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Final* Edition In 2 Sections -Section 2 ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS 7x e an Financial d Chronicle Reg. tf. S. Pat. Office Volume 163 Number New 4460 York, N. Y., Thursday, January 31, 1946 Calls President's Observations Budget Misleading Senator Bridges^ Ranking Repub¬ lican ' on Senate Appropriations By A. WILFRED MAY= v • Committee, Says It h A Master¬ a Price One Dollar This Issue The Year Ahead Not .for many years, if ever, have so much time and effort been spent in attempts to peer into the future to see what a coming year is likely to bring forth. Seldom, if ever, have forecasts been so abundantly and so recklessly placed before the public. Not since: 1919 have we been so beset with labor difficulties. The better part of two decades has elapsed since so many forecasts of such" im¬ ,The new President of the United States, in strong contrast to Mr. Be Balanced. mense economic good fortune have been heard. /Roosevelt, has little political support of a personal nature, and is with¬ Never, Senator Styles Bridges (N. H.), out the magnetic personality or ability to gain it. Hence he now must not even in 1933, has our future been so completely in ranking;/Republican member buy votes in wholesale lots—and where outside the unions does such our own hands—or, at all events, in the hands of the of the Senate policy¬ Appropriations :'a ready-made juicy source of ballot-supply exist? Moreover labor's Committee, reflecting the views makers and political managers in national affairs. The year battle was timed to precede the post-war termination of the govern¬ The opinion has been widespread that in the timing of its giant piece of Deception and Blueprint of /offensive against industry the CIO showed bad strategy; because of 'the corporate tax situation and other reasons, but there are numerous Waste. Holds Deficit of $4 Billions .factors that contradict this and validate the ACTION of the unions. Is Unwarranted and Budget Should ment's of the Minor- , / 1946 will be what . powers."These extraordinary authoritarian powers are ity, jm a state- fiipi serve the collective purposes of both the unions and the ment issued : Administration; and equally important, the public has become used to January 28, /them. And visra-vis Congress.- in addition to the factor of the:imn termed the portant 1946 elections, it was wise to force a showdown before the President's.. potential moves for overall legislative reform of the labor situation Budget and ; should have an opportunity to get under way. < * . • M war p | available to - ^ long-term * past of the major responsibility for the current' situation is a moot question. President: Roosevelt was committed to and for Over the the twin f print waste of o r - tax¬ funds." * r "statistics issued by government agencies. were Then came his fact¬ issue re ct • • t Se"- „•• ■ ■■ y finding proposals, with the boards' handing-down, decisions in lieu of 5" objective reports of the facts. As of 1946, Mr. Truman is most effec¬ ment that "the public debt is ex¬ tively furthering Union purposes along political rather than industrial pected to decline," Bridges said: lines. In the sphere of definitively settling the present strikes, the "Instead of declining the net state- . • /President himself has actually made it most difficult for the union public debt actually will increase leaders to engage in real collective bargaining. How can labor lead$15.1 billion during the next 18 ci's. even if they were so inclined, possibly lead their men to a wagemonths.. The basis for this con¬ ' than the figure broadcast - f by and that, more readiness to tell business ^ ; / The American System' v ; -) /V;. / ! »,We may let it be known in no uncertain terms that we want to return to our traditional American system now that peace is here, our system in which the initiative is left to the individual who is expected to generate his own steam and who must look after himself; in which natural forces given play with only such limitations are (Continued clusion is the Budget itself. The President made every effort to on page as are really 616) And with respect to the general labor outlook, the possibility of have taxpayers believe that the effective legislative amendment of our labor laws is no: doubt effec-: Federal * Government will grow tively nullified by the President's veto power. financially stronger during the - * as proper ;':v •. with the. Pres-: Ident's settlement less advantageous the President? ,/ more Taking ' di¬ ' Mr* Truman's activities. He vigorously affirmed that wages can be 5 raised while prices are frozen, in support of which thesis various exact and precisely what they should do in this or that situation, more and better deficits, more stringent re¬ strictions on natural forces, more tinkering with the money market, and more of all the things that the New Deal man¬ agers always are itching to do—we may clamor success¬ fully for all this arid later rue the day . payers' and bond buyers' ' more and labor unions t i nued con practice of encouraging labor monopolies, while conducting a vigor-' | ous and continuing offensive against industry. He gave his support j to organized labor in exchange for its votes more and more openly,' climaxing in the CIO-PAC domination of the 1944 Democratic Con-! vention and Election. More specific in the wage situation have been . this control of .bluer a make it. * To be We may, if we choose, clamor with ever more insistence "strong, bold action" in the: White House/ for more / "a iec e deception essage master p Whether the Administration—New Deal and post-New Deal—or 7 the labor leaders, should bear .and probably recurrent strike we explicit, this year of our Lord will be for us precisely what the Washington authorities permit it to be-—and what they permit it to be will depend upon what they hear from the rank and file of the people. •' , , next months 18 of his From adminis¬ in the labor situation, now tration.^ It will ih fact become coming to a head, exists in the extent of strikers' eligibility for gov¬ dangerously weaker,"' ernment 'insurance^ benefits. Their qualification' for "such payments Official Debt Figures varies pursuant to the laws and administrative policies of the respec¬ tive states. In New York strikers must now waif seven weeks before Supporting his charges, Bridges getting insurance benefits, but the CIO is this week vigorously pre¬ cited the following official fig¬ senting to the legislatures bill to make strikers immediately eligible ures from the 1947 Budget as sub(Continued on page 617) for unemploymentbenefits, which amount to a maximum of $21 /per Washington One of the most important issues Ahead - > (Continued on page 617) GENERAL CONTENTS The 613 Monthly Range of.Prices Bond' Issue and •. ,* Stock on oh Transactions ' New York Stock Exchange in 1945 621 . New York Stock Course Exchange , of. Prices which was followed by his ascendancy And the widely accepted story was that he was >>- Big Industry's for, Government Securities During 1945............ 640 contact in the municated White Special Features Monthly Range Of Prices ON THE Ahead Year Back in the Coplidge days, a Boston business man, "Frank W. : to the White House. Page * , v Stearns, used to sit around the White House all day long. - It is not of our knowledge that he ever once gave Mr. Coolidge an idea or told him what to do. But he had been instrumental in Mr. Coolidge's election to the Vice Presidency Editorial - anything to say, that House, good they had their /man right there to tell SECTION contains a tabulation showing the high and low prices, by months, for the year 1945 of every bond and stock in which dealings occurred on the New York Stock Exchange.. See. pages 621 to 639. Course of prices of Treasury bonds, by months, throughout 1945, is shown in table on page 640. - , Ahead of \ the News r 613 Observations".............. Mr. Coolidge from day to About 613 641 . and they have we if termine he told Mr. said, ever of Trade General Review was Weekly Carloadings. Paperboard Industry Statistics.. m Weekly Lumber Movement..... Business and Finance ^ on after the turn of the year start page The ers, 4 Carlisle Bargeroit ' v , without the ken of those of us wh< of fact, we there was a man lost, with time on his hands and serving no useful pur¬ pose, it was Mr. Stearns. But he was a symbol, so to speak, of the fact that industry had the leader¬ ship of the country. *, Weekly Crude Oil Production...... 642 * 642 Market.,....... 642 Weekly "Her*" j* o^tnut... W fevered tKe White House in those Weekly Steel Review.'............... 620 Cotton it in¬ lead¬ 643 Moody's Daily Commodity Index..,. 619 Non-Ferrous Metals our .643 Weekly Coal and Coke Output,.;- ' message from dustrial Fertilizer Association Price Index... 619 541 of the First Section of today's issue. . ..... 619 Spinning Figures for December 641 and what was significance of this, it ^eems to this writer, has escaped general appreciation. As to just What Mr. Fairless had in mind, we are not prepared to say. But official Washington, including Mr. Truman, has interpreted it to mean that this group of represen¬ a 641 Weekly Engineering Construction... 641 trying to do anything, ever I passed 643 . group of industrialists could sit down and de¬ what the Government best for the Government to do. 641 , suggested Co o1idge on , Commodity Prices, Domestic Index Opinions of Leaders he sentative As 619 State which wanted. even r in address 618 Trading on New York Exchanges,.. 641 " had that Mr. Truman call in a repre¬ , NYSE Odd-Lot Trading ' they Mr. Mellon, Old Industry Banks and Trust Cos.. Moody's Bond Prices and Yields. Items when was day just what Regular-Features Fromv Washington with Andy. "Nevertheless, Mr. Stearns typified the indus¬ trial leaders' ascendancy over any; labor leadership of those days. This is by way of calling atten¬ tion to Mr. Fairless' recent, radio ' THIS [News of By/CARLISLE BARGERON * days. ♦ As a matter used to consider that if ever Their man, the one they com- tative industrialists would not simply discuss the Steel strike but question of how the Government is doing, what should the: broad be. done for the betterment of the country, just what a broad gov¬ ernmental policy should be. In short, rightly or wrongly, (Continued on page 615) y.- '#X. //i'/ .': ■' ' Wmm'' ■'■ y and Balanced in 1947 Wants Budget Congress for Declaration of Policy Wants Annual Retirement of Debt. Senator Byrd Also Calls Upon to Limit Debt to $275 Billions. ing a ..;/ , . . ' im¬ ancing the budget and beginning ah annual retirement; on the pub¬ the lic debt. of an act .which. would decrease t h e age The President estimates on July 1, 1947, that the debt will rbe 271 limit of"ttie billion dollars after applying cash, The debt should and national debt reserves. from the pres¬ must be held to a maximum of ent amount tention pn; this vital questiop and the same time to enable^Con- $.3 0 0 billions to /$ 2 7 5/bil¬ lions. at text to ending Of deficit financing, today introduced : a bill gress to lead the long era :/://; The In order, to focus at¬ 275 billions. of of the way Senator Byrd's I statement fol¬ which lows; legal over-all debt from 300 bil¬ lions td 275 billions. This figure In his mes¬ "It « » is good to would be the present reduce adequate, in accordance with the President's message, un¬ til July 1, 1947, with a margin of President 21, Truman said:, will January sage have . move, four billions for emergencies." toward a r the balanced budget and a start on 1 ; ; billion The debt limit of 300 , established had than "While ://£/:/; ',/?/? December employment yet available in de¬ tail, all indications point to-a con¬ tinued rise in non-agricultural emdata Spending has rate of day, income <of taxes at: the ■annually rate of $7,000,0*0,OQO?/ said of their industry as a whole operated at an estimated 4.9% of capacity, which a / •week./;/// metalworking .paper, in its review of the steel trade the past was year a Government advisors, the maga¬ .fabrication plants, part of the aluminum industry, and others were vitally affected by the steel savings, war, tional reported to be the lowest since 1893. Basic steel producers, some people at the dropped ■'People are" beginning to spend portion : ; Drastic Reclines occurred /during the \veek: in. the' ohtput of the various steel mills and the steel«~ though the even has large backlog of orders and shipments generally, continue to be shrouded with uncertainty.r < ' " ; > up the :Americ<?ai after ■ gone $3,000,000,000 V-J since ;;: / The level of overall industrial production Was sustained the past week notwithstanding the hampering effects of severe labor strikes in several industries. / Manufacturers for the most part report a not are balanced tmize all expenditures and save every possible dollar towards bal¬ ;fdQyment." mediate pass¬ Harry F. Byrd faster expected. / By mid-No veinber—only ninety days after the end of the war—the transition drop had been reversed and a budget in 1947 and recovered Thursday, January 31, 1946- been decided rise had set in. Byrd (D.-Va.), who has beenadvocating economy in the Federal Government for several years past, issued on Jan. 25 a Senator Harry statement u'rg-*v '*' V:!!.': COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE 614 ;: '7:'' the report, and instead of saving $3 out of every $10 earned, are putting away only $2. //'/' Wholesale prices have been creeping; /upward more rapidly than in any similar period since 1943, Snyder noted. - Liquid as¬ sets in the hands; of / individuals and business total $220,000,000,000, which, if improperly handled,; can "become a charge of dyna¬ mite exploding under our/price zine said, .were toying with two principal methods of attack, the more immediate one being a lib¬ eralized pricing / policy, / The strike. . / brighU spot., iri the week's afforded:industry by the A announcement on that both Ford and effected at / both;/ dollars was - proved longer Walter P. structure Reuther, Vice-President of the V The Reconversion Director also' UAW, ' CIO," asserted that the saw; inflation psychology in tne strike?/against / General / Motors "growing business / expectation would continue-"until a |ust set¬ that effective price control will tlement is reached." end and prices will rise." He The settlements arrived at by added:/ "Such an atmosphere is Ford? and? Chrysler, in the eyes of contagious. The expectation/, of Administration officials, estab¬ inflation immediately, becomes lished a "pattern" which might one; of jits direct contributing have wide application and they dollars, which have existed lor eighteen years. r. cordance scru- estimate. deficits Congress must careluuy as of July 1, 1946 in ac¬ the President's with • •' < what it is, a disastrous boom could if an inflationary buying rush * v were our only Reconversion Director, on Jan. 21; submitted his John W. Snyder, sufficiently to balance de¬ If people thought that price control would end at June 36, compliance1 and enforcement crease mand. year-end report to the President and Congress, in Which he indicated that production of civilian goods is now at an annual rate $20,000,000,- would deteriorate ,000 greater than it was 4 months ago, and strongly advised that price ■fore that" date." controls and rising production be used as means to divert the threat of inflation in the country. Mr. Snyder was unable to predict just production industrial when and?:■.///■/•■.,■,;■■. to be freed in the next half year, along with newly discharged gov-: ernmental and war plant workers. - public demand for consumer goods might be equalized. Urging continuance of the price control act beyond its expiration date, the reconversion head declared, fair." according to the account of the report given from Washington sist. Coal—"Supply - total, of where ™ ^ smothered by need, according with inflation "a steady stream of goods." Mr. Snyder went on to say, ac¬ cording to the Associated Press, that labor strife had delayed the start of some important produc¬ tion lines, but that the high out¬ put of cars, refrigerators/ washing hw* have aih Komi hv not been achieved by time, in any case." In 73 pages the report forecast what 1946 would bring in these vital /fields, said the Associated Press: this Food—Americans may eat more in the record year 1944, than when consumption was 11% above the pre-war average. Housing—"Our most serious start Private building will "the fastest upswing in its history," but demand will be eral times greater than construction supplied. the sev¬ new - Jobs—Business cannot expand quickly enough to absorb in the near future the 4,500,000 veterans . will cotton per¬ goods by 20 to 50%. the 1939 $40,000,000,000 in sales the exceed 1945 laid the physical basis for such a volume, topped only in 1929. Agriculture—To safeguard farm income, Congress should author¬ "direct payments to farmers necessary," instead of the present /method of talked „ supporting necessarily, industries other a varying series of fresh strikes. over. only other alternative for the Administration, if it wishes to play a major part in stopping the strike, says "The Iron Age," would be seizure of the steel in-* dustry. Such an action would be fraught with danger for the Gov¬ ernment sarily and or would not neces¬ the strike would be mean settled that the entire problem would not be reopened again at a later date. I ' ■ The serious aspect of the strike which has caused the steel oper¬ ating rate the past week to reach its lowest recorded point is that both sides from now seem farther away agreement than at any since demands weremade an i time •, "bait" of The A January business aurvey; rer and rejected, leased the past^week by .the .Nar3arring an funsual be'-; Association tional ' of Purchasing development .from steel price Washington, Agents and prepared by a com- the ! magazine believes that the mittee of which George E. Price, u. S. feteel Corp., an important Jr., purchasing agent of the Good¬ part of the solid front presented year Tire & Rubber/ Do^;/of by the industry, would not go any Akron// Ohio, | is / Chairman, ob¬ higher than its 15c. an hour offer. Iselin Becomes V.-P. Of Bank of in - a Virginia served that in the face of an un¬ The steel union having once steel strike and kinds, a creeping paralysis of having accepted President TruN. Iselin, manager of, their New¬ industry caused by labor disputes mah's compromise offer after? port News branch, from Assistant and strikes is limiting production having stood firm on its 19.5c. an Vice-President to Vice-President. to such an extent that any cur- hour demand is in no position at Mr. Islin, a native of Newport rently accurate statement on gen-1 this time to give ground. It will News, joined the Bank of Virginia eral * business conditions in this attempt to win its fight by keep¬ (then the Morris Plan Bank of country: is extremely difficult. ing the / mills / shut / down ; and Virginia) soon after graduating According to its findings, busi¬ adopting the same principle as the from the College of William and industry—an appeal to public ness activity in some sections and Mary in Williamsburg in 1925. In industries: is at a high level and opinion/by? radio and press. ■> >, [ 1935, he was transferred to .the It is brobabie, "The Iron Age" would continue to expand if men main office in Richmond as and materials were obtainable, continues, that in the near future Assistant Cashier. In 1943,' he! the U. S, Steel Corp/ or another / went to Roanoke as Asistant Vice- As several major industries now President and Cashier of that of-j are completely tied up by strikes, steel producer may cancel its fice, and returned in July, 1944, to the distribution of their products ■union / contract: / ? Sucli; an/ action 1/ Newport News as branch manager. has stopped and manufacturers in would be followed by other steel Steel firms have Louis Reekes and Paul H. all sections will necessarily have companies. taken the position that the cur¬ Brame, formerly Assistant Cash¬ production operations ■ curtailed / The Bank of Virginia has /an-5 nounced the promotion of Edward limited demand for of materials postponed / the all , . prices. iers, have been made Assistant More food will be available this Vice-Presidents. Mr. Reekes joined year than last but shortages will the bank's Richmond ' office in j. persist through the early months 1941 after 15 years in the invest¬ / ^t least on butter, sugar, pork, panned fish and the better grades of beef and veal. ' From/the Associated Press economy, Snyder I said» observing: "The nation which cadent called a soft and de¬ democracy has proved it- self young and vigorous/ not only in battle, but also in the strains and shocks of economic readjust¬ ment. services an On was been In Reconversion has given a new test and proof of the toughness our enemies ment and sales finance fields. He V-J were Day goods and being produced at anhual rate of elected January, we also quote: ' $200,000,000,000, nearly half of it for shortage." : double machines^ancfother durablTsoods of.*,he American •VnniH 'could , Automobiles—The industry ex¬ pected, before the strike, to make 4,000,000 cars this year, and has -///■/■■'/' the basic - record. ize was for and! thus/ far former tion Demand / Trade—May The report stated that unem¬ ployment and/ inflationary pres¬ sure might hit their peak simul¬ taneously early this spring, the Associated Press continued, but added that the estimate of jobless¬ ness was more favorable than estimates/ being approx¬ imately 3,000,000, compared with the 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 original¬ ly anticipated. Increased produc¬ - are will fop supply throughout the economic system may continue far ; beyond June '' v Clothing—Shortages by the Asociated Press: "It would foe foolhardy not. to recognize that the excess of demand over supply 30." prospects time some for of conditions and, if such a pattern for the set¬ tling of such wages disputes were forced upon them, it may result because "Price controls remain would hot suitable be to start, bulwark until production can in¬ Sneer's Report Outlines Economic Safeguards and alone occur limiting factor./? Reports $6 a ton in an attempt to assure acceptance of Mr. Truman's 18,5c, hourly wage increase has been 5' continuous a have been current that 1 1 said to have later been ap¬ by the President is any crease Corporation, > that /.Chester Bowles firmly stood, nor the $4 in¬ once by Con¬ a-time when demand for goods is strong gress in anticipation of a longer war than( occurred and 1 now and the business outlook is good:" should be reduced. ^: ^ / Unless the budget is balanced I know of nothing more vitally ^during the period of this existing important at this time than for prosperity it may never be bal¬ to make an emphatic anced until America goes over the Congress declaration of policy, fixing the causqs: precipice of financial catastrophe. felt that it would hasten an acmaximum debt limit at 275 billion The budget presented by the "The belief that/prices will rise cord in the General Motors wage dollars. Such a declaration will gives business men a powerful in¬ President, if strictly adhered to, dispute byf inaking further ■ re; have a strong influence towards centive to buy, hoard inventories, presents art approach to a balanc¬ sistance by that. company; diff 14, fiscal sanity. • > and refuse to sell; it gives con¬ ed budget for the fiscal year be¬ cult. Spokesmen for industry, 1 have introduced ' this bill at sumers a similar incentive to buy ginning July 1,1947. It is imper¬ however; were inclined toward ative that the budget be balanced this time in order to reduce the more than their;: current needs: the belief that such a pattern had in that year, putting an end to statutory debt limit to 275 billion With the volume of liquid savings? been set for-the. auta/ industry retirement of the debt at meaning . Administrator Congress of Industrial Organiza¬ tions, With respect to the General Motors ends," neither the $2.50 per ton increase on steel products on which Price Automobile Workers, United the Sunday last, Chrysler had ' agreements / with wage , adds that it has been told that the "price situation is open paper news was war. Asistant 1944. with the Mr. bank 1943, he became Cashier Brame since in has 1929j of the operations of this department in manager the Richmond area. He was; elected Assistant Cashier in Janu¬ ary, 1944. formerly Mr. Herndon Assistant Dixon/ Auditor,/ has been made Assistant Cashier, and John B. Orgain, Jr., Harry S. Shultz and Richard F. Bates are newly elected Assistant Cashiers. Joseph A./ Howell, Executive Vice-President of the VirginiaCarolina Chemcial Co., and Presi¬ dent of the Tobacco By-Products Co., has been elected a member "Now, although the war share output has fallen by about of the Bank of Virginia Board of $40,000,000,000, total national Directors. • ' ■/- :■:■,;.■■/ production has fallen much less, The • change in the name^ of the and stands at about $180,000,000,- Morris Plan Bank ■ of Virginia of 000." /■■■/>;.//■•.;/ Similar resilience r "./// was /' -■ shown in Richmond, to the Bank of Virginia was noted in our employment: ;■■// /-.' [page 55. Thomas "Employment has. dropped .less President. issue of Jan. 3, C. Boushall is by the resulting shortages. - The fear of , / , rent strike is a ' violation of the production stagna- mo-strike?;-pledge ;/ contained /an inability-to obtain present rontocts which run out5 materials is reported from all sec15- The union denies this tions;the survey said. As sources/charge. " + *..■%,,■.%* ■/■ ,y,'„ of supply reduce or stop producThe cancellation of steel contion, procurement . of . materials tracts, the magazine concludes, tion. caused by frequently r compels purchasing would not only, increase the bit-J to switch tools and pat-; terness in the present controversy,: to other /. producers/ and, but would present many more / agents ferns where possible/to beat the estab-/points of differences. . If a settlelishment pf oirket linps bv the ment were to be made, on the basis rempval of their equipment and of the present steel contracts, the the? materials that have been com¬ industry fears that a new. strike issue would- be raised upon/fts pleted lor their orders. ?. Reports from all sections indi¬ expiration in October. The wip¬ ing out of these contracts would cate post-war olans for production mean a battle on the part of the are .temporarily stymied and, if the current situation is not remedied promptly, many expan¬ sion programs mav vised or postponed. industry to change present, provi¬ sions ;,. / such as which steel labor negotiations in the can be resumed, the current nation-wide steel strike, largest in the coun- try's history, will be long and bitter, stated. "The based Labor Board directives. The controversy were on / • ^ American Iron Industry—Unless the Ad¬ Institute announced ministration finds some new basis Steel upon of maintenance membership which have to be re¬ War this week the on and Steel Monadv of oppning rate of steel companies having 94% of the papa/'ity of the industry will be 5.7% of capacity for the week *tecJ J beginning Jan. 28, compared with Iron. Age," ■ na- ; ' '■ '(Continued; on page 617) :- f'v-'fc, THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4460 .Volume 163 proached the Swiss, asking them to limit their watch exports dur¬ ing the reconversion period, in response to strong pressure ex¬ erted by the Americaq jewel learning by Costly Experience? "The flush of false /not prosperity can be detected only in Wall Street, but in every grocery store in the nation. . , It would be suicidal for . our V - watch Gov¬ self drop price controls on June 30, when the present law expires.... Action [must] be taken promptly because uncertainty as to future policy; already is slowing down production because of the ; : "Let it be trol as a clearly understood, however, that the regards price con-: necessary evil. In normal times we would now What had State made it Another bor and other by costly experience that the law of supply and demand does not and cannot bring conditions of equilibrium into being unless and until' it is permitted to operate freely? Must we learn in the same expensive way that * there is no effectual substitute for that law of of makers he ex¬ plained, but none are applicable in the present case. Asserting that arguments of do¬ mestic watch manufacturers that Imports in recent months had been unusually heavy and totaled 34,•475,000 during the 15. years prior to Pearl Harbor, Mr. Bevans said the number of watches imported in the past was "irrelevant." De¬ mand has been so ' great, he said, enough .available to supply the needs of the armed forces and civilians. '.Action of the WPB in 1943, freez¬ ing all imported watches, Mr. "Bevans asserted, is evidence of the shortage. : < ■"' v. //''/ / that - there never was • ■ • during October, last were heavy, Mr. Bevans con¬ Imports -year, represented merely the iresult of a backlog of orders and Tias since dropped off./ At present there is "no inventory" of watches ceded, but and his brother-in-law Mr. Gernerazza said thlat in the had im¬ we ported 28,000 Swiss watches and compared"with total movements imports of 34,475,000 during the 15 .years prior to Pearl Harbor. how /.the, .Swiss // Asked . could 6,500, Represeri tative Knutson his bill introducing in that Swiss watch factories, "con¬ by trolled German-Swiss cartel," were making timing in¬ struments for Nazi weapons with which to the kill soldiers while our the the with against others import quota system is Swiss negotiations not only cause hereabout embarrassment some of because view agreement and the ut¬ good faith" United most In breach of vices Jan. 18 ad¬ Washington the to the bill was a New/York million Department is said to have proposed <as an/ interim quota in a memorandum to the Swiss Government early in De¬ cember. The State Department was said to have proposed a limit of 3,000,000 a year during the pe¬ riod of reconversion of the Amer¬ jewel Washington watch ;• "Times" went "/• State industry. The to /. the to say: " I//to •/• to on the question appeared in 175. page Jan. our / ■. imports 10 issue, to ' ' Excise Tax Rate Revision Proposed A bill to repeal July 1 the war¬ time increases in excise tax rates has been introduced by Represen¬ our with reciprocal trade Switzerland was be¬ that agreement forbids the United States to invoke quotas cause raised as much as hell, did Roosevelt. citizen. , But what is to the point, is that leadership of the country may have had his they never had,- his heart. Coolidge was the last does, it is understandable why he kissed it off at the press confer¬ ence as he«lid. Editorial opinion . him to make has forced sions and this as conces¬ is, written the representative group of indus¬ trialists are to come to; Washing¬ ton. But already the propaganda Leftist side is that they from the have to not are discussions any Truman, although they from Mr. ... .... tiveness. " He is getting irked by being referred to as timid, weak and stupid, not references of this writer but which are appearing with increasing frequency. He is quite sensitive to suggestions that anyone is controlling or making up his mind for him, either the Laborites Under the or the Industrialists. circumstances, he is a baby to either liable to act like group. ■;/:/'./ vto/to Byrnes' Measures to Protect United States Atomic , , ... ,, Knowledge Apparently in r an effort to allay American the within concern delegation to the United Nations Assembly about disclosure of atomic energy secrets held by the without States the ap¬ of Congress, Secretary of State Byrnes before departing for the first meeting of the As¬ proval in London appointed a five-member committee sembly special "to study the subject of controls and safeguards necessary to pro¬ tect this Government" during/the UNO Atomic Energy Control Dean Acheson, Under-Secretary of State, heads the special committee of which the other/members are John J. Commission study. meet him, they are to talk may jvicci0y, former Assistant Secre/We ^ary of War; Dr. Vannevar Bush, all .to the Dr/ JamM B. f!nnflnt and Maj. nr/ James R. Mat. Conant and Would say that that IS * good./ / Mr. Snyder, -when the story is finally written, will have turned out to be a real good man. concerned not is with the other prejudices. business men, has the labor vote or any He information of the in¬ dustrialists, however, they should keep in mind Mr. Truman's sensi¬ United Mr. Truman understand¬ '/Now, is a business man's viewpoint and his main concern is getting the coun¬ try to work. Gen. Leslie R. Groves. V Appointment of the committee followed by a formal state¬ Byrnes emphasiz¬ ing the fact that the UNO com¬ • was ment from Mr. mission would not have "the au¬ thority to decide what informa¬ tion the United/. States or any He will be a very Government should place/ at its good man for the industrialists to talk to. fHctirig emotions by his annual message to Congress. If they are disposal." „ v ' , example, no the United Press (R.-Minn.), reported from Washington, Jan. 19. This would mean tax cutting on in half the furs, jewelry, toilet excise prep¬ inflationary are At the same work. championing an ap¬ six months an- any /• the other United States or should Government the United States is of concurrence pretty generally to workers the country. These around all workers, determined to spend money—and: the cashing in war bonds is increasing—are doing it on worthless items, not to mention the money they- are Against this, production is held up, not only by the strikes, but by the OPA. There is seldom a night that some Leftist radio commen¬ tator doesn't spring the sensa¬ tional disclosure that such and such a manufacturer is holding the recommended ent the of States. the United States recommendation adopted. If perman¬ concurs could it in the not be to •';///// /" /.'/•:/.. /////: /■/, the United and the the ' five including the Therefore, unless members, United States •. concurred Security Council adopted it woi^d recommendation, still be for the Government of the United States by treaty or by the selling of his product- Congressional action to determine shirts, / clothes,;/ etc.—until OPA to what extent that recommenda¬ ceiling prices are lifted.^ They tion should be acted upon. If action soring this as startling instances is required by treaty it would of greed on the part of the manu¬ take a two-thirds vote of the Sen¬ Under facturers. It is not a startling ate to ratify the treaty. up . one not market Congress being done. of these manufacturers will tell you from present formal termination of hostilities. authority to decide what in¬ formation their come and they have proximately * last for the represented, exchange of any stated information, this rec¬ ommendation would go to the Se¬ curity Council. Action by the Security Cbuncil requires / the pay. Also, he is increase in wages listed such legislation, would from \ : reduced appreciably place at its disposal.The statement continued: and file, those who are/ hollering about take-home ///If the commission, upon which some wartime rates Press given the for the rank of Without Associated by been have passage levels. men¬ "among because forces at time, taxes time to reduce taxes there to the text of his statement members just one Washington, Jan. 7, "such action could not give to the commission Mr. Truman says this is not, the " conservative . of Congress are. For - tioned in the agreement/ Watches and watch movements are - So they man ing Mr. Fairless' move the way he Any Department ear, kad.///vVr/:/- 1942 The: State own inept poli¬ tician which in the light of what has: come to be a great politician, is * certainly to his credit as a the -industrial '• the term was an to ; one he did have, he was never his master. And he For to speak, so In the reduced ■ a mat¬ only this writer's opin¬ revelation that this is articles. a ion but of othersi,. that had he got a second term,' he would have arations, etc., with almost all rates against any. of the articles never It is frittering away in strikes. tative Harold Knutson require President Truman abrogate bearing limiting Swiss watch on Department officials/ de-: agreement ' advices clared passage of the Knutson bill would are the Swiss to ternal German assets. An item fewer and her Allies pressure on obtain cooperation in locating ex¬ of than the State ican States putting "Times," reporting the introduc¬ tion of the bill of Representative the quota/ proposed Knutson, in as a - to Adminis¬ • what; some officials conflict with our widely could voluntarily advertised foreign trade program, agree to permit establishment of but also because while the State quotas," Mr;/Bevans said. "But Department is trying to get this for Congress to pass the Knutson Bill would be contrary to the/re¬ -concession from Switzerland, the According ter of not course, using up the dear workers' savings. oh, time same The current watch established. ciprocal turned to power, he Republican at heart. what is happening: that inferior products with no background are marketing their stuff at any prices they desire. That is, of v "While our delegation to the supplying the Assuming Mr. Truman's idea of American market, which could their intentions to be correct, we Assembly may vote to authorize not' be supplied domestically be¬ can/ nevertheless /appreciate / the a study by a commission of the international problems raised by cause our smaller watch industry justifiability of their visit.; They the discovery of atomic energy," wsts supplying our own and allied certainly are torn between conMr. Byrnes continued, according forces. at traders- "The .Swiss Hoover say, actionism, although he is the tar¬ get of the Demagogic Liberals, although he is cited as the one and outstanding reason why the Republicans should not be re¬ He charged the about to withmen -Lhe Mr.,Snyder. supply so many watches, he re¬ plied that they had about 65,000 skilled watch, workers to our . Schedule Two." Watch¬ advocating." last four war years in this country as shown by jew¬ watch move¬ ments as proposed in the Knutson elry trade surveys, and the de¬ mand this year is expected to be Bill would constitute a violation in the vicinity of 10,000,000. of the Reciprocal Trade Agree¬ "As/matters stand there is still ment now in effect with that an indicated shortage of more than country and "the utmost in breach Of good faith." In indicating the 2,000,000 watches,"^ Mr; Bevans declared. "It is expected domes¬ ■views of Mr. Bevans, the New tic manufacturers will produce "York "Times" of Jan. 26 con¬ only about 2,000,000 and if the tinued: bill is passed the shortage will be : Mr. Bevans, who dias' just re¬ in excess of 4,000,000." turned from Washington where he Assemblers, adjusters, repairers was engaged in a series of / con¬ and manufacturers of cases and ferences on the subject with accessories for the assembled Covernment officials/asserted that Swiss watch movement imports, •enactment of the legislation which involve the employment of ap¬ •seeks- to place an annual limit • of proximately 8,000 persons here, he 2,000,000 on the importation of said. Passage of the legislation such units, would result in black would curtail employment as well market conditions and widespread, as causing a serious shortage, violation pf the law comparable probable smuggling and "dis¬ to that which existed during pro¬ crimination" f a v or in g certain Exceptions are provided, American of are or ;and described in of Union, ernment Republican counsel of the American Watch Assemblers Association, that the establishment of a •quota on the :> importation* / of ♦> / Gernerazza, National Secretary of Commerce -Wallace, and that Mr. Bruggmann 'declared it would be '.'contradictory of the United States- to cut watch imports and thus fly in the. face of the free trade principles which this Gov¬ contended on Jan. 25 by James W. Bevans, . many fighting are Henry of 2,000,000 on the importation of Swiss watches watch movements is provided for in a bill introduced on Jan. 18 an America said here today that he had talked yesterday with the Swiss Minister, Charles Bruggmann, who is a brother-int An annual limit certain the , President- law when of on fronts/the unionized watch V Walter W. Imports—Watch Assemblers Assn. Sees Violation of Trade Pact Agree¬ ment between the United States .and Switzerland, dated Jan. 9, 1936 he pointed out, clearly states that "no prohibitions, import- or •customs quotas, import licenses or any other form of quantitative /regulation shall be imposed . . . by the United States on the im¬ portation and sale of any article, the growth, produce or manufac¬ ture of Switzerland enumerated which angle industry battle Watches.. Bill Would Limit Swiss Watch Article Six of the Trade the and alongside domestic manufacturers to stop the heavy inflow of Swiss : hibition. curious likely the incarnation of Republican re- situation is that while la¬ watch is The irony of politics is, although Mr. Hoover is cursed as to. Must we learn Swiss watches trade associates tration. is trying to get the rest of the world to subscribe workers It was of. some One how was unrestricted his into the counsels of move idge. this Government ecutive Council. • of ' and Government which they have not been in since the days of Cool- quoted to the nondiscriminatory competitive forces to bring the selling price down to its natural level."—AFL Ex¬ by Representative Harold Knutson of Minnesota, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. try to American embarrassing to Department ■ principles and allow natural <>r than Truman interpret Mr. Fairless' suggestion as an effort on the part of indus¬ stepped sooner that the importers tiously and selectively. The moment production of any particular article comes within safe range of meeting the demand for it, the Office of Price Administration should remove its artificial ceilings; ; no Administration officials some ; controls should be exercised cau¬ human behavior? Mr. manu¬ . vigorously oppose any such Government interfer|J ence with a free economy. ► V "Even to the importers of Swiss watches, who have done a^record business dur¬ ing the war, made strong repre¬ sentations to the department to permit continuance »of /the im¬ ports. t J '* • American Federation of Labor • war Ahead of the News (Continued from first page) and allied armed forces. it But V '' r Washington //\. timing instruments for into the situation reluctance of business to make advance commit¬ ments in the dark. during the own our From industry, which devoted it¬ facture of ernment to 615 he does not and can his .products under Members ©f have told time after time ceilings.. all these circumstances I think the interests of the United States are . fully protected. Before the first session egation we will have will have a our del¬ meeting and opportunity to discuss all subjects on the agenda. an THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 616 ployers to reach' businesslike adj ustments; with • the unions (in, stronger bargaining posi¬ tions than they ought to be) The Year Ahead (Continued from first page) necessary to assure fair play between man and man; in which neither labor unions - suggest that both governmen¬ long so over they lack control the prices they may now as Watts Thursday, January 31,1946 on Committee of N. Y. Financial Advertisers Community Trust Distribution in 1945 George J. Watts, Jr., Assistant Cashier of the Corn Exchange Na¬ tional Bank' and Trust Company of Philadelphia, has been ap¬ pointed to the Extension and The.. Trust New. York Community $567,349 for distributed policy and the drift of philanthropic purposes in 1945, or in the future ask for their compared with $558,746 in 1944. popular feeling is in such di¬ Outpayments were made from 50 rections as these that prudent products,? There is no observ¬ nor business organizations are Planning Committee of the Finan¬ memorial funds to 226 able reason to suppose that agencies men hold back from subscrib¬ cial Advertisers Association. Mr. in 28 states. permitted to monopolize any During the period the ; the situation will change in Watts is in charge of the advertis¬ trust area in our economy; in which ing fully to the glowing pre¬ dispensed a larger amount dictions for this year now ;this respect in .the early ing ahd public relations depart¬ from more funds to a greater no element in the population ment of Corn Exchange. number of recipients over a wid¬ future. is subsidized and none penal¬ heard in many quarters de¬ er area than in any prior year. The ized; in which government spite all the strikes. A Wholesome Response The average payment was ; Military Currency Used $2,510 in 1945, $2,972 in 1944. The ad¬ steps back into its traditional thoughtful man would find it We are, of course, fully By Army and Navy Forces vices from the role—we may insist upon all a little difficult, or so it seems Community Trust aware of the common belief futher said: In Japan and Korea ./•>,:'77 7 "7 this, make a real beginning to us, to restrain his optimism that the pent-up demand and The largest allocations went to The Treasury, War and Navy in giving it effect, and usher for the future if only he could tal , . . feel certain that business will long period of economic progress. •••. v/:/: in * - a The choice is with <ymage us. be left The affairs and solve its own own prob¬ the accumulated unspent war override all this in the of few months. a continuous^ in¬ course We are not ' arguing that point. We are not particularly disposed to matters as the budget ; and disagree with much that is being said in this connection. management of the now stu* What troubles us is this: Is pendous nat i on a 1 debt— the response to this demand where governmental opera-* likely to be wholesome and tions inevitably and Unavoidr lasting under conditions ably bear directly upon busi¬ crystal-hall, not by employof mystic or foolish foryrnulae of which many appear to have grown fond, but by ,a, search of our own mindsi our own: prejudices and our emotions. which the political situation ness, common sense, reasonseems to promise? able prudence and thrift could cific, we shall have to come to be counted on. Such factors More Export-Import Bank some understandings rather as these could well make all the difference between unin¬ Credit to Ecuador promptly if the full measure An increase of $780,000 in a line of our opportunity is to be terrupted progress during the of credit originally granted to realized this year. One of the remainder of this year and Ecuador in. 1942 has been" ap¬ most fundamental.is this: We halting, irregular return to proved by the Board of Directors shall not get full production, peacetime pursuit?; all the of the k Export-Import 7 Bank, To * | pass from the general the somewhat mor£ spe- to and at the same time prevent difference between solid price changes which are es¬ growth of long-term prosper¬ sential to make this possible. ity and the development of a Insisting upon "a law" and at feverish, unnatural and un¬ the same time permitting, not wholesome activity in 1946. to encouraging, .defiance l or evasion of it, will-not, moreover, serve the purpose in this price situation. That is to say, actual price adjust¬ is, of course, not enough that the President has shown signs of being willing will to make concessions here and say ments via black markets Enough "Concessions" Not It to say lay the basis for the eco¬ there, nomic progress we must have. where not out a perhaps generally, or claimants can "make case" for higher prices. Price Adjustments Inevitable The economic system simply .the deliberate action cannot operate effectively on long before the war started, any such basis.; In the first and by continuation of the place, neither the President same type of action in a de¬ nor any of his advisers—or gree far more than was neces¬ all of them together—are in sary during the war, the na¬ any position to judge half so tional government has enor¬ well as the market place as mously inflated our "money to whether higher prices in supply" as it is now termed, any particular case are or are the The original credit line of $1,200,000 Wayne G. Taylor, President of Bank, announced on Jan. 22. was and the situation in now our not warranted. ex¬ fi¬ nancial mechanism. We shall do well to evitability ments. If recognize the in¬ of price adjust¬ we fail to do In the second place, the business man can¬ not possibly take the time and incur the expense of trying a case each time he must set a each one of the if we insist that somehow, by many things he produces or fiat control of the economy, sells. Moreover, one ( price we can refuse to pay the piper may be "right" today, and an¬ and thrive, : if we -foolishly other tomorrow—and still an¬ proceed upon the supposition other the next day. And all of that wage increases and other them each day will depend price or upon so, other prices,/ perhaps other prices, fixed inde¬ on , additions to duction can the cost of pro¬ be made again many and again and again without pendently of him. V corresponding "adjustment of rf In fine, the outlook for the prices, if upon such assump¬ remainder of this year de¬ tions we permit, not to say? pends in larger measure than encourage, the national gov¬ many of us realize upon a ernment to inject itself more firm refusal to add further and as more into the rigidities to those already imposed : by government upon business,/ and the progress made in eliminating - those now plaguing :v the business man. Who can doubt that one economy regulator andmanager, , we be sorely disappointed shall . with the results of the year— , if pent-up forces are strong enough, to over-ride such interferences for the time being,; of the reasons for the continwe shall have good cause for uance of labor difficulties at or later, date. , the present time—perhaps the orecisely because controlling reason for them— indications strongly is a natural hesitancy of em¬ ref*ret—at some Yet it is present , to assist in the financing of a Pan of: the section American : between Guamote and Tambo and a lateral road from Tambo to Duran, says the an¬ nouncement, which adds that Ecuador, however, has been financing the construction Of the Highway Tambo Duran to road her from The from The Export-Import' Bank. total of $1,980,000 it is / new the for available is stated con¬ struction of the Guamote to Tam¬ link bo Highway. American Pan the of - / ' _ "The credits ~ to assist in the construction of the Highway," Mr. Taylor said, "carry out the policy of V the Export-Import Bank to make developmental loans in where such loans ex¬ are pected to broaden the economy of the borrowing country in a man¬ which ner will tend increase to exports and imports of the United States." advices The from the : ■ said :?■ in , ■ • United States Army and Navy forces in the main and outlying islands of Japan and in Korea are Using military supplemental a St. Mary's Hospital for Children The for¬ and the Salvation Army. received $70,000 and the lat¬ The National War Fund benefited by $38,050 and the mer ter $61,893. American Red Cross by $28,752. Payments to the Community Ser¬ Society were $41,835 and to the Visiting Nurse Service $33,- currency denominated in yen as well as local legal tender cur¬ vice In order to distinguish besupplemental i military currency used in these two areas, the letter "B" has been imprinted recipients included .Hospital, ; $32,000; Bowery Branch Y.M.C.A., $14,077; Hebrew University in Palestine, $13,924; United Hospital Fund, $13,086; and Children's Tourna¬ rency. tween the on military currency notes for in the main and outlying is* the use lands of Japan and the letter "A" the military currency notes for on use in Korea. military cur¬ rency notes bear on their face the words "Military Currency" in English and in Japanese and on the reverse side the words "Issued to Military Proclama¬ tion" in both languages, : This supplemental military yen currency has been issued in seven denominations, namely, 10 and 50 sen arid I, 5, 10, 20 and 100 yen, There are 100 sen to the yen. The notes in the denominations of 10 and 1 yen sen, 50 the size of the U. sen, are one-half S. dollar cur¬ rency. The 5 yen and 10 yen de¬ nominations are somewhat larger than the notes, and 20 yen and notes are the size of the sen 100 yen U.'S. dollar note.- - ; • Other ments and Exhibits in Parks, $12,- 200. . It the twenty-second year of the Community Trust's grants that began with $20 in 1924. An aggregate of $5,181,860 has been V The supplemental Pursuant 105. Montefiore was paid out, of which $2,224,174, or 43%, has been disbursed in the past 48 months. Seventy funds* ranging fromainder $1,000 to over $1,000,000, are grouped, in the Community Trust for administra¬ tion. The founder each of may designate the charitable purposes preferred but instructs the trust to make appropriate amendments if griginally later W. become Aldrich projects supported obsolete. is Winthrop chairman of the Trustees' Committee and Thomas M. Debevoise heads the Distribu¬ tion Committee, • Military yen supplement the legal tender currency in Japan and Korea; namely Bank of Japan and state notes in Japan, and • Bank of ; Chosen notes in Korea, and are interchangeable £" The Tile Council of America has elected local without rate of distinction for at Japanese military yen scrip (used by Japan in the Japanese occupied terri¬ tories) has been declared not legal one one; tender and is not interchangeable with supplemental yen or local legal tender currency. No general rate of exchange be¬ tween the yen and the dollar has been established. However, for U. an purposes, Burcfcenal 1946 Hebd H. Charles Burchenal, to serve during 1946 Chairman of the Advisory Cincinnati, as Committee, the directing body of Council, it was announced in New York on Jan. 22. ' Mr. Bur¬ the chenal, bridge President of the Cam¬ Manufacturing Co., Tile succeeds Norris E. Phillips, Vice(N.Y.) Tile President of the Olean Co., who has served a? Chairman the past year, and who re¬ initial mains as a member of the Advisory S. military and naval pay and accounting Tile Council Elects for has also conversion rate of 10 supplemental Committee. military yen equal one U. S. dol¬ Bank also state: Ecuador part: the granted to Ecuador PanAmerican cases which statement, therewith funds without resort to loans own .7 By istence is frozen into Departments issued on Jan. 23 a earnings of individuals will joint terference by the politicians and if—as is the case in such ment - without lems of the year ahead is Ireally to' he found not,Mk p> own attend to its to which celebrated its first anniver¬ agreed to advance $780,000 from her. funds lar toward Ryukyu used the in invasion Tile The Council, of sary on Jan. 22, it is indicated, is a functioning.: organization provid¬ ing a central source of informa¬ Quevedo Manta road, a portion of rate was superseded as of Sept. 4, tion concerning production figures, another lateral of the Pan Amer¬ 1945 by a rate of 15 yen equal one uses and applications of tile, and ican Highway, to supplement a U. S. dollar which is the conver¬ is carrying: forward major pro¬ loan of $2,500,000 made by the sion rate now being used in the grams -of ; (1) developing /and Export-Import Bank in" 1942 for main and outlying islands of promoting new uses for tile and this purpose;' (2) cooperating with union-con¬ Japan and in Korea. . V'. tractor joint apprenticeship com¬ Between 1940 and 1943 the Bank; Under existing arrangements' also assisted Ecuador in financ¬ U. S. military and naval personnel mittees to help channel new men ing the construction of theCuenca may remit in dollars to the United into tile setting in expectation of Loja link of the Pan American States at the above rate all or any the develooment of a record de¬ Highway with a loan of $1,230,- portion of the amount of their pay mand for tile in the years ahead, 000. Thus, totaj Export-Import drawn by such personnel in yen the announcement stated. •';* The Council represents7; companies Bank assistance to Ecuador on be¬ for their local expenditures, They half of the Pan American High¬ manufacturing 90% of the wall may also remit in dollars to the and floor tile produced in this way and its laterals amounts to United States yen- arising from $5,710,000. / Upon completion f of dollar instruments, such as remit¬ country. • ,« the of construction the was . Okinawa and other islands of the This conversion group. ^ all construction these credits, "ichway to in provided the Pan Ecuador is be passable in all for in American expected weather for about 625 miles, out:of 740 miles, between its northern and southern borders. The. portion remaining unprovided for lies between Loja and the Peruvian border. The notes Ecuador to of the , be issued to the port-Imoort Bank under this of Exnew enlarged "credit-;line .mature semi-anual installments period of Twelve years date of issue and carry 4%.> •'V'\\*kT'• "•V"*--' in over from official a the interest at ' channels. cashed through U. S. soldiers sailors leaving and the area may held by them, if obtained from the sources just mentioned, for dollar cur¬ rency. The' relevant army and navy appropriations are charged exchange for , Republic tances from home, the used and yen dollar equivalent; of.. yen by U. S. forces naval to Navy priated the control of the Congress .over expenditures of forces is maintained. the for military expenditures properly War Department Department appro¬ funds. In this manner chargeable and currency the .' S. U. ' V. M. Alexander, President of the National Tile and Manufactur¬ ing Co., of elected tee. to Anderson, the Advisory Ind.* was Commit¬ In addition to Mr. Burchenal and Mr. Phillips, Davis A. Cable, President of the United States Quarry Tile Co.. Canton, Ohio; D. P. forst, President of the Robert¬ Manufacturing Co., Trenton, J.; R. E. Jordan, Jr., Treasurer Co., Zanesville; Ohio; and R. J. Schroeder, Presi¬ dent, of the Pomona Tile Manu¬ facturing Co., of Los Angeles, son N. of the Mosaic Tile were re-elected Committee. to the Advisory • i ' i «. .■-■.i'ffJ-. L -•"■ ,-'"1 -- • .VjV»f ^*'f Vj ^ \. v- >V/\ .. t 1 "' v ' '' '' ' ' ■'; •.'•':•••»> .y.,j ••'•"<'Vi,1 :}X ,'iv''.r. .Volume 163 • . ' -l"" ""A' i ''■!•■' •-•'■ '•'4..-'V'*'•,•! t'. \ • '* '- V: j > ' ..' y. '• i '1 I^V' ^ ■ " ■ -' ' J • i !> V'. ■',' -J . i.". i -. .■• 777 - •: y v'Y^v-'Ai1.. ;y.'1 4' .< ♦ Number 4460 \ : • *.$$'•!'•' -_ ■ - • ■,.. i V,. I-I4 j .. i) I^I ^ «, • j• - , ■.,. | .-, in the Billion $278.7 index to X?ash^la,nce^;pec^3C^l045^i!^.^^ 1:26.0 L $252.7 1946__i._-__. $275.0 balance, ;june 30, 1940...,_ Net debt June 30,; $263.1 •Gross debt/ June 30; 1947J77/—7 Cash balance, June 30, 19471-__v- Net'debtfJune: 30,11947-.*.,,..;..^ -, 11.9 , $271.0 —3.2 $267,8 - "Any Administration that wants to dissipate its, cash balance can reduce the gross debt at any time. It's like drawing gw one's savings laccount to meeLan: overdraft on the checking account, : ^ ' ! r*'No; < ?; budgetary President manipulation substitute for thrift and effi¬ cient management. Heal Federal government , can come living requirements will be. ! "The President includes 'its r i.'f > , ■ ,j , i ,I*!I 1 i i ' ^ - < ( ( !'•' .1 '•'•.' 1 1 in on wheat Budget $1.75 billion for interna¬ tional finance. Whether this In forbidding or limiting the selling of the new Kaiser-Frazer Corporation's stock for varying reasons, the security-commissions of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, have highlighted the great confusion re¬ sulting from differences in Blue Sky legislation between the States, President's requests,1 If it required, however, it probably Congress the on" level international loan the once Treasury Corn i-1 —"Costs of President's New ^». ■' overlapping of Federal and State securities legislation. As under, the divorce statutes in America, an. individual can be simul¬ taneously a saint in one State (Nevada), and a through sinner in an¬ very other (New York).> Like: divorce, the regulation of securities sales nationally .uniform in letter as well as spirit—particularly the-federal machinery is established in the SEC's administration should be as of the Securities Act of 1933. ! In Indiana the securities commission limited Kaiser-Frazer sales gfain,; reached ? hew' to lots of a 100-share minimum, or an outlay of $2,025, on the theory that this confines distribution "to- those who :can afford to take the for' the bast :25 years, t years. Rye; , the but j risk.'J. But how, in; the absence of full information-about the resources prospective buyer, a conclusion about what he can or cannot tremely light Couritry offerings l afford is to be inferred, is wholly;impossible to understand. In any were somewhat1 larger ; but still j event, if such determination of "ability-to-speculate" nevertheless is too small to satisfy the demand. arbitrarily based on the quantity of stock sold to an individual; log¬ | Flour bookings expanded ically the size of the sale should be fixed at a maximum, not a min¬ during) the week, but ^ the. tightness in I imum, level. 4! Surely many prospective buyers can less well afford to wheat ; continued a: drawback to - lay out the prescribed $2,025 minimum than a smaller amount, and .was Proposals "He requests approval of an addition $1.5; billion to meet "actively in V that trading our v- ' - • . of continued in; recent- high, ground opened ;to foreign are borrowers."'1:' doors and from cash most % active ^ will be: insufficient to satisfy the flood - of' loan, requests* that will eventuate situation The tight and visible supplies of that grain: were - reported decreasing at a rapid rate.. Cash oats were in good demand and sold at the best sum will be needed depends to a large extent upon legislative^ action by the ceiling limits! 7;;:!:::'7'.7!-!7' J"! by the government, will very importantly govern labor's ability to strikes, as well as its long-term strength. ,7. vances recorded in all distant de¬ liveries not already pressing hard against (Continued from first page) . call recurrent < ! %£ Firmness in leading' grains was maintained last week with ad¬ his 617 Surely the national policy determining whether individuals voluntarily quitting their jobs to strike, shall be subsidized at this: date a year ago; ,i ; only by within «•'"}• , week for 26 weeks. new post-war high of Jan. 22, compared with Jan. 15, and with 175.39 on 182.72 requested Army and Navy themselves have not determined just what .their can 'debt reduction has time when the Congress and the is 1 ' i Observations'!; a 183.38 V1' /•"The a u. • \ - 777. !..■•... ;;; carrying the Dun & Bradstreet daily .wholesale commodity price $16 billion for the armed forces at Cash *tA. Wholesale Commodity Price In¬ dex—The rising trend of prices continued through the past week could provide all the jobs and fa¬ cilities that are needed? : J Gross debt, June 30, ; « l . _ previous week and four in the same week of last year. (Continued from first page) vj (Continued from first page) mitted to Congress and the closing :1945 daily Treasury statement: ' Net debt Dec. 30, 1945_,J1 «. i THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Budget Misleading 'Gross 'debt, "Dec! .30, 1945 -.-,i - | ^^'•-••:,'1'1 , Calls Presidentfs ^fi||||| _ j . '•*; •• /• '■- • • i,. r increased sought, t was < ex- i of each grain: - offerings. Hog' must strain their resources to meet the higher outlay. •' ' *; firmly at ceilings | ; In Michigan Kaiser-Frazer sales were forbidden because of the receipts fell sharply due to the * new company's inability to meet its law proven approach to posals he has forwarded to Con¬ prescribing either an ade¬ strike of packing house workers. ! quate solvency, which all ; of us ap* gress. These would earnings record or book value. If the sale price of common make the Cotton preciate in. the conduct? of our Federal Government prices edged slightly; stock exceeds the book value/earnings of at least 5% on such price responsible upward last week; despite the un¬ must have been achieved. No such restriction personal/affairs, the- President's for so-called.! full, applies to preferred employment, budget iS; woefully deficient. He supplemental certainty created by the OPA an-: stock distribution. H unemployment in¬ nouncement that it Anticipates'. revenue of. $32.9 bil¬ surance benefits, a proposed to In Ohio-sales were forbidden; because of that State's comprehensive regulation lion#: which after ; adjustment'for health and medical care place ceiling flimits! ori the-1946 that its securities commission program, must.affirmatively find that the price old age And Survivors' cotton, crop. Sales were moderate of a new issue is not unfair... Thus the insurance airport State validates with its implied development; Great Lakesand refunds during most of the week: but stamp of drops to $29.9 bil¬ St. Lawrence development, approval the price of those issues which it permits to be peaceT lion. prices rose as demand and volume sold. time food subsidies, permanent :\;7//j '7;,/.,7-7v:7 >■ -7, improved late/ in, the; period, re¬ "Thisestimate may, proveexr school lunch '<; These events in .the Kaiser-Fraser-distribution have program, aids to markedly cessive unless the President soon the- growing country¬ accentuated the permanent education, yalley authorities, in¬ flecting tendency of the public in its belief that takes steps to cope with the labor creased wide opposition to the; OPA maxi¬ the fact of SEC ; Federal mean3. - • 77 "When it comes-to this orderly, , *<■ "tried and - : mill values remained ^pehditutes! uhdei^ vario^ . as .. , f . ^ r.. registration connotes goverment approval of an ceiling plan. Although the issue's price and general merit. In fact they have iorced the Commis¬ telegraph strike hindered trading sion to issue .a public denial thereof and another, explanation of its somewhat! considerable ; forward "neutral" position on new issues. ' Ever .since the formulation of our buying developed; which - lifted federal securities legislation in 1933 the danger of this misconception futures prices to new highs for has been recognized by experts here, as it has been in England. While the season. \ The New -York spot this drawback in national securities regulation can never be com¬ payj; permanent strife that is ;curtailing the na¬ housing program, increased lend¬ tion's productivity and taxpaying ing authority for the Rural Elecability. " >*7 ?* ■7•; -:.,< -t' v trification Administration, etc, 1; "On; the expenditure side of his ; "If any number t of J these are Budget; the President demon¬ adopted, by Corigress, the; Presi¬ strates: an affinity -for> the cosfly dent's $1.5 billion suggested ex¬ deficit-spending practice which penditure^couMii't:: possibly fihas characterized the New Deal .nance them for a year, tThe,v since its inception in 1933. He would be. costly; encroachments proposes to spend $34.2 billion; upon the rights and responsibili¬ including het; outlays for govern* ties of States and individuals and ment; corporations and after adr the Budget would be further out justments fori refunds. of balance." k f y ■'This Ueaves a deficit' ot In concluding Senator Bridges ^$4.3 billion which. I maintain, is un¬ said; "I urge the- taxpaying citi¬ warranted and inexcusable. The zens of the nation to try and un¬ ^Budget can be and should he'bal- derstand that the President's mum , ' . quotation closed at 25.53 cents, up points for the week, and 3.27 cents above Itnced. ^ • "For example, why is it neces^ sary to increase the xivii departr ihents. and agencies':expenditures ; to $1.5 billion from $1.2 billion in 1946? Aren't Federal payrolls non-essential bureaucratic activities:; already; over-inflated? "Why must $1.1 billion be spent public works at a time when •industrial activity, if it were r '• on freed from Federal oppression, it stead, it is implied • to be. deficit that receipts are under now one month year 80.6% 88.7% one ago, ago. crease ago and This represents an in¬ of 0.8 point or 16.4% from that of the previous week. This week's operating rate ,! equivalent to 104,400 tons of j is steel ingots and castings and compares with 89,700 tons one week ago, 1,476,300 tons one month ago and 1,625,200 tons oriPr year ago. . ^ Electric Production son -— The Edi¬ Electric Institute reports that "the output of electricity increased to 4,145,116,000 kwh. (revised fig¬ ure); in the week ended J an( 19, 1946, from 4,163,206,000 kwh. (re¬ vised figure)' in the preceding week. Output for the week ended ; Jan: 19, 1946. however, below that for the 5- , weekly period one was 9.7% corresponding year ago. ' Consolidated Edison Co. of New : ^York reports - System output of 200.800,000 kwh. in J! the week ended ;; Jan. 20, 184,900,000 kwh. for. the corre¬ an 1945, recorded steers and This, resents were The. current the similar mand per mercial and week!" industrial ' last 24, 16 parable week of 1945. reported ... •!/.. / as compared with • ■- ••«• • t. . - in men's and women's shoes, Men's and boys' suits suits were heavily demanded and stocks re¬ i ' ; .. 5' were seven , mained low. Furniture stocks continued low with future able. deliveries Household unpredict- appliances of retail country this Retail Trade-— at de¬ large week food the level of moderately volume last . rose week and • over a year sold .7 was ago. Wholesale volume this week as ' over re¬ among Food slight other retail departments declines from the previous week, estimated at 3% due to the meat strike and butter shortage, f~ •;Buyers were active in whole¬ sale markets during "the 7 week,;. engaged in .the rather dubious lining up spring require¬ ments since textile and apparel production/has ribt increased to a • point commensurate with! currerit demand. Wholesalers, however, wefe busily: employed in building, task of about with that of last week according to Dun Slocks of hard Foods continued to has been noted in several years, Bradstreet, Inc.. in its current increase gradually, but soft goods stocks, dwindled considerably. ;. 7 7 year of ago, trade Consumers scarce Re¬ some 7 past continued While there week. to than . Dressy suits Fur sales was merchandise, it concentrated last year. • the were at the rush a was less end :.;..7' were very and of / popular stimulated by even high level and moderately above Department buy items whenever they were available. for year ago. failures large volume a 1945. like¬ a review was v-;Four.:. Canadian a trend the routine with tion/of occurring for Retail noted mained at & which failures have exceeded the number was quickly when available.. and wise of were Very substantial gains showed There ranging 30% week over a com¬ This general similar was about equal with that of last week and was slight1;' failures in the in tail volume com¬ compared as week and foods scarfs and neck¬ during the week. the distributors. - rep¬ of the price cos¬ the in retail trade was marked; here in New, York past week with department Cosmetics and other toiletries sold potatoes, heavy purchasing-subsided. increase, reports Dun & Bradstreet,. Inc. In the week ending Jan. 24, concerns failing 20 pound of 31 continued an numbered total sum Wholesale % Business Failures Rise-^-Fpr the consecutive the jewelry, increased Stocks of in¬ Activity, very well. ago. use. ■ period of 1944, a de¬ 49,175 cars, or 6.2%, is - eggs, above wear were sheep,' The index was : a decrease of 23,083 (or 3.0%) below the pre¬ ceding week and 28,097 cars, or 3.6% below the corresponding week! of 1945, Compared with showed year year to date showed an of 11%. crease store sales estimates tume above during the week ing declines cars second 0.5% a the sories was raised. drop of a shown for flour, rye, oats and 19,1946, total lambs, while commodities reflect¬ shown. impor tant, omissions cessfully for hosiery were re¬ ported turning to nearby acces¬ sory counters; volume of hand¬ bags, neckwear and other acces¬ for week, resulting however, was, $4.10 Advances also the second week this year in from last the 1946, comparing with 196,500,000'kwh. for the corresponding week of 1945, or an increase of 2.2%.-tLocal distribu¬ electricity amounted to .193,200,000 kwh.,' compared, with registered $4.12* 749,475 cars.; the ' Association of American Railroads announced. of is strongly impressed with some of the really reductions for clearance purposes. Many customers searching unsuc¬ mainly from a seasonal decline in price of eggs. This figure, the. lowest recorded since Oct. 30, Freight Loadings ~Carloadings of revenue freight for the week ended Jan. -.77.^1 Press and public 'reactions to the President's message to the Coni in the foreign sphere. the Railroad crease index Jan. 22 sponding week of last year, increase of 4.5%. | ; food 7 price 2 cents (Continued from page 614) week one the Wholesale Food Price Index Off for Week—The Dun & Bradstreet The State o! Trade one - accompar wholesale 4.9% ' V4' .• . varying degrees of its domestic phases, but apprpv^g of its international content. ; But on reflection cotton /export program nied by talk of possible further reductions in domestic wool prices. half tiines greater." a $ ill. ;:'P-. r period, despite - the : fur¬ ther fact six and -// . the of " .77/ . In¬ billion. deficit! contemplated for 1947 is one-third greater than the 1933-40 be greatly lessened by the abolition of the Mr. Truman was wholly inadequate respect¬ prograrii to 1,- ing statements of policy toward our prospective bases in the Pacific 090,800 bales.. Activity in the which were formerly owned by or mandated to Japan—a question gray % cotton .cloth market fell left open during and after San Francisco; the questionjof, inuriigratiori sharply last week following the to Palestino7 irom Europe; - bur joint policy toward THritain and spurt Jn; sales noted in the; pre¬ Russia! in the ' Near rind Middles East; the ririiciaUy7 important de¬ ceding v week^ ^ Business -7 was termination of our Civilian administration of - Germany and Japan; largelyiri7stap!k pnrii clothsj and and a clear and inclusive conception of the use of atomic energy, -. sheetings for the bag trade. In the field of foreign; affairs particularly, the President cannot 7 A Jmoderate amount of domestic compensate for the absence of clear recommendations on his part, by wools sold in the 7 Boston wool passing the responsibility .on to Congress. Surely public letter-writ¬ market 7 last 7 week. : Ibere ,. ap¬ ing% to Congressmen, cannot afford the: means of determining and ad¬ peared to be a general improve¬ ministering .constructive or consistent foreign policy. " ment in: the Undertone sales tices! while: insisting upon con¬ tinued; taxation • at , present bur¬ densome levels. ^ In fact the $4.3 average : annual can conflicting and thoroughly bewildering state Blue Sky ' gress have generally been critical in the week ended Jan. 12 totaled 40,300 bales,-bringing total deceptively : continues deficit-financing prac¬ New Deal 'f" low rate. 7 Registrations very under the is riot thestability^ prpducirig,;,goodrgov.ernment doc- ument a during i'' Budget* Cites 'Increased Expenditures and ;into Government stocks continued at of mass corresponding laws. Movement of cotton v/^t;: 1945 ! price. , great the . • pletely eliminated, it 25 store country-wide basis, the Federal dex for the as Reserve week was a year ago. sales on a taken from Board's in¬ ended Jan. .19, 1946, increased by 19% above the jip Inventories and: in period last year. This com¬ pared with an increase of 20% (revised figure) in the preceding same week. Jan. four preceding week. weeks ended Jan. price sales increased by 13% For the 19, 1946, and for to Bank's in the lipes the Federal Re¬ index, .department store sales in New York City for the weekly period to Jan. 19, 1946, increased 30% above «the According serve, period, of.k last, year. This compared with an increase of 13% same some received riaore encouragement on supplies from manufacturers than For the four weeks ended 19, 1946, sales rose by 19% and tor the year to date increased by 14%. 77 v.:,...'7 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 618 Items About Banks, Trust Jan. , vious New loans underwritten Companies Hamilton Loan - A. W. Beamand, representative Bank Limited, Westminster London; Westminster Foreign Bank Limited, will Bank Ulster and Limited to new offices move Herman F. Whiton, . elected President of Co., has been member of the Board of a serve number of our and the Travel growing a broker customers, at One Wall Street on Feb. 1. the Union Sulphur importance in the bank's progress. Clearance Department was established at our downtown of-? I ice in the financial district, to The Department was inaugurated at our principal office in Rockefeller Center; it provides a travel service to all our clients, besides supply-? Co. of New York, according to an ing their needs for Travelers' Let-? ters of Credit and Travelers' announcement made Checks." Trustees of the United States Trust by William¬ Pell, President. son •:'V-: •'Xv't-T v,;-;,%:;■, George S. Stephenson, Comman¬ der, USNH, recently released from theNavy, returns to the Fifth Avenue' office of Bankers Trust Co. Assistant Treasurer. Shortly as 75th annual meeting of Continental Bank & Trust Co. of New York, held on Jan. 16, five of the direct the At stockholders, i of whose tors three-year were! .Ellsworth after They Mr. President graduating from Princeton, Stephenson became associated expired terms for reelected the , terms. Bunker; National the of werq Sugar Co.; Siegfried Gabel, President olHagedOrn & Co.; Carl in 1925. He went into active service in Feb¬ Refining ruary, 1942. Federal Association, . crossed of the by the Savings and of ^ Brooklyn million-dollar level during r 1945 for the first time" in the 56-year history of the organi¬ zation, the annual report to stock¬ holders disclosed today. The As¬ sociation reports that it handled a total of $1,172,380 in new loans during 1945,' representing % 230 mortgage underwritings, compared with $623,400 in 1944.- Total re¬ sources, it is stated, climbed to a new high of $5,166,283 at the 1945 year-end, compared with $3,825,? 037 a year earlier. Mortgage loans represented 59.8 and - 61.0%, re¬ spectively, of: total resources for the two periods. New income for 1945 totaled $91,857, compared with $73,788 in 1944. After divi¬ dends of $57,685 for .1945, there was carried through to reserves and undivided profits a balance of $34,172. Share capital at the close of 1945 amounted to $4,636,601: against $3,650,410 at the end of 1944. r v— v;, • ' Qv Hoffmann of the law firm of with the company Kadel Allan K. Murray Bankers Trust returns of New Co. to York Assistant Treasurer and will be as assigned to the Rockefeller Center office, which will be open as soon as alterations are completed. Mr. Murray graduated from Harvard in 1923. In he entered the 1925 James E. Shields. a' meeting of the Board of Trustees held Jan. 15, the follow? ing . were made in the official staff of the Dry Dock Sav¬ The election of Raymond F. Department of Bankers "He who succeeds has Joseph H. Miller, elected been Secretary. ^ Following Board of of meeting a Directors the: Manhattan New of of the the' Bank Company" of 24, F. Abbot President, ; announced York Jan. on Goodhue,* urers, and Elsworth F. Keppeler has been elected Assistant Secre¬ Nils F. Brandin, Vice-Presi¬ dent of Bankers Trust Co. of New York, died on Jan. 25 at his home in Summit, N. J., after a brief ill¬ ness. ' Mr. Brandin was born hi a the promotion of William J. Ahern from Assositant Vice-President to New York City 53 years ago and Vice-President. had recently Mr. Ahern will be officer-in-charge of the Brook¬ lyn division of the bank, succeed¬ ing Ansel P. Verity, Vice-Presi¬ dent; who will retire on Feb. 1 but will remain with the bank as Chairman of the Brooklyn Com¬ mittee. Mr. banking ics a Ahern " began career with Bank his the Mechan¬ of Brooklyn in 1905 as messenger, He became associ¬ ated with the First National Bank of Brooklyn in 1908, and in 1928 with, the Bank of the Manhattan Company through been Assistant merger. He has Vice-President in celebrated the 25 th anniversary of his association with Bankers with service Co. Trust the During bank, he and nized a recog¬ in the field of credit. He had charge of the banking business Of Bankers Trust Co. in the 1919, Credit Five West. Department made was Middle an in and 1928 Assistant Treasurer. later he years became As¬ sistant Vice-President and in 1939 charge of the Borough Hall office, was Mr. Robert M. Brandin, is 3rd Secretary, American Embassy, Madrid, Spain, and another son, Donald N. Brandin, 2nd Lieut. Field Artillery, is ,now serving with the Army in Europe. Ahern is former Treasurer a of the New ,York State Bankers Association, a former Chairman of Group VII, New York State Bank¬ ers Association, and is active in the American Institute of Bank-' ing and local charities both Brooklyn and Long Island. elected A son, in E. Chester The Arthur S. Vice-President. a Public Gersten, President of National Bank and Kieeman, President of Trust Co. of New York, announced of New on Jan. 28 the appointment of York, in presenting his report at Lieut. Col. Gordon. L. Chapline, the annual meeting on Jan.,; 16, A. U. S., as Assistant Vice-Presi¬ the Colonial Trust Co. stated that "our institution's total resources $53,176,000 deposits, U. Dec. on $65,261,000, 31, 1945, were contrasted as with Dec. 31, on excluding 1944; those of our the S. Government, which were substantially the same :on the two dates, increased approximate¬ ly 27% plus * and during 1945. Our undivided profits sur¬ in¬ creased during the year from $620,000 to $1,009,000; thus, with our capital of $1,000,000 and $500,000 by capital debentures purchased interests identified with the bank's management, our total cap¬ ital funds on Dec. 31, 1945, $2,509,000, as 620,000 were Dec. 31, 1944. on contrasted with $1,- "Our special added, such as sion and and two our ments, have Public activities. Lieut. Col. Chapline is a graduate of U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. He has had extensive experi¬ ence in the finance and commer¬ cial paper Department/ established, our Travel Depart¬ our assumed increasing .meeting National business, having been J., Land Title Bank $627,198, recently which completed covered between Africa. Air, Inc. a survey TWA's-ATC air Europe and North as a Trust Vice-President of the board of elected at the annual stockholders Jan. on meeting of 21. organization subsequent At the changes D. Treasurers Assistant named were Vice-Presidents; Branch Man¬ agers Rodney L< Jack, Lewis H. Keiffer,' Louis William ings of U. S. Treasury obligations by $142,236,392, constituting 97% of investment portfolio. our The and - months, ; but based on; seven the first call dates that was of the bonds callable, the average life four years and six months." are All directors re-elected. were 7 declared $5 Lloyd, Emanuel, M. and Gimbel Steinberg Trust Gordon Investment Offi¬ Lindblom were N. ard E. Foehl and Robert Sherman named Assistant Joseph Smith tant Manager Treasurers; named Assis¬ was of $4 the Customer Mercantile-Commerce and Trust Mo., announced Mr. Cravens is with the F. «Deiss Thorn : was made Edward Assistant Officer Investment Trust made was Officer; and commer¬ cial bankingdepartment of the bank and is regarded as an au¬ the A. B, A. Trust on Presidents of the bank, as mem¬ bers of the board of directors. liam M. Gonzalez and Maxwell F. named Trust Of¬ Bank St. Louis, Jan. 18 the election of Kenton R. Cravens and William A. McDonnell, both Vice* tant ficers: John W. par Company, well Assistant $100 Jan. 9. on W, L. Hemingway, President of Officers John W. Clegg. Jr., Wil¬ were the on the Section Department and Edward J.- Cade was made Assistant Branch IVtanager; Assistant Trust MacNally extra dividend an share a holders of record named. Assistant Vice-Pres¬ Assistant share and a of quarterly dividend of a Klingsberg, stock, payable Jan. 15, 1946, to M. J. Qliner were as hold¬ Harry I. Lauer, Directors. of* Northern Trust Litzenberg, arid Charles Company, of Chicago, 111., have Miller cer our Fulmer, Charles L. H. transfers, have increased average maturity of the U. S. Government securities we owned of *>n Dec. 31, -1945,. was „six years Lloyd R, Bechtel, J. Ross Burbouse, Rob¬ ert "We the board, a, number / in the assignment of duties, m the company's exec¬ utive personnel were announced. These are as follows: ' JoT Assistant making these indicated. meeting thority on- consumer credit, as having held many impor¬ as in positions the field with Mr. McDonnell be¬ associated with the Mercan¬ came tile-Commerce in 1944, having formerly been Executive VicePresident of the Commercial Na? tional Bank in: Little Rock, Ark. At cer. the divisions, including general operations,. banks and bankers, and «avirigsi s He has been active The board American directors of Security and of Trust on Jan. 15 the election Daniel W.. Bell, formerly Undersecretary of Treasury of the United States, as President;* Cor¬ coran Thorn, formbr; President, as Chairman of the board. of Mercantile-Commerce, supervision Mr. McDonnelf has in the of affairs over American the The same following changes and additions to the bank's personnel the week announced: were J. Tim - Gallivan Vice-President. elected was his the University: of Illinois in 1925, Gallivan spent Total deposits of The Cleveland a year as Secretary of the Paris, Trust Company increased by 111., Chamber of Commerce. In over $147,000,000 to reach an all1926, he entered the field of con¬ time high of $1,052,732,926, it was reported from profits of assets and sale recoveries from loans and invest¬ ■ $75,878,000, or 16.75%, Holdings of Government securi¬ increased from last the This compares $26.27 per share. With, $1,621,014, equal to $11.74 year to $307,- per share for. the year 1944. "During the year we trans¬ $230,728,500 of As evidence of ferred valuation to reserves $2,- posits, the report notes that The Pennsylvania Company's Govern¬ reducing the combined earnings to $6,515,674, equal to $47.21 per: share, applied as fol¬ ment lows: were in bank de¬ holdings *at the end of 1942 $96,574,708, or less than one- third of Since the nancing its": present holdings. beginning of in for 1942, ; its the own than $1 securities. billion fi¬ war bank pur¬ account distributed to its customers rens the Pennsylivania Company ; for Insurances on: Lives and Granting Annuities were re¬ , chased . The election of Charles D. Beh- after of The undivided pro f i t s accounts ments, .previously charged off or amounted to $2,721,009, or $2.72 a written down, including f income share, after the payment of divi¬ allocable to. prior years and other dends of $1,600,000, or $1.60 per income adjustments, after provi¬ share. During the past year the sion^for bank's y total deposits increased amounted to $3,625,283, equal to 1944 period. He and of $3.05 in the previous year. The net increase in both reserves and rapid expansion Continental and Western of graduation Following from credits and has since been sumer associated with spent in the where he LieutenantBefore joining Mer¬ Navy, States United of rank the held it, except for 39 which he months, Commander. or the Lines, Inc., and Trans- members 7.25%; over the 1945," the report states, "current cantile-Commerce, Mr. Gallivan from operations after represented the Commercial Cred¬ gross income of $8,651,506 re¬ earnings interest On capital it Company in various parts of ported the previous year.; The deducting net. operating income of the bank, notes, depreciation on - banking the country. John J. Fox, Assistant Viceafter taxes, and excluding securi¬ bouses and after provision for ties profits and recoveries, was Federal income, taxes amounted President, who has been with the $3,323,929, an increase of $276,729, to $4,893,144, equal to $35.46 per bank since 1933 in various capaci¬ This compares with $4,- ties, was elected a Vice-President; : or 9.08 %, The operating earnings share. J. Chapman, Assistsmt per share of capital stock were 532,815, equal to $32.84 per share William $3.32 as contrasted with earnings for, the year 1944. Non-recurring Cashier, was promoted to Assist of the Air All directors by I. F. Frieberger, annual report of The Pennsyl¬ Chairman, and George Gund, vania Company for Insurances on President, at the 51st annual Lives and Granting Annuities, of meeting, of the bank's stockhold¬ "For the year Philadelphia. This is an increase ers on Jan. 16. $. the U. by 1,162 accounts. Company, of Washington, D. C., Bankers Association. Gross operating income of $9,278,705 for the fiscal year ending last November 30, 1945, was' an¬ nounced on Jan. 21 in the 133rd Army administering the contract¬ ual relationshipsbetween the Army Air Forces and Mid-Conti¬ nent was of 980,000 in Terry Philadelphia, Pa., has announced the appointment of Raymond L. Hayman as Cor¬ porate Trust Officer and Harry K. Loper as Assistant Secretary. Company ties was - announced four he of elected Assistant Cashier. identified with companies special¬ years share in June, 1945, per $3.505 in December, 1945. The balance ofy$718,614 added to un¬ participating accounts increased divided profits, increasing this 1,431 from 1,274. The report account to„$3,315,637, making, the, states that the : Common Trust combined-' surplus and undivided Fund for Legal Investments, es¬ profits $15,515,637. tablished in 1944, now aggregates "In other words, capital funds' $8,052,384 and is participated in have increased $37.81 per share, Rutherford, Bank, William J. izing in these fields. For the past route departments," he Foreign Divi¬ He will be identified, with National's i out-of-town business our Trust newly Clearance and dent. N. a Seven after joining the bank in he became head of the years recent the board of directors of the Ruthier* was authority himself, was At ford dends, $3 and Frederick C. Fiechter was named Assistant. Corporate Trust Offi¬ his active in the Robert Morris Asso¬ ciates tary." the pension account, $897,000 % paid to stockholders in two divi¬ to made Assistant Treasurers; Rich¬ which this information is learned, also says: 1946 to of Buffalo Savings Bank of Buffalo, N. Y., was announced on Jan. 15. The Buffalo "Evening News," from of Treasurer as . been President. number idents; Assistant Investment Offi¬ cer William P. Davis III and changes ings the the Eisenhardt Institution of New. York; Frank J. Miller, who has been Trust and for three years he was Thurman Lee, President; Andrew Secretary,' has been elected ^As¬ with the Paris office. Going into Mills; Jr., Chairman of the Board; sistant Vice-President, and Charles active service in February of 1942, M. Kenneth Frost, Executive Vice-? N, Weig, who has been Assistant as a Lieutenant in the Naval Re¬ President; Gustave Bottner, Jr.; Treasurer, has been elected Audi¬ serve, Mr. Murray was a Lieuten¬ Treasurer and Comptroller. tor, a new position. Alva W. Mr. Mills, who becomes Chair¬ Maischoss and ant Commander at the time of his Floyd P. Jankowski man of the board, had previously release. have been elected Assistant Treas¬ Foreign and year were & Hoffmann; William N. Westerlund, President of the Ma¬ rine Transport Lines, Inc., and At Thursday, January 31; 16 by James R. McLaren, Jiigh point during the past fiscal President of the bank. Mr. Behyear. The Discretionary Common rens is prominent in Brooklyn real Trust Fund increased to $27,estate circles. '* 945,483 from $18,792,455 the pre¬ on or more of ^.Government 1 ; y . . Kings County Savings Bank of Gross earnings of the Trust De¬ Brooklyn, N. Y., was announced partment again? reached a new 002,753; ' * $3,000,000 added to surplus, in¬ creasing it to $12,200,000; $1,500,000 added to the reserve, for re¬ tirement of capital notes, increas¬ ing it to $5,000,000. If this fund were now applied, capital notes would be reduced from $11,000,000 would aaa and & surplus be increased from $12,200,- to tM $6,000,000 n onn nAA* CdHA AAA orlrloH tant R. Vice-President, and William was appointed Assis-: Cashier. William W. Hib- Mclver tant bard Statistician•Ed¬ Bosse, who has been onj appointed was of the bond department and H win leave as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy; was ■ appointed Trust Officer., Assistant ; ~ • The Louisville Trust Company; has retired $300,000 of its preferred stock, last of an original issue of $1,000,000, held by the Reconstruction Fi¬ nance Corporation, Earl R. Muir, President, announced on Jan. 22. . of Louisville, The Louisville of Jan. 23 : Ky., "Courier Journal" reporting this added: the "Simultaneously, ment added account, surplus close of manage¬ $500,000 to the bank so business that the at yesterday cap- ; ital funds of the institution aggre- : This gated :$3,425,000. cludes common total in¬ stock, $1,000,000; ™ n-scfo ftddV' * .Volume 163 -Number 4460 I • THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Moody's Bond Prices And Bond Moody's computed bond prices given in the following table. and Yield Averages bond yield averages are U. S. Daily Averages. Jan. Govt. , ££ Corporate by Ratings* rate* Aaa ■ 126.171, 119.00 A "Aa Corporate by Groups* • R. R. .Baa P. U. Indus . 123.12 28—_____ 121.25 > *118.80 126.23 119.00 123.12 121.25 119.00 126.28. 119.00 .123.12 121.25 119.00 .113.31 126.28 119.00 123.12 121.25. 119.00 113.31 24 123.28 119.00 122.92 121.25 118.80 113,12 115.63 119.20 23__—, 126.25 118.80' 122.71 121.25 118.80 113.12 115.63 ' 119.20. 122:09 22 126.20 118.80 122.71 121.04 118.80 113.12 115.43 119.00 -121.88 112.75 121.88 .. — 21 __i 126.20 118.60 122.71 120.84 ) : , . 126.17 118.60 122.50 121.04. 118.60 126.06 118.60 122.50 120.84 , 118.60 126.05 118.60 122.50 121.04 118.60 126.17 1*13.50 16 -115.82 •119.41- 113.31: 118.60 19—1 18___ 17— ; * 115.82 119.41 115.63* 119.41 i 14_: 122.09 :'122.29 -122.09 • .119.41 .122.09 115.63 122.09 115.24 119.00 112.93 115.24 119.00 121.88 112.93 115.24 118.80 115.24 118.80 121.88 115.24 118.80 121.67 115.24 118.60 -121.67 118.60 122.29 120.84 118.60 112.75 126.24 118.40 122.29 120.63 118.40 112.75 118.40 122.29 120.63 ,'j 118.40 112.75 118.60 126.18 118.20 122.09 120.63 118.20 112.56 115.04 118.40 118.20 122.09 120.63 118.20 112.56 -115.04 118.40 118.20 121.88 120.22 118.20 112.56 114.85 118.40 118.20 112.56 114.85 112.56 114.85 118.20 '• 121.04 114.85 118.20 ,120.84 ad- yanced; in the preceding week 7 declined and 7 advanced; in die fcecond preceding week 7 declined and 9 advanced. :..-.vv 118.20 121.88 120.22 118.00 121.67 120.22 125.30 118.00 121.671 120.22 125.22 117.80 „ 4—J..' 121.46 120.02 117.60 112.37 121.67 119.82 117.60 112.37 114.66 121.67 119.82 117.40 112.19 114.46 117.60 121.46 f 119.82 Exchange Closed i 117:40 112.19 114.46 125.18 .117.80 117.80 3-—125.03 2-———;.. 124.97 .. 1 Dec. 28, Stock 1945 120.63 117.80 121.25 119.82 117.40 112.00 114.27 117.60 119.41 117.20 131.44 114.08 117.20 124.17 117.00 120.84 119.41 117.20 111.25 113.89 117.20 Total Index 116.80 116.80 120.63, 119:41 117.00 110.88 113.50 117.00 116.80 123.44 26 117.00 110.70 1 113.31 117.00 117.00 110,70 113.50 116.80 120.84 143.4 146.6 V 144.9 ,163.1 116.41 1946 112.93 115.63 112.93 115.43 115.43 120.63 118.80 115.43 107.44 112.19 114.85 120.84 118.40 115.04 107.09 112.19 114.27 119.20 114.85- 121.04 118.40 114.85 106.04 111.25 114.27 120.02 118.60 114.46 106.04 110.52 114.08 119.41 118.00 113.70 105.17 109.24 113.89 123.12 121.25 118.80 113.50 115.82 119.41 122.29 117.40 117.80 124.97 117.60 121.46 119.82 112.56 119.41 116.02 112.19 114.46 1945— 124.84 117.60 121.25 119.82 117.40 112.00 il4.46 117.60 113.50 118.80 117.80 113.31 104.48 108.52 113.70 113.89 119.41 118.00' 113.50 105.17 * 109.24 113.89 • * :Jan. 119.47 111.07 118.20 116.22 111.25 100.16 ' 104.14 113.31 116.41 (Bas?d on Individual Closing Prices) 1946— U. S. Daily Averages Govt. Avge. ,v^ : CorpoCorporate by Ratin; Bonds rate* 29— 1.32 28— Aaa 2.70 Aa ports, 1926-1928 base ■ 110.2 110.2 106.4 160.4 158.4 154.1 ;vi27.0v 127.0 127.5 125.4 118.2 118.2 118.2 119.8 119.9 105.2 105.2 105.2 104.8 141.8 142.1 142.3 2.50 2.59 2.71 2.70 1,31 2.70 2.70 2.50 *2.70 2.51 -2.59 2.52 *2.59 2.71 2.52 2.60 2.71 1.31V — 2.50 ... 2.71 •>'.1.32 21 2.86 2.98 , L ....... Jan. were: 26,; 1946, 110.5;' Jan. 19, 1946, 140.1 110.7, and ; i ij, 2.71V; 1.32 2.72 2.99 2.86 2.70 2.99 2.87 2.68 2.55 2.70 2.99 2.87 2.68 2.55 2.52 2.71 2.61 2.68 2.87 < 3.00 'Jr 3.00 2.72 'i1 3.02 V 2.55 Central IndustriaL...^.^..^.^. 2.56 West Central- ! 2.70 ,2.56 . .2.89 2.60 2.72 3.01 2.89 2.70 2.56 Rocky Mountain. 2.61 2.72 3.01 2.89 2.71 2.56 2.72 2.53 2.60 2.72 3.01 2.89 2.71 2.72 2.54 2.61 2.72 1.32 2.73 2.54 2.62 2.73 3.02 14 1.32' 2.73 2.54 2.62 2.73 3.02 12 3.02 2.71 2.72 2.57 2.89 2.72 2.74 2.55 2.62 2.74 3.03 2.90 1.32 2.74 2.55 2.62 2.74 3.03 2.90 1.33 2.74 2.56 2.64 2.74 3.03 2.91 1.35 2.74 2.56 2.64 2.74 3.03 2.91. 8 1.36 2.75 2.57 2.64 2.76 3.03 2.91 7— 1.38 2.75 2.57 2.64 2,77 3.03 1.38 2.76 2.58 1.38 2.76 2.57 2.66 3 1.40 2.77 2.57 2.66 2.65 2.77 2.73 2.59 2.73 2.59 2.74 . 2.60 2.92 2.75 2.92 2.76 2.93 3.04 2.61 2.74 2.76 2.61 2.61 " 1.40 2.77 . 2.58 2.78 3.05 . 2.61 ^ 2.66 2.78 3.05 2.93 Exchange Closed J 2.62 2.76 2.94 x 2.77 28, 1945- 1.42 2.78 2.59 2.78 21 1.45 2.79 2.60 2.79 14. 1.46 2.80 2.61 2.79 7. 1.47 2.81 2.62 2.80 3.12 2.98' 2.80 2.64 Nov. 30. 1.49 2.81 2.62 2.80 3.13 2.99 2.80 2.64 23. 1.50 2.81 2.61 2.80 2.98 2.81 2.64 2.81 V 3.13 8.61 2.81 2.81 ,li.53 2.82 2.62 2.82 2.62 2.83 '1.56 2.84 2.62 ; 1.55 2.84 2.62 2.64 2.79 2.64 2.99 2.84 2.61 2.84 2.61 2.84 2.81 3.00 * DATA FOR RECENT WEEKS 2.81 1 1945 out: Oct. 13———'— Oct. 20__ Oct. 27 Nov. - '4,028,286 3,934,394 3,914,738 1944 2.83 2.66 3.02 2.83 * ; ! 3.03 3.04 "5.20 5.21 June 29 2.84 2.61 2.86 3.05 2.85 2.61 2.84 3.25 3.03 2.85 2.68 2.86 2.61 2.86 3,27 3.01 2.87 3.23 x.-, — 2.85 2.60 2.85 3.27 2.88 2.62 2.88 3.31 1.63 2.89 2.61' 2.90 3.33 Mar. 31- 1.66 2.91 2.60 2.91 3.39 3.10 Feb. 23 1.69 2.92 2.65 2.93 3.39 3.14 Jan. 26 1.77 2.96 2.68 2.97 3.44 3.21 1.40 1.31 2.77 2.58 2.78 3.05 2.93 2.70 2.50 2.70 2.98 2.87 1.80 2.98 2.71 2.99 3.48 3.25 1.41 2.77 2.59 2.78 3.06 2.98 3.44 19461946 3.01 ,2.69 2.94 2.69 2.94 v 2.95 Nov. 10L2— 17—— 4,354,939 — 2.76 of 1,793,584 1,818,169 1,718,002 the —10.6 4,560,158 1,518,922 1,806,225 9.7 1,840,863 .4,154,061 4,563,079 4,566,905 4,612,994 1,563,384 Dec.. 15- 1,554,473 1,860,021 Dec..22———w-i---. 4,239,376 4,616,975 i 1,414,710 1,637,683 3,758,942 4,225,614 —11.0 4,295,010 4,337,237 1,619,265 1,542,000 1946 1945 under 1945 3,865,362 .4,427,281- 29, 29, 2.74 1945- 1 2.93 2.77 ; 2.62 3.21 2.96, 2.72 1944_ 'These prices are computed from average yields on the basis of one '^ypicar bond coupon, maturing in 25 years) and do not purport to show either the average level or the average movement of actual price quotations. They merely serve to Illustrate in a more comprehensive way the relative levels and the relative movement of yield averages, the latter being the true picture of the bond market. (3 A % . NOTE—. The fssue of the — 9.0 ~ Jad. 12^-^—4,163,206 — 8.2 4,588,214' 4,576,713 Feb, — *4,145,116 J4,040,000 v / ' 1929 1932 1944 1,733,810 —12.7 4,614.334 Jon. 19 r 'Revised. 4,567,959 1,602,482 9.8 4,539,083 4,531,662 4,523,763 4,524,134 1,598,201 1,736,721 1,588,967 1,717,315 1,588,853 1,728,208 1,578,817 1,726,161 — 9.7 — —11.7 . ■•, 4,538,552 . ^Preliminary. the Davis present contract," Dr; said. "The increased cost materials and labor has made construction total cost con¬ siderably in excess of the amount ■ of the Foundation's gift: We ex- / pect these facilities to be provided I> later as funds become additional available," he continued. "In the meantime, the building will make almost 40 % more space available : exercise thari was originally for contemplated. This will be a dis¬ tinct advantage during the period that lies immediately ahead when enrollment is expected to be higher than will be normal later on." Senate to John C. investigate Demobilization— Hegeman, head of the Hegeman Harris Company, is an alumnus of Stevens, class of 1905. President Defends Slowdown 2.55 2 Years Ago Jan. 4,538,012 % Change — ' 1,531,584 4,403,342 Jan, 26—i-j1— ^ 1,798,164 —12.1 < shower ; *--10.2 4,524,257 . heating, 1,815,749 ■. 5_ and 1,520,730 4,368,519 Week Ended— rooms 1.525.410 3,841,350 Dec. 1 4,042,915 Dec. •••8--——" | 4,096,954 Jan. , radiation . 4,413,863 9.7 1,475,268 1,510,337 29—— with --10.5 — \ I 4.482,665 4,513,299 Dec. of locker baths 1,824,160 —10.5 , was 1,533,028 < — building 4,415,405 4.452,592 9.9 — 4,450,047 Nov^. 24--#-,—W—- the these facilities have been omitted 4,396,595 2.62 . 2.97 - list used In "Chronicle" on compiling the averages page was given in the Nov. 22,* 1945 2508. National Fertilizer Association Price Index Declines His company' built two dormi¬ Commodity Moderately A month ago the index stood „ protests of troops overseas who see their hopes dashed of early return home by the slowdown in demobilization procedure tories, Palmer Hall and Jacobus and, two of the towing The mass Jan. 10 of special Senate Military sub¬ committee td 'investigate the whote demobilization situation, the Asso¬ ciated Press reported from Washington, adding that Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D.-Col.), was named Chairman of the Committee. Sena¬ tors Briggs (D.-Mo.) on comb f (R.-W.f Va.) are^ the other members of-the; group. Saying that the soldiers' demonstrations "distressing and humiliating to all Americans," Senator Johnson told reporters overseas were at its highest ized and clarified and that "Con¬ gress must determine the military policy of this country," He also asserted, according to the Asso¬ ciated ment Press, that the War Depart¬ Was; pledges" made, to repudiating about a Hall, that were completed in 1937, are for used tanks that work research Stevens. . . at . . ? and Rever-^ that the situation would be stabil¬ The weekly wholesale commodity price index compiled by The National Fertilizer Association and made public on Jan- 28, declined moderately in the week ended Jan. 26, 1946 to 141.8, from 142.1 in the preceding week, ' : from 3,948,024 2.72 2.96 - of Trustee 1,798,633 ' 2.68 alumnus- and an ■ 1,806,403 : 3,984,608 2.68 - ' • of I 'Foundation; 1,507,503 1,528,145 9.6 — 4,345,352 I 4,358,293 1929 2.69 2.91' 3.05 : house. Mr. Mott, President-of the Founda'tion, is a Di- ? rector and former Vice President \ of'General Motors Corp., a' pio* : neeF in the automobile industry, and 1932 2.68 2.88 • ,3.05 : !Mott Stewart; culminated in formation 1945 1945 2.66 1 Year Ago Jan. April, and the building will be ready for use Sept. 1. The Charles 4,341,754 4.382,268 7.9 4,354,575 3,899,293 , 1943 ' 1.60 — It is expected that ground for the house will; be broken in field "Although 2.70 * >.■1.64 Low 2.65 2.85 2.83 27_ High 2.65 • 1.64 May 25 Lew 2.66 2.84 1.63 Aug. 31 July 27 High r -1.65 Sept. 28_ Apr. on the college camp-;r has been awarded to Hegeman ; Haris Co.,- Inc., of New- York.* us planned for the complete equip-, ping^ of an athletic headquarters I (Thousands of Kilowatt-Hours) under 1944 4,375,079 ( 3.937,420 J Nov. 2.65 3.01 ' 3.20 on l Jan. 16, ■ .the contract for the construe- ; Stevens. | % Change. 2.65 3.00 3.19 • ! Field House" "v J9.7 *11.7 ——— Week Ended— ' 3.16 2.84 1.59 3.15 : 2.84 '1.57 5_— 2.79 2.96 3.14 2.84 19 "V*v- 2.95 v, ' tion of "The Charles Stewart Mott iind ' 11 V 3.09 3.10 2.82 1.55 26 2.62 " , r the field 2.64 1.52 3.06 ■ v nology, 'announced that ' 2.58 2.73 > yet home, but* already back at* firesides. Dr. Harvey N. Davis, President Stevens Institute of Tech¬ ■ ^Revised.; lincrease. 'Preliminary. 2.58 2.73 . 2.91 3.04 2.77 , ■. • • 10.5 12.4 — 2.57 1.32 4—IIIII • —^—-—- Total United States 2.57 2.89 10 many are own 2.56 , 2.89 mi 11 f Week Ended . 14.5 — Pacific Coast 15_ that., of the - 4.6 Southern States-,—.— 2.53 2.53 1.33 not Flint, Mich., made a .grant" of t $110,000 for the construction of >' 2.8 2.72 . • . iflddle Atlantio^v— 2.55 2.70 2.69 |2.88v not Construction Contract week J^i9 Hew RWglMlH 2.72 , v, Major GieogrsphicAl Divisloas-?^ { ,2.69 2.87 3.00 is soldiers, sailors and Stevens Inst. Awards S 2.54 1.32 Stock same • 1.32 1 l|p||§ " 2.70 2.59 '2.59 ; 17 2 11.7% below that of the PERCENTAGE DECREASE UNDER SAME WEEK LAST YEAR 2.55 ^""12.59 2.50 16 9 was . 1.33 —_ 18 26, 1946 in 1945, ;; Indus. 2.(38 so their - 1.31 22 P- U. wonder 119.9 that Industry of the United States for the week ended - Jan. 26, approximately 4,040,000,000 kwh., which compares with 4,576,713,000 kwh. in the corresponding week a year ago,, and 4,145,.116,000 kwh. in the week ended Jan. 19, 1946. The output for the Corporate by Groups* R. R. once j The carry the Marines tothey reach our1^ 118.3 119.8 • was week ended Jan. Baa 1.31 24— Oct. their homes (power ■ r.. A 1.32 - 25.—— 19 130.4 110.2 „„•; combihedli--i 27," 1945» 109.1. 11946, MOODY'S BOND YIELD AVERAGES 23 160.2 mated 1944- 26— 166.4 129.0 The Edison Electric Institute, in its current weekly report, esti¬ that, the production of electricity ,by the electric light and 12 Years Ago 29, All groups - Indexes 'on: 118.60 120.63 1 Year Aeo 1945- 161.7 •129.4 Electric Output for Week Ended Jan. 26,1946 11 J% Below That for Same Week a Year Ago 118.20 120.81 100.5- 120.63 120.55 29, 161.2 160.4 •. ... Fertilizers.—..—....... machinery- V ;.r. 118:60 119.00 port! sufficient : to soldiers, sailors, and 203.5 119.41 113.89 before discharge and in rail trans¬ 167.3 ■; stagger¬ are consider what they you ships, in extensive staffs! required to carry out processing 233.2 < 119.20 114.66 108.52 1945— High Metals.. Farm 119.20 115.24 116.22 numbers in mean ' 119".4l 122.38 164.9 119.00 108.16 120.88 1946 108.16 116.02 126.28 26 115.82 119.20 121.92 — 119.20 121.04 122.01 ■ 119.00 120.84 116.02 122.29 mitt" 120.84 115.82 161.8 ; These ing when are 119.82 116.02 a From the Corps, which totaled more than 183,000 The Coast Guard, with 180,000 men, has de¬ mobilized over 74,000. our 119.82 122.39 million and Marine of 120.02 116.80 116.02 - V nearly 486,000, Marines Chemicals and drugsi^^^^.^u,;, Fertilizer materials... 112.93 the some Building materials—" 113.12 a quarter to civilian life. 133.4 120.02 112.19 returned close to 155.5 120.22 109.60 has 3,500,000, the Navy has already 133.5 116.80 110.15 : of 159.3 V 116.80 108.88 » 159.0 113.12 116.22 pursued % an Navy 133.5 113.31 116.41 The •.Textiles...—v.: 159.8 110.34 115.82 169.6 • 110.52 119.20 enormous. equally vigorous policy in speed¬ ing the separation of its men and women.' Out of a peak strength Miscellaneous commodities.^.^—133.5 • been released well over half the 8,300,000 in service when the European fighting stop¬ ped. -More than 4,750,000 men and women have passed through the separation centers. Livestock—157.8 ,Fuel8i.^.«..—•—... 129.1 116.61 118.80 232.9 -. 116.80 120.63 has task The 10.8 . within the The Army has now 17.3 119.41 120.84 172.9 169.7 119.41 116.22 163.1 170.5 237.8 ...... Grains 163.1' 168.3 119.41 122.93 23— Dec 144.1 146.6 120.63 122.09 Mar. 31 Jan. 142.5 120.63 116.02 ly45 Cottonseed Oil_. 120.22 : 1945 146.6 Cotton. 120.22 119.41 Ago Jan. 27, 1946 Farm Products. 23.0 demobilization the far accomplished services, Mr. Truman said: Year Dec. 29, v;-141.3 • 116.61 122.92 May 25— Apr. 27 H)gh 119.41 120.84 Month VAgo /•;: Jan. 19, 1946 26, Fats and Oils—. 116.61 122.19 June 29 Jan. ,</ Foods 123.28 „ Sept. 28 Aug. 31, July 27— Jan. 116.80 120.63 ; Jan. : • -123.05 9 2 Feb. • :v:V">VT . 25.3' 120.22 23„u—123.70 Latest Preceding Week JrV'KiV ! INDEX Association Week Group 100.22 124,06 123.81 COMMODITY' PRICE The National Fertilizer 1935-1939=100* Sach Group-; Bears to th» 120.22 16.:— Jan. " 120.63 121.04 WHOLESALE Compiled by 120.84 117.40 — Low 120.84 117.20 : Low 118.00 117.80 >11?.8<T120,84 124.67 „ ...— NOV. 30 Oct. 114.66 124.28 21 ' 117.60 WEEKLY - .125.80 5 115.24 of Speaking thus have been discharged. 118.40 1121.25 117.80 117.60? 112.56 , , During the week 6 price series in the index declined and 5 j 121.25 9— . was up fractionally with the malting barley prices a little more than offsetting the decline quotations, v The livestock index dropped sharply with egg prices declining more than seasonally, cattle prices declining, but yrith quotations for calves and live'poultry advancing slightly. The food group declined for the sixth consecutive week taking the index pack to the same level of Oct.- 6. The fuel index declined resulting from lower gasoline quotations; ' The textile group advanced someWhat; All other groups of the index remained unchanged. 121.46 126.00 7— : one advance and reached in rye 121.46 126.11 8——125.55 ; subgroup? advanced and marked a The grain index 121.67 12 11 10 . The cotton index showed v all-time peak. rise in 121.88 112.93 Two of its - - 126.24 15—___— a year ago at 140.1,j all based on the 1935-1939 aver-* The report went on to1 say: ;■ ■vvv^v;v;v-v • r; Three of the composite groups of the index declined during the latest week and one advanced. The farm product group declined for the fourth consecutive week and is now at the same level that it was declined, Average Yields) 26—1— 25—:—.. . •/ ' 100. age as a new Corpo¬ Bonds 29 , on ■ 619 . point,> 142.3, and in the middle of October. MOODY'S BOND- PRICES (Based 1946— . . "solemn demobilization Congress last September by Gen. George C. Marshall, then chief of staff. President Truman on Jan. 8, ac¬ cording^ to the Associated Press, came to the Army's .support by pointing out that the demobiliza¬ tion slowdown was attributable to the "critical need for troops over¬ seas." Presi¬ nation share of In his statement, the dent asserted must assume that its "our full responsibility for keeping the and destroying* the war making potential of the hostile nations that were bent on keeping peace the world in a state of warfare." Moody's Daily Commodity Index Tuesday, : Jan. 22, 1946 Jan, 23———— —- ' 265.8 265.9 25—265.8 Saturday Jan. 26—,/.rr-.-266.0 Monday, Jan. 28—266.6 Tuesday, -Jan. 29 ^ 266.4 Wednesday, Thursday,: Jan. 24^--^—- Friday, Jan, . Two weeks ago, Jan. 264.7 264.7 252.3 l5_—-j-—— Month ago, Dec. 29, 1945—.—— Year ago, 1945 High, Low, 1946 " Jan. 29____—————r- Dec. Jan. 27——^.— 265.0 24—252.1 High, Jan. 28 -Low, Jan. 2_-_' — — : 266.6 264.7 : THE COMMERCIAL; & FINANCIAL: CHRONICLE, 620 Thursday; January, 31; 1946- "H'.Vff Steel Production at Unprecedented LowIncoming Business Is Still Heavy long steel strike on re- "Fearful of the devastating effects of a but reluctant to take over the steel industry, the Admin¬ was again attempting to find some basis on which con version^ istration this week settlement could be a ; reached," states "The Iron Age," national metal- working paper, in its issue of today (Jan. 31), which further adds: "High Administration officials suspected of being the same ones who entertained hopes of averting the steel strike a few weeks ago, are ming future quotas to enable believed to be seriously seeking Cleaning up of carryover tonnage which has been scheduled but not price basis which would United States Steel steel a produced. the allow "Causing almost equal accept the President's compromise offer of 18 Vz cents, an Corp. to hour.- trical motors ''s : the steel strike to as and concern users of elec¬ controls is the steel electrical equipment, tieup. Dis¬ industry leaders were to meet in ruption of already extended de¬ Washington this week to find a livery schedules foreshadows a "Contrary to reports that it much is period in which users dependent upon electrical components may of settling the steel strike, means likely that the more Administration asked Benjamin F. President of : United Corp., to come to Washington and again talk over the steel price situation. This sudden trip by Mr. Fairless to the Capitol where he conferred with high governmental officials fol¬ lows fairly well the same pattern of approach adopted by the Ad¬ ministration in its previous effort do forestall the steel strike. stitute 94% of for the week beginning Jan. 28, increase of 0.8 an point or the preceding week. The operating rate for the week from beginning Jan. 28 is equivalent to 104,400 tons of steel ingots and castings, compared to 89,700 tons one week a£o, 1,476,300 tons one month ago, and 1,625,200 tons one become ? a to capacity of the compared with 4.9% one week ago, 80.6% one, month ago and 88.7% one year ago. This repre¬ 16.4 % voluntarily the steel industry will be 5.7% of capacity sents want , Jan. 28 announced that on ing rate of steel companies having ing negotiations with the union, it is expected that something better than a promise of a price increase will be demanded. Despite the steel firm's attitude that it did hot 18 Vz cents wage in¬ crease and a large increase in §teel prices because of its possible in¬ flationary effect, a request by the government to do so, supported by a big enough price increase do compensate for past costs and a new wage increase would prob¬ ably be acceptable. i -; ; : "Whether or not the Steel strike party to as¬ received indicated that the operat¬ Steel "Before ,the United States . telegraphic reports which it had makes any move towards resum¬ . their complete * V ; * The American Iron and Steel In¬ Steel States to semblies'" Fairless, , unable ue an year ago. "Steel" of Cleveland, in its of the iron and steel kets, said in part as follows: sum¬ mar¬ The company has the sult of.the steel and have flatly refused to been able to carry on further than its 15 cents an temporarily from stocks on hand. hour offer. Philip Murray having "However; until the end of the accepted the President's com¬ strike consumption is expected to promise offer and called a strike decline at an accelerated pace as go any to back it up is expected to hold out for his wage demand and to have ho interest whatsoever inventories at the be¬ consumer ginning of the strike did not aver¬ age more than 30 days supply at in what price deals are made between most. the government and the steel in* that Consideration it will take of some the fact time for mills to reSume full production dustry.. ' "Up to the end of this week the after the strike's end is causing country will have lost approxi¬ consumers to conserve stocks and mately 2,900,000 tons of steel plan suspension of operations be¬ ingots since the strike began. fore their steel is gone. „ . , Much of this cannot be made up ? because before companies high level the strike most be slow and have turned ers of . p i come -ter v . made emer¬ ence upon nerable. lions, come from the priorities strike. strike granted before i commercial educational more 30-day supply; usually less.:; Some foundries are down, while others are producing from stock but face closing in a short time if iron production is not resumed soon. As resumption of production by blast furnaces is a slow process full flow of iron will require some time after the a strike is is age some and over expected " v from The bill a placed recently, including 36,750 units for the French government, divided among six builders. The Pennsylvania has distributed or¬ ders to; three "builders for 214 from ™Ync "Whil4 inmdrv ' mand than many bill would the musicians the expected. In addition to interest as to the status of tonnage due or the possibly period to crystallize advance proauction schedules. They are trim- and Loan Principles" of the nationwide he entered the service for was Legislation designed to restrain the American Institute and Loan Savings retail, en continued route there has been evidence of consumer desire to get on mill books even though ho definite promise can be given. Some leading mills have publi¬ cations. Musicians, AFL affiliate was on Jan. 23 by the House of the past year we have, distributed, at blocks of securities which ranged in many amount from $50,000 to $200,000. approved Commerce Committee In certain instances by a vote of 14 to 5. The intro¬ tion by duction of the bill on Jan. 16 by source, and mittee, Clarence F. Lea, (Demo¬ crat) of California/ was noted in our issue of Jan. 24, page 440. Mr. Lea / stated that the legislation issuing they who dealers, were were called to in our atten¬ touch with their informed on the status of the company. grew out We were interested are from dealers and of demands made upon Petrillo: accord¬ in receiving similar offerings, others, of bonds and stocks which suitable for retail distribution. are broadcasters by ing to the Associated Press, Rep¬ resentative Lea said that he con¬ sidered the demands the legitimate within not rights of any or¬ ganization, adding that a self-re¬ specting Government cannot af¬ The bill, ac¬ cording to its title is aimed to pro¬ BATTLES & COMPANY ford to permit them. hibit certain coersive practices INC. af¬ 1528 WALNUT STREET 90 BROAD STREET fecting radio broadcasting. PHILADELPHIA Associated Press Washington ac¬ NEW YORK 4 2 counts Jan. 23 said: Experience and Ability Distribution of an large blocks of securities for Estates or Individuals is important part of our business. Experience as to the best method to lie used is essential. Equally important is the Ability of a firm to dis¬ tribute own through its through our Offerings board. organization. During 1945 on the Exchanges by Secondary Distributions off the or . 5,970 . W 9,485 y3'K; u 11,000 ■ American Box Board 8,000 , 11,115 American Gas &, Elec. / Boston Edison /:• 44 ,;V 44 Kroger Grocery Minn. '■ -"-A, ' Boston Herald Traveler ;; 44 S 12,000 12,144 50,000 ' 5,864 Comm. Pub. Service 44 ; ; Dewey & Almy Chem, . : 44 /¥/ 44 El Paso National Gas p.1',;;' /First Nat. Bank of Erie ' . 3,000 / . , 44 10,000 /Greyhound Tampa Electric '' Underwood Elliott Fisher 4,000 44 44 _ *4 5,100 : ; Safeway Stores 8,400 - . ; . Honeywell N. E. Airlines 40,000 ' 44 / a , , Walter Kidde 2,734 shares Allied Kid 6,000, shares distributed 23 offices, the following blocks of securities by Special ' ■ we ' U. S. Smelt. & Ref. ; Valley Mould & Iron /Western Union "A" Pawe, Webber, Jackson & Curtis ESTABLISHED Members New York Stock Exchonge BOSTON 10 2i FEDERAL ST. 1879 and Other Principal Slocli and NEW YORK 4 25 BROAD ST.~ Comtnoth ty Exchanges CHICAGO 4 209 S. LA SALLE ST. and contributor a to financial and real estate deny right to strike, D URING in director of education and'research: for Bill to Curb Petrillo the powers of James C. Petrillo, head of the American Federation or-* some years HnseSroip Approves trade interests "Although new orders are slightly lower than during most of period, incoming (business is still heavy. Mills are staking advantage of the strike was Assistant Vice-President- July, 1942. He the committee at the that and co-operative banking business be¬ fore (Am.Lab. N. Rep. Marcantonio . pre-strike misde¬ penalty of two years' contended the Lt> ganization of the savings and loan imprisonment and $5,000 fine. Y.) Forces retirement w lhe . a was Treasurer infrac¬ Mr. Lea had proposed a maximum session streamlined passenger cars", an to felony a his "Savings and Rep. Bulwinkle by (Dem., N. C.) changing tion a Theobald is co-author of the text offered by Rep. Lea was an meanor. was the change made in the amendment / number of orders have been as He shortly given Legion of Merit by General of the Army H. H. Arnold. Mr. a originating outside the only Air the before United States." "Meanwhile, railroad car buy* ing is proceeding at a good rate and for station to refrain broadcasting any "radio program to continue,, for time at best, . 4—Forcing with years Col. serving as executive officer of the Office of Statistical Control tural programs in which the participants receive no money, except expenses. short¬ severe a > three-and-a-half Army Air Forces. cul¬ or the _!ack of cast /crap dr0Dped sharply following ljn<iries^m4. Soor shape walkout, there has been more destrike started. a broadcaster to ; refrain from broadcasting non- much 5,000 a voluntary rationing, with when the pZ 3—Coercing ■ the Tight inventory condibefore not in the face with 8,000 under such pig iron makes it vul- even coupled to than and situation 5,825 j CPA is following a policy of issuing AAA ratings where necessary foundry industry whose depend- having previously; suspended ali expected present limited been emergencies which cannot be met , The earliest ,mass casualty list is have inventories for "Meanwhile, to provide steel longer. mu given consideration and gency maintenance and repair. epercussions if it lasts four weeks cr are in particular that effort be to have steel available for the steel strike goes into its ihird week with far more serious : their and to comply with the request the Civilian Production Ad¬ needs propor- nch in steel supplies will been almost fantas¬ ministration for voluntary cooper¬ ation in seeing that only spot no ;? Ions.', It is expected that the real i distributors be afforded. demands on ware¬ as can Distributors in general have responded conservatively to make sure available supplies were being equitbaly divided among custom¬ lack of steel pro¬ duction because of inventories and because of steel already on the way to their plants. •' This week the number of steel users affected serious many tic. unaffected by reached cases some houses have strike most steel consumers Were n: eans help In mating and processing plants. shipments to steel for such "During the first week of the / foundries having small stocks, in absence of mill The slightly larger but had by League Post as¬ suspended fairly promptly, to pre¬ a quick start after the strike; But most shops in a posi¬ tion to operate have done so and total wages lost is: much greater because of. shutdowns at steel fab- was Loan ,. pare for hourly employees in the steel pro¬ ducing companies, more than $30,000,000 in wages will have been i fabricators, some Theobald In New Savs. 1—- Compelling a radio station r suming post-strike shipments will operating at as as possible. On the other. hand, including only the were lost by the end of this week. "In fact, would prohibit the measure Musicians' union from: the Chairman of the House Com¬ "While steelmaking is at prob¬ ably the lowest percentage rate in history of the industry as a re¬ strike, consump¬ tion is tapering much more is settled quickly apparently rests moderately as most steel fabrica¬ tors have not yet been confronted upon the attitude the government takes with respect to steel prices. by labor stoppages of their own ■ The I . Others simply file these orders. > • ! to "pay or agree to pay tribute" "Pig iron production is at a low ;; for the privilege of producing The new post of Vice-Presidentebb, most blast furnaces being for using records, transcriptions Assistant Manager was taken over banked ,ahd the few, still operating :•! or reproductions, in broadcasts, f by A. D. Theobald at the United being unable to meet more than %—Forcing a broadcaster to States Savings and Loan League a small part of demand. Under J employ more persons than it headquarters in Chicago the first regulations in force for some time {wants. f fern? of the year upon his return from Interstate mary . asked, buyers to .take: back:.their orders and reinstate them later conditions are settled. when Volume 163 Number 4460 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ' try—» Monthly Range of Prices the on NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE tables which follow show the ings occurred high and low prices, by months, for the the New York Stock Exchange. on 1945 of year bond and every The prices in all ca^s are based on actual sales. > < stock in which every deal¬ any - , COURSE OF PRICES OF RAILROAD AND MISCELLAN EOUS STOCKS AND BONDS FOR 1945 '> > > »' >>>•>•>'' .'STOCKS '•• January •;» February ;> . Low * 4%. 60 ^ """"—"M° AcmeBSt'ellMCo0rS C° * '• 63% 60 % »}J* Adams Express ~ 11 28% jnc . 395/3 • — 40^* 46 13%. 15% 34% 34% 22% 26% 22%' 43% • • »JK 182 48 KidnCoal & DyC 30.-,' 29% 33% 9134 96 15% 1 153Va 164 >ia 5o% ioii/- AlIis*Chalmers Mfg Co———>—_* : • 17 21%, io_'/' »»*»«* Petroleum 41% 45% 24'S-/' Airlines 43% 19R 30 46Vi 1 / —:i°o ;• Colortype Encaustic 15% 15% V8;': 40% 29% 48 V29»34%:.":32.% 18% 154% 18% 157 164: >20% 20% 32 30 27% 27% 46 / 44% 27 120 , 7% 157 4 16% 18% 17% 20 19% 21% 38% 44 42 45% 43 Va 47% 29% 29% 34% 31V* 34% 21% 52% 47% 50% 48% 28 > 1 47 Va • 108% — 7% 6% ><$»: 47% , 56 Va 61 > 7% 8% 6%. 17% 99% 17% 62 •31% .37% 98 102 31% 63% ::, 65% 35% .. 18% 167 183 Vi 172 > 185% 28 Va 30% 27% 32% 101 Va 100 7/b ?. 100% 173% 42% 48% 47 49% 46% 49Va 123 Va 120 125 % 117 % 122 % 123 115 120% 31 28 Va 48% 47 27 23% 4?% V 135 130 733' '• 131 13% 186% : 90% 190 18 17% 21%. 20% 23 21% 24% 31% 34%. 32% 35% V. 33% 36% 40 Vi 40 34 Vb 37 Va 31 " 4534 106% 27% 30% 35 Vi 37 . 104 120% 16% 125% 15% 31% 118% 15% 34% 39% 73 72 Va 80% .' 33 30 Va 33% > 76 Vi 71% 19% 18 67 26 Vi 34% 30% 34% 26 25% 30% :;v 72%; 77% 75% 80 78 79% 75% 78 Vi 20% 17% 20% 16Va 19% 15% 17% 42% 11% 99% 96 191% 31 122 19 45 Vi > 50% 54 >52 111% 115 110 30% 31% 116% > 19% > 192 94 Vi 31% 37 36 41% 76% 72 Vi 80 18 Vi > 79 " 20%,; 23 VB 54 48% 135 129 ,11% 13% 112Va 190 190 60% 67 >58% 121% 135 V* 18% 131 149 138 ,145 139 67% 127 a 42 " 38 Va 143 V* 156% 135 Va 146 X138 199 60%, 123 7 38% 134% 143% 141% 106% 98 193 Vi 127 35% 17 15 Vi 62% 58%, 37% 53 135 ' •; •:■•'• 134Vi 197% 119 120 34 VB 133 Vi 12% 62% 56 Vi 116% 36 120 % 130% >> 119 115 115 20%; ;■> 101% 107 185 Vi > 31 Va 132% > 15% 101 % ,s 43 22% 47% 55 VB 130 128 : V> X41 77 Vi 12% 32 Va 127 Va 21% 82%.' 190 % 115 ,>A8% 133 92% 106 V* 118 % 116 42 11% S 161" 142 Vi 157 187 Vi 29 71 . 81 101 Vi 31% 28% 118 124% '■ 11% , , 37 Vi 190 Vi 11% 34 9 Vi 139% 142 .. 49% 52 V* 60 19% 114 129 140 31% 10% / 67 103 94% 55% 187 :i7Vi 129 189 192% 18. > .23% V 9P 29% ;i ; ,'.75 45% 10 Va 12% 94% #115% 118 X126 > 132 128% 15Va 10% 101 631 i . 132 V* 130 '45% 107 30% >116% 42% 44 132 Vi 188% 48% 107 Va- >29% 13% 96% 194% 43% r 104 42 132 11% 12% 104 > 46% 46 V2 *132% 132 184 12% 195 42% 46% 131 114 >: 119% 17 37% 57% 56 VB 133% 33 Vi 49 115Vi 30 y4 68% 47% : 104 VB 52 Vi 53 132 Vi 7y8 7Vi 48% 34% 31% 57% ,■ 48 VB 102% . rl31 Va 30% 34 Va 5% 47 Vb 6 > 111> 29% • 31% 35 29 45% 69% 18% 124 ' 32 32 49% 125% 124% Vi 111% 34% 103 115% 54 134 5% 57% . 48 122 • 46% 30% 133 28 Vb 112%?: 123% 17% 30 » 45% 47 110 117% 5 6%. • 31% 51% V 105 100 25 V4 28 5%. 46 52% 130% 49 124 61% •'-.47 /. 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' fe' >46% 136% 142% < ;• 22 157 \ 164% 75, 10% 97 10%* 30 851 36: 34% 45% 'V 41% 28% U .157";. 8Va 92 13 Va 14 Va *; ■V > > 22 Vi 21 . 169% 154% 23% Telephone & Telegraph-100 50% 80% Xl79% 19% ? 26% Tobacco-^ 50% 102% 4% 77 Va 25% : *■ 24% ''49% American , 49 V4 25% 65% 87% 22% 48% > " ;v 17% American 98 >25%: 31% 26% :; 101 109% 105 29%: 103% X43 % : 9% : 181% 84* 22% 18% 132 179 17 ;37 42 • 33-31 51 P 8% 10% 5% 19% • American Stove Co——4 V 2234«' 24% V American Sugar Refining..j._———100 f.. 483i 56% ,4. • 7% cum preferred--—-—j-100 V 128% 132 American Sumatra Tobacco— * v:; 29% 33 Va ^17%/; 6 Vi 5% • 76% 49% > .47 ■• 47% • 88% 42 ?:f 153 1 8 Vs 35% 137 .'. P- 14% 20 44% ' 45Vi»; 30% 6 Va 93 ,28..." > - 14% ',-35 153' " ,■97% •' 4% 20% :'24- 'v *>3% 170- >43% 184 83 ■ 3® 1 • • — 5Va >9% . ;>12 29% 137 ?. Va > 27 Va 135 69 Va 91% 167% 7% 75% 19% * 42% 40% 5% 4% 81'/a . 22% ' 13 Va 63% j 12% 82 -164%'168% 43% , 44>a ' 40% 5% 36 4% 111 7% 112%' 115 24% 12 5% .12% i19Vri2'>% ^40%/ 43% preferred—-;—.J—.—--IOO .American 14% ia% 113 69 V3 " : 39% 4%. 43% 41% 8% 70% 16 iaio 39'" -33% 36% 8% 32% 76% .16% 17% 20% . 43 41% 46% *49% ; 61 181 83% - American 8% 67% . 182% 179 36 Va ,22% 14% 4%;: 78% i2>T 180 15% 19% 38 Vi 6% 9% 49% 110. 138 Va :42V» X46 43- 72 ■ 10% 30Va 31 27% 133 45 . ' 79 8% 48Va 24% 11% w- 3 67% '65% 60% 176 , 21 133 42: preierreQ-... 54%*y. 61 cum "8% 49% 30Va ' 34% 109 :1 ll2Va 143/. 130% preferred--.—-,-——^-—100 1 49- 34% 13 17% 41 Va 7 5% 12% "5% ; ' 83 9% UVa 49% . 8% 74 85 9% 1083i 112% *23% '25^ 14.1^ 12% - 28% : 108 * 79 mn- 10 26 7% 10V« 89% 9% 17% 99% 48 71% 85a 7Vi 15 Vi •38% 50 47 74% ' 771 -8% 15% 25% .44,: 47% 9% 7% 14% 38 28% 5% :> 6% 70 American Metal Co Ltd^—; American 6% 47 80 8% 14% 104% 43% 5% 74% 49 % - . ,*>i preferred American. Machine & Foundry.^—• preferred 41% .. 6% 49' 9 7 News Co— "■5 6Va .14%': 102 Va 111 98 47% 6% .50 American Power & Light m 44 40 034 6% 14% 37/a 223/a 72% 70 American. Locomotive———„—r—* Machine A-Metals-i 41% 5% 13% 36 37% 103% 25% 98 51 i 5^, convertible preferred- 92% 72 -—-:r:±' ill 21V4 93% 48 100 of 24% 8% •> 9% 6Va 14% 3% 99% 5% 63s 32% 68% —* American Investment Co ■ 39% 42 33% > 5% 14 V* 6 14% 351 > 4% 97% 104% 20% 94% 4%: 13 14% 30% 91,7 24% 94% 5 45b 12% 96 23% 38% 1 6%vnon-cum preferred— 4 34% 2% 96 10 Home Products 4% 14% 31A 20% Hide & Leather.——„i 6^ convertible preferred—w-w—50 American 3% 12% 151/, 34% American American 47/ 1154 30% 92 American-Hawaiian American 41/- 11% 31% Power-—2% -—— American 414 10% 27 "Pfeferred-;—; For 33% 21% 18% I, $7 second preferred series* W 34% 13% 35 6% 103% ■717% 13% Tiling—_ —1 American & Foreign $7 preferred P 17 Vb 35 16 Vs 115 68 31 20% — European Securities——* Export Lines Inc— 1 American A 15% 32 Vi 112% t-p yypxy American $5 8% 103 17% 18% 121% -^.-10 cum Anchor 7 66% 72% 183% Foundry—-,——* .—......„„— American 7^ 16% 34 112 111% 214%; 230" 29% 33% 102%. 104 , 33% X73% iUH Am^l^S Distilling ConPf^rre^-i^^^w-100 _20 $6 111% 7% 100% 72% 133 American 5% 14 Va 32 36% 35 5% 72 J®" It preferred-—-..so American Crystal Sugar Co 1_10 // 15% 14 Va • 60% 28% 114% v • 110 3% 70 'no 6% 110 64 24 29% 4%fe 13% 26 % .49 Va 75 16% ——100 a™i^C0nv«^le Preferred Chicle , 15% 41% ' 44% 3% 25 4234 7^ 14 Vb 29% 28 50% 20% *''99T« Amer 15 26% 46% 3Vb 69% 50 27 $5 12%;. 14% 26 Vb 63 22% 96 i-r'x 96 43% 214% 49 43 Co^ZZZZ* * '<« non-cum preferred 6% 93 477/a 6% 26% 28 43 39 , 114 113 95 30 Va t 211% i 15% 46 108 28 47 10 — preferred— & 11'v 30 iirk -J———100 . >26 % > 43% 17 4% 42 Vi Caiu—89% American 85 115 103 . 112 86 12% 37% 3% 22 44 23" American Chain & Cable Co Inc.—* 4%% 15 v.-'-" 16% 35% 107 29% I22ya 24 £ k3a 49 *071/, 5 lA't> cum preferred-... 100 American Cable & Radio-^-^::_ 1 Car 47% • ;Attifirlcan Bosch Corp_^.-.;, American 97 4r»x>v 46 • ; .^r??rlCf^ Note—.., (>,« preferred———— ^ 15% 37 y3 66 31% ;... .,y. 41% 5 —_ (Del) Inc /American Brake Shoe 5' 3% ,50 Corp Agric Chemical American 81 Vi 111 Va - 113 80 >26,>,23 14% • 97% 102% ^w/.Vy- . 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Bucyrus-Erie Co Budd 81% 1*5% 24% ' 19% 20 75% 141 . 54% 39% 18% Union' Gas_/.__— >' .18% 81% 27% 41 3%%' preferred: _______' - 19% 141 22% '54, ■ - if 109 110 ;12% 40 14% 37 : 128 40 17% 55% 28Z 23% 25 / 110 108 19% 22% 103% 105% 48% 52 23% • 48 50 ,26^ 44 £ §2'/a 47 43 ■ 24% 38 A 20 72% *8^ 22% 18 45Va ,44 23% 20% 2}^ 21 24 (» 50 ,43'A 37 19% 106 18 105 J2%? ;*21%^|4^ 48% AW* 18% 45% 123% 16% 17% 23% 16% 20 108 48% , 55% * 56% 57% 49% . 17% -71% 135 55 24% 23% '23% x.26% - 18% 105 22, 52/-» 35/a 42 53% 44. 3/ .120: 39 12% 24% 19 21% 107%. 50% 53 25 24% 118% • Brunswick-Balke-Collender 19% 69%,, 77% 135, 139% 21% 18 33 18% 21,» 7A- ; 77a 39% 51 3^ 36 JJ 5f% 42 44 ',106% -109 12 > 13% 115% 118%. ■ 14% 13% '23% 16% 55%-. 56 SO 50% -55%,' 51% — •" '13%"; 15%. 47% z Inc. ~ 50 24% 38% 40 115% us. 38% ,35 /a 32 22% 15%. 18% 40 33/4 |2%( 27% .36 AW » > v 52% 53% 1 1&%" 19% 42 43% 107% 108 ' 10 12% 15% .12 40% 106% - s 15% 40 - 37% 38 41 44% 106% 108 119%. 123.. 14% 16% 18%- - 18% 54 ; 24% 46% 37% /_ common Shoe ' 12% - 53 47 Briggs & Stratton__ '-Bristol-Myers- Co_«^^._v;>.— Brown ^5% 13% 19 39Va- -10% ,114,124. 13% 15 - „ '23 -55%. 55%' 42% (assented)_____100 Airways Inc>__!_'J_;>_^__ 2,50 Brewing Corp of America——___ 15 Bridgeport Brass-'"Co_Li_ Briggs Manufacturing— Brooklyn 9%> 11% 39 - 40 __ •6% 37 __5 * 115% 114. 33'/a Braniff New ' 20 21% . 37% 52 52% 17% U ' " 14% 19% v 22% 37% .403/4.44 42% 44% 107>108% Xl07% 103 ' 40 ' - Id 29% 26 52% 53 % "rii ^71%' •42% 75% :35l/a 42% 33 29 . 53% 33 30 19 : . -- (Thei_^_„____^.__^_____;15 Borg-Warner 36% 14% 110 X108% 110% ^20% / ^18%X 20% 59% 53 61% 96% 96 ; 98 55f 53 55 18 56 - 53 1 Boston & Maine RR 41 17% 15% 22% 19% 49% A_w_^_>X_1'' Inc Co 20% 40., 01 + 26%' xl4% 15: 109% 5 New common : 4 % Vc' conv preferred>v—-l_/z^ioo / >, 87/a 9 28 /a 31% "24% 24% ■38% 18% ■75%; 19% . 29- .' 10% 63' 58% ,34%' -19% ,38% 19 29% 27% 24% 52% il%' C%' 24% ' 17% 129'/a * 100 Corp_ common 18% . ii4%:;ii8; .12%- 13% 13% , 21%' 37V* — 74y< 25% : / 16% 48% 23 3.74 / 73 53% 52% 53 18% 30% ' • 20% , ,21% 31% 27% • ,20% 30 vr73.%>-79^ X67%- 75 -,z> 70% 34% 39% 29% 36% 35 *73%; !78%r 38% 42% 25% 29 " » 44% 31 52% 108% 109% -9% 41% 1 - 55% 139 49% . 18% Co__j__^/.i__-__i_u__5 (The.) 77% • 37%. 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Z- 46 • , -90% 71% 80 Nichols & Co____-__, Autocar Co. 98% 39 35% 25% 121% tsya 46y* •11% $ per 113 128 13% 14% $ per Share December High S per Share Low High Low High Share Low 72 Va 10%, . 15% - 66 < 116 42 V4. .48% .. 13% 117.% 46 69% 114%. 116 21% . 43% Z 13 .113 111% 35% 15 116% 18% V; ' >31% 110% 60% 113 * 83% 106% 65 •' 86% >• 79% 65% 60 123 15 107% >: 80 56% , 38'% 33% 132 124% 108 36% 113 >> ..77 75 34% 118. 118 45% 107% ~8%- 10% 111 22% ,27 23% >-45% 109 49 110'% 113% 100 — 77 101 74% ^ 45 85% 30% 50 » 107 XV 108% 107% 55% 48 V's __5 ; 107% 104% 101 . 45 106% 25 preferred___-___'_„_. Tack 45% 106 100 100 Refining Powder_ Atlas 18% 69 64, 117% 13_% >14% 21% $ per 65% 113 49% X 12% 113 IllOO Corp__i__i Austin 18% 56% 119 >47% 49% . 117 convertible preferred series A_100 6% 116% 100 preferred__u^_» non-cum Atlas $5 119 114% _100 Atlantic Gulf & West Ind S S Lines__l 5 7o 47% .119% : 112 "8% :,**7% /. 110% ;114%Z U% 14% ,11%,. 12% v Atlantic Coast Line RR Co Atlantic 11% 1 Investment Co_„_/,___..,.___'«1 preferred— Atlas 111 !7>a ~8V* . 57 Low Low November October September High August High Share —per Share; July High Low High : $ per Share 56:-// >: 110% 100 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry 5% non-cumulative preferred! .4c/o 126 12*% 10 preferred Associated 5'/c 120 *7 119% >105 Low " £ per Share 52%:/ 56%' ~6%, ."*8% / High June ■Z Mayi:;H^ Low High: $ per Share : 56 102% 45 Low cum prefeiTed^_._^„_ Arnold Constable Corp_ ,1 Artloom Corp ; ; : .50 . ~8% 45% • ; 115% ! :>gt/>T;>April;';># ' High $ per Share 56 , "?% 125 « Low 113% -119 joo ' ■ >54% ~8% >103 ; 'March S per Share 55% * preferred/Z~I~» preferred $3.75 High $ per Share Co__ & convertible prior 7% Low • common February Low High 158 163 : 161 65% 71 Z ' 66 % 10 48 3a 175 70% Volume 163 Number-4460 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE NEW YORK STOCK RECORD January STOCKS Low Corp of America—. 1st preferred $4.75 series.-.: , T/o 2d preferred Rights 'common.— Corp—w.v. . 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Fajardo 29 105 Va 22% 17 . 113 37 24 V* 23%, 49% Zl3%; : 36 ,43 Z 19 20% : 45 37%# 33 Vu 42% 20% 39 37% > /:;»/•/'. .2 Service Morse 42 24% 16% 5% 18% '41Z; 45 V* 79 V* 5 Co Fairbanks 35% 25 V* , 36% 42% ; ; 21% 109 Eureka 17 38 38 24 Vi 3 series 15 109 Va Va 45 42% 82% ipn of America & - 113 37 ; 26 Va : , — preferred 50% 39% 35% 75% $6 preferred Erie 25 46 V* 38% 24 Va . preferred RR 23% 10% Z'14% 111% 78 TEquitable Office Building 5% 37 V* 20 , 35% -- 25 V*/ preferred Erie 111 28% 21 , 105% 18% 7% 23 25% 25 /;. : 68'A Emerson;Electric Mfg Co,,J 4',' Emerson Radio & Phonograph,5 Endicott-Johnson _,__„w„„50 $5.50 25 V# • 23% Electric Storage Battery, $5 19% 16% 26% 100 Public 19% • 17% 17% 4874 110% 111 110% 112 111% 35% :. 42 // Z/4l'Z- /48-Z; 42 25/: 18% 71 % / Cum preferred 4% 105% 30*A 19 a 138 • 69 70 Va 6% 16% 19% - 106 68 • L— GaS 131 137 21 15% 23% 5 preferred Engineers 16% 48% preferred-100 * Natural #Z13% 19% $7; preferred,,/-- Paso 106% 26 52% ' : 47Va Elec & Musical Ind Amer shares Electric Power & Light.,,„• El 123% 26% 21% 20 (The) $6 13% 5034 /39%Z42% Z39% , 119% ' 17% 341 , 29% i3 48% —10 Elastic Stop Nut Corp Electric Auto Lite Boat 25% 49 Steel Co 118% ;/46% 124 49% 118 30% w preferred Electric 25% :x29zz 2t 1 Manufacturing Co, Bros Stores Inc Products 13% lis 11%- 125% preferred ; 7% 24 33% 15% 123 - 19 % 100 & Co_, first 110 :20% 150 51 40% 107% X34% 67% 71% , 5% 19% 48 . 4 V4 % 65 6 20% 23 % Eastman Kodak Co—— 6% preferred^— Edison 122 V 66% 19 ■ 130 140 48% Airlines ; Z 5% '4? «%; 1 ■: 40% - ig „_____• Eagle-Picher Co Eaton 63% 6 20% 134 18 $4.50 preferred-,,, Stainless 66 139 47% ,„50o / Eastern 13% 130% 105 105% 33 16% 48 V# 43% • Duplan Corp Eastern 37 12%- - 10% 38% . 16% * —i,,— Du Pont de Nem 107: 34 59% 5% 105 107. 135 19 : 13% 42 34% 35% 34 35 V# 38 122% > 19% 21% 120 U 120 46% ,, —22% Co Conv pfd 3% % series Dunhill International Inc _ 03 33 • — Chemical Co New ~ common 130 59% 107 7% 37% Z 31 34% 11% 1 42% 23 % Z ; X150 34 12% 68 40% Z'' - ,122% Cum pfd series A $4 dividend—110% Dresser Industries __l ' • 54V# ■ 105% 36 9 22% 67 106 V* 28% 18% 5 4, Aircraft 108% 29:/ 26'A 21% 112 108 % 104 106 96% '26% 30% ' 107 46% 48% 43 Ve 28% Va 107 103 V* 107 34% 33% 48V# 22 40 V2 2 Poeliler-Jarvis Corp Douglas 106 29% 11% 36% 39% ,,i:'y44:ZZ 68 35 „ ; Mines 108% >30% 37 33% .Z 29% High $ per Share 28 26 26% 102% December Low High; Share y per , -£ > - ■ Co— Z 25 25% 103% 103 X31 Z; — 20 100 21% 102 Va Low High 100 16% 10% Cup Dome 31 38 8% ,V A., 32% 29%' - 42% 41% Corp-Seagrams .Ltd.": /ir.,*t./ 38 preferred,^,—105 Class 28% 33 37% 10% Distillers 5'/c Dixie 32% 34 % 40% 12 50 Car 145% 110% 8% Z* Motor 145% 36% 44 34% ; 23% 104% 18% X22% 147 147 112Va _100 participating preferred—„,/,25 T 111 22% diamond. ■ 6^ 19% 36% _— Diamond xl7% 23% : 21% 103% ' 49'A V# 96 v. 18% 110 23 Zf A 104 27% • • 35% (The).10 common Rights ■ class 145% 25 34% — Raynolds 145% 24 43% Detroit Hillsdale & S W RR Devoe 24 Western__50 & Edison 17% : 13 .// 40% . nJSi ^eferrod----r——-20 Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Delaware 29% 14% 33 Corp Hudson—£— 29% 16 ' 5% V- 6% 123% _ 16% 110 . ;25%z' 22 Low $ per Share $ per Share $ per Share ' November October September High Low Low High 103 99% 26% 19 122% 20%# 26% 23% / ^1.'' " Davison Chemical Co (The)_. 1 Dayton Power & Light 4%% pfd—100 Decca Records Inc— 1 Deere & Co—— —_• 25 V# 104 V* /.'July/./;:/ Z August High 'Low High $ per Share June 44 96 29% 16 V 29 / 13% 14 23% 101% 25% ; 6% Z -, 12 Va --„„„5 ' 467/8 9 ' 62 5% 19 / 132 Va 121 27 V« '•// common 11 Va 6% 20% 26% 5 95 40% 30 ' 29 60% — Inc 28 126% 5% 47% 107 61% 100 Davega Stores Corp—: New 22% 102% 104% 27% 32% 10Va 135 18% .. /-•• 40 Va 29 V* 30% 11% 5914 1 Class A : Z 9% 130 Prior Cutler-Hammer 23 103% H/ £ 28 « 27% ^ 32% "106% preferred—x— 1% 21% . Z; ; 116 45% . 28% __ 30 100 40 91 98 Va 30 26% 19% / 17% 18% * 145% 145Va 145% :r 5 preferred Cushman s Sons Inc 105 Low S per Share May High 107 30% 17% 145% __,i____loo Cunningham Drug Stores Inc Curtis Publishing Co (The),.: $7 24 103% 105 .94% 26 % 100 preferred Inc—... Press 42% 100 Cuduhy Packing Co— 4%% Z 20% Low $ per Share l.///'//# 35% . ZZ/ZZIO. preferred,-.— Cuneo ■ April Low High $ per Share High $ per Share 22% 103% .i':. 5% conv preferred,l,„100 ^ Cuba RR 6% 21% Low V 1 # - . Crucible Steel of America,,,,,,,,, ■ High. ; :: preferred—,^ March 28% 86 . 14 Va 58 Volume 163 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4460 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD STOCKS Low Low High 23 convertible ; 61 General American Transport Corp 5 General Bronze Corp General Cable Corp.- ' 8% * ... m 6% 7' -Class: V Electric General Foods Gas 24% 26% 64 % 59 V4 64 15%i 15 6 7% 23% •• • 19% 118 16% 108% 107%; 107% >',107% 51 Va 164 170 , 175% 20 22 6 43% 39% 43% 40% 40 Va 42% 40% 42% _4 "3% "4% 108 J/4 * A— 9% $6 134% 4 3% 4 143 V :';'L 16 Va Motors General Outdoor Adv 7 AL; 55% 62 10% 19% 23% 18% 181Va '21 12% ■9 29% ,167 137 29 10% 9 125% General 6% Railway Signal 60 31 167 44% 48% 12 11% 47% 46% 49% 45% 49 la 45% 48% 46 Va 49% 45% 45% 48 47% 51 49 56 49 53 4% 4 Va 155 if 3%f 3% 4% 4 Va - • 4% 140 140 140 140 142 145 148 123% 119% 123% 123 127 128 a 139 134 129 131 129% 131%; ;129% - 145 150 127 , 162 vl5£% 126% 150 52% 153 5%-^>: 153 51% 46 129% 11 Va 106% 107% 106'A 283a 32 123% 127 3% 2% V ' 123 74% 70% 75% 128% 127 V 128% 18% 20% 19% 20% 19% 22% 29 32;» 30% 33 32 15% 15 16% 15% 17% 110% 110% 109 109% 2% 3% 34% 37% 137 137% 4% 6% 36% 126 Va 3% 4 Va 35% 27 29% 26% 26 28%, 26 Va 28%' 106% 105 ■ 28 27% ■: 27 29% 29% 106 - 112 32% , 31 33% 30% 31 4VaV preferred ■—*——————100 105 106% 109 15 17% —* 92 95 92 ————_• 21 23% 23 104% 35 -34% 108% > 108% 110 107% 107% 107 107 109 7 15 16 % 17% 98 Va 99 25 24Va 28%. 16% 19 Va 28 22% 187/a 100 98% - 100 33% 103% 104% :t 39 36% 38% 35% 56 56% 55% 6 6% 6% 157 Va 10 155 157% 36 * 74 36 Va 68% 102% 113 V4 110% 115 32% 30% Motors*— 19 Va 74 ' •. 105 • 62 111 • 113 34 iV > 7% 39 > 9% 11% 7 7% 30% 33 30Va 33-!i 18'/a City 21% 18% 21% 30% 33% . 25% v—^ > 27% 28 Va ,> 32% 29% 32% 5 ft Northern Great 105% Iron Ore Prop 1ft Green Bay Green <H L) 8% 17 55 60% 59 65%- 31 Va 33% 32% 39% 166% 172% 170 ? 65 ti i?:s , 19 20 % 169 -71 57% 62% 31% . 173 39 170 / 72 '• 173% 71% 71% 75 > > 86 74 68 ;! 25% 28% 28 Va 30% 106% 107% 107% 107% .37% 42% 41% 46% 45 55% 6% 26% 8% 8% 11 10% 12Va 67 ; 106%. 76 ' ;>.x35 30 226% —. - : ' 3814 Sugar—— preferred—l« 19 70 RR Co„ CO----— Greyhound Corj) (The.)——. 4% ft preferred L--—: 111*. Grumman Aircraft Eng Corpu. Guantanamo > 107% 16 Va 21% 107 109% 32% <fc Western ■■ ,■108 56% preferred ■ 105% 107 .17% 6ft pfd Great Western fiugari— > 39% 59 ■> 10% f/5% 7% 102 35 Great Northern By ;.'v; 67 73 62% . 55% 156 Va >35% 104% • 58 39 150 40 ioa% preferred 3%% preferred - 63% 102% 7% 63% New common ■ 26V4 55 Vi '■ —L—100 Steel—. (W T) .Co-.*—,,** Grant 111% 101% ■ Hosiery———,-—-4^4.,——l* Granite 46 109 105% 42% Granby Cons M S & P Co Ltd_... Grand Union Co (The), , '41 109 * Graham-Paige 38% 107 25% 22 Va 104% >104 Va 50% 45 102% 40Va preferred__--_L-^-.——ii—-* Gotham 41% 33% 107 42% 21% 104 33% * .4 31- 103 V'4 100% 105% 15% 93% Va .—50 : 34 133% - 38% 107 104 > (B P) Co_— 124 , 44% 38% 34% Goebel Brewing Co——I $5 115, ■:". 122 32% 32 *8% 26% 105% ; Goodyear Tire & Rubber—. $5 convertible preferred ; ~7% V 29% 36'A $4.50 preferred— Inc 8 30% rV' •>■'• w——* $6 preferred 33% 46 Va 31% ■■" 27% 107 Va , 7% • 106% 109 ,100 , 107 29- • 38'/a 32%. 107 ■;■ 5% 39 Va 140 6% V. 124 33 32% 107 7% 112 7 41% 37% 138 29% 5% 109 4% 39% 140 137% 24% 32% Goodrich 107 25 109 77% 21 29% 5% 101% 109% 71% 126% 129 14% 2% 2% 30% 71 126% X27% ■ 108 123 133% 120 24'A Goodall-Sanford 49 131 120% 25% Stock Telegraph 46% 50% 133 60% 110% <fc 47 129% 115% 4% preferred 5% 115% 19 V* convertible 5% 129% 22% (The) ;V 160% 48 'A :• 5 Va - 5% 128% 19% Bros 5 157 160% 22% .convertible preferred-.— 171 168% 1A 60% 29 Gold 170 161 4% 152 ' 127% 110 Glidden Co ,33 > 35 161 36 32% 4% 45% 132- 29 Va Gimbel :: 131- 28 10 'A ' „ 35% 167% 107 V* $5 32 > 43% 32% 19 7 "■ Rights'.———l Gillette Safety Razor . 142% 162 V: 13 23% Pft 1%> preferred 38 33% 137 >41% 43 26 cum 15 13% 14% 38% 145 45% 41% 44 Co———5 4ft ft 27% : 44% • 42% 48 *30% 21 Rubber 23 Va 32 141% -LL..* <te 25 4'/a 172 44% 41% 27% •, 10% _• General Telephone Corp—-—.. 20 General Time Instruments Corp-—* 4%', preferred 100 Tire 14% 185% 31% 171% 75 24% General Steel Castings $6 pfd—, General 61% 12% 11 Va 37 V* 145% Corp_—————1 Refractories— General Shoe 58% 183% 12% 22 V4 - 13 Va 11% 61% 183 11% 181 24 137 128 9% 10 —10c General Realty & Utll Corp General 24% 109% 58% 11%' 183 31% 142 68'/a 54% 55% * —100 10c - 80 Va 17% * 37% 131 125% 22% * . preferred-. 12% 30 131% 68 128 129% 53 —• General Public Service-—— 22 10% 31 27 32% 130 32%: i; 11% (■:M •-r: 37 139 ,120 21% " preferred-. 60 10% 183% 10 129 63% 65 127% General Precision Equip Corp • General Printing Ink——-L-1 $4,60 series A 79 109 58 58% 10 26 Va 1291/4 172 56 50% 183 9% 55 10 —-l——„—*„«.: Common 36 80 22% 114% — . 108% 10 '>■, 41% > 107% J 183 129% ————• — 107% : 35 69% 19% , 40% 19% 70 17% , High $ per Share Xl07% 63% 18 100 Corp—L———— preferred- 33 i 16% -.-Li- General 65 i December Low High $ per Share 33 9 % TVa ■>■:: 7% 28% : V 27% 30 55 Va 50 107 105% 43'A -—.— 59 •• 28 29% 181 Va 140 .—100 l~ preferred-—. conv Rights - 107% 61 14% . common preferred—.:.— 3% ft $5 107.Va 59 26% 183% 120 142% 140 Mills-——— New 5% • 16 % 27% November Low High $ per Share 108% 3% preferred series A— cum 60'/a 13% 24% Low High 180 Va 21% ' General 59 V« > Low $ per Share 180% X174 134 168 43% 42% % 28% 167%- 38% 40 162 V2 28'A 56% 9% ■V,. ' 22% 125% 29% 42 52% > 10 173 Va 7% 40% 55'A :9 % 25 Va 37% 158% 24% October September $ per Share ' X128 28% 29% 164 97/» 156% 160 August High Low High $ per Share 29 14V8 19% :, 22 123% 27% 55 a * 4—*. class 30% 61 % ■ 14% >'.• 174 171 22% 117 29% July Low High $ per Share 27% • 106% 9% 10% xl72% -19% . $ per Share 63 . June Low ..High 108% 9 123% 28% 129% •>: 40% - Electric & 7% ■. 20% 115 31.- 100 Co—Lll--——. Corp— preferred 7, 6% 22% 28 preierred—— General General 12% h 18% 11* 6 22% 114% 123 ,*—100 General Cigar Inc— $4.50 59 14% , 172 18 % 7% 19 preferred*—'—— 7% 60'/a 170 9% 160% 19 17% 54% *9 9% 160% 161%: ,-5 ,—:■— •>49,--: 52% 49 :/ - - 24% 104% 106% 106% 51 Va 52 •>■■■55%: 100 General Baking Co — 5 $5 preferred- —ll.;.—-,—l——-*"■ 7% 28% 108 Low ' - May < High $ per Share V 58 .$6 preferred —ll————. Low 23% General American Investors—l $4.50 preferred April : $ per Share :■; 28% 26 V High Low ■ 12% —50 preferred 26 58 ■ 5%% High $ per Share $ per Share. Gaylord Container Corp^*-—5 March February January ' 8 ft, preferred ctfs.; % $S conv preferred-.-Gulf -Mobile. & Ghta RR— $5 preferred---. ;:Oulf Oil Corp 1.94 — — „L——— , Water—! Hackensack Preferred Hall ,PrUitlng----a-^— 37% Hamilton x 24% Watch--i.i-^._^—i-U-. preferred——;—— Aft- conv preferred—-— Hanna (M A) $4.25 preferred—. . ' 7 ; 113% 121. 105 106% 25 29% 40 43% Refrac——.— Walker Harbison r 43% 27%' ' >6% - 6% preferred—_i. Hart, Shaffner & Marx •i : Hat Corp of America '< ' 4Va% class A (modified). —,.100 preferred Hayes Industries Inc— i -*-■— Hayes Mfg Corp—l-——- — •; 1, Hecht ; Hercules : . 170 6'/a- Motors— ; - 82 Hindc <fc Co The———— (C E) & (A) Hollander 49'A ,45% 17'A 18V4 18% 25 Va 116% 117 i 117 90 - 183% 184 184 38% 37 115% 333 137 135 preferred 33% 29%. 32% - 45% '49 55% ; 63% 58 19 24% 26% 24 29 29 L 35 30 *26 ; i _■* ^ 51% 55% 52% 57% 46% V'46% 48 45 46% 45% 45% 45 45 A 20% 22% 19% 21% 21% 25 21 Va 55 Va 56% 26% i 25% 27% 25% 26% 26% 27'/a VT 49% 60% ;7>:50>>7. 57 - -—100 -——100 103% 663a 70% 14 Va 13 L—1—5 34% 40 74 69% 12% 39% Howe Sound Co——— Hudson 5ft v Manhattan & RR——-100 2 2% , 2% 7 ' 2% 7 3"Va 2% '3 - 14% >i 32 V2 77 28 'A 32% 187« 17% 19% % 17'A 21% 4% •5% ——r—»,* 14'A Corp—i.————1' 3% 5%, Idaho Power Co —20 ——100 29% 31% 32 f 34'A 19 Va 24% 20% 47% 56% 72JA 77 18% 24 10 29% Non-cum conv r vLeased RR line sec For 4%—_——M stock ctfs footnotes see series page —100 A—1000 631. :V: CO 7% 38% 10% RR Co_. 6ft series A pfd—100 4!4 364% 43% 29 Central 42% 37'A Hupp Motor Car Illinois 7; 39% 43% 12% ■ 12% 108% J.5% 29 % Car— 78% 17% 15% 10 Motor 78 15% 72 18% 27 Hudson 05% 75% 17% 74% 14% preferred————100 Bay 109 x79% 39% ' 43% % 7t Va 17% Mining & Smelt Ltd——* non-cum Hudson 25 25% 27Va 27% .• , t c——25 Texas na .Cf 14. r 12 % 17% 31% 20 s; 7 : 30% 55 'A 60% 56Va 19%: 27 23 31% v 81% A 23% 37% 34% 37 32% ' 79 V4 27 30% 33 37% 35% 42% H3 64 83% - 31 ' 87 ~ 34 V .68% 86 33% 102 108 . 34% 34% 31% 36% 39 29% 35 65- 45 45 - 32 Va 32% 36% 38% : 82 5 -5 6% 25% 5% , 107 76% 14% 85 *15% >40% 14 \ -17% 28 % 26% 2814 .& 23% 29% 34 f 28% 32% 4%:"> 5%': >• 4% ?" 5%. 25% v,/7 •,f, 79 ;. 16 26% 4% 25 Va 79 4% x29% 34% 72% 2%: 29 % 31 ■ >•• 107 10% , 5 75 6% ' . 16 16 6 6 15 16% 15 16% 29 34 27% 29% 31% 27% 27% 31% 6% 5V»; P>5% > 6% 35 ■57 > v. 51% 26% -. 56 __ 63^>'i'' L 25% 59 "'-'"' 61 4K ' .*• 2¥%™v2?% ^• .vr|4:.aa"tw«.. . 107nVtKl07% 102Va 106% 105% 107nVti;107% 109 ,, 87% 83%-^87%^ 80 84 83% 87% • -83% -22%^ >19% 15% 19% 19% 22%f* 19% SL23% 44 49%5 v 47 " 5*4 42% 45%-. 44 ■- 49%t^47 8 *C> 6Va 6Va -5% -7%. 6%: & 8^.6% ;n:8% 18 a21 17% -16-19%-;i -17% >20% 20% 18 35 "a 34% 29% '28% 32%29% 35% ' 34% ''136% 28 Va 30% 28% "32% 27%, 32 , 28% 30% 28% 5%, 7 9% ' 5%,' 6% 5% i7% 7% 7 . , . 35% 38%' 36% 40 32 -37% 35% 38% 36% 41% 40Va 44' -61 -69% 65%,-69%. 69 75 75 84 90 91% 89% 92 34% 38- >36%>;>.37-%'; * „ ,64 -70 55% 91, 89 91 81% 88 81% 84 §5 % 91 Va 38 31% 37 28 31% 30% 32 32 33% 74- 25 Va > 23%^ 22 -V.; 1—— x61% • - 26 Houstori Li<rht & Power Co—„——* Oil of 32 31V4 $2.25 preferred— L--—50 Finance Cory:.—.— *: Houston 138 28% 23 Va 53 88% > :i; 134% 30% 45 49 ' : 115% 138 .■ 85% ->-33 % 33 •29% Household- New'crmmon, —f 5% preferred—-A 109% > 130% 39% 135 ■: 90 21% * —Li—-i. ——'* 103 34 18 49 . 35 31% 103 88 27% ,33% 31 '7723%; .24% 29 116% 16% 14 127% > 29% >30% 30% 19% 25'/a Mining—__—————12.50 — 25% 21% Houdaille-Hershey class A— Common 73OV4 -32; —_* ———^100 l— preferred:—: Homestake 24% 45% 1 3OV4 26 Va Son————_5 Holly Sugar Corp 7ft 29 Va Furnace Co .{Del)——10 Holland - 29% 24 32% 36% « 131 Corp L————-l—5 Dauch Paper Co—V 10 ;; 10% 103 112 137 % ; 85 % 74 123% Rubber Hewitt Hires 115% 132 Va 104% 92% 181 .34% 85% ,. l5-» 120 134% 88% - , 33% 184 ' 172 after Nov 15——100 V 130% pfd 5% 28 > 15% > »■: 102 88 %.:.,. 22% ■725% Hcrshey Chocolate— :f. 73 $4 convertible preferred———i—123 121 101 V 15% 9% - -29%. 22 74% 13 Va - . - 102 ——25 Hercules Powder - .11% —————— W)———l, 1ft non-cum preferred— .••••' 120%-. 20% preferred (G >14%. 73% Co.: 3%A Holme 10% 9% 109 101 99 6% >; 7% ' 114 :> —2 — 101% X:>" r*. ; Hazel-Atlas Glass Co-'„— , 14 ;_;H% ■_. . 32 -35 38% ' 40 Va THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Thursday, January 31,1943 NEW YORK STOCK RECORD Low STOCKS Low High Industrial & • 104% 6 Te preferred-.; Inland Steel 11% Corpdi—d———— preferred ——100 4l/t% 37% 40 106 — Runner————-* 8% * Business Machines——• Harvester * International International 188 74% 81 2% Nickel International International share Domestic 34% 30% 136% 87% -/ 94 89% 184 42% 43% 39% . 19% 22 % 6%. /•'•; 6 4 31% 36% 130 94% 45% 44% 39% 24 96 (F L) Jewel Co—_— —• — 34% 40% 36% 37% 111 112 112 109% 109 — . 12.50 — - 46% 109% 110% U0 — ,//- 112 203/a 103% preferred series* A~ —d-^100 preferred ser B convertible....100 80 84% 82% 91% 98%. 92% 110 — dy ■ 111% 92 92 96 31% 28% 32% 29% 85% ,81 87 ' ; 84% 79 96% 37% '& Furn Co 21 —10 10 20 22% 22% 28 117 U7Va 117 V* 120 —* Southerq Ry—d—* -.100 perferred.—--——100 13 1 :_1 27% Copper -ddSdidd-f;5 ——* Keystone Steel & Wire-—d-d* —* ' Kimberly-Clark Corp * dd ■Kinney (G • R)—— —-'-1 • : dd- " $5 prior preferred—————* di-10 Koppers Co Inc—d———10;- ; Kress (S & Hi Co 85% * 37% 40% d : Laclede New Gas 140 146% Lambert Co 110% j ——* •~~r* —— Lehigh Portland Cement Lehn Fink & Lerner Libby Life McNeill Savers New , Glass- 89% 42% 109% 28% 25% 15% 27 27 26 44 ■ 7% 129 38 95% 38% 94 33% 98 103% 39% 97 103 ' 44 Z 44 113 — 54% 15% 31 30% 125 Louisville New & 3 2% 2% MacAndrews 6% & Truck Macy (R 4% % H) Inc__ Madison Mahoning Coal Manhattan Maracaibo RR Marine Midland Corp— 4% % Martin Martin preferred (Glenn 82% 192% 33% 52% 50% 58% 50% 59% 53 47 24% Works Alkali preferred— Department New common For 45% 46 41% 44 40% 42% 41 44% 44 50% 5% 5% 5% 5% -- — - } 47% 51 90% 21 34% — — 51 60 20% 16% 19% 46% 43% 48% 23 20% - 171 23% 170 26 173 27% 25% 110 112 117% 20% 172% 25% — 23% 8V2 52% 91% — — . 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Bell Lumber 277/a 93 35% 19% Loose-Wiles 26% 112 123% 121 121;/ 122 20 8% 112 110 10% , 7 Lockheed Aircraft Corp——d-—1 Long 110 29% 37 26% 23% 134 31% 29% 113 135 120 — 28 20 .31% 121 '• 40% 45% 102 *105 29% 22 38% 20 46% 98% 104% 123% 139 27% 56 31 41 30% 25 23% 42% . 38% 41% 41% 86% 98 96% 117% 123% 123% 60 27% 21 21 21% 240 55% 30% 52 9% 33% 28 % 28% 56 31% 116 140 26% 24% . 114 J 29% 46 20 44% 61 110 115 27% 18% 26% 144% 137% 133 27% 57 20, 29% 27% 25% 137/ 133% 24% 27% 19% 77 28 „ 47 20% 26% 50 23% - __ . 21% 45% 73 24% ... 24 59% 8% < 26% __ 26*% 29% 41% . 24% 27% 118 2^^ 49% ' 22% , 25% 118 25^»; 130 22% ,43% 112%'112% — . . 119 21% 26% 39% 35% 27% — __ 23* 28Vi 19% ' *137% 145 " 97 113% 61% 20 21% : 23^ 45 109% 109% 110% ' 'zio' 40 95 114 1 - d>;-;-d 37% 19% 20% 42% 47 110% 112 43 135% ,135% 144% 127 127 131% 45 109 ,. 38% 93% 113% 143 38 Vi 38% 112 112% Z^ZZ d 4.. - 40% 133 133. 23 21 30% 2% • ——5 —25 ——25 Lion Oil Refining Co — Liquid Carbonic Corp—— Inc v 152 - ' 47% 111 36% 33 6% ..100 d-d.—100 Link Belt .Co.; 77% 31% 29% .—* * Cup 10% 73 9% 123% 127 ——5 5, Corp Locomotive Works—-id- Lima 43 150 42% 4d 19% 27% 24% 45% / . 12 .—5 5 preferred 24% '41% 8% 94 36% — common Tulip 30% 41% 151% 50 114% 38% , 47 . —25 Series B.—--—25 , 175 28% 30% 22% 20% 38% 37% 35% - Liggett & 'Myers Tobacco— Lily 57 453/4 170% 28% 28% 41 /4X 40 33% 116% d- 7 Libby——7 & Corp 36 37% " —* Corp—---—-———* Stores ■ 39% —50 50 Froducts Corp.— Libbey-Owens-Ford 10% —1 ——1 preferred (The)—-— : 27% 9% 36 30 .—» —-——• convertible Corp 109% , —25 —25 Lehigh Valley Coal 6c!o 34% 39% 23% 31% -100 —100 —50 —50 preferred— Lehigh Valley RR Co Lehman 30% 36% .—O0 -—50 ——i convertible 75% 42% 10 78% 7% , Lee Rubber. & Tire .—5 ——5 ' Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co_ —10 —10 4% 24 8%; 88 * * - — preferred 145 27% 39 110% 38% 6% -100 100 * common •: 43 151 128% 110% 11?% 39 103 30^4 25% 124 28% , d,25 24% 23% , . * (The)— Bryant New 4%% 55 165 143 16% 44 26% 27% 121 18% 19% . 115 39 4 — 20% 114% 35'A ' -.100 i—.-100 - preferred Lane . • —* Lighfc.^—- common 5 % 45% 140 24 108% L16d' 55 42%, 48% '/ 123 19% 1103/4 52 45% 127% 140 118% 126% 3% 3% 5% 37% , 32% 37 109% dZ 3% 40 / .4 92 27~ 29 25% 28% 38% 29% 37 ' ———d—~* / Baking—— 20% 25 124 15% : 28% , 27% preferred Kroger Grocery & 24 108% .-'-100 d— ———100 -.-10 Kresge (S S) Co— ————10 —k..l Kresge Department Stores— —1 ' 19Va 25 114% 114% * 41% 25 18% \—* participating pfd A—* .18% 34% 20% < 22% 23% 122 13% \ 23% 20%' 23% Kelsey-Hayes Wheel conv class A—1 Class B.d——.—d u——1 —dz Kennecott 39 18% " -.--5 .——5 Kay ser (Julius) & Co— 16 34 non-cum Kaufmann Department Stores 4%% 26% 1st pfd sfir B~* B—* Kansas City P & L $6 $6 107 ' 53% ■' .117% 125 113/ ,10*% d . 109% Z"-dz 30% '34 .. - 37 110% 111% - — d 96% 103%99%.105 103% 23% — 109%- 112 - 33% 102 42 112% 112% 120 128 - 35% 112% 92 28% 100 X39 —. ' - 3§% 34 41 114% 112% 122% 92 , preferred series B called— Mfg Co——1————.—dd Kendall Co 115 46 , ,42 5 % City 21 102% 45% 42 114% — — 37% 111% 39 112 119' —. ~ 35 111% 30% 4% 39% 141 41 118% 18% 40% 117 11% 36% 138 110% 18 X143 40% 112 108% — Xlll — — -/--ZZ/-. 32% 32% 37 31 , 104 , 36% 41% d. 113 - —- 35% 113% 101 . 93 Kansas 8% 39% 140 112% 38 27% Stove 98% 103% 18% 42% 137% 12% 343/4 96Va 9 Va 34% 138 193 : 30 Va 33% 99 103% X151% * Kalamazoo / 1003/4 187% 11 41 Va 24 90 joy • 28% • 41% 25% Joliet & Chicago RR 7% gtd stpd ;_100 Jones & Laughlin Steel— .^4* 5% 133/4 7 37% 140 93 190% 32% 25% /; 2nd 4% preferred series A——. .4100 5% 100% 10 *' 7% 33% 238 — Johnson & Johnson / 89 Va 12% 14% 243% 13'/a 250 X184 Z 7 9% 133/4 217 10% 138 10% 55 107 Va- 108 ,11% 33% 25 Inc„—:—d-r---—— -.100 preferred -—— «—* Johns-Manville Corp—^ ——— -100 3%# preferred Tea Rights 109 9 Va 12 231 6% . > 42% * 4 % (,!o . 7 40% — Jacobs 1063/4 9% / 44 preferred——.—dA.--dd $6 , 50 Va ,:/.91% 42 -• Stores—: 57 93% 100 -* certificates Department 51% 98% 17 90 122% 9% 29% 36% / ,19% 10 91 140 17 9% 12% 6% 105 , ' 52% 109% , 183/4 / 172 100 28% Corp__——————: Island Creek Coal —,rl "■ 48% 147/8 89 92% 181% 184^ 41% 112 93A 202 '40% 133 15% 108 47% 109 14% * 88 99%: 104% 27% 6 '£.£ Intertype: , 168 42% 40% 115% 137% dd/'';V! 46 46% 41 107/ , 104 91% 33% : 99% ) 96%. 18% a 13%. 89% 97 6% 135% // 15 Va 12% 82 140 27% % /14% 13% 129% 22 % 30%' 132 28% 86% ^ 121% 5% e% 137 24/a 10 133% 89 Va ■> 24% V 30% 97 • 90% 79% 39% v:41'/;;: 111 115 19% 35% .. 140% 12% 43 44 41% 39 107%: ,102 5Va 86% •/i 86% 32% 128 93 83% 87 79 88 88% 83 /;••: 135 181% 185 4% 69 Z 125 201 182% 34% 64% 108 7% 7% 12 /. 11% 192 % 64% 106 108- ;7 81 24% 6% 138 91% 9% 13/A r •43% 42 , 92 :.'>V, 10. 82% 106 ■' Xl88% 6% 57% High 31 107 51'A 10% -186 1 11% 87 81% ,48 323/4 105 9% ' Low $ per Share 105% 14% 9% 87% 4% ; 13 105% • 192 81% 171 101c 13% 7% t/d 6 % 11% 187 // 171 December High 29 Va 60 104% ,0., /r:0T, 42, 108 6% 9%; 4% 12 v 81 /: 25% 92% Xl05% ' 137% 21% 45% .13% 125 Z 92% Low $ per Share 30 54% 104% 118 95% November High 28% 103. 172 89 '9% 41%. 187 3% 172 93% 21 Vi 33% , v 12% 8% 187 195 Va a 84% 90% 6% /. 21% ,25% 25% 88% ■57/a 136% 132 132% ,.20% 84% •.91% /; 30% 7% 90 29 7/51.%#: 67.%/ 172 ' 9% 108% 182% 58 105 171 : '50% 182% 187 3% /'.• 4% 22% 19% 83% ,82% 46 104 26% 116'A XI12% 120. 6% / 7% 9% /10% 86% 27 112 93% 9 23% 104% 12% / 14% 9% 107% 26% October Low $ per Share Ted ctfs share Foreign Interstate 22% 5% 34% 1-29 4%" 22% 13% •: 45 188% 76% 81% ••'84% 7% 29% 134 •10 Silyer^-w-d———-5Q preferred——i—————-100 Tel & 6% 30%. . 19% . 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S4.50 convertible preferred!^—!—* 108% 29 X157 2 • • V! 54%: National 109 9% . 53% National 109 ;- .; 54% 13% 108 15%, 39% 63%' * 58 Va 40%- *27% 30 49 16% 112% 31% 113% 27%' 25 * : National' Container 52 23% 115'A : 29 99> 86 • 111%- ^ 27% Cylinder Gas Co—-^-l 13 Dairy Products Corp-!-—* 24% NationaTBepartment Stores-— 21% 6'/o preferred *10 12 National DistillerS -Products—35% . 53% ; ; 11%- 29% 14 va 33'A 67% 14% 111% 59% 42%: 417A . 11 lOO'A 24% 85 ^ 20% 3% 27% 39% 97% - 27% .. 182 * 10 17% 3 44% 114% - ■ -101 > 23% 100 - Corp, 75 16 10y2 109% : 110%: 111%' 53JA 62%- 37% "9% ' 65% # 32 ; 28% 12% 160 111% 26%' 14% 158% 160 16%: 88% 41 11% preferred—^—10 National AViation Corp^—-16 National Bond & Share 34% lO'/a X82% ' 25 ' 107% 50 112% 116, , 110 % 35 Ill 115 49% "St 10% 49% ■8%: 30% .113% 27%V 36 ' 13% • 23 17 : 109 110 10% 113 86 49% 47% 3% 48. 108'%- 9% •85 26'%-v 24% ^5% ^41' 20% 23% Inc— 29 108% 11 118% 112 39% 15% Nashville Chattanboga;;« St Louis.^lOQ) National 9% 117 28% 78 37 29%" 18 111; 111: 25 42 45% 66 109% 29% 87% 50% * 47%- 76 31% 158 , 43% 25% 41% '9% 47% 36% • 86 - 197 159% 3 48% 43% 46 y4 47% 14% 109% 105% 27% 62% 40% 106 44 68 43- 105% 103 28% X157 3% 25 109 107 47 , 17% 95 43 53 Corp~——,.-5 *159% 2% 115 35 Va '* 24' 99 13 x42 20% 104% !> '• 99% va - 30 . 41 44 36% 25% -35% 40% "Va.:--- •27 43 : 21% 30% 104 % •r 28% 72 ■ 19 21% 26 108% 37% 47% 10% 60% 86%' ;56> 51 ' 42%r 24% 97% 8% 13 5 114 116% 114'A 117 % 34% 22 -23% 63 86 111%116 - —* — 109 »' 27 119 ■> 116 - : 107% 23% 116% 27% 109% > — -50" — 49% 106 25% 24%- >, >: , Certificates 44'4 24 v;- 22% 105 112%- 115% 27% 42% ■ 109 va 36 ' 114 17% 47 108 > 24%' , 104 25% 43'% 26%. > .114 115 18% 104 41% 28 -- 233%- 28% > 74 % 109% 109% im ; 119% 26% 8% 24% i .19% 20 114.; 112 107 ■ — 108%: 109%'. 50%. 55%. - Motors.Products.!!-,^.!--.-!--:!!—21% Motor Wheel Corp.— S' 24 Mueller Brass Co—;— 1 31% Mullins Mfg Corp class B common 1 9% ill • 8%- , • • t 118 . 104% 109%' 110% ya¬ 112 rn 119 8- 116% : 28 :•< 41% 75 25%; 155 110% no 109% 16% V3% ■'mv$ 47 4 110 110 - 110- 111% 43 70% 37% 21 65% > 22% 3%: 67% 23 36% 159 ' 91%' 113 . 111 % 26% 31% 0% 109 7%' 8%i 112% lie 9" 116% 26% 111% 110% 111% 7% 113% 46% 111% - - ; 31 68% 35% 8% 42% 30% 69% 109% 41% 39% ;•; 106 4 ■4. 106 • 29' 132% 37 63 69 va n 7% 28% 38% 41% 33: li 120% I 36% 23% 108% 8% 26% : 61%: ; 70%- . 110% :7% 44%* 160 2% X44% » 29% • 17% 1% '108: * 9% 27% 45% : in 29 43 66 38%: f 27 129% . 37% 41% <% ; 55% %t 20'A 24% 39% 19% 38 57% 102 43.' #: 20% 62% 160 2 36 %' .122 121 34%' 2sya 106 4 >, 42% 34% 104% 17% 37% 42% . 39% V - . 42% 108% 27% 18% 110 , 27% 87% $4.50 preferred series A——* 111% 114 ; Preferred series B--—U4'% 114% $4- preferred series C—— 109 : 111% Montgornery Ward & Co j. * 47% 53 Mpore-McCormaek Lines Inc 10 <*.*'• • 82.50 cum preferred 50 — Morrell (John} & Co-I ^ 4iya ,43%' Morris & Essex -RR Co——: 50 32% 37% - 111% Ma/& «9ft. 110 114 25% 29%. 6% 8% 17% 24% .. 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Mino-Moline Power Implement Co-i—S 86,50 preferred i.—. — ' —* 24" -1 ii5*a" 113 .38% i A;; 13%. 14% 100 102% 85.50" preferred series: B w-W-ft—•,**'ft 95 , 98% Melville Shoe Corp_i_^—3538 % 37% 40,.Mengel Co {The) 1>ft:i5:>' 10 151/* 16% 5% convertible first preferred _50 54% 58V4 55vz 57 Vb' Merchants: & Miners Transp Col>33.%, 36; • 33% -37%? Mesta Machine Co.'——^5 \37 > 38% 37% 41'%Metropolitan Edison 3.90% pfd ser_100 106% 109 : 107.%' 109 „ preferred series'A_. $6 ; v ij .36% • . "ft < 55 Va 27JA' 32 , 4 111% ' —,-18.: 1.20% 28% 26%' 27%*,; $4 cum preferred : 104% 106 ' 105%r 106V2 McLellan. Storesi—;ftl3%>14%: 13% 14%": 5% cony prefejfred.i^-i.w-—_^10O 109% 111% 110 110%; McQuay-Norris Mfg "CO— —10 17 Vb 20% 19% * 2.0%* /ft y", 52 111% . McGraw Electric McGraw-Hill Publishing; Cdft..".. Mclntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd-.. i6% 48 112 277/e' ■ 14% 52 Va 111 High $ per Share 14%' 51% 111%- 111% .: December High S per Share 13% 48% ; 24% . 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Prod; & Refining———-—1. , 79 68% 14% 6% cumulative preferred——100.; 5.60% Low $ per Share 10 14 14 Us 16% 163 23 24 74»/2 64% lb 122% Line Co—--*• -New common / 4% 23% 24 ;V-4iy4 Petrol & Trans——5 Eastern Pipe 25% i6iya 44% •' Panhahdle 27% 161% % 157 15i/e ;':-16%- Rights Pan-American / 'October High 50% 54 13 y« 110 15% 113 51:/ *11./;, 51% 29% 26% 113 14% 17% : 30% 110% 114% 15 12% 160y2 —5 2 ya —— 28% 156 113 112% 121 %• 125% 1 Corp 16% 13% 13 5% American Airways 115% 14% 25 67% 41% Corp 111% 'ft 34% Packard Motor Car— : Low $ per Share ' / 110%' 111 46M|i 36 1 45% ; ,10 i 27% 14% / 15% 61, 24 Oil——a.——-10.; • 111% '/b .11% Co——100 Consolidated 29% 62% £13% £14%; preferred—.~—u—,100 Western 19'A 25% 16% 23 22% 22 ye • ' 17% 29 y4 76 Corp Teleg 109% 20 y4 58;; 48 */ Lighting Telep 6% September High 45 Mills_j.—.—-—,——— Pacific Pacific Low $ per Share .111 50 10 &io.iwi 11% 52% 52%. 55 13% :;,14. / 13% 14%. 109 107% 109% noya 19% 18% 17%: 14% , 51 x49% 50% ,V:,73/av ,/:5if / 50% 13 io9ya 113% ;yr: 37 47% 17 13% 25% 50 : 50 111% 17 30% 7% 111% 15% 155 y2 157 42 —25 Pacifio Pacifio 36 24% . 113 14% 26% 23% 46 Pacific & 110 47% 46 / 115% 110 15 155 non-cum-————• Electric & 112 13% preferred non-cum Second preferred 113% 35% 14%. 109% 18%. Co—-v-—-i——~~10; Pacific Coast 107% 106% Inc-^——5 Fisheries 13% 26% ,——12.50 Glass Co— American 110% August v; High $ per Share v 3% 52 50 14% 19% * Outlet Co——————— Pacific 112'A 113 114% 28% h 32 ••••:•• 8% 52 111 108% ' -100 Omnibus Corp (The)——-—------—6 8 Yo conv preferred A— t*;—100 Oppenheim Collins & Co_; .—10 Otis Elevator———a——* 6#> preferred-.-/;—— —100 Outboard Marine & Mfg—— 5 New common, —2.50 Owens-Illinois July Low 112% 51 ://s 8% 7% 17% Oliver Corporation 4%% convertible 'preferred- ; :">4 High $ per Share 3 '/a 46% 51 49% 7% 107% preferred——100 —* 4.4% Low High $ per Share' 35% 26%1% — Northwestern June May Low High $ per Share 116% 113% 116'/a 35 ::•= 31% 34% 30 * Inc 115 115% 113% Airlines Low High (Minn)— preferred Northwest STOCK RECORD April $ per Share $ per Share / Thursday, January 31, 1946 % 11 • • 1/^ 49 mi 54% 3 05 % 3 09 '/n 304% 112% 114% 114y2xll7 , 19% 18 y4 / 18% 20% 112% 114 Va 112 114% 311 % 713% 3i3% 315% 1 ^1 107% 108% 107% 108% 107 108% 106% 108% 106 23% 25% 24% 24% 26% 17 18% -17% 27 24 21 27 18% % 25% 20% 110 51% 19 105 55 * 20% 107 112% 309 116% 13% . 20 Va 17% 19% 311% 312 110 V2 112 111 32 111/V 107% X106% 109 108% 109% 108% 109% 24% 26% 26% 25% 26% •24 26% V xl08% 138 110 v: 116% 122 ... 22 115% 126 132% 63% 24'/a Ill-fir my4 108 V'4 25% 109% 29% 29 34'/4 108% 33 112% Xl09% 35 32»'» 11®TV* 34»A RECORD NEW YORK STOCK February January STOCKS Low . High - Low Quaker State Oil Refining Corp——10 ;■ Corp of America A— 18 : 17 17% 12% 10% 12 83% 82 87% 10% 12 11% 12% .10% 79% 79 80% X79% : Raybestos-Manhattan I . $4.50 cum Rensselaer 12% 16% 15 86 % 85 10% 10 24% 28% •,-24% 27 % 47% 46% 49% 45 44 44 44% 42% 12 24% 19 132% 40% 13% 40%' 129% 116% 36% 38 13% 122 119 129% 75 ' 82% -38% 11% 40% 12 %. 13% 126 20% 24% 29% 26 29% 23% 27 23% 27% 82% 18% 25 23%' 25% 24% 99% 25% 27 • • v. % 101 25% 22 25%. 22% 20% 24 20% 24 100 101 100 22% 29 % ' 15% 102 21% 22'% 21% 19% 19% 104% 106 102% 108% 11% 102 106% 105 112% 108% 137% 127% 145% 104% 105% 104% 105% 105% 109 108% 111 - 41% 38% 107 108% 40 41% 43% ' 23 22 24% 21% 25 20% 37 % 37% 37 38% 37% 38 >37% 23% 25 , 48% .23% 28 25% 28% 45% 48% 50 47 % 50% 40 423a 43 44 44% 46%. 35% 1 36 % 22% 27% 20% 44% 49 41%" 42% 117 18 % 122 117% 69% 23 46 43 124 f 81,>>- 22% 29 t 75 28% 108% 104% 143 83 84% 29 27 y4 28% 31% 28 40% 40% 44% »A 32% 31% 36% 101% 101% 101% 101% 23% 25% 35% 32 34 32% 40% 39 42 39 25% 29% 283 8 31% 30% 32% 30 101% 101% 102% 100% 101% —, 23% 20% X23 21% v 1001 107 % 79 % 24% 38 23 27% 103 t i V 85 26% X27 23% 25 nl02 % 107 126 75% ■•^'73't.;j' • V 22% A 20% 20% 22^4' 21% 25% • 'f ,42 % 28 % . 25 i A 125 ' 70 ' 78% 22 :31 ::t 22% 45 :• 23% 48 ,44% 18" ,'.22% 24% v 18 13% 15% v109% 110% 109% 14% 16% 14% *: j 18% 16% 18% 15% 105% 100% 20% "17% 104 100 V* 34 32% 34 31% .34% 38 39: 37% 38% 32% 38 - .22% 22 109% 110 % 17% 20 20% 24 > 11 10% 12 11% 16 % 15% 18% 27% 25% 28% 26% 28% 27% 33%' 17% 106 18% 107% X106 V# 107% 21% 25% 24 29% 107% 110 107% 110'/a 22% 109% 106% 108% 18% 15% 32V4 35% 33% 38 »A 39%. 38 35 39% 33% 35% 39% 39% 19%; -21%/ . 1081/* ; 17%. 106 % .■ . -- 20- 12 21 20 17%, 13% 19% 30% 29% 108% 111% 111% ,19% 21V4 22 36% 37%: 40 t 40% 40 y4 41% 40% 100 % 103 % 103% 20 37% t 39% 39 33% 38%: 38% 39 2iy4 11% f 12% 18% 20% 11% 12 11% 12 y» 11% 12'A' 12% 13% 20% 24% 20y4 24 23 24% 23% 24ya 8% 7% 27% V 37 117% *" % .' 23% *,35%.; 38% 1 46% 43% X46 y4 * 104 105 106 ~~Vb 24%. 25% 18% 19% 12%. 27 : 17% j'.V .26 108% 107 19% 17% 24%/ 21% 110 19% 38% 19%* 1/128 - . .16% 110%xlll% 23% : 99% 101 % * 115 .21% 21 ,+ 106% 107% 16% 22% , 20 20% 24% ■, fU-' 105% - 112 110% 111% 111% .17% 18% 1 104 110 110% 15% —■ 107% - 29 25 10 24% 7% 20 : 24% 11 26 109 14% 110 >:>■; 104 18% 39% . 11% 24% 105% 106 »A. 105% 18 % 102 ' 19% 35 18 39% >■ 20% 16%. 21% 106 18 106% 9% 21% • 110% / r 105% 20% 11% 26 22% 110% 106 104%: xl04% 102 104% 101 19% 39% 8%r 24 ; 108 106%: 109% 12% 102% 17% ■ -31% + 18% 19% 19% 17% 19% 18% 20% 10% 16% 12% 12% 13%; 17% 16% 22% 19% shares—t*~—~ 6% 7% 7% 8% 7% 8% 7% 8% Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.-—-——1 Ruberoid Co (The———— * Ruppert (Jacob) —— 5 Rustless Iron & Steel Corp———-1 19% 21% 20V'a 22% 19% 22% 19% 22V* 22 25% 22% 24% 23 26 22% 33% 35 34% 39- 33 38 34% 38 37 39% 36 % 39 35% 36% 36%' 4Q 18% 20 18% 20% 18% 21 18% 20% 20 21% 19% 21% 17% 20% 18 51% 53 -45% 41% 46 42 46% 42% 45% 43 45% 42 57% +68% 62% 23% 21% 22% 20% 22% .19 y4 21 19% 22% 22% 22% 24 y8 23 24% 26 Vt". 65 • ••:;• 21 % 'Mfg Co.—1- Rheem ■ ♦ Oil 'Corp————. Richfield —* : Ritter Co American preferred——• Lead—---———10 Safeway Stores--——w^—* 112% New - common * Seaboard Air Line ctfs wi— Seaboard Oil Scrvel ' :; i;$4.50 i • 8% 8% 7 10% 41% 47% 7%. 44% x9% 9% 8%; 112 11% GO'/a 55 59% . 113% Ill 115% 113 114 .115% 10% x42% 43% 44 112 109+111 • • 108%: 109%; 109% 111 44% : " '7 ■ . . 115%" 6%; .8% 112 112% 109 6% 7% $7% t 29% .42% 47 23% 25% 8% 7% (The)——————5 109 i.. 110 23% 7% 100% 106% 19% 43% 48 — __ 108%1U .110%- 109 109% 23% 28 8%. 56% 7. . 7 99% 17 Va 113% 9% 10% 17 77 90%- 14% 71 13 14%7 76% 76% 14% 13% 60% 67% 59% 63% 27 7, 26% 26 < Coalition Mines— —5 CoA—a————a~A# Simonds Saw & Steel Co———. * Sinclair Oil Corp.-—* 8%* 23 Va 90% - 18% ~5y8 . 23% 21% 23% 22 23% 23 27%. .25% 27% 2654 45% . 44 46% 46 48% 56 51 X21% 22%; 23%, 110'A 11% ny4 56% M 46 106 7 108 52 >/4 52 112% 111 111% 112 ? 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S-V 4% 32 X74 V4; 44y*v.;52% 38% 36 17 y4 :16% : S, 23%; i t ■ 35 31% 20% 49% 42y» : ' 55 ' 43%. 51%+ .47 57% ' ,i 16 . 45% 179, i 34% : 24 Va 47 4854 _100 — 177 . ,73. „ t 5% 4% - : 49% ———A—^..5 common .3%'& '47% ;>5%. 25% 48 ' . V4% • .44% ; .22 48% 49 —— ,34% . , , 21 Ya 8554 33% 31% 18 47% common '4 3%% ■ _ i.+—*_i. preferred : 100 preferred series A___—A—100 New 4 _ 87 35:;' 75% 40% -17% .15% ;.16% 56 (Ohio)— Standard Jersey) ■65 Va 46% 44%'; % 42% 38%, 47%. ,86 • 479 30% 20%; 32 78 3/4 — California (Del)^„ —* (Indiana)— ,i- I25 of Standard Oil Co 32 19%. 28 *. . 86 18 23 43% 463« 39% ".'+12:15% 85 19% 2354 • 31% 1654 •• 6% 13% i ■ 177 3oy* 31 % A21 35% $4 pfd— A*;' t; 254 & Electric Oil w 20 43% 178% 173 171% 30% 20>A 17% 23 ' 2754 /•--;ti; Standard Brands—.i--——AfvA $4.50 ;• preferred——;—. Standard Gas 80 •' * 30% - 7% ■ 12 8% 9% i.:: —-—i-—— preferred 19 164% 165 29% i ;■; 12% *;. . - ' 18% 23% .65 : .68,, •■ 48% 3354 12% * preferred series A——„— $4 20»A ,46%;:X51%; 58 17 Va 22% 48 ; 4%:: 'St: 4% 4% 21% 20% i 22% S 5 22 v 51% 35 y8 i* -i--— ii— 156% 30% 20% 46 48 18% •23% 16% ; 16% . ,2954 , . • common .47% . 4% - 14% 16 Va 27% 33 ■ * 112 preferred——«AAA: Square D Co ——A——-— —I 5% convertible preferred-;—---- 100. Squibb (E R) & Sons—^-VA— $4.25 7%. ■'?'} __ Spencer Kellogg & SonSi—ir-i— (The)--— Sperry Corp *, : Spicer Mfg •, Co--—A-*w-—. ; $3 I-*; convertible preferred A — ■ 7% 7% K 9% Spear & Co New 12% 6% Sparks Wlthington Co (The)--— $4.50 conv ,41 . 5'A 23 : 85 Bl% —— / 18% 4% 13% 73% 82 ; series A_l—-—ii_ 42 159% 14% .16% 22 23% y4 34% , 16 ''' 64 % 80% i_* 28 41% . 5% non-cum preferred—-———100 100 Mobile &> Ohio certificates—A— $2 preferred 155 165 163 .162% 28% 30 18 X19%> 39 43% 26% f!7 —.-7.50 22 22% 40%.. 45% 32 . ; 4% ; 5 •: 5% 21 21' • 17%. x4%- '• 2iy« 5 * Southern California Edison—--—.—25 • ; L * 70 T <10% 19% 22% ,62;70% 29% 32% 11 8% 16% 19 y4 23%. . 29 8% •; 22 ; • 17% -54% ■ 30 7% 7054 • 65 35% ; 31 16% 16% .,A7; 27% J 61 . 16% 22% 16 67 15% v 36% ; . 62 „ 77 % ! 39 54 18% 48% : 19 Va. 23%.- 4554 '; 4254 18%: 17 22% .. ••:;, 28 99 « Vt14" '77 Va 44 Va 23 77 : 20 •. ,79 ■ 39% 53% .33%.: 78% 42% 16% 48% 98% :> X9554 2554- 22% 20% 43% 23 31% t: .42%. 47 15% 94 ; •' ' 21% 24 38 17% 54 25% 24%, 113 r 38% 23% 31% 54 :15% 41% , 46% 48% 16 22 % 37% 39 15% 30 11154 y4 36 ;■ 41% —♦ :37% *■' 24 23% ;-2i% 7% .25% 7% 24 .23% 74% 20 67 ; 14%. t'i/A 35% 40 112 77% 76 Va ;27% 61 63% Skelly Oil Co-r———A.——-——15Sloss-Sheffield-Steel & Iron---—20 • • 11%' 9% 18% :: 21 At $1.20 .preferredA.--!--—— Smith (A O) - Corp:.——————. a.10'- 49% 100 92 Va 19% 20% 30% t 21% 25'/4 93 Va 16% . 35%' : 9% 17 Va : 77%: 77%; 79 ;'15v / 16% 60% 67%: 25% . 22 Va 89% 17% : 8% t Wa 37 7154 ' t 67 •28 t 110% 25% 111 107% :t 24%. 22 31% : • 62 7 38% 2iy8 113 ;.,7% 8% 90% 13% 78 7^ ,76% .lSl'a" .16% 23% 108% 113 13% A- 10% 111 V 144 35% 21% 21% 19% 112% 88 Va . 15% 8% - 57 111% 111 26% 15 Spiegel Co Inc.: 111 106^ 5254 110 65% 17%. A—-—— 61% 109% llOVa till 11154 29 33%. $5.50 preferred 106 A 107% • 55% : ; 27 15% Spalding (A Q) & Bros Inc__ 124% 65% 30% Rayway-CP-——f 14% 85% 3) Vat 16% - 58 111 ; ' 8l/a- 114 - 94% I 8 9% 129% 140 8% 23% 203/a 94 : 76 = . 21 ; 27% 12 5 a 24 Vt 15% Southern 113 24% 22% 118% 130% 113% 23% 89 •;.' *19% n 9 ;r 75% 37% 6% 30V4- ''.•'.•55 13 . 106 107% 111% 31% Co t; 85 106% 112 . 25% 7% 8% 112% 22%: :• : 121% 't.. 13% 74 59% - 7% 114 22% 26% 114 14% 12% 75% u 13% - . .24% . A: 75% 14 75 59% + y4 20% 22%, 28% 36 34 «' "■ 24% 114% 11% 88 56% 108%* 36% Natural Gas "tf 27% J : 112% 55 77'; 56 ;,Tll%: 110% 33% preferred 25 V . . i2%- 45 .49 23 728 112'A 113% 11% 13 113% 31 8% 29 60% 32% • ■ 12%. 29% 21 112% 48 Va 122 8 i; 85%- 91% 78% 13% :;15:;: Vl5%^; 20 22%. 9 . 111% 22 Vl2%. 12 Ya 714%: 75% ; 21 22% 113 8% 9Va 9% 85 80% 75% v ey» Silver King Southern 1054 2754 4354 x47 V 20% !' 111% 26% 23 7 113 113 18% 21 13% G>—__—-————* Sheaffer (W A) Pen CO—— -* Shell Union Oil—15 (P 8Va V 7% 18% 21 Ya 112% 18 13% ■ 7% 102% 107% 103% 21% 77877785 Vt Ss Dohme— A A—* ■ %ni i-*»*■ <» »■>■)»»»« —> — f f t > $3.50 convertible pfd series A —* t Southeastern Greyhound Lines South Porto Rico Sugar——— 11% 29% -28% 45% . 18% 31 47 30% 110 y4 108% 107 110%.112%. , 23% 24% 7% 7% 105y4 122% 25% 24 27 8% 112 y8 20 10% 16% Sharp South ^.7% . 30% 102 y4 105% 21% "9 Corp———1—1 i ■-Sharon - Steel Corpw—---—.———* .i $5 convertible preferred—* 7 -Socony Vacuum- Oil Co 16 26 Vs 20% + 112% 10% 107 108 7X105% 106% 47 51 4.7 50% 111% 112%. 112%: 114% 109 % 108 45 112% : - 112 V# Smlth & Corona Typewriter-. 18% 27 65% preferred '.■Simmons , 8% 29>/a 48 . - 42V< 407; 10 712%: 66% g 57% 110% ;12% 68% 10 % 56% —100 Shamrock Oil & - Gas Shuttuck ily» 47% 9% 42 113% common —*' Inc_——————————1 New . ' 8% : 13% 22% -S . 114% 112% 108% 42% Roebuck ts Co—-—-'———• Sears 59 44% 106 Delaware of Co Seagrave Corp . —— preferred series A wi 5 '!o 56% 112% — preferred----——-—;———* $4 7% 41% * preferred:^;,——AAA- Scott Paper $4.50 44% 9% . 38% preferred^—*—100 554% 21% A-2.50A ■ ■ 521\ 114% 8% Savage-Arms Corp— -5 Schenley DistHlers Corp—; 52 SI 37% 57% 54% - t 40% i-37 preferred—-—-.--—-——100 5 'U 11% 22% —. convertible $2.50 : 12% ' ■ St Joseph i 12 Antelope Copper Mines— Roan : 38 39% 20 .41% ■ • 37 36% 31% ; 103 14% preferred series-——-100 18% 104% 21 25% 110% t 109 109% 16 13% 101 15% 98 Rights 15% 36% 28% ] 22 9% 8% 22 107 108% 107 t. 107 h- 27% 24% UO^ 87% ————lQ0t 109 X109 14% 103% , .. 17% 105% 46 101 13 % 105 . Reynolds Metals Co——_——* 554% convertible preferred——+—100 Reynolds Spring Co————1. 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Corp-—i—' Mfg Co ——10 Remington-Rand 37 16% 19% X24 7% cum preferred--————100 Rels (Robt C) & Co 7^ cum.lst pfd 100 Reliance 35% 17% i; 44 - Reliable ; 16% 84 V'4 8% 94 35 5 Hosiery Mills Inc.—— 94' 99 36% 34% 4'ic non-cum second preferred——50Real Silk 92% 16% »• Reading- Co———-—-A-—A-———50 4i'o non-cum first preferred———50 . 94% 34% lnc.AAA*AA^ preferred———————-——25 $2 9% 98% 7'/® 9% 8 17% X16% 17 Low High S per Share 104% ; ' 9 9% 91 preferred 100 Ralston Purina Co 3 3A5V preferred-100 convertible Rayonier 16% July June ' Low High $ per Share ; $ per Share $ per Share 78% 8% Low High; 15% first preierred«-^-r—_-.* Radio-Kelth-Orpheum Corp— 1 6% Low A i 3Iay April $ per , 16% Radio $3.50 cum it. High Share , $ per Share 15% ;<■ 3Iareh Low High 629 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & .Volume 163 L;Number 4460 6554 120 654 ' 7354 123 8 54 3354 1854 109 6654 72 12154 123 8 t 954 • THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Thursday, January 31, 1946 ; NEW YORK STOCK RECORD «'■ w i/ . . 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U S 18% 18%- 56% 56% 10% 11% 33*% \ n x W-" Ai United Rexall Drug • 34 y« >•■' 34% p 36 16% 68% 68% W _• —— preferred— United Gas . 29 —20 — United Drug Inc United Dyewood 7 % preferred a " 36V4 36% 121% X118% Xll8% * — preferred Corporation '' 10% 30 ' 5% V-'isA 7 5% 7ya 7% 107 ?: 109% 106% 109 .11 10% 12% 11: 12 18% 21 18% 22%' 22%' 103% 106% 103% 105 21% 115 115 23% 24% 111 114 _100 United Cigar-Whelan Stores— United 7% 1 ^ 20 . 106 106 >■ 106% 10 13 10 .13 81%> 81% 31% 118 .—100 Fastener 11% w 27% 64% 15% ——10 J America preferred— conv f 117% 114% 113% 116 116 ,116 114% 116^>> ; 114% 115%, 114%: 115 > 115% 114% 115 21%: >20% >25% •:; 22%> 25% 21% 20%>25% 22%: 22%; 24% 22% 112 125 Va 117: 109%* 119% 112 118% '125% > 117 125% ;118% 130 > ; : 106 y4 109 y4 100% 104% 103 108 106% 109% 108 y2 109%: 108% 109% 30 y« 29 Va 29Va 30y8 33 Vz 29% 30% > ; 30 33% 30 31% 29% 32% 29%, 31% 29y«; 31% 27% 31 % 27% 27%: >30%: 30V*. 106 y2 107% 109% 107 109% 109% 106% 109% 107% 110% 100 preferred of 44 is y8 ;v 51% 37% 20% 20%' 100 Corp preferred United Biscuit 25% 16%' ' 53% 113 25 - Co 5% convertible United Air Lines, ^ / 24% 117% 1177/a series Car— United Aircraft ' 31% 31% 10 >26%. 26%. i , 34% 58% 78% preferred— non-cum Union 42% 25% 40 14% 15 > : — 40 40 40 38% 52'A >•; '> " 14% .14% California Union Pacific RR 11% 29% >. ■ 163% 103% 106% 16% - of 43% ; 7% : 49 49 56 56 6% > 19'A 19% 9% 18% 19% 105 1058 35% 48 36'% 33 137,r 38% 38% 35% 23%: 29 124 41 331/* : 34% 108% 53% 53%;-' 16% ' 11 11 >>■ 50 50 ' ' ? r 19% 36% 14% Carbon—. $4.50 Co WrW 49 Va 49'/a > 14% 135 l/a 135% 135% -w 33 High 18% 29 3A 133 45 8% 18% 12% 4% 34 37 14% 54% 52 Vz 62% 10 Va 10% 22% 27 117,; 37% 106% 16 14 35% >40% 40% 106>A l07Va 106% 107% 12% 12% -13>> 13 13% 20%' 20%', 9% 11% 116 116, 122% Union Elec Co of Mo $5 preferred Union 107 107 105% 106% 105%.106% Bag & Paper_A__; Carbide ; 34% ——* > Union • '' 55 55 5% 103% 2V/a 27% 29% Rapid Transit— & 17 Va 17% 35% . 14% >108% 108% ;'3 107/a 10% 197/a 19% 105% 106 50% 50% 197/a 19%' 21% 101% preferred— ——100 5 Vo conv prior preferred—^ -A-.—50 Twin Coach Co—W-——W_aw>aI:> Union 10%. 18% 2nd Underwood 42% 42'A' 106 7% 42 42 20% 54% 17% 38% 38% v 17% -w> 34 Va 34% 44% : ■-? ■ ; ,: ••/ 7 • 17%' 17% — 39% ; 26% ' r n% 11% ——100' preferred 1 i 6 103 * ..._W————;—1 Twentieth Cent Fox Film Corp— $1.50 preferred — ' { 5 .• > —r V 18% *;>: — 4%%: preferred 1% > , 56% 56% 37% 36% 55 : 26 , Forging --i GOrp—i-A-—-a—A——1 Tubize Rayon $4.50 >-a 8% 5 31 % ; 9 * 13%' 54% 42 42 54 8% 15 51% >;51% >, '53%: 53% 26 Va 26%.;V 21 21 > 10% 10% 13% 19% 17% , .. 11% 11% 54 y2 54% 36 106 * Western Air Line—5 $6 preferred Truax-Tjraer Coal Twin ; . 9% 9% -i, .32% 32% 55y4;: 9%. ; .13'A 19% 44 : > 44: ' ' 9 34 17% . ld> 9% 20% . 15 34% 10 20% 9% 15 15 31 10% .16% 53% 8Mi 15%" .7% 7% 136 136 ', 138% > 94% 94% 97% 97% , 55%;. 557/a 5% 34% 22% 49 Yt 49% 54 y2 54% 13% 4% 32% 36% x34 %'• Low $ per Share 38 y2 v32.> .-: 35 • • December High .r! —A-i—- Tri-Contiuental ■ 14 46 46 33% 30% ':. 22% 15'/a 15% 8% 9%. 9% 136 136 >> 139 97% 100 'I.1 , 98% 15 15 45 12 12 ,K'!! C C, — 32 36% 17% 33. 35% >37. 31% >; 33' 109% > 1 45 45 Xl9% >(;.Xl9% 12% 34% . Transue & Williams Steel Corp 34% > 41% 41% ;■> > 55 48% , >35... Low $ per Share 27 ;>•' 30 104% 123 36 37 Ve' 105% 52 52 55, 55 8% 7% 7% 20% —__ Transamerica Corp—•—•a————2 >' Transcontinental 52% ./• 13% —10 Bearing——— L 8% 8% 56 45% 10 Co 4 » 55 55 7% 7% 25% 25% 11% 11% ' V 50% 50% 35 14% 29 y4 , November High $ per Share 104 31 34% 8% ^10% .13%- 24 97 >: . 32% 31% ,32; >;30' 55% 8% 100 Low 15% 32% 10%' 53 9%r .13% 44% • 991 99 , 55 ' 35 13 25 V4 95 October High 34% 10% 9% 9% . - 13 13 ; 8% 9 Va' 14%: 28 w>> -W Axle 13% 9 9 $3.75 preferred. Timken-Detroit 12% 95 Va 95% 10% 10% : preferred-—W-aW ;; 105% 108% $4.50 convertible ,7%; 55 10% pfd $2.50 cum—-a-—a—-a50 Corp * Thompson" (J R) -25 ^ Thompson Products.; * 4% preferred ———-100 -: Thompson-Starrett ———; *> $3.50 preferred ————* , $ 54% 8% 8% ; 40% 40% 12 12 130 > - , 9% %> 7% 10% 10%' 98 98 9% ; Conv Tide Water Associated Oil 59 9% 9% Low $ per Share 23% 34% 30% > • :> 34 38 y2 14% 35% 55 36 Va 31 y4 13% 20% 130 387/a 35y4 52% % > Third Avenue Transit . 31% 9% 36% 32 . X54% >V X54% 7Va 7 Va : •;> 38 Va 55 9 387/a PC ;>>' 38% 20% 20% 40 40 18% i 125 93 %: 93% i —1 ———-— U 50 50 9% 35 34% 33 y2 22 107'A 27'30 24 , — 15% i' 33'/2 12% 26 y2 99 Septembef High $ per Share 14% 23% ; 31'/a' >22 : 33%' 26 y4 34% 112% 115 28 y4 August Low High' $ per Share 27 7/a 107 . 33% : 32% 8% 14% 14'/a >>14% . 25 Va .26. 121% 29 Lotv 15% 33'/a 9% 8%, 7%' 12 y8: 29 53% ;:56>> ■ , 9% 24% 59% 125 20 11% 21% 21% •57 preferred »->—->-W———100 6% preferred :—a-*—100 22 32%' 33%' — 37 Vi "' 37% 24% $3.60 convertible! preferred--———* ; Fair Co„— * 7% 32 7% 55 55 20% The Thermoid Co_ 51% 7% ;>> Trust— 33 „ 7% 6% 31 14% 12% 53% 48% 26% ,31% '.34y4 29% 32% • 9%' — — ——1 Gulf Texas : 25 1 * (The) Co V __ 24 109 30% 18 10% 54 -m, 52%: 8 >, ; 12% 11% 5% pfd——100 Tennessee Gas & Trans : 26 y8 122% 27% 30% 10'A 8% ' 8% 50% (James)—-w--——-9 preferred——50 Corp— 5 Corp— — ® participating 5%% 23% 101% 18% 32% Telautograph 27 Va July High $ per Share 14% 12% 14%: Low High 119 31% 34 Va 34% 32% Talcott Ino 11% 31. 34%- 32 Va * Symington Gould Corp.;———----*> $ per Share >17% 30 Va —-— 12%: >23 34% 17% Inc Sylvania Electrical Products >'iov. June May Low $ per Share $ per Share 27 »A 24% April High Low High", Low High Share' Low stocks Sunshine Mining March February January . 6 5y2 64 118 . , 67 Va 120% 5% ; 65% 119% 7 71 122 % 100: *' 34% 39% 38% 6ya 7% 6% 67 76 77 122% 124 v 121- 45% 8% 81 123 Nwnher 4460 Volume 163 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ,v 63J .. NEW YORK STOCK RECORD /;,y-' Vv:>;:/v/!'///'' ''January /STOCKS Low .>»/" - preferred— Vulcan 7 ft " „ iThe) Co. . 100 '-—100 preferred——100 Waldorf System—— —•——* Walgreen Co————— _* preferred W&bash RR Co. 4% ft . / 4% . , —-J Ward Co new——— ': preferred Warner 'Bros Pictures - Warren /. 26% —100 87 25% 26% 101% 105 " 109% 115 101 103% 103 106% 116% 117% 25% 110 116% 25 - 117% / 23% 4%% series— 100 Rights Western • 110% — 32% 37% —100 4% 13% 6% 2nd preferred———100 non-cum Class B (The) * 29 16% 18% 18% 20 38% 40% 39% 42 110% 108% 110 X109 110% 108'A 92% 20% 19% 20% 14% 12 'A 14% 11% 9% ,11% 10% 10 11% 10% 13 11% 13 11% 11% .2% 1% 2% 1% 1% 66% 61% 66% 6% 13% 16% ' .33%' ,; 36i/a ' 2%. 62 2% 66% —//■■'■—■/ ' ■ 15% 35% — — — -f 1% 66% 62 64 69% 16 /; 15% 18 32% 9% 25% . 13% 33 '" 16% 26% 21'A v » 10% 27% 85% 26% 108% 114 105%/ 84% 23% 102'A 111 102% 9 10 • 20% 38 "9% 27 31 41 38 42 44 50 14% 20 18% 20% 19 21% 19% 21% 19% 22% 27% 28 27% 29% 29% 31 30% 31% 30% 32 X21% 22% 20% 22 38% 35 391% 10% 87 27% 29% 26% 32% 85V2 f 87 85% "87 =/": 27% 32%' 20 26% 28% 27% 33% 40% 38% 45 42 47% lOVs "14% 13% 16 13% 16% 31% 33% 87% 33% /'• '86% 32'/a 38% 33% 38% 87 31% 86% 87% 89%, 86% 88 37 />; 33 32 106% 1081/2 107 / 105 109 Z" : 106 110 110 108 113 V4 111 113% 113 115% / 114% 117. 113% 116 "" 114% 118 X114% 1181/2 1151/4 117 115 118 104% 108 1061/2 108% 105 Z 108% 106 'A 110 1071/4 109% 107% 110% 109 115% 115 1167/a 114% 115% 113% 116% 115% 117% 117 118 117% 30% 27% 30% 29% 32% 32% 32Va 28% 107% Z- 103%' 107 117% 26 23% 110% llli/a 116% 118 25% 32% 28% 34Va 109 28 31% r 110 111 26% 25 30 23% 45% 19 22% 37% 10% 9% 9 Va . 23% 40% 38 11 Va 9% 29% 86 115 49 35% 16 11. ,/" 85% 113 30% 27% 20 1/B 28% , 16% 105% 32% 34% 35 85 25% 13% 102 103% 15 , 104 110 26% 25% 117 118 23 25% 110% 112. 18% 20% 20 21 15 95 18% 42% 38% - 11% 95% 19% 16% 15% 34% 11% 8% 91% 17%. 92 68% V67/Z — 37% 18%^ x25% 27%27% 20%./ 23V4 22% 33% 38 '.-..36% -38% 11% / •,. ■/■':■" — < 2% 1% 15% 13%" 29'/a 27 23% , 2% 2% 66% — " . 43 ——* 43% 50 44 7% 24 Va 14 Va 19 " 24% 41% ', "Z6 "41Z" 44% 110 21 26'A 47% 42% 48 110 110% 29% 113 109 33% 29% (29% 107 110'/a 23% 34% 36 110% .112% 27% • ■ 33 36% 36 W2 118% 40 „ 112% 115 111% 36% 115 40% 31% ";/, 31% 35% •45% 49% 49 58% 55 % 9% 10% 11 Va 10% 12% 25% 27% 25% 29% 27 32 48% *55% 48 55% '87% 90% 86'A 90 50 55 51 54% 26% y32% , preferred convertible Z 45 ya 50 Va 46% ; 28% 26% 29% 29'/8 29Va 28 31% 29% 31% 29% 44 27% 28 29'A x31.% White Sewing convertible 30% 31% 35'A 33% 38% 34% 36% 43% "41% 34Va 37% :35'/8 37% 43% 41% 45 42 Va 44% 37 Y4% 37% 36% 44% 41'/a ;• 34 :>; 36% 36 38Va 38 33% 31>/a 36% 34% 45 41% 44 42 33% 31 34 27% 31% 28% 31 28% 33% 30% 33 31% 108% 112 109 112 111% 113% 108% 110% 108 110 31 108 110 108 108% 108% 108% 1083A 110 108% 110% 107 108 107 108% 105 106% 105 105% 72% 101% 36 73 103% 40% 73% 76 73 77% 103% 104 104 ZZ'; 106% 1041/4 105 103 Va 4 4 7/8 42% 47 43 Va . •' . 33% 84% 33% 35% 36% 45% 43 ' -' w j. 69% 70 107% 73 78 104/ ' 73 V2 103'/a 75 104% 103% 105 78 74 104% 103% 34% " 40% 105 40% 92% 96 24 25% 28% 31% 30 33% 10% 12% 11% 16% 90 93 90% 94 93 23% 26% 30% 8% 11% 27% : 31% 9% 11% 85 ^ 28% 28% 8% 10% 10 11% * ^—20 83% 86 86 / 27'A. 31% —1 87 31% 31% 8% 30 ' —5 32% —1 19% 17'A * 10% 13% 97% 99'A 31 6"% 16% . 13 ' — ' 13% 100 (P W>—-10 , — 15% " —;v. 15% 90 26 25 27'/a -• 44Va \: 40% 39% 84% 48% 82% 87 46% 85% * '■ 'W— '"v. "•1 '■ ; - -V w"./. • 'i . «•».** • — . ; 104 100% 101 100 '• • 1 Yale 4s Towne Manufacturing Co—25 84 84Va 87 . 13% ' 77 84% 103% 16% 35Va 14% 15% 37% issued. . 12% 90 90 x87% 33% 34% / 7% 10% 33% 8 21% 26% 22 26% 13% 13% 15% 13% 16 ' 13% 100% 100% lOiya 9 26% ■v 105'A 99 Va 28 Va 36% 36 15% 13% 36% 327/a 13% 15% 131/4 88% 90 87% 89 •'.-•■. 33% 34% 33% 35 " • 100 99% - 103% 99 ■ 15 90 35 /• 11 10 12 22Va |Z 19% 22 21 Va 23% 16% "".16% 197/a 18% 14% 100% 99% 87 Va 35 16% V 18 93 9V» 24 99% 100% 21% " 47Va .14% 34 •vy;/. 15% 101 , 31% 39 15% " 87% 9% 9 47% 101% 28 43 Va 34% 8% 7% /. 107 100 102% 26Va 32% w—.* «—"• 27% 103 26 ••"; 34% 8% 25% 7% 22% 34 " 15% 90 34 34% *7% 6% . 100, , 17% 19% 101 101% 101% 377/8 46% n A-'v' 28 % 16% 4.-1'="; 15% 17 31 16 27% 42% 30% 30 31 30% 33 Va 31% 37 34% 36% 47 46 48% 47% 49% 47% 50% 49 53% Zz •Z1T". 18% 133% ,46% 43% 25 ' 6'A r 86 /" 90 93 94 : 69% 74% 70 157A 38% 16% 14% 35% 14% 15% 41% 16% 16% 35% •40'A , 49 87 ilO 20 ' 24 42 7 36% 5% Cash sale, x 91% . 89 . 133% 18Ve 136 19% 20% 136 136 20 21% 22 f—1 CO OO «"• 137 138% 60 .56% ' 63 ' '/ 68 60% 70 59'/a 9 7'A 100 92 97% 98 100% 95 98 91% 99% 110 91 93 91% 92'/a 93 80 Va 88 80Va 86 85% 95% 88 97% 77 72% 78'/a 77 81 80% 84 79% 82 79 82 20% . 93 93 16% 18% 17% 19% 18% 19% 19% 20% 20 23% 96% 941/2 100 , r 36 Va 41% 41% 571/4 52% 46% 43% 46% 44% 18 16'A 18% 18 19% 18% 24% 22 243/a 21% 24% 21% / 23% 21% 25% 24% 27% 25% 27% 27 29% 27% 31% ?62""' 60 V* 66'A 70% 491/4 35% 54 52% 107% 105% 106 44% ' ' y 24% 26% 41% 37% 41% 39Va 441/2 11 Va 10% 12% 10% 12% 27% , 23% 27% 34% 39 36% 39% "37% 10% 9% ' 61'/a 25% 9 Va 10% 10% 11 10% 341/4 V 64% 26 106 A 26% 24% 47% 24% 60% •v" 105% 23 37% 106 22% Ex-dividend, r/55./;- 58% 88% 92 Va . 15% . 21 ; 24Va 44% 50%, 106% 108% 21 24% 37% 41% 6 9% 24% 50% 43% 107 7% distributed, 53% 90 72% 13% 20Va 40, * 47% 107% 109' 22 -24% 40 / 42 e% w-d When 40 52 56%. 59% 90 1 86 94% 87% 14 34% 16% " 21% 40% ; 53/4 16% 25" 23% 71 — 54 84 69% 74" 13V4 ' Zonite Products Corp—————1 99%' 71/ Young (L A) Spring 4b Wire— • 19% 22% Youngstown Sheet 4T Tube/—39% 43 5%ft preferred series -100 'if 105%-109% Youngstown Steel Door—>20% 22% —• 31% . 90 . 20%/, 24% 33 7% . 16^ 21% 88 89% x85 35 32% York Corp ———!—i 28% 13% ".'96".; "96% 25 . 29% 34% 96 42% "41% 100% " 98 88 70 - 72 13 : 24% ' 42% 14% 70 5 X23% 17% 25% 41% 41 12% 31 7 ' . — * 32% 104% 36% 93%; •' 130 42% Worthington Pump 4$ Machine Corp v (Del.) common • f ! 38 Prior preferred 4%ft» series—100 79 Prior preferred 4%ft conv series_100 80 Wright Aeronautical Corp— * 75 ', ' 11% 14 99Va 100% ^ 16% 130 128 22% 40% 19 14%. 98% 100 . " . 15 128 10 * — 86 % 34% 8% 18% 84 8Ya 7% 17% 39% . 103% 96% 24% 95% 25 33 38 75% _ 102% 43 89% 32% 75% 104% I 36% 36 22% w-i When 30% 321/4 ' —.——^10 value, 30% 36 35 Va 30% 29% „ Preferred called—i—ui——— par 35 33% V''/. 32% 41%" 24% Zenith Radio -Corp—- 30% 33% 31% .93'A Wrigley (Wm) Jr Co (Del)'— Wyandotte Worsted Co—.— 28 Va 33% 88% —— - - 113% 64 104% 6ft; preferred—-—;; . 56 36 V. 22% pfd 49Va 46% 94% Woodward Iron"CO— 50 32% 26% Wisconsin Elec Power Co 6ft 46% 36% 88% Wilson-Jones Co 48 32% 22% — 30 . 36 90'% Wilson & Co—— 89% 33% 22% Willys-Overland. Motors— 87 49% 36% 21% Prior preferred Wilcox Oil Co—— 87% ; 34 (The SS)——20 " 1 preferred—. 51 -ZZ 84% 28% 49% 27% 46 89 27 45% — 3% 61 43 Va 90 31% . . 34% Machine—i— 27 9% ":•>. 131% 135% 31-% 87% preferred 19% •' . 81 39 45%; -57.% 81 .92 49 8% "10% 28 .23% 44'A 49% 9% 7 24% 50% 477/a i 11% ; :/, 46 ' ' 53% 84Va » » prior 9 37% 43% = 85% 44% 106% 108 100 Wheeling Steel Corp—-——— : 30% — White Dental Mfg Co White Motor— 7% " 77% 73% 35% 28% preferred ————— $3.75 preferred Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry Co.: —100 convertible • 39% IV* 23% 78 49'A 29% 66% , 32% $4.25 Woolworth 110% 19% — —12.50 Instrument $4.50 preferred—Ho •No 18% 41 13 31 . * - Electric Westvaco Chlorine Products— $4 73% 16. 35% 86 48% 28% — — $5 76 69 16% 13% 71%. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co—.—50 115% 1247% *119% 125 120 129% 7ft 1st par tic preferred 50 -144% 151 144 ,146% 146% 150 • Westinghouse:/Elec <?orp— -—_50. • — :—* /—,- ' ' ^ Preferred 12% ■> —«.i-/: 5%ft 72% 78 70% 35% 108% 108 105 105% 108% 71 64. .15% "34 15% 34% 19% 36% 5Va 16% : 33% 73' 41 5 16% 44 % 26% ————————— Westinghouse Air Brake Co 36% / 30% 38 64% ' 73% ———100 Union Telegraph class A—* Preferred series A Weston 15%; < 91% 17% /.-/' . 70' 67% -.14% 31% " 31% 3 10 Co Western Pacific RR <Co common——* Western 26% 109 ' «« Z-15. 74% V71 ZZ 15% — Auto Supply Western Maryland Ry Co— 4ft 106 1 71 % 19% 28. 85 87 23% 27% 103 s 106 111 115 104 106% 116% 1173A 22% 26% 109 111 28% * Preferred 173 12% 20 ' 100 Western Air Lines Inc.. 173 76 25% , pfd 4%% 169 i/a 13% 102% Co 169% 160? 53% 19% lOOVa Power 165 75%' • Virginia Pulp & Paper Co West 165 12% 27% West Penn 163% 19 24 84% 25% 109% 113% 162 70% 9% 25% —-100 155 12% 10% preferred—— preferred— 42 151'/a 1 20% 9% 26% 84% 150 70% 10% 27% 150 154 83 " ' 9% 85'% 40 19% 33%# 39 -• 150 158 /— 35 48% 43% 10% 24% Corp—— 154 163 ; 75 55 41 39% 37% 40 75% 51 64 39% Sugar 38% 42 / >75% 11% 21% Indies ' 76% 54 40% 52 40 41% 75 53% 38% 73 10% 35'A ♦. * —1 72% 50% 65% "70% 20 / 19% 35'/8 /' 73 50% 160 .158 134% 155 / . __ 25% 65 48 11% ■ 32% W40% 41% 76 49% 19% '• —" /' ; — 15% • ' 13 35% 30 v/ — 38% 73 47% "76 ;Z 49 46 10% 23 —_: High $ per Share 19% 30% West Penn Electric Co class A ./ 66% / /_///"/w■ •• December Low High S per Share 9% . ""33%" 34% '_5 Low High $ per Share 19% 11% '"Z/Z-J •■•"'• -" 13% 14% ' 13% "71 471/4 . ,,21% Inc November October Low High $ per Share U 1 Tobacco Low High $ per Share 20 26 Wesson Oil & SnowdrKt— $4 convertible preferred 6% 2% " Motor Co—————————5 Waukesha 7% 11% 24% Wayne,Pump Co—* West 20% * —* Low High $ per Share 109% 9%. 1% 2% • 1% ■ 63/2 /66% Zz 61 . September August July low High $ per Share 9% 61% 68% 19% 11% /• //--"■•■/— June "Low 19'A 64 10% 45% 31% 34% 108% /109 y 110% 66 .62% 72 107 106% 108 5 — , Washington Gas Light Co—— Webster 33% 9% 1% 57% —.15 : Foundry & Pipe Petroleum Corp 3lVa 10% 100 '';/'■ "r.75 "72 . 10% —50 -1 ' Warren • 8% *. —————— Baking 5%ft 147 73% 16V4 31% 33 ,J» preferred———!. $7 Ward 122 147 67% 14% 70% 15 68%- . 1 _ Baking Co class A_; Class- B . preferred—? 1 Walworth Co 122. 32% 106% 108 ' 63 67% '19% 20 • ./ Dividend redeemable /: 38% 48 37% , 66 13% 30Va —100 O & W ltd-, preferred Walker (Hiram) ; - ■ High $ per Share 75 70 75 " 45% 47% 45% 47% 38%, 39% x38% 39% 120 127 130 134 " 145 ;• 147% —70 ' 76% 66% 71% 14% 16% " 14% 16 75 45% — . low low High § per Share •> 59% : • -25 — Detinning \" 57 61 45% 46 36% 38, 121 123 - 25 May ;'•/• April High $ per Share Low Low < 1 —100 - March High $ per Share High $ per Share Virginia Iron Coal & Coke— 5ft preferred-— Virginian Ry Co "6ft February '">/ '^ • Ex-rights NEW YORK BOND RECORD January low High • BONDS . March February low High low June - low High New. York City Bonds Transit Unification Issues—» 3s 112% 115% corporate, ;$tocki^—i.-—1980 ' ; • ' "J^\'4 Foreign Government Securities Agricultural Mortgage Bank— Guaranteed sinking fund 6s (f-,' 115 36% 61 '62% 80 ; External S f 7s series B^——1945 : External s f 7s 'serifes C_ External s f 7s series D External 7s > — / - .35:, _ 1945 1945 34 "30. 31 '/ 31% 91 89 y 86 •100% 102% 101 fund 4s——Apr 1972 July 15 1955 , 90% 99% External 5s of 1927 -June 1957 4%s of 1928——.1956 100 External gold extl 6%S—1949 % : 95%' 94% 97 , 95 v 101% 94% 102%; 100 101 96% 97% , . 101 95% 102% 102% 106 105 7/8 102 103 105 104 " 107 96% 99% 99% 103 100% 101 Va 102 '? 100% External ' s pursuant to Plan A (interest reduced to 3.375%) 1979 Cent Ry 30-year 7s ——1952 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (interest reduced to 3.5%)—1978 5% funding bonds of 1931 Stamped pursuant to Plan A"v" "" /. Int reduced to 3.75%—1979 58%.: 52 52 57% 52 59% 60 •./ 66% : ;-/y 58 59% 62 65% 58 64% •,57./.' 60 58%: 58% 52 '/ » 60% "60 53 57% f 6%s of 1926—A—1957 Stamped pursuant to Plan A '■>, (interest reduced to 3.375 %) 1979 External s f 6%s of 1927 -—1957 60%/ > ''57 : / 62 65.rZ.Z- 64 66'/a 59 60 57 64% 30% 32 30 31% 31% 30 31% >%t . & 101% 102% 100 101% 99% 96 98% 64 / 62 31% 30 — ' 102 : 101% 100% 96 99 107 30% 99% 96% „ 94% . 98% 100 115 71 115 102% 100% 101 100% 101% 99% 101 101 102 102 96% 961% 99 97 100 98 98% 97: -: 99% 98% 101 '3 68 For footnotes see page Z54 "/ 57 56% 601/a 94% 96% 104% 106% IO51/4 107% 106% 107% 106% 107 102 103% ;102% 103% 103 104Va 103% 1041/2 103 104 99 100% 101 lOOVa 102% 101% 102% 101% 102 104% 106 106 99% 104 Va 104 106- 107 " 107 107 102% 102 Va 102 Va 102 102% 102 Va 102 i/a 1021/4 103 vv 102% 103 107% 108% 109% 108 108 108 109 110% 110% 110'% 110% 71% 72% 71% 69% 6.91/4 68% 70 V2 60 010.0 61% 69% 60% 73 / 65 70% 61% " % : 57 65% 70 73% 64 64 >/ 69% • 64 62% 73% 65%"-:-.64 65% 61% 61% 69% 67 68% 66% 67% 71% 68% 70% : 62% 62% 59 62 59 60 59% 60 63 61% 70% 67% 69% 67 / 69 / 67 67% 71% 68% 62 ,'60% 72/'/ 69 60 60 61% 62 / 68% 69% 73% 70'A 71% 59 / ; 63% 71 >73 % 61% 61% 64 61% 62 Z 66 ' , f/ 63 63% 71% 72% 70 67 67 — : 59 73% 69% , : 66 /• ' . , ' / 54 :•/ 59%; 54 " — / •/; /'/.: ' ''■z': 52 % 52% ' —— . "57 67 63 63% 66 / 66 ?// • 60 ; ' 54 ;/, 68 66 67% 66% 105% 104 v 72..-:l/71 -v' 70% * 69% " &§ 69'/2 011 62V4 58 64 -66 99% 95% 105V2 i/': 69% 71% 7OV2 /V — — 60% 69 , "?;72 , Stamped , 99% 94 / 104% ■. ■71% " 69% 69% 68 103'% 100% 99% 104 ' 119 103% 1021/2 - 30% 96% 96 104% 73% 30% 31 ' 100% 102% 102 100 . 95% - 105% 94'/a 105 100% 94./ 31 30% 96 102% :. 96 93% 30% 33% 30 104% 991A 103 99% 99 100 Va 105 Va 105% 105 30% f. 1-33% 30 30 102 Va ;fi 68 ' 57 .31% ! 36 !:-/ 30 31% 1017/a .* .65 64% /. 62 * 30% 36 107V4 107% >' j 70 ' : 59% 36% 32 104 106% 53 37% 30% 100% 100% % 36% 30%;; 104 % 106% 106% 37 30% 100% 100% 101% 37 36% 36% 30% 103V4 106'/a 36 36V4 102% 10u% 36% 36 105V4 ' IO2V2 105% 36% "30% 102% 102% 103 100 % 37 30 100% 100 % 36% / 36% 36% 36 1041% 1051% - 36%? 36 107% 1001/a Sinking 36 36% 30 102% 101% 37 30 1061/2 ''Ti 36% 36% 105 , 37 30 105 97% 36% 35% 101% //■ 97%' 36% 32 31% 101 / 98V2 . 100% 100% " •31' •/ " 100 98% 36 37 91% 92 89% 37 31% 31% 31Va 100% 101 31 36% 37;/ 31 ■ 36% 90 36 36'/2 .'37 - 97 •"- 98 90 36% 31 -3i /- - 90 36% 36% $; 76: 90 '' 36 / 371/8 ; 76% 97 " 36 36% 105% 1 90 74% 37% 37 3 61/2 fund 7s_ 1955 Brazil (U S of) external 8s—.—.,1941 Stamped pursuant to Plan A #//■;.■ (interest reduced to 3.5%)— 1978 External 74% 37% 37% 36% 31 99% 101 99% , ' 36% //; 36 Vz sinking fund 6s———1955 External 37 73% High 36 31 101% 101% 102 VA 97% 93% Z'93% 93 Va 93% 98 951/2 96% 10038 100% ' (Kingdom of) 36% low 75 82 Z 35% - 89% 9Q1/2 "30% 80 36; 33% '87 Belgium 36% 36 36% 36%., 71% 35% 33% 32 Antwerp (City) external 5s——1958 Argentine (National Government)— External sinking fund 4%s_ 1948 External sinking fund 4%s__—1971 External sinking fund 4s_—Feb 1972 90 33 33'"/ 30% j 36% High 71% 71% ^; -\ 37 33 >.; 30 95 36'A 33 / 30% f 7s 3rd series—1957 Australia 5s 115% 68% 37% 7IV2 : ■ 371/8 •/ 37'-' ; "37% 36% 31 f 7s 2nd series_—1957 External sinking '' low1 High low- High- 116% 119% 120% 118% 120% ' 70 32 36% s v 119% 37% 70 36% , . sec S . 36% 70 ••/ 37'A "37% 36% / 37 Va'1 Z. 30 30 36% 70 ' 36% '38 36% 35% 66 /•/ .80 79 . 37% 67% 62% z .36 ;//34/; 1957 38 36% 62% 80 ' sec 120% 36% 61 External 116% ' 35 0 External 120% 121% 118% 122 120% 66 ,1947 series—— December November October Low H Guaranteed sinking fund 6s -1948 Akershus TKing of Norway) 4s 1968 Antioquia (Dept) coll 7s series A__1945 1st September lew High low y " " August High July High • t61 70% 72 65% t61 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE < NEW YORK BOND January (Plan B). 1944 No. No. No. V. '4—i~->— Series No. No. Series No. 67% 63% 67% 60% 58% 64 64% 68 65% 68 63% 57% 60% 58 63 64% 68% 65% 67% 63% „ 53 Va 64 67% 66 67 Va 63% t 66 64 % 68% 66 66 % 63% 71 70% 71% 67 68% 72% 73 68% 73 73% 53% 57 60% 58% 64 61 57% 60 Va 57% 63% 71 Va 72 60 60 63 66 53% ' 61 55 53% 'CkM-''' 53 53 , September Low High October Low High 59% 57% 58% 58 Va 60 52% 53% 60 52% 61 56% 57% 58 Va 63% 52% 53% 60% 59% 59% 58% 63% 52% 52% 59% 56% 59% 58 64 60 57 59% 59Tb 63 ' 60 58% 58% 57 57% 61 57 59% 58% 62 56% -4—- 3 51% 52% Series No. 13ls——-4^^—*- 51% 51% 53 No. 14.—— —A- 51% 52% 53 12_i • Series No. No. 16 No. No. 18-—^— Series No. 19..— Series No. 20 Series 'No; 71% 68 72% 66 V ' '• 74 59% 1 High November Low December Low High High 68% 63% 66 64% 64% 63% 66% 62 65 f 64 63% 64% 63'/a 66 68 63% 68 63% • A A'A/ Series No. 25 - 67% 63% 64 Va 67'/8 63% 66 - 64% 59 59 63% 58% 62 "V 59% V 60 Va , v: v-: , ' Series No.; 28— 61 56% 59% 57% 60 58% 58% 59% 56% 52% 543i No, 53 60 59% 59% 56% 59% A , 30—— 63 A 64% t63% ,A 75% 74% 75 75 Va 75% A 65 Va 74% 75 Va 75% 74% 74% 61 65 62 Va 64% 62% 67% 74 s 64% 79 63 61% -•• •- • ' 60 60 ^ ■ 79 '"T ' 71 69% , 67% 64% 65. /:/; 75% - 67% -n , 60% 60% 60% ; 60% ." 78 75% 78 79-AA 79 75% 65 61% 65% 163% >66 77 63 • 65 60 61% 60% 65% 61V» 60 61% 61% 63% 62 64 60% 60% 60% A 60% 65% 59'/« 64 62 64% 61% 65 64 62 65% 60'/a 60 GO 64% 64% 63% 67% 64 VB 63 64% 68 62 ; 64% 61 61 60 61% 60% 60% 62 63% 62 65% 65% 62 V; 64% 61 61 60 60% 61 61 61% 63 63 64% 66 66 59% 60 61 61 A" 64% 61 65% 62 66% 66 66 63% 64% 60 60 % 61% 61 % 60% 60% 63 A 64 Va 61% 63 65% 62 64% 63 65% ■ : 64% 55 Va 60 63% 67% 64 % 66 53 53% 60% 56% 60% 64 68 63% 68 62*^ 63% 51% 53/ 60% 59% 59% 'A 64% 64% 64 y4 68 64% 64% 53 54% 60 56% 59 64 67 63% 66 62 63% / | 61% :V 64% , 60 Va w-' - 62% 65% 62 64 : 64% '"J- 65% 64 65% 60 60% ,*• 60% 60% 62 65 60 61 60Va 60% A|;;' A^AiA'p 60% 60% 60 Va 60% 64% 65% 68 63% 65% 64% 64% 60 52%" 52% 55 % 59 59% -66 64% 64'% 63% 63% 52% 55 Va 59% 58% 59% 66 56 % 59 Va A::'6evl 60 Va ; 60 Va • A; 64% M AA 65 A- 61% 65 Va 64% 65% 63% — : 65% 63% 59% A 60% 64% 59% 56% 68 65% 61 V.: 61% 60% 1 60% 56% 67 61 A 60% pt60A/ 59 58% —~-.~r— 61 ; 60 - 4$|| 62% 64 A- 65% 61/ ; 54% 54 V 60 61 A 58% 52% f66': A:v 60% 59% V 51% • 67 , 62% / 65% 65 68 ' 66 52% 52% 29 67% 64 66 61 ' 67% 63% 64% 56% 51% \ —i_.— t63% 65% 65% 59 53% 53% „ 51% * . 65 64% 59 ,52 -- . 27 ■ 60 Va 61% 65% 62% 63% > 75 ' 61% 64%: 63- 62% 66% 60 :b. 'A 61% 62 67 52% 53 61 60 Av: A- A 64% 66 60 •' 67 66% 62 75% ' 75 76 v59 53 No.. 26 No-. 74% :• . 64% 7 66 63% v 51% ■ Series '.-A;;A/ 75% 61% 61% , A' 64 64 74 74' 74 ; 66% 64 51% . ."'•75 V 65% 58% 59% 59% '•74 51% ; 23_^_—-—1 24— Series ■■■.: 74 A. 74 A 74 66 74 / t74 r. 74' V 73 71% 61% 65% A 61% % ' 51% No. No. /: 63% 64% 64 65% 46344 64% 61% 64% A—; A , ) 100 1958 1950 fund gold 6S—. (Province of)— 100% 100% 5s'—1957 (City) sinking fund Sinking fund gold 5s_ Buenos Aires 71 69 61% • 51% ■ Series No. •' 57 60 52 - ■Series Series 63 Va 60 60 53% % 51% - ■ .Series t74 t61% t61% 64% J. 65% 51% — 21 No. Series I".;. 64% 'V ■ 51% :■——— - 53% 51% ^^A. 17— Series 52% 51% :— ■ Series r{i 51% 15__— Series %. 64 Va 63% 58% 52% 11— No. 66 52 ^i% —— Series Series /■ 70 66 65% A 64 & A 62 63% A / 62 A 64 64 63% 61% •63% -64 -A: 62 62% 63 62 Va t61% . 10— ■ A 61% 52 Va 102% •AA' 4A/ ibi^ 100% 100% 100% 100% 101 101 101 100 Va 100'/a 100% «•-* 101% 102 102 102 Va 103 A - ^——1961 stamped 4%-4%s Readjustment 1977 4%-4%s ———-1976 Refunding External sinking fund External 66 61 :t. —-— 9—— No. Series 6s 68% 53% 8— Series A/ 64% 53% 7 ■ No. Series Sinking 64 53 Va 63% • Brisbane 58% August Low Hjgh 53 Va A^^v'/'AAAAA-; 6_^ ■■■ No, Series A. 61 Low 53 % 52 52 No. Series . 57% July High Low 52 No. Series . High A-52A:a ;..?52AV 2—A— Series ' Low 61 l-A-i Series Series ' High " * A Low High RECORD June dollar oond3 3%s extl of Low High Low BONDS May Low High February Thursday, January 31, 1946 4%-4%s 4%-4%s__1976 —i——1975, . external dollar bonds 1984 (Dominion of) 30-year 4s—1960 3% Canada •A ■ -25-year ^ 3%s - ——, ——1961 30-year 3s _A ——1967 30-year 3s .————1968 2%S-—. —1948 " ■ A ■■■ '3s - ' 1953 - 3s . 1958 •• Carlsbad Chile (City) —-1954 f 7s—1942 8s—:—. (Republic) external s 20% 21% 20% 20 22 21 21% 22 19% 20% ~20V» 19 :. / —:—, — . — ,.AA External sinking fund 6s___-Feb 1961 / —JPeb 1961 assented 6s 20 Ry external sinking fund 6s_Jan 1961 AA./A-6S assented " 6s assented A External pAA sinking fund 6s—_ 6s assented Chile Mortgage 6%s S f assented assented 7s Chinese Of 6s 18% 18 18% 18% 17% 18 18% 19 18 V« 18% 18 18>-~ 18 18 -I960 16% 17% 16% 17% 16%. 26 27 27% 49% 65% ; 5s—_1951 27 18 17% 18% 18% 19% 30 36 39% 33 36 843i 78 - V „ 80% '3- sinking Public Works .1977 .—1977 ; fund 5%s_ A A; , 50 Ai-A; V V 82% 81% A 8<L A 33% 84 ? 58% 50 51 51 .•"AL1'"-.' 51 51 •,A. A.iiAp":''1'.; 51 51 50 A v-A- 50 83ra ; 91 89 81 A 31 % 59% 91 97 81Va 86 Va 85% 90 88% 92 35% 32Va 35 33 40 92% 109 __ 106 Va 107% ioft% 106% 106% 110 107% —_ 81 59% 38 81% 38 'i': 108 81 81 A 5.7% -- 43 81 81 58% A, 47 % A' 43 56% 56% ' — 78 103 106 103% 105'/a 1953 f 5%s„ 6 / / 35% X'i&' .1949 C—— 83 Va , •.,51;; A: ' — 81 81 -/$f\ 40 78 38 19% 81 46 :A'^ A".-'."'--, 21% ; 55% f A/;; " -A A42AA/;•A;'" /> 74% 50% 43 -42 21 A 19 A 19% 46 , 21 19 18% 17% 73% 43 21 18% 73% ;: 77 : 21 A 19% 18 % 69 ■ 21% 19 Af/'p 17% >18 68% gold 6s~Jan 1961 A 21% Av-pi • ' 30-year 21 17% 17%, debt., 19 18% 17% • 4%s 22 19 % 18% . external 20% 18 18% 17-% 17% .1970 50 sinking fund 3s 48% Colombia Mortgage Bank 6%s__—1947 .1947 ;• i 41% 42 .1946 i Sinking fund 7s of 1926 42 41% .il, Sinking fund 7s of 1927— 1947 ,1952 Copenhagen (City) 5s —1952 72% ,;78 Va .1953 i 25-year gold 4%s .77 Va 70 Costa Rica (Republic of) 7s__ .1951 ,-1951 31 Va 37 Va. Cuba (Republic of)— 4%s 22 20% 18 *11V* 18 18% 17% External External 21% 19% 17% 18 Oct 1961 fund 20% 20% 183a 18 17% 1928 22% 20% 18 .—1962 j—„; sink 17% 17% (Hukuang Ry) (Republic of)—• External 18 Va ——1962 Govt Colombia 18% 1961 ,_A 22 V, 20% 20V« 20 Va 18% V, 7s——1960 1— Munic Cons 21 Va 20% 20% 19% 18% 17 —Apr 30 1961 . 6s assented Chilean 17% 1961 ——— Guaranteed s f 6s ; AA 18% June 30 1961 — f 6s s assented 6s 19% 17% 17% 18 18% 1957 —— 6%s of 1926—: 6%s Guaranteed i#.:- 21 20% 1963 Bank 6%s_June30 1957 assented 22 Va 19 —-1963 . 22% 20% 19% —A—/——1962 — 22 19% Sept 1961 assented 6s 22 Va 20% 20Va , A /External sinking fund 6s—1962 / ■' 20 % , 20 19% Jan 1961 External sinking fund 6s—Sept 1961 r, r 20 19 20 assented 7s ! 20% .—1942 External sinking fund 6s—:—-1960 6s assented I960 ./ 111. 110 110 110 1945 .. Czechoslovak (Republic) extl 8s 1951 Sinking fund 8s series B— 1952 (Kingdom) 20-yr extl 6s_1942 Denmark External 5VaS gold External gold Cust 1st series 5%s of Customs f 5%s .„ .—1962 . Adm 5%s 1926 series- 1942 —1940 Administration 1st 1955 .... 4%S Rep Dominican 5%s—-1961 (Republic) 7s_—— Finland (Republic) extl 6S— French 7s Republic unstamped' lCi%Al01%AA_^://\'^ *>" -————1969 Estonia 7s ;; 101% stamped-——1949 112 A A—1949 ——— part paid 101% 102% • 17 jggg _ Haiti (Republic) 6s series A Helsingfors (City) extl 6%s 101 - V 18 15% 101% 101% , : 1 16 17 1952 100 ioi "i960 95 19 15% 18 95 _ Irish Free State external 5s—„i— ! 112' 101 Greek Government 7s part paid-—1964 6s 101% 1967 1945 tr 100 100% — i960 Jugoslavia (State Mtge Bank) 7s„1957 (Colombia) fitos. V/A X954 (Province) 4s —ZZ1954 Mexican Irrigation— 4%s stamped assented.———1943 Medellin Mendoza Assented Mexico to Nov (U Si Assenting 5 1942 extl 5s of 1899 5s of agrmt £ 18% Assented to Nov, 5, 1942 agreement Assenting 4s of 1904 1954 Assented to Nov 5 1942 agrmt Assenting 4s of Assented Treas Minas 6s of to 1910_; Nov 1913 5 .Externa) • siyking fund Stamped Int reduced Montevideo 6s series pursuant (City) to 6%s_ to Plan 10% A,:; 9% 16 16 13 • 12% 11 Va 10% —■■ 17.- 16% 17 Va 17% 17% 12 13 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 11% 11% 13% 17 17% 17% 17% 18 18% 18 18% 14% 14% 15% 17% 17% 14% 14% 10% 11 16% 16% 17 14% './ "ii »-*t 10% 14% V, ,. 14 % 22% 1958 383, i 38% A ; ■ :1_1959 / iii*-*"*- ■■ ■ 38% 7 39% 41 -A; 42% 42% : 12% vV 18 12 ' v 12 —-4': A': 45 42% 42% 37 1952 A—1 12% 42 47% 45% New South Wales (State) extl 5s_.1957 External sinking fund 5s Apr 1958 (Kingdom) ext s f 4%s External sinking fund 4%s 4s sinking fund external loan Municipal Bank extl s f 5s Oslo (City 1 4%s 44 Va Panama (Republic) 5s series Stamped (assented) Stamped mod ext 3%s see 99% 98% 100 99% A 101% 103 101% 101% 103% 100% 100% 98 Va 99 98% 99% 99% 99% 99-% 100 V8 1968 98% 98% 98% 99 98% 99 98% lOOA., 90 A* 1970 .1955 "* ~1994 90 88% ■91 90 91 91V4 92 100 102% 100 101 1014 102% 100 45% 45 % 95- 105% 100% 95% 98 22% 47 % AA 90 100% 100 Va 102 % 101 100 101 1011. 101 100 Vb 101 101 100 101 101 100 100 100 Va 100 99 47% 45 39 90% 90% S4 Va 100 Vb 95% 95% — 95 Va 93 — ■ 93 93 98% 99 99% 102 Va 102 102% 101 103 VB 103 101 % 103 % 102 98% 93 : 102% 101 % 103 % 1.— 38 ' 100% 101 39% 125 1 ' 14% 45 ' ■" 90 94 98 101 A. 39 130 100% 44 12% 46 45 40 125 ' 130 • 10% '--A A 45 120 100 % 99Vb 1-00 98 95 96% 105% 22% | 45 % 43% — 101% 9o 95 1967 44% 44% •' 101% 10% 40 120 99% 100% 101 10% A; 18 41 99% .1963 pasre 639 99% 10% 38%* 46 Va 120 1965 A 3V2s class B For footnotes 97% ■';■•/• 35% 44% '• 12% 14% 12 7 1956 10% 18 „—1959 Norway f 11% ,44% ll'/a iTT„«*'• -J ./ 12% — 35% 39%/-;. 41 12%. 22%. 41% 18 12 -'v 37 37 A - n% A llVa :.,A/A 2.125% 7s A Ext sec ret 0 10% U9% tl9Va / , sinking fund 6%s^J Stamped pursuant to Plan Ini-reduced to 2.125% -1- 9 Va •-•A 11 16 agrmt July '24 coup„1933 Geraes— External A16 iiZm ..1945 —_ 1942 "... 18% ■ 10% _ a9% a9% "•'AA'A- 1945 - 1399—L———1945 101 Va 102% 103% 102% 105 105 Va 102% 105 105% 107 102% 105 105 % 105% 98% 100% 99% A 98 Va 102% - 99 106 Va 99% 101'4 98% 98 98% 98% 105% 100 105% 98% 98% 100 98% " 99% 100 — 98% 100 98 Va — 100 100 __ 98% 98% 105% 105% .Volume 163 Number 4460 !finew January " ': BONDS- 'vS Low February Low High Low High (State) 7s —1947 Stamped pursuant to Plan .... High Juno 3£ay Low Natl loan extl Poland f 6s s (Republic) 4%s 2nd series.1961 6s_ g assented _1958 .w 4%s ,39% ..1968 sinking fund gold 8s„1950 assented 1963 _ External loan Stamped . to 2.375ft). 7y2s 43 45 44% ^1966 47 45 Low 40% 40% 38% 22 20 % 24 21 24% 2iya 251/4 22% 24% 23 25% 1834, 23 20% 23% 21 y 24% 21% 23% 21% 23% 18% 20% 18%; 23 20% 23% 21 24% 21% 23% 21% 23% 3834 24 23 21% 24 % 23 v 25% 35% 35 14% 24% 32 ; t ' 23% : 22% 20% 24%. 23% 36 - 27 35 y 20 44% . ' 24. 7:V- ' 30% 35 23% 24% 44% 47% 45% 45% 443/8 44% 45 41 28 49% 46% 38% 47% 46 44 Is 40 503B 25 27% 36% 22% 21% 22% 20% 26% 25% 34% 27 303/4 22% 2o;yy 223s 21% 22% 21 26% 25% 34% 26% 30% 28 28 26 26 17% 213A 18% 18% 27% 27% y 25 30% 28 29 39 P'"", 38 y 25 3034 48% ' 48 y4 47 7 • 33 30 % 213a 20 27% 34 , 23% '■[ 251 26 27% a 25%; - 48% 49% 38 71% 71% 39 % 43 34 — 23 20 20 16% 18% 34% 25 30 23 28 25 25 18% 19 17% 19 47% 49% 45% 49% 24 % ' 24% 22 23% 46% 49 % 49% 41 41 46% 47% 40 26 47% '. .V 23 46% 24% 29 y.:y 24% 32% ' ;: 32% 23% 26 33 : 47% i 47 .-:;- .47% A 24 29 '•*? 43 37% ■ 46% 40% High 32% 7 24 VB . 47 ".y 41% 45% 22,/2 121 :' v 41 45. 45 24% ;24%:' 27% 45 Low 20% 24% y: 24 44% High 34% 29 . Low High 22% $$ 25% 24 24 28% 23% 44% 25% 24 :,V; ■.v. \, h. ;',y 23% 32 16 December November October Low High 43% " —i 34% • 14%. Low 44% 44% 45% 45% 47 203i 2001 . Plan to pursuant 42% High September August Low High y 18% Alegre (City)'8s —1961 Stamped pursuant to Plan A reduced 41% Low High t High ) July 77 19% Porto (Int. 43 —1947 — 'External 39 1949 Stabilization loan s f 7s 4%s assented -4. ; 38% A 'interest reduced to 2.15ft)_2008 Peru (Republic) extl s f sec 7s 1959 Natl loun extl s .f 6s 1st series—1960 /:■/' york bond record March *' Pernambuco 63$ THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE ; ■ 41% '.' •*' • - ■ , 47 ' 42 42 83 82 y2 82% 46% 45% 45% 45% 47 40 1 — ■ 1t 4* OC 47 * Int Prague reduced to 2.25ft 2006 (Greater City) 7%s (State) 6s_" Rio de Janeiro (City) ; 1947 ; 8s 1940 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (inc. reduced External secured ,'V J-' 1952 Queensland 101% 103 42% v 102 42% 102% 43% 102% 46% 1953 Grande do Sul 45% 41% 40 43% 43% 45 42% 44% 413/i 38 38 35% 37 36% 36% 49% 49 51 51% 1 ^ 01 38% 40 J; ■ j" 43% 46% 2ft 40 40%* 40% 46 46% //External 8s L ,'V- Stamped pursuant to Plan A ,(j,if/;.., 50% 42 34 45% 37 38% 50(4 -v. .: ,35% 52% .• 53 51% 54 45 '51: 41 y2 45 42% 42% 37% 36% 48 '45% 4o:Z: 413/4 38 46% 46 3/8 .46 41% 37% 38 ■/—yy.. 46 Va 46 95 Ve 97 483b 39% — 43% 36% 40% - 39 r __ ; 48 £ 45% .'V 44 V* 42 y2 36% y 38 44% y 44%* 44% / 7 45 36 .47% 36% T-v}V-| 40% 40% __ 39 .. 48 > 39% • 98% 98% 48% 49% 41 42 37% 50% 50% 94 r50% -y 40% 43 ' r50'A Va 49% 53 42% 43 42 43% 46% 47 (interest reduced to 2.25ft—2004 40% 43% Bk 41% 37% • 60 ' ; 37% 60 : 45 43 y ■43% 37 62 y — . 43 , 44 V4 • y 37% '37" ' —/• 61 Va 62% 57% 61 60% 60 _ 53 46% 53% % 62 58 — y 52 % ,.52% 58 52% 53% — 53 53% •53% 60 60 % 61. 60 60% 53 ■ 52 Va 46% 46 3/4 48 48 48 48 47% 39 39% 42 94% __ ■ 51 •■: 60 59 46% 39 —1968 ' • 50 *. -f; — 59 59 48 43% 52 57% 49 49 61 42% , A 94 57 57% 57% v 94 37 94 42 43 /''.•V'f.'V; . 52 ■ 94 . 473A y 47% "43% "l 48 1956 95 . 56 44% 41 42 94 48% 42 96% 47% .. 2.5ft)__1999 6s tj.y'T'i'w'-•''! 45 43 % 35 40%; ■ 45% — Stamped pursuant to Plan A loan ; . 36 45%' 48% 96 - 1950 'External water loan 7s_ dollar 43% 46% (interest reduced to 2.5ft )__1999 External 46 40 36% ■ yiij'-.'; 39% Paulo (State) 8s.—.1936 Stamped pursuant to Plan A to 41% 42% 95% , 2012 (interest'reduced 43 40 41% yV;/ • 37% 2001 sec sinking fund 6%s__1957 Stamped pursuant to Plan A San 42% . 45% 93%. '45% External to 'r •y 1952 w. Int reduced to 2.375 ft-1 reduced 44 43 7 8 46% 43 3i 44% ,43 43% 43% _ Int 50 'A . Stamped pursuant to Plan A - 43% * 50 40 39% 42 1967 ' 38 /-/"■ Int reduced to 2.25 ft—/—2004, Santa Fe external 4s_ 1964 /•". 102% 50 *>•? ■ y 52% 42% 42% .37% ■ / 8s 102% 47% 1041/2 49% 50 80 79 79 102% 104% 48% 47% 47 48 38% 40 1966 Stamped pursuant to Plan A 85 104 ^ -..2004 7s municipal loan (City) 48 36% 2ft)---2012 Stamped pursuant to Plan A Paulo 46% y External 7s loan of 1926 84% 104% 41 47% ' San 1041a 79 85 84% 104% ; 103% 104% 104 y8 49% 49%: y 48 la 47% 104% - sinking fund gold 6s__1968 Stamped pursuant to Plan A - 104 35% External 4 ■' 8i 103% 104%: 50 49% •. (State)-— / Int reduced to 2.25 ft 104% • 39% External 8s loan of 1921—-1946 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Interest reduced to 2.5ft)__1999 (interest reduced to 45% 41 2001 Stamped pursuant to Plan A .(interest reduced to 2ft >^,2012 Rio 103% 45% '■■///// to 2.375ft) 6%s——_ 104 40 50 50 51%. 51% 58 58 53 53% 43% 83% 46 46 46 46 49% 50 53% 76 78% 74% 74% 79% 76% 70 73 y-M 71 20% 21% Stamped pursuant to Plan A (interest reduced to 2ft) 2012 Secured sinking fund 7s Stamped pursuant to Plan A (interest reduced to 37 1940 3.50ft)_1978 : 40% 43% 76% 73 73% 87 81% ': 69% 79% 73 73 73 23 25% 20% 21%- 1 20% 21% 25% 20 217/s 20% 21 31 29 29 — ..75:/', Serbs, Croats & Slovenes— External secured 8s External secured Silesia (Province) 4%s assented 1962 series 7s external B 2334 24% ————1958 - 27% 23% .28 1962 7$—1958 27% 32 30 % 24 22% 101 103 Sydney (City) sinking fund 5%s^_1955 Uruguay (Republic of)— External 8s —1946 External sinking fund 6s —I960 '27% 30% 22% 23 % lp2% 103 % y-- •.—- 3%-4-4%s External 105 external external readjust readjustment 81 jf.-'.r'.v/Ayy;-'' ' South Paper— 1st 82% 83% 72 87 y 90 ' 72 78 22 .21% : —-1953' A---1967 : — -- 96% 16 102% 27 203i .■ y8 "'V - 85% 86% 90 89% 90 V 94% is. :i- 18% » 85% S' 95% 81%;- 91% 80 v 22 //iyy 124 'T:*i v.:-' 92 90% , v : 90% 17% Pfj: yy __ 102'A 104 "124"/;. 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" __ ' 104 103 „ rl05% rl08 __ 105% 103% 103% __ __ 109% 102 Si. 107% 89% 93 Corp 4%s_ 1951 Foreign Power deb 5s 2030 American I G Chem conv 5%s_—1949 101% 108 —. 100% 102 „ 1975* ———i— 157"-':-'' iV . 104% 106% v __ 100% 1954 10434 104% 104% 104%. 104% 103% 103% 103%, 103 103 v 103 y 103 „ 100% 102 — •^16% •16% 110 - 16 y, '.v,f .?••• 1-1948 Called,bonds 17% 18 82% 86% 87% 25 > -; y assented 3y4S— • ' :76s Alleghany Corp 23 .18% __ 102% — 109 Albany & Susq , ' . » 15 3%s.,...———1972 Albany Perf Wrap Paper Co 6s 1948 warrants 24% 110 87 87 "s. •;k v W&'&i Alabama. Power with & 82; 91 72 21 t • ser 87 21 -;-;/yy; .———1953 3%s m 87 177/a 21 : ■;, 10-year debenture 4y4S stamped-1946 Gt 85 ygpm J . Adams Express coll trust gold 4s—1948 Collateral trust 4s of 1907—1—1947 Ala 87 \ 82 20 Va 15% 187/B 16% -•' ?'/ 83% 89 86 ww 85 1984 Railroad and Industrial Companies ——— 88. 84 82% 79 ■'71 101% 23 — •■ 16% v&iwfA yyy/A" ;•-4;.yyy ? — ,21 100% 102% y71 1 : 23% 23% 100 . 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July 1995 4s ——— — . 101% 103% 102 103y4 146% 151% 103% 104 •' 114% 114% 87 V 87% 104 113, 113; y-v'--;,'.. 1995 102% 101% 101% 102% 103% 102% 103% 100 % 100% Fe— i ' 2nd 104 J's 104% due_^____-1975 8c Convertible gold 4s of 1909 '.Convertible gold 4s of 1905! Atlantic 101% 101% 104% !Stamped 1st 102 1964 Topeka General 101% 112% //General 4s ——H Atlanta 122 105% 105% (Subordinated)- ; 118% 1978 mtge 3%s series "E" 4%s cum income debentures— Atchison 124% Ry Bridge & Term 5s_1964 (Del)— 7fty ;y.:y;> - — 3V 105 ft, 100% 101% 116 debentures- i 71st / 104% .10$ ft 105 Co & income 7s 109* ——--1975 — Convertible debentures 3s——1956 :f)f 3s debentures , 108 i.1980 1st 1964 gold 4s:_1952 gold 4s___1948 4s 1948 Atlantic Refining 3s_— 1953 96% 100% 105%' 105% 45 y 41 104% 50 46% 105 V 105 s; 104% 98 107 -•* 105 105% 104% 105% 105% 104% 106 105% 107% 105% 109% 107% 108% 106% 108 % 106% 108 % 109 % 105 - 105% 1053/4 105% 105 7/b 106% 105% 105% 107% 1053/4 106% 105% 108 107 % 110 107% 109% 107% 1061a 109 109 113 111% 44 47 42% 106 V* y 105% 32 106% 108%. 106% 108% 106% 108% 44 46 44 46% 45% 48% 46% 50 40 42 105% 105 y4 106%* 108% 104% 103% 106% 44 ~ ' 46% 41 103% 107% 1073b 42 39% 41 39 40% 38 42 103% 104% 103% 104 103% 104% 102 103y4- 102% 103% 102% 103% 103 V* 105 104% 106% 105% 106% 109% 48% * 104% . 107 % 50 39 ? 41 * r 103 103% 109% 43 49 35 413i 102% -103 :; 43 36% - ; 102% 105 y ? 102% 45 38 103%. 47% 43 34%103 37%" 104 36% 35% 104 103% 113 47 35% 39% 1017/« 102% Baltimore & Ohio RR— 1st mortgage gold 4s July 1948 Stamped modified bonds 1st mtge (int at,4ft to Oct 1 y,: * 1946) due July 1948 98%. 100% 98% f 105% 106 »/a : ^ ,-' v .- 102% 103% 102% 106% 104 ' 107 .105 1067/b •: .. —— . Ref „lft - Ref & series gen to Dec 8c lVsft gen to 1 1916) series C Dec For footnotes 1 see (int A due(int 1946) 102 1 ' 99% 104% 102 1995 66% 77% 69% ,..78% - 76% at due__1995 page 639 99% 104% 102 102% 103% 104 103% T07»4 103% 105% 101% 104 yy 102y8 103% 105% 103 103% 105% at 75% 87 79 y2 90 84% 80%: 89 % 78% 84 V* 83 90 ;; 76% 80% 87%;: 84 91% 88% 88V4 .:/ 78%: 853%: 92 Vs 87 V2 91% 68 'I 80% 75% 4 88 75%- 82%- 81% 81% 87% 86% ; 91% 85% 85 91% 91 % 100% 103% 104% 90»% 97% 98% 102 THE January ■ BONDS Low March February High Low Low High COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE April Low High .June May High Low High Low (Continued)— Ref <fc gen series D (int at 1% to Sept 1 1946) due_->-2000 Ref & gen series- F (int at 1% to 66.ya 69 Convertible due_; 55 a, 56% I 66 Pgh L E & West Va System— Ref gold 4s extended to^.»_195i Southwest'n Div 1st mtge (int at 3%% Toledo to Jan 1 1947) due 1950 86 91 refunding 4s„_1959 t 99 80% 78% 82% 75 :v;; 76% 80% 18V* 82% 75 •; 64% 70% 66'A 71% ;>97% 99% 97% 99% : 88 7 J. 75;; .A 98 100% 99% 400 96 , 833/4; 88 87% .74 3/4 833A 66 - 87% y* 94 ' 89 x 95 Vi ? 97 92% 963/4 93 97% 96% 99 Vi 94% V 97 100 > 97% 100% • 99% 90 897/e 95% 94 96% 95 98% 96 90 90% 95«/a 943A 97%. 96% 96% 98 96 97% 90% . y* 1st 3%s___1951 99% August High Low 79; 85 75 81 - 80% 84% 75% 81 - 80% 84% 043A ;.733A *62'A 59% ;; 67% .997/8 96Vi 99%. 97 - -99% 903,4 98 V'.: 94 - ,96 % 101 99% ; 102 y2 102 5/a 99% : 101 130% 130'A 131% 130 Vi 131 100% 100% 101 101% ioi IOIV2 101% 101% 101% Bethlehem Steel 2V*s series F——1959 Consolidated mtge 3s series G—1960 Consolidated mtge 3 Vis Ser H„1965 106% 107% 107 107% 107% 107% 107% 107 Vi 106% 105 105% 105 105% 107 104% 105% 106% 106% 104% 106% 107% 107 Cons mtge 2%s series I ^—1970 Boston & Maine 1st 5s A C ........1967 ; 1st mortgage 5s series II__ _1955 105% 107% 104 106'A 104 104% 105% 106 106 y2 106 y8 93% 129% 1303A 102 102 103 105% 107% 104 105% 105 105 103 105% 107 106% 107 94Vi 91 102% 106% 90 ,97 1293/4.130%. 10l3A 1013/a. 107% 104 97 li- 943A 1.05 ; 92 \ 93 91- 1 High 84 / 91% 90 84 . v 91% 90% 96 oe 74% '78% 71% 72 Vz 9.7% ; . 78% 100%; 99% 101% 101 100 97% :; 94% 100 Vi 98 99% ' 95 December Low High 99% 105 102%, 103% 100 100% 100% 103' 98% 10O 101%; 93 95% 95% 93- 96 96 129% 92% 130 ]L03% 99% 99% 99 100" 102% 129 y8 November Low High 80% 66 Vi 97%: * October Low High 67% 55 Va : 106% 102% 5s ser C—1960 Beneficial Industrial Lpan 2 y4S___1950 2%s debentures —1956 Low ,973A -. 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El 65 62 ,61 .. 103% 104% .106% 108 106% •5.7% __ 8% 110% 442 Electric 61% 62% <i *%, \ 103% 106% 63 106 1st 6434 .i 103% 103% ' 102% ,103% < 61 >A 47 .47% 48 61% 3s series YJ 64% : 62% 59 109 ._ 82% 47% JU>7% 108% 105 108 < (N 106% (ft 59 67 59 : 105% , 99ya Detroit & Mackinac 1st lien g 4S.1995 Second -gold 4s .1995 Detroit Term & Tunnel 1st 4%s_.1961 111 104 105 Va 102% — General & ref. 3%s series G...i.l966 El 102% 10234 1053a 106 ' . A Detroit- Edison 4s series Ed 10134 1033a 104 Vz 103 101U 102 a1, i ■ 103 impvt 5s series B____AUg 1978 Mlssabe & Iron 10234 102% 104 % zz 4y2s_._j____.1936 Des Pie ines Valley—' See Chic & North Western Duluth 102 102% 105 104% ; Assented..(subject to plan Duquesne Light 1st 102% 105. i 104 % 103% 103% 105 106% 107Va 103% 47% .v66l/4 v- 103% , 60% . -66" 48 102 .. 103 50 47 '/y/. ; 48% 107% Denver & Rio Gr West gen 5s_Aug 1955 > 67 f'V. '49',;. . .48 80ya 82% 5 V 102% r 103 y4 58/58 103 • 85 .•',,84:-v 49% 49 •102% 103% 50% 05% . Denver &r Rio Grande 1st cons 4s_1936 • 106% 58 .^__i973 Delaware Power & Light 3s ■ 104% . 110% 57% f Ref & lQ6y4 108% 102% wil.ii.May 1 2042 gold 108 110% 102% 103 1st & ref mtge 5s ser C-.r_._197T Income mtge dua.„ 19^3 Morris & Essex Division— ' 5 Consolidated 102% 102 y2 1965 N, Y. Lack <Ss -Western Div-^- 4,-6s 107% 110% 59 I trust 108% 103 48% 1st mortgage 2%s__..-_._^._^—1975 & West RR Co.—* ^ Coll , 110% 107% 102% 103 Delaware Lack , 108 103 58 Dayton Power & Light 3s 1970• Dayton Union JRy 3y4s ."B"-~--V--1965 <; 106% 107 10234 « . 104% 108% 102% 59 y4 71% 2%s deb.. 105% 107% 102% : . Deposit 'receipts Curtis Publishing 3sn-^*w»^—--1955 ." 10534 10334 ; receipts, j.j— & Co 105 108% 110 ' Deero 105% 108% 108 109% 110% /// {6s extended to 1946 Merles ' 10534 5759% •73 - 69% 69 107% 103% 102% 49% receipts extended to i • 106 102 % 102% 102% 102% 103 '104% 105% 104% 71 69%' j69% 68% 65 103% 74%, 69ya - 105% 107.% 108% : 109% 102 y® 103 A; >6050% 85 y2 1st 50-year 5s gold__^._1952 DeiJoaifc 102% 102% Deposit receipts Deposit '—j'; 106 ■ /.Crucible Bteel.$ % a > Cuba Northern Ry lst 5%s^^->i_Vl942 Cuba RR 108 «/a 105 % ,107 % 'z.. . V° 134% 106 7/a /.-■"'I—I 111 106% 107% 100% 4st mortgage <3 %s-^.^.^.«i--i^l969 1st mortgage 2%6_^^^__,>_^^-.„1975 : Continental Baking 3» debi:>»^_-;i965 / ■ -.105%' 106 105% 107 y® 1st lien & unifying 3% s—r.-.^1965 1st mortgage 3y2S 1970 1st '(mortgage 3 y4s«-.i_,— ^^..1966: Crane Co 132% 107 V" 107 Va 111 Consumers Power Co—' / 131 106%. 107% I... 106% 106% 103% 10334 3VzS debentures 1958 Consolidated Oil convertible 3%s__1951 ; . 125% 130 106% 107% 107% 106 - 1 —r_^-.--.1948 -: .^.»._„__1956 3V28 debentures ,3%s debentures ^ 121% 125 119% 123% 1077/a 112% 112%' 105% 106 112% 112% 106 107% 103% II ;VlI-' V-. I' 80% 53% 53% __ __ 79% 82% — — 58 ; 58 116. 116 1103a 1103s 116 416 101% 102% 102% 102% < wl --. 103 — 77% 105//; 103% 104% 106 105 101 101% ,102% 102 Va 101 101 101% THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLF Thursday, January 31, 1946 NEW YORK BOND RECORD i bonds //.'v v: Low March February .3; January Low. High High L«V. : May !>■ ./LOW/ High April Low High;/ High June Low v./ August £ High r'July Low High September Low. High Low October Lbw High " Great Northern— General gold General 5s General series 1973 General 128 VA 130% 130% 132 VA 1976 121% 122 VA 122% 125 VA 110VA 111% 110% 111% C D series : rl20 mortgage 4s series G—1946 • 133% 136 125 ■■■< 128VA 121% 137% 137% 136% l-22^r 120 119% 120% 136 137 122 VA 123 122% 123 136 137 132 134 128 VA 128%: 128VA 1293A 129% 130 Va 127 Va 110% 118% 128% 111% 130% 111% 127 VA 112 VA 109% 111%; ; .110% 111% 136% 122% 111%: 111% .111% 112,• 120% 133% 128 VA 12374 127',A 111% 111% 111%= , ' . 106 106VA 106 106 33/aS series L—1970:* .3Vis series M— -——1980 105 106% 106% ^1990 :*^--2000 Bay & Western deb ctfs A_. 104 106 /. 105 ,•>/ 105% 105% 105% 105 105 VA 105 105 VA 104 Va 105 104% 106% 106 VA 1067a 106 106 3/4 106% 106% 105% 106% 105 106 105 107 7A 109 107% 108% 107% 108 107 7A 108 105 VA 107 106% 107 VA 104 VA 106% 109 109% 111% 111% 111% 1077A 107 108 ,107,% 108 106% 107% 106 V A 107 106% > Green 128 VA 128 Va 110 110ft kiii.-i.ii,"' 106VA " mi(i— • ■ 'Ji> Debenture certificates 14 VA Mobile & Ohio Gulf 13 104 104 VA 104 101% 104 104% 79 , VA 14 VA 104% 104 104 1053 i 105 VA 105 Va 77VA A 77VA 14 % 18% 107% 107 VA 107 108 VA' 108 107 VA 106 108% 107 VA 105% 100 VA 103% 104 .106 VA 1BVA" 101 91 93 VA 100 VA 98 % 108 VA 108% 96 V A 90 V 103 VA 102a 8 103% 102% 106 104% 105 y4 104% 105 100'A 101 VA 101VA 103 / 104 / " 14 103% 143% 975a 99 VA 102 VA 103% 97% / 101 103 ; f s 5s 103' 103 " 104 4 - 103 VA II 102%- 102% 1937 Bell 1st .. gold Telep 23As series A 1st gold , 102% 80% .75% 80% 76% 115% 115% 115% 115% 115% 66% 72% 32 % 1981 1951 1st gold 3%s—- 3s sterling—. 98*/a 99 % 100 100,. 101'/a 102% 139 139; 101% 101 Va —1952 89% 90' 95% 89% 84% 89 84% 9.7% 90% 85 93 Collateral trust gold 4s————1953 4 4 Refunding 5s ——u—.1955 40-year •• 4%si-_—Aug 11966 1 84; 90% 94% 100% ( Gold 3Vis , 83 % ft*. gold 3s„1951 99 104 99% 95% 99% 98 8312 88 85 87 82% 88 85% 89 92 90 gold 3s—1951 —1951 — Sprlngf Div 1st g 3 Vis 101 99% 101% 1st 1st «& refunding 4V2S 5s series A / 4074 33% 105 Va 104% -100 ' 100% 92% 96% 98% 81% • ft 94 93 92 94% 92% 96 94 98% 102% 80% 87 ,104%- 105 ' 100% 100% 100% 102% 1963 76% 73% ft 90 88% 93% 94 94% 96 94 96 97 101 103 103% 100 101% 104 104% 101% 102 ' 82% 91% 88% 86% 78 87% 83% 89 80 76v 82 81% 81% 106 106 105% 107 107% 106% 89% 93 79 69 & Clear 1st 4s Jones & Laughlin Steel 3Vis - A! 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V; 55 VA 100 A- 96% 87 87 54 106 VA 105 105 sv 105 a 50 1952 639 182 105% 106 105% 106% 52 106 page 80 80% 77 60 107% Cinn Div 4s 105 „ 109% 52 VA 105% see 103 -ftftft ft-. 50 Atlanta For footnotes 104% 106 105% 104% 105% 85 106 VA 4s 103% 105 Va 101% 102 100%, 102 105 109% ioo3A 1945 & ■'.ft vv> 2003 3s_: 103% 105% 103 , 80 Mobile & Montg lst gold 4Vis Southern Ry joint Motion 4s Knox • ■ 8P/2 3%s series E gold 104 __ ft /.ft/ft . 88% 105% 2nd 103% 101% 91% 92 2003 Memphis Div 100 92% 90% 10734 2003 Paducah ft..'. 90% 108 VA 7% 99% 100 98 2003 St 101% 104% ftft — 105% 95% 104% 105% 55 4'As series C_i_2003 lst & ref mtge 2%s series G Unif mortgage 4s series B— 101% 103 104% 105 Va 91" 4s series D 3%s series F 103 ft 95% 102% -101% . 106% 1949 100 101% 95% 99 103% 104 107% 104%, 105 VA JOO Va 1949 103 102 <: Nashville RR— lst 101% : 105 * 99, 1962 102 99% ,100% 101% 100V8 100% 101% 103% 104 % / 44u. „ZZ; 105 119% 120% 109% 109 VA 1949 — 102 100*. 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Kansas Liggett 107% 10T 92 102 1st 5s stamped modified- 37 " 88% 77% ;• Frankl 4s 77% 34 102% 104% 105% 105% 87 107% -106% 67% 75% 71% v ■ 37 102% 103% - — 92 104% 104% , — Lehigh Valley Lehigh-Valley Lehigh Valley 4s stamped 34% 73% 105% 106 75 74% .80 Internat'l Tel & Tel deb gold 4%s_1952 Debenture 5s; 1955 i >Iowa Central refunding gold 4s__-1951 5s 35% 83% ft ft* ft „ 73% 89 104 74 105 ft 107% 108% — s 32% 102% 104 113% 71 84 88 refunding stamped 113% 717s 100% 79 82% 64% & 100 79% 89% 79 lst 68% Vft.. 86% 61% Hydro Elec deb 6s__ 1944 1st & ref conv 5s A & B.1947 Refunding s f. 6s series a "955 /: Internat'l Rys Cent Amer 1st 5sB_1972 • 101; 77% 113% 113% - - 82% 30% s 97 Va 99% 103 95 104% 105% 103 103 • 97 66 refunding 100% •: 92 32% 1st & ft .•. 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Joint 115% 87% 83% ftft, Illinois Cent & Chic St h & N O v 82% '86 115% 115% —1951 ; " Western Lines: 1st gold 48—1—1951 /-•v-Registered v/V;v.v/■:W■////,/,/'// . 95% 100%. 75% 86 • .74 - Louisville Div & Term gold 3Vis_1953 1st gold 3s_u—1951 ■ . 100 ; Omaha Division ; 95% 1950 Bridge gold. 4s ^t Louis Div & Term 103% 84% 104. 96 88% 1st < —-1951 —1955 Division 17 103% 103% ^.-——1952 Litchfield 15 ;™1951 • ///' Purchased" lines 3 V2s— . •'36% 104% 104% Collateral trust gold 4s— Cairo - 104 Refunding 4s t . 101 §J 104 /.6974ft 73"ftftv70% '>59% 37*% 103 % 103 --^.---1951 3 Vis Extended / 103% 74% 1957 4s__ 106 VA — 103% 1962 A Adjustment income 58 Illinois 106 ft .',:98 V* • 1st gold 5s_1949. Hudson & Manhattan 1st & ref 5s_1957 Illinois Central 1st 102 VA 106 Va 101% n 102% 103 Hudson Co Gas ■ 102'/a 105 V A 137 100 >'v^ /a series 103 VA 103 108 % 1970 4xAs debentures——1954 Oil Hudson.Coal 1st 103 74 103 99'A 101 Va 97 *4 V 4 ' 16 VA 103 VA 104 VA 101*4 >. 104% 80 VA 14 7A 14,;5 15 —— Houston ■,; 1077A 103 VA 4VaS_^—1999 cons 15V*" -_ 102 74 102 VA 104 99% : 98'A 1969 91VA 13 '-16% •/"15 18% 102% • 'i Si,-,' 80'A 140% 95 98 ^1952 Housatonic RR consolidated 5s - 15% 102 mortgage 5s Series A—2015 Household Finance Corp— 2%s s f, debs--^-^.. . 13% 103V2 ; 1st & ref mortgage 3%s "D*'—i—1969 Hocking Volley 1st 79 16%: 5 91 General 80 15 1975 Gulf & Ship Island 5s stamped Gulf States XJtil 3Vas series D 78% 101% —1959 series B 4s 84 18% 104 B_— Greyhound Corp deb 3S 80 ;:"*V 106% .'I \ • V'. ; ■ 106% • 78% ft* 105 VA Vis series N 3Vis series O 74 >. 128% 111 V a Geh ihtge 3 Gen mtge 137 127% 105% 108 107% 105% 122 110% 104% 106 : 136 VA 133% 121 VA i 105 107 High 122 / 106 104% !Z 105% 106 7A • «;. 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N Y- Susq & West 1st ref g 5s 75% 66 Vi 74% 93% 4% .-New York Steam 72% 91% .—1955 Light 1st mtge 2%s_1975 1st cons gtd g 4s__1993 Queens Elec Lt & Pwr 3V2s_1965 69 70%' 87 fer & Putnam 77 72 Vi 67% 108 68 % 68% 65% 63 y4 27 V2 65% 66% 70 21% 66 Vi 62 Va ' 22% 64 63% 64 18% 64 60 68 108: 60% 67% 69% / 77 21 61 56 Vi 69% 107% 59 66 71 10% •54% 64 65% 71 107 Vi 71 . 67% 70% 107% 97% 68 Vi ; 63% 64% 19% 94% 70% 60 65 66 107% 93% 60 60% 64% 23 % 792 88 87 66 98% 58% 61% 65 107% 66% 92 59 65% 47V4 62% 85% 65 66 107% 62% 116 116 y 55 57 1992 94 73 Vi 59 Va - 92% 73 % 59% . 88% 93 92 65 Vi 60 ' 84% 70 62% • 116 88 Vi 75 67% 62 64% 115% 84 74% .67% 56 Vi • 75% 65% 76% 58 Vi 58 Vi 63 115 115 % 99 90% 97 107 61% 62% 1 114% 96% 94% 100 70 56% 65% .—.—1957 95% •98% 98% 62 91 '• 65 66 ——— 97% - 65 65% gold 4s 93 88% 89 56%> 57 N Y Ont & Western 1st 113 V. 112Vi 113% 57 56% 1927.. x58'/4 62% 57% series 95 94 1956 —. 87 87% 93 58*/a 112 7 i 116% 112% 109% 110% 110% 111 109% 110 109%, 109% 109% 110% 110% 104% 104% 104 Vi 113% .1973 3Vis 103 Vi 104% 109 109% 104 y4 105 107% 4s_1947 non-conv 102% •101% 101% 112% 113 y8 108% 108% A—1973 ser 106% 107.7; 106% 102 107% 107% 1956 For footnotes 92 105 97 96 b'92;,:/ 97 98 99% 112% Pwr 5s__1948 1955 3s registered - 91% 92 90 92 105% Convertible debenture 3%s._, Convertible debenture 6s 1st <fc • / 105 Va > 07 97 '-"lb 89 " 104 83% — ,—.. 106% 109 Non-convertible debenture 4s 1 ' 89 1027/a 106 103% 106% 102 Vi 106% Non-convertible debenture 4s V -.tS 95% 108 Vi 103%. 89 95 87 '«■ 92 Vi 90 93 83% 107% Non-convertible debenture 3yas__1954 .b. 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' 92% OQ 89% 85% 94% 88 106 —.2043 ' 4s ;, 83% . , 105 Y* 108% Mtge- 4s series B— & 95 101 92 ; 96 ' r?95b;# %:i 96 96 /'97-1 ' 100% 92' , ; 82% 80 85 Vi " 85% 100% .—2043 Norfolk 85 < 91 97% 106% 103 Mtge 4s series A— Y <fc 94 85% • Vi 94 104 103 103 ;• 104% 97 92 V ' 96% 88% 85% . 96% 99% 81% 1975 Purch money coll trust gold 4s__ 1949 New York & Harlem gold 3Vis 2000 Power 106% 109 96 */a- 101 R4. l/« OT/2 J93%: 106% 82% X Y 96% 85 97% 95% 107 1980 Elec Lt Heat Ac General 4s 92%. 83% 104% 96% 104% 81% _1998 93% 107 106% f 99% 96% V 93% . 83 107 105 Vi 3 . 93 107% 92% 97 90 90 81. 86 Vi !■'"< 99 92% 100 89% 91% 84 95 Vi 98 99 100 87% 86% 76% 85 Vi i< 100% 99 101% 100 100 98% 91% 100% 85% 106 % 77 86% 93% 93 97% 80 94% 97% r 96 90 90 107 77 ViJ 77 .vahb 100% 109 108 \ni 87% 106 Vi 106% 106% 92 91 109 >/4 105 Vi 94% 92 f , 108 V 105 Vi 88 82% < 107 :V 107% 107% 105% 107% 92 90 V4 :9t 107 100 107% 107% 104 93 80 107 Vi 106% 108 107% 107% 106 78 107% 101 100 107% 100% 107% 107% 107% 98 Vi 100 104% 100'/a 108 106% 105% 106 97 107% 100% 104% 105% v 100 100 % 108 106 83% 83 100% 124% 85% 97% 102% , ' r 99 v 126 81 87 101 ' 100 99 125 85% 1997 101% 99 3i 101% 99% 125% 86 Vi 1998 102 112 85% —1998 1106% 105 113V4 ' 87 105% 112 Vi 86% 95% 104% 106% 114 86 104 105% 97 Vi 88 78% 105 n 104 112% HJVi 87 105 Vi 99% 83% 100% 106 114Vi 83 %r 90 102 105 Vi 113% 81 82% 104 107% 107 114% 100% l-."- 102' 105% 107 113% 85 • 102 Vi 107% 99% 101% 114% 108% * 99% 107 % 113% 107i/2 106 y2 86% 98% 101% 106% 107% 114 100% 71 '•»" 107% 106% 102 % 105 105% 74% 107% 103% 106 100 Vi 106 y8 107»/« ' 109 106 113% 100 - 105% 125'/a 105% 80 2013 1st 3l/4s series E_ N Y & 87y2 105% 115% 108% 105 80 2013 New York Dock 1st gold 4s New York Edison 3%s series D 4s 73 % 101 77 Connecting 3 Vis———-1965 ref 4Vis 102% 71% 100 106 106 70 1998 mtge 3%s series E & 102% 113% 83" 27/«s series B 1st 100%100% f, 115% 108 104% 1974 Debenture 73% '■ 100 106 100 106 104 % .1978 Y N H & y4 : 114% 99% 108 y2 100- 106% 1945 series A Y Gas 105% 100% 114% 97% 125% : 101% 106 89 Vi 106 114 b' 114% 114% 107 Vi deposit Refunding 4 %8 series C rRef/ftitge 3%S series D New York 74 105% •"> St L— Refunding 5 Vis Ref 103 108 Va 106% 100- Michigan Central coll gold 3Vis_1998 & 100 70% 108 87 106% 106% • Chic 100 88 Vi 108 Vi 113 106 New York Central & Hudson 3y2s.l997 New York 85 108 96% 80 registered —.: 106 102 Vi 83 105% 106% 105% 123% ..Y————1956 Certificates of deposit— 1st 5V2s series A_ I954 3 Vis 106 Vi "b 91% 82% 87 Vi 83 91% 112 95 r y 98 Certificates of deposit— 3*/2s 87 106 91% 89% 106i/2 112 114% —.——1956 gold 99% 100 105 1st 4%s series D coll 49% 99% 97 42 91% 87% 108% 96 deposit^^.^i.*»* registered 40 Vi 97 100 v4 y 90 ! 39% 106 Vi 91% 107% 66% 97 vi 42 Vi 91% / 106 108% : 100 Va 99%" ,;,99% 106 107 -72%- 91% 68 97 106% 108 102 56% 100 y2 106% 107 98 y8 99% "97 59% 9-1% 83 91% 87 .93 108% • 92% 94 108 1 107 96% 1953 . 41 83 112% . A—1935 A 83 31% 91 107 96 Certificates-of deposit———..; 1st 5s series 1954' series C 89% 39% 80 107 1974 A 91 29% 93 y8 107 105% '106% 4Vis A__1952 ser 80% 41V4 88% 111% 1986 Npt & Cin Bdge gen gtd 4V2s__ 93 33% 95% 87% ■ 107 1983 A 88 Vi 43% 87% • 98 ser 95% 35 Va 90% 79 ' 83% 106% 107 1945 New Orleans Great 87% 41 85% 80% 1954 1948 New Jersey June RR gtd 1st 4s J Power & Light 1st mtge 3s 90% 23% 76% 79 100% 92 '58 91% 85 y4 87% 16% 83% 84 y. - 87% 79% 18% 80 Vi 76% 79 73% 80 31% 80% 16% • ;; Shore 93% 91% New England Tel & Tel 30-yr 5s—1952 IX 1st gold 4Vis series B—_ —1961 3 Vis 85 96 103 Vi 83% 85% 83% 98% 3Vis registered 85 92 Vi 51% - Lake 80 81% 91% 83 Vi 1Q45 5s 76 54% 1061/4 ser 101 80 89 105% Northern 5s 88% 75 89% 106 N 92 Vi 71% 83% 105% 4s 89 84% 83 .1965 4s____ 80 % lOOVi 75 74 42% Steel gold 5s 76% 88% 95% 91% National 3s 101% 71 71% ; 79% 100 50% 102% 4%s series 70% Vi 78 90 Vi Vi 101 ; 92 V75 -: 91 105 impvt 86% 37% 103% impvt 65 Vi 69 Va 80 103 & 91 93 102% & 84 87Vi 101% 791/4 89% 93% 1949 3 Vis Ref 78% 88 112 56% Distillers Ref 91 88 National 4s 85% • 47 Vi 104 Central RR 83 87 94' 87%' 108 York 82% 83% 95% 102 y2 New 89% 59% 107 y4 of 85 95 103% Certificates 86% 87 Vi 108J/4 -Certificates ot 83 87% 109y2 1st 5s series jC——; 89% 52% 107 Vi 1st 4s 79% 91 109 Va Orleans Term 95 90% 107% New 87 ^ y 58% 109% New Orleans Tex & Mex 5s 98 - 85% 107 Northeastern 93 46% 109 Vi & 93 103 ;■ 87 101 85% 1960 New Orl 88 96 87% 3y2s_2000 3y4s gold 81'i 96% :• 97% 49% Dairy cons 72%'. 86% 99 i 87% National 1st 67' 81 65 79% 108% RR 70% 88 3 i 94 Vi : 34% 108% Naugatuck b 68 79% 80»/a 80% 108% Newark Cons Gas 71% 92 36% debentures.—__1958 New England RR cons Consolidated guaranteed 74»/4 87% 807/a, >..1966 , Corp 69% 93% 100'/a 76% ———1951 Products 76%, 89 Vi 76% 108% 3s 99% 72% 33% 71 (John) 95 76% 90% 79% 77% . „ 107% 110% 105% 10S 79% Mutual Fuel Gas 1st gtd gold 5s__1947 Nashville Chatt & St Louis 1st 4s_1978 ; •86 84 109 371/a 66% ••"t 1 - 73% 73% \ 83 107 34 64% ; 83 » 107 107 111 73 Va s 71 . : 27% 104,? 105% ' 105 110% 40 y4 82 77% N 104% 110 Vi 107 80% . 107% 107% 105 109 82% ; ! 69 y4 ; 109 104 V > 101% 73 X Construction mtge 5s ser A 1955 I Construction mtge 4 %* ser BiXJL955 Mountain States Tel & Tel 3Vis__1968 N 107% 107% 101% 108% 33 72% 63% N ^ 103 — 98 100% ,71 ■ '■87 85% 83 85 95% 77% 83 77 83% 82 80% 80 78 74% r4Vi • 1965 —. „ Power 98 103% 80 >/2 72% ; , 29% V '26% 28;/ < 105 15% ■ 77% 62% . 29 1977 Morris & Essex 1st refunding •; 25% 25'/a 107% 107% 91% 115 118% 12% 5% ■ 90 113 **■ 11% 12% 7% —106Vi 107 86% 78% 112% 80 106 101% *. ■ 102 103Vi 104% 101% 0 V 105 105% 105% iooy4 105 1975 — Montreal Tramways 5s. •i 90% 101% i04Vi & Montana "■*. 101% 87% 104% 105 103 refunding gold 5s ser G—1978 gold 5V2B-. 1949 1st & refunding gold 5s ser H—1980 1st & refunding 5s series I 1981 N 101% 91 - 105 Y Mohawk- & Malone 1st gtd gold 4s_1991 Monongahela Ry 3%s series B—1966 Monongahela West Penn Pub Serv /X 1st mortgage 4 Vis 1960 • , 102 105 Convertible ,-j: 101% 87 105 % 107 A..1962 5s Prior lien 4s series B—^ 1962 lien 4%s series- D—j—1978 N 101 105% 103% 1047/a Cumulative ./ 87% 104% 107 1962 A ser i' 1st & refunding 5s series P > 81% ' 77% 101 101% 102% 22Vi 23 V* : 105 107% adjust 5s series A__1967 Missouri Pacifio RR 1st 5s ser A.-.1965 ;, Low,High 79 105% 102 101 — 1949 Prior v December High 73% - 106Vi 106 — 105% 1940 __ Missouri-Kansas-Texas • Low Low,. High 73 76 100 ..100 82% 88% 100% 82% 103% .73 ■X 76 100 105% Gen mtge 4s inc series "A" __1991 Missouri Kansas & Texas 1st 4s__1990 ? 100 87»/a 104V2 6% ; 101 85 105% 105% y 101 V ! 100 103 * 72Vi - 92 Va V 105% 4y2s inc series -'A"_1971 v f 65% "<;;:78 November October High StP&SS M- 1st mortgage ,» September Low High 105% 4%s—.1939 4s__. Refunding & ext 5s Minn Low 100% 109 y4 1st ext 4y2S_1939 extended Louis * 98% 5% * 81 105% gold 3' ■„„/, v Refunding & impvt 4Vis ser C__1979 Michigan Consolidated Gas 3y2s___1969 Midland of N J August- s High 76% <-.t 1st •. 84 101- 23 19 17% 80% Jack, Lansing & Saginaw g 3%s*.195iy ri Low 78% 75 'Marion Steam Shovel July June i Low High 92 ya 74%' _1957 Sugar sinking fund 4s RECORD BOND May v 101% 68'/a 68 Vi Manatl • April Low High 637 104% — 107 Vi ■ 79 108% 108% • 107% 82% 102 io7107 102 106 106 3i 7 Thursday, January 31,1946 CHRONICLE THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL 538 NEW YORK BOND RECORD ' Low • I', 4s_1948 Ogden & Lake Cham "let guar g Ohio Edison 1st mortgage 33As—__ 1972 1st mortgagees . —— ——1974 23/48 v 1st 1st 29'A 105% 1i w00 166% 993/4 22% ,' 26 25 21 24% ■ 28 % ; November, w December High Low High Low < ■: 105 ioi% 100 y2. 105% 106 100 y4 100% 104 to . — 100to 100% . : _. 1Q4% 993/4 101 103% 105 ■ 104,1/4 104 to 99 ' 99% lOOto 100 100% 100to 101% 99to 100% 100 lOOto lOOto lOOto 100 101% 101% 102 A 10143 101% 101% 101A 101 ys 101 A 1017/a 102 1031/a 102% 103 VSi 1021/2 102% 102'/a 102 to 102 to 102 i/a 99to 1033/8 103 to 104% 105 104% 104% 103% 103% 103% 103% 1031/a 103% 103'/a 103'/a 102% 103 102% 103 - 1043/4 1043/4 102 102% 105% 104% 105 1043/4 104% 104 to 1043/4 103% 104% 103% 103% 1031/4 103% 103 to 103% 102% 103% 102 to 102% 1021/a 102 to 102 102 to 105% 106y4 105 to 106 105% 106 105% 166% 105 106 105 106 106% 105% 105% 1041/2 105% 104% 105% 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 105% 105% 105% 106% 101 101 to 101% 101 to 101 to 102 106% 1021/s 102% 102 y4 1021/2 1021/4 1021/4 102 1 102 VT 102 Va 102% 105'A 101% 106 y2 105 to 1063/a' 105% 108 1083/4 107% IO81/4 106 107% 1063/4 1073/4 107 107% 106% 107% 106 1063/4 106% 1063/4 105 107% 106 to 107to 106 106% 107y8 106 y2 107 106 107% 107 105 106 106% 106 % 107 105% 106% 106% 106'A 107% 106 107 105% 106 106% 105 to 106 to 105% 106% 105 106to 1053/4 106% 105 105 105% -w; 1063/4 107'/4 106% 107 106 106 to 1071/2 106% 1073/a 105% 1071/8 , 106% 106% 106% 106% 1061/4. 105 105% 105to 107%!' 106% 107 i 105% 108 IO61/4 105 105% 105 7/a 106% 106 to 107% 107 to 105% loo 105% 105% 105 105 - 106 luo% lv/i> lud 1/2 1 ud3A luo% lud lub% 100% 1653/4 106 to 1053/4 106 to 106 to 106% 109% HOto 109 to 110to 1093/4 1097/8 1081/4 109% 108% 108% 1073/4 107% 107to 1071/a 107 to 10a v 10715 109% 107 105to 105% 1033/8 104 105 104to 104to 103 Va 105 105 105' 113to 112 to 1121/2 112 112 111 111 111 112 110% 110% 110% 106% 106% 111 111 110% 110% 111 111 »/8 111% 106 106 106 106 106 106 106 106 107% 105% 106'/a 106% 106% 1061% 105 to 106 to 105 to IO61/2 105 hi «•* . 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287 105% 105% 1063A 106 107 1063/4 107 % 103 % 102 i/a 102% 102% 85% 81% 34 103% 107 108% 106% % 35y2 207 234 203 to 214to 104% 104% 104 to 210 104% 106 106% 15% 106 i/a 106% 106% 106% 20%= 106 17 to 19% 18% 23 to 18% 151/2 1011/4 102% 17 17% 17 102 to 103 to 103 18 ^103% 20 17% 237 293A 28% 30 23% 26 25% 27 23 7 1063/4 1061/2 106% 106 1063A 106 3/8 107 107 107 107 107% 25 21 22% 29 20 254 106% 7 107 207/a 23 17% 24 103% 102%' 103 . 103 102 % v 27% 20% 28 3A — — 107% 107'A 21% , 24 221/4 25 -a- _ — — „ 103% 103 103% 116% 116% 115% 114 104% 1153/4 104 8103 115% 114 102,% 103 103% 1153/4 1143/fl 1025/8 102% 102 115 101% 102 102 107 106% 107 106 1061/4 106% 107 ' 113% — 113% 113% 123 125 124% 124% 124% 123 __ 114 114% — I Pi CM ICO 113% 114 113% mm mm 113% 125 124% 126% _ 126% —— 124% — 1155/8 115% 125% 126'A 126 125 127 127 127 — __ — 126 126% 124% 125% — — — —— _ 127 125 1253/4 — __ - 126% — 125 126 125% 126% „ 128% 130% 134 133 1335/a 1323/4 133 1283A 131% 128% 1291/2 128% 131 134% 133 134 133 1213/4 133 134 130% 133 131 129% 134 135 135 134 to 134 136 133 134 129 129% 130 130 1313/4 136% 106 133% 1083/4 1313/4 135 135% 1361/2 129% 134% 134% 132% 105% 107% 1043A 108 1053/4 106% 107 1033/4 1033/4 1033/4 1033A 103% 104 103% 103% 99% 101% 991/a 101 »/a 105% 1053/8 993/8 129% 105 106% 106 107 1073/4 106 103% 102% 103% 103% 103% 102% 104% 106 i/a 105% 105% 106 105 106 107 Va 107% 107% 108% 103% 104'A 103 1031/a 105% 105% 106 y8 104% 106 104% 105% 105% 106 105% 106 105% 105 y8 104% 1033/4 1073/a 105 105 104% 104% 105% 105% 104% 105 104% 106 105 106 .. 104% 106 106 106% 106% 105% 105% 84 % 893A 86 98 92 97% 841/2 89% 86 98 92% 96>/a 84% 106 89% 106 85% 92 98 96% 91% 92 91% 104 105% 93to 96% 96% 99% 933/4 98 93 96% 96% 99% 95 96% 93% 94% 993A 96% 96% 97 94% 96% 96% 98% 97 99 98'to 963/4 95 96 % 96'/a 99 96% 99 98i/4 995/8 105 i/e 105'/8 99% 96% 100 100 1013/4 97% 100 "/a 103% 104 1027/8 103% 1021/2 103 102% 108 3A 108 to 108% 107% 107% 104% 107% 102 Va 103 103 101 101 100% 125% 100 1003/8 108% 108% 108 3/a 108 3A 1957 1956 99 VB 1972 26 102 i/a 31% 101 26 103 102% 103 103% 27% 101% 25 313/4 25 27% 102% 32 103% 101 102% 35% 33 43% 37 104to 100 % 110 110 107% 108 1081/4 llOi/a 108% 108% 100% 100 101% 105% 105 105 IO51/2 105'/2 103 155 108% 2037 108% 155 1087/a 108 Vt 157 108 Va 157 157 110% 109% 110 108 108 107% 108 109% 109 109 Va 1083A 1073A 1073A 34% 31V2 33 109 110 110 30% 33 31 34 30% 33 to 33 38to , 110 108% 155 110% 108% 100% 113 102to 103% 103% — 1001/8 105 104to 113 101% 983/a —— 10011 1073/4 1951 105 105 105 125% — 101 100 - 102% 1083/4 — — . 105 106 106 1033A 983A 104 98 y4 963/4 91% 97% 97% 101 97 103% 99 96 91% . 103% 107% 98 97 95 — 103% 9834 92 97 106 106 — 1043A 108 i/a 104 106 y4 106% 101% • 109 1977 refunding mortgage 3s refunding mortgage 5s 32 138 130 1966 1st 4s — __ — 100 106 105% 92 —— " — — — 128 • 105% lOOto 105 57 57% 52% 106 — 80%' 87 80 66 57 70 60% 62 51% 63 52% 57 - 90 86% 89 943A deb 4s Securities 133% 1M54 JLKJO /8 1223/4 106 Public Service Elec & Gas 3y48—.1968 1st 106% 1073/4 123% IO31/4 3'As Power Providence Terminal 1st 107% 1071/a 128% 1960 1st mortgage 3y4s Pressed Steel Car 5s__. Providence 107% 107% 127 ' 1950 Electric 107% 107% 121% —1964 5 Va s— extended 107 »/e 1073A 126 • 1950 B_ Portland General Elec 1st 4%s 5s 108% 107% 124% 131 to Pittsburgh & West Va; 1st 4%s 1958 1st mortgage 4%s series B ..1959 1st mortgage 4V2s series C ..I960 Pitts Youngs & Ash 1st gen 4s A.1948 1st general 5s series B 1962 Potomac 107% 108 122 105% mortgage 5s series A Co 108% 1073/4 • General mortgage •'is Pittston 1073/4 108 1243/4 - , series 108% 108 122% 104 mtge. 6s inc..:.—. —1964 Philip Morris Ltd debenture 3s_..1963 3s debentures —1963 Philippine Ry 1st 30-yr s f 4s 1937 Certificates of deposit Phillips Petroleum 2%s.—— ._1964 Pittsburgh Cinn Chic & St Louis—* , Cons gtd gold 4s series D 1945 " Cons gtd gold 3%s series ;E—Uil949 Cons gtd gold 4s series F——1953 ! Cons gtd gold 4s series G... 1957 Cons gtd gold 4s series/ H____..I960 Cons gtd gold 4%s series I. 1963 Cons gtd gold 4%s series J 1964 1970 series B 1975 General Mtge 3%s series "E"—1975 Pgh Coke & Chem 3y2S— 1964 Pittsburgh Consol Coal 3y2s debs__ 1965 Pittsburgh Steel 4y2a — 1950 106% 103 125% 99% ..1949 6s 104 101% 108 • gold 4y2s series C 1041/4 102 124% 104% General 4V2s 106 118% .106% —1961 mtge 2%s—1971 1st & ref mortgage 2%s 1967 1st & refunding 2%s„ _1974 Phila & Reading Coal & Iron— Refunding 5s stamped— .1973 General 106 126% 79to Philadelphia Co 45/4s Phila Electric 1st ref \ 112 V, 106 104% — ....1974 —1977 General 5s series B—— • 132 111 126 Phila Bait & Wash- Convertible 122 112% 127 108 to .... General 130 108% * 108% 108% 108 3/8 108% 108 i/a 118% Peoples Gas Light & Coke 5s .1947 Peoria & Eastern 4s extended—1960 ———— 108% 107% 103% E—- SVas series F-', 107% 103 1981 —1984 Convertible debenture 3y4s——1952 General 4 %s series income 4s 105 101% 118 to .1970 gold 4% S—L. General 4 % s series D_— Gen mtge 105 - 104 - Debenture — 1960 debs_» Co.— Pennsylvania Glass Sand 3y2s Pa Ohio 107% 107% 117 series C—1966 4y2s 1955 1960 & Passaic Gas & Elec 5s_1949 106% 108% 107 109 106% 105% 108 105% 107 108% 109 108% 106i/2 106% 104% to 106 -I.*,''v"* ■ 108 to B—iy66 107 to 105% 105%- 105% 106to 105 to 107% 105% 108 105% ■ 104% , ' 105% Refunding mtge 3V4S 3'/2s conv inc 26 to 23 104% 105% 100 103to Paducah & Illinois 1st s f , 27% 105% 103 to 104% Panhandle Eastern P L 3s Pennsylvania 24 to 104 to lOOto .1031/a 103"% 104%, 105 J Pacific Tel & Tel 3V4S series Paterson 23 to 104% 100: High 103% 1970 series Kj—1971 \ & reftmding 3s series L_——1974 <fc ref mtge 3S series M.. 1979 & ref mtge 3s series N .—1977- 1st 27W.v30%! 28 October Low High September Low 105 gtd cons 5s stamped. -1946 Oregon-Wash RR & Nav 3s ser A-1960 Pacific Coast Co 1st 5s— __1946 Pacific Gas & Electric 4s ser G—1964 ; 1st & refunding 3%s series I.—1966 3s , v, 1st series High 101% 101% Transmission 1st 5s——.1945 34 >A 106i/4 & August Low High July Low High ■- 108 105 to •■• ■ Oregon RR & Nav cons gold 4sL—1946 / Oregon Short Line RR 1st cons 5s_1946 3s 107% 106 to June Low ioo% 104 to 106 I04to 1975 v ——— Ontario 26% 108 i/a 105% 28 803%; 105% " 105 * 24 22% 1073/4 106 108% 108% 108 - 109 to 20 to 29 243/4 , May Low High April Low High -\! ■ High Low High Low High „ 1st mortgage 2%s_————-1975 Oklahoma Gas & Electric 3%s 1966 . March February January 1083A 107 Vo 107% 160 160 — „ — 245 237 241 102 i/a 102% 102% 245 102% __ 1st & refunding mortgage 8s 2037 Quaker Oats 2%s debentures 1964 Reading Co Jersey Central coll 4S.1951 224% 224% 245 245 lOOto lOOto 100% 101 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 101% 102% 102 102% 102% 104% 103 to 1051/4 104to 105to 105 to 107 to 106% 107% 106to 106% 106% 106% 106 106 106 General & refunding 4 %s ser A.1997 General & refunding 4y2s ser B.1997 106 to 107to 106 1071/a 105 to 106% 105 to 105% 105 to 105 to 107% 1071/4 107% 1071/2 107% 106% 106% 105% 107 i/s 106 107 107 107% 106 to 107 1073A 1073/a 1073/4 107% 107% 107 107i/a 1073/4 103 103'/a 103 107% 1073/4 1033A 1033/4 103% 1033/4 103% 104 103% 104 107% 106 109 Vb 1073/a 108% 74 77% 77% -■■■ s: Remington Rand 3a/2s 1955 230'/a 230% 1061/2 107 to 106 107 105% 106% 105% 107% 107% 107 Y* 106% 107% 106% 107 to A 106 to Rensselaer & Saratoga— (4.7 for 1945). Revere Copper & Brass 3J/4s ...1975 .... Rio Grande Western I960 1st gold 1st cons & coll trust 4s Rochester Gas & Elec— y 4s„1939 A—1949 ser 1041/4 107% 105 98% 71 106% 107% 105% 103% 1051/4 1033/4 101% 98 y8 101 101% 106 71% 77 797/a 72 76% 107 107 to 1033/4 72 108 107% 107% 107to 106 to 1031/4 1033/4 103% 103%' 103% 103 to 107% 103% 108 102 110 1071/4 110 xlOO 1091/8 783/4 X69to 793/a General mortgage 3%s series H—1967 Gen mtge 2V2s series I 1967 General mortgage 3y4s series J..1969 1081/4 1081/4 108 to Rock Island Ark & La 1st 4V2s 1934 51 58% 5iy4 1949 18% 21 to 16 v Rutland RR 4%s stamped—.. Saguenay Power 4JAs series 1941 A 1966 20 22% 104y2 105% 17to 104 to 108% 109 54 109 523A 573A 16% 21 26 20 19% 105% 105% 24 106% 109 55 17% 2d gold 6s— .1996 St Louis Iron Mtn & Southern— 109to 67 69% 193A 193/4 80. 83 85 85 87 80 87 79% 79% 23% 22% 22% 27% 25% 105% 1063/4 1061/2 84 90 90 1093/4 67 to 27 23 106% 89% 109 to 753/a 67 193/4 1033/4 81 70% 22 ' 94% 94 to 94to 108% 108% 109 108% 67< 72% 59 72% 59 64% 62% 67% 203A 21% 201/2 24 18% 24 18 20% 24% 22% *24% 22% 251/4 23 103% 105% 106% 103% 93% 96% 93 95 91 - mmCm 93 ;■ 94% 91 106 3A —< ■ ' 106 102% " • St Louis Public Service 5s 1959 St L Rocky Mtn & P 1st 5s stpd 1955 1950 St Louis-San Fran Ry 4s ser A Prior lien 5s series B— Certificates ..1950 of deposit.....—.^. mortgage 4tos 1978 series A Certificates of deposit stamped St Louis Southwestern RR 1st 4s__1989 2nd 1st gold 4s terminal inc & bond ctfs—Nov 1989 St Paul & Duluth St Paul & Kan St Paul Union 1st con page 103 1013A 102% 101% 102% 100% 103 95 95 95% 953/a 96 98 48% 55% 49 to 54% 50% 563A 533/« 55 49 54 50% 56 53 51 593/4 52 to 57% 53% 51 56 3A 51% 56% 53 37% 44% 38% 41% 38% 37% 43% 37% 41% 38% 108 87% 109 109% 110 90 91% 72 773A 72% 81 75% -791/4 639 991/4 103 102 to 100 104% 101 98 3/4 103 to 103 101 983/4 96 77 59 663/4 49to 60to 53 58% 65 to 49 60 543/a 59 70 69 51% 573/o 64 543/4 68% 62% 49to 363/4 45 49 36% 44% 573/4 63% 60% 65% 61 to 71 to. 62% 57% 62 59% 64% 60 3/4 70 62 to 46% 44.1/2 48% 45% .51% ,43to 42% 41 45 431/4 48 443/4 50% 43% 115'/a 116% f 116% 114% 114% 116 40% 46 34 104% 41 — 42 to 41 104% 115 92 90 88 78 94% 96% 96 97to 97 to. 91% 77% - 75% 88 85% 92% 91% 95 to 83 to 86% 81% 953/a 94 773/4 94 to 100 % 81 to x90to 114 to 1163/a 93 593/4 - . 44% 104% 42% 105 54 105% 53 56% 53 to 105i/4 62 105% 1$ 55 603/4 73% 50% 105% - •61% 56% 94 951/a 95% : — IOO3/4 100 y8 100% 95 to 95% 41% ■"41. - into 90 45% ••■45" into — 99 99% ' 60 65% 61% 637/a 59 59% 65% 60 3A 683/4 64 k:- 70% 65% 68 4434 483A 44% 48% liito 115 91 901/2 91% 69% 65 41 Va 503A x44 50% x43 % '•> 64% 633/4 ; 681/2 68 X64% 47 50% 493/8 115 114 114% 88% 93 93 95% X113 76 81 78 80% 79 81% 79% 86 80 to 90 86 93 893A 93% r 71 to 100 -83 to 57% 1053/4 533/4 58 58% 48 3/a 51% 1053/4 106% 85 x47 to ■ 4mm* 99% 64% 59 63 63 —;• 95% ' / 114 to .96 —.1968 104% 1163/4 95% 74 v 98% 95 96 99 68 663/i 99 41 1153/4 to 98 to 57% 563/4 433A 115 92 , 603A . 95 1001/2 97% 97% ; 623/4 98 105% i 100% 62 to 99 104% ■ 993/4 56% 97 603/4 24 21% ■ 97 94 . 100 98 100% 100 56 to 99 *60 59 110 77% 72 4s , 99% 100% —1952 City Sh L 1st 4y2S_1941 Depot 3tos "B" 1971 For footnotes see 92% 1021/8 ser A—1990 unifying 5s. § General & refunding 5s 100 1003/s 103 IOI1/4 102 +—<• ■■■■ 48 Certificates of deposit Cons HOO £ H O O —i - 95 1 96 92 91% 106 106% 102% 93 '* * 24% 106% ■ Stamped 4s — —.....1933 / Certificates of deposit...... -- 108 »/2 108% 72 105 105 90 80 — — — 22 21% 23to, 28%. 106% 30 1063/4 77 105% 65 ,River & Gulf Div 1st gold 4s—.1933 : „ 18 27 1033/4 86% 1031/4 1023/4 — — — 1093A 108 3A 1093/4 73 71 110 109% 110 105% St Jos & Grand Island 1st gold 4S.1947 6t Lawrence & Adir; 1st gold 58.^.1996 1*09- 106 71 66 108to Rutland-Canadian 4s stamped 107 100V2 68 62 76 70 78 to 68% 110 108to __ — — — 105% 107% 101% 102% ' 106% 50s/a y'v! : " ; 56% Volume 163 Number 446CL ; (THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 639 NEW YORK BOND RECORD * January BONDS Schenley Distillers Scioto Low 4s ..>1952 — February Low High 104'A 106 March High 103'A Low 105 105 Stamped May Low High April : High 87 3A; 96 June - Low 105% 104% 105% 131% 131% 133 Certificates of deposit Refunding 4s October September August 110 Low Low Low 102'A High High 91 96% 96% io/ 108 111 111% 89'/8 89% 95'A 95'A 97'A 101 107 108 109% 96% 88'A 96% 96% 104'A 100 107 107'A 110% 111 120 100'A 107 107 110% 103% 98 114'A 108% 108% .102 107'A 108% 107% 107% 104 105 108 y4 115 109 109 102 107 108% 110 . 88 '/a 96'A 96% 104'A 111 119'A 115% 99% 44 40% 44'A 43% 47% 45 47 47'A 50 50 52% 50 53% 46'A 50% 39'A 43% 40% 43% 43%. 46'A 44%47 45 49% 49% Ctfs of deposit (Chemical Bank)., & consolidated 6s series A..1945 Ctfs of dep (Guaranty Trust) : 39% 44 40'A 44'A 43% 45% 45'A 46% 50% 47% 53'A 60 3A 55% 60 59 64% 61 62 68% 64 68% 65% 52 3A 60 54% 59% 58% 63% 60% Ctfs of deposit (Chemical Bk) Atlanta & Birmingham 1st 4s 1933 Certificates of deposit. 53'A 60% 55'A 59% 59% 63% 61 78'A 84 81 84 87'A 87% 87 90 83'A 83'A 81 83 86 86 86 88 1st mtge 4s series A wi__ ii; 47'/* 47% 50 53 50 51% 46 % 47 50 50% 54% 53 53 65'A 64% 67% 67 74% 67% 64% 64: 65% 64 66% 67'A 67 90% 92'A 101 90 90 . 67 74 /; 72%' 48 % Union Oil2%s__ 1954 .. • . 2%s sinking fund debentures_„_1961 Silesian American 7s .1941 g| Simmons Co debenture 4s_* IJ Sioux City & Pacific—See Chic 1952 50% .52 51% 53% 55 57 52% 51% 54% 53 57% 69 67% 72 70% 73% 68% 69% 72 73 68 63% 69 66'A 70% 65 68 67% 70% 92% 92% 92 36'A 34 36% 31 31% 34 100'A 100%., 37% 38'A 36 40 49 47 41 24 101% 102'A 101'A 66 102% 102% 70 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102% 103% lO^'/a 76% 76% -71 72% 70 71 75 102% 103 103 103 103% 106 107% 106% 1963 126 126 1962 106'A 107% 107 107% 107% 108 107% 108'A 1979 108 108% 108% 108% 109 110'A 108 3/4 109% Tel & gtd 5s Tel 3'As debentures Pacific 102% 103% 102% 103% 102% 103 103% 103% 103% 103% 103%, 102 3A 103'A 107% 106 3/4 107% 106 % 107% 105% 107'A 130- 4'As 1st mtge 106% 108 % 109% 130 130 —— 99 85% 94% 1969 ; — 1981 85 94%- 100% 89% 94% 88% 94% 88% 94 94'A 98 102 102% .1. — 83% 20 24% 72 105% 105% 102: — 77 102% 103% 103% 75 . 72 74%, 105% 102 106% 107% 102 102'A 106% 102% 102%v 103 102% 102% 72% 72% 74 . 103% 103% 103'A 102% 103,V 108 108 »/2 107% 108 101 103 913/4 91% 102 95'A 93% 973A 96 99% 983/4 101% 99 101% 106 106% 106 102% 107 108% 107% 108% 107% 108% 108% 111 101% 101% 102 101% 102% 102 96 93% 97% 103% 104% 103% 104% 104% 100 »A 105% 99 101 100% 103% 102% 104% 103% 105 102% 103% 103'A 106% 105 106'A 99% 102% 98% 98% 100% 100% 100 104'A 100'A 100 :A 102'A 102 107 105 106% 105 106 106 106'A 105 105%. 105% 106% 106 106% 106% 106% 104% 106'A 105% 106 105% 106% 106'A 106% 106 106% 105% 106% 104% 105% 105 105% 105 10583 100'A 93% 95 97% 993/4 98% 101 98 101% 100 92 102 99 93% 95% 98 101% 100% 101% 100% 101% 104% 105'A 104% 105 104% 106% 1996 103% 104% 103% 104% 104 106% 1994 99% 123 126% 125 129'A 130% 97 99'A 130% 131% 128% 131% 130% 132% 128% 99% 102'A 102 105'A 104 105% 98% 114 116'A 115'A 117 115 116% 118% 131 129 119 118 119'A 117 119 117 . 116'A 116% 119 119 121 121*- 122 96 99 101'A 98% < 114'A 120 121 120'A 122 119% 122'A . 122 125 106% 107 106% 107% 106% .107% 106 107 109'/a 109 109% 108% 109% 109 109% 108 107% 107% 107 107% 107'A 107% 107 109% 107% 110% 110% — — 108% 108 109 107% 105 107 132% 132 134% 134 136% 102 105%. 104 106 105% 106% 104 105% 114 115% 113% 115 115% 118% 116% 118% 117% 118% 121% 114% 120 116 119 118% 121 120'A 123 i'6 122% 123% 125 124% 124% 124% 124% 124% 125 125% 126 125% 125% 109% 108'A 109 1077/a 108 107% 107 % 107% 107% 107% 107% 107'A 107 125% 109 107% 108% - 129 108 106% 107% 106'A 107'A 106% 106% 105'A 108 126 124% 106% :/ 131% 104% 107 104% 105% 104'A 104% 104% 104% 102 130% 117% 102% 1985 1972 2013 58 .. 60% 59 64% X59 __ 57 59% .. 63% 62% 66% 65 59 60'A 61% 65 104% 104% 105% 105'/a 105% 104% 105'A 103% 1043/a 104 1047A 104 1043/4 104% 104% 104% 104% 105 104% 106 106% 105% 106% 104% 106'/a 103% 104 105 103'A 105 103 104% 104'A 104% 103'A 104% 103 104 103% 105% 106% 106% 107 106 106% 106% 106% 103'A 104 104 105'/a 103% 105% 103'A 104% 103 105% 103% 103% 104% 103.% 105 101A 106 106% 107 107 107% 105% 1063A 106 106% 1053A 106'A 106 107 106% 106% 106 106% 105%. 106% 105% 106'/8 105'A 1053/4 105 105'A 105% 105% 104 % 104% 106 104% 104% 104% 105 104% 105'A 196I 106% 104 % 104'A Term Assn of St Louis g ref s f g 4s_1953 33As series B 1974 ——" 106% 105% 105% 104% 111 112 1043/4 105 105% 105 1053/a 104% 106 101% 106 1965 C 101% 101'A 101% 101 101% 102 102% 110% 110% 112 111 111% 111% 111% 111%* 106'A 106% 106% 107% 107'A 107'A 107 5A 107% 108 108 107'A 107% 127 127 126 127 128 127% 128% 128 3/a 129 128% 129 127 127 107% 108% 107% 108 107% 108 106 3A 107% 106 107'A 107'/a 108 »/2 105'A 106 3A 104 »/4 105% 104 105 104% 1053/4 105% 106 110% 111 % 111 3/a 111% 111% 110% 111 107% 125 130 107% 108 107'A 108% 107% 103'A 105'A 103% 104% 106 107 106 107% 107 % 105 107 106% 1955 107% 106'/a 107% 106% 108 106% 107'A 106 Ya 107% 106% 107 106% 106% 1053/4 106% 106 107 135 135 138% 108'A 138% 140 106% 130 1393/4 140 V.-. 139 140 140 146 y4 146'/a 150 139% 141 135% 139% 100% 103 102 % 105% 104'A 105% 105 105%' 105'/a 1053/4 105'A 1053/4 105 ya 105% 100 103 101 103'A 105% 105' 105 % 103'A 105% 105 105'A" 103 103 General & refunding 5s ser C..1979 General & refunding 5s ser D..1980 Gen & ref mtge 37As series E—1985 3%s 99% 102% 105% 101% 105 Third Avenue 1st refunding 4s Adjust income 5s I960 Toledo 196O 104 1946 102% 1953 105 % i960 1st 4s Corp 5s debentures 89% 52% v.. 105'/a 106 103% , • 135% 137 129% 131% 108% 90 % 93 90'A 94% 89 3/4 92 >/4 86% 92 59% 55 3A 60% 51 58'A 51% 58 52% 58'A 104'/a 105 104% 104% 103 102% 102% 102% 102% 106 103 3°2 103 % 103 40 103 Jil — — — 104 % 102% — — — 91%; 52'A 103% 85% 59% 52% 101% 105% 102 — 85% 103 105 101% 104'A 105 2%s debentures 112% 113% A t r- / 'itum,-,- 90% 56% • * l>i—f.'f.yj - % 102% 88% 49'A 103% 103'A 90% 86 46 55'A 103% 90 103% 103% 90% 84% 101% 86 100% 104% 103% 104 90 47 51 102% 103 103 101 105'A 105'A 110% 110% 110% 110 110 101% 106% 112% 102% 102% 101% 101% 101'A 105% 110% 111'A 110% 45'A x50'A 101% 106'A RR cons 25% 24 253/4 105% 106 '/a 1063/a 105 105% 1033/4 104% 103% 104 3A 103'A 103% 103?o 103% 104'A 104'A 105 104% 1043/4 103 104'A 103 103% 103 104'A. 103% 103% 106 106% 106 23 27 27 28 consolidated series 103 33'/4 30'A 103% 103'A 103% 35 103% 33% 34% 103'A 34 34 104 101% 102 101% 103% 106% 106 106'/a 105'A 106 % 105% 106 105% 105% 105 1053A 1045/8 105'A 104 % 105 104 3A 105 106 107 104 105 % 104 105'A 104 106 1043/4 1053/4 1043/4 105% 104 105 104i. 105 104% 105% 105% 106 105% 107 105% 106% 104 105 104 104 7/a 104% 105'A 104% 105% 103% 1043A 103% 105 104'A 105 1043/4 106 107 108' 108% 109'A 107'/a 1081/4 1073/4 108% 107% 109'A 107 109 106% 107 107 108 103% 105 106 »/4 107% 102% 103 104% 104% 105'A 104% 1063A 106 y* 107 105% 106 106 1073/4 107% 107% 1053/4 1053/4 105% 106 106 106 106% 106% 106 106 103 104 101% 103 102 % 102% 102'A 103'A 102% 103% 115% 115% U5 % 115% 115% 115% 106 ... — 107% 107% 107 107% 104% 105% 104% 105 105 106 1053/a 1053/4 104% 105% 105'/a 105% 104% 100 99% 101 % 101% 102 101% 102'A 101 101% 115 115 115 115 98% 1955 109 % 109'A 1957 112% 112% B.1968 ser D —1974 5s 101%. 103 102% 104 ' II II ■ 106 106% .106% 1063/4 105'/4 106 % 105'A 105'A 104% 106'A 106% 106'A 107'/8 108 1063/a 107'A 103% 103% 103% 103% — — — __ 104 104 104'A 118 121% 123 103% 104 100% 1033/4 104 104% 104% 1073/4 106 108% 106 108'/a 107 1966 106% 108% 108 109 106% 108% 106% 106% 104 122 101 'A 100% 109 108 109 102 105'A 106 105 1053/4 99% 103% 122 108 101% 103% 1003/4 1013/a 1033/4 104 104 102% 101% 101% 102% 101% 199 100% 104 118 1958 B 104 106 1959 Virginian Ry. 3%s series A 3s 30 107 1st & ref mtge 2%s series E 1975 Virginia Iron Coal & Coke 1st g 5s_1949 Virginia & Southwest 1st gtd 5s___2003 1st 30 30 106 1958 4s ser — llb'A Hl'A 197I B mtge 3s 32 29% 30 -.1990 Virginia Elec & Power 3'As 1st & ref 1103/4. 103 A 22 1955 g 103 103 20% ser A___1980 J'As series 53 46% 103 1970 United Drug Co (Del) 3'As Universal Pictures 3%s Consol 4s 110% 104% — Vandalia 110 1970 mtge 3s series B__ Biscuit 113 1945 grant 4s_1947 34-year 3'As debentures 35-year 3'As debentures United 90 105% 105% 110% 86% 101 105% 103 106 101% 101% 106 — 1967 Refunding & mtgC 3'As tts .v X:J' 100% 104 103'A 102% 51% 102% 104 1959 ; 141 %• '■ —A 1 105% -- 113% 112% 113% 107# , •*— 1975 1st 5s. 112 105 104 106%' 106 139 137% 139% 105% 106% 103% > ' 105%rl06%* 103% 103% 91% 1971 1st mtge & coll trust 23As 103% 104'A I960 Union Electric of Missouri 3%s 105ya. 1053/4 105'A 105'A "105'A 105% ' 99% 1974 Central 33As , r 104% 102% 103% 107 3/a 1251);: 105% Texas & Pacific 1st gold 5s 2000 General & refunding 5s ser B..1977 ^ 104'A 104% 104 — 102% 103 107'A 1959 3s 3s debentures 64 105% 'I-**' --.0' ; 106% 107'A 106% 305% 106'A 105 /',l' 106 125 ! 127% 109% Texarkana & Ft Smith 1st 5'As A.1950 . 110% 110% 111% 2019 Corp 105 10112 105% 105% Transmission— Union Pac RR 1st & land 62% 663/4 104% 106% , 1956 pipe line 3s Union Elev Ry (Chicago) Union Oil (Cal) 3s debs 3s debentures 103 105% 65 1959 Superior Oil 3'As debentures Swift & Co 2%s Toronto Ham & Buffalo 61 103% 103% .1953 |i Sunray Oil 33As._ Ter 61% 60 59 1961 (New Jersey) 3s 15-year 23As debentures Pac 102 .. 58 — -. 1966 2%s Standard Oil Rcf & imp 4s series 99% 95% 106% 95'A . Tri-Continental 92'A 1061/0 91'A 112 Ohio 101 * 103 106'/a 115 Tennessee Gas & 104 107 111 (Calif) 96% 106 93% 115 Oil 104% 106% 84 113% Pac-Md 101% 102% 106'A 198G 3%s series B 1st mtge 101% 105% 105% 115 & 106% 105'A 113% Ref ; 75 101% 105% 103% 97 Standard 101 % 105% 104'A 95% 3'As 102% —. 71% 101% — 1Q2 .1956 Tex 105% 106% ~ 1053/4 102% 23As debentures Southwestern Pub Serv 4s Spokane International 4'As H 78'A 25% 103'A 99% St Louis Div 1st gold 4s. 1951 Southwestern Bell Tel 3'As ser B..1964 1st & refunding 3s series C 1968 |l f' 101% 100% Development & general 6s "A"_1956 Devel & general 6'As series A 1956 Memphis Div 1st gold 5s 1996 (4 79% 22 V.'.v'v 92% 1st mtge 3%s series C Southern Ry 1st consolidated 5s Devel & general 4s series A h 76% 130 103% 80 75 104% 101% A..1977 Francisco Terminal 1st 4s__1950 Southern Pac RR 1st ref gtd 4s__1955 1st mtge 27/aS series A 1961 Texas 76% 101% 1968 ser San n $• 100 27% 1 Co— 4'As (Oregon Lines) Gold 4'As Gold 4'As H 75% 105 -1985 1st f' 99% ' .1950 3s debentures Gold 99 »A 105 22% ——1965 Southern Bell South 76% 101 Western 2^s cebs 2%s 75 71% 72 105 100 101 99% 100 ' & Skelly Oil debenture 3s I . 101 25% 23 102% 102% 102 »A 102'A 103 102% 102% 102% * 22% 102% 42 26 104% u3t; South & North Alabama ; 50 34K, 104'A « , 92 % 91 . 76 29'A Socony-Vacuum Oil 3s debentures.1964 U r 68% 100 .. 51 99% 103% North H 53% 50 % 92'A 100'A Seagrams (Joseph E) & Sons 3%s_1965 Shell 120% 50% ...1994 Seaboard All Florida 6s ser A ctfs. 1935 Series B certificates of deposit..l935 v 117 60 Gen mtge 4'As series A wL.».-.2019 , 116% 115% 62% 453% 115 112 49% 63 100'A 132 'mi 'SB 107'A 112% *50%. 71%^.: 61% 67% 101 94% 107 101% 109 72 67 74% . High 132 107'A 39 (A (N Y Trust) 132 Low 110 107% . 86'A dep December High 107 114% 1959 Ctfs of Low 105 96 % lst November High 132 105 104 86 _ July Low High High 133 lUo% Low . 102% 103% 130% 130% Y & N E 1st gtd 4s 1989 Seaboard Air Line Ry 1st gold 4s_1950 Certificates of deposit ' High 199 122% 122% 120 122% 101'/a 103% 103% — 102% 104 104 109 110 110% 110 111 1043/8 105'A 103% 1043/4 I63% 1053/8 105% 106% 106 106 3/4 95 973A 91% 101'A 1003A 102% 95 96 95 96 883/a 89 89% 89 99% 98% 106% 108 1995 — — — — 95% 96 99% 89% 88 89% — — — 108 — 105 Wabash RR— 4s series A 4s series A 4'As series 1971 1st mtge 3'As series B Walworth Co 1st 4s__. Ward • Baking Co 5'As deb Warren Petroleum Warren RR 4 : | 90 86 ...1955 Maryland 1st gold 4s____ & refunding 5'As series A 1952 1977 100% 100 100% 101 70 62% — 64 60 ~ — 102 101'A 101% 117% 117 106'/a 106% 107 109% 109 3/4 109 ' 109% 109% 110% 109% 110'/a 105 106% 105% 106% 1053/4 1063A 105'A 106% 106% 1073/4 107% 101 92% 98% 101 81% 103% 107% 109 102 102 116% 116% 102 115% 106'/a 106'A 106% 106'A " 101% 102 106% 106% 106'/a ' 107 ya 108'/a 107'A 108'A 107'A 107% 105% 107'A 105% 104% 106% 105'A 107% 1053/a 104% 107 105'A 108'A 109 1083/4 109% 1093/4 107 3A 108% 107% 108 108 107'A 102% 105'A 104 111 106'A 114 102 109 107 % 107 1073A 107% 108% 107% 109 107% 109 106% 106% 106'/a 107'/a 106% 108 105% 107'A 105% 106'A 105% 106% 107% 107'/a 108 106 107'A 107% 106% 107 107 108% 106% 107% 106 107% 106% 108% 102% 102 3A 103 102% 103 102% 103% 103 103% 102 ya 103 102'A 103 102'A 103' 82% 783A 83 80% 89% 86% 90 77'A 87% 87 74 84 79 75 « v • 76'/a 80 109% 110 110% 110% 110% 103'A 1023/4 104 ' 102% 1033/a 104'A 105 104% 105'A 104% 1043A 117% 85% 81 83 1103/4 102% 86% 117% 110 88 84»/a 110 86% 83 85 Va 110 110% 83 110'A 110'A 109% 94 102% 105% 108 98% 98 102% 943/4 105% 93% 102 102% 107 65 62 109 65 66 ' 102% 116% 116% 115% 115% 105% 106 106'A 107 1073/4, 106 106 107'A 107 99 103 3/a 102 102 116 116 106% 1063A 107% 105 3/a 107'A 108 y2 ; 63 603A 102 115% 106'A 106% 107% 107 107% 106 92'A 103% 103% 108'/a 106% 65% 101 106 1023/4 103% 65% -70'/a 1073/a 94-/-.' 100'/a 75 3/8 103% 70 107% 79% 74% v 102 103% 73% 117'A 1 102 102% 102% 72% 73 V2 103'A 70 101 95% 101% 102% 1023A 101% 85 3. 80 77 106% 107'A 107%'108% 102% 102'A 106% 83% 83%/ 89 793/4 79% 110 85 109'A 1093/a 1073A 105% 1073/4 106% 107% i083A 108% 115 108'A 108% 106% 110'A 108% 109 107'A 106% 115 107% 107% 108'A 107% 1023A 102% . 108% 102% 102% 89 87% 94 82% 84% 83% 89'/a 109% 109% 87 qq no 1992 Wheeling Steel 8'As "B'*__> 1966 .1st mtge 3'As series C__ 105% 106% 4s i960 1st gen gold 4s_1949 117%.117% Power 3'As 1968 Service 3'As 79 86% 80% deposit Superior & Duluth Div 1st 43_.__.1936 Certificates of deposit 85% x83% 85 ... sale. i960 105% 1063/a 105 % 106% 106% 107 105'A 107 105 1043/4 105 105'A 103% 103% 104% 105 104% 1043A 105% 104% 103% 105'A 105'A 117'A 117'A 117'A 117'A 115- 117% 84% 95 82 76% 87'A 92% 35% 86% 86% 80% 28'A 32% 32'A 26% 25'A 29 29'A 39% 106 1063/a 105% 106 105% 106% 104 104% 88 79% 88 80% 86% 84% 85 79% 79% 80% 85 85% 85% 19 23% 21% 253A 24'A 31% 20 24% 24 3/a 233/4 30 1971 105% 106% 106 1043/4 105% 105% 105% 104 117% 86% , 35 273/4 29% . - 33 32 . 35% 1083/4 106'A 108% 109% 109% 110'A 105'A 106 105'A 106'A 104% 106'/a 104% 105% 104 a3a 104 & 104 3la 104 & ... tOdd lot sale. rCash sale. 38'A 32 ' 32'/a 35% 107% 107% 107 108 107 107 109 108 109 108% Youngstown Sheet & Tube— 1st mortgage 3'As "D"_ Called bonds (May 1, 1945) 102U 117% 20 106 102 105% 1970 , I-.,: Wilson & Co 3S......_..^..._.i..l958 ■' delivery 102 101% 108% 1023/g Deferred 101 100'A 102% 98% 78% a 95 101% 107% 107% 101% Public ! 106/% 107'/a 107'A Wisconsin 91% -- 106% 1063A . — 105'/a 117% 105% 1013/4 ; — 105'A 102 105% Electric 95 100% 103% 107% 106 Wisconsin 70% 1173/4 105% Gen & ref 2%s series A 70 102 105'A Shore 1st 4s guaranteed....2361 Registered 2361 Wheeling & L Erie 1st cons g 4s__1949 "I 71 107'A 105 1951 — I" 64% 64 102 107 Certificates of 92% 1003/4 100% 101% 102 117% 1073/4 Central 101'/a 106% 107 Wisconsin 1023/4 1173/4 98% 1st 993A 87 100% 101% 117% 117% 107% B 94 89'A 101'A 106% 117% 92% Winston-Salem S 99% 87% "I 60 106% West I- 93 100'/a 100 100 4'As A_2014 5s 30-year 5s ;__1960 Westinghouse Elec & Mfg 2'As____1951 |- * West Union Tele fund & R E 4'As_1950 Gold 99'/a 100 89'A 87 99% 105 5A ■ —1955 ref gtd West Pacific RR gen mtge 1013A (sub)..1970 West Penn Power 3'As series I_.__.1966 1st } 94 89% 1971 3%s_ 1st & 90 84'A 3'As 2000 Washington Cent Ry 1st gold 4s__1948 Washington Terminal— 1st mtge 2%s scries A —1970 Westchester Ltg 5s stamped gtd 1950 General mortgage 3'As 1967 West 101% 1981 1991 B_ 109 109 873A 109 104% *105'A 104% 105% 84 78 83% 81'A 80% 30'A 29'A 42 40% 39'/a 106 86 - 493/4 423A 106% 104% 105'A 82'A 91 ii% 89% 40 471/4 3?% 40 v- 39 39% 39% 39 106 y8 106'A 107 107'A 108'A 108% 108% 108% ; : Thursday, January 31, 1946 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE COURSE OF PRICES OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FOR THE YEAR 1945 sales made (Compiled from the at New York Stock Exchange. ~ • represent •• one 32ds of more or point) a Jtnaar* < 103.23 Opening.!!.... • ■ r v;-/! close-*. ■k 103.27 __ ' ■ 100.17 100.15 100.22 101.4 101.3 100.18 100.17 100.15! 100.10 100.22 101.4 101.1 101.1 113.11 112.10 : . 113.2 112.21 100.10 100.18 107.8 113.11 112.23 112.21 112.10 w 103.25 107.4 107.4 112.23 112.10 112.10 r ,;v»-.:vt ! 103.27 High— —-7 107.8 113.2 :•? 101.3 ■; ;i\ February— "!> Opening!.!...; - ■ ;^V.f ItOWv 113 •1'! CloseiS^w^.u, 101.17 * ,•! 109.2-i Opening Lowiw.!!!!*!! April— <V- Ok ' ' ,* «, 109.8 May— Openings — . 101.19 '•.p.y 113,7 113.17 101.11 106.11 110.15 113.7 113.17 106.6 101.11 106.6 110.15 113.7 11Q.15 • 113.7 . 107.14- 113.17 •, <•"' '.•' T** '~l 113.17 , ; - 107.14; ' 101.15 loi.ii; 101.1 101.15 101.11 't'fx 113.21 301.1 114 101.1 ' 111.27 113.21 101.12 113.25 101.1 -! ,102.26 162.26 108.21 ioi Openings—*, High . 101.3 101.14 101.20 •106.13 — 101.3 401.5! 101.8 • 101.14% 101.11- 101.14 101.* 100.30 100.29 - • • 101.11 i 101.4 101.16 101.7 101.4; 101.22 101.16 101.4 101.4' 107.7 •106.25 101.12 101.2 101.1 r;100.29 107.7 •106.25 101.22 101.11 101.1 :101.3| 105.16. 109.23 114.19 107.7 100.24 105.16 109.25 114.19 107.7 100.24 105.16 109.25 114.19 114.19 100.24 : 105.16 - 109.25 loi.lf •106.25 *106.25 100.24 - - :v-...' * . —r • • '■ 103.14 103.12 100.19 105.14 113.27 107.1 102.12 100.19 105.14 113.27 107.1 107.25 102:12 100.18 105.14 113.27 107.1 108,14 ! 102.12 100.18 105.14 113.27 107.1 107.25 106.25 107.23 - .---"• ' . 102.8- 102.2 102.14 102 101.23 107.1 107.1 ... __ t ! 101.3] ioi-i7: 102.2 101:29' 101.24 102.8. 107.1 107.25 102.14 107.1,, 107.25 108.14 ,01osewv-Aw»-^-. i iy'.y/'rfi: - 102.26 I.J&V k; - •101.9; 1,-. V •101.17 •106.13 i . 107.15, 113.26 ! 102.26 108,21 - 107.15 r'O ; ■ ,113.22 .!^?' ♦106.13 ♦106.13 - 107.15 108.14 ■;: 101.18 ' '• .1 107.15,! i'f'r 101.1 111.27 ; 108.27 Close!!! * 101.12 101.11- 101.20 101.10 t. . S& Jttne— , r-/Vy i6i.i2 101.15 107.14 101.11 102.2] 101.12 107.14 111.27 v 108.27 . | •108.2 110.15. 113.24 0.}l V? ;\Higlu..*^-_ jLOW—, • 114.2 106.11 111.27- c '.' "• 109.8- f i ■V. 101.23- ... yP.r0/P^:lKyj( Low_____— ,i'.' 101.30 101.19 •108.2! 101.11 113.2,4 :T.— u] ."'-J t'-.j.r-t 109.9 109.9 ."'Close!^........ . 101.13 101.25 114.2 , , Y • ']• Opening______ fHigh!!^_„.._ • 101.13 114.3 ••.-A 109.2* .vl' 101.14 113.27 :v — 109.24 €aos?^r.f:ur * ' 102.4 101.19 { > 109.24 ! High..„^...._ :: ? Y'y :"H 101.17 101.19 !_ 'P ■' ■y"*.'- March-— , 101.19 •108.2 110.14 " '.'• • ♦108.2 114.2 110.14 101.17 113,15 - 101.13 114.2 110.14 101.17 J— , 101.13 110.14 ic- 101.17 High..*-,....., n ^; &&&¥$.' • v 101.19 - ' 101.21 101.31 101.19 m* j''julywY ■ '•■ 50penmg___I__, 102.8 100.13 High—____.__. LOWJ„__ ; , 102.8 100.13 106.25 107.23* 102.8 100.13 106.25 107.23 Glose^,.—.^. 102.8"': 100.13 106.25 107.23 " _ imn,-0? ' ."I"' — — 102.15 102.15 102.11 ; 101.30 103.4 „ 101.26 101.30 >■ 102.6 103.4 103.4: 103.4 ." — __ 102.11 > 102.1 102.9 102.7 . 101.26 ■ 101.21 101.21 ' 101.11 101.11 August— Opening.. High-*..! 102.4 Low..i . 102.4 113.7; • 100.10 -,!!>, 114.12 114.12 •106.3 114.12 *106.3 114.12 •106.3 Close.! 100.6 112.17 ■ , !!! 103.27 100.6 112.17 102.4 !-! 103.27 • September- Opening.. _!__ 101119 High ; 101.19 Low-*.... , October— . •101.29 •100 112.30 •100 112.30 . _ •100 113.5 s* 101.29 101.19 113.5 ♦101,29 101.19 .. ? CIose.!;._w...!! . •101.29 105.21 High.. <y, 101.17- 101.8; 101.12 •100 112.22 i—- 112.22 ; w. .. 101.14 106.28* • 101.26 101.18 »' 101.18 105.24- 102 " 101.16 101.12 101.7] 106.28 105.24 102 101.26 101.13 101.18 102.29 102.5 101.26 101.19' 101.17 103 - 105.24 106.28 • *— — — 112.22 . —- , 101.18 * 101.18 * 102 105.24 106.23 " 112.22 ^ i . * . r !_! 102.10 102:4 102.4 101.28 102 — 115.1 113.30 109.9 106.6 * • -yi 113.23 inq.9 113.30 115.1 106.6 H3.6 108.30 113.30 115.1 106.6 108.30 113.30 115.1 t ; 113.22 — 105.6 " 106.7 !' 102.29 102.5 101.25 : 102.6 101.31 - 7 101.19 i 103 101.25 101.30 • - 101.16 ''; ' 113.8 ;-Lowi_!_!_.*!!_: ^^Close!!!*!,^?. 100.16 '. , 'Opening^.. -■OC v 101.31 101.31 101.16 oY'r■ i%: ' V . 101.27 102.6 102.1 --- *— 105.19 102.7 102.17 101.26 '105.21 ' — 102.6 102.17 105.19 •106.3 103.27 108.27 100.10 113.7 , 102.4 __ ■ • -, M November*— 100.30 '- vt 101.14 1110 100.30 101.14 111 100.30 Opening ..-«Migh—^."2- 101.14 111 Low*!!.!!!.!.!. p'. 100.30 Close*. ;: 101.14 111 —- --- . 114.5 ! „ 102.13 113.20 115.27 106.7 108.15 102.13 101.29, 10214 113.20 115.27 106.7 108.12 102.13 101.29 101^8 109.2 114.5 113.25 ♦ 108.12 109.2 109.2 < 113.25 4- 113.20 115.27 106.7 108.12 102.13 102.2 101.30 102.10; 102.2 115.27 113.20 109.2 - 102.1 f'■*December— Opening_!__._. - •100.19 114.25 111 114.25 ___ ' ' • . * •.• # —i- 101.11 Low.... 100.13 101.11 ,o2^4Sc-> 1954-56 ,JY4L — . ^ «.<-4;r. 102.10 102.4 101.30 107.7 102.10 102.1 101.22 107.7 102.10 102.4 101.25 ,, *— : r-'i yi'1''/-;- ; *• 102.3 101.12 iUi.!0 1UZ.1U .LIU*.* 102.3 . 2s Dec. March , p •> 102.2 r t. \ 100.25 101.9 100.28 100.17 100.13 101.8 101.11 101.9 — 101.9 101.26. 102.10 101.20 101.11 101.14 102.26 102.10 101.20 101.25 101.27: 101.26 102.10 101.20 101,11 101.13 "102.21 102.10 101.20;'' 101.25 101.23 .102.6 102.15 102.5 102.9 102.15 102.9 102.9 102.15 101.3 102.3 101.20 102.15 102.9 102.4 102.4 101.21 101.23 ___ 107.26 — 102.2 102.19 107.26 • 107.19 ' — • : 101.9 101.8 .. 100.28 101.11.: 101.29 101.29 - ■ 107.19 . Dec.-.; June 100.13 .. 101.29 104.24 l«aS 1950 'i Dec. ;•! 100.17 June .. 100.25 104.24 104.24 2s & • 2s- •1%S 1948 2s 1952-54 1962-54 1953-55 June Sept. 101.8 > 2s :> 1951-531951-55 1950-52 March Dec. 101.29 2s*^1 ! 2s 2s . 1949-51 1950-52 1949-51 1950-52 Marchq !. 104.24. June Dec^ 101.8 - 102.19 — ' 100.27 101.6 101.6 — , !, 100.27 100.30 ■— 101.12 High ,;'Close...!.. i 28^1-25'^, 2s:v;!; 2S : 1948-50 1949-51 1948-50 1948-50 1949-51 - ''' ... • Opening!.! ._ —-1-. ■ . i i •*) i-i'S' "•>'• Jf> f : 1956-59 1959-62.!;, 2'is 2^s 1947 1967-72 1951-53 ::i^nrrm 100.30 February- Low. «— -f:'i'r H •, . Dec. ' Close. , — 107.7 116.16 xxv. 1U T '??$ *' j- : * ■ \ , : •> »' •' v : ?"•' '... v-iH * > --- J'■ i ... / ^ '5 Tr^?tiryTre*s,1?ryTre*suryTreasury7reasuryTrea<turyTreasoryTrea8HryTreasury TreasuryTreasuryTrcasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury TreasuryTreasury Treasury __ . . , •i''*;-Ai' ' 71 1966-/1 1QR7 w 1967-72 C.'*' January. Opening. High 111 .! ; 107.7 116.16 114.10 •101.2 101.29 Y 116.16 116.16 114.10 111 •101.2 . • "v 111 ♦101.2 •100.19 Tre •101.2 •100.19 •100.19 High___.___^_ '■ • v • ___ •' !* — March— Opening... 101.17 High— 101.19 ) Close*.-*. V 101.8 102.4 — — 101.2 * 102.4 —— t.r- 102.4 ^ -, mm,**. ' . .-v v ! 101.31 \ . 102.4 102.9 101.20 102.3 r 101.21 _- ,101.21 102.12 - „ 101.21 ... April—- * Opening 101.6 High..! ... 102.2 ——-• 102.4 * ' — —_ 101.2 100.31 High!!.... fc0W_i.j._„i. 101.3 100.20 Close! 101 102.16 102.22 102.30 102.26 102.27 101.23 •104.17 102.30 102.14 102.16 102.16 101.23 •104.17 103 ; 102.30 102.26 102.27 101.23 - — — | Opening.^. .;High...... Low_.__.._ iClOSft!.^... 101.3 101.22 101.3 101.21 — 103.9 • — - 103.28 ' f . hj§.! 102.20 103.2 102.26 103.2 102.27 ." . OJ p ' 102.20 •102.10 103.2 102.26 102.26 102.20 103.14 103.2 102.27 102.26 102.27 —.. . : — 102.27 103 ♦102.10 102.27 103 •102.10 102.27 102.24" 101.19 102.26 101.19 102.27 102.28 102.26 102.31 103 102.28 103.5 102.27 102.28 102.2C 103 > 102.30 103 102.28 103.5 102.24 - 101.19 !>_ , 102.27 102.24 '•• 102.26 •102.10 103.10 103.20 : ' __ 103.3 102.27 __ 102.26 103 102.27 103.21 —a — i 101.19 103.5 102.23 103 103.3 103.5 103 102.20 103.12 PP — ' ..;f .102.29. 103.29 — ___ 103.3 ; — 103.23 103.12 103.29 June— - v-V 103.23 — . "* 102.14- 103 103.3 — : Opening •* 102.30 •104.17 102.4 — --r- ' ♦104.17 103.28 ' 100.25 .:££ May— ; 103.28 103.3 — ' V* Low .... v Close.i,.... - ' July— Opening!.. High.!...., plose ■ 101.23 102.9 103.4 103.2 102.28 103.3 103.3 103.6 101.28 102.9 103.4 ! .103.2 102.28 103.3 103.3 103.6- 101.19 Lbw - 102.9 102.21 102.21 102.28 102.22 102.19 102.27 102.21 102.21 102.28 5 102.22 102.19 102.27 101.21 102.9 '' «- M j;V .: August— ) ■ Opening.!! ., 104 High..... ,is: — : Low.. Close.... fj ■ 'J* 104.2 104 — 100.21 , 104.2 102.26 100.21 102.26 100.15 . ! 'yp' oy.iOi' **■—'•* 102.26 Low.!!.!! Close-!*.* ; ,106.29 105.19 lV>J;^ . November— 111 - Ivo,^ !! 104.8 ; 102.15 102.22 162.27 102.27 102.25! 103 102.25 : 103 102.25. :kP}\>£ . ,*■ •> -\V , y J i 103 103 : It- ' ! ; V : 103.5 103.4 103.9 A ~ ' 100 21, luu>.!j : 103 f y O -■P-OyiO;.■y.t fr " " ■ jnq,io 10.3.17 103.8 102.28 • '* 103.9 103 103.4 103.5 103.10 103.15 103.16 : !' !!!! 103.14 „! 103.31 104 103.6 103.13 103.23 !!- 103.11: 103.14 W-. 103.7 103.11 103.23 103.12 103.22 104.4 High...!...!. 103.30 LoW!_..!^.^!i 103.16 O'-'^.yYOpih-.h ; 103.5 103.5 5 !-! 103.12 103.22 !!. 103.167: 103 JO w— 104,4 , P u»0/r, 7!1- -rv 101.16 106.12 101.10 106.12 101.1,6 104 •104.4 ■* / ^ 103.30 104 o~. 103.5 -V 7; lOl.lO 106.12' ' 104.6** 103.5 !,/- •103.16 103.15 December- Opening....!. '■ 106.12 104 104,4 ■ — 101.8 101.10 '> 103.13 103.7 ir»4t ni*' '■ — ftp' ?-* • ys '}p%. • High!-!*- 101.14 103.16 10J.8 „ ~P-.L ; ;V'7,r 103.8 Close.!!!.!!.! 101.9 — ~ : Opening!!!!!! Low. __.!!! 102.27 OpO ':V 103 jnr 1U4.12 * /.•, • ,J tf. 100.21 JO/t 1<J 106.29 ">-if ' 104.8 ___ jnr; on 102.15 >» P 1 105.19 jns ''*102.27 102.22 102.27 £ October_ >:• :(.»>• ltV 102.26 100.19 ' 102.24 102.26 102.25 '0 *September f Opening.!.., 102.25 102.26 ! 102.27 PPO -'0' Close.. Tp ■•' r 103 103! -pyp' .! Opening. f.High ■ vS, High!.i!!!. Low V'r " - - 104.6 Mf! ,• 101.16 - — !— O.T-P 7, * *■ j) '■ r .' ';!• ' •'', .101.19 !!!::-: v!" 101.16 r. J01.17 ;<! Volume 163^ THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Number 4460 64! and municipal construction, $56,356,000, is-283 % greater, than last and Public construction $93,172,000 is 67% greater than last year.-:The Federal cumulative figure for 1946, $36,816,000 registered a ,10% decrease below the 1945 figure. Wholesale Prices Unchanged in Week Ended Jan. 19 Labor Department Reports Civil "Average primary market prices remained unchanged during the week ended Jan. 19, 1946, as lower prices for agricultural com* "At of the 106.7% 1926 . ' (Indexes for the last eight weeks are A All ( Textile Fuel ' Short sales—. 'a 12-22 1-20 1945 1945 106.7 106.8 106.8 104.8??. O —0.1 131.5 126.6 —0.5 —1.7 107.3 U107.6 119.4 119.4 101.1 101.0 85.5 85.5 108.0 105.0 —0.3 —1.2 + 2.2 i * products! products lighting materials: metal products^—._ 105.4 Building materials 119.8 Chemicals and allied products— 96.1 Housefurnishing goods—106.6 and 95.0 Miscellaneous commodities , 108.6 * 119.4 11.9.4 100.6 99.0 85.2 105.3 11°.2 119.1 83.9 105.3 96.1 106.4 96.1 96.1 106.1 95.0 95.0 94.0 115.8 85.0 + 0.4 0.2 + 1.2 0.8 + 2.7 + 0.2 + 0.5 + + + 0 —0.3 Short sales— Total purchases Short sales— ——— 118.7 119.0 119.7 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.9 102.9 102.8 102.6 102.6 101.6 + 101,7 101.5 101.4 101.3 100.0 +0.2 100.8 100.7 100.6 100,5 99.3 +0.1 +0.3 products ——— 0.1 + 0.3 + 1.3 +0.4 + 1.7 + i. ' v NYSE Odd-Lot Trading 22,510 The Securities and Exchange Commission made public on Jan. 4.08 256,293 Total— 876.226 Total purchases Short sales.— All commodities other than farm products 190,796 233,783 — Total sales + 1.5 Manufactured floor- .... tOther sales—-— 2.2 0 0 94.8 • 2.04 115,930 Other transactions initiated off the + 2.5 —0.9 — 1.1 Semi-manufactured articles—— materials 6,900 109,030 — Total sales. S. 1.3 119.8 Raw 107,800 — tOther sales + 1.9 0.1 O + initiated on the floor- 2.1 0 + 0.5 94.9 106.4 • 10.30 551,340 Total sales. 1.3 + 0 0 106.4 + + 0 116.7 118.8 0 0.1 104.2. 85.2 105.4 + 577.630 1945 + 0.5 0 117.9 100.6 • 488,900 f. Other transactions Total purchases 23, a summary for the week ended Jan. 12 of complete figures showing the daily volume of stock transactions for odd-lot account of all odd-lot dealers and special¬ 91,850 831,713 tOther sales———*————... All commodities other than farm products and foods :—*** PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN SUBGROUP ' JAN. 12, 1946 TO JAN. 19, Increases Lumber — —. Products Dairy •'•' Foods Cotton Goods Fruits and Vegetables*—.——,;**—.—; 1.0 Other Farm k. 0.2 >':v }:'■")«&; Decreases ——1.3 " Sales Transactions for Curb Exchange Account of Members*. (Shares) on the York New ' — ; 0.1 .-.V.;'; S. Other transactions Initiated $I0I;433,0C0 for Wesk Short.sales— , on 4. Private, construction total of $64,234,000 for. the* current week is 1760% over a '> / - Customers' short sales other sales—. 45,652 Customers' .13 total sales 45,782 of Shares: sales 3,993 "Customers! other sales 1,296,641 Customers' Dollar short total Customers' 27.66 ; " ; Total sales-—-. 0 78,448 ' Short sales •••.,; ;79,598 •The term' •'members" includes all regul&r and. associate Exchange: inen»be*ri,: their Irms arid their partners. Including special partners. ••" - • „ :ompa'red with twice the total round-lot volume on the Exchange' for the- reason tnay "he Exchange volume includes only sale**.'? V-' tin calculating these percentages the.total at members' purchases and sales Is .Round-lot short sales which are exempted from restriction by the Commission's .tales."sre" included: with; "other-sales." ■*, » , . ' ^ ' V - - j .. ' '1 : — — ~ - v /, JSales marked "shorfr exempt" are .included.4trlth "othex saIes.n •_ .• 110 223,480 — > — Round-Lot Purchases by DealersNumber of shares. ?' "Sales- marked ."short exempt 223,590 527,950 are re- ported with "other sales." 4, j L300.634 $54,272,897 78,448 . a sales value_._ Round-Lot Sales by Dealers-^* Number of Shares: Total sales - ft 130 Customers' short sales tOther sales the week last year. Federal construction, $23,364,000, rec¬ increase over the previous week and a 327% increase i—— ,r Number 296,310 Total purchases^—— the "•■V- On • 18,500 Total sales. 53,324 1,606.068 $66,209,347 — ■^Customers' 277,810 we !Cu8tomers' other sales— . 519% corresponding week of last year. four-week, cumulative-basis, the total for 1946, $278,080,000 is 215% greater than the $88,193,000 recorded for,the same period last year. " The current-cumulative total for private construction is $184,908,000 and is 471% greater than the period last year. State over tOther sales. J. Odd-Lot Transactions for Account of Specialists^ 499% greater than the 1945 week.: State and municipal construction total for the current week $13,835 000, is 19% over last week and ords + • • •400,000); The private construction total for the week is. also 111% greater than last week and soars to 2,397%. over the week last year. Public construction, $37,199,000 is 148% greater than last week and ! For Week Number of Orders: ? V 83,880 Short sales.— r value_^_ i Odd-Lot Purchases by Dealer*— vV (Customers' sales! 258,725 ~ the third highest total reported since the week of Oct. 17, 1940. (It is topped only by Sept. 27, 1945, $69,200,000; and Nov. 1, 1945, $67,- ' 2.22 Total Total purchases——* ; " Total: shares 80,780 Total sales. Jan. 24 went V Y orders— of 3,100 tOther sales. . The report made public of Number 59,170 -_r N. 1946 l^CustpmetsVpuTchases) Number I. Other transactions initiated off the floor- ported^since ~ the rweek ': of June 31943. { The current week's 'total •/ is 124% greater than the previous week and 1,054% greater than thy to say: ,A.h ■;? 31,975 .J——— Total sales. THE EXCHANGE 400 a Total purchases-. 1T; ON Week Ended Jan. 12, Odd-Lot Sales by Dealers— Dollar than the previous four-week moving average and is the highest re¬ • SPECIALISTS 31,575 I tOther sales 18.31 12,645 — Short sales— engineering construction volume in continental United States totals $101,433,000. for the week ending Jan. 24, 1946, as re¬ ported to "Engineering News-Record." This volume is 46% greater on AND the: floor- Total purchases r* Civil corresponding week of. 1945. on DEALER# LOT ACCOUNT OF ODD-LOT 180,455 Total sales—• ODd. STOCK TRANSACTIONS FOR THE 15,000 165,455 STOCK Engineering Construction Totals : ? reports filed with the Commis¬ sion by the odd-lot dealers and specialists. < 186,910 tOther sales——— Civil sion. The figures are based upon Account of Members: they Are registerea— { 1 ■ Total purchases—*—.. * . .Short sales.—. ■'V:' con¬ tinuing a series of current figures being published by the Commis¬ 24,240 1,982,225 1. Transactions of specialists in stocks in which 1.0 the on New York Stock Exchange, 2,006.435 3. Round-Lot Transactions for •— ists who handled odd lots Total for Week ———— Total sales — and Stock 1946 ; Short sales. tOther sales.. 0.1 ' * 5, Total Round-Lot Sales: 0.2 - Products. Non-Ferrous Metals Stock WEEK ENDED JAN. ,-•■ ,1.1 Petroleum and Products— ———1 0.3 Grains +L——— Livestock and Poultry——.——0.1 Furnishings Other 1.5 1916 { ' 7:!;S'v' 16.42 923,563 Total sales. Round-Lot Total INDEXES FROM Spinning for Dec.! on Jan. 22 that, accord¬ ing to preliminary figures,; 23"806,392 cotton spinning spindlqs were in place in the United States on Dec. 31, 1945, of which 21,551,960 were operated at some time during the month, compared with 21,605,060 in November, 21,721,'-r 792 in October, 21,911,746 in September, 22,170,180 in: August, and 22,212,432 in December 1944.. The aggregate number of active spindle hours: reported for the month was 7,732,919,207, an aver¬ age of 325 per spindle in place, compared with 8,672,129,859, ah average of 364 per spindle in place, for last month and 8,760,582,052 an average of 397 per spindle in place, December 1944. Based on an activity of 80 hours per week, cotton spindles in the United States were operated during De^ cember, 1945 at 101.5% capacity. The percent, on the same activity basis, was 104.6 for November, 105.0 for October, 111.8, for September, 100.5 for August, and 118.5 for December, 1944. G2.440 + 2.1 , ^ nounced 5,430,400 tOther sales ; The Bureau of the Census; an¬ gxaept ?• ^tf^the-Odd-tot^^ccbuntaSofc^dd^^ot^®*^* Dealers and Specialists: 4 1. Transactions of specialists In stocks in which they are registered-— + ,,, tr' Total purchases —II Cotton Account of Members, Round-Lot Transactions for • . —: 5,363,9<o Total sales.————— . t. +1.8 131.3 1945 : Co. Round-Lot Stock . d re-elected was American Can Co.; H. K. Taylor, of George D; Ellis & Sons, Inc.? and E. B. Webster, of Crown Can »^^^ tother sales.~.: h;'m" yi'' ■ a n Heekin Can Co.; V. K. LeComte, of LeComte & Co.; R. S. Solirisky, of Cans, Inc.; J. A. Stewart,■» of Jan. 23 {'/' .' Total for Week Total Round-Lot Sales: I. 1-20 1-5 1946 and Metals 12-22 1-12 1946 on of Curb members of 463,310 shares , Vice-President Sifton ft. 1939. re-elected W. H. Funderburg, of Continental Can Co.; D. M. Heekin, of thev of 2,051,500 shares. WEEK ENDED JAN. 5, 1946 . in nolf, of Continental Can Co.; TL W. Figgis, of American Can Go.;: .■•■•.+-ji Commission made public Jan. 19, 1946 from— 1-12 " i..l Stock Sales on the New York Stock Exchange and Transactions for Account of Members* (Shares) Total Round-Lot Percentage changes to —129.3 ^ 130,0 ——. leather and 11.29% of the total trading was - 106.7 products- Foods Hides -f 1946 commodities Farm • 1-19 group— ? n . n11 r • r ;i . : '■ 'r .- New York Exchanges on trading for the account Dec. 29 ^ : 1946 Commodity ..i. . ■] _;i.' Institute the was Qompany; C, H. Black, of Ameri¬ 1,604,404 shares, or 16.51% of the total trading of 4,859,910 shares. On the New York Curb Exchange, member trading during the week ended Jan. 5 amounted to 555,635 shares or 27.66% of the total volume on that Exchange of 2,006,465 shares. During the week ended "u.:. f.-s ••• •> 'V?- : t JAN. 19, 1946 --ft 9''' -; • preliminary)' ^ .. of formation White can Can Co.; E. D. Murphy, of the National Can CoFp,; C. C. Conway, :; of Continental Can Co.; J. F. Ege- with member trading during the week ended Dec. 29 of compares wholesale price data, for WHOLESALE PRICES FOR WEEK ENDED .-r• ^ ri926 = 100) - .r Can Secretary and Treasurer. The new board of Governors is composed of R. Amundsen, of The Texas figures. ddWh}-' ' Trading oh the Stock Exchange for the account of members (except odd-lot dealers) during the week ended Jam 5 (in roundlot transactions) totaled 1,179,789 shares, which amount was 16.42% of the total transactions on the Exchange of 5,480,400 shares. This . ' n ."J " HU- re¬ the Mr. Milton has been ah Clifford ing a series of current figures being published weekly by the Commis¬ sion. Short sales are shown separately from other sales in these '{with the monthly index. -; The following tables show (1) indexes for the past three weeks, for Dec* 22, 1945 and Jan. 20 1945 and (2) percentage changes in .subgroup indexes from Jan. 12, 1946 to Jan. 19, 1946. 1 ■ orn Executive 1946, figures showing the volume of total round-lot stock sales on the Stock Exchange and the New York Curb Exchange and volume of round-lot stock transactions for the account of, all members of these exchanges in the week ended Jan. 5,1946, continu¬ the the most part, represent prices in primary markets,^ In general, the prices are those charged by manufacturers or producers or are those prevailing on commodity exchanges. The weekly index is calculated from one-day-a-week prices. It is designed as an indi¬ cator of week to week changes and should not be compared directly ' .M 1 been of Institute, {it; was Jan. 14 by Gordon member its Ferris New York , £ active the 5 ... ' The Securities arid Exchange _ :dil.. " ,T 1 ',rr,r"""^'" Trading mid-January, 1945. - .'.V jr "Other Commodities—Average prices for all commodities other than farm products and foods rose 0.1% during the week. Yellow •pine lumber, prices were higher with increased ceilings granted by QPA. Men's business shirts advanced fractionally following > re* xnoval of CPA restrictions on use of materials. Quotations for oil-, cloth moved up following a 15% increase over October 1941 levels allowed manufacturers to cover higher costs of materials and labor. Part of this increase is to be absorbed by wholesalers. Refinery prices for gasoline in the mid-continent area rose following the com¬ petitive price reductions: of earlier weeks. Quotations for mercury ^declined.", di, ; + d. The Labor Department included the following notation in the • Institute. since capital for construction purposes this week totals $33,996,000 $29,496,000 in State and municipal bond sales and $4,500,000 in corporate security issues. New capital for the four weeks of 1946 totals $234,778,000 and is 127% greater than the $103,217,000 reported for the corresponding period of 1945. ;{UJI' has Cole, Advertising Director for tne announced New market prices for butter to ceiling levels in all important ^markets. Average prices for foods were 1.2% below four weeks Note—The Bureau of Labor Statistics' • and is made; up of r-'- Y., 744,000 5,471,000 3,774,000 gained over the week last year as follows: Waterworks, bridges, highways, earthwork and drainage, industrial and commercial build¬ ings, and unclassified. New Capital mary dm 14,987,000 11,213,000 Bridges, highways* earthwork; and drainage, public, industrial and commercial buildings and unclassified. Seven of the nine classes : N. President Manufacturers lows: largely responsible for: the decline of 0.3% in the group index for foods. In addition, rye flour moved down on slow demand. Quota¬ tions for butter in New York and Chicago advanced, bringing pri¬ • *. elected 2,576,000 6,215,000 corded products dropped 0.5% during the week, bringing the index for this group to a level 1.7% below mid-December and 2.1% above the cor¬ responding week of last year. Quotations for eggs: were down more than seasonally as supplies increased, with the price decline greater for lower qualities.; Prices for oranges moved down seasonally and white potatoes were generally lower on slow demand for the poorer qualities available. Prices for apples and for onions moved up,~reflecting short supplies of these commodities. - Quotations for hogs rose on heavy demand by small packing plants. Prices for sheep were lower seasonally and live poultry quotations dropped because of the poorer quality of birds available. Rye prices moved up on speculative buying. "The lower prices for eggs and fruits and vegetables were d:'- 37,199,000 13,835,000 _ Brooklyn, $8,791,000 30,394,00D In the classif ied construction groups, seven of the nine classes re¬ gains during the current week over the previous week as fol¬ ' •"report: ~ * > 23,364,000 State and Municipal— J. Jan. 25,'45 ; $45,381,000 64,234,000 Public Construction Federal Jan. 17,'46 $101,433,000 — George A. Milton, President of the George A. Milton Can Co. of .■*»?>•;: ; . Jan. 24,'46 . Total U. S. Construction.— prices in primary markets prepared by the Bureau was 0.1% below a month ago and 1.8% above the corresponding week of 1945," says the Bureau, which in its advices Jan. 24 further reported: ■ < ."Farm Products and Foods •— Average market prices for farm {ago and 2.2% above ; L • „ Private Construction the index of commodity average, are: ' by. higher prices for some industrial goods," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, TJ. S. Department -of Labor. engineering construction volume for the current week, last- week and the 1945 week modities were offset • Milfon Again Heads Can, Mfrs. Institute year • tSales to offset customers' odd-lot order and sales to liquidate is less than a "other sales." round a long position whicl lot are reported wit! \ THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 642 Thursday, January 31, i 946 ' ' I Weekly Coal and Coke Production Statistics Daily Average Crude Oil Production for Week Ended Jan. 19,1846 Increased 35,200 Barrels Petroleum American The that the estimates Institute suggestions is not knownv Consumers will obtain less for¬ eign lead in February, probably Mines, amounted to. 12,800,000 net tons, an increase of 1,200,000 tons, not more than 14,000 tons, of which some 8,000 tons will come. or 10.3%, over the preceding week. Output in the corresponding out of the Stockpile and week of 1945 was 11,960,000 tons. 6,000 For the year to Jan. 19, 1946, soft coal production was estimated at 32,980,000 net tons, a decrease tons from current imports. The of 4.9% when * compared. with the 34,685,000 tons produced from stockpile at the end of January • will contain less than Jan. 1 to Jan. 20, 1945. 60,000 tons daily crude oil production for the week tended Jan. 19,1946 4,605.950 barrels, an increase of 35,200 barrels per day over the preceding week and 105,950 barrels in excess of the daily average figure of 4,500,000 barrels estimated by the Bureau of Mines as the requirements for th'e month of January, 1946. The current figure however.' was 127,800 barrels per: day below the average daily pro¬ duction for the week ended Jan. 20, 1945. Daily output for the four weeks ended Jan. 19, 1946 averaged 4,547,600 barrels. Further de¬ average gross ...Production Jan. of lead. of Pennsylvania anthracite for ended week the 19, 1946, as estimated by the Bureau of Mines, was 1,130,000 tons, reported by the Institute follow: as the; on price The total production of bituminous coal and lignite in the week ended Jan. 19, 1946, as estimated by the United States Bureau of was tails ,, Washington intends to act decrease of 83,000 tons a (6,8%) from the preceding week; When compared with the/ output in the of Sales lead in the domestic; market for the week amounted to' 2,784 tons. Zinc corresponding week of 1945 r •< Producers received requests for' refining companies indicate that the indus- there" was an increase of 137,000 tons, or 13.8%. For the calendar of. try as a whole ran to stills on a Bureau of Mines basis approximately year to date, anthracite production amounted to 2,940,000 tons, com¬ postponement of > shipments Prime Western to galvanizers, ow¬ 4,627,000 barrels of crude oil daily and produced 13,979,000 barrels pared with 2,88i;000 tons in the corresponding period of 1945. ing to the strike at the steel mills. / of gasoline; 2,198,000 barrels of kerosine; 5,295,000 barrels of dis¬ The Bureau also reported that the estimated production of bee¬ Otherwise the market situation ia' tillate fuel, and 8,563,000 barrels of residual fuel oil during the week hive coke in the United States for the week ended Jan. zinc was about unchanged. Die 19, 1946 casters are still taking substantial ended Jan. 19,1946; and had in storage at the end of that week 100,- showed a decrease of 3,200 tons when compared with the output Reports received from 778,000 barrels of finished and unfinished gasoline; 9,454,000 barrels and 40,557,000 bar¬ •B.ofta. Allow¬ Ended Oklahoma Jan. " t391,850 + 19, 1945 249,400 t261,500 391,650 239,650 +12,300 . Jan. 19, Bituminous coal fit lignite— average 276,550 time. North 81,000 Texas »+,,, West Texas—- / • 81,000 ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 152,000 143,150 fe 489,300 -': East Texas 138,800 Southwest Texas ,-:v —_ 342,350 Texas Total 483,500 2,135,150 .... -V ■ ' , 2,940,000 2,881,000 3,184,000 953,000 2,822,000 2,766,000 3,025,000 Louisiana Louisiana — 78,400 69,000 292,100 79,950 288,850 __ 208,900 by truck from §Revised. authorized BY (The 1,250 370,500 ihipments 358,200 + 200 + 3,000 77,000 54,650 81,700 47,600 200 700 250 + 77,500 409,214 76,000 368,800 56,600 365,000 77,311 and are and State sources district STATES, IN NET TONS > estimat.es are based on railroad carloadings and subject to revision on receipt of monthly tonnage reports or of final annual from the returns river from operators.) — —--i.— • 48,000 Mississippi 600 500 Alabama..—— — 100 • Florida — u._— 205,600 198,250 206,000 Indiana * ■ 207,300 1,400 14,250 12,550 — 13,000 Illinois - ioo 14,050 — ■ 63,300 63,200 / 46,000 . Wyoming Montana • Total United States »These of 19,700 98,450 + 150 V 98,200 + 17,700 3,706,550 §824,000 3,758,450 847,500 +17,500 4,605,950 +35,200 Mines 99,750 20,400 9,450 103,150 3,843,350 890,400 841,050 4,547,600 4,733,750 calculations of the requirements of domestic crude condensate and natural gas derivatives) based upon certain premises outlined in its detailed forecast for the month of January. As requirements oil (after deductions of ' ' ' ' • for week ended 7:00 a.m. Jan, 16, 1946, 31-day basis and the exception of other fields for which tThis is the net basic allowable as of Jan. 1 calculated on a shutdowns and exemptions for the entire month. With includes several fields shutdowns which 5 were ordered were exempted entirely and of certain from 1 to 12 days, the entire state for 584,000 98,000 42,000 104,000 182,000 772,000 945,000 1,055,000 Kansas and Missouri Kentucky—Eastern^ixrii-^ti.--..Kentucky—Western definite dates during days, no - _ 60,000 398,000 343,000 t' ' - ■ 39,000 34,000 - Michigan—— Montana (bitum. & 2,000 3,000'' • 2,000 ;■ 91,000 Ohio.. (lignite) ^ of 11 Weeks Jan. and 5 12 overstated by approximately Producers. 8,000 due to by error reporting company, RUNS CRUDE TO STILLS; AND UNFINISHED PRODUCTION OF GASOLINE; STOCKS OF FINISHED 34,000 OIL, WEEK ENDED JAN. 19, 1946 • Figures in this section include estimate of reported totals plus ah unreported amounts and Bureau of (Gasoline tFinish'd % Daily Crude Runs Refin'g East on a and tStks. of tStks. tStocks Gas Oil of & Dist. Resid. Kero¬ Fuel Fuel sine Oil Oil :1771 21,235 3,907 9,174 5,770 76.8 1'. ■ Unfin. to Stills f at Ref. Daily % Op- Inc. Nat. Gasoline Blended Stocks Av. erated 99.5 \''V. District— Produc'n therefore are Mines basis 85 2,390 1,112 20,841 256 1,538 9,405 390 Capac. Report's : Coast— 97.5 1,705 : of District No. 1 , 243 58.2 District No. 2 81.2 58 116.0 tod., 111., Ky— 87.2 709 82.7 Okla., Kan., Mo 78.3 380 81.0 Inland Texas 59.8 222 67,3 Texas Gulf Coast 89.3 1,132 91.5 Louisiana Gulf Coast. 96.8 303 116.5 55.9 57. No. 3_~. 17.1 13 77,000 83,000 No. 4 72.1 116 73.0 B6.5 781 80.8 No. La. & Arkansas- California 1,616 . 691 5,405 4,890 5,215 988 1,991 1,237 2,100 160 106 20 "367 1,960 1,935 16,077 4 821 180 ) 420 266 -■*?/ ; 16 40R Jan. Feb. March 52.000 52.000 52.000 126,000 136,000 146,000 Jan. 19 52.000 52.000 52.000 2,000 146,000 1,000 117,000 4,000 Jan. 21 52.000 52.000 52.000 157,000 Jan. 22 52.000 52.000 52.000 307,000 300,000 400,000 Jan. 23 52.000 52.000 52.000 31,000 28,000 32,000 2,184,000 lignite) Utah -»< - 2,201,000 1,017,000 • ssaW 1,715,000 920,000 183,000 v 215,000 1,000 11,600,000 v 924,000 220,000 10,255,000 Total U. S. B. of M. :?|yjj basis Jan. 12, 1946. tx; s. b Jan. 20, o* M. 0,791 23,038 85.7 4,627 85.6 13,979 *100,778 9,454 31,403 40,557 85.7 4,498 83.2 14,246 9,641 33,359 40,499 1199,267 basis' 1945 of at 4,696 unfinished 14,693 t89,670 9,313 34,090 52,173 or 99% tin, continued 51.1250 per pound. Quicksilver ' Total bituminous & lignite | AUL1UUC9 UpvittwiUnb the B. & O. on UlX Lxxv? Pi* in Kanawha, w OO.V/«> v"#ji »liguilftilj X*» t W .; AVXi) 12,150,000 Jj« Ov \Jt» ^ close touch with market felt that business a .. v in the y Mason, and Clay counties. tRest of State, including and Tucker counties. (Includes Arizona , Those covering; fairly large quantity might de¬ velop at the lower levels named Kon-Ferrous Melals—Allocation of Foreign Lead for Feb. Down—rll!ali Strike Hils Copper recently, and this made for some pifice week uncertainty ended. Quotations of $103 to $106 range the as covered a flask, per a Markets,", in its issue of Jan. 24, ^Strike developments last week disturbed all sections of the market for non-ferrous metals. Stoppage of work at the steel plants was followed by an announcement that mine, mill, and smelter work¬ ers in the Salt Lake area went on strike at 8 a.m. Jan. 21, halting oper¬ ations in that district of properties of Kennecott, the American Smelt¬ ing & Refining Co., and the United^States Smelting, Refining and tons of foreign copper for Feb¬ imports for the month of 18,261 * Mining Co. There Washington flasks was from no on will have to consumers again sold at lower prices." The publication further went on to say in part as follows: ruary. ' . South- America., were Tonnages in¬ not sufficient to dis¬ turb .the average drop of $2. The November flasks, A frank "mostly Government's sumption in committee The movement of copper to plants during fab¬ January turn out to be fairly heavy. Fear of spreading labor diffi¬ culties has brought numerous calls for copper that might otherwise may later date. gard to shipped to buyers at The situation in a re¬ February is uncertain. Utah, and threats of The strike in strikes brass at .various refineries and mills, make it difficult to timate deliveries. CPA officials in price situation in lead would bring relief to the market. A real¬ istic price under prevailing con¬ ditions would probable be some¬ dropped from 3,100 flasks was up Mercurio for one and South to Europeo has establishment two organization iii Europe. Silver The Green bill remains in the hands on of the Senate Committee Banking and Currency. action is likely Wagner, metal, stimulate the return and curb the buying of invited of America, and the other Washington. of scrap, produc¬ to operate in North represent the what mary Domestic slightly in November to 1,350 .flasks. An higher than 80 a pound. upward revision, some argued, would increase production of pri¬ the' Con¬ who until ill, is . . NTo Senator returns ., to > The New York Official for for¬ eign silver was unchanged last so what most observers regard as an week at 70%0. London continued: 40,000 underpriced commodity. Whether at 44d. Consumers far have asked for at least es¬ and Washington on Jan. 22, Industry members maintained that nothing short of swift action to correct the for October to 2,500 in agencies, exchange of views fea¬ destined stockpile." November. tion offers Lead statistics of the Bureau of Mines showed general price. tured the meeting of the advisory Copper have been 8,267,000 barrels-of Unfinished gasoline stocks, f Includes 12,945,000 gasoline stocks. tStocks at refineries, at bulk terminals, in transit and in pipe lines. §Not including 2,198,000 barrels of kerosine, 5,295,000 barrels of gas oil and distillate fuel oil and 8,563,000 barrels of residual fuel oil produced during the week ended Jan. 19, 1946, which compares with 2,101,000 barrels, 5,325,000 barrels and 8,223.000 barrels, respectively, in the preceding week and 1,536,000 barrels, 4,627,000 barrels and 9,375,000 barrels, respectively, in the week er.aed Jan. 20, 1945. ^Revised in Texas Gulf area. %...- •.•;'--"{0. " ,: •Includes barrels Chinese, 52.000 « • (Other Western States 704 549 was 52.000 30 92 . pound, per follows: as 52.000 < Tennessee ricating 1946- nominally " 36/ Total U. S. B. of M. basis Jan. 19, shipment, in cents Jan. 18 volved > 341 was Jan. 17— tain that 188 price situation in tin 76,000 reduce their demands. Quicksilver 169 4,625 ■ 1,338 1 Rocky Mountain— + . 145 28:, 2,791 925 3,659 ^ The unchanged.-Straits quality tin for' 682,000 1,026 284 of steel 2,780,000 2,452 471 the 615,000 v Foreign copper sold oh the basis of 120 f.a.s. New York, for ship¬ ment to Europe, and at 11.750 for 16,946 * > 100.0 District 'f 45.2 District 220 2,501 1,387 > ~ at virtually result a 2,290,000 > word probable steps to be taken to correct the lead situation. After the meeting of the lead group it appeared cer¬ Appalachian— strike as plants. Consumption of tin for making tin-plate i has been averaging around 2,000 tons a month. 4 stated: (Figures in thousands of barrels of 42 gallons each) week 720,000 , . "E. & M. J. Metal and Mineral GASOLINE, KEROSINE, GAS OIL AND DISTILLATE FUEL AND RESIDUAL FUEL last 115.000 26,000 ' (Recommendation of Conservation Committee of California Oil -t-i production 2,660,000 . ™ - Pennsylvania (bituminous) Texas (bituminous & 104,000 32,000 lignite) !7ew Mexico operate month. Tin-plate 7,000 ■ only the month being specified; operators required to shut down as best suits their operating schedules or labor needed leases, a total equivalent to 6 days shutdown time during the calendar •_ 37,000 tnd for • 382,000 — -,he Panhandle District and Grant, Mineral, »nd Oregon. *Less than 1,000 tons. ; . j being '0. 1,467,000 445,000 46,000 shut ordered was down to the 1,000 1,477,000 ' tWest Virginia—Northern Wyoming ■,W 1 tOklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska figures are ,'V 173.000 1,000 1,218,000 536,000 include small but Indeterminate amounts, of condensate whicb do, however, is mixed with crude oil in the field. v , 122,000 — Virginia Washington. "West Virginia—Southern from estimates ceased 1,000 * Iowa be supplied either from stocks or from new production, contemplated withdrawals crude oil inventories must be deducted from the Bureau's estimated requirements determine the amount of new crude to be produced. In some areas the weekly may to 110.000 168,000 STorth & South Dakota 4,500,000 Bureau are v 21,700 —— 104,000 3,668,000 832,000 — ,94,650 ■.•kZ'&if* y 2,500 1123,600 98,000 . Total East of Calif.: California 19,500 : , 20,000 ; Mexico New 1; 21,000 — Colorado + . Tin 84,000 Indiana 42,550 China. 92,000 Illinois 30,450 13, 6,000 Colorado antimony in the situation is expected tq. tight until new supplies to move in volume from 1945 Arkansas and Oklahoma 63,800 29,600 45,300 — 100,750 90, OOP — 61,750 900 3,000 — 44,100 ■ • 2,900 6,050, — 28,900 28,500 - Jan. 5, 378,000 Georgia and North Carolina (Not ipcl. 111., Ind., Why -< Ky.) Kentucky .Michigan1 supply remain 1946 356,000 Alaska Eastern— funds. 331,000 6,000 1946 State— Vlabama 50 150 • Jan. Jan.12, new begin Week Ended—*Arkansas higher antimony in supplies have been limited. quotation is equivalent 22.460 per pound, United States to The position of weekly current reflects for United States remains unchanged. Demand continues active and the LIGNITE, 289,200 1,250 + market and '■>' ,r>. ■' '.V" ' Total 288,200 250,900 111,600 ESTIMATED WEEKLY PRODUCTION OF BITUMINOUS COAL AND North Louisiana Coastal 95,200 washery and dredge coal and coal shipped tExcludes colliery fuel. tSubject to revision. operations, ■ revision Demand The 92,000 British the British market has been active 993,000 ' ■"" "• 1937 1,213,000 United States total- in the 10s. per costs. Jan. 23, 20, 1945 1,164,000 ' ■ v 1,085,000 •Includes 2,000,800 1,950,000 f2,122,696 ----- i946 1,130,000 552,600 1,980,800 488,750 Jan. §Jan. 19, Beehive coke— , Coastal Texas -4 1946 antimony ward -Calendar Year to DateJan. 20, 1945 §Jan. 12, 1946 has long ton, establish-• ing the quotation for the 99.6%' grade at £125. The sharp up¬ tCommercial produc. 385,700 325,300 1,971,000 ■"Total incl. coll. fuel 144,050 316,750 328,900 — lJan. 19, Penn. Anthracite— 478,600 483,450 140,050 320,000 Central Texas- East 2,048,000 PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE AND COKE OF The British Ministry of Supply raised the selling basis for 1945 34,685,000 (In Net Tons) 88,700 152,800 - Jan. 20, 1946 32,980,000 £12 Week Ended- Fanhandle Texas tJan. 19, Jan. 20, 1945 11,960,000 1,993,000 '-"Jan. 12, vj.. . Antimony —Jan. 1 to Date— tSubject to current adjustment. 1,000 1750 quantities of Special High Grade,, even though the automobile in-. dustry has been operating at a greatly reduced rate for some , OF BITUMINOUS COAL AND LIGNITE 1946 11,600,000 1,933,000 1946 12,800,000 2,133,000 Total, including mine fuel— Daily - Week Ended- f ' r 362,500 750 390,000 260,000 800 — Nebraska * ■'■Revised. 800 382,000 ——■ Kansas / Week Ended Jan. 20, 1946 Week 1946 >r. \ ' 1 Ended from Previous Jan.19, Begin. Jan. 1 January ' 4 Weeks Change Week ables Requirements bUf- Actual Production Calculated - " (In Net Tons) „ PRODUCTION (FIGURES IN BARRELS) Stale <• 12, 1946; and was 19,600 tons less than for of 1945. ESTIMATED UNITED STATES PRODUCTION DAILY AVERAGE CRUDE OIL r the corresponding week oil. rels of residual fuel . for the week ended Jan'. 31,403,000 barrels of distillate fuel, of kerosine; Volume 163 Number THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 4460 Revenue • : of •week of 1945 28,097 cars, and 6.2%. 3.6% or week in 1944 of 49,175 cars or •same ,* Atl. & W. P.—W. R. R. of Ala below the and an . • : and week : . 1,686 1,594 3,299 3,439 *350 274 251 ,457 51 135 108 598 883 3 307 3,557 3,007 1,623 1,552 1730 '309 ' - ; 1,955 40 47 141 117 1,079 1,215 2,198 2,905 353 ; 445 4,356 25,926 '215 418 ■?; 4,781 26,534 Mississippi Central 26,815 24,205 10,127 12,343 ,185 178 917 90b 240 260 3,269 i|i08 : 923 *373 389 433. ^^>■356.. 4,733 1,345 1,419 8,939 10,711 10,086 7.875 8,961 23,720 '563 22,698 23,169 701 846 783 147 149 904 120,372 126,406 121,466 105,414 128,694 Tennessee Central Winaton^alem Southbound , of J^n. '• 16,043 14,811 2,836 2,700 21,731 22,280 Chicago, St. Paul, Minn. A Omaha Duluth, Missabe A Iron Range Duluth, South Shore A Atlantic 4,043 3,384 1,132 672 Elgin, Joilet A Eastern Ft. Dodge, Des Moines A South 6,624 Chicago Great Western. Chicago, Milw., St. P. A Pac Great Northern Green Bay TOtaL I| '2]2,558 3,920 253 211 634 the low price was accepted.) There was a maturity of a sim¬ 9,019 10,528 12,910 9,069 110 456 • 535 • 290 291 69 1,964 2,355 2,503 5,585 4,756 9,677 5,841 10,875 3,436 4,799 148 445 --2,461 2,490 | * 3,868 92,317 63,648 70,122 9,566 ' REVENUE 79 ' 2,826 AND LOADED JAN. 19, c.. r . Revenue + Received from Connections Freight Loaded y ' 1946 1945 1944 361 2,870 7,488 291 2,096 6,051 276 2,534 6,473 Louisville—1,146 1,250 1,495 +»874 Aroostook Boston A Maine— Southern Pacific Hudso^rrL- - Maine 1,689 ... 250 11,802 —— 3,296 * " 2,640 Hartford Ontario A Western^. York, Chicago & St. Louis. N. Y., N, H. & N. Y., , Susquehanna & Western--^*-*; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.. -,.8,538 48,149 10,046 " 1,013 6,669 * 622 ' l.| .7+I mm Uegheny District—' on, Canton & Youngstown— bimore & Ohio— > •• • 572 , • 41,195 item - 8,002 18 255 272 1,997 *1,201 11,896 ' 2,809 * 782 12,60? 3,518 4,845 202,095 217,886 803 739 +2,433+: 1,164 1,558 41,054 . 24,146 28,497 1,008 1,497 2,772 1,685 : 1,359 1,830 5,398 .6,379 301 469., 30 & 38 630 868 772 879 51 17 938 1,148 1,357 1,523 2,060 454 564 758 2,103 876 960 1,465 1,793 674 790 12 48 591 27,255 * V r' 0 300 17,859 881 509 1,823, v 141 107 658 949 V 0 0 10,082 29,234^ ^*29,468 " 16,521 14,468 473 0 2,054 16,973 11,884 16,110 707 9 3 3,404 4,346 75,676 -102,872 455 vsy 710 '' 1,715 127,936 ' 1,881 128,235 tK. O. A G.. M. V. A O. C.-A.-A 1,282 1,240 1,687 City Southern^—2,525 3,031 - 4.615 2,010 3,475 3,278 293 337 293 154 127 178 4,868 6,664 5,567 15,310 17,019 17,167 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines Missouri Pacific + 171 23 41 1,278 4.300 3,915 1,587 2,140 2,411 354 550 4,003 14,012 5,650 * 54 94 135 383 9,372 8,629 7,526 8,63C St. Louis-Southwestern ^ 2,326 Texas A New Orleana——*——. 7,665 6,81? 3,369 3,082 4,791 11,169 13,067 5,196 5,554 3,347 4,819 4,902 6,006 8,381 Wichita Falls A Southern. 71 92 83 63 3P Weatherford M. W. A N. W 65 32 17 11 29 55,282 72,269 71,916 56,183 69,892 .. j, , : , Total tIncluded Oklahoma and A in Atlantic Coast Line Gulf Ry. only in 1944 RR. and tlncludes Midland Valley Ry. and Kansas, also Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Ry. in 1945 1946. NOTE—-Previous year's ' figures revised. Weekly Statistics of Paperboard Industry We give herewith latest figures received by Paperboard Association, Chicago, 111., in relation to activity iix the paperboard industry* The members industry, and its of this Association represent 83% of the total program includes a statement each week from each member of the orders and production, and also a figure cates the activity of the mill based on the time which indi¬ figures These advanced to equal 100%, so that they represent the total are industry. . ,. - Orders . fifie nr i»45--week Ended Nov. 10.— 162,023 17 156,223 Percent of Activity Tons Tons 201,060 . Remaining Current Cumulative 511,022 97 157,617 509,984' 97 94 123,281 154,122 479,228 95 147,083 3,996 11,903 13,978 Nov.- 24——_— 123,781 Dec. 1——172,297 454,926 472,568 490,123 91 96 97 98 92 94 94 94 94 94 94 52 93 75 75 Dec. 28,370 28,473 11.132 21,902- 6,512 4,697 1,256 4,648. ; ; 11,493 r 9,381 150,330 122,229 29..J— * 97,323 —. 1946—Week Ended ' Jan. 12_. . 55,072. , 18,900 , 23,243 176,346 143,366 — Jan.,19_—_r—v" 2,369 , necessarily equal the repbrts, orders made, for ments of unfilled ber and Manfacturers lumber porting Trade Association, shipments of 428 mills re¬ to the National Barometer were Lumber 22.1% above production for the week ending January 19, 1946. In the same week hew mills were tion. 29.6% orders of these above produc¬ Unfilled order files of the 463,446 . stocks. For reporting softwood alent to 33 days' production at the equivalent to 36 days' production. For the year-to-date, . . " 526,891 523,672 94*' ,85 143,550 j ,507,651 93 88 .' , week, plus orders received, less production, do close. Compensation for delinquent filled from stock, and other items made necessary adjust* 134,265 unfilled orders at the or orders 487,481 451,654 78,8.62 111,967 144,482;, Notes—Unfilled orders of the prior not . 30 of reporting shipments identical mills ex¬ ceeded production by: 14.2%; or¬ ders by 28.0%. . 5——• - 54,044 152,571 154,235 157,792. 148,591 173,537 15— ; 21,026 8.L—^*1. . 22 Jan. " * ' Dec. Dec 20,922 ....— Dec. 1 " 10,623,198 bales of bales of linters on 13,379,245 bales of lint and 25,747 bales of linters on Dec. 31, 1944. There were 21,551,960 botton spindles active during December, which compares with 21,551,960 coton spindles active during November, 1945, and with 22,212,432 active cotton spindles during December, 1944. Nov. current rate, and gross stocks are 94 Nov. 167,885 compares with lint and 43,587 mills, unfilled orders are equiv¬ Unfilled Orders ^roduction Tons 3—.— Nov. ' Received : , 28,490 146,172 10,504,564 bales of lint and 44,323 bales of linters, which of t REPORTS—ORDERS, PRODUCTION. MILL ACTIVITY 65,793 17L732 on reporting mills amounted to 87 % STATISTICAL -3,631 164,969 linters According to the National Lum¬ from the National us 2,564 ; were of Ended January 19,1946 56,514 26,058 3,626 bales 268,079 Lumber Movement—Week 19,933 Pocahontas District— W 56,838 \ 18,579 82 14,650 76,492 . ' p| 5,147 there 2,751 12,586 156,494 30,769 1,401 - 19,531 74,871 * 4,271 ■ and Dec. 31, 1944. On hand in public storage and at compresses on Dec. 31, 1945, 1(635 9,050 , There were 2,380,324 bales of lint and 302,678 bales of linters on hand in consuming establishments on Dec. 31, 1945, which compares with 2,202,498 bales of lint and 257,002 bales of linters on Nov. 30, 1945, and 2,320,596 bales of lint 2,517 1,239 Missouri A Arkansas with 4,020,386 bales of lint and 618,895 bales of linters in the cor¬ responding period a year ago. .v 2,62? 2,180 Litchfield A Madison Louisiana A Arkansas 31 cotton consumption was 3,595,851 bales of lint and 417,141 bales of linters, which compares Dec. 3,649 " 1,09.9 5,130 . 1,442 8,443 : Total. 5,808 2,260 620 1,320 —— 47 1,620 13,931 Maryland—, 758,809 bales of lint and 120,947 bales of linters in December, 1944. In the five months ending i 2,294 12 .221 : 103 • 74,684 Total——— 4,405 3,200 ' '203 1,497 — Virginian. 3 774 - 206 18,014 1,594 k.. Chesapeake & Ohio—— Norfolk & Western— 3,860 5 16,293 ;vi f 342 Lines.-— nsylvania System ding Co.__—— on (Pittsburgh). 931' . 5,884 Yalley++++-+.———— n-Reading Seashore 3,293 1,980 ' *7,40# 7,259 12 s 4,780 - 40,688 1,897 —---- A g 8,214 " 1,191 375 ,6,389 " ■ 5,627 . raier 2,200 operated. 3 Indiana-w—.. tral R. R. of New J-rsey ttwaU*-.u+*— iberland A Pennsylvania abria 13,966 -2,352 343 y,,v; —; & Lake Erie— semer 1,536 7,144 50,261 15,911 2,796 16,447 2,139 157,912 Wheeling A Lake Erie—• ;-r" *782 368 19 , 14,700 2,096 7,770 4,579 - , 5,024 296 50,563 ; - - 3,850 4,230 285 7,806 6,851 , ,23 , , Marquette*— — 4,795 | 4,794 Pittsburgh A Sh6wmut-.J-.««.J-.*,—•- " 966 846 Pittsburg, Shawmut & Norths 243 .V 289 Pittsburgh A West Virginia—,.975', 1,012 Rutland — -—-362 • 305 Wabash—^-—— 5,705 6,203 , bales of linters in November and 721 7,032 2,485 8,986 3,341 ,l,2f 11,724 1,381 7,678 2,293 Pere «yy>tmi ,.8,287 2,278 „ 743,450 1,161 5,365 255 Texas A 86,303 linters, as compared with bales of lint and 83,680 14,621 16,574 2,547 ,, . , 3,368 14,816 , , 6.376 ; 2,496 45,354 *,. 44,856 10,782 8,769 787- «.: . 787 5,730 ; 6,631 456 414 Central Lines New York, New 6.757 ; 2,887 ~ 2,078 6,814"« 5,788 —- New York - 12,491 „ 3,941 + 3,608 ,,128 168 1,585 :.1,904 3,147 145 , - 1,872 3,268 1,595 2,099 325 T 2 790 4,333 1,646 10'?n« 2,037 320 \v International-Great Northern 8,?7i! 106 651,784 bales of lint and bales of 888 Burlington-Rock Island— " 7'?™ 178 85 12,737 3,100 122,589 6'?™ 179 28 11,348 12,079 Gulf Coast Lines Kansas In the month of December, 1945, consumed amounted to cotton 2 887 Quanah Acme A Pacific 179 4,72) 624 22,087 826 St. Louis-San Francisco 1.1U " Central" Montour Wash¬ 12 318 <, 40 7'^-■ <■ 14,131 375 2,146 Western Pacific^.* 1,807 12,260 England , at ington on Jan. 21 issued " its re¬ port showing cotton consumed in the United States, cotton on hand, and active cotton spindles in the 3,237 : 29 23d 1 , Consumption Bureau 2,801 — System——— 2,244 11,724 T^unkwVsW"-::.- Lehlah Valley Census 12^527 *, 31 Lehigh A Hudson River. LeSihA New The 3,314 tPaoific}^*^—^*.. ,1,000 5,494 11,436 Grand in ; 2,984 — 36 —- & lro'ntonDetroit & Toledo Shore Line Jan. 31 12,756 City*—. 961 4,111 Toledo Detroit on $1,318,226,000. 647 47 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Detroit A Mackinac . 3',308 9,728 3,210 20,335 21,160 Toledo. Peoria A Western——*——Union Pacific Utah 22 729 3,454 268- ; 1.184 -.4.324 . VermontV-1L Delaware & 1945 1>^61 50. 13,448 2,282 1946 , 1,701 419 13,388 Eastern District— Ann Arbor 24,115 Peoria A Pekin Union.—37 ; Total fVntral Indiana ^ ' - 3,961 448 Southwestern District— RECEIVED. FROM CONNECTIONS Railroads SStra 22,406 2,673 North Western Pacific 2,347,810 Total Loads Chicago, Indianapolis & 2,322 amount of Dec. Cotton 3,357 \ Total— (NUMBER OF CARS) WEEK ENDED Bangor & , 85,396 Missouri-Illinois—._r_.—________ Nevada Northern—, 798,650 <77,572 • the week ended Jan. 19, 1946, 59 roads reported gains over the week ended FREIGHT ^ 256 85,713 Illinois Terminal— 1945. 20, 99 2,124 i Fort Worth A Denver 179,531 2,244,030 749,475 separate railroads and system? for ' ilar issue off bills the 950 1,071 310 —, tabl&^ a summafy;of the freighf carloadings fos During this period 0.376% per annum. 5,636 Denver A Rio Grande Western^ Denver A Salt Lake—. • Jan. approximately 522 140 Colorado A Southern.: 779531 ; 783,060 2,174,490 Total the discount 4;331 484 Chicago, Burlington A Quincy Chicago A Illinois Midland Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific Chicago A Eastern Illinois 1944 m 1945 - r. The following 0.368% 891 2,387 .——J.*—.* Alton_ correspond¬ ^ 19—— January of approximately annum. 643 4,700 . Bingham A Garfield 1946.' Week of January 12* Week discount 1,214 413 Ishpeming Atch., Top. A Santa Fe System. | . • . 5—— of January Week Range of accepted competitive bids: (61% of the amount bid for at ? Central Western District— Pocahontas. . approxi¬ annum. 11,226 12,855 Spokane, Portland A Seattle Eastern, Pocahontas, and Northwestern decreases compared with 1944, except the reported per 11,423 3,492 332 Spokane Interna tional of 2,912 cars decrease of 5,064 cars below the decreases compared with the districts reported all discount 14.494 11,242 A Western Northern Pacific—— ing week in 1945 except the and of rate mately 0.375% month of December. corresponding week in 1945. All alent 13,914 ,3,024 '455 Minneapolis A St. Louis Minn,, St. Paul A S. S. M. amounted to 10,071 cars, a decrease preceding week, and a below the • , Average price, 99.905+; equiv¬ 16,173 2,814 .22,002 4,311 1,333 11,622 i Lake Superior A sponding week in 1945. Coke loading cepted in full),- Low, 99.505; equivalent, rate of Chicago A North Western below the corre¬ preceding week and a decrease of 2,607 cars Total accepted, $1,315,717,000 (includes $53,578,000 entered on a fixed price basis at 99.905 and ac¬ Northwestern District— ,■ below amounted to 9,300 cars, a decrease of 420 cars Ore loading the Total applied for, $2,025,044,000. per / . 2, which were offered on Jan. 25, were opened at the Fed¬ eral Reserve Banks on Jan. 28. High, 99.907, equivalent rate of ' corresponding week in 1945. to be dated Jan. 31 and to mature May 1,108 , Southern System ffii Livestock loading amounted to 11,027 cars, a decrease of 7,099 cars below the preceding week and a decrease of 4,384 cars below the corresponding week in 1945. In the Western Districts alone loading of livestock for the week of Jan. 19 totaled 7,771 cars, a decrease of 5,761 cars below the preceding week, and a decrease of 3,174 cars below the corresponding week in 1945. I Forest products loading totaled 33,070 cars, an increase of 230 cars above the preceding week, but a decrease of 6,041 cars below •the about 27,436 669 129 $1,300,000,000 or there¬ off 91-day Treasury bills 10,735 10,190 23,150 Seaboard Air Line———. an¬ Jan. 28 that the tend¬ on for ers 1,862 1,418 435 502 3,950 m 856 407 , 420 268 3,123 iv'r Secretary of Treasury nounced 4,044 18.038 2,797 Richmond, Fred. A Potomac 900 4,044 14,133 Nashville, Chattanooga A St. L. , 695 3,936 28,774 Norfolk Southern.,. Piedmont Northern.. , Treasury III" Bill Offering The 44 25,914 Macon, Dublin A,Savannah - * U 903 ' ' 384 '317 Louisville A Nashville grain and grain products loading for the week in 1945. 5,810 402 4,597 1,447 756 Illinois Central System 36,599 cars, an increase of 103 cars above the preceding an increase of 5,528 cars above the corresponding week 19 totaled <, 3,767 * Georgia A Florida.. Gulf, Mobile A Ohio above the preceding tricts alone, 3,982 Georgia——,—....; Grain and grain products loading totaled 54,925 cars, an increase of 472 cars above the preceding week and an increase of 8,898 cars above the corresponding week in 1945. In the Western. Dis- • 2,669 14,675 3 861 Florida East Coast loading amounted to 709 463 1.874 , f Gainesville Midland.—.—.: 184,725 cars, an increase of 14,6t93 week, and an increase of 12,472 cars above the corresponding week in 1945. > Coal cars . ' 276 10,359 Columbus & Greenville of merchandise less than carload lot freight totaled. an increase of 1,441 cars above the preceding week, increase of 19,368 cars above the corresponding week in 1945. 1945 13,059 t 14,676 Clinchfield————————— cars, 1946 : 363 791 f Charleston A Western Carolina—— Loading !. 117,389 Connections 1944 v 409 / 13 039 Central of Georgia corresponding week in 1945. Results of Received from Loaded' ;1945 * , 7i i —. Atlanta, Birmingham A Coast decreased Total " Atlantic Coast Line freight loading totaled 328,968 cars, a decrease .of below the preceding week, and a decrease of 50,739 cars cars ' 1946v Alabama, Tennessee A Northern Miscellaneous 129,488 ■J Total Loads t Revenue Freight ' Durham & Southern Loading of revenue freight for the week of Jan. 19, 23,083 cars, or 3.0% below the preceding week. • ' •' 'iz ' ', 4* Southern District— / decrease below the a + ' ; Loading of revenue freight for the week ended Jan. 19, 1946, totaled 749,475 cars, the Association of American Railroads announced on Jan. 24. This was a decrease below the corresponding • ' Railroads Freight Car Loadings During Ended Jasi.l 9,1946 Decreased 23,083 Cars 643 Compared responding to the average week of cor¬ 1935-1939, production of reporting mills was 2.0% below; shipments were 7.3% above; orders were 2.4% below. THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE 644 sets Y. Banks in Favorable Position lo the 1,200 banking organizations under the supervision of New York State Banking Department are in a favorable position The the meet s p the war u El¬ years, perintend- Department. During the year the liquidation was completed of the last domestic banking; organiza¬ tion taken over by the Superin¬ tendent because of insolvency. As a result, for the first time since said in his an¬ nual report to Governor the and the Legis¬ lature d m a e public Jan. 11. Superintendent was first designated as statutory liqui¬ dator the Banking Department is engaged in not a single liquidation of an insolvent banking institu¬ 1908 when the He stated that banking the system of New York State It emerged a s from the years nearly war V. Bell Elliott 5 quality of its assets the best on record, its liquidity increased and its earning power considerably improved. J' - "In recent months some ' , revival private borrowing has taken place," says Mr. Bell. "There is evidence that loans have been made to business in somewhat larger amounts this year. : In ad¬ dition, the outstanding balances of guaranteed loans for war purposes have been declining since the mid¬ in heavier re¬ private credit. Real dle of 1944, indicating liance upon estate loans and loans to consum¬ ers increasing dur¬ have also been ing the year. The banking system thus appears at the end of 1945 to be making progress in its tran¬ peace." sition from war to that the opera¬ Bell noted Mr. the tim¬ tions of the Treasury and ing of the war loan drives kept the resources and deposits of the commercial banks from extending their wartime rise in the first ten the assets of and savings >and continuing their expansion, reached new high records in this period. He noted months of 1945, but the savings banks loan associations, that total mercial > of resources the com¬ increased banks $1,104,654,000 to a record high of $23,157,487,000 on June 30, 1945, and their deposits rose $1,068385.000 to $21,384,350,000. As of October 27, however; resources and de¬ posits stood at $21,563,898,000 and $19,710,290,000, respectively, show¬ ing losses of $488,935,000 in re¬ sources and $604,475,000 in de¬ posits for the ten months. ] It is likewise reported that: . i "An increase of $94,270,000 in capital funds of the commercial in the first banks months ten of the year is ascribed in the report to 'an increasing awareness on the ' part of bank management that ex^ panded deposits and post-war • lending responsibilities >> require strengthened capital structures.? The larger part of this increase ; came ■ from retention of earnings, but • $8,399,000 of it resulted from the sale of additional stock by 22 . ; banks. In all, 55 banks and trust companies took steps during the year to improve their capital structures, aside from the reten¬ tion of earnings, cussions with initiated dis¬ Department or the ; looking toward that end." > , Deposits,, of mutual banks it is indicated $1,000,000,000 in the months savings increased first ten of 1945, reaching a new $8,122,000,000. This gain compared with one of $760,000,000 in the corresponding period of There is i some however, Mr. Bell rate of gain evidence, that the in savings bank de¬ says, posits has begun to level off. The statewide and the and dollar gain November in October less was than in corresponding months of 1944, in the western was of the war ac¬ area State, where substantial tivity that: ' / '' "Since 1908 the Superintendent has taken over 177 institutions concentrated, the rate of deposit gain has now been un¬ der the 1944 figures for over six months. For savings and loan as¬ sociations the gain in ♦hP«r*f ten f rst months resources was and in and re¬ 148 liquidated has opened or*released 29. The liabil¬ ities involved in these closings aggregate $460,000,000. Dividends available to the creditors and depositors of the 148 liquidated institutions aver¬ aged 81.40% of the amount of their claims. Over the last three years 23 liquidations of domestic banking organizations,; including and other funds made of United States, completed." . > Bell cautions the banks that of the Bank have been Mr. proposals with respect to associations would, among other things, permit deferment of the first periodic payment made in connection with and loan estate market to effort in the real a loan for the construction of a building; eliminate the authority savings and loan associations to charge a premium upon loans in addition to the legal rate of in¬ terest, and forbid the withdrawal of shares pledged as security for a mortgage loan while the mort¬ gage is outstanding." : The Superintendent says in the report that ^ the Department ex¬ pects to complete early in 1946 the comprehensive study which it began in 1945 of the business and earnings of licensed lenders. The purpose of this study, he says, is of contingencies, $150,000. y r "This $3,425,000 is $752,000 more . 31. 1934, and in the increase prices up to incorporate scar¬ city value," and says: "The supply of institutional bid mortgage money now is virtually unlimited. These funds can be a great national asset in the realiza¬ tion of the nation's goal of pro¬ bank, having started with the in¬ stitution in 1917; H. H. Harp, ap¬ stock of the bank in the last several years. March, sale after 1934, of $1,000,000 in preferred stock to the RFC, the capital structure also included common stock, $1,- s entered; the bank's Officer.;; National of amounts "Small retired time from preferred to time. Cashier. t Mr. Harp employ and appointed Caulley, grand total of $2,673,000. were a n partment until his assignment two years ago as Manager of the Banking Facility at the Fort Worth Army Air Field; O. D. McTrust r s years ago Manager of the Savings De¬ was 000,000: surplus, $500,000, and un¬ divided profits, $173,000, for a • i t pointed ' A s Twenty-eight has with served 22 Mr. Assistant McCaulley the Worth Fort For several years he has been identified with the Trust Department; B. P. Mc¬ years. As of Jan. 31, two 1944, shortly under ago, years Labor Department bid and 37 asked yesterday in Reorganization Reporting that "substantial pro¬ gress" had been made in reorgan¬ izing his department, Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach an¬ nounced on Jan. 20 the member¬ of two new commitees whose appointment was ■; proposed by President Truman's labor-man¬ agement conference last fall. will make One recommendations on operation of the Federal other on technical and analytical services. Mr. Schwellenbach said that the over-all Conciliation Service; the change in the de¬ reorganization had integration of the work ply of mortgage money is pressed before new build¬ been the partment's of the bureaus services, and the local over-the-counter market. most important cently of the di¬ rectors of - the First National Bank in Palm Beach, Fla., in At: the first meeting 1946, the following officers were for the ensuing year: elected Wiley ;' R. :: Reynolds, President; Bert C. Teed, Executive First Vice-President; R. E. Conn, C. L. "Times" bank, Mr. President elected was member of of a director Executive is Pier United Com¬ ViceStockyards now Corporation and General Man¬ ager of the Fort Worth stock-* yards. In addition to these changes, Mr! Harding announced the in¬ crease in capital, effective Jan. 3, . 1946, from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000, and increase in surplus from $2,-» Hazel S. Gorham, Geo. S. Ross, Vice-Presidents; 500,000 to $3,000,000. ; This was by payment of a Gordon W. Lvnn, Vice-President accomplished and Trust Officer; fH. V. Nye, 20% stock dividend amounting to Mrs. Pierce, Vice-President and Cashier; E. P. Dickey, Vice-President and'Comp¬ troller; Miss Mary Nell Pinckard, Vice-President; Assistant Wiley Reynolds, Jr., Geo. E. Hossler, thq Miss Elizabeth A, Root and Mrs. one can the and mittee;; re¬ taken over, with Secretary's office, the New York reported from Washing¬ of existing structures will rise high enough to absorb the new ton, Jan. 20, in its account of the announcement, and continued. The funds in search of employment. Conciliation Service, as the agency That process is more commonly ing on a large scale is resumed, only expect that the price "It is indicative of the progress "In Mr. veteran employee of the a t viding good housing and employ¬ ment for all. But if this vast sup¬ for investment period Dietz is on common $1,752,000 during this time," Mr. Muir said. of of equity President to Vice-President. represents bank's;;net .worth than, the March an Companies Donald, appointed Assistant Cash¬ the outstanding ier.;; He commenced his banking preferred stock issue was $650,000. career as office boy in 1919 with to determine whether the statu¬ In 1944, the bank retired $150,- the bank, returning to the bank tory rates of charge allowed to 000. and last year it redeemed an¬ after serving in the Army Finance licensed lenders are the lowest Department he has been han¬ other $20Q,000." possible consistent with the main¬ Common stock of Louisville dling the Veterans' Department. tenance of adequate service. Mr. Harding also announced the Trust Company* whiph within the last eight years has been as low resignation of John T. Herd, of as $6 a share, now is on a divi¬ Post, Texas, as a director. W. L. dend basis. It was quoted 35 Pier* former Vice-President of "the present ship facilitating against R. $500,000 and sale of 25,000 shares of new stock at $40 per share, amounting to $1,000,000, of which $500,000 was $500,000 as placed as canital and surplus. ; Dividends amounting to $100,000, at the rate of 8%, were paid on capital stock Cashiers: Bassett outstanding as of Dec. 31, 1945. and Stanley A. Wilson. Assistant At the annual meeting of share¬ Trust Officers; J, J. Henderson, holders of Bank of America, San Auditor and Assistant Comptrol¬ Duff in, Ruth Assistant Richard C. Boggs, H. Hood which f. had been carrying the i Francisco. Calif., a new member ■ heaviest burden recently, he ler; William H. Miller and Miss was added to the combined board Department will Nancy Williamson, Assistant added (according to the "Times") of directors and advisory council propose several changes in the was Auditors. 1 < < ;:y ■ ■J' receiving urgent attention. in the person of Alfred J. LundBanking Law at the 1946 session The President. appointed the Additional field offices had been berg. a leader in the business of of the Legislature, according to following directors on commit¬ opened in Boston and Kansas City, Oakland, and President and di¬ the report. As to these proposals tees: Examining, Ralph B. Wag¬ and a Division of Field Operations rector of the Key System and of it is stated in the Department's ner. George L. Royal and J. Ken¬ and another for procedures and the/Railway advices that: Equipment and neth Williamson; Discount, Wiley training had been established. Mr. Realtv Co., Ltd. "The recommendations will in¬ In addition to Schwellenbach said he would R. Reynolds, Bert C. Teed and clude legislation with respect to Wiley R. Reynolds, Jr.; Trust, presiding over the extensive East seek more funds to employ addi? reserves required to be main¬ Wiley R. Reynolds, Comer J. Kim¬ Bay transit system, Mr. Lundberg tional conciliators. tained by banks, trust companies, ball, Walter S. Leeds. J. Kenneth has served as President of the The Associated Press reported private bankers and industrial Williamson, Bert Winters and California State Chamber of Com¬ that Mr. Schwellenbach's ap¬ banks; rebates upon the prepay¬ Bert Teed. * 1 merce and of ment of discounted instalment pointees to the advisory Commit¬ the; Oakland The directors voted a monthly tee are: ' ; loans: corporate dissolutions, and dividend of 12 cents per share Chamber of Commerce and also certain aspects of the power of David Sarnoff, President of ($12,000) to stockholders of rec¬ served as President of; the Amer¬ savings and loan associations to Radio Corporation of America; ord as of the 23rd of each month ican Transit Association and the make loans. Vincent P. Ahearn, Executive Sec¬ ^ through June 23rd.. payable on "The proposal concerning - re¬ retary of the National Sand and the first day of th£ following California Transit Association. Eric A.- Johnston, President of serves would dispense " with the Gravel Association; Clarence O. month, v An extra dividend of 5 known as inflation." ( Banking The . # , ,. need for certain culations made in which complicated cal¬ must now be computing reserve re¬ quirements, without , materially affecting existing practices as to the manner of holding reserves. It suggested that the Bank¬ is also ing Law be modified to place pri¬ vate bankers oh the same basis as banks and trust companies with respect high at 1944. •, It is added the doubled, ■ tion. with its size of the Banking quidation Bureau Banks, of ent "The savings • Bell, V. liott 1U7%,.compared with,a $25,700,000, or 8.68% in the corresponding period of 1944. Mr. Bell says that 1945 marked the close of a chapter for the Li¬ gain of post¬ Items About Banks, Trust and ' to Qr onsibilities of S ♦ v re- foreign agencies taken clarify the position of! the Superintendent in connection (Continued from page 618) with suits required to be main-, tant Vice-President; W. C. Dietz tained in the course of the liqui¬ surplus," '$1,900,000; % undivided profits, $375,000, and reserve for advanced from: Assistant Vicedation. ,v.y over Bell Reports Face Post-War Years, of Thursday* January 31,1946 "As to to requirements. reserve rebates upon the pre¬ payment of discounted instalment loans, the Department proposes to recommend that the law be require that when a borrower, who is not in default, voluntarily repays his loan prior to the time final payment is due, amended to there shall be refunded to him the pro rata unearned portion of the interest previously deducted. "In the matter of corporate dis¬ solutions, the Department pro¬ poses that the law be amended to allow the vesting in the Super¬ intendent of title to and property in this the business State of any foreign banking corporation of which he has taken possesion for liquidation purposes. The proposed cmcxxucm would *xxxxpxxx, amendent wvuxu simplify the task of administering the as- Skinner, of Automobile and Avia¬ tion Parts Manufacturers, Inc.; H. W. Steinkrauss, President of the share was also cents per declared the U. S, Chamber of Commerce record as of for the past four years and Pres¬ Feb. 15, payable Feb. 21, 1946. ident of 'the Motion Picture Pro¬ Bridgeport Brass Company; Frank It was reported that a substan¬ P. Fenton, American Federation of ducers and Distributors, Inc., was tial increase in deposits had been Labor director of organization, made during 1945 of $7,244,000, present to assume his seat as a Boris Shiskin, AFL economist; Richard T. Frankensteen; Vice- raising the deposits to $52,946,000 director of the Bank of America to stockholders of of Dec. 31, President of the United Automo¬ bile Workers, Congress of Indus¬ as trial Organizations, and Clinton S. Golden, Assistant to the President $776,070 Lee H. 1945,; while capital for the first time since his elec¬ promotions: jumped tion last November. : $3,784,000 as of the At the directors' organization same date. Three officers of the of the United Steel Workers bank are still in service, but are meeting which followed, all offi¬ (CIO J.-'/ expected to rejoin the bank staff cers of the bank were reappointed Those appointed to the technical during the next several months: and some new appointments ap¬ they are H. Hood Bassett, Richard committee are:yy%'^.y proved for subsequent announce¬ Fred W. Climer, Assistant to the C. Boggs and William H. Miller. President of Goodyear Tire and ment.;';" ;V; Rubber Co.; W. H. In his annual message to share¬ Winans, of Following the annual meeting Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.; on Jan. 8, R. E. Harding. Pres¬ holders, President L. M. Giannini, E. B. Roberts, of Westinghouse ident of the Fort Worth National observing the transition of indus¬ Electrical and Manufacturing Co.; Bank, announced the following Hill, Vice-President of Mc¬ Graw-Hill J. , Joe Publishing Co.; Robert Watt, AFL International Repre¬ sentative; Nelson H. Cruikshpnk, AFL funds, including reserves, director of social activities; Herbert W. insurance Payne, of the Textile Workers Union (CIO), and Nathan Spere, of the United Electrical Workers (CIO). E. President. was . f to trial , , activity to peacetime pat¬ , Clarke elected ViceMr. Clarke formerly Vice-President of the First Bank, Albany, Texas; terns, noted that preliminary re¬ ports indicated the corner turned in December when a was small National W." H. Peterson, promoted from increase in manufacturing Vice-President to Vice- ployment occurred. Mr. Peterson started President. Assistant in of em¬ was re¬ garded as a significant develop¬ bank in 1925 and ment since factory employment recent years held the position Assistant Cashier and Assis- normally declines in December. . to This work in the