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MONDAY

ISSUE
fES 2 0

The Commercial

Financial

an a

Chronicle

Reg. U. S. Pat. Office

Volume

171

Number 4883

New

General
RAILROAD
Acme Steel

INDUSTRIAL

-

INSURANCE

-

sales

Federal

Zanesville

$9,076,538 $50,494,596
6,100,447
2,318,170

4,349,000

' $3,782,277

$7,311,529

_

income---

on

A

In This Issue

income
income

•Based
Carl

the

Sharp, President,
and January,

1949,

month

and

beyond

our

caps

of

peak

1948

record

1949."—V.

All

$3.68

$1.90

announced:

10

"Sales

for

De¬

170,

American

than

able

were

we

do

to

New York

2433.

p.

The

company

■stockholders
an

shares

of

share of

14

The

United

Stock

Exchange

filed

notification

of

letter

a

share

(ne

National

stock

All

of

Los

with the SEC

to

be

offered

Atlanta,

Ga.,

on

Exchange

preferred

American

for

29

Stock

Mass.—Earnings—

Profit before taxes and

Montreal

Exchange

$670,849

Montreal

1947

1948

1949

$671,856

270,000

270.000

$2,039,282
875,000

"CrlQO.OOO

—~—

475,000

$500,849

$401,856
$1.56

Curb

$689,283

$1.95

Stock

$2.70

reserves

Toronto

above.—V. 171,

Ended

ore

10.

Held

by Atlas Corp. to Be

461.

p.

will

company

mature

serially

in

1,

equipment costing not

diesel

32

bids

to be issued under

equal

road

--32

and ending on

1950,

locomotives.

State

addition

Net

Net

Income

'■Earnings
•Net

and

to

Federal

inventory

after

taxes__

reserve

All bids

must be

submitted

addressed

and

to

M.

F.

Stokes, President,
5, 111., at

reserves

share—

per

reduction in

—

inventory reserves.—V. 170,

32

at

Room

Toronto Stock Exchange—Curb Section

33

or

before

Over-the-Counter

for

Prov.

36

p^. 650.

Transactions New York Stock Exchange

28

(The) Bond Fund of Boston, Inc.—Registers With SEC

Transactions New York Curb Exchange
Stock and Bond Averages (Dow-Jones)

28

1489.

p.

The SEC

Feb.

on

to

company

Appalachian
As

9

consideration

the

announced

purchase

Electric

issuance

6,500,000

Power

shares

of

of

stock

common

;■■■

of

therefor,

would

American

CONSOLIDATED

Period End. Dec. 31—

INCOME

$

Subsidiaries

Oper.

General Corporation
The Course of Bank

New

$

$

$

13,414,704

149,477.875

145,017,576

10,273,616

deduct—

revenue

10,394,362

114,977,332

113,342,624

Dividend

Foreign

Offerings—

37

income

3,086,789

Total

3,020.341

34,500.542

31,674,951

3,216,765

3,117,235

35,548,326

33,166,636

970,526

__

income

1,021,624

11.863.041

Rates

Bal.

earned

by
Divs.

A.

G.

&

with

Subs.)—Assets and
".,:s
sheet

$4,668,191

is

Liab.

:

of

as

and

the

Underwriter

106.

Nov.

30,

current

1949

shows

liabilities

of

1949

1948

1947

from

NOT

17,272,752)

STATED
$3,108,287

$5,070,551

$5,571,478

$4,502,679

87,401

97,361

74,673

71,799

taxes

$5,157,952

$5,668,839

$4,577,352

$3,180,086

1,905,000
285,000

2,065,000

taxes

$2,967,952

$3,288,839

$2,637,352

$1,870,086

1,634,317

1,634,317

1,485,743

1,337,168

$4.99

$5.53

$4.44

$3.15

oper

income

1946

$21,775,431)

(net)

38
Banks

Total profit bef.

of

Fed.

System

taxes

income

Wisconsin

_38

income

of

Net

com¬
on

(owned

E.

Co.)

2,246,239

2.095.611

23,685.285

4,728,949

2,592,793

17,609.213

American Telephone & Telegraph

20,820,808

14,358,425

net

subs,

profit
Dividends
paid

Period End. Dec. 31—

1,680,0001

315,000

con.sol.-_

XJndistrib. net income

above

Total

*2,482,709

497,182

6,076,073

6,462,383

Uncol.

'

■

'

—

*2.482,709

497.182

6,076,073

6,462,383

4,764,370

2,706,331

18,120,607

2,209,169

24,196,680

22,014,443

Oper.
Oper.

—

and

expe.

tions

TEst.

(parent

Fed.

deduc¬

Net

358,418

tax.

2,029.693

265,514

Cj161,500

Consol.

(adjusted)
pfd.

on

200,000)

1,310,000

(parent

shares

Earnings

20,068,219

720.209

60.017

720,209

tOn
as

21,445.773

19,348,009

—

4,980.818

4,482,737

outstanding

share.

undistributed

dividends

by

$4.31
income

net

parent

of

subsidiaries

company.—V.

171,

p.

$4.32

expected to

be

of

sales
of

sales—

Sell., gen.

1949

admin,
for

future

until

rising sharply
realized

com.

from

stk

in this period

tRaw
and

$548,621

$0.59

leather

were

large part of the gross profit was
inventories.—V. 170, p. 2014.

a

of low-priced

Murray

Attorney

A.

for

and

Schultz

A.

and

that

1950,

to

buy

the

of
In

Atlas

stock

common

proven

and

of

was

stock

to

to

this

receive

Sunray

cash

the

all

company

that

in

Barnsdall, which
outstanding stock of that

total

addition

from

of

indicated

negotiations

R.

Shinn

George

C.

of

Los

Hooper Jackson,
of San Francicso.

Angeles:

Barry,

all

the corporation is Julian Palmer Beek of San Francisco.




and

cussions which

of

oil

at

and

gas

at

Eastman# Dillon
behalf

on

their

$0.79

prices

of San Francisco and Los Angeles business men on Feb. 3
filed articles of incorporation in Sacramento, Calif., for the formation
of this company, which is incorporating for $2,500,000 with 1,250,000
shares, par $2 each.
Among the incorporators of the company are
Stapper

40%

share.

block

or

price,

the an¬
right, good

optional
any

$12 per

part

of

750,000

share.

a

cost

far

less

than

the

discounts,

tlncluding

SHEET,

DEC.

U.

S.

(less

first-out)

at

204,443

31,592

1,192,593

1,256,035
3,467,663

lower
of

of

life

(first-in,

cost

insurance

insurance

premiums,
and equipment

Patterns,

tools,

dies,

etc.

(at

154,518

etc

148,676

30,168

fixed

22,688

2,553,661

2,292,376

50,000

50,000

amount)

Patents, trademarks, etc. (at nominal amount)

1

1

$10,521,965

$9,354,464

$671,459
627,284

$825,295

291,471

—

Total

11,417

at cost

$10,000)—

market
value

$2,074,016

11,417

2,964,709

of

reserve

priced
or

surrender

1948

$3,360,455

at cost

Treasury notes, tax series,

Inventories,
Cash

general

1949

securities,

Receivables

selling,

31

;

Marektable

320,042

services

of

Sunray

used

by

&

Co.,

and

Atlas

participated

Lehman

in

actively

Brothers

certain

phases

were

of

LIABILITIES—
Accounts
Accrued

payable

-

liabilities

'Provision

Provision

for

for

Federal

income

Wisconsin

income

taxes,

300,000

300 000

j 8,701,641

7,368^006

Dr69,890

Dr69,890

$10,521,965

$9,354,464

.

Treasury

stock,

5,694

shares,

Total

611,011
'

taxes

Capital stock, without par value (issued, 599,992
shares, at stated value)
Earned surplus

cost

the

group

H.

per

stated

1,

for Atlas'

sale.

$431,624

and

stock

and

expenses.

ASSETS—

Oil

Odium, in discussing (his transaction, pointed out that
Sunray,
this purchase, is in a position to add substanitally to its reserves

of

American Northland Oil Co.—Organized—

Edgar

Sunray

797,231

$0.43

.—

dividends.

the sale

price
than

$56

Representatives

$331,467
sh. of

preferred

that

418,627

—

per

♦After

of

cash

more

is

Dec.

shares

by
U947

inventory price

profit

•Earns,

to

nouncement

sulted

Net

li

Feb.

264.544

etc
417,112
taxes—,—203,157

declines

announced

385,250

7,614,988

—

Reserved

President,

Mr.

$8,370,022 $12,007,536
7,288.605
9,490,932

exp.,

income

Oil

would be to
it of
duplicating said reserves through the process of
leasing, drilling, discovery and development. He added that the ob¬
taining of the option to buy a large block of Sunray common stock
was
an
important consideration in inducing Atlas to agree to this

1943

$8,566,725

__

for

Barnsdall

752,125

leather

Reserved

agreed

company,

649.

American Hide & Leather Co.—Earnings—
Six Months Ended Dec. 31—

Odium,

allowances

Cash

Unexpired

has agreed to purchase from Atlas the latter's
holdings of the
capital stock of the Barnsdall Oil Co., for a sum
exceeding $42,000,000.
amounts

1,883,637

2,024,725

2,248,885
28,1^0,122
32,130,859
55,506,798 228,003,399 207.617,760

66,430,425

Corp.—Sells

B.

returns,

Corp.

The

for

common

per

♦Loss.
received

22,166,987

Floyd

stock

common

Common

1,943,655

60,017

2,925,359

.

shs.)

BALANCE

820,464

Holdings to Sunray
Oil Corp.—To Receive Option to
Buy Sunray Stock—

consolidated

system earnings

997,899

___

stock

co.)

Adjusted

inc.

charges.

sh. (based
com.

administrative

TPlant

i

2,084,742

—

and

$

171, p. 554.

1,943,225

system net in¬

come

2,746,299

oper.

Atlas

Dividends

$

20,188,980 221,352,431 227,583,305
15,299,002 164,770,196 162,773,208
2,641,093
28.442,1)3
32,679,238

13,860,828

taxes

after

—V.

co.)_„

income

"'Less

1949—12 Mos.—1948

55,998

19,532,486

revs.

com.

20,244,978 222,350,330 228,403,769

109,751

rev

expenses

Net

Total
Total

19,642,237

15,552,061

2,281,660

parent co

oper.

Oper.

as

———

inc.

1949—Month—1948

revenues—

Operating

on

594,298

____

Co.—Earnings—

$

income

Avierican Gas & Elec. Co.
and Subs. Covsol.—

A

statement

stock.

p.

$23,530,258 $24,046,522
18,459,707
18,475,044

sales

Profit

12,345,829

__

stocks.—

com.

on

Undistrib.

„

(&

balance

to

171,

743.

p.

sales
of

Other

Earn,

for

stocks

mon

Cost

tCost

of Federal

—

Reserve

Gross

38

Banks

Federal

capital

Chicago

1950.—V.

deductions includ,

preferred dividends

Net

amounting

Years End. Dec. 31—
*

38

Combined Condition Statement
Reserve

par

Mass.—V. 169,

v'

assets

St.,

23,

registration

a

$1

Polk

Feb.

on

Briggs & Stratton Corp.—Annual Report—

-41

Clearings

Condition Statement of Member
Operating
Gross

*

West

filed

of

Manufacturing Co.
f

current

Announcements

Exchange

10

shares

The condensed consolidated

Redemption Calls and Sinking Fund Notices__38

1949—12 Mos.—1943

Feb.

on

100,000

47

(CST)

noon,

& Investment News_Cover

State and City Bond

common

13,360,405

—

corporation

covering

Boss

v■

/■

o'clock

12:00

$765,768 —V. 167,

Consol—

revenues

1V

.v.

Miscellaneous Features

ACCOUNT

1949—Month—1943

•

Operating

'

in

$3,000,000

pay

holdings ot 6,000,000 shares of Appalachian's
exchange for 600,000 shares of new cotpmon stock.-

in

■-"y,

Dearborn Station,

211,

Vance, Sanders & Co., Boston,

decision authorizing

a

new

present

stock

The
SEC

27

Co.

cash
And Appalachian would cancel
$15,000,000 of open account advances
to it by American during 1949.
In addition, and under a pro¬
posed charter amendment by Appalachian, American would surrender
its

Markets

National Quotation Industrial Stock Averages_27

American Gas & Electric Co.—Stk. Purchase Approved
this

Exchange—

$2,368,053

$2,203,266

—

for the purchase of $2,832,000 of
an Equipment Trust to
semi-annual installments beginning on
April 1, 1962; to be secured by new rail¬
less than $2,952,915, consisting of 20 new

receive

24

Oct.

Exchange

1949

1950

28—

Jan.

190.

p.

equipment trust certificates

30

Exchange

Stock

the new $5,000,000
announced on Feb.

was

—

171,

The

Exchange_____30

San Francisco Stock Exchange

Allied Kid Co., Boston,
Six Months Ended Dec. 31—

it

machines

Belt Ry. Co. of Chicago—Bids on Equipments—

29

—

Weeks

4

—V.

28

Angeles Stock Exchange

Pittsburgh

held.

Co.—Stock

Oil

Sales

-28

Stock

ore-handling

to be installed in

Baltimore,

at

Pittsburgh, Pa.,

of

Corp.

two

(A. S.) Beck Shoe Corp.—January Sales Off 7%—

—28

Exchange

Philadelphia-Baltimore

of

19

Midwest Stock Exchange

to

Dravo

554.

See Atlas Corp.

23

Exchange--)

Cincinnati Stock

RR.

O.

the

Sold to Sunray Oil Corp.—

7

Detroit Stock Exchange—

of

basis,

(Bonds)

Curb

Co., Inc., Lafayette,

preferred stock (par S20)
United National Insurance Co..

exchange

equal

each

Feb.

on

5.876

Stock

Boston

Securities

Assured

1^.—Files With SEC—
covering

(Stocks)

New York

the handi¬

under

Stock Exchange

&

B.

p.

Barnsdall

Page
New York

171,

to

installation

system

conveying

of the

—V.

Stock and Bond Quotations

1950, have been exceeding $5,000,000 per
further interruptions to production from causes
we expect this
year to compare
more favorably

barring
control,

our

with

Feb.

on

]

awarded
and

manufacture

belt

a

pier

shares outstanding.

1,986,648

on

J.

cember,

$0.22

share

per

Marietta, Ohio. It was absorbed into j the B. & O.

has been

contract

for

and
Net
•Net

West

Awards Contract—

11,660,539

278,581

$454,528

income

taxes

and

1909.

$60,315,783

733,109

:

j

Operating

MISCELLANEOUS

-

system in

Co.—Earnings—
Quar. End. —Year Ended Dec. 31—
Dec. 31,'49
1949
1948

Net

Copy

a

Corporation and Investment News

PUBLIC UTILITY

-

Price 75 Cents

York, N. Y., Monday, February 20, 1950

at

cost

.___

—„

"Offset by U. S. Treasury notes, tax
series, at cost including interest,
amounting to $1,930,652 in
1949
and
$2,079,293
in
1948.
tAfter
reserve

for

V.

p.

170,

depreciation of $2,318,316 in

1949

and

$2,156,739 in 1948.—

1695.

in

con¬

the

dis¬

all

out¬

ended in the sale.—V. 170, p. 2434.

St. Louis Listed and Unlisted Securities

Baltimore & Ohio RR.—To Buy Bonds—
The

company

Feb.

on

7

announced

that

standing
RR.

first mortgage
5%
bonds of the
Co., which fall due on March 1, 1950.

The
office

bonds
at

will

Room

be delivered

on

it

The

&

Little

Edward D. Jones

Kanawha

300

be

purchased at par, upon delivery to the B. & O.'s
1304, 2 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y. The bonds should
or

after

Feb.

Little

Kanawha

North

New

assume

the

to March

cost of

1,

1950

transfer

on

Co.,

is

a

72-mile

line

St.

Louis

York

Stock Exchange
Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade

taxes.
between

St.,

Midwest Stock

all
New

RR.

4th

&

Co.

1871

2, Missouri

Members

20.

purchased, and also would
Ohio

purchase
&

Established

The B. & O. said that it would pay interest
bonds

will

Ohio

York

Curb

Exchange

(Associate)

Phone

CEntral
Bell

7600

Teletype

SL 593

2

(750)

THE

(A. M.)

re-elected

ment

ended

session,

by

the

with

directors

of

held

its

March
An

9,

board.—V.

man

stock

stockholders

171,

sought to

of

cents

50

record

of

elect five

the

1950

full

the

102%

at

redemption

and

price

accrued
be

may

interest.

obtained

Immediate
Chase

The

fit

City of New York, 43 Exchange Place,

Jan. 28, '50

Sales

nine-

New York,

Jan. 29, '49

Higher—

The company had 372

to

370

a

stores in operation at

before.—V.

year

171,

the end of January,

•

1949

i

-

Profit

before

United

income

States

taxes

foreign

and

CONSOLIDATED

1948

income

Earnings
—V.

:

income

taxes——_

479,035

Gross

478.965

per

171,

$757,238

-—___

share

common

$0.37

income

ous

Canadian
The

earnings

1950,

i

of

point out
earnings from rail

dend

insufficient

paid

is

171,

at

that

in

3

for

the

for

the

payment

to

has

123,824,753

deprec.

for

Federal

The

120,142,433

111,701,661

Miscellaneous

income

Balance

„

per

share

1

corp.—

taxes

income

1,672,480

1,697,337

3,933,430

2,884,016

income

per

12,219,736

13,970,003

16,665,568

9,975,895

9,172,405
$1.12

$1.36

share

common

'

BALANCE

CONSOLIDATED

$2.25

1949

$6.19

Property,

and

equipment
cost)—Tangible.

also

of

San

-

Francisco,

company—the

and

company

original
Intangible

Francisco—Merger Effected

59-year old Palace Hardware Co.,
have
been merged
to .form
a
new

Calif.,
Lyon-Palace

Chanslor

&

Corp.,

it

announced

was

Accounts
"Gas

on

,

officials

to

Francisco

ship

has

the

Bruce

Chief

director

of

Lyon,

A.

will

Philip

H.

maining

as

Chairman
of

of

the

new

175,576

284,800

10,890,318

1,241,232

Commercial

Chanslor

of

&

ation—at

has
is

the

San

Francisco

is

Lyon,

Chanslor

modern,

area—V.

134,

streamlined

&

Lyon

Cost

of

General

of

and

selling

per

>

Total

Prov.

from

machinery

for

1,662,256

1,548,947

1,357,567

$3,471,439

$2,479,197

cost

400,000

dividends
dividends

612,500

from

to

meeting on Oct. 14 authorized

stock

shares

to

280,000

dividend resulting in

transferring

$875,000

shares

poses.—V.

$3.91

partly capitalize the additions
140,000

105,000

35,000

$5.85

170,

from

remains

the

surplus
in

the

plant account,
increase

an

shares

the

and

a

capital

treasury

account.

for

future

The

pur¬

Mr.

of

common

A

shares—

1,' 50

462,665

Room

will

be

1400,

received

400

West

noon

(CST), March

issue

of

dated

April

ments

will

$7,065,000
1950

1,

beginning

be

1,

the

at

Madison

1950,

for

equipment
and

to

April

on

office

St.,
the

trust

mature

1,

of

R.

L.

President,

Chicago 6,
12 o'clock
purchase from the company of an
certificates, series of 1950, to be
in either 10 or 15 annual

install¬

1951.

The

total

of

cost

the

equipment

The

company

of

a

are

to

cost

on

about

Feb.

10

of

orders

which

for

seven

61

diescl
will

locomotive
be

for

use

subsidiary, Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis A- Omaha Ry, Deliveries
to start in April and be completed this
year.

scheduled

The

orders

General

divided

were

Motors

Corp.,

40

American Locomotive Co.,

as

follows:

Electro-Motive

units; Fairbanks, Morse &
13 units.—V. 171, p. 555.

Co.,

division

eight

of

units;

Bids

will

Room

1400,

(CST)

on

issue
dated

of

on

1,

at
the
office of R.
L.
Williams, President,
Madison St., Chicago 6, 111., up to 11 a.m.
1950, for the purchase from the company of an
equipment trust certificates, series of 1950. to be

West
1,

1950,
April

and
1.

to

1951.

mature

The

approximately $1,161,596.—V. 171,




in

total
p.

10
cost

555.

or

of

15
the

annual

instalments

equipment

will

c:l"

open

insurance

who

■

com¬

tltcVJ'"'''
.?■■■ -I;?'

sccp;jr9

.'jpj-a'iiis.,-

Okla.—Notes

Sl.CH)i;,600

—

4%

1949—3 Mos.—1948

Inc.—-Earnings

1949—12 Mos—1948

$

•

$

jr.

3H,2v;.466

319.373,537

1,689,093

2,084,496

income..

and

the

first-out

the

corporation
to

pursuant

basis.

Feb.

be

sold

565,274

and

for

that

13

10,676,144

8,842,633

7 646.761

29.007,268

32,066,711

1.CM.?.''C
40,909,349

ST ATEMENT

.

Operating
Oper. I

d-d'
93

revenues

expenses—D

rev.

a'.'-'/-

■

'-'"Ai/r

23,

.

$

■

fnjr.'V.;B,9r.5

Vi'

'

j7ty02, i!>,3

i*4l.3.:L,H5.''t'tv

./

Operating income'i.!i2w.LiO/i'SJ',^8 -: 49; 1^4,133.'.
Non-oper. income
31,413
27,016
373,1C2
Gross

income—10,523,211

Income

Net

sold,

it

.

'

178,475

income

additional

$12,253

for

of

the

12,640,413

8,839,467

35,017,367

36,824.880

$2.22

$2.31

—

49 465,293

National

City

Bank

York

New

of

is

now

prepared

to

deliver

definitive first
1979

and refunding mortgage bonds, 3%
series E, due Jan. 1,
exchange for temporary bonds of that issue.—V. 171, p. 660

in

Consolidated Electric & Gas Co.—Plans Sale of
Uppei

Financing

Peninsula Stock—
See

corporation

is requesting the
stockholders' approval, to

to

respects.

two

14,515,928

7,310,693

—

share

per

11,709,060
2,869,593

49,533,295

3,212,518

deductions

Definitive Bonds Ready—

One

Middie

West

Corp.

Consolidated

amendment

below.—V.

171,

Gas Utilities

3.

p.

Corp.—Earnings—

Year Ended Oct. 31—

iqte

Total

operating

revenues

Total

operating

expenses.—

Net

interests of the corporation.
corporation presently is seeking only

the

stock, and
first

must

that

obtain

before
the

such

any

specific

operating

Provision

the best

to

are

that

"

pi

-"d.

-104.-!

5lf»''.

Z

5 7,4x9 792

^J

'. Vi28.'•

i

ft

preferred

a

and

1,767,683

CONSOLlC-ATED *r'COf»i£

12,229,874

304,998

bidding

Approval

subject
incorporation in

emphasized

issued

39,533,*12-

income.———now

{Outstanding,

1948,

competitive

corporation,
of

138,333

9,414,444

2,119,506

deductions

398,909

Period End. Dec. 31—

480,191,718 417,945,440

13,452,874 .in

Stockholder

on

38.682,412:■

8,255,411

——

d-vj'V/

1.826,662

677,686

521,489,138

1949;

1950,

I

$46,875
Gross

9,276,111

co.,

for

income

depreciation

Balance
Other

$2,296 r;T.-.

and

depletion

——

439,'}60

430,71;)

$1 806 8^8

$1,587,72?

_

—...

income

79,93$

stock

approval

of

Gross

Total

068, J4&

income

income

125,133.

$1,886,786

deductions

:

422,695

;

$1,712,923
283,616

such

offering

an

appeared

that

stock

advantageous. However, faced as it is
for substantial amounts of equity capital, it is
the corporation be able to sell shares of its

need

a

such

action

directly to the public when

will

best

the

serve

circumstances

interests

the

of

indicate

corporation

Net

Total
Gas
—V.

its

the

approval of the SEC with respect to these amendments is
tiie common stockholders of the corporation will be asked

them at the annual meeting to be held

April 27,

on

1950.

Mr.

,

Crocker in the company's annual report, said in part:
"In addition to surplus treasury cash and cash available from opera¬
tions in 1949, we had to raise $43,000,000 in new money.
"A

total

writers
tem

cf

of

of

$33 000,000

25-year

3%

debentures

stock

funds

set

were

made
in

sold

it

at

$10

possible

1946—an

share.

a

for

"The

304.998

offering

shares

competitive bidding
"The

demand

struction

will

of

for

be

stock.

May,

Jan.

natural

required

will be necessary

1949,

on

in

in

26,

1950

and

more

to raise about $27,000,000

1949

primary
storage

were

$10

a

for $12,253

continues

the

adequate

to more people
not taken

gas

which

1S49—at

1950,

gas

in

supply;

gas

stock,

common

stockholders

to

$1,464,091

money

more

share—were
share.

sold

19,513

more

will be

The

(Mcf)

$1,429,307
30,845,807

18,143,832

'

15,593,683

1292.

p.

Western

Operation—

•

corporation's

Steel

v;

Corp.—New Mill

Soon in

*•

-•

steel

new

plate
fabricating
shop
at
Orange,
by March 1 and the new pipe mill
production about March
15, H. C. Cranfill,
Vice-Fresident Jn charge of administration, announced.
Part of the
plate mill already
is in operation and a
considerable
amount
of
plate fabrication is being turned out, according to C. W.
Texas,
is

will

be

scheduled

President

major

are

of

in

full

to

operation

begin

Lee,

in

charge

parts
the

of

of

to

Orange

Consolidated

production.

the

November.. Conversion

expansion

wartime
of

the

Western's

The

plate

new

begun

program

and

Vice

pipe

following

mills

the

pur¬

ship yard from the Government In
shipyard properties,
located adjacent

present

structural

steel

into
additional
fabricat ng
facilities
is
ahead
heavy rains during December.—V. 170, p. 2128.

of

fabricating
schedule

plant,
despita
.

'«

•

Continental Gas & Electric Corp.—To Sell Mining Int,

con¬

needed.

of new money in

71,297."—V.

to

others

for

30,991,769

(Mcf)__

consumers

per

increase;

to

under

It

1950.

there'were 8,237 additional holders of record of our
Since incorporation in 1926 the number of common

stockholders has grown from

170,

chase

reach

to

us

adequate

capacity; adequate facilities to deliver fnore

at

under¬

to

through competitive bidding at a net interest cost to the Sys¬
2.98%,
Through an offering to stockholders, 1,040,302 shares

common

the

sold

were

to

Consolidated

stockholders.
If

sales

transported

that

and

income

corporate

171, p. 462.

This

corporation,

applied
Coal

to

the

Mining

SEC

Co.

a subsidiary of The United Light & Rys. Co., has
for authority to. sell its interests in Hume-Sinclair
(Hume, Me.)
and Huntsville-Sinclair Mining Co.

(Huntsville, M0.1,

it was announced on Feb. 10.
Continental proposes to sell its interest in both companies to L. Rus¬
Kelce (Kansas City, Mo.) for $500,000.
After deduction of feel
and expenses estimated at
$1,100, Continental would apply the remain¬

sell

received

400

$915,000

April

beginning

be

March

1,248,220

the issue, from time to time, of preferred stock; thb
the corporation to sell shares of its common stock
public offering without first ofiering such shares to the

a

Crocker

common

on

740,957

2,531,453

tFirst-in,

that such methods

"During

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry.—Bids
Equipment Trust Certificates—

,.919,792

1,386,350
3,296,951
143,039,355 141,332,667
1,996,219
2,034,981

stockholders.

objectives

units

investors

Mi?kft^ree.

issue

being

established

outstanding in the

corporations,

other

Co.,

under

were

short-

Jan.

revenues.—

6,193,132

permit

by

"These

announced

$10,000,000,

were

banks,
and

which

$285,774,500

con¬

31,

stock

desirable

approximately $8,846,878.

Orders 61 Large Diesel Locomotives—
units

26,

common

Equipments—

Williams,
111., up to

due

subsidiary

a

Earns,

basis.
Dec.

continuing

$6.56

on

at

certificate

to approve

Chicago & North Western Ry.—Bids

Finance

Privately—An

18,000,000

'

obtained,

Bids

and

from

He further stated that the limiting of stockholders' pre-emptive
rights
not mean that common stock would not be first offered to them

462.665

$3.74

$143,295,000

$142,479,500
with

institutions

had

had

does

Jan. 2, '49

_

in

purposes

company

$358,365,000, of
of
$215,070,000

balance

company

$

17,012,559

141,295,406

—___________

Jan.

authorization

$3,036,044

_

Earnings per share__._______
—V. 170, p. 881.

9,347,674

construction

believed

$1. /2j,567

taxes—

16,000,000

"15,516,300
1,622,917
1,272,917

to

with
Jan.

after

and

market

the

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York,

Net

12,000,000

_

278,005

SEC

would

could

Chesapeake Corp. of Va.—Earnings—
income

the

which

Period End. Dec. 31—

Income

"the SEC.

if

Year Ended—

aggregating
the

use,

1949,

1949,

temporary investment purpo^i!:,.'>;.^l-V.;;.l'•■'tV

notes,

——

M.I Crocker, President, stated that both amendments are de¬
make possible the financing of the System's continuing capital
requirements by methods not now available, provided circumstances

The corporation on Feb. 3 filed a letter of notification with the SEC
covering 184,000 shares of common stock to be offered at par ($1 per
share) through Robert D. Bowers &
Co., Denver, Colo. The proceeds
are to be used to build and equip an oil seed
processing plant..

Number

for

banks

in

31,

——

1,316,401

for

of

common

cash

sired

Chemical Crops, Inc., Morrill, Neb.—Files With SEC—

Net

aid

permit

indicate

i

banks

paper

Dec.

1, I960. wai\j;:i0ccd; privately onFeb. 7 through Shields & C-.v and First
-Co.-■■
—V. 167, p. 1362.

Stuart

balance

corporate

with

"On

77,500,000

deplet.—_
and damages.

first-out

its

common

2021.

p.

with

outstanding, of

Commercial

authorize

other
for

of

borrowing

givin»

11,018,520
58,277

and

announced

to

amend

would

capital

issuing of 35,000 shares, thereby

to

of

was

SEC
•

special

the

in

declaration

stated:

lines

educational

share.

It

35,000

These

therefore

thereby

77,500,000
45,000,000

Plans—

875,000
$9.34

and

capital,

15,820,869
84,058

113,603

,

350,000

.

which

1964.

in

company

for

of

18,015,470

1946

577,247

shares

Seeks

35,000

______

share—

common

NOTE—To

25%

(stock)

dividends

stockholders'
stock

385,000

(cash)

further

credit

notes

The

per

$582,466

base

due

The

unsecured

7,856,502

—

injuries

NOTE—On

!

400,000

$1,060,272

established

1947.

shares

$1,669,888

Common

per

357,000

equipment—

and

credit

a

1948.

companies,

is

the

j1

growth

14,639,665

liabilities

in

"Last-in,

179,577

895,000

as

of

increased

of

31,

subordinated

insurance

$25,000,000

place

Dec.

on

March
and

$107 870 320

$157,000,000."

Duncan

fund

"On

15,196,097

7,960,086

______

14,493,176

replacing

profit—

Earnings

123,925

3,344,888

taxes__

of

worth

that:

development

15,990,465

reserves

Total

in

its

Operating income
Non-oper. inc., inch divs.

—

—

advances

tributions

$1,119,043

126,552

30,

cos.

deprec.

for

Reserves

39,417

'Common

of

Reserves

217,369

$1,079,626

excess

Preferred

for

11,203,660

income____

net

a

life

liabilities

all

the

ju.iV

122,298,740

thereon

$13,858,222

59,182

stated

in

•

c.W.

k.»n e-.iw

134,528,740

deposits and accrued in¬

265,397

goods-

of

to

take

y-A

81,174,921

———_____15,667,232

current

Reserves

Other

Interna!

,,ror

71,898,810 275,q79,520,8&I

$10

at

interest

13,220,507

profit

for

Net

of

and

't

lor

79,972,507

payable

$17,454,866

$2,420,015

for Federal income

Prov.

a

sale

term

company

notes

boaid,

three

n;t

i

jrur'
I

tax

$100,000,000—amounting to

1957

in

Lp:;

72,116,005

1971

____

taxes

Other
•

$3,429,254

from

due

annum

289,016
expenses

due

st.jci

operations, $8,56,

milestone

with

subordinated

are

Mr.

placed

I'p's

ii;,

expenses-,—

79,500,000
3^%. debs., due 1973—45,000,000
3r/c debs., due 1974
33,000,000
1%% debs., due $2,000,000 serially

terest

income—42,185

Miscellaneous

Deductions

debs.,

12,260,226

plant

income

Total

surplus since Sept.

3 Va %

$17,640,752

goods sold

is

during their
excess

of

$4,862,207

;

•«"!

prior

31, 1949, compared with $98,523,878
also now has outstanding $50,000,000

privately

notes

the

of

exceeded

(

Operating
Oper, rev.

——

Minority int. in sub.

Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.—Earnings—

Depreciation

pat—stated

no

surplus

Earned

in

1947

Dec.

company

$7,995,410

profits

provisions
current

a

1,778,716
11,682,285

144,931,760

stock,

Accrued

1948

excess

for

33,764,174

480,191,718 417,945,440

share

per

Accounts

1949

and

from

passed

worth

1946

521,489,138

Customers'

sales—

income

Chairman

company
net

par

______

accumulated

operations

2,204,519

Capital

above.

Co.

from

"carryback"

Duncan,

its

$100

6,300,013

$39.92

LIABILITIES—

Lyon-Palace Corp.—Formed—

Year Ended Dec. 31—

Net

2,998,639

I

3827.

p.

E.

the

1,601,035

$Com.

re¬

stores

A.

1949,
when

of

features.

3,750,131

{$11.00

Contingencies"

share

per

certificate

42,300,797

_"Cr4,500,000

recurring items, $2.44.

9.661,429

1,604,044

Total

company.

operates

15,422,557

2,825,272

charges

Accrued

Chanslor &
See

Co.

cost

1,9021,293

a

Lyon Co., is a large distributor of automotive parts and
operating stores in the state's principal cities.
It sells
chiefly at wholesale to repair shops, fleet operators, car dealers, service
stations, and ether automotive outlets.
Hardware

6,552,548

been

and

&

Palace

10,813,376

5,327,858

13,845.826

Vice-

a

Co.,

equipment,

The

12,714,519

at

and

Prepayments and misc. assets.—

of

assets

Co.,
He

company.

storage
inventory

16,513,360
7,789,756

underground

46,522,970
7,676,775
12,547,557

$9.16

income

under

{•Net.-'income

Placed

(net)

for

the

shares

1947

$45.00

$1,624,311

refunded

17,974,043

Deferred

Total

$3,700,000.

Manager of Chanslor &
Division of the new company.

board

new

owner¬

receivable

notes

of

net

been

number

ACCOUNT

367,096

20,106,902

supplies—principally
construction, maint. and oper-

for

Co.

Lyon

the

merger,

Fay,

General

and

&

&

Hardware

Dohrmann

Capewell

Hooker

capital.

Palace

the

of

Chanslor

director

a

Chanslor

the

the

of

eastern

approximately

of

President

the

Lyon,

to

Officer

Emporium

Walsh,

head

include

President

director

a

The

Thomas

firms
to

amounted

Executive

and

Tully & Co? and
which negotiated the

Mitchum,

broadened

firms

Dohrmann,

President

of

investment

been

merged

named

in

TMaterials

According
San

and

in

not

the

$25,000,000

conversion

1948

2—

31

"Reserve

included

INCOME

13,035,003

sh._

com.

Dec.

have

as

preferred

$17,770,717':'$21,163,449

per

value,

of

underwriters

having

10,239,961

taxes—

income

Net

Earnings
Book

,/

satisfactory
outstanding

underwriters

new

to

not

52,2571700

contingencies—

for

panies,

410,951,305 367,530,162

sell

1949

other

and

stock

to

$4.80,
s

and

redemption

sell

to

annum

$93,303,381 $83,410,751 $61,346,351 $42,087,382

discount

commercial

$

167,154

cost—current

14.

1947

$

to

stock

2;

income

credit lines

19,239,885

Temporary cash investments—principally U. S. Govt, securities——.

the

1948

(at
458,920,792

to

500,000

and

exp

and

term

31

$

plant

,

46-year old

DEC.

SHEET,

the

only
$143,295,000
were
available.
On Dec.
31,

number of shares outstanding.

average

per
,

and. not taken up.
prefererd stock to amend

authorize

preferred

Income

for

preferred

and

CONSOLIDATED

9,172,405

$0.87

.,

stock—

com.

ASSETS—

240,000

?

Chanslor & Lyon Co., San

1,730,411

4,888,977

I

of

to

$50,000,000

new

$25,000,000

Cash

Feb.

of

notes

deductions

"Based on

299.

p.

to

'

900,000

240,000

outstanding

common

21,246,921

,_

$1,486,601

480,000

Earnings

19,633,844

4,678,421

Inc.:
exps. and

other

other

■^Earnings

128,306
996,516

$539,775

;

_

dividends
shares

applicable

Cash dividends paid on

>

profit

18,781,193

tax

(net)

Consolidated net

Cr45,788

258,659

.

Crl08,460

depletion

income

1948

135,000

144,071
taxes

Cr319,841

63,562,058
5.510,953
7,978,577
7,000,424
5.944,697
458,031

Columbia Gas System,

$2,700,635

Cr44,480

:

income

73,383,181
7,299,850
8,156,405
5,310,723
6,466,890

7,083,957
8.610,071

$4

conditions

conversion

Year End. Dec. 31—

the

30,347

depreciation
Federal

and

deductions

income
1949

for

This

value

on

other

$928,372

for

Common

totaling

call

to

stock

for

redemption

incorporation

credit

taxes

Income

divi¬

from

income

L_

inventory price decline

revenues—

these earnings

dividend,

any

company's

for

slight increase

1949

operations

for

170,

2,616,479

6,897,675

Prov.
Other

Admin.' and

Provision

—V.

2,670,690

78,093,277

Prov.

555.

p.

Provision

Cash

102,146,605
6,938,577

2,978,099

gross

of

Castle & Co.—Earnings—

from

Net

8,576,192

Maintenance

less

(A. M.)

Provision

108,895,551

6,321,482
miscellane¬

—

31,

out

March

on

a

Years Ended Dec. 31—

Profit

114,525,172

and

Operation

cents

1950.

been

year

of

the

24,

(75

and

of,

funds

Feb.

on

3%

of

respect

Canadian

there

while

solely

in

p.m.

operations

attributable

sources.—V.

stock

payable

record

dividend

final

a

capital

1949,

year

shareholders

still

are

the

declared

13

ordinary

directors

net

$

from

favorable

cumulative

common

Res.

$

Operating expenses—

Ity.—To Pay 750 Common Dividend

Feb.

on

the

on

for

to

The

in

Pacific

directors

share

shares

"From
Total

per

allocated

358.

p.

3.6%s

into

of

opei\

1947

gasoline—

operations

continued

Federal

1948

$

revenues—Gas..
and

Other

$856,404
$0.42

«

of

converted

Int.

ACCOUNT

1949

-

-

Subsidiary companies—
Oil

Net

INCOME

Years Ended Dec. 31—

$14,897,781 $13,532,965
1,236,273
1,335,369

to

arrangements,

Management

Columbia Gas System, Inc.—Annual Report—

(Including wholly-owned subsidiaries)
sales

$25,000,000

Gross

Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc.—Earnings—
3 Months Ended Dec. 31—

subject

underwriting

1950

190.

p.

stock

common

31.
.

par,

Jan. 24, '48 Jan. 25, '47

the

on

March

Also,

$12,556,559 $12,449,526 $12,064,262 $11,776,577

compared

Net

effective

After

Colonial Stores, Inc.—Current Sales 0.86%

of

dividend

cash

171, p. 462.

Four Weeks Ended—

nominees to

Monday, February 20, 1950

of

per

as

190.

p.

of

N. Y.—V.

1950.

opposition group had

1,

April

on

National Bank of the

common

CHRONICLE

is notifying holders of its 5%
gold debentures due
that all of these debentures outstanding will be re¬

1958

payment

stockholders'
meeting,
the
re-elected
organization meeting and, among other

the

business, declared a dividend on the
share,
payable
March
23,
1950,
to

FINANCIAL

company

1,

deemed

26.

Jan.

since

recesses,

following

The

April

64,481 shares.
The announce¬
meeting which had been in

to

stockholders'

annual

frequent

Immediately
board

vote of 199,856

a

&

Cities Service Co.—Debentures Due 1958 Called—

Byers ,Co.—All Directors Reelected—

According to' final results announced on Feb. 14 by the board of
Judges in the election of directors, all nine of the company's directors
were

COMMERCIAL

be

Commercial Credit Co.
dend

—

Shares

To

on

Redeem

—Plans New
In

said

*

letter

directors

to

To

—

3.6%

Increase

Preferred

Conversion to be

Taken

Common Divi¬

Stock

—

Unissued

Up by Underwriters

Financing—
sfoH.rv>oidp,,s

favored

the

ing proceeds
and

controls
no

Feb

following

8,

plan.

«.

To

R

Duncan.

increase

the

Chairman,

quarterly

its

to

Continental
stock

99

bank
300

owns

shares

neither

loan.

shares

(9.9% )

(26.22%) of the Hume-Sinclair
cf

the

company.

The Commission

has

application.—V. 171,

p.

scheduled

660.

Huntsville
.

a

common

common

stock,

but

.

hearing for Feb. 23, 1950, upon tht

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

Continental Steel Corp. (& Subs.)—Earnings—
Years Ended

Dec.

Sales,

revenues

Profit

before

Provision

31—

and

Federal

for

income

Federal

•Adjustments

—

credits

$22,596,764 $29,843,031

taxes

income

Gross

1,806,766

tax________

—

2,825,150

stock

785,000

1,200,000

385,050

Common

shares

Earnings

per

♦

To

bring

their

752,046

877,390

passing

501,365

program.

$1.27

$3.24

sharc____

inventories

in

line

with

current

lated reduction in Federal income tax.—V.

market

less

prices,

and

170, p. 689.

taxes

$975,268

share.

common

the

1948

1949

after
per

•After

taxes

preferred

086,423 for

2,852,251

dividend

the same

requirements.

period

in

1948.—V.

with

compares

$1,-

102.

p.

Copperweld Steel Co.—Earnings—
Year Ended Dec. 31—
before

Income

income

1048

1949

taxes

f$2,665,506

$8,403,519

928,000

profit

—

shares

common

•Earned

$3.24

from life insurance policies of $391,834.
Excluding this non-recurring
Income, net is equal to $2.48 a common share.—V. 170, p. 1696.

offering

The

will

shares

be

the offer

less

Feb.

shares

.10

stock

common

Jan.

28

the

right

to

except that
25 shares.

subscribe

for

stockholders

sold

company

retired

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

1949,

V.

proceeds

171,

billion

of

of

need

we

with

30-year

it

during

insurance

eight

3%

notes.

at

the

We

year-end.

for

companies

This

will

money

be

SEC

be

to

are

York

continued

to

number

average

of

total shares

the

on

regular

pay

quarterly
556.

171, p.

Stock

Under
at

Exchange

made

was

(Incl.

is

one

share for

new

shares

250

The

this

Ohio

&

U.

S.

RR.

Government

with

company

S.

of

above.—V.

166, p.

revenues

working

sell

1949—3 Mos.—1948

Expenses

ferred

stock.

Under

terms

is

Feb.

on

violating

of

to

15

formal

its

began

Federal

laws

anti-trust

charging

case

by

monopolizing

U.

revenues

Oct.

exhibits

10

After

handed

order

an

the

is

case

its

file

the

plus

last

down

continued

exhibits

Government

additional

any

that—probably
171,

and

until

by

year

May

U.

to

or

S.

income

Canadian

taxes

22,254,607

75,236.609

company

will

file

exhibits

early

86,896,775

of

$13 50

per

scribe

income

$12,328,956

$21,566,631

115,531

524,592

801.467

3,347,817

taxes..

9,115

taxes

Other
Fixed

89,462

2,045,366

513,214

2,190,197
2,306,712

in

du

objections

Its

objections to

its

Pont

the

to

own.

of

November—actual

and

553,131

2,127,456

637,608

632,846

2,569,659

882,886

_

._

depl.

stock,

chgs.

oral

the

du

Pont

will

argument

income

869,947

3,220,343

—V.

170,

$1,603,150

1913;

p.

V,

2,589,329
3,516,257

$2,304,233

$1,539,402

$7,526,857

—Seeks

Preliminary

Permit

for

Hydroelectric

Project

The
a

asked

has

corporation

preliminary

one-year

the

per in

it

Federal

Power

Commission

issue

to

investigation

lor

of the proposed de¬
the Delaware River in N.cw Jersey,

cn

Pennsylvania and New York.
The company

the

said

be

to

power

time

of

Duval

prior to

ethers for

use

would

it

of

use

distribute

itself

power

sell

or

it to

distribution.

or

over-aTl

Estimated

cost
of
the development is approximately $47,would be financed through the issuance of $28,200,000
bonds, $14,106,000 preferred stock, $4,700,000 convertible common stock

which

000,000
and

100,000 shares

If

Issued,
application
prior

of

stock,

common

be.issued.

The

value,

development

is

Power

which

project

with

conflict

of

New

to

Company
That company has asked FPC
proposed

in

authorize

includes

a

issuance

developmen ts

of

at

for

license

a

Chestnut

the

a

Hill

and Beividere sites.

the

Co.—Unsubscribed

Sold—The

Stock

19,931 shares of capital stock (par $20), which

were

not

subscribed for by the stockholders in the recent offering
which closed
Dec. 5,
1949, were offered publicly on
Feb. 5,

total

A

of

originally
share

on

The

679.812

shares,
had been

offered,
a

will

more

taken

than

by

the

97'■<■■ of

the

699,743

stockholders

at

shares

$20

per

basis.

one-for-ten

proceeds

or

applied

be

toward

the

company's

the

that

$35,000,000

Feb.

general

and

the

SEC

refunding mortgage bonds, series

covering

due

J.

ACCOUNT

Year Ended Dec. 31—

revenues

from

1949

utility

of

which

President.

—_

________

-Operating

1948

$

Share

all

of

3

the

(parent

company,

Act,

Net

income

•Includes
In

_____

Federal

income

Common

Stock

shares

common

of

of

have

its

15,182,057

4,731,592

13,297.858

10,450,464

taxes

of

was

planned to

by

njining
is

It

short

720,000

commenced,

of

stock

Congregation

is

Illinois

an

Reformed

later

under

held

now

offering of

(par 5c)

Adrian

D.

O.—Issue Rights to Buy Com¬

Chairman of the Board, on Feb. 9 announced that
plans to offer to common stockholders 178.000 addi¬

shares

of

This

price

a

be

capital
has

at

basis

shares of

1,816,000

Ind.,
1914.

followed

including

of

determined

used

announcement

170, p.

the

on

be

to

to reimburse the
expenditures and
increase

would

company

stock

common

held

shares

recent

V.

An

unusual

have

Gotham

common

the

is

feature

the

fact

the

of

that

underwriting

certain

directors

commissions
canceled.

brokers

to

Unless

purchase

of

the

be

payments,

and

the

dealers

underwriter

$200,000

will

and

15 by

of

the

prior

to

subscribers

offering

will

be

in

be

10,

for

is
the

ell

1950.

returned

full

Aug.

22,

for

each

date.

working
capital.
stock in it's treasury.

the

The

plant

$3,500,000

a

The

of

some

in

Dec.

31—

1949

sales

United

;

States

Net

Canadian

and

Cnadian

before

profit

1948

$12,218,720 $15,535,249
882,826

taxes

Canadian

income..:.-

on

exchange

326,523

1,198,851

$556,303

adjust.

exchange adjustment-

3,156,188

$1,957,337

Net

profit

31,411

:

______

Earnings
—V.

share of

per

170,

$524,892

$1,957,337

$1.31

.

$4.88

stock—

common

2225.

p.

Net

(& Consol. Subs.)—Earns.

for the

1949,

Raceway

1949

sales

Other

:

income

Operating

income

and

26,090,673

taxes

profit

*The

subsidiary

significant.

the

net

loss

for

(66.67% owned) which is
net profit shown
above

tThe

corporation's

shown

(less

during
above

equity

than

the

100%

includes

in

the

owned)

is

and

year

the

$28,858

included

Canadian

amounting to $151,430.—V.

year

to

in

of

unconsolidated
dividends

of

The

net

offices;

NOTE:

Dana

135

On

S.

net

profit

profit
for the

1044.

p.

Steubenville, Ohio, with a

pari-mutual wagering system.
It acquired
outstanding stock of Fort Steuben Raceway Corp., which occu¬
and operates the raceway under a lease.

Gulf States Utilities Co.—Bids for Common

the

Following
Corp.

its

admitted

was

Association

and

held

sion

schedule

July

two

calls

to

8

organization
under

night
for

July

to

permits

with

is

the

assume

7,

membership

to

the

exception

Ohio

of

active

State

to

13

of

Commis¬

The
3

1950

and

be

used

to

for

bids

common

stock

as

$6,000,000.

New

of

Harness

the

Racing
Steuben

Fort

off existing indebtedness of Fort Steuben Race¬
way
Corp., to finance the
improvement program,
to purchase the
raceway
situated on a tract of
land
comprising approximately 51
acres, which is now leased and to provide additional working capital.

stock

Com.

the

<:Of

5c

per

stock

(AFTER

value

consideration

GIVING

5c

EFFECT

Period End, Dec. 31—

Operating
Net

to

and

the

be

Other

1,000,000 shares of

by the company on Sept.
stock

common

authorized

($10

pari

from

capital

30,

of

1949,

Fort

Fried

all

of

and

the

Milton
as

stock

in

sale

of

the

Fort

Sept.
of

are

voting

1949,

whole

1

Wall St.,

STATEMENT
1349—12 Mos.—1948

$1,990,024

$25,030,135

$22,719,624

590,(>24

575,392

6,482,691

5,387,814

5,511

3,414

38,3^8

7,565

$596,134

$578,806

$6,521,049

$5,395,380

111.211

56,498

951,967

740,090

5,086

8,523

41,278

39,443

$479 838

$513,785

$5,527,804

$4,615,847

revenues.-

Balance

and

amort

Other deductions

income

.

dividend

securities,
the

capital

Balance

requirements

Common

applicable
shares

to

814,600

753,000

$4,713,204

$3,862,847

2,461,299

2,182,820

$1.91

common

stock—.

outstanding

Earnings per common
—VJ 171, p. 557.

share

$1.77

outstanding were

Steuben.

as

15,

Fort

now

2,500

constituting

issued

so

Schwartz

of

stockholders

to

exchange for

Steuben

outstanding
stock
of
shares of the company's common stock
Irvin

the

surplus.

common

and

and

EARNINGS

1949—Month—1948

income—net

Interest

of

aggregate price to the company
such common stock will be

of

Outstanding
*2,000,000 shs.

thereof will be credited

to

Stock—

number

PRESENT

TO

3,000,000 shs.

received

balance

such

$2,178,467

revenues

operating

Net

share)

per

share being the par value

NOTE—The

an

of

pay

(par

account

yield

purchase

purchase

COMPARATIVE

Eastern

of

will

the

for

the

by the company at the office of Irving Trust Co.,
York, N. Y., at 11 a.m. (EST) on Feb. 28. 1950.

Sundays.

operation

Bids

for

received

from

Raceway to carry out property additions and improvements in addition
to
those already
made.
Proceeds from the sale of the offered stock
would

invitation

shares of

Trotting

Racing
1949.
June

Public

Raceway

States

during

May

intention

the

Steuben

United

meets

from

run

present

directly

the

the

racing

be

Fort

1948,

in

from

harness

meets

29

PURPOSE—It

Club, Inc.

to

Oct.

all

The

registered
trustees

between

Steuben.—V.

shares
of

the

1,000,GOO

in

tne

under

Hayes Manufacturing Corp.
Period End. Dec. 31—

Tot.

from

revenue

Operating

costs

sales

(&

Subs.)—Earnings-

1949—3 Mos.—1948

$2,527,418

3 949—12 Mos—1948

$4,644,019 $12,374,235 $23,451,932

2,548,926

3,818,050

11,146,274

18,753,329

•$21,508

__

$825.96!)

$1,227,961

$4,698,603

a

the

voting
170, p. 2326.

Operating

profit

Food Fair Stores, Inc.—Debentures Called—

Other income

$7,412,000 in

1949

and

$4,864,000

of

the

Net

outstanding $2,645,000 -3'/a %

debentures due Feb. 1, 1959,
redemption on March 1, next, at 102 and interest.
payment will be made at The Pennsylvania Co. for Banking
and Trusts, trustee,
15th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., of
the
full
redemption price, plus accrued interest to March 1,
1950,

have

been

called for

Immediate

upon

presentation and

192

surrender

of

said

debentures.

See

also

V.

171,

26,520

Income

from

Interest

Provision

Net

cper.

charges

29,431

114,935

126,317

$5,012

$855,400

$1,342,896

$4,824,920

_

3,750

for

inc.

taxes

profit

Loss.—V.

171,

Financial

p.

21,277

4.217

71.454

284,299

276,499

553

_

___

...

4,221

71,775

1,254

7,378

55,381

Cr6,225

321,066

440,482

1,768,217

•$64,842

Depreciation

•

and 359.

profit

Seibert,
La

account

Salle

of

the




fluctuations

in

is

Canadian

after adjust¬

excess

herein.

uncon¬

herein

the

$35,794

subsidiary's

167,

of its

year

included

includes

earnings

net
was

not

the
not

The

subsidiary's net profit for the year amounting
ment for Canadian exchange.
subsidiaries

27,483,468

*$l,215,496t$l,276,584

corporation's portion of

solidated
not

—

expenses

1948

$26,891,099 $28,505,251
Cr415,070
Cr254,801

—

$457,405

$589,460

$2,720,606

192.

Chronicle (Reg. U. S. Patent Office) William B. Dana Company, Publishers,
25 Park Place, New York 8, N. Y., REctor 2-9570.
Herbert D. Seibert, Editor and Publisher;
President; William D. Riggs, Business Manager.
Published twice a week [every Thursday
(general news and advertising issue)
with a
statistical
issue
on
Monday].
Other
St., Chicago 3. Ill
(Telephone State 0613);
1 Drapers'
Gardens, London,
E. C.f England, c/o Edwards & Smith.
Copyright 1950 by William B. Dana
Company.
Reentered
as second-class matter February
25, 1942, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscriptions in United States, U. S. Possessions, Territories and Members of PanAmerican Union,
$35.00 per year; in Dominion of Canada, $38.00 per year.
Other Countries, $42.00 per year.
The

William

at

work.—

construction

profit before income taxes

received

discontinued.
on

later

a

Hosiery Co., Inc. (& Subs.) -Earnings-

Ended

Net

sub¬

their

conducting harness racing meets at Fort Steuben

of

deal

the

commitments

April

will

CORPORATION—Incorporated in Delaware
purpose

that

event

firm

secures

stock

this

canceled,

agreement, Tellier & Co.
controlling stockholders
agent to guarantee full

and

escrow

in

for

share

one

at

treasury

opening of
repair
and

other

Net

Net

deposited $30,000 in cash with the

with

affiliated

corporation

Joyce,

company

tional
ten

religious

by

1,000,000

made Feb.

was

not

York

New

Church.

Greif Bros. Cooperage Corp.

Public

—

sell

to
a

Stock—

this

660.

p.

offer

Glidden Co., Cleveland,
mon

Electric

public

United

finance

to

plant facilities at Oak¬
on
Feb.
13 by Daniel P. Gerber,
10,000 of these shares to employees.
improve

additional

that

registered

of

of

not

but

exemption

a

as

benefit

after

the

determines

Gas),

year

one

directors

the

stock

common

and to
announced

557.

p.

Evangelical and

Year

used

be

authorized

8

of

14,824,104

6,134,484

is

is

It

171,

Feb.

shares

warehouse

time

purposes.

within

acquisition

United

stock

of

357,953

and

Co., West Bend, Wis., on Feb. 7 publicly offered $100,31/2%-4% first mortgage serial bonds, dated Jan. 15,
1950, due serially. The bonds bear 3V2% interest to
Jan. 15, 1955, and 4% thereafter.

issued.

will

capacity of

stock

Expansion

000

aggregate

an

be

to

corporate

a

New Financing and

—

&

Tellier & Co. at $1 per share.

pp.

and

other

Commission

of

Offered

trust agreement dated

1948.

Commercial

exceed
are

the

Racing Club, Inc., Steubenville, O.—

voting

19,432,343

.

Co.—Acquisition, etc.—

Year Ended Oct. 31—

Harness

names

19.292,690

________

for past

borrowings

(The) German United Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's

shares

with

borrow, from

may

borrowings

Duval

may

119,864,759

income—__—_________—___

from

it

notes

have

shall

the

105,040,655

•

income

its

date

event

Co.

the

Eastern

All

Total

Deductions

for

will

of

115,187,534

139,653

revenues

income

bank

off

pay

Congregation of Chicago—Bonds Offered—B. Z. Ziegler

$7,500,000.

operations

from

the

in

holding

trustees

Other

additional

plant and other facilities for

a

and

ore

134,480.224

operations-

expenses

of his

75%

agreement

not to

bank

the

of

$
Gross

or

695.

p.

on

150,000

California,

land,

proceeds

loan

which

retain
Electric Bond & Share Co.—V. 171,

issued

INCOME

treasuries

171,

Indianapolis,

the

1965.

the

COMPARATIVE

their

stockholders

plant

Preferred

registration with

next,

♦Utility

equal to

purchase

bank

without

name

with

15,

but

capital

than

more

State

375,000

construction

of the underwriter will be supplied by amendment, along
offering price. The proceeds will be used to redeem on May
$35,000,000 of 3Va % general and refunding mortgage bonds,
series G, due 3966.

The

is

offer

to

to

Authorized
a

sell

company

Duval

by stockholders at
authorized to sub¬

being
as

stock
to

FINANCING)

filed

14

the

and

issue

to

has entered into an agreement to purchase all of the
stock of American-Austrian Magnesite Corp. of
Pittsburgh from Dwight Winter and the estate of the late Emil Winter.
The amount agreed upon in
payment for the stock and how tho
transaction will be financed were not disclosed.—V. 168, p. 2684.

increase

to

par

name

proposes

may

a

and

operate

Registers With SEC—
on

also

under

sale

plant,

potash

months

&

and

CAPITALIZATION

company

no

its

record date.

into

Boston

stock

dispose

stock,

Bond

program.

The

It

approximately

will

la

utility

1950, at $23.12 V2 p£r share (less 30 cents commis¬

sion) by First of Michigan Corp.; Watling, Lerchen & Co.,
and Nauman, McFawn & Co.
The .offering was over¬
subscribed.
V

of

subscription

shares

1950,

enter

potash

of

that

date

Section

all

Edison

additional

to

of

the

will cost

United

pies

Detroit

Duval

for

stockholder

15, 1950, amounts
which 2%% promissory

scriptions

project proposed by
Inc., of Trenton, N. J.

Jersey,

of

refining

states,

'i ■•;': ■;;

proposed

Electric

The

par

actually. applying for an FPC license. A preliminary permit
authorize construction, end gives no assurance that a license

to

does, not
will

no

the preliminary permit vouid give the company ■•priority of
while it makes the necessary examinations and surveys

to

March

for

construct

to

tons,

developed

whether

assurance

stock

Duval.

of

Bank

$2,500,000,

has not fully surveyed the potential market for
at the project
and could give no positive

it

Thereupon,

of

proposes

to

Duval

velopment of hydroelectric power

change

the Feb. 14,

stock

also

National

First

than

Delaware River—

on

shares

and

present

number

authorization

SEC

550,000

acquired by other stockholders.

estimated

Delaware River Development Corp., Jersey City, N. J.

received

from

Duval's parent, and owner of 373,557 shares of its
authorized by the Commission to purchase 280,167 shares

was

Duval

and

102.

171, p.

would

Light

&

cash

a

General Refractories

The

Gas Corp.,

Proceeds
Net

financing

subject

stockholder approval of a
unissued preferred.
In

solicit

authorized

would make
$4,000,000 and to

reimburse

The

Approves Changes—

stock

capital

each

on

additional

of

has

par

Co.

share,

such

14

stock

no

additional

to

United

not

____

cha rges

Deprec.

25,263

517.786

old-

taxes

age

27,2c 1

501,562

Unemployment and

s

of

Potash

&

shares

Feb.

on

capital

shares

Sulphur

1949—12 Mos.—1948

$5,439,836

.

would

its

In

the
Power

Jersey

Corp.,

of first mortgage bonds, due 1980,
preferred stock,
while New Jersey
20,000 shares ol cumulative pre¬

bidding

Metropolitan

clearing

New

Utilities

Metropolitan

$7,000,000

GPU

outstanding

District

S.

when

15,

written

any

660.

p.

authorized

1,000,ore

$4,263,066

_____

and

capital contribution to Metro¬
politan of
New Jersey of $650,000.
Proceeds
of
the
subsidiaries'
financing proposals and the capital
contributions
by GPU are to be used for construction expenditures

—V.

documents.

Government

shareholdings
Net

decision

a

Co.

cumulative

of

competitive
increase

50,000-share

Attorney Julius C. Reminger introduced 2,591 Government
They were contained in 32 volumes totaling 6,000 pages.

attorneys

its

$27,694,443 $87,565,565 $103,463,406

19,350,784

at

Gerber Products Co.

capital.—

(& Subs.)—Earnings—

$23,613,850

———

$7,529,967

Planned—

1665.

cellophane.

Judge Paul Leahy

or

the income ol The Hudson Coal Co. and its subsidiaries)

Period End. Dec. 31—

Edison

proposals,

bidding

shares

70.000

The

Tile

Gross

financing

competitive

and

on

on

Duval Texas Sulphur Co.—SEC

Delaware & Hudson Co.

the

would

special offer¬

(E. I.) du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.)—Suit Begun—

to

share

per

owning

additional

for

announced

9

Metropolitan

subsidiaries of General Public
results of competiitve bidding.

Corp. of Pittsburgh, Pa.—Awarded Contract—

See Baltimore

begin—V.

used

Feb.

on

of

programs

addition,

1950.

Feb. 10 by Bache &
Co. The stock, offered at $22 per share, with a commis¬
sion of 55 cents per share, was oversubscribed.—V. 171,
p. 191.

462.

p.

1949

$6,648,704

—

General Public Utilities Corp.—Securities of Two Units

The

The

The

-

Cleared by SEC—

expansion

half. a

10-year 2 xk % notes
borrowed from banks to

previously

made

were

$30,000,000

New

On

have

for

exceed

time

in

kilowatt

400,000

first

totaling $1.20 per share for the year.—V.

exhibits.

offered

being

cents

80

at

the

construction

ing of 8,000 shares of capital stock (par $1)

28.

held,

subscribe

may

of

record

Tellier & Co., New York, and any unsubscribed
publicly at $1.12 >/2 per share upon expiration

by

stockholders

The

each

of

offered

on

shares

375,000

underwritten

being
of

of

-

171, p. 557.

expenditures.—V.

U.

Corp.—Offering Underwritten—

stockholders

common

the

as

production

Deardorf Oil

present

our

for

strikes.

new

Detroit Steel Corp.—Special Offering—A

tlncludes non-recurring income realized

dividends,

preferred

514,864

——

shares

common

per

•After

in

assets

in

earned $1.86 per share on the
outstanding during 1949 or $1.73 per share

dividends

$4,939,019
514,364
$3.54

taxes

of

nation-wide

company

Dravo
Net
No.

1950

———

—V.

3,414,500

$1,737,506

______—

of

down

The

the

Profit

by

$51,000,000

mark

total

arrangements
sale

the

$11.07

tThis

171,

of

3,062,563

$6.91

share

common

than

halfway

Our

outstanding

$33,383,671 $35,392,213

profit

•Earnings

share of

per

Sales

Co.,

shares

Net

volume

on

taken

$2.39

12 Months Ended Dec. 31—

Sales

affected

was

more

thereupon

1950,

1949

$9,819,279
per

The

construction work.
Also, we sold about $14,000,000 of new
practically all of which was subscribed through an offering to
existing stockholders. To complete our financing requirements through

3 Months Ended Dec. 31—

•Earnings

1948.

stock,

Sales

after

use

November

In

carry

profit

Earninngs

year.

3

Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.—January Sales Off 11.7%—
Month of January—

dollars.

re¬

Cooper Bessemer Corp.—Earnings—

Net

higher than last

were

over

invested

We

$1,625,150

501,364

outstanding--

common

(751)

Chairman, said in part:

electricity sales set a new
While adding some 32,000 new customers, we continued to sell
increasing amount of electricity to all classes of customers, except

an

$636,716
accrued

or

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

record.

___

_________

income

paid

revenues

increased

where
Net

Dividends

&

Highlights of the Report—Notes to Be Placed Privately
—Prentiss M. Brown,

1948

1949

<-

other

COMMERCIAL

the

rates

of

exchange,

remittance

for

foreign

subscriptions

and

advertisements must be

made

in New

York

funds.

4

Harshaw Chemical

Profit

Ended

Months

Three

before

federal

ing

Co.—Earnings-

Dec.

taxes'on

income—

Net

taxes

profit

100,500

_'

—

shares

common

168,043

369,287

—■

293.060

293,060
$1.26

(est.)

—

Number of

231,600

$0.57

income

on

„———.

Earnings per share
—V.

170, p. 983.

of

end

the

dividend.

(Charles E.) Hires Co.—Earnings—
Three

Net

Cost of

Ended

Months

sales

Dec.

and other

sales

Operating less
income—discount,

1,197,947

$61,201

"$96,093

21,078

The

$1,101,354

1,231,542

operating expenses—__

,'

.Loss

(discounts,

deductions

accounts,

etc.)

:

104.

p.

loss

$40,123

$31,294

6,424

7,599

——^—-—

$46,547

_

170,

Year Ended Oct. 31—

$38,893

(after
cf

sales

$945,486,000

1948

in

1949;

Total

subsidiary

44,909,000

10,563,000

10,474,000

226,000

from

296,000

cos.

Net

Cash

the

eince

mergers

admitted

Total

<318,145,129,
the

of

end

assets

Dec.

on

mid-1948

cash

included

stood

of

over Dec. 31.
$35,561,204 and U.

of

of

1948. Assets at

Month of January—

—V.

170,

1948
$2,199,226

1949

1950

$2,079,354

Notes

Hudson Coal Co.

Total
Book

Expenses
revenues

income

S.

The

April

on

financing
other

for

that

taxes

age

"the

31,

$2,080,926

$5,363,666

Crl61,200

39,772

46,300

93.597

58,832

360,866

408,910

share,

total

A

stock

of

160,401

630,178

677,808

service.

730,356

794,996

period

400,918

1,216,814

i1,652.877

$772,342

i$897,060

adjustment

of

tax

income

1948

(no

shares of common

Uncollectible

1949—12 Mos.—1943

1949—Month—1948

'

plan

$'

iev._

oper.

$"'■■■■'

'

"

$

■

' ' "i'-

,

fair,

Operating expenses
-Operating taxes
Net

operating

after

Net
—V.

—

2,584,017
2,108,737

income

charges

940,885
601,651

S

by

of $20

price

2,732,518

4,007,846

Dz-574,501

0227,647

29,823,753

of

his

pay
its

more

or

Net

(net)

regular

over

for

annual

a

more

salary

plan

Utility

off

that

City

best

College

in

Italian

Italy's

economy

Federal

Judge

reorganization

New York,
foreseeable future

the

of

Government

Institute.

Italy's

World
is

$26,600,000
in

Edison

for

The

through

witness

is

economy

Other

income

Misc.

deductions

Fixed

charges

29.770,116

25,184,679

9,341

7,801

98,190

said

based

873.314

10.509,804

10,343,674

1,944,889

applied

is

because

Bal.

—V.

of

171,

2,331,410

of

credit

of

said

the

of

based

his

supported

by

1.688,519

the

expert

market,

by

of International

Net sales
Cost

of

2,331,410

16,071,132

20,949,220

the

would

the

with

Shares"

of

debt.

$26,600,000
have

value

a

by

5%

to

listed

are

at

$400

each.

Winkler

Dr.

Bernstein, New York
bond-holders.—V. 170, p.

counsel

record

at

12

o'clock,

Feb.

noon,

14,

have been offered

The

In

the

March
New

1,

"American

purchase.—V.

Exchange

Shares"

on

& Telegraph Corp.

(& Subs.)

and

$9,270,373,

$
135,930.233

re-

123,984,216. 111,593,399
24,071,127

and

radiotelephone

dividends,

interest,

oper.

revenues

advisory

directed

Feb.

17,

that all Exchange

1950,

shall be

ex

contracts

Diemand, President/re¬

operating results of the companies for 1949,
had set new high records in under¬
writing profit and investment income, and in surplus

and

on

that last year

assets

of the

Diemand

companies.

reported

Maintenance

and

Federal

S.

Premium

income

of

the

group

totaled

$163,983,000

and

$17,from

earned

premiums came to $151,556,000 as against $142,279,000 for the preced-




94,038
$2,177,327

—

.

—

Federal

for

prov.

Net
Prior

.$879,930

■...

dividends

preferred

dividends

Preferred

—V.

—

-

—

..

..

v> :

...

;

;

:

$1.150,3B(i

14.14.63;,<:
.179,4 jii

.

——-

249,086

292,084
A.73C.'6i;l'' :

income taxes

profit

88,632

103,680

—

Depreciation and amortization

132.930

16C, p. 2644.

$9,804,253

$8,425,591

2,709.369

1,233,254
164,631

4,515,240

177 881

336,166

311,302

tax.-

$2,887,250

$1,397,885

taxes—

1,041,494

475,535

$4,351,406
1,738,995

$2,706,530
923,942

$3,112,411
t $1.66
$0.50

$1,782,588
$0.95
$0.50

$1.84

$1.34

_

Profit

operations-

from

Other

-

1949—6 Mos.—1948
$17,534,281 $15,627,678

3 alus.—1538

1949

Period End. Dec. 31—
Sales

income

Prufit

_

Fed.

bef.

Federal

income

$1,845,756
$922,349
"Earnings per share
$0.98
$0.49
Dividends paid per share—
/—— ———
Keystone earnings combined with its share of
subsidiaries earnings, per share, of Keystone
Net

profit

stock
On

'

outstanding

2,395,228

1,875.000 shares.

outstanding

present

AT DEC.

POSITION

FINANCIAL

31
1948

1949
Cash

—'

--

Inventories

—

—

—

$2,100,808
4,579,518

------

-

$586,735
8.803,967

5,712,980
None
None

5,237,809
2,700,000
2,000,000
1.83 to 1

Working capital
loans

Current

-2,--L- - -.
current assets to current liabilities-—
debt '

Long-term
Ratio

of

-

•

2.96 to 1

s^eel scrap are ample to supply the company's
operations.

Current inventories of

capacity

profit of National Lock Co. (68.43% owned) for the.
Dec. 31, 1949, after provision for taxes amounted
for the like 1948 period.
The net profit of Mid-States Steel & Wire Co. (77.66% owned)
for
the six months ended Dec. 31, 1949, after provision for taxes amounted

six

net

ended

months

$332,377,

compared with net of $1,373,231

to

$132,708,

compared with $148,543 for the same months of

V.

170, p. 2437.

taxes

fordeprec.

279,038,

47,365,095

22,330,766

4,389,824

3,641,590

1,000

163,026

10,208,210

sold
Loss

(incl.

above)

taxes

for

(excl.

foreign govts., etc.)

of

$4,199,572

inch

in

and

cost

1948.—•

.8,461,635

$3,-

At

3,261,010
089,528

chgs.

for:
Changing

before

interest

charges

of

charges

parent

of

in

New

and

Name

meeting of stockholders held on Feb. 14
amendments to the articles of incorporation

on

1.

during

stock ol

392,374

3.

the company's name to Laclede Gas Co. (to become
March).
issuance of 480,000 shares of cumulative preferred

Authorizing the
the par

Providing
as

value of $25

that

such

a

no holder
matter of

as

a

of

the

6,195,355

9,114,694

preferred

2,566,969

2,384,102

any
shares of such
stock.—V. 171, p. 558.

share.
of shares

of

shall

stock

common

right to subscribe for

or

class

authorized

preferred

stock

to

be

issued

except

convertible

are

into

in case
common

655,146

6,051,622

Lake

678,970

2,973,240

company.—_„„

Superior District Power Co.

—

Offering Under¬

stock

written—The offering of 40,962 shares of common
Net

income

Note

(see

belowi

Total

income

Total

other

Total
Total
-Loss

on

interest

not

Telephone
in

earned

the

foreign

currency

$5,300,000,
&

Telegraph

income

surplus.—V.

accounts

171,

17,434

655,146

p.

devaluations, net

including
Corp.
but

5.

$1,315,925

$531,000

(parent

have

common

at

Subscription warrants will expire
The

net

proceeds

betterments.—V.

171,

will

be

p.

used

on

Feb. 27, 1950.

for

property

464.

to

pay

additions and
" i
r

673,970

$1,234,789

belowi
of

2,928,376

44

—___

Note

result

$4,940,705

—

charges
(see

the

approximately

included

solidated

(net)

2,000,722

2,486,975

taxes-.—.

1943

$2,939,983

$4,376,954

—

and

exchange

foreign

income

of

1949

1,893,161

earnings

stockholders of record Feb.
$22.25 per share, on the basis of one new share for
each four shares held, has been underwritten by a group
of underwriters headed by Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
(par $20) offered to

9

ONLY)

$2,483,793

subsidiaries—

expenses

Total

losses

COMPANY

Sept. 30—

from

gross

International

(PARENT

income—

general

NOTE—As

INCOME

OF

be

purchase any

6,730,592

stock

parent

company

Interest

voted

was

3,628,386

income

Co.—Change

annual

adjourned

an

approval

entitled

Net

Light

Approved—

below.

providing

2.

ineti

earnings before interest and other
Interest, etc., charges of subsidiaries—.

Light Co.

Gas

Laclede

effective

:

Net-

Gas

Laclede

Preferred Stock Approved—

goods

of

———

foreign exchange

on

expenses,

taxes—

respectively,

Laclede Gas Co.—New Name
See

4,564,461

47,957,211

:

repairs———

income

Prov.

Net

that

underwriting income aggregated
611,000 and
investment profit
$12,193,000,
with a
net
gain
operations of $21,703,000 after provision for Federal taxes.
Mr.

deductions

Other

18,463,300

the right to

America—Operating Results for

1949 Set New Records—John A.

porting

%

„

—

114,203
$1,806,306

income

Total

24.336,834

19,668,066

%

23,570,471

gross

9 Months Ended

said

$2,033,238

4,851,339
1,092,122

and

fees

4,218,018

2332.

170, p.

profit—T——$1,692,103

-

to

1948

1949

sold__.

goods

STATEMENT

Insurance Co. of North

T948

194 )

r—-

sold---.

goods

present

1950.

York Stock

for

$8,026,699

of

Cost

for

1700.

convertible

noon,

and

cancella¬
owned

bonds

Louis J.

Power

$6,586,101

Other

Purchase

the right to purchase, at par, 6% cumulative
preferred stock, of 100 pesos Mexican par value (U. S.
$11 .56071, to the extent of five shares of preferred stock for each 12
"American Shares" held.
Application to purchase may be entered for
additional shares, subject to allotment.
<
Purchases may be made by filing with The Chase National Bank of
the City of New York, depositary, an application to purchase signed
by the holder of record. The right to purchase expires at 12 o'clock,
1950,

(incl.

Telephone

U.

"American

capital

$7,107,173
—4,345,888
Selling, general & ad minis, expenses, etc.-.-—1,069,182
sales

Net

to
with

backing by the Italian Government,
existing bonds. He said the present bonds,

earnings—
Operating, selling and general

Industria Electrica De Mexico, S.A.—Rights to
of

working

Keyes Fibre Co.—Earnings—

NOTE—The

Total

p.,696.

Holders

will be used for additional
purposes,—V. 171, p. 558,

proceeds

agency

bond-holders

and
Power

on

bonds

Italian

the

Power's

an

$8,600,000
new

the

Power

$18,000,000

of international

on

as

of

Internationl

,

amount

because

not

to

offer

an

20,949,220

16,327,502
256,370

256,370

income

696.

p.

agency,

to sink¬

ing & other res. funds

171,

Years Ended Dec. 31—

"

on

International Telephone

Sundry
Income

The

other corporate

advised

it

he

being

now

100,475

872,534

—

---

—

V.

See

Crl37,387 Crl,750,817 01,623,953

Cr163,763

—

——

3.075,138

2.663,001

income-

oper.

ry.

adjustment.

Oil & Distributing

$1 per share.

II.

worth

a

International

War

owed

the

also

greater,

called

the

formerly known as Italian Power Securities Corp.,
money in
North Italy power plants operated
Milan, which was taken over by the Italian

$10,900,000

group

to

before

10

whether

9 Months Ended Sept. 30—

33,653,074

Dr2,578,156 Dr2,717,202

outstanding preferred stock.
stock in exchange for its presently
stock on a share-for-share basis

preferred

$(5

dividend

cash

a

and

7%

Corp.—Stock Offered-—
Peter Morgan & Co., New York, on Feb. 8, publicly of¬
fered 60,000 shares of common stock (par 10 cents) at

of

during

Winkler

Dr.

linked

was

Feb.

American

Edison

bonds

of

the

Credit

fact

at

the

as

by

reorganization

Societa

a

economist

corporation,

own

corporation

$

———

heavy

necessary

Commission has authorized this company to
4%>% preferred stock (par $100), for the pur¬

Power
of

shares

82,011

Kentucky

of

years

deductions
subscribe

Plan.

invested

tion

this

facility

joint

&

rents

be

per

148,055,343

Equip.

later

not

company's

will

feasible.

the

the

on

Societa
The

202,034,565

193,199,803

by payroll
allowed to

one-third

to

$

16,416,971

the

financing

104.

Winkler,

Public

This
had

23,272,308 253,786,391 268,174.957

accruals-——

tax

$

$

21.701,281

-

for
was

Newark, N. J., on
is to determine

and

Marshall

was

15,731,261

Railway oper. revs
Railway oper. exps,_—

in

guaranteed

was

although
3949—12 Mos.-.
-1943

1948

1949—Month

to
be
paid
No employee

equal

171, .p.

acceptance of

8,919,344

Rlt.—Earnings—

is

hearing

Max

than

Central

Illinois

forward

464.

p.

of refunding presently

with

Harvester

years.

equitable

10%

Period End. Dec. 31—

Ry.

12,390,932

18,245,037
13,162,955

171, p. 558.

funds

these

receive

public

The company has offered the new

throughout
time sales fi¬

provide the major part of the
business."
the company had subscribed $15,000,000 of the
capital stock.
Since its establishment and up to

to reorganize

The

Dr.

-

18,670,541 224,914,693 208,578,787
15.922,689 177,970,014 173,954,158
1,806,967
28,699,642
22,233,697

20,924,694
15,441.412
2,899,265

revenues—

banks and
emphasized

by

to

amount

Government

Operating

to

carry

our

stock

hearing

a

Smith.

the

18,720,157 225,624,330 209,111,984
49,616
709,637
533,197

20,989,918
65,224

171,

to

additional

institutions

1,200,000 shares of common stock, at a
available to employees having two

total

opinion

Illinois Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings—

In order

Keystone Steel & Wire <!o. —Earnings

it'

Period End. Dec.31—

other

made

The

Italian

V'

and

supplementary

President,

an

wages.—V.

ac¬

par).

Operating revenues

McCaffrey,

banks

expects

company

1950:

program,

Federal

The

,

pose

1949,

12,368

of four

a

A

trust certificates for 16,153.4

to voting

relating

of

mid-year.—V.

International Power Securities Corp.—Plan Backed—

2025.

p.

City

March

Kansas Gas & Electric Co.—FPC Authorizes Stock—

$1,732,775

than

in

stock

94,661

subsidiary, began opera¬

a

for

were

193,145

Huntington Hall Corp., Pliila., Pa.—Files With SEC—
George E.
Roosevelt, Ernest L. Davis and Clayton McElroy, Jr.,
voting trustees, on Feb. 9 filed a registration statement with the
€>EC

87,560

L312,633,000 318,371,000
Corp.,

employees, or 17.6% of those eligible,
approximately 674,000 shares of the company's common
Employees' Common Stock Subscription Plan author¬
stockholders last May, Mr. McCaffrey reported.
Under the

by

365,736

170,

Kansas

1949,

under

ized

155,544

represents

$39,772

local

As a part of the

$36.12

46,000

during year

L.

loans of $4,822,500 were negotiated.

holding company liquidation plan referred to above, The United Light
Rys. Co. will invest $5,000,000 in common stock of the company.

Operating

$558,312

of

$38.68

$123,000,000

31,

authorization

—

tDeficit.—V.

574,356,000 541,701,000

John

company

In .December,

1949.

&

Other

or

"'Accrual

18,000,000

—50,000

Credit

holding

of a

Subscriptions Under Employee Stock Plan—

$1,424,438

Depreciation and deplet.

cruals.

13,000,000

the Credit Corporation had handled for the company in
in notes of dealers, distributors and customers.
it had borrowings outstanding of $47,000,000 from

1949,

of

Oct.

39,772

income

in

31,

Corporation's

41,183,753

charges

Net

of

continue

Oct.

of

177,040

taxes

Fixed

7,480,000
559,701,000

1949, for the purpose of providing
sales, in addition to that afforded

thousands

country

As

34,248,323

-.

—

Other

65,384,000

stock

common

institutions.

nancing needed

$46,547,419 -

and old-

Unemployment

245,386,000

85,143,000

7,918,000

stockholders

of

part

a

241,451,000

268,350,000

——

company

Harvester

26,
time

financial

$1,390,001

———

than

to employees

International

tions

of

number

be

longer

financing by the company in

major

no

construction

-

number of employees

Average

10,416,714

taxes—__

is

temporary bank

The

invested

share

per

subscribed
Net
*U.

subsidiary

to

Total compensation

9,654,819

--—---

There

112,111,000

companies--

—-

will no

-J:;

system.

—225,945,000

assets

the

company

353,562,000

banks.

$11,841,152 $36,329,249

the

113,065,000

-

& Rys. Co.
It is anticipated that this offer will be
next two months.
After this distribution is com¬

Light

within

45,830,000

1949—12 Mos.—1948

1949—3 Mos.—1948

$11,044,820

United

made

the SEC on Jan. 10, 1950, contemplates
stock of the Kansas City company will
shares, of which 1,904,003 shares will be

by

stock

54,821,000

:

subsidiary

capital

value

Oct.

(& Subs.)— Earnings—
'

revenues

1.68

1.80

1,472,589

$4,413,537

The United Light & Rys. Co. and offered to its share¬
price yet to be determined on the basis of three shares
of the Kansas City company for each five shares of

a

common

$3.92

1,584,809

$4,501,714

common

],006,748

to

by
at

holders

45,799,000

equip.

assets

in

Approximate

excess

Period End. Dec. 31—

acquired

50,459,000

taxes—

&

approved

outstanding

outstanding

At

Gross

the

The

$5,886,125

—

—

increased

be

171,086

$6,086,523

plan to liquidate The United Light & Rys. Co. and Continental
Electric Corp.,
which hold the common stock of the Kansas

&

339,010,000

current

payable

Credit

2436.

p.

$5,715,039

90,005

—

—

income

issue

Sales Dropped 21.8%—

$1,620,417

—

$4.36

—

587,356,000

the

Sales

32,627,000

28,524,000

share—

common

local

liabilities.

Miscellaneous

S. Government

and

'Howard Stores Corp.—January

$5,996,518

—

company,

by

Net

$138,467,904

cash

27,155,000

-

share—.

assets

Current

Investment

a
year
earlier. Including agents' balances of >
Government bonds as of Dec. 31, 1949, totaled
4160,350,176, or more than 50% of total assets.
Invested assets at book value were $241,957,089 and at convention
values were $261,467,837, an increase of $11,468,050 over the previous
year. On the basis of actual market values as, of Dec. 31, 1949. con¬
vention value would have been increased $1,621,576 to $263,089,413.
Surplus to policyholders amounted to $121,367,387 at the 1949 ytar<nd, compared with $93,837,115 a year earlier.
;
Reserves for unearned premiums were $146,128,831
contrasted with
$141,729,267 at the close of 1948 while reserve for losses were $30,€90,845 compared with $33,879,862.—V. 170, p. 2436.

total

the business

in

use

Property (net)

record level of

obligations of $110,418,553, a total of $145,979,762, which compared with
cash of $31,027,607 and U. S. Government bonds ■ of $107,440,297,' a
<14,370,414,

per

and

state,

for

common

per

Current

10 previously

its

at the

$32,899,691

increase of

an
1949

1949

31,

retained

dividends

Less:;

full year's operations

and marine insurance companies.

affiliated fire

55.679,000

28,643,000

—

Expenditures for land, bldgs., machy.
Summary of capital invested:

„

a

income

Federal,

Earned premiums also rose to
a
new high
record in 1949, amounting to $156,349,236
compared with $132,335,796 in 1948.
;
coyer

61,270,000

—

paid

Net income

.

the previous record year.

to
in

22,504,308

—

deductions.—_—_—

income

Net

that

50,481,000

-

income

income

net

income

pleted,

The Home in 1949 totaled $160,748,800,
increase of $26,001,086 over the total attained in 1948,

1949 is the first
into The Home

23,681,550

(net)

income

Gross

Gas

v

mium written by

for

1948

1949

$29,678,068 $28,219,347

expenses

income

Operating

The

$

and

-

received

miscellaneous

Dividends

issued
publication by Harold V. Smith, President, net pre-

report

Light Co.—Earnings—

revenues.

operating

Other

of

cording to the 97th annual report of the company

.'The

operating

Total

Jan. 31, '48

360.

p.

City

$908,910,000
in

dividends

From
From

Co., New York—Net Premium Written
and Earned Premiums Reached New Highs in 1949—Ac¬

an

Total

1948

1949

.

taxes):

Home Insurance

for

Jan. 29, '49

$13,087,573 $12,696,246 $11,273,741

Kansas City Power &

Highlights

$
income

Net

1395.

p.

Up 3.1%—

Jan. 28, '50

———

Year Ended Dec. 31-—

Total

From

Net
-V.

171,

—V.

1948.

for doubtful

prov.

—

sales

Retail

as

increases

International Harvester Co. (& Subs.)—1949
Other

Four Weeks Ended—

14,798

—

interest & sundry inc.

Other

The reserve for general contingencies stood at
contrasted with $28,835,000 at Dec. 31, 1948.
in
capital, surplus and voluntary reserves produced
a
policyholders' surplus of $163,044,000 at the end of 1949.
The
increase
in policyholders'
surplus amounted to $34,208,000.—V. 171,
in

$43,044,000,

$1,170,341

Jewel Tea Co., Inc.—Current Sales

decrease

a

to $18,000,000 by the declaration of a 20%
stock
the stated surplus was increased to $102,000,000 from

Also,

Monday, February 20, 1950

and claims incurred for the year
of $1,587,000 under the corre¬

expenses

showed

CHRONICLE

year

$85,000,000

1948

1949

31—

___

____

FINANCIAL

&

sponding- figure for 1948.
-i
The underwriting and investment profit, together with appreciation
in
market values of securities owned
by the companies, contributed
to an asset total of $386,994,000 at the end of 1949.
This represents
an increase of $53,440,000 over the consolidated assets of
1948.
The Insurance Co.
of North America increased its capital at the

$600,887

$263,543

—

Underwriting

year.

$134,044,000

of

1948

1949

31—

'

Federal

COMMERCIAL

THE

(752)

been

exchange

charged

to

Net

sales

Net

profit after taxes-.

con¬

Earnings per
—V.

170,

1949

„

1948

1947

1946

$12,677,054

by
are

recorded

company),

Lakey Foundry & Machine Co.—Earnings—
Year Ended Oct. 31—

p.

com.

3 083.

share

$15,450,032

$14,868,766

$8,823,010

860,077
$1.75

1,268,073
$2.58

1,077,635
$2.20

217,100
*
$0.44

Volume 171

Number 4883

Leath & Co. (&

THE

Subs.)—Earnings-

Mississippi

Years Ended Dec. 31—
Net

sales.

Profit

Other

from

Net

(net)_

before

Provision

The

8,950,302

9,579,102

Power

operations..

income

Profit

1948

$10,753,930

sold and expenses

$678,883
430,454

for Federal

Federal

income

inc.

tax

$1,109,337

595,000

$654,337

cumulative

Common

preferred
dividends

Earnings

per

—V.

166,

dividends—

—

at

is

$6.04

N.

Approximately
new-type

to

be

bins.

Buffalo

plant

mill,
14,

to

filed

with

the

cash

Federal

last

originally

the

in

units

1950," Mr. Bowen

outlay

The

around

will

be

remainder

brick

April

for

will

construction

be

for

spent

share cr an

of

Gross

Proceeds

the

Buffalo

said.—V.

mill

Net

1.

170,

full

at

capacity

right

three

application

filed

last

promissory

Public

to

SEC

1949

from

railway
railway
income

from

Net

1948

1947

The

$732,959

$486,308

301,961

342,444

Proceeds

87,966

accordance

stock

5,675,366

8.557,750

8,319,807

amount

sold

Jersey
sale

171,

4,080.661

4,252,404

2,683,385.

528,613

1,490,972

1,656,799

"We

have

withheld

the

action

something might be worked out
it

so

feel

could

we

The

off

pay

can

wait

Co.—Earnings—
1949

company

The

both

great

as

company operates

171,

Nothing

longer."
and
the RFC

foreclosure
weeks

proceedings

in

earnings after taxes
Earnings per common share

in

Inventories

the

concrete

has

resulted,

and

have

estimated

$30,000,000

as

to

that

the

Working

to

foreclosure

rent

big prefabricated housing plant in Columbus,

a

Dec.

capital

31,

$137,564,415

9,001.527

9,$81,331

'

$4,46

1949

were

$1,065,142

up

number of stores

declined

in

to

operation

$4.76

$18,149,242,

re¬

(218 at year-end).

slightly

$38,289,779, including $20,140,537

Government.

liabilities

Earned

addition

were

surplus
of

cash

and

securities.

government

Cur¬

Period End. Dec. 31—
Gross

1949—3 Mos.—1948

income

oper.

be

sold

its

to

31,

1949

was

$36,668,038,

reflecting

the

$4,729,993.—V. 171, p. 697.

Muter Co.,

1949—12 Mos. —1948

$220,771

$831,129

$718,578

78,496

109,745

342,294

326,844

A

Other

income.

income

$132,418

credits..

$488,834

of

22,714

chgs.

47,808

49.030

$537,805

account

111.

77,020

$158,835

account

$468,753

(int..

etc.t

20,085

3,083

45,678

taxes

63,406

33,000

168,408

118,830

Net

No.

income

$71,641

of shares outstdg.—

$122,751

$323,780

$343,167

396,000

445,500

price

etc.—V.

170,

Utilities

Corp.

The

above.—V.

171,

corporation

Total

171,

Balance

favored by more than 99.'/a% of the bondholders, $3,$9,500.
The first mortgage bondholders of
Mexican
also approved the plan by about the same proportion.—

—V.

filed

a

registration

of

capital

no

1949—Month—1948

be

to

oper.

offered

171,

'

$

-

,$

129,194,024

47,615

41 132

546,320

503,239

10,535,317

128,647,704

113,149,134

8,962,241

101,894,076

93.950,614

13,100,591

(incl.

Federal

income

taxi

charges

cumul.

on

construction
and

©per.

Net

8.804,400

.

taxes!

1,115,976

924,476

operating

Net

1,226,653

649.600

13,653,037

919,978

470,052

10,887,164

charges

171, p. 361.

have

1,

been

1950

total;

drawn

total

a

by

lot

redemption

for
first

$765,000

of

$570,000 of the 3 %%:■, series

mortgage

will

be

and

bonds

payment

on

due 1969.
Of
at 105.75 plus

redeemed

accrued interest; $90,000 of the
2%% series will be redeemed at 101.84
plus accrued interest; and $105,000 of the 3%% series will be redeemed
at
102.20 plus accrued interest.
Payment will be made at the City

Bank Farmers
^-V.

170,

Trust

Co.,

trustee,

William Street,

22

York, N.

New

Y,

1298.

p.

Corp.—Plans

Sale

of

303,763

the

corporation

SEC

that

Peninsula
The

and

they

Power

Consolidated

expect

Co.

Commission

to

the

in

Electric

Upper

$1,357,296

Net

have

dispose

their

of

future,

near

previously granted

it

stock

Co.

holdings

1949

1948

$6,460,715

84.736,392

7,319,101

5,466,980

$858,386

income

£>r96,180

taxes

announced

was

Upper

Feb,

on

exemption of

<60%)

of

the

the

sale

from

an

competitive

Upper Peninsula

stock.

two

The

selling

companies

will

be

application,
the

of

name

definitive terms of the proposed
purchaser and the price to be paid,

furnished

by subsequent amendment.
Consolidated states that
will send telegraphic notice of the name of the
purchaser and the
price and spread to any interested person upon request,
The application also indicates that the sale will also include
34,800
Ehares (17.4%) of the Upper Peninsula stock held
by Copper Range

St

Co.,

an

exempt holding company,

and

11,200 shares

(5.6% )

v

will apply the proceeds from its stock sale in
partial
of outstanding notes held by The Chase National Bank of
City of New York, and Middle West will distribute the proceeds of

payment
sale

its

The

its

to

SEC

tion.—V.

stockholders

has

in

scheduled

a

accordance

hearing

its

with

for

Feb.

in

plan

21

of

liquidation.

the

upon

applica¬

1950—Mcnth—1949

Bales

$1,602,784

income

$15,899,540

the

were

this

charges

.

for
-

share of the

a

total

A

offices

plant
The

for

in

and

$293,484

states.

Feb.

1949

made

by

plan,

the

firm's profits

of
15

offices
16

to

the

of

company

was

under

the

the

checks

Feb.

16

quarter of 1949.
employees at 28 plants
affected

work

at

the

and

main

52d

171,

year,

approximately the

spring

same

have

99

that

for

as

1,

the

proceeding

profit-sharing

consecutive

p.

of

its

465.

stores

in

operation

and

payment

profit-sharing

1,245,000
$1,645,552

shares 1

(259,120

$4.90

$6.35

7,680,273

8,152,754

1,426,112

1,573,804

'T,254,161

assets

land,

buildings and

6,578,950

equip.—

3,206,265

stock

of

preferred

and

stock

5,101,103

Kinney Manufacturing Co.

December

the

9,424

of

Boston,

acquired

company

shares

and

Manufacturing Co.

3,200,344

5,854,495

of

stock

common

3,500
of

the

representing

287c
and 947c
of
voting securities of that-

New York Chicago & St. Louis

.

for

announced

was

of

the

first

Feb.

on

units

of

Pullman-Standard

that

10

this

$3,000,000

a

Car

which

at

that

the

de¬

passenger

171,

cars

697.

p.

The

corporation

Commission

for

has

value

no

par

stock

par

new

filed

authority

in

place

application

an

change

to

stock

common

of

its

and

each

share

of

the

York

$25

of

stock

the

value

par

S.

P.

common

shares

two

the

New

value

par

issue

new

stock

outstanding.
application

also

increase

proposes

an

and
common
stocks,
in
equity capital which will
company's construction program.

order

future

be

The
to

with

$25

to

be

stockholders
held

in

will

vote

on

in

authorized

facilitate

to

required

these

the

in

proposals

the

at

a

pre¬

raising

connection

with

special

of
the

meeting

March.

Partial Redemption—
The

corporation

4.50 %

cumulative

demption

price

will

redeem

preferred

of

$103.25

Oper.

Non-oper.

Income

31,

Payment
will

be

1950,
at

875

the

made

shares

sinking
at

of

fund

Chemical
p.

its
re¬

Bank

2586.

Corp.—Earnings—
1949—3 Mos.—1948

$5,423,860

revenues

rev.

March

share

redemption agent, New York, N. Y.—V. 170,

Period End. Dec. 31—

Operating

on

stock.
per

5,202,374

expenses

income—

1949—12 Mos.—1948

$5,530,336 $18,963,396 $20,707,890
4,968,327
18,284,160
18,438,721'

$221,486

$562,009

$679,236

12,650

11,580

44,524

45,267

$234,136

$573,589

$723,760

$2,314,436

income

income._______
deductions—

$2,269,16a

321,047

292,494

1,250,551

1,153,060

*$86,911

$281,095

-$526,791

$1,161,376

four

company's
corresponding period
the three

25

Also Planned—

the

first

for

receiving

is

company

order

Manufacturing. Co.—V,

New York Slate Electric & Gas Corp. — To
Split-Up
Shares and Change Par Value—Increase in Capitalization

Gross

$840,743

the

RR.—Receiving Deliv¬

of Passenger Cars—

It

Net

income

Appropriated net income
of

or

new

time

company

will

new

of bds.

50,000

50,000

250,000

250,000

*$136,911

$231,095

*$776,791

$911,376

property—

the

whenever favorable

Net

income

'''Loss.—V.

situations-

170,

2028.

p.

;

Period End. Dec. 31—

Parkin, President, on Feb. 15 announced that this com¬
acquired for cash all of the outstanding capital stock of

Reynolds Wire Co., manufacturers of fine wire, wire cloth and meshes
automotive, aviation, marine, farm implement, building and other
industrial .applications with plants located
at
Dixon, 111.
For the

Co.—Earnings—

1949—Month—1948
$

Operating

40,072,616

revenues

Uncollectible

oper,

rev._

1949—12 Mos.—1948

<jj
36,357,476

442,988,542

119,613

1,508,802

,

403,518,277

1,242,458

151,545

jj>

lor

present, National-Standard intends to operate
wholly owned subsidiary.
latest

annual

net

earnings,

167, p.

reprrt

of Reynolds Wire

after all

Reynolds Wire
.

Co.

charges including

as

Co.

.

as

a

v

of June

taxes,

of

30,

1949,

$516,864.—

1047.

.

Operating

Operating

New

<

Net

Net

171,

1949—Month—1948
$

Operating

oper.

1949—12 Mos—1948
'

$

rev._

14,087,791

173,484,764

159,203,234

54,663

48,558

349,652

354,916

Operating revenues
Operating expenses-

15,522,737

14,039,233

173,135,112

158,848,318

12,174,183

11,824,978

138,322,123

135,138,764

1,487,380

939,512

15,845,256

10,386,151

Net

Net
—V.

operating

after

171,

income

1,861,174

1,274,743

18,967,733

13,323,403

charges.
p.

559.

1.174,100

701,515

11,190,941

7,147,755

36,237,863 441,479,740 402,275,81»
28,393,565 342,155,151 310,084,709*

5,737,721

4,668,986

60,322,783

53,378.814

income

4,288,075

3,175,312

39,001,806

38.812,298

charges——

4,253,866

2,714,444

28,802,685

30,230,414

p.

697.

Northwestern Bell Telegraph
Period End. Dec. 31—

$

15,577,400

revenues

Uncollectible

$

39,921,071
29,895,275

—

operating

after

_.

expenses

Operating taxes

—V.

England Telephone & Telegraph Co.—Earnings—

revenues

Co.—Earnings—

1949—Month—1948

1949—12 Mos,—1948

s

$

$

$

9,004,582

8,339,282

105,030,150

95,752,995

rev.

25,358

19,507

249,612

225,824.

Operating
revenues—
Operating
expenses
Operating taxes

8.979,224

8,319,775

7,104,448

6,774,135

104,780,538
79,826,387

73,797,374

898,317

848,340

13,024,235

11,418,560

976,459

697,300

11,929,916

10,311,237

781,807

518,426

9,791,436

8,883,585-

Operating

revenues

Uncollectible

oper.

—_

distribution

quarterly

general

857,000

2132.

1949

1949,

to open

satisfactorily,

2,890,552

—

for acquisition

arrangements

1948

$18,622,574

issues, and 57% of the total
company.
Its principal products are mechanical high-vacuum pumps
and pumps for the
handling of viscous liquids.—V. 170, pp. 1601 and

•

advised that

were,

stated

14,

starting Oct.

fiscal year.

Operating taxes

the -total

share

H.

has

Co.;

2,128,632

respective

fourth
to

those

provisions

said.—V.




of

received

Minn.

brought

It

announcement

in the

4,100

Paul,

payment

$943,108.

company

distributed

was

About

at St.

this

$1.92

National-Standard Co.—Acquisition—
Walter

Cck;

&

$1,271,632

New York Telephone

V.

Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.—Profit Sharing Payment
6,300 employees

Feb.

on

fiscal

Period End. Dec. 31—

than

2,702,172

1950

its policy of opening new stores
developed.—V. 171, p. 194.

be

&

Morris & Co.—

$15,581,337

income

on

;—

expenditures for

of

Kinney

$25,881,128

1,855,757

taxes.

continue
can

and Elkins,

taxes

New York Steam

$1.26

and

share

President,

current

further

will

company

for

1949

NOTE—In-November
shares

1948

January—

previous

$howed

$18,044,294

Co.

surplus

After

1950—6 Mos.—1949

$1,830,041

Dulles &

_:

taxes

income.

after

per

& Trust Co.,

1949

common

Marks,

171, p. 194.

More

Stock

1805.

Marks

The

Miller-Wohl Co., Inc.—January Sales Off 12.4%—

—V.

the

stores

171, p. 697.

Period End. Jan. 31—

after

of

of

"earnings

pany

Consolidated

the

$826,774

$856,862

Aaron

months

by private

individuals.

taxes qn

The

Sales

are

the

Federal

income

Operating

Mr.

According to the
(Bale, including the

$886,469

National Shirt Shops of Delaware,
Inc.—January Sales

affiliated.

not

:

13.

application of the companies
bidding.
Middle West and
Consolidated hold, respectively, 34,000 shares (17%) and 120,000 shares

for

Wurts,

1

—

into

22

$22,958,523

Month

Co.

underwriting group are: E. W. Clark
W. H. Newbold's Son & Co.: Bjoren

Inc.;

Co.;

current

$730,594

Dr28,061

deductions—net

Sales

advised

in

&

investment in

$1,601,648

Co.—Special Offering—A special of¬
5,000 shares of common stock (par $4) was

p.

&

$1,500,000

697.

before

Net

Peninsular

Gas

&

Poole

sales

Federal

303,763

National Cylinder Gas Co.—Earnings—

170,

Peabody

of

'
the

of

Company,

p.

Profit

ery
surplus..

loss..,.

&

per

amount

$1,905,411

stock

and

__________

the New York

income

Kidder,

by

the

New York Air Brake Co.—Summary of Report—

'

Year Ended Dec. 31—

Stock—
This

in

$800,000 to pay off existing bank loans,
working capital for construction expendi¬

reimburse

'
members

Earned

Exchange on Feb. 10 by
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood.
The stock, offered at $38.50 per share with a commission
of $1 per share, was oversubscribed.—V.
170, p. 2585.

Earnings

West

$100.19

used

ferred

Net

Of¬

1.

be

facilities,

new

to

and

(jointly
will

assets

National Battery

—V.

Middle

Hutzler,

&

Year Ended Dec. 31—

-

.

on

the
year

issue of 20,000 shares of 4.05%
($100 par value) at $101.25

liabilities

$1,661,059

_i——______

State

fering of

New

has authorized
during the

stock

stock

Airlines, Inc.- -Earnings-

Joss

made

Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.—Partial RedemptionThere
March
this

Net

7,625,528

income

of

balance

&

171,

Net

-V. 170, p. 1601.

9,127,383

alter

—V.

11,147,029

7

the

Stroud

no

Operating
revenues
©per. expenses

Bros.

White, Weld & Co.

Current

$18,632,146 $17,680,319
15,402,171
14,343,955
1,568,916
1,430,952

_■

pid.

dividends

-

expenses

and

1950,' the

February,

in

common

The shares were awarded to the
competitive sale on Feb. 14.

PURPOSE—Proceeds

Net

.£

dividends....--.

revenue

income

Federal

of

dividend stock were $100.5544 by Drexel & Co.
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Lehman Brothers (jointly). Bids
were $101.40 by W. C. Langley & Co.;
$101.0379

Current

10.071,137

rev.,:

Other

the

$4.05

the

188,295

common

Net operating

113.652.373

with

15, 1990.
competitive bidding.
of
advances
from

at

dividend stock

Salomon

and

livery

•

10.577,449

parent

1948

559.

p.

Operating
Operating

11.194.644

for

stock¬

with
to

1949—12 Mos.—1948

S

Uncoil,

statement

underwriting.

stock

6 Mos. Ended Dec. 31—

revenues

by

for

$17,492 023

before

for

sale

group

new

a

group at

$100.03

from

464.

Period End. Dec. 31--

and

for $4.10

53,000
are

1949

other

National

Michigan Bell Telephone Co.- -Earnings—

Oper.

shares

$18,378,281

declared

Balance

p.

covering

revenue..

expenses

and

Dividends

Co.

plan was
388,500 against
V.

14

earnings.____.____

gross

Interest

The first mortgage bondholders on Feb. 14 approved the "plan of
Arrangement" affecting the security holders of this company and its
subsidiaries, Mexican Electric Light Co., Ltd., and Pachua Light &

Light

Feb.

on

income

Operating

Electric

13

50,000

Sept. 30—

operating

Other

Mexican Light & Power Co., Ltd.—Plan Approved—

The

Feb.

on

which
President, and
of

253,865

Gross

559.

p.

com¬

Power & Light Co.—Preferred Stock

Net

'*

Power

SEC

Muter,
3,000 shares are for
underwriter, who will be Dempsey & Co., Chicago,
will he filed by amendment.—V. 171,
p. 559.

SEC covering
2,000 shares
holders only.
There will be

2121.

p.

Metropolitan Edison Co.—Financing Program Cleared
Public

the

50c.I,

Narragansett Electric Co.—Earnings—

by Securities and Exchange Commission—r
General

with
(par

F.

the

9 Months Ended

See

stock

Leslie

396,000

445,500

^Including depreciation, depletion,

of

697.

p.

public

bids

Schmidt,

Mutual Shares Corp., New
York—Registers With SEC

6,755

Fed. & foreign inc.

The

of

of

filed

was

common

the

$391,733

$155,131

Total

Other

$111,026

shares

Chicago—Registers With SEC—

registration

shares
the

Net operating

Other

Other

Dec.

for

Commissioners also

$20,000,000

underwriting

the

offering

V.

$210,913

additional

Co.—Registers With SEC—

offered

Public Utility

of

171,

tures.

$12,584,566.
at

Maracaibo Oil Exploration Corp.—Earnings-

•Operating charges

140,000

share to* yield 4%.

per

1948

$141,310,518

:

from $25,960,330 to $25,705,213.
Investment in property and equipment of
$6,661,000 exceeded the pre¬
vious year's total
by $1,468,000.
Total current assets at Dec. 31 were

6.

p.

at

flecting the increased

we

no

might result in losses
Ohio.—V.

start
several

ol

Co.

applied
toward
repayment
& Telegraph Co., parent, which are outstanding
approximately $18,000,000. These borrowings are
with
established practice and were made for general

cumulative preferred

Year Ended Dec. 31—

hope that
get the company onto stable ground

to

debts.

its

to

for

Power

headed by Smith. Barney
Co. and Union Securities Corporation on Feb. .17 offer¬

&

Net

legal staff
the Federal District Court in Ohio.

$3,500,000

England

be

New Jersey

ed

said::

our

per

of

additional

an

fered—An

936,808

105.

p.

be

to

are

to

or

Board

of

1950.—V.

5,983,312

2,055,535

__

ordered

an

$25

Telephone

the

73,277

72,325

Sales

spokesman

off

for

10 filed a registration statement
of 40-year debentures, due March

Feb.

on

would

in

216,868

oper.

ry.

(G. C.) Murphy

Reconstruction Finance Corp. on Feb.
14
ordered foreclosure
proceedings started against this company, which owes the Government

have

the

issue

$15,0G0,000

debentures

American

1946

$718,225

Lustron Corp., Columbus, O.—RFC Orders Foreclosure
The

RFC

par,

pay

to

New

for

465.

p.

"

"We

used

of

sell

corporate purposes, including construction additions and improvements.
The
prospectus states that, in addition to $30,000,000 of common

116,422

125,513

171,

company

covering

From Jan. 1—

—V.

An

be

and

cf Boston),

$20

authorized by the Massachusetts Depart¬

New Jersey Bell Telephone

September, Mis¬

$409,469

railway
railway
oper. income

ry.

Net

$37,500,000.

issue

to

stock,

common

2'/4%,

notes,

Utilities

stock.—V.

The

stations

new

from

Gross

through

1701.

p.

of

authorization

Elc-ctric S?stem (both

its

of

company has also been

ment
mon

and additions
totaling 3.000 horse¬
previously authorized stations.—V. 170, p. 2333.

from

Net

is

shares

aggregate of $3,500,000.
from the stock sale will

short-term

The

SEC

parent, Ne-y England
140,000

in

erec¬

work

Construction

garage.

its

to

5

Power Co.—Stock Sale Authorized—

has received

company

additional

Monongahela Ry.—Earnings-

one
of the largest cement plants in the com¬
produces about 2,500,000 barrels of cement a year.

run

in

two

to

power

December—

this

and

completed

pany's chain of
"We

of

load.ng

concrete-block

a

scheduled
The

$100,000

cement

of

New England

planned to increase the daily sales capacity of its system to
328,000,000 cubic feet by the installation of 13,000 horsepower in com¬

President.

tion

FPC

sissippi

is spending approximately $150,000 for new facilities
Y., plant, according to J. C. Bowen, Executive Vice"

company

Buffalo,

seven

proposed

pressor

This

Earlier

(753)

built

As

Lehigh Portland Cement Co.—To Expand Facilities—

t

application

an

previously authorized stations. The seven new stations are to
by a third party at an estimated cost of $5,400,000 and leased
to Mississippi.
The compressor facilities to be added
by Mississippi to
its existing stations are estimated to cost
,$1,351,000.

2420.

p.

in

two

be

290,948

$4.05

Corp.—Amends

amended

plans to install compressor units totaling 27,000 horse¬
new stations, and
additions totaling 5,000 horsepower

company

in

53,397

.

297,052

Commission

power

$950,286

52,395

.

share—

common

Fuel

CHRONICLE

This

corporation has

The

$1,545,280

455,000

profit

$2.50

370,51.2

tax

FINANCIAL

September, and is now proposing to increase
the
daily sales capacity of Its natural gas transmission system to
375,000,000 cubic feet by installation and operation of additional com¬
pressor units in Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri.

$1,174,774

__.

for

prov.

River

&

Application—

1949

$9,029,185

——

Cost of goods

COMMERCIAL

Net
Net

—V.

operating income
after charges
:__
171, p. 363.

95,527,171

THE

(754)

6

record'Nov. 16,1949,'subscribed on or

before Dec. 16,1949,

31,119 shares out of a total of 53,372 shares (par 500
each) offered them at $2 per share on a four-for-five
basis, and the unsubscribed 22,253 shares were publicly
offered on Feb. 7, 1950, at the same price (less 200 per
share commission) through Harrison & Co.; Bioren &

for

will

proceeds

The

working

used

be

to

capital.—V.

p.

George E. Roosevelt, Ernest L. Davis and Oliver J. Sterling, voting
trustees, on Feb. 9 filed a registration statement with the SEC relat¬
ing to voting trust certificates for 29,140.6 shares of common stock
par).—V.

(no

1452.

150, p.

Potomac Edison Co.—Definitive Bonds
Definitive

Y.,

V.

171,

first

collateral

and

mortgage

for

1949—12 Mos.$

1949—Month—1948

Period End. Dec. 31—

$

$

9,258,115 117,618,897 105,380,300
24,885
372,340
.255,343

10,319,376
7,196,337
1,582,821

revenues
Uncollectible
oper.
rev.

Operating
Cost

$

10,359,099
39,723

Operating

9,233,230 117,246,557 105,124,957
7,139,063 83,141,893 79,062,724
1,155,163 17,383,957
13,812,605

of

Other

Operating
Operating

expenses

taxes

charges

after

171,

—V.

1,540,218

939,004

960,829

12,249,628
12,325,166

16,720,707

1,555,895

income

operating

Net
Net

revenues

16,680,012

Net

321,909

273,699

1,282,226

1,137,906

553,873

469,827

1,940,217

1,676,907

195,500

Cr36,000

812,100

550,000

income

$827,619

$578,963

$3,082,043

$2,462,677

(net)

Drl0,096

7,219

Dr28,802

28,458

$817,523

$586,182

$3,053,241

$2,491,135

taxes

operating
income

income

Gross

188,179

202,749

788,419

728,353

$629,344

$383,433

$2,264,822

$1,762,782

84,660

84,660

341,700

341,700

$544,684

$298,773

$1,923,122

$1,421,082

$0.58

$0.32

$2.04

$1.51

Interest, etc., deductions
Net

received SEC authorization to make bank bor¬
rowings from time to time prior to Dec. 31, 1951, in the aggregate
amount of $18,000,000, the borrowings to be evidenced by notes matur¬
The

has

company

Feb. 10.

months from the date of issue, it was announced on

ing nine

borrowings of $4,000,000 from Irving Trust
Co., $4,000,000 from Guaranty Trust Co.
of New York, $3,200,000
from Bankers
Trust Co.,
$3,200,000 from Mellon National Bank &
Trust
Co.
(Pittsburgh), $1,800,000 from Central Hanover Bank &
Trust Co.
and
$1,800,000 from Chemical Bank & Trust Co. (all of
The

York

New

Mellon i.

except

proceeds

the

Of

10,

1950,

$7,000,000 initial borrowing on or about
would be used to repay an outstanding bank
The balance of such
borrowing and

$5,000,000

in

such

latter

amount.

therefor arises will be
temporary financing of construction expenditures.—V. 171,

subsequent borrowings
as

be made as the need

to

requirements—

Balance

Tarns,

com.

share

stock

per

"Based

now

on

company,

received

authorization

SEC

sell

to

and convey

364.

filed an application with the Federal Power Com¬
mission in connection with the proposed sale of an electric transmission
line
and
substation
to
the Department of the Interior through
the
The

-Earnings—

Southwestern
The

asked

company

jurisdiction over the
approval of the sale.
facilities

The

from Brown

to

Operating

1949

for

total

order disclaiming
the alternative, for

declaratory

a

transaction,

in

or,

of

price

sale

$530,000.—V.

171,

of

the

and

line

substation

—V.

The company

125,000

Feb.

on

shares
will

of

be

filed

14

The proceeds will be

registration

a

stock

common

supplied by

$5).

(par

amendment,

6,934,362

$804,817

$716,512

46,570

46,576

the

$851,393

$762,694

695,723

690,507

669,756

$278,483

$160,886

$92,938

income.

gross

1703.

used to retire bank loans.—V. 171,

V.

the Continental Illinois National
South La Salle St., Chicago, 111.—

will

Payment
Trust

&

168,

price.

be made
trustee, 231

Co.,

at

Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.—Loan Placed Privately
Life

Co.

Insurance

York

New

of

on

4%

a

proceeds were used
working capital.—V. 170, p.

to

bank

repay

.

additional

Cost

12,974

10,308

$3,309,255

and

of

operating

the company's
For the

419,092

net

standing

prior

1949.

27,

Dec. 31,

income

in

1949

the

were

largest

$3,174,364

to

the

to

$8,773,172,

split

two-for-one

share

per

which became

up,

operating revenues
1948 operating revenues of $34,146,731.

stated

that

the

$2,272,360

were

effective

ahead

on

of,the

income for 1948 was $8,-

Net

the

of

record

William

volume

total

of

G.

Maguire,

sold,

gas

Chairman,

186,104,431,000 cu.

the

the

subject to
approval of the Federal Power Commission, for Trunkline Gas Supply
Co. to construct a pipeline from its sources of supply in Texas and
Louisiana

natural

of

point

a

Illinois.

Tuscola,
ft.

to

reported

that

will

Trunkline

gas

day

per

the

pipeline

Eastern's

system

near

make delivery there of 250 million

Panhandle

to

arranged,

has

company

Panhandle

on

14,706

Eastern.

part

As. a

$24,863

68,181

plant

property,

of

cu.

this

directors

action

53,399

equipment

and

:

tificate

Feb.

on

stock,

The

dividend.

common

prohibits
until

year

of

$5

April 12, 1949, and

of

holders

to

3

provision

A

declaration of a
a share is paid

$5

distribution

March

dividend

a

$5

of

share

of the outstanding shares of each

60 7o

share

per

the

in

preferred

stock

cer¬

dividend on the common stock
the preferred stock.
made on the common stock

in
on

expand

to

proposes

$14,750,000

this

total

A

have

of

been

March

Brook

Service

Water

Corp.—Partial

first

$107,000
by

drawn

15,

1950.

lot

mortgage

at

bonds,

redemption

for

Payment

102%

and

27/8%

series

the

for

accrued

due

1976,
fund
on

sinking

interest

will

be

made

Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, 140 Broadway, New York.,
165, p. 342.

at

N. Y.

—V.

class of stock of Trunkline Gas

to

enable

facilities

existing

its
it

said the report, Panhandle Eastern

program,

and

transport

to

at

a

sell

cost
the

of

gas

approximately
expected to be

purchased from Trunkline Gas Supply Co.
Expenditures

The

$19,000,000.
during

for

proposes

company

involving

1950

construction

new

Seaboard Air Line

est'mated cost

an

of

approximately

cu.

ft.—V.

171,

bonds

gage

tained.

The

the

Pennsylvania RR.—Bids for Equipments—

V.

171,

p.

series Y,

trust

lease

will

and

by Girard Trust

issued

be

under

Co.

equip¬

l, 1950, under which
$10,620,000 of equipment trust certificates previously have been issued.
$10,200,000 of equipment trust certificates now being offered for
dated

agreement

Jan.

The

eale will
to

be

constitute

issued

outstanding

Y,

trust

The

second

the

the aggregate

issuance
series

the

under

and

said

final

lease

instalment of

and

agreement,

such

upon

Bids

principal amount of equipment trust certificates,
be $20,820,000.

will

equipment is

must

of

1950.—V.

received

be

the

Philadelphia

4,

171,

provided satisfactory terms could be ob¬
authorized payment of the sinking funds on

also

general mortgage bonds of

the

general

of

America

on

mortgage bonds

estimated

to cost not less than

$26,025,000,

Pa.,
p.

at

or

office

the

at

at

company,

of

Geo.

H.

Pabst,

Jr.,

Vice-

1811, Broad Street Station Bldg.,
12 o'clock noon (EST) on March 1,

room

before

560.

the company as well

payable May 1,

1950.—

Corp.

Wholly-Owned

(&

Subs.)—

bids

were

by

received

the

Attorney

units

171,

1950
$1,757,432

$1,833,110

332

;

in

327

operation

1949

196.

p.

(at

the

Alien

Lanigan
cago,

of

Washington,

$1,358.00.—V.

171,

D.
p.

C.,

$2,072.42;

7.




and John

Krafcisin of Chi¬

redemption

to

expenditures

all

of

of

the

gas

loans,

construction.

for

is

company

bank

the

in

primarily

engaged

within

States

the

distribution

New

Texas,

of

Mexico and

will

completion

financing the

the

of

outstand¬

bonds;

the $18,000,000 first mortgage

consist of

the

30,000

shares

cumulative

$1

Jan.

27

preferred stock;
stock ipar $1),

4% %

new

common

131,605 shares
and 1,498,579

$1)

(par

Offering—A secondary offering was made
& Co. and Bear, Stearns & Co. of
stock (par $1), at $22.50 per
concession of $1 per share to dealers. The
oversubscribed.-

Secondary
on

ol'

preference
stock

by Allen

80,000 shares of common

share, with
offering

the

a

was

Purchases

SEC
stock

common

of

cise

of

being $17.50

price

Wofford

Cain

Moor

shares of

of

through

Co.

(Dallas)

by

the

company,

the

the

exer¬

subscription

share:

per

shares,

(Dallas)—7,466

(El

authorizinf

orders

number

specified

Gas

issued

warrants

of

issuance

the

of

Union

Southern

purchase

the

following

the

by

Approved—

announced

have

purchase

Paso)—17,658 shares.

Murchison,

Dabney

(Dallas)—6,422 shares.

Jr.

1 Dallas)

Murchison

Southwestern

shares.—V. 171,

6,871

Co.—Stock

Service

Public

698.

p.

Oversub¬

168,729 shares of common stock offered,
of record Jan. 18, 1950, a total,

scribed—Of the

stockholders

to

common

160,505 shares were subscribed for through pre-emp¬

tive

rights, and an additional 106,245 shares were sub¬
for through an oversubscription privilege, with

allotments

the latter made

on

one-for-thirteen basis.

a

on

Subscription warrants expired at 4 p.m. (EST) on Jan. 31,
The offering price was $31.50 per share.
proceeds

program.—V.

to

are

171— p.

Standard

company's

the

toward

used

be

construction

594.

Accident

Co.—Increases Dividend

Insurance

—Reports Gains—
The

to be

directors

paid

9

declared

dividend

a

40

of

cents

per

covering

$194,000

(non-interest
vertible.

share

per

of

$714,331

the preceding

over
were

paid

during

Common stock,

rate.

annual

1949.

that net premium volume in 1949
was
$36,546,167, the largest written in any year since the company
was
organized 66 years ago.
This was an increase of $1,384,619, or
3.9%
over premium
writings in 1948,
Surplus as regards policyholders amounted
to $20,557,734 at the
year-end, including a voluntary
reserve
of $896,124, an increase in
such surplus of $2,434,205 over that of Dec. 31, 1948.
The total
assets of the company increased by $5,785,173 to $69,729,736 in 1949 and total invested assets (including stock in affiliates)
and cash increased $6,126,784 to $60,521,769.
The Standard reported
a
very
liquid investment position.
Out of
H.

Platts,

total

cash

items

of

to

and

cash

claims

claim

and

fire

owned
and

on

bonds

total

the

expenses

of

affiliate,

the

$1,637,700.—V.

basis

$61,200,972,' theat the year-end

unearned

for

Planet

the

V.

170,

issue

income

debentures

due

1957

March
1,
1952)
and 19,400 shares of
which the debentures are to be con¬

into

will

The

Texas.
p.

premiums,

net

wrote

Insurance Co., whollypremiums of $1,779,550,

Pilot Insurance

170,

of

amounted

reserve

the company.

reported
that
marine
affiliate,

and

of

market

a

Government

than

also

Canadian

its

premiums

S.

U.

more

or

Platts

Mr.

reports

investments

and

$45,648,353

and

President,

Toronto,

of

Co.

wrote

695.

p.

be

underwritten

proceeds

will

by
for

be

$1,500,-

000,000 Markto

be increased
during 1950, according to Arthur B. Wood, President, who at the 79th
annual meeting held Feb.
14, also revealed that more than 48% of
the
assets of the company were
invested in the United States and.
that $1,690,000,000, or 40%, of
the company's total business in force
was
in the same territory.
Total life insurance purchased from the
Life

in

of

policyholders

1949

amounted

to

this

$372,500,000,

to

are

company

being

the

largest

amount

written

letter of notification with the SEC

a

convertible

until

$10),

(par

The

Antonio,

10 filed

4%

of

bearing

stock

common

share

is

cents

15

dividends

Feb.

on

March 3, 1950, to common stockholders of record Feb. 20,.
at
the annual
rate of
$1.60 per
share, an increase

on

This

1950.

Sun

Slick Airways, Inc.—Files With SEC—
The corporation on Feb.

Fridley

& Hess, San
corporate
purposes.—

during the year
by any Canadian company,
a
record ol
production which the Sun Life has held for several decades.
The
of

assets

the

during the
the

Sun

was

598.

issued

Mr.

company

the

passed

of

Wood

earned,

1871

also

to

more

announced

than
a

and

half

a

$1,527,000,000.

dollar mark
Benefits paid by

$114,000,090-—
benefits paid out since the first policy

high, bringing total
in

billion

and now amount to
Canada during 1949

year

Life

all-time

an

rate

amounted

to

over

$2,240,000,000.

slight

in

increase

the

interest
169, p. 705.

average

the figure for the year 1949 being 3.48%.—V.

Snoose Mining Co., Hailey, Ida.—Stock Sold—
Regarding
have

we

holders

an

been

at

par

offering of 250,000

informed

that

this

shares of
stock

only through Nov. 25,

stock

unsubscribed

is

now

was

1949,

common

offered

stock
to

in the hands of E.

W.

Sunray

(par 25c),

present

stock¬

and that the balance of the
McRoberts & Co., Twin

in

See

The

net

proceeds

are

to be used for further development work at" the

on

of being prepared to list the
the Salt Lake Stock Exchange.—V. 170, p. 2067.

Society Brand Clothes, Inc. (& Subs.)
Year Ended Oct. 31—

Gross
Net

Earnings
—'V.

$6,820,859
after

stock
per

taxes—

share

$7,547,945

156,661
•

345,839

266,880

outstanding

164, p. 732.

1948

266,880

$0.65

Oil Co.—Stock

Corp.

Tennessee

Option

on

Sunray Stock to

Atlas—

above.—V.

Gas

171,

p.

196.

Transmission

Co.—Secondary Offering

A

secondary offering of 6,000 shares of common stock,
(par $5) was made Feb. 14 at $29.87V2 per share by

Blyth

Earnings—
1949

sales

income

Common

Atlas

Acquire Atlas Corp.'s Holdings

Oil Corp.—To

Barnsdall

Be Acquired by

Falls, Ida., who agreed to purchase the shares unsold at that time.

stock

General

Office) for the 1,358 shares of common stock up
for award on Jan. 17, viz: Joseph McManus & Co., $6,464.08; Seymour
Hayman & Co., $6,246.80; J. Lawrence & Crothers of Catasauqua,
$6,178.90; Franklin & Co. of New York, $6,110.00; Hedwig Coshey of
Detroit, $5,625.00; Rich Zirinsky of Brooklyn, N. Y., $4,416.00; E. J.
Custodian

applied

and

$100);

mine.

Phoenix Silk Corp.—Bids Received—
Eight

Property

be

will

installment

Dividends

The necessary papers are now in process

*.

out¬

594.

sales

their

1

President

Feb.

January Sales Off 4.13%—

certificates

and

be equal,
time

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada—Assets Pass

Shoe

—V.

requested bids for the purchase of all of $10,200,000 of equipment trust certificates, series Y, to be dated Jan. 1,
1950, to mature in 15 annual instalments of $680,000 from Jan. 1, 1951
to Jan.
1, 1965, both inclusive, and to be guaranteed as to principal
and dividends by
the Pennsylvania RR.
The said equipment trust
certificates,

on

has

company

stock

debentures

natural

of

shares of common

company,

board

interest

Retail

ment

7 announced that the directors
committee to proceed with refunding of the first mort¬

first mortgage and

as

RR.—Refunding Committee Formed

President,

the

of

Retail

The

Jr.,

"Month of Januarys-—

560.

p.

the bonds will

on

bonds at any one

of

benefit

$100);

$17,900,000,

these expansion programs in the fall of 1951, Pan¬
handle Eastern's system peak day capacity will be increased to at least
million

Powell,

had appointed a

authority for these addit'onal facilities having been previously obtained.
Upon completion of
800

R.

the

during 1949 were more than
to construct additional facilities

the

(par

stock

R.

April 12, 1948.—V. 171, p. 594.

on

Scranton-Spring

L.

with

sale

of

on

was

Redemption—

Co.

connection

In

sinking fund

The

have

will

notes payable; 26,889 shares of 4% % cumulative
23,707 shares of 5% cumulative preferred stock (par

24.

record

arrangement Panhandle Eastern has entered into a contract to purchase

Supply

bonds,

capitalization

on

Feb.

per

way for
consideration of a distribution on
board will meet again on March 6 to discuss

the

stock.

declared

13

payable

opened

common

possible

a

ft., 155,262,147,000 cu. ft. was sold to distributing companies for resale
represented direct industrial and field sales.
Maguire

3,134,795

13,388

(est.)

$11,047

of

above__

preferred

This

and 30,842,284,000
Mr.

preferred

BUSINESS—The
and

The

any

1,620,000 shares of common stock.

on

operations,

year's

3,284,820

expenses
taxes on income

Canadian

170, p. 111.

A

Reviewing

general

adminis¬

profit

The

$36,-

stock out¬

stock

prefened

new

greatest principal amount

further

nance

in

after preferred

equal

1,620,000 shares of common

on

The

166,655, or $4.70

selling,

including

St. Louis Southwestern Ry.—Declares Preferred Div.—

total operating revenues were

1949,

amounted

share

per

and

and

included

—V.

earnings

funds.

Sub¬

March 6.

on

the

scribed

history, according to the company's annual report.

to $5.08

Dec.

and

revenues

year ended

and

dividends

sold,

goods

Depreciation

Earnings Reported for 1949—

Total

share in

a

of

iacome

Federal

Record Revenues

—

and

$17.50

at

share for each 12 shares held.

1948

110.

Pipe Line Co.

Offered—

which will require a
total of $20,124,099.
The balance of such proceeds, together with the
funds derived form the sale of the common stock, wili be used to fi¬

$3,164,056

income

Total

Net

Panhandle Eastern

Stock

and

the

and

outstanding

John

1949
$3,296,281

/

J

trative

for

and

loans

program

the

(& Subs.)—Earnings—

sales

Other

note, due semi-annually to Nov. 1, 1961.
The

1950

A

Clint W.

—The corporation late in 1949 borrowed $1,000,000 from

Mutual

of the

Lee

Four Months Ended Dec. 31—

Net

the

4 %

1908.

p.

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

363.

p.

bonds

annual sinking

The

outstanding first mortgage 4% bonds due Nov. 1, 1960,
called
for
redemption on March
15, next, at 100 and

been

Bank

offering

the

698.

p.

stock

common

new

one

to

names

with

additinal

of

46,182

$974,206

(net)

the

interest.

the SEC covering
of the under¬

with

The

along

8,126,504

$927,636

income

from

p.

of

have

writers

8,376,760

and taxes

expenses

income

170,

All

Otter Tail Power Co.—Registers With SEC—

the

Stock

2028.

p.

171,

Gas Co.—Bonds

scription rights expire

Riverside Golf Club, Chicago, 111.—Bonds Called—

approxi¬

is

1948

$7,650,874

income

Deductions

substation at Russett.

a

and

extending

line

transmission

138-kiiovolt

a

scribe for

$96,000

$8,931,321

income

Non-operating

Net

consist

revenue

Gross

Russett, both in Oklahoma,

proposed

mately

FPC

the

proposed

toward

applied

be

purposes.—V.

of

Opcrat.

Administration.

Power

will

for load and for equipment are
which $30,245,000 of funds, from
available.
It is expected that the

Blair, Rollins & Co. Inc. The bonds were priced at 102%
plus accrued interest and the preferred stock was priced
at $104 per share plus accrued dividends.
Concurrently with the sale of the bonds and preferred
stock by the underwriters, the company is offering to its
common stockholders of record Jan. 30 the right to sub¬

ing

1947

$9,304,396

has

company

corpoiate

CAPITALIZATION—Upon

Electric Co.—Proposes to Sell Elec¬

tric Transmission Line and Substation to United States—

debentures

the

for

are

Colorado.

Year Ended Dec. 31—

The

to Granite State Electric

non-affiliated company, for a cash consideration of $154,415,
properties and franchises of Public Service used or useful in
the operation of its business in the towns of Enfield, Canaan, Orange,
Hanover
and
Grafton, N. H., it was announced on Feb. 13.—V. 171,
the

p.

financing,

bonds

Authorized—

subsidiary of New England Public Service Co., has

a

$107,000,000

sinking fund of 3V'4 % of the aggregate par value of
outstanding 4% % preferred stock is provided for.
PROCEEDS—A major portion of the proceeds from the sale of

a

all

to

first mortgage sinking fund
bonds, 2%% series due 1975, and 30,000 shares of 4%%
cumulative preferred stock ($100 par value) was made
Feb. 17 by two underwriting groups, both headed by

standing.

Queens Borough Gas & Electric Co.

Oklahoma Gas &

ol'

other

for

Both

outstanding.-

Sale of Certain Properties
This

560.

p.

income

div.

Co.,

the

from

Feb.
loan

applied

Pfd.

involves

proposal

proceeds

expenditures

1950

about

at

equipment

the ratio of

Authorized—

Power Co.—Bank Borrowings

Ohio

System's

estimated

previous

Southern Union

Fed¬

than

income

Non-oper.

363.

p.

943,346
__

other

Offered

Be

to

Public offering of $18,000,000

1949—12 Mos.—1943

$3,555,512 $14,226,646 $13,437,087
1,185,041
3,962,440
3,366,412
1,083,982
3,743,648
3,647,157

$3,819,899
972,652

revenues

income

Federal

series

Hampshire—Earnings—

1949—3 Mos.—1948

power

Depreciation
eral

Co.—Debentures

A.
T. Mercier, President, announces that the directors on Feb. IS
approved, subject to authorization by the Interstate Commerce Com¬
mission, the offer to stockholders of record March 10, 1950, of the
privilege of subscribing, at par,
on
or
before March 31, 1950, for
$37,727,600 of convertible debentures, due April 1, i960, convertible
into common stock at $55 per share.

and

expenses

Taxes,

Operating

Pacific

Southern

The

3'/»%

560.

p.

Period End. Dec. 31—
-1948

Ready—
bonds,

now

are

Public Service Co. of New
Ohio Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings—

trust

available at Chemical Bank & Trust Co., New York,
exchange of outstanding temporary bonds of this series.—

1977,

N.

for

and

outstanding obligations
1806.

pay

170,

Monday, February 20, 1950

Stockholders—

With SEC—

due

Co., and C. T. Williams & Co., Inc.
additional

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

&

Pittsburgh Finance Bldg. Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.—Files

Racing Association—Subscriptions—Un¬

Ocean Downs

subscribed Shares Publicly Offered—The stockholders of

COMMERCIAL

&

Co.,

Inc.,

with a concession
NASD members.-

of 40

cents per

share to participating

Application Amended—

$1.39

This

the

company

Federal

has

Power

amended

Commission

an

application

ajid

(Continued

is

on

now

page

filed

seeking

40)

last August with
authorization

to

Volume 171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

&

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE

Stock Record «» New York Stock

(755)

Exchange

DAILY HINGE OF PUCES

WEEKLY VOLUME OF TRADING

YEARLY RANGE OF SALE PRICES

FOR EVERY LISTED ISSUE

Range for Previous

STOCKS

Year 1949

Lowest

Sper share
37

Jun

1%

Oct

xl7%

Jun

35

Jan

Lowest

$ per share
51

$ per share

Dec

$ per short

13

54% Jan

21

Abbott Laboratories

2% Feb

1

3 Va Jan

11

ACF-Brill

3

21% Jan

11

Acme Steel Co

23

Dec

21

14

23 Va Jan

11

Adams Express Co

Jan

24

42'A Feb

14

Adams-Mlllis

49

Feb

10

Addressograph-Multigraph

25% Feb

11

Admiral

44%

Feb

Sep

47

Dec

43

Jan

13

19%

Dec

17% Jan

3

46

May

18%

Jan

97% Mar

2%

11%

Dec

51%

Dec

9% Jan

Dec

51

4Vb

26

Jan

11% Feb

5

22% Feb

14

110 % Jan

5

23% May
110%

Nov

Jun

3

Jan

53

Feb

9

10

25% Jan

Air Reduction

Alabama

3% Jan

24

3

13 Va

Feb

18%

Dec

16% Feb

15

18% Jan

10

Apr

73

Sep

67% Jan

4

713A Feb

9

4

Dec

3% Feb

14

Vb Jan

11

Dec

78 V2 Jan

3

85% Feb

2

2%

Feb
Feb

64%

Jan

17%

Jun

82%
86%

Dec

80% Jan

Sep

83

July

93%

21VB Jan

Jun

8%

Jan

3

5

83'A Jan

165

Jun

15%

Jun

104

Mar

210

Dec

Jan

4

25% Feb

Feb

6

24

94

Jan

27%

88

4

99
'

Feb

4

16

200% Jan

3

211% Jan

10
23

Dec

19

Jan

3

Feb

2

24%

Jun

30%

Oct

28

Feb

16

29% Jan

11

25%

Feb

35%

Dec

32% Jan

13

36 Va Feb

3

83%

Jan

97%

Nov

93

16

95Va Jan

3
9

25%

Feb

19

Feb

21

Dec

33%

21%

Inc

4%%

EXCHANGE
CLOSED

25%

1
50

11 Va
11 74

11%
53
53

$2.50

prior conv

Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp_No par
$4.50

conv

31% Jan

13

34% Jan

Allen

Industries

102

Jan

18

113% Feb

3

40

V2 Feb

2

44% Jan

10

10% July
70

Dec

20

Jun

27

61% July
x7% Jun

69
12

30% Mar

35

Jan

32% Jan

3

96% July
5% Jun

104

Jan

101% Feb

8

10%

Jan

4%

Dec

7% Jan
3% Jan

2%

Jun

81

40

Jan

26

3

11% Feb

17

Feb

10

75% Jan

6

Dec

23 % Feb

16

Oct

64

Feb

2

Dec

10% Jan

13

9% Jan
x69

16%

71%

71%

3%

3%

16%

16%

70%

70%

3%
*81

82

*80

81

83

*81

83

*81

83

*81

83

24%

23%

24%

23%

7

26% Jan
67

Feb

15

11% Jan

7

*88

204%

207%

1,900

4%

Corp

Allis-Chalmers

6%

American

6%

32%

33%

33%

33%

33%

33 %

88%

87

8,900

87%

*86%

86%

86 %

800

35%

86%

35%

36 Va

35%

35 %

35%

35%

1,200

1

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

31s

1,400

com

50

*40

14

Jun

Oct

18

Jan

5

18% Jan

9

Mar

82

Jan

3

86% Jan

23

10

common

*66%

67

10%
34%

2
No par

com

100

Inc

*101%

17

American

17

3%%

21

American

10 %

10

10%

10

1074-

10%

69%

69

10%

69%

69%

70%

25

25%

24%

25

23%

24%

67

67

67

67

67

25%

*66%

*69

11%

10%

11%

11%

13%

12%

13%

34%

34%

34%

34%

34

34%

103

*101%

103

*101%

Highest

Feb

Oct

6% Jan

6

7% Jan

30

American

Feb

19%

Dec

18% Jan

28

19% Jan

12

American

Jan

21%

Nov

20'A Jan

3

24% Feb

4

1%

Jun

3%

Dec

2% Jan

3

3% Jan

11

44

Jan

6%

8%

9%

30,300

5%

113%

113%

4%

112%

112%

4%

112%

43,200

113

113%

187%

111%

*186%

187%

112%

*186%

187 %

186%

186%

29%

28%

186%

186%

29%

29%

30%

230

29%

30%

78%

76

29%

76

30%

78

78

II,300

78%

*77%

79

500

*186

29%
*76

25%
49%

25%

24%

49%

25

%

49%

19%

19'/a

49

*19%
*18

18%

18

*36

87%

*86

19%

18

87%

247/a

25

25

2418

25

2,200

49%

49%

50

50

19%

19%

2,200

19

19%

600

18

18

18

13

18

18%

87%

1,100

86

86

*86

87%

60

52%

II,900

*86

51%

51 Va
119 Via

20

34

34

33%

34%

Feb. 11

$ per share

Encaustic Tiling—1
_No par
European Secur

American Export Lines Inc__ >

*23%

3%

*34

10

Jan

3

19% Jan

10

54

Jan

3

64% Jan

11

45%

Oct

51%

Dec

49% Jan

3

54% Feb

3

Jun

43%

Oct

39% Feb

9

42% Jan

18

American

Hawaiian

Oct

4% Jan

3

5% Jan

12

American

Hide & Leather

$7 preferred

_

3 %

3%

68%
18%

59%

60%

6,600

59%

59%

58%

59

59 %

59%

53 Va

53%

2,300

53%

53%

*39%

9,700

40%

40

*70

10

SS Co__

10

53%

*47%

49%

33 Va

33 Va

Jan

13

15% Jan

9

6

22% Jan

12

American International Corp.No par
American Investment Co of 111
1

18%

Jan

18% Feb

15

Feb

16
9

*7%

4

Jan

84

Sep

78

Jan

4

5% Jan

3

4%

Jun

22 %

Jun

33%

Dec

323a Feb

96%

Jan

105%

Nov

7

Oct

104% Jan
6% Jan

7% Mar

8

H

Amer Machine & Metals

6

34% Jan

11

American

3

105% Feb

6

5

7% Jan

7

5%

Jan
Nov

33%

Dec

29%. Jan

13

32 Va Jan

5

Feb

36Va Aug

34% Jan

25

36% Jan

28

Jan

3

19% Feb

15

100

Feb

32

Dec

preferred

6% Jan

84

28%

15%

7%

Amer Mach & Fdry com
3,90% preferred

16% Feb

10

__

4% %

Metal Co

Ltd

American

News

1,800

*47%

49%

*47%

49%

33 %

8

8

8

8

90

*88

■>

8

*88

90

33

*7%
*88

33 %
8

*89

15%

1574

15%

15 Vb

15%

21%

*21%

21%

21%

21 %

17%
*90

17%
91

17%
*91

18'%
92 %

18%

18%

18%

92%

18%
*91

91

91

15%

15%

15%

15 %

15%

15%

15%

15%

83%

83

83

84

84

84

84

*6Va
32%

1

*6%

6%

32%
106
7

6 %

33%

*105%
6%

6%

33%
106

6%

6%

6%

33

6%

33%

*105%

33

106

*105%

33

21%

21%

18 %

6 %

33 %
106

16

7,900

85

150

6%

33%
*105

6 %

700

33 %

3,700

106

*6%

7%

*6%

7%

7%

100

31

31%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

36%

30%

35%

35%

*35%

10,000

35%

35%

36

_No par

36

Amer Power & Light com

36

16%

16%

15%

16 %

19%

20'i

20%

20%

16

20% Feb

17

New

Dec

128

Jan

4

140'A Feb

10

$6 preferred

No par

138%

139

136%

Dec

107% Jan

4

118

Feb

10

$5 preferred

No par

1167a

117

114

Jun

14%

Jan

13% Jan

13

14% Jan

10

com__ _No par

14-%

169

Mar

Feb

10

Dec

7% Jan

25

Nov

44% Jan

26

Sep

8%

176% Jan

9% Jan

49

37

Jun

43%

Dec

3934 Feb

10

43% Jan

39 %

Jun

56%

Jan

53 Va Jan

13

57% Jan

142

Feb

34%

Jan

130

Jan

164

Dec

42%

Dec

150

Sep

48

Jan

30

100

American

3

American Seating Co
American Ship Building Co

9

Amer Smelt

27

166

Jan

18

13

42

Jan

5

2

145

Jan

13

27% Feb

17

Feb

preferred
Safety Razor

11

Jan

141

7%

San'y

11

40 % Jan

158

No par

_

&

Refg
7% preferred
6%

Snuff

non-cum

Jun

28

Jan

24 Va Jan

3

Jan

31%

Dec

29% Jan

13

33% Feb

17

American

7%

Jun

12%

Jan

10 % Jan

5

12% Jan

17

25

17

American

Dec

38 Va Jan

Jun

128%

Nov

128% Jan

5

16

July

20%

Nov

19% Jan

13

Jun

150%

Jan

146 % Jan

Jan

76%

Dec

71% Feb

153%

Dec

31%

Feb

138

60'A

Jan

135

49 Vb May

xll7%

Apr

6%

Jan

45

151

Feb

41% Feb
132

774

7%

45%

45 Va

45

_No par

*40

41,%

*40

41%

*40

55

54

54%

100

3

149% Feb

4

76% Jan

9

American

6

154% Jan 11

74

Dec

67 % Feb

16

75

Jan

4

Aug

117% Jan

25

120

Jan

11

7% Jan

3

10% Feb

6

Feb

23% Feb

21%

Jun

17

32 Va Jan

28

79

Sep

91 % Mar

85

Jan

6

94 Va Feb

10

59%

Jun

80

Jan

69

Feb

17

Feb

2

38%

5% Feb

Dec

7%

14

4%

Jun

48 Va

Jun

65

25 Va

Jun

35%

22 Va

Jun

35%

Jan

28

Va Jan

13

Jan

40%

Dec

37

Jan

27

25 Va

99 Va Mar

Dec
Jan

62

28% Jan

55%

15%

106% Jan

20

x51

12

Jun

28 Va

Dec

July
2% Aug

11%

4%

Jan

26% May

42%

Nov

see




page

Jan

7% Jan
65

31

Jan
Jan

10
12
9

31% Jan

12

42

Feb

17

109% Jan

11

54

Feb

9

% Feb

11

23% Jan

7

9% Jan

Nov

footnotes

3

Dec

Jun

For

30

Jan

108

48%
8 Va

Jan

74

4

10% Jan

12

19

_

Tobacco

American Water
American

7%
$4

417

53%

54%

16274

162%

53%
162

7%

7,100

45

40

40

54%

53%

55 74

5,900

16274

16274

162%

220

4

500
2G

42

41

41

144

*142

144

26

25%

26

26

26%

26

26 74

26%

2774

31%

32

9,300

32

3274

32%

32%

32%

33

33

33%

12

2,100

*11%

100

*39%

100

com

131

5

—

100

Inc

5

*1174

40

39%
*130%

22

8

152%

41%

12

39%
135

*11%
39%
*130%

*4C%
142

12

11%

39%

39%

135

*130%

4174
142

11%

41%
135

*41
*142

11%

41%
*131

41%
143

400

10

11%

300

41%

6,600

135

100

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

149%

1,300

149 74

149%

149 Va

14974

149%

149 3 a

149'/a

149 74

28,600

73%

72%

73%

7274

73 %

72%

7274

71%

7274

5,800

152%

152%

152%

15271*

153

152%

153

152

152%

610

69 %

69%

6874

69%

67%

68%

67%

67%

67%

67%

2,800

*118%

119 74

118%

118%

118%

118%

118%

118%

119%

11974

430

9%

9%

.

9%

9%

9%

9%

93a

9%

9%

_No par

31

16,300

31%

30%

31%

30%

31%

24

25 72

23%

24%

100

common

prior preference—

Amer Zinc Lead & Smelt
$5 prior conv preferred

22

72 7

4174
*142

131

149%

25

.

_

85,400

94

94

94

9474

93

93%

87%

89

86

87%

75

73%

73%

73

73 74

69

70

1,000

5%

5%

6

3,200

_No par

*73%

75

*73%

1

57a

6

5%

com

_

25

*62

63%

*62

5%
6374

*62

9%

5%

5%

63%

63%

5%

980

63%

63 %

63%

50

200

2972

29%

29%

29%

2974

29%.

29 Va

2974

29 Va

2974

_No par

13,100

29 Va

29'a

2974

29

29%

28%

29

Anchor Hock Glass Corp com—12.50
$4 preferred

2974

2874

29

1,020
2,400

*10678

Anaconda Copper Mining
Anaconda Wire & Cable

Anderson, Clayton & Co
Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp.

Feb

15

3% Jan

12

34% Jan

13

x44% Feb

9

Archer-Daniels-Midland

18

*40

178

144

common

Andes Copper Mining
A P W Products Co Inc

3

41%

774
44 Va

42

__

Tobacco

Works Co

Woolen

"175

7%
45

26

preferred
conv

178

24,600

*142

6% preferred
100
American Viscose Corp common—14
5% preferred
100
__

162

7%

♦44%

14%

100

American Tel & Tel Co

17

121

8 Va Mar

Sugar Refining
_

161%

♦176

7%
45

14%

No par

3

Sumatra

162

178

14%

No par

31

preferred

*161%

14%

_No par

Co

Jan

7%

55

7%

14%

25

common

22% Feb

American

*176

7%
45%

American Stove Co

120

178

7%

No par

—

American Steel Foundries
Stores

*176

44,300

9,700
1474

*44%

preferred

19'A

21%

178

14%

5

com

Co

*176

1474

20 %

7,500

_No par

_

American

19%

14%

500

33,000

116%

10

*6%

138%

109%

Jan

100

15%

*83%

31 Va

130"

6% Mar

37,700
v

31%

Feb

23%

1,500

18%

92%

*35%

Feb

176

1,500

No par

70%

178

500

15%

_No par

Co

Amer Rad & St

5,800

7*8
90

15%

*91

83

*105 Via

32%
7%

90

21%

83%

•

300

5%

15%

coin.No par

Co

33

40%

5%

21%

100

Molasses

33 %

53%

*40%

5%

49%

*47%

53%

40%

5%

15%

100

American Natural Gas Co
American

33

49%

1,500

5 Va

5

21 %

_No par

preferred

*47%

5%

*15 Va

No par
__

5

90

*88

American Locomotive common—_1

91

16% Jan

27

12

Feb

-100

preferred

21% Feb
Jan

7%

Products

Dec

Jan

40

1

preferred

22%

14 % Jan

76

non-cum

53%

40

50

Ice Co common— _No par

6%

53 74

BIRTHDAY

5%

American

convertible

LINCOLN'S

5 Vb

11

6%

54

40%

*40

1

com

6

84

3,000

1,000

18%

7% Feb

15

4,800

68%

Jan

Jan

23%

3%

5%

Dec

23

18%

Home

15 Va

23 %

3%

69 %

American

102

23

3%

13

20

Jun

1,700

23 Va

3Va

69

Jan

Jun

23

3%

18%

34

Jun

23%

3 Va

68 Vs

4

11 %

19%

1874

31% Jan

12%

19%

t

68%

Dec

73

19%

23

STOCK

6%

19%

18%

32%

14

Shareg

x6%

19%

69 %

Jan

Feb

Sper share

19%

17%

24'A

15% Mar

6%

19%

68%

30

11%

7

Sales for

the Week

CLOSED

Jan

20

7

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb. 16

I per share

EXCHANGE

48

Jan

Thursday

Feb. 15

t per share

18%

5

8% Jan

1,500

60%

47 % Jan

91

33%

PRICES

70 %

Nov

4

33

2,200

13%

48

Feb

34%

123

60%

No par

—

Jun

88

120 %

No par

__

$6 preferred
American Gas & Electric Co

46

9% Sep
100
Aug
15% Dec

3%

51 %

119%

33%

34%

51%

119%

120

Wednesday

14

7

51

*19%

19%

23%
.

Feb.

$ per share

51%

19%

-No par

74% Jan

16

Dec

Feb

7 Vb

19%

7

Amer & Foreign Power com_ _No par

Dec

73

Va

*19%

40c

Tuesday

Feb. 13

$ per share

24%
50

120%

.,

*77

2.500

50

51

Dec

5%

103

9 %

4%

120

19%

Jun

2,100

8%

51%

69%

3 Va

117,300

4%
113%

120%

61%

34

*102

50

12%

34'%

8%

51%

Jun

3

12%
33%

8%

120%

Jan

64 Va Jan

I,100
2,600
■

67

4%

10

com

37

6%

23-%

4%

Par

4%

72%

23%

90,100

8%

EXCHANGE

13%

103

1,100
1,600

j.\

11%

4y«

10

t per share

15%

*101%

44

8%

Monday
Lowest

103

104

70%
*66

34%

»ALE

S per share

-

10%

69

preferred series A-100

Distilling Co

'

: 43%

10

Cyanamid Co

conv

45

104

44%

100

prior preferred—

Feb

52% Feb

Colortype Co

American Crystal Sugar com

3o Va jan

123

*38

42%

4%

No par

Co

45
104

44

8%

—100

Chicle

103

43%

8%

100

com

*39%

104%

43%

4%

25

i

Fdry

45

104

43%

1

common

preferred

*39%

*

1

Corp

preferred

4%%

106

*68%
*25%

l

—100

No par

50

45

105%

43%

No par

24

*39%

107

*42
10%

American

18% Jan

45

*105%

50

Bank Note

600

33%

American

7

Dec

93

32%

15

44% Jan

19%

93

87%

10

Sep

Feb

93

200

35%

Feb

47%

15 %

4,300

88%

19% Feb

16

35%

35%

American Chain & Cable

243A Jan

35%

35%

12

Dec

35%

93

*88%

26% Jan

25%

35%

94

100

15

19% July
39% Feb

35%

*93

No par

4%

7%

900

34%

33 3 4

preferred

American Car &

28%

33 'A

15

4

*28 %

35 '/a

Feb

70% Jan

20

28%

93 %

78

Jan

*19%

28

35

30% Feb

82

19%

28%

93%

American Bosch Corp
Amer Brake Shoe Co

7%

19%

%

93 Va

preferred

American Can Co

19%

28

35 Vs

common

conv

19%

28%

common.No par

Mfg

Airlines

20

%

a

Petroleum Corp
No par
Amer Agricultural Chemical—No par
cum

28

*93%

Amerada

3%%

*19%

100

.

convertible preferred—

American

351

common__No par

preferred

3

33%

300

204 %

25% Jan

Jun

3,400

203%

18

60

24 3 8

91

20574

American Cable & Radio

Jan

83

104

204%

14

Jun

800

29

17

21%

24,300

21

9'A Feb

35

150

3%
81

*81

91

1,100

71

3 %
81

*88

28

Highest

24%

4,900

16%

*70

3%

82

50

3

3

71

82

122

16%

91

Jan

$ per share

3%

3

16 %

*88

Jan

Lowest

*70

3%

*119

91

190

$ per share

16%

122

*28%

5% Jan

13

16%

3

*19%

3

16

5,300

*119

3%

5

13

Jan

120

3

24

convertible preferred
American Broadcasting Co

32% Jan

120

3

*100

119

49

120

3

100

2,100

No par

12

1153A Jan

*118%

23%

99

Mills

20

Dec

150

22%

%

Allied

Allied Stores

Jan

36% Mar

52%

23

11%

24

4R

51%

52%

22%

99

3

120

53

23

24

183% Jan

Jun

14,300

*52'A

23

*52%

100

105% Jan

Jan

11%

53

23

*98

Sep

99

11%

53

22%

100

Dec

25%

52 %

42

I.666

104% Jan

13

11%

BIRTHDAY

*88

187 %

Dec

64,500

*98

106%

19%

11%

91

172% Mar

87

11%

102

Jan

71% July
35% Feb

24

11%

8%

Amalgamated Leather Co

26

Jan

45%

23 %

11%

8%

11

4% Jan

Jan

51

44

LINCOLN'S

24 %

206%

Jun

Oct

45%

23%

205%

2%

Sep

42%

45%

24%

*88

3%% conv preferred
Alpha Portland Cement

45

♦40%

46

207'A

18

120%

*41

*206%

11

Jan

*40 5 a

42%

No par

38% Jan

Feb

42%

42%

900

Allied Chemical & Dye
Allied Kid Co

90 % Jan

Jan

4,100

8%

11

6%

21%

8%

17

89%

21%

8%

35% Feb

34'A

21%

8%

86 Va Feb

.

2J%

8%

Oct

14

21%

*8%

Dec

3% Feb

21%

8%

88

40

21%

2,300

3

8%

37%

Jan

20 %

*2%

1

Jun

4% Nov

x20 %

3

*97

Inc

Jan

43

20%

2%

No par

76

Apr

20 V2

3

45%

3%

24:%

4,600

20%

21

gtd—100

preferred—

52%

*2 %

20%

83

*81

preferred-No par

51%

2%
20%

24%

72%

3%

82%

52 %

Share t

47%

16%

*71 %

1

52

for

the Week

24%

3%

100

52 %

Sales

Feb. 17
$ per share

46 %

120

16%

52

Fridav

Feb. I(>
S per share

23%

23 VB

3

100

w

common

preferred A

26%

37

53
53

____5

common

preferred w

5%%

STOCK

47%
47'%

23

52%

Thursday

t per share

2%

42%

*118%

share

20 %

471 2
47%

No par

$ per
52

3

24%

Inc

Allegheny Corp

$ per share

*40%

Vicksburg Ry
100
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining——10
Aldens

Feb. 15

1

&

PRICES

Wednesday

Corp__lO

No par

SALE

Feb. 14

'

9% Jan

13

213 4
21%

HIGH

Tuesday

Feb. IS

20%

1

Allegheny & West Ry 6%
8% Jan

20%

AND

Monday

53

*2%

10

Corp

9

53

—2.50

Corp hew common
Affiliated Gas Equipment com
$3 preferred w w

1

$ per share

5

Co.I

Motors

Feb

121

64

40%

Par

19% Jan

14%

Jun

Saturday
Feb. 11

49% Jan

27% Mar

5%

LOW

STOCK

YORK

EXCHANGE

Dec

3%

41

Nov

NEW

Highest

21% May

Jun

17%

Range Since Jan. 1

Highest

.

21%
10
20

_No Par

5

39

39

107%

3974

*106%

40

19%

19%

19%

9%

9%

9%

54

19%

20%

1974

*3

40%

3%

41%

9%
*3

40%

108

5*Va

53

10

41

41

107%

*52%

53

10

40%
*106%

107%

53

374
4174

3

39%

*53%
,

41 %

108
54'a

41%

42

*107%

109

*53%

54

19 %

20

19%

21%.

*9%

10

*9%

10

3

*3

3 7'a

374

40

40

40 Va

39%

374
40

360

900

9,800
300
300

2,000

7

8

COMMERCIAL

THE

(756)

Year 194D

$ persha7

$ per

Highest

share

19%

Jun

29 %

Dec

26% Jan

77

Jun

95

Feb

89

5

Jun

8%

Dec

49 %

Jun

77%

Jan

38%

Jun

51%

Dec

94

Jun

101%

Dec

100% Jan

9

114

Oct

111% Feb

15

Feb

10

105 %

Jun

13% Mar

13 %

7% July
11%

Feb

95

Apr

30% Feb

3

99% Feb

1

13

9% Jan

30

69

Jan

13

48

Jan

27

15

Jan

15%

13

Jan

9% Jan

4

15% Jan

Sep
Dec

109

105

Jan

52

Jan

102

31

29%

Armco Steel Corp common—.10
4 % % convertible preferred
100

Co

$6 conv

11

Armstrong Cork Co

Feb

17

$3.75 preferred

9

Jan

9

Arnold Constable Corp—.

9

75%

*'49%
*'101
*'111%
*'14%

Artloom Carpet Co

19

12% Jan

17% Jan
110
104

9

Jan

30

Feb

com.;—-No par
—No par

convertible

$4

preferred—No par

—5

Inc..
No par
Associated Dry Goods common
1
6%

1st

7%

2nd

*'11

53

Feb

73

Dec

68

Jan

28

70% Jan

5

77

Feb

94

Mar

87

Jan

13

89% Jan

20

30%

Jun

42%

Dec

36% Jan

24

40% Feb

3

Jun

112%

Dec

108% Feb

1

111% Feb

17

102

Dec

106

6

Atlantic

15%

*14%

15%

*14%

11%

*103/4

*14%
*11

15%

Jun

99% Jan

5

101% Feb

1

Jan

24% Aug

22% Jan

19

2534 Feb

7

1

13%

13 3

44%

Jun

58

Jan

52% Jan

16

55% Feb

3

Atlas Powder

100

Feb

110

Dec

105

Feb

2

110

Jan

5

15

Sep

20%

Jan

18

Jan

25

25

Feb

16

Atlas Tack

Feb

7%

Sep

6% Jan

24

8

Jan

10

Austin Nichols

Feb

15%

69

68 %

88%

88 3

39%

38%

110%

111%

101%

101

101

57

2,000

105%

104%

104%

104 %

15 %

13%

13%.

13 %'

2,300

44%

44%

45 5-a

3,200

*68%

70

70

■

38 3

9,000
400

70

400

4

<83'/a

88%

200

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38%

7,800

110%

111%

111%

111'/a'

883.,

4

10l38

100%

101 "4

101%

550

24%

24

25%

243,

25

24%

24%

24%

24%

9,100

55%

55

55%

54 %

55

5^%

55

55

55

106%

106%

convertible preferred

Corpl

100

.

*6%

106

107

20

21

7

18

No par

common...

*

19

No par

.

7

7

3

10

Conv prior pref
Autocar Co

5c

*6%

6%

12

Automatic Canteen Co of Amer—5

13%

13%

Jan

5% Jan

3

7% Feb

16

Avco Mfg Corp

Jaa

37% Jan

4

46% Feb

16

15

Nov

143'8 Jan

5

15% Jan

25

Babbitt

Jun

12%

Jan

10% Jan

3

13% Feb

16

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Jun

11%

Jan

9'/a Jan

3

11% Jan

11

Baltimore & Ohio

IS3/, Feb

14

7%

103 %

56%
103%

55%

7% Jan

8%

*102

24%

common

1a34 Jan

Jun

210

101%

Preferred $3.75 series B

15% Jan

7 %

10,000

110%

3

44%

200

15%
108 %

A—100

12

Jun

11

15 %

108

-.100

series

25

Jun

*10'/a

15%

44%

111%

101

11 %

1534
103

57%

*104%

38%

110%

310

*14%

104

103

70

88%

37%

160

112%

15%

103'/a

57

*68%

Jan

4%

*102

57

104%

*38 %

6% Jan

34 %

107%

102

112

39%
110%

12% Jan

15

Dec

8

56%
103

89

39%

Jan

8

Jun
Nov

10%
15%

69%

*88

17% Mar

4%

11%
16

107%
103%

*102

57%

44

*68%

107%

103 %

56%

13%

100
25

Atlas Corp

42

10%

15%

16%
108

49 %
102
<

5

93%

13%

112

16,900

No par

preferred

20

4%

101%

111%

76

49%

101%

111%

4434

preferred
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conv

4%

49 %

101%

49%

13%

non-cum

4%

49%

lOl3/,
111'%

44%

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Atl G & W I SS Lines common
5%

49 %

101%

LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY

9%

75;|,

112

49%

57%

*'104

%

101'%

CLOSED

44

Coast Line RR

Atlantic

2,800

75

9

11.2

EXCHANGE

13%

12
31

4974

75%

13%

104% Jan
Jan

1,100

*74%

75

44%

27

14% Feb

76%

74%

STOCK

104%

103% Jan

46

46,300

*1043%

Nov

3

510

9%

104'%

105%

13

953,

104'%

Jun

Jan

30%

95

104%

97%

Atch Topeka & Santa Fe com—100
5% non-cum preferred—;
100
ATP Inc....
__10

12% Jan

30

95%

9 %

1043/B

Associates Investment COi—.10

20

41

30%

95 %

9

103

9

110% Jan

Jan

30

95 %

8%

*102

59% Feb

16

Jan

30%

95%

9%

103 %

13

100% Jan

15

293/4

96

104%

4

47% Jan

Jan

Shares

30%

9

104%

Jan

Nov

Sales

the Week

17

$ per share

95 %

*'102
56%

Dec

50%

tor

Friday
Feb.

$ per share

29%

-W-~.—100

101%
105%

preferred

Thursday
Feb.16

108

Apr

47

$ per share

share

16%

Jun

Dec

$ per share

$ per

108%

Feb

Jun

Feb. 15

16%

80

10 %

PRICES

Wednesday

112%

15%
11%

SALE

Feb. 14

108%

87

32%

49:%
101%

HIGH

AND

Tuesday

Feb. 18

100

preferred—

30%

7

9%
75%

Monday, February 20, 1950

Mondav

29%
95

95
9%

of Illinois com.—5
prior preferred—-No par

&

Armour

113% Jan

6

Jan

100

3

77

9

$ per share

Par

$ per share

7% Jan

Dec

16%

LOW

Saturday
Feb. 11

NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest

$ per share

CHRONICLE

STOCKS

Range for Previous
Lowest

FINANCIAL

&

($1.20•

No par

__„____

(The)

15%

*15

common—3

6%

$2.25 conv preferred——No par

42%

*15

42 3

4

r?

7

63

15 %

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638

13%

7%

7%
43

'-4>

4

6

%

133^

7%

7%
433

43:%

106

4

610

107%

130

23%

23%

1,000

7

67s

6%

1,100

%

15%

*15

6%

13%

CO

4

23%

*101

520

25

108

*107

24%

6%

6%

7

"a

13%

•

.

107

22 3

15%

6%
13%.

42%

107

38

15

6%'

15

14%

7%

900

14%

44%

2,900

734

7%

46 %

100

6 %

6%

14%

256,500

46

5,300

B
xl3

143/4

Jun

22 %

143/4

Jun

25

Jan

173/4 Feb

3.

21% Jan 11
22% Jan 23

Jun

72

July

66

Feb

4

72

38

Jun

53

Dec

43

Feb

15

Sep

21%

Jan

16% Jan

36

Jun

Mar

Inc

4%

non-cum

Bangor

&

15

48% Jan

4

Barber

Oil

3

20% Feb

8

Barker

5%

16

39

Jan

26

Feb

17

57% Feb

3

Barnsdall

Feb

15%

Oct

14% Jan

3

Jan

9

Bath Iron Works

13% Jan

9

Bayuk

32% Feb

6

Beatrice

17%

Jan

12% Jan

3

33%

Dec

29% Jan

3

Dec

98

Feb

9

Jan

17% Jan

21%

Dec

20% Jan

Mar

86%

NOV

74

Jun

10 Va

Jan

7% Feb

32%

Feb

29 V* Jan

7

16

Jun

Nov
Feb

123/8

Nov

20','4

16%

Oct

69

63/4

101

Jan

20

100

10%

19%

20

Corp

5

24

14% Feb

9

11%

Jun

17

Feb

12'/2 Jan

4

13% Jan

11

Feb

10

Jan

3

87

1J

19 %

*19%

*37%

3%%
$1.25

Bell Aircraft

4%%

19%

410

44

900

19%

19%

38

19%

*37%

800

38

50

50%

25,700

19%

19 %

19:)

19%

19%

iy'%.

19%

19%

1934

4,400

12%

3,200

12%

*22%

*31%

%

8

4

8

12%

32%

32%

22 Va

99%

99%

99%

*99

99%

80

19%

19%

19

19 %

19

19%

4,500

22%

22%

22'%

22%

*22 "4

22%

310

83

*82

83

12%

"

82

8%

8%

12%

82
8

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%

8%

32 %

14%

32%

15

15

14%

14%

14%

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14 %

13

12%

12%

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13

68

*85

88

10

13

100

*85

*85

88

1,800

40

8%

8

32
32

14%

32%

14%

32%

15

*14

8 3'8

32 >/4

31%

32

32 %

1

32%

32

32

14%

i

12%

12'/a

32

8

32

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32

"

20

*99

12%

32%

..10

14%

*

14 %

14-%

*13%

2,500

14

*14

12%
*85

32

32

210

32

32

1,200

15

1.000

13

13

*85

88

200

13%

1,500

88

,

34% Jan

13

42% Feb

16

Bendix

Apr

11

Jan

9'/a Jan

4

11% Feb

16

Bendix Home Appliances

Feb

27%

Nov

25 % Jan

6

26 % Feb

17

Beneficial

73%

Jan

85

Dec

86

Jan

12

89

Feb

9

93

Jan

Dec

106% Jan

12

112

Feb

10

23/4 July

1% Jan

4

2% Jan

11

Benguet Consol Mining Co..18 pesos

Oct

26% Jan

3

29% Jan

12

Best &

Dec

1,900

*43

:

50%

83

6 3/4

37%

19;,4

44

50'%

8

preferred

*42%
*37'%

82

common.;

%

38

50

Bell.& Howell Co

43

69

51

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Corp.

12,000

19%
*68

50%

8134

No par

Beech-Nut Packing Co...

68

*37%

pfd—100

Belding-Heminway

19'%

67

55

81%

preferred

Corp

18

66%

38

22%

(A S.) 4%%

18%
s

51

*22%

____2.50

conv

20%

19%

19%

32,100

38

22

div

23,800

55%

19 %

Beaunit Mills Inc

113/8

38

18%

common

203a

13 %

10%

19%.

213/4

Jun

3,200
•

13

55

.1

Beech Creek RR

15 % Jan

19%

19

6

34 '/a Jan

*19 %

19

32% Feb

1

43

Va

19

32%

Beech Aircraft

3-

44

99 3

Beck Shoe

12% Feb

43%

32

9

13% Jan

45

993R

2

31% Feb

*44

99

9% Jan

Feb

26

15

14%
•

•"

32%

85% Feb

Jun

66 7

12%

7

Mar

18

66%

12%

3

16

18%

*66%

99

12

16%

19%

*18%

32

30

Feb

18 3 4

18%

66%

19%

No par
12.50

23% Jan

Jun

19%

*18%
*66%

10

Inc

6

Jun

x85

13%

10%

5

Foods Co

26

10%

Mar

13

11

15

convertible preferred_.__100

Cigars

21% Jan

11%

98

l5

13%

10%

100

Co

3

30%

Oct

Oil

5

Jun

85

15

12%

10a/4

100

preferred

Jan

27%

'

15

12%

10%

common—50

common

303/4 Jan

11%

15

12%

11%

(Delaware).

50

87%

15

12%

10%

preferred..

Corp

Dec

263/4

14%

12%

50

Brothers

Convertible

56%

9%

*14%

10

preferred—.

5

4%%

common

Aroostook

Jan

39% Mar

41

1

13
100

—

'

60%

Jan

T)

(B

42%

42 %

29,700

33%c

10%

10%

10%

10%

10%

11%

10%

11%

10%

11%

32,200

10

26%

26%

26%

263/8

26%

26%

26 %

26%

26 '%

26 %

3,200

90

88%

88%

*88

88%

88 %

88

1113/4

110%

110%

112

1%

1%

Aviation...

39%

5

39%

40 3e

40 %

39 %

40 %

40%

41%
'

1%

Dec

22 Va

109%

Feb

25

27%

pfd $3.25

Cum pfd

Dec

5

Best

30'/a Jan

13

34% Feb

1

Bethlehem Steel

Dec

139% Jan

21

143

Feb

17

Jan

13

28

Jan

9

9% Jan

3

12% Feb

16

22%

Jun

31% Mar

Oct

11% Mar

141

Jan

33

26

36 % Jan

share
Jan

26% Jan

4

29% Feb

3

10%

Jun

14% Jan

13

15% Jan

12

8%

Jun

14%

Dec

12% Feb

17

14% Jan

5

Jun

15

Dec

13% Jan

4

17%

Jun

25% Mar

22% Jan

3

21

Aug

27

Jan

23 % Jan

25

50

Aug

64

Jan

53% Jan

18

Aug

32%

Jan

19

Nov

3

48 % Jan

9

51.% Feb

15

42'/a

Dec

59%

Dec

55

Feb

15

98%

Dec

97% Jan

3

1% Mar

2%

Jan

1% Jan

Dec

8% Mar

60 % Jan

5

23/b Jan

11

Feb

10

38% Jan

9

7% Feb

14

9% Jan

10

Braniff

Jan

47%

Jan

28

Jan

21

32% Jan

26

9%

Apr

8

Jan

3

9% Jan

9

21%

Jun

Jan

28

Jan

13

30% Jan

11

20 Va

Jun

18%

33

Jan

9

105%

26

Feb

2

3

14% Jan

14

3

76% Jan

9

39% Jan

24
10

Bullard Co

26 %

Jun

35%

Dec

34 % Jan

4

12%

Feb

18%

Dec

1734 Jan

13

20

Jun

36

36% Jan

133/4
77

Feb

16

19%

Dec

18% Jan

13

95

Apr
May

NOV

94

Jan

4

Jan

34

.77t
Budd

Dec

87

Jan

24

89

Jan

9

3%%

Dec

82% Jan

18

86

Jan

31

16%

Jun

Jan

Jun

7

x97%

9

May

Jun

122

Dec

Jun

11%

Dec

60

Jun

82

Feb

3

Feb

17

Jun

6'/a

98%

Feb

52
1

3%

105

Jun

30

4% Mar
24%

Jun

20%

.

35%

Jan

Dec

13% Jan

3

8% Feb

17

Jan

12

9% Jan

13

Jan

3

120

71

15

Jan

9% Jan

2nd

9

5

23
2

4 3/8 Feb

2

5

102% Feb

10

105% Jan

24i

Bldg 7%

participating

22% Feb

3

24

Jan

14

Dec

34 % Feb

5

3634 Jan

11

58

Apr

53

Jan

5

55

Jan

26

Jun

2

Oct

13

Feb

8

1% Jan

10

Jun

53a

Jan

4% Jan

3

434 Jan

7

22%

Jan

1934 Jan

4

12%

Feb

;

29'%

28

*28

25%
*103

%

283a
25'%

.26

*28

28%
2534

70

8%

9,200

30 Va

8%
30

6,300
600

28 Va

25na

25% '

6,800
'•

103%

*103-

104%

'103

29

29

9%
30

2,600

13%

6,000

*37'%

15

38

101

*103

38

*100

par

38

101

*100

13%

253%

19 %

19'/a

19

1233'4

123%

13

13%

13%
76

*75

76

39%

39

20

19

20 %

20

20 Va

97%

98

98

'/a

34%

34%

100

*87

88

*86

38

*85

90

*85

90

preferred—100
15

75

5

—No par

10%

19 V*

*12334

14%

13'%
75

75

20%

87%
*85

75%

4

%

4 %

39'%

19
34

100

13%

39

16,300
100

76

39

'

19

600

193«

2,200

34%

34

34

1,300

19%

20%

19%

20

7,700

98

*9734

98 %

9?34

98

120

87 V2

*85%

88

*85%

88

100

*85

90

*85

90

34%
20%

14%

14'%

/

14%

14%

9

123

123

834

9

*121

*121

9

4

10%

10%

10%

10 r%

2,200
30

10%

75

9%
75

6,500

14 %

123

75

75

75

75

4

4

8,400
490

1,600

4%

4

4

4%
*

3,000

'

124

*75

19

9

x9

*121

10 %

10
75

*38'%

2,000

90

34%

121%

13%

13%

76

*97%

14

123 %

124

13%

4%

*21%

No par

preferred.__100

121'%

75

10%

19%

124

13%
*75

9%

9

122

*121

100

14%

9 %

19'%

la*/2

35 %

14%

19%

39%

20%

*9

19%

80

243 4

la "8

*34%

14%

24%

39%

1

97%

2i34

19-/a

19%

100

%

200

101

100

100

24%

39%

*38%

37%

373a

25%

124

124

*75

too

101

25

19%

37%

38

*100

25'/a

—No par

common

1043/8

*37

25%

*123%

California

May

26

29'%

8%

29%

7,300

38 %

104

19%

Byron Jackson Co

36 Va

28%

28 %

28%

30

104%

*

300
f

9 %

3734

Copper & Zinc
Byers Co (AM) common.!

Jan

25%

•

8%

8%

900

'13%

preferred

26%

27%

25%

30

8%

8%

8'%

29 %

28%

*29%

%

8

.1.'

35

*37%

Butte

7%

25%

8
29

35

13%

Butler Bros common

Feb

24% Jan

29%

28%

1

11% Jan

13

8

29%

Machine_.No par

Bush Term

25

29

8%

8%

2%

35%

*35

35

*2

2

37%

Bush Terminal.

4% %

8%

30%

8%

8

100

27

77

7%

35

99%

u

preferred

Jan

122

55%
*99

■

1,790

13 3

Co Inc

pref erred
Burroughs Adding

Jan

3% Jan
21

conv

35

35

56

J

-

37'%

3 % %

13%

*35

5

Burlington Mills Corp
4% preferred

91

5,600

•2

1%

1

Bulova Watch

84

3,500

56 %

2%

.5

;

j

10

Apr

51

*2

...No par

11

Jun

51

51

51

1%

—100

14

70'/a

51%

2%

25

:

Feb

73

51

51%

*2

Co common—_No par

$5 preferred

20% Jan
98

6,200

56%

No par

preferred.
(The)

14%

13%

Buffalo Forge Co

Feb

124

19%

14-%

38 Va

Brunswick-Ealke-Collender—No
Bucyrus Erie Co common—

12% Jan

19

15

99%

1

$3.60 preferred

74% Jan

4

20

14%

133a

24

123% Jan

50 3

830

56

1934

15

*37%

103 % Jan

Oct

55%

55%

20 %

14%

13%

16

Sep

55%

15

38'%

Bigelow

Dec

56

15

*20

13 %

Feb

Brooklyn Union Gas

76

56

20%

—37%

Brown Shoe Co Inc common.:

13%

56

20

13%

3

125

Feb
Jun

613/8 July

23%

2,900

38%

Brown

Jan

27

1,400
8,200

23%

13%

9

40

20% Jan

14

27%

23%

•

38

30

13% Feb

16

3

14

26%

24

!__No par

39 % Jan

13

18% Jan

14

26%

233%

*103

13

Dec

14
26 %

24

100

Jan

19%

14 3/8
27 %

56

__2.50

common

11% Jan

Jun

14%
26%

24 %

56
.

143/s
26%

100

preferred

37% Feb

13%

14%

*99

8'/a

3,600

24

99%

*29

700

2,700
■

'

26

STOCK
EXCHANGE

55

2.50

Dec

11

14V2
27

5

Dec

25% Feb

13 %

*99

Bristol-Myers Co

13

15

1234

99%

6

22% Jan

14%

13%

56 7 8

7

Dec

14%

12%

56

18

24

14'%'

13%

*99

29% Jan

Jun

14^4

13

573^

105% Jan

100

14%

13%

99%

8

Dec

15

13%

51

17

&

14%

57

14

36

15

13%

50%

Bearing Co.
Airways Inc.—

Shares
■

28

*99

25% Feb

Dec

27%

5

Roller

33/4%

28

BIRTHDAY

27% Feb

29% Jan'

27 %

15

•

H

share

28%

100

(assented

Sales for
the Week

t per

28%

15

24

15

Friday

16

share

28'%

1

...

Feb.

t per

$ per share

share

28 %

LINCOLN'S

common

Boston & Maine RR

S per

28%

20 %

pieferred...

Bower

Feb. 15

S per share

Feb.

Thursday

Wednesday

Feb. 11

24%
56%

103% Feb

15%

29%

(Thei

PRICES

SALE

HIGH

Tuesday

Feb. 13

20

Dec

Jan

7'/a

3%%

AND

Monday

56%

Jan

95

120

6,000

CLOSED

...

12%
1023/4

3,000

12%

14%

5

40

39

Jan

29% Mar

26%

12%

*28

Brewing Corp. of America—
15
Bridgeport Brass Co
No par
Briggs Manufacturing Corp__No par
Briggs & Stratton..
__No par

29% Nov

Oct

Borden Co

30

Jun

Jail

26%

12%

No par

Borg-Warner Corp

9

6%

98

27

12%

t per share

...No par

Bond Stores Inc

Jan

35

100

25'/a

25%

25%

12 •'B

60

383/b Mar

32

27

12%

26%

9

500

26%

12%

*14%

163i, Jan

25,000

27%

,__5

16

3,700

33%
143

143'/a

2.50

14 % Feb

32%
143

12

Bohn

Ami Co class A

32%

27

Boeing Airplane Co___

Class B_

34

33%

34%

34

32%

32%

12

Bliss & Laughlin Inc.—

Bon

34%

27

*13%

Brass

34%

12

5

19% July

Jun

143

9

10

6 Va

*142%

12

12

38

143

Jan
Jan

Jun

32 %

1

&

1,400

*142%

No par

Aluminum

27%

33%

*142%

LOW

Co

27%

34 %

34%

33%
143

Feb. 11

(E W) Co

273%

32%

14% Jan

x24% Jan

51

Bliss

273.,

33%

2734 Feb

17

Apr

Elaw-Knox

27%

28

Saturday

No par

24,500

27

STOCK

Mfg Co

1%

27%

34%

Par
Black & Decker

13 4

27%

33 %

200

1%

*27%

*142%

200

115

1%

1%

27%

Va

4

1%

27

Feb

91% May

YORK

13

*112

112

1%

__100

$ per share

$ per share

Nov

26

*110

EXCHANGE

15 '/a

13%

114

Bigelow-Sanford Carpet—.No par
Birmingham Electric Co__—No par

NEW

30%

9'/a

*111

___l

Highest

Jun

22%

*88

STOCKS
Lowest

Highest
$ per

90

No par

(Del) com

preferred

Range Since Jan. 1

Year 1949

Sper share

*88

1

Foods

7 9c

Range for Previous
Lowest

ser

__i

Jan

Jun

1946.No par
of 1948_No par

Co..

36

Jun

common

of

ser

$4 div

33%

May

23%
129%
9

13

Cum

Indus Loan

21%

21%

21 %

21%

22 %

21%

22%

22%

23%s

102 %

103'%

*102%

103'/a

*10234

103%

103'%

103 %

103%

103 %

22%

22%

*22%

22%

22%

22 Va

34 Va

34%

*22%

23

*34 Va

34%

*53

54

4,900
A
*•

30

GOO

23

23

34 %

34%

34%

34 %

35

35%

54

531/2

53 %

53%

53'%

30

1%

1%

1 %

1%

3,700

4 Va

4%

4 1

4%

6,200

C

16%

Jun

9%

Jan

Sep

98

1

109 % Mar

35%

Jun

41

May

16%

Jan

21

Oct

10%

Jun

15%

Dec

For footnotes see

page

8

223a Feb

6

10V* Jan

3

11% Feb

17

101

Jan

4

103% Jan

18

40

Jan

5

193aJan

16

143-s Jan

13

13




5%

Packing common_.No
preferred
—

Callahan Zinc-Lead

_

50
1

Calumet & Hecla Cons Copper.
5
Campbell W & C Foundry
No par
Canada Dry

$4.25

Ginger Ale com_.1.66%

Jan

11

preferred—
Canada Southern Ry Co

2014 Feb

15

Canadian

15% Feb

4

41

par

conv

Breweries

Canadian Pacific Ry

Ltd

*53

1%

1%

1

%

1%

l3a

4

4'%

4'/a

4 Va

4

213h

10%

Va

*21%

21%

11 Vs

11%

No par

103'%

103 %

100

*40%

42

No par

*19%

20'/8

.25

54

*53

15'%

15 %

*

% 1

4%

21%

21%

21%

11

10%

11

102'0

103%

103%

4034

40 3 4

*40%

*1934

20 V8

20 Va

15%

i

Va

15%

15%

103%

21'%

10%
*103
*41

42

20%

*19%

20 %

15%

11

U

42

15%

21%

22

103%

15'%

a

103%

900

21%

1,700

11%

12,100

103'%

410
10

*41

42

*

19%

201/4

200

15%

15%

23,300

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

NEW
Range for Previous

40%

Range Since

Highest

$ per share

51

Jan. 1

Lowest

Sper share

Jan

YORK

$ per share

Dec

48

NEW

Highest

Jan

YORK

$ per share

Par

50% Feb

1

Cannon

Mills

17% Jan

3

9

Capital

Admin

Dec

15% Jan

Nov

55 % Feb

56% Jan

9

9 !a

Oct

8% Jan

11% Feb

17

Capital

26

Carolina

Clinch

&

Ohio

Carolina

Power

&

Light

Feb

■i

,

Jun

108

26%

Jan

25%

Jun

12%

Juai

30

31% Jan

34

Feb

1

Jan

30'A Jan

33'A Jan

31

a°,'/8

Dec

•17 % Jan

19% Jan

16

Carrier

Sep

36

38

Jan

14

Conv

Nov

Jun

45%

140

Dec

104%

Apr

34%

Dec

Apr

105%

Dec

X] 14

Jun

132 %

Dec

26%

Jan

18%

Jan

Jun

15%

Jun

14%

'

Jun

17

7'A May
3

104'%

35% Jan

10

18

105% Jan

13

34% Feb

10

3

107% Jan

13

&

I)

15

137% Feb

17

7'/o

Jan

10

Celolex

30

5%

9% Jan

3

16% Jan

9

Central

11% Feb

10

Central

Foundry

4

Jan

3

4% Jan

27

Central

of

Jan

3

17% Jan

11

5%

Jan

»

9'A Jan

12

10% Feb

9

35% Jan

10

38% Feb

2

112 % Jan

112%

Dec

110% Feb

9

16

4%%

Oct

11%

Oct

9% Jan

25

11'A Jan

9

Central

Dec

14%

Oct

12'A Jan

26

14% Jan

30

Class

Jun

14%

Dec

14% Jan

13

15% Jan

21

Central

Ga

&

Oct

3

16% Jan

24

Dec

7% Jan

24

8% Jan

3

Jan

18% Feb

15

21% Jan

7

Cerro

16'A

Dec

15

Jan

13

18'A Feb

3

Certain-teed

91-

31

Jan

11

31%

Dec

30% Jan

Jun

93.%

Dec

98

Aug

9%

Dec

17% July

28'A

Jan

27

Nov

34%

Jan

77

Nov

85

Feb

3

% Jun

8

Jun

12

May

9% Jan

11'A Jan

Feb

14

Dec

12% Jan

14% Feb

10

7%

5%

3

35

Feb

6

Jan

5

101

Feb

13

9% Jan

10

24

Jan

4

Feb

10

28

Feb

30% Jan

12

80

Feb

84% Jan

30

4% Feb

5% Jan

12

Jan

26

Feb

13%

Dec

11% Jan

15'A Feb

17

12%

Jun

20%

Nov

19% Jan

26'A Feb

Jun

10

i

Jan

7% Jan

9% Feb

3

3

Jun

Feb

8% Feb

3

4%
17

Jun

8%

Jan

5

Jan

7% Jan

5%

Dec

30% Jan

15

Jan

11

Dec

36%

Jan

27% Jan

3

31% Feb

9

21%

Jun

29% Mar

26% Jan

25

28% Jan

31

49%

Jun

55%

Dec

53% Jan

17

55% Feb

10

41%

Dec

39% Jan

13

46% Feb

3

56%

82

Dec

79

Jan

14

87'A Jan

30

13 %

Nov

12

Jan

30

13'A Jan

13

10

Jun

May

17

St

$ per share

X13
2

$ per

Lowest

share

Is

NEW

Jan

13% Jan

4

16% Feb

15

Chickasha

3 % Feb

14

4 /a Jan

10

Childs

45% Jan

3

50% Jan

11

€0

Jan

36

Jan

30% Jan

5

44%

Jun

68%

Dec

62% Jan

13

26%

Apr

32%

Sep

30

Jan

4

97%
X20

Jan

105%

Sep

«

6%

103 % Jan

4

Jan 16

34

68 % Jan

34

Feb

5

16

106

Jan

Chrysler

26

Jan

24

29

Feb

6

59%

Dec

58

Jan

13

62% Feb

3

C

8%

Dec

8'A Jan

14

V
7% Feb

7

Jun

86

Sep

82

Jan

3

25

Jan

34%

Dec

31% Jan

13

16

Jun

19%

Oct

16% Feb

20%

Jun

30 %

Jan

25

67

Nov

79/>

16

87

Feb

3

33%

Feb

3

18% Jan

18

Jail

10

46% Feb

3

Feb

7

28

3

Mar

85

20%

43 % Jan

Oct

108

105

Dec

112%

Jun

109% Jan

17

Jun

28%

Dec

27% Jan

13

Jan

61%
36 %

Dec
Dec

108

C

Feb

3

29% Jan

9

111

Aug

167% Jan

18

73

Feb

62% Jan

3

71

43

107'A Jan

18
6

Cleve

Feb

13

36% Feb

7

103%

Dec

Jan

13

108'A Feb

6

4% %

25
28
4

82%

Jan

Jun

172

Nov

64

July

Jan

1075

77% Jan

5% Jan

5

27

Jan

11

142"

Feb

7

29 %
89

Feb
Jan

43 %

160

53% Jan

5

81

Feb

1

23

165

Jan

3

21

54% Jan

4

45% Feb

Dec

98

% Jan

16

Feb

Xl3%

Feb

17%

Jan

16% Jan

12%

Jun

19

Jan

15

15

100

Feb

Jan

9

Colo

pfd

9/b

9%

9%

9%

9%

9%

4°«

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

1.200

8

8

8 %

8

8%

8

8%

8

8 "2

100

34

17,900

34%

II,300

com—No par

34 V*

14

331

14%

13 7

14%

13%

14%

14(4

14%

14%

14%

17,000

30%

30%

30

30%

30%

31

30

30 %

30 %

307 a

com__No par

*27%

27'A

10,900

27 V

27%

27

27%

27

27

27%

28

54 V

56 %

43 V

44 3

*55

CO—No par

*

56'A
44%

100

84 %

84 (A

*12 (A

13 %

n21

Saturday
Feb. 11
$ per share

15%

15/2

3%

3%

3/

3

*46%

47(A

•'46/

47

25

*31%

25

65

32%

Oct

30% Feb

15

33% Jan

10

Columbian

22%

Sep

20% Jan

4

22% Jan

30

Columbus

cum

Combustion

So

Dec

24% Feb

17

27% Jan

10

60 %

Dec

57% Jan

16

64% Feb

6

95

Jan

107%

Dec

Jan

19

112% Feb

Jun

20%

Dec

16 % Feb

10

21% Jan

25%

Jan

30%

Dec

29% Jan

13

31 % Jan

Commonwealth

7%

Jun

10% Aug

10% Jan

3

11% Feb

Conde

30 % Feb

Jan

3% Feb

Dec

27% Jan
107% Feb

15
' 3
8

Jan

28

108% Jan

11

Jun

14%

Jan

13

Feb

10

14% Jan

10

8

Feb

11%

Sep

11'A Jan

5

12% Jan

28

38%

Jun

46% Mar

42% Jan

3

47% Feb

6

ll'A

Feb

21%

16% Jan

13

19% Jan

30

10

Jun

11

Jan

3

12% Jan

7%

Jun

10%

Dec

10

Jan

3

12

Feb

6

8

Jun

12 %

Apr

10% Jan

25

13% Feb

17

33

13

35

1/64 Feb

2

103'A

Apr

113%

Dec

110% Jan

9

105%

Apr

110%

Dec

109% Feb

17

Dec

38% Jan

3

Nov

101% Jan

11

Dec

17

Jan

3

Dec

95 % Jan

9

Feb

9

2

28
4

43

Feb

1

103% Feb

6

19%. Jan

24

Jan

24

39 % Feb

17

100

Jun

37%

Dec

35 Va Jan

Jun

102%

Dec

102'A Feb

3

Jan

7

Jun

9%

Dec

8% Feb

7

9% Jan

9

78%

Dec

75% Jan

13

78% Jan

11

18

13

103

470

*31%

32

%

*31%

32

v

65%

EXCHANGE

63/

64%

63%

64

63/4

64

63

64%

32%

27,700

32%

CLOSED

32 3

33

33

33 (4

33%

34

33 'A

33J/a

8,400

:T04%

105

105

105%

105%

105%

*105%

105%

105

1043.

a

28

28

LINCOLN'S

28

28

*27%

27%

*■27%

27%

*27'A

62

62

E1RTHDAY

61 %

62

61%

62 (a

61 %

62%

62 Va

5

7%

;:*?/

75h

*7%

*7%

100

*85 %

87 'A

86

87%

86

No par

33 %

33 %

33

33/

33/8

33%

33

18%

18

18

17%

17%

16 %

^5

*18

*25%

45%

gtd

*106%

50

71

25%

%

25'%

86 Vs

26

25%

71

45/

-

400

25 %

87'A

150

32%

32%

1.000

17

*16%

17%

800

25(4

2,100

25 •%

25

170

*120

170

*120

170

75

*67

75

*67

75

45%
*110

*28(4

108

*106%
*70%

41

*39%

45 3 4

45 %

45%

45(4

45%

110%

110

110%

HO/4

110(4

60

28%

*28

?8%

28 /a

28 Va

500

108

*106%

108

*106/2

107'A

71%

*70%

40%.

2,800

72

70%

70%

*39/a

40%

40%

40%

30

14'A

14/a

14%

14%

14%

14%

36

6,500

36%

35 %

36

35%

35%

35%

30

35%

35%

4.900

108

108 %

106%

106%

107%

107

107 Va

*142

100

*80%
161

54%

'

41

4%

*26

com—No par

*39%

4%
26%
144

'

81%
161

54%

*1250

45%

*98%

99%

*18%

19

No par

15%

108%

15%

107

110

142

*80%
161

107(4

430

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

1.200

26%
142

4%
26

26'A

26%

257a

20%

25(4

25%

1.800

81%
161

54%

54 %

*1250

45%

No par
com

7%

*85%

33

*120

71

71

7%

80
•

*67

110/
28 3

25%

4,400

14%

No par

com

451V
'110

•

7%

1,100

62%

14%

14%

100

:

45 (4

*86

330

28

14%

*39%

45

*140

*80'A
161
54

143

*140

81%
54 Va

*1250

18%
15 Va

45

45%

99

98

99

18%

18%

18%

15/4

*140

143

81/a

*80(4
160%

30

81%

101%

160 (A

54

54/a

'1250

45%

*98%

143

*80%
'100%

161

500

54 Va

54

210

1250

45 /a
"99

18%

45/a
99 %

18%

44 %
*99

45

5,300

99%

10

18%

1,200

15%

18%

10,600

30%

30%

31

30%

31

30%

30'A

20%

30%

30%

600

No par

12%

12%

11%

12%

11%

12

11%

11%

common..No par

11%

11%

60.500

13%

13%

13%

13%

13%

13%

12%

14

14

14%

5.700

67%

*64%

20

Ry com

preferred

preferred

Inc
w

100

No par

w

Co

Ohio

16%

*65

No par

Elec

Co

31 %

5

*22

Inc

No par

.

'

25%

10

Solvents

62'A

100

common

108%

No par

Edison

16%

68

16 %

15%
16%

15%

15

66

66

67%

"65

32

31

31%

30%

31%

31

31

*31

31%

22 Va

22

22%

22

22

21%

22'A

22

22(4

*64%

25%
62%
109

25
62

108%

25 %

6212

109%

24%

25

24/a

61 %

61

106%

61%
107-%

1C8

25

590

3,100

68

24%

62

61%

108%

2,300

107%

100
,

3,300
4,100

24%

2,200

62%

8,500

109

3,130

16%

16%

16%

16%

16%

16%

16%

17

16 %

16%

8,300

30%

30%.

30%

30%

30%

20%

30%

31

31

31(4

11,200

No par

3,500

Co

Publishing Co

.

25

10%

10%

10'A

10%

10%

10%

No par

*28%

29%

28%

28%

28 %

28%

*39%

40%

38'2

39

39%

Consolidated Coppermines Corp
5
Consol Edison of N Y com
No par
$5 preferred
No par

39%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3/a

29 %

29%

29%

29 "4

107%

29%
1073A

1G7%

107%

107%

Consolidated Grocers Corp
Consolidated Laundries Corp

*13

13'A

13 Va

13/a

13 Va

13%

13%

13%

13 Va

13(4

5

*12%

12 %

*12%

12%

*12%

12/2

12%

12%

*12(4

12%

100

15

.46%

46(4

45%

46 %

45%

46%

45%

45%

45%

45%

3,800

100

18%

19

18'A

18%

18%

18%

18

18%

18%

13%

1.100

Inc_—1

Consolidated
Consol

RR

Inc

Cigar

Natural

of

Cuba

Consolidated

Retail

Consolidated

Gas

6%

Textile

pfd

Stores

1.33% %

10%

10%

10%

10%

28%

28%

28 3

4

28%

39%

39 /a

39 /a

600

3 %

3%

3%

3%

4,100

29%

29%

29%

29'4

29%

31,900

107%

107%

107%

*39

107%

108

1,300

1.200

1,400

*11%

11%

11%

11%

11%

11%

*11%
11%

11%

11%

11%
11%

11%

10c

11%

11%

11

1

12%

12 %

12

13%

12%

13%

13

13%

Power Co

com—No par

34%

34%-

34%

12,800

3/64

3/64

3/64

3/64

3(2

3(2

32

32

$4.50 preferred—.

■h

3/64

370,000

No par

111%

111%

111%

111%

111%

112%

111%

112%

No par

*109%

111%
109%

111%

$4.52

109%

109%

109%

109%

109 %

109%

109/a

109(4

360

40%

41%

40%

41%

41%

41%

41%

1,600

103%

103 %

103%

103%

*102%

*103%

104/a

90

19(4

5,000

Co

Inc.

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft

Rights

Feb

Jan

hi

4,900

No par

Consumers

111

3%
47%

30%

Credit

Nast

3

112% Jan

32

a

*30%

Congoleum-Nairn

4

*31

500

3%

46'A

3%
45 7

10

preferred

Consolidated

11

Jan

Superheater
Commercial
Commercial

30

32

3/4

45%

Shares

16%

Engineering

27%

Feb

4%

3%

46%

*15%

8.50

com

7%

preferred

Feb

3.60%

3%
46

10%

30%

Carbon
&

46%

29%

/a

*15%

—No par

System

2I/4

Feb

*31

16%

16%

Sales for
the Week

$ per share

30%

Pictures

21%

.STOCK

16

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb.16
$ per share

a

Columbia

Feb

32

16

Thursday

Feb. 15

$ per share

30%

6

Jan

Wednesday

14%

30 3

14

41

Feb.

$ per share

3034

Feb

3

$ per share

30%

14% Feb

16

Tuesday

Feb. 13

30%

73A

Jun

3,700

13(4

100

Southern

Broad

Jun

85%

*30%

Gas

Jan

Monday

1

B

18%

85 %

*12 V4

13

2.50

Columbia

32% Jan

84%

*12%

Sys Inc cl A—.2.50

5

27

83 %

13%

9.800

1.880

17

Dec

83%

45

21%

12% Jan

Nov

83%
*12 %

1,300

44

21%

31% Jan

34%

44

21%

13

30%

43%

55%

20%

14

Feb

44%

*54%

21%

11% Feb

Jun

43

4

56%

20%

28% Jan

Jun

*54%

20 %

Dec

25%
2%

56'A

13'A

83'

No par

A_

*54%

84 %

44%

19%

Dec

26%

34 'A

21%

13

$4.25

34%

*20%

23%

4

34 (a

2,350

Jun

10

34%

a

24 (4

Jun

Jan

337

23 %

9%

24%

34%

2,900

24

16%




9%

23%

17

page

15,200

9%

4%

23%

31% Jan

see

9%

4%

23%

3

For footnotes

9,500

9 %

*

22%

28% Jan

12% Jan

14,400

25

14%

%

Dec

63

2,700

22

29%

Oct

13%

300

1,800

10%

10

22 %

Jun

Sep

10%

10

29,300

4%

22

17%

13%

82%

4%

14%

—

2nd

&

68%

14/a

29%

82

26 Vt

preferred

conv

Feb

1371.

28%

4%

100

1st

105

14%

28%
82

0

16%

non-cum

Feb

13%

10%

43

22

non-cum

56%

14%

9%

*

300

16%

4%

6%

10%

28 "4

*80%

4 %

40
600

,

26

22

4Co

30%

9%

28 "a

80

%

4

8%

8%
*25%

16%

17

66

28
80

8%
26

200

1,500

101

21%

17

95

14%

8%
*25%

4%

10%

*10

8%

25%

28%

4%

29%

32%

32
*100

8%

82

■

80

32
101

25%

4(A

*29

32

101

15

24% Feb

17%

28/2
82

4 Va

8/2
26

30

33
101

21/2

21% Feb

x98

8%
26

*29(4

30

32%
101

16%

13

Jan

28%

*29%

33 'A
101

16%

13

Jan

9/a
26

*79%

30

33%

15%

16'A Jan
15% Jan

13%

29%
*100

21%

Dec

85

30/2
34

101

16%

17%

41%

10,300

21%

16%

103

17/a

21

Jun

Jun

17'A

20%

7%

Jun

17%

21 %

17

27%

17/8

21

12

93

17%

100

18% Jan
22

May

4,200

17(4

10

Corp

15
13

36

18%

15%

Corp

Iron

16% Feb

29% July

18'A

No par

16

12% Mar

18%

*8%

No par

Dec

Jan

18%

100

Jan

Oct

lo (a

o

14%

preferred

Dec

109

18%

33%

par

20

(The)

17%

Apr

34

*30

Inc..—1

19%

X106

1

17%

14

Ry Co com

Jun

13%

18%
17 %

1

&

48 % Mar

200

18%
17%

25 "4

Machine Co

Jun

Class

8%

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

Co

Aikman

&

Columbia

*8

14%

—,

Fuel

5%

3,400

8%

18%

_100

RR

Co

A

Colorado

28,000

15%

*8

25%

—

Jun

Feb

14%

15%

0%

13%

;

8'A

Jan

14%

15%

15 (a

*8

vtc__No par

P

Elec

7%

.

14%

15(4

14%

15%

24

preferred

Collins

11

14%

14%

8%

Internatl Corp
No par
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet com—No par

20

600

15%

^

2nd

cum

17% Jan

12%

13%

preferred

19% Jan
16

12%

14%

—100

&

conv

Coca-Cola

$3.50

12%

8%

STOCK

Peabody & Co

Class

I.300

12%

24%

Clopay Corp

4%

90

10%

15%

Coca-Cola
42

Dec

100

Jan

37%

111%

10 %

14%

t

Jan

1075

Sep

36%

111%

10/a

112

13%

preferred

Foods

Cum

7%

37 Va

10

111(A

8%

gtd 4%
stock———.50
Molybdenum—_—No par

Cluett

36%

300

10%

15%

Special
Climax

36%
112

9%

*7%

Oil

Louis

Pitts

Clinton

Dec

Nov

*111%

"106%

101 %

24/a

36%

112

108

17

54

37

*110%

9%

1.700

10,900

23%

preferred

10

70%

36%

111

28%

14% Feb

4% Jan

10

29

40% Feb

25 % Jan

15%

10

110

4

138% Jan

4,000

15%

29

3

Sep

2,300

16
10

110

Jan

Feb

1,100

10

15%
10

Illuminating com—No par
preferred
No par

32% Jan

Jan

16%

16
10

9%

75

12% Jan

5%

15%

15

4

170

37

30%

4%

*67

Jan

141%

10%

*4%

s120

Dec

Jun

10%

4%

75

Jan

July

11

4 (a

170

15%

3% July

16

10%

4

*67

35%

21%

15%

11

*120

Jun

101

16

10%

100

10% Aug

133

16 (A

16

4

:_100

24 (A

16

16
11

13%

series

Milling

St

&

&

15%

15%

Graph Bronze Co common.—1

5'7

200

24'A

.

non-cum

$4.50

3.300

17%

*3%

V'4

15%

Cleve Elec

Cleve

210

19%

13%

Equipment Co

C

137%

19%

17%

24

Investing Co common
5 % %: preferred
City Products Corp
City Stores Co

5'/<

43%

137 Va

19%
17 "4

19%
*17

10%

4

13

City

C

36% Mar

200

13%

Financial Corp

Clark

137%

9,600

24%

RR

YORK

Gas

Cincinnati

Jan

T

137%

19%
17(4

200

33

*

Cab—

preferred

Dec

I

137/4

19%
"17

12%

vtc

Pac

Corp

Cincinnati

4%

136%

19%
17%

6,400

105

13%

Chile Copper Co

14

137

19%

34 %

34%
105

23%

preferred

29%

Feb

136%
*17

13

common—

Feb

42 %

&

Cotton

Co

5% %

106/a

13

Par

Jan

Dec

106%

14%

$ per share

5%

Jun

106%

1G

EXCHANGE

16%

30%

*106%

*13

preference—No par

&

Yellow

Jun

35

106 %

105

—100

preferred

Jun

/a

106%

13%

Ry Co cl A

Paul

convertible
Rock

Highest

$ per share

106%

10%

5

preferred

Range Since Jan. 1

Highest

32 %

19%

STOCKS

Year 1919

33 %

37

com—No par

Chicago Pneumat Tool

Conv

32%

50

preferred

Range for Previous
Lowest

Co

Louisv

A

Chicago

*104%

33 Va

17%

Chicago & North West
5%

34%

1,300

4,500

—No par

&

Series

8%
45
149

34Vi,

10%

40

Mihv

Chic

1

14% Feb

34

8 %

43%
*148

104%

14%

A

Ind

$3

25% Jun

35% Feb

3

44%
149

100
4.600

0

37%

32%

9.50

Class B
Chic

8%

42%
*148

187

18 Va

*36%

33%

10%

preferred—_ 100

RR

18%
38

U%

8%
44%

No par

-

18%

*36%

149

36%

No par

111

3,200

104%

*10

Copper Corp

convertible

33%
32%

33%

111

Products

East

32%
*32 %

8%

10

Corp com—5

preferred

Chic

34%

12

West

160

33%

32%

18 %

44%

105

50

class A

104 Va

32%

106

17%

15 %

104

16,500

*32/a

38

*148

34%

105

100

11%

33

*104%

11

Chicago Corp (The).
l
Chicago Great West Ry Co com—50

24

.

10%
*

3%
45%
149

34-%

105

136(4

*25

Class

*8%
43 %
*148

34%

*4

No par
100

preferred

&

18 %

(a

*104%

10%

33%

*367a

16

Cab Mfg—
—1.25
Chesapeake Corp of Virginia—_—5
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry common—25

Jun

Jan

Pasco

3%%

18%
38 /"

106/a

19%

Checker

Chic

8

18%
*36%

45 (A

10 Va

9%

500

32%

LINCOLN'S

34

100

Jun

9'A

104%

104

33%
*32

32%

BIRTHDAY

a

149

34%

No par

3

)' 4

5,% Jan

8 Va

45%
148

16

Champion Paper & Fib com—No

17

5%

de

$4.50

13 7

33%

%

49%

3%

a

104

104%

33
32

38

5

Chain Belt Co_

15

8'A Jan

104

CLOSED

9s

9%

100
J

Violeta Sugar Co
Century Ribbon Mills.:

9

9

5 %

18%

Co

vtc

EXCHANGE

9%

33

136

Central

12% Jan

8%

7

33 (A

*55

STOCK

__50

13%

29% Feb

104 %

1

Co

of N

South

21 %

Nov

56%

*35%

Co

Ry

Co

Feb

31%

*55

*17

preferred-.
RR

6% July
14% July

22% July
18% Jun

56%

100

B

10%

Jun

*55

No par
20

preferred series B vtc

8

9%

56%

33/o

Central Hudson G & E Corp__No par
Central Illinois Light common
*

12

9%

*55

104 (A

100

Sugar

15

Dec

56%

9%

No par

Jan

Dec

17

56%

Shares

50

*16%

34

Jan

9%

*49

17

106

Aguirre

$ per share

49%

25

common

Sales for
the Week

"16%

*32

_100

preferred

share

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb.16
$ per share

17

No par

Corp

$ per

50%

——_1

preferred

$ per share

*49%

10

2nd

Thursday

Feb. 15

*16%

10

preferred-

share

PRICES

Wednesday

16%

50

4.20.%

SALE

14

50%

common

1st

FAb.

16%

9%

5

Corp

$ per

HIGH

Tuesday

18

*55

100

common

Feb.

49%

Corp of Arner com

$4.75

17% Jan

3

Co

Preferred
Celanese

21

Jan

General

preferred
Caterpillar Tractor

AND

Monday

16%

No par

4% series

preferred

(J

3

Jan

Ry

7%

4

18% Jan

36%

.

RECORD

50%

1

Co—,

(757)

*16%

10

Corp common.:

Carriers

25

130 % Jan

Steel

Case

12

Jan

xl7

Jan

6

6% Mar
Nov

9

104 % Jan

11% Mar

Jun

33%

24

148% Feb

27

104% Jan
31

2

48% Jan

3

(

v

*49

1

common

Inc—1

24%

Jun

12%

x

8% Feb
13

Jan

32% Jan

Dec

23%
97

Jan

38 % Jan

Nov

37%

100% Aug

••8

Nov

146

Jan

A

A

Airlines

Carpenter

8%

Jun

13%

105% Jan

Dec

35'A

-

.

Jan

26%

Jan

preferred

37%

Feb

131

102

33
;

30% Mar
6

Feb

$3

class

11

$ per share

No par

16%

100

Xl

Saturday
Feb.

56%

5 'A

CHRONICLE

LOW

STOCK

12'A Mar
%■:

STOCK

EXCHANGE

50

Mar/.,

FINANCIAL

STOCKS

Year 1949
Lowest

&

preferred

Container
"4%

Corp of America com..20

preferred

Continental

$5.50

*103/4

100

Baking

Co com..No par

preferred.

-No par

Continental
$3.75

*41

Can

Inc

common

preferred.

Continental

Diamond

Continental

Insurance

—5

—10

103%

34%

34%

34 3

4

34%

34%

42

104%

18%

18%

18%

18%

18%

19

18%

19/a

>

97

98

97

97 %

99

99

98

98%

4

38%

•

*102/8

102%

•102%

102%

102%

*102/a

*8%

8%

8%

8%

9

9%

8%

76%

75%

76%

76

76%

38%

—20

—No par

Fibre

42

34%

%

*76

39

38

38%

38

102 (2

38 3

76

387 8
103

9/a
76

11%

11%

700

11%

11%

3,200

13

13%

106,300

34%

18%
*98

38%
*102/a

99
39 %

103

240

310

9,700
200

8%

8%

2.600

75%

76(4

2,200

9

10

COMMERCIAL

THE

(758)

YORK

NEW

5»A
47%

Lowest

Highest

65 %

LOW AND

$ per

share

Par

share
Continental Motors

1

6%

6%

6%

6%

6%

6%

15,200

9

Continental Oil of Delaware—_—5

56%

56%

56'%

57

56

57'A

5b

57'A

56%

57%

7,300

15

15%

14%

15'/a

14%

15

15'A

15'A

15'/a

15%

1,300

24%

25%

STOCK

24 %

25

24 "2

24%

25

26

25%

25%

6,300

•54 %

55%

EXCHANGE

*54%

55%

*54'A

553%

*54'A

55 %

12%

12%

12'A

12%

*12%

12%

14

15%

Jan

13 % Jan

3

15 % Jan

11

Continental Steel Corp

24 Ve

Dec

231/4 Jan

4

26

Feb

10

Feb

3

Cooper-Bessemer Corp common—_5
$3 prior preferred
No par
Copper Range Co
No par
Copperweld Steel Co common
5

54

55% May

Jan

11

55
13

Jan

7

17% Feb

4

9

Jun

12%

Feb

12

Jan

17

12

Jun

19V4

Jan

14% Jan

3

Dec

52

Feb

48% Feb

16

49% Jan

11

Dec

10% Jan

3

14% Feb

14

57 '/4 Jan

61% Feb

3

5814

Dec

20

Apr

30%

Dec

28% Jan

13

94

Jan

1021%

Dec

IOOV2 Jan

25

Sep

101

49% Mar

92%

1%

32%

Jun
Jun

13

72% Jan

3

9

185% Jan

12

4 % Jan

28

5% Jan

5

Jan

Dec

104

2% Jan

Jan

Jan

3
20

1

3%%

Nov

12% Jan

18

14

Jan

5

2 9'A

Dec

28% Jan

25

29"% Feb

17

Cream

Jan

15% Jan

26

17% Jan

3

Crown

Cork & Seal

18

40

Jan

19

Jan

421/a

Apr

39

20

Jun

30

Dec

27 % Jan

13

32% Feb

105

94

Nov

49

160

Zellerbach

613A

61'A

61%

61

61%

61

61 %

1,690

5,700

101

*100'A

101'%

29

70%

713/8

183'/a

183 3/a

183%

490

5

5

5

5%

2,400

*2%

2'A

2

2

2'/a

2'/a

2,800

2y8

71%
184

*103%

105

71

105

28%

29
105

*104

13%

13'A

29 %

29%

13%
293/4

16'A

16%

16'/a

16'A

16'/a

*39

39%

39%

39%

39%

39%

x39'A

39'A

500

32

39%

32'%

32'A

32'A

32'/a

32%

32%

32'%

2,600

32%

104'%

350

102%

103

104

104%

No par

103%

102%

103 'A

103'A

17%

18

17%

173/4

17%

17%

17%

18

17%

18'A

2,200

55

55%

55

56

55%

55%

55%

55%

55%

56%

1,300

103%

104

104%

104%

59% Jan

11

Jan

6

convertible preferred
Cuba RR 6% non-cum pfd

100

*22%

23%

23

23%

22

22%

22'A

19% Jan

9

Cuban-American Sugar common—10

*17 %

17%

16'%

17 3A

16%

163/4

16'A

8

Feb

15
4

160

Feb

3

Feb

4 % %

preferred

Jan

23

13%

Feb

11% Jan

3

13% Jan

19

Dec

23% Jan

16

25% Jan

5

Cunningham Drug Stores Inc

Feb

81/4

Oct

6% Feb

14

Jan

9

Curtis
$7

67% Jan

Jan

73

69

14

8

Jun

145%

Oct

122 % Jan

16

Feb

9

52%

Nov

49 V* Jan

3

55% Jan

28

7% Jan

3

9 % Feb

Publishing common
preferred
Prior preferred

10

9%

Dec

Apr

24%

Jun

20% Jan

Jan

20

Class A

10

Jan

20

138

26 'A

Jan

22% Feb

17

25

Jan

11

9

Jun

15'A Mar

13'A Jan

13

15

Jan

3

87

Jan

12%

*12

24%

24

8%

68aA

*67%

12'/a

6%

7

131

132

*131

52

52

52

52

*52

9

8%

9%

23%

23%

23%
*135

23%

24

23»%

23 %

9'/a

23'%

23 aa

23

13%

%

400

7»A

17,800

?

3,200

134

*125

23'A

22 3A

23'A

300

35,700

23 %

23%

53 'A
9%

8%

23%

50

132

*52'A

9'/a
134

*130

23

800

24 %

132

52

134

12

7%

7%

52

8%

200

*23'A

24%
132

23

23%

13%

23%

7%

*130

140

*130

145

12

*131

53'A

8%

9%

7'A
132

132

10,300

68

12

9

69

12

80

9

68

8 3/4

8%

*23%

5,200

180

*160

*67%

24%

16%

16%

16'A

230

23

*22

23

bO

106

*104%

180

*160

8%
69
12

12

*23%

24

6%

7

180

*160

8'%

*131

No par

Cutler-Hammer Inc

Sep

68%

6%

*103

175

j 8%
*67%

*24

100

pfd

■

*11%

1
7%

Cushman's Sons Inc

8%

*67%

2.50

No par
No par
No par
1

Curtis-Wright common

24% Feb

3

Jan

138

Jan

137

Mar

134

175

175

8%

—5

Cuneo Press Inc

Jun

*160

100
10
100

7% preferred
Cudahy Packing Co common

31

175

100

5%

14

9 Ve Jan

14

77/a Jan

175

May

8% Mar

Jun

25

of Amer

104

104%
104

104%

Crucible Steel

Feb

3,000

No par

11

15% Jan

16'%

com__No par

$4.2o preferred
$4 2nd preferred

15
16

20% Jan

22

29%

13%
29'%

104 % Feb

55

29%

2,300
1,200

16%

16'A

104% Feb

Dec

13'A

13%

*29

3

Apr

4,500

105

13

29%

13%

16%

13%
29

3

Jan

293/a

29

*103%

29 %

24

28%

28'A
*103%

39%

3.500

71'A

183 %

5%

2'/a

16%

101%

101%

71'A

5

29%

101

*100'%

4%

5

105

33

*100'A

101%

183%

71%

2 %

*103%

323A

101

*100%

1,700

184

71 '/a

*183'/a

5%

2%

33

*10C 'A

33%

*100%

*100'%

71%
183

323.',

101

32'A

32%
*100'A

11

25%

19%

61'A

16% Jan

Jun

7

20,500

99 % Jan

Feb

18%

14%

102% Jan

Nov

133

13%

32%

16

43%

14%

5

101/4

109

13%

13%

Corp common

60

4%

14%

Dec

16%

Feb
May

5%

14'%

Jan

72%

July

12%

143A

Dec

31

Nov

21

140

13

24

May

,14

*48%

BIRTHDAY

99%

Mar

90

LINCOLN'S

49%

*28%

(The)

common

preferred

Crown

9

16'%

*48%

1

of Wheat Corp

19%

Jan

16%

48%

No par

141/4

Feb

Oct

36%

16%

3A

2
2.50

Creameries of America

Jan

13%

$2

%

48

101%

*5

100

preferred

23

8%

*100%

25

Crane Co common—

16

49

32%

71%

International Corp

Coty

11

Jan

16%

49

101

182%

Coty Inc

31

105

32

*100%

100
1
1

preferred

7%

16%

50

61

common—25

Corn Products Refining

3

30 % Jan

6

2

27

103'A Jan

Oct

2%

Jun

21%
96

30

Dec

5%

3% Mar

Cum

27

102 % Jan

Jan

67% Jan
182% Feb

20
5
100
pfd 3 % % series of 1947—100

13

16%

13%

61

Corning Glass Works common
3%% preferred

1,400

13

50

13

Exchange Bank & Tr Co

Corn

3

5

6'A

16%

CLOSED

13

*48%

1

55%

*54 'A

6%

61/4

6%

17

13

*163A

50

series

Cornell Dubilier Electric Corp

14

Feb

34

Sep

73%
189

Jan

Convertible pref 5%

101 % Jan

Dec

102

Jan
Jan

57

171%

$ per

9

55% Jan

Oct

11%

<;

Shares

7% Jan

Jun

Jun

share

Sales for
the Week

$ per share

$ per share

60% Jan

Jun

7

$ per

share

Friday
Feb. 17

Thursday
Feb. 16

share

3

19%

49

Feb. 15

25

ll'A

5iy2 July

Wednesday

Feb. 14

S per

$ per share

I

PRICES

HIGH SALE

Tuesday

Feb. 13

Feb. 11

EXCHANGE

Highest

6'/a Jan

Jan

8%

Feb

$ per

share

$ per

Jun

RECORD
Monday

Saturday

STOCK

YORK

NEW

Range Since Jan. 1

Year 1949

S per share

STOCK

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

STOCKS

Range for Previous
Lowest

FINANCIAL

&

1,300

10,200

D
96%

Jan

12

97

Jan

13% Jan

25

153/a Feb

15

3

173/4 Feb

17

213A Jan

23

24

Jan

5

Davison

29% Jan

4

34

Feb

7

Jan

11

99% Feb

1

97% Jan

24

99% Jan

5

92

Jan

98 %

jA'tg

97

92'%

Jan

100%

Dec

7%

Jun

12 %

l^OV

9%

Jan

4% May

29

30%

Jun

3.75%

Preferred

23%

1,300

43%

43%

43

43%

43'%

43%

8,300

35%

*35%

35 %

35%

35%

35%

35%

31'A

31'A

32'A

31%:

31%

313A

32

9%

9'A

7%

IT

Delaware

Lack

Delaware

Power

Dec

27

Jan

11

Dec

52'A Jan

3

56'A Jan

11

Dec

12'% Feb

15

133% Jan

10

Sep

213A Jan

13

233% Feb

3

Feb

14

Jan

6

6% Feb

14

53

Jan
Jan

31

Feb

2

7% Jan

12

58

28

27

28

27

28'A

54%

54

54'A

54%

55

12%

12%

12%

12'%

12%

22%

23

?2%

23

22%

22%

(The)

Edison

Detroit

._

9

13% Jan

11

De

22'A Jan

12

Devoe &

31%

Sep

40

Jan

37'A

Sep

45 3A

Feb

40% Jan

3

9'A

Jun

13'%

j .>ec

12% Jan

25

9%

Nov

8'A Feb

8

9'% Jan

5

12%

*20%

Co

Match

Diamond

$ per

share

$ per

11

38%

Nov

35% Jan

40 % Feb

2

Jun

53%

Nov

50 % Jan

54V2 Feb

10

10% Jan

13

33 % Jan

36% Jan

Jan

9
4

Sep

15% Feb

17% Jan

6

Dome

Oct

69 Ve Jan

75% Feb

9

Douglas Aircraft

43

Apr

57%

Dec

61 'A Feb

11

Jan

30

$4 preferred

133% Feb

11

$3.25 2nd preferred

54 % Jan

110

Jan

Apr

108%

Sep

109

Apr

123%

Dec

119% Jan

Dec

24% May'

17% Feb

19% Jan

5

Sep

86%

Jan

81 % Jan

83% Jan

30

11% Mar

20%

Oct

19% Jan

27

20% Jan

9

14%

Oct

13

Feb

2

14% Jan

12

Dow

Jun

10

10% Jan

Jan

x

16 3/4 Feb

14'A Jan

4

15

13

Dec

13% Feb

6

13%

Jan

10

Jan

13

Nov

45 % Jan

27

Oct

172% Jan

5

29

Jan

32%

Jun

Jan

125

11% Jan

19% Jan
16'A Feb

10

10

17

13

Stainless

48% Feb

9

Jan

6

30% Jan

9
7

19

Dec

10

19y8 Jan

96

Dec

96

Feb

14

96% Jan

3

14'A

Dec

12% Jan

25

14% Jan

9

Jan

13

96

Jan

13

Jan

9

e

Oct

May

8%

Dec

x8'A Jan

12

10

Dec

42% Jan

26

46'% Jan

5

Dec

16

Jan

13

19% Feb

36%

Oct

35'A Jan

e

38% Feb

8

1%

Jun

2%

jan

1% Jan

3

2'A Feb

16

34%

Jun

37'A Feb

16

42 3/4 Jan

11

10'A

Jun

17=%

Jun

48

42%
23%

Jun

51

Jan

11'% Jan

25

Jan

7

28 3A

Nov

25'A Feb

7

28% Jan

12

75

Nov

67'% Feb

8

74

Jan

12

13% Mar

Jan

51%

Aug

29

13

53'A

52 3A

523A

60

*11%

12'A

*12

12%

12'/a

12%

1,200

34%

34%

34%

34'%

36%

EXCHANGE

2,000

34%

153A

16

15%

16'%

15%

15%

4,500

74'%

73

73%

73%

74%

4,800

60'A

13,600

61%

LINCOLN'S

59%

BIRTHDAY

*107'%
132

60'A

59%

109

*108

132

132

60'/a
109

1323A

59%
*108

109

132

132

2,600
9,900

18'A

18%

18

82'%

*81

82%

*81

82%

*81

82

*19

20

*19

20%

*19

20%

13%

*13'/a

133/4

17%

17%

20%

20'A

*13%

13%

13%

17%

17%

5
10

63%

63%

64

1243A

*124'A

1243A

124%

125

*102'A

102 3%

*102'A

102%

102'A

102 3/8

*114%

115

114%

114'%

114'%

114

114

10%

10%

*10'%

11

10%

V7

15'A

14

*10%

17%
15

l

10

64%

1243/4

102%

64

124%

5

Corp

63%

124%

*102

100

14%

13'/a

200

800

13%

100

124%

600

102'%

200

114%

114'%

140

103%

*10%

103/4

300

16%

16%

16%

16%

3,100

15 Ve

15%
143/8

15%

16'A

30,600

14%

143/8

2,400

17%

X16 %

15'A

14%

15'/4

14%

143/4

14'%

14%

11

11%

11

47%

473/a

11

47%

43'A

178

179

29%

30'A

473%

178

*175

30

29%

178'A
30

*175
30

11 Ve

10%

ll'A

2,800

47%
178'A

47%

47%

8,200

30

*16%

17

16'%

16%

*16%

17%

*17

17%

*94

96

96

96

*96

98

*96

98

13%

13 %

133/4

13%
*97

*97

99

13%

99

*97

13%
99

64

1243/4

14%

11

63 3/a

21,600

*102'A

17 %

47%

*30

1

114

64

15%

17%

11

*178

2.50

10%

48

2

Inc common

64%

11

100

13%
*97

13%
99

178'A

40

179

30

17

2,600

303/a
17

50

98

*96

13%
*97

500

.

3,400

13%
99

■

_—

2,200

*9%

9%

9%

9'A

8%

9'A

9'A

9%

9%

9%

5

43'A

43'A

43 Ve

43%

43 'A

43%

43'/a

43 Ve

43%

43%

4,700

3

18%

18%

18'/a

18aA

18'%

18%

18'A

18%

18%

18%

6,600

No par

*37%

38%

37%

37%

37%

37%

37%

3 6'A

37

%

1%

1%

2'A

2%

2'A

130,500

37%

Ll

Stop Nut Co

Convertible

34%

900

73'%

CLOSED

109%

100

Electric Auto-Lite
Electric

17%

*52%

133%

preferred

45%

Feb

53'A

60%

:

Jun

323/4 Mar

400

53

1

Steel

Stores

Boat

13%
39

54

132%

preferred

Elastic

Shares

13%

38'A

38

*108%

Ekco Products Co common
4 % %

$ per share

13%
39

15

common

Apr

6

12 3A

Bros

4%%

$ per share

13%

16%

Manufacturing Co

Edison

Sales for
the Week

39

12%

17%

Feb. 16

14

STOCK

*81

share

Friday
Feb. 17

Thursday

38

74%

1st pfd

preferred

Eaton

S per
14

36%

50c

18

37%

15%

Eastman Kodak Co common

6%

Feb. 15

tper share

*12%

10

Corp

179

Wednesday

/Feb. 14

14 %

74

Inc^

Eastern

Feb

33%

Airlines

Eastern

Jan

96

54

Eagle-Picher Co

9

Apr

'

Light 5%
DWG Cigar Corp

3

Jan

10'A

16% Feb

33

18%

18'%

400

44

*43

And high SALE PRICES
Tuesday

Feb. 13

I per share

*13%

5

Duquesne

Eastern

Manday

Saturday

No par

12

14%

943%

17%

18

,

(E I) & Co—

15% Jan

88

101

9,100

'

16%

21%

18%

No par

114% Feb

48'A

18'A

18 '/a

18

No par

4

202

2,700

Preferred $3.50 series—

113 % Jan

Jun

8 3%

Preferred $4.50 series.!

115%

Jan

8'A

Common

27

Jun

38%

8'A

10

9

101% Jan

7% July

164

700

8'A

11

122% Jan

16% Mar

7'A

12%

8%

25

60 Ve Jan

Oct

102% Aug

'*•'

12%

8 %

Jan

Nov

124%

Jan

363/8

1.400

8%

64% Feb

63%

Feb

1,300

36 3/a

.8'A

102% Feb

Jun

20%

8%
18%

Dunhili International
Pont de Nem

13

20%

8%

No par
No par

Duplan Corp

400

13

13

20%

12%

convertible preferred—__100

3%%

20%

43

common

series A

20%

36%

Dresser Industries common

Du

13

Chemical Co

*12%

20 3.4

12%

No par

).

13

*12%

13
20 3A

42%

No par

Ltd

Mines

21%

1,500

36'%

5

Dec

18%
72%

3,100

12%

No par

38%

6%

21%

36%

No par

Jan

6%
*21'%

42%

No par

Pepper Co
Doehler-Jarvis Corp

6%
21%

12%

1

Dr.

6%
*21'%

42%

Feb. 11

common

6%
21%

36%

low

Class A—

_

6%
21'%

12%

Par

Dixie Cup Co

•__

6%

363A

Divco Corp

Feb

20",

20%

58

*56

58

42%

STOCK

12%

Jun

*1234

6,000

36'/a

A
Distill Corp-Seagrams Ltd

48%

Jun

12%

2,200

23

42%

share

Feb

15%

21%
21

12%

22%

22%

12'A

*12%

EXCHANGE

45 %

13

6 34

21.3/4

*56

4,200

55

543A

•

12%

50c
2

24 'A

12%

6%

58

*56

22 34

12'A

42%

participating preferred

NEW YORK

58

543/4

37%

Diana Stores Corp

15% Jan

28%

28

27%

54%

12%

5

common

58

v

27%
*12

*42%

Diamond T Motor Car Co

share

12% Jan

2,700
3,500

*36%

3

Highest

23

22%

23

500

3,000
11,600

25

16

,

22%

9%

—2

3

Feb

13 3% Jan

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

9

No par

39'A Jan

6%

*56

STOCKS

Highest

Jun

21%

Raynolds class A—_12.50

Vilbiss

Range for Previous

9%

*6%

1

Detroit Steel Corp

23 % Jan

112

1

Detroit-Michigan Stove Co

6

Jan

*56 A»

Detroit Hillsdale & S W RR Co__100

13

Year 1949

23

12%

20'% Jan

12

23

54%

20 3A Jan

18 3/4 Jan

23%

28

xl2% Jan

43

93%

22%

23%

8
20

NOV

14% Mar

*23

13.50
100

Nov

Jan

Light Co

100

24% Mar

13

&

preferred

13'%

17% Jan

9%

Western

&

9%

9

common

22 %

Dec

50

9

ctfs for

Jun

14

31

ctfs for

Jun

36'% Feb

31%

9%

Escrow

11%

?

35%

31 %

Escrow

Derby Oil Co

16%

25

*35'%

*35%

100

9

9%

Grande West RR

Rio

&

9

9%

._______20

Hudson

&

14

14%

,

preferred

Delaware

103/8 Jan

53%

97%

8,600

*23'A

44

30%

43 'A

9'A

23%

43

Dec

119

14%

12,500

43%

23% Feb

Jun

13%

10

14%

14

43 Via

Jun

8%

14%

99'%
*99

No par

Jun

167/a

14%

15%

99%
100%

.

12'%

78

14%

15%

*99

Deere & Co common

19

101

14%

50c

*97%

99%
100

31

Jan

343/4

101 %

100 3/a

99 »A

45

3

July

*98'%
*99'A

*97%

4

12

25

99'%
100 3/a

99
100

*98

9

8% Jan

Jun

*97%

_100

23

21'% Jan

10

4,100

99'%

9%

Jan

$ per

3,000

33'A

23'%

Deo

17

22'A

33'A

9

9%

share

22

23

22%

Feb

17'%
y8

333%

9'A

Denver

9%

22

33'A

23'A

Jun

$ per

22

33%

22 34

Jun

Lowest

22'A

33'%

24

3

18%

22

33%

9%

11

Jun

22%

33 'A

23%

Jan

12%

22 '4

33%

50c

Jan

Jun

*163,4

22%

33%

__________i

33

6'A

17%

22%

Deep Rock Oil Corp

36

Jun

B

*16%

Decca Records Inc

3

15

150

Dayton Rubber Co

13

9'%

300

5

29% Jan

58

17%

30

35% Jan

Jun

1,300

17%

17'%

11

Rep

Jun

15'A

Jan

153/a Feb
10

Jan

43/4

14'A
97

15'A

24% Jan

36%

.50

17'%

133/4
96'%

15'A

38% Jan

Oct

23'A

17%

*1634

13%
97

3

40%

Jan

15'A

3

Jun

i20

*96'A

15%

27

Mar

/

13%

96 7%

Jan

26

5%

13%

96%
15

.

15'A

8'A Jan

31

19

%

100

(The)

series

14

11'A Jan
22

Jan

433/4

Jun

17

Chemical Corp

13%

96%

*96

15

7

Dayton Power & Light common
Preferred 3.75%
series A

31

14%

1

15% Jan

Dec

22'%

Jan

13%
97

*96

_100
2.50
20

preferred series A_

Davega Stores Corp common
5% convertible preferred

May

Mar

26'A

xl6%

13%

1

Corp common

3%%

23

Dec

17'% May

Jan

15

96

14%

11'A July

Nov

Dana

(The)

common

preferred

1%

Elec & Mus Ind Amer shares

1

2

*37

2

2%
37'A

700

3 9'/a

39%

38'%

39%.

38

38

37%

2,000

Elgin National Watch Co

15

12%

12'%

12'A

12%

12%

12%

12'A

12%

12'A

12 3/a

2,000

Elliott

10

*25%

26

25'%

253/4

25'A

25%

25%

25%

25%

26

1,400

50

*68

70

*66'A

*66'/a

69

69 Ve

69%

50

*50

51%

*50%

51

51

51

26'/8

26

26%

5,100

133/4

4,000

26%

76,300

Electric

Storage Battery

Co

5%%

5%

No par

common

convertible preferred

Oct

50

Jan

13

51

Jan

10

May

26

Feb

16

28% Jan

6

Emerson

Emerson Radio &

preference

El Paso Natural Gas___

_3

26%
*14

70

*66

70

38

*50%

51%

50%

51

26 3%

26 'A

26%

26%

26%

26

14'A

14

14%

13%

14

13%

14'A

133/4

27 3/a

25%

•

100

60

8%

Jun

14%

Dec

13% Feb

15

15% Jan

12

12%

Jun

13%

Nov

xl6'A Jan

3

293% Feb

11

5

27%

293/g

26 %

28%

26%

27%

26%

14%

Jan

18'A

Nov

17% Jan

11

19'/a Feb

8

Empire District Electric Co

10

18%

18%

18%

19

18%

18%

18%

18 3A

18'A

18%

2,400

Jun

353A

Dec

30

Feb

6

33% Jan

5

Endicott Johnson

25

*30'/a

31%

30

30

X29'A

30

30

30

30

30

30'A

2,800

100% Jan

10

Jan

5

103

103

103

100'%

Jan

105

Dec

4%

Jun

7

Dec

6% Jan

13

7% Jan

5

10% Jan

13

12'A Jan

10

9%
48%
55

Jun

14%

Jan

Jun

61%

Jan

55

Jan

13

68

Jan

60

Jan

9

July

57% Feb
60

2

Jan

9

4%

Electric

Mfg Co____

Phonograph
Corp common

preferred

100

5%

preferred series A
RR Co

Erie & Pittsburgh
Eureka

Williams

33A

Feb

53A

Dec

5'A Jan

25

6 % Jan

6%

Jun

10 "a

Jan

8 % Feb

14

103A Jan

11

63A

Jun

H3A

Dec

9% Feb

16

ll'A Jan

7

Eversharp Inc

Jan

613/4

Dec

Jan

13

61'A Feb

9

Ex-Cell-O Corp

3'% Jan

5

Jan

10

36
3

Jun

5%

For footnotes see

55

Apr

page

18




4 'A

Evans

Products

103

103

Corp
Co

1

6%

_No par

Equitable Office Bldg
Erie RR common

11

_4

*11%

*55%

5
5

9

7

Exchange Buffet Corp

*102%

6%

6%

6%

19,900

113/8

ll'A

113/4

17,100

11 %

11% '

56

56

56

*56

56%

*56

*59

62

*59

62

*59

*59'A
*5'%

5%

8%

9

63

53/4

5%

5%

5%

9

9%

9%

9

9%

10'/a

10 %

10%

10 Ve

10 y4

3

*59'A

60'%

60

60'%

2.50

*3%

3%

*

*3%

'

3%

60

23A

120

6%

*6%

7

1023A

11 Ve

6%

11%

1
;

1023/4

56

63

*5%

*102%

6%

56%

*59

50

102%

11 Ve

11%

100

102%

9'A

53/a
9

200

56 %

'A

5%
9

10 Ve

93/4

63'

1,200

5%

1,200

9
10

.

6,800

60'A

59 'A

59'A

59%

59%

700

33A

3%

33/4

*3%

3%

300

Volume

Number 4883

171

THE

COMMERCIAL

NEW
Range for Previous
Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest

S per share

YORK

NEW

Highest

$ per share

$ per share

STOCK

S per

YORK

Saturday
Par

Jun
Feb

25%

Oct

23% Jan

Feb

4

Fajardo Sugar Co

19 >A

Oct

23%

Dec

2UVa Jan

23

22% Jan

7

Falstalf Brewing Corp

15%

Oct

14% Jan

3

16% Feb

6

7%

Jan

% Jan

3

1% Jan

14

15%

%

Jun

11% Mar

Jan

39

Jan

3

42% Jan

3

-

25

Fairbanks Morse & Co

11

Family Finance Corp common—

37% Feb

104% Jan

3

13% Jan

16

38%

18%

No par

*4%

4 Va

BIRTHDAY

4%

4%

4%

18%
4%

12 V2

Jun

17%

Dec

17% Jan

3

19% Jan

20
8

63% July

81%

Dec

80% Jan

19

83% Feb

43

July

56

Dec

52% Jan

13

May

53

107% Mar

Jan

105

Feb

15
17

106% Jan

preferred

103%

5

12%

Co

Ferro Enamel Corp

Fidelity Phoenix Fire Ins N Y
4%%

5

com_.

preferred-

67-

Jan

70 Vs Feb

17

First National

U Va

July

17% Jan

13

Jan

3

14% Jan

20

Firth

Jun

31%

Jan

30 Va Jan

4

33 '/a Jan

9

Flintkote Co

98%

Jan

104%

Dec

104% Feb

15

4

28

Jan

.24% Jan

5

27% Feb

2

$4 preferred
t
Florence Stove Co.

18%

Dec

18 Va Jan

3

19 Va Feb

10

Florida

20% Feb

15

'.'21% Feb

15

Florida

May

15%

Oct

14% Feb-14

15% Jan

10

Florsheim Shoe class A

9%

Sep

24%

Jan

11% Jan

3

14% Jan -12

8"%

Feb

14%

Dec

14% Jan

3

17% Feb

69

18% May

13%
12

Jan

20%

-

Dec

•
.

106-

Jan

Stores

&

18

Food

83

83

56%

57%

106

105%

106'A

68 %

13%

13%

13%

13 %

1,500

31%

30%

31

30%

31%

4,200

*104
• *26%

105 %

104%

104%

104%
26%

26%

26%

19%

18%

19

6,800

21

34,500

104 V#

27

*26

27

*26%

27

26%

19

1J

19 V#

17%

19

18%

20 Va

21%

20%

21

20%

15

14'A

14%

•14V#

14%

14%

15

*14%

12%

12 V#

12%

12 V#

12'A

12

12%

12

12%

5,000

16%

'

17

16'%

17

16%

17%

17%

17%

17%

17%

II,400

4,200

*14%

Jan

Jan

13

Nov

89% Jan

3

96% Feb

10

3%%

convertible preferred

100

Oct

96

Jan'

7

99

30

3%%

preferred

100

19%

Feb

33%

Dec

29

Jan

25

33% Jan

,

21%

Jun

25%

Dec

24'

Jan

30

25d.

Jan

16

Nov

12% Aug

9 V« Jan

3

11% Jan

27

prior preferred
Francisco Sugar Co

*23%

8%

_No par

8

Jun

' *10%

10% May

9% Feb

3

11% Jan

10

x38

Franklin Stores Corp

1

*9 %

Feb

60

Nov

57% Jan

13

65% Feb

10

Freeport Sulphur Co

Jan

17%

Dec

17

Jan

13

19Vs Feb

3

Jun

23%

Dec

20

Feb

16

22% Jan

9

78%

Feb

7o% Jan

3

80

Feb

1

7% Feb

16

Gabriel Co

Gair Co

11%

16%
67

Sep

500

15

29%

29%

29%

29%

29

29'A

29%

29%

29%

29%

'

96

96

96%

94%

96

95%

96

95 Va

95%

"

*98%

99

98

98 Va

98 *4

98%

98%

98%

98%

98%

110

30%

31

30

30%

29%

30

29%

30

30

30%

2,700

24%

*23%

24%

*23%

24%

♦23%

10%

10%

10%

10 V.

10%

10%

9%

9%

9%

9%

9%

9%

lo

preferred

300

96
*

'

24%
10%

9%

10%
10

65

64%

C5

63 Va

64 %

63%

9%
63%

9%

64%

63%

64

19

13

13

18

18

18

18

18

18

21%

20%

20%

2i

20

20 Va

20 %

20%

7Di>

_100

490

24 %

*23%

*18%
21 Va

'

Froedtert Grain <fc Malting Co Inc_l
Fruehauf Trailer Co common
1
4%

105

105

1

10

10

150

105

19

—_1

25

1.200

"104

.

*

10

6%

70 V#

69%

13 V#

30%

7%

Corp common

69

13 V#

96%

Foster-Wheeler

1,250

68%

92%

5

6,100

105%

12%

-

,-No par

Machinery & Chem Corp

1,200

59%

105 Va

13%

29%

Jan

82 %

58%
*

31 Va

Apr

-

*68

900

68%

May

30% Jan

68 Va

18%

82

82

58

105%

1,100

17%

30%

July

:

82

57%
105 Va

110

12%

*13%

89

-

82 Va

57%
106%

56 %

4,600

104

12%

13 %

69

78

28-

82 Va

105

36%

104

2,700

31%

Light Co.—No par

15

83

1,000

4%

13%
• >

No par

Follansbee Steel Corp
Food Fair Stores Inc

18

500

19

31%

*

No par

Corp———

Power

•17%

58

*68

No par

(The) common—No par

Power

17%

105%

.

No par

(The) Carpet Co

17 Va

12%
17%

104

5,500

39 %

36%

36%

36%

36

900

16

#

4 Va

104%

12%

17 Va

18
'

—100

21%

36%
104 %

12%

17%

12'A

83

25

Rubber

&

4%

*12%

104

104

12%

4%

12%

3 7'/a

3b %
104

104

15%

16

*15%

57%

1
10

Firestone Tire

CLOSED

37

37

.——100

*_

Felt & Tarrant Mfg

59% Feb 17

105

-

Truck—

Motor

4%%

21

*38%

18%

—

—

Federated Dept Stores common—„5

3

12

15 7

15%
38%

__

18,

23,800

16 V#

33% Jan

3

IV#

19

Federal

13

7,600

1%

39

10

Jan

16%

1%

*18%

5% Jan

11% Jan

16 Va

IV#

*38

14

103

16 Va

18%

4 % Feb

Jan

16 '/a

2,300

38%

Jun

Sep

1%

I,200

24%

18%

3%

Dec

16%

1%

39%

24%

*20%

38

Federal-Mogul Corp

20%

16 Va

IV#

1

39%

24%
21%
16%

LINCOLN'S

17

36

16%

STOCK
EXCHANGE

40

24%

18%

Federal

Feb

104

16%

1%

39%

Shares

*20%

39

16

19

Feb

lo Va

1 Va

24 Va

21

15%

38% Feb

13

Nov

*20%

*18%

13

9

17% Jan

10%

24%

21'/#

*38 Va

16 % Jan

36% Jan

18% Nov.

95 % Mar

24 Va

Sales for
the Week

17

Sper share

1

3

38% Jan

Jun

24%

39%

20%

Friday
Feb.

Feb. in

5

15% Jan

Jun

14%

Jan

40 Va

40

39%
24%

21

Thursday

t per share

Mining & Smelting Co_..—2

Dec

32

6%

.

—

Feb. 15

$ per share

16%

1

Liquidating Corp
Fedders-Quigan Corp

Wednesday

share

'

1

FAR

$ per

24%

40%

*24 Va
1

._

$ per share

SALE PRICES

HIGH
14

Feb.

20%

*39 %

No par

—

AND

Tuesday

Feb. 13

$ per share

(759) 1 II

RECORD
Monday

Feb. II

share

19

12% Aug

CHRONICLE

LOW

STOCK

EXCHANGE

34

41%

FINANCIAL

STOCKS

Year 1941)

Lowest

&

79 Va

bJ

80

80

*79

79%

78

79

21
;

%

80

1,100
900

,

%

2,200
1,000
7,700
220

G
4%

Jun

7'/a

Apr

5% Jan

3

4%

Jun

7%. Oct

7% Jan

3

8% Jan

10

14%

Jun

17% Jan

12

18% Jan

28

6% Jan

18%

Dec

Oct

9%

Jan

Oct

41%

Jan

13

Feb

17%

Dec

15

Jun

19

Apr

10%

Jun

16%

Dec

15% Jan

3%

Jun

6%

Feb

4% Jan

24% Feb

6

31%

6%

(The)

Inc

1

(Robert)

3

8 V# Jan

20

35

Jan

3

38% Jan

12

17

Jan

10

18% Feb

11

Gamewell

xl7% Jan

3

19

Jan

10

Gardner-Denver

3

19% Feb

10

Garrett

3

5% Jan

12

Gar Wood Industries Inc

Gamble-Skogmo Inc common
5%

Co

Co

No par
No par

—2

Jun

32%

Feb

2

27'A Jan

12

Jun

23%

Jan

18% Feb

4

20 % Jan

11

Jan

19%

Dec

18

Jan

3

19% Jan

11

General

Jun

105

106 % Feb

99

Jan

Sep

July

9%

Jun

107

11

Dec

General Baking Co common-.

5

12

Jan

$4.50 preferred

31

5

165

Feb

7

6

Jun

10

Jan

6% Feb

14

9

% Jan

Apr

79%

Jan

16% Feb

$8

General

9

General Cable Corp com
4% 1st preferred

Jan

71

Jan

20

75

Jun

31

Jan

27% Feb

14

30% Jan

9

17

Jun

20

Apr

16% Feb

16

18% Jan

11

129

138% Jan

9

Jun

139%

Apr

133% Feb

17

34

Jun

42%

Dec

41 '/a Jan

13

46

Feb

Jail

48%

Dec

47% Jan

13

50% Feb

3

93%

Jan

OO

100% Feb

Bronze

conv

2nd

Jun

126

Jan

13

129

Feb

17

112

jjec

109 Va Jan

10

113

Jan

24-

5%

preferred
3%% convertible

NEW

Highest

YORK

*72 Va

74

*72%

74

*72%

*27%

28

*27%

28

*27%

28

*17%

17%

17

16%

17

134%

135

13

78% Feb

10

Sep

125% Jan

5

126% Jan

24

$5 preferred

102% Jan

6

104Va Feb

11

Feb

19%

Sep

19 Va Jan

3

21% Jan

16

Jun

387/a

101 Va

100%

J 00%

10%

10%

10%

10%

13%

11%

12'A

55%

55

55'A

55%

54%

55

128'A

123

129

50

112%

111

111

200

127%

17

20%

*20 V#

21

20%

17

General Public

Utilities Corp

Jun

20%

Jan

19% Jan

4

24% Feb

17

Gen Railway Signal com

May

124%

Dec

121 % Jan

6

Feb

7%

Nov

6% Jan

20

1

9

General

5

General

31

Nov

29% Jan

11

General

24% Jan

9

99 %

Apr

102%

Jan

Jan

10

15%

Jun

21%

Jan

19 % Jan

3

July

77%

Apr

77% Jan

23

21% Feb
101

1

102

Jan

14

80

STOCK

20%

EXCHANGE

34%

34%

35

14%

14 %

*3%

3%

CLOSED

/

23%

23%

24%

24%

24'/a

24%

——100

*124

10c

5%

Refractories——„No par

24%

125

*124

7

6%

24%

24%

32%

32%

114%

114'A

114%

-20

29%

29%

29 %

Va

29%

22%

22%

*22 Va

preferred

100

*101
23%

103%

*101

23%

37%

Dec

33% Jan

13

38

Feb

3

Gillette Safety Razor com

79%

Jun

94% Jan

31

12%

preferred

*80

72%

72%

9%

9%

No par

36%

36%

*93%

91

Jan

Jan

4

17%

Jan

14% Jan

13

16V»Jan

9

$5 convertible preference
Brothers common

No par

Jun

Gimbel

5

15

Oct

80

Jan

10

83

Jan

26

$4.50

No par

*82

84

21

Dec

28 %

Aug

18% Jan

25

24% Jan

11

17%

Jun

25%

Dec

24% Jan

55

Dec

54

10%

Dec

36

15

80%

56

Jan

12

Feb

2

5

14 Va

Jun

19

Sep

14 % Jan

24

Jan

Jun

72%

Dec

69% Jan

3

84% Feb
104% Jan

10

49% Feb

100

Jun

34

Jun

98%

Jun

10

Jun

1 Va May

104

101 % Jan

20

Jan

43% Jan

13

Sep

103% Jan

16% Mar

45%
106
3%

12 Va Jan

13% Feb

10

1% Jan

2% Jan

10

5%

Feb

8%

Apr

Jan

30%

Dec

29

Jun

28 %

Jan

24% Jan

20% Mar

28%

Dec

26 Va Jan

Dec

7% Jan

9

Jan

Jan

9

10

Grand

Jan

11

31

27% Jan

5

Grant

102Va Jan

9

3%% preferred
Grayson-Robinson Stores

100% Jan

6

11

Jun

16%

Apr

15 Va Jan

13

16% Feb

3

32

Jan

36%

Oct

33% Jan

12

35% Jan

17

Union

Co

(W T)

$2.25

conv

Co

14 Va

Sep

12

Jan

3

13

Jan

12

Gt Northern

Iron

Jun

43%

Jan

40% Jan

3

44!A Jan

10

Gt> Northern

Ry 6%

16%

Jan

Oct

18% Jan

13

17

137 Va Jan

62 Va

Dec

33% Mar

19%

20% Feb

Jan

100

July
Apr

97% Jan

3

Jan

28

Jun

18% Jan

13

24% Feb

15

7% July

6% Jan

3

8'A Jan

19

5

Feb

92

Jan

20%
101

Dec

Jan

3

Jun

14

Jan

127/a Jan

3

Jun

9 Va
41

54%

Dec

51% Jan

4

25

100

56%

Jun

71%

Jan

59 % Jan

16%

Jan

22 %

Dec

21

For

footnotes

see




page

18

Jan

3

100

102
15

Jan

63% Jan
24% Jan

Common

12/
3

13

.

common

$5 preferred

54%

11%

11%
108

11%

54%

11%

11%

11%

54%
11%

*107%

54 Va

108

109 Va

*107%

109%

54%

54%

400

11%

109%

4,600
10

3,600
5,900

*103%

8%

104%

104

47%
109

46%
107

13-%

12%

2 Va

2

104

104

104

13%
2 Vs

47%

48%

106'A

47%
107

106'A

13 V#

13 V#

2

2 Va

103%
48 Va

♦106

13%
2

8%

103%

104%

600

48%

48

48%

8,600

107%

*106

107%

13%

2%

12%
2

8%

200

12%

'

1,400

2%

24,000

8%

1,500

8%

8%

8%

8%

*34

34%

33%

34

*33%

34%

34

34

33%

34

1,300

*25%

25%

25%

25%

25 V#

25 %

25%

25%

25%

25%

1,100

27

26%

27%

*26%

27%

27

27

1,400

101%

1011/2

27

27

*26%

8

Va

8%

15%

15%

16

16

16

35 V#

35

35

35

35

>■

101%

100%

101%

101

101

*101 %

15%
*35

101%

250

16%

3,200

35%

180

12 Va

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

2,900

42%

42%

41%

42%

42

42%

42 Va

42%

X417/a

42%

3,200

20 Va

2,800

20

144%
*66

10%

19%

20

*143 Va

144%

*66

75

42%

42%

20 V#

145

19%

20%

20%

20%

144%

144%

143%

143%

75

*66

75

43

43

43

15

14'/#

14%

10%

10%

10%

*14

10%

67

*42%

*14%

15

10%

10%

11

99 Va

99 Va

*99

'•99

99%

22%

22

24'A

22%

24%

22%

7%

7%

7%

7%

7%

*102

103

14%

*55%

55 Va

25

61%

62

No par

23%

23%

,

103

*102

99%

103

14 Va

13%

55%

55 Va

♦54 V.

60

61%

59 Va

60'A

23%

24

23 Va

23%

13%

14%

10

43%

14%

99%

*102

80

70

10%

7%

*99

43%

145

14

22%

7%

43

20%

144%
*63

10%

1

*99

67

14%

_1

No par

55

11%

15 %

15%

100

55

*107 Va

82%

35 V#

.100

2U0

15 %

16

—100

4,900

82%

35%

No par

15 %

15%

*35

$5 convertible preferred
No par
Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR eom.No par
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf States Utilities Co..

54%
109

*15%

3

4%%,-pieferred
Grunhrfari Aircraft Corp

6

Jan 17

56% Jan

:

Co Inc

Guantapamo Sugar

83

95%

83

*14 Va

15 Va

83

15%

Greenfield Tap & Die Corp..No par
Greyhound Corp (The)—

93%

14%

83

82'A

42%

11

14%

83

15%

1

10

*94%

14%

84%

Green

14% Feb

95%

15

83%

15

12

11% Jan

*94%

4,300

83

44% Jan

3

95 V#

5,200

15%

4
4

14%
*82

"40

9%
37 %

37

84%

Jan

Jan

*94%

37 %

15 V#

41

10% Jan

15 %

36%

81

Green Bay & Western RR

13

95 %

84

37 %

15'A

17

July

37

37

81

30

14% Mar

75

9%

3,800

Feb

12

83

*72

9%

10,200

Jan

Oct

*82

75

9%

28%

71

Jun

83

*71

9%

27%

145

9%

*80

75

9 %

28

3

11%

83

*71

10

27%

6

(H L)

*80

8,900

28 V«

Dec

43%

83

*100%

No par

23%

23%

72%

1

Prop—No par

pfd

100

103%

*101

27%

Jan

preferred

24%

28%

65

7%

103%

330

23

28

Nov

67

*22%

100
com

Great Western Sugar com

144% Mar

133% July

Ore

22%

1,600

28 %

2

No par

Jun

*22%

400

29 Va

21%

13%

5

preferred

11%

29 Va

20%

47

10

33%

116

21 %

*107

No par

common

33

115%

20%

*104

5

(The)

*32%

29%

23%

4,200

23%

32%

21

par

1

Granite City Steel

23 %

24 'A
116

29%
*101

2,800

15 %

No par

34% Feb
26

6 7/a

20%

No par

Graham-Paige Motors
G^anby Consol M S & P

24%

5,000

126

6%

80

No par

$5 preferred
Gotham Hosiery

103%

24

*124%

20 %

11%

10

$5 preferred

*101

6%

20%

*108

(B P) common-Nopar

Goodyear Tire & Rub com—_No

107

14%
*82

'A

23%
*32%
115

125

21

*54

1

8

Jan

101

Goodrich Co

*93%

103%

23

6%

28

50

Goodall-Sanford Inc

95%

*22%

23

24

29

*124

20%

100

9

16%

Apr

convertible preferred—

Brewing Co
Telegraph Co

Feb

16 Va

93%

18

__

Gold & Stock

14

Aug

4%%
Goebel

9

52%

preferred

Gleaner Harvester Corp
2.50
Glidden Co (The) common—_No par

11

23 %

9%

72% July

112% Jan

24%

32%

114%

Jun

10

24

6%

*32%

24

13

24%

125

6%

33

83

Feb

*124

%

115

*80

10% Jan

6

115
29%

*70

108

125

*32%

Corp

Castings $6 pfd
Telephone Corp

General Tire & Rubber Co com——5

2

5,800

24%

100

Jan

4,400

33,'200

2J

3%% preferred
100
Georgia-Pac Plywood & Lumb Co__1

116

3%

BIRTHDAY

6

Jun

15%

3%

23%

3

Jan

34%

15%

3%

*23

14

July

34%

15 Va

3%

No par

Feb

5%

34%

14%

17%

10% Feb

x95%

34%

14%

3

17'A

72% Feb

Feb

34%

14%

17%

7

29

4,700

900

34%

17%

25

3

800

17

Jan

23

20%

16%

8% Jan

Jan

*20%

a

Feb

48

900

20%

17!

Va

90

126%
104%

14

-1

4*A%

40,200

76

126%

167/#

12

68

Shares

*103%

LINCOLN'S

73

Mar

74-%

for

the Week

35
3%

No par

4lA%

Sales

11

share

17%

Sep

5%

8

Feb.

$ per

17

Jun

64

14

General Time Corp common—No par

12

24% Feb

100

54,600

2,700

5

Gen Steel

Shoe

21

—10c

Realty & Utilities

16

Dec

21

No par

Co

Equip Corp

preferred

Feb

75%

126%
104

17% Feb

Jan

74%
126%

3

34

75%

104

16% Jan

116

101

Friday

16

126%

Nov

5

75 Va

Feb.

104

17

18

*100

Thursday

S per share

126%

Service

General Portland Cement

31

76%

tper share

103%

General Public

Jan

share
126%

3

23 Va Jan

Feb. 15

Feb. 14

104 Va

9

113

Wednesday

Tuesday

$ per

x74%

11

x31% Jan

Sper share

104%

Jan

27%

t per share

*126V,

3% Jan

Jun

Feb. IS

77%

15% Jan

18%

Monday

104%

4

Jan

•111

I26V4

10

Dec

112%

77%

3% Feb

Jan

*111

104%

13% Jan

34

128%

112%

126%

34 % Feb

24%

*127%

*110%

10

Dec

122

127%

55%
*127%

No par

Dec

Mar

*100

__No par

-

16% Mar

99'/a July
22% Jan

4,900

10

Gen Outdoor Advertising-—--No par

6%

170

44,200

48%

55%

Saturday

Preferred $3.75 series—

General

46

va

48%

10%

General Motors Corp common

6

2,000

133%

133%
45

20

200

V4

17

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

Dec

10

134

17

55%

101%

Feb. 11

127%

28% Jan 13

17

10%

STOCK

13

1

134

134

128

104%

Feb

11,500

73%

27'/a

17%

112%

Jan

67

73

27%

*133

Par

7% Jan

7%

73

EXCHANGE

Gen Precision

40

1,800

7%

55 %

$ per share

25VtJan

7>A

18

*127

Jan

Jun

6%

74

*111

Jun

24

7

27%

1—ion

51%

20%

6%

*72%

STOCKS

Range Since Jan. 1

125

7

2,500

16

16

*27

preferred—100

123 Va

4%

6%

7

16'A

1

Corp—

common

x97

120

11%

164%

16

No par

$3.50 preferred

Range for Previous

15%

11 Va

*163%

va

101 %

128%

Jan

11%

164%

lo

*100

Apr

11 Va

11%

164%

10 78

AO 74

*100

Jan

38

11 %

164%

107a

No par

123%

37/a

11 %

164%

45%
48%

Instrument

2,500
.

'1%

44 Va

Mills

p

106

164%

1

48%

General

20

48%

48%

ii.

.

16 %

110

106 Va

*106%
*104 Va

164%

11%

48%

General

Jun

48%

45 Va

16

2%

1061/2
106

134%

25

68% Jan

48 %

48%

13 % Feb

x

•106Va
*104'A

44%

56% Jan

Nov

48%
106

134 Va

4

$ per share

106%

i

16

$ per share

48%
*104'A

<

8% Jan

Lowest

49

44%

54% Jan

Highest

106 %

10b H

106

49%

Dec

Year 1949

>

47%
*104%

47%

44'A

Jan

11% July

*10r>

106 %

48

Dec

22%

1,600
5,500

44%

CO

72%

19%
18%

50

13%

share

19 Va

18%

44%

56%

S per

19%

18%

50

Jun

Lowest

19%
18%

No par

Jun

Jan

6%

100

Corp com

200

26

26

19%

General Foods

44%

103

No par

_

x6%

16

*15%

Inc com—-No par

4,600

19

165

5

preferred

4 %

4%

19%

11%
*164%

50

300

2,000

18%

106

100

1,700

18%
19

a

No par

7%

18 Va

19

19 3

General Electric Co

9

18'A

18 Va

13%

47%

preferred—

600

19%

*10314

Corp

General Cigar Co

17

39%

4%

'*105%

5

26 V2

1,900

37

18%

_5

No par

5

7%

36 Va
*

200

3C"

19%

No par

preferred

18%
18%

-J

19 %

19

100

Transportation

2

24%

97

*25%

$4.25 preferred series A__

12

65%

2b Va

6

Jan

18%

*2o va

31

13 Va Jan

*18 Va

18%

2o Va

49'A Feb

10% Jan

18%

*18%

2 b Va

104% Jan

161

18%

19%

26 Va

11

Dec

18 v»

7,700

5,000

*-* 00

7%

18Va

18 Va

18 V#

18%

*25
19%

com__l

*18

7%

18

17%

18%

18%

7%
8

7%

7%

37

50
—1.66%

Investors

12

Jan

18

18

7%

7%

7%
18%

37

4%

13

163%

7%
37 %

*37

4%

Jan

15

Oct

7Va

7%
37%

7%
x7%
*18

4%

45% Jan

Feb

7%

37%

7%

4%

103% Jan

9%

152

7%
38%

7

19

4%

Jan

Amer

7%
*18%

4%

48'A Nov

General

7%

18%

4%

106

15

6%

6 %

7'%
18%

19 %

19

convertible preferred
American

6%

6%
7%
19

1

com

Gaylord Container Corp

13%
41%

7%

*37%.
17%
*18%

(The)

15%

4%%

7%

5

(The)

Corp

*6%

*13%

—50

convertible preferred

21%

103%

„

1

20

common

preferred

14%
55

♦102

99%
23

7'A
103

14

14'A

54'A

54 V.

59%
x23

,23
7V8

'

700

58,700

24
7

2,100

10

40,000
'A

2,500

13%

14%

7,600

5o

*102

103

53 Va

1,700

60 Va

59%

60%

14,500

23%

22%

23 %

6.000

12

COMMERCIAL

THE

(760)

Lowest

Highest

Feb.

EXCHANGE

Highest

$ per

Par

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

share

LOW

Saturday

STOCK

YORK

NEW

Range Since Jan. I

Year 1949

$ per

CHRONICLE

STOCKS

Range for Previous
Lowest

FINANCIAL

&

11

share

Feb.

$ per share

$ per

Thursday

Wednesday

Tuesday

Feb. 13

I'RICES

SALE

HIGH

AND

Monday

Monday, February 20, 1950

Feb. 15

14

share

Sales for

Friday
Feb.

Feb. 16

$ per share

$ per share

the Week

17

Shares

$ per share

H
31

Jan

393/4

Dec

40% Jan

9

46 % Feb

14

Hackensack

Water

16%

Jun

243/a

Dec

22% Jan

13

25% Jan

30

Halliburton

Oil

Jan

143/4

Dec

14 % Jan

4

15% Jan

12

Hall

*12

11%

Jun

3

Hanria

6

Harbison-Walk

108 %

Nov

104% Feb

14

Nov

23%

Jan

.20

Jan

3

23

Feb

Feb

145

Jan

5

146

4'k

Feb

1

20 3%

Jan

25%

Dec

23% Jan

3

27% Jan

12

Jan

73%

Nov

5% Jan

3

7% Feb

10

preferred-

conv

Hare

43/4

149

May

Jan

61

6%

5%

68%

Oct

64% Jan

5

71

Feb

10%

Dec

9% Feb

1

11

Jan

8 3/4 Jan

7

9%

3

6% Jan

Jan

Schaffner

Hayes

Feb

Dec

21% Feb

9

24

% Jan

10

Jan

25%

Dec

25 34 Jan

3

29

Feb

6

Hecht Co

84

Jan

95%

Dec

Feb

3

94% Jan

3

33A '/o

30

Jan

373%

Dec

37% Jan

3

Jan

9

98%

Jan

23%

Jan

105

Dec

Jan

24

106% Jan
32% Jan

17

34%

Jan

13%

Jan

17% Aug

16

40

Jun

53

Dec

Feb

131

Sep

122%

423/4

413/4 Jan

25

18

Feb

9

23

53

Feb

11

Jan

6

127

Jan

24

46'A Jan

11

Feb

8

125

26% Mar

45

Dec

40% Jan

25

533%

Dec

53% Jan

4

56

J)

Co

W)

Dec

51% Jan

6

53% Feb

3

Jan

15% Jan

3

20% Feb

17

21%

Jan

13 % Feb

10

18 % Jan

7

77

Dec

84%

Sep

74 '/a Feb

16

80

Jan

6

8% May

12%

Dec

11% Jan

4

12% Jan

11

Hilton

Hotels

15%

Dec

14% Jan

4

15% Feb

3

Hinde

&

Hires

11%

Jun

Hewitt-Robins

Apr

100

34%

9%

9%

9%

934

9%

934

9%

800

7'/a

7%

7

7%

7%

7%

7%

7%

7'A

7%

7,700

22

22'%

22 'A

22%

22%

1,400

27%

70%

2 2'A

28%

27%

*27'A

28 'A

*27%

28

2734

*94%

95

*94%

95

*94%

95

*94%

95

*94%

*38%

39%

*38%

39

*38

39

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38 3 4

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105%

105

105

*104

22

22

*104%

105

*31%

32

*31"%

32

*40%

41%

*40%

41 %

31%
40 3/4

125

17'A

17%

173/8

52%

52 %

523/a

52

52

52

126%

*126

127

*126

126

125

44%

44%

53%

42%

43 'A

1,900

54%

54'%

*54

54%

300

*53

53%

53%

*53

533/b

xl8%

19

183A

19 %

19'A

20%

4,300

13%

13%

42'A

55

13%

14%

14

14%

14

14'A

17,700

*73

42%

55

conv

*73

%

74%

11%

11%

xll%

11%

11%

11%

11%

11%

4,100

15%

15%

15%

15%

15%

*15%

15%

15%

15 %

700

75%

*73

75%

18%

*28%

28%
45%

28'A

28%

283/a

283/a

28%

28%

700

45%

45%

45%

45%

45'A

45%

2,400

34%

34%

34%

3 6'A

37

3 000

*121%

124

103

104

^
—

Co

28%

28%

*45%

45%

45%

34 %

34%

34%

5

com

*14%

15%

28%

28%

*12

Feb

16

$4.50

2nd pfd series A

No par

115

115

116

116%

$4.25

preferred——

No par

103

103

*102

103%

14

Jan

9

3

34

Houdaille-Hershey

12%

12%

12 %

50

33%

33%

33%

common—No par

*37%

37%

37%

*97%

98'%

98

98%

*43

48%

47%

48'/a

42%

40%

42%

No par

com

30

Feb

35%

Nov

31 % Jan

Jan

10

28%

Jan

41%

Nov

35

Jan

31

38% Feb

10

Household

863/4

Jan

99%

Dec

95 % Jan

7

98% Feb

15

3%%

42%

Jun

48 3/4 May

46% Jan

!3

48%'Jan

23

Houston

preferred
Light & Power—

29%

Feb

44%

Oct

38% Jan

12

443A Feb

3

Houston

Oil of

preferred....

conv

Texas

12%

100

18%

1,300

18%'

18%

34%

36

118%

120

103 %

103'%

103'%
12%

12%

33%

*32%

12%

12%

12%

12%

33%

*33%

33%

*32%

37%

37%

37%

36%

98%

98%

*98%

No par
25

c

42%

47%

48

x4734

41

41%

1

*16%

17

16

5

41%

41%

41

common..100

*8%

8%

8

16%

16 3/8
41

41

270

1,510
3,000

33

300

37

37%

37%

900

99 %

98%

98%

150

47%

47%

48 %

3,100

42

41

16%

41%

3,400

12%

42

42

4,500

1

t

v

28'A

300

16%

*15%

12%

Jun

16

Oct

15% Jan

5.

17

Jan

20

Jun

46%

Jan

40 3/4 Jan

5

44% Jan

9

Howe

4%

Jun

113/8

Dec

Jan

13

10

Jan

3

Hudson

8%

Jun

17%

Dec

12% Jan

26

15% Jan

5

5%

100

*13%

14%

*13%

14

*14

14%

13%

14%

33%

Jun

47%

Jan

39

Feb

16

42% Feb

2

Hudson

Bay Min & Sm Ltd..No par

39%

39%

39%

40%

*39%

40

39

39%

39

39%

1,500

9

Feb

14%

Oct

13% Jan

3

15% Jan

12

Hudson

Motor

14

14'%

13%

14

13%

13%

13%

14%

13%

14%

11.800

8%

Nov

8% Jan

12

10 %

10%

10%

10%

10%

11%

1% May

10%

Jan

2%

Jan

13/4 Jan

Dec

17% Jan

Sound

3

11
17

Hussman

Hunt Foods Inc

10%

2%

-2%

17%

18%

6.662,3

NEW

Range Since Jan. 1
Highest

$ per

YORK

STOCK

Saturdav
Feb. 11

Par

$ per share

share

$ per

share

Monday
Feb.18
$ per

share

8%

8 %

10%

2 %

LOW

EXCHANGE

Lowest

Highest
$ per share

%

*15%

16%

40 3

4

40 3A

8%

9'A

8%

2%

AND

2'A

2%

18%

18 'A

*18%

SALE

HIGH

Tuesday
Feb.

5,500
600

14

10%

4,600

2%

2%

5,600

18%

18 :A

1,400

103g

2%;
18%

Feb. 15

$

per

Feb. 16

Sales

the Week

17

$ per share

$ per share

share

for

Friday
Feb.

Thursday

Wednesday

,

*133,

1,400

9

8%

PRICES

14

$ per share

41

41

-

2%

13%

18

STOCKS

Year 1949

I per share

10%

.i_l
No par

—:
—

Refrigerator Co

Range for Previous
Lowest

12.50

Car

Hupp Corp

18 3/4 Feb

,

...

preferred

non-cum

2% Jan

13

Corp

Co__

Manhattan

&

103A Jan

3

18 3/4

Jun

Stores

100

18%

14%

*27%
*12

\

12 %

313/4

8

Howard

Finance

28%

*14%

15%

27%

117

'102

14

*14%
*12

12%

117

19

,

74

18 3/8

1

Co

Electrochemical

$2.25

10

75

75%

12

15%

Jan

12% Feb

500

12

120

Dec

*53

4 2'A

*74

10

104

13%

40

42%

*54%

43%

*54%

12

Jun

500

3.300

127

19%

18%

13%

173/a

53%

53%

18%

13%

42%

55

'126

126

13

9%

17'A

52%

17'A

17'%

13

109

Dec

300
250

52%

Jan

Dec

101 %

31'/a
41%

17

32 % Jan

116

Sep

31%
413,

17%

52%

10

104%

*103%

41%

41%

53

*17

400

38

31%

31%

40%

200

273/4
95

38

105

*31%

101 % Jan

Dec

Jun

94%

22%

22%

*27%

preferred—
30
Mining————12.50

Homestake

5%

9 %

100

Holly Sugar Corp

Hooker

30

70%

9%

18%

9

5

700

7

*18%

19% Jan

17

70%

-

18%

4

11

70%

70%

*70

*18%

18% Jan

Feb

*6%

26

10

Jan

37

6 3/4

9 "2

18%

Co

& Sons

(A)

47% Jan

26%

63A

70%

*70

53%

(Charles E)
Furnace

x28% Jan

*25%

7

12%

22 %

;

26

6 3/,

15%

Jun

8

700

*25%

7

28 %

16%

16

26%

149

26

12%

Hollander

Feb

*146

2,400

27%

5

45

149

■

8

*14'%

14'/a Jan

27% Jan

*146

149

146

30
50

22 3

13%

14

Sep

106

22

15%

4

15

12% Feb

Nov

*105

22

27%

15% Feb
28% Feb

Oct

28%

105

22

27%

5

14

153/4

50%

105

22%

*14%'

13 % Jan

25% Jan

Jun

Jan

105

22 %

*12%

Sep
Dec

8%

24% Mar

104%

1,000

5

15%
29%

34%

81

.5

Jan
Jun

x24

*80

5

Paper

12%

Co

82

149

5

Corp

20

Holland

*79'A

7

50

preferred series A
Dauch

82

25%

*54 Via

Inc.—

Heyden Chemical Corp..
3%%

*146

No par
.50

preferred series B

52 %

21%

Jun

*79%

700

13

22%

...—1

4% %

Nov

Aug

BIRTHDAY

70

1-70

100

—

Chocolate com

14%

13

25

preferred series A

51%

13

x22

7 %

*7

No par

4%%

xl3%

12%

13

'

26%

26%

No par

common

preferred

Hershey

3,300

15'A

13

10

Motors

Powder

5%

1,700

243/a

15%

100

:

preferred

non-cum

45

24%

15%

25

common

Hercules

LINCOLN'S

*43%

243/e

104%

104%
,

149

*146

5

common

Hercules

CLOSED

45%

24%
*15

100

.

preferred

(G

77c

7

Ja.i

52

Nov

Helme

5

40 % Feb

49 % Jan

Dec

3.65%

6

13

(H

EXCHANGE

23

2
Co

common

preferred

Heinz

31 % Jan

105

Oct

32%

41

.

106

STOCK

%

.15

Glass

Hazel-Atlas

19%

93%

80

common.—.1
100
1

Inc

Industries
Mfg Corp

Hayes

20%

25

80

Marx———10

&

Corp of America
4 % %
preferred

10

Jun

13'%

22%

-100

preferred

6%

6

Jun

13'%

*104%

Co S4.25 pfd—No par
Refrac com__No par

(M A)

Hat

142

15%

82

107% Jan

Apr

24%

*14%

*79

8

183%

45

24%

15%

——100

12

104%

45

24%

15

Hamilton Watch Co com—No par

14% Jan
80% Feb

77

46%

24

13 %

5

12% Feb

Jan

5

*13

16

Dec

81

45%

24%
15%

45

Cementing.—5
Co

*44

45

24%
*15 %

25

——

Well

Printing

F)

Jan

133%

72% July

(W

Shares

I
31 %

Jun

22%

Feb

73

Jun

95

Jun

20

Jun

253/4
51%

7%

21%

36 3A

Dec

35% Feb

37% Jan

8

RR

Co

36%

common.lOo

34% Jan

25

39

Jan

20

92

Feb

15

98

Jan

3

96

Jan

94 % Jan

17

97

Jan

20

Leased

34 %

Dec

34

Jan

25

37% Jan

20

RR

Jan

37%

Nov

36% Jan

13

39% Feb

9

Jun

55%

Nov

55

Jan

13

563/4 Jan

4

Sep

10%

Jan

8% Feb

1

9% Jan

4

28% Jan

3

31% Feb

10

4

Jan

19

Industria

513/4 Jan

5

Industrial

71

2

Ingersoll-Rand common....—No par

Dec

8%

Jan

33% Mar

53%

Dec

45

Feb

7

55

72%

Oct

67

Feb

15

Jun

155

Jan

30

May
Jun

165

7

Apr

413A

163

Jan

38

Jan

Feb
Jan

40 % Jan

26

4.70%

6%

Jan

13% Jan

3

15

Jan

Dec

10 % Jan

27

11

Jan

5

12%

Dec

16% Jan

16

19

Feb

17

86%

RR

S

Mex,

37

37

1,500

36

37

11,300

*91

94

94

*99%

25

35'%

101

*99%

101

36

*35 %

36

100

101

*99%

*35%

101

*99%

36'%

*35%

36%

210

2,900

33 %

38%

38 %

38%

38%

38 %

38%

38-%

38 %

55%

*55%

55%

*55%

55%

*55%

55%

*55%

55%

8%

8%

LINCOLN'S

*3%

8%

8%

8%

8%

8%

8%

31%

31%

BIRTHDAY

31%

31%

31%

31%

31 %

8%

8%

7%

31%
7%

47'%

47%

68

68

-

A—

Co

68

171 %

*166

*38%

39
14

14

—20

Copper

Ctfs

47%

68

No par

—_■

8%

*8

47%

—.100

preferred

Insuranshares

STOCK
EXCHANGE

36%

*92

*55'%

—1

Rayon—

Inspiration Cons

35%

92

—5

Co

Electrica De

Steel

101

*35%

36%

92

36

37

35%

50

Terminal

Inland

12

18 %

103A

r

1000

A

37

36%

94%

36%

94

*99%

;

_100

series

preferred

Illinois

9

Jan

ctfs

36 %

37

34%
*92%

35%

*92%

A—100

ser

4%_

lines

stock

pfd

conv

non-cum

Illinois Power Co common—__No par

19

170

6

Jan

9

6%

36%

35%

Indianapolis Power & Light—No par

Jan

'

29%

8

Central

Illinois

Dec

Dec

36 3A

Jan

11%

—__Y——20

Power Co

100

Jun

4

Idaho

5

1

Inc

*10%

10%

5

*13%

18%

*94

95

CLOSED

8

39

8

46%

47

68

68 %

67

67

*166

171 %

*166

46%

47'%

38 %

38 '/a

13%

13%

*10%

10%

38 '.4

13%

39

171%

*166

14

*10%

-

9

U100

31%

7%

:

x47

*67

3,600

7%

1,000

47 %

"31

2,900
900

68

171%

*166

171%

38

38'%

38

38 %

4.200

13%

14'%

2,900

10%

13%

14%

10%

*10%

10%

18%

18%

18%

95

*

10%

95

""

Interchemical

Apr

18%

Jan

95%

Dec

92% Jan

31

953A Jan

10

1

Jun

2%

Jan

25

2 % Jan

11

93/8

Jun

13%

Jan

1% Jan
123A Jan

13

143A Feb

9

Interlake

3

Int'l

Business

6

Int'l

Harvester

xl45%

Jan

22 3A

Jun

29%

Dec

26% Jan

13

164%

Jan

180%

Dec

177% Feb

14

234

212

Dec

Jan

235

4

Feb

29'A Jan
Jan

16

12

10% Feb

10

28

36

Feb

4

86'/a Jan

4% %

23

181

Corp

7%.

common..

preferred—

_100

1%

1%

—No par

14'/a

14%

Iron-——-

Machines

232

No par

commoh

No par

preferred

232
28 %

28

*177%

100

,.

*94

18

*94%

95

18%
95

19

4,200
20

*94%

95%

1%

1%

500

13%

14%

10,200

'

Rubber—No par

Intercontinental

18 '/a

18

178

%

1%

14 %

13%

'230'%

14

x230%

232

t

228

*1%

14

1

1%

28

28

28'%

177%

177%

177%

1%

28

1%

13%

14

228

%

227

232

177%

227

28

28

28'%

28

178

177%

177%

1,300

%

16.700

177%

360

'

5%
73%

Feb

10

Dec

Jun

24

343/4

Oct

Jan

9% Jan
32

Jan

84

Jan

6

4

86 %

Oct

33A

Feb

6%

Dec

Jan

4

25%

Jun

31%

Jan

x27% Feb

16

.

Feb

131% Feb

16

-

33% Jan
Feb

133

Dec

143

Int'l

Int'

4%

International

Int'l

134% Jan

16

25

37% Feb

10

International

1

106% Jan

10

Dec

37%

Dec

103%

Nov

7%

Feb

5% Feb

14

6% Jan

12

Feb

49% Jan

3

5 8 3/4 Feb

1

4%

Nov
Nov

71

50

Jun

Feb

55% Feb

57% Jan

Jan

46%

Oct

40% Feb

7

463a Jan

28

38%

Jun

573/4

Jan

49% Jan

3

54% Feb

4

30%

Aug

34

Jan

33

Jan

13

35% Feb

17

7%

Jun

11%

Apr

9% Jan

3

13% Jan

14

61

14
,

20

Dec

17% Feb

17

20% Jan

Feb

23

Aug

20% Jan

4

23 'A Feb

34

Nov

293,4 Jan

30

34% Feb

32

Jan

27% Jan

5

29 '/a Feb

17

Aug

148

Feb

July

,

24

136%

139

Feb

141

9

Jan

7% Jan

11

16% Feb

$6

17

2 3A

Jun

7%

Dec

U3A

Jun

18%

Jan

14% Jan

5

81

Jan

94

Dec

92 34 Jan

25

44

Jan

59%

Oct

56 % Jan

3

64% Feb

95%

Jan

105%

Dec

Jan

3

106% Feb

14

50 Yb

Dec

49% Jan
132' Jan

7

6 % Feb

14
V

94

Feb

Jacobs

(F L)

Jaeger

>

1

Salt

Jewel

Co

30%
101

Jun
Jun

293/4

Jun

130

45% Feb

54%

Feb

109

Dec

155

May

170

Dec

21

Jun

33%

Jan

v

Feb

9

48

Dec

102

9

121

Dec

Jan

3%%.

3

Feb

2

109

Jan

20

Jan

16

180

;Jan

16

3

27% Jan

13-

.

56

31

Feb

1

JohnSon

Inc

5%

5%

54%

53%

Johnson

com

81% Jan

13

86.

Feb

6

30'A Jan

13

34V8Jan

30

8%

Jun

12%

Jan

9% Feb

17

11% Jan

10

Kalamazoo Stove &

94%

Jan

102

Aug

98% Jan

25

99% Jan

26

100 y8

Feb

105%

Nov

104% Jan

31

5%

36%

35%

36%

105%

*104%

106%

100

5%

5%

2.700

54%

55%

450

5'%

55

5%

*54'%

55

55'%

55'%

*55%

55%

55 %

42%

4<i%

43

*42%

43

43

43

52%

52

52

*51

53

*51

52

35

*34%

36

36

*34%

36

35%

35%

200

12'%

13

12%

12%

126,800
4,100

12%

11%

*34%
12

12%

18%

18%
22

31%

28%

28%
140

28%

28%

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6%
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6%

" *16

pfd—100
4

16%
•

62%
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No par

45%

93%

63
107
45%

121 %■ 122'
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55

110

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18 %

18'%

17%

23'%

22%

33

29

28%

28%

6%

6%

140

6%

33

93%

93

93

63

63%

63

63%

63%

63 3A

106%

106%

106%
45%
121%

55%

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,

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106 TA

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107

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55%

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17

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29%
84

29%

100

84 %

83 3

4

84'/2

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32%

33

32%

46%

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46

122%
110

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122%

55

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55%
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93

64

64%

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10

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93

46%

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,

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45%

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1,600

139

63i

17

93

17

1,500

29 %

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6 %

6%
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93%

1.800

33

29

139

139

93%

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100

22 %

32%

300

1,000

18%

22%

32%

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29%

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190

1.500

107%

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15.700

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3,500

55%

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29%
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30%

:29%

30%

84

84

84%

84%

84%

340

32%

30%

30%

83'A

32%

,•

18%
23

*28%

140

6%

12 %

57

18%

32%

50c

57

32%

22%

33%

57%

22%

18%

22%

33%

preferred series A—1

36'%

*104%

105

42%

*18 %

Joy Manufacturing Co

36%

%

*51%

57 %

*22%

*

common.._12%

Jan

131

52%

4f*r

11%

_____100

40% Mar

132 %

*34%'

100

86

5 fr

5%
54'.'2

42%

common.—No par

Jun

,

180

25,100

35%
105

5%

*55%

1

Dec

,

131%

55%

No par

Co_

30%

73

131%

132%

*52

Joliet &

.

131%

No par

preferred

&

133%

*5%

25

4%, 2nd preferred series A——100
Chicago RR stamped
10o
Jones & Laughlin Steel com_.No par

-

3,800
17,500

132

55%

——25

CO

Manville-Corp
3%% preferred

6

108% Feb
180

6%
27'%

36%

1

Johns

,

6%

27%

105'%

4

104

6%

27%

No pat-

Machine
Tea

6%
x27 %

35%

1

89%

6%
28%

*104%

common

*86

6%

37%

No par

Stores—

3.400

27%

105%

common—

12,400

89%

*86

10%
35%

6%

36%

1

89%

10
35

.28%

6%

*104%

___.No par

Silver

Jersey Cent Pwr & Lt 4%

17 '

*86

90

10

35%

28

7.50

100

Creek Coal

preferred

133

*89

No par

Paper Co com

Interstate Dept
Intertype Corp

3

90

*132%

preferred——

Island

9%
34%

6%

International Telep & Teleg—No par
International Utilities Corp.—
5

9

Jun

International

16

Jan

14

10

35

28%

International Shoe

9

18%
24

10

34%

6%

of Cent Amer com—No par

International

7%

10'%

34%

28%

preferred.*,

5%

10
34 %

*86

100
1

Corp

Canada

preferred—

Int'l Rys

9

41

Nickel of

$4

10%
34%

com..No par

Preferred

Jan

43

com..—5

—100

14

20

33%

104

Chemical

&

preferred
Mining

7% Jan
293A Jan

94

10%
34%

Hydro-Electric Sys class A..25
Minerals

33%

32%

32%

32%

33%

6,100

10%

1,600

.

9,800

K
Kansas

9

106% Jan

Feb

49%

Dec

46% Jan

12

49% Jan

Jan

62%

Dec

59% Jan

26

64

14% July

17%

Nov

16'/a J an

3

10%

Jun

14%

17%

Jun

23%

Dec

xl3%

Jun

19%

Dec

x34%
52

For footnotes

Jan

see

page

Feb

18% Feb

3.80%

4%
*

preferred

cum

Kansas

5
16

4%

Furniture

10

*10%

100
100

*99
*104%

preferred—

City Southern

non-cum

com..No par
preferred
100

Kansas Power & Light Co com—8.75

26

13% Jan

Kayser

20% Jan

13

21% Jan

Kelsey Hayes Wheel conv class A—1

16% Jan

30

18% Jan

12% Jan

18




Class

10%

10%

10%

;

10%

10%

'10%

10%

9%

City Power & Lt Co—

(Julius)
B—

&

Co

5
1

_

101
107

*99
*104 %

*99

101

*104%

107

101

107

*99

*104%

•

101

*99

107

*105

48%
64%

700

18'%

18

18%

7,300

12%

12%

12%

12%

1,200

21%

21%

21%

*21%

21%

100

17%

17%

17%

17%

17%

1,200

47%

47%

47%

48%

46%

47%

64%

63

63%

63%

63'/

63%

64

18%

18%

18

18%

17%

18

17%

12%
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12'%

12%

12%

12%

12%

21%

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21%

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17%

17%

17

17

•

17

107

46%

47%

A

101

*63%

47%
*61%

1

■

5,000

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

Range for Previous
NEW

Range Since Jan. 1
Highest

Lowest

$ per share

$ per share

$ per

YORK

40

Jun

56%

Jan

50% Jan

3

39

Jun

48%

Nov

45% Jan

12

ll'/a

Feb

16%

NOV

15% Jan

17%

Jun

25 %

Dec

24

Jan

13

90

Jun

107%

Dec

106

.Jan

55

Saturday
Par

10 %

,

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Jan

Kennecott

30
8

Kern

Feb

17

Keystone Steel

»' 28% Feb

17

Feb

17

19

112

4%

Jun

16%

Dec

15% Jan

.."72%

Dec

69% Jan

14

71% Feb

Jun

31%

Jan

28% Jan

13

31

:90%

Aug

98

Jan

93 y2 Jan

9

95% Jan

30

x35%

Feb

43

Dec

40% Jan

27

42% Jan

6

48%

Kresge

Feb

62%

Dec

57% Feb

17

62

Jan

5

Kress

Jan

4%

60%

Jan

3'/«

61 Va Feb

16

59'/a Jan

Kinney (G R)

4r/o

14

Oct

6% Feb

15

7% Jan

3

3% Feb

11

4% Jan

12

Dec

21% Jan

4

22% Feb

6

Lambert

Dec

10% Feb

16

121/4 Jan

9

Lane

11%

,

43

Jan

47

Oct

46

Jan

25

19%

47% Jan

26%

Jan

22'/a Jan

19

26 % Feb

Laclede
La

25

Jun

16

37

Jan

16%

Jun

22%

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Jan

98

6%

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11%

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Dec

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20

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Jan

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Jan

Jun

49%

3%

Jun

5%
3
24 %

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8%

Feb

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10

3

1 % Jan

4

5% Jan

10

4

6% Jan

Dec

54

Jan

13

57% Jari

10 Va Jan

23

11% Jan

10

22% Jan

3

24 % Jan

Jan

6^

Dec

61% Jan

27

65 % Jan

11

6%

Jun

8% Mar

7% Jan

3

8% Jan

6

34'/a

Jun

37%' Juiy

35% Feb

8

37% Jan

18

72%

Apr

91%

83

27

89% Jan

-3

Oct

Jan

170

Feb

186

Sep

182

Jan

33

Jun

49

Dec

45

x6%

Jun

10% Jan

Jun

x67

52 v» Feb

6h"/4 Jan

11

19

Jun

13%

Jun

17%

Dec

65 %

1/ y4 Jan

Jun

78

Jan

7.9

16 %

Feb

14 Va

33%

25%

Jan

X60

Oct

Dec

18% Aug

Jun

28 % Feb

76

17
3

Jan

13

23% Jan

13

16% Jan

.

Dec

3

31% Jan
Jan

27% Feb

94

94 y2

95

90

40%

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5,100

58

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57%

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60%

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61

61%

60 %

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11

11

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11

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47

25

25%

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26

26

VB

26 "a

26 Va

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1,800

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44%

43%

43%

43%

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43%

43%

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22%

22 Va

22

22%

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22%

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97

96

96

*96

98

*96

98

50

..

5

Dec

170 % Feb

7

Co

10%

10%

10%

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700

23 Va

23 %

2,200

63%

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5

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300

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4,600

130

50

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600

28%

29 Va

63

28%

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19

18%

18%

18%

19 %

18%

19

18%

18%

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77

77

77%

78%

79

79

79

78%

78%

1

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27

26%

27%

26%

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17%

16%

17%

16%

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17

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78 %

78%

24%

24 %

24 %

24%

26%

27

26%

27

172

170%

10

*170%

34i/4 Feb

15
24

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27% Jan

28

Lowenstein

33

78%

33

78%

78%

78%

C

27

171%

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78%

78

78

24

23%

24

27'/a

27 Va

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172

1,800
900

4,100

173

310

33%

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33%

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38%

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39 Va

4,900

25 %

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25

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25

25

24%

25%

23%

24 %

3,300

100

*98%

99

99

98

98 Va

97%

98

210

*19

19%

19'%

18%

19'/a

18 Va

19

1,200

50

Sons Inc

series A

Co

.

10

Saturday
Feb. 11

$ per share

Par

■

*98 Va

99

*98%

18%

19

18%

LOW

STOCK

EXCHANGE

33%

24

27%

171%

170%

33%

78%

23%
26%

<

1,700
.

com._l

Nashville..

STOCKS

S per share

600

4,500

63%

40% Jan

$ per share

6%
55%

23'%

3

YORK

6 Va

54%

63 %

11

NEW

V

6 %

55'%

23%

17

Highest

1,500

6%

54%

63 %

30% Jan

Range Since Jan. 1

10%

3,100

23'4

23% Feb

Lowest

*10%

7

63%

34% Jan

Range for Previous

10%

10%

6,900

2'/4
19%

23 %

Sep

Steel

6 Va

55%

56

19%

63%

Jan

Lukens

6a

55%

54%

10%

5%

2

19%

23%

25%

18

6 %

*

1,200

5

5 %

2%

19 %

45%

62%

_

preferred

5
2

2%
19 ',4

10

6,900

23%

41%

4%%

5%

2

45%

45'%

400

8%

23%

Dec

5

45

40

63%

Corp
No par
(Md) A—No par

&

44%

8

8%

700

63%

common

(Mi

*6

56%

10%

47

7%

19

131,4

*55%

_

&

6

8

5

2

19%

*46

300

1,000

23%

32

Highest

47

3%

No par

preferred

1%

5%

2

19%

6

preferred
100
Louisville Gas & Elec Co (Ky) No
par

Year 1949

*46

3%

No par

Corp

Cement

4%

2

*19%

.5

_

*95%

5 %

2

,

No par

172%

S per share

.

3%

'

No par

(P)

15,700

3%

22

Loew's Inc
Star

6%

*3%

22%

Co.

Lorillard

6%

6%

3%

*21%

.No par

Aircraft

6%

*3%

22

.

convertible

Lockheed

19

6%

6%

*3%
21%

No par
_

Long Bell Lumber

Lowest

6%

3%
21%

...

Lone

20% Jan

6%

'61

3%

Products.

6

'3

0%

*94

21%

Liquid Caroonic Corp com___No par
3'/..%

100

40%

1st

Co

29%

230

94

Stores

Beit

112

40%

44%

non-cum

112

94

6%

95

45%

9

18 % Jan

5,100

45

17

21% Mar

29%

45%

24% Feb

Jun

29%

45%

27% Feb

15

29%

7%

13

991/2 Jan

29%

8%

Lion

6

17

29%

8

Linx

17

97% Feb

280

29%

8Vs

27

Oct

70%

22%

'6

100

16%

*70

97

Jan

Jan

*15%

70

8 Vb

22% Jan

95

16%

70

*95 %

25% Jan

31% May
20% Jun

*15%

70 ya

*22 Va

Oct

Jan

110%

16%

*70

*94

44%

Dec

23%

110 V3

110%

*15%

58

44%4

25%

Jan

110%

16

70%

58 %

5

27%

174

6,300

41%

__

Tire

Jan
Jan

28'/a

No par

_

7

Jan

27%

58 %

25%

Jun

80

BIRTHDAY

48

15%

75

95

*24%

19'/a
153

27%

cumulative preferred—.100

31

18 % Jan

27%

40%

Lily Tulip Cup Corp....
Lima-Hamilton Corp

'9

2iVa Jan
79

8,700

27 V2

12,400

75 Pesos Mex

Liggett & Myers Tobacco
7%
preferred

15

26

19

59

4

pfd

Corp..
Libbey Owens Ford Glass
Libby McNeill & Libby
Life Savers Corp

2

9% Feb

62% Jan

Dec

185% Jan

17

25

1,900

18'%

41 %

*47

Lerner

25

11

Jan

47

18%

-No par

_

8% Jan

46%

18 y4

29%

LINCOLN'S

.1

Lehn & Fink

9

44%

46%

18 '/a

41 y4

_

&

53%

*58%!

(The).

Co

53 %

27%

110%

53%

46

17%

,

53%

46 y

16

CLOSED

29%

*94%

Shares

53 %

45%

10

...

Sep

110 Va

Sales for
the Week

$ per share

70%

16

70%

29%

preferred_.No par
5Gc non-cum 2nd pfd
No par
Lehman Corp (The).
1

11

Dec

11%

EXCHANGE

*15%.
*70

(James) & Sons Co common__3

$3

30

26%

52 y2

1

STOCK

108

$ per share

-No par

preferred

3.85%

30

Jan

Feb

/

27

26%

107

__

2V4 Jan
21

26%

26 %
■*

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb. 1(>

share

53%

a

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co
10
Lehigh Portland Cement—
25
Lehigh Valley RR
No par
Lehigh Valley Coal com
1

11

5% Jan

3

Jan

18

--—100

6 'Jo

Co

Rubber

Lees

7

17

17%

—__10

Co

Bryant common

Lee

31

50% Jan

Jan

56%

Jan

8% Jan

17%

Light Co

Consolid

4 V2V0

•9

96

27

4% Jan

Jan

8%

23% Jan

Gas

17%

Thursday

Feb. 15
$ per

46

Co

&

Wednesday

541

-No par

(The)

Lane-Wells

11

44% Jan

Jan

Jun
Jun

%

44% Feb

3

Jan

1%

,

7% Jan

Dec

4

25

May

33%

15

H]

Kroger Co

Jan

22%

Jun

S S)

(
(S

53%
46

common..,

preferred

SALE PRICES

share

46

.100

$5 prior preferred
Koppers Co Inc common

8

Jan

9%

,

$ per

54 'a

preferred

Co

share

46

Co... -No par
com... -No par

6
2

'

$ per

54 %

Wire

8

Feb

6

Jun

17%

Dec-

16% Feb

18

2nd

conv

Mar

&

HIGH

Feb. 11

...—_—5

Kimberly-Clarke Corp

3

$ per share

(761)

Tuesday

Feb. 13

.No par

_.

County Land Co

25%

43

Copper

AND

Monday

Feb. 11

share

47'/a Feb

4

62

CHRONICLE

LOW

STOCK

EXCHANGE

"

'

FINANCIAL

STOCKS

Year1949
Lowest
Highest
$ per share

&

$ per share

AND

HIGH

SALE

PRICES

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Feb. 13

Feb. 14

Feb. 15

■$ per share

$ per share

2,000

$ per

Friday

Sales for

Feb. 17

the Week

Thursday
Feb. 10

Shares

$ per share

$ per share

share

M
•

9%

Jun

31 y2

Apr

131

14%

Oct

Jan

139

12% Jan

13

13% Jan

24

Dec

42

38% Jan

3

41% Feb

2

23

138 % Jan

18

16

Jan

17

Mack

Trucks

9

Macy

(R

Oct

9%

Jun

27%

Jun

33%

Jan

104 «/4

Dec

136

Jan

951/2

15%

8% July

Jan

13

Jan

11% Feb

31% Feb
X103

1

Jan

5

14

32% Jan
105

430

Jan

9% Jan

25

10% Jan

20

Jan

15% Jan

13

17% Jan

Jan

Jun

6%
7

525

Feb

15 y4

Dec

9%

Mar

Dec

18%

Dec

20

Feb

11

550

Jan

9

Mahoning

9

Jan

7

Manati

Sugar

9% Jan

11

Mandel

14

Jan

18

Feb

10%

Apr

7

Feb

14

Jun

25

Dec

25

Jan

3

19

8%

16 y4 Mar

19'/a
95

Dec

8% Jan

.

Jan

8% Jan
28

3

Feb

9% Feb

Oil

Corp

18% Jan

4

Jan

25

27% Feb

10

102% Jan

3

104% Feb

14

y2

Jan

104

Dec

7y8

Jun

12

Apr

9%

St

Ry

4%%

:

17

Martin

13% Jan

11

;

pfd

3

Jun

19 y2

Jan

14% Feb

8

16% Jan

9

Master

48

Dec

47% Jan

13

54

Feb

1

Mathieson

Feb

3

178

Jan

18

L)

50

Feb

9

18

100

Jan

12

$3.75

97% Jan

4

100

Jan

30

10

89% Jan

21

$3.40

98

Dec

Feb

88

Dec

87

7 %

Jun

12%

Dec

30

May

45

Dec

110

Jan

113

Sep

19% Mar

25

90

Jan

Jan

36%

30 y2 Mar

Dec

100

Dec

11% Jan

3

42 % Jan

13

111

Jan

3

21% Feb

16

33% Jan

26

101

Jan

5

43% Jan

27

.

29%

Jun

24

Feb

34

Apr

30% Jan

y2

Jan

60%

Nov

53% Jan

30 y4

Jan

41%

Dec

38% Jan

13

92% May
19% Feb

102%

Dec

99% Jan.

25

41

45%

25

Dec

14% Feb

9

$6

24% Jan

11

McCall

Feb

17

McCrory

103% Jan

18

36

33

Feb

17

McGraw-Hill

58

Jan

3

42% Feb

10

23% Jan

23

13% Jan

3

14% Jan

3

17% Jan

14

93%

Nov

82

Jan

5

91

Jan

24

28%

Jun

34%

Oct

32% Jan

6

36% Jan

20 y2

12

Jan

27

Dec

25

Feb

10

27% Jan

9

7%

Jun

13%

Jan

11

Jan

3

12% Jail

12

34%

Jun

49

Jan

12%

Jun

15% July
8% Jan

27

Apr

90

Jan

43%

Dec

99

105 y2 May
18
July

Dec

130%

Dec

23%

Jan

30%

Jun

97%

Jan

104%

Oct

105%

40

Dec

42

Jan

12

Jan

11
3

Merch

43% Feb

3

Merck &

Jan

18
3

x20% Jan

25

25% Feb

1

37% Feb

Dec

103

108% Feb

Feb

17

Jan

9

16

105% Jan

20

3

109% Jan

Feb

Jun

14%

Jan

13

Jan

3

Jun

48

Oct

39

Feb

14

Jun

18%

Jun

"•18%
•

'34

Dec
Dec

139% Mar

12%

Jan

17% Jan

3

28 % Jan

13

131

Jan

5

11% Jan

3

7%

Jun

12

Jan

10% Jan

43%

Feb

63%

Nov

61

Jan

99

Jan

13

40

14% Jan 11
43

Jan

19% Feb
31% Feb
139

9

16
6

Feb

17

11% Jan

12

73% Feb

10

Mar

66 %

101

Nov

it

103 % Feb

101

Dec

96% Feb

15

101

10

108

Dec

106% Feb

2

10%

Jun

14%

Jan

12% Feb

67%

Jun

80

Feb

76

16%

Jun

For

22 %

footnotes

Nov

see




page

19

18

Feb
Jan

16
1
4

Jan

108% Jan
15% Jan

9

4.35%

22 % Jan

10

14%

57 %
15

57%

15

14%

14%

1,200

50%

51%

51%

51%

2,900

177

176 %

176 Va

*176%

177

*175

49 %

48%

48%

48%

99

98 %

98%

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98%

99

*98 %

89

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99
89

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14%
46%

34%

13%

13%

13%

22

3.207c

South

*46

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21%

21%
34%
103

*102

*31 Va

32

32

32

32

Va

32 %

55'/a

56

55 %

55%

55V4

55%

55 %

41%

411/4

41%

41%

42

41

101

101

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102

*101

24

24

24

24

24

24

900

14

14

14%

141/4
16%

14%

14%

800

171/4

3,000

%

102

24%
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*101

24%

14%

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17

24 Va

*14

102

24%
14'/4

•

551/4

55Va

55 Va

1,200

41%

41%

41%

2,000

16%

*89

91

*89

90

*89

35

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35

*34%

35

35

36%

300

25%

25%

251/4

25%

3,300

11%

11%

11%

11%

2,200

16%

16%

16%

25%

25%

25%

11%

11%

11 Va

11%

11%

11%

■'!.

*42

43%
14%

*7%

7%

8

'

42%

42

...No par

*95

97

*95

No par
No par

*127

129

*126

24%

24%

..5

38

38

SS

Regul

37%

381/4

38

38%

38 Va

38 Va

37%

373/4

1,400

.10

40 %

40 V*

39

39%

39

39%

3

104V2
•

19%

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19Va

*72

31

30

138

*103

137

13
11 '/4

73

19%

30%
138

1031/2

*108%

19%
30%

1361/2

104

1091/4

*108%

13%

13%

133/4

1,800

39

393/8

39

39%

5,500

19%

20,500

Minneapolis-Moline Co common.—1

:12%

13%

100

'791/4

25

19%

104

iio

210
-

40

19%

19%
*30%

30 34

136%

136 V2

*136%

13%

123/4

131/4

11

103/4

11%

1,000

71

3,900

ll'/a

*106 V2

104

30 'A

137

10%
x69

130

13%

10%

xl03

127

108%

10%

71%

127

103

13 Va

103V4

128%

104'/a

12%

69%

*127

110

12%

106 Va

preferred

IO41/2
110

12%

106'%

conv

100

2,700

13%

100

3,900

24%

13%

*10%

"*

98

24%

13%

%

•43

24%

13%

12

200

24 %

13%

No par

42%
*96%

1,800

7%.

24%

105

19%

97

10

14%

24%

110

30%

42%

43%

24%

13%

*137

97

7%

24 V2

*104%

5

42%

14%

200

126 %

No par

preferred

42%
97

*42

90

125%

*108'%

common

preferred

42

*95

5

No-par

pfd series A

Mfg

97

16%

128V2

100

100

Marie

42%

*42

pfd.100

No par

100

101%

891/2

25

42'/a

500

16 V2

25

*42

33

'

1,300

891/2
*34%

25
.

32%

*14%

common..

320

31%

48

7%

Petroleum

2,000

48

14%

___.

2,200

36

31%

48

43%

Co

21%
103V4

48

7%

Scott

200

48

14%

&

1.500

48

7%

50c

14

46%
113

48

103

2nd

35

103 %

40

47%

*96

$1.50

103%

14%

common

21%

21%
35 %

35

34%

14

46%
*112

1,600

47%

98%

'»

21%

21%
103 »/4

14

46%
113

48%

47%

103%

1st

13%

14

47

98%

$5.50

89 %

113

35V4

100

99

89

*46

common —No par

$4

98%

89

42

Prod

conv

&

98%

*7%

Utilities Inc

Steel

Min

98%
*88%

14 %

Minn-PIoneywell
Minn

99
89

42

Edjjson 3.90%

&

*98%

14%

1st preferred
St P

48%
98 %

*112

103%

70
450

48 %

98%

47

34%

99

48%

113

*103

179

99

*46

21%

34%
103

179

58%

*176%
48%

*112

113

103

a

57 %

43'%

preferred

1,500
1,400

51%

58

%

Minneap & St Louis Ry
Minn

12

14'/a

Inc

Mid-Continent

87o

ll'/a

11%

1,000

51%

*21%

.No par

preferred series

Midland

10%

12%

*7%

Copper

Middle

30

12,500

11%

11

*11%

.-3%

2nd

Metropolitan

104%

104

No par

Machine

Miami

6

Jan

Co

*104%

104

105

3,800

57%

*101

preferred._v.50

8,500

19

25%

Inc

Co

9%

19

*14%

46 %

.1

1st

1,800

25%

Transp Co

Stores

Min

conv

Mesta

5

81

&

Merritt-Chapman

10

Jun
Jan

87

104

$4

10

14% Jan

convertible

10.400

15

*13%

10

$3.50 preferred

9

110%

■8%

14%

57c

Mercantile

■

60

89'%

7% Jan

9

9%

200

7%
27%

52

*112

1

1

19

7%
27 %

7%

14%

41

common

*18 '/2

18%
28

51 %

36

(The)

700

15%

*34%

Co

8%

52

*89

Mengel

8%

19

11%

99

5

Co

20

1,600

9

9

11%

58 %

93,800

7%

25%

11 •%

60

18%
530

7%

19

11

*88%

preferred (1st series)
100
2nd preferred (1st series) __50
Melville Shoe Corp.......
___—.1

15

98

*103%

1,200

25'/a

11%

4%

44

129% Feb

104%

3,000

19%

11%

4% 7c

7

13

104%

300

10%
■16

7%

7%
28

104%

25%

10%

18

com

McQuay Norris Mfg Co
Mead
Corp common

17

105

25%

*11%

No par

McLellan-Stores

13

30

9»/a
*19

11%

*175

No par

preferred

9
9

Jan

19

26

11%

*59

1

Jan

16

37%

124% July :
10% Aug

$4

Jan

96% Jan

9 %

19

25 %

7%
27%
9%

7

530

551

1,700

*51%

100

Publishing.

9%

19'%

%

27%

*530

50

14,500

*15

No par

Co..

18%

7%

27%

26%

551

11%

No par

common

18%

7

27%

9 %

*530

11

No par

McKesson & Robbins Inc

7% Feb
39% Jan

9 %
*19

49 >/a

preferred

18%

7%
27%

*98%

Mclntyie Porcupine Mines..

14 Va Jan

120

*18%

19

7%
27 %

No par

26% Jan
16

18%

*18

5

551

17%

18%

*8%

*530

'

17

Jan

7% Mar

Corp

14

Dec

8%

No par

Stores

25

17% Mar

8%

5

pfd

convertible

McGraw Electric

Jan

8%

—No par

common—.

preference

cum

17

101

8 %

1947 series—No par

Jan

17%

Jun

Stores

Corp

3%%

8%

100

48

12% July
70 Vb May

xl3

1st

17%

8%

__1

Maytag Co common.:
$3 preferred

17
20

19%

7 %

Corp.—No par

cumulative

Jan

18 Va

7%

—1

preferred

46% Feb
112

19%

7%

*103%

Co

$3.75 cum pfd

Jan

Jan

80

Dept

17%

7%

26%

preferred

30

20

7%

No par-

98% Jan

104%

8

...No par

Chemical

46% Jan

105

540

100

Co..

Corp

Electric

Dec

*104

8

No par

Martin-Parry Corp..

63% Feb

May

18%

100

11% Feb

Dec

105%

540

No par

com

7.11%

.

1

prior

Co

6

98%

*104%

50

Corp..—___——5

13

49

BIRTHDAY

—1

13

Jan

32

16

Jan

Jun

31%
10%

11% Feb

89

32

16%

67c

38

32

10%

56

89

31%

10%

Jan

7%

31%

.<16 %

Dec

175

31%

16%

13%

Aug

31%

10%

Co

100
•

12%

104%

preferred

Masonite

12

10%

59

179

12%

16%

Feb

Feb

11%

104%

Jun

34% July

12%

10%

10%

170

12

LINCOLN'S

105%

.300

12%

*39%
40%
*135% ■137

16%

&

(Glenn

12%

12%
40 %

137

10%

39 y2

Jan

12%
*39 %

*135%

16%

—1

Midland

Marshall Field

127/a
40

137

12%

*135%

10%

Exploration—
1
%
—...6.25

Market

5

23% Jan

40

136%

16%

RR

Marine

9

Oct

*12%

136%

10%

Manhattan Shirt
Maracaibo

\
12%
40

16%

—

Marathon

Dec

*104

*39

10

Co

11

18%

19

Coal

16

24%

Apr

100

*12%

12 %

32

—

Magnavox Co (The)

9

32

CLOSED

13

series A

Bros

8% Feb
18

EXCHANGE

*136% •138%
12%

STOCK

Garden—„No par

Square

3

40

No par

com

Copper

16

*39

100

12%

——5

Inc

preferred

*12%

common—10
—•

Co

17

6%

Jan

H)

Madison

Magma

5

Inc_

Feb

17%
y2

Forbes

&

7% Feb

530

Aug

11

Jun

10% Jan

Working Co

preferred.

4%%

9

19%

M Wood

6%

12

Jun

5

&

MacAndrews

20

Jun

10%

6

Jan

M

69

103'%

13

*10%

19%

68 %

69

102%

103

19V4
30

68

101%

30%

1,600

138

102%

110
.

4,000

540

96%

96 Va

107%

*106%

107 Va

106 %

106 Va

*106Va

106%

40

12 %

13%

12%

12%

12%

12%

123/4

13»/4

12,100

79%

78%

79

*79 Va

80

78%

*79%

19%

197 a

I97'a

*19%

19%

19%

791/4
191/2

98

97

97%

96%-

19%

97

700

80

380

20%

800

13

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COMMERCIAL

THE

Range for Previous

$ per

share

Range Since Jan. 1

Highest

Lowest

$ per share

38%

Jun

54%

7%

Jun

10%

31/4

Jun

46% Jan

EXCHANGE

Mission

Oct

9% Jan

3

4% Jan

3

10% Feb

1

Mission

Development Co

Jan

12

27% Jan

27

5% Jan

10

6

15% Jun
3% Aug

25% Mar

25

Jun

35

Jan

32

Jan

27

35

Jan

9

Mohawk

9

Jun

12%

Dec

13

12% Feb

8

Mojud

Jan

26%

Nov

11% Jan
24% Jan

13

45% Jan
101% Jun

57%

Dec

54% Jan

13

26% Jan 10
60% Feb
3

114%

Dec

110% Jan

103%

113

Dec

21%

21% Jan

5% Aug

4

3

% Feb

10

No par

RR com

Mo -Kan-Texas

preferred series A

7%

33
12
*25%

Machine

Monarch

5

58%

Tool

Chemical

Monsanto

Co

com

7

115% Jan

28

Dec

-12% Jan

9

13% Feb

3

Montana-Dakota

47%

Jun

59% Mar

54% Jan

3

59

Feb

3

10%

Jan

conv

pfd

conv

Dec

13% Jan

13

15% Feb

6

Jun

23

Jan

18

Jan

11

20% Jan

18

Morrell

14

Jun

26%

Dec

23% Jan

3

36% Feb

11

16%

Jun

27%

151/4

41

July

Dec

15

Jan

13

16% Feb

10

39

Oct

36% Jan

13

38% Feb

9

25%
57%

25%

25%

*25%

25%

57%

•

*25%
57%

58%

120

*112y2

114

*112%

*13%

13 %

13%

113%
13%

58'/4

58 %

56%

58%

58'/4

58

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117

*114

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115

*113

115

13%

56

13%

56%

*13%

400

117

113%

113%

58

117

*115

118%

800

1,500
11

56%

15

57%

2,300
100

13%

13%

900

571/8

13%
56%

57%

11,900

14%

14%

5

14%

14%

14%

14%

14%

-No par
3

*19y4

20
36%

19%

19%

*19%

19%

*19%

19%

*19%

19%

200

33%

36%

34%

35%

33%

35%

33%

34%

21,600

27%

27%

27%

27%

27

27%

2,100

Lines

35 V2

14%

15

5,600

22%

22%

22%

800

15V4

15i/4

15'A

1,300

13%
10y4

13%

13%

14

14

13%

13%

13%

14

5,700

Corp

Brass

Munsingwear

Murphy

Jan 23

15%

25%

13%

4

Jun

25%

2,400

1

12

10

12%

Mfg Corp

Feb

30% Mar

12%

15

10% Jan
52

12

22%

Mullins

112

12

15%

9

2

12%

23

14 % Feb

3

12

15%

13

12

12%

16 800

23

12% Jan

9% Feb

32%

4%

15%

Jan

49 % Jan

32%

25%

15%

14%

110% Jan

58%

32

4%

22%

x9'/4

Jan

LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY

32

4%

16

Mueller

Dec

26

4%

32

4%

28%

7

11

25%

4%

32

23

17% Jan

50%

25%

24%

4%
32%

4%

CLOSED

*15%

18

16

112% Mar

24%

25

32 %

STOCK
EXCHANGE

4%,

33
12

28 Va
*22%

7

23% Jan

Feb

Feb

25%

11,200

1

30% Jan

3

15

Dec

24%

2,500

5'/4

12

25y4

1,200

10%

4%

5

5

3

21% Jan

Jan

Oct

10%

4%

Co

26% Jan

Dec

17%

9

10%

5%

Motor Wheel Corp

Dec

23%

38%

10%

5

28 %
22%

Jun

108%

10%

Shares

48%

47%
10%

28

Products

Motor

11% Jun
Jun

10%

*116

Co

Co__

&

10%
4%

5%

Sales for
the Week

$ per share

48%

No par

Utilities

Motorola Inc

(John)

48%

5

series B

Moore-McCormick

13%

16%

48%

*114

Montgomery Ward & Co_

$4

share

48%

No par

119% Feb

4

14%

Jun

$ per

49

No par

pfd series A

13

112% Jan

Jan

10

Feb. 16

S per share

48%

5y4

4'A

No par

con

Mills
Co Inc

Carpet

Hosiery

$3.25

100
pfd.100

20
1.25

Missouri Pacific RR 5%

Friday
Feb. 17

Thursday

Feb. 15

Feb.14
$ per share

t per share

48%
10y4

*47%
10%
5%
25%

10
5

Corp

Wednesday

Tuesday

■' Feb. 13

t per share

Par

6

50% Feb

Jan

'

$ per share

25

Monday, February 20, 1950

LOW AND HIGH SALE FRICES

Monday

Saturday
Feb. II

STOCK

NEW YORK

Highest

S per share

Jan

6

CHRONICLE

STOCKS

Year 1949
Lowest

FINANCIAL

&

Inc

Co (G C)
preferred

4%%

No par

5
1
100
10

common

Murray Corp of America com

51

Jan

43

Jan

13

45% Feb

10

preferred
Myers (F E) &

Dec

16% Jan

13

18% Jan

12

Nash-Kelvinator

38

Nashville

4%

*10

50

10

10%

49%

49%

111%

*111%

500

49%

10

10

49%
111%

1,400

112

20

16%

15%

16

16

16 %

15%

16 «/8

7.400

39

*37%

38%

*37%

38%

37%

37%

*361%

37%

1,700

*45y4

46

*45%

46

*45%

46

45 %

45%

*44

46

16%

No par

Bros

*111%

111%

*37

50

T

10%
50
112

50

50%

111%

112

*10

30

9%
50

50

*111 %

16

16 V4

100

N
10%

Jun

17%

22

Jun

32%

Dec

32

Jan

3

Jan

31

17%

Jun

24%

Dec

23

Jan

13

25% Feb

4

Jan

9%

Apr

7% Jan

3

8% Jan

14

5

Automotive

9%

Jun

4

National

10%

Jun

13%

Dec

12

Jan

13

147/aFeb

17

National

Jun

41

Aug

38

Jan

26

41% Jan

11

National Battery

30 %

Jan

40%

Dec

37% Jan

13

39% Jan

17

National

170% Mar

185%

Sep

181% Feb

9

186

Jan

9

6"% Feb

14

8

Jan

6

33% Feb

14

38% Jan

11

4%

Jun

30%

Jun

5% Jun

18

Dec

16% Jan

7% Mar

36%

Nov

8% Aug

13

8% Jan

4

5

Jun

Jan

7% Jan

3

9%

Jun

12

Jan

10% Jan

3

27%

Feb

39%

Dec

13%

Feb

9%

17%

Jun

17% Aug
22% Dec

7%
xll%

Jun

14%

Jun

19%
95%

38%

Dec

Jan

10

38% Jan

31

180% Jan

3

183% Jan

11

135

Jan

152%

Dec

7%

Dec

19%

Dec

x%

Jun

35

X150

Jan

11

7% Jan
18

U Jan

Jan

Jan

153

6%

7»A

33%

33%

National Lead

Co

.10

common

7%

preferred A

6%

preferred B

37%

38 %

6

National

1

7V2

5

Natl Malleable & Steel Cast

No par
No par

No par

I9V4
%
24 %

25

95V2

No par

27 %

19y4
%
24%
95Mi
27 %

16

Service

26% Jan

18

28

Feb

2

15% Feb

14

17% Jan

11

Dec

86

Jan

79% Jan

19

82% Feb

2

21 %

Jan

38%

Dec

36% Jan

13

38 % Jan

11

9%

Jun

12%

Apr

11% Jan

5

12% Jan

11

Natl

9%

Jun

13% Nov

10% Jan

13

11% Jan

6

Corp

National Tea Co

National

Lt

&

Power

Sugar

4%%

ex-dist

Ref

National Supply

Co

(The)

lo

Pa com

Natomas

Fibre

4

143/s Jan

Nehi

17% Feb

10

Neisner

1

104% Feb

10

4%%

Nov

37% Jan

17

Jan

9

105% Feb

16

Jan

102%

Oct

100% Jan

4

8%

Jan

xll'/a

Dec

10% Jan

3

94

Mar

102%

Dec

42

Jun

67%

Dec

62% Feb

15

67

Feb

14%

Dec

11% Feb

15

Apr

72%

Jan

663/4 Jan

13

23%

Jun

35

Apr

263/4 Jan

3

29% Jan

20

24%

Jun

33%

Jan

27% Jan

4

30% Feb

4

New

9%

Jun

11

New

Inc

Bros

3%%

*151

152%

*151

3

13% Jan

98

Jan

3

110% Feb

137

Jan

30

13 y8 Jan

4

Y

York
Chic

Louis

St

Co

com

8

34% Jan
63% Jan

6

New

18

Jun

30

Dec

30

Feb

48

Feb

61

Dec

56

Jan

26

Dec

250

Mar

232

Jan

10

Jan

10

N

9%

Jan
Jan

4

9% Feb
34% Feb

N Y

33%

7 % Jan
30% Jan

10

Jun

11

Feb

19 %

Apr

17% Jan

3

18% Jan

9

3

57

Jan

20

100

232

Y

Dock

15%
48 %

Sep

533/4

Dec

53

Jan

86.

Jan

96%

Nov

95

Jan

9

Feb

15

21% Jan

23

23% Feb

14

26% Jan

23

29

31

86% Jan

12

Jan

87% Feb

RR

y

AND

17%

STOCK
EXCHANGE

11%

CLOSED

*391/2
105

11%
*102

106
63

LINCOLN'S

12y4

BIRTHDAY

62%

10%
17'/8
104%

10%

17%

105%

105%

1051/2

1051/2

170

11%

17,300

11%
106

62%

11%

12%

68%

68

68

62 "2

$3.75 preferred
100
Niagara Mhk Pwr Corp com_No par
Class

A

18

Nopco

Chemical

28

27

27%

5,000

29

29

28%

29

1,500

109'%

105%

107%

105%

105"%

105

106i%

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

12

16%

17%
33
60 V2

121/4

17%

12V8

16

21% Feb

9

North

American

13

12%. Feb

17

North

American

75 % July
31
Jan

85

Feb

78% Jan

Feb

11

39%

Dec

35% Jan

13

H.%

Jun

19%

Dec

17

Jan

3

8%

Feb

11%

Dec

103/4 Jan

3

Apr
107% Sep

95%

Dec

93 % Feb

2

109% Mar

107% Jan

18

11% Jan

13

Oct

19% Jan

Dec

4%

Northern

Central

3

Northern

Natural

21% Feb

17

Northern

Pacific

16%

17%

14%

*28

*27%

31%

*27'%

311/8

*26%

*54

62

*54

62

*55

61

230

*230

230

"210

230

*210

Feb

2

Gas

230

Northern States
Common

*87

100

6,900

34%

34%

4,100

18%

18

18

18

18

2,800

57

56%

57

56%

56%

100

9

4,900

99%

99%

99%

50

23%

23'%

23%

23%

23%

23%

47,500

28%

28%

28%

28%

28%

28%

6,200

88

*99

*87*/4

*941%

95%

94%

941/2

95

95

99%

100%

100 »/<

100%

101

101

31%

33%

33%

34%

33%

33%

10

10%

9%

lOVa

9%

9%

29

29

28%

28%

*87%

89

89

*87"%

400
270

33%

3,700

9%

10

7,400

33%

33%

9%

10%

28%

33

28%

28%

28%

*28%

29

1.100

50
*26%

50 y4
27y4

49%

50i/8

49%

50

49%

49%

49%

51

9,300

25

*26%

27%

*26%

27%

*26'/a

27%

27%

27%

20%
12%

20%

20%

20%

20%

20%

21

39,500

11%

12%

11%

12'%

12

12%

39,700

20%

20%

12

12 Ye

11%

50

84

84

lo

__

20%

1

39

39

38%

19%

20

191/4

No par

4

31% Jan

10

2% Feb

16

3% Jan
16% Jan

13

Norwich

14

Ohio

*94
*107y2

No par

Northwestern Telegraph—
tNorwalk Tire & Rubber

17

11%

No par

23 % Jan

4

28%

23%
28%

9%

34 %

8%

99%

—25

:

5

Jan

,

100

...

8%

34

*84

200

85

84

84

*831/4

84

39
19%

38%

39%

38%

38%

38%

39

19%

20%

20%

20%

20%

21%

52,100

11%

26,300

*83%

84

80

4.100

Pwr Co (Minn)—

21% Jan

4.6%

28%

23%

9%
34%

93%

100

$3.60 pre/erred
$4.80 preferred

Northwest

*99

100
23%

8%

2.50

Co

3

14

34,800

29

62

*210

230

33

*56

88

Ry Co

5

Oct

5,600

171%

99%

Ry

Jan

Jan

14%

2,100

15%

17%

93%

Aviation—

36%

1,800

141%

99%

Co

10% Jan

Dec

12%
108 '/2

*140

10

183/4 Jan

Jan

1% May

12%

106%

12%

94%

4

20% July

11% Mar

12%

12%

88

Co

11%

30%

40

27%

*87

Western Ry com
Adjustment preferred

Jan

20%

5,900

*93%
*99 V*

Norfolk &

Jun

Jun

1,600

11%
68

29%

23%
28%

1

8%

13%

63%

11%
68

11%

100

Industries—

15%

13

63

11%
68

62 %

100

21%

Oct

63

106

—100

:

Noma Electric Corp

12

*102

*67%

11%
68

11%

11%
10G

28%

*99

—No par

12

Jun

11%
"102

63%

11%

56%

10% Jan

7

106

*67%

56%

4

12

11%

11%
*102

55%

9% Jan

95% Jan 21
9
108% Feb

200

106

55%

Jan

84

1,400

104%

*103

*104%

55%

14

84

2.600

17%

17%

17%

104'/2

29%

17%

25

Noblitt-Sparks

39% Jan

'103

Shares

11%

11%

11%

28

*210

—

14

5'

17%

17%

the Week

$ per share

State Elec & Gas Corp—

Common

34% Feb

3

10%

Sales for

17

Feb.

Feb.16

105

18

3

4

Friday

Thursday
S per share

39%

18%

25% Jan

27% Feb

3,500

*39%

18%

Dec

51% Feb

1,600

11%

39'%

18y4

273/a

29% Jan

12%

11

39%

18y4

16'.% May
6% Jun

6

12'A

11

40

Shipbldg Corp partic stock—1

preferred

3

12%

10%

90

29i/2

*57

preferred

13

12%
-

9,300
1,800

28%

50

preferred

Jan

37 %

*39%

N Y

3.90%

26% Jan

37%

IO41/2

34

3.60%

48% Jan

37%

40

9%

3.40%

28

37%

10%

*103

34%

8

Jan

81

Feb. 15

8%

17

Jan

81

t per share

33%

17

Dec

81%

*81

Wednesday

9%

Feb

28%

2,300

16%

$ per share

34%

Feb

59%

27 Va

16%

SALE PRICES

9y8

95

30

*27

16%

Feb.14

*103

104'%

HIGH

Tuesday

34%

101

Jun

27%

15%

29%

*27

Co

t

100

19

Sep

26%

15%

15%

Co.100

12

Mar

5,900

27%

27

16%

28%

No par

series A

5%

93% Jan

26

99%

28'%

No par

New Haven & Hart RR

Preferred

98 Va Jan

47%

98

29%
12%

140

No par

common

Harlem

&

98%

27%

N Y

21

24%

95%

96

*108%

100

$5 non-cum preferred.

Jun

3

York

10,900

%

*24%

95%

28%
29%
12y4

No par
100

6%

9

20%

12'A
*67

No par

18% Feb

Jan

*62%

1

Brake

4

14%

11%

10

Central
&

u
24%

*24%

95 %

10%

105

100

preferred series A
N Y City Omnibus Corp

S per share

17%

*104

Newport News Ship & Dry Dock—1

N

Feb. 1.8

40

Newport Industries common
4%% preferred

10

145

Monday

10%

100

Jan

Jun

%

*24%

\k
24%

%

U
25

15%

f per share

40

5

Dec

1,900

/

-No par

5

Dec

2,000

19%

27%

rV

*103

Jan

Air

7%

19%

94%

LOW

*102

40

*7%

%
*24%

Feb. 11

com

151

7%
19%
%

11

17%

151

7%

19%

10%

*10%

280

7%

11

No par
1

4.400

19%

11%

'

38'A

182%

7%

11

''

30

37%
182%

38%

Xl9%

11

'*■'

G.OOO

99%

*98

7%

12

11

700

18%

18%

19

99%

1,000
19,800

9%

*9 Va

%

19%

12

*11%

9

152%

182

152%

9%

9%

182

37%

183%

12

14% Jan
68% Jan

York

37%

37%

11 %

100

(J

England

•

18%

*97%

*182

7%

Saturday

common

J)
preferred
Co

19

99%

37%

1

102 %

23

37%

pfd—100

142

223A

38

Elec System

Jun

22%

9 %

37%

New Jersey Pr & Lt Co 4%
Mewmont Mining Corp

Jun

22%

9Va

37%

6

9

22%

37%

New

11% Feb

16%

82

STOCK

preferred

Newberry

93%

11% Jan

YORK

Corp

13

40

16%

82

Par

Feb

103

16 %

82

1

$ per share
17

16%

*81%

EXCHANGE

11% Jan

7,600

16%

82%

No par

NEW

Highest

10% Jan

40%

*81%

Co

Co

...

share

40 Va

*97%

38 %

19

STOCKS

4 per

1,900

40%

_10

Vulcanized

Range Since Jan. 1

$ per share

10,100

40

100

preferred

Range for Previous
Lowest

7%

11%

183

16

Linen

Dec

Highest

23,700

7%

11%

71/2

*151

150%,
7%

7% Jan

19% May

Year 1949

9%

7%

9-%

7%

11

*182

183

150Va

:100

19

20% Jan

28%

5%

182

3,700

9Va

98%

4

Dec

205

38"%

100

18%
98%

5,300

33%

33%

11V4

10

7%
.

18%

19

98%

90

7

6%

7

33%

600

6,100

184

xll

9%

7%

7%

16%

16%

22%

9%

9%

8

6%
33%

*98 Va

Feb

10

7%

7%

33%

7

33%

1

15%

Jan

184

7%

Gypsum Co com

$4.50 preferred

21%

13%

183 Ve

No par

National

Natl

56

183 Va

183

183

9 Va

National Shares Corp
National Steel Corp

117%

183

-182%

22%

3

9%

39%

9%

4

65

39

22%

17

39%

39%

9%

24% Feb

Mar

38 Va

9%
18%

99 % Feb

29

39

22%

3

Dec

38%

No par

13

Dec

39%

I6V2

13

14%

38 3 4

16%

Jan

104%

5,100

39

16%

% Jan

Jan

14%
38

16%
22%

23% Jan

xl01%

14'A
38

*16y4

88

13% Mar

14 Va
38

16%

5

Dec

Jun

13%
38

x39 %

Nov

Jan

14

38%

16%

40%

26

9%

13%
38

40%

95%

12%

3,700

14 %

38%

16%

40%

Jun

S per share

17

13%
38%

39

_1

Prod

350

13%

17 %

33%
9%

Stores

18.300

39 Va,

17 %

17

17%

17%

•

*13%

25

H Jan

17 Va

7%

17%

*38

40%

19% Jan

Lowest

10,400

No par

73%

x80

8Va

Enameling & Stamping—12.5o

Nat'l

3

7%

17

11%
40%

Distillers

7

7%

U Va.

National

10

7%

11

22

98% Feb

7%

17%

11

Department

19% Jan

7%

17

11

National

11

7%

1

5

13

7%

33%
9%

Co

Jan

17% Jan

1,500

7%

1

Cylinder Gas

18

94% Jan

24%

182'%

National Container Co

13

Dec

36 %

24%

182%
*7V8

National City Lines Inc
National

16% Jan

Dec

36%

24%

No par

Register

Dairy Products

7

36%

24

17V4

100
10

National

13

36

24%

4
—10

preferred
National Can Corp
Cash

36

24%

5

7%

National

36

24%

Inc—1

common

2

11% Jan

Sep

Biscuit Co

Feb

24% Jan

183

Fibres

Corp

Co

42

16

Apr

Aviation

27
13

Jan

Jun

15

28

Jan

25%

5% Mar

Feb

87/sJan

10

12% Jan 17

9% Feb

169%

14

Jan

Jan

Feb

86% May

38

18

35%

24%

1

Airlines

28

17%

24%

17
*36

Co

National

16%
35%

24y4

5
100

Louis

St

&

37

1

Corp

Chatt

National Acme

Airlines

Inc

common

preferied

10

11%

-

11%
93 %

107%
11%

11%
94

11%

*93%

11%

11%

11%

11%

94%

94%

94%

108%

108%

108%

11%

11%

11%

12

20

20 3

301/4

108%
11%

*108

20

20%

191.2.

20%

20

20

30%

25

Pharmacal

11%
94%
108%,
11%
30%

29%

30%

170

11%

12%

13,600

4

2OV2

21%

7.500

30%

30 V«

30%

30%

30%

2%

2%

2%

2%

*2%

2%

2%

2%

2.50

15%

15%

15%

15%

15%

151/4

*15%

15%

50

«

330

108%

No par

Co

94 Vs

94 Va

*108

2%

*2%

15

15

660

700

1,000

O
27%

Jan

33

May

31% Jan

13

34% Feb

99%

Jan

110

Dec

ins % .Tan

Edison

23

110% Feb

1

23% May
17% Jan

33%

Jan

26% Feb

14

28% Jan

5

Ohio

19%

Dec

19% Feb

14

20

Jan

9

Oklahoma

20

Jun

31%

Jan

24

Feb

14

27% Jan

lfl

91

Nov

99

Jan

92

Jan

31

95% Jan

9

6%

Feb

10%

Dec

10% Jan

3

14% Feb

10

79% July
18% Aug

96%

Dec

95

3

99

Feb

10

28

Jun
Nov
11% Jun

105

.

,

,

64% July
49% Jan

22%

Jan

Jan

4.40%

Oil

Oliver

Co

Gas

Corp

4%%

&

Elec

4%

(The)

convertible

No par

100

common

5

preferred A__100

,Tsn

20

37% Feb

17

107% Feb

14

16% Dec

14% Jan

16

16

Jan

9

79

Jan

74% Jan

4

82

Jan

14

Outlet

643/4 Dec

63% Jan

13

67% Feb

16

Qwens-Illlnois Glass Co

For footnotes

see

page

18




20% Jan

9

Oppenheim

41

7

Otis

Jan

2

$4

Collins

Elevator

Marine

&

34 y4

34 Va
109

34 Va

34%

34%

34 Va

34%

109

109%

27%
19%

26%

27

26%

27 Ve

19 Va

19%

*19%

19%

24ya

24%

24

24%

24

24%

24

93%

93%

93 V4

93%

93 Va

941/4

109%

13Va

13%

13%

14

13%

99

99

98 %

99

*98%

21

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*20%

38%
*107y2

39
108 %

21

38%

38%

107 Va

107%

2.50

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15

*14%

No par

*77%

80

77%

77%

12.50

66Va

GGVa

66

66%

15

*20%
38

*106%
14%
*76

66%

110

110

*

19 %

26%

26%
19%

*

19,400

110'A

*109

110%

26%

34%

34%

24 Va

93y4

*93

__Nopar
62.50

Mfg—

Co

-34%

26%
*19y8

*109

'

10

common

preferred

Outboard

20

preferred

Dec

108% Feb

pfd

common

Dec

40%
108

*

100
No par

convertible

Omnibus Corp

8%

8

common

preferred
Co

-

280

27%

12,900

19%

300

24%
■

19 Va

24%

3,400

94 V.

941/4

420

14%

13%

14

11%

12>A

35,300

99

98 %

98 Va

98 V2

98%

350

21

*20 Va

38%
108

14%
80

66%

37%
107%

14%

*77%
67

21

*20 Va

21

4

37%

37%

107V2

*106%

107»/2

40

14%

*14Va

14%

600

38

80

79

79

67 »A

66

66 Va

5,500

20

5,500

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

NEW
Range for Previous

t per share

YORK

FINANCIAL

STOCK

CHRONICLE

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest
t per share

NEW

Highest

$ per share

LOW

STOCK

YORK

Saturday

EXCHANGE

Par

S per share

AND

15

HIGH SALE PRICES

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Feb. i;t

Feb. 11

$ per share

(763)

RECORD

STOCKS

Year 1949

Lowest

&

Feb. 11

Feb. 15

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

Thursday

Friday

$ per share

Sales

Feb.

Feb. 16

the Week

17

t per

for

Share$

P
11% Mar

14

Jan

17

117k Feb

13 '/a Jan

3

Pacific

Amer

Fisheries

7'% Jan

3

9'% Jan

12

Pacific

Coast

Co

Jan

10

57'/a Jan

17

1st

preferred

40

Jan

31'% Feb

16

34% Jan

12

2nd

Feb

21%

Nov

20'% Jan

25

23

Jan

34

Sep

327k Feb

1

52

Feb

1

30'/a Jan

3

7% Nov

10'%

Jan

51

Sep

71

Apr

52

29

Aug

18

30%
50

Jun

54

Jan

4

Pacific

U

Pacific

Gas

148

Dec

144

Feb

7

148% Jan

5

27k Jan

3

3% Jan

7

Pacific Tin
Pacific

27k

Jun

4'%

Jan

6%

No par

52%

No par

•31%

Consolidated

1

Jun

Jan

9

Jun

4'%

Jan

37k Jan

3

47/aJan

11

10

Packard Motor Car

8

Jan

10%

Apr

87/a Jan

3

10% Feb

17

Pan

12

Jun

22

Oct

Corp

36

28

Jan

42

19'% Feb

16

36

Dec

38%

Dec

34

Jan

13

43% Feb

16

95%

Jun

104%

Dec

104

Jan

6

106% Jan

13

5%

Jun

8%

Apr

5% Feb

1

7% Feb

15

15%

Jun

207k

Dec

1574 Feb

11

Dec

104'%

Jan

Oct

22'%

Dec

101

17%

21

Jan

21

9

Jan

6

Jan

5

102% Feb

3

18% Feb

2

20% Jan

4

101

Western

Amer

Pan-American

Panhandle
4%

Oil

World

Corp

Petrol

Prod

Si

&

47'%

Oct

42

Jan

25

46% Jan

11

Park

Si Tilford

2%

Feb

2

Jan

3

2% Jan

7

Park

Utah

247%

Jan

38%

Dec

Dec

9

Nov

57k Aug

Consolidated

3

30% Feb

15

Parker

77k

7'% Jan

3

Jan

9'% Jan

4

9% Jan
11% Jan

20

14%

Parmelee Transportation
Patino Mines Si Enterprises-

57k Jan

7

3

Jan

31

Dec

197k

Jan

16

Jan

4

17% Feb

17

Jan

37'%

Dec

34% Jan

12

36% Feb

7

Penick

42%

Jan

57

Dec

54'% Jan

13

60 % Feb

9

Jun

6

Penn

10%

Feb

8'% Jan

9% Feb

3

177k

Feb

26 %

Dec

25'% Jan

3

237k

Jun

35

Dec

31'% Jan

24

106

Jun

111

Mar

10
7

6

107% F^b

30

167/a

Jun

22%

Dec

21% Jan

6

24 'A Feb

17

Nov

17%

Jan

167k Jan

13

177/a Jan

9

32

Jun

45%

Nov

427k Jan

11

46

Feb

6

113%

Nov

114 % Feb

7

Mar

29

Jan

96%

Feb

7% May
x8

Nov

37%

110

Jan

Feb

13%
104

107

28

34% Jan

Feb

Dec

35'% Jan

4

36% Feb

6

137

Dec

1277k Jan

17

136% Feb

17

13

Dec

12

Apr

21

Mar

35

Dec

Jan

108

11

'

Feb

14

13'A Jan

5

8'% Jan

Dec

3

11% Feb

17

34

Jan

25

Jun

137k

Nov

Dec

36

51% Jan

40'%

Jun

57%

36'%

Jun

53 y0

Jan

47% Jan

58

Oct

56

20%

Jan

106

24%

5%

Co

*8%

38'%

5

common

20 "2

6%

Jan

107

25
13
1

5

Dec

105

Jan

5

24

Jan

3

245% Jan

7
6

98

Jan

104 7/a

Dec

103'% Jan

20

105

Apr

110%

Sep

107 % Jan

4

Year 1949

6

r

57% Feb
^

16'%

145

3'%

3'%

3%

3 7k

39

*37'%

36'%

3'%

3 7k

37

37

2,800

3774

800

47k

4'%

47k

4

7k

47 k

38,600

9%

97k

974

107a

37,800

19%

20

O CM

417k

•104

42

1047k

7'%

67k

19'%

*13%

43%
O

42'%

N«

70

7 7k

51.700

167k

17

167k

177k

16%

104

102'%

102%

*102'%

104

10

187a

19%

187 k

19

31,200

197k

19'%

44

*43

45

*43

2

44

*43

27k

2

37

37 Vk

36%

37 '/a

36'%

30

307k

X297k

297k

*29%

2

85b

8%

87k

91%

9

97a

97 k

97k

97 k

97k

6%

67k

167 k

*167k

67/a

2%

2%

9

8%

10

67k

10

67k

♦167 k

17'%

36

36

36

59%

59%

59'%

597 k

59'/a

€0

597k

597k

lo

*8%

*8%

9'%

9%

97V

17

*9

9%

♦9

2 %'

2,000

37%

11,800
900

8%

7

2,100
«■.

I78OO
1,300

17

17'%

*36

36%

600

59%

59%

4,200

9%

9'%

100

277k

3,200

27%

28

277k

23

27

27'%

267k

27

267k

*32%

33

327k

32'%

32%

32%

♦32'%

33

*32%

1077k

♦107'%

"

107%

17,600

30

10%

6%

36

a

16%

44

30

67a

5,900

67 k

7'%

37'%

6%

200

43

104"%

29%

87 a

197 k

104%

*102%

16'%
J 97k

2

19'%

1047k

67k

6%

104

19

19'%
41)

41

104%

36'%

*107%

720

270

37 k

97k

36%

33

600

200

*107%

1077k

*107%

237k

24

237 k

247k

237k

24

237k

24

24

24%

18,400

17%

17%

17

17'%

17

17%

17

17%

17%

177a

27,300

*44%

44'%

44

44'%

43%

43'%

43%

43'%

43

43

♦111%

113',4

112'%

111%

111%

111%

111%

111

1077k

*107'%

*

*111'%

1357%

♦117a

13 %

Pepsi-Cola
Pet

Milk

4%%

Co

Co

33%c
100
America

Phelps-Dodge Corp
Philadelphia Co 6%

Feb

15
3

25% Feb
116

15

Jan

3

$6

$1

-5

Electric

*105
4

11

Co

107%

111'%

10%

10'%

10%

107 k

107k

107 a

367a

-367k

•367k

377k

*36 7 4

106

106

106

*105

127k

40

40

407k

40'%

55 74

55'%

55'%

567k

49 %~

49%

487a

49

59%

59%

587k

59'%

59%

*106%

108'%

*106

No par

25 %

257%

25

25'%

25 %

257k

*25%

25%

257 k

257k

257k

600

220

1

<

25

50

1

preference com——Nopar
preferred
100

r

conv

Saturday

EXCHANGE

93%

Jan

105

Dec

103

Feb

9

Jan

12

1074

Feb

14

Dec

14

Jan

3

177k Feb

6

106

Dec

93% Jan

16

94% Jan

4

Jun

64

Apr

57% Jan

27

62% Jan

7

Sep

11

Mar

Jan

12

Jun

32 74

Aug

Jan

105%

Apr

103

Feb

14

94

Dec

100%

Jun

97

11

Jan

10

33% Feb

2

Par

Phila & Reading Coal & Iron
Philco Corp common

3%%

Feb

17

Pitts

C

C

&

Et

9

Pitts

Coke

&

Chem

31

$5

29'% Jan
16% Jan

91

Jan

60

257k

500

114%

30

104%

500

*108'%

1097k

60

Feb. 15

$ per share

f per

Thursday
$ per share

share

14

14'%

14',%

40

38'%

91

89%

89'%

S per share

54%

54%

167%

60%

105

STOCK

54

1047%

EXCHANGE
CLOSED

*157a
*91

60%

LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY

*9%

11

33%

59 7%

33 7%

*104

100

*92%

com—No par

14%

par

*90

55

55

54%

105

*104%

90

7,700
31,400

*89%

55'%

90

10

54'k

547k

5,900

104%

105

104'%

200

*157k

17

*1578

17

*157a

167 k

9*1

96

*91

96

♦91

96

58

59

11

*92'/%

*89

60

33'%

103

90

147 k

387k

96

*97a

97

54

*104%

1047%
167%

33 7k

105

♦=89

Shares

14'%

39'%

*89%

Sales For
the Week

38

14'%

38%

96

preferred—No

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb. 16

40'%

*91

RR—

Co

t per share

Wednesday

Feb. 14

14'%

No par

Louis

Tuesday

Feb. 13

137k

25

preferred

convertible

*25'%
11474

7,000

*104

38 %

_5

97

430

25'/a

104

7k

*167k

common

15% Jan

1

115%

14

No par

com

Phoenix Hosiery

Pillsbury Mills Inc

107

25

1097k

40 7 k

100

31

104

♦108%

14 7 k

No par

Jan

*114%

38%

*103%

preferred

Phillips Petroleum

$4

t per share

100

105

257k

100

preferred

5%

25'%

107

25%

1

Philip Morris & Co Ltd common—5
4%

108

25

3

preferred series A

Phillips Jones Corp

Monday

Feb. 11

$ per share

8

•106

*

•

LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES

NEW YORK STOCK

16

28

108

1097k

55 Vb Feb

Jan

107%

115'%

90'% Feb

13

108

104'%

4

867k Jan

7,900

58%

104 %

13

Dec

3,700'

48 7 a

58'%

115%

50'% Jan

3

57

43'%

59%

*108%

84% Jan

17

56'%

49%

59'%

108'%

Feb

Feb

57%

487k

1047%

Dec

13% Jan

57

597k

115'%

88%

14% Mar

57%
49%

108'%

55%

3

56%

*104'%

Jan

30

49

'%

*114%

Nov

200

2,900

109'%

37%

106

40

1047 k

79'A

*104'%
40

1157%

14

106

40%

»108 74

17

82,800

37

40

*104%

1474 Feb

U'%

37

40

X40

*114%

40% Feb

10%

2,300

100

3

100

107k
37

12%

100

14

1,400

12%

127k

preferred

137k Jan

200

136'%

127k

preferred

327k Jan

35'%

136

*11','2

127k

3.8%

Jan

*35

127k

12%

4.3%

Jan

♦105

257k

:

12%

9

19%

6

106

12'%

preferred

common

*11%

37

11

407k

357k
136
"

12%

4.4%

Highest

*35

♦135%
'

13

Jan

Jun

9'% Jan

35 '/a

135%

*11%

11

104% Feb
109

$ per share

32'% Jan

135

12%

No par

preferred

Phlla

35 Vk

135%

357k •357k

13474

No par

Pfizer

25% Feb

' ♦3674

preferred

15

108

10%

No par

common

Corp of

36

'

Brewing Co
(Chas) Sc Co Inc

Range Since Jan. 1

f per share

32

144

36%

*35%

11,'

Jun

Jun

144'%

97k

*43

13572

10

Feb

11%

2474

144

4%

15%
4r

100

60

Lowest

Highest

83

144%

16 7

Eastern Ry Co

50% Jan

227k

Jun

144%

9%

6 7k

STOCKS

79

145

367k

Pfeiffer

xll47k Jan

26

104',2

30'%

4%

40','4

19%

100

&

Petroleum

Sep

1007k

104

31.

167 k

100

1,100

104%

30'%

36%

7

5,600

307%

104

*16%

Co

52%

31 %

104%

*36 %

Coke Corp

11,600

31'%

37

*19%

104

Peoria

31

NOV

26% May

95%

52'%

337 k

104%

32

No par

Cement

*

527k

50

4%

*104

6'%

5

30

117

7%

527a

200

9%

•

41%

Peoples Drug Stores Inc
Peoples Gas Light & Coke_

12% Jan

Apr

87'% Aug

52%

527k

52%

33'a

87k

104%

25

preferred

43% Jan

Jun

51%

337k

No par

Light Co
No par
Pennsylvania RR
50
Pennsylvania Salt Mfg Co com___10
3%% conv series A pfd
100

6

23'/a

1 per share

33'%

37

97a

Penn Power Si

Jan

110%

Lowest

33'%

*22%

307k

5

Glass Sand Corp com__No par

3

Jan

Dec

90% Mar

Penn

13

11'% Jan

377k

*48% Mar

37% Feb

105Tk Jan 24

Jan

9%

Penn-Dixie

33«%

3%

2

2

*30

No par

prior preferred

&

700

3%

44

36%

2.50

Ford

Coal

23

8%

'

102

17

8

Coal

conv

&

1

Co

Penney (J C) Co

7%

5%

*43

No par

Proof

27%

Peabody

19%

Mines

38% Feb

4

Jan

15-%
*102%

1

16

15

6%

100

Inc

347k Jan

8

23

*144%

104%

1

28% Jan

Rust

41%

No par

Corp

Jan

11

•19 %
*104

1

Parke Davis & Co

29

Jun

227k

317 k

4%

preferred

Jun

23% Mar

22%

52 7k

9%

Refining

Pictures

Aug

x6

30

22%

145

4V4

Transp—5

common

convertible

1%

37

32

104%

9%

100

Paraffine Cos Inc
4%

•37 %

East Pipe L com—No par

Paramount

32

32%

1

Inc

preferred

Panhandle

52%

No par

Airways

CLOSED

104

•144%
3 %

100

3'%

Oct

104

100

com

preferred

29%

44

31'%

337%

Pacific Lighting Corp
Mills

Jan

31'%

33

Pacific Telep & Teleg

135

32'%

BIRTHDAY

Pacific

4

3

*31

33 %

10

Jan

33
22 7%

20

101

54

22%

Jan

Dec

347/a July

52

LINCOLN'S

Jan

104'%

1,100

55

22%

33

12

♦54

♦22%

25

117k

9

*54%

33

Electric

&

12'%

9

567%

*87k

8 To

•31

10

♦12

9

*55

55

8%

No par

Corp of Calif

12 Vk

12

12'%

*12

EXCHANGE

*54%

33

Feb

STOCK

*31

9%

No par

55

Jun

89

12'%
56 %

1047/8 Jan

27%

12%
*S

non-cum

Finance

34% Jan

5
10

non-cum

preferred

Feb

Inc

common

*9%
*33

*102%

103 7%

58%

59

11

*9 7 k

11

33%

33

58 %

33

1047%

97

*92%

97

•1027k
•92 %

59

*9%

104'/%

33%

11,000

11

33

103%

103'%

800
50

97

97

97

10

14%

15

2,600

14%

147k

14%

*14

14'%

14

14'%

91%

90%

9074

*89%

917%

*90

917%

*90

91%

60

29%

3,500

16'%

1,800

Jan

4

12

Pitts

15% Jan

13

20

Pittsburgh Forgings Co—

-1

16%

142

Jan

155

Nov

150

Jan

7

154

Jan

19

Pitts Ft Wayne & Chic Ry com —100

*1517%

154

Jun

170

Jan

*151%

154

4

167

Jan

23

*151'%

164

Jan

*151%

154

164

*1517%

154

156%

*165

167%

*165

168

*165

168

*165

168

*165

167'%

10%

Jun

16%

Jan

287k

Jun

37%

Dec

35 % Jan

13

6%

Jun

8%

Jan

7'% Jan

4

8% Jan

9

7%

Jun

15%

Jan

9'% Jan

3

11% Jan

12

Feb

8

150

Feb

135

377k Jan

9

Apr

175

May

150

6474

Nov

88

Jan

71

Jan

3

80

Feb

10

55

Nov

7174

Jan

61

Jan

4

64'% Feb

10

14%

Jun

25%

Dec

23'A Jan

9

27% Jan

10

135%

Dec

147

Feb

135% Jan

13

Xl9%

Jun

29

Apr

22

Jan

3

874

Feb

12%

Nov

10% Jan

5

36%

Feb

50% Apr

38'% Feb

14

44%

38% Jan

16

Mar

32

Sep

8%

Jun

137k

Oct

12%

Apr

15%

Nov

4%

Jun

8'A

Jan

21

Mar

57%

Feb

14%

Jun

12'% Jan

144

8

Feb

10

25'% Feb

17

Consolidation

7%

gtd

7%

5%

Pittston Co

Plough

9

Plymouth

41'% Feb

6

3

14% Feb

9

Poor

4

16'% Feb

7

Potomac

7'A Jan

Si

8V'a Feb

Oct

30

Jan

6

31% Jan

30

4%%

79'A Jan

16

89% Feb

3

Procter

56% Jan

31

60

Feb

3

"When

15% Feb

14

177k Jan

6

Publicker

Dec

90 V2 Mar

38

Jan

47%
mmwm

4

85'% Feb

17

52% Feb

14

Public

Service

——-

26% Jan

31

29

Feb

3

Public

Serv

1187k Jan

—

24

122

Feb

6

$4.75

cum

867k Jan 26

88'% Feb

6

2574

Dec

24% Feb

9

26% Feb

8

Pub Serv

25%

Jun

29%

Dec

28% Jan

27

30'% Feb

2

$1.40

3%%

div

Dec

10474 Feb

Feb

15

4.08%

Feb

37

Apr

33'% Jan

3

36'% Jan

12

Pullman

Co

of

Jun

33%

Oct

26'% Feb

14

30'A Jan

9

Pure Oil

(The)

1077k Jan

3

1097k Jan

10

3

347k Jan

30

Jan

107

25'A

Jun

15%

Jun

97k

Jun

6674

Jun

x7

Jun

92%

Jan

105%

109

30%

July
Dec

30

Jan

3

106

5%

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146

24

24

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7k

237k

of

Gas

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76%

63'%

64

140

24%

247k

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146

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14

147k

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146

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157k

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857%

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100

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100

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106

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32'%

200

77k

1574

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3,800

2,500

88

84'%

No par

117 k

30 %

1574

Purity Bakeries Corp

25%

88'%

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100

146

39

5

preferred

280

3074

No par

common

158

63%

No par

com

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77'%

167k

Indiana—No par

158

63%

137 k

20

1,600

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24%

16'%

8

3,900

107k

77'%

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77k

10%

25

16'%

88'%

3,300

77k

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14%

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24%

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1

357k

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77k
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41

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com

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247k

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preference

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25

11%

com

preferred
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78

64%

*24 7k

387%

series A—50

4.64% preferred

wmmmm

Jan

79%

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*140

158

40

Co

preferred
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*145

12

issued"

13

79 7%

158

40

No par

Industries

Jan

20%

mmmm

preferred

46% Jan

*145

No par

B

367k

7%

107k

100

Gamble

Dec

80

77k

10'%

1

Power

16%

36%

77k

—100

Pressed Steel Car Co Inc
&

357k

28 7%

16%

107k

5

class

conv

367k

28%

77%

Co

Electric

167k

107a

5

Co

35%

28'%

16%

77k

Pond Creek Pocahontas

3

3574

287k

10%

Inc
Oil

167k

77a

—1

3

28'%

16%

10 7%

(The)

Feb

12

35%

287k

No par

B

43'% Jan

Dec

7974

class

10

28%

No par

preferred class A

32

Feb

100

5%% 1st ser conv prior pfd—100
Pittsburgh Si West Virginia
100
Pittsburgh Young & Ash pfd—100

86%
_

1

preferred

preferred

15

22

Co

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Pittsburgh Screw Si Bolt
Pittsburgh Steel Co com

Jan

15

Coal

106

108'%

108'%

32'%

32'%

327k

21

207k

207k

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106

x32

106

106

88

106

50

40

347k

34%

6,600

267k

27'%

10,700

109

1087%

1087%

200

32%

32

32

32'/8

32%

1,300

20%

20

207%

20%

500

15%

245,000

Q
I 20% Jan

18% Jan

4

21'% Jan 30

Quaker State Oil Refining Corp—10

147 k

Jan

12'A Jan

3

1574 Feb

74%

Jan

73% Jan

13

Feb

7

Radio Corp of America com—No par
$3.50 1st preferred
—No par

9%

Apr

8% Jan

3

97k Feb

3

Radio-Keith-Orpheum

101%

Dec

3

103'% Jan

10

Ralston

(Raybestos-Manhattan.
Rayonier Inc common

*20

20%

*20

R

100

Feb

76

14

237k

Jun

29%

Dec

27% Jan

3

297k Jan

27

21%

Jun

30%

Fpb

x247k Jan

25

287k Feb

17

32

16

Feb

30'% Jan

13

1774

Jun

23%

Jan

20'% Jan

25

227a Jan

9

34%

Nov

43

Jan

36

Jan

25

39'% Feb

9

28%

Jun

36

Jan

31

Jan

13

33% Feb

3

26%

Jun

3474

Feb

Corp

Purina Co 374%

pfd

$2 preferred
Reading Co common
4% non-cum 1st preferred

4%

non-cum

2nd

preferred

147k

157k

15%

157k

15%

1574

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75%

75%

757k

76

76

1

9'/a

9 'A

874

9%

100

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No par

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29%

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1

27'%

277k

27'%

102

*100'%

footnotes see page




18

29

28'A

31

31

31

31%

50

21%

21%

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21'A

50

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50

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102

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102

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21

15%

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76

300

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9

20,500

9

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103

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10

29

287k

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32

32

32

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21

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COMMERCIAL

Range for Previous

$ per

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest
$ per share

share

NEW

Highest

$ per share

10 %

Jan

13 V2

Apr

11% Jan

Nov

23%

Jan

16% Feb

17

11%

Jan

16%

Oct

14% Jan

13

Jun
Jan

6%

Jun

50

8V2

12% Feb

1

Real

Silk

18

Jan

3

Reed

Roller

16

Jan

7

Reeves

9%

Aug

8Va

Jan

7

Jan

6

9% Jan

11

Dec

27

22

Feb

9

25% Feb

17

8% Jan

3

11

Jan

60

Nov

58

Jan

LOW

STOCK

Feb"

60% Feb

5

9

d.iv

2%

Co common—!

5%

11% Jan

13

13% Feb

16

85

Jan

20

92

Feb

14

12%

Jan

10% Jan

13

13

Feb

2

Reo

8%

Jan

5% Jan

25

7% Jan

9

Republic

Dec

4% Feb

11

5% Jan

30

Republic

Pictures

1

91V2

10

Dec

9% Jan

13

11% Feb

27%

Jan

23% Jan

13

26% Feb

110

Jun

10%

Aug

98

13

Jan

108

Feb

17

Feb

103%

3

18

5% Feb

14

100

Feb

13

Jan

22% Feb

Drug

102% Jan

20

Jun

10

Dec

9% Jan

31

11% Feb

17

Reynolds

Spring

Jan

39%

Oct

37% Jan

25

39% Jan

7

Reynolds

(R

40

Sep

47 % Jan

3

98

Aug

42 % Mar

50

*59%

10

EXCHANGE

61%

12%

10%

LINCOLN'S

92

10%

BIRTHDAY

6%

4%

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com

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102

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17

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12%

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9

21

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31

Dec

30% Jan

13

35% Feb

Jun

68% Dec

60% Jan

13

67% Jan

5

7% Jun

96%

Apr

10y4

Jun

16

Jun

21%

Dec

39%

Apr

61%

Nov

8%

33%

12

Jan

12

3

19% Feb

1

Jan

3

22% Jan

18

54% Feb

15

58% Jan

9

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12% Mar

Jan

Jan

16% Jan

104

19% Nov

Sep

16%

Dec

105

4%%

104

3

10% Jan

12

Jan

31

Dec

29% Jan

13

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9

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7

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Jan

38

Feb

15

Jun

12%

Jan

Jun

43%

Dec

10% Feb
43% Jan

Jun

131%

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123

Jun

100%

Nov

98

Jun

9%

Jan

109%

7%
31
87

78

6%

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14

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11%

11%

11%

17,100

37%

38%

38 Va

38%

10,900

49

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49

26

153

Feb

17

Jan

24

100

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5

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9

Jan

9

86% Jan

24

13%

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12% Jan

13

31%

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30% Jan

3

46%

Jan

90

May

70

Dec

Jun

98

Nov

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108

Oct

78

94%

91% Mar

Jun
Jun

66

Feb

94-

14

% Jan 10

90

St

7

6

Jan

107

Jan

-787

Feb

1

7

108

Feb

14% Jan

30

12%

Jan

83

Jan

91

Sep

86 Va Jan

5

90

13 Va

Jun

21%

Dec

20

Jan

3

25% Feb •3

47%

Jun

62

Dec

60

Jan

3

693/4 Feb

13% Jan

3

Feb

10

Mfg Co 3.65%
4.30% preferred

Co

5% "preferred

3

36%

Feb

56

Dec

47% Jan

25

52% Jan

7

Seaboard

53/4

Jan

11%

Dec

10% Jan

31

14% Feb

8

Seagrave Corp

21% Feb

2

44 %

Dec

41

Va Feb

15

44% Jan

9

16%

Dec

15

Jan

3

16 % Jan

11

6%

Jan

5% Jan

3

6% Jan

10

Jun

11%

Dec

10% Jan

Jun

101%

Feb

92

Jun

33%
9%

Jun

4%

Jun

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6%
77

Feb

3

13% Feb

1

17

94% Jan

Seaboard

Sears

Oil

Co

pfd

$ per share

Jun

31'% May

24% Feb

14

28% Jan

4

Aug

37Va

Jan

25% Feb

16

28 Va Jan

12

Jan

38%

Dec

37

76%

Nov

83

May

76

Va Jan 13
Jan

105% Feb

42

Feb

16

17

79

Jan

6

14

106

Feb

Shamrock

17

V

oil

Sharp &
$3.50

&

conv

$4.25

cum

10

%

Oct

9% Jan

3

11

Jan

11

15%

Dec

15% Jan

7

21% Feb

8

Sheaffer

30

Jun

40%

Dec

34% Jan

25

Jan

9

5

Jan

Oct

6 % Jan

13

7Va Jan

9

Sheraton

Jun

4%

Jan

2% Jan

3

22

May

27%

Nov

26% Jan

13

28

Oct

36%

Jan

30% Jan-

6

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3% Jan
29% Jan
*

33

Jan

12
9

21% Feb
100

15

24% Jan
110

19

Jun

33%

Dec

29 Va Jan113

33% Jan

21 Va

Nov

31%

Jan

22% Feb

16

25

83% May
95% Jan

88%

Feb

84% Feb

7

100% Mar

Jan

4

14% Jan

4

98

Jan

Jun

17%

Oct

16

Feb

14

97% July

107%

Dec

106

Jan

20

Shattuck

Silver

(W

Smith

85% Jan

11

101% Jan

26

4.20%

18

17

Feb

17

14

413/4

42%

15%

15%.

Oct

11

53

Feb

68

Jan

16

75% Feb

Coalition

preferred

5%

Carolina

12

Southeastern

Nov

11% Jan
36% Jan

Jan

40

3

39% Feb

10

South

45

Aug

40

Jan

4

45

Sep

12

NOV

11% Jan

3

Jan

36%

NOV

34% Jan

13

32%

Jun

51

Dec

49% Jan

3

53% Jan

25 Va

Jun

41

Jan

32% Feb

11

38 Va Jan

45%

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61

Jan

54

Jan

3

56

Nov

66 %

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13

10 Va

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13%

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11% Jan

5

13

Feb

1

10
1

37% Jan 20

57% Feb
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9

4

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3

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15

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4

6% Jan

9

Jan

3

Feb

26

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23% Jan

6

24% Jan

25

22%

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29% Mar

25% Jan

3

28% Feb

17

Jan

3
23

10% Jan

12

Feb

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18%

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16

Feb

16

17% Jan

5

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37%

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34

Jan

13

37

Jan

5

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Apr
Apr

22%

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20% Jan

3

Jun

92

Dec

89% Jan

31

47% Jan

25

108

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7

23% Feb

3

Feb

2

92

143

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140

Jan

3
26

61% Feb
152'% Feb

10

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152

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13

165

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10

55

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25

65% Jan

3

60 Va

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74%

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For

footnotes

see

page

Feb

42% Feb

14

45

66

25

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40

40

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16%

16%

2,700

l

36%

36%

36%

36 %

36%

36%

36%

36 Va

36

36 Va

1,700

No par

*107%

*107%

108%

*107%

108%

108

com.—No par

223/8

22%

223/s

22%

22%

22%

10,000

91%

91%

913/4

91%

91%

350

59%

10,100

common

0 CO

*107%

108 34

22%

22 3/a

22 34

91

91

Standard G & E Co $4 pref—No
par
$6 prior preferred
No par

91%

*149

151

143

'148

*143

150

*164

166

*163

1C5

*163

16<i

Inc

!

$7 prior preferred
No par
Standard Oil of California.,_No
Indiana—
New

Jersev

597/a

60%

57%

60

*91

53%

593/8

9%

58%
*147

161 Va

9%

59 3/4

*148

162

44

44 Va

42%

44

42 %

433/8

43%

43 %

25

67%

67%

66%

67 %

66 Va

66%

66 %

66 Va

617/a

62%

61%

60

100

150

162

25

62%

58%

80

108

162

62%

613;4

9%

150

62 Va

par

of

85%

108 %

108%

91

Oil

*84%

108%

22%

Standard

843/4

■

16

No par

7

84%

16 Va

_,._100

;_l

Sons

$3.50 preferred

of

800

23 %

16

52%

•

Oil

1,600

*22%

16Va
4

4,400

22%

16

10%

24,000

106

22%

16%

108%

223/8

22

105%

; 2,300
200

'

22%

17

4

2,600

31%

30%

17

10%

3'/a

28%

22%

16%

*108%

400
5,300

30%

17%

4

4,700

30%

16%

10%

3

23%

106

v

7Va

22%

18

__5

Standard

105

1,100

353/a

7

*31

22 Va

22

22 Va
106

106

107

:

19

35 Va

3 Va

3%

28%

1,200

lOVa

*18 Va
7

7 Va

2%
*31

31%

33

Inc

preferred,

3

3

7
7

28%

3

30 3/4

52 Va

& Sons

$4 preferred
Standard Brands

..

*21%

32%

No par

&

7

31 Vt

86

19

35 %

34%

21%

54

7.50

Co

(E Ri

35%
7 Va

7

7

105%

108%

5

preferred

Kellogg

22

105

2,600
13,000
200

105%

16%

25

common

$4.50

223/s
107

6,800
.

"

Sperry Corp (The)
Spiegel Inc common,—

Feb

82

Co

Spencer

Jun

17%

38%

V

*

$5.50 preferred

23%

106 Va Jan

non-cum

Spear &

13 Va

107

39

78

Shares

25

' 26%

for

*

Lines

Mobile & Ohio stock tr ctfs

16

71

23

23%

,25

Spalding (AG) & Bros
Sparks-Withington Co

23

21

Jan

5%

9

14

Jan

9

24%

26%

31

No par

5%

68

25

25%

75Va

com.No par

(The)

Railway

Sales

the Week

17

24%

*52%

No par

Feb

Jan

Co

Friday

25%

*73%

Southern

6 V8

10 Va Mar

Southern

10

Feb.

Feb.16

26 %

106%
10%

800

9,000

$ per share

Thursday

Va

50

Greyhound
Rico Sugar

92

24 3/4

BIRTHDAY

4

.

12%

92

26

3

10%

12%

25%

35 Ve

1

2,300

6

,6

93

26%

*18%

pfd—100

6

.

12% •12%
*92

243'i

18%

corn..4.50

1,400

16.100

16 v

26 Va

353/a

11

13% Feb

70

Porto

14

42 %

*15%

'

25%
26%

50

8%. preferred
Southern California

13%

41%

15%

15%

$ per share

18%

12

3% July
53% Dec

60

G Co

1,800

$ per share

35%
63/4

*100

2,400

43%

PRICES

CLOSED

*84%

13%

20%

43%

%

400

20%

$ per share

$ per share

13,100

68 %

41% .42%
6

12%

25

Feb. 15

LINCOLN'S

3

13%

90

24

Wednesday

6%

r

7

■7;.

Vt

2,100

*67%

Feb. 14

19

Southern Natural Gas Co
Southern Pacific Co—

3% May

May

E &

preferred

conv

Oct

10%

SALE

*89

"

20

14%

Tuesday

Feb. 13

35%

100

preferred

5 Va %

Jan

28%

HIGH

7

13%

93

6%

100

preferred

Feb

35% Feb

AND

43

6

12%
*92

19

(AO) Corp
lo
(A) & Sons Carpet Co com—20

11

13

Monday

48%

20

160

111

14%

21

48%

2,000

94%

*108

14a6
90'

2Q%

70

106%

*85% 7 86

24

15%

6
;•

69%
*93

103

20%

"

*105%

86

63

42

35%

5

Co

26%

Jan

Mines

!

Corp,.

36%

34

10 Va

*17%

3

Nov

*105%
'

Smith & Corona Typewriters.No
par
Socony Vacuum Oil Co Inc
15

10

Dec

Feb

38%
r78

.

123/4
93

19,700

68

15%

30

22,000

4.2%

69

*89%

7

91"

16% >16%

•31%

24

41 Va

1

South

14

25%

6%

12%
*92

*88

70

313%

14%

,90

153

16%

108

'

15

South Amer Gold & Platinum

52%

Nov

6

6

13
94

*13%
1

7/

90

-

66%

14 %

48%

'

18,300

*85%

203/4
'

8

85%

21
;

7%

94%

20%

49

150

8

149

106%

21

%

1

89 %

100

15%

68-%'

16

Co__

Solvay American Corp 4%

71 %

4

*

47%

90

99%

31%

24 3A

*26%

4,000

47

11,200

93

90
V

108

14%

90

42

•

47%

36%
113%

148

*105%

68%

$ per share

11,000

>

23 %

Saturday

11 Va

,-"7 94 Va

68%

6

-10%

-34%
*113

8

68 %

24%

12%

10 7

96

68%

*92

2,600

10%

106%

23%

7

15%

No par

12

13

51% Jan

45%

*89 %
4

42%

1

28

3

9% Jan

Apr

14%

13

—No par

4

Jan

85 Va

*107

108

14%

LOW

17

4% Jan

85%

*48

No par

Pen

*94%
*105%

207a

1

33 Va

7%

15%

69

24 %

38 Va

46%

31%

67,3/4

96

85%

14%

Feb. 11

Jan

11

67%

*107

90

153/a

31%

7

106%

8634
112

j

38%

98

8

*68%:

STOCK

109% Feb

3% Jan

Jun

*89%
24%

67

*94 Va

*105%

14

of America

Co

3 %%

Oct

36 Va

67

96

106%

14%

35%
113 %

148

92

*90

15%
31 %

*21%

Smith

Dec

70

15%
31

20

5

4%

Dec

15

32 Va

473/8

7%

92

15

49

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron

12

10%

52%

*90

8

313A

1

G)

A)

Corp

King

>''

7%

92

•

100 '

8Va

5

34%
38%

-

144

*97

13%

Gas,,

(Frank

Simmons

Jan

Jan

Jan

*90

47

144

106%

Jan

18 Va

8

47%
145 %
100

,

10%

113%

•

10%

100

15

6
17

98 V*

46%

10%

145%

99%

Skelly Oil

Feb

22% Feb

100

99%

22%

3

Dec

47%
148

liS

10%

No par

3

Apr

10%

Sinclair Oil

Jan

71%

10%
47 Va-

.10 Va

,

"

9

20% Jan

Jun

38 3/a

-

283/4

Jan

Sep

Jan I

113%

*38%

35 Vt

31%

Dec

6%

35'A

113%

38%

34%

28%

22 %

64

34%

113%

38

31%

127%

73

500
1,100

28%

Jun

35%

10%

32%

Jun

Jan

10%

28%

16%

29%

10%

*31%

97

°14Va

1Q%

No par

24%

53% Mar

10%

*10%

No par

Jun

Mar

3,700

10%

Simonds Saw & Steel

25

18%

7%

2,900

56

49

Shell Oil Corp

7

2%

3%

19

22aa

*54%

*113

pref series A—No par
preferred—
No par

Jun

40

18%
22 Va

55%

.,5

Corp
Dohme common

Apr

14 Va

18%
22%

55%

No par

Steel

8%

17%

18%

22%

38%
10%

——No par

YORK

11%

Jun

19

223/8

*85 Vt

.

200

l,,t>00

104

553/a

•

35%

—No par

Co,—

*103%

18 Va

5
&

104

54%

113 V«

1

of Del

35

64%

22

38%

Par

Sharon

*102%

18%

14 Va

35

64%

18%

'110%

Co—

$ per share

22%

104

3,900
10,000

221/4

EXCHANGE

21 %

.*102%

500

2,500

56

—100

$4.50 preferred

NEW

104

13:V4

35

64%

64%

35%

vtc___No par

com

*34 %

65

22 "a

11,800
v-.

22

100

com,

133,4,

35%

6434

;5%

21%

>

16%

56

100
:

>

21%
14

38%

,5Va

22

10o

Refrigerator CD
Seiberling Rubber Co„;
Serve! Inc common...

Highest

24 %

10%

18%

21%

14

14

*34%

37%

*16%"

5%

56

5

_

Roebuck

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest
$ per share

21%

66

*102%

STOCKS

Year 1949
Lowest

21%

113 Va

100

Seeger

11

16

5Va,

10%

series A——100

Finance

Range for Previous

$ per share

18%

1.75

(The)

3.35%
preferred
Seaboard Air Line

19% Jan

37%,

16

5Va

300

5G

105%

Sep

37%

16%

5 Va

22%

65

104

*94%

19%

38

16Va

14'%

*66

Jan

37%

5%..

35%

No par

163/8

1,200

22
i

_5

Scovill

10

20%

13%

No par

Elec

20%

*34%

No par

Scranton

20%

14%

$3.40 preferred

4

96

20%

,

21%

66%

$4 preferred

10

9

20%

35%

•*101%

No par

vtc

Industries Inc
Scott Paper Co common

4

30

Jan

5%

Schenley

Feb

Jan

A

Savage Arms Corp

3

240

20%

14Va
*66

Ry Co—100
preferred
100

11

Jan

97 %

107%

35%

■

Southwestern

non-cum

17

70

5'%

22

49

97%
106%

16%

16%

21%

*47

97%
107 %

38'%

37Va

5%

49

,

*97%
106%

5

St Regis Paper Co common
1st pfd 4.40%
series A

Feb

84 % Jan

104

Louis
5%

38%

97
107 Va

21

20%

■16%

*47

49

97

*106%

10

Co com vtc

series

16% Feb

106 % Jan
<

Oct

Preferred

21

;

*47

97%

106%

100

34% Jan

!

7

'

104%

St L-San F Ry

9

Jan

Jun

87

Co

7% Feb

Jun

July

common

48

9%

77

Safeway

*97Va

106%

38%

5

St

98

106%

*16%

■

No par

12% Jan

•

21

1

iJacob)

Joseph Lead

350

11%'
38

.

1

(Thei

Stores
5%-' preferred

100

10%

100

Royal Typewriter
Co

100.

60

2,500

4

373/4

25
!_20

A—!

series

Ruberoid

1O0 %■ 100%

22 3

101/2

com—1

common

41% Jan ,10

3

22%

preferred

22%

38%

20

Controls

Co

22

10%

5%

Ronson Art Metal Works Inc

25

35 Va May

4%

Haas

16,700

53B

37%

No par

preferred

conv

&

%
22%

10%

Mines

Inc

Robertshaw-Fulton
Rohm

2,200

5 3/4

5

39 Va

—_No par

Copper

Mills

5%

106

16
16%
*100%' 101

10%

1

Co—

Oil Corp—
Company

Robbins

11

36

.<

Manufacturing

Richfield

20% Jan

*107

16%
101

37%

3

Dec

108

16%

*100%

1
class B

21% Feb

21

16%
101

10

Co

13

Mar

*106 %

5%

No par

5%
21%

:

Jan

.

108

16%

100%

,

19

15

*106%

>16Va

100 Vt
5.%

100

lo

Antelope

20,000
13,200

,.

4,200

21% Dec

Roan

2,900

7,Va

7 4%

4%

22,300

Jun

Ritter

10.%

6%

1,0%

13 %

9

100

26 V*

*97 Va

9

10 %

6 %,

4%

'16,400

,

10%'

106%

11

50

13%
91 %

25%

100

Jan

10-%

.6%
4%' '

60

13%
*903/4

10%

100

5% Jan

*58

13%
92

10%'

7'/a

4Va

60

13%
*90 %

10%

6%
4 Vt

900

25%

series,

42% Jan

10%'

6V4
4Va

1,100

9%

10%

series—

18

*58

13%
92

25%

9%

25%

4.50%

Feb

59

13

;'90%

.

100

25 %

10

10%

3.60%

4% Jan

1

23%

JO

25%

Preferred

16

300

10%

Preferred

37 Va Feb

59

13 Va

92

*24%

;

25%

10

Dec

10

8%

10%

10

Jan

24%

*9%

*8.'

8%

253/a

97% Feb

Jan

4

10%;

107% Jan

5%

8

*73

24%

25%

5

42 Va

7',, 7%

900

1,300

10%

16

21

15

12

25%

Jan

Jun

16%

15

10 V*

94% Jan

Jan

16%

15

25%

106

Jun

*11%

16%

15

for

Shares

10

108% NOV

24%

11%

ie3/4

$ per share

com—No par

Jan

15 Va

11%

10'/a

*59

CLOSED

6%

Tob

J)

13 Va

11 %

102%

x3%

12

24%

10

4V»

Common

Rheem

the Week

15%

*15

8%

*3v:

L

85%' Jan

Sales

Feb. 17

.

16%

12

24

92

6%

convertible preferred

Jan

61%

13 Va

4Va

Reynolds Metals Co
5%%

STOCK

—1

Inc-i

4%

3

10 Va

common——_50c

Corp

34%

Sep

23%

11

preferred

Rexall

15

*90

Inc

Steel

5 % '/'c

Friday

Feb. 16
$ per share

16%

16%

15

10 Va

6r/q, conv prior pfd series A—100
Revere Copper & Brass com__No par

6% Jan

20% Jan

Motors

—

$1 convertible preferred

100Va Jan

Jan

23

14% Jan
99% Jan

Dec

6%

Jun

103

Jan
Dec

100

4% Aug
187/a

Jan

16%

Jun

91

preferred

Republic

12

lb%

—100
50c
25c

Aviation Corp

4%

Jan

Thursday

15

$ per share
12

12%

1

Dec
Nov

Jun

17

share

17

83:,

5

Conv pfd 3%^
series
Remington-Rand common

12%

Jan

$ per

23%

-No par

90

1

$ per share

PRICES

Feb.

15

10

preference

Corp

Apr

6% May
4% Jun

SALE

Wednesday

15

*16%

50c

prior

Reliance Mfg

$4,50

HIGH

Feb. 14

& Co—

Reliable Stores

7

*12

Monday, February 20, 1950

Tuesday

Feb. I!)

$ per share

No par

Inc

(Robt)

$1.25

Co

Bit

AND

Monday

Feb. 11

Hosiery Mills com——5

Bros

Jun

73

Saturday
Par

Reis

4%

YORK

EXCHANGE

$ per share

25

15 %

18%

CHRONICLE

STOCKS

Year 1949

Lowest

FINANCIAL

&

62%

-

300

62 %

13,800

43 Va

43%

12,200

66 Va

66%

26,100

62

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

NEW
Range for Previous
Highest

$ per share
20

Range Since Jan. 1
Highest

NEW

Lowest

,

$ per share

$ per share

27 7a

Oct

25 % Jan

•4

27% Jan

Dec

10174 Feb

16

102 74 Feb

2

Jun

x27
10

Oct

,

Dec
Jan

13

July

Dec

48
387a

Jan

12% Jan

3

4172 Aug

Jun

35

20%
.

36% Jan

27

98% Jan

10

18% Jan

24

Jan

6

,48

.30

>

Feb

20

Jan

Feb

3%7o

3

,50

Standard

9

7

327a Jan
15 -:

Standard

A'/o

,,99% Jan

4

Dec

317a Feb

347a Jan

9

972

Jun

14%

Jan

12

Jan

3

18% Feb

14

97a

Jan

13%

Dec

12 74 Jan

13

14 7b Jan

7

17% Jan

25

18 74 Jan

4

207» Jan

13

22% Jan

11

Jan

18 74

Dec

Feb

21%

Dec

,

167a

Feb

23

Dec

26

Jan

13

29% Feb

2872

Jun

52

Dec

45% Jan

13

66

672

Feb

90

Feb

9%

Jan

52 7«

Oct

95 72 Jan

107a Feb

15

Jan

Dec

118 7a Jan

14

9

Jun

11%

Dec

.1072 Jan

25

15

July

17%

Jan

16% Jan

Jun

2174

Sep

19

16%
3674

122

Feb

60%

7% Mar
127

12 7B

Jun

227

18 7b Feb
Feb

Dec

195

9

Jan

3

Corp

Co

Class

Sunray

Oil

.

18

18

18

18

18

22

2174

217B

21%

21%

21%

21%

28%

297a

7,500

277a

28%

28

29 7b

28%

2974

28

29%

54,900

64 'A

64 74

64

64 %

64

64

1

No par
1

common

2

55

1197a

10%

107o

98 %

74

*119

*96

55 %

*119

1,800

1074

97'A

55%
1197a

55%

1197a

10

10%
98 78

19,000

97 74

20

*55%

46%

3,600

119%

119%

100

12%

41,000

1,800
4,300

58

58%

10

2,000

California

58%
10%

59

10c

25

*207

Corp

50-

Mining
Oil

of

Steel

Sutherland

47a %

Co

10

1074
33

1074

10

117a

10%

206

107b

38

*107 7a

38%

38 %

109

107B

*202

11
210

210

*38%

10%

23,700

210

500

1074

107B

1074

1078

11%

39%

38 78

38%

3874

387a

3,300
700

103 74

109%

no

1174

10%

1174

*107/0

1174

11%

11%

11%

11%

36%

36%

36%

1,000

36%

36%

367a

36%

36%

26%
11%

36%

3,800

28

Swift &

20

Swift International Ltd

__

Sylvania Elec Prod Inc

17

1074
204

11%

1174

1274 Jan

$4

10%
216

12%

(The).-4.16%

37 7a Jan

3

1074
*206

12

*107 7a

3

10

10%
215

12 74

12

100

_

Sweets Co of America
Co

1274

*

Paper Co

preferred

127B

*

_

13

7 7b Jan

56

557a
*119

*96

58

Jan

8372 Jan

56%
1197a

637a

974

98%

57 74

Biscuits Inc

974 Jan

23% Feb

*56

*118 7a

63

9%

*96

577a

Nov

9

9%

987a

700

57

11%

17

4

9

*96

.No par

100

66

9

„■

'

12%

57

4

3

*64%

.

12%

57

Sunshine

4

Jan

: 12%

17%

21%

12.50

Sunshine

572 Jan

13

17%

12%
17%

127a

17%

21%

17%

Jan

19% Jan

12 7a

17%

217a

20%

i07

74

127a

100

17 74

Dec

Jan

97,600
3,600

20%

108 7b

Nov

3,700

17

18

Dec

Mar

32

16%
12%

207a

1067a

6%

32

18

17%

Superior

89

32

177a

20%

Superior

24 7a

32

18%

17%

11

Sep

31%

17%

2,500
5,800

28%

20%

11

Jun

31%

18%

14%
99

17%

Jan

Aug

3274

167a

*98%

20%

11% Jan

3%

32

99

127a

41

17 7b

BIRTHDAY

*98%

217B

14

767a

99

187B

11

34

*98%

38 7a

177B

Feb

Feb

99

*14%

127B

Feb

Dec

99

,

'

20%

10

12

LINCOLN'S

15

17%

38

36%

38%

38%

20%

Dec

Jun

30

30

14%

387a

14%
X38 7b

17%

Jan

Jun

*29%

*29

*14%

15

39

20%

14%

87a

30

200

1

417a

27%

5074

25

15

11% Feb

*49%

*49%

_25

Jun

4

4,600

5074

5074

7,300

common

Aug

107b Jan

19

preferred series B

8%

Feb

18%

preferred series A

30%
774

100

18%

18%

26%

20
_

preferred

Corp

102

No par

_

______

472%

26 7i

*10174

74 70

117b Feb

109% Feb

127a

267a
10174

18%
*29

Shares

26%
101%
18%

15

15%

1

30

Sales for
the Week

$ per share

38%

3274

_

_

*29 '

267a
102

r50 74

1

507b

CLOSED

'99

147a

*101

Friday
Feb. 17

Feb. 16
$ per share

472 %

4

10

Jan

*98%
3274

common

__

Corp

EXCHANGE

14%

26%

27%

18%

39

Thursday

Feb. 15

$ per share

102

*49 7a

STOCK

PRICES

Wednesday
1

18%

'3074

14%
39

5

common

A

Jan

224

*29 7a

15'

_

_

Corp.

Chemical

Sun Oil

3

60

Inc

2674
*101

18%

1

SALE

14

.

$ per share

277b

5

100

& Co

Feb

$ per share

50

HIGH

Tuesday

Feb. 18

102

50

_No par

LOW AND

Monday

share

18%

$4.50 series A preferred—..No par

14

22

9% Feb

Sep

Sun

9

25

Jan

Sunbeam

3

30

S__
Inc

preference

Studebaker

9

Jan

25

Jan

55

Dec

607B Jan

,12% Feb

xl22

prior

1
50

1

Stone & Webster

17

117

<J P)

27
*101

common

Stokley-Van Camp Inc

16

9774 Feb

55 74 Feb

L

Stores

preferred

Stevens

5%

19

common

Stewart-Warner Corp

10

3

Sep
Oct

Bros

,37a7f

9

Feb

20

8% Jan

4

96

66%

,

(The)

Sterling Drug Inc

33%

15 74

Co

Sterchi

$ per

100

common

preferred-

10

Jan

127a

Saturday

(765)

RECORD

Feb. 11

Spring

28

2474

6

Steel

convertible

Starrett

5

Ohio

of

Jan

Jap

Jan

Oil

CHRONICLE

-

STOCK

preferred series A

39 % Feb

i

94

100

STOCK

Par

10

1Q2%

Jun

YORK

$ per share

Jun

40

YORK

EXCHANGE

9672 May,
12

FINANCIAL

STOCKS

Year 1949

,

Lowest,

&

117a
com_._No

preferred

par
.No par

.

Symington Gould Corp

1

__

11%

22%

1174

23%

827a

827a

5%

109

*108

117a

1174

*108

11%

109

1174

11%

23%

23

23%

22%

23%

22%

23%

827a. "

22%
*82

6

109

82%

827a

32

82 72

82%

827a

270

6 74

6%

6%

6%

19,200

5%

6%

6%

6%

12

3,400

31,200

T
9%. Jun

1274

Dec

11% Jan

9

57» Jan

127a Feb

Talcott Inc

1

(James)
Telautograph Corp

2%

Jun

23

67a Jan

3

13%

Jun

18

Nov

17

Jan

3

18% Feb

4

Tennessee

48%

Jun

65%

Nov

59 74 Jan

25

62% Jan

9

Texas

1174

Jun

18%

Nov

15 78 Jan

Jan

9

Texas

Gulf

56

Jun

70%

Dec

69

Jan

3

737a Feb

17

Texas

Gulf

2074 Feb

16

23% Jan

9

Texas

Pacific

Coal

Texas

Pacific

9

Land

6%

Dec

\

16%

Jun

26%

Nov

33%

Feb

58%

Dec

53% Jan

36

Jun

48

Dec

44

13

8

Feb

17

3

59% Jan

9

48 74 Jan

6

Texas

Jun

1174

Jan

10% Jan

3

12% Jan

31

15%

Jan

147a Jan

3

16% Jan

31

4% Mar

8%

Nov

774 Jan

3

9 7a Feb

17

Apr

3274

Aug

30 74 Jan

3

34

Feb

17

Dec

14

Oct

12% Jan

6

13'A Jan

17

The

6% Jan

11

Thermoid

Feb

15

$2.50

12

4%

Jun

1%

Jan

5% Jan

3

Mar

35

6%
417a

Oct

36% Jan

4

7a

Jan

6

3% Jan

,177a Jan

7

Jun

20

Jan

Nov

14%

Jun

9

Mai-

34%

Jun

847a

Apr

Co

61'A

617a

607a

2,400

6174

60 74

60%

60%

60%

6074

607/a

13,800

4

Jan

6

3

5 7a Feb

5

13

42% Feb

6

3% Jan

96

Dec

38

Jan

Jan

22

Jan

3

24 7a Jan

Dec

1057a Jan

5

106 74 Feb

1474 Feb

3

16% Jan

11

Jan

25

3672 Jan

5

30

15%

157a

71%

71%

72 74

72%

73 7a

3,700

20%

21

2074

21

207a

217a

4,200

567»

55 74

567a

45'A

44

44

*44 74

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest
$ per share

NEW

Highest

$ per share

55 74

5574

557a

55%

4474

44

%

44%

12

11%

11%

1174

11%

117a

11%

16%

16%

15%

16

157a

15 7a

87t

5

8%

874

8%

8%

8%

32

*31

327a

32%

32%

13'A

32

*13

*13

1374

13

13

67a

37%

15

No par
100

Co

com__No par

No par

47s

187»

*7

4

187a

7'A

39

18 %

7 74

54V2

53 7a

96

96

96

96

4%
41%

4%
41%

397a

47a

*95

4%

23%

'105%

105%

*105%

5

14%

14%

14%

j
14% &■

No par

34%

34%

34%

35

' 24

23%

YORK

LOW

STOCK

Saturday

EXCHANGE
Par

$ per

100

6%

6 74

6%

3,600

39%

*38 7a

39

7a

3%

4

53%
*95

4%
24

210

3%
18%

1,500

53%

*94%

2,000

967a

310

47a

4%

3,500

3974

,

39%

4%
40

1,100 "

23%

23%

24

105%

1057a

105 7a

*105 7a

106

14%

14%

14%

14%

147a

15

3,900

34%

HIGH

23%

105%

35

34%

34%

34%

34%

4,700

SALE

15,600
180

PRICES

Tuesday

Wednesday

Feb.13

share

1,000

77a

537a

967a

4%
39%

39

*7

53%

10,200
700

3%

774

53 %

7a

1874

187a

*7

41

23 7a

106

AND

1374

Monday

Feb.11

$ per share

23%

9

34

672

967a

41

10

8%

3274

18

4%

40

1,200

*12%

7'A

53 74

Feb.14

Feb. 15

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

$ per share

500

15%

13 74

187B

*7

54'A

*54%

4

8%

7a

4,600

3274

32

40

*3%

1874

*7

874

*15

,

*

*12%

6%

6%

67a
39

4

4%

18'A

6

37%

No par

com

Axle

Bearing-.

2,100

44%

117a

6%

com

3,600

55%

45

1672

STOCKS

Year 1949

15%

11%

*37%

$3.75 preferred

Roller

74

11%

1

Tide Water Associated Oil

Timken-Detroit

55 74

X15

*167t

No par

preference

Timken

15 7a

70%

preferred—50

preferred
Thompson-Starrett

7

Jan

15%

717a
217a

No par

47c

$3.50

15%

71

20%

16

56

tThird Avenue Transit Corp.No par
Co (The)
1

18

15 74

71%

21'A

*44

Thomas Steel

55% Jan

15%

500

71V2

1

common

convertible

Range for Previous

$ per share

100

18 7a

127a

50c

Thompson (J R)
Thompson Products

1077a

Lowest

5%

18 7a

No par

6

94 7a Jan

34

5%
18%

*5%

1874

100

preference

conv

10

Dec

4374 Mar

*5%

18%

127a

12%

21 Vi

Fair

11

257a

Nov

$2.40

7 72 Jan

13

19

12%

5%

18%

Thatcher Glass Mfg Co common

472 Jan

40

Jun

12%

*5 7a

1874

10

preferred

19% Jan

95

102% May

*12%

5%

187a

No par

common

conv

5

Jan

Oct

12%

5%

18'A

Trust—

Ry Co

3

52

4%

Inc

$1.25

12%

5%

I8V4

___10

Oil

&

13

Dec

2-74 May

32 7a

Jan

56%

237a May
19% Jun

13%

7

40

Tetion

12%.

^5Va

certificates

Pacific

13 74 July

257a

Producing Co
Sulphur

share
&

1512%

5

Co

Sub

14

5

__25

Corp

Thursday

Friday

Sales for

Feb. 17

Feb. 16

the Week
Shares

10

Jan

16%

Dec

14% Jan

13

17% Feb

4

Transamerica

Corp

2

1774

17%

17

10

Jan

17%

17

17%

1774

Dec

1672 Jan

1774

3

19% Jan

5

17%

Transcont'l <Sz

1774

Western Air Inc

17%

177a

5

17%

1172

Jun

16 %

18

16%

18

Feb

17%

18

15% Jan

3

18

18%

18%

19 V4

No par

*1674

17

67t

Feb

9%

Dec

16%

8% Jan

13

16%

*16 7a

9%

16%

100

1

9%

98%

Feb

10874

Oct

104 74 Jan

9%

3

97a

108% Feb

9

972

9%

No par

1077a

1077a

22,000

9%

Aug

157a

Jan

10

Jan

3

127a Feb

17

197a

Jan

25%

Dec

217a Feb

16

257a Jan

6

327a

Jan

37 74

Tri-Continental Corp common
$6

preferred

Truax-Traer Coal Co

5

12

20th Century Fox Film com__No par

23

35

Feb

15

102

Jan

6

Jan

5

8 74 Jan

5

10 7a Jan

24

29 74 Jan

18

34 72 Jan

27

57c

4% Jan

3

9

Twin

Jan

1074

Nov

Jun

347a

Nov

Jun

6%

Jan

4 74

Transue & Williams Steel

H

Dec

Sop

4%
24

11

Dec

98%

103

Jan

9% Jan

3672 Jan
103

6

5

Jan

$1.50

conv

preferred

No par

$4.50

prior preferred

No par

Twin City Rap

Transit com__No par

conv

prior

Coach

Co

preferred.

50
1

35%
*102

17

*16

STOCK

CLOSED
-

35%

9%

974

1077a

*107 7a

7a

107%

12 Va

12

127a

12

12

7a

5,800

21%

22

217a

22%

21%

22%

36,800

35 74

BIRTHDAY

*102 74

103

*102 74

8%

9

*9%

8%

*31 %

32 7a

317a

357a

35

*32

31%
4%

4%

5

107

14,700

12

LINCOLN'S

103

108

'

1274

21%

■

9%

37,700

22%

12

8%
5

*16

1077a

EXCHANGE

127a
2374

17

9%

4%

35

103

*35

36

*102V4

974

97a

32 7a

31%

4%

5

107%

108

120

*35

36

*102V4

103

103 '

,600
'

974

97a

32

32 7a

32 %

220

5

4%

4%

1,700

2,400

974

1,200

U
Jun

10%

Dec

1074 Feb

39

Nov

46

Jan

10%

Feb

12%

Apr

12

8%

.7

11% Jan

42 74 Feb

6

Jan

3

13

19%

Jun

317a

Jan

26% Jan

33%

Jun

457a

Dec

42

107

Jan

94

Jan

86 7a

Jan

112

Aug

96

Nov

'

94

Aug

Jun

32%

1117a Feb

4472 Jan

11

Underwood

13 74 Jan

10

Union

29% Jan

6

13

45% Jan

2

1127a Jan

Jan

30

9074 Jan

96

Udylitc

96

Corp

Union

&

Carbide

11

Un El Co of Mo

Jan

30

Preferred

&

series

927a Feb

15

Preferred

$3.50

10

Preferred

$4

Sep

25% Feb

14

27% Jan

5

Union

82% Jan

25

88 72 Jan

9

Unicn Pacific RR Co

89%

Jan

51%

Feb

50

9

52

Feb

17

36%

Jan

3174 Jan

3

34

Feb

10

Union Tank Car

27

Dec

257b Jan

13

27% Jan

10

United

Dec

Jan

1047;

Jun

10974

Oct

1067a Jan

3

Jan

18

10 V4

Jun

14%

Oct

13% Jan

25

15% Jan

5

61%

Jan

85%

Oct

807a Feb

7

8672 Jan

47c

7

110

57o

Aircraft

42%

12%

12%

12%

1,300

28

287b

27%

28

27%

27%*

27%

28

28

2,600
18,600

43%

44

*11172

112

*96

*917a

50

84%

4%
29%

38%

Jan

34

Jan

25

37

Jan

11

United

No par

Corp
No par
Cig-Whelan' Stores com__30c

*42

*48

America

of

No par

preferred

*8

29%

Jan

Jan

17

49

Feb

17

274

Jun

3%

Oct

3 7b Feb

14

4

Jan

12

United

Jun

47 7a

Sep

447a Jan

3

49

Feb

9

4

Jan

11

$3.50 convertible preferred
100
United Corp (The) without div—1

10% Feb

17

United

3% Jan

3

3%

Jun

974

Dec

8 7b Jan

13

45

Jun

70

Dec

64% Jan

16

78

Feb

16

77c

Dyewood Corp

common

preferred

Aug

22%

Jan

16 7a Jan

4

187a Feb

11

United Electric Coal

Jun

42%

Dec

4074 Jan

13

43% Jan

12

United

x447t

Jun

55%

Dec

53 7a Jan

13

United

6074 Feb

4

19%

Dec

177b Feb

17

1974 Jan

11

Feb

26%

Dec

26 74 Jan

27

27% Feb

6

Sep

12% Jan

3

14 7a Jan

9

United Gas Corp
___'.
United Gas Improvement Co
United Merch & Mfrs Inc

Dec

20

Feb

7

24

3

United

19% Feb

7

23% Jan 12

9% Mar

19%

13%

Jun

19

Jun

26

257a

Dec

Jan

Feb

30%

Dec

Mar

102'A

Nov

101% Jan

3

105

Jan

24

Jun

17%

Jan

1574 Jan

26

17

Jan

4

U

X89 7»

Jun

1167a

Dec

110

Jan

23

9

U

175

Jan

187

Oct

1827a Jan

4

18%

6%
43

Jun

May

17%

Apr

0

27% Jan 25

3072 Jan

1207a Jan
188

U

9

Feb

10 74

Sep

8 7a Jan

3

107b Jan

46 % Jan

4

54 7a Jan

10

2674

Oct

22% Feb

16
10

U

9

U

£eb

3

U

3%

Jun

9%

Dec

8% Jan

15%

Jun

30%

Dec

28 7a Jan

9

327i Feb

1

Jan

167a

Oct

157a Jan

3

18

Feb

4

77,

Jan

8%

Apr

874 Jan

18

8% Jan

9

15

497b Jan

10

5

71% Feb

3

38

Jun

497a

Jan

4374 Feb

52%

Jan

72

Dec

70

For footnotes see




page

18

Jan

10

&

interest

Gypsum Co
preferred

S

S

Leather

Partic

U

S

472 7c
,

U

S

U

S

&

Lines

Co

&

51%

51%

52

32%
26%

33

3274

32 74

900

26%

267B

26%

7,100

*107%

109

1087a

3174

357a

35%
437a

374

307a

31

'

30%

14%

83

31

30

8

3%
*47

35

437a
3%
487a

109

100

15%

21,900

85

7B

307a
1087a
87a

*108

3574

35

35 7a

45

45

100

49

35
43

14%
*83

1,700

-

7a

*108

8%

*42 7a

3 74

487a

*108

15

83

1087a

35

437a

3%
48

143A
83

8%

3574

*417a

109

1087a

87a

35

374

*80%

110

87a

49

14%

14%
83

*108

8%

*108'A

267B

7a

-

?0%

8%

30%

2,100

1087a
8%

10

1

1,200

2,400
700

3%

3%

3%

487B

3%
*47

487B

48%

120

12,300

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

37/B

3%

3%

3%

3%

49,000

9%

9%

9%

9%

97B

10 7B

107B

1074

lO'A

10%

5,300

*72

72%

72 74

72%

74

75%

73

78

77%

78

300

18 7a

17%

187a

177a

177a

17%

17%

17

1874

3,200

41

4174

41%

4174

417a

42

42

42 7a

1,600

587a

58%

57'A

58%

567a

56

7B

56%

56

56%

11,000

10

17%

18

177a

17%

173/8

17%

1774

177a

177B

17%

26,000

13%

277a

27%

27%

28%

2874

28 7a

28 7a

28%

28 7B

28%

"

57 7s

*

10,500

1

12%

13

12%

13

13

13 7B

12%

13 7s

12%

13

8,800

1

2174

217a

207a

21 %

20%

21%

20%

217a

20%

21

16,300

21

2174

2074

217a

207a

217B

20%

21V*

20%

20%

12,800

28

28%

4,800

20

com

_5

28%
*104.
*15 7a

11574
*187

*9'A
*49

No par

23

29

2874

29

*104

104%

28

28%

*104

104%

104%

28%

28%

*104

104-%

1047a

104%

*15 7B

15%

1572

151/2

100

11572

1167a

1197a

2,900

187'A

188

40

*

*15 7a

16

11574

115%

97a
23

-

.

*15

189

974

9 74

*49

115

115

115

189

*187

189

23

9 7B

*8%

9 78

*48'A

50%

*46 74

50%

22%

50%

23

16

'*187

1177a

*187

189

50%

16

22 %

22%

22%

9

*8%
*48

22%

250

9

50%

500
.

22%

900

common

No par

*9 7a

9%

9%

9 7B

9%

6,100

class

No par

3134

31%

31%

32

3078

31%

31

31%

30%

317B

2,700

1

17%

17%

17%

17%

17%

17%

1"%

17%

177a

17%

10

*874

8%

*874

*874

87a

*8%

87a

44%

447a

44

4374

44

4374

8%
43%

*874

20

8%
44%

43 7a

43%

707a

*70

71

70

70

70

70

A

common

preferred—

Pipe

51%

32 74

7a

100

Chemicals

conv

Co

51%

267a

4174

100

preferred

Industrial

51%
x32

8

80

1874

No par

common

Hoffman Machinery

S

3,900

*40%

No par
No par

Freight Co

S

86%

1

Theatres

Foreign Securities

S

4'A%

25% Jan

11%

S

•Hc/o

11

Jan

Paramount
of

85

.

5

No par

$4.50 1st preferred

17

57

Co

Certificates

12%

94

Fruit

84%

*

5

Cos__s

Engineering & Foundry

July

18%

1
100

14%

34%
16

84 7a

110

*108

10

Corp

40'A

Dec

*30%

No par

Carton

Carbon Co
United-Carr Fastener

3%

85%

14%

Jun

Dec

84

*80%

United

37a

84%

14%

15

"

83

827a

28

40

85

14%

9 72 Jan

Dec

8,700

*80 7a

32 72 Jan

40

2674

100

1087a Feb

&

103%

267B

1087a

3

150

103%

109

3

1037a

267B

*108 7a

26

92%

103%

10

Jan

*91%

26

100

8

92%

26%

26 7

30 7b Jan

j.

7a

92

103%

33

106% Jan

92 7a

26%

51%

Oct

160

100

*103 74

26 74

Dec

43
112

*97

267B

33

Dec

42%
111%

99

103%

51%

9%

42%

1117a

*97

25%

27

common

42%
111%

99

1,200

267a

51%

preferred

43%
112

28

103%

34

31%

Biscuit

92

26%

1067a

Board

92

51%

preferred

$4.50

*91

107a

*10378

*33 74

Jun

United

*97

5

Feb

5

1117b

99

No par

Inc

42%

112

*97

preferred__50
common

Jun

19%
103

43%

*1117a

92

26

10%
.43

42%
■

99

25

Co

Lines

Air

par

*103

common

Corp

convertible

4%%

10%

42%

127a

No par

non-cumulative

United

10%

42%

12%

of California

Apr

July

10%

42%

127a

No par
No par

series

Jun

20 7o

10%
43

12%

No par

series

7374
30%

107a
42%

12%

No par

Carbon

103% Feb

Oil

10%
43

12%

pfd $4.50 ser__No

$3.70

24

103

10%
42 3A

12%

Co

Paper Corp

48

•

Rubber

30

-

10%
42%

5

Corp

Asbestos

Union Bag &

9

__1
No par

iThe)___

Jan

—

25 7a

Jan

20

Foundry

Playing Card Co

Co

10

*70

9

%

9%

.

-

9

97a

9%

*69%

71

5,600
4,600
200

17

18

COMMERCIAL

THE

(766)

STOCKS

Range for Previous
Year 1949

Lowest
$ per

Highest
$ per

share

19 s/8 May

112j/4

Jun

33%

Oct

29% Jan

3

44% Feb

Jan

126% Jan

18

132% Feb

15

Apr

37% Jan

13

40% Jan

20

Oct

20 Va

Jun

26%

129%

Jun

Jan

18'%

Jan

22

38%

Jan

44 Va

72

Mar

30% Feb

6

4

142% Feb

11

Jan

4

21% Feb

3

41% Jan

5

43

Jan

11

Nov

21

5% Jan

26

5% Jan

10% Feb

9

11% Jan

7%

10

Feb

6'A

8 '%

Jun

11%

Nov

Apr

92

Dec

Jun

4

Jan

Jan

•4% Jan

Oct
Jan

15

Jan

3

4% Feb

11

27%

12%

Jun

17 Va

3%

Feb

9>%

Sep

19%

Jan

25 Va

Sep

23

Jan

25

x25

Jun

161

169% Feb

10%

38

CLOSED

preferred

convertible

No par

*97%
3%

2

21%

*15%

15"%

1

4%

4%

4%

9

Universal Leaf Tobacco com__No par

*23%

Jan

Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp

8%

17

Jan

16

Feb

12%

Dec

10% Feb

14

11% Feb

2

64

Dec

58% Feb

11

61% Jan

27

Apr

20'A Feb

Laboratories

Inc

100

preferred

4%%

*165

98%

94,000
1,400

29%

141%

142

21%

21%

21%

21%

42%

42%

*42 J/4

43%

170

*5%

5%

*5%

5%

1,100

10%

10%

10%

10%

3,100

97 %

•

97%

*96

1,800

98'A

200

3%

5,200

3%

3%
*25'/4

27

*25'A

27

15%

*15%

15%

*15%

15%

*15'A

15%

100

-|4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

5 J/4

5,500

23%

■

23%

23%

*23 %

168

"165

168

200

30%

29%
142

26%

1

►165

168

10%

10%

10%

10%

10%

10%

58%

58%

58%

58%

58%

58%

20%

20%

20%

21

21

21

3%

3%

24

100

400

24

23%

169%

20

10'A

10%

10%

5,800

58%

*57%

58%

50

169%

168

168

1

preferred

2,000

3%

100

Universal Pictures Co Inc com

610

38'A
68'%

*25%

3%

23%

24

131%

38
*67

25

15%

Universal

131

11,700

67%

29%

10%

*97%

43%

38'A

142

21%

97%

25

9

29%

43 Va
\ 5%

3%

3%
26

4,500

95

43

67%

141%

10%

Shares

38%
■■r

10%

the Week

27 Va

*92'/a

130 J/4

xl30

68

5%

97%

100

38%

21%

10%

*25

—50

132%

*42%

5%

1

convertible preferred

4%

43%

29%

43

5%

27 Va

95

141%

21%

Feb. 17

$ per share

27%

*92%
X42 Va

37%

30%

43

BIRTHDAY

27%

95

*67

142

341%

27

44%

for

Sales

Friday

Feb.16

131%

67%

29%
LINCOLN'S

Thursday
$ per share

42%

38%

67%

EXCHANGE

10%

United Wall Paper Inc common

*92%

131%

131

STOCK

26%

95

43%

42%

11

Jan

170

*5%

Stockyards Corp

27

26%
*92%

Jan

7

Mar

$ per share

5% Jan

16

43%

156

f per share

$ per share

21%

42 %

1

$6

9

Feb

*21%

United Stores $4.20 non-c 2d pfd—5

11

27% Jan

100

3

3% Feb
25

Feb. 15

42%
5%

non-cumulative

7%

26

7
14

Jan

95

Feb

No par

U S Tobacco Co common

United

PRICES

Wednesday

44

preferred__25

preferred

SALE

Feb. 14

26%
95

No par
100

U S Steel Corp common

5

4%

2%

13

Jan

100
50
50

non-cum

U S Smelting

21

2

25% Jan

Sep
Nov

80

67% Jan

66% Feb
139

43%

HIGH

AND

Tuesday

Feb. 13

131% 131%
38%
38'%
*66%
67%
29 %
30%
142% 142%

1st preferred
Ref & Min com
preferred

8%

26%
*92Va

10

preferred series A

U S Rubber Co common

7%

LOW

Monday, February 20, 1950

Monday

$ per share

1
100

Plywood Corp common

3%%

Dec

140%

21

U S

10

CHRONICLE

■ ■

Feb. 11

Par

3

37% Jan

62

+1 •

Saturday
r

$ per share

24% Jan 25

Jan

46%

'*

EXCHANGE

Nov

133

31% Aug

Dec

93 Va
43

Apr

i per share

share

30
1

82

>

STOCK

YORK

NEW

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest
Highest

FINANCIAL

&

10%
*58

V
Jun

25 J/2

14

23'A Jan

11

Vanadium Corp

7%

Nov

11% May

9

Jan

3

10% Jan

12

Van

Norman

20 y8

Jun

27

Nov

26

Jan

3

28'% Feb

6

Van

Raalte Co

10

Feb

13% Jan

12% Jan

3

14% Jan

9

Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Co__6% >

20

Jan

25

Oct

20% Jan 26

22'% Feb

15

Vick Chemical Co

2.50

<

85% Mar

97

Dec

98

10

98'% Jan

17

Vieks Shreve & Pacific Ry com—100

s

17

85%
91

Jun

82%

ll'A

98% Feb
49% Feb

10

45

Jan

27

99

Jan

10

Jan

23
11

Va-Carolina Chemical com

Jan

27

96% Jan

11

18% Jan

18

15%

Jan

20

Dec

Jun

118

Feb

115

Jan

14%

Jan

23 % July

20

Jail

17

26

Dec

32 Va

Jan

27'A Jan 26

28

Nov

33 %

Apr

29

25%

Jun

19% Jan

18

117

3%%
6%

3

Jan

10

22% Feb

7

Jan

12

30

preferred

13%

13%

13%

:>
■■

*99
7%

19%
*115%
*21%

-■

Feb

8

Visking Corp (The)

25
25
5

Api

28

Jan

11

29'% Jan

17

Vulcan

20

*29%
-.*29%
" 37
*28%

Apr

31'A Jan

11

32

Jan

30

7%

20

*32%

Jan

55% Feb

11

57% Jan

30

Wabash RR 4%%

13% Feb
30% Jan

7

14% Jan

10

Waldorf

17

32% Feb

3

Jan

33% Oct
32

60%

13

31% Jan

30%

30

Mar

45

Jun

12

Jun

14%

Sep

25%

Jun

31%

Nov

30% Feb
37

3

17

Detinning Co common

preferred

•

•

99%

*97

*97

7%

*81%

83

22%

X21%

99%

■*97 Va

101

;

47

19%

13%

13%

6,300

22%

2,700

22

;<

*97'A

101

99%
101

*97

47

47 y8

46%

46%

100

-

100%

*99'%

100%

20

7'A

7%

7%

3,800

82'A

*81%

7%

81%

1,700
1,100

22%
99%

*97

100

7

9%
26%

13%

47

100

7%

13'%

7'%

82%

82%

19%

19%

19'%

19%

115%

115%

115%

115'%

115%

*21%

22%

*21%

30'A

29%

29%-.

■(29%

29%

29%

29%

29%

29%

36%

37

36%

-

22

22
-

29%

29%

/

40
180

22

29%

29%

.

29,400

116

*21

22

300

19%

*115%

22%

19%

2,000

83

19%

115%

19%
116

1,700

9%

*25%

9%
26

13%

21

21

21

9%
26

*99

48%

*99

7%

22%
*97'A

■

101

48%

49

100

82%

*81

25

*97

101

21

10

26%

i3 %

22 ye

21%

21%
99%

*97
-*48%

>

div partic

Virginian Ry Co common
6% preferred

*26

*97

No par

pfd

10

26%

.*21%

100

Va Iron Coal & Coke 4%

10%

26

13%

-

preferred
100
Virginia Elec & Power Co com—10
$5 preferred
100

79

113%

23% Mar

Victor Chemical Works common___5

Jan

8% Jan

101

10

27%

*10%

>

10

non-cumulative preferred—100

10%'

27%

2.50

Inc

6% Jan 27

Jan

118

Jun

10

Dec

100

Jun *

5

Jan

98

5%

6

Dec

47

Jan

33%

Dec

98

Jan

Jan

of America—No par,

Co

29%

1,000

29%

29%

30%

1,800

37

37

37

37

37

1,700

*28'%

29'A

*28'%

29%

28'%

28%

29%

29%

34

*32'A

34

*32'A

34

*32'A

34

55%

*55%

56%

*55%

.30
37
29

4

,

30

34

*32'A

W

101

Oct

33

103

Jan

11

105% Feb

17

Dec

105%

May

21% Jun

31

Jan

13

34% Feb

14

7% Jan

4

9% Jan

10

Walworth

S%

Jan

Xl2

Jun

17%

Dec

16

Jan

3

x87%

Jun

101 Va

Dec

97

Jan

16

9%

Jan

16%

Dec

13% Feb

18%

Jun

30%

Dec

29% Jan

6%

Jun

19% Feb

1

Jan

21

14

16% Jan

24

3

38% Feb

6

Warren

Warren

102

14

Jun

22%

Jan

15% Feb

14

18% Jan

55%

57%

*55%

57%

57%

*14'%

14%

14%

14%

14%

14%

14%

14%

*14%

14%

500

*31

31%

31'A

31%

*31%

31%

31%

31%

31%

31%

400

*104%

105 Va

104%

105'A

33%

33%

33%

7,200

8%

8'/e

8%

5,000

Jun

25%

Dec

24% Jan

28

25% Feb

No par
100
No par
No par

Co

8%

104%

105J/2

105%
3

33%

34

*104%
x33

4'A
8%

8

8%

105%

33

33%

8%

8 %

8%

18%

18%

18%

18%

19 '/e

100%

100%

100 Va

100%

*100%

100%

340

Mi/a

14%

13 "4

14%

13%

14%

13%

14'/8

13%

14%

43,200

No par

35%

36%

34%

35'A

35

36%

36

36

36

37%

3,300

18%
101

3

16

25

18%
100

18%

18%

19

100

100

15%

15%

15%

15%

16

16'%

9.600

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

'500

13%

13%

*13%

14

13%

13%

13%

13%

*20%

25%

21'A

*20%

21

16

*25

11%

Jun

14%

Sep

13% Feb

14

15% Jan

9

16%

Feb

24%

Dec

21

Feb

10

24

Jan

11

11%

Apr

17%

Nov

14

Feb

14

16% Jan

7

3%

Jan

6%

Oct

Webster

5

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

27%

Jan

13

6% Jan
27% Jan

12

Jun

5% Jan
24% Jan

3

Xl9%

12

Wesson Oil & Snowdrift com_'__2.50

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

25%

July

84%

Dec

84

Jan

5

85% Feb

8

No par

84%

84 Va

84%

85

84

84

84%

85

Jun

23 Va

Jan

20% Jan

3

23% Jan

18

1

*22%

22%

22 "2

22%

21%

22

20%

21%

\

78

16%

Oct

.

Wayne Pump Co

*13%

14

*20%

21%

14%

1
Inc

Tobacco

$4 convertible preferred
West Indies Sugar Corp

19% Jan

13

22% Feb

16

West

Kentucky Coal Co

Dec

23% Jan

13

26% Feb

10

West

Penn

Electric Co com__No par

107

Apr

115

Nov

111% Jan

18

113% Feb

7

West

Penn

Power

104%

Sep

108%

Jan

109% Feb

7

109% Feb

7

108

Dec

107% Jan

13

Jan

7

16%

14%

22%

5

__5

Co

Wayne Knitting Mills

Sep

25%

Jan

101% May

12%

17% Jan
50% Dec

Dec

35%

Jun

104

103 %

May

Jan

108%

15% Feb

Jan

25

51

Jan

108

Jan

4

110

Feb

14

4

West Va

4%%

5

*

Range Since Jan. 1
Lowest

Highest

Feb

$ per share

8%

Highest

■■$ per share

Dec

7% Jan

13

9% Jan

Dec

16

44% Feb

3

Deo

16

Jan

3

18% Jan

26

21

Sep

33 %

Dec

31

Jan

3

35 % Jan

26

20

Jun

30

Jan

28

Jan

3

33% Feb

9

Jun

70 %

Nov

66% Jan

3

Jan

18

24

Dec

19% Jan

13

23% Jan

4

34%

Jan

25% Jan

3

27% Feb

21% Jun

x39% Feb

73

Air Lines Inc

Western

Western Auto Supply Co

4%

non-cum

Western Pacific RR

t per share

31%

31%

31

3 2'A

32

32

32'A

32%

900

*32

32%

33

*31%

33'A

STOCK

*32%

33%

EXCHANGE
CLOSED

12%

32;%

32%

100

*104%

Jun

Jan

22% Feb

16

26% Jan

6

Weston Electric Instrument

12.50

*22%

5

Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry
100
Wheeling Steel Corp com
—No par
$5 conv prior preference
No par

Jan

12

23% Mar

17

12 %

Jun

16%

Dec

15% Jan

25

16% Jan

5

18%

Jan

32%

36% Jan

28%

Feb

31

Jan

4

Dec

33% Jan

12

34

Jan

9

White Sewing Machine
Prior preference

Dec

12% Feb

15

14% Feb

3

Jun

7%

Jan

5% Jan

3

6% Jan

11

Jun

57%

Dec

51% Jan

26

55% Jan

5

31

Willys-Overland Motors
$4.50

conv

common

common

pfd series A

Wilson & Co Inc

Jun

12%

Dec

13% Jan

Jun

79%

Nov

12% Jan
77% Jan

4

70

5

81

Feb

9

10

Jun

13%

Jan

10% Jan

6

11% Jan

11

Wisconsin Elec Power Co

Dec

19"% Jan

3

22% Jan

Jan

140

Nov

139% Jan

31

141

Jan

11

22

Jun

35

Nov

32% Jan

10

34

Jan

44

Sep

49% July

Jan

3

51

Feb

14%

21%

Jan

48

6%

4

Woodward

Woolworth

200

21%

20%

20%

20%

21'A

20%

21%

9,000

27

27

27%

27'/a

27%

27 Va

27 Va

9,500
37,500

31%

32%

*104%

105'/a

22%

23

*109

Iron

31%
105

*22%

23

114

*109

31%

114

32%

32%

105%

*104%

105%

100

22%

23%

32%

*1041%

31%
105

22%

23'A

24%

1,000

*109

112

*110

114

44%

45%-'

44

35%

85%

2,700

43%

45

44'A

85

86

85 Va

86

*30%

31%

30%

31

30%

31

31

31

31%

33

1,700

*15%

16

15%

15%

15%

15%

15'A

15%

15'A

15%

2,000

35

35%

34%

35'A

34%

35

*33%

34%

*33%

34

13 Va

13'/a

12%

5%

l

*33%
12%

12%

34

5%

5%

5%
53%

5%
54

34

12%

-

•

34%

180

85%

35%

-

-

5,200

34

*33%

12%

12%

1,400

6'A

5%

6'/a

25,700

54'A

51%

53%

1,300

13'A

7,200

'

12%

13

13

*80%

*10%

*80

82

10%

10%
22

22%

22

*138%

143

12%

13

*80

82

10%

10%'
22%

22'/a
143

*138%

13

12%

13'A

13

■

82

*80

82

*80

82

10%

*10%

10%

*10%

10%

400

22%

4.000

22%

22 Vb

143

*138%
*331/4

33%

33'A

33'A

33%

49%

49%

48%

49%

49%

*138'/a

33%

10

Co

12%

54%

10

Cc

*33"%

6'A

52%

100

(F W)

44

*85'/a

12%

52%

55/a
52

52

10

com

35

35

1

44%

'

86

No par
lo

preferred

3

v.:

63%

45%

45%

No par

common

$4.25 preferred

20

128

*67 Va

*85?

No par

Wilson-Jones Co

8%

68%

20

Wilcox Oil Co

4%

67'A

5

Dec

X42%

68%

20

(The S S)

34

9

700

32'A

*68

1

White Dental Mfg
White Motor Co

14 %

7% May

33

32'A
*68%

26%

114

*109

'

33'/a

20%

■■■•

105%

21%

,

68%

32%
-

BIRTHDAY

No par

Westinghouse Electric com
3.80% preferred series B

Feb

2,500

11,300
16,200

Westinghouse Air Brake

86

9'A
18%

5

49% Jan

Shares

8%

8%

8Va

17'A

8

33

8%

40%

Jan

3

Sales for

the Week

$ per share

share

17%

105% Feb

14

Feb. Hi

40%

6

13

8

8%

Friday
Feb. 17

Thursday

$ per

share

17'/a

13

Jan

$ per

X39%

LINCOLN'S

30% Jan

>

17%

27%

81

PRICES

160

:

41

26%

43% Feb

HIGH SALE

1

16%

4

Jan

AND

Feb. 15

21%

Dec

109%

Wednesday

21%

Jan

109%

Feb. 14

*67%

89 %

llO'/a

Tuesday

100

32%

*109%

110%

40%

30% Jan

48%

1,100

41%

103% Jan

Jun

2,700

48%

Feb. 13

Western Union Teleg class A_No par

July

15%

48%

17'A

Dec

71

14%

48%

16%

Aug

29%

14%

48%

Monday

68%

Dec

14'A

40%

33

115

10

14%
49

14'%

—-

41'%

104

Mar

108%

17%

Feb

102

*108'/a

40 y2

98%

26%

108 Va

*109%

20% May

33

*108'%

110

No par

com

108%

109%

100

Preferred series A

100

*108%

41%

100

2nd preferred

15,100

112%

17

10

Western Maryland Ry com

26%

26

112%

108%

110%

8 %

21%

26%

112%

109%

*48'A

8%

3,800
18,900

*109

14%

8%

21%
22%

109%

49

1

^

200

21
'

*109

14%

$ per share

2,600
2,100

85

109%

48%

t per share

5%
25%

*109

14%

LOW

5%

109%

49%

Feh. 11

1,700

25%

*84%

22%

21%

112%

700

15%

15

14%

26

26%

112%

*109%

Par

5

16%

May

108%

22%

25%

14%
.

Saturday

t per share

41%

13

T09

14%

21

*20

21

*20

14%

112%

26%
113

49%

5

EXCHANGE

Feb

53%

108%

STOCK

NEW YORK

32% May
8%

109%

*108%

113

STOCKS

Year 1949

$ per share

26

26%

21'A

21 %

20%

20%
113

*109

Pulp & Paper com—No par
preferred
100

Range for Previous
Lowest

26%

14 "4

14

14

14'A

*112%

100
100
100

preferred series B
4.10% preferred series C
West Virginia Coal & Coke

3

13% Jan

pfd

4.20%

17

46

24%

4

4 Va %

6,800

25%

15 'A

16%

No par

Corp

Washington Gas Light Co
Waukesha Motor

50

5

Foundry & Pipe
Petroleum

33%

1

Warner Bros Pictures

15

*104%

100

Baking Co common
preferred

5 %%

9

23 %

Ward

300

57%

100

—No par

preferred

System

Walgreen Co common
4% preferred
Walker (Hiram) G & W

50

22%
143

22'/4

*138%

143

*331/2

33%

33%

34

1,000

49%

49%

49%

50

8,30C

19%

6,400

72'%

15C

Worthington Pump & Machinery
Dec

17

13

19% Jan

20

Feb

72

Oct

69% Jan

9

72% Jan

24

Prior preferred

65

Jun

76

Nov

74

Jan

4

79 Va Jan

19

Prior

68

Feb

89

Dec

85

Jan

7

89

Jan

9

66

Feb

82

Dec

80

Jan

25

82

Jan

6

Oct

10%-Feb

16

13% Jan

28

11%
X59%

8%

18%

Jun

12%

Feb

Jan

Common

series

100

18%

18%

18'%

18%

18%

71»A

*71

72

*71%

72%

71%

72

*76%

No par

4%%

pfd 4%% conv series
100
Wright Aeronautical
No par
Wrigley (Wm) Jr (Del)
No par
Wyandotte Worsted Co
5

78

*77

78

78'%

79

78%

78%

78%

79

*84

86

85

87

85'%

85%

*85

86

85'%

85 %

81

81

81

*81%

82

X81%

82

81%

82

2,30C

12%

ll%

12

11%

11%

10%

11%

11%

11%

4,000

29%

29%

30

29%

29%

29%

29%

29%

29%

5.000

10%

10%

10%

10%

11

10%

11

10%

11

4,600

18%
71,%

„

.-J
I
.<

81.
*12

18%

18%

18%

*71'%

190

9C

A

8

Jun

30%

Dec

27

Jan

13

Jun

19%

12%

Jan

10% Feb

10

40

Jan

31

Feb

9
9
9

Y8le

23

30

Feb

12% Feb

14

&

Towne

Mfg Co

25

York Corp common

3

30% May

39%

Jan

Jan

6

16%

Jun

28%

Nov

26'% Jan

4

53%

Jun

77%

Dec

72% Jan

13,

80% Feb

10%

Jun

14%

Jan

11% Jan

3

15'A Feb

20% July

33%

Dec

31% Jan

13

52% Feb

14

Zenith

Feb

4%

Oct

4% Jan

6

5% Jan

23

1

Zoftite Products Corp

3%

•Bid

dividend.

and
y

asked

prices;

37

no

Ex-rights.




•

sales

on

this day.

„

4'%% convertible preferred
50
Young (L A) Spring & Wire_No par
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
No par
Youngstown Steel Door
No par

Radio Corp

tin receivership,

or

petition

No par

*29%

1

10%

38%

38%

38%

*37%

38%

38

30%

30 Va

30%

30%

30%

3C%

30%

30%

78%

78%

78

79'A

78%

79%

77%

78 Va

78

79

14%

(

*38%

30%

14%

14%

14%

14%

15%

14%

14%

14%

14%

3,300

47%

49%

48%

52%

49%

51%

48 %

49%

48 '/a

57,600

5%

5'/a

5%

5%

5 J/a

5%

5%

5%

5%

9,000

__1

has

been

filed

200

*38'A

38

*30'A

■

39

for

company's

reorganization,

a

Deferred delivery,

r Cash sale,

s

Special sales,

46

5%

.

500

13,000

wd When distributed, x Ex-

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

Bond Record
italic letters In

the

headed

column

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

(767.)

New York Stock

«»
FRIDAY

The

&

WEEKLY

each

case

Exchange

YEARLY

Period"

"Interest

Indicate in

Figures after decimal point represent

one

or

bonds mature.

month when the

the

32d of

more

point.

a

LOW

Range for Previous

GOVERNMENT

Year 1949
Lowest

Range Since Jan. 1

Highest

Lowest

103.28

Dec

103.28

Jan

108.13

Highest

BONDS

Jan

Treasury

*103.13

HIGH

SALE

Tuesday
Feb. 14

Thursday

Feb. 15

Low

High

PRICES

Wednesday

Feb. 13

Feb. II'
Low

AND

Monday

Saturday

YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE

Dec

108.13

NEW

Low

High

Friday

Feb. 16
Low

High
103.14

103.12

103.15

*103.13

103.15

Low

High

♦103.11

102.31

103.13

102.31

*103.11

103.13

3s
2%s
2%s

1955-1960

*108.28

108.31

*108.27

108.30

108.27

108.30

*108.27

108.30

*108.27

108.29

.1951-1954

*102.14

102.16

*102.14

102.16

102.14

102.16

*102.14

102.16

*102.14

102.16

2%s

1956-1959

*110.11

110.14

*110.11

110.14

110.10

110.13

•110.10

110.13

*110.10

110.12

Treasury
Treasury
Treasury

2%s
2%a

1958-1963

*111.22

111.25

*111.22

111.25

111.21

111.24

*111.21

*111.21

111.23

1960-1965

*113.22

113.25

*113.22

113.25

113.22

113.25

*113.23

113.26

*113.23

113.25

2% a.

1950-1952

*101.1

101.3

*101.1

101.3

101.1

101.3

*101.1

101.3

•101.1

101.3

Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury

2%

1952-1954

*102.13

102.15

STOCK

*102.12

102.14

102.12

102.14

*102.12

102.14

*102.12

102.14

*105.18

105.20

EXCHANGE

*105.18

105.20

105.15

105.17

♦105.15

105.17

CLOSED

♦104.-25

104.27

104.25

104.27

♦104.25

104.27

*104.24

104.26

*104.9

104.11

104.9

104.11

*104.8

104.10

♦104.7

104.9

Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury

2%s__
2 "6 s

Treasury
•'Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
^Treasury
Treasury

2V4S—
2y<s_.
2 Vis
2%a

Jan

104.9

Feb

104.9

Feb

102.1

Mar

104.15

Oct

103.8

July

103.8

T-

rr>-

-

;

July
..

101.12

Feb

101.13

Jun

101.7

Feb

103.2

Aug

100.18

Jan

.103.19

Dec
—;

100.28

Jun

102.30

Feb

100.13

Jan

100.17

103

Feb:

101.8

Aug

105.4

.

Aug

102.30

Jan

Sep

102.18 Feb

1

101.3

-

Jun

102.15 Jan

3l

101.8

1

103.9

9

Jan

Jan

101.18

102.18 Feb

Feb

Feb

—

■

••

98.24

Jan

101.3

Dec

101

Jan

18

101

Jan

Jan

103.16

Dec

103.7

Feb

16

103.18 Jan

r

asked

and

Registered

bond

price.

No

sales

transacted

this

—1963-1968

2%s
2%s

JCalled

New York Stock

Exchange

Period

Last

103.31.

103.28

103.30

*102.28

103.30

♦103.26

103.28

BIRTHDAY

♦103.24

103.26'

103.23

103.25

*102.23

103.25

*103.21

103.23

*103.19

103.21

103.19

103.21

*103.18

103.20

*105.1.7

103.19

103.20

103.17

*103.23

103.25

103.22

*103.18

103.20

♦103

103.2

1966-1971
Jun

1967-1972

Sep

1967-1972

—_Dec

1967-1972

-

_

A *105.4
*

*103

j

103.17

103.19

*103.16

103.18

♦103.15

103.2

103

103.2

*102.31

103.1

•102.30

105.6

*105.5-

105.7

105.2

105.4

♦105.2

105.4

♦105.1

*103—

103.2

103

103.2

*102.31

103.1

♦102.30

103

*102.14

1 02.16

102.14

102.16

♦102.14

102.16

•102.14

102.16

♦102.2

102.4

102.2

102.4

♦102.3

102.5

*102.3

102.5

*105.2

105.5

105.2

105.5

*105.2

105.5

*105.3

105.5

*104.18

104.20

£*102.17 "102.19

1951-1953

*102.14

2%$-.

1952-1955

*102.3

102.5

1954-1956

*105.3

105.6

*103.18
r*103 V

102.16

-

.

'

104.14

104.16

♦104.14

104.16

*104.14

1 04.16

102.17

102.19

♦102.16

102.18

*102.15

102.18

102.16

102.14

102.16

•102.14

102.16

•102.13

102.15

100.10

*100.9

100.11

100.7

100.9

•100.7

100.9

*100.7

100.9

100.21

*100.20

100.22

100.19

100.21

♦100.19

100.21

*100.19

100.21

*101.7

101.9

♦101.6

101.8

101.5

101.7

♦101.6

101.8

*101.6

101.8

104.20

1959-1962

*•.*102.17

102.19

.—Dec

1959-1962

*102.14

Sep 1950-1952

2s

-

Mar 1950-1952

2s

1951-1953

2s

■A *100.8

102.16,

•

•101.12

101.14

*101.12

101.14

101.12

101.14

Jun

1952-1954

*101.18

101.20

*101.17

101.19

101.16

101.18

♦101.17

101.19

*101.17

101.19

2s

Dec

1952-1954

*101.27

101.29

*101.26

101.28

101.26

101.28

♦101.26

101.28

*101.27

101.29

1953-1955

*103.12

103.15

*103.11

103.14

103.11

103.14

♦103.11

L03.14

•103.11

103.14

1950

*100.10

100.12

*100.9

100.11

100.9

100.11

♦100.9

100.11

*100.9

100.11

*101

101.2

*101

103.12

*103.8

103,8

103.12

1951-1955

2s

IV38
Bank

for

3s

1972

redemption:

Friday's

*101.12

Treasury

2s

FOR

;

*103.8

March' 1950-52,'

WEEK

ENDED

March

Bid & Asked

High

Bonds

FEBRUARY

Range Since

*101

103.8

103.8

103.7

Sold

Jan. I

No.

Low

Interest

108%

or
-

Range
Friday's

Bid & Asked
Low

High

10333

3%s series No.

June-Dec

15-

Odd lot transaction

Range Since

Sold

Jan

No.

Low

65%

66

June-Dec

—

Bonds

High

*64%

June-Dec

17

.

1

High

64%

65

65

66

64%

65

67

67

70

70

65%

66

*66

66

3

'

3%s series No. 18

June-Dec

3%s series No. 19

June-Dec

3%s series No. 20

June-Dec

65%
65 Va

*
:

June-Dec

3 Vis series No. 21

,

*64%
*64%

"

—.

66 %

70

June-Dec

*64%

June-Dec

*64 Va

3%s series No. 24

June-Dec

3%s series No. 25_

June-Dec

3%s series No. 26

■— —

June-Dec

5

■

—

—

——

63 Va

64%

64

66

——

'

*66 Va

*64 Va

June-Dec

3Vis series No. 28

—-

June-Dec

3%s series No. 27

--

■

70

3%s series No. 22
3%s series No. 23

Foreign Securities

a

15,000

Week's

Last
le Price

Period

New York Stock Exchange

3%s series No. 16

29

103.7

17

BONDS

Transit Unification Issue—

109?» 109%

101.14

*101.12

International Bank 2V4S 1957, Feb. 17 1950 at 101.

100,

at

15

*101

103.12

Friday
,

101.14

for

3%s series No.

June-Dec

'

2s

City

3% Corporate Stock 1980

103

♦102.14-

*104.18

——Jan

2s

-

*100.20

^1956-1959

_

_

-

—-

105.3

103.2

2^8—

Low
New York

*103.29

Week's Range
or

Sale Price

LINCOLN'S

*103.20

RANGE

Friday
Interest

103.31

1964-1969

transaction.

BONDS

*103.29

1964-1969

1965-1970

_

25-year

day.

104.27.

104.11

__Dec

2%s
2%s_

105.17

*105.15

*104.25

Jon

2%«

111.24

*104.9

.

•

Reconstruction St Development f 10-year 2y«s
1957

9

♦Bid

1956-1958
-1962-1967

2%s

International

18

99.11

1951-1958

2%a
2%»

Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury

—

101.13

the Week

Bonds ($)

High

Treasury
Treasury

110.23 Mar

Jan

Sales for

Feb. 17
Low

High

Treasury
110.23 Mar

19

66

*64 Va

■

—

65%

*64%

mmmJ'

66

--

64%

64 Va

65

65

'

3%s series No. 29

June-Dec

3%s series No. 30

Wertheim & Co.
Telephone

Members

REctor 2-2300

120

New

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Sinking fund gold 6s 1950

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NY

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SECURITIES

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due

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reduced

98

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to

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FEBRUARY

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WEEK ENDED

FOR

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3'4s

1987

Volume

Number 4883

171

THE

COMMERCIAL

&

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE

21

(769)

NEW YORK BOND RECORD
RANGE

Friday
BONDS
New York Stock

Interest

Exchange

Period

Week's

Last

or

tie Price

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—

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Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

&

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE

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23

(771)

NEW YORK BOND RECORD
RANGE

Friday

BONDS
New York Stock

Public
3s

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Exchange

Last

Period

or

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1963
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and

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23/«s

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101% 101%
107% 109

—

2%s

5

100 ^

88%

—

deposit

Power

59 /a
104%

55

^

Mar-Sept

1958

first

63
2

101%

—

•

106 %

57

53

2014

105

106/4

3

102% 103%

,0®

104%

—

,a

106

10®.

--

63

58

'

62

52
101

103

105/a

1

:

*104% 105%
106% 106%

103%

1973

3s

50,8
101

—

*105% 106%

—

106 4

102_a

'

—

1952_April-Oct

i

debentures

103 /a

*102% 103

—

Jan-July
Jan-July

8

—June-Dec

estate

2%s

Public

102

51

—

—

—

May -Nov
Jan-July

2361

general 4s 1949
Certificates of deposit

Wisconsin

101 <%

73Va

1

103% 103%

—

Jan-July
1979—May-Nov

1974—

1971

Wisconsin Electric

101%

V3
100

91

June-Dec

1951

first

mortgage

2
4

Mar-Sept

5s

ACertificates

1033/4

77

102

91

2000—Feb-Aug
1970—Feb-Aug

guaranteed

§ ASu & Du div and term

98%

101 Vi

A

1960

Co

78V4

77

102 ;

April-Oct

1950

SAFirst

105

104

gtd

mortgage 3%s series D 1967
&

First
104 Vi

3%s

series

Winston-Salem S B first 4s 1960
J Wisconsin Central Ry—

50

104 Vi

3s

4s

convertible

First

Wilson

78V4

100% 101

__

100%

May-ZVoo
1976—May-Nov

1970

Wheeling & Lake Erie RR 2%s A
Wheeling Steel 3%s series C 1970

4

106

9

__

gold

2%s

3%s

debentures

2.65s

•t •

v

5

105% 106%

5s

'

—

April

Westinghouse Electric Corp—

120%
96

gold

30-year

96%

27

gtd

3%s

and real

25-year

90%

95

April
April

1991

registered 2361

Funding

95%

88%

96

Jan

3>/4S

Western Pacific 4V2S income A
Western Union Telegraph Co—

103Vi

88%

B

1981—

Maryland first mortgage 4s
Gen mtge 4%s~4s series A 1969-

98%

55

Jan

series

3%s

Electric

Penn

103Vi

98 Vi
95 V4

101 Vi 101%

--

107%

3

107%

Y

Jan-July

*122%

April-Oct

May-Nov

105%

119%

104% 104%
105% 106

1985-Jan-JuZy

105%

99 Va

119 Va

Electric Light & Power 28/bS

Deferred

a

delivery

sale

year's

range,

34

104

105

included

20

100 % 100%

99%

June-Dec

ser

98%

90

May-Nov

3>/4S

stamped

mortgage

4s

103Vi

48

1970.ApriZ-Oct
1990_ApriZ-Oct

2000

98 >4

"5

91%

105

103 Va

April-Oct

Western

>

100

*107

Orleans RR—

and

First

Texas

New

97%

—...

mortgage

Penn

Yonkers

and

96%

*102

1975—Mar-Sept
1978—Mar-Sept

T
Refund

103 Va

7

97%

91%

May-Nov

April-Oct

(subordinated)

first

West

Terminal RR Assn of St LouisRefund

105

96
102 %

.

Terminal

83

60

93%:

RR

West

101%

*104

103%

1
4

*98% 100%

102)

•

General

102% 103 Vi

May-Nov

20

96%

—

1955—Feb-Aug

E

ser

debentures

conv

Ltg 5s

West

101% 101 Vi

103 Vi

Co

Baking Co—

Westchester

107

101 Vi

79 Vi

*107%

Jan-July
Jan-July

1972

106

104

114% 115%

97%

A

1957

1958

4>/4s

Washington

99 Va

"

April

at

mtge

income

General

104%

1C3

(N J) debentures 2%s
1971—May-Nov
2%s debentures 1974
Jan-July
Sunray Oil Corp 2%s debentures 1966

2

5s

and ref

5%s debentures

103

93%

106%

103%

97%

Mar-Sept

mortgage 3V4s series B 1971
(HiramI G & W 2%s debs 1966

Walker

124

*87%

1966—Feb-Augf

Standard Oil

98%
124

5

V

102%

96%

^

mtge

Warren

*95

95

3

103% 103 %

Apn'Z-Oct

mtge 3s series F
debentures 1963

(Mar

4s income

Walworth

99%

102%
25

28

97 Vi

May-Nov

first

lien

First

60

94

April-Oct
ApriZ-Oct
April-Oct

1983

ASpokane Internat

refund

mtge

Ward
99

*100

Jan-July
Jan-July
1985—April-Oct

1951

98 Vi

106%

100

1996

5s

4s

98 Vi

7

20

99%

79'%

115

105

102% 102%

—

104 >4

W

82 Vi

II

*104

Jan-July
Jan-July
Jan-July

110%
103 %

0

Wabash RR Co—

101%

75%

101% 101%

97 Vi

B

„

106

100

110
303

5

104% 104%

Co—

mtge 2%s

Gen

100%

98Vi

99 Vi

1986—....Jan-July

mortgage 2%s series F 1996
mortgage 2 Vis series G 1961
Southern Ry first consol
gold 5s 1994

104%

*123% 124 Vi
106%

(

110%

104% 104%

June-Dec

1959

101

54

99Vi

*103

May-Nov

First

101 Va

106

59

Fran Term 1st mtge 3%s ser A
1975_June-Dec
Southern Pacific RR Co—
First mortgage 2%s series E
First

99 Vi
105 Vi

178

81

99 Vi

May-Nov

1981

refund

consolidated

First

8

100% 100%

9:1%

110
*103

104 %

May-Nov

4s series

series

Power

convertible

First

119

103%

98Vi

1977———Mar-Sept

San

26%
95%

101%

—

*102%

Jan-July
Feb-Aug
Jan-July
..-.Jan-July

1985

gtd

&

Gen

April-Oct
Southern Bell Telephone &
Telegraph Co—
3s
debentures
1979:
2%s

118 Vi

10

*103

1963

1970

__

*123 Vi

—.—June-Dec

gtd

5

105>2.106 ~":

1941_Feb-Aug
-Jan-July

OH 2Vis 1976

North

consol

Virginian Ry 3s series B

118% 118%
300% 101

110

mtge 2%s ser G 1979—June-Dec
Virginia & Southwest first gtd 5s 2003
Jan-July

94%

62%

April-Oct

1971

debs

First and refund

122

June-Dec

debentures

3VaS

205

80 Va

2%s

RR

Called bonds

*107%

2%s

3%s debentures

sinking fund

First and

92 Vi

100%

Oil

71

63

Jan-July

Union

€5

—

92

mtge 4Vis series A Jan 2016_Jan-July
(Jos E.) & Sons 2Vis 1966—
June-Dec

debentures

Shell

*100

Feb-Aug
1991_Mar-Sept
America,..2%s 1966
April-Oct

of

Electric

First and

62 Vi

May-Noc

AGeneral

Seagram

74

104

92

Depot 3Vas B 1971—
April-Oct
Scioto V & North Eastern first
gtd 4s 1989_May-Nou
Air Line RR Co—
4s

103 Vi

€3

Seaboard

mortgage

Virginia

104Vi

*68

Second 4s inc bond certificates Nov
1989_Jan-July
General and ref gold 5s series A 1990
Jan-July
St Paul & Duluth first cons
gold 4s 1968_June-Dec
St Paul Union

First

57 >/a

92

—

10 Vi

2

Consol

Jan-July
2022—May

1989

<

8 Va

8Vi

*72

Louis-Southwestern Ry—
First

*95%

May-Nov

107 Vi

*100

1997

A

22 Vi

1976

Universal Pictures
1

8 Vi

—April-Oct

series

52

81

1975—April-Oct

2%s debentures 19^/6
debentures 1967

2%s

„

107Vi 107Vi

1955_Jan-July

Louis Rocky Mt & P 5s stamped
Louis-San Francisco Ry Co—

St

103%

81

25%

.Mar-Sept

Rubber

S

—

*106%

Mar-Sept
Jan-July

1996

103 V8

56

23 %

RR—

debentures

Vandalia

1971

High

53

Refunding mortgage 2%s series C
U

*106Vi

SVi

Pacific

s

United Biscuit Co

*120 Vi

S
A

Low

103% 103%

1971—_May-Nov

2%s

Union
93

General

Saguenay Power 3s series

1

Jan. 1

No.

53%

I960—June-Dec

and impt

debentures 1968
Union Oil of California

Corp—

4 Vis

Range Since

Sold

23'%

April-Oct

Union Electric Co of Missouri 3%s
First mortgage and coll trust

R
Tobacco 3s debs

Bonds

High

U

.Jan-July

Reading Co first & ref 3%s series D 1955—May-Nov
(R J)

Range
Friday's

Bid & Asked

Pacific—

Orleans

3s

Reynolds

or

Sale Price

Ry first refunding 4s 1960—Jan-July

105 .Vi

*101 Vi 102%

of

Ave

AAdjustment income 5s Jan

106%

105 %

RR

Ihird

+

To!

106 Vi

—

Last

Period

Low

230

*106%

Interest

Exchange

High

104%

—

*221

BONDS
New York Stock

109

—

*151%

Week's

Friday
Jan. 1

Q

debentures

FEBRUARY

Range Since

Sold

,*104% 105 Ve

and

WEEK

Bonds

High

Co—

debentures

First

First

Friday's

Bid & Asked

Low

Service Electric &

FOR

Week's Range

105%

106%

not

included

the

Bankruptcy Act,

10

99%

5

*129% 130%
104% 105 %

—

—

46

100%

99%

130%

103%

the
in

the

year's

n

1976_Jan-July

included

in

the

Under-the-rule

106

range,

securities

or

*99%

—

year's

sale

Ex-coupon.
^'Negotiability impaired by maturity.
JCompanies reported as being in bankruptcy,

101%
101

128%

in

not

not

99%

—

d-Ex-interest,

range.

included

in

the

e

year's

Odd-lot

range,

sale

Cash

r

not

sale

y

assumed

*Friday's bid and asked prices;
A Bonds
selling flat.

no

.

receivership,

by such

or

reorganized

under

Section

77

of

companies.

sales being transacted during current

week.

NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE
WEEKLY
In the

following extensive list

furnish

we

AND

YEARLY

RECORD

complete record of the transactions on New York
and ending the current
Curb Exchange for the week
beginning on Saturday, Feb. 11
Friday, Feb. 17. It is compiled from the
reports of the Curb Exchange itself, and is intended
or bond, in which
to include every security, whetber.stock
any dealings have occurred
during the current year.
a

RANGE

Friday

Week's

Exchange

Range

Shares

Par
ACF-Brill

Motors warrants

Acme Aluminum

Acme Wire Co
Adam
Aero

Hat

Alloys

Stores

10

Inc

—

_

.

_

Agnew Surpass Shoe Stores.
Air

Manufacturing

Associates Inc

(N

Low

35

1

4^8
0

1

8

22%

4.—

4%

1%

3%
23

Alabama

&

Power

Airlines
Fisher

common- —5

J)

4.20%
Inc

101/2

100

Bros

$3.75

Co

_
.

Co

cumulative

Jan

American

1%

Jan

2%

Jan

1,000

American Cities Power & Light—
Class B

10%

Feb

800
.

8%

200

7%

Jan

8%

1,000

7%

Jan

101

1

4

Vi

4 Va

101

4%

50

80

Jan

25

99%

Jan

4,800

__

...

3%
18

1

,—

C Va

3%

100

55

Aluminium Ltd

53%

101 Va

100

*

6%

v

common

page 27




25 3h

46%

46

86%
101

51 %

Jan

96%

Jan

100

24%

Jan

$2.50

convertible
Hard

1

American

Feb

American

Meter Co

Feb

American

Natural

Jan

6%

100

C%

Feb

8%

Jan

46%

1,800

45%

Feb

49%

Jan

American

Class

Potash

8

76%
9 >4

High

1,600

13%

Jan

2,300

ra

Jan

T®5

1 Va

300

1 Ve

Jan

1%

30

76%

Feb

300

8%

Jan

77

9%

Products

14%

81

9%

Feb

Jan

Jan

Feb

&

2

115

Co

Chem

common

6^c

pfd

class

A

2%

Jan

.1

34%

34 %

34 %

75

34 %

Jan

35%

Jan

'

39%

39%

25

39

Jan

40

Jan

^

11%

11%

150

10%

Jan

13%

Jan

,

—

1,300

2

Jan

2%

19%

20

Jan

21%

16%

16%

16%

1.500

16%

Jan

18 Va

Jan

3%

3%

3%

10,800

.3%

Feb

4%

Jan

350

19}%

Jan

2

15%

14%

15 3

4

3,400

13%

49 >4

48%

49 >4

1,000

47

Jan

49 >4

Feb

— -

—

34%

Jan

37

Jan

•
•

10

\
'

2%

25

25

'

>8

1

com

) ?

Feb

•

Gas

Republics

Jan

114

20

Maracaibo Co

P

American

1 >
—

Low

14%

%

1

25

American Metal

55

14

1

1

Co

American

26

%

10c

preferred

Rubber

Jan

101 >4

14%

Range Since January 1

High

100

American General Corp common
$2 convertible preferred
American

Low

Electric—

Jan

6

600

&

Feb

6

Jan

9,600

Jan

Gas

preferred

Va

Jan

6

25%

Feb

Shares

1

100

18%

5%

00

Jan

Book Co

Laundry Machine
American Manufacturing Co

16%

101%

4% %

Jan

4

200

Jan

American

Feb

Feb

4%

150

»

-

Jan

8%

6%

—

-100

3%

Jan

Jan

8%

18%

„

common.

preferred

see

4

12

for Week

15

Jan

2

86 %

pfd

conv

5%

8 %

85%

5%

23%

8

J."""'

Filter

Jan

*

footnotes

American Bantam Car Co class A
American Beverage common—

8V4

Aluminum Goods
Manufacturing
Aluminum Industries common

For

Jan

_1

common

of America

4

Air

Jan

__

Aluminum

Jan

8 Ml

—50

common

Altes Brewing

Amer

21

200

10 "2

Jan

1

Allied International Investing
Corp. ---1
Allied Products (Mich) common
5

Altoier

10%

1'4

4V4

4%

Sales

Range
of Pi ices

Par

Jan

3

--

__

preferred— -100

__

High

Week's

Last

Exchange

3

700

„

Alabama Great Southern
Alaska

New York Curb

1%

*

Air-Way Electric Appliance

Alles

Friday
Sale Price

STOCKS

Range Since January 1

High

——

Ainsworth

17

.

_

Supply Manufacturing

Low

1

—

common

FEBRUARY

for Week

of Prices

ENDED

Sales

Last

Sale Price

STOCKS
New York Curb

FOR WEEK

29%

—

29

29:%

350

2-3%

30

29

30

3,000

26

28 %

27 Va

29

3,200

27

Jan

Jan

15%

29%

Feb

Feb

Jan

%

30

Feb

Feb

33%

Jan

& FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL

(772)

24

RANGE

EXCHANGE

CURB

YORK

NEW

Monday, February 20, 1950

WEEK ENDED FEBRUARY 17

FOR

Friday
1

New York Curb Exchange

Seal-Kap

Superpower Corp common
$6- series preferred
.

Anchor

Post

Anglo-Iranian
Amer

Jan

3%

£1
1

Angostura-Wupperman
Manufacturing Co

Appalachian Elec Pwr 4%%

—

3%

1
100 >

pfd

--

110

U

Feb

Jan

116%

Jan

700

4%

Jan

131

4%

Jan

700

6%

Jan

6%

Jan

6

100

5%

Jan

6%

Jan

7

300

6%

Jan

7%

Jan

12%

Jan

13%

Feb

2%

Feb

3%

Jan

500

6 Va

Jan

7 7a

40

Jan

109%

Jan

3%

Jan

Jan

112

3%

2,200

3%

•

10%

10%

11%

4,300

10%

Jan

12%

*

11 Va

10%

Jan

12% ■J°n

10%

11%
10%

25,100

10

10%
10%

6%

preferred

Arkansas
Aro

a

Power &

Equipment

Ashland

Oil

$1.20

dep

Associated

Atlantic
Atlas

Corp

Atlas

America

of

Line

U&II

ii%

21%

Jan

22%

Jan

1,300

24

Jan

25%

Feb

Jan

9%

Jan

10%

10%

600

%

400

425

41%

Jan

67%

500

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

Colon

Plow

Co

2%

25

50

50

Jan

Feb

50%

Jan

6%

Jan

17%

Jan

5

16%

5%
16%

6'A
16%

1,800

15%

6%

5!A

6%

3,200

5%

Feb

6%

Feb

8

Jan

8%

Jan

7%

Jan

9

Jan

'*

8%

8%

8%

300

.5

7%

7%

7%

300

25

20

12%

3

12%

19%

Jan

22

Jan

5,900

11%

Jan

13%

Feb

20

12

25

Hotel

Vtc ext to

4%

Wilcox

54

56

36

36

36%

150

10 Va

10%

900

-

1,600

52%

Jan

36

Feb

57%

30

Co

1

common.

—

—

—

"4%
Inc

6%

Benrus

&

1%

Jan

Feb

78%

Jan

16%

8%

38%

Jan

Jan

900

xl5%

Feb

16%

Jan

13%

100

12%

Jan

13%

Feb

16%

17

450

16

Jan

17

Jan

2%
V

3%

15,800

2%

Jan

3%

Feb

2

2%

13,400

1%

Jan

2%

Jan

7 Va

100

6%

Jan

7%

Jan

29%

1,900

28

5%
43 %

4%

27

Jan

31

Jan

Jan

8

Jan

Jan

14

x41%

6%

4%

6,300

Jan

Jan

6%

Feb

4%

Jan

5%

Feb

x41

300

4%

Jan

6.50U

39%

Jan

6%

1,100

6%

Jan

6%

Feb

41%

6%

25

10%

100

33%

Jan

43%

Feb

9'A

Jan

10%

Feb

46

5%

Jan
Feb

46

74%

100

113%

Utilities

1

1,400

2,300

69%

Jan

240

113%

Jan

116

Jan

108

Jan

14

Consolidated

Royalty Oil

14

4%

4%

100

4%

83%

85%

2,800

83%

Feb

2%

Jan

1%

Jan

14%

3,400

_10

Continental Car-Na-Var Corp

"l%

1

Foundry & Machine Co

14%

1

14%

1

%

500

14%

1,700

*

—5c

i7r

♦

Inc

Reynolds common

10

Jan

Jan

3

Jan

1%

Jan

13%

Jan

14%

Jan

32

1,600

Feb

4%

88%

•

Jan
Jan

Jan

%

Jan

10%

1,300

11%

Jan

7%

7%

7,600

6'A

Jan

7'%

Feb

17%

800

16%

Jan

17%

%

8%

42,000

5%

Jan

8%

Feb

42%

975

34%

Jan

42'%

Feb

1

8

6

convertible preferred

5%

14%

Jan

Feb

17%

7%

1

*

common

50

42

37

Petroleum

12%

30

Co

preferred class A

77%

Jan

85%

Liquidating Corp
*
Mining & Smelting Ltd—5

Paint & Varnish

10%
76%

100

Gas

Continental

10%
74

113% 114%

104% Jan

com__»

Pwr Bait

&

9%

Jan

Courtaulds

Jan

10%

10

Feb

Feb

4%

Jan

4%

Jan

Ltd—

American

receipts

dep

Motors Inc

Va

"4%

7,900

_3%

Jan

5 %

Jan

Crowley Milner &

6%

900

6%

Jan

7%

Jan

Crown Cent Petroleum

Co

Cork Internat'l

Inc

Blauner's

Blumenthal

(H C)

&

Co

prior

Breeze

Traction

1%

Jan

2%

Jan

3d %

Jan

35%

Jan

Cuban

7%

Jan

8

Jan

80

86

FnV)

Curtis

Lighting Inc

Manufacturing

Oil

Celanese

Class

Distillers

cumulative
Rubber

(E L)
Mills

Buckeye

Jan

4%

Jan

9%

Co

Jan

57 %

Feb

Feb

84

Jan

Ltd

Hill

57%
82

Piston

51
80

;j

19

Jan

100

5

Jan

6,400

6%

5%

18%
6%

330

1,600

21

20%

5%

5%
18%

20%

18

16V2

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5

Jan

24

Jan

17

% Jan

5%

32

32%

60

22%

23'A

300

Feb

23

5% sJan
18%
6%

Feb*
Feb
Jan

24

17%

Feb
Jan

32

Feb

33%

22%

Jan

23%

Jan

Jan

8%

Jan

Jan

8%

Jan

2.50

class

—

1%

500

1%

Jan

1%

Feb

24%

24%

50

23%

Jan

24%

Jan

2%

Jan

2%

■

Ring

5%

5%
16

Jan

1,400

5%

Jan

5%

Jan

1,400

14%

Jan

17%

Jan

900

17%

11,100

18%

17%

18

14

117a

5%
16%

14

12%

14

16

Jan
Feb

100

6

6

Feb

19 Va

Jan

Jan

6

6%

Jan

•

Co_

11%

11%

12

600

11%

Jan

12%

Feb

2.50

Sullivan

15%

15%

15%

700

15%

Jan

16%

Jan

7%

1

Burma Corp Amer dep rets
Burry Biscuit Corp

$6 preferred—!—■

Atlantic

Jan

3%

Feb

6%

6%

6%

600

5%

Jan

7%

Jan

%

5%

6%

4,600

5%

Feb

6%

Jan

6

,—5

*

11%

11%

100

Feb

11%

Feb

2%

2%

2%

1,200

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

♦

2%

2%

2%

500

2%

Jan

2%

particA

11

11

common

1

•

53

Feb

51

53

120

50%

Jan

19%

20%

6,200

18%

Jan

10%

11%

150

10%

Feb

12%

Jan

14'A

14%

200

13%

Jan

14%

Feb

Feb

53

21%

Jan

2.50

common

Co

'

19%

10%

—10
5

1

Sugar

5

(Mo)

4

Jan

9

7%

100

7%

Feb

%

%

49,700

A

Jan

%

Jan

3%

4 %

5,600

3%

Jan

4%

Jan

Ui

12%c

Davenport Hosiery Mills
Davidson-Brothers Inc

8%

1

10c *'
—35
._50c

Mines

Dennison

Mfg class A common

&

Distillers

1
—.10

Products

Steel

Dominion

Tar &

1

Bridge Co Ltd
Coal

&

36%

Jan

Jan

X7%

Jan

1%

Jan

2%

B

X25%

Jan

28%

Feb

7%

Jan

8%

Jan

11

12%

15,200

10%

Jan

12%

Feb

10%

10%

100

9%

Jan

10%

Feb

1%

1%

1%

2,600

1%

Jan

2%

Jan

22%

22%

23%

1,700

22%

Jan

23 3a

Jan

11 '8

11%

100

Jan

12

1%

300

13%

13%

12%'

Feb

135

900

11

1%
12%

Jan

146

Feb

1%

Jan

14%

Jan

Feb

3%

Jan
Jan

4 T ■

37

3%

17%

^.25

Jan

38%

Jan

300

16%

Jan

18%

Jan

100

23%

Jan

9%

4,000

4

17%

3%

Feb

Ltd

24 Va

Feb

•

10%

10%

100

Jan

10%

Feb

f

Chemical Co

72 JA

73

200

69

Jan

74

Feb

25%

26

200

26

Feb

29

Jan

85

Jan

89

Feb

24 %

•

common

___-x^xr;

1

Co

Jan

50
300

♦

class

Dominion Textile Co Ltd

Harris

Feb

6%

7%

1

Co common

Dominion

Driver

h

28'A

.

Domestic Credit C'oip class A
Dominion

Draper Corp

7

2

7%

7%

%__•

dep rets ord reg 4s

Dobeckmun

s
in

2 7'A

_i

1

Raynolds class B
Co Ltd—

American

9
^

100

Detroit Gray Iron Foundry
Steel

6%

7

-_i

1%

5

x

debenture

Detroit Gasket & Manufacturing

Detroit

34%
500
•100

2.50

common

Inc.;
Dayton Rubber Co class A
Dejay Stores common
I

Day

Devoe

1%

24%

_•

B

Line

&

1,275
20

56%
82

56%

1

common

2%

Jan

10

common

1,300

Jan

7%

__1

junior preferred

Co

Pipe

Bunker

3%

400

•

A

3

Jan

14,400

9

•

Forman

13%

4

9

£1

class

Power

2%

Jan

3%

10s

B

Brown

7% Feb
12% Jan

Ltd—

Columbia

2%

Jan

15

4

*

dep rets ord reg

British

Jan;

£1

Co

dep rets ord bearer
Amer dep rets ord reg
Amer

200

52

Tobacco—

Amer

British

50

15%
8

•

American

110

•

common

A

British-American

800

9

1

Manufacturing Co

8

86

•

Co

Jan

Cuban Tobacco common.

81

•

Light & Power

1%

31%

'

500

2,600

25

common

Jan

Co common

1%

preferred-100

Co

1

Crystal Oil Refining common

*

Corp

British

Crown

Feb

__

*

common

Bridgeport Gas Light
Class

Crown

Jan

12%

•

Inc

Brazilian

Feb

5%

Jan

1

,

common

cumulative

Borne, Scrymser
Bourjois

Co

17%

Jan

11%

8

_3

common

(S)

Jan

5%

200

15%

Fdry & Mach Co com_*

common

Ridge Corp

12%

100

35%

1

common

Jan

5,100

_25c

"A"

130

5%
12 Va

7%
.

Jan

3

32%

1%

1

15%

34%

1

Jan
Jan

1 %

*.

1%

•

Birdsboro Steel

5%%

Inc

Co

3

31%

1%

6

(Md)

34%

25

7,800

31%

*.

Curtis

common.

200

32

—_5

x

Croft Brewing Co

Drug

3

3

3

reg)__£1

(ord

1—1

Petroleum

5%

Hed^^g common

Bickford's

Bohack

Canada

of

Watch

Benson

Burd

Feb

46

1
Lt

6%

_4
15

1

1

1

Telephone

Bruck

Jan

%
65%

6

1

11%

Baumann (L) & Co common.
Beau-Brummel Ties common.

Bruce

77/a

9C0

35,100

6%

Consolidated

Creole

shares

Refractories

4%

1,300

1ft

14

Consolidated

Crosley

*

Feb

Locomotive—

Rubber

American

Brown

2%

29%

Consolidated

Jan

de los Andes—

Brillo

9%

7%

•

1

series B preferred

Cosden

56

Co

preferred

Baldwin

Blue

Jan

69%

3%
•

25

Co

Inc

preferred series C

$1

''

Bell

7%

13 %

1

1956

Elec

Gas

4%%

Cook

B

Basic

Jan

1,900

Jan

Compo Shoe Machinery—
Consol

Corroon &

Banco

18%

5%

,

Manufacturing

Coro

7%

Jan

65 •'%

16%

Cornucopia Gold Mines—i

Baldwin

17%

•

:

Colonial Sand & Stone Co

Commodore

Feb

Jan

44

17,100

6

preferred

&

Jan

25

Development ordinary

Colt's

Feb

1

Inc

Ayrshire Collieries Corp common

Babcock

64%

*

—

common

Colonial Airlines

Jan

2%

59%
2%

Coal Corp common

Club Aluminum Products Co

11%

Jan

xl5%

16

4
20

Community Public Service

1

Products

(BP) 4 Sons common

6%

b */2

5,100

25

U

50

Co

Automatic Voting Machine

Avery

800

22%

51

__

1

warrants
Steel

11

uan

%

*

Plywood Corp__

Automatic

Feb

116

10%

»10%

*

class A__

Tel

Fisheries

Coast

Jan

£1

reg

Laundries

Coast

114%

Jan

11

24%
9%

24%

1

Feb

21%

10%
21%

*

—

10%

common

Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing

Cockshutt

8%

High

Feb

Industries—

rets

Associated Tel &

Atlantic

1

Corp

Electric

—

2.50

Refining Co

preferred

Aspinook (The)
American

*

Corp

&

conv

Associated

Light $7 pfd

4,700

5
—10

x

1
1

Clinchfield

9%

9%
62

%

Manufacturing Co
Inc

18%

8

8%
69%

1

Neon

250

8%
•

325

64

1

Homes

Low

10

18%

Co

Controller

Claude

9%

9%

Range Since January 1

High

63

10

common

& Suburban

Clark

Clarostat

1
Gas

City

Oo.il

common

Natural

Service

City Auto Stamping

1,025

3,500

13
3'A
0%
110
110%
3%
3%

Chicago & Southern Air Lines
Voting trust certificates
Chief Consolidated Mining
Cities

Low

5
10
4
—_•
—*

Chicago Rivet & Machine

7a

300

12%
2%
6%

Par

Cherry-Burrell common—
Chesebrough Manufacturing com

Common class A non-voting__

Arkansas

Shares

Feb

Jan

Argus Inc

for Week

Jan

25,300

Ltd—

Co

Range
of Trices

474

7

—

Sales

Last

Sale Price

High

6

4%
6%

1

dep rets ord reg

Apex-Eiec

400

4%
1«
128
129 %
4%
4%
6%
6%

I

Range Since January
LOW

4%
{J

2

common

Oil

128

5
5

Products

Angerman Co Inc

4%

*

Thread 5% preferred
Writing Paper common

American

Shares

High

Low

2
10c

common

Amer

American

for Week

of Prices

Sale Price
Par

American

Range

Last

Week's

STOCKS
New York euro exchange

Sales

Week's

Friday

STOCKS

10

Duke Power Co

±

25%

24%

*

—

Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd—
American

dep rets ord reg

—_£l

(The)

Durham

Hosiery class B common.;

Duro

Test

Duval

Co

2%

700

"2%

Feb

_2>a

Jan

12%

12%

25

12%

Feb

14%

Jan

4%

4 %

200

3%

Jan

4'%

Jan

14% yl5%
1 %
1 %

500

14%

Feb

3,150

1%

Feb

1

Corp common

Texas

2%

♦

1

Duraloy

2%

4%

Sulphur Co

Name

changed to
Duval Sulphur & Potash Co
(Effective

Duval
Cable

Electric

Products

500

3%

Jan

4%

Jan

1%

4%

50c

common

Jan

1%

Feb

14)

14%

Potash Co

Sulphur &

1%

Jan

17

1%

Feb

3%

Jan

Jan

Warrants

i

w

—

f Cables & Wireless—
!

American dep rets 5% preferred

1

Calamba

2

£1

Calgary & Edmonton Corp Ltd
California Electric Power—

t

Sugar

Estate

Camden

Fire

Canada

Bread

Canada

Cement Co Ltd

*

1

Insurance

5%

6%
8%

6%
3%
23

5

•

100

4

Jan

5%

Feb

6%

5,600

6

Jan

7%

Jan

8%

1,600

8

Jan

9

Feb

23 %

5%

1

100

Jan

23%

Jan

%

22%

V

6%%

•

Canadian

Ltd

Industrial

•

Alcohol—

Class

A

voting

Class

B

non-voting

7%

♦

preferred

1

Co

&

Biscuit Co—

1

(J

W)

(A M)

Catalin

Co

common...

Central Maine

...

Products—

0

%

3%

Feb

19%

Jan

Jan

9

Jan

3%

Jan

3

66%

69

250

3%

3%

3%

3,000

Jan

63

Jan

Feb

114%

Jan

Jan

3%

Jan

3%

69

Feb

Conv

pfd opt div series 1929

opt

rfiv series

Century Electric Co common
Century Investors Inc
Convertible preference
Aircraft Co

Chamberlin

Corp

Co

of

common

400
—

Jan

4%

Feb

5%

Feb

26%

see

page




27

Feb

29

Jan

30'A

Jan

~3%
71

2,400
100

71

„

4

Jan

75

Jan

Feb

67%

Jan

3

20
80

10

10'A

Electric Bond & Share common

5

18%

18%

19

1

16

14%

16%

Electrographic Corp common
Empire Millwork Corp

Equipment

Einsco Derrick &

104

100
1

pfd

5%

10c

Corp

Pipe Line common.—

Ltd——

—

18%

Jan

20%

Jan

77%

Jan

80

Feb

2,600

87/a

Jan

10%

Jan

Jan

34,700

177/a

Jan

19%

3,400

ll7/a

Jan

16

105

60

103%

Feb

105%

Jan

6

800

5%

Jan

x6%

Jan

14

Jan

13%

200

1%

1%

4;800

42%

42%

275

5%

5%

400

13%

a—_5

Equity Corp common
$3 convertible preferred

1%

1
1
1
alO

,

50

19%
80

10%

Empire District Electric 5%

:

1,000

20

1
•

int

shares of beneficial

Jan

Jan

71

62%

Feb

12

1%

Jan

■:

1%

Jan

42

5%

Jan

Jan
Jan

x45
6

W Jan

6,300

Jan

Jan
is

Jan

15

Jan

16%

Feb

26

Jan

Jan

23

~€%

Jan
Jan

5%

1,500

4%

Jan

7%

Jan

83%

84 %

310

811/a

Jan

84%

Feb

1

9%

9%

100

9%

Feb

10%

Jan

5%

94%

94

94 V4

100

94

Jan

95

Jan

21%

20

21%

4,450

14%

Jan

22

Feb

155%

154

158

600

142 %

Jan

20

18%

20

650

14'%

Jan

20

100
10
2
,-10

20%

19%

20%

2,275

14%

Jan

20%

Feb

Feb

7%

Jan

4%

—10

common

For footnotes

~5 %

~4%

5%

2.50

America

Feb

75

—

—

100

73'A

Jan

1

Common

Esquire Inc

1

preferred

Charis

200

17

Jan
Jan

2%

113

69

~4%

100

preferred

Jan

67%

__

Fairchild Camera
Fairchild

preferred

67

600

shares of beneficial int
Easy Washing Machine class B

Co—

Conv

Cessna

8%

1

Central Power & Light 4% pfd_
__100
SCentral States Elec 6% preferred—100
7%

8%

10

1

Feb

325

72

•
*

A
$6 preferred series B
Eastern Sugar Associates—
$5 pfd

100

Power

Central Ohio Steel

-

300

_•

common

Corp of America

3.50%

19%

2s 6d

& Co__

3

72%

•

States

Eureka

Products

3.000

71
68

3

Corp

£1

rets A ord

3%

71

69%

25

Iron

Eureka

dep

dep rets B ord

Casco

119,700

•

Amer

•

*

x

Light $5 pfd

Amer

Carter

Jan
Jan

Ltd—

Carreras

-

3%

2.50
common

Power

Carr-Consolidated

.< Castle

2%
19%

3%

5
1

Co

&

Carolina

8%
8'A

100

Capital City Products common
Carey Baxter & Kennedy Inc
Carman

Jan
Jan

Ltd—

Canadian Marconi

Carnation

7%
7%

100

*

;

Canadian Industries

•

100
100

$7 preferred series

Eastern

•

common

preferred

Assn common

prior preferred
preferred

Eastern Malleable

20

Canners

Convertible

6%

*

common

preference

Canadian
;

.1

Ltd

Co

Eastern Gas & Fuel

4%%

'

7

7

200

7

161%

Feb
Feb

Fansteel

A^cnfiBtlon

Jan

38%

Jan

4%

4%

3,200

3%

Jan

4%

Jan

%

6 %

200

6%

Feb

7%

Jan

8%

Jan

9%

Feb

6

Instrument

CPhila)

First York Corp common
$2
5c

Ford

1

(M H) Co—
Stores

to $1

25%

25%

3,400

22%

Jan

5%

26,200

4%

Jan

5%

2,200

10%

Jan

12%

Jan

65 %

300

x61%

Feb

76

Jan

3

3%

1.800

Jan

3%

32

32%

375

32

Jan

32%

Jan

21

750

167/a

Feb

21

Feb

3%

24

__1

.

—

5%

5%

—•

10%

10%

11

-10

64%

63%

10c

3
32%
19"%

19%

dividend cumulative preferred—1

Fishman

s

1

2%

Jan

Jan

Motor Co Ltd—

American
Ford

37,

&

Engine <fc Airplane
Metallurgical

deposit rets ord reg

£1

3%

3%

3%

1,900

Feb

.5%

Jan

_♦

23%

23%

23%

500

21

Jan

26%

Feb

24

24

24

125

22%

Jan

28

30,700

%

Jan

Motor of Canada—

Class

A

non-voting

Class

B

voting

•_

*

Feb

Ford Motor of France—

American deposit receipts bearer

U

u

U

Jan

Volume

Number 4883

171

THE

COMMERCIAL &

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE

(7731

NEW

YORK
RANGE

Friday

Week's

Last

Range
of Prices

Shares

Pitt Brewing Co
(Peter) Brewing

4% 7c

Fuller

convertible

(Geo

A)

Low

1

16%

FEBRUARY 17

16 V\

10

Low

16 %

9%

11%

Jan

400

9%

Jan

11%

7%

30

5

i.

Jan

30

11

11%

11%

50

30

4,000

Jan

10

31

Jan

Feb

for Week

Shares

Kings County Lighting
4 7o

Feb

cumulative preferred

5%

Power

Knott

Co

common-

preferred

*'..•.

:

16y«

?

; 4%.

*

1%

Supply.. Corp com—.1

3%

3 %

5 %>.. convertible

preferred—
Electric Co Ltd—

25

dep rets ord

£1

reg

General Finance Corp common
57c preferred series
Outdoor

General

Phoenix

6%

7%

pfd

*

100%

Feb

107%

Jan

& Co

4%

Jan

5%

2%

Jan

4%

100%

115%
4%

400

5%

Jan

19

150

14%

5%

17

Jan

19%

Jan

14%

Feb

15%

16%

15%

Jan

17%

1,100

11%

Jan

13

Jan

13'%

1,100

11

Jan

14%

Feb

2 "

6,300

2%

:

%

v

41%

Jan

45

28

—vSr* f-' r

78%

Feb

Jan

%

Jan

,*45

Grand Rapids Varnish

;

^^^—1—1

11%

„

Feb

6

Jan

Jan

65

Feb

Jan

14

25

44

,

Breweryi.l_—____2
Grocery Stores Productsvcbmmon___25c *

i36 %.:

v-

300

&

Jan

6%

iff?

31%

12%

10%

145

Jan

137

Hamilton

Bridge Co Ltd—

Hammermill

Hartford

Paper

Electric

Hartford Rayon

common

common

Dept Stores

Hecla

47c

preferred

preferred

Hoe

(R)

&

w

w

w

Common

77o

Co

class

A

;

Hollinger Consolidated
Holly Stores Inc
Holophane Co
Horder's

G

A)

&

Co

Horn

&

Hardart

Hardart

common

2,500

57c

preferred

(Harvey) Inc
Oil

Hurd

&

76

110

Lock &

47%

225

9%

Common
1st

stock

Jan

13

Jan

15

Jan

®6%

46

25
50

32%

33%

850

19%

19%

100

Feb

100

Feb

2%

48%

Jan

Jan

8%

Jan

Jan

45"%

9%
9%

Jan

Jan

3%

Jan

Jan
Feb

41

34

Jan

13%

Jan

Jan

46

Feb

160%

Jan

164

Feb

34

Jan

32%

Feb

108%

Jan

110%

Jan

19%

Jan

Jan

86

83%

84%

2,600

4%

4%

4%

400

4%

51

75

48%

10

650

8%

Jan

200

2

Feb

2%

Jan

100

14

*

51

_

10

.1

preferred

l

-

Hydro-Electric Securities
Hygrade Food Products

9%

•

2Va
15

14

15

81

Feb

Jan

4%

Jan

51
•

Jan
Feb

10

Feb

Feb

17%

Jan

3i'4

31/4

200

3%

Jan

15%

3%

Jan

15%

200

14%

Jan

♦
__

5

.

2%

common

•

7%

Imperial

Chemical IndustriesAmerican dep receipts
registered
Imperial Oil (Canada) coupon.—

£1*

__——

£1

—_

Indianapolis Pwr

& Light 4% pfd
100
Insurance Co of North
America..—„ lo

Inernational

Cigar

International
Preferred

Machinery..

19 %

6,200
800

18%

Jan

x9%

9'/a

x9%

100% 101

105%

300
*

290

15

15

77%

78%

78%

International

Products

International

Safety Razor

10

B

1

2

Co—

Irving

Air

Italian

Superpower Corp

v t c

Chute

com class A_.*

Lake

Sulphur Co

_

Julian &

Kokenge Co

-

6c

Corp

pfd

Kawneer Co

16

Public

Co

Kennedy's Inc
Key Co common
Kidde

(The B)

footnotes

page

27




Jan

23

100

28

Feb

28%

Jdn

11%

300

10%

Jan

12%

Jan

Jan

2~6~%

Jan

Jan

26%

27

75

26'A

Jan

27%

Jan

24%

25%

3,100

24%

Feb

26 Va

Jan

8%

•

8%

300

8%

Feb

9 VB

Jan

1%

29,900

1

1

%

Jan

1%

Feb

—

26%

■■

112

13%

--

14

700

Jan

Jan

13%

29%
113

Jan

Jan

14%

Jan

Jan

5%

Mfg

Corp

*

Jan

18 %

Jan

3%

Jan

Jan

13

Feb

Jan

98%

10

Jan

Feb

7%

Jan

Jan

21%

Jan

3%

4

200

3%

Jan

4%

Jan

6%

Jan

7

Jan

1%

Jan

1%

Jan

10

"l%

1,500

21%

22 %

3,600

17%

Jan

23%

42 %

125

39%

Jan

43

Feb

30

22%

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41

1

Jan

31

Jan

7

Jan

•

Warrants

6%%

A

"7%

16%

16 Va

16%

3,300

13%

Jan

17

Feb

1%

1%

1 %

3,900

1%

Jan

2

Jan

400

4%

Jan

5%

~5%

6 %

13,500

5%

Jan

6%

6%

300

5%

Jan

4%

Textile

1

Corp common

Participating

25c

preferred

15

Michigan Bumper Corp
Michigan Steel Tube.
Michigan Sugar Co common
preferred

53

1

6%

6%

2.50

West

Midland

Corp

common

Oil

Midland

Corp $1 conv
Steel Products—

.

Midvale

Co

preferred—*

Midwest

*

common

Abrasive

Oil

50c

Co

8%

Co

8%

6%

200

7%

Minnesota Power & Light 5% pfd—100
Missouri Public Service common
*

Corp

1

Jan

1%

Jan

8%

Jan

7%

100

7%

Jan

8%

7,100

8%

Feb

9%

Jan

12,400

2ft

Jan

2%

Jan

Jan

8%

8%

9

214

2%

2\l

Feb

—

—

10

14%

14%

147/a

■

——
—

20%

-

2

6

10%

%

6 '/e

——

107/a

Jan

Jan

17%

Jan

3%

'

_

600

20

Jan

21

23%

Jan

25

1%

Feb

1,400
—

Feb

6%

Jan

Feb
Jan

32'/a
11%

Feb

Jan

104%

Feb

6

50

101

34

36%

250

7%

7%

1,900

2%

2%

Jan
Feb

Jan

10%

104% 104'A
35%

2%

Jan

32

—

1,900

1,900

~27/b

4

6,900

11%

—

Jan

100

25

1%

25%

''

20%

x24%
2

850

10%

Jan

13

—

Jan

24

—

Jan

Feb

36%

Feb

7%

Feb

7%

Jan

3%

Jan

2%

Feb

100%

Jan

105

Jan

Power C(*—

Loan

Society

class

com

class

Producers

102% 105'A

A—1

A

Moody Investors participation pfd
Plan Corp of America

Mountain

8%

Jan
Feb

cumulative preferred
100
cumulative pfd series B—100

4.80%

Jan

Feb

1
common

7

7%

50
*

Jan

Jan

1,400

50c

common

•

2%

180%

Jan

Muter

8%

3

179% 180%
36

*

36

Tel

&

Company

Tel

5

107%

Jan

Jan

3 %

Feb

180

176%

25

34'A

182

Jan

Jan

38

Jan

14 %

14%

1,700

34 %

1,400

97

Feb

6%

98% 100%
24

Jan

6%

Feb

14%

Feb

15%

Jan

31%

Jan

35%

Feb

5

3,400

130

104

Jan

24

24 %

100

24

Jan

25%

Jan

34%

35

300

32%

Jan

35

Feb

8%

Jan

12%

.Feb

13%

Jan

10%

Jan

12%

Feb

Jan

13%

2.50
10

50c

common

Jan

33%

*
common

Feb

2%

34%

,—100

Mills

Verncn-Woodbury

102%

6%

Jan

States

*

common

125
400

6%

10c
10

-

~8%
12

1,300

1,200

—1

—

4% 7o convertible preferred
Mining Corp of Canada

Monongahela

Feb

55

1 %

Supply common—*

Mid-West Refineries
Wohl

6%

Jan

7%

10

Midwest Piping &

Jan
Jan

1

5

;

6%

$2 non-cumulative dividend shares—•

Mid-West

5%
6%

7

Hone Corp
1
Middle States Petroleum class A v tc__ 1

Feb

Jan

Jan

7%

Micromatic

79%

Jan

7%

"l%

•(
10

.

Murray Ohio Mfg Co
Muskegon Piston Ring
Muskogee Co common

7%

300

—100

Mt

11

Feb

"7

—:

preferred

Mesabi Iron Co

Jan

Jan

Jan

6%

6 %

Chapman 8c Scott Corp—

Jan

7%

Feb

2%

18%

1

Jan

15%

38%

Jan

1

Morris

8%

Jan

1.500

1

Montgomery Ward & Co

20

35

100

2,700

Co

Monroe

Jan

33%

21

—3

Jan

Jan

Jan
Jan

6 %

common

20

18 %

Feb

14%
14%

x20%

Menasco

Miller

9%

Jan

•

7%

Middle

Jan
Jan

10

•

6 7o

8%
14

2%

McWilliams Dredging
Mead Johnson <fc Co

4.40%
Jan

38%

•

Metal

300
600

-£1

common

Mfg

14

14

$2.50 preferred
McKee (A G) & Co class B

Merritt

9'A

14%

•

convertible preferred
Oil Co common

McCord

14%

1

common

Co

8%

10

Marine

12%

10

13%

11%

12%

13%

13%

7,200

8%

Jan

Feb

100

H

Jan

3,000

1%

Jan

2

Feb

Jan

93

Jan

15

Jan

16%

Jan

%

Jan

300

6%

600

5%

Jan

6%

1

Jan

Namra's

1

1

600

1

Jan

1%

Jan

National

Nachman

Corp

Inc

1

common

Bellas

Hess

Malllnson

Fabrics

4%

600

3%

Jan

5%

Jan

National

7%

1,900

6%

Jan

7%

Jan

National Pressure Cooker

3%

100

3%

Jan

3%

Jan

National

3%

400

3%

Jan

3%

Jan

17%

Jan

18%

Jan

*

National

National

National

Radiator
Rubber

5%

100

7

17

17%

Neptune Meter

Machinery

Jan

7

Feb

Nestle

Feb

117

Feb

New

Jan

17%

Jan

New

13

Jan

12%

Jan

13

Jan

New Jersey Zinc
New Mexico & Arizona

Park

105

Feb

New

Process

12%

150

11%

Jan

11%

25

9%

Jan

11%
105

105

20

103%

Feb

Feb

4%%

Co

Tel

Clock

100

29%

Jan

31%

Jan

24,000

lo%

Jan

12%

Feb

7%

7%

7%

8%

400

Feb

9

10 VB

Jan

14

9%

10%

900

8%

Jan

11

8 Vb

Feb

&

Jan
Jan

Jan

100

10

6%

6%

6%

1,000

6%

—-

17%

Jan

4%

4%

4%

1,900

2°/b

Jan

4%

Feb

%

57,000

2%

Jan

14%

Feb

28%

3,500

24%

Jan

28%

Feb

5%

300

5%

Jan

5%

Jan

93 %

150

92%

Feb

97

Tel
Watch

1

Jan

1

4

Jan

5

100
Co

-

Land

Mining Co
common

4 %

3%

28%

25%

93%

93

1

common

&

convertible preferred

Co

30%

12%

8%

5

common

4%
15%

11%

30%

8%

30c

115%

12%

11%

Jan

n%

•

320

Haven

Jan

4

8%

1

Radio

Mur

4%

Feb

30%

1

Ltd

300

Le

Jan

3%

12

2

common

125,300

England

Jan

4
•

4

New

115% 116%
17

common

Co

Car

Union

4,400

13

300

3%

1

Mfg 8c Stores common

Steel

4%

3%

*

4

3%

4%

3%

25

Gas

7%

3%

4%

1
*

preferred

4%

♦

800

1
common—

7%

100
see

18%

5

Co

75%

5

preferred

For

14%

Jan

—

common

14

Kimberly-Clark Corp—
4%%

Jan

*

McClanahan

16%.

5

(Walter) & Co

14%

13

15%

11%

—1

Service Co—

1

•

Feb

1,900

1,000

•

deposit.

Light $6 pfd_.

International

McAleer

6

1

*

Jan

12%

14%
17%

M

6%

1

Electric 7%

400

13%

16%
28

2

Monogram Pictures
10

K
Kaiser-Frazer

12%

14 VB

17'A

•

Macklntosh-Hemphill Co

National Transit

Kansas Gas &

~12%

12%

Feb

•

...

1

(N J)

Stores common.——
Preference

Jan

8,800

National

Glass Co common

Brown

7%

29 %

7%

Jefferson

Jan

Jan

28

Power

National Fuel
Jeanette

22%

6%

preferred. ...25

National Breweries common

Jim

7%

Jan

N

*

1

Jan

29%

Louisiana

Lynch Corp

Mountain States Power

100

Manufacturing

Feb

92 %

1%

Jan

Feb

6%
20

Feb

Mountain

700

1 «$

8%

7

100

300

Feb

Feb

11%
11

1,400

7'A

140

Jan

100

\k
2

7'A
21 %

124%

101

11%

11%

Jan
Jan

7

7%

1

of

Feb

4%
12%

7

Jan

113

4,300

14

Jan
Feb

Jan

Jan

8%

Jan

4%
10%

106

Jan

~8%

"

12%

300

3,300

121

103

1,650

200

4%
11%

1,575

1,050

8%

*

preferred

Fireman

~7%

7%

13%

4%

26%

200

,

105% 107%

Metal

Investors Royalty
Iowa Public Service

7%

12 %

__

*

50

Industries A
*
International Petroleum coupon
shs...*
Registered shares
*

4.90%

19

18%

Hydro-Electric—

$3.50 series

International

Iron

'

18%

19

Imperial Tobacco of Canada...
..5
Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain 6c

750

3%

19

Registered

Ireland

7%

7%

__

13%
10%

3,000

Molybdenum

Illinois Zinc Co

Jan

124%

Jan

18%

83%

pfd_

Feb
Jan

2%

119

Feb

*

»

9%
16

135% 140

Feb

76

12

164

12%

Jan
Jan

9

31

.

Jan

124%

Jan

12%

12% Jan
\ll % Jan

500

»

'

_

warrants

common

convertible

11%

5

Manufacturing Co

Hussman Refrigerator $2.25

Huyler's

Feb

5,500

3

>

Jan'

•<•'10%

100

47

331/8

5

Refining.

Feb

8%

100

9 i/B

46

common

Feb

20%

Jan

\

100

Hubbell

Humble

11

Jan

6%

100

164

_.*

Jan

1,700-

1,100

*

Baking Co

&

10%
16

5,300

12%

15

Horn

Jan

Jan

*

(

Jan

16

2%

14%

9

__

11%

Feb

Jan

100

Jan

2%

140

-

Jan

1%

20%

1
_*

Inc

Jan

14%

-

200

8%

47

5
;

6%

Jan

3

lo

Mj

common..

(Geo

Feb

Feb

_

Hormel

5

600

9 y8

Jan

13%

-100

Manischewitz

2%

76

7%

200
500

-.100

Jan

50%

99

__

2,000

2%

_

10%

•

certificates

111%

Jan

2

1

9%
15%

2%

preferred A ctfs of deposit

Maine

Jan

12%

100

100

9

15%

preferred B ctfs of deposit
Louisiana Land 6c Exploration

Mangel Stores

1%

■j

100

w

9%

•

6%

Feb

47%

11

12%

Feb

8%

Feb

70

14%

__

—.2

% Jan

..1

10%

2,000

7%:i: ,7%-

13

30

26%

31%

2

10%

*

Co common

500

18%'

/

7%

—»

.

2
.

11%

1

*

11

-

5

..._

50%

1%

.

25c

common

Henry Holt &

50%

2

18%.

common

Helena Rubinstein common
Class A

5%fi

400

15

Feb
Jan

~2%

-I

Marion Power Shovel

14%

1

;

Mining Co

Heller Co

2

1

Brewing Co
Hathaway Bakeries Ino
Hazeltine Corp

'

__

l

;

Harvard

Hearn

15

12%
23%

24%

Jan

10y«

5

25

Jan

150
400

5

Jan

109%

*

Light

10

12%
30

__10

Massey Harris
5

Jan

12%
29%

21%

common.

Jan

9

70

Feb

H
5

9%

12%
30

7%

common

Communication Co Ltd

5

Jan

Chain

Marconi

_5

lft

Feb

44%

26%

*

Lamp Co

Jan

21%

Mapes Consolidated Mfg Co—

Hall

lft

Feb

40%" Jan

200

110%

3,400

Jan

Jan

130

•

1,750

10%'
110-

1%

Jan

Feb

128%

500:

20%

110

6 %
10%

,;-r

1

375

.

43%.;k44fev

31%
10%'

"

100

142 ;v:-A

ift

Jan

Jan

r

141..
t

10%-

I

.

Griesedieck Western

300

•

WSfci

Non-voting common stock—,.—_
.£?.
17c 1st preferred-^.--—'t—_1100

pfd
Alabastine..

45

Jan

3,300

6%

.

Gray Manufacturing Co-^—i^iii.—-5
Great-Atlantic & Pacific Tea—~ V

Gulf States Utilities
$4.40

13

Feb

9

200

1

13

Feb

5

University

(Texas)
Longines-Wittnauer Watch
Long Island Lighting Co—

Jan

:'4%

■•t'

1

65

2%

rV;61%

,100-

' *

Northern Paper

%

■

«

Gorham
Manufacturing commoh—__-.10
Graham-Paige Motors 57c cohv pfd—25

lft

14'/a

Lone Star Gas Co

Jan

Jan

5,200

Corp

Locke Steel

Jbn

Jan

74

50

Va

50

Gorham Inc class. A_.

Jan

78%

*

1

Manufacturing CO—1

1%

43

78%

1,300

■"

*
—

Jan

_

100

43

11%

5

—

26

*

Feb

4,600

.5

Loblaw Groceterias class A
Class B

Jan

12%

Extension

Lit Brothers

Feb

14

100

Monotype Machine

Lipton (Thos J) Inc 67o

Jan

12

2%

14 %

I

Corp of Delaware

Salle

Lionel

13

A

B

Gypsum Lime &

5%

v

13%

1

Lefcourt Realty common.
Le Tourneau (R G) Inc

Jan

16%

13%

3%

—I

_

Lamson

Jan

Jan

12

1

$4.50 prior preferred
Goldfield Consolidated Mines
Goodman

Great

Jan

3%

114

13%

common

Godchaux Sugars class
Class

75
600

1

B

Inc

Feb

Jan

5

Ltd

Lanston
La

Feb

5

Glenmore Distilleries class
Inc

100%

~3%" "3%
14%

_»

*

Co

Feb

Mines

Lakey Foundry & Machine

Feb

90

Lake Shore

Feb

3,400

25

;

Coal

Gobel (Adolf)

8%

3,700

*

Gladding McBean

L'Aiglon Apparel Inc

Feb

18%

Jan

2%

10

Laclede-Christy Company

Feb

46

Jan

4%

19

22%

900

1

Jan

Jan

5%

Jan

3%

1

7%

6%
41%

1

.

Gilchrist Co

Globe Union

Jan

1,400

"5%

3%

21

Feb

115% 115%

1

—r

Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines
Gilbert (A C) common

900

Feb

1,400

*

Gerity-Mich Corp

22

8'A

3%

33%c

7

7%

4

♦.

$5 preferred

Feb

45%

"5%

preferred—*

Georgia Power $6 preferred—

"

7%

4%

Aldcn

23

44 %

5%

Glen

100

100'/a 100%

1
$6

23

.-100

Corp

Service

23%

42

Jan

Jan

Feb

Jan

7

•

Kreuger Brewing Co
Kropp (The) Forge Co

3%

38%

21%

Jan

8

General Plywood Corp common.—50c
Public

Feb

Jan

325

3%

1

Jan

3%

39%

21%

1

common

6%

1,700

High

1,300

38%

1

93%
2

Low

7%

1

Kobacker Stores

Jan

7

45%

♦

^

Jan

Corp

Range Since January 1

High

7%

1

Jan

1%

-

—

16%

Jan

4%

Jan

600

10

common

Adv

200
»'

3%.

i

23 '

23

1

A—ir—

Fireproofing

General

General

4%
1%

v.

1%

General

15%
91

1

—

Amer

500

—100

Gellman Mfg Co common—
General Alloys Co
1
General Builders
General

-16%

7%

50

Kirkland Lake G M Co Ltd
Klein (D Emil) Co common
Kleinert (I B) Rubber Co
Gatineau

Low

•

common

King Seeley Corp
Kingston Products
Kirby Petroleum

Jan

11%

Sales

Range
of Prices

Par

Jan

Jan

17%

Week's

Last

Sale Price

High

1,400

11

1

common

preferred-.,-—50

Co

Friday
STOCKS
New York Curb
Exchange

Range Since January 1

High

7%

1.25

Franklin Simon & Co Inc
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EXCHANGE

ENDED

for Week

Sale Price
Par

Fort

CURB

WEEK

Sales

STOCKS
New York Curb Exchange

Fox

FOR

5%

4

1
4

20

4

100

Jan

25

55 %

x54%

56 %

2,600

x54%

Feb

1

7%

7%

7%

800

7%

Feb

1%

2,200

1
•

1%
70

1%
70

70

25

1%
65

Jan
Jen

9%
•7%

Jan
Jan

18

Jan

Va

59
9 Va

1%
70

Jan

Feb
Feb
Jan

Jan
Jan

Feb

25

26

&

COMMERCIAL

THE

(774)

RANGE

EXCHANGE

CURB

YORK

NEW

FEBRUARY 17

WEEK ENDED

FOR

Monday, February 20, 1950

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Week's

Sales

Last

Range

for Week

Sale Price

of Prices

Shares

Friday
Friday

Week's

Sales

Last

Range

for week

of Prices

Sliares

STOCKS
New York Curb Exchange

Sale Price

:

Low

Par

New

York

Auction

New

YoA

30%

150

29%

Jan

31

ld0

10%

Feb

13

Jan

New

York Shipbuilding

Jan

Salt

Samson

30%

29%

10%

10%

1

i

—

—

17%

Jan

18%

lb'/8

Jan

17%

Feb

Niagara Hudson Power common——1
Niagara Share Corp common
5

17%
13 V4

17
13 %

17%
13 %

38,300
1,300

12 %

Jan

15 %

Jan

*

10%

10%

10%

2,200

9%

Jan

10%

Feb

300
600

14%

Jan

20 Va

Feb

%

Jan

Niles-Bement-Pond
■

Nineteen Hundred

•

—

5

Corp common

19

—

19%

,

is

1«

5

Mines

Nipissing

St

preferred

Utility Securities..

American

Central Texas Oil

*

lt^ Jan

Airlines

Northeast

North

Penn

1,200

43%

Jan

11%

100
2,900

11%

Jan

3%

6%

7%

1

Northrop Aircraft Inc
Novadel-Agene Corp

Jan

3
12 %

Jan

2%

17

17

•

7%
17%

3%

Jan

Jan

89%

Feb

6%

Jan

7%

Feb

16%

5,200
400

Jan

84%

3%

3

50

Co

RR

46%

2%

46%

Jan

47

Jan

46%
11%

50
*
5
1

North American Rayon $3
North

North

:.

1

United Corp

Steel

Jan

18%

Jan

Co

4,600

1%

1-%

1 %

100

♦

42

100

114

Ohio Brass Co class B common...
Power

Ohio

4% %

1

preferred

1%

42%

175

Filters

36%
12 Va

17.%

17%

50

III

Overseas

13
11 '

700

—

Jan

114

Feb

Feb
Jan

37%

Jan

11%

Jan

13%

Jan

17

Jan

18

Feb

300

10%

'

Jan

45

•

34%

400

III

Va

1

:

111%

6,500

12 '/a

._

Inc

Omar

34%

»

class B_

"Jan

41%" Jan

70

113% 114

12%

18

United

Oliver

35%

..15

Oklahoma Natural Gas

11

3,700

42

.50c

Ogden Corp common

•

■

1.;

17%

Jan

18

Feb

"9%

h

Jan

11

Feb

2%

Jan

3%

Feb

2%

Feb

2%

Jan

26 Va

1,400

25%

Jan

28%

Feb

14%

300

13%

Jan

15%

Jan

1%

Jan

1%

Feb

15%

Jan

14%

14 %

—

17

16%

Jan

17

1%

Feb

1%

Jan

13 %

Jan

14%

Jan

3%

3%

3%

17,100

3Va

Jan

3%

Jan

24%

23%

24%

2,000

22 Va

Jan

25%

Jan

87%

87:%

50

84 Va

Jan

88

88 Va

Jan

91 '

3%

Jan

—

4%

9 Vb

44,800

%

%

1,200

12%

100

10

10

100

5%

__

20%

25

..100

__

65%
19%

2%

16%

Jan

Jam
69%" Jan
;

Feb'-

"

19 %

Jan

•

15%

Jan

16%

Jan

18 %

Jan

13%

Feb

3%

Feb

800

4

3%

Jan

23%

V-v

183/4. Jan
'

__

Jan

3%

Feb

Feb

10%

22%

v>

Feb

107% vjair

*

•

Jan

12%

-

1,100

...

Silex Co common—

Feb

43-

•-•

Jan-

20%

V,

100

16

16 Va

Jan

10

.»

.

Feb

9%

Jan

%
-

20

19%

*

«• '•

Feb
Feb

4%

V-11% Jail

1,700 *20% Jan
450 ^•63%' Feb

108% 108 %

*

of America class A

21%

63%

__

'

200

20%

X20%

20%
21

3 Va
v

500

2%

2%

5

IIIIi

Canada

3,100

12%

%

1

common

4%

4%

8%

1

Ltd

Jan

5

Mining..

Breweries

4,800

__

preferred

Sick's

1 %

2

1

1

of

400

17

1%

1%

Feb

1%

•

—

—

*

4%

Vb

26

26

1

Sherwin-Williams

400

1,300
2,600

—25

Shawinigan Water & Power
Shelter Mfg Co

Shoe Corp

Jan

'

1%

•

Sherwin-Williams

1%

;

2%

common

Denn

Feb

Jan

__

Control
Corp class B

Shattuck

Jan

3%

1

Inc

Leather

Seton

Feb

8%

1%

*

Safety

Sentry

28%

1%

*

Sentinel Radio Corp common
Serrick

13%

Jan

Feb

2

Allotment certificates

0

Jan

6%

3%

1

General

B)

10%
23 Va
!

3%

*

prior stock
(R

2,500

2%

—

25

Segal Lock & Hardware.
Selby Shoe Co
Selected Industries Inc commonConvertible stock
$5.50

7%

Inc

Bros

Seeman

3,300

%

common

Corp

Securities

27%

6

1

(D A)

Semler

■:*

High

I

&

Schulte

12%

27

7%

25c

(Del)
Fisher Brick Co
Inc common
Scovill Manufacturing
Savoy Oil Inc

Sayre

12 Va

27%

1

common

12%

1

Oil Co

Dome

Scullin
...

Low

1

45

Lawrence Corp Ltd common—
convertible preferred

1st

Corp—

shares

Range Since January 1

High

Feb

10%

1%

10

Merchandise

s

Jan

7%

Feb

7%

& Honduras Rosario

York

Low

Par

High

Low

7%

7%

common

Exchange

New York Curb

I

Range Since January

>

200

*

—10

Co

New

Founders

High

STOCKS

-

109%

4

-

•

Jan

Siminons-Boardman Publications—
Can

Pacific

Co

Pacific Gas & Electric 6%

5%

Cv

redeemable

Pacific

&

Public

$1.30

1st

preferred

Light

Service

5%

Oil

'1-Panatapec Oil

(C A)

Pen

Simpson's

Jan

29%

Jan

Jan

29%

Feb

Jan

29%

Feb

103

Jan

106%

Feb

Jan

104

% 106%

100

102

29 V8

Pattern

25

98%

15%

Jan

15%

Jan

Aircraft

Solar

Jan

25

Jan

gSolar

39%

39 %

50

39 VB

Jan

41%

Jan

Sonotone

2%

9J>,
z",n

42.600

2%

Feb

3

Jan

So'jS

42,100

5%

Feb

7Vb

Jan

South

Coast

16%

Jan

16%

Jan

South

Penn

450

x22%

Feb

27%

Jan

Southwest

Jan

Southern

6%

5%

6

l

Co

5

22%

22 %

1

10%

Ltd

24

11%
54

4%

4

4%

2

Jan

700

53

2,700

3%

12

Jan

11

30

10%
54

•

25

$1.32

25

cumulative

Pennroad
Gas

Penn
"•

Power

Penn

Traffic

Penn

class

A

& Light 4%%
Co

Tire

&

200

11

55%

57

57

11

19%

5%

Feb

Corp
Oil

Pa

common..

Line

%

California

Feb

4.48%

convertible preference.

4.32%

29%

Jan

li %

.Tan

Southland

Jan

27/a

Jan

700

3Va

lOafs

Jan

5%

Standard

fetandaru Cap & deal common

11 Va

Feb

%

Jan

u

Feb
Jan

5%

4%

Jan

,4

Powdrell & Alexander
Power

Feb

$1.60

6

Jan

Standard

Jan

Jan

19

6%

1st

Prentice-Hall
Pressed

Inc

Feb
Jan

Standard

15 Vs

15%

2,300

14Vb

Jan

15%

Jan

55

Jan

59%

Feb

Standard

18%

Jan

21%

Jan

Starrett

3%

Jan

4

Jan

17

Metals

Producers

of

960

14

1,500

7 Vb

7%

2,300

—

Jan

fi%

Jan

Jan

(A)

7

%

Jan
Jan

Service

4%%

of

46 Vb

Jan

47%

Jan

200

28 %

Jan

29

Jan

31%

Jan

32%

Feb

29%

Jan

30%

Feb

26 %

Jan

27%

Feb

1,900

27%

27 %

27%

700

4 %

__

32%
—

1

4%

Jan

300

4'/a

Feb

400

4%
33
—

—

32%

Feb

35

Jan

17 Va

Jan

17%

Jan

«...

—

--

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

3%

Jan

Stinnes

(Hugo)

Jan
Jan

10%

Feb

Jan

4%

Jan

Jan

12%

Jan

Stroock

(S)

300

1%

2,900

1%

Jan

1%

Jan

Sun

Jan

7%

Jan

Superior

9%

Jan

10 %

Jan

Superior

Tool

&

21%

150

700

2%

17 %

17%

17%

50

17%

9%

9%

100

3

2%

35%

36

2,800

■

.

■-

Jan

3%

Feb

Jan

34%

Feb

18%

Feb

Jan

9

10 %

Jan

Jan

36%

Feb

5

4%

5%

57,100

3 Va

Jan

5'/a

Feb

4%

4%

4%

600

3%

Jan

4%

Feb

Jan

169%

Feb

167 %

20

167% 169 Vb

155

Jan

6%

6%

600

6%

Jan

7 %

4%

4 %

4%

3,900

4 Va

Feb

5%

Jan

2%

2%

100

2%

Jan

3

Jan

5

5%

2,600

4%

Jan

5%

Jan

%

280

23

23%

100

— —

—

39%

89%

«

.

90

—

V

—

—

Feb

Jan

92%

23

Feb

25

Jan

11 Vb

Jan

12 %

Jan

7%

Feb

87%

1

7%

7%

8%

Jan

1

1

1

2,300

%

Jan

1%

Jan'

1

4%

4 %

4%

2,900

3%

Jan

5%

Jan

100

14 %

Jan

18%

__

»

—5

17%

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

17%

17 %

17%

150

17%

Feb

19 %

Jan

15

15

16

550

13

Jan

16%

4%

Jan

6

Jan

21%

275

20 Va

Jan

24

Jan

2%

2,400

2%

Jan

2%

Jan

8%

Jan

9

Jan

....

«»•»

21

2%

2%

1

Co

Jan

100

*

15

Corp

18

2%

'

„

25c

Inc

Cement,

500

7%

2%

•

•

common

Die

Oil

Feb

21%

5%

Ray Drug common.

Finch

Feb

21%

*

Portland

12%
22

5,400

1

11%

Feb

Jan
Jan

%

12 Vb

_

Co

&

1%

9 Va

19 Va

'

11%

1

Stop & Shop Inc

11 Va

100

6%

B

Corp.

9%

4%

11%

1

Co common

(J B)

--

4%

_

common

400

400

Feb

220

30%

1

Corp

Brewers Inc
§Sterling Engine Co
Sterling Inc

Swan

Public

Co

1,000

10

Jan

17

1,300

30

10

Sterling

14%

&

10%

10

28%

2o%

47..

30%

Steel Co of Canada

11%

..."

Feb

Jan

32%

46%

'

—.

Sterling Aluminum Products common.l

35%

Prosperity Co class B
Providence Gas

40

28%
—

Stein

35%

11%

25%
14

2,700

32%

47

•

Feb

35%

1

17

Jan

1%

1

Feb

17

Corp

7%

America

Corp of Nevada

4

Jan

5%

—

—

33

Jan

1

Co_

class

Tube

xl0%

35%

2.50

3

*

Products

(The)

Stetson

•

;

4%

14%

4%

7%

5

200

25%

3%
26%

20

_

Light common

Standard-Thomson

2,200

Jan

3%
25%

*

2iH
2Va

21%

9%

1

common

preferred

Jan

58%

Feb

10

_

B

Feb

100

common

$7

&

class

1%

•

Pratt & Lambert Co

Corp

_

preferred

Power

2%

25c

preferred

__

Standard

1,400

20

8%

1

Forgings Corp
Oil
(Ky)

1.500

57 Vb

2.50

common

Dredging

convertible

20
.

1%

10

common

Corp of Canada

Standard

preferred

215

1

_

Pneumatic Scale common
Mining Co.__.___

Polaris

Convertible

1%

21 Vb

1,200

"2173

Brewing Co

2%

58%

9%

'

Stahl-Meyer Inc

17 Va

5

Jan

8%

--

Feb

Common

15%

3%

8%

«

Jan

300

17

Jan

•

Jan

800

600

Jan

%

2%

5

Spencer Shoe Corp

3%

500

18%

%

.

1,200

1,600

%

5

59%

%

V8

15%

Feb

%

3%

1

__

Co

Royalty

40%

19%

50

_

Pittsburgh Metallurgical common
Pleasant Valley Wine Co_.___

Pipe Line

Jan

11

2%

2

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie

preferred

Jan

700

1

common

cumulative

Jan

2%

Jan

Jan

Jan

Jan

36

32%

Feb

3

25

Speed Queen Corp conv class A

1' C»J

Jan

13%

5,700

25

Jan

Feb

32 %

—

14%

%

25

j an

4%

2%

3%

...25

preference

2d

lOo

13%

...25

convertible

Standard

1

Piper Aircraft Corp
Pitney-Bowes Inc

Feb

Jan

Jan

Edison—

original preferred
cumulative preferred

Southern

--

—

14

10

_

4.88%

Pinchin Johnson Ltd Amer shares

Pioneer Gold Mines Ltd

I

290

Jan

2b9

2%

12.50

common

Pipe

Jan

11%

17

340

290

X280

1

...

25

19 Va

17

x28l

1

common

Jan

%

1

Jan

Jan"'

••ml''

.1

..

48

5J

4%

2,400 "*-"•<•5%

1

Co

Corp

Manufacturing

Jan

4%

Feb

,650

•

../• Pierce Governor common

1,100

38%

37%
3%

•

Phillips Packing Co

300

55%
11%

.

50c

common

common..

225

4%

38 %

•

1

Rubber

109%

4%

6%

-■/

,

»

Co

Manufacturing

Jan

10,700

108

108
4%

2.50

1

Philadelphia Co

29

10%

•

com

'

--

afi

2%

pfd_.__.100

...

Water & Power Co

(The

29

11

1

Pepperell Manufacturing Co (Mass)__20
Perfect Circle Corp
2.50
Pharis

-

Electric

&

Pep Boys
v

preferred—

Corp common

Penn

'

■

1

24%

100

48%

48%

»

$1 cumulative preferred

"loo

registered-

4.56%
Peninsular Telephone common

.

'

«—-

Paper Mills

(Howard)

2%

Amer shares

i-i 6rt;

6%

■

*

—£1

rets ord

Amer^ dep
Smith

25

vtc

"III

common

class B
Singer Manufacturing Co__
Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd—

30%'~Jatf *

30% :Jan-

Ltd

39%

•

•

$3 convertible preferred—

Jan

29%

106

*

Parkersburg Rig & Reel.
Co

Simplicity

Feb

28

•
____

-VPatchogue Plymouth Mills
Paticaa

Feb

33 Va

28 V8

102

106%

•

...1 Paramount Motors Corp...
Parker

36 Vs

Jan

7%
31%

200
400

25

common

(C A)

Feb

29 %

29%

__

100

common

9Va

29 Va

25

pfd

preferred

...Page-Hersey Tubes
Pancoastal

'

Jan

Jan

r

2,700

25

1st

Lighting $4,50 preferred
Power

36%

25

redeemable 1st pfd series A

5%

Pacific
%Pacific

1,100.

9%

36%

36%

25

1st preferred

5%

.;

1st pfd

1st preferred

5%%

9%

5

common

—

—

—

Feb

Colorado—

cumulative preferred

.100

104

225

104 %

101

—

101

103%

Jan

104%

Feb

Puget Sound

Power & Light—
$5 prior preferred
_•
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber common..*
Pyle-National Co common
5

Pyrene Manufacturing

50

99%

Jan

101%

Feb

15%

101

...

15%

300

14%

Jan

16%

Jan

11%

12%

175

11%

Jan

12%

Jan

Tampa

Jan

7%

Jan

Technicolor

15%
.

;

ig

7

■

300

7

7

6%

103

____.__._loo

Tilo
109

730

93

Jan

109%

Feb

210

154

Jan

159

Jan

108

14 Va

*

Jan

14%

Feb

&

Tobacco

common

:

...

Utility

&

10

.

Investment

A

convertible preferred.

Raytheon

Manufacturing

23

common

200

23%

—

_

10

Xui)''4

2

3ii

/■%

_*

26

26%

_*

Raymond Concrete Pile common..,
$3

23

1
_

58

53

800
10

8%

9%

73.400

4 Va

9

5

4

Va

800

21

Ja n

1%

Jan

2^-4

Jail

Security

Reading Tube Corp class A__
Regal Shoe Co...
Reis

6.25

Reliance

Trans

Jan

Tri-Continental

24%

Jan

26 %

Jan

True

56

Jaa

58

Feb

Trunz

6 Va

Jan

9%

Feb

4

Feb

4%

—

500

3%

3%

Feb

4

Rice-Stix Inc
Radiator

:

v

t

c__—

pfd F

Roeser & Pendleton Inc common

Jan

1%

■

American

Rome

Cable

29%

1.000

27%

Jan

30

25%

25%

26%

500

23 %

Jan

26 Va

2%

2%

600

2%

Feb

3%

Jan

2

Jan

2%

Jan

2'/b

1

2

101

100

28%

•

2%

5.400

101

*

50

93%

Jan

29%

425

25

Jan

Tung-Sol

(The)

Corp

Russeks

Fifth

Ave

~9%

300

9%

Jan

6%

6%

1.300

6%

Jan

Realization

Union Gas of Canada

102%

Feb

Investment

Union Oil

Co

29%

Feb

$3.75

12%

Jan

14%

Feb

75

Jan

98'/a

140

Feb

11

Jan

5

Jan

%

Jan

Jan

u

300

%

40 %

500

39%

Jan

45

Jan

1%

700

1%

Feb

2

Jan

101% 102%

175

101%

Feb

103%

Jan

12

2,800

%

1

Feb

1

Jan

3

3%

1,700

3

Feb

4

Jan

3

2%

3

8,000

2%

Jan

3Va

Jan

1,700

17%

Jan

19%

Feb

20%

Jan

20%

Jan

8%

Jan

10%

Feb

11%

Jan

12%

Jan

Is

%

18 Va

18

—

9 %

9%

10 %

3,100

__

__

-10c
_

5

_

*
..

_

_

_

_

—

_4

preferred series A

10

Jan

United

Jan

United

Yards

Aircraft

United Elastic Corp

9%

9%

10%

1,100

8%

Jan

10%

Feb

United

8%

7%

20,400

7%

Feb

8%

Jan

8%

'

•

■

——

14%

Jan

1 Va

Jan

2%

400

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

14%

3,400

12%

Jan

14%

Feb

100

1

Jan

8 Va

Jan

.100

Omaha

common- -50c

99%

x513

5%

1.000

x5%

Feb

6 Va

Jan

4%

4%

400

4%

Jan

5%

Jan

99% 100
—

—

3%

3 Vb

—

'

3%

9

9%

5.600

7%

Jan

9%

Feb

Amer

—

_

7

Light & Railways

United

Molasses

Co

99%

Jan

i-* o o

Feb

Jan

67

Feb

RR

40%

33%
40%

48
33

8,200

is

Jan

3%

Jan

2Va

51%

Feb

u

Jan

41%

aan

Jan

45,800

•

Jan

——

«
——

Jan

35%

37%

Jan

41%

Feb

8 Va

100

33

Feb

10

Jan

18

34

Feb

19

Jan

236

Jan

Ltd—

deposit rets ord
NJ

iV

32

_

5,000

—-

——

——

*

participating preferred

United

Jan

8

64

150

*

common

United Milk Products common
75c

Feb

7%

—.

warrants

Jan

5%
4%

ot

Products

Chemicals

Corp

25%

8%

1

2%
14%

1

1

7

7%

Feb

1




1,200

Co of California—

22%

•

27

14%
97

3 Vb

Corp

2.000

1

page

Jan

U
Ulen

23%

Ryan Consolidated Petroleum—

see

8%

Irt

Jan

22%

Ryerson & Haynes common

_

Jan

40

102

Works common
preferred

23%

1.25

common

Ryan Aeronautical Co

For footnotes

Lamp

»

Royalite Oil Co Ltd

7%

—

1

common

1,100

1%

w

10

Co

Jan

8%

u

convertible

United

"9%
6%

5

*

Feb

18

13%

40

warrants

*

5

common

Inc

14%

Jan

4%

Inc

Union Stock

Electric Steel

Rotary
Rowe

Corp

Jan

16 Va

Feb

2%

1 Va

dep receipts for ord reg..£l

Field

Feb

11%

14%

Jan

300

29

Rolls Royce Ltd—

Roosevelt

13%

400

200

95

14

Temper Corp

Union
Rochester Gas & Elec 4%

Jan

16

900

7%

—

Corp.—

Unexcelled Chemical C'orp__
—

Jan

Jan

1

1%

29%

Rio Grande Valley Gas Co—

V, ....(Texas Corp)

Jan

122%

Jan

1

Engineering

Feb

18%

Jan

14 %

deposit rets ord registered

Lux

35%

Jan

Ltd—

Jan

5

1

&

Co

Jan

•

Electric

Richmond

3%

1

;

(Robert) & Co

Trust

Jan

16%

16%

8

*

1%
28

80c

r-

Construction

Allied Stocks

24%

Railway & Light Securities—

Packing. Co common

400

4,900

13%

13%

__

1
1

£1
Amer deposit rets def registered—5s
Todd Shipyard Corp common
20
Toklan Royalty Corp
'
70c
Toledo Edison 4%%
preferred
.100
Tonopah Mining of Nevada

R
Voting

.

'

16%

13 %
__

..—25c

Inc

Tishman Realty &

Amer

Rath

Markets

Roofing Inc

Tobacco

Railway

17 VB
•

5

Corporation common

Thorofare

155 V8 157

•

common

preferred.....

35 «/a

16 %

17

♦

7%

33

120%

35

*

common

common...:

■

Q
Quebec Power Co—___

Co

Inc

preferred.100
Thew Shovel Co common.
5
Thor

Quaker Oats

Electric

Texas Power & Light

& Canal—

—

registered

—

.100

—

—

—

—

--

242%

Jan

-

•

5

Volume 171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

NEW

YORK
RANGE

Friday

Week's

Last

Range
of Prices

Shares

Par

United

Profit

10%

Sharing

preferred

United

Shoe

U

S

Air

U

S

Foil

U

S

U

Co

class

__

preferred

Utah-Idaho

Co

Feb

49'A

Jan

Isarco

Jan

41%

Feb

A 7s

common

&

1,000
3,000

4

Hydro-Electric

Jan

13%

Jan

A7s

Jan

1%

1%

Jan

Jan

15%

18 Vb

with

Jan

2,300

Jan

4 Va

Feb

50

83%

Jan

89 Va

Jan

4%

4%

1,500

4%

Jan

5%

Feb

1%

Feb

1 %

Jan

New

1%.

1%

100

27

.

-

25'A

1%
43'A

28%

Jan

28

Jan

29'A

Jan

1

25

2%

2,400

8

25'/j

Extended

Jan

Jan

Feb
Jan

23%

2,200

at

1st

3'As

$4

convertible

1

preferred

Venezuelan

Petroleum

Venezuela

Vogt

Syndicate

5%

Feb

68

Jan

70

Feb

27

Jan

31 %

Feb

3%

4%

3,000

3%

Feb

4%

2%

1,300

2%

Feb

3%

Jan

Safe

13'A

13 Vs

13%

200

12%

Jan

13'A

Jan

San

Jan

5%

2

Waitt & Bond
$2

Inc

1

1

WaJlham Watch Co

i

w

1

Texas

Tablet

6%

Westmoreland

&

Stationery

&

C)

&

Products

Wilson

Elec

Wisconsin

Pwr

Co

11 Va
1 Va

67/e

w

500

Va

Jan

1

8%

200

&

(P

Lt

4%%

pfd

21

17%

800

3%

3'As

6s

Aug

2%s

C

10%

1,200

115

4.600

1st

June-Dec

2%s

(Bait)

27/8s

mortgage
debs

Consolidated
General

or

Friday's

tlOS'A
104

104

Gas

N

mortgage

93%

93%

100 %

Ercole

Lt

Marelli

&

series

RR

Elec

A

1993

5s

5s

Mfg

1956

;

Green

series

&

Ry

Western

(coupon on)
Ex-coupon market

A 73

E

(Aug

series

A7s

C

(Dec

series

A7s
A 7s

Power

series

A6'As

(July

1

175

92

Dec

Dec

1

104
104

94

99%

4

101%

r__Feb-Aug

1970

101%

.1106% 107%

306%

——-May-Nov

93

93

93

April-Oct
Aprfl-Oct

1135

140

179%

80'A

Jan-July

144

47

—April-Oct

44

46

Feb-Aug

61

61

1950

1946

1940

1953

coupon

1953

89 V*

3.31

59

99%

103

104

104

lu4

106

106%

106'A

106'A

50

108%

48

58

8

44

57%

1

59

63%

i

1947

103%

May-Nov

103% 103%

1956

coupon

160

1956-.——June-Dec

37

102%

64

62

on

1

110'A

110'A

debentures

—

13

46

2

102% 103%
—

55%
42

7

—

$60'A
$30

Mar-Sepf
Jan-Juiy

1963

June-Dec

1958

1954

95%

Mar-Sept

95 7 0

2

95'A

103

5s

I960-

Newspaper
f

s

118'A

1959

BONDS

Interest

Exchange

Agricultural Mortgage Bank
A 20-year
7s April 1946
A20

7s Jan

year

Bogota

101%

14

102%

or

Sale Price

Valley

Danish

Cons

7s

5'As

External

5s

Port

7s

(issue

A 7s

of

of

(issue

AMortgage

71%

46%

47'A

89

89

90

79

90

82%

82%

77%

83%

of

8%

7%

8%

18'A

18'A

14'A

18 V*

46%

47%

2008

May-Nou

432%

33%

June-Dec

447%

49

May-Nov

447'A

April-Oct

447'A

June-Dec

437

June-Dec

1951

88

.

Bogota—
1927)

Oct

Bank

8%

1958—Mar-Sept

Ai

2'As

May

Bank

Jan-July

stamped

(Plan

stamped

Bank

Mortgage

71%
49

82%

May-Nou

Interest reduced to

A7s

+47%

—!Feb-Aug

_

6'As

High

471

&

City (Peru)
Maranhao stamped

Mortgage

Low

Loan—

1955

1953

Lima

AMedellin

Jan. 1

No.

471

June-Dec

Waterways —
AExternal 6'As stamped 1952_

A

Range Since

Sold

High

of)

1948

Municipal

External

April-Oct
Jan-July

Bank

Bonds

Friday's

Bid & Asked

—

1947

Mortgage

(see

ACauca

(Col)

1927)

Chile

of

of

1947
1947

1931

6s

Denmark

5s

1972

•

—

__

37

37

80

88

88

118'A

de

—

14

—

52

8

103'A

A

100

103%

5'As

"No
e

Odd-lot

(.not

3'A

42

B

2008

C

stamped

reduced

D

Mar-Sepf

E)

(Plan

2'/

to

Government

84%

81

10

88%

86

A

86

6

86%

95

22

83.%

92

95%

13

86

95%

33

31%

22

22 %

the

Exchange

as

32

32

31

IB

Rail¬

Util¬

trials

roads

ities

Stocks

42.65

73.52

203.36

54.78
-

202.02

Total
65

91%

13

83%

91%

"w

2%

3%

675

2%

3%

3%

2%

3%

373

2%

3%

value,

par

a

transaction
n

Deferred
(not

in

year's

delivery transaction

included

Under-the-rule

in

range),

Bonds being traded

year's range),

transaction
x

(not

no

sales

(not

y

included

in

f Ex-distribution,

included

Ex-dividend,

1

year's
g

range),

Ex-stock

d Ex-interest,

dividend,

in

year's range),
r Transaction
Ex-rights,
zEx-liquidating dividend.

being

transacted

during

current

Second

Indus¬

Grade

Grade

Util¬

used above—"cod," certificates of deposit; "cons,"consolidated;
"cum," cumula¬
"conv," convertible; "M," mortgage; "n-v," non-voting stock; "v t c," voting trust certificates;
i," when issued; "w wf" with warrants; "x w," without warrants.

Rails

Ralls

ities

Bonds

106.01

101.80

103.15

106.26

Holiday
54.11

97.79

Holiday
42.47

72.97

103.15

106.29

91.44

Total

Compiled by National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
Date—

106.06

101.73

Feb.

15

201.93

54.80

42.56

73.19

103.14

106.16

91.53

106.18

101.75

16

201.69

54.51

42.58

73.00

1C3.14

106.25

91.35

106.05

101.70

Feb.

17

203.17

55.70

42.67

73.77

103.16

106.25

91.52

106.09

101.76

Feb.

11

Feb.

-

Feb.




industrial Stock Average

40

trials

cash

^Reported in receivership.

(35 Stocks)

First

h Ex-

week.

Abbreviations

10

10

for

flat.

compiled by Dow, Jones & Co.

10

32%

3%

1919

-Bonds—

20

22%

Jan-July
Jan-July

222

A)

2012-

6'As

daily closing averages of representative stocks and bonds

the New York Stock

32'A

38%

22%

tive;

91'A

"

76'A

95

92

95

—

22

95
—

1952

88'A

432'A

1997—-—Jan-July

1921

included

42%

90%

Feb-Aug

1957

Jan-July

coupon)

2%s

June-Dec

Janeiro

principal.

49

87%
__

—

coupon)

A

59%

99%

.

103% 103%

4

to
—

(ser

__

—

59%

$42

of)

2%s

A Russian

$45

reduced

(Republic

l'As to
Rio

('Plan A)

stamped

Interest
Peru

iFriday's bid and asked prices;
1955

1952_

13

Feb.

120

Week's Range

Last

Period

Low

Interest

65

+99%

„

103%

Jan-July

Indus¬

Feb.

107%

320

Union—

debentures

New York Curb

103%

10

11

96

3 07

8

Foreign Governments and Municipalities

60 %

47

102%

--

—

55

June-Dec
coupon)

30

Date—

63

130

—

1102

Traction

conv

Parana

59

46
.

Stocks

Feb.

103%

Hotel—

Stock and Bond Averages
listed

81%

130

—Feb-Aug

6s

115

5

58'A

46

102%

May-Nou

1950

4s

1957

Below are

96

131

+79

Co—
coupon

14--!—

Closing

13_

Feb.

11
f

106%

120,
A

100'A

1

110'A 110'A

—

105

1101 Va 102'A

120

—

10

112% 114

--

106

;

1940

1

1

income

Penn

Danzig

99%

—

106'A 106'A

__

105%

104%

1107

105%

10

104

105

June-Dec

110%

93%

104

109%

104%

104%

June-Dec

Sec—

1941

1941

103

108

—

May-Nou

1955

1941
F

53

106% 106%

—

A6'As

104%

169

RR—

A

International

104%

Co—

Mountain Power 3%s

Guantanamo
6s

Western

May
Jan-July

„„_Mar-Sepf

stamped 1961
Trunk

104

May-Nov

1993

A6'As with Nov 1 1940 coupon 1953
A6'/2s ex Nov 1 1947 coupon 1958
Finland Residential
Mtge Bank—
Grand

—

RR—

A

Water

14

100 Va

100

104

April-Oct

3'As

1989

1947 coupon

1

1 (

.

1969

Western

106

106%

110% 110%?'

1954

105

109%
105

Division—

J

4s

103%

City) —

4'As

1st mortgage 4s series B
Eastern Gas & Fuel 3'As 1965

Elmira

U

A5s

108%

106%

105'A 105%

May-Nov

(Bait

107%

__

105%

1976—Jan-July
1981—April-Oct

1103

High

1163% 180

Jan-July

series

Western

Low

no6% 107

April-Oct
T

Feb-Aug

Friday

104

110'A

5
14

108

Jan-July

Corp—

Aug

H

__

109% 109%
104% 105%

West

Jan. J„

No.

Mar-Sepf

1102%
105%

April-Oct

1970

1966

Service

ex

Range Since

Sold

High

105%

4106

1973

B

3'As

5s

Electric

Jan

Bonds

Bid & Asked

1948—Jan-juiy

Jan-July
_Jan-July

May -Nov
Mar-Sept

(Calif)—

trust

Aug

with

Feb

2

—

series

27/Bs

mortgage

Lackawanna of

4%

Jan

104'A 104'A

1962

Delaware Lack &
1st

Pwr

mortgage

conv

Jan

4

162

Jan

"l'/a

104 V*

mtge 2%s ser Q 1976
2%s series R 1981

ref

121/2

360%

104%

Jan-July

Jan

Feb

161%

Washington Water Power 3'As 1964

Jan

16

ex

A7s

Jan

106'/

161

104 Va 104'A

Mar-Sepf

Week's Range

—

ref

32

Jan
Jan

Inc

Waldorf-Astoria

Jan

Jan

10%

400

414,

Quar-Feb

Registered

ref

29%

1981

1965

1971

stamped

with

A7s

Jan

1960_May-Nov

1970

61

•

1952

3s

series
Gas

revenue

United

Feb

Authority—

Consol Gas El Lt &
1st

Jan

12
4

Last

1998

3%s revenue series of 1947—1978
Cities Service Co debenture 3s 1977

1st

61/2

Jan

14

Sale Price

A

1

series

Cential States Electric Corp 5s debs
5'As debentures 1954

ref

Jan

B

& Bros 5s

Corp

2nd

A6'As

Feb

Jan

Jan-July

61

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority—

Feb

Jan

Friday
Period

61

Hydro-Electric Co—

A6'As

Jan

8'/2

3%

X7a

City Electric 3'As 1964
Telephone of Canada 5s series

1st

3V2

191/2

Jan

13 Va

Interest

Exchange

Power

Transit

Jan
Feb

7%

100

4

Atlantic

Chicago

2V*

100

lVa

Jan-July

stamped 1946
(Hugo)) Industries—

A7-4s

Terni

Jan

14

*

61

130

3rd

Stinnes

Jan

18

700

June-Dec

Steel

211/8

13 Vis

10'A

(A G)

(Hugo)

A7-4s

2%s

200

8%

Jan

Feb

105%

1970

Edison

21

17'A

29 Va

5s

_

3s

3s

collateral

Stinnes

Feb

75

Low

Bethlehem

32%

100

3%

3%

BONDS
New York Curb

Bell

Jan

29 Va

£1

Ltd—

April-Oct

1960

•

Counties-Gas

Jan

29 Va

10 '/<

M

motrgage

5s

Feb

13 Va

8

98%
106 %

Co—

Corp 3s

Edison

1973

ref

Jan

27

200

2

receipts

Hargreaves

Boston

U4I/2
165

31

9%

29 Vs

and

AStarrett

Jan

Jan

241/4

Ltd—

deposit

87/b

Feb

150

100

preference-.

Feb

6'A

1

105'A

105'A

1106'A 108

April-Oct

California

Jan

17%

•

common

1 Va

Feb

27

8

25
:

Inc..

W)

Appalachian Elec

8 Va

1

w

series

Spalding

Jan

3%
%

107%

9 8'A

1105'a 106

1998

Power

A

Jan

Jan

17%

8

105%

14

99 'A

106

105%

105'A

105% 106'A
+105% 105%

+98'A

62

103'A
105%

11053i 106'A
106

103

60%

Electric—

&

Southwestern Gas & Electric

Jan

Feb

4%

*

common

Industries

American

6%

Wright

Jan

V*

8,650

30 %

1

Inc

Woodley Petroleum
Woolworth

10'A

36,700

21

5

.

Brothers common

preferred

Winnipeg
Woodall

150

%
6%

10
.

Jan

112 Va

31

63

5 5'A

101 'A

62

June-Dec

1952

Harbor Water

1st

Feb

1%

158

l

Co

110%

Jan

10%

8'A

10

Oil Corp
Corp

Jan

1%

26 %

20

Mfg

(Wm)

(R

Willson

5%

Shoe

(The)

Williams

100

Va

*

com

Inc

River

Wickes

"l'A

6

8'A

91%

4 9'A

23

103 VB 104

Jan-July

1960

coupon
Gas

Joaquin Lt & Pow 6s

Jan

%

1.25

103 VB

May-Nou

coupon

debentures

Borough Gas

California

Feb

9 V*

l

Westmoreland Coal

Wichita

2%

Jan

$6 preferred
•
Ry 7% 1st pfd__100

Maryland

Western

Weyenberg

Jan

8%

Utilities

Western

Whitman

IV*

700

ioy*

%
6'A

Manufacturing—!

West

2,000

109

—30

vtc

Ward Baking Co warrants
Warner Aircraft Corp
Went worth

1940

1947

Electric &

Southern

2%
8%

*1 Va

■

Mar-Sept

1961

51%

62

April-Oct

Oct

5'As series A

1st

1%

1

preferred___

cum

1967

1971

Southern

8 Va

-

High

63

101% 101 %
62

April-Oct

Oct

Service

Queens

W
Wagner Baking voting trust ctfs ext—*
1%
preferred
100

4'As

51

Feb-Aug

3s

3 'As

•

88'A

$30

51%

April-Oct

mortgage 3'As 1968-

Southern

Waco Aircraft Co—_

37

Jan

2%

•

Low

Hydro-Electric Co—

50-year

5

50
150

20c

Manufacturing

1,100

70

31%

l

Inc

5%

Jan. 1

No.

65

Jan-July

with

70

70

•

Mar-Nov

Jan-July

1963—

to

Light

1st

ex

30 %

5

Co

1952

coupon

1970

Public

Vanadium-Alloys Steel

4'"/o

mortgage

A6V2S

common

91%

teo

Lexington 1st mortgage 3s 1964
Pennsylvania Water & Power 3'As 1964

A6'As

Corp

1940

England Power 3'As

Piedmont

Valspar

90'/a

1952

coupon

Park

Feb

25'A

Range Since

Sold

High

Co—

1940

1

Gas

Ohio Pcwer

Jan

3%

Bonds

Bid & Asked

91%

Jan

Feb

25

150

23 7 e

~<13<*

2%

Feb

1%
40

50

26

28 '.'2

__

Nov

Milwaukee

__

Jan-July

Superpower 6s 1963
McCord Corp debentures 4'As 1956
Midland Valley RR—

4%

4

1

1952

Altalian

88%

26

*

common-

12

-

5

Light

1,100

IV*

certificates

escrow

with Nov

88 %

■

10

Sugar

Power

13%

16%

1%
10

^Debenture

40'A

IV*

10

.

....

Jan

43%

4%
-

5 %

Fiiday's

or

Sale Price

Interstate Power Co—

50

4%

1

_

Jan

Jan

5

%

2,725

16 V*

—

—

1

Jan

44%

•

16%

*

warrants.

_

Products

——

*

Securities

with

common

Rubber Reclaiming Co
United Stores Corp common
Universal Consolidated Oil
Universal Insurance

Utah

300

Week's Range

Last

Period

Low

41 3/4

13

■

1

S

Radiator

Universal

5

Va

Interest

High

43%

13

10c

Friday

200

27

17

New York Curb Exchange

41%

__

1

_

B

International

1st

S

44%

25

„

Conditioning Corp

and

$5

U

%

5

...

common.. —25

common

FEBRUARY

BONDS

Low

•

_

Specialties

(775)

EXCHANGE

ENDED

Range Since January 1

High

Va

10

Machinery

Preferred

United

Low

25c

common

CURB

WEEK

CHRONICLE

for Week

Sale Price

Exchange

FOR

FINANCIAL

Sales

STOCKS
New York Curb

&

——

36137
Closed

-

Range for 1950

High

—

36.49 Feb.
35.13 Jan.

Low

4
4

36.31

Feb.

15

36.22

Feb.

16

36.28

High

Feb.

17

36.34

Low

Range for 1949
—

35.20 Dec. 31
27.79 Jun.

15

J

■t'
>

f

28

COMMERCIAL

THE

(776)

Transactions at the New York Stock

Number

of

Daily, Weekly and Yearly
Stocks

Bond

(Number

Bonds

Sales

$159,000
Holiday

$973,000

$1,132,000

„

3,935,000

537,000

3,398,000

2 213.030

Total

Government

Bonds

Bonds

Bonds

United States

Bank

Foreign

and Miscel.

826,170

Saturday
Monday
Tuesday

Transactions at the New York Curb Exchange

Int'l

Railroad

Shares

Week Ended Feb. 17,1950

1,733,440

733,000

$5,000

3,248,000

2,170,000

271,000

10,000

2,451,000

1,936,920

Total

2,510,000

1,916,450

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

2,828,000

400,000

8,626,010

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

Exchange

Daily, Weekly and Yearly
Stocks

&

3,228,000

191,080

Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

3,662,630

8,626,010

$151,000

Holiday

7,000

779,000

405,660

44,000

404,000

11,000

459,000

465,250

206,000

302,000

14,000

522,000

1,920,675

$587,000

$1,390,000

$47,000

$2,124,000

14,000

115,000

366,000

1,548,100

13,250,850

11,879,000

11,897,000

17,118,400
146,660,800

100,829,600

$13,470,100

$163,990,400

Total

1,042,705

13,287,543

8,027,252

$687,000

$846,000

$6,144,000

$5,380,000

101,000

3,374,000

1,602,000

4,000

387,000

278,000

$951,000

$9,905,000

$7,260,000

Bonds

Foreign

government

Foreign corporate
Total

__

47,000

__

__

__

_

STOCK EXCHANGES

OTHER
RANGE

FOR

WEEK

ENDED FEBRUARY 17

Friday

Boston Stock

Week's

Last

Range

Sale Price

of Prices

i

:

.

Shares

Par

,

Agricultural Chemical
Sugar Refining

American
American

•
100
100

Tel

American

Tel

American

Woolen

Copper

149%

*

Anaconda

50
100

Boston &

&

Albany RR

-

149

__

__

47

437/a
41%

High.

Low

11

40%

Feb

45

Jan

222

38%

Jan

41%

Feb

149%

Feb

146%

Jan

149%

2,435

31 Va

1,487

23%

Feb

32

Jan

29 Va 29%
111
111%
46
47'%

340

28%

Jan

31%

Jan

23'A

237/a

25

Edison

Boston

43'/a
39%

__

Columbia Gas

Range Since January 1

High

Low

Jan

111%

Feb

2,404

45%

Jan

47%

Feb

93

107

Davton

100

36%

14%

350

14%

Jan

1%
36'A

__

100

14%

14%

100

Stamped

l7/a
37'A

18

1%

Feb

14% Feb

Common

7%

stamped

prior preferred

7%

class

100
•

stamped

pfd

1st

C

Boston Personal Prop Trust

Calumet

Eastern
6%

Street

Mass

5%

Eastern SS

100
100
100

A

adjustment—"

preferred

General

Safety

Loew's

61

75

68

Feb

75

General

Feb

41%

New

Cash

21%

Jan

24 %
39

Jan

70

Jan

46%

Jan

37%

70

46 Va

44%

36'/a

46%
37

53%

11
54%

15%

157/a

75

75

95 %
51%
55 %

95 %
51%
56

17%

17'%

18c

—
—

25

20c

11

—

100

Ry

Chemical

New
New

•

N

1

Cos

New

Haven

&

20c

50
10
2.50

Rexall Drug Co

9'A
40c

9%

2.50
»

11%
92%

11%
93%

100

Hartford

Mining

Pennsylvania RR
Reece Folding Machine—

56
—

"

20
100

England Electric System
England Tel & Tel

y

—

'

5

Service

North Butte

—

*

Corp

Linotype

Nash-Kelvinator
National

75

100

5%

Mathieson

Jan

45%

Feb

74%

77%

266

68%

Jan

78

Feb

33%

20

33%

Feb

35%

Jan

13%

Jan

12'A

31

11%

Jan

34%

34%

121

32

Jan

34%

27 Va

27'A

50

27%

Feb

28%

Jan

17%

17%

17%

90

16%

Jan

17%

Jan

•

15%

15

15%

448

12%

Jan

15%

Feb

16

16

2

16

Feb

17

Jan

Jan

12%

Corp
Vacuum

Oil

,__15

Oil

13

115

11%

22%

42

21'A

Jan

23%

Feb

C6%

67

68

66

Jan

69%

Jan

Standard

10

26%

27

104

25'A

Jan

27%

Feb

34%

Oil

34%

70

34%

Feb

36

Jan

29%

30

449

25%

Jan

30%

Feb

•

J)

(N

1

Assn

—

19%

50

22

Jan

Jan

79

Jan

4

50

Jan

66

115

Feb

4%

(Ohio)
Roller Bearing

,

22%

*

1
;—•

Stop & Shop Inc
Torrington Co

_5

Drill—

Twist

Union

*

United Fruit Co

United
U

S

Shoe

' ;

5%

78%

Timken

Jan

U

S

Steel

(new)

29%

•

*

60

Feb

X36

235

3,028
215

64% Feb

Watling, Lerchen & Co.
Members
New

25

10%

Jan

11

Feb

267

50%

Jan

55%

16

15

Jan

15%

Feb

70%

Jan

77

Stock

Jan

25

York

95'A

10

Feb

95%

Stock

Detroit

DETROIT

Ford Building

Feb

Telephone:

Feb

143

47%

Jan

53%

52

Jan

56

WOodward 2-5525

Feb

110

Feb

17

Jan

18%

Jan

17c

Jan

30c

Jan

11%
93%

2,235

10%

Jan

12

210

92%

Feb

96%

Jan

9%
41c

185

7%

Jan

9%

Feb

100

700

29c

Jan

70c

904

16%

Feb

Detroit Stock Exchange

Jan

Jan

17%

1

Jan

1%

5%

Feb

6%

Sales

Range

for Week

of Prices

Shares

Friday

Jan

35

Week's

Last

Sale Price

Jan

50

Jan

STOCKS

Par

.

■

Low'

common

Co

Westinghouse

227/a
56%

Electric

25

44'A
—

560

15

Jan

16

Jan

Allen

105

20%

Jan

22%

Jan

Altes Brewing

17%
34'A

95

17%

Feb

19

Jan

American

2

540

33%

Feb

36%

6

325

22%

Feb

25

Jan

Baldwin

2,224

53%

Jan

60%

Feb

Brown-McLaren., Mfg

31%

58%
44%
43'A

323A

Electric

__

Metal Prod

Rubber

_

49'A

Jan

Jan

43%

Feb

Chrysler

30%

Jan

33%

Feb

Consolidated

Continental

Motors

Cincinnati Stock Exchange
Range
of Trices

Shares

Last

Sale Price

Low

Par

Range Since January 1
Low

19%

Feb

20%

Jan

Gar

Champion

Paper

Cincinnati
Cincinnati

Street

Gemmer

3%

Feb

3%

Feb

Gerity-Michigan

145

32%

Feb

34%

Feb

Goebel Brewing

32%

33%

435

30%

Jan

33% Feb

Graham

28%

28 %

50

26%

Jan

28%

Feb

Hoover

5%

Jan

5

Feb

Paige
Ball

73%

Feb

75

Bell Tel—

Cine & Sub

Cola

class

10

105%

Feb

108

Jan

Eagle Picher
Formica Insulation
Art

Gibson

________——

Hatfield

preferred
Kahn preferred

100
50

____

—

16

Feb

King-Seeley

Jan

Procter & Gamble..
When

Randall

issued
class

——

B

18

*
*
*

88

Printing

*
50
8

common

Preferred

Western

Bank

Unlisted

*
Telegraph—100

Armco Steel

25

29%

10

City Products

*

69%
32%

For footnotes

1

see




page

36

'

22%

'A

2%
39c

20%

7%

1,720
4.103

23

340

6%
2%

1.600

.

7%

Jan

23%

Feb

6%

Feb

7%

Jan

2%

Jan

2%

22

Feb

39c

500

30c

Jan

44c

Jan

20%

360

20%

Feb

22%

Jan

725

4%

4%

Jan

5%

13

13

185

12

Jan

13

77%

78

1,179

70

Jan

78

Jan
Jan

Feb
Jan

3%

3%

200

3%

Jan

4%

11%

3%

11%

170

10%

Jan

113A

Feb

Jan

2%

Jan

Feb

13%

Jan

13

2

2%

248

13%

13%

208

13%

13

2%

13

100

12%

Jan

100

3%

Feb

2

17%

17%

Jan

145

44

Jan

46%

Jan

Kinsel

58%

60

365

53 %

Jan

60

Feb

Lakey

32

32

92

32

Feb

35

Feb

Lansing Stamping common

46

46

15

46

Jan

46

Jan

61

192

15%

35

18

18%

207

87%

88%

1,704

59 'A

Jan

61

Feb

&

15'A

Jan

16%

Jan

11%

Jan

19%

Feb

89%

Feb

National

Stamping

Jan

7

Feb

21%

Feb

22%

Jan

150

3%

Feb

3%

1%

1%

100

1%

Jan

13A

Jan

7%

7%

100

7%

Feb

7%

Jan

2%

2'%

200

2%

Feb

2%

3%

Feb

1%

1%

100

1%

Jan

13A

Jan

1

4

4

4

400

3%

Jan

4%

Jan

7%

7%

200

7

Jan

7%

Feb

1%

1%

343

1%

Feb

1%

Jan

3%

3%' '

483

2

Jan

2%

Jan

4%

4%

345

4

Jan

4%

Jan

2%

common

56%

Feb

59%

Feb

20%

Jan

26

Feb

Park

2%

12%

190

11%

Jan

14

Jan

Peninsular Metal Products

100

2%

Jan

2%

2

2%

450

2%

Jan

2%

37

152

32%

Jan

38%

Jan

Pfelffer Brewing
Rickel (H W) &

171

37%

Jan

43

Jan

23A

Jan

3

Jan

Rudy

—2

_

Packard Motor Car

20

47%

47%

14

47%

Jan

47%

Jan

8%

19

8'A

Feb

8%

Jan

Chemical

_

•

_

1

_.

40

Co

'20

9%

Feb

Sheller

396

146%

149%

Feb

Soss

30'A

275

26%

Jan

30%

Feb

Superior

Jan
Jan—

11%

29%

520

28%

Feb

30%

Jan

_

_

Timken-Detroit Axle

69 %

210

66 Va

Feb

78%

Jan

Warner Aircraft

Jan

33%

Feb

2%

2,750

12%

348

12%

Feb

13

21%

625

21

Jan

23

200

9

Jan

2%

Feb

9%
23A

Jan

200

14 %

Feb

16%

Jan

85c

Feb

1.00

Feb

Jan

1%

Jan

9

1

—_5

common

Wayne Screw Products

3

2%

common.

1

15

9

2%

__

Die

28%

Jan

12%

2%

Manufacturing
&

100

Jan

3

2

__io

66 %

31%

_

1

Manufacturing Co
Tool

40

21

.

Manufacturing

149% 149 7/a

44

4%

725

3%

1%

35

33%

4,270

1%

McClanahan Oil

59

32%

7
22

1

26

11%

5%
21%

Jan

1

_

Products

26

11'A

Jan

Feb

Jan

4%

7%

Machine

McAleer Manufacturing common
McAleer Mfg preferred

80

3%

1%

Foundry
Screw

7

1

Drug

Masco

3%

21%

45

29%

18

.

-

Jan

common

19%

8%

Service

Chesapeake & Ohio

8 'A

'

36

H'/*
149%

Feb

7%

7%
23

—2%

common

Scotten-DIllon

American Airlines

Cities

16

Stocks—

American Telephone &

Jan

Jan

Motors

12%

47%

7

7%

1

59

26

*

Rapid

10
50

15%

1

—

Jan

Jan

1

_

Kingston Products

16

60%

*

Magnavox

S.

—

6%
6%

10

17%

—

100

1,047

1

45

60

*

Kroger
Lunkenheimer

U.

*
■-*

_

Kaiser-Frazer

Feb

5

73%
16

*
10

—

Feb

Jan

105'A 105%

*

A

(Dan)

Jan

20%

6%

20%

Bearing

450

67%

Jan

7%

_

554

Feb

20

6%

1

_

Corp

5%

63%

790

6%

10

73%

601

20%

7%

1
_

Motors

&

14%
63%

6%

_

Howell Electric

Cohen

Jan

14%

4%

Hoskins Manufacturing

5%

73%

Jan

15

5

Motors

100

50

Jan

86c

Jan

6

Manufacturing class B

General

3%

25

11

Feb

14%

Industries

33%

33%

Jan

81c

420

20

,!«•__

3%

common_8%
Machine
10

Milling

10

100

14%

20

_

32%

Gas & Electric

Cincinnati

Coca

Navigation-

20
—_1

Mach__

Balcrank

303

81c

1

19%

20

Feb

10%

Stove

Trailer

Wood

15%

1

common

*

American Laundry

193

High

Jan

10%

10

—_

Frankenmuth Brewing common
Friars Ale Brewing

High

Jan

13%

820

81c

_

Edison

Fruehauf

6%

15%

Corp

Detroit-Michigan

Sales
for Week

Week's

2%

Jan

10%
•

Paper

Detroit

Jan

5%

63%

Feb

37%

422

2%

14%

1

_

Burroughs Adding Machine

43%

45

Detroit & Cleveland

Friday

common

Jan

350

1,100

15%

_

625

Davidson Bros

stocks

High

Jan

23

Low

2%

8

1

56%
43%
x42%

32%

12.50

Corp

157/a
213A

Range Since January 1

High

2%

V-

22%

—

Exchange

Chicago Stock Exchange

Exchange

17%
33%

__

York Curb

New

Exchange

15%
21'A

__

10

Machinery

Rubber

Feb

Jan

Feb

66%

402

2,200

16% 17%
11
. 5%
5%

17%
—

—

& Webster Inc

Stone

13%

13

22%

5

Brands

Standard

Feb

25

Co

Standard

1
Shawmut

Jan

Feb

37%

68

37

1

Theatre

Mergenthaler

41%

50

RR

Maine Central RR—

preferred
Massawippi Valley

90

Feb

33%

45%

Feb

41

Feb

44%

27'A

Jan

66%

34%

*

Feb

Jan

13

Jan

,t»

■.

Pennsylvania

Socony

Feb

30%

33%

Oil

Radio

11%

60

*

Central

York

1,011

76

10

Ohio Edison

Ohio

High-

12%
33%

.45%

•

«.

Low

11%
33%

11%

7

Register

Range Since January 1

High

Jan

1,150

Light

Motors

National

Low

Jan

250

36%

36 %

70

*

—

Copper

Boston

45

69%
37
23%

22%

—

_•

Co

Razor

Hathaway Bakeries
Kennecott

61 %

23'A

•

Electric

Gillette

4'A
20Va

36%

*

Stores

National

Jan

74
4
69

36%

•

Employers Group Assoc
First

5

39%

68

•

•

Inc

Lines

Feb

66%

—

Shares

Ry—

1st preferred series
preferred series B

6%

Feb

4%

4'A
19%

__

10

Service

Cities

36%

52

61%

5

Hecla

&

Jan

360

74
4

„

100

RR

Providence

&

Eoston

Jan

2

&

Electric

Southern

Railroad—

Boston & Maine

for Week

•

Power

General

Railway—

Boston Elevated

Range
of Prices

--Par

Sales
for Week

stocks

Sales

Week's

Last

Sale Price

Exchange

Friday

1949

1,920,675

Domestic

$114,614,950

—

1950

1949

1950

$168,500

$96,200

$11,000

Jan. 1 to Feb. 17

Week Ended Feb. 17

$15,000

Industrial

&

208,000

654,000

1949

$13,994,000

Foreign
Railroad

10,000

30,000

118,000

31,593,544

65,900,415

2,100,000

Bank

■

168,000

Bonds

U. S. Government

Total

$156,000

479,865

Stocks—No. of shares

International

$5,000

Jan. 1 to Feb. 17

1950

1949

1950

Foreign

Corporate

______

378,820

Total

Week Ended Feb. 17

Stocks—No. of shares

Week Ended Feb. 17,1950

Government

Domestic

$13,994,000

$15,000

$2,100,000

$11,879,000

Bonds (Par Value)

Foreign

of
Shares)

2%

15

15

85c

95c

1%

1%

•

410

1,210
200

2

1%

Jan

27/s

Feb

Jan
Jan

Jan

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171

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COMMERCIAL
*

&
V.

.

.

FINANCIAL

OTHER STOCK
RANGE

Los Angeles Stock
Friday
STOCKS

Week's

Juneau

Gold

Range

Ams-Chalmers MIg Co

(Un)

Airlines

(Un)-*—

Low

American

Power

New

&

Light old

&

St

San

11%
a

Co

(Un)

American

Viscose

&

Tel

Woolen

Anaconda

Copper

Steel

(Un)

(Un)

Corp

American

Armco

Co

Co

149%

25

3%

Feb

4

Jan

470

31%

Jan

34

Jan

Pullman

10%
11%
15% a!5%

14%

Jan

55%

Feb

1,659
20

515

29%

3

Barnhart

Morrow

Barnsdall

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Co

29%
9%

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Oil

Consolidated

Co

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Bendix
Black
Blue

(Un)—

Corp

(Un)

Cons

Diamond

i

Bolsa

Chlca

_

Oil

_

Company (Un)
Borg-Warner Corp (Un)
Broadway Dept Store.
Budd

Co

(Un)

California

_

Packing

Corp

Caterpillar Tractor Co
Certain-teed

Consolidated
Consolidated
Continental

Continental

Oil

Creameries
Crown

Vultee

of

Co

America

Zellerbach

Class

A

Electric

Bond

Liquidating
Fitzsimmong Stores
Power

Garrett

50

Feb

51

56%

Feb

56%

Feb

7 V2

Jan

8V4

Jan

13%

13%

768

12'/a

Jan

a34% a34%

169

__

.

15 %

15'/8

&

Electric

Southern

17%

400

15%

Jan

65 Va

358

63 %

Jan

67%

Jan

198

67%

Feb

76%

Jan

4%

•

16%
11%

4%

1,105

15%

110

15%

Jan

17%

Jan

16% al6%

50

17%

Jan

17%

Jan

15%

a

a

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a

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1

22

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Union

Carbide

Feb

Union

Oil Co

8%

al8%

a

330

Jan

32%

305

28%

Jan

35

28%

Jan

155

34%

Jan

12%

35

12%
51%

13

Feb

1,630

52 %

406

50%

Jan

a33% a34%

53%

Jan

230

33%

Feb

37%

Jan

Jan

7%

Jan

Union

55%
12%

Jan

59 %

Jan

United

Jan

14

Jan

United

29%

Jan

32%

Feb

United

Gas

6%

Feb

7%

Jan

United

Paramount

•

1%

9%

9%

9%

a2l

a21

102

aan

19%

13%

Jan

Warner

Bros

46c

Jan

Western

Air

10

Jan

Feb

350

15%

Jan

45%

45%

1,349

42%

Jan

208

49 v2

1,337

17%

75

75%

a41%

Jan

22%

Jan

26%

Jan

29%

Feb

Feb

Woolworth

Feb

Zenda

61%

Jan

Jan

72

Jan

Jan

24%

Jan

14%

Jan

18%

Feb

18%

19'A

17%

326

16%

Jan

9%

19%

Jan

9%

700

8%

Jan

a70% a71%

„

86

Jan

22

9%

326

22

Feb

a42% a43%

25%

255

42%

Jan

44%

Jan

26'A

2,707

25%

Jan

27%

Jan

85

297

85

Feb

85

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Feb

50

22

22

a42%

25%
85

—

__

—

Jan

26%

Jan

15%

27%

Feb

15 %

15%

126

14%

Jan

15%

Jan

17%

17%

17%

475

17%

Feb

19

Jan

1

Pictures Inc
Lines

1

(Un)

Tel

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•

23

Feb

21%

Feb

38%

Jan

41

Jan

2,563

25%

Jan

30%

Feb

29%

30%

40%

43%

330

14%

13%
8%

14%

1,480

—

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1

Jan

40%

"

Feb

43%

Feb

13%

Feb

16Va

Jan

8%

460

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31 %
32%

88

21%

Jan

22%

Jan

611

30%

Jan

32%

Jan

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88

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12.60
4

Feb

20%

25

30%

B

(Un)

22%

800

43%

1

Co

75

21

20%

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10

Inc

a21a21!/a
a43% a43%

__

8

Jan

«—

——-

9%

Jan

a—

6

6'A

Jan

6%

49%

49%

215

49%

Feb

49%

Feb

2%c

3c

10,000

2%C

Jan

3c

Jan

3,

ILL.

__

Jan

78

Feb

8,4.02

•

Westinghouse Elec Corp (Un)
Kentucky Coal Co (Un)
Willys-Overland Motors Inc (Un)

45%

12%

17 Va

West

49 Viz

60 %

Feb

17

1

Western

590

5%

Feb

Feb

69%

Jan1'

17 Vb

17%

577

16%

.Jan

48 3/a

17%

245

44%

Jan

2%

2%

Jan

21%

17%

Corp

Feb

19

66%

100

10

Jan

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542

l,0o7

Feb

(Un)

9%

48%

•

Theatres

1%
a—

a48% a49%

75%

0

(Un)

III

19

45'A

a48%

Inc

Steel

Union

1

9%

Feb

71%

Jan

Jan

a__

Jan

44%
69%

23

Consolidated Oil Co

Jan

18%

•

States

13

975

a20%

Feb

64%

Jan

1,470

•

Corp

37c

743

1

Corp (Un)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co common
Graham-Paige Motors Corp (Un)

18

23%

Jan

42%

10

Lines

Universal

342

•

Air

Jan

1,900

Jan

61

145

24

5

19%

40c

21

2,133

a44

23%

1

Certificates of interest in com
United States Rubber Co (Un)

13%

528

62 %

60%

50

United

38c

22%

24

__

S

(Un)
(Un)

Feb

13%

Feb'

2

(Un)

Corp

Feb

*

(Un)

Aircraft

Co

Jan

38c

2

RR

9 %

13'A

1 %

20%

25

22 %

Feb

13

61%

a36%

(Un)_*

74%

1

A

Pacific

Corp

Jan

17%

Jan

10

com

.Tan

134

11%

Feb

22%

__

•

7%

370

31%

a42%

__

25

72%

18%

22%

•

(Un)

22 Va

18%

a

—

•

25

140

18%

__

•

28

100

Jan

„

20

Carbon

6%

4

Great Northern Co
preferred

32%

28%

615
-

32%

35

Co

Calif

350

9

17%

&

of

592

a73% a73%

Feb

32%

(Un)_—

J)

Oil

100

a23% a23%

30%

28%

Century-Fox Film (Un)

Jan

a73%

3

General Foods Corporation
(Un)
General Motors
Corp common
General Public Util

Twentieth

4%
13%

a23%

Jan

60%

Jan

'

29%

540

Jan

'

240

Jan

35

(Un)
Transamerica Corporation
Transcontinental & Western Air
Tri-Continental Corp (Un)

4%

•

(N

(Un)
Sulphur Co

10%

7

Feb

29%

25

(Ind)

Assoc

500

32%

Feb

29%

27*%

pfd class A—25

6%

Company
Gulf

1,300

6%

35%

Jan

Feb

3,010

32%

Jan

26%

Jan

4%

32%

•

•

34 Va

440

21

6%

(Un)—5

15%

3,712

27%

36%

13%

22

Jan

35%

27%

Jan

13

13%

14%

34%

Jan

Jan

13%

Jan

Jan

1.05

a56% a56%

Jan

17

10%

Jan

13%

24

Feb

a

19%

90c

1

Jan

16

150

22%

16

36%

6'A

5

Jan

22

877

22

55

4.1 it

0%

22c

145

16%

14%

to to

340

Texas

1

Jan

Jan

3,584

Tidewater

Jan

36%

20c

21

Texas

26 %

3,000

20 %

Jan

Feb

20c

a36% a36%

Jan

21%

Jan

20c

—

12%

Jan

1,020

37%

Feb

12

12%

22 %

Feb

31%

12

19%

21%

35

1,443

1

30%

Jan

286

33%

—

•

Sunray Oil Corp common
4% %
preferred class B
Swift & Company (Un)

Feb

30

35%

31%

29%

Jan

Jan

35

32

28%

Feb

27%

Jan

a21% a21%

11%

220

Jan

73

a66% a67%

17%

29%

Feb

43%

28 %

30%

29%

21%

Feb

Jan

a21%

70

650

Jan

41%
67

a66%

170

90c

Feb

*

11%

200

Feb

33%

1

30%

•

Light Co

Feb

Jan

Jan

25

a 16%

90c

50c

4%

19

Vb

9

(Un)

16%

1

Co

Jan

1,934

6

36%

& Webster Inc (Un)
Studebaker Corporation (Un)

30%

•

(Un)

4

280

69 %

IB

Southern Pacific Company
Southern Railway Company (Un)
Standard Brands Inc (Un)
Standard Oil Co of Calif

11%

23

1

17%

1,608

41%

68

Jan

Jan

35%

imii

Stone

17'A
65 Va

555

41%

•

Calif

31%
20%

Feb

Jan

42

5

Feb

(Un)

class

of

Co

Standard Oil Co

a67% a67%

52 %c

Feb

69%

25

Gas

Standard Oil Co

17%

Jan

31%

•

preferred

Jan

Corp

Co

Jan

49c

37%

20%

— —

II-30

preferred

Southern Calif

Feb

Inc

Ltd

14%

a__

Jan

21%

Feb

1.7B

25

4.88%

Feb

Jan

Corporation

General

110

415

450

15%

Products Corp
Exeter Oil Company Ltd A

Florida

51

6%

Jan

500

31%

—

20%

Co

4.56%

35%

20

Inc

R

Jan

48 Va

Electrical
A

6%

Feb

Feb

20%

50c

Jan

preferred

Jan

Inc

Share

&

Feb

7%

1
Co

5

15%

5%

172

25%

4.48%

Jan

_

Aircraft

Industries

905

802

49c

Southern Calif Edison Co Lta com—25
4.32%
preferred
25

Feb

(Un)

Corporation

Dresser

F

Jan

14%

Curtis Publishing
Company (Un)
Curtiss-Wright Corp common (Un)

Douglas

Feb

26%

5%

20% a20%

al3%

33

Mng
Y (Un)

(Del)

8%

Jan

a

al3%

45%

•

Aircraft

Corp

Jan

25%

5%

—

1

78

Liquidating Corp
Motors

7%

37

Feb

Jan

Jan

Co

103

Engineering Corp

Consolidated

Feb

2,755

Aircraft

26%

11%

5%

Sinclair
Oil Corp
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc (Un)
Solar

Jan

6,205

8%

Co

Petroleum

430

(Un)

N

3c

8%
5%
56 %

1

of

Jan

—

a20%

15

a34% a34%

Commercial Solvents
Corp (Un)
Commonwealth Edison Co (Un)
Chollar Gould & Sav

Edison

&

15%
a44% a45%

Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp com
Preferred

Consolidated

Feb

34 Va

Feb

7%

10

Cons

41%

Jan

23%

15%

30%

Jan

Jan

Jan

18

13

2%c

Feb

880

5%

306

Signal Oil & Gas Co class A

31%

9%

Feb

a36

Signal

35%

Jan

4%

a7%

Jan

507

8%

700

a7%

Feb

915

100

4%

a35 % a34%

Co

Feb

8%
25 %

11%

15

9

(Un)

Feb

2,000

8%
4%
25%

160

25c

2%c

Jan

15%

1,114

56

41%

29

Jan

38

Feb

32%

Jan

Feb

12%

5%

Jan

Jan

36%

26%

7,993

5%

Jan

11

Jan

234

15%

37%

17

800

33%

26%

15

38

25c

11%

Jan

5%

50%

20

Jan

16%

1

500

13%

1

(Un)

System

Roebuck

50%

Jan

a

•

435

56%

25

Gas

Sears

_..25

;

Clary Multiplier Corp

Columbia

Shell Oil

Feb

Feb

16%

137

1

Security Company

Feb

10

Corp

Chrysler Corp
Cities Service Co

Jan

4%

51

25

(Un)

Products

85

11%

48%

25

a35

15%

8%

Co

13%

Feb

620

15%

a

—

(Un)

Finance

Jan

11%

High

a34%

•

1

a22c

8%

„

•

common-

Regis Paper Co

Jan

Jan

Jan

B

St

3%

17%

8%

50c

Safeway Stores Inc

10%

975

15%

1

_

Schenley Industries

Jan

11%
49%

Co

Feb

7%

•

Canadian Pacific Ry Co (Un)
Case
(J I)
Company (Un)—:

11

Jan

Jan

Low

common

Aeronautical

Seaboard

780

Corp

20%

16 Va

10%

15%

III—1

50"%

5%

_

:

Jan

Oil

Feb

669

26%

a

—2.50

Feb

7%

■

•

_

40

a26 a26%

.

—5;
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109

1,900

-15

.

Jan

Jan

2%c

8%

5
1»

Borden

Ryan

41%

2%c

2

»

(Un)__

Corp

Richfield

Jan

32%

»

Corp
Airplane Company

Boeing

i

5

10c-

Co_

Feb

9%

Jan

1,600

11%

"

—

Mining

29%

Jan

18%

17%

49%

11%

•

Co

Co

645

17

——

Inc
Oil

19%

17%

•

Gas

High

19%

—

•

Manufacturing Co

Ranch

Jan

8

&

Drug

Rice

28%

.

(Un)

a22c

5

Corp

Steel

Mammoth

Oil

Rheem

Jan

5%

4%

Rexall

Jan

30%

37%

11%

Reserve

32%

107 %

al9% al9%

_20c

Aviation

Bethlehem

,

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—

*

Co

Range Since January 1

Low
_

25

(Un)

50%

1

(Un)

a__

75

4%

4%

Shares

-33 %c

Republic Pictures Corp (Un)
Republic Steel Corp (Un)

Jan

120

13%

Feb

Co

Corp of America

Feb

6,797

10%

11%

al9%
1_

—

149%

38%

12%

1

Basin Oil Co

a

6%

—

Jan

7%

a37%

for Week

50

Incorporated (Un)

Oil

23%

1,435

7%

Sales

Range
of Trices

1

Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp (Un)

28%

■

520

9

;—10

common

146%
a__

1,797

29%

Locomotive Works (Un)_—_13
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co (Un)_100

Corp

Radio

—

Feb.

31%

Baldwin

Petroleum

Pure

Feb

Jan

_

Bros

Feb

16%

55%

29 V2

Company (111) (Un)
5
Topeka & Santa Fe Ry (Un)—100 al05Vt}
Atlantic Refining Co (Un)
25
a38%

Barker

11%
a—

13%

23%

Armour &

Bandinl

Jan

85

29%

(Un)

Jan

a—

Jan

170

23%

10

Manufacturing Corp

9%

3'A

14%

*

(Un)

Feb

15%

60
57

30

(Un)

3

2,005

19%

149% 149%

Atch

Avco

a

a68% a68%

14

(Un)

Mining Co

Corp

Co

3%

100

a54 a54%

100

—

RR

(Un)—
(Un)

a

14%

Tel

Pennsylvania

Inc

33'/a

Smelting & Refining (Un)__*

American

Pictures

Pepsi-Cola Co (Un)
Phelps Dodge Corp (Un),
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber

al9%

•

American

High

Paramount

33'/a

"

^

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Range Since January 1
Low

3

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Last

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common

Amer

Friday
Sale Price

STOCKS

High

3

1

Inc

17

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Shares

•

American

FEBRUARY

for Week

of Prices

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1
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EXCHANGES

ENDI D

Sales

Last

Par

Alleghany Corp

WEEK

(7771

Exchange

Sale Price

Alaska

FOR

CHRONICLE

v

•

48%

2,230

1%

Jan

2%

W)

Co

Mining

(Un)

10

—

10c

Co

3c

Feb

2%

(F

Gold

Feb

a41% a41%

50

'

42%

Jan

Feb

42% Jan

Greyhound Corp (Un)
Hancock Oil Co of Calif A
Hilton Hotels
Corp

3

Holly

1

1.70

1.60

1.70

2,050

1.55

12.50

14

13%

14

630

13%

6.66%

10%

10%

160

9'A

Jan

10%

Jan

25c

3c

3%c

8,000

3c

Feb

7%c

Jan
Jan

Development

Hudson Motor Car
Hunt

3

Co

Company

Foods, Inc

Imperial Development Co Ltd
Independent

Exploration

Co

International Nickel of
Jade

Oil

&

Mfg

Merchants

Co

American

American

Co

Co

Inc

(Un)

Oil

(Un)
-

Inc

(Un)

(Un)
Cons

7%

MINNEAPOLIS

Jan

17%

Jan

54%

47%

Feb

23

Jan

25%

Feb

20

17%

a

46

a25% a26%

■I-

85

16%

Midwest Stock

7%

1.30

1,500

1.20

Jan

1.40

Jan

27%

849

24%

Jan

26%

Feb

17%
26'A

1.20

26%

1.30

7%

17%

597

17%

Feb

18 Vb

Jan

26%

26%

305

24%

Jan

26%

Feb

Abbott

20

Feb

Acme

430

7

7%

Jan

8

1%

1%

5,480

Jan

2

Jan

60c

65c

800

60c

Feb

90c

Jan

19%

19%

810

Corp
Advanced Aluminum

17%

Jan

19%

Feb

2%

2%

Aetna Ball

100

2%

Feb

193%

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12%

12%

12%

11%

12%

1%

54 Va

Jan

Jan

3

58%

Jan

Steel

Admiral

Allied

Jan

American

Airlines

American

8%

Jan

9%

Feb

American

Rad

American

Tel

24%

Jan

13%

1,345

10%

Jan

12%

Feb

Anaconda
Armco

Steel Co

18%

Jan

20%

Feb

Armour

47%

250

41

Feb

47%

Feb

21%

21%

Asbestos

425

17%

Jan

21%

Feb

Atch

6%

Jan

7%

Feb

7

7%

585

28c

28c

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1.55

1.65

6,150

34%

34 %

228

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10%

Feb

Barber

Mfg

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6%

7%

7%

200

6%

Jan

7%

Jan

3%

700

3%

Feb

4

Jan

3%

32%

32%

Jan

34%

1,300

26%

Jan

11%

10

11%

5,300

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Jan

11%

Feb

21%

21%

21%

700

21%

Feb

22%

Jan

14%

15

750

13'/a
146 %

Jan

28%

Jan

31

30%

1,310

27%

Jan

30%

9%

4,100

7%

Jan

9%

Jan

1%.

1,500

1%

Jan

1%

Jan

(Un)

70

103%

29%

30%

29%

B

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29%

9%

1

1%

100
4

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Jan

Feb

15

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107

Feb
Feb

Jan

Feb

Feb

~7%

1

24%

5%

5%

1,300

4%

Jan

6

Feb

2

3
3

H)

149% 149%

1%

Feb

968

29%

9

34%

1,500

149%

10

.

Santa

3%

50

(Un)

Corp

Co

Jan

2 Va

100

1%

Jan

2%

Jan

6%

7%

30,600

5%

Jan

7%

Feb

Feb

21%

24%

150

21%

Jan

24%

36%

36%

300

33%

Jan

37%

13% xl3%

100

11%

Jan

13%

Feb

1.700

35%

Jan

42%

Feb

Jan

12%

Feb

20%

Jan

22%

Feb

32 %

Feb

Berghoff

34%

1

Jan

6

1.150

Bethlehem

4%

35

Jan

36%

Jan

•

33%

32%

Binks

33%

1,155

30%

Jan

34

Feb

12%

12%

12%

150

12

Jan

12%

Feb

14%

225

12%

13

700

12%

Feb

14

Jan

56

55%

56%

440

55%

Feb

59%

Jan

37%

38 Va

75

37%

Feb

40

Jan

17%

100

17%

Jan

19

Jan

Bastian-Blessing Co
Belden

35

29%

100

63

28%

Jan

29'A

Feb
Jan

205

61%

Jan

63 Va

496

52

Feb

54%

Jan

552

4

Jan

4%

Jan

"1,776

9

Jan

10%

Feb

a52% a52%
10%

34%

5%

28%

1,694

9%

Avco

Jan

200

100

(Un)

Co
&

Feb

6%

Jan

333/a

4 3/a

Feb

Jan

25%

Feb

33 Vb

63

Feb

i:70

21%

Jan

12%

22 34

4%

31%

Topeka

35c

Jan

Jan

6

(Un)__•

Co

Mining

Products Corp
Automatic Washer

Jan

19%

17%

27%

a36% a36%

a52%

1.40

Jan

464

5,100

1

Co (111)

Mfg

54%

155

12%

22%

•

Tel

High

Jan

405

12%

29%

20c

&

25%

Low
51

312

1

Athey

71/2

33'A

&

20%

23%

1

(111)
Stand San

&

53%

x20%

•

Bearing

(Un)

Copper

51%

Range Since January 1

High

5

Laboratories

Feb

50

Castings

Investment

Jan

Low

•

Feb

Jan

Feb

Shares

24

(Un)

1.75

11%

1.50

10

Roller

Alleghany Corp

45

a27%

&

18%

22%

for Week

x20 Vb

Jan

-1.206

Range
of Prices

52

-

Co

Feb

1.60
17

1.31
•

a20% a20%
21 %

10
25

11%

Sales

Last

Par

Laboratories

18%

20

Week's

Sale Price

STOCKS

l%

Airways Corp (Un)__2%

CLAIRE

Exchange

Friday

Jan

18'A

1

(Un)

EAU

Jan

Jan

8

Co

LaCROSSE

Jan

51

1

(Un)

MADISON

Feb

45%

25

footnotes

Jan

41

redeemable preferred class A—25
Pacific Indemnity Co
10
Pacific Lighting Corp common-—-.,
*

For

4%

690

(Un)_100

preferred

American

9%
12c

165

5%

Pan

Feb

100

7,063

18%

1

Car

Jan

12c

46

10

—

Inc

Co

Motor

13%

Feb

7%

a53% a54%

10

Pacific Clay Products
Pacific Finance Corp of Calif
Pacific Gas & Elec common

Packard

Jan

al6c

5%

Chicago Board of Trade

MIDWESTERN LISTED AND UNLISTED SECURITIES

Jan

al8%

1

Corp

CHICAGO
6-0780

Feb

29

a53%

5

(Un)

Railway Co

Company

14%

Jan

a

1

Oil Co

Edison

Jan

28%

885

al6c

1

Occidental Petroleum Corp
Oceanic

13%

75

12%

7%

1

-

ST.

Members:

Jan

165

a28

12%

12%

5

•

RR

Aircraft

14

LA SALLE

Telephone Central

1

Co

81

Oils

Pacific

14

SO.

Midwest Stock Exchange

a27%

•

X

Aviation

Northrop

6%

2.30

105

1

Petroleum

Northern

Ohio

10%

Jan

10c

National City Lines Inc
National Distillers Prod

Ohio

Jan

1

Diablo Oil Mng & Dev Co
Nash-Kelvlnator Corp (Un)

North

9%

7

'.

American Co

Jan

•

Mt

North

Jan

2.10

•

New York Central

1.85

15%

1,900

B

Middle South Utilities

North

Feb

Feb

3,820

(Un)

Corp

Ward

Jan

10

(Un)

Monogram Pictures Corp

Montgomery

12%

DAYTON 6k GERNON

Jan
Jan

Feb

2.25

l

Co

Co

11%

112%

9%

10c

Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel
Magnavox Company (Un)

Menasco

11%

Jan
Feb

2.15

(Un)

Lane-Wells Company
Libby McNeil & Libby (Un)
Lockheed Aircraft
Loew's Inc (Un)

95

*

Can

Corp

Petroleum

all% all%

10%
104

9%

County Land Co

Lincoln

413

Teleg Corp (Un)—•

Light

Kennecott Copper
Kern

919

105

2.20

Corp

Power

11

105

io

Company

Kalser-Frazer
Kansas

&

10%

105

33VaC

Intercoast Petroleum Corp
Intcrlake Iron Corp (Un)

International Tel

11

•

.

Mfg Co

Bendix

Bliss

Aviation

B

Brewing Corp
Steel
Corp (Un)
Manufacturing Co

&

Laughlin Inc
Eorg (George W) Corp
Borg-Warner Corp
Brown
Bruce

Shoe
Co

(E

Co

L)

•

10

Inc
common

39%

2%

14%

10
8
13

2%

5%

17%

42%
6

14

Jan

Feb

6%

14%

Feb

Feb

Jan

29

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COMMERCIAL

THE

(778)

&

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

Monday, February 20, 1950

OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES
RANGE

Friday
STOCKS

Week's

Shares

Butler

Canadian

Pacific

Light

29

Jan

34

Feb

Richman

16 Va

Jan

19 %

Feb

St

Louis

10%

1,130

9%

Jan

11 %

Jan

St

Louis

.

(Un;

14%

Jan

15%

Feb

3%

3%

3%

1,400

3 Va

Jan

3%

Jan

Schenley Industries

3Va

Jan

4

Jan

14%

14 Va

Jan

15Va

Jan

Serrick

89

35%

Jan

38%

Feb

Shellmar

2V2

2%

2 Va

200

2%

Jan

2%

Jan

Signode

Steel

300

19%

Jan

20%

Jan

Sinclair

Oil

*

Feb

7

Feb

Society Brand Clothes

7

7

20%

,

116

7

17Vi

17%

17%

240

2914

28

29%

1.300

13%

14%

65

65

14 la

18 Va

Feb

28

Feb

30%

Jan

South

1,100

12%

Jan

14%

64%

Jan

65

Jan

7%

Jan

Feb

Standard

Dredging

100

41 Va

Jan

46

Jan

Standard

Oil

53

91

Jan

97

Feb

Standard

1,170

63

Jan

68%

Jan

Standard

Oil

67%

Feb

73%

Jan

Standard

Steel

65%

67%

69 V8

408

>•

8%

Iron

33%

200

32%

Feb

33%

15%

15%

600

14%

Jan

15% Jan

Storkline

Jan

Columbia

Gas
Co

Consumers

45%

45 %

226

43%

Jan

46

Feb

Sunbeam

1

28%

28%

100

27%

Jan

28%

Feb

Sundstrand

1

35%

36%

380

33%

Jan

36%

Feb

11%

11%

12%

2,922

12 %

Jan

12%

Jan

Swift

31%

30%

31 %

3,300

29%

Jan

31 %

Feb

Swift

50

Curtiss-Wright Corp (Un;_
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation (Uni
Credit

Domestic

Pont

I)

(E

28 Va

8%

17

Jan

20

25%

Jan

30

6 Va

Jan

29 %

450

27 Va

Jan

9%

953

7%

Texas

Jan

Thor

Feb

Trane

30

9%

Co

Transcontinental

Western

&

300

7 V'4

Jan

8%

650

5%

Feb

6%

Jan

3%

550

3 Va

Jan

4

Jan

Union

60

60 %

431

54%

Jan

60%

Feb

United

Air

5

63%

64%

631

61

Jan

64%

Feb

United

Corp

2

30

30

100

29%

Jan

30%

Jan

United Paramount Theatres com

1

20%

20%

100

20 %

Jan

22

Jan

U

5

10 Va

10%

100

10%

Jan

11

Jan

Westinghouse Electric Corp

Inc:

Flour Mills of America

Drive

Four-Wheel

Transportation

Amer

General

5

Candy class A_„(Un)„

Jan

Motors

Lines

Inc

Glidden

Gossard

(W

Co

Lakes

Great

7%

Towing

Heillman
Hein

Western

Hibbard

& Door

coihmon

Hydraulic Press Brick common

■

14%

Jan

15%

Feb

Yates-American Machine capital

1,600

41Va

Jan

46

Feb

Youngstown Sheet & Tube

7 V'4

150

6%

7%

77%

1,257

68 V'4

Jan

78 Va

...237

16%

Jan

17%
10 Va

Jan

38

Feb

28%

452

24%

Jan

28%

Feb

13

150

117a

Jan

13%

Feb

2%

1,680

1%

Jan

2%

Power

Interlake

Steamship

10%

10%

10%

600

10%

Feb

11 %

15 Va

15%

250

14%

Jan

16

26%

27

210

25

Jan

27

Feb

85

85

85

50

85

Jan

85

Jan

American

31

29%

31

1,350

26 Va

Jan

31

Feb

Arundel Corporation

18%

18

18%

900

11%

Jan

19

Jan

Baldwin Locomotive

25%

25%

25%

6%

7

39%

2%
39%

40

3%

Jan

5%

39%

Feb

Jan

1%

Jan

90

40

3%

*

32

Jan

30

3

43

Tel

1st

Davison

1,950

10%

Jan

12%

Feb

160

34%

Jan

39

Jan

14%

14

5%

5%

1,100

5%

400

Jan

14

Chemical

31%

Feb

Gimbel

Brothers

39%

Jan

Lehigh
Martin

Coal & Navigation
(Glenn L)

28

28

33

33

*;

32%

400

28

%

1,165

r

Jan

33

Jan

26%

Jan

28%

41

Feb

46%

Jan

National

Feb

10

Jan

Pennroad

Jan

16 %

Feb

2%
14

Manufacturing
Chemical

Co

North

2%

Jan

2%

Feb

400

6%

Feb

7%

Jan

13%

250

14

class

A

Feb

14

Feb

6%

(Un)

RR

Jan
Jan

14

44
25%
50%

100

19%

44

44

150

44

Feb

25

26%

485

30

50%

5C%

90
100

7

400

2%

2%

400

24 Va

24 Va

350

6%

24%
6%

Feb
Jan

div

$1.40

Sun

Jan

27%

Feb

United

Feb

31

Jan

United

Jan

51%

6

2%

7

Jan

& Gas

Jan

2%

Jan

23

Jan

25 %

6

Jan

7

6%

1,550
200

12%

Jan

14%

17%

Jan

19

24

100

22%

Jan

24%

30

300

28%

Jan

30

100

Feb

3

55%

58%

21

21

11%

571/4

12%

17
27

3

54%

Jan

58%

100

21

Feb

21%

Feb

12%

12%

26

26

20G

24%

2G%

26

21

616

Jan

26

Gas

Baltimore

Transit Co

;

600

10%

Feb

14%

Jan

V

11
79

270

73%

Jan

80

Feb

Week's

Sales

Range

for Week

of Prices

Shares

Low

Range Since January 1

High

Low

High

Feb

33

29%

Jan

149 Va 149%

3,143

146 Va

Jan

149%

Feb

loVa

16 %

1,242

14%

Jan

16 V'4

Feb

13

12%

13%

166

11%

Jan

13l/4

Feb

13%

13%

131

12%

Jan

15%

Jan

13

13%

425

12%

Jan

14

Jan

63%

64%

440

62%

Jan

68 Va

7%

82

31%

149%
16

392

33

>

Jan

■

rr

7

Feb

i

8

Jan

22 Va

22 Va

22 Va

75

21%

Jan

24

Jan

22:%

22%

23%

403

21%

Jan

22%

Feb

37%

37%

39(4

542

37%

Feb

41%

Jan

64 %

65

80

63%

Jan

67%

Jan

Jan

182 %

10

180

180

180
7G

1

180

77%

14%

15

Jan

2,435

63%

Jan

78%

Feb

210

74%

15

14%

Feb

16 Va

Jan

7%

Jan

8%

Jan

Jan

11%

Jan

8 Va

7%

8%

1,230

11%

11 Va

11V4

110

10

Va

40

%

Jan

Va

Jan

10%

10%

11

700

10%

Jan

11V4

Jan

*
60
10
•
*
•

24 Va

23%

24%

2,301

21%

Jan

24%

Feb
Jan
Feb

17%

16%

17%

2,615

16%

Jan

18

43 Va

43

44 Va

295

42%

Jan

45%

36

Jan

39 V*

38%

38%

50

24%

25 Va

25%

4.207

237/8

Jan

25%

Jan
Feb

121

24%

Jan

25%

Feb
Feb

Jan

22 V2

Jan

69%

67%

69%

170

66%

Feb

70 Va

Jan

55%

55%

337

55%

Jan

60%

Jan

Feb

Jan

4

~3%

3%

3%

453

3%

Jan

28%

27%

28%

823

26 Va

Jan

28%

Feb

43

43 V2

$5,000

4IV2

Jan

45

Jan

1975

4s

Corp partic
Blaw-Knox

Columbia Gas

Jan

2lVa

Feb

Continental

8%

Feb

8%

Feb

Duquesne Brewing

Jan

28%

Jan

Follansbee Steel Corp

121%

13%
43

10 Va

Jan

13%

Feb

Fort

25

43

Feb

43

Feb

Harbison

32

Jan

34%

Feb

28%

Jan

7,750

Corp

Walker

Refractories

Joy Manufacturing Co

•
1

10 f
•

Jan

4%

Jan

Jan

10 Va

Jan

Jan

21%

Jan

McKinney Manufacturing
Mountain Fuel Supply
National Fireproof tag Corp

Jan

Ohio Oil &

7

17 %

15

Feb

15%

Jan

17%

2,500

16%

Jan

17%

Jan

210

127%

Jan

135%

Feb

11%

3,900

8%

Jan

11 Va

Feb

50

28

27%

28

26%

27%

720

26%1

14%

15%

10,600

12 V)i

7%
8

15Va
8%
—

26 %

Gas

1%

Jan

High
25

Jan

2 Vs

1,225

14%

14%

83

14%

Jan

15 Va

Jan

12 %

233

11%

Feb

12%

Jan

U%

11%
3

400

3

—1

32%
24

Jan

14%

Feb

Jan

13

Jan

163

11%

Jap

17%

22%

66

20%

Jan

23

Feb
Feb

32%

32%

160

31%

Jan

33%

Jan

24 Va

25 Va

72

24 Va

Feb

26%

Jan

160

3%

Jan

31%

Jan

22 %

Jan

6V2

Feb
Feb

312

12 %

20

16Va

16%

22 Va

3%

1
10
5
—-5

21%
5%
50c

Feb

11%

14%

12

16 A

Jan

3

Jan

12

13%
--

com—•

2%

2 Va

20%
5%
50c

3%.
21%

334

Va

520

6

50c

100

19 Va

4Va
50c

Jan

Feb

50c

Jan;

Feb

15

17

10%

•

1
5
10

10

9

Jan

14*'»

1

Pitt Brewing

4

18%

11 Va

1

Low

21 Va

24%

,

Feb

26%

Commercial

1

Range Since January

High

2 Va

24

--

—

•

System

25%

134% 135%

1
*

Shares

65

*

18%

16%

17%

Low

*

Co

Jan

15

10

Range
of Prices

1

preferred

100

16%

25
50
100
33V3c

for Week

Last
Par

500

43

13%

Sales

Week's

Friday
Sale Price

STOCKS

0%

Jan




Jan

Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

27%

Jan

_

16

BONDS

8%

6

36

Feb

20%

Improvement

27%

8%

16

page

14%

789

Jan

200

sfee

200

Feb

21%

13 %

575

For footnotes

Jan

20%

Jan

6%

-

Feb

1,100

12 Va

20%

11%

6%

(Un)

33

Jan

Fbe

543

6%

Packing

Jan

11%

30V<

12%

5

Rath

30 V2

40 V'4

12%

body Coal Co common

Republic Steel Corp

1,040

American Electric Securities—

390

of America (Un)
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
(Un)

30Va

26%

Allegheny Ludlum Steel

2,660

Corp

Jan

Feb

Jan

2,400

Radio

Jan

25%

Feb

Feb

4%

Co

Feb

23%

Jan

Jan

19 %

Oil

Jan

4

41%

Feb

283a

3%

10 Va

Pure

>

Jan

205a

24%

18 %

9%

com

Jan

38 Va

250
5,300

32%

27%

4%

—

10%

3%

1,300
195

14%

774

Jan

474

Jan

18%

(Ind)

11
—

Jan

15%

1,636

Jan

4%

Corp
(Un)

•

Jan

45%

Jan

2,730

Jan

18%

Car

11%

50 Va

Feb

13%

29%

3%

10 %

(The)

•

31 %
11%
14%

Jan

42%

1,500

24%

16%

1

Steel

32%

20%
29%

49 Va

593

40%

24%

—•

Service

3%
40%

30V*

100

50
44Va
15%
3%
41 Va
20%
30%
32%
ll%

28%

COO

(Un)-2%

Co

17%
49 Va
42%
14%

%

24%

450

(Un)

Pressed

Jan

37%

Lone Star Gas

Public

19%

29

2,500

632

Potter

Jan

*
60
•

3%

2,574

Pepsi-Cola Co (Un)

25

16%

Jan

common

17%

27%

& Coke

Feb

Jan

31
17%

25'/a

27%

34%

Peoples Gas Light

14%

14%

38%

3%

17%

26%

Switch class A

Jan

24%

Feb

34%

preferred

Jan

12%

*

Feb

HVa

2,200

27

prior

37%

9%

62

3%

Feb

34%

Electric

Jan

Jan

34

Jan

517

•

5%

Feb
Feb

31%

20%

1
13%

Feb

8

Penn

12%

Jan

„

Feb

3

3

(Un)

Pennsylvania RR

Jan

10%

Feb
Jan

•

Feb

29%

29%

Co

Pea

11%

11 V»

15%

Co_

Feb

23%

*
•

(Un)

Jan

Feb

550

6%

Edison

Pictures

Feb

9

Jan

19

*

Motor Car

65%

common

common

Feb

14 %

_1

American World Airways

Feb

Jan

Jan

49 Va

18%

Oil

Pan

Jan

29%

59%

__

Corp

Oil

23%
29

El

preference

Reading Co
Scott Paper

Jan

54

14

Ohio

Paramount

Jan

16 Va

3

16%

Jan

29

•

20

Ohio

Packard

8Va

Jan

Jan

25%

Corp

20% Jan

10%

Pennsylvania Water & Power Co
Philadelphia Electric common
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Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

&

FINANCIAL

OTHER STOCK
RANGE

FOR

WEEK

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ENDED

FEBRUARY

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Exchange

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10

10%

5%

43%

Jan

Calif

1.95

8.75

Light
Kennecott Copper Corp

of

10%

a45% a4G%

Feb

34%

(Un)

__

7%

42%

Feb

33%

*

1.95

1

Power &

Jan

26%

Corp

Swift

S

Feb

9c

29%

Oil

•

K«lser-Fraz«r Corp

Co

Texas

U

13
35 V*

Jan

%

246

Carbide

33c

Jan
Jan

8c

1,680

Union

400

Jan

1,249

Union

36c

30

39

30%

Jan

36c

Feb

35%

Jan

36c

38

27%

3%

P2

Feb

35%

Feb

9%

26%

890

2

200

28

Jan

17,300

Co

405

235

23%

9c

common

52

2,012

Jan

439

.•

3%

13

Jan

31%

s<

Feb

25%

Jan

27%

Co

3%

12%

74

Jan

30%

25

4.88%.

pfd

50%

__

Jan

24%

(Un)_»

3%

•

70

12%

8
Co

Union

—

20

92
107

/

35%

18

Feb

a._

Feb

8c

Co

1.75

a.

15%

12%

•

Feb

50

Jan

34%

—

•

1.60

2,200

12%

5

(Un)__

Co

26%

38

10

1,600

10

Jan

P10

1.75

28

29%

Jan

1.60

28

■ *.

Jan

Jan

1.75

9%

(S

a__

5%

Tide

a36% a36%

___

Feb

33 %

Transamerica Corp
Transcontinental & Western Air.__

__

Jan

5%

Jan

Feb

—

a28

a30% a31%

M

Feb

16%

27%

4,545

73

a27%

...

5%

Jan

Jan

Feb

9%

15%

Jan

Feb

5%

Jan

•

150

5

5%

30%

2.75

20

a._

Jan

20

19%

33%c

(Un)

150

Jan

61

651

25 %

Jan

15

60

50 Va

Jan

32

Feb

2.05

Jan

a5

Feb

10%

25
400

5%

Feb

a5

Jan

Jan

5%
15%

Jan

11%

30%

2.25

Jan

58%

Feb

17%

30%

17%

9%

48%

19%

Jan

(Un)_*

A

21

1.90

142
357

58%

Feb

Jan

Feb

390

53

8%

18%
17

(i

Jan

401

Jan

435

21%

500

49

1,002

42 %

18

__

500

17

11%

Jan

2.75

__

19%

8

Oil

Water

Jan
Jan

a26V2 a27%

15%

if

Jan

10 %

21

Feb

25%

6%

IXL

Feb

4%

Jan
Feb

19%

23

(Un),..^!

Exploration

43 Va

Jan

9%
15%

37%

Standard Oil Co (Ind)
Standard Oil Co of N J (Un)
Studebaker Corn (Un)

Super Mold

3%

610

10,415

325

1

Inc

of Canada

Feb

60

9%

a34% a34V2

__

•

Brands Inc

Standard

a4%

472

2.25

1

Independent

2%

Feb

,.|

420

17%

•

Intl Nickel

48

Jan

33

2.75

(Un)

Maryland Mines Corp
Idaho Power Co
1

a—

Jan

j

21

25%

Corp

Foods

44%

Jan

145

38

*

Co

Idaho

a__

104%

Feb

20%

*

Oil

Honolulu

Hunt

95

Jan

144

17%

—__1

i.....

Valley

Standard

101

7

5%
5%

Jan

16%

Spring

|

,j

2o6
•

15%

__

15'%

Jan

22%

Cal

Feb

37%

Co

Southern

44%

a48% a48%

Southen

25%

53%

1

-

preferred

39%

6%

Jan

10

Jan

39%
29%

6%

24%

38

(Un)

class

Edison

29%

135

26%

4.32r'o
cumulative preferred
Convertible preferred 4.487c
Cumulative preferred 4.56%

Convertible

24%

26%

Co

Co

Oil

Calif

Jan

a48% a49%

__

•

Co

Pulp

Jan

•

Co

Corp

16
16

17

58%

•

(Un)

!.t

Jan

Feb

10%

•

(Un)

Feb

15

15%

—

11%

18

com__10

•

I

ti

275

19%

...

Sinclair

Feb

47%

common

\

15%

__

50

Signal Oil & Gas Co A

Southern
64

__

j

'

,

Feb

9%

33%«

Co

Soundview

Jan

25

Jan

Feb :;

481

a4%

1G%

1

Mining

Secony-Vacuum

Jan

Co

<

34%

36%

15

104 104 %

•

Inc..

Stores

Maurico

Feb

47%

__

Feb

Feb
Jan

15%

al43%al43%

—

•

Cement

Feb

61%

__

22 Va

32%

24%

(Un)__l

Corp

7%

95

*

Jan

1

35

15

100

25

America

59%

336

•

21

<

15%

...

Feb

31

r

106% 106 %
—

*

25

Sears

11%

a32% a32%
__

<Un)„10

S & W Fine Foods Inc

Feb

72

com

(Un)

Feb
Feb

202

100

8,355

*2,572

(Un)

Aeronautical

9%

12%

22%

33%

•

Airways

Manufacturing

18%

12

22 %

__

•

104%. Jan

104

>}

36%

common

Reynolds Tobacco class

Jan

Jan

12%

32%

Jan

33%

(Un)

Com

57

32%

4%

(Un)

com

Republic Steel Corp

Feb

87

*

Jan

36%

Preferred

Jan

595

Feb

4%

Railwy Equip & Realty Co Ltd pfd. 100
Rayonier Incorp common
1

Jan

Jan

30

25

455

Inc

Pure Oil Co

Jan

Feb

3%

13%

9%

2,182

33%

common

World

Companies

Jan

27%

13%

Jan

4%

__

American

Pullman

—

12%

Feb

904

a56% a56%

8%

4%

Fhillips Petroleum Co
•
Pig'n Whistle conv prior preferred
7.50
Pioneer Mill Co Ltd
(Uni_.
__.20
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber (Un)
•

Jan

16 %

20
4

Jan

36%

A

common

Phelps Dodge Corp

Jan

Jan

series

Paramount Pictures
Corp (Un)
Pennsylvania RR Co (Un)
Pepsi Cola Co (Un)

Jan

a66% a69%

29%

12%

28

Feb

Jan

a3%

Jan

20

100

32%

29%

12%

a9%

(Un)__10

...

480

a3%

;

M

15

a9%

•

Tel

33%

40

; ■

.

9

preferred

Pacific

32%

30%

all% all%

t.J

106 Va

Packard Motor Co

100

Feb

Jan

Jan

40%

Jan

4%

1.03%

Jan

40%

13%

Jan

5

common

Service

35%

17

Jan

3%

30

Public

42%

62

11%

31

Feb

Jan

190

225

Jan

Jan

30%

12

4%

29 V*

32%

30%

12

4%

54%

42%

al6% al6%

12

i

Feb

Jan

12%

30%

Jan

4%

'

52%

40

120

25

2.50

556

730

all% al2%

200

52%

Pacilic

a__

2.55

11'

1.40

5

preferred

34%

50

*.55

,

52%

64

(Un)

Ltd

1.65

24%

20

$4.50 preferred
Pacific Portland Cement

a48

Corp com (Un)
Motors Corp
Paint Corp common

State

1.60

34%

a26% a27%

1.6O

a26%

25

Feb

1st

2%

&

Feb

preferred

22%

Feb

63%

Foods

Gladding McBean

20%

29 %

a47%

& Kleiser com

General

Jan

Jan

Feb

•

18%

Jan

63%

_

Machinery <fc Chem Corp

330

28

Jan

5

20%

28

a47%

(Un).

19%

i:

>'

847

•

Share

Feb

1,467

_5

Works

48

29"%

(Un)--10

common

Jan

preferred

Lighting Corp

7%

7%

40

29

red

17"%

10

3,964

29%

5%
Pacific

125

15

48

'

26

1st

Jan

Jan

1,380

3%

41%

47
—

:_25

Feb

9%

*

Feb

Aggregates

16%

17%

•

Chemical Co common
Dumbarton Bridge (Un)

85

common

59%

8%

1

(Un)

Dow

Jan

*

49 %

17%

__

Doernbecher

Dominguez, Oil

76

? 1
Feb. v|

9

__

20

Feb

17%

5

85

32%

*

Giorgio Fruit Corp B common
$3 cumulative preferred

85

A—'

1st preferred

l

(Un)___

Jan

Fisheries..

34

104

__

Feb

18

30%

Jan

__

12 %

Jan

Jan

Pan

•

Jan

16

Jan

36%

25

10%

180

31%

Feb

__

365

29%

34%

60

Jan

12%

5

319

100

Jan

177

35%

16 V*

11%
13%

10%

430

30%

35%

16%

Jan

11% Jan

325

29%

Jan

a30% a30%

Jan

29

Jan

al5% al5%

Feb

24%

30%

17

__

Jan

9%

Jan

29%

48

__

12%

18 V*

Jan

22

25

Jan

A..2%
(Un)
•

11%

12%

Jan

8%

195

12%

16%

625

25

Jan

63%

9%
22%

11

redeemable

Jan

64 V*

9%
22%

1st preferred

14

a69%

Jan

350

5"o

47

25

Feb

18V*

17%

17%

tUnj

Feb

1.40

26%

Jan

5<"c

30

__

Jan

17%

5%%

Jan

650

28%

24

210

Jan

15

__

400

17%

3.25

47 %

—

Feb

26%

47

__

58%

__

10

class

Jan

53

Jan

11%

20

Jan

22%

55%

Jan

14%

common

6%

221

Jan

Feb

35

(Un)

Jan

14%

a43% a43%

Coast

Jan

Feb

315

Aircraft

Motors

34

35%

25

Corp

Pacific

19c

17%

17%

100

Pacific Finance
CTrrp common
Pac Gas & Electric common

15

(Un 1.100

.

Feb

Co

Co

Jan

17

_

Can

16c

9%

15%

(Un)

%

Pacific

400

12

•

58

200

22%

Jan

Jan

16c

5%

__

(Un)

American

25c

17%

__

8

Filters

Sugar

Jan

__

Cons

(Un)

15%

58

15%

Pacific

a__

24%

class

Edison

40

a__

8

__

Golden

80

9%

Jan

5,355

]

com

Corp

General

35%

2.95

*

preferred

General

Jan

53%

Preferred

Food

9%

2.75

10

Continental Oil Co (Del) (Un)
Creameries of America Inc
Crown Zellerbach

Foster

945

a26% a26%

common

System

Vultee

Continental

Electric

10

40 %

Jan

10

Sys

Solvents

Consolidated

Emporium

a8%

39 %

Onomea

Jan

21c

16c

26%

1

Class B

Feb

47%

(Un)__*

Dorado

50%

Jan

__

:_-___„5

Pont

Feb

15%

Consolidated Edison Co of N Y

du

50 %

7%

__

Oil

Co

United

5

2,400

loo

(Un)

Sugar

High

50

23c

100

common

Co

Low

5*4

1

Feb

53%

Consolidated Coppermines

Eastman

4%

15%

Consolidated Chem Indus class A

El

Feb

30%

20

Commonwealth

Di

4%

950

__25

(Un*

Eroadcast

Commercial

Crucible

Jan

Jan

10O
250

53 %

America

Olaa

Feb

11

10%

4V2

50%

25

Preferred

2nd

13%

70

4'/2

500

__

•

Mining Co

Co

Fuel

Columbia

Jan

9

•

(Un)

Feb

11%

33V*

*

common

of

Eureka

Columbia

Edison
Oil

7%

•

Co

Ohio

Ohio

8'%

2.85

Oil

Feb
Jan

32%

2%

(Un)

Oceanic

25

750

al0% all1/*

a51l/8

(Un)

*u

Range Since January 1

a56% a58%
25%
26 %

•

Aviation

American

27c

Jan

(Un;

Shares

22c

__

1

Products

preferred

Feb

...

5

RR

Amercan

Jan

8%

1

common

13%

a8%

*

Tractor

Y Central

24

5%

J

:i.

for Week

High

5%

a57%

8

•

23c

3,816

(Un)

Fibres

Distillers

512'<?

Jan

104

10

Corp

Feb

50%

__

•

Co

Jan

Co

Northern Pacific Ry

9%

Jan

•

(Un)
North American
Investment com

a._

104

48

100

al0% all%

—

5

& Co common

Corp

Colorado

North

7%

20

25c

7%

13

__

33V3c

Chesapeake & Ohio Ry (Un)
Chicago Milw St Paul RR pfd
Chrysler Corp
Cities

N

50

Caterpillar
Celanese

Jan
Jan

a._

(Un)

Jan

69%
32

400

al03%al03%

6%

1

Ry

149%

Jan
Feb

Oliver

5

(Un)

9%

25c

4%

Co

Pacific

I)

Jan

69%
24

50

a24V8 a24%

all%

(Un)

9%

__

100

(Un)

Auto

5%

1

Co

National City Lines

Feb

13

Preferred

Canadian

146%

125

2,229

Range

—

(Un)

&

Natomas Co

Jan

___..5

Packing Corp

2,480

27%

39

__

California

Jan

30%

15

Ink

56

Jan

_3

(Un)

Cement

Jan

Jan

Holdings Corp
(Un)
Boeing Airplane Co (Un)

Calaveras

56

29

2

California

Feb

50

34

__1

Corp

14%

a54%a55Ve

879

5

<Un)

HiH h Sullivan
Jackson Co

Jan

1,759

P10

Appliances
(Un)

Borg-Warner

13%

39

(Un)_100

(Un)

Bunker

736

29%

Blair

Byron

14%

38

Steel

Co

Nash-Kelvinator
National

292

Bishop Oil Co

Borden

Jan

Feb

38

5

(Un)

Corp

3%
16 Va

29 %

Aircraft Corp

Bendix

Jan
Jan

24

.___5

Sales

of Prices

Low

warnes

Feb

2%
15 y8

a67% a69%

(Un).*

Petroleum

Barnsdall

11%

50

300

North

Wedge Mining Co
Avco Mfg Corp common
(Un)

Baltimore & Ohio RR

Jan

Morrison-Knudsen

a3

24%

Co

Locomotive

9%

(Un)

i.out

& M Cons

Montgomery Ward

Jan

20

Big

Ealdwin

2,545

4

50

(111) com (Un)
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Atlas Corp
(Un)
Atok

11%

Jan

3%

Jan

Co

Moiner

& M

16%

149% 149%

—

•

Arkansas Nat Gas Corp class A
Armour

167

25

J

National
__

14

Woolen Co (Un)
Anaconda Copper
Mining (Un)
Anglo Calif Natl Bank

3%

Feb

22%

M

14%

__

American Smelting &
Refining (Un)__*
Tel & Tel Co (Un)__,
100

American

300

Sugar

Mindanao

High

a3

...

American

American Viscose Corp

10Ve

Low

22%

McBryde

Range Since January 1

16%

__

*

Far

High

3%

1

American & Foreign Power
(Un)
American Power &
Light (Un)
Amer Radiator & Stan
San (Un)

Last

for Week

Par

Reduction

Week's

Sal© Price

Sales

Last

STOCKS

Air

Friday
STOCKS

17%

•

12%
1
10

—

32%
—

a49%

5%
a—

Jan
—

?

1.15

Feb

\

6%

Jan

|

a__

—

8%

9

450

17%

17%

666.

&32%

a33

32%

32%

584

5%

6

610

5%

Feb

6%

Jan

»

a48% a49%

181

48%

Jan

50%

Feb

1

79

8

Jan

Jan

:

17

Jan

18

Jan

1

30%

Jan

31 Ve

Jan

J

31%

Jan

9%

33

Jan

\

32

THE

(780)

COMMERCIAL

&

LISTED

CANADIAN
RANGE

FOR

FINANCIAL

WEEK

ENDED

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

MARKETS

FEBRUARY

17

Week's

Sales

Last

Range

for Week

Sale Price

of Prices

Shares

Friday

Montreal Stock

Exchange

STOCKS

Canadian Funds
Sales

Week's

Friday

Montreal

Last

Range

for Week

Sale Price

STOCKS

of Prices

Shares

Low

Par

Abitibi

Power

$1.50

Algoma

of

Canada

4%

pfd

Electric Corp
Anglo Can Tel Co 4%% preferred
4

% %

24

13,284

21%

Jan

22%

23

3,435

22%

Jan

23

Feb

24%

24%

200

24%

Jan

25

Jan

14%

14%

14%

1,925

13%

Jan

15

Jan

53%

52%

53%

1,535

52%

Feb

57%

26%

26%

200

26

Jan

26%

Jan

8

8

200

8

Feb

9

46

&

Teleg

class

24%

Jan

a75

a76

45

25%

736

137

137

100

75

Bell

Power

&

class A

Paper

Telephone

Bralorne

Limited

Traction

Brtiish

American

British

American Oil

Bank

&

Power

Note

Forest

Columbia

Power

British

Class

Products

Corp

Class

14%

15

26

26%

A

Jan

76

Jan

26%

Feb

137

Jan

26
41

Jan

9.40

Jan

Jan

Jan

9.80

Feb

19

Jan

21%

Feb

70

14%

Jan

2,387

25%

Jan

27%

Jan

500

26 %

Jan

27%

Jan

2%

1,645

2%

Jan

3%

Jan

27%

Jan

3/a

Feo

27/b

Jan

3%

Jan

Jan

18%

Feb

28

28%

635

32%

150

18%

a2%

18%

25

17

28

♦

7

6%

7

790

6%

Feb

Y%

Jan

Building Products

9

33

32%

33%

510

30%

Jan

3334

Feb

Canada

9

35 %

35%

37%

1,515

34

Jan

383/4

Jan

Noranda

20

29%

29%

29%

398

29

Jan

293/4

*

45%

45

45%

205

40

Jan

45%

Feb

9

11%

11%

11%

251

11%

Feb

12%

Jan

100

100

200

100

Jan

16%

16%

3,560

14

Jan

$1.30

common

preferred

Canada

Forgings class

Canada

Northern

Canada

Safeway

Canada

Steamship

5%

Corp
4%% pfd

Ltd

100

5%

Bronze

7%

5%

"

Canners

Ltd

$1.75

Jan

32%

Feb

32%

Feb

5,051

22 %

Jan

23%

23 %

20%

11%

11%

11%

14%

14%

14%

30%

30

30%

A

pfd

Feb

12%

Jan

Jan

15

Jan

Jan

30%

39

140

37%

Jan

39

Jan

23%

200

22%

Jan

24 %

Jan

a8%

107

7%

Feb

9

9

2

9

Feb

10

45

Jan

46

Jan

32

•

34

32

34

250

Feb

36 3/a

Jan

9

8%

9

220

8%

Jan

9%

*

u9

a8%

a9

35

8%

Jan

9%

Jan

23 %

23%

1,170

23%

Feb

29

Jan

15%

15%

300

15%

Feb

17%

Jan

25

17%

17%

17%

4,729

16%

Jan

17%

Jan

___20

10%

10 %

11

75

10 %

Feb

14

Jan

•

Canadian

Oil

.16

16 %

786

15%

Jan

16 3/4

Jan

9

13%

13%

175

13%

Feb

96%!

98%

2,626

96%

Feb

103

Jan

a25

a25

10

22%

Jan

25

Feb

.33

Companies

Canadian Pacific

Railway

Cardy Corp class A

—_

Cockshutt Plow

Coghlhfe(B J)

Co

Ltd

Consolidated Mining & Smelting
Consumers Glass

5

Crown

Cork & Seal Co

*

Leather Co Ltd A

*

98%

•

Dominion

Coal

Dominion

33

5

31%

Jan

22%

100

22%

Feb

23%

Jan

Dairies

7%

Steel

Stores

class

common

21%

Jan

43 %

42%

43%

1,291

40%

Jan

44%

Jan

21

Jan

21

255

21

21

7%

30

7%

20

Jan

7%

Feb

7%

Feb

Textile

29

28%

29

371

27

Feb

29

Feb

45%

45

46%

510

45

Jan

48

36

36

36

75

35

Jan

36

20%

3,294

20%

21

19%

Jan

22%

34%

45

33

Jan

35%

29

150

26%

Jan

29

28

28

910

26

Feb

28

22

500

21%

Feb

22%

11%

11%

11%

5,104

11%

Jan

12

173

25

Jan

174

93%

Jan

95

15%

Feb

18

Feb

9

15

15

15

50

15

Jan

18

17

18

650

15

Jan

l

16

16

145

15%

Jan

16%

Feb

14%

16

20

14%

105

13%

Jan

15%

Jan

9

•

15

15

15 %

755

15

Jan

16

Jan

•

30%

30

30%

345

29

Jan

30%

Jan

25%

24%

•

common

4%%

preferred

Gatineau

Power

General

1

108

100

Bakeries Ltd

pfd

Jan

98 3/4

Jan

17%

Jan

19

Jan

18%

2C0

107%

108

152

106

Jan

108

Feb

10

110

Jan

110%

Jan

3

2,400

2%

Jan

530

17%

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1927—50

al05

•

52%

•

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Paper

—50

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Smelting

&

al05

5

52 %

52%

330

•

18

18%

12%

12%

35

36%

36%

37

1,430

48

%

48%

49

75

45%

•

common

preferred

Bay

98

18 Va

18%

Hamilton

Hudson

Jan

2%

Gypsum Lime & Alabastlne

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263/4

17%

—100

Smith

Jan

•

preferred

Goodyear Tire & Rub 4%

Howard

5

24%

*

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5%

18%

100

preferred
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5,518

110% 110%

•

5%

25%

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100

common

Oil

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45

46

1,040

18%

630

3

18 3/4

6%

5%

convertible preferred
International Bronze common
6Vc

International

Power

International

Utilities

Lf.batt

Lake

Pub

(John)

of

7%

Serv

57

15%

45

710

42 %

Jan

45

Feb

16 %

175

15%

Jan

17%

Jan

68

3,817

63%

Jan

70%

Jan

99

Jan

100

Jan

12 %

Jan

13

Jan

16

Jan

173/4

6

Jan

River

Power

Price

Co

Bros

4%

&

the

Laura

Lewis

Quebec

MacKinnon

MacMillan

Rolland

Paper

Class

2nd

preferred

Series

A

7%

4%

of

br/o

4%%

class

Mitchell
Molson
Class

Southern

5%

B

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A

footnotes

see




page

36

1,220

32

Feb

15%

405

14

Jan

16

Jan

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90

255

84%

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90

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52%

53%

701

50%

Jan

53%

Feb

24

23%

24 %

1,636

23%

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25%

Jan

48

47%

48

215

47

Feb

48 %

Jan

22

22

22

125

22

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22%

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150

270

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20

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150

.

21%

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20%

110

19

19

50

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Jan

10

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10

9,435

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21

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102 Va

106

566

101

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20%

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106

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Feb

21%

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20%

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2138

935

105%

105%

108

62

103

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103

21

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5

21

21

21

1,300

5%

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5%

25

5%

Jan

175

175

15

170%

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6%

7 %

795

6%

Jan

15

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5%

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Feb

175

73/4

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14

2,316

Feb

15

Jan

36%

900

39

•

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Jan

39

Feb

9

38%

38
24

24

250

24

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25

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34

33%

34%

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373/4

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993/4

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100

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65

620

52

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67

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26%

Feb

27%

Feb

29 Va

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9

:

•

I

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100

common

a99%

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preferred

5%

20

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&

common

preferred

6%

Jan

Jan
Jan

15

Winnipeg Electric common
5%

Jan

21 %

20%

——9

Gooderham

(Geo)

100'/a

19

10

9%

-•

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Weston

Jan

Jan

100

19%

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•

Jan

263/4

_9

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i

w

Steel 'Corp

Walker

Feb

Feb

25%

9

Tuckett Tobacco 7%

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Feb

19
100

25

f.

w

Brothers

United

21%

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103

*

preferred

Tcoke

Jan

150

.100

common..

Feb

Jan

9%

*

21%

19%

19%

1

Power

a21

a21

Jan

152

18 %

100

5

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100

—

!

common

7%

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53%

*

of Canada

preferred

63

63

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:

._

26%

26%

85

25

—J

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27%

27%

45

20

20%

900

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20%

Jan

25%

25%

575

24%

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26

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60

30%

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30%

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Banks—

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10

1

20

10

25%

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10

a31

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10

28

27 %

28

1,750

27

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28

10

41

40%

41

455

39

Jan

41

27%

27%

27%

2,422

27%

Jan

28

Jan

Feb

Nova

1

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Royal

Montreal Curb Market
Canadian Funds

Last

Acme

Develop

Anglo-Nfld

Pr

Bathurst

&

Co

Paper

Bickle-Seagraves Ltd
Brand & Millen Ltd

class

4%

250

4%

Feb

Brown

Company

.

Malting Co Ltd
Starch Co Ltd common

Industries

7%

Canadian

Feb

Canadian Marconi Company—

Feb

5

Jan

5%

Inter Inv

Tr

Ltd

com

145

145

35

Feb

146%

Jan

Canadian

Westinghouse

5,707

Jan

41%

Feb

Ltd.!

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2

,—

Lumber

Co
Ltd

Co

Jan

49%

Feb

Celtic

22%

10 %

Knitting

102

Jan

102

Jan

Ltd

Co

:

Chateau-Gai Wines Ltd

19%

19%

150

19%

Jan

20

Jan

Claude

26

118

25

Jan

28%

Jan

Commercial

155

155

35

152

Jan

18

18%

250

18

Feb

16%

16%

200

16%

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17

Jan

10 %

11

230

10'A

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11%

Jan

50

8

8%

350

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2.50

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300

10

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10 %

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22

Jan

22%

Jan

100

12

Jan

12%

Feb

40

45

Jan

51 %

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10

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11

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12%

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12%

Jan

40

Jan

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176
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50

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5

15

a

-

17%

85

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—

18

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1,571

22

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24

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13

176

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178

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8

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4

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75

5%

Jan

16,570

23/4

Jan

122

2.00

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2.00

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117

12%

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12%

Jan

210

83

Jan

94

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12%
90
3%
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50

57

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58

115

10

113

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115

39%

25

39

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13
8
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50

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25%

325

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50

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22

—

.

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19 %

8

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1.50

387

40%
5
a71
18
23
176

--

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8%

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10

9

Cassidy's Limited 7% .preferred—100
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•

8

Feb

923/4

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—

:

38%

9%

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4 3/a

12%

22

1

preferred

40

10

6%

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12'/a

—

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9

Jan

3%

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Feb

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__

6

40%
5

—

100

32%

22%
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11

•

common

preferred

7'/o

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18

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—

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50

22

12%'
50 %

5

9

Jan

102

22 %
12 %

Canadian Food Products Ltd

Jan

102

Feb

50

11,785
352

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17%

■

113/4

1,600

--

323/4

19%

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2%

40%

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46

11

102

9

Feb

188

500

4%

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31%

850

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Jan

3%

9

16%

1,833

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45c

17%

2'%

Vinegars Ltd
Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co Ltd

175

20%

2.00

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100 %

-•
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9

class

Ltd

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2,221

49%

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Jan

32

9

Jan

Feb

23/a

10%

7%

15%

4%

10%

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Jan

25c

100%

—

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8%

'

803

9

1

Butterfly Hosiery Co Ltd

1.85

15,300

1
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6 %

1,000

100

common

Preferred
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16%

48

30c
15%
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6%

—

—

16%

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__

—

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9

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5

A

2

—

9

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16%

19%

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—

16

7%

25

•

Feb

Feb

11%

14%

465

Columbia Packers Ltd cl A. —9

British

31%

49%

8%

Canadian

32

:•

15%

3%

Jan

Jan

37%

15

8%

Jan

29 %

145

15%

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7

2,800
740

•
•

Distillers of Vancouver

&

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class

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11%

5

1—:

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—9

Ltd

Co

Ltd

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10

11%

143/4

5

41 %
9%

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—9

26%

a31% a31%

Jan

Shares

—*

101

Jan

257/8

for Week

100

Jan

4%

Works Ltd

Glove

red preferred.

Jan

14%

405

Range
of Prices

Par

Canadian Gen Investments Ltd

Jan

4,540

Sales

Week's

Friday
Sale Price

STOCKS

Jan

23%

155

19%

Jan
Jan

8

Feb

9

Jan

9%

Jan

10

Jan

7%

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8%

j

Feb

10

!

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,

5%

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.......

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*

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20

:

;

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—

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,

26
18%

.—

.

19

12%

12%

17

17

2,050

17

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17

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24

24%

9,005

213%

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25%

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13%

13%

14 y8

5.565

13 %

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16%

Jan

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22%

22

22%

275

*

27

27

28

27

27%

ti

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class

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17%.

Engineering Works
Oilcloth & Linoleum

21

Jan

22%

Feb

4,275

26%

Feb

29

Feb

Dominion

260

26%

Feb

29

Feb

Donnacona

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Square

Corp

Paper Co Ltd

Ltd

9

" 4%
60c
al5
26
19%
12%

Jan

39%

Feb

8%

Jan

8%

Feb

Jan

14%

Jan

7

1,400

Jan

8

Jan

30c

275

Jan

80c

Jan

23/4

4%

100

Feb

Jan

43/4

2% Jan

450

Jan

152

60

Jan

60

Jan

5

15

Jan

15%

Jan

24%

Jan

26%

Feb

17%

Jan

19%

Jan

11

Jan

13

Feb

210

18%

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18%

Feb

30

Jan

100

7,474

•

•

*

1.015

.

18%

18%
34
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145

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54

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12%

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55

215

50

Jan

55

Jan

39

Jan

41

Feb

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40%

40%

403/4

859

9

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a69
18

1/058

•

Feb
Feb'

103/4

r

50

B

,

Feb

32

18%

...

17

24%

David

—

•

com

preferred

Feb

:•

9

Mfg

Co
Consolidated Paper Corp Ltd—
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Lithograph

—

5

.

Sec class

1

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—.
,

cl B

common

:

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—

9

,

General Advert

Alcohols

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27

class

Jan

31

9

preferred
Co

*
Ltd

15

89%

...100

__;

Canada

9

B

Jan
Jan

9

Chemical common

Standard

9

(Robert)
Breweries

Jan

12%
27

103

•

Co

Press

•
Oil

104

1,440

32

15%

•

common.

—— —

preferred

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48

7%

9

;

Ltd common

Jan

14%

*

com

common

Sons

Ltd

Jan

14

32

100

preferred

Simpsons

Jan
Feb

7

9.80

Feb

8.80

oO

Canada

certificates

&

100

9,605

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com

preferred—.

trust

(H)

Feb

29%

9

Massey-Harris

Feb

l

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45

99%

•

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Jan

9°

preferred

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7

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50

25

100

common

71

a

9.35

14%

49

Shawinigan Water & Power

•

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17

16%

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9.35

•

preferred

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a

.100

common

3t Lawrence Paper 1st preferred

Feb

700

pfd__100

class

10

800

7

*

preferred

48%

2,085

n

McColl-Frontenac

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100
12 %4

100

;

Canada

101

Ltd

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12%

12%:

9

common

Saguenay Power 4%%

Canada

7%

common..

B

Mailman

66%

9

...

St Lawrence Corp
1st preferred

Canada

32%

(John A)

Struct

67 Va

100

Royalite Oil Ltd

Jan

100

3

Export

16

9

common

Power

Jan

7%

Secord

Bros

%

16%

*

Ltd

Co

preferred

Jan

5

preferred

Lang & Sons Ltd

44

44%

•

Provincial Transport

13%

31%

Ltd

Woods

45

45

•

Corp of Canada

193/e

101

,

Ltd 7%

Jan

47%

Jan

38

31%

Corp

Co

45%

Jan

Chatco Steel Products Ltd common
Jamaica

Jan

Feb

Jan

Jan

^

Jan

2 6 3/4

14%

Jan

•

7%

Ltd

45

Jan

56

Feb

•

Co

Jan

26%
45

12

26

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International .Petroleum

38%

-

35

34%

21%

!

Feb

144

225

%

100

*

common

172

41

26%

425

25

Paper

Feb

172

40%

26%'

56

18

14%

9

Preferred

Jan

15%

Canada

14%

International Nickel of Canada
International

22

10

al75

a!75

•

Canada & Dominion Sugar

25 %

25

preferred

Feb

56

Jan

26

£1
common

193/4

15%

Jan

100

Acceptance Corp

preferred

1,247

20%

1

52%

14 %

25

preferred

5%

Feb

19%

common

105%

6,419

Imperial Tobacco of Canada common.S

Indust

69

20
41%

Jan

52 %

22

21 %

preferred

Jan

•

100

Jan

104

21%

•

4%

66%

•

Ltd

4%%

Imperial

Feb

2,634

69

Jan

173

Famous Players Canadian Corp
Co

Jan

24

67%

Feb

20

Foundation
Fraser

.

Jan

21

68 %

Development

Jan

a94

Canada

11%

Jan
Jan

360

•

Placer

Atlas

of

Jan

19 %

100

1,065

Jan

173

#

Co

10%
22

11

24

Feb

21%

22

a94

Eddy Paper Co class A preferred
Electrolux Corp

Feb

20 %

Feb

100

Ltd

Jan

43

11

common

Jan

28 %

•

Paper

37

Feb

*

Jan

34%

•

pfd—..l'OO

4%%

Paper

Jan

41

Jan

23 %

common

34

30

,

Jan

*

preferred

Bros

Feb

25

B

Ltd

preferred

Dryden

20%

*

Voting trust certificates

Donohue

1,320

*

Coal

&

Dominion Tar & Chemical

7%

21%

•

preferred

Dominion

Donnaconna

~

20%

*

common

common

Dominion

Dominion

S"

20

Glass

Redeemable

,

21%

25

Dominion Foundries & Steel—
Dominion

Jan

33

22%

33

9

preferred

992

43

24

Jan

9

6%

35%

Penmans

Zellers

14%

,

Distillers Seagrams
Dominion Bridge

35

19%

Products

Steel

Jan

Locomotive

Feb

24

Light Heat & Power

Feb

9

•
;

Canadian

LvDavis

Feb

9

•

B

53

Page-Hersey Tubes

Steel

a45% a45%

9

Canadian Foreign Investment
Canadian Ind Alcohol class A

Jan

Jan

a8

a8%

20

common..^.

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39

*

Cottons

Jan

23.10

22.90

23%

25

class

20%

Jan

14

2,515

39

Feb

28%

525

•

104%

11

745

20

Jan

Jan

20

93

•

24%

Jan

102%

80

23.10

Class B

/

10

104% 104%

Feb

23

65

25

Converters

Canadian

23

23

20

i

37%

20

Ltd

Mills

Flour

Jan

23.10

common

series

Class

34

100

.«

preferred

$1.00

Canadian

290

32%
23 Va

37%

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Canadian Car & Foundry common
Class A
Celanese

Jan

38

38

32%

100

cumulative preferred

Canadian

Feb

16%

22%

38

•

common

754

5

Corp

preferred

Jan

100

•

preferred

Canadian

Jan

?

50

Cabld Co Ltd B

Breweries

Canadian

16%*

•

common

preferred

Canada Wire &
Canadian

.

A___

Power

Mines

Ogilvie

2nd

Cement

53

,

Jan

15

26%

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28%

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Jan

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Jan

50%

.—9

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&

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26%

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18,805

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40

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5,810

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21%

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Brazilian

25 %

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Jan

8

Jan
Feb

National

Powell

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Jan

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Jan

46%

Jan

24%
137

Feb

Jan

9

Feb

7

25%

pfd--*

A

46

2,985

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45

7%

25%

100

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46

7%

7%

•

preferred

Jan

50%

43

•

common

20 Va

25

50
35%

100

preferred

1,180

Jan

26%

50

Argus Corp Ltd common

Associated

23%

•
•

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Asbestos

24

22%

25

A

Breweries

7%

9

class

Aluminium Ltd
Co

National

High

*

Paper common
Sugar

Steel

Aluminum

Low

High

20%

50

40

Tramways

High

Low

20%

20%

High

50%

9

Montreal Telegraph
Montreal

Range Since January 1

20

&

preferred

Acadia-Atlantic

Locomotive

Range Since January 1

Low

Par

18

17 %

10

>

16%

Feb

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a—

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34

Jan

18

Jan

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171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL. &

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CHRONICLE
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Products

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Paper Co Ltd

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Inter-City
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MacLaren

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class

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6%%

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Jan

12%

Jan

Feb

14%

Jan

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5%

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125

5%

Jan

6%

Feb

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8%

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200

8%

Jan

9%

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Algoma Steel

16

16'A

1,220

Jan

16%

Jan

38

Feb

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38

1,525

35%

Jan

18%

62

18%

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18%

Jan

18%

Jan

27Va

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Jan

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15

6%

Jan

36

103 %

Jan

19%

17%

525

113

25c

3Gc

13,200

16%

16%

310

29%

29%

50

27 %

100

20%

22

516

Jan
Jan

54%
18'/a

Jan

Feb
Feb
Jan

19%

Jan

115

Jan

41c

Feb

43c

Jan

13%

Jan

14%

Jan

20c

Jan

30c

Feb

14%

Jan

16%

Feb

29%

Feb

30

Jan

26

Jan

28%

Jan

12%

Jan

22'A

Feb

51

51

420

50

Jan

51

Jan

16 %

17

118

14

Jan

19

Feb

54%

54%

100

54%

Feb

54%

Feb

51

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&

66c

63c 67'Ac

96,000

43c

Jan

70c

56c

Feb

56c 59 %c

15,300

54 %c

Jan

61c

Jan

1

Ltd

1
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Corp——

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Mines

8c

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Mines

Hollinger

Cons

Mines

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Ltd

6c

6c

3,500

1.15

1.24

1,100

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Gold

Gold

Gold

Jan
Jan

Jan

13'A
21c

200

3,500

6c

21 %c

Feb

2.22

Jan

2.30

Jan

4.45

Feb

5.30

Jan

29c

29c

Jan

900

7,950

31c

5,000

6c

100

4c

10%

11,500

4.25
4c

1,000

5c

__

__

-8c

4.25

5c

10

8c

10%

8c 10'Ac

1,000

1,760

29c

Feb

6c

4c

Jan

10c

Feb

Jan

4.5

Feb

4'/sC
10

42c

Feb

4.25

5c

Jan

Feb

Jan

5%c
11

Feb

Jan
Jan

3,026

8c

Feb

13'Ac

Feb

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29c

80,130

21c

Jan

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66c

Feb

66c

66c

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66c

1,100

lo'/a

400

4.40

81,500

a6.25

a6.25

1

75

4c

Feb

82c

Feb

19'/a

Jan

Feb

5.25
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12%c

Feb

21 %c

Feb

4,300

45c

Jan

83c

Jan

64

—

6,700

54c

64%

465

12%

13

500

62%

Jan

66%

Jan

12

Jan

1

65c,

65c

76c

5,100

65c

Jan

77c

40c

Feb

38c

42c

10,000

32c

Jan

45c

Jan

60c

Feb

65c

61c

500

2.65

2.65

200

1

1.85

1.32

Feb

2.63

Jan

2.80

Jan

1.85

1,100

1.82

Feb

1

_J.

2.00

Jan

1.25

1.25

500

1.20

3.801

Jan

1.25

Feb

3.80

3.80

500

3.05

Jan

4.00

1.87

Feb

1.87

300

1.87

Feb

1.90

Jan

1

__

1

4%c

1
1

7c

4,500

4%c

Feb

17c

1,500

17c

Feb

5%c

Jan

9c
3c

Feb

1

•

22'A

250

3c

2,000

9c

9%c

15,600

2.10

2.22

19

33c

5c

20 %c

1.17

Jan

Jan

Jan

23%

Feb

Jan

3c

Jan

9c

Anglo

Waite Amulet Mines Ltd_l
Westville Mines Ltd
j.

Area

Oils

Argus

Corp

62c

67c

2,000

57c

1,420

33c

Feb

Jan

67c

Feb

35c

2.35

Feb

36c

Jan

78c

Feb

62c

6c

Jan

7%c

Jan

2.32

2.42

9c
57c

920

1.30

Feb

4,300

1.20 Jan

9c

1,000

9c

Jan

59c

•

24,000

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Feb

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2%c

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8.00

100

4c

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2.32

.

1.28

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.

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•

4c

13,000

1

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]

2%c Feb
8.00

2.69

Jan

1.36

Jan

14%c

Jan

71c

2%c

Jan

Feb

Feb

9.25

Jan

Jan

5%c

Jan

Feb

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.

South Brazeau Petroleums Ltd
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1
*

1

see

page

36




25c

Jan

Jan

14%

Jan

740

52%

Feb

57

Jan

26%

26%

26%

380

26

Jan

26%

Feb

17 %c

18c

2,300

16c

Jan

20c

Feb

55c

Jan

63c

Jan

8%c

5,663

7c

Feb

10c

Jan

62 %c

67c

18,800

44c

Jan

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3.80

4.10

19,315

3.80

Feb

4.75

Jan

9%

10%

2,186

9.60

Feb

10%

Feb
Feb

*

Feb

24c

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4c

3,000

20c

24c

23,900

18c

1,500

7%

2,080

7%

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A

900

TOO Feb

8.25

Jan

500

49c

4%c

Jan

5c

Jan

100

2.20

Jan

2.70

Jan

1.47

4,200

1.22

Jan

1.74

Jan

1.05

200

1.05

Feb

1.18

Jan

Feb

58c

Jan

75

Jan

77

11c

Jan

20C

Jan

27 %c

31c

111,100

10c

Feb

20c

Jan

30 %c

22c

Jan

31c

Feb

56c

Jan

62c

Jan

1,000

13%

Jan

15%

Feb

%c

3,000

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Feb

9%c

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1.49

43,300

1.28

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1.70

Jan

8%

8%

8%

1,155

7%

Jan

8%

Jan

12c

12c

5,000

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12c

1

6c

6c

1,000

4%c

Jan

12c

7%c

Jan

13c

4,000

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14 %c

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3.10

3.25

3,500

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3.45

1

19c

19c 20 %c

5,200

1

8c

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28

Jan

1.16

Jan

62c

62c

500

54c

Jan

65c

Feb

25c

26c

15,300

25c

Feb

31c

Jan

25%

26

405

24%

Jan

26

Jan

A

•

26

13

13%

1,565

12'%

Feb

14

Jan

40

40

40 %

6,412

40

Jan

41

Jan

6.50

7.70

400

Feb

8.50

Jan

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26c

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24c

Feb

31c

Jan

5c

5c

1,000

4c

Jan

5c

Jan

16

16

17

15

Jan

16%

Feb

13c 13 %c

3.000

12c

Jan

14c

Jan

39c

Jan

1

Gold

1

Gold

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1

„

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16

1

13c

1

51c

49c

52c

12c

ll%c

12c

2,500

35

35

115

2%c

2%c

10,500

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2,500

*

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•

1

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16c

•

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class

A

9.50

*

35c

9.60

54c

Jan

11c

Feb

19c

Jan

35

Feb

35

Feb

2'Ac

Jan

15c

368

Jan

Jan

9.50

3c

25c

Jan

Jan

10

Jan

■

25c

500

•

16%

15%

17

1,180

Jan

17

Feb

—25

25%

25%

25%

10

25%

Feb

Light & Pwr com_*

26%

Jan

21%

20%

21%

17,103

19%

Jan

21%

Feb

15%

Feb

Cordage

common

Preferred
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Distillers

5

16%

•

American Oil common

Preferred

26%

25

Columbia

Electric

100

Columbia

Forest

British Columbia

Products

17

Jan

7.5°0

25%

Jan

27%

Jan

26%

1,365

26

Jan

27'/a

Jan

91%

50

90

Feb

91'%

Feb

85

99%

Feb

2%

91

100%

99% 100%

560

102

Jan

2%

2%

1,025

Jan

3%

11%

11%

250

11

Jan

11 %

Jan

6%

6%

150

6

Jan

6%

Jan

28%

28%

755

27%

Jan

28%

2%

A

•

28%

*

3

100

*

23c

22c 23'Ac

9,200

1

58 c

56c

61c

•

18%

18%

19%

6%

7

Oil—

Broulan Porcupine
Bruck Mills class A
B

•
__

Buffadison Gold

1

Ankerite

13c

12 %c

1

14c

27/a

Jan

Feb

Jan

3

Jan

21c

Jan

27c

Jan

50c

Jan

61c

Feb

125

17%

Jan

19%

Feb

175

67/a

Jan

7%

Jan

19'Ac

Jan

32,550

15,200

12 %C

Feb

2 00

2.08

700

8c

8c

8%c

15,100

8c

Jan

11c

Jan

1

5c

5c

5c

7,000

5c

Jan

6c

Jan

•

33

Buffalo Canadian

•

Lake

Products

Burlington Steel
Co

16%
26%

•

B

Red

Jan

26

w—

class

40c

15%

•

Dominion

Jan

10

•

Packers A—,

Columbia Power

25c

26%

--

preferred_100

preferred

A

32%

2.25

Jan

—

1

'

33%

275

30'A

Jan

33%

Feb

16

280

14%

Jan

16

Feb

27%

65

26

Feb

30%

7%

7%

130

11 %c

•

Bousquet

Jan

15%

__

*

Burrard class A

1.92

27%

•

class

14c

11,000

7%

Feb

8

Jan
Jan

7c

Jan

14c

16%

16%

Calgary & Edmonton

GO

16%

Feb

16%

Feb

•

7.15

7.05

Calllnan

7.25

6,355

7.05

Feb

8.35

Jan

•

6c

6c

6'Ac

5,000

5c

Jan

6'Ac

Jan

E2c

Caldwell

Linen

Flin

Calmont Oils

2nd

preferred

*

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Calnorth

1

—

Oils

16%"*

Canada Bread

common

Crushed

Stone—

48c

11c

500

10c

2.73

1,900

2%

2 %

300

36

37%

535

--

36

*

_*

11%

34

•

Canada Permanent

21%

100

206%

•

Mortgage

16%

Canada SS Lines common

Preferred
Wire

class B

Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canadian Breweries

Canadian

Canners

•

Canadian Car

31%

10

Jan

12'A

Jan

Jan

37

Jan

21%

23%

2,135

19

Jan

24%

Jan

204% 206%

70

196

Jan

206'A

Feb

Jan

16%

16 %

695

14

Jan

16'A

37%

129

33'/2

Jan

38

Jan

31%

32%

210

30%

Jan

33

Feb

25

Jan

26%

Feb

22%

Jan

23%

Jan

19%

Jan

20%

Jan

23.10

23.10 23.10

1,222

22%

Jan

23.15

19%

Jan

20%

Jan

11

Jan

12'A

Jan

20%

1,005

common

•

11%

11%

125

20
*

common

14%

•
common

14%

14%

305

14

Jan

30

31

855

29

Jan

31

Feb

39%

170

37

Jan

39%

Feb

26

115

24%

Jan

27

Jan

4%

25%

•

5

11%

11% !

200

Jan

6

100

11

Feb

12

Jan

€7

Jan

71

Feb

71

20

•

8%

9

475

8%

23%

23 3A

*

4.30

2,100

4.25

8%

Jan

preferred

4.85

Jan

—100

5c/o

preferred

100

Pacific Railway

Corp

•

25
*

Jan

9%

23%

110

66c

66c

3,325

60c

Jan

70c

15%

16

1,220

15%

Jan

17'A

152

16

152

85

151

101 %

101%
17%
—

—

Jan

5

71

•

common

15

1 'A

100

Cos

Feb

38

31

25

•

Tire

52

Feb

34

840

Canadian

Canadian

Jan

11%

1.287

Canadian Malartic

Canadian

47

35
425

3,992

Jan

Jan.

40

11%
34%

23

Jan

Jan

51%

34

25%

Jan

13c

Feb

20%

2.21

49 %c

Feb

12%

20

7%c

Jan

14%

Jan

25%

Feb

Feb

Jan

22%

Feb

10c

127/8

11'A

23

1.85

43c

Jan

100

20

4%c

500

38%

25%

Canadian Locomotive

2,500

2%

Jan

350

20

Canadian Indus Alco "A"
voting

11c

Jan

Feb

14%

•

Preferred

43c

2%
34

12%

preferred

Class A

lie

Jan

20

Canadian Dredge
Canadian Food Products

43c

Feb

3.25

•

Class A

Oils

Jan'

12c

•

—

common

preferred

/Convertible

58c

Feb

37%

50
& Cable

Jan
Jan

11%

•

102

15

17%

177/a

7.204

32

33

550

,"

2.62

11%

50%

-*

A

Feb

14

•

Power

class

Class B

1st

14,930

11c

•

Canada Foils class A

Canada

49c

2.62

*

common

Canada Cement
Canada

52c

2.73

*

1

200

4.25

6.50

9,000

1

;

2,000

13%

Feb

13%

6c

Feb

1.37

25

1.85

10%

Jan

38%

11%

5.374

Feb

40

145

54,650

Boymar

Calder

Jan

41

1.37

Bowes Co class B

&

Jan

28%

Jan

•

Kirkland

Building

9%c

Feb

39%

39%

Bordulac

Burns

Jan

27%

230

1.23

•

class

Biltmore Hats A preferred
Bobjo Mines
Bonetal Gold

Buffalo

6c

300

41

39%

Belleterre Quebec

Class

5,399

28%

1.34

Mining

Telephone

Class

Jan

39%

Bros

&

Jan

24c

1
*

Power

Brantford

Feb

10

Ltd

Ltd

Metals

19c

8c

27%

10

Toronto

7%c

3.10

40%

10

Nova

&

Jan

3.25

of

Bevcourt

13c

12 %c

of

Bathurst

Jan

1

Mines

Barymin

Jan

1.48

1

of

British

Jan

8

1

Preferred

500

5

77

1

Bank

British

Jan

8

75

10c

8,500

Bank

British

Jan

75

10c

12,800

Bank

4% %

7%

Jan

13c

Bankfield Consolidated

British

Jan

59c

-

Bagamac

Brewers

22c

15%

Mines

British

Feb

15

Gold

Brand

Feb

17 %c

12c

Yellowknife

Bldgood

28c

56c

(1937)

Aumaque

Bell

4%c

Jan

75

•

Base

32c

Jan

12c

15

Steels

Barnat

Feb

3%c

13c

Atlas

Aubelle

18c

56c

•

Aunor

7%

18,000

1
class

Atlantic Oil
Atlas

32c

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Corp

Hardware

6c
-

»„

1,000

1

Ascot Metals

1.85

6c

__

For footnotes

Jan

13%

•

10%

•

—

-

7.10

3.85

1.05

__

•

2,820

2.65

-2.65

1.47'

a_90c

A

Omnitrans Exploration Ltd

23c

295

30c

Jan

4c

1.35

2.65

*
•

4.05

49'Ac 49 %c
4'Ac^ 4'Ac

*

1

Home

Oils

3.85

__

*

a

_

Gaspe Oil Ventures Ltd

Okalta

4.05

7.00

!

3.000

22c

Jan

_

Jan

25c

14'/4
53%

10c

Packers

Feb

—

Jan

80c

48c

14

10

Northern

Jan

•

7%c

Jan

3%c

Malting

54c

>

Jan

Jan

70c

10%

Gold

Canada

69c

„!

55c

4%c

1,700

7c

Preferred

Canada

799

58c

Jan

2,200

52%

Warrants

Arjon

Canada

500

■>

2,575

76c

58c 58 %c

common

Jan

3,500

2.39

52c

5'Ac

__

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Ltd

Feb

4.05

2

Oil

Canadian Celanese

Calmont

105

17%c

Jan

7c

1

:

Jan

Mines

14c

-78c

Oil StOCKB—

Anglo-Canadian Oil Co Ltd
Calgary & Edmonton Corp Ltd

102'%

Porcupine

31 %c

a55c

*
:

69

18c

Pfd

Anglo Rouyn Mines
Consol Resources-

Aquarius

Jan

7c

—1

f

105

23c

Apex

Feb

74c

1

^

105

Feb

75c

Canada

Canadian

Feb

a51c

1

Ltd—

Jan

Nepheline

1.92

76c

1
*

25

14%

American Yellowknife

26 %c

a55c

___1

Ltd

Jan

53%

of

1,000

1

1

United Asbestos Corp Ltd

24%

Larder

1,900

•

Mines (1944) Ltd
Standard Gold Mines Ltd-.,
Sullivan Cons Mines Ltd
Torbrit Mines Ltd

620

•

50c

Campbell Red Lake
Jan

3c

33c"

v

__

Ltd——1

100

26%c26%c

__

2.20

)

2,000

3c

9%c

1

11,100

1.02

22

50c

7c

27/8c

1.02

Ltd

Stadacona

24'A

Jan

2%c Jan
1.02 Feb

6c

2%c

1

•

Ltd

4%c

17c

__

l

Mines

13%

1

Ltd

Feb

24%

Jan

61c

•

Ltd—'

23

Anacon Lead

Buffalo

19c

51c

•

Ltd

Jan

Jan

Jan

Jan

18c

__

53c

5

Ltd

22 Vi

5'Ac

Class B

28'Ac

,

6c

Sherritt-Gordon Mines Ltd

Malartic

16c

2.30

4.75

4.40

Ltd—

Mines

20%

1

Mines

Siscoe Gold Mines

Feb

18'A

Mines

Mines

17%

2.30

__

Mines

5'Ac
89c

4.40

Ltd

Mines

Gold

Sladen-Malartic

Jan

Jan

5%c

Santiago Mines Ltd
Senator-Rouyn Ltd
Miller

5c

63c

18'A

Ltd

Jan

500

2,500

4.45

18%

Ltd

1.75

5c

4.40

Mining Corp Ltd

Crest

Feb

5%c

Quebec Labrador Development Co.,
Quebec Manganese Mines Ltd
Quebec Yellowknife Gold Mines
Queenston

Jan

6c

Feb

74c

20'Ac

__

4.75

*

Dredging Ltd

Mining Co

7%c

Feb

5c

18'A

_l

Mines

Gold

Crow

Feb

6c

1.15

70c

__

1

Corp

5%c

1

O'Brien Gold Mines Ltd
Cons

8'Ac

Ltd—1

Mines Ltd

Mining

Feb

Jan

*

Mines

Normetal

Feb

66c

Jan

1

Ltd

Dredging

Jan

2c

Feb

3%c

__

Cons

Goldvue

14c

Feb

66c

lie

__

Norlartic

Feb

2c

1,500

Jan

1

Ltd

Mining Corp of Canada

8c

14,000

Feb

1

Mines

11,000

2c
66c

7c

5

Kerr-Addison Gold Mines Ltd

Mclntyre-Porcupine

9c

66c

2%c

__i

Mines Ltd

Goldfields
Macdonald Mines Ltd

Jan

5,000

*

Ltd

Louvicourt

4%c

20,500

_1

Mines

Feb

62,000

1

Mining & Explor Co
Fortune Gold Mines Ltd

4%c

3'Ac

1

Joliet-Quebec Mines Ltd

Lamaque Gold

2,500

5%c

__

Labrador

4%c

3c

1

Ltd

Hudson-Rand Gold

Jan

5%c

1

Mines

7c

3c

♦

Ltd

Gold

Jan

5%c

1

Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd——
Formaque Gold Mines Ltd
Goldbeam

4c

Jan
Feb

Jan

7'Ac

-

7%c

—1

Mines Ltd

Gold

2,000

5c

1.36

3lc

1

Ltd

Mines

4%c

Jan
Feb

1

Ltd—

Dulama Gold Mines Ltd
East Malartic Mines
Ltd
Sullivan

Feb

4c

1.20

2c

2c

66c

Central Cadillac Mines.l
Duquesne Mining
__l

Eldona Gold

25c

8c

1

1

2,000

4%c

__

*

Ltd

500

3,200

25c

4c

4%C

4c
1.36

25c

__

l

Diamond

4c

1.30

„

__

*

Ltd—

24'/a

3,315

65c

Co

Amalgamated

Ashdown

110

Jan

18

88

Feb

15

Jan

53%

'

1

Mines

Jan

23

Mines

Ltd

Aluminum

High

21%

22%

Oil

Armistice

a—

___

5%

28
200

Feb
■

1,100

250

__

Vinray

10%

Jan

Jan

14%

Dome Mines Ltd

Trebor

Jan

110

18%

Feb

18%

30c

•

Ltd

Mines Ltd

Consolidated

j

15

18%

65

14%

1

Gold

Consolidated

Silver

6%

Jan

200

14%

10

Cheskirk Mines Ltd—

Red

750
1

6,541

20%

&

Aluminium

Beatty

Mines

Malartic

Chesterville

Quemont

9

10%
18%

20%

42c

__

Cenlremaque Gold Mines

Pitt

Jan

19

16%

Gas

Low

3,445

22%

Jan

77%

114 114%

*

Candego Mines Ltd
Cartier-Malartic Gold Mines Ltd

Pickle

35

Feb

41c

•

Mining Corp Ltd

Bouzan Gold

Osisko

Jan

75

27%

Mines

Gold

Bouscadillac

Pato

35

205

42c

__

Mines Ltd

Metals

New

25

75 %

114

a

Corp

Gold

Base

Nechi

a35

1.05

Stocks—

Eob's

Lake

17% Jan

a54 a54%

»

Anacon Lead Mines

Jaculet

1,000

18%

100

Products Ltd

Band-Ore

Sol

18'A

109%

a^4

•

United Securities Ltd

El

Jan

15

Ltd—__*

United Corporations class A
Class B

Jan

53

Jan

6%

20

Ltd

Canada

11

Jan

85c

alll%alll%

6%

•

Union

Jan

50

18%

__

1st pfd_100
preferred
50

(Can) Ltd 5%

11

5

2,200

20%

__

cum

partic 2nd

175

a54

1.00

10

__

—

Acme

Anglo-Huronian

a—

—

75

.

•

-—100

11

a

a35

__

*

10

18

18 %'

com--0

a4%

97

95c

1

1.00

_5

20

a54

__

*

10

Paper

a98% a98%

*

com

—...—--,—

(Can)

Last

18%

Feb

18%

27%

pfd

Transvision-Television

Brazil

a

Jan

pfd__20

—

Southern Canada Power 6%
pfd——100
Southmont Invest Co Ltd
Standard Paving & Materials Ltd
♦

Barnat

15

15%

Uranium

Range Since January 1

High
24

Akaitcho Yellow Knife
Alberta Pacific Cons

Ltd

Windsor Hotel Ltd
Woolworth
IF W)

Acadia

Low

23%

10

Feb

37

conv

Shares

24%

A

Preferred

14'%

Stores Ltd

of

Acadia-Atlantic class

11%

Russell Industries Ltd

Ascot

Jan

18%

Limited

Corp of Can 6%

Mining

Jan

92

13

*

Westeel

5

Jan

15

•

Gas

Jan

92

for Week

23%
-2

70

Orange Crush Ltd

Reitmans

5

10

38

Refrig & Storage Ltd

C

20

common

$1.50 preferred

160

Paul

N

a5

a91

18%

preferred

6%

Feb

Paper

15

*

Ltd

Royal Rice

Power

29%

•

4%

Ontario

&

Service

Jan

&

al2

Light & Power
10
Scotia Light & Pwr Co Ltd com,*

6%

24%

a5

Newfoundland
Nova

1,605

Power

al4

Co

.

Corporation

Mount

27'A

Abitlbl

al4

,

Moore

Jan

Sales

Range
of Prices

Pa

Jan

1.75

common—10

Co

Oil

Distilleries

Montreal

10%

Feb

14%

Mersey Paper Co Ltd
of

Jan

1.20

all%

Ltd

Minnesota

9%

425

a91

—

1

preferred

Mica

1,175

1.30

Week's

Last

STOCKS

Jan

Jan

*

Co

Friday
Sale Price

Feb

1.75

36%

al2

Ltd

Tel

McColl-Frontenac
6%

42

Jan

Jan

26%

„

-10

Massey-Harris

Melchers

1.40

10%

—

A-."

preferred

Maxwell

Jan

35%

Exchange

Canadian Funds

Jan

10

27%

100

(Can)
Co

&

&

38

6

15

Inc

(Walter M)

1

125

Jan

10

Co

Paints

(Alfred)

Lcwney

5%

925

36

Toronto Stock

*

com

Co

Baking

International

17

High

1.20

1.25

Foreign Power Sec 6% red pfd
_100
Goodyear Tire & Rubber of Can Ltd-0
Great

a40

1.75

36

__

•

100

a40

__

:

Ltd—

Canada

5%

Low

1.75

__

1.75

o

MARKETS

FEBRUARY

Range Since January 1

High

5%

—

100

Shops Inc

Manufacturing

Low

v

....

Candy

ENDED

for Week

of Prices

LISTED
WEEK

Sales

Last
Sale Price

FOR

33

16%
31

Feb

29

Feb

154

Feb

103'A

Jan
Jan

18

33

Jan

Jan
Jan

Jan
Jan
Jan

Feb
Jan

Feb

34

(782)

THE

&

COMMERCIAL

RANGE

Friday

Range

Canadian

Wirebound

Cariboo Gold

class

A

Shares

Leduc

102Vo

"

Feb

103

Jan

101

Great

Lakes

Preferred

Low

LOW

300

25Va

Feb

26Va Jan

1.30

200

1.25

Jan

1.40 Jan

Great West Saddlery

Jan

2.60 Feb

Greening Wire

Feb

1.52

Jan

1.08

14%
42%

43

45

*

.

15

42%

9%

9%

90

*

25Va

Range Since January I

High

•

common

1.26

__

Shares

•

Paper

A

25%

1

for Week

Par

High

Low

5

Sales

Range
of Prices

Friday

High

102'/a 102%

Week's

Last

Sale Price

STOCKS

1

Range Since January

4%

4%

150

13

13

15

Va

806

V

High

14 Va

Jan

15%

Jan

40

Jan

43%

Feb

9%

Feb

10%

4%

Jan

4%

Feb

13

Jan

13%

Jan

36c

Feb

43c

Feb

1

Oil

*

-

2.50

2.45

2.60

14,200

2.20

•

Casue-Trethewey
Central

Low

1

-l

17

for Week

of Prices

Par

100

FOR WEEK ENDED FEBRUARY

Sales

Week's

Last

Sale Price

STOCKS

Canadian Utilities preferred—«...

MARKETS

LISTED

CANADIAN

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

1.16

1.00

1.20

48,700

1.00

88c

90c

5,693

85c

Jan

Jan

Guayana Mines

1

40c

40c

1,010

16c

17c

6,700

15c

Jan

17c

Jan

Gulf

Lead

1

10 %c

11c

6,50o

7c

Jan

16c

Jan

6c

Jan

8c

Jan

Gunnar Gold

1

17c

17c

600

16c

Feb

19c

Jan

1

5 Vac

6c

6,500

4VaC Feb

6c

Feb

18

18 Vo

740

18c

Jan

19 %

Jan

21

21%

305

16

Jan

24

20%

26 Va

240

20%

Feb

27

4 Va C

3,000

4c

Jan

4%c Feb

11%

Jan

13%

Guaranty Trust

13

lo

100

'

1

Central Patricia Gold Mines
Central

Porcupine
Steel

12%
1.15

1.09

1.28

99,050

5 Mac

6c

5,500

Knitting

14%

Jan

72c

Jan

1.37

Feb

Gypsum

4VeC

Jan

6c

31,700

1.15
11 %c

Feb

1.00

1.00

3,250

8

8

235

2%c

—

3c

5,500

Jan

00

Feb

1,500

15c

Jan

Hamilton

1.16

Feb

8

Feb

9

Jan

Jan

3c

*

38c

42c

4,000

2.07

2.01

2.08

7,750

—

Willans

42c

1

Oils

Cochenour

14Ma

14 Ma

16

Cochrane Dunlop class A-^

.

Cockshutt Plow
Coin

Commonwealth Petroleum
Mines

———;

1.25

Consolidated

Feb

38c

Hamilton Cotton"

Rock

Jan

2.22

Harding

Jan

Consolidated

Beattie

Mines

__

L.

32c

•

Gold

;

6c

1

36 %C

-

Feb

1.50 Jan

65

10

Mines

6c

8c

16,700

1.00

Feb

1.15 Jan

1

60c

60c

500

Feb

Highland-Bell
Hlghridge Mining

*

6%C

7c

Jan

Highwood Sarcee

_»

7%C

7%c

18c

70,043

13c

Jan

18c

8,050

8c

Jan

10c

8%

340

8

Feb

52c

57c

19,250

51c

Feb

63c

Jan

60c

Jan

90c

Jan

»

9%

24 %c

100

65

1

Paper

preferred

7c

■

Hinde &

Dauch

•

Mining
Bay Mining & Smelting

Mines—

46

1,220

2%C

2%c

1,000

122

122

5

Lebel

1

13c

-13c

12c

Feb

26c

Jan

Hugh Malartic

1

96%

98%

3,157

96%

Feb

103

Jan

Huron &

160%

Jan

165

Jan

Imperial

Bank

1.26 Jan

Imperial

Oil

150

<■

14 Va

14 Vo

125

Mining

1

19c

19c

1,700

Bit common

!*" Craig

t! v,

171

2,920

*

8%

8%

125

1

55c

55c

2,400

Imperial Mills

Croinor

Pershing

Jan

1.08
21

Jan

22

Feb

14%

Feb

15

Jan

18 %c

Jan

25c

Jan

6%

Jan

50c

Feb

8%

Erie

Trust

—

—

Crowshore

Patricia

Davies

200

31

30%

31

21%

21%

22

14%

14%

2,205

26

25%

26

—I*,

15%

preferred

4%

Varnish

Indian Lake

Oils

Ltd

Delnlte Mines
Detta

Red

Dominion

Dominion Foundry & Steel

Dominion Stores

Dominion Tar & Chemical

common

Preferred

Dominion
Donalda

Mines

Donnell

Class

Jan

1

40c

Jan

49c

Jan

13c

Jan

International Bronze Powders com

*

4 Va

4Va

100

4

Feb

4%

Jan

16

Feb

17%

Jan

20c

Feb

25c

Jan

32c

9,400

28c

Feb

42c

Jan

150

21%

Feb

24

7%

Feb

14c

2,000

8%

Jan

12c

16c

Feb

1.80

Feb

1.60

Jan

Gold

Preferred

Jan

700

6c

Jan

6%c

Jan

Feb

36c

Jan

International

39c

45,400

30c

Feb

42c

Jan

21%

Jan

Jacknife

17%

Feb

21%

Jan

Jaculet

720

27

Jan

27%

Jan

Jellicoe

Mines

7 Ma

7 Va

5

7%

Feb

28

29%

2,400

26%

'"'/'III 7%-

Jan

29%

Feb

Joliet

Feb

8%

Jan

22 Va

Jan

Keiore

34 Va

34%

34 Va

475

3?

Jan

36

Jan

29

29

40

26

Jan

30

Feb

Kenviile

22

22

22

950

21

Jan

22%

Jan

Kerr-Addison

11%

11 Va

11%

275

11%

Feb

12

Jan

Kirkland-Hudson

10 Va

10 Va

10 Va

160

10

Jan

11%

Jan

Kirkland

Jan

52c

Jan

Jan

9'A

9

9%

215

9

Feb

20c

19c

21c

42,500

15 Vac

Jan

22c

:6c

6%c

32,100

Feb

9%c Jan

11 %C

12VaC

8,000

5 VaC

5 VaC

2,000

24c

26c

5,500

5 VaC

•

6c

60c

•

5c

9%

Ltd

Jan

6c

Jan

28c

2.05

Jan

2.35

Jan

Lake Rowan

Feb

5.30

Jan

Lake

25

45 Va

45 Va

65

20

16 Va

16 Va

80':'

37 %c

38c

28c

32c

8 VaC

8 Vac

1,333

8c

Jan

6c

7 VaC

7,200

6c

Feb

Feb

46%

Jan

•
1

Lake

6c

2

;

66c

70c

42,500

66c

Feb

82c

Jan

5c

Feb

4 VaC

500

4c

Jan

6c

7c

10,058

6c

Feb

45

50

1,095

43%

Jan

50

4 Vac

5c

6,100

4

VaC

Feb

6%c Jan

18

18%

3,985

17Va

Feb

19 %

Jan

16%

Feb

Lamaque

Jan

42c-

Jan

34,022

43c

11 Va

11 Va

50

40 %c

40%c

45c

3,845

4.10

4.35

1.755

27c

Feb

27c

50c

500

50c

Feb

65c

1.31

5,600

1.27

Jan

1.44

12c

2,500

11 Vac

Jan

14c

Jan

19%

19%

19%

790

19%

Jan

20

Jan

4.40

27c

4.50

3,325

4.40

Feb

5.30

10c

12c

76,900

3%c

Jan

17c

1.10

1.07

1.16

10.800

1.06

Jan

1.34

4c

6 VaC

385,400

3c

Jan

6Vac

Feb

35c 35%c

3,200

35c

Jan

43c

Jan

2,000

5%c

Larder

35c
5 VaC

5%c

5 Vac

12'/a

12%

13%

1,970

53c

54c

10,750

54c

Jan

6c

Jan

12%

Feb

14%

Jan

50c

Jan

64c

Secord

Jan

11%

Feb

Laura

38c

Jan

61c

Jan

1.90

1.99

1,710

1.90

Feb

2.40

6.50

6.50

380

6.50

Jan

7.35

Jan

3C

3c

3c

1,150

2%c

Jan.

3 Vac

Jan

1

4 VaC

4V2C

4%c

4.600

4c

Jan

5c

Jan

*
3

47/8C

4%c

5VaC

9,300

4%C

Jan

16%

16 %

16%

355

15%

Jan

17

Jan

80c

78c

80c

3,500

74c

Jan

82c

Feb

1.21

1.26

13,000

.

Leduc-West

15%

1,170

14%

Jan

16

Jan

36%

770

34%

Jan

36%

10

10 Va

1,000

—

*

4.10

9

1

5

vie

5 VaC

6c

8,500

5 Vec

*

2.60

2.45

2.65

17,225

2.05

Feb

4.60

Jan

Lencourt Gold

Jan

10%

Jan

Little

Jan

6 %c

Feb

Loblaw

2.90

Feb

Class

Jan

Fittings

Ltd

preferred

class

|i",Flash Fasteners

—_.10

Co

27%

*

—

Francoeur

Gold

•

Frobisher

Exploration

•

13c

~

40

150

100

1.25

1.25

200

26%

.

12%,

27%

2,004

29%

•

1.25

•

-

50

12 Va

»

Ford Motor class A
Foundation

8%

150

A

common.—:

Manufacturing

Fleet

8%

29%

25

13c

14c

4,500

2.37

3,633

8%

12%
150

1.25

Feb

8%

Jan

12%

Feb

150

Jan

B

2.30

Mills

Hosiery

Power

com

5 % preferred

L

General

Bakeries

General

Petroleum

Class

•

.

18

18%

107% 107%

100

180
10

»

—

common-J—

A—

General

18

2%

3

700

*

1.08

1.08

100

class A

Goldfields

Feb

Louvicourt

Feb

1.70

29%

Feb

Macassa

30

Feb

MacDonald

Steel

Preferred

Wares

8%c
2.30

Jan

14c

Jan

17%

2.60

Jan

1.15

Jan

1.29

Feb

5c

500

4Vac

Jan

6c

J an

V2C

5c

13,100

4 VaC

Feb

7c

Feb

50c

11,700

45c

Jan

55c

Jan

19

1.05

Jan

1.25

Feb

105% 105%

Glenora
Globe

45

Oil

1

Lake

60c

Gold—

17%

1.20

.31.

105

Jan

18%

Jan

Mines

Jan

class

Export

Red"

Madsen

Lake Gold Mines

Cold

Eagle

Golden

Mines

Magnet
Malartic

Goldfields
Eastern

&

105%. Feb

Mines

6.60

Jan

Goodfish

Mining

Feb

7%c

Jan

Marcus

2 Vac

2,000

2c

Jan

3%c, Jan

Goodyear Tire & Rubber com

59c

61c

8,700

59c

Feb

65c

Jan

Massey-Harris

34c

2,400

32c

Jan

36c

Jan

McColl-Frontenac

6.10

16c

1,350

15c

Feb

7 Vac

2,000

6c

Jan

4%c

Feb

4%c

500

2.54

2.75

16,875

5 Vac

1,000

Mackay

class

II,000

2c

1,000

91%

91 Va

20

footnotes

52%

52%

52%

55

*

A

Class B

For

3%c

50

Preferred
Gordon

*

91%
10%

10%

10%

2.51

17c

Jan

Jan

8c

Jan

6c

..

see

page




36

Feb

14c

16c

4,600

13 %c

Jan

16c

Jan

3%c

2.46

2.50

4,000

51c

50 Vac

53c

12,100

44c

Jan

80c

6%c

9,500

5c

Jan

7c

Feb

12c 12 Vac

7,000

12c

Feb

17c

Jan

•
1

6c

2c
90

52 Va

,

18

18

50

17%

common

—

2.11

Jan

10

390

9'/a

Jan

2.78

Jan

Feb

Jan

•10

8

8

8 %

800

7%

Jan

8 %

Feb

2.76

2.99

14,850

2.76

Feb

3.15

Jan

47 %C

47 %c

51c

23,100

3.20

3.15

3.25

13,635

2 %c

2,000

9%

9%

100

31c

Jan

55c

2.95

Jan

3.45

2c

Jan

3c

9%

Feb

lOVs

6c

Jan

Jan

Jan

6c

6,000

3%

Jan

14c

14c

1,000

13Vac

Jan

5c

3,000

5c

24

24%

6c

15Vac

Jan

6c

Jan
Feb
Jan
Jan

8,928

21%

Jan

25Va

27%

28

85

27%

Jan

28%

Jan

13%

13%

14 %

2,090

13%

Feb

16%

J.an

99 V2

99

97

Jan

99 Va

Feb

10c

Jan

12c

Feb

24

"IIIIIII20

common.
in*

Porcupine

9

Lake

Mclntyre
McKenzie

Red

Gold

Jan

McMarmac

Feb

Mercury

Feb

Mid-Continent

Jan

Midland

10%

Pol)

Milton

18

Feb

Mining

.1

Red

91%
53

10 %c
64

.1

Jan
Jan

2%c

Jan

65,600

Jan

2.99

14c

Preferred

Jan

/

2.70

2.70

Va

45

10 %c 10% c

500

99

Jan

Jan

4%c

Jan

Jan

9 Va

1

McDougall Segur

Feb

.T-n

2.33

2.54

2%c

•

6c

Jan

Feb

2.50

Gold

3.35

4%c Jan

850

<■

22c

Martin-McNeely

2c

1

Jan

9%

Maralgo

6c

3 VaC

1

-

13c

5c

Feb

5,500

McLellan

Gdldora

17,750

—

Maple Leaf Milling
Mines

2,144

5 Vac

2.60

Porcupine

19c

Jan

7c

4 Vac

—

Manitou

Goldhawk

17c
14c

-A
1

Consol

Jan

Jan

6.20

7 VaC

Gold

9 Va

*

A—

B

6%c

15 %c

Goldale Mines
Goldcrest

Jan

1

Gold

Preferred

God's

9

Jan

2 Vac

1

125

2.60

32c

Gold

9%

1
1

Mines

6.15

6%c

Feb

9

Jan

Class

Feb

1

Jan

6%

12c

McMillan

1.01

1

,

Jan

31%

Jan

1

Feb

29%

—100

—

Lake

32

Jan

5%

i

Feb

125

Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines

Feb

30 %

Red Lake

3

I,100

Gillies

31

150

River

107%

1.05

640

338

240

6 Va

Macho

Jan

29 3 i

18%

31%
30%

6'/a

Macfie

Jan

1.01

17%

31%
30 Va

Feb

2

29%
18 V4

31%

•

Mines

105%

*

common

4

Jan

Jan
Feb

—

Feb

30%

1

Lynx Yellowknife

Manitoba
General

*
•

9%

24

_*

Products Mfg

49c

Feb

MacLeod-Cockshutt
Gatineau

common—

5c

*
•

class A

Groceterias

7c

48c

1
1

Lac

Long

29%

'

2.35

—

Lexindin Gold

London
Products

Jan

5c

1

Gold

Feb

Fibre

Jan

1.90

*
——1

Mines

"U"

11

14%

-

Jan
Jan

6.50

Lapaska Mines

35 Va

Petroleum

Jan

4.40

1

—

Jan

25 Va

Kirkland

Feb

Jan

10 %c

—1

——

Gold

Jan

1
•

Feb

816

50c

1.30

Jan

9c"
9%c

15

common

Feb
Jan

"

Lapa Cadillac

1

Grain

10%c Jan

50c

1

T

Mines

Feb

4.25

Federated

;

67c

Mining—__—__—.——1

Wasa

Luz

36c

•

Federal

i

Jan

1

Mines

28c

*

Pederal

:

Feb

12c

5%c

(1945)

Shore

7,175

Fanny Farmer Candy Shops

t*

lie

Jan

Jan

Leitch

»•'

30c

Feb

10c

—1

Lake Lingman

Jan

Palconbridge Nickel
Players

"t

Jan

4 Vac

Gold

Lake

Pamous

i

20c

10,300

13,500

—1

Fortune

Jan

4.40

Pen-Rey Mines

Feb

78,725

10c

•

.

Mines

11,750

Sol

7%c Jan

11 Vac

Dufault

29,475

El

Feb

11c

26c

27c

Gold

Laguerre

4.75

El

5c

18 Ve

Labrador Mining & Exploration

2.30

15 Va

1,000

8c

—

Feb

4.40

28c

Jan

Va.c
30c

5

1.30

——

Jan

2.20

1

Jan

10%

4 VaC

Labatt (John)

4.70

1

146%

Jan

10 %c

:

2.24_

45%

Feb

8%

8%c

-—

___—

14c

HVaC Jan
23 %c

144%

9%

10 %c

Kirkland Townsite

La

■

28 %c

Lake

1

Corp

5c

.

Lake

l

Eureka

5%c

Gold

Sullivan

Equitable Life Insurance.

9

Feb

175
'

25

1,688

144% 144%
9 Va

Mines

Malartic Mines

Gold—

31%

Kelvinator

Va

6 Vac

;

Jan

Jan

5c

7%

19%

1

Gold

32%

6c

500

1,105

«

Elder Mines

Jan

50

Kayrand Mining

8

21

East

Eldona

2,465

3lVa

Feb

7%

20%

•

Eddy Paper class A

32

—1

Quebec Mines

8

Feb

——

31 Va

103

1

(1939)

20 Ma

175

Investment

Jan

1

Ltd

Mines

East

Economic

101%

1

Gold

10

Mines

50

•

985

•

Jan

365

•

Gold

2,438

*20,550

.

28 Va

27

103

100

27%

175

•

Feb

26

26

103

•

Petroleum

13%

56c

,

I

Jan

175

Leduc

50

7,000

27

•

A

Preferred

26c

Lake

East

class

International Nickel Co common

1,600

52 Vac

East Crest Oil

Feb

8

100

Metals

21 Va

l

16

21c

—

1

,

Preferred

7,000

53c

East Amphi

16

20c

25

1.64

Ltd-

Mines

A

International Coal & Coke_

6VaC

175

Ouvay Gold Mines

class

Jan

300

*

A

Dulama

Feb

4,500

1

.

Mudge common

Jan

41c

*

&

Vac

41c

27

I

32

41c

18

•

4

Jan

Jan

20%

•

common

Woollens

Feb

29%

7%c

Kerr

Dominion Textile

3c

75

12

18

•

1,500

Jan

21

23.50

3 Vac

31%

Feb

•

___

3c

•

common

9%

7 Ma

35c

29 %

Jan

7%

*

Steel & Coal class B

17

20

25

Magnesium

Dominion

Feb

442

27%

•

;

Dominion

15%

8

26c26VaC

7 Ma

50

10%

20 Va

__<■

common

15 %

Jan

7%

•

Dairies

Jan

10%

22%

6c

2

Bank

27

8

10

Seagrams

Dominion

Feb

10%

Machine

Joburke

Distillers

Dome Mines Ltd

25%

*

Jan

1.63

3bc

Jan

230

6

7C

12c

1

Yellowknife

Discuvery

14 Va

Inger.soll

28c

26 Vac

23 Va

Jan

Inglis (John) & Co
Inspiration Mining

10c

7'/a

1

,

32

Jan

14 Va

Feb

5,700

7 Va

l

Lake

Jan

Jan

21

Feb

21 Va

1

Lake

Red

Dexter

Feb

51

2,500

21 Ma

•

122

30%

1

Acceptance

International
Decalta

Jan

Jan

120

7c

30 VaC

•

.

*

common

Jan

3c

31%

25
'

Imperial

Feb

47 Va

Jan

121

12,293

14%

32c

Feb

2c

565

•

Jan

45 V8

15%c Jan

Jan

11c

•

A

26c

500

10

Feb

Jan

Jan

Jan

7c

lie

*

class

B

„

28c

18

11 Va

Jan
Feb

7%c

10,600

49 Va

116

Jan

1

,

Petroleum

Leather

Class

135

51

10c

1

-

120

51

51

.—100

D'Aragon Mines
Davis

118

100

„

Crow's Nest Coal

—100

-

"

*

16%
10

2,045

!

Imperial Tobacco of Canada ordlnary_5

Industrial
Crown

common

28c

*

9c

Jan

58c

Jan

,

60

45'/a

•

22

Jan

8%c Feb

45%

Hoyle

nuason

165

10c

Jan

10%

Jan

1.12

Jan

7c

17%

Jan

161

6 VaC

1,500

8 VaC

5c

1.09

2,500

10 Va

62c

21%

-Jan

17%

Jan

162

COc

8 VaC

Feb'

1.10

9%c Jan

Jan

10%

4%c

*

65

Feb

1

Gold

55c

566

Feb

Feb

6c

58c

a

Consol

Hosco

2,600
"•':'

65

Jan

Jan

4,500

Cournor

65

1.15

300

1

—

4,023

Cosmos

Jan

2,400

8%c

•

33c

1.00

Mascot

57c

common

Jan

Hendershot

Hedley

73c

Box

24c

Jan

4%c

Paper

3,110

6c

56c

Exploration

Feb

24%C 26 Vac

Feb

70c

Corrugated

4c

36%C 55 Vac

3%C

1

4VaC

Conwest

Jan

4c

8

5

Feb

2,000

8c

100

Jan

Jan

3%c

4%c
1.30

Lake

Red

70c

Smelting-

Jan

11

30c

Headway

4%c

&

Jan

1,800

Hasaga Gold

Jan

l

Mining

10

5%c Feb

Jan

16c

98

14% Jan
40c

1,000

Feb

18c

18c

-

Feb
Jan™

4c

14%

8 Mi
—

Feb

Jan

8VaC
45c'

16%

•

Consumers Gas

13,000

Jan

1

JfK"

225

6%c

Jan

Howey

Consolidated

10%

5%c

Feb

Consolidated
i

13%
26 VaC

15%

14

Homestead

Oro__

50

93,300

15c

25

Consolidated

—

14

31 VaC 36Vac

10%

1

Consolidated

ir<-

14

1

620

8%c

2

Mines

Carpets

Hollinger
Consolidated Duquesne

560

12%

6,300

1

a.

»

Gold

Harricana

50c

Feb

2.01

_i

Astoria

Consolidated Bakeries

12%

Feb

Jan

2 %c

•

Ansley

Consolidated

*

„

12%

•

...

16 Va

4%c

—

•

——

Bridge

Heva Gold
Coniaurum

4c

1

1.15

15c

1

20%

Swayze

15c 16 Vac

16

1

Yellowknife

Colomac

18

•

♦

1.00

•

—,

Lake

Alabasttne

&

common

Preferred
Halcrow

1.00

Gold

Lime

Brass

Jan

Hard
Coastal

Lake

Feb

lft

Hahn

13c

—

.

1

Mines

Feb

1.25

__

0

common—.

Jan

1.15

1.25

•

Malar tic

10%

Gwillim

llMaC

1

Mines

Chromium
Bar

100

5Mac

1

Circle

12%

1

-

Chimo Gold

Citralam

10,000

50c

Cheskirk Mines

Chesterville

6c

6c

6c

*

common

Research

Chemical

16c

__1

Centremaque Gold
Chatco

„

1

;

Lake

Mills
&

Pacific

Brick

Corp

Grain-

125

1,100
18.500

8 %c

3,520

4c

8,500

16

«

5 Va

940

3 VaC

5 Va

•

Oil

64

5%C

5c
8c

.1
*

64

51 VaC 51 VaC
5c

16

35

5'/a

Jan

67

Jan

47c

Jan

60c

Jan

3 VaC

Jan

7c

Feb

8c

Feb

9%c

Feb

5%

Jan

6

Jan

3c

Jan

4c

Jan

Jan

16%

Jan

Jan

1.35

Feb

Jan

13%

Feb

61 Va

16

*

1.30

1.20

1.35

6,215

1.10

_•

12%

12%

13

2.650

12%

r

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIAL

&

CANADIAN
RANGE

Friday

Week's

Range

Shares

Par

Model

Oils

Modern

1

Containers

common..

*

Class A

Modern

Works

*

Porcupine

Montreal
Moore

Low
33c

1

Locomotive

Corp

•

common

*

Preferred

16

Myiamaque Mines

1

Hosiery

National

Petroleum

class

B

3%

4

Steel

National

34c

35c

3,825

33V2C

Jan

38c

Jan

20%

20%

20%

985

20%

Feb

22Va

Jan

Slaaen

75

76

325

75

27

27

340

26%

3

75

33c

3

75

30c

7%c

Jan

7V2C

Feb

Jan

150

28

Feb

28 V2

1

28

.22%

__

23%

41 /

2,500

42

34 Va

740

32c

32c
41

230

Standard

Standard

Jan

23%

Feb

Starratt

38c

Jan

Stedman

42

Feb

Steel

of

V2

Jan

550

3c

Feb

1.00

3V2C

Feb

3lc

Jan

1.32

Jan

47c

common

cw

Jan

Feb

50c

Jan

Jan

88c

7c

7c

2,000

6%c

Jan

8V2C

Jan

3%c
8c

9c

9,100

8c

Jan

4c

6c

18,699

4c

Feb

10c

45VaC

3V2c

10c

43c 52 %c

12,000

3c

3,250

Jan

Sc

84,000

4c

IOV2C
10c

Jan

40c

Jan

Feb

60c

Jan

5

Feb

20%

106%

20%

211/4

i)

Feb

Feb

2.25

2.42

17,725

2.25

Feb

2.99

Jan

11

11

200

Sterling Coal
Sudbury Contact
Cons

10

Jan

11

1

4C

4c

4%c

3,500

3%c

Jan

4%c

Feb

1

Mines

2.40

2.31

2.40

5,250

2.31

Feb

2.70

Jan

41c

43c

5,700

5c

6 Vic

5,000

1.46

1.50

5,050

13c

1,000

29

300

6 Va

500

6

Feb

6 %

Feb

11

Feb

11%

Jan

Feb

3.20

Jan

•
—

50c

Sylvanite Gold Mines
Taku

•

River

1

Ltd

common

Pearson

70c

Jan

Toronto

2.80

Jan

62c

Elevators

42c

2.60

Toronto

General
Iron

Trusts

Works

39c

Feb

45c

2,275

6VaC

Feb

8c

Jan

5,000

7c

Jan

IIV2C

Jan

Traders

8c

15,000

6%c

Feb

9V2C

Jan

Transcontinental

11

975

10

Jan

6

6

100

5%

1.80

1.85

8,080

1.80

20 %c 20 %c

2.05

1.000

11%

Jan

6

Feb
Feb

Jan

2.05

26V2C

Jan

2.24

Tower

2.05

19,300

18c

4,600

17c

Feb

22c

Jan

3c

4c

3,300

2%c

Jan

5c

Union

5c

United

class

A

1.65

Jan

class

3%c

Feb

8c

Jan

United

Keno

50

8 V2

Feb

8V2

Feb

United

42

85

Jan

United

6%

39

Jan

9c

755

5%

44

Jan

A

preferred

Jan

6%

Jan

8c

Jan

Viceroy Mfg

1.30

Feb

Violamac

10 Vac

Jan

Jan

Virginia Dare preferred—

12c

13c

15,600
25,970

4.20
44

V2

9V2C Jan

15V2C

Feb

4.90

Jan

Jan

47%

Feb

1.23

Jan

1.58

Feb

4%C

Feb

5c

Feb

17,100

17c

Jan

3c

3c

2,000

3c

Jan

2%c

3c

7,600

2c

Jan

29V2C 30 Vic

3%c

Jan

7,743

29%c

Feb

34c

Jan

5

Jan

5%

1,000

5Va

50

4V2C

5 Va

Jan

Feb

51c

1,000

51c

Feb

63c

Vulcan

16c

10,000

16c

Feb

21c

Feb

8c

9V2C

28,900

7V2C

Jan

9%c

10,590

1.80

Jan

1.95

Jan

3.40

800

3.15

Jan

3.45

Feb

4c

4VaC

1,500

Jan

4Vac

1
1

3c

(Hiram)

Wekusko
Westeel

Class

&

Wlltsey-Coghlan
Winnipeg Electric

Feb

__

I6V2

I6V2

50

__

52Va

52%

100

13

13

91

1.78

1.83

3,440

75c

75c

500

47%

47%

10

34c

34c

17c

17c

15%

Jan

17%

Jan

52

Feb

52 %

12%

Jan

13%

Jan

Feb

22%

Jan

19c

1.71

Jan

1.90

Feb

1.00

Lead

Yellorex

48%

&

York

700

34c

Feb

34c

20.250

7'/a

360

6'%

Feb

7%

Jan

3.35

14,750

2.91

Feb

3.50

Feb

6.50

6.45

6.50

4,300

17c

Jan

20%c
1.03

1.17

•

8

8

500

38c

40c

3,250

20

60c

73c

54,650

60c

Feb

97c

Jan

20

60

26c

30c

10,100

8.00

8.50

6,615

39

38

39

5,825

5

2.05

2.05

100

4c

4c

4,500

7

2.05
4C

2.55

Jan

4%c

Jan

7

50

6%

Jan

7

3c

4.000

2%c

Jan

3c

Feb

46 Va

46 Va

70

44

Jan

46 Va

Feb

8%

8%

8%

190

8%

Feb

10

Jan

7c

Jan

11c

Feb

7V2C Jan

14c

Jan
Jan

IOV2C

11c

2,100

8%c

9c

5,000

29c

31c

16,400

29c

Feb

49c

27%

27%

27%

1,035

27 Va

Jan

28

•

9.35

8.85

9.35

15,852

8.85

Feb

9.80

Roybar Chibougamau
Rupupunl Mines

Jan

1

11c

11c

12c

13,000

Jan

I8V4C

Jan

1

3c

3c

3 %c

73,000

Russell Industries

47/bc

19%

19

19%

1,570

19%

Feb

1st

100

preferred—__49
.

St Lawrence Paper 1st preferred
2nd preferred
:__

San

Antonio

Sannorm
Sarnia

Gold

99
1

1

Mines

Bridge

1

1

*

—

103%

103% 103%

10c
3c

75

Rouyn Ltd

1

Bhawlnigan Water & Power
Shawkey
Shea's

Brew

•

1

class

A—.

Gordon

Breweries

Voting

com

Mines

Winnipeg

Sherritt
Sicks'

(1945)

*■
1
•

common

trust

Sigma Mines

certificates
(Quebec)

103%

3.60

Feb

150

27

Jan

32

Feb

50

14

Jan

15%

Feb

90

110

85%

Jan

90

Feb

52%

55

50 %

Jan

52 %

Feb

3.50

5c

3.75

3,624

5c

6c

7V2

7Va

18,700

3.50

225

25c 27 %c

—

26V2C
24

14,000

24

24%

995

12c

—

15c

1,600'

15%

2.18
1

39

Feb

210

5

Feb

6

' Jan

305

9

Feb

10

Feb

7c

25,00

50'%

51

275

7c

7 %c

32%

32%

355

7c

1,950

49
7c

Feb

8%c Jan

Jan

51

Jan

Feb

9%c

Jan

32

Jan

31%

Jan

32%' Feb

c

Feb

Feb

_

34

*

26
101 %

Feb

Jan

Jan

9%c

9%c Jan

12c

Jan

1,195

33%

Jan

37%

Jan

100

10

99%

Jan

100%

Jan

•

2.10

2.19

5,500

24c

24c

27c

9,400

24c

Feb

30c

Jan

17c

17c

18c

4,000

17c

Feb

21c

Jan

1

Mines

2.15

class

B

80c

7,760

75c

Jan

92c

Jan

*

77c

80c

2%

•

2%

2.07

Jan

2.27

Jan

5c

National

Week's

Shares

Low

Co

Pulp & Paper

5 Va

Jan

6

25%

25%

25

24%

Jan

26%

Jan

com—"1

92

92

25

82'%

Jan

92

Feb

4%

2.525

3%

Jan

100 102'A

620

common

1

4Ve

4

100

and

Canada

Bronze

Sugar

9.00

8.95

9.00

200

•

22Va

22

22%

1,370

♦

Vinegars

Dominion

100

5

Canacia

12 %

12%

12%

5

23%

23%

*

common

Canadian

Fairbank's

Morse

Canadian

Industries

common

Jan

15c

Feb

15

Jan

15%

Jan

Jan

22%

Feb

12

Jan

100

22'%

Jan

24%

Jan
Feb

41

100

39

Jan

42

22%

360

22%

Jan

24

3

4Va

17,584

Jan

Canadian

2%

Vickers

*

92%

90

93

365

Canadian

Western

Lumber

Westinghouse

Consolidated

•

*

Paper

3%

3%

2,280

58

57

58

80

*

19

18 Ve

19

3,672

Dalhousie Oil

•

36c

35c

38c

deHavilland Aircraft

17,775

*

21

21

50

Dominion

Bridge

Dominion

Foothills

—

89

3%
56

&

O

Paper

common

Utilities

2.29

23,564

2.38

Jan

Pend

350

20

Jan

21%

Feb

Price

21

445

19%

Jan

21%

Feb

Southmount

Jan

17%

Jan

19'A

Jan

Feb

45c

Jan

16

Jan

21

Feb

43

42 Va

43

365

40%

Jan

44%

35%

35%

55

35%

Feb

35%

Feb

3.50

3.80

2,400

3.15

Jan

4.00

Feb

40

38%

41 Va

4.355

37 Va

Jan

19%

19%

20%

680

19%

Feb

37

37 %

300

36'%

Jan

18

7V2
*

—

5
common

*

Oreille

_1

Bros

18%

—1

Jan

18'%

Feb

21'%

Feb

175

Feb

5.50

1.200

67Va

6,010

63%

Jan

69'%

Jan

42c

42c

200

42c

Feb

42 %c

Jan

25c

Feb

38c

Jan

Temiskaming Mining

Jan

689

Feb

Twin

•

—

1

48c

Petroleum.

Feb

17%

5.40

17,800

City

Jan

175

66V2

93,150

Southwest

20

10

Jan

42c

68c

Jan

650

Feb
Jan

37'%

67%

29c

8.85

485

20
175

41%
22'%
-

*

8.50

Feb

18Va

20
175

—

Jan

•

'

Investment

62c

8.00

Feb
Feb

3.50

—100

21V2

3%
58

35%

5

*

Paper

21

Jan
Jan

Jan

Feb
Jan

•

Preferred

20%

94

20

preferred

Power

600

Jan

35c

Feb

M

4'/a

Feb

•

Glass
Oil

15%

1.91

13

40

Canada

Feb

22

22%

com

Feb

9.75

40

International

25%

104

Jan

Feb

4%

MacLaren

Feb

4%

Jan

*

International

Jan

8.95

1

Feb

10c

92

Canadian Marconi

Jan

24

Range Since January 1
Low
High

800

Preferred

Canadian

High

*

Brown

Jan

7%

Jan

5%

Eulolo Gold

6V2C
32c

2'%

5V2

Corp

Columbia

Feb
Jan

Feb

for Week

Jan

Feb

2%

Sales

Range
of Pi ices

*

British

4.05

7

805

Last

Par
Andian

Feb

25c

,

Exchange-Curb Section
Friday

Ogiivie Flour

300

5,700

34

100

„

10c

33%

34

1

26c




Jan
Jan

5

23%

8.50

36

Jan

9.50

Jan

99%

67c

page

36

160

27c

see

19%
32c

Feb

415

1

For footnotes

Jan
Jan

8.00

360

1

—

19

20c

34

Silver

Mines

Feb

10

Sale Price

2.10

__

Jan
Jan

41c

24%

Silanco Minintr

Miller

1

103%

32

15 %

89

_-

21

Jan

1

52%

89%

20%

Jan

32

,

Senator

Jan

17%

Jan

15%

—

—

7.05

12%

Canadian Funds

Jan

•

preferred

Feb
Feb
Jan

,

33%

STOCKS

Feb

3c

—

10

Corp

8

35c

99'% 100%

Toronto Stock

Asbestos

Feb
Feb

Royalite Oil

Power

Jan

5

7c

„

preferred

26c

9%

__

__

Lawrence

20

26c

8.00

6.40
...

23%

•

Feb

2nd

2,426

*8

38c

99%

Jan

St

Jan

1

Bear

Jan

23%

Saguenay

19c

23%

Jan

Jan

common

6

7%C

Feb

Feb

*

Jan

22c

%

3.10

:

50%

*

Zinc

Knitting

Jan

18%

Co

4.30

3.15

•

Mines

Jan

Jan

96c

Oils

Jan

Jan

70c

47

4,002

Eank

3.60

Jan

56,410

Roxana

Feb

Feb

22%

Royal

■28%

35c

21

____20

Wright-Hargreaves
Yale

1.05

—

55

350

1

Jan

21%

—1

Jan

5,648

100

76c

22Va

Gold

Feb

13 %c

3.85

1

common

700

•

Rochette

16%

Jan

Feb

*

Preferred

80c

—

Jan

11c

—100

80c

Quemont

1

14%

3,436

Feb

Feb

Lac

5,020

Jan

•

common.

Feb

75c

Long

Jan

17,820

11c

21%

;

(George)

Feb

11,900

*

20c

35c

16%

55

W)

A

Weston

1.10

78c

—

Jan

30

•

82c

1.06

Roche

Jan

59c

28%

1

45%

75c

Robinson Cotton

28%

Feb

21

Consol

Jan

—

Jan

47c

3.65

Products

Jan

—

25%

Jan

25

Western Ashley Minerals
Western Grocers preferred

Jan

96c

*

950

6,000

Jan

*

86c

68c

78c

*

Feb

Jan

28

3.75

i

42%

11.020

1.02

73c

50c

21%

Ltd

755

—

9c

Jan

Jan

*

A

2,700

2.05

Jan

35c

Feb

52

1

(G

93c

82c

1

1

7c

33,050

108

26

*

45%

1

1

6,300

42c

Feb

140

•

73c

63c

7%c

108

650

•

93c

Queenston Gold

—1

100

54 %

1

44%

—

Jan

108

27 %

i

77c

—

Feb

12 V»

11%

54

Amulet

Waterous

Feb

1.85

47%

Jan

170 %

167

Feb

1.90

3.30

*

10%

Jan
Jan

10

10
190

29'%

Mines

Oils

Waite

Walker

Jan

16c

13

Jan

600

12

24V2C Jan

51c

1.80

10%

26%

Ventures Ltd

45 Va

1

Jan

11c

.

Jan

23c

1

1.36

26%

1

1.07

4%c

80c

Jan

20c

lie

•

5%c

17c

__

1.20

J an

4%c

*

900

50

Mines

8%c

1,090

1

Feb

1.33

29%

Steel

Canada

600

9,382

__

Jan

18c

16%

16%

•

.6.000

1.49

9%c

44c

Jan

•

110,427

4.50

51c

Jan

Feb

12 %c

6,500

25

6c

45%

30V2c

9c

36c

48,250

29%

Hill_

1.30

45

19c

Feb

1,435

17c

*

6c

__

6c

39c

47c 49%c

35c

1.12
x

7 Vic

27%

'

1.39

40

27%

Oils

8%c

13c

2.92

Jan

*

Fuel

71,167

6%

1.17

50

Feb

31

40c

47 Vic

1

Class B preferred

40%

6%

East Dome

A

14Vic

Feb

108

*

41c

•

Resources

Class B
United

Upper

Preston

class

Jan

7c

— —

•

Corp class A

Yellowknife

common

12c
29

7,709

1

•

8%

4.20

•

Mfg

Jan

170 1701/2

170

50

Mining

6V2C

1.45

100

Textiles

Feb

1.66

11%

Gas

Jan

4.50

1

Gold

6%C

Feb

1.26

1.26

1

Finance

8%

42

Metals

Reno

Jan

Jan

7c

A___

Petroleums

Union

Jan

1.80

__

Pressed

Robertson

3c

1.45

Jan

Jan

20c

17%c

6%c

1

-—

50c

Jan

8c

10 Va

3%c

•

MacDonald

Feb

15c

15c

100

class

Toronto
Mortgage
Towagmac Exploration

10c

.

1.85

Regcourt

41c

10 Va

•

Transvision-Television

__

Feb

36c

*

Feb

11

3.00

7c

1

Gold

7%c

1.85

11

2.92

3.00

•

v.

6
•

1

Gold

9c

lO'/s

29

10

Jan

700

1

29

6V2

60c

42c

7%c

13c

*

Teck-Hughes Gold Mines
Thompson-Lundmark

7%c
__

1.48

*

_

common

Preferred

29,375

Jan

3.40

Quesabe Mines Ltd

•

—

5 Vic

1

1

Jan

1

Mining

2.30

100

Torbrit Sliver Mines

5c

1

:

101%

Feb

9%c

*

Quebec Manitou

570

Jan

Feb

Porcupine

—

106

3V2C

Feb

Pioneer Gold

Gold

102

69

6c

Pickle

Quebec Labrador

Jan

103

Jan

27,200

1

Airways

Jan

17%

3c

7"2c

Piccadilly Porcupine

Purity Flour preferred—

72c

Jan

_•

Preferred

Trust

Jan

Feb

16%

1,000

6c

__

Corp

29%

65c

150

Feb

Tombill

7VaC

rl

Voting trust certificates

Jan

27%

1,500

17

21%

Toburn

4c

Gas

common

Jan

22

Feb

9,995

____*

River

14%

108

Jan

3,700

1

Powell Rouyn Gold

Jan

Jan

65c

3% c

1.18

1

Gold

90

17

Feb

1

Mines

Jan

Feb

Class

Gold

86

65c

Jan

2.70

•

Peninsular

20

17

1.07

4%c

1

Securities.-—

90

130

1

66V4

45Va

:

Feb

90

—

13%

240

•

Mines

10

2,009

2,880

1

Consol

Jan

8%

29

69

"

Malartic

4,285

14%

1.09

,4c

1

Oil

10

Feb

Jan

Tamblyn

2.60

1

Gold

Renfrew

9%

28

3 VBc

__

1

Cadillac

Jan

1

Taylor

4c

*

Ltd

62c

14 Va

1.07

1

Mines

Feb

Steep Rock Iron Mines

Jan

2.62

*

Tubes

54c

Feb

Jan

60c

Orenada

Porcupine

Jan

2,380

21 %

Jan

7c

60c

common

Petroleum

21%

29

67 Va

—

68 %

•

_

50

Jan

54c

Jan

Supply preferred—_2

Mines

Jan

20%

14%

Superior Oils Ltd—

60c

1

Lake

Feb

48 Va

185

•

common

w

Sullivan

35c

•

Mines

32%

220

20 %

preference

Jan

6,400

•

Gold

805

50

21%

54c

9%

•

Jan

4,398

»

.

34

50

Feb

9c

70c

Orange Crush

Reeves

32%

211/4

102 %

103%

Jan

41c

1

Omnitrans Exploration

Prospectors

36

34

Jan

180

Jan

8c

63c

5

_

Reef

Jan

105

101 Va

1,000

35c

__

__

Porcupine

Feb

81c

1,152

50

8V2C

65c

•

Malartic

Crow

36c

Jan

107

Jan

41c

1

r—_________

&

Jan

21 Va

1.68

8%c

__

__

Gold

Oil

33c
67c

105

Feb

10,500

Mines

Credit

6,350

50,025

2IV2

1.42

103% 103%

__

_____l

Ogama-Rockland

Paymaster

35c

70c78%c

100Va

5

7,200

1.50

114,495

__1

Preferred

Paramaque

33 VaC

76c

Jan

2a

New

3c

Mines

Mines

North Star Oil common

Partanen

33V2c

•

Preferred

Jan

1

Mines

Western

Jan

Gold

Toronto

Hershey

99

High

i

Feb

29

•

Canada

T ake

Jan

common

Canada

common

21

Jan

44c

1

Inca Gold

Pandora

Olsen

Co

Jan

8%c

Mines

Red

27

Bros

Feb

1

Steel

Feb

•

Feb

27%

1.10

•

Mining

Osulake

Paving

191/2

1.42

1

Ontario Beauty

15

775

100

30c

<3 Vic

Gold

Oils

Jan

865

100

Preferred

675

3c

1

Gold

26 V2

99%

•

Chemical

22

1

Mines

O'Learv

1.45

1

Nor gold Mines

Northland

25

99%

•

41

•

Oils

Denison

25 %

30

Mines

635

38c

*

Northern

Jan

50

Siadacona

28%

1.00

1

Merger

North

28

Low

9Va

Jan

1

North

480

Co

20 Va

3c

Mines

Norseman

10

29%

20

Preferred

19%

42c

*

Norpick

Jan

28 Va

.1

Co common

28 V*

__

1.05

Mines

Normetal

350

1—100

Malartic

South am

Jan

Noranda

Quebec

6c

28%

Nipissing Mines

Norlartic

97 a

a__

Surf Inlet

Nicholson

Premier

Feb

28

Thurbois

Power

39c

12 Va

Norzone

Powell

Jan

1

Pacalta

Fetrol

1,000

1

Rouyn

Perron

7%c

7c

1

Mines

Mines

New

People's

Feb

High

9%

*

iN)

Range Since January 1

Low

.1

class

Gold

Slater

Jan

3

36 Vz

100

Marlon Gold

New

Pan

27

Jan

Jason

Newlund

Pacific

Jan

16c

52,900

Jan

Feb

3

78

Feb

•

preferred

Calumet

Page

34c

Feb

Shares

9%

A_

B

Siscoe

for Week

28 Va

class

Preferred

11

Bidlamaque

Pamour

Feb

Va

3*c

10

Goldvue

Osisko

4

Lia

Class

90

1

New

Orlac

Jan

3

Dairies

Feb

1,270

*

New

Ontario

18

11%

*

Car

iWmi

Omega

Jan

35 %

Alger

Okalta

oiiiipouju'b

11

Mines

O'Brien

Feb

16%

225

*

Trust

New

16

Jan

New

National

New

Silverwood

14%

10

3%

Feb

Sales

Range
of Prices

/

Par

37 c

35

*

National Sewer Pipe class A

New

220

Week's

Last

High

|

Feb

♦

20

National

New

31c

*

Preferred

New

Friday
Sale Price

Preferred

Breweries common
National Grocers common

New

17

—

National

Neilson

16
18

__

1

.

MARKETS

FEBRUARY

STOCKS
Low

1.000

18

»

Mosher Long Lac

Negus

33c

16

25

Morrison Brass

(783)

Range Since January 1

High

31c

18

Tool

Moneta

ENDED

for Week

of Prices

LISTED
WEEK

CHRONICLE

Sales

Last

Sale Price

STOCKS

FOR

FINANCIAL

1

*

33c

5.40

Feb

6.00

Jan

33c

1,000

32c

Jan

7c

„

10%

7c

1,000

6c

Jan

8c

Jan

10

10%

150

8%

Jan

11%

Jan

40c

Feb

35

36

THE

(784)

COMMERCIAL

&

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE

Monday, February 20, 1950

OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES
Quotations for Friday, February

17

Investing Companies
Mutual Funds—
Aeronautical Securities

x

Holding Corp

5.78

4.57

10

97.51

99.50

47.33

48.30

Managed Funds—

36

34'/2

Bid

Mutual Funds—

6.34

4.22

Obligations Of Governmenl Agencies

1

Blair Holdings

3.90

8.00
15.31
6

1
•

97.65

Boston Fund Inc

1

21.32

lOo

9.05

I

17.05
19.20

-

Bowling Green Fund Inc
Broad

Street

le

3.84

4.23

lo

3.20

lo
lc

4.03

7.47

40.12

Mass Investors 2nd Fund Inc.1

12.76

Mutual Fund of Boston Inc—1
Mutual Invest Fund Ino——1

14.11

15.34

14.74

16.30

com

Preferred

Investment

Delaware Fund

Dividend Shares

Ration-Wide SecuritiesBalanced Fund
National Investors Corp

1
Franklin Custodian Funds Inc—
Preferred stock series
lo
Common stock series
lc
Fundamental Investors Inc
2
Industries

Group Securities—
Agricultural shares

1

4.82

6.60

4.04

4.42

1

15.69

16.87

l

9.97

New

y0rk Stocks Inc—

Automobile

1

6.57

7.20

Aviation

1

7.73

Bank stock

1

11.52

12.62

Building supply

1

8.81

9.65

7.71
,

chemical

l

11.73

Corporate bond series—
Diversified Industry

1

10.84
4.08

Diversified Investment Fund_l

8.56

Due

1.55%

7-

1-49

4-

3-50

bl.30

8-

1-49

5-

1-50

bl.30

1.15%

1.35%

9-

1-49

6-

1-50

bl.30

1.15%

11.32

Rate

10.95

Merchandising

1

10.96

12.01

Metals

l

8.43

9.24

oils

1

15.16

16.61

Pacific Coast Invest Fund

1

10.80

11.84

Mar.

9,

6.56

Public Utility

1

8.43

9.24

Mar.

8.22
5.11

9.01
5.61

16,

Railroad

I

5.67

6.21

Mar.

Railroad equipment

I

6.38

6.99

lc
lc

7.39
2.50

8.10
2.76

Mar.

lo

3.75

lc
lc
lo

4.67

4.90
4.64

5.13
5.38
5.10

6.07

6.66

__

10c

22.97
9.29

1

8.18

1

11.49

I

15.98

1

2.47

Fund Inc (net asset value)_•
selected Amer Shares

2ft

Sovereign Investors
Television Fund Inc

1.11
12.67
10.08

10.96
9.11
15.26

State

82c

8.31

1

14.92

1
1

27.56

Street

24.19

17.11

10.13
16.08
23.66
30.11

6.75
58.00

l

11.29

25o

74c

12.31
82c

10

Series E

23,

1.15%

1-50

bl.30

1.15%

30,

72
25

bl.14

1950

1.06%
1.06%

55

Par

New

York

Bank

of the

Bank

of

A

Manhattan Co_10

New

Fifth

Bankers

Bid

%•

17

$2.10

American Fidelity &

Casualty-0

ig%

2%

21%

22%

28%

10

Brooklyn Trust

336

10.04

10.91
10.67

1

18.22

19.88

1
I

17.02

18.30

3.72

4.03

Bank

Trust

Co

8.80
2.54

1

ft Trust

National

First

102

Harris

40

6%

10

Bank

7%

63%

36

2.28

298

1.300

Prior

preferred

1

10

28 %

41%
58%

100
12%

265

47%
93%

41%

88

10

59

New Amsterdam

62

Casualty

New Hampshire Fir#

35

63

65,y2.

B

22%

24 y4

71V2

74 y2

Continental Casualty
Cram Ac Forster Inc

lo

67%

70

10

35%

109

•
10

37

39

Federal

10

69 %

Fidelity ft Deposit of Md

10

64%

Fire Aesn of Phila

10

64

Fireman's Fund of Frisco
Firemen's of Newark

10

92 %

95 y2

•

22%

24

General Reinsurance Corp
Falls

Northeastern

Ins

20 y4
52

2iy4
.55

g

18y.

20%

x26%

277/8

117
7 y>

■artferd Steamboller

10

36%

104%

105%

106

1969

102%

295

20

280

300

36%

38%

Bank—.

12%

United States Natl Bank

77

20

60%

62%

of Amer N T A S A—12%

54%

56%

Francisco

San

103%

104

1979

103%

103 7/e

62

1979

104%

105 V4

1963

102%

103

5

16

10

102

lo

10

33

Maine

2%s

Power

1999

.

Conn Lgt & Power

Power

Gas

2%s

2%s

Service Co

2%s

5
35 y2

mortgage

6

2%s

371%
47 y2

10

37%

39%

32

Travelers

55%

56%

52%

53

Power

A

;

preferred
Electric

100
3.90c

51%

pfd_30

x37%

Kentucky Utilities $4.75 pfd_100
Maine Pub Serv
Y

State

4% %
Pacific

Elec

pfd
Gas

$4.80

$5.50 pfd—20
A

Pub

Ser

Par

Stocks—

Bid

Ask

104%

105%

preferred

100

pfd-50

52

19%

51%
38%

102%
20 ft

100

106

107%

Elec Co—

redeemable 1st pfd—25

4%% pfd—100

(Colorado) 4.40%—100

Pub Serv of Okla 4.65%

28%

28%

106%

107%

130

pfd.lOO

107

100

106

Rochester Gas ft Elec—

San

Diego Gas

4% %

Blackstone Valley Gas A Elec—

101

107%

Gas—

(series 1949)
&

106

pfd__50

Iowa Southern Util 5%%

N

%'

Light—

107%

A Elec—

preferred

—$0

21%

22%

Staten Island Edison—

4.90%

preferred

—100

107

108%

107

108

49%

16%

pfd

$4.75 preferred series G

Cen Ariz Lt A Pwr $2.80
57

Ask

•

•

Penn Pow ft Lgt

Tenn Gas Transmission 8s

$4,25

7'/4

Delaware

4.28%

106

37%

Pow $2.20

ft

preferred

Hartford

Kansas Power ft Light—

Public Berv of Indiana 8s
17%

Lt

$2.04

Bid

Par

Stocks (Continued)—
Conn

103%

Indianapolis Pwr A Lt 27/8s_1979

Oregon

140

lo

1

39%

37%
124

38 y2

100

Fidelity ft Guaranty Co—2

u s Fire
U 8 Guarantee

Westchester Fire

4

10

1

440

52%

455

54%

65%

68%

82

86

22'%

24

Tenn

Central Hudson Gas ft Elec—
4.75%

preferred

100

105

Gas

$4.65

Transmission—

preferred

100

b Bid yield price,
d Deferred delivery sales (not
in year's range),
e Ex-interest,
f Flat price,
k Admitted to listing on N. Y. Stock Ex¬
nAdmitted to trading N. Y. Curb.
rCash sales (not included in year's range),
tExliquidating dividend.
(Un) Admitted to Unlisted Trading privileges. wdWhen delivered.
wi When
issued,
x Ex-dividend.
y Ex-rights,
z Ex-stock dividend.
a

U 8

35%

100

Trust

&

103

i37/8

120

103%

1979

Calif

1st

25

54

14%

lo

~8%

99

12%

10

1984

47

lo

B

Hartford Fire

100%

43%

lo
10

Globe & Rutgers Fire common_5

Hanover Fire

100%

45

12%

Globe ft Republic

x93
30%

103%

4iy2

Security (New Haven)
Springfield Fire ft Marine
Standard Accident

54 y4

B

39

Detroit

104

102%

Commonwealth Edison—

Reinsurance Corp (N Y)
Republic (Texas)

32 y2

52 y4

IB

103%

2%s_1979

39

Seaboard Surety..

30%

5

preferred

Power 2%s__ 1979

65%

Providence-Washington

L

lo

American

37%

National

First

103%
106%

37

66 V2

Glens

and

1007/8

102%

62 y2

2.6O

St Paul Fire ft Marine.

10

of

Deposit Natl Bank__100

Bank

Ask

100%

105%

Central

2

Bank

Security Issues

1974

9%

5

37

Peoples First National

Bank

-1979

2%s

Tel

32%

Phoenix
Preferred Accident

68 y2

1971.

«%

Pacific Fire

—

2%s__'

30 %

Pacific Indemnity Co
Peerless Casualty Co

62%

& Tel

Amer Tel

4

3.33Va

35%

Pittsburgh

8%
670

Bid

Bonds—

Bell Telephone of Pa 3s

12.50
Co

8%
640

Recent

52

37%

Employees Group Assoc
Employers Reinsurance

New York Fire
North River
Northern

.

32
325

10

310

37

105

Associated

2

30%

100

Ask

Duke

-10

Great

12
100

33%

10

-20

Bank.

Co

91

25

32%

I_5

625

43%

30 y4

National Union Fire

Trust

Mellon Natl Bank & Trust

271

90%

31 y2

66 y4

350

600

Portland

45%

5

63%

330

100

60%

—25

5

25

92
222

City Bank

National

43%

20

26%

American Surety

89%
215

100

Savings
Co

National

Cleveland

Farmers

31%

25

24%

35%

100

Cleveland

;

30^

19%
18%
1,475
1,445.

United States Trust
Bid

Trust__l3%

34%

;

Co

A

Trust

National

22

32 %

100 1,240

10
100

Ask

Detroit

20%

100

Bid

200

109

Industrial Bank of Commerc#~10

Trust

Trust

A

Bank

National

Northern

38

106
;

.100

Illinois
Bank

49

154

61 %

10

Title Guarantee ft Trust

common

Par

Central

Stamped
Exchange Bank ft Trust_20
County Trust Co
(White Plains, N Y)
10
Empire Trust
50

Guaranty Trust

Companies

Continental

351

Irving Trust
Kings County Trust
Lawyers Ttyust

3.94

33%

104

1.10%

47

Trust—

Corn

First National
7.66
2.24

l

Massachusetts Bonding
Merchant Fire Assurance
Merchant* ft Mfrs

'

bl.14

99

100

Central Hanover Bank ft Trust 20

Trust

10.46

10

_

1.08%

1950

City Natl Bank A Trust

53%

American Re-Insurance

10

bl.14

149

,

51%

National Caaualty (Detroit)—10
National Fire
in

25

1.07%

1950

Chicago

26%

100

Continental Bank ft

17%

American of Newark

1.06%

bl.14

Ask

20

7.46

$1.05 Convertible preferred_5

26

1.06%

bl.14

May 18,

Commercial National Bank ft

6.56

20.31

Home
S
Insur Co of North America—10
Jersey Insurance of N Y
20

18 y2

24 y4

1.06%

bl.14

May 11,

■

York

Avenue

Trust

75

1
•

bl.14

1950.
1950

1.05%

1950

Banks & Trust

45%

Par

__

Ask

bl.14

..

1950

20,
4,

38

1

Ask

27

13,

April

May

43%

Companies

64%

1950

1.06%

Sterling National

__

6,

27,

15

nap

.

Series 1956

64 y4

Treasury Bills

bl.14

1950

Fiduciary Trust

North Amer Trust SharesSeries 1956

2.72

62 %

4




bl.30

April

10

1

5.40

10

Fire—

2-50

11-

April

ft

1

5.43

96

—21

Connecticut General Life—

10-

1-50

bl.14

1950

Federation Bank

Maryland Casualty

Camden

1.15%

3-50

2-

1.02%

Bank

1

independence Trust Shares

z62 %

lo
10

Boston

bl.30

1.04%

Chemical

Diversified Trustee Shares—

Bid

Par

Shippers—

bl.30

1-50

Bid

Chase National

Unit Type Trusts—

Insurance

ft

1-50

9-

April

Public Nat'l Bank ft Trast.17%

^

8-

1-49

1-

bl.14

1950

Morgan (J P) ft Co Inc

Bankers

1-49

12-

bl.14

1950

National City Bank
New York Trust

_

1.15%

11-

1.02%

bl.14

18.63

1

16.89
13.70

2.49

Mar. 2,

1950

22.07

1

Union Preferred Stock Fund
Union Common Stock Fund
United Income Fund Shares
Wall Street Investing Corp
Wellington Fund
Whitehall Fund Inc
Wisconsin Investment Co

4.92

25o

23,

Manufacturers

Automobile

1.15%

Ask

1

4.97

1

Assur

bl.30

1*30%

1

Series B

17.54
25.81
32.84

15.48

B-3 (Appreciation com Stks)-1
8-4 (Low Priced com S'tks)—1

22%

6.16

12.55

K-2 (Appreciation pfd Stks)-l
B-l (Quality common Stks)_l
6-2 (Income com Stocks)—1

11 -.96

55.00

Series C

1
1
1

11.06

21%

CorpZ*

Union Bond Fund series A

28.82
26.39
18.67
11.05

Feb.

17.18

l

Investment

Trusteed Industry Shares

Keystone Custodian Funds—

Bid

52.44

Fund

Republic Investors Fund
Scudder, Stevens & Clark

10.18
9lc
1.22
13.89

1

American Equitable

Ask

3-50

1.30%

United States

2.71

52.44

Trading

Putnam (Geo)

24.83

Investment Trust of Boston

American Casualty

Bid

7-

15

1

Petroleum ft

1

Investors Management Fund

American Automobile

Due

3-49

12.59

shareholders Trust of Boston

1

American Alliance

10-

8.96

Tobacco!

4.89
1.93

lc
lc
lc
lc

preferred stock
equipment

steel

of.

4.52
1,78

B

Agricultural

.9856

4.12

.

Ltd—

ft Surety

Dated

1.30%

14.32

Investment Co

Aetna Casualty

.9939

99.9685

..

1.30%

9.99

„

Aetna Life

.0450

99.9817

..

1.30%

13.07

1

Aetna Insurance

1950

1.15%

1.35%

l

.

Lexington Trust Fund

1, 1951

Ask

lo

Fund

tlfts "Jan.

1.15%

1

Railroad stock shares

Knickerbocker

.0372

Bid

Machinery

Equipment shares

Bonds)
pfd Stocks)

1,

bl.25

insurance stock

RR

(Speculative

.0468

100.0110

..

12.27

Railroad Bond shares

K-l (Income

tlfts Oct.

100.0042

..

11.46

lo
lo

Bds)

100.0360

-

1950

.0245

1-50

10.46

5.98

Bonds)

1950

100.0121

3-

10.33

9.47

Grade

1,

Ask

1-49

11.20

8.64

B-2 (Medium

July

tlfts Sept. 15,

Bid
-

1950

1,

Dated

1

Investing Company shares—lc
Low Priced shares
lo

B-3 (Low Priced

Indebtedness—

8-

1

8.46
7.58
9.84

B-l (Investment Bonds)

100.1

Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Debentures
Rate

Electrical

7.72
6.91
9.37

Stock and Bond Group
of America

1%%

.0386

100

99.31

U%s

Diversified

7.97

Shares

99.31

1954

Ask

100.0302

-

4.47

5.51

B-4

1951

15,

Bid

(cont)-

U%s June 1, 1950

11.50

1

7.27

Group shares
Bank Group shares
Insurance Group shares

100.7

12.85

6.90
6.87

Fully Administered shares—lc
General bond shares
lo
Industrial Machinery shares lc
Institutional bond shares—lo

Aviation

100.3

1957-1955

Maturity—

100 6/32

8.47

5.46

7.17

Incorporated Investors

100A

1.55%

England Fund

New

10.92

Income Foundation Fund

102 6

1,

5.27

17.66
57.34

16.35
53.33
5.05

6.54

Howe Plan Fund Inc

100.4

Price

Ask

10.93

6.72
5.83
16.78

9.97
5.02

Institutional

tOct. 1,
IMar.

3.99

7.81

Utility shares

99.30
101 30

7.21

3.65

lo

shares^

1953-1951—_
1, 1955-1953

Certificates of lndebt

fl%s Apr.

industrial Stock Series
1
Selected Group Series
1
Low Priced Com Stock Series I

le

Tobacco

Bid

1%%

1050

1,

7.44

Stock Series

5.95

Equipment shares lc
Food shares
le

Steel shares..

99'28

4.87

2.17
33%

Electrical

shares

0000

3.30

Chemical

Petroleum

Int. Rate

6.81
3.02

Building shares

shares

Ask

oa

99-24

l%s Oct.

120'/4

Dollar

Maturity—

4.46

1

6.29
6.26

Merchandising
Mining shares

119'%

Treasury Motes—

fl%s Mar. 1, 1950—...

1

7.03

shares

no

0. S. Certificates of Indebtedness

7.15

1

lo
lo

shares

1961

7.56

Preferred Stock Series

,

shares

Aviation

3s

6.54

Income Series—
Speculative Series

le

Automobile

Canal

6.92

4.25
29.78

6.13
5.32
15.31

1
1
1

Inc

Fund

Bid

1QS9-lQtn

2y4s Feb.

—

1

Agriculture

Capital Corp
Investors Trust

1

1Jan-

1953

1

p^ed B0n(j geriei

1

Gas

1,

Certificates of

1.98
31%
5.37

10

First Mutual Trust Fund

General

10.48

4.03
27.55

Financial Industrial Fund Inc-I

Corp—

15.30

9.69

18 50

20#
•

Stock Fund

14.26

Security Series—

Bond series

27.63

General

l
>1

.

29.54
19.78

1
—-1

Bqulty Fund Inc
Fidelity Fund Inc

Panama

{April

Baton & Howard—

First Boston

beneficial

of

National
Balanced Fund

Feb

13.79

37.31

Mav

y l' 190,4 1S0U

Other Issues

1%S

8.19

1

point

a

100.5

l%s

Central Bank for Cooperatives—

30.51

Century Shares Trust

Commonwealth

3.74

28.22

Manhattan Bond Fund Ino—lOo
Mass Investors Trust—

21.04

Ctfs

Christiana Securities

100.2

100.2

of

4.55

4.50

3.39

Interest—1

1

Bullock Fund Ltd

Chemical Fund

100.3

100

32nds

more

or

4.50

4.13

100.1

one

Federal Land Bank Bonds—

4.44

4.08

-lo

1950
1951

15,

Ask

Bid

f

3.53

Steel shares—

9.06
18.43

Sept. 15,

4.14

Paper shares
Petroleum shares

101.72
23.05

1.35s

3.89

4.08

1
15.23
16.47
100 4,300
4,450
100
137
142
1
5.84
6.35
1
14.49
15.95
2So
1.56
1.71

Corp

Invest

3.53
3.75

shares

Non-Ferrous Metals

2%

214

Bond Inv Tr of America

Corp

Automobile

8.65
16.64
7

le

Business Equipment shares-lo
Electrical Equipment sbaret-lo
General Industries shares—lo

4.22

1
•
1

Shares—

Business

Axe-Houghton Fund Inc
Axe-Houghton Fund B
Beneficial Corp

Banks—

Federal Home Loan

l%s Feb.

Home Furnishings shares

American

Figures after decimal point represent

Ask

Far

Loomis Sayles Mutual Fund—*
Loomls Baylea Second Fund—10

Ask

1V4

Affiliated Fund Inc
Amerex

Bid

Far

Odd lot sale (not Included in year's range).

included

change.

♦No par

value,

tin default.

tThese bonds are subject to all Federal taxes.

Volume

171

Number 4883

THE

COMMERCIALv &

FINANCIAL

CHRONICLE
(785)

THE COURSE OF BANK
CLEARINGS
]

Bank

clearings this week

will

Preliminary figures compiled by

show

a

decrease

compared

-

based upon telegraphic

us

a

year

ago.

cities of the

country, indicate that for the week ended
Saturday, Feb. 18,
for all cities of the United States
for which it is possible to obtain
weekly
will be 9.8% below those of the
total stands at

this

center

$13,046,075,742 against $14,457,872,648 for the

there

is

a

loss

for

the

week

ended

same

week in 1949.

Friday'.of 7.9%.

summary for the week follows:

clearings
clearings

Our preliminary

year.

1950

%

with

advices from the chief

corresponding week last

At

Our comparative

Third

Federal

Reserve

Pennsylvania—Altoona

936,810

1950

1949

1

I

933,416

+ 44.8

1.037,469

+ 27.4

3,434.646

,

Philadelphia
Reading

—11.7

853.685

929,247

985,101

2,683,538

+ 18.9

830,359

2,454,578

6.2

706,000,000

2,956,366
738,000,000

2,909,606

860,000,000

810.000,000

2,611,198

+ 27.7

4,556,066

+ 30.8

+ 17.7
+

+ 17.2

—32.9

6,196,315
8,914,759

4,826,830

6.0

739,926,842

767,386,894

7,062,791

6,313,143
142,370,779
251,518,145
24,649,900

898,586,138

847,788,944

—

3.1

856,000,000

912,000,000

—

6.1

Cincinnati

455,404,381

460,799,167

1.2

Cleveland
Columbus

157,477!468

168,998,494

—

255,512,527

262,790,876

Mansfield

32,559,600

+

274,400,000

—

—16.2

,^14,109,425

—10.7

293,497,238

337,942,445

1

.

198,229,537

Ten

cities, five days

$10,086,466,406 $10,883,530,331

Other cities, five days

2,374.506,460

.All
*

f

cities,

one

585,102,076

TotaL all cities for week

Fifth Federal

West

—10.9

910,584,102

,

issue

ends

week.

We cannot furnish them
today,

Saturday and the Saturday figures

Accordingly, in the above the
we

as

cases

however, which

For that week there

was an

week

has to be estimated.

complete results of the week previous

ending Feb. 11.

the

present further

we

—

below

the

week

increase of 13.4%, the
aggregate of clear¬

ings for the whole country having amounted to
$14,097,112,922 against $12,429,659,192
in the same week in 1949.
Outside of this city there was a
gain of 9.1%, the bank
clearings at this center having recorded a
gain of 17.3%. We group the cities accord¬
ing 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 expan¬
sion of 16.2%, in the Boston
Reserve District of 4.2% and in the
Philadelphia Reserve
In the Cleveland Reserve District
the totals are smaller
by 1.1%
but in the Richmond Reserve
District the totals are
larger by 15.1% and in the
Atlanta Reserve District
by 4.5%.
In the Chicago Reserve District the
totals record
an expansion of
21.4%, in the St. Louis Reserve District of
2.3% and in the Minnea¬
polis Reserve District of 24.9%.
In the Kansas
City Reserve District the totals
register a gain of 5.9%, in the Dallas Reserve
District of 30.3% and in the San Fran¬
cisco Reserve District of
4.5%.
District of 6.0%.

In the following

;

we

furnish

summary by Federal Reserve Districts:
OF

BANK

1949

$

$

1st

Boston

.12 cities

2nd

New

.12

3rd

York

Philadelphia

6th

Richmond

7th

Chicago-

8th
9th

St.

/

Minneapolis
Kansas

11 th

Dallas—

121/h San
Total

Outside

New

767,386,894

1.1

688,439,191

664,920.889

338,730,962

,357,619,263

4.5

526,812,272

+ 21.4

916,068,134

834,511,305

+

2.3

409,942,099

5.5

t

3,757,260
189,677,363

2.787,364

Sixth Federal Reserve

9,390,000

97,552,676

8.5

-

9,218,000

3.6

103,791,786

3,365,154
161,091,208

5.2

179.426,318

64.716,560

59,874,403

+ 15.1

338,730,962

357,619,263

+ 30.2

72,893,901

+

389,571,153

+ 24.9

325,122,799

274,837,980

+

419,339,357

396,431,391

+

5.9

421,547,350

387,133,263

280,147,530

214,994,438

+ 30.3

238,608,768

223.072,124

560,212,037

*+18.1

645,517,705

604,174,812

661,855,942

14,097,112,922

12.429,659,192

6,427,416,136

5,891,857,387

2,907,661

District—Atlanta-

Tennessee—Knoxvllle

15,817,719

Nashville

16,933. 581

62,726,745

Augusta

203,200, 000
4,833, 845

4,294,437

Macon

3,656,513

6.6

15.687,370

13,894,268

+ 23.7

50,220,754
197,800,000

58,525,776
204,500,000

—

50,707, 685

211,000,000

Georgia—Atlanta

3.8

+

—11.2

3,702,657

4.2

7,061,648

Total (10 cities)

+

74,580,273

6,087, 303

528,752
115,362,006

Mississippi—Vicksburg

Louisiana—New Orleans

76.757.497

90,097, 241
435 819

610,655,109

Seventh Federal Reserve

3,844,322
2,940,979

3,582,787

+ 10.8

93,880,810

Mobile

2,614, 903
86,961 363

+ 39.8

96,326,479

Florida—Jacksonville

Alabama—Birmingham

Michigan—Ann

2,229,095

2.1

-

-

+ 16.0

73,286,067
79,259,312

6,482,122

6,318,284*

+18.7

122,693 ,032

439,507

6.0

97,559,305

4,5

526,812,272

546,828,019

2,110,547
8,944,560
6,039,058

—

584,564,772

+

474,239

103,784,772'

District—Chicago-

Arbor

1,945,550

1,164,808

I,649,079

7.045,500

+ 40.8

5,744,352

Lansing
Indiana—Fore Wayne
Indianapolis

+ 67.0

9,919,297

Grand Rapids

4,193,015

+ 40.3

10,152,977
6,771,363
6,100,180

7,433,100

'

+ 16.4

47,807,000

5,259,038

+

29.0

2,837,221

5,448,461

2,619,463

+

8.3

63,255,785

Iowa—Cedar Rapids

+ 95.9

42,812,000

6,784,009

Wisconsin—Milwaukee.

3.794,028

49,823,000

South Bend
Terre Haute

58,082.462

+

8.9

53,112,774

20.6

50,166,365

3,886,805

3,508,106

3,550,291

2,943.295

+

28,528,158

Des Moines

24,073.023

+

4,945,127

47,109,000
4,761,858

i

$

30,009,700

10,429,190

+

28.3

1,017,636
655,477,613

12,607,057

821,928

+

23.8

536,034,250

2,861,622

1,042,995
714,533,933

2,514,792

+ 13.8

646,002,246

3,294,045

8,856,928
3,627,592
2,825,051

2,588,415

+ 13.1

II,020,378

+ 30.5

3,184,234

4,914,541

11,365,836
4,110,828

+ 12.7

3,716,846

2,791,428

870,491,959

-

Chicago

18.5

13,384,182

Sioux City

Illinois—Bloomington..

717,097,263

+21.4

916,068,134

834,511,305

2.6

237,400,000

4.1

95,539,304
75,176,373

10,012,151
4,733,759

Total (17 cities)

+

22.3

26,552,475
12,665,981
.

849,475

Eighth Federal Reserve
District—St. Loots—
Missouri—St. Louis

230,300,000

Kentucky—Louisville

224.400,000

98,937,695

102.647,439

84,071,357

+ 32.5

1,379,207

415,135,918

+

77,413,935

1,826,866

.

Tennessee—Memphis
Illinois—Quincy

405,840,581

1,826,422

217,600,000
108,037,523
87,563,808
1,742,824

2.3

409,942,099

414,944,155

—

+

8.6

414.944,155

266,452,440

4#

112 cities

2,264,025

11,517.000

109,461,604

546,828 019

717,097,263
405,840,581

44

-10

„—

739,926,842

332,832,094

6

-

Francisco

6,454,779,867

6.0

44

10

664,920,889

3,771,863

477,042,137

+

44

7

-

Cityi

500,651,638

5,988,363,431

—

584,564,772

688.439,191

%

4.2

870,491,959
44

4

-

1947

$

415,135,918

44

.17
—

389,571,153

610,655,109-

1948

+ 15.1

751,649,295

448,266,292 "
44

or

+ 16.2

+

847.788,944

44

_10

Louis

10th

898,586,138
743.504,358

4#

6
'*■

490,820,255

6,804,236,623

44

-7

6th Atlanta——',

511,473,683

7,904,324,542

14

_11

4th Cleveland

Inc.

1.1

448,266,292

_

Springfield

Dec. %

751,649,295

246,870,707
76,719,458

Columbia—Washington

Peoria

CLEARINGS

1950

Federal Reserve Districts

231,437,619

3,439,729

Rockford
SUMMARY

3,336,839
5,294,464

224,505,082

2,388,373

'

Week Ended Feb. 11—

2.3

11,270,000

Decatur
a

4,783,514

273,328.109

appear

not available at time of
going to press.

are

last day of the week in all

In the elaborate detailed
statement,
are
able to give final and

_

foregoing will
inasmuch

6.8

107,578,025

'.

details for the week covered
by the

exact

of next

0.3

6,860,775

Reserve District—Richmond-

Total (6 cities)

•

r

Complete and
our

9.9

4,582,661

Virginia—Huntington

District of

9.8

—

f

in

28,483,800

29,636,500

743,504,358

Carolina—Charleston
Maryland—Baltimore

—35.7

$13,046,075,742 $14,457,872,648
w

153,055,092

266,777,049

279,571,002

Richmond
South

8.0

—

.*

V

6.8

2.8

4,569,671

Total (7 cities)

7.3

—

2,663,738,215

$12,460,972,866 $13,547,288,546

day

■f 36.1
—

6,394,687

Youngstown

Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh

Virginia—Norfolk

Total all cities, five
days

5,451,880

—12.9

v

Cleveland
Baltimore

7,319,403

—13.2

172,749,464

296,896;o6o

"

Ohio—Canton

3.2

354,385,000

265,500,000

—.

5,959,599

Fourth Federal
Reserve District—Cleveland-

4.6

280.555,946

St, Louls_
San Francisco

Pittsburgh

+

%

242,929,618

3,825,492

7,215,738
12,273.335

737,563,279

254,111,920

2,557,762
4,436,517

2,152,845'
3,817,797

8,231,407

,

714.736,759

Kansas City

4.9

8,453,400

Jersey—Trenton

7.9

Boston

716,687'

2.292,763

3,761,527

1,132,132

4,377,343

2,204,722

3,947,029

York

2,045,404

5,958,175

Wilkes-Barre

—

'

*

+

2,594,032

Scranton

$7,051,231,860

Philadelphia

.

1

$

1,060.682

$6,497,014;698

Chicago

1947

$

1,235,955

Lancaster

Total (11 cities)

Week Ended Feb. 18—

37

1,183,486

Bethlehem..
Chester

New

1048

Dec. %

District—Philadelphia—

Delaware—Wilmington

vX':,v

Clearings—Returns by Telegraph
New York

Week Ended Feb. 11
1949
Inc. or

+ 13.4

11,739,731,191

12,007,250,708

9.1

5,984,826,076

5,794,773,342

Total (4 cities)

Ninth

Federal

_

Reserve

District—Minneapolis—

Minnesota—Duluth

4,845,781

South

Dakota—Fargo

5,065,548
182,640,746

4,896.231

+ 22.6

81998,769

St. Paul

4.3

223,936,463

Minneapolis
North

+

230,616,728

61,036,993

+ 36.0

71,154,618

4,900,314
2,183,222

+ 39.8

5,848,109

—12.0

2,711,620

2,412,547

6,849,105

Dakota—Aberdeen

—

4,714,229:
185,793,855

|

We

now

City

add

our

detailed statement

week ended Feb. 11 for four
years:

■fidr.

66,393,487
6,142,272

1,921,910
3,205,917

Montana—Billings
Helena
Total (7 cities)

showing the, figures

for each

2,499,338

+ 28.3

9,074,149

York

2,913,421

8,126,279

+ 11.7

2,652,798 *

6,982,072

6,728,792

266,452,440

+24.9

325.122,799

274,837,980

332,832,094

city for the

»

•

Tpnth Federal Reserve
District—Kansas City—

Week Ended Feb. 11
1950

Clearings at—

$

First Federal Reserve District—Boston

Maine—Bangor
Portland

_

-

1.748,802

-

1949

Il)C. or-j

$

Dec.

p. 1948

%

$

5,26C,600
422,175,996""

Fa 11 River—J

1,499,036

16.7

*

1,952,491

1,585,963

4,455,942

4,167.897

419,023,784

396,553,826

1,776,035

4,100,906 ;,<?+ 28.4

408,361,168

.1,747,166

Lowell

1

New Bedford-

;

Springfield

]

+

1,583,100

883,961

816,477

1.672,388
7,499,509

Worcester—

%

4.1

+ 10.4

1,794,818

;+

1,867,907 »

6,867,862

8.31

-

.

Rhode Island—Providence
New

2,247,007
7,079,340

.

1,676,260

5,166,968

4.6

5,222,364

5.4

20,542.552'

10,763,552

.'+..4.7

8,618,417

8,431,971

+{9.9

27,410,100

26,979,200

0.6

1,511,484

1,339,504

23,858,500
1,320,496

—

7,492,793

10,903,890
267,747,003

St. Joseph—

511,473,683

490.820,255

*+

6,284, 482
10,430, 254

270,191, 967

+ 24.7

4.2

500,651,638

5,327,108

0.9

13,526,983
273,874,682

8.4

255,397,500

10,692 ,709
1,718 ,024
1,652 769

+

1,979,722
419,839,357

396,431,391

—

5,727,476
10,467,167

11,756,636

38.1

10,768,087

1,740,082

+ 19.8

1,918,517

1,594,623

1,525,481

+

5.9

421,547,350

387,133,263

+

5,130,774
22,004,954

Eleventh Federal Reserve
District—Dallaa—

Texas—Austin

8,094,549

6,081,911

33.1

229,792,392

6,019.696

i

I

175,270,334

+ 31.1

24,521,821

195,786,000

17,465,558

6,317,552
181,586,000

+ 40.4

5,423,000

21,389,975

+ 24.9

20,105,653

3,791,095

4,341,000
3,034,712

24.9

8,524,673

4,076,838
3,000,922

8,800,923

3.1

8,335,337

4,387,000
2,737,232
7,938,687

280,147,530

214,994,438

+30.3

238,608,768

223,072,124

105,516,403

92,862,213

Dallas
Fort Worth

Galveston

477,042,137

Louisiana—Shreveport

+
—

JUK-f ■*

Total (6 cities)

'

W*

Second Federal Reserve
District—New York—

312,340
463,186

6,114,393
94,439,116

4.5

9,796,844

Total (10 cities)

385,003
581,650

6,546,740
106,213,843

+ 19.2
+
—

2,372,029

Colorado—Colorado Springs

Wichita Falls

Total (12 cities)

+ 34.7

6,688,047

24,614,283

1,311,999

Kansas—Topeka
Missouri—Kansas City

688.893

11,273,289

26,210,700

Hampshire—Manchester-

+ 22.4

■

dj2
+

+ 27.4

403. 431

\

i-10.5
US,

812,122

413, 706

4,771, 203
89,867, 846

112,091,986

Pueblo

'

23,279,787

New Haven

526,879

*500,000

6,428,211

Lincoln

Wichita

5,403,486

Connecticut—Hartford

Nebraska—Fremont
Hastings
Ofhaha

_

Massachusetts—Boston

1947

New

York—Albany
fiinghamtor.

26,885,940

58,779,649

3,436,814

3,068.464

66,342,194

69,347,216

1,810,152

1,499,136

Buffalo

Elmira

»—^

i__

Jamestown

1,824,049

New York

7,669,696,786

1,512,644

6,537,801,805

+ 12.0

2,256,178

2,436,520

—'4.3
•

63,094,175
1,348,362

+ 20.6
+ 17.3

2,126,280

1,446,395

1,743,973

5,754,905,115

6,212,477,366

19,591,404

4.9

18,324,816

17,889,343

11,690,004

+ 19.7

10,942,050

12,312,066

11,031,2.85

+ 18.6

11,697,788

7,891,836

668,422

+ 25.8

840,825

Newark

39,965,831
Northern New

Total (12 cities!
*

45,881,473

Jersey

.40,921,073
48,325,521

7,904,324,542

6,804,236,623

;.L+

—

2.3

586,062

33,275,033

631,065

,

-7




Washington—Seattle

47,818,813

44,860,083

+ 16.2

5,988,363,431

6,454,779,867

91,587,283

2,675,493

+

19.3

118,710,844

36,502,754

+ 31.7

85,542,959

41,910,294

39,210,005

2,977,036

—11.3
—

3,406,037

13,909,057

10,519,690

+ 32.2

12,156,680

San Francisco
San Jose—

9,559,121

8,759,140
282,552,259

8,385.635

+ 38.8
+ 26.5

8,569,091
338,427,917

Stockton
Total (10 cities)
Grand Total (112 cities)
Outside New York

tNot availably

4.4

9,510,739

3,201,152

+ 25.3

3,910,429

7,701,0+1

+

4.5

3,883,325

6,727,374

6,658,317

661,855,942

Santa Barbara

8/587,243
345,659,722
9,979,356

8,045,382

—

•Estimated.

1.7

96,675,164

48,095,497

Utah—Salt Lake City
California—Long Beach
Pasadena

103,218,932

2,926,028
115,310,500

Oregon—Portland

36,513.021

5.1

—

■
"

Twelfth Federal Reserve
District—San Francisco—

72,207,766

£+20.7

13,085,811

New Jersey—Montclair

M

44,370,433

13,997,902

„

Connecticut—Stamford

**

41,988,759

20,556,765

Rochester

Syracuse

—54.3

560,212,037

+18.1

645,517,705

604,174,812

+

13.4

11,739,731,191

+

9.1

5,984,826,076

12,007,250,708
5,794,773,342

357,353,536
8,461,225
4,010,754

14,097,112,922
6,427,416,136

8,105,869

12,42.9,659,192
5,891,857,387

+

„•

38

FINANCIAL

&

COMMERCIAL

THE

(786)

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

PARTIAL

Foreign Exchange Rates

Atlanta

certifies daily

1st

BY

FEDERAL

UNDER TARIFF ACT OF 1930

RESERVE BANK TO TREASURY

1st

Union

10.

1950

TO

FEB.

1950,'

16,

INCLUSIVE

1st

Monetary Un.t

1st

$

.297778*

.297778*

.297778*

.206949*=

.206949*

.206949*

.206949*

.174562*"

"A"

Preferential

"B"

Preferential

Special

.174562*

.174562*

.174562*

1st

Lincoln's

Closed

2.231573

—

Mar

Free

Oklahoma

Public

Natural

Service

Gas

3

due

1

*

Mar

1

559
560
560

1974

514% pfd. stock
Feb 28
27/«s, due 1961—Mar 1

Co.,

1st mtge.

Co.,

Richmond Terminal Ry.,

bds., due

.909090

.909090

.909090

.397500

.898125

.899765

.208500

.208500

.208500

.208500

.0200600

.0200600

.0200600

.0200600

.114938,r

.144938*

.144938*

.144938*

Cities

.0028625

.0028625

.0028625

.0028625

5%

Scranton-Spring
1st

Brook

Water

27,o%

mortgage

Service

due

bonds,

ENTIRE

Service

India, Dominion of, rupee

.208700

.203700

.208700

.208700

5%

Mexico,

.115718

.115706

.115706

.115718

6%

ISSUE

guilder

2.772896

Uruguay,

Lincoln's

Closed

.232433

peso

2.800703

.658327*t
.561797*1

♦Nominal.■. tApplication depends upon type

,425531|t

1

Mar

May

1
1
1

462
199
102
102

3 Vs %

Inc.,

1,1959—Mar

1

1969

1,

1,
1,

Apr

1958
1963

debs.,

due

Feb.

41

Hotel Co.—

1st

360
Mar

6

553

27

465

Indiana

Golf

.561797*1

.425531*1

555

Mar

1966

stock

Public

Club

_

.658327*1

.561797*1

1

Service Co., 5% pfd. stock—Feb
(Chicagoi —
1st mortgage
4%
bonds, due Nov. 1, I960—
Mar
Sharp & Dohme, Inc., $3.50 series A. preference stock__Feb
Thew Shovel Co.,
7% preferred stock
Mar
U. S. Axle Co., 6% gold bonds__
Mar

2.800742

.658327*1

.425531*1

Birthday

,425531*1

u:

—

2.300742

Stores,

Northern

2.783750

.658327*t

March

Riverside

.232550

2.783750

.561797*t"

peso

Uruguay,

\

2.800703

peso

Uruguay,

.232740
2.783750

.232800

due

1,

mortgage bonds, dated 1914
Johns-Manville
Corp.,
314%
preferred

.193329*

2.783750

—

Jan.

debentures,

Fair

6%

.327225

.193329*

—

pound

Africa,

Kingdom, pound sterling

United

.327158

.193329*

franc

of South

Union

5%

.0346142

.327158

.193329*

due

Hastings Square

.496166

.327058

krona

Sweden,

.0346250

,0346500

dollar

Pag«

Apr

Co.—

debentures,

debentures, due April
gold debentures, due Nov.

Food

.140154*

.0345875

.496166

—

Portugal, escudo
Btraits Settlements,

.262550
2.772896

.140154*
,496166

-

.140154*

Birthday

.496166

Philippine Islands, peso

Switzerland,

2.772896

Lincoln's

Closed

.140154*'

krone

Norway,

.262557

2.772896

.262557

.262533

Zealand, pound

Netherlands,

CALLED

Date

gold

peso

Corp.—

1976

Company and Issue—

gold
gold

(Metropolitan), franc

Prance

*

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR.—
General mortgage 414% income bonds, due 2019

krone

•Denmark,

594

1965_Mar

.0199875

.0544060

.909090

koruna

1

-Mar 15

1st mtge. 3% %

.0199923

—

rupee
Czechoslovakia,

463
463
557

Mar

.0544060

Ceylon,

192

1
1

1969—Mar

due

.0200000

-i.

1

Mar

197-3

.897500

Official

New

bonds,

mortgage

dollar—

Canada,

553

Mar

1970

.0544060

Birchday

.0200000
_

Brazil, cruzeiro

103

1

&

.0544060

franc

Belgium,

1

—Apr

bonds, due 1974_Mar

District

Northwestern

2.231573

2.231573

2.231573

C

and

B

3%%

314%, 2%%, 3%%
Narragansett Electric Co.—
1st mortgage 3%
bonds, series A,

.138958*

.138958*

.138958"

.138958*-

—

pound

Australia,

$2223

Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.—

$

Basic

A,

Equitable Gas Co., 1st mtge. 314 % bonds, due
iB. F.)
Co., preferred stock

$

.297778*

$

$

$

Argentina, peso—

353

1

Goodrich

Feb.16

Feb. 15

1

Co.

series

mortgage

Empire

Feb. 14

Feb. 13

Feb. 11

Feb. 10

Mar
1962_Mar

due

Associates—

Eastern Ry.—
3)4% bonds, series A, due
Electric Co.—
,
.
mortgage 3'4%
bonds, due 1969
Joliet

1st

Country and

Terminals

bonds,
Fuel

&

mortgage and collat. trust

Elgin,

York

Buying Rate foi* Cable Transfers in New
Value in United States Money-

Noon

Gas

481
4Si

Ry.—

ref.

mortgage

Page

1
1

mtge.

4s. series A. due 1965
Western Indiana RR.—
mtge. 414 % bonds, series D,

&

Eastern
FEB.

1st

mortgage
and

1st

Cleveland

CERTIFIED

RATES

EXCHANGE

Co.,

Clinchfield & Ohio

Chicago

give below a record for the week just passed:
FOREIGN

Date
1st mtge. bds., due 1974-Mar
3% bonds, due 1963_Mar

Inc., 3'/2%

Light

Gas

Carolina,

We

the different countries of the world.

of the Treasury the buying rate for cable transfers on

to the Secretary

Arizona Edison Co.,

requirements of Section 522 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Federal Reserve Bank

Pursuant to the

REDEMPTION*

Company and Issue—

•Announcement

in

this

Issue.

15
20

*
594

15

500
595

1

*

of merchandise.

DIVIDENDS
$186,000,000 at all reporting member banks.
Holdings of Treasury certificates of indebtedness de¬
creased $205,000,000, of which $103,000,000 was in New
York City.
Holdings of Treasury notes and of United
States Government bonds increased $99,000,000 and $51,-

Statement of Condition of the 12 Federal
Reserve Banks Combined
thousands of

(in

dollars)
Increase ( + )
decrease (—.)

certificates

Gold

F.

for

loans

4.227

328.813
266.546
2,143

_____

advances—---

and

2

23,124.459

gold ctf. reserves--—

cash

Industrial
U. S.

—

540,029

Discounts

166,000

R.

notes

Total
Other

+

22,584.430

.

fund

Redemption

$

$

5

Assets—

since
1949

1950

1950

—

80,448

3.824.649
6.330.850

Bills

Certificates

—

Notes

705.600
6.920.300

-

-

Bonds

—

—

S. Govt, securities-

17.781,399

securities—

18.050.088

foreign banks
P. R. notes of other banks.—

38
110,598

loans

Due

and

from

Uncollected
Bank

45.431

28,540

increased in all districts.

21'

+

120,677

+

1,356

+

25.500

+
—

28,100

48,600

—1,445,768
+

+

125,677

premises

Other

assets

Total

+

A

of the assets and liabilities of reporting

summary

assets

6T63

62,115

6

2,035

44.960,117

_

+

53,334

4,729

loans

Liabilities—

22.927.574

notes

—

1.781

—

—

acct.

16.399,536

+

134.195

—3,047,469

acct.

bank—reserve

Treasurer

S.

670.915

+

304.845

—1,083,579

gen.

Other

890,380

-

———

—

528.287

Foreign

+

13.893

+

deposits
availability

—

—

Other liab., incl.
Total liabilities

items—

accrued divs.

18.489.118
2,664,970
9.675

1—_ 44.091.337

—

+

S.

+

425.538

—3,889,504

+

525,334

—

+

876

+

949.967

—

84.140

1,346

—4.528,632

to

paid in—
(Section 7)
(Section 13b)
Other capital accounts

Surplus

214.223
483,173

—-—

27,543
138.841

Surplus

11,141

Cash

+

+

4*692

21,462

Balance

+

954,805

+

or carrying:
obligations-

1,409

69

_

7

+

+

securities—Total

42

1

__

21

+

—

28

+

7

+

318

+

104

+

81

indebtedness

;•

5,947

—

3.984

+

24.847

.

5,236
Reserve

Banks

3

—

2,576

+
,

+

+

587

241

+

4,338

186

4,452

+

735

205

+

746

99

+

2,945

51

762

+

+

+

—

56

2,050

domestic banks

—

51

321

12,063

1

—

+

88

1,032
2,259
23

Ratio

of

serves,

note

certificate

gold
to

30*384

Liabilities—
477

+

737

15,393

+

34

+

333

+

118

+

923

9.066

demand deposits:
banks

Domestic

0.6%

+

5.6%

+

27

+

544

1.196

Commitments
trial

to

make

loans

foreign
—

Debits

7,579

50

+

3,964

1.759

40

+

31

indus¬
——

to

demand deposit accounts,

interbank

and

U.

S.

Govt,

6

325

Contingent liability on accept¬
ances
purchased for
correspondents

Arcady

Farms

1st

B

V

A

41-2%

7%

414%
4%

133

—

+

Common

4%

Co.

(San Francisco District)

Class

statement of weekly reporting member
banks of the Federal Reserve System in leading cities
shows the following principal changes for the week
ended Feb. 8: Decreases of $241,000,000 in holdings of
United States Goverhment securities, $321,000,000 in re¬
serve balances with Federal Reserve Banks, $477,000,000
The /condition

in demand

deposits adjusted, and $133,000,000 in borrow¬

ings, and an increase
Government deposits.

of $118,000,000 in United States

Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans de¬
creased $11,000,000 in New York City and by smaller
amounts in most of the other districts, and increased
$10,000,000 in the Boston District; there was a net de¬
crease
of $33,000,000 at all reporting member banks.
Loans to banks increased $104,000,000.

bills decreased $108,000,000 in
New York City, $78,000,000 in the Chicago District, and
Holdings of Treasury




Redemption Calls and Sinking Fund
Notices
Below will be found

OF

Date

Aroostook

Page

(F.l

M.)

Valley RR.—

5Vz %

Campbell

Co.,

Class

B

A.

B,

Corp.—

3-1

4-

1

3-1

3-10

3-

1

4-

1

3-22

3-

1

2-20

3-

1

2-20

$1.25

4-

1

3-7

3-31

2-28

6-30

5-31

40c

4-20

4-

1

4-

1

3-10

4-

1

3-10

4-

1

3-10

4-

1

3-15

$1.50

2-15

2- 6

3-13

2-28

4-

1

2-28

$$1.75

4-

1

2-28

3-

1

2-10

soe

3-11

3-

I

4-

1

3-18

3-

1

2-21

2-20

2-15

3-31

2-28

a2s

(s-a)

3-31

2-28

3-31

4-

$37l4c

3-15

2-28

4

Co.,

Ltd.

lquar.)_

(quar.)

Power

2-17

3-

1

2-17

3-

1

2-20

75c

3- 1

2-18

3-15

2-15

3-23

3- 9

3-23

3-

4- 1

4- 1
4- 1
5- 1

3-15
3-15
3-15
4-14

3-10

9

Co.—

(quar.)_____

(quar.i
(quar.)

Service

3- 1

28c
28c
75c

(irreg.)

1-31

12V2c

63c

Co.

2-24

2-28

$25c

(quar.)__

2-28

3-15

25c

com.

3-15

15c

________

25c

28140

(quar.I

Co.

Ltd.,

class

A

(s-a)

(s-a i

Wire & Cable Co.,
common

common

50c

(quar.)

&'Cannon Foundry

Extra

Canada

1

Co._
_______

4- 1

50c

3-10

2-28

$75c
$25c

4-1
4-1

3-1
3-1

$50c

Packers,

Class

preferred stock

Apr

2-15

4-

a3%>

(quar.)

Water

Class

1961

2-23

a214%

(quar.i__/

Company

Wyant

553

5 Vz%

due

interim).

931

(iireg.)__-^-i

preference

557

& Co.,

bonds,

3-10

$25c

Manufacturing

preferred

557

E.)

4 14 %

1

3-15

3-31

$1.50

common

preference

5.60%

Mar 27

(Walter
Drake

1st mtge.

mortgage

No.

(quar.)_

Electric

5% Income and sinking fund bds., due 1953-Feb 24
Lackawanna Laundry Co., Inc., 1st (closed) mtge. bds.-Mar
1

Heller

ref.

(1st

2061

Packers, Ltd., class A

preferred

554

Hotel

and

No.

Extra
California

12

1st

4-

1

$$2.25

______

preferred

(A.

Canada

2-28

4-14
4-

Ltd.—

Co.,

TENDER

Company and Issue—

3-15

$1.25

(quar.)

(speciali___

(coupon

Butterfly Hosiery

$3

$1.75

15c

(s-a)

California

NOTICES

Ltd.

Bigelow,

Brothers

$2.50

3-15

50c

Manufacturing

4V2 %

Byers

3-6

/

25c

Brunner

Burkart

bonds, notes,
preferred and common stocks called for redemption,
including those called under sinking fund provisions.
The date indicates the redemption or last date for mak¬
ing tenders, and the page number gives the location in
the current volume (except where indicated) in which
the details were given in the "Chronicle."

3

4-15

Co.—
_

(coupon

preferred

Bunte

list of corporate

a

B

&

6%

4-

$2.25

t$1.50
___

preference

Brown

$1.75

12 4c

iquar.)

(quar.)

common

Tobacco

preference

1

3-3

75c

pfd.

Inc

preferred

British Columbia

Condition Statement of Member Banks

6%

(quar.i

5%

3-

4-1

$1

Ltd.,

Cordage,

Ordinary

because of holiday.

3-15

$1.06

(quar.)

6%

♦Preliminary

1

$1.75

$1.75

(quar.)_______

Ties,

British-American

3-

70c

iquar.)

(quar.

5%>

Son,

3-14

70c

common

(irreg.)

Brantford

&

3-15

Savings

(quar.i

preferred

188

21,506

during week

(quar.i..
&

quar.)

Co.,

Bessemer Limestone 61 Cement

Eird

except

Trust

Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co

302

accounts,

pfd.

5%

Manufacturing Co.,

preferred

1

$1.12Vs

(quar.)

RR.,

(quar.i

Brummell

Beau

1

4-

12'4c

_______

preferred

2

3-

■

1834c

National

preferred

Beacon

3-

25c

(quar.i

(increased

Bastian-Blessing

3-14

3-15

$1.50

1

$1.75

—'

(quar.)

(quar.i

Hydro-Electric

preferred

3-15

$1.50

(accum.i

preferred

Association

3. 1

Telegraph Co.—

common

Quarterly
Bangor

3-

3-i5
3-31

30c

iquar.)_____—

common

America

2-23

3-15

$1

laccum.i

common

prior

of

3-15

25c

Milling

Bangor & Aioostook
Bank

3-24

10c

preferred

Corp.,

1

this timet

Corp

Inc.,

3-15

4-

divi¬

common

on

_____

Telephone &

1st

D

—

(quar,)
(directors at Feb. 15th

Co

preferred

Foods,

7%

—4,465,645
Interbank

55.8%

Wringer

Arts

7%

iquar.)___

(quar.i

Belding-Corticelli,

re¬

deposit and F. R.
combined.,,.—

liabilities

American

B/G

pld.

(quar.)

preferred

4-1

Co.—

usually paid at

preferred

2-23

40c

50c

7%

action

no

2-10

3-10

75c

(quar.i—:

meeting took

7%

Co.

(quar. 1

Co.

2-25

75c

Telephone & Telegraph Co.

50

2.567

44,960.117

preferred

American

American Woolen

Class

146

37,354

___

Federal

Steamship

Goods.

4-1

50c

(quar.)
__

Refiring

278
426

258
___

with

—

4,403
.

of

Inc.—

common

Sugar

dend

345

_

tquar.i

Co.

Associated

447

vault

in

—

33

—

47,290
Total liabilities & cap. accts.

Lines,

Co.,

$3

$1.50

Paper

S4

3-8

1

Co.—
_

Stores

430

2-21

15C

Cigar

American

purchasing

securities
with

13,885

443

obligations

loans

Treasury notes
U. S. bonds

+
()

Export
Felt

preferred

Applied

860

bills
certificates

Treasury

Reserve

146

for

Government

Other
+

&

(quar.)

American

4,940

1

$2.50

Line Co

(increased)

preferred

7%

2-21

3-

75c

___

Extra

$6

loans

S.

Treasury

33

—

pur¬

banks

Loans

U.

for

securities

estate

Real

-

dealers

and

Government

Other

79,733

Capital Accounts—
Capital

Cigarette

Common

,

agricultural

securities

Other

Total

Deferred

Large

American

carrying:

Government

loans

U.

161,811

391

S.

Other
Other

Member

and

:

brokers

to

U.

553.642

Deposits:
U.

industrial,

+

33

+

chasing or

Reserve

+

Loans—gross

4.465.645

954.805

1949

157

—

24,520

Commercial,
+

67,110

Loans—net

Loans

Federal

American

6%

3-13

25c

_____

(quar.)

— —

Products

6%

3-

35c

33)3%

50c

(s-a»

pfd.

—

(in millions of dollars)

and Investments—Total

Loans

1950

Feb. 9.

.

dividend)—-

Coip.
(quar.)
Amalgamated Leather Cos., Inc.—
6% preferred (quar.)

or

Since

Feb. 1,

1950*

24.643

791,526

Ry,

5%

(quar.i

American

: Inc. ( + )
Dec. (—)

Assets—
+

Co.,

Inc.

American

member banks follows:

4,491.878

—

(stock

3-15

$1

Mills,

Allied

______

Vicksburg

Finance

Allied

American-Hawaiian

11
—

&

H older»

Payable of Rec.

5c

Company
Co.

announced

When

share

iquar.)

Insurance

American

Borrowings decreased $174,000,000 in New York City
$50,000,000 in Chicago.

—4.521.774

168,948

Corp.

Allied

and increased

325,050

—3.072,637

3.195,650

—

Lite

*

328.419

—

34,289
116,182

items

Steel

Aetna

„

43.250

Feb. 8,
Total

Acme

Alabama

+

—

85,552

Company

Electric

$35,000,000 in the Boston District. Time deposits in¬
creased $34,000,000. United States Government deposits

+

were

Per
Name of
Acme

deposits adjusted decreased in most districts;
the principal decreases were $108,000,000 in the San
Francisco District, $95,000,000 in New York City, $86,000,000 in Chicago, $58,000,000 each in the Cleveland
District and the Chicago District outside of Chicago, and

■

Total U.

payments shown below
during the current week.

Demand

securities:

Govt,

The dividend

Holdings of "other securities" in¬

000,000, respectively.
creased $51,000,000.

or

Feb. 16,

Feb. 8,

Feb. 15,

of

total

a

4-1

3-1

t$l
t50c

3-15
3-15

2-28
2-28

Ltd.—

(quar.)
_

Volume 171

Number 4883

THE

Per

name of Company
Canadian
5 %

Share

issue
the

panic.

1st preference

announcement

was

published

declaration,

has

called

tion

,

the

at

1st

issue

$23

A

Illinois

4Va'A
Class

A

Class
4%

Mfg.

B

(quar.)

Citizens

Gas

__

_

Electric,

iincreasedi_

com.

Ice

Co.

(s-a)

(quar.i

_

3.00%

Nast

$5.25

Steel

Co.

Co.,

(quar.)__

Va %

&

preferred

Debenture

&

Deerfield

__

___________

Inc.
Co.

Harvester

Voting

Light

Co.,

Hoskins

1

3-20

Oil

Co.

4-

1

3-20

4-

Pulp

&

1

3-15

4-

1

3-15

Oil

5-

1

3-31

30c

3-

1

2-17

3-

1

3-

2-28

2-14

3-15

3

3-

1

3-20

2-28

$1

3-14

2-24

3-15

3-

1

3-10

3-

1

3-10

3-

1

20c

3-10

2-27

4-15

3-22

20c

3-31

3-15

15c

3-

1

2-15

4-

1

3-18

4-

1

3-18

3-15

3-

4-

5

_!__

common

Inc.,

7

3-15

3-

3-

2-17

4Vi%

3-15

3-

4%

3-20

3-10

1

3

1

Co

Kinney Coastal Oil

Kinney Manufacturing Co., 6% pfd.
Kleinert (I. B.) Rubber Co.
(quar.i
H.),

(s-a)

Inc.,

$25c

5-

1

4-

1

$25c

4-

1

3-

1

Libbey-Owens-Ford

4-

1

3-

3

Life

$1.25

4-17

3-15

$6

preferred
&

Co.

Co.

3-15

2-28

Liggett & Myers Tobacco, 7%
Lily-Tulip Cup Corp

3-15

2-15

Loew's,

4-

1

3-

3

4-

1

3-

3

30c

2-25

2-15

7%

Shoe

Stores

Insurance

(payable

Co.—

on

or

(Baltimore), class A

Fund

(quar.)___

Philadelphia
Stores,

(increased

Inc.

Fitzsimmons Stores, Ltd.,

class

A

B

&

(quar.i

Light

Co.

Co

Dairies

pieferred

preferred
Power

preferred

class B
Ind.,

com.

<initial

1

(quar.)

Co.,

iquar.)

Railway

3-15

3-

1

50c

2-15

2-

7

2-15

Master

Electric

Ltd.

Signal

3 J/2 %

com.

Co.

Safety Razor,
Co.

Harvester

$5

iquar.)

7

Metal

1

Micromatic

pfd.

(quar.)

3

3-

9

3-10

(quar.i

Home

Corp.

(quar.)




Union

Sugar

8

Union

Wire

3-

8

United

l"

Co.

Micromatic

Corp
Mid-West Refineries, Inc.—
$1.50 convertible preferred

3-

3

3-15

2-28

65c

3-30

2-24

3-27

2-27

50c

3-27

2-27

3-

1

3

1

2-20

3-

1

2-20

3-31

2-20

3-

6

class

A

Supply

New

Co.,

Corporation

Fund,

(J.

J.)

6

2-23

Niles-Eement-Pond

2-24

Nineteen

3-10
3-10

3-10

4-

3-

1

£$1.25

4-

3-

3-

1

4-

1

3-17

River

67c

1

4-

North

Hundred

Northern

Ohio

Edison

Ohio

Match

47e

pfd.

(quar.)

(quar.)

(quar.)

Corp.

Co.

quar.)

(quar.)

common

3-

1

3-

1

4-

1

3-15

4-

1

3-15

3-27

3-

3-15

2-27

3-15

2-27

2

lie

2-25

2-14

3-15

3-

40c

3-14

2-28

$1.06 >/4

;

3-15

3-3

1

IOC

(Kansas)

3-

3-20

3-10

25c

—

2-25

3-10

25c

Louis

3-15

50c

2-28

2-18

3

common.

Omaha,

20c

3-

1

2-20

$1.25

of

3-

1

2-20

95c

Ltd

3-31

3-21

25c
—

3-10

3-

20c

3-15

2-28

15c

(quar.)

3-31

3-10

!

Co.

Theatres,

$4

Inc.

(initial)—

2-28

50c

1

2-20

(quar.)__

3-31

3-

2

2-23

$3.50

(Bait.)

4-20

$1.50

(increased)

common

3-

2

2-23

50c

4-14

3-2?

35c

common

preferred

6%

participating preferred

Light

3-

3-15

3-

6

433/4c

iquar.)

3-15

30c

—

3-15

3-

6

2-15

2-

3

1

3-

a

$1.50

Co.—

4-

Carpet Mills

40c

iquar.)

2-21

1

2-14

Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry.—

3-11

3-

2

5%
preferred (s-a)
Virginia Dare, Ltd

$20c

3-23

A

3-31
3-10

Otis

3-29

3-16

Pacific

5-

4-

Package

$4

3-11

3-

1

3-10

3-

1

40c

3-10

2-28

Waukesha

3-10

2-28

West

4-

3-

Machinery Co.

Co.

1

3

4-

3-

4-

3-15

40c

4-

$2.50

4-

3-17

4-

3-15

2-28

2-20

$1

4-

1

3-

4-

1

3-16

Visking

Corp.

Wabash

10c

3

7

3-15

3-

30c

3-10

2-28

Co.,

Warner

$5

Erothers

Co.

___

a

3-

8

2-1?

Disinfecting
preferred

Co.,

3-15

3-

$1

4-20

3-31

4-20

3-31

3

50c

—

3-

3

1

3-

1

3-

1

2-17

$1.25

3-

1

2-17

30c

(quar.)—,.,

4

5

4-

25c

iquar.)

2-

4-

25c

common

2-15

25c

Inc.„

iquar.)

2

West

Virginia

Coal

West

Virginia

Pulp &

Western

Weston

5%

Weyerhaeuser
White

Villa

2-20
2-24
2-24

Winter

3-31

3-

Wood

4-

3-15

3-20

3-

3-

1

2-15

3-10

6

Winn

&

41/2%

Instrument

Corp.

Timber

Lace

iquar.)

3-27

3-11

50c

4-

1

3-15

3-

8

2-21

50c

3-10

2-27

50c

4-15

3-29

7-

1

6-15

75c

3-

6

2-24

$3

(quar.)—

iquar.)—

—

(increased)

3-

1

2-15

30c

3-

1

2-15

20c

3-10

2-29

40c

3-10

3-

56V'4C

com.

iquar.)

1%

Hirsch,

$1.25
.____

Manufacturing

A

—

common

Co

Inc.

preferred

—

(s-a)

4-

3-24

1

1

3-

1

2-17

3-

1

2-17

31'AC

3-

1

2-17

$4c

(quar.),

35C

37 VaC

preferred

4-

1

2-24

Newspaper Machinery Corp.—
(increased)

convertible

preferred

Wright-Hargreaves Mines,

iquar.)

Ltd

2-27

♦Transfer books

3-20

3-

tPayable in U. S. Funds, less

3-

6

2-23

3-

1

2-20

3-

1

2-23

a

Less

British

3Cc

3-15

2-28

x

Less

30%

7

(quar.)

Co.—

Lovett Grocery Co.,

Common
5%

Co.

Stationery Corp.,
(quar.)—:

Products,

&

Corp

Paper

&

Grocers

Wilkes-Barre
Willson

3-10

3

Tablet

preferred

3-10

1

Condensing
Electric

Western

Coke

&

50c

*

3-

1

75c

Pictures,

Motor

40c

Co.

1
1

3-

$4.50

(annual)

common

preferred (annual)
Wabash-Harrison Corp.

3-10

$1

(quar.)

44-

50c

Railroad

4Vi %

25c

(quar.)

—

$2.50

110c

—

3-17

56'Ac

(quar.)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co

is-a)

2

1-31

2s

preferred

Robinson

Patterson-Sargent

2

3-

2-10.

35c

(quar.).

O'okiep Copper Co., Ltd.—
American shares, ordinary

3-10

Co.,

3-

3-23

50c

(increased)

preferred

1

1

1

1

12'/aC

___

2-28

$1.10

1

3-

4-

4-

—

iquar.)

3-15

30c

iquar.)

1

3-20

1

ft c

50c

2-28

50c

(quar.)

(quar.)

4-

2-28

&

3-

35c

Co.__.

Mohawk

2-27
3-21

4-15

15c

iquar.)

St.

Inc.

non-cumulative

$1.50

common

4-

3-14

of

Corp.

Co.,

1

8

56'Ac.

3-10

15c

(increased

5-

1

&

50c

___!

25c

1

Power

Utica

17Vic

;

iquar.)

iquar.)

Company
$2.25

Gamble

Utah

50c

(quar.)

Co.,

Elevator

9

2-23

$1.12Vi

common

Mills,

preferred

Ohrbach's,

Universal Cooler,

3-

3-10

15c

Insurance

Paper

preferred

4.4%.

3-10

3-20

40c

Iquar.)__

Company

1

4-

B__

(quar.)

3-

4-

(increased)

(quar.)

Inc.

3-

4-

3-31

7%

$1.25

Jersey Power & Light,

Newberry

3-14

25c

com.

class

Co.

preferred

Nesbett

1

50c

(quar.)_.

National-Standard

Nehi

4-

25c

Corp.,
(quar.i

National Hosiery Mills,

4Vi %

(initial)

Co

Corp.
Discount

57c .preferred
60c

Tobacco

4-

—

50c

(initial)

B

Calculating Machine
Muskogee Co. (quar.i

National

Potash

S.

1

iquar.)

$20c

Monroe

3-15

S.

U.

Common

1

3

U.

3-14

2-28

3-

26

37Vic

(quar.)

8

National

2-17

/ 3-14

2-18

3-10

2-22

28 VeC

iquar.)

10c

3-

2-28

1

1

25c

I—

preferred (s-a)__
U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty

3-31

3-17

3-

$1.25

7%

3-31,

8

40c

—__—_—

Co.

Co.,

2-28

4-

6

>

Hone

Class

3-

2-25

Co.

Insurance

Envelope

3-10

25c

Fund

10c

3-

3-20

3-10

S.

3-

$20c

iquar.)

Rope

Income

25c

(quar.)

(quar.i

1

3-

50c

8

3-

1

87c

Corp

3-25

4-

3-15

25c

3-

1

50c

(quar.)

Manufacturing Co. <quar.i
Molson's Brewery, Ltd., new class A

$2.50

$1.25

1

4-

10c

preferred

Forming Corp.

Nachman

15c

4-

1

3-20

25C

(quar.)

Yards

4-

$12Vic
(quar.)

common

Publishing Co.

2-

3-

2-28

$1.06V*
(quar.)_

Stock

1

3-

94 c

—

System,

preference

30c

25c

(quar.)

convertible

Meredith

3-15

4-

(quar.)

$1.50

Co.,

5%

50c

3-10

3-15

Co.

Extra

87'ac

Corp.—

(quar.)

iquar.)

Refrigerator

1

McCrory Stores Corp.,

75c

Transportation

(quar.i

Union Gas
Union

$1.75

(quar.)—

Maxwell,

3-10

20c

1»

2-20

3-10

Insurance

Pacific

$30c
:

(quar.)

American

Co.

3-

3-

40C

—

(quar.)

Paramount

$$1.37

(quar.)

preferred series A

Title

1

3-10

8

50c

r

United

50c

common

3-10

Co.

Inc.

United

75c

(quar.)—

preferred

4-

(increased)

com.

Products

25c

(quar.).

new

$1.75

3-15

8c

——

Axle

Roofing

U.

Corp.

20c

Wallace,

Tilo

Timken-Detroit

3-31

3-

(quar.)___

iquar.)____

Time,

3-

2-23

3-15

(quar.)

common

Gas

4-30

50c

2-

3-15

$1.12 Va

preferred

common

preferred

3-

3-10

30c

...

4V4%

1

2-15

17 VaC

(quar.i_^_

:

Co.,

2-11

1

$1.50

Steel

3-15

1

20c

preferred

Fund, Inc

Texas Southeastern
Thomas

3-31

20c

.__

Texas
.

2-17

30c

3-20

6-12

75c

2-27

37Vic

4-

(quar.)

—

1

1

$1.50

iquar.)._

(quar.)___

iquar.)—

pfd.

2-27*

Sulphur

3-15

75c

Special

Gulf

2-28

2Vic

quar.)

2-17

5-

3-20

iquar. 1

B

Extra

6c

$2.50
Industrial

1

12-11

$1.25

(increased)__

50c

4-

33'A %

3-

7Vic

1

12-20

(quar.)___—_______

Inc.,

Corp.

25c

about
—

2-27

Texas

2-23
3-

9-11

50c

Ltd.—

class

preferred

Car

•

,

3-10

(James),

V2 %

Wall

4-

35c

4

Tennessee

Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. (increased)

2-24

62Vic

3-10
3-10
3-10

3-11

9-20

—_

preferred

3-10

Modine

.'

Talcott

A

Magor

Co.—

(quar.)____

2-15

3-10

3-10

50c

(initial)

common

3-

3-15

2-21

6-20

preferred

Corp.,

Marsh

3-15

75c

Oil

2-28

3-15

2-25

$2.50

Sunray

3-20

1

25c

iquar.)„_

partic.

class

2Vic

1

3-20

50c

____

Kentucky

3-10

(quar.)

3-13

20c

A

3-13

31c
(s-a)

of

convertible

$1.50

3-

50c

:

common

Corp.

Oil Co.,

4-

3-25

$1.12 Va

______

Class

$1.75

Company,

50c

<quar.)_,

(quar.i

Fire

(P.)

preferred

Co.

A.)

4 V4 %

$3

Stores, Inc. (quar.)
Inc., common (quar.)
pfd.
(quar.)

Lorillard

Oil

Warner
ID.

4y2%

3-20

2-27

75c

(quar.)

$1

Lincoln

15c

Cement

3-17

4-

1

3-10

25C

Mfg. Co.,

15c

(increased)—

Tenn.

of

20c

7%

E.i

2-15

4-

1

3-

—

(quar.)

preferred

(quar.)__

1

Glass

$4.50

4-

4-

1

3-

3-15

L_

:

Gas, $6 pfd. A

3-

25c

(quar.)

iquar.)__

common

(s-a)_.__

Casualty Ins.

2-27

$1

3-

3-15

iquar.)—

(quar.)
Stix, Baer & Fuller Co. (quar.)__
Stratton & Terstegge (quar.)_—
Strawbridge & Clothier, $5 pfd. (quar.)

2-16

10c

2-23

(M.

3-10

45c

.____

2-23

Lamston

Stuart

3

3-

2-28

3-15

(initial)

preferred

Stewart

3

$1.12Vi
(quar.)

1

1

3-10 *

3-

Iron

Company_____

30c

(increased)

common

1

4-

3-20

3-

&

Co,

Portland

Standard

1

3-23

2-20

$$1.75

—

6V4c

(quar.i.

3-

1

3-

3-23

3-18

1

3-10

140c

read

—

$1.12Vi

preferred

Kingsburg Cotton Oil

2-27

3-15

50c

(quar.)
2nd

2-27

3-27

40c

(quar.)

3-

75c

America

Machine

preferred

convertible

common

preferred

Kimberly-Clark Corp.,

3-27

,2c

Steel

Natural

(A.

$3.75

$1

:

have

iquar.)

Mills

Spokane

50c

J

(quar.)

It should

—

Inc.,

Staley

62Vic

„

3-31
3-

dividend

iquar.)

Carbon

Spiegel,

3-15

2c

$1

5-

Spartan

3-22

(s-a)

common

convertible

1

4-15

15c

preferred

Publishing Corp.—
preference iquar.)
1

conv.

Speer

3-15

4-

2

25c

—

Southwest

35c

•

50c

3-

incorrectly reported in last

Southern Pacific

2-28

50c

2-15'

Lid.—

Quarterly

3-10

4-15

1

30c

Canada,

7%

Quarterly

3-10

3-29

2-24

3-

$50c

of

Quarterly

2-21

3-31

$37Vic

iquar.)

•

Company,

$1.20

1

3-10

4-

6

$1.25

common

Slos's-Sheffield

3-10

2Vic

Manufacturing Co

New

preferred

Inc.

$4.50 preferred
(quar.i
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries,

$1.06'A

B

Common

;

35c

shown)

Mineral

Royalty Co.,

Extra

Joy

2-21

2-10

1

9

Simmons-Boardman
$3

3-29

2-11

3-

3-

25c payment.

a

Inc.

2-19

$25c

Co.

was

preferred

Skilsaw,

2-27

25c

(Del.)

Kendall

(quar.i

com.

._,

dividend

Power

Investors

5%

3-15

»

Extra

1

75c

International Paper, new com. (initial quar.)
$4
preferred
(quar.)__
i
Interstate Hosiery Mills iquar.)

3-10

4-

week's issue.

2-27

2-24

4-15

121/aC

—

instead of

International Cellucotton
Products—,
International Harvester Co.
(quar. i_.

Co.

(quar.)

3-15

Bronze

Fower

referred

2-20

$1.06'A

Powders, Ltd.—
participating preferred (quar.)

Interstate

Gas, 5%

2-20

4-

2-17

3

12 Vbc

1

3-

1

3-

12 y2 c

1

(irreg.)

2-16

(quar.)_—____

Co

Corp.

Fidelity-Phoenix

1st

Corp.

(initial)

com.

1

20c

3-

$2.75

(accum.i

new

3-

&

(quar.i

$1.50

common---

Corp., $3 preferred

National

B

3-31

—

(quar.)__________

Curme

of

Iron

Inc.,

4-

$1.25

2-24

$7c

3-

Rayon

International

preferred

Correction—The

2-27

3»

3-15

Inc.—

Corp

Ltd.,

3-

2-24

(s-ai

Pomeroy,

31V4c

Corp. iquar.)
Institutional Shares, Ltd.—
Bank Group shares
Interlake

&

+$1.25

al8'/2%

40c

(Newark, N. J.)

(quar.)____

preferred

Fire Assn.

series

Mines, Ltd.

3-17

Silknit,

2-28

3

3-10

Co.—

3-31

Ltd.—

3-13
4-

9

$5

Ry.

Sherwin-Williams

(quar.)

2-1&

$6 V2C

iquar.)

3-15

(quar.)__

1

20c

3-30

3-31

3-

1c

Shenango Valley Water, 5% pfd. (quar.)
Shepard Niles Crane & Hoist Corp. (reduced)

3-31

2-

25c

8

3-31

2-28

1

3 7 Vac

6

payment

2-28

3-15

iquar.)

3-20

3%

preferred

Steel

2-28

3-31

10c

Co,__
&

3-15

3

3-

(initial)

Inc.

Inc.

Gold

Oil

3-10

$25c

(annual)

Lines,

3-

3-20

$1.183/4

3-

(quar.)

Britain

3-14

45c

(s-ai

3-

:

Great

3

2Va%

3-20

$12V2c

of

2-20

4-

(quar.)

3-30

(quar.)

2-21

2-18

Co

partic.

Sharon

1

1

3-21

1

32c

pfd. A

Canada,

A

Hampshire

3-15

(s-ai

$25c

(final)

Pittsburgh RR., 7% guaranteed (quar.i
European & North American Ry. (s-a)—

Financial

5%

series

Ltd.

Hutton

Shoe

Seminole

3-

3-15
3-

Inc.—

50c

(interim)

preferred

New

30c

(initial)

Co.

Antonio

Seatrain

3-15.

1

(Detroit)

25c

iquar.)

of

Oil

preferred

Selby

2-24

3-10

held

$1.12Vi

2-28

$25c

T_

Co.

7

12V'2c

of

Brothers.

5 Va %

6-20
3-

Co.

Cold

Schoellkopf,

8-21

3-17

San

11-20

3-21

1

5-22

1

share

Society

(stock dividend

Ranch

5%

3

4-

dividend)—

each

Savings

Louis Southwestern

St.

2-21

1

1

Ireland, ordinary (final 1
Indianapolis Water, class A

6%

1

6-

1

25c

Erie &

of

Paper,

Tobacco

4'A%

3-

&

Corp. (quar.)
Royalite Oil Co., Ltd.

3-21

3-

4-21

$50c

Rowe

6

3-31

(stock
for

Storage

Reeves

3-15

37'Ac

iquar.)

Rice

2-28

7-

Mortgage Corp.
Co.

2-

1

4-

9-

Co

(Texas)
B

1

$12 Vic

Industrial

Ltd.—

pfd. iquar.i__
Inc. iquar.»___

common

Auto-Lite

Ferro Enamel

Erie

Imperial

5%

2-14

Co.

Raybestos-Manhattan,

3-20

1

12-

(quar.)

preferred

pref.

25c

Empire District Electric Co..
Equitable Fire Ins. Co. (South Carolina)

Co.

2-17

3-15

3-

2-25

4-

25c

Final

6%

3-15
3-15

1

60c

Quaker City

2-15

1

4-

15c

:

$4.75 preferred
Purity Flour Mills,

3-23

25c

Co

preferred

Ordinary

2-17

25c

Works

Electric,
$4.50 preferred

&

1

3-

1

3

2-25

iquar.i

Rapid Transit, 5% pfd. iquar.)
Company, common (quar.)

Imperial Tobacco

20c

1st

preferred

United

1

3-31

15c

Coach

3-

3-

$1

Mining

3-15

3-31

2-

____-

Stores,

partic.

Extra

1

4-

$1.20

4-

1

3-

20c

Corp

inc

Industries,

Common

3

25c

Manufacturing

Houston

2-24

iquar.)__________

Ltd.

Co.

Co.,

Paso

Gleaner

2-20

4-

$1.25

iquar.i_

Brothers

Gisholt

Hoover

1

&

3-

(quar.)

.

5%.

Co.,

Steel

Dorado

dates

3

3-

2-28

3-20

___•_

Chemicals,

preferred

Stock

3-

3-14

5.12%

3-15

25c

Honolulu

3-15

4-14

Common

Feltman

3-3

Huron

1

50c

2-27

3-15

Hudson

4-

25c

(quar.)_

class A

3-15

4V2%

Publicker

12VaC

(quar.)

5c

&

Irregular
Eastman Kodak

4'A%

preferred

$1.25

1

_

Eagle Fire Insurance

Edgewater

non-cumulative

Homestake

Public Service

12 Vac

(quar.)_

non-cumulative class A

$1

4-20

(irreg.)__

Co.,

iquar. 1

Plastic

$1

2-27

30c

trust certificates

Duquesne

A

3-15

$$5

Co

$1 preferred
(quar.i
Dominion Textile Co.,

class

class A

2-

5%

2-16
2-15

3-15

3-

2-27

15c

Loan

3-15

91'Ac

common—

2-15

$1.25

(quar.)
Y.i

Company,

3-15

Canada____

of

(special)

(N.

&

50c

,

4% preferred (quar.i_
Dominion Tar & Chemical
Common

non-cumulativc
non-cumulative

1

Provident

1

$25c

25c

Dewey & Almy Chemical Co
_!
Dictaphone Corp., common (quar.)__

Gillette

(quar.)

$1

Quarterly
(Henry)

37V'2c

iquar.)

Corp.

Co.

Fund,

Gibson

pfd.

3

3-11

93V+C

iquar.)

stock

com.

1

25c

3.65%

3

4-

$2.50

Gamble

3-

2-22

25c

(quar.i

Company,

SI

50c

,

iquar.)_

Supply

6%

J.)

3-15

1

50c

Inc..

common

Securities

Glassine

Dentist's

General

(H.

4-17

4-

&

share

4-

75c

(quar.)

(quar.)

Corp.

Mining Co.

4-

50c

Quarterly

25c

preferred

Co.

5-15

45c

$1.12'/a

Corp.

Delaware

$4.25

Furniture

3-31

25c

Mills,

Dayton Malleable Iron,

General

non-cumulative

Haverty

Holt

$1.31 VV

common____

Stores.

Hosiery

2-16

$1

2-24

€2'/ac

(quar. )

Chemical

2-20

2-22

iquar.)

3-15

30c

(quar.i

iquar.)

3-15

'$4.50

3-31

25%

(quar.)___

Door

Va

tl2V2c

3-15

37'/aC

iquar.)

Corp.,

Procter

2-20

2-ia

50c

Bolt

Corp.
Ltd

Co.,

Lambert,

2-20

iquar.)

30c

6

&

4

$1.50

Co

2-20

Hiawatha Oil & Gas Co., 5% cl. A pfd.
(quar.)
Hinde & Dauch Paper Co. of
Canada, Ltd.—

3-

Pratt

River

2-20

3-

Chocolate

Steel

Food

$4

3-27

1—

common

Fisher

Davidson

5'/i%

Heinz

6

25c

(quar.i

Metallic

Davenport

common

Co.

preferred

Daniels

5%

Hecla

3-

25c

Electric

Chemical

Gatineau

2-20

40c

(quar.i.

preferred

preferred A

Dahlstrom

6%

1

90c

Corp

Dan River Mills,

4%

Hazeltine

3-

40c

Cornell-Dubilier

Foremost

2-20

10c

Publications

convertible

Forbes &

2-20

1

25c

(increased).

com.

Delaware..—_______

Foote

1

3-27

Pratt

3-17

$1.12'/a

prior pfd.

25c

Corp

Continental

Florida

2-28

3-

$4

12Vic

(quar.)

Edison

Copperweld Steel

Class

Tobacco,

3-

50c

Powell

2-27

1

3-15

(special)

$1.50

Nairn, Inc. iquar.)
Continental Insurance Co. (stock dividend
Payable on or about the dates shown
Continental Oil Co. of

6%

Hartman
$3

3-10

3-10

3-15

(special)

Ltd.

$1.50

Congoleum

First

9

3-31

4-

30c

iquar.)

Ltd.

Bridge Co.,

10c

Discount

Mills

Class

3-

Portsmouth

&

&

+7c

preferred

Mines,

25c

Commonwealth Title Co. (Phila.i, com.
iquar. I
4%
preferred
(quar.)

Finance

1

3-10

Screw

Nut

$12',2c

partic.

Hallnor

Hamilton

$1.12Va

L

Corp.,

preferred

Commonwealth

5%

$1

Planters

$1.10

common

25c

__

iquar.)

common

(quar.)

Credit

Commercial

Federal

3

common

35c

_

common

Company,

Commercial

Erie

3-17

1

4-

$1

Baking Co., common
participating preferred iquar.)
Participating

Electric

3-

4-

Pittsburgh

3-10

3-31

$1.25

(quar.)

Co.,

3-10

$1

(quar.)

(quar.)

preferred

Brass

3-13

(quar.)

50c

El

3-20

Co.,

Corp.

$1.25

(increasedi__

Columbia

El

2-28

1

RR.—

(quar.i

&

preferred

Edison

3-10

Utilities

preferred

3-10

1

$1.25

(quar.)

preferred, series A (quar.i
Phillips-Jones Corp. (special)

3

1

3-

Norristown RR.

&

3?4 7<>

3

3-

$1.75

iquar.)

3-24

$1.06%

Engineering

75c

A

Utilities

Colonial

6%

$4.50

SI

(quar.)

(initial)

Durez

$4.40

3-15

2V2c

Cleveland Quarries Co. (quar.I
Colonial Acceptance, class A

Detroit

3-15

1

2Vic

Equipment Co.,

5%

1

4-

(quar.)

Aircraft

Extra

(quar.i

preferred
iquar.)
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron, common
$4.50 preferred
(quar.i

4

4-

10c

5'h

Cowles

3-15

Gulf States

(guar.)

preferred

5%

1

$1.21

iquar.)

Cincinnati

Cone

4

preferred

4-

$1.50

iquar. 1

$6 preferred
(quar.)
Philco Corp., common iquar.)

3-20

4-

preferred--

Holder*

Payable of Red.

& Gear Co.—

preferred

Co.

3-10

25c

Guantanamo Sugar Co., $5 preferred

Corp.—
_•

Co., class A

preferred

Conde

(quar.)

common

25c

Common

$6

Corp.,

4 Va %

39

$1.50

Perkins Machine

7%

When

Share

Corp.,

Philadelphia, Germantown

3-20

1

3

30c

2-15

3-24

1

444-

15c

(quar.)

3-10

55c

2-20

$1.75

CorjJ.

Die

1

$1.12V2

iquar.)

Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific

Clark

;

iquar. 1

1

Hahn

1

30c

3-

4-

3-

30c

common

4-

58%c

Extra

4%

preferred

Greynound

50c

2-17

Company

Telephone

Philadelphia Co., $5 preferred

(s-ai

Co.,

Per

Name of

2-17

3-

10c

Greenfield Tap &

4V4%

2-17

1

1

25c

___

1

3-

3-

Co.—

25c

iquar. i

common

America

Chesebrough Mfg, Co.

5%

Y.

N.

(initial)

com.

€0c

(quar.i

preferred

new

Insurance

$1.50

lannual)

Chatham

Plains,

Grumman

(quar.i

of

$2

Co.,

Holdert

$2.50

$20c

______

Light Co.,

Co.

&

Fire

(787)

Payable of Rec.

$2.50

—

(s-a)

$37'/aC

(quar.i
Commerce Building

Chamberlin

7%

3-30
2-24

Ltd.—

preferred
of

4-15
3-31

Ltd.—

preferred B (quar.)
Cascades Plywood Corp., common
3Va%
preferred
(quar.)

Chamber

R.)

When

Peoples

is-a)

preferred

<W'.

CHRONICLE

Co.—

Extra

$75c

Co.,

Insurance

<s-a)

preferred

Eastern

White

$$1.12'/a

6'/r,

Central

2nd

Share

Fire

Western Sugar
Special

common

preferred

preferred

junior

Great

Ltd.—

4%
preferred
(quar.)
Canadian Wirebound
Boxes,
$1.50 class A (quar.)

6%

Company

Rutgers

Grace

plus

Ry.

Mills,

1st

5%
$5

redemp¬

share

(quar.)
Co
Natural Gas

Western

Carthage

for

per

preferred

Pacific

Canadian

4-1
4-1

&

Great

Refractories,

Canadian

$25c

above

previously.
Since
the company

entire

April l
dividends.

Canadian

the

on

however,

on

these

4Va%

Name of

Payable of,

$5c

dividend

FINANCIAL

Per

Globe

Extra

&

H older t

Canners, Ltd.—

convertible

The

When

COMMERCIAL

$Payable
resident

in

tax

not

closed

Canadian

15%;

funds,

resident

income

Jamaica

for

tax

this

15%
tax

dividend.

Canadian

deductible

non-residents'
at

the

tax.
Nofc-r

source.

7%.

tax.

income

1

tax.

...

;

1

„

A

40

(788)

THE

General

COMMERCIAL

FINANCIAL

&

United States Gypsum Co.

Corporation and

Years Ended Dec. 31—

1949

Investment News

sales

Income

from

expand
cubic

cost

of

scheduled

gas pipeline system by 250,000,000
daily total of 1,310,000,000 cubic feet.
Esti¬
project is $118,644,000.
A hearing in this docket

day

per

to

the

to

a

March

commence

7.

The project would include a 303-mile main line extension
see's system from the eastern terminus of the
company's

Ketnucky-to-Buffalo pipeline in Erie County, N. Y.,
New York-Massachusetts
The

state

total

miles
San

Salvador

Field

in

Tennes¬

Texas

approximately

of

authorized line

or

be¬

Buffalo, N. Y.; installation of
compressor units aggregating 69,600 horsepower in existing or author¬
ized compressor stations
and 42,000 horsepower
in seven new com¬
pressor stations; construction of approximately 75 miles of lateval gas
supply lines; and check and sales meter stations on the Tennessee
The

facilities

during

fall

funds

of

and

The

from

bank

deliveries

commence

winter

the

1952.

resulting

securities

to

expects

company

of

1951

and

construction

with

operations

complete

to

would

financed

be

remainder

the

proposed

the

from

the project by
partly out of

through

sale

of

As

originally proposed in the August application the Tennessee pro¬
ject would have increased the capacity of its pipeline system by
200,000,000 cubic feet per day, and would have cost an estimated
$93,976,000.—-V. 171, p. 500.

genii

taxes

—V.

170,

shares

of

raise

its

part

the

stock.

funds

this

that

14

competitive

receive

common

of

Feb.

on

will

1950,

The

needed

company,

bids
is

company

by

Texas

88,371,365

12,720,000

14,567,000

9,845,000

24,596,688

16,531,744

12,413,955

$13.51

$15.04

$10.00

$9.90

sh

into

value)

shares

class

carry
Oct.

A

31,

to

in

$1.

It

will

annual

$4

shares
to

sufficient

stock.

be

convertible

each

$3
for

non-cumulative

shares

share

the

on

shares

to

up

additional

an

March

on

the trustee has agreed to sell thd
stock for a base price of $550,000-,

increase by adjusted payments equal to the latter's
Sept. 1, 1949, to the closing date.
The purchasers

from

net
are

Utah.

Upocureceipt
immediate

proceeds of

the

of

distribution

cash

such

the trustee proposes art
Washington's bond-1

sale,

rata

pro

among

general creditors, of an amount equal to $8 per share of
Southern Utah common
(aggregating $504,100) in lieu of the stock
distribution.
The balance of the proceeds are to be turned over to
holders" and

A

right

a

.

,

for SEC hearing

for

plan

an

Southern

of

plus

scheduled

city of Cedar City, Utah, and the Southwest Utah Power Federa¬
tion, a non-profit cooperative association organized under the laws of
Utah, which has qualified for a loan from the Rural Electrification
Administration for the purpose, in part, of acquiring the properties of

an

dividend,

stock

three

of

present class
stock and carries

The

common

preferential

with the common
year.—V. 171, p. 575.

basis

share.

for

been

the

will

stock

A

has

the SEC on Jan.

York

income

outstanding)
to
for conversions

class

new

the

by

New

subject to

non-cumulative
until
to $2 and non-cumulative

as

preferred

Washington,
V.

to

170,

for

reorganized,

as

its

corporate

general

purposes.—•

1539.

p.

in

$2

Washington Water Power Co.—Earnings—

Subs.)—Earnings-

Years Ended Dec. 31—

1949

Oper.

and

exps.

$1,559,592 $17,943,542 $16,708,245
1,166,778
14,419,692
13,079,174

$1,528,642
1.210,662

Operating revenues

1948

1949—12 Mos.—1948 •

1949—Month—1948

Period End. Dec. 31—

United States Rubber Co. (&

this stock to
subsidiaries for

the

amend

dividend,

equally

fiscal

The

cumulative

share

shares

(397,010

provide

preferential

also

for

to

plan

According to the amendment,
62,910 shares of Southern Utah

in Stock—

proposal

a

(1)

to

as

thereafter

convertible

on

convertible

common

$3

and

stock

is

into

annual

1951,

(2)

order

vote

change each share of no par
stock
(249,743
shares out¬
of new class A convertible preferred stock
increase the authorized common stock (no
so

647,743

stock

an

stock

and

from

will

8

and

share

one

value),

par

of

as

incorporation

participating

standing)
(no

March

on

the

to

6,/1950.

reorganization of Washington, which was ap¬
24, 1949, and by the U. S. District Court
9, 1949, the 62,910 outstanding shares of no
par
common
stock of Southern Utah (as well as the new common
stock of Washington) were to have been distributed in the ratio of
99.223%
to
holders
of
Washington's
general mortgage bonds and
0.777% to its general creditors.
However, the plan provided that, as
an
alternative, the trustee reserved the right to proposed an amend¬
ment to the plan providing for the sale of the Southern Utah stock
and the distribution of the proceeds in lieu of the stock.
in

8,030,000

22,165,608

.

of

^

Under

9,434,838

12,226,867

sale

in lieu of the' distribution of the
mortgage bondholders and general

Co.

Power

general

♦

amendment

proved

13,678,028

Utah

Washington's

March

on

20G9.

of

A

par

selling

Utilities

86,281,714
56,402,921

Southern

for

providing

reorganization

in

to

creditors.

Canadian

stockholders

class

or
about
additional

on

400,000

on

149,467,385 109,594,367
96,625,669
70,990,756

United States Leather Co.—Plans Change
The

any

Light Stockholders-

announced

20,

in

interest

stock

15,534,412

p

Power &
was

562,354

j_

participate

it

sold__

Net earnings
Earns, per com.

About March 20—Shares Distributed Feb. 15 to American

March

666,180

admin.

&

income..

on

common

Texas Utilities Co.—To Sell Additional Common Stock

522,649

392,562

A. Smyth,
amendment to the
the company's
Nathan

on Feb.
10 announced the filing by
Reorganization of this company, of an

SEC

for

plan

■

,

138,791,385

expenses
Federal
and

1,147,239

loans.

519,554

85,360,686
358,674

734,750

inc.

The
Trustee

21G;521

products

certificate

system.

the

of

Selling,

the

and

misc.

Total income
Cost

authorized

point on

a

line.

program also involves construction of a
of loop along Tennessee's existing

786.6
tween

to

of

securities

&

_______

Amended—

Washington Gas & Electric Co.—Plan

1946

1947

The

the capacity of its natural

feet

mated

is

(net)

1948

137,838,114 148,555,269 108;405,538

Royalties

(Continued from page 6)

Monday, February 20, 1950

(& Subs.)—Earnings—

,

'it

$
Net

CHRONICLE

taxes

'

i

_

their

construction

,000,000,

amounting

programs

respectively,

for

to

The

of

American

company

and sell,
stock.

at

competitive

According
in

to

the

will
V.

their

be

a

171,

bidding,

application

additional

providing them with
of

applied

Light
the

to

Co.

of

for

shares

400,000

Power

&

Light

&

Co.

distributed

of

no

par

Cost

of

proceeds,

will

$6,500,000

be

stock of subsidiaries for the purpose of
portion of the funds necessary for the carrying

construction

Each

programs.

transaction

separate

the

of

be

to

such

investment,

by

covered

however,
applications.—

future

Porfit

Other

from

sales

to

necessary

that

purchase

the

greater part

of

26

new

Constellations

ings, plus borrowings.—V.

171,

p.

Interest

funded

on

Adjustment

group of

dealers and

The

is

company

organization

in

under

Foreign

distributors

Feb.

13

filed

a

reorganization

Federal

Court

in

Chicago,

111.,

possible

for

re¬

bankruptcy

his

/,„

new

each of 60,000,000

as

(Excluding

delivered.—V.

is

cars

accounts

between

the

1949—Month—1948

oper.

$

from

1,983,383

rev.

oper.__

1,980,546

-___

Equip.

joint

&

rents

Net

per

952,818

.___

from

from

26,885,314

25,158,190

1,146,210

14,205,801

16,463,756

trans¬

portation operations
oil

operations

2,056,363

5,572,752

21,707,437

41,975,632

and

2,144,695

2,366,251

27,140,327

26,540,409

2,082,587

(net).

1,548,154

7,610,605

and

other

Total

income__

9,800,034

56,458,369

1,228,970

1,242,181

6,868,642

74,315,440
7,025,847

8,571,064

Rixed and other chgs.__

5,970,768

income

from

4,728,587

49,589,727

accrual

States Steel Corp.—Number of Stockholders—

(1)

in

earned

1949

payable

1948.

tlncludes

overaccruals.

credit

tExcludes

of

$8,066,292

Federal

for

income

adjustment

of

E.

orders

Diesel

35

Will be built by the
Deliveries of both
of

five

and

25

to

classes

will

171,

10 announced
cost

p.

switchers.

Division

begin

in

of

Period End. Jan. 31—

and

Corp.

continue

at

a

Preferred

total

A

The

Dec.

shares,

31,

1949,

stock

against

in

names

York State

New

1950—6 Mos.—1949

$514,265

$1 ,636,543

$635,434

$3,634,963

281,789

324,047

434,885

660,915

18,622

29,604

comparing with 2,314,278
brokers'

in

46,322

names

shares

six

in

New

months

York

Cr4,254

Cr68,669

A

of

shares

1,008,418

72,900

458,800

72,900

Income

$215,307

$839,328

$157,714

outstdg.__

558,000

550,000

558,000

$1,903,243
550,000

170, p. 345.

PROPERTIES

1949—12 Mos.—1948

$933,569

$3,516,620

$3,647,784

$1.30

$1.09

$4.10

$4.26

preliminary

statement

of

pro

forma

earnings gives effect

of

stock

common

owned

by

its

petition

Department
former

to

city

of

New

In

York,
20

cash."

The

of

the

of

.

water

properties is being made to effect compliance
issued by the Commission.
Proceeds

divestment orders heretofore

with
of

electors.

the

sale

The

Vice-President

in

it

made known

was

opinion,

page

on

Feb.

the

sale

sions.—V.

expected to be applied to property

are

170,

Operating

p.

Oper.

____

expenses..

rev.

Non-oper.

Co.—Earnings—
1949—12 Mos.—1948
$7,395,085 $31,438,647 $28,279,933
6,808,298 27,669,596
26,171,350

1949—3 Mos.—1948

$7,786,402
7,293,228

$493,174
2,785

$586,787
4,631

$3,769,051
10,034

$2,108,583
10,715

$495,959

$591,418

$3,579,085

416,430

438,497

1,753,145

$2,119,298
1,712,075

$79,529

income

income

$152,921

$2,025,940

$407,223

Judge

Gross

Net
—V.

income
deductions

Income

income

170,

1958.

p.

;

164, p. 3460.

Western Maryland Ry.—Bids for

Upper Peninsular Power Co.—Sale of Stock Expected
West

above.—V.

Corp.

170,

p.

1088.

Equipments—

will on Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. (CST) receive bids for the
$2,460,000 equipment trust certificates, series N, dated March
15, 1950, to mature in 15 annual instalments on March 15, 1951 to
1965. The date had
originally been reported as scheduled for Jan.
The

company

of

sale

Soon—Hearing by SEC Feb. 21—
Middle

additions and exten¬

2231.

revenues

Operating

15.

Galston says,
either a criminal

"the
the

Angelo, Texas, for the consideration
Df $4,887,272 in
purchase by the city has been approver by the necessary

Westchester Lighting

this company and Roy
of sales, in violation of

"There seems to be a
complete failure to prove
conspiracy or a civil
conspiracy. The government's whole case rests on the distribution of
price lists to their customers
(by Univis)
but the correspondence
shows that there was
no
widespread distribution, on the contrary,
requests for large quantities of price lists were rejected and only a
sufficient number were sent for use by members of the
customers
a

San

of

vote

residents of

,

company has
notified the SEC of its proposal to sell
water system of the company located in and adjacent to

The

,

charge
judgment has been dismissed by Judge Clarence C.
sitting in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District

Galston,

Utilities Co.—Sale of San Angelo Water

Texas

West

entire

Charge Dismissed—

adjudge

170, p. 2588.

$4j601,972, respectively.—V.

Properties Proposed—

anti-trust

1950.—V.

171,

p.

595.

Virginia Gas Transmission Corp.—Facilities Authorized
The

Federal

Roanoke
natural

Commission

Power

Pipe Line Co.
to

gas

Estimated

of

cost

Va.,

this

corporation

and

pipeline facilities which will carry
for the first time.

area

construction

the

authorized

has

to construct

the Roanoke,

is

$12,500

for Virginia

Gas

and

$596,800 for Roanoke.
The Commission conditioned its order by requiring Roanoke to submit

satisfactory

plan for

financing

the project

prior

to

the consumma¬

thereof.

Wabash RR.—Interest and Dividends Declared—
Atkinson, President, on Feb. 16 declared that the interest
on
the general mortgage 4% income bonds, series A, and the general
mortgage 4V4% income bonds, series B, had been earned and author¬
ized payment thereof in full on April
1, 1950.
the

same

meeting,

the

board

determined

that

the

full

holders

of
a

record

March

31,

dividend of $1 per

payable on April
V. 171, P. 699.

20,

1950,

1950,
share

to

dividend

payable on April 20, 1950, and
the outstanding common stock*
of record March 31, 1950 —

on

holders

Wachusett Electric Co.—Stock Authorized—
The
to

shares
the
of

company
its

of

Feb.

on

parent,
capital

New
stock

13 received SEC authorization to issue and
England Electric System, an additional 3,630
par), for $300 per share, or $1,089,000,

($100

proceeds of which would be used by Wachusett for the retirement

1,090,006 of indebtedness.—V. 171,

p.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co.—Earnings
! Consolidated
common

stock

Higher—

earnings of $1.89 per share of the 2,927,021 shares of
outstanding are reported for 1949 for this company

now

and
its subsidiaries,
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co. and Wisconsin
Michigan Power Co.
*
1
Earnings for 1948 were $1.86 per share of the 2,660,928 shares then
outstanding, including 24.8 cents per share due to non-recurring reduc-l
tions in income tax liability, according to G. W". Van Derzee, President
of the companies.
Consolidated net income for 1949 was $6,739,970.
During the year
the

K.

A.

1,046,243

,

PRESENT

$1,112,901

taxes

Period End. Dec. 31—

Justice

Marks,

Crl4,148

taxes__

OF

changed conditions, The net income of the company for the
periods ended Dec. 31, 1949 and 1948, before giving effect
these changed connditions prior to Sept. 1, 1949, were $4,191,192

State

before.

38,453

Cr70,211

EARNINGS

1949—3 Mos.—1948

share

shares six

misc.

(net)

above

numbered

595.

sell

shares

States

$4.50 per share on the preferred stock had also been earned and
authorized
payment of $4.50 per share on the preferred stock to

14,480

income

brokers'

before.

declared

deprec.
Depletion & depreciation

Inderal

Eastern

of shares held in

of

-Earnings—

1950—3 Mos. —1949

and

deductions

in

48,440

10

units

Motors

General

August

includes
power

Profit from opers. before

and

ten

in

Holdings of common stock in States, other than ten Eastern States,
and including the District of Columbia and the territories, totaled 11,220,333 shares on Dec. 31, 1949, comparing with 11,139,898 shares six
months before.
Preferred holdings in the same areas on Dec. 31, 1949,
totaled 1,109,157 shares, against 1,105,201 shares, at June 30, 1949.

At

Ipterest
Misc. income

held

totaled

had placed

This
The

140.

United Electric Coal Cos. (& Subs.)-

depletion

stock

months

a

that it

$4,875,000.

terminal

Electro-Motive

month.—V.

a

Feb.

on

locomotives

units

power

corporation

shares, exclusive

and

tion

Stoddard, President,
for

this

11,569,747

names,

on

prior

taxes.-

Orders 35 Diesels—

passenger

stock of

common

1949 totaled

2,311,258 shares

in

(2) earned in 1948 and paid in 1949, compared with inclu¬
1948 operating expenses of such allowances earned in 1947 and

after

per

to

and

in

31,

Common

of

ating expenses of vacation allowances

Co.—Earnings—

FORMA

PRO

Sept. 1, 1949 this company, by way of capital distribution, dis¬
posed bf certain of its properties known as the Sturgis Division^
On Nov; 1, 1949 it ceased to be a subsidiary of The North American
Co. and will as a result be subject to increased Federal income taxesi

against 2,424,659 shares on June 30, 1949.

67,289,593

$5,416,655 for estimated vacation allowances
earned by employes in year 1949 to be paid in 1950 under
agreements
with employee organizations.
This results in inclusion in 1949 oper¬

in

income

12.

—

"■Includes

Net

Earnings

all

sources

}

months

See

Net

$2.57b,446

West Kentucky Coal

171, p. 140.

organization."—V.

sources

2,786,440
210,000

140.

Period End. Dec. 31—

5,799,399

Income from investments

C6m.

$8.48

share

common

Univis Lens Co.—Anti-Trust

80,900,417 116,179,916
115,843,910
34,840,293

stock

these

$

facility

(net)

inc.

tlncome

—V.

20,141,585

.

foreign countries on Dec. 31, 1949, comparing with 1,025,831 shares six
months before, while foreign holdings of preferred stock on that date
totaled 25,825 shares, against 26,629 shares on June 30, 1949.—V. 171,

29,208,584*317,922,665 321,403,216
7,171,502

Net

adj

12

p.

$

4,537.239

rate

other

2,326,280

$5.62

and

14,757,417
1,656,028

1949—12 Mos.—1948

Federal income taxes___tCr4,556,09G
taxes
2,567,759

Other

0

7,995,669

to

an

A.

foreign income taxes

before, the corporation announced today.
Holdings of preferred stock
by others than brokers in ten Eastern States totaled 2,419,389 shares,

36,380,086 398,823,082 437,583,132

*28,838,044

expenses

1741.

p.

companies)

$

33,375,283

revenues.

oper.

170,

(& Leased Lines)—Earnings—

offsetting

Period End. Dec. 31—

Railway
Railway

pfd.

to

171, p.

comparing with 11,629,749 shares six months

associates

Union Pacific RR.

years'

—V.

15,100,072

New York brokers'

plan provides for $25,000,000 in capital through issuance of
B.% cumulative participating preferred stock, and $12,000,000 more
through issuance of debentures to be purchased by dealers at the rate

liaid

and

deval.

currency

Dec.

on

; ■;

$200

applic.

Balance

to

income

United

on

2,590,412
210,000

/

On

140.

stock.

1950

inventories

$3,715,051

270,242
333,752
for the period

interest

758,279

Provisions for Federal

—V.

laws.
Its President, Preston Tucker,
recently were acquitted on mail fraud
Charges in the $28,000,000 enterprise.
The group plan filed on Feb. 13 by Theodore W.
Miller, a lawyer,
contemplates that present stockholders and dealers will finance the re¬
organized company and be in complete control through exchange of
of

seven

sion

rubber

market

capital requirements
would be met by earn¬

'

gas

2,429,025

indebtedness

natural

of

aft.

charges

Divs.
income

44,513
$3,568,363

39,742,334

2,384,304

income

and

the

plan with trustees of this corporation.

J Net

2,207,665

27,806,325

Net

37,534,669

1,857,737

Holdings of

Of

25,948.588

income

Earnings

Tucker Corp.—Dealers File New Plan—

The

products

13,678

$406,492

(net)

income

PRELIMINARY

announced

was

and

of

35,791
$353,771

$2,380,412

income

$3,523,850

$392,814

63,417,591

p. 594.

Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.—May Borrow—

A

Other

61,078,313

expense

common

common

a

430,412,775 471,072,403

sold

$3,629,071
85,980

$317,980

revenue

oner,

Gross

Net

It

goods

Selling, administrative and general

Net

to

Feb.
15, 1950.
authority to issue

on

SEC

Dallas

Power
were

$

517,439,676 572,024,663

sales

Total

invested
out

&

Power

14

Feb.

on

$

$30,Net

and 1951.
f
This company is the parent holding company
Light Co., Texas Electric Service Co. and Texas
Its present
4,400,000
shares of
common* stock
stockholders

and

$40,000,000

1950

paid $1,203,048 in dividends to its preferred stockholders
$3,586,062 to its common stockholders.
revenues of the company and its consolidated subsidiaries

company

and

Operating

for 1949 were $60,777,816, an increase of 3% over 1948.
Operating expenses, including
taxes and depreciation,
aggregated
$50,955,887, an increase of 2.3%.
Provision for taxes amounted to
$10,930,477 for 1949, or 18% of operating revenues, compared with
provisions of $9,570,005 for 1948.
Provisions for depreciation was
$5,468,620 for 1949 and $5,153,785 for 1948.
Non-operating revenues included $160,000 in interest received on
the
bonds
of
The
Milwaukee
Electric
Ry.
& Transport
Co.
Net
income of the Transport company is not included in this report.
Interest on funded debt amounted to $2,392,101 and $500,000 Was
provided out of income for a special reserve for contingent loss on
investment in the transportation
subsidiary.
Electric output of the
company and
its consolidated subsidiaries
was
3,376,754,389 kilowatt-hours for 1949, an increase of 0.9% over
1948.
Output for the fourth quarter of 1949 was 0.4% less than for
the corresponding period of 1948.—V. 171, p. 398.

565.

Yonkers Electric Light & Power Co. —Earnings—
United Paramount Theatres, Inc.—Initial Dividend—
The

directors

on

per share on the
holders of record

Feb.

declared

15

outstanding

an

initial

dividend

of

50

cents

stock, payable April 20, 1950,
1950.
Leonard H. Goldenson, President, said in part:
"Under

dividend

the
will

remaining 50%

on

terms

March

of

Waco Aircraft

common

the

be

Consent

paid to holders
will be deposited in

of

Judgment,
certificates

only
of

50%

of

interest.

Net

sales
loss

—V.

1949

,

$83,530

:

after

167, p.

1948

Operating

charges
1197.

.

115,638

Oper.

rev.

The

special account and will be paid
interest upon
conversion of such
a

$5,397,008
4,412,213

$5,059,008
>
4,164,668

$273,028

$331,750

$984,795

$894,34Q

329

268

2,220

2,160

$273,357
62,569

$332,018

$987,015

$896,500

68,346

252,570

271,167

$210,788

expenses

Operating
Non-oper.
Gross

Walgreen Co.—January Sales Off 0.9%—
Month

of

January—

Sales

—V. 171, p. 231.

,

1949—12 Mos.—1948

$1,520,042
1,188,292

$263,672

$734,445

$625,333

$153,992

148,342

1949—3 Mos.—1948

$1,488,743
1,215,715

revenues

income

income

_

__

»

the

over
to holders of certificates
of
certificates into common stock or upon their sale or other disposition.—
V. 171, p. 140.




Years Ended Sept. 30—
Net

to

31,

Period End. Dec. 31—

Co.—Earnings-

1950

Income

income
deductions

„L_

1949

$12,689,288 $12,801,474

Net

—V.

income

170,

p.

1959.

THE

Number 4883

171

Volume

COMMERCIAL

STATE AND

&

FINANCIAL

CITY

CHRONICLE

(789)

41

DEPARTMENT
i

BOND PROPOSALS AND NEGOTIATIONS

ALABAMA

Fallbrook Union School District,
San Diego

Jefferson

County (P. O.
Birmingham), Ala.

Bond

Offering—W. D. Kendrick,

President
will

San

County

receive

Commission,
bids

sealed

until

10 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 28 for the
purchase of $195,000 bonds, di¬

vided

Sale—The

Kindred

price

April 1 from 1951 to 1970

35,000

from

inclusive.

,

'

elusive.

-

Dated

tion

April 1, 1950. Denomina¬

in¬
the
County Treasurer's office, or at
the First National Bank, Birming¬
ham, or at the Chemical Bank &
Trust Co., New York City, at the
option of the holder.
$1,000.
Principal and
(A-O)
payable at

Offering—Mr.

Additional

sealed

receive

also

will

Ken¬

bids at the same time for the pur¬

of

chase

Dated March

Denomination
March

refunding

$86,000

warrants.

2%s.
1969

second

Bank

to

inclusive.

1975

highest bidder

National

America

of

was

payable
office,

Treasurer's

in¬

County

at the First

or

National

ment

Union
on

Trust

Sch.

Dist.

of about

$35,000

2.59%,

were

of America

Savings

Asso¬

follows:

as

21/4s. Due

as

on

214 s.

as

Due

March
March

on

(P.

26,000

O.

Diego), Calif.
Sexton, County
receive sealed bids
until 10:30 a.m. (PST) on Feb. 27
the
purchase
of $1,409,000
building bonds. Dated March 30,
1950.
Denomination $1,000.
Due
for

1951

from

Prin.

1970

to

int.

and

(M-S)

23/4s. Due

as

on

1
1

March

1

from 1961 to 1971 inclusive.
Westside Union School District,
Los Angeles County (P. O.
Los

Angeles), Calif.
Bond Offering—Harold J. Ostly,
County Clerk, will receive sealed
bids until 9 a.m. (PST) on Feb. 21
for the purchase of $88,000 build¬
ing bonds. Dated March 1, 1950.

City, at the option of
holder.
Legality
approved
York

the

Washburn, of

Hoyt &
City.

Reed,

by

New York

Gordon, Ark.
Sale—The $20,500 hospi¬

Bond

Crawford

Lincoln

Sch.

San Joaquin

Dist.,

to

Columbus, Ga.
Offering—J. A. Willman,
City Manager, will receive sealed

Bruce &

bids until 11 A. M.
28

$15,000

City
bids

until

8:30

sealed

receive

will

Clerk,

(CST)

p.m.

on

from

The

purchase of $35,and swimming
pool bonds. Dated April 1, 1950.
Due on April 1 from 1953 to 1977
shall

bonds

The

inclusive.

1

be

second

highest bidder
National

America

Los

Bond

Sale—The

Union

bonds

offered

700—were

Feb.

14—v.

awarded

was

football

vertible, at the option of the pur¬
chaser, into bonds bearing a lower
rate of interest, on such terms that
shall receive therefor and

the City

thereon substantially the same
as upon the bonds sold at the price
and interest rate bid, which shall

pay

than par for bonds
interest at a rate not to
exceed
3V4%.
The
converted
bonds shall be in the denomination
not

less

be

bearing

of

the

$500 each and the interest on
converted bonds shall be at

Legality approved

only.

rate

one

by House, Moses & Holmes.
CALIFORNIA
Union

Bellevue

County

Santa Rosa),

California
Bond Offering—Walter H.

Nagle,

County Clerk, will receive sealed
bids
until
11
March
13
for

$124,000
April 1,

a.m.

the

of

building bonds.
Dated
Denomination $1,-

1950.

1951 to
Principal and in¬

Due on April 1 from

1971

inclusive..

(A-O)
payable
at
County Treasurer's office.
terest

Cloverdale
Sch.

.

Union

bonds
596

—

were

Feb.

awarded

to

bid reflecting a

Blyth

a

&

basis of about 2.19%.

highest

bidder

The second

Bank

was

of

America National Trust & Savings

Association,

San

Francisco, for
$299,000 as 2V2S, at a price of
102.29, and $425,000 as 2y4S, at a
price of 100.06.

to

400,000

171,

for

the

lows:




as

fol¬

.

p.

basis of about 2.30%.

highest bidder
&

Co.,

for

R. S. Dickson

was

2%s,

The second

at

price

a

trict

bonds.

Due

from 1951 to

87,000

Kentfield

bonds.
to

Due
1975

April

on

1

1975 inclusive.

School

on

District

April

1

from

inclusive.

Madison

County Housing
Authority, III.
Sale—The
$570,000 11th

Treasurer's office.
Tulare

street

from
Dated

(P. O.

Sale—The

$40,000 Wood-

ville Sch. Dist. bonds offered Feb.
7—v.

171,

p.

700—were

awarded

Park

light

bonds.

Due

1951 to 1980 inclusive.
Feb.

1,

1950. Denomina¬

dike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston.

Spaulding County (P. O. Griffin),
Georgia
Bond Sale—The

$100,000 hospi¬

tal bonds offered Feb.

Offering

City

ceive

sealed

ing site

1

clusive.

14—v.

and Southern National

both of Atlanta,

171,

Bank,

jointly, at 112.88,

basis of about

1.95%.

highest bidder

was

The

sec¬

J. W. Tin-

Co., and

Milhous, Martin
Co., jointly, at a price of 112.26.
ILLINOIS

Chicago,
Offering
bids
28

$13,600,000

until
for

will

the

coupon

1

from

and

Feb.

on

24

$346,000 sani¬

tflood

$1,000.

drainage
1, 1950.

Due

1952

to

1970

Bond

at

such

Con.

Sch.

Dist.,

Iowa

Sale—The

$50,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171,
p.
701—were
awarded
to
the

White-Phillips Co., of Davenport,
as
214s, at a price of 101.24, a
basis

of

about 2.12%.

highest

bidder

The second

Wheelock

was

&

Cummins, Becker & Crownie, and
Quail & Co., jointly, for 214s, at
price of 102.23.

a

Dubuque, Iowa
Bond

O f f

i

g—Edward

M.

Tschirgi, City Treasurer, will

re¬

ceive

e r

sealed

n

bids

until

10

a.m.

(CST) on Feb. 25 for the purchase
$25,500 Cherry-Green Street

of

Sewer

Dist.

Spec.

Imp.

bonds.

Dated Feb. 2, 1950.
Due on April
1
from
1953
to
1960
inclusive.

Principal and interest (A-O) pay¬
able at the City Treasurer's office.

M.

Iowa

(State of)

Bond Offering
State

J. M. Grimes,

—

.Treasurer,

will

sealed bids until 10:30

in¬

March

on

interest
bank or

and

on

IOWA

bonds. Dated Jan.

from

payable

cil.

9

receive

(CST)

a.m.

for

the, purchase of
service
compensation

$8,750,000
bonds.

Dated

Dec. 2, 1949.
De¬
$1,000. Due from 1964

nomination

to 1968 inclusive. Interest J-D.

City Coun¬
by Chap¬
& Cutler, of Chicago.

Legality

bonds, divided

1951

to

1966

in¬

nicipal
Feb.

building

Jan.

from

1

sewer

1,

1947.

1951

to

bonds.

Due
1966

on

in¬

clusive.

5,000,000

$385,000 mu¬
bonds
offered

Blyth & Co., of Chi¬

to

super-highway
1, 1947. Due

Jan. 1 from 1951 to 1966 in¬

3%

voting

machine

City, is publicly offer¬
issue of $186,115.53 inter¬
improvement bonds.
Dated

nal

p.

second

an

Feb.

Due

highest bidder was Mer¬
cantile-Commerce Bank & Trust
Co., St. Louis,

bid reflecting
net interest cost of about 1.51%.

a

on

a

1, 1950. Denomination $1,000.
$1,000, except one for - $1,115.53.

Principal and interest
(F-A) payable at the State Treas¬

urer's

tion

for

2

Dated

7:30
the

bonds.

March

to

1, 1950. Denomina¬
Due on Dec. 1 from

1969

inclusive.

Principal
and
interest
(J-D)
payable at
such bank or trust
company in
Chicago
as
may
be
mutually
agreeable to the purchaser and

INDIANA

Eminence,

for the purchase of

$32,000 build¬

ing of 1950 bonds.

Dated Feb. 1,

Denomination

July 1 from

clusive.

$1,000.

1951

Interest

to

J-J.

1967

Due
in¬

Legality

approved by Ross, McCord, Ice &

Tell

Bond
aid

City, Ind.

Sale—The

1950

bonds

Bond Offering
son,

$34,000

offered

school

Feb.

15

awarded to the

ceive

sealed

(CST)
chase

March

on

of

for

p.m.

the

pur¬

$150,000 school building

Denom.

$1,000.

from

1951

to

bonds

will

whole

or

be

in

Due

1970

on

1949.
April 1

inclusive.

redeemable

The
as

a

in the inverse
order of their numberings. Legal¬
ity approved by Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, of Louisville.
part

Evangeline Parish, Gravity SubDrainage District No. 1 (P.O.
Ville Platte), La.
Bond

Sale—The

$190,000 public
bonds offered Feb.
14—v. 171, p. 142—were awarded
to a syndicate composed of Felix
M. Rives, of Shreveport; Walter,
Woody
&
Heimerdinger;
Fox,
Reusch
&
Co.;
Seasongood
&
Mayer; Weil, Roth & Irving Co.,
all
of
Cincinnati,
and
A.
M.
Smith-Wood Co. of New Orleans,
on
a bid
reflecting a net interest
improvement

cost

about

3.06%.

a

1

8

re¬

2

bonds. Dated Oct. 1,

000.

Jan.

until

revenue

highest bidder
and Associates,

on

Linville Jack¬

bids

City Securi¬
ties Corp., of Indianapolis. Dated
Feb. 15, 1950.
Denomination $1,Due

—

County Court Clerk, will

LOUISIANA

Offering—Cyril E. Rich¬
Secretary Consolidated

School Board, will receive sealed
bids until 8 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 28

on

County (P. O.
Winchester), Ky.

Ind.

Bond

ard,

approved
Weigand,

KENTUCKY

M.

coupon

Legality
Stanley,

Clark

(CST) on
purchase of $2,-

building

$1,000.

1951

P.

office.

Depew,

Hook & Curfman, of Wichita.

Bond
Offering — Murrell
G.
England, Secretary of the Board
of Education, will receive sealed
until

Aug. 1 from 1952 to 1960

on

inclusive.

by

Winnebago County School District
No. 205 (P. O.
Rockford), III.

were

bonds. Dated Jan. 1, 1948. Due
on
Jan. 1, 1968. Optional at

Kansas

ing

171,

Miller, of Indianapolis.
114 %

of

501—were

13—v.

cago, on a bid reflecting
a net
interest cost of about 1.51%. The

1950.

1V2%
Jan.

Eastborough, Kan.
Bonds Publicly Offered — The
City National Bank & Trust Co.;

Pekin, III.

receive

(CST)
purchase of

KANSAS

approved

Sale—The

a.m.

clusive.

6,000,000

1,600,000

P.

5

J. H. Dillard,

10

$1,000,000 1%% playground bonds.
Dated Jan. 1, 1947.
Due on

on

(CST)

bonds. Dated March

Bennet

W.

Legality approved by
Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago.

follows:

Jan.

a.m.

sewer

1950

re¬

the District.

III.

—

Comptroller,

Feb.

tary

trust company in the State as
may
be mutually agreed upon between

March

on

were

will

until

Principal

515,000

Bond

11

Denomination

Trust

Charles

—

Clerk,

bids

coupon

Jan.

on

J. H. Hilsman & Co., and the Citi¬

&

until

1, 1950. Denomination $1,000. Due

bids

&

Lafayette Conservancy
District, Ind.

for the purchase of

(CST) ■ on Feb. 21 for the pur¬
chase of $300,000 municipal build¬

596—were awarded to Johnson,
Lane, Space & Co., of Savannah,

dall

Le¬

Bond Offering—The Boaijd of
Directors will receive sealed bids

Ridge, III.

Bond

p.

ond

14

Bessemer

Richards,

Bond

improvement

$1,000. Principal and interest
(F-A) payable in Columbus. Le¬
gality approved by Storey, Thorn-

a

the

to

from

Due

clusive.

Visalia), Calif.
Bond

bonds.

tion

zens

West

Co., of Jersey City, at 0.84% inter¬
est.
Dated March 14, 1950.
Due
on March 16, 1951.

man

bonds. Dated Jan.

County Sch. Dists.

Note

awarded

Dated

1, 1950. Denomina¬
Principal and interest
payable
at
the
County

inclu¬

of

100.51.

1980 inclusive.

street

100,000

as

$132,000 San Anselmo School Dis¬

(A-O)

Francisco, on
net interest cost

of about 2.22%.

divided

bonds,

bonds.

1980

inclusive.

sealed

6

to

bonds. Due from 1951 to 1980

City

(PST) on March
purchase of $219,000

stadium

1951

sewer

1951

bids until 11

a.m.

1980 inclu¬

to 1980 inclusive.

300,000

Sch. Dists. (P. O.
San Rafael), Calif.
Bond Offering — Geo. S. Jones,
County Clerk, will receive sealed

Schwa-

bacher & Co., of San
a

were

Dated April

County

14—v.

date

tion $1,000.

Sale—The $121,000 school

offered

to

same

on

bonds.

inclusive.

the purchaser and the

1951

&

syndicate composed
Co., of Los Angeles;
R. H. Moulton & Co., of San Fran¬
cisco;
Security - First
National
Bank, of Los Angeles; American
Trust Co., of San Francisco; Wil¬
liam R. Staats Co., of Los Angeles,
and Redfield & Co., of Pasadena,
as
214s, at a pihce of 100.58, a
of

1951

Elementary

Sonoma

Dist.,

the

(P. O. Santa Rosa), Calif.
Bond

awarded

building
on

(PST)
purchase

000.

offered

to

sive.

Marin County

Sch Dist., Sonoma

O.

(P.

bonds

Due

200,000 hospital bonds. Due from

—

by the purchaser, but con¬

bonds.

stadium

1951

Due from

order at any

cified

Municipal Bond Corp., of
Cincinnati, and the Channer Se¬
curities Co., of Chicago, jointly,
as
2%s, as a price of 100.71, a

(J-J)

100,000

171, p.

inverse
numerical Co., of San Francisco, as 214s, at
a price of
100.01, a basis of about
interest paying date
2.24%.
at par plus accrued interest after
Additional Sale
The $425,000
April 1, 1953. Bonds will bear in¬
City
School
District
terest at one rate only to be spe¬ Compton

di¬

sive.

Dow¬

Weeden

to

baseball

Due from

District

School

auditorium

150,000

Trust

$299,000

High

bonds,

follows:

from 1951 to 1980 inclusive.

Angeles County School District
(P. O. Los Angeles), Calif.

ney

registered

or

as

$750,000

1954 to 1960 inclusive.

of

(EST) on Feo.
of $2,000,000

the purchase

vided

in

callable

for

coupon

Savings Association, San Fran¬
cisco, for $50,000 as l%s, at a
price of 100.05.

park

public

Due on April

1V4S.

as

fj;om 1951 to 1953 inclusive.
as
l3/4s. Due on April 1

March 14 for the
000

cinnati

Bond

35 000

Bank

,

Bond Sale—The $140,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 13—v. 171,
p. 596—were awarded to the Cin¬

1968 inclu¬

County (P. O. Stockton), Calif.
Bond Sale—The $50,000 school
bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171, p.
700—were
awarded
to
Heller,

1960

by Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller, of
Indianapolis.

County School Dist. No. 23
(P. O. Prospect Heights), III.

on

GEORGIA

to

Cook

awarded

1951

Due

1951

Jan. 1 from 1952 to 1971 inclusive.
Interest J-J.
Legality approved

holder.

payable at the County .Treasury.

$1,000.

March 1 from

&

McGehee, Ark.
Bond Offering—Ruth M. Willis,

York

from

gality aproved by Ross, McCord,
Ice & Miller, of
Indianapolis.

City, at the option of
Legality approved by
Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago.

the

rington, of San Francisco.

of

Inc.,

Laaford,

&

New

Series notes offered Feb.

tal bonds offered Feb. 10—v. 171,
p. 39tl. — were awarded to Hill,
Little Rock, as 3.14s.

respec¬

interest

sive. Principal and interest <M-S)

Co., of San Francisco, at
price of 100.09, a basis of about
1.67%, as follows:

ARKANSAS

said

Denomination

at

a

& Trust Co.,

Chemical Bank

New

after

the County's Treas¬
urer's office.
Legality approved
by Orrick, Dahlquist, Neff & Herpayable

National Bank, Birmingham, or at
the

date

$1,000. Principal
payable at the City
Treasurer's office, or at the office
of the fiscal agent of the
City, in

from 1951 to 1957 inclusive.

9,000

in

1, as

Denomination

and

date

same

&

$70,000

ciation, of San Francisco, on a
reflecting a net interest cost

will

30

1

bid

Bond Sale—T. H.

March

Rivers

Jan.

tive dates.

Sale—The

bonds offered

San

Clerk,

March

on

interest

on

$100,000
in
1955,
$300,000 in 1956 to 1958, $400,000 in 1959, and $200,000 in
1960, or on any interest pay¬

from 1961 to 1970 inclusive.
Additional

High Sch. Dist.,

County

Diego

2%s. Due

as

accrued

follows:

1

from 1958 to 1960 inclusive.

Union

inclusive.

interest

the

at

San

on

on

1970

and

Grossmont

March

on

awarded to the Bank

Due on March 20

Savings Association, San
Francisco, for 2V4S, 2V2S and 2%s,
at a price of 100.04.

1950.

15,

to

1951

Principal

(M-S)

1951 to 1968 inclusive.

as

road

Due

$1,000.

from

15

clusive.

the

March 20

on

Trust &

terest

drick

The

20,000

Three

2V2S.' Due

from

53,000 refunding bonds. Due on
April 1 from 1951 to 1970 in-

awarded to Barcus,

follows:

as

2V2S. Due

as

and

par

numerical order

a

from 1951 to 1960 inclusive.

Co., of Chicago, at a
100.05, a basis of about

as

$45,000

$20,000

&

of

$142,000 refunding
court
house,
jail
and
road
bonds.
Due
on

& Co., of San Fran¬
price of 100.01, a basis
of about 2.68%, as follows:

Diego), Calif.

596—were

p.

Weeden

cisco, at

$80,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171,

2.64%,

follows:

as

Bond

to

County (P. O.

and

July

1

of

was

The

John

second

Dane,

bid reflecting
net interest cost of about 3.07%.
on a

42

(790)

THE

JE.i>angeline Parish Road Dist. No. 6
(P. O. Ville Platte), La.
Bond

^ale—The $190,000 public

Improvement bonds offered Feb.
14

awarded to

Volz, Carswell
Co., of San Antonio, on a bid

were

&

reflecting

interest

net

a

Braintree, Mass.
Note

Sale—The

notes

enue

awarded

on

reflecting

bid

a

net

a

interest cost of about 2.96%.
Jefferson

Bond Offering

Louisville), Ky.
W. C. Brown,

—

■Chairman, will receive sealed bids
until 3 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 21 for
the purchase of $14,000 improve¬
ment bonds.
Dated Dec. 26, 1949.
JDue

Dec. 26 from 1950 to 1958.

on

Interest J-D. Legality approved by

Grafton

Wyatt,

of

Grafton,

&

JLouisville.

Orleans

New

Sale—The $3,193,000 32nd
■Series notes offered Feb. 14 were
awarded to the Chemical Bank

Trust

culosis

&

Co., of New York, and As¬

awarded

4950.

der

Notes

feouse and
V-

45—v.
to

jail bonds offered Feb.

fcasis

&

Leary

Barrow,

at

a

Co.,

price of

of about 2.32%,

Mass.
$300,000 mu¬
nicipal building, loan act of 1949
Feb.

awarded

as

2i/4s.

second

Jackson
Hawkins

Robert

1

was

Rives, Walter, Woody &
Heimerdinger, Provident Savings
iBank & Trust Co.,
Cincinnati,
Weil, Roth & Irving Co., and Fox,
Heusch & Co., jointly, for $152,•000 as 2V2S, and $48,000 as 21/45,
at a price of par, a basis of about
.2.40%.

Note

&

Sale—The

the

to

Feb.

Bond

Boston,

of

0.72%

at

Dated Feb.

15, 1950.

171,

notes.

Due

approved

Thorndike,

Palmer

&

Bond

on

of

Dodge,

Lynnfield, Mass.
Note Sale—The $250,000 school
building loan, Acts of 1947 notes
16

awarded

were

&

price of 100.46,

a

Offering—L.

Bond

Bernard,

T.

to

Co.,

Secretary of the Police Jury, will
sealed

receive

bids

until

3

p.m.

Note Offering—Harry W. Higgins, Town Treasurer, will receive
bids

in

chants National
until

11

nomination $1,000.

April

1

on

1 from 1951 to 1970 inclu¬
Principal and interest (A-O)

payable at the office of the Treas¬
urer of the Police Jury.
Legality
approved by Chapman &
of Chicago.

Cutler,

MARYLAND

Allegany County

(P. O.

for the

Mer¬

the

Bank, of Boston,

(EST)

a.m.

March 8 for the pur¬
chase of $125,000 public improve¬
ment bonds.
Dated April 1, 1950.
Denomination
$1,000.
Due
on
(CST)

of

care

Feb.

on

16

purchase of $25,000 school

building loan, Acts of 1947
notes.

coupon

Dated March 1, 1950.

from

1951

Due

to

Becker

&

of

Co.,

York, jointly, at a price
a basis of about 1.97%,

$105,000

3V2S.

1951

from

385,000

Due
Due

July

on

1

760,000

2s.

as

Due

July

on

1

Olivet,
Bond

Sale—The $420,000

Feb.

offered
■were

■&

8—v.

awarded

to

171,

p.

Walter,

502—

Woody

Heimerdinger, of Cincinnati,

as

follows:

Note

—

Dated

Sept. 1 from 1950
Principal and
interest
(M-A)
payable at the
Olivet State Bank, Olivet. Legal¬
ity approved by Miller, Canfield,
Paddock & Stone, of Detroit.
$1,000.

Due

171,

—v.

Nov.

National

at 0.84%
7, 1950.

discount.

Due on

-

1

from

31/2S.

as

1951

to

Quincy, Mass.
The $750,000 notes

1951 to 1980 inclusive.

Dist.

75,000 Cresaptown
Due

on

bonds,

Feb. 1 from

offered

Sciota

Twp. Sch. Dist. No.

16

were

awarded

cost of about
1.99%. The second highest bidder
was
Paine, Webber, Jackson &
Curtis, on a bid reflecting a net

Stanwood

Rural

Sch.
Bond

$26,000

Housing Authority,

Boston

Sale—The

Note

Series

$8,914,000

notes offered Feb.

awarded

as

Mass.
97th

14 were

follows:

$2,500,000 purchased by Bessemer
Trust
Co.,
Jersey
City, at
,

0.84% interest.
Bank & Trust Co., New York,
and

Dated

Associates, at 0.85% int.
March

15, 1950.

Due on

Aug. 11, 1950.
Boston

Note

ICiley,

Offering

Chairman,

to

the

Merchants

—

Boston, as lVfcs,
100.33, a basis of

sealed bids until 11 a.m.

15

from

1951

*6;, 1950. Due on March 6, 1951.
JLegality approved
by Sullivan,
Donovan, Heenehan & Hanrahan,
•of New York City.




to

Bank,

price of

Feb.

Note

171,

the

to

p.

notes
701—

Merchants

National Bank, of Boston, at 0.71%
discount.
The
second
highest

tional

was

Bank,

Rockland-Atlas

Boston,

at

Na¬

MICHIGAN

Detroit,

City

Bond

Sale—The

cial

assessment

Feb.

14

awarded

Hutzler,

—

will

Clerk,

bids until 8 p.m.

receive sealed
(EST) on Feb. 20

for the

purchase of $55,000 tax an¬
ticipation notes.
Dated March 1,
1950.
Due on Aug. 1, 1950. Prin¬
cipal and interest payable at the

v.

to

171,

p.

701—were

Salomon

of New York,

Donald-Moore

&

spe¬

Bros.

and

&

Mc¬

Co., of Detroit,

purchase

of

MINNESOTA

Indep. Sch.

Dist.,

Minn.

serial

issued

are

will be in the
$750 each, the sum of
the
said
serial
bonds

of

will

from the date of
bonds

they

become

payable on Jan. 1,
1951, and the sum of $750 will be¬
come
payable on the same day
each year thereafter until all of
such bonds are paid.
The bonds
amortization

will

be

serial

or

full

in

redeemable

interest payment date from
10 years from the date

any

after

of issue.

NEW

1

follows:

as

Due

bonds.

system revenue

March 1 from 1951 to 1970

on

Redeemable in in¬

inclusive.

numerical

verse

March
terest

ter at par

plus
for

on

or

on

any

and accrued interest

of 1%

premium of %

a

for

unmatured

each

fraction

or

order,

in¬
payment date thereaf¬
1, 1953,

Note

thereof,

lin,

nominations
Due

inclusive.

1975

to

March 1

Redeemable in inverse numer¬

ical order,
or

on

March 1, 1965,

on

at

thereafter

date

accrued

par

and

interest.

general

267,000 sewerage,

gation bonds.

Due on
in

order,
on

or

date

obli¬
March

inverse

any

interest pay¬
at par

County (P. O.
Dover), N. H.
Offering — Thomas

1, 1950.
Denomi¬
Principal and in¬
at a place to be
designated by the purchaser.

payable

receive

(EST)
of

sealed

Mississippi (State of)
$2,220,000 high¬

$195,000 notes.

1950.

offered

Feb.

16—v.

171,

p.

syndicate

a

until

Dated

Denomination

$10,000.

Due

Legality

noon

Dec.

on

approved

Thorndike,

Feb.

187 1930r

Storey,
of

by

Palmer

6,

$25,000 and

&

Dodge,

Boston.

NEW JERSEY
1

Bordentown, N. J.
Bond Sale—The

$15,000 funding

bonds offered Jan. 4

awarded

were

Boland, Saffin & Co., of New
York, as IV2S, at a price of 100.07,

a

basis of about 1.46%.

1, 1949.

Due

on

Dated Dec.

June 1 from 1950

to 1954 inclusive.

Frankford

(P. O,

Twp. Sch. Dist.

Branchville), N. J.
Bond

Seventeenth Series

revenue,

bids

Feb. 21 for the purchase

on

Bond Sale—The
way

K.

Davenhall, County Treasurer, will

to

interest.

$1,000.

terest

Dodge, of Boston.

Stafford

1,

March

Dated

and $25,000.
1, 1950. Legality ap¬

nu¬

March

on

thereafter,

accrued

nation

&

mer

1975 inclusive.

1 from 1951 to

Redeemable

and

payment

interest

any

a.m.

proved by Storey, Thorndike, Pal¬

Note
on

Pou-

receive
(EST) on

$50,000

Dec.

on

ex¬

312,000 water works general obli¬

O.

Treasurer, will

sealed bids until 11

year

not

Offering—Alfred

City

Feb. 23 for the purchase of $200,000 notes. Dated Feb. 23, 1950. De¬

ceeding 103.

1951

HAMPSHIRE

Nashau, N. H.

Sale—The $370,000

bonds5 offered
401

9—v.

awarded

were

—

Feb.

composed of John Nuveen & Co.,

Saffin

of

to

school

171, p.
Boland,

the Newton Trust

Shields & Co., A. C.
& Co., B. J. Van Ingen &

Chicago,

Allyn

Co., all of New York, Stranahan,
Harris
&
Co., Inc., of Toledo,
Braun,
Bosworth
&
Co.,
Inc.,
Roosevelt & Cross, of New York,
of

Jackson,
Andrews
&
Wells,, Inc., of New York, Barcus,
Kindred & Co., of Chicago, C. F.

&

Co., of New York,

and

Co., of Newton,
jointly,, as 2.15s, at a price of
100.11, a basis of about 2.14%.
Freehold

Twp. Sch. Dist. (P. O.
Freehold), N. J.
Offering—Clifton T. Bar-

West

Bond

kalow, District Clerk, will receive
sealed bids until 8 p.m. (EST) on
March 7 for the purchase of $100,000

school

coupon

registered

or

building site acquisition and im¬

Childs & Co., of New York, Rob¬
inson-Humphrey Co., of Atlanta,
Stern Bros. & Co., of Kansas City,

bonds. Dated Oct. 1, 1949. Denom¬
ination $1,000. Due on Oct. 1 from

provement bonds offered Feb.

Fahey, Clark & Co., of Cleveland,

and

Sale

171,

P.

J.

The

$2,400,000
15

598—were awarded to

Morgan & Co. Inc.. of New

National

First

York,

National

Boston,

Bank

of
Com¬

Bank,

of

of Seattle, and the Citizens

merce,

and

p.

—

Southern

National

Bank,

of

of

100.24,

Grant

a

basis of about 1.04%.

County (P. O. Elbow Lake),
Minnesota

Bond

Offering

—

Auditor,

County

G.

J.

will

Lynn,

receive

sealed bids until 2 p.m.

-

offered

the

both

Denomination $1,nomination $1,000.
Due on March

$996,000
bonds

$750

and

Kingsbury & Alvis, Lewis & Co.,

City Treasurer's office.

may

of

amount

on

702—were awarded to

Mich.

If

sold

.

Feb. 23 for
$925,000 bonds,

(CST)

p.m.

bonds

March 1, 1950.

Mich.

2

$50,000

City,

entire issue may be
single bond or divided

of 20 years

issue.
and

bonds

Offering—Kate Scott, City

1965,

(CST) on
Feb. 28 for the purchase of $150.000 drainage coupon bonds. Dated

0.74%.

Bond

ment

Offering—C. L. Anderson,

sec¬

Boardu
anc!l

School

Clerk, will receive sealed bids un¬

Agricultural

Atlanta, jointly, as 1.10s, at a price

$350,000

14—v.

awarded

inclusive.

Mass.

Sale—The

offered
were

about

1963

Taunton,

receive
(EST) on

Feb. 23 for the purchase of $8,100,000 4th Series notes. Dated March

at a

1.45%.
Dated Feb. 15, 1950. Due on Feb.

Cornelius T.

will

National

of

bidder

Housing Authority, Mass.

water

awarded

riod

whether

merical

cost of about 2.04%.

—v.

Note

45,414,000 purchased by Chemical

were

1960
1,

March

Brookhaven, Miss.

Dist., Mich.

Sale—The

Duluth

Sale—The

maturing in
callable

1956.

of about 2.08%.

cost

interest

to

Rockland, Mass.
Note

Bonds

thereafter

and

from

Bank, of Boston, at

notes offered Feb. 9

clusive.

1

interest

net

a

Bond

MASSACHUSETTS

to 1965 in¬

March 1 from 1951

ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171,
p.
701—were awarded to Crouse
& Co., of Detroit, on a bid reflect¬

0.73% interest.

1, 1950.

on

(P. O. Laingsburg), Mich.
Bond Sale—The $89,000 build¬

ing

the

bonds

the

of

Trustees

of

un¬

p.m.
(CST) on Feb. 28 for
purchase of $75,000 drainage
bonds. Dated March 1, 1950. Due

gation bonds. Due

—

Feb.

First National

1975 inclusive.

Dated Feb.

Note Sale

County

the

on

Traverse

$200,000 tax
offered Feb. 8

597—were awarded to
Bank, of Bos¬

p.

First

the

The

—

2

til

inclusive.

1966

The

anticipation notes

ton,

$345,000 Lavale
Sanitary
Dist.
bonds, as 3y4S.
Due on Feb.

Sale

Offering

Clerk will receive sealed bids

obligation
coupon
bonds.
Sept. 1, 1949. Denomination

Newburyport, Mass.

bonds

Le¬

County (P. O. Wheaton),

Traverse

bids until 7:30 p.m. (EST) on Feb.
27 for the purchase of $17,000 gen¬
eral

serial

several

into

$346,000 water works and sewage

Mich.

Cumberland), Md.
Bond

inclusive.

1953

to

gality approved by Faegre & Ben¬
son, of Minneapolis.

Village Clerk, will receive sealed

De¬

disct.

and

choice

ond

If amortization bonds are sold

bonds, as the Board
determine upon
at the time of sale, both principal
and interest to be payable in semi¬
annual instalments during a pe¬

1951

from

Offering—Guy C. Adams,

build¬
Principal and interest payable at
ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171,
the Merchants National Bank, of
p. 701 — were awarded to S. R.
Boston.
Livingstone & Co., of Detroit, on a
bid reflecting a net interest cost
Methuen, Mass.
The second high¬
Note Sale—The $400,000 reve¬ of about 1.90%.
nue
notes offered Feb.
15 were est bidder was H. V. Sattley & Co.,
awarded to the National Shawmut on a bid reflecting a net interest
Bank, of Boston, at 0.77%

choice

one

divided

from 1966 to 1980 inclusive.

p.m.

on

the

til

from 1955 to 1965 inclusive.

8

March 8 for the pur¬
chase
of
$15,000
construction
bonds. Dated Jan. 1, 1950. Amor¬
tization bonds will be the first
(MST)

issued,

inclusive.

1954

to

13/4S.

as

Charles A.

put into

$1,000.

1

July

on

—

until

bids

sealed

ceive

tion

1950. Denomina¬
Due on March 15

MISSISSIPPI

as

Offering

Robinson, District Clerk, will re¬

on

inclusive.

1955

to

171, p. 597—
Halsey, Stuart

Hornblower & Weeks,
Van Ingen & Co., both

J.

B.

New

March

on

14—v.

G.

A.

Chicago,
and

basis

a

Lynnfield, Mass.

sealed

Feb.

awarded

were

Day Trust Co., of Boston, as

1V4S, at

Sale—The

offered

to

Feb.

$81,000

of

purchase

improvement orders bonds.

(P. O. Belt), Mont.

No. 29
Bond

District

County School

Cascade

Dated March 15,

Bond

$1,250,000 wa¬
supply system revenue bonds

ter

of about 1.09%.

Parish Road
District No. 1 (P. O.
Port Allen),
La.

a

the

for

Minnesota

dis¬
Due

Boston.

offered

to

awarded

Justad,

Village Clerk, will receive sealed
bids until 8 p.m. (CST) on March

100.01,

Storey,

by

v.

Minn'.

Park,

Offering—Joseph

follows:

1950.

10,

—

Louis

St.

Muskegon, Mich.

of

(EST)

Nov.

on

11

Co., of Chicago,
price of par.

as

Ardle, City Treasurer, will receive
a.m.

Feb.

were

—

4s, at

Lynn, Mass.
—
Daniel J. Mc-

the

597

p.

as

Note Offering

sealed bids until 11

offered

1957, at
interest if re¬

accrued

Bond

MONTANA

redemp¬

or

Faegre & Benson, of Minneapolis.

street

W. McNear &

15, 1950.
Legality ap¬
proved
by
Ropes,
Gray,
Best,
Coolidge & Rugg, of Boston.

000

bonds

enue

Nov.

on

and

•

$525,000 water
supply system refunding and rev¬

rev¬

National

First

101

if

1956

in

made

demption is made in 1958 or 1959,
and at par and accrued interest if
redemption is made in 1960 or
thereafter.
Legality approved by

6

Sale—The

were

10

alley paving,

and

Twp. (P. O. Route 3,
Plymouth), Mich.

of

$400,000

offered

notes

West Baton Rouge

x

and

Leominster, Mass.

Legality

Felix M.

sive.

to

Curtis,

Feb. 21 for the purchase of $800,-

Due on April 1

highest bidder

&

171, p.
Paine,

Co., both of
Boston, jointly, as IV2S, at a price
of 100.18, a basis of about 1.48%.

a

from 1956 to 1965 inclusive.
The

were

—

16—v.

1954.

Livonia

Sale—The

Webber,

and

C.

Fitchburg,

follows:

as

as 3s.
Due on April
from 1951 to 1955 inclusive.

143,000

Feb.

April 3, 1950.

Bond

1953

Aug.

on

1952, and $474,000 as IV4S, due
on Aug.
15 in 1953 and 1954.

of

par,

$57,000
.

are

on

Bank,
court

171, p. 502—were awarded

Shreveport,

discount.

dated

14, 1950.
Denomination $25,000 and $1,000.
Due

in

1V4S, due

as

is

interest

accrued

Series S bonds: $474,000 as Is,
due on Aug. 15 in 1951 and

were

National Shawmut Bank,

count.

$200,000

14

R

and

tion

a

Series

sewer,

948,000 street

Bristol

Boston at 0.75%

awarded

Rayville), La.
Sale—The

Bond

the

to

was

enue

(P. O.

$24,000

County
Trust Co., of Taunton, at 0.74%
discount.
The second highest bid¬

sociates, at 0.85% interest. Dated
March 14, 1950. Due on Sept. 15,

Richland Parish

hospital

100.03,

of

bonds: $24,000 as Is, due on
Aug. 15 in 1951 and 1952, and

.

$81,000 tuber¬
maintenance re¬

701

Authority, La.
Note

Na¬

Sale—The

Note

price

a

$48,000 lateral

15

bonds offered

Housing

were

Merchants

newal notes offered Feb.

County, Edgewood View

Xload Dist. (P. O.

10

at

Monday, February 20, 1950

CHRONICLE

FINANCIAL

&

basis of about 1.15%, as follows:

County (P. O.
Taunton), Mass.

The second highest
John Dane and Asso¬

was

ciates,

the

Feb.

rev¬

Bristol

about 2.83%.

fcidder

offered

to

jointly,

$300,000

tional Bank, of Boston, at 0.71%
discount.
Due on Nov. 10, 1950.

of

cost

COMMERCIAL

1

from

bonds
after

tion
on

1951

to 1965 inclusive. All

maturing in 1960
being subject to

in

inverse

or

there¬

redemp¬

numerical

order

March 1, 1956 and any interest

payment

date

thereafter,

at

102

Wells & Co., of Chi¬
Herman Bensdorf & Co., of

Mullaney,
cago,

Harrington

Memphis,
Jackson,
Paul,

&

Kalman

Newhard,

St. Louis, Peters,

&

Co.,

of

Co.,

of

St.

of
Cincinnati,
SodenCo., of Kansas City, Stifel,
Nicolaus & Co., M. B. Vick & Co.,
both of Chicago, Cady & Co., of
Columbus, and Meeks, Reddoch &
Mayer,

Zahner

100.03,

price

basis of about 2.08%

a

as

at

a

follows:

$160,000
from

161,000
in

1952
as

as

Due
to

2y2s.

1954

507.000

Legality

approved
&

.

and

2V4S.

on

Aug.

1

1953.

bonds
598

Due

1

on

Aug.

Due

on

Aug. 1

from 1956 to 1959 inclusive.

1,392,000

as

2s.

Due

on

Aug.

from 1960 to 1971 inclusive.

were

Saffia!"&
2.35s, at

of New

15—v.

awarded

to

171, p.
Boland,

of New York, as
price of 100.29, a basis

Co.,

a

of about 2.30%.
New
Bond

Brunswick, N. J.
Harry W.

Offering

—

City

will

Clerk,

sealed bids until 10

a.m.

receive

(EST)

on

for the

28

purchase of $300,000 parking improvement bonds,
Dated
March
1,
1950.
Due
on
March
sive.

1

Hawkins,
York

by

Wood,

offered Feb.

—■

Feb.

1955.

Principal

Long Branch, N. J.
Bond Sale—The $207,000 school

Dwyer,
4s.

as

inclusive.

1969

City.

of

Memphis,

of

to

interest (A-O) payable at the
National Bank, Freehold,

Delafield

Cook & Co., of
Writer & Chris-

tensen, of Denver, Seasongood &

Co.,

1950

Central

well,

1

from

1951

to

1970 inclu¬

Legality approved by Cald¬
Marshall, Trimble & Mit¬

chell, of New York City.

*

\

Volume

Number 4883

171

Ocean
Bond

•

Anthony
Treasurer, will

sealed

(EST)

chase of

tered

bids

$264,000

provement

1950

E.

—

until

March 3

on

p.m.

pur¬

front im¬

ocean
coupon

bonds, divided

re¬

2

the

for

gality
Sykes,

Due

March 1 from 1951 to 1965 in¬

clusive.

104,000 Series B bonds. Due

&

on

March 1 from 1953 to 1965 in¬

Saugerties,

Hempstead, Franklin Square Public
Parking Dist. (P. O. Hempstead),

terest

Treasurer's

office.

Legality ap¬
Caldwell,
Marshall,

by

proved

Truffle & Mitchell, of New York

City.

Ridgefield
Bond Sale
9—v.

awaraed

J.

N.

171,

503—were

p.

the

to

Fidelity Union
Trust Co, of Newark, as 1.40s, at
a price of
100.03, a oasis of about
1.39%. The second highest bidder
J.

B.

was

1.45s, at

Van

Ingen

&

Co., for

2s, at

as

price of 100.42,

a

of about 1.94%.

Hanover,

Irving

Fire

NEW YORK

end Glenvvle Central Sch. Dist.
No. I (P. O.

Offerin g—C.

Bond

District

Burmaster,
receive

will
2

Archie

York

Bond Sale—-The $515,000 build¬

ing

1950
171,

bonds

Feb.

ottered

15

702—were awarded to
Trust Co., of Buffalo;
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc., and
R. D. White & Co., New York,
jointly, as 2s, at a price of 100.73,

—v.

p.

Marine

the

basis of about

a

highest bidder

Treasurer,

sealed

bids

until

(EST) on Feb. 23 for the
purchase of $6,000 construction
registered bonds.
Dated Feb. 1,
Denomination

and

$400.

Due

from 1951

to

$600,
Feb.

on

$500
from

1

N. Y.
$alc—The $100,000 sani¬

tary sewer system 1950, Series A
bonds

offered

598—were

Feb.

14—v.

awarded

to

171,

p.

Roosevelt

&

Cross, of New York, as 2y4S, at
price of 100.67, a basis of about
2.19%. The second highest bidder
w:.s Geo. B
Oil ban* & Co.,. Inc.,
a

"Chas.

xuui

jointly,

We: gold

E.

far

2%s,

at

&

price

a

Co.,
of

100.37.

City Treasurer,

sealed bids until 11

March

New

Junction),
Sayer,

District Clerk, will receive sealed
bids until noon (EST) on Feb. 24
the

purchase of $25,000

struction

1951

coupon

con¬

registered

or

bonds. Dated Feb. 1

Due

1950. Denom¬

will receive

March

on

with the purchaser.
Legality approved by Hawkins,
Delafield & Wood, of New York
City.
upon

Livonia, Hemlock Water District

(P. O.
Bond

County (P.
Sylva), N. C.

A.

—

Supervisor,

A.

48,000

receive

(EST) on
Feb. 21 for the purchase of $78,000
water
system
construction
coupon or registered bonds. Dated
March 1, 1950.

Denomination $1,000.
Due on March 1, 1951 to 1989
inclusive.
Principal and interest
(M-S) payable at the Stewart Na¬

The

notes.

Feb. 23

Dated

March 9,
11, 1950. Le¬
gality approved by Caldwell, Mar¬
shall, Trimble & Mitchell, of New
York City.

Sept.

on

gency

and interest

fered

Feb.

(F-A) payable at the

National

Bank

of

Hermon.

Legalitv approved by Vandewater,

Heckler
New York City.
Sykes,
■

h

Galloway,

■

Delevan, N.

Y.

Treasurer,

E. Jones,

will

15

awarded

were

City, at 0.86%lnterest, plus a pre¬
of $32.
Dated March 14,
1950. Due on Sept. 15, 1950.
Bay,

Massapequa
Water
(P. O. Oyster Bay), N. Y.

District

receive

Bond

sealed bids until 2 p.m. (EST) on
Feb. 23 for the purchase of $10,-

Town

Offering—Harry Tappen,
Supervisor,
will
receive

sealed

bids

000

on

fire apparatus 1950 coupon or

registered

bonds.

Dated

Jan.

15,

1950. Denomination $1,000. Due on
1950

from

to

1959

inclu¬

Dec.

15

sive.

Principal and interest (J-D)

payable at the Bank of Delevan.
Legality approved by J. Milford
Newman, of Arcade.
Dewitt

Water

offered
were

District

$6,500 Lyndon

171,

Greenville,
New

ville

of Syracuse,

as

2s.

Durham, Coxsackie,
Cairo, Coey-

receive sealed
bids until 2:30 p.m. (EST) on Feb.
24 for the
purchase of $330,000
construction coupon or registered
bonds. Dated Oct. 1,1949. Denom¬

Due

on

Oct. 1 from

inclusive.

i,

March

Principal

and interest (A-O) payable at




able

at

Trust

the

on

1950.

Denomi¬

North

Shore

Co.,

Oyster Bay.
Legality
by Vandewater, Sykes,
Heckler & Galloway; of New York
City.

the

Dist.

No.

1

(P. O.
Aver ill Park), N. Y.

Bond

ing

Sale—The

1950

171,

bonds

follows:

Feb.

15

702—were awarded to
Trust Co., of Buffalo;
R. D. White & Co., and Charles
King & Co., both of New York,
jointly, as 2.10s, at a nrice of
100.77, a basis of about 2.03%. The
—v.

the

p.

Marine

second

highest

bidder

was

Offering

Due

March

on

as

4s.

Due

1

March

011

as

214s.

Due

on

Salo-

bids

until

Dated Jan. 1, 1950.

pay¬

Sale

The

—

as

The

l%s.

second

Vance

Due

1974 to

on

highest bidder

Securities

to Ryan, Sutherland
&
Co., of Toledo, as l%s, at a price

of

100.34.

bidder

2s, at

The

second

J. A. White &

was

highest
Co., for

price of 100.90.

a

Bond

J.

a

Sale

—

The

$8,800

sewer

171,

A.

p.

White

l%s, at

as

&

offered

Feb.

Co., of Cincin¬
price of 100.59,

a

basis of about 1.64%.

Massillon,

1

was

Greens¬
boro, and J. Lee Peeler & Co.,
jointly, for $20,000 as 6s; $18,000
as
2s, and $57,000 as 2y4s, at a
price of 100.03.

171,

Jamestown

Indep.

North

Sch.

Dakota

Sale—The $230,000 build¬
ing 1950 bonds offered Feb. 14—
v.

171,

E.

J.

p.

598—were

Prescott

awarded

to

&

Co., of Minne¬
at a price of
basis of about 1.88%. The
second highest bidder was Ailison-Williams Co., for 1.90s, at a
apolis,
100.14,

as

OHIO

offered

503—were
Co.

will
1

receive

Bond

Feb.

sealed

bids

until

(EST) on March 9 for the
purchase of $60,000 construction
coupon bonds.
Dated Jan. 1, 1950.
Denomination $1,000. Due on Oct.
1
from
1951
to
1965
inclusive.

Principal and interest (A-O)

pay¬

able at the Commercial

Sav¬

and

ings Banks, Millerburg.
Cincinnati City Sch.

Offering

koetter,
the

Jr.,

Board

of

sealed

—

Dist., Ohio

Wm.

Mieten-

Clerk-Treasurer

Education, will
bids

until

2

of
re¬

p.m.

pur¬

cou¬

or
registered bonds.
Dated
May 1, 1950. Denomination $1,000.
Due on Sept. 1 from 1951 to 1974
inclusive.
Principal and interest

(M-S) payable at the Irving Trust
Co., New York City.

Due

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Sale—The $300,000 sewer,
A bonds offered Feb. 15

(P. O.

P.

Ollon,
Education,

of

sealed

bids

until

Oct.

on

1

from

1951

1973

to

inclusive.

Principal and interest
(A-O) payable at the First Na¬
tional Bank, Clarington.
SufHeld Local Sch. Dist., Ohio
Bond

.

Offering—O. C. Shanafelt,

of

the Board

receive

of

sealed

Education,

bids

until

8

(EST) on Feb. 25 for the
purchase of $180,000 construction
p.m.

bonds.

assessment

Feb.

10—v.

awarded

wa¬

bonds

171,

of¬

402—

p.

the

to

Dated Jan.

nomination

inclusive.

15, 1950.
Due on

$1,000.

15 and Nov.

15 from

1951

De¬

May

to

1970

Interest M-N.

University Heights, Ohio
Bond Offering—Roy J. Madden,
Director of Finance, will receive
sealed

bids

until

(EST)

noon

March 6 for the purchase of

000

sewer

coupon

Dated April

Due

1965

on

$175,bonds.

coupon

1, 1950. Denomination
on Oct. 1 from 1951

inclusive.

Principal and
payable at the
Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland.
Legality aproved by Squire, San¬
ders & Dempsey, of Cleveland.
(A-O)

•

Washington Local Sch. Dist. (P. Ot
Alledonia), Ohio
Bond Offering—Floyd Phillips,
Clerk

1

Municipal
Bond Corp., of
Chicago, as 23As,
at a price of
101.15, a basis of
about 2.62%.
The second highest
bidder was Pohl & Co., for
2%s,
at a price of 100.26.

of the

Board

receive

of

Education,

sealed

bids

until

(EST) on March 3 for the
purchase of $40,000 construction
apd
equipment
coupon
bonds.
p.m.

Dated Jan.

$1,000.
to

Denomination
Oct. 1 from 1951

on

inclusive.

interest
First

1, 1950.

Due

1970

(A-O)

Principal

payable

National

Bank,

and
the

at

Powhatan

Point.

Waverly, Ohio
Bond

Sale

—

The

$20,000 fire

Muskingum Local Sch. Dist. (P. O. house and equipment bonds of¬
R. D. 2, Marietta), Ohio
fered Feb. 11—v. 171, p. 599—were
Bond Offering — D. D.
Stacy, awarded to J. A. White & Co., of
of the

Board

of

Education,

on

March

for

3

the

noon

1950

Cincinnati, as 23/4s, at a price of'
101.14, a basis of about 2.60%.

pur¬

of

$85,000 building bonds.
Dated June 1, 1949.
Denomina¬
tion $1,000.
Due on Oct. 1 from
to

1969

inclusive.
Principal
(A-O) payable at the
Banking & Trust Co.,
Marietta.
Legality approved by
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, of

and interest

Peoples

OKLAHOMA

Osage County Dependent Sch. Dist.
No. 77 (P. O. Route 3,
Ponca City), Okla.
Bond Sale—The $16,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 7—v. 171,
p.

599—were awarded to the First

North

Royalton Local Sch. Dist.
(P. O. Brecksville, R.F.D. No. 3),

Bond Sale—The $225,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171,
p. 599 — were awarded to Fahey,
Clark & Co., of Cleveland, and
Ryan, Sutherland & Co., of Toledo,
jointly, as 2y2s, at a price of

102.33,

basis of about 2.27%. The
second highest bidder was Otis &
a

Co., for 2y4s, at a price of 101.68.
Peebles
Bond

School District,

Sale—The

p.

599—were

Co.
a

second

of
Kansas,
of
bid reflecting a net

tional

highest
Bank

huska,

on

a

Texas

of

bid

reflecting

net

a

County Indep. Sch. Dist.
(P. O. Adams), Okla.

Bond Sale—The $72,000 build¬
ing bonds offered Feb. 7—v. 171,
p. 599—were awarded to the First

National

Bank

Oklahoma

&

Trust

10—

offered
were

Co.,

Okla.

Sale—The
Feb.

14—v.

awarded

to

$27,500 bonds
171, p. 703—

the

R.

J.

wards, Inc., and Calvert &
field,

jointly,

both
as

of

City.

Waurika,

to

Na¬

was

Commerce, Paw-

No. 88

Bond

Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc., of
Toledo, as 2y2s, at a price of
100.88, a basis of about 2.41%.

1.44%. The

bidder

interest cost of about 1.46%.

con¬

awarded

on

interest cost of about

Ohio

$116,000

struction bonds offered Feb.

171,

Securities

Wichita,

Cleveland.

v.

Series

to

of

Ohio

(EST) on March 13 for the
chase of $6,000,000 building

Bond

9

awarded

Sale—The $32,813.66

works

(EST)

p.m.

Bond

land

Morrow, Ohio

chase

Miller,
Clerk of the Board of Education,

J.

—

Board

receive

to

will receive sealed bids until

Berlin Local Sch. Dist., Ohio
Bond
Offering—D. W.

until

p.m.

will

Clerk

price of 100.14.

Education,
bids

(EST) on March 2 for the
purchase of $207,000 building and
equipment coupon bonds.
Dated
Jan. 1, 1950. Denomination $1,000.

1.90s,

a

the

of

interest

$125,000

100.43.

were

Bond

bonds

p.

Ohio

fered

Dist.,

Offering

$1,000.

Columbus, as
iy2s, at a price of 100.54, a basis
of about 1.42%.
The second high¬
est bidder was
Braun, Bosworth
& Co., Inc., for
iy2s, at a price of

ter

NORTH DAKOTA

Bond

~

Ohio

Sale—The

purchase
v.

Corp.,

of

sealed

—

the

1978 inclusive.

C. Cashman,

Board

Principal and interest (A-O) pay¬
able
at
the
Peoples
National
Bank, Plymouth.

will

$17,631.50

street improvement bonds offered
Feb. 10
v. 171, p. 599 — were

1

March

the

Denomination $1,000. Due on Oct.
1
from
1951
to
1956
inclusive.

Clerk

Fremont, Ohio
Bond

Offering—E.

of

(EST) on March 7 for the
purchase of $18,000 construction
coupon bonds.
Dated Jan. 1, 1950.

1

sealed

Village Local

p.m.

Willard United Bank,
North Fairfield.

Bond

March

1

able at the

1

from 1962 to 1973 inclusive.
from

1975

to

Dist., Ohio

receive

will

Education,

1 p.m. (EST) on March 6 for the
purchase of $126,000 construction

bonds.

Bond

Clerk
will

of

from 1951 to 1955 inclusive.

12,000

1951

Interest J-D.

Sch.

Adah Parker,

—

Board

receive

nati,
6s.

1, 1950. De¬
Due on June

from

1

Plymouth

Clerk

598—were awarded

as

pon

$450,000 build¬

offered

Bond

Fairfield), Ohio

Clerk of the

will

Bank

approved

Sch.

District Clerk, will

1978

Due

July 1 from 1951 to 1970 in¬

Sand Lake and Poestenkill Central

(P. O. Greenville), N. Y.
Offering—Clarice Walker,

to

on

clusive.

1

Bond

ination $1,000.

Due

July 1 from 1951 to 1967 in¬

Dated

North

to

ceive

New Scottland

Central Sch. Dist. No.

1950

follows:

109,500 Series B bonds.

Feb

basis of about 2.25%,

as

until

Clarington), Ohio

of par,

$20,000

$1,000.

Dec.

inclusive.

(P. O.

bonds

a

bids

River Local School District

Fairfield Local Sch. Dist.

11—v.

of

-

Westerlo, Rensselaerand

purchase

$43,000 Series A~bonds.

offered

(EST)

a.m.

nation $1,000, except one for $500.
702— Principal and interest (J-J) pay¬

Baltimore,

mans,

10

the

bonds

p.

awarded to the Lincoln Na¬

tional Bank,

for

clusive.

Extension

14—v.

Feb.

until

Ohio

improvement

$152,500 water main 1950 coupon
registered bonds, divided as

York

Sale—The

21

Dist.,

Offerin g—The ClerkTreasurer of the Board of Educa¬

Inc., of Raleigh, and R. S. Hays &
Co., of Durham, jointly, at a price

or

(P. O. East Syracuse),
New

Bond

Feb.

bonds

171, p. 702—were awarded
to Kirchofer & Arnold Associates

to

mium

Oyster

Bond Offering—Alice

Village

of

Co.,
Asheville,
$56,000 as 2V2S, and
23/4s, at a price of

14—v.

Note Sale—The $1,250,000 emer¬

the Bessemer Trust Co., of Jersey

City Sch.

Bond

Principal and interest (A-O)
1

Rapids, N. C.
Bond Sale—The $95,000 recrea¬

housing, Issue VII notes of¬

First

Columbus

awarded

25,000

$11,180,000

of

highest bidder was Sweney
Cartwright & Co., for iy2s, at a
price of 100.21.

from 1956 to 1961 inclusive.

on

price

a

1.46 %. The

second

Trust

facilities

sealed

Dated March

and

503—

p.

Denomination $1,000. Due on Oct.
1
from
1951
to
1968
inclusive.

Roanoke

tion

Sheets,
Education,

of

(EST) on March 7 for the
purchase of $63,000 construction

Ohio Co. of

1

May

on

171,

v.

—

coupon

100.09.

Authority,

noon
(EST)
purchase of

N

&

jointly, for
$194,000 as

Offering—Thomas J. Far-

Due

Due

10

1

May

on

As¬

second

Bank

rell, Chairman, will receive sealed

1950.

Due

2%s.

as

38,000

New York City Housing
New York

Feb.

awarded to the

highest bidder was
John Nuveen & Co., and Wachovia

burn, of New York City.

Series

May

on

from 1967 to 1978 inclusive.

Bank of Livonia. Legality
approved by Reed, Hoyt & Wash¬

the

2V2S.

as

122,000

tional

for

Due

to 1962 inclusive.

from 1963 to 1966 inclusive.

Annis,

will

sealed bids until 3 p.m.

Note

2%s.

1951

Special

700,000 building bonds.

follows:
as

improvement,

$96,773.30

Columbus, as l%s, at
100.22, a basis of about

14—v.

from

receive

1

The

—

P. R.

—

p.m.

Sale

$1,-

O.

Sale—The $250,000 school

$80,000

8

nomination

will receive sealed bids until
March 15 for the purchase of

Series B bonds offered
171,
p.
702—were
awarded
to
Barcus, Kindred &
Co., of Chicago, at a price of
100.03, a basis of about 2.70%, as

Feb.

for

tion

basis of about 1.34%.

Livonia), N. Y.

Offering

Town

of
of

Co., for $16,000 as iy2s,
$9,000 as iy4s, at a price of

Jackson

1

ination $1,000. Due on Feb. 1 from
1951 to 1963 inclusive.
Principal

■

and

cipal and interest (M-S) payable
at the City Treasurer's office, or
at such
other place as may be
agreed

Inc.,
price

Dickson &

1960 inclusive. Prin¬

to

p.

Raleigh, as
110.05, a basis of about 1.23%. The
highest bidder was R. S.

par, a

Co.,

Offering

(P. O.

Ohio

of the Board

bonds.

building,

a.m.

bids until

York

Bond Offering—Lillian T.

for

1950.

1,

171,

Kirchofer

Associates,
iy4s, at a

&

Bond

Columbus, Ohio

fered

second

Bond

Bond Offering—Oscar A. Good-

sell,

to

Otis

was

price of 100.43.

a

Bond

were

school

14—v.

The second high¬

Harrisburg),

43

sessment Series No. 217 bonds of¬

$25,000

Feb.

awarded

Arnold

1962 inclusive. Prin¬

Kingston, N. Y.

DeKath Union Free School District
No. 20 (P. O. DeKalb

&

District Treasurer's office.

was

CrvtonGn-H udson,

Bond

a

street

Sale—The

cipal and interest payable at the

L94%. The second

Smith, Barney
& Co., and J, G. White & Co., Inc.,
jointly, for 2s, at a price of i00.47.

to

CAROLINA

offered

702—were

will

bidder

lM>s, at

Bank, of
price of par.

County (P. O.
Waynesville), N. C.

Bond

Clerk

Pleasant Local Sch. Dist.

&

est

Haywood

bonds

p.m.

from

BuHston Lake),

New

l%s, at

as

awarded to Braun, Bosworth
Co., Inc., and Ball, Burge &
Kraus, of Cleveland, jointly, as
iy2s, at a price of 100.83, a basis

were

National

NORTH

District

(P. O. Irving), N. Y.

000

Ballston, Clifton Park, Charlton

$5,000 equip¬
awarded

(791)

of about 1.39%.

Y.

598—were

p.

Kingston,

basis

a

Feb. 21 for the purchase of

;

The

—

Roundout

^

(EST) on
$165,general
improvement
1950
coupon or registered bonds. Dated

price of 100.15.

a

171,

the

171, p. 702—were awarded to
Roosevelt & Cross, of New York,

1950.

$170,000 im¬

1043 toads offered

provement of

Feb.

Perk,
The

--

Bond Sale

N.

v.

Principal and
in¬
payable at the City

(M-S)

CHRONICLE

ment 1950 bonds offered Feb. 15—
v.

$75,000 parking

field 1950 bonds offered Feb. 14—

Dated March 1, 1950. Denomina¬

$1,000.

York

New

clusive.

tion

FINANCIAL

Le¬

City.

Bond Sale—The

on

&

mon Bros.
& Hutzler; B. J. Van
Vandewater, Ingen & Co., and Ira Haupt & Co.,
Galloway, of for 2.10s, at a price of 100.76.

by

Heckler

New York

follows:

$160,000 Series A bonds.

approved

regis¬

or

as

COMMERCIAL

First National Bank of Cairo.

City, N. J.

Offering

Imbesi, City
ceive

THE

of

2s, at

Oklahoma
a

price of

Ed¬

Can-'

City,
par.

44

(792)

THE

OREGON

Forest Grove,

COMMERCIAL

Ore..

Bond

Coos Bay, Ore.

.

Bond Sale Details—The

$205,000
system general obligation
bonds purchased by Blyth & Co.,
of Portland,
and Associates, at
©8.91, a basis of about 2.48%, as
previously noted in v. 171, p. 599,
water

sold

were

follows:

$100,000 as
Feb. 1 from 1956 to

as

2%s, due on
1965
inclusive, and $105,000 as
2%s, due on Feb. 1 from 1966 to
1975 inclusive.

Lane

County Scool Districts
(P. O. Prineville), Ore.

lows:

school dis¬

trict bonds.

district

school

bonds.

County Sch. Dist. No. 6
(P. O. Route 1, Box 153,
Roseburg), Ore.
Bond Offering — Marybelle
Beckley, District Clerk, will re¬
sealed

ceive

(PST)

bids

until

7:50

p.m.

March 1 for the pur¬
$26,000 school coupon
bonds.
Dated April 1, 1950.
De¬
nomination $1,000.
Due on April
of

1955

from

"I

inclusive.

1967

to

Principal and interest payable at
$he County Treasurer's office, or
«tt the fiscal agency of the State
In New York City at the option of
•the purchaser.
Dundee, Ore.
Bond

19

who

during World War II.

100.12,

$270,000

2V2s.

as

1951

from

230,000

Dated April

Denomination $1,000.

«rm

Due

to

2%s.

as

The

inclusive.

Note

Ore.

the

to

Prineville, Ore.

171,

the

p.

National

Bank,

of

group

urer's

Trust Co., of New

by Winfree, McCulloch, Shuler &
Sayre, of Portland.

2),

Bond vSale—The

171,

v.

BAILWAY COMPANY
Dividend Notice

of the

meeting

Directors

Board

of

Pacific

Canadian

of

703—were

p.

Stuart

Halsey,
ly,

l%s, at

as

awarded

basis of about 1.53%.

Phelps,

to

on

31,1950, to Shareholders of record
24, 1950.

at 3 p.m. on February
The

Directors

point

that
while there has been a slight in¬
crease in net earnings from rail

operations for the
•earnings

year

The second

out

1949 these

Sale—The

dividend. The

dividend paid is attributable sole¬

ly to the Company's income from
sources.

Bethlehem

Note

FREDERICK

BRAMLEY,

Sale—The

Secretary.

$876,000

Series notes offered Feb.

14

Chemical Bank &

•'

■

City

sealed

bids

Union

noon

$125,-

000

Dated

improvement

bonds.

March 1, 1950.. Denomination

Davison

Chemical

Corporation has declared
a
quarterly dividend of
Thirty-seven and one-half
cents
($.37y2) per share
on its
capital stock, pay¬
able March 31,
1950, to
stockholders of record at
the
close
of
business
March 10,

1950.

M. C. Roop,

Baltimore 3,

Secretary

Md.

February 16, 1950

Due

000.

March

on

inclusive.

1960

1,

1951

Interest

$1,to

M-S.

Legality approved by Townsend,
Elliott & Munson, of Philadelphia.

and

offered

9—v.

Feb.

p.

awarded to

E. Hutton & Co.;

basis of about
The second highest bid¬
Harrison & Co., and Dol¬
a

phin & Co.. jointly,
a price of 100.65.

for

DAVISON

CHEMICAL CORPORATION

[



Co.; L. F.

Poole

March 1 from 1951

on

l%s, at

school

14—v.

171, p.

College
Science
Building loan bonds. Due on

as

&

l^s,

to

awarded

at

a

price

of

basis of about 1.46%.

highest bidder

was

Co., for l3/4s, at

a

Singer,

of Pittsburgh,

Scribner,

100.24,

a

The second

R. C. Schmertz

price of 100.75.

(Commonwealth of)

Sale—The issue of $375,series M veterans' bonus
bonds offered on Feb. 16—v. 171,

from

1

1965

to

1951

inclusive.
Dated March

by

York

Legality

Sullivan, Donovan,
Hanrahan, of New

&

Heenehan

at the Gen¬

office.

Treasurer's

approved

Principal

1, 1950.

interest payable

eral

son,

Offering

—

Mary Donel-

Borough Secretary, will re¬

bonds

Dist.

Sale—The

1

2i/4s.

as

69,000

until

bids

Feb. 27 for the pur¬
$100,000 hospital coupon

1955

Due

inclusive.

1958

to

De¬
March

on

such

bank

trust

or

15

Dec.

on

Sale—The $470,000 water
improvement 1950, Series R bonds
offered Feb. 15—v, 171, p. 600—
were awarded to Scott, Horner &
Mason, of Lynchburg, at a price
of 100.03, a basis of about 1.63%r
as

follows:

$95,000

Due

4s.

as

March

on

1

from 1951 to 1955 inclusive.

375,000

IV2S.

as

Due

on

March 1

second highest bidder

Wheat &

Co.,

was

bid

a

interest

net

a

on

re¬

of

cost

1.67%.

Richmond Redevelopment

and

Housing Authority, Va.
Sale—The

Note

Bank

the

to

awarded

17th

$1,327,000

Series notes offered

Feb.

14 were

National

Chase

Trust

&

Co., New York, at
0.90% interest.
Dated March 14,
1950.
Due on lSeptr
19i>0*

pay¬

WASHINGTON

may

as

Charleston.

Bellingham, Wash.
Bond Sale—The

v.

144—were awarded to
Co., F. S. Yantis & Co.,
of Chicago, and Grande &

171,

Otis

SOUTH DAKOTA

Co., of Seattle, jointly, at a price
1.69%,

as

South Dakota

Offering

County
bids

The

—

327,000

(CST) on March 8
purchase of $100,000 hos¬
1 from

Jan.

on

1952 to

Due

on

Jan.

1

IV2S.

as

Due

on

Jan. 1

from 1955 to 1962 inclusive.

138,000

Dated March 1, 1950.

pital bonds.

3s.

as

from 1952 to 1954 inclusive.

until 2:30 p.m.
for the

follows:

$110,000

sealed

receive

will

p.

&

of 100.002, a basis of about

County (P. O. Faulkton),

Bond

$575,000 Library

Building bonds offered Feb. 13—

both

Due

Due

Harrisonburg, Va.

the

Faulk

15,

Dec.

on

1951 to 1969 inclusive.

com¬

be agreed upon by
County Council and the pur¬
chasers to act as paying agent for
the bonds.
Legality approved by
Sinkler,
Gibbs
&
Simons,
of
pany

McClung &

VIRGINIA

noon

Dated March 1, 1950.

at

171, p.

Due

2V2S.

as

from

about

Principal and interest (M-S)
able

school

27—v.

lows:

flecting

O.

on

from

$70,000

offered Jan.

$1,000

Walker,
Council, will

County

sealed

bonds.

Tarkington Com*
17 (P. O.

No.

Knickerbocker, of Houston, as fol¬

Offering—W. W.

Chairman

(EST)

a

Cleveland), Tex.

The

County (P.
Charleston), S. C.

chase of

Co.,
and
Co., jointly,
net interest

from 1956 to 1970 inclusive.

Charleston

receive

&

&

reflecting

County,

Bond

J. C.

Bond

highest

Tucker

Sch.

City.

The

l%s.

as

1963

from

1964

to

Due on Jan.

1

1965 inclusive.

second

highest bidder was
Chicago, and
Stein, jointly for 4s,
lV2s and 13/4s, at a price of 100.36,

inclusive.

Northern

Bradley County (P. O. Cleveland),

Trust Co.,

Bramhall

TENNESSEE

&

a

basis of about 1.71%.

Tennessee
Bond

Court

Offering

receive

bids until Feb. 28 for the

of

Tacoma, Wash.

County

The

—

will

Clerk

purchase

Smith,

blower

offered

14—v.

Feb.

703 — were awarded to
Rauscher, Pierce & Co., of San
171,

p.

& Co7, of New
Lyons & Shafto, of

Tripp

and

Boston, jointly, on

a

bid reflecting
2.77%,

net interest cost of about

as

Feb.

offered

Barney

&

Weeks,

& Co., Horn¬
both of New

York, and the Pacific Northwest
Co., of Seattle, jointly, as 2s, at a

Sch. Dist.,

Sale—The $750,000 school

bonds

bonds

171, p. 600—were awarded

15—v.

Texas

Bond

1950

revenue

to

house

Sale—The $900,000 water

Bond

sealed

$100,000 hospital bonds.

price of 100.13, a basis of about
1.99%. The second highest bidder
was

Halsey, Stuart & Co., Lehman

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham,
Co., First of Michigan
and
Badgley, Frederick,
Rogers & Morford, Inc., jointly,
for 2.20s and 2.10s, at a price of
Bros.,

Parsons &

Corp.,

100.04,

a

basis of about 2.02%.

follows:

WISCONSIN

$480,000

as

from

270,000

Dated

3s. Due

1951
as

from

to

on

Feb. 1 from

1976

inclusive.

214s.

1977

Feb.

to

Due
1980

on

Feb.

Superior, Wis.
1

inclusive.

1,

1950.

Legality
&

Falfurrias,

City

Offering

Secretary,

—

sealed

City Clerk
bids

until

purchase of $600,-

school bonds. Due on Sept. 1

from 1952 to

Texas
M. R. Garcia,

will

receive

March 7 for the
000

Crowe, of Dallas.

Bond

Bond Offering—The

will

aproved by McCall, Parkhurst

Whitaker, Pa.
Bond

Liberty

SOUTH CAROLINA

a

offered Feb.

C.

bid

a

1, 1955.
bidder was

Underwood

James

Op¬

March

Bond

750,000 State

and

after

second
A.

to 1969

inclusive.

York,

$50,000

Sale—The

Bond

R.

loan

Antonio, Ketcham & Nongard, of

Struthers & Co.

Turtle Creek Sch. Dist., Pa.

Bond

000,000

Co. of Buffalo;

Rothschild & Co.; Schmidt,

&

Pennsylvania
THE

of

W. H. Newbold's Son &

bonds

The

at a
March 1,

on

inclusive.

1985

to
or

on

'1,300,000 State College Gymnasi¬
um Armory loan bonds.
Due

the Illinois Co.;

Marine Trust

the

1951

tional

Refining

2V2s,

as

inclusive.

Brownsville Indep.

600—were

1.47%.

Co.,
Bank

from

March 1 from

on

1969

Hallgarten & Co.; Hayden, Stone
& Co.; Hornblower & Weeks; W.

Deane

der was

Inc.; R. S.
Fidelity
Newark; the

Inc.;

on

TEXAS

Mackey, Dunn &
Co., of New York, as iy>s, at a
100.17,

School

Boston;

bonds
599—

Due

to

Chicago,

funding
171,

Trust

price of

were

1951

G.

Burr,

Co.,

National

First

Sale—The $350,000 public

improvement

&

& Co. and Wood,

Munhall, Pa.
Bond

&

Coffin

Co.;

Dickson

A.

Co.;

E. W. Clark &

Becker & Co., Inc.;

will receive
(EST) on

Clerk,
until

&

Stevenson

Bacon,

Lawrence T.

—

March 2 for the purchase of

The

Hig-

Corp.;

Corp.; F. S. Moseley & Co.; R. H.
Moulton & Co.; Reynolds & Co.;
1

Harrisburg, Pa.
Offering

Burns,

bonds.

Inc.; Yarnall & Co.; Braun, Bosworth & Co., Inc.; Moncure Biddl£
&
Co.;
First of Michigan

10th

at 0.85%. Dated March
14, 1950. Due on Sept. 15, 1950.
1

The Board of Directors of

Alex. Brown & Sons; Lee

were

of Henderson,
of par.
Due

1950.

1,750,000 Exeter

Ore.;

Portland,

Due

clusive.

Auditor

ginson

sociates,

Bond

of

Co.;

Trust Co., of New York, and As¬

Montreal, February 13, 1950.

Inc.;

Dick
&
MerleSmith; Peoples First National Bank
& Trust Co., Pittsburgh; Harris,
Housing Authority, Pa. Hall & Co. (Inc.); Stroud & Co.,

awarded to the

By order of the Board.

Corp.;

Eastman,

Bank

bonds.

March 1 from 1951 to 1969 in¬

Bear, Stearns & Co.; Estabrook &

Stroudsburg-Security Trust Co.,
Stroudsburg, as iy2s, at a price

of par.

Co.;

National

$7,000 -town¬

ship bonds offered Feb. 6—v. 171,
p.
504 — were awarded to the
of

Securities

&

price

school
award¬

were

403—were awarded to

loan

nomination $1,000.

Mercantile-Commerce
Bank & Trust Co.; A. C. Allyn'&
Co. Inc.; American Trust Co., San
Francisco; Barr Bros. & Co.; First
Co.,

Pennsylvania
Bond

Co.;

White,
Dillon &
Co.; Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.;
R. W. Pressprich & Co.; Equitable
Securities Corp.; Shields & Co.;
Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Par¬
sons & Co.; Stone & Webster Se¬
curities Corp.; B. J. Van Ingen &

Twp. (P. O. Canandensis),

still insufficient for

are

the payment of any

other

Barrett

March

Fenn

Union

highest bidder was Stroud & Co.,
today a
Aspden, Robinson & Co., Dolphin
per cent
& Co., and R. C. Schmertz & Co.,
(seventy-five cents per share) on
jointly, for l34s, at a price of
the Ordinary Capital Stock in* re¬
100.87.

able in Canadian funds

&
Co.;
Merrill
Fenner & Beane;
&
Co.;
Salomon
&

& Hutzler;

Weld

March 1 for the pur¬
$6,800,000 bonds, divided

ment

of

Thalmann

Freres

Co.,

on

$3,000,000 State Airport Develop¬

the

Co.; Glore, Forgan
Goldman, Sachs & Co.;

Co.;

Bros.

Railway Company held
final dividend of three

spect of, and out of earnings for
the year 1949 was declared pay¬

&

bonds offered Feb. 9

ed to the Beacon Oil and

cost of about 2.69%.

(State of)

follows:

as

Chicago;
National Bank;

Philadelphia

to

Indep. Sch. Dist., Tex.

Bond Sale—The $550,000

on

(EST)

Co.

&

Chicago;

Bank

Lynch, Pierce
con¬

Co., and A. E.
Pittsburgh, joint¬
price of 100.80, a

a

National

Lazard

&

Masten & Co., of

Stuart

of

awarded

were

—

Rhode Island

Massa¬

Peabody
&
Co.;
the Northern Trust

Co.

Ladenburg,

Pa.

$500,000

bonds. Due from

revenue

to 1985 inclusive.

Henderson

101.02:

C. J. Devine &

struction bonds offered Feb. 13—

CANADIAN PACIFIC

a

the

Avenue, Ben Avon,

Pittsburgh

Trust

and

Kingston, R. I.

Paine,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis, and
Hornblower
&
Weeks, both of
Boston, jointly, as l%s, at a price
of 101.10, a basis of about 1.64%.
The
second
highest bidder was
Phenix
National
Bank,
Provi¬
dence, for l%s, at a price of

underwriting

Halsey,

Kidder,

First

Avonworth Union Sch. Dist. (P. O.
200 Dickson

At

were

York, and Asso¬
ciates, at 0.85% interest.

DIVIDEND NOTICES

703

exempt

taxes;

the

Lehman Bros.;

awarded to the Chemical Bank &

approved

bonds

Co.; Harris Trust & Savings Bank;
$3,705,000 36th Continental Illinois National Bank
14

1953

Sale—The $250,000 school
offered Feb. 13—v. 171, p.

March

are

Inc.;

(A-O) payable at the City Treas¬
Legality

North

issue

Inc.; Smith, Barney & Co.; Chemi¬
cal Bank & Trust Co.; Harriman
Ripley & Co. Inc.; Blyth & Co.,

Allegheny County Housing
Authority, Pa.
Sale—The

ISLAND

Bond

in

in

Included

2%s.

Series notes offered Feb.

sealed bids until 10 a.m. (CST) on
Feb. 21 for. the purchase of $850,000 sewer, water works and gas

system

present

Connecticut and

banks in

as

bonds.

coupon

RHODE

chusetts.

$8,345.87

PENNSYLVANIA

Note

from

exempt

income

im¬

First

Prineville,

The

credit.

and

taxation

offered Feb. 7
599—were awarded

Sale—The

provement bonds

clusive.

office.

submitted for

Pennsylvania,
except succession or inheritance
taxes; and legal investment for
savings banks and trust funds in
New York, Pennslyvania and cer¬
tain other states, and for savings

Co., of Jersey City, at 0.85% in¬
terest, plus a premium of $34.

Bond

faith

from

Trust

Bessemer

3

gen¬

financing

the

of
was

are

Federal

$1,475,000, Se¬
offered Feb. 14 were

awarded

March

receive sealed bids until 12:30 p.m.

bonds,

interest

is

Sale—The

ries 15, notes

obligation

chase of

counsel,

March

Due on

eral

until

of $12,000

Bond Offering — Raymond H.
Hawksley, General Treasurer, will

forces

in the opinion of
direct and general
obligations of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, secured by its

March 1

on

1961

Portland Housing Authority,

1,

bid

one

full

Due

April 1 from 1956 to 1960 in¬
Principal
and
interest

magnitude

only

1 from 1962 to 1970 inclusive.

—v.

the

in

the issue.

March 6 for the purchase of $15,1950.

served

the

basis of about 2.66%, as

a

bids

Because of

armed

Portland, Harris Trust & Savings

pauf, City Recorder, will receive
eealed bids until 8 p.m. (PST) on
©00 water bonds.

1952 to 1965 in¬

They are being re-of¬
fered
at
prices
to
yield from
0.85% to 1.55%, according to ma¬
turity.
The financing constitutes
the largest single offering of mu¬

Bank, Chicago, and Foster & Mar¬
shall, of Seattle, at a price of

to

Offering—Betty M. Kap-

dated

are

ing bonds offered Feb. 14—v. 171, nicipal securities ever made in this
country and the proceeds of the
p. 599—were awarded to a syndi¬
sale will be used by the Common¬
cate composed of the First Na¬
tional Bank, Blyth & Co., both of wealth to pay a bonus to veterans

on

chase

bonds

1, 1950 and mature serially

March 1 from

on

follows:

Douglas

The

1.477%.
March

Sale—The $500,000 build¬

Bond

Gittings,
District Clerk, will receive sealed
bids until April 5 for the purchase
«f $500,000 bonds, divided as fol¬

105,000 county

No.

sealed

the purchase

Bank,

clusive.

County Sch. Dist.

for

Bankers Trust Co.,
Co., and the First Bos¬
ton Corp., as iy2s, at a price of
100.19, a net interest cost of about

(P. O. Springfield), Ore.

Bond Offering—Bessie

high

City

by Winfree,
& Sayre, of

Legality approved
McCulloch, Shuler

ceive

Drexel &

A-O.

Interest

nation¬

a

Monday, February 20, 1950

the Chase National Bank, National

Portland.

Crook

$395,000 county

inclusive.

1975

CHRONICLE

wide underwriting group of about
400
members headed jointly by

Offering—G. E. Richards,

City Recorder, will receive sealed
bids until 7:30 p.m,
(PST) on
March
13
for
the purchase of
$400,000 sewer system 1950 bonds
Dated April 1, 1950. Denomination
$1,000.
Due on April 1 from 1951
to

599—was awarded to

p.

"

t

FINANCIAL

&

receive

1968 inclusive. Bonds

in

1962 and thereafter

maturing
tn

rpHpmntion.