3,800 8% 35c 50 655 200 1,300 8,100 » . 79% Feb 38% Jun ;Y 20 395 22 y4 200 2.15 7,283 27% Mar Mar loo • 27 July , '50 May 10% Jun 1.53 Feb 42c Jun 20% Jan Jan ay# May 1.05 Jan 20c Feb 17% Feb 23% Aug 1.15 Feb Jun 1.95 Jun 33 Mar 1.35 Mar '25 Jan 19% Jap 15% Jun 83- , Apt 2.70 Jun 64% July 1.25 2.00 ,16 • Jan 218 106 1.60 22% !1 355 Apr 12% Aug 8 AP' 20% Feb Jun 13% Mai: 80c-May 280 90 32o 19 y2 20 __ S3y* Jan a68 Bya 10c - »1 32% " .1.20 ).?0 - 45% Feb V Jan 58 489 370 a,27yaa27% 4iy« 41% 1 14 Aug Apr Jan Feb Mar 24 927 14% 1.50 1.5Q 80 Jan May. Feb 188 S,900 12% 45 33 25 136% 23% 24 Jan 28 Apr 7% Jun 70% May 40 JW Jan ' 340 . ' sy8 Mar 48 26 1 41 Jun 1.75 Aug 85 39 V2 14y4 B__" ♦ Co_-i_(—_i_10o ■>''! Bakeries 67/# Jan 34% 370 12% 370 -inn Corn I. Co -- ^.1 Jade Oil Co Langendorf 10 58 26V!t 90 Co - 125 8,26 %r 826% 15 15y4 |3%S13% 1.95 MS 1.95 - Co!!—; 17% Jah 39 lA 4 5 ...1 HiO* 11 y* Jim 3% May : Y 26 39% common Development Hudson Hunt Co A 1,598 . .; . Farmers & Merchants Nat'l Bank—100 Farnswortb Television & Radio,., , v Fitzsimmons Stores clasp a 1 Motors 1,000 61 a40y4 a40y4 28 Y 28 24% 25 all6V8 all9V2 15y2 15 Mj f Electrical Products Corp.. „;'jn ■ Emscp' Derrick & Fqulpment.,..^. Kxeter Oil Co, Ltd class A.,. General S'/a 15 Mi •20Vi • ,, ... allays Industrie it Hancock Oil :5y« g?5% a35% a40% ; ! * 5% Gladding McBean & 135 2,600 2,108 - ! : ■ Dresser x"37 1.70 9y2 60 5% ., ' ..* Packing Corp common..—.* Investment 1.40 9y4 1.5Q .1 common..* Certain-teed Products Corp Chrysler Corp Central 1,200 9y4 54 . 20% ,,45% 53% 17y4 Jun Feb Feb Feb Jan 4»/8 4 Corp Jackson ' *■'%? 50 37/b — * common..... Consolidated low; aliys aliy8 37 r RangftRhiM! January 1 Shares High Low x Bolsa Byron 50c 4... to California 22 -July - - - 484 a22% a23ya a27 f} £^27 YvSparks Withlngtcm prefefred_i.__.100 : Fetroieum Barnhart-Morrow HOlly v Mfg Corp........ uauaini ;i09% Apr -17% Feb 22% May July 16% Jan 12 846 - 6% al57/8 al57/s ... . j Brps 6 J. —• Richman 19% s a38% a38% ...* -50 Republic Steel - 480 12% 19% ' —" Radio Corp of Amer (Un).^-i-. Y; ? 13y4 Jan 7 155 - . 43% May 227 ~ 137/a 19% 6 Pennsylvania RR: (Un)..! - 13% 105% Jahv 115 1 i ... 100 , 12% ~_K- Ohio Oil (Un) V; 125 . 15% a 15% 42% ^43 ■ 12 Mfg class LeMur 100 , a497/s a50y4 — a • __ { .10 ;. f National s Acme & -60 ;a51%a51% .. —♦ Tile 60 80% Jan Jun 56y4 Jun 88% Apr 77 Apr 32% May 39 Jun 60 Aug 55% May Sale Price Fir Feb 60 '. Range of Prices Last Creameries of' AmeriRa, fpn j 1 Metropolitan; National 30 : i07%107% Feb Jan Jah Feb Jan Apr 58% 22% 30% 53 53% 329 '53% -53% __ —• _! Sessions 28% «• —• —• 29% 35%- 35% • -50 'ti- riS;;1 Lamson , 35% —* r. - " 29 —* Steamship | i Johea<:A»v.tAiiyhiinl.d-i'Li'-i^.i_:. (r Kelley Island Linie dF Tf^us ■> - 100 —'• v a53%a53V8 ■ — , —* Lakes 110 v:._a77y% a77'/s a68% a70 % -f \ (' Gray;1 Drug Stores-, 160 a51% a52 Va 52 64% July 37% Feb a 36% Jan U- , •f.rJ.*/. Sales for Week Week's Friday 15% May Jan 45 %<0,, ■. .. Jan 10% Jan < 169 a67% a68%1 - -- ..5 Goodrich; <B; Goodyear; Tire & Riibber common....* ;; 120 * a46% a46% 10 ~-.-^.. General Tire & Rubber common :■? a 14% al5 ^ • x' v Street—LQ$ ANGELES 14—TRinfty 4121 May 104% July 113% Jan 34% Feb 60 May Feb 96 109% 4 Y: .'i / " 1' *z. i Jun 108 22 % Aug 50 166 a56% a56% Jan West 7th 210 25% May Feb 105 Jan I » j 29 185% 31 all2 8% 16 % Mar 300 138 23 all2 9% Jun Jan ' r'::' ' • 20 106 23 ♦ 5 Ilium 25 101% 101% • pfd Consolidated Natural Gas (Un). |* 20 106 6% July 5% 950 198% 198% 100 * Cleveland Cliffs Iron pfd Elec 7 a5% , 100 j Clark Controller if- Cleveland : a5% —5 Apex Electric prior preferred t ■! 6% _1 Tel & Tel American < 50c (Un) .cjfc;.'- :'.v -V : Apr »;&?&. 1% Jan;; vFeb ;r 34yaJun. 3% Aug ' 5 May 8% July :>;y,12% Feb 5% Jan 7% July 36 Jan, 47% Juti 6%May 7 Jan 4 Jan 4% Jan 6% Jan * ; - 8% Feb 10% July, , J3% Jan .10 Mar * 19%, Jun i; 1,670 430 8% 10%:; ,10% 1 1 Investment United U Jan 64% July 44 —-— —_— Brands Standard Union 26% Mar 10 403 — Oil Pure 27% Jan 442 - City Ice fc.Fuel ?; , 3% 5% 4% • 100 45%-46:.; :v 5 v Jan 3,590 v:H> 2% 6% ,7' ; A v 45%May 8 Jan Jan 6% Apr ~ 3% Aug * -'550 30 3% 8% , Brewing Udylite Rolling.Mil] Coiumbia Gas ■ e% ,.10 .Superior • Tool">-r.y-.'.4,~.^-.rfr Printing preferred-J Cities 3% 1 35 100 ' 2% 2% 30 i4 ^-1 Sheller Mfg new Unlisted- '; Products. Scotten-Dlllon i—J American 2% . i-.i.. Tivoli ' 3% ... Prudential Investment, River Raisin Gamble & 6% + Park Chemical Co cotnznon^m^, Parke, Davis 785 40% 6% 3% .2% Stamping 300 .. 5 Packard Motor Car. ^ "100 ._ —1 common 7% 2% 39 39 2 25 200 > V' 17% Mar 20% Jun July /„ 84 --Jan 13%. Aug14 .Aug "V. 7 July'..; V ■-9% Feb -2% Ap* 4 Jan 150 , 7% - (Y 250 2% , 2% —1 Motor Wheel Part, ; .10 Products — % _1 , Co_._ McClanahan Gibson Art t (S S) Screw Masco 7% —1 ... LaSalle Wines Insulation 15% —1 K^iser-Frazer Corp Kingston Products 194 ' 27% 13% — • Cincinnati Street 20% .. * ; 22% Aug 2.30 Jun THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, August 19, 194$ OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING Last ■i 4% 4% 1,290 72 %c 7% 80c 7% 22c 22C 5,400 HO 3,200 55C 55C 300 1.65 1.75 3,800 1.25 Apr Manufacturing Co Company— Pictures Corp Petroleum Merchants ■ 322 12 300 " — 75C Monogram Corporation, LtdOccidental Petroleum Corp Nordon Oil Oceanic Pacific das 6% ... 1.65 Co—--—--———— & Elec common—— — i 1st Oil Richfield Ryan Corp Sears 8% i ——————— 12c i i Union Oil — Company— 18% 355 a23 50 17% 21 r 61 • 766 . 30% Mar 29% Mar -161 55y« Mar 860 42y» 10% 802 7% 22% 18% 18% ■ 150 1,598 a50a50>/a • — ' 16% Feb - July Feb Jan Jun Aug May 25% July 21% May 40 25% 5,057 24% 25 650 32% 32% 95 a23y8a23% 50 25% 25 24% 32% ... Feb 39% 32y« 31% 69% 59% 14 - 72 a20% a20% — Feb- 18% Mar Jan 26ys July 33% Feb 59% Jun 1.80 July Feb 969 May Apr Feb Apr 20% Feb 391 22% ■ *18% Pfd— - r 10% 22% f Western Air Lines Inc Mining Stocks— . Jun Mar 58% • 10% — 1st ' Jan 8c 19c 37% — Fix & 31% 11,450 30% California Shwcse . ^9,000 1.40 . 18% 58% Universal Cons Oil Co Weber •W , I4e 31% ■ Co..— Coal of lie 37 Transfcon & Western Air Inc_-.—— Trbux-Traer Jan Jan 31% Corporation Ttansamenca 36y» 53 Vz 200 34% 49% 65 39% 16c 25% Feb 541 37 O.—iiv.:—. Inc Textron Feb Apr .161 30% ' 30% H-•; •' 61 Standard Oil Co of Calif ■ Jan 7% 60 31% Sunray Oil Corp—,.,, r, : ' .679 Pacific Feb 8% 14% a23 'Compatfyi^-.'-i— Southern Calif Edison Co Ltd com.. Southern 59 29% 1.20 — 45% Jun 45% July 40% July 64% Jun 11% May 20y» May 10 ;Feb Jan Apr 43% - 1.40 Signal Petroleum Co Calif Sinclair Oil Corp—« preferred class B 5%% preferred class C 41 39 Apr Jan 2.70 Feb 42% Feb 60 " Sierra Trading: Corp-i——— ; 75c 7% Aug 124 ^ 36 % ;.. $6 % W % Shell Union Oil, Corp..—— Solar Aircraft Mar s 29% -U Jan Apr 45c Feb 43% 29% Apr Jan July 17c 37c 100 8ye Aug 1.75 8% 97 %c 10% 37c 1,910 ■ 399 : 225 Jan 97%cJuly 4% July 616 201 , 9% 18% 9 Company—— Stores, Inc— Roebuck d^vCo——————i Security Company 18% 200 250 , 40% 64% a65% a 9 ^ Safeway : , 44 Va 45% ; 40% — , common Aeronautical 45% 40% Pacillo Lighting Corp common Republic Petroleum Co common— ; 44 %' . > preferred —— — preferred———.—- 1st 5 y2 % 42%.Jan 27% July 31 225 1.35 31 225 .— High Lois High 225 — Investment Co. Philadelphia Stock Exchange Range Since January Sharps 1.25 Lockheed Aircraft Corp— Mascot Oil Company.— Menasco tot Week '-Range of Prices - to to Los Angeles Sales Week'# Friday' Sale Price AUGUST 16 1 Pittsburgh Slock Exchange Alaska Juneau Gold Mng Co——— j- Black Mammoth Cons Mng Co—— Calumet Gold Company—. Mines Week's Last Unlisted Stocks— .100 American Tel & Tel Co — 17% Jan 23 Feb 'a62% a62% a63Vb 66% Mar 68% Apr al97% al97%al98% 186% Feb 198 Aug a46ys a47% 43% Jan 61 Feb -50 Copper Mining Co __ —5 (HI)— Armour 8c Co 15 15 Atch T & S F Ry .100 Aviation —3 9% Baldwin Locomotive Works yte——. .13 a30% Barnsdali Oil Co- -.5 Co Corporation 12% 16% all3%all4% .. 9% 109 Jan Jan 18% May 119% Jun Jan 14% Feb 30% Mar 22% Jan 38% Jan 30% Apr 49 "" Jun 50% Apr 98 Feb 112% Feb 33 Jan 9% 9% Allegheny Ludlum Blaw-Knox Clark Star Aviation Bendix Corp—1——. Bethlehem Steel Corp.— ..5 —. & Borden Company Railway Co— a30 .. -25 18 17% Caser-J-F ..25 — a 47% —* — Canadian Paciflo Service Cities Columbia Gas Commercial v ' Electric & —• Commonwealth & Southern Corp. Cons Vultee Aircraft Corp -1 —.. Continental Motors Corp .. 4% — — (B F) 4 ' 5 23"% 40 National Supply San 150 535 28% 28% & 45% Bolt —* New York Central 1 Packard United States Glass common v a34% 63% May 22 May 20c July 80 Standard Oil Co Standard Oil Co : Members New York v" • 17% —♦ Last 37 A I25 —— Aloe S Bank "'\17% Tide Water Assoc on • IB Falstaff Huttig S & D common Hyde Park Brewing common a46% a47y8 a39% 20% • -r' '33' , 33 —* Hydraulic • , -10 Union 100 United Air Lines United Co__ Inc_.._. —— Aircraft Corporation United Corporation (Del.) u S Rubber Company.—..: U S Steel -- .10 : —5 — 28 23% al49% —. -5: v; - 28 al51 ^28 % 10 a9l —,a46% a46% Union Tel Co A———.. see 23% a42% a42% a88% Westinghouse Elec 8c Mfg Co——i Woolworth Company (F W) For footnotes Pressed Brick 30%. a54% 41 41 — * 45 • «,• <v 10 45 Aug 30% July 17 Apr July 35ya Feb 24 Feb 22 5% Apr 41 Aug : 5% Aug • 43% Jan 18 45 Aug f Jun 27% Jan 20% Jun 31% Jun 32 Jan 21% Apr 22 Yt Mar 60 - 24 20% July 12 50 45 Va 45 , •? 25 470 27% 5% common..100 International Shoe common Shoe 1 warrants.—...— Key Co common———-————* Laclede-Christy Clay Prod com 5 Laclede Gas Light common.—.—.4 . 60s 17% 7% -- . 18 7% 24 60 85 111 10 „ •* , 52% Jan 8 \Jan Jan 50 Mar 6% Jan 23 Aug " ,_194 . Aug Jan Jun 9% Jan 65 Apr 15 450 11% 23 23 288 65c - 11 17% 7% -- a34% a34% 30% 31% a54% a55 Mo Portland Cement com —25 Aug , 15 27 . . 28, Mar Scruggs-V-B Inc preference.,—100 Sterling Alum common^.-—--——I Stix, Baer 8c Fuller common——10 Wagner Electric common.— —15 ::-:';:lJnllsted-^'.:; J ; -. ■ .; -i *, <%.i . 53 , 25 Ve 41 31% 90 27 41 51 : ; 33 53% JO? 33 • 90 28 46 47 19 ^ 4 common—^ ' 45% 5 ,45% :.46.% General common—-———10 66% I v 66 , j , 62'/a „ , l?0 18 % . .. • 31 Jun 59% May Jan Jan 42% Mar \.,;/*I644> : 46 % Jan '35 Jun 91 Jun Jan 32 111 - Mar 85 • ■/. General Electrio Motors 1,171 s ; 5 60 •* 371 30% Jun 24% Jan 35 V» Feb 105 25 25 Rice-Stlx Dry Goods common St Louis Pub Serv A common—;——1; page 989, 41 , Jan Mar 105 25 31 — ; —1————100 8 35 55 20% 26 — - 22 50 31 27 26 High 215 10 20% 26 — 1 5 4 Mar alll% all2% a73% a73% ... Corp Warner Bros Pictures Inc Western — Laclede Steel common———20 —alll% Railroad a53% a53% 23% Union Carbide 8c Carbon Corp Pacific common , 30 ?Aug 15% July Apr 11 a39%a39 % a65% a65% a53% Brewing Preferred 20% — — common.—--—4 Electric Emerson a45% a45% Low 25 90 81 40% 4iy8 22 f * 23 31 31 20 20 — common.—.——1 common ... 5 Brewing »10 — Range Since January 1 High 30 : 30 13% 13% — Mfg com new.———V' Columbia s—.^a77% a78% -25 ; common.—-—-—1 a58% a58% v" Low — Bldg Equipt common————3 Shoe common———15 Burkart Johansen I Texas Guif Sulphur Company.; ..—5 common—: Inv American Brown Co Salea for Week Shares - of Prices v 37% Exchange Week's Range s far 38% -. - B®11 Teletype 8L SSI Friday 9 \88% — —• QEnfaal 7S00 ^ Associate SI. Louis Slock a62% a62y8 — .' m Co • Chicago Board Of Trade Curb Exchange STOCKS a42% a42% ' — — Swift & Company Texas York a38 ' .25 — i St. Louis Stock Exchange New 23 8% " — " Missouri 4th St., St. Louis 2, Stock Exchange Ohioago Stock Excb. Coca-Cola Bottling -25 Inc....:. 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 t c 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 American.>Co--——; -10 Mar 1 36 22% North American Aviation Inc North 13% Aug 1 __5 - .... al6 36 al2% —• RR— 13% Jun May • * Toy Mining < v Jan 9 * 10 Corp Manufacturing 6% 10 10 36 —• Inc—w——i. July 17% May 46% al5% — —• Montgomery Ward ^ rv*, t«i» July 22 a58%a60y8 a58% Iron Oorp— International Nickel Co of Canada. —• McKesson & Robbins 29 15% Jan 10% Jan 4 Sjteel Foundry com.. a76% a76% w: .. i Interlake Loews- Inc— Jan 5 a53ysa53% — —7 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% * &. Electric. National Radiator Ohio ' 56% 25% 12% Feb 33% 24 24 45% _• Graham-Paige Motors Corp——r-, —i Great Northern Ry Co preferred—; —• 5% May 32% Jan ;a7y«: a7%s • — —• General Foods Corp Goodrich U5% Apr a24%a24%.. 15% 15?* a35 a35y»- —. . -.5 ; Jan a35 a35% «7.% Electric Bond 8s Share Co——. , 13% 31% May 4% - -1 ^General Electric Co Jun a35 ..5 ,,,,/v.r:;ClasS;..;A.,—"I.,.,iiiii, ■■HI ,»i 51% May 78% May 41 a26% a277/a a26% —1 Crown Zellerbach Corp: Curtiss-Wrlght Corp : 22% Feb .18 a47% a35% a36% Corp— .4» Commonwealth Edison Co——— .25 - 54% May a73% a73% — Corp——. -J• Solvents 33% Mar all% all% .10 Co 0 a52% a52% — Caterpillar Tractor Co—------- ; a3 a51% a52% a51% 5 30% all2%all2% __ -15 Borg-Warner. Corp 30% a45 % a46% a45% —* Boeing Airplane Company 4 a30% a31% __ -.5 Low 56% * Candy Gas Range fllnee January l High * - Devonian Oil Lone Low * Steel Co L) (D Columbia Mountain " . 8hares Par 19% 18% 8c Stan San Corp—.— _• • American Smelting & Refining Co.. Anaconda Sales tor Week of Prices Friday —— Amer Rad . Range Sale Price Imperial Development Co Zenda Gold Mining Co-. ; 49% May J (Volume 164 Ifl Number 4517 § f§§S I THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL' CHRONICLE CANADIAN RANGE FOR 1C Canadian Week's STOCKS $2.50 preferred y low apd Atlantic Sugar A com Agnew-Surpass Shoe common—: , 1 19% Corp 4%% '7 y/i t . )' 22 ,x *■ : / : 27 preferred—» July July 22 150 215 247 27 1,045 9 9% 320 2% 28% 98 100 28% July July 235 2 * Simpsons Ltd Feb May 27 Jun new- •:.- Southern 105 12 . 102 Jan: 3% 27% July Feb Apr British Columbia British Forest 24 Apr Jan Columbia Power Class B BrucH Corp A I.; 7 y i Silk 216 Jun 20'/a 3,035 3% July 27 Jan 5% May 3% 26% • 1.19 350 3% July 310 19% May 350 23% Jan. "' 210 . . 27 * 32% 30 5 : 10 30% 3% 30% Jun 17 Jan . Wabasso Cotton Gold Dredging ;:-19% \ 29% July ..July 35 ;;; Preferred Zellers 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% Feb 20% 20% 21 960' 13% Feb 30 30 31% 18% 18% • Railway—— Cockshutt Plow 35 • . 18% 19 15 15 • ■ . : 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 Dominion 41 407/a Dominion Foundries Dominion Glass & 25 19 102 3% Jan 48/ Jan Jan Donnaconna Paper 4%% J- Dryden Paper 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% 110 143/4 105% 125 Jan • Canadd Jan Canada 11% 11% 16% 17% 15 6% Ltd Dominion Northern pfd 28% 10% 65- 6% 14,551 81 82% 315 350 / v 10 9% 175 340 175 34 34% — 14% 6,165 14% 2,930 35 145 26% 29% 950 39 39 • common ———————25 Preferred 36% 127 • 17% International Power • 57 common International Utilities, Corp*.————5 (John) Power Canadian Vickers 50 ———i — „ May %. 7% Jan Canadian 15% Feb »83/4 Feb 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% 58 60 7 Feb Preferred: ~ 1'^ ) V. « , 'i.at'.l i > 1 191 8 Aug Feb 5% Jan Consolidated May Preferred : 2% 3 191 14 •" 4% 4% v 306 v 3 1 405 2% 77 •7 2% 3 39% 15 3 Vu 3% 3,070 53 53% 21 2 — Textile — • —* 10 10 1.75 Jan 160 7 40c 40c 100 40c 5 % 5% 675 7% 500 5 7% Ltd_* 20% 20% 19% 20% 7 14,028 common Feb 9% 9% 160 9% July 19 100 18% July „* Apr Dominion 20 30 30 36 25 275 29 Jan 37% Apr Dom • 44 44% 245 3 157 38% 165 24% 21 Jan 60 18% 19% 165 Aug 24% May 23% Feb Jan >150 ,7 Jan Dominion 18 25% 29 7/7 -..1,018 14% Jan 880 16% Jan 21:; Apr 26% Mav %7 >~..-25 27% Jan 33 Apr 315 29% Feb 37 12% 20% 21 20'A 37 37 21 37 ... ,7, ..,, .. . • 5 4 Jan 22% Mar Jan 17% 17% 130 13% Jan 17 17% 1,260 14% Mar Ltd—B 3% 4 625 10% 1,180 Fed Grain Co class "A".—.— • ' 9% 6%% cum red preferred———.u.100 Fleet Aircraft T-rrt ' * 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 — CO O 460 34% Apr Feb 45 ]. so P 30 - 5% • 19 % July 4,307 1,380 Aircraft 5% * Paper Co Ltd—. 12% July 18% Jun 40 » 7 !, 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^ ' National 51 51.:,...., _• 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 • — Steel Car Niagara Wire Corp Weaving Nor an da Mines. I.tri » Oeiivie Flour Mills common— Ottawa Car Aircraft Electric Ottawa Rwys_ Penmans Powell • Price River ■■ - of Canada • Co Ltd Knitting Preferred Rolland New common — —, • 100 — •i —— : 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% Apr Lowney 35 35 36 Apr .'13% 14 171/a Jan . ' 64% .102 65"% 102% 21% "7 McColl-Frontenac 73 % Apr 102% July 22 common.— —_— « Melchers 27 27 253/4 see page 989. — 25% 253/4 Aug * 15 15 104 104 20% 104 Mtl -' Jun 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...* "8% 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 •r 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 Mar- 22% 15% July 55" 7c 28 July Jan ft July Trethewey July July 19% July Apr Centremaque; Chateau 107 July Chemical 1.85 July Chesterville Larder Chromium 26% Aug. ft Cockshutt Apr Coin 27 Aug Wlllans Plow Gold Mines ft 1, —l CO—— , 20% Aug- 59% Jan 40% Yellowknife — Mines-_ —1 —1 73 •; Jan .... ft - 44 Aug i .ft ft i ft Jun 30% May 24% Jaa , Jan 22%- Feb 20 V4 July 20% ftJun Hit' 24 July 27 May ' 5 Jun 285 18% Mar > Aug17% Feb 258 , i . ft Apr 26 May 29% July 46 May, ft 15 ft ft. ft- •/-: 600' 13% ; Jan 15c - 43c Jan Jan 1.41 Mar 1.05-May ioo July 2.40 July 14% July 40o July 50o July Jan 'i May ft 4.40 Apr i 2.10-Feb - 3.00- Jan , 44 %c July July. • Feb 3d" Jan' 15c s Jan 24% 2,5d Juir 1.42 July 1.85 July L35 : ^eb 18 17% July 23% ' ft / Mf 30c Lake Commoil 15 j. 7% -ft———■ft—-ft.;--——* — Cochenour Colomac Jan 25' 22%- Jan m — —1 Lake Gold Mines—1 Citralam Feb 103ft ' -— ft .ft!*' Jan 230 ft. May —1 —1 Research i; 26 ft — Gal- Wines———J 54c 99% July /:: ^ -1 i Central Porcupine Mines Apr Jan May ■ Central Patricia; Gold'Mines 24 42 19c Jan . 11 %c Feb Jan 1.35 129% Castle 40% 20% Jan "' 103% Jun Gold. Quarts^-. Cariboo 21 37 255 4,000 37" 14 400 - 25 100% 100% _100 : see 100 8;805; 3,560" 8c , 1.64 • common Ranga Stnee Jannaryl Low 106 36% 21% Share* 19% 21c ■ common •: 22%- 19 Wirebound' Boxes.. tot Week High 21% 8C Agnew Surpass Shoe Ltd Low —28 • Pacific Ry— Canadian galea Ranga Sale Pries ——- Canadian - Week's* Last Jan : commohft^^ftift^ Dredger —u*.—■»* -Class Friday f Mar commoflft..— Canadian Exchange 19 120 ji. Canadian STOCKS 131 242 »"■ Preferredj— i-.ft ft^-ft———10^ - 150 22%r Jan Canadian Toronto Stock 149 10: ;, preferred Class For 25 common Canadian - ' Canadian Breweries common—-—— Canadian Canadian Car. dt Fdry Homestead OU & Gas Ltd Aluminium 44c 56c preferred 50 Cable class A_——* Canadian Celanese Gaspe.Oil —--.-_ftftftftftftft,«. Steel 23%' 1 44c 6% Jan 3,400 - "ft ft .fift ^wftftft--«^ftft^ft*^' ■ '''©■• ClUSS A' Alger 22% 7 ftft Steeamship Canada Wire'and Jan Oil Stocks* Algoma 7 4.600 , ; ft • class A 1.45 Jan 29c 1.52 July 10V»C12%C • 16c 1.90 Standard Gold Mines- Westville Mines. 14c — Packers Canadian Boma-Duvernay Gold" Akaitcho « 2,500-. 27c 2.35 19c July 1.71 July 19c July 22'Ac July 10,45(1 25c 26%c 25c . ft May May Jan Jan ClaSS ;' B-——.~..l-ft— Canada Ltd—.ft« ,Bl8coe Gold Mines Ltd—ft———. $2.50 1.93 12% Mar 25,500 2,10 — i—• —— • 100 155 35c 1.83 . 13% ft Jun Canada? Permanent. Mortgage—100. ; Santiago $1.50 13 27c . 1 Preferred July 3,000 —. Ltd— 37,700 Gold /' 13% 26 —1 — Canada Cement common Canada Crest Rochette ft 13% ft Jun 1.68 Aug Quebec Yellowknife ,G M Red Flon 13c Mining. Co Ltd— Jan 23% Mar' Oils 12 %C July Pitt. Gold Mines—— Premier Gold Callinan July ft ${ 9 530 —1 * Calgary & Edmonton— 1.25 Aug Mar Jun 32% *■ Canada Bread com 300 H Feb 2.95 Jan July 15c —• — Campbell Red Lake 2,000 Apr 15c 14,500 — 1.70 July i— 17 10,000 27c —* — 1.09 6,200 Perron Gold Mines Ltd—— Jun Apr July ft 27 23c 30 Calder Bousquet Gold Jan 35 15 —1,200 * 20C 1 & Co class A 2,400 Cadallid Gold Mihes Ltd. • 95c 25 %c Products— 8,000 O'Brien Gold Mines Ltd Pandora Mines Red Lake Mines- 3.30 Aug 1.20 July 18c May Apr Jft Feb „r|. Jan ft Feb ft Jan Jan Jun '■ j-"' ft- Gold 1.00 July 56% Aug 1.64 11 45C 97c 28 11,930 "ft >v Jun 16 4,500 1.05 ' Calmont Normetal July 3.85 July 15,300 —-1 Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines— • Buffalo Canadian Gold Miues * July 35 5% 55c 72c 250; —1 Porcupine Mines, Ltd Broulan Buffadison Building Macassa Mines Ltd ft Jan 3% July 18c July 40c July 950 • ft 9% July 460 . ft ft 16% 28% 5 17% 11% 3% July 1,600 • ft 30% Jan 13% Mar 10% ftr 39%c Jan 25% Mar 16% Oil Dominion 50c Jun 635 10% © Feb Jan Jan 30c 30c 26% Aug 20 % 190 16% M i 18% Feb 27% Jan 3,750 ' — class A — 14c - 9 23% May 92c Feb July 15c 11% —• * • Buffalo 3,600 ft; 45c Jan 24% May July July July July 5 Class B 85c -July 12C ox/ 30c —• ' 1,000 Jun 1.45 Jan 16c 22% Aug 5,000 Oil Brit Columbia Packers July 12,000 47c 79,380 Forest Aug 45c Lingman Lake Gold. Mines. Ltd.— Ling side Gold MlneSftftftft—. 21 12c — Class B 13,900 216 46c Distillers & British Jack Lake Mines Jan July July July July 11c American — Jollet-Quebeo Mines Ltd—ft*——. % ft 2.65 May 44c British Columbia Power class A Indian Lake Mines- Ltd fl 70c Jun 30c 1.71 Feb 9,600 Columbia Brewers 11% July —. Hudson-Rand Gold Mines——. July 181 2,300 24,450 British Aug 35C Ltd^-ft-ji.- 1.64 Jan 51c 60 58c 22-/2 • 25 Light & Pwr com—♦ Ltd preferred Cord Brant July 21% 21c British 34c July 1 1 Boycon Pershing Gold Mines 1.06 July Ltd. 57c p I 19c Mines Bralorne Mines, Gold's* Lake Gold -f Apr 7% May 16c Bonville July 80c Found Lake Gold———.— Apr Jan .1 Mines Ltd Bob jo July 9%C 11 %C Formaque Gold;Mines Ltd.—ft— 24 Feb 5% 186,260 57c 21% —1 —1 * Bldgood Kirkland Gold Bonetal Mines' (1945) Ltd-Lft——. Fdntana: Class A Bertram & Sons Aug 2.25 July Gold Mines—— Elderidge — Berens River 1.15 Mar 45c Aug 28c 19 V Yellowknife Biltmore East Sullivan Mines——— © May * & Radium-: ' 7%c Jun Feb Apr / # ,.ft.38 ftftluiy ftlft 6% / Bell Telephone of Jan 43c 28c M Jan 22% B Beaulieu 60'/2c Mar Feb Apr 6 Beattie Gold Mines Ltd Jan 58c 24c 27 July 22 % Beatty Bros class A_. 7%C 76 15 %c July * Bear Exploration -l '' ».♦ —• .... L Class B Jan ft: ft ft Feb 12% Aug 6% Aug Jan Toronto Jan Aug Aug 790 15,900 Base Metals July Aug July 3c 6 61/4 Bathurst Power class A 2.60 May 7.25 Aug 25c Mines Jan ftft 1.02 Apr 1.55 Feb 3.80 July 12 6 of Montreal Bank 1.00 10c ft— Mines Bonville Gold Mines Ltd Brazil Gold 8c Diamond M Corp ; May 55c ' 21c May 30C 68C Aumague Gold Mines Ltd Beaucourt July July — ———1 — 30c 11%C 46c 46 %C Mines Ltd Ltd Aubelle Mines Jun class A Products F&hrics Class B 1.85 Aug July 5c 6C May 12c 14 %c 14 %C ; Mines Ltd Astoria Quebec 80c 1,75; 1.70 Mines.. Gold Alta Mines 71% Mines—.——— 1 Auhelle Mines Ltd July 56 ———-----—ftft*: YeiiowKnire Alias ; Jan ft 50o jan •: Volume 164 Number 4517 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE CANADIAN LISTED MARKETS RANGE FOR WEEK ENDING STOCKS r/•; Friday ' - CanlftiirumMiw• Consolidated ::.'r"■ •-.■-/j:--,', * ,;r Bakeries ....,. Range Since January 1 High Low ... 1.66 3,875 21 200 93'/a 93% Conwest Exploration 96i/2 816 78 Jan 103 Jun 106 173 Jaa 188% Apr 1.15 1.30 2.75 Feb L35July 5,380 90c 22 Jan * common 140 25c July 70c Feb International Coal 53c 1,400 29o Jun 86c Feb International Metals 53c 1 —100 Crowshore Patricia ' y// 1,15 /Z * .—— 1.10 —•/"• ooo ? -: v v;;l i / 1.20 85c 90c 28% July —————————1 c Davies Petroleum t Davis Leather class A —, * Class B;_ 200: 12,200 1.50 1.75 400 . 10 International 1.67 Jan 55. 43% 80c 180 Feu ■ — Mines 1.50 Aug /''• 3.00 Feb : 3,000 12c July Jan Jack- Waite Mining^_v-»-—1 Jason Mines .—r —. 110 29% Jan 34 Jun Jellicoe-'Mines1 14 200 13% July 16 Mar J! M' Consolidated —1 Joliet 161/20 19y2c 1.30 t;V 1.04 1 Ltd I80-' Aug- 73,900 6,800 > 1.40 27o 1.10 *i' 13,500 88c 3.05 30c 80,400 70c 2,525 ' Malting ; May ^ayrand 1 30% ■ 28% 2,020 13 625 30 10 106 106 5 46 18% 26V4 26 26 % 17 % 41 Oil 530 \ .'\/1 Jun Kirkland Jan 39 15 Jan Jan 20 650 23% 299 13 95c 10,800 60c 1.06 1.06 1.20 7,300 85c 21c 21c 23c 12,500 19c 6c 6c 6%c 28,500 1.63 1.60 1.75 9,950 3.35 2.88 3.50 43,225 Eldona Gold Mines 6c Famous Fanny Players Federal new common 55,550 20 4.50 4.80 I,550 21 21% 490 • 10% 9% 10% 10,185 134 125 134 10c 1 11c common 23 Jan May 28% Lake Apr 20 1.85 Shore Co ____ Gold Fraser 490 4,300' 58c July 13c Jan class A 1.45 Jan 13 4.20 12 6.35 July Mar Jan Jan 90 Jan 134- 8%c July 24c 1,620 * 25 II,300 63 63 5% Pow 5 1.50 May, Apr fv.;-' 31c 35c 23o. July 650 Apr 65c 65c 680 8,800 45c 1.46 Jan 13c 13c 1,000 9 V4c July 16 16% I,045 16 35 35 3 preferred, General Bakeries Groceterias General Steel Wares Preferred common Theatres 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 Goldcrest 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- 2.05 34% — 33%" 34 4c Aug July 1.74 July 35 Jan. July . 34 May — 107% : 112 Aug 112 105% July /97r 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 -• (HR) Lake Red 24c1 33c 10,400 18 225 18 * Gold Mines—— 1 3.25 " 3.25 48c 48c 60c 1.75 1.73 1.99 \ 3%c 52% 11% * common—— 14% Jan 95c Jan 3.75 July 1.50 July Jan Apr 10c 49% Jan 55 liy2 Jan 4c 3c 24,500 400 14% 10 Feb July 5.45 2.45 July :■'///■/ 5 52 11%- r —10 19 /Aug 38c July 3.75 10 4c 52% ll'/a, common—i - 10 Jan 7.50 35c Aug 1.50 July 43,200 25,000 „• 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 —1 Exp 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 McBrine - 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 Oil common Red Lake Mines 1 87c Feb McMarmac Red Jan McWatters Gold Feb Lake __ —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 • Gas & 13,650 23c 21% 7%c 7c 7%c • Oil 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 • - Mining Corp 1 ) 5c" • Mines Mid-Continental Aug 95c 1—1 ■;———P_— - 25c 1.30 • Feb Mining, 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 Knitting * 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™* .Preferred Gordon 50 McKay Grafton & Graham Co class A 55'/2 ; * class A Bouguet 1 12 %c Mar 99% Mar Moneta Porcupine Montreal Light Montreal v Paper 'Preferred Gunnar t Gold • common Moore Corp • — Mines Ltd Mosher & Power Hailiwell Gold Hallnor■ _ Mines 1 — Hamilton 500 3,600 5c July •-v4e':>July - 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 /,:V:v v.- h, . v . I' •; v..,.-. . ,,, 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 .208767 — 1 " CALLED Company and Issue— - Denmark, krone, England, pound sterling.:;—.. ISSUES •!,. v trust"3V*% bonds due 1964... Sep Depot Co.— '( 'i ■ 1st At ref. mtge, series B 3Va%' bonds due I971--Oct Virginian Ry.*— 8% .1st Hen & ref. mortgage bonds, series B, due 1995_Sep Western Auto Supply Qoi, 3^1% debentures, due 1955..Sep 3.214113 / 3.214113 — > mtge. & collat. Saint <Paul> Union .251247* .251247* .251247* 3.214113 3.214113 f Brasll, cruzelro^Offidal- Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.— .297733* .297733* .297733 ,:251247* Closed .022858 _ Aug. 15 Aug. 14 Ref, 3.214113 _ franc— Aug. 13 — .297733* .251247* Auatralla. „ $ .297733* , , Money . 8-12 8-30 9-16 >9-16 8-31 8-31 ' THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Per ■ • ■ • : Registered "Bearer '(quar.)' Canada Mortgage ««•—««•'•«• «• ••. 50c -■ $1.37% y 8-10 8-31 Wilson 10- 1 9-16 9-14 (accum.) 40C Extra • „ 9- 3 Gas 12-21 10-1 $3c 9-16 -Common: ■■ / 9-26 9-6 IOC y 37%C $25c $62Vic * 8-15 10- 1 * 35c y ,, . 8-26 ,/ 9-16' 5% , 8-23 , Cork International B B -{Bass . . Drug Alpha 4% 16- 1 9-10 $1.75 ; 30C -; 40C; 25C i 9- 100% American Bank Note 2 Chemical jV$1 - preferred 1 (quar.) Dominguez New 1st 75C $1.50 $1.75 preferred 1st ;50c i $1 (quar.)—. (quar.)™.— American Co.— £■' -ExtraAmerican -™.— !»*«#>« 6% (quar.) BuffetCorp* Coe & Gregg United ;Common Florida •" —..... American 4%% 6% 5% 2nd class A 9-16 9-16 4190 9- 1 (initial) $31V4C 9- 1 8-22 tlOc 9- 1 9-11 8-10 / - 25c / non-cum. Extra •• 8-31 8-20 $50c 9-14 8-31 $3 $1 $1 ;. Corp., " 8-26* . •*.— 1st Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry. Co., (s-a) Atlanta Gas Light 4%% preferred (quar.) — 8-31 8-28 Atlantic Coast Line RR. 8-28 8-15 Atlantic 10c 50c 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 Auto 25c 9-16 Autocar Company 41%C 9- 3 50c 9- 3 , 58%C / (quar.) (quar.) — Co. Atlas 9-16 15C ./ Refining Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe, common—. Atlas Corporation (increased) 9-30 , 25c £ —. 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 — - ■ Extra .7% - 10c common Final—™—™.—^ 6% , $15c Institutional Shares, Ltd.—* Iowa £ .Participating/ ,».rti»*y*yy/yyw*«.yi»»— 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 / \ y <New common (initial quar.) M 12%c (increased) 5% , preferred ™_——^ —___ 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. / / (quar.) prier preferred 6% ; 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 30C •— (G.) 9-2 8-23 / 75c ^ Hazeltine' .Corp... Heilman 8-31 $1.50 , preference (quar.) $4 prior' pref. (quar>l»y; Hathaway Mfg. Co. (quar.) $3 7% inc^ y ...—- . Co.— Co., (quar.) Arden Farms Co., common (irreg.) $3 participating preferred— 8-22 $5-- >; ... 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-^^ $5 - (initial Anchor Post Products/ 6% prior preferred . Rubber Thermos American , & * (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--' ■■■'■ ,/ y ' 1 $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.^^— y : y American Paper Goods, 7% pfd. (quar.) American Radiator Standard Sanitary, com. ./■ (quar.)™™.™— , — (s-a) Investment Co. American 7% Federal Bake Shops new com. Electric— Y - • Co. American Federal Globe Leather— & i /Erie. Ccach Fenton Hide preferred (quar) — Baltimore Radio Show, 6% . M r * t . . * preferred : V r * • ■ 1 > * • > common (quar.).... (qua?.)— V n H H * M 14 >'«• 4 V * 41 f s *• V ■ "■ V -««. ■ -V . y/.y. >. , • 9-11 $1.75 ; 12 American Laundry Machine 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—-.-. ■ (quar.) ———..i-—™. preferred Allied — (quar.).™^w..-/->» (quar.) —™y—yy— - (quar.) - $3 $1 class A;'(accum.).«--i--i*--.jy-^i--iii. partic. pfd. (accum.) This above payment clears all arrears 6% partic. pfd.(quar.)__;U— Class —™. (increased) . Davis Leather, class A ;' of Sea^ Vicksburg Ry. Co. (s-a)_™ Allegheny Ludlum Steel ,L .Special; y / Holders 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.) . y 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 ? Share Name of Company y(quar.)yliy^iyi/^4-^-^^-^---«? Consolidated Cement, $1.40 • 7-15-47 1 9-16 . 8-15 — preferred (quar.) Conde Nast Publications, Inc.— dividend 10- ? we 8-15 25c Allied 4% Stock 8-1-47 t$l , _r (Phila.) 11- 37 %c 8-16 25c /'Ay __ 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. \ \- 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!.;-* ■ 9-10 Company, common preferred (quar.)™™™, Below 8-21 10- 1 Circle Bar ; 9-24 8-24 8-30 9-3 $2 preferred (quar.) :_...__™_™—, Rivet & Machine Co. (quar.).—y Street Railway (quar.)__ _i 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 -8" 5 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 J* : 50c Washington $6 < preferred 8- 5 ' 1 (quar.)™™...™. Williams (R. C.) Company™. ; Willson Products, Inc.™—™ Central Ohio Light & Power— & Wamsutta ;8-20 10- $1.75 100% ____™ Telephone & Telegraph (quar.).. I.) Company, common_._yi_™„ preferred (quar.) ..*_™— ™. Central Bag & Burlap— $6 prior lien 9-16 ' 8-15 19-10 (J. Central 8-19 8-15 ' / 1% preferred 9-16 v 9-1 Carolina •3.6% , .? /v. $1.501 class A:4accqm.)-^wi.i^-;j-ri-i-wi Extra 8-31 1 9- 1 : Company™™... 20C 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.) * 9»' 3 9-14 < . 25c (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% , , rP* of Reo. 9-9 40% ■ Hoiaere , 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.— *• ' , When y Share Name of Company Monday, August 19, 194$ • ■ fFt.yu 9-11 %C 8-31 25c 9-14 50c / 9- 1 62%C 9-1 750 9-1 12%c 10- 1 $1.50 10- 1 $1.50 10-1 Volume 993 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4517 164 When of Rea ;■;;C:when ■ • 1 Share < Payable Boiaert Payable Holiere When Per H " Name of Company ■ Bangor Hydro-Electric 6% Barber (W. n pfd.— • of Oil 8-10 9-15 .. Co,..Ill*.-***.*..***.*.*.».--;* 9-15 8-31 8-20 8-15 20c 9- 1 8-16 $1.20 class A (quar.) 30C 9- 1 8-16 25C 9- 7 8-15 . 7% 5 % preferred 2 8- 2 9-13 8-29 9- 3 8-15 t$1.75 10- 1 9-10 Clearing $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- 1 9- 3 9- 6 9- 3 8-15' 9- 30C % h. 15C . 2 8-15 Colorado 9-16 9-10 9- 3 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), —_—— • .• ' ■% 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 iiVC Mining 8-26 45C 9- 3 12 %c Burlington~Mills," new 9- 3 8- >; 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 ^ , 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® « i | ' J . ' > < [-_; (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 ' ' <o » 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.- ' • —- ;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 ■ • • . 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 ' ► 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. ' ' '' ; !•- .J J. »?f': L J" : our factories ■ and machinery,;:.iWe have spent many ~ [Vplume J(j4„ Number,,4517, ffHE COMMERCIAL' & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE •yl> 999 M . i?,'•.. 4;' and :e /<4 "tSv: ••'. V •»'•• •• City Department BOND PROPOSALS AND j*/*/ r. -,A' • '.u; 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 ■ } ■ ■ 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 *r , . •' ■v ^ * '■ '' Moffatt County,-pratg Sch. Dist. /Bond VoteifaAh "issue/o^$350,- 000 -school building - authorized ? by voters at the July 26 election; ; issue of $200,000 bonds. ■ / , construction ponds ', was riVeW ; Castle Cottnty (P. O, \Yilmingtoh)sI)el*' ''■ ■ election the;< voters iauthorized an (P, O, Craig), Colo. the i, t school building i t> Other bids: - 1 Bonds \ < ... »:*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 '' HAWAII .- 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 • w ' Uw' 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. ■ 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*--..-. ,, -• •; i ;«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 • ; 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 ■ ' 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* ■ ' V' 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 . 1 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 / Chicago ; / ;/ Vk% / 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 / r., 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¬ \ 1 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-- \ » Louisville, in the purchase of the $201,000 2%% first mortgage Guthrie Center), Iowa '» . refunding bonds reported sold in . *•" '■ 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 - , 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 ■ 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. ■* 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. • ; 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¬ * 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. • . . • 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. • ;'<:;3.vyyT:yy 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 $1,850,000 and of- Board, c JSond v Bank, Onsted, be ion of Sk&ggs, (Coffeyville, Kan. ■ Mottday;-August119; 194$'- ; 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; , ■ ■- 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, , . , . , . ■ - 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 - l^umbpr 45i7 * « f ij. THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL - 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 ! ' (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; ' • < 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 . , f ■ { ■ - , . , 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, - - • 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 ' - • Village Sch. Dist., N. H. Point Pleasant, N. J,. . Bond Dffcring—WilliamI, - 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. : ' • ; 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. ' - 1 ' : - 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 , - 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. ;.; \ -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 '■*^' ■■■■'■ 1002 f-'?'' •' ' :v-:.;^:::;^':;i ; "; "' ' "•■'•' '' ■'' ":"•''■''' ''' ' '' '" ' 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 - .. : 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^ -