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ESTABLISHED

AS WE SEE IT

Editorial
The

New York 7,

Number 6068

193

Volume

Reg. U. S. Pat. Office

1839

Inflation Fears Are

50

Cents

Copy

a

Unjustified

Cuba has

of the Communists in Laos and

success

Price

N. Y., Thursday, June 29, 1961

a good deal of uneasiness in Western countries,
which is more important perhaps, started some

caused

and,

thinking about the basic nature of the danger to
inherent in the "cold war"

hard
us

and the rest of the world

price stability and the reflection in price cuts of
portion of our annual increases in produc¬

By Hon. Douglas Dillon,* Secretary of the Treasury

danger which does not necessarily embrace the pos¬
sibility of the cold war turning suddenly hot. Why is
it that little by little, and with an exception here and
there like the 'Congo, the Communists appear to be

—a

some

nomic

thing that drives, the west to the employment of the
armaments that the growth of the power and the

unmatched

file of the western

of

The state

Nation's finances is currently the

our

considerable public debate. So is the
fiscal outlook for the future. Perhaps I can make
a
useful contribution to this discussion by setting
subject

should be pondering it with the greatest care.
has in the past been often said that we were en¬

with the Communists in a "struggle for mens
is, we suspect, what the Kremlin would
us
to continue to believe, but in our judgment it

of

Treasury's views

the

gaged

minds." That

these and related

little about men's minds, least
of

the

can

sion

peoples they plan to enslave. In any event, we
nothing more futile than a serious discus¬
the merits of the different forms of social and

second

the

we appear to hold to the view that we can
underdeveloped peoples away from commu¬
make them more or less
(Continued on page 25)

tant

that
so

recessions

our

much

more

For we cannot keep our

built into

our

of

the

past decade have been

moderate than the wrenching depres¬

War II days.

These "automatic stabilizers"
with

ited

softening

so
generally cred¬
economic declines,

recent

our

are:

This

is reasonable price stability.

have

we

It is largely thanks to these "stabilizers"

sions of pre-World
Douglas Dillon

few years.

today.

"automatic stabilizers"

economy.

First, an automatic and rapid decrease in tax
yields, as corporate profits and employment decline.
Second, a prompt build-up of unemployment
compensation and retirement payments as jobs

always been important in protecting pensioners
and others on fixed incomes.
It is doubly impor¬

international

payments in balance unless we are competitive in
foreign markets. At the very least, this calls for

these
or

important goal is es¬

Our third goal

All too often

nism.

cally from periods of recession when growth slows
a halt and unemployment mounts rapidly.
How¬
ever, although we still have a great deal to learn
on
the preventive side, we have learned how to
slow a decline and how to initiate recovery by using
to

has

Ineffective Tactics

provide funds

expansion of private business and industry.

Can't Control the Economy

employment for our steadily ex¬

wholly different approach.

should, in turn,

national debt and to

Unfortunately, as I have said on an earlier occa¬
sion, we have not yet mastered the art of maintain¬
ing steady growth at full capacity. Our economy
is still plagued by ups and downs.
Although we
have made substantial progress in terms of pre¬
venting major depressions, we still suffer periodi¬

objective, which is full

the past

our

levels, the retirement of our national debt places
tax money in the hands of investors—money which
they can and will use for further investment in the
private sector.

on

panding labor force. We cannot
tolerate the levels of unemploy¬
ment that have
characterized

pay.

when the economy is growing steadily and
rapidly, with unemployment reduced to acceptable

this first

of

assesses

reasonably in accordance

For

sential to the realization of our

organization with most of the backward peoples
allegiance, or should we say whose friendship
and cooperation, we seek. The Communists appear to be
well aware of the futility of such an effort, and have

win

for the

matters.

attainment

tax system which

budget surplus that would both permit

a

to reduce

us

have

we

a

achievement of these goals

produce

pursued simultaneously.

be

The

whose

a

believe

goal is

ability to

The

national economic

and most

economic

developed

with

First, we seek an economy
that grows steadily and rapidly.

of all the minds of most

think of
of

Our fourth

the tax burden fairly and

four basic
goals. I fur¬
ther believe that they must all

I

a

tivity.

outset, let me say that

At the

great deal of representing a realistic understand¬
ing of what is going on in the world. The truth of the
matter is that the Communist imperialists care very /

lacks

in a period of

Average GNP for 1961 is estimated
$515 billion and $555 billion in 1982.

forth

like

postal rates;

prosperity.

at almost

powers
It

policies to help bring about higher

explains what should be done to usher

and

the

called free nations but the rank and

billion

of expected eco¬

reassuringly denies this combination
motion the forces of inflation. Mr. Dillon claims

tion's fiscal

Kremlin have led us and some
of our allies to build up? The question is a vital one to
the entire world. Not only the governments of the soof

year

present plans do not call for emergency programs to stimu¬
late the economy; invites those who fear the Administra¬

vast

intransigence

coming fiscal

the

and

recovery,

will set in

whittling away at the rest of the world without either
the employment of large military forces or doing any¬

in

deficit

Federal

need for an anticipated $3.7

defends the

Statement

harder to find and

grow

——•

(Continued on page 29)

Underwriters and distributors of

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PICTURES

U. S. Government,

IN

THIS

Investment

Candid photographs taken at the Annual

ISSUE:

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—

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on

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current

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market.

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Vancouver, Victoria and Halifax

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New York

Canadian Exchanges

gotU/uoedt
company

Brokers

loblaw, inc.

New York Stock Exchange

first

Maintained

Dealers, Banks and

Block Inquiries

I

Cooperatives

Federal National Mortgage

ANGELES

Net Active Markets

DEALER

Banks for

•

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Claremont, Corona

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Oceanside, Pasadena, Pomona, Redlands,

New York 4, N. Y.

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DISTRIBUTOR

of

,

Federal Intermediate Credit Banks

JAPANESE

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NOTES

Dealers in and Distributors of Securities

Securities

telephone:

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1 WORTH LA SALLE ST.
CHICAGO

Associate Member American Stock Exchange

40

N.T.&S.A.

Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y.

Tel. WHitehall 4-8161

Tele. NY 1-702-3

DEPARTMENT

BANK OF AMERICA
SAN

FRANCISCO

•

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For

(2834)

The Commercial and Financial

Banks, Brokers, Dealers

The

only

Cover the Entire Nation

Take

advantage
network

affording
able

of

of

and

service

participate and give their
MICHAEL

blanket

Members

time

Gulton

have a trading
problem, don't limit yourself to
regional service. Our large trad¬
ing
department and extensive
facilities

you

only broaden

not

potential

markets—they also

sure

of

you

rated

as¬

120

sonnel

4-2300

ing

Exchange

PHILADELPHIA

Nationwide

the

Private

Wire

d i

re-

IN JAPAN

denominator the motto of the

mon

Monthly

Stock

grates

Digest, and

our other reports
that give you a pretty clear
picture of the Japanese

economy

as

to

"Gulton Industries inte¬

Products plus Quality,
products the variable, and
you

quality the constant." Direct

whole.

a

materials and research

raw

give

with

with

tact

the

management

The

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

6i Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Telephone: BOwling'Green 9-2895
This

i§

not

orders

offer

an

for

solicitation

or

for

particular securities

any

that this

is

business

life

The

makes

free

GAS

information

shelter and other economic
to be
found in oil and

on

This

is

such

interests which

not

offer

an

for

the

tax

advantages

gas

interests.

the

sale

of

can
only be made
offering sheet filed
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission.
A copy
of the offering
sheet on the latest
offering of inter¬

by

of

means

with

an

the

will

ests

also

be

furnished.

ADMIRAL OILS, Inc.
600A

Bettes

Oklahoma

City

Building
Oklahoma

6,

a

way

of

slogan.

mere

organization

a
group of autonomous
divisions plus three wholly-owned

which

medical

produce

auto¬

piezo¬
materials, includsystems,

subminiature components, includ¬
ing
thermistors
and
capacitors,
nickel-cadium
batteries, transis¬

INVESTMENTS
OIL AND

apparent

'ing phonograph pick-up elements;

TAX SHELTERED

IN

its

consists of

mated

for

a

company's

electric ceramic

Send

it

nearly

than

con¬

and

company

more

subsidiaries

torized power supplies and vibra¬
tion and acceleration transducers

Metuchen, N. J., Albuquerque,
N. M., Hawthorne, Calif, and Gananoque, Canada.
primarily
throughout

are

manufacturers

country

well

as

ment

half of the sales

large

balance

the

than

more

are

made

through

AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH

same

energy

uct

through

151 Central Park West
New York 23,

N.Y,

and

Pioneers in Mental Health
and

Psychotherapy
since

1924

WALL

STREET

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

interests

the

hospital

Exports

Refined

water
-

—

Imports

Liquid

-Futures

the

use

and

for

sensors

military;

and

as

well

as

Of the many

the

teresting

are

I

find




a

in

for

sells

of

the

the

product all

planning

production.

stage

This

depth gives the
identification
and affords

the

cated

by

from

minimum,

Since

least

the

of

an

product

of

more

ability

is

Heller

money,

the major

cri¬

ices

the

For

the

MUNICIPAL

financial

business;

WEST

VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA
NORTH

CAROLIN

SOUTH

CAROLINA^

serv¬

the
company
the security of

lends money on
accounts receivable

other assets

or

BONDS

of

employment, the pro¬ such as inventories and
machinery.
handicapped Clients are
generally small busi¬

call

[f

i PI &ca

duction staff includes
and

£ged

relaxed
which

people

and

who

informal

ailows

in

work

in

a

unable

nesses,

to

obtain

atmosphere bank credit
they need.
the
highest over 700 clients.

them

I

by

appropriate

productivity.
have

such

are

all

ever

I

seen

employee

in¬

do not
firm

a

harmony

are

client in turn may have hundreds

thousands of customers provid¬
ing diversity and strength to the
ultimate

collectibility of the

ac¬

count.

Factored

accounts.

Installment

the

next

VIRGINIA*

the

There

or

current

RICHMOND,

The following
principal varieties of loans:

the

(2)

orders

is

about

$4,860,000

are

due

months.

In

BY N. Y. PUBLISHER
New

largest

York, N. Y.—One of the nation's
book

publishers

is

book-length manuscripts of all
fiction,

seeking
types-

non-fiction, poetry, business and

financial subjects. Special attention
new

writers.

For

July

(5)
31, other

might

arise

Press, 120 W. 31 St., New York 1.

from

Rediscounts.

and

819,000

as

no

ratio

about six-

was

working

long-term debt and
is

expected

There

were

broadened

no

for

new

some

1,039,442 shares

teria

which

outstanding

more

important cri¬

accord

status

among

to

is

new

products, solid financial
enlightened
employee
relations and ability to attract and
keep the best brains in all phases
be construed

buy,

any

basic

of

as

an

offer

security referred

to

to

sell,

to

the

to

leasing.

note

field,

that

or

herein.)

the

commercial

financing as it is called, exceeds
the growth in bank
loans, personal
loans, or automobile loans.
Commercial

leadership

position,

in¬

been
—

functionally

embrace equipment
It

growth

companies
in its industry,
proven
aggressive
management,
imaginative research, steady flow
are:

recently

geographically

$7,- include
Florida, Canadh, and for¬
There
eign areas, as well as

year.

Some of the

have

—

capital

of Feb. 28, 1961.

to

companies secured
installment paper and

extremely by auto
buttressed
by a
100,000 small loans.
offering in September, 1960.
Activities

current

Advances

finance

are

Auto

Personal

Receivables

Installment

Loans

Credit

($ Billion)

1959

Excluding
Factoring

$16.6

$10.0

$8.7

1958

14.2

8.6

7.0

1957

15.4

7.9

1956......

14.5

7.0

1955

13.5

6.2

1950

6.1

Increase

..

1960

creased

173%

to

information,,

more

receivables. send for booklet CN—it's free. Vantage

loans secured
by receiv¬
to be paid over 12-36

These

AUTHORS WANTED

the

$5,800,000
of

as

Finances

to-one

of

to

provides

to

OFFICE:

Telephone: BEekman 3-3622-3

Operations

dupli¬

or

in

multiple.

personal satisfaction

outstanding at the end of the fiscal growth

municipal

offer

at

yearly in value in line
increase

In

solicitation

10%

creativity in with
earnings, with the possibility
feeling of of some further

offers

for

the

YORK

Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.

I

expect
stock to

increase

actual

other firms.

terion

At

person a

with

a

the

to

that cannot be estimated

time.

ultra¬

to

21

at

would

from

way

149

antici¬
re¬

David Norr

NEW

a

73)

the

financing

air¬

circumstances

The

(at
of

times

wnere

Securities Co.9 Ltd.

years

sults.

is

the large sums spent

no

the

price

rates

D A I WA

continue

stock

product to follow the development

JAPANESE

improve

ahead.

The company
person with an idea for a

a

offices

is

pated 1961

allows

branch

why

employee piracy is the rule rather

The

pro¬

most

industry

an

our

SECURITIES

profits should

engineers, scientists and
in

to

$3.50

there

not

to

DIgby 4-2727
as

m. rrmtm

strong,

unique features of

two

(This is under

very

turnover

to

year

chan¬

are

wires

City

than the exception.

share

supply systems.

Gulton,

lowest

technicians

1960.

nuclear sub¬
for

the

of skilled

against

industry
an

of

one

of

Ma¬

research

space

expenditures

Orleans, La.- Birmingham. Ala.
Mobile, Ala.

against $10,605,000. Gains are ex¬ loans against
receivables, inven¬
pected in both sales and earnings tory and equipment
may also be
this year and the current
used
as
backlog
security.

Mullen-

Electrical

flowmeter for

marines
—

New

NY 1-1557

purchase of road building ma¬
$813,000 or $0.85 a share on chinery, laundry equipment, and
average shares outstanding in the vending machines.
period.
Sales totaled $12,997,000
(4); In connection with some

in¬

and

of

accompanying

sonic

SUGAR
Raw

of

D.

.

St., New York 6, N. Y.

was

borne oscillators for missile
tests;
a
range of new spectrum and data
analyzers for telemetry systems,
and

is

five years.
Net income
for fiscal year ended Feb.
28, 1961,

grams; self-calibrating accelerometers
and

liquid-level

Gulton

-

Walter E. Heller Co.

The
personnel
philosophy
is
truly outstanding and has resulted
in very high employee morale ana

the

physiological monitoring

Force

tLcal

(3)
earnings, the company
capability of tripling or These
quadrupling these earnings over ables

chinery and Mfg. Co. (a subsidiary
of Worthington
Corp.) of Los An¬
geles, Calif.
New products
de¬
veloped last year included: Auto¬
for

In

New York

re¬

stock

Exchange

Analyst, Burnham & Co.,

paid for by govern¬

earnings.

&

has

the

1961

programming,

Air

99

fiscal

computer

systems

figures do riot include

trie

HAnover 2-0700

NORR

no reason

to

Mineola, N. Y.,
specialists in data processing and

matic

LAMBORN & CO., Inc.

of

Division

2,000,000

why I like it.

DAVID

this
is listed on the Ameri¬
Stock Exchange where it was category Heller purchases the re¬
ceivables and assumes the burden
recently quoted at $55 a share.
of any losses.
While the stock is
high relative

acquisition of Svstems

Corp.,

bach

12,997,000

standards

I

American Stock
Exchange

19 Rector

Direct

Gulton

distrib¬

with

—

Research

electronic

2,000,000

these

can

line.

cluded the

10,605,000

is

V

i

exists at all levels.

intensity—that has been so
developing its prod¬

Highlights
■

1,000,000
2,100,000

this

and

$500,000

6,184,000
7,477,000

meets

believe

and

believe

successful in

FOUNDATION, Inc.

$5,164,000

work

Gulton

Expenditures

I

ported

where

one-

Management is now striv¬
ing
to
improve
the
company's
marketing capabilities, perhaps its
major weakness, by applying its
and

Sales

companied

independent

representatives

talents

R&D

operations.

K.

creases

utors.

Support

their

ac¬

the

govern¬

sales engineers and the

own

sales

the

as

Somewhat

their

Members New

Members

of

(1) Loans secured by accounts
is exemplified by the
healthy re¬
receivable. These loans are
pres¬
lationship with the union, a large
ently made to 90 clients, with
stockholder,
which
has
agreed
rapid payment, 30-60 days. Each
that wage increases shall be

Direct sales to the govern¬
run
10-15%
of
the
total

sales.

Steiner, Rouse & Co!

by the figures

dignity. That this
philosophy is mutually beneficial

at

ment.

Bought—Sold—Quoted

(Page 2)

expenditures

form of human

and equipment. Plants are located

Customers

Louisiana Securities

David

—

The

people.

D.

New York City.

neled toward this goal.

Michael Burke

of

company,
our

Co.

&

that the company
has put new
product development ahead of re¬

R.

i fied

v e r s

&

attract and

profit-conscious, however, and all

products, rather than be¬
ing a haphazard agglomeration of
merchandise has,in fact, as its com¬

Opportunities Unlimited
for

o

charge a ble
flash-light.
This widely

System

line

Write

t

"Life-

Lite''

SAN FRANCISCO

.

pie-

zoeledtric

CHICAGO

.

the

and

—

1962, Dr.
Gulton, Chairman and Walter E. Heller & Company has
President, has stated $2-3,000,000 increased its per share earnings
will be spend on new product de¬ annually for 13 consecutive years.
velopment.
Thus it can be seen Earnings should increase 10% this
Leslie

prod¬

ceramics

1-40

Induslries, Inc.
Michael
Burke, Analyst, Edwards and
Hanly, New York City. (Page 2)

in

Analyst, Burnham & Co.,

to

shown

contract.

ment

Alabama &

-

search

a

from

R.

19.61

line rang¬

uct

volume

scienalic

best be

These

have

diverse

1920

Teletype NY

BOSTON

1965087

a

-

per¬

developed

Broadway, New York 5

WOrth

indeed

V

creative

scientific

Member

Stock

factory"

is

sales

below:

company.

Its

Corporation
American

appellation

char-

top

large

can

incorpo¬

"idea

an

hold

very

acterization of

New York Hanseatic
Established

as

this

the

Associate

Inc.,

Week's

Gulton

development

enabled them

Have

1942, has been described

perfect

executions.

accurate

Industries,

in

elsewhere
and

Stock

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

Fartioipancs and

enlightened personnel policies em-, Walter E. Heller
ployed
by
management
which
Ncrr,

Industries, Inc.

Gulton

your

York

.

of the country

and

to

.

Their Selections

particular security.

a

research

relation

Exchange
American Stock Exchange

and

States.

New

diffcnnt group of experts

a

favoring

on

Analyst, Edwards and Hanly,
New York City

cover¬

reaching banks, brokers and
dealers
throughout the United
age,

Next

for

reasons

BURKE

This

"Forum

advisory field from ail sections

nation¬

our

private wires,
fast and reli¬

traders

which, each week,

in tha investment and

Call "HANSEATIC"
wide

Security I Like Best...

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CONTENTS

Today's Speculative Cycle
And Role of Government

LiCHTtnsTfin

B.S.

COMPANY

AND

Vice-President and Treasurer of Winslow,
Cohii & Stetson Incorporated, New York City ' ' t..
'

By B. K. Thurlow,*
C

j-

excesses

he

distortions

avers

dangerously built into the

are

Budget Deficits—Hon. Douglas Dillon.___

cycle, and ruminates on whether the government will act to liquidate
or lessen them
before the next election to avoid an embarrassing,

it'

whan

of

stimulation

ment's

into

runs

rejects

and

trouble;

beyond

market

bull

the

—B.

K.

Our

at

many

The Coming

would

have

thought
in
just

of' it
these

is at

made

shrewd

Yankee

Bradbury K. Thurlow

real

crumbles

of

substance

much

that

stuff

gifted

less

by

but

more

iearned writers. Irving's basic idea
him

to

came

as

he

was

watching

lovely, calm sunset during a sea

He tried out his esthetic
on the ship's captain,

voyage.

enthusiasm

merely shook his head sourly
and said this kind of halcyon calm

who

as

"weather

a

this

scene

exampled
the

and those "times of un¬

prosperity"

"Every

writes,

which

are

now

and- then,"

world

"the

is

one

of these delusive seasons

the

'credit system'

as

he
by

visited

when

it is called,

expands to full luxuriance; every¬

body trusts everybody; a bad debt
is a thing unheard of; the broad

wealth

to certain and sudden

way

we

Bank

solid

capital,

stocks

amazement at the amount
lic

of July

as

turn

.

of pub¬

wealth, the 'unexampled state

our

dreaming

They

relate

to

projects
credulous,

speculative

designing men.
their dreams and

and

ignorant

the

dazzle

them

with

Indications

of Current Business Activity

31

Market

and You (The)—By Wallace Streete

16

.

.

.

Observations—A.

Public

ioned

on

of

side

is

dollars

finally

as

proven
as

well

Offerings-

___—

45

—

2

24

Corner—

right.
as

materi¬

v

and Industry

of Trade

State

Washington

and

You

Southern Gulf

5

(The)

10

Tax-Exempt Bond Market-—Donald D. Mackey

on

page

Utilities

48

;—j,

28

1868

Park

Place,

CLAUDE
WILLIAM

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plete

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Worcester

state

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Other

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and
per

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the

La

New

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U.

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per

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foreign
must

be

Quotation

year.

account of
of

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in

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in

for
advertisements

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and

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to which

Spencer Trask & Co.

Boston

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contributing to this differContinued

Founded

Broadway, New York 5

20

Now in Registration

Salesman's

Security

stake in

at

are

ally many are interested in this
question of speculative cycles, I
think it may prove profitable to
discuss some of the present ele¬
ments

39

20

Governments

Security

J.F.ReiIly&Co.,Inc.

4

May—

Wilfred

Security I Like Best (The)

Reg.

Newark

futterman corp.

both sides and many

PREFERRED STOCKS

Nashville

fiat metal mfg.

21

Securities

Prospective

opinion in this question are ably
defended

on

Utility

Securities

modern

believe

who

Reporter

Our

The

Albany

power design, inc.

27

Funds—Joseph C. Potter

News About Banks and Bankers—;

25

BROAD

associates, inc.

8

12

WILLIAM

25

acoustica

48

Washington Ahead of the News—Carlisle Bargeron

Published

Shave specialized in

._

12

has made the old fash¬
all-embracing
speculative

society

golden visions, and set them mad¬

IfFor many years we

26

___!

Einzig: "Canadian Devaluation and the British Dalliance"

Mutual

1929, but when

situation,

Intellectually

or

Stocks

'

■

(and among these some
highly respected professionals
who determine policy for insti¬

Last"
"Now is the time for

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(Editorial)

attention to the pres¬

the ultimate decisions

"Could This Delusion Always

St. Louis

'

quite

billions

public prosperity.'

It

Insurance

and

From

it suddenly seems
different. There are many
people in our business who have
suspected the imminent top of the
great postwar speculative cycle
ever since
1946, just as there are

ent

Philadelphia

/

Dealer-Broker Investment Recommendations

in cycle obsolete. The differences of

back

falls

and

23

Coming Events in the Investment Field

are

example, who would expect to be
caught in the Florida land boom
as
of
1926
or
long of common

tutions)

to

Los Angeles

familiar today with the

all fairly

we

Cleveland

vahlsing, inc.
See

As We

a

1929-32 debacle,

the

after

to

'

Regular,. Features

hundred
years
ago,
a
host of
lesser commentaries published
still over
and from

but

Irving,

be sure, as yet exists in
promise; but the believer in prom¬
ises
calculates the aggregate
as
All,

'

*

*

Bankers Association

popular delusions and Madness in
crowds" writen a generation after

plain and open; and men are
to dash forward boldly,
from the facility of borrowing. . . .
tempted

Teletype NY 1-1825 & 1-4844

San Francisco

speculation,
ground, leaving
wreck behind: 'It is such
dreams are made on.'"

inc.

40 Exchange Place, N. Y.

22

the

to

mackie,

cellent "Memoirs of extraordinary

many

lies

Small Business Financing

on

Taft

P.

George A. Newbury is President of the New York State

Sure

weather breeders of traf¬

sure

fic.

breeder".

&

18

Direct Wires

major characteristics of the specu¬
enough by the middle of that lative cycle as it has existed for
other people at other times. There
night, all hell had broken loose.
is scarcely one of us today, for
Irving drew the analogy between
was

Singer, Bean

Chicago

From Mr. Charles Mackay's ex¬

has been written since on the sub¬

ject

a

scarce

contain

that
the

:

Stock Investing

*

reared by

and

credit

ob¬

servations

16

Duncan

Officer's Views

Loan

—Richard

curtailed; the promis¬
sory capital begins to vanish into
smoke; a panic succeeds, and the
whole superstructure, built upon

Mississippi

some

A

enter, and the
of unexampled prosperity''
end. The coinage of words

an

Lindy Hydrothermal
:

doubt

a

Bowling

15

HA 2-9000

is suddenly

about

;

Stock Prices and Lessons for the Future

R.

—Robert

golden dream;
short as it is brilliant.

as

but

'season

so
the

Cobleigh

The Trustee's Dilemma in Growth

would indeed be a

Let

U.

—Roger W. Babson

and

Could this delusion
always last, the life of a merchant
but it is

YORK

4-6551

Bargain City, U.S.A.
Amer. Int'l

.

.

NEW

WHitehall

Oil Recovery

14

Lanes—Ira

on

100 Years of

the magnitude of the
he
has contributed to

.

STREET,

.

at

produce.

or

Bubble,

admires

and

get

Dashew Bus. Mach.

on

inflation

but
Washington
Irving,
writ¬
ing a hundred

the

WALL

6

—Murray Shields

speculation; bubble
rises on bubble; everyone helps
with his breath to swell the windy
rises

tion

wonders

terms,

event

6

;

Bumper Crop of New High Records

ding after shadows. The example;
of one stimulates another; specula¬

superstructure,

time

after

you.,,

of them

Telephone:

—Albert C. Simmonds, Jr

.

Lines

the awareness of stock
market cycles has existed more
or less vaguely since the collapse
of the South Sea Bubble. I doubt
suppose

years

to

for

The New Challenges Facing Commercial Banking System

\

...

capital gains taxes if the
2{k% government bond of
long—or no—maturity. Mr. Thurlow depreciates this "Mephistophelian plan, and the government's control over free economic forces.

the

us

3

,

—Hon. Jacob K. Javits

proceeds are reinvested in a non-taxable

that

too

Truss

grant a forgiveness period from

would

or

/.

Foreign Aid Program Faces Its Greatest Challenge

"pure moonshine" the

as

earnings rise in the decade
ahead. The author comments on present attempts to talk speculation
out of the market, and says he was told that the Treasury Depart¬
ment has been
considering a scheme whereby the government
stock price and

of inevitable

doctrine

of

Thurlow

99

life expectancy

its

obsoletes

long.
rid

end of the speculative boom in common, stocksj decries govern¬

;

those

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Today's Speculative Cycle and Role of Government

pointing to the

Mr. Thurlow detects classic signs

market correction.

You've been carrying

Inflation Fears Are Unjustified Despite Continuing

government

views

uncomfortably

cycles

speculative

and

-

a

BACK HURT?

.

of

Avower

I

Page

..Articles and News

funds.

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Teletype

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(2836)
On

OBSERVATIONS...
WILFRED MAY

A.

BY

see" is evidenced

already being so "seized" via the
American Stock Exchange in conjunction with the Re's scandal,
expelling the Re's, father and son,
and calling for members' data in
response to a most voluminous
questionnaire,

Congressional hearings on the pro-

large-scale investigation of the trading markets highlights the importance of prospective multiple-source revisions in
posal for a

securities

regulation.

True, the House hearings were

programmed to be narrow. The
enabling
Resolution,
introduced

A sure Bet

sub-

Regarded chiefly important is
the over-the-counter market, the

Committee

problem with which the Commis-

by Representative Peter F. Mack,

considered

and

Jr.,

committee

and

Interstate

on

headed by

merce

SEC

"conduct

to

by

the

of

a

Foreign

sion has been most broadly and

Com-

him, directs the

continuously immersed ever since

study and in-

the enactment of the New Deal's
securities legislation. The long-

a

vestigation of the adequacy, for
the protection of investors, of the
rules

securities

national

of

changes

associations

[meaning

Association

tional

Dealers—the

eluding

N.A.S.D.]
for

rules

suspension,
member

of

the

try from important provisions of
the 1933 and 1934 Acts are particularly important

inexpulsion,

boom - time torrent of new
offerings.
All unlisted issues are free of

...

of

a
inconsistent

conduct

for

the proxy

with just and

equitable principles
a $750,000 appropriation. But this relatively narrow
agenda may spill over into
a
number
of
other
impending
of trade"—with

questions—possibly motivated

byl

desire to justify the appropriation. But if it does not, they
S.E.C.,
as
part of its regular program,
with the aid of special projects,
Foremost
among
the latter are
the

will be "processed" by the

School's

Wharton

the

conducted

long-

mutual
funds, and the recently initiated
six-month undertaking by Joseph
L. Weinerj as Special Consultant
to the S.E.C., "to review various
programs
and
operations,
and
study

the

of

recommendations

make

Commission

and

to

action

rect

(as

Senator

of

is

Professor

Louis

getting

istrations,

revision and unification

most

thorough

of

ment

been

hot-and-cold

J.

(including
M.

the

Landis)

enlist-

will

be

a

stronger factor toward enacting
some such legislation—but surely
in compromise form.

certainty of the Exchanges
a

has

that the change in Admin-

guess

"Task

andhrulesaWned SeCUritieS StatUt6S
The

h™

the years, will be more or
^ess helpful to its passage, is a
moot question. This writer would

Force" inquiry into up-dated fundamental

"insider trading"

over

Gore's
as

Loss'

midst the

regulations imposed on listed corporations, with issues of less than
$300,000 being completely exemptable from registration. While the
statute imposes the obligation on
new issuers, both listed and ,u,nlisted, to file complete corporate
information quarterly, semi-annually, and annually; issuers of
amounts less than $2,000,000 are
not so required. Thus, even a substantial portion of the "fancy"
new issues escape the obligations
°i corporate reporting as well
as the proxy and "insider trading"
restrictions that are imposed on
Exchange-listed companies,
Whether Mr. Frear's transfer to
membership on the Commission

by

part
tax legislation. And then there

proposed stock option bar

and

now

from the Senate, where the OverThe-Counter legislation sponsored

the

the

Congress."
Congress will take some di-

The

of the securities indus-

mous area

ex-

Securities

discipline

or

existing exemptions of this enor-

securities
the
Na-

national

and

by the S.E.C.'s

"look-

exercise,

in which the 1961 Commission has

officer

definitively

The

been

finally issued, in slightly re¬
form, to take effect July 1.

vised

The

regulations, dealing with
advertising and related "fraudu¬

lent, deceptive, or manipulative"
practice, is now in steady prog¬
ress.
The
storm
raised
by the
Commission's original promulga¬
tion of

proposed rules resulted in
of protests (accompanied

flood

by

endorsements)

few

a

It is understood that the
in

major

one

cessful.

have been

area

The

proposed prohibition

Clarification and

ous.

be

data

permit,

to

made,

investment

counsel,

ing

advertising

adviser

week

pointed

space

(June

unresolved

22),

in

markets;

the

of

cluding

financing;
the

the

effects

stock

question

should

the

its

received,

ommendations,

the

to

rec¬

Com¬

there

thought that the

our

administration

of

advisers'

thorough
or

the

tated

this

by

transferring

it

the

to

Federal Trade Commission—or at

will

studies

After

out

the

tranche

second

,

relating

of

will

the

to

advertising is
the Commission

way,

begin compiling

tions

governing

conduct.
with

regula¬

new

their

business

Perhaps included

will

be

of

there¬

consideration

of the

Telegraph

Tip, whereby "invest¬
advice over the glamorous
telegraph wire, has had the "Wal¬

these

of

the

the

the

ment"

wildly dis¬
following
market's

the

opening in the touted issue.
also

action

of

relations
said

are

to

profes¬

be

clients.

offered

Such

partially

"hun¬

issues

activities

curbed,

limited

registration

firms

is

such firms distributing
promoting, market-

publicly

a

offing

concerned with the

public

There

'the

in

in

of the

but

of
are

only

period—during the

period,

for

40

in

and

days

press

after

some

the

of these

In

this

each

At the

already close to inclu¬
under the existing
adviser
rules, additional regulations would
are

sion

be needed

to

make

adviser

curbs

thesis

SEC's
not

agency

too

plan

Law

holding

the

School

"Mr.

his faculty colleagues

by

students!

as

as a

scholar and teacher

along with our underlying

that

investor

education

all

the

The

proposal
would have permitted the Chair¬

"cleaned."

But

elimination

term,
there
is the affirmative
danger of the investor getting a
false

sense

of security from "Gov¬

ernment guaranteed" —or at

"Government aegis."

EST.

for SEC
action,
actually ordered by
the Congress, is Proxy regulation.
Along
with
the
processing
of

We take

these

pleasure in announcing that
HENRY

B.

instruments

warfare,"
the

MR.

area

and

has become associated with
as

Manager of

our

"corporate

privileges

stockholder

of

the

of

the procedure
initiation and re¬

Mutual

management

contracts, as amended by the com¬
promise version adopted by the

us

SEC

Trading Department.

1870

in

proposals,

regarding
newal

of

the

individual

making

GERSTEN

not

or

in

January

1960,

will

be

Correspondents inprincipal cities

throughout the United States and Canqda

reviewed.

Also to get action:
the Stock
Option, about which the attending

fury

is

cluding
via

Casper Rogers
80 Pine

Co., Inc.

the
gree

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

cies,

5-5570

Teletype:

NY

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UNDERWRITERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

What

about

OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

currently growing de¬

of supervision, and its poli¬
as
in
the
Middle
South
case,

Dominick

subsequent

market
?

abolition).

SEC's

of condoning the
lowering of the
optionee's price to accord with a

1-4949

Trading Dept.: BO 9-6244
f

(in¬

tax legislation area,
Senator Gore's proposal for

Utilities

Telephone: HA

growing

the

complete

&

greatly

so

§£;

drop

principle into
And

is

the

(turning the option
pure gift routine)?

SEC's

present

reten¬

Members New

&

Dominick:

York, American & Toronto Stock Exchanges

14 WALL STREET

of

cheating of the "game's" players
will
not
change
the
essential
character
(speculative)
of
the
trading activities. Over the long-

of the

is

be

Up-Dating the Battle Rules
whether

is

con¬

and
subsequent
reforms?
As¬
suredly, Exchange operations_will

effective.

Another

he has

Corporation

Meanwhile, what will be the
impact on the market of
prospective
investigation

Senate's

reorganization

important.

breaking-up

the

inte¬

for

able

Division

"net"

investigation
of
the
regulatory
agencies by James M. Landis, who
back in 1935 succeeded Kennedy's
pere to become the Commission's

Administration's

has long
an

Utilities

important
than
ceivable regulation!

chairmanship of the Agency.

The

as

more

gral part of the recent Task Force

Wednesday

the

called

he goes

on

Kennedy of his father's first

chairman.

of

Perhaps

an

academic

Commission he

Columbia

well

as

some measure, sub¬
recollection
by Presi¬

last

of

been

following, in

was

of

companies under the 1935 Act. At

recom¬

reported back

course

key

boom,

which administered the herculean

of

way
to broadening in both
importance and breadth—possibly

The SEC of

this

market

remembered

member

along

to be

stock

practical background.

been

the

seems

Chair¬

new

furnishes

of

combination

rare

a

and

Law"—

The Commission

its

under

Cary

time

task

be

rela¬

and

Agency, particularly important at

may

findings,

deliberation

SEC

Mr.

be

RE-KENNEDYIZED

turndown

of

role of Commissioner).

in

the

second

Office

any

a

COMMISSION

dent

the

one

Whar¬

which

Commission's

conscious

of

man,

ter Winchell" effect of

torting

service

Careful

Congress.

THE

new

After

tively slow-but-steady progress is
the impression given the observer

their

staff

by the

SEC.

the

mendations will
to

in

William
Cary
(with
the
Agency's former Republican boss,
Edward
Gadsby,
constructively
moving over to the supporting

presumably

group,

cases

with

the Commission's

now

cluded

and the
other,
now
being
initiated
by
Joseph L. Weiner at the direct
behest

admin¬

sentence"

Price Administration and the War

bit accelerated;

a

"death

the

Utilities

1938-1943

Act, Werner's subsequent posts in¬

if

to get

And

One

School

become

the

of

Public

helping William
Douglas draft the SEC's Chandler

wiggle." Two major
will
be
crucial in such

consideration.

rules

Director

as

from

Chairman.

a

least in the book

ton

in

Commission's

F.T.C.

field, where the
already has jurisdiction and
experience.

Cary,

bond

froth

over,

another.

area

"getting

become

breaking up the holding com¬
panies. On his staff was William

re-look.

sure

are

going

event,

a

Funds,

aspects,

source

in

the

as

love from Wall Street,"

no

istered

the

Mutual

advertising rules could be facili¬

on

seen

Division, has

Weiner

Division

part
particularly
public utilities

as

field, might well get
The

in

Provision

in

exercised

various

the

Production Board.

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thereover,

may

hearings.

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SEC's

and

full

which

mission—after
be further

together

comments

own

of

are

functioning

Commission's

margin
price

comments

digest

a

expects

latter, whether some formula

The

Utilities

Mr.

$64

factors—and

of

reliance

engaged. Recently profiled as "A
specialist in Unpopularity, who

market's

credit

greater

director of the Commission's Pub¬

Reserve

its

gear

the

to
to

or

the

to

the

is

liaison with the President;
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afore-sighted mis¬

Dr.

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volumej and

whether

changing
level

and

answer

it

sion; and in the full-time job in
which
Joseph
Weiner,
former

margin

prices

Landis'

in

of

definitive

that

manifestations

cooperation

agency

"Leakage" effect
rules; the
margin changes

current

direct

the

with

week

a

Mr.

"liquidity," in¬
alleged
role
in
the economy's capital

its

of those

"Cary was thought
shark, but ended up as a

a

outside

market

facilitating
of

current

be

Other

of today's
claims on

components

if permitted to do

even

to

Commission's

require objective authoritative restudy—the speculative and invest¬
ment

the
have

Minnow."

area

financing where the SEC's policy

about

to

last

this

not

has said,

wag

following

the

items

out

question,

would

transfer, are already
delegable.
Incidentally
one

recognizing that,
under
existing legislation's lack of
directives, the
Reserve
Board's
existing policy in administering
margin requirement changes has
necessarily been quite haphazard.
this

in

much

desirable

the

As

and

so;

for
com¬

staff members. Most

or

duties

delegated

company

in

for

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a

mit

offering date. While

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now

prohibition

a

authority

to individual

cases

Commissioners

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be

the

of

an

is feasible.

coverage

Broadway, New York 4

are

by

delegate

,

missioners

option's

held

receiving further consideration by
the Commission's Trading and Ex¬
change Division which will sub¬

their

LAREN

there

Board

The complete proposals regard¬

be

to

handling

Fixing:

a

such

it

director?

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

man

interval

the

Stock Market Credit and Margin

change will
give

that

of

buyingf-in its
(supporting the mar¬
ket)
while
options
are
out¬
standing?

particularly

to

date

stock

own

on

request.

on

now

26

suc¬

against the adviser publicizing his
past achievements is now ambigu¬

wise,

KUNO

protests

minimum

the

or

behalf

hearings and correspondence.

literature

of industrial securities

which

taken into account via

have been

dreds"

Underwriters, dealers and distributors

the

of

Adviser

sion.

LAREN COMPANY

installment

second

.

adequate, in setting six

as

the

should

accompli, having on May 25

fait

related

the formation of

the

of

tightening rules, relating to de¬
tailed
record-keeping is now a

a

after

against

installment

first

financial

announce

in

engaged

pressing timetable.

Possible

We

rule

represents another important area

a

HEADQUARTERS

week's

WASHINGTON—This

tion

months

become

POLICE

AT

Front

Tout

the

stepped-up invasion against
the "investment" advisers doings

The

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Volume

Number 6068

193

.

and Financial Chronicle

The Commercial

.

.

Production

Steel

Electric

Oil

Output

Carloadings
Retail

The State of

Trade
Index

Food

Price

Production

TRADE and INDUSTRY

activity is

Steel

running

now

Although tinplate shipments
to lag, this is more a
problem of tight inventory control
rather

Failures

than

weakening
Can shipments

basic demand.

Commodity Price Index

running

ahead

months.

of

any

fare

affirms

tors

improvement

spread

significant business indica¬

are

of

that

is

Bank

The First National

showed

ately strong business
under way, says

issue

of Boston in the June

Bank

its

of

recovery

New

England Letter.

the

tinuing,

Con¬

in the
upturn in the

Bank

says,

ago.

year

cities

cate

that

various forces that will contribute

all

an

to

the

of

the

improvement. The breadth
present uptrend, however,
of the major spend¬

affecting all
ing

sectors

to

degree,

some

sug¬

gests more and more a combina¬
tion that could produce a marked,
V-shaped

per¬

of

that

closely

resembling

haps

pattern,

recovery

factors

cities of the United States

in the first

quarter. How much of
strength of the stock,

recent

market

"too

reflect

may

gener¬

anticipating, too soon" this
welcome event, it is difficult to
ously

number of

forth

last

at

$29,346,137 088 for the same week
in
1960.
Our comparative sum¬

turn

warnings against spec¬

slower

a

and

upturn follows the
of the four post-war

periods. The pattern of
production in each of the three

recession

preceding

periods since

recovery

has followed a roughly

1949

regairiing

trend,

other

In

Age"

"Iron

July delivery

pected

August is running ahead of both
May and June, at comparable ad¬

eral

110

late

Federal

the

on

early

as

as

December.

as

steel and autos, as

well

Re¬

July or
Although

as numer¬

other lines, did well enough

in

the

in

rise

index, it

should

the

initial

that

remembered

stages of recovery are likely to be
most

spots
while

rapid.

in& the
the

forces

in
to

the

continue,

third

temper

labor

of

quarter

any

over-

Sev¬
placed

companies

than

was

delivery,

August

for

orders

and

general orders that have put July
in a stronger position than seemed
August upturn is expected

strike

or

the

ple:

steel

automakers

by

be affected by

negotiation as

deadline approaches.

31

Aug.

Although

auto steel

orders are

strongest single factor in the

the

steel

summer

are

involved.

Tubular products
at least

there

trend,

elements

other

should remain

months, and continue the gradual
that

rise

began

be

back

ago.

of

more

strike.
The

panies will-'show
ment
some

Age

Iron
earnings of steel

comments

the

over

a

com¬

big improve¬

first

quarter.

considering

ARE

PLEASED TO

THOMAS

E.

in the market

v

erations.

''y

u

price situation is un¬
with price and extra
continuing
for
many

products., A break in major ton¬
nage
products
now
seems
less
likely, however. Automakers,
who

would

less

be

the

leaders,

interested

the

price front. Instead, they are
insisting on high quality, prompt

delivery, and other; services that
will help lower auto production
costs without breaking prices.
Metalworking Sales to Be
In

The

men

Strong

Second Half

who

manage

uptrend

in

second

half

for

shorter

the

American

Iron

steel

on

enough

hand to wind up pro¬

& CO.

AND OTHER

YORK STOCK

PRINCIPAL STOCK AND

2

of

NEW

YORK 4

ended

June

Other

will close plants

users

vacations.

for

will probably

production

decline

by 12% in July (to
ingot tons vs. June's

million

Production

June

7.5
8.5

million).

24

(*92.6%)

at

*
—

v"

"

'

1,975,000 tons,

output

26, 1961


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

OFFICES

26.7% below the

or

The

institute

concludes

with

Index of Ingot Production

tricts, for week
1961, as follows:

by Dis¬
June 24,

ended

tons.

Output will be slightly less

next

week.

magazine's

Production for
Week Ending

was

scrap

June 24,1961

North East Coast__

101

Buffalo

84

Pittsburgh

93

Youngstown

89

price com¬

posite

was down 34 cents a gross
$37.83. Mill buying is tend¬
ing to dry up as steel operations

Cleveland

ton to

Detroit

slowly

Cincinnati

118

Automakers

complete

to

plan

the bulk of their 1,961 model runs

the

by

weeks

July

middle

of

earlier

'than

I

three

—

last

123
134

1

Chicago

drop.

114

St. Louis

120

Southerns

117

Western

122

year,

By the end of the
they'll all be switching
production of next year's

Total

Steel reported.

month,

*

industry

Index

of

production

weekly

for

106.2

J

production

based

average

on

1957-59.

cars.

New orders for steel to be used

in the 1962 cars are

and it's believed that August
ments will

ship¬

be substantial. At that

time, other users will also be end¬
ing
vacations and stepping up
consumption so there's a good
chance
August ingot production
will rebound to about eight mil¬

will come in
September as
automakers start
turning out new models at top
The

big

spurt

The

only thing that can upset
industry forecast, Steel

steel

this

reports,

is

a

long

strike

Makers

Auto

reached
levels

duction
another

auto

Packard

peak 1961

this

maker, Studebaker-

Corp.,

concluded

assem¬

Ward's Automotive Reports

said.
The

statistical agency said that

General

Motors, Chrysler Corp.
Motors each pro¬

American

and

duced

more

new

autos this week

than in any similar

period of this

Continued

in the

of

of Securities

Forsyth

J. S. Treibick

Theodore Gold

Robert G.

Caffray

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

Trisyth

pro¬

while

bly of its 1961 model cars a month
"phase-out" last

Melvin R. Seiden

•

week

in advance of its

Colin D.

STREET

Peak

1961

Three U. S. passenger car manu¬
facturers

pleasure in announcing the formation

WALL

Reach

Production for

year,

tons.

lion

Three

being released,

1

IN 40 CITIES

43,146,000

58,876,000 tons (*126.4%), in the
period through June 24, 1960.

drop of 10,000

a

Underwriters & Distributors

63

to

*Indcx of Ingot

Steel estimates

The

through

year

Ingot production last week was
down.

Cable Address:
JUNE

17.

this

amounted

EXCHANGE

f

In¬

(*106.2%), 0.4% under output
1,985,000 tons (*106.6%) in the

COMMODITY EXCHANGES

BROADWAY

Steel

tons

tons

duction of 1961 models.

(3)

Richard Treibick

MEMBERS NEW

and

stitute, production for week end¬
ing June 24, 1961, was 1,978,000

TREIBICK, SEIDEN & FORSYTH

1891

18

According to data compiled by

GENERAL PARTNERS

ESTABLISHED

to

Steel Production Data for the

DEPARTMENT

GOODBODY

pressure

months.

soon.

FEELEY

Suppliers

contracts—12

APPOINTED MANAGER OF OUR

SYNDICATE

do.

considerable

,

metal-

business.

automakers

exert

week

July | holiday.
(2) Automakers have

speed.

working companies predict a solid

P
BEEN

now

breaking

in

month because:

into

The steel

will

a

metalworking,

of

survey

putting three to six cents
fringe benefits if the Big

into

Three

ANNOUNCE THAT

'

HAS

the

moderate rate of steel-making op¬

We take

WE

For

companies.'earnings will be

high

part

Steel

a

Week Ended June 24

industry,

(1) Steel makers will curtail fin¬
ishing.
operations
over
the

until

runs

steel

are,

of

advise they

producers

oil

Major

six months

to

of the second quar¬

approaches,

strong through summer

as

a

the end

As

seem

the

August,

likely

to inventories

throughout

lines.

capacity will rise by

basic

the

Steel

100,000 cars, that have not
been shown to the public,

changed,

for

for

not

production

on

some

reports that July will be a

slow

auto

Automakers would not want

shadings

September

For

signed.

books

are

full

to hold

than

whenever
are

down
will per¬

some

idea

during the second half.

two

negotiations are out of the
The reasoning here is sim¬

settle their

cautions

Production

2%

The real auto¬

or

the

on

negotiations without
a
work disruption.
The

magazine
orders

and

automakers

Auto Workers

contract

will

September,

through

continue

to

first

the

for

August.

relatively

jlikely a week ago.
The

have

spite of the good automotive

labor

magazine bases this on in¬
dications from Detroit of strong

slump now

will

optimism.

except hot-rolled.

of

orders

ter

soft

some

economy

possibility

disturbances
offer

Also

sheet

orders

In

yet

severe

almost

for

labor contracts

In addition, the
looks to be less
expected.

May to suggest a further signifi¬
cant

all

auto

good

push

they

shows. Many are reconciled to the

showing the largest
percentage gains.

Steel

dates,

of the auto suppliers
try for wage cuts, but most
will
fight hard to hold wages

smaller plants

vital

way.

reports.

Iron Age

down from

are

runs.

Letup

bounce back strongly
seasonal letup, The

to

orders

says

model

products

to

United

the

A handful

where

business pickup

with

will

Employment will edge up with

makers round out their final 1961

launch

the July

continue

and the
,..

June, but still much better than
the monthly average for the first
quarter.
Much of the July ton¬
nage is on a rush basis, as auto¬

vance

though

contracts

Auto Workers.

1

over-all,
will

have

automotive

The Iron Age

Looks
for
Strong
July Seasonal

Steelmaking operations are ex¬

United

possibilitv of achieving the peak
index

+ 14.1
+ 7.1
1,011,015 — 9.5

From

Comeback

simi¬

previous

its

important

recent

nearly stable
price
warfare

mit scattered hikes in

the

sector,
for

~.

..

in

'

-

Corp. will also affect about
metalworking
firms
that

1,100

Prices will remain

are

areas.

automakers

By this timetable/there would be
of

1,247,236
1,167,000

915,304

assuming

serve

1,423>017
1,250,000

Boston—

cyclical peak in five to ten months.

level

%
+ 11.4

The

current

severe

$.

15,778,282

Philadelphia

July

recovery,

widespread enough.

least

the

than

September,

$

17,569,126

Chicago——

retarding

The

be

a

Motors

rise but

to

than

pace

industry—and that is

expected.

The

half.

years.

picture.

motive pickup will not come until

(000's omitted i

York

New

any
deeply unfavorable
here could adversely affect

its momentum if it became serious

ous

money

1960

1961

June 24—

also impor¬

are

demand

steel

feeling
much stronger general demand

Week Ended

from

business

the

as

leading

the

for

mary

the

continue

will

Costs
at

5

Big Three contract talks
which open Wednesday at General

hefty 7%

a

first

in the

those

not

Net earnings will gain 4% dur¬
ing the second half vs. the first.

week

Our preliminary totals
$31,500,049,334
against

year.

stand

for

obtain
above

corresponding

the

of

those

a

ulation,

a

to

possible

record

at

called

have

which

levels

market

the

With

say.

'

is

it

which

weekly clearings was 7.3%

favorable

has

far

so

implications for corporate profits,
which probably touched their low

lar

indi¬
ended

clearings for

24,

in

weeks

combination of strengthen¬

The

the

week

the

June

Saturday,

country,

the

of
for

centers follows:

1958.

ing

week
with

last

Preliminary figures
complied by the Chronicle based
upon telegraphic advices from the
a

Regional factors
tant

The Midwest and West

increase compared

chief

of

economy,

Year

Last

clearings
an

it is difficult to accu¬
rately appraise the strength of the

early stages

Corresponding

Above

Week

moder¬

solid

a

7.3%

Was

six

last

The booming response:

Dollar sales will be
above

last year, al¬
though steel companies are bear¬
ing an added cost of holding large

Clearings for June 24 Week

Bank

1961's

during

automotive

of

5000

will

tinplate inventories.
among

asked

them how they think their plants

M

Widely

magazine

ahead of last year.

continue

Auto

Business

well

(2837)

on

page

30

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2838)

must

Our Foreign Aid Program
Faces Its Greatest Challenge

undergo a radical and long
change,
and
that
the
of

bear

to

the

the program.

By Hon. Jacob K. Javits*, United States Senator (R.-N.Y.)

of
since

World

challenge
Javits

II

have

we

faced

great

as

foreign

a

aid

the

depicts the problems and suggests methods for meeting them

tribution

recommends

programs.

Bolivia

and

The

India.

develop

to

Congress

people

the

of

before

and

United

States,

U. S. foreign aid program is

the
the

lion

facing

annual

capabil¬

for

of

free

difference

of

this

for

Progress"

To

accelerate
available

the

for foreign

in¬

made

we

this fashion would be the greatest

have

now

marked

the

for
the

nedy

Hon. Jacob K. Javits

between

President

Chairman

and

the

The

further

deterioration

world's

position.

of

of

action

provision

well

of

nomic

the

recipient
bined

nations

with

must

both

the

cilities

eco¬

be

of

com¬

and

in¬

European

contribution

ment

programs,

foreign

aid

Favors

1%

Nations

public
which
ent
our

is
of

other

also

develop¬

to which
directed.

like

of

the

to

U.

of

the

product

a year

gross

develop

and

military
S.

and

be

during
to

growth problems of

to this effort. Such

,

American

$660

million

needs
of

effort

Brazil

of

Latin

has

inflow

as

estimated

annual
of

Bolivia

and

America

been

million

can
only..-be
meeting
the

in

beginning

and

whole.

a

that

the

It

$600

public investment

recent

billion

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into Latin

years

per

year

decade.

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that

1975

by

Latin
Latin

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to

estimated

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the

Ampriran
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between

gao

exnorts and
exports
and

that
that

billon

$5

to

annually
facilities

America

unless the
of
Latin

sufficiently to
enable its nations to export more

goods

can. grow

to

world

improve

markets.

ironic

that

the

current

should

est

magnitude

the

basic

its great¬

assume

at

a

&

time

when

concept of the program

be hard pressed

may

importantly

they

as

did

the

in

War

post-war

period. Since
it is essential
that the country move for-

International

the

and

for

Bank

Development

$2.2 billion to help
India meet the goals of its third
amounting to

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plan which

arein

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is

q£

outside

to

help

of

Let

of

a

.Mi

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Nigeria

tional
I

that

is

a

and

claA

creased

banks

forward

move

with

it,

h

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is

|aKlne a r?a.
100K:

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credit

To support

by $37 billion.
made

was

up

by

The

bal¬

liquida¬

a

tion
of
$30
billion
of
security
holdings. Today, most of the slack

are

...

the

meet

savings and time deposits in¬

ance

many

banks

1959

during this period, demand
deposits increased by $32 billion

^ A® c?r?rn?r~

a

c.

a.

Simmonds.

jr.

tbe

for

and the reins

gone

This

1 ei*!
sources o£

documented

is

sources

expansion

in

must come any

finance

credit, to

a

tighter.

are

well

very

in

research

new

Jules

from these

I.
Bogen,
Composition
of

study by Dr.
"The Changing
Bank

Assets,"

which bas just been published

by

hif.h®f leYel of sustained economic ,New York University under a
activity, toward savings; put to grant of the Association of Re§erjeral use, t ioug
e
" serve City Bankers,
Jial. banking sys em is
The Association has been mind_
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lowe? reserve' fully aware of banking's respon,

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^Ji^Sond

favorable

n.nre

tax

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higher
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Archaic

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instrumental in directing attento

the

archaic

practice

pledging securities to

of

pub-

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funds—a hand-me-down from

0id English and Colonial law. The

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remedial actions to the authorities
in this field, which, if accepted,
should materially ease the situa-

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^Qn

Help Small Business

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Secondly

a™«

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the

Association

is

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selves by even a small margin.
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which

Association has suggested several

,

g-als £UUon
Pe°P'e
Planet aie 1

has

.

Productivity

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and

actions

First, the Association has been

s bc

.

^ er *s
^cabr
home as well as an oaa

this end

certain

should help.

tion
-

n|ents, expand wel are measu
at home and withal ke p i
the balance of paym n s p ob
Billions

tiated

a

Moon, a
ture, meet,international coi

111

reallstlc

a

fashl0n

ssergorpnoCe

lies, of course, in greater productivity-an increased volume of
goods and ' services which can
only result in a higher standard
ot living for all.

b^f^Jaa^vaHablela^ger^sup1mtadled businesses
pfy pLXrtorships As^ thIs pro?
'business
takes shape, members will be kept

py

compete in the market place for
funds. Deposits are the life blood

struction,
to spend

that

nation

nations

new

that

need

.

...

nation

million
required
on

greatest

Niger R^ver.
iowted

the

$120 million

which the West "invested" in
-rear's

This

pacification
comparison

whereas
ter

sum

we

to

the
na-

the

with

have the opportunity

of

is

the

one

Congo,
because

apt
had to spend the lat-

prevent widespread de-

work of

a

of Africa.

An

integrated and cooperative
development approach will assure

of the banking system.
The expansion of government lending
agencies
and
the
explosive

growth of non-commercial bank-

ing institutions has all tended to
magnify the situation. We should
keep in mind that a commercial

bank is a department store of
financial services. A commercial

that the development projects will bank can provide the services that
become

an

integral

part

economic future of the

tions

this

resource:

believe

is

begin

its

of

we

the former for

far-reaching, constructive signifiCance, going beyond the borders
0f
Nigeria into the neighboring

orbit

of

manner, the com-

vast

of the

the

developing

e
migration
telp
of s
the u
new
into the

aa" *

and

na-

expanding

free world's

economy

these

specialized

institutions

of-

fer- We, as commercial bankers,
must therefore do a better job

than they do. We must perform
our

functions

efficiently,

more

more readily and more graciously

?«7lished du™§ the ^onany 0ther financial °r§ani'

Thus, the

civlizatioir

$150

investment

comnarison

COrtlandt 7-5900

Western

estimated

development

.

$100

needs of the economy.

nations'. In this

rations of the free world.

traditions

'

proximately

and

provided
billion of

this

AfrC* 3nCl ^a*

which shares many of the nolitical

JAPAN

banks

to

absorbing

1945

Between

commercial

ditional funds

the United Kingdom and the
is
States,
participating

pan,

five-yeai

TOKYO,

II.

through

JXU5J°

(IBRD) and the International De-

YAMAICHI SECURITIES
CO., LTD.

the

t.hp limiiditv with whirh hankincr
the
liquidity with which banking
found itself at the end of World

nation's

example of the need
cooperative action and how

velopment Association (IDA) in a
two-year program of assistance

Affiliate of

...

however,

years,

nation's growth has been financed

further

with

Brokers and Investment Bankers

Post-War Experience
recent

jn

Commercial banks in their abil- fully informed,
ity to marshal the nation's finanThird
the
A<^nri->tinn
hat;
it is beginning to be met can be cial resources and channel them
amined' and L ,continuing to
found in the case of India. There,
into productive use will be of
f
a consortium of six nations, CanteUing importance in achieving mercial banks can more
equitably
ada, France, West Germany, Ja- this goal,
A

Reconstruction

YAMAICHI SECURITIES COMPANY
of NEW YORK, INC.

; -

administration

the

United

Japanese Securities

He also reports

internal

its

;,i.\

growth

continent's import needs will grow

productive

problems of

to play the same role in financing

increase

the coming

over

has

doing to

is

,,

of
these
two
Latin direction.
In any
nations: But even thisb"?ev®
necessary

potential

for

challenge to the U. S. foreign aid

national

ecc^e

system and develop the ecohbmic

the

banking

^

developing nations.
is

the

weapons

applied

the

It

of

defense

years—must

Fund an^he
Development' Bank," in

to* support* jthe

order

threefold to between $1.5 and $2.5

mixed

many

economic

program

combined

the

the

OECD

consortiums with the International

States,

enterprise-government

to

their

America

nations

in

Japa-

and

public

countries.

success

systems for U.
recent

countries could well join the U.S.
in contributing as much as 1 % of
their

great

scientific

stronger economic position by
past Marshall Plan and other
rest

vol¬

and

United

recipient

projects

Germany and Italy—
helped to their pres¬

the

the

industrialized

private

He-

were

aid—and

the

institutions

of

the

such

Federal

from

This systems management approach-^-which has been usecj with

S.

GNP Formula
the

These fa¬

staffed

organizations—and

servants

dustrialized nations, Canada and
Japan, must make a more effec¬

tive

individuals

untary

Western

The

en¬

by the
managerial talents

and

educational

recipient nations.
(2)

be

as

private
economy—including management,
labor, agriculture, foundations,

admin¬

donor

must

technical

and

donor

governmental

in

istration

the

of

systems

private

and

institutions,

European

banks, backed by
governments, are forming

Monetary

manufacturing

.•

commercial

nese

American

terprises of this nature.
The technical and manage¬

eco¬

small-scale individual

as

gram:

talents

ac¬

Commercial

Consortium

In Brazil and Bolivia, with U. S.

facilities-

trade and financial

operation of this foreign aid pro¬

(1)

this

resources

area

irrigation,

successful

the

to

the

we

con-

theirs.

Start Made by

A

projects involving
of electric power,,

development

large-scale

•''■YvC-

principles

new

essential

nomic

free

the

of

and

to

acute

involving automation, personnel education and employee welfare.

funds,

leadership,

utilization

it

ability

Ken¬

requires the establishment of

must halt any

we

full

celerated contribution of

Commu¬

what

on

its :
its

this good

share

our

with

tribute

Khrushchev.

Required

breakthrough

a

from

nists and where

rial

attune

must

Mr. Simmonds stresses the

use.

effectively meeting the demand for banking services.

it

States

and channeling them

resources

'

for-

because

alone in

Others

fortune.

war

Human and Non-Human Facilities

must mass our

we

cause

initiative

Two

cold

It is

freedom, where we must seize

are

the

longer

no

are

Banking

where

to

means

into

thrown

meeting

over

area

in

struggle since the Vienna summit

Commu¬

nist bloc.

be

can

supe¬

riority
the

aid

single decisive contribution which

to

think

continue to fulfill its function

can

liquidity, equitable competition in the market place for funds and

of

productivity and its ideals permit generosity and self-interest to
walk hand-in-hand.
And yet,' we

resources

one

fortunate

productive

banking

so

riod, bankers

stabilization

United

the

peculiarly

being done

in

ask —without

to

Indeed,

Latin

in

America."

is

into

over

aid

added

program

marshalling the nation's financial

NATO

Further, ' I

reasonable

promptly utilized, for ex¬
to augment our "Alliance

ample,

demo nstrate

of

Laos, consider South Korea
as a base for our troops, or think
of Peru as a good neighbor?

deal

what is

of

Faced with . the highest loan to
deposit ratios in the post-war pe-

eign aid could we even negotiate

good

on

be

success

strument

the

the

Argentina?
all

make

between

without

or

years.

could

of

1961

fiscal

City

Retiring head of New York commercial bankers' association reports

Europe, without the
unvprnmpnt
nf
Tndia
government
of
India,

Hpmnfratin
democratic

as¬

for

alliance

the

Western

could be

the

world

addition

growth

and failure in these activities. And
a

effec¬

tively
devel¬
oping the less
developed
areas

during recent

This
the

Our

official

of

amount

budget

without

$4 bil¬

the

to

year

sistance

tory.

ity

a

the

his¬

war

-

add

would

development
assistance program—thus doubling

this year the greatest challenge of
its
15-year

post

contribution

a

democratic

the

fense

the

cannot

the
one - year
defense
of $46 billion for 1961.
How much higher would this de-

integrated programs of multi-national, private and public assistance.
In

we

Argentina;

the Bank of New York, New York

equals
budget

concept of aid, he concludes, calls for

new

institu¬

involved, we must make another
equation: $46 billion spent for
foreign economic aid in 15 years

scientific and military weapons
He also praises the start made by consortiums in Brazil,
used

free

And, since the taxpayer's
pocketbook is most particularly

applying the "systems management" approach to under¬

projects

of

Thursday, June 29, 1961

Bankers Association, and Chairman of the Board,

with

Cuba

India.

developed countries similar to our mixed private enterprise-govern¬
ment

in

with

1% of their GNP, and

amount of aid to

by gearing the

in

the failure

.

By Albert C. Simmonds, Jr.,* Retiring President, New York State

cannot

we

equate the waste in South Korea

He urges free countries accelerate their con¬

long overdue change.

Europe;

maintenance

tions

aid must undergo a radical and

involving realization that foreign

cannot

we

Western

equate

In making this grave warning, Senator

do today.

we

as

War

past

overshadow

to

equate the
loss of Laos with the preservation
successes,

Not

brought

are

We should not allow

failures

past

past

the future shr-e of

upon

.

The New Challenges Facing
Commercial Banking System

overdue

failures

.

new

__

.

concept

of

for—

■.

„

We aio no longer in

a.

situation

e;gn aid is multi-national, private where we can sit back and expect
eud public, and enlists the sinew business to come flowing through
and the muscle of the free world's our doors. We must get out and
industrialized
power
which has work bard. We must sharpen cur
&rown out of and which has mode
wlts a"d be continuously on the
g
°
alert to the demands for 'our
P°sslble the preservation of the services and, above all, be ready
,

free world's polititcal ideals and
human, values.

to .satisfy them effectively.
We

must

merm'al
the

tion,

New

Lake

Y^l

s

Placid" n."

continue

Bankers^As^cia- Pandmg vo:.ce
y., June

16,

i9si".

to

tell

banking's story in

concerto.

com-

an

ex-

until it be^o'-ne*: a

Then and only then will

Volume

the

public,

Number 6068

193

the

businessman,

the

'

It

care.

is

entrusted

our

that

our

the

Impact
Within

certain

to

professional

with

the

question

on

and
answer
Thursday at 4 p.m. at

are
we

about

which

industry, will discuss the
with personnel in

electronics

Street,

New

a

who

client

has

a

public

is

Maxwell
of First
be

be

and

reser¬

by

calling

made

J.

has

Reynolds &

r,

Co., 425 Mont¬

gomery Street.' Mr.
has
recently been
..

City.
Treibick,

-

Colen

D.

Street,
Partners
are
Melvin

Forsyth,

search

most

also.

the

is

speed

automation

is

that

chines

the

fore¬

originally

work

shortly

reduce

into

it

stock offering."

which

with

progressing.

week's

minutes..

of

One

David T. Gillmor With

Baxter, who
with Paine,

East Coast Inc.
East

In the second scheduled seminar

Ma¬
on

reduced a
day
will

a

hours

to

Thursday

Fellman,

a

at

4

p.m.,

Edward

consultant to the elec¬

in

the. Buffalo

Lynch,

the

past

office

Pierce,

with

was

of

Fenner

Merrill

&

Investors

Vice-President;

ray,

>

and

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

SAN

T.

FRANCISCO,

Calif.—David

the

out

Gillmor, Jr. has become asso¬

ciated

with

Higgins,

465

Wilson,

Johnson

California

Associates

has

named

and

O.

Glenn

Eddy,- Jr.

for

doors

Further,

and

the check

speed
cedure

and

greater-

>

processing

perhaps

velocity

pro¬

permit

of

a

funds.

It

that;many banks may be
to re-train their per¬

means

called

.

upon

for

sonnel
and

types of
rro'ns to

new

it is

these

activities

new

exciting
work
chal¬
lenges. In this re-training process,
new

I yam
sure the -Association
not be found wanting, for
it

to

education

say

that the

comes

prleased to
tion

is second

to

am

Associa¬

none.

Educational
The

will ;
when

I

Pioneers

Association

has

pioneered ;

in the field of

banking education.
The Association's comprehensive
School
of Banking
now
offersprograms for' all levels of man¬
agement, for supervisors, and for
specialists, be they credit, invest¬
ment, trust,, operating, or person¬
nel administrators.'The Schorl

Banking, with its

13 resident

stitutes,

the

has

now

Employee
.'Also

benefit

which

the

kind

in

Welfare

of ; major

banking institut
sive

its

of

in¬

thor¬

most

curriculum of
the banking field.
ough

importance

to

is the exten¬

ons

insurance

programs

Association

has

avail¬

able for member-bank

use.

The-e

offer tremendous va?ue

programs

the

from

ing

standooint

employment

of

and

stabilis¬

nermitt^0"

smaller banks to compete for

highest

the

keep

caliber

and

person¬

nel.

These

tion's

plans

the

-are

Associa¬

Retirement

System, Group
Life
Insurance
Plan,
Disability
Benefits
Insurance
Plan, * and
Major Medical Plan. Officers and
directors

or

of

smaller

institutions

find that the adoption of

may

of

more

will be
ment

human

the

have
the

cost

outlined

can

resolved

be

interest,

that

The Chase Manhattan Tower at Dawn

that

areas

commercial

financial

in

banking

thering higher levels of economic
activity will be achieved.
Million

Ten
•

v

is

It

Customers

satisfying

commercial
state

What's

in the

and the job
promoting and fur¬

community

financing,

in

banks

service

now

-from

customers,

that

note

to

New
10

York

million

family to the largest business

cor¬

poration with savings and check¬

skilled and

historic financial center, The

backed

Manhattan

office,

the

As

Association

close,

a

have

$42

can

other

to

year

comes

member. institutions

billion

stimulate

employment,
consumption and the production
of goods and services for the bet¬
terment of mankind.
*An

fore

.

address

the

65th

New

York

Lake

Placid,

by

Mr.

annual

State

New

Simmonds

convention

Banking
V

oik,




a

Chase

new

head

meet the

vigorous Ameri¬

economy.

of

be¬
the

Association,

-une

.

is

a

single banking purpose—greater

usefulness
nesses

to

individuals

and

busi¬

in New York, the nation and

best!

by the most modern banking

machines and facilities.

serve

hundreds of thou¬

Equally im¬

portant, its location in the heart

of

New York's financial and trade cen¬

facilitates the efficient

ter

From

personal banking

Manhattan Plaza you

of

1

Federal

important

is
in

bank

for

loans to

industry to build bigger

important area of American

banking.

THE

4U

see

the Stock

Reserve,

numerous

f

look out upon

MANHATTAN

Exchange,

the Clearing

.Commodity Ex¬

sands of customers, the new Chase

changes. You see the throngs and

Manhattan

the

headquarters is staffed by

business and
in this

it

leader

Chase

the most active center of the nation's

House,

why

America's

^ga

the 'windows

finance. You

stand

handling of

transactions.

the

the world.
To

experienced bankers

all commercial and

bright glass and gleam¬

ing metal of 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza

of funds, which
being used in one form or an¬

are

stands ready to

Behind the

Employment

to

Bank, in its

banking needs of

ing accounts.
$42 Billion to Stimulate

the financial horizon?

new on

Rising 60 stories above New York's

individual

the

—Photo by Erich Locker

I

confi¬

feel

I

will maintain its leadership

of

one

plans

resources.

problem

public

dent

low

well worthwhile invest¬

a

in

If

these

activity, and you begin to under¬

BANK
Head
,

Wil¬

of John

Day, Ore., district managers.

Street,

entire
banking system.
thing, it is going to open

services.

Miriam

liam F. Durand of Tacoma, Wash,

&

This

numerous

150

FIF Assoc. Appoints

FIF

development v hi
have far-reaching effects thro 'ghFor one

Co.

Broadway, New York City, is now
doing business as a corporation.
Officers are Sol Gallup, formerly
proprietor, President; G. B. Mur¬

Wilson, Johnson, Higgins

Smith

for many years.

Coast

Victerson,' Secretary-Treasurer.

Webber, Jackson & Curtis, in San
Francisco,

Coast

Corp.

Theo¬

.

deal

must

Pacific

dent of National Securities & Re¬

R.

-

Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

associated

become

the

Weeks and Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Prior thereto he was a Vice-Presi¬

Wall

Josephine Freibick. Colen Forsyth
and
Josephine
Freibick
were
formerly with Richards, Forsyth
& Co.
Other partners were with

Calif. —John

FRANCISCO,

Baxter

with

Richard

63

at

dore Gold, Robert G. Caffray and

Reynolds

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

SAN

York

Seiden,

''

P.

offices

New

seminars.

both

Baxter With
'

from

City Securities,,Inc., will
of

of

Exchange. Mr. Gillmor was
formerly with Hornblower
&

Treibick,
Seiden
&
Forsyth
is
conducting a securities business

Mangold, President

moderator

members

7

Stock

field.

charge

no

may

Treibick, Seiden Formed

.,

Reichert at HA 5-5095.

Barton

man¬

(2839)

subject

There

acquaint

Salvatore Fornelle, a

„

banking itself there

the

York City.
specialist in
private and public financing, will
speak on "What advertising and
public relations men should know

Automation

matters, with

Wall

37

are

of

seminars

and

first

seminar

of the highest
We must keep them so.

order.

..

belief

my

present ethics

to

same

principles of
private and public financing will
get underway June 29 when First
City Securities, Inc., will sponsor

We, as bankers, have a re¬
sponsibility to the public that is
far greater than the cash valub
funds

of

agement

cism.

the

series

industrial

Responsibility

Our ethics must be above criti¬

of

tronics

•

vations
A

'"

"

Public

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

,

First City Sees.
Fin. Seminars

public official and the law makers
fully know of the economic im¬
portance of a sound, profitable,
growing commercial banking sys¬
tem.

.

.

Office: 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York 15, N. Y.

Member Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation

8

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2840)

....

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

*

Co.,

DEALER-BROKER

East

5

—L.

Rothschild

F.

Broadway,

AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT

UNDERSTOOD

IS

THE

.

FIRMS

PARTIES

INTERESTED

SEND

TO

MENTIONED

THE

WILL

FOLLOWING

Dept.

Street,

BE

Also
the

Steel

Small

PLEASED

New

N.

5,

&

Wilshire

of

Calif.

Com¬

Saunders,

—

Terminal

Tower

Building, Cleveland 13, Ohio.
Tax

Bank

Stacks

Toanenryo

review,

Quarterly

—

Chemical

including comparative figures on
largest commercial banks,
etc.—M. A. Schapiro & Co. Inc.,
1

Chase

York

Manhattan

Plaza,

New

Yoko¬

Conditions—Report—New

York Hanaseatic

1961-62—

for

Budget

Nuclear

Witter

gomery

Street,

&

Co.,

Francisco

San

in

120
In

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
the

issue

same

articles

are

on

Magnetic Materials, Teaching Ma¬

6,

Calif.

chines, Lasers & Masers (for

am¬

Domestic Trunk Airlines—Review

plification of coherent light)

and

Bullock

—Calvin

Ltd.,

Industry.

Street, New York 5, N. Y.
Equities

Investment—List of

for

developments

new

Wall

1

in the Drug
available
is
an

Also

analysis

of

Controls

Co.

Robertshaw

Fulton

-

interesting securities—Gude, Winmill

&

York
Fire

Wall

Co.,

1

N.

Y.

5,

showing

Casualty

&

Over-the-Counter

New

Street,

stocks

Stocks—Brochure of data on

pany

41 selected

companies—First Bos¬

ton

counter

Street, New

Corp., 15 Broad
York 5, N. Y.

Grocery Chains—Analysis

the

Pine

ington, Colket & Co., 70
Street, New York 5, N. Y.

New York

ley &

Fifth

245

Inc.,

Co.

Inc.,

available

Also

period

data

Dow-Jones

35

over-the-

stocks

used

Quotation

in

Bureau

—

National

Inc.,

Quotation

Front

46

Street,

Aero

Boat

Cop¬

Power

Street,

Colo¬

Also

Products

and

the
of

Star-

Review

—

—

New

York

5,

same

issue

are

ton
&

Inc., Ill Broadway, New York 6,
N. Y. Also available are analyses
and

Nippon

Heavy

Okuma

Machinery

—

Ross,

bulletin
Fine

is

a

Foods.

ipsue of "Investor's

Merrill

Tool

Lynch,

Pierce,
Inc., 70 Pine St.,

N. Y.

Also

in the

discussions of Uni¬

Cyclops

Department

Ya-

maichi Securities Co. of New York

Mitsubishi

Ltd.

Monarch

—

—

Abitibi

to

Co.

& Smith

Fenner

against cap¬
Information
Tyler
Main Street, Buffalo 3,

Japanese Market

Ca¬

Ltd., 25 Adelaide
Toronto,
Canada.

same

sion in current
Reader"

—

of

Rail Equipment Industry—Discus¬

Industries,

N. Y.

dustries

Co.

West,

versal

Steel

Stores

Corp.,
Co.,

May

Pendle¬

Industries, Smith, Kline
Colorado Oil & Gas

French,

Corp., Black Hills Power &

Light

Co., Atlantic Refining.

In¬

body
York

Japanese Market-—Review—Nikko

reports

New York 4, N.

Barge,

is

Corp., Addressograph Multigraph,
Chicago & North Western Inc.,

Co., Ltd., 25 Broad St.,
Y. Also available
special
report on
Citizen

a

Co.

Ltd.

American

on

Symington

Commercial

Wayne.

Ta"dv

Illinois

Stock

Japanese
—Nomura

Broadway,
Also

Market

Securities

New

available

Yawata Iron &

Steel;

Central,
St.
Louis
San
Francisco,
Southern
Pacific,

Survey

Co., Ltd., 61

York
are

—

6,

N.

analyses

Limited

a

of

(elec¬

list

Street,

Market

G.

brey

Kirin Breweries; Sumi¬
Chemical;
T o y o
Rayon;

Broad

of

interesting

high

-

yield

how

numbers

to
—

—

apply

Guide show¬

certain

Arnold

index

Bernhard

Banks, Brokers and Financial Institutions

American Commercial Barge Line
—

Chart

Parker
New

analysis

&

Redpath,

York

able is

N.

4,

chart

a

2

Y.

analysis of Carlisle

Corp.
American

Smelting

Refining—

&

&

Stores

Optical

Co.

and

Co.

Adams

& Company,
Boulevard, Los An¬
geles 36, Calif.

Boeing
Broad

Also

Memorandum

Paine,
Curtis,
25
Street, New York 4, N. Y.
—

Webber.

Jackson

available

Poor &

memoranda

are

on

Co<, United Shoe Machin¬

Philadelphia

ery,

—

&

Electric

and

Safeway Stores.

Company—Analysis—Carl
Loeb, Rhoades & Co., 42 Wall
Street, New York 5, N. Y. Also

M.

available
Trunk

reference
Eastern

United

to

Air

with

particular
Air
Lines,

Lines, and American

Airlines.
Brunswick

Corp.

—

Frank,

Bank

Memorandum

Meyer

Building,

&

Fox,

Los

An¬

geles 14, Calif.
Celanese

Corp.

America—Re¬

of

port—Eisele & King, Libaire, Stout
& Co., 50 Broadway, New York 4,
N, Y.
.

Cenco

Instruments

Corp.—Data—

Stearns

& Co., 80 Pine St., New
5, N. Y. Also available is a

York

of

Peterson

Electronic

bonds

enue

Bulletin

—

rev¬

Stern

—

&

Co., 1005 Baltimore
Kansas City 5, Mo.
Broadcasting

available

*

of

Corp.

available

is

Capital, Inc.

Inc., 15 West 10th
Street, Kansas City 5, Mo.
Also
memorandum

a

Wilcox Electric.

Prospectus

Dominion

on

Request

Co.,

Troster, Singer & Co.
Security

Dealers

Association

Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.
Teletype NY 1-376; 377; 378

Ltd.—

Inc.—Analysis—Midland

Techno Fund Inc.

Tar

Chemical

&

N.

Broadway,

61

Y.

Also

randum

on

York

New
is

Farrington

a

on

Co.—

Hutton

F.

available

turing Co.

&

Union

Street,

Detroit—Bul¬

Coast

Leaseholds,

Edelstein

New

available

Also

Co., Inc., 15
York 5, N. Y.
reports

are

Precision

on

Instrument

Corp. and Ortronix "Inc.

Hydra

Chemical

Nease

Corp.

Power

Franklin

Bush

Hanly,
100
Hempstead,

&

Denver

Sansome

155

St., San Francisco 4, Calif.
Coal

Survey—
Wall St., New
York 5, N. Y.
Also available is
a
study on Bausch & Lomb.
&

—

Co., 44

E

Securiies

Analysis—

—

Broadway,

Blair &

Memorandum—D. H.

man,

Bowes — Report—FederStonehill & Co., 70 Pine St.,
York 5, N. Y.

Matic—Report—Robert

Policy

210 West Seventh St.,
Los Angeles 14, Calif. Also avail¬
is

able

discussion

a

Beneficial

of

Standard Life.

Brothers

Seeman

R

—

e

p o r

Henderson & Co., 210
St., Los Angeles 14,

are

data

available

Conn.' Also

4,

Beckman Instruments,

on

Sherwin

Williams, and Procter &

Gamble.

Stone

den,

New York

& Co.,
4, N. Y.

25

Broad

St.,

Communications—Memoran¬

Colo.

Standard

115

—Herzfeld

&

New York 4,

Memorandum

—

Stern, 30 BrOad St.,

a s

&

t m

&

Co., 72 Wall Street,

N. Y.

Packaging

—

Memoran¬

Co.,

&

Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Mines

Iron

Rock

randum—C.

J.

—

Memo¬

Co.,

&

Hodgson

Royal Bank Building. Montreal 1,
Que., Canada.

N. Y.

Corp.

Wayne

Symington

—

Anal¬

Maxwell
&
Moore—
Memorandum—Laidlaw & Co., 25

ysis—Laird, Bissell & Meeds,

Broad

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. Also

St., New York 4, N. Y. Also
memoranda

available

are

Crane

Georgia

Co.,

-

on

Pacific and

Ruberoid.

Market

St., Los Angeles 13, Calif.
Market

Basket

—

California

First

tual

is

review

a

Co., Inc., 647

So.

Spring St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Corp.

—

Analysis—W.

E.

Baruch

dum—R.

—

&

Memoran¬
1518

Co.,

Corporation

Charles

A.

—

Taggart

1516 Locust

&

Street, Philadelphia 2,

Pa.
Tex

Star

Oil

&

Gas—Memoran¬

dum—Walston & Co., Inc., 74

York

Street,

memorandum
a

on

Allied

review of United

Radio,

Shoe Ma¬

chinery Corp.
—

An¬

alysis—H. M. Byllesby & Co., Inc.,

Madison
867

St., Chicago 3, 111.

Corp.

—

Management

Madison

New

available
Coastal

York

is

5,

Y.

N.

Wall
Also

memorandum

a

Analysis

—

Corp., Box

Courts
N.

& Co., 11 Marietta Street,
W., Atlanta 1, Ga.

Westgate California Corporation—

Analysis
pany,

Dallas 1,

1, Wis.

Parker Ford & Com¬

—

Vaughn

Inc.,

Building,

Texas.

as

Principal foe

Broken, T)ealers and Financial Institutions

Grace Canadian Securities, Inc.
*

i

Members: New York

25

Security Dealers Association

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

TELEX 015-220

•

HAnover 2-0433-45

Orders Executed at

•

NY 1-4722

regular commission rates

through and confirmed by

memo¬

Co.,

15

New York 5, N. Y.

Dillon,
Broad

Also

on

States Gas Producing.

Towmotor Corp.—Memorandum—

Mercantile Discount Corp.

Metalphoto

K

Analysis—
Co., Inc.,

Hutton

&| Co., 14 Wall St., New
5, N. Y. Also available is a

Mu¬

Street, N. W., Washington .5, D. C.
Tenney

Memorandum—

the

of

120

Funds.

Telecompufirtg Corp.

Basket—Analysis—Bate-

Eichler & Co., 453 So. Spring

man,

available

Manufac¬

a n

*

Corporation—Report

Bruns, Nordeman

—

Steep

Loew's Theatres

Oil

—H. Hentz

dum

U

^

Sinclair

New York 5,

dum—Lowell, Murphy & Co., Inc.,
Denver Club Building, Denver 2,

t—

Cooley & Company, 100 Pearl St.,

—Holton,

Inc.—Report—Hay-

H.

Huff & Co.,

Hartford

E. J. Korvette

Co.,

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

|

—

Building,

Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack—

Electric—Memorandum

Calif.

Pictures

& Co., Ill
New York 6, N. Y.

Jefferson

West Seventh

Co., Security
Colo.

Haupt

New

Ave., New York 22, N. Y.

2,

Paramount

Pitney

Creek

Co.—

Papercraft Corp.—Analysis—C. E.

Park

Island

Products

Organiza¬
Broadway, New

120
5, N. Y.

Hydrocarbon
Chemicals
I n c.—
Bulletin—Evahs & Co., Inc., 300

Inc.,

Hawaiian

Inc.,

42

Co.,

Memoran¬

letin—De Witt Conklin

York

N. Y.

&

—

Pa.

Ira

Memoran¬

—

Co.

dum—Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.,
2 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh
22,

tion,

Heinicke Instruments Co.—Report

St.,

Lewis

Co., 63 Wall Street, New York
5, N. Y. i

Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp.—Bul¬

St., Chicago 3, 111.

—Robert

Chemical

H.

Inc.—An¬

Co.

alysis—Leason & Co., Inc., 39 So.
La Salle

&

2

Tea

—Analysis — Dreyfus & Co.,
Broadway, New York 4, N. Y
Gulf

Distillers

Report—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, 650 South Spring St., Los
Angeles 14, Calif.

Pacific

&

6,

Electric Storage Battery Company

—Analysis

of

Corp.—Analysis—John

Specialists in Canadian Securities

Seagrams

dustries.

Co.,

Bank

port¬

Report—Parrish & Co., 40 Wall
St,. New York 5, N. Y. Also avail¬
able is a report on Schenley In¬

Securities

National

letin—Laird, Bissell & .Meeds, 120

Amphenol-Borg

Memorandum—E.

York

reviews

are

and reports on Minerals
Chemicals-Philipp Corp.

Pacific

Atlantic

Great

System—

folios for various purposes.

Mid-States Bu iness Capital Corp.
Louis

4, New York.

135 So. La Salle

Columbia

Dit-Mco

Narragansett Capital Corp.

Co.—

Rubber

&

Chart analysis—Thomson & McKinnon, 2 Broadway, New York

and

City of Macon, Mo.—Electric

Midland Capital Corp.

*St.

Tire

Goodyear

Mead

Die.

Distillers

Growth Capital Inc.
Marine Capital Corp.

An¬

Manning,

and suggested common stock

Industrial

—

reviews of Domestic

are

Airlines

Electronics and F. W. Woolworth,

Washington

Co.

alysis—Blair & Co. Inc., 20 Broad
St., New York 5, N. Y.

Lee

Boeing

5,

memo¬

&

Manufacturing

Shields

—

York

are

Frantz

Benbow

orandum

New

available

Oxford Paper and Union

National

—Birr

5455 Wilshire

Square,

Also
on

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Higginson Corp., 231
South La Salle St.,
Chicago 4, 111.
Inc.—Mem¬

Y.

Angeles 14, Calif. Also avail¬
an analysis of Internation¬
al Electronic Research Corp.

Inc.—Memorandum—Lee

Citizens & Southern Capital Corp.
Electronic Capital Corp.

Corp.

Richards

Interstate Vending—Memorandum

Boston Capital Corp.

Franklin Corp.

&

Long

Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works

Astronautics

Hanover

randa

able is

&

American

8

N.

Los

St.,

of

of

Analysis—Hill

—

North

s—

Inc.—Re¬

Co., Inc., 621 South Spring St.,

dum—Edwards

Foundrie

Analysis—A. C. Allyn & Co., 122
South
La
Salle
Street, Chicago
3, 111. Also available are analyses

Equipment—Memo¬

randum—Hemphill, Noyes & Co.,

Bank

American

American Viscose,

trade

Island

&

Monroe Auto

Carbide,
National

Northfield

American

Selas

Investors, 3932
Los Angeles 5,

Data—Freehling, Meyerhoff & Co.,
120 South La Salle Street, Chicago
3, 111.
Steel

of

Components

Blvd.,

William

Also

Inv. Inc.




Broadway,
Also avail¬

Report—A. M. Kidder & Co., Inc.,
1 Wall Street, New York 5, N. Y.

Greater

HAnover 2-2400

Auchincloss,

—

v

Florida Capital

74

20

Security Analysis

Companies—

New

Inc.,

dum—Pershing & Co., 120 Broad¬
way, New York 5, N. Y.

la Oa

Members

Co.

Au¬

Champion Spark Plug—Memoran¬

•

We

&

—

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

Ave.,

Bi

Report

—

Lanston

Brothers
For

Inc., 89 Broad
10, Mass.

Boston

issues.

ing

tronics);
tomo

Market—Analysis—Da¬

discussion

Square D Co., Sunbeam Corp.

Y

Steel; Fuji Iron &

Hitachi

Okla¬

vid L. Babson & Co.

Union

Stocks—Analysis—GoodCo., 2 Broadway, New
4, N. Y. Also available are
&

Securities

Watch

Oil

Admiral Oils,

—

Inc., 600A Bettes Building,
homa City 6, Okla.

—Stern,

Railroad

Ltd.

Works

Paper
&

in

review

Corp.

755

reference

&

Knowles

Investment Insurance
loss

Review

Lubricants,

Automotive

United

particular

Colo.

on

Industry

nadian newsprint production with

Service Co., Mort¬

Mustang

Inc.,

gages

United

Paper

Tejon

Springs,

are

rado Insurance

of

compari¬
industrial

New York 4, N. Y.

Ave.,

—

North

620

Colorado

Street,

Kay,

the

and

industrial

Bureau,

16, N. Y.—$1 per copy.

Insurance Stocks—Review

ital

the

Folder

Store—Study—Henry Bach

Associates,

fire

listed

in

National

year

How Big Is the Threat of the Dis¬

count

—

Averages, both as to yield and
market performance
over
a
23-

Pen-

—

the

used

Averages

Index

up-to-date

an

between

son

Com¬

Insurance

Data

—

Treasury

Spaced—Discus¬

Investments in

Securities"—Harris, Upham & Co.,

Mont¬

45

Power

5, N. Y.

sion in June issue of "Science and

Market—Review

Stock

—Dean

Corp., 120 Broad¬

New York

way,

—

Canadian

(plastics);

Co.

and Gas

Textbook

Market

Greenshields
&
Co.
(N. Y.) Inc., 64 Wall Street, New
York 5, N. Y.

Analysis

Sekisui

Co.

5, N. Y.

Canadian

Company;

Rubber Co.; and Showa Oil

hama

40

the

Oil

Sheltered

analysis

an

view—California

Franklin

Investment

Co.,

is

Electronic

Y.

Industry.

Business

Stiver

120

discussion

a

panies—Memorandum

LITERATURE:

Co.,

York

is

available

&

available

Corporation of America.

Semi-Conductor Industry—Report

INVESTMENT LITERATURE

IT

44th

CFSM-101, New York 17, N. Y.

Members:

The

Principal

National

Stock

Association

Exchanges
of

oj

Security

Canada

Dealers

25 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Volume

193

Number 6068

.

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2841)

N.Y. Inv. Ass'n
Interest is
exempt,

Tourney'Winners
The
its

investment

The

held

Association

are

annual

outing at the Sleepy
Hollow Country Club on Friday,
June 16, 1961.
The activities in¬
cluded a golf tournament, tennis
tournament and the

annual

Exchange.
The latter
during cocktails which
dinner.

225

June 23, 1961

\

$118,000,000

held

THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY OF KENTUCKY

preceded >

of the

members

the sale thereof)

on

v

Stock

was

made

any profit

exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

NEW ISSUE

•

About

in the opinion oj Bond Counsel, from all present federal income taxes under the existing statute and court decisions.

Enabling Act provides that the Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom (including

As¬

(An

agency

and instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Kentucky)

sociation attended the outing. Paul

Western

Hahn, trick shot golf entertainer,
entertained
the

hour's show during

an

The

entertainment

for the
Peter

AUTHORITY, a governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is
comprised of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Com¬
missioner of
Highways and the State Highway Engineer. It is the Lessor of the Western
Kentucky Toll Road.

Currey

Equitable

Securities

Upham &

the Bonds.

Paul H. White

William

.

..

Davidson

/

sufficient to meet all

v

THE

M.

Sipp

Van Alstyne, Noel & Co.

Winners

of

tournament

the

W. E. Hutton SL Co.

The

Kentucky Company
Ladenburg, Thalmann SL Co.

principal and interest requirements

on

Carl M.

the Bonds.

Merrill

DEPARTMENT, under the terms of the Lease, is firmly bound to pay the rental

John Nuveen SL Co. (Inc.)
R. W.

Shields SL

B.

Dated

the

Amount

$

Dillon, Union Secu¬

900,000

Co.

Runner-up Low

900,000

1,000,000

Gross—

1,000,000

E.

Carpenter, Jr.
Goodbody & Co.

Low

J.

J.

B.

Murray

Van

Ingen

&

Price

Rate

Maturity
1967

3.75%'

1968

3.90

or

Yield

Interest

Amount

Rale

Maturity

$1,100,000

*Vl%
4l/2

1977

•v-

1,100,000

4.00

1,100,000

4.70

1979

4.55

Estabrook sl Co.

4.10

1,100,000

4.70

1980

4.60

First of

1971

4.15

1,200,000

4.70

1981

4.65

1972

4.20

1,200,000

4.70

1982

4.65

1969

1973

100

1,200,000

4.70

1983

100

4.30

1,200,000

4.70

1984

100

1,000,000

1975

4.35

1,200,000

4.70

1985

100

1,0(H),000

<0/2

1976

4.40

Leo

Summary Description of Bonds: Issuable

Smith

any

Shearson, Hammill SL Co.

s

,

Gross Best Ball

Smith

(2) —

nois, at the
t

bonds

registered

as to

Alexander

Piper
Paine, Webber, Jackson &
Curtis.

at

the

principal payable at The Kentucky Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky.

Corporation

Bacon, Stevenson sl Co.

(27 Putts) —

Boettcher sl

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

July
July
July
July
July
July

—

Osborne

Dominick.

Stortest Drive (2nd Hole) —

I, 1966 to January 1, 1971, inclusive

AS A

FUND

WHOLE

1, 1971 to "

2, 1976 to
2. 1981 to

2, 1986 to

July
July
July
July
July

1, 1976, inclusive

.

,

1, 1981, inclusive

,

,

1, 1986, inclusive

.

1, 1991, inclusive

2, 1991 to
1, 1996, inclusive'
July 2, 1996 and thereafter
.
.
.
.

Couffer, Jr.

.

.

.

1.

,

,

,

.

•

•

.

Company
Company

Boland, Saffin, Gordon sl Sautter
Butcher sl Sherrerd
C. F. Cassell sl

Co., Inc.

Cruttenden, Podesta sl Co.
Dick sl Merie-Smith

SINKING
PERIOD

Longest Drive (17th Hole)

William Blair sl

following prices and accrued interest to the date for redemption:

Shepherd

Drexel &

American Securities

Arthurs, Lestrange 8l Co.
Auchincloss, Parker sl Redpath

coupon

Bacon, Whipple sl Co.

Best Match Play vs. Par—

&

Alden sl Co., Inc.

Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Chicago, Illi¬

Redemption Provisions of the Bonds: The Bonds may be redeemed prior to their respective
maturities on 30 days' published notice in Kentucky, Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York,
either in whole, on any date not earlier than July 1, 1971, at the option of the Authority, from any
moneys that may be made available for such purpose, or in part, in the inverse order of their maturi¬
ties, on any interest payment date not earlier than July 1, 1966, from moneys in the Sinking Fund,

Rutter & Co.

Dominick

as

option of the holder. Principal of registered bonds without coupons and of

Co.

Barney &

Putts

Tripp sl Co., Inc.

bonds, registrable

Kentucky Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, or at Chemical Bank New York Trust Company,

Joseph O. Rutter

John E.

as

New York, New York, or at American National

Goedecke

S,

coupons in denominations of $1,000 or
provided in the Trust Indenture. Semi-annual interest

as coupon

registered bonds without

multiple thereof, and interchangeable

Boyce

to principal alone, in the

Sutro Bros. SL Co.

(January 1 and July 1) and principal of coupon bonds not registered as to principal payable at The

DeCoppett & Doremus.

G.

Paine^Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Reynolds sl Co., Inc.
L F. Rothschild sl Co.

(Plus accrued interest)

.denomination of $1,000, and as

Leib

Gordon

J.

2000

Langley sl Co.
Higginson Corporation
Oppenheim sl Company

Stein Bros. SL

(2)—

Hanford

E.

W. C.

Price: 99.50%

DeCoppett & Doremus.

J.

Hirsch sl Co.

Co., Inc.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Net Best Ball

Fewest

Michigan Corporation
Hallgarten sl Co.
Hayden, Stone sl Co.
Hemphill, Noyes sl Co.

Lee

$98,000,000 4.85% Term Bonds due July 1,

Company, Inc.

Francis I. duPont 8L Co.

Smith Inc.

&

Wm.

R. S. Dickson sl

Dominick sl Dominick

100

1978

,

H.

Price

1970

Ehrlich

Merrill

or

1974

Runner-up Low Net—
Peter R.

Incorporated

Clark, Dodge 8f Co. Inc.

'4.45%

41/2
41/2

1,000,000

1,000,000

Net—

Morgan

A. G. Becker sl Co.

Yield

#A%
<0/4
41/4
41/4
41/4
<0/4'
41/4

.

900,000

900,000

&

shown below

Braun, Bosworth sl Co. Inc.

Gross—

rities

as

Bache sl Co.

Interest

Eastman

July 1,

$20,000,000 Serial Bonds

contests

golf

Robert L. B. Dewar

L.

Due

July 1, 1961

Co. Inc.

were:

Low

J. Van Ingen SL Co. Inc.

Weeden SL Co.

Wertheim & Co.
Dean Witter SL Go.

Klingeman
of

Company

F. S. Smithers SL Co.

Co. Inc.

Dillon, Read &
Winners

Pressprich SL Co.

Salomon Brothers SL Hutzler

(The foregoing information was obtained from the Official Statement
of the Authority to which reference is made.)

were:

Dillon, Head &
D.

Co., Incorporated

for each biennium for which the Lease is renewed

Arthur B. Treman

Ellis

Loeb, Rhoades SL Co.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner SL Smith Inc.

W. H. Morton 8L

from any

doubles

tennis

renew

expires June 30, 1962. The Department shall
the Lease for successive biennial terms, one at a time,

as its
general obligation to be paid
available funds of the Department not required by law or by previous binding
contract to be devoted to other
purposes. The Department derives its funds from motor
fuel taxes,
operators' licenses, and vehicle registrations. Under the Kentucky Constitution,
such revenues may be used only for highway
purposes.

Wehman

Kidder, Peabody & Co.
John

option to

of the Lease

June 30, 2000. This renewal is automatic unless notice not to renew is served. The
Lease rental has been set at an amount which, if maintained
during each biennium, will be

Blyth & Co., Inc.
Donald

term

until

Morgan Stanley & Co.
Norman

Goodbody SL Co.
Ira Haupt SL Co.
Hornblower SL Weeks

have the exclusive

Black

H.

Equitable Securities Corporation
Goldman, Sachs SL Co.

~

THE LEASE—The initial

Co.

&

C.J. Devine SL Co.

June 21, 1961, between the Authority and the Department (as
authorized by the Enabling Act), the
Department covenants to pay all costs of repairing,
maintaining and operating the Western Kentucky Toll Road until the final maturity of

Co.

Incorporated

J. C. Bradford 81 Co.
Alex. Brown & Sons

BY AGREEMENT dated

Thomas A. Turley

Bache

Blair sc Co.

toll-free.

Digest

Company
AHyn and Company, Incorporated

Bear, Stearns sl Co.

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS of
Kentucky, the Lessee of the Western
Kentucky Toll Road, has had extensive and successful experience during the last 30 years
in financing with revenue bonds and
operating 16 toll facilities of which 13 are now

Thomas L. Wilkerson

Harris,

Allen sl
A. C.

THE

Corpora¬

tion.

Dealer's

alphabetically

of participation

THE

Inc.

O.

within brackets

SecuritIes

Notes About These

Wiley, Chairman
Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Brownlee

forth)
Underwriters listed

outing consisted of:

Smith

solely from revenues as hereinafter set

Committee

P.

&

Kentucky Toll Road Revenue Bonds

(payable

afternoon.

103%

.

103

Fahnestock sl Co.
Geo. B. Gibbons sl

Company, Inc.
Henry Harris sl Sons, Inc.
J. A. Hogle 8l Co.

—-

105%

t:

E. F. Hutton sl Co.

Incorporated

.

.

102

104

.

.

102

103

Kean, Taylor sl Co.
W. L.

.

.

.

101

102

.

101

101

100

100

Moore, Leonard sl Lynch

1
.

.

Lyons sl Co.

Newburger, Loeb 8l Co.
Wm. E. Pollock sl

Co.

Co., Inc.

Rand sl Co.

Nearest to Pin (17th Hole)
Wm.

J.

Roome, II

Dominick

High

'These Bonds

being issued for the purpose ofproviding funds, together with other available funds, for paying
the cost of constructing the Western Kentucky Toll Road, as more fully described in the Official Statement. The Bonds
are
being issued under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 173 of the Acts of I960, Regular Session, of the
General Assembly of Kentucky (Sections 175.410 to 175.990, inclusive, Kentucky Revised Statutes), and are to
be issued under and secured by a Trust Indenture, dated as ofJuly 1, 1961, between The
Turnpike Authority of
Kentucky and The Kentucky Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, as Trustee. The Bonds will be payable
solely from the special fund provided therefor, from lease rentals or other revenues of the Western Kentucky Toll
Road, including rentals under the Lease hereinbefore mentioned. The Bonds shall not be deemed to constitute a
debt of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit
of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof.

—

•

.

Dominick.

&

Gross—

Richard

Walker

R.

Vilas &

Hickey.

With Harriman

Ripley

are

Roosevelt sl

Cross, Inc.

Singer, Deane sl Scribner
Stern Brothers sl Co.

Stifei, Nicolaus & Company,
Thomas sl

Incorporated

Company

Tucker, Anthony sl R. L. Day
Wood, Struthers sl Co.

Almstedt Brothers

.

The Bankers Bond Co. Inc..

CHICAGO, 111.—Harriman Ripley
& Co.

tributors of investment
have

announced

Sullivan

is

the

firm

in

the

Field

Salle

with

These Bonds

Inc., underwriters and dis¬

that

the

Street.

He
&




as

and if issued and received by

was

Allen &

in

formerly

and

us

and subject

to

the approval

Dupree & Co.

Russell, Long & Company
Security & Bond Company

F.

Company

135 South La

Co.

Phillips & Co.

offered when,

with*

Chicago office

Building,

Baxter

are

legality by Mitchell, Pershing, Shetterly & Mitchell, New York, N. Y.,
Grafton, Ferguson & Fleischer, Louisville, Kentucky, Bond Counsel.

and

securities,
Daniel

associated

now

.of

F. L

White-

John Nuveen & Co.

B.

J. Van Ingen & Co. Inc.

(Incorporate^)

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

A. C.

Allyn and Company
Incorporated

The Kentucky Company

9

10

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2842)

TAX-EXEMPT BOND MARKET
D. MACKEY

DONALD

BY

and

state

municipal

ing the last week. Although new
issue volume has not been heavy,
calendar has been varied

the

to that extent

of

institutional

our

has

stimulating to

tion,

plished.

including

needed

this

been

has

that

demand

of

as

varieties

volume

be

can

purchased

at

comparatively at¬
tractive
yields. Whether related
to other categories of investment
or
related
to
tax-exempt bond
prices over the years, tax-exempts
presently make good investment

It

basic

maintained the

bond market at its
high level during the
several
weeks
of general
market vicissitude...

sense.

On

-

LY7."'V

/

other hand,

the

in

remain

ances

despite

Sizable

new
issue volume
circumstances. It is
to be hoped that the forthcoming
S.E.C. investigations may point up
and emphasize these constructive
activities among their other
findings.
/,
under

instances

many

effort

an

handling

bal¬

downward

at

price revision designed to broaden
the

demand.

formance
when

full

the

However,

has

been

per¬

fairly

consideration

good

is

.

given

Prices

Half Billion Inventory

be

heavy by

any

continue

traditional

to

meas¬

slightly

over.

is

the

vol¬

of

street

float

has

been

new

more

months

volume
normal

and

almost
head

issue

than

the

calendar

ominously
the

into

However,

has
in

light

we

been

notice. At

At

volume

nounced

totals

favorable

ON

less

market

nervousness

direct

than

a

bond

bond

market

exempt

very

of

REPRESENTATIVE

(State)

Connecticut (State)

its

the

It

is

for

more

corporate
the

against

market.

is

tax-

estimated

billion of Treasury

Bid

Maturity

Asked

1978-1980

3.80%

3.65%

334%

1980-1982

3.50%

3.40%

1978-1980

3.50%
3.40%

3.40%

1978-1979

Vermont

3V8%

1978-1979

3.25%
3.35%

Y.) 3V2%

1977-1980

3.40%

3.30%

_33/4%

1978-1980

3.80%
3.50%
3.45%
3.70%

3.65%

3.55%

__

___

Housing Auth.

(N. Y.,

N.

Los Angeles, Calif

Baltimore, Md
Cincinnati, Ohio
New Orleans, La

314%

.

Chicago, 111
New York City, N. Y

____

June

28,

have

maintained

that

1961

of tax-

ridiculous

seems

they should feel called

lose

to

issue

new

erate

money

upon

mod¬

even

an

on

portion of their underwrit¬

ing commitments because of
false

of

sense

has

progressively

1974-1975-

1980

314%

1980

314%

1979.

■

level

3.30%

3.15%
3.20%

3.40%
3.35%

314%

1977

3.70%

3.60%

3%

1980

3.60%

3.55%

Index = 3.423%

announcement

appears as

a matter

large

bid when

a

even

is

be

used

program

improving

of

the

for

a

sorely

modernizing
primary and

June 29 (Thursday)

^

Atlanta,

Dist., Pa

Ga.

1,000,000

____

-

1,000,000

1962-1991

2,520,000

1962-1985

1,000,000

1962-1985

Savannah, Ga.

1,300,000

1962-1988

El Paso, Texas

___•_

i

7:30 p.m.

11:00

a.m.

9:30

a.m.

7:30 p.m.

11:00

a.m.

July 6 (Thursday)

Jackson U. S. D., Mich

4,300,000

______

Washington Twp. Sch. Dist., N. J.

1,400,000

July 7 (Friday)
Kingman-Reno

1

:

1962-1986

North East Ind. S. D., Texas...

__

though

generally

acceptable.

Cos.

HSD

8,

Kan.

1964-1987
1962-1986

7:30 p.m.

8:00

p.m.o

.

1,387,000

1962-1981

7:00 p.m.

'

Recent

The volume of

writing

July 10 (Monday)

Awards
new

issue under¬

up

considerably

picked

several sizable issues

as

to

June

market.

On

Thursday,

$25,000,000
State
of
Texas general obligation veterans',,
22,

land

bonds

due

1966-1991

were

First National

City Bank of New
York, The Chase Manhattan Bank

and

Halsey,

which

Stuart

submitted

&

Co.,' Inc.,

the

only bid for
the issue. The bonds were priced
to yield from 2.30% to 3.65% for

was

in

one

bid

part

the reason for only
being made.
Good in¬

terest has been accorded the issue
and the bank management reports
a

balance

maining
On

of $4,489,000

in

account.

bonds

Cinnaminson Twp. S. D., N. J

1,300,000

1963-1982

8:00 p.m.

Flint, Mich.

5,580,000

1962-1991

North

Monterey Co. U. S. D., Cal.

Port of

Portland, Ore...
Portland, Ore.

tion
five

bids

Chase

the

Chemical

Trust

awarded

Benton Co.,

Richland SD 400, Wash.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
College of Texas, A & M, Texas..

Corpus Christi, Texas
Honolulu City & County, Hawaii
Long Beach Unified S. D., Calif...
Los Angeles, Calif...
Memphis, Tenn.

_

Pcntiac, Mich.
University of Texas

...

Manhattan

Coj

Bank

Included

Bank
New

Ketchikan, Alaska
New

York

Agency

State

-

J

~

Co.

The

issue

were

Loeb,

the
The

was

Rhoades
scaled

yield 1.60% to 3.35% with
Investor

coupon.

been fair
at

this

and

the

a

3.20%

reception
unsold

to

Springfield, Ore.

Week's

9:00

a.m.

11:00

a.m.

10:00

a.m.

2,400,000
7,000,000

1966-1991

8:00 p.m.,

1,000,000

1962-1981

9:00 a.m.'

18,800,000
13,500,000
3,530,000

1962-1931

9:30

1962-1991
1962-1991

1982-1981

a.m..

2:30 p.m.

7:30

p.m.

10:00

a.m.

1,450,000

1962-1991

51,$65,000

1964-2004

8:00 p.m.

"

__

Washington State University.

v10:00

V

a.m.

balance

11,429,000

1962-1981

1,960,000

1966-1991

7:30 p.m.

8,354,000,

1962-2000

9:00

11:00

a.m.

a.m.

July 17 (Monday)
Florida

Development Commission.

2,000,000

1963-1971

11:00a.m.

July 18 (Tuesday)
Glendale

Unified

Sch.

Dist., Calif.

2,000,000
35,000,000

1962-1981

9:00

a.m.

•.

2,000,000
9,600,000

1962-1981

10:00

a.m.

11:00

a.m.

Monroe, Louisiana

1,700,000

1962-1986

10:00

a.m.

Newark, N. J.

8,000,000

1962-1981

Noon

1962-1993

Noon

1964-1996

' 10:00

1964-2001

10:00

Kentucky

(State of)

(State

Stockton

of)

Unified Sch.

Dist., Calif.

has

writing is $3,338,000.

Calendar

~

Milwaukee County, Wis

Maine

&

1963-1976
1962-1986
1962-1981

7,003,000

Knoxville^ Tenn.

M.

_

and,

Trust
Co.,. The First
Corp., Harriman Ripley &
Carl

1,658,000

3,000,000
5,000,000

Housing Finance

...

Northern

and

a.m.

[Negotiated offering headed by Phelps, Fenn & Co., and including Lehman
Brothers, Smith, Barney & Co., Inc., & W. H. Morton & Co., Inc., as co-managers.]
Sacramento-Yolo Port Dist., Calif.
1962-1991

Boston
Co.

a.m.

10:00

July 12 (Wednesday)

York

among

underwriters

10:00

1963-1976

6,000,000

to

managed jointly by

The

other

"Were

1962-1981

1,000,000

July 13 (Thursday)

Friday, June 23, $10,630,000
obliga¬
(1961-1981) bonds attracted
and

1962-1986

1,500,000

July 11 (Tuesday)

'

.

1,600,000

3:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m.

re¬

Delaware various general

2,674,000

July 19 (Wednesday)
Charleston,

S.

C.

2,500,000

July 20 (Thursday)
Business

Mississippi (State of)

Tuesday, June 27, $30,000,Georgia State Highway Au¬

4,200,000

,

On
000

a.m.

July 21 (Friday)
St.

Andrews Presbyterian

College

Carolina

1,340,000

a.m..

July 24 (Monday)

of record only. No public offering of these securities is being made.

Coldwater, Mich.

1,995,000

1962-1986

Eugene, Ore.

1,000,000

1962-1981

1,000,000

1962-1971

New

$15,000,000

loan, the first
$130,000,000 authoriza¬

a

will

tabulations we list the bond issues of
for which specific sale dates have been set.

or more

Altoona Sch.

North

This

following

some

invited

considering purchases
price

the

$1,000~000

competitiveness. It

investors to lead with

the

In

orderly and recep¬

exempt issues. It

and

and

The

this

Larger Issues Scheduled For Sale'

the

.

uncalled
for.
very
.responsibly

an

the syndicate

SERIAL ISSUES

Jersey Highway Auth., Gtd.__ 3%
New York (State)
3% %
Pennsylvania (State)
3%%
New

Dealers

to

3V2s, the restricted coupon
ceiling put on the issue and which

3V2%-

New

(State)

"municipal

appears

under

Forgan & Co.,
Phelps, Fenn & Co., Bear, Stearns

that

reason

approach

market

proceeds from

Glore,

the

market

and
the

on

as

that about $10

faces

the

securities

bearing

Rate

California

Our

present, the most formidable

Treasury

an¬

market factor.

MARKET

declines.

obstacle that the state and munici¬

pal

brief

present the 30-day

$225,000,000. This alone is

weekly

Treasury's Heavy Hand

that

but

on

the market would
three-eighths of a

about

points since May 17.

we

as

and

Salomon
Brothers
and
many
others.

Co.,
Hutzler,

act

this
week.
for 20-year

now

emphasize

revision

measured,
off

two

municipal financing
is great and subject to

potential

municipal

Index shows the market off about

the state and

upward

So

be

months.

summer

again

moderate

recent

is

and

state

Financial

point. This is in line with recent

outstanding market negative.

The
no

28

$495,882,000. This minimal

measure

the

of June

As

state

&

by the syndicate headed

markets.

The awarded to the account managed
average
yield
high jointly by the Harris Trust and
grade bonds moved to 3.423% oh'
Savings Bank, The Morgan Guar¬
June 28 from 3.40% on June 21.
anty Trust Co. of New York, The

municipal inventory has listed
tallying half billion dollars

and

and

bond Index shows the market off

items

ume

aggressive

(1962-1991) bonds

revenue

were won

tax-exempt

bond

is for this simple

It
an

keep

certainly

the

to

other

as

this week

Lower

Commercial

Chronicle's

For weeks the Blue List total

ure.

of

inventories

well

came

The
Dealer

of

trying

all the market factors involved.

a

tive market for ail classes

the market
level is orderly enough and fa¬
bond
vorable enough so as not to frus¬
While state and municipal bond
trate
municipal
borrowing. ' It
dealers
have
been
busy under¬
appears
to
us
that
in
recent
writing more than a quarter bil¬
months particularly, the munici¬
lion of large new issues in the
pal bond industry has been de¬
last weekly period, this has not
serving of high praise tfor its
been accomplished to the street's
satisfaction.

almost

vorable factor. Tax-exempt bonds

relatively

entire

marketing
will

deterrent

tax-exempt
past

with

least

at

the Fed busy
considerations

and

it

all

will

Treasury

and

many

underlying

This

as

in

Thursday, June 29, 1961

by Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., John
Nuveen & Co., Shields & Co. and
Equitable Securities
Corp., and

tax-exempts continues to be-a fa¬

and

investors.

level for

Moreover, the market

bond

.

thority

the

market has been very active dur¬

.

financing must be accomplished
by year's end in order to satisfy
cash
needs.
Moreover, approxi¬
mately $20 billion of roll-over fi¬
nancing
must
also
be
accom¬
.

The

.

Mexico

State

Armory Board

8:00 p.m..

10:00

a.m.,

1:30 p.m.

July 26 (Wednesday)

.

Alaska

(State of)

13,975,000
35,000,000
17,160,000 ■*'

Michigan (State of)___
North Carolina

Northeastern Water Company

(State of)

9:30

a.m.

July 31 (Monday)
Charleston, West Virginia.

5V2% Collateral Trust Bonds, due May 1, 1986

4,000,000

.

Noon

Aug. 9 (Wednesday)
Wichita

Sch.

Dist.

No.

1, Kan.—

1,600,000

1962-1981

:00

a.m.

10:30

a.m.

Aug. 22 (Tuesday)
Direct

placement of these Bonds with institutional
negotiated by the undersigned.

Cook County, 111

;__

.

25,000,000

investors has been

Sept. 5 (Tuesday)
El Paso

County, Texas

1,750,000

Sept. 13 (Wednesday)
Harris, Co., Houston Nav. Dist.,Tex.
Los

EQUITABLE

Angeles Dept. of W. & P., Cal.

Sept. 29 (Friday)

Securities Corporation

Minneapolis,

Minnesota

:_

Oct.

Nashville
BOSTON
MEMPHIS

HARTFORD

-

GREENSBORO

New York

PHILADELPHIA

<

NEW

BIRMINGHAM

ORLEANS

DALLAS

JACKSON, MISS.

Los Angeles City

10

3,400,000

(Tuesday)

Col. Dist., Calif.

Los

Angeles U. S. D., Calif

Los

Angeles Flood Control D., Cal.

7,500,000
27,500,000

HOUSTON

Nov. 14
ATLANTA
'•

June 29, 1961




9,000,000

15,000,000

o

Los Angeles Co. Hosp.

Dec. 12

(Tuesday)
15,000,000

(Tuesday)

Dist., Calif.

3,781,000

1989

4:30 p.m.

Volume

Number

193

6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2843)

secondary roads of the state. The

lation

bonds, which

20

from

1.75%

priced to yield

were

to

3.95%

The

various

for

500,000

were

about

1976

ton

to

&

Co.,

Drexel

from

ceeds

the

sale

$10,000,-

Also

term

of

loans

were

scaled

terms were reoffered at
for a 3.80% coupon and the

for

a

an

unsold

4%

remain

total

bonds

divided

will be used;

99

at

in

of,

$9,140,000

account.

dealers'

in

the

as

and

hands

account

members

controlled

of the longest bonds.

new

itself

the

'

sewerage
as

well

neighboring

some

tremendous

growth in the

Flood

bonds

tion

of

will

be

domed
used

Houston

Oilers,

a

football

team

in

League

and

join
.year.

pro¬

the

the

new

the National -League next
The. teams will rent, the

•stadium from

thevcounty.

account

by the Northern Trust Co.
and the Morgan
Guaranty Trust
Co. of New York, and were priced
to yield 1.70% to 3.55%.
Bonds

Strong

y The toll bonds continue to show
resistance

to

downward

the

bond

tendency.

continues to

the

be

market's

The

reason

intrinsic

im-

provemept reflected through bet¬
ter revenues. With record motor
travel

this

expected

revenues

records

Trust

awarded to the

and

by the Harris
Savings' Bank were

yield from

price

of

90

1.70%

for

a

to

3% %

No

balance

figures

road

the

week

before.

New

Port

is

Authority Projects

reported

session

that

of the New

special

a

Jersey Legis¬

are

lature

re¬

August to approve two large Port

probably will be called in

lower

Manhattan, and
Manhattan Rail¬

and

New

"The

advantages and the
for both projects are
great that both are musts." We
hope that this terse generality is
so

a

convincing one to investors
when and if this deal materializes.
N.

Y.

The only

ently

on

Housings Near

negotiated issue

the

calendar

a

&

group

Co.,

headed by Phelps, Fenn
Lehman

Brothers,

&

Co.

1961

Tennessee
4%% Power Bonds 1961 Series A
■m;,

Due

The Bonds
"
,

are

callable in whole at any time or in part on any interest payment date at par plus

July 1, 1986

l/4 of

1% of the principal amount for each year or fraction thereof from the date fixed for redemption to
July 1, 1985, plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; but prior to January 1, 1969
the Corporation may not redeem any of these Bonds, directly or indirectly, as a part of, or in antic¬
ipation of, any refunding operation involving the incurring of any indebtedness by the Corporation.

Principal and semi-annual interest (January 1 and July 1) payable at the principal offices of-Bankers Trust Company, New
York, N. Y. (the Trustee), The First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 111,, and Bank of America N.T. & S.A.,
San Francisco, Calif. Coupon bonds in the denomination of $1,000 registrable as to principal only
;,
or fully
registered bonds in the denomination of $1,000 or any multiple thereof. '
*

.

*

in the opinion of counsel, under present laws
from personal property taxes and the interest theron is exempt from
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Ferris & Company

-

Wm. E. Pollock & Co., Inc.

Memphis

Industrial National Bank

Adams, McEntee & Co., Inc.

Providence, R. I.

Newark, N. J.

Hamilton National Bank

Underwood, Neuhaus & Co.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Incorporated

of Chicago

The American National

UnitedAngeles,
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Calif.
of

The Philadelphia National Bank

National State Bank

of Western New York

in Dallas

Continental Illinois National Bank
and Trust Company of Chicago

.

The Northern Trust Company

The Marine Trust Company

First National Bank

Saint

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Breed & Harrison, Inc.

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Kohlmeyer & Co.

Ryan, Sutherland & Co.

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$50,000,00(1

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pres¬

involves

$51,865,000 New York State Hous¬
ing Finance Agency
(Revenue)
bonds scheduled for
offering on
July 12. This issue, maturing
1964-2004, is to be offered through

June 29,

Dated

for

Jersey.

necesssity

f

"J

$355

Highway Commissioner Palmer
New Jersey is quoted as fol¬

lows:

New Issue

1

the

Center to be

extension, project,

New York

are

3.78%

in

and

summer,

likely to break all
many of these proj¬
Smith, Barney & Co.

include

the Hudson and

for

The

It

a

projects

located

of

aged

were

These

million World Trade

..

Toll

managed

available at this writing. The

has

by the

won

bonds which
account

in

reception

were

Turnpike Bond Index averaged a
3.79% yield on June 22; it aver¬

coupon.

Investor

bonds
headed

$24,500,000 various general
obligation limited tax (1962-2001)

yield from 1.75% in 1962 to 3.40%
1976.

maining $5,000,000 unlimited tax
general obligation (1962 - 1981)

ects.

The

dollar

popu¬

by

Houston baseball team which will

well regarded

the

construc¬

the

both

priced to

scaled to

finance

fessional

Smith, Barney & Co. group. This
was

Harris
Control Dis¬

all-weather

which

to

bond

will

an

stadium

of

communities.

This has been necessitated by

and

Wednesday, June 28,. an
of
$15,000,000
Maryland
State
Roads
Commission y( 19621976) bonds were awarded to the

facilities
or

the

:

issue

by the City of San Diego, to con¬

serve

Wednesday,

trict, Texas, came to market with
$29,500,000 various general obli¬
gation limited and unlimited tax
bonds. Eighteen million dollars of

is

was

On

along with funds already received

struct

on

American

How¬

accurate appraisal of the

an

60%

priced

County

At this writing

balance

impossible

pro¬

were

coupon.

ever,

Dillon Union Securities & Co. and

Kidder, Peabody & Co. The

slow, with yesterday after¬
balance
being
about
$11,000,000.

yield from 2.80% to 3.60%. The

100

Eastman,

Co.,

&

two

40-year bonds

Devine

C. J.

of

obligations due 1967 to

and

bonds

majors were

been

last

20-year

came

Corp. and included among the

many

consisted

2001. The serial bonds

Calif, sewer
to mar¬
ket on June 27. The high bid for
the bonds was submitted by the
group managed by The First Bos¬
Diego,
bonds, also

the

over

$6,500,000 bonds due in 1981 and
$26,000,000
bonds
maturing
in

San

revenue

area

noon's

issue

000 serial

two-thirds
sold after the initial order period
and at this writing the balance is
$6,558,000.
The week's largest issue, $42,coupons,

the

of

years.

11

American National
Bank and Trust Company
Chattanooga, Tenn.

12

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2844)

in

FROM WASHINGTON

'No

in

which

CARLISLE

public

of

Mr.

aims

new

vate

BY

us

had

Administration

intends

to

ground in the Berlin crisis. They
insist that the recent
jstatemeht

by

Democratic

Senate

Mansfield

Mike

Berlin be made
have

been

loon

yet

Leader

suggesting

that

"free city" may

a

the

explanation

biggest

launched

trial

bal¬

the

New

by

than

reaction

his

to

State

the

Senator

was

views

and

that

the

J.

position on Berlin has not
changed. Senator Mansfield him¬
self, with his mail running four
to one against the proposal, re¬

the

matter

out

proposing

rational

on

his

was

Senator,

on

own

issue without

'trail

as

such

a

conclusion

balloon'

rect."

the

Recalling

that

vital

had

been

criticized

the President

Administration. Substantiating this

the

table"

deal

to

has

as

Whip

Majority

and

added:

Hubert

Senator

the

Estes

"In

GOP

Na¬

rated

on

but

he

to

is

conducting

business

from

a

n c o r

offices

at

time

June

6,

111.—Trinity

at 500 North

in

a

formed

Broadway, to

all

to

must

him

to

Mr.

be

Per

admitted

commu¬

its intention

his

of

statement.

disclaimers

at

the

In

any

a

in
or

connection

revaluations.

though Mr. Per Jacobsson's

lowed

by

a

recovery

of

sterling,

this favorable effect lasted
only a

two.

or

that

aware

prevent

For the market
there

government

any

was

nothing to

was

from

communicating to
the
Interna¬
tional Monetary Fund its intention
to change its parities
immediately

engage

after Mr. Per Jacobsson had made
his statement.

securities business.

In

order

such

to

denials

be

really effective,

would

have

had

to

be repeated at least once in every

twenty-four hours. To do
have

$38,799,500

obvious

cause

to

Industries, Inc.

so

later

or

is

of

one

bound

to

notifying

the

elapse

subscribe for the Debentures

as

set

forth in the

Prospectus. Subscription

Warrants expire at 3:30 P.M., Eastern
Daylight Saving

to

repeat his

absence

of

would

its

Subscription Price

a

denial.

posi¬

Yet in

repetition

assume

the

the

may

offer Debentures

and conditions set

to the

the

always

tempting to keep
extent of the deprecia¬
precisely because it can be
repeated so easily, later. If it were
the practice to change the Bank
the

rate frequently by raising it or
lowering it by, one-sixteenth per
cent

one-thirty second per cent
time, its changes would not
produce the psychological effect

at

or

a

which

is

of the

one

main

advan¬

tages of major Bank rate changes.
It

doubtful

seems

moderate
nadian

real

whether

the

depreciation of the Ca¬

dollar that

the time of

occurred up

economy.

while ,to make the change for the
sake of the extent iio which such
small change is liable to affect
imports and
exports.
The fact
that
the
government has aban¬
doned the
of

its

relatively rigid defense

currency

tent

encourage

the

feeling

counteract

It:

to some

may

ex¬

expansion, though

of
its

i

was

uncertainty

effect.

n e v

i t

bT

a

may

-*

e

that

the

both

on

spot and forward sterling

corresponding change in ster¬
ling and partly in anticipation of
the

effect

In

1957

Area

as

well.

Another

a

lesson

Floating Rate

taught

by

the

about

a

change

in

parity.

a

trade

on

between

Can¬

ada and the United Kingdom.

a

it

was

Commonwealth
draw

heavily

decision

its

firm

ling.

reserve that
Government to

complacency

In

other

1961

seems

forced
abon-

to

take

of ster¬

the decision

Commonwealth

ment, Canada,
some

and

in defense

measures

of

country, India,
on the Sterling

f dollar

British

don

the

of

an¬

Govern¬

to have gone

though not nearly far
towards
inducing
the

way,

enough,

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It was hardly worth

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the

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rate.

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exchange

tional

the

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alternations

change in the Canadian dollar

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little,"

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not

dian

would

disadvantages,

sooner

governments

Hunt Foods and

too

change continued to prevail after
the announcement by the Cana¬

their

statement, which served primarily
the
purpose
of
reassuring
the
markets about sterling, was fol¬

offices

and

finality which is

tainty

since Canada has

Even

261

of

International

fairness

with devaluations

p o-

late

air

change

existing distrust in official denials

Investment
with

to

floating
exchange, technically there was
no
change in its parities.
However,
this
experience
is
likely
to
increase
further
the

day

been

In

in

nicate

Form Trinity Investm't Co.
has

the

probability the Cana¬

"under
Mr.

of

Fund

dian Government did not

securities

"too

an

floating

any

few

the sharp unfavor¬

not

of

it

they have got.

has

This

parities.

be

is

it

of

Jacobsson

embolden

it

is

Senators

ought

Per Jacobsson's

that

Broadway, New York City.

warning

any

increase

people

will

up

Diversified Portfolios I

the
cor¬

his televised report to

American

three

Mr.

exactly

and

the

that

almost

It is bound to produce a strong
psychological effect. Provided that

likely to inspire confidence.

and

Co.

crats

our

to

disclaiming knowledge
intention on the part of

Monetary

Form Diversified Portfolios

SALEM,

Humphrey

of

being effective.

Government

came

after

members

with

fall,

ruckus

the

influenced by
able reaction

Kennedy's prestige at *the Vienna

that

Of

Khrdshchev,

conference, Representative Rhodes

fact

A

peace

approval

expense

the

stirred

similar

the

was

this

of the Bank

use

statement

case,

statements by such leading Demo¬

view

signed

preventing sterling de¬

now

The writer favors the

depreciation of the Cana¬

dollar

week

a

be¬

Canadian

a

dian

Capitol

on

separate

the

cause

—

only

is

for

against

reality

voiced
the

possible

of

to

open

statements.

Frontier

statements

tional Chairman William E. Miller

consulting with the

be

New

our

that

is

speculation

that

was

standby credit,

LONDON, England—The decision

the

Mansfield-Hum¬

Kefauver

Certainly

that the Ma¬

Thus

House.

opinion

a

foreign policy without at least
obtaining prior clearance from the

for discus¬

strong

before

out next year,

runs

for not

recogni¬

satellite

to

affect

Ger¬

remaining remnants of prestige.

John

radical change in

a

-

at the

Rhodes, who said: "It is incon¬
suppose

the

phrey

tacit

came

Congressman

of

would

to

for

Soviet

to

policy but bewails his country's policy of deliberately
underemploying them in 1960 and then blaming monetary policy

trial

force

facto

closer

moved

Hill

is a new
policy, then

jority Leader of the United States

high that
the Ad¬
ministration's No. 2 spokesman in
the Senate, would not have spoken
out

speculation

Montana

this

"If

asked

foreign

Arizona

White

But

unchanged,

free city

a

East

The for¬

move.

depreciation

rate and credit

obvious

was

action

valuation,

and

the

would

ipso

an

that

cause

Senate would make any statement

sion."
the

in

ceivable to

plied that he had made the "free
city"
recommendation
"only to
bring

Dirksen

which

effective

oft-threatened

with

peace

—

of

had

Khrush¬
position in

remain

happens

from

S.

it

of

keep the Berlin corridor

with
S.

U.

strongest demand
Presidential
explanation

per¬

U.

denials

charges,

into

West

and

before

The

said

House

Canadian

sterling adversely but doubts it will awaken the British toward taking

which

Department

expansion hoped for in this

eign exchange expert expects the

ultimatum."

an

Khrushchev's

many

of

counteract the economic

aims'

'new

dictated

of

State

separated

the pledges for
reunification of Germany?"

and

have
voicing his

out

Disadvantages of Canada's floating exchange rate listed by Dr. Einzig
problem of resulting uncertainty which is seen likely to

include the

in

either side' and

on

was

form

balloon

tion

both

the

would

change
what

state¬

Department

"came

meeting

Senator

received

the White House

the

that

the

that

sky."

that

proposal for

Mansfield has

aqd

his

chev

Berlin

every

adverse

after

public

settlement

White

Senate

and

By Paul Einzig

Germany

Kennedy

both

a

speeches

a

days later.

on

President
which

Despite

Pointing to President Kennedy's

which confronts it.
Senator

three

assurance

a

Administration stand
foreign
problem

softening

in

said

in

Leader

GOP

The British Dalliance

Neither

dictate

presented that had not 'been

took

White

the

Halleck

the clear blue

personal opinion,
Republicans say it smacked
strongly of what seemed to be a

sonal

A.

all

more

ment

Charles

Vienna

a

joint statement that
they found it difficult to believe

the

an

House

to

stated in

Minority Leader Everett 1VI. Dirk-

Despite Senate Mansfield's pro¬
tests that his statement reflected

toward

House.

sen

Frontier.

no

from

stated

the text of Khrush¬

memoranda

handed

were

floor.

the Senate

Republican leaders immediately
demanded
a
full
and
complete

give

to

"And yet a scant six

Kefauver followed Senator Mans¬
on

been

not

there

in

settlement.

BARGERON

field

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

Canadian Devaluation and

stated,
pri¬

stated

either side.

on

was

chev's

Republicans
are
greatly worried for fear that the

Kennedy

were

Tass released

Congressional

.

which he discussed the Vienna

conference,

...Ahead of the News

.

•

•

Tyler Kay 1961

Volume

Number

193

6068

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2845)
British

Government

living in

to give
fool's paradise.

a

up

There is, of course, no question
of

repetition

any

of

measures

not

was

only

firm

face

of

the

sterling, be-

on

the

Treasury but
the Bank of England seems

even

to

in

pressure

not

the

The Bank rate

raised

growing
cause

1957.

of

have lost its faith in the Bank

rate.

It is argued in official circles

that

the

high Bank

effective
would
it.

to

last

be

year,

that

credit

is

short

its

president

of

the

..Minneapolis-

Falls investment dealer and
tual fund distributor.
The purchase is part of

a

mu-

four-

state Upper Midwest expansion of
Apache's mutual fund sales or-

ment to the post of South Dakota
state commissioner of securities.
The company, which has 19 registered representatives, will operate under the name of Apache In-

is

funds

and

folmed
0us

life

insurance

in Januaryof1959

to that time

Mr

stopped

This is

not

an

offering of these Shares for sale,
The

or an

with Waddell and Reed

The
towards

with

.

Page
9

The office will continue in its

in

attitude
economy

aid

1935

high

It

rate

the

sanctions

against

clearly

under¬

was

in

that

Bank
recalls

League of Nations

towards

Mussolini.
stood

of

squeeze

of the

,

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*-

present location at 315-317 Paul-

Page, Parsons & Co., Incorporated

ton Building, Sioux Falls.
The company, which specialized

has been formed with offices at 1

_

in

investment

securities,

mutual

East 44th Street, New York City
to conduct a securities business,

offer to buy,

or a

solicitation of

an

offer to buy,

any

of such Shares,

offering is made only by the Prospectus.

2,750,000 Shares

circumstances

no

must the sanctions be made effec¬

tive,

because

effective
war.

it

Similarly,

and

feared

was

sanctions

that

might

high

mean

Bank

credit squeeze were

rate

kept de¬

liberately ineffective in 1960 be¬
in

cause,

they

order

would

to

unemployment.
is

be

have

effective,

had

to

entail

That being

so,

hardly fair to blame the

ventional

devices

it

con¬

of

monetary
policy for having been ineffective.

They
be

not given a chance

were

to

effective.

The

device

announced

Selwyn Lloyd
defense
ment

sterling, is a curtail¬
publ iMQ( expenditure,
capital projects. He also
administrative
econo¬

on

promised
mies

Common Stock

of

of

mostly

by Mr.
June 22, for the

on

($5 Par Value)

.

but,

considering

that

until
recently the government had done
its

utmost to frustrate

the

efforts

of

economy-minded Members of
Parliament to enforce closer Par¬

liamentary

control of public ex¬
penditure- to prove the sincerity
of the
change it would require

action, not
It

of

in

certain

seems

such

will

cuts

make

in

that

the

as

Price $80.50 per

words.

mere

the

share

bulk

government

expenditure will be

respect of the postponement of

much-needed
This

higher

Bank

squeeze

rate

projects.

and

increase

to

credit

demand

consumer

continue
of

capital

that in the absence of

means

as

a

will
result

increases, while produc¬
tive capacity which would benefit
by the reorganization of the rail¬
wage

roads
be

similar

and

kept down.

investment

These Shares are being sold to the Underwriters by The Ford Foundation and no part of the
proceeds will be received by Ford Motor Company. Copies of-the Prospectus may be obtained
from any of the several underwriters only in states in which such underwriters are qualified
to act as dealers in securities and in which the
Prospectus may legally be distributed.

will

Nor will the bal¬

between

ance

schemes

consumption

adjusted

be

and

through

the

proposed surcharges and the
diminutive payroll tax authorized
under

this

year's

effect will be
out

budget.

more

Their

than cancelled

by additional wage increases.

It

therefore, that it will

seems,

take

more

than the moderate de¬

preciation of the Canadian dollar
to

shake

ment

the

up

from

British

Govern¬

The First Boston

Corporation

its

complacency.
It
obviously prefers to • rely on
stand-by credits from the Inter¬

Goldman, Sachs & Co

national Monetary Fund and from
Central Banks for the defense of

sterling,

rather

than

popular but effective
restore

the

balance

adopt

un¬

to

measures

the

of

econ¬

stand-by credits are
likely to be sufficient to prevent
a

devaluation

perhaps

tco

government
1962

this

year,

much

to

expect
ahead

think

to

and

will

the
till

exhausted.

be

Association of Customers

stock

on

June

market

29th

forum

will hold

at

the

a

head¬

quarters of the New York Society
of

Security Analysts, 15 William
New York City. Speakers

Street,
will

be

Hutton

Donald

H.

&

Randell, E. F.

Company, and Alan C.
Poole, Hemphill, Noyes & Co.




Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

Customers Brokers to Hear
Brokers

Lehman Brothers

it is

by which time the stand-by

credit

The

Incorporated

Those

omy.

mu-

Parsons Formed

Action

controlling the

credit

attitude

of

British

the

and

Lack

official

InT?.

was

tual fund company,

effective.
Protests British

was

Previ

Behrens

the

stage at which it
chance of becoming

a

Planning Division,
by. Leslie H. Starr, of

and

the

would stand

headed

based investment and manage- Minneapolis, as regional sales diMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Apache ment company, announced.
.
rector. A divisional manager
Investment Planning Division has
The firm' was acquired from headquartering in Sioux Falls will
announced the acquisition of E. Ewald W. Behrens, who is leaving be appointed in the near future,
W. Behrens and Company, Sioux private business upon appoint- Mr- LaCroix said.

ineffective

was

application

from

.

there

"Bank"*rate"

squeeze

ganization, Roger C. LaCroix, vice vestment
■

Behrens Company

reverting

overlooked

high

because

in

in-

was

that

so

point

no

What

fact

rate

Apache Acquires
H cue rtcqu.res

13

White, Weld & Co
Incorporated

■'

The Commercial

'

the next 12 months with a bumper

of

crop

The Coming Bumper Crop
Of New High Records

whigh records for a

ne

number of reasons:

that

fouled

MacKay Shields Associates, Inc.,

New York

commodities

City

is

be dis¬

not expect the current recovery to

weather has made
turn for the better with propi¬

The economic
a

growing conditions predicted
by the economic barometers. Bus¬

tious

and

ment

pro¬

it

planted

grams

the seed

it

expansion.
growth
will

be

fertilized

by

i

im¬

It

provement in
Murray Shields
profits.
New
technological means for increas¬

and

productivity

ing
costs

lowering

being rushed into appli¬
The stage has been set for

are

cation.

of new all-time
highs in the United States econ¬

a

bumper

crop

omy.

It is

now

clear that in the next

months, new highs in the quar¬
or monthly statistics, will be
registered in Industrial Produc¬
tion, Gross National Product, State
and
local
expenditures, Federal
Government Civi 1 ian Expendi¬
12

terly

tures, Personal Incomes, Personal

Savings,

Consumption

Personal

Farm

Income, Employment,

ders

interregnum

an

the

between

and

Fifties

or

of

boom

the

rise.

late

"family formation

boom of
Typically, in such
"between-boom" periods, the re¬
coveries fail to blpssom out into

the mid-sixties.

real "Sffld

recessions

conditions

margins

are

good

nor

very

under pressure.

we

may

(7)

The Kennedy program has,

(8)

the

confi¬

dently expect better business

in

involved

far,

economic stimulation
much

Crop of New High Records

Nevertheless,

some

of

in

This

reform.

But

good.

considerable

justify

announcement

of

an

offer

to

is under

buy

any

no

circumstances to be construed as an

offer to sell

or as a

the

recdnt actions and
some

Wash¬

misgivings.

solicitation

business has

$17,500,000

Company

(Formerly Worcester County Electric Company)

full

had

zeal

of

want

revive

to

should

Deal

D.

be

ployment,

Due July 1, 1991

matter,

trouble

how

Merrill

as

may

much

money

no

was

spent by the government, business

prosperity

frustrated

was

by

a

ending series of regulative,
investigative and legislative at¬
tacks ou business, by fiscal irre¬

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities 8i Co.

Incorporated

Ladenburg, Thalmann &, Co.

Salomon Brothers &, Hutzler

Johnston, Lemon & Co.

McDonnell &. Co.
Incorporated

First of

Michigan Corporation

H. Hentz Si Co.

sponsibility and by an ideological
shift toward the left among the
liberals

in control

Well,

of

policy.
is

J.

F.

K.

I

do

not

think that President Kennedy

will

do

did

R.

D.

it,

danger

that

here

F.

the

it and

However,

too.




Corporation

Elkins, Morris, Stokes & Co.

are

with

style,

everjpore emphasis on

quality
big

and sophistication. And,
gains are likely to be

shown in the teen age, senior citi¬

recreational and leisure time
segments of the tfootwbanim&rket.

zen,

can

♦An

address by Mr. Shields before the
Shoe Manufacturers Association^
Council
Joint
Meeting,
New
York City, June 20, 1961.

National

Tanner's

Griffinger V.-P. of
Bank of America

cation of all the old rusty appara¬

to

the

of

Deal.

New

He

SAN

FRANCISCO, Calif.

;

tolerate the unimaginative appli¬

Vice-President

in

—

of

Bank

cannot

America's

help but know that his task is to
hold business at the highest level
ever reached' rather than to get it

Municipal

of

out

D.

the

subcellar,
raise

could

R.

low level,

very

that

taxes from

his task

Bond

is to

Depart¬

ment has been

while

announced

S.

Clark

Beise.

deficiteering would, under today's

finger,

conditions, only cause a deflation¬
ary run on the dollar by foreign¬

has

ers.

head

I

Therefore,

prepared

am

,

be

not

coloration

to

it

will

be

Bond

T. A.

liberal

tration will be to the good as far

York

outlook

1955,

Griffinger

America

business

is

con¬

Denart-

since

ment

leftist and, therefore,
that the influence of the Adminis¬

the

the

of

Municipal

danger¬

than

rather

who

been

Assistant

ously anti-business, that in politi¬
cal

Grif¬

Mr.

that the image of the Ad¬
will

by

President

a

.re¬

duce the already increased burden
of taxation, and that irresponsible

my

as

an

in

Bank

of

1948 after three

years

investment banker

He

City.

in

New

advanced

was

Cashier

Assistant

joined

1953

in

and

to
to

Assistant Vice-President two years

Growth Ahead

Real

conclusion,

I

may

say

that

optimism is not limited to the
outlook.

near-term

I

foresee

a

truly great boom in the mid-Six¬
ties and am convinced that, de¬

Healy Joins
John Nuveen Co.

spite quite a lot of turbulence in
international as well as domestic

associated

affairs, the decade of the Sixties
will be a period of great growth

Co., 25
City.

Finally,

C.

Butcher 8i Sherrerd

the

hang

Newhard, Cook & Co.

the

The year 1982

be

quite
the

with

showing

even

wear
are

a

new

shoe

in

trend

ward

We

up

production

vigorously
dollar

steeper gains as the
a

period

of revolu¬

tionary changes in the age distri¬

status and geo¬
graphical
distribution
of
our
population to which the policies
bution,

incorpe

Healy,
with

Street,

Broad

become

has

Jr.
John

Nuveen

&

York

New

of the
member
Company's Dealer Sales and
Healy,

a

veteran

Public Bond business, is a
of the

Division

Service

office.
&

Most

Co.,

Mr.

Healy

associated with

Newark,

in

its New York

recently

and B.

with

Bache

formerly

F. R.

was

Cole & Co.,

J. Van Ingen &

up¬

volume

on.

in

Lyle

Mr.

about

word

a

all-time
high record in the production of
footwear.
And, allowing Jor a
bit cf slippage from time to time,
should

years

Joseph Walker & Sons

our

Pro¬
motion of Theodore A. Griffinger

should

Childs Securities

in

suggest that our people
engaged in a major upgrading
their
purchases of footwear

never

leather industries.

Dean Witter & Co.

and other

changes

economy

for the United States.

Francis I. duPont & Co.

of this

■

later.

lawfully offer these securities in such Slate.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8C Smith

that

was

the top

industries

internal

vital

the

In

brokers

1933

cerned.

102.039% and accrued interest

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained in any State in which this
announcement is circulated from only such of the undersigned or other
or

miserably

associated

studies of these

Our

any

force.

The

growth

decade.

unem¬

From

the

in

Sees

dealers

that

II.

recrea¬

near

activities

those

with

of

industries

all

place

reminded

War

and

tional spending of our people will

New

failed

time

leisure

The

an

than

to

$10-$15 thousand bracket;

the

1940, unemployment av¬
eraged
almost
10
million
and
never got below 14% of the labor

as

Price

Losses will be recorded during

$10,000 per annum while impres¬
sive gains will be shown in the
income brackets over $10,000 per
annum
and by 1970 the biggest
market will be among families in

apparently

harder

but

World

until

assume

Mortgage Bonds, Series F, 5%, due 1991

Dated July 1, 1961

,

ilies in all income brackets up

have

history to eliminate

of
decline

number

this decade in the number of fam¬

in

from

of

the

men

the

most

tried

R.

in

who

Meanwhile,

70.

people in their 30's will
during the whole decade;

for

and

on,

12%

of this dec?
and 11% in the period 1985-

ade

reform, who
worship the ground that F. D. R.
walked

pe¬

in the first five years

Administration

suffer

the

citizens will increase

senior

Those in the Ad¬

ministration Who

in

30%

gain another 12%
and the number of

1965-70,

in

never

we

almost

riod 1960-65 and

employment with

Washington.

ministration

First

and

anti-business

an

in

that

prosperous

never

F.

June 28, 1961

Massachusetts Electric

new

importance of this lies

fact

been

clearly to

of these securities. The offering is made only by the Prospectus.

NEW ISSUE

of the

collar seg-

number* of teen-agers will

The

from

away

rapidly and

the blue

exceeds

increase

concern.

some

tus

This

government

a

without too
is

statements emanating from

ington

tremen¬

Washington have
saying of late, there is reason

power

through

While

thus

The white collar segment of our

designed
of the recession and
making for
But, if one takes at face

profit
conditions
leave much to be desired, profit
prospects have been improved by
the highly effective efforts made
by business to lower costs and
improve break-even points.

are

bad,
competition is intense and profit
very

over

value what

F.

A large-scale expansion in
.our
space, military and foreign
durable prosperity, - the aid programs is being forced
tend to be frequent and,- Communist intransigence.

business

while

neither

wield

men

powers

man

(6)

to be
doldrums
the

These

soaring stock market
has been generating confidence,
optimism and capital gains.
The

(5)

building"

plant

—new

Capital appropriations, or¬
and spending are about to

current

the

"boom" levels, for we appear

nondurable goods, Retail Sales,

Cash

(4)

from
the exceedingly
mild and quite brief recession of
1960-61 will carry our economy to
in

we

in order to increase inventories.

recovery

Expenditures for durable as well
as

that

doubtful

is

ment—which is declining sharply;

for

producing more than we consume

the stock market.

quick"'in

tions:

excess

people who, one way or
are engaged in a fren¬
zied and speculative effort to "get
rich

now

.../ The

order to
shall be

the

work force is growing

been

producing

of

inventories,

reduce

of

ber

instead

long,

un¬

of

interest

some

now

less than we consume in

another,

and credit and
an

fore

highs in

new

Federal, State, Local, Business and
Personal Debts, and in the num¬

flow of money

by

record

will

we

am

businessmen and business institu¬

growth.

(3)
The phase
of inventory
liquidation is behind us and be¬

And,
reassuring

than

less

be

may

that

expanded

an

Plant

are

Admin¬

this

in

I
all

here

present

to be "reform
prone" with an inner urge to be¬
little,
castigate
and
persecute
appear

to get us out

orders

New
and

of

level

Equipment Investment.

and

The

ahead

briskly

in

margins, in Housing Starts,

Automobile Production or in

corn

further

for

have risen
above the
production for a widen¬
ing list of industries.
(2)

lest our optimism be

However,

individuals

to reactivate the forces

gold crisis with deflationary im¬
plications.

unconfined, it is probable that we
will not record new highs in Prof¬

develop-

short

our

outlook is the busi¬
image of the Administration.

the economic stimulation

a

Common

in

in

and distributors

pertinent statistics—but they offer
impressive
evidence that
some
changes in marketing and manu¬
facturing strategy are called for.,
A
few
illustrations may
be of

that

mixing too much reform in with

increasing because of the com-

putepj automation and other tech¬
nologies. And, we cannot inflate
money for fear that foreign with¬
drawals of funds would produce

Prices.

Stock

research

its

is

element

veei^d

Productivity

spending.

of

pense

Research and

posits, Outlays for
Development,
and

the

increasing their savings at the ex¬

Corporate Profits, Corporate Div¬
idends, Money Supply, Bank De¬

in

has

iness

on

Advisors

his

apparatus which can be used to
wage vicious war against business.
Thus far, to repeat, the Adminis¬
tration
has

Foreign competition is
increase.
Our people are

facturing.

of new high records in the

and

critical

dous

in manu¬

industries and

tractive

next 12 months
and he outlines the reasons supporting this conclusion. The Admin¬
istration is cautioned against adopting an anti-business bias even
though Mr. Shields is confident it will not move to harm business
and. thus, prove to have a favorable influence on the business outlook.
does foresee a bumper crop

to

Some

in¬
terposing some obstructions to
price increases. We have over¬
capacity in agriculture, the ex¬

appointing) he doubts it will reach "boom levels." The lajter, he
avers, will have to wait until the mid-Sixties when "a truly great
boom" will occur making this decade one of great growth. Mr. Shields

able

properly

istration

nedy and Estes Kefauver are

Though Mr. Shields does

must be adapted.

ness

the rise. Messrs. Robert Ken¬

on

alike

be true that it is
understood by the

may

and long-term

Western markets

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

of manufacturers

just

the

a

on

.

.It

President

dose of disruptive
Russian
dumping
of

by

up

.

Administration's Business Views

not

1

There is not much chance
business
recovery
will be

(1)

inflation.

By Murray Shields,* Partner;

i

qnd Financial Chronicle

(2846)

14

Co., Inc.

Herbert Edmvnd Co. Opens
Herbert Edmund &
been

formed

with

Co.,

Ihc.

has

at

115

offices

Broadway, New York City, to en¬
gage in a

securities business.

Volume

Number

193

6068

.

.

The Commercial and

.

Financial Chronicle

(2847)
owned

Lines

Lanes

on

consideration
of

Hotels

popularity of bowling and the development

in

bowling centers

is

importance

new

society and
sufficiently
few years

our

as

major field of investment.

a

not

Only

a

allevs;

were

YMCA's

found

and

bowling

nnri
Rar nhrio
will
Bar
Chris will
parking area) and
cm«a
uB^vmio
w*xx

economy

design, build and finance a comJ
plete bowling center with all the

of

our

appreciated,
in

•■■months

rlnh<;

Ind

trimmings,

bowling

ago

nihdtlv

thl ce^?sof

in

needs

less

or

to

within
All

then

do

the

ffS

id
wouia

t^th^111*

oiten

lessiy

tnat,

tor

even

experts,

the

completed 24

bowling center pack-

"turnkey"

sPot tne pins so care-

onerator

business-

s,

°V

four

unlock

is

h"urdTanesM°fSreanentl\?mnrMidJd
front
door and hes
t equently
presided
jn 196q Bar c^ris
la

—

construction)
w|th 792 lanes. The growth of Bar

a

other

(pius

ageg

chain

ownership,

first

attracted

now

fol¬

nuirgin of

lowers by the millions, and huge
bowlipg centers have been built
througnout

Three

share

tne nation.

to

publicly owned chain

was

h

wiiiv.li

companies,
American
Foundry, Brunswick

and

Bowl-Mor

dominate

the

production of automatic pinspotters. AMF leases them, and
the other two sell them outright,

with

|

Qhn,,t
about.

rr
33

«
+
renters

centers,
.,P oa s \

«r!n„i„aiiir

y.

i-f

r

.

the

by

game

with

eliminating a
the

great

their

have

equities

5V2%

a

by

sale

of

and

$2

is listed

mon

million

overseas

nership
incA

re-

a

npw

has

attained

This

of

deben-

ones

cities,

and

is

considering
8

chains'

H

it's

thethat

customers

about
for

alleys

talk

to

income

of

Goodbody &
—
-New
York

Broadway,

and

gain

provided

by

Growth/'in

this busiriess has been

bowling

lion,, bowlers
about

were

the New York

Stock

Ex¬

change

and

E

33 over-the-counter.

sh,are

per

reported to
Per

reported

year

operate

share

•

(ended

estimated

sells

share

on

at

fiscal

Dec.

1961

has

around

$1.

17

over-the-

offered at $3

was

«■

.

•

1 200

for

30,

around

Stock

over

net

June

been '

a

30,

1958.

„

«

c" founded

only

a year

J1*" ^H'three^ore^the

,,

around

m

$1.

have

you

some

tti

Jl OLSVtil
^

JL

,

m

e

Thomas

centers,

Bowling alleys used to

be, for

its

followers

mil-

12.5

43,000 to

Participation

Family
well

over

by

most

business

life

in

Wall

ment for the past six

years.

spare

Indianapolis Mgrs.

t

OriYlGCL

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—M. Clifton
Parker

0

Seiden
a

& Forsyth is
securities business

ager

has
liao

and

been

appointed

«x,wllfcCU

Richard

A

offices

63

at

Wall

rale

builders,

unions

G. Caffray and Josephine
bick.
Colen Forsyth and

25,000

phine

around 50 cents this

with Richards,
Other partners were with Carl M.
Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

warrants at 7V2 for four
years more.'
American Bowling
common
is
expected
to
earn
year

(ended

Treibick

Mr. Parker and Mr. Cutler have

TreiJose-

been

formerly
Forsyth
&
Co.
were

active

hn<,in_Q

in

in

the

investment

inHiannnniu

•

'*

,

•

•

•

■

.

'

•

■

This announcement is neither

an

The

.

offer to sell

years.''11*

.

nor a

111

J

.

solicitation of an offer to buy

any

of these Bonds.

offer is made only by the Prospectus.

t^

$25,000,000

as

and

teams

as

mo¬

schools, clubs,
fraternal
organiza¬

Twenty Year 5V2% Bonds Due July 1, 1981

tions round out the league rosters.
Thousands

of

bowl

teams

two

or

three times each week. Many cen¬
have

ters
cated

been

deliberately

Dated

Due

July 1,

factory areas, and fre¬
possible profitable
24-hour
operation, to accommo¬
date
different
shifts
of factory
near

quently

July 1, 1081

lo¬
Interest

payable January 1 and July 1

make

workers.
A

•

phenomenon

of the

industry

Price 97% and Accrued Interest

has been the swing to size and ele—

In most of the major cities

gance.

America

of

huge bowling
with f"om

today,

centers have sprung up
24

social
to

lanes

50

to

centers

oiv

centers

provide

and

ideal

.These

more.

attractively

are

built

designed
not

onlv

conditions

for

play—lockers, fine smooth alleys,
air conditioning, excellent light¬

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained in any State from only such of the undersigned as
may legally offer these Bonds in compliance with the securities laws of such State.

ing," swift ball returns, etc.—but
parking facilities, a bar, restau¬
rant,

lounge,

nade

area

Bowling is
time
in
a

but

snack

and
no

bar,

even

longer

a

a

prome¬

MORGAN STANLEY & CO.

nursery.

cellar

pas¬

elegant new element
living. Bowling is now
billion-dollar industry.
an

leisure

THE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

KUHN, LOEB & CO.

HARRIMAN RIPLEY & CO.

Incorporated

Incorporated

.....

BLYTH &

_•

THE DOMINION SECURITIES CORPORATION

CO., INC.

rtr

Bar Chris Corporation

A

major factor in the building
bowling cen¬

EASTMAN DILLON, UNION SECURITIES &

SACHS & CO.

CO.

HALLGARTEN & CO.

of these ultramodern
ters

Corp.

only

is

Bar

This

location

in

the

is

the

the whole job from site
the completed center.

it

tion.

All

a

needs

is

a

"turnkey"

would-be

$50,000 or
credit
and

more

LEHMAN BROTHERS

Incorporated

SMITH, BARNEY & CO.

operator
in cash,

preferably

a

SALOMON BROTHERS & HUTZLER

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

opera¬

properly located three-acre build¬
ing
site
(to
provide
adequate




LAZARD FRERES & CO.

KIDDER, PEABODY & CO.

business

to

call

good

Construction

organization

company

that does

They

Chris

Incorporated

June 28,

1961.

•

-

.

.

WHITE, WELD & CO.

\
(

.

.

.

anH

in1

aP°ns aiacA
Terre Haute during the past four
...

and

and

"

Street,

tween now and Nov. 1, 1962, plus

classes.

all

lunchem

bowling

encourage

Cn

afr' and ™ A- Cuter C

Manager of the Indianapolis OfwiS" Ne^ Y°r\C}-y,' lCting as UndeT-~ fiCG °f Francis L duPont & Co »
and a from

background for earning
the alleys. ' Companies

in

power

x««nMan-

Cutler

groups, and young peo¬

solid

and

has been connected with Goodbfitfdy & Co.'s Syndicate Depart-

But league bowling provides

the

spent
of
his

Street

1935.

important,

are

women's

afternoon

pected

ex

35%

involves

groups

as

ple.

are

another

increase

Mr.

t,

tipn^nd three more on the^imme- writers and distributors of secun- 106 East Market Street. Willard C.
ties. Partners are Richard Trei- ^
has'been named Assistant
common
bick, Melvin R. Seiden, Colen D. waycott ftas Deen namect Assistant
238,000 class A warrants to buy Forsyth, Theodore Gold, Robert ManaSer-

the most part, local proprietorships or partnerships. Now they've
"gone national" and there are a
number
of interesting publicly

110,000. Bowling has become our
most popular participation sport,
and

Syndi¬

Departli

has

Feeley

period the number of lanes

has increased from

E.
as'

Feeley

1946. Ther^(. are
today. In the

in

of,

t

the

cate

liGlDlCK, OGIQGR,
...

appointn

duPont Names

T71~.M/N.r,4."L

Treibick,

nges,

Manager;

sup-

?ome of the.se equities. Bowling
.?^La/?; expanding industry and some
these equities may strike your

fancy> if
cash!

e

a

Feeley
of

are

h

Thomas

quoted at

are

leading

the

have

posed to deliver net earnings of
$500 to $1,000 a year per lane
after taxes. This may give you a
rough rule-of-thumb by which to
appraise
the
attractiveness
of

m

•

.

.

profits

Good bowling chains

Bowling Enterprises conducting

T

share

per

Stock

American

fiscal

last

sixty-one

x c

million

29

same

'

of

n«v

r

There

sensational.

Co

City'

member

tbo

been projected at
Lence Lanes shares

the stock between 7 V2 and 9, be'

today; and the possibilities

investment

in

new

on

cents

counter.

their

and

want

we

oneratin^

com-

Stock

Rome

in most major

firm

"telaninCltFrknced Belgkfm^and diate horizon.
There are 238,000
shares outstanding and

Centers Themselves

The

is

op-

building
in

center

chain

of

injection

June 30, 1960) is expected for 1961.

Bowling

is

companv

24-lane

'

But

20
the

(in part-

star

plans for

Italian

wide market popularity.

.

the
for

through Olympic

An

with

rinn"L T'Z"

Sports Arenas

the

management.

year'ending

its

The
°

a

at around !1 over-the-counter.
f

*

Psn

VJyUU.UUU.yi \j{).

im-

cents

& ceLTS

tures,

(for the next five years),
selling around 104.
has expanded

14

•

ianes

now

the

over

TPnr Clf\r\r\\\r\r\\t

fiscal

"
"
"
1961. should
show
substantial

provement

°

'

1,100

South-

for

strengthened in the past 18 months 4?5 alleys. Nineteen hundred and

debenture

Bowling Centers S.P.A.

warded their earlier shareholders
and

also

erations

dependability; and, as you know,
all three of these companies have
prospered greatly, handsomely

1959

in

cents

the

has annaunced

'

at $26.40

Bar chris

and

accuracy

67

per

in

-Earnings

™

due 1976 convertible into common

and

labor factor and by setting up

pins

from

net

and

TTU^lC
J
"a it
-T 6616V bVHCl. MOT

sell

over

other

taxes)

(after

1960

shares

has

concentrated

states.

ern

Inc.

f^ei, ind In Cahforma
with about chain, operatmginthe New York
Expansion plans en- area. On completion of present

$1>31

There's

These pinspotters have revolutionized

rose

in

1961). .The

Lanes

iiv/w

for 1960
The corpm0n
Another large one is American
was
recently split 2-for-l and is 'International Bowling Inc., which
currently selling on the American started out in November 1958 with
stock Exchange at around 21V2.
a
single 40-lane center and now

Machine and

Corp.

9%

over

realized

was

30,
r

lanes

..

has been exciting with sales. Exchange and sells currently at
0£ g£Q
miHiQn
in
1960, against around 10 against a high of 14Vs.
$3,320,122 a year earlier. A profit A substantial improvement over

'

has

Fa

opera-

j?ri
-a \^°?.(-Chris
lucK.
witn
the
invention of
tne
Bowling

June

around 11 over-the-counter

Pr°ve™ent °^er the 14 cents a 2
Sports Arenas Inc., which now share.
?^ar® reported
reP°rt?d in 1960 (year ends
°Perates one of the nation's largest °,ct* 3l^'JFla1ir Lanes common sells
with
The

.

The

in

Johnson

tion and management.

the

of

Howard

restaurants, Holiday Inns
motels, and Sheraton Corp. in

in

A

what

in

does

By Dr. Ira U. Cobleigh, Enterprise Economist

providing

companies

bowling

15

16

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2848)

the

betweqn

100 Years of Stock Prices

the

states.
1900s,

early

This took the zip

And Lessons for the Future

until

War

THE MARKET

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

.

.

first

AND YOU

.

STREETE

WALLACE

BY

out of the stock

the

.

decision.

Securities"

"Northern

market

Suddenly, in
it
issued
its

.

World

After the closing of
Exchange for

began.

the New York Stock
'

By Roger W. Babson

several
some

Listed

the events that instigated

are

stock market debacles in the

Then

they hold for the future^ Noting that
prosperity periods ended with an unexpected event, Mr. Babson throws
out the thought that the Space Age may well be the "unexpected
event on the optimistic side."
past century, and the lessons

Business
the

Civil

was

prosperous

War

due

during

largely to in¬

flation, and started to boom di¬
rectly afterward. The shooting of
President
Lincoln, however,
caused
stocks
to tumble and a

business

depressed

of

year

followed.

this

leading "bulls," Henry Villard and
James R. Keene, announced their

Unexpected

Friday"

"Black

1893.

boom
the

until

inflation

further

famous

Events

began to

business

Again
with

in

pressed business. Stocks quickly
rebounded, and again investors

to several

forward

looking

of prosperity when, in late
1871, the Chicago Fire occurred.
This was followed by the 1 great
years

Boston Fire in

had

about

just

again recovered when the failure
of the great banking house of Jay
Cooke and Co. was suddenly an¬
nounced.

leading

the

For

first

time,

the

closed

Exchanges

Stock

for several weeks. There followed
the great

depression beginning in
higher stock prices
returned as a result of

then

1873;

finally
another

of

dose

inflation.

dent

on

Garfield

one

chip"

"blue

the

of

corpora¬

Begin

Strikes

commodity prices brought on
another collapse. This was quickly
corrected

and

continued

to

reached

Then

an

offer to sell

nor a

1929.

in

the business collapse

came

the

with

Europe

withdrawal

continued

of

gold, climaxed by
sudden failure of the

the
very
Austrian Credit

caused

t

11 i

Anstalt. This

-

repercussions
throughout the world. There fol¬
lowed
several
years
of
real
s

a r

n

g

and gloom over the stock market.
This was accompanied by a series

ing throughout World War II, but

of

mortgage

and

failures

crop

foreclosures.

this

did

ket

much

not

brief

help the stock

until

exception

Again in 1897 business steadily
and
permanent
pros¬

1938 there was
in business last¬

in

Beginning

of

the

relatively

periods,

adjustment

perity was prophesied, accompa¬
nied by stock splits, mergers, and

for

about

there

securities

.

.

.

large

and traction

crash

rumors
of
"undigested"

life

insur¬

companies. The

just following the San

came

Earthquake.

this

to

the

time

Supreme

Court had decided questions

solicitation of offers to buy

any

years.

Future?

the

of

preceding

100

teach

years

lessons:

(1) That there has always been
economic

an

tion

and

flation

only

between

race

production.

were

infla¬

These

the

.

.

of different

great

of these securities.

offering is made only by the Prospectus.

opening

and

to

of

railroad

the

South

farming; and finally

commodity

production

due to inventions and advertising,

accompanied

by
the
electrical,
chemical, and automobile eras.

NEW ISSUE

June 23, 1961

(2)

That when each prosperity
period came to an end, it was from
an unexpected event—a great fire,

earthquake,

an

450,037 Shares

some

Northern Illinois Gas Company

the failure

or

banking house

large

or

of

cor¬

poration. In wartime, inflation al¬
ways
has been resorted to. We
it

expect

will

again

occur

to

-

provide funds for the "cold war."
This

should

higher prices
for stocks, commodities, and real
estate. Yet the period of inflation

Common Stock
(Par Value $5 Per Share)

we

mean

entering may be ab¬
sorbed by the "space era," which
are

is
Holders of the
to

subscribe

at

Company's outstanding Common Stock

each 16 shares of Common Stock held of record
Warrants will

are

being offered rights

$49.50 per share for the above shares at the rate of

share for

June 22, 1961. Subscription

on

expire at 2:30 P.M. Chicago Time

one

on

may

offer shares of Common Stock

as set

unexpected

event

forth in the Prospectus.

Pershing
New

&

York

New

Co.,

City,

York

writers

any

only in States in which such underwriters

dealers in securities and in which the

Prospectus

Jr.

to

Partner
Broadway,

members

of

the

Exchange,

on

admit

David

partnership

Scott

in

the

qualified to

act as

Norman
P.

R.

Rafshol

Strout have

Incorporated

McKnight Building.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

A. T. Skor

Dean Witter & Co.

Incorporated

Bacon, Whipple & Co.
The Illinois Company

William

added

the

to

William Blair & Company

Salomon Brothers & Hutzler

T.

Broadway,
City.

Max

Blunt Ellis & Simmons

QUEENS

Julien Collins & Company

McCormick & Co.

Skor

Cruttenden, Podesta & Co.

McMaster Hutchinson & Co.

Hickey & Co.

engaging

in

Room

1608,

a

at

New

VILLAGE,

Halpern is conducting

N.




After their

items

"had

have

Incorporated

speedily

before the

not

old shares had

half

around

a

it" and

from

here

supposed to be the

out were

on

more

They have yet to
this supposition is the

that

show

correct

The listless
the

seemed

turned

attention

tobaccos

where

dividend

far above average and

run

issues

these

of

some

favorites

have

to

the

to

yields

of many of

manner

market

former

or

little life in the rails,

was

of

Their

for it in view of
earnings statements.

reason

any

some

the

consequently, was
although

average,

1961 peak

well under its

still

in any

not

the

particular danger

minute

minus

ground

when

the

of

into

dropping

For the
first half of the year it is able to
show
a
modest
gain at a time
showing
around

the

the

on

year.

industrial

average

was

Utilities

although

the

quiet
more

were

their

that

apt

were

make

to

been

has

definitely

dividend

its

in

trim

enforced

the

has

there

short

In

enthusiasm

been

shares

the

for

Sinclair

where

have

shares

Sinclair's

the

aver¬

gas

shares

have

a

much

as

a

its

solve

To

profit-squeeze,

has

company

petrochemical

stepped

work

production

its

and

between

for

turn

a

the

1956

LORAIN,
is

better

last

more

than

1959.

The

and

the caution traced to

profit improvement continued into
this
year
and,
with a
general
business
upturn
underway,
the

tant blocks of

ing
Gas

some

impor¬

utility issues show¬

including

up,

couple

a

offerings

secondary

of

Louisville

in

Pacific Gas.

and

What

will

it

take

to

ations

doldrums

summer

top of some

on

Neglected Item
The

customers
have

where

any

to keep

economy

a

is

brake

on

over-enthusiasm.
the

like

industrial

the

of

Some

utilities,

were

shares,
chilled

to

a

are

been

wasn't overly heartening. Steel

the gen¬

that

issues

vestors,

eral

from

offices

a

rail
that

long neglected

including

Poor

dividend

the

at

runs

company

is

completely at the mercy of the
rails and has a good line of heavy
industry machinery.
Like

Sinclair,

Poor

Co.

&

had

pare

heavy industry items pick up. This

Revenue

for

that

22

the

Bonds,

all

announced
held

period for the serial bonds, over¬
subscriptions
in
all
maturities
indicated.
was

comprised

$20,000,000 of Serial Bonds due
1967 through 1985 and $98,000,000
of term bonds due July 1, 2000.
Carrying coupons ranging from

41/4%

to

were

offered

from

3.75%.

to

4.70%,
at

The

the serial bonds
prices to yield

to

4.70%, according
Term bonds were

maturity.

99 V2

at

to

367-member

Nuveen

by
&

Allen

Co.

yield

about

Fenner

C.

108 Eighth

Kentucky Co.

Allyn

&

&

(Inc.);

&

Co.,

de¬

any

supply

of

shares.

586,000

only

.

have

Aircrafts
with

had

occasional

contend

to

in

selling,

part

stemming from General Dynamics
halt

to

civilian
has

dividends

cash

sequence

jet

to

offers

the

that

will
ment
there

first

more

the

yield.

It

was

earnings comfortably
quarter

for

earnings
cover

than

plane companies

3V2 %

a

able to boost
for

con¬

somewhat

show

action

market

other diversified
and

a

Boeing

work.

plane

able

been

better

as

of the heavy expenses of

full

dividend

the

indicate

to

the

year

commit¬

than two times over so

aren't much fears about the

payment being pared in this case.

syndicate
Co.;
B.

J.

was

Smith
Inc.,

Van

Inc.;
and

Chilled

John

Ingen & Co., Inc.; Merrill Lynch,

Pierce,

is

capitalization

group's account had been

issue

limited

shares could be dramatic. Its total

sold, and at the close of the order

entire

where

case

a

the

for

syn¬

bonds

term

is

company

mand

underwriting the $118,000,Turnpike Authority of Ken¬
Western Kentucky,
Toll

June

But it is a

cyclical business that could snap
back importantly as the business
boom builds up and demands for

Kentucky Turn.
Authority Bonds
Quickly Sold

securities business
Street.

in¬

Co.

its dividend
last year
when earnings just about covered

4.87%.

Rieger

by

&

return

6V2%. The

high

on

others

rely

among

not

to

securities

C.

pick

could

improvement

the

that

speed.

price cutting in the industry that
still important enough to

show

figures

the

snap

to have eased into the

seem

of

rate
up

general list out of its lethargy is
not readily apparent. Steels oper¬

offices at 86-60 208

Ohio—David

conducting

its

up

natural
earnings

and

available

priced

Rieger Opens

they

fluttering downhill since. Some of

managed

D. C.

book

available for in the open mar¬

half

been

been •

hovering lately.

items
times

have

one

major

after declining by

and

little

of

independent pro¬
ducers despite a 5% yield and a
price
only
10
times
indicated
earnings for this year, which is
of

year

out

in

the middle of last year.

took

topped

best

laggard, in large part due to the

they reached their best prices

trials

the

showing this year than they have
made in several years. Sinclair, in

couple of weeks after the indus¬

age,

com¬

yet to live up to
their advance billing as the issues

parisons, have

ket.

reactionary

than not. Measured by

a

Laggards

Oil

The

are

Fluttering

undis¬

was

I

value half again as

Utilities

when

Oils, despite good earnings

improvement running

an

11%.

able

were

market

general

particular,

one.

There

of

score

points prior to the offering.

and subse¬

run

Street.

Mullaney, Wells & Company
F. S. Yantis & Co.

long

rallies.

correction,
the
glamour
were
roundly supposed to

quent

Y.—Max

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

Rodman & Renshaw

apparent

placed

tinguished.

on

of

Halpern Opens

business from

John W. Clark & Co.

is

Opens

York

Incorporated

Chapman, Howe & Co.

was

backward' markets and

were

securities business from offices
165

Bear, Stearns & Co.

correction than the

severe

The

White, Weld & Co.

It

shares—was

to make good progress even

Road

Company, Inc.,

BIyth & Co., Inc.

Alfred

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner& Smith

difficulty.

up,

any

general run of issues were still
pacesetters on occasion both in

Incorporated

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.
Merrill

and

been

staff of Kalman &

A. G. Becker & Co.

more

a

tucky,

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —Dale R.
Engebretson, Joseph Leicht III,

Glore, Forgan & Co.

glamour issues that have had

000

Four With Kalman
(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

A. C. Allyn and Company

give ground importantly, and

dicate

legally be distributed.

The First Boston Corporation

much of the industrial list refused
to

without

but

showed

Ford

more

absorbed

the

that

was

Managers of the nation-wide

of the several under¬

are

may

stalled,

fact

to

120

Stock

29th will

Foster,
be obtained from

was

the

on

firm.
may

progress

temporarily

impressive

more

2,750,000

declined

upside

blocks

large

the previous payment.

Pershing & Co.

June

Copies of the Prospectus

securities

in

optimistic side.

Admit

agreed, subject to certain conditions, to purchase
unsubscribed shares and, both during and following the subscription period,

to

August

or

interest

least

at

now

July 11, 1961.

The several Underwriters have
any

an

July

while

But

kinds,—

of

era

building;
West

rally to show

dabbling.

in¬

market, commodity, politi¬
cal; but they always gave business
a
"shot ^n the arm." Fortunately,
increased production absorbed this
.

in

June,

on

still high for the

summer

rekindle

stock

Supreme Court Decisions

Up

The
two

accompanied by the

investigation of
ance

of

out

ran

were

either

up

at

came

quantities

23

What

large security offerings. Suddenly,
1903,

hopes

traditional

our

country has enjoyed good business

in

but

mar¬

With

1942.

several

improved

great

although the largest of them all—

time

as

mundane items.

another recovery

increased
The

all-time high in

an

it

until

advance

depression.

shot. A chain

This advertisement is neither

market

stock

the

the Pullman
Strike — the first serious labor
strike —^occurred and cast fear

Francisco

reaction of selling followed. Dur-

then

was

Labor

July 2, 1881, Presi¬
was

This

biggest

May,

The following year

Important Banking Failures

Suddenly,

announced in

tions.

1872.

market

The

10

1869,

another year of de¬

followed -by

were

of the National' Cord¬

was

economy

Speculation and the Crash of 1929

Eighteen-ninety-two was a year
prosperity; but suddenly
Co.

All went well

I.

War

when

market

the

Depression followed.

of great

age

World

entrance

our

Irregularity persisted in the stock

and

period, the banking house of
and
Ward, and the two

the failure

into

of the

sinking

and

until after the
War when soaring interest rates

Grant

failures.

the

came

Lusitania
the

followed

of prosperity.

S.S.

with

there

months,

years

A.

The

Helping

to

Glamours

chili

some

of

the

glamour issues have been earnings
reports

that

situations
mnno

+/-»

show

aren't

il-icv

that

"growth"

completely

cf-fonfo

ref

o

im-

ronpccinn

Volume

193

Number 6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2849)
high

development

costs

and

the

necessary expensive research. Col¬
lins Radio is one that
paid the

price

of

drop

a

declining

in

earnings

by

harshly,

in

somewhat

(couple of million dollars
into

where

6%
to

fact to less than half of last
year's

this

profits

three-fourths

of

for Collins Radio

the

vol¬

in

1960

year)

a

operation.
sales

a

And

year

One

on

of

9%

a

share

per

the

sales

increase,

were

11%.

up

bolstering

elements

the Tennessee Valley
Authority awarded an issue of
$50,000,000 power bonds, due July
1, 1986, to a nationwide under¬
writing group headed jointly by

proving. In the nine months of its

abroad. More than half of its sales

The,

fiscal

last

Morgan

from

comes

sales

so

keep

to the end of April it
18% sales improvement,

year

posted
but

work

an

profit

was

less

than

half

of

year

manufacturing
tributed

that for the preceding
comparable

The

fiscal

period.
All
together,
it
dropped the price of the shares to
where they
are
selling at only

domestic

around

job

11

times last year's

earn¬

ing power; the only problem is to

foreign

this

and

about

half

of

its

profit.

toward last year's

high of 76.

been

immune

to laggard market
recently and, again, it is a

ways
case

wh-ere sales improvement has

been

impressive but
earnings have been in
least
years
was

hasn't

successful
rated

that
ago

the

was

do

not

cide

necessarily

with

They

are

those

at

time coin¬
"Chronicle."

those

as

of

company

domestic divisions

as
a

turned

from

a

has

result

losing

one

a

on

The

This

The

the

of

Dallas,

111

Texas,

numerous

Hartford

centers in

gage service
ance

zona

addition to

company,

agencies in
and

and

owns

office

build¬

ings, warehouses, and truck
ice

payable

net

power

an

a

serv¬

mort¬

and insur¬

California, Ari¬

Florida.

offer to sell

was

a

solicitation of

ISSUE

investing

1961

Trading Mgrs. for
Lomasney, Loving
Lomasney, Loving & Co., 67 Broad
Street, New York City, have ap-

at

A

99%

to

bonds

yield

to

the

Proceeds
will

be

from

used

to

the

bond

ex¬

pansion of the TVA power system.
Additional

generating capacity of
2,559,200
kilowatt
is
currently
under
construction,
including
turbogenerators
of
500,000-kw
each at the Colbert and Widows
Creek steam plants in
northern
Alabama

an

offer to

the

and

buy

new

Robert J. Basel

pointed

J. F. Scheidecker

Robert

Joseph

F.

any

J.

Basel

Scheidecker

July 1, 1986, at

a

con-

unit, at

Common

any

Stock, 50^

July 1, 1986, at

a

par

or

was
formerly
Burr, Incorporated,

as

a

security trader

that

he

for

of

seven

He

years.

is

with

was

Paine, Webber, Jackson

&

Curtis

a.member

the

Security Traders Associa¬
New
York,
National
Security Traders Association and

tion

of

Traders

Company, 120 Broadway,

New

York

New

York

City, members of
Stock

and

Co-Man-

the

J.

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appointment

Holbrook

Research.

formerly

Exchange,

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a

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for

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a

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giant

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any

been

Lomasney, Loving & Co.,
since
September, 1959. He was
formerly with Cruttenden, Podesta

the• Corporation
Bond
Club of New York.

Morris Shell Homes, Inc.

Common

has

with

Mr.

150,000 Units

July 1, 1963, at 50tf

Trading Department.

Basel

with Coffin &

With excitement

One Share of Common Stock,

Mr.

500,000.

—are

unit, at

1961,
$101,-

these proceeds amounted to

is offering

group

Series

.

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con¬

essentially of net income
depreciation.
For
the
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months
ended
March
31,

plus

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NEW

from

the second public sale

Paradise Steam Plant under

nor

solely
proceeds,

sisting

TO
This advertisement is neither

the

on

the

securities

bonds bearing a 4%%

was

public

June 26,

negotiated the private
of $10,000,000 Wallace

company,

for

of

interest

finance its electric power program.

Properties, Inc., promissory notes,
Dec. 1, 1979.

Bldgl,

two

alignment overhauled. One of its
been

Prop.

due

operates

the

and

placement

pinch. At

when top management

shifted

had

bid

Co.

is

TVA's

and

of
bonds
by TVA under
1959
Federal legislation authorizing the
agency to sell securities up to a
maximum of $750,000,000 to
help

.

City, announced
it

Trust

bonds

agers of the

4.6891%.

the

Private Note Sale
that

western

house

coupon. This represents an annual
net
interest
cost
for
TVA
of

any

the

of

presented

only.]

until

a

case

99.0619 for

tThe views expressed in this article

share

per

&

The

York

Telephone

Bank

triple-A

of

Harriman Ripley & Co. Inc., New

Pinched Profits

International

The

National

of

Wallace

recovery

C. J. Devine &
Continental Illinois

earnings. Apparently the
improving this picture is
being tackled aggressively.

18%

spent last year. In any event,
restoring its profit potential could
start the shares, now around
35,
worthwhile

and

Co.,

Chicago.

was

more

Co.

Trust

of sales, but only

author

a

Manhattan
Bank,
Guaranty Trust Co. of
York, Chemical Bank New

York

improvement is the
manufacturing which ac¬

by the company as running around
$2 a share more this year than

to

Chase

New

con¬

for

counted for 40%

restore

its
earnings
potential.
Against the $1.22 so far reported
for
nine
months, research and
development costs are estimated

area

from

came

will

Principal

On June 28,

behind International Telephone is
its work in low-labor-cost areas

defense

in

Kentucky
two 650,000-kw
units, by far the world's largest.

which

Bond Sale

im¬

ume

struction

TVA Power

increase of

only added 3% improvement
profits, in the first quarter of

high.
Some

profitable

a

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

of

process

The Trustee's Dilemma

ment

by

called,

was

The few

In Growth Stock Investing

in

trust

officer

of

the

a

distinguished

can

meet growth

conscientious

trustee

beneficiaries

in

Jf the

true

impartial

trust

treatment

situation

doubtful questions in favor of the life tenant and

prohibition against speculation.

inventoried

Probed

are

created, he

was

between

complying with the

today's difficult trustee's

cepted by

trust stock;

qualifications of

meritorious investment

a

and the trustee's approach to

typical

a

situations.

case

had

inflation

be

ac¬

so many as more or

less

companion

necessary

nomic growth." 1.
I

familiar

subject

modern

in

conditions.

relationship
and

re-examine

to

propose

light

the

life

derman

in

cessive

that

of

the

the

the

tenant

whether
law

well
the

on

beneficiaries

not

or

equally

a

suc¬

they

have

been

The

basic

treated.

its effect upon

as

portfolio

of such

trust

a

operated
der

Pru¬

is

-Man

a

trust

ficiaries.

as

splitting

up

of

his

to

usually
put

the

The legal
all that

of

property and

along with legal title
in one corporation or in¬
while

is

the

vested

equitable

in

others

the

of

of

our

the

property.

in¬

a

who

business

duciaries is

as

built

The
this

early time
relative

in

well.

At

a

England, the

rights and

duties

of

the

holding the legal title, or
the trustee, and the owners of the
equitable title, the beneficiaries,
were established.
Thus, for many
persons

a

and

on

extent
is

to

are

antagonistic

under

as

and

duty

a

a

to

so

to preserve

in the

on

to

(the

same

paragraph:

trustee)

the

is

under

beneficiary

a

entitled

purchase

un¬

property or property
yields an income substan¬

which

tially

lower

than

that

which

is

normally earned by trust invest¬
ments although it
may be prob¬
able that the
property will appre¬
ciate in value."

The rule
able.

But

seems

as

fair and

every

it,

the

to

starve

that

the

so

feast.
to

of

expense

the

build

the

up

of

the

of

only

to

remainderman

vested

to

There
the

to

breaks.

their

the

trust

incentive

real

no

to

be

for

kept

apprecia¬

benefit

Safety of

These

became

the

the

—

true

governed

many

kinds

new

of

number

and
in

available

of

business

the

the

generation.

in¬

and

even

the

cor¬

$

purchase
gave
new
avenues
of invest¬
which could not be ignored.

1831,

and

together

the Prudent-Man Rule in Harvard

years.

College

produced

future

stake

through

reason¬

lawyer knows,

About

care

Amory,

and trustees
wisdom of ac¬

in

same

time

there

investment

■

and

happily for

Common

stocks

substantially
the

life

many

tenant

than

did

be¬

re¬

in

the

subject, Har¬
Amory, specif¬

vs.

should

not

try to analyze further

us

beneficiaries
erated

Rule.

the

which

under

Let

of

of

some

seem

the

One court held

nological and scientific revolution

the

that

under

since the last

there

pler

to

speculate, to produce

are

of

this

in

successive equitable in¬

terests, in time, there has always
been
a
problem of fairness in
treatment

between

This

the

two;

announcement

is

and

not

an

because

vestment

limited.

trusts,

offer of

the

were

In

when

the

the

of

avenues
so

much

early
law

more

days

was

in¬

in

gan to appear more and more evi¬

mainderman.

dence

economic

of

trustee

a

bonds

although that

the

was

realize profits

exempt

of

especial

an

been

most

on

held

tenderness

duty

no

certain

in

course

beneficial

trust

would

have

to

tional

tax-

the

the

changes

tech¬

have put addi¬

trustees

upon

problems

new

greatly

the

and

war

pressures

with

cope
have

But

picture

to

which

complicated

their

task. I refer to the decline in the
value of the dollar and the related

re-

problems
these securities for sale.

The

offer is made

only by

the

Prospectus.

.

-

of inflation and to the
of the so-called growth stocks.

use

Problems of Inflation

ISSUE

During

1,000,000 SHARES

have
in

COMMON

investment

a

diver¬

Without
incurring federal capital gains tax at
the time of
exchange for Fund shares,
investors

have

the

diversification and
ment

Ohio

opportunity for
professional invest¬

management. The objective of
Franklin Fund Inc. is
possible

long-term growth of capital and in¬
come
through selective participation
in the

and

progress of

American business

industry.

Individual investors
may




about.

well

as

a

blocks
a

of

for

Fund

based

Fund

on

Inc.

securities,

market value of

shares.
one

for

The

share
each

of

with

$10,000,

governmental

exchange

Ohio

of

Franklin

slogan.
or

of

less

of

our

many of our best known

speak

glibly in terms

"creeping inflation" of the

der

$20.00 of market

bulk

3%

per

year

as

or¬

if that

is

to

is

can

point

dilemma

of the seri¬

trustees'
also

be

the

in

the proposi¬

aware

all

dilemma.

plain

that

laid

down

way

out

no

which

of

the

cases.

Defining

an
r

-

How

shall

stock?

Acceptable Growth
Stock

:

define

we

growth

a

Very obviously, it is

which

the

increase

investor., believes

in

value

one4

will

in

the market.
But th** reasons which
may be re¬
for
that
increase
are

sponsible

stock

It is in the difference be¬

these
as

of the

a

for

reasons

listing

a

growth stock that most

difficulty lies. There

involved

the

degree

which is hoped for.

of

is also

growth

Over the last

deposited, less com¬
pensation to the Dealer Manager, as

these

described in the

men

cellent example of what I
might
call "conservative"
growth stocks.

Prospectus.

Investment dealers and individuals

a

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

Dealer

from

The

Ohio

Company,
Manager of the Fund.

51 N.

COMPANY

Member of the Midwest Stock

not

reasonable

a

decade, I would think that good
utility stocks have been an ex¬

circumstances,

remainder¬

cannot be blamed if

dim view of

value,

only

of the

estate

they take

receiving, in dollar

the

appraised

value

Exchange

Columbus 15, Ohio

the

position has been
increase in their busi¬

ritories,

be

reasonable

invested

an

the

When

'trustee

c

financial

good,

justice, that trust funds should
so

that

there

will

be

lessening in the worth of

the dollar over the period of the
operation of the trust.

High St.

investments

Their

generation earlier.
These remaindermen demand, and
it seems to me with considerable
a

appreciation in their value to off¬

OHIO

growth

reconcile

trustee

something to be borne in silence
and ignored in
prosperity. Under

set

THE

the

it

rule

will

tween

economists

is

of

think

varied.

the

become

ousness

specific policies which have been
for

to

we

the

only to state

essary
tion to

responsible

inflation,

value of securities

tribution,

exchange

acceptable

minimum

econ¬

now—pay

more

so-called

are

of

refer, of

power

..

the

individual

an

duty

supply have

"Buy

Even apart from the

company.

as

money

we

the dollar

purchasing

the

later" has became

$20.00 PER SHARE

Ohio Franklin Fund Inc. is

of

than cut in half

brought
as

sified

generation

the

How

include

I

income for the life
tenant, and to
the remainderman
from
the erosion caused
by the forces
of inflation. I am sure it is
nec¬

one

-endeavored to sustain the
changes
which our social
revolution has

STOCK

OFFERING PRICE:

of

and

omy

last

the value

seen

terms

more

OHIO FRANKLIN fm FUND INC.

the

in¬

protect

I
NEW

to

course,
stocks.

to

portfolio.

general been
quite clearly defined. But where

have

these

anxious

so

trust

for the life tenant.

incidents

op¬

vestments which eager remainder¬

when varying facts are
introduced.
The problem was once much
sim¬

the

be

Prudent-Man
particularly consider

us

nature

must

the

split

years

made

the problem which faces the
trus¬
tee under a trust with
successive

the application of the most
simple
legal rules becomes complicated

ownership

be

With all these
considerations in

in

the

In

>

mind, let

men

for

good

that

today.

trustee "with Regard to spec¬

a

possibility of capital improve¬
was

"rare"

is

ically limited the wide discretions
which it laid down
by saying that

ment

that

of

subject

the

on

College

of
ih"

usually
in¬

how

procedure

investments

more

to

as

of

ulation."

along

profits
or

He also gives another

as

particular

this

transac¬

a

the
conjectural

him

vard

of

fixed obligations and at the same
time carried within themselves the

country's
purchase of

stocks.
the

quite

for

come

the

the

developments

more

defines

enter into

of all wisdom

grandchildren

for the life tenant went

the
Supreme
Judicial
Court of Massachusetts laid down

common

escape

by

stocks

plain

permitted to

any
event, we are all familiar
with the prohibition
against spec¬
ulation.
That great fountainhead

apt these days to

are

parallel

common

the

past

great-grandchildren

benefici¬

been

not

venture,

are

course

children.

as

more

see

from

V

The

trustees

began to
quiring a

to

is

namely, "to theorize from conjec¬
tures without sufficient evidence."
Sometimes I think I might differ

more

the ultimate ^remaindermen

often

stocks

for

vs.

desire

Thus,

testator

be

ment
In

the

the

always

to the word, which he
characterizes
as
"how4 rare"—

death duties by stretching the ex¬
of the trust over another

corresponding

common

the

in

another

meaning

istence

vestment, the tremendous growth

porations,

of

This is

"to

as
or

which

may never
known
to
the

was

has

Webster

to chance."

remainderman.

it

also

.

has

speculate.
tion

been

than

now

trustee

a

word

for

Speculation

successive

that

trustees

of the trust.

because

policy.

Gradually over the years the
emphasis changed. The appear¬

increase

the

of

it

entirely

intact

trustee

aries,

is

the

'

Against

treatment

remaindermen

creator

bv

The

,

because

sacredly
" of

.

have

even

overriding

standard

trustees

many

the

feeling

who
sure

important consideration which he
must
watch.
Regardless of the

desire

get

not

" and

position.

Rule

have all

had

consider

of

This

tenant

understandable

in¬

funds

entire investment

ance

life

beneficiaries,

tolerable

successive
own

do

that the life tenant gets the bene¬
fit of the doubt, in an almost
in¬

relation¬

bounty struggle to eke out an ex¬
istence because the
principal must

consideration
which

between

the

see

principal value.

principal

human

top-grade fixed obliga¬
stay
within
the
rule.

was

in

normal

contract

really wishes to be especially

be¬

seen at first-hand the real
immediate object of the testator's

trustee

tion

about

came4

in¬

keep
in

tions

in

it

beneficiaries and their

income

the

that

suggest

cessive

is

life

development
only natural.

be

the

any

necessity of
impartial treatment between suc¬

tled with the legal requirments of

principal

value

to

me

the

of

particular segregation
principal and income. But at

of

one

trustee

eco¬

times it puts a conscientious trus¬
who is under the

re¬

As

present

tee

remainderman

This

impartiality

skimp the life tenant in order

nor

in

fair balance between them."

productive

very

basic

is

to

pay

to the income not to

English-speaking peoples but in
as

trustee

income

beneficiaries

trustee

duty

fi¬
de¬

vice, ancient of origin, and firmly
not only in
the law

the Roman law

the

bene¬

the principal to
beneficiary, the interests

"Thus

established
of

to

two

Later

bulk

corporate

around

impar¬

principle

application

the

pay

was

more

successive

administer the trust

really have the beneficial enjoy¬
ment

the

certain

goes

dividual
terest

are

Where
to

death

another

property ownership.

deal

This

beneficiary during his life

Robert R. Duncan

of

incidents

title

is

a

to

commonest

directed

de¬

scribed

the

at

terest
or

put

duty

no

in

tenant.

under

cause

to follow. The
was' bound
not .to
more

life

our

appropriate criterion when the

require

ships successive
generations
of
lawyers and trustees have wres¬

easy

who

an

under

system, and certainly it is

demands

doubtful questions in

the

authority

I

suc¬

interests

give the life tenant

trust, the trustee

them.

there

be

can

the

its

where

tionship

equitable

to

two

are
a

duty

a

with

has

The
1

under

tially

cessive/

reasonably

232):

there

beneficiaries of

Rule.

r e

(Par.

"Where

un¬

the

dent

follows

impartiality between

trustee

subject is simple and

the

and

Safety in Principal

justified

was

any

of

may

-

of strict

ap¬

common

impartiality remained,

trustee

tenant

"eco¬

to

v

Under these conditions, the law

to

as

has for many decades been
firmly
established. Professor Scott states
it plainly in his work on Trusts

bene¬

ficiaries

Shift From

there

successive

the rule of

the

seems

problem

always will
be differences of opinion between

remain¬

trust with

nature

very

indicates

of

I refer to

between

the

old

an

to

come

measured by how much
than that is the current mar¬
ket of the trust portfolio.
It is
difficult to quarrel with this

nomic

solving

Nor

capital gains;

be

proach

Perhaps the most

favor

problems—price inflation and the "compulsive emphasis" in growth

will

more

is
permission
to
the
trustee to invade principal for the

have.

to

seems

life

the

ments.

the almost compulsive emphasis it
now

of

provision

The

content.

needs

benefit of the life tenant. I think
it may be generally said that while

thj»me the trust
was

the

This tendency to favor the life
tenant is also frequently observed
in the language of trust instru¬

sometimes

stock

and

topproduced.

"growth" as associated with
investments had not yet achieved

resolving

meet

beneficiary."

word

while

New

to

received, in
what the trustee had

at

longer point proudly to the fact
that the principal of the trust is
Rather will he be asked

intact.

say:

which

rate

1941, a Massa¬
speaking before

York, went so far as to when he established his original
"I declare with emphasis the' book value, what the
averages
trustee should vary
investments were at that time; and his success

re¬

remainderman

dollar value,

the "almost intolerable position"

seeking

a

the

was

In

judge,

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

.

Mid-Winter Trust Conference

in

were

uniformly

grade fixed obligations

attributes satisfactorily for "Prudent Man" require¬

Mr. Duncan deals here with

successive

by

suggesting the type of equity which

and management

ments.

utility stocks is made

stocks that

were

improper for the in¬
funds, and riskany
sort
was
quite

of

trustee
toward

unknown.

definitely frowned upon. The rate
of return to be achieved by a good

Trust Division, The American Bankers Association
nod

the

common

as

taking

Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and President of the

favorable

practically

vestment of trust

By Robert R. Duncan,* Chairman of the Board, Harvard Trust

A

chusetts

existence

garded

mainderman.

development, invest¬
in equities, so-

trustees

.

the
or1

performance
investment

of

a

manager'

today is examined as to the success 01 his operation, he can rio

ness
has rested upon the sound
expansion of business in their ter¬
,

The

and

there

return

difficulty

stocks

arises

tion of

so

over

has

in

the

with

been

a

process.

growth

the preoccupa¬

people with mak¬
ing capital gains. When a "glamor"
stock

many

first

begins

to

show

signs

of

promise, it is likely to partake
too much of speculation to
justify
its

inclusion

portfolio;

in

At that

a

Prudent-Man-

time, individual

Volume

193

investors,
frankly
capital gains only,
picture.

looking
for
into the
effort to "get in

Their

the

on

Number 6068

,

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

the

trustee who is bound

a

follow

to

the

sends

.

solely to

step

floor"

ground

.

rule

a

broader

no

Prudent-Man

Rule.

than

We

all

category of speculation, its
price earnings ratio has gone so

understand, I am sure, that in the
governing instrument there may
be appropriate words giving au¬
thority to the fiduciary to pro¬
ceed beyond the
bounds of the
Prudent-Man
Rule.
Typical
of

high that the Prudent-Man trus¬

such

stock

skyrocketing

time when in

stock

have

the

by

and

ordinary

might

the

course

escaped

from

the

finds

tee

horn

is

of

himself

the

dilemma—i.e.,

longer

no

other

the

on

sufficient

there

income

to

satisfy

the trustee's
obligations to the life tenant. Yet,
these

circumstances

remaindermen
for

the

in

inclusion

the

in

want

such

all

growth.

portion

possibility

The difficulty

is that

have

we

become, as Bascom Tor¬
said in 1958, "by growth ob¬

rance

sessed."
been

to
to

and

definition

a

of

inclusion

Prudent-Man portfolio.

public

has

be

in

a

The gen¬

become

with the idea that

tively

obsessed

growth stock

a

operating in a rela¬
field with particular

one

new

attention

to

has

focused

the

rapid changes in
technology and science. Attention
been

the

upon

profit
of

in

the

competitive
the

product

a

is

possibilities

from

accrue

entirely
being

which

the

and

such

almost

thing

produced
which

It

field
it

when

is

to

to

do

time for

me

little

a

growth stocks. It
for

us

to

to

find

which

new

o

in

to

seems

before

trusty

investment,

to

against

There

it

qualify

can

are

the market

in

part

of

is

only

is
another
definition. We must

that

addition

in

to

ploitation of

a

convert

product

into net income.
our

the

the

ex¬

or a process

not

are

be

to

the

to

ability to create
shiny products. So far as
operating under

investors

trustee

the

has

Managerial skills

purposes

and

new

must

we

management

know-how

confined

public,

processes,

that

for

one

scientific and tech¬

new

the

of

realize

hope

The specific product and

nological

find

a

advance in

the demand for it from the
use

as

the

and

belief that it will

of them.

the

Prudent-Man

Rule

facility

a t,

to

that

convert

ability into income dollars.
We
that

admit

should

improvements

value.

But

tion,

mult rely
be

of

outset

our

ap¬

or

"glamor" stocks in the early stages
their development.
Hence, we
going to be barred from the
tremendous
price appreciation
of

are

may

to the benefit

accrue

speculatively minded

uals; and

most
on

found the

only

successful

field

individual

astute

have

the

record,

way

to accomplish

participation in this

divide

to

is

individ¬

must recognize that

we

the

investors,

the

Such

risk.

investor will almost invariably

an

make

such

a

number of investments in

promising corporations, real¬

izing that he need pick only one
or

off.
a

winners out of

two

make

to

order

But

this

his

is

Prudent-Man

Man

his

I

dozen

a

program

permit

no

as

a
a

another.

in

He

Prudent-

approach: first, he should
very
carefully at the cir¬

cumstances of the beneficiaries in

the

particular trust; secondly,.he
should divide growth stocks into
categories.
As

portfolio to be con¬
whole
This

nor

against

alone

offset

to

a

program

such

as

I

gain

would

have

I

my

be

sug¬

want to make it plain
remarks are confined




The

firm,

founded

viewing

beneficiaries, and in the light of

Leib

those

still active in the business.

the last
group

list

stocks

common

He

over

decade, will find another

of

stocks, eligible
investment,

common

an

no

tint of speculation.

rosy

know

must

the

needs he must decide upon
investment program which will

for Prudent-Man Rule

stand

which has

it be questioned.

grown more in market

value than the utilities. Some may
have seen the quip of the chap

stock

who

the

come

depression

boom

come

—

x

on

.

but

the

are

which

•

firmly established
basis

stocks

have

on

whose

of

reasonable

technologists

become

*

profitable

a

pulling out
I'm not talk¬

are

them

There

companies

able

to

do

short
are

in

this

other

and

which

have

well

pretty

for-

themselves dollar-wise and at the
same

their

In
the

time found funds to conduct
own

his

City

R&D

summary,

program.

I would

Prudent-Man

Trust

Bankers

Conference

Association,

of

that

say

must

trustee

view the whole spectrum of com¬

June

of this year.

1

was

Pre¬

Vice-President

a

Co., a Kansas
banking
firm,

investment

which he joined in 1953 after four

expectation of in¬

in the public and

years

commer¬

cial accounting fields.
He has been active in

by Mr. Duncan before the

Southern

American

Coburn, joined Blyth & Co.,

on

of Stern Brothers &

common

beneficiaries.

address

Fourth

ing only about the old-line bluechip stocks, although I certainly

been

in

point, the need
of the specific life tenant is of
the utmost importance. If we as¬
sume a case of an elderly widow

the

un¬

derwriting and distribution of

cor¬

porate

the

Jackson,

and

municipal securities
currently is a member of Dis¬

and

Miss.

'

;

trict

Committee, Number Four, of

the

National

Association

of

Se¬

curities Dealers.

Blyth & Co., Inc.
Kans. City Branch

I.

KANSAS

securities business from offices at

I. J. Fisher

CITY, Mo. —Blyth &
Co., Inc. has announced the open¬
ing of an office in Kansas City,

Missouri.

Clay

99

;

!

Coburn

E.

named

resident

has

western

offices

Opens
engaging

in

to

the

Associates.

firm

of

name

J.

Jack

New Roberts Branch

throughout

JOIjiLA,

Roberts

Missouri.

Calif.—Norman

Company

has

opened

of

speak

to

wrong

sacrifice

substantial

does

the

Douglas Owens.

of

that

'

only.

r

.

-

'

terms
income

capital gains.

follow

not

in

■

the

$75,000,000

It

entire

fund must be invested in interest-

income and yet
'

k

Take

*

substantial

der

ample

income

needs,

and

with

for

substantial

a

vi

5% Sinking Fund Notes

the

remain¬

There

Due June

is

15, 1981

widow's
interest is

the

main

her

children

her

for

children.

ji1

.

Suppose

held

widow

a

her

*

'

case.

trust

of

to

that

United Aircraft Corporation
.

'

another

benefit

pos¬

,

'

-\

are many

have growth

sibilities.

inherit

shall

property.

A

These notes have been placed privately by the

prudent

undersigned.

trustee in this situation might well
go

little further down the road

a

of

lower-income

than in the
At

growth

beneficiaries

would

be

not

fairness

between

beneficiaries

requires

close

analysis
and

trust

the

of

facts

63 Wall
BOSTON

»

in

tailor-made

a

Ripley & Co.

Incorporated

of this

as

of

successive

each

fairly he
subject to criticism.

that the solution

submit

question
a

Harriman

least in the matter of treating

successive

I

stocks

earlier mentioned.

case

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

CHICAGO

•

PHILADELPHIA

CLEVELAND

•

DETROIT

.1

SAN

•

FRANCISCO

READING

•

in¬

vestment portfolio to fit the sit¬

June 29, 1961.

uation.
What

about

the

separation

into

groups?

the

of

second

point—

growth

stocks

Now, there is almost

infinite number of stocks which

to

buys

has

one

the

I hope

be

called
of

none

stocks unless we

any

reason

or

This announcement appears as a matter

lies

in

of record only.

us

think

another the

whose stock we acquire
possisbility of growing.

issue

The

might

degree

some

growth issues.

the

degree

$10,000,000

of

Unfortunately, in recent
years there has been some ten¬
dency
to
confuse
growth <-• with
glamor, to import into the mean¬
ing of the word "growth"" some
content of "mushroom" growth, of
new and violently active exploita¬
growth.

tion of the

new

technological and

Wallace

Properties, Inc.

Promissory Notes due December 1, 1979

scientific breakthroughs that have
come

the

so

rapidly in the

kind

since

years

But that is not the only

war.

of

growth

that

should
already
pointed out the dilemma that the
think

about.

trust faces

I

we

These notes have been placed privately by the undersigned.

have

here.

Utility Stocks
There

and

is

in
of

yet

an

extensive

which
growth

where

middle

vigorous
may

be

Harriman Ripley & Co.

ele¬

found

management

Incorporated

has

already found the skills to conduct
a

63 Wall

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

reasonably profitable enterprise

while

the

growth is occurring.
Many utility stocks, unglamorous
though they may be, are a shining
example of this group. They have
grown
because their
product—
energy—has been more and more

BOSTON

•

CHICAGO
CLEVELAND

June 26, 1961.

•

" " '• "

PHILADELPHIA

DETROIT

'

'

•

' '

•

C.
a

branch office at 1127 Torrey Pines
Road under the management of

This announcement appears as a matter of record

morning's breakfast, it seems

me

a

Ave., New York City,

under

LA

This brings to 25 the number of

Blyth

Hillside

is

Fisher

the

office in the Dwight Buildipg,
which will serve the firm's cli¬
in

Fisher

been

of

manager

new

ents

Jack

who needs the income for tomor¬
row

in

Two

founding partners, George
Roy L. Shurtleff, are

viously, he

never¬

than 700.

more

and

Mr.

managements

of the hat every day.

sell

acquire

income

have been constantly venturing in
the new fields that our scientists
and

He must

the

Inc.

if

the increase.1

there

companies

impartiality

portfolio stocks which have

*An

Then

of

test

creasing in value while they con¬
tinue to provide a living for the

—

the amount of yackety-yak seemed

constantly

the

theless

said he'd stuck by A. T. & T.
because
it seemed
to
him
that

of

his

of

needs

1914, employs

first

the

to

country.

have

smaller

trustee, in
should make

stocks through glasses which

mon

19

product have multiplied.
I
doubt that any trustee, upon re¬

connection.

the

that

of

users

that

wouldn't

circumstances,

look

is

gested.
that

the

dual

a

for

program

trustee.

loss in one stock

Now,

than

needed, and because the

pay

enough to bar him from following
a

special

no

the trust law of his
(which will certainly

suggest

such

ments

in

are

Advocates Dual Approach

staying within the law, which does

a

situa¬

choice?

ground

sidered

market

Rule), how should he make

constantly under the necessity of
not

in

trust

on

broader

no

company

a

there

state

own

that for

even

antici¬

true

a

concern

with

investment powers and the trustee

quiring these fantastic growth

of

in

where

proach to this problem is almost
surely going to bar us from ac¬

which

which

entirely

pated

an

the

at

rationalization

a

themselves

Here

feel free to make

can

recommendations

con¬

are

cerned, they must include in addi¬
tion

fiduciary

concerned.

stocks which produce-a reasonable

growth
including

portfolio.

our

stock

price

the

is

bearing securities. There

be considered in the nature of any

and

situation

as our pres-

time

evaluate,
view

a

of

qualifications which should

many

ent

principal is of

far

so

need

me

we

measures

can

with

trus¬

us

defining

recognize that

we

stocks

and

for possible later

>

seems

them

of

marketing

"new."

tees

income

importance

the

of

growth stocks

appropriate for

must

tween
no

attempting to deter¬

mine what kind

eral

where

Insufficient attention has

paid

term

is

I'm
portfolio

reasonable

of stocks that have the

of

stocks

agree,

trust

any
a

press

•

would

that

do

we

of

many

to

"

portfolio.

Trustees
sure,

continue

situation is the agency ac¬
the difference be¬

a

count

1

available

under

-

(2851)

SAN

READING

FRANCISCO

.

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■?.

i

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2852)

to make

Our Reporter on

distant

cially

in

distant

areas

T.

BY JOHN

issues,

CHIPPENDALE, JR.

SECURITIES

have been into short-

bonds

tax-exempt

As

oped over the currencies in

being

fiscal year

of the

end

of the free

it will not be long before
the deficit of the Treasury will be
known

and

is

shortly thereafter the

Government
ket

United

will

the

in

be

mar¬

money.

new

is expected

1

tutional
rolled

is

plans, these new funds will be ob¬
tained from the sale of short-term

short-term

Thus

issues.

making near-term
liquid obligations will be able to
tap again that big supply of funds

in

which

is seeking

just such

The

vestment.
The

There
among
tors

the

that

are

a

solid

in

it

case,

appears

also
high levels. This might
fiscal

coming

reach

new

mean

will

year

Demand

in

The money and

of

The

the

Treasury

obligations.

In

believe

come

with

the

influence

commitments

capital markets

in

these

obligations

sizable

other

issues

new

this

and

pressure

will

market

that

of reports

are

that
the capi¬

means
on

taken

be

off.

the sales of

hand,

a

issues of tax-sheltered

On
new

is not expected to decrease,
most

likely
of

future.

should

in

will

show

not

upward trend for the

an

foreseeable
bonds

which
that the yields

means

bonds

these

on

Government

continue

abouy the

to

give

which

range

to

short-term

in

about
chases
be

to

the
this
new

move

(price)

within

Governments

balance

of

these

taking

since

just

are
the

securities

The

of

into

time

appears

and

rather well of
these issues and

consideration

are

raising obligations
being sold by the Treas¬

been

time

in

witnessed

the

from

intermediate

long-term sectors of the Gov¬

ernment

market

not

quite

as

have

been

at

are

they

as

times

in the past. These

been

removed

from

the

scene,

There

is

and

no

demand

Government

it

doubt but what the
for

near-term

securities is still very

foreign

being made
accounts because of

currently

uncertainties

which

have

though

as

enough

in

the

around

for

of

way

these

there

is

buying

securities

to

about match the

selling which has
been coming into them.

lar^e^ -with some of these commit¬
ments

appears

for
the

It

as though there has
lessening in the pressure

appears

been

devel¬

a

any

is neither

an

Prospectus.

offer to sell

The offer is

These securities offered

nor a

merous

the seat of the
and

State

the^ center

dustry

and

about

79%

of

Government

national
the

of

in¬

commerce,

defense

state's

has

popula¬

tion.

Average
tion

of

last

residential

electricity

year

in

4,920

was

consump¬

in

strength of

land, President.
have charge of
He

was

Mr. Nigbor will
special, research.

previously

with

tional Bank of Detroit

installations, industrial¬
agriculture and tourist dol¬

as

the Na¬
a

Credit

Analyst.

j

.

branches

defense

organization

sented

the

of

major

of

military

national

are

full-time

by

of

repre¬

installations

importance.

New

installations

types

are

also

appearing

on
the scene, such as
satellite^'tracking,, rgtations
and

Nike
the

sites.

The

center

nerve

of

Pacific

missile range is situ¬
Oahu, and Pearl. Harbor
has been designated as an advance

ated

on

base

Polaris

for

rines.

missile

subma¬

Military expenditures have

stabilizing

a

they

influence
unaffected by

are

because
business

fluctuations.

Yorkshire Investors
NORTH
shire

BERGEN, N. J. —York¬
Corporation
is

Investors

conducting
from

Open

offices

Avenue.

securities

a

at

7523

Officers

Bergenline

are

Diamond, President;

business
Solomon

Lilyan

Dia¬

mond, Vice-President; and Geo. J.
Nanos, Treasurer.

solicitation

to

Agriculture is

Hawaii, and

Oahu, 14% of the
for sugar and
pineapple production. Mechaniza¬

land

used

tion is advanced in both these in¬

Together, they are val¬
$236 million, and represent
Hawaii's largest non-m i 1 i t a r y
ued at

source

of income,

The

tourist

j
increased

of visitors rising

the

the

latter

almost
was

there

spent

$83

big

stimulus
295,000
$145

some

Waikiki

visitors

year

million.

were

a

steadily

171,000 in

resort

State¬
in

and

visitors

million. In
electric

area,

capacity has been doubled in the
past two years.
While the Islands have not been
noted for industrial

1,500,000 Shares

SOUTHWESTERN CAPITAL CORPORATION
A Small Business Investment

Common
($1

Par

Company

activity, there
are a number of diversified plants
including a Standard Oil refinery,
a
steel mill, cement plant, a con¬
crete products
company,
lumber
milling and heavy equipment

re¬

conditioning, etc. A 1,200

in¬

park has 31 tenants. In
the past decade manufacturing has
grown at a rate 50% greater than
the U. S. average, and in 1960 the
value
of manufactured
products
such as garments was estimated

Stock
Value)

at

$145 million,

the

PRICE
b

'■

,

-

'

"I '

.

in states in which the

securities

under

may

■

'

•

'

'

be obtained from the undersigned

undersigned
the

.

may

a

gain of 12%

previous year.

legally offer these

as a

"growth utility"

are

concerned.

so

far

Revenues

in

of customers and

San Diego, California

followed
ration




tion

Cajon

-

El Centro

-

La Jolla

-

Oceanside

-

San

Clemente

re¬

in each of the

6to'

an

to

the

earlier

figures.
elec¬

generates

tricity in three steam plants using
oil imported from California un¬
der

contract

a

With

California.

of

1953

all

tained
upon

A

rate

Standard

Fortunately,

schedules have

escalation

an

clause

oil

price of $2
plant of 50,000

an

fourth

Oil

since
con¬

based

barrel.

a

kw

will

be

completed in August this year
bringing total (maximum) gen¬
erating capability to 455,000 kw.
The system peak load was 313,000
kilowatts on Dec. 12, 1960 and is
expected to reach 377,000 kilo¬
watts late in 1962.

A 75.000 kw unit

is

scheduled for completion
in 1963. In later
years the

pahy may build

plant,
in

if

it

this

"competitive"
area. ^The

proves

estimates
$86

some

for

1965

com-

high-fuel-cost

company

spend

early

atomic power

an

that

will

through
of which

construction,

$27

it

million

million

will

be

raised

internally. Following the sale of
$12 million bonds in April, capi¬
talization

49%

was

bonds,

preferred stock and 34%
stock equity.
While
the

substantial

a

company's
in

owned

the

and

17%

common

amount

of

stock

is

common

Islands, since state¬

the

increased

interest

in

common

stock has been

Hawaii

national

more

of

the

finding its

into the national market.

way

of

cause

the rapid

offerings
have

the

of

Be¬

growth, rights
stock

common

been

fairly frequent in the
past decade, including a one-foreight offering last year. Possibly
for this

reason

the growth in share

earnings has been slow in the past
years
(from $3.12 to $3.33)
although in the years 1952-56 it

four

had

increased

rapidly from $1.94

to $3.12.

Regarding regulation, a depre¬
average original cost rate
(plus allowances) was estab¬

ciated
base

lished in

1939 by the Public Util¬
ity Commission. The most recent
rate

decision

and the rate

has

in

was

June

1955

design then obtained

proved

adequate to date, ac¬
cording to President Johnson. The
1960 rate of return

was

calculated

at 6.5%.

The

common

stock, traded on
Exchange and

the Honolulu Stock

from

low

a

1960

Based

of

h

25 V2

over-counter

increased

a s'

in

1953

bid

to

of

a

86.

on
the $2.50 dividend rate
the yield is 2.9%.i The
price-earn¬

ings

ratio

1960

earnings of $3.33.

is

about

26

times

the

>

Stirling, Linder & Prigal

JERICHO, N. Y.—Stirling, Linder
of
Security Analysts, President & Prigal, Inc. is engaging in a
Ralph Johnson said, "Statehood, securities business from offices at

talk before the New York

NORMAN C. ROBERTS COMPANY

31%

a

activity, elec¬

compared

company

in

10-11%

As

gain of 8 or 9%. It
likely that future growth

return

The

receht

kwh and revenues. In a recent

were

was

earlier rate of

sales

the rate of gain per annum
(compounded) has been 4% in

units

year

year.

14%

rose

,1959-60,

as

years

applicable Securities Laws.

the

over-the-counter,

(over $30 million) were 2V2 times
the level of 1951. In the past four

number

El

over

Hawaiian Electric would qualify

$3 PER SHARE

Copies of the Prospectus

acre

dustrial

apartment

during

previous

sales

hood

business

15,000 in 1946 to

1960

who

1961

tric

dustries.

hood

JUNE 20,

on

is

area

spent

speculation.

NEW ISSUE

basic factor in

a

of all homes built

all

sult of this burst pf

some

rapidly in the postwar period, the

buy

the

over

units

during 1960;

all-electric. Construction

will

the

lars. All

of

completed

aver¬

ing and air-conditioning, indicat¬
ing heavy use of other appliances.

ized

V.-P.

Moreland

65

single-family

apartment

Oahu

on

than 83%

more

appears

minimum of electric space-heat¬

4,400

3,600

built

were

and

than
and

which

despite the fact that there is

a

More

Island

age

already

commun¬

in 29 other states.

the

29% above the national

prosperous

a higher stand¬
living and personal income

of

kwh.,

was

century

had

ity in Hawaii, with
ard

years

military

Nigbor Joins

made only by the
as a

company

establishments,
and
nu¬
towns and villages. Oahu,

1958—in

of these securities.

a

pineapple plantations, Armed

Forces

from
announcement

developed

are

the city of Honolulu, sugar

number

This

the

the other

The

half

past

enterprise

the Hawaiian economy have been

have not

however, but for the time being

ury.

need

have

to

prominent

the

money

which

professional operations

which

pur¬

care

offering
takes

rather

a

and

islands.

He also pointed out

the

was

there

on

five."

in

of
development
might have taken

American

serving

While

plants

Basic factors

because

range

the

serves

obligations

as
have worked out satisfactorily in
it previous periods since the mone¬
DETROIT,
Mich.—Richard
B. Nig¬
seems
as
though the demand for tary authorities have used credit
bor has been elected Vice-Presi¬
short and long-term Government tightening measures and rising in¬
dent and a Director of Moreland
obligations is sufficient in both terest rates to combat the unfavor¬
able conditions that have devel¬ & Co., Penobscot Building, mem¬
cases to take care of the supply of
bers of the Midwest and Detroit
these issues which are.'presently oped.
Stock Exchanges, according to an
coming
into
these
markets.
In
Less Professional Activities
announcement by Paul I. Moreother'"words, ,the operations in

continue

limited

Electric

1891,

Oahu.

electric

all

has been in effect of late.

short-term rates and

on

spite

of the

yields

past

in

distant

in the inot too

prospect,

in

the

according to advices, will

more

they are
best able to protect against as¬
cending interest rates which have

they

way

Prospects

offerings of corporate

new

down

some

tal

most

of

in

that

homes

Yield

Bond

inves¬

better¬

birthday." Hawaiian

level

a

or

in

pretty much on the sidelines.!

where

near-term

King Kalakaua's fiftieth

on

four

than

in

business

rthe

lamps
grounds of Iolani
arc

islands the company today gener¬
ates about 87% of all energy sold

future

put to work dur¬

Palace

six

other

bonds,

Also, the boom and inflation
psychology has not had an adverse

predicted.

Short-terms

buying and selling in these se¬

slow

place

which normally

the

is

going

along
pickup in business.

much smaller deficit than

a

has been

be

period
in

only

long

when

on

curities, the professional operator

econ¬

institutional

and

years

1886,
lit

Island

is

feeling

Company, Ltd.

were

of

the

strong

Electric

Hawaii first enjoyed electricity in

established

much

this

in

Government

the

of

revenues

the

as

Hawaiian

July

Treasury issues. As long as there
is a more or less balanced amount

the

Stressed

very

the

is

liquid

the

though

as

a

many

a

ment

many

If this should be the

the economy.

is

that

ing

will also set
sectors of

it

but

one,

records

the

uptrend.

an

funds should

business._recovery will not only be
new

long

as

Liquidity

•'

.

indications

in

intermediate

lected

few

in¬

an

have

into

funds

of

ELY

many

this selling of long
Governments, there are
reports
that institutions, both the private
and public ones, are buyers of se¬

securi¬

Governments

is in

omy

by

Treasury

flow

continue

to

the

the

OWEN

against

And there is little doubt but

what

Government

to

appear

continuously
Government

liquid

ties.

in

change

complete

a

buyers

over

most

and the end of 1961. And unless

there

In addition, there
in the purchases of
obligations
by
the

large commercial banks and cor¬
porations- since these two insti¬

It
that the Treasury will
do
fairly heavy borrowings for
new money purposes between July
again seeking

States.

let-up

no

some

nations, aside from the

short-term

BY

although

instances.

at hand,

Thursday, June 29,' 1961

there
have been purchases of corporate
and

The

.

PUBLIC UTILITY

espe¬

the

Treasuries

term

.

exchanges from the more
Government

intermediate-term
area. Most of the swaps from Gov¬
ernment obligations in the more

GOVERNMENTS

,

of

Society

immediately by inaugu¬
the

greatly

jets, without ^ques¬

intensified

the

eco¬

nomic

boom

Hawaii

during the past two years.

Hawaii

has

experienced
achieved

within

in

two

11

Ulster Drive. Officers

are

Rob¬

ert

Prigal,, President; Hyman S.
Linder, Vice-President; and James
Stirling,
were

&

Secretary-Treasurer. All
formerly with J. A. Winston

CO.

,,,

V.-.,

Volume

193

Number

6068'.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2853)

Richmond, Va.

was announced by
George R. Dupuy, Vice-President.
They are Richard W. Boisseau,

NEWS ABOUT

and Samuel G. Jones.

BANKS AND BANKERS
Consolidations

New

•

Branches

New

•

Offices,

etc.

Revised

•

*

Robert

C.

*

*

Bensing,

of

..

will

join

tional

Bank

effectve

|

the

a

of

Cleveland,

Ohio,

July 1.

a

This is

•

,

chants
Ark

conversion of the Mer-

a

Planters

&

effective

Bank, Warren,
of

as

-

Chase

The

York,

Manhattan

and

Bank, New

Hempstead

Bank,

nounced

Horace

by

Chairman

of the

Hempstead, Long Island, June 28

jointly

announced

plans

for

merger.

a

Chase

Bruce

Manhattan

Wood

Bank, and
Chairman of

Hall,

Hempstead Bank, stated that the
merger will permit the combined
institution

County

a

services

to
bring
to
Nassau
wider range of banking

supported
and

sources

by

the

diversified

re-

facilities

of The Chase Manhattan Bank.
The

boards

of

directors

stock

of

the

of the

Roth

special
of

share

a

capital stock of Chase Man-

hattan.

the

,of

Hempstead

Bank will become 13/18 of

banks expect to call

stockholder
future

near

meetings

for

the

approving the plan of

ing office

U, Brooklyn, N.

nue

*

the

George

W.

Assistant

promotion

McKinney,

At

C.

the

time

same

Office

Chairman
of
become a

Hempstead

will

Director of

Manhattan

and

Bank

administrative

general

*

*

,

Franklin

the

In-

Savings Bank, New
the

as

of

election

The

Trustee.

a

Allan

of

Trustee also

Howard

W.

Betts

as

Nassau

Mr. Hall will also

serve

Chairman of the Nassau County

had

1960

Gosdorfer

Chairman

Bank

the

of

of

been

has

United

Island

Long

in

June

12, the Comptroller apan
application to merge

proved

Farmers

Ohio

Tiro,
tional
Ohio

into

Bank

under

mittee.

Hempstead
Senior

Muller, President of
Bank, will become a

Vice-President

combined
officer

bank

directly

in

of

will

and

charge

v

the

be

the

of

op¬

erations of the Nassau branches of
Chase Manhattan.

Ohase
which
New

has

be

Manhattan

Hank,

throughout

May 31, 1961.

Bank

maintains

over

County and

Nassau

of May 31 had total

as

*

York

of

area

of $73,500,000.
*

father,
who
died

early this' year.
In addition, he
continues as President a post he
elected

to

in

joined

1954.

the

Mr.

Gos-

in

1931.

bank

Harold W.Smith'has.been-elected

Vice-President

nounced

J.

officers

*

the

travel

in

throughout

From

Assistant

of New

following

Division

National

of

who

districts

today

by John

A.

Kley,

of

of

business

ted

McCullough

Director

a1

of

was

elec-

Mercantile

the

National Bank, Chicago, 111.

charter

the

of

the

issued

was

June

on

15

office of the Comptroller
Currency to the Valley

County,

is

ier

Ungemack

bank's

Scarsdale
from

LeDonne

Schweinfest

raised

ficer

the

of

White

from

to

ad-

was

Treasurer

Vice-President

V.

in

office

Assistant

Assistant

to

Edmond

the

of

111.

and

trust

Plains

depart-

both

Assistant

were

Of-

Trust

Trust

officer.

Clarence

R.

Sandford,

President

cf

Elizabethport

Banking

20 000

shares

United

San

value

nar

stock

States

Diego,

increased

from

"film

H.

George

*

*

William C. Harkins was appointed

National

San

its

Bank

Diego,

Calif.

capital

common

$4,100,000 to $4,500,the sale of new stock, ef-

par value

*

*

The merger of the First National
into

Crocker

Bank,

San

a

of
Detroit Bank
and
Company, Detroit, Mich., at

Anglo

-

Francisco,

National

Calif.,

be-

effective at the close of busiJune 23, it

"iesident of tne San Rafael banks.
After

the

is

merger

effected,

Crocker-Anglo's deposits will total approximately $1,750,000,000,
its

will

assets

in

aggregate

the

neighborhood of $1,950,000,000 and
its
capital funds will be about

$135,000,000.

Assistant

as

General

of Canada, Montreal,

announced.

senior

from

eight

of Comptroller of the
on
on

June

15

issued

a

charter to the First National Bank

Mr.

agent

bank's

Okmul-

increased

"

Currency

has

been

and

elected
the

to

the

country:

Vice-President

Deely,

England District.

From

Assistant

As¬

to

Vice-President:

Robert

Borrs,

Correspondent

Bank

Richard

Vnr

our

New

ATntTr

r_

F.

M.

De-

Dickson,

B.

TAv«riAir

York-New

William

nictrioT'

District;
Southern

Jersey

Hohman,

District.

New

and

Mr. Pouluton, with over 20 years
experience in the investment busi¬
ness,

fornjorly

was

dent

of

National

Texas

Vice-Presi¬

a

Elizabeth,

Official

sistant

Cashier:

Middle

Western

Assistant
John

As¬

to

E.

Porta,

pistrict; Donald
M. Roberts, Western District.
G. Tyler

Baldwin, John E. Bowles.
J.
Christensen,
Harold
Koch, Robert C. Kurzweil, George

Leslie

Monahan, Grenville H.

PaynR.
Bergen Van Doren have been ap¬
pointed Assistant Vice-Presidents
Frank

D.

Sullivan

and

of Chemical Bank New York Trust

Company,

New

Harold

Helm

H.

with

Division

Malcolm

H.

Funk,

remain unchanged.
W.
Lewis
Hart

President,

member

of

the

-

is

the

firm;

Peoples Sees.
Opens New Dept.
A dealer service division has been

opened
New

at

York

expanded

527 Madison Avenue,
City, to spearhead an

u

of

program

John

Corcoran

J.

sion is

a

Corp.,

principal

the

York

fund.

supervision

underwriters

will

It

be

Lee

of

under

M.

sales

vice-president
Planning.

of

Seven official

appointment of five
Girard

at

Trust

new

Corn

Philadelphia,

f

,

I.

Emrich

Associates, Inc.

nounced

last

Louis

Lasser,

HILLS, N.

Y.

—

BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Jay W. Kim

David

™

from

a*-

is conducting

offices

from
c*.

a

securities business

at

190

Willoughby

r;

+

67-40 Stre t un

offices at

J. W. Kim

Yellowstone Boulevard,

&

offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any of these
offering is made only by the Prospectus.

Co.

$25,000,000

York,

Chairman

announced.

All

the

Bank's

except

•

_

Finley

■

move up

the

Price 100%

On

June

promoted

to

13, the Comptroller

Glo,

Pa.,

tional

into

Bank

town,

Pa.

title

in

United
the

under

"United

of

States

as

and

Ray¬

date

is

to

be'

business June

"The

charter

States

as

of

Bank,"

its

*

The

Company,

board




Na¬

and

National

the

close

of

17.
*

Carrolltown

Assistant

Secretaries of Manufacturers Trust

New

York,

were

an-

only from such of the several
offer the securities in such State.

Johnston, Lemon & Co.

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.

Bank in Johnstown." The effective

election

American

Na¬

Carrolltown,

Pa.

title

to

of

The

Bank,

*

to

Blyth & Co., Inc.

"Cambria

Carroll¬

*

the

Bank

Petersburg
of Virginia,

Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

Lehman Brothers

Merrill Lynch,

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Glore, Forgan & Co.

&

town" effective June 15.

George

Copies of the' Prospectus may be obtained in any State
Underwriters, including the undersigned, as may lawfully

Johnstown, Johns¬

aldson,

Moldovak

ap¬

an

County^ National

B.

Assistant

application to merge
the Nanty GIo State Bank, Nanty

proved

changed

Otmar

and Accrued Interest

Vice-Presidents.

tional

National Division.

June 15, 1981

u

Geoffrey

to Vice-Presi¬

Richard W. Maletz and James J.
are

r

_

William B. Eagleson, Jr.,

Metropolitan

Mr. Paynter who

1981

Due

June 15, 1961

group

White

Corporation

5.40% Sinking Fund Debentures Due
Dated

includes three new
Vice-Presidents, Charles E. Baus,
D.

State Loan and Finance

by George H. Brown, Jr.,

President.
The

securities.

June 27, 1961

NEW ISSUE

an¬

Secre-

tary-Treasurer; and Lynne Lasser
Vice-President,

officers
are

has

with offices at 200

k?er*

President;

Opens

-

business

This advertisement is neither an
The

Exchange

Pa.,

Oser, Jr.,
Peoples

S. I. Emrich Assoc. Formed

as

promotions and the

of
the

was

the

head
of
office the

new diviunit of Peoples Planning

stock mutual fund. The

Vice-President.

Second

national

____

West 57(th Street, New York City
to engage in a securities business,
Officers are Sidney I. Ehmrich,

of

Berger is engaging in a securities

Davis, President, Fi¬
Trust
Company,

of

F.

William

Parvin is Vice-President in charge
of the Municipal Bond Dept.

years.

FQREST

Union

election

other

Jay W. Kim Opens

Newark, N. J., announced the

Appointments of Charles W. Don¬
mond

since

1936, died June 19 at the age of 68.

❖

is in

J.

N.

Corpora¬

tion.

was

Manager
Canada,

Ganann

David Berger

dents.

From

ter,

Company,

Bank,

Cashier

sistant

partment;

the

a

board

of directors.

S.

The appointment of J. W. Ganann

Bir-

in

Oakland

20,000_shares, par value $25).

The Office

Poulton

Vice-President

*

$250,000 to $500,000, effective June
16. (Number of shares outstanding

Mr.

Peoples Securities Corp., a growth-

stock dividend, the common

was

G.

Jointly by Paul E. Hoover, Presioi Crocker-Anglo National
5a.\ a? «jSf
y™rray>

was

th^ head office of the Royal Bank

Okla.,

William

wholesale distribution of shares of

capital stock of The Central Nagee,

by

announced

i

By

announced

was

Hobbs, Executive Vice-President.

°f

snhaAe,s.°"tf,a"dmg 450'000 shares>

Manager

and

Charles

°f Funk Hobbs and Hart, Inc.,
National Bank of Commerce Bldg.,

Creston

from

000 by

President

The

Paul

and

and

ANTONIO, Texas

Sou}tonA *?uS j°irle(* the firm

^u,uuu snares; Pa[ value $10)

ness on

National Bank of Aurora, Aurora,

Kane

$100,000 to $150,000
dividend

$150,000 to $200,000 by the sale of
new
stock,
effective
June
12.
(Number of shares
outstanding

came

*

by

in¬

was

Bank in San Rafael/Calif, and its
affiliate, the Bank of San Rafael,

'
*

*

tional Bank of Okmulgee,

Purdy

bank's

the

to Vice-President: James S.
New

are

title

Bank

Natonal

close

*

Trust

'Cashier.

and

vanced

C.

City Bank

announces

promotions

A.

and

Bell, Jr.
The
Bank has a capital of $220,000 and
a surplus of $330,000.

delity

National

First

The Hempstead
15 offices located

broad

a

deposits

l\l

Na-

June 17.

Howard W.

SAN

York

City and 27 overseas,
had deposits totaling $7,578,000,000
on

Second

charter

the

the

of

as

from

of McKin¬

Texas,

Bucyrus, Bucyrus,

is Harry B. Stoner and the Cash-

ment

offices

10o

Bank,

He succeeds his

President.

C.

Joseph

Citizens

The

of

Second

Woodward

com¬

and

National Bank

stock

a

The

Gosdorfer,

C.

by

capital stock of the

McKinney,

ney,

of

On

15

Funk, Hobbs, Hart

noted that the firm's name would

regulatory agencies.

mingham

of this

time

Louis

Members of the

members

$25,-

$382,496,134.
The
«uvii
amsi
uc
acquisition
must
be
apdpproved
by
Federal
and
state

A

-The-prdmotions Of three officers
present Board of Directors of 0f The County Trust Company,
Hempstead Bank will be invited White Plains, N. Y., were anas

of

Fifth-Third at that

Manhattan Bank.

serve

assets

had assets of

advisory committee of The Chase

to

total

common

creased

New York.

dorfer

in

of

a

announced.

was

L.

National

was

Manhattan

Ohio.

Norwood-Hyde Park, at the end

,

*

announced

Chase

as

with

both

Division, have been
appointed Assistant Secretaries,

responsibility for all branches of
County.

Stanley

ternational

elected

have

Vice-

the Board of

.

&

of "The

York,

_

Co., Norwood,

buy

Bank

Bucyrus." The effective date is to

Rochefort,

merger.

plan of merger, Mr.

Trust

to

Park

de

The

System.

Chase

Mr.

agreed

Marie F. Nusbaumer and Jean H.

purpose

Governors of the Federal Reserve

will

from

Messrs, Jean-

and

election

The

Jr.

has

Dr.

Ackemann, Lexington Avenue

Branch

Central

Ohio,

Norwood-Hyde

the

Rodney C. Gott

Hall,
Bank,

of

Vice-President to

in

addition, the proposed merger
subject to approval by the Superindendent of Banks of the State

the

*

Irving Trust Company, New York,
announces

cinnati,

057,179.

ficer in charge,

is

Under

Y.

Daniel Mastellon will be the Of*

The

o m p a n y,

June

Poulton Joins

it

Fifth-Third Union Trust Co., Cin¬
the

June 24, at 201 Ave-

on

In

of New York and by

*

Manufacturers Trust C

the

of

under which each share of

capital

Board.

*

President.

two banks have agreed to terms
merger

Flanigan,

New York, opened its 121st bank-

v

George Champion, Chairman of
The

*

C.

Bradley

Moody. The
capital of $150,000 and
surplus of $251,404.01.

bank has

„

,

Warren,

The President is F. M. Holt and
the Cashier is A. L.

Trust Department of Central Na

Capitalizations

Warren,

County, Ark.

21

Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

White, Weld & Co.

Smith, Barney & Co.
Incorporated

22

has

A Loan Officer's Views

on

4

By Richard P. Taft,* General Investment Manager, The
.*%

7.1

a

how

does

particular insurance

a

company

about

go

private lotfg-ierm placements to smaller companies in
and
be

in Canada ?

met, the

making

this

made, and

general

conditions underlying

Listed, also,

are

a

loans are

A

living documents and sometimes do require modifications

business

toward

efforts

directed

are

the

financing of smaller
enterprises in America

corporate
and

Canada, and I hope to give
clearer pic¬
ture

a

by

legal

restrictions,

unsecured term loan to

an

an

un¬

incorporated borrower.
term

lending is designed
industrial-type companies. In

for

to obtain long-

its broad sense,

term financ¬

types of businesses, except public

ing

utilities and railroads.

from

an

insurance

The

company.

minimum

There
three

are

types of

that

ing provided
life insur¬

standards

by

and

compa¬

real

of loan

estate;

est
Richard P. Taft

last

and the long-term

to discuss.

pose

1956, in order to better serve
small
business, we created our
Commercial and Industrial Loan

Since then,

has

partment
million

in

made

loans

porations.

less,

or

this de¬

about

'

-

cor¬

of

70%

one-third

were

for $500,000 or less.
While
done

that

We

this

are

are

of

type

reputed

job,

do

we

scratched

have

we

face.

set

we

good

a

to

have

not feel
the

sur¬

working to develop
business. We have

staff organizations in our
Offices in

up

various Regional Home
United

the

States

with

work

Canada

and

banks,

houses, accountants and businesses
the

on

No

ground floor.

minant

loans
The
in

a

to

as

are

broad

be

a

be

must

a

made based

on

deter¬

company.

looked

sound

a

at

de¬

lend¬

judgment, but the following
are pertinent:

factors

Life

Governing Factors

insurance

investments

made

$94,000,
for

several

should

be

for

used

building

purposes:

or
buying machinery and
equipment; expanding markets or
introducing new
product
lines;
and
funding existing short-term
obligations to place the company
on

workable

a

basis

financially.

-

Our loans represent investment-

type money and not risk capital.
are not designed to finance
speculative ventures. We do not

They

expect to share in either the losses
the

or

owners

A

profits

accruing

to

the

of the business.

term

loan

is

not

suitable for

financing the seasonal needs of
business.

This

is

the

function

a

of

commercial
The

banking.
company
should

years

of favorable

tory.

This rule

is

have

10

not

agement

margins

have made loans to companies
shorter histories.

The

company

tablished
and
it

a

should

solid

have

market

es¬

position

shown its

ability to maintain
against competition.

The

company

should

record of growth and have

show

a

growth

potential.

In

interested

NEW

of these shares having been sold, this advertisement

appears

in

the

line and its
markets. Is it contributing some¬
thing worthwhile in the form of

of

ingredient.
It
should be of good character, wet)
single

obvious. Neverthe¬
a large number of

are

less, there are

We believe that,

done.

if

we

the

Are

good

as

others in

its

and

your

tions

a
projection, manage¬
usually recognizes its im¬
portance and employs it thereafter
as one of its important tools.

prepared
ment

seeking to improve its prod¬

ucts

and

tect

its

the

on

ter

month.

insist

In

instances

some

will

we

individual

the

to

built

of

of

need

have

to

manage¬
recognize
the

building

up

a

rounded

organization.
When

loan with
to

learn

in

pany

a

company,

we

term

a

attempt

about the

short

a

have

bankers

developing

much

as

period

learned

over

com¬

as

its

a

pe¬

riod of many years.
Even

are

though

out

paid

of

record

phase

expect

we

to

be

earnings, we
in the past operat¬

of

the

business.

know if the company

demonstrated

an

its

of

as a

matter

maintain
all

not

proper

ally, where
wishes
than

riding

and

expected

a

some

a

to lend him less money

good financial man,

a

proper

of

study

is

hiding

Lack

a

and

many

good

times

weak

has

have

of

has

been

a

average

built

man

a

in

fields

This advertisement is neither

The

of record.

of

an

offer to buy

offer

an

any

to

sell

nor a

of these securiCes.

June 29, 1961

rWTE

75,000 Shares

Dy namic

Class A Common Stock

Common

(Par Value 1()<* Per Share)

(Par

Value

Stock

$.10 per

Share)

Per Share
Pries $4.00

per

Share

0

and

Copies of the

from

n. a.
.

hart &

:




co.

Slates

Offering Circular

the-undersigned
as

they

may

.

may

be, obla:n~J

orders

in

such

lawfully offer these securities.

darius, inc.
A.

ross, lyon & co., inc.

Mclaughlin, kaufman & co.

other

offering is made only by the Offering Circular.

110,GOO Shares

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained from the undersigned only in those states
by those persons to ivhom the undersigned may legally distribute the
Prospectus.

whose,

We

June 22, 1961

Price $3.75

con¬

small business

by

lies

competency

company.

has

ability to weath¬

Harwyn Publishing Corp.

been

not

financial

proper

The

trols.

management

financial

On the other hand, we try

not to overfinance

multitude of sins and weaknesses?
Inflation

requirements

made.

planning? Or, is
of an eco¬

which

Gener¬

company.

prospective borrower

through projections of fu¬

ture

But

controls,

less

borrow

is

think he needs, the com¬

lacks
a

needs

to

the crest

on

wave

hidden

us

we

pany

to

needed to do a
financing job. We will not
than

underfinance

business?

controls.

needs

Is management
it

be

elaborate

business

NEW

IS«UE

Endeavoring

Small businesses cannot

should

additional

used; the profit position should be
improved.

thinking of elaborate records and
and

of

issuance

in order to control the busi¬
Earnings certainly should
be diluted if capital is well

not

When I speak of controls I am not

nomic

future

interested

want to

each

D.

GILHART & CO., INC.
»

141 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

Telephone:

is

ness.

controls to determine the progress

controls.

are

we

of

business

pany

'employ the
management?

effort

ownership

tools

term

who has

of losing control
his earnings, and

fearful
the

of

man

successful

a

equity

One does not have to con¬
trol 100% of the stock of a com¬

management

important

The

when

loan

need

may

diluting

money

Does

Does it have sufficient records and

-

of

equity.

in the event: of his
and, of course, we make

every

term

a

loans:

borrower's in¬

combination

a

up

usually

Is

out

death,

or

markets

ones?

new

protect

on

upon

business

funds

or

discuss

to

such

considering

sistence
the

like

prospective

resists

taken

us

in

The

parable with those in the area and
in the industry?

insurance,, being

life

upon

same

would

I

of the problems we encoun¬

some

services in order to pro¬

present

acquire

the

of

day

same

di¬

located

Encountered

Problems

Now,

and

is

in

loans

industries

versified

fixed. They
periodically
changing conditions and,

utilized to measure ac¬
performance against objec¬
We find that, once having

tives.

Is it forward-looking?

make

for

two. Nor

of course,

sound

trained

management

we
do
projection

reviewed

be

loan and equity.

competent?

ask

But

reasonable

a

tual

and to
it training
geo¬
replacements
for
key
jobs?
Is it
graphically throughout the United '
States and Canada, with the conifollowing an enlightened person¬
Has the business. >a>
panies headed by dynamic indi¬ nel policy?
viduals of various ages, we will
history of stable labor relations?
Are pay scales and benefits com¬
not have them all dropping dead
these

of

number

a

longer.

meet

to

basis?
Is

of 15-year projec¬

10

to

or

should

the industry so that our

on a

expect

should projections be

prospective customer can be ex¬
pected to meet reasonable compe¬
tition in the future and

you

at least the next year or

than

better

know it in¬

long-term money in
business. Now, I am not re¬

ferring
for

goals set

business for the fbresee-

invest

to

us

company^ fa¬

or

poor

prospective

our

ableNguture, you who
timately, why should

man¬

Is it

this

where

businesses

sound

cilities

business

a

agement.

Management is by far the most

agement

of

acter

of

for omur

a

degrde

same

of

inex¬

Projections

—if you do not have any

to

the

assume

90%

from

projections
bor¬
rowers,
and we are questioned
about this practice. Our answer is
all

from

product

solicitation
All

Financial

better times.
also

are

resulted

We ask for financial

a

important

ing

should have satis¬
factory financial ratios. One that

We

more

failures

planning.

want to know wny man¬
feels
the
business
is

company's

importance.

inviolable;

with

past

business

long-term

ment

operating his¬

pany's

ness, we

experienced,
and ; in
term is 10 years,
reasonable depth. The dangers of
maximum, 20 years.
* making a loan to one-man mail-':

The company

are

not

same

change the record

ahead. If the com¬
record shows weak¬

provide for an orderly flow of
debt one to two
work
and
materials?
We
fre¬
growth situation, with;
quently find plant housekeeping
earnings showing a steady rise,
to be an indication of the char¬
the historical earnings level does
such

times.

than

perience, incompetence, and

to

semi-permanent

It is repaid on

that

years

rounded,

funds

15,000 business failures in 1958 in¬
dicates

goods or services, or is it merely
specific satisfying a temporary or "fad"
payment schedule out of future- type need? Does it have only one,
earnings and not out of the liqui¬ supplier or one customer? Does it
dation of seasonal peaks in invent have
only one product, which
tories
or
receivables, as in the could be replaced through ad¬
case
of short-term debt, nor out
vances in technology?
of the liquidation of
any other
assets., appearing on' a company's
Study of Plant and Management
balance sheet. Most companies we
A study will be made of plant,
examine show a net profit after
equipment and other facilities. Do
income tax of about 15% of the
these facilities provide a desirable
total amount
of long-term debt
degree
of flexibility?
Is
there
outstanding, and also, show his¬
room
for
expansion?
Are pro¬
torical
ability to cover interest
ductive facilities set up efficiently
and
sinking fund payments on

The small¬

been

plants

long-term

perspective and

Pertinent

The

we

can

whether

available to

business

cision

ing

factor

one

the amount

on

has

have

we

and the

to

investment

floor

in

tend

the

headed for

loan is

as¬

factors

are

the

in

The minimum

the

for $1 mil¬

were

and

$450

smaller

to

1960.

In

loans authorized
lion

stability
required

are

will grant.

productive

In

Department.

the

meet

the

company's profit
satisfactory.

term

not
no

we

$100,000.

note is¬
generally unsecured. It is this
type of financing that I pro¬

sue,

between

companies

to

we

a

We believe

earnings,

authorized

and

lease¬

sale

back;

of

management

There is

on

purchase lease
or

of

smaller ;

be, unable

have

to observe.

nies: the mort¬

loan

worth

net

most

would

gage

should

$250,000 and $350,000.

term financ¬

ance

this includes most

company

in

there

have the game crutch
ahead. A 1959 study

by Dun & Bradstreet of the nearly

would

owner.

capital.

and the life company cannot make

Our

how

of

controlled

the

if

We may not
in the years

as

Repayment Requirements

,

agrees

during the loan's lifetime.

My

should

endeavor to

good, we

certain

practices during the past 20 years.

its

such

be

must

as investment and not risk capital loans.
variety of problems encountered in making such

business

have

invested

The

such

financing which he describes

loans, and the ground rules governing loans in force. Mr. Taft

the

as

return

to

expected

amount

country

Mr, Taft enumerates the requirements which must

studies

interest

an

be

the

;

has

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

as

A lender relying solely

lender.

■■

on

Just

twice

is

ord

it

.

obliga¬
If the past rec¬

schedule.

on

if

and

meeting

.

company's operation, in the
industry, or in the economy which

that

means

about

in

stake

at

This

has

owner

much

Company of America, Newark, N. J.

,

of the company's tan-

gible net worth.
the

Prudential Insurance

long-term
or
should not exceed

debt

50%

about

tions

storms

of

record

a

that

is

economic

er

the

over

both for the lender and the

borrower,

Financing

valuable

proved

years,

funded

Small Business
I

Chronicle

The Commercial and Financial

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Volume

193

Iffil fin?"ce- a:The

Number 6068

..

"J388 of f^ures. not

of

analysis,

not

with

knowing

ness

and, what is
much

Presentation
nancial

If

of

'

.

inadequate
by

accountants.

captive

main

business

-

even

in

lack of

a

#e+8u
of the

the scope
i

agreement

en-

pared

an

from

certified

anJ:

a

.

of

°r

Si.
that

it

•

•

pietely
cash

affiliated

investor

an

one,

knows

never

and

where

er

cr

a

What

limited

verv

would

happen

J ft
of
the

or

nav

u T
amount warranted
f

a

sal

-

percentage

age

dividends

in

the

States

of

by

by the

fronv 1954

amount

49%

was

Miq

the

companies
million

with

asset

the

up

-

paid
under

The

affairs

as

is

one

that

of

among

of this. Another form

form

this

salaries

members

the

is

takes

the

of

tives who make

payment of
dividends

excessive

or

to

or.rela-

family

real contribu-

no

Failure

as

management

to rec-

affiliated companies
the
same
legal entities

the bororwing company,

understand

that

and to

guarantees

or

will not always
satisfy the lender. In many states
the guarantee cannot be enforced
legally, and certainly it is not
good financially.
cross-guarantees

Over

The

-

management.

aggressive

funds

barely

are

disbursed

when management wants to make
next expansion move it has

the

dreamed of.

despite the fact there
might not "be the executive mansufficient earning power
from
present
operations to

power or

yet

.

generate
the

a

move

For example, we
small

company

Midwest
successful
after

profit margin if
is to succeed,
made a loan to a

proper

proposed

that

operating in the
an
extremely

had

operation.

Sometime

the

have

banker

that
to

concerns

loaned

money.

firms
enhance

additional

to.

Example of Small Company

•

Helped
Here's

65th

George
The

A.

Newbury,

Manufacturers

Trust

Co.,

example

an

of

a

com¬

we

Lake
last
J

bert

C.

on o n

d

secured

from

York

resulted

in

thur

It

secured.

trade

was

discounts,

in

crease

a

sales

unable

and

volume

possible under existing financial
arrangements.
We were approached for a loan
of $150,000 in 1958. Our investiga¬
tion

disclosed

excellent

treasurer.

of

is

0Ptsiders

officers

and ad_

and- employees
with

transactions

attending

Council

its

Cyril

on

and

decade,
able to

preceding
was

first

full

to

to

serve

wrote

Last

account

employed

and

state

throughout
the

and

New

That

mergers

the

n(J

or

ditional

The

also

Association

associate

members,

has

year,

a

request for ad-

rJ,hibiteci

well

as

This announcement is neither

Federal

Reserve

and

institutions.

Sidford, Senior Vice-

Bank

of

Eaie

as

out-of-state

These

out-of-state

located

are

in

to help finance

money

plant.

have

our

We

happy

were

investment grow

the

company,

and

creased, to

$250;000.

loan

a

Form Allied In v. Co.

to

in this

was

OKLAHOMA

in¬

E.

DeWees

curities

CITY, Okla.—Alton

is

engaging

business

from

2126 Southwest 29th
*A

Mr.

condensation

Taft

ment

an

before

Association

the

of

a

talk

made

in

should

be

timG)

from

time

NEW

American

Inc.,

New

firm

the

Manage¬

York

ment

City.

of

name

Allied

Company.

to

buy

any

of these securities.

June 27, 1961

ISSUE

-

350,000 Shares

ur

the needs of the business
Very few
requests

as

Paul Hardeman, Inc.

determine..

management

from

tion

advantages

the

0f

modifica-

for

turned down. Indeed, one

are

of

a

Common Stock

private

placement is the ease with which
ioan agreements are modified, if
is

the need
a

(Par Value 25^ Per Share)

sound one.

a

has not been a
long-term money, the

COmpany

borrower of

"

i

•

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•

of
executing
a
loan
agreenaent along the lines I have
Q^ed may alarm it or its counsei.
neces

Jn

ity

practicaUy

Price $8 per

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instance,

every

these difficulties arise because the

COUnsel has had no previoug
experience with corporate
loan agreements.
This results in
time consuming negotiations, all
Gf which
are
at the borrower's

>•

company

expense.

templates
funds,
it
know

that it will be

to

to many

undersigned
V

:

as may

.

If a corporation
conborrowing long-term
should consult with

companies that have borrowed.

I

enlightening

discover that lending

may be obtained from such of the
legally offer these securities in this State.

Copies of the Prospectus
{

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Incorporated

Rittmaster, Voisin & Co.

Lieberbaum & Co.

institutions have very little diffi-

culty, if

any,

with attorneys who

Levien, Greenwald & Co.

Stanley Heller & Co.

John H. Kaplan &

Co.

have had experience with corporate term

I
that

have

lending,

previously
mentioned
operations in this field
been quite successful.
Our

have

capital to withstand the period of

been

Kesselman & Co., Inc.

|

D. H. Blair &

Company

our

ratio: is far
expectations, because
fices.

Hardy & Co.

below

expense

we

quite

volume

of

satisfactory.

H. M. Frumkes & Co.

Philips, Rosen & Appel

our

operate

tjirough our Regional Home OfOur

Stearns & Co.

loans

has

Our

ex¬

Robinson & Co., Inc.:'

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.

Michael G. Kletz & Co.
4'

se¬

at

Street under

be
and

'

altered

a

offices

by

offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer
offer is made only by the Prospectus.

agreement must be cona living document that

as

Penn¬

>

Modifying the Loan

sidered

New

various

The

sub,

assets

of the

stantial.portion

T. ?

.

a

as

investment

banking houses, savings banks, the
York,

new

our

without opr funds.
the company came

to us" with

consolidations

leasing of

Qr

York

nation.

Administra¬

of

stock.

companies be controlled.
•

by

jobs,, to finance
consumption
of

that this would not have

us

possible

back

checking
balances in

Illinois, Massachusetts,
Alabama; Connecticut, .New Jer-t
sey, Puerto Rico and Canada.

loan, sales increased 24% and net
income almost 25%. Management
been

million

ten

promote economic activity and

growth

the Asso¬

sylvania,

year

of

of

create

institutions

and the com¬
take all trade

of disbursement

date

from

the

In

discounts.

to

production

conven¬

Kress,

Roger D.

Customers

productively

banks

added to working capital in one
year than had been put in in the
pany

savings
'

are

Rochester.

manage¬

Million

New York State commercial banks

Vice-President,
Rochester
Trust
Co.,

Lincoln

>

in

banks

people and main¬
payroll of half a

resources

was

governing body:

official
G.

industry

Member

a

the

goods and services, and generally,

the
men

members-at-large

tion,

Ar¬

the
Bank
&

National

elected

ciation's

annual

of

customers who maintain

was

Canandaigua,

tion also elected five

im¬

was

Bankers

dollars.

Ten

Co.,

as

banking
State.

90,000

an

The

Trust

Bankers

;

George A. Newbury

Co.,

Canandaigua

to

in¬

an

tain

billion

Elmira,
Vice-President, and
Hamlin,
President,

S.

State

organization

York

employ

New

Trust

elected

tight work¬
ing capital position.
Its current
cash requirements were financed
to a great extent by shore-term
borrowings that its bank required
be

New

City.

Canal

York

commercial

York, New

retained

earnings and depreciation charges,

take

of

New

voluntary

of

Brobst, Presi¬
dent, Chemung

a

The

Board,the

Bank

Dunckelfl President*
Co., New
York

Trust

Association, founded in 1894, is

Jr.,

,

The

with funds

to

s

B.

.

City.

Sim¬

plants

was

Wallis.
Bankers

Al¬

garage.

home

$12,000 in capital.

George A. Murphy, Chairman of
Board, Irving Trust Co., New
York City.:

the

He

15.

u n e

:

Dey C. Demarest, President, the
Bellport National Bank, Bellport.

State

York

Thursday,

succeeds

the

Albany.

elected

was

New

President, State Bank of Albany,

Traders

Placid

expanded to two

first

meeting.

at

Clarence M.

about

company

convention

Its

with

annual

President,
&

Buffalo,

Chairman

helped.
It is a manu¬
facturer of refrigerators, coolers,
and
freezers,
founded
in
1947
pany

designated head of N. Y. Bankers Association at

experience

tmany

money

George A. Newbury

is

quick¬

relationship
with

Buffalo

:

hoWers holding a certain percentf th
tock or with affiliated

loan, the company decided to go into California because
it was J a
growth area.
It had
neither
the
manpower
nor
the




period

limited

j£

that

not

are

of

.

That

tion to the company.

ognize

;

every
indication
undercaoitalized

^ jQan

personal

money back and
affiliated companies
though they were one company

lending

. •.

^

there

f >r
$10

of management with the business,
forth

j",

29.5%.

only

was

Mixing

average

.

That loans tQ

The
The

1959.

which gives you

good.idea of the percentage ol

But

mortgages,-

stipulated

.

aver-

earnings that most companies:-.'eel
should
be retained in the business.

need

a

be restricted

pledges,

vances

company

paid
manufactur-

to

indicate

company

f

&

..

earnings

all

the

Hens,

time,

i

We have studied the

grow.

a

help

a

If a company is unable to
clean up its current bank borrow-

P°yr of the company into

for

^ear-

ea™ng
stead of keeping the funds in the

business

curtailed comperiod- of time if

some cases,

ure
of about 90 consecutive days each

aller
companies pay sal
dividends far in excess

o

a

to a stipulated dollar figwith-a required bank cleanup

dividends

companies

Manv smaller
aries

or

to

earnings,

That-''unsecured current debu^be''

number1*0"

else*?

Inordinate salaries

limited

of

prohibited.

tomer decided to,do business with
someone

business

developed

which

thecus-i "mited

if

the

I

guarantees, and contingent liabilment, product acceptability, and
ities.
ca
1/.
...
That the corppany merited this fi¬
That additional funded debt be
nancing.
There was more money

custom-

one

be

amount

on

Unaudited
^statements.
Their
unacceptability is self-evident.
upon

business,

percentage

That

the activities of the company that
is seeking funds begins or ends,

Dependence

be-

Compensation over a cerpaid to stockohlders
ancj their families owning a percentage of the stock of the cornpany, say 5%, will be limited,

which

as

the

of

projections

tain

to set up

corporations

1(

fall

not

it.

for

to tell the true earning power of a

management operates

will

dividends

accountant s

is

working

which

needs

That

certain
an(^ jn

method

pre-

certified

an

the

income taxes
always possible

not

is

sails

Elect

:

have

concern

tneir

trim

New York State Bankers

to

to
growth.
Twenty-one percent of the loans
; approved last year were to com¬
panies we had previously loaned

agreed-upon dollar figure,
the level set being determined by

sa™g

.

so

jow

loan

account-

the

all

good

a

io

credit

a

23

with

People
who
their lives to

Another pleasant

loaned

undertake to
capit&L in

company

its

amounts

man-

either

independent

That the

'

,.

Orienting

by

maintain

unqualified certificate
public

up

whom 'we-

public accoutants.

are

without

The

audited financial statements,

audit, particularly

a

is

reces¬

year

.

save ac-

der any circumstances close

is

has

that

sure

.th? company fun"?*}
c?ples
ltS J<3ua.r'erly flnan?.ia]
statements and, within a specified
tlme fo1 °™.lnS the close. of /he
company s fiscal year, copies of its

willing to commit
*Pr
a
*°an
with an inventory
qualification, but we will not unwe

commonly
it: is

nature,

This

business.

itarnea

ly. t

smaller
We

safe.

this

one

struggled

build

r.hat

aSp.^a inventory. If otherwise satisfied,

is

in

y the company.
may provide:

,

restricting

°y.f

it

tender, and to make

*

ai?a^e^ent s desire tp

have

-,

been

to

is

force proper financial procedures.
.

restrictive

in

is

f°n"L*Llntncl,a,} practlces wll> be

the

knowledge, to
,

Although

called

loan

whose

instances

some

loan

a

is

always in a position,, either
because of fear of a loss of comor

force.

tne

losses.

no

financing

has

througn the 1957-1958
and

smaller

granted,

while the

in

allow- management- Major planning is discussed with President of the
maximum freedom of action in its us from ;time to tim%, and we Bankers Asso¬
day-to-day business, without in- have been asked for the benefit ciation at its
terference on the part of the of our opinion. And we have 65th annual

not

pensation

is

operate

designed

fi-

and"who

borrower

!

,

note, setting fortn the ground
under wnich the company

will

comes

accountant
of

source

prospective

,

agreement will be executed With

three possible directions:

The

•

(2855)

companies
went

rules

certified

This

perience-'

sion
.

loan

a

tne

of

important,

needed*

information

public
from

more

money is

result

wiser,

~

money that is neeaed in the busi-

how

to

Loan Ground Rules

•

susceptype

but

rier

manage-

the

bound

were

ims type.ft
eventually nad to wimaraw—wor-

nocmng

ment

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

in- an expansion of

capable of, setting up
proper controls.
Many times, the financial
data submitted to us aie
tibie

The

.

accountant is losses, that

nothing more than a firstbookkeeper who is not in a
position
to,
and
sometimes
not
l

class

3

.

Sprayregen, Haft & Co.

Invest¬

24

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(2856)

The Commercial and Financial

made

SECURITY SALESMAN'S
CORNER

BY

JOHN

search

Several
letter

weeks

from

with

faced

making
his

time it sent
particularly
large client. Within a few months
after leaving his former connec¬

Due to his firm's

and seek a

employer
The

connection.

leave

should

he

not

or

letter

active

was

complete and without going
I answered him and

very

into

details,

told

him

from

that

I

what

that

he

firm.

There

are

another

or

themselves

find

stifled in their efforts. Their scope

he
needed
department.

work

in

ment,

not

better

his

Also,

department
was
not
servicing margin ac¬
that were very large and
salesman

a

with

details

proper

is
that

responsibil¬

ity of his firm, his efficiency be¬
comes impaired.
Worse still, if a
salesman is subjected to contin¬

their initial
ability, they will suffer

failures caused by other

uous

of progress.

peo-l

pie in his organization to back up
his

All

Not

Firms

Are

efforts, his ability to think
creatively and work productive¬

for

Good

Every Salesman
One

in

case

which

I

familiar,

am

The

with

concerns

answer

indicated.

clearly

a

this

in

This

executive

an

office

Offer)

Bank Bonds

Guaranteed

Twenty-Year 7% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds

Guaranteed

Twenty-Year 7% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds

of

Issue

1926,

Due

1927.

April

1,

1947

15,

Guaranteed Twenty-Year 6% Sinking Fund
Issue of

Guaranteed

192Z,

August,

several

years

To¬

active clientele.
a

few sales¬
in
mutual

conservative

and

funds

invest¬

type securities. He is happy

his

work

and

making

living

from his

very

a

that

disliked

he

in

member firm.

a

His
and
and

efforts.

business is excellent
doesb^t have the stress

repeat

a

He

_

busys
also'

becoming

There

With

Are

Firms
are

Not

Aggressive

investment

do not

organiza¬
wish to expand.

partners

wish

they

and

to

stay in their own groove. Growth,
the

ensnarl

ensuing
all

problems,

business

efforts

that
today

is not for them. They do not offer
a

for

April, 1928, Due April 15, 1948

willing
his

young

talents

man

that

an

the

scope

ambitious

salesman wishes to pursue. Unless

of Colombia

your

firm

can

offer

you

a

pro¬

Mallory

Wittman

David

with

ciated

on.

investment

The

David Wittman

will sooner or later be

forced to move

is

Thursday, June 29, 1961

and make the best of

you

you

or

business today

has

competitive.

very

firms with hundreds of

are

trained men in their
departments; there are
skilled advertising "arid sales pro¬
motion men in this business who
research

20

about

knew

never

we

years

there are underwriting de¬
partments headed by men who
are
able to select candidates for
ago;

public financing who enable their
sales force to offer their clients
perform well
demand in this

in

are

and

that

securities

fast

moving scientific age.

train¬

Many of these firms are

office staff to do
a
more
efficient job of servicing
accounts.
Electronic
equipment
of the latest design is being in¬
back

their

ing

David

City, as Manager of the trading
department.
He
was
formerly
associated with Schrijver & Co.

to have a slight edge
competition, and information

stalled just
on

Wittman

private wires that

is relayed over

is of interest ot traders and specu¬
lators.

bond

depart¬

institutional

depart¬

Municipal
and

ments

Laren

Company

actively growing
in certain of these well managed

Formed in N. Y. C.

aggressive organizations. The
salesman who is with such a firm

Formation, of the Laren Company,

ments

also

are

and

has

advantage

great

a

decide

must

fo;r

Department and

his life.

search

of

Laren

said

not

only

depends

but
Unless

you

upon

opportunity.

your

upon

your progress

who

man

and does

also

can

a

keeps

his contacts

Mr.

for

a

it,

better

life, and
if

opportunity

stagnation

ertia to become

in

a

Econometric

Shearson,

1953 and in

assistant

in

educated in

fuller

master's

his

nance

in¬

and

career

7%
Dated

1927, Due April

This announcement is neither

an

The

offer to sell

nor a

in

habit.

solicitation of

an

that.

He

firm.

degree

in

public fi¬

from New York University

1950.

offer to buy

7%

Dated

Twenty-Year

7%

Dated

1,

Due

1926,

Sinking

February

1,

Bonds

Fund Gold

Sinking

November

Fund

1927,

Due

November *1,

- ;

any

of these securities.

offering is made only by the Prospectus.

Bonds

Gold

1,

February

of 1926

1946

of

1927

1947

340,000 Shares

Twenty-Year 6%% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds of 1927
Dated

October

1,

Due October

1927,

1,

1947

Jefferson Construction Co.

Mortgage Bank of Bogota
(Banco Hipotecario

de Bogota)

Twenty-Year 7% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds
Issue

of

May, 1927,

Due

May

1,

1947

Common Stock

Twenty-Year 7% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds
Issue

of

October,

1927,

Due

October

1,

(par value $1 per share)

1947

and

Convertible Certificates for
Bonds of the

3% External Sinking Fund Dollar
Republic of Colombia, Due October 1, 1970
NOTICE

The

time

within

OF

which

EXTENSION

the

Price $5.50 per

Sh|are

Offer, dated June 25,

1942, to exchange the above Bonds and the appurtenant

for Republic of Colombia, 3% External
Sinking Fund Dollar Bonds, due October 1, 1970,
may be accepted is hereby extended from July 1, 1961
to July 1, 1962.
coupons

Copies of the Prospectus may be obtainedfrom the undersigned only
undersigned are qualified to act as dealers in
Prospectus may legally be distributed.

in states in which the

securities and in which the

The

period for exchange of Convertible Certificates
3°/o External Sinking Fund Dollar Bonds of the
Republic due October 1, 1970 in multiples of $500 prin¬
cipal amount has also been extended from January 1,
1962 to January 1, 1963.

Pistell, Crow, Inc.

for

Copies of thd Offer may be obtained upon applica¬
to the Exchange Agent, The First National
City
Bank of New York, Corporate Trust Division, 2 Broad¬

Filor, Bullard & Smyth

Hill, Darlington & Grimm

The Johnson, Lane,

M&rron, Sloss & Co., Inc.
...

■

Space Corporation

.
,

tion

way,

New York 15, N. Y.
|

Hanrahan & Co., Inc.

Rouse, Brewer, Becker & Bryant, Inc.

AGRICULTURAL
MORTGAGE BANK
(Banco
Agricola Hipotecario)

Coburn & Middlebrook

By Augusto Espinosa Valderrama

»

Dated, June 29, 1961.




f

C. B. Richard & Co.

(Gerente General)

.

June 27,1961

was

Sweden and received

(Banco Hipotecario de Colombia)

Twenty-Year

He

1957 became senior

1, 1947

Mortgage Bank of Colombia

In¬

Hammill & Co.

Bonds of 1927

Fund Gold

Sinking
April 1,

in

security analyst and underwriting

missing
a

his

Inc. of New York City.

joined

productive career

a more

allow

you

for

began

with

economist

afraid to

don't be

so

around. You may be

look

Laren

stitute

wondering
about
your
own
Situation, and
you believe you can better your¬
self, there is probably a good rea¬
son

under¬

growth

the investment banking 'field as an

are

you

on

be located at*

It will

companies.

is proper to make a

it

newly-organized

26'Broadway.

good job for his clients
anywhere — and

If

change.

the

concentrate

medium-sized

writing

move

sometimes

Underwriting
Director of Re¬
Lamont. Mr.

&

Jesup

will

firm

an¬

the

of

Manager

himself what he wishes to do with

S.ometimes

general

been

Laren, formerly

nounced by Kuno

man

has

business,

securities

competitors.
Every

will engage in the

which

his

over

(Banco de Colombia)

Twenty-Year

asso¬

Securities,
Street, New York

120 Wall

Inc.,

become

Mallory

specially

The

Qften these firms have captive
/business that is (Controlled by a

Issue

Bank

.

by

ideas.

own

Some

Twenty-Year 6% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds
of

neighborhood

day he employs only
who
specialize

and

Gold Bonds

1947

Due August 1,

a

men

few

1946

Due January

firm. He moved

an

tions that

(Banco Agricola Hipotecario)

of January,

own

into

.

making a
drastic' you are in the right spot, you can
change—in his case he had to es¬ never do your best work. A good
tablish his
own
business which salesman
is
always in demand.
he now runs to suit his taste and
He can make a living anywhere.

Agricultural Mortgage Bank

Issue

retired

among

he .spent

ple and
building

There

,

His

stocks.

where he could meet retired peo¬

his

,

did not

directed toward

was

clients

his

opened

benefited

To the Holders of

A

new

issues, or

new

speculative

office of

Colombian Mortgage

given

people and he wanted to special¬
ize in mutual funds.
He finally

strain

an

good

a

the

of mine

to sell

developing

fine

it;

for active trading clients, nor

did he wish

his

round

that

was

salesman

with

post

Another friend

he

(This Announcement is not

He made

sion business, has also been

in
case

active

handle

larged earnings from his commis¬

ment

ly, is seriously impaired.

particular

trading accounts.

popular

When

organization

an

to

change and, in addition to his en¬

main interest

to

should be the

cor¬

despite

and

lack

is

be willing to
frustrating environ¬
must

a

drive and
a

this

If

a

and

staffed

was

cashiering

volatile.

they

department,
that

geared

overburdened

by

serv¬

tion, this man practically doubled
production.
He was assisted
statistical

care

counts

production is
conditions
beyond

control.

in¬

secu¬

a

in his work by an alert

situations;

limited

rected

on

type

to

.

gram
that
is
oriented
toward
servicing a complete clientele, you
are going to' either tailor your ef¬
forts to the restrictions that sur¬

every

his

company.

of activity and their

their

es¬

up

statement

a

ice trading accounts. He spent too
much time in digging up his own
research

capable, and ambitious se¬
curity salesmen, who for one rea¬
many

son

emphasis

investment

and

did not have the facilities to

could

himself

affiliate

should

another

knack for

rities, especially underwritings of
a
very institutional character, he

gather from the facts he gave me,
with

a

tablishing
and
servicing
active
trading accounts. He is also a man
of
superior
intelligence,
hard
driving, and he likes his work.

was

responsibility of
regarding

the

present

new

who

decision

a

whether

salesman who has

received a

I

ago

re¬

coun¬

department that could handle ac¬
tive margin accounts without get¬

Good Salesman Is With the Wrong Firm

salesman

a

best

try, plus an active and alert tech¬
nical
staff,
and
a
bookkeeping

DUTTON

out

a

another

the

of

one

organizations in the

ting fouled

Sometimes

with

connection

a

that had

firm

Chronicle

Kamen &

Company

Willis, Kenny & Ayres, Inc.
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Number 6068

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Supplement to the Commercial and Financial Chronicle

Thursday, June 29, 1961

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Investment Association of New York

Robert

*

Trone, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner A Smith
Incorporated; Dean Woodman, Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner A Smith Incorporated; James
Marshall, Wood, Strut hers A Co.;
Bruce McBratney, Wood, Struthers A
Co.

Andrew

M.

Blum, Van Alstyne, Noel A Co.; Morgan H. Harris, Jr., White, Weld A Co.;
Rudolph
Smutny, Jr., R. W. Pressprich A Co.; Ralph D. De
Nunzio, Kidder, Peabody A Co.;
Ralph T. Dimpel, Eastman Dillon, Union Securities A Co.

i-

Worthington Mayo-Smith, Blair A Co. Incorporated; Pete*
Stachelberg,
Hallgarten A Co.; William Madden, Freeman A
Company

Peter

John H. Leib, Blyth A Co., Inc.; Maitland
A-^Co.;

Jim

Burns,

P.

Wiley, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner A Smith Incorporated; Chairman of the
Outing;
Hampton Frady, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner A Smith Incorporated; Richard E. Boesel,
Hayden, Stone A Co.; James A. Conlin, Hayden, Stone A Co.

Frederick S. Wonham,

Eastman

G. H. Walker A Co.; William H. Gregory, III, Gregory A Sons; George Fargis,
Dillon, Union Securities A Co.; Walter Schubert, Carlisle A Jacquelin




Blyth

T. Ijams,

A

Co.,

W. C. Langley

John

Inc.

G.

Peterkin,
De

Gregory A Sons; Horace
Coppet A Dor emus

Leeb,

Gene Brennan, Paine,

Webber, Jackson A Curtis; Frank Reinhardt, Carl H. Pforzheimer A Co.; Peter
Ehrlich, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner A Smith, Incorporated; Morgan
Murray,
B. J. Van Ingen A Co., Inc.

Tony

Tabell,

Walston A

Co., Inc.;

Carl Walston, Walston
A Co., Inc.

Walston

A

Co., Inc.;

Steve

Greenberg,

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Volume

Thursday, June 29, 1961

193

Number 6068

...

A Supplement to the Commercial and

Holds Annual Outing

Sam

Hunter, Clark, Dodge <ft Co., Inc.; Thomas Melly, De Coppet
<ft
Wood & Co.; E. B. de Selding, Spencer

Hamilton
Boston

Ellis

Bill

Forster, Dominick & Dominick; Sumner White, First
Corporation; George Richards, Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

Doremus; Steve Wood, La Branche

Trash

<fi

Paul

(trick

shot

golfer);

Vance,

Sanders

Kuhn, Loeb




&

&

Co., Inc.; Bill Chappell, Lazard Freres & Co.;
Co.; Charles Maspero, R. D. White & Company

L.

Beck,

Financial Chronicle

Klingeman, Dillon, Read <fi Co., Inc.; Arthur (Bud) Treman, Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.; James Fo*.
W. E. Burnet <ft
Co.; Carl de Gersdorff, Kidder, Peabody <ft Co.

Gallagher,

Edwin

Brace

Young,

Tom

•

McKittrick, Spencer Trash
Co.; Theodore H. Irwin 2nd., L. A. Mathey &
Harben, Hemphill,.Noyes «ft Co.; Eugene L. 0ake6, Glen Cove, N. Y.

Sterling

Co.

Hahn

Financial Chronicle

Commercial

<£

Co.; George

John Hughes, Carlisle <fi Jacquelin; Harold Aken, Kuhn, Loeh <§ Co.;
Bud

Thomas, De Coppet <fi Doremus

Turley, Harris, Upham <6 Co.; Henry Clifford, White, Weld & Co.; Bass Winmill, F. S. Moseley
& Co.; Austin Colgate, Wood, Struthers & Co.
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Mike Garvey, Lehman Brothers; J. Stebbins, Hoppin Bros. & Co.; John Sipp, Van Alstyne, Noel & Co.;
Richard Goss, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

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Number 6068

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Thursday, June 29, 1961

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Bob

Coleman, Carlisle & Jacquelin; Byron A. Allen, Jr., Shields <ft Company; Sandy Piper,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis: Robert Thorson, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis;
Allan Bogardus, Watling, Lerchen & Co,

John E. Friday, Morgan Stanley & Co.; Donald S.

Smith, Barney & Co.

John

Breen

L.

Coons,

Goldman,

W.

C.

Sachs

Pitfield




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&

Co.; Jim O'Donnell, F. S. Smithers & Co.;
Inc.; Chuck Zimmerman, Goldman, Sachs

Co.,

Arthur

C.

Burns,

Dominick

&

Vilas

&

Dominick;

Hichey;

Herb, Marache, Granbery, Marache & Co.; Richard Levine, Granbery,
Marache
Co.; Alden West, Sutro Bros, <ft Co.

Montgomery, Smith, Barney & Co.; Sid Scott, Sniith, Barney & Co.; B,
Turben
&
Co., Inc.
(Cleveland, Ohio).

Halpin,

Paine,

V. Merrill, Merrill,

Archie MacAllaster,
&

Co.

Arthur K.

Winston

E.

Jim

Larry

Don

Baynes, Dominick & Dominick;
Carpenter, Coodbody <fi Co.

Devine,

Freeman
Burnham

<ft

Company;

and

Richard

Walter

Walker,

Stern,

Company

Salomon, Salomon Brothers & Hutzler; Anthony W. Tabell, Walston & Co., Inc.
W. Goss, 2nd, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Richard

Wood, Granbery, Marache & Co.; Larry Douglas, Alex. Brown <ft Sons; Jerry Goldstein,
Bear, Stearns & Co,

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Volume 193

Wright Rumbough, Hoppin Bros. A Co.; Fred Appleton, Dominick A Dominick; Bruce Leib, Baker,
Weeks A Co.; John Straton, Jas. H. Oliphant A Co.; Norman
Davidson, Blyth A Co., Inc.

O.

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June 16, 1961

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Number 6068

Rutter, Rutter A Co.; W. D. Goedecke, Smith, Barney

v.

A Co.

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v

Jim

Paul

Voigt,

W.

H. Morton

A

Couffer, Jr., Drexel A Co.; Tom Lewis, Clark, Dodge A Co. Inc.

Co.

Incorporated; John Hughes,
Toolan, Hornblower A Weeks

Jack

Mason, Dominick

A

Lee

Dominick;

Higginson

W.

W.

John

Corporation;

Martin,

Courts

A

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Wood

Richard

A.

A

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A

Co.;

Pete

Rosenbaum.

La

Bud

A

Brennan, R. W. Pressprich A Co.; Fred Appleton, Dominick A
Couffer, Jr., Drexel A Co.; Harold Aken, Kuhn, Loeb A Co.

Treman,

Dillon, Read A

Co., Inc.;

Harry

R.

Harwood,

Kuhn,

Loeb

&

Co.;

Richard

E.

Boesel,

Hayden, Stone A Co.; James H. Manges, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Robert G. Wilson, Goldman, Sachs A Co.

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Number

193

6068

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The Commercial

.

and

Financial

Chronicle

(2857)

AS WE SEE it

Continued from page 1
.

immune to the blandishments

finger at

us

tion that

we

it

so

with the

accusa-

regularly bolster
dictatorships o r

the bonds

Commonwealth

tened
nist

them. The Commu¬

on

doubt

continue

for

it

at

a

of millions

long time to come/They send
trained
and
"disci¬
saying hard things highly
colonialism which is far plined" agents i n t o foreign

agents

about

about

are

familiar

more

timid

never

to

the

back¬

countries

all

at

these agents
about includ¬

are

hesitant

ing the United States

ments

Old

comes.

them

outsiders

and

—

1st Nat'l Bank
ST.

first rate

importance. In

any

event, the Communist propa¬
ganda machine has long ago

purloined these terms and
given them meaning wholly

Here is

quite

5V2%

1,

of

public
of

1981,

are

sale

to

been

tative

of

appointed
the

govern¬

St.

a

represen¬

municipal bond de¬

He

Commonwealth

principal and interest will
able

and

in U. S. currency.

They

will

not

be

redeemable

sinking fund, which provides for

by Newell S.

has

been

in

the

securities

career

as

an

investment

analyst.

semi-annual payments of $675,000
from July 1, 1963 to Jan.
1, 1981

together with

$700,000
are

the

July

calculated

to

1,

1981,

retire

to

up

which

100%

capital
being
fi¬
borrowing pro¬

1961-62

under
such

this

public

from

connotation
ceeded

their

to this country,
and, for most of the countries
of the world. We

ities,

modernization

in

so

issue

that

suc¬

the

masters

confusing the

are

not

make

much

few

able

are

to

and

bonds

after

may

option

sewerage

The

facilities.

current

offering

headway in discerning the truth. Mr.
Khrushchev recently re¬
marked that the freest
people
on

earth

no

doubt

live in Russia—and

Commur^ist

agents

NEW

it is). We unlike
of

the

nor

friends

our

much

as

rule

to

be
marketed
in
the
United
States during the past 14 months.

The

two

sold

by

preceding

and do

are

tember

of

1960.

of

be

the

including

July

1,

1971

redeemed

the
the

at

Commonwealth

July

1,

to

1975

at

Forms Meramec

business

from

offices

Meramec

July 1, 1978*at 100 V2% and there¬

was

after at 100%.

&

having been sold, this advertisement

appears

Valley

and

B.

C.

as a matter

It
to

would

win

be

tive

merits

and

free

know

feat

on

of

at

all

the rela¬

communism

enterprise

as

we

it—if the audience ad¬

dressed

were

willing to
the

no

debate

a

CORPORATION

much

real

capable and
listen and weigh

merits

systems.

Both

example and

of

by

the

two

historical

the basis of

on

theoretical reasoning the pri¬

Common Stock

would

appear, we have not
only been unable or unwilling
to play the game of the Com¬
munist subversives, but have
not always even apparently
been keenly aware of what
the Kremlin agents were do¬
ing and planning. All too
often we have been placed in
an awkward
position as a re¬

Offering Price $3.00 Per Share
*

J.

show
is

or

that

concepts that
to

all

are

can

argue. The trouble
these are ideas and
are

not familiar

too

many peoples and
of interest to all too few.

Moreover,
prise

all

systems

private

enter¬

too

likely

are

peoples)

with

economic aid which

provided

and imaginary, of
colonialism
of
another
era.

All this

places Western

pow¬

including the United
States, at a disadvantage in

ers,

All

of these shares having been sold, this announcement
as

a

matter

in

such

we

have

Vew

issue

abundance

largely used to fill the
private grafters or
support clearly indefensi¬

coffers of
to

ble

75,000 Shares

'i

4

governments.
First Tasks

One

of

which
selves
it

the

is

that

first

tasks

to

must

apply our¬
obviously to see to

we

aid

extended

in

eastern camera &

photo

the

future reaches the
wish

to

people we
help and is not em¬
to bolster decadent

ployed
nists for the
allegiance of the regimes of unworthy dicta¬
backward peoples of the tors. This may not be an easy
world.
task, but unless we can some¬
any contest with the Commu¬

COMMON

STOCK

how find

More in the Story
But

there

is

more

in

it,
the

story than that. The Commu¬
nists, particularly 'the Rus¬
sians, have long been past

we

a
way to accomplish
had- better consider

seriously

the elimination or
least a sharp cur¬

at the very

tailment of such

help. To con¬
indefinitely to enable
masters at the art of
intrigue Communists, or any one else
and subversion.
They were, for that matter, to point the'




appears

of record only.

was

the

sins, real

INC.

sometimes true—that the

was

to be tainted (in the minds of

backward

KRIEGER & CO.,

sult. It has all too often been

enterprise system would possible for the Communists
to make it appear—perhaps it
come out well ahead of
any¬

vate

thing that the Kremlin

J.

tinue

Street

&

Co., Inc.

New York 5,

N. Y.

<

of

He

Christopher &

of record.

June 27, 1961

prefer the direct ap¬
have long been
echoing such proach, and straightforward
nonsense, which,
absurd dealings. Yet here is a situa¬
though it be, serves an excel¬ tion that we must somehow
lent purpose in their hands.
meet and deal with. So far, it

East

name

Investors.

Co.

only

221

formerly with A. G. Edwards

Sons

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOCOPY

J 1

at

Argonne under the firm

in

doing
We, all of us,

well.

so

Valley In v.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. —Raymond E.
Headlee is conducting a securities

100,000 SHARES

fond of

so

were

Stanley under¬
writing groups in April and Sep¬

ISSUE

troubled waters—as the Com¬
munists

issues

Morgan

are

fish

be

to

Kremlin

a

inclined

will

the
third
$25,000,000
issue
of
Commonwealth of Australia bonds

not well

are

railroad

sppply, irrigation

and

101%; thereafter to and including

by nature schemers
intriguers. Neither we

and

of

of

Application will be made to list

All of these shares

to

equipment and the construction of
additional water

suited for this sort of warfare

original (for warfare

and thus

—

program

works

situation which is

a

new

by

as

<o

different

approved

Loan

issue.

On

and

on

payment of

a

of
sale

proj¬
housing, the extension of
electric power transmission facil¬

be pay¬

before July 1, 1971 except for the

National

business since 1956 when he
began
his

the

required
ects

,

obliga¬

Bank

First

has been announced

doubtless

of

direct

for

Australian

finance

ap¬

Louis, 510 Locust Street, it

partment of
in

tions

are

the

Council for
the Governments of the Common¬
wealth and the States.
Funds are

97%

at

from

toward

expenditures

gram

20-

yield

applied

works

the

equivalent

proceeds

be

nanced under the

bonds, due

priced

Australian

net

will

on

Australia

interest

bonds

the

$25,000,000

bonds. The

accrued

The

LOUIS, Mo.—Martin J. Crowe

has

foreign to the ex¬
even to most residents of the
perience of most of th^se
countries themselves—as
backward peoples.
Nor are
products
of the home soil.
they regarded by them as of
are

for

issue

an

The

investment firms

proximately 5.75% to maturity.!

then

are

28

July

replaced not Knight, Vice-President in charge
powers even by rulers headed (technically, of the department.
Mr. Crowe, who will
though they must know bet¬ that is) by a Russian or other
represent
the bank in St. Louis and in the
ter. The net result is a sort of foreign
trouble maker, but
by natives who by then are Middle West, was formerly Viceexchange of abuse.
President and account executive
What we so often fail to fully in the habit of taking
with Luce, Thompson and
Crowe,
understand is that freedom orders from the Kremlin, but
who can and do appear to the Kansas City, Mo.
and liberty
as we conceive
among

offered

June

and

colonial

the

which

of 67

Commonwealth

Crowe With

whose

government whenever oppor¬

tunity

billions of dol¬

year

job it is to
ward peoples of the world stir up trouble, enlist the dis¬
than anything that has
hap¬ contented, and find such
pened or is happening to others as they can train to
countries
in
Europe which make trouble on all occasions
have
fallen
victims
of
the and ^overthrow the
existing
Kremlin. Nor

or

lars provided.

composed

the New York Stock

on

Exchange.

might be said, raised on unworthy
Of Australia
of
the
Communists by ex¬ it. They have now made it
corrupt regimes with our aid
plaining the shortcomings of more or less a profession and may prove simply disastrous. Bonds
Offered
the system and
warning of have long used it in most
The
effectiveness
of
our
Morgan Stanley & Co. headed a
the loss of liberty which is quarters of the
globe. They
nationwide
underwriting
group
certain once it has been fas¬ are still at it and will without foreign aid can not be meas¬
ured in terms of the number

25

corp.

26

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2858)

major factor in the writing of fire
and casualty business.
The trend
has actually been forced upon the

bank and insurance

industry by the public that is

stocks

;

;

now

:

for

"package

policies"

the

and

This Week—Insurance Stocks

,

It

.

THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL CASE DECISION—

V

is

of

the

1

Appeals,

the

state,

that

an

New

York

the highest court

ruled

on

in

basis

4-3

a

out-of-state life insurance

could acquire controlling

company

interest in

fire

Court

fire and

•

casualty business

or

purchase of
nual

reference to

the

an¬

the

Travelers and
Life, the Court of Appeals

Aetna

that

court's

long-established

this

nized by

near

findings by two lower courts, the
State
Supreme
Court
and
the

Appellate

the

by

Division

of

the

Su¬

Cbhrt. and earlier opinions

preme

Superintendent

State

Insurance

General.

and

State

Thje decision

possibility*"^

Attorney

appears to

controversy

end the

of

except for the
rehearing in the

a

court.

same

The

Life

resulted from

Connecticut

of

a

National

Fire

Insurance

Co.

nental

Casualty group. Connecti¬
originally received
permission in Connecticut for the
merger, but was blocked by the
General

York

state.

The

denial, which
supported by the two lower

was

courts,
York

based

was

the

on

insurance' laws

that

grounds
in

be

re¬

Connecticut General's license

that

in

Department of Insur¬

which threatened not to

ance?
new

the'

New
the

on

would

merger

violation of the sections

investment

limitations

on

well

as

as

actively engaging in the fire and
casualty business, also a violation
of

law.

the

life" in¬

companies must "comply

surance

in

Out-of-state

substance" with the New York

insurance laws in order to be per¬
to write business in that

mitted
state.

that its

General

ownership of

contended

a

which writes fire and

subsidiary

casualty in¬

would not be the

surance

same

not

be

investment

state.

in

violation

regulations

of

the

of

the

The company further stated

that both Travelers Insurance

Co.,

and Aetna Life Insurance Co. had

operated

a

fire and casualty busi¬
its subsidiaries in

through

ness

New

York, and it was merely
asking for equal rights and equal
protection

Travelers

of
and

the

law.

Aetna

Both

Life

had

been

specifically exempted from
the provisions of the law because
they were originally licensed long

before'^New
such

York

statutes

in New York each
year.
The Court of Appeals in

newed

support

Connecticut

case

was

presented

Governor
that
not

the
be

ment

Thomas

imposel

insurance
law's

of

the

would
invest¬

ot^er pro¬

nor

on

held

out-of-state

companies

clearly

the

former

merger

violation

prohibitions

by

whose

Dewey,

proposed

in

hibitions
It

General,

by the law.
distinguished between

forbidding

state insurer from

an

still

are

their state laws from

fire

and

companies

into

move

and

fire

erations and appear

competitive

a

John

promptly

casualty op¬
to be gaining

advantage.
and

Hancock

The

State

Farm

Mutual in Massachusetts have

ex¬

pressed interest in changing their
state laws in the past, and the
National

Lincoln

wealth
in

Common¬

and

Life, which do not operate

New

York, have formed prop¬
erty insurance subsidiaries; but it
is not expected that there will be
a
great rush by life
insurance
companies, either stock or mutual,
fire

the

enter

to

and

casualty

field.

The

decision

court's

im¬

was

mediately felt in the stock market.
Connecticut
ten

General

also

been

rumored

the market for

in

up

the

sion.

fire arid cas¬

if
the
former
its suit, moved up

won

week

following
Insurance

Aetna

Insurance

nix

a

being

as

company

company

in

moved

points and Aetna Life, which

has

sharply

Phoe¬

and

also

deci¬

the

moved

on
the news, five
points
respectively,

fifteen
have

since

These
the

two

most

retreated

up

that

might

candidates

rpprger

have

been

mentioned
a

major life

Other fire and casualty

company.

stocks

and
but

somewhat.

companies
frequently

candidates for

merger

possible

be

also

posted

gains.

It will be interesting to see
whether fire and casualty stock
holders

will

market

values
in

values

The

offered

be

current

liquidating

or

proposals
companies.

merger

life insurance

made

actions

questionable. How¬
ever, their licenses have been re¬

of

forbidden by

New

in

Massachusetts

and

in

trend

the

from

engaging in the

industry

is

OF DETROIT
Request

Laird, Bissell 6 Meeds

120

Stock

Exchange
Exchange

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.
Telephone: BArclay 7-3500
Bell

Teletype NY

1-1248-49

Specialists in Bank Stocks




is

in

expected

the

future.

T)ri1l1
Wr»Y»rlarnQ'n
clU.1 JLJLclI U-t/Iildll

.

,.

.

„„

rU^i1C
Paul

of

fire

and

casualty

operations.
seen the
casualty groups

major

fire

an-i

entering, the
through

merger

tion

their

of

affiliates.
eral

insurance

life
or

own

field

by the forma¬
life

a

of $8

price

made

was

June

27

share,

per

by_ an. under-

writing group headed by Micnael

!

■nt

S''

Net

*

from

proceeds

the

financ-

will initially be added to the

ing

company s
used

for

working capital
and
general corporate pur-

KTSzfSdscove'ofXEess
by enabling it to bid

and

more

on

company1wffluse ^proceeds'to
retire

certain

indebtedness

construction

ite

expand

and

activities

fields6 milUary and e0mmercial
The

ton,
in

is

in

Stan-

primarily engaged

design,

struction
sile

located

company

Calify

the

Connecticut

facilities

engineering,

This

NATIONAL AND GRINDLAYS

profits,
which have tripled (per share) in
the last 10 years.
No change in
this 'industry' trend
is foreseen
while, in contrast, bank competihas

tion

made-

inroads

severe

in

Heller

the

at

among

a

construction

and

tan,

as

con-

of

such

for

Paul
Hardeman,
Inc.,
through its wholly owned subsidiaries, also engages in the design and installation of electronic
and other control systems used in
country.

communica-

television

well above

are

to management. For the borrowing client> this may be invaiuabie
jn
providing liquidity and
the

abilfty to hJndl^
yolun;e f business

even

an

larger

that otherwise

might be lost Adequacy of work"
^
°f

Credit losses are generally small,

typically about five hundredths of
? Vcls^n^dft WeThavfnoT'

b€'aimore.important problem with
million loss incurred in 1957
as ^
5s

a $L2
n

,

AND

SOUTHERN

RHODESIA

costs.
to

pay

at

redeemable

are

prices

redemption

rang¬

prices reced¬
to 100%, in

special redemption
from
102.04%

ing

each

interest.

accrued

with

case

Electric

Massachusetts

of

Co.

Worcester, Mass., distributes elec¬
tric power to 110 cities and towns,
covering an area of about 2735
sq.
miles, having, an aggregate
population of approximately 932,000.
The territory served by the
company
contains highly indus¬
trialized areas, including the cities
of
Worcester, Quincy, Attleboro
and
Leominster, having a total
population of over 329,000.
the

Massachu¬
operating
revenue
of
$63,051,383 and net
income of $5,006,962.
gage debt.
1960,

year

Electric

had

gross

.

,

uecess^ry -credit.

The capital structure indicates

equity is about 15% of capitalization, including short-term,
borrowing.
There is a modest
mon

amount of dilution from privately
held convertibles a n d options,
There are now 1,612,000 shares of
the

The shares

are

International

Photocopy Corp.
Stock All Sold
J.

J.

Krieger & Co., Inc., New
City, has reported that the
offering of 100.000 shares
of International Photocopy Corp.,
made at $3 per share was all sold.
York

recent

Net

proceeds, estimated at $242,-

500, will be used by the company
the

for

purchase
and

repayment of debt, the
of equipment, research

development, working capital
corporate purposes.

and other
The

company

of 564 West Ran¬

dolph St., Chicago, is engaged in
the development, production and
marketing of office copying ma¬
chines

and

the

and distribu¬

sale

the construction of sections of the

Raising of funds is a major acwith the photocopy process.
Au¬
tivity in a growing enterprise,
thorized stock consists of 750,000.
Sales of common are followed by,
shares of capital stock (par 20c)
debt issues to the practical maxiof which
212,500 are now out¬
mum
as funds raised are

American

Pan

Highway

gentina.
For

in

Ar-

'

\

the

three

ended

months

31, 1961, the company had
billings on contracts of $15,-

total

debt.

gage

New

York

25,000 for

States Investment Co.

a

southeastern company,

typically 50%..of
earnings and have been increased
are,

yearly >in recent

years.-

....;

2.39

.

Corp.,

bank

in

-

CaPital Consultants

Trudy

loans.

and

sale

Fabrikant,

Vice-President

formerly with Sutro Bros. & Co.

of

propellers

engines,

"

7aniiiilla
Z-appuua

NORTH MIAMI,

pulla

is

a

12th

Street.

'

1730

K

Street,

management

of

Littleton.

sen

Financial

Management

ice, Inc. has opened

Serv-

branch of-

a

Palm Beach Inv. Branch
DALLAS, Texas—Palm Beach In¬
vestment

branch

ident;
tary;

.

;

a

Officers

under the direction of G. Mardens
-

opened

the

Meadows

the

a

management,

Shriver.-

Colo.—Investors Asso¬
ciates, Inc. has been formed with

offices

Norths

Cazier.

has

in

DENVER,

urer;

-

Inc.

under

William

fice at 1058 East Ninth South St.,

1

Co.,

office

Building
of

securities

business from offices at 901
east

SALT LAKE CITY' utah~S*ou-

Onens

upens

Fla.—Jules Zap-

conducting

at

the

Form Investors Associates

t

Skousen Financial Branch

aircraft.

IiilpQ
JUies

office

under

W.

Lawrence

and Treasurer; and Marilyn Posner, Secretary. Mr. Fabrikant was

of 400 Main St.,
Conn., is engaged

manufacture

Stock-

sold

had

company,

the

17016

Kosarsky.

branch

a

N.

Capital Consultants Corp. - has
been formed with offices at 170
Broadway, New York City (c/o
$75,000,000 of 5% sinking fund Ronald J. Meiselman) to engage,
notes due June 15, 1981. Proceeds in a securities business. Officers
will be used for the repayment of are Martin Fabrikant, President;
Aircraft

Central

WASHINGTON, D. C.—J. B. Coburn Associates, Inc. has ooened

224

June 29. 1961 it was reported that

at

—

has ooened

J. B. Coburn Branch

...$3.59

1958

,

office

Ohio

bridge under the direction of John
R.

iw:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

'

branch

a

Pe* Sh-»re
Earnings

Pnv. Note Sale
United

Central States Branch
CLEVELAND,

1961 (Estimated)

^

standing:

1961 Heller sold 100,000
shares of, stock and is now issuing
Dividends

ti,

.

tion of paper, chemicals and other
accessories
used
in
conjunction

early

'

United Aircraft

Stock

put to
work. In time, new equity is raised
to start the pyramid again.
Tn

Year—

KENYA-; TANGANYIKA, ZANZIBAR,

NORTHERN

.

used

be

expenditures.

ing from 107.04% to 100%, and at

setts

-

Branches In:

UGANDA, ADEN, SOMALI REPUBLIC,

will

traded on
Exchange.

aeronautical

*

construction

pay

bonds

general

For

been too large. Risk of fraud might

by the

in an
electronically
controlled parking lot system; and in

and

INDIA, PAKISTAN, CEYLON, BURMA.

to

The

13%,
depending on the prime rate, type
0f rjsj^ nature of collateral," maturity of receivable, and special—
jzed
services
provided, such as
credit passing and other assistance

stock outstanding.

tion;

Eastj Hartford,

ADEN,

be applied

to the payment of de¬
bonds, due 1962, and of
notes initially in¬

balance

The

of

the sale

from

will

term

-

curred

variety of clients.

the

ballistic missile bases through the

The

KENYA, UGANDA, ZANZIBAR

company

bid

a

'

proceeds

bonds

short

Redstone and Thor.

and

101.099%.

benture

prime rate, with

Vanguard,

radio

.

by the underwriting group at

won

Net

Atlas, Jupiter, Ti- the different and specialized acBomarc, Navajo, tivities of the company.
ShortEither singly term unsecured notes, long-term
or
in
joint venture with other debt—-both unsubordinated and
major contractors, the company is subordinated—and preferred stock
conducting work at 147 sites on 13 provide substantial leverage. Cornmissiles

an

mis-

of

commissions

facilities

of

of

5%, due July 1, 1991, at 102.039%
and
accrued
interest,
to
yield
4.87%.
Award of the bonds was

the

In-

varying around

rates,

Dillon,

are

$17,500,000 Massachusetts Electric
Co. first mortgage bonds, series F,

of

indeed, banks do not appear to be
developing the facilities to service
and administer secured loans.

Co.

&

competitive sale June 27 on

field,

installment

automobile

the

Then, too, low
the U. S. Government, and for the borrowing costs aid Heller in raisaircraft, petroleum, chemical and in§ money. In tight money wnen
petrochemical industries.
Heller s borrowing costs increase
The company has been an ac- fhere are plenty of clients who
tive participant in the design and necd Heller's services,

short-term

STREET, S.W.I.

St. JAMES'S SQUARE, S.W.I.

Bankers to the Government In:

generally

Heller's

and

joint
underwriting group
is',, offering
an
issue, of

which

is

trend

by

privately through Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc., New York" City,

26, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.C.S.

54 PARLIAMENT

broad
out

borne

Eastman

Inc.

Securities

managers

14%.

moneJ> H?ller bas prospered. Im
a^<'
for the armed forces, and"-®311^ credit there are still bu si facilities of various types nesses unable to obtain all the
installation

and

complex
for agencies

Gen¬

in
turn,
greatly
increases the
possibility of life
insurance companies becoming a

over

receivables

launching bases: -and,.related; iP61*1,0

__

The

gained

interest rates that

insurance

decision,

commercial

bank

,

financing, outstanding capitalization of the company will consist
of
2,100,000
shares
of common
stock, $1,945,682 of notes payable
to a bank; and $92,835 of mort-

The past five years have

while

Smith
Union

for construction

Hardeman, Inc. common

at

Pierce, Fenner &

Lynch,

t

Heller administering the loan de-

350,000 shares

of

stock

„

;

-

Bonds Offered
Merrill

Continued from page 2

tails

Common Offered
_

Mass. Electric

j

stead, it is easier for banks to lend

1950s with the combination

early

13

American

direction

923,168 and net income of $286,735.
Upon completion of current

London Branches

Members New York Stock

the

Thursday, June 29,.1961

.

lTTv

ilrA
| j| KR JDv3o L

I

out-of-

NATIONAL BANK

Members

im-

obviously towards all-line insur¬
ance underwriting. It began in the

Head Office:

on

an

March

BANK LIMITED

Bulletin

is

overcoming

JL

com¬

insurance

incorporated

as

actually writing the business and
would

life

Although

ualty

«

Connecticut

subsidiary

a

insurance

National Fire has since gone
under the control of the Conti¬

New

of

companies
York

•

through the purchase or

formation
pany.

in

.

* J___

_

„

|

.

to

out-of-state life insurance compa¬
nies to enter the fire and casualty

business

The Connec-

decision

step

been

path is now open for

in

to

1955.

cut

the

in

the

Company
controlling interest

a reversal of
practice
recog¬
the department itself."

casualty insur¬
ance
through a subsidiary, it is
expected that pressure will be
brought to bear to enact changes
in the laws if other major life

General

Insurance

acquire

Thus

always

present legal barriers in attaining
that position.
Further action in

"appears to be

writing

decision

efforts

sion

lower

deci¬

New York.

This decision reversed

the

General

portant

held

has

in England.

case

ticut

casualty in¬
surance company without endan¬
gering its right to do business in
a

This

surance.

licensing: of

write all lines of in-

to

agencies

firm engaged in that

a

In

business.

and the

_

"Vy
T T

that eventually in-

companies in this country
be permitted by
regulatory

will
June

likely

surance
;

Q

_

I

extremely cost-conscious in buying insurance, through its desire
convenience of "one-stop" buying
of insurance.

On

fTVL

.

4101

East Louisiana Ave.

Doyle H. Baird, Pres¬
Layne J. Denning, Treas¬
are

Stanford

L.

and
Robert
Vice-President.

Hymao,
O.

Secre¬
Schuelke,
-

Volume

193

Number 6068

I'j

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

The

MUTUAL "FUNDS

(2859)

turing, Food Fair Stores, International Minerals &
heed Aircraft and

BY

5

JOSEPH

C.

POTTER

the

same

Chemical, LockTime, Inc. Over

it eliminated East-

span

Airlines, General
Portland
Cement; Goodyear Tire & Rubber,
Kelsey-Hayes, KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines, Reynolds Metals, Tecumseh Products and West Virginia
Pulp & Paper.
*
*
ern

The Global

t"

Whatever else it may do for inVestors, San Francisco-based Com-

such

undertakings

Common-

as

wealth.

•

monwealth

International

Fund

eral

Approach

all

but

&

guarantees

a

liberal education in the economies

,•

.

As noted at the outset, the fund,

Gen-

other

among

*

.

*

'

Massachusetts

things, will be per-

H. Gersten With,

Ohio Franklin

Tt

OaSDer KOgeFS L>0.
'

-

Casper Rogers & Co., Inc., 80 Pine
Street, New York City, dealers in

educative

an

Fund, Inc.

Stoclj: Offered
Pursuant

familiar enough to

are

Americans—Gillette, Singer Manufacturing, Colgate Palmolive
Pepsi-Cola, H. J. Heinz, Standard
Oil Co. (New Jersey) and Royal
Dutch Petroleum.
there

And

Investors

Growth

•

known

by

others,

their

better

products

their

corporate cognomens

likes

of

and

Salada

Shirriff

-

Unilever N

(tea)

Corp.
and

Co,

Bay

Stock

But

to

the

be

Murchison Jr. since they gained
control of the company in a proxy
contest*
*
*
Directors of American Mutual
Fund' Inc- declared a dividend of
s*x cerds a share from net income,
Payable July 28 to shareholders
record at the July 3 meeting,

as

Italy's MonHudson's

to

investors

the New

on

Exchange.
investor is

going

about

enough

to

companies,
the Financial

District, although strange-sounding to Main Street.
<
There is in this brand new
portfolio, for example, Glaxo Labora-

tories.

ably

Most

fund

would

have

prospects prob-

difficulty

some

in

identifying this company as a
top-flight British pharmaceutical
manufacturer with subsidiaries in

parts

many

of

fast-growing

the

world

baby food

and

a

business,

Nor is Beecham

Centennial

its

new

Inc —has

Fund

with

Fund

II,

'assets

of

begun

Skipping
eral

Fund

to France, Com-

over

monwealth

International
has

&

Gen-

$38,162,302, repre-

at

once

the

as

biggest

Senting

world's

producer

oldest

mirror

of

Management
The^fund
tennial

Fund

by

electric

of

of

the

companies

which enabled investors to diver-

sjfy

the

some

..

J

four-day

500 B. C. Mor-

83

offices

and

750

repre-

j

addition, the
German

forbidding
ilin

&

company

giants

names as

Soda

larHo f

Fabrik

has

with

ac-

such

A.

G,

fast-

a

-fmiCR company' a"d

k

AmShiC hrmt Whifh tht6
P

line

Commonwealth; in its global
1

„„„„

Australia
"ij

■

Myer

too.

One

Emporium

•

of

A

ap.

.

these

largest

the

partment-stGTe*! chain
der.

i

Down

is
de-

Un-

second

probably will be
readily identifiable: Broken

with

j5

the

previous

convention.

He

net

assets

1
a

....

of

has

in-

disclosed

International

&

in

11

v,umiin.iv.iai

market

stands

to

benefit

from

an

era

of

international stability, which is by
no

means

guaranteed.

Still,

rewards could be rich and,

the

at any

rate, it is
to
a

an undertaking best left
professional management with

working

world's

knowledge

varied" economies.

fund

describes itself with

able

accuracy

investment
-

of

in

as
a

"a

the
The

industl:ial Companies based in 10
?ourdries>
opereitions extending throughout the Free World. .
:
vl
*
*
*
*'
.

security."

The iriitiaL

show

a

investments, at least,
strong bias toward blue

*
*
*
Keystone Fund of Canada, Ltd. reports for the fiscal year ended
March
31
per-share
net
asset
value of $16.34, a new peak.
At
the close of • the preceding year
the figure was $12.83.
,
*

Keystone Growth
Fund

Series

S-3

♦

.their

hprizon .^through




4

of

$10,000. The ex*'

Ohio

on

Franklin

market

value

of

share

one

for

each

of

$20

of

securities

de-

>

posited*- less compensation to the
Dealer-Manager.
*
.
Ohio Franklin Fund of 51 North'-

High
a

St,

Columbus

15,

is'

Ohio,

diversified open-end investment

company with redeemable shares,
which was organized on Jan. 24,:

1961. Its purpose is to provide

vestors
their

in¬

folding acceptable securi¬

ties with

a

method of

holdings

diversifying

without

realizing

Federal

income

the

time

the

initial'issue,

not

further offerings of its
less authorized by the

the

of

make

any

shares,
SEC.

un¬
*

Eastern Camera

1

Stock All Sold

N. Ys, has been appointed distric:

sales

of

manager

Broad

Street

the

contingent

to make the fund

have

tax

re-

a

regu-

As a

$5,104.

a

Corp.

May 8, 1961 offering

circular,

President. He will serve investment dealer accounts in parts of

publicly offered

amended

June
15,
Street & Co, Inc., New York City,
as

and

sold

75,000

common shares
of Eastern Cam-;
York State and
in New- era & Photo
Corp, at $4 per share.
Jersey
and
Connecticut.
Mr Net
proceeds, estimated at $235,Coward has had extensive experi- 000 will be used

New

ence in the investment business,
Until recently he was New York
State representative of a large

by the company
for the repayment of debt and for
other corporate p^rpose^u^i ;
The company,

of 63 W;,: Colum¬

mutual fund distributing orgam- bia St.,
Hempstead, N. Y, and its
zation. He began his investment subsidiaries, .are engaged primar¬
career with McDowell

Dimond &

Co. of Providence, R. I, where he

with Weeden & Co. in New York

City and Boston.

rlV

T\/Tv»

i

in

retail

operating^ a

stores

and

one

cameras,

filml¬

supplies

and

equipment, chiefly in Nassau and
company

the

The business of

conducted

Eastern

name

under

Camera

Ex¬

Capitalization consists of

1,000,000
cents)

is

of

common

which

shares

300,000

(par

Edmund

—

appointed

been

no/'l

Ai

t

n

AAJ PI

IITI CfT

Gn

Jay Cherny Co. Formed
WASHINGTON,

D.

Cherny

Inc.

&

president-investment

research

in

1960.

Co,

C.

Jay'

—

has

been

formed with offices in the Trans¬

portation Bldg, to engage in
rities business.
a

Julius

secu¬

Cherney is

principal of the firm, which will

maintain

a.n? Wa!

a

branch

office

at

the direction of Sam Korngold.

W. T. Emmet &

Co, Inc. has been

offices

with

Park

375

at

Avenue, New York City, to engage

Chace, Whiteside

in

securities

a

^

BOSTON, Mass.—Richard D. Van
Tubergen is; now associated with
chace; Whiteside & Winslow, Inc,
;24 Federal Street, members of the
iNew York and Boston Stock Exchanges He was formerly with
Drexel & Co. and Shearson, Hammill & Co. in New York.

business.

Officers
.

^

^

.

are ^'lham.T' Emmet, President;
Wm. W. Vicinus, Secretary-Treasurer.

Mr.

with

W.

Emmet
E.

was

Hutton

&

formerly
Co.

and

Stanley Heller & Co. Mr. Vicinus

J

nffWr of Trust

Securities

was an otticer ot I rust Securities
Corp.

is
-

Fund

:

A Common Stock Investment Fund

Common Stock
that at

Investment

reports

are

mutual investment fund of diversified
stocks selected for investment

quality and income possibilities. See your

objectives of this Fund
possible long-term capital and
growth for its shareholders.

Prospectus

upon

request

CALVIN
ONE WALL

-

Lord, Abbett & Co.
Address.
—

Atlanta

—

Chicago

Los Angeles

—-

San Francisco

for

free

booklet-

BULLOCK, LTD.

Established 1894

Name

New York

dealer

prospectus, or mail this ad to

income

April 30 net asset value per share
was $15.53, compared with $11.75
six
months earlier.
During the

Cock & Seal, R.-R-^ Donnelley. &'

a

common

investment

'

11

Broadway, New York City under',

Form W. T. Emmet Co.
formed

10

out¬

are

standing.

has

1\/Tnn vii'n

of 13

change.

&
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
Mennis

chain

concession, selling
and
photographic

the

VV t/lllllsi LUI1 IVliilLlL.

A.

ily in the business of

Suffolk Counties.

joined the Wellington
organization as a. security analyst

directors

Pursuant to

Sales Corporation, it was announced by Robert H. Brown, Jr.

.

*

chips. Americans who like the
blue chips they know best (Teleperiod from Nov., to April 30 the
phone, General .Motors, and Du "company added to its holdings:
Pont1) will have an opportunity to Burlington
Industries,
Crown
broaden

fund

record July 3.

reason-

world-wide

single

value

change fs based

And Photo

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

uuu

Hill

■■■«

pro¬

new

Richard L. Coward of Skaneateles,

Mr. Mennis

lated investment company.

With

JSi

Institutional Growth F u n d deProprietary Co, Ltd, Aus- clared a quarterly dividend of five
tralia's leading steel producer
cents from investment income,
Obviously, Commonwealth payable Aug. 1 to stockholders of

more

■

Fund, Inc.

to

Described as "A worldwide investment in a single sevcaimciiio

^

consequence net asset value of
each share increased from $4,794

Gen-

Fundi

eral

•

Nelson

serve

as

the initial investment list of Commonwealth

"11

million.

dropped

*

been

•

no

of $103

$26,-

international

of

portfolio

vestments

%

this

NameS COWam

committee of Wellington Management Co., 1630 Locust Street, if
was
announced by A. Moyer
Kulp, senior vice-president and
investment committee chairman.

rate which produced record sales

Centennial

formed last Aug.

was

g^leS

/T

in mutual funds, savings and

ume

^

total

-xt

vice-chairman of the investment

without

383,427, held by 193 investors. ;

Badische An-

T, Sye.r
^
^
world's second largest producer of

Aefa

method.

exchange
^

Fund, Inc.

.

In

.quired

capital

equity

with

disclosed that the company's vol-

loan placements, realty syndicaplate glass. Probably less familiar
immediate realization of capital tiin and mortgages currently is
is Radio-technique, France's leadgains 'through the simultaneous cunning 25% ahead of last year's
their

formerly

was

_

sentatives in 36 states were more
than double the totals at the time

after Cen-

first

Inc.

investment

open-end

Attending

were

pany's

& Research Corp

is patterned

and

sets-

years,

Chairman Morton W. Goldberg 1x10111110 1> Cllliou. L/J
told the assemblage that the com- Wnl 1 l'rr rrfrm Mrrmf

Centennial

organization

coring

sion.

parley
.

Ranald H. Macdonald III, President of its spon-

and

ing maker of radio and television

many

ton executives and sales represena
es a
their families.
MpRBlQ

tennial Fund, and

bought into Cie de

St. Gobain. Not every investmentminded inidvidual will spot this

announced that Henry B. Gersten

and an outline of its major plans was manager of the trading deand Projections for future expan- partment. Later he was associated

operations

Berger, President of Second Cen-

own-

followed

were

Pike> N- H, ended with a report
on the investment firm's growth

under

Inc,

name—Second Centennial

proprietary drugs with plants in
countries, including our

several

These

.

1,512,533 shares ' of the
fund and held by 204 investors.
This was announced by W. M. B.

ing

business

and

utilities at 9.8%, electrical and
electronics 9.6%, insurance 8.3%
and drugs and medical 8%. Durin§ the second quarter the fund
made a new investment in the
shares of Commonwealth Edison
and increased holdings in 24 companies. Among the largest increases were those in Rohm &
*
*
*
Haas,. Smith, Kline & French,
Directors of Axe-Houghton Fund Amerada Petroleum, International
B have declared a third-quarter Nickel
of Canada,
Wallace
&
dividend of seven cents a sharet Tiernan, Miles Laboratories and
from investment lncome^-The 'cilv- MGM.
idepd \yill< be* paid J.uly 28 to
^
"
*
*
*
shareholders' of record July 7,
...'The B. C. Morton Organization's
'
*
*
*
' -'V ' •'
' 'fifth' annual* sales convention at

Group, Ltd. likely
quickly recognized as a leadBritish maker of ethical and

to be

Petroleum

groups.

1961

,

A

and Canada's

listing

small

.

of

687,456. ...
is now associated with their firm gain or loss for
Investments were diversified at as manager of the trading depart- tax
purposes at
the quarter-end among 92 com- ment. Mr. Gersten who has been exchange. After
panies in 17 different industry in the investment business for the Fund will

resP°nsible for the decline during machine issues continued to rep- Dreyfus & Co.
th^year*
resent the leading industry cate^hls„ls}he
p.°l!SSU?1 ^ §?Lies' counting for 16% and
the
new
management group 10%, respectively, of net assets
headed by John D. and Clint W.

Canada's

hearing

familiar

Horsey

-

(Lux

known

are

because of their

York

the

—

(business forms).

Still others, such
tecatini

than

quarter, net assets were at $464,-

primarily

were

Rinsn

V

Pep sod ent)

Moore

versified Services

v

are

6,

exchange fof blocks of accept¬
able securities, with a minimum

function.

common share. This is a decline
;from
$99,229,395 and $17.62 a
share at March 31, 1960. Lowerf
market values for its stock in New
York Central and Investors Di-

shares

common

.

companies

June

a

in

*

•

^

to

spectus, The Ohio Co, Columbus,
Ohio, publicly offered 1,000,000

Stock * Fund closed the second
of the world. An original
offering While American investors have Quarter of its fiscal year on May
of its shares were made in April no aversion to learning, the cru31 w^h new quarter-end highs in
and the fund began to buy com- cial question, of course, is whether net asset value per share, total net
mon stocks of international comthey will earn even as they learn, assets,
number of shareholders
panies the following month.
V
'
;V
and shares outstanding. The per
Represented in the initial list rTVU a T7L,^ J^
share value on that date was
are companies
based on 10 coun-i 1 il6 I1 UIlClS KGDOrt
$17.99. Three months earlier, the
tries, including the United States.,
■
:x a: - * shares were valued at $16.78,
Nearly all of the more than two- AlleglJa"y C,°rp
repi)rt® ?]et as7
Total ne* assets increased by
score
companies in the portfolio sets Aat Majch ^31 end of jits first 43% during the 12-month period,
Henry B. Gersten
have
major- stakes beyond
the Quarter, totaled $94,573,444 for the rising to $518,840,836 from $362,domicile countries.
Some of the common stock, equal to $15.75 a .a 000,042.
At the end of the last over-the-counter securities, have
forming

27

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2360)

thsft there

mal

force majeure operating on

tion

denly became apparent

Today's Speculative Cycle

was

a

the

economy

being
government

MRole of Government
3

:ge

of opinion with the idea

ence

it

help

may

the

shed

problem

'

draw

perhaps

on

even

of

Therefore, investors will heep
buying common stocks, and the
best common stocks, like the best
anything for which there is

put forth

the

current

widely-held theories
cycles.
I believe very

strongly in the existence of
lative cycles

(anyone in

specu-

busi-

our

These

time

the

the

tember

ever,

result

can

of

predetermined rhythms,
owing to a whole random as-

but

sortment

that

of unrelated

may

ticular

time.

phenomena
determined

in

mar-

these

own

and

pre-

not

are

experience

my

have ' had

others

success

a

perhaps

their

rhythms
but

at

bear

Now

have

unrelated,
the

to

come

phenomena

in

measuring these cycles In advance
has

been

too

anything

to represent

meager

than pure chance,
referring here to pihenomena
of business" activity like
copper prices, housing starts, deI

more

not

am

mand for

automobiles,

the rate

or

of steel production. These do seem

allow

to

fair degree

a

of regular-

ity in cyclical change and, there-

fore,

What I

interested in

am

example,

sell at $50

did

General Motors

share in 1949 when it

a

earning $14.64 and paying

was

$8

the

are

intangible phenomena. Why

more

for

reasonably predictable.

seem

dividend

and

price

last1'

splits)

when

.$3.35

and

after

it

fully

the

an

same

rather

unim-

performance?
earnings

basis

on

a

from

rose

$3.12

a

1960,

while

12

early 1950 to 55 in early
General Motors is certainly

in

1960.
not

an

•sort

of

and

stock

extreme

mainly

$3.35

saying

of

this

so

have

services

many

gone

record

on

the

stock was cheap,
behind the market,

pressed,

much

so

cused

in

from

rose

example

because

experts

after

to

thing in the stock market,
bring it up as an example

I

and

1950

the

publicity

de-

etc.
fo-

was

the stock following the
Supreme Court decision regarding
on

DuPont's

Is

holdings.

dollar

a

of

much

when

the

today

the

or

it

as

four

was

outlook

evidence

no

growth

really,
times

in

1950,

intervening record

long-term
trend

of

in

ment
see

It

is,

to

the

move"a

mo-

modernists

might
who think cycles are

say

a

h

a

for

us

play the devil's advocate and

what

have

top of

let

now

past.

They might first point out that
Motors, in comparison
most

vestment
a

stocks

of

reputation,

moderate

believe

that

similar

in-

is selling

price-earnings

at

ratio

and

been

not

able

hard to

outlook

ness

wide that its

little

bad

a

automobile

margins

are

divi-

dend

is assumed to be safe.
The
vast pressure of investment
funds
to
hold common stocks

virtually

mand

a

continuing

for

theory

General

that

vestment account

holding

GM."

,

source

Motors

really

no

can

The

of deon

the

large

in-

consider not
pressure

of

these funds will be
permanent because

tinue

the
to

government

inflate

the




do

can

so

is

to

are

least

line

of

will

con-

currency

in

1955

cor

dn

saw

producers

President's

in

Sep¬
mo¬

a

mentary jolt, and the speculative
boom

continued

until

the

the

This
to

to

the

Federal

thought

things

of

hand and
tight money policy.
out

a

time

when

1957

via

Board,

resorted

of

summer

getting

were

its merry way

on

government,

Reserve

majeure began

force

powerfully in reverse,
my opinion we might have
major collapse had not the

work

and in

had

a

authorities

suddenly

early

investors
that the

Administration

again

had

intention

no

long term policy

a

inflation.

again the ;boom

of

summer

lative
to

>

un¬

was

1959, when

finally

exhausted

have

rose

into

specu¬

seemed

itself.

After

major cyclical peak, Washing- an abortive attempt to make new
ton Irving style.
But we'll let highs in January 1960, the stock
market buckled, partly from the
that pass for the moment.
that
prices
had
There can be no question today consciousness
that the stock market in 1949 was risen too far, partly from the
deeply depressed, although at (the competition provided by a 5%
time it was not generally thought yield on Government bonds, and
to be so. The Dow-Jones Indus- not a little from fear that the
trial Average made a bottom of Administration would let business
its
around 92 in 1942 and a top of slide this time because of
212 in 1946. As of mid-1949 the admitted hasty behavior in re¬
technically-inclined market ana- versing the economy in 1957-58 by
a

on

period in which the

15-year

a

averages had

held roughly between 100 and 200

with

fairly

regular

four

swings between

year

the

other.

of

sort

one

On

the

analysis

five

or

strong

were

when

Mr.

last

basis

the

of

New

vestors

decline in the Dow Industrials to

ary

around

ment

100

by

1951

1952

or

was

fairly widely forecast, particularly
since

the

postwar
to

be

1949

so-called

recession"

getting
and

pected

was

public

just

who

stocks

had

that

the

were

already
was

con-

arguments
Conse-

bearish.

going
done

to"

sell

so

and

strongly oversold

Whether

the

have

recovered

for'a

while

not
hard

had

broken
to

the

out

in

The

say.

Booms

market
much

would

above

Korean

200

War

Then

that

June

started.
War

signs

before

But

began,

of

be

to

economy

'

when

the

tration,

in

overtones

their

to

Mr.

which

a

top

Korean

asm

turn

whether

to

as

speculative

might

time

this

but

is

in

be

it

an

not

are

the
is

making,

still

answer.

yet

sure,

too

a

and

at

early

to

We

suspect,

that business

recovering from last year's

cession.

past

By

analogy

with

re¬

recent

economic

developments,
expect
the
business

one
re¬

to extend through 1962 and

perhaps further, and by analogy
with post-1950 markets one might
expect a further rise in the stock
market

as

long

as

business

im¬

proves.

back

long

speculative

draw

the

on

this

cycle,

conclusion

whole

then,

that

have

capital gains tax liability. This
until money coming into the govern¬
there is now a real possibility that
ment
bond
market
in
large
the excesses themselves may
amounts would enable the treas¬
threaten a corrective, stock mar¬
ury to refund short-term borrow¬
reaction

ket

over

ernment

could

control.

If

at

time, in

the

increase

election

a

the

business,
fiscal
authorities much tighter control
over interest rates. It would great¬

these

Frontier,

possible removal of

possibilities, there

substance to the

some

to

see

is

there

still

the

next

They

deflating

win

well

the

start

can

specu¬

balloon

inflating

that

it

yield and stabilize large paper
profits accruing from the 12-year
bull market.
In the event of a

by

they

now,

again

some

future market break it would pro¬

1962, in plenty of time to

back

the

possible straying

vide

or

possible

many

its

we
nor¬

problems for all
It should have little trouble
to solve all

men.

schemes that have been discussed.
The various

and

persons,

in

pronouncements

high

.

to

sional approval.

by

against

places

talk

are

stock

reasonable

level,: but I
fear they have been too weakly
phrased so far to do more than
give temporary pause to a few
more

thoughtful investors.

Most

and

before

the

smarter,
foolish

grows

to

speculators

trees.

are

are

too

get

to

to

expect

exercising

selling,

or

get rich
patience
cr

without

gence,

the

in

the

perils the whole structure
almost

seems

law

a

finally

it

settled.

These

naive
warn¬

ings
than
will

the

first real

loudest

and

not

more ^urgently

warning

it, it is
when

away,

suasion

will

not

that

work,

ministration will in all
seek

some

specific

the

Ad¬

of

at¬

in

it¬

with
to

it

awkward

an

concomitant

no

finance

government

does take

Disclaims

probability

means

having it happen of its

or

and

when

moral

question of doing it
elections are still far

a

accord later, at

benefits

Forgiveness Proposal

officialsO*

Administration

now,

them

Capital Gains

then

spread into
is

economy

but^?

see

in time.

Fantastic

the

of

areas

many

experienced

same

the

of

correction

a

something else again and is a risk
inherent in any such scheme,

in

people when the day of reckoning

Assuming

bring

to the stock market or

as

attacking these

reversal in the specu¬

cycle we have seen since
and, coming at a time when

easily

experienced
although they

first

for

e

shift of

A

increased.

might suffice to give us

principal excesses that have built
up during recent years.
Whether
this correction would be confined

more

themselves,
be

sort

other

those

of

market

1949

they will be severely dealt with
by the time the dust of this boom
has

the

as

specula live enthusiasm is already
slowing signs of fatigue, it might

of nature that

creatures will not heed the

second
the
supply of these issues on
offer, the
disappear

lative

im¬

and

If the first of these

quickly

this
tt

their

is

capital gains t&xes
not convinced that
will
not keep
rising

are

exchange

available

why.

that

stocks

might

without
intelli¬

It

market

the

free

understanding

any

involved.

risks

presence

.

they

objections is removed by the tax-

the

little

or

in

large

pay

and

after they sell.

money

They have

high

very

They hesitate doing so at

sell.

to

out.

are

historically

present because they are reluctant

understanding of what they

buying

They

of

they

people who believe
on

no

are

out

who

have

ever

latter

kind of

or

those

get

place.

Knowledge

Inside

Any

This is just an idea I am

throw¬

heard along these lines is the fol¬

ing out for consideration, since I
have no inside knowledge that it
will really be proposed. It seems
to me, however, that it is
quite
consistent with the analysis we

lowing which I

have made of the speculative

tacking

without

self
in

speculative

directly

economic

the

most

excess

ingenious

intervening

recovery.

scheme

am

I

The
have

told has been

under discussion
ury

by certain Treas¬
Department
officials.
The

would
grant, for a
specific
and
limited
period
of
time,
forgiveness
from
capital
reinvested

interest
no

with

in

bond
a

a

long

maturity at all.

of

these

investor

swap

would

trusts

tive

by

it

has

further

a

hinder
it

interven¬

government

If

would

run

rise
a

to

reason

into
from

specula¬

hurt

rather

policy,

government

stands

cycle
1949.

since

it, the whole bull
artificially stim¬

seen

reaction

then

or

acquire the bonds

have

whenever

than

that the

government may easily intervene

transac¬

and the

itself

shown

here, with, its threat of

in order to reduce

tions would presumably work like
one

we

trouble.

2Vz%

maturity
The

As

has

ulated

non-taxable

bearing

it

tion

gains taxes if the proceeds of sales
are

as

market has been

government

government

,

difficult to answer

very

price, there must be a large num¬
ber of investors who would like

of the

inexperienced to believe

or

These

can

because

rest

and

will

they

they

is

point. With so many quality

stocks

enthusiastic speculators in today's
believe

one

do to
another question,

plan might

a

prices

at this

market fall into two classes: those

who

such

What

Price

Reduce

Would

obviously
prices down to

excesses

Congres¬

obtaining the necessary

Congressional inves¬

tigations

that

schemes

brilliant

these

seems

are

On the face of it, it is one

stccks.
of

Speculative Types

There

of funds that might

source

a

find t. eir way back into common

disillusioned voter.
Two

advantage of the offer, it
provide
a -fair
tax-free

would

elections.

reason

equities, and for investors

of good

taking

before

year

Congressional

may

time in

a

re¬

complaint of in¬
stitutions that there is a shortage

now,

over

would

In the stock market it

lieve the chronic

in 1961, while
improving and while

business
is

of

the

of

dollar.

stories that

correction

some

excesses

abroad

value

exchange

foreign

seems

Administration leaders would like

lative

the

to

reducing U. S. borrowings
there) and would allow the gov¬
ernment to pursue future infla¬
tionary policies to a far greater
extent
without endangering
the

in Washington are well aware

of

return

(by

present political lead¬

our

stimulate

ly strengthen U. S. credit

its proponents from office.
Since

money

easy

an

would

would

and

for in¬
further

year,

in the:New;

loss of faith
even

promote
which

embarrassing

most

a

an

bonds, would
market,

ings with long-term

these

in

stance, causing not only
but

gov¬

effective

no

encouraged, the boom
collapse
of
its
own

well

may

weight

which

exert

an

is

excesses

up

own

caused

and other
holders
felt "locked in" because of
chips

blue

have

excesses

build

to

time

cyclical reaction

a

uncor¬

bring out huge offerings

stale

of

non-

highest stage of exuberance since
1929).
Again the question arose

Looking
It sud¬

in

ingenuity of such a
the imagination.
doubt in my mind that

staggers

There is no

Eisen¬

of speculative enthusi¬
(which had now reached its

covery

happened

to speculative psychology.

the Free¬

lessening

cer-

shooting

the

something

of

These events seemed

comparable

economic

jn nor¬

however,

allowed

been

comes

is

mid-1950

making

make

March

in

Cuba and

came

dom Riders.

would

tainly was not very robust at that
time and the stock market showed
manifest

highs

1950's.

to

this year.

venture

Last Decade's Speculative

during the

recovered

all-time

in the ability of the new Adminis¬

the

educated

all

were

prices

larger scale than

know

I

rehearsed.

seen

govern¬

major

public
was

the

from

in¬

to

inflation¬

hower's heart attack in 1955. They
led to a weakening of confidence

its

they

Those

All

making

believing all
have

to

year

therefore

when

one

Stock
new

which

renewed

even

an

been

elected

was

accompaniment

Frontier,

meant

on

abandoned

promises and hopes for

pressures

had

ex-

anyway.

reliable:

The

mid-

be

negative

Only

really

fidence.

we

months

quite

bottom.

into

in

another

influences

looked

was

appeared

logically

last

eighteen

cyclical

just

underway

would

to

"inevitable

the

to

extreme

further

These latter

quickly
Kennedy

fall,

of brilliant

a

methods.

arm

fears

rected

a:

interruption

enthusiasm

plan

stock

M

prices

stock

without

almost
the

and

stophelian

interference

reactions,

attempts

Majeure" '>*»'-.-«■
Once

of
to

stocks in which long-term

mal

speculative

Kennedy Restores "Force

simplicity and sheer Mephi-

The

part

addition

strong

a

stocks he had sold.

it would

and

1957

convincing

1958,

businessmen

and

employment

reversed

themselves in the fall of

derway

we are near

attack

provided only

In

basis the same as

tax cost

a

that of the

and

political-

the

on

with

reac¬

1961

Thursday, June 29,

.

this repeated

ers

The

massive

.

market seems to provide good sup¬
port for the party in power. With

were

mate¬

raw

prospered.

heart

1955

the

of the theory that

Inventories

again accumulated and

of growth in earnthe next decade, is
one

shift

a

and

inhibited

government.

full

inflation-propelled

market.

stock

forced

of the strongest arguments in fa-

of

psychology occasioned by the
government's abandonment of its
money" policy. 1954 and

abandoning

on

intervened:

form

"honest

of

based

seemed to
Again, how¬

in

of

moonshine and is in fact

pure

the

and the gov-

reasoning,

inevitability
ings during

follow

would

majeure

(even if there

depressions)

no

the

say

so

earnings should show

decline, therefore, its

assuies

almost
conditions of the
administration in
to business, it is

somewhat obscure

the market

In

their

the

under

how they

see

challenged.

profit

increase

during the 1960's when the busi-

quently

GM's

to

earning power
ideal business
1950's, with an
oower friendly

providing a reasonable yield,
importance, competence, and
leadership in its industry is unIts

year

earning power,
dogma and its

this

conclusions are at considerable
variance with the facts, but this
is not the place to go into a long
discussion on this most interesting
subject.
Suffice it to say that if stocks
of certain leading companies have

it

and

pressures

in

time

creased corporate
I

market

General
with

from now

years

force

This

tember

this

earnings?

the

at

But

will

was

Administra¬

conjunction.

because inflation and full employment will have substantially in-

and

example of the kind
of extreme
cyclical overvaluation
comes

it

today,

cyclical

in

rials

little

speculative cycles would comment
that
it is a prime

that

cheap ten

appear

dynamic

give
a

and

if you believe in
cycles, and those
who believe in old-fashioned

ment.

appear

may

lyst could look back

earnings

conservatively, worth
as

stock

how

given, good quality

ased against business and in favor
of labor. In my opinion this whole

of

in

matter

no

a

only earning
$2.00, and this

way,

share

and

overvalued

eminent is obviously strongly bi-

earnings

adjusted

strength

several

was

paying

another

at

(after

year

decade

a

pressive
Put

sell

only proceed from strength to

It

a

deteriorated, and again all down¬
ward

the government would not and
could not permit it to occur. On the
basis of this dogma the economy

completely

and

policy.
early 1953 to mid-Sep¬
of that year the market

From

out of his mind),
but I believe they vary greatly in
intensity and duration, not as the

be

have

raw

ended

War

Korean

announced

be

would

the

"honest money"

serious business recession because

does not

huge

reverse

a

underway.

Eisenhower

new

to

who

ness

action

forces.

armed

liquidation

was

by

economic

news market and the speculative
cycle reached its top at about the

an

cal arguments, to which we might
add the widely accepted dogma
that there will never be another

the

been

distorted

nor¬

a

the strong anti-cycli-

are

for

have

were

of

purchases led to

boom

tion

Labels Assumption
"Pure Moonshine"

the

purchases

inventory

new

,

.

regarding

in

a

value."

my
own
dogmas, which
be at variance with some of

may

•+)

materials

These

heavy demand, will command a
high premium over their "normal

Speculative Cycles
At the outset I want to
one

order to promote full employment,

conclusions.

tentative

some

light

some

and

that

that

and

deflationary cycles
forcibly reversed by

mally

rhythms of action

.

1

tivity,

even

do

only

so

The

speculative ac¬

if it is its intention .to
on

emotional

a

temporary

cycle,

as

I

basis.
it,

see

Volume

has been kept

Number

193

6068

A

narcotics.

treatment

sudden

could

change in

bring

an

Unjustified
Despite Budget Deficits

unex¬

can

we

original

back

come

question

to

as

to

our

whether

the

speculative cycle is rendered
obsolete owing to our improved
understanding of social, economic,
and political processes or whether
it is merely the same as it always
is

jfand

was

completing
which

boom from

The

low.

classic

a

have

we

come

with is in disagreement with

up

both views.

While it has not been
that

demonstrated

complaint

the current fiscal year.

the

emotional

Their

is automati¬

effect

about

cally to increase government outpayments and
decrease govern¬

however,

ment

billion which

receipts.
The result is a
which helps to arrest the

deficit

economic decline.

bust will fol¬

a

answer

Continued from page 1
to

hold.

The "automatic stabilizers" have

the

been

about the deficit of

cern

ing fiscal

face in the

we

can

year

economy

of

recession.

the

It

is

also

$3.7

com¬

in

our

high gear.

the

midst

this time

by

terest to

next

boom.

destroy
the whole,
planned
structure
by

the

panicking at

the

Therefore,

moment.

wrong

forces

same

that

the

Deficit

Produce

may

carefully

revenues

estimated

were

at

$84

have intervened to perpetuate the

billion.

boom

ter-Governmental transactions and

put

decide at

may

to it.

stop

a

time to

any

From

ordinary

methods of measurement I do not
that it is predictable precisely

see

when this change of attitude may
take

place. It proceeds not from
comparatively mechanical

the

of the actions and
reactions of public opinion, but
from the planning of one individ¬

out

working

ual

relatively small group func¬
tioning as a dens ex machina.
or

If

lative

concede that

can to an important
manipulated at will by

be

government,

it

has

also

ap¬

peared that even the government
itself

its

in

role

cannot do away

manipulator
with the specula¬
as

tive cycle entirely,
duce

its

from

but must

reactions

own

to time to

pro¬

from

time

keep public enthusiasm

getting out of hand. We have
been

never

of

ence

action

through

the

experi¬

government-induced

a

at

re¬

time when speculative
was built up to the

a

overconfidence
extremes

normally encountered at

the

of major

tops

booms,

question remains to be

the

so

answered

whether the

forces of liquidation,
deliberately set in motiqn at such
a time, can be
effectively stopped.
The classic public sentiment al¬

heard

ways

it

be

can

gains

this subject is that

on

easily stopped before it

momentum, but this, like
another economic cliche is a

many

meaningless truism.
of telling

way

There

how

fast

is

no

momen¬

tum may accelerate once the trend

is known to have turned, and gov¬
ernments
in °free
countries, no
matter

tions,

how

laudable

their inten¬

notoriously slow to react

are

to unexpected stimuli.

us

pointing to the end of
tive boom

in

common

stocks, but

I also think it is

largely within the
government's power to determine

Unemployment
of a change

last

bookkeeping

December,

pro¬
no

are

on the receipt side
Therefore, in order
the
original
estimate

of the ledger.

to

make

comparable

mates,
lier

with

esti¬

current

should adjust the

we

ear¬

figure of $84 billion
down to $82.9 billion.
revenue

recession

The

out of

or

the end

which

no

Government

of

1959, has

to

revenues

inate

the

$500

at

reduced

point well short of

a

windfall

million

in

one

foresaw

now

this adjusted estimate. If

elim¬

we

receipt of the

advance

repayment

of the German postwar

1961

year

debt; fiscal
will be about

revenues

$77.7 billion, a drop of $5.2 billion.
Our obligation to help ease the
effects

less

of

the

recession

fortunate

add to this

upon

citizens

will

our

also

year's deficit. The bulk

of unemployment compensation is
financed from trust funds and is,

therefore, not reflected in the
budget. However, the provisions
in

permanent

our

legislation

for

temporary legislation to
urgent needs.
The

for

their

budget expenditures called for by
this temporary legislation will add

approximately

half-billion dol¬

a

people who
what

like to

happens

in

o'clock

reason

the

or

about

market

on

the basis of speculative cause and

effect

or

while
helping to halt the recession, were
also responsible for
a
swing of
$5.7 billion toward a budgetary
ddficit.

swing,

creases

coupled

increases

in

the

sub¬

rate

of

expenditures, minor in¬
in other expenditures, plus

Congressional

failure

postal rates, has led
this

for

with

fiscal

year

to

increase

to

us

deficit

a

that will

ap¬

standard

but

I

think

cyclical

be¬

alternative

match reduced
not

of

—

revenues

would

—

also

no temporary
compensation, but

substantial

a

addition

to

the

fense

government

influence.

been

patterns

not yet fully worked

out, but it would indeed be ironic
if in the future world of perfected
government economic supervision
ovdr every

cutbacks

things

have

and

thereby

duced

our

revenues.

found

the
for

New

the

Mr. Thurlow before
York Chapter of the Foundation

address
Study

of

by

Cycles, New

June 20, 1961. V v




" ,

York

City,

In
was

to

further
We

ourselves

spiral

led

that
a

in

a

could

severe

re¬

would

deflai-

easily

and

pro¬

economic depression.

longed
♦An

would

recession, enlarged unemploy¬
ment,

have

happened.

revenues

have increased the severity of the

tionary

stranger

this

actual
so

there

fact, this alternative
clearly unacceptable that

has

been

little

responsible

home

President

to

to

national

with

behind

profits

the

half

of

be doing well

their

equal

ran

previous

help in this effort that he

ment

can

1962

will

levels.

inflation

$9.8

billion

foresee

for

parallel

in

fiscal

jumped

full
recession

the

over

a

1959.

underlying

this

best understood if

are

examine

For

revenues

reasons

prospect

our

we

in terms of

economy

Gross National Product:

our

Our

GNP

for

$503 billion.

1960

about

was

But this year during

the first quarter GNP dropped be¬
low $500 billion.
Even with the

about

2^%

1960.

over

the

is

This
outruns

supply.

If

available

volume

same

whenever

occurs

of

more

to

rate.

on

enced

destroyed

have

need

for

next

the

threat

makes

deficit

a

to

meet

in

ments

inevitable

if

of

this

For

in

of

time

we

no

stimulate demand.

recovery

a

legislative proposals.

revenue-raising
particularly
in
the
postal field. The enactment of a
fair and long needed increase in
postal rates is essential if we are
able

figure

Those

who

soundness
would

we

have

fear

for

of

do

the

well

adjustment

in

back

the

who

fean^that

next

their
up¬

in

budget deficit

has

as

—

it

So

year.

per se

not

the

that worries

in

set

the

forces

are

not

of

justified.

roughly into two

categories:
first

The

with

known

the

is

the

over

type we have
past decade,

the

or

a

wage-

gradual

all

1962

this

—

of

size

both

first

quarter, we can rea¬
hope for an increase to
$570 billion by year end.

about
This

would-give

level

of

1962

annual

an

$555 billion, an in¬

some

of

crease

nearly 8% over 1961.
pattern should develop
the chances are
good—our revenues for fiscal 1963
would be adequate to meet all of
this

If

year—and

national

our

needs,

with

some¬

thing left over. We should keep
this longer-range prospect of pros¬
perity clearly in mind whenever
we can

consider

etary outlook.
Now

the

what

coming

ne$t year's budg¬

'

v

- r

can

f

do

we

our

goals

economy

and

as

our

during

to facilitate

year

achievement of

the

basic economic
recovers

output increases?

our

First,"we must avoid price in¬
creases

fixed

that those

so

incomes

will

who

not

live

be

on

penal¬

This will require a high or¬
der of self restraint on the part of

ized.

both
wage

labor and

management with
increases geared to increases

in productivity.

Second,

we must make a great
continuing effort to reduce
unemployment to a tolerable fig¬
ure—4% is the current goal.
A

and

modest and

noninflationary deficit

such

as

will

contribute

foresee

we

addition

should

we

ordinatejd attack

for

next

this

to

on

year

In

end.

mount

a

co-

structural

un¬

employment by enacting the Pres¬
ident's
proposals,
including
an
expanded training program.

Finally, we should use the res¬
pite given us by the present re¬
covery to overhaul and strengthen
the mechanism of
stabilizers"
sions
than

had

to

"automatic

our

that

future

be milder and

may
any

so

have

we

reces¬

shorter

far experi¬

so

enced. The fact that

we

have twice

enact

temporary unem¬
ployment compensation measures

clearly indicates that

our

perma¬

nent

legislation to help the job¬

less

should

be

overhauled

and

strengthened. This should be done

in

mind

—

not

only for the benefit of future
unemployed, but in the interest of

deficit

a

the

inevitable

one-

1959

deficit

and

appro¬

challenges of the Sixties.
*An

D.

alternative—to

revenues,

to
-

reduce

address

National

by Secretary Dillon before
Press

C., June 20,

Club,

Washington,

1961.

ex¬

Thornton Co. Opens
match
recession
resulting dangers LOS
ANGELES, Calif. —William
security, neglect
J. Thornton is engaging in a se¬
of-our 'national needs, slowing of

penditures
our

our

of

to
with

national

progress

ment

"cost-push,"
inflation.
It is
as

year

third

The

However, in the light
current
economic
prospects,
fears

Deficit

Another

priate.

inflation.

Inflation falls

to

the

in

sonably

the

fear that any
period of growth

motion

with

fiscal

—is

They
a

year
immediately
period of recession.

a

gives promise of being
accelerating growth.
something like $540 billion
of

year

ing national needs, unused plant over-all economic
stability.
capacity,
excessive' unemploy¬
If we do these things we can
ment, and absence of inflationary look forward to a
period of unr
pressures —- that I reiterate my matched
prosperity — prosperity
earlier statement that a deficit of
that will give us the strength we
the size which we envisage for shall need to face the world-wide

is, rather, a deficit in¬
during' a period of eco¬
nomic expansion such as we now
during

of

reduced recession revenues, grow¬

It

deficit

is

It

curred

anticipate.

Yet the deficit

"Unpalatable"

deficit

been the

is

of sub¬

one

staggering figure

Alternative

of those

acknowledge
that a reasonable budget deficit in
time of recession can help to halt
this

started

The entire

of 1958.

the

following

concern

downturn

The up¬

low

was

1959,
iden¬

an

sight
for next year.
It is clear that
there is nothing unusual about a

may

this

express

should

we

situation.

1959

the

coming

times the deficit presently in

Termed

budget

a

and

$12 billion—more than three

over

be inflationary.
The great majority of those who
yefar

putting

the

earlier

an

year

reached

Unjustified
I recognize the concern

in

capacity

1962,

stantial recovery.

postal rates.

Fears

be

fiscal" year

to

the spring

deficit
Inflation

be

will

country faced

from

fiscal

fiscal

an

helpful

for fiscal

when

in

foreseen.

direct

to

it will

and

evaluate

we

look

turn

government

our

But

can

plant

tical economic

reason¬

the

be

unused

deficit

needed

to

labor

When

urged the enactment

the deficit

are

—

labor force to work.

urged the Congress not

programs,

hold

We

of presently unem¬
and plant.
Rather,

use

will

1962
our

On the contrary, the Pres¬

badly

that

the

ployed

programs to stimulate
the economy. None has been pro¬

also

look.

we

therefore, than creating inflation¬
ary
pressures,
the
$3.7
billion
deficit we anticipate in fiscal year

emergency

has

demand

met by

our long range national
security and to the well-being of
our
people. There is no need for

has

—•

land

our

force,
which stands ready and willing to
operate the unused capacity of
our
industrial plant.
Next year's
budgetary deficit will of course

;

ident

of

longer
There is

are

under-utilized

—-

in space, in
housing, in trans¬
portation, and in the international
With

kind

also
and unfortunately
under-utilizing our labor

we

in

fieid.

a

bring with it

shortages.

and

—

that

envision

Markedly

But 1962
a

From

next

fear

classic

indeed, everywhere

defense,

education,

influ¬

today: in steel, in autos, in hous¬
ing, in textiles, in chemicals —

require¬

urgent

our

value

is

as we

capacity everywhere in

year.

of

cen¬

This is the

no

will

year

inflation.
a

the

which

budget deficit such

fact, they will be con¬
less than the revenues

inflation

by budgetary action.

We

recession

at

is

inflation

for fiscal year

be

This

German mark.

of

type

Conse¬

rise.

totally

of the

the govern¬

revenues

still

In

simply

buy

goods, prices

Grow

to

In 1962

classical—type
"supply-demand"

becomes

money

'Meanwhile, expendi¬
tures must keep pace with our
ever growing population and
our
mounting
national
needs..
This

price

our

Economy

fiscal

lived

1960,

$81.4

year.

again this would

experience.

$90

the

of only

unusual

such

to

now

past

of

rev¬

inflation is real and ever-present,
it operates outside of

President's

originally forecast for the current

of

1953

the average for 1961 will not quite
reach $515 billion—or an increase

inflation.

the year, we shall
if corporate profits

count

siderably

may

prosperity

Management Advisory Committee.
While the danger of this type of

the

demand

So, even
upturn in the

1960

quently, the

case

It

we

coming fiscal

revenues

fiscal

approximate

compared
that

over

for

fiscal

our

should

The

10%

as

expect

reasonable

The second—and

year.

substantial

a

second

the

the

re¬

interest.

tury

to

has

exercise

the type which twice in this

them.

underscore

reduced

match

ism.

Still,

have

point:
reductions in expenditures to
me

have

bust cycles

would

The

at

parable period last

of

With

can

a

could

presently forecast total of around
$530 billion in the fourth quarter,

of

While it is true that

.

required.

Let

activity, the same boom
are going to take
place as we expect to have under
traditional,
laissez-faire capital¬
and

that

products,

quarter will prob¬
ably not exceed those of the com¬

He

1962.

influences.

current

the

are

by

much

as

we

billion,

They

economy.

what

billion

then,

Labor-

the

business
is
showing signs of a
strong recovery, corporate profits

reducing

expenditures ^o

only have meant

unemployment

coming increasingly subjected to
new

of

ward

it

The

Corporate

20%

year's rate.

1961

of

bottom

very

energies to bringing about

.

are

full

quarter

the

recession.

contributed

The

lessened

in their

created

collections

proach $3 billion. Since this deficit

fairly re¬ unemployment rolls as government
flects our transitional society in programs were curtailed.
to say
which the free interplay of eco¬
nothing of the damage to our na¬
nomic forces is
everywhere be¬ tional security caused by the de¬
havior,

first

marked

in

re¬

By

budgetary

The

a

prospering
well jump

Once

over-all

was

sults.

to add to his

stabilizers,"

government

9

be

withholding rate will
largely based on 1961 re¬

"automatic

is a most
affairs for

at

to¬

end

will

year

income

the

be

posed.

a
while longer.
This
unsatisfactory state of

morning
nourished

be

will

above

lars to the deficit this fiscal year.
So you can see that our two

stimulated

boom

fiscal

been

management

the

calendar year 1961 prof¬

on

Personal

also

simple: The cor¬
will collect in

sential to

or

are

enact

care

months

and

morrow

will

this

coming

its.

whose

wage-price actions
and to keep in mind at all times

we

to

longer

six

work

substantially to halt¬
ing the recession, it was entirely
appropriate in the circumstances.

whether

taxeg

has

at the

wages

consumers

foreign
abroad!

straint"1

on
the march,
however, we plan to incur only
those expenditures that are
es¬

of

out

of

repeatedly appealed to both labor

clearly inadequate. This
Spring—just as in 1958—we had

those

we

specula¬

a

in¬

longer carried

defense

all the classic signs

the

certain

because

Government

cedures

stantial

conclusion, then, I think

have before

in

This

Conclusion
In

receipts from

Tax, , which,

specu¬

cycles

extent
the

then

we

This included

is

reason

based

When the budget for fiscal year
1961 was first submitted, Federal

prices and

expense

prospects

1963.

should be flowing from

revenues

enues

tempted to

are

increase

29

revenue

year

agement and labor

and

Another Deficit

the

during 1962,

and

porate

"Automatic Stabilizers"

is

to

fiscal

greater in good times than in bad,
because in good times both man¬

with

Why, then, another deficit?
The

It

us.

problem and the imperative need
to keep our products competitive

Is in Prospect

keep it booming because

of the risk that uninformed specu¬
lators

Explains Why

always with

This type of inflation is par¬
ticularly dangerous today in the
light of our balance of payments

speculative

cycle cannot be kept due to their action that we are
booming indefinitely by govern¬
facing a substantial budgetary
ment
manipulation,
there
does deficit this fiscal year.
come
a
point where it may no
Now, let us look for a moment
longer be in the government's in¬ at tax receipts:

is

ahead
for

prosperity.

will be rolling

economic

an

rapidly
than
is
by growth in produc¬
The threat of this type of

sistance

We may well be in

of

in¬

are

more

inflation

This reaction is
perfectly understandable. For re¬
covery is well under way.
It is
that

ness

tivity.

for

some

wages

warranted

year.

probable

effects of their action for the mild¬

deficit

creased

and

when¬

about

comes

prices

ever

There has,
considerable con¬

been

operating since last Fall. We
largely thank the stimulating

that

process

Inflation Fears

pectedly speedy reversal.
Now

(2861)

going far beyond its

normal life expectancy by the use
of

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

..

.

and

our

toward full employ¬

toward

plant

full

utilization

capacity-—is

totally

unacceptable.
This

equally

alternative

unpalatable

course

if

we

is

curities
2600

the firm
He

business

Wilshire

was

name

offices

from

Boulevard

at

under

of Thornton & Co.

formerly with Dempsey>

look Tegeler & Co,

,

„

...,

'■

.

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2862)

STATE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

ropolitan
creased

in¬

registered

areas

while

tonnage,

15

areas

showed tonnage decreases.

Continued from page

mained

the

an

on

output
keel

even

re¬

despite

drop-out

Wednesday

of

S-P

Institute.
kwh.

week's

this

set

auto

the

Edison

Output

below

Electric

475,000,000
of the previous
was

that

week's total of 15,345,000,000 kwh.
and

Corp.<
Ward's

to

according

5

industry

and

year,

266,000,000

kwh.,

1.8%

or

above that of the comparable 1960
week.

assemblies at 128,844 as compared
with 129,274

last week and 141,247
1960. Stude-

in the same week of

baker

Packard's

-

clean-up

Tuesday

and

only 942 units to this

week's total. The South Bend, Ind.
Co. ended its model run producing

only

about

half

of

number

the

it did in the 1960 session.

cars

Of the four

companies continu¬
operations, Ford Motor Co.

ing

effected the only week-long plant
shutdown, closing its Los Angeles
facility for five days. Dearborn
and

Wixom, Mich sites were idled
for one day pnly. The company's
San Jose, Calif, truck factory was

Shipments

Behind

1960

overtime during

totaled

with

Lumber

production in the United

240,668,000
with

compared
feet in

the

feet

board

board

229,336,000

prior week, according

reports from regional associa¬
tions. A year ago the figure was

extended

production at St. Louis-

but

regular

the

tained there

Compared with 1960 levels- out¬
put dropped 3.7%, shipments were
down

5.5%, and orders fell 0.2%.

Following
thousands

board

in

figures

the

are

of

feet

the

for

June 10

June 17

1961

June 18
1960

1961

.

Ward's said that

ule

next

week

line

car

bring total
June car output to about the May
level, when production reached
units,

542,303
the

1961

of

the high month

calendar

last year..

239,794

the

602,153
This

Motors
from

plan

Corp.

1.5%

or

week.

the

week's

Of

changes

no

49.4%; Ford
Motor Co. 30.0%; Chryslbr Corp.
12.2%;
American^ Motors
7.6%
Studebaker-Packard 0.8%.

loadings represented

below
in

week

in

Failures

Business
Ended

Week

in

22

June

declined noticeably to 307

ures

in

the week ended June 22 from 351
in

the

Dun

preceding

&

Inc. Although

Bradstreet,

at the lowest level in three

casualties remained
ier

than

the

256 "in

the

occurring

1959.

last

considerably

exceeded

and

year

296

weeks,

slightly heav¬

However, fewer

businesses failed than in the

122,125

1960,

cars

There

one

or

cars

reported
revenue

This

total).

week's

that
was

over-all

increase

an

of

12.2% above the cor¬

cars or

responding week of 1960 and an
increase
of 3,940
cars
or
45.4%
above the

Cumulative
the first

for

taled

piggyback loadings
of 1961

23 weeks

for

249,964

to¬

increase

an

of

7,654 cars or 3.2% above the cor¬
responding period of 1960 and 73,342

or

cars

sponding

41.5% above the

corre¬

in

There

period

1959.

were

58 class I U. S. railroad sys¬

1939

tems

originating this

involving liabilities in
excess of $100,000 fell to 31 from
46 in the previous week and 41 a
year ago. A decline also occurred

with

when

week

the

of

toll

pre-war

310.

was

$100,000,

which

276

305

from

continued

size

the

in

The

manufacturers
59,
among

from

42

17

June

Intercity

ended

ahead

of

June

responding
American

announced.
less

among

service

concerns

from 35. On the other

hand,

of this year.

during

While trade and service casualties

in

exceeded their

1960

levels, fewer

currence

manufacturers

and

construction

contractors failed than
Seven

the

of

nine

a year

major

ago.
geo¬

graphic regions reported declines

during the week just ended. Fail¬
in

ures

states

East

Central

North

dropped to 58 from 70 and

in the
from

South
In

49.

Atlantic
the

the

contrast,

toll

Pacific

Atlantic

held

toll

states to 30
the

even

Middle

at

99

and

mildly to 63

rose

from 56. Casualties exceeded yearago

in

levels

West

regions—the
and

all

Mountain

two
South Central
except

states

where

tolls

dipped below 1960.
Electric

in

Than

The

1960

of

amount

distributed

1.8%

Output

by

Higher

Week

electric

the

«.

energy

electric

ended

light

industry for the week
Saturday,
June 24,
was

and power

estimated

at

14,870,000,000




Truck

1%—or

than

ahead of that of the

retailing mortality remained prac¬
tically steady, 164 as against 165.

nage
a

in the
1.2%

was

in

the

cor¬

0.4%—

previous week

in which

truck ton¬

led that of the previous year
week unaffected by the oc¬
of

holidays

or

unusual

These findings are based on

the

of 34 metropolitan
conducted by the ATA De¬

weekly
areas

survey

partment of Research and Trans¬
port Economics. The report re¬
flects tonnage handled
at more
than 400
mon

truck

carriers

terminals of
of

general

com¬

terminal

week
from

showed

survey

increased

last

tonnage

17 localities.
The remaining 17 points reflected
tonnage decreases from the 1960
a

year

level.

Truck

Lake

City,

ago

at

terminals

at

Salt

and
Minneapolis-St.
Paul showed gains of more than
15%.
Terminals
at
three
other
cities

—

Denver

Charlotte, Richmond and
also registered sizable

—

tonnage increases.

Compared to the immediately
kwh. preceding week, 19 reporting met¬

days in many
Father's

successful

in

the

ended

week

areas

^ay pro¬
buying

Wednesday,

1961, noticeably over the

June 21,

and over-all retail
trade was up moderately from the
similar week last year. Compared
with a year ago the most appre¬
ciable gains occurred in men's and
week

prior

women's

While

ture,

apparel, outdoor

summer

and

air

call

for

the

Com¬

of¬

common

subscribe

to

at

shares of

tional

stock

common

at

the rate of one new share for each
shares

held

of record

22,; 1961.

The

offer,

succeeds

expire

July

James A. Mc-

underwritten

Lain,

jointly by The First Boston Corp.
and Glore, Forgan & Co;

16

mittee.
Mr.

Grainger

Board
of

Guardian

the

S

the

from

sale

of

company's gen¬
application to con¬
struction expenditures, which are
now
estimated at $215,000,000 for

Isaac B. Grainger

the

to

funds for

the five years,

R.

1

a m u e

will

11, 1961, is being
a group headed

by

proceeds

added

eral

were

June

on

which

additional common stock will

,be

Com¬

the

to

mittee

on

Net
the

of

Alsq elected

1961-65. The major

portion of this^amount is for the
expansion of the company's dis¬
tribution system to take care of

Walker,
Vice-President
of
the
City
Investing
Co.;
Kennerly
Woody, Vice-President of the New
York
Telephone Co.; Lloyd H.

expend

in¬

and

customers

new

in its heating business.

creases

Board Chairman of DalTowing Co., Inc.; Charles E.

Dalzell,
zell

President

Eble,

Co.

The

Jack I. Straus,

Chairman of R. H. Macy &

Inc.;

Strong,

Benjamin

and

States

of United

Chairman

Board

'

gas
cent

Illinois,

Cook

the

County

including areas in
generally outside

City of Chicago. The popula¬

tion

N orth^astern

St.,

Fox

50

in 303 communities and adjaareas in 20 counties, in north¬

ern

Trust Co.

of

company

Aurora, 111., is a public utility en¬
gaged principally if! the purchase,
distribution
and sale of natural

Consolidated

of

Edison Co. of N. Y.;
Board

the

of

at

estimated

is

area

approximately 2,950,000.

Water Bonds

Operating

indoor

furni¬

and
vol¬
appliances,
cars,

close to last year,

was

ume

in

floor

covering and draperies

major

most

down.

was

\

Nationwide

Department

Sales Increased

Northeastern

with

Store

12

trust

bonds

sale

the

Federal

dex

for

the

ended June

showed

increase

an

the

like

For

the

week

period

of

last

17,

7%

year.

ended June

increase of 5%

in¬

10,

National

year.

.

sales

in

week

8%

the Federal Re¬
department store

to

System,

June

the

above

ended

June

were

the

the

last

period

week

showed

sales

over

For

year.

for the

preceding

10,

8% increase

City

17, sales

same

the

In

year.

York

New

ended

an

same

period

four

weeks

ending June 17- a 4% increase was
reported
while

a

1960

1

Jan.

from

showed

the

above

period,

June

to

increase

2%

Trust

&

Co.,

indenture

which

mature

Proceeds
used

the

of

the

will

sale

the

bonds

July

called for

in accord¬
with the terms of the sinking
on

1

fund.

The balance of the proceeds

after

expenses

a

of

will

available

be

general corporate purposes.

22

on

secured

are

the

operating

owned

plus

bonds

new

first lien

by

stocks

common

water

companies

by Northeastern Water Co.

1,962,700

stock

of

shares

American

over

17

last

year's sales.

operating revenues of $130,rand net income of $15,921,233 in the calendar year 1960.
439,381

Giving effect to the sale of the
common stock, capital¬
ization of the company at April
additional

30, 1961 was: $116,431,000 in longterm debt; 245,937 shares of cu¬
mulative preferred stock, par $100
and 7,644,736
stock, par $5.

Names Bissell to Staff
Mass.—George

S. Bis¬

sell has been appointed to the re¬
search staff of Industry
Massachusetts

and

Stock

by

Dwight

Chairman

P.

111

Devon¬

been announced
Robinson,
Jr.,

the

of

Trust

Investors

Fund,

shire Street, it has

Specialists

Investors

Massachusetts

Growth

of

common

Water

Works

Co., Inc.

common

••

•

Common Offered
Pursuant to

a

June 27,

1961 pros¬

2,750,000 common shares
Motor Co., are being of¬
fered publicly at $80.50 per share
through a nationwide group of
underwriters headed by Blyth &
Co.,
Inc.;
First
Boston
Corp.;
Goldman, Sachs &
Co.; Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. Inc.; Lehman Broth¬
ers; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Inc.; and White, Weld &
Co., Inc. Proceeds will go to the
selling
stockholder,
the
Ford
pectus,
of

Ford

Foundation.

Jefferson Const.

Common Offered
Pursuant

to

a

June 26,

pro¬

Pistell, Crow, Inc., New
City, publicly offered, 340,-

spectus,
York

000

shares

common

Construction

Of

share.
sold

the

the

for

and

pany

of

Jefferson

Co.,
at
$5.50
total, 110,000

account

230,000

of

for

the
a

per

the

bles

and

were

70,761,676

class

passenger

B

and

stock

cars,

imple¬

farm

and

Authorized

ments.
of

sells

tractors

consists

class A, 14,811,650
125,000,000 common

shares, of which 29,160,296, 6,292,010, and 19,497,213 shares respec¬

tively,

outstanding.

are now

com-,

certain

stockholder.
mated at

The company, located in Dear¬
born, Mich., manufactures, assem¬

trucks,

1961

Net proceeds, esti¬
$531,000 will be used by

for the purchase of
earth-moving and building equip¬
company

The company
of 75 First St.,
Cambridge,
Mass.,
is
engaged
principally
in
competitive
bid
building
contracts
for
Federal,
state

local

or

governments.

contracts

include

projects,

hospitals,

canals

and

the

The

schools, housing
roads,
dams,

like.

Authorized

stbck consists of

shares
will be

1,002,275 common
of which 754,015
outstanding upon comple¬

(par $1)

tion of this sale.

Boston-based

Harwyn Publish.
Class A Offered

Bissell

has

served

as

a

se¬

offering of 110,000 class A
shares of Harwyn Pub¬
Corp., at $3.75 per share

common

lishing

is being made by N. A. Hart &
Co., Bayside, New York, and asso¬
ciates. Net proceeds, estimated at
$330,000 will be used to publish
the

new

"Art

Linkletter's Picture

Encyclopedia for Boys and Girls."
The company of

170 Varick St.,

New York City, is engaged in the

publishing and distributing of il¬
lustrated encyclopedia works,

mutual funds.

Mr.

of

Ford Motor Co.

Public

of

shares

ment.

Mass. Investors Trust

BOSTON,

$140,061,001 and net
$17,984,937 compared

to

in

company

bonds which have been

redemption

for the 12
30,
1961

be

outstanding

the
of $6,935,000 exclusive of

amount

April

to

1986.

May 1,

on

from

retire

to

bonds

the

securing

reported. The

was

period ended June 17,

According

Bank

an

1961, sales, advanced 3% over last

serve

made at -the Mel¬

was

Pittsburgh, Pa., trustee under the

for

sales on a
taken from
Board's

Reserve
week

for

four-week

as

of collateral
The

company.

Corp.

Delivery
lon

the

of

negotiated by Equitable

was

Securities

The

store

Department

Wil¬

of

Co.

DeUrissued

000 principal amount

Week

country-wide basis

Water

income

and sold to
institutional investors $15,000,-

ance

7% Above

1960

The

Sold Privately
mington,

revenues

ended

months

amounted

conditioners.

passenger

new

linens

freight
for

Sales

Boosts

throughout the country.
The

the

at

motions boosted consumer

last

conditions.

weather

use.

and Father's Day

hot

few

and

tonnage

This is the first week

1961

prices

food

of

trend

1961,

week
of
1960,
the
Trucking Associations,

was

and

17,

volume

the

Inc.-

28

1959.

1.2%

was

tonnage

truck

week

wholesalers to 27 from 37, among

55,

in

Ahead of 1960 Week

construction contractors to 46 from

to

week

general

cost-of-living index. Its

a

I

49 in

and

ago

year

corresponding

to

1960.

of

one

Ended

but

this

of

255

week

among

to

earlier

the

similar

toll

down

turned
week

above

the

dipped

a

current

53

in

meats

and

Hot Spell

type traffic
week
compared

Intercity Truck Tonnage in Week

casualties with losses under

among

the

in

Failures

Index

the sum total of the
pound of 31 raw food¬

furniture,

1959 week.

com¬

parable

eral

A

highway trailers or highway con¬
tainers (piggyback) in the week
ended June 10, 1961 (which were
in

Price

or

more

Nomi¬

its

$49.50 per share for 450,037 addi¬

wholesale level.

loadings hit

12,609

were

its

of

right

the

stock

is

Co.

Gas

of

holders

fering

as

nating

Illinois

Northern

York

Bank New

chief function is to show the gen¬

corresponding

the

1959, when

loaded with

reported

week,

de¬

a

in

Inc.

Bradstreet,

Food

per

stuffs

high point for that year.

1,370

Commercial and industrial fail¬

week

of

decrease

a

price

It is not

of 47,350 cars or 7.3% below

included

Decline

preceding

coffee.

and

sugar

&

Dun

represents

-

16.9%

The

of

the

above

bellies,

barley,

announced.

increase of 8,849 cars

corresponding

and

General

output,

Motors accounted for

and

the

the

this

Railroads
an

milk, cottonseed, oil, steers,
hogs. On the down side were

Wholesale

Association

the

cars,

was

crease

has scheduled

date

in wholesale price this
week were flour, rye, oats, hams,
and

freight in
17, totaled

revenue

ended1 June

American

week, Ford

June

of

week

closing its St. Louis
plant, also to be idle the first
week of July. But General Motors,
Chrysler
Corp.
and
American

final

the

on

lard,

Preceding Week

The

For

corresponding

the

and

253,029

week.

year.

June

that occurred both a week earlier

231,443

Above

Co.,

America.

On

ago.

year

225,145

Loading

would

a

.—239.366

1.5%

Trust

consultant

Grainger,

Chairman

Index, com¬

27 it
0.3% to $5.90 from the $5.88

and

—289,124

Up

B.

Chemical

the

to

Company

piled by Dun- & Bradstreet, Inc.,
edged up fractionally in the latest
week from both the prior week

249,942

Week

Isaac

Life Insurance

Higher

main¬

similar sched¬

a

.

Orders

Week

Offering

To Stockholders

Chamber of Com¬

has announced the election

merce

of

declines, the

Wholesale Food Price

229,336

.—240,668

Latest

in

Fractionally

Up

Index

Thursday, June 29, 1961

N. Y. Cham. Com. Rights

Chairman

Price

Food

Wholesale

rose

Production

corresponding date

ago.

year

indicated:

weeks

not affected.

was

a

the

on

and

earlier

week

a

After two weeks of

Freight Car Loadings for June 17

days. Chevrolet

271.10

249,942,000 board feet.

for

six

268.31

to

Shipments

Corvette

higher

lard,

dex,

period, however, working Lo¬
rain, Ohio and Metuchen, N. J.

the

prices on grains,
butter, livestock and
rubber,
the
general
wholesale
commodity price level rose ap¬
preciably this week. The- Daily
Wholesale Commodity Price
In¬
With

flour,

.

Northern 111. Gas

Grainger Heads
The New York

States in the week ended June 17,

closed all week. Ford did schedule
the only Saturday

5.5%

Were

Volume

Prior Week

from

Advances

compiled by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., stood at 269.96 (193032 = 100)
on
June 26, compared

assembly line

Monday

contributed

Lumber

Wholesale Commodity Price Index

.

.

Benj. White Branch

curity analyst for a well known in¬
vestment counsel firm during the

CRANSTON, R. I.—Benjamin

past six years.

office at 1039A Reservoir Avenue.

White &

Co. has opened a branch

marily
stock

for

consists

of

500

class

200,000 class B shares,
131,000 and 139,000 are
standing.

.

•

pri¬

Authorized

children.

...

A

and

of which
now

out¬

~

.

Volume

193

Number

6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2863)

Indications of Current

IRON

Indicated

steel

Equivalent
Steel

Crude
42

and

castings

capacity)

Week

Week

Ago

Year

Ago

July

1

68.0

68.0

71.0

54.8

July

1

1,978,000

1,985,000

2,077,000

1,560,000

(bbls.

average

ol

(bbls.)

7,105,260

7,061,160

7,053,710

6,801,660

8,224,000

8,172,000

7,893,000

8,034,000

June 16

30,714,000

29,586,000

28,783,000

29,482,000

June 16

2,315,000

2,360,000

1,693,000

2,659,000

_Junc 16

12,745,000

12,434,000

11,695,000

12,531,000

Residual fuel oil output
(bbls.)__.
;
June 16
Stocks at refineries, bulk terminals, in transit, in pipe lines—
Finished and unfinished gasoline (bbls.) at__.
June 16
Kerosene
(bbls.)
at
—June 16
Distillate fuel oil (bbls.)? at
Juno 16

5,824,00

5,893,000

6,283,000

6,077,000

average

;

.

(bbls.)

Kerosene

output

(bbls.)

Distillate

fuel

output

oil

(bbls.)

i

—

..

fuel

oil

(bbls.)

at

AMERICAN

208,825,000

29,211,000

28,594,000

102,666,000

99,712,000

45,175,000

45,149,000

Jure 17

602,153

593,304

.568,457

649,503

cars)—June 17

494,064

487,260

495,353

533,886

freight, loaded

Revenue

freight received from connections

(number

of

cars)—

i__

of

(no.

tf.

Total

construction-—

Public

construction

State

and

Bituminous

$469,600,000

,_

June 22

228,800,000

184,400,000

June 22

240,800,000

219,000,000

June 22

177,600,000

156,600,000

___.

—„"

S. BUREAU

coal

Pennsylvania

and

DEPARTMENT

STORE

(tons)

(tons).

SALES

INDEX—FEDERAL

AVEKAGE=100____—
0:
INSTITUTE:

ELECTRIC

Electric

(in 000

output

FAILURES

AND

$403,400,000
v

AGE

COMPOSITE

Finished

steel

Pig iron
Scrap

(per

(per

METAL PRICES

(E.

lb.)

&

39,879,000

$400,000,000..

$485,100,000

228,100,000

223,800.000

171,900,000
,123,600,000

261,300,000

,"

INDUSTRIAL)—DUN

48,300,000.,

8,875,000

June 17
June 17

Not Avail.

June 17

158

•

8,470,000

;

7,815,000

.353,000

,

342,000,:

Domestic

Export

.*

146

151

June 24

14,870,000

15,345,000

June 22

307

351

Lead

Louis)

(St.

tZinc
Zinc

(East

St.

:

;

at_:

U.

S.

BOND

:

U.

S.

14,390,000 j

368

14,604,000

Average

6.196c

6.196c

6.196c

6.196c

99.5%)

at

at
DAILY

$66.44

$66.41

Construction

$36.50

$31.00

Commercial

20.600c

30.600c

30.650c

32.600c

Manufacturing

28.125c

28.825c

30.025c

30.725c

Wholesale

11.000c

11.000c

11.000c

12.000c

Juno 21

26.000c

26.000c

26.000c

26.000c

June 21

117.000c

112.375c

110.625c

101.500c

June 27

87.23

87.13

88.58

86.17

June 27

86.78

87.05

87.59

85.07

90.91

—xi.Ai._-iuj.«:aiJvpe-27 .noI Ofi$8.95

j

DAILY

June 27

92.06

89.51

89.92

87.59

86.11

86.78

84.81

81.78

82.15

78.90

.June 27

.June 27

1

Group

Group
INDEX

.

of

.Transactions of

specialists
purchases
;J
sales

Other

sales

Total
;

FOR

./

in

ACCOUNT

;i
1

3.94

4.65

4.63

4.59

4.35

4.33

4.27

4,45

4.49

4.46

4.42

4.59

4.65

4.80

5.01

5.28

'

4.84

4.77

4.78

4.94

4.54

4.52

4.50

4.75

4.54

4.50

4.64

369.2

368.5

367.9

Short

sales—
sales

Total"

351,827

303,563

278,086

325.848

332,425

324,167

317,358

92

94

93

93

June 17

444,833

469,154

436,539

'443,523

.June 23

113.56

*113.59

113.48

110.17

which

June 17

,

the

off

:1

2

1,930,660

3,063,550

3,632,070

2,440,679

..June

2

340,590

508,960

654,800

512,130

June

2

1,476,490

2,419,810

3,008,530

1,875,310

—__June

2

1,817,080

2,928,770

3,663,330

2,387,440

..June

2

237,760

419,200

484,250

423,850

sales—_

Other

sales

.June

2

14,300

26,700

47,800

73,600

June

2

,

on

213,020

391,230

334,110

June

2

227,320

433,730

439,030

407,710

528,911

984,324

2,061,823

787,240

__

the

407,030

,

i

floor—

■v

.—June

...

J.

2

-

37,720

153,550

129,710

transactions for account of members—
Total purchases..:
:
;
r.i
Short sales_.
;;
Other

Total

sales—

2

489,526

856,629

907,180

543,674

2

527,246

.1,010,179

1,036,890

628,374

sales

1

LOT

Odd-lot

sales

Dollar

AND

SPECIALISTS

dealers

ON

EXCHANGE

(customers'

Y.

N.

Customers'

short

sales

Customers'

other

sales___

...

value

TOTAL

r

sales

Other

5,178,143

3,651,760

689,210

832,310

670,430

4,306,940

2,753,094

June

2

2,571,646

3,683,469
4,372,679

5,139,250

3,423,524

sales.

ROUND-LOT

Total

ACCOUNT

dealers—Number of sh;

STOCK

round-lot

Short

sales

Other

sales

Total

OF

SALES

ON

MEMBERS

-June

2

1,258,957

1,956,314

2,348,457

1,752,716

June

2

$75,039,166

$113,362,998

$125,469,076

$87,892,034

..June

2

1,346,285

2,056,216

2,431,993

1,652,876

..June

2

4,373

6,021

9,986

8,038

-.June

2

1,341,912

2,050,195

2,422,007

1,644,838

-June

2

$70,931,639

$108,871,826

$118,523,110

$79,959,726

_june

2

396,650

665,400

746,590

459,670

-June

2

THE

N.

Y.

-June

2

396,650

665,400

746,590

459,670

..June

2

332,070

553,150

641,330

534,960

—

Meats
All

u

♦Revised
•old

on

foods
I

figure.

delivered




other

than

farm

and

foods—:

tNumber of orders not reported

basis

at

centers

A.

tons)

OF

NEW

674

266

220

131

135

121

1,610

1,370

$23,215,000

$26,579,000

$18,483,000

10,117,000

15,231,000

11,420,000

32,562,000

51,185,000

18,563,000

13,127,000

20,283,000

13,661,000

7,093,000

13,344,000

7,065,000

$86,114,000

$126,622,000

$69,192,000

34,635,000

28,660,000

36,254,000

1,394,000

1,197,000

1,262,000

1

•'..■4

X"X-v

YORK—

omitted)

$1,468,000

Month

of

'

)

.'XH'.V.v

wi

'i-w
" Mi

$1,522,000

■

V

$020,000

May:

2,000
of

pounds)

2,000

117,208

♦106,345

118,129

148,961

128,440

147,050

131,317

125,905

108,266

106,982

114,247

65,328

—i—

132

125

*128

adjusted—

130

140

*132

pounds)

(tons

of

2,000

pounds)

stocks at end

period (tons

of

pounds)
STORE

SALES

RESERVE

RESERVE

BANK

(average

Sales

(average

SECOND

DISTRICT
OF

NEW

daily)

FEDERAL

YORK—1947-49

unadjusted

daily)

FED¬

of April:

Average ===100—Month
Sales

ELECTRIC

Month

of

Revenue

seasonally

INSTITUTE—

sales

of

ultimate

(000's

March

consumers—
'

omitted)

i_——

ultimate

of

FABRICATED
CAN

58,177,354

58,100,728

57,366,576

$981,032,000

$997,6«2,000

$948,842,000

58,994,828

38,782,684

57,792,575

391,703

309,400

301,867

364,996

318,657

320,108

$92.66

•$91.57

$91.37

100.25

•99.35

98.58

82.86

*82.43

81.35

39.6

*39.3

39.9

40.1

*39.9

40.4

38.9

*38.7

39,3

$2.34

$2.33

$2.29

2.50

•2.49

2.44

2.13

2.13

2.07

ffom ultimate customers—Month of

March
customers

STRUCTURAL

INSTITUTE

Contracts

closed

Shipments

March

STEEL

STEEL

OF

of

at

31

(AMERI¬

CONSTRUC¬

May:

(tonnage)—estimated

(tonnage)—estimated

ESTIMATE

AVERAGE

LABOR—Month

of

HOURS—WEEKLY

—

U.

S.

DEPT.

OF

May:
I

-

Weekly earnings—
manufacturing-———

goods

!

v

goods

Hours—

All

where

manufacturing

Durable

goods

Nondurable

manufacturing.

goods

Nondurable

of

United

438,430

776,770

953,130

748,930

June

11,881,720

19,318,720

23,057,300

14,513.250

Gold

June

12,320,150

20,095,490

24,010,430

15,262,180

Silver

(in

*118.7

118.9

119.5

85.8

*86.2

86.1

88.4

June 20

107.3

107.2

107.8

June 20

91.1

91.3

91.6

96.8

.June 20

127.7

♦127.7

127.8

•'128.3

107.7

(BUREAU

OF

MINES)—

April:
i

States—

fine

ounces)

fine

(in

ounces)——.s.-.

—

119,436

*126,652

120,655

2,926,778

*3,172,961

2,970,007

92,781

*100,385

97,534

Lead

(in

short

tons)

22,116

•24,554

23,113

Zinc

(in

short

tons)_

38,968

♦43,176

40,855

$24,170,800

$19,531,500

$21,829,500

Copper

118.7

.

production of recoverable metals in the

—June

June 20

goods

OUTPUT

Month

June 20

goods

Hourly earnings—

Mine

U. S. DEPT. OF

products

commodities

S.

ERAL

METAL

STOCK

1

commodities

Processed

786
245

fabricators—

copper

2,000

All

Commodity Group—

>.

U.

Durable

_

—

Farm

In

Refined

of

(tons
to

Nondurable

(SHARES):

;

sales

(tons

Delivered

sales—

WHOLESALE PRICES, NEW SERIES
LABOR
(1947-49=100 ):
All

Crude

Refined

Durable

EXCHANGE AND ROUND-LOT STOCK TRANSACTIONS
FOR

215
140

Copper production in U. S. A.—

All

'

...

purchases by

271
152

purchases)—t

Round-lot sales by dealers—
Number of shares—Total sales

Round-lot

4,467,074

392,610
2,179,036

STOCK

value

Short

2,697,331

2
2

COMMISSION

Odd-lot purchases by dealers (customers' sales)Number of orders—Customers'
total sales__.

Dollar

2

June
June

FOR ODD-LOT ACCOUNT OF ODD-

SECURITIES

—

by

...June

...

DEALERS

EXCHANGE

238
123

1,441

tons)

OUTSTANDING—FED¬

BANK

FACTORY EARNINGS AND

i

;

STOCK TRANSACTIONS

(net

(net

INSTITUTE—For

84,700

June

..June

.___

sales
.

•

-

lignite

(000's

TION)—Month
June »2

Total round-lot

v

BRADSTREET,

__

and

31

May

Number

—

Short

Total

&

liabilities.

PAPER

Kilowatt-hour

—June

floors-

...

I

initiated

COPPER

EDISON

registered—

-L__—

.____!

purchases

286,415,000

MEM¬

•

sales.

;Total

y

in

OF

._

transactions

632,889,000

number

;

RESERVE

of

376.9

SPECIALISTS

purchases

Other

Other

stocks

AND

—

Other transactions initiated
Total

86,950,000

651,015,000

.V

3.75

303,272

period

.

sales

92,880,000

April:

anthracite

DEPARTMENT

„

TRANSACTIONS

Short

51,451,000

73,943,000
between

'

88.81

4.57

June 17

BERS, EXCEPT ODD-LOT DEALERS
Total

252,431,000

(BUREAU OF MINES)—Month

coal

3.93

June 27

__June 17

AVERAGE=100

ROUND-LOT

13,094,000

213,905,000

liabilities

Pennsylvania

3.92

Juno 27

June 27

:

at end

Bituminous

87.86

ASSOCIATION:
!

(tons)

473,795,000

15,932,000

May:

of

(tons)

orders

of

As

<ri

OIL, PAINT AND DRUG REPORTER PRICE INDEX—
1949

COAL OUTPUT

ERAL

4.84

Unfilled

of

liabilities

86.91

June 27

Group

(tons)

Total

85.46

5.04

activity

862,746,000

20,881,000

number

service

83.03

vv:

84.30

5.04

of

864,308,000

liabilities

85.20

*

.

June 27

PAPERBOARD

1'

AVERAGES:

Bonds

COMMODITY

^

$351,759,000

liabilities

88.81

•

Baa

received

shipped

,

$396,746,000

'

and

i.

$378,948,000

liabilities

88.27

84.30v

•■"a88.127 vchsMn 4)8.54

4.70

Percentage

Retail

COMMERCIAL

4.71

Production

j

•••-:

91.19
89.37

June 27

Orders

.

June 27

.

81.78

;;

June£7<Yr,rf

___:_
;

,

A

NATIONAL

31:

■

—_

service

June 21

June 27

MOODY'S

May

number

June 21

iL-J—____June 27

Utilities

#

TREASURY

(in

MARKET

RECT

AND

OF

S.

U.

short

tons)

TRANSACTIONS

GUARANTEED

A.—Month

of

IN

DI¬

SECURITIES

May:

since introduction of Monthly Investment Plan. vtPrime Western Zinc

freight from Eaist St.

Louis exceeds one-half cent d pound.

■

Net

purchases

'

s

BANK

number

June 21

June 27

_,

!_

Public

■r
'

AVERAGES:

Bonds

corporate

Railroad

$232,844,000

'

*

number

$66.44

$37.83

Commercial

Aaa

Industrials

Retail

$66.44

$37.83

13.000c

Aa

■

$230,917,000

number

11.500c

YIELD

$268,932,000

;

stored

INC.—Month

12.000c

Group

BOND

6,885,493

296

11.500c

Government

.

2,203,000,000 2,253,624,000 1,263,464,000

11.500c

Group

MOODY'S

of

FAILURES—DUN

June 21

Group.

■

OF

147

at

Utilities

i
\

-

7,083,752

375,000

June 20

June 27"

Public

goods

Louis)

.

Industrials

on

June 20

85.98
Baa

Based

Construction

—__.

Railroad

36,106

,

x

credits

exchange

13.500c

Aa:

5,931

6,457,301

OUT¬

RESERVE

:

shipments

11.800c

:

GOVERNORS

FEDERAL

warehouse

10.800c

;

13,658

413

Exports

10.800c

PRICES

by

ACCEPTANCES

'__

12.000c

York)

transport

OF

YORK—As

Imports

10.800c

corporate

Aaa

NEW

12.000c

Government

Average

DOLLAR

June 21

(New

MOODY'S

BANKERS'

June 21

(primary pig,

tin

.

'

Aluminum

13,964

2,209
v

THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM—Month

;

Straits

freight

DEBITS—BOARD

at

(delivered)

;

tons.)

Manufacturing

June 20

;

at

2,933

QUOTATIONS):

at

at

York)

BANK

Total

refinery

refinery

(New

2,040

3,360

•

(in

Domestic

8,838,000

3,666
undelivered

April:

general

Domestic

Electrolytic copper—

Lead

of

Wholesale

•_

J.

Month

100,000,000

&

ton)

M.

and

,

161,300,000

PRICES:

gross

Ago

TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, INC.—

BUSINESS

(per gross ton)

steel

103,045,000

62,400,000,

,

BRADSTREET, INC
IRON

Year

Month

RESERVE
—

kwh.)__.

(COMMERCIAL

Previous

Month

cars

order

on

month)

carriers

Dollar

SYSTEM—1947-49
EDISON

86,867,000

43,390,000

>'•

26,883,000

OF MINES):

lignite

anthracite

204,372,000

/■
—June 22

—

L,—

municipal——:

(U.

of

Intercity

OF

63,200,000
COAL OUTPUT

213,692,000
'"27,249,000

of that date:

Latest

delivered

cars
cars

;

'

"'V
' ' ' "
construction_____--^___s-'__I__^——,—

S.

Private

freight

new

of

STANDING

ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION—ENGINEERING

NEWS-RECORD:

;

..June 16

~

for

(end

either for the

May:

freight

AMERICAN

are

are as

INSTITUTE—

RAILROADS:

Revenue

CIVIL

-

207,682,000

—

Residual

Orders

CAR

.

___—__

ASSOCIATION OF

RAILWAY
of

Backlog
June 16

_____;

stills—daily

output

AMERICAN

New

output—daily

June 16

Gasoline

°

Month

INSTITUTE:

each)
to

runs

Previous

Month

tons)

(net

condensate

and

gallons

Crude

cent

Latest

•

PETROLEUM

oil

(per

or

quotations,

INSTITUTE:

STEEL

production and other figures for the

cover

month available. Dates shown in first column
week or month ended on that date, or, in cases of

Activity

to—

ingots

AMERICAN

AND

operations

following statistical tabulations

latest week

Business
AMERICAN

The

31

*

yi\
t

32

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2864)

.

.

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

* INDICATES

Now

Securities

in

Registration

•

ADDITIONS

SINCE

PREVIOUS

ITEMS

REVISED

ISSUE
fj i

/!

*} <

r

secondary purpose of owning investments in entities en¬
gaged in the insurance business. Proceeds—The com¬
pany will use the proceeds estimated at $851,895 as a

of

tfoe large number of issues
awaiting processing by the SEC, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to predict offering dates
with a high degree of accuracy. The dates shown

NOTE—Because

accompanying detailed

general, to be considered

not, in

are

A. T„

U.

Inosr

Productions,

ture, sale and lease of electronic, electro-mechanical and
electro-optical equipment.
Proceeds — For equipment,

("Reg. A.") 100,000 shares of common
stock (par 10 cents). Price—$3. Business—TV film pro¬
ductions. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Of¬
fice—130

W.

57th

Marshall

Co., New York.

St., New York, N. Y.

June

and working capital. Office—1208
Building, Minneapolis, Minn.
Under¬
writer—Naftalin & Co., Minneapolis. Offering—Expected

developmental
Title

Underwriter-

Affiliated

Inc.

1961 filed 100,000 common shares. JPrice — $3.
design manufacture and sale8" of automa¬
tion equipment for industry. Proceeds—For new facil¬
6,

Business—The

ities, sales program, demonstration laboratory and work¬
ing capital. Office—37-05 48th Ave., Long Island City,
N. Y. Underwriter—John Joshua & Co.,
Accesso

Inc., New York.

and

of

preferred stock.

Price—$15

acoustical

fluorescent

of

sale

and

tile

Leonard &

Jan.

19,

which

1961

lighting

ness—The company

shares

offered

be

of

for

class

minum

A stock, of
sale by the

for public

periods

of

Alix

over

one

year.

supplies

for

the

Proceeds—For

missile,

research

filters

and

rocket

and

space

Advanced
Jan.

•

ized

October, 1960 to operate

fice

in

share.

programs.

Price

service and

an

was

Price
organ¬

Finance Corp.
Debens. Offered

the

at

company,

interest in each

15,

1961,

yield

to

added

to

funds

were

the

and

reduce

from

funds

company's

subsequently

outstanding
Proceeds

used

subsidiaries
A

the sale of
initially will be

proceeds

debentures

loans.

State

Loan

from

primarily
of

the

to carry on

general
used

short

-

these

to

to

term
loans

provide
with

company

their respective

businesses.
The

debentures

redeemable prior to

will

not

be

June 15>-1969.

They will have the benefit of the
annual,

sinking,




fund

Ave., Miami, Fla. Underwriter—Clay¬
Corp., Boston (managing).

The stock will be offered for subscription
on the basis
of one
nine

each

shares

and

held.

operation

Proceeds

Rainwear

Price—$10. Business—
Of

bowling centers in
For expansion and working

—

beginning

1980,

redemption

plus

in 1969

accrued

case.

and

in

Finance

Corp.,

principal executive offices
Washington, D. C., is a holding

company and, through its subsid¬
iaries, is primarily engaged in the
consumer
a

small

ing

finance business and, to

degree, in purchasing in¬
sales contracts originat¬

with

dealers

in

stock.
—

The

of

Co., New York City (managing).

household

electronic

construction,

common

April 28,

companies engaged
credit

credit

life

health
On

ance.

in

writ¬

insurance
accident

and

March

31,

stock

The
the

nue,

1304

at

N.

W.

Connecticut

The

distributor

the

the Prov¬

•

American

April

21,

dated

operating

income

Finance

filed

1961

Co., Inc. (7/10-14)
$500,000 of 6% convertible

consoli¬

of

sub¬

stock, and

be offered for

aries

are

primarily engaged

in the automobile sale fi¬

business. One additional

savings

and

insurance

loan

association

brokers.

New York City.
York

subsidiary is
and

two

a

are

Maryland

automobile

Proceeds—For the retirement

Office

of de¬

1472

Broadway,
Underwriter—Lomasney, Loving & Co.,
—

City.

See Marsan

Missiltronics Corp.
Industries, Inc., below.

American Mortgage Investment Corp.
April 29, 1960 filed $1,800,000 4% 20-yr. collateral trust
bonds arid 1,566,000 shares of class. A
non-voting com¬
mon stock.
It is proposed that these securities will be
offered for public sale in units
(2,000) known as In¬

f

vestment

Certificates, each representing $900 of bonds
Price—$1,800 per unit. Proceeds
—To be used principally to originate
mortgage loans and
carry them until market conditions are favorable for

and 783 shares of stock.

disposition.
Office — 210 Center St.. Little Rock, Ark.
Underwriter—Amico, Inc. Offering—In late July.
Orbitronics Corp.
("Reg. A") 100,000 common,shares (par one
cent). Price—$3. Proceeds—For raw material, machinery,
and working capital. Office—1730 K
St., N. W., Suite
June 1, 1961

309, Washington, D. C. Underwriter—H. P. Black & Co.,
Washington, D. C.
American

Photocopy Equipment Co. (7/17-21)
1961 filed 435,000 shares of common stock, of
50,000 shares will be offered for the account of

May 16,
which

common

the company and 385,000 for certain
selling stockholders.
Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The
manufacture
paper

and

sale

of

desk-top photocopy machines,

and supplies, and binding equipment.

Proceeds—•

YOUR PRIME SOURCE FOR

all

NEW

i

of

the

Industrial

Ave¬

is Eastern

firm

$240

million

Fund

and

BOUGHT

-

SOLD

-

QUOTED

its

for Banks, Brokers, Institutions
1

Universal Investors
Universal

$37,-

Partners
and

in

cane

has

been

33

West

at

York City, to
securities business.

J

SIEOEL
V

New

a

are

David

Investors
offices

with

Street,

engage

For the year 1960, the company
had

J;

communication

Industrial Income Fund.

insur¬

Ontario, Canada.
subsidiaries

facsimile

Washington, D. C. office of
organization
is

42nd

its

of

investment

located

located

and

(par

manufacture

and

1961,

states and

(7/3-7)

firm's Vice-President.

ment

formed

in 29

Corp.

of notification) 40,000 shares of
25
cents). Price—$3
per
share.

■1/

equipment.1 Proceeds—For equipment; sales promotion
and advertising; research and development, and work¬
ing capital. Office—160 Coit Street, Irvington, N. J. Un¬
derwriter—Shell Associates, Inc., New York, N. Y.

of Bacon, Johnson & Asso¬
ciates, Inc., it was announced by
Herbert A. Johnson, the invest¬

company operated 444 loan offices

ince of

(letter

WASHINGTON, D. C. — Colonel
Joseph Halversen has been named
Resident Manager of the District

companion mutual fund, Financial

ing

Facsimile

1961

V

Proceeds—For

equipment.

equipment, and other corporate pur¬
poses.
Office—121 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
Underwriter—Suplee, Yeatman, Mosley Co., Inc., Phila¬
delphia, Pa.
new

stock.

With Bacon, Johnson

of

its

communication

525,575 and consolidated income
$6,211,002, equal to $1.50 per

Financial

and appliances. Two
subsidiaries are life insur¬

Price

of

share of

furnishings
ance

share for each 10 shares held.

American

(7/17-21)

Corp.

filed

1961

Blair &

with

stalment

Net
the

in

new

supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
is engaged in research and development in the field

office

are

5.40%.

100%

one

for

be

nance

Inc.

100,000 class A common shares, of
to be offered by the company and 30,-

are

through the sinking
100%, and at the option

Dillon, Union Securities &
joint
managers
of
an
underwriting group which offered
on June 27, $25,000,000 State Loan
and Finance Corp. 5.40% sinking
fund
debentures,
due
June
15,
1981, at 100% and accrued inter¬
man

June

H.

debentures prior to
The debentures will be

to

from

—

the

...

of

10,632 shares of class A common
subscription by stockholders at

filed

offered

be

25,000 common stock purchase warrants to
public sale in units consisting of one $200
debenture, 30 common shares and 10 warrants. Price—
$500 per unit. Business—The company and its subsidi¬

redeemable

of

1961

to

the rate of

doors, and other alu¬
working capital, and
Office—20th Street, and Alle¬

120,000 shares of common
To be supplied by amendment,. Business

15, 1967, sufficient to retire

prices ranging from 103%

est

28,

of

at

26,

stock

II

Inc.

Laboratories,

ordinated debentures due 1971; 75,000 shares of common

and

filed

states.

70%

Johnston, Lemon & Co. and East¬
Co.

for

June

fund

May

Electronic

of

stock to be offered for public sale by the present hold¬
ers thereof. Price—To be
supplied by amendment. Busi¬
ness—The manufacture and sale of aluminum siding and

insurance home of¬

maturity.

sale

and

Alside, Inc.
May 11, 1961 filed 200,000 outstanding shares of

management company with the related

State Loan and

manufacture

plastic film raincoats and re¬
lated items for men, women and children.
Proceeds—
For
inventory, taxes, accrued sales commissions and
working capital. Office—Washington, Ga. Underwriter
—D.

company

Miami,

manufacture and sale

Offering—Expected in

Business—The

of■

Almar

April

Investment

per

The

capital. Office—30 Verbena Avenue, Floral Park, N. Y.
Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., New York City. Of¬
fering—Expected in late July.

development, equipment,
Office—2 Com¬
Y.
Underwriter — Edward

—$3.50

common

Proceeds—For

construction

power

Management Corp.
13,1961 filed 300,000 shares of common stock.

A

Allstate

several

and

St., Hicksville, N.
Hindley & Co., New York City.
mid-July.

American

•/American

The

repayment of loans and working capital.
mercial

class

N. Y. Underwriter—Alexandria
Securities, Inc., Washington, D. C.

Mamaroneck,

Investments &

New

share

Underwriter—H. B.

frequency

systems,

of

by holders of All-State Properties

Electronics

telemetry

products.-

Inc., parent.

Corp.
May 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 150,000 class A shares (par 10
cents). Price—$2. Business—Designs and manufactures
radio

Avenue,

ton Securities

Adelphi Electronics, Inc.
May 29, 1961 ("Reg. A.") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$3. Business—Distributes electronic prod¬

Advanced

shares

Bowling Centers, Inc.
May 19, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of capital stock, of
which 200,000 shares will be sold for the account of the
company and 100,000 shares for All-State Properties,

Proceeds—To repay a loan, acquire new quarters,
expansion, inventory, and working capital. Office—

building test pools; advertising, in¬
working capital. Office—102 Mamaroneck

and

—2700 N. W. 5th

•

ucts.

Proceeds—For

ventory

bentures, and capital funds.

(managing). Offering—Imminent.

Crandall

etc.

000 fc>y stockholders. Price—$9. Business—Manufacturers
of women's wear. Proceeds—For working capital. Office

Boulevard, Manhasset, N. Y. Un¬
Darlington & Grimm, New York City

Blvd., Mineola, N. Y.
Co., New York.

—

windows

storm

8, 1961
which 70,000

Office—1616 Northern

Mineola

Business

June

phia, Pa., and New Haven, Conn.; lease and equip a large
in New York City and lease additional trucks.

142

1961

gheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Underwriter—Francis I.
du Pont & Co., New York City (managing).

garage

for

Corp.
filed 200,000

other corporate purposes.

is engaged in the business of leasing

trucks

26,

aluminum

Proceeds—To repay loans; open new offices in Philadel¬

derwriter—Hill,

$5.

sale

American

Master

amendment.

and 25,000 shares, being outstanding stock, by
the present holders thereof. Price—$10 per share. Busi¬
and

—

insur-

stock, of which 50,000 shares are to be offered for public
sale by the company and 150,000 outstanding shares by
the present holders thereof.
Price—To be supplied by

company

automobiles

in

w

(letter of notification) 75,000 shares of
(par 10 cents). Price—$4 per share. Busi¬

stock
The

—

Business—The

May

systems,

metal

100,000

to

are

invest

l

of pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete
panels for swimming pools and pumps, filters, ladders,

ness

common

Air

Leasing System, Inc.

filed

75,000

to

Rd., Akron, O.
Co., Inc., New York City

&

Corp.

1961

holders. Office—29

per

Sons, Inc., New York City (managing).

A-Drive Auto

life

plans

company

W. 38th St., New York City. Under¬
writer—Goodbody & Co., New York.

tiles and other types of
acoustical ceiling systems. Proceeds—For the repayment
of loans and general corporate purposes.
Office — 3425
Bagley Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Underwriter—Ralph B.
hangers,

4,

common

27, 1961 filed 200,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬

Business—The company is engaged in the design,

manufacture

Price

Business—The

June

share

one

Amcrete

May

pany

May 29, 1961 filed 400,000 common shares.

Akron-Cleveland

Reynolds

—

For the selling stock¬

—

(managing).

• Aileen Inc.

Corp.

30, 1961 filed 40,000 shares of common stock and
40,000 shares of preferred stock (par $10) to be offered
for public sale in units consisting of one share of com¬
mon

Corp.

Office—3773

holders.

Underwriter

■—To

Investment

f ance concerns. Proceeds—For investment. Office—1730
>K St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriter—Affiliated
Underwriters, Inc., Washington, D. C.

Jan.

unit.

work

Insurance

in late August.

Systems,

Abbey Automation

Scientific

Advanced

Instruments, Inc.
IVfay 19, 1961 filed 875,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$1.15 per share. Business—The company was formed'
in March, 1961 to engage in the development, manufac¬

1961

1,

Building,

•

offering dates.

June

Rector

Little »Rock, Ark.
Underwriter—Ad-,
vanced Underwriters, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.

firm

as

for the

acquisition of interests in life insurance;
for furniture and fixtures; .for the establishment of a
sales organization and for working capital.
Office—The

expectations of the underwriter

items reflect the
but

the

and in

index

the

in

reserve

paneling for houses. Proceeds

Arnold

Lasher.

J.

Utstein

Mr.

Utstein

39

Dlgby 4*2370

Broadway, New

Jnc.
York 6, N. Y,

Teletype No. N.Y. 1-5237

Ira Haupt &
Co. and Mitchell, .Hutchins & Co,
was

formerly

with

v

\\

Volume

193

Number

6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

The company will use its share of the
proceeds for gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office—2100 West
Dempster

St.,

Evanston, 111.
Underwriter
City (managing).

Lehman

—

Brothers,

New

York

Industries, Inc.
19, 1961 filed $1,630,000

ordinated

electro-mechanical

amendment.

Sacramento, Calif. Underwriter—York
(managing).

&

Co., San Fran¬

cisco

American Univend

Corp.

May 29, 1961 filed 100,000

—

By

Business—The leasing of vending machines
of merchandise for
distribution therein.
Proceeds—For the repayment of debt,
purchase of addi¬
the

sale

tional

machines, and other corporate purposes. Office—
120 E.
56th
St., New York. Underwriter—Robert A.
Martin Associates, Inc., New York.

Amity Corp.
Jan. 17, 1961 filed 88,739 shares of common stock
(par
$1). Price—$3 per share. Business—Land development,
including the building of an air strip, a marina, and a
housing cooperative. This is the issuer's first public fi¬

nancing. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes, in¬
cluding $170,000 for construction and $12,000 for debt
reduction.
Office—Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md.
Underwriter—Karen

Securities

Corp.,

New

York

City.

Note—This statement is expected to be refiled.

Amphicar
June

15,

Business—The
Proceeds—To

manufacture
establish

of

sales

up

Madison

and

shares.

Price—$5.

amphibious automobiles.

Anodyne,
June

Inc.

20, 1961

nated

filed $625,000 of 5%

debentures,

issuance

in

156,250

conversion

on

to

warrants
fered

purchase

offered for

the basis
Price

convertible subordi¬

shares

common

of

the

125,000

debentures

reserved
and

shares

common

of

$100

be

of¬

deben¬

purchase 20 shares. The units will

subscription by

common

unit for each

one

for

5-year

to

6,25lTnnits, each consisting of $100 of

tures and warrants to

be

a

service

Avenue, New York.
Underwriter — Herbert
& Co., Inc., 115 Broadway, New York.

Edmond

100

stockholders

common

on

shares held.

unit. Proceeds — For expansion and
working capital. \>Office—1270 N. W. 165th £>t., North
Miami Beach, Fla. Underwriters—Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc.,
and

—

per

*

Globus, Inc., New York.

Antilles

Corp. (7/10-14)
May 8, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of class
common stock
(par 10 cents). Price — $3 per share.

March

1961

23,

to

be

on

the basis of

—22

offered

Valley
May 12, 1961 filed
nated sinking fund
of principal amount.
of

July

1960, filed 2,000,000 shares of common stock.
Price
$25 per share. Business — A diversified invest¬
ment company, which will become an open-end
company
—

with

the

redeemable

shares

shares

being registered.

New

York

Marquette

Minneapolis.

Ave.,

Underwriter—APA, Inc., Minneapolis.
fering—Expected in mid-August.

31, 1961 filed 300 units in the Apache Gas and
Program 1962.
Price—$15,000 per unit.
Business—
The acquisition, holding, testing, developing and oper¬
ating of gas and oil leaseholds.
Proceeds—For general

Office—523 Marquette Ave., Minne¬
its sub¬

underwriters for the Pro¬

gram.

(7/10-14)

31, 1961 filed 1,000 units in the First Apache
Realty Program. Price—$5,000 per unit. Business—The
Program plans to engage in the real estate business, with
emphasis on the acquisition;, development and operation
investment.

Office

—

523

Mar¬

quette Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
lis & Simmons, Chicago

Underwriter—Blunt El¬
(managing).

★ Applied Research Inc.
June 23, 1961 filed 120,000 common shares, of which 60,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 60,000
shares by stockholders.
facture
earth

of

devices

Price—$6. Business—The manu¬
used in connection with space and

communications, radio frequency analysis, missiles

and satellites and radar and

—For

leasehold

telemetry systems.

Proceeds

equipment and general
corporate purposes. Office—76 S. Bayles Avenue, Port
Washington, N. Y. Underwriters—Cruttenden, Podesta
& Co., Chicago and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, New York.
improvements,

Aqua-Lectric, Inc.
19, 1961 filed 1,000,000

June

$1.15.

shares.

Price—

electric hot water

heating system. Proceeds—For inventory, salaries, ad¬
vertising and promotion, and working capital. Office—
1608 First National Bank Building, Minneapolis. Under¬
writer—None.
•

Architectural

April 20,
common

1961
stock

Plastics

Corp.

(letter of notification)

103,191 shares of

(par $1) of which 26,326 shares are to be

offered by the company and 76,865 shares by the under¬
writer.
Price—$1.25 per share. Proceeds—For working

capital.

Office—1355 River Road,

Eugene, Ore.

Under¬

writer—Zilka, Smither & Co., Inc., Portland, Ore.
fering—Imminent.




Co.. and Fridley
120,000 Shares

(Smith,

&

+ Atmos-pak Inc.
27,

1961

(Smith,

Barney

July 3

&

Co.

Units

Co.)

&

100,000

100,000

Bid

D

175,000

Price—$5.
Proceeds
For the repayment of loans, inventory and
general corporate purposes. Office—88 N. Highland Ave.,
Ossining, N. Y. Underwriter — Christopher & Co., Inc.,
New York (managing).
—

(Donald

Bookshelf of

McDonald

&

—$4

share.^ Business—The manufacture and sale of
burglar warning systems. Proceeds—To estab¬

per

fire

and

subsidiaries,

buy equipment to make .component
parts of warning systems now manufactured by others,

reduce

indebtedness, add to inventory, and for working

Corp

Common

Associates

J.

Inc.)

$120,000

Common

Hinkley

&

Co.

Inc.)

Audio

8,

Vcsual

1961

Teaching Machines,

("Reg. A")

Price—$4.

tribution

of

75,000

Church

H.

Blair

&

Common

Co.)

$299,800

Eberstadt

&

Co.)

(Associates

$7,500,000

Common

Management,

Capital

Inc.)

$275,000

Corp

Common

(Oixenng to stockholders—underwritten by Bear, Stearns & Co.)
shares

First Small Business Corp. of New Jersey
(Shearson, Hammill & Co.

Heller

and

&

language

laboratories

texts. Proceeds—For repayment of debt,
equipment, research and development and
capital.
Office — 216 E. Diamond Street,

program

of

(Paine,

Webber,

Jackson

Union

&

Curtis

Securities

(Schrijver

Inland

Life

&

and

Co.)

(jLehman

G.

and

$350,000

Common

Automated

E.

Plan,

Inc.

ing for business and industry. Proceeds—For advertis¬
ing, sales promotion, repayment of loans, working capital
and the establishment of national dealerships. Office—80
Park Ave., New York. Underwriter—J. Laurence & Co.,
Inc., New York.
Automated Merchandising Capital Corp. (8/1-4)
May 24, 1961 filed 400,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—A closed-

investment

management

Office—10
&

East

14,

tures

due

1961

Canteen

Co.

of sinking fund deben¬
amendment. Business—The

Price—By

manufacture, sale and lease of vending machines. Pro¬
ceeds—For expansion and general corporate purposes.
Office—Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago. Underwriter
—Glore, Forgan & Co., New York (managing).
•

Automatic Canteen Co. of America

May

26,

1961

filed

$20,800,000

nated debentures due

scription by
of

common

debentures

June

30.

for

of

(7/17)

be

32

July 5

record

about

amendment.

Busi¬

held

shares

supplied

by

of

development, manufacture, sale and leasing of
vending machines. Proceeds—For the repayment of debt,
for

Mart,

other

a

Office—Merchandise
111. Underwriter—Glore, Forgan & Co.,
purposes.

Chicago,
City (managing).

New York
•

Automotive

Control

(7/10-14)
30, 1961 (letter of notification) 60,000 shares of
common
stock (par $1). Price—$5 per share.
Proceeds
—For advertising, new products and working capital. Of¬
fice—1007 East Second Street, Wichita, Kan.
Under¬
writer—Donald J. Hinkley & Co., Inc., Denver- Colo.
Vacuum

Inc.)

Common

$300,000

$900,000

Common

Co.

Inc.)

$550,000

Inc

Common

Towbin

Co.)

Insurance

stockholders—no

95,000

shares

Co

Common

underwriting)

$1,085,000

Loving
;

Co.)

&

*

-

Units

$1,620,000
'

'

*

■

•

•.

"•

••

(Wednesday)
(Fraser

Marine

&

Science

Resources

&

(Norton,

Units

Co.,

Electronics

Inc.)

July 6

$320,000

Manufacturing Inc

(Lecluse

&

Co.)

Inc
Fox

Co.

&

Com.

$300,000

Common

...

Inc.)

$300,000

(Thursday)

Eastern Lime
(Stroud

Corp!!

Co.

&

...

Inc.

Warren

and

-Debentures

.

W.

York

&

Co.

Inc.)

$700,000

Jewelry

140,000

shares

(P.

Common
stockholders—underwritten

to

Sherman

D.

Foods,

Renaire

Class A
Curtis)

&

Corp.

L.

&

Co.)

&

Co.,

Inc.)

$750,000

&

Co.,

Inc.)

$600,000

150,000

Common

"Brooks

Foods, Inc
(P.

(Robert

by

shares

Inc

W.

Debentures

Brooks

W.

Supermarkets

Tonka

Corp

Webber/ Jackson

(Offering

Renaire

Operating

Garrett

Co

Sons

&

and

Common
H.

G.

125,000

shares

&

155,000

Walker

&

Toys, Inc

Co.)

Common

(Bache

Walter

Co.)

shares

(Jim) Corp
(Alex.

July 7

—

Brown

&

Sons)

..Debentures

$20,000,000

(Friday)

Holiday' Sportswear, Inc
(George

Recreation

K.

Common

&

Baum

Co.)

86,000

shares

|

Enterprises, Inc
(I.

Simon

M.

...Units

&

$550,000

Co.)

(Monday)

July 10

Finance

American

Corp.

March

BBM Photocpy Manufacturing Corp.
(7/24-28)
May 26, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of common Stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—The assem-

Co., Inc
Loving

(Lomasney,

Antilles

Electronics

Units
$1,250,000

Co.)

&

Common

Corp

(Fraser

Co.)

&

$300,000

Units

Apache Realty Corp
(Blunt

Ellis

Finance

Simmons)

&

Control

Vacuum

(Donald

CMC

Hinkley

J.

Co.

&

$5,000,000

Corp...

Common

$300,000

Inc.)

Common

Group, Inc

(Auchincloss,

& Redpath)

Parker

150,000 shares

Units

Canandaigua Enterprises Corp
(S.

Fuller

D.

Co.)

&

units

8,000

Units

Capital Properties, Inc
(Hodgdon

Diamond

factory addition at Whippany, N. J.,

corporate

Inc.)

Ameritronics, Inc

convertible subordi¬

ness—The

and

Co.,

&

■

Automotive

July 1, 1981 to be offered for sub¬
stockholders on the basis of $100

each

Price—To

Co.,

America

of

filed $12,000,000

1981.

$5,859,400

Bowling & Leasing Corp

40th

St., New York City. Underwriter
Co., Inc., New York City (managing).

Automatic
June

Co.)

Co.—Common

$840,000

company

formed to provide financial assistance to concerns active
in the vending industry. Proceeds — For investment.

—Blair

Inc.)

.Common

&

Treat

•r'.

G-W.

&

Corp

Unterberg,

to

Photronics

"Gift Bookards" designed to provide simplified gift giv¬

non-diversified

Dowd

Benefit

(Paine,

Gift

F.

(Lomasney,
•

Hammill

Co

Instruments,

(Offering

Debentures

:

(Amos

Survivors'

shares

Insurance

Securities

Electronic

Servonic

375,000

Inc

(R.

Taddeo

Life

insurance

Seaboard

Co.)

Securities,

(Netherlands

Mohawk

&

Shearson,

Preferred

Dillon,

Common

Co

Becker

Brothers

Eastman

$15,000,000

11

Co.)

&

Insurance

(A.

Capital

$3,750,000.

Debentures

Gilbert Data Systems, lnc

Gordon

Underwriter—To be named.

Meyer)

General Acceptance Corp

manufacture and dis¬

machines,

?

Debentures

Builders, lnc

common

Business—The

teaching

Inc. (7/17-21)
shares (par 10

$300,000

America, Inc.-

(F.

capital.

Office—Bellemore, L. I., N. Y.
Underwriter—
Broad Street Corp., New York City (managing).

$25,000,000

Co.

(D.

(C.

Price

Co.)

Chock Full O' Nuts Corp

Audiographic Inc.
Feb. 27, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock.

shares

(Monday)

Chemical

shares.

common

units

.Common

Co.)

and

Facsimile

Lannett Co.,

filed

Frederkingi

Corp

Barney

(Life

June

&

Corp

Brod

Investors

the construction of

common

Business—The marketing of an

T.

Common

Spellman Engineering, lnc
....Common
(Pi«p, carrison, Vvulburn, Inc.) 150,000 shares
Thompsolf Ramo Wooldridge, Inc._____Debentures

City.

Securities, Inc.

Capital

$300,000

ernment

shopping centers, office buildings and industrial prop¬
For

investment

Office—50 Broad Street,

Inc.)

Interstate Department Stores, lnc

end

March

—

of

$273,125

&

Mercantile
(A.

12, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
10c). Price—$3. Business—The manufacture and sale of

Oil

Proceeds

issuance

and

Inc.)

of America

Securities

New York Trap Rock

June

(7/20)

Motti,

Underwriter—Capital Counsellors, 50
Broad Street, New York City. Note—This
company was
formerly the Irving Fund for Investment in U. S. Gov¬

Of¬

March

erties.

sale

Proceeds—For

in U. S. Government securities.

Gaithersburg, Md.

of

the

upon

Units

&

612,463

(7/24-28)

22,

eral

Apache Realty Corp.

Winston

(Howies,

Electronics

working

as

due 1976. Price—100%
Business—The production and sale

Atlantic Fund for Investment in U. S. Government

purchase

sidiary, APA, Inc., will act

(Consolidated

debentures

Inc.

David

(Shell

subordi¬

$50,000,000

MacGregor Bowling Centers, lnc

American

Industries, Inc.
$1,500,000 of convertible

(managing).

and

and

Phoenix,

Ark. Underwriter—A. GTEdwards & Sons, St.
Louis, Mo.

Pric^—$7,500 per unit. Busi¬
acquisition, holding, testing, developing and
operating of gas and oil leaseholds. Proceeds—For gen¬

company

Proceeds—To repay loans and

feed, hatching chicks and poultry. Proceeds
facilities, the improvement of marketing im¬
provements, and for working capital. Office—Dardenelle,

ness—The

The

Business—The processing of black

new

for public sale in 100 units.

—

Price

Debentures

Empire Life Insurance Co.

chicken

—For

•

Office—523

share for each share held.

new

one

Co

Reproductions, lnc
(William,

a

Processing Laboratories, Inc.
shares of Common stock
subscription by common stockholders

Arkansas

cents).

apolis, Minn. Underwriter

and

loans, purchase

working capital. Office—2 North 30th Street,
Ariz. Underwriter—None. Offering—Imminent.

June

corporate purposes.

missile

filed 2,100,500

for

(Friday)
Tractor

(Blyth & Co., Inc.)

Color

National

and white and color film.

Apache Corp.
May 29, 1961 filed $750,000 of participating units in the
Apache Canadian Gas & Oil Program 1961 to be offered

Apache Corp.

the

in

use

for

First

•

for

Proceeds—To repay

cents per share.

Underwriter—Fras-

purposes.

30

electronic, electrical and

Offering—In late July.

lish

A

corporate

devices

June

Caterpillar

•

Electronics

Address—San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
er & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
-

of

building, and -for working capital.
Office — 755 Park
Avenue, Huntington Station, L. I., N. Y. UnderwriterLomasney, Loving & Co., New York City (managing).

•

parts depot in Newark, N. J.,
organizations, and for work¬
ing capital and general corporate purposes. Office—660
set

computer fields.

Securities

Corp. of America
filed 100,000 common

1961

par.

Arizona Color Film

Price

shares.

amendment.
and

manufacture

NEW ISSUE CALENDAR

convertible subor¬

—

(8/1-4)

common

of 6%

dinated debentures due 1971, to be offered for
subscrip¬
tion by common stockholders on the basis of $500 of
debentures for each 100 shares held.
Price
At

Business—The

bowling centers. Pro¬
ceeds—For repayment of
loans, working capital and gen¬
eral corporate purposes. Office — 1721 Eastern
Ave.,

33

Arcs

May

★ American Recreation Centers, Inc.
June 26, 1961 filed
$1,250,000 of series A convertible sub¬
debentures due 1973. Price—By
Business—The operation of seven

(2865)

$600,000

Inc.)

Co.

&

Common

Crystal Salt Co
(Kidder,

Peabody

&

Co.)

300,000

shares

Common

Equity Capital Co
(Paine,

Fairfield

Webber,

Jackson

&

100,000

Curtis)

Common

(Globus,

Inc.,

and

Lieberbaum

Co.)

&

$150,000

Debentures

Faradyne Electronics Corp
(S.

Fuller

D.

Co.)

$2,000,000

—Common

Handmacher-VogeL Inc.
(Butcher

Income

&

Sherrerdi

245,000

shares

Units

Planning Corp
(Espv

Income

shares

Controls, Inc

& Wanderer,

$200,000

Inc.)

Class A

Properties, Inc

(Eisele

&

King,

Kaiser Aluminum
(First

Libaire,

&

Boston

Stout

Chemical
Corp.)

&

Co.)

$1,462,500

Common

Corp

375,000

shares

*

Of¬
Continued

on

page

34

Continued

on

page

34

(Offering

Inc.;

Co.,

■&

Bruno

J.

J.

Blauner

Seymour

V,

-

Inc

Vending,

and

Co.

&

and

Federal

Units

Construction Co.—_

Homes

Modern

Baird

W.

(Robert

Co.)

&

$2,000,000

David

underwriting)

(No

(James

&

Blauner

D.

(Milton

Inc.;

Bruno

Lenchner,

Securities

Corp.)

$2,400,000

Co.,

&

Karen

—Common

Enterprises, Inc

Thoroughbred

(Sandkuhl

Co.

&

Inc.)

(Rodman

.—Common

Swingline

(Dempsey-Tegeler

Uris

Co.)

&

Common
159,403

Co.)

(S.

Puller

D.

320,000

'(Seherck,

Richter

Co.

'

Dempsey-Tegeler

and

Lease

Bonds

$4,000,000

125,000

Dry

(Offering

to

Cable

Curtis)

&

Fuller

D.

Winslow,

& Stetson

Cohu

Mosle

(Rotan,

Loeb

(Kuhn,

R.

(Blyth

(Elair

&

Co.)

(Bids

9

First

.

Jackson

&

Curtis)

Read

Co.)

&

Read

Co.)

&

to

received)

&

Dominick)

$30,000,000

Consolidated

—Preferred

(Fialkov

Cosnat Record

Co.

Common

and Amos Treat &

Inc.

Co.)

Dornost
(Globus,

Common

Inc
de

Rensis

Co.,

&

Inc.)

Thompson

Co.;

&

and

Hampstead

Globus,

Inc.)

Investing

(Amos

Sudler

C.

&

Co.)

Inc.

Rainwear
(D.

American

H.

(Milton

Common

First

$300,000

&

Garan

Co.)

120.000

D.

(Lehman

Brothers)

Audio Visual Teaching
(Underwriter

to

435.000

be

named)

(Paine,

shares

(Michael

Inc.)

Co.

cator

division

a

Office—42

W.

15th

of

Willmor

International

Corp.

St., New York City. Underwriter—

Shields & Co., New York City (managing).

Badger Northland, Inc.
16, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares, of which 68,-

June

000

shares

shares

by

are

to be offered

by the company and 32,000

stockholders.

Price—By amendment. Busi¬
ness—The manufacture of farm equipment. Proceeds—
For a plant, purchase of land, retirement of
preferred
stock and working capital.
Address—Kaukauna, Wis.
Underwriter—Loewi & Co., Inc., Milwaukee
(managing).
Bel-Arre

April 14,

Products, Inc.

1

&

Co.,

336,625

Inc.)

Co.,

plant, and working capital.
Office — 25970 W. 8 mile
Road, Southfield, Mich.
Underwriter — International
Equities Co., Miami, Fla.
•

Bid

D

May

17,

class

a

Chemical

1961

Co.

(letter

common




stock

(7/3-7)

notification)
(par $1). Price

of

60,000
$5

shares
per

of

share.

•

Williston

&

October

Kletz

18

&

Co.,

shares

October 35

Co.)

New

(Bids

(Bids

December 7

Gulf

Kaplan

H.
.

Power

Merchandising Corp.

1961 filed 72,500 class- A common shares. Price
—By amendment. Business—The wholesale distribution
of soft goods lines and artificial flowers. Proceeds—For
8,

expansion; inventory and working capital. Office—1401
Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City, Kan. Underwriter—1
Midland Securities Co., Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
1961

Inc.

holders

present

thereof.

Price

—

To

be

supplied

by

amendment. Business—The manufacture and sale of food

equipment

(for

restaurants,

hotels,

etc.,)

and

houseware and hospital products. Proceeds—For product

expansion, working capital- and other corporate pur¬
Office—4546 West 47th St., Chicago, 111. Under¬
writers
Westheimer & Co., Cincinnati and Divine &
Fishman, Inc., Chicago and New York City. Offering—
Expected in mid-July.
poses.

—

Haven

March

30,

common

Industries, Inc.
1961 (letter of notification)

stock

(par 10 cents). Price—$4

Preferred

be
9

received)

$(8,000,000

«

.

be

to

V

y

• '

Bonds

received)

to

be

received)

$20,000,000

Bond*
$15,000,000

70,000
per

(Thursday)

Co

increase

Bonds

...

to

be

received)

$5,000,000

•

shares

of

share. Pro¬

inventory, reduce indebtedness and
Office—11933 Vose St., North Holly¬

wood, Calif. Underwriter — Pacific Coast Securities Co.
Offering—Expected in late July.
if Biue List Publishing Co., Inc.
28, 1961 filed 160,000 outstanding common shares.

June

Price—By amendment.
ceeds—For

Street,

•

Business—General printing. Pro¬

selling stockholders. Office—130 Cedar
York.
Underwriter—White, Weld & .Co.,

the

New

(managing).

Inc., New York

filed

140,000 shares of common stock, of
which 40,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company
and 100,000 outstanding shares by the
1,

$15,500,000

.

'

St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Under¬
Hinkley & Co., Inc., Denver, Colo.

Bloomfield Industries,

$5,000,000

Bonds
received)

be

to

(Bids

t

for working capital.

May

'

Preferred

:

be ✓received)

shares

247,500

$900,000

_^__._^..Bonds

$5,000,000

December 5
(Tuesday)
Virginia Electric & Power Co

$780,000

John

received)

England Power Co.—

ceeds—To

Blackman

$12,000,000

(Wednesday)

writer—Donald J.

June

to

V

.Common
and

be

to

to

(Bids

shares

60,0000

Curtis)

Inc.

Bonds

Corp

received)

be

Georgia Power Co.

$15,000,000

Beane)

&

named)

(Wednesday)

(Bids

Capital

Jackson

be

Georgia Power Co

Office—1708 W. Main

Blue

—

,*

—Ben. Ints.

Hammill & Co.)

Webber,

to

.Common
&

.Common
to

(Wednesday)

Electric

(Bids

$100,000

Inc.)

Inc

Blauner

Hammill & Co.)

shares

Mississippi Power Co

$600,000

Common

Co.)

&

Shearson,
shares

(Friday)

&

(Bids

Common

Common

Shore

C.

and

September 28 (Thursday)
Mississippi Power Co.

i

_

■' ■ 4

service

(letter of notification) 150,000 shares of
common stock.
Price—At par ($2 per share). Proceeds
—For repayment of a loan, new equipment, lease of a
1961

Gas

(Bids

—.Common
shares

$600,000

Inc.)

Stearns

&

bly and sale of accessory equipment for photocopy ma¬
chines.
Proceeds—For acquisition of the Bohn Dupli¬

"'./'J

\

200,000 shares

Schools, Inc

$300,000

33

.

Capital

Co.

September 27
Rochester

—Common

G.

"

$40,000,000

EDST)

stockholders—underwriters

to

Common

150,000

Co.

&

(Offering

shares

200,000

I

Continued from page

September 8

Capital

Hydro-Space Technology, Inc

Common

$300,000

Bonds
a.m.

1,070,000

Corp.^

Co.)

&

Harold

R.

Common
Inc.)

Western Union Telegraph Co....

Goodway Printing Co.
Common

Machines, Inc

Bonds

1

$20,000,000

(Friday)

$12,000,000

Inc.
(J.

shares

Photocopy. Equipment Co

-■«

received)

300,000

shares

Mortgage Fund

Common

Corp
Blair

11:30

Common

4

Common

Dimension

Fifth

(Monday)

July 17

■

(Tuesday)

(Bids

Developments, Ltd.—Units i
Co.)

&

Treat

(Shearson,

Almar

shares-

$50,000,000^

Co.,M50,000

&

Treat

and

be

to

(William R. Staats &

Publishing Co., Inc.—

(Bear,

Corp.

$468,750

Wej-It Expansion Products, Inc

1,000,000

•

Lytton Financial Corp

Distributing Corp

Famous Artists

$500,000

Versapak Film &iPackaging Machinery Corp.-Units
(Hill,

August 15

Devonbrook, Inc.

$300,000

(Friday)

(P.

Co.)

Consumers Power Co

Inc.—

Counsellors)

(Globus,

Electrarc,

Common
&

(Globus,

in U.' S,

Hammill & Co.)

(Amos

^

(Bruno-Lenchner,

shares

Financial, Inc

Units V

Development Corp. of America—

Inc.) $396,000

Metals, Inc

736,493

Co.)

g

1

Parker & Redpath)

(Amos

.

...Common

&

Electronic

July 14

$200,000,000

Co.)

Production

(Shearson,

shares

Inc

Electronics,

Youngwood

Second

Cal-Val Research & Development Corp

shares

82,500

Capital
&

(Monday)

August 14

Lazard

by

shares

Manufacturing Corp.——Common

(Shields

Common

(Dominick

~

Common

underwritten
127,570

&

Ctfs.

Trust

$7,200,000

received)

(Tuesday)

August 8

(Bids

Securities,

(Shields

Debentures

40,000

be

to

Corp.—Common
shares

Equip.

(Dempsey-Tegeler

$6,500,000

Corp

Co.)

Consolidated

Bramalea

Ripley Co., Inc
Taffet

&

(Capital

shares

—

be

400,000

Inc.)

Co

shares

100,000

Capital Corp..

.

(Monday)

(Auchincloss,

Co.—

Edison

Common
Inc.)

Minneapolis, Minn.) $4,500,000

Inc.

1

*

(Thursday)
(Bids

v.

r

Bonds

Brothers)

Stanley

BBM Photocopy

Preferred

Corp

\>-,

shares

100,000

Co.)

Associates,

(Dempsey-Tegeler

.

—.Debentures

Government

$6,250,000

200,000

:•

Surety Corp.—

Texas

Common

Atlantic Fund for Investment

Common

Capital Corp.—-■

(Dillon,

Brockton

shares

Co

(APA,

^L^Bonds
V

$8,000,000

&

Co.

&

August- 18

Texas Eastern Transmission

July 13

140,000

-

Apache

units

Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
(Dillon,

Oil

July 24

PST)

a.m.

Webber,

(Paine,

shares

July 20 (Thursday)
Corp.—!

Units

Electric Power Co

Southeastern

150,000

Co

Gas

stockholders

(Morgan

(Wednesday)

July 12
California

Shell

shares

54,100

..Common

(Friday)

August 4

shares

196,109

Inc.)

Products
to

Freres

&

Co., Inc

Marache

(Granbery,

125,000

Inc.)

Co.

&

Development

'

'

Corp

Martin

A.

Northern Pacific

Common

Oceanarium, Inc.
Outdoor

Certain-Teed

Common

Co. Inc. and Tucker, Anthony
L. Day)
1,000,000 shares

'

Northern States Power Co

(Offering

&

.

..Common
Stone

(Tuesday)

(Lids

Brothers)

(Lehman

-1—Common

Harvey Aluminum (Inc.)

•

Units

.

shares

125,000

Co.)

Automated Merchandising Capital

(Wednesday)

July 19

shares

168,000

Co.)

-

Corp

&

Stone

Univend

(Robert

shares

.Common

&

Stone

(Hayden,

$800,000

(Monday)

August 1
American

Capital

Capital

Co.

Natural

Northwest

$13,750,000

Co.)

&

Corp.

CompuDyne

&

(Lehman

Diljon,

and

$7,138,400

Inc.)

Corp

Southwest

Capital
i

Weeks

&

'

shares

i

shares

200,000

Northwest Natural Gas Co

Debentures
Eastman

by

Hornblower

50,000

Boyce)

&

underwriting)

(Hayden,

$2,000,000

Co.)

&

underwriting)

(No

underwritten

—

..Common

Co..—

Laboratory, Inc.

Common
Jackson

(Blyth

Co.;

&

$4,900,030

received;

Instrument Development

shares

Carriers, Inc..

shares

Corp

stockholders

Securities

Union

'I'

«

.....Equip, Trust Ctfs.
be

International

(Tuesday)

(Tuesday)

Canada

V'

$30,000,000

EDT)

.

Plan

Radiation

Independence Life Insurance Co. of America--Cap.

July 11

-Bonds

Bros.

(Hayden,

Debentures

July 18

Co.)

&

Common
$600,000

Inc.)

■

July 31

Corp.
(S.

.Common

218.000

-i

-•

shares

*£olor Presg, Inc

$600,000

French,

&

m.

a.

to

(No

$300,000

—

Webber,

:—Common

Co.)

&

Vinco

shares

Enterprises, Inc

*

World

&

Loeb

(Kuhn,

Vic Tanny

Common

Inc,)

Co.,

Security Acceptance Corp..,.———.

by Lehman

U. S. Home & Development Corp._
(Auchincloss,
Parker & Redpath)
300,000

$1,062,500

Buildings Corp

Inc.

(Paine,

.Common

Inc

Foods,

(Stein

Common

Renshaw)

&

&

Fricke

11

Controller

—Debentures

received)

155,000 shares

(Friday)

July 28
Rowan

Service Co

be

Common

•

(Armstrong & Co., Inc.) $300,000

United

to.

Ltd.)

Co.

Co

(Bids

Speed-O-Print Business Machines Corp.—Common

$340,000

Instrument

Triangle

(Bids

&

Inc.—

(Wednesday)

July 26

$1,648,500

Inc.)

Co

Northwestern Public

Pitfield

C.

shares

Co.)

Blauner

Moyer,

Electric

......Common

(Grant, Fontaine & Co.)

and

Inc.

Co.,

W.

Southern Pacific Co

Common

Marine Structures Corp.—

Class A

Treat

(Amos

& Co.

$420,000

Co.)

stockholders—underwritten
Brothers)
$7,822,000

$500,000

& Co.)

and Brukenfeld

Co.

&

Corp

&

Silver
to

(Offering

Common

Inc

Tassette,

Anthony

International

$5,000,000

Industries Inc

J—
Kletz

G.

&

Neuhaus

and Underwood,
1,250,000 shares

International Cablevision

Superstition Mountain Enterprises, Inc—Common
Suval

Co.

D.

(Bids

..Common

Inc

(Michael

shares

130,000

&

..Common

Common

-

In€.)

Co.,

House,

Harvey

—...Common
Roberts & Parke)

& Co. and Schmidt,

Peabody

(Kidder,

Ripley
&

$260,000

Inc.)

(William H.) Inc..

Rorer

(Harriman

.Common
Motti,

&

Common
$375,000

Inc.)

(Tuesday)

July 25
Union

Greenwald & Co.
$700,000

Co.; Maltz, Greenwald
Inc.) 70,000 snares

Globus,

and

Super Markets,

(Woodcock,

Maiiz,

co.;

Co.

&

(Milton

/.Debentures
&

Co.

Philadelphia Laboratories, Inc

Gulf-Southwest Capital Corp

^

Q-Line Instrument Corp
(William,

and

.—Debentures

(J. M.) Co., Inc

Packer's

Common

Globus, Inc.)

&

shares

Winston &

Jay.

btearns

(.uache
•

units

209,355

Co.)

Factors, Inc

(Thomas

(Harriman Ripley & Co.) 275,000 units

Nash

&

Inc

Winston

Jay,

150,000 shares

Inc.)

200,000

Co..)

Noel

Alstync1,

Factors,

(Tnomas

Jenks,

Hallowell, Sulzberger,

Lee & Co.,

L.

M.

Federal

Common

•-

Inc.;

Co.,

&

Blauner

D.

Kirkland

(Van

Treat

750,000

Units

Ets-Hokin & Galvan, Inc.—

Common

voear,

390,000 shares

Inc.)

Turner,

&

(Courts

$400,000

Co.)

&

&

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co

Common

Inc

Guerin

Dumas Milner Corp

Inc. and

Corp

Baruch

(R.

(Lppler,

Common

(Amos

Common
and Sellgren,

.

Magna Pipe Line Co., Ltd

MacCormack & Co.; Stone
Miller & Co.) $300,000

Evans

Co.;

&

.

(Edward H.) & Son, Inc

Forgan

$20,8u0,000

Co.)

Corp

lontaine

Youngberg

Dallas Airmotive,

snares

Inc.; Thomas, Williams & Lee
S. Wickett & Co.) $990,000

Saxe

&

Electronics

(Milton

&

Common
100,000

Co.)

&

Winston

(Rowles,

Model

Chemonics

and

(Grant,

Metropolis Bowling Centers, Inc

Micro

Co.

$600,000

Co.)

M-G, Inc.

(Russell

&

Common

Corp

Securities

(Netherlands

Glore,

stockholders—underwritten

to

Ihnen

Debentures

Co. of America
by

Automatic Canteen

Continued from page 33
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Chronicle

The Commercial and Financial

(2866)

34

Bookshelf of America,

Inc. (7/3-7)
of notification) 74,950 shares of
cents).
Price — $4 per share.
Business—The mail order sale of religious books.
Pro¬
April

17,

common

1961

(letter

stock

(par

10

moving expenses, new equipment and work¬
ing capital and general corporate purposes.
Office—889

ceeds—For

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

Underwriter—D. H. Blair

&

it Boston Fishing Boat Co.,
June

19, 1961

Inc.

("Reg. A") 700 common shares.

par

($100). Proceeds—For construction of

sel.

Office—220

None.

Northern
1

Ave.,

Boston.

a

Price—At

fishing ves¬

Underwriter—

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Number

193

6068

.

.

The Commercial and

.

Financial

Chronicle

(2867)
:

Bramaiea

Consolidated

Developments,

Ltd.

rocket

-.,•(7/24-28)
May

19,

1961

for

filed

$6,000,000 (U. S.) of 6%% sinking
fund debentures due July 1, 1973, 600,000 shares of com¬
mon stock and 240,000
12-year warrants (exercisable at
$10 per share) to be offered for public sale in units, each
consisting of $50 of debentures, five common shares and
two

warrants.

Price—$100

unit.

per

Business —The

is building a planned industrial-commercialresidential community at Chinquacousy, Ont., near To¬
company

Proceeds—To repay debt and for
working capital.

ronto.

Office—P. O. Box 129, Brampton,
Ont., Canada. Under¬
writer—Shields & Co., New York City
(managing).
Brisker

Corp.

June

2, 1961 ("Reg. A") 160,000 common shares (par 25
cents).
Price—$1.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans,
machine rental, working capital and general
corporate
purposes. Office—2833 St. Charles Ave., Suite 4, New
Orleans, La.
Underwriter — Copley & Co., Colorado
Springs, Cole. - \4
Broadcast
June

International, Inc.

1961

2,

(letter

of

(par

five

siuck

common

Business—Producers

of

notification) 60,000
cents).
Price—$5

radio

and

shares ,of
per

television

snare.

programs.

Proceeds—For general corporate purposes. Office—3
57th St., New York City. Underwriter—Harry Odzer

W.

Co.,

New York, N, Y.
Brockton

June 6,

Co.

(7/13)

(par $100).
outstanding 6.40% preferred
stock, prepay a bank loan, and for construction. Office
•—36 Main St., Brockton, Mass.
Underwriters—By com¬
petitive bidding. Probable bidders: Kidder, Peabody &
Co.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Stone & Webster Securities
Corp. Bids—To be received at 49 Federal St. (8th floor)
Boston, Mass., up to 11 a.m. (EDST) July 13, 1961. In¬
formation Meeting — Above address July 11, 11 a.m.

i

To

—

Brown

retire

(W. A.)

all

Manufacturing Co.

June

12, 1961 filed 170,680 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Business — The manufacture of
photo-mechanical equipment.

Proceeds

—
For selling
Chicago. Under¬
Co., Inc., Milwaukee and Blunt Ellis
& Simmons, Chicago.

stockholders.

Office—Prudential Plaza,

writers—Loewi

1

&

BuilfwelE Homes, Inc.
May 25, 1961 filed $1,000,000 of convertible subordinated

debentures

due

1981

and

300,000 shares of common
stock, to be offered for sale in 100,000 units, each con¬
sisting of $10 of debentures and three common shares.
Price—To

be

supplied by amendment.
Business—The
financing and sale of shell homes. Proceeds
—For the repayment of debt, the opening of additional
sales offices and the financing of home sales.
Office—
construction

Adrian, Ga. Underwriter—The Robinson-Humphrey Co.,
Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (managing).
Business

Funds, Inc.
2, 1961 filed 1,300,000 shares of capital stock.

June

Proceeds
For' investment.
Office —201
Main
St.,
Houston, Texas. Underwriters—Clark, Dodge & Co., Inc.,
New York; Alex. Brown & Sons, Baltimore, and
Rotan,
—

Mosle & Co., Houston.

/

.

it Byer-Rolnick

Hat Corp.
27, 1961 filed 100,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
Office—601

Marion

Dr., Garland, Tex.' Under¬
writers
Dallas Rupe & Son, Inc., Dallas, Tex., and
Straus,- Blosser & McDowell, Chicago.
—

1

•

CMC

April

Finance

28,

1961

Group, Inc. (7/10-14)
filed 150,000 shares of class

stock.

Price—To

—The

company,

in

the

South

capital.

A

common

be

supplied by amendment. Business
through its 20 subsidiaries, is engaged
finance

consumer

Carolina

and

business

Georgia.

in

North

Proceeds

—

Carolina,

For

working

Office—1009 Wachovia Building, Charlotte, N.C.

Underwriter—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Washing¬
ton, D. C..
Cab'e

Carriers,

(7/18)

Inc,

March 23, 1981 filed 196,109 shares of capital stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The com¬

Canada

Dry Corp.

ness

tal.

be

commercial

and

patents.

Office—Kirk

writer—To

based

use

on

Proceeds—For working capi¬

Boulevard,

Greenville, S.

C.

Under¬

named.

Calandra Photo,

designing

chase

15

class

A

shares

purposes..

pur¬

Feb.
2.

majority stock interest in Finger Lakes Racing Associa¬
tion, Inc., which is erecting a thoroughbred race track at
recreational

construct

and

hotels,

activities

and

•

may

restaurants

shares.

Price—$1,000

ings

be

to

unit.

per

June

Proceeds—For

Co.,

time

1,

1961

filed

Proceeds

—

$8,000,000
For

the

of

first

mtge.

repayment

of

bonds

due

bank loans.

common

shares

Office—2885 Foothill Blvd., San Bernardino, Calif.

Un¬

bidding.
Probable bidders:
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Kidder, Peabody & Co.; First
Boston Corp.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Bids—July 12 (9 a.m. PST) at the office of O'Mel& Myers, Room 900, 433 South Spring St., Los An¬

Caterpillar Tractor Co.

(6/30)

geles.

Center

Laboratories,

20,

filed

1961

debentures

Central

convertible

Coastal

subordi¬

ceeds—For investment.

ing, Denver.
&

shares.

common

investment

26, 1961

•

each

unit.

stockholders
held

on

the basis of

rights to expire about Aug. 3.

one new

about July

for

Cal-Va1

Research

&

Development

Corp.

(7/24-28)

16,

1961

amendment.

filed 200,000 common shares. Price—By
Business—Engineering research and de¬

velopment in ground support equipment in the missile,


«


military

and

Broadway,
Street

for

use.

special

purpose

products

Proceeds—For the repayment of
capital.
Office —15126 South
Calif.. Underwriter — First Broad

working

Gardena,

Corp., New York City (managing).

it Charter Industries, Inc.
June

22,

1961

Business—The

filed

100,000 common shares.
Price—$4.
of molded plastic prbducts.

manufacture

Research

Group

phonograph records. Proceeds—For gen¬
Office—3600 Market Street, Salt
Lake City, Utah. Underwriter—None.
Components Specialties, Inc.
April 20, 1961 (letter of notification) 60,000 shares of
common
stock (par 10 cents).
Price—$3.50 per share.
Business—The importation and sale of electronic sub-

share.

manufactures

stock. Price—$287:50 per

makes

eral corporate purposes.

the business of

also

common

company

and educational

(managing).

missile and space programs of the U. S. Government. The

Corp., Manchester, N. H.

20, 1961 filed 5,000,000 preferred shares (par one
cent). Price—$1. Business—The production of religious

materials,
Proceeds—For working cap¬
Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Pa. Un¬

common stock. Price
Business—The company is engaged in
engineering, research, development, man¬
ufacturing and installation of custom communication sys¬
tems and electronic, electro-mechanical and mechanical
systems and devices for ground support facilities for

$100

June

Business—The manufacture of building

derwriter—Lazard Freres & Co., New York

Business—The

Columbia

19,

Price—By amend¬

principally asphalt roofing.
Office—120 E.

of

color photographs
reproductions for churches, institutions, seminaries
and schools. Proceeds—For equipment; sales promotion;
repayment of loans: construction of buildings and im¬
provements of facilities. Office—202 E. 44th St.. New
York, N. Y. Underwriter—William, David & Motti, Inc.,
New York, N. Y.

(7/19-8/3)

of record

denominations

and

127,632 common shares to be offered
shares

in

Color

tures and 50 shares of

Pro¬

Office—611 Central Bank Build¬

Inc., and Peters, Writer & Christensen,

15

offered

Reproductions, Inc. (6/39)
May 10, 1961 (letter of notification) 950 units of $95,000
of 6% subordinated debentures, due June 30, 1971, and
47,500 shares of common stock (par one cent) to be
offered in units, each unit consisting of $100 of deben¬

1

fijled

be

Eastern Investment

Underwriters—Boettcher & Co.; Bosworth,

Co.i

to

$1,000. Price—At par. Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—36 Lowell St., Manchester, N. H. Underwriter—

Price—$3.75.

company.

notes

to

Investment Corp. of Denver
business

Acceptance Corp.
6, 1961 ("Reg. A") $125,000 of 10-year registered

series

due

such

small

Proceeds

plant additions, repayment of debt, and working
capital. Office—1450 Ferry Avenue, Camden, N. J. Un¬
derwriters—Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc., and Globus, Inc.,
both of New York City.
'

June

of

use.

—For

Inc.

$200,000

19^1961 filed 600,000

loans

"

latex, resins and plastic

compounds for industrial and commercial

1976 and 80,000 common shares
debentures, and
70,000
outstanding
common shares to be sold
by stockholders. Price—(De¬
bentures) At par. (Common) $2 per share. Proceeds—•
For construction of a new building. Office—Port Wash¬
ington, N. Y. Underwriters—Brand, Grumet & Seigel,
Inc., and Kesselman & Co., Inc., New York.

underlying

sold

!

sales

sale of industrial chemicals and

9, 1961 filed $50,000,000 of sinking fund debentures
due June 15, 1986. Business—The manufacture of
heavyduty farm and construction equipment. Proceeds—To
repay bank loans. Office — 600 West Washington St.,
East Peoria, 111. Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., New
York (managing).
'

company

.

Clarkson Laboratories, Inc.
April 27, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$2 per share. Business—The company plans to
engage in the development, manufacture, packaging and

June

per

(managing).

ment

St., Leominster, Mass. Underwriter—Clayton Se¬
curities Corp., Boston, Mass.

—$6

York

of products manufactured by Clark Equip¬
Co., parent. Proceeds—For the repayment of debt.
Office—324 East Dewey Ave., Buchanan, Mich. Under¬
writers—Lehman Brothers and Blyth & Co.,
Inc., New
York City (managing). Offering —
Temporarily post¬
poned.

Office

Engineering Corp.
Jan. 30, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of

(7/12)

New

common

Proceeds—For

Equipment Credit Corp.
April 21, 1961 filed $20,000,000 of debentures, series A,
due 1981. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Busi¬
ness—The financing in the U. S
and Canada of retail

(par $1). Price—$5. Proceeds—For repayment of loans,
equipment, inventory, and working capital. Office—125

ital.

15, 1961 filed 112,278

shares.
Price — By
repayment of loans, pur¬
chase of tank cars, and expansion.
Office—955 E. 25th
Street, Hialeah, Fla. Underwriter—Kidder, Peabody &

'ft

investment.

it Carringto^( George S.) Co.
1961 ("Reg. A") 60,000 class A

ment.

stock

Clark

June 14,

with

Syndicate, Inc.
(letter of notification)

1961

amendment.

erected

company.*

for

type.

City Gas Co. of Florida

Business—The

Hillcrest

Sullivan

management

loans; purchase of equipment; produc¬
pictures, and working capital. Office
—619 W. 54th St., New York, N. Y. Underwriter—Fontana Securities, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Avenue, Dallas, Texas. Underwriter—
Rotan, Mosle & Co., Houston, Texas (managing).

nated

the

Office—501

tion of four motion,

•
Capital Southwest Corp. (7/11)
May 8, 1961 filed 1,250,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$11 per share. Business—A small business in¬

June

of

company

investment.

the repayment of

and lease back three build¬

ft «3> A

•

Wolf, Inc., New York.

100,000 shares of
(par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—The production of motion pictures. Proceeds—For

C.

vestment

2,

common

tion of the above properties. Office—36 Pearl
sY., Hart¬
ford, Conn. Underwriter—Hodgdon & Co., Inc., Washing¬

D.

investment

Cinema

by Tower's Marts, Inc., for use as
retail discount department stores.. Proceeds—-F°r
acquisi¬

ton,

Corp.

(7/3-7)
6, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of common stock, series
per share. Business—A closed-end diver¬

May

(7/10-14)
1961 filed $600,000 of 9V2% debentures due
1977 and 12,000 shares of common stock to be offered
for public sale in units of $1,000 of debentures and 20
common

Industries

Bailey Avenue,
Worth, Texas. Distributor—Associates Management,
Inc., Fort Worth, Texas.

21,

company plans to purchase

Lex¬

Underwriter—F.

Fort

Capital Properties Inc.

April

Office—425

Y.

Builders, Inc.

Proceeds—For

adjacent to the
race track.
Proceeds—For construction, working capital
and general corporate purposes.
Office—26 Broadway,
New York City. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller &
Co., New
York City
(managing).
or

N.

Price—$5.50

sified

The company plans to engage

entertainment

motels

17,

products.
Proceeds — For general corporate
Office —17 Jeffrey Lane, Hicksville, N. Y.

Church

$5 per share. Price—To be
supplied by amendment. Business—The company owns a

in

expansion.

York

Co., New York City (managing).
Photo

Underwriter—Lewis

at

Canandaigua, New York.

New

15, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 shares of class A stock
(par five cents). Price—$6. Business—Developing and

Chalco

derwriters— Competitive

June

Chrislin

1976, 240,000 shares of class A stock, and warrants
purchase 120,000 shares of class A stock to be offered
for public sale in
units, each consisting of $500 of de¬

share

•

Eberstadt &

due

bentures, 30 class A shares, and 6-year warrants to

Proceeds—For

Avenue,

June

the

in

City area, and the packaging and retail sale

coffee.

ington

Cananci'aigua Enterprises Corp. (7/10-14)
May 2, 1961 filed $4,000,000 of sinking fund debentures

for subscription by

veny

of

•

000 to be sold by

Inc.

Chock Full O* Nuts Corp.
(7/3-7)
April 7, 1961 filed $7,500,000 of subordinated debentures,
due May 1, 1961. Price—To be supplied by amendment.

Dillon, Union Secu¬
rities & Co., Hornblower & Weeks and
Winslow, Cohu
& Stetson,
Inc., New York.

ers.

California Electric Power Co.

(7/17)

dena, Calif. Underwriters—Grant, Fontaine & Co., Oak¬
land, Calif, (managing); Evans MacCormack & Co., Los
Angeles, Calif.; Stone & Youngberg, San Francisco and
Sellgren, Miller & Co., Oakland, Calif.

(7/11-27)

-^Certain-Teed Products Corp.

aging).

Corp.

1960 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
stock (par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—Manufacturers of printed circuits for the missile
industries. Proceeds — For general
corporate purposes
and working capital. Office—990 S. Fairoaks
Ave., Pasa¬
14,

New York

is

1991.

Chemonics
Nov.

common

Business—The operation of a chain of restaurants

June

photographic film, wholesale distribution of photographic
equipment, and operation of retail camera stores. Pro¬
ceeds—For exampansion, equipment, and working capi¬
tal.
Office—116 North 42nd Street, Omaha, Neb.
Un¬
derwriter—Cruttenden, Podesta & Co., Chicago (man¬

production and plant expan¬
Ave., New Brunswick, N. J.
Securities Corp., New York

(managing).

beverages, extracts and syrups in the U. S.
Canada. Proceeds—To prepay short term
loans, for
expansion and working capital. Office—100 Park
Ave.,
New York. Underwriters—Eastman

May 29, 1961 filed 170,000 class A shares, including 50,the company and 120,000 by stockhold¬
Price—By amendment. Business—The processing of

up

Codwise
Standard

and

Inc., Denver.

Inc.

—

and alcoholic

^

June

Underwriter

The manufacture and distribution of carbonated

—

starting

Office—388

sion.

$100 of
debentures for each 33 shares held of record about
July
11, with rights to expire July 27. Price—At par. Busi¬

Business—A

development of special material handling
industrial

company-owned

Proceeds—For

Ventura

June 8, 1961 filed $7,138,400 of convertible
subordinated
debentures due July 1, 1981 to be offered for
subscrip¬
tion by common scocKholders on the
basis of

June

for

loans and

Electronics, Inc.
May 29, 1961 ("Reg. A.") 100,000 common shares (par
10 cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For
repayment of debt
and working capital.
Office—18601 S. Santa Fe Ave.,
Comptdn, Calif. Underwriters—J. K. Norton St Co. and
Stern, Zeiff & Co., Inc., New York.

pany' which began operations' in 1954, is engaged in the
systems

repay

Office—19s07

Calvideo

research

and

Proceeds—To

purposes.

Water

June

holders.

corporate

Boulevard, Woodland Hills, Calif. Underwriter—Auchin¬
closs, Parker & Redpath, Washington, D. C.

—6517

Price
Business—A small business investment company.

—$11.

fields.

space

to

Edison

1961 filed 40,000 shares of preferred

Proceeds

and

general

35

miniature

components.

Proceeds

—

For

repayment

of

debt; advertising, inventory and working capital. Office
—3 Foxhurst Road, Baldwin, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—
i

Fund
•

Planning, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Comptometer Corp.

1961 filed 160,401 shares of common stock to
for subscription by holders of outstanding
common
stock; 6Vz% subordinated convertible sinking
fund debentures, series A, due 1970; and option agree¬
ments for the purchase of common shares.
Warrants
will be issued on the basis off one right for each common
March 31,
be offered

■\

.

Continued

on

page

36

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(2368).

Continued from
share held

on

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

35

page

the record

date,

right for each share
issuable upon conversion of a series A debenture, as if
such debenture had been converted, and one right for
each share issuable under the option agreements.
The
warrants will provide that one new share will be issuable
for each eight rights tendered. Price—To be
supplied by
ganized

on

one

Business—The

amendment.

company's activities are or¬
divisional basis—Business Machines, Com¬

a

1 IGA Way,
Salem, Mass. Underwriter—Mann
Salem, Mass.

munications and

Electronics, Business Forms, Burke Golf
and Worthington Golf Ball Divisions. Proceeds—For the

"

Crown Aluminum Industries

Jarvis

Ave., Chicago, 111.

Underwriters

To

—

be

named.

—

Proceeds—For plant
expansion, new equipment and the

CompuDyne Corp. (7/11)
May 12, 1961 filed 168,000 shares of common stock, of
which 120,000 are to be offered for public sale
by the
company and 48,000 outstanding shares by the present
holders

thereof. Price—To be supplied
by amendment.
Business—The furnishing of instruments and
systems for
missile sites, and the design,

development, assembly and

manufacture of electronic and other devices used in the
automatic control of aeronautical and missile test facil¬
ities. Proceeds—For inventory

expansion, research and
development, the redemption of outstanding 6% deben¬
tures due Dec. 1, 1961, and
working capital. Office—404
South Warminster Rd., Hatboro, Pa.
Underwriter—Hayden, Stone & Co., New York City (managing).
Computer Equipment Corp.
April 5, 1961
(letter of notification)
common

stock

(no

by stockholders

par)

one

for

shares

of

subscription

share for each

new

April 20. Rights expire June 14.

Price—$2.10

Custom

May

per share. Proceeds—For research and pro¬
duction, and general corporate purposes. Office—11612
Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Underwriter—
Holton, Henderson & Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

Conolite, Inc.
1, 1961 filed

170,000

construction,

for

class

A

shares.

Price — $5.
laminate used in
aircraft industries "and

"Conolite,"

furniture

and

a

electrical insulation.

Proceeds—For the purchase of
the "Conolite" business of Continental Can
Co.,

Inc.; the

repayment of debt; moving expenses, and working capi¬
tal. Office—Suite 414, 52
Broadway, New York. Under¬
writer—Amos Treat & Co., Inc., New York.
Consolidated

Bowling Corp.
March 29, 1961 filed 738,000 shares of common stock and
$900,000 of 6% convertible subordinated debentures, due
in July, 1981.
Prices—For the stock: $3.50 per share;
for

the debentures:

Homes, Inc.
(letter of notification)

1961

stock

(par

10

120,000
Price—$2.50

cents).

shares

of

share.

per

Saratoga
St., Baltimore, Md. Underwriter—T. J. McDonald &
Co.,
Washington, D. C.
•

Dallas

A&rmotive, Inc. (7/17-21)
filed 390,000 shares of common stock, of

May 26,
which

by

1961

350,000

the

shares

company

holders

present

amendment.

be

to

are

and

40,000

thereof.

offered

for

public sale

outstanding shares

Price

To

—

by the
supplied by

be

military customers.

Proceeds

—

Underwriter—Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc., Dallas.
Components, Inc.
6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000 common shares (par
cents). Price—$2. Business—The marking and fabri¬
cation for metal parts. Proceeds—For
moving expenses,
plant equipment, sales promotion and working capital.
June
10

Office

100% of principal amount.

Business

—Operates bowling centers and owns real estate.' Pro¬
ceeds
For
expansion.
Office — 880
Military
Road,
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Underwriter—None.

2212

—

Data

April

McDonald Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Processing,

12,

par

1961

Under¬

Co., Inc., New York.
of

stock.

notification)

Price—$4

75,000 shares of
share.
Business—

per

The research, design and
development of advanced digi¬
tal computer programs. Proceeds—To

purchase

Mass.
Wall

equipment.

Underwriter

St.,

Office—1334
First

—

New York

Main

Weber

St.,

lease

or

Waltham,
Corp., 79

Securities

City.

26,

1961

consultant

60,000

shares

of

stock.

common

Business—The company acts as

advisor

or

in

matters

pertaining

to

data

•

Production Corp.,

buys and manages fractional interests

in

producing oil and gas properties. Proceeds—For in¬
vestment, and working capital. Office—14 North Robin¬
son,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Underwriter
Shearson,
—

Hammill & Co., New York City
company

formerly

23,

Note—This

named Cador Production Corp.

was

^ Consumers Power Co.
June

(managing).

(8/15)

filed $40,000,000 of first mortgage bonds
1, 1991. Office—212 West Michigan Ave., Jack¬
Mich.
Underwriters—(Competitive) Probable bid-

son,

bers:

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; White, Weld & Co. and
& Co.
(jointly); Harriman Ripley & Co., and
First Boston Corp.
(jointly); Morgan Stanley & Co. Bids

Shields

—Aug. 15, 1961 at 11:30

(EDST)

a.m.

at

300 Park

New York. Information

(EDST)
New

at

York.

• Continental
June
one

19,

Ave.,

Meeting—Aug. 10, 1961 at 11 a.m.
Bankers Trust Co., 2nd
floor, 16 Wall St.,
Leasing Corp.

("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares
Price—$3. Proceeds—For purchase of

automobiles, advertising and promotion,
capital.
Office—527 Broad St.,

and

Sewickley, Pa.

writer

H. B. Crandall Co.

Inc., New York.
Cortez

Life

new

Under¬

and Cambridge Securities.

Insurance Co.

Jan.

12, 1961 filed 500,000 shares of common
stock
Price
$3 per share. Business—The
company is engaged
in the business of
writing life insurance, annuity policies
and re-insurance. Proceeds—For
general corporate pur¬
poses. Office—304 Main St., Grand
Junction

Colo. Under¬

writer—None.

District

of

Cosmodyne Corp.
12,

cumulative preferred stock. Price
At par ($100 per
share). Office—214 Perry St., Davenport, Iowa. Under¬
writer—Quail & Co., Inc., Davenport, Iowa.
—

De-Electronics, Inc.
April

13,

ness

1961

The

—

filed 100,000 common shares.
amendment. Business
The manufacture
—

of

Price

By

equipment

for the storage of
super-cold liquids and gases. Proceeds
For
manufacture of new
equipment, repayment of

assemblies.

§Qo?oalw0r|>i0rete
W. El

pu,rposes and working

Segundo

capital.

Blvd., Hawthorne, Calif
Co., San Francisco
Of¬
fering—Expected in Mid-August.
Underwriter—Dean
Cosnat

^^Y
which

Record

Witter

&

Distributing Corp.

1961 filed 150,000 shares

105,556 shares

are

the company and
44,444
ent holders thereof.

Business—The

of

of

stock

of

to be offered for
public sale bv
be

manufacture

pres¬

supplied
and

by amend¬
distribution of

phonograph records.
Proceeds—For the repayment
debt, and working capital.
Underwriter—Amos Treat
office-315 west
• Cressey, Dockham &
Co.,

of
&

47tt

Inc.

™Reg' A100'0°0 common shares (par
$1). Price 196*l
$3. Proceeds—For
working capital. Ofhce




of

For

—

Glass

Fibres,

Inc.

preferred stock
class -A common
(voting) and 300,000 common shares (non-vot¬
ing). Price—$10 per share for the preferred and $1 per
27, 1960 filed 500,000 shares of 7%

(cumulative

convertible);

-

50,000

shares

share for the class A and

common

Business—The

shares.

insulation and
glass fibre threads, mats and rovings for use in the pro¬
duction of reinforced plastics. Proceeds—For working
capital and the purchase of additional equipment. Office
—1037 Jay St., Rochester, N. Y. Underwriter — None.
manufacture

and

of

sale

glass fibre for

Dornost

June

Publishing Co., Inc. (7/24-28)
1961 filed 100,000 common shares (par

14|

one

publishing. Pro¬
ceeds—For general corporate purposes and working cap¬
ital. Office—43 W. 61st Street, New York. Underwriters
—Globus, Inc., and Harold C. Shore & Co., Inc., N. Y.
Business—Magazine

cent). Price'—$1.

Chemical

Dubow

1961

10,

share.

Corp.

(letter
stock

common

Business—The

of notification) 80,000 shares of
(par one cent). Price—$2.25 per
development and manufacture of

chemical products. Proceeds—For

general corporate pur¬
Office—222 Newbridge Ave., East Meadow, L. I.,
Underwriters
Planned Investing Corp., New

poses.

Y.

—

York City and Fidelity Investors

•

electronic
the

components

purchase

of

and

of inventory;

New

Co., (managing)
York

and

T. M. Kirsch

&

Co.,

City.

Milner

Dumas

Service, East Meadow,

(7/17,t21)

Corp.

.

$2,000,000 of 6% convertible sub¬
ordinated debentures due 1971, and 400,000 outstanding
shares of class A common stock to be offered for public
May

1961, filed

24,

sale

present holders thereof. The securities will

by the

be. sold in 200,000 units, each consisting of

$10 par
supplied
by amendment. Business—The manufacture and sale of
products used in cleaning, sanitation maintenance and
household laundering. Proceeds—For the repayment of
debt and product expansion. Office—Jackson, Miss. Un¬
derwriter—Courts & Co., Atlanta, Ga. (managing).
one

debenture and two class A shares. Price—To be

and

C.

E.
June

P.

I., Inc.
("Reg. A") 52,500 common shares (par 25
Price—$5.50. Business—The training of person¬

14, 1961

cents).
nel to

Decitron Electronics Corp.
March 16, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of common stock
(par
one
cent), of which 30,000 shares are to be offered for
public sale by the company and
20,000 outstanding
shares by the present holders thereof.
Price
$2 per
share. Business
The design, manufacture and sale of
electronic equipment for the U. S. Government. Pro¬
—

operate IBM electronic computers and punch card
tabulating equipment.
Proceeds — For expansion and
working capital. Office—116 W. 14th Street, New York.
Underwriter—Stern, Zeiff & Co., Inc., New York.
Eastern
June

Air

Devices,

Inc.

16, 1961 filed 150,000

common

shares to be offered

—

ceeds

For research and
development and for working
capital. Office—850 Shepherd
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., Un¬
derwriter—M. L. Lee & Co., New York

Denver

May 15,
To

for

be

Real

1961

Estate

filed

supplied

Investment

Fund

Petroleum

amendment.

each

Price—

Business—The

Fund

opportunity to participate jointly

large and diversified real estate investments which
offer promise of growth and increased values. Proceeds
—For investment. Office—660 17th
Underwriters
Boettcher

&

common

parent, on

Street, Denver, Colo.
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co., Inc., and
Co., both of Denver, Colo, (managing).

Development Corp. of America
March 30, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of
cents).
and

rate

Price—$3

per

construction
in

Office

Share.

of

Florida.

purposes.

(7/24-28)
common

single-family
Proceeds—For

—

stock

5707

general

Hollywood

—Sutro

(managing).

Co., Inc.,

•

Devonbrook, Inc. (7/24-28)
June 8, 1961 filed 120,000
outstanding
by stockholders.

common shares
Price—$5. Business—Manu¬

facturers of women's apparel.
stockholders.

Proceeds—For the selling

Office—1400

Diamond Crystal

Salt Co.

New

York.

Un¬

(7/10)

Diversified

Industries,

Inc.

12, 1961 ("Reg. A") 24,059 7% convertible pre¬
ferred shares (par $5) to be offered for subscription by
common stockholders on the
basis of one share of pre¬
each

1961.

10 shares

of

the

production

Proceeds—For

common

held

Price—About $5 per share.

of

limestone for cement companies.
equipment and the repaynrent of

of
new

Office—Kutztown, Pa.
Underwriters—Stroud &
Co., Inc., Philadelphia and Warren W. York & Co., tyic.,
Allentown, Pa. (co-managers).
Edo
June

Corp.

record

on

Proceeds—To

i

14, 1961 filed 108,971 common shares.
Business —The

amendment.

Price

manufacture

of

—

By

electronic-

the selling stockholders.
College Point, N. Y. Under¬
writers—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and Kidder,
Peabody & Co., New York (managing).
equipment.

Proceeds—For

Eichler

111th

Homes,

Street,

Inc.

May 16, 1961 filed $2,000,000 of-convertible subordinated
debentures

due

in

So.

J.

S.

Strauss

June

1,

1973. Price—To be supplied by
erection of apartments and

Business—The

California.

additional land.
&

Proceeds—For

the

purchase of

Office—Palo Alto, Calif. Underwriter—

Co., San Francisco, Calif,

(managing).

Electra

International, Ltd.
May 5, 1961 filed 70,000 shares of capital stock. Price—
To be supplied by amendment. Business—The manufac¬
ture of

June

for

(7/6)

March 31, 1961 filed $700,000 of subordinated debentures,
1976.
Price—At 100% of principal amount.
Busi¬
ness—The operation of a quarry in Kutztown, Pa., and

homes

May 22, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of outstanding common
be supplied by amendment. Proceeds—
To selling stockholders.
Office — 916 South Riverside
Drive, St. Clair, Mich. Underwriter—Kidder, Peabody &
Co., New York City (managing).

June 5,

purposes.

due

amendment.

stock. Price—To

ferred

corporate

Offering—Expected in late July.

Lime Corp.

Eastern

Office—1404

•

sold

other

Central Avenue, Dover, N. H. Underwriters
Bros. & Co. and Gregory & Sons, New York

(managing).

and

corpo¬

Boulevard,

New

City

(par

residences

Underwriter—Amos Treat &

be

and

manufac¬

Proceeds—For the

debt.

,

Business—The develop¬

Hollywood, Fla.
York

Business—The

held.

and servo components.

equipment

of

purchase

shares

stockholders of Crescent
the basis of one share for

—

•

•

Corp.,

Crescent

10

ture of power

in

to

by

Office—385

.

600,000 shares in the Fund.

by

will offer investors the

10

subscription

—

Broadway,
derwriter—Globus, Inc., New York.

(7/24-281

common

outstanding shares by the

Price—To

ment.

Proceeds

shares

share. Busi¬

per

working capital. Office—50
St., Mount Vernon, N/.Y. Underwriter—-Theo¬

Third

both

112,000

(par 10 cents). Price—$1

manufacture

manufacturing facilities

-

Office—3232

(letter of notification)

stock

common

communities

1961

Dolomite
Dec.

Columbia.

Davenport Water Co. *
May 15, 1961 (letter of notification) 3,000 shares of 5%%

ment
•

June

Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter—Fund Dis¬

tributors, Inc.

L. I., N. Y.

(par

working

—

Bank Bldg.,

—

City.

1961

cent).

Dollar Mutual Fund, Inc.
April 25, 1961 filed 100,000,000 shares of capital s$ock.
Price;—$1 per share. Business — A diversified mutual
fund. Proceeds
For investment. Office — 736 Midland

Office—8113-A Fenton
Street, Silver Spring, Md. Under¬
writer
First
Investment Planning
Co., Washington,

dore Arrin &

1961

Inc.

$2,046,900 of-&%pdnvertible sub¬
1981 being offered for

subscription by holders of the company's common stock
of record June 20 with rights to expire July 10.
Price—
At par.
Business — The manufacture of sulfuric acid.
Proceeds—For the construction of a new plant and for
working capital. Office—Broad and Hepburn Rd., Clif¬
ton, N. J. Underwriter—P. W. Brooks & Co., Inc., New
York City (managing).

N.

E.

due Aug.

Industries,

filed

1961

ordinated income debentures due

processing problems and equipment. Proceeds—To de¬
velop data processing systems and for working capital.

—

Consolidated Production Corp.
(7/24-28)
May 26, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The com¬
pany, which plans I to change its name to Consolidated

Chemical

31,

class A

filed

Price— $4.25 per share.
a

Dixon

April

Datatrol Corp.

April

•

March

•

Inc.

(letter

common

computer

Co., Beverly Hills, Calif.; Hardy & Co., New
York; Arthur B. Hogan, Inc., Burbank, Calif.; Wedbush
& Co. and Wheeler & Cruttenden, Inc., Los Angeles; M,
S. Walker & Co., Long Beach, Calif., and V. E. Anderson
& Co., Salt Lake City.
$

For

realty acquisitions, the repayment of debt, and for ex¬
pansion. Office—6114 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas.

writer—A. J. Frederick

debt, and for working capital.
Office^—8450 San
Road, Sun Valley, Calif. Underwriters—R. E.

repay

Business—The overhaul of aircraft engines

for commercial and

no

Business—Manufacturers
the

8,

Shell

Proceeds—To erect sample homes,
repay a loan, and for
expansion and working capital. Office—412 W.

W.

June

Office—5820 Center Ave¬

nue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Underwriters — Adams & Peck;
Allen & Co., and Andresen &
Co., all of New York City.

Data

38,984

being offered

the basis of

on

12 shares held of record

products.

new

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

Bernhard &

Price—To be supplied by amend¬
ment.
Business
The manufacture and distribution of
enameled aluminum
siding and aluminum accessories.

development of

.

Fernando

debentures due 1976.

common

•

Creesy,

v

Corp.

May 1, 1961 filed $2,000,000 of convertible subordinated

repayment of debt and for working capital. Office—5600
West

&

.

products in the automotive ignition field for sale

the United States. Proceeds
For research,
development, and working capital. Office—222 Park

outside of
and

—

Ave., South, New York City. Underwriters—Robert A.
Martin Associates, Inc., and Ezra Kureen Co., both of
Vnrlf

P.itv

11

0

Volume

193

Number

6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2869)
Electrarc, Inc. (7/14)
April 21, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock,
Price
$5 per share. Business
The research and de¬
velopment of arc welding and wire shielding. Proceeds
—

—For

—

equipment,

working capital and miscelljkneous
Washington St., Lynn, Mass. Un¬
derwriter—P. de Rensis & Co., Inc.,
Boston, Mass.
Office—505

expenses.

ordinated debentures due 1976 and 70,000 shares of com¬
stock. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Busi¬

mon

ness—A

Products Corp.
(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common
stock (no par). Price—$2
per share. Office—
4642 Belair Rd.,
Baltimore, Md. Underwriters—Bertner

11,

Bros,
•

1961

and

Earl

Edden

&

Co., New York, N. Y.

May

25,

for working capital. Office—400 S.
Beverly Drive,
Beverly Hills, Calif. Underwriters—Thomas Jay, Win¬
ston

basis

for

of

Price—To

subscription by

one

new

share

common

for

each

stock

to

stockholders

on

three

shares held.

be

supplied by amendment. Business
The
is licensed under the Small Business
Invest^
of 1958 and provides long-term investment
capital and management services to small business con¬
—

company
ment

in the electronics field.

Proceeds—For investment.

Office—1400 Fifth Ave., San Diego, Calif. Underwriter-

Bear, Stearns & Co., New York City
•

[(managing).

Empire Life Insurance Co. of America

(6/30)

March

14, 1961 (letter of notification) 30,000 shares of
capital stock (no par). Price—$10 per share. Proceeds—
To go to selling stockholders. Office—2801 W. Roosevelt

Road, Little Rock, Ark. Underwriter—Consolidated Se¬
curities, Inc., 2801 W. Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Ark.
Engineered Plastics Container Co., Inc.
June 5, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 capital shares
(par $1).
Price—$3. Proceeds—For equipment and working ma¬
chine.

Address—Anaheim, Calif.

Mitchell

J.

Underwriter—Francis
Co., Newport Beach, Calif.

&

Manufacturing Co.
12, 1961 filed 300,000 outstanding common shares.
Price
$5. Business—The manufacture of short-term
stampings out of metals. Proceeds—For the selling stock¬
—

Un¬

• Fennell Corp.
June

13.., 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (no
par). Price—$3. Office—379 E. 147th St.,
Harvey, 111.
Underwriter—None.
•

Ferson Optics,

May

29,

("Reg. A.") 75,000 common shares (no
Price—$4. Proceeds—To purchase machinery for
development and promotion, and working capital.
Address—Ocean Springs, Miss.
Underwriters—McLarty
& Duddleston, Jackson
Miss.; Beil & Hough, Inc., St.
Petersburg, Fla.; J. C. Bradford & Co., Nashville, Tenn.;
par).

Clement A.

Evans

Co., Inc. and Robinson-Humphrey
Ga. and Pierce, Carrison, Wulbern,
Fla.

Offering—Expected

in

mid

to

August.

Fifth Dimension Inc.
(7/24-28)
May 25, 1961 filed 60,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—The
design,

development, manufacture and sale of precision instru¬
ments
ceeds

for

measurement

For

—

Office—P.

research

O.

and

and

control

applications.

product

new

15,

$100

per

own

Business—The

Commonwealth

of

company

Puerto

Rico

to

luxury, beach-front hotel in San Juan.

a

hotel will

unit.

per

be

operated under a 30-year lease by a
subsidiary of Sheraton Corp. of America. Proceeds—For
construction.

Office—1205 Ponce de Leon

turce, P. R.

Avenue, San-

if Equitable

cents)

to

be

Price—$2.
legal

Proceeds

for

—.

common

subscription

For

shares

by

(par 25

stockholders.

advertising' and promotion,

Atlant^.

Equity Capital Corp. (7/10-14)
April 7, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock (par
$1.25). Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business
The making of short-term construction and second
mortgage loans, and the buying of improvement loan
obligations from the holders thereof. Proceeds—To re¬
—

tire

debt

and

for*

working

capital.

Office

—

430

First

Avenue

North, Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter—Paine,
Webbpr, Jackson & Curtis, New York City (managing).
•

Ets-Hokin & Galvan, Inc.
(7/17-21)
June 1, 1961 filed 209,355 common

shares, including 100,and 109,355 by stockhold¬

000 to be sold by the company

Price—By amendment.

ers.

Business—Installs electrical

and

electronic systems in missile installations.' Proceeds
—For general corporate purposes.
Office—551 Mission

.St.;

San Francisco,

Noel

&

Calif.

Underwriter

—

Van

Alstyne,

Co., New York (managing).

ord

one

June

rec¬

with

(EDST). Price
securities

share for each two shares held of

new

30

—

of

rights to expire July 7, 3:30 p.m.
$16. Business — The Fund invests in

companies

having
in
the
operations
Common Market Area of Europe.
Proceeds — For in¬
vestment. Office—14 Wall Street, New York City. Un¬
derwriters—Glore, Forgan & Co., (managing); Francis
I. du Pont & Co.; Shearson, Hammill &
Co., all of New
York City.
•

Fairfield

Controls, Inc. (7/10-14)
May 19, 1961 filed 1^0,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$1 per share. .Business—The manufacture of electronic
solid; state power controls designed by the company's
engineers from specifications supplied by customers.
Proceeds—For equipment, repayment of a loan, inven¬
tory, advertising and working capital. Office—114 Man¬
hattan Street, Stamford, Conn.
Underwriters—Globus,
Inc., and Lieberbaum & Co., both of New York City.
Famous

Artists

June

13, 1961
100,000 will be

stockholders.

Schools,
filed 336,625
sold

Price

Inc.

(7/24-28)

common

by/the company

interest in diversified

Salem Avenue,
Co., Dayton, Ohio.

shares

of

which

and 236,625

by

—

trust. Proceeds—For
Boston.

National

—

680 Fifth Ave., New

York City. Underwriter—Bear, Stearns & Co., New York

(managing).
^

•

(7/10-14)
of 6% convertible

Faradyne Electronics Corp.

Jan.

30,

filed

1961

$2,000,000

ordinated debentures.

Business—The

sub¬

Price—100% of principal amount.

is engaged in the manufacture
and distribution of high reliability materials and basic
electronic

components, including dielectric and electro¬
lytic capacitors and precision tungsten wire forms. Pro¬
Office—471

payment of debts and for woorking capital.
Street, Belleville, N. J. Under¬

Cortlandt

writer—S. D. Fuller Co.
'i
•

Federal

May

(7/17-21)
$700,000 of 6%% convertible sub¬

Factors,

8/1961

filed

|®§




Inc.

investment.

Office—30

Federal

Real

Estate

Trust

St.,

\,r

6,,1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of beneficial interest
Trust. Price—By amendment. Business—Real es¬

tate investment. Office—15 William

St., New York. Dis¬
tributor—Aberdeen Investors Program,
Inc., New York.
First

Small

Business

Corp.

of New Jersey

April 18, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of capital stock (par
$1), to be offered for public sale by the present holder
thereof. Price
$12.50 per share. Business — A small
—

business investment company organized in July, 1960,
by the National State Bank of Newark, sole stockholder.
Proceeds—For investment apd working capital. Office—
810 Broad St., Nfewark, N. J.
Underwriters—Shearson,
Hammill & Co., New York City and Heller &
Meyer,
East Orange, N. J.
_

First

Small

Business

Investment

Company

of

Tampa, Inc.
1960 filed 500,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$12.50 per share. Proceeds — To provide investment
capital. Office—Tampa, Fla. Underwriter—None.
•

First

Surety Corp. (8/4)
*
May 31, 1961 filed 736,493 outstanding shares of capital
stock to be offered' for sale by stockholders. Price—By
.

amendment.

Business—The company owns Surety Sav¬

ings & Loan Association,
erates
deeds

insurance

an

of

trust

.

California corporation; op¬
agency, and acts as a trustee under
a

Proceeds

Office—237

Flato

—

For

general corporate pur¬

Realty Fund

April 21,
the

Fund.

1961 filed 2,000,000 shares of participation in
Price—$10 per share. Business—A new real

investment

estate

trust.

Proceeds

—

For

investment.

Office—Highway 44 and Baldwin Blvd., Corpus Christi,
Texas. Distributor—Flato, Bean &
Co., Corpus Christi,
Texas.

24,

Candy Corp.
(letter of notification) 85,700
stock (par 10 cents).
Price—$3.50

shares
per

of

share.

Business—The manufacture of candy products.

Proceeds
repayment of loans; working capital, and expan¬

sion.

Office—1717

Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Under¬
Options Corp.; Jacey Securities Co.
Planned Investing Corp. all of New York
City.
Capital

Corp.

of

small

offered
of

one

business

investment company.

Proceeds—For investment. Office—396 Royal Palm
Way,
Palm Beach, Fla. Underwriter—A. C.
York (managing).

Florida

Steel

Allyn & Co., New

'

the

over

photographic films and the sale of photographic
equipment. Proceeds—For working capitaj and possible

Tenn.

Antonio,
Corp., Nashville,

Offering—Expected in mid-August.

Frederick-Willys Co., Inc.
1961 (letter of notification)

April 20,

150,000 shares of
(par five cents). Price—$1.15 per share.
Business—Manufacture of family recreation equipment.

fabricating and warehousing of steel products. Proceeds
—For the selling stockholders. Office—1715 Cleveland
St., Tampa, Fla. Underwriters—McDonald & Co., Cleve¬

Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York

stock

common

Proceeds—To repay debt, purchase additional
equipment,
for research and
development, and working

capital.

fice—6519

Of¬

Nicollet Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minn. Under¬
writer—Continental Securities, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
Frontier
March 16,

Airlines/ Inc.

1961 filed 250,000 outstanding shares of

com¬

stock. Price—To be supplied by amendment. Busi¬
ness—The transportation by air of
passengers, property
and mail between 66 cities in 11 states. Proceeds—For
the selling stockholders.
Office — 5900 E. 39th

mon

Ave.,

Denver, Colo. Underwriter—To
•

G-W

Jan.

Ameritronics,

25,

1961

filed

Inc.

be named.

(7/5)

80,000 shares

of

stock

common

and

160,000 warrants to purchase a like number of common
shares, to be offered for public sale in units, each con¬
sisting of one share of common stock and two warrants.
Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to
purchase
one share of common stock at
$2 per share from March
to

August 1961 and at $3
February 1964. Price

to

share from September 1962
$4 per unitrBusiness — The

per
—

(formerly
Gar
Wood
Philadeljrfiia .Truck
Equipment, Inc.), distributes, sells, services and installs
Gar Wood truck bodies and equipment in
Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey, under an exclusive franchise.

company

Proceeds

For geperal corporate purposes.
Office—•
Kensington and Sedgley Avenues, Philadelphia, Pa. Un¬
derwriter—Fraser & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
Note—
This company plans to change its name to G-W Indus¬
—

•

Garan

Inc.

(7/24-28)

May 29/ 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$6.50 per share. Business—The manufacture of men's
and

boys' sport shirts. Proceeds—To equip a new plant
Lambert, Miss., and for working capital. Office—112
Street, New York City. Underwriter—J. R. Williston & Beane, New York City (managing).
at

W;34th

Gelman

Instrument

Co.

June

6, 1961 ("Reg. A") 50,000 common shares (no par).
Price—$6. Proceeds—For repayment of debt, purchase
of
equipment, research and development, and working
capital. Office—106 N. Main Street, Chelsea, Mich. Un¬
derwriter—Robert A. Martin Associates, Inc.,

N. Y.

General

Acceptance Corp. (7/3)
June 7, 1961 filed $15,000,000 of convertible capital de¬
bentures due June 1, 1981. Price—By amendment. Busi¬
ness—A finance company. Proceeds—For working cap¬
ital.

Office—1105 Hamilton St., Allentown, Pa. Under¬
writers—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and Eastman
Dillon, Union Securities & Co., New York (managing).
General
June
for

Life

Insurance

16, 1961 filed 348,400

Corp. of Wisconsin
shares to be offered

common

subscription by stockholders

on

the basis of

one new

share for each two and one-half shares held.

Price—By
amendment. Proceeds—For expansion and other corpo¬
rate
purposes. Office—8500 W. Capitol Drive, Milwau¬
kee.

apolis

Underwriter—Piper, Jaffray
(managing).

& Hopwood,

Minne¬

General

April 24,

Resistance, Inc.
1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
stock
(par 10 cents).
Price —$3 per share.

of precision wire sound re¬
sistors, restance networks and measuring instruments.
Proceeds—Fpr repayment of loans; working capital and
general corporate purposes. Office—430 Southern Boule¬

vard,
&

Bronx/ N. Y.

(managing).

Underwriters—Flomenhaft, Seidler

Co., Inc., New

York,
Corp., Levittown, N. Y.
^ General

Spray

N.

Service,

Y.,

and

I.

R.

E.

Investors

Inc.

1961 filed 90,000 class A common shares and
warrants to purchase 90,000 class A common shares to
be offered in units, each unit consisting of one class A
share and one two-year warrant. Price—$3.50 per unit.
Business
The manufacture of a spraying machine.
Office—156 Katonah Ave., Katonah, N. Y. Underwriter23,

—

Ross, Lyon & Co., Inc., New York (managing).
Getz

Corp.

June 8, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares to be sold
by
stockholders. Price
By amendment. Business — The

land and

I

future acquisitions. Office—1734
Broadway, San
Tex. Underwriter—Equitable Securities

June

June 23, 1961 filed 488,332 common shares to be
for subscription by stockholders on the basis
new share for each two
shares held.
Business—A

'

Business—The manufacture

1961

• Florida

Road,
Fi^rlkov & Co.,

businesses of The Fox Co.,
Antonio, Tex., atfd the Stanley Photo Service, Inc.,
Louis, Mo., which are now engaged in the processing

common

Mir

•—For

ment.

plans to take

pany

St.

,

Flora

May

—

Fox-Stanley Photo' Products, Inc.
March 29, 1961 filed <387,500 shares of
common
stock
(par $1) of which 50,000 shares are to be offered for
public sale by the company and
337,500 outstanding
shares by the present holders thereof.
Price—To be sup¬
plied by amendment. Business—In May 1961 the com¬

Olive

Ave., Burbank, Calif. Under¬
writer—Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St. Louis (managing).
Offering—Expected in late July.
poses.

Hempstead, N. Y. Underwriter
(managing).

tries.

(7/3-7)

Price—By amend¬

company

ceeds—For the

Sponsor—The

in the

and

Office

Ohio.

Underwriter—Shearson, Hammill & Co.,. N.. Y.

First

writing

purposes.

Dayton,

Of¬

Mortgage Fund (7/24-28)
June 12, 1961 filed 1,000,000
sharpy o| ber^fjk^J inter¬
ests. Price$15. Business — A real" estate investment

common

By .amendment. Business — The
in the visual arts,
photography fields. Proceeds—For gen¬

corporate

proper¬

First

writers—Security

eral

opportunity to

Proceeds—For investment.

fice—627

company provides home study courses

and

an

income-producing

Oct. 6,

Eurofund, Inc.
May 18, 1961 filed 551,250 shares of common stock (par
$1) being offered for subscription by stockholders on the
basis of

1961, to provide investors with
an

June

•

1961 filed 20,000 shares of the Fund. Price—
share. Business—The Fund was organized in

ties, chiefly real estate.

•

audit fees, and working capital. Office—247
St., Asheville, N. Y. Underwriter—Courts &

and

Charlotte

Co.,

offered

May,

Dahio

Underwriter—None.

Leasing Corp.
June 19, 1961 ("Reg. A") 90,000

First Diversified Fund

own

Cherry Valley Terminal

West

Inc., New York

Pro¬

development.

Box

May

Price—$150
formed by the

The manufacture and retail sale of
household furniture.
Proceeds—For acquisition of new,
stores, development of
new furniture
items, working capital and other corpo¬
rate purposes.
Office —

&

Co., Inc., Atlanta,
Inc., Jacksonville,
late

if Foamland U. S. A., Inc.
22, 1961 filed150,000 common
shares, of which
90,000 * shares are
to) be offered by the company and
60,000 shared by the Stockholders. Price—$5. Business—
June

San

Inc.

1961

shares.

The

lT

Federal Tool &

Enterprise Hotel Development Corp.
May 19, 1961 filed 242,000 shares of common stock and
9,680 shares of preferred stock (par $100) to be offered
for public sale in units of one preferred and 25 common

build and

I

&

483, Princeton, N. J. Underwriter—
Milton D. Blauner &
Co., Inc., New York City (manag¬
ing).

was

\

Co., Beverly Hills, Calif.; Maltz, Greenwald
Globus, Inc., New York, N. Y.

June

Act

cerns

&

Co. and

Office—3600 Alabama Ave.,
Minneapolis.
derwriter—Jamieson & Co., Minneapolis.

Capital Corp. (7/3-7)
filed 612,463 shares of common

1961

offered

the

loans,

repay

holders.

Electronics

be

Proceeds—To

company.

and

Electronic

May

finance

37

Corp.

(William)

June

6, 1961 filed 105,000 shares of common of which j
80,000 shares are to be offered by the company and 25,000 shares by a stockholder. Price — By amendment.

Business—Company manufactures dental supplies. Pro¬
ceeds—For repayment of a bank loan and general corv

*

.

Continued

on

page

38

38

The Commercial and

(2870)

Continued from page

Houston

Inc.,

porate purposes. Office—7512 S.

Greenwood Ave., Chi¬

Underwriter—Bacon, Whipple & Co., Chicago.

cago.

Scientific

Giannini

Corp.

Office—30 Broad Street, New York, N. Y. Un¬
Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.

purposes.

derwriter—Kidder. Peabody &

Gibbs

.

(T.

Medicine Co.,

R.)

advertising and general corporate
H

fice—1496

Of¬

purposes,

Street, N. E., Washington, D.

C.

Under¬

Gilbert Data

(7/3-7)

Systems, Inc.

1961 filed 175,000 shares of common stock.
per share. Business—The affixing of price tags,
packing, warehousing of apparel and other services for
department and chain stores. Proceeds—For plant addi¬
April 14,
Price—$2

tions, repayment of debt and working capital. Office—
441 Ninth Ave., New York City. Underwriter—Schrijver
& Co., New York City.
Gilbert Youth

freezers

food

foods

frozen

and

the

to

con¬

Proceeds—For the repayment of debt and work¬

sumer.

2926 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport,
Sloss & Co., Inc., New
City (managing). Offering—Imminent.
Office

ing capital.

Underwriter

Conn.

York

—

Marron,

—

it Harn Corp.

subscription by stockholders and the balance (amount¬
ing to $300,000 after underwriting commissions) by a
stockholder. Price—By amendment. Business—The man¬
ufacture of products for baby'care such as quilts, pil¬

garments, etc. Proceeds—For the repay¬
ment of loans, purchase of raw materials and equipment,
leasehold improvements, and working capital. Office—
1800 E. 38th St., Cleveland. Underwriter—J. R. Williston
& Beane, New York (managing).
knitted

Research, Inc.

(7/10-14)

Handmacher-Vogel, Inc.

promotion

•and books which are related to

and

or

articles

prepares

relate to merchandis¬

ing advice to the teenage youth and student fields. Pro¬
ceeds—For working capital. Office—205 E. 42nd Street,
.New York

Underwriter—McDonnell & Co., N. Y.

City.

^ Gombos (John) Co., Inc.
June 27, 1961 filed 40,000 common shares. Price—$5.
Proceeds—For working capital.
Office—Clifton, N. J.
Underwriter—None.
•

(7/24-28)

Goodway Printing Co.

Gordon

April

21,

common

&

Breach, Science Publishers, Inc.
(letter of notification) 80,000 shares Of
stock (par 10 cents).
Price—$1.75 per share.
1961

Business—Publishers of scientific textbooks.

Proceeds—

Office —150 Fifth Avenue* New
York, N. Y. Underwriter—First Weber Securities Corp.,
New York, N. Y.
'
V

'For

working capital.

.

Gordon Jewelry Corp.

*

conducts

pany

two

retail credit jewelry business and has

a

subsidiaries.

insurance

life

Proceeds—For

expan¬

Office—Stewart

Bldg., Houston, Texas. Under¬
writer
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York
City (managing).

sion.

—

Gordon
June

Realty Corp.

(I.)

1961

20.

filed

Business—Real

eral

320,000

common

investment.

estate

shares.

Price—$5.

Proceeds—For

gen¬

Office — 112 Powers Bldg.,
Rochester, N. Y. Underwriter—George D. B. Bonbright
& Co., Rochester, N. Y.
corporate

Granco,
June

Inc.
("Reg. A")

6, 1961

(par $1).

purposes.

Price—$5.

60,000 class A common shares

Proceeds—For opening of new dis¬
working capital. Office—2 Geary

and

7th

purchase of equipment

Sherrerd, Philadelphia, Pa.

^

16,

filed 150,000 capital shares. - Price — By
increase
capital.
Office—

1961

Proceeds—To

amendment.

Co., New York,
Phoenix, Ariz.

N.

Y. and Preferred

Securities,

Inc.,

Harper
June

which

(H. M.)

V

Co.

15, 1961 filed 180,000 common shares (par $1) of
150,000 shares will be sold by the company and
manufacture

ferrous corrosion

Grove, 111. Underwriter

stainless

of

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
(par $1). Price—$3 per share. Address—
Lynn, Mass. Underwriter—Mann & Creesy, Salem, Mass.
stock

Growth

Properties

May 9, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
pany

plans

to

engage

business. Proceeds

—

in all phases of the' real estate
To reduce indebtedness, construct

apartment units, buy land, and for working capital. Of¬
fice—Suite 418, Albert Bldg., San Rafael, Calif. Under¬
writer—Pacific Coast Securities Co., San Francisco, Calif,

(managing). Offering—Expected in late July.
•

Gulf-Southwest

May

19,

Price

—

1961
To be

Capital

Corp.

•

filed 1,250,000 shares of common
supplied by amendment. Business

stock.
—

The

is license^ as a small business investment con."c'ern. Proceeds—For investment. Office—Esperson Build-




non-

Underwriters—Harriman Ripley &

■

due

subordi¬

July

Business—The company processes, pack¬

and distributes food and grocery products. Proceeds
construction and working capital. Office—Fuller-

ages

—For

Cali/. Underwriter

ton,

York

Goldman, Sachs & Co., New

—

(managing).

City

\

/

'

("Reg. A") 50,000 class A common shares

1961

(par

•

Hydro-Space Technology*

—The

(7/11)

1961 filed 1,000,000 shares of class A common
be supplied by amendment. Business

actuated

•

propellants,

the

—$3 per share.
of

ajuminum

(7/17-21)

Price
Business—The publication and distribu¬

educational

books

and

materials.

Proceeds

—

For

expansion and the repayment of debt. Office—5
South Buckout Street, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.
Underwriter—Michael G. Kletz & Co., New York City

H.

Proceeds—

and defense.

Kaplan & Co., both of New York City.

Hydrodyne Industries, Inc.
May 19, 1961 (letter of notification) 75,000 shares of
common stock
(par one cent).
Price — $2.50 per share.
Business
The manufacture of hydraulic components.
—

Proceeds

tion

—

For

of

purchase

equipment

and

inventory;

costs; preparation of catalogues and other literature;
and general corporate purposes.
Office •—15

Hicksville, L. I., N. Y.
Planning Corp., Newark, N. J.,

—United

Underwriter

Hydroswift Corp.

■

Oct. 20, 1960 filed 120,000 shares

of common stock. Price
—$3 per share. Business—The firm, which was organ¬
ized in February, 1*957, makes and wholesales products
and services for the fiberglass industry, including par¬
ticularly fiberglass boats known as "HydroSwjft" and
"Skyliner." Proceeds—For general funds, including ex¬
pansion. Office—1750 South 8th Street, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Underwriter
Whitney & Co., Salt Lake City,
—

Utah. Offering—Imminent.
I C Inc.

(managing).
•

Hathaway Instruments, Inc.
May 5, 1961 filed 351,280 shares of common stock, of
which up to 90,000 shares are to be offered for public
sale by the present holders thereof and the balance by
Price

company.

Business—The

—

At-the-market

at

time

of sale.

design, manufacture and sale of electric

recording instruments. Office—2401 E. Second
Avenue, Denver, Colo. Underwriters—Bear, Stearns &
Co. and Wertheim & Co., New York, N. Y.
Note—This
statement will be withdrawn. The company is expected
power

to merge

the

and

equipment and facilities, the repayment of
loans and working capital. Office—West Caldwell, N. J.
Underwriters—Michael G. Kletz & Co., Inc., and John
new

production of primary aluminum and

products.

Harvey House, Inc.

and sale of cartridge
propulsion, systems
production of buoyancy de¬

evaluation of

underwater research

vices for

Holman Boulevard,

May 8, 1961 filed 140,000 shares of common stock.

the

devices,

reserves

Proceeds—For expansion. Office—19200
So. Western Ave., Torrance, Calif. Underwriters-—Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., Inc., and Tucker, Anthony & R. L. Day,
both of New York City (managing).
mill

(7/24-28).

production

engineering,

design,

Price—To

stock.

Inc.

12, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of common stock, of
which 155,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company and 145,000 outstanding shares by the pres^
ent holders thereof. Price—$3 per share. Business—The
May

marketing and sales promotion; repayment of loans; re¬
search and development; moving expenses and installa¬

June 29,

1960 filed 600,000 shares of com. stock (par $1)
Proceeds—To further the corpo¬
rate purposes and in the preparation of the concentrate
and enfranchising of bottlers, the local and national pro¬
motion
and advertising
of its beverages, and where
Price—$2.50 per share.

to make loans to such bottlers, etc. Office—■
Equitable Building, Denver, Colo. UnderwritersIndustrial Securities Corp. and Amos C. Sudler & Co.,
necessary
704

both of

Denver, Colo. Offering—Expected in September.
C.

Note—Amos

Sudler &

Co., has withdrawn

as

under¬

writer.

with Lionel Corp.
IT A Electronics Corp.

Hazeltine

Investment

Corp.

of

5, 1961 filed 13,000 5% preferred shares ($100 par)
offered for sale in units

one

preferred

unit.

per

real

and

one

share.

common

Price—$101

Business—The acquisition and development of
Proceeds
For investment, repayment of

estate.

—

Minneapolis.

Underwriter—None.

Hickory Industries, Inc.
March 9, 1961 (letter of notification) 25,000 shares of
common stock (par 10 cents)., Price—$5 per share. Busi¬
—

Manufacturers of barbecue machines and

allied

equipment. Proceeds — For general corporate purposes.
Office—10-20 47th Road, Long Island City, N. Y. Under¬
writer—J. B. Coburn Associates, Inc., New York, N. Y.
•

Holiday

Sportswear,

Inc.

(7/7)

V

April 21, 1961 filed 86,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business—The manu¬
facture and sale of specialized bowling apparel for men,
women and children. Proceeds—For additional working
capital. Office—311 West Eighth St., Kansas City, Mo.
Underwriter—George K. Baum & Co., Kansas City, Mo.

(managing).
Stores, Inc.
May 17, 1961 (letter of notification) 85,700 shares of
common stock (par $2.50). Price—$3.50 per share. Office
—2306 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter
—M. H. Bishop & Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

working capital

and

general

corporate

purposes.

Office—First Federal Bldg., St. Petersburg, Fla. Under¬

notification)

(letter of

60,000

shares

of

general corporate

purposes.

Office—Lansdown, Pa.

Underwriter—Woodcock, Moyer, Fricke & French, Inc.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ihnen

*

(Edward H.)

& Son, Inc.

(7/24-28)

May 16, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$5 per share. Business—The construction of public and
private swimming pools and the sale of pool equipment.
Proceeds—To
and

for

reduce

working

derwriter—Amos
•

indebtedness, to buy equipment,
capital. Office—Montvale, N. J. Un¬

Treat

&

Co., Inc., New York City.

Income

Planning Corp. (7/10-14)
Dec. 29,
1960 (letter of notification) 5,000 shares ol
cumulative preferred stock (no par) and 10,000 shares
of class A common stock (par 10 cents) to be offered in
units consisting of one share of preferred and two
shares of common. Price
$40 per unit. Proceeds—To
open a new branch office, development of business and
for working capital.
Office—3300 W. Hamilton Boule¬
vard, Allentown, Pa. Underwriter—Espy & Wanderer,
—

Inc., Teaneck, N. J.
Income

Properties, Inc. (7/10)
31, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of class A stock (par
cents). Price—$9.75 per share.
Business—Formerly

March
50

known

two

Price Investors

as

operates

six

Corp., the company owns and

plans to construct
debt and for working
Office—1801 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.

more.

capital.

Corp.

9, 1961 filed 583,334 common shares to be offered
for subscription by holders of common and class A stock.
Price—By amendment. Business — The operation of a
pipe line system of natural gas. Proceeds—For expan¬

sion,

For

•

Home-Maker

1961

stock. Price—$5 per share. Business—Manufac¬
tures electronic equipment and components. Proceeds—
common

Office—660 Grain Exchange,

debt, and working capital.

7,

April

June

company

ing, Houston, Texas.

and

Blunt Ellis & Simmons,

—

(Inc.)

Harvey Aluminum

May 16,

Houston

(7/17-21)

steel

Chicago.

Offering—Imminent.

17, 1961

By amendment.

—

working capital. Office—8200 Lehigh Ave., Mor¬

—For

ton

Price

resistant fasteners and parts. Proceeds

Underwriter—Hess, Grant & Remington, Inc., Philadel¬
phia.
May

of convertible

filed $38,799,500

debentures

Price—At par.

For

ness

common

1961

Offering—Imminent.

Industries Inc.

1, 1986, being offered to
the holders of the outstanding common on the basis of
$100 principal amount of debentures for each 12 shares
held of record June 28 with rights to expire July 14.

ing).

^Greene (M. J.) Co.
June 14, 1961
("Reg. A") 75,000 common shares (par
10 cents).
Price—$4.
Proceeds — For expansion, and
working capital. Office — 14 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Growth, Inc.

May 23,
nated

and

and 13,000 common shares to be

Arizona

Hunt Foods &

Underwriters—First Boston
Corp. and R. W. Pressprich & Co., New York (manag¬
John Street, New York.

111

Underwriter—Midland Se¬
curities Co., Inc., Kansas City, Mo.

Mortgage Co.
May 1, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock
(par $1). Price—$3 per share. Proceeds
■—For working capital. Office—Mayer Central Building,
Suite 115, Phoenix, Ariz.
Underwriters—Henry Fricke

-

June

June

Greater

-

Co.

Hanover Insurance

count concessions and

Street, San Francisco, Calif.

aril & Co., New York, N. Y.

June 15,

inventory and for plant modernization. Office—533
Ave., New York City. • Underwriter — Butcher &

and

tion

(7/6)

May 5, 1961 filed 140,000 shares of class A stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—rThe com¬

Inc.

40,000 shares of
common
stock
(par one cent).
Price—At-the-market.
Business—The manufacture of plastic items. Proceeds—
For the repayment of debt; advertising and sales pro¬
motion; expansion and working capital.
Office—4077
Park-Avenue, Bronx 57, N. Y. Underwriter—J. I. Mag-

Sarasota, Fla. Underwriter—J. I. Magaril Co., Inc., New
York, N. Y.

be

manufacture

and costumes. Proceeds—For the

Business—The

publication of technical journals for prime defense con¬
tractors.
Proceeds—For working capital. Office—4030
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Underwriter — Paine,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York City (managing).

Companies,

supplied by amendment.
sale of women's suits

Price—To

thereof.

holders

30,000 shares by stockholder.

May 23, 1961 filed 247,500 shares of no par capital stock,
of which 60,000 shares are to be offered for public sale
by the company and 187,500 outstanding shares by the
present holders thereof. Price — To be supplied by
amendment.
Business—Commercial
printing and the

Chemical

&

(letter of notification)

1961

29,

10 cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For inventory, re¬
search and development, and working capital.' OfficeCommerce Center Industrial Park, Highway 301, North

•

sales

telephone

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

which
94,950 shares are to be offered for public sale by the
company and 120,050 outstanding shares by the present
May 17, 1961 245,000 shares of common stock, of

—

does

.

Hupp Systems, Inc.
•

Business—The

May 29, 1961 filed 65,000 shares of common stock, of
which 50,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company and 15,000 outstanding shares by the pres¬
ent stockholder. Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business
The company conducts consumer research,

Plastics

Howe

March

•

20, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares of which an
undisclosed number will be offered by the company for

lows,

writer—None.

■

household

June

Inc.

May 26, 1961 filed 110,000 shares of class A stock. Price
—$3 per share. Business—The manufacture, marketing
and distribution of proprietary drug products. Proceeds
—For

filed 200,000 shares of common stock (no
Price—$5. Business—The financing and sale of

.

writers—Blyth & Co., Inc., Lehman Brothers and Allen
& Co., New York.
•

Inc.

Hagar

par).

1961

27,

Co.,

March 31, 1961

(letter of notification) 30,000 shares ol
common
stock (par 10 cents).
Price — $10 per share.
Business—Research, development and manufacturing in
'technological fields.
Proceeds — For general corporate
Feb.

•

City and Underwood, Neuhaus &
(managing).

New York

Co.,

37

Financial Chronicle

apartment

houses

Proceeds—To

and

repay

Underwriter—Eisele & King, Libaire, Stout & Co.,
York

City

New

(managing).

Independence Life Insurance Co. of America
(7/18)

May 24,

1961

filed

150,000

^which 100,000 shares

are

shares

of

capital

stock, of

to be offered for public sale

Volume

by

the

193

Number

6068

.

.

.

The Commercial and Financial

and 50,000 outstanding shares by the
thereof. Price — To be supplied by
amendment. Business—The writing of life and disability
insurance, principally in southern California. Proceeds—
To be added to the company's general funds. Office—99
South Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Underwriter—Blyth &

v

holders

March 10, 1961 filed 165,000 shares of common stock (par
10 cents). Price—$3 per share. Business—The engineer¬

: Industrial Materials, Inc. ~
April 27, 1961 (letter of notification) 150,000 shares of
common stock (par one cent). Price—$2 per share. Business—The manufacture of a new patented fiber glass

material
For

used

be

to

in

rocket

motor

cases.

Proceeds—

equipment and working capital. Office—
1025 Shoreham Bldg., Washington, D. C. Underwriter
—Atlantic Equities Co., Washington, D. C.

_

expenses,

Life

Inland

Insurance

Co.

(7/3-7)

May 18, 1961 filed 375,000 shares of

common

stock.

Price

—TJo be supplied by amendment. Business—The writing
of non-participating ordinary life and group life insur¬
.•

Proceeds—For

ance.

.fw

Underwriter—A.

111.

aging).
•

investment

and

general corporate

Office—175 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

purposes.

I

non-diversified,

G.

Becker

&

Co.,

Chicago

(man¬

.

InierrrationaT Cabfevision Corp.

(7/17-21)

1961 filed 164,850 shares of class A common
stock.. Price—$10 per share. Business—The construction

operation of television cable systems. Proceeds—For
general corporate purposes, and to offset

terests

Anthony & Co., Inc., New York City

unit. Business—Real estate. Proceeds—For working
capital and possible acquisitions. Office—1440 Broadway,
New York. Underwriter—None.
per

Jai-Alao
June

(manag¬

Marine, Inc.
75,000 common shares (par
cent) of which 60,000 are to be sold by the company
15,000 by the underwriter. Price—$4. Proceeds—
29,

("Reg. A.")

1961

of debt,
advertising, inventory, and
Office—790 N. E. 79th St., Miami, Fla.
Securities

Underwriter—Albion

ir

j

International

Co.,

Inc.,

New

York.

Parts

Corp.
June 20, 1961 filed 300,000 outstanding class A common
shares

be

to

sold

Price—By amend¬
Business—The sale of replacement parts for auto-

ment.

stockholders'.

by

'

mobiles.
ye
V

}

ts

A

r-

r-

42nd

selling stockholders.

Chicago.,

Place,

Underwriter

—

Office
H. M.

Byllesby & Co., Chicago.
•

I

ld
i

i-

Proceeds—For the

—4101: W.

'

l-

/'

y,
y,

International

Silver

Co.

(7/17)

May 16, 1961 filed $7,822,000 of convertible subordinated
debentures due Aug. 1,1981 to be offered for subscrip¬
tion by common stockholders on the basis of $100 of
debentures

for

with rights

to expire about July

each

15

plied by amendment.

shares

held

of

record

June

30

17. Price—To be sup¬

Business —The manufacture and

sale of

silverware, flatware and table accessories. Pro¬
ceeds—^-For the retirement of such 7% cumulative preferred shares

as

are

tendered

to

the

company

during

a

period

commencing June 12. Office—500 South Broad
St., Meriden, Conn. Underwriter — Lehman Brothers,
New York City (managing).
Interstate
June

Department Stores, Inc.

(7/3-17)

$5,859,400 of convertible subordi¬
nated debentures due Aug. 1, 1981 to be offered for sub¬
scription by common stockholders on the basis of $100
of debentures for each 20 shares held of record July 3,
with rights to expire July 17. Price—At par. Business—
The operation of department stores. Proceeds—For ex¬
pansion, working capital and other corporate purposes.
Office—111 Eighth Ave., New York. Underwriters—Leh¬
man

1961

15,

filed

Brothers and

Shearson, Hammill & Co., New York

(managing).
Invesco

March

Collateral

Corp.

N. Y.

Y.

N.

Bronx,

Office—69

Morris

Drive,

East

ment. Office—511 Fifth

Avenue, New York City. Under¬

writer—None.

Investors Preferred Life Insurance Co.

(7/3)

March 30, 1961 filed 400,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$2.40 per share. Business—The company is au¬
thorized to sell life, accident and health insurance. Pro¬
ceeds—To be added to capital and surplus.
Office—310

Spring Street, Little Rock, Ark. Underwriter—Life Se¬
curities, Inc., P. O. Box 3662, Little Rock.
Israel-America
June

Hotels, Ltd.

22

*

Rothschild

struction and operation of a hotel at Herzlia, Israel.
dress—Tel
Aviv, Israel. Underwriter—Brager &

New York.
„

.

"Isras"

March

Ssrael-Rassco

.

Lease Plan International
June 14, 1961 filed

125,000

40,000- shares
85,000 shares

Fund, Inc.,

a new

open-end diversified investment

•

drift meters, sextants

repayment of

machine

a

9,

Lincoln Fund, Inc.

30,

1961

filed

951,799

shares

of

common

stock.

Net asset value plus a 7%
Business
A
—

the

For investment. Office—300 Main

&

Chemical

Corp.

(7/10-14)

and

125,000 shares for the selling stock¬
supplied by amendment. Business
—The company is a major producer of primary alumi¬
num
and fabricated aluminum products. Proceeds—For
wurKing capital. Office — 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland,
company

holder.

Calif.

Price—To

Distributor—Horizon

be

and Dean Witter &

23, 1961 filed 226,000 shares of common s:ock
136,000 shares are to be sold for the account

of
the company and 90,000 shares for certain
selling stock¬

Co., SamFrauuiscOi,'Oalit^ws

holders.

Corp. (7/10-14)
May 17, 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock. (Price>>i
'Sil
:
"• .OCfiL
-$5 per share. Business—The company is a wholesaler
_i

and

•

distributor

.

-

mi

■

_

of grocery

products to institutions, res¬
taurants, steamship lines and the like. Proceeds—For
inventory, and working capital.
Office — 81 Clinton
Street, Yonkers, N. Y. Underwriters—Netherlands Secu¬
rities Co., Inc., and Seymour Blauner Co., both/ of New
York City and J. J. Bruno & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

The

(C. F.)

16,

general

amendment.

,

Laboratories, Inc.
filed 100,000 common

1961

shares.

Business—The manufacture

of

Price—By

pharmaceu¬

XT
Cn
Vnrlr
Cgnyers, Ga. Underwriters—Bache &
Co., New York
City and Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

ness—The operation

St., Englewood, Colo. Underwriter—Schmidt, Sharp,
Co., Inc., 1717 Stout St., Denver, Colo.

Kirk

cP|?mercial,
institutional
and industrial
buildings.
Office
Gnnvf>r«
Ca
TTni1#»irt»rifp»r«
RanVio
Mom

N. Y.

McCabe &

June

to

W. 23rd

products and for working capital. Office
Street, New York. Underwriter—Hill, Dar-v

Knickerbocker
Dec.

Biologicals, Inc.

23, 1960, filed 100,000 outstanding shares of class A
Price—$6 per share. Business—The manufacture,

■tock.

packaging and distribution of
and

cells

used

for

a

line of diagnostic

serums

the

purpose of blood grouping and
testing. The company also operates blood donor centers
in New York and Philadelphia. Proceeds—For the selling

Office—300

West

43rd

Street, New York

Krystinel Corp.
April 12, 1961 filed 90,000 shares of class A stock. Price
—$2.50 per share. Business—The company produces fer-

ritesr which are ceramic-like materials with magnetic
properties, and conducts a research and development
program for ferrite products. Proceeds—For the repay¬
ment of a loan, research and development, new equip¬
ment and working capital. Office—P. O. Box 6, Fox Is¬
land Road, Port Chester, N. Y. Underwriters—Ross, Lyon
& Co., Inc., and Schrijver & Co., both of New York City.
Lafayette Realty Co.
April 28, 1961 filed 129.3 limited partnership interests.
Price—$5,000 per interest.
Business—The partnership
owns a contract to purchase the fee title to the Lafayette
Building in Detroit, Mich. Proceeds—To purchase the
above property.
Office—18 E. 41st Street, New York

City. Underwriter—Tenney Securities Corp.,
Street, New York City.

18 E. 41st

June

Lannett

April

7,

.

Co., Inc. (7/3)
(letter of notification)

1961

shares

of

stock. Price—$2 per share. Business—The man¬
ufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals. Proceeds—For a

Philadelphia, Pa. Underwriter
Co., Inc., New York City.

building, research and development, and a sales
training program. Office—Frankford Ave., and Allen St.,
new

—

Netherlands

14, 1961 ("Reg. A") 2,312 common shares (par $25)
offered for subscription by stockholders
(other

than parent)
shares

on

the basis of

now

held.

one

new

Price—$60,

payment of loans. Office—95
Mass. Underwriter—None.

E.

share for each

Proceeds—For

Merimack

re¬

St., Lowell,

Lytton Financial Corp.
8/18)
30, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of capital stock.
be supplied by amendment.
Business—The
company owns the stocks of several California savings
March

Price—To

and

loan

associations.
It also operates
an
insurance
and through a subsidiary, Title Acceptance
Corp., acts as trustee under trust deeds securing loans
agency,

made by the associations.
for

working

capital.

Proceeds—To repay loans and
— 8150
Sunset Boulevard,

Office

Hollywood, Calif. Underwriters—William K. Staats &
Co., Los Angeles and Shearson, Hammill & Co., New
York City (managing).
M.

May
fund

B.

M.

Corp.
I96ji ("Reg. A.") $300,000 of 6%% sinking
equipment notes to be offered in units of $1,000.
26,

June

2,«1961 filed $25,000,000 of firt mtge. bonds, series
Proceeds—For repayment of loans, and
working capital. Office—1331 S. 20th St., Omaha, Neb.
Underwriter—First Trust Co. of Lincoln, Neb.
Price—At par.

•

M-G,

Inc.

(7/10)

May 26, 1961("Reg. A") 100,000 class A common shares
(par $1). Proceeds — For new equipment, construction,
and

working capital. Address — Weimar, Tex. Under¬
writer—Rowles, Winston & Co., Houston, Tex.

•
MacGregor Bowling Centers, Inc. (6/30)
May 3, 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock, of
which 100,000 will be offered for public sale by the
company and 20,000 outstanding shares by the present

holders

thereof.

Price--To

be supplied by amendment.
loans and for working capital. Of¬
fice—5309 South Park Blvd., Houston, Tex. Underwriters
—Rowles, Winston & Co., and Fridley & Frederking,
Proceeds—To

,

150,000

be

seven

lington & Grimm, New York (managing).

New York, N. Y.

it Lowell Gas Co.
June

521

Underwriter—Tau Inc

alleys. Proceeds—For
Address—Mattituck, L. I.,

W. C. Langley & Co. and Smith, Barney & Co.
(jointly).
Offering—Expected in late July.'

tion

new

of bowling

corporate purposes.

Long Island Lighting Co.
June 2, 1961 filed $25,000,000
qf first mtge. bonds, series
L, due 199i. Proceeds—Tor construction.
Office—250
Old Country Road, Mineola, N. Y. Underwriters—Com¬
petitive bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co
Inc.; First Boston Corp., and Blyth & Co., Inc. (jointly);

ticals. Proceeds—For repayment of a loan, purchase and
installation
of
equipment, development
and
promo¬
of

Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business
of fluorescent lightipg fixtures for

manufacture

Long Islaiid Bowling Enterprises^ Inc.
May 24, 1961 -(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock (par 10
cents). Price^-$3 per share. Busi¬

Keltner Electronics, Inc.
May 31, 1961 ("Reg. A.") 150,000 common shares (par
25 cents).
Price—$1. Proceeds—For research, working
capital and repayment of debt. Office—1045 W. Hamp¬
den

of

whiim

Kane-Miller

mr-

St., New Britain, Conn.
Management Corp., New Britain.

~4Jthonia Lighting, Inc.

Underwriters—First Boston Corp., New York City

housing projects and the like. Office—Tel Aviv, Israel.


\\


1961

—

Kaiser Aluminum

filed 30,000 shares of ordinary stock.
per share. The company may, but is not obligated to, accept payment in State of Israel bonds. Pro¬
ceeds—For the construction of hotels, office buildings,,
Underwriter—None.

shares, of which
the company and

May 31, 1961 filed 375,000 shares of common stock, of
250,000 shares are to be sold for the account of

•

•

1961

by

selling commission.
non-diversified, open-end, managementtype investment company whose primary investment ob¬
jective is capital appreciation and, secondary, income
derived from the sale of put and call
options. Proceeds—

common

27,
Price—$62

offered

—

loan, working capital, and general cor¬
Office—Urban Avenue, Westbury, L. I.,
Underwriter—Kerns, Bennett & Co., Inc., New

Y.

(7/31-8/4)

Marina, Inc.
(letter of notification) 150,000 shares of
common stock (par
$1). Price—$2 per share. Address—
Yankton, S. D. Underwriter—E. W Behrens & Co., Inc.,
Sioux Falls, S. D. Note
E. W. Behrens & Co., is no
longer underwriting this issue. The new underwriter is
The Apache Investment
Planning Division of the Apach#
Corp., Minneapolis.

tooi products,
Pruceedi^—For

and related items.

Corp.

common

Lewis & Clark

May

Jolyn Electronic Manufacturing Corp.
April 24, 1961 (letter of notification) 64,500 shares of
common
stock
(par one cent).
Price — $3 per share.
of

be

Underwriter—

Place, Great Neck, N. Y. Underwriter—Hayden, Stone &
Co., New York (managing).

com¬

pany of the management type. Proceeds—For organiza¬
tional and operating expenses. Office—52 Wall St., New
York. City. Underwriter—None.

manufacture

to

are

Israel.

by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—The leasing of trucks and cars. Proceeds—To
repay loans and for working capital. Office—9 Chelsea

organized under Delaware law in January
4961 to sponsor the organization of the Jefferson Growth
company was

Underwriter—None.

Ltd.

Tel-Aviv,

•

Underwriter—None.

Co.,

-

Investment Co.

Blvd.,

None.

Jefferson Counsel Corp.
March 13, 1961s filed 30,000 shares of class B common
stock (non-voting). Price—$10 per share. Business—The

Ad¬

1961

or

ating in the oil business as a joint venture. Proceeds—
For exploration and development of oil
lands. Office—

Meadow,

it La Fonte Oil Co.
15, 1961 ("Reg. A") 250,000 common shares. Price
—at par ($1). Proceeds—For a mortgage payment, equip¬
ment and working capital. Address — Kemmerer, Wyo.

filed-1,250,000 ordinary shares. Price—$1
per share,
payable in cash or State of Israel bonds.
Business—The operation of hotels. Proceeds—For con¬
8,

Oil Prospectors Corp. Ltd.
1,500,000 ordinary shares. Price—To
amendment, and to be payable either
partially in Israel bonds. Business—The com¬
organized in October 1959 as a consolidation

pany was
of individual and corporate licensees who
had been oper¬
y

("Reg. A") 3o,000 class A common sTiares
(par $1). Price—$8. Business—The company plans to
develop and operate a modern Jai-Alai stadium in the

City. Underwriter—None.

registered subordi¬
to be offered in three series of $300,000

6, 1961 filed $900,000 of 6%

each, due June 30, 1965, 1966 and 1967, respectively.
Price—$4,315; $4,190 and $4,079 per $5,000 of debentures.
Business—The company, a wholly^owned subsidiary of
Investors Funding Corp. of New York was organized
under New York law in June, 1960, to purchase, invest
in and sell real estate mortgages. Proceeds—For invest¬

,

York Corp.

totally

13, 1961

atockholders.

nated debentures

I

New

Israel

Oct. 27, 1960 filed
be supplied by

which

repayment
working capital.

/

"Lapidoth"

partnership in¬
Price—$10,000

Price

and

.

units.

York, N. Y.

For

L5

in

deficits anticipated during the commencement of certain
Florida operations. Office—New York City. Underwriter

one

e;

publicly

March

May

i-

offered

per¬

—

N.

international

i—

be

French

Cournand, the issuer's presi¬
dent, selling stockholder. Office
767 5th Ave., New
York City.
Underwriter—Goldman, Sachs & Co., New
York City (managing).

1

to

of

fumes. Proceeds—To E. L.

Boston,

porate purposes.

ing ).,

4?

Proceeds

expansion,

—James

s.

—

portation and distribution in the U. S.

company,

Underwriter—Ivest, Inc., One State Street, Bos¬

Jackson-Commerce Realty Co.
June 16, 1961 filed $6,780,000 of limited

'

r,

investment

Street,

Business—The

May 23,
and

open-end

39

Lanvin-Parfums, Inc.
May 17, 1961 filed 440,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To be supplied by amendment. Business
The im¬

*

'

-

A

whose stated objective is capital appreciation.
—For investment.
Office — One State

ton, Mass.

,

-

—

Mass.

Products, Inc.

designing and precision machining of electronic
components. Proceeds — For research and development,
inventory, equipment, start-up costs of semi-conductor
production, and for working capital. Office—78 Clinton
Rd., Caldwell Township, N. J. Underwriter ;— Edward
Hindley & Co., New York City.
/ , V - ;

-

Fund, Inc.

•

Industrial Control

(2871)

Feb. 20, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock. Price
—Net asset value at the time of the offering. Business

Co., Inc.; New York City.

ing,

•

Ivest

company

present

Chronicle

repay

Houston.

Mages

:

Sporting Goods Co.

<

May 1, 1961 filed 1,029,961 shares of common stock being
offered for subscription by stockholders on the basis of

Securities
Continued

on

page

40

«

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40

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2372)

Continued

from

,

one

with

16

June

each

for

share

new

record

two

rights

shares

common

expire

to

June

of

held

Price—

30.

$2.75. Business—The mail order and retail sale of sport¬

Line Co. Ltd.
(7/24-28)
June 1, 1961 tiled 750,000 common^&nares, of which 525,090 will be offered for sale in thtW. S., and 225,000 in
Canada. Price—By amendment. Business—The compaiiy

Bremerton to Port

Office—508

construction.

Credit

Price

unit.
Business — The company will do
financing in the home building industry.
Pro¬
ceeds—To start its lending activities.
Address—P. O.
\

&

Income

Power

shares. Price
amendment. Business—A mutual fund. Proceeds
Office—1002 First National Bank

investment.

—

Bldg., St.

Co.,

Manufacturing inc.

105,000 class A common shares of
are to be offered by the company
50,000 shares by a stockholder and 5,000 to certain

and

June

filed

capital improvements. Address—Keene,

15

cents).

("Reg.

machinery installation and working capital.
Office—980 W. 79th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Underwriter
—Continental Securities, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
Minnesota

eb.

(7/17)

-r-

ceeds—To

purchase raw materials, advertising and for
working capital. Office—204 E. Washington St., Petaluma, Calif. Underwriter—Grant, Fontaine & Co., Oak¬
land,; Calif.

^

if Marks Polarized
amendment.

.

Proceeds

shares. Price — By
expansion, acquisition of "

common

For

—

16

Office—153-

Whitestone, N. Y. Underwriters—Ross,

yWe.,

Co., Inc., and Globus, Inc., New York

(manag-

Minneapolis and Harold

Inc.,

& Co., St.

E. Wood

Marsan

Industries, Inc,

June 6, 1961 filed 125,00^shares of class A common.
Price—$4 per share. Business—The issuing firm is a
holding company for Jersey Packing Co., and a closed

circuit
the

television

Proceeds—For

manufacturer.

cafnera

development,
expansion of the Missiltronics Division, advertising, in¬
ventory and working capital. Office — 136 Orange St.,
Newark, N. J. Underwriter—T. M. Kirsch & Co., New
York City. Offering-—Expected in early August. Note—
This company formerly was named
American Missil¬
purchase of equipment, research

tronics

Corp.

•,

.

and

.

•

Bowling Centers,

Metropolis

(7/10-14)

Inc.

east & Richardson

St., New Brighton, Minn. Underwriter

■—None.

Russell

Lee,
•

&

Inc.,

Micro

March

Saxe, Inc., "(managing); Thomas, Williams &
arid V. S. Wickett & Co., New York City.
Electronics

Corp.

(7/10-14)

filed 125,000 shares of common stock.
Price
$4 per share.
Business — The manufacture of
printed circuits for the electronics industry. Proceeds-31,

1961

—

$124,000 for new plant, $76,000 for equipment, and $110,for working capital. Office—1191 Stout St.,"1 Denver,

000

Colo.

Underwriter—R. Baruch &

Micro-Lectric,
June

Co., Washington, D. C.

Inc.

12, 1961 ("Reg. A") 55,000 common shares (par 10
Price—$4. Business—The manufacture and de¬

cents).

sign of potentiometers used in computers, ground control

systems and missiles.
Proceeds—For tooling
production; repayment of loans; equipment; adver¬
tising; research and development and working capital.
Office—19 Debevoise Avenue, Roosevelt, N. Y.
Under¬
guidance
and

writer—Underhill
Microwave

Securities

Corp., New York.

Semiconductor

&

Inc.

Instruments

instruments.

Proceeds—For

additional

search, inventory and working capital.
Myrtle Avenue, Richmond Hill, N. Y.
First Investment

—

Office — 116-06
Underwriter —

Corp.

5, 1961 filed 140,000

Business

re¬

Planning Co., Washington, D. C.

Mid-Continent
June

equipment,

General




real

common

estate.

shares.

Proceeds

Price—$7.50.

—

For

invest¬

2,

of

For payment of

Passaic, N. J.' Underwriter — Hopkins, Calamari & Co.,
Inc., 26 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

Minn.

Minn.

1961

23,

amendment.

filed

325,000

Business—The
and

capital

of

manufacture

electronic

Price—By

shares.

mechanical,

equipment,

including

sewing machine attachments, small electric motors, Po¬
laroid

Land

cameras,

etc. Proceeds—For equipment, re¬

investment.

Inc.

shares. Price—$6.
develop about
and for work¬
ing capital. Office—26 Dalbert, Carteret, N. J. Under¬
writer—Harry Odzer Co., New York (managing).
•

27,

Model

1961

filed

140,000

Vending, Inc.

common

—To

Price

be

supplied by amendment. Business—The opera¬
machines for the retail sale of cigarettes,
a variety of other food and drink products.
The company also operates coin-type phonograph ma¬
new

equipment, modernization of accounting procedures, and
general corporate purposes. Office—4830 N. Front Street,

Philadelphia,

Underwriter—Milton D. Blauner &
Co., Inc., New York City (managing), Hallowell, Sulz¬
berger, Jenks, Kirkland & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and
M. L. Lee & Co., Inc., New York City.
•

Modern

Pa.

Homes

Construction

Co.

(7/10-14)

May 10, 1961 filed $5,500,000 of subordinated debentures
due
to

June

be

15,

offered

1981 and 550,000 shares of common stock
sale in 275,000 units, each unit

for public

fice—16
—Sade

Pleasant St., Baltimore, Md. Underwriter
Co., Washington, D. C. (managing).

Inc.
("Reg. A.") 86,250 common shares (par
Price—$3. Proceeds—Forxresearch and work¬

Nciil-Tone,
May

26,

1961

Undei writers—Aetna

& Johnson, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Nolting, Nichol
O'Donnell, Inc., Pensacola, Fla. and Guardian Secu¬
rities Corp., Miami, Fla.

man

&

Nash

Moderncraft Towel Dispenser
March

1331, Valdosta, Ga.

Ripley & Co., New York City.

Co., Inc.

30, 1961 filed 80,000 shares of common

stock, of

shares are to be offered for jpublic sale by
the company and 6,250 outstanding share^by the_underwriter. Price—$4 per share. Business—The manufacture
which 73,750

M.)

Co.,

Inc.

and $1,000,000 of series B

subordinated

debentures, due July 1, 1981.
supplied by amendment. Business—The
manufacture of a variety of industrial products includ¬
Price—To

be

ing woodworking and packaging equipment, power saws,
auxiliary power plants, centrifugal pumps, inboard ma¬
rine engines and a line of - leisure time and sporting

goods merchandise.

Proceeds—To retire

all outstanding 7J/2%

1, 1961

bank

loans,

and

for

or

about Oct.

convertible debentures; to
other corporate purposes.

Office—208 Wisconsin

Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Under¬
writer—Robert W. Baird & Co., Milwaukee (managing).
National Mercantile

and

29,

1961

filed

£orp.

100,000

(6/30)
shares

five-year warrants to purchase

of

common

stock

additional 20,000

an

shares, to be offered for public sale in units
consisting of one common share and one-fifth of a war¬
common

rant.

Price—To

be

supplied

by

amendment.

Business

—The distribution and retail sale of

phonograph records.
repayment of loans and for working
capital. To expand retail operations. Office—1905 Kerri¬
gan Avenue, Union City, N. J. Underwriter—A. T. Brod
Proceeds—For the

&
er

Co;, New York City and Rodetsky, Kleinzahler, Walk¬
& Co., Jersey City, N. J.
(co-managing).
National

May 11,

Semiconductor Corp.

1961 filed

75,000 shares of capital stock. Price
supplied by amendment. Business—The design,
development, manufacture and sale of quality transistors

military and industrial use.
Proceeds
For new
equipment, plant expansion, working capital, and other
corporate purposes. Office—Mallory Plaza Bldg., Danbury, Conn. Underwriters — Lee Higginson Corp., New
York City and Piper, Jaffray &
Hopwood, Minneapolis
(managing).
•

—

Nationwide

June

12,

vertible
common

Homes, Inc.
1961 filed $1,500,000 of 8%

subordinated

shares

to

be

debentures
offered

and sale of

of $10 of debentures and two

ceeds—For

amendment.

ment

homes.

an improved towel dispensing cabinet.
Pro¬
advertising, research and development, pay¬
of debt, and working capital.
Office — 20 Main

(7/10-14)

1961 filed $1,000,000 of series A subordinated

debentures, due July 1, 1981

for

tional shell homes. Office—P. O. Box

(J.

convertible

construction, financing and sale of shell
principally in the southern and southwestern por¬
tions of the U. S. Proceeds—To finance the sale of addi¬

Underwriter—Harriman

Office —1515 N. E. 2nd*Ave., Miami, Fla.
Securities Corp., New York; Ro¬

ing capital.

—To be

Business—The

Offering—Expected in

East
&

consisting of $20 principal amount of debentures and two
shares. Price—To be supplied by amendment.

common

Pa.

27, 1961 filed 33,334 class A common shares. Price
amendment. Proceeds—For working capital. Of¬

•

Proceeds —For

First

if NAC Charge Plan and Northern Acceptance Corp.

March

amusement-devices.

Fund,

August.

candy and

and

Trust

Investment

Broadway, New York City.

tion of vending

chines

Co., Ill Broadway,

April 28, 1961 filed $6,375,000 (6,250 units) of interests.
Price—To
be supplied by amendment.
Business—The
fund will invest in tax-exempt bonds of the Common¬
wealth of Pennsylvania and its political sub-divisions.
Proceeds—For investment.
Sponsor—Ira Haupt & Co.,

repay

(7/10-14)

April 27, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock.

Haupt &

City. Offering—Expected in early August.

Series

•

purposes.

working

and

Investment Trust Fund, Series B

Sponsor—Ira

York

March 30,

corporate

program

April 28, 1961 filed $12,750,000 (12,500 units) of interests.
Prices—To be supplied by amendment. Business — The
fund will invest in tax-exempt bonds of states, counties,
municipalities and territories of the U. S. Proceeds—For

Office—446 Blake
St., New Haven, Conn. Underwriters—Kidder, Peabody
& Co., New York and Charles W. Scranton & Co., New
Haven, Conn, (managing).
general

and

notification) 260,000 shares 'of
Price—$1.15 per share.

of

25 cents).
advertising

Offering imminent.

payment of loans; research, development and engineer¬

ing

an

*

10 ce^ts).

if Mite Corp.
June

(par

Office —1521 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Underwriter—Bratter & Co., Inc., Minneapolis,

capital.

—By

—

stock

Proceeds—For

loans; machinery and office
equipment; reduction of current liabilities; research and
development .and working capital. Office—245 4th St.,
Proceeds

cents).

10

State.

Inc.

Services,

(letter

1961

common

June

(par

manufacturers

Travel

Motor

equipment.

Business—The

homes

May 12, 1961 filed 120,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$3 per share. Business—The research, develop¬
ment, manufacture and sale of microwave devices and

•

technical

stock

common

Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Underwriter
Co., New York City (managing). Note—Thii

stock is not qualified for sale in New York

Ill

the company

acquisition and operation of bowling centers, prin¬
cipally in New York City. Proceeds—To improve exist¬
ing properties and acquire other bowling centers. Office
—647
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Underwriters—

(7/24-28)

Wisconsin

West

eany

(lett^Kof notification)

1961

Proceeds—To purchase land, construct and
250 mobile home sites, form sales agencies

and 78,000 outstanding shares by the pres¬
Price—About $5 per share. Business

Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.

—Bache &

shares of
per share.

8,

June

—The

&

17, I960 filed 155,000 shares of common stock (par
$1). Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business—
Insuring lenders against loss on residential first mort¬
gage
loans, principally
on
single family non-farm
homes.
Proceeds—For capital and surplus.
Office—608

151,900
Price—$1.50

May

May

ent holders thereof.

Co., Inc.

1961

Municipal

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock
(par 30 cents). Price—$3 per share. Pro¬
ceeds—To repay notes, for research and development,
equipment and working capital. Office—1st St., South¬

if Mobile Estates,

1, 1961 filed 198,000 shares of common stock, of
which 120,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by

St., Coffeyville, Kan. Underwriter—None.

11,

rence

Electronics, Inc.

electro-mechanical

if Merchants Co.
June 19, 1961
("Reg. A") $300,000 of 6% convertible
15-year subordinated debentures due 1976 to be offered
for subscription by stockholders for 14 days in units of
$100 each. Price—At par. Proceeds—For working cap¬
ital. Office—300 E. Pine St., Hattiesburg, Miss. Under¬
writer—Lewis & Co., Jackson, Miss.

small business investment company. Pro¬
general corporate purposes. Office — 711)

as a

(letter of notification) 75,000 shares of
common stock (par 10 cents). Price—$4 per share. Busi¬
ness—The sale of lumber, building supplies and hard¬
ware.
Proceeds—To repay loans and for working cap¬
ital. Address—Monticello, N. Y. Underwriter—J. Lau¬

1961

1,

Missife-Tronics Corp.
•

operate

Walnut

New

:/"-••>

fViiratel

Ma>

facilities and other corporate purposes.

new

Co.,
Paul.

Corp.

Jdneu27, 1961 filed 95,000

to

ceeds—For

Municipal

1, 1961 ("Reg. A") 15,584 common shares (par $10).
Price—$19.25. Proceeds —For expansion and construc¬
tion. Office
1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
Underwriters—Woodard-Elwood & Co., J. M. Dain &

of notification). 100,000 shares of
(par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Pro¬

stock

Investment Corp., Inc.

17, 1961 filed 3,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$100 per share. Business—The company was organized
under Kansas law in October 1960 and is applying to
the Small Business Administration for a Federal license

Valley Natural Gas Co.

June

(letter

1961

1,

common

Corp.

Mokan Small Business

May

Inc.

A") 150,000 common shares (par
Price—$1.15. Proceeds—For film processing

1961

16,

machines,

Washington, D. C. »
Structures

Inc.

50,000 shares

ic Minichrome,

1960

stock.

Marine

Bearing,

N. H.
Underwriter—Tucker, Anthony & R. L. Day, New York
(managing).

siles, rockets, radar and marine items.
Address — 319
W. Howard St., Hagerstown, Md. Underwriter—Lecluse
&

Broadway, New York City. Underwriter—R. F.
Co., Inc., 39 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.

&

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co.

Precision

1961

16,

debt

(letter of notification) 75,000 shares oi
Price—$4 per share. Proceeds—For ex¬
in the fabrication of sheet metal, parts for mis¬

penses

Dowd

—

Miniature

and

(7/5).
common

of debt.

employees. Price—By amendment. Business—The manu¬
facture of ball
bearings. Proceeds—For repayment of

Paul, Minn.

22,

fice—198

(managing).

June

Office—6425 Cambridge St., Min¬
neapolis, Minn. Underwriter — Kalman & Co., Inc., St.

Sept.

Proceeds—For working capital, and
Office—380 Park Ave., South*
Underwriter
Lee Higginson &Corp., New

York.

which

working capital.

Electronics

filed 75,000 common shares.
Price — By
factoring in the textile

apparel fields.

(7/3-7)

Co.

Insurance

Oct.

14, 1961,. ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
10 cents). Priced—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

&

Mohawk

Aug. 8, 1960, filed 75,000 shares of class A common stock.
Price—$12 per share. Proceeds—For general funds. Of¬

April

Business—General

repayment

•

^ Mammoth Industries, Inc.

Marine

&

Monticello Lumber & Mfg.

Corp.

the

York

June

•

Factors

and

New

For

Paul, Minn. Underwriter—None.

and

Mill

May 31, 1961

By

—

per

amendment.

/

Fund, Inc.

filed 40,000 common

1961

$1

Christy

Belleville, N. J. Underwriter—Vickers,
Co.,( Inc., New York City.

Street,

Box 886, Rapid City, S. D. Underwriter—None.
•

*

Mairs

—

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

.

Jan.

Acceptance Corp.

interim

Co., New York.
Montreal.

common

company.

in units of one share of stock and 85 cents of debentures.

Underwriters—(In U. S.) Bear, Stearns &
(In Canada) W. C. Pitfield & Co., Ltd.,

B. C.

filed

investment

and

Sept. 8, 1960, filed 1,169,470 shares of-common stock and
debentures, to be offered for public sale

Van¬

Bldg.,

Foncier

\

$994,050 of 6%

Proceeds—For

Angeles, Washington.

1961

2,2,

Midwestern

and operate an underwater natural gas
transmission pipeline from British Columbia to Vancover Island and a subsidiary will build a pipeline from

7,

70,000

Fipe

plans to build

June

Investment1* Co.

vestment

writer—None.

couver,

if Middle Atlantic
June

Business—An

the

Magna

Office—997 Monroe

Ave., Memphis. Underwriter—James N. Reddoch & Co.,
Memphis.
•
.'.■■■
•

shares. Price—$10.
Proceeds—For in¬
working capital. Address—Elkins Park,
Pa. Underwriter—Best & Garey Co., Inc., Washington,
D. C.
I

goods and recreational equipment. Proceeds—For
repayment of debt and other corporate purposes.
Office—227 Wes# Madison Street, Chicago, 111. Under¬

ing

•

advances to subsidiaries.

and

ment

39

page

.

Business

Proceeds—For

—

in

due

1976

units,

common

The

sinking fund
each

con¬

300,000

consisting

shares. Price—By

construction

working

and

capital.

and

sale

of

Address—Col-

Volume

193

Number

6068

The

.

Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2873)
linsville, Va. Underwriters—Cruttenden, Podesta & Co.,
Chicago and McDaniel Lewis & Co., Greensboro, N. C.
•

New York

Trap Rock Corp. (6/30)
May 19, 1961 filed 175,000 shares of common stock. Price
supplied by amendment. Business—The quarry¬

—To be

ing,

processing and

marketing of crushed stone. Pro¬
ceeds—For expansion. Office—162 Old Mill
Road, West
Nyack, N. Y. Underwriter—Smith, Barney & Co., New
York City (managing).
Nissen

Trampoline Co.

(letter of notification) 9,400 shares of com¬
(par $1). Price—At the market. Proceeds—
For the selling stockholders. Office—930 27th
Ave.,
stock

Cedar

Rapids, Iowa. Underwriter
Woods, St. Louis, Mo.5,
•

Nitrogen Oil Well

Service

S.W.,
Yates, Heitner &

—

May 22, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common^ stock.
Prices—$10 per share for 51,000 shares to be offered to
Big Three Welding Company; $10 per share for not
less

than

with

an

attached

to

warrant

common

—To repay

debt; establish a branch sales office, and for
working capital.
Office—Walden Drive, Augusta, Ga.
Underwriter—Granbery, Marache & Co., New York City.

J-^ii* Lines, Inc.

Pacific
June

26,

are

shares

are

Francisco

International

Airport, San Francisco.
& Co., Inc., New York, and
Fay, Inc., San Francisco (managing).

Underwriters
Hooker

and

&

Pacific

Walston

—

Gas

&

Electric

of

of

share for each 1% shares
held; and, $10.60
unsubscribed shares. Business—The company
furnishes high pressure nitrogen to the
oil and gas
industry.1 Proceeds—For general corporate purposes, in¬
new

any

cluding $880,000 for the purchase of 20 additional liquid
nitrogen high pressure pumping units.
Office—3602 W.
11th

St.,

Houston, Texas. Underwriter
&
Co., Inc., Houston, Texas.
pected mid to late July.

Underwood,
Offering—Ex¬

—

Neuhaus

North Atlantic Life Insurance Co. of America
June 2, 1961 filed 1,386 common shares.
Business—The
State

license

annuities.

and

Office

poses.

sell

has

Proceeds—For
—

Mineola; N. Y.
North

Price—$350.
applied for a New York
life, accident and health insurance

company

to

Meadow

general

Brook

corporate

National

Bank

pur¬

Bldg*

remote

control systems, electromechanical
components, and power supply assemblies.
Proceeds—To repay loans and for
working capital. Of¬
fice-—553

South

Market

Street,

Galion,

Ohio.

Under¬

writer—None.
Northern

Illinois

Gas

Cc.

,,

May 24, 1961 filed 450,037 shares of common stock being
offered for subscription by stockholders on the basis of
one

share for each 16 shares held of record June 22.

new

with

rights to expire July 11. Price—$49.50. Proceeds—

For construction. Office-^-50 Fox

St., Aurora, 111. Under¬
writers—First Boston Corp., and Glore, Forgan &
Co.,
both of New York City.

^Northern States Power Co. (8/8)
June 23, 1961 filed
$20,000,000 of first mortgage bonds
due
1991. Offices—15 So. La
Salle Street, Chicago 4,
111.; 15 So. Fifth Street, Minneapolis 2, Minn.; Ill Broad¬
New York

way,

Probable

6,

bidders:

N. Y. Underwriters—(Competitive)
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; Kidder, Peabody
& Co., and White, Weld & Co.
(jointly); First Boston
Corp. and Blyth & Co. Inc. (jointly). Bids—Expected to
be received

Au£. 8.

on

Northwest Natural Gas Co.
June
due

13,

1986

ment.

1961
and

filed

$6,500,000

140,000

common

Proceeds—For

the

(7/18)

of

first

mortgage

bonds

shares. Price—By amend¬

repayment of bank

loans

and

construction.

Office—735 S. W. Morrison St., Portland,
Orpg. Underwriter—Lehman Brothers, New York (man¬
aging).

Ocearrarium.

May 22,

1961

Inc.

filed

(7/11)

125,000 shares of

common

stock, of

which

62,500 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company and 62,500 outstanding shares
by the pres¬
ent holders thereof.
Price—To be supplied by amend¬
ment.

Business—The
company
operates "Marineland
Pacific," an exhibition of fish and trained aquatic
animals, near Los Angeles, Calif. Proceeds—For work¬
ing capital.
Office—Marineland, Los Angeles County,
of the

Calif.

Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., New York City.

Old

May

Empire,

1,

1961

debentures

Inc.
filed $700,000 of convertible

due

1971.

Price

—

At

Packer's Super

par.

Business

—

The

manufacture, packaging and distribution of cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals and household, chemical and industrial
specialties.

Proceeds—For the repayment of bank loans,
improvements and working capital. Office—
865 Mt. Prospect
Avenue, Newark, N. J. Underwriter—
Laird, Bissell & Meeds, Wilmington, Del.

property

One

Maiden

Lane

Fund,

Inc.

April 7, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of
Price—$3 per share.
Business—This is
fund

U.

S.

which

will

common
a

new

stock.
mutual

hold

only convertible debentures and
Treasury bonds. Proceeds—For investment. Office

•—One Maiden Lane, New York City. Underwriter—G. F.
Nicholls & Co., Inc., New York City. •

Ormont

Drug & Chemical Co., Inc.
(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
common stock
(par 10 cents). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—Manufacturers of drugs. Proceeds—For expansion,
and working capital. Office—38-01 23rd
Ave., Long Is¬
land City, N. Y. Underwriter—Havener Securities
Corp.,
New York, N, Y.

May

•

2,

1961

Outdoor

Development Co., Inc. (7/11)
May 25, 1961 filed $2,705,000 of subordinated debentures
due June 1, 1976, warrants to
purchase 108,200 shares of
common

jbe

stock, and 324,600 shares of common stock to
offered for public sale in 54,100 units, each consist¬




per share.
loans, and con¬

Markets, Inc.

service

-

—

St.,

New

For

stores

in

the

New

York

City

area.

general corporate purposes. Office

Brooklyn,
&

Co.,

York

Pan

food

City

N.

Inc.,

Underwriters

Y.

and

M.

L.

Lee

—

25

—

Milton

D.

Co., Inc.,- both

of

(managing).

American

Resources, Inc.
of notification) 40,000 shares of
common stock
(par $1). Price—$7 per share. Office—600
Glendale Federal Bldg., Glendale 3, Calif. Underwriter
—Fred Martin & Co., 1101 Woodland
Dr., Norman, Okla.
May

11,

1961

★ Parish

(letter

(Amos)

& Co.,

Inc.
June 23, 196,1 filed 208,000 outstanding common shares.
Price—By amendment.,, Business—Business advisors and
consultants to
—For

the

specialty and department stores. Proceeds
stockholders. Office—500 Fifth Ave¬

selling

New York. Underwriter—The James Co., New York.

nue,

Patent Resources, Inc.
■
May 24, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of
—To

be

pany was

stock. Price

supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
organized in November 1960 to acquire, exploit

develop patents, and to assist inventors "in develop¬
ing and marketing their inventions. Proceeds—For gen¬
corporate purposes.

York City.

aging);

N.

Office

of

—

Fifth Ave.", New

608

Underwriters—Darius, Inc., New York (man¬
A. Hart & Co., Bayside, 1^. Y., and E. J.

Roberts & Co., Inc., Ridgewood, N. J.
Pell Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
May 24, 1961 ("Reg. A.") 150,000 common shares (par
five cents).
Price—$2.
Proceeds—For equipment, ex¬

pansion, inventory, andvworking capital, Office—1 Bel¬
mont Ave., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
Underwriter—R. P. & R.
A. Miller & Co., Inc., Philadelphia.

equipment and facilities.
Minn. Underwriter—None.

Philadelphia Laboratories, Inc. ,(7/24-28)
May 26, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of common stock.

Price

share.

Business—The development, manufac¬
pharmaceuticals, vitamins and veterinary
— For
the repayment of debt, and
other corporate
purppses.
Office — 400 Green Street,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
Underwriter — Woodcock,
Moyer,
Fricke, & French, Inc., Philadelphia.
per

share

for

each

Office

Minneapolis,

—

Corp.
May 29, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of class A stock. Price
share.

per

Business—The company is a real estate
Proceeds—For investment.
Office—•

firm.

New York

City.

Underwriter—None.

Polymetric Devices Co.
May 24, 1961 filed 90,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$3.75 per share. Business—The company sells devices
for the measurement

control of pressure,

or

temperature,

torque,

acceleration, displacement, strain and force.
Proceeds—For working capital. Office—130 South
Easton
Rd.,

Glenside,

Washington,

Pa.

D.

Underwriter

Weil

—

&

Co.,

PoSytronic Research, Inc.
7, 1961 filed 193,750 common shares, of which 150,-

June
000

will

be

sold

for

the

company

and

43,750 for stock¬

holders.

Price—By amendment. Business—Research and
development, engineering and production of certain
electronic devices for
aircraft, missiles, oscilloscopes,
electronic vending machines and
language teaching ma¬
chines. Proceeds—For
expansion, repayment of debt and
working capital.
Md.

Office—7326 Westmore Rd.,
Rockville,

Underwriters—Jones, Kreeger & Co., and Balogh &

Co., Washington, D. C. (managing).
Precision

May

Specialties,

Inc.

15,

1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
stock (par 10 cents). Price—$3
per share. Busi¬
ness—The manufacture of
precision instruments. Pro¬
ceeds—To repay
loans for
common

construction, purchase of
equipment; research and development, and working cap¬
ital.

Office—Hurffville

N. J.

Underwriter—Harrison &

Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
President

Airlines, Inc.
;
("Reg. A") 150,000 class A common shares
cent). Price—$2. Business—Air transportation

June 13, 1961

(par

one

of passengers and cargo.
rent liabilities and

Proceeds—For ^payment of

taxes;

certificate

payment of

and

working capital.
Avenue, Rockefeller Center, N. Y.
nental

Bond

&

Share

balance

Office

630

—

Corp., Maplewood, N. J.

^ Progress

Industries, Inc. "•
/
26, 1961 filed 75,000 common shares (with war¬
rants) of which 55,000 shares will be sold by the com¬
June

and 20,000 by stockholders. Price—$10. Proceeds—

pany

For

the

payment

of

debt, the establishment of a new
improvements and working capital.
St/, Arthur, 111. Underwriter—
Tabor & Co., Decatur, 111. (managing).

subsidiary,

plant

Office—400

E.« Progress

,

\

Q

Corp.

O

"

June 9^ 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
'cents). Price—$3. Business—Manufacturers op electronic,
electro

mechanical

and

mechanical

devices.

Proceeds—

College Point, N. Y. Underwriter—Netherlands
ties Co., New York.

expansion,

News York (managing).
Photronics Corp.

•

general corporate "purposes. Office—14-25

Pueblo

Supermarkets, Inc.
1961 filed 100,000 outstanding shares of class A
to be offered for public sale by stockholders.
Price—By amendment. Business—Operates seven super¬
markets in Puerto Rico. Proceeds—For the

selling stock¬
Office—P. O. Box 10878, Caparra Heights, San
Juari, P. R. Underwriter—Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Inc., New York. Offering—Expected in late
July
holders.

early August.

24, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of common stock (par
10 cents). Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business

May

—The

common

design, development and manufacture of optical
electro-optical systems and components used in

and

reconnaissance, photo-interpretation, ,photo-gram-

metry

and

optical

scanning

devices.

Securi¬

June 6,

or

(7/6)

Feb.

aerial

128th St.,

common

shares. Price—$1.
equipment and working cap¬
ital. Office—1335 Gordon St., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. Under¬
writers—Globus, Inc., and Harold C. Shore & Co., Inc.

Proceeds—For

Fifth

Underwriter—Conti¬

For

*

Proceeds

—

For

working capital, research and development, and new
equipment.
Office—134-08 36th Road, Flushing, N. Y.
Underwriter—-L. D. Sherman & Co., New York City.

•

Q-Line Instrument Corp.

8,

1961

(letter

stock

(par

(7/10-14)

notification)

65,000 shares of
cent). Price—$4 per share. Busi¬
manufacturers of technical equipment. Pro¬

ness—The
ceeds—For

of

one

relocation

of

business;

new

equipment;

Inc., New York, N. Y.

Quality Importers, Inc.
June

in

working caiptal.

Office—55 Fifth Ave., New York.

derwriter—Sutro

Bros.

real

estate

and

construction business.

Proceeds—

Net proceeds, estimated at $444,000, will be used to buy
land for shell homes construction and to start building
the

homes

with
ton

the

($175,000), to repay a bank note ($65,000),
for working capital. Office—Hunting¬

balance

Station, New York. Underwriters—Theodore Arrin &

Co., Inc., Katzenberg, Sour & Co., and Underhill Secu¬
rities Corp., all of New York City.
Pickwick Recreation

April 21, 1961
common

—To

stock

Center, Inc.

|

(letter of "notification) 100,000 shares of
(no par). Price—$3 per share. Proceeds

for construction, working capital and, general
purposes.
Office—921-1001 Riverside Drive,
Burbank, Calif. Underwriter—Fairman & Co., Los An¬
pay

corporate

geles, Calif.

ex¬

pansion, and working capital.
Office — 1562-61st St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter—William, David & Motti,

Pickwick Organization, Inc.
May 23, 1961 filed 110,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$5 per share. Business—The company is engaged
the

cur¬

CAB

on

products.

it Photographic Assistance Corp.
June 27, 1961 filed 150,000 common

Inc.,

C.

ture and sale of

Proceeds

three

Piatt

Progressitron

—$8

Plasticon-

one

—

•

common

and

eral

be

Business—The manufacture of
large plastic containers.
Proceeds—To discharge the indebtedness
represented by
Plasticon's 5% promissory
notes, with the balance for

(7/24-28)

May 25, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$6 per share. Business—The operation of 22 retail

•

subordinated

bank

working capital. Office—1649 La Cienega Bldv., Los An¬
geles, Calif. Underwriter—Norman C. Roberts Co., San
Diego.

53rd

and electronic

of

Market

Pacific Vitamin Corp.
May 31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents) of which 66,667 are to be sold by the company
and 33,333 by a stockholder.
Price—$3. Proceeds—For

Blauner

equipment,

repayment

St., S^n Francisco, Calif.
Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., New York City.

M&Tch 30, 1961 filed 22,415 shares of icommon stock to be

subscription by stockholders of record May
15.
Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—
This subsidiary
of L. M. Ericsson Telephone Co. of
Stockholm, Sweden,••"'manufactures telecommunications

the

Office—245

stock, of
offered, 25,000
Leyghton-Paige Corp., 150^000
offered to
Leyghton-Paige stockholders

Leyghton-Paige shares held, and 400,000 shares are to
be offered to holders of the
company's $1,200,000 of 5%
promissory notes. Price
$3 per share, in all cases.

investment

offered

for

to

—$5

struction.

Co..

665,666 shares of common
shares are to be publicly.

basis

Proceeds—For

Proceeds

Co.

share for each 20 shares held of record June

new

&

to be offered to

13, with rights to expire July 5. Price—$71

self

Underwriter—None.

Electric

one

Sade

*

more

Co.

Investment

—

—

filed

90,666

the

on

Office

Underwriter

Corp.

1961

shares

1976

May 24, 1961 filed 896,470 shares of common stock, be¬
ing offered for subscription by stockholders on the basis

one

Plasticon
which

due

corporate purposes.

Bldg., Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.

180,000 common
shares
/to be offered in units, each consisting of $100 of
debentures and 10 common shares.
Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—The transportation of
passengers, prop¬
erty and mail by air. Proceeds—For repayment of debts,
working capital and general corporate purposes. Office

debentures

24,500 shares to jbe offered to holders (other
than Big Three) of the outstanding common on the basis
per

—For general

May 8,

*

filed $1,800,000 of 6V2%

1961

Pilgrim Helicopter Services; Inc.
April 25, 1961 (letter of notification)
16,363 shares of
common stock
(par $1). Price—$5.50 per share. Proceeds

convertible sub¬

—San

Co.

debentures

shares, and six shares of common.
Price—To be
supplied by amendment. Business—The
construction, sale and financing of^shell homes. Proceeds

ordinated

'

May 4, 1961

mon

ing of $50 of
purchase two

41

1961 filed 200,000 common shares.
Price —By
Business—Imports and distributes Scotch

1,

amendment.
and

Irish

whiskeys.

Rabin-Winters
June

shares

are

to

180,000 common shares of which 80,-

stockholders.

ness—The

manufactuer

lighter

fluid

veda

Boulevard,

Hentz

&

for

and

and

Un¬

Co., New York.

be offered by

by

loans

&

Corp.

19, 1961 filed

000 shares

Proceeds—To repay loans and for

of

related

working

El

the company and 100,000

Price—By

amendrpent.

pharmaceuticals,
items.

capital.

Segundo,

Proceeds—To
Office—700 N.

Calif.

Busi¬

cosmetics,
repay

Sepul-

Underwriter—H.

Co., New York.
Continued

on

page

42

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

42

Office

Continued from page 41

Development Laboratory,

Schmidt,

(7/31-8/4)

Inc.

666 to

Price—By

stockholders.

Business—Devel¬

amendment.

designs and produces electronic instruments for the
detection of atomic radiation.
Proceeds—For working

ops,

capital, and expansion.
Office — 61 East
Northiake, 111. Underwriter—Hayden, Stone
York

(managing).

City

Inc.

Electronics,

Ram

North Ave.,
& Co., New

1960

28,

stock (par 10

common

for television receivers and

other

electrical circuits. Pro¬
In¬
Secyrities Co., Inc., 101 West 57th St., New York City.

general corporate purposes. Office—600
dustrial Ave., Paramus, N. J. Underwriter—General

ceeds—For

Offering-—Imminent.
Ram

Tool

powered tools. Proceeds—For working capital. Office—■
411 N. Claremont Ave., Chicago, 111. Underwriter—Aetna
Securities Corp.,

The

organized in February 1961 to invest

was

company

amount. Business—

of principal

100%

Price—At

mortgages on income producing properties and
in land on which buildings have been erected. Proceeds
first

in

East

Office—60

investment.

•—For

42nd St., New York

Underwriter—None.

City.

u

(letter of notification)) 60,000 shares oi
stock (par one cent). Price—$5 per
licensed department in
1961. Office—1211 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. Under¬
writer—Midland Securities Co., Kansas City, Mo.
common

share. Proceeds—To open a new

(7/7)
March 16, 1961 filed 160,000 units of common stock and
warrants, each unit to consist of one share of class A
common and two
common stock purchase warrants for
the purchase of class A common (one exercisable at $5.50
per share for 12 months and the other at $6 per share
•

Recreation

within

Enterprises, Inc.

Business—The
chain of bowling alleys in

Price—$5

months).

30

unit.

per

plank to operate a
initially in Missouri and Kansas
Proceeds—For the building of bowling centers. Office—

company

midwestern states,

the

Independence Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

6000

M. Simon &

—I.
•

Reeves

Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Underwriter
-

Broadcasting & Development Corp.

Co.,

&

Corp.,

Del.

Wilmington,

(managing). Offering—Expected in August.
"May 8, 1961 filed 150,000 shares of

^

capital stock. Price—

share. Business—The research and development
processes in the field of surface and biochemistry.
Proceeds—For plant construction, equipment, research
and development, sales promotion and working capital.
Office—545 Broad St., Bridgeport, Conn. Underwriter
per

of

—McLaughlin, Kaufmann & Co., New York City (man¬
aging).
*
;
•

&

Renaire

(7/6)

Inc.

Foods,

March 30, 1961 filed $700,000 of debentures, 6V2% con¬
vex tiDie series due 1976, to-be-offered for public sale
dj
the company and

125,000 shares of common stock, (par $1)

shares are to be offered for sale by the
company and 25,000 outstanding shares by the presen;
holders thereof.
Price—At 100% of principal amount,

of which 125,000

the

stock.

Business—The retail distribution of food freezers,

frozen

groceries,

foods,

$6

and

debentures

the

for

vitamins,

per

for

share

medicines and
Baltimore

proprietary

sundries, principally in the Philadelphia and

Proceeds—For construction, the purchase
installment contracts resulting from the sales of food

trading areas.
of

and

freezers, and for working capital.

timore Pike,
&
•

Office—770 Bal¬

Springfield, Pa. Underwriter—P. W. Brooks

Co., Inc., New York City.
Riverview AFC,

1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares. Price
—$3. Business—Real estate and utility development in
Florida. Proceeds — For expansion. Office — 2823 So.

Underwriter—Albion

Ave., Titusville, Fla.
Securities Co., Inc., New York.
Washington

.

(7/13)

May 19, 1961 filed 82,500 shares of common stock, of
which 25,000 shares are to be offered for public sale by
the company and 57,500
ent

holders

Business—The

ment.

photoelectric
and

other

outstanding shares by the pres¬
be supplied by amend¬

Price—To

thereof.

manufacture

light controls,

street

electronic

equipment.

and

distribution

centrifugal

of

blowers

Proceeds—For

new

product development.yQUice—One Factory Street, Middletown, Conn.
Underwriter — Dominick & Dominick,
New York City (managing).
•

Rorer

(William

H.),

Inc.

(7/10)

•

thereof. Price—To be supplied
—The

manufacture
—

For

the




converting
to industry. Proceeds —For expansion, new <
equipment, repayment of debt, and working capital. Of¬
fice—4542 East Dunham St., City of Commerce, Calif.
Underwriter
Carat & Polonitza, Inc., Los Angeles
ture,

—

Shepard Airtronics, Inc.
t....
26, 1961 (letter of notification) 75,000 shares of
common
stock (par one cent).
Price.— $4 per share.'
Business—The manufacture of high altitude breathing

000 shares are to

Proceeds—For repayment of
and development, plant
improvement, purchase of inventory, advertising and •
workings capital. Office — 787 Bruckner
Boulevard,;
Bronx, N.^Y. Underwriters-r-L. C. Wegard & Co.; 28 West'/,
State St., Trenton, N. J, (managing); L.vJ. Termo & Co.,
Inc.; New York and Copley & Co., Colorado Springs, •
Colo. .-•/":
'
•
/• /•
"
-V ■ /
v
and ventilation

stockholders. Price—By amendment. Business
printing of gift wrap .'.papers.
Proceeds — For.,

The

and

sale

account

of

Capital

pharmaceuticals.

the

Corp.

-

•

,

V;

..

.

1

stock; Price
investment
company. Proceeds—For investment.. Office—Juniper &
Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Underwriters—Blair
&
Co., Inc., New York City; Stroud & Co., Inc./and Wood¬
cock, Moyer, Fricke & French, Philadelphia, Ha.
• Science Resources, Inc.
(7/5)
'
/";
June 13, ,1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares. Price
-—$3. Business—The furnishing of business management
to consulting scientists and the arranging of financing
for science companies. Proceeds-—For expansion. Office
—One Story St., Cambridge, Mass. Underwriter—Lewis
Wolf Associates (managing) and Marshall Roberts & Co.,
Inc., New York.
'//
May 9, 1961 filed 450,000 shares of common
—$8 per share. Business—A small business

Sherman Co.

Recording Instruments Corp.
("Reg. A") 100,000 common

Scully

••..•-

-:,r-

.

1961 filed 1,096 of limited partnership shares.
$5,000 per unit. Business — The company was/ <
on March 15, 1961 to acquire the Hotel Sherman ' •

March 29,
Price

—

formed

Proceeds—[To purchase the above property.'
Street,-New York City. Underwriter

in Chicago.

E. 40th

Office—10

.

-None.

:

Sica Skiffs,

April

1961

19,

Price—To

be

Inc.
filed

100,000 shares of .common stock.
by amendment. Business—The"

supplied

manufacture and

"sea skiffs"

sale of

Proceeds—For

motor.boat.

the

a

type, of inboard

repayment

of debt,

the'

retail outlets, property Improvement,
forking capital. Office—Toms River, N. J. Under¬
writer—Warner, Jennings, Mandel & Longstreth, Phila¬
delphia (managing). Offering—Expected in early July.,.development

of

and

;

shares (par
manufacture of pre¬
cision recording equipment. Proceeds—-For repayment of
ic Sjcctrom Automations-,. Sue;
a
loan, general overhead, equipment and working papJune 28, 1961 filed 70,000 class A. common shares. Price'
ital: Office—Bridgeport, Conn. Underwriter—Moran &
—$4. Business —; The design, manufacture and sale of
Go.,-Newark, N. J.
•
•'
- electronically controlled: automation devices. Proceeds
Seaboard Electronic Corp. (7/3)/
—For the
repayment of debt, purchase of additional'
April 26, 1961 filed 100,000 outstanding shares of com¬
equipment ana .inventory, and .working cao'tal. Office—!
mon
stock to be offered for public sale by the present
140 N; W. 15th St., Boca Raton, Fla. Underwriler—j.
June. 14,
10

1961

cents). Price—$3. Business—The

■

thereof.

holders

selling

Pro¬

stockholders.

Price—$5.50 per share;

Business—The

warning signals,; control boxes, intervalometers and related equipment for aircraft and mis¬

Proceeds—For the selling stockholders.
Office—417 Canal Street, New York City.
Underwriter
—Amos Treat & Co., Inc., New York City (managing)..

sile

application.

Second

June

Business

Financial,

(8/14-18)...

Inc.

—

etc., from Shell Home Builders.
ment.
Office—2740 Apple Valley

Proceeds—For invest¬
Road, N. E., Atlanta,

Underwriter—Globus, Inc., New York.

Ga.

$3,000,000

filed

1961

27,

of 6%

Price —100%

debentures.

nated

of

principal

ventories of such automobiles and direct lending to con¬

and the writing of automobile, credit life, and

sumers,

of insurance.

Proceeds—For working capi¬
Denver, Colo. Under¬

Office—1100 Bannock Street,

writer—None.
•

(7/28)
of class A common
stock and $400,000 of 7*6% 10-year debenture bonds, to
be offered in units consisting of $100 of debentures and
25 shares of stock. Price—$200 per unit. Business—The
purchase of conditional sales contracts on home appli¬
ances.
Proceeds
For working capital and expansion.
Office—724 9th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Under¬
7,

1961

filed

100,000

shares

—

writer—None.
Service

the

by

Photo

Industries,

"/«

•

,

-

/

and 50,000 outstanding shares by the
thereof.
Price — To be supplied by
Business
The manufacture of electrical
—

equipment, principally wiring devices and lighting con¬
trols
used
in
indusirial, comfrierciaf^and residential
Proceeds—To reduce outstanding loans, pur¬
equipment, and for working capital.

buildings.

additional

chase

Sea

Cliff

City
•

E.

Avenue,

Glen

Cove,

I., ;N.

Capital Corp.

May 16, 1964 filed 500,000 shares of common stock (par
$1). Price—$12.50 per share. Business—A small business'
investment company. Proceeds—For investment. Office
—Life & Casualty Tower, Nashville, Tenn. Underwriters
—Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curlis, New York City
(fnanaging) and Johnston, Lemon & Co.. Washington,
D. C.

Southern American

common

c/o
Pont

Inc..

Fire Insu-ance Co.

(letter of notification) 23.500 shares of
stock (par $4). Price—$10 per share. „ Office—
1961

19,

Guilmartin, Bartel & Ashman, 1527 Alfred I. du
Building, Miami, Fla. Underwriters—Beil & Hough,
St. Petersburg, Fla.; Nolting, Nichol & O'Donnell,

Inc., Pensacola, Fla.; Sterling, Grace & Co., New York.
Southern

May 26,

Realty & Utilities Corp.

1961

tures due

convertible deben¬

filed $3,140,000 of 6%

1976, with warrants to purchase 31,400 common

Business—The develop¬
Proceeds—For the

Photo

repayment of debt, the development of property,

Suppliers, Inc., is engaged in the importation and
of a wide variety of photographic equip¬

distribution

sales promotion, and

Hart

&

East

17th

repayment of debt, advertising
other corporate purposes. Of¬

St., New York.

Co., Bayside, N. Y.

Servonic

Instruments,

Underwriter—N.

(managing).
Inc.

-

(7/12)

—At

fice—33

Yo

'

(managing).

Southeastern

L.

Unterberg, Towbin Co., New York

shares, to be offered for public sale in units of $500 of
debentures and warrants for five common shares.
Price

Inc.

—

Proceeds—For the

'•>

holders

May 26, 1961 filed 150,000 class A shares (par one cent).
Price
$4. Business — The company, formerly Service

ment.

v

.'**

company

present

May

Security Acceptance Corp.

March

•

18,

Underwriter—C.

series A subordi¬
amount.
Business— The company and its subsidiaries are engaged
in the retail financing of new and used automobiles, mo¬
bile homes, appliances, furniture and farm equipment for
purchasers, and the wholesale financing of dealers' in¬

Jan.

•

Inc.

1361 filed 150,000 shares of class. A stock, of
which 100,000 shares are to be offered for public sale

May

Office—45

,

Credit Corp.

Securities

Electric

Stater

amendment.

filed 100,000 common shares. Price—$3.
The purchase of notes, mortgages, contracts,

1961

20,

Magaril Co., Inc., New York.

of

manufacture

and

by amendment. Business
of

New York.

Co., St. Louis and Walston & Co.,

&

Science

equipment.

loans; new equipment, research

equipment and working capital. Address—120 TwentyFifcn Ave., Bellwood, IlL Unaerwriters^Stifel,-,:~Nicolaus

its ."

April

Inc.

19, 1961 filed 113,600 common shares of which 40,-#
be offered by the company and 73,600

June

Lrethane

to

name

company plans to change
Industries international Inc.

Note—This

(managing).

R. D. No. 2, Albany, N. Y.
Y.

Specialty Manufacturing Co.,

Clair

St.

be supplied by

products

Underwriter—Lewis & Stoehr, New York, N.

n

May 24, 1961 filed 130,000 outstanding shares of common
stock to be offered for public sale by the present holders

ceeds

—

•' p.
stock. Price '
amendment. Business—The manufac¬
and distribution of uretnane foam
Inc.

Industries,

Uretftane

She!ley

To

Advertising Co., Inc. '

Address

porate purposes.

tal.

Inc.

Ripley Co., Inc.

©

May 24, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common

10, 1961 (letter of notification) 80,000 shares ol
class A stock (par 10 cents). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—Outdoor advertising.
Proceeds—For general cor¬

other types

May 18,

•

Stanley & Co., New York.

automatic coffee dispens¬
Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

Co., New York.

•
•

repayment of loans and general corporate purposes. Of- ;
W. 50th St., New York. Underwriter—Morgan -

fice—50

Price—$10.

shares.

16, 1961 filed 130,000 common

Underwriter—None.

Salt Lake City, Utah.

.

Inc.

Research

Simmons

Reher

Inc.

and similar items.

Business—Acquisition, develop¬
mining properties. Proceeds— ;
purposes, office — 1406 Walker ,

* Shell Oil Co.. (7/19)
•:
/•
June 23, 1961 filed $200,000,000 of sinking fund deben- ;
tures due 1986.
Price—By amendment.
Proceeds—For

promotion and manufacture of a new product, working
capital and general corporate purposes.
Office — 300
Jacksonville Road, Hatboro, Pa.
Underwriter—Stearns

16, 1961 filed $2,500,000 of convertible

Underwriter—Laird

$6

Rudd-Meiikian,

general corporate

Bank Bldg.,

-

debentures.
Price—At par. Business—The operation of TV stations
and recording studios and the development of real estate
properties in North Carolina. Proceeds—For expansion,
the repayment of loans, for working capital and other
corporate purposes. Office—304° E^ 44th St., New York.
June

For

for schools. Proceeds — For expansion,
general corporate purposes and working capital. Office
—Meadow & Clay Sts., Richmond, Va. Underwriter—~~
B. N. Rubin & Co., Inc., New York.
•:
June

share.

per

ment, and exploration of

furniture

tory

—

1961

17,

A

class

Price—$2.50

^ Royal School Laboratories, Inc.
23, 1961 filed 170,000 common shares.
Price—$5.
Business—The manufacture of special^ purpose labora¬

shares by

Recco, Inc.

April

research, design, development, manuiac- .
devices consisting primarily *of
electromechanical transducers, for a variety of milirary,^
industrial and scientific use*. Proceeds—For new equip¬

March

20-year par¬
ticipating notes to be issued in 2,000 units of $25,000

shares by the present

supplied by amendment. »

ment, plant expansion and working capital.
Office—
1644
Whittier, Calif.
Underwriter — C. E. Unterberg,
Proceeds—For the retirement of debt and
Towbin Co., New York City.
product expansion.
Office—2315 Homewood Avenue, .
Shasta Minerals & Chemical Co.
*
Baltimore, Md. Underwriter—Stein Bros. & Boyce, Bal- ■
April 24, 1961 filed 500,000 snares of common stock.;
timore, Md. Offering—Expected mid to late July.

Ruth Outdoor

Inc.

Investing Association,

May 22, 1961 filed $50,000,000 series A 6%

be

equipment/

New York (managing).

Estate

Price—To

thereof.

ture and sale of precision

May 29, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of con\mon stock. Price
-—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—Tne manu¬
facture and sale of industrial controls and
electrical

ers

9, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares. Price — By
amendment. Business—The manufacture of electrically

each.

1961

Business—The

(7/28)

Controller Co.

Business—The manufacture of

Corp.

June

Real

Thursday, June 29,

,.

by the, company and 45,000

holders

Co., New

&

June

(letter of notification) 75,000 shares ol
cents). Price—$4 per share. Busi¬
ness—Manufacturers of electronic and replacement parti
Dec.

sale

Pa. Under¬
York City and
Roberts & Parke, Philadelphia( managing).
Stenton Ave., Philadelphia,

4865

Rowan

•

1, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares, including 86,be offered for sale by the company ^and 13,33£ by

June

—

writers—Kidder, Peabody

%
Radiation Instrument

•

.

(2874)

.

A.

<

(7/3-7)

April 26, 1961 filed 95,000 shares of no par common
stock, of which 50,000 shares are to be offered for public

100% of principal amount.

ment of

unimproved land in Florida.

work¬

ing capital and other corporate purposes. Office—1674
Avenue, Miami Beach, Fla.
Underwriters —

Meridian

Hirsch
York

&

City

and Lee Higginson
(managing).

Co.,

Spectron,

Corp.,

both of New

Inc.

1961 filed 83,750 class A common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$4.50. Business—The design, development

June 9,
and

manufacture of electronic .systems,

instruments

and

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equipment, including microwave, radar and
communication

devices.

Proceeds

For

—

underwater

purchase

of

equipment, plant expansion, patent
development and
general corporate purposes. Office—812
Ainsley Bldg.,
Miami, Fla. Underwriter—Hampstead
Investing Corp.,
New York (managing)..
•

Speed-O-Print Business

Machines

Corp.

May 24, 1961 filed 125,000 shares of common stock. Price
be supplied by amendment.
Business^-The com¬

—To

manufactures

machines

and

in

notes

the

amount

writer—Hodman

.V '

•

sells

accessories.

general corporate
ing;.

and

'

Proceeds

copy

$422,826, with the balance for
Office—Chicago.
Under¬
Renshaw, Chicago (managing).

&

'

;

r-.

'

'

.

Business—The

For

—

servicing

the repayment of

loan

a

of

Price

missiles.
for

By

—

Pro¬

working

capital. Office—722-32 Brookhaven Drive, Orlando, Fla.
Underwriter—Pierce, Carrison, Wulbern, Inc.. Jackson¬
ville,

.

,

.

1,624 shares of class
(no par) to be offered for subscription
by stockholders on the basis of four scares for each five
shares held, with the unsubscribed shares to be sold to
the public. Price—To stockholders, $100 per
share; to
A common stock

public, $110

share. Business—Manufacturers

per

Pharmaceuticals. Proceeds

For

—

testing

of

products,

new

inventories; marketing and general corporate purposes.
Office—10 Pine St., Morristown, N. J. Underwriter—E.
T. Andrews & Co., Hartford, Conn.
«
Staff Business

& Data Aids

stock. Price

common

be

supplied by amendment. Business—The com¬
is engaged in the distribution of wholesale elecr
trical equipment and supplies.
Proceeds — For the re¬
payment

bank

of

loans

and

other

corporate

purposes.

Oince—224

Wasnington St., Perth Amboy, N. J. Under¬
writers—Amos Treat & Co., Inc., and Standard Secu¬
rities
Corp., "both of New York City and BrunoLenchner, Inc;, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Survivors'

March

Benefit

Insurance

Co.

30, 1961 filed 50,000 shares of common stock to
initially to stockholders and thereafter to

offered

Price—$21.70

share.

per

representatives.

company

Business

—

The

company

is

qualified to write life insurance in the state of Missouri.
Proceeds—For expansion of the business into other states
and

for

Office

reseives.

4725

—

Wyandotte St., Kansas

City, Mo. Underwriter—None.

17, 1961 (letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
capital stock (par 10 cental. Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness—The supplying of temporary office personnel. Pro¬
ceeds—lo purchase
assets of Rapid Computing Co., Inc.
corporate

Suval Industries Inc.
(7/10-14)
AjDril 27, 1961 filed 125,000 shares of common stock, of
which 100,000 shares are to be offered for
public sale
by the company and 25,000 outstanding shares by the

present holders thereof.

Price—$4 per share. Business—
The manufacture of
supported vinyl plastic sheeting for
the automobile, furniture and
clothing industries. Pro¬
ceeds—For additional
equipment, product expansion and
working capital.
Office—Cantiagua Road, Westbury
N.

Y.

Underwriters

Brukenfeld

&

—

Milton

D.

Blauner

&

Co;,

and

Co., both of New York City.

•

Swingiine Inc. (7/17-21)
14, 1961 filed 200,000 outstanding class A common
shares. Price—By amendment. Business—The manufac¬
ture of stapling machines. Proceeds
For the selling

Office—122 E. 42nd&

purposes.

—

stockholders.

Office—32-00

Skillman

Ave., Long Island

City, New York. Underwriter—Paine, Webber, Jackson
& Curtis, New York
(managing).
^

Street, New York, N. Y. Underwriter—Hancock
rities Corp., New York, N. Y.

Secu¬

T-Bowl

June

International!, Inc.
1961 filed 400,000 common

May 2, 1961 filed 265,000 shares of common stock (par
$1). Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business—

15,
shares, of which
325,000 shares are to be offered by the company and
75,000 shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—The operation of bowling centers. Proceeds—

The manufacture and direct retail sale

For

Standard Brands Paint Co. 9

of

paints,

enam¬

els, varnishes and allied products in the Southern Cali¬
fornia

Proceeds—For

area.

of

retirement

outstanding 8%

Office

pansion.

the

4300

W.

repayment

debentures

190th

of

debt,
for

and

the
ex¬

St.,

Torrance, Calif.
Underwriters—Sutro Bros. & Co., and Allen & Co., both
of New York
City (managing).,
Sterife

—

Medical

Products, Inc.
June 2, 1961 ("Reg. A") 120,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$2.50. Business—The sharpening of sur¬
gical blades. Proceeds—For general corporate purposes.
Address—Jamesburg, N. J. Underwriter—Louis R. Dreyling & Co., New Brunswick, N. J.
Stratof ex,

June

and

Inc.

8, 1961 filed

amendment.

120,000

Business

—

shares. Price

common

The

manufacture

of

—

By

hydraulic

pneumatic type hose, primarily for the aircraft and
industries.
Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

missile
and

working capital. Address — P. O. Box 10398, Fort
Worth. Tex. Underwriter—First Southwest Co.. Dallas.
Stratton

N.

expansion.

J. Underwriter—Peter

N.

Y.

Underwriters

•

construction.

and

development^ and op¬

recreational

summer

resort or.
Proceeds—For

in southern Vermont.

Office—South

Londonderry,
writer—Cooley & Co., Hartford, Conn.

Under¬

Vt.

June

27, 1961

nated

filed $600,000 of 6%

debentures

due

1981.

convertible subordi¬

Price—At

par.

Proceeds—

For

plant expansion, working capital and other corpo¬
rate purposes. Office — Basin and Cherry Sts., Norristown, Pa. Underwriter—H. A. Riecke & Co., Philadel¬
phia (managing).
Sun

March

Val'ev

30,

Associates

1961

$205,000 of lim¬
ited partnership interests to be offered in units of $5,000.
or fractional units of not less than
$2,500. Proceed*—For
working capital. Address — Harlingen, Texas. Under¬
write*—Nat

Berger

Associates, Inc., New York City.

^ Super-Temp Corp.
June 15. 1961
("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (no
par). Price—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of debts, pur¬

chase of new equipment, re*e?rrh ?md development and
working capital. Office—2024 W. 15th St., Long Beach,
Calif. Underwriter—Morgan & Co., Los Angeles.
•

Supprrrarrets Operating Co. (7/6)
May 10, 1961 filed 125,000 shares of common stock. Price
—To

tion

be
of

sunplied

chain

by amendment. Business—The opera¬

the
production
and
marketing
of
"Huber's
Sunbeam"
bakery products. Proceeds — For working capital, and
general corporate purposes. Office—1416 Morris Ave.,
Union, N J. Underwriters—Robert Garrett & Sons, Bal¬
timore, Md., and G H. Walker & Co., New York City,
a

of

"Shop-Rite"

supermarkets

Superstition Mountain Enterprises,

and

Inc.

(7/10-14)
Jan.
Price

30.
—

formed

foot
Ariz.

of

1°6l
$2.50

filed
per

2.000.000

share.

shares

Business

—

of

The

common

stock.

company

was

in

March, 1959 to develop real property at the
Superstition Mountain near Apache Junction,

It has developed part of

the property to form the

Apacheland Sound Stage and Western Street, architec¬
turally designed for the 1870 period, which is used for
the
shooting of the motion picture and television pro¬




Co.,

and

Brand,

(managing).

stock to be offered for public

sale in units consisting of
$240 of debentures, 50 common shares and 20
wai^rants.
Price
$640 per unit. Business — The construction of
—

bowling centers. Proceeds—For construction and work¬
ing capital. Office—873 Merchants Road, Rochester, N. Y.

Underwriter—Lomasney, Loving & Co., New York City
(managing).
©

Taffet

April

Electronics, Inc.

28,
—

$3

1961
per

bearing obligations of
states, counties, municipalities and territories of
the
U. S., and political
subidivisions thereof which are be¬

lieved to be exempted from Federal
income taxes. Pro¬
ceeds—For investment.
Office —135 South La Salle

St., Chicago. Sponsor—John Nuveen

(7/5.3)

filed

132,000 shares of common stock.
share.
Business — The manufacture of

J.

Proceeds—For general

—420

Lexington Ave.,

communications

components, for
field.

primarily

use

Proceeds—For

additional

equipment, capital improvements and working capital.
Office—27-01 Brooklyn Queens
Expressway, Woodside,
N.

Y. Underwriters—Fialkov & Co., Inc.
(managing);
Stanley Heller & Co., Amos Treat & Co., Inc., all of New
York

City.

9,

Broadcasting Co.
May 26, 1961 filed 376,369 outstanding shares of
stock

to

be

offered

for

public sale by the present
holders thereof. Price—To be supplied by amendment.
Business—The operation of TV and radio broadcasting
stations.

Proceeds—For the selling stockholders. Office
Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Underwriter
—Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc., New York City
(manag¬
ing). Offering—Expected in July.
—1906

Tasselie, Inc.

(7/10-14)

Feb.

15, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of class A stock. Price
—$12 per share. Business—The company was organized
under
and

Delaware law in

sale of

"Tassette,"

1959

to finance

the

exploitation

patented feminine hygiene aid.
Proceeds—For advertising and
promotion, market devel¬

opment,

a

medical research

and

administrative

expenses.

Office—170 Atlantic

St., Stafford, Conn.. UnderwriterAmos Treat & Co., Inc., New York City (managing);
Bruno-Lenchner, Inc., Pittsburgh; and Karen Securities
Corp., New York City.
Tax-Exempt Public Bond Trust Fund
Jan.

16,

1961 filed $5,000,000 of interests

1961

one

advertising;

percentage (to be supplied by amendment) and dividing
the sum thereof by 5,000.
Business — The trust was
formed by John Nuveen & Co., Chicago,
111., to invest ir:
tax-exempt obligations of states, counties, municipalities
territories of the United States.
Sponsor — John
135 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111.

and

Nuveen & Co.,

Tax-Exempt Public Bond Trust Fund, Series 2
23,

1961

certificates.

filed

$10,000,000

ex-k

pansion; purchase of raw materials; research and devel¬
opment, and working capital. Office—599 Tenth
Avenue,
New York.
Underwriter—International Services Corp.,
Paterson, N. J.
Templet Industries Inc*
June 2, 1961

("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 25
Price—$3.
Business—Licenses patents to die-

cents).
makers

and metal parts manufacturers.
Proceeds—For
working capital and general corporate purposes. Office—
701 Atkins Ave., Brooklyn
8, N. Y. Underwriter—Levien,
Greenwald & Co., New York.
•

Tempieton Damroth Corp.
30, 1961 filed $445,000 of 5V2% convertible de¬
bentures, due 1969.
Price
100%
of the »principal
March

—

amount. Business — The
management and distribution
of shares of four investment
companies, and also private

investment counselling. JProceeds—To increase the
sales
efforts of subsidiaries, to establish a new finance
com¬

and

pany,

for general

corporate

Office—630

purposes.

Third

Avenue, New York City. Underwriter—Hecker &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Offering—Expected in late
July.
Tennessee

Investors,

Inc.

May 16, 1961 filed 500,000 shares of common stock to be
publicly offered, and 4,206 common shares to be offered
to

holders

of the outstanding common on the
basis of
share for each nine shares held.
Prices—$12.50
share for the public offering and $11.40

one

new

per

for

the

pany's
term

per share
Business—A small business in¬
Proceeds — To finance the com¬

rights offering.

vestment

company.

activities

loans

of

to small

Casualty Tower,

providing equity capital and long
business concerns.'Office—Life and

Nashville^

Tenn. Underwriter—Paine,

WebberJackson & Curtis," New'York
City
•

Terry Industries, Inc.
28, 1961 filed 1,728,337 shares of

Feb.

(managing).

common

stock

of

which

557,333 shares

of the

issuing company and 1,171,004 shares, represent¬

are

to

be

offered for

the

account

ing outstanding stock, are to be offered for the account
of the present holders thereof.
Price—For the company's

shares, to be related to A.S.E. prices at time of the
offering. For the stockholders' shares, the price will be
supplied by amendment. Business
The company, for¬
merly Sentry Corp., is primarily a general contractor for
heavy construction projects. Proceeds—The proceeds of
—

the first 12,000 shares will
go to Netherlands Trading Co.
balance of the proceeds will be used to
pay past
due legal and
accounting bills, to reduce current indebt¬

The

edness, and for working capital. Office—11-11 34th Ave.,
Long Island City, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter — (For the
company's shares only) Greenfield & Co., Inc.. New

Tetraflour, Inc.

I

.

31, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (no
par). Price—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of a loan, pur¬
chase of equipment and
working capital. Office—343
Hindry Ave., Inglewood, Calif. Underwriter—Morgan &
Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
•

Texas

Capital Corp. (8/4)
16, 1961 filed 1,000,000 common shares. Price—By

company.

Business

Proceeds

—

—

A

small

business

For investment.

Texas

June

7,

Eastern Transmission

1961

filed

investment

Office

Eighth St., Georgetown, Tex. Underwriter
Tegeler & Co., Inc., St. Louis.
Corp.

—

—

104

E.

Dempsey-

(7/12)

$30,000,000

of debentures due July
1, 1981 and 200,000 shares of subordinated convertible
preferred ($100 par). Proceeds—For the repayment of
debt and for construction. Office—Memorial Professional

Bldg., Houston. Underwriter—Dillon, Read & Co., New
York (managing).

Textilfoam, Inc.
June

23, 1961 filed 130,000

000 shares

are

shares of which 100,by the company and 30,000

common

to be offered

shares by the stockholders. Price—By amendment. Busi¬
ness — The lamination
of a syntheticwfoam to fabrics.
Proceeds—For

expansion, working capital

and

general

corporate purposes. Office—200 Fair St., Palisades Park,
N. J.

Underwriters—Flomenhaft, Seidler & Co., Inc., and
Street & Co., Inc., New York (managing).
Thermo-Chem

(5,000 units).

Price—To be computed on the basis of the trustees eval¬
uation of the underlying public bonds,
plus a stated

Feb.

Associates, Inc., New York.

amendment.
com¬

Office
Underwriter—

purposes.

City.

("Reg. A") 100,000 class A common shares
cent). Price—$3. Business—The manufactu.e
coin-operated vending machines. Proceeds—For re¬
payment of loans; sales promotion and
(par

June

Taft

York

of

May

electronic

corporate

New

Techno-Vending Corp.
June

fabrication

of

Co., Chicago.

ship will acquire all the outstanding stock of five
apart¬
ment houses in
Newark, East Orange and Jersey City,

N.

York City.

the

&

Taylor-Country Estate Associates
12, 1961 filed $2,420,000 of limited
partnership in¬
terests. Price—$10,000
per unit. Business—The
partner¬
June

equipment, principally electronic test equip¬
ment, partial electronic systems and assemblies, and the

mon

(letter of notification)

&

Bowling & Leasing Corp. (7/3-7)
March 31, 1961 filed $600,000 of 8% convertible subordi¬
nated debentures due 1971, 125,000 shares of
comnpn
stock and 50,000 class A
warrants to purchase common

in

• Strouse. Inc.

Kesselman

—

Tatideo

Price

winter

a

Mountain

Morgan & Co., New York.

Grumet & Seigel Inc., New York

electronic

of

Stratton

Boulevard, East Paterson,

replacement knobs for television sets. Proceeds—For the
repayment of debt, the expansion of product lines and
working capital. Office—469 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola,

eration

1961

B

T.*V. Development Corp.
May 26, 1961 filed 100,000 shares of common "stock. Price
—$5 per share. Business—The manufacture and sale of

.7orp.
filed $650,000 of 5% convertible subordi¬
debentures, due Dec. 1, 1981. Price—At 100% of
principal amount. Business—The

March 3,
nated

Office— 27

—The fund will invest in interest

Nat Berger

(7/3)

June

April

and for general

Underwriter

•

Spencer Laboratories, Inc.
May 1, 1961 (letter of notification)

the

—To

policyholders, employees and

v

and

Office—Apache Junction, Ariz.

Supronics Corp.
May 29, 1961 filed 90,000 shares of

be

v<

Spellman Engineering, Inc. (6/30)
6, 1961 filed 150,000 common shares.

amendment.

off

pay

of

June

ceeds

making

-

To

—

purposes.

'

•

office

Proceeds—To purchase and
develop additional

pany

(7/17-21

pany

ductions.
property.
—None.

(10,000 units)

ownership

Price—To be filed by amendment.

Business

June

Corp.
14, 1961 filed 130,000

common

shares. Price—$4.50.

Business—The manufacture of coatings for fabrics. Pro¬
ceeds—To repay a loan, and purchase equipment, for re¬
search

and
development, administrative expenses and
working capital. Office — Noeland Ave., Penndel, Pa.
Underwriter—Best & Garey Co., Inc., Washington, D. C.
•
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. (6/30)
May 24, 1961 filed $25,000,000 of 25-year sinking fund
debentures, due 1986.' Price—To be supplied by amend¬

ment.

Business—The research, manufacture, and
Continued

on

sale of
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in the missile, space, electronics and aircraft
—
For general funds, including debt re¬

products
fields.

•

43

Proceeds

Office—23555 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

duction.

Underwriters—Smith, Barney & Co., New York City and
McDonald & Co., Cleveland, Ohio (managing).
Enterprises, Inc. (7/10-14)
June 2, 1961
filed 85,000 common shares.
Price—$4.
Business
The breeding of thoroughbred race horses.
Proceeds—To purchase land, build a stable, and buy
additional horses.
Office—8000 Biscayne Blvd., Miami^
Thoroughbred
—

Co., Inc., Newark, N. J.,

Underwriter—Sandkuhl &

Fla.

and New York City.

(par
sale
and 95,000 shares by therselling stock¬

$1) of which 60,000 shares will be offered for public

supplied by amendment. Business
—The manufacture and sale fo plastic and metal toys.
holders.

working

Underwriter—Bache &

Office—Mound, Minn.
Co., New York City (managing).
capital.

Inc.

Electronics,

Inc.

1, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par 10
cents). Price—$2.75. Business — Manufacturers'and im-^
porters of transistorized radios, phonographs and simi¬

lar electronic products.

Proceeds—For removal to larger

quarters; purchase of tools and dies; research and devel¬

opment; repayment of loans and working capital. Office
Jamaica

—195-02

Av^., Jamaica 23, N. Y. Underwriters

and Earl Edden

—Bertner Bros,

Transcontinent Television

Co., New York.

Government agency; cold storage warehousing;
freezing, packaging and marketing of vegetables;
the freezing and packaging of shrimp; the feeding and
marketing of fattened cattle, and the operation of a
small business financing company. Proceeds—For ex¬
pansion and working capital. Office—1235 Shadowdale,
Houston, Tex. Underwriter—Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St.
Louis, Mo.
United

Investors

1961 filed 76,109 shares of class A stock.

May 26,

Price

Business—The company plans to ac¬
quire 15 realty properties in eight states. Proceeds—For
the repayment of debt, property acquisitions, and work¬
ing capital. Office—60 E. 42nd Street, New York City.
Underwriter—None. Offering—Expected in rhid-August.
share.

per

U.

S.

filed 200,000 shares of common stock
per share.
Business—The company plans to
manufacture fiberglass shingles, beams, purlin and other
materials.
Proceeds
For working capital, inventory
1961

27,
Price—$2

common

stock to be

holders

ent

Corp.

Business

ment.

offered for public sale by the pres¬
Price—To

thereof.

radio

be

supplied

the
St., Buffalo,
N. Y. Underwriters—Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., and
Bear, Stearns & Co., both of New York City (managing).
seven

broadcasting

stations.

stockholders. Office

selling

Transcontinental
March

120,000 shares of

stock^(par $1). Price—$2.50 per share.
Pro¬
advances to subsidiaries. Office—278 S. Main

common

ceeds—For

Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Underwriter—Continental
Securities Corp., 627 Continental Bank Building, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
v

plaqhing, development and marketing of single-familyhome communities in New Jersey. Proceeds—For the

development
of properties. Office — 52 Neil Ave., Lakewood, N. J.
Underwriter—Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Washing¬
ton, D. C., and New York City.
>
Variable Annuities

United

share. Business—A

per

Office—20

investment.

26, 1961 filed 185,000 common shares of which
shares are to be offered by the company and
shares by stockholders. Price—By amendment.
Business—A ,holding company with subsidiaries in the
savings and loan, .real estate and insurance fields. Pro¬
ceeds
For repayment of loans and working capital.
75,000

110,000

.

of

1961.

Universal

23,

1961

stock

common

to be

outstanding
Price

$2

—

shares, stock, by the selling stockholders
per share.
Proceeds — For working capital

writer—Wililam

Naftalin & Co.,
•

Universal

June

Ltd.

May 1, 1961 filed $150,000 of limited partnership inter¬
ests to be offered for public sale in 150 units.
Price—
$1,000 per' unit.
Proceeds—For the acquisition of oil
leases and
the
development of, thereof.
Office-<--213

Building, Abilene, Texas.

Under¬

writer—None.

18,

Street, Winona, Minn.
Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.

Moulded

Fiber

Glass

Underwriter—

•

sold

Uris

stockholders.

by

Business—Manufactures transformers for electronic

(7/10-14)
June 2, 1961 filed 159,403 outstanding shares of common
to be offered for sale by stockholders. Price—By amend¬
ment. Business—The construction, operation and leasing

equipment.

Proceeds—For

of office

search

development,

j

Tresco, Inc.
5, 1961 filed' 100,000

June

and

common

the

shares.

repayment

of

Price—$5.
debt,

re¬

a new subsidiary
Office—3824 Terrance
Underwriter—Amos Treat & Co., New

to

finance

ers.

Buildings Corp.

Proceeds—For the selling stockhold¬

buildings.

Third Ave.,

Office—850

New York.

Underwriter—

and for other corporate purposes.

Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York (managing).

St., Philadelphia.
York (managing).

it Vacu-Dry Co.
June

0

•

Triangle Instrument Co.

March 30,

(7/10-14)

1961

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares of
(par one cent). Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
ness
The manufacture of precision instruments and
components. Proceeds—For equipment, inventory, the
repayment of debt, and working capital. Office—Oak
•

common

stock

—

1961

bank

19,

and

consumer

shares.

common

industrial

finance

Price—$6.
company.

shares. Price—By
expansion, repayment of

common

For

Valley Title & Trust Co.
June

1961

13,

the

Business—A

—

working capital. Office

and

—Armstrong & Co., Inc., New York City.
Funding Corp.
1961 filed 250,000

400,000

Calif.

Business—The

Trinity

filed

filed 120,000 common shares. Price—$5.
writing and selling of title insurance and

Louis

and

the manufacture of precision

subassemblies for the aircraft, missile and
Proceeds—For the repayment of debt,
expansion, working capital and reserves for possible fu¬
ture acquisitions.
Office—9111 Schaefer Highway, De¬
troit, Mich. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co., New York
parts

and

other

industries.

City (managing).

(7/6)
of first subordinated de¬
bentures due 1981 (with attached warrants to buy up to
80,000 common shares).
Price — To be supplied by
amendment. Business—The construction, and mortgage
financing of shell homes.
Proceeds—To reduce bank
debt and finance the sale of additional homes.
Office—
1500 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, Fla.
Under¬
writer—Alex. Brown & Sons, Baltimore, Md. (-managing).
(Jim)

Walter,

Corp.

May 18, 1961 filed $20,000,000

Walter

Sign Corp.

March 30,

(letter of notification) 100,000 shares

1961

of

Price—$3 per share. Busi¬
installation of highway
signs. Proceeds—For the reduction of debt, sales promo¬
tion, inventory and reserves. Office—4700 76th St., Elm-

common

stock (par one cent).

ness

The

—

manufacture

and

hurst, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—Amber,
40 Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y,

Burstein & Co.,

Washington Water Power Co.

1961,,ftled 160,Q0Q1 .common shares. Price—By
Proceeds—For repayment of loans and con¬

20,

Office — E., 1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane,
Underwriters—Kidder, Pesabody & Co.; Blyih &

struction.

Wash.,

Co., Inc., and White, Weld & Co., New
Witter, San Francisco.

York and Dean

Wayne Manufacturing Co.

1961 filed 40,000 outstanding shares of capital
by the present hold¬
thereof. Business—The design, manufacture and sale

May 29,

of

be offered for public sale

industrial

Price

sweepers.

Office

amendment.

—

1201

E.

—
To be supplied by
Lexington St., Pomona,

Underwriters—Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Los

Calif.

Angeles and Schwabacher & Co., San

Francisco (man¬

aging).

Wej-lt Expansion Products, Inc. (7/14)
4, 1961 (letter of notification) 300,000 shares of
common stock
(par 10 cents). Price—$1 per share. Pro¬
ceeds—For plant and facilities, moving equipment, in¬
May

ventory, working capital and repayment of a loan. Office
—4 S. Santa Fe Dr., Denver, Colo. Underwriter—Amos
C. Sudler & Co., Denver, Colo.

Bowling Corp.

128,434 shares of common stock, of
be offered for public sale
by the company and 13,434 outstanding shares by the
present holders thereof. Price—$9.75 per share. Busi¬
ness—The company plans to acquire and operate bowling
centers primarily in California.
Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes.
Office—3300 West Olive Avenue,
Burbank, Calif. Underwriter—Hill Richards & Co. Inc.,
Los Angeles (managing).

which

filed

115,000

shares are to

Westbury Fashions, Inc.

120,000 shares of common stock, of
offered for public sale by
the company and 52,000 outstanding shares by the pres¬
ent holders thereof. Price—To be supplied by amend¬
ment. Business
The design, manufacture and sale of
May

10,

1961 filed

which 68,000 shares are to be

R.

Dreyling & Co., 25 Livingston Ave.,
Brunswick, N. J.
—

subor¬
princi¬

Business—The production of gauges

amount.

pal

measuring instruments and

acting as trustee and escrow agent. Proceeds—For
working capital, reserves and other corporate purposes.
Office—1001 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. Under¬
writer

(7/17-21)

Corp.

1961 filed $2,000,000 of 6%' convertible
dinated debentures due 1976. Price—At 100% of
19,

West Coast

— 950
56th St.,
Underwriter—Wilson, Johnson & Higgins, San Francisco (managing).

loans

Oakland,

Vinco

May

May 26, 1961

Proceeds

Drive.and Cedar Place, Syosset, L. I., N. Y. Underwrite*

June

Proceeds—For working capital. Office—1107 Broadway,
York.
Underwriter—Trinity Securities Corp., 40

New

Exchange Place, New York.

June

casual

Tungsten Mountain Mining Co.
April 7, 1961 (letter of notification)

10

pansion, the repayment of loans, equipment, and work¬
ing capital. Office — 1400 Broadway, New York City.
Underwriter—McDonnell & Co., Inc., New York City.

New

common

stock

(par 25

400,000

cents). Price

shares

of

£2V2

cents per
share. Proceeds—For mining expenses. Office—511 Secu¬
rities Bldg., Seattle, Wash. Underwriter—H. P. Pratt &
—

Co., Inc.. Seattle, Wash.
Turbodyne Corp.,
May 10, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of common stock. Price
$2 per share. Business
The research, development,
manufacturing and marketing of space and rocket en¬
gines, and related activities. Proceeds—For research and
development, and working capital. Office—1346 Con¬
necticut Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. Underwriter—
—

T. J. McDonald &

Co., Washington, D. C.

it Union Electric Co.* (7/25)"
June 23, 1961 filed $30,000,000 of first
mortgage bonds
due 1991. Proceeds—For expansiort. Office—315 N. 12th
Blvd., St, Louis 1, Mo. Underwriters
(Competitive)
—

Probable

bidders:

First

Boston

Corp.; Halsey, Stuart &
Inc.; Blyth & Co., Inc., and Eastman Dillon, Union
Securities & Co. (jointly); Lehman Brothers and
Bear,
Stearns & Co.
(jointly).
Bids
July 25 at 11 a.m.

Co.

—

(EDST).
-at
_

27,

amendment.

City.

ers

Corp.

Price—$10. Business—The
manufacture of fiber glass reinforced plastic. Proceeds
—For the selling stockholders. Address—Commonwealth
Ave., Bristol, Va. Underwriter—A. G. Edwards & Sons,
St. Louis (managing).
be

to

thereof. Price—To be supplied by
operation of a national chain
of gymnasiums and health centers for men and women.
Proceeds—The company will use its part of the proceeds
for the opening of new gymnasiums and the promotion
of home exercise equipment. Office—375 Park Ave., New
York City. Underwriter—S. D. Fuller & Co.; New Yorkby the present holder

stock to

filed 275,000 outstanding common shares

1961

(7/19-14)

11,

amendment.

Manufacturing Co.

(letter of notification) 135,000 shares ol
(par 10 cents) of which 35,000 shares are
offered for the account of the company and 100,000

Feb.

Enterprises, Inc.

1961 filed 320,000 shares of class A common
stock (par 10 cents) of which 120,000 shares will be of¬
fered for the account of the company and 200,000 shares

iMay

June

v

Office—516 W. 4th

Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. Under¬
Staats & Co., Los Angeles (manag¬

ing).

*

Reed,

Health, Inc.
June 14, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares. Price
—$3. Business — The operation of a chain of health
studios. Proceeds—For expansion, advertising, financing
of time payment memberships and other corporate pur¬
poses. Office—15A South Main St., West Hartford, Conn.
Underwriter—Cortlandt Investing Corp., 120 Wall St.,

—

Bank

Inc.

mutual fund. Proceeds—For
Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Inc., Kansas City, Mo.

the fall

in

Tanny

9t]h

Offering—Expected

Office—9460 Wilshire

National

W.
&

June

First

new

Underwriter—Waddell

it Trans-World Financial Co J

Trebor Oil Co.

Fund,

April 11, 1961 filed 21(500,000 shares of stock. Price—$10

New York.

R.

(7/17-21)

Home & Development Corp.

Universal

Investment Co.

(letter of notification)

1961

15,

Proceeds—For

70 Niagara

—

U. S.

May 11, 1961 filed 300,000 shares of class A capital stock.
Price—To be supplied by amendment. Business — The

amend¬

by

Th^operation of six television and

—

equipment, and sales promotion.
Office — Clarkville, Texas. Underwriter—Hauser, Murdock, Rippey &
Co., Dallas, Texas.
•

Vic

•

Fiberglass Products Co.

April

.

•

amendment. Business—The

Corp.

repayment of loans, purchase of land and

May 25, 1961 filed 400,000 outstanding shares of class B

Proceeds--To re¬

loans, for additional equipment and inventory, and
for working capital. Office—928 Broadway, New y°r^
City. Underwriters—Hill, Thompson & Co. (managing),
Hampstead Investing Corp., and Globus, Inc., all of New
York City.

S.

the

and

June

1961

U.

—

Trans-Aire

special heat-shrinkable film.

items in

(7/10-14)

Thursday, June 29,

.

pay

Price—To be

Proceeds—For

Foods,

.

May 25, 1961 filed 125,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$8.50 per share. Business—The storing of grain for a

—$10

• Tonka
Toys, Inc. (7/6)
May 22, 1961 filed 155,000 shares of common stock

by the company

United

.

Information Meeting—July 24, 11

Bankers Trust Co.,
i




a.m.

(EDST)

16 Wall Street, New York *
••

•

-«

r

*

Varco

Industries, Inc.

—

8, 1961 ("Reg. A") 100,000 common shares (par
cents). Price—$3. Proceeds—For repayment of loans,

purchase of equipment and inventory, and working
capital. Office—815 Nash St., El Segundo, Calif. Under¬
writer—Omega Securities Corp., New York.
Vatronic

Lab.

Equipment,

Western

Inc.

vacuum

the repayment

systems

and

equipment.

Proceeds

—

For

Proceeds—For ex¬

Inc.

City, Utah.
Business—Factoring.
Underwriter—Elmer
K. Aagaard, Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. .,.

Underwriter—Stanley R. Ketcham & Co., New York.
Manufacturing Corp.

Western

June 9,

1961 ("Reg. A") 300,000 common shares (par 50
cents). Price—$1. Proceeds—For operating expenses and
working capital. Office—210 E.. Manville St., Compton,
Calif. Underwriter
Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver,.

March

17,

shares

each;

Colo.

stockholders

.

Versapak Film & Packaging Machinery Corp. •(7/14)

150,000 shares of common stock and
150,000 five-year warrants, to be offered for public sale
in units of one share of stock and one warrant. Price—

March 30, 1961 filed

$3,125 per unit. Business—The design, development and
sale
of
versatile automatic equipment for packaging

Growth

Corp.*

1961 filed 202,107 shares of class A common
stock (par 10 cents), of which 150,000 shares are to be
offered for public sale by the company in units of 10

—

•

Factors,

women.

—

promotion and working capital. Office—Northport, N. Y.

.

girls and

filed 700,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$1.50 per share. Proceeds—To be used principally for
the purchase of additional accounts receivable and also
may be used to liquidate current and long-term liabil¬
ities.
Office
1201 Continental Bank Bldg., Salt Lake

of debt, plant expansion, equipment, sales

Vendaversa!

for

June 29, 1960

May 29, 1961 filed 80,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$4 per share. Business—The manufacture of industrial
high

dresses

„

outstanding, shares by selling
trading commences. Price—For the
company's stock: $100 per unit. For the selling stocks
holder: At-the-Market. Business—The development of
and

52,107

after

in¬
single-family

property in California for single-family homes, the
vestment in

notes

or

contracts secured by

homes, and other phases of the real estate business.
Proceeds;—For ordinary expenses, repayment of loans
and working capital. Office—636 North La Brea Ave.,

Volume

193

Number

6068

.

.

The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

(2877)
Los Angeles, Calif.
Underwriter—Reese, Sclfeftel & Co.,
Inc., New York City./
,.
.

Western

March

Land

Trust

...

Fund

30, 1961 filed 200,000 shares of beneficial inter¬

est in

the Fund.

closed-end

real

Price— $10 per share.

Business

estate

investment trust.
investment. Office—1031 First Western
Calif. Underwriter—To be named.

—

A

Proceeds—For

Bldg., Oakland,

it Wetterau Foods, Inc.
June 27, 1961 filed 100,000 common shares.
Price—By
amendment. Proceeds—For new
equipment and working

capital. Office
Underwriter

—

(managing).
•

7100 Englewood Ave., Hazelwood, Mo.
H. Walker & Co., Inc., New York
' '

G.

—

.

Williams

Brothers

Co.

May 19, 1961 filed 350,000 outstanding shares of common
stock to be offered for public sale by the
present hold¬
ers
thereof.
Price
To
be
supplied by amendment.
Business—The construction of pipelines and other as¬
pects of the heavy construction industry. Proceeds—
—

For

the^ selling stockholders.

Office—National Bank of

Tulsa

Building, Tulsa, Okla. Underwriter—Reynolds &
Co., Inc., New York City (managing).
Wonderbowl, Inc.
6, 1961 (letter of notification)

Feb.

150,000 shares of
($2 per share). Proceeds
discharge a contract payable, accounts payable, and
notes payable and the balance for
working capital. Office
stock.

common

Price—At

par

—To

—7805

Sunset

Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. UnderwriterCorp., Los Angeles, Calif.

Standard Securities

World

Color

Press, Inc. (7/10-14)
May 16, 1961 filed 218,000 shares of common stock of
which 1203,000 shares will be offered to the public and
15,000

shares

amendment.

to

employees.

Business—The

Price—To

printing

be

of

supplied

magazines

by
and

Proceeds—To selling stockholders. Office—
42.0 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo. Underwriters—Scherck,

ture

and sale of hospital equipment. Office—25-11 49th
Street, Astoria, L. I., N. Y. Underwriter—First Weber
Securities Corp., New York City.
•

Co., and Dempsey-Tegeler
Louis, Mo. (managing).
1

&

Co.,

both

of

St.

Wyoming Wool Processors, Inc.
5, 1961 filed 700,000 common shares. Price—$1.
Business—The processing of wool.
Proceeds—For the
purchase of equipment, building rental, and working
capital.
Address—Box 181, Casper, Wyo.
Underwriter
June

•—None.
• Yakima
Valley Turf Club, Inc.
May 16, 1961 (letter of notification)
par common stock and
$224,000 of

debtedness

one

certificates

of

no

in¬

one

Office—Central Washington Fairgrounds, Yakima, Wash.
Underwriter
To be named.

Youngwood Electronic Metals, Inc.

(7/13)

manufacture of
in

used

precision parts

stampings principally
industry. Proceeds—For the
inventory; research and develop¬
or

the semi-conductor

of debt;
ment, and working capital. Office — 204 North Fifth
Street, Youngwood, Pa. Underwriters—Bruno-Lenchner,
repayment

Inc., Pittsburgh and Amos Treat & Co., New York City.

Ave., Woodhaven, N. Y. Underwriter
Co., Inc.

Ripley & Co., Inc.; Lehman Brothers; Blyth &
Co., Inc.,
Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Shields & Co. (jointly):
First Boston Corp.;
Morgan Stanley & Co.; Halsey, Stuart
& Co. Inc.; Equitable Securities
Corp., Eastman Dillon,

R. F.

—

Dowd

&

Previous

Union

Concrete
June

20,

Designs, Inc.

1961

it

was

reported

that

a

"Reg. A" will be

shortly covering 75,000 shares of common stock
(par 10 cents). Price—$4. Business—The design, manu¬
and installation of pre-cast reinforced concrete
buildings and building products. Proceeds—For thp re¬
facture

payment

of

loans,

inventories,

expansion

and

working
capital.
Office—Southwest 44th Avenue, and Griffin
Road, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Underwriter—A. M. Shulman & Co.,
Inc., 37 Wall Street, New York.
Consolidated

Edison

Co. of New York, Inc.
C. Forbes, chairman, stated that the
company must issue
almost $100,000,000 of securities
in late 1961 and early 1962. He added that if the com¬
pany decides to
issue any of the 1,000,000 shares of
cumulative preference stock approved by shareholders
at the May 15 annual
meeting, it will be on the basis
of convertibility into common with
subscription rights to

May

16,

1961, H.

shareholders. Office—4 Irving Place, New York
City. Underwriter—To be named. The last rights offer¬
ing to stockholders (of debentures) on Jan. 28, 1959 was
underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co., and First Bos¬
ton Corp., both of New York City. The last sale of bonds
on
Nov. 23, 1960 was handled by First Boston
Corp.,
and Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc. (jointly).
Morgan Stanley
& Co., also bid competitively on this issue.
common

Corp.

May 10, 1961 it was reported that this firm expects to
register 100,000 shares of 10 par common stock. Price—
$4 per share. Business — The firm manufactures per¬
fumes, cosmetics, and hair dyes. Proceeds—For general
corporate purposes. Office—5 East 52nd St., New York
City. Underwriter—Nance-Kieth Corp., New York.

'

Contact

Lens

Guild,

inc.

June
to

19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
file a "Reg. A" shortly covering an undisclosed num¬

ber

of

common

shares.

Business—The

contact lenses. Office—353 East Main

manufacture

of

to register?
would

like

an

item

to

know about it

News
so

Department

that

we

can

prepare

similar to those you'll find hereunder.
Would
write

you

telephone

us

at

REctor

2-9570

or

at 25 Park Place, New York 7, N. Y.

us

Power

&

was

Light Co.
reported that the company may is¬

bonds in the second half of 1961

to finance its cur¬

$40,000,000 construction program. Office—25 S. E.
2nd Ave., Miami, Fla. Underwriter—To be determined
by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Merrill Lynch,
& Smith Inc. and Kidder, Peabody &
(jointly); Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; White, Weld
Co.; First Boston Corp.; Blyth & Co., Inc.

Pierce, Fenner

Gulf Power Co.

(12/7)
1960 it was reported that this subsidiary of The
Southern Co., plans to sell $5,000,000 of
30-year bonds.
Office—75 North Pace Blvd.,
Pensacola, Fla.
Under¬
writer—To be determined by
competitive bidding. Pre¬
vious bidders included
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; Mer¬
rill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; Salomon Bros.
&

Hutzler and Drexel

& Co. (jointly); Equitable Secu¬
Corp.; Kidder, Peabody & Co. and White, Weld
(jointly). Bids—Expected to be received on Dec.
7, 1961.

rities
&

Co.

Hollywood Artists Productions, Inc.
it was reported that this company plans to
file a "Reg. A" shortly
covering 100,000 common shares
June 20, 1961

(par 10 cents).

All

American Airways

Co.
reported that a "Reg. A" will be
filed shortly covering 75,000 shares of common stock.
Price—$4 per share.
Office—Danbury, Conn. Under¬
May

1,

1961

it

was

writer—Edward Lewis Co.

Inc., New York City (manag-

Arizona

Public

Service

Co.

Proceeds
Fpr
working capital and other corporate purposes. Office—
350 Lincoln Road, Miami
Beach, Fla. Underwriter—A.
M. Shulman & Co.,
Inc., 37 Wall Street, New York.

it Hygrade Packing, Inc. *
28, 1961 it was reported that this
sell

about

ceeds—For
Ozone

writer—California Investors,

Los Angeles.

Seam-Matic, Inc.
May 24, 1961 it was reported that this company plans a
full
filing shortly covering 100,000
shares of com¬
mon stock. Price—$3 per share. Business—The manufac¬




expansion.

Park,

N.

Y.

consumer

Office—92-00

plans

company

stock.

common

Business—The

packaging.

Pro¬

Atlantic Avenue,
J.' Gruber, N. Y.

Underwriter—P.

Idaho Power Co.
Jan. 10, 1961 it was reported that this
company plans to
sell $10,000,000 of bonds and about

$5,000,000

of

com¬

in the fourth quarter of 1961. Proceeds—To
repay
and for construction.
Underwriters—To be deter¬
mined by competitive bidding. Probable bidders on the
loans

bonds:

Halsey,

Lazard

Freres

Stuart & Co. Inc.; Blyth & Co., Inc.;
& Co., and First Boston Corp.
(jointly);
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.;^Kidder,
Peabody &„Co., and White, Weld & Co. (jointly); Salo¬
mon Bros. &
Hutzler,; and Eastman Dillon, Union Secu¬
rities & Co. (jointly); Equitable Securities
Corp.'Prob¬
Merrill

able

bidders

Freres

&

the common: Blyth & Co.,
Inc.; Lazard
Kidder, Peabody & Co.: Merrill Lynch,

on

Co.;

Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. Offering—Expected in late
early November.
Illinois Terminal RR.
Jan.

16,

1961

it

reported

was

Mo.
•

Underwriter—Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc., Chicago.

Industrial

June
mon

Gauge & Instrument Co.

28, 1961 it
stock

was

will be

reported that 75,000 shares of

filed.

Proceeds

present Rocket Power, Talco and Bohanan divisions. In
the fall of 1961, stock of the new subsidiary would be
through subscription rights to Gabriel stockhold¬
ers and debenture holders with about 20% of the offer¬

ing going to the public. Office —1148 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio. Underwriters—To be named. The last
financing by the company in September, 1959, was han¬
dled by Carl M Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New York City and

Prescott, Shepard & Co., Inc., Cleveland.
Telephone Co. of California '
1961 it was reported that this subsidiary of
Telephone & Electronics Corp. plans to sell
about $20,000,000 of bonds in December 1961. Office —
1,

writer—R.

F.

Dowd

&

Georgia Bonded Fibers, Inc.
Sept. 14, 1960 it was reported that registration of 150,000
of common stock is expected. Offices—Newark,
N. J., and Buena Vista, Va. Underwriter—Sandkuhl and
Company, Newark, N. J., and New York City.
Georgia Power Co.

(10/18)

Dec.

29, 1960 this subsidiary of the Southern Co., ap¬
plied to the Georgia Public Service Commission for per¬
issue

Inc.

Co.

John's

Bargain Stores Corp.
May 17, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
file a registration statement shortly
covering an undis¬
of

chain

a

Office—1200

shares. Business—The opera¬
stores selling household

discount

Zerega Ave., Bronx, N.

Y. Under¬

Kansas Power &

Light Co.
15, 1961 it was reported that this company is
considering the issuance of $13,000,000 of debentures
March

in the third quarter of 1961. Proceeds—For construction.

Office—800

$15,500,000

of 30-year first mortgage

Kansas

Ave.,

Topeka,

Kan.

First Boston Corp., New York City

Underwriter—

(managing).

Laclede Gas Co.
Nov.

15, 1960 Mr. L. A. Horton, Treasurer, reported that
utility will need to raise $33,000,000 externally for

the

its 1961-65 construction program, but the current feel¬
ing is that it will not be necessary to turn to long-term
securities until May 1962. Office — 1017 Olive St., St
Louis, Mo.

McCulloch Corp.
Jan.

9,

1961

schedule

its

it

reported

was

initial

public

time in

Scott outboard motors and

Office—6101
Macrose

West

was

Macrose

McCulloch chain

saws.

Century Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.
reported that this company, formerly

Lumber

filing of about 500,000
ness—The

will

late

Industries

May 2, 1961 it
named

corporation

for

1961 or
Business—The corporation manufac¬

tures

1962.

this

that

financing

some

&

Trim

Co., Inc., plans

a

full

shares (par $1). Busi¬
of lumber yards on
Office—2060 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde

company

common

owns

a

chain

Long Island.
Park, L. I,, N. Y. Underwriter—To be named.
Masters
Jan.

6,

Inc.

1961

it

was

reported

that

this

corporation

la

contemplating its first public financing.

Business—The

operation of

Office—135-21

38th

shares

to

com¬

Expansion of the

writer—To be named.

Co.

offered

mission

—

business, and for the manufacture of a new product by a
subsidiary. Office—1947 Broadway, Bronx, N. Y. Under¬

of

Feb.

plan*

company

$8,500,000 of first mort¬
Office—710 North Twelfth Blvd., St. Louis,

common

Gabriel

that this

the sale later this year of about
gage bonds.

tion

—

Assembly Engineers, Inc.
19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
file a "Reg. A" shortly covering
100,000 common
shares. Price —$3. Office —Los Angeles, Calif. Under¬

$500,000 of

manufacture of industrial and

goods.

May 26, 1961 it was reported that this company is con¬
sidering the sale of about $5,000,000 of preferred stock
2020 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, Calif. Under¬
this summer and about $35,000,000 of first mortgage
writers
To be determined by competitive bidding.
bonds in Novembe4 Proceeds—For construction. Office
Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; First Boston
—501 South Third Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. Underwriters—^*
Corp. and Equitable Securities Corp. (jointly); White,
To be nameql.
The last sale of preferred stock on June
Weld & Co. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. (jointly); Paine,
18, 1958 was made privately through Blyth & Co., and
Webber, Jackson & Curtis, and Stone & Webster Se¬
the First Boston Corp. The last sale of bonds on March
curities Corp.
26, 1959 was also handled privately through Blyth &
General Telephone Co. of Florida
Co., and First Boston Corp.
However, the company
Feb. 8, 1961 it was reported that this subsidiary of Gen¬
stated that there is a possibility that these bonds will
eral Telephone & Electronics Corp., expects to
be sold at competitive bidding, in which case the follow¬
offer
about $15,000,000 of bonds in November. Office — 610
ing are expected to bid on them: Halsey, Stuart & Co.
Morgan St., Tampa, Fla. Underwriters—Stone & Webster
Inc.; Kidder, Peabody & Co.; First Boston Corp.; Blyth
Securities Corp., and Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis,
& Co.;
White, Weld & Co., Inc., and Merrill Lynch,
both of New York City.
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

to

—

June

&

General

June

Business—The production of

TV feature films.

closed number of

General

ing).

Price—$3.

motion picture and

Co.

April 27, 1961, the company announced plans to form a|
new
subsidiary, Rocket Power, Inc., by merging the

Prospective Offerings

Boston

Jan. 4,

or

rent

Our

Corporation

St., Rochester, N.Y.

Exploit Films, Inc.
March 8, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
a full filing covering
100,000 common shares. Price—$5
per share. Proceeds—For the production of TV and mo¬
tion picture films, the reduction of indebtedness, and for
working capital. Office—619 W. 54th Street, New York
City. Underwriter—McClane & Co., Inc., 26 Broadway,
'New York City (managing).

May 11, 1961, it

Do you have an issue you're planning

Co.

First

were

mon

Cosmetically Yours, Inc. *
May 16, 1961 it was reported that this corporation is
contemplating a public offering. Business—The manu¬
facturing and sale of cosmetics;
Office —15 Clinton
Street, Yonkers, N. Y. Underwriter—P. J. Gruber & Co.,
Inc., New York City.

sue

UNDERWRITERS!

&

(jointly). Previous bidders for
Corp., Lehman Brothers,
Morgan Stanley & Co.; Eastman Dillon, Union Securities
& Co.; and Equitable Securities
Corp. Bids—Expected
to be received on Qct. 18.

to

Cosmetic Chemicals

Securities

preferred

filed

Florida

ATTENTION

—

ding.

Underwriter—To be named.

April 13, 1961 filed 75,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$4 per share. Business—The design, development and

or
refunding of
Office—Electric Bldg., Atlanta
3, Ga.
To be determined
by competitive bid¬
bidders for bonds included Harriman

outstanding debt.

—

•

preferred stock' Proceeds—

new

construction, plant modernization

Underwriters

Equipment Corpf

28, 1961 it was reported that a "Reg. A" will be
filed covering 100,000 common shares. Price
$3. Proceeds
—For expansion of the business. Office—97-02 Jamaica

be

offered in units of (a) one common
$100 certificate or (b)10 cohimon shares
$1,000 certificate. Price—(a) $110 or (b) $1,100.

share and
and

to

2,240'shares of

For

June

newspapers.

Richter

Carbonic

bonds, and $8,000,000 of

45

a

chain

of discount

Avenue, Flushing 54, L.

Metropolitan

Edison

houses.

N. Y.

CoJ

Feb.

1, 1961 it was reported that this subsidiary of
General Public Utilities Corp., plans to sell about $10,000,000 of first mortgage bonds and $5,000,000 of deben¬
tures in August or September. Office — 2800 Pottsville
,

Continued

on

page

46

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The Commercial and Financial Chronicle

(2878)«

.

.

Thursday, June 29, 1961

.

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Continued from page

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Pike, Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pa. Under¬
writers
To be determined by competitive bidding.

■\ \

Halsey,

Stuart

&

Inc.,

Co.

•

Northwestern

Public

Salomon

and

Hutzler. Bids—To be received

Brothers

and Salomon Brothers & Hutzler.

about

(7/17-21)

Co.

Service

—

>

?

Probable bidders: Halsey,

Sj
1

Stuart & Co. Inc.; White, Weld

Co.; Kidder, Peabody & Co. and

&

Drexel & Co. (joint¬

ly); Blyth & Co., Inc.
Metropolitan

—

P

capital. Office — 45-10 Second Ave., Brooklyn, N. JY.
Underwriters—Brand, Grume^ & Siegel, and Kesselman

r»
<w

&

Co.,

■St

New York City

Inc.,

•

Pacific

1

19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
file a* "Reg. A" covering 100,000 common shares.

maniffacture
laboratories for the electronics educational

Price—$3. Business—The development and
of

language

field and the manufacture of

Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Underwriter
.—Manufacturers Securities Corp., 511 Fifth Ave., New
York.

■i.if

,

Miio

;i.v

Components,

Inc.

it was reported that this company plans to
file a "Reg. A" covering 150,000 common shares (par
10-cents). Price—$1. Business—The manufacture of com¬

June 19, 1961
*

»•

ponents for the missile and aircraft industries. Proceeds
expansion, equipment, and working capital. Office

t.j

—For

Cleveland

—9

Valley Stream, N. Y. Underwriter—

St.,

T. M. Kirsch &

Co., New York.

(9/28)
reported that this subsidiary of The
Southern Co., plans to sell publicly $5,000,000 of 30-year
bonds
and
$5,000,000 of preferred stock
(par $100).
Proceeds—For construction and expansion. Office—2500
Mississippi Power Co.

Jan. 4,

f't)

1961 it

St.,

mined

•I

A

by

Equitable Securities Corp. (jointly);, Halsey, Stuart &
Co. Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Previous bidders for preferred stock included Halsey,
Co. Inc.;

&

Stuart
ti

(jointly). Bids—Ex¬

pected to be received on Sept. 28.
Missouri

't

>.
J».
"it
'

,t

reported that this company plans
to sell about 50,000 additional common shares to stock¬
holders in September or October on a l-for-10 rights
basis.
Office—400 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Un¬
derwriter—To be named. The last five rights offerings
to stockholders were underwritten by Edward D. Jones
&

Co., St. Louis.

Airlines, Inc.
May 8, 1961, it was reported that the CAB had approved
the company's plan to sell publicly 400,000 shares of
Pan American World Airway's. Inc., subject to final ap¬
of the Board arid the SEC. The stock was or¬
iginally obtained under a Sept. 9, 1958 agreement under
which the two carriers agreed to a share-for-share ex¬

proval

change of 400,000 shares and the lease of each others
1

jet

planes during thier respective busiest seasons. The CAB
later disapproved this plan and ordered the airlines to
divest themselves of the stock. Price — About $20 per

k

demand loan, and

share. Proceeds—To repay a $4,500,000
other

corporate

Miami

Airport,

Pierce, Fenner
aging).
National

purposes.

59, Fla.
& Smith

Office—Miami International

Underwriters-Merrill Lynch,
York City

Inc., New

(man¬

^

reported that a "Reg. A" Will be filed
shortly covering 100,000 shares of common stock. Price
—$3 per share. Business—The distribution of medical
equipment. Office—38 Park Row, New York City. Un¬
derwriter—Edward Lewis Co., Inc., and Underhill Se¬
curities Co., New York (co-managers).

'

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\ <'•

New

The

was

England Power Co.

(10/25)

Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Equitable Securities Corp., and Blair
& Co. (jointly); Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Inc., Kidder, Peabody & Co., and White, Weld & Co.
(jointly); First Boston Corp.; Lehman Brothers. Bids—
To be received on Oct.-25, 1961.
•

Northern

months

6-9

About

Directors.

after

Natural Gas Co.

sale

last

debentures

by

Pacific

Telephone

on

Universal

by Morgan Stanley & Co.
Pan American

World Airways,

busiest

seasons.

Inc.

Pipe Line Co.

8, 1961 it was reported that this company ex¬
pects to sell about $72,000,000 of debentures in Septem¬
ber, subject to FPC approval of its construction program.
Office—120 Broadway, New York City.
Underwriters-

sell

year-end.

:!!
if

It

is also

■

i.

that

Omaha

some

1, Neb. Underwriter—Blyth
City (managing).
,

York
it

$12,000,000 to

&

Co.,

Inc.,

New

June 22,

plied to

jtt,

for

sions

i»-

the Nebraska and Kansas regulatory commis¬
authority to issue $35,000,000 of sinking fund

debentures.

Proceeds—For the repayment of bank loans

and for construction.

I?

Office—2223 Dodge Street, Omaha

1, Neb. Underwriter—Blyth & Co., Inc., New York.
fering—Expected about mid-July.

i?
ji

Northern Pacific Ry.

;v

June

•'!

sale

<,
-

Of¬

(8/1)

19, 1961 it was reported that this company plans the
about $7,200,000 of equipment trust certificates.

of

Office—120 Broadway,
determined

by

New York. Underwriter—To be
competitive bidding. Probable bidders:

1



Power

Penn

West
Feb.

System, Inc., parent company, stated that

to

2, 1960, W. D. Virtue, treasurer, stated that com¬
plans the sale of about $20,000,000 of common stock
be offered stockholders through subscription rights

in

the .fourth

—

Westmoreland County, Pa.

Underwriters—To be deter¬
Probable bidders: Halsey,
Stuart & Co. Inc.; W. C. Langley & Co.; Lehman Broth¬

pany

mined

expansion. Office

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co., and First
Corp. (jointly); Harriman Ripley & Co.; Kidder,
Peabody & Co. and White, Weld & Co. (jointly).

Boston

Western

X

Redwing Carriers, Inc.

Feb.

1961 It was reported that this company plans
to file a plan with the ICC covering a proposed sale by
certain stockholders of $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 of com¬
mon stock. Business—A truck, tank car transporter. Pro¬
ceeds—For the selling stockholders. Office—Tampa, Fla.
Underwriter—Beil & Hough, Inc., St. Petersburgh, Fla.

May 23,

(9/27)

the company stated it plans to issue about
$15,000,000 of 30-year bonds in September. Proceeds—
For construction.
Underwriter — To be determined

Jan. 24, 1961

Stuart

Kidder, Peabody & Co., White, Weld & Co.
and Shields & Co. (jointly); Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Salomon
Bros. & Hutzler, Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co.,
and Equitable Securities Corp. (jointly); Blyth & Co..
Inc.; The First Boston Corp. Bids—To be received about
Sept. 27.
& Co. Inc.;

Union

2&, 1961 it

was

Natural

Gas

a

newly

national,

Inc.

graph Co. in units of $100 of debentures and 10 shares
of stock.
In addition, American Securities Corp., New
York

City, would purchase from Western Union Inter¬

national about 133,000 additional shares of class A stock

giving American Securities ownership of approximately

,25%

of the outstanding class A stock of WUI.

market

conditions.

Proceeds

—

Ton retire bank

loans.

Office—Watts

Building, Birmingham. Ala. Underwriter
—To be determined by competitive bidding.
Probable
bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; First Boston Cnro.:
Blyth & Co. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. (jointly). Offer¬
ing—Expected in October.

hr Southern Pacific Co. (7/26)
June 26, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
sell
about
$4,900,000 of equipment trust certificates.

—<^ffice;—165 Broadway, New York. Underwriters—(Com¬

Then

Western Union
of

class

Street,
rities

B

Telegraph woud purchase 250,000 shares
stock for $100,000 and WUI would sell $4,-

of debentures or bonds.
Office — 60 Hudson
New York City. Underwriter—American Secu¬

500,000

Corp.

(managing).

Telegraph Co.

(9/8)

June

13, 1961 it was reported that stockholders are to
vote Aug. 2 on increasing the authorized common stock
from 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 shares to provide for sale
of about 1,070,000 shares to stockholders on the basis of
one new share for each
six shares held. Based on the
market

the company's stock, the sale
$45,000,000. Proceeds—To help finance
company's 1961, $105,000,000 expansion program. Of¬
fice—60 Hudson St., New York. Underwriters—To be
named. The last rights offering in July 1955, was under¬
written by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Lehman Brothers; Clark,
Dodge & Co., and Salomon Brothers & Hutzler, New
York. Registration—Expected about July 12.

current

Co.

28, 1960 it was reported by Mr. Loren Fitch, com¬
pany comptroller, that the utility is contemplating the
aale of $35,000,000 of 20-year first mortgage bonds sometime in 1961, with the precise timing
depending qn

Atlantic cable system

organized company, Western Union Inter¬
The plan provides for the issuance by
Western Union International of about $4,000,000 of sub¬
ordinated debentures and 400,000 shares of class A stock
to be offered to stockholders of Western Union Tele¬

to

Western Union

Sel-rex Corp.
May 16, 1961 it was reported that this firm is contem¬
plating its first public financing.
Business — Precious
metals manufacturing.
Office—75 River Road, Nutley,
N. J.
Underwriter—To be named.

Telegraph Co.
reported that the FCC has approved

the company's plan to transfer its

„

by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey,

by competitive bidding.

ers;

—9QQ 15th St., Denver, Colo. Underwriter—Last equity
financing handled on a negotiated basis^by First Boston
Corp.
/-

Southern

West

expects to sell about $25,000,000 of bonds in 1962.
Office
800 Cabin Hill Drive,
Hempfield Township,

Penn

Dec.

•

Co.

1961, J. Lee Rice, Jr., President of Allegheny

10,

Power

Public Service Co. of Colorado

Oct.

,

ic Northern Natural Gas Co.
1961 it was reported that this company has ap¬

H

!!

tf

expected

$15,000,000 of common stock will be sold to stockholders
through subscription rights in September or October.
Proceeds—For
construction.
Office—2223 Dodge St.,

,u

privately. The last sale of common on Sept.

16, 1960 was underwritten by Blyth & Co., Inc., New
York City.

working capital. Office—15th and Locust St., Philadel¬
phia. Underwriter—To be named.

Electric Corp.

done

was

,

1, 1961 it was reported that this company plans to
issue 60,000 common shares. Price—$5. Business—The
operation of dining clubs. Proceeds—For expansion and

Rochester Gas &

Co.

St., Everett, Wash. Underwriter—To be named. The last
sale of bonds and preferred stock in May and July 1960

r

June

quarter. Proceeds—For

Telephone

April 11, 1961 it was stated in the 1960 annual report
that the company plans to spend $12,000,000 for new
construction in 1961, most of which is expected tq be
raised by the sale of securities. Office—1714 California

°

Club, Inc.

Coast

West

March

Penthouse

Publishing & Distributing Corp.

Dillon, Union Securities & Co.; Salomon Broth¬
Hutzler; Goldman, Sachs & Co. Bids—To be re¬
on Dec. 5, 1961.
*

&

ers

ceived

Iftid Kidder
(managing).

may

Eastman

St., New York City.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.,

company

,

The CAB later disapproved

Peabody & Co., both of New York City

that this

Virginia Electric & Power Co. (12/5)
,
23, 1961, the company announced plans to sell
$15,000,000 of securities, possibly bonds or debentures.
Office — Richmond 9, Va. Underwriters — To be deter¬
mined by competitive bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey,
Stuart & Co. Inc.; Stone & Webster Securities Corp.;

Underwriter—To be named.
Eastern

Co.

reported

was

March

plan and ordered the airlines to divest themselves

Panhandle

it

May 10, 1961 it was reported that this company is con¬
sidering the issuance of common stock. Business—Maga¬
zine publishing. Office—117 E. 31st Street, New York
City. Underwriter—Allen & Co., New York City.

May 8, 1961 it was reported that the CAB ordered this
company to sell its 400,000 share holdings of National
Airlines, Inc., and to file a plan of sale with the board
within 30 days. The stock was originally obtained under
a Sept. 9,
1958 -agreement under which the two carriers
agreed to a share-for-share exchange of 400,000 shares
and the lease of each other's jet planes during their

of the stock. Office—135 East 42nd

Products

Oil

1961

pany

a

of

17,

"Compound X," will be produced. Business—The com¬
is a major petroleum and chemical research' and
process development concern. Office—30 Algonquin Rd.,
Des Plaines, 111. Underwriter—To be named. The com¬
pany has never sold debentures before. However, the
last sale of common stock on Feb. 5, 1959 was handled
by Lehman Brothers, Smith, Barney & Co., and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., all of New York
City.

Pacific Northwest will sell debentures pub¬

.March

15, 1961, the company reported that it plans to
about $30,000,000 to $35,000,000 of debentures by

Eastern Pipe Line

major field which the' company would not identify.
No
decision has been made on whether the product, named

the

Offering—Expected about mid-August.

$

20, 1961 it was reported that this subsidiary of New
England Electric System plans to sell $20,000,000 of
first mortgage bonds. Office—441 Stuart St., Boston 16,
Mass. Underwriters — To be determined by competitive
bidding. Probable bidders: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.;

that will

require financing either through bank borrowings or the
sale of debentures in order to furthei expansion in a

17, 1960 was underwritten by Halsey Stuart & Co.,
Inc. The one other competitive bid on issue was made

Jan.

For general corporate pur¬

it was reported that this subsidiary of
Co., expects to sell about

1961

Universal
Jan.

Feb.

•

—

$32,000,000 of bonds and $10,000,00() of pfd. stock in Sept.
uiiice—jlzo Broadway, New York City.
UnderwriterMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and Kidder,
Peabody & Co., both of New York City (managing).
*'

portion of its debt. Office—140 New
Montgomery St., San Francisco, Calif. Underwriter—The
last offering of common stock to shareholders on Feb. 25,
1960 was not underwritten. However, A. T. & T., which
owns over 90%
of the outstanding shares, exercised its
rights to subscribe to its pro rata share of the offering.

Hospital Supply Co., Inc.

May 1, 1961 it

of

to repay

Merrill

National

u

sale,

licly

this

was

8,

Panhandle

Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Board

respective

Co.

Utilities

April 11, 1961 it
■

Eastman Dillon, Union Securities &

Co., and Equitable Securities Corp.

'S

of

issuance

will acquire

stock

Gulifport,

Miss. Underwriter—To be deter¬
competitive bidding.
Previous bidders for
bonds were Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co., and
14th

a

•

was

the

the bonds.

on

March

the business and properties of the Pa¬
Telephone-Northwest division which operates in
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. All of the stock of the
new company will be owned by Pacific Telephone but
"as soon as practicable" it will be offered for sale to
Pacific Telephone stockholders at a price to be fixed by

the

or

,

Trunkline Gas Co.

Calii.

M!arch 24, 1961 stockholders of,this A. T. & T. subsidiary
a plan to form a new company to be known as
the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. The new con¬
cific

o

approved

stockholders

approved. Proceeds

bid

approved
cern

on

~

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc., wi}l head a group

will probably go to the market

ing. Office—600 California St., San Francisco 8,
Pacific

'

v"

including the possible acquisition of Central of
Georgia Ry. Office—Washington, D. C. Underwriter—

$20,000,000'- to $40,000,000 of new financing in 1961
probably would not be a common stock offer¬

for

■''

poses,

that

capital and expan¬

sion. Office—55 9th

f
?

also

3, 1961 it was reported by Paul A. Miller, Treas¬
company

'

Railway Co.

1960

21,

*

•

$33,000,000 of new bonds. The issuance of fin unspeci¬
purchases was

Lighting Corp.
the

»

& Co. Inc.,

Bids—Expected

fied amount of additional bonds for other

Stuart

urer

electronic and microwave

components. Proceeds—For working

9

Nov.

and that it

(managing).

Micro-Precision Corp.

to

Halsey,

Jan.

June

til

Southern

April 3, 1961 the company applied to the FPC for permisison to issue up to $4,000,000 of first mortgage bonds.
Office—Huron, S. D. Underwriter—To be determined by

competitive, bidding. Probable bidders:
& Co. Inc., and Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Food Co.

April 12, 1961 it was reported that this company plans
to sell
i0u,000 common shares. Price — $5 per share.
Business
Food distribution. Proceeds — For working

July 26.

Stuart

Halsey,

Probable bidders:

petitive)

&

Aug. 1, 1961.

on

would

raise

price of

over

the

Wisconsin
Jan.

19,

1961

Power

it

was

& Light Co.
reported that this company

plans

$6,500,000 of preferred stock in the third
quarter of 1961. Proceeds—For expansion. Underwriters
—The last sale of preferred stock
in May, 1958 was
handled
by Smith, Barney & Co., New York
and

to

sell

Robert

about

W.

Baird

&

Co., Inc., Milwaukee

(jointly).

Volume 193

Number

6068

dent

For

has

been

the

Canadian

income of
to $250,-

is

of

025 shares of

stock,

common

par

ris
of

$22

of

Arthur

W.

Rogers

as

R. D. Mulholland

"

at

Secretary-Treasurer of the Asso¬
ciation to take effect June 30 also
He

announced.

was

He

will

be

succeeded

(June 29) by A/D.
Co., Inc.
The offering
initial public sale of
the company's common stock.

G.

H.

H.

Read

-

Treasurer,

Vice-Presidents-

learned

Association

worth,

of

P.'R.

J.

were:

Vice-President

used

the

counts

Gen¬

financ¬

corporate

pur¬

including the release of ac¬
receivable presently fac¬

tored, inventory, the expansion of
operations in Europe, and .for gen¬
eral working capital.

eral

Manager, Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce; Leo Lavoie,
General

Manager, The Provincial
of
Cdnada; J. D. Gibson,

Bank

the

from

various

for

poses,

Wads-

and

proceeds

ing will initially be added to the
general funds of the company and

appointed

was

Secretary

the

Net

tary-Treasurer by Hugh L. Robson.
Assistant

&

marks

Secre¬

as

share is being

per

today

Gilhart

will continue

associate counsel until Dec. 31.

as

price of $4

a

made

The

of 44 Beaver St.,

company

New York

General

City,

incorporated

was

Manager, The Bank of
Nova Scotia; and C. B. Neapole,
General Manager, The Royal Bank

in

of Canada.

interest of Bechhofer Internation¬

due

To Stockholders
&

its

of

world.

mon

of

debentures

of

common

for

each

12

stock

then

held.

shares
A

nationwide

group
of investment
banking firms headed by Gold¬
Sachs & Co. will underwrite
the offer, which will expire on
July 14, 1961.
man,

The

unless previ¬
are
convertible

debentures,

ously

redeemed,

into

1.852 shares of common stock

for

each

principal amount
at
the
principal

amount, to a conversion price of
$54 per share of common stock)

1966, and there¬
to July 1, 1971,

July 1,
and prior

prior

to

after

into 1.724 shares of common stock

for

the
•>

•

each

$100

(equivalent, at the

principal amount, to a conversion
price of $58 per share of common

initially

of

vending

accessories

States

throughout

It will

export

and

units

immediately

sold, although

are

the offering of the securities
being made only in units.
,

to

The

debentures

are

is;

For

the

conditions.

at

debentures

the

are

redeemable

the company at
prices ranging from
those redeemed prior

option of

redemption
104.375

for

to July

1, 1962 at

redeemed

on

or

100% for those

to maturity.
The first warrants expire on July
1,

1971,

are

per

warrant

and

entitle

chase

callable at i50 cents
after* July * 1,.-1963
the

unit,

holders

mon

a

pur¬

one

nated debentures due
at

to

share of com¬
stock and $20 of 8% subordi¬
as

unit price of

a

The
of the

net

and

finance

the

program

000,

company's general
thereafter utilized to

the

to

added
funds

proceeds from the sale
initially

debentures will be

major

construction

requiring about $30,000,-

and

for

increased

working

capital requirements.

in

interest

on

the

8%

$28 pl&s accrued

debentures.

The

expire on July 1,
1971, are callable at 50 cents a
warrant
after Ji#y 1,
1964, and
entitle the holders to purchase as

subordinated

the

April,

and

ances

sells

company

coin-operated

ond

warrants;

Q,

W

of

tial" investments -in

securities

other

It owns ap¬

corporations.




third

100,000

Andresen Co.

Admit

to

On July 1,
come

William A. Lee will be¬
partner in Andresen &

a

Co., 30 Broad Street, New York
City, members of the New York
Stock Exchange.

investment

De Cordova to Admit
Cyril de Cordova & Bro., 25 Broad
Street, New York City, members
of the New York Stock Exchange,
on
July 1st will admit Arthur E.
de

Cordova

to

A

part of the proceeds
financing will be allo¬
cated to a wholly owned subsidi¬

large
the

from

ary

Stock

Greeff
the

homes sold by
the company. The balance of the

H.

Gaither

partnership.

business

has

years

for

recently

to he

was

partner in Ball, Burge,

a

Form Richard Temple Inc.
Richard
formed

Tpmple
with

Inc.

offices

Far

theAJl

in

and

East

vending

securities

Exchange, will admit Adele
to limited partnership in

business.

DIVIDEND NOTICES

CITY INVESTING

Pine

980

Securities, Inc. is con¬
ducting a securities business from
offices
at
225
Broadway, New
York City.
Thomas D. Jewell is
formerly

of

the

firm.

officer

an

He

Ave.,

COMPANY
Y.

N.

pany

June

on

regular

quarterly,^dividend

-

Common

August

holders

of

business

of Sire Plan

HAZEL

Portfolios Inc.

T.

the

of

July

at

GOODALL

10,

is

RUBBER

COMPANY

P

S.;

and

O

RATIO

a

business August 1,

1961.

22, 1961

Vice President & Secretary

mmm

»

to

make

NOTICE

mi

II
(I

growth should be stimu¬
lated.

THE FIRST
REPUBLIC

dends
cents

CORPORATION
OF

AMERICA

each

(8%

monthly divito be eight
share on the

than

under
Act

of

the
1940

diversified

Investment
as

a

company.

Garnet

New York 16;: N, Y, li-i

A publicly owned

non-

invest¬

REAL

company's

this sale.

upon

completion

of

ESTATE

Company

primary objective is capital ap¬
preciation. Authorized stock con¬
sists of 6,000,000 $1 par common
shares of which 500,000 will be
outstanding

takes two

MM

s

•

V, T

'•

|§| j
\ | I
The United Gas

|ff|

Franklin National Bank of

Improvement!

|p;|

Long Island

||||

Company

Distribu-

tions will be made

on

July 20,196J to Shareholders
of Record at close of
business, June 30,1961.

|

August 20, 1961

j

p;||

'v

to Share-

to

i

\

Common Stock, par
per

> j

\

\

share

'<■

close

lliii
I
;

•.

of record

on

Jerome Wishner

|

President

||||

]

\o:A
in

the

share, has been declared pay¬

able September

29,1961 to holders

August 31, 1961.

the 4K %

been declared

share

Preferred Stock, has

payable October 1,

1961 to holders of record

June 26, 1961

on

value $13.50

A dividend of $1.0634 per

Shareholders

of Record at
of business, August
30, 1961.

NOTICE

A dividend of 60c per

holders of Record at close
of business, July 28, 1961.

1961

DIVIDEND

f

;•

i-Yl

large bites out

||||§

Stock.

September■ 20,

Company

closed-end

The

375 Fifth Avenue

registered

management

increase in the tax

of every dividend dollar.

|§g

v

also

an

by The

A

per

concerns.

is

on

has this day declared three
consecutive

Class

small business firms and

and

extension

dividend income, rather

Zy?/y.yj?

proceeds
long-term

1328

urge-

of federal tax relief

%x

provide advisory and manage¬
ment counselling services to such

of

We

econpmic

penalty, which already

to

company,

BITE

America's

The Board of Directors

Net

Calif.

TAX

11

DIVIDEND

ital Corp., at $3 per share is being
made by Norman C. Roberts Co.,

company

consecu¬

H. G. DUSCH

June

shares of Southwestern Cap¬

The

share

June 27. This is the

August 15,1961 to shareholders of record at the close of

offering of 1,500,000 com¬

to

dividend of 30

common

quarterly dividend of

139,000 shares of com¬

used

a

N

10.OHIO

llVzc per share on all Common Stock outstanding payable

Common Offered

loans

a

A DOUBLE

be

,

COMMON DlVIDEND

The Board of Directors has declared

America furnishes
services and installs

Diego,

of

Secretary.

company's 156th

Capital Corp.

will

paying

on

Southwestern

San

stock¬

close

tive quarterly dividend.

'

mon

to

1961.

BOWERS,

cents

machines- in

stock.

Public

company,

the

NOTICES

financing, outstanding capitaliza¬
tion
of
Dynamic Vending will
mon

•

the

of ri2Vs>

11, ,1961,

record

on

Y.

com-

*the outstanding

on

Stock

payable

CLEVELAND

in

Upon completion of the current

of

N.

1961 declared

26,

cents per share

,

^

was

service.

consist

21,

The Board of Directors of this

Tree

President

Madison

©COR

processing systems for clients
provides a data processing

and

Park

CLEVITE

Data Corp. of

data

been

15

i

West Germany.

consulting

has

at

Row, New York
City
(e/o N.
George Turchin) to engage in a

Pine Tree Securities

on

DIVIDEND

Central and South America, in the

soft-drink

with

& Kraus.

vending

appliances

household

many

been

Lawrence Cook & Co. Prior there¬

firm.

for the purchase of instalment

mortgage notes

Paul
•

unit, one share of common stock
Granbery, Marache Admit
and $40 of 8% subordinated de¬
bentures due July 1, 1986 at" a unit /)n July 1, Granbery, Marache &
price of $55 plus accrued interest Co., 67 Wall Street, New York
City, members of the New York
on the debentures.

appli¬

ment

glass

and

warrants.

machines in Europe and the Near

East;

H.

debentures

4

a

countries, particularly Ger¬
many, Belgium, Holland, England,
Switzerland and Italy.
Through
its
subsidiaries r acquired
last

containers, and sells
feed, cotton linters and other by¬
products of its crushing mill 'operations.
In addition, the company
from time to time makes substan¬
and

company

Ohio—Paul

1986; $64,595 of sundry debt;
280,000 shares of common stock;
150,000 first warrants; 150,000 sec¬

Euro¬

Ave., San Diego, Calif., is licensed
as
a
small business investment

The

ended

United

is primarily en¬
gaged in the processing, packag¬
ing and distribution of a variety
of food and grocery products. The
company also manufactures, both
for its own use and for sale, metal

0

CLEVELAND,

Gaither
has
become
associated
with First Columbus
Corporation.
Mr. Gaither, who has been in the

due

July 1, 1986,

second warrants

after July 1, 1981.

They are redeemable for the sink¬
ing fund at 100% on any June 30,
from 1972 to 1985, inclusive.

months

seven

✓

The

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

"shell"

of;

Southeast.

not subject

prior

Redemption

in

stock), subject to adjustment un¬
der certain

First Columbus

con¬

machines

distribution

for

sale

the

engage

the

from

in the

engaged

and

pean

$100

(equivalent,

markets'

other

com¬

stock of record June 28, 1961
rights^ to subscribe at 100% for
$38,799,500 ,of 4%% subordinated
debentures, due July 1, 1986 (con¬
vertible prior to July 1, 1971), at
the rate of $100 principal amount

transferred

.

Industries, Inc., is

holders

be

in

company,

Paul Gaither With

other

July

and 50% of the
i"stbdkMb'f Data Corp. of America. proceeds will be used to retire
.current
indebtedness
by repay¬
Dynamic
Vending
was
formed
ment of bank loans, and for addi¬
principally to buy, sell, export
tional working capital.
and import such items as vend¬
Morris Shell Homes, Inc., Knoxing machines, electric appliances
Tenn.,
provides ■ over - all
and related artiples in Europe and ville,

Rights Offering

the

York

Corp., Bechhofer Trading Corp".,
G.m.b.H., a West Ger¬

man

IH)

Foods

New

Bechhofer

Hunt Foods & Ind.

offering

of

March, 1961, and in April acquired
all of the outstanding stock and
al

Hunt

State

the

is

struction

of

Common Offered
Public offering of 75,000 common
V shares of
Dynamic Vending Corp.

Homes, Inc., at a price
unit. Each unit consists
8% subordinated deben¬

The debentures^ common shares
and warrants included in the units

$5.

,

retirement

Corp.

47

April 30, 1961, the company had
1, 1986; one share
net sales of $1,529,062* Upon com¬
of common stock; one first war¬
pletion of current financing, out¬
rant; and one second warrant. The
standing
capitalization
of the
offering marks the initial public,
company will consist of $3,000,000
sale of the company's securities.
tures

Dynamic Vending

President. The

financial
and

services to its subsidiary corpora¬
tions. Through its subsidiaries the

per

of $20 of

after the

becomes

Space

advice

t

Shell

may

honorary

and

of

rpanager

of

who

'

Johnson, Lane,

imperial Bank
Commerce

supervision,

assistance

an underwriting homes for completion by property
grou^f offering today (June 29H 'owners. The
company has 16 sales
150,000 units of securities of Mor¬ and construction offices in
the

amounted

debentures, capitalization of
1961
$86,096,519 in long-term in¬
debtedness; 216,834 shares of pre¬
ferred stock, par $100; and 4,433,-

Canadian
.

total

executive

company

The

was:

Joint
•

1961,

company

(2879)

Securities Qffered

ended

the company as of March 31,

General

Manager

31,

months

new

Thom¬

son,'

nine

Giving effect to the sale of the

succeeds
W.

of

.

Association.
H.

printer

501,000 apd-net income to $9,893,)00\compared with $247,ooi,uu0
arm $6,155,000, respectively, in the
same period of 1960.

elected Presi¬

the

Banker s'
He

the

March

Manager of The Bank of

of,

publisher and
magazines.

*

Morris Shell Homes

national

MONTEBELLO, Canada'—R. D.
Mulholland,
Vice-President
and
Montreal

Thq Commercial and Financial Chronicle

.

Corp.,

Elect Officers

'

.

proximately 35% of the outstand¬
ing! common
stock,
of
McCall

^Canadian Bankers

General

.

August

31,1961.
J. H. Mackenzie, Treasurer

Philadelphia, June 20, 1961.

Financial Chronicle.....

The Commercial and

'48

.

Thursday, June 29, 1961

(2880)

\

(Rochester, N. Y.)

Oct. 9-12, 1961

WASHINGTON AND YOU

Women AnnCial Convention at

Hotel.,.

Sheraton
Oct.

BEHIND-THE-SCENES INTERPRETATIONS

all

the

gloom
grimmest

the

crisis of

Berlin

of impor¬

news

of. the mushroom¬

In the face

tions

associa¬

and loan

building

ing

the

country,

the

across

banking system is growing at^a
The outlook Js

favorable pace.
favorable for

continued growth

banks.

of

At the

half-way mark of 1961,

banking offices across the
land were
being opened at a

Since 1950 the insurance cov¬

'of $10,000 for

Oct.45-18, 1961 (San Francisco,

depositor.

There are spme
Congress - 'who

American Bankers

should

mum

There is

of

about

the year.

during

863

of

served

an

average

7,300 persons
twice the

in 1960,
number

than

more

by each in 1920.

served

than

Less

10

our

ago

years

20,000
banking offices. As the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
was
issuing its annual report,
J. Li Robertson, member of the
than

less

had

country

of the Fed¬

Board of Governors

System, made

Reserve

eral

this

pertinent observation:
"Besides

being

on

incom¬
parable network of good roads,
wheels, rolling over an

people

American

the

uniquely

people.

banking

a

With far less than 1

are

/10th of the

population, we probably
more
checking accounts
the rest of the world put

world's
have

than

this simpleHact
the many reasons for
And

together.
is

of

one

the

growth

of

multiple-office

banking: the bulk of bank cus¬
tomers are
no
longer business

downtown."

enterprises, located
There

banking institu¬

and prosperous

tj#it do not participate in

tions

By not belonging,
substantial amount

Corporation.
they

a

save

Insurance

Deposit

Federal

the

strong

fine,

many

are

Oct.

banks

for

accounted

nine-tenths of the

while

the

meeting at Rolling Rock, Pa.

totSl,
by

was

'

insured

represented

from

Oct.

most

on

ment

obligations owned

and

on

are

springing up in suburbs of the
various metropolitan areas. The
banks are following the custom¬

busi¬
district, which has been hit
decay and blight in many

ers

from the Central

away

ness

by

•

at the end of
shows that 96%
the banks are participating as

of

compared with 86% of all banks
covered when the FDIC began

operations cm Jan.

its insurance

1, 1934.

t

of Banks Insured

Bulk

1961

As

jDegan the FDIC was

548 banks of various

participating.

types was not
There

were

commercial

168

tinue

merous

reasons

sire

merge.

to

why banks

de¬
Most of them
one
paramount

least

at

plus lesser ones.

reason,

Federal

The

accounting
more and
more frequently as a reason for
merging? The devices are great
for the banks, but many of them
that electronic

says

is

mentioned

being

cannot afford to
ize

states, including 28 each in
Iowa and Nebraska and the re¬

mainder
other

were

sion
tion

177

mutual savings banks were

not

participating, and thus were

saving
of

for

customers.

their

insured

42

only

1946

Since

amount

substantial

a

money

—banks were closed because

nancial

No /more

difficulties.

than five have closed

of fi-v

in

any one

year.

the

the

FDIC

national

great

on

the

heals

of

during

depression

the

banking

1933 has proven to
be
a
stabilizing thing for the
banks and banking generally. It
holidays in

has helped to
in

these

restore confidence

institutions, after hun¬

dreds of thousands ofAmenrcans
had lost

complete

cdnfideifte in

result ^of liduidafion

them

feel

the

are

^jkny people who

that the FDIC

best

legislation

the reasons

piece^spf

passed




was

perhaps

permanent
during

the

The

increase in popula¬

automobile

the

and

have

or

may

may

the "Chronicle's"

Form

not
own

s

vieivs.]

Mitchell, Carroll Co.

WASHINGTON, D. C. —Mitchell,
Carroll

&

Inc.

Co.,

has

been
St.,

formed with offices at 1801 K

W., to engage in the securities
business.
The firm will maintain
branch

a

office at

143 East State

Mountain

Association

Bankers

ment

ing.

meet-

^Y;'Y

.

of
the
firm
are
Mitchell, Jr.^ and C.
Walter Carroll, Jr.", who will be
in charge of the Trenton office.
Principals
J.

Owens has become
Norman

Calif.—Douglas
connected with

C. Roberts Company,

Broadway,

members

York Stock Exchange.
was

FDIC

Press

has

which

occupied

14-story

the

in

fices

625

of the New
Mr. Owens

formerly with Hayden, Stone
and Blyth & Co., Inc. ,,

Co.

nual convention.

ference

Savings

structure.

will

It

in

Chapin With Harris, Upham

Club.

15-17, 1961

Sept.

Pacific

of. In¬
Association,

Group

Northwest
Bankers

vestment

meeting at Hayden Lake, Idaho.
(Omaha, Neb.)
Nebraska Investment Bankers'
annual field day..

Association

4,

Group

7, 1961

Traders

City)

Association

of

New York annual dinner dance at
Hotel

Commodore.

Oct. 9-10, 1961

Association

Firms, Fall
Governors

of

Stock
the

for many yegrs was

With Freehling, Meyerhoff
CHICAGO, 111.—Sigmund H. Linder
has
become
affiliated with

Brown

has

banks
a

been

minor

Alexander Kleine

of

dependent

to

decrease in the number

&

Co.

Palace

Attention

Brokers and Dealers

MARKETS

American Cement

Botany Industries
W. L.

Maxson

Official
Wast&

Films

King

its

size
upon

Stock

Hotel.

m'

g==j (jarl Marks & P.p. Inc.
FOREIGN
20

BROAD

the

of unit

York

telephone number is

CAnal 6-3840

SECURITIES SPECIALISTS
STREET

•

NEW YORK 5, N.

TEL: HANOVER 2-0050

Y.

TELETYPE NY

expansion.

extent

120
of

of

Our New

average

Co.,

South La Salle Street, members

TRADING

larger

in

Meyerhoff &

Freehling,

Exchanges. He was formerly with

Exchange

of¬

size banks
the past 25 years has been the
trend.
Naturally in a growing
economy banks supply the larg¬
est part of the money to pro¬
Growth

formerly with

the New York and Midwest

(Denver, Colo.)

meeting of Board
at

Upham & Co., 135 South La Salle
Street.
Mr.
Chapin who has
been in the investment business

Reynolds & CoY

of Investment
meeting.

(New York

CHICAGO, 111.—Ralph Chapin has
associated
with
Harris,

become

City)

York

1961 * (New

York

New

offices next year.

Generally,

Mutual

of

annual con¬

43rd

the Hotel Statler.

at

National

move

Association

Banks

in the Nation's
building its
own

is

(Boston,

1963

1,

27-May

Mass.)

Building

Capital,

(Atlantic City,

Country

City Club and Kenwood

growing bank busi¬
the Federal Deposit Insur¬
is expanding as well. The

ness,

Olympic

American Bankers Association an¬

Group annual fall outing at Queen

Security

(Special to The Financial Chronicle)

DIEGO,

the

at

National

Oct.

annual con¬
Hotel.

Savings Banks 42nd

April

Bankers Association

SAN

(Seattle, Wash.)
of
Mutual

Association

National

14-15,
1961
(Cincinnati,
Ohio)
Cincinnati
Municipal Dealers
Sept.

Oct.

Mutual

of

15th annual mid¬

N.J.)

Invest¬

Group

Sept. 20-21, 1961

St., Trenton, N. J.
George

(Denver, Colo.)

13, 1961

Rocky

"

meeting,.

year

ference

the

With

only

and

me<

^

ing.
Sept.

re¬

Capital
coincide with

from the nation

Association

Bankers

ment

of Invest¬

Group

phio

Association

Banks

Savings

Sept. 23-26, 1962

1949.

intended to

is

pretation

&

marked influence.

a

own

column

genera¬

a

quite different.

been

tremendous
tion

Northern

year,

slightly more than in 1929, but&
than the 57% in 1940 and

depres¬

most banking mergers
called rescue operations.

vide for the rate of

proceeding
There

nearly

of

days

have

last

deposits

;/'.

1961 (New York City)

May 6-9, 1962

(Cleveland, Ohio)

Sept. 8, 1961

Joins Norman Roberts

Since World War II,

had

they

ago

ance

of

Creation

unless

national

the

in

were so

largest banks in the
held 46% of the

about the same as in

annual outing at Nas¬
Country. Club, L. I., N. Y.

Syndicats

Diplomat

the

and
.

National

(New York City)

30, 1961

June

less

.

Back

Massachusetts

efficiently util¬

equipment

merge.

distributed in 35
In

states.

the

branches,
100* in

States

bank

*

Association

Bankers

Hotel

Dec. 4-5,

per

(Hollywood,

1961

Convention at Hollywood

Beach

of

1,

v.

.Hotel.

sau

total

INVESTMENT FIELD

IN

»

100

The

Fla.)
Annual

in

*

United

Y

-

26-Dec.

Nov.

Investment

N.

Board,

Reserve

eral
ous

FDIC

the

Board,

and, the Department of Justice
in some cases.
There are nu¬

banks

operating under the gen¬
banking codes of the vari¬

con¬

the Fed¬

be filed with

Reserve

eral

4

Group of Investment

Bankers Association annual meet¬

EVENTS

flect the "behind the scene" inter¬

proposals

merger

to

have

insuring/'deposits
in
13,451
banks oqt oL a total of 13,999
operating in the United States.
A total of

Bank

with

1920.

[This

Why Bank Mergers?

Investment

(Louisville, Ky.)

1961

26,

ing.

has

out

44

1960,

100 offices were

every

of insurance.

Nevertheless,

In

branches.

cities.

I960 the report

in

been

compared

offices

banking

New

in
our
country
the
increase

banking"

In¬

securities 2.88%. /

other

of

Group

Ohio Valley

COMING

growth in

Of course the great

by the

3.10%,

averaged

banks

.

posits in 1958."

States Govern¬

United

come

indicator," said

an

"banks with, say., $100
million deposits in 1934 should
be
compared
with banks of
more
than $500 million of de¬

al¬

in 1959, and
twice the rate of 1945.than

higher

"As

FDIC,

1960

volume

substantially

loans,

of

5.96%

(Minneapolis-St.

1961

24,

con¬

Schroeder.

ing.

average^

income

Loan

turn.

'

Bankers Association annual meet¬

one-

in

larger

a

:

Paul)
Minnesota

higher average rates of re¬

and

Oct.

in¬

banks.

income

loan

Greater

is

pressure

down."

„

fifth of the total.

resulted

blood

miscellaneous

and

each

sources

your

up

Income from

1959.

over

of the

most

sponsibly for

'

national

annual

vention at the Hotel

be

must

stocks

"Your

frorpHqans, which accounted for
three-fifths of the total, was re¬
crease

'/-■ (

.

11th

Clubs

year

Income

$11,299,000,000.

WiS.)/

National Association of Investment

com¬

past

the

banks

mercial
reached

(Milwaukee,

October 20-21, 1961

mutual savings.
Income of FDIC

1961

19,

Western

Com¬

almost

remainder

(Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Group of
Investment
Bankers
Association
Oct.

1960

in

in history.

Investment

of

Group

Association meeting.

Bankers

for it. "Income

(Detroit, Mich.)

1961

17,

Michigan

so.

or

year

higher

was

than any year

mercial

been

last

a reason

banks

of

securities

nation

a

the

in

in
fairly

trading

has

stocks

Springs Riviera Hotel.

Palm

Stake

Over-the-counter

active

office

Security Traders Asso¬
ciation Annual Convention at the

National

^

creased.

1961 (Palm Springs,

Oct. 16-20,
Calif.)

Perhaps the time will come
maximum will be in¬

bank

an¬

raised to $15,-

be

The Investor's

Association

nual convention.

when the

25,105
crease

Calif.)

insurance maxi¬

that the

think

rapid pace. The year began

Each

in

advocates

000.

Association meeting.

Bankers

increased from $5,000

.maximum

a

new

with
banking offices, an in¬

Springs,

erage was

each

Sulphur

W. VL)
Southeastern Group of Investment

Roosevelt.

to

tance in Washington.

meeting.

196Li(White

13-15,

Oct.

Investment

Group
of
Association

Bankers

Adininistratiqn of President Franklin D.

long tenure of the

eco¬

some

was

growth

nomic

potentially

over

there

all

them

C.—Amidst

D.

(Montreal, Canada)

1961

13,

Canadian

WASHINGTON,

of«Investment

Group

Association meeting.

Bankers
Oct.

(Toronto) b

1961

10,

Canadian

CAPITAL

FROM THE NATION'S

•

Bank
the

of

Association

National

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Securities

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