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A ADM, UBDABY MONDAY BUS. r*AY 1 6 1949 Reg. U. S. Pat. Office Volume 169 Number 4803 New General RAILROAD Acme < Steel Co.—Ruling York, N. Y., Monday, May 16,/1949 INDUSTRIAL - INSURANCE - Stock Distribution— on MISCELLANEOUS - American Brake Shoe Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— ' connection In with announcement the that the would company Of distribution a $10 New be York not Stock quoted tracts and made that share Exchange on said ex tificates delivered , 15, each for value, par held record of 23, May after May bills 6 directed that the common stock until June 16, 1949; that all cer1949, in settlement of Exchange con¬ U. 23, Stock and Bond ""'. - 1877.. p. \v> . .• r ..■/'/ / . *: : •" New York Stock Aetna j >*'■: .President of ■ Proceeds l ; \ : ' offices In the for Exchange Cleveland 1 1 V Alabama Gas - ■ :30 a.m, Vk /" decision a mortgage - / ; (EDT). announced series A, bonds, corporation authorizing stockholder' authorised 39,200 3 lease exps., ?cc. Other Total : $17,100,806 $16,901,795 $10,065,228 _ 5,928,692 5,863,654 3,826,613 $11,038,141 224,598 126,996 $6,238,614 164,336 $11,396,712 — drilling $11,165,137 abandoned Net income Earnings —V. $6,474,883 1,577,350 1,577,350 1,577,350 $3.14 $4.10 $2.07 , 373/ p. $4,956,569 ;— share per 169, outstanding work $1,228,203; ____________ shares - Net $3,257,629 50 estimated of $10,953; assets, normal depreciation $31,472; normal non-current cost American Barge Line Co.—Sells Bonds Privately—On 15, 1949 the company obtained an additional loan $1,000,000 from Prudential Insurance Co. of America, is to be used for the barges. proceeds be of 65% first of the this of withdrawn as cost preferred loan • of the mortgage deposited were towboats and be with trustee a purchased are equipment. new to barges This loan and the on secured is are by 460; allowed is to over after Jan. COMPARATIVE placed period of a dividends pay Accumulated V payable in the on 14 Vi of excess charges of net its CALENDAR INCOME STATEMENT YEARS revenues sure for normal facilities Profit oh Other 5,927,830 — $438,081 $251,625 — depreciation _• on amortized non-operating T_ income 51,498 non-operating Interest and debt 146.535 Income before Federal taxes Provision for Federal taxes on .is of however, Chairman continue to the the at as a director number New of 64,863 the cor¬ will meeting directors publishers Inc., 15.—V. 169, p. $731,397 income— 255,929 the from on a proposal maximum present share- . . COUNTY, FLA. 3%%-4% Belleair Beach Causeway Revenue Bonds $313,000 - CONSOLIDATED ASSETS—Cash Bonds, at surrender Iwfo-V. $40>353,> gw.50,209; in materials BALANCE banks and values, Federal supplies, at AS hand, $96,000; $1,202,284; and SHEET on AT taxes cost, $1.05 DEC. $1,141,725; accounts 31, Subs.)—Earnings 1949 1948 1947 1946 $2,798,522 $2,473,106 3,858,585 $1,760,439 3,858,585 $2 219 214 3,858,585 $0.73 $0.64 $0.46 ■ —_ 1 140 718 ' $1.95 < is asking of The its stockholders stock common company will for tenders of not exceeding within accept a period of 30 days expiring tenders .in the order of the lowest The tenders conditions stock tive asked be On M. preferred stock. acquired company Co., trustee deceased, Howell, stock common with The a but at $9 a of $6 market common non-cumula¬ stock acquired so ' Continental Illinois National testament of under the last will and block of 76,200 shares of American a share. It expected one estate beneficiary, been had from plan, when stock, or preferred ' the 5 Trust & connection retired. May Bank in for the exchange of common for the outstanding 17,747 shares cash, non-redeemable would p. are warrant, and made, was to unwilling to acquire whom to sell at least distribution at this price S. Circulars 38100 V income excess oAllen refundable, of 168 2426. American and Light Traction & Co.—To Change Name— Amend Charter V The company has requested SEC authorization to amend its to change its name and the par value and other terms of its The of of name said Co. the charter common to system is engaged. The value par be would company be more , of' be descriptive changed of to American Natural business In which the the • Hs authorized changed from $25 to no common stock (4 000 000 without changing the par, shares) aggregate St. Louis Listed and Unlisted Securities Edward D.Jones & Co. 99% Available & Established Upon Request Members Compan y * New York Stock BROAD STREET Telephone: HAnaver 2-2600 NEW :■ YORK Bell 4, N, Y. Teletype: NY market, i Exchange Louis Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exch. Chicago Bd. of Trade , 30 1871 300 North 4th,St., St. Louis 2, Missouri Savings (less Ice 100 000 of 3.30% to 4.00% Price 1948 U. receivable—trade on not in 797. p. Serial Bonds due 1955-1979 Priced to Yield 314,700 $1.51 - $96,000 $481,000 $329,681 314,700 per 65 000 $114,231 shares 9. would 1329., PINELLAS $473,844 149,163 $475,468 Earnings 4 95,000 - prices offered, but not in excess of $9 per share. If more than 23,800 /shares are offered, the company may in its discretion purchase all or any part of the excess. Gas vote $168,000—4% S. F. Bonds due July 1, 1980 n of Chicago. and York annual of Publications, Ridder of in Commerce stockholders 4,019 income- on to 1948 $4,020,754 161,000 89,134 120,609 expenses- expense-! agreed, $547,732 7,001 - Ridder increase nine — stock. Journal The 1949 $3,819,178 209,231 . / other work. Holder ; , tax income company shares P. 155,475 $859,007 Other Mr. ; Mr. to 47,720 226,671 ___________ disposal of equipment— of Co.—Earnings— taxes— Shares— The 23,800 shares, poration. • the Net operating income Credit $6,179,455 8,665,850 " _____ 1947 $9,103,931 ; expenses Chairman— Be Hess, President, on May 10 stated that Joseph E. Ridder, publisher and industrialist, probably would be named Chairman at a stockholders' meeting to be held on May 26. Mr. Hess said Mr. Ridder, if elected, would succeed E. Perry Holder, who said he is unable to continue as Chairman because of the pres¬ earnings 1948 Operating Operating Corp.—Ridder May Directorate to Be Increased— Donald 169 deducting depreciation, interest, other charges and provisions and foreign taxes based on income.—V, 168, p, 2426, Thomas Bosch hgd Department.—V American lee Co.—Offers to Repurchase 23,800 Com¬ mon purchase $186,620; American 1948.'- l, CONSOLIDATED FOR 1949, Treasury Federal June towboats years 70% ; $5,908,123; insurance claims and prepaid expenses, $167,221; a and barges beginning July 15, 1950, and bear3 interest at the rate of 3'/2% per annum. This mort-gage contains the same restriction on dividends as the first preferred mortgage on other equipment, namely, that the company is not purchased, «■ $2,803,500; 31, for earnings or (par $5), $1,573,500; basis company's invest¬ money mortgage, instalments due after deferred income, $261,166; capital stock paid-in surplus, $102,264; earned surplus, $3,669,total, $10,445,011.—V. 168, p. 2317. 1950, Dec. The to the in — 169, 'After purchase money mortgage due in 1949, $24,080; first preferred mortgage 3»/2% bond, maturing in nine equal annual amounts beginning Feb. l, purchase of towboats and •••'w • Com.-shares outstanding Earns, per com, share. loan, $200,000; accounts and wages payable, $923,337; interest payable, $46,072; reserve for Federal income taxes. $261,500; reserve for other taxes, $82,012; .instalment on first preferred mortgage 3%% bond due Feb, 1, 1949, $311,500; instalments on Jan. served : 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— $10,445,011. total, v $3,075,827), of deferred 15,377,488 _ profit •Net receivables, $55,112; plant, property and equipment (after for normal depreciation and reserve for amortization in excess pending, • lower at current — American Home Products Corp. (& LIABILITIES—Bank 'which —— earnings before -V. 50 — process, other par)—_____ no 10,707,277 —______15,039,433 — Net and reserve of in $353,656; 6,000,000 382,122 19,639,600 16,377,488 10,706,830 14,267,037 382,122 19,654,500 - $77,809,801 $76,670,032 Provision * of (995,563 shares American Colortype « market, par) ($100 3 Months Ended March 31— 49 Federal Reserve System ments Capital stock stock 1217. Sales Capital Flotations for Month of April, 1949____3 Auction Sale 50 3,145,321 5,000,000 — Kenn^iF* for 4,690,254 I Donald C. Sheldon has been elected Assistant Treasurer and Anderson has been elected Assistant Secretary. Both men p. $6,402,950 6,440,143 6,244,301 8,052,654 3,194,364 Total A. and and expired $2,000,000 taxes.. Two New Officials Elected— Rates Reserve Banks deprec., dcple. and develop, costs, leases '< ' $2,000,000 , /. preferred surplus ' ;• 35^370,349 6,454,617 — income surplus Condition Statement of Member Banks of *" •/ ________ intangible " >;• '. . 1,993,684 ../* .. 1 banks to Earned Combined Condition Statement of Federal $11,172,114 income —-—: for .. ( Exchange Foreign and income income Provs. f - rentals, taxes, ____________ Operating . , 1,072,836 accruals.. _! Capital __28 Investment News-Cover State and City Bond Offerings58 The Course of Bank Clearings 47 1947 1948 1949 income-,geophysical, geological 4% General Corporation & Petroleum Corp. (& Subs.)—Earnings— opp^ting zdittin. , payable Common Redemption Calls and Sinking Fund Notices..49 Dividends Declared and Payable——...—50 Months^nded March 31— Gross -A ■ 168, p. 2425. shares.-y- Oper., f ' . 10 approved a proposal to reduce the preferred stock to 38,400 shares from May W cumulative 4y4% Amerad? V ■ '.I' and Canadian previously v " Inc.—Authorized Preferred Stock Reduced— Aldens, The ______4b 1,965,000 1,461,531 1,993,684 35,260,163 banks payable and Notes Miscellaneous Features 163'p-144L ,■ S. 12,900,730 17,670,086 1,965,000 '._L— payable to Reserves to ■■ "I \ ; . 1971, subject to due U. $5,697,347 ——_____$77,809,801 $76,670,032 Accounts National Quotation Industrial Stock Average_37 • by the company at Room 1130, 90 Broad Street, Dec. 31/48 .... and sundry assets— Bucyrus-Erie Co. (less reserve). in Stock and Bond Averages (Dow, Jones)....1.37 $6,000,000 ; ••••..' The corporatior. is inviting .bids for the purchase from it of £ due 1971. ' t /.' , Mar. 31/49 charges assets Notes Exchange Transactions New York Curb Exchange SHEET Treasury tax refund claims LIABILITIES— 42 —— BALANCE — Total —41 Transactions New York Stock Exchange...—28 V a - S. Fixed -- 43 Toronto Stock Exchange—Curb Section._____45 Corp.—Bids for Purchase of $6,000,000 - U. ____42 Markets totaled $9,414,441 reserve).—11,759,093 ; 15,955,889 (less Inventories .40 ..40 Exchange- Stock quarter '.4 Receivables Montreal Curb Exchange.. Over-the-Counter Bonds— CONSOLIDATED Investment Toronto $0.78 the of ASSETS— Deferred Stock $976,006 $1.28 end Cash,———.—. 40 San Francisco Stock Exchange $1,466,722 taxes amounts. —39 __ —__ the 39 1 900,000 697,593 600,000 stock-, outstanding——^ common 38 Exchange 2,273,599 739,777 ___ Canadian income at «• . . —3,106.499 — orders 39 Montreal and .38 —38 — Pittsburgh Stock Exchange._.— St. Louis Stock Exchange jTrealsurer. v' of Los Angeles Stock Exchange Corwin, Secretary- and David R. share Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange.. - S. taxes $22,177,000 com¬ pared with $30,871,000 at the beginning of the year. Shipments in each of the three months exceeded incoming orders by substantial —____—33 Detroit Stock Exchange- executive stalf Vice-President; Collinger and Mr. Yalem, the includes F. Bert Baer, Executive Stock U. income and amortization earnings Unfilled 29 Exchange- Chicago Stock Exchange general Mr. company Stock Per __I7 Cincinnati Stock Exchange— future. near to used be Charles H. Fendell, Vice-President; A .\ „'w; __ in addition the of , will loan Curb York (Stocks)-, and 1948 $29,957,451 $28,525,637 — depreciation, amortization Canadian and for Net Page; .v Exchange »(Bonds) New /Aetna, announced May 4. the Stock Boston corporate purposes, another step in the over-all expansion policy of the company. / The company was founded 30 years ago by Charles H. Yalem, now Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prom the first small office in St. Louis, the company has grown until today-it ranks as one of the largest finance companies in the United States. There are 41 branch offices in cities in Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan. Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Colorado, Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa, V V Future plans for the company include the opening of several new f ; of Exchange New York Finance Co.,-St. Louis, Mo.-—Notes Sold Privately—The company has'arranged to sell $2,000,000 of 3Vz% eight-year sinking fund promissory notes to the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, Harry Collinger, , 1 Prov. be • ' Quotations 1949, must be accompanied by due-bills; redeemed on June 20, 1949.—V. 169, S. before Depreciation 1949 : _ —— Earnings May 16, must sales Net the 1949, distribution prior to June all-due 1949 of one additional common share, June on Quarters Ended March 31— In This Issue ' make Copy a Corporation and Investment News PUBLIC UTILITY - Price 75 Cents 1-573 New St. York Curb Exchange Associate Phone OEntral Bell 7600 Teletype 8L 593 . • . ■ • . 1 '. shown capital of amount 2,768,050 shares of addition, charter the In stock cash for underwriters. through reduction The in the be the common stock is said to value of par of additional common stock financing from time to future to supply equity raPitaL *sa ,h vni,IP company may not issue common stock at less than the par value thereof, and the prevailing market price for its stock on the New York Curb Exchange has been below $25 until in anticipation gently The holders proposed amendments are to be submitted at a meeting scheduled for June 15, 19 authority jequested solicit to with proxies RIThAdl'commission has issued order JtfJvISTrS a nearing. v. 169, 16 to request a^hearing—V _ - administrative and General expenses 95,840 Other $38,571 39,462 $78,033 __ 'of salesIZZZIIIIZZZZI Provision Federal ———— tax income . Operating profit — — -Profit per share based on 350,000 shares outstdg. . —V. : " 169, p. 1002. . $157,430 $0.45 . . _ x ,,T _ • 130,177 144,740 145,161 t$4,878 (net)——— Dr620 _ to'reserve'for inventories— income taxes ' ... _ , • : t$29,714 ■ "Earnings per common share-r-_ —_JL —v. 168, p. 2678. Co.—To Sell Kansas Gas Stk. — 1? • not Jo 450 Oo° shares present holdings of common stock of Kansas G s & P Electric Co. thJ "which °shaSnabeSnit less than ^CO 00? shares 'Win^fb'v market ?onrHti^ns at th? time of sal7 mined by milrLt conditions it the tVe of sale. < ' [ * $0,14 so.36^,. , tLoss. - $11,200,000 the lor such sucn amount _ln aggregate equal Co. ana for authorization Florida stock of equity subsidiaries, its Pacific 'from banks the in Lignt scheduled has SEC hearing for at later a subsidiaries in aaie. required are sale t the ^ ; tqar. n p- 198j* , QWlrhnl/iprc' Teleffiaph Pn Co.—Stockholders X--TAWranh T«1p«liAnp America11 Telephone & ■' Stockholders record of the at business of close '?nhtiSciQ S«^Crii!«:£?»w0<ry»orrr3»nt? ' evidencing pSflunJw 20, 1959, and assignable wariants if8'^ndt °iLdr not used if is debentures The on May 6 rights such N!tori6'thSeSdaS5 The subscription Th!i^ sScJfoSon than date. before or $100 each for principal $100 pi ■ will each dated -be shares 6 of thereof. / amount accrued The 20, 1949, and will interest i will be convertible into Sept. stock capital ■ / in the instance first four will semi-annual ; ?n dVn?min^$lf°$°10ao^^^ registered torn According York debentures Trust Co Application on 100 has and after Aug. 1951 1, made to laKo?e a0ndrwSLZonhestock Stock Baltimore and Washington the have rights the COMPARATIVE EARNINGS Pprind Fnri Mar 3i iqaq UncoHecUblo uncoliectibl, oner oper. Tv/rnnih $19^vro"pi3 rev^ues r7v' rev._ ~ Operating revenues Operating expenses — $ iqao 9 \ * Net operating income. ,V --- American Viscoqp $3,680,765 $6,259,460 Co. below—V Neb. the Securities and Exchange Com* D. Bell, President, said in a letter had potentialities 1 Dana and Financial Seibert, on f$0.7b ^$1.39 t$1.28 shares. ^Based 618.218 on (Reg. William D< company from offer to 15 shares outstanding; ■ Wise, DeCamp noted President, decline .in ftrffc the that to 225 for the first "three weeks of the second quarter are below the same 'Period last year, but- noted that this is too short a time on which to base a prediction of sales for the 13 weeks of the second quar* of. ."However,", he said, '.'there are definite indications that the com* l)any's volume of business will drop below the 1943 level."—V. 169. a 1 000 . manufactured engines widely In uniting these two founded in 1934 of'15 range *' horsepower. P- 1558. " - * - * . ' ' * * - - ■ expects company of P. preferred U. and Commission into enter to common for as authority to . 7 shares. Earned per com. share. p. p„ / c, . , Quarters End. Mar. 31— ^taxe^etc^fled®ral 1949 te asked shares 4,840 . cargo ship. t$338 353 The 1 $163170 earnings are * '1 ' * 194s] 1948 1947 $392,599 $502,000 $144,136 525,514 $0.74 525,514 $0.95 262,757 1949- $362,791 ' ' 525,514 * $0.68 of on May four Boeing 10 announced that final negotiations for Iho Stratocruisers from Airtuieii Scandinavian Addition of the four airplanes^ brings to ten the total Bot i;, -Stratocruisers now under construction for the British "Speedbhd HceL The original six BOAC Stratocruisers were ordered m 19)6. AU ten airplanes are to be delivered during 1949. " ^e four new BOAC Stratocruisers will have Hamilton-Stand>1 _ propellers and modified instrument panels installed In Seattle piic-r to delivery. SAS had specified different propellers and flight d -6 equipment from , that originally ordered by BOAC.—V. 169, p. 1986, 1946 1947 *$244 618 reported $J 10 - , ; which owned acapitalgain of $208,083 from the sale of "Induding a $0 40 $0 16 System to m Seattle, Wash. the British Overseas Airways Corp., were- just recently concluded — - ($100 — Company transfer the . 1498 3^-134 Boeing Airplane Co.—Signs British Contract— This . Smith 1879. _, ' S. a Bond Stores, Inc.—April Sales 34.8% Higher $707 subsidiary after provision for income taxes of $199,570, of which $33,032 were foreign. tAfter provision for income taxes of $199,328, of which $9,091 were foreign. ..- Period End. Apr. 30- Sa|f r~Vl lbJ> p- lbbJ- ... * , $8'809'724 «6,o34,071 $28,170,084 $25,137,.), .. w OA (Continued On page o) ; — Patent Office) Riggs, Business Manager. (Telephone State 0613); 1 . | MOTS; jj i' On account of the fluctuations in ' -w-r.-i the rates ■;:#:( ■ - • « r (y . + ' of exchange, " - *-.f w remittance for foreign subscriptions and advertisements must be made in New York funds. • , ■r'. * *\ ■ - '( ■; - $323 781 IFederal taxes. ^Adjusted 1558. to reflect 2-for-l ccm, mon st0JC split-up in August, 1946.—V. 169, p. ' g-x-i Baiber Oil Corp. (& Subs.)—Earnings V 136!o77 * \ Quarter End. Mar. 31- > 1 /- ; with company issue ^ _ No- of common $0.61 quarter The share "Net profit 1948 625'a34 deate-nS^% stocks. 1948 $514 441 '53,816 Bliss & Laughlin, Inc.—Earnings—' /' .. . . $0.55 largest' of any aereement an __ "• l69' P* 1""5- - • • ^3003 Sales I°r company's history.—V. 168, p. 2003. . " ■"* per 1947 1949 $448 348 31— -. -Alter deducting all charges. Including depletion, depreciation/ ac t ol abandoned well and leaseholds, and estimated Federal income tare,, $4 234 22? — income ' «• 1949 7—- Quarter Ended Mar Gross Earnings $5 072 424 " v".-• - «Net" : ,: ; '■;* ' ; v Bishop Oil Co.— Earnings— - .... —v- 169, p. 1443. U. ' $6,715, 505,6^. ^' *459 - — Chronicle President; *n*^ . *S1^7^*3 $19,821,459 $20,702,854 $13,188,134 833.643 902,406 William B. Dana Company, Publishers, 25 Park Place, New York 8, N. Y., REctor 2-9570. -Herbert D. Seibert, Editor and Publisher; Published twice a week [every Thursday (general news and advertising issue) with a statistical issue on MonaayJ. tftne5 offices: 135 S. La Salle St., Chicago 3, 111. Drapers' Gardens, London, E. C., England, c/o Edwards & Smith. Copyright 1949 by William B. Dana Company. Reentered | as second-class matter February 25, 1942, at the post oiiice at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions in United States, U. S. Possessions, Territories and Members of ranAmerican Union, $35.00 per year; in Dominion of Canada, $38.00 per year. Other Countries, $42.00 per year. » Commercial William . to company i:,ar^ Preferred stock and 54,304 shares of common. The financing is for the company, of which in the program is $2,272,753 105 p 62lUl8 ' The Wheelabrator 5j and the Baker Refrigeration Corp.* , . will offering Wow 169 the ^aTney TcSZ N?wYork to*act $9,808,73i Chemical the ranging of / 5W 46'758'355 53'412'403 48'281'789 —I i permit engines ^e^ZZ-ZIZZLriZIir:: the first quarter of 1949 were the Maine $2,367,161 of its proposed announced cancellation basis. new James . XJo Engine Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.—Financing— 8,747,321 TTnn-no in The ' 6,644,898 — after taxes— ^Oss.\t0n . * (B. T.) Babbitt, Inc. (& Subs.)—Earnings— *n . 3,141,422 Torn will diesel Earned per ^mcrican Viscose Lorp.—borms New Affiliate— See Monsanto duty new t 9 Earnings per com..share 179«47^$57782parfc of a $4-657,253 construction program III'oil iq?qi? $2,767,200 will be spent this year. Included 266,250 191,917 jor generating stations.—V. 169, 2,375,261 -V.'fet pChia87g8eS Miedel,'this heavy Net incbme ;. iqaq J Bfa°LEnded'" ! : r Net -sales 71777;—77 I77Z7ZTZZ 7777ZT7Z. $19,497,482 $20,461,714 $54,913,59/ $5/,590,248 14,755,060 13,639,527 42,009,239 39,034,196 Operating taxes Diesel Lorimer the of - • icinc May on of controlling interests in the American Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co., Inc.—Earnings Anr > -4q Anr 3 '48 Mar £ mTL i. Net f:ale.& Net profit The corporation showed a gain in total net losses ol more than 11% -for the three months' period ended March 31, 1949.—V. 163, debentures ' STATEMENT iqaq Sk?r 87,578 82,.*31 Mr. of P* 1856. Philadelphia" Exchanges. y New „ and . OneratinB of , , ^ p., 1986. . debentures attached, in office the corporation the present business recession."—V. 169, p." 166*;. establish the Lorimer Division, which will be under the direction of Ralph 8. Lorinier. It will be responsible for the sales, as well as the manufacture, of both Lcrim/r engines and parts.—V. 169, p. 1662. pany muTtS'of^LoSS at •* : military, probably will be less affected by the possible continuation June'^27 of sale,,.about 169, Axe-H»UghtOn Fund. Inc.—Net Assets Gain- Broadway, Now York 15, N. Y. been to line ' The Lorimer known Temporary debentures will be delivered as soon practicable after June 20, 1949 and will be exchangeable for defi- as /v $3,433,816 $12,673,216 $13,008,034 Quarter sales and earningsgrades of acarpets. to a buyer's marker,. Ui reflects return "Supply has caught 1U practically all widths and in "excess of $100,000. nitive v in business and the immediate future for mistrial companies 1 been rendered less attractive, while Bell's ftusiness which Is larg lines of engines, Atlas has completed one of the largest transactions Jh the diesel engine manufacturing business in recent years. Th com- temporary coupons , 1949—17 Wks.—1948. 1949—4 Wks.—1S48 $4,313,736 ; : : , ' v -^th home furnishings carpet industry later said.-He most branches 01 demand in the industry," Mr. Wise than in stated tnat sale* the assets Quarters Ended March 31— be interest V ' Current Sales Ud 25 6% 1 and'dis- , with form trust certificates.-V. horsepower. XSlSt <*»» p~ •«»» p»»bl. upon conversion «IU be subject to I " equipment manUfacturinK -complete 19, 1951 and $140 therealter, payable by surrender ol $100 amount of debentures and payment of cash in the amount by which the conversion price then in effect exceeds $100. The conversion price, the number of shares issuable upon conversion and the debentures ^ g]loe Corn. company." • / X V " L lL * " "Since that time," he said, "there has been widespread deterioratl 1 on thg principal bearer I,. $103 381 R- J' Miedel, President of this company, announces the acquisition June The Cr37 ' $115 402 Equipment Co., .0 Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co.—Acquisition— »?lo on"and P«to &CTl949^o°Sd1 in 63,845 Bell Aircraft Corp.—Drops Plan to Acquire Two Firnsj f • * — ..." : 1949 1, • cos" , profit .acquisition '*» 59[o49 .'' " $103 343 $114,272 > t *' Crl 129 pf<j. stock of these companies— Period End. Apr. 30- v" + Trustee °akland. exclusively bv Lorimer engines will be- manufactured Calif- The Atlas tributed ' interest. debentures m ; .• Sales -V. 169, p. 1662. ;, - _ ; payable thereon be - The company, it is reported, plans the semiannually on June 20 and Dec. 20 at the office or agency of the company in New York City. Debentures will be redeemable, at option of company, as a whole or in part on or after June 20, 1951 on at least 30 days' notice, the initial redemption price being 106, plus June , 117,213 S75,135 " $226 23r Frederick W. Specht, President, stated that the company's operating y/ ...J ' $8,685,000 stock capital . -?c,ry gA ' Allanfir Tn issue uertincates— /ll,dnuc Coast-T.inp RR Line IiK.—10 Tccup TprtifiV^tPc be being offered will be in a principal amount equal to debentures for li2lG ; ; $306,622 ' • ■ •* outstanding at the close of business on May 6, which amount will be in excess of $393,000,000 but is expected to be less than $400,000,000. The debentures* will '$100 3,446,36s 3,490,387. y ; ' - . * . The . ■ __v. 169, p. 1936. • / Armour & Co.—Action Deferred on Prior Pfd. DlV.— ' the the of of ice < given are 1951. income on completion to been unavoidabie.-v. 169, p. 202. ' 193,919 * —, Income jnci, djVS> Net bepn^univofd^ble8^"0!^/^11^n?017, a°d th&t mventory losses have week ended May 5, 1949, the System inputs of subsidiaries amounted to 252,478,000 kwh., an increase of 25,286,000 11.12%, over the corresponding week of last year.-V. 169, ' itlgntS through program $1.50 per share up to and including April 1, 1949. I ■ of this company cr applied * . * f The directors on May 6 deferred action on the quarterly dividend due July 1 on the $6 cumulative convertible prior preferred/stock, no par value. Since arrearages on this issue had been cleared up in October, 1947* the company has been paying regular quarterly dividends of ' . and - Mishawaka, Ind., ■■ central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. has been appointed trustee for South Windham, Me., and Omaha, the $8,300,000 3%% sinking fund debentures due 1974.—V. 169, p. 1873. When application was made to :!■' '■•••,, r ■■ ; .V-V''"'.r"mission some time ago, Lawrence . r<l x'mi™ ; *t° stockholders that "the proposal ' < For company.s construction f in Kansas Gas and the of an additional 100,000 Weekly Input Increased 11.12%— funds general . • C ; ^ $3,812,309 204,937 ^ Minority interests in net profits of subsid. • ' m proposed the 24 May on by American of its common stockholdings proposed issuance and sale by the latter shaves of it3 common stock. ' kwh., to Arkansas Power & Light Co. j the Kansas stock. before its receipt of the proceeds of the sale of •'The to. to borrow not to exceed $13,000,000 investments its event & Power American also seeks authorization , Electric Service Texas $3,942,752 —_ depreciation ; 1948 .. Net , JjLgSsS^oooHoi i9^i95r—program is e?timated an for ■: , interest charges Prov. for Federal and Canadian income taxes— ' < 15, limited number of institutional investors, the proceeds to be used stock invest to latter American proposed to apply soon $6,000,000 additional common stock ol Amencan may invest $2,5(W, 000 nte acquire Light Co. to & Power common enable'the to added be Light Co. & Power Texas order in Co. substantial net addition year."—V.1 169, p. 1775", 1949 .nrnf<1 Total : 1 Concurrently With the sale ef the notes, the company is selling $5,500,000 first mortgage bonds, series D, due March l," 1979, to a loans renav utilities the of ,ei'°LXf nrSin S?otL?°inhiSfllie? of to SSvTl? SP2SLhS?^ hdv I!nwhfl?nn 'flpanrnnnsal to Tnvest$7 000 000 in the common •of'Texas v/ill balance Commission.1, commission. the tne bv Dy exemDtion exemption an an 15, loans in the amount of $700,000 incurred for construction purposes, and to provide approximately $1,000,000 for current general corporatepurposes, including the discharge of $750,000 of accounts payable. The The of or n- . 1 \ ' J r" r j. The 1950, into one share of preferred stock and two shares of common stock for each $45 principal amount of notes, ana are payable at maturity on the same terms. V / . Proceeds of the financing will be used to pay temporary bank to be supplied by amendment. notes are convertible after June - !; toSlncome&AM which are convertible on or after June terms are application requests exemption of the stock offerings from the compe'titive bidding requirements of the Commission's Rule U-50. The SEC Division of Public Utilities plans to object to the granting i . reported .-the " engineers company's selling, general and administrative expenses— : , 1949-1951. years Registers $3,150,000 — 1950' into' and Payable at maturity in, shares of preferred and V-common-stock, is Corp... The public offering a price, and underwriting to be underwritten by syndicate headed by v The .First. Boston . Kansas company of tures Power Co. The sale of the notes, • simultaneously, 100,000 additional proceeds to be used partially to pay for expenditures made and to be made in connoctton with its construction program, estimated to involve expendi- ' Arkansas-Missouri Provision be deter- to is the jK,!r Gross profit from operations ; The company May u ,iled a registration statement with the SEC . proposing the sale of $3,150,000 interim notes, due Dec. 15,"'1951. '•'W also proposed to Issue and sen, shares of Its common stock, the The to stockholders stated 3 Months Ended March 31 ... h« nt . ■' Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— Notes With SEC—To Sell Bonds Privately— •: j 5- to sell to has applied to the SEC for authorization lgss than 200,000 shares;and up company public . be said with confidence that there has been a / to the company's reserves since April 1 of this ' . ; " ' V'--/ • ■: .■ : 24,000 $32,308 $83,238 Nil f "$81,423 25,119 «Based on 234,035 shares in 1948 and 233,616 shares in 1947. J Traction Co. above. American Power & Light Th» . drilled; and in addition the corppany had 66,150,000,000 cubic feet" of indicated gas reserves. ,, *: i "Since April 1, 1949, the company has added new reserves in all '/Categories.-It is not practical to keep a running account of deductions from and additions to the various categories of reserves; but it can!. -V 449*' 3,111 : $202,999 27,232 36,529 56,000' ' the 1946 $13,921,000 $12,137,000 < $8,587,000 Not avail. engineers indicated that this company had 807,396,000,000 cubic feet' : of proven gas reserves, of which all but 63,402,000,000 cubic feet were i—: : ' $80,979 t.$5,498 —„24,215 provision for Federal ' ; Net profit . A, . XT ^ ^ As of the same date," Mr. Loucks stated,, "the report of these " $199,888 expenses— - earnings -interest Natural Gas Co.—New Name 10 Be Adopt- American ed—See American Light & . - estimations of presently discovered pools beyond the limits of control,* hy wells already drilled, or from application of secondary recovery methods to known pools where success is reasonably assured but requires further evidence to be proved) of 43,323,000 barrels. Thus the total of proved and indicated reserves is 203,973,000 barrels. . . f ....... 29, '47 $1,364,923 1,120,895 32,872 _ and gen. profit jncome Total Approp $28,469 $0.08 Net 1947 In addition the engineers estimate the company had indicated », reserves (not proved, but estimated to be reasonably recoverable from ' $1,845,978 1,466,941 33,938 $1,189,908 1,015,561 34,485 depreciation-; for admin Miscellaneous — deductions ' v, *7?st™ent> and 39,142,000 barrels were proved and undriUed » ' , , income Total Other 1948 v- (estimia ted tohaveeiery reasonable certainty to be recoverable as a - Apr. 2, '49 Mar. 27, '48 Mar. s'algS Cost ' 39,680 118,000 i— /. .,1949 result of additional drilling or development). - . .. $315,110 - —— income , . _ through j Jan $289,405 25,705 30,564 —1—19,000 profit • _ Net Selling Operating letter r .. A. P. W. Products Co., Inc.—Earnings 1948 $3,432,936 2,601,579 404,225 137,727 , ') v. taxe50n" 163, p. 1418. share—V. per ■■■■..... — Selling expenses ' • prices not to exceed $3.12 v2 (1J 1949 Barium Steel Corp. (& Subs.)—Earnings—y.. ... The corporation will prior to May 18, ,1949 receive tenders for the sale to it of up to 10,000 shares of its SI par value common stock -* ■ until _ $2,876,207 2,286,808 454,988 — ' . at - - sales of nrmiospri to the proposed. T?^^* sales Cost vjj® J' ®t0^: - Ended March 31— 3 Months Net ' ■ "The current state of the market for our papers, both in matters offollowine estimated reserves as of las* ADril l* T 1 ' ,<"■■<+<■ prlce and volume of sales, indicates the continuing need of effecting - • Prove(i crude reserves (economically recoverable under presentlyeven further efficiencies and economies of operation'in order to ;; existing economic conditions and with presently known producing and reverse the present trend.'—V. 168, p. 2318.— ,*Vr ,-••••« "'V. /•Recovery methods) amounted to 160,650,000 barrels. Of this 121,508,000 " ' » tZ o+ i '< barrels -were .proved and drilled (estimated recoverable from existing AngOSturd-Wupperman Corp.—Offers to" Buy Its Stock wells, using present methods and without making additional sub-' Earnings Metals, inc. American Machine " Monday, May 16, 1M9 ■*t' f; .[ Quar. End. Mar. 31— $24,475Sales : $179,926 t$15,656 «14,242 $100,000 on an annual basis. p. 1441. p. mm. .. r * • respect giving interested persons an .May - ' / ■ income, 4J-ioss, . ^ •**+ , Thomas H. Blodgett, Chairman, on April 28 said: I^^i'^"^'1'979,8^4 J&-ares* nJB6S€d •0n -a1,'?79'819 shares» / »jn the first quarter of 1949 gross profits margin has been adversely*- [SViisea on z,iib,lyk shares, v.-769, p. 798." ■ ' affected by sales price decreases and increased freight costs-at a total- ,>*-"* 'n •• " _J1 ' » estimated annual rate of $200,000. This has been offset in part by Barnsdall Oil Co.—Oil and Gas Reserves—.V minor evidences of decreasing costs of raw materials. The net effect The stockholders were informed on Mav $ of this company's esti-' 0f these price and cost influences is a decrease of approximately inated Jiet oil ^ gas-reserves. *Wm. Dewey Loucks, President, in a" the in fime ; 1946 1947 ' msr*an expenses lncludlne est,raa,ed Federal stocK for new or additional shares of capital than pursuant 'to a, public offering .or other 1948 1949 ' »Net profit_: stockholders amendment, fiist the Under saiu 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— to subscribe entitled be sold shares of of number the being outstanding.' presently would stock ' . ^ - , . ■ American Writing Paper Corp.—Earnings— in the common capital account representing outstanding common. provisions relating to preemptive rgnts or shares 30 554 to ' • THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2094) 2 • ■ , . ... .7 .7 /" Volume 169 v Number 4803 THE The ■"* 936 recorded. was The large emissions for April is all "industrial and over for manufactur¬ ' 99.8% than 0.2% was 000 money refunding. held to the same pattern for the 33rd consecutive month showing new money greater than refunding operations with the exception of May 1947. r :■ ;• ; A total of 92 separate emissions were floated during April, of which 53 were bonds aggregating $514,332,000, and 14 38 and 24 390. 61 were the > )•..«';; ■ March bond issues , 135,399,000 OF CORPORATE 190,930,937 43.8 New Capital New t > - a a 100 2 3 years ! 202,275,400 202,275,400 100 c j Total 174,381,015 189,592,258 $755,475,974 .j;>. Total . revised, i} ++!]'• "Figures " *;+ Below 7 91 days 1.454,237,000 901,529,000 99.707 Apr 14 91 902,103,000 99.709 21 91 days days 1,717,123,000 Apr 1,546,603,000 903,512,000 99.708 "1.157 Apr 22 Apr 28 91 days 1,636,338,000 900,810,000 99.708 Mar 21 "1.156 Apr 1 1 year 962,656,000 962,656,000 Apr 1-30 Apr Apr 1-30 Apr 1 10-12 yrs. 454,202,158 12,613,000 454,202,158 a a 12 years 12,613,000 100 2 3 years 262,299,400 262,299,400 100 c v. for for • MONTHS 1949, series, 1948 AND x ; Dated ; New Capital i 14,091,516; 561,972,304 186,843,822 Jan 30,923,566 97,041,541; 701,502,936 312,323,947 139,824,303 6 91 day Treas. 13 1,000,901,000 91 1,000,901,000 day Treas.: bills ; 906,631,000 91 902,136,000 day Treas. 4,495,000 bills 1 904,690,000 27 91 901,234,000 day Treas. bills I 3,456,000 902,428,000 901,199,000 1,229,000 3,296,526,000 Ctfs. of indebt 1 J 3,296,526,000 Ctfs. of indebt < ;jan Jjjn 1 1 U. Tax Total 422,501,331 47,650,700 1,096,360,233 1,524,466,557 760,577,258 277,783,073 1,03$,360,331 Feb Feb 1,056,250 682,222,190 562,725,792 50,212,500 612,938,292 382,349,500 80,964,460 Feb 24 381,550,874 4,088,750 385.639,624 217,916,667 319,497,872 f 463,313,960 : 53$,414,539 595,197,598 28,896,829 624,094,427 523,297,778 213,807,327 1 737,105,105 .113,723,057 1,638,189,614 3 91 10 1,539,474,264 83,198,079 1,622,672,343 1,123,563,945 614,269,659 196,921,136 3,260.861,957 3,063,940,821 1,884,141,203 91 Ctfs. Feb 14,724,735 518,355,071 494,500,121 125,726,255 .620,226,376 * of indebt. S. Savings bds. Depositary bonds__ J 1 Tax Total .Mar Antic'n for February— Treas. 270,711,824 ]Vlar 10 91 day Treas. 387,863,596 Mar 17 91 91 Mar 31 91 day Treas. 158,250,417 112,461,407 458,744.588 25,757,281 484,501,869 265,676,364 122,187,231 1,221,735,865 42,572,016 1,264,307,881 918,426,902 360,374,893 1,278,801,795 4,285,676,686 239,493,152 4,525,169,838 2,802,568,105 i quarter— Mar Nine months. October * November— Fourth Ctfs. 1 U: Mar 1 628,499,165 quarter 647,242,184 607,997,623 77,422,920 15,600,000 458,524,576 474,476,470 627,498,105 3,221,860 630,719,965 946,003,815 i 561,795,430 69,701,999 1,015,705,814 1,098,921,846 . 18,743,019 442,924,576 i-j. December 1 Mar 1,252,427,625 4,054,995,730. 37,564,879 1,736,486,725' 2,028,477,908 234,443,879 2,262,921,787 G85.420.543 1 Tax 'Apt 3,135,000 164,159,400 900,656,000 902,496,000 902,496,000 2,920,943,000 8,245,409,855 7,438,967,000 901,529,000 901,529,000 bds. Antic'n 589,641,955 ' notes for March—*. 7,897,500 202,275,400 7 91 day Treas. 91 day Treas. bills ' 902,103.000 Apr 21 91 277,058,031 6,261,656,563 bills ' 903,512,000 91 903,512,000 day Treas. bills 1 900,810,000 1 Ctfs. 900,810,000 962,656,000 •Apr 4,831.046,013 1 >• r U. 962,656,000 1,486,871,504 6,317,917,517 tRevised. SALE OF NOTES OF NETHERLANDS SHIPPING COMPANIES International The Bank Reconstruction & Devel¬ opment has sold from its portfolio notes of Netherlands shipping companies (listed below). These securities listed The here as matter of record. a included not in tables. totals are however, The International Bank has added its guarantee of payment of principal and in¬ terest to these obligations. The securities are as follows: are v (a) $2,000,000 our V. N. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij "Holland-Amerika Lijn" (Hol¬ land-America Line) 2%'% secured serial mortgage notes (guaranteed by the Netherlands Government). Notes are dated July 15, 1948 and are due $100,000 semi-annually Jan. 15, 1949-July 15, 1958 inclusive. > (b) $2,000,000 N. V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij (United Netherlands Navigation Co.) 21/2% secured serial mortgage notes (guaranteed by the Netherlands Government). and due are $100,000 Notes are dated July 15, 1948 semi-annually Jan.; 15, 1949-July 15, 1958 inclusive. (c) $4,000,000 N. V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd (RotterdamLloyd Line) 2lk% secured serial mortgage notes (guar¬ anteed by the Netherlands Government). Notes are dated July 15. 1948 and are due $200,000 semi-annually Jan. 15, 1949-July 15, 1958 inclusive. (d) $4,000,000 N. V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Neder- v land" In that $962,656,000 lotted on in subscriptions the offering of were received and al¬ 1)4% Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series D-1950 dated April 1, 1949, and" maturing on April 1, 1950, to the holders of Treasury to Certificates of amount for cash. Indebtedness of $1,054,836,000, ; .•/, The Secretary of the all outstanding 2% • , the • of' Series D-1949, balance being in the redeemed •' ■ Treasury announced Feb. 14 that In: April amount were 1949 the remaining $1,700,000 principal purchased from the Bank. [Dollar Savings which previously had purchased $2,-* 000,000 of the notes, purchased $1,500,000 of the obliga¬ Bank, New York, tions at —ED.] " < v;.'^-v Treasury- Bonds 1949-51, of dated »c- STATES UNITED « ' TREASURY Dec Jan FINANCING DURING .1949 Amount Dated Due ; 3L i 7 Accepted Price Yield ■?' $ ■ V. , % ;. Jan 6 /•; 91 days 1.964,271,000 The t are now on June 15, 1949. outstanding $1,014,018,900 of these bonds, Treasury Department in April outside of the above, confined its operations to the usual weekly sale of Treasury Bills, Savings Bonds, Tax 13 > 91 days 1.478,730,000 906,631,000 s four Notes Total Jan 20 91 days 1,511,627,000 904,690,000 99.707 "1.160 27 91 days 1,514,449,000 902,428,000 99.707 "1.160 Dec 15 Jan 1 1 year 3,296,526,000 3,296,526,000 100'* Dec 15 2,398,355,000 100 647,286,199 ► • a > a 1,428.000 100 r. 2 222,786,700 100 : for 1 year 2,398,355,000 1 10-12 yrs. 647,286,199 12 years 1,428,000 Jan 1-31 Jan 3 years 222,786,700 > 1 Total for January Feb ■ VU VU » ' 3 91 days 1,417,262,000 801,106,000 99.706 Feb 10 91 days 1,473,740,000 902.941,000 99.706+ "1.163 Feb 17 91 days 1.425,717.000 801,248,000 99.706 "1.163 Feb 18 Feb 24 91 days 1.460.462,000 901,180,000 99.706 "1.164 19 Feb 1 1 year 1,993,169,000 1,993,169,000 Feb 1-28 Feb l 10-12 yrs. 599.139.580 Feb 1-28 Feb 100 "1.161 VU 539,139,580 a a 12 years 1 $ 162,743,000 27,285,000 135,458,000 168,443,000 122,855,000 45,588,000 39,000,000 7,000,000 32,000,000 42,325,000 30,140,000 12.185,000 81,325,000 37,140,000 44,185,000 260,000,000 149,000,000 43,140,000 111,000,000 53,958,000 313,958,000 192,140,000 121,818,000 145,037,000 January- f 89,870,000 Notes ; ; — Total for February—!— March—•' • 1145,037,000 : — l- ( . , ; '!•; Certificates 'Notes u— Total for March——; April— Certificates <—— —j_i-!— .'-'J •Notes .v!_-~; 10,818,000 Total for four '1 "v " 59,215,000 51,785,000 t 111,000.000 204,252,000 t93,252,000 674,726,000 556,387,000 months sale's '•*. > lli.oofjooo April—— Comprise ». .; of special series certificates .sold to-Adjusted Service Certificates Fund and to Federal Service Old Age and Survivors Retirement Fund, .Canal Zone Retirement Fund, Savings Life System, Insurance Government Fund, and 118,339,000 notes; certificates Unemployed Trust Fund Insurance Trust Account, Service Retirement Fund, Alaska Railroad Retirement Fund, Postal Life Federal Savings and Loan Foreign Insurance Deposit Insurance (Continued 11 Feb 1-28 Feb ■ 95,570,000 Fund, Insurance Corporation. on page National Service Corporation, tNet retired. 6) 10.281,031,899 < 4 28 Net Issued r 5 5,700,000 Certificates Federal ' Feb Jan Retired $ c T Jan FINANCING February- Civil Jan Jan 729,114,550 3,185,136,292 J— and notes 14 Jan 4,570,610,000 29,992,244,292 26,807,108,000 months V — "1.160 21 Jan 1-31 5.299,724.558 — Certificates "1.15a Jan Jan 1-31 454,202,153 Issued 99.707 J&n 3.135.000 3,135,000 100 2 3 years 164,159.400 164.159 400 100 c Administration' Total for Notes and Depositary Bonds. for notes April 99.708 1,000,901,000 Jan Jan There 1942, are called for redemption 262,2.99,400 for Total for Amount Applied for ■ t 12,613,000 262,290,400 Antic'n ir foregoing obligations $600,000 principal amount matured and were paid Jan. 15, 1949, leaving $11,400,000 rrincinal amount outstanding at the present time. Of the Offered 12,613,000 "INTRA-GOVERNMENT and interest for maturities in 1957 and 1958. par 454,202,158 'January— I During Feb Jan. 15, Total bank January 1949 $2,200,000 of the securities were from the bank comprising $300,000 of the iiotes due July 15, 1955, $600,000 due Jan. 15, 1958, $600,000 due July 15, 1956, $600,000 due Jan. 15,: 1957 and $100,000 due July 15, 1957. ' Tax 1 Total purchased I March 30 announced secured indebt, of 1948 the from Date Treasury 2V2% $8,100,000 of these notes were pur-r comprising all of the maturities Jan. 15, 1949 through Jan. 15, 1955 and $300,000 of the notes maturing July 15, 1955. August chased Treasury Financing in April The Secretary of the * Apr serial mortgage notes (guaranteed' by the Netherlands Government), Notes are dated July 15, 1948 and are due $200,000 semi¬ annually Jan. 15, 1949-July 15, 1958 inclusive. Line) (Nederland bills S. Savings bds. Depositary bonds— Apr for 806,442,855 902,103,000 day Treas. Apr. 28 5,984,598,532 611,000 906,999,000 14 Apr months 6,017,000 - 905,248,000 Apr Twelve _ 768,897,980 902,625,000 2,920,943,000 589,641,955 7,897,500 202,275,400 Savings 87,318,960 Total 599,~i39~580 bills Depositary bonds Mar 956,000 1,993,169,000 indebt.— of S. 900,224,000 5,397,180,000 day Treas. bills day Treas. bills 261,450,941 1,508,000 801,248,000 906,673,000 905,859,000 902,625,000 906,999,000 bills 2,090,000 901,433,000 6,166,077,980 bills •Mar 24 September— Third day 880,680,899 801,106,000 3,135,000 164,159,400 ; 91 9,400,351,000 599,139.580 notes- 3 259,360,941 1,428,000 222,786,700 801,106,000 902,941,000 801,248,000 901,180,000 1,993,169,000 U, Feb 1,737,833,604 647,286,199 1,428,000 222,786,700 > Feb 892,052,732 2,776,193,935 503.G30.336 August— 647,286,199 notes- day Treas. bills day T'eas. bills ; day Treas. bills day JTieas. bills 91 •Feb — bds. 2,398,355,000 January;10,281,031,899 17, ,91 681,165,940 ; Savings Antic'n for 29,260,000 Feb quarter S. 2,398,355,000 Depositary bonds 383,241,331 months bills 1 1,048,709.533 >■ Indebtedness $ .452,148,250 604,461,395 New Refunding 20 t 217,767,388 547,880,788 Six Accepted 368,444,69$ 238,267,785 Second FUNDS Security IJan j;: .Total 107,035,204 7,095,700 '■/' OF Total Amount 'Jan Jan Refunding 261,409,429. 231,172.035 „ Aug. 31, 1948. c Treasury note* and interest accrues each month'. approximately 1.40%.per annum. 1948 1, years interest +V } 374,714,374. February May——— discount basis, USE $ 2,590,000 . 23,992,244,292 bank a Jan $ 372,124,374 r„ months on Jan $ $ vu which Type of 1947 Total Refunding $ 435,591,117 June of ■]; ;! —"H947- 1.295.000 April— four Average rate Jan BY 100 5,299,724,558 V®LsY,ie.s D. began Sept. It held to a ■■ "1.153 $762,731,791 $7,255,817 '< financing is brought to light. "1.160 a Comprised of three sepa¬ series E have 10-year maturity, are sold on a discount basis at 75. and yield 2.90% : series F have a 12-year maturity are sold on a discount basis, at 74, and yield 2.53% and series Q have a 12-year maturity, are sold at 100. and bear 2'/2% interest. b Comprised of separate issues designated Treasury notes of tax series C-1947, C-1948, C-1949 and C-1950. Series C earnings about 1.07%, Sale of these bonds was discontinued on . r 190,274,163 .. rate tabulation of figures singe January, 1947, showing the different monthly amounts oivcorpo* rate finnacing. Revisions of the 1948 and 1949 figures' may be necessary* particularly as additional private present we 8,245,409,855 Apr 175,490,232 ■■■': fi 434,296,117 quarter i 1 204,073,331 January First l' for i March^.— VU 15 Apr $192,894,065 New Capital $ 100 7,897,500 maturity of 3 FIGURES Total $ 2,920,943,000 589,641,955 7,897,500 iApr ' 8 Total Refunding 4,280,719 1.109,217 y 681,905 'i ' 99.706+ "1.162 I-' $1,183,976 ' 99.706+ "1.162 99.706+ "1.162 902,496,000 589,641,955 Total 199,792,612 ' —ii-4- —■- -—a- •' 902,625,000 906,999,000 1,610,790,000 2,920,943,000 1 year Apr 1-30 Apr $191,710,089 April 1 99.706+ "1.162 12 years ( 40.0 January '__—!!—— —f!948 Refunding $ Mar 'Mar 1-31 Mat ; j w.»•. '.. t financing for April totaled $190,274,163, compared with $156,942,990 for April 1948. For the four months of 1949 total municipal issues footed up' $762,731,791 as follows: -1949'• 15 days days days 99.706 + "1.163 1'10-12 yrs. 35.0 25 __ 91 91 % 1,661,354,000 1,529,755,000 days 91 i Yield 906,673,000 905,859,000 32.0 83", 400,000 "February March !_-!!l—^—!__! sinking fund debentures, due April 1, 1974; $20,000,000 Mathieson Chemical Corp. 20-year unsecured loan; $25,- March $273,305,000 91 Price $ 1,662,824,000 1,538,630,000 Mar 1-31 Mar of Total, 16 Accepted $ Mar 1-31 Mar l» Total Amount 1, SUMMARY Mar 17 Feb preceding 32 : Mar 10 Apr '32 91 days Mat 24 Mar 25^ Mar 31 of - No. of Issues 3 Mar 18 » with Mar 4 Total Financial 2% % debentures, due April 1, 1959; also $40,000,000 National Distillers Products Corp. 25-year 3Va % ' Comparison , ' V '■'' "V ; January 1969; $50,000,000 Commonwealth Edison Co. 3% sinking fund debentures, due April 1, 1999; $50,000,000 Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 2.90% prom¬ issory notes, due April 1, 1979 and; $50,000,000 C. I. T. • • Amount Applied for Due Mar 11 (pai* preferred <(par $50) 25 Mar Municipal issues, of which 10 were preferred adding $38,615,000 and 21. were common for a total of $33,615,000. .* ••,!'. v :'r The principal issues brought out during April were: $75,000,000 Schenley Industries, Inc. 3.20% promissory due financing. April' i_L!—March i -iL-U-i.:—. stock notes, total February to up 200,000:shares of 14.70% months follows: ■ up to $167,890,190. Of the stocks issues and accounted for $47,335,800 common emissions for a total of $120,554,- For the month of March there 31 and Feb Northern Natural and of preferred were shares common Amount Dated ' Corporate issues placed privately in April comprised separate issues and aggregated $273,305,000, or 40%\ 32 stocks adding were $18,510,025; 406,000 Illinois Power Co, for $10,000,000. and only $1,056,250, or less Thus the trend of financing new was of Gas Co. for $11,977,000; 361,840 common shares (par $7.50) of Ohio Public Service Co.;' for $5,789,440;! 200,000 shares of $2.20 preferred stock (no par) of ConnecticuO^Light & Power Co. for $10,400,^ ing" category which showed an upsurge to $228,499,022 the $62,870,183^ reported in March, v ( Railroad financing, however, which footed up $90,293,000 in March declined to $17,560,000 in April. The aggre¬ gate financing ifor the month shows that $681,165,940, or over total a $10) from " Date Among the prominent stock issues floated were 740,401 common shares (par $25) !of Pacific Gas &cElectric Co., ac¬ for by activities in the utility field, especially equities, which increased from $3,417,000 to $98,- 526,240 and in the 3 (2095) Offered Co, first mortgage pipe line bond 314% series due 1964. counted in the CHRONICLE 000,000 Bell Telephone Co. of Pa. 25-year 3% debentures due April 15, 1974 and $24,000,000 El Paso Natural Gas an increase of $259,720,859 over March and the greatest monthly total reported since March 1948, when $701,502,- 1 FINANCIAL And for the Four Months of the Calendar Year 1949 1 Corporate financing for April aggregated $682,222,190, . & Capital Flotations in the United States During the Month of April > \ COMMERCIAL February,-! 6,166.077.980 ♦ In the lowing comprehensive tables pages we on the the fol¬ April figures with those for the corresponding periods in the four years preceding, thus affording a five year comparison. and the four compare months' and Total $ 54,30 4.0 0 49,751.0 26,45237 65,4237 52,160 49,08453 Relundi g 493.58,0 4,0 .0 17,538920 7,625,82 563,12 0 46,10 29,3450 $ -1945 Total 76,892 639,1 702 Devlopmnt. - Capit l $ New Total 102•,435 $ 682,543 348,105 71,34058 40.32,0 172.89 5 84.28,549 25,0 0 Capit l 17,650 18,732.0 15,0 0 New Total 11,2072,593409 1,30 , 0 130,406 1,50 0 27,835.0 57,31573 94 ,50 Capitl Total $ 239,57 90 1,250. 0 96,27832 75,08173 463,1960 ti,0 75 10, .0 19,870 40,247 902,68732 Total Refundi g 46,9731 27,43208 116,5 80,964 0 5,0 ,0 19,870 2,643,0 108,47 60 $ a b, FYEIAVRS ^fSRIUBnetcoarsiukd.l Capitl $ 24.60,813 l,250,u0 69,84.62 68,3i0 o3 Total $ 164,07 0 156,942 0 2,10,0 612,938 2 Capit l 430,6950 l.^OoJ 51,7210 79,04172 New Total -194 Refundi g -»•. $ $ 566822,7,9190 514,320 4735",80 120,54390 7 5,0 281,250 1,056,250 i'.vl CORPATE, Capit l SOUM FARY N6w $ 513, 70 47,3580 120,73140 769,058 76,90 190,274163 94,8635 43,750 681,905 45,7315 681, 5940 3,25 0 189,52 8 904,1398 ■ ■ 48.357,40 7,125,0 1,35076 190,73.564 6,735,0 1,570, 0 1,49,40 257,304 97,80 0 19,407. 7,125,0 12,85076 239,58.64 18,7350 1,4 ,50 8.4~706 09,63241. 307,26958 40,612750 5,625,0 38.42,968 60 ,0 230.475 18,0624 7, 4 ,720 1,50 , 0 I,~3 5~o76o 152,308.596 6,135,0 1,3 9.52 1,4 9,40 1,250, 0 1,250, 0 Refundi g 28793,17 50 ,0 0 17,0 0 CNIOTOUSGRRNPEHIUFWPAEEID 50 ,0 0 17,824 ;-:Z 4,10 , 0 1,250, 0 32,16 $ 24,60813 40,5280 189,5 0 6,50,0 2750,0 62.75,0 127,30 0 17,0 0 34,8150 480,9 0 10, i.0 23,9076 130v,729 40,5280 243.160,82 17,238 0 2,50,0 95,106 4 127,30 17,0 0 10, 0 60,1576 612,938 2 4,83 ,0 13.867,0 6,50 , 0 1,537,50 15,47.0 5,0,0 1,30 , 0 1,30 , 0 New Total -194 CAHARNTDE Refundi g $ 17,560. 192,7 0 2,0 ,0 176.09, 0 52.30, 2,50,0 267 6 51765,60 453104,,639250 98,526 40 52,409.2 1 3,750 10 ,0 - Capit l 17.56C0 192,70 2,0 ,0 175,3 0 52,30 2,50. 0 20,6 0 51765",0 513, 70 98,526 40 New notes. notes. Agencis—*&.-> fuonbtadise Notes- manufctrig hoeldticng., 16741.78 167,8901 17,560 290,73240 2,0 ,0 28,49.02 52,463750 2,50 , 0 26,~7ob6 67/96,178 682, 190 7 5,0 281,250 281,250 $ 2,50,0 50,21 50 10, 0 23,9076 130,729 35,69 0 29, 3082 10,738 0 2,~50o76 93,568 4 1 ,8250 1,50 0 10, 0 57,60 76 562,7 92 53,69082 10,738 0 32,41 4 7 5,0 0 7 5,0 $ 80,964 0 12,3/250 138,49 687 15, 0 35,01 37 30 ,0 150. 2,1G3 125,0 . 0 40 ,0 40. ,0 16,32 50 382,4950 $ Capit l 35,690 175,240 2,50,0 61,3750 1 ,8250 1,50 0 32,150 50 ,0 0 53,69082 10,738 0 32,41 4 1,30 , 0 1,30 , 0 $ 289, 643 ;[■ Refundi g 4,83,0 13,8670 6,50,0 1,537,50 15,47 0 5,0,0 2,50,0 50,21 50 -1948 8,239752 13,57023 19,435274 81,27163 25,0 0 1,250, 0 New Total 94 ,50 3,9132 61,39460 2,35,0 170 760 1,825.0 46,97317 1,30 , 0 7,8 5,126 1,50,0 12,8567 180,436 63,46573 12.3,250 172,48601 15, .0 96,14957 30 .0 152.47,163 125,0 0 17,40 0 40, 0 16,832 50 463,1 960 51,60 597 83.652,163 25,0 0 : 65.4,237 150623,4,12305 682,543 85,4931 96,50 0 1 ,532 4 5,625,0 59,43 918 18,26.47 "56 76 230745 6 ,627 392,76 91 ~ w;/?' 30 ,0 0 15, 0 4.57,950 67,5 0 10, 0 17,40. 0 40, 0 4,60,0 289,57 90 Capit l 15, .0 15,74.813 30.0 67,050 10, 0 40,0 40, 0 936,05128 49,6850 15,94.86 1,70,0 $ 6,"9076 12, 0873 $ 50,21 50 14,3850 1,348.104 40 ,0 16,34560 Refundi g 50,21.50 $ -1048 $ $ —1947 StFGfbtNoSPBiheOravrdpbogtamurnlelunangmicscpwyeflydsed.sk, FTMOAYFEPHINVRELS FFFMMOTGFLAIANOOUPVHRECRRENIPEGMIDLGNT, New $ New 382,4950 10, 0 401,78 2 794,1327 480,9 .0 l.oO.OJ 51,72510 79,04172 $ -1946 6 6, 27 50 ,0 0 289, 643 2,40 61,32058 37,6021 New 97,80. 0 71,05 0 1,50. 0 48.50 175,0 0 1,4 756 6,90,0 12,78 50 425,3 0 Refundi g 96,50 0 70.91 5S4 21,04.950 17,68427 Capit l —1947 $ 750, 0 25,16420 34.80, "17,021 0 3, 7,920 30,71328 6,50,0 2,601,634 1,452,08 21,598025 2,415,926 2 ,973 0 51,04 35 17,650. 2,601,634 1,452,08 40,3 025 15,0 0 2,4157926 2 ,973 0 51,3820 $ $ 18,0324 95,041 6 76,825 750, 0 4,0 0 2,731,0 1,837,920 13,4528 6,50,0 and 392,76 91 325,680 10,2350 728,4129 < 4,0 0 5,32.634 3,290, 0 34,93 07 8,915,926 23,7 370 76,205 37 362,450. 179.62 34 4.790, 0 71.043 07 15,0 0 8,915,926 23,7 .370 54,30 4.0 ,0 Refundi g 34.80, 0 130,29 0 1,50 , 0 17,368.0 Reiuad.ng 28,6958 7."85O7B69 7,6423 25,0 0 $ -1)46 362.450, 130.29,0 1,50,0 36,10 0 15,0 0 $ -1943 6.02 ,0 19,50 35 51,3820 35.2T75 Io,a2 yo5 $ 52,409 2 1 3,750 10 ,0 281,250 1,056,250 167459,28 167,0894 17,560. 290,73240 2,0 ,0 27, 4.02 52,463750 2,50,0 267 ",0 67514,928 681, 5940 manufctrig- hoeldticng., manufctrig- hoeldticng., manufctrig- hoeldticng., AOFPRIL APRIL bonadnsd _ boanndsd_ : boanndsd gaBnkGovernm overnmtGv.-Municpcal—itSes,,Posein idnncluoodet LBonoga-nTedrms utiles secctooetpall,,,Equmiapnumfcterens-t anodiindausntridl;bueildtncgs, Inttvrreausdtmsinng,,Miscelanous SBNhooraton-Tdet«smRailroads utiles seccototepa.ll,,,Eqmuainpufmcterenst anodi indausntrdl —bueildtncgs, Inttvrreausdtmsinng,,Miscelanous utiles. scctooepaell,r,,Equmiapnumfetnt aacensordi.indausntrdl bueildtncgs, Inttrvreausdtmsinng,,Miscelanous utiles. cecctooetpa.llr,,,Equmaipnumfent aacensodriindausntrdl bueildtncg.s, Itntrrveausdtmsinng,,Miscelanous sceocrpuritate OF Long-term Short-em PrefsrtoecdkComstoockn- Long-termShort-emPrefstroeckdComstoockn Long-termShort-emPrefstroeckdComstoockn 'corp ate toal Corp ate-^ Domestic- Candian- foreignfaaInter ionlCndian oreignLoaannd USntiateeds •Tfighuersees MONTH MONTH Grand Total Other Other Farm 1! Railroads Public Iron, Motors Other Land, Rub er Ship ing Oil Total Total Public Iron, Motors Other Land, Rub er Oil Ship ing Stocks- Railroads Total Public Iron, Motors Other Land, Rub er Ship ing Oil Total- Railroads Public Iron, Motors Other Land, Rub er Ship ing Oil Total * 3 n o o W o > > o o > W w o w o o r1 OS c CO cr t—! 00 CO Total • ' 1,2705 4,0 0 158,064 46,12031 25,0 0 1,5436091 U7,38670 301,2 0 359,0 2 1,29 6 8 Refundi g 4,0 0 79,14056 8,508,432 25,0 0 17,386 0 285,0 ~6o 210,830 $ 1,42570 -1945 986,570 2,65.0 41, 8065 24,73902 48,20 0 "Vo To o Refundi g 831,72 86 2,14,0 192,843 5 15,62037 48,20 0 Capitl 47,380 9,250 10,0 3,120 28,0 0 Total 21416,,3060991,4077982 CJ1 CO 204,831 4,0- 4,0 0 1,839150 1,837,920 4,097146 6,50,0 24,1827 8,42 8 597,4250 531,4 150 32, 7920 103,65146 rYo 7o6 6,50,0 4,~3 275 24,1327 4,0 0 47,380 12,79348 1,52,08 15,73 5 28,0 0 3,590726 i,90 75 289,57 ,0 3,568,4 1,452,08 82,59 35 3,590,26 24,57 098 4,90,0 5,0 ,0 New 10 ,0 0 64,8905 54,13764 3,890 219,36501 28.0 , 0 10,3 926 9.~2Y7o5 53,7230 4,0 0 15,407634 3,290 126,9 501 10,9 26 48,723 0 9,23 ,0 5,0 ,0 $ $ -1 t-H Refundig 597,4250 475,0 30,5 0 59,680 ~Yo~ 7o 5 4,32765 -1945 15,78943 462,01 0 136,90 12,50 0 97,045 0 279,50 13,9 0 1,4 ,50 14,26O756 17,28 50 2,50,0 125,0 2,6 5,0 139,0 841 8,205 0 40.967438 394,72 85 2,97460 5, 0 75 1,423.7 3,986 654,78967 462,01 0 278,0 41 8,205,0 53,46738 491,76985 302,4760 13,9 0 4,34,50 25,681/237 51.39,6 Refundi g 450,9 0 135,67 94 49.064,538 2 ,168427 13,9 0 50 ,0 7,3607 0 6 ,627 2,064,0 50,0 0 2,1 4,0 7.10,2931 5,625,0 "6897868 79,085 8 $ f 398,6250 67,150 $ -1946 HH 1—1 10 ,0 0 64,8905 48,730 30,6 0 92,70 28,0 0 $ 456,0 310,5 87 New $ * t-1 16,950 148,90 2 Capitl 127,05 78,12~34 37,6159 $ Total Total ■ ' $ -194G 60 ,0 52,"931797 2,"69725 7, 49, 52 208,463 1 450,9 0 247,35 2 5,625,0 "6897858 128,5126 2 .768,427 13,9 0 2,813,597 9.62^7 5 8,46 ,579 1,25439608 21,842093,36785,744766903558901SUPNtFGMhmugwicugpmlysfRDHBbPUSe$MIitcnvao2orapa,hlr3slnntpv8um6vciddeokf0sbd..e,y FYFMEAT3ITCUSSNOOIPNHRVHDARPUERSELAD 1,29816570,5793104,84243062.790 FYEATM3FLMFAGNIPOIUOHVDNAVRE0UCRNPSLDMGT, 51 ,0 Capitl 154,8 14 218,30471 27,1 59 $ 90 ,0 0 New Total /VtH J 1,0825, 0 61,325.0 18,3 2 168,0372 39 ,0 0 1,5067429 Capitl 804,362 58,09 0 13,4506 13,4965 39 ,0 10,273497 $ v New Total -1948 $ 1,786.41,0 1,40 , 0 146,7 83 24,39 268 Capit l 1,632.750 Total 135.0 $ 1,457 90 94,801750 21,08973 $ CFORRPEIGANT, OSUMFARY Capit l 1.4093,20 New 15,0 0 281,250 Refundi g 48,2570 $ 5,0 .0 135.0 135,20 1,2698 Total 15,0 .0 3,0 5,0 3,2 5,0 10 ,0 0 189, 60 72,813 0 36,50 0 8,50,6 324,750 27,30 25,960 12,0 0 198,7650 3,750, 0 1,30 , 0 1,40 , 0 Capit l 147,650 726,540 30, 0 8,50,0 307,89450 251, 0 14,60 12,0 0 189,2750 New 10 ,0 0 21,.07688.,5234493 233.78,94,4,640169.190715 Total 16,0 0 80.6 0 75,4 .974 2,5819.47 bStaniysQpuoufebrlicdy $ 198, .0 52.3890 76,50 6,39,0 327645 6 146.90 10.63 0 45,60 6 i74~056 } Refundi g 37295/70 4,30. 0 eiso.o $ ONAGRENUFPWID -194 115,638,77463500 135,0 0 135,0 0 59,705 0 32,86470 19,80. 438.072 125.09 63 4,0,0 40, 0 I72~9 l67 31,70438 . 389,160 10,89257 42, 90 50,369.36 6,50,0 2,375 0 21,075 0 1,30 0 10.3,516 163,95 7 147,65 0 831,9 562 40,738 0 6750 ,6 410,9.706 36,9450 14,60. 12,0 0 i67o,6 25,47231 378,9264 413,250 175,0 0 143,7 82 24, 570 92,03.82 ~ io 76 o 4^2896 305,891523 198, 0 69,21862 10,8750 6,39,0 415,68^23 147.3 250 10,850 45,70~6o 156,~ f3,968 281,250 281,250 135,0 0 135,0 "11,660,5920!4787429 280,4756 2,1,3142997370568.358,74 189, 60 82,30 89 47,238 0 8,50,0 432,57 41 38,02150 25,960 12,0 0 io7 o,'6 235,1 74 105,3962 10,7380 102.35,06 15,72 50 10, 0 34,852 31 48,2570 New CHAR TE 596,516 5,13,205 1,47259,0 Capit l 193,80 51,0432 76,50. 6,39,0 aiw'o 143,90 -3,820 45760 6 ni.To o 1,42 30 $ 1,30 0 1,40 . 0 79,61 25 1,80,0 25,873564 3,0 ,0 35,412 53 30,6l70 25,0 0 708,930 9,2.1,786 * 109,38 098 10,738 0 107,8 41 15,72150 10, 0 35,4874 4,079,536 Refundi g 42. 90U 46,289 0 6,50,0 16,82.50 21,075.0 1,30 0 9,40, 0 $ 708,930 4,621,40 69,57 427 4,710453 56,40 53,09 0 49, 3657 163,54.97 25,091630 3,20,0 1,291,07 37,89 72 $ —1948 16,0 0 287,5.0 762,3179 1,729.8543 $ 1.046,0 30,84631 ,2580 52,74570 36,1859 79,06173 2,147903 16,05~1 2 42,93.78 28, 7910 2,580 40,"27 56 315,6 397 2,37460 i,T8~07403 9/L5 12 26,3 914 59,750 61,3250 19,0 84 168,25 25,091630 3,20,0 2,0 ,0 42,51 72 360,9 741 61,50 0 57,3604 2,80 0 473, 5 125,091630 35,061 0 65,0 0 2~0 70 140,9)6172 New 4,150, 0 51 ,0 46,320 1,5 0, 0 1,50 Capitl 59,70 273,418 3 19,80 27,9305 10. ,0 1,20 0 40, 0 37,2641 48,70695 206,750 7,25,817 26,71 6 94,80175 210,8 523 20 ,0 $ 40 ,0 248,510 6,895 46 163,95. 7 1,40,0 14,2036 237, 216 New 1,4296758 38,7250 1,2385172 Refundi g 1,80,0 183,0917 3,0 ,0 20,71695 30761,0 25,0 0 1,635 86 $ $ -1947 10, 0 6,830 1,067153 21,0 0 2,319706 Refundi g 153,746 0 5,13,205 4,67,052 $ —194 5,0 0 20 ,0 Total 358,7453 82,1 0 45,0 0 15,30 16,3 189 29,0 0 Refundi g 275,89631 3,25,0 49,26.458 29,60.57 61,50 0 456,1 950 2,80 0 30,675 0 10, 0 31,86 10 65,0 0 38,90 0 75,0 0 436,0 $ New 10,273497 t82,1 0 5,0 0 18,960 1,023 42 50, .0 $ —1947 1,046 0 1,52 406 12.50, 47,980462 57,31573 ~94 :750 6,~9o 76o 16,20873 Capitl 57,4150 24,93857 ■' O 37/^95,70 "03740 0 6,8o76o ~ 281~,250 2,06349 41,87,7306589254-f 413,250 175,0 143,7 82 24. 5,70 92.0382 "Y657 5 4.97,18 305,61273 198, 0 658,92 8 10,8750 6,39.0 1/ 8,23 147,3 250 4,05,0 45,~70 6 153/ 2,713 1,72985473 4 "... AE3NPDR0IL boannotdedss stock stock boannodtedss stock stock foreign- bonanodtedss stock stock corpateIBntearanioklGovern forgeoveirng-mntGAavcnie_ds.&•Municptal—S.te,s,PSostaeiens dfuigluodresstbP$1roo5,v0nindcffse EA3NPDR0IL NBootaens-ds util—es eccotoparl,,manuf acesori inmadaununsftcrdtrilg beuticld,—n.gs, —_; httoreraludtscin.g,, NBootaensd-s utiles eccootpalr,,mnuf- acesori—Iindmaaunnsuftrcdtrilg bueildtcng.s, httrroaeulddtsiicnngg.,,, ; utiles- eccooptal,,manufctres oi.indamuansnutfrcdtlrig bueildtncgs, thtrroaeulddstiicnngg.,,, 1utiles cecooptalr,,manufces ori inmdaaunnsuftrcdtlrig bueildtncgs,' httrroaeulddstiicnngg.,,, sceocrpuritate MONTHS Corpate- Domestic-— Long-term Short-em Pref red Com on Candi - Long-term Short-em Prefred Com on Long-term Short-em Prefred Com on 4 Total Other 1i Can dian Loan Other Farm toal •These JIncludes Grand United MONTHS Long-Term Railroads ste l,Equipment Maotnords 4 Public Iron, Other nand, Oil Short-Tem Railroads ste l, Equipment and Rub er Ship ing Investm n Miscelan ous Public Iron, Motors Other Land, Rub er Ship ing Oil Investmn Miscelanous Stocks- Railroads Public Irsoten,l, Equipment Moatnords : Ship ing Investmn Miscelanous Other Land, Rub er j'^svTr IJS' ', . Total Total- ste l,Equipment and * Bhip ng Investmn Public Iron, Mot rs Other — Land, Rub er Oil Miscelanous Total 6, . THE (2098) COMMERCIAL *2,000,000 (Continued from page 3) Details of New ; , Capital Flotations i < RAILROADS , equipment trust certificates, semi-annually Nor. 1, 1949 to purchase of equipment. Priced to yield from 1.35% to 2.525% according to maturity. Of¬ fered by Halsey, Stuart Si Co. Inc.; R. W. PressprlcU & Co.; A. G. Becker Ac Co. Inc.; Hornblower & Weeks; Otis & Co.; L. F. Rothschild Si Co.; William Blair & Co.; First of Michigan Corp.; Freeman & Co.; The Illinois Co.; Win. E. Pollock & Co. Inc., and McMaster Hutchin¬ ' 2 Vi % <'« > ' Co. / and Iowa, 1S79. ment *$1,600,000 Douglas *' 'V used Inc. 3»/«% Si 1st ; V; r. Si Si Lynch; Jackson by & Price, Co.; A. Curtis; Inc., *50,000,000 Brothers; Dain M. Masten H. Si Life Co.; Si Penn of Co,; Si Co.; Horn¬ Co.; Laurence Leonard Securities Corp.; .Glore, Mutual Life .>'/•; f////■: ^ Otis Co.; & Thomas $25,000,000 Bell & 3.056% ), Co., Cummins, Whcelock & and & due tures, parent Price* company. Loeb & 101.77 *3,500,000 Tucson 3'/b% Dominican minican School 33/8% 1979. Hills bonds, construction. Price, Equitable Life through Dillon, 100.5% & interest. and Co. Power debentures, bonds, loan banK Co. terest. exr 500,000 3.20% privately Inc. i; cf St. of by COAL COPPER, INDUSTRIAL AND *$1,000,000 Atlas Imperial 1951-1963. Purpose, insurance an Diesel the G~cat serially Priced to yield to of Do¬ Friars High April 15, from C. Province Miner, by A. of by Merrill Lynch, Benedict Price, Keenan Si of Pierce, Fenner Si Beane. Crookston due Jan. 1, Purpose, con¬ maturity. Offered 100.101, according to Inc. Clarey, 3-3I/4-31/2% (Minn.) 1951-1959. SHIPPING A-C Ships, politan ETC. Inc. 3Va%. MANUFACTURING ' 4V2% Engine Co. sinking corporate Barge July and barges. of 15, Line Sold 3Va%. Co. 1950-1964. Sold fund collateral trust bonds. tankers. privately Metro¬ to Co, 1st Purpose, privately pfd. mtge.. due of purchase Prudential to seri¬ towboats Insurance Co, America. *3,600,000 Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. 4%, 1st pfd. mtge. bonds. Purpose, repay bank debt, working capital, etc. Price, par. Sold privately to a.group of insurance companies. 15, Sold privately purposes. Insurance ally « due Dec. note, Life *1,000.000 American America. OTHER Jan. repayment Albert due $2,500,000 plant expansion. oi! Co.; Aquinas-Fenwick bonds, Order notes, to 15-year loan, due April Purpose, supply long-term capital for completion Sold privately to Prudential Insurance 1, 1934. , Co. Insurance maturity. Offered Ketcham & Nongard. and Corp. STEEL, St. Thomas construction. Fathers. coupon struction. and Inc., Co., Si Life The Mutual Insurance Morgan Si Co. Incorpo¬ Insurance Co. of Pitts¬ Life mtge. according , Offered Sisters mtge. bonds, construction. Sold Blyth by St. 1st Purpose, to serial maturity. to due series Co.; the Most Holy Name, New York. N. Y. 23/e-31/2% direct obligation serial notes due semi-annually March 1, 1950Sept. 1, 1961. Purpose, construction. Price, 100 and in¬ Life finance and P. Province of of 3'/4% Franciscan *$16,000,000 to $20,600,000 company, : . MISCELLANEOUS *10,000,000 Avco •4,000,000 Central series, Arizona due Light April Co. Power & 1st 3% bonds, mtge. 1979. 1, Manufacturing rate Purpose, finance construction. Priced to yield 2.95% to the .investor. Sold privately by the First Boston Corp. and Blyth & Co., Inc. through •1,000,000 Coast due Counties 1980. vately E'cctric & Mutual Commonwealth 3% Co. 1st Life Edison Insurance bonds, Sold pri¬ York and mtge. ; April I, Lynch, Dick 1999. Pierce, & Fenner Tucker, & Si & Securities Webber, Hirsch & Co.; Securities Stroud & Greene, Ellis Co.; Field, & Anderson; McDonald & Richards & ston, Lemon weather Corp.; & & Inc.; & Inc.; Co.; Hutton & Co.; Shepard Chas. W. & Co.; Piper, & Kalman Jaffrav Co., Inc.; Scranton & i 150,000 Newbold's Son & Sullivan Si Co.; Butcher & Sulzberger & Co.; Johnson, well, Inc.; Metropolitan Stix & Co.; Wurts, Codings and Mason, Inc.; Dabney & El Natural Paso series, Co., Dulles and Gas Co.; & Taylor Harold 1st Co, Yarnall Coe; & <fe E. mtge. & & & C. *15,000,000 Insurance Co. Insurance Co., of New Sun York, Life and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance 10,000,000 General 1964. and tis; Telephone 4% and due advances & Webster Blyth & Co., Baird Graham, & Langley & & Merrill Co.; Co.; Moseley & Witter Si Co.; Co.; Kidder, Inc.; Co., Parsons Securities Inc.; Si Lee Central Co.; pose, & Higginson Lynch, Shields Corp.; & Co. Weeks; Laurence of M. ■ j and (Purpose, & v 1 ' Gas i , 1st E. Hutton Co., Penn Mutual Life $2,000,000 Mississippi 1979. G. Marks 3'/s% series, Si t and C. Allyn & notes, • '-. . rtocks of stocks Dec. Corp. 1972/ 1, M. ./■// :;////■/ 41/4%; sinking Purpose, Price, purposes. H. Co., due fund debenbank Iran and retire Sold 102. privately. ' A.- Jan. PUBLIC 1, Co. 3%- Corn. > and par notes, due .. interest. - by Paine, uns£cured capital. Sold +2,000,000 Central < i Hudson 4.75% > April Corp. 1, loans, to 25-year 1974. yield -:v r / ' ' Si Hornbiower Beane; Si 'privately to Si Co.; finance prepayment,: Price/ Offered bv & fered 10.400,000 Glore, Merrill Co.;, , - / . V. Brown W. & & & Milwaukee ,1 Co.; Co.; Baird & & Price, - , , Blair Hayden, Maynard Miller & Murch Co.; & Kebbon. 'a & / Co.; & & Co., Inc.; Loewb & Fairman Schenley April 1, loans. Sold America, Mutual of New due privately New Life York, Inc. March York New to Life Insurance 3.20% 1, promissory notes, \y v Mutual ■ & and 6.475,000 & i ' . V of loans, share. Of-/ shares per / ../ // shares Offered Co.; First Rothschild Co. & (Inc.); Co.; & Si :& Sons; of $2.20 by Putnam Estabrook Boston Co.; & Corp.; Harri- Co.; Equitable Securities Mason-Hagan, The' R. Meeds; Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs; Baker, Watts Si Co.;; & Sherrerd; Central Re¬ Redpath; Butcher F. Inc.; | stock (par share 10,000 shares of $100). and Griggs Corp.; Riter Si John C. Laird, Co.; Idaho 4"% Co.; cumulative preferred expansion, Purpose, dividends. Offered by etc. Price, $100 Si Daly stork (par Wegener <♦ Power Co. 260.000 shares of common Purpose/expansion,. etc. Price. $32,375 per share. by Blyth & Co., Inc.; Lazard Freres & On., and Wegener & Daly Corp. . Offered , Co", , Pomeroy, .. Co., & $20) dated Insurance $33.50 200,000 dividends, The Co.; Corp. Inc.;- Co.,: John Hancock Life. Insurance /Co./ Mutual "Life Co. Scranton & Parker per 1969. Insurapce Co., W. 1,000,000 Idaho Power Co. Purpose, prepay bank Prudential" Insurance' Co.- of England Price, & Hincks Bros. & Co., Inc.; Coburn Si Midd'ebrock, Inc.;* Day, Stoidard Sz Williams, Inc.; Gaynor, Cleraence & Co., Inc.; Smith, Ramsey & Co., Inc.; Whaples, V.iering & Co.; Eddy Brothers Si Co.; G. L. Austin & Co., and T. L. Watson Si (Jo. , ' j Reinholdt Si Gardner; Riter & Co.; -WatCo.; Merrill, Turben & Co.; Moore, Pacific Northwest, Co.; I. M. Simon Industries, share per Chas. Stanley L. F. Bissell Wood 1949, Co.; Legg & Harris, Inc.; Wheelock Si Cummins, & Co,, and Wood, Struthers Si Co. $52 public The" Lynch; & E. of Purpose, short-term repay stockholders. by Power & 464,912 Co. Purpose, additions- Light Alex.' 3rown Singer, Deane & Scribner; Swiss American Corp.; Emerich & Co. Inc.; Barret, Fitch & Co., Inc.; Harold Ilhiminatiiig Auchineloss, Mc- Co.; $100>. Webber, Jackson & Curtis; Shields & Co.; Clark, Dodge & Co.; F. S. Moselev & Co.; E. H. Rollins & Sons Inc.; Spencer Trask &" Co.; Tucker,./ Anthony & Co.; Dean Witter & Co.; Cooley & Co.; Dominick & D~minick: Hornblower & Weeks; W. E. Hutton & Co.; Wertheim & W. Clarke Corp.; Julien Collins & Co.; J. M. Dain Si Co.; First of Michigan Corp.; Kirkpatrick-Pettis Co.; Miller, Kenower & Co.; National Co. of Omaha; Sills, *75,000,000 .. Co.; Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood; Reynolds & Weeks & Harden; Bosworth, Sullivan & Co./ Kalman sh-ires 20,000 (par Paine, •!• Co.; Co.; Webster Si Inc.;, Smith, Barney & Co.; Blyth is Co./Inc.; Drexel & Co.; Kidder, Peabody & Co.; Goldman, Sachs &* Co.; Stone & Webster Securities Corp ; Union Securities Corp.; White, Weld & Co.; Lee Higginson Corp.; Bacon,,Whipple H. Corp. stock Schoellkopf, Hutton Rhoades Si Co. ' par). subscription Ripley man . V- Allyn Inc.; Co.. are stock; (no >par.)Purpose; -finance' extensions. Co.; Morgan H.' M. Byllesby and Co. (Inc.); Laird, Bissell & Meeds;. Co.; Co.; Loeb, (no property for preferred Sons; Dean Witter & Co.; Blair Co.; Lerchen Leonard & & William & Electric stook Connecticut & Lynch, A. Electric & preferred Estabrook ^ 15,574,552 Cleveland 3Va%: sinking Weeks; Wertheim Robert Gas cumulative Inc., and Carl M. /*./ construction.-' 3.05%. pre¬ stock short-term debt used in expansion of properties/ etc. Price, $103% and dividends. Offered by Kidder, Peabody loan..,,Pur-;,' Purpose, finance while par, common repay in- Co. Prcducts due at of Webber, Jackson & Curtis; Stone Corp., and Mitchurn, Tully Si Co. Securities Of¬ ,l/,1969i March taken classes UTILITIES • 20-year working Co.; Alex, Estabrook ling, / '/' /■, are $2,000,000 Associated Telephone Co.. Ltd. 100.000 shares of 5% cumu¬ lative preferred stock (par $20). Purpose, capital ex¬ penditures. Price, $21.25 per share and dividend*. Offered Morgan, sinking fund deben¬ purchase of control of Price, vaiue par Inc. program. through stated a no psr value and all computed at their oftering prices.) 5% Purpose, Insurance Co.; Walker Co.; - • cf corporate modernization investors Co. stock. bank & Inc.; Cormick due Co. due Gas STOCKS Richard Power Co. 1st mtge. bonds, 3% series, due Purpose, construction. Price,. 100.50 and interest. by Otis & Co.; Dempsey & Co.; Patterson, Cope& Kendall, Inc., and Thomas & Co. Offered land Insurance A. Purpose, promissory (Inc.); Central Republic Cq. C. Co.; Stix & Co., and Watling bonds. Propane corporate ferred V/stye ,sinking & 1st mtge. Hqrrman & Co.; E. F. Meeds; W. C. Langley & & Carl $51,055,000 due' and Co. Inc.; A. G. Becker & Co. Inc.; Emanuel/Deetjen Co.; Hemphill, Noyes & Co.; Lee Higginson Corp.; Wi ; Ames, Co. Inc.; Si loan,additional Offered by Co. 1959. through 1964. loans, man, Dillon & Pierce, Fenner (Inc.); Purpose, repay notes, etc., and finance construction program. Price, 99% and interest. Sold privately to Co.; -' //.//■ tures, Corp.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Hayden, Stone & Co.; Kidder, Peabody & Co.; W. C. Langley & Co.; Lehman Brothers; Smith, Barney & Co.; Stone & Webster Securities. Corp.; Union Securities Corp.; Dominick &.Dorujnick; East¬ Co. 1971. Henry Bissell & Co. other Boston J mtge. 3%% bonds, due 1976. finance construction. Price, par. Sold privately. •1,000,000 Harrisburg & - j Forgan & Co.; Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.; Blyth & Co.; Inc.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Morgan Stanley & Co.; The First Baker, Co. 1, interest Illinois Service 1, Color Milling and Co.; & Murch & Distillers The Public Baker, Inc.; G. Becker Si Co. A. Loeb, Rhoades Si Co.; Pierfce/ Fenner & Beane; R. W. Pressprich interest. ■ debentures, notes 101.31 1, & Co.; Merrill, Turben Si Co.;- The Milwaukee Maynard H. Murch & Co.; Pacific Northwest Co.; Rauscher, Pierqe, Si Co. Inc.; William R. Staats Co.; Ball, Burge Si Kraus; William Blair Si Co.; Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.; J, M. Dain Si Co.; First of Michigan Lerchen bank and Refining & 2.90% Chemical Co.; Corp.; Carter H. Harrison bonds, mtge. working capital. Sold privately to investors through Kidder,, Peabody Co. Cormick •1,000,000 Gulf retire 100'/4 institutional Paint repay fund subsid¬ W. Co.; Weeks • increase 40,000,000 National Fenner & Beane; F. S. Co.; White, Weld & Co.; Dean Sullivan & Co.; Kebbon, Mc- Bosworth, 1st Co. & 1, & Co.; Spencer Trask & Co.; Union Securities H. Walker &. Co.;' Watling, Lerchen & Co.; Co.; White, Weld & Co., and Dean Witter / Wertheim % Equitable to States." interest. Loeb <fc Co.; Riter & Co.; E. H. Rollins & Salomon Bros. & Hutzler;' Shields & Co.; Smith, Sons Inc.; *1,055,000 Suburban 1964. April and 99.35 Kmhn, Reynolds Barney & Corp.; G. pri- 1, Allyn Co.; & Laird, Freres Lynch, Co.; common Pierce, & 5% construction Metropolitan Life Mitchum, Tully Peabody §i Co.; Robert Republic Co, to common stitutional Corp.; Hornblower & by City Securities Co. Purpose, ' • 3%% April due April *20,000,000 Mathieson help latter finance expansion, etc. Price, 102.25 interest. Offered by Paine, Webber, Jackson & CurStone April Noyes Co.; Si Merrill refund.Offered - Canada, to due fered Co. of Milwaukee. debentures, in Purpose, Smelting Purpose, *3,500,000 International Mutual of Hemphill, Co.; Lazard April 1, Purpose :(re¬ privately United 12-year privately privately company's to Co.; W. Corp. Purpose,, investments iaries Co. Sold Heinz J.) tures, v.; ' Massachusetts Assurance Sold the of due C. A. due Price, Bear, Stearns & Co.; Hutton •' trust dated 1953-62. notes, Stanley Si Co. Purpose, construction of pipe lines. Sold privately to Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United Slates, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Mutual Life 3% Price, Bros. | 300,000 Indianapolis & Townsend, bonds, (II. 1969. 1964. Life loan, 1, debentures, Inc.; Co. debentures, Sold C. Horner Co. line 1961. capital. purposes. Co., and Co.; Inc.; Co., pipe Inc. 15, Ohio fund Co., Haven Scott, Wood ,/iV Offered collateral iPreferred Stringfellow; & 3%% Co. purposes. Society Brass, *750,000 Goldsmith Robinson- De Space Scott and 2%% Blyth & Co., Inc.; Estabrook & Co.; Glore, Forgan Si Co.; / -Goldman, Sachs Si Co.; Harriman Ripley Si Co., Inc.; Co. Corp. corporate working * Lane, Co.; Mackall Inc.; Strader, Tyson, due Louis St. <fe Chemical Container Glauber The Boettcher and Co.; Bosworth. Sherrerd; Cohu & Co.; Hallo- Co.; mtge. Brothers; Si Harden; , / : ' 1st payable annually June Assurance March t Townsend, Crouter & Bodine; Elkins, Morris & Co,; Goodbody Si Co.; J. J. B. Hilliard & Son; T. H. Jones & Co.; Kirkpatrick-Pettis Co.; Minsch, Monell & Co.; H. Price, par and interest. Co. Corp. • Hopwood; & The Co.: , » Co. Fire Brick Almy & and Life Stark¬ Co.; & Boyce; Swiss American Fahey, Clark & Co.; Henry Co.; F. Turb&n Hawley, Humphrey Bros, & & Lehman .' pri¬ , Financial T. Purpose, working capital. Offered by, Dillon, Read & Co. deben¬ Sold ' I. 1959. Hayden, Co.; Marks M. fund purposes. $550,000(; capital purposes ($550,0001. Sold vately to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Weeks & Stubbs; Marache & Co.; John¬ Granbery, Stein E. Haupti & sinking corporate funding ; Whiting, Laurence Watts Co.; Merrill, Prescott, Co.; Co.; Baker, Herrman Co.; Ira Co.; $50,000,000 C. debentures, due serially to April 1, 1959, Cunningham K. *7,500,000 Gaylord v : 5 Purpose, Corp.; Co,, S. 1949 Horn¬ McLeod, Young, Weir, Inc.; Auchineloss, Parker Si Redpath; Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.; Blunt Ellis Si Simmons; E. W. Clark & Co.; Julien Collins Si Co.; Francis I. duPont & Co.; First of Michigan Corp.; 3%% Co. working capital. (Pa.) *1,100,000 Dewey Curtis; & Co.; Miller & by Inc.; Burr, Corp.; Jackson American Co.; Whipple & Co.; Wecden Coffin Beane; Equitable Paine, Anthony Bacon, & Merle-Smith; Mills Purpose, bonds, due serially April 1, 1951-57. Purpose, Priced from 98-100, according to maturity. ing. Purpose, &" Weeks; blower Purpose, 5% Co. 3% Co. 1961. j by Heronymus & i, " 225,000 Climax sinking fund debentures, working capital. Price, 101.30 and interest. Offered by The First Boston Corp.; Drexel & Co.; Eastman, Dillon Si Co.; Lehman Brothers; Merrill due corpo¬ .. * expenditures, etc. Insurance Co. of New Mutual ;Life Hancock Flouring due Purpose, vately through Kidder, Peabody & Co. 65,000 Clarvan Corp. 6% capital Purpose, to John Gas mtge. 3%% construction. Sold pri¬ loan. 15-year privately to two insurance companies Brothers and Emanuel, Deetjcn Cp. Lehman *1,500,000 Centennial 1st Inc. Corp. Sold purposes. tures, *1,200,000 Central Louisiana Electric Co., bonds, series D. Purpose, finance vately. & 3%% mtge. Insurance Boston Inc. W. corporate Co, due A, and 1,000,000 *$2,000,000 Signode Steel Strapping Co. 33/4% privately United States Inc. Light & series construction 1st 3.025% Life IKON, 3%% 25-year sinking 15, 1974. Purpose, of notes. Price, 100 and interest. Sold privately to Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States through Dillon, Road & Co. Hi'ls fund finance yield First Co. •1,000,000 Black Co. Purpose, repay privately. General Life Aetna BUILDINGS, ETC. Purpose, building of cil Sold the rale Mutual Life Co.; Mutual Canadi; England New Mutual J. Reliance Fathers, 1950-1959. $192,177,000 30-year 1st mtge, Purpose, finance Society of Assurance Read The v , Purpose, Hancock John to Co.; Insurance of Insurance Co.; Provident Connecticut College Inc. 2.35% by Offered Freres & Co, Power & Light Co, series D, due Jan.15, Black fo York New % interest (average Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. 1st series due 1979. Purpose, finance, Priced r loan annually. privately Power 1, 1978. pansion. Sold Inc. interest. and and .Lazard Co,, Water Feb. Co, of Pennsylvania 25-year 3% deben¬ April 15, 1974. Purpose, repay advances to Co. Co. Travelers Insurance Assurance LAND, $1,000,000 Co. *1,500,000 Tide Co.; Line $1,000,000 Sold ; Walter Stokes Co.; Si due purposes. Insurance Telephone Kuhn, to Brothers Stern Pipe Texas-Empire The Co.; Life York John Hancock Assurance $52,350,000 and -White, Co., & Forgan Life trustee; as New trustee; as Co.; Philadelphia; Boyce. Co. & others: and Co.;'Sun Insurance rated, burgh. Electric Union Co. & (Indiana) T'ust Co., Continental Service Co. 1st mige. bonds, 2la'/t series, due J979. Purpose, lepay short-term borrowings, con¬ struction, etc. Price, 101.108 and interest. Offered by $8,000,000 Texas Roberts Insurance Life & Bros. debentures, due March 1, 1954. corporate-purposes. Price, 100 and in¬ Peters, Writer Si Christensen Inc. and Co. Oil Insurance Co.; Paine, • Webber, Schoellkopf, Huttcn Si Murch Riter Stein and •' by Simcnds, companies Moore, Co.; Si notes/ secured retire bank loans,* through Lehman \ 2.90% promissory notes, due 1; 1979. Purpose, working capital. Sold privately through Morgan Stanley & Co. to the following insurance and & serial privately April Whipple Bacon, J. Inc.; Co. E. genera] Standard Assurance, 100.59 414r% Purpose, - '' . Offered Sidlo, Co. 3% 1 bonds, mtge. program. Lehman Maynard Si Pomeroy, terest. mtge. bonds, improve¬ Marache Si Co.; Hayden, Stone Weeks; Ladenburg, Thalmaun & & Purpose, Life Bankers 1st California of Frontier Refining'Co. 5^2% Purpose, payment of short-term notes, Becker G. Marks M. 3%% Co. Bankers Life conducted on % 101.036 and interest. Offered by Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc. and Sidlo, Sunonds, Roberts & Co. t s- ■ 150,000 and Equitable Life to Corp. construction Offered A. Co.; blower sinking fund deben¬ 1/1974. Purpose, repay short term notes, construction, etc. Price, 102 Ve and interest. Offered by Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.; J. C. Bradford & Co.; Burr & Co., Inc.; R. L. Day Si Co.; Green. Ellis & Anderson: Gregory Si Son, Inc.; Hill Si Co.; Mullaney, Weils Si Co.; Light & were Refining Co. 5% 1st mtge. bonds, due serially 1950-1959. Purpose, general corporate purposes.Price, - States, Electric Co. Allyn & Co., $$8,300,000 Arkansas Power tures, due May Pittsburgh, 600,000 Frontier Minneapolis, Bankers Co., In .urance Oil ; Brothers.' bonds" mtge. Bahk.;of Savings Lite United finance to Granbery, *15,000,000 UTILITIES of . \.V" 30-year Sold privately the of interest. PUBLIC Co. by The First Boston Corp. company final maturity Feb. 15, 1955. knlan expansion, etc. Placed , Telephone Corp. 3Vs% 1st finance construction Gan & series L, due 1979. $17,560,000 , the $176,090,000 "" •> i , Purpose, program. Society Weld . /•- . Insurance Moines/' Negotiations" Des bonds, Moines, Iowa, Equitable Life Insurance The Minnesota Life Insurance Co. $16,677,000 Rochester of equipment. Priced to yield from 1.25% to according to maturity. Offered by Halsey, Stuart Si Co. Inc.; R. W. Pressprich & Co.; A. G. Becker & Co. Inc.; Gicgory Si Son, Inc.; Hornblower Si Weeks; F. 3. Moseley Si Co.; Otis & Co.; L. F. Rothschild Si Co.; First of Michigan Corp.; Freeman & Co.; Graham, Par¬ sons & Co.; Hay den, Miller & Co.; Hirsch & Co.; The Illionis Company; Wm. E. Pollock & Co., Inc.; McMaster Hutchinson & Co., and Mullaney, Wellfe & Co. *24,000,000 Co. National *2,500,000 Pennsylvania purchase $50,000,000 Co. Mechanic? <fc Des of of ; , 2.70% ? 3% mtge. 1, 1379. Purpo^, finance construction. Sold, to The Mutual life Insurance Co. of New York, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, The Farmers RR. 2'/2% equipment trust certificates, ser¬ ies W, due $660,000 annually Nov. 1, 1949-1963. Purpose, •1,500,000 & Tail'Power Northwestern ■%- 19,990,000 Pennsylvania . Smuhers S. 1st privately of equipment. Priced to yield from 1.50% to 2.60% according to maturity. Offered by Salomon Bros. & Hutzier; Drexel Si Co.; Union Securities Corp., and Co., Co. March due ' purchase ""V. F. due & ; . Life of behalf of due 1979. Purpo'/c, linance construction.. Price, 100.75 and interest. Offered by Equitable Securities Corp.';Lee' Higginson Corp.; Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co,; Laurence M. .Marks Si Co.; William Blair & Co.; Granbery, Marache & Co.,, *3,000,000 Otter Purpose, 12,050,000 Indiana Harbor Beit RR. 2%% equipment trust certif¬ icates, due $205,000 annually May 1, 1950-1959. Purpose, Stroud Co., Philadelphia. Service Public and f $276,000 due 1959. y Co. privately . Co. & son RR. Central DD, of Co. Reliance improvements. to. John Hancock and* Provident "'Mutual Life Sold Insurance Monday, May 16, 1949 1st mtge. bonds. 30-year additions and Purpose, interest. CHRONICLE OIL t Later Than Five Years) 1, Life Insurance i series 1979. 1, 100 and $10,000,000 Ohio Long-Term Bonds and Notes (Issues Maturing May April Price, Mutual During April, 1949 $$5,520,000 Illinois States Power Co. 3'/«% Mountain due / : FINANCIAL & v ' 'Represents issues .placed - privately./.;-*: vindicates issues sold competitively. . . Volume 169 Number 4803 tio,000,000 Illinois V ' *. V Power Co. THE 200,000 shares of stock ,(par $50).' 7Purpose, rep^y construction, 7etc.Price, $51.65 v per loans, 1", dividends.^ Offered Beane; Baker,' 1 - A. Weeks William C. by Allyn & Blair Merrill & Co. Lynch, Inc.; short-term share Pierce, Bacon, Fenner Whipple & (Inc.); Julien Collins & & ■" & V , Vi Co.; man c . M. • ">.i : W. C.. Langley 200,000 Inc.; Brothers; Marks & Carl Co.; Cook Webber, ' • & Co.; M. Loeb, Merrill, Higginson Rhoades Turben & & Corp.; Co.; Co.; 282,724 Geneva E;- H. & Jackson Rollins Co.; & & E. M. Newton Curtis; * R. Sons Inc.; weather * F. '; 2" Stein Co.; Bros. 6c 295,800 Kansas-Nebraska cumlative Boyce; Stix Natural preferred Gas stock Co. (no" share.. Co.; Co. / shares Purpose, etc. property additions,, Offered by Cruttenden & at . 1,611,948 Mountain stock States tions, Co. 50,770 shares of par). etc. Purpose, Price, Pierce, retire $31.75 Fenner share. per & Beane; west ..v.r Co.; Schwabacher Walston, Hoffman Bateman. ;; 'borg * Eichler Co : & & & & Co.; CO.; Mitchum. E'. Davies Tullv Inc.; William Goodwin; & & I of capital parent stock < shares by Staats Price, taken 11,977,000 Northern stock by Irving Pacific Co. '.vV,s-; -V Lund- Gas S10). Price, $29.50 stockholders. by . & & 6c Co.; Smith, Co.; , ; .. share. per ' ;« Offered for 77-";' Bear, Central - . 361,840 shares Stearns subscription & Co.; Republic stock common expenditures. > Price, Co.;' ;C;V R. of St. & McDonald & Co.; 1 California; William R. Vercoe Inc.; 6c W. Staats & 6c Co., Newbold's Son & Raggio Reed Brothers; Barrett, Brashears & G. Simon Wheelock Wu'ff, & & and & Co.; Anb pri Co., 6c Co:; Joyce & ,253,980 Oklahoma stock Gas Orange & Harold E. & & Co., The Co., Wood & Pacific $25). Co.; & Swift Gas & C. Hooker Co. finance 38,984 Diego preferred Co. company. dends. Offered Inc.; Co., Smith, Dean . . -L/ 7 .' $10).' J Co.; Witter & Eichler Hall { .-.p. _ by & & & , - 740,401 ♦" V" 7 & .1 & ; ^ by 2,500,000 common $20.45 per Blyth & Co., Lynch, Brush, H. son M. Byllesby • & Co.; Slocuirb & $25 Hdl Revel & & Co.; & common stock Price, for Co.; & Co,; Sutro Co.; & Co.; Inc.; Inc.; The Hutton First & McAndrew 6c Bailey Power * Purpose, Co. 6c Wisconsin Electric & < par $10). per Lehman share. Offered Corp.; and Power Henry Refsnes, Co. by Beck & Co.; A. of and for of stock common Robert W. Baird by Price, $1.75 77''• Dain Co.; & sold Rice & of & & 6c Co. subscriptions."- & Co., A Inc.; & Co.; & Noye3 Weeks; & & Co.; Johnston, Co.; Kuhn, Loeb Rhoades & & Marks Mason- Co.; Merrill Co.; Milwaukee & Chapman Goldman, Hess; Hornblower M. Pan- Dillon Hemphill, Hutton & & Securities Farwell, & Co.; Co.; Writer Co.; Lynch, Qo.; Pierce, Morgan Stanley Newton E. & Christensen, Rauscher, Reynolds Co.; Pierce & Stone Stroud Inc.; Co.* Piper, & Co., Inc.; ReinRiter & Co.; The Co.; Webster & & Frescott, Ames, Securities Co.* Inc.; Tucker, Corp.; Anthony Wagenseller & Durst, Austin & Waggeney; Co.; Chas. B. White Hawley, Labouisse, and Emanuel, Co. Inc. 303,902 shares of bank share & loans (flat). Beane; G. and by Walker Shepard Co.; & Co., share. Offered :, .7 ; E. . Hutton & & Inc. Co., second 70,000 shares preferred stock working Offered by of (no capital, $4 H. & Inc. Sachs & & 7 ,, : ; v ' ," 7 " Co.; Bros. !„ j Sutro & E. W. Clark & Co.; Co., 6c Glore, Co.; Forgan & Co.; J. I. & per - Shepard scares of t Meeds; Lee Higginson Corp.; Merrill Co.; Lee Higginson Starkweather Harden; & fray & Beane; W. H. Hop wood; & E. Company;^ Smith, Stone & Webster Newbold's Son & Co.; H. Schneider Barney Securities & Co.; Securities & Co., Corp.; and Whito. 102;500 Panter 'Valley stock and Inc.; Lester W. Corp. $100). dividend. Moore & C. Bradford & Co.; & Co.; Davis, Foster & Skaggs 8c Marshall; & Co.; Greene & Co.; H. Brock; & Irving & Wm. Lundborg Co., Inc.; Raggio, Reed & Co.; & Harper & Co.; A. Cummins, Inc.; Co.; of Saunders. Stiver & by Fitzgerald & Co., ; '■ ------ ,■ . J Coburn Minsch, 7 . . , Inc.; Harold Weedon E. & Co., Inc.; & Wood Middlebrook & & Co.; Monell & Co.; $24,875,000 Federal Intermediate /. 1-77,, debentures, dated May 77 v':: refunding. York, fiscal Price, par. agent. Credit Banks 1 Vz% M. Co.; Wheelock Wulff, Hansen Inc.; Cunningham Co.; & Mullaney, Wells & Co.;' & Hallowell, McCourtney-Breckenridge & Co.; Co.; New-' Henry F. Swift & Co.; C. T. Williams & Co., Inc.; Arthurs, 200,000 Pabst Lestrange <fe & Hooker Klima; & A. E. John Fay; Aub B. & Co.; Joyce Caldwell: & Cor, and stock (qo Co. Brewing Price, par). <■ r Co. $20 10,000 shares share. per of Offered common by Co. Goldman, '' ■ 262,500 Peoples 7 stock liam Gas Light Co. 2,500 shares Price, $105 per share. (par $100). Blair Coke & Sachs ,7 of ■ '- capital Offered by Wil¬ Co. & } & 155,600 Pratt & Lambert, par). Price, prich pre¬ i and Price, Inc. 1,600 shares Inc. share. of common 183,750 Tiffany Price, per Odin Insurance par). (no sold $34.75 Price, by them & Co. at 5,000 $8 Offered Co. per 10,000 share. by stock (no 6c Co. stock R. W. Press¬ shares of capital, Offered to dealers, marked. shares S3C.75 per share. of capital stock (no par). Offered by Wertheim & Co. ^ 7, Farm Loan and Government Agency, Issues; ; & burger & Co.; The Robinson-Humphrey Co.; Writer Stokes Wertheim Purpose, working capital. Offered I. Co.; Fauset, Steele & Co.; Green, Ellis & Anderson; Co.; 5% Co.; Masten Bingham, Walter & Hurry; C. C. Collings and Co., 80,000 Tennessee shares & Son E. Smith, Moore & Co.; Swiss American Corp.;) & Inc.; Co.; P. & Moore, Leonard & Lynch; Peters, Writer & Christensen, Newbold's Son 8c Co.; Wagenseller & Durst, - 1,025 Hill Inc.; & & Spencer Trask & Co.; Walker Co.? Ellis & Simmons; Dick 61 Lemon 6c Co.; R. W. Pressprich Metropolitan St. Louis Co.; Stein- Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., McAndrew Simon Pierce, Shields Schwa- & Fitch Co., 7 Piper, Jaf- Co.; Smith, Corp.; H. Weld-As Co. Finance (par G. and Corp.; Co.; Elworthy & & ret, Ripley Lynch, stock common Co., Inc.; William R. Staats Co.; Townsend, Tyson; Vercoe & Co.; Almstedt Brothers; Bar-" Co., Inc.; Boenning & Co.; G. Brashears & Co.; Cobbey, Shively & Co.; Cooley & Co.; Clement A.Evans & Co*., Inc.; Farwell, Chapman 6c Co.; Grande 6c -Dabney Drexel, &> Co.; Harriman Co. NewCook & Co.; Pacific Northwest Co.; jStep.henjson, Leydecker & Co.; Stix 6c Co.; Cohu & Co.; Crowell, Weedon & Co.; Ferris and Co.; The Illinois Co.; Mason -.Brothers; Facific Co. of California; Prescott, Hawley, Lehman Inc.; Hemphill, Noyes & Co.; Hornblower & Weeks; The & . hard, con¬ $102.75 of Wertheim Beane. Walters Co.; of Blunt duPont Richards & Co.; & Co.; Co.; & Boyce; & Inc.; 638,160 Weeks & Johnston, Francis Co.; & Baker, California Co.; Thomas Co., shares consisting group Brothers, Fenner Drexel Murch Merle-Smith; Purpose, capital Price, etc. Goldman, Co. Co.; First ■■ paper,: cumulative par). manager Lehman Pierce, Co.; Maynard bacher Goldman, by John K. 880,000 $16 per share. Offered by Blyth <te Co., Inc.; Dean Witter & Co.; Bear, Stearns & Co.; Gold¬ man, Sachs & Co.; Smith, Barney & Co.; McDonald & Co.; Hallgarten. & Co.; Central Republic Co. (Inc.); W. & Supply C». 12,000 shares of capital stock. purchase of equipment, general corporate pur¬ per Corp. Price, Lynch,' Merrill & Corp., Lynch, $7.50). common commercial Offered H. dealer a Boston (par investments. -Price, market. Of¬ company. 77"'7 * by Gas & $25). Service v.!'S Emerich Electric (par Public stock common Howard, Vaden, stock Merrill Inc.; & par as" C. Davis H. Eastman, Equitable Inc.; 6c E. Paul Robertson Fridley & W. The and Co.; Co. • by A. Bacon, Ellis S& Blunt Co.; Co.; Sons; Co.; Cook & State Sulzberger ferred acted Inc.; Co.; & & Stone Masten 110,200,560 Ohio 7- class Gernon; Co,, Griffin Purpose, Price, $10 Fenner : in*-soliciting Co. through and Curtis; & Co., Price, Offered Corp.; Co., Dewar, Doolittl^ Laurence E. Blosser; York First . F. stockholders. common Price, $41 per share. Offered (787,644 shares) for subscription by stockholders of Gen¬ eral Public Utilities Corp. Unsubscribed (34,715) shares, plus 92,356 shares not offered to G. P. U. stockholders (par Corp. and W. T. common expenditures, etc. subscription Stix common Co. & y $98,52G,240 M. & Co.;' Gardner; & stadt 6c, Co. shares of . shares & (no Webber, . construction Blyth Paine, & Co.; White, Weld & Co.; Harold E. Wood & Co., and Wood, Struthers & Co. & 36,080,000 New Kidder;-Peabody & Co.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Laird, Bissell Davidson, Dahlberg Ely, 226,093 Purpose, capital Offered Brothers dealer-managers & Wertheim . 100,000 Wiard stock $15 by & & Co.; Vietor, Common, Dann & Co.; Inc.; G. H. Walker & Co.; Walker, . refunding. Price, $11.25 per share. Blosscr; Link, Gorman & Co.; Sills, public per $16,741,178 v-"' 391,395 Eichler Herrman & Hopwood; Phillips & Inc.;' Co. stock common 540,500 Monarch Machine Tool Co. 23,000 shares of common stock (no par). Price, $23.50 per share. Offered by F. Eber* Eastman, Dillon & Co.; The First Boston Corp.; Gerstley, Hansen 6G.000 finance share. per Boston Co., & Straus 7- ■ ",CJ- ■ F. of Offered Emerich Evans Peters, Inc.; Co., , Co.; Suustein Co.; Henry com¬ ' Securities :-p- p _ Securities shares ; E. A. Beane; Blyth Co.; Weedon Wulff, of share.. Offered per Union tSecurities Edwards Newhard, Co.; Brothers; Baker, Weeks 6c Harden; Blunt Ellis & Simmons; Pacific Crowed, & shares 42,000 $21.50 Goldman, Co. Robinson-Humphrey Co.; E. H. Rollins & Sons, Inc.; ,Rotan, Mosle & Moreland; Shields & Co.; Silverberg 65 Co.; I. M. Simon & Co.; Smith, Barney & Co.; William R. Staats Co.; Stern Brothers & Co.; Stifel, Nicolaus <ft chemistry. Clayton properties, etc. Co. (par $10). $17 J. Co.; Hayden, 6c & Co.; Riter & Co.; Hornblower & Weeks; Johnston, 6c Co.; F. S. Moseley & Co.; Paine, Webber, Jack¬ share. Wesley Mitchum Tully & Brothers; Gas,-Electrie -Light program. Corp. & Co.; Kebbon, McCormick & Lehman Brothers; Carl M. Loeb, Jaffray Corp, .50,000 shares of 4Vi% cumulative preference, stock, series A (par $50). Purpose, expenditures, Bateman, Richards stock by ' 6c vertible 6c Skaggs Durst, & Mason 6c Inc.; Co.; Henry Co.; Ohio 7 Dayton outstanding 7,192,500 Merck Corp.; H. Miller Co.; Davis, & Ripley E. Corp. common Bonbright shares Ames, Southwest Inc.; & Purpose, general corporate pur¬ share. Offered direct to public by Investment Fenner poses. Beane;, (Inc.); Michigan of Offered , & Hutton Fenner Finance Purpose, divi-- Schwabacher Staats'Co.; Co.; & Co. & R. Meyer; Lundborg White F. B. share. Skaggs G. Hagail, 480,000 Hotelvision, Inc. 480,000 shares of class A stock (par 25c). Purpose, working capital, etc. Price, $1 per share. Of¬ fered by Cantor, Fitzgerald & Co., Inc. (par cumula- & Co.; Pacific-Northwest Brothers; of shares * Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs; Hayden, Miller Johnson, Lane, Space and Co., Inc.; The RobinsonHumphrey Co., and Hanrahan & Co. Purpose, Securities & William Wagenseller Irving & Co.; Co.; Co.; & Co.; stock-., Harriman Francis Boenning & Co.; Boettcher & Co.; Bosworth, Co.; Alex. Brown & Sons; John W. Clnrkef, First & Lemon (par $1). Development Corp. 166,500 shares of & Co.; to $50 Union of 6c Family Lemon 4% and. and by Co. Bateman, Clement McDonald Co. Pierce, capital of $20). Fenner Webster & Elworthy Frank Co.; C. "N. 122,000 Tucson Offered stock \ J. Commonwealth Price, (above Price, share Inc.; Pierce, Stone Inc.; Lester Stern, «fc Co.; and & reduce $32.50 common shares Price, First California California; Buckley . Irving Deetjen 1,902,428 John shares common (par Inc.; Co. Co.; Co.; Co.; Swift * ;. .' ; of & c/;7;'"'7-7'7 ~"E. Co.; A. Co.; Sachs $1). Harris; direct of of Aetna 25,000 Straus & fered program. 300,000 Co. Whiting. Weeks & Stubbs; Cot Co.; & Purpose, by Friedrichs * ' (par Fairman E. stockholders series Co.; Co.; & &. Co.; & & Sons Weeden Hope * Offered C. A. shares shares -'7 per Inc. .(par $1), of R. stock common Cbrp. 43&;282 shares Price, $30 per share. Co. Dittmar Corp.; Co.; stock. Purpose, tracer Co.; .77... t Foods, stock Purpose, 4V2'/n Merrill Barney Rollins v . 281,250 B/G T; Price, by (par $25 C. shares 2,600 subscription Electric & stock, expenditures. capital & Gas & Co.; & & Davis, coast; 120,000 Mack's Block San tive / Price, poses. holders. +6,000.000 & Co.; & „/ MISCELLANEOUS Inc.; Fay; & (par William Fuel $10). Courts Inc.; D. 8,000 Co.,.; Inc.; Sullivan ■? - shipping stock common Sachs expansion for per share. Offered Bonn:& Co., Inc.- Co.; & Hirsch 65,000 $4,162,500 American Research Co. (par $100), Offered to par. Electric & of First and Price, & per River Simmons; . * i Paine, & „; Ccrp. Klima; & construction. Electric Offered Oil convertible Co. stock Price, Purpose, share. per , " C0.7 Hurry; Cohu by Offered share. Chemical Corp. Read & Whipple $100,000 Capital City Boating Corp. 50,000 shares of preferred stock 7 " (par $2). Purpose, purchase of excursion boat, etc. Price,$3 per share. Offered by Lawrence R. Shepherd & Co. - customers. 18,510,025 shares 45,000 $10). $11 (par Allyn by Lee Higginson Corp.; & Co.; Johnson, Lane, Space & Co.; Coffin, Betz & Co.; Jones Co.; $1).,-Purpose, development 7 Robinson-Humphrey E. ;v-7' $113,750 Noranda by parent). preferred expenditures. Offered Curtis. & Dillon, Offered H. & and ■p OIL 7;7v;aV7':.- .7 Inc.; Middlebrook Lestrange Phillips Thomas Rockland & stock & common physics Co.; T. 77:'"V'' Tyson; Offered for subscription by stockholders V cumulative Son per George Peabody 13,058,460 Mississippi Minsch, Monell & Co.; Chace, Whiteside, Warren & Inc.; Grimm & Co., and Newburger & Co. &c & & share. per Inc.; ' -(■ Co.; I, M. Swiss American Walter Co.; Purpose, - & Chas. Walker share. per shares of nuclear in Barney & 7V:f:7'7 Fitch Weeden Henry Electric & $20). & $32 & (par Price, holdt 104,000 by ' $52,409,022 6c Co.; Coburn Arthurs, and excludes subscription 260,000 Inc.; Co.; Caldwell (par per share. & Inc.; Co., Co.; Weeks; common stock common share. per Corp. and Machinery Jackson Inc. Herrman Sears, Co.; Stokes & Co., Co. Kidder, par). - Co.; E. W. Graham, Parsons & Co.; Hayr purposes. Co., Corp.; & Lynch; W. H: ChriJensen, Inc.; 6c Stiver Bingham, Inc.; Newburger Walter Williams & $12.50 Henry Fauset, Stee'e & Co.; Green, Ellis Hallowell, Sulzberger & Co.; McCourtney& Co.; Minsch, Moncll & Co.; Mullaney, Breckenridge B. Leonard Writer Saunders, Co.; Co. Anderson; Wells 6c and Cunningham Co.; Co.; Cumra:ns, Hansen Codings & Moore, Peters, & Co.; Smith, Moore & Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.; Corp.; * Inc.; Co.; & Hornblower Hutzler; 'G*-H. Biddle, Whelen Smith Co. 70,000 shares of Smith, Co.; McAndrew & Co.; Courts & Co.; materials Price, Co.; Cobbey, Cooley & Co.; Clement A. Evans & Co., Inc.; Fartveli, Chapman 6c Co.; Grande & Co., Inc.; Greene & Biock; Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.; Lester & Co.; Irving Lundborg & Co.; A. E. Masten 6c Co.; Shively Bros. & Co.,' Inc.; Shepard & Townsend, Dabney Co.; (T. L.) . Hav/lcy, Co.; & Salomon Whipple active Pressprich Co.; Almstedt Boenning - & class A Price, t88,000 Martin-Parry Un- underwriters: Co.; Dominick & Purpose; development of industrial applications for radio¬ Hallgarlcn Davis, Prescott, Co.; Co.; 302,000 Tracerlab, Inc. Co. Louis Co.; by by Hornblower Price, $4 subscription by stockholders. 'J,, Co.; Inc.; Dean Goldman, -Sachs 6c &c Co.; Sutro & Co,; Stein Bros. & Boyce; J. C. Skaggs & Co.; Francis I. duPont & Co.; Foster & Marshall; Hill Richards & Co.; Johnson, Lane. Space & Co., Inc.; Newhard, Cock & Co.; Pacific Northwest Co.; Stephenson, Ley-decker & Co.; Stix '& Co.; Cohu & Co.; Crowell, Weedon & Co.; Ferris and Co.; The Illinois Company; Mason Brothers; Pacific Co, Bradford White,. Weld 6c Co.; . corporate . &c Metropolitan Co.; Williams 6c Co.; & of <lnc.);.W. E."Hutton & Col; Drexel & Co.; Lee Higginson Corp.; Maynard H. Murc.i 6c Co.; Starkweather &c Co.; Schwabacher &c Co.; Baker, Weeks & Harden; Elworthy & Co.; First California Co.; Blunt Ellis & Simmons; Dick Si Merle-Smith; Johnston, Lemon and Beane; Kidder, Peabody & Clark, Dodge & Co.; DomDillon & Co.; Glore, Forgan Corp.; of Offered Manufacturing Co. 8,900 shares of $4). Price, $6.50 per share. Offered (par Johnson stock mon im- share & of 38,712 $133,4 Hilliard B. & 903,000 Food cumu¬ capital stockholders. Putnam shares shares share. "■ Co. Barney Securities stock J. Sachs den, Miller & Co.; W. H. Newbold's Son & Co.; Putnam & Co.; Stein Bros. & Boyce; Yarnall.& Co.; Baker, Watts & Co.; John C.-Legg & Co.; Suplee, Yeatman & Co., Inc.; Dixcn ;& Co.; Robert Garrett & Sons; Janney & Co.; Jenks, Kirkland 6c Co.; Mead, Miller & Co., and C. T. working for Union Clark & Co:; common Offered Co.; Price, agent. Co. Lambert $25). (par & -Bacon, tp of Purpose, construction share. Offered by Blyth per Co.; .. Service 4.30% Clark, Dodge & Ripley & Co. Inc.; & J. by 3,000 per share. per Corp. Price, & 1,440,000 Endico.tt Of- & Co-. Inc.; Dean Witter & Co.; .Harris,- Hall .& Co. (Inc.); Hemphill, Noyes & C0.7 Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.; Laurence M. Marks & Co.; Fr/8. Moseley & Co.; R. W. Pressprich & Co.; Reynolds , shares advances shares $7.50). $16 Witter 8,621 construction, new by up Purpose, fiscal Financing Co. $26.75 24,000 $18.50 & common $1). (par per York, ' Co. Mills duPont I. v.';v.:V;'' Webber.,. Jackson•& Curtis; Stroud 280,000 Public '.('par 406,000 Purpose, capital. $5,789,440 Ohio Co. $100 taken inick & Dominick;. Eastman, i? Ca'jf- of j. & Co. repay share. per of Purpose, subscription riU) tynchj"Pierce, Fenner & Co.; foregoing i . Co.; being number of stockholders, exclusive of parent). public Natural (par $100 shares Price, consolidated 1950. Co. $1).. (par " Price, Co. & ' $100). 1, . share. per Price, 57,850 Clayton • Chemical & par). Drug t524,040 Burlington W. Scranton & Co., and Wood, Struthers 6c Co. v';':'- Co."; & $4).- common Co., Inc.; The First Boston CoTp.; Lehman Brothers; Mer- Purpose, stockholders $2.75 Co.; Peabody i. . stock .common 49,850 shares Brunswig . \ of (par Harriman Kidder, of Merrill R. Telegraph $1Q0). (par company. subscription ; / ' Atkinson,. Jones & Co.; Bailey & Davidson.; BlanKfciubip, Gould & Blakaly, Inc.; Campbell & Robbins, Inc.; J. M. Dain & Co.; Davis, Skaggs & Co.; Win. P. ,Harper & Son & Co., and Janney & Co. 862,100 Mountain States Telephone & : .Dominick; s. 5,417,698. Sharp .fornia; • Co. for (7,111) shares (no Forgan Staats outstanding short-term Offered for subscription by extensions. Offered subscribed Weeks; addi¬ 444,000 Co. Week'; Mejia; Co.; & 1.55% ($33,255,000). money by M. G. Newcomb, New Potash stock Glore, ' , common & Adams M. of by Offered Hornblower Co. Boettcher shares B and Pacific North- notes, t$80,250 American company. stock A Dohme, Inc. 208,373 shars of common stock (no par). Purpose, construction, etc. Price, $26 per share. Offered by Alex. Brown & Sons; Drexel & Co.; Smith, Barney & Co.; Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.; Blyth & short-term White, Weld & Co.; McAndrew & of reduce shares stock and Morgan- Stanley & Co.; common ' - preferred dividend. : 7 by 774,582 working capital. Price, Baker, Simonds & Co. provements . Co. underwritten. 150,000 Manufacturing lative j class 100,000 share. per Not 1 """ (no Lynch, Power 4,985,000 Scovill ' constituent of Offered Inc. Purpose, $50 Inc. Purpose, 7, of share one Banks 1949, due Feb. new Issues Not Representing New shares 54,370 2, 7 $76,990,000 per 108,740 shares of class B stock Tobacco $25). Price, fered by , $5 Lincoln, Neb.; Estes & Co.; Beecroft, Cole & Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,-'and Harold E. Wood 6c Co. of. Chemicals, stockholders. ' Corp. acquisition unit per Myers & 412,500 Plywood r discharge of common $2 Credit ($18,860,000), Offered par. $1). (par notes. Co.; Price, $102 per The First Trust „ (par stock & 2,900 par). indebtedness, . v , & refunding Purpose,, leasing of plant, Construction of commercial unit, etc. Price, $3 per share. Offered by Hautz' and Engel.. . . ( . « - :V'r .I ' and -two shares of class B stock. 38,729,100 Liggett Co.; & of Intermediate debentures, dated May ' shares 100,000 Television & Purpose, $5.20 stqck Moseley Rothschild Inc. (par $5) 300,000 Hydrocarbon Co.; Stotfe & Webster Securities Corp.; Spencer Trask & Co.; Union Securities Corp.; Q. H. Walker & Co.; Watling, Lerchen & Co.; White, Weld & Co., and Woodard-Elwood & Co. t . . & Price, 7,5 .V--.,. stock 10c). 1 par ' Co.; Paine. Pressprich & Co,; W. L. V : Leh- & ' ' Purpose, working capital.. Price, by General Stock & Bond Corp. Electronic class A Laurence S. F. Chemicals, share. .Offered Corp.; Lee 52,115,000 Federal stock; (par. lOc). Cen- Salomon Bros. & Hutzler; Chas. W. Scranton & Cor; Shearson, Hammill & Co.; F. S. Smithers & Co.; Stark¬ . "•* Securities Devonshire Co.; 6c Co.; Mullaney, Wells & Co.;' Maynard H. Murch Newhard, • Equitable (2099) INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING , Farwell, Chap¬ Co.; Glore, Forgan & Co.;•, Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc.; Harris, Hall & Co. (Inc.); Hayden, Miller & Co.; Hayden, Stone & Co.; J, J. B. Hilliard & Son; Hornblower & Weeks; W. E. Hutton & Co.; The Illinois Company;* Kebbon, McCormick & Co.; Kidder, Peabody * C-. Co.; CHRONICLE y -. Co.; & man " & FINANCIAL • Cooley 6c Co.; J. M. Dain & Co.; Francis I. duPont & Co.; Eastman, Dillcn OTHER . & *'$500,0()0 Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co. 67o cumulative preferred :v-Vy;. stock;' isenes B. rurpose,1 corporate purposes. Price, par. .»i;. i' Sold privately to Hunt'Foods, Inc. ' and Harden; A. G. Becker & Co. Co.; H. M. Byllesby & Co. (Inc.); & tral-Repub'.ic1 Co. \ 4.70;%',, cumulative preferred ' • COMMERCIAL " Price, Plow Co. $2.50 per 40,000 shares of common share. stock (par $1). Offered by Wallace White. consolidated $64,298,510 2, 1949, due Dec. 1, 1949. Purpose, Offered by M. G. Newcomb, New •Represents tlnrlir.ates Issues issues sold placed privately. comDetitivelv. tRepresents special offering, 8 THE (2100) General Bon-Ami Co. in the (& Subs.) Total 1948 1947 1946 $735,024 $976,522 Operating profit Deprec. and depletion.. 259,673 338,118 456,812 666,097 20,250 17,990 14,514 11,039 127,866 161,720 $192,262 $280,580 "Earns, 94,583 94,583 94,583 $1.00 $1.00 $1.32 200,000 200,000 "Under the participating $0.49 *$0.93 *$0.97 hasten on improved transmission the to line for 1 Ncoprene center profit from !i profit for Prov. Fed. as called filling machines industry, the all plans company been C. Tiffany, appointed board of tion the cost staff of Price, accounting and Mr. Lillis had this of been since 1942 The $4,939,630 $5,399,452 Butler Brothers, 97,211 Sales 82,204 1949—Month—1948 $9,398,217 $12,995,517 $5,496,663 $1,503,560 in- and 1949—4 Mos.—1948 76,000 86,000 305,000 287,000 482,000 545,000 2,002,000 Sales, all Sales ..... by the of departments and stores $7,107,899 concessions. Net prof for the period Capital shares outstdg, Earnings "After tively, for the for the $35,315 $773,384 594,298 $872,560 $3,189,663 594,298 594,298 $2,890,034 504,298 $1.30 share provision lor $1.47 $5.36 $4.86 per March 31, three 1948.—V. depreciation and three of and ended the 1,058,684 The stated company mediate disposal of that any it of bank loans. With the payment of these loans, and with expected from expanded manufacturing facili¬ sales, the earnings of the company should justify in common dividend payments. It is the present intention to directors of $2 per share annually on the new to $4 per share on the present which dividends of $3 per share annu¬ pay the consider Ended March stores, had plans no additional present at amortization—_ 27,141 Cr354 916 93,338 82,303 $142,092 $120,340 Provision Net for the im¬ There are mortgage—, on for taxes income —V. 169, 1,285 — income on (estimated)—— __—„___„_____ Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. Rev. 1949 1948 1949 6,870,746 Provision General for depreciation.... taxes * income Gross $5,399,235 Net $1,547,720 (net) Earnings $391,066 (i45,364 shares;. Other $362,300 *$500,834 $1.55 *$0.67 * Fed. 169, Bigelow (& Subs.)—Earnings, Etc.— 3 Months Ended April 30— sales Gross Net Provision for *486,248 $387,191 91,969 $385,003 $1,623,534 $479,159 117,491 62,382 88.290 183,933 185,157 34,409 45,426 65,626 (est.)_ 101,535 160,000 54,000 450,000 49,000 _______ $271,829 $90,813 $876,793 into 80,453 228,266 $98,923 , tax "Includes $416,357 gain ' 1948 1949 p. profit compared with Per 1949 in $0.04 share the earnings based 2,068,270 on shares .—V. 875,269 359,000 355,020 The $520,249 seven, The 1,263,645 1,263,645 ; 168, of "Earnings shares common per common "After preferred outstanding—!— share.: $0.38 dividend requirements. NOTE—Unfilled orders on board directors of has $0.39 increased been * April 30, 1949, amounted to $10,231,- Director Elected— ^Captain George P. Jacobs, ' Presdent and General Manager of the Oper. exps. and other number in from five to Interest income, 1949 1948 1947 $1,596,074 $1,751,776 1,607,768 1,493,811 $388,848 $388,306 R. 10,285 Net for Federal income $405,678 $398,591 tax__ 103,824 158,485 $240,106 Ib8, p. $0.22 $0.22 $0.15 2222. McMartin, President; of New York director and of Atlantic Citv Electric Co.; Covert a^ the annU£»l meeting held.on May 11 adopted.—V. 167, Mr. Crump Canada, in director of the company last February.—V deal uf newly u which field about was May on when to formed 4 announced Glenn be Capitol its E. signed Wallichs, establishing Television into entry President, Elmo Division. > headquartered in Capitol's studios.—V. 168, p. 2680. 9 Months Ended March 31— sales Cost of that head as selling and a issued a 16-page illustrated booklet the California Zephyr, an unusually spectacular month. basis 1948 1947 COMPARATIVE INCOME $2,935,797 $1,712,361 $3,331,672 91,752 18,696 1,127,675 671,550 55,624 1,288,550 ! PiX h»fn»"in Federal income 1 taxes" f taxes 2,704,000 T SarSEL After —- 0lURtandir<S , n£ff. C°!Trt!0n Share dividend preferred 2,117,000 765,OOo $3,816,588 $2,857,698 $1,812,568 3,476.439 $104 3,476,439 $0.7.7 3,269,339 $0.50 requirements.—V. 169, p. income Net 1663; , .j, »■ [ • Capital shares outstanding Earnings per share—, $1,716,370 $1,022,115 360,000 360.000 $4.76 $2.84 1 $1,987,498 - 360,000 $5.52 J. H. Parker, Chairman of the board, and F. R. Palmer, President, in a letter to stockholders, cn May 2 said in part: , ^ v The 1948 actual good volume continued of business tor prevailed each month of series C bonds $800,000 not due 1976 sold privately in Feb. 1948 16d, p. 1878.—V. 169, p. noted in V. as 2428. p. Electric Noma Signal Co.—Sold— Corp. below.—V. 157, p. 2464. Century Electric Co.—Quarterly Report— 1949 sales in the first half $6,034,385 369,845 $3,343,511 — discounts and freight— 240,800 $5,664,540 2,653,659 406,863 4,072,247 $282,989 a — —— 1948 $3,584,311 -Three Months Ended March 31— Net sales u-__: - of through the second half of the year and. so far as shipments are concerned, through the first calendar quarter administrative expenses— Selling, general and Operating Other Loss profit : $1,165,418 on 15,683 income-. expense ; Provision for Provision <- etc. 12,324 183.801 50,000 on income 17,000 (est.) March 12, 1948 Number of shares outstanding Earnings per share — 371,000 $26,572 for taxes paid 16,153 11,511 211,739 : inventory reserve profit Dividends «... 22,209 I deductions 21,119 $1,186,537 21,152 — disposal of depreciable assets Miscellaneous Depreciation, 426,875 $298,672 income Interest Net , which for each month. Cost of products sola Federal and state income taxes ACCOUNT 1949 1948 1947 $67,414,438 $55,313,604 $44,447,522 6.520,588 4,974,698 2,577,56s and 168, Total Gr<SsalKtftirp«nded MarCh 31~ restated were . $20,867,768 $16,126,730 $18,486,474 15,154,802 (net) V. Returns and allowances, 14,414.369 deductions income net of amount $600,000 Gross 17,931,971 Other of Central Railway Hollywood adminis¬ operations... income on comparative purposes) on the basis of net income Such provisions for the year 1949 are being made (for each See trative expenses—.. from $425,409 $86,714 taxes for of ; . $197 34,932 26,535 taxes— staff immediately a newly-acquired 1949 ___ ______ sales, is ... Williams, formerly of RKO, is to organize will be $626,698 89'97* 120,31 / television the revealed Williams inc. State & 1948 the 19,515 $21,583 13,167 *8,218 Correction—$600,000 Series C Bonds Sold— ' Carpenter Steel Co.—Earnings, Etc.— Net - year for on 169 " » California Zephyr— *has Just recentIy ng ^e story the $607,182 Drl54 surplus to "Provision 1987; corporation Fed. Balance $21,737 — deductions——'— income for $1,963,788 1,356,606 $148,181 - — < Profit ccmta Total Mar. 31,'40 $348,992 327,254 $137,579 —— income Gross Pacific Ry.—New Vice-President— a income 1948 $456,687 319,107 10,602 revenues— income Prov. 151. p. . production approved by-laws, changing the date of the We<^sd?y in" April"1 tl>C second Wednesday ln May to the third on Other 12 Mos. End. 1949 operating revenue deductions- Operating L (& Subs.)—Earns. 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31 ' - operating Total Crump of Montreal on May 4 was elected Vice-President of the He was System Vice-President in charge of all rail and com¬ Calif., Issues Booklet Total The (The) Budd Co.—Annual Meeting Date Changed— e company's - Co., oil engineers; Belford F. Seabrook, Vice-President of Sea- and was elected 1. * S. Howe, Capitol Records, Inc.—Enters Video Production Field $167,634 fr 8?LrC on„1 094'4u6 shares.: —V. $271,926 104,292 $236,854 — John P. directors, Max B. Miller, President of Max B 1987. the income new and Samuel Toronto, 1947, 13,96i —- provision as board munication services at Montreal, Canada, for the past year. became Vice-President of the Eastern Region at The „ a its General Manager. Period— $257,965 16,830 ....— the to Vice-President, Canadian N. 1,758,307 etc Cox, Farms not was p. Operating income Tunney as F. : 11. company. $2,147,155 rev._ charges and Central Louisiana Electric Co., Inc. Goodlove, of Ridgewood, N. J., and Vincent Fitzgerald, President of Fitzgerald & Co., Inc. A resolution to reclassify the board into three groups of directors Quality Park Box Co., Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been elected director.—V. 169, p. 1776. Quarter Ended March 31— Transportation & other opev. S. City, and named a Buckeye Pipe Line Co.—Earnings— May on stockholders reelected Miller & o5qv New it was announced Walter brook hand the concurrent sale of for which it will receive in engage basis and Willard Camden Forge Co.—Directorate Enlarged— , Net profit Number Denver, whereby Brereton, Rice & Co., Inc., of the securities on a best 10% commission. The company has acquired a 205-acre site for $160,000 Just' outside of Denver, and has been granted a license to hold a race meet in 1949, according to the prospectus. "Pari-mutuel wagering" was legalized last November by the State of Colorado. The company s architects estimate that the cost of lonstruction of the various buildings and stables and such equipment necessary to the operation and maintenance of the track will aggregate $1,680,000. M. M Mitchell of Brush, Colo., is named as company President quarter was equal to $0.13 per share 1948 quarter and $0.42 in the 1947 are agreement with an will it sales of timber and lands. on the for Inc.—Registers With SEC— company, efforts 2428. 871,792 ___ ^ $8,032,460 charges... taxes. net quarter. $512,792 after 22,088 154,495 profit $7,869,588 ____ income 3,562,625 $1,137,286 902. p. as & 5,190,552 $362,915 __, income The Brown 5,036,320 charges Net l : "Less.—V. income Depreciation Depletion *$138,533 $1,155,624 ... — , . $916,125 gain income Total Drl,9l6 Dr1,029 share per *$136,617 $1,546,691 deductions income . , organized March 12, 1949, for the purpose of build¬ ing and operating a track for the racing of horses at a site 3/2 miles south of Denver, Colo., has filed a registration statement witii the SEC covering its proposed financing. Under the proposal, the company would issue and sell $1,600,000 cf 6% sinking fund debentures, due Jan. 1, 1965, and 160,000 shares of class A common stock ($5 par), non-voting. The securities are to be offered in units of $100 of debentures and 10 shares cf stock at the aggregate of their principal and per amounts, or $150 per unit. Officers and directors will engage in the sale of the securities, without discount or commission; and, in addition, the club has entered $6,327,838 55,515 Operating Other ______ Centennial Turf Club, ;The 1946 $860,610 442,869 1,103,340 731,700 income Income 479,396 i ..... Operating income Other 761,597 1,144,629 _______ taxes 8,311,084 (& Subs.)- 1947 from processing & i selling metal & metal f, products ; ($7,290,928 Prod, cost sell., devel., admin, etc., exps 6,430,318 1948 $11,488,871 $10,482,273 714,678 Federal income 1,426 375. p. Qtrs. End. Mar. 31 Maintenance Construction of , , alpha cellulose pulp plant of Columbia .Cellulose Co., Ltd. will be increased to two daily shifts of eight hours each at the beginning of this week, engineers of the company an- . nounced at Prince Rupert, B. C., Canada. Engineering work on the project is well advanced, company spokes¬ men asserted, and orders for long-dated equipment have been placed. The pulp mill is being on Watson Island, which is eight miles from Prince Rupert, and is designed to produce 200 tons per day of nigii alpha pulp by the sulphite process.—V. 169, p. 1880. 19,82.) Loss, disposal of fixtures and equipment—— ' ; 169, p. 1987. America—Speeds of Corp. Celanese on Canadian Plant— 89,434 $224,814 1003. 31— revenues operation are outstanding, shares. common 169, p. currently being paid.—V. $135,380 concessions, discts., etc.— . Total $143,998 119,504 stock ally $263,502 Interest the increasing, Brooklyn Union Gas Co.—Earnings— 3 Months leased stock/which is the equivalent 4,598,006 and , operating profit— Provision for depreciation and currently outstanding 1,381,000 shares.—V. Operating fr. , , earnings common $4,733,386 5,666,453 delivery $5,810,461 Net will 5 warehouse, depts . in board the . increased and increase an of preferred stock. Construction work on the high authorized common stock from 1,400,560 shares to 2,500,000 shares; also reducing the authorized preieueu stock irom 100,000 shares to 95,500 shares, by eliminating 4,500 shares acquired for sinking fund purposes. July on and Balance Inc. 168, p. 902. stockholders selling, stores expenses months ended 12 Bristol-Myers Co.—Plans Increase in Capitalization— The sales, general March for $133,163 of Cost $167,745, respec¬ 31, 1949, and and $44,672 months 12 months sales—self-operated received. proposed plan, the company will use the net proceeds from new preferred stock in part to pay off an aggregate of common Net holders of 515,000 shares, or the increased ties $5,792,067 1,297,438 ._ consents from the 1949, 9, new the of sale the Apr. 2, *43 Mar. 27,*48 and stores May $21,000,000' Butler Co.—Earnings— leased received more than announced that it has May 9 on required proposed the Under 1,845,000 income taxe3 the of sale $39,311,516 $49,608,205 13 Weeks Ended— Refinancing Plan and Pro¬ required, which means that approximately another 23% of the outstanding com¬ mon shares must vote in the afiirmative by sending in their consents. While no time limit has been set for the submission of consents, the company points out that an early ratification of the plan is desirable so that the company can, without delay, proceed with the proposed 169, p. 1663, (P. H.) $5,022,034 ■ company of As Chicago—April Sales Declined 27.6% — —, 27.4%, of the total common shares outstanding, have been Only 1% of the shares have been voted against the plan. In order to make the plan effective, a majority vote is member & Co., specializing in general installations.—V. 169, p. 1443. 698. total, $19,279,833.—V. 169, p. consents from common stockholders to make plan to split the common stock, giving present holders two shares for each share now held, and to create a new pre¬ ferred stock issue to repay outstanding bank loans. half Assistant a $684,703; capital stock, $1,800,'000, posed Spilt-Up Receiving Stockholdesr' Consents—New Common to Receive $2 in Dividends Annually— company, an Waterhouse system of effective in charge of finance. appointed James F. Lillis as also $712,138; accrued taxes, $1,508,211; other liabilities, $4,918; reserves, $1,512,349; (including $4,500,000 which had been capitalized as part of a stock dividend in 1922 and returned to surplus upon reduc¬ capital stock from $6,000,000 to $1,500,000 in ly33), $13,- 057,514; the further develop¬ formerly Director of Finance charges, $151,738; $5,000,000 Vice-President directors deferred prepaid expenses and total, $19,279,833. liabilities, accrued surplus continue to to securities^ and $170,105; accounts and notes receivable (net), $1,931,$6,965,783; other current assets, $36,600; fixed assets Caterpillar Tractor Co. adequate proportion of its earnings in phases of its activities." an approxi¬ up 1949 S4,319,066; banks, in LIABILITIES—Accounts payable, backlogs. of and including reserve for contingencies, current accelerated $13,423,545, totaled 31 fiscal year, while current liabiiiues of $500,000. Cash alone increased more assets, $148,767; other linally and lor, the BALANCE SHEET, MARCH 31, hand on $5,555,783; (net), other backlogs were eliminating the overtime these of some inventories, 991; able to discontinue the night shift. production running 40% higher than Comptroller of the company. of 23,549 $1,331,384 Wisconsin for to the taxes.......... come order in 1949, of in¬ taxes come Pro*, mid-1948, Period End. Apr. 30— 23,399 before in 1949 was with unit business The $700,000 less CONDENSED orders, Burroughs scheduled its unit basis that at any otner time in its backlog higher a months the during up accrued interest, Burroughs employment in the United States is now 13,000 compared with 9,200 in 1941, an increase of almost 41%. to maintain and improve Burroughs' position of leadership of —V. Net of three first March of as than to $4,319,066. were further an¬ 5 In year. 1948. of assets $1,440,000 $3,732,698 Official Promoted— in¬ (net).. come the on war, Kenneth has in¬ other dividends than May months Current mately countries. on fiscal 1947-1948 sponding 1949—12 Mos.—1948 $1,480,011 $1,307,985 oper._ discounts, and loreign President, first nine months three months ended March 31, share of stock outstanding against $2.84 for the the shipments remained high at $6,973,946, and earnings of $537,245 (after provision of $353,125 for estimated Federal and State income taxes) were equivalent to $1.49 per share against $1.19 in the corre¬ 1948 includes and taxes to net earnings 1949, as reinvest Briggs & Stratton Corp.—Earnings— 1949—3 Mos.—1948 materials, operating expenses were kept under good control, increased to $1,716,370. This was equivalent to $4.76 raw of order the ment many applications for the "Mighty Midget" are home tools, wasuing machines, power lawn mowers, pumps, fans, dairy machinery, bottling equipment, packaging machinery, sewing machines, garden tractors and sorting equipment.—V. 169, p. 1879. terest in income the company was able to begin which this accelerated schedule had this "Total in power "Net Federal and filling l, also "In member experiment. Among the FericdEnd. Mar. 31— additions of and 1949 sales for the nine months through March increase of $4,741,038, or more than 29%, months of the preceding fiscal year. Despite wage costs and continuing strength in the prices result, a $20,867,768, an corresponding further . $23,251,917 $19,542,486 2,746,323 2,621,822 4,994,090 4,980,000 $0.55 $0.5o operations_______ __ operating rates the persons gives the new coupling a service life as much as ten c.mes longer than ordinary couplings in its particular power range, according to Morse Chain engineers who developed the new product after months of exhaustive research and revolutionary Purchase April but motors—has couplings produced by Morse Chain subsidiary. a The " it was demand is being met and the remaining backlog orders are oemg filled as quickly as possible. "Income and profits reported during 1948 and the first three months of 1949 reflect not only a high rate of delivery on current orders, horsepower fractional in Morflex of designed coupling all-rubber-center M.dgei"—an and Commencing before power added been Co., tne "Today, 1879. "Mighty 1663. company domestic Coleman, 1948 liquidated, operations Borg-Warner Corp.—Adds New Product— The As to the ASSETS—Cash production for quarter ended March 31, 1949, includes foreign subject to exchange restrictions in the amount of $16,663, compared with $20,483 in 1j48, $24,s43 in 1947 and $27,003 in 1946.— p. S. history. provisions of the shares. NOTE—Net profit 169, 169, p. outstanding- subsidiaries "During profits V. 1949. over nounced: 200,000 $0.24 shs. of the amending March 31— parent charges John $1.72 200,000 per B from 94,583 share... outstdg— Earns, per share Class consider Adding Machine Co.—Earnings— from shares of No. $355,633 outstdg will 27 Earnings per share 299,425 $141,840 6hs. earnings "After 97,583 A May directors,—V. of revenue "Net Fed. and foreign income Class on per $632,770 taxes of Burroughs Earnings— 1949 board 3 Months Ended $626,818 cn stockholders certificate of incorporation and by-laws to increase the number of directors from five to seven and tne provision with respect to vancancies occurnng sales-.. profit Monday, May 16, 1949 advanced The (Continued from page 2) Quar. End. Mar. 31— CHRONICLE FINANCIAL & Buffalo Forge Co.—To Increase Directorate— Corporation and Investment News Gross COMMERCIAL $541,748 64,741 517,915 $1.04 67,416 539,315 $0.05 Volume 169 Number 4803 COMPARATIVE ASSETS— Cash *U. accounts and —- • deposits receivables, Recoverable Federal $240,354 503,229 505,104 taxes 1,400,623 28,001 income— • Fed. after inc. 1949 charges—-. tax and "Net No. 166,825 $698,054 $776,661 $758,210 121,664 120,162 178,460 253,928 to tanks other accounts and salaries, Accrued outstdg... per 2005. p. share com. provision . $576,697 $577,892 $598,201 $504,282 2,520,000 2,500,000 2,520,000 2,500,000 $0 23 $0.23 $0.24 $0.20 — shares "Before 1 $1,300,000 127,327 92,587 15,398 122,634 23,609 21,525 126,323 payable.—— and bonuses wages payroll and withholding taxes ; Accrued employees' accounts pension fund, etc. Contribution to salaried employees' profit-sharing investment trust 1 Accrued - for . depletion discovered of note . for 15,153 30,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 , income Federal 1949 stock taxes 202,200 294,100 550,000 value (par $10 Sept. 30 cost and after $300,000 appropriated for excessive '—V. 2680. 168, p. tAfter interest. accrued and present V; of costs Int. and for Railway U. S. & oper. profs, exc. Other Net £412,332 1,043 900 90o 343,327 289,612 240,256 Net income ♦Earns, periods 1,717,730 4,255,992 1,744,094 1,514,085 705,086 8,437,898 5,348,682 $0.08 $0.66 • allowing dividend preferred for V;'- . ■ ■' of first available 4% mortgage in exchange bonds, due Jan. 1, 1944, bonds at series A, outstanding for Continuing company expansion May on 7 its of deliveries accepted of to Island's "ROCKET vice The FREIGHT 110 ana to Rock 8,000-mile 189, to system SERVICE," 35 to for Deliveries placed those to in runs in service now . Chicago ofder, ... will be add the in the to 1946 net of its Act. * will the taken 1974.: 1949 yards be proceeds Such added of to Island. and 111., expects \ in of general funds expenditures additional will as Corp. its sell its be has being now delivered Natural to up agreed to built by the The additional of on The common Electro¬ May 12 $1,000,000 of Gas 1949 depleted has 3%% System, construction to He of the sale construction will be used program. at $22 in finance, per named was and to • Other its best so company the Prov. : the Net sales Cost of —— sales. Operating - —— etc.——— expenses, —_____— 38,280,829 16,434,753 15,650,117 — 2,130,447 2,023,697 domestic operations—._—_ income from foreign dividends — $3,512,520 17,368 $3,452,884 350,000 for $3,529,888 $1.71 $3,802,884 Provision has for income Net income from taxes-— to net per Earned income common World-wide includes share sales for domestic period——^——— sales the of _ first quarter of and foreign sales of $20,779,353. $1.85 $75,525,804. This the income account In the first quarter of 1948 world-wide $54,746,451 as 1949 were shown in sales aggregated $78,127,561, including domestic sales of $59,407,527 and foreign sales of $18,720,034. Gas by prior the SEC 884 • ASSETS— , Mar. ~ ' .. . 31,'49 Dec. 31,'48 Inc'., the expenditures construction SEC . Accounts promissory of proceeds less Inventories Prepaid expenses to or restore, notes which issue to its to will be for The parent, of S. of that Miscellaneous investments reserve for deprec.) 2,906,250 373,143 30,628,584 3,000,000 of Columbia Engineering Corp. in 1945.—V. 169, p. 1880. company MOS. 3 Inc. END. (& \ LIABILITIES— •Current liabilities Deferred liabilities Reserve T$3.50 $ reserves — for inventory price decline—— preferred stock.. Capital surplus Earned 13,688,891 4,365,823 4,373,127 3,000,000 3,000,000 12,500,000 The of ; _t— 3,002,993 43,527,478 41,105,923 at the Chattanooga, MARCH 31, place . "After bility of - deducting for taxes, no'pai? Valued.' J'119 J.l'.Kii United , States - 105,926,218 102,644,884 Government securities equal 1948, $3,300,000; 1949, $4,100,000. U25.0Q0 $1,997,916 no par shares.—V. 169, p. 496. , i9'<r< •' t • to lia¬ shares •4 ft)' 04* • «JhL . »/T taxes inc.— cn provision $203,425. of - output electric of commemorated was corporation's boiler on . announced the adequate 169, features 327,500 of the loans in electric scheduled that out for than more bonds the companies was reserve insurance more than __ for avail, Common shares Earnings per common -• of $40,000,000 in the common stocks to year. and trained public of the Finance April The income of the Insurance The for the principal and subsidiary net initial The purpose Southern Co. In For ceeded letter a to personnel are companies first time the 2,781,435 1,841,473 May 2, 1949 the $401,046,000, $126,500,000 long term. provision for provided that of unsecured.. notes company)*—dpe the first the same for assets all 'liabilities with the distributed not subordinated which notes and One of preferred the worth $274,546,000 stock in cash. and in of Commonwealth common. cash, of common stock of Ohio remaining, after payment or expenses, are included in the plan, of the SEC any of such remaining be contributed to The Southern Co. Southern owned pro service new stock at this the of company will to principal is that be organized as mutual service company, a which will be owned by the operating companies of The Applications have been filed with the SEC and a hearing , to Co. the 134,000 embraces combined gross revenues $10,965,313. 1,841,473 ; first period three of the were 1949 of in all company term liabilities advantages interest on Commonwealth. The income of for 1948 amounted to $117,290,134 and The Southern Company and subsidiaries The earnings per common share on the aver¬ number of shares outstanding during 1948 amounted to $1.01. The Southern Co., paid 60c in dividends on this stock during the year. —V. 169, p. ' 1988. 1 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, of ex¬ and of the between the to 1948. months short of age $0.66 quarter stockholders common integrated system including Alabama Power Mississippi Power Co. and Gulf Power Co. an Co., Georgia Power Co., The report of The Southern Co, is stock, 12.020,000 shares outstanding time, is owned by Commonwealth and will be distributed under Plan Southern notes Inc.—Output^- The company on May 11 announced that System output of electricity(electricity generated and purchased) for the week ended May 8, 1949, amounted to 202,200,000 kwh., compared with 209,100,000 kwh. for the corresponding week of 1948, a decrease of 3.3%. Local distribution.of' electricity net the and $1 proposed that the present service company, The Commonwealth Corp. (New York), a mutual company whose stock is rata by the operatng subsidiaries, will be reorganized as an independent service company to be owned by its employees, and that & net In addition, there were $25,000,000 subordinated 1957. the approval may amounted $100,165,026—on March 31, 1949, company had outstanding usecured notes outstanding—subordinated in other any THE SOUTHERN CO.—The first annual exact of share or and 1,216,261 $1.51 for consolidated be each assets Co. of particular interest as its common stockholders, A. E. Duncan, Chairman $100,000,000—to financing outstanding. common is set for June 7. $ board, stated in part: the for common Edison plant, 1949 was $1,213,384, against $311,151. Net income of the Manufacturing Companies was $618,235, compared with $1,262,791 for the 1948 period. of the of assets will be distributed to the common stock¬ distribution will consist of 35/100ths of a share of Subsequent distributions, in kind 1947 $1,432,510 for Companies to with the Securities and Exchange Commission last approved by the SEC in November and is now awaiting a remaining holders. in 22 $ $1.80 Companies with by sold Under the amended plan holders of preferred stock will receive to exchange for each share 2.80 shares of Consumers Power Co., commoh ' 1948 1,841,473 share— common income $1,710,776, compared institutions or Consumers Power Co. filed was Southern Co. $ 3,317,395 outstanding was aggregate of $40,000,000 an the programs underway, resulted in a net increase in the principal or stated amount of securities and bank Commonwealth amendments $1.59 419,869,769 409,277,372 317,661,258 9,611,799 8,965,117 6,576,123 17,708,476 20,725,064 18,279,167 3,542,395 3,006,435 1,441,261 225,000 225,000 225,000 stock- sub¬ • construction consolidated Balance in • Court enforcement^order on which hearing was held in the U. S. District Court at Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 30. - manufacturing 1949 acquired--— : $21,000,000. transactions, years July and $1,557,282 . Co.—Earnings— premiums—-:—— with capacity available to ■ sold during the capacity, resulting is program of during. 1948. In addition, of generating 1949. this It is space manufacturing sales Net inc. aft. chgs. & Fed. taxes—— Preferred dividends paid of report. kilowatts kilowatts pointed amount a Net Increase an STATUS OP PLAN FOR DISSOLUTION—The Commonwealth plan for compliance with Section 11 of the Holding Company Act embodies " receivables 1948, work, in the margins operating companies. the of $74,988,182 29,613 laboratories. 3 Mos. Ended March 31— the ' ' facilities, — status of ? of $279,813,276 for revenues improvement of of The $1,586,895 S03. p. present the the laboratory has enable the company to con¬ virtually all of its research and development activities in one where subsidiaries involving gross expenditures for addi¬ improvements amounted to $138,000,000, and resulted, in: the aggregating 1,018,986 Tenn. chemical of energy public preferred stock amounting to more-than $20,000,000'and this company, together with Ohio Edison Co., > sold through subscription rights to holders of their common stocks, additional common stock 34,361 foreign hour subsidiary, is also included. its subsidiaries the On Total $1.81 the 1949 establishment of aggregating . $0.66 ^ gross are principal $2,571,520 generation, held available.—V. 24,973,950 3,002,993 __. surplus 12,500,000 24,973,950 — stock ^Common $ 14,555,974 _ and 102,644,884 20,586,31*7 $0.71 shr, Commonwealth invested in $2,605,881 Net 105,926,218 9,683,559 24,909,595 Whiting, President, 444,500 various Subs.)> deductions depreciation steam at centrate Net Total 2,290,281 9,085,937 . Whiting stantial Fed., State & proper, and an the physical and 28,773,243 31,387,273 ,2,346,751 . 36,042,704 * 9,456,387 9,776,269 ——_ kilowatt of another - Laboratory comprises two buildings—the laboratory adjoining brick building which houses the offices and Gross 350,340 Prop., plant and equip, (less Goodwill, trade-marks, etc._ .1,597,817 34,593,154 year's construction and Mr. ACCOUNT income deducting of located 7,200,000 1,699,029 ,1,430,081 1988. R. addition for ' ; operations less U. ceremonies 12,148,473 7,383,965 299,003 11,376,218 stock, 0.55 share of Central Illinois Light Co. 11,438,447 7,658,058 subsidiaries 183,517 12,123,020 — _______ compared with 296,241,210 for the. corresponding week to 1943, of 15,181,674 or 5.12%. as tions Investments: Foreign 34,444,887 income— weekly company, and used ' . 1,309,947 33,163,073 Consolidated Kreisinger Development Laboratory, dedicated to the memory Henry Kreisinger, a pioneer who made major contributions to the 6.400,000 securities, at cost reserve 478,095 11,077,215 income i' 11,933,503 7%, and electric sales exceeding 15-billion kilowatt hours, up 10%, together with the greatest construction program in the history of the of Kreisinger Development Laboratory Dedicated-— 26,191,467 Government receivable, ,..358,572 plan for dissolution of Commonwealth and the proposed reorgjmization of the Service Company in the annual report to stockholders, released on May 11. The first annual report of The Southern Co., presently a The ' Gross 13,163,965 United States 21,152,247 119,524 capital p. Justin promissory .___ "After 16,058,918 Cash 18,456,800 22,343, 952 Annual Report Reveals Present Status of Plan expenditures. authorization proceeds $ $ • 26,674,382. 17,194, 700 increase an sub¬ authorization instalment System, construction instalment Commercial Credit COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET ? 224,544,074 108,324,708 15,012,955 this corporation adjusted to show general business conditions ol territory served for the week ended May 5, 1949, amounted to 331,422.- form The Development Total 17,154 ,042 29,855, 811 Commonwealth received 3V4% of received Inc., INCOME from income science Net 121,791 209 3,545,848 of program $59,407,527 32,668,731 29,154,500 5,558,639 (net) per The stockholders. Consolidated Earnings—3 Months ended March 31, 1949— Earnings applicable to minority stockholders 1948 $54,746,451 62,798,351 241,861 359 3,651,130 Commonwealth & Southern Corp.—Weekly Output— 1949 stockholder Net earnings—after providing for minority interests——_ Earnings per share (978,112 shares net outstanding) 1949 « 1949—12 Mos.—1948 at ' Colgate-PalmoliverPeet Co.—Income Account— 3 Months Ended March 31— 6.4 7,437,825 — net 169,' —V. 1776. p. 5.0 ACCOUNT 5,904,800 income several of purchased will be sold in the market.—V. 169, 215,811,000 0.9 5,899,146 income Earns, in reserves purpose 228,240,000 INCOME utility plant— Consol. Gas in efforts solicit Engineering-Superheater, Total the right to stabilize the price of the stock facilitating the distribution and offering. The company state; that it will at no time acquire a net long position in shares so .acquired in excess of 10% of the stock offering. Shares lor 3,4 additional of Deductions 1949, used later finance to its Co. Vice-President director a "Net income the " , 215,586,000 210,176,000 211,155,000 7,923,014 Gross share. part, 217,433,000 217,253,000 com¬ estimated presently expenditures.- CONSOLIDATED the right to sub¬ stock ($8.50 par), to held, to an stockholders. its past % Inc. 6,354.900 Other Young, in charge of operations and a director since 1946, elected Vice-President of this corporation. been 1942 have shares June 3, 1949, for share for each nine sell 1948 — The ' Gas Columbia Gas-Co. Combusion and issue to common proceeds The stock common record of one of company's its of stock authorization the deprec.— taxes for operating New Vice-President— Co.—Rights, Etc.— frEC week week of 30,779,737 Net George S. LaGrange, 111.—V. 169, p. 1987. before or extent received shares 249.334 Holders scribe, the has company the totals output 66,547,430 ;___ income beven Cincinnati Gas & Electric associated corresponding to Columbia to use dealers $2,350,000 for used capital Fuel Columbia and receiving radio com¬ were Output— 1949—3 Mos.—1948 revenues 10 funds $11,700,000 being of debentures necessary stock common parent, be working United sell has locomotives was $613,700.—V. 224,660,000 of general are program "ell to 1950 Kentucky and to munications. motive division of General Motors Corp., 1946, the over kilowatthour — Amortiz. given interested persons until May 23 to request a the proposal of the company to sell 1,345,300 addi¬ would City, Kansas increase — Provision of each others. the approximately net group of security the new shares. shares issue its . only eight more, in addi¬ required to completely dieselize Blue at quarter of 1949 and 1949 taxes Fed. To Purchase Notes of Subsidiaries— 194.9 freight other amendment. will construction involve first $1,267,200; — cost shares for by up $&39 all and State, local & misc. Fed. SEC filed authorized be the for taxes Co.—Weekly the Period End. Mar. 31— «■ ' ' share one income stock. percentage comparisons with 1948: Maintenance was 13,452,874 date of with also efficiency of switching service all locomotives working principal taxes 1947, 16 and its stockholders. stock Company not by the Federal common .___ 23 has which rail¬ and Kans., have been equipped with transmitting The in statement offering to issue rate shares filed financing due will upon notes the tiic suburbEn service. To be to the the a for Central scheduled to begin in mid¬ Two such locomotives are year stock to Holding at additional is Boston SEC tional . on 1946 $1,036,767 $0.76 CONSOLIDATED year. First hearing announced. also this .. .. . for use 1947 $2,009,892 are 7 April £9,594 October, 1948, of 1,223,000 shares of $19,905,000 realized from the sale in March, and manage ;-The of which 34 are assigned streamlined passenger sec- horsepower Diesels road early on . . 1,500 new officials of the summer, were ten suburban road's tion of Louis. the shares new of which that to St. registration a common under with,-the scriptions ;, and filed authorization Subs.)—Earnings— $0.76 0.9% a Following and Operating Operation prospectus, holders the May 24 record on the securities and in City the company '-'The - November, Kansas £41,203 £33,815 for $2,013,481 Edison showed producing fields amount¬ on insur¬ notes $0.33 Ended— 30 - such switching and road switching assignments. inaugurated its fleet of "ROCKET FREIGHTS" weeks May £13,830 these 1948 $1,349,800; 7 ago. April —__ approximately $11,500,000 which it presently estimates will be required to complete the financing of the 1949 program and. to sell Island year four raise 1945, and completed dieselization of all main lines last February when this type of locomotive was assigned to the run between • 6 for debentures ^ The to Diesel locomotives. They will be taken to the road's main locomotive shops at Silvis, 111., for testing. .; ; • I \ These deliveries will bring the total number of Diesels operated over Rock a ■ Cr33,550 acquire 1053. p. $61,958,000. the Y. freight the 3% System, FREIGHT" service, this ten new 4,500 horsepower "ROCKET 41,749 18,118 1559. p. company, as were from the sale in connection Expands "Rocket Freight" Service— r to stock mon are temporary 16 Wall St., New York, N. to proceeds the of Definitive May stock realized -v Chicago Rock Island & Pacific RR.—Definitive Bonds Bankers Trust Co.; ' t£23,159 1,345,300-share shares held, plus subscription price '* now 3,845 Cr28,14i 169, Commission subscribe of ends at 1945.—V. a common respective requirements.—V. 169, outstanding ;,v y.y ; . shares in the Net of 22,697 May Week ——— application with $0.54 . 58,418 31,001 loan from company An 6,439,185 4,388,380 $0.08 number on after 1776. p. 1,398,779 698.459 65,910 47,312 7,719 proposing 2,892,209 5,254,373 share com. "Calculated « 3,992,934 : depos¬ $144,445,000 were $861,957 Commonwealth ended adjustment— According 508,892 753,467 taxes — per * - cttvl* its Electricity output of Commonwealth Edison Co. and companies, excluding sales to other electric utilities, for Columbia Gas System, Inc.—Registers With SEC— 1949—3 Mos—1948 ■ whereas with £310,618 exps., 1947, inc. railway taxes—_ oper. income ry. •: lines banks, corporations, who 169, 1949 provision for estimated tOn 2,636,878 shares of charges. 1945 1946 £425,405 Ltd. £37,996 $23,343,384 $71,105,040 $75,872,718 $20,988,103 revs.— and Canadian 1947 with investors share per $444,400; 1948, 169, p. 1988. 455,328 gen. temp, on The 1949—Month—1948- - "After barrels 302,758 ACCOUNT "Including intangible drilling expenditure ing to £89,803 in 1949, £54,514 in ' v • market paper other purposes.—V. profit April and Dec. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.—Earnings— Period End. Mar. 31— and 1949, £549,491 deprec;, etc Inventory depreciation and 31, 1948, plants and equipment. new and investment tEarnings 287,676 ^ : business, established Commercial Solvents Corp. (& "Net 89,530 Prov. for 1949, commercial open companies & etc. $15,732,563 reserves at March 31, 28, INCOME etc Profit "At had company Quarters End. Mar. 31— 902 production Co., $15,280,321 ——— amortization March the ' ... 1948 ' Total the the deductible. 168, 28, 1949. — field expenses 5,393,150 4,644,092 — 1949, of expense not are 9 banks aggregating $336,260,000, of which only of $191,815,000 -being available. Of the company's outstanding, as above, $130,101,000 were placed ance its ended :—_____ fees, "Drilling, 17,000 5,393,150 4,603,248 ', ' 287,676 —_ surplus weeks Directors' 202,200 201,200 550,000 • 2, temporary Anglo-Saxon Petroleum share)— a — four weeks ended Feb. Total income on !—... surplus Paid-in State and (est.) Capital Earned the four Admin, maturing Feb. 20, 1961 Series D-4% maturing Dec. 31, 1966__ Reserve appropriated for inventory price decline operating an NOTE—Provision for Federal 902,427 27,037 Series C—57c for in production for the five weeks 1949 amounted to 368,318 barrels, compared with 301,916 3 Mos. End. 24,852 680,436 maturing $50,000 semi-annually that announces COMPARATIVE ;—_ income on company ended May 2, barrels for the Debenture notes: Reserves increment.—V. ~ „ claims and expense— and State taxes Workmen's compensation 3Va% " interest Federal The 647,073 163,730 — $1,200,000 367,081 ____. May itory as preferred stock on On Colon Development Co.—Production— payable deductible 1946 $15,280,321 $15,732,563 — Accrued 1947 $698,361 surtax profit of Earnings LIABILITIES— Trade Is dends 1948 . Notes (2101) use, the balance short term notes 7,145,814 132,732 — Total CHRONICLE in 38,284 166,825 tProperty,: plants and equipment—7,162,815 Deferred charges 113,077 Patents, trade marks and goodwill 1 on FINANCIAL 5,886,894 advances and Prolit 1,541,881 5,665,596 - - & Quarter End. Mar. 31— $315,028 __ COMMERCIAL Climax Molybdenum Co.—Earnings— •. 31,'49 Dec. 31,'48 funds)— (net)— receivable Inventories Sundry SHEET Mar. deposits working obligations-.— Govt, Trade BALANCE ' (demand S. THE kwh. V. - for 169, p. amounted to 196,100,000 the corresponding week of 1988. % ' ^ kwh., last compared year, with 195,200,000 increase of 0.5%.-— an , ,, '- 4 Consolidated Retail Stores, Inc.—April Sales— Period End. Apr. 30— Sales —V. 1949-rMonth—1948 $3,357,169 169, p. 1560. 1949—4 Mos.—1048 $2,969,425 $11,087,356 $10,808v805 12 Mos. End. Mar. 31— $26,937,194 $28,641,099 $17,274,549 $12,185,231 6,184.645 5,972,623 5,227,488 5,764,936 Depreciation and deplet. Net income profit Com. taxes 7,731,194 .Carle 3,157,781 $4.29 3,158,601 $3.94 com. share per 3,157,431 $2.22 - • 1948 calendar In the in the General Mr. report, Indicated Conway that Other 1949 would net ft dollar present normal Milwaukee. level, policy," it Mr. will Until be these expenditures continue to necessary return to conservative a ' . 172,867 152,775 250. . , c# rf* r- . , $209,467 additions The structure, .Aeronautical which Corp., 5,326 V - 1 $51,624 $47,813 5,373 ■ the will first of quarter 1948 cancelled" dUe was Corp. Continental Can lines, bus routes which (1) for Continental Oil Co. t i Diana Stores ; ; . —'V. .169, Gross operating ' income..:.. ____r Net development costs 3,895,502 operating income Dividend Other __ ___% $14,604,635 and State income taxes— No. of Net Little, of Capital outstanding March 31 4,823,458 per $2.25 Net 10,975,872 ___: government securities, March 31— Operating data (in barrels of 42 gallons each )tCrude oil production (net) ••.Refinery Sales 39,653,176 of refined products "f the . 8,913,063 10,596,954 .____ 7,727,971 9,285,239 Number of wells drilled— 13 *t holes oil and operating charges and Included in for the three months produced of by 1948 totaled controlled 376. P. taxes the amounts collected operating income. iThe during the three months of accrued) oil gasoline excise gross (or crude 142 —' —— Slate in respect thereto amounts 1949 of such totaled $7,296,030. companies -y.119 included not are , ■ equity This ended kwh., Sales at in The class Cost of goods Net 5, Provision Net •• - the to of business Stock on on outstanding to the and number have not of shares been purchase offer dated Jan. 27, to make inadvisable further dealings the Securities such V. Committee stock on Stock List stock bf on which end of the fiscal At the an filing application this the . ' /c 102,573 in¬ y .... . with compares dividend of a 40 cents share per prof, ; ; and 15' to a disbursed was Dec. on . . 4,155,829 /■ ■ —; Proceeds Cutler-Hammer, Inc 1949 {Gross profit from oper. Selling & Shipping $2,356,521 $2,292,506 '••. 644,421 ; 196,753 248,821 24,669 2,135 taxes ized 21,889 74,567 000 Of 1948 435,000 69,076 ■ will profit for period $603,382 $671,770 com. per share $0.91 $1.02 659,998 Of $24,519 —V, in 168, p. shares of capital stock. $573,599 / 1225. p. 762,887 {Includes miscellaneous income 1949, $2,135 in 1948, $2,821 in 1947 and 2117. have of been the called sinking for fund, $17,926 in 1946. redemption $419,500 of June on first 1, next, mortgage S?nthJ l'wn9E7; par and interest- Payment sfriSf Phi? I P Trust Co" trustee, Broad Philadelphia, Pa.—V. w 169, p. Quar. End. Mar. 31— Profit after charges—" Prov. for Net No. income taxes. profit of common 4% will .sell for and - (& the the facilities The Co. being the 4,000 of being are which oi new p. contract it to Build the the Commission finance the and is will be the of corporation considered, Is ordered —V. 169, p. for Tennessee of as well as construction the to that Gas gas to 12 Subs.)—Earnings— the $1,145,197 $971,573 171,673 238,051 458 079 460,523 1947 1946 consolidated Provision $388,399 776,650 776,650 776,650 388,325 $0.36 $0.50 $0.88 Thayer for . part of debt sold be condition . ~ - ■- the be to $687,118 Depreciation at Co. (& allow. N. Y., in issued in the by TGT . and Net a 471,576 603,962 $32,657 $1,220,086 Balance contract, association with per Mr. Decca The with Decca and for 20 - York years.— *■ . bonds, 4,551 35,993 21,287 •$103,730 $68,650 $1,241,373 29,463 20,119 117,617 .•.',, . J i.__„33,400 'rU lest.) •$183,906 stock 32,999 52,138 60,056 foreign outstanding 244,190 •SSe^l , $629,950 244,190 244,190 Nil $2.53 " Nil * i 460,800 " reserves $200,623; and SHEET MARCH 31* 1949 deposit, $535,456; .trade, acounts re-l $125,763), $1,514,742; other accounts re¬ of on inventories advances other BALANCE hand on to at lower of average cost' or market, contractors, $325,425; prepaid insur¬ $137,473; miscellaneous investments, ac¬ logging expenses, payable to banks (current), $1,350,000; ac¬ payable—trade, $437,661; accounts payable—logging contractors, payrolls ahd payroll taxes. $393,514; accrued taxes, interest timber to' The purchase contracts, payable in installments (including $138,880 year), $389,013; other long-term contracts, $54,000;" pension tn-st premiums, $26,801; capital- stock outstanding(244,190-27/50 shares), $1,220,953; additional paid-in capital, $1,351,729; earned surplus, $5,404,710; total, $15,464,527.—V. 169, p. 1006. within one for F. A. R. Liquidating Corp.—To Vote to Dissolve The stockholders vision 1948 the . & Radio company. of —; . this Corp., on corporation, formerly Farnsworth Tele¬ May 25 will vote on a proposal to dissolve See also Farnsworth in V. 169, p. 1990. - $23,845,542 $18,577,520 5,809,540 ; » 3,876,759 5,640,005 depletion—: i prior pref. stk. applic. to 6% preferred share of 6% preferred-.— New York exp. order., 5,291,027 1,842,975 1,853,674 Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp.—Meeting Adjourned L. $10,553,022 $7,556,060 B. 1,108,727 1,108,729 . $9,444,295 $25.24 $17.23; Bankers Trust Co., New York, N. V., has been appointed New paying agent for $12,000,000 first mortgage and collateral trust 334# series due 1974.—V. 169, p.* 1450. of course its obligations on regular May 11, said: business principally for in $6,447,331 Paying Agent— Richardson, President, the important1 that Guy Lombardo, with his. ' 4.909,783 538,375 '••■' (after reserves ; taxes— income announced 1947 $6,668,250 and other expenses, $183,890; Federal, State and foreign taxes on, income, $613,027; notes payable to Prudential Insurance - Co.—term loan, payable in installments beginning March 1, 1950, $3,500,000; due Associates—Earnings— Dividend requirements on 4## 1948 LIABILITIES—NQtes "In $511,050 .' ' 3,986,959 share ASSETS—Cash counts - 1949 - . $33,226; remains bidding. - and advances, $131,250; timberlands (after depletion), $2,610,611; property, plant and equipment (after reserves for depreciation of; $1,823,425), $4,508,706; patents and licenses (after amortization), $81,-* 947; other deferred charges, $148,001; total, $15,464,527. December, present issued currency ; . $4,623,578 •_:.___ and CONSOLIDATED ap¬ of and States , its defense program. Obviously, it ernment or the stockholders or the this the cbrporation has United is not in the employees for management to be "In order annoyance to tion oh the we assumed Government interest of the gov-; the attention of the indefinitely to the solicitation of proxies.^ the. stockholders of any further unnecessary growing out of repeated adjournments of the annual meet-r i'ng, and in order proxies, diverted relieve States to business enable the of company the management to instead of asked Sherman M. Fairchild—before concentrate on • • with current 3,223,517 — • and United plan Ven¬ meeting $3,586,811 ______ state common •Deficit. of 1949 and ________ income per of Subs.)—Earnings— - Federal, profit one counts Esti¬ part are competitive TGT Interest and debt discount— Earned 9, wau! °ne 0f the first artlsts t0 slsn will mean of and President about $40,000 at com¬ manu¬ 1989. > considered treasury.—V. 168, p. 2323. expense on the p. •$108,282 income ol of 169, the company leave balancing out Altogether,' $189,000 the Products $5,270,293; * ' project securities on income___. income outstand¬ development, '* Lindsley, liabilities current put into for ance behalf on for • 5,400,000." ceivable, • $1.60 May Total ceivable Transmission installation TGT by Months Ended— Total 1948 $626,450 Nil stock director of Eureka, told stockholders at their a Miscellaneous deductions '■*. East Tennessee vicinity of Buffalo, any should imposed this 1224. $1.11 : - pump.—V. being income Net sold used leak-proof a effect of the plan will and be Interest 1560. ig49 1778. V Pipeline approximately $14,000,000. In authorizing undertaking Commission also 387,341 ' v •423,673 - common • net !' the Tennessee system yet. of Corp.—Plans Reorganizatoin— tentatively 9. Shrs. for approximately loop lines along its existing system between central TGT as .•••;- • share. per offered distribution Ltd., and Other pro¬ project of < . 1946 . — proceeds and taxes '-'-.r y'y" '• required quantity authorized • . • ($10) chares Eureka Prov. involving a proposed increase of the company's total capacity to 1,000,000,000 cubic feet a day. Part of the project authorized in December, 1948, and another part, involving an ex¬ ' lby, Co.—To Oak Ridge plant. construction by TGT include northern . Emlenton, Pa. —Stock Offered F. H. on May 2 offered 10 shares of common Operating profit system income $451,771 «Vice-President, on Lombardo ^aP,P' signed a new Decca had V. 'y'tVvt facilities larger Lombardo Signs Contract— his Gas Gas- Co. deliver authorized and unauthorized $280,098 shares— Earned per share :y and treasury 1881. : Eastern Gas & Fuel Decca Records, Inc. company's p. additional horsepower at compressor stations. tension will be made and Walnut • Streets, 169, Natural Natural . 1947 • 633,862 Vv; $1.73 $1.99 , Selling, admin, and engineering Sold of resell of $0.2g . % 3 Months Ended March 31— given the were proximately 4,200 $0,17 was There 30 mated cost $112,703 $0.87 . DeBardeleben Coal Corp.—Partial Redemptionaccount March - 155 miles of 30-inch 9,567 $0.27 Corp., Evans pipeline facilities for the purpose of supplying 60,000,-' natural gas per day to the atomic energy plant at Tenn. Under the proposed arrangement, Tennessee Gas Facilities 48,000 136,000 $225,995 1948 has 354,436 shares company Gross sales, less returns Cost of products sold Co., West Point, Va.—Stock - 465,000 taxes \ > ■ - $361,995 ' share Reorganization is $236,038 14,223 new feet Ridge, which 9,87i • , $25,300,000 $30,500,000 $26,500,000 $23,200,000 6,528,185 6,155,253 4,375,700 1,187^34 j— 169, facture 1948 $353,585 24,835 — to; reimburse • Transmission 117,904 352,000 . 120,000 • charges com. the assets • solely on the basis of strong representations made by the Energy Commission, the Federal Power Commission has author-t Louisiana Net Used Tennessee cubic - ■ - $336,979 — 1949 • 1- after the pany, The > expansion.—V. East Tennessee Oak un¬ taxes..' Estimated Wisconsin in¬ bo for Co. to build 9,396 65,879 •. ^ , at —— Crawford May Acting Atomic 227,989 & amort. income fEarns; Electric Facilities— '557,376 240,825 ..; ^ share. orders Emlen t; . $1,029,443 688,129 280,666 (net) security and employment taxes come " 223,031 Social Federal 1946 347,429 exps. expenses Prov. for depr. 1947 784,907 admin, Interest paid 1948 $2 ,418,419 expenses General East - . $216,979 common The Earnings -Earnings— 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— will funds 352,124 5,458 • Co.—Earnings— per would Corp.—Earnings— March 31— ' .-I H ' • " sales vide 3,666,843 331,521 (ncti 1_^_ stock at par last 15, Philadelphia and Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc., Lynchburg, Va. * t $4,018,967 - taxes Earns, tures, holders of reCord' July' 1. per share previously paid each quarter. cents 25 Larger Common Dividend taken up by Woodcock McLear & Co., also Mar. 27,'48 $4,487,350 expenses / > Mar. 26,'49 , 31 sales year, right to subscribe for 13,125 shares of common stock (par $10) at $15 per share, in ratio of one-for-eight. Rights expired May 3 and stockholdersv subscribed for about 70% of the issue. The unsubscribed shares were strike See ; sold and expenses of Net again directors declared stock, payable July common East Coast with to Exchange. ' * . 1333. p. Net said that have —The stockholders of record remain subsidiaries of input : • per Elliott On Dec. 31, 1948, unpaid Net profit after taxes— —V. 169, p. 1332. • company pursuant become so reduced as the System kwh.; an increase of corresponding week of last year. earnings March . Dumont Electric the authorized also Exchange Commission listing and registration 169, p. 1989. by 3949, has therein. has and from such purchased its The of hold receivable totaled $15,237,771, loans "A" List, the for to 81,905,000 the over for Federal income Earnings V. 169, 1§48 made 1949 . Three Months Ended common stock, $1 par value, was suspended from Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange at the close May 14, 1949, because, in the opinion of the Committee acting company Corp.—Weekly Input— 1949, earnings shares-of Net City the : Jersey City. | ing.—V. the annual report said. in the on Jersey ..»» State','of, ' Place, Exchange enables Jersey - dealings of 1 a 14-page illustrated booklet commemorating 169, p. 1989. May 1989. 4 non-recurring nature '":•••'■•;•, addition, Mos.—1948V" the in company No. action amounted (Iqss returns) I •Loss. balances loan 3, ^ Agent, Etc.— this of Bank This 23.1%, or Other income and '■'$464,372 ,• 2Va % stock dividend year.—V. 169, p. 1881. *■ '.-.v. 169 Cooper Distributing Co.—"A" Stock Suspended From Dealings— ; *. • " -■ National respect. has issued week p. Backlog $617,654 a ended March 31, year President, Greene, May the In and not ^consolidated.—V. office of, stockholders Quar. End. Mar. 31— 1949 1 , Dow Chemical Co.—Declares On 1943—4 • .• ' $6,116,807 $24,721,864 $23,154,130 .; ' ' Earnings from operation—.: paid $7,555,926 {Includes not are taxes in , . -1946 since the early part of March, shown increases and that the management felt justified in anticipating that operations for the en7 suing year will compare favorably with the year just ended.—V. 168, p. 2322. /./•' •■;' j, on Total , year..' "■ Arthur outstanding 32 '■Federal and First this corporation 169, aggregate amount of $26,143,410, or an average an history of the company. . 74 Dry . the highest the un¬ paid balances of such loans amounted to $15,018,544, an increase of $1,992,776, or 15# over the tctal of $13,025,768 at the beginning of i* " 10,013,883 the in loans for balances of installment 28,665,121 \ 9,323,927 runs 1 , V of $254 for each loan, 9,356,346 expenditures ^ (& Subs.)—Earnings- deducting extraordinary expenses of company in the $0.04 Elgin National Watch Co.—Earnings— $1,219,133 profit, after provision for income taxes—- The 713,457 • division, for the previous year. $0.75 and —V. ' $2.92 $1.00 . the this 15,403,000 y 1947 ' 1948 $1,474,535 Fiscal Years Ended March 31— . 4,747,155 L_, share_______________„__. share per paid of > of Domestic Credit Corp. $10,834,635 $13,849,543 shares ' 1949 $1,760,683 chgs. all news stallment earnings Dividends 5,200,000 — *" corporation T. struction $19,049,543 3,770,000 _____ Fed. Income Cash after •Before Total Prov, for est. Net def 8,424 $2.01 ; established Electric Power & Light announces the election to its board of directors of Philadelphia, Regional Vice-President of the con¬ and Robert F. Marshall, Business Manager "Architectural Record." The J. 110,083 * 66,842 891,821 $3.08 $9,527,198 Anniversary.—V. 3,602,529 106,268 _______ (net) The J., in 50th For - (F. W.) Dodge Corp., N. Y.—Elects Two Directors— v; * $14,431,525 $18,947,884 income income its $1,212,845 per com. share.. r.' $6,£8 $5.07 ' $3.81 • $3.79 •After all charges and taxes, Including Federal taxes. ' tOn 202,666 common shares.—V. 169, p.; 601. $80,162,197 $79,044,707 i ' .,891,821 , $31,526 Inc.—April Sales Lower— registered meetings ' 1948 $1,793,095 1949—Month—1948 : recently was The company of the and motor •{Earns. NCost, 'taxes, operating and leases and retirem'ts 58,260,796 53,619,049 administrative exps. 3,584,294 2,875,245 Deplet., deprec., surrend'd Intangible End. Mar. 31— inc. •Net ' The Bank was op Feb. 15. 1949 appointed co-transfer agent for the ' preferred stock and the common stock. : Vc v ;, ■. (& Subs.)—Earnings— •: " 1946 $2,746,862 3 Months Ended— Dixie Cup Co. • • 1949 :•; . N. company , 1949—Month—1948 >; 1949—9 Mos.~-19481 $1,573,607 $1,200,408 $13,644,042 $11,593,631 1560. ..'>>•/ p. 1947 the Denver 7. . prin6ipal City, Corp.—April Sales Increased 31.1%— Period End. Apr. 30— Sales 12 Mes. (& Subs.)—Earnings- Subs.)—Earnings— 1948 1666. p. Jersey* future the retirement oL the than Dec. 31, 1952.— and 168, p. 2682. * just started construction of a new plant in West Mifflin Boro, Pittsburgh.—V. 169, Quarter Ended March 31— taxes- — -— The retirement to be replaced by trollev coach lines 31, 1951, pursuant to Ordinance 96 of signed June 22; 1948, and (2) related equipment not later house power has Co., taxes_^_ Income 169, New Net income for the first are by Dec. Council, •City 1449. p. •' to in addition to the depreciation, is to provide This deduction made. be rail working r $291,811 $116,908 . provision for Federal and State income tkxes required. income tax returns, *it is contemplated that "an obsoles¬ no 1949 used 211,000 92,500" • ■ $42,435 . deduction, not yet computed and cence •'"/' • • , Wig.ton-Abbott for (& profit Sales 13,825 —V. the SEC Under¬ be $30,978,096 $30,488,809 $23,711,500 $13,797,369 4,674,545 4,676,436 2,939,454/ Not , 1,964,521 1,929,574 1,146,359) ' Stated , Period End. Apr. 30— $516,637 6,027 on ' Spring of 1948. '• $215,435 4,824 — for the Proceeds will for additional :•• Edison Bros. Stores, * 1- Therefore, -In was formerly No. 2 Plant of the Wright purchased by the Continental Can Co. in the was 1969. —$2,710,024 Shares outstanding—1,709.942 Earns, per com. share— $1.51 —V. 168, p. 2547. $511,311 \ 5,968 to CD €0 ^ * To Build New Plant— The for Net 104,558 116,907 146,688 $51,374 debt—— income V. and extensive structural alterations to this company's .plant in Paterson, N. J. have been completed by Wigton-Abbott Corp., engineers and contractors of Plainfield, N, J», it was announced on May 10. V. ' • : bef." inc. quarter of 1949 is before any provision for obso'escence for 1949 to be determined later and which will, probably annul income now shown. ' • - . 179,839 December, 1948, adjustments for depreciation. dividend Conway concluded. due May 1, Electric Boat Co.—Co-Transfer more a 183,987 income Net required to keep the company competitive and efficient in our growing Mr. Conway said. "The major part of such expenditures in the current year will be for equipping new metal container plants at faterson, N. J. and those now in process of construction at Pitts¬ and 953,533 $46,800 Net business," burgh incolrie with mortgage bonds, 1949 sales $1,742,271 1,233,138 1948 1949 Income indicated that capital expenditures in be on about the same level as last year when $14,355,000 was spent for the purpose. high costs we are limiting these expenditures to those of $1,739,353 1,382,452 225,875 and State taxes Fed, Improve¬ and $1,765,693 1,479,441 income—— funded notification _• Prov. 1947 $1,909,465 — income——— on With SEC— of Corp., Omaha, Neb. debt retirement and acquisitions, Prof. 1946 taxes.——— "Total probably amount "With expansion for plant letter a Eaton Manufacturing Co. (EDTi, Earnings— Corp. (& Subs.)- -j Int. Wachob-Bender capital. ' respectively. program for 1 first quarter of 1949 were off about 4% from those of quarter of 1948, the figures being $61,226,298 and $63,812,368 Referring to the company's ment of facilities, Mr. Conway revenue Net oper. the first writer, first 4'/o of Quar. End. Mar. 31— Qtr. Ended Mar. 31— Operating *, on 1, May 3 filed on $60,000,000 ' Operating expenses Depreciation —1 1949. year. commenting sales 31, of April 1989. P- Denver Tramway This compared with a net amount of $13,542,385 after preferred dividends, applicable to 3,157,781 com¬ mon shares outstanding March 31, 1948. Share earnings of $3.94 currently reported compare with $4.51 per share reported in the annual report for the calendar ytar 1948. Net sales for the 12 months, according to the current report, amounted to $317,135,874 against $284,735,785 reported for the corre¬ sponding 12 months ended March 31, 1948 and $319,721,944 for the March issue New York, on or before noon Cedar Street, 140 169, company for Net Conway, Chairman of the board, on April 26 further re¬ ported that after deducting preferred dividends of $562,500 for the 1949 period, $12,458,855 was applicable to 3,158,601 common shares on 2008. May 25.—V. C. outstanding Room at Monday, May 16, 1949 Eastern Nebraska Telephone Co.—Files The 1 for the purchase of the entire certificates,. series I, to be dated trust • for , 1949, to mature in 15 consecutive equal annual instalments of $210,000, on April 1, 1950 and ending on April 1, 1964. Bids must be received at the office of J. G. Enderlin, Treasurer, $3,983,661 2,859,461 $1.20 $7,557,977 $13,021,355 $14,104,885 __ shares outstanding Earnings Bids — • commencing 2,436,634 4,489,084 8,563,591 equipment $3,150,000 RR. - bids requests Company i 1946 1947 1948 Western & Equipment Issue— V subsidiaries) 1949 Operating profit Federal owned wholly (Incl. CHRONICLE FINANCIAL & Lackawanna Delaware Continental Can Co., Inc.—Earnings— , COMMERCIAL THE (2102) 10 its atten-' the solicitation of' fhis adjourned meet- ;Volume 169 ing THE ' COMMERCIAL Number 4803 hekl-^how much time he wanted the stockholders whatever he wishes to present to them for affirmative action. *, Mr. Fairchild stated that he needed eight weeks; Accordingly, the .management has agreed to adjourn the meeting until July 6, 1949, with a specific agreement in writing lrom Mr, Fail-child that he- will make no effort to block a quorum at the adjourned meeting on July 6 and that his stock and any stock ..which he may then be authorized to vote will be represented at that meeting."—V. 169, p. 1881. was to present to M ■ , The ; Period-- SEC has that announced hearings ./ The initial claims of asserted period to claims no and; in Net would in by to assets. asserting that of Certain estoppel, judicata res stockholders Federal of and Federal's, common stockholders against such claims.—V. 1G8, p. 846. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. Subs.)—April (& , 19.74%— "Net value.- The dlate 169, p. —— Quarter End. Mar. 31—r profit r)///' Net gen; — — and have 1949 7 1948 , . *//■/' /"* y Net the 167, 2542. p. ~ __i • *. oh hand / :• > 1947 '* - 480,474 $2,790,842 59,918 with ■ . > and ; 1949—4 Wks.-^-1948 year agp.- 101.578 Federal $1,906,106 $2,850,760 $2,446,941 195,420 197,216 203,879 Sales (net) _ *$2,650,820 419,415 $1,270,845 $1,732,799 $2,668,298 *$2,231,405 485,000 660,000 1.040.000 $785,845 $1,072,799 $1,628,298 *$2,231,406' shares- 1,917,646 1,898,614 1,898,614 671,856 share. $0.31 $0.46 • fornia Net ■ taxes Earned per com. "Loss.—V. V ; common 169, Operating income. Miscellaneous 1946 1947 -. .. *V'. Total ■i income Interest / "-/. Prov. $1,457,577 1,782,100 258,791 103,852 283,193 $649,581 19,462 - ••s, Costs, Income » ' ■ . $653,179 23,983 inc. Fed. for 34,526 ..,r/* 6,213 21,884 59,385 107,577 63,000 tax. 567,000 conting.„ for 100,000 652,000 Dr$422,161 6,812" ; v . 30,131 : sales __— . 48,561,675 170,000 taxes Net e interest in 21,500,000' of this '/ General Electric Co. eold v said.—V. dends received pany's are 169, 1779. p. * 1940 ' : - V. 4 * Ginsberg, v Period End. Apr. : 1947 —V. for Fed. $5,286,933 $5,967,855 $4,899,782 4,173,774 3,909,015 $1,113,159 $990,767 154,912 150.994 129,862 —V. inc. $1,305,379 $1,243,022 $1,128,360 282,473 254,389 240,908 391.000 404.000 393,000 349,000 taxes $618,906 $595,633 charges $1.01 $0.97 $0.92 $7,007,09" $21,251,822 $20,698,970 $8,676,110 - ICC & May .11 Ohio' "Based Chicago RR. G. M. City & the into absorption of the 1948 1947 1946 $4,001,500 $2,852,400 $2,773,700 814,900 *$1.13 $0.81 all The Public electric to of this / upon.—V. 169, p. Gulf system. of Dividend ) On May to 6, holders Jan. 2 of and quarters directors record April June this 1, payment of a General Time > 12 Weeks Ended— week the ' . * 20. year, a , > *) > ended May Other -_—_i— A in $3 of per each the of 168, p. share payable distribution similar while $2.25 was made.—V. ' , income— (net) — net - : was four July made on on Consolidated T Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. "Includes 5.980.0S5 $1,293,652 55,862 net income— common shares-. $1,349,514 $868,422 364.853 1 1561. / 548,435 369,762 /,; earnings — :■ to direct assume /. $801,079 333,243 $2.26 $1.38 1949 1948 1947 $329,375 $836,065 *$269,002 785,000 785,000 785,000 1946 "Earns, per $0.79 $0.28 $0.93 Nil share com. "After preferred dividend requirements. tAfter depreciation, bad debts, inventory shrinkage, Federal taxes and charges applicable to minority interest. *Net loss.—V. 168, p. 2119. v Houston Oil Co. of Texas—Earnings— Period End. Mar. 31— and gen. /including Pipeline Co. Earnings) 1949—3 Mos.—1948 earns/from oper. Oper. Income $4,926,612 1 1949—12 Mos.—1S48 $4,897,175 $18,374,223 $14,987,623 exps., taxes from 2,049,631 — - $2,876,981 oper.j income Total : 2,028,509 8,070,361 6,782,062 $2,868,666 $10,303,862 $8,205,560 89,891 68,007 441,966 506,836 $2,966,872 $2,936,673 $10,745,828 $8,712,396 64,837 67,687 267,900 270,900 3,710 971 498,814 376,010 - income _______ bonds, notes, etc. on Amcrt. debt of . retired and aband. Federal inc. ■ discount and expense Deprec. and depletion. 6,623 3,884 428,799 1,776,736 1,642,503 218,762 1,223,984 691,523 (est.) 501,090 524,850 1,551,240 1,245,550 profit i Common shares outstdg. $1,522,411 $1,695,603 $5,919,345 $4,858,186 1,100,000 1,098,618 1,100,000 1,098,613 $1.38 $1.54 $5.38 $4.42 taxes Net Earnings per —V. p. • 169, share 1114. Hudson Bay Mining & / Other 19,676,000 $3.39 $2.17 $2.37 *- of 9,076,202 after Federal tax, of Texas //•• // ' Gulf '/'. . Sulphur ' V, March Earnings per 453,294 exp. ) I $790,921 ■» •' • 1949, 463,794 tons of ore were milled from compared with 465,482 tons In the first quarter and 450,235 tons in the three months ended 168, p. 2119. c ; 82, 693,269 $1,381,970 061,969 1,196,222 $631,300 446,209 228,174 189.976 $344,712 $403,126 $73,416 1.612 12,320 Gross $121,468 130,366 131,614 390,882 394,589 86,871 90,642 260,612 271,925 $134,587 income "Inqoipe on —_ charges adjust, inc. bonds 'Deficit. 18,191 $346,324 $415,446 $14,963 179,000 137,000 168,000 —/ $273,428 $209,324 $247,446 $2,296,185 2,057,329 $2,425,563 2,129,878 $238,856 $295,685 $100,787 $384,936 $342,298 27,702 28,530 $266,558 $324,215 , com. share $0.62 $0.45 $0.55 Nil on adjustment bonds.—V. 169, p. 1779. $8,963 and Fed. — 168, Idaho Power Co.—Common Stock Sold— Blyth Co., Inc., and Lazard Freres & Co. announce that sub¬ books have been closed and underwriting agreements termi¬ the offering of 200,000 shares of common stock. See details & scription •: 6.000 p. 2542. nated on 169, V. p. 1884. Illinois Bell Telephone Period End. Mar. 31— Uncollectible " 1949 1948 1947 $109,886 per A. 9,352 $82,651 income- $112,116 9,234 income $833,951 721,835 "$3,228 Di 800 shares $237,207 $299,000 outstanding 133,879 115,121 69,873 share $0.82 $2.06 $4.28 common charges, Brccht, were 1949—3 Mos—1948 $796,748 723,332 operating revenue and taxes— exps. $186,748 $452,428 earnings After 1948—Month—1948 Period-End. Mar. 31—Gross Oper. * . Earnings— 1946 • $453,228 - _ Common 1943 $0.71 of ./ /. ' Hajoca Corp.—Earnings— •W. 1946 $1,961,710 $1.02 operating costs, including administration, depre¬ $On 2,757,973 shares. Operating revenues "Net 1947 $2,800,743 $1.29 Hudson & Manhattan RR.—March Operating Slated quarter 1947.—V. 31, * Co. 1947 Not / first Nonoperating 1948 $906,522 the In Slated* , taxes income 1948 $3,552,241 $1.50 the company's property of the -previous year, shares 50,000 income for state 'Net Smelting Co., Ltd.—Earnings—• 1949 $4,135,285 share "After deducting all 1947 38,517,000 11,^,45,250 $408,660 333,243 $1.44 has been appointed trustee 785,000 shares outstanding SPer 1948 11,345,250 s 1949 /:.—- adrp, income Earnings 366,378 1949. $724,564 profit Com. "Exclusive of interest Gross • $573,027 $2.24. 22, lloudaille-Hershey Corp.' (& Subs.)—Earnings— Quarters End. Mar. 31— , Dr35,094 $937,880 388,490 $1.66 sold The Colonial Trust Co., New York, N. Y., of an issue, of $265,500 income bonds. Prop. $903,516 Dr205 income— 61,510 shares $910,234 *450,000 by public offering on March deducting preferred dividends.—V. 169, p. 1667. in 7,011,102 $785,387 Hotel Wayne, Inc., N. Y. City—Trustee Appointed— ; Int. income $6,883,581 Apr. 3,'49 Mar. 28,'4ft profit after charges and Federal inc. taxes Common shares outstanding at end of period— tEarnings per common share taxes share sales——w_{ Gross 1902. $8,304,754 (& Subs.)—Earnings— Quarters Ended— mortgage ■■/ non-recurring capital gain, Profit before inc. taxes $938,085 -— Earned per share -V. 169, p. 1948 $18,657,633 $18,451,083 ciation and depletion and estimated income taxes. Not Cpst of ■ of Roebuck & 1949 • Net preceding- 6,434,072 — a Sales 1 Mar. 26, '49 Mar. 20, '48 Mar. 22, '47 Prov. for Fed. & Canadian inc. taxes Number ''•./••' *, Hamilton Watch Co.—Earnings- -3 stocks, common Quarters Ended Mar. 31— Consolidated Leonard succeed to the Sears, —— *26,973,000 Income Quarter End. Mar. 3l— Account $7,372,157 income President 169, p. 803. Int. -NOTE—In both periods the chaiges made against income for deple¬ tion, depreciation, and amortization were based on the original cost of plant facilities in use.—V. 169, p. 1452. 6, or . dividend preferred -1 operating first 1949 outstanding . •Loss.—V. Net elected $35,473,000 $50,317,000 $25,076,000 "/■/.. ./•-•• Sell;,, adv. -& the Operating costs & expenses . com-. Orleans, La.—V. 166, p. 2210. 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— Stock. Corp.—Earnings— ' sales been forpierly General Manager of was New —V. 1991. of Corp.—Weekly Output— declared on per Prov. Net T.v Ma., and Kansas City. the ICC, calls for Gulf $1,965,000 from the sale Arrearages— the accumulations of 1451. kwh., a decrease of 2,121,511 kwh., week of last year.—V. 169, p, 1990. . account p. Steel Casting Carp.—Declares $3 on General St. (& Subs.)—Earnings— Fed. after shares "Does, not-include $0.32 ■ for profit Comm&n 319,500 $0.41 period.—V. 169, corporation 110,330,794 1.9//, from the corresponding * City, already owns all outstanding capital stock of the and has long operated its properties under a The Kansas City company's trackage runs about> lease. Earnings 409.900 • shares outstanding. Utilities output amounted Kansas O. (approximate) , /■ '■ share compared with $500,000 for the 1948 / General the company Gulf Oil Corp. NOTE—Costs and expenses increased in the 1949 period to $3,068,100 from $2,682,200 in 1948 and Federal income taxes totaled $702,000 1949 has "Estimated net earnings Net 1949 taxes 1,016,705 on in Sales Other RIt.—Merger Authorized— authorized Profit before Fed. inc. taxes (approx.) 1,143,900 after com. 1949—3 Mcs.—1948 rights over the Kansas City line in order to reduce the running time Burlington's trains between Kansas City and St. Louis. This request: for delay was denied. The Burlington's application remains to be $0.83 $4,912,600 _ and per the with (The) Hecht Co.—Quarterly Sales 1.1% Higher— Gross $538,451 share — profit * together of General Portland Cement Co.—Earnings— Earn, mentioned 1949—4 Mos.—1948 - for Quar. End. Mar. 31— Net Meltzer (Including Houston Quarter Ended March 31— sales //'"■• '"/ /'• 4Vz% bonds / * i Some of the Kansas City company's bondholders had asked the ICC to delay action on.the proposed absorption until the Commission has! acted on a pending application of the C. B. & Q. to acquire trackage, 168, p. 2430. Net M. Quarters Ended April 30— $5,991,625 $24,988,253 $20,493,149 . 137,593.. $639,431 com. per investments who has resigned as President and General Manager afte* with the company. This change becomes effective June 4. . The plan, approved by obligation of $2,083,800 of outstanding of the Kansas City company. /'< profit Earns, the on 1561. p. miles between Mexico, 1.56 acted Net 30, as a +Net .1949—4 Mos.—1948 3 1949—Month—1948 - 109, perpetual 4,813,470 retirements Prov. 30— Gulf Mobile & 1943 $1,154,385 — . prov. ;"/,//:/■, . . 1949—Month—1948 • Sales The 320,847 & adjusted to special contracts.* (H. L.) Green Co., Inc.—April Sales Up 23.8%— Kansas 4,717,779 profit Amortiz. and Stores, Inc.—April Sales Up 41.5%, 169,, p. '1883. The $1,351,278 '' t that June 803. store v ♦ - Total fact ended year with respect to a ruling oJ concerning title to the Cali¬ the ruling might affect the the net income derived from other properties which" operated under a permit from the State of California.— 169, p. 24 years ! ' - ...... $1,196,366 * expenses.- Profit from operations (net) Nil decline later •";"// ,,/'/vY '• ...v. $8,470,246 —V. Inc.—Earnings— 1948 * $5,914,145 revenues.. income price is Quarter End. Mar. 31-- Miscell. 382,488 $1.04 1949—Month—1948 /; Sales Louis Operating Operating States share of being molded General Outdoor Advertising Co,, - 1561. Period End. Apr. 30— $0.88 discontinuing production of cold molded plas¬ tics in order to give more emphasis to the growth of the company's thermosetting and thermoplastic molded and laminated lines, the an¬ nouncement 163,.p, Grayson-Robinson 25,389,149 $0.93 plastics business to the' Garfield Manufacturing Co. of Garfield, N. J., was announced by the G-E Chemical Department-on May 7 as a final phase in the closing of the department's Meriden, Conn., plastics plant. The transaction includes inventories, formulations, engineering specifications and some ./ equipment from Meriden. company's 382,488 ( . inventory —— $20,484,874 $16,960,892 $62,228,606 $60,685,041 —V. Sells Cold Molded Plastics Business— sale the of situation *$459,103 Grant Co.—April Sales 20.7% Higher— Sales ' 89,254 shares issued 28,845,927 on (W. T.) Period End. Apr. 30— ! /The and for the company the United the " net —1__26,702,978' ___ share per the of made Court of may be covered by this ruling. The position result of this ruling, has not yet been clarified.'! a possible overstatement of income fop nine months' period ended March 31, 1948, a reserve of $769,323 ha» been provided out of income, which amount is equivalent to the divi¬ , 46,978,403 ————— income Earnings possible /v.;.vv f-V. 169, p. 1452. 23,500.000 income nonconsolidated / 382,488 $2.12 $2.15 for $398,295. contingencies. iAs reported a year ago and $10,167,786 to include raw materials purchased on 50,202.978 on and income $812,097 .■ 725,580 (net) Income Minority $12.00 expenses* properties which __— other ./ Federal report of was $2,939,272 etc. companies, ? 328,488 " "Deficit./tAppropriation 46,252,823 1,641,303 — revenue outstdg— share____ Earnings'per 363,053,853 319,705,167 ,— shares > $ 411,615,528 365,957,990 _ and other sundry Com. 1948 "" * ' Total $12.74 administrative and —— . profit —_—/ " $821,018 Net '1949 '-■■■' and other charges—. from Interest, divs., "* ■ -■/ billed—— expenses, $12.10 selling Dr$428,374 3,597 - $1,608,20G $1,573,386 — charges.—t— tResorve '-■./ Subs.)—Earnings— //■',.'//'••'- //- ■ sales 769,323 $3,118,468 / 6,026,802 • $1,586,738 33347 charges Special Nil $0.74 . 3 Months Ended March 31— Net annual Maurice 5,935,175 5,821,240 $1,539,539 — .income : 1667. p. General Electric Co. X& • operating, taxes, tidelands tAfter »./ ' $3,080,503 11/•/.:; ./••'i- .- • income No. of from Consequently, in order to avoid * * * 9,823,199 313,643 arising company due to its ownership of 28>/a% in Long Beach Oil Development Co and 34in Southwest Exploration Co., both of which companie-j * > the mention Supreme Co. 1948 $11,676,381* *$7,691,171 —r of sales, sell.; gen.1 admin.,; expenses.— Depreciation —'/.i— 14,753 $1,710,686 38,452 / ' 1949 Cost $2,653,545 $1,232,393 income Mr.'Meltzer 31—/, $2,939,272 ' 1949—9 Wks.—1948 /' Granite City, Steel Co.—Earnings— i 793,903 $3,887,791 - $8,113,532 $21,663,921 $18,041,493 .-■>/,/. / /. ' ■ 1*779.' p. 434,266 $2,145,363 Hearn Department Stores, Inc.—New President— Sales/!—$9,7-85,291 169, 366,176 $3,159,019 decision. of such • 26, 1949, totaled $8,986,520, a the previous year's total of. on hand of $3,543,526 against a . 728,772 operate 5Q0.555 pn •'/// respectively*., 1947 $3,080,503 income—-: 1947, $3.05 under $5,504,823, 1948 . 341,559 —— "Including- crude oil, the ago $14,997,563 rapid 0^8,746,571 $30,306,842 $12,245,090 34,150,029. 26,284,593 9,017,873 1,174,480 497,054 647,58.1 Net income per capital share—— $2,548,519 52,915 $1,500,000 Period End. Apr. 30— *$2,068,045 423,524 a Net . Current Sales Rose 20.6%— 1943 v $3,214,366 485,602 than more 1948, in came 700. p. ' and U. S. Government, securities amounting to $1,000,000 as compared " with $500,000. Current assets at the close of; the year totaled $14,386,591 and current liabilities $4,952,897, com¬ 22,113 ■ Feb, year $2.39 $1,853,190 (net)— income at $3,008,127 of "Tidelands" . Feb. 28, '48 tBased whieh quita during of $3,080,503 income—— tProv. for conting. any $3.55 - prices 169, 1949 .. r Net • imme-; - . of Dividends received *$116,069,097 $99,818,829 " 1,777,972 1,528.049 ■ . was place California—Earnings— Net/incomc-H—— tin 'share period took interests for Feb. 26, '49 The Cpmpahy reported cash 229,276 profit—— *' ";'/. ./"V . facilitate decrease $1,461,670 income Federal available off the which corresponding period seope.—V. Intangible devel. costs, etc.— Depreciation and depletion working capital, settle, linancing of investments in situations.—V. after per issuing best for 11 - augment $10,562,700. 77,994 depreciation— •, / to shares of the to in operating income fCosts, oper. and gen. exps . plans is Co.—Earnings, Etc.— NOTE—Inventories 1948 —V. income income additional time and special it leveling severe were the Gross y •• present no believe 193,719 - $2,338,792 681 042 inet)_ inc. oper. Other the to & Net w' has and volume reductions than / Niije Months Ended March 31— $202,68G " " $0 64 • • inevitable the price less Hancock Oil Co. of - 1 1948 • $0.82,T 5Highest volume in company's 76-year history. outstanding shares of capital stock. «. / $1,383,676 for it directors obligations 3 Mos. End. Mar. /»Total Prov. stated The $87,521 (& Subs.)—Earnings— exp. .Balance oper. • sales profit tEarnings '' 7// ■/ ' .'///v Other succession { " the of while the were t « 1949 $2,064,718 sales on & *' Months Ended— pared adm. i —. 1667. corporation -to businesses 12 - Gross share___ 146,097 taxes .— General Cable Corp. Sell., $839,125 . 1940 • Grand Union Off 36,558 shares outstanding Dec. 31., 1948.—V. 169, p, 497. on ; i $44,555 $1.22 — per share ''Based - shares. outstanding 1779. i Net earnings after charges and "Earnings .*$932,073 .: • that added considering earnings because ' Three Months Ended March 31— Tonnage . $259,958 issuance-from-time new - Gauley Mountain Coal Co.—Earnings Lower— ' i. corporation the df 1949—4 Mos.—1943 $13,600,877 $37,799,581 $44,500,451 .$10,915,714 ■ common - additipnal ,1949—Month—1948 sales —V. $70,217 : ppi 1883 and 169, Total /-Period End. April 30— . At a ; a • - ,• par have Sales $66,524 — - 1048 - Brecht the period, special meeting to be held on June 2 in lieu of the annual meet-. ing, the stockholders will consider increasing the authorized capital stock by the addition thereto of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $1 laches, represent defenses 1949 • Mr. Graham-Paige Motors Corp.—To Increase Stock— ( / .such any (2103) satisfactory, —Jan. 1 to Apr. 30— 1949 1948 ") earnings after taxes —V. /,',. to its* principles the limitation. of formed similar of '• End. Apr. 30 r { 192G. distribution the statutes . asserted .• , reveneus 9 Days , « p. -1990. Earnings per the issues involved in the Corp. against Federal based, on limited Service Water // stock. Federal - Quarters Ended March 31— inter-company barred committee of CHRONICLE Globe-Union, Inc.—Quarterly Earnings Higher— ' profits and charges made over a Federal contends that it-> is en¬ summary order determining that New York Water Ser¬ cause of action against Federal and Is not entitled to a are be beginning years has share will York improper participate each for hearing New of titled vice stock •'*• * Operating June Co: common t . - , .—V, 1169, be reconvened on 7 upon the plan filed by the corporation for distribution to its stockholders of 0.5 of a share of Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service ,. •; . .,*■ . FINANCIAL /'Georgia & Florida RR,—Operating Revenues— \ .. Federal Water & Gas Corp.—Hearing June 7— • & 5 V*7c reserves for taxes and President, less than stated that all other reserves. sales the corresponding for the period of first 1948. oper. Operating expenses Operating taxes Net operating quarter of rev._ Operating revenues Net —V. after 169, - income. charges. p. 1667. Co.—Earnings- 1949—Month—1948 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $18,276,270 $17,414,142 $53,735,733 $51,089,760 53,079 39,482 152,565 120,624 $18,223,191 $17,374,660 $53,583,168 $50,969,136 14,785,065 14,414^824 43,991,418 42,379,778 2,265,701 1,960,500 6,482,211 5,754,227 $1,172,335 810,557 $999,636 720,052 $3,109,539 2,006,184 $2,835,131 2,020,728 12 about 9.47% Indiana Associated Telephone Corp.—Earnings— Period End. Mar. 31— V. Operating $342,804 746 344 $1,099,738 2,199 $961,605 963 $372,361 $342,460 $1,097,539 $960,642 282,536 253,970 820,637 rev._ revenues expenses 771,528 Rent from lease of oper. Rent for CY600 CV200 lease of oper. property J, 50 Operating taxes 43,263 44,071 142,506 electric Net after $41,512 $134,246 $83,957 29,571 25,013 charges 169, p. 42,620 94,797' 166a. Stuart & Co. Inc. headed underwriting an group that offered publicly May 11, $8,000,000 first mortgage bonds, 3% series due April 1, 1974, at 101.769% and accrued interest. that the Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc. announce subscription books have been closed. stated that the & Co. Stuart Inc. and basis the on 3.05% of the on the successful deal. private The cost of money to the company 2.930874% annually as against bid The Securities Corp. Mullaney, Wells & Co Otis W. R. offered the issue at com¬ The received company the bids, seven lowest which of was substantially higher than had been offered privately. The bond issue awarded Competing bids for the bonds as 3s were: Union Securities Corp., 101.16; W. C. Langley & Co., 100.9111; Hemphill, Noyes & Co. and Drexel & Co. (jointly), 100.909; Equitable Securities Corp., 100.611; Lehman Brothers, Goldman, Sachs & Co and The First Boston Corp. (jointly), 100.52997; Blyth & Co., Inc., 100.51. was May 9 on bid a of shares mon (no par) at $25.0994 per share in the ratio share for each 10 shares held. Rights expire £ p.m. (EST) May 25. Otis & Co. (as sole underwriter) has underwritten the offering. one new Otis & Co., Cleveland, won the job of underwriting the stock. offering price of $25.0994 a share, less an under¬ writing compensation for itself of $97,499. .The following proposals were listed in the runner-up bidding for The firm Inc„ made an underwriting of the C. Langley White, Weld & Co. (Jointlv) $24.75 per $75,000; Lehman Brothers and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (jointly), $24,875 $94,348.16; Union Securiaes Corp., $24.75 less $131,887.98; Blyth & Co., Inc., $24.50 less $122,237; Wertheim & Co., $24 less $83,625. Bonds at dated are redeemable time April 1, 1949; and are due April 1, 1974. Bonds option of the company, in whole or in part, at to prior the maturity generai redemption prices, the initial general redemption price being 104.50; bonds will also be redeemable upon like notice through operation of the sinking fund or through the use of certain proceeds of released property at the special redemption prices, the initial special redemption price being 101.875; plus accrued interest in each case, any APPLICATION OP days' 30 notice net proceeds ex^usive of accrued interest, estimated are $8,003,388 after deducting estimated expenses of $94,132. The propose! to apply sari net proceeds, together with the pro¬ ceeds from the sale of 107.226 shares of common stock, toward payment of part of the costs of for Jan. 1, In expenditures Net order 1947 to and the .(b) finance 1948, issue this and sale $3,896,788 (after shares of 5% from series, issue and of stock issue and sale $100), (par $22,916 and after Prov. for depr. Prov. Estimated of <c) and bonds, financial lor PROGRAM—On studies, the six the $2,519,288 will obtained be stock. common the of its latest engineering be expenditures for 1949 CAPITALIZATION, GIVING will be EFFECT TO PRESENT Authorized First mtge. bonds, 3'/»% Bruce series, due 1970 * series, due 1970— * tady, 8,000,000 notes Cum. $3,000,000 __ pfd. stock (par $100)— 4% cum. cum. pfd. Common stock (no par) 39,000 shs 1,500,000 shs. mfturinS *1 $1,000,000 maturing dated March loans being Notes matured each April 6, 1946, evidenced to April 1, 1953. between by and the l the and Issued April C&QC6116d« SUMMARY Years End. Dec. 31 Total oper. revenue Operating expenses loan and agreement and several banks, the company's 2% notes. 1949, have been paid and the 1947 acquisition -1946 1945 $23,692,946 $21,167,862 $18,582,788 $18,370,612 10,368,110 ' 8,622,991 6,730,449 5,876,570 1,773,935 1,783,628 1,432,981 1,265,171 1,964,456 1,762,408 1,615,273 1,581,334 '' adjustments Taxes, other than Federal Fed. exc. prof, 215,928 215,928 Fed. 2,228,948 2,018,118 taxes— income 2,350,000 2,230,000 215,928 1,802,810 215,926 Oth?rrfni!!mrtin/C^ $4,731,569 income (net)—— 471,712 $4,534,789 $4,560,347 $3,618,452 267,974 263,917 24,263 sales 'l100"16 from $5,263,281 gross inc. ,Net $4,802,763 $4,824,264 1,326,566 1,440,428 1,463,044 income mlntw f brincipallv^ $3,362,335 * th* ^ term of 50 years. $3,361,220 was incorporated 169, — $0.59 Schenectady, Herod, Y., has N. those are of elected Treas¬ been per of the Executive Department; administrative assistant, Executive Company is a and Assistant Treasurer Ind., and 1947.—V. "Net profit "After Moores'"le 169, nnPfhatln!, !,eV^nUe of the comPany and its subepproximatefy " 90. 22? was e^ded ?ec/ 31' 1948> totaling $23,692,946, 90 ^'1 derived from the 2% electric departments, 511,913 458,572 42,373 Y . 42,946 - disct. 4,092 $60,594 from $33,894 charges 1948 $1.87 (& Subs.)—Earnings— John H. Hinman, annual olf, 3,250,810 2,719,902 $3.75 9,224,503 from and ; ' Administrative other " 1949 not reach expect to will 1948 income for for and general those of Federal stock income and 184,931 taxes. income York New 1946 before but for Balance Per share lower for deduction 750,000 dividend requirements S. P. The the to Our Second quarter earnings will be sheet balance Commission about May result net 5 plan a for of stk. com. outstdg. OF (1,187,730 COAL plan Of shares of for 6% $728,000 in issuance the stock common $1,609,700 and have no and 3% Bonds but stock a the new the of new for the Commission said. Total 1949 by secured portion of 281,069 Net rev. pi portion opers. $1,123,059 215,078 avail, for fixed chgs. 152,929 income 122,631 adjustment shares of Corp., Omaha, Neb., will be 202,247 609,305 142,546 432,020 693,287 340,942 "595,147 giving effect to an increase of 169, for plant extensions and capital.—V. 169, p. 1991. 1949—4 Wks.—1948 Telegraph Corp.—Officers C. Nicholas, as former President Assistant to the of Television Farnsworth President. . & ' " ' rison, Charles D. Hilles, Jr., David R. Hull, Edwin A. Nicholas, Henry Ellery W. Stone. Stone, I. T. & T. Vice-President, is also President of Federal Telephone & Radio Corp. and International Standard Electric Corp., 1931 in various executive capacities System. with the I. T. Net tax, ■ New ' 858,840 531,855 2,253,733 1,852,359 Cr811,253 $2,883,431 _ ... $2,307,052 $2,251,224 "$796,873 ' 64,368 64,442 65,357 1,162,425 1,017,034 708,365 637,574 $1,225,576 $1,477,502 "$1,583,109 $0.77 $2.31 $1,656,638 com. share tlncludes $0.97 $1,449,362 Canadian and 14,032,075 1,219,384 dividends...; "Loss, 24,825,035 1,242,461 dividends income in and 1949 $1,688,983 148,662 Nil in Announcement Manville Sales is made Corp. taxes. of and for 1948 Working Agreement— ■ working a H. K. Metal arrangement Craft , between / /;■•' Johns- Manufacturing Co., New Y., for the fabrication of Johns-Manville Flexboard, to requirements of manufacturers who wish to incorporate this N. the material -, 2,173,005 etc profit Surplus Earnings per meet «: 1946' 1947 500,000 depletion.. inc. Common S. 1948 . 31,245,231 into their products.—V. Assistant Keller Motors 1562. 169, p. ' • SEC—' The Technical Corp., Huntsville, Ala.—Registers With ■ on May 11 filed a registration statement with the proposing the public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common (3c par) at $1 per share. >. > * Greenfield, Lax & Co., Inc., New York, is named as the under¬ writer, the offering to be made by that firm on a "best efforts'"' basis through sub-underwriters, selling groups, brokers, dealers and company to at a $ 1475 produce, design share per Director Telephone & Telegraph Corp.—V. 169, p. 1991. of the International commission. the prospectus, "It is the intention of the corporation.and distribute automobiles, the size, weight,. and will enable the corporation to enter them in the sell, which of possible price field, while at the same time letaining the possible conventional mecnanical features of popular Amer¬ To be known as the 'Keller,' the corporation's first product, a station wagon, • will be neither 'midget' ncr 'bantam,' but medium-sized, and adaptable to comfortable riding for a family of five persons. The corporation contemplates that out of the pro¬ maximum ican cars. ceeds and of sell or ireight costs this its as is of $895 it will motor and changes. and "The offering, line between range To handling be enabled vehicles $1,245 this charges, at f.o.b. basic a price taxes, The tially manufacture, which optional customary in the automobile industry." plans initially to produce two wagon, . . . upon is which extra • to equipment ■, models of the it has to date centered its It will endeavor to market a presently estimated price its 'Superchief* (deluxe) at the pres¬ (f.o.b.; factory). . " o; i design of the station wagbn, both models of which are essen¬ the same as regards tooling and production, has been subfactory) of $1,195, and 4 assemble, expected subject to market conmay be added, as required, and preparations for commercial production. its 'Chief' (standard) station wagon at (f.o.b. to price factory, corporation station ently estimated price of $1,245 .. is 1949 contingencies. and tFederal Keller Admiral Hull for Depree. ditions directors of the newly-formed corporation is as follows: Sosthenes Behn, George Everson, Philo T. Farnsworth, William H. Har¬ Captain Prov. lowest Farnsworth, Vice- The board of & T. "W (& Subs.)—Earnings— 31,723,813 expenses—__ Accoroing to Secretary; C. Douglas Webb, Assistant Secretary; John J. Assistant Treasurer; Edmond H. Dufau, Assistant Treasurer, Roy H. Workman, Assistant Comptroller. and $44,962,533 $38,022,710 $37,525,400 $29,787,453 $12,955,804 and agents Roemer, Vice-President; William Clausen, ViceHartmann, Treasurer; W. F. Hoeppner, Comptroller; H. Wiggin, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer; Dudley M. Day, Roemer 1949—16 Wks.—1948 $12,824,800 $11,275,093 $50,428,656 stock from Brosnan, C. for ■' /- 1884. p. sales Cost received H. will act and betterments SEC Newly Acquired Subsidiary— David R. Hull, Executive Vice-President. following officers were also elected: Philo T. Radio Corp., Net approximately dent and A. $65,000 '-2y 940,811 a Edwin locally ^ meeting of directors of Capehart-Farnsworth Corp., newlyformed and wholly-owned subsidiary, Ellery W. Stone was elected Presi¬ and sold used working __________ —V. $3,594,224 "109,837 - International Telephone & At has Holdings— Company to sell 100,000 common shares—See American Power & Light Co. above.—V. 169, p. 1668. ^ 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $3,285,345 25%, effective as of Jan. 1, 1948, in the remuneration Compania Agricola de Guatemala.—V. 169, p. 1780. and Directors of . Jewel Tea Co., Inc.—Current Sales Increased 13.7%— York, bonds America—Earnings— 1949—Month—1945 Net "Includes ; . Kansas Gas & Electric Co.—Parent to Sell Inc. ry. 2,719 1,723,211 ■ Period End. Apr. 23— Retail sales ' . 206. $1,196,359 revenues. from claims 236,270 1,618,159 produced 169, p. 804. 283,607 1,486,941 certain number of shares for the unsecured part a 169, International Rys. of Central operating their 319,226 lessees coal Proceeds amount of $11,199,500 will be eliminated, will receive a stated amount of new a 578,944 1,337,090 additional bonds V " 1948 621,39a . 482,141 4% first mortgage bonds, series C, due April 1, 1969. U. said the stock, plus the claims.—V. Ry. outstanding in the amount stock have been found to stock together with some of the new notes. holders of $117,000 of Buffalo- Traction common receive common prelerred creditors and claimants will receive The Commission would MONTHS 535,723 ; ^ Produced $10,000,000, reorganized company of total par value of $3,250,000 for their present holdings. Certain other of the in the of owners nearly the notes. 167,075 shares of outstanding the $1.19 THREE _____ Preferred by with value and will be canceled, common plan would be that would show a surplus reorganized company against a present deficit of provides $1.10 shs.) PRODUCED, ENDED MARCH 31 Qtrs. End. Mar. 31— re¬ the of $1,100,000 as on the bcoks of the trustees." shown 37,903 $1,415,28-5 " Total Y.—Plan Approved— approved the of 37,903 $1,304,114 169, p. 906. company "The $1,453,189 ; stock common February stockholders at the balance of the year. over by.demand. said: Commission 775,000 $1,342,017 v- in part: "Our volume is number of products. We do a the, first quarter.'Sr-V. the 289,016 327,303 taxes.. period TONNAGES Bender $4,660,330 which operates buses and trolleys in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N. Y. The plan provides for use of a fleet of 750 buses. The company went into receivership in July, 1947. of 183,589 279,818 286,697 depreciation— Johns-Manville Corp. The 43,655 $3,028,093 Jefferson (Iowa) TeJephone Co.—Bonds Sold—Wachob- 1947 taxes, International Ry., Buffalo, N. organization 157,788 expenses Federal depletion profit for Preferred —V. - special reserve for replacement of capi¬ full production governed be lower than are $2,984,443 income $2,843,515 than Provision (& Subs.)—Earnings— $13,814,831 $13,313,408 $16,160,540 prices our 8,746,089 $2,685,726 _ miscellaneous income Taxes, Net operations royalties Interest, $3.08 President, in his remarks held on May 11, said in meeting and 1949 $11,910,230 $11,730,533 - sales at current costs. the >1949 . sales of $1.43 1227. p. 1947 $4.86 1948 of the $1,500,000 assets $513,833 shr. of com. per 169, Cost 1949 and 788,155 common shares in 1948 1949 and 104,268 $670,095;; stock' March Federal and 84,197 * Corp.—Earnings— 1949 share. opers. - 5,328 •- - income Earned ' debt of & other tieducs. exp., Net bonds____— on Amortiz. & General the of 4,135,734 700. p. and has served since 'fUSi'-J $1,076,673 $39,026,242 $35,618,275 $28,907,244 —_ tal utility engaged $1,266,205 . Produced by Island Creek Mines: Chemical & International Paper Co. 1,521,371 public $82,168 earnings Assistant Treasurer. as 1452. ; common Henry Indiana 27,569 $107,059 Schenec¬ Dayton, Felix affairs formerly p. taxes P. $2,121,344 $1,049,104 23,349 President. as ———— President; also is $965,031 $0.43 $1,146,506 $0.90 R. announced was President; in $1,242,856 2,186 ___c-i-'j income 361,875 785,000 Assistant IS™1 }?e Ci-y ?f ^ianapoiis, Service^ Go/ 837,000 Lawrence Wenz, Schenectady,, $3,642,715 10nl distribution and sale of electric energy, heating and fnlr",1,6 ProfPc"°". distribution and sale of steam for -DDlianr« 1 *ndustrial purposes. Company sells electric mfftaiSdK'S' Wlth.doalcrs the sa'e a"d financing of rnmnn! w'"8 appliances to its customers. It ' $3,936,715 27°^fiANr?r BU?INESSTCompany 1,120,140 of W. "Based on 789,780 shares in Chester Oct and "Earnings The Deducts, $79,982 1,523 earns oper. Income $1,757,193 assistant on- corporate Maher, of New York, after 1,275,000 2,825,000 other 50,000 1,713,157 2,225,000 - tax 50,000 1,952,008 shs._ Period End. Mar. 31— ' Depreciation of 1, a 1952 $105,536 in¬ income—„„_ to Net profit EARNINGS .1948 Maintenance Amort, OF of through under, company issuance including Oct., 1 642,161 $2,341,819 541,788 9 Months Ended March 31— 1,179,479 shs. 1970, and of the 3% series, due 1974, $8,000,000 principal amount, respectively, but additional bonds of any other series, unlimited as to maximum amount, may be issued subject to the restrictions of the mortgage. '528,000 • January and "Bonds of the 3%% series, due are limited to $32,000,000 and 538,500 Provision Co.—V. 325,000 , 44,000 Island Creek Coal Co. $2,588,680 555,174 $3,579,494 Preferred stock of the present organization *! stock——, 765,644 47,500 80,544 — retirements for $574,551- Three Months Ended March 31— 60,000 of International Minerals The 100,000 shs. 884,378 taxes Gross period Robertson Electric as 2,400,000 67,249 taxes • 150,000 shs. pfd. stock 5% . 397,975 1947 1948 1949 • Ore Co appointments as Mr. 8,000,000 " 3,779,566 26,575 Subs.)—Earnings— (less cost of Robertson M. Henry C. of 2,000^000 * '+2% the for Department; the Outstanding $32,000,000 4,212,055 39,200 $1.73 respect on according -Other FINANCING bonds, 3 Ve % series, due 1973 First mtge. bonds, 3% series, due 1974_ First mtge. bonds, 3% First mtge. $1.89 169, p. 1008. urer, company estimates, that its construction Jan. 1, 1947 to Dec. 31, 1952, both of $53,841,755. Of this 1948, and the company $13,892,950, for 1950 will $7,072,992, for 1951 will be $8,865,334 and for 1952 will be $2,837,000. that $6,484,189 356,745 International General Electric Co.—New Treasurer— will require aggregate expenditures $21,173,479 was expended to Dec. 31, total, in taxes Income inclusive, estimates 4,899,315 — of plants & equip.— Dalton Earned per share on —V. from years $7,275,764 367,270 Total output basis in 1949—12 Mos.—1943 $640,050 Interest 346,638 5,264,600 9,254,230 other expenses) amort, for vestment deducting first mortgage $8,000,000 approximately the issue and sale of the program sale of during 1973. anticipates that /CONSTRUCTION and preferred interest the from expenses) cumulative company, deducting expenses) shares of common stock; additional and goods sold 1949—Month—1948 main.^^- —V. revenues are revenues... Net 1,990,208 493,375 5,850,155 r— Interlake Iron Corp. (& properties & Other outstanding— and the Western exps. Prov. 8,458,544 4,899,315 share-. which oper. Net 2,506,760 taxes——. Quarter Ended March 31— now Company from the due (after issued per 1976, respectively, and 5,000 shares <$10 part capital properties of Western are to be operated by Iowa as a The Other 700. p. a assets. cash Oper. 83,579,966 - 74,679,828 — notesi— Quarters End. Mar. 31— the program $4,237,873 of 214.451 (including accrued expenses) 3&% (a) deducting 40,000 $7,965,856 construction obtained stock of 169, Net sales and 1947. from serial income pay Period End. Mar. 31— 1948 1949 — earrings —V. and Federal its of the $101,684,486 $90,739,868 —i._ bonds for all of through Total Subs.)—Earnings— ...» acquire all and and 1971 Income revenues-—: income Shares Net other to acquire Co., Iowa Southern Utilities Co. of Delaware^—Earnings— '•>' v PURCHASER depreciation and depletion—-— for on Provision completing construction projects estimated to $53,841,755 over a six-year period beginning of sales— Interest company call of Provision at from the issue and and Cost 950,000 600,000 Cleveland, 'is the sole underwriter.—V. 159. n. 16Ca sales Western $3,430,000 to Power 950,000 ~~~—250,000 150,000 Co.__ & Inland Steel Co.-(& Net PROCEEDS—The sale of the $8,000,000 bonds at at least on Wood E. of to Iowa part of its southwest division, with interconnected.—V. 169, p. 1114. 250,000 ,——— ——1 3 Months Ended March 31— Net & less will be __L+ Co Otis & Co., Co., Shields & Co. and shaie less compensation of W. common: — — — Inq Co. & Harold for of & Thomas 101.219. Offering of Common Stock—The company is offering subscription by its common stockholders of record May 11 rights to subscribe for 107,226 additional com¬ ; ^ Pressprich & Co Stroud due stock. 500,000 150,000 -r ——: Co. & ' <» liquidation is authorization SEC Western (subject to closing adjustments) for the securities of Western, which is engaged in the utility busi¬ ness in and around Council Bluffs, Iowa. The securities, presently held by Omaha Electric Committee, Inc., a non-affiliate, consist ol $1,800,000 of 3V4% and $1,550,000 of 4%% first mortgage bonds, —- City is company Iowa of " 1 Co.—Acquisition Approved— received securities concurrent — — STOCK petitive bidding after Halsey, Sluart & Co. Inc. guaranteed a bid not less favorable to the company than an interest cost of approximately 3.02%." Inc Co., & Blair ; ..... . has company outstanding 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $5,314,095 $14,298,116 $14,677,223 1562. p. Iowa Power & Light principal be purchased by each are as follows: ) —— $3,250,000 , 1 950,000 bonds severally to Stuart & Co. Halsey, saving to the company in Interest charges of $218,238 over the average life of the issue, as compared with a private placement with insurance companies which had been proposed. PURCHASERS BOND utility to Halsey, represented an estimated 101.219% at 169, The each principal underwriter and the respective of name amount of sale of the bonds by the associates $5,838,041 —V. lighting, street 1949—Month—1948 Sales and two as electric companies. At Dec. 31, 1948, steam service was rendered to 1,245 customers in the city of Indianapolis in an area of approximately 4.2 square miles. municipal Bear, Stearns & Co Indianapolis Power & Light Co.—Bonds Offered—Hal- It was also to Interstate Department Stores, Inc.—April Sales— Period End. Apr. 30— V, villages, towns and rural areas, all within the State of In¬ diana, the most distant point being about 55 miles , from Indianapolis. Of these customers, 138,053 are classified as domestic, 21,636 as small commercial and industrial, 332 as large commercial and industrial, 15 William sey, the water from adjacent The -—V. service Monday, May 16, 1949 from building rentals. company and its utility subsidiary rendered 160,038 customers in the city of Indianapolis and the 1948, 105,607 $39,569 _______ Net operating income_ , department, about 0.08% the steam from 31, 150 150 50 Dec. At as ' property - ' $373,107 oper. Operating - • CHRONICLE FINANCIAL & department and about 0.23% 1949—3 Mos.—1948 1949—Month—1948 Operating revenues Uncollectible COMMERCIAL THE (2104) ■ i' stimtially the of models -completed^. "and. actual 7 working Vice-President, Treasurer and /Director. Of the proceeds of the offering, $150,000 is to be paid to Mitchell for his holdings of 150,000 shares of the class A stock ($1, par) of the company itsued to him as part consideration of property located at Hartsellc, Ala., transferred by Mitchell to the company in'1947. 'The balance of the funds arc to be used foa plant facilities and . <• jtlies, tool design ( 1949—Months—1948 $3,691,000 '*2;425,000 Period End; Apr. 30— - - 'Sales -s ' 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $9)441,000 -$8,771;000' Total income 111,340 ■—' .— f )JKresge -Co.—April {Sales Increased 24.8%— Period End. - Sales - The -company in April, . has -699 1949 in operation, -against stores (-fc97 in the corresponding month last year. \ Issues Golden Anniversary Booklet— '• 'rife > 1949—Monfch-f19481949—-4Mos.~W48 ,t *25^723,640 $20,612,861;$81,-228,875$70;957,036 Apr :• 30 \*Reserve (S. H.) Kress & Co.—April Sales Increased 21%— V a after inc. ♦Earns. 1947 $900,590 $2,041,237 456,025 274,204 378,178 949,628 $575,568 $0.77 $418,476 $0.56 $522,412 $1,091,609 $0.70 $1.46 < ; per *Based share com. shares 746,371 on 1946 of stock common March V. outstanding. of 169, 1,082,693 392,53.8 1,104,596 408,924 $695,672 $1.33 $991,031 and other year The taxes. $8,649,711 were profit tBefore - "I in manufacturingrprocesses during- the -pastr'two years. corporation, he pointod cut, is the first company in the' indusblasting-in-the removal of scaletrom bumper bars after hot forming. This method eliminates the pickling process tor -xieaning and ^produces a surface.which ismore reariiy palisjaedbeforeplating, , use of the in full operation, and its use now ' ' ' and tooling patent -to roll shape without distortion. This idea was eonoeived and by the Compaq's engineering staff to fit the requirements business. Installation of additional automatic polishing equipment is an antici¬ this of that costs will be made as rapidly as it is determined by experience be reduced, sufficiently, to justify the expenditures neces¬ can to install the equipment. Mr. Woodhouse reported that sary 1949 was at a high for .... . sales for volume • . first the quarter of quarter-in the company's history:. He stated that the management expected a levelling off of sales, however, since production of automobiles has shown signs of catching up to pur¬ demand. figures for il;949, Mr. Woodhouse stated.; The first unit is in experimental use at present, and further equipment installations The new any • - - backlog company's business of $2,300,000. Be¬ demands, a substantial market is being "built up for replacement bumpers which should cush¬ ion any let up in the present demand.—V. 169, p. 1993. at the of cause respectively. $4,915,034 is to , pated improvement other corresponding and The blasting -system developed - $1,213,715 $2.32 $1.89 urgency of meet to is current in excess model Miller-Wohl Co., Inc.—April Sales "51.6% Period End. Apr. 30— 1947 1948 1949 sales Net $4,864,753 $7,341,465 71,794 289,407 17,816 17,826 $3,204,339 j Higher—: 1949—9 Mos.—194$ 1949—Month—1948 Sales $4,038,396 $2,113,303 $26,016,556 $20,675,242 s' 475,245 17,867 charges and taxes requirements after Preferred $160,448 . This McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Co- -Earnings— Net 08,751 t$24;996 - 7. p. Quarters Ended March 31—- 168, • provements bumpers 1946 $7,940,520 1,927,197 .7.13,482 584,067 t$1.13 state last '2,475 has resulted in considerable savings. The eompany has applied for a process 1949 and date same #5;465 Michigan Jumper Corps—-Has ^2,300)000-Backlog--- try to current assets were $10,680,091, against current $4,652,658 including reserves for Federal and foreign in¬ 31, taxes come the —V. 2686. p. ',1948 providing for reserves for all other taxes and for tBased on 610,165 shares currently outstanding. > liabilities 1948 _ profit Net At .**12,921 * : >$1.24 35,305,000 »After $692,680 1949 with 1947 $8,372,020 1,575,098 share..,..: per 151,558 $235,199 C. A. Woodhouse, President; advised > shareholders^ at c the annual meeting.. held. May. 10 that the - company had made a number of im- -$9,235,^24 profit Profit mi¬ interest nority h and - (Ky.)—Weekly Output— 1949 taxes *§9,148 $$41,009 $16,013 •After depreciation but before .provision far " Federal taxes/, provision for-Federai4ncome> taxes. xtDeficit^-r-Vi'168k Pu 2227. - $1,175,239 : $9,460,705 taxes Federal for Net compared $1,031,593 charges— taxes / ... ■►Profit before Fed. vProv. (& Subs.)—Earnings— Qtrs. End. March 31— Profit Fed. . $0,96 $690,155 sales poses. Lambert Co. $913,736 ... (.& :Dnmestic Euhs.)-^Earnings— Mos.End.Mar.3i— 3 4,394 $7,930 f. . compared as 664 Inc. taxes 158,863 doihpany" for. the week output' of this kwh,; 'MeCali Gokp. before.—V. 169, p. 1669. " year 176,089. 1 ended May 7, 1949, kwh. for - the corresponding week last year, d'decraase of 9.2%.—V. 169, p. 1992. $13,894,520 $11,484,257 $48,318,404 $44,608,060 At April 30, 1949, the company had in operation 252 stores, with 245 ;• r 175,000. . 1949—4 Mos.—1948 1949—Month—1948 April 30— ___• 227,367 • , „...______ 32,067,000 $243,260 63,841 $$12,921 — ______ll- he,added. totaled 1946 - 475; 322 Louis\41ie Gas ^ ElectFic Co. .Electric Net Sales -519,568- : ♦®pecialprovisio.n;against decUnextnxfoceign- -exchangerates.—V.109, •-•Pii-fOl. »• * ■' . - • ' 18,139 462,229 Net. — _ 3,o3o profit transactions loss Prov. for Fed. $2,271,653 399,890 Net profit :T—x.. $1,586,718 profit pef-share-• (848,597tsharesv /outstanding). t: $1*07 ^ eompany Period End. $2,009,283 854.625 for contingencies^.. 113,585 oper. $126,089 121,798 731,705 . income- taxes. Miscrilanepuo- chargesL-li..—1... ■ has just issued a 32-page illustrated • booklet , in : cdnimemorating its Golden Anniversary. Prom one small store in .1899, the corporation now has a personnel of more than 37,000 which is required to operate its 7C2'Kresge stores. In 1948, sales amounted ! to $290,119,737.—V. 169, p. 1562. I and $2,1491855 138,771 - - $3,575,415 « Provision Ion Federal t 1948 ' $57,124- 482,985 (other than Fed income-taxes) —_ !;\'7 (S. from Net gain on other 5,886,862 900,071 $1,870,512 $3,464,075 ,i—.1 fnconie Provision for-taxes ' • > I /, •; - ~ —-V.'169, "p. 1992. 6,258,817 1,045,324 420,052 income • Net income jigs and fixtures ($1,500,000), and working capital ($i;756,000). < G.R.) Kinney sCo., 4bc.—April Sales Rose 52,2%-- "Net • I 13 Earnings—^ 1947' 1940- $32,353 Quarter End. Mar. 31—* Total revenues $9,419,773 shipping profit— Operating Miscellaneous > IV *• 1947. $9,594,705 tNet income tools, ($250,000), (2105) Merchants# Minersr Transportation Co. 1948 $12,650,931 costs. • •• » and cost of purchased cement sold ^,552,487. Selling and administrative-expense.. 1,134,323 Proy. for depreciation and depletion - 500,046- * and .1949 r. -r vManufacturing: and 1 engineering CHRONICLE <& Subs.) - -Earnings- "3 Months Ended March 31— Sales ' , FINANCIAL ' •. ($506,500) & Lone Star -Cement Corp.. ftave cat partly by mechanical means and partly by hand. George D. Keller of Huntsville is named as Chairman of the board, 'and H. Clnista Smith -as President.' - Huoert R. Mitchell is Executive been built, equipment COMMERCIAL THE Number 4803 Volume 169 dividend —V. 169, p. 1563, , . Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.—Earnings— Lane Bryant, l Inc.—April Sales Rose 9.2%— Period End. Apr. 30— Sales $5,187,238 — 'V. 169, Balance Common 1949—4 Mos.—-1948 $4,750,028 $17,547,500 $17,578,849 1949—Month—1948 Earnings —V. 1669. p. for per 169, I (James) Lees & Sons Co.—Earnings— sales 'Net income ♦Earned share common per "Alter 1,028,501 after income taxes $1.26 $1.20 Net ICC and : "We • particularly gratified," "that our plan has been so ,road, of of the holders of each issue 75% are the weeks 12 holders of $297,664 bond issues of and dividends Pounds income $76,506 • firm capital shrs. share_____ prod.* charges and corporation $1.20 Lone Star Gas Co. ■ Other > ; :>. '■ Gross Income 169, Nil 4,763,286 *Loss taxes. the under after including in the Premium Price .n*.-), 26 cast so / income 43.878 before the to 13, The The charges 1949 . back 350.081 — 36,000 income 2,540.300 abandonments on - 36.000 2,517,600 Per 494,176 144,000 144,000 (V. 169, p. for has $2,500,000 firm, see V. 169, p. 1886. applied to the ICC for authority to sell com¬ equipment trust certificates, third series,, 1949. mature semi-annually Dec. 15, 1949, ,through 169, ^ 1993. p. a Mathews of Doyle, O'Connor & elected a director.—V. has been ♦$144,495 taxes— and State Federal sales— Co., Inc., Chicago invest¬ 169, p. 1993. ' 1948 1949 1947 ; under loss ^ 929,000 669,000 $9,575,464 805,481 342,000 $1,155,232 531,000 $905,036 $463,481 531,000 531,000 $2.18 taxes.—^ Net $1.70 — profit— Capital shares outstanding — BALANCE CONDENSED $1,308,128 16,219 taxes on income___ taxes . Director— Mills, Inc.—Earnings— Quarter Ended March 31— $1,254,545 19,725 income and ' to are 1964.—V. 15, 53,583 _______ 'i subscription pur¬ 326,216 shares were 1886), 1,394 shares were purchased from the corporation, per share or a total of $37,987, by the several For further details Mohawk Carpet able, $232,361; notes 530,000 ______ and SHEET, MARCH 31, hand, $320,944; on $0.87 , 1949 notes and accounts receivable—current '(less reserves), $6,971,299; other accounts receiv¬ inventories, $15,634,459; prepaid expenses, $1,103,063; $568,677; investments and .advances,' property,plant and equipment (after depreciation,.,;,Of total, $34,540,549. " ' receivable-^non-dutrent, $1,864,933; carry¬ $11,361,933), $7,844,813; Cr62,000 share common per ♦$0.22 —< j • $761,909 $1.32 : ♦5102,220 profit .. r. . • ^ • ■. • ; , share were follows: as ■ .U—— ' — share $0.07 . $0.28 - ' Period End. Apr. 30— Sales 1949—Month—1948' $9,937,400 —v. 5,697.418 " 169, ; ;; 1670. p. earned taxes, surplus, $14,806,937; total, $34;540,549.—V. 169;' p. 1454. Net income after y.. charges •Earnings per common ♦After dividend 1949—3 Mos.—1948 ^ ;;;.P Mojud Hosiery Co., Inc. (& Subs.)—Earnings-- ' $9,458,600 $25,948,600 $26,490,100 ...... $611,844; accrued Three Months Ended March $159,497 '— 1453. other . $38,281 — payable—trade, $2,060,498; other accounts Federal and State taxes on income, $3,255,519; $236,521; other accruals, wages, etc., $2,381,648; capital stock (par value of $20), $10,620,000; capital surplus, $567,582; payab'.e, Mercantile Stores Co.. Inc.—April Sales Increased 5.1% 3,377,237 •6,058,435. directors. of Missouri Pacific RR.—Mathews 9,386,950 177,868 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code Earnings 696,168 716,185 $27.25 company Income f NOTE—Company's 50%i equity in undistributed earnings of U. S.Mengel Plywoods, Inc., is not included in any of the foregoing figures. Mengel's equities in such- earnings and the equivalent per Mengel 23,550,129 3,693,926 912,892 120,000 195,000 11 LIABILITIES—Accounts Net $22,963,050 $21,973,941 990,365 138,518 438,353 1,020,140 __ 10, 387;479 and outstanding 1948 7,358,063 admin, exps ;; May retire $7,035,700 $10,641,495 ♦$322,363 interest for Federal Prov. Refundable Defeated— on of common stock offered ASSETS—Cash' in banks —V. 169, p. — for and certificates June -.'*u the management $10,556,555 $11,236,611 Depreciation 11 of article subscription offer at petitively (& Wholly-Owned Subs.)—Earnings— (net)_______ charges ^ 755,541 181,106 to amend held shares issued $16,384,055 $14,611,853 Profit before taxes—v 2,084,232 1,574.036 , $0.65 - to authorize cumulative Henry T. profit Profit Interest ' < $900,183 Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR.—To Issue Certificates— $0.48 \ . — J; 1,243,800 $0.99 stockholders of total of 577,513 a re-election the for as subscribed Net and selling and income ♦Loss. 27,416,905 of underwriters. 1949-4 Wks.—1948 1949—17 Wks.—1948 $8,012,783 $5,553,574 $22,069,136 $21,832,621 — Other 'V meeting 67.1%, proposal May will years, to annual or Of the 327,610 shares 1670. p. £_ ;i.._ outstanding..—— Mississippi River Fuel Corp.—Subscriptions— Government -V sales common credits— *'■ Federal taxes $0.66 5,474,975 1951, 1, Operating $33,320 1949-J-12 MoS.—1948 • $1,537,419 ' 599,000 '38,236 the amended articles of incorpo¬ voting for the election o.\ directors was defeated. A total of 355,097 shares voted on the proposal with 40,440 in favor of it and 314,657 against it. The remaining 32,382 shares were not voted for or against the proposal.—V. 169, p. 1993. 408,000 $0,40 9,120,940 Federal —U_.__ — Earnings per share_?__.___ $10,512,677 $11,055,505 $22,207,509 $21,277,773 Depletion -Lease 408,000 $0.36 Berry, Cost of sales it has received an 7,220,971 : $2,280,574 364,000 75,416 $1,341,158 1,267,440 taxes__ 806. p. the ration *$23,955 Morgan Mengel Co. ■ income income ' 7,6.98,159 deducts.. revenue Operating 408,000 A 1946 x . Net $18,210,836 $18,276,476 $49,624,414 $44,827,902 ;■.« • i 612,000 and Will serve as a consultant the Interim.—V. 169, p. 1885. —V. Inc.—Warrants Exercised— 1949—3 Mop.—1948 stock capital charges..———--. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry.—Proposal ment (& Sub.)—Earnings— Period End. Mar. 31— and income share—__j.___._- Melville Shoe Corp.—Current Sales Up 44.3%— 7' $1.50 ' $1.76 - io announced May on Operating revenues Oper. 1947 $268,234 Scudder, Stevens and-Clark. >71 ^v who has been with Mathieson for of Profit , 169, were 1948 $165,045 , 9,246,885 earned premium P. April in additional $300,000 for working capital purposes through the exercise of warrants jWhich expired April 30.—V. 168, p. 2433. , ^ i $0.54 169, p. 1228. D. Mr. on depreciation and Federal income taxes.—V. 168, p. 2326. Lithium Corp. of America The 303,394 $0.87 has been named Vice-President and Treasurer, succeeding Howard Berry who has resigned preparatory to retii-ement. Dr. Morgan joined Mathieson in 1948 and has been Vice-President in charge of the Development Department.; Prior to becoming'associated with Mathieson, Dr. Morgan was in charge of chemieal market research and development for W. R. Grace and Company. Before the war, be was-with the investment counsel i $94,662 on (S10 par). i income shares per ' Mock ♦After 303,894 $0.86 1946 1947 $110,078 303,894 ~ 1949 copper Sales Lindsay Light & Chemical Co.—Earnings— share for $57,743 v Three Months Ended March 31— ♦Net $113,724 Earned Mathieson Chemical Corp.—New Treasurer— Dr. 1669. 1948 income Common suant 1949—Month—1948 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $13,289,818, $9,130,923 $29,447,535 $26,870,451 1949 106,363 $108,408 $220,240 the Plan.—V. Lerner Stores Corp.—April Sales 45.5% Higher— 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— credits income Net 29,856' 151,947 At Period End. Apr. 30— com. 151,947- 303,894 per of ♦After mittee, of which Harold Barnet is Secretary, with offices /at 135 Broadway, New York.—V. 169, p. 1092. profit Earnings per $193,962 29.856 29,856 151,947 1695. p. of Earnings to consent thereto without communicating with the Com¬ p. $295,527 29,856 — profit Number the general consolidated mortgage bondholders pro¬ committee lor the 4s, 4Y2S and 5s of 2003 an¬ nounced it has opposed and still is opposed, to the com¬ pany's readjustment plan, and urges the bondholders not 169, $290,211 Gross Provision 1948 $14,743,871 $12;531,069 2,221,169 1,513,480 59,405 '' 23,939 operations Miscellaneous Magma Copper Co.—Earnings- The —V. 106,000 Quarters End. Mar. 31- tective Period End. Apr. 30— 1946 $299,962 174,000 dividends 168, ♦Net . Sales 1947 $469,527 164,000 from income shares, ing maturity of $35,000,000 of senior debt. In view of the two sinking funds provided by the plan and the fact that $2,300,000 of fixed charges will be converted into contingent charges, we are hopeful that our securities will enjoy a higher credit standing." x, Mr. Major added that he expected the railroad will be "slightly in the biack" for the first.four months of this year. In the corresponding period in 1948 the railroad had a deficit of $64.1,000, he said. . 1948 $454,211 $0.83 —V. representing in all $190,000,000 in face amount of tsecurity values, have signified approval by the requisite percentage. "This response means that the Lehigh Valley is in position to meet satisfactorily the serious financial problems presented by the approach¬ . ' $115,861 approve. different 1949 1949 sales Other 169,000 taxes- Earnings per com. share said C. A. Major, President of the well received that in the short space seven Net -Earnings— —V. stock, .common $1.29 $466,664 charges- Surplus for period Number of com. shares required 75') of assents necessary to justify its proposed Mahaffie Act readjustment plan. The company is the first major carrier to utilize the provisions of the law under which railroads may modify their bond structures if the • $0.76 t (Including Canadian subsidiary) Three Months Ended March 31— Profit Forbes Co.- & profit Common announced April 10 that it has received more than the The company $0.15 share common income Preferred 1780. 169, p. Lehigh Valley RR.—Holders Approve Plan— - 355,787 1,011,525 $1.22 — requirements.—V. dividend preferred 1,061,161 '$457,379 355,939 1453. p. after Federal $9,463,971 $271,580 355,939 Quarters End. Mar. 31— Profit Mar. 31,*47 Apr. 2,'49 Mar. 31,'48 $12,630,817 $12,913,455 Quarter Ended— .Net $53,978 outstanding MacAndrews x: stock common shares 1948c. 1949 31—( $586,117 —$339,238 and taxes $1.07 share-—-—$0.61 requirements the preferred stock.—V. 168, p. on Monsanto Chemical Co.—Forms New 2(587. Affiliate— the forma¬ bulletin to Executive Vice- This company and American Viscose Corp. have joined in tion of a new company it was announcer, on Mav 5, in a Monsanto employees signed by Charles Allen Thomas, President : Net $3,415,034 income ^ $7,511,601 $11,360,139 $11,822,757 t CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, MARCH 31, 1949 , ASSETS—Property, ; $30,522; cash, > equipment, S 161.232,443- investments, aocounts and notes receivable (loss reserve plant and $17,952,432; ica "was Mart. $71,132), $6,198,650;^ materials and supplies; appliances, etc., $7,613.804; urepayments, $232,338; deferred debit items, $305,420; total, joi A« LIABILITIES—Capital $20,257,277; notes stock payable ($10 $54,990,000;- earned surplus, pari, maturing from Sept.—15,-4950, to Sept. 15, payable (current)r $2,500,000; aecounts pay¬ able, $2,701,096; customers' deposits, $1,648,542; Federal taxes on in¬ $46,250,000; come, (accrued), notes .taxes accrued, $740,132; interest customers' advances for construction, etc., .$678,915; $7,077,C37; accrued,c$330,608; other reserves/ for depreciation, depletion" ahd amortization; $53,526,187; reserve for accfderit and' surp'.us, $2,280,817; contributions in aid of construction, - • r*••*.«« $585,098; total, S193;565,C09 —V. b.'.M iub.'Tti v". -'U/.-t'' ' 168, p. . - 10 by the owners to retire and management of The •••• . an ... existing mortgage the against financing will be premjses <now held new the by the Equitable Life Assurance Society... "Capital expenditures-within The Merchandise Mart in excess of $5,000,000 oven the -last -three- years, the improved tenantry, -and vhe increasing interest in The "Mart atf a merchandising center were-, con¬ tributing. factors' in. the negotiation of the new- loan," according Donald Ci Hulme3, manager of Prudential's Chicago office.<. John J. Reynolds, New York broker who' handled the original chase of owner In the new The-Mart for The.-Mart.' 1904. May announced - substantial-portion-of-the-proceeds of used $193,565,609. 4968, (The) Merchandise Malt, Chicago, III.—New Mortgage Completed, negotiation for a new mortgage of $17,000,000 on the Merchandise Mart building with the Prudential Insurance Co. of Amer¬ 'v:4 to pur¬ by Joseph ;P. Kennedy in 1945, represented the financing. Wilson and Mcllvainc were the attorneys , The adds: announcement "The corporation, new as yet unriarhed, by Dr. Carroll a. Hochwalt of Dayton, Ohio,'a Monsanto and will pursue its research and development work through the laboratories of Monsanto and Viscose; . , . "The officers of the company, besides Dr. Hcchwalt, will be Dr. •will be headed Vice-President, Charles for S. Venable, American <?f Viscose, Philadelphia, director of chemical research will be Vice-President of "the new cor¬ who poration, and F. William Koster, of Philadelphia, also of American Viscose, who will be Secretary-Treasurer. "The following will be members of the board of directors; Williartf M. Rand, of St. Louis, President of Monsanto; Or. Charles Allen Thomas: Hochwalt; Charles ,S. Cheston. oL Philadelphia,. Monsanto board Dr member; Dr. F. H. Relchel, of Philadelphia,;!Chairmairvbf'the |boatd and President of Amerioan-Viscose; Dr. Venable; CharleS'S McCCih, of York, President of- Dillon-. rReart & Co,.- #** Viscose; and William Ewing, of New York,i partner of New & Co , and director of American ... „f Aiheyicdn MOffeah,,'1 Stanley Viscose/'-^Vv1169; p. "1993. " , ...» . r i») • *■ Period End. Apr. 30— CHRONICLE • - i- exps. 1,839,156 1,484,235 1,440,758 Oper* profit before deprec. & depl. $246,945 $182,276 $222,941 15,822 12,198 54,260 tCost selling, Vice-President and Secretary, was elected President to fill the vacancy created by the resignation •last June of Wilbur H. Norton. John A. Barr, former La"oor Relations Manager, and also a lawyer, succeeds Mr. Ball as Vice-President arid Other adm., and gen. May Stuart 9, formerly Ball, S. Secretary.—V. .169, p. 1886. miscellaneous income deductions Other Depreciation Int. 5% on Provision ' Earnings per Sales the expected Is $75,000,000 reach to to resulting portable radio sales, it iri the Increase expected stated.—V. 169, was Gross Cost Scilcs in of Otuer $130,126 '$11,731 Co. Stock — the Of shares 241,101 of stock common offered $100» (par —V. 169, •l ' 1947 1943 Prov. for Prov. Net Munising Wood Products Co.. Inc.- -Earnings— 9,244,070 320,447 131,203 $2,582,592 $2,573,667 $2,055,380 $1,164,874 55,245 45,746 194,607 28,772 $2,637,837 $2,619,413 $2,249,987 102,561 69,546 67,187 Fedcral $128,037 $3.01 $0.45 income Net ♦Earned per prefeireci ♦Earned per common 42,500 shares of on and shares 275,000 — p. 2434. preferred stock in 1948 of stock in common 41',746 22,173 26.794 931,000 807,500 $1,514,329 $1,521,933 1,689.869 $1,314,617 years.—V. 1,689,869 1949—Month—1948 $12,716,261 —v. 169, p. $0.84 $0.72 Apr. 30— 1949—Month—1948 $1,397,986 — 169, p. 1671. Operating Announcement. ican made was National Airlines :::• ri Net Feb. Pan 169, Feb. 28, The • regular quarterly declared, payable May 2139. p. ' • ■ 14 of 30 cents stockholders to of $391,590 $0.68 dividend 1948 $0.71 share per record has 165, National City Lines, Inc.—Secondary Offering—Reyn¬ olds & Co., Dean Witter & Co., and Laurence M. Marks & Co. effected a secondary offering May 10 of 133,456 market. The stock dealers discount 45 of after the close of the at cents.—V. Net sales.,.——. ♦Net profit Com, shs. tEarn. $7 per share, with 169, a 2010. p. ♦After share—- com taxes and 1948 ~ $0.21 after 1946 $0.69 adjustments for 707,547 765,489 $3,70 minority the same The share per , 1 directors record the on May on 20, declared 9 common 1949. Exchange than last, and 30 cents compares last tAfter year. quarterly a with share paid in each per and dividend,—V. 1,200 in New For of Raymond J. milk Wise, and have ice been Chicago, of cream elected months Six the of Edison Boston Cos., to Co., during in such in the of the and Lynn the Gas and ant zone adviser Mr. also for 20 the This of kwh. for 167,835,000 For the decrease a the May This is 14,282,125 output is ended week stock Edison market.—V. 169, Association on week 6 22,725,000 of is the juoston of month April 30, the at 145,110,000 13.54%; below or week Association a year reports 1949 been made of of paid of on operating revenues Operating expenses Power, gas and Maintenance the INCOME Mr. Wise tional has Dairy's the Ice Cream Co. been v. „ electric output H. the Gordon is for 10 cents holders Operating a director National Distillers (Including wriclly of National Prior of other income 1949 $28,858,776 — J — —— < owned Interest Net bank on Provision for to with 1.866,110 of and reserve taxes—— shares and a that ice Fed. income taxes— — before other from deduc.tions._ri Electric ♦Based on tax Balance of Na¬ President was 169, ' construction • the to $4,000,000 discharge of short-term requirements, and to the at preferred discharge date 169, the sale, of stock, the remainder the and to proceeds of such balance sell irom notes to be as used 1672. p. Telephone Co.—Earnings— 1943—Month—1948 $ 33,487,354 112,241 103,443 rev. oper. 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $ 36,121,856 revenues—— $ 0 105,595,275 97,479,741 325,586 -' 320,694 33,383,911 105,269,689 97,159,047 82,550,482 4,929,525 14,157,616 72,498,509 14,433,833 2,746,046 3,680.225 8,561.591 10,226,705 2,036,396 3,270,957 5,855,924 8,059,014 income operating Net after —V. 169, charges 1672. p. New York Towers, Inc.—Registrar—Transfer Agent— Sterling National Bank & Trust Co. of New York has been appointed registrar and trustee under an indenture dated Feb. 1, 1940 for the bonds 20-year income common stock.—V. and 162, transfer agent the for class A no-par 7S4. p. from 2,440,691 $3,603,482 of effectuate $2,654,431 1,617,845 1,312,487 $5,652,990 3,381 000 $5,524,951 7 077 771 $1,341,943 506,413 $2,144,378 $1,848,357 349,312 349,312 $1,795,066 $1,499,044 $1.44 consolidated $1.20 in¬ ior common shares share common and the c; ering $3,082,148 inc. $2,716,330 taxes- "186,485 245,340-, $2,836,308 $2,529,845 837,189 — 751,016 : ' $1,887,558 29.481 $1,679,024 "37,374 $1,917,039 $1,716,399 349,312 349,312 sinking fund requirements)—,7$1,567,726 Earnings per common share—:. $1.26 $1,367,086 income — fr. result, filing of cons, tax • return • 169, to * surplus ! dividend requirements available for p. common shares 7'-' $1.10 stalf Utility recommended that corporation, filed Holding Act Company stock, common and for the distribution Niagara Hudson pre¬ the outstanding brief contends retire to that issuance of the violate the standards of the Act cov¬ that the class A plan would substitute would and complexity a more .serious complexity, leaving the compliance with Section 11 <bi than it. is today. to the class A stock relate particularly to its objections as and plan of Niagara Hudson Hudson's three principal Corp., Power lor it 11 would Niagara solidation 'that liquidation in subsidiaries or ^ the consolidation (Buffalo the Section be Section 11 absence unlike (b). of none the of of A light an:l Act, plan Division the in a rlass the The step sound a accomplish the Niagara that for plan, brief of of approved objectives the consolidation plan cannot in which, Hudson with may from a itself by and enforcement compliance for however desirable (b>, court into provides Power & Light Corp., and Central New single operating company. The Division such consolidation may be for other York New Corp.) that, reasons:, Section and its lack of preference :;'; v;-ri basis ; other contends preferred stock, to its convertibility into comdiscrepancy between its preference position the to concern Niagara York of second a stock, a. Electric be the dissolution would promote that con¬ notes considerations following quite consolidation Niagara Hudson conforming fully to the standards of. the Act are feasible and readily available. The Division therefore recommends that the class A plan alone be methods proper consolidation for that and plan dissolution the the of Commission withhold final action on the shall have had a reasonable Niagara until opportunity to present p. 1994. 11 the plans Public Division stock A existing an an The May of Utilities approve the residua! a stock A disapproved, (before of securities, going dissolution. on of 1948 99,804 —V, . Corp.—SEC Urged to Disap¬ of plans two and class new The 112,060 Balance $34,086,432 system further from The ONLY 1949 than Fed. the stocks. ferred mos OF EARNINGS—COMPANY other income Preferred $36,665,451 that they cannot be found necessary to Section 11 (b) of the Act. filed by Niagara Hudson provides in part operating company common stock into a ground split-up class to of (e) provisions stock proposed (before — taxes the of A status for requirements) 11 " the on the class for — other deductions from income Provision for Federal income taxes New Orleans, Texas & Mexico action i948 $4,864,000 163 804 $0.60 be held The any stock.—V. 169, p. 1716. annual due stockholders to lack of a meeting on Ry.—Meeting Adjourned May 10 was adjourned without Hudson proper plan for a its own dissolution.—V. 169, 1994. p. within the next 30 days. meeting business 1994. was that adjourned usually Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc.—Earnings— Quarter Ended April 3— Profit quorum. George C. Stohlman, Secretary and Treasurer, said afterward that a "conclusive" meeting at which directors will be elected probably will 275 113 $o.36 __ common 1935, Public of refuse Section 751,016 421.023 of Total 'l56'250 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $8,898,067 \:Vri.7, Division Commission , under apart $9 062 201 2151. ; Hudson Power SEc The 345,255 requirements. available Balance 1943 Co.—Bonds Called p. Plan— prove 837,140 $1,723,355 surplus— income Credit 1672. p. Niagara 147,219 $3,750,702 12 Months Ended March 31— Net 79, 1949—Month—1948 $11,070,818 ——— — 169. $3,341,201 - filing SUMMARY Expenses Lighting Co. below.—V, (J. J.) Newberry Co.—(April Sales Up 24.4%— 2,709,856 return— sinking fund per Westchester Lighting & Period End. Apr. 30— of dividend Balance Earned York Westchester 1,685,276 companies) $9,279,907 161,917 New 1,803.797 1782. p. $4,171,000 share.. applied 24,774,161 246,305 ri_ to Preferred com¬ 1949 charges and taxes presently outstanding will The ' Three Months Ended March 31— Sales —.———— common the of 4,596.896 —v. $4,424,648 taxes— income cream National Enameling & Stamping Co.—Earnings- after such underwriters stockholders. amendment... be , by Merrill 36,009,612 1,911,474 Association—ri_ 2 Federal for resulting The per meet to heeded ana 28,666,670 Sales income—subsidiaries & income come -, •Earnings to are rate subscrip¬ revenues- 1,626.789 124,023 income Total member he 7 977 771 —::: Net Income by to are serial of used York 1} Operating One Net Provision Mid¬ operating 3,465,000 — common value bo Uncollectible $4,300,624 pit. and equipt.—: prop., than England Gas Vice-President, 1949 profit Number incurred purchase The price outstanding $ 14,852,011 r ratio company's Dairy subsidiary ; income and ' deductions Net domestic loans Federal date - to agreed supplied financing presently construction.—V. Operating 1948 : 10, March Corp.—Earnings— Quarter Ended March 31— Earnings from operations after deprcc. & . record stockholders. subscription be to are the the outstanding New $26,119,727 16.039,545 ___ income New 1948. Accord¬ National Dairy.—V. Products The amendment. ' has by the Pcncd End. Mar. 31— ... the Other of Co. and formerly President of the Luick Milwaukee and of the Chevy Chase Dairy Co., Wash¬ also be new 2,138,842 taxes Gordon, General Rutherford, Vice-President committee. Jor are See Creamery in ington, D. C. Mr. Assistant operating Detroit to ACCOUNT purchased steam for Net Midwestern, milk mittee. of Beane & at were par ft. cu. . This is a decrease of 4,178,514 kwh., or 6.67% below production of 62,637,720 kwh. for the corresponding month a year ago. Gas output for April, 1949, is reported at 751,891.000 cu. ft. This is a decrease of 41,107,000 cu. ft., or 5.18% below production of 792,998,000 cu, ft. for the corresponding month a year ago. : ' : 1993. supervisor George members SEC common if any, is to bo used for new construction. proposed, after the sale of the new common stock, is which production ago. of 58,459,206 kwh. Net to quarter during 169, p. Dairy's and the its balance, Net reports reported ft., cu. with of Operating expenses-—— Operating taxes 795,614 for the corresponding held; by purchased of of S4.000.0CO lor 1994. p. shares Electric period electric output kwh., or 5.577 below for the corresponding week a-year ago. decrease kwh. May of this 6, a ft. cu. Prov. allowing dividend 10, cents operations, and Robert S. Vice-Presidents, National Wetenhall Fenner companies. Boston supplied shares which of statement 73,333 prospectus, an underwriting group Corp., Lehman Brothers. Wcrtheim & Co. not are proceeds notes stabilization bidding Pierce. $3,0CO,000 may conduct over-tne-counter market, and not more shares, of Lynn and Western,respec¬ 2,000 over-the-counter Before Boag, Jr., Assistant Comptroller, has been promoted to the position of Comptroller, and J. Huber Wetenhall, President of Luick Dairy Co, and Luick Ice Cream Co. of Milwaukee has been appointed assist¬ divisions. income -Registers With the to such shares 12 be to are registration a additional an each Bcston as Net of 7,the ' for filed of underwriting terms ended A. have price First Lynch, England Gas & Electric Association—Output— 13,486,511 Credit western for $267 authorization holdings and shares the production of National Dairy Products Corp.—New Vice-Presidents Counsel, for v - company's 880,000 shares of outstanding stock right to subscribe for the new shares'at t ie the share acquire compared President, the current dividend is in.line company's established policy of maintaning a conservative between earnings provision iis- stockholders. to the of offered thatc? . SEC shares retirement ing to Samuel Kipnis, the of % _______ Common Stock— stock, payable June This at ' Massachusetts 10,000 Other- income May $36,042 has sale par) According six months end»d (in Canadian' dollars') as against 1 stock for preferred dividends paid. on tion *22,090 Electric System—To Stabilize Price of received Prov. interests. period in estimated 169, p. 702. ',$0.90 • the 1949 quarter was $869,291, $2,979,114 is Total $5,375,915 these deductions, net profit in Dividend Rate Reduced 7 the for 12 Months Ended March 31— 1947 with , $58,132 19,613 the same period in 1948 (same period operating deficit of $2,405). Nfet profit after CONSOLIDATED $7,531,434 $10,308,167 $10,964,599 585,325 1,830,583 3,109,024 2.713,978 2,641,424 838,066 ... ——__ outstanding— per 1949 . inclusive are . State Electric & Gas Corp.- the ($25 one 1)5,976 in an the stocks its National Container Corp.—Earnings— Quarter Ended Mar. 31— figures 2435, p. 449,291 $175,659 , offered was of (par $1) foregoing corporarion be tof ■>• :• - 7''-'v''' subsidiary profit of $442 a taxes Western of than Gas stock Canadian showed for and Stock Detroit, Mich.—Stock Offered. Gcyer & Co., New York, 011 May 4 offered 3,500 shares capital slock at $27 per share. Proceeds go to selling stockholder.—V. 169, p. 1993. common $51,613 • profits taxes, excess the of 1943.—V. sale more of shares of 458,422 $184,749 York Holders $36,742 : 7; $32,000 ———————— company tively, • 857,962 etc 168, proposing to previously reported, NEES proposes to solicit offers for the pur¬ chase of its holdings of 123,100, 15,175, and 3,607 shares of the respective companies. It would acquire in stabilization purchases' not 777/74 National Casualty Co., Tim Feb. 28, '47 As been 30.—V. April ,■ . the $374,262 taxes-—- $1,432,911 830,579 —... interest, 1S48 $1,473,750 — New $3,643,264 Feb. 29. '48 $59,261 New England Shares— ' Co., (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1949 profit after Federal income Earnings per common share Co.—Earnings— SEC— It The Quarters Ended March 31— Net ^69,548 $2,408,994 New York Life Insurance Co.—New Director— Subs.)—Earnings-^- taxriririri-;—22,519 Federal year purchases National Aluminate Corp. 363,548 Robert A. Lovelt, a partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and formerly Assistant Secretary of War for Air and Under-Secretary of State, lias been elected a director.—V. 169, p. 1564. '77; v-7.^7-77V ■ .7 Feb. 28, '49 1949 showed 28, provisions 1229, p. $4,042,899 777 ■ -V . operating deficit of an previous . Eoard.—V. profit. Operations Airways (Panegra) that would make effective a plan for interchange of equipment and a stock participation in National Airlines by Pan American and W. R. Grace & Co. Pan American and the Grace firm each has a half interest in Panagra. Details of the .interchange of equipment will be announced later. Applications to make the agreement effective wil be filed promptly trie Civil Aeronautics 19,009 1949'—4 Mos.—1948 $1,037,669 profit income ♦Includes Grace wun 248,014 413,400 The %%%% ri-riy 11 of the signing of an agreement American Airways and Pan Amer¬ May and Federal $36,264,471 National Airlines, Inc.—Sign Pact— between $2,778,542 income stock 1949—4 Mos.—1948 v, $3,124,219 1887. NOTE—The $0.42 Nestle-LeMur Co. (& $9,321,569 $39,802,111 1564. $375,425 S2.754.G71 p. taxes—V. 1,381,573 $0.67 ' - 168, 7 ' - $363,324 ri 169, Net $373,960 2,112,336 com. slk. Sales (G. C.) Murphy Co.—Aprii Sales Increased 36.42%— «s 1,186,667 230,474 1,054,790 12,617 Expense National Shirt Shops of Delaware, Inc.—Sales— Period End. 42,200 shares and both /' Period End. Apr. 30— 87,604 20,437 (Including New York Dock Trade Facilities Corp.) 3 Months Ended March 31 1949 20,090 31,530 15,318 949,000 6 Months Ended— 6a 114,688 nitge. bond. deductions & Revenues —V. 168, p. 1906, —V, ♦Based itr" 1949 i— share 121,643 $4,081,34*6 82,500 ; , _ $210,537 $0.21 —v--~ — 44,000 $1.50 (est.) taxes $107,815 $63,815 Quarier Ended March 31— before taxes— —' Net 41,567 accts. outstdg.— sh., per 94,044 $4,541,360 $1,193,646 115,623 — snares Earn, 1943 6,757 $475,646 -i $498,449 6,170.816 473,132 income taxes_ profit Com. 1949 $3,959,703 9,143 (net;. New York Dock 12,341,215 debt- doubtful 3,600,000 $4,447,316 87,526,893 560,606 deductions— for on Balance 1946 11,982,514 Income 3,600,000 $468,839 . Frcferred dividends — funded on Miscell. 1993. p. Total Int. 300,000 $439,306 income Taxes, for 300,000 —— income....:. int. Net -V. profit income 3,294,028 (& Subs.)—Earnings— $15,125,712 $15,338,014 $11,619,395 sell., sold, 3,639.008 3,632,111 reserve revenue. income Interest disc't depl. & depr._ Operating • Other . subscription at par by stockholders of record March 23 in ratio of l-to-3, subscriptions to 196,288 shares were received. Of this total American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (parent) subscribed for 187,667 shares and other stockholders 8,621 shares. Rights expired April 26. oper. Other department" operations, semi-annually.—-V. 168, p. 2227. \ , & Telegraph States Telephone Mountain Subscriptions— retirem't Net 31,916 allow....' goods for 19,432,416 3,412,113 287,642 33.712 $57,271 1949 & admin. exps.__ gen. Prov. loss and 20,154,695 349,381 3^3,129 .... appropriations 68,026 . "construction shown are 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— 1781. p, 31,910 - 88.257 : — include not which of National Gypsum Co. to Paul V. Galvin, President, who stated is weather warm and —; tDoes returns of radios car Motorola 1949, according year. Advent profit ♦Deficit. the results general outlook and the public enthusiasm for television leads to view optimistically the business outlook for the remainder Motorola of fcr volume the Net 720,299 $0.90 $1.14 share—2 common $80,000,000 in that 909.ol6 alter charges and taxes——-— J, 1,531,341 253,419 taxes Gross „ L— earnings Uet taxes—_ri— 74,912 31,881 income debentures conv. for income 535,246,235 $33,925,155 13,421 99,382 74,108 depletion. 1949—12 Mos.—1948' ». $2,937,253 1,749,869" tuxes Olhpr $277,202 $194,474 63,250 and : 1949 1948 —$15,212,622 812,437,347 Quarters Ended April 2— gales $262,767 . $3,030,723 -—J—• Federal Irop. Total . Motorola, Inc.—Quarterly Earnings Show Gain— income.„_ Inc.—Earnings— 1949—Month—1948 Operating revenues.. Oper. exps., excl. direct taxes New President Elected— On : Period End. Mar. 31— $1,663,699 115,382,431 258.605,608 298,116,367 101,110.261 <. New Orleans Public Service 1947 $1,666,511 sales: « Monday, May 16, 1949 • 1948 • ■ j $2,086,101 ,ri—ri—ri_. tNet $ $ $ Sales 1949 *••■3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— ' 1949—3 Mos.—1948 1949—Month—1948 FINANCIAL & National Fireproofing Corp.—Earnings— Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.—April Sales Off— _ COMMERCIAL THE (2106) 14 it before was the ... agreed annual to defer action meeting.—V. on 169, -v income income — — 1949 1948 $815,195 $983,719 313,128 ... :—.—-— taxes taxes 381,704 $502,067 $602,015 outstanding-——---- 593.750 593.750 Earnings per share————riri———ririri $0.85 $1.01 Net when comes before Federal profit Capital —V. 168, pp. — — shares 2327 and 2435. :/" ri" " Volume K \ „. f, 169 Units' Assets— President the cf 3 Months Ended Noma .Gain 11 that all the lixed from Other March Pay Rock Oil, Inc., Tulsa, Okla.—Files— 31— 1949 before : 31,443 20,601 $939,784 :___ f \■: n 337,115 notes on debentures ana •Noranda Mines, Ltd.—To Lease Additional Properties sider granting Canada, lease of a Ltd.—V. lby, —V. 9. p. of Earned portion of its properties in Kouyn, Queoec, a Noranda Mines, to earnings ■Number 16 will con¬ The stockholders of Joliet-Quebec Mines, Ltd., on May on 275,400 $365,497 380,735 380,735 Income. ■ shares—,J—T—___ common per ■ snare--,-— $0.63 $0.63 169, p. 1673. ' - 1 r Norfolk \ Western & Ry.—Earnings— Ry. optr. revenues—- Ry. oper. expenses $40,262,244 $41,994,802 30,207,021 30,220,337 ^0,125,755 •'<,2ob,>t9 1,521,081 9,590,946 1,808,299 9,507/i21 '■ i Soles $11,866,629 $12,033,719 _ __ 1 of products from enues 'Cost of ' (net) rents $634,474 $838,123 $4,485,716 $3,929,467^ Interest Cr^co,86U Cr2,32d,£i58 Cro,109,8'<2 Crooy,l)i6 (ne<.)~ J>20,020 Brl7,031 Dr40,158 $1,487,753 $1,573,303 $6,218,168 Other Br48,54d income- $7,547,042 rents from Other oper. U.,2^9 —1_ i-.couie Total income s 443,739 •too, <9^ Provision for $8,013,366 $6,661,958 $1,729,096 $1,634,882 items • Net .* iunded on ueut 'Net income $6,201,111 89,719 311,610 195,000 appropriations as Balance income— of 16u, p. 1564. l $1,309,223 $1,315,890 Inc.—Earnings— Quarter Ended ■ Cost of sales and other 6 Mos. End. 2a,606,600 28,628,922 1,160,000 28,000 tons period corresponding we Lighting Corp. $1,222,979 $1,789,679 Unexchanged — stock offered holders to of Preferred dividend dividend $5 (unexchanged stock) purchased by the sev¬ May 5 at $100 per share V. see 169, income same secona orders quarter obtained and at March the of 31, fiscal 1949, proceeds will be placed in the general funds of the company and used for general corporate purposes including bet.terment and expansion of the company's plant and facilities. The company for a number of years has had under way a continuing program for the improvement and expansion of its existing facilities. Due to changing conditions this program is subject to constant re¬ examination and change. It is currtntly estimated that the cost of items approved for construction in 1949 will amount to approximately net $3,350,000. CAPITAL mtge. 1st mtge. bonds 3(4% bonds 3(4 % . of $10,411,052 year shipments of $31,569,425 made.—V. were business new Pan American was Continues Growth—v 169, p. 908. Despite The ; Civil between Aeronautics this Board and company May on Atlas Atlas Corp. in Stk. approved 12 which Corp. will agreement an Northeast enable to pay off a $320,000 debt to Atlas by issuing it additional stock. proval of the Northeast stockholders will be sought. This agreement conforms 'to conditions of ! ; is getting irom The C. F. restriction C. of all above 3% dispose and the Reconstruction R. ii. A. loan of and also dated its Corp. are subject to requires Atlas agreement new which 1948, 23, a to and preferred stock In Northeast oyer of tne outstanding shares of each class within the next common months. 18 Atlas 95% Corp. its of now 19% owns preferred the of stock.—V. 169, Northeast stock and common 1994. p. gain Airways' during the first quarter ilown 0G0, compared to during the same by volume of Latin American Clipper .cargo governments carried by on Paii Latin American Division continued its steady q.f 1949. ; Common preferred stock (no reveal. •/ .. v the total iirst volume above the 1,815,758-pound figure recorded in the 1948 Latin American countries have cut down imports, and Colombia, Argentina and Chile have set up virtual embargoes against almost all foreign shipments. Cuba recently required a consular invoice to import textiles, an important item in dollars, many of flow Clipper %%.' cargoes. with of Electric ..totaled 61,340,000 corresponding this of output as last the week ended May 6, 1943, with 56,769,000 kwh. for the increase of 8.1%.—V. 169, p. 19s4. for compared company kwh., week (Minn,)—Weekly Output— year, an Noi walk Tire & Rubber In connection with represent holders necessary," Chairman of the May on and of Hollis (he to 1958 "iff may make 15, position by 5 ollicer an committee April due present company's announced committee protective a debentures Gross Gleason, T. Burr, Inc., it was further announced that other members of the committee are Augustus P. Loring, Jr., Boston, Mass., Chairman board versity; Howe and the and York Beach, firm is of own trustee $145,000 Cordage member and Co. the of trustee a Boston law Uni¬ & Boston of firm Dane of of City, York New Hodges. Reavis, the committee, & Downey, New Secretary of is trustee to a or Pantaleoni that members of already amount. committee the total of $19,000 principal amount otherwise, principal tne or when additional $1,268,500 the debentures on the ground that the company had failed United States excise taxes falling due between Jan. 31, 1948, 21, 1943. and had failed to pay certain trade indebtedness due. the as $9,163,960 25,325 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $8,710,972 $27,138,750 $25,336,435 24,026 74,466 75,063 $9,138,635 $8,686,946 1949—Month—1948 Operatng revenues Uncollectible oper. Operating rev._ revenues __ Operating expenses 1,163,105 Net — $928,620 $970,512 $3,028,586 $3,077,307 940,952 operating income- 1,006.587 3,042,503 3,107,020 after !—V. , $27,064,284 $25,261,372 6,606,968 20,426,933 18,757,414 1,109.466 3,608,765 3,426,651 7,046,910 Operating taxes Net 5,316,000 service charges— 169, p. 1231 and 1673. 443,582 371,573 1,575,267 1,458,720 985,006 1,150,009 3,735,000 $2.C23,404 $2,493,277 $9,104,604 $3,744,219 <2,864 revenuc____ oper. income. 48,906 260,693 206,800 z $2,696,268 $2,542,183 $9,365,297 $8,951,019 427,791 244,550 1,227,738 $2,297,633 $3,137,499 $7,981,814 deductions-— income——. income Earns. of the Stanley & Co. Coggeshall & Hicks G. IProvisio'n cannot Thus ihe he 2,1.33.022 2,160,163 V, 7,592,044 7,426,844 1,620.000 1,620,000 1.620.000 $1.32 $1.34 $4-69 Walker H. of comparison certain figures for the three months have been restated in certain instances. for "income taxes is affected by certain factors which 31, 1948, filed mortgage bonds, (' Proceeds for 1949 v/ill series due be 1, to the the 1979. , . company's expenditures $7,000,000 ill 1951/ of payment of $3,500,000 of that its 1949-1951 $16,900,000 A. in 1349, BALANCE SHEET Subscriptions for Stock— Public hion stockholders shares (par subscribed $20i offered 1950, - 38,984 shares subscription of $32.50 at pommon stockholders. Standard Gas & Electric Co. .50,016 shares. See also V. 169, p. 1490. : ' / 89,000 the per (parent) and com-: share by purchased ,-7', Provision after pletion •Earncu deprec., $725,156 $916,530 $0.71 $0.90 3,983 4,632 $2,188,568 ' 1,021,056 shares outstanding. NOTE—Conversion rate of £J^$4<—V. 169, p. 537. $2.14 12,231 " ' 1949 representing gas total, $1,200,051; stock (no shares par—1,620,000 outstand¬ ing), $20,250,000; paid-in-surplus, $288,072; earned surplus (restricted to payment of dividends in the amount of $11,815,886), $22,844,889; preferred: stock (par $100), $13,545,500; serial debentures, due 4% each May 1, 1949 -to 1971 inclusive, 1973, $30,OOG,000; sinking fund debentures due $1,813,P6G; dividends declared $5,105; debt, preferred on accrued deferred' liabilities, taxes, $2,937,284; .. . stock, accounts payable. $135,455; matured accrued interest, de¬ total, $4,721,014; reserve other V/*Vo $46,000,000; for depreciation, reserves, $1,439,754; • „ Parker Pen Co,—Invades Medium Priced Field— invasion of the medium-priced writing instrument field An announced to May 11 by this company which for manufacturing and sales facilities on devoted its CALENDAR YEARS Other 1946 $6,421,231 $5 ,584,222 1,199,543 1 008,656 495,105 630,470 operating expenses— General taxes Federal income operating taxes i- income —_ 456,593 314,361 J 280,935 169,724 221,933 408,859 718,000 431,989 687,000 $1,461,702 $1,335,051 5,841 $1,112,887 14,367 $1,464,965 salaries and expenses 622,889 3,263 office 549,098 1,103,703 745,906 794,080 ' —___ 1,276,673 188,901 ——— General 1947 $7,392,657 revenues——, depreciation Other income Total income Miscellaneous Interest $1,340,892 $1,127,254 350,995 , 919,124 15,334 debt _____ 22,052 26,351 148,997 deductions long-term on 104,578 106,477 292 1,710 "3404 2,466 2,679 $1,297,230 interest Amortization $1,211,504 $990,037 100,711 468,970 charges.debt of expense income Preferred 96,500 . 80,000 397,986 dividends dividends •^-V. the past 10 years almost exclusively 434,133 1995. p. Penney Co.—April Sales Increased 22.38%— (J. C.) Period End. Apr. 30— Sales domestic 1949—Month—1948 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $76,295,792 $62,342,567 $235,768,271 $221,024,691 _________ —V. 169, p.- 1673, Pennsylvania RR.—Increase in Debt Authorized— The stockholders should and ferred to the to heretofore amount annual the May 10 approved a resolution that the company increase its indebtedness by $100,000,000 over- on authorized be above election May authorized. 24 for a The vote.—V, resolution was re¬ 169; p. 1995. Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.—New President, Etc.— 1 George Executive Vice-President since succeeding Leonard T. Beale Chairman of the board. William P. Drake has been elected Vice-President and William F. Mitchell as Vice-President in charge Beilzel, B. elected with the President, company Jan. 1, 1949, has who will continue as in charge of sales* of manufacturing. Assistant Vice-President, sales, assumes the position left vacant when Mr. Beitzel became Executive Vice-President.' Mr. Mitchell, Assistant Vice-President, manufacturing, succeeds Y. F. Hardcastle, who retires from active participation in the chemical company's operation but who remains as a member of the board. Mr. Beitzel and Fred G_ Biianaman, President of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington, wholly-owned West Coast subsidiary, have been elected to two new directorships created at a recent meeting of the board. Mr. Shanaman also is a Vice-President of the parent Mr. . Drake, formerly 1 169, 1995. p. Peoples Drug Stores, Inc.—April Sales Up i There 136 a were year 8.2%— 1949—Month—1948 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $3,893,967 $3,599,800 $15,089,604 $14,443,455 Period End. Apr. 30— Sales President, stated the move was intended to broaden market and provide a product more in line with the purchasing capacities of manv foreign markets. ■; " ' "Like a great many American manufacturers," he said, "our com-, panylhas suffered a severe decrease in foreign sales due to paucity of dollar exchange, and also because, the company's regular line of Parker, company's 169, company.—V. was merchandise. high-price Kenneth 7 the pens, like consumers' $2,377,864 $2.33 13,971 .highest-bracket automobiles, is tco expensive for foreign pocketbooks. In operation at April 30, 140 stores before.—V. 169, p. the ,The to retail authority," of the higher-priced store Mr. American 1949, compared with 1674. istic. "The line, to sales pen market.'' ... be known is "21" made ended week —V. 7, May kwh., or 1996. Co.—Weekly Output— subsidiaries for the kwh., a decrease ot from the corresponding, week of last jear. of this company and its 1949 amounted to 140,375,000 output 0.6%, 109, p. , 1 Co.—Tenders Sought— • Trust Co., trustee, 135 South Broad St., 12 o'clock noon (D£|T) on June 15 J®cei^ Philadelphia Transportation The Fidelity-Philadelphia Pa:, will until Philadelphia, as employs a completely internal filling mechanism. The of a new allov, octanium, which is also used in main¬ springs of many quality watches.—V. 163, p. 2585. point electric Parker retail the "21," will encompass many features of the company's higher-priced pen and pencils. Both models use an alkali-base ink claimed to have an instant-drying character¬ new Philadelphia Electric The 835,000 analyses just completed by an added, "this company now does business at $10 and over. The company's objective is to produce a pen to sell for $5 that will earn the same stand-out position in that field as our standard line does "According in taxes. __i Long tons blister produced ■^On 1949—9 Mos.—1948 de¬ .share.—__ and per 1949—3 Mos.—1948 31, as long-term FOR 461,325 for been LIABILITIES—Common impartial O'okiep Copper Co., Ltd.—Earnings— Period End. Mar. 31— ' Profit MARCH other deferred charges), and prepayment $180,466,107. 74.9% ,» INCOME * % . u for for in , OF AS intangibles, plant, $147,576,845; $3,093,587; has program short-term bank construction will $12,000,000 ;'/ ; \'W- . construction pompany. estimates lequire SEC first — CF per? follows: 457c 27(4% 27%% 1,452,605 operating until sales pu'-cliase contracts, etc., $462,895; ether investments, $3,807,973; cash, $7,997,734; special deposits, $172,002; U. S. Government obligatiohs, $11,485,790; accounts and notes receivable (after reserve for doubtful accounts of $265,000), $4,669,180; material and supplies, $568,750; the as —-—:— — Co Commercial finally applicable to such periods. ASSETS--Gas ■,./% the of registration statement with bidding of $10,600,000 June applied (including Joans.. The a competitive & Maintenance the close cf the calendar -year. for interim periods cannot always reflect determined statement income on are 1948 Total $4.59 expense $2,000,000 by each 1,620,000 share— definitely the tax and underwriters —— STATEMENT purpose ended" March the centage of unsubscribed stock to be purchased Common stock- corn. per com. Tor for stock common Shares - avail, of names Morgan Net Net & 969,205 $2,268,477 in come Gross pletion and amortization, $33,916,417; $180,466,107.—V. 169, p. 537. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.—Registers Bonds— The company May 5 proposing the sale at Telephone Bell Southern . Other Interest Florida. through telepnone companies in the State of points in and out of Florida is provided other other with 3,680,000 taxes-• „. vk to Telegraph Co., American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Florida Telephone Corp. and Inter-County Telephone & Telegraph Co. \ & Federal and Ohio Bell Telephone Co.—Earnings— -Period End. Mar. 31— i with known, the company has no security holders prior to thesie of debenture holders."—V. 169, p. 1887. claims v local income CONDFNSED is .v.. exchanges of Toll ; Net Other %%/%:% far "So . 1,697,952 1,310,600 '.' ...... toll lines and provides toll service between all and in some cases between its exchanges and owns exchanges .connections Aug. * % 341,399 1,376,666 amort. miscellaneous debentures and holders of an outstanding issue totals represent The their and for pay and Taxes—State, tFederal Net added \,f, approximately 500,000. own Net 412,503 & 11,271,146 1,378,383 4,686,844 13,114,736 3,047,448 3,265,037 depl. Atlas principal amount. Jn a letter to debenture holders, the committee pointed out that on April 21, 1949, the debentures "were declared to be immediately due and payable. Such action was taken by. The New York Trust Co., as * Deprec., counsel. announcement families as T. law City, The Dane, Operations Plywood Corp., and Sherwood Waldron, Assistant to the President of American Home Products City, John Corp. Plymouth A. director a New York . of Walter $9,111,192 f $8,714,364 $34,545,559 $31,219,813 revenue--—.—_ Maintenance urni investment Coifin & of of formation the was the Co.—Protective Committee— convertible which which of the of 4% negotiations any r mortgage. was wholly operating Traffic Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.—Earnings— Perioci End. Mar. ol— 194i—3 Mos.—»1'94? 1949—12 Mos.—'*1948- • 80,000 shs. 100,000 shs. 254,692 sns. 400,000 shs. companies. other serves company its of To Northern States Power Co. 1,500,000 . BUSINESS—Company AND time ; keep up with the growing demand for aircargo '^service, with its .fast delivery, new low rates and safe handling, PAA has added a lleet of 10 C-46-type cargo Clippers to fly Latin American routes.—V. 169, p. ,807. ?■/ %:.=■■■ ■■ ■ • par) UNDERWRITERS—The conserve the . additional bonds subject to terms of the of company, excess quarter. To on (par within the State of Florida, at tha 79 communities, approximately 42 Of which are incorporated, in the Counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk,' Manatet, Sarasota, Pasco, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hernando and Highlands. The population of the area served by the company is in The The Exports .of 1,268,000 pounds were below the 1948 first quarter, but "increased shipments from Latin America—562,254 pounds—brought stock FINANCING. Outstanding $3,201,000 * 0 200,000 shs. 1975 incorporated in Florida June 20, 1901, for a period of 99 years. Company wa§ organized for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a telephone system consisting of toll lines and exchanges or local distribution system throughout the State of Florida, either separately or in con-? ■ - during January, February and March totaled 5,180,4,650,000 in the first quarter of 1948 and 3,165,000 period of 1947, figures just compiled by PAA cargo due series due series 1967 $25) $1 cumulative preferred, stock.-.. $1.32 cumulative preferred stock Cumulative present / . controls the trade, World Ton-miles officials $1,750,000 loan Northeast a Finance the April Ap¬ American ^ rigid more international Northeast Airlines, Inc.—To Repay Airways Corp.—Clipper Cargo Volume PRESENT Authorized junction Cthe TQ EFFECT GIVING SECURITIES 1st ^Issuance $3,012,658 During $266,430,319. were officer-employee group is tne the to to the stockholders. price * Unfilled price The rights. the as HISTORY • P. Morgan & Co., Incor¬ , PURPOSE—The 1782. p. of J. office of payable are 23 Wall Street, New York. • Concurrently with this offering the company is offering certain officers and employees the privilege of subscribing pro rata for any of the additional shares not subscribed for through the exercise of porated, was offered , Net group jointly headed by Morgan Stanley & Co. and Coggeshall & Hicks. G .H. Walker & Co. is also parties pating in the underwriting. The subscription rights terminate on May 24, 1949. pre- AU of the outstanding shares of $5 dividend preferred stock have been called for redemption on June 9. 1949 at $100 per share ancj .accrued dividends. Payment will be made at the office qf the corpora? .tion, 433 California bt., San Francisco, Calif.—V. 169, p. 1782. '. V 1,954,000 taxes. $57,040 exported quarter uuiw :i::. Calls $5 Preferred Stock— 52,235,522 <94,000 expenses— Provision lor Federal income tons and dividends. For further details Dec. 31, *48 Mar. 31, "49 Mar. 31, 'A3 $25,623,579 $31,578,601 $57,202,180 . oU.uoo eral underwriters and ' ; Cr6l5 $17,073 ——, pursuant to exchange otfer (v. 169, p. 1782), shares will be issued in exchange and 50,910 shares Period— the basis of on stockholders' lerred stock $6,743,563 $5,694,500 149,090 Sales and other income period——;. during this year's first stock of right to subscribe for 42,448 addi¬ $38 per share one share for each live shares held. The underwritten by an investment banking 10, the May tional shares of common stock (no par) at . Shares Offered—Of the 200,000 shares of $4.50 - North American Aviation, ; 36,000 $56,425 adjustments—Miscellaneous compared' vita 169, p; 1231. preferred —V. 3,600 $17,305 r - ' adjustments- Dr 23 2 Pacific ,\ 65.00J ' — other V ■ ' Misc. • and Cr261 1948.—V. 500,000 100,503;' _< income, on is for company coal 277,648 lGo,6fad iuuds- reserve appropriations taxes Cr 118 $7,521,211 $1,565,603 $1,481,393 . Sinking & 17,384 (net) •in (; $92,164 deficiencies—prior years surplus other results The 492,154 460,847 16^,488 1O3,ooJ • •. , and -of i 2,477,619 $43,171 ' Federal . • Interest $2,569,783 de- — '(net) before Surplus 466,3Z4 operations interest Profit ry. $1,878,553 • rev¬ operating expenses, and taxes, income tax on i Net sold, depletion 1948 1,835,388 and Offered—The com¬ Co.—Stock Telephone is offering to the holders of its common Subscriptions income-, fac.l. Joint Peninsular record v oper. Equipnicav 1949 merchandise and other, operations——* goods appreciation. Profit Ry. fc (& Subs.)—Earning Three Months Ended March 31— , 1949—3 Mos.—1948 tax accrual— Railway , , 1949—Month—1948 Period End. Mar. 31— common offer has been • Pacific Coast Co. of Security 62,009 267,300 $366,368 taxes shares Underwriter, pany Net • Federal for May 3 company 900,000 236,878 54,8o8 , Provision filed a letter of notification with the SEC for stock, to be sold at 30 cents per share. Royalties, Inc. Proceeds will be used for tne repurchase of stock of the corporation under offer of rescission and for operating expenses.—V. 167, p. 1591. The i' Total income Interest $919,183 depreciation- income, (net) Depreciatio 1948 $994,178 $1,025,622 operations i . . A 15 (2107) FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Oxford Paper Co,—Earnings— i Electric Corp., announced assets, machinery and inventories of Cen¬ tral Railway Signal Co., Inc., Peru, Ind., a subsidiary, have been sold lor a cash consideration of $603,264. This sales price is $122,144 in excess Oj. the subsidiary's net book value of these assets at Apr. 3U, 1940. The liquidation of this subsidiary is contemplated within the near .future.—V. 169, p. 1672*. > \ ; Sadacca, May on COMMERCIAL & v Noma Electric Corp.—Sells Henri THE Number 4803 - • as of July 1, 1949, of consolidated mortgage due Jan. 1, 2039, to an amount sufficient to,, prices not exceeding par. Under the provisions of the indenture all coupon bonds accepted tor purchase by the trustee shall be surrendered with all unmatured cou¬ pons attached thereto, with the exception of fixed interest coupops an<x tenders for the sale to 3%-6% the it bonds, series A, exhaust sum of $150,050 at « THE (2108) Interest income detached the irom if any, maturing July coupons, belore oonas the which shall be 1, 1949, surrendered are same the to COMMERCIAL '2,961,250 PiiiJiaetpma Transportation Co. is required to pay such coupons maturing «»iuy 1, 1949, upon presentation thereof, and is also required dend to a liXeo pay tfae mtiiebt registered trustee.—V. ana bonds 1G8, without accepted coupons 2229. p. if any, due July interest, income for by purchase tne Pioneer Finance Co., Detroit, Mich.—Files— The 1896, May 2 filed a letter of notification with the SEC for 22Jt>54 shares of 6> cumulative convertible preferred stock ($10 par) **tA 135,924 scares ($1 par) common, reserved for conversion. Prowill Bank Building, be for aad.tionai used Detroit 26, capital. working Mich.—V. 167, Office: 1591. p. of D. Fox, 12 amount Treasurer, clock o company noon ; Seventh 380 May on Juris o, a- 1, 1949, Avenue, New York, N. Y., will, receive tenders "for the sale to the first general mortgage bonds to an 31, of sufilcient to exnaust the sum of *78,230, par and interest.—V. accrueu exceeding at prices not Subs.)—Earnings— 1949 of with $3,722,594 2,313,837 2,478,190 Bum.:. Income from and Total operations $1,333,819 income its income Administrative Taxes o'.htr and general $1,249,011 income Pro vis ic n ior ior i -Net income — 61,138 motor 75,356 electric 365,000 <339,464 $716,567 <—2 $1.98 Total /'M*'1 r--:;1 May $2,000,000 Bank ctf & 9 announced from of May 4% Trust 25-year 107,370 534,999 njtes Co. first the 12 to July 12, 1949, the .Portland has bands, mortgage of held by company Gas of proposed of exemption an from competitive maturity Mellon the bidding which Stuart & Co. 11, May Electric Power Inc. and Co.—Bonds associates of $3,500,000 $10,000,000 first mortgage ■doe 1984 at 101 yk% bonds, The issue for the Salomon bonds Broi. May 9 on bid a of Co. and & White, the for Net series Income Co. & Stock holders of itight to purchase stock mon one additional an (par $10) of 592,250 shares at $12.50 per share of Rights expire (EDT) May 25. Subscription agents are Chemical Bank & Trust Co., New York, and National Savings Bank & Trust Co., Washington, D. C. OF Hie dated are May in and l New May Nov. York. 1, 1 at ioaiy, and fully registered ■multiple of $5,000. net of in proceeds to the sale of from expenses, due May the stock ■funds of in Interest payable Washington, D. C. as to principal $5,000 (estimated at after company, the bonds new ■038,711, excluding accrued interest) and ■common 1984. l, company $1,000, registerable denominations oL $1,000, and from $7,071,962) the will deducting (estimated be added the to esti¬ at $10,additional sale of the general the company. Such general funds will, among other things, >be nsed (i) to reimburse the company for capital expenditures pre¬ viously made, ( ii to meet the expenditures during 1949 for the con¬ struction program of the company and (iii) to advance funds to its subsidiary, Braddock Light & Power Co., Inc., to be applied toward that company's construction program. «'CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM—Company dock will expend in and $16,700,000 in connection its 1950, with £ubs d ary approximately $15,000,000 in 1951 if anticipated that such expenditures ■as construction ® • .• Power P<ant; $8,000,000 to be in revenues— railway generating be it Alex- new 25,000-kilowatt genteitamng unit and related equipment in the company's Benning power ,?h °° lor other generating facilities; $3,722,000 for trans¬ mission faci itie-; $31,423,000 for distribution facilities; and $2,605,000 eral of As of s' inciud-n8 an enlargement of the 31, 1949 8Sh« tl0.3v6.000 vacuities and it is the construction ior anticipated including $11,000,000 ?n had company V the volt that of the new to plant further advances 1949, will be made for Braddock and of a related $17,000,000: now or^ltR^sifhsVrf^ro its subsid.ary or ?95°V 1951not now aaU ly52 type of a (CAPITALIZATION 314% 314% £14% ,314% 3% Dec. 31, approximately of TO Prov. i f • AND -»- /» notes or -Common stock " * , 1977 or before — L. Int. -'1,643,465 Hume ($10 par»__ as stock the $4,611,679 Drl9,113 $4,584,435 • . thereto!-ns va?vhiDfmonn^ C°MMON $3,266,683OF the ' bonds , the and nn reclassification f of the ; -1948 1949—3 Mos V V 1949—12 Mos.—1948 S8,854,298 $38,377,401 $32,182,025 3,643,458 ,17,379,344 13,467,911 601,268 511,939 2,366,695 893,316 809,956 3,330,646 3,089,971 863,871 777,516 3,071,388 2,896,74JJ ; 2,158,367 ■ taxes.— 3,412,000 2,866,000 S7r703,025 _H_a—— " 74,659 133,400 420,736 569,174 ! $2,594,490 income— $2,367,828 $9,238,062 574,626 567,806 2,185,007 $2,019,864 other $8,272,199 2,233,19$ $1,800,022 $7,053,055 $6,039,003 deducts. 1888. VI H the to par) Act stcck. for lequested ceeds of offering The to are of be from of later, ment of will issue and by issue of com¬ one new share for each date, used lor bank The and has- company together with the pro¬ an application is to be which to as be underwriting bidding. stock, short-term Holding shares amendment. common the said record competitive the under sell of rate price, ; ' - application an the at supplied sale the is $4,000,000 bond a filed • offering exemption an Proceeds an stockholders. held. terms registration statement with the SEC additional 104,804 shares of its common a previously filed authorization to The shares filed 9 of sale company H-H: ^. May .,) r Hampshire—Registers With ..;H ($10 other ' borrowings).—V. construction (including purposes 169, p. repay¬ 1996. The May . filed 9 a registration statement with the SEC sale, at competitive bidding, of 50,000 •shares of preferred stock (cumulative—$100 par value). Proceeds will be used to' pay the cost of property additions and betterments. The company expended $1,214,000 for such purposes during the first quarter of 1949, and contemplates additional expen¬ company the prcpcsii g issuance and . $3,340,557 BONDS Wm. E. Pollock $3,531,622' ' . . respective & . prin¬ ditures of $7,060,000 and $5,800,000 Co., Inc. during in 1951.—V. the 169, balance of 1949, $9,211,000 in 1950, 1011. p. Public Service Electric & Gas 250,000 Company L__— 350,000 Shields & Company—, 1,000,000 „—— 200,000 Stein 250,000 Thomas & Bros. the OF & Boyce— Company—— COMMON principal respective The underwriters severally of be to The "300,000 bonds opened of the the " v & Co. " & & C. Jones Mackall & Robinson I — The for the to general the at maturity,! used to pay be are funds bank of the be plan of that after April. 30, The United Corp. under 1949, Section 11(e) the of ordering it enforced Third 6 " - I . 1949 1948 " - $15,202,544 $15,035,185 645,288 a District of Delaware approving the United Corp.'s plan and were filed in the U. S. Court of Appeals ior uhe Circuit, but that Court, on April 22, refused to grant a petition stay of proceedings during the pendency of the appeal.—V. 169, 1996.- Puget Sound Power & Light Co.—May Be Sold in June The the *385,904 564,600 - prolit *262,419 State SHEET AS AT ASSETS— MARCH 1949 „ assets 1943 of $17,687,715 $21,006,075 assets ' : Properties, net of depreciation 580,552 • 163,699 * 8,743496 $25,315,090 date of legislation permitting joint acquisition purchase the whole system would be preferable to its piecemeal acquisition. Frank' McLaughlin, in the Seattle President area of Puget , Power, $36,000,000.'>'." at better than '1 '" ■• • The city's experts have McLaughlin Total ' 10 is the effective private power facilities by the Public Utility Districts. , Mr. Richardson said the utility company has agreed that ties *4091551 , Utility Districts hope to purchase whole soon alter June 10, according to of the Washington Pub.ic Utility Com¬ Public a disclosed last month that-consultants employed by his company valued the utility's proper¬ 774,160 6,883,124 charges ~ as President Association. missioner's of 31 Washington system Richardson, June BALANCE of company's J. L. '"Loss. Deferred will the 6 6 — other payment, the company's outstanding added be to the Holding 6 — and will for $20,000,000 Inc.—Earnings— profit current made Company Act of 1935, the company and its subsidiaries ceased to be subsidiary companies of a holding company and subject, as such, to the jurisdiction of the SEC under the Holding Company Act. Appeals lrom the order of the U. S. District Court 14 for CONSOLIDATED be 1,1949; statement points out the of Utility IIIIIIIIIIIIHI 111111111111 sales. Investments date Public 14 Lukens Pressed Steel Car Co., June which II—HHII IIIIH 3 Months Ended March 31— Operating on remainder of registration the p. Gross the out effective 1996. p. bonds IIIIIIIIIIIIIHUIH Co,___ Co Coe— and 169, & Li to $49,000,000. - 14 g Johnston, Lemon & Robert HII—HI * $18,980,500 will replenish the general funds of advance of maturity the balance of and mortgage competitive bidding. paid, at maturity, Nov. 1, 1949, $9,475,300 of other prior lien bonds. The company estimates that total expenditures for construction in 1949 will amount to approximately Percentage 14 ___! 7. disbursements lien company 14 Sons for prior loans, by each, Company June refunding statement with the SEC bonds due 1979. The bids are to be registration and first offered proceeds, for of a in additional ; be filed 6 of unsubscribed Inc will on the company purchased May company covering $75,000,000 *300,000 STOCK percentages stock common Co.—Registers $75,000,- 000 Bonds With SEC— Robinson-Humpnrey called the estimated the value at only $23,-800,000.; Mr. city's valuation "unjustifiably low."—V. 169j p. 1491. $30,-933,282 H LIABILITIES— Total current Reserve and Surplus, liabilities other stock stock $50) and 4,297,750 1,045,500 9,896,585 earned -4,297,750 1,045,500 $1)_^_'_ (par paid-in $9,490,133 $13,439,101 585,122 617,116 liabilities ipar 11,533,815 168, p. $25,315,090 $30,933,282 2546. „• - (& Subs.)—Earnings— 1949 1948 sales, "After Selling, depreciation-, Federal $26,032,229 $15,061,909 •' $4.04 admin, and general 8,744,184 1,156,364 exps.__ ^ nine the for U. tax 1946 $639,000. S. of months ended March 31, 1949, provision has been and foreign iniome taxes of $17,620,000; 1948, Federal $39,090,000; 1947, Federal income tax of $32,960,000; Federal income tax of $9,455,700 and excess $1,784,644 79,510 $1,241,012 $2,061,381 $1,864,155 389,675 429,030 .427,044 25,000 46,500 37,000 359,000 622,000 509,000 $467,337 income Minority int. $1,962,626 98,755 $963,851 $890,954 $1.04 $0.96 "HI income -—-—— in • 10,142,8i3 7,269,239 1,111,448-' rl,07i,268 38,337 $1,202,675 —— and .„ sales— $11,103,223 $13,216,947 of depr. & depl.) and 1948 - depletion .-i_L — tax——* inc, of - - subsid-, 156 co. $2.32 income taxes, etc., and in 1948 after appropriation of $34,000,000 as an addition to the reserve for inventory decline and in 1947 after reserve for inventory price decline in the amount of $29,500,000. For inter-co. of (excl. Gross profit Other income Federal 1946 price income excl. Cost of sales State income tax_-__ 1947 . r 1949 Quarter Ended March 31— Net Depreciation ; (& Subs.)—Earnings Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. „ . — *Consol. net earnings™ $33,581,913 $32,270,466 Earns, per coin, share— $5.22, $5.01 paid dividends in common stock in each year since 1904. Since common stock in 1947 and during 1948, the . Public Service Co. of Okla.—Registers With. SEC— The Folger, Nolan Incorporated Goodwyn & Olds ^ made STOCK-Company has - $8,817,327 Total , Western miscel. company eight $4,762,856 -1,231,234 1,243,878 300,000 Procter & Gamble Co. 225,000 shs. the 231. p. 2035. p. and 169| p. mon $5,104,269 Dr 32,409 several and additional Brown -V. 3,553,500 shs. of Manager 16'3, 877,000 The Dr304,099 Sons of Read Ferris ., _, 1947.—V. without underwriting. Proceeds will be used for gen¬ - Office, 18 West Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia income stock $4,800,170 Dr37,314 - 9 Mos. End, Mar. 31— 400,000 shs. Harrison, who retired May 2, General $2,234,428 proposing 5,000,000 5,500,000 shs. Inventory Pricb 704. 1,019,000 The 2,742,612 Dr8,131 , 10,000,000 ?Iay b? lssued under the indenture on compliance / and the provisions of indentures supple- for p. America—Promotion— of Public Service Co. of New 1,000,000 names Dillon, 5,000,000 5,000,000 169, 5 "*■ Service, Inc., Philadelphia—Files— taxes and —V. 1,903,590 2,860:231 Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath 15,000,000 5,000,000 "Reserve as fiscal purposes. income Net 1,679,979 $4,603,548 - 300,000 Total 12,000,000 Co. Assistant depreciation- • 200,000 of ,10,000,000 $12,000,000 been and $4,491,755 purchasers of Co Common Nov. -t.'- ($5° Par'—— »ifchdfdh»0nfi!„b^ds reclassffirat ~ 1975,. __ on 1949, mental 1974 by this operating income_, '$2,519,831 Gross 1,353,284 follows: $20,000,000 before April 1, —— payable FINANCING Outstanding 1966 due 1983, due Jan. 1, 1983 due, 1984, due May 1, 1984 011 • for May 5 filed a letter of notification with the SEC cumulative debentures, dated Dec. 1, 1942, to b? 167, SEC— SUBSIDIARY) 1,713,341 $4,491,755 $3,816,901 shares the company market inventory reduce on par local Other - '1,607,142 for Net 1947 sale ' -, in-the He succeeds Howard G. has 6% Federal,income 1,128,000 $5,673,044'. $4,459,346 1,856,143 1,192,663 inet)__ of the at Federal 1948 Columbia ... . * 1, 1974, due Dec. 1, ser. due 1975, due Aug. 2, ser. due 1977, due Aug. 1, ~T 214% PRESENT bonds due 1966, due July due ser. ,, Authorized ser. notes payab.e the oils the to operations $37,000,000.—V. Insurance Maintenance the of area 1,815,361 $5,350,000 Preferred EFFECT ser. series ■2%% ■2/o to through 01 securities of tne determined. GIVING ' iFirst mortgage $30,000,000 be T corporate State, company).* ex¬ of as that purpose. t0 obtain- in addition approximately of — intercon¬ Cr5,973 — chgs. are presently expects that in order to carry out the above ,TS?CJ2?rtf,rosram it,,wl11 have offered. from Operating revenues $10,345,415 Operation L-———-a 4,448,128 transmission volt the District service 1,961,589 Cr651,648 income common company's service advanced profit what may $200,000 & Total March efiect and fats determine to the available be to ■; : Period End. Mar. 31— , budding1 a market Public Service Co.-of Indiana, Inc*— -Earnings— of that (COMPANY 1948 (net)—.. names The . but net amount company Pa.—V. 44, Of Net hand on their - and requirements 110,000 than was in The ;UNDERWRITERS a > goods of excess the With possible department since $250,000 offered and $5,667,071 Incorporated ___!_ Mullaney, Wells & Co.— 1952. Braddock's install others by to $5,015,523 ; 1949, in Office The for for $25,100,000 market. 30, the Public Finance and com¬ a Brad- applied approximately 80,000-kilowatt in and program $10,000,000 and will (follow.*:, $19,500,000 to complete the'two .units and related fac litles being installed 230,000 1,655,037- V 1,329,826 3,309,392'f 2,966,466 Brothers Alex. not is June •>' Company Income Thomas —V. estimates that it the is any Coupon bonds and registered bonds interchangeable. PURPOSE—The mated 1949; agency Denomination of its of consisting 2.227,123 income Byrd . total a Abernethy Home *•'''* 1945 V ;"^1946 $31,979,235 $27,097,078 $24,554,034 $23,262,600 17,654,719 14,532,081 12,118,176 10,473,866 inc. on Gregory & Son, Inc Otis or continues used Columbia street a and estimates served '. Courts & Co._ offering has been underwritten by Dillon, Read a group of Washington dealers. (Bonds on ■»r Mr. right-of-way of the Penhsylvania RR. EARNINGS Inc. & Co. Inc. and finished in was - 1949.■ cipal amount of bonds severally to be purcnased by each are as follows: Halsey, Stuart & Co. Roger S. Palmer Co._„ the basis of on a volt by PURCHASERS com¬ cost it at lb Western States. company with the hydro¬ Consolidated Gas Electric of ... depreciation— int. Net offering to May 10 the record share for each five shares held. new 3 jp.m. stock common the area. adjustments Gross The Offered—The company is its all the over 2,117,441 income Total processed .end commitments: Hugh Abernefhy has been promoted to General Manager in charge of loans and real estate investments for the company in the including the There and Lee Common by system estimated was Maryland taxes oper. Other on mortgage of . • be of be Prudential .V , 1949 the company District purchases Company expenses & Co.. rtfee the 132,000 areas revenues for Prov. Eight other Weld operates in company taxes Prov. Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades Higginson Corp. (Jointly), 100.715; Harriman Ripley Inc., 100.045; Lehman Brotners, 100.5781; Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Merri.l Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane (Jointly 1, 100.57; SfiUhn, Loeb fc Co., 100.555; Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., 100.1399; The First Boston Corp., 100.099. i tb the public, 2%% 101.01991. 2%s were received, viz: Hutzler (Jointly), 100.78891; of customers, Governments, which (owned along of Maintenance and repairs Taxes, other than in¬ Total as 898,000 in Operating Operating and accrued interest. The issue has awarded was its July will output sales energy Baltimore lines part SUMMARY been oversubscribed. bids Co., system over Calendar Years— . reserved to in materials, $11,000,000 as There will be interconnected its of commercial .. Offered—Halsey, offered of and area consists come Potomac service Board, , daily will Decline" subsidiary, approximately 3 square miles in Arlington County, Va., -comprises about 12% of the area of that county and, as of Dec. 31, 1948, had a population, estimated by the company, of approx¬ imately 15,000. ■ * ■ r National of in plant most Columbia interchanged in Maryland. population of the SEC but and generating Co. in large service which previously Juris¬ diction over tne definitive terms of issuance and sale. However, the oompany was unable to complete the sale of its bonds prior to the May 12 maturity of the notes, and the bank agreed to a two-montns' extension of then maturity. — 169, p. luo9. granted and Maryland, transmission 230,000 authorizing the the sale which to as order an much capacity- turbo-generator placed Tne the of year, the company and each company renders certain and makes use of certain of the other's facilities. Counties 'H1 of be lower .fluctuating District tne Chairman at March 31, 1949. At the close of the cuirent fiscal year, 30, 1949, any such excess will be recognized by the usual yearprocedure of pricing inventories and raw material commitments, 'situation approximately 633 square miles comprises tne entire District of Columbia and approxi¬ mately 51% and 63%, respectively, of Prince George's and Montgomery • issuance Power Maryland, The (Ore.) Gas & Coke Co.—Notes Extended— extension to electric of Transit of energy is and steam tending 464,472 the transportation and in the 4;V v •' Portland 31 202,970 109,773 ___ line 224,659 —_—. _ 80,000-kilowatt company of energy from to the other electric Light 1948 180,991 109, p. 807. SEC the District sections necting 173,708 N^irch The bus services $670,669 $2.11 shares*—- 1949 January February an and Capital adjacent TONNAGES OF COAL PRODUCED—QUARTER ENDED MARCH —V. revenues. 69,137 —— o^p.tai stock oi in Deupree, raw material raw the at America energy of value paratively small amount of heavy industrial activity in tne area served by the company and its subs.diary and' revenues from such sales are, correspondingly, a relatively small proportion of their total sales and 415,000 uxes——_ of two expected of June ■ engaged electric of spring of 1950. Electric profit share Per v.ue.al is the portion States 76,848 depletion and depreciation, fvovision in system major 77,736 taxes— which subsidiary is to domestic 79,003 expenses " reueral u,ail 4,608 ;_ of cost company. The . $1,244,403 23,624 $1,357,444 miscellaneous sale and incorporated in April relating to the in tne generation, was States principally and The and other the United interest distribution, of one the by the 1948 $3,647,657 Cost United is initially be installed units, and Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. t& the It R. April 27 said: in rural, will 167, p. 2035. ■Quarter Uiued March 31— Richard divi¬ holders of 1949 declared to end BUSINESS—Company of Monday, May 16, 1949 the on quarterly A 1949 in a limited contiguous territory, largely suburban Maryland, and interchanges electric energy witn a neighboring utility system. Company's system is interconnected with that of Braddock, its only subsidiary, an electric utility company engaged in the distribution of—electric energy in a small area in Virginia contiguous to the District of Columbia. Company supplies the subsidiary with its entire electric energy requirements and also lurnishes it, at cost, with engineering, operating and miscellaneous services. The subsidiary is constructing- a power plant in-which there and Pittsburgh, Youngstown Jk Ashtabula Ry.—-Tenders— P. Ufitil 31, , Columbia. Columbia March share per outstanding. on , under the laws of then paid was 7,' 1949. AND transmission, National 901 1949. District company deeds stock 6, share dividends of 2214c stock common CHRONICLE The board of directors May 9, 2214c per share, payable June 30, 1949 to holders of (including the additional common stock) of record on ■'" of HISTORY- FINANCIAL five quarterly per March On common i. ( . 22 tic dividend June , paid shares of of record 1949, on 1, has ■company trus¬ tee. & prolits - tax Net profit Earnings per —V: 169, p. — share___—— 1232. - ; $0.50 ' Queen Anne Candy Co.—Gorman - W. A. vestment Gorman,-President of Link, bankers, has been elected a a Director— Peck & Co., Chicago in¬ director.—V. 167, p. 2035. Gorman, of (Continued on page 55) . Volume 169 THE Number 4803 , COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2109) Stock Record «» New York Stock Exchange DAILY RANGE OF PUCES Range for Previou FOR EVERY LISTED ISSUE STOCKS , Year 194* "" WEEKLY VOLUME OF TRADING YEARLY RANGE OF SALE PRICES Leweet NEW Range Since Jan. 1 Leweet Highest YORK f per share t per share 1 STOCK •« 76 Dec 100 2% Dec 6% Dec 55 y2 Jun May 75 Jan 44% 40% May 70 May 2 3% Jan Apr 21 7 ACF-Brill 9 Acme 6 Adams 7 Adaras-Millls 19% Jan 14% Feb Dec 27 % Dec 41% July 27% Mar 28 30 Jan 26 7y8 Feb 22% 14% Feb 19% Jan 6 8% Apr 19 17% Ffeb 23% May 46y* - 10 Jan 5 35 Jan Dec 7% Apr 46% Apr xl8% Dec ! 27% May 99 Nov 13% 2Va 65% 23% *171 ; Mar 99% May 12 198 Dec Feb - 21% Dec Nov 44 Feb Dec Oct 31% Oct 26% Jan -6 % May 3 Jan 37 121 :■ 4 May ■ 52% Feb 40% *28% 29% 1 18% 18% 19 VB r_l ' 7% 7% 7% Mar 6% Jan Mar 51 <■ Jan 29 % July 70 4 Dec Nov May ■» ^ Dec Feb Oct 43 7 6% 177 ' Jan 30% Mar 23 Jun Ya Nov 49% Jun 25% Apr Nov 100% Jan 68 Chemical 8c Kid l Dye—.Nopar CO • 5 • ZVcft Mfg fcommon_No par preferred conv 6% Bosch Corp 3 93 !A Apr 27 Shoe Co conv preferred Broadcasting 27 May 20% Feb 1 Aug 106% May 6 108% Feb 15 38 Dec 51 May 39% Feb 15 46 Vi Apr 4 American 15 Dec 20% Jun 15% Feb 8 18% May 4 Deo 22% Jun 15% Feb 11 17% Mar 21 American 81 Dec 94 Jun 33j/4 Feb 43 Oct 94 y2 Feb 25 Feb 77 Apr 87 18 Mar 11 107% 35% Feb Jun 8 Jan 3 29% Jan 3 99 49% May 42% May 12 May 11 36% Mar 31 Year 1948 Lowest 5 Range Since Jan. 1 Lswsst Highest J an 47/s Feb 7% May 19% Oct 15% Feb 6 Vb Apr 24 13% Dec 19 Apr 13% Jan 5 1% Sep 4% May 89% Jan 1% Jan 4 Dec 44 Jan 14% Jun 6% Jan 3 Nov 77% Jan 38% Jan Dec 43% May 3% Dec .18 46 7% Jun 20% Feb 5% 100 47 Jan 26% May 24% Jan 8% May < 5% Jan > 10 Apr 9 Vb Apr 51 27 28% May 90 Dec 92 Jan 73 Feb 23 10% Feb 15% Jun 11% Feb 7 Jan 19 Jun 15"% Mar 1 17% Apr 30 18% Jan 20 16% Dec 95% Feb 108 Jun 14 Jun 26% ' 78% May 13 May 10 102 Jan 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% *3 31%; x31Va 3 Vb V 3 3 3 *37 42 101%' 35% / 42 101% 102 *37 , 102% 35%; *36 • ; ' v 9% '.9 VB '9% 9% 64% 64%' 64 - .3 89% - ; 3 100 : 36 36% ' 36 9% x62% 623% 23% 233/4 23% 23% -23%» 66 65 65 64% 65 64% 64% *65 66 8% 8% ; *100% 102 : r 7% 7 : 3% 7% 3Vb 7% 31% 101%,;' *100% " 77 7 8 ' 101 101 "*65 31% *101% 7% 7 »/s: 3y8 7% 3y8 1,900 *31% 130 8% 32% *101% - 1,700 65% 7% 102% - 102 7% 32,000 * 64% 23 Vz 7% 31% 31% '■ 9% *63% •, 7% : 1,000 , * 1,000 ; 500 7% 7% ;• 9,500 2,600 900" , •>■ , 7% 2,000c ' 3y8 3% r9l, *175 4i 8% 31% 31% 7% 91 176 8 31% 31% 177 92 176' 8% * ^ ; 36% 9%; s 1,000 V 102% 363/8,' 9% '64%' 3'% 90 91 90 176 - 177 *176 i. 3% 3y8 90 9oy8; 177 3% " 177 •3% 2,600 9&y4 , 90 3/4 *176 800 " . 42 102L , 9,800 r: 3 ; *38 *37 ; 42 * 102% 102% 9%: ( 23% *26% J 69" 21 Va *106y2 ' ; 69 43 1 1 21% *106% 43 18% 43% r V 126% 26% 69 69 "• 21 y2 107 V2 18% " 26% 27y4 18 *106% 90 Vz 2,300 170 1 176 43% 40% 40% 40% *32 41% 110 106 Vz 21% 108 443/4 45 V' ; 44% 44% 443A 18% 18% *18% 18% *18% 16 16 *15% 79 *77% 79 79 *773/8 79 42 105% 31% . 16 ;." 42% 42 31% *77% 42 3/4 42% 106 106 LOW AND HIGH SALS ; 106 31% 42% 106 *31% f 106 32 2,100 300 , 700 42% *104% 32 12,700 1,000 . 32 700 Friday Salee fer May IS the Week PRICES Tuesday May 10 Wednesday May 11 Thursday S per share ' ' 163/8 31% Monday 300 1,100 '■>. 18% 15% 32 S per share 1,900 X 22 *iosy2 22% 108 26% „-68 44 y4 105 May 9 223/a * " 68 16% 31% May 7 * 22% 108 26% 69 18% 104% Saturday ' 263/s *68 44 105 '' $ per share Par I *15% 41% 104% *: STOCK ,>r. *77% - 33 *104'% 26 Vb 26% 69 *18% 16% #773/8 '79 79 *21% 21% 108 44 *77% *68% *106% 18% : 15% 69 "21% ' 26% 26% *68 21% 108 *15%16V* $ per share $ per share May 12 $ per share *5V2 5% *5% *16'/2 17'A *16% Shares 5% Nopar 40c *16% 17'/2 *16% 16% 16% *1% 1% 1% 513A 2,400 *7% i; 7%' "7% 8% 81/* 8% 2,500 45V* 42 42 43% 43% 433/4 43% *43% 44% 35 3% 35% 35% 35% 35% 35% 35% 3% 3% *3% 3% 3% 3% par , *5iy4 52'A *7% *45V2 46 51'A 7% 44V4 *35 35% 35 conv 10 com preferred Ice non-cum *3% 1 50 Products Co American Nopar preferred preferred 1 —100 3'/8 3% 48y2 100 16% 16% *16% 17 163A 16 3A *16% 17 600 1% 1% 1% *1% 1% 1% 1% 51'A 49% 17 7% 50 77/a 7% *46 47% 27% *12'/2 12% 12% 17'A 17Vb 80% 13% 13% 13% ;/ 1 14V% 28 *46 48% 7% 8 : 27% : 7% 86 85 50% 3% 1,600 47% 27% 7% 1,100 3% *46 47% 28 700 35 35 28% 8,100 7% 7% 9,300 90 12% 12% *12% 12% *12% 123/4 17% 17'A 17% *163/4 17% *17 14% 14 14% 14% 14% 14 14% 80 79% 79% 79 79 78 Vz 78% 400 13% 12% 13% 12% 123/4 12% 123/4 5,200 80 78 78 14 *79 83 *78 *46 x27% 7% 511/2 ' 2,500 - 17% 17'A 80y2 503%. . 1% 76 76 12% *17y8 51 28 6% 76 50% 1%, 47% 27% 6% 14'A 400 17% 6% 14% 5% *163/4 *46 27% 14% ■ 17 *67 V 5% 17 6'/2 *67 5% 17 27% j ' 5% *16% *6'A > 100 common 8 5% 17 27% *46 1 com Locomotive 5%, *5% Nopar & Leather *5% 1 Nopar 1% 31% *88 89% 200 1,100 12,900 82% 64% " : /- > - 30% 82 V2 23 »/2 *7'/8 3Vb American International Corp.No par American Investment Co of 111 1 20 ;.30% 82 Vz 23% • Foreign Power corn—No American 12% May 13 13% 303/4 *81% 64 Nopar 6% 89% 30% 82% 36% 9% 32 ", 32 101 101 20 Encaustic Tiling., American Home May 10 79 30% 82% 101% 36% 9Vb 100 " 1,500 . 293A 29% 10 preferred 6% 89y8V . 28 28% 29% 23% 92 10 com STOCKS American Hide May 11 273/4 V 82 % 10b American Hawaiian SS Co 5 8 / 283% 29% ■42 ' $7 2nd preferred A 20 17 281 82% 3% 101% $6 4 47% Jan - 5 '• 10 preferred $7 6 31 4'A Jan 5, Amer & 4 Jan 37% Feb 3 3 Nopar com American European Secur American Export Lines Inc 8 ' *16'A > ■ . '' American 17 •" *3 " 37 ' *8'A No par '■ 5 16% 60 176 - 28% *65 4 1 EXCHANGE Apr 58 . Mar 21 3% Jan Jan Jan 53 Dec 35 '• s *16% *27% 28 100 6% ; " Distilling Co NEW YORK • 2Vb Jan 3 35% 17% Jan 3 Dec 37 6 Vb ' 16% 27% ' *88 176 : , 27% *23'/2 * ' —100 $ per share 28 14 Vb Mar 42 ;; 177 2,500 90 *63A 31% 4 n*37 ;9 preferred series A-100 > conv Highest t per share $ per share 42 25 Chicle Co American V.': Range for Previous $ per share 3%% 106 7 800 20% 99 90 92 27%' 89% 75 20% 27%7 " 102 5 1 Nopar preferred——No par Colortype Co Crystal Sugar 4% % prior preferred American Cyanamid Co ' *88 4,400 ' *31 *37 1 *35% 1 Inc American 14% non-cum *16'A 487/b *97 27%', " 7,100 82 -"29%' 297/a 1 63Vb ' 64 American Chain & Cable 5% 99% 176 90 2% 73% 20 3/4 176% 400 „ 48% 73% *6% 3,800 • , 2% 99% *90 3% 15 " 2% 20% 7 6,300 67 67 73 92 100 23% *14% 483A *6% 46'A 105 3% y 23/4 46% i ' ;88 """89% " 82 3% 20% 16% 16% 23 68% 72% 175% 27% 46 % *100 99% 177% 27% *101 ' - .100 : Co preferred American Car 8c Fdry com 7% preferred 110 16% 27>A 27% 27% ■V .1 com—No par 1% 22% Mar 30 16% 27'A -3% 10 Amer Cable & Radio Corp American Can Co common Jan 104 V* « #3. ' 100 common American 7 176% ( 99 *90 • 7 1,800 1 1 7 11 178'% 92 *6% v 29% ' 30 1 ; 50 3 Jan *90 7V8 178»A 32 : 3% Jan 33% Jan ," 89% *88 , ■' *31 common 10% Jan 82 93 *6% 11,700 IVz 7% * t 20% 4 100 19'A 19 46%;- 72% 20% 100 29y8 • 14% - 40 y2 " 10 29 73% 20% *99% •14% *67 2% 2% 23 1,600 100 4 *28% 1 *40 i 105 I- ■0% 14% 68%" 46% 46%.: *72 ■ 21% 100 *90 " 16% •' preferred— 11 May 13 20% *99% - 46% 1 73 Vs. *72 2% 2% .. < 16% *18% * 463/4 - 2,300 - Jan 20 2% 46% 23 *100 : v 3% 14 Vz *67 ' *46% 23 105 3% 14% 66%;- 2% * 27,*■ ! 27lA -;;27%'27% No par 1 common conv Brake 3%> 3% 14 VB 66 % 46 1 22%' *iooy4 14 Vst < 82 com Jan Jan *16% 3'A 45% *46%. •> 68 7 178% 1 23 105 *14 - American 4% 178% Chemical_No par Airlines cum preferred Amer 3'A 46%;, 22% *100% 105 *7% *66 - ;7 - 23 Vb *100'A 18 18% 600 44% 1 American Bank Note 6% 93 7 • *81% preferred.^., 50 Petroleum Corp——No par Agricultural 3Vb% 14 - 21% * convertible American 22% v 73 '/2 100 ; Alpha Portland Cement— Amalgamated Leather Co Amer 7% -r 100 *90 ,. ' 7% *46 V\ 18% '* —Nopar Corp common—No par preferred : 1.100 4% Mar 30 177 68 *72' *21'A *99% " 17% 7% 14 y2 *66 " par gtd—100 35 172% Mar 17 *14'A 4 No par 3 Jan 74 preferred 2 Jan 28 2% 46% 104 21 6"% May 81 2% conv 17% 7% 7 *46'A ' 46% 3% 46% Allis-Chalmers 10 Vb Mar 29 7% May 12 3% 1 Amerada 66Vi Feb ; 23 Vb 105 common—J Allied Stores 31 19 23% *100'A 5 common-—; 17% 77/s .100 Allied -24% Mar 31 3 .NO par 17% 46% : 10 'J ' 3 • w W— J Apr 18 40% Jan 25 3 Jun Inc— Vicksburg Ry„—100 Gold Mining 10 preferred $4.50 64% May 11 100 \ Apr 8c '7% *46y4 . >.50 Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp_No 106 3 ' Equipment com! 18 preferred A .100 $2.50 prior conv preferred-No par 6 62% Jan 92% May 18% Mar,,. 29 - Gas preferred Reduction 17% 5%% 20 4 10% Dec - Jan 20% Jan 43% May 111 Jun 3 • 3% Jan ' 6% Sep 5163 % Apr Corp Allegheny Corp 31% May 10 i 3 34% Jan 10 • 3 Jan 89% Feb Jun,, m 76'A - 68 - ' * *40 29 Vb 82% May 13 18% Mar ; 40% *28% 4%% 30% May 12 : NOV 31% *40 29 Allied Mills Co Inc 90 Nov 34 y2 103 18% 40 Vk 2 3 i €Yb r 18% 20 2% 44 29 Alabama 29% May 13 25 19 44% 40'/a Allied <8 18% 44 Va 18% 1 77% Jan 44% 6,300 80 2% 29'% Allegheny 8c West Ry 6% 83% Jan 44% 2% 40% Allen Industries Inc. 25% Feb 98 4 44% 2% * *40 10 Jun - 2% Shares 40% *76 *29 17 Feb *2% 44% 45 2% 80 *18% 28 ' 2% the Week 40% 403A 18% 18% Feb 3 ' 44% 40% *76 29% Air 188% Jan 24 25% Feb 25 45 2% 75 40J/2 Mar 12 Jun » 3% Nov 58% 25% Jan 2Vz 40% 73 '. *40 8% Jan Mar 28 2% ' 40'A 72 *29Vb 93% Feb 16% Apr 29 *2% 45 ' - *70 *18% $3 2 42% May 91 Dec 47 Jan- • 72 40% tslM far t per thare ' ' Inc 50 Mar 73 83% ' 174 May *70 40 Friday May 13 $ per share ' Affiliated May 13 27% Jan 7 4 72 40 Vi ' * May 12 ; 75 104 40 Thursday 1 48% May 13 May 13 6% May 34% May * ' 4 90 Apr Jun I 31 Yn Majr *25 - 24 20% May 10 May Dec 81 ■ 64% Jan May .96 11% 26% :• May 34 Dec 25% ! 75 109 Dec 40 - « Corp Aldens 3 $ per share ^ No par 4 25 Wednesday May H $ per share f per share *70' -2.50 Express Co— 2 70 May Co \' PRICES Tuesday May 10 May 9 40 - 10 3 15 25. .5 Juneau 14 Mar new—; Co Alaska 3"% Apr 15% Mar 3 40% Feb Dec 25 ■>* 2% Feb 3: Monday-. S per share No par Motors Steel Admiral 46% Apr 20 23% May 5 100 Mar 30 9 . LOW AND HIGH SALS Saturday May 7 Addressograph-Multigraph Corp—lo " 16% 5 Apr Jan 4% May Oct Mar 7% 13% Feb 64 58% Dec- 90 3 Dec Feb 100 May 21% May 80% Jun Nov "37 ' 4% May - Dec 65 26 21. 97% Mar Nov 2% 41% Adt , 5 18% Jan 108 " Laboratories Abraham 8c Straus May 11 35J • Abbott 3 49% Feb 2% May 12 44 _ Par- , Apr 22,' 4 ' S per share 38 ... EXCHANGE Highest ' I per share 17 85 86 *85 90 12% 500 123A 600 17V« t 400 6,700 ' 21% May 12% Nov 72% Dec 94% • Dec 6 • 5% Jan 76 11 Amer Mach 8c 14% Apr 12 81% Apr 20 3 5"% May 11 3.90% 22% Apr 29 30% Jan 19 Dec 96% Jan 4 101% Apr 14 5% Jan 3 6% Jan 22 American Feb 8 34 y2 May 3 American 8% Jan Feb 35 1 Dec 6% Feb 11% Jun 7% Feb 25 10% Apr 80 Vb Nov 83% Feb 11 94 Vb Apr 14 69'A Nov 95% May 86% May Feb 79% Apr 14% Jan 14 12 % 4% % 162% Nov 70% Feb 6% Dec 12% Feb 28 22 169 Jan 16% 10 11% Apr 167s May v Jan 176 ■ Oct 38 ' Sep 46% 139 Feb 31 Nov 10% Dec 54% Mar Oct 131 46% Feb 115% Nov 6% Dec *33% Nov *£>ec 90 76% Mar x5% Dec 51 Nov • Jan - 68 y2 Jan Mar 71% July 120 8% Jun 5% 24% 24% 24% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 6% *6 *34 No par 10 10 No par 90 Vz 90% 91% 91% $5 preferred No par Amer Rad & St San'y com—No par 7% preferred 100 79 79 79 79% 12 12 12 12 VB 11% *170% 172% *170% Power & Light com preferred $6 » 11 *39'A 39% *39% 39% 39% 39% 39% 44% 44% 44 45 43% 44 147% 146% 147% 148 148 % American 6% 8c Snuff Co 4 9 Jan 7 American American Foundries—No par Stores Co No par American Stove Co 37% Jan 10 30 126% Jan 17 28 18 preferred Nopar American Sugar Refg common 7% preferred Jan 6 American 150% Jan 5 135 145 Jan 63 Jan 7 119% Feb 14 1 j'g 49% May 10 X117% Apr 18 3 7 Mar 16 May 13 68% Mar 23 3 24 8% Mar 30 38% Feb . 17 91% Mar 11 80 Jan 4 6% Jan 7 57% Jan 24 Rights common preferred American 5% Am — Tobacco Water American 7% Works Co Wire 5 Anchor Hock Glass Jan Jun 46% Mar 60% Jun 18% 36 Vb Jun 14 3 25% Jan 99% Mar 29 Apr Feb 8 Mar 4 Dec 50% Apr 18% Feb 6% May For footnotes see page 28. 32% May 105 Mai 2 2 55% Jan 27 24 23% Jan 7 8% May 13 2% May 2 10% Jan 12 4% Jan 5 23% 23% 23% 23% 23'% *23% *8'/2 1 h 67% *140% $5 prior conv preferred $4 Anderson, Andes 100 • 79 12 172% 7% 20 " ■, 3,500 9 34% 125 18 142% l'A *8% 9 9 *8% 36 125 18 *17% 18 1 68 142 32 68 142 141% IJ2 68% 142 38% 39 *140 38% 38% 400 10 233/4 24'A 24% 26% 2,000 8% 8% 17% 18 17% IVb 67% 13*2 67% 143 50% 119 8 Va 141 % . 1 Ja 67% 144 36 Vb 122 18 800 2,000 400 141% 1 3*2 Ifr 68'A 8% 36% 123% 18 141% 144 8% 36 Vb 123% " 141% 49% 38% 142 23% 141 Vb 118% 370 1,800 36 50% 148 y2 24 122 119 147% 149 1,400 142 36 142 5,700 : 24 122 68 Vb 90 44% *140 36 142 39% 43% 23% 1 3*2 1 Vb 63 142 39 r 233A 122 18 29 24 142 141% 141% i f : 43% , 36 *121% 141% 8% 148 125 36 35% *121% 43% > 29 - 68 -" 343 49% 50% 50% 118% 118 V* *1183/4 18 1,000 141% 15,700 1ft 133,200 5,100 68 3A 144 50% 119 150 7,800 320 73/t 73/, 7% 2,100 26% 27% 26% 27 V* 6,400 86% *84% 86 y2 70 *66 71 73/, 7% 7% 7% 7% 26% 26% 26% 88 87 87 *84 87 *83 86% 70 *69 70 *69 70 *69 70 70 5 *5 5% *51 51% 27% 51% 51% 1,200 27% 28% 27,900 28 28 28 *5y8 5'A 5 5% 7% 7 3A 26% 26% 5 5 ..25 52 Vz 52 Vz 50 28% 28% 28 28% 273A No par 28 Vb 28 Vb 27% 28 27% 32 *31% 32% *101% 103 101% 101 Vz 51% 52% *50% 51% IVb 26% 5 51% 7% 27 51% 28 Vb . 273/8 27% 28 27% 28 *84 27% *27% 32% 5 32 5 Vb 32% *31 'A Nopar *101'/2 21% *51'A 52'A *51% 52% *51% 52V* *51% 52% *51% 52% *51% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% *9 10V2 *9 10% *9 10 Vb *9 10% *9 10 Vb 100 100 1,100 830 52% lo .20 Clayton & Copper ' Corp com—12.50 preferred Anderson-Prichard A P Cable 35 26% *69 Copper Mining 38% *23 141% 5 *38% *140 23% $4 conv prior preference—No par Lead & Smeit com 1 Anaconda 107 387/b 142 23% *17% Amer Zinc Anaconda Sep 38% *140 23% 34% - 39 141 141 24 *121 % 25 *38% 23% *87 7 Oct - 39 142 146% 24 100 common—No par 8 98 40 *23% 100 & *39% 49% 35y4Jan 7% 29 118% 35% Jan 13 7% 7% 50% 51% Apr 29 27% May 12 11% *170% 28% 118% 27% Apr *78 " « 12 7% 50% 41% May 79 172% 28% 118% 45% 1,500 1,700 15,700 28% 51'A Feb 91% X7% 118% Feb 91% 7%' 50% 30% 91V2 28% *118'% Inc 11,800 7% 100 preferred 10% 28% common__l4 — Woolen *38Vz *140 100 100 Viscose Corp preferred *146% 5 Tobacco — American 6% Sumatra 45 100 American Tel & Tel Co 30 25 % 100 Steel 141% May 11 1% May 10 3 60% Jan 21 Jun 25 com May non-cum 100 10% 11% 149 Mar 31 220 6 6 , ' Refg common—No par preferred 100 7% 102 *101 6% 200 1,500 10% *170% 393/4 45% 25 Apr 12 No par Smelt 102 170 5% 25 ; *34% 78% 79% 7% .7% 79% *5% 24% 34 % 91 170 Vz 28% 31% Feb 5 11% 7% 26% May 13 12% Jan 13 6 70 *78% 170% *28% 120% Apr xl6"% Feb Jun 12 172% '78% .t 9% 91% 29 28 112% July 79% 79% 91 7% 39 Mar 31 91% *6 79 34% 97/8 *28'/2 141 6% Jan 90% 9% *101 , 6% 35 5 3 83 97/B 101 Nopar 5 Jan 9% *6 *34 American 23% May 10 8 % May *170% 10 35 American 10 Jan 9% 6% *34 4 154% Jan 34% Jan 172% *6 6% 35 *77% 5 Am 130 100% 34% Amer <•' 5% 24% *6 7 25% Apr May 5% 24% *34 3 Apr 67 5% 24% 6 May 8 4 Jun 8% 6% 24% X29 % May 8 56% July 104 *5% 24% 1 41% Feb Feb Jan 144 *5% Nopar 56% Jan Feb 21% Jan Jun 7 25 78% 6% 24% Co 11 38 142 Apr 158% Feb *78 79% *5% News Co 43% May 12 . Jun 41 May 131% July 20"% May 175 78% *78% No par Safety Razor Seating Co Amer Ship Building Co 24% Dec Feb 16% 140 6% Mar 23% Jan 27 116% Mar 147% Mar Jun Mar 31 35% Dec 34% May 35% May • 25% Nov 21 Apr 1 163% Mar 125 46 68 Mar . preferred Molasses 13 com.Nopar *24'A 100 " *100% American Metal Co Ltd 13 32 13% No par 100 com preferred July 98 4 Dec Pdy Co Amer Machine & Metals 7% Mar 14 35 ; Dec 93 Jun 10% May 24% Mar 29 12% Feb Oil Co Corp Mining W Products Co Inc 5 *2% 32 Vz 103 3% *2% 3 2% 2% 32% *102 *2% 32% 103 3 *102 *2% 32% 103 3 *102 103 1,000 10 2,100 8% 8% 300 3 3 200 THE (2110) COMMERCIAL share Nov 23% Nov Dec 6% 106 88 Jan Nov 99 Armco 95 7% Jan 8 77% Jan Co Illinois of 99% Feb 4 110% Jan 3 Armstrong Cork Co $3.75 preferred $4 preferred conv 15% Jan 5 Arnold 9% May 12 13% Jan 11 4 May 11% Feb 28 May 95 27 July 87 Apr 49% Jan 2i 14% May 13 103 24% 24% 89% 89% Constable 5, com No par *40% No par *94% 107 Artloom Carpet Co Inc.—-No par *9% Associated Dry Corp common—1 14% —10o Goods Jun 30% Feb 14 36% May 1^ 105% Jan 7 103% Jan 24 1st preferred Atch Feb 120% Sep 87% Feb 96 Mar 107 % Jun 98% Feb 26 19% Jun 62 July 64% Dec 12 Feb 24 15 Jan 7 36 Feb 25 47 Jan 7 Atlantic 53 Feb 67 5% 23% 24 24 24% 24% 24% 24% 89 87% 89 88 88% 88 *35 ' 5% 51 40% 5% - 40% 95% 15 *14% 10 9% -107 *14% 9% 9% 15 9% : *35 40% 5% 53% 3,400; 41% 3,400 95 % 190 41% 41 95 95% *106 107% 95% 107 14% *14% 6% 9% 0% 14% xl3% x96% 96% 96% 96% 91 *88% 90 90 9c 35% 36 36 89 35 35% 14 14% 14% ; 20,000 130' 107'/< *14% 97 35% 240 5% 53% 14 13% 1,500 10,400 5% 97 91 30% 53% 5% 52 *90 14% 96% *89% < 95% •95% *106 15 5% 53% 40% 40% > 95 % 106% ' 5% 52'A 52 40% 95 % 14 " 35% Shares' 88 96% -—-10 Week' the 24% *88% *0% 90% 96 % 15 9% 1,100 - 14% 7,000 96% ;. 4 90 *88' 36 38% 36% 600 100 1,200 88% 89 88% 88% 88% 88% 88% 88% 39% 99% 99% 98% 99% *98% 99% p8% 98% 98% 98% 12% 38% 12% 12% 12% 12 Va 12% 12% *12% 12% 12% 12% 600 38% 38% 38 % 38% 38% 38% 38% 38% 38 38% 2,000 65 65 65 *62% 64% *62% 64% 64 64% 64% 65 85 *81 89% 90 __100 *99% 100 10 preferred • non-cum 30% 106% 97 *89 A T F Inc 29% 107 14% *95% Topeka & Santa Fe com„100 84 29 *14% 100 find preferred Associates Investment- Co 30% 28% 5% , Sales for May 13 $ per share 28 53% 40% 10% Friday May 12 $ per share 89% 107 15 Thursday <• t per share 24% *94% 95 107% May 11 f" 27% % 5 40% $ per share 28 52% 5% 54% *14% 6% 12 5% No par . *27% 28 54% No par com,. 7% Apr 98% Jan 27 24 24% 89% 5 21 Jan 10 100 $6 conv prior preferred May 10 $ per share *27 % preferred 28 35 Jan & t per share Monday, May 16, 1949 JA>W AND HIGH SALE PRICES Tuesday Wednesday May 0 No par Corp com Apr 18 13% Mar 1 39% May 94% Apr 106 87% Dec Armour 10 19 Dec Steel 4conv 3 7 111 12% Mar Feb May 10 106 17% Aug 41 % Dec 28 27% Jan 26 5% May % Jun 115% July 18% Jun 13% Dec 98 Arcber-Daniels-Midlai'd 51 Jan 56% Jun 41% Feb 103 30% May 13 15y8 May Dec 68% Dec CHRONICLE Monday May 7 Par 87% May 11 32% Oct 101% Jun 89 Saturday share 26% May 2 23% Feb 24 34% Jun 24 S per ( per chare STOCK EXCHANGE Lowest Highest t per NEW YORK Range Since Jan. 1 Highest Year 1048 t per share FINANCIAL STOCKS Ku|« ft Previous Lowest & *12% ■ 4,300 1,200 ■ .13% Dec 44% Dec 25% Jan Dec Sep Feb 81 30 102 Feb 114 May 91 Feb 99 Feb 14 77 33% Feb 24 106% Feb 14 Jun 66. 50% July 48% Aug 99 64% 114 Sep 20 Oct 4% Apr Jan . XI1 4% .19 4 Jan Feb 100 7 18% Apr 23 4% Feb 25 (9% May 16% May Dec NOV 6% 6 20 45% Apr 27 24% Jan Dec 12% Nov 94% Jan 25% May Xl9% Nov 7 13% Feb 11 .5% May 10 19% Jan Jan 11% Jan 5' Mar 18 94 Jan 7 5% Jan 4% conv Jan 24 17% Mar 10 Conv Avco Jun 37% Apr 29 44% Jan 10 $2.25 13% Jan 3 10% Feb 24 8% Feb 24 14% Jan 15 Babbitt 12% Jan 7 Baldwin 11% Jan 7 Baltimore 16% Feb 22% Jan 7 46 No par 35% 36% 108% 108% 98% *97% 98% 97% 97% 98% 98% 97% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46 46% 47 47 21% 47 105% *6 *104% 20% *18% *18% * 106 * • " 20% 104 % 35% 108% 109 *104% 106 *18% 86 86 86 35% 35% 109 *18% 20 % 6% 6% *13% 14% *13% 14% 5c *5% 5% *5% 5% 5% Amer 5 *14% *14% 14% *14% common 3 6% 6% 6% 6% 6 No par Co *38% 38% 38 % 38 38 37% of (The) 86% 97% 21% *97% 85 par - preferred conv 85% 36% *104 common- Mfg Corp 7 85% 36% *108%' 109% 100 No par Automatic Canteen *62% *46 1 _! Co 38 No par prior pfd ($1.20)—-No Autocar 16% Jun 35% Jan Corp Nichols Austin 7% Jan .6 Oct __10o __25 preferred Atlas Tack 6% May 5 15 Mar 24 May 10 7% Feb preferred-- Powder common Atlas 20% Jan 8 non-cum conv preferred series A__ 100 Preferred $3.75 series B_„_ 100 Atlas Corp 5 Jan 106 RR Atlantic Refining common 4% 98% May 23% Apr 58 Line —N6 par Atl G & W I SS Lines common 1 Mar 18 39 109% Feb Coast 6% 15 *38 < 6 % 6% *14 6% 14 14% 36 % 109 105 20% 6% 14% *84 86% 500 590 86% 36 35% 36 35% *108% 109 108% 108% 97% 97% 21% 21% 46% 47% 104 - *18% 6% *18% 20% 6% 1,400 340 130 20 6% *6 *13% 14 14 90 " 104 104 104% 5,700 170 600 14% 600 *5% 15 5% 5% 5% *5% 5% 14% 5% 14% *14% 14% 14% 14% 500 6% 6% 6'A 29,500 6% 6 6% 37% 6 *37% 38 38 38% 700 300 14 2,200 B 13% Feb 11% Dec * Mar 10 15% Feb 13% Feb Feb 60 40% Nov X20 Dec 36% Nov 31 Feb 9 Nov 15% Dec 30% Dec 80% Sep 16% Mar 69 Dec 80 Feb 17% Jun 16% July 29% July 24 14 % Feb 107/s Nov Mar 13 Apr 29 49 Jan 10 13% Apr 12 17% Jan 20., 32 45% Dec 16% Mar 23% Jan Jan 42% May 11 4 6% Feb 15 43% May 30 Jan 4 Brothers 4%% Beatrice Oil Foods 3%% 20% Jan 8 pfd Beaunit Mills; Inc Jan 69 5 75 Feb 3 Beck Shoe (A Sj 4%% 7 10% Jan 21 34% Apr 37% July 34 22% May 100 Mar 20% May 19% Mar 94 May 10; Beech Aircraft 32% Feb Beech-Nut xl2% Apr 28 10% Feb 14 16 Feb 1 13% Jan 12 Bell Aircraft 13 % May 6 17 Feb Bell & 92% Jan 8 98 Mar 21 30 May 9 6% Apr 13 21% Feb :24 26% July 87% Mar 102% July 73% Jan 93 30% May 37% May 4 Jan 5 23% Feb 11 25 May 10 18 39% -Oct 28% May Year 1948 11 7 Bendix 24 Jan 5 Beneficial 78 Feb 15 98% Apr 26 26% Jan 7 Home Indus Loan 25 Nov 25% NOV 92% Oct 15% Mar 8% 27 Dec Feb 1 & 7 54 Jan 7 91% May 11 96 Mar 5 1% Mar 9 2% Jan 42 31% May 2 35% Feb 6% Jan 3 25 % Jan 5 24 13 17 8% Mar 30 47% Jan 10 9% Apr 16 Jan 7 May 7 28% May 13 37% Jun 29 33 Jan 6 14 103 Feb 16 Jan 10 Bon Ami Co Class class 3%% 120 x8 Mar 75 July 65 Feb 17 Dec 40 Feb 14% Feb Feb 8 16 % Feb 11 17% Mar 14 124 Mar 19 9% Mar 30 60% Jan 31 23% Feb 27% Mar 62 Jun Dec 6 Dec 21% Dec 0 Nov 101% Nov 87% Dec 10 July 36% Jun 8 40% Jun 54% Eep 3 May 8% May 31% May JL5% May *19 Jun Feb May 6 21% Feb 25 9% Jan *7 Feb 2 82 4% Mar 30 .24% Jan 27 104 Jan 25 26% Jan 24 30 36% Jan 26 58 Feb 28 May 2 !•% Apr 26 3% May 3 18 Feb 9% Jaj>104% Jan Mar Mar <47% Deo 40% Jan 16% Jan 11% Mar For footnotes see .page 28. 241/2 24% 26% 26% 29 29% 28% *130% 132 *25% 26% 131'A 131% 13074 *2574 "26 3A 25% *10 7a 10% 10% 10% 25 3A 26 29 25 * 28% 10 24% 25% 28% 25% 130% 2574 130% x24% 10% 1074 28% 2474 25% 29 13074 257a 24% 100 25% 2874 25% 29% 28% 130% 130-% *130-% 24% 1,800 26% 2874 3,600 31,000 , 132 400 25 24% 25 2474 24% 1,700 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 1,100 Monday Tuesday May 0 Wednesday May JO $ per share $ per share *26 27 *26 26% 26 14 14 *14 14% 13% 10 10 10 10% 10 $ per 26 share 26 26 14% 14% 14% 10 10 10 Friday Sales for May 13 the Week Thursday May 13 May 11 $ per share S per 26 X13% 10 Shares share S per 26 25% 137s 13% 13 7e 1,400 10 10 * 10 2,400 share 600 25% 300 11% 11% *10% 11'A 35 35% 37 37 *37 39 21% 21'A 2 l'A 21% 21% 21% 3,600 5 24% 24% 24 24% 24% 24% 24% 24% 24% 25% 25% 3,100 57'A 90 24% 410 *10% 11% *10% *57 58 *57 58 57 57% *57 58 57% 57%: 25'A 57'A No par 1 26 26 *25% 26% 25% 253/8 *25 % 25% 24% 25% 24'A __15 130 2,700 7,600 91% *90% 93% *90 % 93% 200 (assented)-100 *1% 2 *1% 2 *1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 33 32% 32% *32% 33'A 7% 7% 35% *7% 7% 7% 7% *34% 36% 34'A 34'A 33% *32% Airways Inc 2.50 Browing Corp of America.. 15 Bridgeport Brass Co No par Briggs Manufacturing „No par Briggs 6s Stratton— .No par Bristol-Myers Co common 2.50 3%% preferred .1 100 Brooklyn Union Gas No par Brown & Bigelow 1 7% 7% 7% Co Braniff Inc __15 common *35% *7% 26% 24 7% *24 30 *101 29% 29% 29 29% 10 10 10 10 *30% 31% 98 *95 *19% 19% 30 *30% *96 *122 9 15% 15% 67% 31% 31% No par 5 *14 14% 31% 31% Burlington Mill? Corp common 1 4% preferred .100 3%% conv 2nd preferred.—lOO 14 J.4% 77 77 *71% 75% 73 15 14 1 JBJdg 7% .8% preferred—100 *105% 8% 7% 7% 7% 1,000 24'A 24% 6,100 24 '/a 24% 400 c24% 29% 28'A 28% 101'A 101 "2 101% 30 x29 2,100 . 350 29 29% 29 >4 29% 29 'A 29% 5,800 10 10 10 10% 10% 10'/a <3,200 *30 % 8% 66% 15 95% *19 14% *122 *10% 31 30% *05 98 *05% 98 19'A *19 19'A 200 15% 157 a 12,200 12174 12174 19% 15 19'A 15% 15% 9 67 9 66% 122% 122 9% 9 66% 66 :A 122 9 6,600 66 'A *66 *29% 66 190 87% 88 200 14'A 600 31% x30 30 *29 % 30% *86% 87% *,86% 87%. 14% 32 32 14% 14 *31% 14 32 13% 31% *14 14% 31% 14 % 70 x3% 87% 14% 14% 50 9% 31 31% 30% . 122% *85 141/8 100 31 95% 31% 14 150 36% 25% 87% 31% 300 1,200 10 14% 67% 14% 500 30 31% 31% 1,100 14% 14% 5,700 14% 14% 14 'A 78 *76 78 78 78 *77 79 *77 *71% 75% *717 s 75% *71% 73% *72 74 <72 74 *68 73 *68 73 *68 73 *68 73 *68 73 14 *14 14% 108 *34 400 7% 29 *122 9 14 14% 14 14'A 14 14% 14% 14% 79 30 14'A 5,700 "" - Bush Terminal 7% 32 101 % 19'% *85 32 32 2 101% 29% 98 *76 *68 24% *1% *101 31 122% 24% 7% 25 : 10 *95 31 % 87% *2 r 24% 30 101% *19 67% *85 8 26 *30% 8% 67% *7% 25% 32 < 287b - 31% 122% 9 7% 26% 98 14% 122% 29 101% 2 19 % 19% pfd—100 preferred __100 Burroughs Adding Machine.-No par *24 101% 5 3% % 7% 26 24% 30% joo Inc... *35 26% 101% No par 1 7% 26% 8 *30 common ^Nopar 35% 35 26% 24 7% *101 common preferred 38 *91 8% 8% 108 *106 : 8 % *105% 8% 8% 8% 108 105% 105 % 7 67a 8% *105 8% 8% 106% *105 8% 3,400 106% 30 7% 3,600 ' 52 37% Jan 7 19% Feb 26 100 44 May xl9% May :19%May 14% Mar 38 4% May 25% 91% 77 27% July *24% 91% 77% Jan 25 105 25 91% 73 Mar 24% 98 93 71% Apr 21 2% Mar 24% 76% *96'A *91% Jan 16 2,200 *75% . ^100 Jun 98% Jan 97% '2,600 88 May 12 *96% 17% 100 62 76 % 97% V 44% 72% Dec Jan *75% *96 % 41% Bulova Watch Co 89 77 98 17'A 7 Dec *75'A *96 % 44'A 11 73 76 98 41% Jan 15% Jun 77 *96'A 17'A 92 6% Dec *751/2 98% *32% Bush Term 2374 23% 23%, 77 *96% 44% 18% Jan 4 2374 *75 - 41% 36 7 8,100 43% 77 Feb 7,600 7'A 41% 13% Apr 19 8% Jan 26 23% 3174 4 7 7% 167 a 31% Feb 23 16% Jan' 23% 23% 30 3 31 16% Jun 121 23% 30% ,7 44% 24% Jun 8 23% 7% 7 41% 97 13% Feb 7% 16% Mar .7% Feb 26 105% May 11 6% May 5 30 '/2 7 43% 16% Dec Deo 30'A 30 7% 41% 81 17% Jun 10% July 30% 30% 16% Buffalo Forge Co Buff Nleg El Corp 3.60% Bullard Co 114 30 1,000 95% 41% 44% 13 Feb 30% 900 14 14 *93% 16% 17 Mar 95 % 43% Mar 29 2% Nov 14'/4 *93% 41 Jan 12% *14 96'A 41% Feb 70 13% 13 13 13 % 13 13 % x 7'/a 12% 13 *93% 13 16% 15 10 300 44% 91% 34 Feb 13 16% 91 6 *12% 44% 25 Apr 13 X41% 27 Apr 13 16% Apr 26 12% Feb 15 77 13% 44% 86 Feb 10 13 42 % Jun 7 137a 16% 00% Jun May 1,200 *30 44% 21% May 43% Jun Feb 35 14 25 10 *34% 96% 76 1,200 30% 34% *95 23% 87a *29% '34% 32 96% 23% 87a 8% 31 3474 14 14 *8% 34 42 12% 29% 13 8% *30 35 5 78 % Aug Dec 13 14 8% 40 32 *95 5 $5 *12% 3% 93 —No par A Bearing Bucytfis-Erle Co 7% preferred Budd (The) Co 341% . 93 21% Brown 11% May 23% 3% *30 95 , 2,400 34% $3.60 preferred tNopar Brunswick-Balke-Collender —No par 24% May 30 2,200 20% 4 124% July 800 75% 42% *32% 8 Nor 13% *73% 42 *10% 99% Apr Sep 7% Dec *12% 76 42 11% preferred Co 13% *73 42 21% ; Shoe *12% 76 42% 35% 22 Apr 13% *74 2,200 41% 3,600 11% 31% Jan 10 6 *12% 14 21 x29% May 5 10% Jan 21 Jan 13 76 13% *32% 3 18% Feb 16 13 ¥74 13% 11% 3 95 *93 13% 35% Jan 29% Mar 14 95 13% 21% 18% Jan 33% Aug Aug *93 12% 13% 11% Sep 9 94 44% 12 21% 98 12% July 94 43% 11% 12 *33% Apr Jan 41% 43% % 5 Inc Roller 13% 39% 11% No par Brass. Boston & Maine RR Bower *39 x43 96% 7'/a 39% *39 39 % 44% 11% —2.50 B Stores par l Borden Co (The)—', Borg-Warner Corp common 42% May 3? 7 600 LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES No par 7 3 30% 13 16% 43% 13% : 1,600 16% • 41% 41 13 '/a 13% 13% Par Bond Jan *12% *1274 20 40% 12% 35 13% *13 3,800 67 *65 43% 39% *13% 31 *34% 19 19 19% 67 12 8% 31 34% 34% *95 ~ 10 8% 8% 31 19 *65 43% 75 ' *39 20 67 19% 20% *39 13 % 74% 10 No 5 7V4 13 77 8% :v 12 99 30% /':7c "f Jan 23% NOV 65 ■ 16% Mar 30 42% Apr 21 23% ■'' 32% Jan 66% July May 5% May 101% v 2 90% Feb 120 12 4 17% Feb 15 share 23% Feb 24% May 13 13% *75 May 7 16% May 38% Mar 11% May 367/s Jun 34% May *13 Saturday 64 7% Dec x27% Mar ; EXCHANGE Bohn Aluminum 10% May 71 Feb •*39 STOCKS NEW YORK STOCK 18 Jun 16% *29% preferred ,-100 Bigelow-Sanford Carpet——No par Birmingham Electric Co No par Jan 96 <16% 93%, com—No par 27 56 16% 93 1 (Del) 23 Jan 16% 93 Bloomingdale Brothers Boeing Airplane Co 96 16% *91% Foods 40% Jan 7 25% Mar 30 Jan 27% May <44% Jun 16% 40% 7% 107/b May 5 33% Apr 26 20 Feb 7 •61 16% 39% 1946-No par 17% May 44% July Dec 16% 40 33 %c Bliss (E W) Co Bliss 6s Laughlin Inc Dec 16% 39% com 12% Mar 18 13% Jan 8 Dec 16% *13% 40% 25 *—5 14% Mar 30 30% 40% 14 Appliances 12% Feb 24 8% Feb 25 16% 40% 13% Black 6s Decker Mfg Co Blaw-Knox Co 57% 40 100 30% Jan Apr 22 Feb 16 *65 40 14% , 25% May 13 29% Apr 37% May 66 40 13% common.. 36% July 19% May 14% Sep $ per 66 No par 10 26% Dec t per share 66 40% 39% Cum pfd $4 div ser of 1946-No par Best 6s Co l Range Since Jan. 1 Highest 20% 44% Co Cum pfd $3.25 ser of Lowest Highest 66 40% 21% 12% " 12% —1 Co 34% Mar 30 Jan 20 67 40% *20% 1 Corp Howell 20 % *66 ' *40% 1 $ per share Dec 3,200 ___5o $ per share 26 19% 44 preferred Bendix Aviation Xange for Previous 6% Nov 18% *39 4%% 11% Mar 11 1% Aug 32% Dec 19'/a .2.50 pfd——..100 , Packing 31% Mar 21 42% Feb 18% 44% Corp 9% Feb 25 37% Nov 18% 12% Belding-Heminway Jan 24% May 13 87% Nov 18% 39% Creek RR 37 4 Mar 30 Beech 17 28% Mar 25 14% Jan Dec 18% 12% conv Nov 22% 18% *43% common.. 87% Feb 25 12% Apr 27 26% Dec Dec 18% .100 Co Best 82% Mar 18% 5o — t Bethlehem Steel 13 18% 5 : Co Bath Iron -Works Corp.: Bayuk Cigars Inc__ 2 19% nov 5,700 18% —10 common. preferred Barnsdall 7 Dec 7,500 9% 3 3, 7 9% 10% 9% 4-1 7 30% Jan Feb 10% 9% Jan 11 39% Mar Feb 33% Jan *13 10% <9% 37 Jan 70 136% Feb Lowest 10% 9% Jun 45 26 9 9 14 10% 9% Barker May 12 130% May 12 Mar 14 10% 9% non-cum 139% July 37% May 30% Feb 125 14% 10% 9% 7 88% Jun 23% Feb 25 Feb 14% 10% 9% 21% Jan 21% Jan Dec 14% 10% 9% Apr 22 Feb Nov 14% 10% 9% 16 9% Dec 86% Dec 14%: 14% 10% 28% Jun 24% Jan 68 14% 10% ,9% 1 3 19 May 103%. Jun 21 14% 13 100 — Works common 47% Jan 59 Dec 26 Inc Ohio & 65 Mar 18 39% Apr 22 31% Jun 60% May 90% Dec 14% T) Locomotive preferred— —100 Bangor & Aroostook common 50 Conv 5% preferred——'—100 Barber Oil Corp (Delaware) 10 8% Feb 32% Feb 4% (B Apr 18 1% Jan 7 6% Jan 6 22% Jan 10 12% Feb 4 109% Mar 21 4i May 6 18% Apr 11 14% Jan 7 45 Jaif 24 Butler Bros common 4%% preferred Butte Copper .& Zinc.. Byers Co (A M) common 7% 15 ; *7 100 : *66 5 No par participating preferred—.100 Byron Jackson Co 3% 22% *100 7% .67 3% 22% 101 *7 66 3% 7% 66 3% 67 s 64 3% 64 63 3% 3% 22 % 22 22% *22% 100% *100 100% 23% 22 *22% 23% *22% California Packing common—No par 5% preferred 50 *31% 32% *31% *53% 54 Zinc-Lead ' 100% No par Callahan • 54 32% 55 '*22% 32 % *54 100 7 ?63 3% 22% 100 23% *22% '23% 32% 32'A 32 »A 56 54 54 674 62 *3% 67a G% 63 63 3% 3% 63 360 3% 1,500 23% 2,300 " *22'A *100 *22% 32% *53 >4 22% 101 % 23% 22% 100 >22% 33% 32% 55 *53'A 100 60 23% 33% 55 ^ 1,200 .60 1 *1% 1% 1% 1% ,1% 1% 1% l'A l'A l'A 1% l'A 2,000 Calumet & Hecla Cons Copper. 5 Campbell W & C Fdy No par Can Dry Ginger Ale com____1.66% $4.25 conv preferred No par 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2,800 Canada Southern *19% 11% *107 20 11% 11% *19% ,11% 20 11% *19% 11 20 11 % 11 10% *106'A 107 107 *40 41 *40 41 *40 41 *40 40% 18% *18% 18% *18'4 187 a 41 12 12% Cannop Mills—— *42% 43% 18% T2 *42% 18% 19 % 20 11 108 18% * 19% *106'A 107 108 *40 No par 20 108 *18% —100 11% *107 Canadian Breweries Ltd——No par Canadian Paoific Ry__L. 25 Ry -Co *19% 108 40 1974 300 11% 3,400 107 20 40% 320 19 600 12 i/a 18% .11% 12 % 12 12% 12% 12 'A 12% 12% 16,200 .43% *42% 43% 43% 43% *42% 43% *42% 43% 300 *18% Volume 169 Number 4803 THE COMMERCIAL NEW Range for Prerlona Range Since ' Highest $ per share : $ per share 11 Feb 18 May 48 'ft Apr 56 Aug 3% Sep 100 ft Feb 26 ft 30: / 110ft Dec 4 July 26% Jan 17 13' Dec :.i 41% Jan 29 ft Apr Dec 19% May 12% Jan 43ft 35 ft 130 Dec x50 6 May 52ft i Feb Jun Nov 68 ft 131 Feb 105 July Feb 140 May: 123 : 39ft . Jun Apr Apr 16% May 16 Dec 18 ft Feb 16 11 ft Sep 22 ft Dec 6ft Nov 108 74 Oct 83 >7ft Jan 39% 5' 14 80 Nov Apr 7% Dec 18% 12 ft Dec ': 5% 5 Central 7 Central 21 Apr 15 May; 20 17% Feb 10ft Feb 11 Feb ; Jan 23 ft May 17% Feb 26% Jun 20% Feb 90 Feb 100% Jan 92 33 Dec 15ft 25 ft Mar 31ft % 76ft Dec .. 4 Jun 30 Dec 6ft Apr 26 28 ft Jan 31ft Jan 3 Jan 79 Jan 7 85 9 •; July 4 Feb 14 9 Nov 14% May 12% July 9 Jan Jan Jan 9% 7% Mar Apr 13% Dec 33% 26 • 10/ 1 , preierred-. 24 10 ft Feb 49% July 29 ft Feb 24 40 25 11 Feb Chic 33% Jan 15 Jan St A P & 5% 29 ft Mar 30 57 Jun 49ft Jan 20 55% May Feb 42 ft Sep 28 ft Feb 24 34% Jan 21 Jan 72ft Oct 64 ft Mar 16 74 Jan 20 15ft Oct 10 12% Feb 4 4 Chic Rock Conv RR A 14 ft Range Since Jan. 1 Highest Lowest $ per share Feb 19 ft ■2ft Nov May 14 ■. Feb 4% Apr Oct 63 ft May 317 Feb 42 7 Jun Jun 50 23 ft ■v 90 Feb Nov ' 29ft $ per Jun 26 101ft May 27 May 7 36 ft ft July 42 19 7 Childs 103% May Feb 4 21 May 16% Jan 38 ft Aug July 25 ft Mar July 80 Jan 88 Jun 77 34 ft Feb r43 Dec 36% Mar 21 105 ft Jan 111ft Jun • ,22% 105 Nov Oct 69 ft f Nov 34 ft 108 ft f 109 Apr""^5 Feb ... 112% Feb 26 Apr 23 Feb 10 105 Jan 11 107 2 9 73 Feb 17 13 43 Jan 26 May Cleve 39 ft Jan Dec 18% Mar 12% Jan 3 15ft Jan 19 35ft Jan 25 ft Jan 3 30% Jan 20 12 Clopay 4ft Dec Dec Feb 75 ft Dec 10% 4 Jan 36% May 147 ft Mar 1 22ft May 138 ft July 92 ft May 71 5% Jan 30% Feb 7 Jan 8 Apr 26 141 cbm_- 82ft Jan 28 Dec 60 ft Dec 1332 July 31 Dec x87ft 183 Jan 63% 1332 45% Sep 96 15 Nov Feb Feb Feb 22 ft 18% Pitts Nov 19 Industries 700 15 ft 15% 15% 15% 15% 1,200 7 % 7'ft 6% 7% *3'ft 4 7% 3% 1,200 3% 6% 12'ft 56 • 3% 6'/e y 6ft 6% 6V4 6% 6% 23 ft 23 ft 23% 23 ft 23 ft 6% 23 ft 13 27'ft .'v ,3ft 23% 3% 6 'A 23% 24 . 12ft, 13 12% 8 10 Nov Feb 31% May 14%' Jun 16% Apr 30 10 ft Jan 4 i 7% 49 Sep 13 ft May 7ft Feb Dec 78ft Jun y 32 31% 32 27 26% 26% *26% 27 27 55- 56 ft *55 56 ft 55 11 55 30% ,29 ft 65% 29% *55 37ft Apr 29 10 . 30 30 29% 64% 65 65 *65 ft 11 10 10 *10 Monday May 7 "f\ *14 *■ ' 14% • „ •/..• HIGH SALE V 14% *14 .14% " 3 . 46'ft ",'3 45 45 21ft Apr 21 • hi ,52 -r: ■ 51% 521/8 27% 27'/a 28'/a ;/ U hi * V A Feb % 28'A Jun 21'ft Feb 11 36% Jan 53% July 46 ft Feb 25 95 Jan 12 14% Apr 18 j 28% May 13 j'. % 51ft - 28 'A Thursday *8% 8% *8 8% *81% 83 *81 % *28% ■ ■; 29 28 ft *17 ft *17'ft 18 *8 ; 83 ... 14%' *14 3 45ft; 34 ;. ,*70 1 - , 40% I'll 18 -75 *70 40 ft 40% 111 24 *23'A ft ■*23% 106ft 66 ft. *37 ft 66 *37 ft 39 ft 29 1,100 50% 50% 50% 50 ft 50% 6,300 8% *8 Ve 8% n 8% '.>81% 83 29 29% *17 ft 18 28 ft *27% 40% *3 7ft *70 75 *70 40% 23% 23% *100 ft ,108 40% 23% *37 ft 39 111 23% *106 ft *37 ft 14%, A 14% 14 14 29 % 29% 29 29 *434 4% 4% 13% 4% 14 29% /. :,v 29 'A ' 4% *106 ft 4% 13% 30 -100 22 'A 22% 138 ftf' 140 *72 ft 22'ft 2 2'/a *138'ft 140 *138'ft 4% ' *72'ft 74 72 ft 74 , 62 132ft r 62 *1030 62'ft 4% *34 ft. 35 35% 94 35% *92 ft 133 133 94 16% 15% 16 18% 16% 16% 16% *9% 10 *9'A 10 non-cum 1st preferred—-100 *9% 10 non-cum 2nd *8% 16% preferred——20 preferred—100 9% 9% common—No par 2,000 4,200 *4% 4% 15% 100 *62 /'•- ; 62% 15'A 132 ft * 35 1030 ' 94 600 62% • 1 15U J — 34% 35'ft *92 ft 132% *62 *1050 -w 35 *92 ft ' 93 — 3,100 10 15 ft 15 15 ft 15% 16% 8,500 16% *16 16 16% 15% 15% 1,100 15 V 15% 15% 15 ft 15'/a 15% 12,900 16 'A *16% 16 ft 16% 16% '1,500 9ft 9ft 9 ft 10% 11% 600 10 400 9 "9% 18% 17%. 17% 17% 17% 17% 10% 11 10% 11% 11 11 56 *55 31% 31ft 31'ft *20% 21 21% 24%; 24% 24 ft 24% 51 50 Vb 50% 9ft 10 18 10 10 10 10% 9 8 X31 21% 9'A 9% *17% ft — 8 51- ; 10 74" 16'A ■' m..: 15% 56 Elec Co new_5 "72 600 2,000 15% 9 18ft 11% 22% 139 15.'ft ' 11 56 22 ft 139 * 4% *4% 22 ft 140 133 16Ve 18 11 22% *138% 14% V/'- 31% $4.25 cum preferred w w—-No par Carbon Co__—_No par Columbian — 13% 30 % *132 62% 92 ft *8 ft 10% 280 ' 13% 133 *62 *1050 92 ft *17%. 2.50 Inc.—No par 10 39 29% ,*132 35 ft ' *17%' Columbia Broad Sys Inc cl A—.2.50 600 14 74 3 5 ft 9ft 9 23% 66% 30 *72 94 ; 100 108 *37 ft — 8,500 13% 74 35'A *92'ft 40% x29% *72 1 -J, 35'ft 140 '..w ' 62% *1030 22% *138'ft 72ft: *62 *1030 *92 ft , 132% 62'A 133 *132 ft No par 22 Ve 22 ft 140 ■ 111 *66% 66% 39 " 22% * Iron Corp com—No par Ohio 13% 29 'A ; 300 75 1 23% 108 66% 39 ft 28% 180 40'ft 111ft 67 1,300 ' 40% *111 :"v 18 *27 % 75 ft *66'A 66 29 ft *150 111ft 24 / t 500 83 *17 ft 28% 180 40 ft 106'%. 100ft 18 *27% *150 111ft 112 *17 ft 180 310 8 *81% 28% 93,800 102 ft 8 83 29 *70 *23 n 102 *81'A. 18 40% 20,800 » 22'ft 76 39 ft 28% 22'ft *70 66 27,900 % 75 24 52% 22 % *150 66 52 ft 102% 180 106ft *106 66 ft '20 52% 28 %, . *28%. 28% 28 *111 ft 28% 270 ... 35 ft 83 *17'ft 40% 52% 2,600 - *33 ft §1 *150 111 52% '3% 45ft . 22% 180 " 34 Shares 14% 3%, - *45 28% 28% 28% *150 111 *106 r *28 28% 180 34 *14 -3 Ve," : 45 for Sale* the Week £ per share 102ft 8% *8i% 28% Friday May 18 - 52 49% 15% & So 300 22Va "49% V 102%- 15% Columbus 700 102% 49% _• , mo 50 16 System 200 3,900 . 102'ft 4.9 % 1 B 900 ,. , U $ per share 28% v. 49% 102% 15%; Combustion 18 ft 45 -49% —_No par Pictures 18 14% 3 ■ ; T; 34 35% 15% Columbia 20; ft Apr » 45 *33ft' 16 9 13 *14 " ft 35% 15% Gas 32 ft Jan -r "* ? 3 16'A & 800 : 66 XsJ May 12 $ per share 22 i__1 Corp_ 32 PRICES .' May 11 $ per share V *16% Class 11V4 May *31% 66 iv Wednesday May 10 v - —5 Columbia 56 ft May 10 2 30 , Tuesday ... May !> $ per share Mill3 Inc 10 25 32 29% 64'A 11 *15 ft 13 Apr 32 64% 30 64% *10 22% t 5,100 27% 55 56 30 65 3,700 2,300 - 12% *31% -No par 23% Jan Apr 12% 12% 700 6'A 23% *26% *55 30% * 65 12 ft 6% 23% i 32'A Aikman 12 10 48 ft Mar Dec • 28% 24% Jan 2 12% 7,400 c 3% 3% ; 27 Ry com—100 4ft 20 12 ft *3 ft 2634 22'A No par i- Internat conv 4% lift Jan ■\ 10 ft & 5% 13 ft Jan 17 ft May 3% 32 ;• 102% (The) CQmmon_No par — Colorado & Southern 25 17 ft July 32ft May 3% 22'A _/ 800 7% 102% Inc.— 200 *15'A ' May 10 9ft Apr Dec Dec 8 24 7 9ft 7. A Colo Fuel 24 10% 7% 22 ,—50 2nd preferred cum Class Jan 20 ft , Jan 12 10% 15% 22% Colonial 19% Jan 10% '• 1 4% r 15% 27 ft / gtd—-50 stock- 15,800 500 4% 7ft ' 102'A 19% Feb 14% May 10 15 ft May 10 8ft Mar 22 10 ft Z . ft. 15% . Collins 18 ft July 11 Oct 10% 102 »/a 17% Jan » 81 ' *22% 93 ft Feb Mar 22 33 ft 81 4 10 8 Jan 32% 81 *4% 7 'ft *3 _il00 Molybdenum-— Coca-Cola 35 ft May 32% *80'ft 4ft " Coca-Cola Co 9 Jan 32% 81'A -No par RR Co ,7ft Corp 4ft 12 1075 32% 15% *14 Colgate-Palmolive-Peet com—No par $3.50 preferred No par 15 Jun 22% Jan 63 ft Apr 25 89 Oct Dec 9ft 152 5 200 4 ft 100 Machine Co xl3% Feb.: 17 Apr 12% 6 Jan 29% Feb 25% May 26ft May 16 3 60 ft Jan 1075 Jan 16 t 130 ft Feb Jun July 300 10% 10% ... 134ft 6ft 19 ft 7% $ per share Cluett Peabody & Co com—_No par 7ft preferred 100 13 6'ft *19% 15 ft *30 8.50 preferred Special gtd 4ft 2 Apr 10 ft 6% 19 ft 32 Va . 170 *6'ft 19% 81 ft 1,800 *19% 19% 4% 200 21 96 10% *28 Clinton 27 ft 80 24% 20% *94 ft 96 10% *150 Climax Nov 137 ' 32% 80 ft 'y 7 *6 ft 19ft *95 10% __20 & 47 ft May 4 7 ft 96 10% *10 Graph Bronze Co com—i—1 preferred ——100 Dec 1 21'A 95 10 '/a & St Louis Ry Co corn—100 23% i *23'A 21'ft 24 *20 ft 10% ' non-cum Cleve May 24 21 *23 21'ft 95ft : 32% 1 5ft 66 24 24 21'ft 300 10 ft 32ft v Cleve Elec Illuminating pom—No par $4.50 preferred -No par Jun 10,300 *9% *—v—' Equipment Co__'_—1_ 39 12% 5 Elec preferred. C 78 ft May 11% 10% 27% 5% 3 25% Jan 16 10% 10% *55 — 3 11 10% 27 ft hi & Gas Clark 9 10% *9% 13 10 8 Mar 10% 10% ; 7- 85 2,600 10% • 10% *32 City .Investing Co common.—^——5 5'/£% preferred *_ ^J00 cCity Products Corp-—— No par City Stores 5 42ft Jan 18% 9% : 51% C C 17% 10 ft Saturday 30ft Jan 4 176 17% •» 18% Jan' 26 3 7% 9% 51% 4ft 29ft Jan 27 25 18 10% 51% Rights. 8% Apr 16 83' Apr1 5 Jan '3 6% Feb 17% .*4ft 10% *33 ft C 4 T Financial Corn— 80 2,200 7% 9% 35% 50% May 13 25 Jan 10% *7% ' 10'ft , Co Copper 3 Apr 14,600 10% 7% *19% 4% ■%;■ *10% -*27 • ——100 Cincinnati Milling Jun 12% 10'A *7% 10% 6% ———,._1 : 24 ft Mar 17 10 12 10% * Cincinnati 4 12 8 10% *23% '•> Par ; common—/. preferred: 11 ft Jan . ; 12% 120 , *7 ft . ; ■ • 1,100 ' 15ft par STOCK; . 25% 12% :"" 81 *4 Va 11 80 ft .24 10 32% *80'/a ;. *79 12 *6 32% W; 4% 107 23% '107ft" 3,100 10 7 19 ft Chrysler Corp-^—ft—-3.50 24 33 f *6'ft 32% 81 ■ 1,200 12% *95 *19% *33 ft 5ft% '38 May 13. 4 Feb Co Chile 7 84 ft 176 V'V 400 V 10% *23 ■■ 95 25 8 Dec 27% Mar 7 19 ft '-y 21% 95 3 Jan Dec 7 24% 14%. 80 ft . 12 21 ft . 46 Jan' Dec Jan 24% 95 ft 3% 58' 7 15 ft 11% 46ft 36 7 7 75 ft s 11 46 ft 15 ■ 7ft 11 4% 14% 23 ft *79 v *3 ft : 7% 15 7% 2,900 • LOW AND Chickasha Cotton Oil Jan 29 ft Jan YORK y . 60 ft Apr 25 hi May 7 x20 48 ; 14 Apr 97 ft Jan' Nov Jan share 5ft Jan 2% Apr 30 ft Apr 30 42 19 ft 24% 10% 11 21'ft - ^.100 •• EXCHANGE ; 16ft Jan 25 32 ft Feb 65ft ' NEW Highest Sper share 44 ft 50% Nov 18 3% 600 1,700 9% *10 12% STOCKS Year 1948 Lowest 23 17 13 9 Ve 7% 107 ft *107 80 ft 23 17 • *9% /.No par r $ per share 108 *79 17% *10% Co__No par series Chicago Yellow Cab_—. Range for Previous *107 ft ' Is & Pac preferred Cl 18 ' May 11 108 3,906 16 9% 7'/e' 110 19 ft 10ft- par preference—No 14 ft 7'A 18 y 18 *4 ft ——100 convertible $3 14'A 7 3ft *7% 25% No par com preferred 3ft 14 7% 4 8 *80'ft ;■! 17% 100 121% 19 ft 16 14ft (.*734 32'A ./■ 17'ft 16 Oft 7ft 8 *55 . 17 ft 8ft 101 1*21 18'ft 18'ft 16 Va *16 . 9% 10 " __100 Chicago Pneumat Tool com__No 17 ft 16% 9% 21'ft / vtc_.No par vtc 17 ft *7% *24% . _No par Paul preferred *100% 121 7% 11 .. Ry Co class A__25 Chicago & Northwest 36 ft Jan i Milw Scries 100% 12'A i8 ; —1 - 9,400 10 '/a .. 8% Jan' 25 Dec & Louis B 2,900 26% 7 ft *6'ft —- 56% 25% 100ft 22 110 56% 26% *10U 22 ft 138 138 56% 26% 10% 12% 140 56 *120 *79 23'A •- 300 1,900 26% 19'/a *107 80% *19% Chicago Corp (The) 108 6% 33% 56% 121ft .. 200 6% 100 Ve 4 " 7% >107 *338 400 7,700 25% 14ft 15 7% 138 6.600 , 33% 7 34% 9% 3% 4 % 15 *22 Va 1.25 * *4 7ft 138 12% •—No par Chic Ind Mar 23 4ft 16 *79 ft *' No par 10 5ft Feb 36ft 19 9 'A 23% Chicago Great West Ry Co com__50 5% preferred 50 July 45% Co_ 181/4 Jan 23 *34 ft *120 *17'/a 81 ft . ft—*.11 Products- 10% Apr Dec 25 ft Belt Class 36 121ft *16 9ft *22 ft Copper Corp*.—.^__5 25 41ft July 23% July 49 ft Mar -? Pasco 24 Jan *34 ft 36 19 ft 17 ft 9ft *79 ft convertible preferred 100 East 111 RR Co corn—No par Class A_ : 40 5 ft Jan 15% x55ft ' 101 - - 16 % 16 107 ft. 107'/2 J- 100 11 6"% May 13 3ft May 10 May *17% 7ft pfd—lOO Feb 13ft July ' 3.40% 7ft Feb Jun 30 15% *34 ft 139 19 9% *15 Hudson G & E Corp__.No par 111 Light 4ft % pfd—-100 3ft% 9 30 13 150 29'ft 30 15% 25 *6% *100 16ft Ga lift Apr 8 11 ft Mar 30 7 28% *29% 15ft 34'A *120 17ft .9% '*4 Chic & 21 29% 29 ft 6ft 19 ft *16 1 13% Feb 22% July 15% July 4ft Mar Feb 5ft Jan 29% 33 ft 121ft *17'A 20 Co___^_._.5 Co__c_-_„c. 105% 6ft 101 19 ft *104% 33 ft 121 1,100 105% 6% *99 19% 110 7 105'A 33ft *137 ft 500 ; 7 7'A 33% ~ 13% 7% l.*6ft • 1 *19 ft - Chesapeake Corp of Virginia—:_—L5 Chesapeake & Ohio Ry common—25 34ft Janr 90 6% 34 ' 121ft 101 *121 ^No par _1 Sugar *98" 100 ^ iT common Checker Cab Mfg Jan 8% Feb preferred—, of $4.50 6% 33ft Hhares '36 29 ft 26 Cnampion Paper & Fib com—No par 8"% Jan 19% May 11 May 7 6% 34% 136 Va the Week *55 29 56% de Chain 97 ft Mar 36 105'A 13% 56 xl5% i. 25 ft Certain-teed 18 24ft Jan. 17 ft July 30 Jan 10 Feb 7ft 27 3 *6% Central & South West Corp com_5 Violeta Sugar- Ca L.9.50 Century Ribbon Mills-——No par 6 Mar 17 7% 6 13 ft Jan • . 16 *34% 35 ft *33% Ry Co vtcl -No par preferred series B vtcft—100 Cerro 35 ft *135 Central 11 45 ft Feb 12 21% Jan 36 ft - JCentral RR of New Jersey.k 20 36ft ■ 105'A 13% *55 7 29 ft 15 ft tor Salee May 18 t per share " 13% ft 7 29 29ft 56 Central NY Pr Corp 8ft Mar 29 28% w 16 ft 26 19 11% Jan 30 56 20 12 ft Apr 29 16 137 Jan 6 28% *29 ft 15% 5S 35% Jan 28 24 ft 7% Central 29 29 ft , 15 ft 25% preferred 8 26 28 ft Nov 5% 28% I* *29 136 I Mar 9 ft Feb 106% 26 ft Corp 7 7% May 105 ft 56ft 2nd Jan Jun 104ft 25% Aguirre May 104 ft 56 ft Foundrv 11 * 105 ft _1 84 ' 24 *104 ft Friday May 12 $ per share 13 55 .—25 i 110 12' 13 58 ft 7% i.No par Central 7% Apr 13 ft 55 ft 7ft Corp of Amer com—No par lit preferred—. No par central 15 Dec 7% $4.75 Celotex 24 ft Jan 3 *12% "*53 ft 7% 100 21 6 13 ft 55 ft 7 ft Corp common 11% Mar 14 4 21ft Feb Co Caterpillar Tractor Celanese U Jan 13 ft *53 ft k preferred: 6 lift Jan 10 ft (J I) 7% 7 ft Jan 17 May 11 6ft Mar ' 7 7 18% Mar 16 104ft Jan May ' 26 3ft May 11' Jun .. 13 Mar 131ft Jan. 9ft May 13 38% July 8% Mar Dec 100ft 105 Apr 22 18ft Mar 5 Jan JUn Case ' ' 120 JUn 12% Apr 32ft Jan 23 34% ; 60 22 97 20ft Dec 7 Mar 12 1 7 23 ft Dec 5ft 37 ft Jan 140 General Thursday $ per snare' 7% 50 & $ per share M, 13'A -ft 10 Carriers $ per share May 11 55 ft preferred 4% series^ Conv 5 17 ' Feb r May * *7% common-—.;—. 19 PRICES Wednesday 100 Clinch & Ohio Ry Corp 8ALK HIGH May 10 *53 ft / Ppwer & Light.-No par Carpenter Steel Co—*——i ___5 Carrier AND Tuesday 1 _10 * Carolina ' Monday May !> $ per share Pa* v i *12% Carolina - 9 7% Jan 11 17% Feb 7 ' (2111) RECORD Saturday May 7 . , Capital Admin class A common___i 29' 37 14' Jan 22 ft 6ft CHRONICLE LOW ,* •••:,• $3 preferred A Capital Airlines Inc 6 35ft Jan 24 52 ft Feb May Feb 97 17 16ft May 4 Feb 32 ft Feb 147 ft July 22; STOCK STOCK •• 29% Mar 29 4 30ft Mar Jan 9 Jan 8ft Apr. 108 Feb YORK EXCHANGE 55 ft May 11 Mar 5ft Feb 23 100 ft Mar 24' Nov 6'A Mar NEW 50 12ft V * Highest i $ per share 15 30 ' Jan. ! s 12 ft Mar 23 Nov 32 Lowest 5 per share 8% Mar . YORK FINANCIAL STOCKS Year 11)48 Lowest & 9 9 9 9'/a 17%. ■ 17% 17 'ft 17% *17% 11 * ll'/e 11% 11 ll'/e 11 56 56'A *55 ll'/e 57 ft 18 18% 21 21% 21 24 24 24 ft 24 50% 51% 51'ft- 51% 18 17'A 17 ft 500 11% 11 31 18 18 11% 11% 30,800 11% 11 57% *55% 31 710 *55% 800 ll'/e > 58 4,300 300 31 31 31 31% 800 21% 'A 30% 21" 21% 21% 21% 2,000 ft 25% 26% 26% 7,100 51% 51% 50% 51% 5,200 Engineering Superheater Inc -No par ' (90 > Nov Xl6 2ft Feb Dec 90 j Jan (25 8ft Nov Dec July 29% May 3ft Oct 3 106 Apr 29% May 11% May Jan 89 ft Jan 7% 36% July 32 4 Sep Mar 7 26 3.60ft & South 7 $6 preferred series.; .—No par Commonwealth Edison Co.——*.—25 9ft Jan 8 Conde 3 30 Feb 11 29 May 10 4% Jan 2ft May 11 21ft Feb 25 1 21 23 ft Mar 20 108 ft Dec xl06 Apr 6 107% Feb 11% Mar xl8ft Jun 12 Feb 10 14 ft Jan 8 10 Consolidated Consol -1—u. : 29ft Sep lift Feb 23 21ft Jan 7 Consol 10 ft Jan 3 x7ft Mar 24 8ft Feb' 7 Consolidated Retail 9% Jan 7 Consolidated Textile Co 12ft Apr 13 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft"— 15 ft May 15% July 16% Mar 29 ft Dec 35% 98 ft July ' 100 Sep 33 ft Dec Jun 30 ft Jan 12 ft Mar 8 3 36 106ft May 103ft Apr 27 108 106% 105ft Apr 20 108% Mar 25 Dec 42ft ; May' 4 Mar 8 Jan 33 Feb 7 37ft Jan Oct 90 99 ft May 95 Jan 7 97ft Apr 5 21 22 10ft Mar 17% July 13 ft Jan 3 15 Ve Jan 84 ft Mar 92ft 85 5 91ft Mar 12 29 Ve Nov 40 May 31ft Jan 3 Oct 99 July 97 ft Jan 11 Nov 13 ft May 92 Sep Jan 26% 28 ft 29 3 . 23% *9 Vr. Dec Dec 26% *107 Consolidated Natural Gas—__15 19 36% Mar30 99'A Mar 21 RR of Cuba 6ft preferred preferred Container Corp ;of $3.75 preferred No par 13 9% 48 ft Mar 64 ft For footnotes see Oct 8ft Mar 56% Feb page 28. 8 24 = 9% Jan 7 Continental Diamond 63% May 9 Continental Insurance 102% 8% *26% *28'A 102 27 29 2% 26% 8'ft 26% 26% *28% 3% 29% 2% 2% 27 26% 8 7e • 100 130 15% ' 3% 5,100 24,100 102 1,400 27 12,600 8 600 26% 26% 800 *28'ft 2% 8 29% 200 2% 3 5,900 23 13,100 *12% ft 23% x22% 103% 107% *106% 107% 107% 107% 1,500 1,700 13 23 22%' 22% 23 12 ft 12% 12 ft 12% 12% 12% 9% *9'ft 9% *9% 9% 9'ft 9 ft 200 41 41 41% 41 ft 41% 41'ft 42 41% 42 4,300 18% 18% 19 18% 18%. 18% 18ft I 18% 18% 18% 18 ft 1,600 11% 11 lift 11 11 11% 11% 7% 10% 7 ft 7ft 7ft 7 ft 7ft 7% 7% 7% 10 ft: 10% 10 ft 10% 10% 10% 10 % 10% 34% 34% 34% 105 ft 105ft 106%' 106% *33 ft 34 105ft 106 lOo'ft 106 106% 107 106% 106'ft *106 ft *33% 10% 35 34% 34% 105% 105ft 105'ft 106% 33% *106 % 106% 33 ft 33 ft 33% *97 13 ft ' *90 33 ft'. *97 *97 97'A 106 97'ft 13 ft 13 ft 13% 91 90 90 33%' 33 ft *97 98 33% 98 97 *13%' 97 13% Fibre.——_5 ,r;*8% 10 63% 8% 63 33% *95ift 97 97 97 13% 33% 98 97% 8% 63% 63% 62% 8'ft 63 *90 61 *11 Ve .. 11% 700 7ft 7ft 2,200 10% 10% 9,300 34% 35 105% 34% 33 ft 3 3'ft 8'ft 34% 33% 33 ft *97 8'ft 34% *33'ft 90 *8 ft 11% 11 90 ' 8ft 102% 26% , 15 3% 107 ft 107 *9 8 *99 15% 3%' 41% *34% America com.,20 — *9 ft 3 26% 100 15 41 *106% 4ft preferred .' 100 Continental Baking Co com__No par $5.50 preierred No.par Continental Can Inc Oommon_^—20 *12% 9% 2% 23'ft 102 'ft-102'ft 100 7% * .——No par ».—No par $4.52 13 Va 3 ft 23% 107'ft 3% *11% Inc—_1 Consumers Power Co com—No par $4.50 3 23 107'ft 3% 18% Inc——10c 1 3% 23% 107 ft 100ft ,100ft 14"% 15 41% pfd100 Stores 8% 29% Corp—1.33 Va 5 26 ft *8 27% Laundries Corp—.A.5 46 ft Mar 102% 26'ft 8ft *29 Consolidated 9ft Apr 12 102ft 26'A Ve 8 *26% 8 23 X40ft Apr 8 % 103 ft 26 ft 26% 29% 30 Feb Jan 103 15% 26% *12%. Jun 103ft 100 26% Grocers 12'A 100 *28 ft- Consolidated 51 Dec 3% ; No par Dec Nov .3% *8 Coppermlnes Corp—5 Dec 7% 15 3% 25%. Edison of N Y com—No.par preferred— 8ft -8% 15 ft 3% *103 Congoleum-Nairn Inc_^—_—_No par Cigar No par 37 ft 10 ft 100 15 ft 3% Nast Publishing Inc—No par Consolidated $5 100'ft 15% 3% com__No par 27ft Jan 9 100ft 15 Va ————100 Solvents———'.No par Commonw'lth 103 ft May Feb - " *100'/8 preferred Commercial 3 25 ft Feb May 6ft May | 25ft July. 31 17% Jan 3% Apr 11. 26 ft May Dec 21 Commercial Credit common——10 3 Feb Dec 100ft Jan • 3 25 ft Jan V 27ft 103% Mar 17 v 104 X24ft t 52" 106 96 107% 34 1,100 330 , 100 700 96 70 13% * 13% 13% 14 14 1,200 90 ft 90 ft 90 ft 91 91 190 33% 33'A 33% 33% 33% 97% *97% 98 8% 8% 8 61% 61% *97% ft 8 ft 62'A 62'ft 98 8 ft 63 7,000 100 1,200 3,100 20 Highest $ per I per share $ per r.hare I per thare NEW Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest Highest Peb 10% Jun Feb 14 69% Jun 47% Feb 11 58% Apr Par Mar 19% Apr 13 May 10 15% Jan 3 24% Feu 19% Mar 33 Jun x49% Mar 55 July 36 14 9% May 12% Feb 9 Peb 21% Oct 14% Apr 8 19% Jan 6 50% Nov 49% Jan 15% Jun 50 Not 4% May 1% Peb 9 8 2% Jan 25 Peb Jun 24% May 10 32% Jan 7 Jun 99 14 100 % Apr 13 13 Jap Jan 3%% 10 % Mar 30 Creameries 7 26% May 12 Cream of Wheat Corp 26% May 15% May 36% Jan 3 42% Apr 13 23 Feb 24 27 % Jan 8 Jun 103% July Peb 94 Mar 900 52% 770 21 % 21% 2,400 24 19% Apr 22 Jan Jan 6 72% Jan 23 Peb 24 30% Jan 24 10 15% Jan 27 Jun • ■ May 160 7 • 88 11% Dec 17% May 24% 16 Dec Peb Jan Feb 28 150; 47% Dec 119 % Mar 61 1 Feb Peb Jan 21% Mar Aug 7% Jan Sep 133 $7 19 Prior 9% Apr 4 24% Jan 8 137 Mar 14 Curtiss-Wright Class 7 - common A Inc— Cutler-Hammer 7 *113/4 *163/4 5% *45 5% *65 68 % *11% *118% > *135% 233/4 23% 1,600 200 173/4 *17 53/4 • 46% J.'-.', 5,300 5'% *118% 120 800 12 119 46 % 46% 46% 463/4 46 3/4 46% 83/4 83/s 8% 8% 8% 8% 83/4 21% 213/4 21 % 213/4 21% 21% 21 % *135% 136% 136% 136% 23% 23"% \ 11,200 i 213/4 . 136%* 136% 233/4 7% 64 3/4 113A , 5% *116% 120 178 8% 21% *135% 5% 3,600 7% 173/4 *17 5% *118% 120 46 8% 21% 17% 5% 130 13% *63% ;;, 113/4 113/4 11% 100 67 *160 I. . 66 /1,400 20% 273/4 13 7% *63% 66 - *17 5% 53/4 6 83/4 22 18 46% < 65 11% 11% *16% ■« .. 178 7Ve 80 40 95 , ,27% 12% 12% *160 7% 7 7% 100 2,000 V 97 67 67 27% 26 178 *160 178 7 ♦66 •• 12% 12% 12% 12% •r *160 120 46 20% 67 68% *119 *93 28 18 8 3/4 *21 % *66 *27 12 6 83/4 67% *11% 46% *20% 28 7% .. *65 120 - *93 20% *66 178 7% 173/4 95 *27 .12% 12% 7 *96 28 *163/4 12% 96% 67% • *160 68% *65 19% 19% >: 23% 96% 20 % 20 23% 23% 23% \ 300 393/8 *38 39% 94 *92% 7V4 ♦1193/b No par 1 1 pfd 100 No par Cushman's Sons Inc 7% 21 Jan 26% Jan Apr 22 21 *31% May 19 Jan 50 94 123/4 178 7% .No par com preferred preferred Ja. 129 s. 3 Feb 21 July 28 % 137 4 43% Apr 27 May 12% July 12% No par Publishing Curtis 7% • 122% Peb 963/4 *27 *38 96 % 94 20% *66 5,500 v 23% 23% 23% 23% 963/4 67% *160 39%..'.. f*373/4 V', 39 % • 94% 28 800 15% 15% 98 20 *27 263/s 15% 263/a 153/a *96 *66 pfd non-cum 26% 263/a 15% *95 20% *20 . Cunningham Drug Stores Inc—2.50 18 , 27 6% 9% 26 *93% , V, 9% 15% 39% • 93/4 26 ,23% , 93/4 15% 23% 94 4,700 100% 26 *38% 97 243/4 *98% 2 15% 23% 94 24% 100% 2 26 38 % *96 2% 243/4 98 % * 9% *38 90 3,100 300 15% . 23% , *9% 5,800 4% 4% *2 26 : 38% -No par 8 No par No par 7 6 May .Tan 73 4% Peb 24 13% July com J.-n . 8% Mar 29 11% Apr 26 15% 153/B 1 160 6 Apr 21 May 11 65 July 26 15% 93/4 93/4 9% 130 64'A 175 243/8 24% 100%; 24% *98% 98% 64 4% 10 99 175 4 2 2 24% *99 64 175 63% 4% 100% 24 % 243/4 100% *99 2% 2'/a 2% *2 24% 25 97% 175 1,700 2,000 521 *97% 99 63% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 21% 99 *97% • 10 14% *50% " *97%" 0 176 *175 176 175 174 633/s 64% 63% 64% 64% *170 100% 21 % 99 10 preferred conv RR *97% 26 100 100 Cuban-American Sugar common—10 .7% preferred -100 Cudahy Packing Co common 10 4 %#> preferred -100 Cuneo Press Inc 5 5% Cuba 99 *9% 13% Feb 12% Peb 24 17% Aug 13% May 177 155 , *97% *25% $4 2nd preferred-' Crucible Steel of Amer com__No par 7 66 Jan Corp 99 2.50 preferred™ $4.20 4 Jun Zellerbach *97% *15Va 1 99 99 2Vo *2 25 21 21 *97% •, 52% 52% 20% *20% 4% *99 52 *97% : 20 3/4 99 20 3/4 175' *4% , 8% *8% *97% ? 64% 64% 52% Vv *50% 8% 523/4 8% 53 % 523/4 53% 2 (The) 1 preferred $2 Crown 7 Jan 34 Deo Dec 98 96 15 78 % 28% Jun Dec 65% Deo 12% Peb Apr 7% Dec ¥ Mar 17 Feb 94 Jun 129 ' of Crown Cork & Seal com 7 19% Jan 6 46% Mar 18% 8 3/4 52% *9% America 3 34% 133 8 3/4 52% *174 —100 preferred Peb Dec 4% 8% >53 Exchange Barfk & Tr Co—20 8% Jan 23 Dec Dec 7 50% 8% 51 8% 8% 8% *8% 1 3%% 18 178% Feb 6 3% Mar 25 23% 67% 50% 99 36% 25 52 *97% 24% 17% Nov 20% 51 99 98 % 8% Dee Mar Dec 14% *50% *50% 51 21% 3% x21 91% *14% 14% 14% 14% *50 % *97 % 39% 92% Sep 95 8 60 *20% • Peb 29 93A 14 3A B 171% Jan- 90 9% 14'A preferred™ 100 Cum pfd 3%% ser of 1947—100 Corn Products Refining com 28 7% preferred 100 Coty Inc i Coty International Corp 1 Crane Co common. 25 Jan 800 3,400 9% Corning Glass Works Mar 55% 14 3/8 12 5% 55 9% 23% Mar 24 177 55 143/a 99"% Jan 25 9 34% 93/8 54% Jan 25 343/4 14% 3 Feb 553/a 33% 9% Apr 26 99 553/8 34 55% Jan 10 64% May 55% 13% 33% 1 9% 20 6 35% 13 13 *54% 49% Mar 3 34% 553/4 13 9% 14% 94 Jan 35 56'A 13 55% 7 92% Jan 9,500 13 55% 93/8 15 57 56% 13 56 3/8 55 3/4 *54% Feb July 56% 13 6% 9% 11% Jan 66% Mar 56% Dec 164% Oct 3% Dec 1% Dec 13,200 56% 6% 55% 52 common 6% 6% ' 9% 6 Corn Shares 6% share 6% Sper share share the Week $ per share $ per 6% $ per , *54% * 4 98 Oct 86 33% May 8 May 13 •••6% 13% 34% *13% 34% 34 % Friday May 12 56% 56 • 13 % 13% 14 common—B No par No par Corp— 97% July Nov 88 56 % 57% July 23% Oct Peb 18 56% Corp $3 prior preferred Copper Range Co Copperweld Steel Co common Convertible pref 5% series Cornell Dubilier Electric Corp 17 .42% Mar 9% Nov 13 5 Steel Thursday May II 6% 6% 6% Cooper-Bessemer 4 55% May 13 Mar 18 53 May 6% Continental Wednesday May 10 g per share $ per share 1 Continental Oil of Delaware 7 Sales (or Tuesday May 9 Continental Motors 18 6 % PRICES LOW AND HIGH SALE share 46% Feb 14 Monday May 7 EXCHANGE 8% Jan 6 Saturday STOCK YORK 16, 1949 RECORD STOCKS Year 1948 Loweat STOCK YORK NEW Range (or Prevlona Monday, M% FINANCIAL CHRONICLE COMMERCIAL THE (2112) 23% 233/4 ;• *1323/4 24 *1323/4 140 24% i : 1,700 140 10 . 24% 24 24% > 15,700 . 3,000 V D 85 Oct 13% Dec 94 % 87 Jan 4 12 Feb 23 15 Jan 13 xl6% Mar 8 Jun 20% Jan 14% Dec 17% 18% Peb 28% July Jan 26% Jan 93 14 3 24% Feb 31% Aug 82% Nov 94 Jun 92 Jan 94 Jun 92% Jan 11 Sep 9% Peb 96 15% 8% Sep Dee 13% Jan 6% Peb 10% Jan 2 27 42 Jun 22 % Apr 29 31% Dec 46% Jan 32 Jan 4 Jan May 12 Mar 29 95% Jan 20 23 8% Nov .< 2 7 31 4 84 12 Mar 29 34 7% Jan 24 Jun 32% Mar 22 40% Jan 21 13% July 7% Mar 10 9% Jan 7 Delaware 19% May 13 20 May 10 Delaware 14% Peb 39% July 20% Feb 24 27% Jan 7 Escrow ctfs for 32% Mar 58 37 % Mar 23 50% Jan 24 Escrow ctfs for *16% 17% 18% *18 18% 18% 1,200 30% 30% 30% 31 x30% 303/8 2,500 933/4 93% 93% 94 94 x92% 93 93% *923/4 93% 93% 93% *92% 94% 20 10 % 10% 10% 10% 10% *10 10 % 700 63/8 1,800 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 933/4 *923/4 933/4 *923/4 *93 94 93 93 *92 10% 10 10 > :•/ 10 V' 20 Apr 56 Dec 60% 20 •6% 6% 6% 63/a 6 3/8 63/8 23 Va 23% 23% *22% 23% *223/4 23 23 23 22% 333/4 34 33% 333/4 333/8 33 3/4 34% 34% 34% 34% 4,200 *31 % 313/4 *31%' 32 31% 31% 31%' 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% 500 *33% 34% 34% 34% 34 34 33% 34 34% 323A > 7% 7% *7% 7% 100 Western & Pow & Lt 7 7% 7% ■ 20 Detroit Edison 20 22 Detroit Hillsdale & S W RR Co_100 *54 9% Jan 7 Oct 16% Jan 11% Peb 11 13 Mar 29 Jun 19% Apr 22 22 Jan 35% Mar 46 Jun 36 40 Jan 38 Feb 11 Dec 26% Mar 1 25 13% Mar xl9% May 12 Ya Detroit 2 19% 19% 25% 253/4 25% 26 41% 40% 40% 40% 40% 403/4 41 40 3A 403A 1,600 21% 22 21% 22 22 22% 22 22 Va 22 22% 4,500 59 *54 59 53 55 6% 1 5 15% Jan Diana Stores Range Slnee Jan. 1 Highest Year 1948 t'l- Ii0we*t per share 13% Dec Nov 25 46% Dec 10 29 f v*>r I per share oh/i-g 20% Jun 24% Feb 17 30 14 Jan 18 Jan Class 15 Dec 23 Jan 10% Jan 3 14% Mar 29 Dr. Feb 40 Jun 28% Mar 23 33 Jan 24 19 Peb 12% Jan 17% Apr 20 Dome Nov 67% Apr 48% Feb 32% Peb 50% Oct 43 53 3 7 Peb 106% Jun Peb 106% Oct 101 31% Jun Dee 164 Mar 113% Jan 94 Feb r 111% Aug 10% Dee 18 Deo 13% Oct 98 80 11% Mar July May May 188% July 179 Jan 124% Jun 119 Feb Jun 97% Jan 3 9 Apr Jan ■ Jan Jan Jan 12% Jan 1% Apr 29 19% Jan 3 Oct 153 Peb *• 135. Peb 47% Mar 29 Peb 3 - 7 - 18 Jan 90 Jan 8 14 Apr 5 101 May 7% Apr Jan 12 Jun 18% Peb 2% Jan • 156 May May 10 5 ' Jan 21% Jan Jun 49% Peb 8 57 Jan Oct 42% Jan 14 47 Peb 12% Feb 10% May 10 0% Mar 20% July 16% Dec 12% Jan 16% Aug 14% Jan 26% Apr 22 — 12% Peb 24 Jan Jun 30% Peb Nov 100 _1 _B 4%% preferred Elastic Stop Nut Co_ Electric Auto-Lite (The) Convertible preferred $7 preferred $6 preferred Electric Storage Battery 10 : Elliott Co 58%' 58% 47% common No par No par 106% 20% May 7% Mar 5 36 Jan 4 3% Mar 3 7% Mar DHSP 5 9A Jan 4% 120"% *99 7 Erie Jan 4% Jan 10% Jan . 5% Apr Pittsburgh RR Co Eureka Williams Corp 6 Evans 7 6 * Products 120% 1203/4 *121 1003/8 ioa3/8 *100 7% 101 ' 200 18% 17% 14% 17% 1774 15 Va 15% 15- 11% 10% 12% 101 44% 173 89% *89% 89% 12% *99 *99 7Va 36'A 14 V. *13% 14 34% *34% 34% 173 *89% *99 3,000 25% 25% 25% 25 Va 80,400 25% 168% 168% 167% 168% 168% 170% 153% 167 Va 151% 168 Va 153% 152% 151% 152% 153 154% 42% 42% 42 42% 12 *20 35 Va 1713/4 171 171% 4,300 154% 155 155 4.500 42 *12 20 42 41% 42% 12 300 20 Va *20 20% 700 *53% 54% 55% *53% 55% *53% 55 Va *53% 55% *53% *45 46 Va *45 46 Va *45 46% *45 46 *45 46 Va 3 4 5 27% 27% 27% 27% 28 2774 28 Va 28% 28% '28% 28% 4,500 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10 % 10% 10% 10% *10Va 10% 1,600 15 14% 14% 15 15 Va 15% 153/a 15Va 15%. 1,600 16% 15% 15% 16 16 161/4 16% 16% 16% 1,800 31 30% 303/8 *30 31 30% 30 Va 103i/2 103 103 *14% 16'A 147/a 15 *157/a 16% ' *30% *103 *4% 31 61 _3 2.50 *54% 55 *59 Va *7% 8% 4% *41/4 4% 8Va *7% 8% 87/a *103 ... ..... 8% - 4% 12% *54 61 ■ *4% *30% 12% 12% 55 % V 4% 4% 12% *54% 103% *103 4% *12% 31 31 103% *59% 5 - 27% ' 100 50 —1 _ 1,900 12% >2 46% 5 Co Eversharp Inc Ex-Cell-0 Corp Exchange Buffet Corp 400 153% 12% 20 Va '34% ' 171 •' 203/8 *12 12 20% <1,800 14 1% 25 Va 20% 2,700 1% 1% 12% i: 2,000 7 36% 1% 25 Va 20% 13% 900 13% 1% 12% '36 % 12% 34% 24% 12% 7 7% 36% 30 91 101 1% 1% 20% *99 100 13% 247/a *20 *12% 3,400 34% 1% *12 *89% - 1% 24% 42% 157/a 14" 1% 43 ■ 60 25% 34% 13% *34 24% 43 ■ 1,100 11,100 173 *15'A 12% 36% • • 44% -25% < 101 7 7% 36 Va 36 91 : ■ 173 173 15% 12% 12% 1% 43 " 91• 1% . 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Dec 7% Mar 100 2 : Manufacturing Ekco Products Co common 35y8Mayl3 41% 0% Dec preferred 28." 52% 17 122 *10% • 29% *52% 12 *102% 400 *283/a 52% 28% - Shares 11 29%. 52% 12 100% 100% *114% ',11 Sales for the Week *28% 16 3/4 191 *120% „1 Inc_ Edison Bros Stores Inc common 13% Mar 24 17 27% .10 191 ' 51: 12% Dec 34% 6% Eaton 10 41% Apr 18 10% Nov 100 1 29% 52% 28% *16 1st pfd 11 12 *81% Co Airlines 53 10% - 800 share 11 17% 9% ; ■- 52 * 29 Va 16% No par No par series series *28 28% Friday May 13 S per share *10% 10% io3/4 11 $ per t per share g per share 113/4 Thursday May 12 May 11 May 10 12 23 *81 -10 Eastern Corp common Eastern Stainless Steel Corp™_ Eastman Kodak Co common 10 32"% Jan 15 9 LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES Wednesday Tuesday T; 16 3/4 84 7 174 » 15 Oct Dec 5,900 29 *9% 7 7 166 4 14% 16% 16 3/4 13% Jan 14 .147 68% 133/4 12% 1 Eastern Jan Feb Peb 14% 29% 473/4 23 100 Eagle-Picher 15% Apr 123% Peb 48% Dec Peb 13% 16% No par preferred conv International Corp 13% Jan 32% Mar 18 Sep 14 29 106% 16% Mar 29 43 12% Peb Jun 0% common Duquesne Light 5% DWG Cigar Corp 10 29 Oct 37% Jan 3%% 12 25 .16% Feb 2% May 23"% July Industries 20% Mar 30 " 20 Feb 80% 133/4 60 *1043/4 6% Jan 29 11 80 1,100 *12 103 No par 50c A 2nd preferred *103/4 *52 % 473/4 No par 33% Apr 32% 6% 7% per share 283/4 15 common $3.25 4 98 No par Co $4 preferred series 14Va Apr l3 Jan Chemical Dresser 12 Jan 7% 163^ *59 ■ 4 21 115% Jan 7 10% Peb 4% 7% 12% 163/8 11 11 88 34 *7% % 29% 12'/a *29 ; 21 May 13 42% Feb Jun 8 '$ 53 *52% No par ;r 29% *283/4 Jan 9 Jan 104 7 Monday 11% *10% v No par Corp Mines Ltd $4.50 Jun Peb 7% May 9 I per share No par $3.50 364 Jan 5 25% May 13 Jun 1 ■ I Pepper Co :s May 7 Preferred 16% 07 1,400 13% Preferred 92% 20% Dec 11% 133/4 27 'liar xB5 11% *7% 21 9% Peb 46% May 56% 11% 7% 101 10% Dec 130 11 13% 121% Jan 82 Peb 103/4 *7% Du Pont de Nem (E I) & Co com__20 Dec 1% Nov 103/4 133/4 5 14 13% 10% 7% 195% Apr 10% Mar 175 Jun 33% Dec 19% May 8% 100 10% 133/4 Duplan 10 56 42% 7% Dunhill 113 % Mar 14 Jun .106 *41% 133/4 5 Jan 8% Jan 413/4 7% Jan Nov 30% Nov 413/4 11 May 13 22% Dec 42% 42% 42% 13 19% 02 *41% *413/4 *41% 18 Dec 8cp 36% *10% 8 12% Dec 38% Peb 30% Dec *353A 11 Saturday Douglas Aircraft 24 Va May 27 16% Peb 26 14% Feb 7 187 200 36% 42% May 10 25% May 20% May 13 19 3A 36% 36% 2 A Dow 86% Jan 28 99% 15% 200 *19'A 36% *41% *102% • 4 18 26 50% Jan 21 105 Apr 29 19% Jan 3 20 116 113A 19% x36% *10% 108% Jan 101% Apr 22 90 xl8% Nov Apr 63% Mar 31 5 Apr 29 97 Jan 12 19% 37 2 , Doehler-Jarvis 11% Nov 12% Dee 12 193/4 37 No par 48% Feb 12 123/B *19 37 f:A." Apr 83 *12 19% 37% STOCK Divco Corp Dixie Cup Co common 8 56 47 123/a *36% EXCHANGE 8 per share 9% Feb 24 oot 41 20 *19 50c NEW YORK Lowest Highest 900 *12 STOCKS Bawge for Prevlon. 1,200 *19% 19% Ltd 6% 19% 123/a *12 Corp Distill Corp-Seagrams 6 6% 19% 19% *19% 12%20 Co *19% 19% 19% 60 6% 19% 6%' 6% 20 20 *19% J25 T Motor Car *54 59 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% No par common *54 59 *12 preferred partlc Diamond 7% Mar 12 2 Match 20 —5 *54 12.50 Corp Raynolds class A Diamond 7 Apr Steel 2,800 20 25% 6% *6% 1 1 Vilbiss Co De Devoe & 26 45% Feb 6 10% May 6% Feb Mar 13 3 40% Apr 46% July 19% May 24% Mar 25% 19% 25% 41 :,V 59 28% 25% 19% 22 10 Dec 6,000 26% 41% *40% Jan 19% Dec 11 3,300 19% *25% 25% 25%. 100 Detroit-Michigan Stove Co 1,000 7% 19% 7% 73/8 19% 100 pfd 33% 7% 20 *33%' Z 7% 73/8 700 23 2C com—13.50 Co com! 58 3 6'A 90 33% 22% Apr May 13 6% Apr 21 19% Apr 21 8% Dec 22% Mar 13% May Jan 53' Jan 100 17% 6% Denver & Rio Grande West RR July 21% May 16 % 18 6% 6% 63/a * 33% Delaware & Hudson Lack 13% 17% *173/4 *923/4 20 31 50% *12% *16% 18 23'/a preferred 34% May 7% Feb 13 17% _1 Co common 29% Peb 38% Jan 13% 50c Deep Rock Oil Corp Deere & 92% *12% *16% 17 3A *10 *91 13% *12% 18% 30% 92% 17 17 *17% 18 *91 *12% No par Records Inc Decca 7 Jan 36% Mar 30 17% 18 92% 12% *12% 13% ?16% 50o Rubber Co Dayton 8 9% Jan 29 *12%v Davega Stores Corp common—2.50 5% conv preferred 20 Davison Chemical Corp (The) 1 Dayton Pwr & Light common 7 Preferred 3.75% series A 100 Preferred 3.75% series B 100 24 Jan 17J/« May 20% Jan 2,500 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% *91 92% *91 92% *91 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 92% *91 100 pfd series A 3% % Mar 14 11% 1 Dana Corp new common 15% Mar 18 11% May 13 4% 4% 4% 12% 4y4 4% ■ *4% "42" 4% ~-~41%' *4% 4% 4% 6,400 12% 3,700 12% 12% 54% *53% 54% *60 63 *60% 63 40 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 7% *7% 7% 7% 7% 2,300 1,100 Va 11,200 "" 7% 7% 8%— 8%. 413/4" 4% *53% 7% *8%—a% - *41 40 4% 12 3A 12% 60 "*41" *4% 41% *4% 400 103% 55 *53% 59 Va 4% 103 60 12% 55 Va 59 Va Ot *103 103% 4% 8Va 42 *4% 8% 8% 9 42% 42 Va 43 4% *4% 4% 1,000 A/olume Number 4803 169 THE COMMERCIAL New Range for Previous Range Since Jan. 1 37 Lowest Highest $ per share 54"% NOV 36% Feb Jun 8 33% Oct 19 Feb 28 20 Apr 28% Nov 23% Feb 15 5 Nov 11% 11 Feb 16 35 V4 Feb 43 16 Mar 23 Dec 20% Feb Oct 11% Mar 35% May 12 20% May 12% May Mar 5 1 Jun Jun 16% Mar 10 ; 9 4 Ve Mar 18 24% Feb 31% May Feb 99% 9 V $ per share 41% Jan 7 25% May 3 32% Apr 27 7% Jan 7 ., 14% Jan 8 38% Jan 26 17% Jan 26 6% Jan 10 28% Jan 6 95% Mar 23 Jun 100% May 20% Jan 5 14% Mar 25 17% Jan 6 64% Jan 68% Apr 3 19% Dec 17% Dec 24% Sep 26% Jun 16 53% Feb 69% Oct 31 42 Dec 103% Nov 53 Jun 44% Feb 25 6 50% Mar 31 107% Jun 105% Apr 19 107% Mar 17 49% Mar 59% July 14 % 20% Aug 42% Jun Feb 28% Nov 96 Dec 26 Dec xl04 May 53 2 Jan 3 xl2% May 12 23 May 3 .98% Jan May 13 Vs Jan 3 12% Dec 21% Jan 12% Jan 14 15% May 11 13% Mar 9 22% 40% 28 24% Jan 12% May 14% Apr 8% Feb 47% Jun 20% Apr 29 29% Jan a Jun 78 90% Jan 18 9% Mar Dec Dec 105 82 % Nov 24% Dec 22 92% • 25% 8% Aug 11 7 11% May 13 95 Jan 26 26% Mar 17 Jan 23 Feb 24 25% Feb 9 Feb 26 11% Jan 11 8% Feb 25 10% May 13 11 48% May 10 Feb 10 19% Feb 6 16% May Dec 35% 2 Mar 10 90 38% May Mar 9% Dec 24 May Jan Feb 47% May Oct x38 Feb 3 9 12% May 24% Jan 11% Jan 19 13 17% Mar 18 Ve Feb 25 20% Jan 12 68% 84 73 2 78% Feb 2 10 7% Apr 7% Jan 10 17% Jan 6 Dec Aug May May 13 "35% 36 16% 4 *35% 16% 4 16% 4»/4 - 26% , 4 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 68% *68% 15% 68% *48% *105% 49 *60 15% _No par *12% 10 15 3/g 27% 27% 27% 27% 2,% 100% *99 y8 100% *99% 100% 16% 16% *16% 16% 600 15% 15% 15% 15% 1,400 68% 48% 106% *48% *68%i 48% *68% 69 48% 48% 106% *105 48% 106% *105 *105 60% 60 % 60% 60% 60% 60% *60% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13 y8 Xl2% 12% 12% 23% 15 ny8 900 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% 101 y2 *100% 101 y2 *100% 101% 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% 1,000 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 14,900 *12% 13 13 13 12% 12% 12% 12% 14% 15 14% 151/4 15 153/B ny8 '22% ny8 11 Ve 11 Ve 23 22% 233A 80 V* 81 81 90% 913/4 91% 91% 11V* 22% 22s/8 223/4 80 y« 81'A 81 'A • .< 22% 81 80 Va % 10 23% 23% 25 23% 24% No par *9% 93/4 *9 V* 93/4 Franklin Stores Corp 1 Freeport Sulphur Co 10 Froedtert Grain & Malting Co Inc.l Fruehauf Trailer Co common 1 *9% 9% 9% ,9% 473A 47% 47% 48 Ve 92 91 *23% *23% * . : ;'V15 23% 24 24 *235/8 24% 23 23% 23 9'A 93/8 9'A 9% S3A 9>A 9% 93/8 93/a 9% 47'A 47% 47% 47% 123/a 12% *12% 12 3/8 12% 19'A 18% 19 183/4 18% 74 73'A 73 % 73% 73 3A 11 Vt 22% .83 *81% 9,300 11% 4,300 ; 231/4 8,700 70 91 91 620 235/s 23% 800 24% 24% 250 , -10 93A 10 10% 10% 47% 47% 47% ! 1,000 i j ! 12% 13 13 1,400 19 18% *73 i 2,300 1,900 19 Ve 19 »A 74 12% 19 74 : 83 10 X47 13 18% *73 800 15% . ' 19 80 24 235/a 73'A 1,700 24 233/8 24% 24 102 23 ,, 903A i 23% 102 IT'A 11 % 22% *82 903/4 24 12% 600 123/4 23% 15'A 100 12% 100 bl *iooy2 13 *12% ... 600 2,000 15% 15% m. 69 48% 24 100 %' 100% 11 110 105% 60 Corp._10 L 68% *68% 68% 48% 153/a 2,300 6,100 26% *105%[ *23% 13 300 4 *99% 69 23% 16% 26% 48% 15% 103A' 4 13% 24 > 100 16% 100 y2 105'A 23% 7% *35 4 60 100% 14% 26% 45 Ye 60% 13 y8 13 % 100 1,300 1,800 100 */a 105% 106% 14% 17 4 16 23% preferred •16% 4% 16 26% 92 4% 14,100 10,100 35% 35% 17 16 *23% prior preferred Francisco Sugar Co 500 1% 1 14 V* 36 *4 16 *99 y4 6 % 31% 1% 1 *35% 16 No par common 23% 31% 13% *16% 4y4 100 100 37% 23% 32 16% 16 1 37% 23% 36 100 No par Corp 1% 14 y8 16% 91 Foster-Wheeler 1 14 1% 14 26% 10 Shares 37 x23y4 *31'/a 31% 100% 25 pfd.. preferred 31% Sales fer the Week May 13 Sper share 36% 24 *23% 26% 1 conv 14 36 16% 4 *16 _Ne par Food Fair Stores Inc Food Machinery & Chera 37 37 37 23% Friday May 12 $ per share share *99% 5 •— $ per 32% 1 14% *35% "16% 100 Corp 37 23% *32 1% 5 _5 Florsheim Shoe class A 3%% 1 2 100 $4 preferredFlorence Stove Co__ Florida Power Corp 3%% 1 ; 14% No par 21 ' 14 Carpet Co ..No par Flintkote Co (The) common—No par Steel 31% 13% (The) FoUansbee 23% 31% $ per share 37 % 23% 32% 1 1 Ferro Enamel Corp Fidelity Phen Fire Ins N. Y._ Firestone Tire A Rubber cOm 7 May 13 37% 24 *32 Thursday May 11 May 10 $ per share 37"% 23 % 1 1 Federated Dept Stores com 4 % ft preferred Felt & Tarrant Mfg Co 31% Jan Dec 79 Federal Motor Truck- Firth 28 *37% 2o — LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES Wednesday Tuesday May 9 f S per share No par Brewing Corp FAR Liquidating Corp Fedders-Quigan Corp Federal Mining ft Smelting Co Federal-Mogul Corp 3 102 27 Morse & Co Falstaff 4 7 Jan Fairbanks Fajardo Sugar Co 61% Feb 17% Jan 23% May 11 Dec Par 4%% preferred First National Stores. 36% May 15% Jun 13 Monday/ (2113) record Saturday May 7 EXCHANGE 1 90 CHRONICLE stock NEW YORK STOCK Highest $ per share $ per share xl9Va Nov york FINANCIAL STOCKS Year 1848 Lowest & 73 74 3,200 150 G 6% Dec 10% May 6% Feb 6% Dec 10 V* May 5% May 10 16 % - £ ,, Dec 20 Jan Dec 12 Aug 9% Jan 10 Dec 37 Apr 18 41% Jan 12 13 Feb 25 17 Apr 18 16% Feb 18 19 Apr 26 12% Apr 26 13% Apr 6% Feb 9 38% 12% Feb Nov 23% ~5% Dec 27% Dec 16% Dec 11% 7 Feb 9% May Dec 8% Feb 11% Apr 9% Mar 159% 106 i 146 9 13% Jan 3 102% Mar 23 53% May Jan 26 5 May 13 26% May 10 17% May 10 May 26% May 18% May 105% Jun 99% Mar 42 Jun 45 100% Apr 8% May 13 48% Aug 17% July 16 Ve 16 42 Feb 15 102% Mar 23 May 10% Jan 24 160 Jan 6 163% Jan 19 July 7% May 12 82 Jun 65% Apr 25 Nov 44% July Dec 24 Nov 144 Jan Jan 19 31% Mar 43 May 35% Feb 25 41 Jun 39% Jan >3 96 Jun 93% Jan 4 13% Dec 53 Oct 7% Feb 28 45% Mar 31 Mar 87% Nov 9 Mar 40% 118% 97 Feb Feb 128% May 10 17% Mar 4 133 Jun 108 Feb 26 Jan Jun 123% Jan 97. 4 Apr 4 11% Mar 31 ?:;Iov' Jan 7 79% Jan 20 31 Jan 7 20 Apr 1 139% Apr 2 40 ' Garrett Gar Jan 6 43% May 13 S per share 50% Mar , , 5 62% Feb 2 125% Jan 17 93% Feb 12% Mar 99% Jun *97 6 100% Jan 26 120 Jun 13 26 Nov 23% Mar 18% May Dec 29 Sep 128% Feb Jan 31% 3 3% Jan 3 10 23% Jan Oct 3 24 14% May 20% Jan 123 Jan 24 77% Apr 11 May 3 73 7% May 3 12% Feb 22% Jan 3 19% May 10 39% May Mar 33% Jan 82 91 Mar 7 7 Jan 13 May 12% Mar 23 17% Jan 5 Jun 74% Feb 23 76 8 24% Mar 28 Dec Dec 53% Mar 25 5% Jan 3 8% May 13 lib Jan 12 106% May 11 14% Jan 3 50 Feb 10 64 9 103 103% Aug 50% 101 Mar x40% Feb 101 Jan 11 5 23% Jun 11% May 13 5% t 5% Feb; Oct 105%° Oct f 2% Dec Jan / 1 % 8% Apr May 12 5% Feb 19 15% Aug 18 Oct 16% Jan 4 18 Feb 35 Oct 21 23 NOVi 31 May 89 Nov 9% Mar Mar; 29 xl2: 25% Mar 29 21% Jan 3 Oct Oct Dec - 99 17% Jan 7 7 Jun May 12 20% Mar 5 Mar 24 Feb 104% Feb 16% Mar 8% Apr 23 20% May 28% Jan 24% Jan 93 % Apr 26 97 12% Jan 11 16 % Apr Jan 6 36 12 Feb 23 13 15% May Feb. Dec; >23% 132 Feb 145% 50% May Jun Jun 5 7 32 16 3 3% Jan 14% Sep 36% 17 45% Jan 26 40 July Jan 4 7 13 25 9 Apr > 11 Jan 13 36% Feb- 24 43% Jan 7 16% Jan 18% Jan 10 134 -3 Apr 27 13% Dec 17% May 13% Jan 4 14% Mar 29 10 Feb 13% May 10% Jan 4 11% Apr 14 90% Dec 98 Feb 12% Nov. Feb Jun 97 July 33% Mar l9 93% Jan: 26 15% Feb 8 5 Feb 24 92 Jun 97 Mar 2 20% Apr 6 6%' May 13 Jan 4 94 Feb 16 20% Jun 10 Ve Feb 24 14 Jan 7 58% Jun 45 15 50 Jan 8 57% Feb 81 14 18% July Jan Public Utilities Jun Feb 60% Feb, 26 71% Jan 16% Jan 20. For footnotes see page 28. ' - preferred 7% 101/4 7% *15% 7% . 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Corp Gillette Safety Razor com $5 conv preference Gimbel Brothers $4.50 conv 13% Apr 7 16 *823/e *74% 243A 19% 19% 19% 56 *52% 52% 52% 52% 52% 7% 7% 1 100 8 10 7% 8 *107 " ' 53 108 >107 16% I *16 *16 62% 61% 101% 101% 42% Nopar " No par 1 42 *1033/4. 104 12!% ■ 2% v 7% : 2 2%. 7% 73a .' •, 100 . 180 8 3,300 ' *22% 23 *95 ,■:) 143/4 *34% 35% No par1 No par 1 *12% S 12% 106% *16 16% 6iy2 101 Va .42% 42% *103% 104% 12% 12% 12% 2% 8 2 :- 7 3/4 104 12% 13/4 2 x6% 7% 7? - 1% 6 6'A 6% * 100 2,000 300 1% 6Va 22% 22%, 22% 223/4 23 23 22% 223/4 223/4 23% 96 5,700 ' 19% " T 96% 96% 95 "''1 96% -• 300 900 . 7,800 95% 90 14%' 14% 96% V 143/8 *95 *14% 14% 14% *14% 14% 14% 14% 35% 34% 35 *34% 35% *34% 35% *34% 35% 200 12% *12«/4 12% 37% 17% 373A 30% 17% 173A 1,400 3,600 2,800 "37% ":i7% 136 *64 *95 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 37%* 37% 37% 37% 38% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 136% 136% 136 % 137 *13% 13% 13% 11% 11% * *963/4 98 18»/8 18 53/4 *92 12% *46% 5% 95 12%i 47% *96% 18 I 5% *92 12% *46% 65% 65% 65 v8 66 65% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 137 70 70 *64 37 36 *133/4 13% 300 11% 11% 11 y8 ,11% 15,000 98, 96% 963/4 963A 113A 96% 18% 18% 183/a 18'A 18y4 2,900 6% 3,700 18y8 *5% 5% ,*13% >13% 6 6 6 6 70 36 Va 800 70 10 92 >♦ 123/s i 48 65% 19% *135% 137 *64 *36 *96 % 18% . *135 137 300 70 3534 98 95 17% ,. 13% 11% 11%,, 12% 37% \ 11% 133/4 113/4 * . 363/4 13% *64 13% 48 11% 1% 21 11% *46% 12 Ve 1% 19 Ve *133/4 - 12 21 3 6 *103 21% No par 12% 1,100 71,300 104% 19 Greenfield Tap> A Die Corp Greyhound Corp (The)— Common 95 12 *103 19 70 12% 2,800 21 36% *92 700 41% 104 193A *64 : *53/4 102% 21% *36 $5 conv preferred—-——No par *101% ..' 41 193/8 36 3 4 Gulf Mobile A Ohio RR com.No par ' $5 preferred. No par <■ Gulf Oil Corp 25 Gulf States Utilities Co -No par 613/a 21% 70 18 Vn 15% 61% 19% 35% 98 *15% 22 37% 18 Vs 60 16 22 12% 373A.38 *17% ' 17% ' " *135 135 >/2 *963A 107 *19 70 * 300 13,400 19% *363/4 .—100 Aircraft! Corp___ 10 Guantanamo Sugar common 1 3,400 8 3/8 22% *64 preferred-^— 2,300 19% 62 41% 6s/a 26 % 10S % 101% , 75% 19% l 4%ft Vs 41% 2 100 8,600 52% 101% \1 6,400 ! 107 613A 6i% 101V* 104 8 xl6 42% 103% 8% 16 y8 101% 62 *52 *105 42% 61% 19% 52% 1061/2 101% 19% 19% 8 42% 62 26% 26% 26 - 8y8 101% *74% *52% 19% 52% 8 107 L) Ca Inc_^__— Grumman 253/8 19% *52 Vs " *34% 96% *14% 25 14 96 19% 22%:. ; No par *16 163/, 75% 27% 84% .14 Ve irfi 14 *74'A -27% *82% , 84% .13%,' ' 22% .7 *19 *22% - 107 108 12% r 12% T 12% . 103% r 8 *82% 75% 25% *74% 25% 19% 27 26% 263/4 84% 13 fW:13% < 75% 75% 25% 42% pfd— . *74% Graham-Paige Motors 1 Granby Consol M S & P__ 5 Grand Union Co (The) 10 Granite City Steele No par Grant (W T) Co common. 5 3% ft preferred : 100 Grayson-Robinson Stores com 1 Gt Northern Ry 8ft 13 19% *61% Gt Northern Iron Ore Prop 26% , 84% "13*» • 25% *101'A $2.25 conv pfd—1 *• 75% No par . 27 *823/s w 19% Nopar ; 83 *74% com——Nopar com 26% 275/s .13% *25 Ve ; Goodyear Tire & Rub $5 preferred Gotham Hosiery .13 i 2.50 Brewing Co Gold & Stock Telegraph Co Goodrich Co (B F) $5 preferred 26% 83 84% > -No par Goebel Inc ... 13% > No par' preferred— Goodall-Sanford *82 5 273/4 27% ' No par preferred Gleaner Harvester Corp Glidden Co (The) com— 4%ft No par common.; Green (H Jun 9 ' 104 *124% 10c 3 Jan 40% 85 Co 3 77 Feb 25% July 'S , *158 10% 49 58% Equip Corp—Nopar " 38% Jan Apr 5% Mar 10'A 161 139% V $ per share par 1 144% Mar 60 44 Cement : Par Great- Western Sugar com—No par 7ft preferred- -—— 100 Green Bay A Western RR—_ 100 29% 16% Nov *102 105 *97% ■ 8%- ■'*, * 38% Mar 15 31 17% Mar 28 64% 94% Mar 96% Mar Jan 48% Jan 24% May - Advertising—No Portland 106 106 106 5 *25% ' 26 % May 10 Jun 3 ' 47% Mar 43'A 41% 49 ' Saturday - > No par * 75 14% STOCK 4% 71 Nov *105% ) . 300 15 37% '97%* r *8% *100'/a ° General 90 May 82% May 122 173/4 15 *138 * *126 % '126% 4 Dec Mar 173/4 15 26% 423/a 97 Ve *48 4, Jan 113 / l 4 72% 6% No par 26 Vs Apr 22 % Apr 76 Mar 42% * Nopar ' 5 4 18 14% *19 '37% 37% No par General Shoe Corp. 21% Jan May 26 3A 139% ; Gen Steel Castings $6 pfd General Telephone Corp— Feb 55% July 173A 151/a *67 '68 *138 11 102% Jan 28 " ■ 7% 100 -Nopar 27 4 25 Nov 173/4 15 10% 19% Jan 18 48% Feb 17 3/8 15% 10% 10 26% Jan 99% Apr 19% 173/4 15 *158 161 10 *19 28 Dec 85% 17% 14% *102 • 10% 10 *67 122 Jun Dec 105 *158 h : Mar 14 30 75 43% *102 — 6% Dec 25 181/4 ' 50 Gen Realty A Utilities— General Refractories— Apr 96% 17% 44 100 Gen Railway Signal com Jan 5% May 24% Jan 18% Dec 5y8 26% 106 General Motors Corp com-.— 10 $5 preferredNo par Preferred $3.75 series——No par Gen 21% 98 % Dec 5'/s *25% 43% 114% Feb 25 29% May 30% May Feb 51/4 26% 14% No par Gen Public Service Dec 17 5% *105% 43'A 400 123/4 145/8 *25 7/8 106 *105% 18 *12% 51/8 15 5 *171/4 • 13 26'A 18'A 15 400 5% *18'/8 l No par - 12% 15 37%. 14% 26'A 5% 5% *25"% *5 37% 261/4, 51/4 26% ■. Gen Precision 22% 87 12% 12% *25% l 100 — General 7 16 % Mar 4% Feb Jan 27% 171/4 *12% No par General Electric Co General Foods Corp com $3.50 preferred 25% Jan 10 Feb 102% 171/4 12% preferred—- Gen Outdoor 110% Dec 14% 17% 123/4 1.66% 4% conv 2nd preferred General Cigar Co Inc com 7% preferred 16% Apr 28 21 16% May 12 121% Mar 16 May 132% 25 11% Jan 6% May 30% Jun 24% Nov Feb 12% Apr 2% Feb 4% May 15% Jun 4% Mar 22% Jan 17% 18% Dec *14% 171/4 50 $ per share 25 10% 14% 17'A *14% *17% 13 com EXCHANGE 56% Feb Feb 143/4 171/B 12% 100 123% Jan 2% 15% 17% 12% 8%% conv preferred Jun 12% Nov *14% 17% -—No par 100 Nov .16% Feb 153/4 *17 General Instrument Corp 125% 66 *15 General Mills common. 5ft preferred Oct 119 *8% *37»A 11 $ per share Sper share 8 3/8 373/8 8% 37'A Transportation NEW YORK 2,300 8% 37% 8% 37'A 2 General Cable Corp. com Highest 200 8 3/4 8 3A *37% 9 8% 371/4 Baking Co common 5" $8 preferred No par General Bronze Corp 5 Range Since Jan. 1 1,400 8% 13 Lowest' Highest 700 5% 16% 37'A STOCKS Year 1948 63,4 5% *16% 6% 53/4 *16 16% *6% 53A 16% *6% 5% 55/8 *16 No par • Industries Inc Range for Previous Lowest 53% 8% 14 107% Jan 13 6 3/B 6 S/8 6% 16'A 37% 52% Jan 3 53/8 *16 8% 97% Apr 13% Jan 127% Mar 6 5/b 5% *363/4 General 1st 6aA 16% No par $4.25 pfd series A 4% 53/4 16 16Vs 5 Corp (Thc)_: Amer 6% 7 5:'/4 5% *16 50 com preferred Wood *6% 1 20 Gamewell Co (The) Gardner-Denver Co General 11 Dec 9% Feb 24 conv i com Gamble-Skogmo Inc 5ft 1 _ $4.50 preferred 46% Jan Jan (The) Gair Co Inc (Robert) 6% preferred General American Investors com July 18 34 15% May 106% Apr 106 Gabriel Co 4%% conv preferred Gaylord Container Corp 23% Jan 7 28 % xl25 3 32% Feb Feb 15 Nov 25 10 14% May 72% Sep 4 ■ 92 95- *92 95 12% 12% 12% 12% 47'A 48: 12% 48%. 2,800 48. 12% *47% 65 Vk 643A .65%. 193/4 193/4 7,700 8,400 *47 , 65 Va - 65% 19% 193/4 *92 .65 193/4 ' , 19% 200 'I THE COMMERCIAL & (21141 22 NEW t per share $ per share Saturday Par $ per share - HIGH AND SALE PRICES Monday May 7 , Monday, May 16, 1949 RECORD LOW STOCK EXCHANGE Lowest Highest YORK NEW Range Since Jan. 1 Highest *ear 194* tper share STOCK STOCKS t»n(e for Prerlooa Lowest YORK FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Tuesday May 10 $ per share May 11 $ per share S per share $ per for the Week May 13 May 12 * per share $ per share Sales Friday Thursday Wednesday May 9 ... Shares share H 31 Feb 35% Oct 31 Jan 4 33% Mar 30 Hackensack Waier 15% Nov 221/4 Sep 10% Feb 11 19% Jan v 7 Halliburton Oil 3 13% May 12 Hall Printing Co 13 ; Mar 29 Hamilton Watch Co 81 Jan 12% 12% Dec 161/4 May Dec Mar 89 Feb 107 ' Jan 24 104% Apr Jun 21% Feb 2714 4 July 150 Vz Jan 20 Va Dec 4% Dec 8 •*.■78 Jan 20 Jan 5 6% Feb IIV2 Feb ll'/a Jun Mar' 20% ' X20 . 4 Hart 14 Hat 4 Schaffner.& Marx Corp of America % % preferred Feb:11 Hayes 22% Mar 14 Jan 19% Feb /3 2714 July 20% Jan 13 78 Jan 91 Jun 84 Jan 17 29% Dec 42 Jan 30 Jan 3 95% Jan 103 May 98% Jan 14 22% Nov Nov 23% Jan 4 28 % Mar 30 23 % Feb 4 ... 91% Feb 24 36 Mar 30 100% Mar 1 Glass 3%% 3.65% Helme CO—i 7% preferred Dec Oct 34% Jan 6 38% Apr 21 2214 May 13% Jan 4 5714 40% Mar 25 15 Apr 46% Jan 18 Hercules Powder common- 127% Jan 27 5% preferred Hershey Chocolate com ( $4 conv preference 120% 25% Dec Oct Mar 128 Vz Feb 3034 Apr 122% Feb 15 26% Mar 123% July 32% Apr /5 1 116% Jan 5 16% Apr 122 20 Jan 15 17 Nov 27% 17% Nov 28% May 16% May 3 21% Jan 7 Heyden 78 Oct 8614 79% Jan 3 .84% May 6 9 5 Dec 14% Jan 8% Apr 12% Dec 2514 Jan 12% Jan 21 Va Feb 20% May 10 9% Dec 29% May 1614 May 9% May 30% 18 % Mar s21% Jan 26 14 42% Feb 34% Jan 41% Apr -'4 Homestake 24% Nov 35% Jun x24 Hooker 99 Dec Dec 102 96 11 Dec 18% 3 29 29 Jan 3 108 Apr 30 99 Apr > 29% Dec 40% Jan 30 Feb Nov 34% Jan 28% Jan Oct 94% Jun 86% Jan 6 38 Mar "38 • 42% "125% Household Finance com— 3%% 48% May 4 12 Houston 35"% Jan 23 Jun 13 27 15 Jan 20 Howard 47 Jun 37% Apr 29 46 % Jan 20 Dec 5% Apr 14 8% Jan 8% Sep 14% May 34% Jan 50 Dec 22% Jun 9 Feb 26 Dec 19 Apr 8% Feb 28 Dec 5 May 1% May 12 Jun 10% May 13 12% 10 Va 2 12% Sep 14% Motor Foods Corp No par "48 Jan Car "21 21% 21% 19% 19% 19 Va Va 26 V2 26 Va 2 6 Vz 41 41% 41% 41 Vz 41% 41 % 40% 26% "26 t per share $ per share 30% Apr 27% Mar 35% 42% July 22% Feb 6 2'/a Fr.b 90 77% Mar $ per share 27 98 11% 11% "96% 11% 31% 31% 31 31% 94 50 120 98 11% *31% 1,200 11% 33 Va 11% 11% 32 32 31% 31% 31 31 93 93 92 93 LOO 31% 93 48% . 48% 47% 48 47% 47% 47% 47% 47% 47% 2. 34'/a 34% 34 34 % 337a 34% 34 Vz 35% 35% 35% 7 809 13% *13 13% "13 39 39 38% 6 *5% 5% "93 *13 39 39 13% 39% 5% 5% 5% 38% 38% 38 Va 38'% x37% 11 Vz 11% 11 Va 10 2 2 11 11 9% 11% 11% *9% / 11 % 10 ; "9 10 2 Va 2 Va 9% 2 Va 2 11% *11 ; 9% *11 LOW *9 11% AND HIGH Saturday Monday May 9 May 10 share 32% i per 9 40%' • 5 % 11% 11 700 5% *9 11% 1% 2,500 40% 9% '109 38% 3.100 11% 11% 8.600 *9% 38 xlO 00 38 10% % 38 • • 10 2 / ' 1 % 107a 11 Wednesday May 11 Thursday $ per share $ per share 32% $ per share share 9% - . 100 13% *13 5% 3.400 1,200 5. 2 00 1.100 10% SALE PRICES Tuesday May 7 9% 40% *5 % 10 V* 2 *9 13% •40 - 11% 10 *13 37% "32% 200 104 Va 31 9% $ per 27 % 104% *96 % 98 93 2% Par *26 V* 104 % 5,000 31% 11% STOCK 104 98 11% 31 % 31% 26 Va 25% 104 % *96% 600 41V* 94 "9% $ per share 25% 104% 104% "96% 38 Va EXCHANGE Highest "104 32 31% 700 19% 2G ,—1 YORK NEW Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest Highest 200 19% 26 11% "31 34% 11% 9% 19% "9% "11 *9% 9% 1,700 26 38% No par 9% 9% 21% 19% STOCKS Year 194K "9% .00 15 25% 6.66% Hussman Refrigerator Co 9% 9% 2,800 14% 21 21% : 9 9 *14 *14% ; 25% "19 98 "93 48% 34% 20% Nc par Inc — Range for Previous Lowest 32% 20 % 104 % 11% 32 15 9 40% "96% "31 14% *14% 27 104% 96 11% *14 15% 10 "26 105 96 "11% 9% 14% *14% 19 % 40 % 26% 9 15 15% 25% 19% 6 Hunt 14 "25% "3% 9 1,900 17% 84% "14% 14 300 17% 17 Va *83 Va "14% 87'a 130 17% 21% "9% 39 Hudson *17% 500 118% 84 V* 9 "25 40% "5% Hupp 17% 17 *83% 15 21 9% "38% 2% Jan *17% 15% 8% 15 "14% "104 Hudson Bay Min & Sm Ltd—No par* 14% Jan 17% 17% 17% 5 11% Jan • 40% 100 117% 84% 93 preferred 17% 50 125 30% *30 30% 119% 17% 3 "/« V *123 125 30% *118% "83% 13% non-cum *123 30% 119% 17% 39% .1 124 30% "113% 31% 119 •17% 9, ..00 84 % 93 Howe Sound Co 18 •600 43% 17% 32% Corp 118% 124 125% *30% 20 14% 43 Va *83% "13 5% 47% Jan x37 % May 11 Stores 125 31% "17% 25% 25 38 Va *13% 17% No par t c 38 14% 43% 84% —100 v 38% 137a 43 "17% Hudson & Manhattan common—100 11% Mar 9% Mar 14 Nov Houston Oil of Texas *38 " 1,000 43 "83% S% 50 38% 14 4 84% No par preferred Light & Power *33 14 "25 5 38% 427 "19% _..No par 15 43% Mar 10 8% Co 23 V* 14 5 $4.50 div.No par 28 43 18 8% 12.50 *99 28 Va 42 % 127 500 99% 99% *27% "38 120 200 • "99 17% 17 92 35 % 28'/a "13% "30% 35% 99% 13% "125% *90% 28 38% "119 1,800 % *98% 42% 31 20% 22 *22 >4 22% 23 Vs 13% 127 22% 99% 42 % 119 20% 22% 50 300 G.uUO 28% 14 10 11 95% Mar 14 29% Feb Sep 30% 119 100 6 Va "98 % 28 42% 30 Houdaille-Hershey com $2.25 conv preferred Oct 7 "38 "13% 100 preferred- cum Jan 3% • 38% 25 No par preferred Mining— pfd series A Jun Apr 99% No par Electrochemical $4.25 Dec 33 M 2nd 3 49 Feb 14 r 13 May 38% 20% "98% _No par 32% Jan 6 81 35% 28 700 7-• v 20% 92 *55% No par 32% Apr 11 27 Jan Mar 28 12% Mar 30 10% Feb 25 Jun *90% 36 21% Nov 103 92 35% 99% ■":• //: 6 20% *90% 28% & Sons (A) conv 20% 36 2cr% . 90 7 6 Va 92 "21% 29 Va 5% 20% v/ 7% 6 % 6% "90% "98% Holly Sugar Corp 1 7% . 6% 6% "7 36 5 27% Apr "7 .7% 36 ~ 500 / 5 Va 6% 20% ' : . 63 Va 92 Co 24% Mar 10 *4% 63% "35% Holland Hollander "7 / 5% 63 % "90% 15 % 18 ■ 21% "4% *62% 36 15 21 *21% 21% 5% 63% 92 "14% 10% Jan 21% 21% "4% *62% "35% "14% 22% Jan V-r- * 22% a 47 "90% 1 2 300 13 105% 63'/a *22 7 v 6 % The 8 21% 21% 22% Hires Oct 2,900 144 Va *142 "99 Hotels Corp—5 Hlnde & Dauch Paper Co (newt —10 30 *21 Va 21% 142 142 20% Hilton Feb 21% 7% 6 % "83 % Dec " 7% 6% " Furnace *104% ' 7% "17 15% Jun 4% *62% 6% 1 25 21% * 143 f 78% *77 105% 22% 2 24% Jan 5% 63% *7% v 5 E) 21% "62% Z 5% 63 100 (C J 21% "4% 22 '4% preferred Co <404% 13% *12% • 20% 4 7 *141% 13 18 13% 13% 78% 22% May , 105% 22 22 143 13 *77 20% May 9% Jan "141 13% 12% 4,000 17% 18 100 33% *32 32% 22% 15 3 *104% 22 "21% ' 13% 78% 12% "77 105% 18 "20% 15 May 11 "21% V, v 63 Chemical Corp cum 22 "1C5% 143 13% 13 % "31% 18% "22 Inc Hewitt-Robins X22 "141 "27% preferred Motors—, 3%% Jan Jun 22 100 Dec 114 105% 143 —10 Dec non-cum "105% 105% 13% 34 25 tyG W) common Hercules 78 % "32% 18 % 100 13% 4 12% "77 "21% 5. Co common--— 34% Apr "12% 78% "141 —15 41% 35% 12% "77 2 preferred (H J; 100 2— Hecht Co common-,. Heinz "12% 1 — —;—1 Mfg Corp.-*:. Hazel-Atlas 12% 13 78% "105% 10 common Hayes Industries Inc 9% Jan Oct •18% 33 Vz 4 8% Mar 14 7 *32% 18% "77 „ 19 32% 18% 18 "12% 100 Co 84.25 pfd—No par iMA) 33% 18 •13 "12% 5 No par, com 33% 17% 13 "32% V Cementing—5 Harbison-Walk Refrac com__No par 6% preferred 2 100. 5% Jan 20% 2414 25 Well preferred. conv Hanna 67% Mar 21 i . F> May 13 7 6 Jun 6% 61 Feb A'/e 24% Jan 3 4% Jan 34 % May 149. May 12 20% Jan Jun Dec 59 t 142 6 106% Feb,' 2 23% Jan 13 20% Mar 22 Jun 146 Va 4 11% Mar 73 Jan X101% Jan 12 xl4% May 79 (W for Sales Friday the Week May 13 May 12 share Shares 22% 32% 5,300 26 V* 26% 6,800 $ per I Jun X32 July 84 Jan 6% 4 96 Jan Leased dines Sep 97% May 37% July 96 Jan 20% Feb 25 / 26 % Aug 30 25% Jan 4 9% Feb 12% Jun 20% Nov 25% Jun • „ 28 % Jan 31 8% May 11 21% Jan 10% Jan Nov 15% Jan 38% Dec 56 Jun 33% Mar 58% Nov 76% Jun 57 Apr Jun 155 150 Feb 160 41% Jan7 4 26 67 Jan 3 Jan 11 165 32% Apr 25 34% Mar 47% 15ya 12 % May 10 Feb 21% May 8% May Jan Dec 23% May 12% Apr 86% Jan 30 13 86 Dec 103 Nov 8 Jan 1% Dec 3% May 11 % Feb 16% May 125% ; 26% 160 5% Feb 156 11 5 Int'l Harvester 28% Jan 7 3 170% Jan 20 7% Jan 24 Feb 38 Vz Jun 24% Mar 10 2,9 93 Jun 73% Jan 17 81% Mar 11 3% Feb 26 4% Jan 10 27% Apr 21 31% Jan 7 14 137 : May Jan 143 8 4%% 96 *96 98 *96 98 *96 93 *96 93 —1090 "22% 23 22% 22% *22% 23 V* 22% 23 22% 22% 22% 22% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30 % 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 31 5 8% 8% "24% 24% 247 a Feb 8 Preferred 7 53% Jan 7 300 30 6"0 4,200 "6% "7% "36% ■i 37% 6% 8% 8 % 8% 8% •8% 8% 8% 25V* 25% 25% 8% 25% 8% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 6,300 A 1/64 1/64 1/126 1/64 63.2QO 6 Va 6% 6% 6 Va 6% 6% 400 ~6% *6 Va * 6% 2.200 •37 37 Va 37'/« 37 % 37% 38% 38% 39% V" 39% 39% 2,300 61 61 59 60% 61 61 61 61 61% 61 % 61 % 62 % 2,100 100 "159 165 *159 -159 165 *159 165 34 34 33% 34 Vs 33% 34 x33% 341% 33% 34 34 34 % G.200 13 12% 12% 12 % 12% 12 % 12% 12 Va 12% 12% 13 ' 5,800 8% 8-% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% *8% 8% 760 12% 12% 92% 13% 12% 12% 13 13% 13% 13% 1,500 92 Va "91% 92% "12% 2 1 "8% 8% common. 5 12% 12% 92% :• 165 13 *159 165 165 *159 • 100 "91% 92% *91 % 92% *91% Rubber _No par "1% 1% 1% 1% IV* 1% *1% 1% '■TV* 1% 1% :. :No par 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11 Va 11% 11 Va 11% 11% 163% 163% 161% 161% No par "163 -No par common 24% 167 7% 27% 100 : Mining International 99 32% 1/64 Corp "80 % 1 of Canada com—No par 5 • - No par preferred ,4% Int'l Nickel Feb Mar 26 8% par Mex, S A Machine International Jan May 96 7% preferred —100 Int'l Hydro-Electric Sys class A—25 Int'l Minerals & Chemical com 5 45 .4 98 1 Iron 94 July De Corp preferred Business 24 99 "96 preferred Int'l May 5% Feb 139% July 64% Jun 6% 5 165 164% Jan Feb 80 26% Inland Steel Co—? No par Inspiration Consol Copper—. 20 Interlake Dec 86 *79 common Intercontinental Jun 42% Mar 79 Rayon 7 Jun ■. Industrial Ingersoll-Rand 13% Jan Jun . Industria Electrica Interchemical 9% Oct 26% 79 Co 26 Jan 174% 5 % May 23 79% Insuranshares Ctfs. Inc x34% 34'/a 26 % *79 Indianapolis Power & Light—No Rights 16 Oct Jan Illinois Terminal RR 8 Dec 3 % Mar 32% 26 79 No par 8 23% - 32% 257a 79 Power, Co 25 Nov 24% Mar 32% 25% 79 100 Apr 71 135 32% 26 Va 79 clfs series A 93% Apr 20 2% Jan 8 23% Mar 23 32% 25% 79% 4% 18% Jan ,15%' 29 xl 45% Jan Dec Illinois 32% 26 % "79 common_100 pfd 8% Feb > 1% Mar 31 11% Apr stock 20 ser A—100 r Co conv 41% Jan 3 6% Feb 7 Mar 30 it May 11 8% Jan 10 6% May 12 non-cum RR May 13 26 4 1/128 May 13 7% Co Power Illinois Central RR 2 95 May Idaho 30% Jan 24 24% Jan Jan 35 Apr 21 .3— Co com 167 24% 167 24% 24% 167 167 164 *27% 28% 27% *80 81 4% *4% 27 % 138 46% *80 25Va 24% 167 Va 167% 167% 450 6% 6% 6% 6% 3,000 27% 28 Va 28 Va 28% 28% 2.«00 83 80 80 *80 83 •;■*:■ 4% 83 4% 4% 28 % 28 28 Va 138 Va *138 139 Va 138 138% 20,300 25 24% 46% 46% 46% 96% *95 96% 95 95 ♦95 5 % *6 6% 6 6 6 46% 1.500 167% 167 27% 4% 28 900 4,300 27% 27% 83 24% 1% 11% 164 Va 163 163 6% 167 167'% 6% 28% 162 6% 24% 24% *6% 138 46% 162 7Va 28 "95 *91% 67a 7% "137 15 No par 24% 167 28 —100 Paper $4 preferred-* "4% *91 % 46 V* *80 7 100 4% 2,300 28 28 Va 28 28% 13.000 *138 139% *138 139% 160 47% 10.400 4% 4% ;. 4 4% % 47% 46% 47% 47 V* 96 Va 95% 95% *95 Va 6% 6% 300 97 t 5% 65 52% 39% Dec Dec Jan Nov 43 Mar 30 Mar 107% 64 45 5% Mar 23 Jan x63% May Jun 55 Jan 41i > 46% Apr 25 35 32 Mar s Feb 17 International Jan 27 International Shoe v 57% Jan 8% Jan 3 ill % Apr :4 8% Nov 16 % Jun 8% Jan 3 11% Apr 11 17- 20% Jan 20 137% 4% Nov Jan 26% May 35 % Jun 18% Feb 145 3 29 Feb 1 24% Apr 29 144 Mar 30 32 Jan 21 148 Feb 2 24 39% May May Jan Dec 10 18 Dec 23% Jun 13% Mar 11 79% Dec 92% Jan 81 3% Apr May Jan 12 3 39% Feb 48 May 44 Jan 24 89% Oct 99 May 95% Jan 17 33% Sep 42% Jun 33 May 100% Feb 113% Jun 104 May 20% Feb 35 Oct 99 Dec 106 May 145 Jan 158 31% Jan Jun 102 8 18% Jan 24 85 Mar 2 50% May 13 101% Apr 29 3 40 Vz Jan 7 7 110% Feb 23 Jan 7 28 36 Feb 15 104 Vz Apr 159% Feb 21 160 9 Apr 26 29% Mar 39% Oct 25% May 10 33% Jan 7 83% 93% 43% Apr 76% May 10 86 3 Jun 36 Feb 30% Nov Feb 7 63% 64% *63% 65 ;No par : 65 "53 57 56 56 *54 V2 57 42% 42% 42 42% 49 V* 49 Vz -*48% 49 /V *47 34 '-*32% 34 *32% No par Jan Foreign share Interstate Dept Intertype Corp Stores 10% No par ctfs 10% 10% No par "18% No par Island Creek Coal $6 "27 —50c 28 common preferred 40% Mar 16 Jacobs (F L) ; ; :— "142% 10% " 19% -10% 10% *19 27% 27% 10 *10% 19 Va 18% l 50 55% *54% 56% 100 42% 42% 42 V* 42% 1,600 47 47% 34 500 47% *47 47% 34 34 *32% 34 10% 10 Va 10% lOVa 10% 13,900 10% 10 Va 10% 10 Va 10% lOVa 10 Va 1,100 18% *18% 27% *28 28% 28 *27 28 145 *142% 145 145 47 *32% 28 *27 *142% 19 Va 19 19% 27% 28 27% 27% 145 *142% 28 *27 *142% 145 600 19% 28 19 28 4 27% 100 900 . 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Joy 42 Va 1,600 65 "83% Jewel Tea Co Inc com 5% *54 V2 6% 65 10 Va 48 .34 *27% *142% 42 Va 57 *6 *64 '..10 Va 28 - *63% *54% "64 pfd—100 No par Jersey Cent Pwr & Lt 4% 3%% l 10 V8 42% 42 V* ' 6 65 ;// Co Jaeger Machine Co 3%% "32% 10 % ;;/■/;j 5% Jan ■ Salt; "64 International Silver common——25 Jun 17% Mar "5% 100 .7% preferred—; j—25 International Telep & Teleg—No par 16% 22% Mar preferred 13 4 Nov 34 5% Jan 27 Jan 8% 29 Int'l Rys of Cent Amer com—No par 9 44 3 65% July 8 Feb 61; Apr 21 Jan 7% Feb 71 5 Co 34 102 34 107 *100% 33% *103 102 *13% *106% 33% 107 33% 33% 33% 33% 103% 103 Va *102 Vz 103% 166 *155 166 26 26 26% 76% 78 77 78 37 Va 37% 37% 33% "103% 38% *155 33% 102 *100% 33% 33% 107 *103% 34 33 Va *102% 33% 103% "103 103% *155 163 *155 163 34 50 103 v *155 % 300 50 102 21 May Nov 98 May 9 May 10 12% Jan 8 98% Dec 23% Feb 48%, Oct 48% Mar 60% 94% Jan Jun 13% Dec 101% Dec 100% Feb X34% Feb 52 Jan 12 99% Feb 9 11 24 3 103% May 6 43% Apr 12 56 Jan 24 3.80% 4% 100 103% 163 4% preferred preferred 18 May 26% July 11 May 13 17% Apr 21 7 Kayser Feb 21% Jan 8 Dec Kelsey Hayes Wheel 22% July 14% Feb 17 % Jan 7 For footnotes see page 28. Class "9% "96% 100 City Southern com—No non-cum 16% 14% Jan 10 100 preferred 20% 7 : ■. 26% 26% 26% 10.300 *77% 78 % *78% 78% 550 37% 38% 37% 33 -.. , . 3,600 • 7 9% 9% 9% 9 9 Va 9% 98% *97 98% *96% 9% 9%, 9% *£ % 9% 98 Vz *96% 1.500 98% - City Power & Lt Co— cum Kansas 1.000 i Kalamazoo Stove & Furniture. Kansas X89 ' ; 26% - K Dec 0 100 33% t 11% 3 2 3t%; 107,; (Julius) B— & Co conv par 100 "102% 4 98 103% "40% 41V* "53 54 *97 *102 % 39% *52% 103 % 103% 95% 103 V* *102% 40- 39% 40% 40% 40% 53% 53 53 53% 53% *98% 103 5 "11% 11% 11% 11 Va 11% 11% 11% 11% class A_1 "18% 18% 18% 18% 18% 18% 18% 13 V* 1 "14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 103 103 * 102 Va 20 103 41% 42 42% 3,800 54 53% 54 1.900 13 Va 11 Va 11 11 Va 18 V8 18% 18% 18% 14% 14 Va 40% *53 < *14% 14% 2,200 1,200 - 500 Volume Number 4803 169 THE COMMERCIAL NEW Ranee (or Previous Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest Highest S per share $ per $ per share 42 % Feh 607/s Nov 51 Apr 12% iB% Dec 19 Feb 92 Oct llVa 63 *;■ 89 56% Jan 8 ■ May 7 45% Feb Nov. ' ", ,( Kennecott Copper Kern 12 Feb 62 Oct 29% Jan . 100 14 . Mar 18 May 5 »14 L Apr .67 May 31% Jan 3 7 Jan 5 98 Jan 16 39 Apr 18 48% Feb 14 91 Oct .43 Jan ,55% 3 Jan 20 44% 22,400 43 43 y4« 1,200 *12% 12% *12% 12% 12 y4 12% 12% 12% 200 19 % 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19 V* 1,600 *98% 99'% •*98% 99% 99% 99'/2 *19% 19% *98% 100 *13% 13%. 67 *64% 67 100 *30% 30% 30% 30% 96% 96% 95% 96 %,- 38% 38% 38% 38% 38% ' 52 52% 52% *51% 50 50 50% 7, 50% 14 67 30% 97y2 38% 10 1 No par 52 -—No par *13 ■ 67- • *04% 13% 13% *64% : ■ 42% i *96% _100 - 43% j *98% 13% Kress (S H). fc Co— Kroger Co (The) —• 50% May 12 43% 42% 12% 99 , 43% X42 % *12% *64% —, Shares 42% 43% 99 100 Co__ - Sales for the Week $ per share 43% ,12% *19 preferred share ■ 43 *12% v*w Friday May 13 May l'i S per $ per share *43 43 43 % 19% No par Kresge 76 S) Thursday .. 43 ■'« 43% *43 Is 26 *35% Feb J per share 43% 43% com Co common $ per share 44 43 V. *12%. <G R) ! ' 43% ___5 No par1 Corp Wednesday May 11 Tuesday May 10 May i) $ per share 2nd Dreferred^ conv Kinney May 7 $5 prior preferred-:—_^__No par 1 Koppers Co Inc common —10 * 4 Jun County 4% 26 1 __No par Kimberly-Clark 11 > par ■ 13% Jan %7 Jan '49 • / ^ ^ 2, sals prices 22% Jan 93% Jan <• 5 95% July 40% Monday (2115) RECORD Saturday >. ■.% 28 Jun 39% : /' 12 46% Jan 58% July Feb; CHRONICLE STOCK STOCK 25 37% Nov 32 $ per share YORK EXCHANGE 11% Feb 75 Dec >■■■.% Land Co Keystone Steel & Wire Co 14 % Mar, -29% YORK 18% Apr . 104% July Feb NEW Highest share 39% Feb . Oct 24 '.i 42% May 11 Oct 40 y8 FINANCIAL STOCKS Year 1948 Lowest & *49% 30-/8 30 ' *13 , * *13- *64% 67 38% *51% 50% 30% 30% 95% 70 14 67' 30% 95% 50% 14 *64 % ; 38'% ' i 55 » *95 100 30% 30% 96% 95 38% 38% 38% 52% 52'/a 52% 52% 50% 50% 50"% 50% 2,800 53 50 Va ' 95% . i 38% I 160 2,900 1,300 2,100 i 4% 4% 6% May Feb Dec ;12 24 Mar 9% Mar42 35 4 . 9% Feb 43 Jan 21 Feb 24 37 May 21% Dec 26% May 90 Dec 99 10 Feb 1% Jan. 5% Feb 8% 16% 6 7% May 13 Dec- r Feb 12 11% Jan 5% May 42% Feb 8 % Feb Jan 8 12 8% Jan .12 6 14 47% Jan 21 20 % Feb 25 . Jun 3 4 50 - (James) _5 & Sons Co com 22 10%; Mfiy 13 x24% Mar 30- Lerner 6% 6% 4% % *4% 10% 10% 6% 6% 6% 6 22% 22% 22% 22% 10% 10 10 *9% 10% 47 *44"% 6% 6% 22 10% 10»/4 % 22 221/4 *4 4% 4% *4 4% 6% 10,000 4 4 300 22 1,300 lO'/ff /. 22 % 10 Va 800 ' *44% 24 23% *42 42% 41% *18% 18% *18% 18% *96 - 47 *23% 100 Stores 4 22 *45 v 3 cumulative preferred 6% * 4% 22 % 10% —:_1 Tirc-i 6% > *22 No par common—^ & 6% *4% No par i Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co _10 Lehigh Portland Cement 25 Lehigh Valley RR—i—1_—— 50 Lehigh Valley Coal com— 1 ; $3 non-cura 1st preferred—No par 50c non-cum 2nd: pfd—u_j.No par s Lehman s Corp (The)'_l__Uw_i._ 1 ; Lejhn & pink Products— 5 i 5% Jan' '7 24% Jan 4 Rubber 3.85% 24 : Co___ pfd—75 Pesos Mex (The)'— Bryant Lees 10 40% Jan 31 Mar 15 16 % May May 26% Jan - > 1% May. 10 May Lee 23 4 Light 6% Co 4% % preferred Lane-Wells Co——i Mar 21 . 22% Jan 10% May 56 - Lane 19 96 % Apr 37 26 % July Jan 43 4 Jan 22 Jun 4% July • .26%. Gas Consolid Lambert 24 20 Dec 8% 44% Jan Apr 13 % May - 19% Mar'!. 41% 18 Jan Laclede La 21 90% Jan Jun 39 > .< Jan 22% May '6 11% Jan 26 7 ;■ 47 .; 6 18 . 29% May 30% Mar 6% Mar 29 4 53% May Mar 4% Mar 5 May 13 17% Jan 14 Ya May Oct 257/a Aug. . 4% Jan Apr Dec 17 97 *96 97 8 8% *38% y 2 ;>'• *5%. 23% 23% *41% 42% *41% 42% *41 % 18% 18 % *18% 18% *17% 18% 97 *96% 97% *96 97% *96 8 • 38% y 4% 4% 2 6% *5% 46% 46% ' 17. 1 6% '; 17 47 23% *23 Va 24 413/4 42% 18% *96 300 42 500 18% 200 97% 7% 7% 7% 7% 12,000 38% 38 % 39 y8 39% 2,800 4% *4% 4% 4 % 4% 1% ; 1% 2 2 38% ' 17 *16% *5% 6% 4*5% 46%, 46"% 47. >9%. 10 *9% 10' 10 10% 23% 23% 23% ' 23% 23%, 51'% 51% 51%' 51%-"'"'" 51% 51% 1% *16% 6 *4'6% 47 *22'% Corp„_4—_NO par.i 8 *447/a' 4% 38 < ..■ 2 1% 47 23% \ i% 38% *4% 17" 7% 8% 38% 4% 17 16% 46% - *44% 24 2 •- 2 16% - 47 *23%. 8% 38% 4% : 44 7/gi 23% 42- 8 38% *4% v 47 * 17 16% .*5% 6% 46% 46% 800 1,900 500 16% *5% 6 . ! 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Jan 10 McCall 36% May Jun 30% Mar 23 33% Feb 17 McCrory Jan 101 % 90 Jan 4 97% Mar 29 Nov 42% 31% Apr 29 36% Mar 30 McGraw Feb 24 34 McGraw-Hill Apr 21 Electric Mclntyre McKesson & RobbinsTnc 92% May 3 97 18% Feb Jun 96% 73% Apr Jan 19 $4 Porcupine McLellan-Stores 17% Mar 11 McQuay 17 % Jan Mead 15 Norris Corp 82 Jan 13 Dec 46% May 4 34 Jan 12 4% 20 % Dec 25 Jun 20% Jan 3 28 Melville Shoe 11% Dec 19% May 62% May 8% Apr 29 22% Apr 13% Jan Mengel Co 41 May 13 Apr 47 ' Dec 25 49 5 5 *39 Oct 10% Mar : 18% July 104 Jan 10% May 4 2 69% May 12 16% Feb For footnotes see page 28/ 24 20 *100% 172 *171% 39% 172 39% 39% *92 93% *82 33 *31 % 33 *31% 110% 22 •110% >' 7 7% 16 7 *7% *16 490 7% 2,400 7% 300 yl6% 9% 9% 20% 9% 20% 800 7% 10,800 7% 1G1 10i 7% 7% 16% 20% 17 2b % 20 20% 101% 7% • 21 16% *16% ,101 3% 9% 9% 12% 12% 12% 44% 20% 101 20% *99 6,500 44% 120 17 20% 101 2,900 ■' 80 10 3,700 12% 12% 6,000 45 45 9% 10 12% 22 21% 172 1,300 *171% 172 *171%- 172 39% x39 39% 39% 39% 93% *92 93% *91% 93% *91% 93% 93% 93 93% *92 93% *92 92% 83% *82 83% *81% 83 *81% 83 40 7% 7% *7% 8 40 39 % 39% 7% 7% 33 *31 *31 33 *31 33 110% "110% 110% 21% *21% 21% 21% 21% 32 32 *110% 7% 21% 22 32 44% 110% 32 32% 32 32 *96 97 *110% 110% 32 Jan 4% '/o 8 22 pfd 2nd 5 % *31% 31% 32 *54% *110'/a 2,700 250 33 110% 33% *20% 21% 21% 900 32% 32 % 800 *16 series! (1st 20 20 Merch & 29 % Apr 20 Merck & Co Mercantile $3.50 26 Mar 14 23 May 139% Mar Machine 4.35% 8% com Copper Steel 3.90% com 12 12 Minn 52 May 5 94% May 10 77 Mar IE Minn-Honeywell *41% 13% $4 May 12 14% Jan 15 Feb 19 Mar 31 .*100 . r"* ; 8 31 *71% 73 *31% 31 '/a 22% 9% 9% 42% *41 % 42% *413/8 13% 13 Va 143/a 14% *413/B 13% *7% 8 8 8 423/4,' 14 5/8 8 * 41 8 3/a 41 14% 100 2,200 300 *8 28% 28 % 28% 28% 28% 29 Va *92 94% 92% 92% *91% 94'A *91% 94'A 200 20% *20% 20% 20% 20% *20% 20% 20% 20% 1,500 35% *35% 35% 35% 35 % *35 35'A 34% 34% 300 100% 100% 450 35% 101 109% *109 28% 100% 101 109% *109 28% 100 100 % 100 100% 109% 109 109 109 109 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% 93/4 43% 42% 43% 42% 43% X42% *22% 23 22% 22% 133 132% 132% 12% 12% 12% *8% 8% 8% 8% 51 *105% 106 22% 22 133% *132 22 133% ■ r 12% 12% 12% 12 3/a 8% 8% 8% 8% 8 3/a 51 51 50% 51 51 51 93 93% 93% 94% 94% 94% 76 74% 75 74%. 75 *105%" 106 *74% *105% 106 22 '132 12% 12% _No par 22% *132 • 105% 29 101 43% 105% 50% *94 74% 106 *109 9% 43 Va 120 10 103A 6,600 43% 43% 6,100 21% 22 IO934 14,600 22 1,600 133% 20 12% 12% 12% 1,600 8% :'8% 8 3A 1,000 50% 2,200 133% 50 3/a 51 95 *13? % 74% 106 .94 73% *105% 94 733/4 106 200 1,200 140 11% *11 *17% 2,600 *14% 10 % —25 4,500 9% 41% 43% preferred— 100 22% 9% 92 35% *71 73 31% 9 % 14% 9% _1 400 22% 39 Va *8 600 1,100 22% 143/a 43% —100 *31 15 15% 28% 100% ' 109 preferred-— 15% *71% 73 9'% y V 15 31% 22% No par common 15 15% 9% *132% 3 *713/a **30% 15 15% '/ 15% 22% 5 A 73 31 15 9'A 9% *7% 203/8 r 22% 22% 9% ■ 15 153/a 22% _100 com— series *71 3/a 20 3/a * 20% 74% 2nd 15% 92 94% $1.50 153/a 15% 28% 74% 1st 20% 20% 15% 55'A 20% *50% pfd 20 Va >20% 15% 55% *55 92 *92% $5.50 - 100 & Minneapolis-Moline Co 25 pfd_100 new Marie— Regul *7% 100 conv Min 20% 55% 16 22 % 42% *13 3% Mfg common—No par preferred —No par 3.20% Minn 106 80 SS 20% *15% 10 10 preferred—: Minneap & St Louis Ry & 20% 15% 15% 22% 1st P 1,500 94% 10 —5 25 St 33 % *89% 22% series— 12% Jan Jan 900 *33 94 V8 73 i • 55% 33% 55 32 50 ; Edison preferred 55'A 33'A *89 Va *303/4 new_i preferred y Metropolitan 3' Inc 55% 33 *71% No par 800 95 32 Inc__ 1,600 32% 32% 1 Co 31% *313/4 *89% 73 - Co 32% 95 1 Transp 20 313/4 32 "89 Va *30% preferred Stores Min 31% 31% *3L% 32% 95 *71% common 32 33 55 50 Corp 97 313/4 *31% *32'/a 33 —100 (2nd series) 1st 14% Jan 8% Jan __ 31% 97 313/4 97 97 *20 Va 17 15% 31% *96 33% *54% / 20% —10 Co . 32 *89% 55% 33% , *96 32 32 95 (The) conv 97 32 *90 Mfg pfd *96 32% 31% 5 18 com 97 *31% _No par Mines— ' *96 • Prod 98% 20% *31 % Midland 7 101% ;i: 7% 4 10 20% *100% 8 Petroleum 21 7% *16% 83% Miami-. Mar 7% 16% *7% Mid-Continent 87 7% 16% *82 7 43% Feb 9% *20% 8 8 66% Jan 9% 20% *7% 14% Jan Apr 9 % 20% 7% 82 82' 47% Jan May 105% Jun 9% 16% 93% 24 May 16 20% 7% 93% 110% Feb 78 *7% 9% 16% 7% 17 *92 102 56% 6% 20 % 9% 21 *92% 4 98 16% 6% 7 10% *450 ;'■■' 7% *15% 93% 3 Nov *7% 16% S3% 97% Jan Nov v 20% 39% 106% Jan 54% Mar 7% 16% V *92 Nov 87 *7% *92% 92 42% *6% 7% 17 10% 490 500 *35 8% Mar 23 6% *450 *171% Mesta 14 7,300 10% 490 *450 172 38% Jan 9% Mar 10% 11 10% 10% 490 100 *171% 16 May July 4,700 *171% 34% Apr .16 14% 14 2,800 Jun 7 14% 13% 44% 23 *14% 14% 37% Dec Feb 800 14% 14% 37% 35% Jan 10% *13% 28% 11 *10% 13 % *20% 130 10% 37% ■.*91 % ;21% May 13 ■10% V' 13% 50c Jun 3,800 10% 10% ii y 37% No par 140 9% 10,100 31 % 100% * 13% & Scott_i_No par Co—i__5 Dec 6% 10% 31% *99% 14% • 100 31% 10% 10% y 37% Merritt-Chapman Nov 100 - 36% 92% May 11 23% Jan 20 11 12 32 138 J.00 % 10%. *450 *31% *134 99 % 10% 100% 15 31% *13% 3 128 *11% 11% 138 30% 30% *99% 10% *7% 11 10% 30% 99% xl0% 490 *16% y ,10% 31% *134 x44% 29 5 9% 10% 31 100 % :3T% 138 13% Jan 9% May 10 10 *450 140 10% 30% 99% *31% *135 37 Apr 40% Feb *11% Shares 45 90 19% Majr 11% *11% share 13% 20 69% May Sales for the Week $ per 36% Jun Feb *136 .r 44% Jun Feb May VI 13% 27% 13 I per share 37% 95% 38% yy 45 % Feb Dec Friday May 13 Thursday $ per share 13% Nov 106% Wednesday May 11 , 37 17% 104% May 11% 31% 45% 85% 101% Nov 500 13% 18% 28 11% *31% 45% 50% May Apr 20 19 37% Jan 27 98 98 37% 45% Nov 20 22% *18% y *13% 8% 7% Mar 21 21% 98'/a 19 19 10 800 I par 12% Jun 11% 31% 140 9% common-——No par 31% May *31% *136 21 No par Co—:— 1 preferred 22% Mar 30 11 May 11 14% Mar 21 x30 *11% 21% *98 ::■■/ ' 156 HIGH 8ALK PRICES i per share $ per share 21%. 19 19 .y-y Tuesday May 10 May !) ; . 12% 1 100 Publishing 55% May 13 80% Mar 19 98% *98 98% 18% Monday 21'% 22% *98 9% 1 34% Mar 10 19% Feb 2,800 21% 22% 12 % Co_ 4 15 22% 22% 9% preferred conv 3 Jan 1,600 - " 41% Jan Jun 27% 34% 12% com 30% Jan 24% 27% 33% 9% No par Stores Corp 52% May 23% May 28% 343/8 12% 1 Corp 3 % % 9 35% May 98% Jun 24% 28 9% No par Dec { *154% 34% 12% common—— Dec Dec 156 1,300 100 Jan Dec 10,200 1 87 15 22% 34% 9% Corp___No 29% 15% 22% 28 '/a- *12% y;; Jan Feb 41 600 23 34% No par No par -*110% Dec 24 100 % Mar 31 88 Jan 20% 100 % $3.40 cum pfd——No par Maytag Co common— No par $3 preferred „_No par $6 1st cum preference—No par 25 May 18% 64 28% 7% *20 % 7% pfd 1947 series—No par cum 21 31 *18% 34 V4 6% No par ; Dept Stores $3.75 Apr 23% Mar % 63% 18% 28 V» 17 *16% Co— $3.75 preferred 110 41 % 6% 100 preferred Dec 112 *450 100 comj Chemical' 33 5 14,700 18% 63%: *18% 34 31% 9% pfd Corp Electric Mathieson 173% Mar 14 89 18% 18% 63% ' 27% 11% - 140 *20% Co 7 89 Jan *31% *.137 *7% _j 7 Jun ,'.18'A 200 34% 19 V2 6.25 5 prior Co & preferred Martin ,2 Jun 10,000 27% 98% —1 Martin-Parry Corp 93 20% 34% 22% *16% Corp- 6% Ry 7 . 70 20% *27% *19 5 ■. Market 42% Apr 70 20% " Corp Marine 12 Apr 13% Jan 70 156% *98 No par j, *154% 9,700 1,400 ' 1 Co Shirt Manhattan 155% 700 . *155'/2 98% *11% 155% ■ 22% 14% 156% 20 $ per share 22% 58% 22% 14'/a" 22%. *19% —50 r—; Maracaibo Oil Exploration 7 110 22% 22% 58 : 22% *98 j 18 '/a 18% 3,100 22% 19% 63% 100 8% 22% 10% 490 11 Jan 27% 34% 34 1 t, 58% *69% 18 % • 39% 8% 22% •155% 10% 93 112 *27% t • '■ 50 v 14% 14% 22% 19% *14% (The) 8% 4,300 39% 8% 58% 19% • 40 '22 63 % 18% 64'A 15% Co 175 17% 17% 19% *14% 24 26 156% *69 19% 64 10 9% Feb Apr *155% ■; ?.; 19% Magma 10% Feb 31 22% 18% 04 -7 y ; *19 10 7 Jan 22% 18% 64 19% 10% Feb 43% 18% 10% 14 12% May 19% 10% Jan 38% Feb 7° 19% No par 84% Mar Apr 70 20% Madison 84 47% 70 22 103% Feb 15 19% *99% 5 Feb ' *69% 64 5 Coal RR Co *173% 173 *38% 14% 70 100 % 29 170 xl4% 100 Mar Feb 14% • io% 20 42 14% 30%- Magnavox. 9,300 58%' io% Mahoning 80 22% 30% 19% Apr Feb 58% 22% 10% 3 79% : 58% 30% 95% Jan 34% Mar 23 19% 19% 10 Copper 2,600 79% 8% 23 y;'y 10% 7% May 13 17% Jan 20 16% Mar 18 70 18 100 Garden 40% 8% .; 58% 23 *30% *99% Square 37% 173 *38% /• 8% LOW AND com 7% 37% 173 22% 58% _5 12 10% Apr 21% Jan :■>/. 14% May 7 a; 7% 37% .79 14% ' No par Jan 18 22%: Saturday Trucks, Inc 8% Jan 25 7 Mack 7% Jan 10 25 % May 6% Feb • 16 ♦58% 14% Macy (R H) Co Inc com 4% % pfd series A 19% Jan 500 59% 22% ^ Forbes & preferred G7e 26 10 ■21 8% 7% 37% 79 173; : 40%' *38% 8% 64 ■ STOCK & M Wood Working Co— MacAndrews 3 Apr 15% Jan Feb YORK 40% 8% *19% Par 9 36% Jan 10 Dec 10 *38% i-'-i 7'/a 37 78% :.' 173 8% ./ *69 _100 y — $ per share 33% Jan 18% Mar A__, Co 173 7% 37 ' & Sons Inc corn—1 series STOCKS 6 Nov (M) pfd Steel 173 14% No par 50 171 % 22% < C«n>- * 40% 8<% EXCHANGE 3 . 173% % : Nashville- • NEW 29 7 & Highest - 95% Jan 6% 1 +—'——_No par 4_ Lowepstein Lukens Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest 30 % Apr 9 % Inc Lousville 421% Mar 30 Jun 490 78% *171% *39 .;7% preferred 100 Louisville Gas & Elec Co (Ky) No par 98% May 8 103% xl6% Corp:—j. Lone. Star Cement 28% May 5 41% Jan 11. Mar 23 10% May x78% 100 7 preferred—i— conv 158 Dec 39% May 79%'/" *58% 28 10 r ?%% Lockheed. Aircraft 20 94% 30% Mar 79% y;.; 7% 37%. '79% )/ 7% 36% , May 12 Jan Jan ■fy;' 7% Lion Oil ,Cd ;new l_ti i—No par i. Liquid Carbonic Corp com_—No par 23 16% Feb 31 % Apr 7% 36% ■ 3 21 131 7% 36% ; No par Co 7% 79 ; 5 ; - 36% *36% Long Belf Lumber (:Md% A—NO par y Loriljard (P) Co common10 ; 95 11% May x35% Belt No par Corp Loew's 4 $ per share i. Jan 28 Highest < 23 23% Jan , _25 18% May 13 67% Jan 21 x33% Apr Range for Previous Year 1948 Lowest Jan < 3 May - Link 7 14 Va Jan 158 10 9 62% Apr Nov 20 66% Jan Jan 30% July Sep Lima-Hamilton May Feb .18 Lily Tulip Cup Corp.— i7 20% May 68% Jun U— 7 23 Feb ' preferred Jan 5 t 5 100 ——-ALiggett & Myers Tobacco com 77« 7% y 7 Savers ;Corp 8 •Apr 15 Nov 57% xl8 1 par i 1 10%. 11 10% 10% 10% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 72 72 72 71 71 70% 71 69% 70 Va 70 70 370 18 17% 17% *17% 18 *17% 18 17% 18 300 18% *17% 3,100 THE (2116) 24 COMMERCIAL NEW 42% 73 % 42% Jun Feb Feb 13 % *> $ Feb 34 July 15% Feb Dec 44 Jan 25% Apr 26 9 Feb 15% Jun 9% Apr 30 22% Dec 2944 July 21% Jan 4 45 % Nov .61% May 122 May 45% Jan 4 103 Feb 8 112% Apr 107 Feb 11 10% Oct 10 Jan 4 May 52 Jan 3 99% Dec 9% Dec 47 % Mar 10 Dec 20 65 Nov 25 17% May 10% Jan 27 Jan 21% Dec 16% Feb 29% May Dec 23 May 18 May 11 59% Mar 29 13% Apr 6 23 Jan 7 20% Jan 20 25% Jan 7 19% Mar 30 17% Jan 8 14% Jan 7 11 Jan 7 42% Jan 25 112% Mar 17 13% Jan 6 35% May 13 51 Jan 8 15% Dec 24 Nov 16% Oct Dec 13 Jun 13% 10 14% Oct 33% 3 11 25 Feb 4 May 10% Apr 21 3 Jan 10 17 38% Feb Feb 45 107% Jan 112 Jun 12% Sep 17 Jan 11% Feb 34 Dec 43 Jun 32% Mar 18 50 Dec 55% Jan 48 14% Mar 21% Jun 11% Apr 29 May Jan 20 Jan 8 Apr 5 Mar 30 Mar 29 Jan 13 12 19% May 11 19 35 11% 24. 55% 111% 111% 19% May 12 11% Jan 20% Jan 5 6 Jan 7 25% Mar 30 25 x33% 6 9% May 2 4% Feb 9% July 105% Mar STOCK CHRONICLE 109% May 11 11 Mar 18 LOW Monday May 7 AND HIGH SALS May 9 ^ » ■ Par"; $ per share Mission Corp 10. 49% 50 Mission Development Co 5 9% 9% Mo-Kan-Texas RR corn No par 4% 4% 1% preferred series A_ 100 21% 21% Mohawk Carpet Mills—i 20 *27 28 Mojud Hosiery Co Inc__; 1.25 *9% 10 Monarch Macnine Tool___ No par *23 23% ' Monsanto Chemical Co com 5 52% 52% $3.25 preferred series A__No par *106 109% $4 preferred series B No par *108 110 ^ Montana-Dakota Utilities Co_ 5 1 11%" 11% Montgomery Ward & Co No par 53% 54 Moore-McCormack Lines 5 *12% 12% Morrell (John) & Co No par * 20%- 20% Motorola Inc _3 17% 17% Motor Products Corp No par *19% 20 Motor Wheel Corp 6 *18% 18% Mueller Brass Co 1 13% 13% Mullins Mfg Corp 1 11 11 Munsingwear Inc 5 10% 10% Murphy Co. (Q C) common 1 *41 41% 4%% preferred 100 110% 110% Murray Corp of America com 10 12% 12% 4% preferred 50 *34 35 Myers (F E) & Bros No par *47% 49% Thursday Friday . 'May 11 May 12 May 13 ... $ per share ' $ per share 49% 9% 9 9% 4'% 4% 4V# 4% 21% 22% 21% 21% 28 28 28 28 27% *9% ■ 48 8% . 10 23% *9% 10 23% 23 % 53 51% 52 69% \ 23% 51% *23 V* 52% *105 112 *108 , „ Wednesday May 10 50 49 PRICKS Tuesday < $ per share . Monday, May 16, 1949 RECORD Saturday EXCHANGE share per 54% Jan 11 7% Mar 4 YORK NEW YORK STOCK Highest t per share $ per share ." Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest H if hoot Feb - • Year 1048 I per share FINANCIAL STOCK8 luft for Preyloaa Lowest & ,110 *105 53% 53% • - 53% 1 4% 4% 4%. 22% 27% : 9% 9% •• 23 '=■22% 23% .? 51% 52 51% 52% *105 *108% 111 27% *9% 10 23 % 23 52% 111 V ) 12 53% 2.900 . 27% 22 27% 11% 3,600 11,700 ' 213/f *21% ,112 ^ » 9% 10 *108 Shares * 48% 9 48% 27% 53 - 9 per share" '> 9 49 112 *106 6,700 '.. 900 100 400 - 4,500 111 108% 11% 53% - 108%, 11% 11%, 4.600 53% 11% 53% v ;■ for the Week 4% 1 22 *105 •' 11% Sales ( 9 4r.% 4% ',21%: * $ per share / 9 4% 112 *53 49 8% ', 109% 11% n% *48 ■ #, 109% H% ■ . 53%' ^- 6,900 200 12% 12 12% *11% 12V8 11% 12% 12% *20'% 21 19% 20% 19% 19% 18% 19% *19% 20 *17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% *17% 18 17% 18 900 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% *19% 20 *19% 19% 500 18% 18% 18% 38% 18% 18% lf.% 18% 18% 800 *13% 13% *13% 13% 14 14 600 11 3,400 12% 13% 10% 10% 41% " 13% * 11 11 10% : 13% 11% 10% 11% 10% 13% 107/a *10% 11 *10% 18% *10% ll 11 *10% 10% 12% 41% 41% 41% 41% x41% 42% 110% 110 *109% 110% 109% *109% 110% *109% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% *12% 41% 110 41% ' 12%,... 900 , 1,300 ' 10% 200 42 2,COO 110% 220 13 1,400 *34 35 *34 34% *34% 34% 34% 34% 34% 35% *47% 48% *47% 48% *47% 48% *47% 48% *47% 48% 300 N 20 Feb 32Vs Sep 23 % Jan 18 Dec 29 Jan 19 Jan 10% May 13% July 5 Jan 9% Feb 3 11 17% Mar 10% Jan 3 45 30% Mar 2 4% 8% Feb 9% 20 Nov Mar 26% Feb 162% Nov 32% 32% Oct Oct 5% Dec 6 30% Jan 175% Jun / 48 Dec 2 7% Mar 11 9"% Jan 8 12 Jan 11 6% Mar 5% May 10 Jun 21 May 17% Nov Dec 14% 15 Sep 17% Feb Dec 20% 10 13% Feb 14 22% May 12% 27% Feb 7 9% May 11 Jun 13% Feb 85 Oct 96% May 20% Jan 38 Jun 177 Jun 169% Jan 147% Apr 135 7% Feb 8 162 Oct 130 . Nov 5% 15% Dec Feb 1 20 % Mar Nov 15 33% Jan 21 95 3 11 Jan 8 4 preferred Lead Co common 8 May 12% 70 Dec Nov 20% Nov > 34% 12% Dec 39 Feb 92 121 Feb 144 Feb 3 28 Mar 28 3 103 5 Jan 27 31% Feb 100 National Supply (The) Pa 4%% 24 Jan 13% Mar 30 14% Mar 17 2 May 2 8% Jan 94 65 Apr 30 28% Jan 10% Feb Nehi Corp Neisner Bros 20 13% 23 Dec 25 Inc - 5 jun York 86 26 Jun 59 250 Jan Mar 15% Jan 13% May Brake; York 6% 9% Feb Apr 23 Mar 9 9% Jan 21 9 33% Jan 21 4 96 Jan 22 19% Apr 7 3 90 Jan 14 4 21 Jan 10 3 14 Jan 3 28 Mar 24 3 5 Central— $5 Dock 17% % 18% 18% *11 *13 ~ 13 13% 103 preferred non-cum 18% 11% 11%' 11% *101% 36 Jan 4 *13 13% *101% Tuesday May 9 *13 *101% 31 30% 100 100 ; .3,000 ' 100 200' 30% 20 100 *99 PRICES Thursday May 12 May 13 S per share t per share t per share 9% 9% 9% 97% *95% 97% 47% *47% 47% 47 10% 9% 10 .;. • :9% 9% 10 Friday 10 93/4 Sales ■: 9% Shares C 9% 67 66 66 *30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 28% 23% 28% 28% 28% " 10% 11% 11% *72 % 10% " 73 "126% 127 73% 72% >127 12% *25% . 46% 45% 47 10% 9% 10 10 10 67 67% 67% 31 67 97% 46% 67 30% *66 97% 47% 31% x30% 31% 30 % 30% 28 '28 28 28 28 *95% x27% 11 10% :: •>:' r 10"% 11% *73 73 129% 9,600 f : *95% V: 97% 97% 10 ** 73% 73% 130 127% '130 '/a 2,900 T; 1,500 120 1,200 11% 11 11% 73% *73 134 20 1.400 ;/ 68% *67 10,200 800 74 *130% for the Week 1 *95% ■*47 4,000 »'►; 103 May 11 $ per share 500 - 13%: 103 *30% Wednesday May 10 $ per share 13% >101% 103 800 132 • 12% 12% *.12% 25% 25% 30 12% *12% 12%, *12% 12 3/4 300 12% ' ' *24 % 27% *24% 26 200 26 26 ? *56 60 *55 60 '240 250 246 246 A 100 26% N Y Power N Y & Light 3.90% pfd__100 Shipbldg Corp partic stock 1 $3.75 preferred Noblitt-Sparks Noma £2% 26% 26% *92 *26% 26% 26% ' 92% 92 92 % 17% 18 18 18 18 91 89% 89% '88% 89% *88 *16% 17% *16% 17% *16% 17% 17 *7 26% 92% 18% *88 2.50 Corp Chemical 1 Ry com preferred Adjustment Co 8 4 *26% 26% 25% 26% .25 25 Co Norfolk & Western 51% 51% X50% 50% 26% *26 26% 10 Aviation Ry 18 *17% 1,400 26% 26% 1,100 93 *91% 92% "v? ;A 220 17% *17% 18 263/8 93 92% - 60 V 7% 7 7% 26% / 2,000 *25 preferred 19% 19% 19% 19% 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% *82 83 *82 .34% 34% 33% 34 14% 14% 14% 14% 10% *85% 25 Telegraph Norwalk Tire 8c Norwich Pharmacal *26 26% 19% 83 83 *82 *163/4 8% 8% 51% 9% 8% Northwestern *26 *82 83 89 89 25% 50% 19% common__l0 11 8% 25% 50 % 9% *107% 23 50% 26% 8% 25% *25 50% 17 19 % No par No par 4% Jan *26 8% 8 25% 17 9% 10 preferred 12% Apr 50% 17 19% *82 100 Inc 8 , 89 *25 19% 9% 10 8% .1,700 500 513/s 1,700 263/4 *26 823/4 400. 25% 51% 2634 19% 70 17 19% 23,200 10 % 11,800 80 823/4 82 ' Ry preferred Northwest Airlines 8 89 9% 50 Co Gas 8 - 89% 19% 1 Co 8% *26 Northern States Pwr Co (Minn)— Common No par 4.6% 26% 7% *18 100 Industries Electric Nopco 92% 7% Elec & Gas Corp— $4.80 2 *13 13% '■■■' $3.60 11 11% 7 4 2% Mar 22 X H% 60 10% May 13 11% Mar 11% 248 109% Mar 22 33% Jan 11% 7 28 Apr 11% 2,500 , 11% *56 84 Apr 29 107% Feb 15 7% May 14% Jun '.•V'7<11% 7 *10% 11% 11% 290 27% 11% 11% 248 Pacific 2 x27% 11% 11% .7 Northern Feb 27% 11% 11% 103 100 10,600 / 11 11% 11 % 60 Natural 19 27% 19 83% 248 Northern 27% May 27 % 19 7 series 36 JA Mar 17 7 200 83% *56 5% 14 10% Jan 27 *11% 11% , 7 19% 84 248 Preferred American 8% Apr 21 14% May 2 >18% *83% 60 Jan 17% Mar 19%; 84 27 11% 11% 18% 249 American Feb , *55 North 90 22% 240 31 8% Feb 3,200 *22% 23 7 Jun Dec 77% i9a CO Central Mar 5,800 20 76% 250 North 7 1U6 20 77 7 11% Jan 17% Jan 700 *56 Northern 13% Feb 24 400 18% *240 18 27% Jun *26% •> 11% *13 103 Monday 10% 28% 20 6 *18 % 240 20 83% 100'A *24% 144% 6 19 *99 % 12% 144% 6 18% 84 . 100% *12% 6.000 5,200 172 —No par 19% Apr 28 7 18% *83'A *99% 128 110 30% 30 171% 144% ■ <23 100% 11% 14% 87% % 23 *99 % *126 14% 86% 76% , 76% 100 % *72% 100 1,500 15 *19% % 20 9% Y & Harlem RR Co 50 N Y New Haven & Hart RR Co_100 85 Feb % 30% >28% 100 6 <18 18 V8 4,800 • 88% " *66 - 9,000 '143% \6.V-- 30% 10% .17% - 9% 144% *5% *17% 30% 9% 173/4 * 10 *143% *30% 9% 3,500 30% 30% Saturday May 7- 15% 172% *30 % * 31% 15% 30'A 6 200 31% *171% 18% 5,100 26,100 15% 17% 172% 6 '*17% 7% 5% 11% 31 % y 144% *143% 10,700 ■ 13 ,.*101% 30 *11 1.1% *171% 30% f per share N 11 40% 143% 6 *:•% 29% 29% *11 172 *99 % No par com common Jan Dec 29% 171'/4 * 81 3% 29% *30 % ,___No par- preferred series A Jun Jan 17% 11% *101% No par 20 10% Mar Air York 28% Jan 83% *5% 14 *88% 171% 143% 97% New 7 Nov 29% 47% 6 10 17% July 16 v No par 10 8% Nov *87% 5% 9% City Omnibus Corp 14 16% May 7% May 90 14% 88% 144% *47 N Y Feb 15% Feb 25 25% Jun 109% 14% 88 *171 *95% 8 59 % Jan Oct 1 14% Jan 3 Aug 14% *9% 14% 27% 26 % May Feb Apr 29 26% May 91% Jan jun 11 24 78 29% New N Y Chic & St Louis Co 50% Feb 103% 15 90% 15 89% 11% Newmont New 23 % Jan Dec 9% 14% New 21 Jan 18% 10% *9% LOW AND HIGH BALE 21 36 % ' y 17% *11% • A 7 36 V4 17% 9% *26% STOCK Jan 24 62% Nov 28 % Jan Feb 173/4 11% New Feb 25% YORK Jan 48 17% 17% 11% common 13% Jan 225 93 17% 10% 27% 27 Dec Jan 18 10% 11%/' 53/4 6 14% *11 12 Aug 8 31 1-4% *11% 12 55 14% Mar 31% 14% *26% 72% Jan ' Apr 33% Jan 25 82% Mar 31% 14% 84 Par N Y State Dec 31% 14% *83% 4%% conv serial preferred 100 Newberry Co (J J) common_No par 3%% preferred 100 81 Jun 8P 31 15 ' *11 7'/a 7% 53/4 17% ; 18 *11 7% 5% 31% 84 No par 140 19% Oct Jan 7% 5% 15 1 - 68% Feb 24 Mar Feb 7 ;;.y 6% 31 . 18% No par 124% Mar 29 14% Jun 14% 25 x27% May 11 39% July 81 7 5% . 11 *83% 35 10 61 96 7 63/4 ll *88% 14 England Elec System 20 Jersey Pr & Lt Co 4% pfd—100 Mining Corp__• 10 Newport Industries common 1 4%% preferred 100 Newport News Ship & Dry Dock 1 13% Jan 255 Nov May 11 2 20% Jan 86 10 8 10% Feb Feb 7 34% 173 11 lo Co share 97% Feb 9% Feb Oct 20% 3 S per 59% Jan Apr . 5% EXCHANGE Mar 21 Jun Jan 1,700 10 National Tea Co Natl Vulcanized Fibre Natomas Co NEW 44 % Apr 22 ^ 23% 6% Mar 31% 100 com preferred Highest $ per share 27 49% Jan 31% STOCKS Lewest 11% Mar 200 313/4 *22% 20 i 313/4 23 93% Jan 18% July Mar 31% *22% 13 Aug July July 313/4 23% rhnre 43% Jun 313/4 *22% 29 90% Jun Feb 31 31% 23% Range Since Jan. 1 July 26% May 2,500 31% *22% *101% Jan 12 Jan 64 6% No par 12% Jan 99 • Feb 6% 7 172 18 No par 90 6% National Sugar Ref Co Highest Nov ex-dist 173% 6% 23% Mar 28 Year 1948 90% Mar Lt 343/4 173 % 6% 14% , *143 % 1 Cast-No par 343/, 1723/4 34% 1723/4 6% 75% Range for Previoua 38 Steel 34% 1723/4 6% *19% 9% Jan May n°.r 100 National Linen Service Corp 34% 172% 6% 20 19% Jan S 29 343/8 34% 89% 172 2,200 172% 76 12% Apr 20 11% Apr 2 9 per share 10 1,000 12% 30% 10% 63/8 % 27% May Lowest 14% *89 10o Nati Malleable & & 10% 10% 12% >> *29% 34% 6% 17% 10% ■ 12% 30% 1713/4 '■/ 11 15% 17% v No par National 7% preferred A 6% preferred B 31% 15 12.50 1 conv Natl Power 31% 103/a 31% 63/4 113/a 10% 123/8 *29% ■, 30% 6% 7% 63/4 12 2,700 34% 75% 4 98% $4.50 *7 *11 10% 80 400 3/4 1713/4 . *19% 4 Feb National City Lines Inc 113/4 *293/4 < % 3 87 31% : 12% 31 19% 9% Jan Jan *31 3/4 10% 10% 12% *293/4 75% 10% Jan 19 No par 8 19% 21% Jan 35 6% 8% 75% Jan 104 172% 6% 10% 12% 83/4 76 19% May 11 Peb 34% *171% 10 10% 31 8% 21% 86 Jan Nov 343/8 100 Corp 12% 9 *75% 15% Feb 11 12% Can 10% *30 21 8% 9,700 24% *20% *20 82% Mar 23 *!!2. 31% *24% 20% 25 25% July x27% Mar 10% 12% *29% 25 203/4 21% Feb 28 30% May 15% May 12% *10% *12% 12% 12 12% *24% 21 25 9 8% 12 25 *20% No par 94 Dec 8% 12% 12 12 25 21% National Shares Corp National Steel Corp Nov Nov 83/4 8% 11% 25 ZJ 22 Jan 10 91% Jan 7 Nov Nov 21% 4 10 preferred National Cash Register Feb 80% 9% 12% 25% 21% 22 73% Apr 25% Jan 9 11% 25% 22 Nat Enameling & Stamping National Gypsum Co com 21 10% 1% 12 25% *21 % 5 National Aviation Corp National Battery Co National Biscuit Co common National 12 *25 14% Feb 25 16% Jan 7 4 148 % Mar 9 6% Jan 6 1914 Jan 21 19% Jan 21 114% Oct Nov 16% May $ 100 Co 15% May 7 19% Mar 30 31% May 177% Feb 2 Acme 1 National Container Co_ 1 National Cylinder Gas Co 1 National Dairy Products No par National Department Stores 0 National Distillers Prod No par 4 Jan 16% Mar Jan 25 Nov 81% Mar 3 Jan 4 5% Mar 10 24% Jun ■fs Dec 19% 86% May 13 25% Apr 14 ■ National 27 Jan 7% Mar 29 35 10% Feb 24 Dec 178 8 Jan 14% 34% May 12 3 30% Feb 9% May 32 »8;y4 7 14% Aug 24% Mar National Airlines 1 National Automotive Fibres Inc—1 4 7 5% Feb Jun 13% 10% Mar 1 13% Apr 4 37 Jan 25 170% Mar 15 9% May Feb 9% July 13 Nash-Kelvinator Corp Nasnville Chatt & St Louis 9% Apr 11% Jan 3 Sep 15% Jan 7 28 Jan 21 23% Apr 11 15 50 Rubber 3 8% 35 *12% 10% 10% 33% 34. 33% 34 33% 33% 14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 14% 15 12% 10% 10% 85% 86 86% 108 107% 108 8% 9 8% 15 *34% 3 ■> 2.50 10% ,14% 34 *107% 108 15% *34% No par Co 10% 86 % 33% *3 12% 8% 15 15% 35 *34% 3 3% 12% *12% 86% 86% *107% 3 35 3 ; 12% 10% 10% 86% 85% 108 *107% 10% 24,200 210 86% 108 50 9% 9% 9% 9% 5,000 16 153/4 16% 16% 16% 2,900 *34% 9% 15% 35 10% 853/4 *107% 7,100 35 9 15 % 10% 86% 103 13.9(0 3 *12% 3 *12% 12% *34% 35 3 *2% xl2% 12% 35 40 3 > / 700 300 12% O 28% Dec 34% Jun 27% Jan 3 92% Jan 103 Jun 99% Jan 3 28% Feb 43 Jun 25% Feb 11 18% jan 17% Jan 8 16% Apr 22% Feb 92 8% 88 Mar 36% July xl09% July Dec 12% Apr Jan 7 8 Jan 10 90% Jan 10 81 Feb Jan 23 Jun 20 Mar 28 27 Jan 37% Jun 154 jan 15% Nov 23 Jan 80 Dec 89 Feb 47% Dec 11% 8% 60% 34% 73% Jan Feb 29 Feb 7 Jan 15 13% May 10 x66% Apr 19 49% Jan 3 15 Feb May Apr 43% May 11% Mar 29 8% Apr 16 73 For footnote* m* page 16 148 15% May Dec Sep Oklahoma Gas & Elec 4% Oliver Corp common 31% Jan Jan 144% Nov 7 99 66 Jan 7 36% May 12 28. 22% Jan 7 7 32% Mar 30 155 % Apr 25 Oil 4%% Co Oppenheim 24 Outboard 28 Outlet 14 24 & Mfg Owens-Illinois Glass Co Jan 7 Pacific Amer Fisheries 18 Pacific Coast Co Apr 4 40 Jan 17 1st 31% 31% 30% 30% *30 3/4 31% 103 % 103% 104% 104 % *103% 104% *103% 104 Vt 28% 28 % 28% 28% 28% 28% 2BV* 173/4 17% *17% 18 17% 17% 25 . 25% 100 7 7 83% .*20% : 94% 84 21, 31 31% ♦153 155% 28 *17% preferred Inc common 31 18 24% 25 .94 6% *83 *20 30% >153 - 233/4 24% 94 % 93% 93% *93 % 6 3,4 6% 6% 6% 6% . 84 % 21 31 155% 14% *13% 14-/4 69 *£6 69 12.60 57 B 10 2nd preferred non-cum No par • *93% *13% No par > 7 *66 non-cum -'31 94 No par Co 10% Jan 71 18% *93% 6 __2.50 28% *17% 10o No par 31% 104 28% No par A 31% 103% 20 100 Marine • *31 t.' 500 32 103% 90 103% 273/4 28% * 10 common preferred 16% Jan 58% Jan preferred Collins Otis Elevator 6% pfd preferred (The) common Corp convertible 79 Jan No par convertible Omnibus 8% $ 100 19% Mar 4 100 common preferred Ohio 11 Dec 4.40% 7 23% Apr 21 6% Feb Ohio Edison Co 33% Jan 93% May 20 '• 31% Apr 30 104% Mar 25 ' 123/g *8% *66 37% 57% 12% 9 57 *12 *8% 57% 12% 9 83 *20% 303/4 153 13% *66 56% *12 *8% • > 83 21 30% 153 24 ■ 83 ; 20% 31 *151 24 f 83 20% *13% 13% *66 69 12% 9 12% 8% 56% 12% 9 67 *66 67 *66 67 *66 68 37% *36 37 *36 37 *36 37 24% 20% 13% 56% *12% *8% *66 36% 94% < 1,800 40 v •r 7 *82% 83 v 20% 30% " 154 300 24% *6% 83 *153 20 % v *13% 13% *68 4.700 10 69 12% 9 56% - *12% '. 8% 200 I .31% 154 133/4 - 1,100 . 120 69 56% 10,400 ; ~ 24% *31% *66 18 *93% 6% *20% *153 • *17% 94% >• 30% f 31% 13% 56% *82% 154 69 57 24% • • 563/4 ,; . 200 —- r 3,000 12% 300 8% 160 68 *66 68 36% *36% 37 60 Volume 169 Number 4803 I'HE COMMERCIAL NEW Bsnge for Preriotu Range Since Jan. Lowest Highest $ per share 15% Mar 21"% Jun 18 Feb 24 36% Jan 30% Jan 3 Nov 47y4 Mar 29 Ya 55% July Dec 44 89 Dec % July 104% Jun 130 Nov 147 3% 39% Dec Mar 6% $ per 1 NEW YORK Highest $ per share 29% share 21 14 33% Feb 3 Pacific Finance Corp of Calif Pacific Gas & Electric Pacific Feb 14 54 Jan 6 29 Jan 3 34 Feb 21 89 Feb 7 135 Jan 5 Apr Apr 8 Pacific Tin consolidated Corp Pacific Western Oil Corp 5 Packard 5 Pan 3 10% Apr 8 16 66 Oct 49 %, Jan 5 59% Apr 14 100 Oct May 97% Mar 12 102% Jan 27 6% 8% Apr 16 Feb 11% Jun 6% Feb 24 18% Dec 28 May 16% Apr 16 97 Jan 105 Jun 102% Feb 18% Feb Jan 20 < Jan 51~ Feb Mar May 23% Dec Nov 30% 6% Mar 16% Jan 18 6y4 Apr 37 14% Jan 18 Jan 4 19% Jan 10 30% Apr 8 21% Nov Feb Dec 109% Dec 112 8 Jan 26 106% May 32% Feb 16% Dec Dec 48 103 Feb 120 Apr 104 28 Dec 45% Jan 29 86% Feb 99 Oct 96% Feb Nov 20 % May 8% Feb 28 7% Nov 22 Oct 9% Feb Jan 30 ya Dec 98% 24% Jan 104 May 17% Jun - 21.' 10 17 May 39 Ya Apr 48% Dec 93 Dec 20% Nov 104 25% 14. Jan 28 Jan 81 Sep < 46% 47 V* 46% 47 y4 47 47% 46% 47% 9% 9% 9% 9% 9% Cement 9% 9% 7 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% ■22% 22% par •25% 26% •25% 26% 26% •25% 26% •25% 26 Co Corp com—No Dec 20 15% 15% 15% 151/s 15% 15% 15% 18,000 19 Feb 7 5 19 Apr 24 Apr Peoria 11 12 104 & Eastern Ry Co Pet Milk 4% % 36 •34% *103 Co common % •23 • *23% 51% $ per share 23% \ 300 39% 4 64 Apr 11 19 Phillips tper share 32% Jan 112% 1 13% 13% 27 VB 27'% 100 *82% 84 413/4 97% ■*' _100 90 13% 27 84 41% No par *11 89% 61 61 *9% J" Plllsbury Mills Inc •' „ 60% 25 common 28% 60% b0% bl 603/4 11 *9% 11 .*9% •102 103 % •102% 103% *102% •100% 110 •100% 110 •100% 110 Pittsburgh Forgings Co 1 •13% 14 13% 13% 144% Feb 28 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Pittsburgh Screw A Bolt Pittsburgh Steel Co com 7 Jan 70% Dec 15 170 Feb Feb ; Jan Dec Dec 96 Oct 82% May 26% Oct 161 \ 9% May July 46% July 135 7 155 x78 % May 13 88 Apr 66% May 5 15% Mar 22 139 Jan 19% Mar 12% July 70% May Jan 36% Feb 32 29% Feb 46 11% Dec 8% Feb 16% May 14% July Jun Mar 10% Feb May 13 7% 24 71% Jan 27 147 Feb 1 Apr 4 Pitts ton Co 10% Apr 19 50% Apr. 18 24 11 39 3 Poor A 14% Jan 6 Potomac 8% Jan 24 Jan 22 Ve Nov Jan 24 Feb 35% May 71% Jan 28 621% 57% Feb 26 66 % Jan 18 18 Feb 28% May 16% Apr 29 22 Feb 2 12% Apr 21 5% Mar 23 94 Mar 22 Jan 14 38 Jan 3 Dec 24% 20% Jan 3 43% May 12 23% Apr 13 25 Dec 32'/a x25% 4%% ' Jun 30% May 26 Jan 3 Nov 53 Jan 30% Feb 25 Feb 42 May 25 % Feb 5 101% Feb x25 Feb Dec 108% " 33 Sep 107 July Jan 26% Mar 25% May 17 Feb 15 11 Feb 75% May 11% May 28% Feb $4.75 ■Public 21 29% May 5 Co of $1.40 div com (The) Oil 165 31% 7% 10% ♦135 155 7% 7% 7% 11 II •140 155 11 155 •140 7% 7% , ♦ 11 155 11 , •140 82% •81% 82 •80% 81% 671/4 •66% 67 •66% 67 17% •16% 17 143% •139% 141% •139% •139% 143% •139% 24% 24% •23% 24 •23% 241/4 *10% 10% *10% 10% *10% 10% 77/a 25 *10% 10% 80% 17 •16% 80 % •66% - 81 67 •66% •16% 143% 17 155 17 143% *139% 143% 233/4 23% 23% 1C % 10% '*10% 10% 47% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46 46% 46% 46% 37% 36% 37% *36 37% 36% 36% *36 37 11% 11% 12 11% 11% *11% 11% *11% 11% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% *23 17% *90 91 *42 22 74% Jan 22 7% Jan 3 22"% 22% 22% 100 64% 64%: 64% 64% 64% 64% 3,200 17% 17%. 17% 17% 17% 17% 17 17% 2,000 23 v 6% 6% *22% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 42% 42% 42% 42% 43 43'. 43% 42% 43 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% ■" 28 28% 28% 28% 36 35 35% 30% 30% 30% *107% Radio Corp of America com—No par 69% Apr *22% 64% 17% 6% 22% 108 % *107% 108 % 18 7 *22% .">• 64% 23% 64% 6% 90% *17% 14% Jan 23 % *17 30% Quaker State Oil Refining Corp_10 24 6% 42%. 29 Feb 6% 22% ;■-* *28% 14 2,200 6% 35% 100 1 20% Jan 6% 6% 42% No par Apr 26 600 16,500 ' 22% h No par No par 5% conv preferred Purity Bakeries Corp—; 500 13% 13% 64% 64% No par 2,500 11% 11% 6% . 23% €4% 300 37 *35% ; > 100 *22% 6% *17% 40 1 17% 46% 5 »'■ 66% *16% 11% *6% ,10 - 78% 17 46% 1 1,700 155 46% * 1,800 11 ■*65% 67 2,400 7% ; x78 % 80% 37% No par common 11 155 • 31% 7% .11% 23% •24 ' 9 7% 10% . •139% 1 600 148 *160% 32 •16% Colorado—20 com Inc Pure *144 165 31% •66% preference com„No par Pullman 148 •160% 32 No par Inc preferred cum Service •144 165 31% •81% preferred series A—50 Industries Pub Serv El A Gas 37 Apr 30 32% Apr 4 108% Jan 26 6 conv 148 •160% 31% 10 com Procter A Gamble Publicker •144 165 31% 1 Co 10 2,400 " 13% 148 _5 Power 600 12% •161 31% No par - • 28% ■ 13% v 200 * 84 28% •144 •140 100 class B Electric 13% 12% •81 % 84 163 5 Pressed Steel Car Co Inc 90 % Mar 17 Jan Apr 39% July 85 32% 20 Co 13% * 148 7% Pond Creek Pocahontas Apr 5 12% Mar 30 23 28% 13% •13% '• 12% 27% 31% 10% — 12% •81% 28 ♦160% 1 Plough Inc Plymouth Oil Co •13% 12% 84 27% •144 7% (The) 12% *81 27% 13% 32 10% Pittsburgh Young A Ash pfd 29 12% 84 27% 163 No par 100 4 12% •81 *28 29 148 32 No par B 10 Nov Mar class 13 •27% 28% •160% preferred class A 100 5%% 1st ser conv prior pfd—100 Pittsburgh A West Virginia 100 21% Jan 24 5% 21 preferred •12% ; •28 28% •144 lo 5% Jan 12% 11% May convertible preferred Pitts Ft Wayne A Chic Ry com„ 100 7% gtd preferred 100 7 Shares ■* 103% 110 7 73'/8 :29 •100% 16% Jan 8% Jan Salee fer the Week 110 13% Mar 15% Jan '» May 13 $ per share share •100% Jun 14 S per 110 82 28 Friday May 12 I per share •100% x28 % 23 7% Feb s." Thursday May 11 S per share 100 RR 27% 10% Apr Wednesday May 10 103 82 Jan — •102 13 Jun 9,500 HIGH SALE PRICES Tuesday 28% 27% 10 11 103 83 20 20 < 61 *9% •28 •81% Feb 59% 11) •102 No par •27% Nov 50 89% 28% $5 26 1 12% 1 Pitts Coke A Chem Co com—No par 21 20 5,800 *\ 91% *11% *873/4 61% '.j. !; "■ 103 % preferred •12% 77/a *90 , : ' '97 •102 $4 1 10% ' *9% No par Jan .91 91 83% 42 41% *95 •• ; bt>74 Pitts Consolidation Coal Co Jan 91 *82% 1 97 61 Va 2 35% 83 41% *96 12% 7 170 . .97%*;, 89% Feb 26 83 41% 84 42 *96 *87% Jan Mar 16 > *11% 85 Jan 7,100 12 32 30 5,500 28% ' 87% 3 159% Mar 15 13% 277/B 87% 3 142 13 <- ' *11 Jan Jun ; *90 Jan Apr 13% 27% 12 11 July 13% 27% 89% 26% Mar 14 39% 13 % 27% : 91 t per share 30 13% ♦87% 81 169 100 108 *11 Monday May i) $ per share Par 150 101% *107% - *90 LOW AND -/ 112% *100% 108 88% *9%'Y 11 May 7 *111% 101% *107% 11% 88% -V 111% *100% 1073/s 91 *11 11 111 % 1013/4 41% 97% \ ■ 150 111% *82% 42 41% •*96 97% 24% - 26% , 84 *82% 41% *90 11% *88% —100 Saturday ■ 14% Mar 14 320 107% 13% 26% *96 ; 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Mar 30 3 6% May 27 20 53% •29% 3fA Panhandle Prod A Refining 3 1% Feb Jun 4% 7 24% Feb May 10 Feb 104% Jan 25 40 3% May 33% Jan 24% 8 8 19% Apr 9 3y8 American Airways Corp Petrol A Transp Panhandle East 7 19% Mar 26% May 53% ' 30'A 1 10 Pan-American 3 53% 32 32 90% 10 Jan 53% ' No par 20'A Friday May 13 May 12 S per share tper share •20 ,20% 31% *138% 4% Jan 8 32 91 43% Jan 12% Feb 32 140 11 92 2 25 •20 •29% 25 Jun 20% *90% 3% Feb 21% 20% *139% 32% Feb Feb 34% lo Thursday May 11 May 10 $ per share $ per share _No par 5% May 11% May 8% Nov $ per share Wednesday Tuesday May 9 Pacific Telep A Teleg common__100 6% preferred 100 1 4% Jan Corp Pacific Mills 96% Mar 28 143 3 '/a May Lighting Monday May 7 Apr 50 y* 25 (2117) RECORD Saturday Par 62% May 46 CHRONICLE LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES STOCK $ per share Nov 13% Mar STOCK EXCHANGE Dec 4 YORK FINANCIAL STOCKS Year 1948 Lowest & 29 *17% 29% 18 *90 28% 28% 28 28%' 35 • 35 Vb 35% 35% 30% 30% 30% 30% 108% 108% *107% 29% 29 *17% 28 18 *17% „ *90 91 100 2,600 20,300 28 28 % 28 28% 7,200 35% 35% 35% 35% 30 Ya 30% 29% 30% 6,700 5,900 108 % . 108 % *108% 109 29% x28 28% *27% 28 18 *17% 18 *17% 18 109 ,, ' 300 2,100 R 7% 63% 67/a Oct Jun 89 Nov 98 Ya Jun 92% Jan 4 25% 9y4 Apr 4 95% Jan 24 Dec 34% Jun 26 3 29 Jan 19 22% Feb 3 30% Feb 4 4 19% May 10 X36 July May Jan 22% May 29 y2 May , $3.50 1st preferred Radio-Keith-Orpheum Ralston Purina Co 3%% pfd 31 Jan 35 Feb 27% July 34% Feb 23% Jan 7 Feb 45 Apr x37% Feb 15 43 Jan 3 4% non-cum 31 Feb 39 1st preferred Jun 31% Feb 10 36 Jan 7 4% non-cum 2nd 10 y4 Jan 3 13% Apr 16 10 Dec 101 Jan 15% May 106 Nov 105 19 11% Jan 7 106 May 10 19 14 4 8% Jan 27 Dec 18 14% Dec 25 y4 May 18% Jan Dec 13% May Dec 66 6% May 11 50% Mar 21 May 11% Jan , 17% 8% 52 Jan 5% Mar Aug 83/4 Dec 15 % May 78% Dec 99 Aug 10% Dec 6% Feb 2% Dec 5% NOV For 29% 8% Apr Jan 5!/4 May 11% May 3 10 Jan 7 83% Feb 12% Jan 3 2 y4 Jan 4 preferred Bros ... 95% *94 12 11% 12 70% „ 70 70y4 8% 8% 8% 69% 8% 11% 69% - *69 8% 8% 95% *94 95% 95% 95 y4 *95 *25% 26% *25% 23% 23% 26 *23 y4 12 11% - 26 26 26% 26% 26 26% 23% 23% 23% 22% 23 22% 23 24 12% 1,000 8% 7,800 4 95% 10 26% 500 24 *29% 30 *29% 30 % 30% *30 30% *19% 20 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% *19% 20 *38% 40% *38% 40 % *38% 40% *38% 40 % *38% 40% *38% 50 *30% 32 *30% 32 *30% 32 *30% 32 *30% 31% *30% 31% *11% 12% *11% 12 *11% 12 11% 11% *11% 12 ; *ny4 12 110% *110A 110% *110,3« 110% *110A *18% 19% *18% 19% *18% 19 12 % 12 % 12% *123/a 1,500 40% 12% —5 100 No par Inc 33,900 70 50c ' *110 ft *19% 12 30 30 •110 A 110% *110 20 19% 19% 19 12 12 Ya 12% A *29% 110% 19 *11% 12% 12 % *5% 6% *5% 30% 30% 20 20 200 500 ' — 100 110% ' 200 500 (Robt) A Co— $1.25 Reliable div prior preference 10 Stores Corp No par Reliance Mfg Co common Conv pfd 3%% series Remington-Rand common $4.50 Reo 7 6 Republic Aviation Corp Republic Pictures common 9% May 2 Motors Inc convertible 5 100 *5% *19 7% *52 — — preferred 50c 8% 25 preferred 8 $1 '*94 8% 50 preferred Reed Roller Bit Co Reeves 11% 70% 8% 50 Real Silk Hosiery common Reis 12% 71 8% 25 common 8% Jan 3 5% Jan Co 3% Apr < ' footnotes see page 28. Apr 2 9% Jan 24 22 6 Ya May 13 lr" 54% Feb 74% May 13 7% Apr 29 13% May .. 22 4 preferred 31 Jan May 10 13% Feb 18 Dec 8 $2 11% 70% 8% 95 Ya 26 1 36% Reading *94 No par common 16% 3 8% 100 Raybestos-Manhattan Rayonier Inc *71 1 12 71% 11% No par *72ya 1 6% 19% 8 % 54 8% 77 *5% *19 6% 52 8% *72 6. 19% 71/4 52 8% 74 *19 6% *52 8% *72 19% 6% 53 % 8% 77 *19 * 6% 52 8% *72% 6 19% 6% 52 8% 76 *5% *19 6% *52 8% *72'% 6 19% *5% *19% 7 7 6 • 19% 7 7,200 53% *52 y4 53% 60 8% 8% 8% 4,800 74% 74% 100 77 '*7% 7% 7% 7% *7% 7% 7% 7% 7ya 7% *7% 7% 700 l 6V2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6V2 6% 6 V2 6% 6% 5,400 50c 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3 y2 3% 4,400 10 -8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% *8% 8% CO 8% 600 0 26 STOCKS Bftnge for Preview $ per share 22% 33% Feb Jan Dec 93 111% July 15 21% May 82 % Feb 102 Dec 8 93 May 10i/4 Nov» 29% 31 16% Jan 12 99 % Jan 8 Mar Jan 4% Mar 23 . 18 19 >/4 Feb 8 Jan 26 Feb 25 103% Feb 5J/4 Feb Apr 7 6% Jan 3 6 99 23 Mar 104% Jan Dec 11% May 33 % Dec 41'A Jan 34% Jan 43 Dec 50 Jan 42% Mar 7. 80 Oct 94 Jun 851/4 Jan 3 91 May 13 Preferred 3.60% series.: 4 107 Mar 25 Preferred 4.50% series 37 Dec 102% Jan 17 Dec 24% May 161/4 Apr 14 151/2 Jan 49 Jun 24% Jan 3 Dec 28 103% 17 «/4 103% Dec 17 Sep Feb 12 19% Feb 'Jan 5 19% Jan Jan 21 29% July 7 4 5% Jan 5 10% Jan 7 22 1 Feb 25% Jan Apr 241/4 Nov 21 Jan 4 27% Apr 27% May 16% Apr 20 18% Feb 72 Dec 18 % 8% Dec 39% Apr May Jan , 551/4 Jan 25 21% Jan Dec Sep 39% Jun 113 61% Feb Jun *«%Jan 3 27 35% May 11 8 8 61/4 Feb 32% Feb 16% July 48% May 67 Jan 139% May 98 58 Jan 101 87 Jun Feb • 24 36 % Mar 22 122 Feb 16 91 8 Feb 79 Feb 13% May 91% May 80% Jan Feb 15% Aug 10% Mar 19 8% 7; 6 May 5- 25% Mar 35% May 251/4 May 3 39% Mar 46% Jan 92 Apr 6 51. 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May 2% May 11 22% Feb 25 44 Jan 31% Feb 25 32% Jun 160 Jun 19% Feb 11 $ per share 4% Jan 27% Jan 12 1 36% Jan 24 Feb 14 Feb 25% Oct 18% Feb 8 35% Jun 20 7 25 27% Dec 39 % Dec 90 91 Sep 98 15% Dec Jun Apr July 26 Jun 99 Feb 23% Apr 21 84% Jan 17 95 % Jan 15 Feb 3 11 31% Jan 24 88% Feb 3 100% Mar 25 17% Jan 14 Ya Feb 96 Nov 3% Nov 5% Mar 23 Jun 104% 5 15 Feb Jun 99 Mar 8% 17% Jan 7 100% Jan 3% Jan Oct 3 7% Jan May 13 4% Apr 8% May 39 Feb 45% Aug 40 Mar 1 46 52 Jun 60 53 % Mar 3 58% May 11% Nov 36% Mar 36 Dec 25% Mar 20% Feb Oct 16% Jan 44 Aug 42% Jan 30% July 30% July 11% Feb 24 28% Jan 3 34 24 X39% Feb x31% May 11 x50% May 11 58% Feb 70 July 65% Dec 73 Jan 12% Dec 20% May 7% Jun 62 May 6 63 Aug 73 Jan 68 Jan 24 22 Dec 29% Jan 21 Feb 7 8% May Feb 7% Dec 14 61% Mar 74 15% Feb 21% Aug 95 Nov 30% Jun 24% Feb 24 7% Jan May May 23% May 29% Jan 104 Jan Jan 26 66% Feb 9 7' 7 7 72 Apr 25 24% Jan 7 29% Mar 30 10% Mar 31 5 14% Feb 7 71% Apr 28 16% Apr 6 23% Feb Apr 5 13 Soqony Vacuum Oil Co Inc_ —15 Solvay American Corp 4% pfd—100 South Amer Gold & Platinum 1 29% May 19% Dec 29% Jun Oct 91% Jun 17% Nov 27% May 4 103% Mar 17 86 Feb 109% 97% Feb 121 Oct 54% Jan 73 Jun Oct 17% Apr 25 83% Jan 20 89% May 12 18 % Jan 28% Apr 98% Jan 109 3 21Y8 Jan 10 18 3 121% May 11 Jan 4 136 11 5% 8 .May 11 —7.50 . • common—No par preferred 100 non-cum / 1 (The)—— Spiegel Inc common 1 Sperry Corp Conv $4.50 No par Squar- D Co $4 & Sons common preferred r ■ _ Standard $3.50 5 „ Squibb (E R) • —„2 preferred 1 No par Inc Brands com preferred $6 prior preferred $7 prior preferred No par No par 42 y4 Mar 14 Standard 74% Jan 7 Standard Oil of New Jersey— 25 26% Jan 7 Standard Oil of Ohio common 10 89 Oct 97% Jun 96% May Feb 43 % May 16% Jan 18 41% Feb 17 44 41% May 31% Feb 9 38% Jan 10% Feb 5 13 35% Jan 3 94 6 32% Mar 88 Feb 97 23% Dec Jun Jan 8 Mar 10 15% May 39% Jun Jan Jan 24 7 18 40% May 13 ioo Jan 27 28 V* Feb 18 Standard Oil of California 3Y4% Oil Starrett Co Sterchl Sterling Drug Inc common 3% % Jan 9% Jan 15 Dec 20 Jan 15% Jan 4 17% Mar 14 11% Jan 18% July 29/4 Jun 12% Feb 25 16% May 12 16% Feb 10 21Y4 Jan Studebaker Corp 6% Feb 7 16% Mar 7 Stevens (J P) & Co Inc Stewart-Warner —15 Corp Stokley-Van Camp Inc 5% 50 100 Stone & Webster 13 f 5 preferred 18 7 1 (The) L S—-Nopar Stores lnc___ 1*" Feb 12% Apr 13% 13% 13% 85 84% 85 15% 15 Ya ■; 93 3 4 84 ; 84 85 '■> - *15Va 15% 50 Ya *50% 51 18 18 44 ' • 44%: •45 /> 7% 7Ya -7% 7% 37 Ya 37 Ya 37% 10 *7Ve 10 10 • X37 Va 10 5% 5l/4 5 7% 7% 7% *83% > 85 29 - • 5%- /; /■ : 85 28 Ya : 81% 9% i 9% / 9% 13'// *12Y4 35 - ■ 5 common 1 20 2% 2% 23% 24% *34% 35 *34% 35 % 35 35 22% 22% 22% 22% 113 Yi 24% 25 18% 22 Va 25% V, 112% 113 Y4 18 Y4 22 Va Ya 25% 2Ya 115%' *83% 85 % *83 Ya *97 99 *97 16 % 16Ya 16 Ve 16% 15 Ye 100 3Ya 15% 16 *99 Ye • (The). 100 100 3% // 8Va 8 Ve 3 Ya 8% *44 % 46 *44% 46 Vi 46 46 *56 57 Ya *56% 57% 56 14 *13 Ye 14 13 % 29Y4 *13% *37 Nov 11% Dec 98% May 50% Mar 70% Nov 120 July 113% Jan 9% Feb Jan 17% Dec 15% May 21% Jun 18% Dec 26% 5>4% Mar 43 For footnotes Jun July see 90 Jan 8 52 % Feb 10 117 Jan 17 x9% Feb 24 15% Apr 29 X17% Feb 24 36% Feb page 28. 14 7% Jan 94 Feb 18 26 61 Apr 13 119% Apr 14 11 Ye Jan 8 17% Jan 13 19% Jan 7 43 May 11 Sun '• ' Chemical Corp common 1 ' 1 $4.50 series A preferred—No par Sun Oil Co common Class A 4%% pfd Sunray Oil Corp common 4%% preferred series A 4y2% preferred series B Sunshine Biscuits Inc Nopar 100 1 25 _25 12.50 18,700 S Va 8 V8 3,100 :; 6,500 c: 49 *56 200 56% 13% 13% 29 »/4 /: 38 300 3Y4 *46 V 100 700 ' 29% 2,300 : 29% 37 V2 32 Ye 32 V8 32 % 32 V8 32 Ya- 32 32J'4 32% 32% 8,100 32% 32 Ya 32% 32% 33 33 33 Va 33 Ve 33% 3,400 39% 40 39% 40 39% 40% 39% 40% 12,500 32 32% 32 Va 32 Ya x31 % 315/a- 31 Ya 32 32 323/a 51Y4 *51 % 51 Yi x50 % 50 Ye *50% "51 50% 50'A 64 *62% 64% *62% 64% *62 % 62% €2% *10% 11 11 .11 51% *62% *10% 4% *4% 11 *37 /, 4% 4% *4 4% *71 23 26 Ye 26% 11 39 Ye - . 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Bros Dec 3 83% 44 Ve 32 *51Y4 *62% *10% *4% *4? 73 *22Y2 26% 85/e -71 68% : 100 Spring common convertible preferred : 9% 14% Jan 95 *56% 32% 41% 25 Indiana— Steel 12% 11% May 12 No par preferred series A Standard 4% of 36% May 16% May 24% Jan 54 13% ' 22J/2 22% 112 112 % V 18% 18Y* ' 21 Yi 22V4 24Y4 24Y4 *84% 86 98Ve 98Vn "16V6 16% *87 No par 7 11% Mar *53% 1,400 90% >85 :» '35 *93% 40% 102 7 10% 10% 26% '■ 26% x83% 6,100 90% 7% 85 10%' 96 53% 23% 18% 18Ye 88% 27% 27% *120 121Y4 *133% 1.35 65 * 65 No par Standard G & E Co $4 pref—No par 22% Feb 25 38 : 85 3,700 40% ■ 91% 7% 130 ../, • lOYa *100 - f 19,700 ' 37 10% 102 ' *88 ■27 !* * 65% Feb 36% Nov : 10% 26% 23% 35 Ye • 40% 403a *100 < 84% .,/• 35%- 33 j Jun 25 85 26% 25% 23 Y< "34Ye *3% 600 •-.vM'",: 110% 10% •'7% > 10% 3% 40 % 32 52 64 11 '4Y8 4% 73 23 26Y4 8% 71 15 Ye 15 Ye 29% 29% IOIY4 102 40 .Mobile & Ohio stock tr ctfs_—100 1 Spalding (AG) & Bros Inc 1 Sparks Withington No par Spear & Co common. 1 1 $5.5o preferred t No par ... Spencer Kellogg & Sons < 33 • No par Co„ Jnn Feb 101 91% 7. 87 /, 3 4 800 . ■ '-110% 110%/ •35% K)% 40%. ' *88 7% 10% 16 *37 32% Edison— 53 14 *85 $ per share , 100 91% 7% 99 Ye 4, ; i,—25 - California 35 Oct *88 May 0 Ay. '• - 23 Va 35% 110% ' LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES Wednesday Tuesday 15 Ya < preferred 92% Jun 15% 101 % 35% 99 Ye 25 y 8% Feb Feb '■■■■ /A/: ' ~ 9% 9 23% 23 v 110% ' 40% 40% 101 % 5%- /-5'% 8% Feb 11% • - 16 100 46 58% 13Ye 29Ye 3s Nov 100 17 44% '■'-5 100 15Ye - 8% 23% 9 "40% 18 45% 35 1,100 1,400 17 44% / 10% i *84% 7% 38% 9%^ 10 •* 5 % - - 5% 7% 7% *84 85% 28% 28% 29% 29% 26% 26% *81% 84 9%. 9% 12% - 12% 35 *56 13% *29% 69% 36% 10% 13% 15% 51% 7% 24% *43% & G Co com_4.50 E preferred 50 conv preferred 50 Southeastern Greyhound Lines-—5 South Porto Rico Sugar com.No par 56% Feb 36% Feb 6 7 Ye Jan 24% 5% \ 79% 10% *83% Monday May 7 5Y2% South Carolina Pacific Jaa 10% 85 / - 37% Saturday 35 > Railway 3 100 . 35% 53% 18 . 45% . No par Southern Jan 64 5 35% *94 15% 51% 18% 46 $ per share *3 Y 3% No par Southern 5 15% 51% ' >y . —No par 7 6% Jan Mar 22 85 > Par - Co 7 25 4 y ; ' Coalition Mines- 3 4% Feb Dec • .. . , May 49% Jan 13% Jan Feb Silver King ■ . 41 21 4 . , ■ 22% *110% 35% 13% *13 13% 85 23 22% 110% 84% *83% . 7,000 25% '■/// 35% A 96 1 Southern Natural Gas Co 61 "94 5 < ■ 22% *53%. 54 *18 YORK STOCK Southern Jan 25% 54 84% 1,400 98 9%/ ■' 110% 11% 25% "10% 96 15% *51% No par 5 10 % Apr 4 20% 18 32% May 62% July Jun 10 40 5 50 % 5 Feb 7 Feb 5 39% Jan 26 Feb 16 26' 29% Jan 43% 7 24' 14% Apr 26% Feb • 37 Va 98 25% 17 ;*9% '. 1,500 37% • 1 May 12 36% Jan 33% 8 '■ 24 40% 40% 103 103 "88 91% 7 7% 86 Wi. 86 > 7%\ 87 11 "26 22s/e 22Ye Skelly Oil Co — 15 »■: 112 112 Sloss-Sheffield Steel e Iron 20 "18Y, 19Ye Smith (A O) Corp ———10 *21Y4 22>/a Smith (A) & Sons Carpet Co com—20 *24% 25% 3%% preferred — 100 *84% 86 4.20% preferred— .*100 98% 98% Smith & Corona Typewriters-No par > *16 16Ye Jan V\"• v- ' ;>>l ' '- - Sinclair Oil Corp 21% Jan Dec 80 : Co & Simonds Saw & Steel 127% Jan 18 ;; Simmons 7 Jan 23 ' "84% '—1 No par y 1 EXCHANGE Highest 36 Dec 34 Lowest 91% 7. , 100 series A—— STOCKS Highest 5 common >•;,/ 10 10% 300 8Y4 23% 44% *43% 10Ye" 400 u 17 •' 44% 44 ; 300 24,900/' y 4r^8 8Y4 38 - 460 16% *23 23% 38 200 . . - 22% 22% *110% 110% 35% 36% " 10% 10% 40% "88 preferred-*———100 NEW Range Since Jan. 1 10% '10 17 *16% 17 45 , 103 pfd 4.4(1% preferred 17 45 . • <38 ,1 • 37% ,. 4% 8%. 8% *23 l: 16Ya 16% 4% *4% i , t> 6,400 . 91 *16 f "98 . *23 ' 40% „ Ry Co—100 preferred 100 non-cum Range for Previous Year 1048 r" v-tc:—100. A-5% series 8 Ye : - 31% May 30 Feb ; 4% 85/e 17 *10% 22% 22% 110% 110% «36 36% 10% 10% • : St L-San F Ry Co com v t c-No par Seagrave Corp Sears Roebuck 11% Jan Jan * *4% 8Ya 45 % 45 *45% *7% 7% 37% 38 Seeger Refrigerator Co .. —5 ~ 9% 9"% >■ Seiberling Rubber Co— —1 *5% y 5% Servel Inc common— 1 7% 7% $4.50 preferred ' No par ;- *84 < 86 Shamrock Oil; & Gas -1 -29% 29% Sharon Steel Corp.i No par > 29% 29% Sharp & Dohme common No par ; 26 u. 26% $3.50 conv pref series A—No par 81% 88% Shattuck (Frank G) Nopal ? 9% 9% Sheaffer (W A) Pen Co—— 1 12% 12% Shell Union Oil 4 J 15 V 35 ' 35 Vn Sheraton Corp of America : 1 --*5% A 5% 5 11% Jan 83 36% ' 8 * 5% May 12 • 7% May 13 8% May Jun 9% Dec St 24 , 5 .100 .'-10 common—— > 4 Ye 8% ' '' r preferred Joseph Lead 4% 8% *23% 17 *16 17 *16 "4% 10% ; ; 106 /- 37 - 26 Seaboard Oil Co of Del- 8 471/4 May 91 106 99 26 2 Wks Inc Seaboard Finance Co 18 Feb *43 ( 900 44 > 17 *37% 5% 11 : .140 36 ■/.?■ 37 % 17 *23 Seaboard .Air Line com Yt C--N0 par 191/4 Mar 18 36 ; 36% 98 3.35% 7 Feb 15% ' > ;v 1,300 5% 5% l 4,700 102 % *102 .17 *16% v :■ 38 Savage Arras 12 3 16 Ya 38 23% series A— -100 *86.: Corp—L ; 5ll Schenley Industries Inc——1.75 . 25% Scott Paper Co common No par * *53% $3.40 preferred 1 NO par *94 SCQvfll Mfg Co 3.65% pfd., 100 :*83% Scranton Elec Co (The) common—5 *13 Jan 16% 36Ye 16% 37% 36 Y4 91 106 98 St itegis Paper Co "Jan 105% 37% 5% 13 91% Mar *16 92: 105% 20 .. 5 Va 21 Yi 5 21 Y4 . P.y; 44%: 44% ' f *90 > ! ■ 36 37% Preferred 7 May X96 i *43 : : , 5% 5% 35% f 97Y* 5 ' May 12% Jan 90 105% 105% - '•/> 102% "5% 35% 44% 90 * t- 102% ' • - 22 96% *94 . 5Va ;; 21% 35%...., *43 V 5 -5% 102% 102% 5% 5% 35% ■„ "21% *97% , 7 .91/4 Jan 87 102 % . 5 . 22 *37 % 18% St Louis Southwestern 19 44 - * 25 Jan 5% 5 21% 96% *94 97% 5% 12% Jan 25 42% Jan 26 7 Apr 95 38 Safeway Stores 3 48% Jan 3,600 95 "37% Ruppert 23% May 5 113% Feb 16 109% Apr '94% , 17 >>;vv, s 16 % 13 Va "97% conv preferred series A , />: 107% 1,000 12% "23 __No par Royal Typewriter —.— Ruberoid Co (The)— 12% Mar 12/ 3 "8% Jan 93% 13 25 Corp-, Ronson Art Metal 3 54 93% 12% 95 12% ■ 16Ya 37% 17 93 % 13 —100 4% 12 Mar 17. 16 Va 37 Va 93 12% -—20 May 10 15% Mar * 16% "16 37% 17 "4%- 21,200 93% 93'/a 12% 105% 43% 90 21% S per $ per share preferred— 4%% 3 41 98 1 —~No;par 6 35% 43% "88% "105% "43% 44% "88% 9o ' 105% 105% v Roan Antelope Copper Mines Robertshaw-Fulton Controls com__l 20 3 21. 36% May 96% Apr "• *5% 35% 21% 93 Vs 21% 22/ "102% 103 > 21% 20% 5% 5 Shares 21% 20% 37% 17 4% 8% 24 Oil Richfield Ritter Company 12 May '94% 95 5% 5% "21% 21% 102% 102% ' / "5% 6 y 35% 35% share 21% 93% $ per share share Rohm & Haas Co common 5, 4% Mar July Rheem Manufacturing Co 13 38% May 12% 94% gales for the Week May 13 >; May 12 May 11 ,'20% 95 13 94% 95 y -100 —100 S per $ per share 20% 21% 95% 13 ,• May 10 Friday Thursday Wednesday Tuesday May 9 „.y ' Reynolds Spring — 1 Reynolds (R J) Tob. class B 10 Common ——-■—10 25 8% Mar 25 Jun 7ys May 4% 6% Jan 45 3 , "93 13 Ss Brass com_No par 5%% preferred 100 Rexall Drug Inc 2.50 Reynolds Metals Co com No par 5%% convertible preferred—-100 5% 92 \ Revere Copper 5 5% Apr May 7 $ per share 21% 21% Par Republic Steel Corp com No par 6% cony prior pfd series A—100 7 110 May 12 12% May 13 Oct 4% 27% Jan 20% May 10 Oct 103 '|y f per share t per share $ per share Monday Saturday ' EXCHANGE Highest Lowest Highest Lowest " STOCK ' YORK NEW ' Monday, May 16, 1949 ... SALE PRICES LOW AND HIGH 1 * ' Range Since Jan. 1 Year 1048 \ RECORD STOCK YORK NEW FINANCIAL CHRONICLE & COMMERCIAL THE (2118) 7/ * *90 *59% 7 7 7 93 *90 93 59% 59 r *117% 119 1 ; 11 11% *117% *16% ^17 19 % 19 % *16i/2 42 % 42 % 11 ~ 19% 42% 59% 119 11% 6Y8 7i/a *90 59 11 6Ya *7 *90 57 57 . 119 *118 10% 11 11 119 " - > 93 56 *116% 16 Y4 •16 Y4 16% 163/4 *16% 163/4 16% 16% 19 19% 19% 19% 19 19% 19 V« 19% 42% 43 42% 42% 42% 523/4 *41% 42% •' • 21,300 11% 11 19Ya 42% 4,900 119% 11 % 17 -■ 1,300 7% *91 56 93 59 19% 7 7% 93 ♦117Y4 119 10% 6% 58% 59 ♦117% - *90 93 600 600 - 4,200 2,300 THE" COMMERCIAL Number 4803 Volume 169 NEW • i. 1140: .7% Mar 25 235 •Mar,,-f 139 Jun ; 44%vJttH. ■. l6%>. Jan ; share 7 79.- -Dec >y, 4% Mar * ft Feb 25 12 - 25 ; : '' f: t per share •*11 t per * J-7 7> 89 \ 2 *140y2 148 33% 35 'A 35%" " 8% 8% 29y8 10% f 10% io% ■ 2iy2 - 21% preferred—___par $4 *82 • Symington Goyld :!■; ; 21% • 83% v 4% •% ■ K:jf7 4%'-^4%; (s i'; ?>., 'rt'tx *-,A i... .9% Mar... 3% Dec 14% Mar 52 Nov'4 y4, Nov | Feb' 47 19 Nov 67 Jun 10% Mar 4»/« Jan 1 17% Jan Tennessee 55% May 17% Jan Texas Co Texas Gulf Feb 10 25% May 13'A Feb 5 71% July . 58 Jan 4 17%-Feb 26 * 49 Oct 25 Talcott Inc 8 2 May xl5% Mar 19%May 15 (James)... *10 Telautograph Gorp.... 29 Dec 10% i Peb' 45% Dec 5 Yi 4 , 48% May 33% Feb 65% May 39 ; 20%May 9 •. : Dec 24 Texas Pacific 34% 6% Jun Jan 95% Jun 32% :V V Nov 107 % % Mar'* 17% July 1 4% V r" Inc $1.25 MM. mOL ...1 63 " • 8% 29% 16% 19% *82 : v 2,600 10% 10% 5,800 ; 4% ■ 3,200 21% 83% 4% r 10% 83 Va .4% > 200 28 21«/2 > "84 *4% f 300 - 29 2l% 21% ' 83: 4% :; ; 20 •= 2,900 ,■ L - ■ > 7 ^ , 7 10% : , *10 3%'t *10: : 10% 3% io% 3% ,3yg. ,3 *10 •.' • 500 3'/a 3% 15% 63% r 63% 21% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 400 55 Ye 55 55% 55 % 55% 55% 55% 9,400 14 " v' 15% 54% -X20% 21% - Jun 14. 63 »A 13% 14 14 14 % 14 14 Va 4,600 63 63 Va 63 63 Vs 63 % 63% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 44% 39 39 63 % 20% - *15% 5% Dec 13 8 8 ->1 4% preferred > Mar 31 . Jan JL0 13% Mar 30 2,000 • - 6,900 4 ( 16% Feb 28 11 -10%. Apr 102% Jan 15% Jan 13 3 32% Jun 101 13 98% Jan ' May 13 35 % May 12 « 3 7% Mar 14 Feb 11 29% Mar 14 5% Feb 11 25 14y4 Jan 6% Jan 12% 7 , ioo *10% H *36 *38 : ■ 104 r ey8 *27 % 22% "j 103 .•, 22% ; 38% 38% *85% 2% •* 36% 200 500 38% 87 6% 'V>. 300 a 400 20 2% 7f 2% •*24% '> ". 1,300 • ■ > 250 25% 22% 22% 22% 104% 104 V4 104 V* 16% 16% 16 % 16% • 22% *163% 16% 16% 103% 104 , < r 3,500 >70 2,900 40% v 40% 40% 40 % 40% 40% 40% 11% > ii y4 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% - 13% (13% 13% > 12% ." 13 *14 12% 15 *14 7% 7Va ; * 15 7% 100% 101 % . 11% 11 23 23 23% 35 35 35% 101- 101 ' 7 *100 102 -7% 101% 11 10% 22% *34'A 10,500 „ 101% 180 • • ny4 23% 23% 35% 600 35 % 101 7 10,700 100 7% .,7 *11 . 2,000 3,000 ; 15 *14 .7% : 100% 101 - , 11,500 . , 300 : 101 ' 6% 6% *27% . - 700 , . 8% '■ i 103 116 % Vvl6'A j 3% 18 *8% *85% 2% 25%:. 100 500 ,38% 87 -2% *24% 22% "1 160 r 5Va •*17% 8% 1,300 , ,13 3% 4% 18 8V2 25% . 5% •?36 *17% ' 22 y2 . 36% : 87 i2% *24% >" . 28% • 25 ■. 5% 38% *85% " 2% 'O 700 5% 28% 13 • 13 '3% 5% *28 8% 38%. 86% *2.'% 25 18 *8% 38% *85% t,> 2% 24% *17% v 28% *5% 4-%' >4% 4 ■: •••?'■ 35 - *6 7 23% r-6% •: 7% 100 23% '*34% • 36% *36 36% 40 y4 40% 7 ,ii% vll% 12%..: 12.% '•'i 13% *14 14 »A •i4y4 '7 .15 7% •7 7% 7% 7% 100 100 \ ; ,*ioo% l06»/e 11 ,:7 11 V l'l I 23 23% 23 f'23%' 35 " *34% *34% 35 101 *100%. 101 »r („>10O ,7" ,6% 7.6% 6%. "i 6.%;, *27 28 % *27% •27%; 6 :f. • :■> -5% " 5% 5% 15 ,•7-7% *400 *12% P'A 5% :5% 28 11% 12% 12% *14 % ; 12% 5»A 5% : 200 2,600 15% 40 % * . *12% ' 11% ! 86 2% *24 y4 22% 40% ; 13 4 22% 77 *102% 103%, r 16% 16% 16% -*11% Century Fox Film com—No par $1.50 cbrtv preferred——l_No par $4.50 prhMr preferredik^-ka-No pai Twin City! Rap Transit com__No pai 5% conv prior preferred...-^—50 Twin Coach Co 1 May 11 4%Jan Jan 22% 5% 28% 17% 717% b% •8% 39^.7 7" 85% i"7 2% 25 *>40% 20th 23 y2 87 2% 16 % TrirGonfcinentai. Corp common-. 1 i $6 .preferrecL——UumuU^No par Truax-Tracr Coal Go^Utk__i 4 6 Jan .< Western,Air Inc.^—5 Tra'nsue «te Williams SteeL.kkNo par 4 » .*24% 7 22% 7*102% 103% Tim ken 7% Mar 30 21 Jan July *86 7 15% 5% *86 7,900 9>/4 V. ' *38% 8% *39 15% t 40% 40 • 9% 5% ,7-5% , 44% V2 9% vl5% 41 9% 28% 4% V- * ^ 15% .17% 7. *8% 39 15 y8 i'43% 45 44% *39 , 9% *5% ' 36 17% 8% .-*38 Transcont'I & Jan < *4 18 ..*8% Roller Bearing—No par TranSameHca Corp 2 6% Feb 4% *4 36 45 *12% 5%r. - Tiniken Detroit Arle2 43% Mat 30 12 r Mar ,9 36% .-*17% 100 Thompson^Starrett Co com__Nopar ;> $3.56 cum preferred _U.No par Tide Water Associated Oty comi—10 $3.76 pp-?ferred—___. _.No par 19 14% Apr *36 . Thompson.. 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'i ■■ i v/ij: / *: '■:• i;1 Par Sunshine Mining cio-^U ^._^__l0c Superior Oil of California. *.—25 14 Jab 11 14% Jari Marie 28% Jan 28.%-Dec v v K 168 Apr 22- 31- - 3®%";Jati 8%<Dec> y'22-»v Jaa<y ,'> 17% Feb 26; Juh . per 10% Apr 10% May 10- 18% Jim Dec • % UOV .r j* 8 vt < per share ^ l$%<Dec7 £ ;; ai v. : Dec 9 .; $ per share 11% Mar y $ pit share (j[ ,7 EXCHANGE 7 n (2119) STOCKRECORU " Highest ^Lowest Highest - FINANCIAL CHRONICLE >':»•■ ■' NEW YORK STOCK Range Since Jan. 1 Yeafr 1948 (u'i.j.t Lowest YORK STOCKS ^ Range for Previous & 28 *5%r :.. 6 • *6% - '.5%' « 6% •: *6% 28 *27% 63/4 5% -,5% 200 500 .« 28 28 • ' 5% 60 800 v. " ■.' ■ I y . 7: r'. 9% Decy 12j- Jan Dec 7 59 Vt Jun .9% Mar ~ 16% Jun 39 ■ 27% -Feb \ 37% Nov 101 Oct 8% Feb 10% Mar 17 3 46 8 12 3/4 Apr 6 ' 23%.May .13 31% Jan 7 7 26 42 Jan 6 111 • Jun Apr " ». 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Co 2% *42' 43 ' 3% ' 42 3 42% 3% .*32% *16 s 7% 33 2% 44 No par S : t per share < 105 22% *34% >34% 33 73% ' 22% ; 22% 5% 5% *5% 34% commbn_j.__No par No par Co conv : 5% *16 com 74 *72% 22% 22% *103% 12% ; 12% 35% Lines Cb common————1 s 22% 12% *5% class A S Leather 7% U 73% • 6%, Jun Jan' 27 24% May 13 140% Jan 26 73% ^51 " S Industrial Chemicals— U S Mar 17 78% Jan 3 130% May 18% Jan 38% Jan 18 ' 72% *32% 100 8% U 21 133 39% Feb 69, Jan 3 ; 72% 22% 105 / ' , 24 23% 800 , Friday $ per share 24 105 . , May 1$ : 35% preferred 10 Pipe Ac Foundry_ U S Playing Card Co 10 U B Plywood Corp common.. 1 3%% pfd series A»^*^____ioo 1 73 23% > ' May 11 ; 105% V*4% * 4% % U 8 26 3 May U 4 Jan 43 preferred •••■" ■Thursday May 12 $ per share 12% par S Partic & 49% Jan 28 Apr 29 36% May 117 5% Jan 8 19% May <82- 49% May. 137% Jan f 87% 4S Mar Feb 15p 7% Dec U 21 4 ID U 9 16 22 7 9 Mar Freight Co Gypsum Co common 7% preferred S Hoffman Machinery 12% No par S 4 % % 14 Mar Apr Nov 21 % Jaft 4 16 Jun 17% Feb 27 Jan 58% 37 Jan 57 3 U 24 Jan 8% 72 129% Mar 8% Jan 17%-Apr 28 May 23% May 12 - 104% Jan 183% May 12 9 46 63% 67% Mar Jan Jun 37% Nov Dec May 6% May 36 7% Dec Jan - •42% 11% Sep 121 8 ' Dec 39% Feb 49 9 17% Jan 175 .76 19% Dec 4% Dec 17% '98% May 8 Jun Mffs Ibc-—: Foreign SecuHties_i_-.N6 $4.50 lit preferred_ !, __No 7 Jun & U S & Feb 17% May Merctt 12% 100 Cos United Pavnmqunt Theatres wi Certificates of interest w i Mar 179 Dec United 7 23% Apr 18 23% May 4 16 92 Coal 12 106 k_5 _! Electric l2>/2 22% -> DyeWood Corp common,-—l preferred 106% Wednesday (, 3,300 2,100 1,300 34 *33% . - v- . 50 49% 33% ; 100 81% "■ • United Engineering & Foundry 5 United Fruit Co__ No par United Gas Improvement Co—13% 7 94 % May Dec 54 y2 11 113% 166% Nov 8 29 18 18% Feb 32% May 101 Jun 15% Feb 92 y2 7 T% 13 May 23% Apr ^ United United 16 46% 11% Dec Z Cig-Whelan Stores cohiv— 30c $3.50 convertible preferred^ _10o United Corp commor)_ —_-_l 6 y2 9 : y 23% 105 *105 72 Unite 2% Feb 41% Feb : 23% 23% "24 24 • May 10 I per share ••• ••- 12% l' _—Nq par Co„ 3 29% Jan July 82 Co—^-—1——No par corp_!—10 Carbon *23% Tuesday May 9 I per share share *105 > 100 9 >28J/2 Dec preferred 26 48 V 4%% Feb 5 Dec 5 100 United Air Lines InC edmmott—10 26 37y2 ? Corpc common .5% Convertible preferred 14% Mar 29 74 Aircraft United p Monday Saturday May! $ per Par 26% Mar 30 109 p Exchange v share 30% Feb Jan July 5 % 22% Feb 7 May 10 10% Jatt 5 61% Jan 3 19% Feb 16 105 55 Feb 16% Feb May Jun Apr $ per -i 303/8 803/4 LOW AND HIGH BALE PRICES [ • NEW' YORK STOCK 'l >■41 Highest tper share 7 Jan 3% May Dec 2% Lowest $ per share 22% Dec.-,.. i 30% 103% Nov;. .<• 110% 9% Nov.19% 57% Nov 7 86% 19 Jan 23% 15% ; 6 % Dec-7 27% Feb W 38% 29 Range Since Jan. 1 Highest ■> S per share -4 ' 30% ' 50 x333/a ' • ' 81 50 49% 33% 30% 81 : 333/4 • *49 ; 30% 81 > r 87% 87% 88 : -. . " 9 Va X52 •53% *52% *15% 9 '9 -•9 52% • 53 9% 53 22% " 200 • 100 2,800 800 165 V2 60 9% 4,700 53 190 " ;: V 19% Feb 11 9% Dec 27% Oct 15% May 9% Jan 3 21% Feb 26% May 21% Apr 21 14% Feb For footnotes see baee 28. 25% Apr 25 Vanadium Corp of America—No par 11% May 13 Van Norman Van Raaite .24 Jan 27 Co 2.50 Inc.^.—10 Co 23% *10% 23 ? 23% 11 23 23% 11 • *22% '-22% 23% 11 23, - : H • *22% 22% .23 11 .23 ■- 11 - *22% ..23 23% .-. 233% 11% 11% 23 ) 11% *22% 22% 23 % 11% *22 23%' 11% 22% 2,800 4,000 IOC 7 COMMERCIAL THE (2118) 26 STOCKS lanie for Proriona Lowest 9 per share 2274 Feb 33% Jan Dec 21% May 82% Feb 102 Dec 8 31 16% Jan 12% May 13 12 8 99% Jan 5 4% Mar 23 5% Apr 18 Mar 93 Oct 4% 7 Jan 110 May 12 93 111% July 15 27% Jan 20% May 10 Oct 103 May 5% Jan 23 29% Apr 19% Feb 8 104% Jan 99 Feb 25 103% Feb 7 6% Jan 6 11% May i 33% Dec 41% Jan : 3 37 Jan 50 Jan 42% Mar 7. 45 'Jan 5 Oct 94 Jun 85% Jan 3 91 May 13 107 Mar 25 34% Jan Dec 102% Jan 4 17 Dec 24% May 16% Apr 14 15% Jan 49 Jun 24% Jan 3 17% Dec 28 103% 4% Dec Sep 6% Feb 19% Feb 103% May 7% May July 29% July Feb 22 Jan Apr May 10 Jan 15% Mar 24% Nov 21 17. 27% May 16% Apr Dec 54 8% Dec 16% Dec 107% Sep 39% Feb 72 39% Apr May 18% 67 Jan 58 Jan 101 Feb Feb Feb 8 791 39% Mar Nov 95 Nov 93% 12 Dec 15% Oct 87 35% 5 Feb Feb Mar 31% Feb 9% Dec 5% Dec 9% Dec 19 May 5' 7 12 46% Jan 6 54 May 92 8 x96>; Jan Apr 83 3 14 Jan 5 86 20 26% July Jun 14% Feb 11 18% Jan 4 55 Jan 11 20% 16% Jan 4 19% Mar 18 Jun 59% May 8% Oct 43% 7 5% Jan 27 8% Apr 34% Feb 12% July 8% May 14% 15 x9% Mar 8' 5% May 12 Jun Feb 46% Feb 27% Jun- 22% Jan Feb 79 77 15% 6% Jan 31 5! 3% Dec 6 Apr Lowest 25 Dec 36 Dec 44 Jan 15 Feb 92% Feb 160 22 Vs Feb 1,100 17 17 17 1,400 44% 44% 44% 800 9% 600 *10% 10% 22% 110% 22% 110% *11074 36% 35% Oil ' NEW ' No par 12 21% Jan 25 Smith 27% Dec 39 % 15 Feb 11 17% Jan 8 Jun 15 Feb 24 17% Jan 7 96 Nov 104% Jun 99 Mar 7 100% Jan 24 3 7'A Jan 13 4% Apr 16' 8% May 5 39 Feb 52 Jun 45 Va Aug 60 Oct 11% Nov 16% Jan 11% Feb 24 14 Va Apr 26' 36% Mar 44 Aug 26% Feb 26 39% Jan 10 36 42 Va Jan 36% Jan 7 40 Dec Mar 1 46 53 Va Mar 3 58% May 40 May 12 Feb 5 18 25% Mar 30% July 29% Jan 5 32% May 5 20% 28%'Jan 3 34 3 X39% Feb 24 x31% May 11 Feb 43% Feb 30% July 62% July 33% Feb 50% 58% Feb 70 July 65 Va Dec 73 Jan 12% Dec 20% May 4 Feb 7% Jun x50% May 11 62 May 10 % Apr Jun 4% Feb 6 21 25 4 Dec 63 Aug 73 Jan 68 Jan 24 Dec 29% Jan 21 Feb 7 22 8"% May 20% Feb 30"% 7% Dec 14 61% Mar 4 74 15% Feb 21% Aug 95 Nov Jun 24% Feb 24 May 7% Jan 29% 29 Va Jun 17% Apr 91% Jun 83% Jan 20 79% Oct 17% Nov 86 Feb 109% 97% Feb 121 Oct 54% Jan 73 Jun 36% Feb 27% May 18 Va Jan 25 3 29% Mar 30 4 103% Mar 17 10 89% May 12 3 4 136 11 May 11 *24% *84% 98% -• *16 .. Conv $4.50 40 j *51% *62Va *10% *4% *4 ; - Squar- D Co Squibb (E R) & Sons $4 preferred - 26% 8% 8 Standard $3.50 Brands Inc 1 preferred No par $6 prior preferred $7 prior preferred Standard Oil of No par No par California Oct Mar 10 18 Feb 43 % May 41 Va 36% Nov 41% May 15% May 31Ve Feb 9 38% Jan 7 11% Mar 10% Feb 5 13 Jan 18 32 % Mar 39 % Jun 35% Jan 3 40% May 13 Jun Jan 6 24 Stevens 18 Jan 9Va Jan Dec 20 Jan 15% Jan 4 17% Mar 14 18% July 29% Jun 12% Feb 25 16% May 12 10 7 8 50% Mar 70% Nov 52 % Feb 10 Jan 120 July Feb 18% Dec 26 Va ?4% Mar 43 For footnotes 7% Jan 13 61 Apr 13 17 119% Apr 14 11% Jan 8 17% Jan 13 19% Jan 7 43 ■ May 11 35 Va 35 35 23% 22%*., 22% 22% 22% 22% 113% 112% 112 16% 16 Vs 16 99% 15% 16 15% *99% 100 37 a 4 3% 3% 3% 8% 8% 8 8% 8 *84% 98% *16 Vs Corp *83% 85 Va *83% *97 99 *97 Chemical (The) Corp Sun Oil Co common Class A 4%% pfd 4V2% Sunshine preferred Biscuits series Inc B 88'/a *8774 88 Va 2674 27% 25 .25 12.50 *59JA ' *117% Y 11 7 59Va 119 11 Vs *16%-.17 19% 42% 19% 42'A 59 8% 8% 8% 70 70% *69 Vs 70 15% 15% *15% 16 28% 28 29% 28% 29 Vs 2874 29% *101% 102% *101% 102-74 10174 101% X18 74 18% 18% 18% 18% 18% 26% 27 1347a *16% 19% 42% 88 Va 2674 135 136 *83 % 8974 2774 , 134% 40% 24V4 7 59 V4 11% 17 19% 42% *95 68 98 '"V 6874 23 74 24% 93 *96 6774 24% ' *96 , : 150 7,700 70 27% 7,800 900 134% 1,100 64% 6474 6,000 40% 8,200 67% 68 Vs 24% 2474 93 90 600 2,700 40% A; 40% 68% 4,400 89 Va 121 *134 121 G5 67% 2674 *120% 121 12iVa 12174 134% 8% ' 13474 121% *120 8% 64% 19% 5.900 26 15% 4074 *117% 119 11"' 25% 26% 6474 ; 93 ' .600 ; 70% *87% - 60 23% 4074 16 18% 26% 26% 200 4% 72 *22% 6474 98 25% 12% "• 23 40% 11% 16% *90 22% 41 *15% 7 23 65 *16% 93 4% *69 64% 16 11 4%: 2,100 4% 4% 4% 100 400 11 72 *69 65% 41 V\ 69% 16% 1 26 Vs 4% 800 €2% 11 Y:il,'Y>: 4% 4% 5,500 62 Va 15% 397/s Y 4%' 71 12,500 50 % 15% 28 29 .11% 100 Sunray Oil Corp common 4%% preferred series A 64 % 40 Vi 32% 50% *15% 3974 No par *62 % 39% 8% 3974 18% 64% 3,400 32 • 8,100 33 Va 70 Va 11 - 51 100 32% 33 Vs 8% 32% 7 32 *50'A X22 % 43% 18% 40 31% 50% 700 2,300 32% .5 70 Va 11 *90 39% 31% *4 29 % 38 *37 8% *31% • 40% 200 .100 , / 13% 70% *42% ' 33% 6,500 56% 29% 32%' 71 300 3,100 . 49 13% ■ 33 ."V- 4% 26% *46 *56 14 32 18% 12% Y'. 56 11 18,700 •' 8% 33 : ' 8% 32% ; 16 ; 11,000 15% ' 29 11 >_ 210 98 15% 3% 39% 23 11-r 12% 85% 38 1834 25 '*83% 100% 29 18% 88 V4 27% 39% *95 2,700 3% x31 % 4% 32% - 25% 15% 32% 4% 43% 98, 25% 600 25 V* *9»% 32 V8 74 26% 22% 3% • *37 10% 800 19% 18 Va *22 100% 46 56 *'13% 29 Vs' 29 *37 *10% 1 - / 101% 4% *4 *71 1,000 * - *97 38% 29% 38% 29% 26% 8% 71 Va 15% *11% No par 14 *37 Y 113 Va 8Vs 46 57% *13% 23 A *16% ' 15% 1 common.. $4.50 series A preferred 46 *56 % 14 22% 1 No par *44% 57% *13% 51% 64 11 4% 4% 74 20 common 46 *56 1,800 200 16 157k *99% *44% - *12V4 16 100 100 15 39% 16 Va 3,000 • 113 Va 15%" 15 101% 24 Sliares ":3Y> 15,300 98 % 15 v Sales the Week 22% 85% 98 24 ; for 'Friday 22% Y 115%' 85% 96% 5 prior preferred—■— . r 101% 65Va x41 68 v 35% 25'A 25% I 96% 39% *95 25% 2,600 *34% 25 25 % 1 2374 ' 4,800 ' 24% 19% 18% 22 Ve 96% 15 Va r ' 5% 24'A 22% 18% 22% 25 < 24% 22'A 19 21% 24% - Y *18% *18% *21 Va 96% 15 *42JA 31V» _5 100 —15 *112% 113% 18% 22% 24% 86 93% 16% 69% 11 ■: 35 74 3 2% *34% 24% *10% ' 35 68% *32% 2% 23% 24 V4 1 H *34% 41% 50 : ' 9 per share 9 per share * 2% 35% V No par 200 900 A 700 1374 May 13 - 24 Va 120% 121 134 Va 134 Va 98% 15 V\ 43% 33% 1 17,200 9% " :W:> 2%A' 18% 88'A 26% 18% 41% 27% 35'v. 5% v; May 12 $ per share 9 per share 4# , *96 15 % *42% common Stokley-Van Camp Inc Studebaker Corp 24 36% Feb 14 : 5% Thursday May 11 May 10 - 100 ' Inc— Stone & Webster— Sun 26 Jan 28. Stewart-Warner 5% 10 Co Inc & '7 Feb 15% Apr 29 July (J P) 18 94 Xl7% Feb 24 Jun see page 21% Jan 7 x9% Feb 117 15% May 21% Jun preferred Stores Sterling Drug Inc 3%% preferred Dec Dec Bros 18 9% 9% convertible Starrett Co (The) L S— Sterchi 27 Feb Jan AND HIGH SALE PRICES Wednesday Tuesday 51% *62% *10% 4% *4% *71 *22% 26% 8% *70% *15V4 *28% 101% *87 88% 27'A 27'A *120 121% *133% 135 v 65 25 common Spring common Jan 12% 17% Steel 25 Jersey preferred series A, Standard 4% -No par Indiana— 28% Feb 36% May 16% May 113% 3%% of •v 18% No par com v 102 • 2,400 84 ; *13' 357a 24% *3% 29»A 29'A 101% 50 3,400 29% 9% '13%' 6V4 A , 23% *16V8 15% No par common Standard G & E Co $4 pref—No par 15% 6% Feb 574- 3 *84% 71 .< Feb 16% Feb *12% '35% 35%; - 5% 24 ' 98'A 26% 8% 15% - No par 5 ■ 11% 90 ;- 2% 18 % 21% 24% A 23 71- 1 96 Va Jan - ; 22% 22% 112 112 % 73 *22% 2 Y Jun May 35 /Y • 600 6,200 29 '''27"" 974 23% 52 64 11 '4% 4% 73 > i Y 7% 297s C 974 *34% 32% ; 2,500 574 AY ;:v *81" 81%' 3% 23% 3 33 32 1 - preferred 97% 98 Va . - 9 per share 38 Y33 1 No par Sperry Corp (The)—, Spiegel Inc common Oct 11% LOW May 9 ' 99% *37 32% ■ 13,200 83 - 2874 ' 27" • 81% Y 300 . 10 A Monday 15% 13% *29% < ; i $5.5o preferred i. Spencer Kellogg & Sons 89 Dec 13 :A. - 11 New Nov 5 % *10 Va Ohio 6% 13; 35% *62 '/a of 91% 574- 64% of 16 % Mar A A:\ *62% Oil 12% Apr > *51% Oil 3 35% 3574 x50 % Standard Oil 11% Jan i'jjf,: 51% Standard 15 VA 29% 2674 - 9%-: 13 40 Standard 14% Jan *1274 1274- 12% 35 i:-:; 5%- A 5% A 9 Ve ; 9% 32% 7 11% May 12 *9% 9% 32 Vs 7 100 • 39% 42% Mar 14 94 29 29 f 26% 82 40 A 32 V» 26% Jan 24% Jan 28% .■ 29 Vs 2674 *80' 39% 74% Jan 97 29;': 26% 84 32 7 Dec *80 84 32 8 Feb 26% 26% - 9% 100 100 • 25 No par 22% Feb 25 88 29% 29 2874 83 774 "• 3774 . 85 A- *83 85 *83 Va 29% 29 29% 774 7% AY '• AA; 974 AA 5% ■Y 5% ' Yv.4 *574 ' 7% aA 7% 774 A ' 2674 *81 Va 16 15% • 7.50 Co 65% Feb 23% 28% 774 .2,100 3774 37% 10 600 1,500 4474 *7Va 7%: - 974 5>A 5% 5'A 85 40'A Pacific 36% Feb Jan *83% 32'A Jun 44 5% 7% 85% 32% Jun Feb 17 7% - 18% 44% 18% 37% 32% Jun 38 774 1,000 18 45%. - 10 32% 92% I6V4 Jan - 3774 32% 32% Edison— 35 25 •45 10 " V ; 80 51Va 37% 32% 32% California Southern 'Southern Natural Gas Co 53 Feb ; 2,400 15% A A 7% 44 % 57% 14 297s 37% Feb 14 1574 *5074 10 44 V8 *56% 13% *29% 37Va Nov 100 15% 51% 37% 46 58 Va 13% 29% 69 Vb 9 15% 18 Vs 20 - 85 M *84'% 85 % 774 5% 30 13% 13 Vs *7% 10 13% 400 93% 84 *50 Va 44%: A •. *56 23% May 1■''/r-; 44 93% 84 95 ! '84 *84% 18% 18 A 18 45 V ' 15% *5074 *43'/a preferred 50 conv preferred 50 Southeastern Greyhound Lines—_5 South Porto Rico Sugar com_No par 8% preferred i 25 7 67% Jan Y-'Y 5Va% 24% Jan Jan 109 1,100 8,000 54 X37 74 :< 7% 29 Va 10% 26% 53% 52 ''A 1574 15% 51 5% Spear & Co common 28% Apr 18 121% May 11 98 % Jan 10- A 9% 10% 26% 54 1374 85 3% 8% 7 56% Feb Oct -7% • 44 A . 8474 8Vs 7 21% Jan 18 18 45% 85 8% < Dec •> *847/2 ' 28%- 28% share ■ 19% 85 .. 10% 26% 13% 4 25 29% May 85 10 100 10% ' 13 Vs ' 26'A 1074' - 1374 ' 8% Jaa 7 7 5 13% 13 Va 4; oom_4.50 & G Co E Apr 9 10% Mar 31 13 *83% , A 1 Amer Gold & Platinum South Carolina 5 26 71%.Apr 28 16% Apr 6 Apr *93% 83 %i 84% ? South 72 Jan 66% Feb 5 100 - Railway common—No par 5% non-cum preferred— 100 .Mobile & Ohio stock tr ctfs—100 Spalding (AG) & Bros Inc : 1 Sparks Withington No par 6% Jan 95 96 *83% 96 *84 19% 22% 25% 86 98% 16% Southern 13% Jan *93% x83 % *94 ;84% 774 May 7 "18% Soqony Vacuum Oil Co Inc, 15 Solvay American Corp 4% pfd__100 Southern 3 23% Feb Jan preferred—— 7' 61 *53% Y. *21% 15 A preferred 7 14% Feb Jan 3%% 4.20% 41 Jan 54 574 22% 112 1 Corp,— O) (A 49% Jan Jan 64 May 23% May 104 Mar 22 May *53% A <VAA 22% 112 —100 _«100 Smith & Corona Typewriters-No par Jun 3% Jan 53% v, 35 3 23 Oct 53% 54 7'A 35 % 35 ,; 88% Feb 100% Mar 25 26 May 27 3774- 38 Vs *5% -J 5% *3 . Smith (A) & Sons CarpetCo com—20 Feb 8% 26% 18 86 29% 29% 26% 88% 9% 12% 24'A 24 Dec 5 1074 45'A 3% 24% 31% Jan 14 % 3% Nov 85 10% 26% - *85 7 85 87 "13 Yi 7% 20 Skelly Oil Co Jan 15% 5% Mar : 85 V 85 f 70 < 11,400 7'A 87 V; 7. 7% 10% *94 7% 9 per Par Sloss-Sheffield Steel.&; Iron 7 3 A7% 774 7. 7 Vs 1,400 • 90% 90% 91% *88 6,100 102 "100 102 25% *85 86,'.:'' *83% 38 —10 127%. Jan 8 17 7 Vs 74 ' 917 4 10% 40% 40 Va 40% 100 19,700 V' 130 A 3,700 37 10% 10% K)% 40% * V -11'/a - *53% 9% 5% " No par 14 95% Jan 7 101 25% A 25 74 86 ; 5 Sinclair Oil Corp— Jan Feb 84% Jan 10%' *88 18 % 46 No par 18% Feb Apr July 91% 50% No par 20 98 110% 35% 23 40% 100 *88 91% i' *10% Saturday Co Oct 80 23% 110% 35% 40 Va 4074 101 «/a *15% ' 35 - 23% 110% 35% 10% 10 74 40% 101% 103: 1574 :■ Silver King Coalition Mines Jun Dec 10% 2374 11074 ' 35% 35 74 ' 40% - 51% ; 1 - • 25% Sep 10% V 23 *11074 . ■ 35% - 35% 9 9%- 110% X 22% 22% 110 >/s 35% 15%.- 7"% 15 < Dec 23% Apr 21 22% 11074 51% t Simonds Saw & Steel Feb *9% 15% J—I EXCHANGE Simmons 99 10% 51% *5% - STOCK 27% Jan 24 10% 10 *10 . 3674 10 Va 13% *7% Y ,vY-; A" V. ■■■■. YORK *43% 2274 40% 85 37% 9% 5 —1 : 44% *18 *45% . J 44 15% ; ! 17 45 *51% 1 17 17 *1634 - 17 110% , 103 103 7 25% 38 45 10% 22% 40% *13 1 ^ * 36% Jan 11 45 '10% *84% 1 Feb 91 10% 40% k 5 18 80 >'"■ No par 23 Jun *36 , 17 *10% 5 _10o t'" *23 45% *16% 17 46 —100 ; Gas 25 19% Feb Jun 25% .No par Co 31% Feb 25 32% Jun 25% $ per share 4% Jan 2% May 11 May 34 26 *45 Corp of America Highest 9 per share 7% May *25% . Union Sheraton 5 Range Since Jan. 1 $ per share 25% *16% series A ; 9 per share 7,000 26 —_——_100 STOCKS Year 1948 Highest 1,400 98 26 Shell 11% Apr Jan Lowest 37 Va 98 26% tc.—100. v preferred—-—' Range for Previous v 37% *26 10 Oct Jun 7% Mar 11- 10 '5 23% 26 26 .' 21 14 46% Dec 29% Mar 31' 81% May 12 23% *23 99 14% Feb 8% Feb Feb 37% Jan 4 10 1,500 38 39 % Jan Feb 300 8% *97% 5 28% Apr 22 *23 400 8% r 98 3 Oct 8 7a 38 (The) common—5 & 8% ; 4% 23'% : Oil 8% 24,900 4% 4% *97% Paper Co common Shamrock 31% May ,8% ' .'1. .A 300 16% *37% Servel Inc common.^ 101% Feb 3 8% *4% 4% 16% 37% *23 8 Jan 8% -*4% 4% 16%, 37 *16 98 Feb 27 17 17 38 Seiberllng Rubber Co——. $4.50 37% 17 460 23% Seeger Refrigerator Co 11% Jan 11% Jan May 13 Jun Jan A 5% & 36% 17 4% 24 7 Seagrave Corp Sears Roebuck 38'* *16 17 200 37'A ,—5 Seaboard Oil Co of Del, 5 3674 37% A , 98 Seaboard Finance Co—,;—» 18 *16% -105% 30 4 106 37 3A preferred preferred 16% , 97% —1—— Co 105 16 7 a 44 91 106 A 6,400 . *37% *23% *88 Elec 91 . *97% 24 _l__1 No par • preferred 91 105% 140 900 5% 36 : A *43 A ,44%' • *90% 16% 874 8% •' t 105% 4%, *4% 4% 8% 36% 92 105% . *16 17 17 17 Jan 83 Dec 37% *84 < 29% Sharon Steel Corp_i— No par V 29% Sharp & Dohihe common No par A 26 s, $3.50 conv pref series A—-No par 81% Shattuck (Frank G)~ Nopal ; • 9% Sheaffer (W A) Pen Co—i « 1 12% Jan 36% - 7% May 13 3774 91% 5% 39% Jan 68 104 47% May ,36% Feb 1 Nov 37% *16 Y 36 38 Seaboard -Air Line com v t c—No par 7 49% Mar 62% 16% *90 1,300 5% 5% 36 'V- Y *43 44% *43 90 105% 105% *1674 *88 3.35% 5% 35% 44% *43 Y; 90 90 *105% ■; *98 Scranton Feb ' 7 17% Mar 8 Jan 30 28% 4% 3 13 91% Mar 'Jan 12% Nov 12 * x83% May 11 43 % 5 t 7 ;-V: 7% 1st pfd 4.4Q% series A— .100 *8687 Savage Arras Corp—L 5 A ll 11 Schenley Industries Inc__———1.75 i 25% 26 Scott Paper Co common No par * *53% 54 $3.40 preferred ; No par *94i' 96 SCQVjll Mfg Co 3.65% pfd,. 100 1*83% 84% 5 May 30% Jan 24% Dec i 12% Jan Feb * 87 5% 35% 4.700 102% *102 102% -102 *5% 35% 5% 21% 97% a.— non-cum St Regis 7 3 94 9 -9% Jan 6 35% *88'/a 16% 100 5% 102% 5% 35%, 20 .: 21% ;; 5 •■v. 22 1,000 3,600 96% *94 5% 21% 21% 102 % 102 % 5% 35 % 35% 43% 35% *23 , 2 (The)— series 102% 6 *5% 13 % 13 .■5 *21% 22 93% • 96% *94 5% 5 5% 5 21% 1 105% St Louis Southwestern Ry Co—100 25 .Jan 10'/a Mar 19 Apr 15% Jan 91 25% May Jun 79 ; Feb 122 80%Ja,n Apr Feb 7 7; Jan 87% 13% Apr Feb 16 Preferred 103 .8% Joseph Lead * ; '-10 St L-San F Ry Co com v t c—No par 12% Jan 25 93% 12% *37% Wks Inc preferred *102% * 5% , . St 42% Jan 26 " 98 May 88 44 24 13% May 51 Feb Feb 5% 3 22 5 , *97% Safeway Stores common—— 5 16 48% Jan 95 21% 17 25 Ruppert 113% Feb 12% 95 *94% 21,200 93% 9 per 100 23% May 3 12% 95 12% 13 94% Shares 21% 12% 93 13 12% share '21% 21% -—20 - cohimon (Jacob) 93% *4% 12% Mar 12, 87 91% May 15% Aug 35% May Feb 8% 25 Ruberoid Co 93% *16 37% 7 eom__l Controls Royal Typewriter 3 8 Jun 25% Mar 3 8 36% Mar 22 16% July 48% May 139% May 8% 32% 18% Feb 35% May 11* Jun Co Art Metal Ronson 12 Haas 93% 105 % —100 1 preferred conv 93 % 44% preferred series A 55 % Jan 109% Apr 27 Jun 61% 4% 95 94% 35% No par 20 16% Jan 21% Jan 113 27% Apr 4 '8% Jan Jan 4%% Rohm & 20 41 98 95 21% 21 % 21% 102% 6 *5% Copper Mines Robertshaw-Fulton 20% 95 5-% 102% ____No.par Corp— Roan Antelope 3 25% Jan 3 36% May Oil Richfield 20% 9o series, 4.50% 20% 13 *94% 5% .<« *21% ; gales for the Week 9 per share $ per share share 21% 95 % *93 13 ' $ per share 20% *43% Ritter Company 7 96% Apr 21. Mar , 5 10% Jan 1 Preferred $ per 21% 21% *88% Rheem Manufacturing Co 12 5% Jan 21 4 8% Mar 25 12 5 ' Friday May 13 May 11 1_100 series 3.60% Wednesday May 10 Thursday May 12. Tuesday May 9 —•—10 —- — Preferred 13 38% May 7 4% Mar 17 Jun 19% Jan Common HIGH SALE PRICES Monday 9 per share Par , Republic Steel Corp com No par 6% conv prior pfd series A 100 Revere Copper A Brass com—No par 5%% preferred 100 Rexall Drug Inc 2.50 Reynolds Spring —— ——1 Reynolds (R J) Tob. class B_< 10 25 Dec 80 AND Saturday May 7 'f > LOW *! - , Reynolds Metals Co com No par 5%% convertible preferred 100 3 5% Feb Dec 43 . , 26 Nov Mar 19% 02 '/; 9per share 8 per share 9 per share ■ . EXCHANGE Highest Lowest Highest * « STOCK NEW YORK Range Since Jan. 1 Year 1048 Monday, May 16, 1949 . RECORD STOCK YORK NEW FINANCIAL CHRONICLE & *96 . 68 20,900 24% 10,300 98 15% 15% 4374 *42% 43% 32 *31% 32 200 2,000 15% 15% *42% 43% *42 % *81 % 32 *31% *11 1174 1174 11% *11% 11% 600 3974 40 40 40% 40% 5,o00 15 • •" 3974 *95 - *9574 98 1574 98 *96 ' ; 700 .98 5,300 25% 25 Va 2574 25% 2574 26 26 12 74 12% 12% 12% 1174 12 12 12 2,300 1074 1074 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 2,700 *1674 16% 1634 1674 1674 1674 16% 16% 16 1574 16 16 1674 16% 1674 7,700 20 % 32.400 25 7/2 16 1874 6% 1974 7% 19% 674 1974 674 1974 *7 v . 19 5 s 1974 7 7% 93 *90 93 58% 59 57 119 *117% 119 *118 11 1074 11 11 93 59 59 *11774 1074 *90 56 *116% 4,900 1197/a 11 11% 1,300 93 56 y 119 ' 774 *91 57 *90 600 11% 16% 21,300 1674 1674 *16% 16% 16% 16% 16 3A 600 19 1974 1974 19% 19 19'A 19% 19% 4,200 4274 43 4274 42% 52% 2,300 *4174 42% • 42% Y THE" COMMERCIAL Volume 169 * Number*4803 & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE! 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I Lowest Highest ~ RECORD "-<7>w STOCKS Range fur Previoua r f, YeUr 1048 %: 27 (2119) *6% 5% ■ 500 5% 28 5% 200 6% 28 800 - 60 * > Dec . 12: Jfcn Dec 39 .• 59% Jun < 27% < 37% Nov103: " Oct - Udylite corp ■ (The)-. 46 > Jan 10% Feb 8 23% May .13 12% Apr 6 : 31% Jan <7 Underwood Corp ; . No par Unfen Asbestos & Rubber Co*^w— 5 :: 40 36% Apr 26 110 r\ Jun * 91 Feb i 98 80 Nov -: 2r% Feb 107 Jun j ; ' ('■. 79% Nov 06% July 51% July 45% Sep / 31% Jan'.- Jan '7 42 ' 6 111 Jan 13 94 7 86% Jan 94 Jan 92 Mar 31' 31% Apr 5 89% Jan 21 48 41% Jlin - Jan 12 25% Feb ll 77% Feb 25 90 r Jan 38% Jttly . 'v. 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Feb 61% Jan v NEW ' ,><;■> ; YORK STOCK EXCHANGE .• ' 109 Mar 24 14% Mar 29 74 *:><>: Aircraft Corp. common United 9 23% Apr 7% Jah 28 Feb 12 United 26 38% Jan 18 United- Carbon JUly July 29% Jan 3 33% Maf 17 2 % Feb 9 41% Feb 3% Apr 45% Apr 10% Feb 16 5 - 26 4 Cartoh' Corp-!—10 Board & 2l/« Feb Feb 9 May '4 60 Dec 82 y2 Apr 51 Apr 22 65 Jan 7 Co—^——No par Fastener Cbrji—No par Cig-Whelan Stores com—30c $3.50 convertible preferred——100 United Corp commopw—w_——1 United Dyewood Corp common-—l 7% preferred —'— 100 16% Feb 28% Jun 16 Apr 22 22% Jan 3 United Electric 37y2 Jan 46% Jun 35 Apr 39 Va Jan 20 United Engineering & Foundry 48 Feb 58 y2 May 48 7 United 18% Dec 23 18% Feb 11% V Dec 2% 41 < 36 Nov ' 5 Va Dec 55 3% May - 2% Jan May 21% May Feb 10 3% May 5% Jan 3 24 7 54% Mar Apr 29 24 6 7 2 7 Fruit 11 23% May 4 101 Jun 94 Mar 7 98% May 9 24 % May 16 Feb 8 17% Jan 8 U 92% Feb 113% Jun 92 May 3 104% Jan 20 U 166 y2 Nov 179 Jun 175 8 Dec 17% May Dec .76 Jun 46 *42% Jan 17% Apr 28 2J% Jan 7 U 8% Jan 4 Mar 9 5% Jan 14 U Mar 9 21 Jan 21 3 16 Apr 7 54% May 18% Feb Jan 6% May 10 8% Jan i9y4 Dec 4% Dec 17% Dec 36 Jan 16 11% Sep 21% Jan 11% Jan 24 Jan U 27 57 22% Co 7% Dec 9% May "39% Feb 53% July 49 Jan 58 22% Dec 37% 121 94 May 49% May, Dec Dec Jan 8% Apr 34% - 33 *32% 33 2% 3 *32% 3 V 33 3 42% 44 *32% 43 49% Jan 28 52% Jan 82 ,» 12 59% Feb 25% Mar 3 Apr 29 36 % May 117 May 88 % Feb U 3% :. 3% *4% s 3% * *• 4% *50 4% ;4% 4% *51 ">"52% 49 48% 49 *21% 21% 21% 21% *10% 10% *22 23% *22 23 »/2 23 *21% 23 4 8 U 8 3 43 Jan 26 3 133 Jan 18 s Rubber; Co 8% U 21 46%' Apr 19 Corp 'common 1 pfd series A———100 Plywood 3%w 1 non-cum 1st 22% *5% 34% 33 32% 32% 3 *2% 2,100 300 *5'/a 34% 2% *42 43 1,900 50 43 *42 . 600 200 3 *181% *18% ' 19% *4% *17% > - 1,200 48% 49% 48% 49'A 487'8 49% 48% 49% 11,000 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 10 J/a 10% 23J/a 23 ' .7 93 183 ^83 . 6% 7 > *7% 7 15% *57% 57% *20% 21% 122 y2 45% *4% * 84 17«/2 1,000 15% 15% 4,500 8'/2 45% 45% 45 «/4 800 59 59 59 300 21% 21% 22% Va *84% 86»/2 30 37 Va 37% 37% 2,700 86 38'A *84% x3?% 124% xl20% 122 45 45% 45 45 *71 ;71 '/j 711/4 71 71,. 70% 71% - 17% *7% 21'A 20% 124 124" 100 7% *45 37% 1,100 47/a 17% *58% 37% ' 125 ' ; '37% ./ .15% 59 84 170 19% 19% *4'/a- 7% 45% 20% 1,400 17 y2 8% 45 7 ^ 130 7 47 15% 18 *58 Va 20% = 3,000 185 *6% 47 5 ■ 70 16% 97 *182 7 47 8,600 99% 96% 19% 4% *7% 84 37% 123 Va, 123 Va 122% 45% 20% 84 ,'-"37% 37% 59 183% 6% 47 191/4 17i/4 45'A 21'/a *82 183% >15% f: 15%. 8% 84 21 % t, ' *16 6% *4% 23'/8 *99 16'/a 96'/a 47 19 •' 15% .7 *44% ' 44% 99% 95 100 23 22% *16 182 6% *45% 17% • *99 2,600 4,400 10% 16% 182 . 23 Va v 23 *21% 94% *16 93% 4% *7% 8'/a 44% 5758 37% 22% *99 39% *58 Va 8% 45% • 19 17% 18 -15% 115% 84 23 47 *4% 4% *17% - 23 6% „ 19% 4% * 23% *21% 22% — 10% 23 10% *22 183 6% 7*45% 46 10% 10 % 23% 23 93'/a 94 *19 18 10% *22 *22 22% *7% ' 37Va 16% 5 *15% -15%. *•82 16% 37 99% 6% 1,300 16% 37 22% 46 52 *50 ■ 16% 36% *16- 6% 52 *16J/a 16% *96Va 48 200 36 16 % *181% 183 r6% *46 31,700 *4% 16% 22% 94 3% *4 '/a 36 98 Ve 94 V2 31/4 4% 3% *4'/a *50 3% 37 98 16% 3% 4% 52 , >37 - 22 % 99 94% ■3% *16 22% *16 100 preferred 5% 34% *32%: -J' 43 7 227/a *5% 34% 16'/a 10% "10% *98 10 common „ 700 600 74 *16 *44¥4 —10 3 *4% *50 52 *21% preferred Pipe Afc Foundry— Playing Card Co *42 4% ' *22 *22 , Leather Co common——No par Partic Ac conv class A_ No par s . 3% 3% • 3% 49 S U S 33 22% 2% - 2% *42 43 37 Limes-Co common——1 X22% 22% 7' 5% 36% $4.50 lht preferredS Freight Co i S Gypsum Co common s 22% 5% *34% 37% 4%% 18 8 19% May * 137% 19 Feb 43 July >37% May Dec 86 7% Jan U 22% 6% 34% " A *72% •5% *37 Foreign 8ecuHties_i—Nd par —No par No par 20 1% preferred 100 S Hoffman Machinery com 5 4%% preferred * 100 S Industrial Chemicals——No par 73% 34'/4 • 10,200 73% 5% 5 U s At 183% May 12 9 May 22 % 2,900 12% 74 34% " Certificates of interest w I———- Feb 22% 105 24% 105 12'A *5% Shares per share 24 Ys 105 24 12 Va 34% 16 United.Paramount Theatres wi—1 Feb 22% share 23% *103% 12% 5% > Saiek for the Week 12% 35 y4 16 7 15% 22% 16V2 13 89 *72% 52% 18 Feb 73% $ : ' -> United Gas 16% ">.'.73% *16 24% Apr 18 72% ^51 " 23% Apr 9% Mar 23 16 12% * *43 * - Improvement Co—^13% United Merch & Mffs Lac—: 1 21% Apr 12% Jan 3 105 105 7 12% ^_5 Cos 22% Apr 29 32*% : 24 105% 106 No par Coal 23% Apr i *32% United-CaVr 105 23% Friday May 12 $ pet $ per share 23% >7 12% 73 *5% Unite 23% ~ 72% 72 35% ' 77 May 13 •Thursday Wednesday 'May 11 * 12% > 12% 22% Tuesday f per share • 12 *105 106% > '■ May 10 23% "24 12% •>• ' 8 per share 24 *105 Ve% 30% Feb Dec Feb 4% v *23% 5% convertible preferred—,—100 United Ait Lines Inc common—10 :>■ May 0 $ per share 5 Jan >38% 3 Monday May 7 ;>..v par $ per share 26% Mar 30 Saturday f Y>"1 preferred 100 United Biscuit Co—1——No par 23% Oct <15% Jan ™ '. "! ^-Highest 7 105 »May 10 4 10% Jail 5 00% Mar Jan < ■f Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest v. $ per share May 110% Jun 10% Apr 'v . > Highest $ per share LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES 7 7 122 100 > 122 8,300 1,820 • 37% Nov 58% Jun * 39% Feb 7 63% 72 Apr 64% Jan 13 Jan 3 Dec 67% Mar : 129% Mar 17% 87% Oct 146% Jun 19% Feb Jan 8% Dec 42% May '6% May 12% May 85% Dec 98% Nov 37 ' 4% Mar 2% Dec 22 -Feb -v i9. Feb Dec 7% 8% Jan 80 Apr Feb 15 23% Jun 170 v May 15% MajT 3 8 3% Feb 25 19% Jan 156 7 Mar , - Feb 17 5 10 42 Dec 70 ' May 43% Jan 3 14% Feb 11 Dec 27% Oct 15% May 26% May 19% Feb 9% 9% dan 3 21% Feb 24% May 13 26 43% Feb 21% Apr 21 . 16 28 10% Mar 30 4 >25 Jan 7 8 Mar 29 17% Jan > 4 5% Apr "85% Jan Apr 22 2% Jan 27 140% Jan ,21% Apr - 7 '5% Mar 30 22% May 10 165 Feb »%• May x53 1 5 May 12 25% Apr 25 11% May 13 24 Smelting Ref & Min com 7% preferred— 1 Mar 17 78% Jan 3 29 21 10% Jun Feb 150v 4% Feb 24 Jun 20 Mar 4 23% May 12 130%May 3 18% Jan. 4 38% Jan 3 6% Jun 34 Jan Dec 16 Jun 69 72 U S Jan 27 U 5o 5o Steel Corp common No par New ——No par S 7% *71 { 71% 72 132 % preferred——25 United Stockyards Corp— —1 $6 ; 8% *24 :; ; > 4%% 100 preferred Co Inc.- . 7 100 Vanadium Corp of America—No par Norman Co 2.50 Raalte . ' 1 Van Van *: Leaf Tobacco com-No*par preferred Universal Pictures Co Inc com -—-10 -0% 80 23% '10% 23? 23% 11 23 ' 43% 44% 71% 71 71 500 71% 44% 71 »/4 72 39,800 131 % 132 45 *70% 71 - 11 - 24% 52% '23% U - -*22% 11 23. 9 4% ■ . 11 • *22% 52% .23 11 23 - so 24% ' 22% 163. *52% 22% H *22% 1,700 40 1,000 10 1,300 *78% 80 80 80 23% 24 24 24'A 8,800 3% 1,100 ; -3% 3% *23% • "4% 4% 24% 3% 24 . .. 24 600 200 15% *15i/a 15% 100 4% - 4% 4% 2,800 *22% 22% *22Va 22% *163% 165% *163% 1651/2 60 9»/« 9% 9% 4,700 22% 9 *9 X52 53% 23% - 5 9% *16% — 53 23 .;..23% 11% 11% 23 42 41% 10 15% 163 21% 21% 1,800 *4% ~ "-9 7 . , *4% V 5 3% , 1 21% '42% 4,800 9% 9% 9% 45% *42 / • 5> *23% t ■ - 22% v' 1 ' 3% 4% 1,6.4.. 9 5: 80 - 16 ' ■'" 22%' ? l 24 24 ■:■'> • V 3% . ( 21% 42% 2J.% 132% '21% *42: ' 9% • 80 164 53 V4 23% ' -- *164 .167 7 >' 9%" "9% *22% 5 - ?3% *15Vr 4% *15 Vac 16 \ 4%" '4% >522%"" 22% " v *52% •42% '■■'4 132% < f m - 3%- "3% " -21% ~. -4% 9% ' Universal Laboratories Inc— , 133% 21% v>42 5%- -5'/a 9%'80 • > >■■■•>:>* 135 "133 % 21'/a <- 42% • pfd—5 preferred-——:_^no par United Wall Paper Imc commottL^_2 4*% conv preferred ——-50 Uiiiversal-Cyclops Steel Corp —1, 7Q% - *42 ; conv Universal 21 . ' noiMmm United stbres $4.20 nbnM: 2d 7iy4 71% 131%l 132 preferred-—*—100 7% 46 71% 71% < U S Tobacco Co com_—.—No par *— For footnotes seeuacre 28. 45% < 71% . 11% *22% 22% 53 23% 11% *22 53 800 190 23% 2,800 11% 4,000 22% 100 28 COMMERCIAL THE (2120) YORK NEW Year 1948 I per share $ per share 15% May 10 Feb 16 29% Jan 20 Jan 3 S per $ per share 85% Mar Jun 48% Jun 85 Oct 96% Apr 91 7% Mar • 109 Jan 117% '15% Dec 28% Deo 90% May 124% July 18% May 7 . Jun 118 20 Feb 14 19 32% Jan 12 Nov 38% May 34% May 29 Y« May 11 33% Apr 6 24% Dec 39% Apr 25Y4J*n 31 9 25% Dec 32% Jan 29 4 32% Jan 66 Apr 23% Mar <5 30 Mar 15 Jan 48 ' Mar 30% Apr 30. * 32 Apr 26 15% Jan 100% Apr 102 Aug 10% Mar 7Y4Feb 14 13% Apr 28 16% July - 14 Nov Feb 28 9% Jan May 32 9% Nov 90 Jun 101 Feb 24 21% Feb 25 27% May 13% May 8% Feb 22 29% Jan 105 xl8% Mar *83% Mar 26% Mar 14 -Jan 3 105 Jan Jan 7 Dec 20% May 12% Feb 16% Dec 22 Sep 16% Feb 10 13 Dee 30% Jan 11Y4 Apr 21 15% Jan 25 5Ys Mar 30 3% Dec 26 Sep Nov X80 19% Mar 13% Feb 104% Mar *113% Apr 103% Mar 105% Nov 100% Oct - 3% Jan 6% May 20 34% Aug 86% 3 80% Mar Jan 19 26% May 27% Jan Mar 28 9 Feb 24 84 Ys Jan 24 23Ys Jan 21 May 13 May 10 Class May 1% 103% Feb 110% Jan Jun 107 112% Jan 24 Jun 105 108% Jan 26 22V4 Oct 13% Mar 4 51% Jun 36 Mar 25 41% Jan 24 100% Feb 110% Jtin 104 May 12 108% Jan 25 22% Mar 25% NOV 5 Feb 24 34% Apr 29 8Ys Feb 24 38% July 22 Feb 25 Mar 23 36% May 22 08% Dee 74% July 15 26 54% Apr 14Ys Mar Dee 29% Nov 23% Deo 85% Feb 91% F0b 25 Dec 80 Jan 37 Mar 83 Mar 23 Feb 13% Dee ■ 9% Feb X53 Aug 27% Feb 9 Feb 6%Majr 51 Mar 10% Nov 69 • Dec 12% Dee ,14% Dee 125 Dee 28 Feb ,41% Nov 13% Deo 58% Dee X62 Nov May 39 Ys 98% Feb 15 23 July 57% Oot 39% Apr 22 JUly 53% Jan 3 3 5> 31% Nov 28% Feb 8 Feb 11 24% May 13% Jan 18% Jan 22% July 126 8 19% Jun May 4Y4 May 13 65% May 17% May 88% Jan 44% Apr 26 10% May 13 73 Jan 19 11 May 12 12 Jan 18 Jun xl38 Jan 23 44% Jan Jun Deo 48 26% Jan 89YsJan 12 27 Ye Apr 26 16Ye Mar 30 25 Ye Apr 11 55 Apr 5 3GYs Apr 20 11 Ys Jan 12 xl9% May ' Oil 7 10 Apr 9% Jan 9 74 24 Jan '48 14 *13% *102% 104 Jan 28 6 35 July 25% Feb 3% Feb 6% May 32 8 8 8 Jan 13 Ya 91 12% 12 Y4 22 23 *Bid and asked prices; no sales on this day. - 283/4 *28 30 *29 30 34 *32 34 *32 34 49 *48 49-%- *48 14 •13% 14 *13% 275/s *27 27 Ya *27 30 Ya 30 Ya .500 28% * *13Ya 27% * 102 Ya 104 x22% 22% 8Ya 8% 800 10 . 13% *13% 12Y4 203/4 203/4 16% 163/4 16s/« 233/4 *235/8 237/8 *13 13% 13Ya 13 Ya '16% 18 16Ya 16% 163/4 *16% 12% 12Ya 123/s 4Ya *4% 4% 20% 20 Ya 20 Ya 20% 82 813/4 193/8 19 20% 203/a 19 3/a 19Ye 19% Ya 19% 19% 19% llOYa 110% 111 112 112 117 II6Y2 116% 115% 116 19% 20 5/o 20Ya 81Ya 82 'A 19% 19 Ya 19 Ya 19 Ya 19'A 19 Ya 1083/4 100 109 120 110 111 '111% 111 Ya 110 105 *104Ya 105 109 105 *14% 1013/4 143/4 37 Ya *37 104Ya 104 Ya 104 *6% 6% 63% 63/4 6 3/4 36 35 Ya 35 Ya 35 Ya 35 Ya 11% 11% 11% *11 'A IIY2 / '25% 23 Ya 273/4 23 Ya 23% *25 27Y4 235/8 *25 27% ' *23 67/« 36 X35 '91'A v '99% 12.50 '23 Ya '104 92 Y4 *23 23 'A *23 *56 59 *56 59 100 40% *23 24% 57 15 'A 15% 15 Ya 273/a 273/4 27 'A 273/a X26V8 >225/8 225/a 23 22 Ye 92 *91Y2 *91 'A *99% 100 100 24 23 82 82 *81% 83 Y2 26Ya 26% 26% *26 27 16 16 Ya 83 83 '25 Ya 153/4 16 40 Y4 40 40 'A 15 Ya' 153/4 23 > ; 23 . 813/4 *26 Ya ir<7/8 15 Yo 153/4 153/4 23 23%'> 543/4 *533/4 543/4 *533/4 *30 'A 31 y4: *30% 18% .10 { 25% 46% 15 5 * 5% 46 46 46 Va 46 'A 11% 11 11 10 Y4 U% V 11 Va 77 *11 Ys 11% 18 'A 18 Ya *129 4f%; 46 'A , *143/4 15% 77 'A *HYa 113/4 18 Ya 18 Ya 132 *129 5 18 Yt. 131 5 46 183/a 18% 24 Ye 23 23 'A 23 Ya 23 Ya 23 Ya 46% 46 Ya 463/b 46 Ya 46 Ya 46 Ya 24 'A 463/s 3,200 46% 15 143/4 15 *143/4 147/a 143/4 147/8 145/s 14 3/8 1,000 *67 68 Ya 70 69 Ya *68 Ya 71 50 *72 Ya 75 *72 Ya 75 713% *66 68 67 67 70 *69 71 70 70 69 Ya '73 74 *72 73 >72 75 71 71 71 *32Y4 9 21% " 21 Ya 21 Ya 5 Ya 9 Y4 21'A 21% 21% 9Ya 9Ya 9Ya 9Ya 32 *177/8 *9 Yo 1,300 9Y4 ' 30 Ya 18 Ya 30 Ya - *30 32 *30Ya 32 I8Y2 *177/s I8Y2 >18 643/g " 64% 64 64 Y4 X033/4 64 Ya 64 12% 12 Y4 12 Ya 12% 12 Ya 12 Ya 12% 28 'A 28 'A 28 'A 28 Ya 28% 29% 29 37/e 6,500 29 3% V* 100 12 Ya 37/s 4 200 ' *177/a 28% cName changed from City Ice & Fuel. 1,500 21 21 18 12 'A 3% 300 31 65 12% 28% 700 9 Ya 63 Ya 64 4 71% 18 18 'A 12% 28% 9% 9 *30 32 65% 37/s *8Ya 21% 65% *28% 8% 9% *12,% ] !87/8 21Y4 18 Y4 par *703/4 83/4 713/4 *85/s 71 Ya 8 3/4 71 Ya *83/4 33 % *17% 6,500 68 Ya *67 67 '"■V 7,200 132 >129 23 Ya 70 21Ya 9% 300 18% 18 Ya 18% 200 11% '11 46%, 66 *9% 77 J, 71 21% 77 132 *129 67 20 12,300 11 11 '69% ... 1,200 103/4 77 Ya '66 v 4% 45% *76 Ya 132 8,400 4% 10 Ya 10Y4 11 Ya ...,18% '*129 2,600 *45 Ya 11 11% 100 95/8 2,200 5 xl0% 77 'A *77 30 Yt 25 24 Ya 2§% *76% 11% 77 1321 '129 _10 5 46 Ya 77 HYa —10 5% *46 543/4 46 47/s 5 46 233/a 30 'A ; 9% *9 9% 9% 5 llYa s 100 9 5/b 31% '76 110 : 1,900 f 23 Ya 54Y4 31 ; j *533/4 23 Ya 23 *533/4 *30 800 -if rCash sale, s Special sales, 37/e 3%' wd When distributed, x 2,600 1,900 f 3% 37/a 4 Ex-dividend. Transactions at the New York Stock Exchange Transactions at the New York Garb Exchange Daily, Weekly and Yearly Daily, Weekly and Yearly Stocke Week Ended May 13,1949 " Railroad Infl Number of and Miscel, Shares Bond* . Saturday Monday 239,740 614,470 $495,000 1,958,000 Tuesday 724,800 2,729,000 Wednesday Thursday Friday 785,680 783,210 2,137,000 2,474,000 782,080 2,566,000 Total 3,933,280 $12,359,000 Foreign Bonds Bank $98100 327100 (Number Sales. of <' Shares) $593,000 2,290,000 3,103,0p0 2,481,750 2,808,000 374,000 344,750 $5,000 2,898,000 $5,000' $1,804,750 , — . $5,000 Week Elided May 13 1949 .1948 Stocks—No. of shares Bonds Stocks Bond Government Bonds 329,000 332,000 Total United States $5,000 $14,173,750 Jan. 1 to 1949 Week Ended May 13,1949 1948 11,220,220 84,840,795 113,144,942 $15,000 $287,500 $359,500 5,000 1,804,750 665,000 39,019,100 255,715,300 35,336 880 12,359,000 142,000 2,008,000 23,646,700 Total"—— _ 390,272,100 $14,173,750 $25,811,700 $295,686,900 $528,805,480 2,837,000 $5,000 ■ Total ' $40,000 275,000 210,000 V;;. 56,000 9,000 136,000 464,000 112,000 37,000 "llOO 202,000 67,000 24,000 7,000 208,830 149,000 54,000 5,000 98,000 208,000 1,154,600 $746,000 $298,000 155,890 213,875 279,195 Total . . Week Ended May 13 1948 1949 f $5,000 $15,000 Foreign 223,570 Stocks—No. of shares. Bonds V. 8. Government International. Dank.. Foreign Railroad & Industrial Foreign Corporate $20,000 Domestic 73,240 Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday May 13 3,933,280 Bonds (Par Value) Government ■ . 248,000 $27,000 ; $1,071,000 Jan. 1 to May 1949 13 1948 1,154,600 2,892,415 21,005,460 27,549,372 $746,000 298,000 $1,048,000 $21,706,000 3,897,000 27,000 30,000 $14,027,000 4,435,000 887,000 $1171,000 $1,605,000 $19,349,000 $26,487,000 Bonds Domestic Foreign Foreign Total governmentcorporate 527,000 ; 2,000 27 Ya 31Y4 46 , ■: 813/4 27 3% 1 140 j 813/4 233/a 543/4 ///>< 5 300 40 3/4 ■813/4 233/8 9Y4 23 'A 106 *26Y8 *30 9% j 813/4 i *533/4 9% 100 273/g - 23 Ya 9% ' 101 15,400 40 Ya 31 Yi ; 120 *102 54Y4 9% 6,100 223/4 23 'A 23 41 '30 23 27 92 813/4 157/8 ; 200 2,600 92 *99Ya 100 Va '53% ,: 500 22 Y2 . *26 3/a 157/s !' 600 - 15 'A 26% 27 225/8 104 40 Ya 40 3/4 15Ya 925/«, 23 104 40 3/4 ■ 15 Ya 104 23 *102 104 40 40 Ya *99Y8 100 % *997/8 100 Y2 *23 107 92 92 104 24 'A . '104 107 57 > 2,500 23 'A 15% 913/4 ; v. 23 y4 273/4 913/4 115/8 28 113/4 27 • 58 23 1,500 UYa 27 Ya IIY2 27 23 'A 273/s 223/4 35% 353/4 36, 11% 15 Ya i 1,500 273/4 57 Y4 15 Y4 90 7 67/a *22 3/4 233/4 59 15% 300 *25 11% - • *56 1,300 106 *104 7 120 15 *37 Ya 104 Ya 80 38 15 -15 38 7 35% :: 7 IOP/4 1013/4 IOIY4 147/8 145/s 37 Ya 7 '35 103 % 143/4 105 - * *101 1013/4 37 'A '104% ^ '11Y4 ' 109 Ya ' 1103/4 106 390 8,800 27,300 109 109 *l03Ya *104 Ya 20 116 *110 105 Ya 20 V* 19 Ya 113 Id3/* >104% 19% 19 Ya •! 109 105 t 19 Ya. *115 1105/a 37 Yi' 2,200 82 *111 Ya 'IOIYS 145/s 213/4 82 116 *103% 37 Ya 300 20 Ya ■ 113 *110 145/e 4 Ya *115 110 37 Ya *4 Y4 *111% 1013/4 14% > 4 Ya * 1,100 113 105 37% 12 Ya 116% >101Y4 '37% 400 12 Ya *111% >103 Ya '14% 500 / 12 Ys *115 • 1013/4 110 16% 203/4 813/4 110% —100 Deferred delivery. . *4% 105 1083/4 17 4 3/8 '103% < *165/8 12% '109% 109 109 200 17 12Ya • ■'? '101 y4 109 Ya 3,300. 235/8 13 'A 12 Ya '108% 23 'A Radio corp. Products Corp W- 19 3/s '116 16% 23 Ya x803/4 - 82 'A *82 s 1,400 *13Ya 4% / 22 *21 v 16%' *16Ya ' 27Ya ; 16,700 13 Ya 20 Ya 43/8 '110 Ya • 23'A . 40 12Y4 233/i 16'A . '■ ' - 12'A 43/8 82 19% *12 200 13 Ya 91 Ya 12 > 13 Ya 165/s *23Ya 17 2,800 *23% 16% 13% 16% 8Ya 91 Ya „ 21% *21 10 2,500 8 Ya 12 'A 21 400 22Ya **13% 91% 12 Ye 14 27 Ya 104 22% 13% *90Vi 12% 49 Yi . *101 Ya 8Y4* 8 91% 23% 27'At & Towne Mfg Co.. . 223/4 12 Ya 16% par » • 133/« 13 Ye ..12% 100 100 Co 223/4 104 *90 Ya 91 *23Ya 15 Ya Co. - *101Ya 1 13% 167/e 24 71 a 31 *28 *29 '13 4*73 Ya tin receivership, 30 Ya 293/4 *48 • - 133/8 21 *22 9Ya Zonite 20 500 30 Ya" 8% :•/ 12 - 75 Ya Zenith 60 19% 29 Ya 283/a 23 'A 91 12 Ya 71% 7 200 6,100 29% *13 ■ '32 14 ♦13 Ye 13 Ya '8Y4 4% Jan 15 V - " 27 Ye 23 23% ■.' 19% Feb 3% Dee 1,800 ' 17% 28 104 104 104 23 Ya 59 com York Mar 30 91 Ya 293/4 49% 27 Ya 27 Ya 27 Ya 71% Yale 39% Jan 18 14% Jan 49 Ya *13% Corp common.. 1 4%% preferred — .—50 Young (L A) Spring & Wire.NoPar Youngstown Sheet & Tube—No par Youngstown Steel Door. __No pat 7 74 *48 14 27 Ya '15Y4 Worsted Co 20 20 34 91 *16% —, 7 12% Jan '32 '56 Worthington Pump & Machinery common No Prior pfd 4%% seriesPrior pfd 4%% conv series—100 Wright Aeronautical NO par Wrigley (Wm) Jr (Del) —Nopar Wyandotte 9 Jan 34 114Y4- 400 ■ / 114 Yi ' .10 (F W) 907/a 17% 114 'A 19 Ya '32 13 Ya /: '23 % • Wisconsin El Pwr Co Woolworth 1 30 *29 100 Co 6% preferred Woodward Iron / 6% 6% 17%/ % *29 'A 30 91 13 Ya '90% No par 131 Ya Mar 18 34 Ys Jan 10 88 36 'A 96 '94 91 Ya 114Y» 30 22 mn $4.25 preferred Wilson-Jones Co 13% Jan 17 18 Ye May/5 17 Y. *18 .30 par 79 2 "is— *86 'A 6Y4; 19% 30 Y4 12 Ya J No par Feb 62% Apr 21 12 Y* May 3 ; A.. Willys-Overland Motors com—1 $4,50 conv pfd series A Nopar 79 5 30% May 13 17% Apr 29 : Nb par Wilson & Co Inc common 67 May 72% Apr 9 Ye Apr Pacific RR> com 12% Mar 10 Apr - '27 'A —1 8 7% Jan 56% Jan 13 4 Feb 25 9 '43 No par Elec Instrument Wilcox 2,400 87 ». '36% I; 30 30% 28 'A ; 63/4 '903/4 17 'A 30 28 34 • Wheeling 6c Lake Erie Ry— 100 Wheeling steel Corp com. No par $5 conv prior pref —Nopar White Dental Mfg (The SS) 20 White Motor Co 4 1 White Sewing Machine com—* 1 $4 conv preference Nopar Prior preference 20 15% Mar 30 20% Feb 26 Oct Weston 11 104% Apr 1 48% Jan 27 47% Jan 21 3 8Ys Feb 25 89% Oct 13% Dec 101 Ys Jan 26 21 Ya *86 36s/a 114 Yv H4Y4 19 '293/4 '29 19% Lines Inc series 3,200 10% 21 Ya 96 •18 'A 114% *29% , 30 '81% Westinghouse Air Brake.. Westinghouse Electric com 3%% pfd series A 3.80% pfd series B 97% Jan 28 66 May 24 7 68 16% May Dee 7 Jan 27 64% Jan 34% Jan 15% Feb 65% Dee May 11 7 x59% Feb 24 94 10% Feb 4 34% Jan 30 28 Ya * 93 17 Ya 1 49 Ya • '32 No par Preferred » 67/8 '90Ya 17 Y4 19 • 303/4 / Western Union Teleg class Mar 30 12% Feb 25% May 81% Feb 22 37 Jan 37% Oct Mar 7 14Ys Jan 14 128 49% 8 60% Mar Mar 30 81% May 11 23Ys Mar 2 Jan 27% Jan May 96% July 69 July 11% Jun 58... Jan May 11 102 40% Jun 92 17 22 x91% May 5 115 Jan 24 68% Jan 26 22 Ys Apr 95% Apr 101% Jun 30 30Ya '414% >19 30 '293/4 — A Western 96 *4% Supply Co —10 Maryland Ry com_—100 non-cum 2nd pfd 100 4% *36 Y4 *94 36 6% 93 17 Ya 114'/a '18 >'29 preferred preferred Western Air 8 7 '114 Y» 19 '28 'A Inc Western 29% Apr 114 Y» '90% 17Y4 17 Ye 17 % 283/4 "■* Western Auto Jan 20 '86Y4 88 36 '94 7Ya 7 30Y2 —5 preferred 12% '86 V* »12Y» Co Motor 7% Apr 11 41% Mar 12 5 x26Ya May 12 Jun 33% Jun 96 '30 No par 3 ——100 6% _100 West Penn Power 4%% pfd—100 4.20% preferred series B—-100 4.10% preferred series C -100 West Virginia Coal 6c Coke 5 West Va Pulp & Paper com__No par 4%% preferred —100 2 13 16% Apr 38% Feb i $4 conv 20 10% May '94 '30 -—5 West Indies Sugar Corp. West penn Elec Co com. 117 46% May 16% July 95 Ya -'28% Wesson Oil & Snowdrift co: 7 102% Apr 21 17Y4 Jan 20 5% Nov 34% Dec 7% Mar '94 '18 —l Pictures.. Webster Tobacco 112 Apr 18 Apr 25 lOlYeMay 2 95% '114% L100 Wayne Knitting Mills— Wayne Pump Co —- 113% Feb 25 - 36 Y4 8'/a 14% Jan 3 108% Mar 22 107 88 *35Ya -8 Ya Jun 113 87 '86 'A 23 Ya Jun 8 '86 36 Y4 '23Va 119% <111% Oct 87 88 '35 Ya —100 preferred 114 19% July - '86 '86% 36 '102% Waukesha 17% Mar 15 7 88 87% 88 17% Washington Gas Light Co—Nb par 24 12% •- ■ share 10 Ya 10 Ya ' ..Nopar Ward Baking Co common 5%% preferred—« Jan 11 14 87 *86 Shares ; r Warner Bros 25 21 Ya '86 36 preferred——100 —NO par Warren Foundry & Pipe— Warren Petroleum Corp. 22YsJan x213/8 87 92 1 23% Feb 23 21% '90 4 27% Aug 213/8 92 25% Feb 34% May 21% '90 12 Y2 May 20% Jan 21 Ya Walker (Hiram) G & W——Nopar Walworth Co No pax 3 Xl9% NOV 213/4 7 4% 7 20% May 11 15% Apr 7 21% 7 8 15% Jan 21 94% Feb 22 7 Waldorf System— Walgreen Co common 8 23% Jan 21 9% Jan 10'A 7 Wabash RR 4%% 60% Jan 28 14Y« Apr 9 35% Jun Dee 28 4 12% Feb 26 May 10'A '94 preferred w 07% Aug 12% Dec io'A '86 Virginia Blec 6c Pwr Co com 10 $5 preferred ; 1100 Va Iron Coal 6c Coke 4% pfd 25 Virginian Ry Co common 25 6% preferred —25 Visklng Corp (The)i Z—5 —20 Vulcan Detinnlng Co common. 1% preferred 5 29% lOYa Va-Carollna Chemical com—No par 6% div partlc preferred _10o 21 Jan 3 Mar 28 10 'A 100 3%% 11% Jan 21 Jan $ per share 105/a '86% Vicks Shreve & Pacific Ry com_100 5% non-cum preferred——.100 96% Mar 16 $ per $ per share Sper share 10% ' the Week May 13 IOYB S per share Sales for Friday . May 12 22 -2.50 Co Victor Chemical Works common—5 Feb 17% May 14% Jan 29 Chemical 1 Feb 10 118 2 15% Jan 3 113% Apr 29 Jun 23 Vick 89 6% May 13 14% July Feb 14% Nov Jan 1 Thursday 10% Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Co__6% 90 33% Feb 11 May 9 I per share Par 6 38% Jan 26 5 May 95 Dec '? share 13% Jan 22 Ye Apr 5 85% Jan Dec Feb 94 86 32% 93 LOW AND HIGH gALK PRICES Wednesday Tuesday May 11 May 10 Monday May 7 EXCHANGE Highest Monday, May 16, 1949 RECORD Saturday STOCK YORK NEW Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest Highest 12% July 19% Dec 85% STOCK CHRONICLE STOCKS Bant* for Previous Lowest FINANCIAL & 884,000 Number 4303 169 Volume THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL } Bond Record NOTICE—Prices week, "and are interest"—except for income and when outside of The italic letters in the the regular column weekly headed range and defaulted shown are "Interest Period" in bonds. in WEEKLY Cash footnote a indicate in and the each deferred week the case Lowest V" ■ ■ GOVERNMENT Tear 1948 Range Since Jan. 1 Lowest Highest NEW Highest 101.11 May 9 YORK BONDS delivery EXCHANGE Sep 105.28 Mar Sep 108.28 May ; 101.11 May 9 26 ./> Low __ 3%a 1949-1952 3s 1951-1955 2%a 1955-1960 2%s 1951-1954 2%a 1956-1959 *106.23 Treasury Treasury Treasury __ 2%8 1958-1963 *110.15 2%a 1960-1965 *111.9 2%S 1949-1953 2%s— 1950-1952 __ 110.23 Mar 11 101.18 Dec 182.22 110.23 Mar 11 Feb 102.23 Sep 102.23 Sep 101.7 Sep 101.11 Jan Jun _ 102.31 Jan 14 Feb 3 104.9 101.19 101.19 14 Feb 3 104.9 Treasury 'Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury — Jun 100.24 Mar 102.31 Jan 102.1 Mar ll 102.1 Mar 11 2%ft 101.13 101.11 101.11 *101.11 101.13 *101.11 101.13 104.19 *104.17 104.19 *104.17 104.19 *104.17 104.19 108.27 *108.24 108.28 *108.23 108.27 *108.24 108.28 103.19 *103.17 103.19 *103.17 103.19 *103.17 103.19 109.27 *109.24 109.28 *109.22 109.26 *109.26 109.30 110.19 *110.16 110.20 *110.14 110.18 *110.18 110.22 111.13 *111.10 111.14 *111.9 111.12 *111.12 111.16 *100.31 101.1 *100.31 101.1 *100.31 101.1 *100.31 *102.1 102.3 *102.1 102.3 *102.1 102.3 102.28 gales for May 13 Low the Week High Bonds (J) *101.11 101.13 *104.18 104.20 *106.26 108.30 *108.26 108.30 *103.17 103.19 *103.17 103.19 *109.26 109.30 *109.27 103.31 *110.18 110.22 *110.18 116.22 *111.15 111.19 *111.15 111.19 101.1 *101 101.2 *100.31 101.1 *102.1 102.3 *102.1 102.3' *102.1 102.3 102.28 *101.12 101.14 *104.17 104.19 » •: 5,000 102.27 *102.26 *102.26 102.28 *104.29 104.31 *104.31 105.1 *105.1 105.3 *105 103.2 1 02.20 *102.19 102.21 *102.21 ,102.23 *1.92.21 102.23 2%s 1963-1968 *102 102.2 "■» *102.1 102.3 *102.1 *102.1 102.3 *102;1»102.3 *102.1 2%g __Jun 1964-1969 *101.19 101.21. *101.20 101.22 *101.19 101.21 *101.20 101.22 *101.26, 101.22 *101.20 101.22 2%a Dec 1964-1969 *101.17 101.19 *101.17 101.19 101.18 *101.16 *101.16 101.19 ,' 101.18 *101.17 *101.16 *101.17 101.19 *101.15 101.17 *101.17j 101.19 1965-1970 101.19 101.18 *101.17 2%8 *101.16 101.18 *101.16 101.18 *101.13 101.15 101.12 Jun 101.7 Feb 7 101.7 Feb 7 Treasury 2%s 100.7 Oct 100.27 May 100.18 Jan 6 101.2 Mar 22 Treasury Treasury .Treasury Treasury 2%a *102.26 *102.25 Fridav : High ' Low *102.18 Sep 21 High Low 105.2 100.16 Feb High 102.20 Treasury 101.1 Low ' Thursday ^ May 12 May 11 *102.26 9 16 year *102.18 101.12 Feb Feb High Wednesday *108.23 1952-1954 the *105 9 101 May 10 *104.17 *103.17 transactions of for 105.1 101.12 Feb Jun LOW AND HIGH SALE PRICES ~ Tuesday *101:11 > only 102.23 Sep 100.23 ' • i May 9 Low range point. Monday • the the 102.18 Apr Oct a are -v *104.31 Jan 100.7 of they computing *102.16 100.24 __ unless sales in \ 100.25 102.26 May range, such " 100.26 102.26 May week's 1956-1958 Sep __ the 1962-1967 Jan —;— in taken of 2%a 100.23 ' account is 2%a 100.23 __ No 32d more 1 High Exchange bonds mature. .. Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury 108.13 Jan 26 or one disregarded are occur. the May 7 Treasury • 108.13 Jan sales they when Saturday STOCK Treasury 105.1 107.4 (2121) ..." YEARLY - which in month Figures after decimal point represent Range for Previous ' . New York Stock «» FRIDAY the CHRONICLE . :102.3 *102.26 102.28 -102.3 ___ 1966-1971 *101.13 101.15 *101.13 101.15 *101.13 101.15 *101.13 101.15 *101.13 101.15 Jun 1967-1972 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 100.29 *100.26 100.28 *100.26 100.28 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 2%a Sep 1967-1972 *103.6 103.8> *103.7 103.9 *103.5 103.7 *103.7 103.9 *103.7 103.9 *103.7 103.9 2%s Dec 1967-1972 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 100.29 *100.26 100.28 *100.26 100.28 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 100.29 103.2 *103.1 103.3 2%s 100.29 101.14 _ 1951-1953 *103 103.2 *103 103.2 *103.1 103.3 Treasury 2%a 1952-1955 *102.6 102.8 *102.6 102.8 *102.5 102.7 *102.6 102.8 *102.6 102.8 *102.7 2y4s 1954-1956 *105.9 105.13 *105.10 105.14 *105.10 105.14 *105.10 105.14 *105.12 105.14 *105.12 . 102.9 Treasury — _ r 105.15 *103 - *103.2 103.4 ___ Sep 102.13 July 102.30 Feb 9 102.30 Feb 1956-1959 *103.14 103.16 *103.15 103.17 *103.13 103.15 *103.15 103.17 *103.17 103.19 *103.17 103.19 Mar 100.4 May 100.13 Jan 20 100.19 Feb 7 Treasury Treasury 2y4g 100 2y4s Jun 1959-1962 *100.27 100.29 *100.28 100.30 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 100.29 *100.29 100.31 *100.29 100.31 100 Mar 100.2 Feb 100.17 Feb 9 100.21 Feb 16 Treasury 2y48 Dec 1959-1962 *100.27 100.29 *100.28 100.30 *100.27 100.29 *100.27 100.29 *100.29 100.31 *100.29 100.31 100.21 Oct 9 100.21 Feb — 100.21 Oct Sep 101.13 Mar 101.7 Dec 101.26 May tTreasury 2s tTreasury 2s — _J 100.21 Feb 100.31 9 ' 9 Treasury Jan 26 101.8 100.31 Sep Sep 101.18 July 101.19 July 9 101.18 Feb 100.7 Oct 100.16 Apr *100.10 100.11 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 100.18 *100.18 100.19 *100.19 100.20 *100.19 100.20 *100.19 100.20 *100.21 100.22 *100.22 100.23 *100.22 100.23 *100.22 100.23 *100.23 100.24 *100.22 100.23 2s __ __ __ *100.12 100.13 Sep 1950-1952 *100.30 100.31 *100.31 *101 101.1 *101.11 101.12 *101.12 101 101.13 *100.31 101 1951-1953 *101.11 101.12 *101.12 101.13 *101.12 101.13 *101.12 101.13 1951-1955 *101.14 101.16 *101.14 101.16 *101.13 101.15 *101.14 101.16 *101.15 101.17 *101.15 101.17 9 2a Jun 1952-1954 *101.17 101.18 *101.17 101.18 *101.17 101.18 *101.18 101.19 *101.18 101.19 *101.18 Dec 1952-1954 *101.21 101.22 *101.21 101.22 *101.21 101.22 *101.22 101.23 *101.22 101.23 *101.23 100.24 1953-1955 *103.18 103.22 *103.19 103.23 *103.18 103.22 *103.20 103.24 *103.21 103.24 *103.21 103.24 1950 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 *100.12 100.13 *99.29 *100.27 100 101 *99.29 100 *100.27 101 Treasury 2s Treasury 28 Treasury l%s Bank 101.11 *101 *101 101.1 - 101.19 - for Reconstruction & Development 94.10 Jan 94.14 Jan 98.30 May 99.30 May 98.24 Jan 10 99.11 Jan *Bid and asked price. 5 No 99.28 Mar 24 100.24 May 10-year 2y48 4 sales transacted this day. 25-year 3s \2% 1957 1972 J due June 1949-51 called 15 June RANGE Friday BONDS Last Period Exchange Sale Price or . New York . at par, 2% WEEK FOR 101 *99.27 99.30 *100.27 100.31 MAY ENDED Friday's Low No. High BONDS Last Period Sale Price Exchange 3%s Series No. 15 1980 J-D 105% 106 & 104 vfe 40 or High 1 107 % Registered bond transaction. „ J-D „ 3%s Series No. 17 18 f J-D 65 Jan. 1 Low High 59% 5 '63 % 6i y2 60 _< 58 *62 /•62 1 y 63% *62 ■/. '• J-D 3%s Series No. r Range Since Sold No. High 63% 63 ft J-D 3%fc Series No. 16 Bonds Friday's Bid & Asked Low Translr Unification Issue— 5,000 Week's Range Interest - New York Stock Jan. 1 r \ 13 Range Since Sold *99.27 99.30 *100.27 101.1 99.27 99.27 100.27 101 due September 1949-51 called Sept. 15 at par. a Odd lot transaction, City Corporate Stock - Friday Bonds Bid & Asked Low . *99.29 100 *100.27 Week's Range Interest New York Stock 2% __ 2s International , 100.11 *100.17 2s __ — *100.10 100.18 Mar 1950-1952 __ — *100.6 *100.5 100.10 *100.17 Treasury Treasury 101.18 Feb *100.6 100.4 *100.9 Treasury 26 Jan — 100.30 *100.6 *100.3 Dec lssa-xyoi 2s Treasury 101.8 *100.6 19*0-1951 Sep 1949-1951 2s Treasury __ Jun ' 'J 64 61 Ya 56 * 61 Va 63% 58 Va 63 Va 3%s Series No. 20 J-D *62 65 60 61% 3%s Series No. 21 J-D *62 64 3%s Series No. 19 . J-D ; ? " J-D ♦62 64 "55'/a *62 64 55% 63 *62 60 60% 63% 57 63 % 63 56% 62 60% 62 63% 59 63% *62.. 65 58 6i y4 63»A 63 60% 63 V* 3%s Series No. 25 J-D 63 y2 63% J-D ... 3%s Series No. 30 Teletype Broadway, New York NY Brisbane (City) s v ACarlsbad lAChile (Colombia)— F-A J-D A-CP of) 4s -I960 8AGtd sink fund 6s 1947 1948 Akershus (King of Norway) 8 A7s F-A *61 A-O *61 62 1968 M-8 93% 93% 24 1945 J-j 40% 40% 2 1945 J-j *39 % 1945 J-j *39 % *39 % s SAExternal f f series C s A External sec f 7s series D 1945 j-j 7s 1st series AExternal AExternal 7s 1957 A-0 s sec f 7s 2d f 7$ 3rd s series__1957 (City) 1958 10-year 3'As 10-year 3>/4s 20-year 3y2s 40 % 1956 102 % F-A 1957 6V2s External s f s f S of) 99 AExtl A 6s 37 y8 2 37% 40% 99% 129 A 6s 101% 103 % 94% 7 90 8s 93% 93% 23 89 957/b 92 92 % 21 90J/a 90% 91% 35 •84% f 6%s of 10 100% 102% 4 102 Va 112 6 115 119 91% 100 51 j-j 106 106 J-D 117 119 -1941 14 10055 Extl A 52% 69 A-O 52% 44 69 -1979 J-D 1957 52% -1979 A-O 1952 52 52 y, A-O J-D « ■ 45% 2 J-J 1942 M-N ♦34 M-N *26% 1960 A-O 99% 35% 6 • 46 -- 43 54% 53 y2 42% 53% 63 65% 37% 26% 29 35% 37% Bank 6J/2s A-O M-N *34' Af-N 1957 J-D 1962 ; 26% • —-W' * ' -' 26% ■ 27 26% *34 26% /• ' V . ; • J ±2- \ . 35% 26% 40 • A6s A Chilean Cons Munic assented (Hukuang Ry) 5s A-O 27 y4 : . (Int reduced to 3.5%)^ 1978 J-D *51 y2 53y2 A-O *47%' 50 *65 67 6% - funding bonds of 1931 due_ -1951 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.375%) External $ bonds of 1944 .1979 (Plan B) >' 1962 Af-N Af-N M-S *34 M-S J-D ♦26% 1960 1951 . *34 For ' J-D i .' J-D 3%s Series No. 3 - -. 3%s Series No. 4 - 3%s Series No. 5 J-D i 64% J-D 3%s Series No. 7 J-D J-D 71 3%s Series No. 9 J-D 72 3%s Series No. 66 5 >2 59 65 26 57% 26% 35% 40 ^r.. : 5 26%; 58% 66 72 2 62% 10 J-D J-D 63% 3%s Series No. 12 J-D 63 3%s Series No. 13 J-D : 58% 72 * J-D - j'. For footnotes see page 33. -j mo;; .!#»■> ffS-- e62% 2 60 Va *5% 30 .;; v 6% * ■: SECURITIES FIRM TRADING MARKETS 5 58% 63% 63 ; r.Ml MAMS & P.O. IMC- 63 1 FOREIGN SECURITIES SPECIALISTS 50 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. £7 63% 58 63 y2 63% ■. "" 62 Va 55y8 5 . 63 59 *62 ^ 63%., 62% 63 % .. . •• 63% Telephone HAnover 2-0050 36% 29 35% 26% ' 71 I ■ 71 72 '26% —— - 65 4 - *68 e70% 3%s Series No. 11 65 65 Va 66' . . 65 64% ^ J-D 3%s Series No. 8 3%s 8eries No. 14 65% 29 ' 26% ' 65 29 37% 26% Financial Institution$ FOREIGN 37 26 34 — 3%s 8eries No. 1 3%s Series No. 2 .. — 29 36 > Stamped pursuant to Plan A u 29 37% 26 5 ) 267/s ♦26% 1962 7s A-O 1960 assented 1961 36% 29 V* 35% »_ *34 1961 assented 29 25 109 27 1 AGuaranteed sink fund 6s 36% 26% *34 J-D J-D 37 29 35% -28% {' *•' 29 y2 35% 6 ' '■ 29 Va 25% . ' *34 J-D 1961 1961 A63/4s assented 26 *26% J-D "> *26% 1963 , 1957 63/4s fund ♦34 •'•'"-.Vv __ *26% 1993 bonds 2-3s Mortgage J-J M-S M-S A-O 8ep 1961 Sep 1961 assented f $ *34 65% 57 Va : 34 1 i 71 46 y2 3 26 2 35 55 61 49% ' 37 y2 71% ' 49% 34% 4 27% 26% J-J Jan 1961 assented AChlnese 60% 70 28% 3 • 35. 26% F-A ' AOuaranteed sink fund 6s 54 37 26 y4 ; 35 ' V; 26% 26% F-A 6s assented A6s 71% 101% 102% «.«. ;V ■i.. 30 34% A-O 72 62 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.375%) (Central Ry) 107% 1963 _I sinking fund Sinking A 7b A-O Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.375%) s f 6y2s of 1927- 104% 106 Va 106'/a Jan 1961 A6yas assented 93% 60% — s A Chile 92% 85% 85 J-D 1926____1 1957 AExternal 104 y4 9 - *54 1962 assented A 6s 93% 91% M-S Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 3.5%)_ 4 -1978 s 102% 1960 AExternal sinking fund 6s 97% 1955 external 50 102 7/a 1031/4 Feb 1961 6s AExternal sinking fund 6s 41% 95 ' (U AExternal A7s A 6s 41 10 11 1955 7s 8ABrazil 40% 1949 6s External 101 Feb 1961 fund assented ARy external s f 6s 41 93'/4 F-A A 6s 41 94 J-D 1962 40% 1017/8 102% J-D 1966 15-year 3%s external f 7s assented AExtl sinking 37 7 94 J-D 20-year 3%s 41% 37% 40% 98% j-j A 6s 93% 41% 37% - 40% J-D 1967 Belgium 18 • 62 81 37 % 37% 40% A-O (Commonw'lth) 5s of '25-1955 5s 40% A-O series__1957 Antwerp Australia external s assented AExternal sinking fund 6s 4s s 103'/« 45 1942 8s External 98% 101% : ^ • 8 AAntioquia (Dept) coll 7s A 8 A External s f 7s series B SAExternal (City) (Rep) 6 100'/a 100 % 102'/a 102'/a 100% J-J 1961 1954 -f" 101% ioi y4 MS 1958 1950 - AGtd 6s 10 »/4 ' —_—1957 f 5s__. Sinking fund gold 5s__ Sinking fund gold 6s 1-1693 Foreign Govt. & Municipal fund 63'/4 63 V* V{y.;'.:V :.r, 25-year 3»/4s sink J-D y t CanadA .(Dominion Agricultural Mtge Bank 63 '/4 63% ' Members New York Stock Exchange 120 J-D 3%s Series No. 26 Wertheim & Co. 2-2300 *62 3%s Series No. 29— REctor *62 J-D 3%s Series No. 28 T ele phone J-D 3%s Series No. 27 ' : J-D : 3%s Series No. 24 Foreign Securities 63% ..J-D 3%s Series No. 22 3%s Series No. 23 . 63% Teletype NY 1-971 ' 37% 5% 7% 29 29 30 (2122) , & COMMERCIAL THE YORK NEW RANGE FOR Monday, May 16, 1949 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE RECORD BOND WEEK ENDED MAY 13 Friday Friday Interest BONDS New York Stock Exchange Period Last Week's Range or Friday's Sale Price A Low No. High San Paulo (State) Oct 1961 1928 A6s of 1927 A-0 77 77 3 -\7 70 44 42 Va 47 Va 77 77 A-O 42V« 42 Vi 15 IA Colombia Mtge Bank 6%s 1947 A-O 47 Va 47 Va 2 lASinking fund 7s of 1926 5ASinking fund 7s of 1927 Copenhagen (City) 6s 25-year gold 4%s 1946 M-N *41 41% 47 1947 F-A *41 41 Va 47 1952 J-D 80 68% 81 1953 1951 M-N 78 Vi 1977 J-d 3s Jan 1961 external A Costa Cuba f s Rica bonds $ (Rep of) 7s (Republic ofi 4%s extl (State)— Czechoslovakia Stamped assented gold gold External El Salvador 4s extl f 3'/2S extl s French 96 22 81% 96 F-A 89% 88 % 89% 11 74% 90 Vi A-O 82% 82% 83% 46 64% 83% 1962 of) J-J J-J extl *40 1967 1949 7s M-5 part paid 1964 M-N part paid 1968 F-A Helsingfors (City) ext 6%s 1960 A-O Irish 1960 76 State extl f 5s s (Republic) Italian Credit Consortium extl Italian Public — *102 Va 9'/4 8 Va 9 Va 8 Va 4 Mexican 1977 J-J 34% 34% 35 Va 37 1977 • J-J 31% 31 32% 105 M-S to 3% 1977 J-J 1952 *49 Va J-J 1951 J-D 1957 A-O Mexico of A 26 I6V4 1 27% 50 56 15 23% 60 11 11 1 *39'A A-0 ; . 100 of 1922 41% 102 4% 89 Vi 1984 J-J 70 75 1952 A-O 26 34% 1953 F-A 1958 F-A extl readjustment external 7s (City) assented 1922 — 14 INDUSTRIAL AND 14 6 10 8% 8% a-o 196? 3%s M-N 5% 9% COMPANIES 1956 M-S 1966 *49% J-D tz debs Mfg 2s Airlines debs 3s 57 104% *101 % 107% 100 VA — 101 Vi 80 77' *._ 104% 104'/a 107 107 A-O Foreign Pow deb 5s———2030 36 Vi — *104 J-J 80% 98% 15 98% 99 Vi 82 82 99',4 82 10 75 82% 92 M-S 86 86 87% 27 84 F-A 84% 94 94% "3 92 A-0 95% 96 50 94 % 96% 90% 2i 88 Va 92 101 Vi 101% 395 101 Va Telephone & Telegraph Co— debentures. 1980 95 Va deductions ———1975 debentures 1986 J-J conv 1961 J-D debentures 1982 A-O 94 93% 84 12 92 debentures— 1987 J-D 96 96 96 19 94 97 Vi 1957 J-D 103% 103 103% 5o7 103 110% 1973 J-D 104% 104 Va 104% 103 103 VA 105% 638 debentures conv debentures conv agree—1945 _' .— ... debs w -1959 "9% J-J 11 "9 "l "9%. 11% 8% • — J-D 107 lC3'i 103% 31 103 Va 103% 103% 104 30 102% 104 Vi 1st gold 4s July 1995 Q-J 79% 81% Products Co 5s 1966 A-O 1995 A-0 125% 125 Vi 126 73 M-N 114 Va 114 Va 115 10 — 6 V 7 4s -..July 1 1995 .4. Charlotte & Air Line mortgage 3%s *79 Va -- __ 92 86 86 Va ■ Coast 1st unified 122% 109 115% 103'% 103 % 3 103% 104 Vi 102% 103 Va 31 101% 105 Va 38 97% 10.% 88 47 Va 1963 M-N 4s.__.July 1952 M-S A J-D 98 % 97 % 99 J-J 55% 54 % 56 3D % 40VV 23 37 cons 4%s Danville 1964 Ry 126% Ry— - 1st 4s._1948 mortgage 4s.._ 1948 1966 2%s debs J-J j-j *99% 100% 57 Vi 44 Va 99% 101 Vi 5% B • 1945 107% Topeka & Santa Fe— Atlantic Refining 6% "5% 4% 103% 107 107 >4 103% SASecond 4'/4 *4Vi J-J 94% 103% § A Atlantic & to J-D 103% A-0 General 11 101% A-O Atlantic 11 % 1962 Atlanta 11 9% ., 95 80 VA —1969 debentures 1st to debentures Stamped 15% * 15% Q-J 1954 ass'td (1942 agree)_19G8 —— General 4s *9 (assented *78% A-O 3s ... (1942 agree)— 1953 (assented 1952 7s Southern Great Amer Tobacco Co deb 3s "E ... to "agreement) J-J Baltimore & Ohio RR— ass'td (1942 agree)—1963 J-J *7% ASmall 1913 K~';'K " 6% ~7% 7 Vi § ATreasury 6s of 1922 81'/a Atchison : to 5 2%s ASmall A4s New 87% 2%s __ *9 1910 67 % Ann Arbor „ new F-A 2%s Q-J agreement)- A4s 1978 2%s , 1945 Large ASmall 1922 •88 3%s *5 A - 87 79 A P W Large ASmall § A4s 83 2 2%s 37 Vi 40% *4% J-J 1968 due 1904 81 11 American 11V4 7 101 :iA 101% M-N agree)_«1968 Large of 127 88 2%s agree__1943 A A4s 85 85 38 Amer 37 97 50 54'A 32% 86 Vi 83'A 83 Allis-Chalrners 40% 31'A ■' 130 130 133 — Power 1st mtge 3%s___.1972 & Susquehanna RR 4%s„1975 Alleghany <fc Western 1st gtd 4s_.1998 39% 37 54 VA 50 92 J-D Alabama -1943 ... ass'td 83 •' 1978 3%s 1922 1899 New 83 Vi M-N 1937) Alabama A Small A5s M-N ($ AAdriatlc Electric Co 18 31 Vi J-D 1950 (1942 f A5s Assented of 90 Va 10% (Republic of)— §A5s bond 11 *121 readjustment —1979 conversion.-—^—,1979 15% 6 ... *130 M-N RAILROAD 101% 16% - 13 - 2%s 1954 5 Vis assented A Small M-N 1964 a4 %8 Irrigation— ANew - —I960 American 7s SA4%s assented to A4%s small • 6s 6s AWarsaw 65 53 100 Vi 4 101 Vi 101 Vi 20 91% *126 F-A fund fund -12% 5Vi 72 ' 65 62 63 9 9% 91'A 11 Va 5% 20%' sink AVenetian Provinces 7s. 102 Va 6 37 10% 9Vi 14 101% -v 9% 9 ... 11 5% 3%s 52 Va 11% 16 20 J-J extl 7s 58 .33 4-4%-4%s extl readjustment 61% 46 __ 9% 9% J-D 1957 1946 10 9% 59 62% 3%-4%-4,ft68 extl conv Metropolitan Water Sewerage & - M-N 10% J-D 1958 57% ' •f*k' J. 48k.- ■j sink External Utility— Board 1962 1958 sec 3%-4-4 %s for Altaly (Kingdom of) 7s A Jugoslavia (State Mtge Bk) 7s AMedellln (Colombia) 6'/2s Drainage extl B Albany l-3s to 3% Ciedit Institute 1 % External f s 9% AExternal 56 49% 1947 Public Works 1% §A7s series B M-N AExternal 77 75 57% _ M-N Free Italian .. 1 . Government— A6s ; 0 J-J A7s A 58% * ./-J 7s___ 1962 (Prov of) assented External Jan 1, 1976 S Republic Greek 63 94% *50 Jan 1, 1970 -Jan 1, 1976 (Republic series A4 Vis — $ s 52 96 66 t 55 *""57% A-0 2012 (Kingdom)— Slovenes external- County Council 3%s SAUruguay (Republic) extl 8s A-0 i , ' '60 secured ASilesia 110 '/« J-J , 58 57 57 J-J A7s 15% Vi va J-J 1968 A8s 1942 4%s f f extl 12 104 2.25%)——2GG4 8ydney 1955 $ 3s AEstonia 9 45 -Av'u' *60% ( High t S Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2%) 79 63% 16 15% 107% 15 Va 107 V\'v— M-S 1956 to reduced extl Serbs Croats 1960 5%s (Republic of) s 78 «2 78 Va M-N 39 Jan. 1 Low (continued)— dollar loan (Int A6s (int reduced to 6%) extended to. SADenmark 20-year extl 6s External 807'« -19 Vi High Stamped pursuant to Plan A 78 Va 35% J-J 1970 , Range Since Sold No. 1 loan extl water jj>7s 78% 70 Bonds Bid A Asked High (Republic of)— 6s of Week's Range or Friday's Last Sale Price Low Low Colombia Period Exchange New York Stock Jan. 1 Sold Interest BONDS Range Since Bonds Bid & Asked 6 Va 10 1st 8 Vi 8 1st agreement) —1933 -■ ASmall J-J -v. 9V4 — . Ref 9% B ser (4% A-0 contingent int)__July 1975 gen mtge 5% (2 % lixed & 3% 83 83 % 43 80% 83 88 83 88 % 13 84% 95% 63 Va fixed 1% and . 5%. mtge and (ass'td July 1975 mtge 4s ser A A-0 contingent interest).— -- AGs . New ass'td (1942 agree)— 1963 J-J *7% ASmall AMilan (City of) Mlnas Oeraes 6%s —1952 f 6 Vis s 1958 Stamped pursuant to Plan ASec reduced external to f s sink fund sink fund 3Vis s 48% 11'rH 26% 54 38 2 extl f external Af-S 2.125%)—2008 to *31 M-S * __ ; > 26 Vi .1959 .M-S 2008 M-S V 30 Vt 30 1' 93 M-S 99 97% 99 7 88 96'/4 97 10 83 Va 97 80'/a 96 80 F-A A-O *92 1970 J-D *92 1955 A-0 95'A 95 Vi 95% 37 93 Vi • 95 94% l,—.- 9 83 94 81 Va 95 due Dec 1 1995 income^.. Feb 1 2010 series 4s 1st * 1st mtge fxd & 1%% 5% ser AStamped assented 5s Stamp mod 3'As ext to 1963 lien Con & M ref 4s J-J J-D 1967 M-S SAPernambuco (State of) reduced *31 to M-S *24% 26 Vi M-S 20% 20 Vi f A4Vis assented I AStablllzation loan I960 J-D 2d ser 1961 A-0 1940 1958 s f APorto Alegre (City 7s Bell sec 2001 reduced Rio Grande do Sul #A8s extl loan of A6s 12 Vi 12 Vi J-D fund (Int reduced external - 1 reduced to ~5% 12% 19 6% 14 39 r"% A-0 Bush Bush 24%' 29% to A-O A *39Vi 45 — (Int redr.ced Paulo to (State) J-D J-D 33% __ - 33'A 33% 13 (Int reduced M-N -—i..-..j !■„ 15 98% 98% 95 95 100 120 121% 94% 102% 25 1 83 *101 Va — *83% __ 90 96% 104 97% 97% 101- 83 99 Va 99 101% 87 - 101 Va 101 • 79 19 50 Vi 78'/a 19 19 Va 48% J-J ; 3 99 101% 83 83 A-O . 8 99 99 101 101 Vi M-N . 1960 1st 4%s M-N 49 Va 48 % — — 83% — 59 Vi 35'/a 35 Va 103 Va 104% 100% 102 4 99% 54 Vi 55 y 101% 90 Vi 96% 2 98% 99% 46 96 Vi 99Va 97% 10 101 Va 96Vi J-J M-N 2 104 101 M-S . — *101 Va F-A M-N 1957 4s 1955 J-J 1960 gtd Bldgs 5s 55 101% 101% A-O ...1952 5s Power 1st 3s 93 A-O 1976 Calif Oregon Power 3%s_- National Guaranteed 38 Guaranteed gold 24 Vi 28% gold gold 54 Vi 61% 92% 3 100% 10 93 91 Va 102 99 —— 105 102% 102% -i 102 99 Va 100 Vi 24 9 7'/a 114% 114 6 115%* A-0 105% 106 Vi 6 113% 105% f-a 107 % 107% 5 107 Va 108% j-d 113% 113% 1 112% 113% 112 V» 113% *105 Vi — m-n 'A-O 1962 105% 100 Vi 99 Va 101Vi *100 j-d - :___1974 ' A 25 26Vi 27 Guaranteed gold -Canadian *28 J-D *28 A-O 30 27 28 Vi j-j -...1957 27% 28 25% 54% 53 48% 3 44 44 2 2012 M-N —Oct 1969 53 4%s: 1955 4%s—1.2-'—-'- 1956 4%s.._——1951 114%r & 44 Vi J-J 1999 J-J *57 J-J *60 iaan T_ T 1 64 112% 112% 10 105% 105 % 105% 5 105 % 106% j-j m-s 98 99 132 93% 101 Vi 108 98 108 4 107% 108% 102 V8 103% 16 102% 103 Va 100 101% 101'/a 101% Adirondack Ry— 59% 59% j-d 1981 mtge gtd 4s " 44 §ACent Branch U P 1st gold 4s 54 Central 33% 44 Vi 66 41 57% 66 66 F-A *101 j-d *75 :ri *ici% 62 ..... • 1948 ' —__.1995 Jan 12020 Jan 1 2020 tACentral of N J gen gold 5s 5s registered AGeneral 4s A 4s 102% F-A ■ 77% of Georgia Ry— 1st mtge 4s ser A Gen mtge 4%s ser A Gen mtge 4%s ser B._ Central Illinois Light 3%s A A-0 1965 1960 (1947 issue)__^_^____1960 34% 55'A 44 Vi *60 112'/a :m-s • Celanese Corp 3S deos..^.—... -Celotex Corp 3%s debs.l—I debs 107%-^ r f-a deb stock (perpetual) Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio 4s_.__1965 1st 104% : 46 ,..1938 / conv 3 Vis M-N M-N 5s 5s__.—.1970 Pacifier Ry— Carthage 48% M-N 100% 102% Ry—. 4%sv ' gold gold 4% Stamped pursuant to Plan A /»„j. Terminal Guaranteed *32 J-D 1957 A8s external i- Terminal 33% • 2001 2.3% M-S .. At..—July 1970 Co 7s modified 35 *35 1950 to (Ernesto) 29 Stamped pursuant to Plan A . 12 95% 95% M-N J-J 1967 JJ, RR ser Guaranteed 1952 2%) 8s___, J-J L v 45* Stamped pursuant to Plan A |ASan 4%'s Guaranteed A-0 2004 f 120% 121% *103% 104 ~ 2012 2.375%) s series 4s series California Elec 1926._._,_1966 2.25%) 86 Va 100 38 Vi 27 4 32 *25% 120% M-N 1961 *35 F-A 88 *100 F-A 1955 4%s Consolidated 33% 88 85'/a Buffalo Rochester & Pgh Ry— 29%. 27 3 104 29 28 83 F-A 27% 36% 78 76 87 A-O 27% 28 74% 70% ,—1954 ABieda 30 36 % 64 83 5s series AC. 5s series II Stamped F-A 13 Bristol-Myers Co 3s Debs 1968 Bklyn Union El 1st gold 5s .1950 Bklyn Union Gas 4s debentures—1969 Gen mtge 2%sJ ; 1976 Buffalo Niagara El 1st mtge 2%s__1975 31 %,A-0 64% *75 % *31 *27 1968 (City) 8s Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced 40 64 64 - *24% 1999 Paulo A6Vis extl secured mtge J-J 2001 7s 1967 stmp pursuant to Plan A (Int reduced to 2.25%) 2004 (City of) 6 Vis 1952 . 15 9% 12 Vi *33 A-0 A Rome ASao . mtge Canadian to 2%) loan of mtge 1st J-J 1946 1946 gold.. Stamped pursuant to Plan (Int 14'A 35 Stamped pursuant to Plan A A7s mtge 1st Canada Southern cons gtd 5s (State of)—. 1921__ sink 6% 2012 reduced to 2.5%) external 13% 85% A-O 1970 __.__1976 1979 mtge 3s ser K Boston & Maine RR— AInc mtge *13 Stamped pursuant to Plan A (Int J... 1st 1953' 2%) I ser 21 V'B to Plan A to ser 2%s 21% A 2006 2%s mtge 17'A A 6%s Stamped pursuant (Int • mtge Cons 17'A 9% 77% J-J 1964 Cons 62 8 19 87 3%s—1951 Cons 61 • 79 Steel Corp— 20% *15 J-J 1961 21 52% 78% 1951 1st f debentures s 20 V2 *12 J-J 1963 30% 17% 73 43% j-J Telephone of Pa 5s series C..1960 20 Vi *12 -A-O 1950 25% 15 61% 177 1951 Extension 20 Vi 20% A-O 1968 7Vis 1966 strap pursuant to Plan (Int reduced to 2.25%) lARio de Janeiro (City of) 8s Stamped pursuant to Plan A (lot reduced to 2.375%) AExternal 20% A-O 1947 of) 8s Stamped pursuant to Plan (Int reduced to 2.375%) 40 33 44% r-:< stamped Creek 1st A-0 A4Vis assented AExternal sink fund gold 8s_. 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A (Rep of) external 7s ANat loan extl s f 6s 1st ser s —-. 1947 to Plan APeru ANat loan extl 89 97 *88 2.125%)„_2008 Stamped pursuant (Int 7s *101 *102% 62% 43% j-j D—„-1985 ser 4s ref 4s Beech Bethlehem Af-N 1994 Ext 6ec ref 3Vis series B (31% 43 Va A cont int)..1980 Bangor & Aroostook RR— 3%s (Republic) — 62% M-N 1980 A Beneficial Indus Loan 2%s debs—1961 Panama 03 May (3% % 93% 1963 1957 Municipal Bank extl s f 5s Oslo (City) sink fund 4Vis 62% 54'/a Toledo Cincinnati division 99 A-O 54 Vi 11 J-D J conv Ref 96 1965 loan 94% 1956 4'As 94% 54 % 23 55 54 % S'western div 94% 21 55 % 54 % M-S Pgh Lake Erie & West Va— Plan A M-N 55'/a 54 % M-S due Mar 1 1996 Series 38 1957 % 54'% 54% .due Mar 1 2000 M Ref & gen mtge 6% <2%% fixed and 3% '/o contingent interest) — 30 37 25% *26 Vi • J-D K Series 38 25% *31% due Dec 1 1995 G Series A4%s 6Vis„ Stamped pursuant 4s 48% .11% 8% 15 A (Ipt reduced to 2.125%) Netherlands (Kingdom) 3% Norway (Kingdom of) 4Vis External A-0 10% (State) — ASec external (Int lOVa 10% Series registered ._._1966 1987 —...1987 ;—1987 1987 j-j May *58% 45% 55 q-j 55 % q-j 45 *108% A-0 j-j j-j 58% 58% May 52 *51% 58% 50 67% 65 5.9 % 59 *' 46 % 72 108 — 52 42 • 108 - 55% 80 49% 78% 55% 194 49% 73 48 70 50% .51 *32% — 45 Number 4803 Volume 169 THE COMMERCIAL ,& FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2123) 31 NEW YORK BOND RECORD RANGE , , : j . . York New Central Pacific & 1st : • Central Period :v . Ref & gold 4 Vis 1992 j— Ref & 1996' 1996 .1973 Impt M 3 Vis series D impt M 37aS series E_ Ref & .. imp M 3%s series H R A & 2d 1st Div consol gold 10052 Low 102% 10 M-N 100 Vi 100 — ',:a. \ >'■ C • 1st & 1st & ref 1st & ref mtge 4Vis ref series Gen 1st inc mtge mtge 3%s J-J 100% 101% El 1st 5s 1965 : 1965 , , 101 14 122% 128 44 .197 Ed El HI Paso 1127a 105 ;. 97:;,. 100% 1041/4 105% 118 120% 7 . Gen 110% 110% 3 109% 1007a _A__ 106 108 A-O A-O * 10574. 106% 1037a 5 *10578 1077a • Jan 2015 : 1964 1990 2000 1953 1971 inc 472s ser: A E iptge 1st cons mtge 37»s ser - 1st mtge -378s ser F_-__ cons 1st cons 3%s ser Q mtge 63 82 *80 84 25 63 957a 997a 6 80 8974 80 877a 99 99 99% A-O J-J J-J M-S M-S . 64 82 6374 J-J - 72 111 6 &r Southwestern stamped Erie Railroad Co-^- 101 37 v 100% 110% 110% 111% F-A F-A F-A 97 Vi 97'/a 97% 2 94% J-J 37 V2 37'% 37% 26 36'% 46% 1985' M-N 74 % 75 1982 1988 M-N 1st con3 mtge 2s' ser H Ohio Div 1st mtge 3%a V . *99 __ *100 98"% 1997 ill 111 : *100% 100% 98 Vi 101 RR— 5s B *75 80% 65 65 80% 15 75% 87 66% 5 62% 77% 54 54 1 54 fFloricla East A 1st 1961 * 472s Certificates' of Francisco J-D M-S 1974 " 1956 103 59 74 58% 1047a 1017a *102 74 103 103 547a 37 6574 557a M-S M-N deposit Sugar coll trust 6s 12 1037a 10374 M-N 1959 debs 3s 1st 59 1027a 104 100 *104 100 51 84% A Rub & Coast ref 5s series A & 65% 41% 84% Tire Firestone 120% 118 80'% J-J mtge 4,/2S__ri„_Jan 1 2038 76 '120 J-J • inc 112 2 *1047a 101% High *14574 M-S 1977 Chicago & Erie 1st gold 5s Chicago Gt West 1st 4s series A AGen Jan. 1 Low 1127a 1127a M-N - 197a- 1970 conv ser 1958 1st 5s 1995 1985 £. ' 27/as Chicago & Eastern 111 a B mtge 3 Vis East Tenn Va &r Ga Div (NY) 1st cons gold 5s Elgin Joliet & Eastern Ry 374S_ *112 J-J Range Since Sold No. High 105% *119% 127 j-J .1958 ___. Bonds 101 Vi Chicago Burlington & Qulncy RR—' General 4s Range Friday's Bid & Asked 101 Vi 105% 105% J-J or Sale Price Period 99% ,<•100 '"J-D Week's Last \ Interest, 103 Vi 127% 127% F-A •' Low 5s 127 7a v" ■ 105 *101 M-S '<';' 103% 10052 » . ' High ~ l 100% BOND S"; New York Stock Exchange " . 13 Jan. 1 *1017a 102% *104 J-J 1989 4s—, No. High 10052 F-A gold 4s____1989 cons MAY Range Since Sold 102% 102% J' ••'7''. 1974 F-A ^ ser ENDED Friday Bonds Friday's Low F-A B____„_ 1968 Champion Paper & Fibre deb 3s___1965 Chesapeake & Ohio Ry—' V'V/'A .> General or Bid & Asked ; V gtd gold 4s_1949 1st ref 3%s mtge ) • Last Sale Price A-O to Aug 1 1949) - 'J, "As 3s___—1974 Power ref series A {V/4% 1st -Interest t New York :Stock Exchange . WEEK Week's Range Friday BONDS . FOR Chicago Ind & Louisville Ry— A 1st mtge 4s inc ser A A 2d Chic J-J & Southern 4s a 41% J-J 1994 J-J 99% mtge 4Vis inc ser A__Jan 1 2019 Apr 54 53 y« 54 Vi 35 53 65 Apr 45% 45 45% 57 44% 54 St Paul Pac & Vis inc conv B ser ;.>~5 RR— mtge 4s ser A Gen 4 J-J Jan 2003" 1956 Milw 1st Jan 1983 mtge 4 Vis inc ser A Chicago Indiana __Jan 1 2044 99Vi 100 84% 94% 99% 103% Chicago & North Western Ry— 2nd mtge conv inc 4Vis___Jan 1 1999 * Apr 1st mtge 3s ser B __1989 Chicago Rbck Island & Pacific R'y— 1st A4s conv Goodrich 5s J-J 106% Apr 1951 Gold 3Vis 53 Vi 51% >90% 94 86% *. General 597s 51% 95 ... 32 106% 107 91 91 J-D *103 1951 J-D < J-D 91% 106 98% 102 74% 74% 5 74% 69% 69% 3 69 72% 1st mtge 3 Vis series 1st ser mtge 27/aS Chic & West'n 1st & ref Indiana 4Vis 1963 4s J-J 105 102% 1952 102% 102% 102% M-S 104 A-O 101 100 Vi 101 1969 1st mtge 23/is 1974 J-D 1961 J-D 1993 J-D & General gold 4s General 5s St Louis 100 ' F-A 111 *101% 102 __ 25 111 10274 1067s 1 71 B___' ■ 92 71 23/4S- ser P— 1982 27ss Bay ser ct-fs B 8674 Mobile & Gen 1st Ohio & ref Series 4s trust"33As 3s Util 2074 J-D 104 74 10574 AAdj 1950 F-A gtd 4Vis 1961 A-O 1973 A-O 1st mtge 4Vis 1977 *101% A-O 1972 A-O Terminals series C 1980 105 105 105'/« 102 1017/a 102 45% 437a A-O 1971 *9974 M-S 1973 Columbus & Toledo Sou Commonwealth 1st mtge 3s A-O 3 Vis 1970 M-S extl 4s Ohio 1955 F-A El 1st Edison N 1978 105 Sf. of New *104 F-A 1965 *10272 *106 7a .7 A-O B 1977 ref mtge 23/4s ser C 1972 *._ — J-D 1st & ref 3s 1972 M-N 1979 J-J 1963 J-D ser 2%s 1st & ref mtge ser D : 3s ser E Natural Gas 23/is 1st mtge Baking Crucible Steel § A Cuba Northern 1st 27/as M-8 98 --' 1968 Ry 1st 5s ;::7j debs 3 Vis. 1965 1966 5074 —7,:; — 12 Telep 23/4S series A.__1981 9674 97% 12174 12574 2 987a 9£> 96 917a 27 1017a 101 iS 15 1017a 597a 607* 35 597a 6774 20 22 74 20 25% 98% 98% 12 90 103 gold 4s gold 372s — 10174 10372 10372 1057a 106 gold 3s Collateral 107 7» 104 10474 ' 106 72 101 7. . 104 7a 106 -- -- 102 7. V-' '• r: •" , J-J 1946 J-D §A6s series B deposit receipts 1946 ; .7,. ' W— 5s J-D 107 7a 101 3/4 :'7:5 2 96 ■"'"v,**'" *80 93 74* ; 10 82 36 1st & 1st ref Illinois Div 1951 81% *102 7a *100 gold 1st 1st gold 4s 101% L St 101 3/4 * 1007a *102 F-A 1951 1057a 1077a 797a 883/a 1037a 1037a 1007a 100 5/a 1017a 10274 1007a 100 3/4 1007a 1007a 1017a 102 1017a 1017a — 1047a >-Z~ ■ 1 ■ ■ *99% 1007s J-J 372s_—1951 103 16 *100 J-J ■ 1053/4 101 5/8 1003/4 29 82 1037a 1007a 5 1017a 1017a —— F-A 1951 F-A ref ref — 10174 1 __ 1027a 103 5 1013/4 1013/4 997a 10374 10174 10174 N O— & 111 & A 1963 J-D 947a 94 94 V2 40 923/4 C 1963 J-D 8874 873/4 887< 37 86 1963 S3 7a 83 % 8474 3 817a 95 97 6 95 100 3/4 *100 101 100 1003/4 A 1970 1st gold 4s 1950 J-D J-J J-J 1986 J-D Ry Iowa & Indianapolis Ref series series 5s 4 72s mtge 4s ser D— Terminal Indiana 4s Union Ry ser ser C_i Great Northern 1st A Adjustment 6s 6s series A 1st 5s A 1st gold 5s *89 10074 J-J C 1944 1972 - 93 59 7274 24 24% 51 217a 26 647a 62% 64'/a 5 537a 64 7a 65'/a 63 65% A-O 1956 §AInternat Hydro-Elec deb 6s Int Rys Cent Amer 1st 5s B 72% 247a J-J 1956 69 j-j series A___July 1952 B 7274 A-O 1952 series 87 RR— A series 933/a Co— Imp 272s ^International 3074 35 3s 1951 Chic and 1st 35 3274 35 ... gold 372s A 2572 16 34 % Joint • 80 33 2874 1st J-D J-J 9 18 105% 106 74 817a ; 103 * 52 3174 — 957a 47 79 33% *34 1017a 99 V.CV" 50 1017a 1950 Registered 1027a 100 7a 7 16 10274 105% —— —— 101 F-A 103 1017a —- 1013A 4 104'/a 1047a 102 .1966 • 103 ;V. 70 101 M-V M-N J-J 111 Cent 104 10174 — 10274 102% J-J 1953 1955 Western Lines 1027a 102 *34 v 102 74 10574 *35 J-J 100 99% 102% — 104 78 1952 • 1017a 1007a 101 3%s__- ■ Div * * A-O M-N gold 4s 474s Springfield 103% 246 *48 28 7a J-J 1027a 7oV-:-■ 1017a 1017a 33% J-D § A Deposit receipts _» §A7Vis series A deposit rets 22 *94 7;" 9872 : —: - 1952 1955 St Louis Div & Term gold 3s 9672 14 10172 10172 J-J 1952 100 1951 gold 4s__ Louisville Div & Term gold 372s_1953 Omaha Div 1st gold 3s 1951 9872 947a 97 *102% 103 *__ 101% 96 10 1067a 106% 1067a J-D gold 9872 A-O M-S Bridge gold 4s Gold 97 *10374 1037a 103 J-J 1951 lines Litchfield 1047a 1037a 104% Cairo 1057a 104 1951 trust Refunding 9 1951 • 4s Purchased Collateral — J-J : gold trust Refunding —-J ■ J-D 372s sterling _• 1st J-J 1978 RR— 1st Extended ; series B Central 1st / 1st 10572 10374 103 74 M-N 1942 *96 74 100 M-S 5 A Deposit receipts RR ' A-O 1975 1st 5 Vis 3s mtge 98 1982 A debentures Consumers Power A Cuba 41% Bell 1st mtge 3s Illinois York— 1st & Continental 1007a 10472 104% 10472 A-O 23/is series 1st 5s A income 5s Illinois >105 J-J 1st & Consolidated 1037a 67 *10678 10774 '. J-D 1951 1961 ref mtge ref mtge conv 4572 ;7 710374 103 72 — F-A 1977 Ry & L 1st & ref 4 Vis Conn River Pwr s f 3%s A Consolidated Cigar Corp 3 Vis 3s 10672 1017a 22 Co— Conn Edison gold 5s Manhattan & Debenture series L 1st mtge 3s series f 5s s 1 2 96% 108 104 7:77497:' Corp— ! & 1st 977a 977a 1013/4 97 10574 1067a System, Inc— Columbus 1st & 106 M-N -1964 Electric debentures Consolidated *97 Vi 102 ■ Corp— debentures Gas Coal Corp __ Ry— 1st mtge & coll tr 4s 3 7«s Finance Co— (stamped modified) Columbia 1017a RR— 1st mtge 5Vis series A___ 1st mtge 5s series B j. & 1037a 101 90 A-O 1982 Gas 977a 103 r.OftW ' — 1027a 96 7a Feb 1957 1st mortgage 3s Cleveland & Pittsburgh 3 Vis 957a 12574 12574 5972 Hudson Columbia *102 F-A 10672 Iron *1037a 1957 10472 & A-O M-N 31 Fuel 61 " ... J-J J-D J-J 4Vis 74 99 53 *97 7a 10174 1949 1970 Co.orado *98 M-N 1962 Cleveland Electric Ilium 3s Southern J-J series A Hudson Hudson Co Gas 1st & 66% . 23 1976 J-J J-J 62% Colorado 55 1017a 97 3 1968 — 1970 87 72 Union _ 1999 81% Cleveland 987s 957a 2 54 7a 54% Apr 23As 57 Series D 3Vis gtd Cleve Short Line 1st .Jan 2044 677a 987s /I A-O Household 9 » 687a 5672 • 1969 Hocking Valley Ry 1st 472s 7:7 j: 1074 103*4 H 82 *10474 1057a 7074 1007a ■ 67% J-J - MS 59% * *993A 102 7874 967a 8 7 Hackensack Water 1st mtge 27as__1976 82 10572 105% V 2 197R 58% 4s 874 1969 82 1st 4s trust 8 10172 10174 J-J 1975 3s 5974 Div coll 1st 2 *64 A-O July 2.015 _ debentures M-N Mich & Div _ 27as M 1st J-J Wab 75 943A 2 7 r,..: 95 95 Feb ' States 1990 — • Louis 90 623A 77%' 77% J-J 1959 ■r, Collateral Gulf J-J Feb inc 4s ser B 1991 Cin St V Ww W • • * B Gen mtge 58% v 97 94 86 7t 9 - inc 5s ser A ref 374^'seris D_:_ 58% 34 937a 927a 94 ' A-—t ;— RR— mtge & 587a '• /••fir-.H 2010 v .——1961 West deb ctfs & J-D u;. 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" 108% 10074 M-S tSSADul So Shore & Atl gold 5s 1937 1977 F-A 99 10 10074 10174 12 101 10174 11 A-OA-O Southern Ry 1st 3s._1950 1975 mtge 4s ser A 378S series B_. 1968 1974 1987 Kentucky Kentucky & Indiana Term 472s 1961 - - 1961 - • •' 1961 1997 - Koppers Co 1964 - 1959 . JAKreuger 1st & mtge Toll 5s 3s-,: ctfs 103 101 10374 1057» 10474 9974 1047a *9774 100% 99 3A 10074 11472 114 72 *11472 — *__ 65 *98 100 98 10072 108 J-J *97 7a J-J A-O 102 1% 1% 108 II ' *170% A-O .Jl-fl 96 '' 10434 1057a *104 J-J 1961 96 101 101 104% J-D -A-O J-J .J-J . Plain unguaranteed 90 101 *102 ■ " —— 10274 3 1017a 103 la/4 30 5/a 2 15 10774 115 ii 987a . 99 72 t 497a 10072 100%. 7374 71 647a 8972 98% 49 7a 987a 66 " 99% 100% *88 7a J-J Dnquesne Lieht 33. City 1978 10974 *69 J-D •r •' J-J page City Power & Light 274s..1976 9974 J-D 1961 63 9872 1057a J-D . 110 22 M-S .1976 Co 23As 108 104 74 104 72 J-D • 82 777a 21 103% .1982 I debs footnotes see 68 Jl-S A-O J-D J-D gold 4s__1990 Kings County El L & P 6s J-J 1961 For 1st 472s fixed series i ,> Stamped — (3% Kansas ^ 1st gtd mortgage 27%s 1st mtge (472% 2018 2.35s 104 3/4 fixed 1995 Chemical 1976 Terminal Ry 23/4S Central gold 4s 1995 Dow J-D 1st 4s__1959 Lt 27/aS Kansas City .1958 2%s 69% 597a 103 107 Vi 1970 ref 16 *10372 104 A-O J-D 1993 & & 967a 1973 .1966 Gen & Clear Pow 102 74 101%2 West RR— Lake Central 9274 1977 37as (3% A Salt Jersey K May 1 2042 & mtge M-N Jamestown Frankl 1st contingent int) & 1963 1993 contingent int) Denver *103 7a 1973 - Grande ser A-O 103 72 I" division coll & *100 1007» Co— C ser 4-6s__ Power mtge J-D 10372 div due Essex Tr Delaware RR Western AIncome ritge Morris West & & 1965 987a 103 74 J-D 1965 B ser Delaware & Hudson 4s extended N 99 72 100 J-J 1978 A Ry 3 7»s Co 2%s debs Delaware 99% A-O 1978 3s series Union & 1975 .. 88 r 2 - ■ 97 72 1053/4 - 89 99 7a 9 . , . . 46 497a 6 100 101% Laclede Gas Light 472s conv debs—1963 Lakefront 1st Dock & RR 37aS registered If-8 11274 113 Terminal— 37/«s ser A Lake Sh & Mich Sou gold 3%a mtge s f 1988 1997 --1997 J-D J-D J-D — *817a 85 81 96 Va *73 77 747a 907a 32 COMMERCIAL THE (2124) &'FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, May 16, 1949 NEW YORK BOND RECORD RANGE Friday or Sale Price Period A 1st Nitrate mtge ENDED Bonds 13 High New York Stock Exchange Jan. 1 Low No. DM 93 93Vi 89% N 93% Lehigh Coal 6c Navigation Co— 8 F mtge 3%s ser A 1970 92 Vi A-O 92% 92% 1 91% 99% 99% 1 99% Sale Price High 97 Y N 8 Last Period Y 1993 1977 1963 gtd 4s 1st cons State Elec & Gas 2%s Steam Corp 1st 3%s IN Y Susquehanna 6c Western tva.— S A 1st refunding 5s 1937 . Lehigh Valley Coal Co— High 55% A-O *95% j-3 Bonds Range Since Sold Bid & Asked Low N Y 6c Putnam 1975 reg Week's Range or Friday's Interest BONDS Range Since Sold Ltd— Co income MAY Friday Friday's Bid & Asked Low Lautaro WEEK Week's Range Last Interest BONDS New York Stock Exchange FOR Jan. 1 Low No. 3 '-m 55% 55 96 ' — mm High 63 % 97% 18% 74% 39% 35 12 44% 18% 106% 16 106% 107% 44 j-3 "9 35 106% 3-j 17% 22 107% 46% ■ 5s stamped stamped -r—1954 1954 f-a gold 4 Vis 5s F-a *85 90 90 96% 5 A General gold 58 stamped 1974 F-A *„ 88% 88% 93 SATerminal 70% Lehigh Vai Harbor Term gtd 5s 1954 Lehigh Valley Ry qo NY 4%s ext.1950 Lehigh Valley RR— 4s stamped modified registered gold 5s Telephone 2%s ser D 64% 27 57 65 66 4 60 72% , 467 31% 41% Niagara 30 40 Norfolk Southern Ry N Y Ref mtge 3 Vis ser E 3s series F Falls Power 3Vis Ref mtge Jf-N 34 34 36 -2003 Jf-N 34 34 35% -2003 Jf-N -2003 Jf-N -2003 Jf-N 41 A-O 68% 38 a Gen Little Miami gen 4s series A Lombard Electric 7s series A Louis Div Atl Knox 2d A-O 81 2014 103 32 42% 77 35 49% Norfolk 6c Western Ry 1st gold 4s_1996 Northern Central gen 6c ref 5s 1974 69% 6 74 Northern 32% 46% 64% mtge 107 107 r-A *107 1963 1 *103 108% 103 26% — 5s conv inc *103% 104 M -8 1979 108 % Ref 6c . 104 & Ref & 107% 91% 3s 1980 76% 75 1 15 76 % »II 1997 Q-J Q-F Q-A 61 59 % 61 58 58 1 2047 3-j 79% 79 79% 11 87 87% .V 9 86% 86% States (Minn) 2047 1st Power 3-j 1975 99% 3-j 2047 4Vis us mtge 2%s 1974 87 86% 83% 1st mtge 2%s 1975 1st mtge 3s 1978 3-j 93 1 92% 93% 108 1 107% 109 % (Wise) 1st mtge 2%s_ 1911 1972 Maine Central RR 4%s ser A 1st mtge 6c con 4s ser B Manati Sugar 4s sink RR Mead Corp 1st mtge 3s i960 Metropolitan Edison 1st mtge 2%s_1974 Michigan Bell Telephone Co— 3%s debentures 87 86% series 100 16 98% 97 97 M-N 105% 10G% 98% 99% 99% 100 *101% *99% Jf-N *— j-3 1st mtge 2%s 1st mtge 3%s IIA Midland of N J 1st ext 5s Minnesota Mining 6c Mfg 2%s 1959 *106 106% — ,, A2en mtge 4s inc ser A Missouri-Kansas-Texas Prior lien 40-year Prior 5s 4s series lien A Cum series 4%s A-O ^i.8t & ref * A 6c ret 1st 6c 55% 101% a-o 103% 98% 98% 82% 82% j-d j-d 24 45 53% 71% 45 63 js A-O 79% j-d 102% 103 L series 1974 j-d 102% 1979 j-d 102% 1977 j-d 1981 j-d 1980 j-d 1982 j-d series N_ ref 2%s series P 1st & ref 2%s series Q ref & 1st 74% 79 80% 21 79 Pacific 68% 7 64 65% 63% 65% 13 61% 70% 68% 68 68% 34 66% M Tel 3 Vss Tel & R ser 2%s debs 1985 106% 104 % 103% 102% 103% u 101% 102% 102% 23 101% 103% 8 101% 103% 103 97% 83% 1975 MS 45% 1977 MS 86 1978 M-N 85% 83% 1949 MS 25% 24% 1980 I 85% A-O 85% 83% 85% 1981 97 103 97% US 1966 92 75% 94% 3-d 1978 MS' 45% 283 37% 86 318 75% 41 75% 25% 228 21% 27% 75% 85% 75% 86 57 F-A 86 • • • 62% 83% 86 *58 - 175 59 104 ; 74, 104 1 103% 101 53% 53% 1959 M-N 76 76 77 41 76 M-N 71% 71% 72% 27 71% 1986 Jf-N 1979 debentures. A-O *93 4 93% 53% 91 '103% 104% 100% Gtd 4s U-S 1955 f gold 4%s series E trust ctfs 3-j 1952 18 103 105 % 14 105 102% 103 *104% A-O 100% 103 104% 104% 96% 98% 58 74 55% 69% 102% 103 56% 2 102% 104% 103 103% 56% Jf-N 1960 J-D 1975 A-O 101 100% 101 1965 a-o 102% 1960 r-A 114% 1965 j-d 99% 1968 1st mtge 3s 3s debentures f s Cons j-d 103% *103 -- sinking fund 4%l General 4%s 5s General 58% 4 Grn 93% Gen %s B series D 4%s deb 1981 series K 99% 101% 102% 102% 4 100% 102% 113% 114% 16 113% 99% 197 98% 39 103% A-O 92% 99 103% 104 91% 1984 3 Vis A-O 1985 series F j-j 1952 3%s mtge 103% series A series mtge Conv 30 RR— General 75% 54% s income debentures—1960 conv Pennsylvania 81% 1955 101% 101% \ 103 95% Pennsylvania Power 6c Light Co— 102% M-N 3-d 1983 1st Pennsylvania Glass Sand 3%s / 104% 6 1958 100% Pennsylvania Co— 85% 2000 Constr M 4Vis series B Mountain States Tel 6c Tel 2%s A3%s 86 85% 93% 5 93 Pennsylvania-Central Airlines— 46% 83% 6c 111 100% 104% 6 102% 102% 105 98 98% — *97 105 103% 103% 94% a-o a-o Paducan 95 *99% 100 1987 85% 43% 16 *104% 105 % 1986 .« F-A 1991 85% 1 106 debentures *V F-A 98% 105 102% debentures 80% 1965 98% 102% V 3%s debentures 3%s debentures 69%. ' 103% 2 3 Vas 85% 67% i'V'**. 95 103% *103% 104 1971 1st 8c ref 3s 87 45 70% ' 96 2 106% 106% 1966 1970 1st & 82% js 100% 16 103% 104 1st & ref 3s series K 1st 8c ref 3s series M__ 62 102% 45 js Jan 1967 gold 5s series H ref 5s series A—1960 1st & ref 3s 103% 71% 1 16% j-d 2 1st 8c ref 3%s series X / Co— Morrell (John) 6c Co 3s debs Morris & Essex 1st gtd 3Vis Constr M 58 series A Vis 1 45 1978 D series Moh'k 6c Malone 1st gtd gold 4s Monongahela Ry 3 Vis series B 3 102% •»' .... j-3 1952 General 4s 1st 6c ref 58 series F AUt 6c ref 5s series G AConv gold 5Vis ser A 1st — 55% 11 5 98% 1st & ref 3s series J 100 j-d j-3 1952 B A A 55% 98% 122 12 98% 2%s 58 8erles A A *103 ser 98% F-a 11 102% 103% Pacific Gas 6c Electric Co— 81 107 % 100 *101% 102 Oregon-Washington RR 3s a-o 1978 3%s us 1975 6c Electric 2%s mortgage j-3 1974 102 105% 27 Gas 11% 1948 1973 2%s 100 66 100 MS 1st 4s 1st mtge 3s mtge Oklahoma RR— A RR *-_ A-O 1990 adjust 5s series A {Missouri Pacific MS 1967 Jan 1991 Mo Kansas & Texas 1st 4s 107% , 105% 101% — 3 107 1950 Paul 6c Sault Ste Maria— 1st mtge 4%s inc ser A Jan 1971 ~ 73 MS 1940 St 101% 72% 1st 98% 100 guaranteed Ohio Edison 102% 103% 5 __ 99% 100 „ O 103 100% 95 103% Telephone— debentures § Alst 91% 100% ' 50 105% 105% 1979 C A-O 1952 4%s 97 - „ If-6 Michigan Cons Gas 1st mtge 3 Mis_ 1969 Minn 98% 102 % 102% igHfl 1st gold 3%s lmpt 98% 102% 85% 95 100% {Ogdensburg 6c Lake Champlaln Ry— 95 68% *100% j-d 11 90% 1951 Michigan Central— Jack Lans 6c Sag 3%s Ref & 90 3-3 Jf-N 92 94% *__ 90 Jf-N 100% 101% 71% 68% 14 70 *92 M-N ' — 69% 3-d fund__Feb 11957 (Southern Lines) 4s 1959 May Dept Stores 2%s debs 1972 Manila *100% 3-d 1964 88 j* If-lf 1960 64% 61% 78% M Macy (R H) 6c Co 2%s debs 101% 58 % 58 M-S 1979 Bell 106% 62 A-O 1979 mortgage 3s_. 3 Vis 105 99% 98 100% 101 Vi *98% A-O 99% Northwestern 43 — 101 F-a 79% 98 1st — 99% 100 % 98% Co— 91% 94 128% 112% 105 52 58 _Jan 1 2047 1 98% 108% 2047 3s 5 83% *80 85 128 112 Q-J 93 Jf-N 103% 109 us 108 Jf-S 1955 101 % 108Vi 128% 128% * a-o 99, 91% Div 4s lien trust Northern A-O 2 8 103 1974 impt 4%s series A impt 5s series C. impt 5s series D Ref 8c Coll A-O 105 % 1997 4s registered 102% *107% 107% 4%s series A registered 3s Jf-S A-O 98% 103 % Pacific Railway- General 50% 106% !'; a-o 4s ret lien 107 107% 1966 Prior 123% 103 107 120 125 1951 2003 97% 2 us *43% 2003 103 75 26 98 108% 108% a-o 23 68% 107 98 1047/s 104% US 43% *123 A-O H ser gold 6c Cine „ 3-j 1981 1966 37 u-rt 2003 St * 73 ■ Co— 38% j-d 1st 6c ret M 2%s series O 3%s 3-j 36% 1952 1st 6c ref mtge 3s Louisville 6c Nashville RR— 1st 6c ref M 3%s series F M *69% F-A 41 1962 Lorillard (P) Co deb 5s 3s debentures Louisville Oas 6c Elec 3%s„ ref 18% Jf-N 35 36% Gen 6c 6i F-A r-A ' modified Lehigh Valley Terminal Ry ext 5s_195l Lexington & Eastern Ry 1st 5s 1965 Liggett & Myers Tobacco 5s 1951 1st 1st 63% 6s A 1937 1940 1943 1982 1978 5s F-A 4Vis stamped modified 4%s registered stamped 5 A 2d J-J 2003 4s 101% j-3 *__ 91% 91 100% 100 116 106% 110 92% 72 91 101 % 92 43 91 101 Vi 69 99% 102 82% 87 106% 111 100% 84 — Peoples Gas Light 6c Coke Co— N v Chattanooga 6c St Louis 1st mtge 3s ser B 1955 National Dairy Products 2%s debs.1970 Js debentures 1970 Steel Corp 1st mtge~3s 1965 National Supply 2%s debs 1967 Naugautuck RR 1st gold 4s -.1954 lVa£ gtd TC1 & Tel 58 A series B 1st 3s New Orleans & Northeastern A 5s A A 1988 A 5Vis 105 104% *99% 100 % Jf-N 4s 100 '■ 7 ' ' 106 106 103% 100 105% js 1953 js 12% 1974 F-A *103% :_1980 Jf-fl 98% F-A B 101% 10 *98 103% 103% 98 ' -- — 100% 100% 13 tr — 92% — 93 16 105 8c ref 2%s 1971 j-d & ref 2%s__. 1967 M-N 1st & ref 2%s. 1974 M-N 1st & ref 2%s_ 1981 1st 8c ref 2%s ' 103% 91% 1954 A-O 95 — 94% 95 93% 99% 101% 100% 102 % 1 99% 100% j-d 100% 100% '33 99 100% 1978 F-a 101% 101% 7 t§APhilippine Ry 1937 J -J Phillips Petroleum 2%s debs 1964 T-a 102% 100 % 1996 3-d 98% Pgh Cine Chic & St Louia Ry— Cons gtd 4s series F 1953 3-d *102% 108 *105% \ .* 90% 95 87% 92 4i 3 Certificates 1st of s f 4s 10 deposit 10 92% 97% 93 95 1 8% 15 101% *8 8% 102% 102% 98% 98% Cons gtd 4s series G Cons gtd 4s series H_ Cons gtd 4%s series I 102% 1957 Jf-N 1Q«0 F-a *103% r-A *107% 1984 Jf-N 98% *110%.:—,, — 107 102% — gtd 4%s series J 97 10 103 — 1963 10 10% 102% 108 103% „ 103% 111 113% 110 ' 114% Pgh Cine Chic & St Louis RR— Gen Central RR Co— series A 101% 104 95 y8 93% 110 106% 6 mtge series A. 1970 Gen — 116% 109 20 mtge 5s series B_ —1975 A-O Gen __ 16 98% 100 % 100% Cons deposit 96 61% 104% 104 Vi 101% 101% 101 Va deposit A 104% 10 101% 102 100% 105% "7 :'•* 11% 20 106 103% 93 92 90% __ 5 109% 109% 106 1st 1 92 — * 51% 114 109% J-j 1st 90 _ F-A ' *116 3-j 1961 106 89% __ F-A 15 98% -1977 4 Vis 117% Ry— A-O ■ 13% Pittsburg Bessemer 6c L Erie 2%s *103% 105% — 9 54 Philadelphia Electric Co— coll 101% A .1956 series 117 . • *53 Apr Wash RR Co- 100 *80 js & 5s Philadelphia Co 99% 103% 103% 109% 110 A-O General gold 4%s series C 102 10 F-A i<»8a General ; 3 . 106 MS 1952 Phila Bait 100% 2 ,lrf 3-d 1974 4s Peoria & Pekin Union Ry 5%s Pere Marquette Ry 3%s ser D 105 104 1963 1960 Apr 1990 Eastern 4s ext_ 102 117% 117% . 100% V- 98% *100% 101% js 1955 of 8c mtge 3%s .1975 A-O 5s series K_ —1996 F-A impt 4Vis series A 2013 impt 5s series C 2013 * Y Central 6c Hudson River RR— 54% 64 51% 61% A-O 57 57 58% Pittsb Coke & Chem 1st mtge 3%s_1964 208 54 Vi 66% A-O 64 64% 100 60% 73 1997 js 71% 70% 71% 57 68% 81% 1997 js 68 68 68 4 64% 75 1998 F-A 55 55 1st mtge 4%s series A __ 1 52% 61 1998 F-A *51 54 1st mtge 4%s series B— 51% 56% 50% 60% 100 % 100% J-D 101 83% 5 100% 107 100% 102% 32 100% 108 83% 5 83 1* 99% 83 89 Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal— 63% Ref 6c Ref •> 1 ; *102 ■ Cons • 89% 99% deposit— of Certificates New York V RrH. D series 1 105 104 J-D 1974 deposit of 84% 1986 C series Certificates A 1st A series 4 Vis 89 A-O A-O 1954 of Certificates 1st J-D — Jf-N series B Certificates 58 100% 100% 1961 Ref 6c Imp 4 Vis series A New Orleans Term 1st gtd 4s {New Orleans Texas 6c Mexico A 1st *85% 1952 5s A A 1st F-A J-D I~1982 Bell Telephone 3%s N J Junction RR gtd 1st 4o New Jersey Power & Light 3s New Orleans Great Nor debentures. conv A Income J-D 4Vis debentures New Jersey 3s Peoria Nashville 6c °®?eral mtge 3Vis 3 Vis registered J?, Shore coll gold 3 Vis 3Vis registered Mich Cent coll gold 3 Vis 3 Vis registered New York i5Lmtge 38 ser 1960 1986 2%s ser B Mtge 4s series Lack A-O 6c series t 53% 22 53% 49% 94% 90 100 86% 8 99% js 2043 series Jf-N 2043 js 1973 Jf-N A B 1973 River 6c Port 90% - . „ *95 , ' ' 4s 1954 4s 1955 N Y Power & Light 1st mtge 2%s—1975 For loot notes see page 33. 6 100% 103 101% 102% 6 101% 103 1958 3-d *81 -:'s~ 81% 1959 A-O 81 81% _9 81 92 A-O 80% 81 19 80% 92 5s series B 1962 F-a 5s series C 4%s series D_ 1974 Potomac , 95% 69 69% 1st Elec 11 100 Providence 95 — 100 Public 67% 72% 3s 76% 76% 76% 6 76% 81 1st & ref mtge 1st & js ref 60% 60 60% 122 60 69% 1st 6c 38% 38% 39% 159 37% 48% 1st Jf-N M-S J-D MS — — 8 3% — 102 102% 6 8 8% 53 4 10 3 % 1 98% 100 Gas & ref mtge 3Vis mtge 8s 3s 1956 *102% 103% MS M-N 99% 106% 106% *__ 108 99% 109 100% 106 106% 106% 106-% 102 102% 99 % 99% 99% 102% 103 % 101% 103% Co— 102 % 1968 3-j 2037 3-j 2037 j-d *218 1972 Jf-N *104% 1964 l-J *108 Vi — 147% 147% 220 __ 107% 108% 146 % 148 215 215 104 104% 5 100 & mtge 3s ref j-j 1963 Elec 99% *106% 107 3-j r-A 1983 Terminal 4s Service 108 j-3 1977 debentures Jf-N May .1964 1st mtge 3%s__ 1966 Pwr mortgage 3%s mortgage 3s 100 . 92% 3-d gen Pittston Co 5%s inc debs. 91% 83 j-d 1977 1st ,1st ' 101% 102% 102% 3-j 1st gen 92% 101. _ Chester— ♦AN Y Ont & West ref 4s—June 1992 A General . 91 100% 102% 101 A-O 1965 1st gen 99% * debentures 101 M-N 1st mtge 4%s series C 1960 Pitts Youngstown 6c Ashtabula Ry— 98% 29 3%s Pittsburgh Steel 1st mtge 4%s 1958 Pittsburgh & West Virginia Ry— 58 6 — 98 *92 A-O 2000 B West 4s 97% F-A Haven 6c Hartford RR— 1st 6c ref mtge 4s ser A 2007 A Gen mtge conv inc 4 Vis ser A-2022 1st *49% 1975 N Y New Harlem 52% — — 1951 1st gold 4s Harlem gold 3Vis— Mtge 4s series A Y j-d 8er ' Connecting RR N Y Dock 4Vis F-A K N Y N F-A 1999 53% . Chicago 6c St Louis— Ref mtge 3 Vis N Y ZZIl996 53% 3% 100 102 7% 103% 11 Vi Quaker Oats 2%s deb. 101 101 101% 100% 102 COMMERCIAL THE Number 4803 Volume .169 & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2125) 35 NEW YORK BOND RECORD RANGE Friday BONDS Interest Exchange Last Period > New York Stock FOR WEEK ENDED MAY 13 Friday Week's Range Sale Price Bonds Friday's or - Bid & Asked Low Jan. 1 Low No. High I Range Since Sold :V BONDS . Interest " Y;., Period Rochester Gen Elec & Gas Low Gen <jui - 1977 1967 1967 stamped MS J-J 1941 _ MS 1969 ; nampcu RR 4%a ISARutland 17 86 »103% 93% 102% 1st J-J 125 MS Oil 2%s MS 105% 8% 8% 11 10 106% 8% 8% St 1st 1996 St Louis-San Francisco Ry mtge 4s series A A 2nd mtge inc 4 Vis ser A Louis-Southwestern 1st 4s 76 *— *__ 101 Jan 2022 85% 85 52 «/8 52 Vi M-N 53 % 107 1 J-J 91 91 91 S 102 102 102 J-D *__ -1967 Scioto V & N E 1989 M-N 1996 J-J ctfs A Gen 1st gtd 4s mtge 4 Vis series A (Jos E) Union Shell debentures Oil 'X J-J Jan 2016 & Sons 2Vis 2 Vis debs 62% V- J-J 1979 96% 53% 1985 95% 95% 96 75% 80 105 106 106 99% M-S *103'% A-O • 106 106 2 J-J 1958 A-O 85 10 — :Y,*T 1995 M-N 99 7% 1973 A-O 85 100% 103% 110 107% 104 104 103% *— • 98% 102% 99% 108% 103Va 2003 1st 85 ~2 V ' 85 20 99 7% 100 - *105% 98 . 100 96 105% 103'% ? „ __ Indiana Ry RR 86 85% 88 Devel ".72'% 77% 94% 101 % 85% 95% 85 100 1996 1961 J-J 1994 J-J 6 West 1956 93'/a 44 2 100'/a A-O 103% 104 104 25-year 17 103% 110 104 3 08 102% 104 98 2%s 1996 J-J 108 __1951 J-J "102% 104 Memphis Div 1st gold 5s St Louis Div 1st gold 4s 1 debentures A-O M-N 1983 96 5i '105% ASpokane Internat 1st gold 4Vis__2013 1966 F-A Sunray Oil Corp 2Vis debs 1966 1972 J-J Standard Oil (N J) 2Vis 2%s debs deb 2%s debs debentures 95% 22 42% 35 102% 103% 95% 23 94% 96% 97 98 97% 98% 101% 101% 98 M-N __1973 95% 44 53% 11 52'A 115 99 Va 1017% 99'% 100'% 52 99 7% 997% 100'A 10 100 100 101 67 .100 100 100 100% 54 100 83'% 89 80'% 86% 100% 100% 14 100% 99% 15 ' 101% 99% 100% 126 100 101% 1002? 101 U 2yaS M-S J-J 99% 100 100% 1958 Winston-Salem ^Wisconsin 3s mortgage S 1960 of ACertificates of 1st 8 99 V% 11 96'% 2 102'% 104 112'/a 113 J-J deposit—; Electric deposit- 76% 46% 77% 46% 72 141 44 . 99 2%s M-S *101 3'As 1971 J-J *105'% Elec Lt & Power 2%s 1976 J-J Service Public 49'% 46% 95% *93%-— 1979 mtge 27/aS__ 74% 41% J-D Power 78 41'% x_ 1976 Wisconsin 99% 74% 77 M-N § ASu & Du div & term 1st 4s___1936 Wisconsin 98% 99% Ry— 4s A Certificates 97% 101% 104% — 105% t Terminal RR Assn of St Louis— Ref ; & Ref imp M 4s series C & imp Texas Corp Texas & 27/8s series Orleans & ref M 3Vis series 1st & ref M 3%s series C Texas Pacific & Gen Texas RR of New Ave Ry AAdj B A-O 101% 101% 55 105'% 11 96% 20 95% 90% 18 90 95% 95% > 1990 A-O 5s 2000 J-D 1985 J-J 98% 3%s__1974 J-D 101% gold Pacific-Missouri Term Third 997/a 101 105 series E 1st & ref M 3Vis 116% 105 A-O M-N 1970 115% — 105 106 Yonkers RR— 1st /■■■• 1985 1965 D deb 3s New '116% J-J 2019 90 *126% 137 99 97% 118% 10 101% 101% 2 127 101% 97% 100% 98% 99 J-J income 5s Jan 1960 Tol & Ohio Cent ref & impt 3%s__1960 Tri-Continental Corp 27/es debs 1961 53% 52% 54'% 26% 25% 26% impaired . by maturity. ■ being in bankruptcy, receivership, or reorganized Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed by 98% 102 99% 100 % ABonds and asked prices; *Friday's bid 99% *99 as 45% the 98% /uY Y MS tCompanies reported 71% 21% 114 J-D 102 50 67 A-O 1960 not sale Deferred §Negotiability Pacific— Orleans 1st ref 4s 94 94 delivery sale not included in the year's range, d Ex-Interest, e Odd-lot sale included in the year's range n Under-the-rule sale not Included in the year's range. rCash not Included in the year's range, y Ex-coupon. a selling no such companies. - under Section 77 of y: . ; : sales being transacted during current week. flat. NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE In footnote a in and the deferred week in delivery which sales are disregarded in the week's range unless they No account is taken of such they occur. RECORD YEARLY AND WEEKLY NOTICE—Cash are the only transactions of the week, and when selling outside the regular weekly range are shown computing the range for the year. sales in following extensive list we furnish a complete record of the transactions on New York Curb Exchange for the week beginning on Saturday, May 7 ending the current Friday, May 13. It is compiled from the reports of the Curb Exchange itself, and is intended to include every security, whether stock bond, in which any dealings have occurred during the current year. In the and or RANGE Last New York Curb Exchange .v ACF-Brill Motors Acme Aluminum Acme Wire Adam Hat Co warrants Alloys —... Agnew Ainsworth Air Inc Associates (N Electric Great Southern Alabama Power 4.20% Airlines Alles & Allied Allied Fisher Appliance pfd Altes Brewing Co.. : Low 2'% 22% 100 Jan American Fork & Hoe Jan American & Electric 400 8% Feb 6% 600 6'% 300 84% 6 10 94% 94% 5% — __ — 6% > Bros Aluminum $3.75 Co Aluminum of Goods Industries Ltd common 95% Apr American Light Feb 5 Mar 3% Apr American Car Co Beverage Book class A. common Co For footnotes see page 37. 1 Mar 2,700 400 93% 23% 23% 400 6% 300 23% May 5% Feb 45 3i 3,100 5% 46% May 44% American ■v . r. Mar 98% Mar 26% Jan 6% Jan 51% Jan American Class Metal Potash B 63 63 40 Chem 1% Jan American l'/a Jan Anchor Post Products Feb- 66 Jan class A 6% 18% 600 17 Va 37% Jan WHtinur Paper Feb 18% Feb Jan 9,900 100 10c 1 1 >w 111 v :• ~2% 1,500 2 Va 29% 50 27% Feb 32% Jan ' —— 22% 24% .. 2% Jan 6,900 " 14% 500 4% 18,200 25 V4 Feb Jan 25 % Apr 31 Mar Mar 7 14 Mar :» 15'/a Mar 5% Jan 3% Feb 8 2 Feb 10 % Jan 41 Jan 37 37 100 34 Feb • 24 24 .50 23 Va Jan 23% 23 Va 24 1,200 22% Jan 22 21% 22 3,400 25'/a 7/a 10 2 10c * -,B common——B 2 Angerman Co Inc common J Jan Apr 17% 31 3V'a Jan Apr Apr 13% 12% Mar • 14% • 31% 34% .! 22 200 22% 23% 24 45% May 113% May Jan ~2'/a 29% 25 * : Republics American Seal-Kap common Amer Superpower Corp common $6 series preferred American Thread 5% preferred Jan 61 6% 17% * American Apr ,6% Mar 43% x45'/a 25 25 Co & 6 18 —1 Products common Meter n 2,800 ' 100 43% 20 Co 1 Va Vi Vi I Co Mach Maracaibo American 54 Jan Apr Jan 6% May 9% Jan 17'% iV Feb 97% 1 * 10 Trac common_-»-_25 & American Feb 50 % 45 Hard preferred Mfg Co common Apr Jan 96% ' 6% 6 49'% — Rubber Laundry Jan 97% * $2.50 American 50 • common American Bantam _• .100 • Mfg.. Aluminum American common preferred preferred convertible preferred American 6 __ America Aluminum American * common cumulative General Corp common Jan 5% com— preferred Mar 15% Mar ' 2,100 common convertible 7 ' Aitofer Apr $2 92'/a 2% 2,900 — 6% American Feb 3% —• 6 4%% Jan 91 ' 6% Jan 7% Apr 5% — 5 l7/a 10'% Mar High Light— B Gas /Y Low High • 5% Mar 3% 5'% Class 83 i 25 5'% American Range Since January 1 Shares • Jan 300 1 1 Jan 1% 84% & Power 3% 9% 6% , Cities 4% Jan for Week Range of Prices Low :/'v'Par 32 % 7% - New York Curb Exchange •' l'/a 1% 6 vi 2 Apr 21% Mar 1,100 200 4 i High Sales Week's Last Sale Price % May 800 ~9% .100 1 Investing Corp (Mich) common.. 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J-J debentures debentures & 103 99% *95% 100% 78 1978 Ward 2Vis 3 Vis 101 92 94%/ .*931/4 M-S 102% 95% 59 t/t 96% A-O 1963 .u.-—-- 96 53 J-D 2%s Southern 8 15 93 .1963 ' . debentures 63 96% F-A South & Nor Ala RR gtd 5s Southern Bell Tel & Tel Co-— 62% 21 iU' A-O Gold 92'% F-A 106% 100 99% 100% , *100% 101% ._1975 103% 100% 100% 101 *95% I/. J-D 1966 1971 Southern 101 Va 102 92'% M-N 91 106% *127 15 Virginia Electric & Power Co- 109% 101 — 104% V 61% 127 *102% A-O t§ASilesian-Amer Corp coll tr 7s__1941 Skelly Oil 2%s debs 1965 Socony-Vacuum Oil 2Vis 1976 3s M-a 103% Line RR Co— 1st mtge 4s series A Seagram A-O 103% 20 .1955 88% 85% 108 Seaboard Air M-N 3%s debs— —1959 100% 100 7% _1957 51% 12 7 —1976 debs 2%s Rubber ; 86 105 3 J-J bond A-O 100 83 36 108'/a 108% May 1989 85 Nov 1989 inc 4s 109% 100 L5 100% 100% 1017/a M-a —1966 76 79 99% Gen & ref gold 5s series A 1990 St Paul & Duluth 1st cons gold 4s_1968 St Paul Union Dept 3VaS B 1971 2d F-A —1991 1 series C 100% 70 77 *100 —1976 109 ;103 RR— Ry—' certificates bond J-J 97% — 100% Co— 1st St J-J 1997 Rocky Mt & P 5s stamped A-O 1955 gold 5s gold 6s *100% J-J 1996 & Adir Lawr 2d St L MS J-D deb™.— —1967 United Biscuit 2%s debs 2%s 1971 High 103% 103% 103% —1970 2%s mtge 109 109 J-J 3s debentures Ref 12% 103 Calif of Pacific 2 '/as 10 *99% 100 % M-N debentures Union 105% 106 A-O Universal Pictures 3s series A— Jan. 1 Low 108'A M-N —1968 mtge & coll debentures Union • U Saguenay Power Range Since Sold No. High of Mo 3%s__. —1971 .—1975 trust 2%s Electric Co Union 104 3s 1949 mtge 3 Vis series J t ARut-Canadlan is 86% 863/a *103 A-O Corp— mtge 4'/2s series D mtge 3%s series H mtge 3%s series I Gen Bid «fc Asked U Jf-N Tobacco 3s debs__1973 Reynolds (R J) Bonds Friday's or Sale Price High R Reading Co 1st A: ref 3%8 ser D—1995 Week's Range Last " Exchange New York Stock 3% 3% 300 21'/4 May 27/a Jan i it '% 10,700 4% 28 Va Mar 28 % Mar % Mar % 77 /, 75% 4% : ... 77 1,050 " 5% 8 8 77 Jan Apr , 4% Feb 4% Jan 400 5% 5% Jan 400 4Va 5% 58 Jan 3% Mar 5'/a Feb 6% Apr 100 47% Mar 5% 300 7% 8 Feb Jan Mar COMMERCIAL & THE (2126) NEW YORK RANGE Friday Week's Last STACK ft Range Low Par £1 Angostura-Wupperman Apex-Elec-Manufacturing Co Inc Argue Common class A Equipment Corp 300 120 9% 8% 9% 17% 8% ' 3% 5% Jan 9% May 9% 8% 9% 55,500 5% Jan 10% 10% 10% 200 10% Jan 'nm'rni y 10% \ 114 % Mar 113% Jan 8% 8% 900 6% Feb 8% 1,900 16% Feb 19% Jan 22% 300 21% Mar 23% Feb Colon 8% 500 7% Mar 8% Apr Colonial —1 8 11 American dep rets reg Laundries — __ • of America. Associated Tel ft Tel class A — 1 Coast Atlantic Coast Line Co 80 Atlas Corp warrants Atlas Plywood Corp „ m m 2 1% 2 x39% x39% 43 5 5% n, _1 14 5 1 • 7% Avery (BP) ft Bona common 1 9% preferred Ayrshire Collieries Corp com 38 4% 5 1% 6% 26% 27% 26% 1 Feb 22 % Jan 3% Jan 51% Jan Compo Shoe 5 4% Jan 8 23 11 11% 300 1988 Jan 1% 1% 17,800 38% 39% 2,600 4% 4% 400 30% 30% 75 65% 65% * 65 % -100 _100 112% Oil 55% Mar Feb M * common 35% 1 8% 36% 32% Mar 350 35% 8% 35 % Jan 1 Barlow ft Seellg Mfg— 11.20 convertible A common ~37/a 4% 3% Feb May 5 May 3% May i 40 84 86 850 3 3 1,100 1 100 1 100 12 50 ' 1 12% 12% • 25% 25% "% irt 5% 1,600 15,800 6 Jan American 7 7 1 Baumann (L) ft Co common—.—«—I Beau-Brummel Ties common————1 Beck (AS) Shoe Corp Bellanca Aircraft common Bell Tel of Canada common 5% 1,900 10% 1 1% 300 1% 36% 36% 500 33% Feb 7% 300 Convertible preferred Blckford's Inc common 7% 7% 1 Blue Ridge Corp common Blumenthal (S) ft Co common (HO) Co common 8%% prior cum pfd 11% 12 Apr Apr $0 14% Jan Cuban 7% Jan 2,600 3 2% 30 25% 30 100 66 65 66 1 6 2% 3% Feb 33 38 ""'mm • • Breeze Corp common Bridgeport Gas Light Co Bridgeport Oil Co Brlllo Mfg Co common Mar 74 400 " mm —-f 16 Mar 21% 5 '■ 7 Va 7% "2% : r 4 7% 15% , 6% 100 Apr 7 2,000 15% Jan 18 5% 400 4% Jan 6 Jan 21% Apr 22% Feb 11 % Apr 15 Apr 13% Feb 15 Jan v-J; 13 - 300 13% ■ Oil Co ——• Amer dep rets ord reg £1 1% __ 100 Ajsr, Apr 11% Feb 2 Davidson-Brothers 2% 9 Apr 10% Feb 5% 6% 8% 400 Feb 9% Jan Apr 20 Va common 16 3.80 * Buckeye Pipe Line • Bunker Hill ft Sullivan Burd Piston Ring Co Burma Corp Amer dep rets— 2% May 16 '4% 4% 11% 100 16 4% 400 4% Jan 11% 500 10% Apr 14% 11 4,300 " 2.80 1414 1 9% 9% 2% 2 14 9% % — 12 %c 14 250 5 Jan 9% .. ' -14% Jan 33% Jan 9% 9% May 11% 15 Cable Electric Products common Cables ft Wireless— Feb American dep rets 5% pfd Calamba Sugar Estate 3% 3% Duke 12% Mar £1 — 3% ~5 5% 0 ~5ft 4% May 3% Feb 16,100 7% 7 ~7% 20% 20% 25 Feb 20% 2,100 8 Jan 20% « 28 Jan 7% 28 Corp Power ——• "9% ~9% 600 6% 3% 3% 9,200 2% Jan 26% Jan Marconi 1 5 1 Carman ft Co 2.80 Carnation Co common Carolina Power & Light $5 pfd Carr-Consolidated Biscuit Co Carreras Ltd— 22 Amer dep rets A ord Amer dep rets B ord Carter (J W) Co common £1 2s 6d 1 common • ft Co 10 Catalin Corp of America 1 100 1 Central Power ft Light 4% pfd 100 (Central States Elec 6% preferred—100 Feb 22 8% 300 7% May 10% 200 7%' May 9% Assn H£ — 1% 12 ':'t 7% 7% 3 3 45% 1% 3% 3% 8% 12 200 3% 1,000 46 7% Mar 600 300 9% Mar 10% May 64 64 125 60% Jan 65 76% 76% 50 Chamberlin Co of America 3% — — 29 8% Apr 3% Apr 48 2 Feb Feb 29 3% 75% 75% 10 3% 50 3% 10 Mar x4% Mar 100 29 - Feb May 2 Mar 5 Feb 4% 0 — — 6% — — 3 36 ———— Feb 2% Mar 11% Jan May 5% Feb 10 % Mar 12% Jan 4% 4 300 preferred Sugar 10 74% May 9% Mar 79% May 85% 88% 300 — 6% ■—■ 6% 225 64 "■ 6 % x8% 5% 480 • — 55 5% ■ 5% , — 100 7% 200 X8% X8% 150 10% 10% Feb May Jan 35% ... Feb 3 — 3% Feb Feb 5 — 3 Jan 1,200 3 Jan 59% 8% 2 Va 3,300 45% 25 46% May 54% Jan 12% 300 11% Mar 13% Jan 63'% 64% 150 60 64% May 6V2 14% 169 8% warrants 37% Mar 1% May 2% Jan Jan 63 Apr 14'/* 6 V2 Mar 140 Feb 170,% May 8 »/2 9,800 6 Jan 12 V2 200 9% Jan 8% May 13% May 8 Va "!%-' 4,900 33% 33 % 25 32 4V2 4% 100 4 3/4 15 15 13% 14 Apr 13% Apr 1% Mar Feb .35% Jan Mar r 14 25 Feb 4% Mar ft % May 6,400 'iV- Apr 7% Feb 1% 1% 101% Feb Feb 5% 33% May 350 11 1% Jan 15 10% 48,600 165 % 169% 12 8 10c 1 1 1 18 10 6% May Feb 800 15 97 4% Jan 18 Feb Feb 16% Jan Jan 15 7% 64 7% Airplane. Fansteel Metallurgical— Fire Association (Phlla) First York Corp common- Jan Apr Jan ay May Flshman Apr 7% Mar 9% be Jan 3 Jan 36% dfv enm to Dreferred— (MH) fl Amer Ford 7% Jan 7% Mar 10% Jan Amer 11% 12 Va 2,300 > 8% Feb 59 % Jan ,13%. Apr 65% Jan 2% Apr lio 61% 61% 62% - ■ - ' 30 - ; 2% 33 Jan Jan _lf May -10c 2% —1 .27% 29 225 4% 5 1.600 4% Jan 20 400 17% Feb 421 Mar 23 2"% — 2,600 27% May 14% 4% 20 Class A non-voting Class B voting Ford Motor of « Feb' 13% Jan Fort Pitt 64% Jan Fox 14 Va Mar 17% Feb Franklin Simon ft Co Ino common - Brewing Co.. (Foter) Brewlng. 4Vk% Fuller 5% conv preferred <G*o A1 - Feb 21% 21% 50 -% n 834 300 8 500 20 1,400 Jan Feb France— dep rets bearer- 10% May 9% Mar 5% Mar ■12% of Canada— 57% Mar 10% Mar Feb Co— 100 Jan 3% Stores 500 6 Feb 11,300 dep rets ord reg.. Motor Jan Jan 12% 4% Ford Motor Co Ltd— Apr 6 : 200 4% .1 Engine ft -V 4% ,1 Fair child 10O 800 Apr "1% 12% 2d pfd 61 8% Jan Feb 75 Associates— 14% 8 77 Feb 53 59% — May 69 46% 14% — 69 475 A. B_ Washing Machine class B— 6% Mar . Apr 125 70% 37% Mar 1% shares of beneficial lnt 4 May 3 70 _2B • series 1,000 69 Jan .,3% May 7% 8 • Jan 9% May 200 3% 7% Apr 1% Jan May Jan 1,700 — 10 32 % 69% 70 .100 Equipment Equity Corp common 88 convertible preferred Esquire Inc Eureka Corp Ltd Eureka Pipe Line common—— 13"% Mar 12% —— 2 — — 4% 10'/2 Apr 79 Emsco Derrick ft 4% Mar - — 10 Apr Feb Empire District Electrlo B% pfd— .100 1 Empire Mlllwork Corp. Apr 1,500 - 2.80 Charls Corp common 4 10% Jan 'Feb 74 6% 3Va .104 preferred Option 111% Mar 3% — 1 14% 22% 13% 29 76% Electrographlc Corp common Jan Mar — — 10 Feb 20% Mar $6 pfd shares of beneflolal Int.. Easy Jan 109 ' — Jan 1% 21 50 V" 3% Feb 40% — — May 3 225 3% __ - 1% May 200 109% 110 .. — 1,400 14 6V4 10 May 33 10% com. Electrlo Power ft Light $7 62% 100 Conv preference Cessna aircraft Co common see Bulphur Electric Bond ft Share common— | 63 2 Cherry-Burrell common Chesebrough Mfg common Chicago Rivet ft Mach Chicago ft Southern Air Lines Toting trust ctfs Texas Jan 3% May 14 • $7 Jan ■— Century Investors Inc Feb 10% 10% 25 Eastern States Corp. Jan 8% 100 Conv pfd opt div ser——.— Conv pfd opt div ser 1929— Century Electric Co common 14% Jan 13% 100 Eastern Malleable Iron Jan 8% 100 preferred Apr 10% 9% Falrchlld Camera ft Instrument— 3.50% preferred Jan 14 £1 DHor preferred Central Maine Power Co— Central Ohio Steel Products Jan 12 25 ~2% 6% Mar 8 — 1 23Vb 33 9% Eastem • • Feb Apr 9% 33 2% 86 preferred series • Capital City Products common Carey Baxter ft Kennedy Inc Jan 100 — —• 100 2% 1,400 1 Com preferred Apr ~2% "97/« If Co Eastern Gas & Fuel • Class B non-voting Canadian Industries Ltd— 2 "2% • 1 Feb 7% Mar • Convertible preferred Canadian Industrial Alcohol— Class A voting Jan Jan 5% .U v • preference Apr 9% 33 Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd— Amer dep rets ord reg Duraloy (The) Co —• Canadian Canners Ltd common Apr 15% Jan 8% Mar Feb 6% '• ■ __ 1 Camden Fire Insurance Canada Bread Co Ltd Canada Cement Co Ltd common 4% Feb 133% Feb y; • Caiif Cotton Mills Co California Electric Power 3% Jan 11% 250 . — 1 Calgary & Edmonton Corp Ltd 300 Jan 7% ;T; 1 13 Driver Harris Co Jan ■" 80s Jan 8 Feb 132 • % Feb Feb 6% 400 • 12% 2% Mar 11 Apr 100 10 Duval " Jan Jan 32 ~7% Durham Hosiery class B common Duro Teat Corp common ' 6 3 9% * Feb Apr Jan IfS May 5% 3% Draper Jan Jan 29 % May 200 1,200 20 Dominion Tar ft Chem Co Ltd 22% % 5% 2'% "9% Dominion Textile Co Ltd common May 1% 28e '■ For footnotes Jan 6 . 14% 6 —8 1 2% Dominion Steel ft Coal olass B May 2,900 200 29% 100 — Domestic Credit Corp class Dominion Bridge Co Ltd 11% Mar 8,700 ft ,y 2% "7% _60c Amer dep rets ord reg— Dobeckmun Co common. _. ... 7% 8% Mar Apr Mar:; Jan 105 % May < • Distillers Co Ltd— Jan 1 4% 7% 5% ' —38 Devoe ft Raynolds class B. Jan 900 Bruck Mills Ltd class B (A M) 5 — 26 Detroit Gray Iron FoundryDetroit Steel Products Jan 100 4% 9 debenture 8% > m 10c Derby Oil Co common Detroit Gasket ft Manufacturing Apr 4% 1 Burry Biscuit Corp Butler (PH) common , 29% 5% 1 common— Dejay Stores common. Dennlson Mfg class A common Feb —10 . Ino 2.B8 — Day Mines Inc Dayton Rubber Co class Jan 23% 21% Mar •— __ • Distillers 4% cum Junior pfd Brown Rubber Co common Bruce (E L) Co Castle 17% Apr Mar 102 12 Hosiery Mills Davenport 11% Jan 10 — 1% 21% May 1% 50 — • Class B Brown Forman 10% 19% 200 10% 10s — 21% Mar 9% 21% €1 British Celanese Ltd— Casco Products May D Apr • British Columbia Power class A Canadian May 55 5% Mar 250 (Mo) Jan 17% V5;;,\ ————• Amer dep rets ord bearer Amer dep rets ord reg 7% 4 Jan 14% ;■* '.T ?!■' 7 % Jan Jan IV* 30 2,400 ;w.—' — — Apr Jan 2% — Curtis Lighting inc common Mfg Co 8% 13% Feb Mar'( 2% Mar- 270 ' Jan Apr 5% 2,300 14% 7% 6'/2 - 55 15% May 12 600 3% common Feb 1 ]ld May 4 % 1,300 44% 4 :V." 54% Jan 6% • British American Tobacco— 6Vz% Jan 5% Mar (w--'; : Tobacco Curtis —• ■■ 41% Feb 16% 17 1 — Class A ■ Feb Feb ' Brazilian Traction Light ft Power Jf' 3% Jan 62 70 5,900 " Jan Apr 23% 175 Jan 16,600 5% 14 ."7% Atlantic Sugar common preferred— , Cuban 7% Mar Feb 6 700 6% preferred 6 % May 12 % 6 % 5% Crown Drug Co common Apr Jan 42 30% 2,600 4% 5 Crystal Oil Refining common. 38 Mar 34% "£ 2% Jan x45 9 625 3 11% • Borne, Scrymser Co Bourjois Inc— Apr Jan Apr 16% Mar 6% Apr , ' Jan 6% 33% 14 Co 9 13% May '' '■ • —• Bohack Brewing 35% ' 1 Blrdsboro Steel Fdry ft Mach Co com.* common Croft 26% }£ • Feb 36% Mar 3% 34% Crosley Motors inc Crowley Mllner ft Co.. Crown Cent Petrol (Md)... Crown Cork Internat'l "A" partic— Jan 37% 7% May 100 Jan 5% Mar Jan 4% 4,000 Jan ,.\8% J Jan 2 Jan 38 Benrus Watch Co Inc ——1 Benson ft Hedges common—». • 6% Jan ft Jan 14% 600 16; 40 Jan 2% ... ^ V Creole Petroleum. Mar 5% 10 8% Mar 300 9% 1% 9% 1 X * "5% 40 Jan Mar 28% Feb 4% % Jan 1% 7% Mar • May 14 Feb Mar 5 '•■'■ —«• 7 Feb ~5 % 3 14 Apr % (ord reg)_£l dep receipts 16% Jan 13% Feb 100 14% 14% —■ Basic Refractories Inc 16 • 1 .80 * Apr Feb * 25% May 500 $5 5% ;i 1 • May 103 Va Jan 18 Jan 3 Jan "12% Mar 837/e Mar 1,600 x8% Apr Apr 103% Jan' 17 2 1 convertible preferred— Courtaulds Ltd— ' 8 67% 113% Feb Jan 9% 3 Apr Jan 100 86 1 5% 32% Jan 109 1,300 Reynolds common preferred class A. 5% Mar Jan 58% Feb 40% , Jan 3,500 Bo $1 28% J Feb 18' Cosden Petroleum common 100 Jan 4 12 Va Corroon ft 8% Mar 7 ,5 100 % 5 Apr 4% 17% Co Distributing Apr 4% 11% 1 Apr Jan 80 102% 102% Jan . 5% 7% 18 Co 12 *" Feb 1% May 35 Jan 800 112% 113 8% 47% 2,000 49% 49 Jan 12 Cornucopia Gold Mines Cooper % Apr 5% • 8 10 Car-Na-Var Corp Continental Fdy ft Machine Cook Paint ft Varnish Co 34% 1 Mining ft Smelt Ltd Consolidated Royalty Feb Mar 7% May • Liquidating Corp Consolidated 8 4 1 Consolidated Consol Mar 4% __ — 30% — series B preferred preferred series O. Gas Utilities—1 4% Feb 15% Mar 24% — 38% — 2e 4%% Jan Apr 25 Jan 1,200 Machinery— to Jan Jan 2 11% May 3% Jan 1,800 6% " Jan 8% Mar 4% 6% ~l3/a Inc Consol a E L P Bait common Jan 11% 6% Mar 400 Vtc ext Jan 6 150 11% 4% — — Community Public Service———— 21% Mar 3% Feb 22 1,200 4% warrants Co Feb Mar 17 6 % 700 ' Colorado Fuel ft Iron Apr * 11% Airlines Hotel -13 1% 2,800 4% - shares Barium Steel Corp : 1% v 6s/a Commodore 100 50 American British-American Jan 2'A Jan 5% Mar .29 Colt's Manufacturing Banco de los Andes— Blauner's Jan 15 ":>■ 6 % Feb 13% May 1,000 7% 10 11% 49 — preferred.. Baldwin Rubber Co 10% 150 Jan B 1% ':<200 600 Development ordinary. Continental Babcock ft Wilcox Co Baldwin Locomotive— 14%" Apr 2% % 4% 2,900 24% .. Jan 13 7% 39 300 6,000 14% 13% Automatic Steel Products Inc 3 12% 15% 1% May 1,500 5% Automatic Voting Machine 8% 300 2% Jan 16% —— Fisheries 13% 12% ft Mar 7 — 500 % % • Atlantic 48% May 15% Colonial Sand ft Stone Co Associated Electric Industries— Associated Feb Cockshutt Plow Co common— 22% conv Apr Apr 17% 8% 17 « Va 38% 1% Clayton ft Lambert Mfg Cllnchfleld Coal Corp common Club Aluminum Products Co. Feb Jan 2,500 31,000 * 16% __ High 1% Va 48% .1 Mfg Co. Claude Neon Inc commo: 9% May Low Va 45% 48 .1 Clarostat Jan Range Since January 1 ■V High .18 City ft Suburban Homes Clark Controller Co. Jan 2% May 'Low 13% City Auto Stamping. 105% Mar Apr Shares of Prices 1 ..10 Cities Service common Feb 3% May Feb 5% May 103% 19,900 1 preferred—Aspinook (The) Corp 2% 800 -3.80 — Ashland (Ml ft Refining Co 81.20 6 2% • Arkansas Power ft Light $7 pfd Aro 3% 2% 10 '■ Sales for Week Range Par High 15% Mar 100 800 • non-voting Last gale Price Exchange Chief Consolidated Mining 2% **> preferred Range Since January 1 ' 106 5% 105 New York Curb : Week's Friday Low 16 3% — 13 STOCKS— Shares 1 — Arkansas Natural Gas common— 6% 3% 1 IOC pfd Appalachian Elec Pwr 4Vt% 16 __ I ' : ENDED MAY Sales High • Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd— Amer dep rets ord reg EXCHANGE CURB WEEK for Week of Prices Sale Price New York Curb Exchange FOR Monday, May 16, 1949 FINANCIAL CHRONICLE '■ 34 On eo ..1 1 ■ . < 8 .8 .. Jan 23% Mar. 1 co .Mar:. 8 9 500 7% % Apr 8% May 7 .1.28 88 % Feb Jan 10 ,Jan 9 Apr 8% Mar 25% Jan 9% Apr page 37. T COMMERCIAL & THE 169 ~ Number 4803 Volume FINANCIAL NEW^YOl&tCURB V1RANG8 m V Friday New York Curb Week's Last STOCKS— MAY Low t% 14% Mar * 88% 100 preferred— 5% -1 General Alloys Co • General Builders Supply Corp com—1 0 % conv preferred 20 , 1% Apr 3% 23% Apr 8% Jan 400 5% Jan 6% Mar 50 7% Apr 8% 7% 300 1% 700 3% 900 5% preferred series A 10 General Fireprooflng common • General Outdoor Adv 6% pfd_—-100 5% 3% Gilchrist Glen ... 2 Tb 1,600 Feb Feb 2% Mar 4 100 Jan 116 Mar 108 Feb 106% Feb 4 Jan 5% Apr 14% Mar 1% 5 '/a 1,300 18% Jan 10 Jan 9% Jan 173% 17% 1,100 16% Apr 213/4 10 10% 400 9% Apr 11% 14 % 14% 1,000 13% Jan Lefcourt 1% 500 Le 43 21 24% Jan 80 Loblaw 7% 1st Great Grocery Stores Products ; Gulf States Mar % Jan U 6 VB I 22% 22% Jan 53% iff 1 10% Inc Inc 8% preferred Utilities $4.40 pfd Feb 5% Jan 100 49% Mar 62 % Jan 1.000 6% May 12,200 56 56 7% 6% 7% 5% ii',4 75 109% 109 137 136% 140 35 Va % 35 11% Feb 34 % Apr .IB 102 80 Feb 8% Feb Feb 13% Public Service Mangel Stores 106% Mar Manlschewitz Apr Apr 63/B 7Vb Mar 9% May 15% May 17% Mar x50 V, Jan 5 15% 15 46% 1 • 1 Common 2% Jan 2 Jan McKee ~9Va 9 9 Va 800 8 Va Mar 9Va May 13 13 Va 400 Corp $2.50 Feb ' 7 Vo 6% 7% 10% 10% 1,300 9% 10% 6ys 8% 50 10% 100 95% 95% 10% 10% 95% " Mead Jan 8% Apr Menasco 12 3% Feb Merritt 10 Jan Jan new 11 93 Jan 96 8% 41% 42% 325 8% 41% 9Vb 1.700 Mar 74 May May 300 Mfg Jan 423% 50 40% 137 30 32% 32 325 — 19% 200 18 3% x74% 78 4,200 3% 4 600 78 • — —. . Jan 3 ■ 100 IS 60,400 3/8 Feb 225 8 9% Apr Jan ]<j May 86 86% 77% Feb 88 Va Apr 75% 77 425 66 Va Feb 78 % Apr 18% 18% 11,700 16% Feb 20 ys Jan- 1113% 1113% 10 111% Feb 11% Apr 18% 113 Feb 14% Jan 8% Feb 12% 13 200 10% Jan 13% Apr 14 14 200 13 Feb 14 Va Apr 25 Apr 25 Apr 37 37 May 38 Jan 123/4 7% Mar 2% Feb 6% 1,200 17% 400 15% Feb 3 Vb 3% 300 2% Feb 6 Vb 6 Vb 100 6 Jan 144 Feb Jan 109 Class B 1 18% May 21 Jan 68 3/i 79% Jan Feb 4 23/e Jan Jan 473% preferred 1,500 13% Feb 17% 353% 25 35 Feb 37 Feb 28% 150 27% Mar 73% 200 7 % Mar 32% 9% Jan Feb 15% Jan 1% Mar 2Va Apr 73% 15 14 15 1% 100 Co 1 1% 3,500 800 v t Co Jan Mid-West Jan Midwest 2 22% Apr Jan 1,900 £1 16% 17 18 1 2.50 • 10 1 ' 9 17% May 17 100 14% Feb 100 11% Jan 12% 56 55% 56 500 ~7% shs__• shares ~7% ~8 1.600 • 10% 400 10 ,9o 1/2 13% xl2% 13% 4,400 1 Investors 10% 9 International Safety Razor B International Utilities common 10% • International Products 1% 1% 1% 900 5 5 5% 1,000 S1 1,800 , 1 cl A May 98 Apr 104% Jan 110% • —, 1 12% Apr 47 Jan 56 Feb 22 common 8% Mar 11% 1'*' p14 Apr 1% 17 Plan Tel & Tel Mt Vernon-Woodberry Apr Muter Jan Company Mills common 1 * 2.00 M •$« Jan Namm's 2% .7. 1 Jim Brown Stores common • Preference ^* 2% 200 2% Mar 3% Corp 5 V, 700 4% 6% Jan 3% 3% 100 3% 3% 200 5% 3% May Feb Jan 4% Jan 20% 3% May 19 Co.. Feb Inc Jan K 1 Oorp Co pfd • 12% 12% 1 ,* 1 —.— Inc Key Co common Ktdde (Walter) A Oo 100 12% 12% 100 9% Jan 126 Vi Apr 5% 12% 11% x7 Feb Feb Mar 9% Feb > 13% Mar Jan 13 - —— Seeiey Corp Products Kir by Petroleum Kirkland Lake G M Oo Ltd • 50 1 103 5% 2.400 Mar 3% Jan 12% Mar 105 5% 33 33% GOO "2% ~2% G00 10% 10% 1,800 National Rubber New Mar —I IV. 900 Hev Machinery— Corp Ingland Tel & Tel Haven Clock & Watch Co. convertible preferred Zinc —Mexico A Arizona Land Park Mining Co —— Process Co common—^„ Auction Co common & Honduras RosarioMerchandise Shipbuilding Corp— 4/2% New Apr New Y Y Jan 33% Apr Feb 17 Mar N 3 ! (Herman) New Jersey 26% Jan N Y Feb 12% Jan N Y ,'« Mar 1% Jan 9% 5% May 100 ~7% 5,600 2 2Va 7,200 9% 75 13% 3% 1,300 3% 18% 19% 200 22% 22% 50 2% 2% 7Vs 1,800 "7% Feb Jan 8% Feb Apr 32 % Apr 6% Feb 8Vs Apr 7 7 200 1,200 Feb 2% Jan 9 Mar 10 % Jan 23 11% 12 Mar 25 Apr 1% 11% May 16% Jan 4% Jan 18 % Mar 19% Jan 3% 20 Feb 6% Mar ~8% 8% "9 3,500 Feb 22% May Mar 2% 3 % Mar ' 7% Jan Feb 32 Va 8% Mar 10% 29% Jan Jan 93% 7% 3 Jan 97 Feb 24 Feb 30 Apr 1,100 6% Jan 600 2% Jan 89% Jan 98 2% 900 169 % 1703% 60 2% 169 % 333% 33% 50 3% ~35/a 3% 700 12% 13% 32 32 99% 1001% 223% 22 1,300 2% 3% Mar 95 May 101% Apr 2% 167% Mar 33 8% Mar Apr 176 37% Mar Apr Jan Jan Jan Jan 4% Feb 12% Mar 14% Jan Jan 33% 103% Jan 3% 200 31% 20 97% Feb 100 17 Mar 24 Apr Feb 22% Jan 28 VB 850 28 % May 9>/B 9'% 600 Feb 10 Vs Jan 12'% 12% 200 11 Feb 13% Jan 9% 9% 400 9 Feb 12% Jan 25% 9 Vb ~9% 8% Founders 3 Mar 3% 4'% 600 3 3 Va 3,500 2% Mar 300 29 % Mar ~87/b 8 3% X8% 32 "9 x8% 5,300 200 Jan 13 5% Jan Jan 3% Jan 33% 34 Apr Jan 8% Jan 9% Feb 8 Apr 11% Jan 9% Apr ~77/a ~77/b ~7% "7% _7% 300 "3% "33% 300 _3 8% Neptune Meter common NesWs Le Mur Co class A N 2% May % May 28,200 73/8 9 National Steel Car Ltd 15 33% -1 1 — 5 5,600 6 Va 34 National Pressure Cooker commonNational Radiator Co New 1W preferred Jan 32 — National Mfg Jk Stores common 9% Mar Kimberly-Clark Corp— Kings County Lighting common 4% cumulative preferred 6% 7/b 3«/b Bellas preferred Nelson 20,100 5% Apr 123 V. Mar 5% 100 Jan 4% common National Transit common—, National Union Radio Kansas Gas A Electric 1% Jan 1% —— Fuel Gas National Mallinson Fabrics Jan 5 2% " 9% 11% May Nacbman National 1 Apr N Apr 7% 1 7 Va Jan Hess common. National Breweries common Jefferson Lake Sulphur Co_ 5% May 100 1 31% Apr National Jeannette Glass Oo common Mar Jan 1% Jan Producers Muskegon Piston Ring common Muskogee Co common 6% 3% Mar 100 10 • 100 Corp of America Murray Ohio Mfg Co 11% Jan Feb % Mar 48 100 1 1 Mountain States Jan 700 * 6 Jan 73/b * Mountain States Power common Feb 11 1 % Jan 5 Vb 5% • J 50o 60 common Refineries Mountain May 7% May 7% Mar % May 12% Feb Apr 5% 7% 50o 10 Co convertible preferred Morris Feb Jan 14% • com 12 Jan 20% 500 • International Petroleum coupon Jan 88% 10% 108% 105 105 90 International Metal Industries A Apr 10% 250 96 Jan 5Va 3% 1 6 Vs 7% lit 100 1 Montgomery Ward & Co class A——* Moody Investors partlc pfd • 17% May 12% ■ 109% 73/b 2 Molybdenum Corp Monogram Pictures common Monongahela Power Oo— 4.40% cum pfd 4.80% cum pfd series B Monroe Loan Society com class A Feb 12% 95 96 Feb 3% Mar 5% 9 Abrasive Miller Wohl Co Jan 4% Feb • Preferred $3.50 series 10% 13% £1 10 6% May 17 • 6 45 1 c common Oil Mid-West Jan 8,300 17 Jan Feb r lfl Corp Midwest Piping & Supply 2% Mar Feb 12% May 4 Ye Mar 200 Jan 108% ~4% (•*« • Mldvale 6 11% t $2 non-cum Feb 3% 400 13% Jan 5 I 4% 25o Corp common dividend shares Apr Apr 125 Jan Mar 2,300 353% • Apr 100 2 1% 1 Midland Oil Corp $1 conv pfd Midland Steel Products— 13% 2 Va 6% Feb & Scott Oorp— Ex-distribution 4 13% 3% May Feb 14% 13/b Middle West Corp— Mar 125 12 VB Jan 14 1% xl4% Middle States Petroleum class A v t c_l 3 2 3% May 30% 107% 43 Feb Jan H • preferred 6% 42 3% May Mar 136 2% 8% 19% Feb 6 % May 6% 28 Co & 100 37 17'% 6% — Michigan Sugar Co common 300 6% • common International Cigar Machinery International Hydro-Electric— King 4,500 8% % • Mlcromatic Hone 2 % 2 Vo • 1 •« 13% 12 1 _ _ Insurance Co of North America Kingston Jan 24 Va May 24% J f Iron 4 1% "■ ~rl & Ireland 4%« Apr 24 Va 8 3% 3 Michigan Bumper Corp Michigan Steel Tube Jan 17% __ • Indianapolis Pwr A Light 4% pfd—100 Kennedy's 25 % Jan 233% 24 VB 1 common Participating preferred Jan 31 143% May ~4 _ 3% 27% May 50 5 Imperial Chemical Industries— Amer dep rets registered Imperial Oil (Canada) coupon Registered Imperial Tobacco of Canada Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain Kawneer Jan 21 Va 700 Missouri Public Service common Kalser-Frazer 23% 1 10 Co Metal Textile Apr 600 137 32% warrants- Kokenge Jan • common Chapman 4%% & Jan 26 Va 13 Mining Corp of Canada * Minnesota Power & Light 5% pfd—100 Julian 7 Va 12% 10 Dredging A Mesabl Jan 11 423/4 5 _ 48% 41% May 8% May 3'% 1 • $2.25 pfd 5% 1434 3% • Royalty Iron Fireman Mfg v t c Irving Air Chute Italian Superpower Corp Jan 6% Mar 8 3% May Feb 143% ' • 1st conv preferredHydro-Electric Securities Hygrade Food Products Registered 25 25 £1 & Co class B Johnson 6%% Jan 68 - 8% —15 com T Co 300 7 Warrants 103% Mar Jan 9'% 20 MoWllliam8 Feb 10% Mar • ~ — • common Zinc 7% Jan Mar • L preferred 15% Jan 10 350 9%. 9 ' Illinois 26 Marine common (AG) Mar 11 2,700 10% —1 Refining Mfg Co stock Jan 1 • common Co Mfg McCord 1% 0 Inc common Hussman Refrigerator 25% 25 Va I Shovel McClanahan Oil Co 1% Mar .100 (Harvey) Oil Huyler's Apr 400 ...10 preferred & 45V4 500 —,1 ft Hardart oommon Humble Jan 13 50 ■ Horn ft Hardart Baking Co Hubbell 22% 12% 10 convertible preferred 1% • & Co 9% Mar 203% Mar ' - Lock 50 5% 1% -100 Inc & % McAleer 1% _ & Co class A A) 800 Feb Feb 100 Co International Power 1% • (Geo 100 47 "~2 Holly Stores Inc. Holophane Co common Hurd 4% 650 — Holllnger Consolidated G M 6* 100 9% • preferred w w preferred w w Henry Holt & Co common 'Horn 4% 9 V, :::B •. common 6%% Hormel Jan 4% 9% ,25o Stores oommon 4% "order's Jan 19% % 10% 100 common Harris 13% A (R) Jan Apr is« 4,900 500 U Co (The B) Marlon 4% —I Heller Oo common Hoe 6% 10 3% M Maine .....1 Co Mining Oo Class Apr Feb 6% 2,400 __1 Macklntosh-Hemphill Co 38% Mar -,.1 ' common. Helena Rubinstein — 21 % Mar Mapes Consolidated Mfg Co __25 __ Hathaway Bakeries Inc Hearn Dept 23 12'% 253% Feb xl36% 13% Hazel tine Corp Hecla 20% Mar 21% ~7% * Apr 142 30 1.400 35% 105% 105 * Paper common— Brewing 500 23 Apr 111% 7% Mar B , Rayon Harvard Apr 63% Mar 11 VB 25 Lynch Corp Jan 8 Apr Feb 7 • Electric Light Hartford 8% Jan 24% May Louisiana Land & Exploration Louisiana Power & Light $6 pfd 11% Jan 103% Feb 2,300 109% 10 Y» 11% 100 Bridge Oo Ltd Hartford Jan 5% A. Communication Co Ltd Hammermill 7% 700 21 Class B Massey Hrt 10% II , Long Island Lighting CoCommon ctfs of dep. 1% preferred A ctfs of dep 6 % preferred B ctfs of dep H Tatmp 1,100 ""a 12 % I Groceterias class Marconi Hall Apr 7% 6% — 6 common Lone Star Gas Co. (Texas) Jan 4% 25 common„25c Gypsum Lime A Alabastlne Hamilton Jan 133% Apr 9'% Mar 1 1 IB Longlnes-Wlttnauer Watch Co— Jan 52% % % • 100 preferred Northern Paper Jan 5% Jan Tea— stock common 13% Apr 8% 13 Locke Steel Chain. Feb Graham-Paige Motors 6% conv pfd__23 Grand Rapids Varnish I Gray Mfg Co 9 Non-voting Corp Lipton (Thos J) Jan 74% 10 Great Atlantic A Pacific Tourneau Lionel Jan 1 common 73% GVa Oil (R Q) Line Material Co Jan 38 % Mar 50 • class A Mfg 2% • Goodman Mfg Co Gorham 1% May • Goldfield Consolidated Mines 7% I Realty common Development Leonard . 14 Va May !% 14% _1 -* $4.50 prior preferred .1 A Machine La Salle Extension University, Jan 9 Inc 12% Jan 1 (Adolf) Inc common Gorhsm Inc 12% Mar 4 12% ....—I Lit Brothers common * Coal Godchaux Sugars class A Class B „ Jan 7% Feb May 113% 1 Lanston Monotype Machine May f Gobel 6% 1,200 I Lamaon Corp of Delaware-, Jan Jan 113% 25 115 La key Foundry Feb 5% Company Lake Shore Mines Ltd 35% Jan 102% Jan 95 115 Laclede-Ohrlsty L'Aiglpn Apparel Inc 25 Glenmore Distilleries class B Globe-Union Mar 3% 3,500 • Co Alden 31 -• common Gladding McBean At Co , 3% 2 % 2% 1 Giant Yellow knife Gold Mines 100 32 100% Mar • • preferred 7% 32 General Phoenix Corp ,1 General Plywood Corp common——50c General Public Service $6 preferred—* Georgia Power $0 preferred 6 7% 5% 1 General Finance Corp common (A C) 20% May Apr ■ £1 Amer dep rets ord reg Gilbert Mar 18% 12 Co General Electric Co Ltd— tlS 12 Feb 8% 7Ve 7% 100 Jan 10% Mar 20% 10 Jan Feb High Feb 9% Apr 3Vb Range Since January 1 Low 1,000 10 20 20% Stores Brewing Krueger Mar 8 22'A 1% 3V4 3% Kobacker Fgb 92% (IB) Shares High 30 Oo common Rubber Co— Knott Oorp common ,15% Apr Jan 5% May 1% Jan 1,100 6 ' of Prices Low (DEmll) for Week Range High <— Klelnert Geliman Mfg Co common 'Last Sale Price New York Curb Exchange Range-Since January 1 Shares High' • Sales Week's Friday STOCKS— Klein Oattneau Power Co oommon 13 Sales of Prices ■ Low Par EXCHANGE ENDED for Week Range Sale Price' Exchange WEEK (2127) CHRONICLE 8 1,200 11% Feb 7% May 10% Jan 6% Mar 7% 1 10 1% Apr 3% Mar Apr 5,600 2% Apr 4% 6% Feb 9 Jan 27/b 3 8% 8% 200 Apr 6% Feb 79% 140 79 May 87% Jan 3,500 1 Mar 2% Jan 3 Mar 14% 79 1 1 Va 50 3% 58% 18% 3 5% 79% Jan 17% Mar Jan 8% Mar 9 33% 57% 58% 1.800 9 Va 10% 7,300 1% 600 1% Feb May 16% Mar 7% Jan Jan Apr 67 6 Feb 11 % Apr 1% Jan 1% Apr 56% 65 8V4 Apr 75 Jan Apr 8% Jan Apr 28% 28% 50 Feb 30 % 103% 10% 350 10% May 13% Feb 19 400 16% 20 Apr .17% 26% Jan 35 36 COMMERCIAL THE (2128) YORK NEW RANGE Friday Last Sale Price Low Niagara Hudson Power common 5"/o 1st, preferred 6% B optional 100% Jan 96% Apr % Feb % Jan 10% 10% 10% 2,100 9% Jan 10% Apr 8% 8% 8% 2,000 7% Jan 400 8% % Apr Central North Northrop 1st 11 Jan Apr Corp Inc Oil Savoy 1 : v, United Samson 9% Mar 400 28% 30% 30% 100 37% Jan 37 Jan Scovlll High 28 2 Steel Apr 100 Apr 12% 12% 100 11% Feb 1A% Jan Securities 2'/8 2% 2% 1,100 2% Jan 3% Apr Beeman Feb Segal Lock & Hardware 2 SO 85 86% 103 103% 85 50 pid_100 1 50 103% May Jan 0 4,500 5% May 11% 13% May 15 % Jan 14 V8 Shoe Selby Jan 900 6% 13% 6% • 89 May 101% Inc prior stock (R 374 Feb 174 2174 22% 1,700 13% 1374 700 Inc B) Corp ! < Apr ' 17% Jap Apr 1% Mar 16% Apr J 2 3,200 1 Mar 1% 15 May 16% 1, J ah 50 Feb 15 2% 274 18% 7374 74 650 76 | 50 3% Jain Feb 1974 Jan 73% 1,900 Feb 16 Jan 78% F^b 'i May 7874 Feb f 9,100 17% 7374 2% t 374 1 common > Jhh 100 18 1 . Jan Jan 'A 19% 13 . Jan 28% 1% 15 274 2174 May Jan 16% 1 1% certificates Radio Sentinel 2% Jan 1% 16% 25 Semler Jan 3% ■ 5 Allotment O 174 800 —— , ■' 2% Mar 1,300 76 common.. Feb 3,700 ! stock Jan 174 - 1% mill Convertible $5.50 200 3% • Industries Selected Jan 11% 2% __ • Co , Jan 19% 22% 1 Inc Bros , 8% Feb 6% Mar 1% '■■■" common Corp General . 5% May 16 f 2 • ■ Co 2" • 500 ;3% ' ■ 1 25 12% • 2 2 2,400 1% 1 Manufacturing Feb 31 100 77a 2% 25t (Del) & Fisher Brick Co Bchulte (D A) Inc common.: Mar 30% 574 1674 7% 7% .—lv. common— Bayre Apr 5% — l',;vv 1 Inc Low 16% __ 49 Scullin Corp Range Since January 1 High 2 1 Ltd common. Corp preferred conv 0 Oil Co Aircraft Lawrence St Bait Dome Oil Co 1% Securities Utility Northern Indiana Pub Serv 5% Novadel-Agene 100 it • Texas RR Penn 10 12 • class A Airlines Northeast 475 97 9% "u '—fi American North Low Par Shares Apr 92% 9J0 .—3 94 % Mar Sales for Week Range of Prices Apr * Corp common Rayon 11%' Jan ha Class B common North 7% 77,700 9 Mines American North 11 Week's Last Sale Price High % —; Nineteen Hundred MpisMiig Low 96% , class B com Nlles-Bement-Pond Friday % warrants Niagara dhare Corp 13 New York Curb Exchange Range Since January 1 High 10 MAY ENDED STOCKS— Shares '96% 100 100 preferred 20. Class 10% 1 WEEK Monday, May 16, 1949 EXCHANGE CURB for Week Range of Prices Par CHRONICLE FINANCIAL Sales Week's , STOCKS— New York Curb Exchange FOR & 4 274 .. 76 1,000 3 5 Jan 5 2% Apr 4% Jan l'k Jan 12 Apr 9V2 300 274 Apr 13% Jan Jan i ' Corp Ogden Co class Ohio Brass Ohio Power 4%% Pomdexter Old B 15 com Distillery Oliver United Filters Omar 108 100 new class B Inc 35% 106% Feb 30% Apr 8% 500 8% 12% Securities 15% 7% 7% 100 1 14 Jan Jan Shoe Corp Pacific Gas & Elec 6% 5%% 1st preferred Pacific Lighting $5 Pacific 1st pfd Power Si Light 1st preferred 5% Paramount 1 Patican 2 Ltd Penn Power & 1 Power 6% 29% Mar U May original preferred 4.88% cum preferred 4.56% conv _ Jan 8'A Mar 1 Feb 3% May Southern Pipe Line 2% 100 174 Jan 2% Mar Southland 100% Jan 4% 4% 400 34% 3574 450 3% 3% 200 52% 53% 400 -- 9% -- 10 • 50% 800 41'A Jan 3 4.48% 2% 2% 2% 11'/a 10 Feb Standard Mar Jan $1.60 874 Jan ~2tt 600 2% Jan •V~3ft 1,300 1% Feb Apr Apr 500 ,X1074 Feb 11% 36% Feb 39 2% 11% 65 . 18% 'v> - ■ 3% 680 - 274 - 17 6% 800 $7 69% Jan 2"?% Apr 36% Jan 15 10 • 33 33 8% 8 200 14% • _ (The) 24% 4% Sterling Brewers Jan Stetson Jan 38 ; (J B) Jan 11% Jan Apr 174 Jan Sunbeam 7% 7% 96 96 7% 15 1,000 10%' 8% 10% Jan Jan 14 % May 600 9 • ■- Stroock Jan Jan 94% i 200 7% 10 Apr 9% •100 14% Mar 5% Jan 3% 100 3% Feb % Jan 100% (S) Co 19 19 20% 300 6% preferred Quebet Power Co 87% 30% 31% 1.5 1% 100 145 —* 460 145 85% Jan. 10 143% Apr 200 14% ,14% 13% Feb Mar 1074 28% 3% 3% 2% Feb Feb /. Jan 274 Mar 274 Jan 4% May 67% ■ Jan 75 Apr 24% Jan Apr 15 Jan 5% ve • Jan 7 ./May 400 I.'ir.$i.:.'74 Mar 2,900 : • 10 •—"i'-' 13 . 29% 30 Jan 13% x28 Apr 41 'Ui- 1674 Feb Mar Apr 17 Apr Apr 3 Jan 11 7 Mar 325 2% 274 1,000 ■' —I/" ■■ 14 '-2% - ^ - ■ __ 574 1 9% May Jan 7% May Taggart Corp Power & V.sSrjr;- 1 common Inc Light 7% 11 2874 29% 14% 1474 3,200 ■ lioo pfd f. 400 1474 • 11 28% • common common Shovel Jan Tllo 148% Jan Tishman 14% Mar Co nev; Corporation 92% 11% Jan 2974 Apr 10% Jan 15 % Apr mkmm' —•' - t 16% 16% 974 15 200 974 200 .""974 5 120% Mar 128 Roofing Inc Tobacco $3 convertible Raytheon Regal Shoe Mar 17% Jan 974 May 1 i. Realty & Allied & %g,'- 374 12% • 9% 1,600 12 12% 1374 Jan 63 % ;,.8% May 11% Feb 1,000 6074 1 Construction- Stocks 40 j 52 1074 - Jan .(Texas 18 Apr Jan 19 May U Jan 1 Mar 455 18% 300 ; 18 5% ~5% 3% 3% 374 600 1 3% 3% 3% 300 12 % 200 ~5% 5% May 5,600" ..9 19 1774 19% 20% • 20% 2074- Co— 2% Amer dep rets for ord reg Cable Corn common Field 174 450 2% -500 400 2 600 Rotary Electric Steel Rowe (The) Corp Co common— Royalite Oil Co Ltd new com Russekg Fifth Ave common Ryan Aeronautical Ryan Consolidated Rv»>rgon & Hay tip* For footnotes Co Petroleum common see page 37. Trunz Apr Tung-Sol Lamp Works 47% 47% ■' : .100 1 48 2% 9574 % '7„ 45 550 2% 95% 1% v. 225 U 3% 3% May# 5% 3% Feb % Mar ; ' warrants 274 1,300 2% * IIIl com 17% 1% Jan Ulen Jan Unexcelled Chemical 274 Jan Union Gas of Investment 2 Feb 1% Apr f 2% Jan Jan 93 Feb 21% Apr 27 8% May 10 Feb 8% 2,600 5 ■ 5% 1.000 4 Jan 28 - 1,100 28 May 7% • 6% x6% 1.25 8 -1 29 7% 200 6% 6,000 8 x674 Feb 5% Mar ■ ■ I. : v• f; 9% Feb / / 2% Mar. '24% 774 Jan 9% May 500 974 Jan 474 May •11% Jan 24 Jan 4- •• l _10c Corp 1 • Canada. — Co 4 ^ — Union Oil Co of California— 1 : 1% Apr 2% 2% 400 174 Feb 374 Jan 9 5 Corp $3.75 • pfd series A Union Stock Yards of Omaha Products 7% 9% 300 7% Jan 9% Apr 6% Jan 674 Apr 92% Jan 97% Jan 57 Jan *, — .' #' ■4." 96 ■ — ,J.... . Jan '' 95 96 125 Apr 6% May Feb 100 6% Jan 574 Jan 5% Mar 5% 700 4% 4% 200 4% Jan United Milk Products — • 1.600 3 V .... 274 33 A * . 5374 May — — 2% .« — United Gas Corp common United Light & Railways 10 % 5% May 3% Feb —100 common warrants Elastic Corp United * com.!— —50C Corp Feb Mar 5% Chemicals United Apr 7 5 4% 5% 37 200 5% • Jan Jan 8% ~7% Jan • 100 1 1. Realization United 10 Jan n 4% U 21% 25% 21% ; - 2% Mar 98 Apr 2% 5,500 ^•"' :'f ' • — - Jan Apr United Aircraft 5% Jan Jan £1 8% Feb Jan 3% < •' —- * preferred 274' ' ■7' — 20% May 21% 5 Jan ' '! 4% Mar 89 • Feb is 60 % May 1,000 3% 6% Jan Feb Mar 91% 300 96 ',74 ' 1 — Irtc convertible 80c • 100 .5 Inc Tri-Continenta! Apr 1 1 Rochester Gas & Elec 4% pfd F Roeser & Pendleton Inc common Rolls Royce Ltd— Roosevelt Jan 20 56 Jan • ,_70c ... 5% . ■ —20 Royalty Corp 26 774 ' —: ...58 common Toledo Edison 4 % % pfd Tonopah Mining of Nevada Trans Lux Corp Union -1 Rome Toklan IS Jan Jan • . \ Apr May' 52% Mar 1 Dry Goods Valley Gas Corp) v t c % 15% . Shipyard Corp Jan 13% 63 % May •I 'I1 £1 dep rets ord regis dep rets def regis ■ Co Grande 300 6.28 Richmond Radiator Rio - • . . Stlx 74 13,700 24% com——* Reis (Robert) & Co Reliance Electric & Engineering Rice 18% % common—.5 Reading Tube Corp class A Ei 18% 10 preferred Manufacturing A ltf 18% _1 Rath Packing Co common Raymond Concrete Pile new Amer Todd 10 Feb ■ •' Amer A Jan ' V —5 common common 1074 May 26 300 % Apr Mar 3% i7s 30% 30% 50 10 17% 17% 17% 10.600 16% May 7 28% 27% 28 % 14,900 21 Feb 2874 9% 9% 100 9 Apr 10% QD Mar • common 26 « Preferred Feb Jan Jan 39 % Mar 9,600 Jan 3074 M^y 21 21 Jan Apr Jan Mar United Molasses, Co Ltd— Amer United dep rets ord NJ RR & regis Canal ... — — 100 —— — — 244%- 24474 10 > 4% Jan 242 % Mar ! Jan Jan 12 % ;i Jan 900 16% Tobacco Security Trust Co Ltd— Railway & Light Securities— Voting common Railway & Utility Investment Apr 1274 Mar 98% Mar 21 % R warrants. Jan 274 10% • "' Aadlo-Kelth-Orpheum option Jan Jan Feb 50 -18 1% 474 12% :'.;<5 13 •V • . A 10% _ -25C Feb.; % Mar 100 2% 1 X ' \ w274 May 12 . Apr 11% 20 3% 30 Jan 2 • 150 ;; •:"a/ 2 % Apr 374 ■ 12 Apr 274 ' t 2% 139 • Apr Jan 7; 700 ' " s Jan 774 4,900 73 2% Jan ; 800 4% 7274 „ Feb May An6% May 200 ; 1 % 11274 150 674 3% • .j 31 % May Feb %/"l% Feb ' Corp 19 100 135 674 4% • Apr 474 Mar Jan Mar 9 1,200 135 — 21% 274 2,400 174 174 ? 3% , 18% Mar 100 9 174 I 135 j 74 Mar 874 T6% - 2974 a 174 •' Swan Finch Oil Corp Jan Thor 89 .1 i 9 -—'J I—1 Thew 88% Jan " — ■X • v# 4% ' ' —1 Drug common Superior Portland Cement, Inc Superior Tool Si Die Co Texas common " Apr 6% Mar 100 4% 4% ■I — - —1 ... i common.. Tampa Electric Co Oats Jan 3% ; I/:" common & Co Technicolor Quaker Jan ' 100 —1 Sun Ray • 2% Mar 1,300 com. (Hugo) Corp Stop & Shop Inc 1 % • 39 6% Feb 300 74 — Stinnes 8% May 10% 5 Ii 31% ■ 7% —1 {Sterling Engine Co Sterling Inc Jan Jan • Jan 29% % —1 Products Apr 95 74 — ; 26% Mar 674 674 Inc 8% Apr 300 300 j Feb 26 74 Mar 7% —10 Corp... Aluminum Sterling 2,700 - ' ... May 23% May 4% Apr 3% — Feb Jan 1% 99 — 30 700 2% Jan 5% 10% 100 2974 Apr Mar 1,100 . "% Co. 14% - Apr 27% 1 —. Corp 12% 1% — 44 27 ~2~78 _ Products 95 % 400 * Jan 24% 2% 8tarrett 10% - 18 Jan 27% • Standard-Thomson 1% 7% Apr 28 —" • preferred Standard Jan 32% May 7% Feb 400 % Jan 37 ; v' — 3% B Jan 6% • Apr ■ 2,400 Feb •25% class 11% Mar — Manufacturing 3% 2,600 .■ — 93 % Mar • com 274 Mar 28% — preferred 4% Mar 800 i 1 Puget Sound Power & Light— $5 prior preferred Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Pyle-Natlonal Co common 11% 6% 6'A 2.50 Providence Gas Public 8ervice of Colorado— 4%% cumulative preferred Jan 24% . Jan Feb 3% Mar 100 — 5% • • 8 1,200 ..." convertible Common Mar Apr 62 1,100 t 374 — ~5% 100 B Apr 27% 1 Dredging Corp common. ..20 preferred Standard Forgings Corp 1 Standard Oil (Ky) 10 Standard Power & Light com 1 Jan 2% 11 • Standard Apr 24% 18% Prosperity Co class Feb 7% 29% —25 Brewing Co Convertible 3% 13% Feb 64 - 37s 2774 _25 Standard Cap & Seal common F<& Jan .50 1 1% 200 28 „• Stahl-Meyer Inc.... Apr 21% — Producers Corp of Nevada 1274 Jan 29% preference.; Royalty Co Spencer Shoe Corp Jan 100 50 1 'J, 27% 29% preferred— cum 1% Mar 11 7 10 America Jan i96 May 3 300 274 15 25 conv 4.32% May 21% 25a common 874 1,800. ' 474 Mar 5974 Jan 9% 100 26% Mar 5% Mar 4% May 32% Mar 600 174 13 106 93 1,300 7% _ —6 175 104% 106 '. Apr Jan 5,200 —1 1% 2.50 Jan 88 74 2574 • 27% __ Steel Co of Canada. common. f 74 3% 7 25 preference 7 13- 5 Feb 10% i9« 3 ...25 6,200 53% - 374 Edison— 11,320 - • Jan 2% Mar __ 274 —10 Line 8% 1 preferred Lambert Co Prentice-Hall Inc common Pyrene Apr % May Pipe 974 • __ 12.50 common. California 23674 .. 74 3 1 3% 35% 1 common of 27% Apr shares 1st Metals Oil 774 Mar — — 10% 1 Corp common Penn May 223 __ 1 3 * Pratt-& Pressed 25% —~ 1 2% 2 Corp of Canada Jan -* Amer Alexander 23% Jan 6 160 " 1 50 • Mining Co. & 200 Apr t Manufacturing common 5% Jan 29% i 19,000 ,_50o Pleasant Valley Wine Co Powdrell 47 4% , 2% 2.50 common Pittsburgh Bess & Lake Erie RR Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Pittsburgh Metallurgical common 8cale Mar 42% May May Feb 2,100 __ Co— South 674 233% 236 -100 ... Pa 16 May 28% May ■ • Corp Coast w'?;' — 6 235% .£1 __ Manufacturing Southwest Jan 13% May «... Paper Mills South Apr Jan Mar 20 Jan # \l — 20 Pltney-Bowes Inc Pneumatic Jan Jan 5% 1 _iU0 28% 106 • Pioneer Gold Mines Ltd Piper Aircraft Corp common Polaris 400 4274 24 % • (Mass)—- Ltd Jan Boss 60 107% Mar Mar 11% 700 3% — -. % 100 common Johnson 3 4% 5Solar Sonotone 13% 16 8 1 Perfect Circle Corp Pharis Tire & Rubber Pinchin Mar 1,100 1574 80 Feb 55 Jan 18 • 13 13% • 28% — 2.50 (The) Governor 13 20 24% 1 Philadelphia Co common Phillips Packing Co Pierce 100 Jan 14% Jan 10574 Mar -- 8olar Ahcraft Co Jan 17 Apr May 14 42% 42% warrants Light 4%% pfd Peppercll Mfg Co 11% 24 % Apr 19 Jan 4 53 : * (Howard; Apr Apr 12 % Mar 600 Feb 3% '22 V4 Publications— 3/8 common Traffic Co Penn Water & Power Co Pep Boys 7% 350 Smitn 300 " • Ltd. ** Penn Gas & Elec class A common Penn Feb Apr 58 4 May 25 % 38% 14 • 4 25 oreferred Corp 17,900 20% 19 Jan Apr Apr 55 — Pennroad Mar 14% — • common Rights Penn-Dixie Cement Jan 98 2% 16,800 8 19% '2 23 cum 104% Jan Feb 14 5374 1174 Jan W— Simplicity Pattern common Simpson's Ltd class B— Slnger Manufacturing Co.. Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd— Amer dep rets ord regis Bloux City Gas & Elec Co— 3.90% preferred Southern Telephone $1.32 ; 20 • $1 cumulative preferred < 274 -- 5 Apr 2374 —— 8 Corp Jan 38% — -- 2/8 Jan 32% 15 100 19 • 36 Jan 1974 1374 • $3 convertible preferred Jan 94 . m. ~ • Co 874 Apr 10074 mm' mm 1 Peninsular 1,500 • Parkersburg Rig & Reel Patchogue Plymouth Mills.. Co 34% 100 preferred Motors Pen 34 * pfd Page-Hersey Tubes common Pancoastal Oil (CA) v t c Pantapec Oil (CA) Amer sh Parker 300 3 25 Pacific Public Service com $1.30 7% 7% May 32'A Apr 29% 23 7% 33% ' 274 100 • Canada of America class A Simmons-Boardman -8 200 53 .25 common Silex Co common Pacific Can Co common 974 Mar eoo 274 21% 100 Breweries Slck's 10 27a preferred Sherwin-Williams of 8 % May Jan 7 4 % ""/I 21% • - Sherwin-Williams — 10 — Sheller Mfg Co.. Mar 14 — ' • common Shawinigan Water & Power Feb 2274 Apr Apr 14% May 1,000 1 , —— Shattuck Denn Mining Apr 9% Jan 11 14% 15 31% Leather Seton Jan 112 1 Control Serrlck Corp class B Safety Sentry Jan 40% Mar Jan 50 1 O'okiep Copper Co Ltd Amer shares Overseas 150 1,500 8% X • 2% Feb 30% 40 30% 30% 2 1,300 108% 39% • common preferred Natural Gas Oklahoma 2% 2 SOfl common 474 Feb 246% Feb 1 Volume THE; COMMERCIAL Number 4803 169 YORK NEW RANGE Friday Last STOCKS— New York Curb United Profit Sharing com 10% preferred United ■ Shoe .25c 10 25 25 1 _10c Machinery common Preferred > _ United .< U S Specialities common Air Conditioning Corp U S Foil Co class B U S Rubber l-/-. Reclaiming'Co United Stores Corp com2l~£_ Universal Consolidated Oil / 39 7V2 7-% 1 1 37% 100 7514 1,300 *>•■2% 7514 3% ~2% 4oy4 *0 3% ~2% 1 Jan 83A Feb 1% Jan :%'/• 4i %• Mar 3% 1 Jan 75 334 1,000 15% May * Feb Jan 6*4 A7s Nov ex Co—* 900 - 35 >4 Feb 24 % - Altalian Kansas Superpower 6s~ 22% *2% 2% 3,100 2 23% 233/b 23% 400 21 Jan 100 22% May J-J 4%s i , , New Feb 26 2% N Y Power Apr 23% May Venezuela Syndicate 1 4% 20c Iric ; ••• :• 634 Jan 71 May 4% k: 2% ■ "i 1st 2% 4 T 1,000 - / 400 534 Aircraft Waco Co $2 1 "1% 30 8% preferred cum Watch Ward _L Co—1 Aircraft West Utilities Texas 1 1.25 Western preferred $6 Maryland Ry 7% Tablet Western Westmoreland Inc Oil River Wickes (The) Williams (R C) - Jan 1st mtge 1% 11,500 34 Feb 2% Jan 33/a 900 2 34 Feb 4% Jan Spalding (AG) 1% 1,200 114 Jan 1% Apr AStarrett 6% 700 6% May 7% Jan 115% Feb Mar 155 100 22% Apr 26 30% Apr 36 21% 14 Vb 100 16 Viz 2V2 600 8 Vb Mar 9 150 5% Feb 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Jan Apr 5 Jan 7 9% 25 3% 400 14% 14% 30% 30 7 27/a 14 50 .V Feb 10 £1 * 10 200 10% 103/4 400 8 8 974 107/b 10% Mar 7% Jan Jan ' Sale Price Bonds series 'Boston 13 105% 96/4 5%s A 1955 M-N 1007/b 101 20 100% (20% 1964 j-j 106% 106% 106 Cities Service '■ 5s Debenture ,— 3s ; (Bait) Gas El Lt & Pwr 1st ref mtge 3s ser 1 1st ref mtge 234s ser Q Consolidated Gen Gas •' ' // ' • /.• • - 1st mtge 99% Danish M-S 106 %,: 106% 106% J-J 106 % 105 A 1st m^ge 4s ser B—. 103 Elmira Lt Water & Marelli Elec Ercole 106 107% 203 87 913% 90% 91% Cons RR 5s A-O 563/4 55% *37% 55 6 98% 48j4 9634 34 100% 116 55 +48 + 33 1963 *103 103% 102% ; : A7s J-D 55 54 105% 105% 1053b vt $52% 104% 6 listed on are 58 105% 55 "i (ser ABCD / ,, Jt to 1972 2008 E)_^—1997 (Plan A) 2% Government 6%s 5 %S 52% Odd-lot par value, a transaction gReported in trials May May 7 9 May 10- May May 1112—i May 13 * roads ities 175.39 175.17 174.37 174.40 Date— 15 47.43 47.25 47.11 47.17 47.35 47.58 174.70 174.82 .*118% 109 1183% Bonds 65 Stocks 55 used 55 37 56 32 55% Jan. 1 — 37%-; 41% 40% & r-v 85 r 79 - 79 *11% % 1/70^*81% 79% 12 ; 12% 6% M-S 15% 6 13% 15% M-N J-D 27% 28% 4 24% 29 ; 40 40 8 37 y8 41% Df-N A-O J-D J-D *45% 413% 43 80 61% 80 *28 30% 26% 31 18 18% *45% ■ ' . ■ *26 •$75 J-J 18% J-J 2012 1919 15%; 18% 68 V 24% 4 26% J-J 26% 27/8 2% 3 Vb 100 23/4 3Vb 99 2 .29 2 27/B J-D M-S ABonds being traded flat. ' - 3% 3% transacted during current week. sales being • J v . ;■> above—"cod," certificates of "conv," convertible; "M," mortgage; "n-v," non-voting "wi," when issued; "w w." with warrants; "xw," without stock; "vtc," voting trust certificates; warrants. Over-lhe-Counler Industrial Stock Average (35 Stocks) Quotation Bureau, Inc. Compiled by National 10 First Second Grade Grade Util¬ 40 May 7 Rails ities Bonds May 9 31.40 May 10 31.27 Range for 1949 31.39 Date— Closing • Total 35.89 63.22 101.69 102.13 86.40 103.58 98.46 35.85 63.10 101.72 102.20 83.14 103.55 98.40 35.75 62.86 101.75 102.22 85.96 103.61 62 90 101.75 102.21 85.96 103.58 98.37 May 11 35.92* 63.06 101.77 102.27 85.80 103.59 98.35 35.85 63.13 101.77 102.38 85.76 103.59 98.37 May 12. May 13 - . 31.19 - — 31.13 33.26 Jan 24 3105 Feb 26 . Range for 1948 31.23 - 98.3b 35.80 High Low . High ; , , ' n • "cum," cumula¬ deposit; "cons," consolidated; tive; stocks and bonds 10 High 14% Indus¬ Rails Range Since Low No. High *83 J-J 10 trials 102 Sold Bid & Asked Bonds Total 119 100% „ 40 J-D 10 Util¬ 108 108% *67 receivership. Abbreviations 31% 1 52% 56 55 -Stocks20 86 1063/4 Deferred delivery (not included In 32% 5 the daily closing averages of representative Rail- 82% 2 106 *67 54 *53 — 30 17 28% -50% transaction (not included in year's range), d Ex-interest, year's range), f Ex-distribution, g Ex-stock div. h Exprincipal. n Under-the-rule transaction (not induded in year s range), r T^saction for cash (not included in year's range), x Ex-dividend, y Ex-rights. ■ z Ex-liquidating dividend. »No e 56 *52% J-J Indus- 84% - A-O J-J 1921 reduced 31% ■ - the New York Stock Exchange as compiled by Dow, Jones & Co. ' 85 / 63 102% 1033/4 Stock and Bond Averages Below 1 Week's Range or Friday's *. Sale Price" — 32% 2 52% 52 52 F-A 1952 coupon)—; 52% - 1952 (July 1941 *53 . 52% 5 1947 1947 1931 JFriday's bid and asked prices; no series F A7s J-D J-J 1955 1955 1957 1957 C 1941 coup) L_ (Aug 1941 coupon) A7s > . (Republic of) Interest Sec— A6%s (Dec 1 A7s series E it: • series reduced to 2%s Is to 2%s 41 A Mountain Power 33/4s A6%s Peru ARusslan 101% y *1 City Bank of Bogota— A7s (issue of May 1927) A7s (issue of Oct 1927) A Mortgage Bank of Chile 6s Mortgage Bank of Denmark 5s Parana stamped (Plan A) Interest reduced to 2%s 117% 15 60 r 63% 403/b 41 *117% M-N 100% J;'"; 112% .97% 1958 537/b 100 50 Low ; 111% M-N May 1970 Last Interest Mortgage 103 3 Vis /•/• 10134 60 & Lt 30 6 101% 102 F-A 1952 /.-/.V1: ' j 106 % mi'/a J-J M-S * ■ J-D F-A 101% *101 Power :• 2 48 100% *104 A-O 1953 99 % J-J Power 52 107 y41073/8 J-D 5s 102 % M-S ii; V."r M-S External Danzig Port & Waterways— AExternal 6%s stamped Rio de Janeiro stamped Guantanamo & Western 6s 18 14 40% ; 1043/4 105 10434 1950 International 52 50 M-N *ioo%101 A-O M-N 1961 Indianapolis 18 V* 95% 127 *15 (Peru) 6%s stamped_1958 stamped (Plan A) 2008 AMedellin 7s stamped 1951 Grand Trunk Western Ry 4s ( 72 43 100 50 1955 Interest A6%s ex Nov 1 1947 coupon 1953 Finland Residential Mtge Bank— Green 63 Maranhao 1940 coupon—1953 stamped 123 5 Municipal Loan— 105% __ *100 % 101% j-j v 25 71 39% 40 J-D 5%s 104% 993/4 +105% Mfg Co— A6%s with Nov 1 5s 'K External 104% 27 91 % J-D 1965 1956 Eastern Gas & Fuel 3VaS 125 70 82 Mortgage Bank Agricultural 107 18 106 % 106% 3 13 103% 103% A-O 1993 1993 • 96 102 Division— of N J 4s ser A— 'f 92% 162% 100% Delaware Lack & Western RR— Lackawanna r 89% 1954 £1 ' -•/•"/. ".'i • 59 160% 20 102 —102 108% (Bait City)— 4%s mtge 100% 105% *39 Period 22 1962 993/4 104% 82 48 /•- / 99% 1981 ' 1st ref 234s series R ' - 9534 106% 4 — 2%s conv debs • .. .. 125 Friday BONDS 98% 106% 107 " *162% 165% — ■ M-S 1969 1976 •• 100 *15 New York Stock Exchange ALima P ; 104 106% *81 / — A-O 1959 94% 1977 - >. ■ Union— »• Consol J-J 1954 99% 1958 5s_ 106 103 7/b < 953/4 1969 Debenture 5s Debenture Hotel— debs M-S Q-F 1954 Jan 1966 105% 104 106 *105% 106 V 1956 1956 J-J 106% J-D 1948 redeemed) V '.100 A-O (Col) — A 20-year 7s April 1946 A 20-year 7s Jan 1947 Bogota (see Mortgage Bank of) ACauca Valley 7s 1948 J-D 1970 105% Foreign Governments & Municipalities • 1998 114 102% 103% Co— coupon. 1063/4 redeemed) (20% A5%s 1 Newspaper 102 % 6s *103 '''TT*. ' 1946 6s conv s f debentures 101 ^Central States Electric Corp— A5s M-N ~ — 107 97 1960 113 100 6 29 High 106% 1063/4 100 >4 101 234s— Edison Low No. High 10634 100 J/2 : 113% X Jan. 1 j-D C Steel 'Bethlehem Sold j-j 3J/4s Canada— of Telephone 5s income Range Since Friday's or Bid & Asked 1970 Atlantic City Electric •'Bell 1947 Week's Range Last Period 1953 deb Assoc Tel & Tel 101 Apr 414s—: Electric F-A ,,—1946 1940 coupon 1 Dec ex A5s 8 34 May lii Low Appalachian Elec Power 3'As 'Associated 104 1053/e /-■ 105% 1057/a 1 Waldorf-Astoria Jan 3,300 Friday Interest BONDS New York Stock Exchange J-J Washington Water Power 3y2S_—1964 West Penn Electric 5s ; 2030 West Penn Traction 5s 1960 Jan 14 Jan Aug ex A7s Apr 33 1043/4 Mar Jan 400 "2% 2 — 156% 101% 100% • » *105% 105 7/b „ A-O .148% -1 " Hydro-Electric Co— 1940 coupon—1953 Western Ltd 3 Industries— stamped A7s with Dec ' 100 2nd United Electric Service •' 15 % Mar Mar 2314 400 — 8 . A-O 1966 Corp inc 5s *110 —, F-A 1947 coupon—1953 United Electric Co of N J 4s 1949 Jan 8% 9% -- M-S T 5s (Hugo) A6V'2s May 3% 8 7. - ;XY: *100 ' A6%s with Aug 1 Jan 19 8% b Terni 1534 Mar Feb Apr 7 5s -15434.1543/4.: 1023/4 l03 — 3V4s Corp— 7-4s 3rd stamped A7-4s Woolworth American deposit iff ii 50 Apr 200 2 A Jan 18 *. 26 (Hugo) Stinnes Feb 125 15 ——. Stinnes . j * , 1970 (Calif) Elec collateral trust 5s Apr 22% 32% 18 8% t A-O 1989 1950 Gas & Gas 95 *15 1971 3 % 14% 25 Inc_" 6% preference Wright Hargreaves 55 1970 3s Southwestern 214 Feb * 100 Petroleum common (F W) Ltd— receipts— Woodley *43 1973 3%s- Gas Counties Jan 18 1 pfd Southern 214 103/4 14% 1 common Industries Woodall 106 J-J ; A— California Apr 2014 Mar 5 * 5% preferred w w__i Winnipeg Elec common—: ■ 105% ——1973 series 1st & ref M 3s ser B Apr 139 1 4%% 106% 106 100% 100%/ 114 1 & Co Inc—_ Wisconsin Pwr & Lt 105% 106 104% 105 7'4 22% 10 Corp Corp Brothers 105% 105% J-J 100% 50 10 Products Willson Wilson J-D 1970 104% * 3%s 108 104 V* 93 M-S Southern 104% 106 J/2 . *94% A-O Jan 32 ...,.,10 103 3s——1965 Mar 111 Jan 65 105% 105% Co— Edison California 1% 32 58 104% .. J-J M-N 1 Apr 9S4 Apr Mar 112 20 r. 174 Jan 8y2 . ,1033/4 104 V* Jan 6% 6% com—* Whitman (Wm) & Co Wichita *104 A-O debs 1 c — — 60 104 UTOIVB 1073%.. A-O: J-J/ 1,300 8% * Weyenberg Shoe Mfg___ , 1% 100 1st pfd—100 Stationery —' & Westmoreland Coal 8% 3% Corp_'_ 300 - "1% "l% 1 Baking Co warrants Warner 85/s 109 .1 Wentworth Manufacturing 1% 8% 1 102 Co— Gas & . *105 % 106 1 1940 coupon—1960 Elec 6% Southern 1% 8% Waitt & Bond Inc Waltham Service . J-D —1998 Queens Bbrough Gas & Electric— 5V2s series A 1952 Jan 1234 Apr 101% „.. 3s_1981 San Joaquin Lt & Pow 6s B :_1952 Scullin Steel inc mtge 3s_—£_£-£_ 1951 • 'J ^rust ctfs ext_* :_i_; 100 Wagner Baking voting 7% preferred Hydro-Electric -50-year . Jan 3 Mar 214 May 11 Vb 40 105 io87/b 100 Va M-N mtge 3.%s~—J - Public Apr ,. w ' 58% .104 / lA6%s ex Oct 1 1947 coupon-—1960 3414 Mar * M'X •: Feb Mar x31 200 1-' ■ ' 4% 2% Vogt Manuafcturing—^ ' 5% ,? 64 - ' 21 102% *ioi3^ 102 60-j Safe Harbor Water Power Corp Petroleum-!-' Venezuelan 300 5% 41 ' 3s A6y2s with Oct 1 x31 50% 108 3% 1 , . to 1968 1971 Park Lexington 1st mtge 3s 1964 Pennsylvania Water & Power 3y4S_1964 1st mtge Piedmont x31 40 105 M-S Ohio V 5% •r A-O 4% 78 % J 108 7 8 108% ■ F-A Gas 3%s 1 5 * High 62 273/4 40 J-D 1963 at 49 . 52 *104 J-J ; 1966 —1969 1956 Light 4%s_„—1967 England Power .3 %s ——-1961 & Westchester Ltg 4s 2004 Milwaukee Jan x25y2 Feb • Valspar Corp common-$4 convertible preferred—^ Vanadium-Alloys Steel CoJ U X15 3%s Valley RR— / . Extended 78%; *49% Light 3y2s & McCord Corp deb Midland Jan. 1 Low " 1952 —1963 Electric Power Kansas Power Range Since Sold No. High ' 41J4 May • Feb 22% - Bid & Asked • 1952 1947 coupon— 1 Bonds or Friday's _ 76% ' 2% : / 78 J-J — 1940 coupon A 7s with Nov 1 . Jan Jan ctfs escrow Isarco Hydro-Electric . Jan l3/4 2% Feb : -Feb 2 22% , Week's Range Last Sale Price Period . Co— Power ADebenture 79% Mar Apr ' •1% 200 - 5 common Jan 4034 • V1214 Mar 1,600 10 i 52 % • Interstate Jan 7% Mar V 3,700 •» Exchange Low Apr 7% Jan 1 Vo 3 Interest New York Stock 114 Apr 15% - 2% 37 a 280 7% 14% •. 13 High 441/2 May " k 3,175 -r 10 Universal Products Co common Utah-Idaho Sugar Utah Power & Light 4614 38% 10 — Insurance___ii_' Universal 44% • 1 1, 50c U S Radiator commonf- Low 38% 15 MAY BONDS High 44% • EXCHANGE ENDED Range Since January 1 % May • WEEK (2129) '37 Friday Shares 5% • CURB FOR CHRONICLE for Week of Prices Low v 1 / __ ;U S and International Securities t • ■ $5 1st preferred with warrants r V Par FINANCIAL Sales Range Sale Price Exchange ■; ;■ - Week's & Low 37.83 Jun 10 32.37 Dec 29 - '•}. 38 COMMERCIAL THE (2130) & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday,' May 16, 1949 OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES * RANGE FOR WEEK ENDE® MAY M Friday Exchange Week's . Last STOCKS— ,v' of Prices Agricultural Chemical Sugar Retining— American American American Tel 35% .—100 141% 100 Rights — American Woolen Boston 115 36% May 1** May 25 579 ■ Jan Jan 38% - Co 40% Jan 43% Mar Montgomery Ward 16 Apr 19% National Pressure National Standard 42 42 42% 1,898 16% 16% 16% 876 .15% t8% 9% Jan 16 - Feb 36% May £4 - Jan >. "19% Apr • 100 -jtf Jan '36% May 100 ■ ,,11 2 ^ 2% » 7% 7% » — Feb 12 7% 2,450 ; 7% •< i% Feb 2,200 » Mar Apr -t • 12%. 12% 150 12 150 21'/r Apr" 22% 4- 4 11- -Jan Jan 25 Jan fi- Feb 4% Mar. Mar Jan 52% 100 53^ 53% * ri '14% Apr 4 20 -2% Jan 1 22 y4 ,* common,j—1 & Co 300 -High '* 7% May *' 10 * ——; Mfg common., Monroe-Chemical Jan 100% Apr vtc Inc common 50 11 t, 5 preferred— prior SI 15% 36% . Miller ft Hart Jan 120 ' r ■ 15% ^ Feb 35 May , goo . Products——-1 i Mickelberry's Food *, common.: Middle West Corp: capital— lit May 27% May * ft -Co 165 106% 107% 107% 25 —— 26% 28% Marshall Field 7% 15% * Co Low High 7% 1 Modine 100 — Edison — 141 99,560 common—:. Printing Ranre Since January 1 -Shares 36 Vs 20% "20% 7. Napes GonsoL Mfg Co cap—•—— Jan 150% 32% Mar 125 3,537 - 1A 26% 60 Boston ft Albany RR 36 40% Low Par . Lincoln High 34% Mar 15 27% —* ' Anaconda Copper 36% 1A Low » '■ -• -r for Week Last t:% ^Range Sale Price of Prices - Llbby McNeill & Libby common Range Since January 1 Shares ' 142%' 141 1% v ;• High 35% — Tel.——— & Low Par • Sales for Week Range Sale Price ..fSTOCKS—, Sales Week's Friday Boston Slock Boston Elevated Railway— —100 Stamped .100 prior preferred pfd stamped- 1% 5% 8% B class stamped pfd 1st 38% 38% 5 .100 class A 1st .100 - 6% 43 4% Feb 6 Mar 275 5% Jan 7 Personal Boston 15% 15% Trust- Prop Hecla & Service Cities -10 —.— 16% — 3% 20 47% .17 14% Mar 170 3% 45% 5 — — Bancorp common common 1 271 Apr 5% 3% May " 5% Penn Jan prior preferred Elec National First 28 Kennecott Lamson Racing Narragansett common. * 26 26% 1 10% 10% 19% Jan 23 Sears capital * 37%- 37% 37% 31 Apr 35% Mar common.. 1 10% 10% 10% common.......* 24% 3,265 35 New Service May Roebuck Serrick Corp class B 53% Jan 61% Feb 44.79 Apr Sinclair Oil Corp Feb 40% Jan Society 26% May 33% Apr 44.61 37 37% 1,855 35 % 26% 27% 627 5% 500 4 Jan 42% May 56% 40 Feb 41 14 14 5 10 Jan 14 10 64% Apr Butte ':>Y — Bend Works Lathe Sunbeam Corp common System—7—20 ,—100 Feb 36 Mar 41% Feb Sundstrand Mach Tool new Com .6 6% Fruit Apr 50% Jan Swift & 25 29 11% 11% 32 24C 1,600 10% 1,951 8% Texas Co capital stock Co 11% May Apr 15% Jan Trane-Co (The) Jan 25c Jan 208 South La Salle St Jan Apr 87% 79 460 6% 6% 12 Apr 200 30c 15% 288 14% Mar • 14 Feb Jan 9% United Light & Rys Corp.— 45c Jan 17% 4% Mar 12% Feb 5% Apr 15% Apr 14% 460 16% 270 12% Feb 16% May 85 31% Feb 48% 49% 44% 46 38% 38% 38% , When issued 22%. * Wieboldt ■ 48 4,261 STOCKS— Admiral (J D) Co Corp Advanced Last American Tel & Tel Rights Par 7 Apr 54% Mar 40% 44% May 52% Jan Co 39% Jan American Apr 125 36% May ^ 43% Jan Anaconda 512 22% 26% Jan Apr Range Low Asbestos Mfg CO Athey Products LOW 40% 100 Avco Mfg Corp,. Berghoff Brewing 10 Corp 4% Jan 141 % May 5 % 200 24 23% 200 22% 11% 400 11 50 " 10*A Borg-Warner Corp tE Butler Bros J) ) common 15% V CAtr-Consol Biscuit Central 111 Secur common 28% 24% 150% Jan • ^ ; * —-1 Nash^Kel^nator'-Corp. v33% Jan 400 14V4 ---100 10% Feb 13 % Jan Jab 10% Feb 11-% Apf; 1% Jan Paramount Pictures Inc new com Jan 6 % Mar 7% Jan 100 > - ; ■ -100 ... .. Pepsi-Cola. Co •- -100 Pure Oil Co (The) Radio-Keith-Orpheum 15% Feb 6% Mar 9 Feb 7% Jan Republic 10% Jan Rexall Drug Steel Corp Apr 53% Jan Mar 49% Jan 2, . 1,900 . Cent ft 8 Util W Cherry Burreli 1 13% 250 11% Jan 14% 12% 1,400 10% Jan 12% Apr 10%* 72 74 52% Flour Fox Mills of i2% 12% 12% -200 -- 11% 11 11 "3% 7 3% 3^8 9% 9% , 66% Jan 52% 600 50 Apr 57% 46% 100 39% Feb 100- 100., 5 20% 21% 100 20 Apr 26% 26% 2,800 25 Jan 28% 29 25 common 26% preferred (new)—50 5% "3% (The).— H) common Great Lakes Dr & Dk common Hammond Instrument Co Heilman He in (G) Werner Horder's Inc Hupp Corp Brew . 58 8% 11 27% — • 14 % Corp cap 16% 1 common—,—3 7% Feb 200. 38 * 8'/e Jan 12 -300 25% Feb 32 Apr 11% 11% 400 11% Feb 14% Jan 8% 8% —. 700 7% Jan 9% Apr .- 300 27 Vb 'Jan 5% Apr 4 21 20% 5% 7% 95- Jan 12% Jan 9 Apr 14% 400 14% 15% Jan 700 16% 950 8% Mar Jan 15% 6 200 6 15 50 xl5 2 200 2 9% 500 17% 460 Feb Apr . Apr (new).,——• common common * Cumulative preferred For footnotes see • page 46.- • 1/128 ■» 6% -27% 1/128 24% 24% 25 200 14 14 15 3,100 11% 11% 36 36 1/64 1,000 6% Mar 200 4','c 20 11 Mar 17% May 9% 17 Jan 25 ;» 5 ' Apr Jun 11% Jap Jan ' • . .. 22 *21 V- **' » »' - 75 Kahn (E) 1 • v" f 10 common - , ;; Apr Jan II May . 102% Apr 7% 67^8 Mar ,..76% Jan 11% Mar 12% Jan 5 *• 'SO", 750 ; Feb v'1'. 170 4% 7, r 7% Jan 4 % May 6 Jan 8 Va Feb " Jan *'■ '! 51 * ; 12 12 18 27 16% Feb -19V'4 Mar ."51% 17% _, ... Sons • 8 29s,e Apr Jan 100 342 11% Mar 23%, Jan % May 28 , 25 "2 • ' Eagle-Picher Gibson Art ■ 4% 7 : " May* 26V8 228 1,198 5% * May 6sb May 117 6% 29 11% -.'4% —* : ' ;■> Low ;7l% -71% 11% * : 5 71% 50 Tel Crosley Motors Dow Drug common May 22 35 44 Jan 51% May Jan 11% Mar 13V2 43% 155 .12 50% May Jan Jan Lunkenheimer 18% Jan Magnavox May 3% 236 " 11% 36 Jan Jan Range Since January 1 x May Jan Jan' 21% 11% """85 ; 102% —100 preferred Cincinnati Street 16% Mar 11% 16% Feb 11. • .Shares " Jan Jan 1/128 May 23% Apr 10 Jan Feb Sales % St', 102% 102% §S 2% 9 r,' 22_f:.22% 21 ^ 21% 29 Rights- Feb ; Jan High Low ' 8.50 common Cine & Sub Bell 14%. Jan Kroger Co common Miami 1 Procter & 27% Jan Randall 15% Feb Rapid Electrotype U S Playing Card U S Printing common Feb 39% Feb Gamble.— class B_* __ 64% * *_• ;—* 18% V 10% 10% 64% 64^k 448 9r » .« .* __ 10 • 50% 93 17% 49% : ■: Co 93 = 50% * __50 gtd. 1/64 May 13 "294 - Little Harvester & Elec Cincinnati Union Stock Yard 19 Jan 73% for Week Range ef Prices _— Jan 50 17% Feb 9% Mar 900 ( . Week's .American Laundry Mach—,—.20 Champion Paper & Fibre * 21 Churngold Corp —,, Jan 6 9 11% ;* , Par 17 2 16% 500 10% 11 -.■v.. 74 19% Jan Feb 16% . - 65% 14»/8 100 — Sale Price Jan 32% Feb 15* Apr 30 Apr 1,300 19 Last 3% May 13% May 15 16% " ' 100 1 10 16 Friday 300 14% .25% ■■ 68 Feb —• capital 16 " 16 STOCKS— 62% 9% 13% 4% "'Mar Cincinnati Stock Exchange 6% May 26% May 27% 20% May * * .100 5%-' „ 68 i Jan 56% 26% Apr 24.% Feb Jan 600 Feb ... 10% Mar 400 ; .,19%.Mar 7 ; .:■» 400 * common.. 400 - - Jan 1 " Corp Cinn Gas 450 Jan 4% Feb-/ 2% 6 7% 16% May May 75 13% Feb Feb 8% 11 1 1 Corp Wilson &• Co ., 305's 1 59 6% 13% " 11 common Co Spring 10% May 5% Feb 20% Kellogg Switchboard Leath & Co 6 6 Jan 10 10% Independent Pneumatic Tool common.*! Indianapolis Power & Light Co com * Rights International 50 10% common Illinois Brick 40 20% common new 5% Mar 2% 10 1 Co 850 1,700 70 common —.10 Harnischfeger Corp r 28% May 70 8% 5 Razor common—, (W 40 10 5 .1 General Motors Corp cojmmon 10 Gibson Refrigerator Co- common—*_1 Co 6 3% 40 70 Inc America Safety United Jail 10% —15 Corp common Sunray -Oil -- Apr k 15'% 30% .10% 25 46% May 28% Jan 27% Jan (Peter)- Brewing common.:;.:,—1% Gossard Feb Steel Studebaker 7% Apr" ' 3% 300 22. 22 ; Jan IOV2 300 * 1% Standard Oil of N J Standard 1 Va May 4% - Jan 46% General Candy class A General Finance Corp common Gillette 13% 51% Corp class A——,1 Eddy Paper Corp 10% May 10 Dodge Mfg Corp common—,———10 Domestic Credit 400 Inc..—— Co cum 4% Mar 1% Jan ; Commonwealth Edison Consumers Co % Mar 74 Towel Co common—L _* Chrysler Corp (new)—— __2% (The) Feb 2 Jan 13% Chicago Cities Service Co common Coleman 200 200 Jan 9% 12 12 5 , 3% 1% 22 10% 50c common •3% 1% * — — common Corp 3% Apr 6% May v 7 • 2% Socony Vacuum Oil Co Inc 16% Jan 14% Mayf 3% Jan 1,100 1 — common 40 50 Jan 39% • Inc 43 300 7% Feb • common 50 7 Apr Jan May 6% 1 common Corp of America 100 16% Jan 9% 11% ■ f 6% ; 33% * 47% 6% 8% / 35% - 700 14% Airways Corp.,i*—2% 43% 16% Jan ' 1 37% 7.1% .■> Yhrto* Central- RRr capital—,,,—* Motor Car.,. • American 12% May 100 : 14% Jan 650 ,. f 37% -37% 5 57/s 9% Jan 28% May 11% Mar 400 ;?■* 6% 2% 6% Jan 103% 1 Co FttbHc.'Utility Corp..,——5 1 Apr 4% May 1% May 13 Jan 89% May 28% 1 General: Electric 950 300 '35' Mar, 26% 'l Y- 28% 12% May - Apr —* ■ Pan : 24 300 Jan New .6% 27% May 1,400 ; *3 Feb Jan 6% 10 14% 6% 7% 1% Feb Apr 7% 1,'. May 13 1, • Jan 10% Jan 200 43% * f ,779% Apr. , 2% 500 47% Corp common— Convertible preferred . 7% 8% 5% May 500 6% Jaa 11% 100 6% 1% May 600 2% Jan vl3 800 8% 1,000 9% —.1*.—10>' May 26 200 ./•- 7-: 12 "-Y', . ;11'; 2% 9% 7 9% 6% Inc (The) 5 common. 24, 'i Fey 1 System 9,700 5 10% 11% —" capital (E L Jan Apr, Jan 78% / May 11 Schenley Distillers Corp.. common Brach<& Sons 41% 28% - 74%, Feb.'-,, "500 : Bruce Co Jan . 44% Mar - Apr - 25 t, : Apf 24 " 12% 5% 2 „ 55% May ,, Jan- 69 12% 1 % 1% L_ Apr 26% Mar 11 1% 6% I 36% 100 1,100 24% Apr 4% 10 500 38% ^ 28% 27% 28% 25 Co GrahahfrFttfge Motors Laclede Gasv.Light— Jan 1% 1 — Borg (George W) Corp.. r Feb- May 11% Radio Belden Mfg Co common. 43 11% Ry 14% May 19% 1% ,__3 21% |1 Pacific Gas General- Feb 5 3 49% 2% • new common 5% _4 Feb' 300 , 43% 11% Farnswortlt Television & Radio High 1,000 141 % 142% Steel 40% May 1,700 5% — Feb 1 11% Jan 32% Ja» 200 150 ? 50 Corp————10 Topeka & Santa Fe__,,..100 xl3% Mar 110 19 % 1 capital— common •/ 41 • 22 1 Copper; Mining Apr 36% 950 14% common Corp Washer 200 Apr -6% Mar 7%v Apr -29 -2an 1,000 75 com— Packard Automatic 41% 29^% May- 250 0 Feb ' 5% May 400 t 75 - / San St & Curtl$s*Vetightv Range Since January I High 40 5% 13*2 4% Mar ' 36% 900 Yb 10% 75 _* Continental Motors Shares 17% 5 200 Columbia for Week of Prices 14% — -15% Ma*2% Jan, Certaln-tced Prpduct8 *L,v-*--ii-^---l ? Sales 5% i w Armour & Co common. Jan * 400 11% Arinco Steel 19% f141% Jan 21% " - 23 —— * Radiator 37% 1 capital—.7.100 8 29 J; Jan 6% Apr, 55% 24 ' —•; common,* American> Air 38% —5 ,7 Inc Alleghany Corp 750 23% < * (new)—5 — Castings Jan 24 5 Stocks— 22% Week's Sale Price common—i—* common Alum 28% Feb 70% 72, Mfg Com—12% Cumulative, prior preferred Canadian Adams Mfg Apr , 19% 150 38! ^ 24 Wisconsin Bankshares common. 500 v-Y Chicago Stock Exchange - 22 300 28% 38% , 7 —• /; ——.—— Stores Bethlehem * '550 'e ' Atchison Friday (new)..* Co common inghouse Electric & 37% —»—10 common Jan 34% Jan 44% —25 Laboratories t 13% : Jan 32% ■■ 49% W'estinghouse Electric Corp—,—.12'/a Abbott Apr . 30% • + .43% 43% *:j. U S Steel common—, 15% "■ 25 V 10 55% 2 common Jan 32 _ __ W, , 100; 5% —• U S Rubber Co—J——»—<— Jan 10% May 8% 32c 4% • preferred Jan 39% 21% 25 ' (The).,—— Jan 11% 13c 575 80 ' 6% «.* Co__ Jan .<11% Feb 6% f.7%. 44% 15 2.50 United Shoe Machinery common 29% 29% • 58 20 31 Uhfistfcd United :,v6-5;; 5%. 37% 62 31c" 32c 2.50 «..* 29% May. Apr 40% 47 79 —100 Totting ton Co— 26 10% •'4% i-4% " 41% r .4% 9% 79% i Jan 34% 16% 19c 9% Inc_ 16 16 11% 19c 50 Webster 100 '* W'-st & Mar 100 5% 11 :;;w —1 Rexall Drug Co ^ Shawmut Association Jan , 800 - 22% 5% : 37% 62 5 Mining 22% , 47 62 1 Pennsylvania RR Stone 1, common.-. Apr N Y New Haven & Hartford,. North 10 26% Sk 50 : 24% 24 : :»w_ Clothes capital-—6 Standard Dredging common—* 20 y Standard Oil of Ind capital.*—; 25 Stone Container Corp common 1 > Jan —100 Corp Brand South Jan 10 England Tel & Tel , ~ • Jan 5% Prod Union Carbide & Carb capital New -Y Apr-; Feb prior pfdi—50 Electric England Co & 351 . 641 Cos il9% Jan '13.% Jan 6% Jan 41 _ Jan, Jan 17% Apr Feb 9% Schwitzer Cummins capital 9% 9% May" 23.3/i Sangamo Elec Co 60% 5 ■ Assn 20 60 Jan 27% :—100 * *—'• 9% tfan 32% Jan Jan 25% Mar , May,.,. May - 24% , 39 37% -15 . 9% 24 68% ' 44 Nash-Kelvinator National "9% ——10 common: Feb 41 5% preferred •-*. Mathieson Chemical Corp Mergenthaler Linotype 15 15%; May 23 Jan 31a4 31 ► • — Corp (Deli 6% 12 100 'v 12 15% May 44.50 Maine Central RR common— 17 100 12 3 42% Copper 300 17 12 28 42.45 — —— 17% 17- 10 50 com——2% Co 6% 60 59% — Gillette Safety Razor Co.— Royale Copper (The) i A. 300 10 32% General Electric Isle Feb 65/B 18 37% Capital Corp. 22% 1,000 ; "-10% ^ — 7% May 145 3% Shellmar General Apr 500 61 22 • Stores. ' 60 60 Apr 25 ,7% 28 3% ——1°0 series A —100 5% preferred adjustment —100 Eastern Steamship Lines Inc—.—-—* Employers-Group Assoc * * preferred 27 50 : 6% t-i—25 Switch .class Circle Perfect 1st May 500 27% 8 7% 7% 5 Pennsylvania RR capitaL 47% May Feb 39 Rath Packing Common 100 . '^'23% 23 * Manufacturing Oak Eastern Mass Street Ry— 6% , 25%, .25% 20 common Peabody Coal Co common Calumet 27% 27% 10 common—. 8 - Apr Feb 38 5 6% Northwest Jan 237 39% 5 8 Cooker common....2 Car American North RR— Maine Boston & Jan 9 .11 . 58 32% 32 % - 93 39 220 , - . Jan 10 57% 96 May 17% May. f 27 May Feb _ v- Apr 21 - Mar 17% Jan 66% Jan Jan 10% Apr 10 May 11% Jan 13 56 Mar 58 Feb 15 32 May 39^ Jan r 150 634 * 58 32 % 7% t 11 • ; , THE Number 4803, 169 Volume COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE <2131) 39 OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES ' RANGE '■ STOCKS— . "V ■' .Unlisted Rollins; American Tel & Tel 7 7.7.- Ll : 145 ___ 48 % General Cash •37% Feb 48% May 40 26 »/8 Jan 29 11 % 382 27% 27% 50 37% 10% Apr 24% Mar Jan 34% Apr * 12 Apr 28 % Jan 65 59%. -50 .. Mar 35% Feb 39% 262 37% 57% 31% 56% Feb 62% Jan Feb 31% 30% 6 Feb 28% 25 25% Feb 31% 66 15 Apr 17 y8 Mar Jan 10% ~7~~r"h Standard Oil (N Standard Oil (Ohio) J) Gerity-Michigan Corp Brewing common Hoover Ball Hoskins Apr 14 Jan 16 % 151 15 Feb 17 y8 Jan 18% 230 17% Apr 21% Jan • 68% 93 65% Feb 24 40% 104 23 % Feb 71 '/a 156 24 y8 24% 20 24 % May 24y8 May 22% 22% 75 22 % 26% 40% 40% * : . 23% '• _ 24% a .12.50 Westinghouse Elec Cleveland Stock 40 75 •78 Jan May Jan 69 May 26% Jan 43% Mar Jan 78 . Low ' Par 1 (Un) Alleghany Corp American Coach & American Tel Tel & Body... & Rights Manufacturing i ; 1 25 Ches&peaTce & Ohio RV-—LJL-L City Ice & Fuel Iron Cliffs 4%% Kinsel Drug LaSalle Wines * Dow Chemical Pont Erie (E (Un) de I) Railroad (Un) * 1 —- Faultless Rubber — Masco Screw Products (Un)— Michigan General Motors common Glidden Co common (Un)__■ 10 (Un) * Goodyear Tire & Rubber common—_—" ; Gray Drug Stores Industrial Interlake Jones & . 3 (Un) Laughlin Steel (Un) * Metal Peninsular Pfeiffer Lamson McKee W) (H " - 105% 34% Metropolitan Brick Inc Brass " Aircraft Sargent' Radio Corp Richman (Un)_— of America Republic Steel (Un) ;* -• ± _ * Bros * " Union U < Carbide Steel S Jan 29% I *" Apr 16 Jan 70% May 76 Jan Los 36% Mar Jan Feb Alleghany Corp Jan Allis-Chalmers — American Airlines 21 43 Apr 50'A Jan American Radiator & St San 26 . 46 % Mar 179 American Smelting & Jan 195% Apr 25% May 32% 11'A 14% Jan 100 19 23% Jan Inc 5 Feb Apr Rights Co Jan Anaconda Copper Mining Steel 71 11 a38% 45% Jan Armour & 14% Jan Atchison 33% Mar 77 all Feb .75 .11% Apr 25% May 60 (Un) Corp (111) (Un) 13% 464 100 39% a28J/s 11% 150 9% 28% 4% Jan 9% May 27 Mar 4% Mar 1,500 7.25 ; Co Atlantic Refining 13% Jan Avco 33% 13% May 11% Jan 4% Jan 35% Jan 5 5% a89% 25 3 6% 13 al0% (Un) Co Manufacturing (Un). Corp Bros Corp Oil Co Barnsdall Oil common Bendix Aviation Bendix Home Jan 24 Jan — 90 15 Mar 17% 11%' 11% a20% a21; 30 11 Feb 14% Jan Black Mammoth Cons Mng Co 75 20% May 27% Jan Blue 39% Jan Feb 283 42 42 410 22% a37% a38% 138 37% May 24 24 , ' 26% Jan 69 Jan 62% Apr 74 Jan Chica Oil Corp.. Borden Company 1 6% 2 S * 10 1 20 * — 25 — & Sou Corp (Un)—* 1 2% 6 Low 2% 2% 550 4 Feb 6% Jan 1% May May 10% Jan 12% Jan 12 % Apr 14 Jan 2% 2% May Jan 10% Mar 8% Feb 6% Feb 6% 1 Feb 1% Apr May 1% Jan 1 % Jan Sales for Week Range Since January 1 Shares 25 11% 12 a435A a43% 3% May 28% Jan 2% Feb 27% 30 7 412 ; High Low High 356 Jan 9% Mar Jan 11% May 14% 45 % Apr 54 Feb 150 Jan 5,020 141% May % May 14 141% 141% 1% 1% a49% a49% 1,554 30 54% Mar a26% a26% 27% 27% a24 a24% 20 25 Jan 1% May 57% . — Crown a36 6 Feb Feb High 2% Apr Curtiss-Wright Corp May Electric 31% Jan Jan 1% a36 6% Power & Light Corp Oil Co 57 Jan Garrett 20% Jan General Electric Foods 5% 4% 400 22% 2,839 6% 100 "7 Apr Jan 6% • 19% 19%' ■ 745 4% Jan 5% 20% Jan 22% Apr 6% May 9% Jan 24% Jan 19% Apr Jan 39 Feb 7% May Jan ♦ 12 10% Feb 1,100 2.50 Apr 418 16 % Apr 10 42% Feb f Apr A% Apr ^21 n Jan 47 3A Jan Co 30% 150 30% May 34% Mar a7% 60 29 57/8 3c 111 28% 5% 3c a21% a21% 9 9% 41% Apr 8% Feb 28% May 33% Jan 6% Jan 3c Jan 7 5% 500 21% 30 */. Feb 7% Mar 4,085 38% 160 Feb 46% Feb 97 a437/8 a44% 7% 8 a8% a8% Feb 2 %c Mar 5,000 41% 7% May 1,170 105 8% Feb __ 52%c 1 1 — 2 * • Jan 10 5 25 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co common—• General General Gladding Motors Corp — r a43% common Public Util Corp McBean & Co (Un) 10 Jan 41% May 53% Jan 10 Jan 9% Feb 14% Jan 12 55% 147 55% May 59 Apr 10% 450 10% Apr 13% Jan 275 50 Apr 56% 48 178 38% Feb 48 3% 3% 225 16 16% 7 11 16 16'A 11 12% a51% a52% 48 a26% a26% 3% 3% 1.25 1.25 ■ 3% Apr 225 16% May 10% Apr 50 : 16 187 408 25% Jan 6% 1,585 24 all Jan Jan '71 19% Jan 11% Apr 26% Jan 73% Mar 1.80 Apr 21% Mar 355 2,250 19 Jan May Jan 3 500 23 May 5% 1.20 Feb 1,407 14% 7% al0% 6% 9% Mar 7 23 Apr 6% Jan 14% May t7 % May 17% May 9% Jan 7 7 12% 8% Apr Jan 250 6% Feb 9% 200 8% Feb 10 Mar 23% 8% 23% May 27 Jan 395 : 175 • y Jan 9% Feb 12% Mar 13 % Jan Apr 7% 13 al4% al4% 377 39 11 Feb 14% a24% a24% 5 (Un)—* (Un) 25% Mar 160 12% 55% 107/8 12% (Un) Corp % Jan 30% a7 12% Corporation - 18 30 21% Feb 25% May 52c52%c 7% 7'A 700 49c — al4% 23 • — Mar 65c Jan 7% May 8 Jan 10 Feb 13 Mar 360 35% Feb 39% Jan 115 41% Mar 42% Jan a57% a59% al4% al4% 23 23 420 67 Feb 11% Jan 100 23 Feb 25 Feb a42% a42% 120 42% Feb 45 Jan al3 a 13 37% 37% a42% a43% 628 30 Feb " ^ 7 95% Mar 12% May — Ltd class A 18 6% 6 725 Jan , 50% Apr 4% 33% 10 Mar 1,290 23% 8% Fitzsimmons Stores Ltd class A Electric Bond & Share Co 101 r 21% Jan 90 60 13% 9% (Un) Jan. 1 497 7% 5% May 380 Jan 6% May 685 .*• 6 Jan Feb 13% 4 common 34% 18% 5% Jan 27% a44% a44% 23% Electrical Products Corp 52% 18% 35 Ve 24% 7,; 30 1 25% May w Jan 27% May 224 al0% al0% 3% 3% 16% 16% 5 (Un)—* (Un) Zellerbaeh Corp 10% 33 37% Apr 675 5% 5% a89% a90% 7% alO% General Jan 1 % 100 • 9% 22% 11% 1 Feb 100 25 46. 3% 24% May Jan 5% May 100 a2% a2% a29% a29% — 1 (Un) (Un) Feb 1,000 300 For footnotes see page Week's Range of Prices 22% 13% 1 * 5% 9 33 1% 19% — (Un)_* Engineering Corp 8% 700 76% 79 1 Detroit Steel Corp — Mng Gould & Sav Creameries of America Inc High Brown-McLaren 1 1 — (Un) Exeter 5 20 — Commonwealth Edison Co (Un) Range Since January 1 210 Navigation a52% 2.50 (Un) Columbia Gas System Inc Sales Shares 25% Cleveland Jan May 3% Mar ' for Week 6 Edison — Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Range Briggs Manufacturing 5% — 1 Continental Motors Corp 33 5 8 — 25 (Un)._ Preferred Cons Chollar of Prices Low 2% — Colorado Fuel & iron Corp common.—* Exchange Last par — * Clary Multiplier Corp Week's — 9% —* —— Corp Chrysler , 5 (Un) (Un) Co __ —.....—15 (Ua) Corp Borg-W'arner _. 5"% 5 1 (Un) Airplane Co Boeing — a7% 2 Corp Broadway Dept Store DETROIT Detroit Stock & 13% • 10c (Un)— Steel Corp Diamond Bolsa - 40 Detroit-Michigan Stove common 1% 18% 655 43% Mar Bethlehem Consolidated Detroit — Appliances Inc—33 %c Consolidated Edison Co of N Y Detroit 2,110 Jan- 40 1 — 5 (Un) Corp 33% Apr Consolidated Liquidating Corp Bros __ , 5 20c ( Un)— Co Commonwealth Davidson — 1 —10 Company Petroleum Bandini Barker Feb a64% a64% 10 — 39% May a71% a71% Consolidated Paper common " 1% 29 Jan 33 — Chrysler Corp 6% 7 4% Jan Telephone: WOodward 2-5525 Bearing 27% (Un)_100 — Top & Santa Fe Ry 25% Building Products — (Un)__30 10 Co (Un) 41% Jan Chicago Stock Exchange Co — • 2iy2 Friday Jan 61% May Mar 40'A 336 11 Feb 56 5 Detroit Stock Exchange Roller — 14 (Un) 21% New York Curb Exchange Brewing __ 133 Corp 17% Mar 5 a20 Members American Metal — i Viscose Woolen New York Stock Exchange Altes 9% 9% (Un)—100 American Tel & Tel CO Cities Service Co Bower _. (Un)—• (Un)—• Co Ref 56 Sale Price Feb Jan :-..,17 Mfg Co 25 '■ 3% 1% May 530 200 170 Low 1 25% Apr __ 1 11% 13% 2% 1% J_ 1 • Feb 40% American a28 __ 1 % Mar 20l 150 300 1 1 (Un) 23 watling, lerchen & Co. Electric 3% 5% 1% 11 13% 2Va 7" 11 (Un) (Un) 20 25 Caterpillar Tractor Co (Un)— Certain-teed Products Corp— Allen 5% 1% 1% Jan 2.00 Mar 800 1,115 3% __ Last Canadian Pacific Ry Co ..77.77;'. 1% 24% 1% Apr "24% 1,151 ' 1% Jan 2% May Feb 1 9 6% 2 Par 42 % 112% 87% May 78% Jan STOCKS- r 2% Feb 95c ^ 568 4 Apr 38% May - 880 23% Friday Feb 39% "«• 1% Jan 1% Feb Mar 2% Apr 1% Feb 215 Apr 8% Angeles Stock Exchange 23%. 23% al5 al5% — 36 200 29 ■ Sale Price Budd Ford " 1 3% 1% STOCKS— 109 * (Un) & Tube—... 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Pennsylvania RR (Un) 50 Ohio 2% 13% May " -467 11% 1% 38'A ——1 - 10 " 39% : 55/3 1% May Jan __ * class B._ 11% 1% 10 Manufacturing common Basin Ohio , 1% ' 1 Jan 25 9-% • 4 389 I Jan Jan 28% 4% .1 • class B 14 II " 11 11% 11% 13% 5 40 10 & Sessions (AG) Jan 8% May * common Baldwin Locomotive Works (Un) Kelley Island Lime & Trans.; 5% Jan 1 Products Brewing 5 a26y8 a26% __ Apr 5% " It7* May May a38 —- ■ 3% _\, • Feb 11 .A— 593 1,221 —900 May 31 y8 all 1 fUn) Rayon lion 3% 8% 2% 2% 7 • Car 35% ' — 3% 8 -343 Jan 'l07 .;... a61% a61% a41% a42% * Feb ' - Motor Parke Davis Armco Goodrich (B F) common 61% * common 125 a20 __ Jan __ I Sugar a37% a37% __ 56% 1 : McClanahan Oil a58% a587/8 10 Electric 57% — 2 American General Jan 57% 8 Jan 1% May 256 a25% a25% 12 % 12 % 19% 19V2 - - 16'A 150% ,1,012 al90% al90% ' Feb 55 a47% a47% ■« Feb 55 alll alll a23% a23% a40% a41% — 20 2 Nemours a40% a40% 2% 14'/a 141 y8 May 100 75 71 15 common Manufacturing Eaton 70% — .15 15 Graphite Bronze (Un), 9% 1 : common 1 12% * Mar 5% « 1 10 — (S S)'common Stamping Lansing Union '■Oj HiHh 835 IS 70% • Range Since January 1 198 104 12% common—* preferred Cleveland Consolidated Natural Gas . 12% 100 Electric Illumin Cleveland Du 1 common 1,200 * 1 Scotten-Dillon 23 . a32 % a32 % 28% 29 % ' ' ' * preferred $4.50 104. - Feb 8% * Kaiser-Frazer Sheller Low 14Vs IS —• 6% 13% 11 11% .1—_—* Udylite Shares a2% __ 100 ——»■ Apr 1% 10 —2% Houdaille-Hershcy common Rickel for Week al41% al42% ; Apex Electric prior pfd Cleveland a2% .* — 100 5% 3% B% 1 Bearing Superior Tool & Die High, 14y8 1 5 (Un)— 310 Sales Last 7 Range: 7 ...SalePrice. • ef Prices 7 7777; 77777 Apr 5% 100 Jan Exchange Week's Friday STOCKS— 3% 1 Rudy Manufacturing Co V- Feb 57% • River Raisin Paper i. Jan 2% Apr 31% Feb 70% 67% 6% 1,401 8% 1 — Paige common High May 2% '5% 1 10 Goebel Graham Low 4 2% r - • - Range Since January 1 4 1 1 class B Motors Packard — — 12 Feb 11% 10 Timken Roller Bearing. Steel Feb 25% 16 18% 67% 18% 8% 50 11% 15% 4—15 25 30 % 11% Brands 10% 30% - General Kresge Co .... Socony Vacuum Oil- Manufacturing Gemmer Shares High 4 1 Industries common Gar Wood Low ; v * Brewing Frankenmuth Range of Prices * Apr 35 s15% -15% 15% Track Motor Hudson Motor Car 1 .33 Vic 1 Oil S 113- 28% Pepsi-Cola New 1JJ May 28% 10% Radio Corp U 31 66 27% Register- 1 Standard - la'a May 48%v • Pennsylvania RR Pure ■ 45% J Oil Ohio Jan Jan 32% 10 Motors National 27% 150% 415 11% 7 j,—:* Dept Stores Electric General Feb 141% May 23% Par ;t,v Sales for Week Week's * Last V y7 Sale Prioe < High r 32 % 32% * Gas Federated , 28% 25 _ City Products Columbia Low . 211 10 Ohio & Service Cities - High - STOCKS— - Range Since January 1 ;■ 24% 24 13 Friday Shares 141% 7 141% 141% 1 % 1 % 1% :7 Mill— a.J——10 ...—.—7.100 __L MAY Federal " Chesapeake # .~7,77 7 Rights" ENDED for Week Range > of Prices Low WEEK Sales .« Par Stocks— American Last ? . ! f: \':7.7 • Week's Friday ...+Sale Price v.- 7■■■■•;. •V; FOR 85 62% Feb 13% May 40 (2132) THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL OTHER STOCK RANGE Friday STOCKS— EXCHANGES ENDED MAY 13 Week's Friday Range Sale Price WEEK Monday, May 16, 1949 Sales Week's Last , FOR CHRONICLE for Week of Prices Shares STOCKS— Last Range Since January 1 Sales Range for Week of Prices Sale Price Shares Range Since January 1 ' Par Low Graham-Paige Motors Corp (Un) 1 Great Northern Ry preferred (Un)—* Greyhound Corp (Un)— 3 Hilton Hotels Corp Holly Development Co——— Foods Hunt Inc— l'A 2,350 a38 50 — v-;C"v a38 allTs al2 70 — a9 a9 25 8% 2.50 1 2.50 2.55 875 2.50 alO 25 8% Feb — 1 % May 36% Feb 10 % i Feb ,/ High Apr alO 6.66% — Low 1% 5 i— — 1 High 1% ,'V ' 3% d Jan Universal 39% Feb Warner Bros 11% Apr Western Apr 9% Central RR (Un) Co 100 Co Ltd„___..25e Independent Exploration Co______33%o Imperial Development Petroleum Intercoast Corp International Oil 8.000 16% 17% 1.30 1.40 __ a28a28% 41 27% — a46% a46% — 15 (Un)—• — 12% 12% 12% __x_l 6% 6% Jan Western Union Tel Co 6% Westinghouse Elec Corp (Un) Willys-Overland Motors Inc (Un) 29% (Un) Co Wj (Un) . 10 Kennecott Kern Corp Corp Copper (Un) * County Land Co 2c Jan 7%c Lane-Wells 1 Company Libby McNeil & Libby Petroleum Lincoln — 9,505 7% Feb 17% May 1,700 1.00 Feb 10c Apr 31 49% Mar 8% Jan 11 1,000 8c Apr 15c Jan 6 1,150 5% Apr 9 Jan 43 260 43 43% 930 40% Lockheed Aircraft Corp i Loew's • Los (Un) Inc (Un)___ Petroleum Montgomery Ward Diablo Mt Co North Oil Central RR Corp Northern Oil Pacific 57c Jan 25, 18% May 26% Jan 25% 882 all 55 Mar 1,500 1.05 May 305 52% Feb 12% 5 • 1 45 Apr 14% Feb 19 10% Mar 13% Jan 11c 20c 11 395 12c '5,800 alO 11c 185 al4% al4% 6% 6% 2.20 14% Mar 470 2.05 3,620 a28%a28% __ 20% 25 r 6 1.90 150 v 25% May Apr 11% '17 Jan Mar Jan Jan Friday Pan • 11% Jan 2.65 Jan Feb 32% Jan 20% 20%-; 18% Mar 20% Apr 31% 32 % 968 30% 33% Feb 20 26% 335 !■:, Jan Apr Par American a52% a53% 107 51 Airways Corp Paramount Pictures Inc Electric Radio-Keith-Orpheum General Republic Pictures Corp Republic Steel Corp 28% Jan Penn Rexall Drug Rheem 53% Apr 4% Jan 10% Apr Rice Ranch Corp Jan 21% 22 250 20 Mar 24 Inc Oil 15% 15% 290 15 Mar 17% Jan Sun 10% 345 8 Jan 12 Apr Tonopah 39% May 14 % May 53 Jan 20% ' 40 270 141/3 141/3 220 11% 12 509 8% 8% 310 5 5 9,400 3% 3% 100 2% 20% 21 761 20% 4 __ St Regis Schenley Paper 4 5 __ __ 4 d; 11% Feb 14 8 Feb 9 5 Mar Jan 402 May 3% Mar 6 Jan Finance 385 4% Feb 5% Roebuck & Co__ 19% Jan 19% 62%c 62%c62%c 1,100 60c May div Power Co 15 A Oil 4.88% v Calif Co Inc (Un) Edison Co Ltd ig ig Company 34% Feb 39% Jan 106 46 Feb 50% Feb 38% Jan a35% a35 a35% 26 32% Paper Oil 25 (Un) • Incorporated 50c Tidewater Assoc Oil Co (Un) 10 Corporation 2 Trancontinental & Western Air 5 Tri-Continental Corp 64% • Carbide & Carbon Corp (Un)__* Oil of California common 25 50 10 . 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STOCKS— 37% Feb 201 65% Feb 72% Jan 65 all V- 22% 26% Jan Apr 13% Feb 14 American Tel Tel & Rights Jan commbn Investment 16% Feb 21% ...100 (Un) 1,109 9% Feb 11% Jan Brown 191/8 191/8 160 17% Feb 19% Jan Burkart a29 115 28% Jan 30 Feb Range Since January 1 Low High 17% 321 141% 142% 388 141% 141% May 16 Feb High ' 17% May 150% Jan 1ft 9% 133 9% 930 13?5 May lft May 100 9 Apr 9% Apr 30% 30% 30% 203 29% Mar 31% Jan 17 17 24% 17 25 154 16 % 125 10 Vb 10/s 20 24% May 10 % May 37% 57% 1% ______3 __ Jan nya Shares 17 — i Bldg & Eqpt common 1,315 for Week of Prices Low —1 Sales Range Par American Exchange Week's East Sale Price 20% Shoe Mfg Coca-Cola 15 common -1 —1 common Bottling common __ ———-4 246 49 Feb 51 58 Feb 64 a9% 20 10 Feb 11 Jan Griesedieck-Western Brew 22% 266 20% Feb 25% Jan Hydraulic Pressed Brick common — Apr 18% Feb 25% Feb 10% May 54% Jan a63a63% a9% 22% 11% ' —6 24 23% 37% 59% 24 1 __ 2% 2% common * 42 Knapp-Monarch common— 1 4,118 52 a7y 50 23% 245 10 Jan 12 10% Feb Mar Feb Mar 37 Feb 7% Meyer Blanke common McQuay-Norris common Feb 31% Mar Feb 86 & Supply Piping Midwest 100 22% Feb 26% Apr North 32 11% Feb 14 St 2% Jan 371/, 248 761 71% *•- 35% 303 56% Feb 62% Feb 19% Jan 25 Apr 100 1% Jan 2% Feb 40% Jan Mar 42% 569 40% Jan 44% Jan 6/2 325 6% Apr 8% Jan com 36% May 69% Jan 475 24 May Mar 3% May 39% 11% 11% 6% 28 365 __ 14% 16% 15% 16 % 22% 22% 23 300 17% 17% 19% 541 — 10 *—* • 11% May 500 6% 27 A __ __ — . 5 Jan 14 Mar 6% Mar 27% May 34 Jan 100 14% May 17% Jan 20 16% May 19% Mar 18 Jan 21% Feb 16 Jan 15% Jan 17% May 19% Apr 370 Jan 600 37% 24% Jan 25 Missouri Portland Cement 3% 219 640 6% 42 6% 4 41% 78% 23% 57% 20 Steel 25% 31/, 37% 5 common Gas Laclede 104 al2 al2% • 10 common Laclede 740 24 (Un) common. Jan a80% a81% 71% Shoe 23% May 38 % 480 (Un) common common Laclede-Christy 6% 20 30% 71% Motors 13% Mar guva 24% Electric International ip/. 23 Mar General General al2% al3% 23% -- 31/4 233 SI. Louis Stock Jan 278 33% 30% 200 8% Jan 32% a7i/ " Feb 9% 37% 1 a54% a55 >4 __ 9 Jan Apr 2% May 8% 9% 1 Emerson Elec common 11% 121/a Jan Feb 2 37% -5 10 pfd—100 Westinghouse Air Brake Westinghouse Electric Corp a29 __ ~ 5 Toy Mining 19% ' 100 10% 50 2% 10 Gas Pittsburgh Steel Foundry 5% {\ a9% 10% 2% 26% 1 Co Pittsburgh Plate Glass Standard 10% High : 20% May 45 ■ 1 Mackintosh-Hemphill San 21% 5 Manufacturing Lone Low: 20% * Corp Range Since January 1 High rl System.... Duquesne Brewing Fort Pitt Brewing Joy Shares * Steel Commercial for Week Low Par Allegheny Sales Week's of Prices Last STOCKS— 29% May 334 24% : ai5% "" 2,000 Feb a67% a687% -- $6,000 Pittsburgh Stock Exchange Bank __io Corp Jan 29% a40% 5 L1?t68 InC (Un)-~ Apr 17% 598 64% * 1 (Un) Corp (Un) 24 32% al8% al8% __ 25 (Un) Feb Feb .40 _ 25 Texas (Un) Jan 27 1 Rvuf* Efm*? ClaSS B Swift & Co (Un)— Co 28 -24 24% " RR Mar 28 20% (Un) Century-Fox Film 18c 32% • Company (Un) Texas Gulf Sulphur Co 7,000 29% (Un) • 2% 123 50 common Co.—._ Mining National 26% Mar 32% 28% 1 For footnotes Feb 19% _• common Feb 20% 15% (Un). New 31% 623 Studebaker Corporation (Un) Sunray Oil Corp common United 51 650 26(4 1,015 __ Stone United Aircraft Corp Jan 487 25 Inc 8% Mar 49 25 United 19% Mar Jan 37% (Un) nnuCH Un led 27% 16% 49 (Un)_.„ Pacific 7% May 26% Mar 16 * 428 565 ...10 Reading Co common— Continental 37% Standard Oil Co (Ind) Standard Oil Co (N J) Union 1,002 Jan 49 25 Standard Brands Inc (Un) Standard Oil Co of Calif Union 50 20 18% 16 15 __25 Southern Railway Company Union a7 a25% a25% __ 25 Twentieth 22% May 22% „25 Transamerica Jan 22% preferred Textron" 17% 22% preferred Webster 150 20c 4.32% Ai 38% May 6% Jan igc 4.48% Pacific Feb igc com__25 preferred Southern 5% 25 1 preferred 4.56% 20 • Socony-Vacuum Oil Southern 6,249 a7 __ „ 38 a5% a22%a23% a23% 36% a5% - 26% Corp Jan 2% Jan 3 preference 72%c Mar __ Signal Petroleum Co of Calif. Sinclair 37 • Shell Union Oil Corp Signal Oil & Gas Co class 12% 9% Jan ________30 Feb 52% 1 Apr 185 5 Security Company 8% 8% 1 Jan 5 al7 I 140 lft May Jan 5% 5 (Un)_____1.75 10% Ida May 3% May 27% al6% I Co 10% 5 Public Service El & Gas common Apr 5 • (Un)__ 14% 5% Mar al6% —5 Industries Inc Seaboard Sears Co Apr 51% Sale Price Safeway Stores Inc—* 12% BONDS 12 .1 Richfield Oil Corp common Aeronautical Company....... 295 5"% United 1 Ryan 15,250 10 common Jan 39% 2.50 Co... Jan li9« Jan __ • Manufacturing Co 150% 12% 9% 10 Corp High 25 % May Jan May It?-. 52% • com 21 % 141 2% 10% 13% Corp Water & 8% 1 ; 2,024 1 Philadelphia Electric common. $1 div preference common 10% 50c (Un) Reserve Oil & Gas Co__ Low 652 142% 141 25% • new Range Since January 1 High * Pennsylvania Power & Light Pennsylvania RR Pennsylvania Salt Mfg com 3% 1 (Un)., Shares .2% Co (Glenn L)_ Pennroad Sales for Week 23% * c Lehigh Coal & Navigation.. Lehigh Valley RR Martin 400 _l ;. Motors 705 * (Un) Corp Republic Petroleum Co t v Gimbel Brothers 9% 15% " com 13 Storage Battery 3% 25 (Un)_„ 104% May 12% * Fidelity & Deposit Co Scott Radio Corp of America 103% May Range 132 _ Davison Chemical Corp Delaware Power & Light com 3% 33%c Phelps Dodge Corp (Un) Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co. 141 % Budd Company Chrysler Corp Curtis Publishing 9% „ 50 Tel...'..*.—.100 Baltimore Transit Co __ I Pennsylvania RR Co (Un) Pepsi-Cola Co (Un) 25% Baldwin Locomotive Works 3% (Un)__2% (Un)„. Jan of Prices Low ..i—...."1 Rights w i Arundel Corporation Apr Feb __ • Stores American Tel & $1.40 American 47% $5,000 Week's Last Sale Price Phi'co Pacific Lighting Corp common Packard Motor Car Co (Un) Jan 45% Mar Jan a27% a27% __ 1. ' • Mar 9% Feb 80 6% 25' 2.10 Mar 11% 2.05 ■ Jan Mar 17% a9% 100 Calif______10 1.90 59 375 1 of May Jan 497 • preferred 2% 12% 1 Corp 1.10 Mar Feb 1% 17% 10%" • 11c Gas & Elec common Feb Feb 85c 600 17 Ye 12 alO (Un) r 1.50 Apr 17% __ (Un)—1 Inc a52% a53% (Un) redeemable Jan 11V* 125 • Co Co Finance Pacific 14% 1.10 1 Pacific Oil Oceanic 175 1.05 (Un)___« (Un) Aviation Ry Co Northrop Aircraft Inc Ohio 18 % 10% 1.45 Jan 22 600 „ 1.45 Jan 1% "'J. Jan 8% Mar 16% 25 a53% 26% 125 1% 1 Ltd American 1,930 , 95c (Un)—• Inc Distillers Prod Corp New York Nor don Feb 7% May 95c 1 & Co Mining & Dev Nash-Kelvinator Corp (Un) National Jan 1 Co Jan 7% 218 Apr Philadelphia-Baltimore Slock Exchange Jan 46% 1.15 Mar a 25 __ 22% 56% Feb 50 17% a 14% Mar 26% Feb 5 49% Mar May 1 Manufacturing Merchants a20% 100 a — 1 — Mascot Oil Company Menasco 6% a7% a 19% a20% Angeles Biltmore Hotel Co...—20 Magnavox Co ; 1.20 14% Mar 22% 50 103% 103% American Tel & Tel 2%s deb...—1957 Apr 9c 6% • 97 Jan 20 1.20 — 15 * 1.50 Mar 216 a7% __ (Un)_—_„___7 Co Feb Feb BONDS— Feb 43 __ 5 12% May 7% Apr 9% 5% a46% a46% 46% 42% May 530 a4% a4% High Feb 200, a22% a23 % a 35 Jan 10% 5% 540 al5% al5% • 1 STOCKS— Kaiser-Frazer Low 41 • Jan (F High 41 5 Jan 43 5% Inc—, Low 41 (Un; 4% 9c 9c 1 Feb Lines Par —10 11% 10% — 10c Co 22% 5c 16% (Un)_» (Un) <fe Tel Corp International Tel Jade Co Paper Ltd 15 • 4c — 10 International Nickel of Can • a26% a26% __ • Pictures Inc Air Woolworth Illinois • , Consolidated Oil Co American com Roebuck & Co (Un) Feb Sterling Aluminum common 77% Feb Stix-Baer 24 % May Wagner & Fuller common Electric 10 (Un) Louis Public Service class Sears common _. A- — 50c __ • 37% 1 ... 5 .15 , — 3o% 19% 4% 4% 45 100 ? 4% May Jan 15 Jan 12 Ye May 36% May 13% Mar 308 34 % 11% 12 325 12% 12% 195 37% 391 Jan 11% May 38 36% 5% 397/s 37% Feb 46 Jan Volume 169 THE Number 4803 COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2133) OTHER STOCK EXCHANGES RANGE Friday :?/"■ '•■'V:... Alaska Juneau (Un)_—_ Gold Min American Airlines Inc - American Factors Amer Radiator •.■■ oi Prices Shares Range Since January I Low High ' (Un) San High American Smelting & Refining 135 20% Feb 21% 3% 3% 3% 200 2% Apr 3% 9% 9 9% 580 7 Jan 10 Mar 18 18% 91 18 May :22 Jan 11% 11 % 350 20 (Un) _• (Un)__4 __ 11% a43% a43% a43% 14% 11% May 45 y8 Apr 70 53 % Apr Apr Jan Feb " American A Tel Rights Tel & i w (Un) 100 13S2 Corp com Co (Un) Woolen Anaconda Copper (Un) 50 (Un)_4 Atchison Top & Santa Corp (Un) Atlas Imperial (Un) Fe 5 Engine Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio RR Oil Co Bendix Aviation Bendix Home Bethlehem (Un) Corp 103 6% 5% 200 a89 29 100 4 30c 200 7% 6% 255 102 27c a9% 33 %c 9 Jan Jan 102 94 5% a9% 30% 30% 11% Jan Apr 10% Jan 43 % Mar 30 y2 May 34% Mar a7 75 9'/a Mar 10 Feb 28% __ 29% 602 28% May 33% Jan M 2 8% 8% 9 1,360 7% Mar 14% 215 210 215 2,012 1.95 Mar 2.60 5 a21% a2iy4 a21% 43 (Un) Borden Co (Un) 15 _> •j. Bunker Hill & Sullivan (Un) Calaveras Cement a41% 5 ; 2% Co a41 a42% 21 % 140 a44% a44% __ 17 14% __ 24 Feb 47 Feb 40% Feb 50% Jan City National 4 6% 6% 6% Jan 8% ___4 al.90 al.90 al.90 35 2.00 Apr 2.50 Natomas 6% 6% 6% 100 6% Apr 7% Jan California* mk : * 4J 43 43 bi May 46% B__ Co Packing Corp • common 6 North Company 43 Packing Corp pfd __50 Dry Ginger Ale <Uni______1% Canadian Pacific (Un)_ Ry 645 30 Feb 36 % Jan 4 52% Feb 58 20 10% Jan 10% Jan Mar 14% Jan al0% al0% 12% 12% American Celanese Central Tractor Corp of Eureka Co a56% America Mining Co_ Chesapeake & Ohio Ry Chi Mil St Paul Preferred * 12 175 12Vs 1 (Un) RR 25 <Un)—_4 com (Un) 247 a55% a56% 1.10 1.25 32% a6% 95c 59% Apr 30% Jan 70 Feb 1.80 Jan 31% Mar 231 a6% • Feb 25% Mar 1,600 32% __ 32% 54 235 a25% a26% a26% 34% Jan Feb 8% Jan 6 64 30% Feb Chrysler Coip 25 a53 a51% a53 84 50% Apr Cities Service Co (Un) 10 48% 47% 48% 202 42% Mar 48 Vs May 3% 27% 27 27% 584 25% 29 100 __ Clorox Chemical Co Crlumbia Gas System Columbia River Commercial (Un) Packers Solvents Commonwealth (Un) Consolidated Edison Co of N Y Consolidated • Natural Continental Motors Gas (Un) __ _ _ Creameries of Amer Inc Crocker First 11% Oahu Sugar Oceanic Oil Ohio Oil 11 May 14 45 15 May 17 • Jan 10% Jan 3% 2,300 2% Jan 26% 125 25% Jan 22% 235 3% May 26% Jan 21% Mar 23% Mar 13 41% Apr 43% Jan 6% 600 6% Feb 8% Jan 9% 9% 365 8% 115 350 __ 365 Pacific Preferred 10 Jan 10 365 May 23 % Feb 27% Jan 23% 23y2 1,242 97% 27 (Un)__4 a6 a6 100 5% Feb 7% Jan 1 Curtis Publishing Co common Cuitiss-Wright Corp (U11) 8y2 8% 540 7% Jan 9% Feb __ 22c Jan. 18 18 18 600 17c Feb — 53% 53% 285 52% Jan 57% Mar —- 21 21 % 400 "19% Mai: 22% Apr 12 350 Giorgio Fruit Corp Class B class common Dow Chemical Co Eastman El Kodak Dorado Electric Oil Bond Emporium ' ■ A com__5 94 Mar (Un) 15 common Co common (Un)_~10 Works Capwell Co „ Eureka Corp Ltd Ewa Plantation Co FAR Feed Feb 12% Gas - Feb 12% Jan 24% Apr Apr 28% Jan a43% a447/8 43 % •407 42% Feb 48% Mar 47% Mar liy8 11'/8 250 10% May 14% 14% 14% 170 12 % Mar $5 A 1 Machinery & Chemical Electric Co 10 35% 790 33 Feb 39 (Un) General Motors General Paint Preferred Corp Oil ——_4 — Paraffir.e 15S 10 Mar 11% Jan 43 450 41 Feb 60 Jan 85 15% Feb 15% Feb Golden 4% State Co Ltd 4 common 9 9 28 2.10 2.10 2.25 1,500 28 28 28 100 28 29% 29% 120 28% 60 12 Apr a7% preferred common Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Un) Pullman Radio iy4 North Greyhound Ry pfd non-cum (Un)_* a38% Corp 3 RR Inc Preferred Bros Stores Inc • Pineapple Co Ltd (Un) Co Hobbs Battery Co class A Holly Development Honolulu Oil (Un)—i—4 Co Corp Hunt Corp __. » Foods Inc Hupp „ 1 57 6% 1 (Un)-_-___ — Oil Cement Maryland Ibaho Power Mines Co— Corp (Un)__1 -j, (Un) 33 %c of Canada International Tel & Tel com __ 17'/a (Un) _• (Un) Corp (Un)__ Kaiser-Frazer Corp Kennecott Copper Corp (Un) Kern County Land Company Leslie Salt Co 5% 1 — * __ 5 __ 10 Libby McNeill & Libby 1 7% 7 Lockheed — Loew's Aircraft Corp Inc (Un) Por footnotes see page 46. 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RaDge Since January 1 High 31. v 10% (Un)-!-.-.—4 Lode Moriison-Knudsen Jan Co Shares - Montgomery Jan 1 Airplane * 5 Co____ Mother J&M&M Pac Bishop Oil Co Blair Eoeing Mfg Mindanao ' Holdings Corp (Un) Machine Bancorporation for Week Low . 1 McKesson & Rohbins Inc Menasco Par comraon_._______4 Pacific Amer Fisheries 425 Range Feb a7 4 H) Co Calculating Marchant Marine (R Co Mar 7% 9% Mar 42 Jan Mar 32c 10% May 25 Jan 6 %._ Feb Apr 6% Feb 56 May 20% Mar 20% Mar 150 10% Jan 31 % Mar 5% May a43% a43% 5 Appliances— (Un) a9% 10% __ 5 Steel 34% 872 6% __ 100 (Un) 27% May 28 y4 Jan "310 30 % 29c 3 (Un) com Feb 5% 13 common 37% a21% a2iy2 10P (Un) Apr 27% a88% __ a21% 2.50 Atok-Big Wedge Mining Co. Avco Mfg Corp (Un) Jan 25 y4 5% __ 100 — Diesei 61% 878 27 Apr a8% a9% 5 — Jan l^a-May 53'/a 30 30 149% Jan 50 27% 20 Arkansas Natural Gas Corp cl a Armour & Co ( Iili (Un7 Atlas 2u"/8 27 143% iy8 May 7,529 a50 a50% 4 Mining (Un) 181 ~ 1% 14 Anglo California National Bank Earnsdall al41% al41% al42% . American Viscose American Co & Magnavox a 23% a22% a23% y'" • . Macy i cap Stan Sales for Week Sales Week's of Prices Last Sale Price • (Un) Ltd & STOCKS— 10 Co 13 Exchange Week's Range Low Par Reduction Co Air - Sale Price s . " Last WEEK; ENDED MAY Friday San Francisco Stock STOCKS— FOR (F Yellow Cab Co Inc (Un) Telegraph Elec W) Corp <Un). common (Uni (Un) (Un)_ 12 % 22% 10 a46% —-1 — al5%al5% 500 40 5% 15 Feb Feb 17 7% Apr Apr 16% Mar 22% 235 22% May 26% a43 a46% 7 7 221 44% Jan 47% Jan 100 6% Jan 7% Apr 22% Jan 41 THE COMMERCIAL CANADIAN FOR RANGE Par Abltlbl Power ft Paper common. $1.50 preferred 100 Tel 780 24% 125 21% Jan 41% 10 42% 100 555 Mar 50% 51% 3,239 25% 25% 25% 3,265 25% .25 pfd .50 44% 44% .100 68% Warrants 290 5% 6 1,040 68 % 68 % 5 15c Corp 15c 1,700 21% 22% 934 a86 % a86% —— 21% Teleg preferred—. a86 % Steel Car Wire Weaving Bell Power Telephone ft Paper class • A 102 % 56 Mines Brazilian Trac Ltd 61% Light ft Power Preferred 40 44 Ogilv'e 6% Jan British Columbia Elec Co 4% %' pfd.100 British Columbia Forest Products •-* British Columbia Power 15c 20c 21% May a__ Corp Bruck Mills Class A—9 class A • class A Canada Nortnern Power Corp.— Canadian Bronze Foundry Apr 25% Jan 98 135 97% 2% Apr 101% Jan 2% 21 1,470 15 24 % Febi, 26% 15 Apr 17 5 Jan 22%r 22% 155 29% 140 30 25% 25 25 % 28 9' a97 r' 140 a97 Bros 98 class Jan 98 450 13 Mar 14% 235 35 Mar 37% 20% 20% 20% 2,908 22% 22% 22% 150 20% Mar 12% 19 525 14% 14% May 17 1,451 19% Feb 20 100 65 47% 47% a26 % a27 133 133 25 27 27 50 8% 9%' 485 46 26% 133 26% 9% 29 30 13% 9 1,011 8% 13 8% 13 133 Feb 28% ■i 11% 9% 13 310 1,778 95 Apr 200 20 Feb 30 35 Jan 38 36% 36% 37 6% preferred 25 Dominion Dairies common ———* 19 12% Mar 14% 37% 18% May 21 490 15 a25 a25 8 Mar 10 25% Apr 27 38% 570 35% Feb 39% 34 25 31 Feb 25 15% * Chemical 15 Va 24% 24% • 24% 11% 11% 24% 24 V2 1 _* 1,795 24% 24 % common..* common. 15% 12 25 21% Jan 400 21% Jan Feb 12 15% 12% 12% 40 14VB 14% 385 * 27 25% 27 22% 22%- __?4 170 __ 293 a23 77 10 15% May % 40 24% 46 46% 1,197 276 210 * Jan 7% 27 .___ May 17% 102 % Apr 2 106 Jan 2% 14 Feb 15% Apr Apr 102 % 150 14% Feb 15 15% 10% 1,651 8% alOO alOl 10 100 30 835 27 46 185 44 % 1,365 42 18% (?, 866 16% Ltd 25% 805 24% Jan 25% a7% 6% Jan 7'A 22% 23 1,100 19% Feb 23 Jan 97 a98 10 8 %' 8% 200 5% 25 31% 31 31% 49 50'A 2,677 8% 9 8% 1,315 52 53% 600 14% 13»A 14%, 2,787 Apr 8% 375 82 8% 78% Mar 85% 25 80% Mar 85% 411 14 Mar 16'A al60 al60 5 160 Apr 8 6 Feb a6%' a6% ' 6% __ 27 • Illoo ' 25 v "27 Jan 14% Mar 25 16% ; Apr May Jan 28 % Jan 25 40 21 Apr 25 Apr, 75 18 Mar 19 Jap 33' 34% 1,592 27 Feb 37 Apr 5 98 Jan 100 Feb ' a98 % a98% 19% Mar 20% 24 10 35 10 10 __ Feb Jan Jap 25% Feb 26% Jan 34% 206 34 Mar 36 % Apr 25% 25%* 35 25% 1,613 25 Jan 26% Apr Week's Last Glove Steels 30 % : Apr 36 Feb' 58 13 % Power * * ft Ltd Distillers of 13% • — G 85 85 50 2% 3 3,000 12% 59% 22 825 a52 6 a21 15 12% Mar 20% 1,820 18% Feb 23 17 .42% Feb 50 Jan 16 Apr 16% Apr 7 Feb 8% Jan 15% a47% a47% * 300 •;: 5 v':" Light ft Vickers Ltd 7 7 16% 101 15 % Mar 17% Jan 19% 20 473 19 % Mar 22 Jan 173 172 173 10 171 Jan • 75 75 75 20 75 May _100 a31 % a31 a31% -1- 80 30 1 Power Co- 1.35 25 6% 2.00 Jan com..* al.00 al.00 12 1.25 Mar 2.00 Jan * a9% a9% 20 9% May • 82% 82% 2 3 38 • r 40 63% 120 100 113 20 "113 , 5% Claude Neon General 100 113 pfd__—.15 15 3% Feb Apr 15 50 6 100 Commercial Alcohol Adv Ltd Ltd com—• common preferred Mar 15 Confol Tex Jan May 6% Mar 92 Apr 17% Feb 8 9% 7% 100 9 35c 10,400 • 3% 150 5 Stand Sec Mills Ltd 5% cum 6 6 a50c a50c 16 % 16% 18 18 18 -'845% a46 pfd___20 Jan 6 May 9% Jan 25 6 Mar 7% ,. 35c Jan 18% Apr 125 13 Jan 19 30 42 Feb 48 Jan 40 Mar Jan 37% 37%' 37%'- 100 37 Apr * 12%,. 15% 12 "A 125' 12 May 6% 6% 25 6 Apr 105 105 65 105 May Eastern Steel Federal Grain Products Ltd • __ Jan Jan Worsteds 12% Feb 15 Jan Feb 20 Mar Co 6%% red pfd—100 Fleet Manufacturing Ltd Ford Motor Co of Canada class A Freiman Ltd (A J> 4%% pfd__ Jan Jan * ft Jan Feb * Woollens Jan 6 35c Engineering Works Ltd « Feb 60c 15% Dominion Oilcloth ft Linoleum—A Jan 22% *' 1.70 1.70 200 9 21% 22% 305 100 a86 a86 10 13 13% 1.50 Apr 20% 13% . , Jan 7»A Jan 105 ■ 2% Feb 26 — a Feb May Jan a__ Jan May 19'A Jan 51 Jan 52'A Apr 21% Feb 23 Jan 23 % 15 Jan Dominion May 95 37 Mar ■3V* Mar 3,336 A__* Feb 116 Jan ' 25c 25 16% class Apr Mar 12 . Feb 17 Feb Div 30c 4 52 -- May 6 9 "4 Mar May 15 6 3% , V Jan 84 Feb 10% 30c __9 11 Feb 50 . 9% •%•: 2—___9 Ltd Jan — 2,150 1 LtcL.u Jan 33% 52 Co 81 Feb 3% Products 178% Feb 1.35 May 11% Wines Feb 550 Lumber Co : 9 1.35 common preferred Apr 1.35 common Chateau-Gai Jan Jan -Apr 16% 11 Food 13% 33 20 52 Knitting Feb Mar Jan 100 360 a21 Feb • Ingersol Rand Co Ltd 475 33 Apr 11 Cassidy's Limited Celtic Jan 84 20% 20% * common preferred Catelii 103 5 common.9 Invest Ltd Canadian Western I'/o Jan ' Jan May Ltd Feb 4 ,75 a Canadian Westinghouse Co Ltd——* Jan Feb Products 106 Apr 11% 12% Gen Jan 11 11 30 9 150 86 6% Jan Mar May 2 % 100 Dominion 36% a86 85 125 6% 36% 2% 32 75 35 Jan 12% 25 910 Jan 15 32 8 al9 >14 12% 8 13% Feb Jan 6% 5% Mar 60 r—-—9 Fairbanks-Morse Co Ltd 13 19 12 14% 30 100 * Vinegars Ltd common.. 13 a52 «r _ 15 6 Consolidated Paper Corp Ltd 21% Montreal Telegraph all 15 aG% Canadian , 36% all a6% Ltd Consolidated a 165 5 Co Jan 13% Mar 16 Jan 202 165 1 16 15% Mar 298 165 Jan May Starch 19% 93 a Mar 4 559 5 • 29 19% 4 12% * B Apr 93 4 15 Feb 9 class Feb 19% 4 High Jan 10% ft Dominion Sugar Malting Co Ltd Jan • 1,195 10 Packers Ltd 6% 93 11% 1 16% 7% 11% 100 : Butterfly Hosiery Co Ltd 14% 9 11% 1 180 13 700 Pulp & Paper com..9 130 22% Low 10% B__* common cl Range Since January 1 High 10 al65 Company 8'7e 98 Low 100 Columbia Ltd Shares * • Vancouver Packers for Week of Prices 10 B__* Columbia .Canadian Pr & Paper Inv Ltd 5% preferred Jan 8% May Ltd \ Sales Range :i. * * Ltd Canadian Marconi Co Jan 48% 50 Works 15 Mitchell * 24 25 1,180 18% 18% 33 %' | Jan f% Jan 6 % Mar 9 1434 26 %' Jan 22% 19% 8 * * 27 27 14% 25% __ 25% 380 6% Feb Feb 170 420 9 — Apr 266 83 15% 825 Canadian Jan s pfd— Jbn 2,075 24% 41 B 7% 23% 15 — » 83 Jan Jan 83 1—10 _ — 24 _ — ; 6 18% Mar Feb •' - 18% — 6% 17% 20'A 7% Apr 5% May 1,221 50V4 . _ 25 Apr 20 20 Canadian Jan , a98 24% — 17% May 97% 15% * • common..-.: Canadian Industries May 97 « ■ _ iqv2 ; —.100 , Canadian Food Feb A)„ (Robt) Molson Breweries Ltd Montreal- Locomotive Feb 23 % Canadian Apr 125 • IIII5 common Mailman Corp Ltd 5% Massey-Harris McColl-Frontenac Oil May 17 253/8 ' 253'4 Canadian Jan _ MacKinnon Structural Steel MacMillan Export class A Feb 96 75 Canada Jan 14% 52 _ 16 110 Canada Jan 19% 13% Mar -9 III15 Ltd— 56% Feb 770 5% m May 25% —. Corp (John 150 93 "lT% May 23%' Canada Jan a7% — Woods 17 % Canada Apr 46% 14 - International Utilities Common——— Preferred Feb 31 , 23 lioo International Nickel of Canada International Paper common1 100 Apr a7% • common. Co * Brown Jan 13% -»■ International Petroleum International Power Worts British ^ 137/a _ common __* _. A-yif.'f'li Brewers ft 10% May Mar 45 43% —-£1 15% Mar 19% 6% 83 • .Brandram-Henderson Jan 17 Feb 29% ' 42 (Johni 52% Feb 46 '. 18% preferred 150 96 6% • Paper Co Ltd Eelding-Corticclll Ltd common Jan 51 18% Bronze 17% 253"4 Apr 100 42% Corp Apr Jan Great Lakes Class A Paper Co Lta 13% corn- prefererd Halifax Insurance Co __ ..10 8% 1 Jan 145 __10 Bathurst Jan 7 * Acceptance 25 Jan 17 % —15% _ Atlas Feb 45 • _ May 140 Canada 590 Imperial Oil Ltd __ 19 35 iqv2 Par Jan 29% Imperial Tobacco of Canada common_5 4% preferred Jan 200 19% * Acme Jan 16% Mar 15 10% .—50 1 Apr 48'A 19 96 * i Jan 25 140 Friday * 100 15% * common -42% Apr Canadian Funds Jan 98 % a51 10% :ioo-. preferred- Paper Jan 17% 17% STOCKS— 28% Jan a51 , 50 » Jan -.86 Montreal Curb Market Jan Apr 100 * •24 Royal 15% Jan 24 15 14% 14% Feb 97 45 1927— Jan 19 25 - & Jan Apr 14% Feb 46 Apr 10 22% 39% Mar 23 ! ' - 140 19 1 - 103% " . Apr- 24% Jan 7.10 May Feb 40% • common preferred Jan Feb 14 22% 102 % 102% * 17 11% 32 al6% al6% common 23 75 24% 40%* • common Banks— 6% May 18% May 11% May 85 40%' * 17% British 435 * Ltd Wares Murphy Paint Co 11% Jan : ' Feb Nova Scotia Jan 631 > a97 a97 % preferred Class 123 a23 v " 100 % 110 Jan 17% Feb '! Apr <11% Jan 5.90 250 76% ■ * —• common Montreal 26% Mar 26% Mar 10% .100 Ltd 103 6% 18% 11% _ 16 6,155: 6% _ * Power tGeorgej Commerce Jan 305 15% * 17% Apr 3,265 * Bridge Bros 103 710 f 18% s * Cotton Canadienne 24% May Hudson Bay Mining ft Smelting Lewis 103 . . 100 preferred. Ltd 5% Jan 21% Mar 1 common 15% 34% 100 Secord 7.10 * ; ' Winnipeg Electric Apr 34 . Lang ft Sons 16% 6.90 60 98 10% Mar 75 . Jan * Feb 38% class B Goodyear Tire 4% pfd inc Gypsum Lime ft Alabastine Laura I6V4 —* Corp.A 8% Mar 34 Corp of the 11% com—9 Feb 19 a8 38% preferred Lake Feb 97% 11 % 6.95 * * Apr —9 certificates. Textile International Feb 96 Apr 19% Jan 785 ___20 Preferred Inglis 48 175 52 97% Sale Price Famous Players Canada Corp.. Foundation Co of Canada— Fraser Co common 6% 1,205 Jan 16% a37% a37% 3% 8% 125 13 300 13 Apr 16 38 % Feb 40 Jan 10% Jan 8% May - Jan 42% Jan 18% 19 Eddy Paper Co class A preferred—20 Indust 50%* 63 - Mar " _1 ; Jan 122% 15% May 31% Jan a8 • Dominion Stores Ltd Smith 13 it 50 _— Apr Dominion Coal ' \ May Jan ■v !' Jan 45 61 895 __ Feb -97 Co Gooderham Weston Wilsils Jan May Canada Ltd Steel Walker Jan 24% * $2 3 15 % __ preferred 100 —_————A—.——.. City Wabasso Jan 17% 95 15 _ 7 >102% Jan * —.—A—100 Canada Viau Biscuit Jan 36% of Canada Stores United Jan 11% Feb 8 % 1,280 Howard 61 37 15% 99 com preferred Twin Feb 24 % a38 Bakeries Feb 96 15% Dominion Foundries & SteeL. Dominion Glass common..... Jart Apr 25% May Apr 15% Mar Tuckett Tobacco 1% Feb 24% a38 — 23 36% Mar * common^ preferred..— Press Co of 7% Feb 27% Mar 28% 100 15% Power 47% Jan 13% Mar 150 13%: A.——— Dominion Steel & Coal Steel Feb Mar 8% May 260 30 13% 15% Renfrew 1,029 75 — ...—100 Breweries common—iA Thrift • • & 13 4% Standard Chemical 22% May May 9"% May 610 133 20 35 a27 9% Feb Jan 45 v Apr \ 50%' " —* pfd' Flour Mills Williams Southern 22 % Mar Apr A Southam Jan * Holt 4%% Voting trust —" Simpsons Ltd 4%% Jan 80 Distillers Seagrams Hamilton Power 45 61 —!_—!*' preferred Sicks Jan 15 Crown Cork & Seal Co trust 23% 12% 9% .25 101 150 100 Paper 1st preferred preferred— £ 7% Apr 21% 20 * preferred 21 20% 9% _; Bridge Jan 14% 8% 23 Feb 37% —9 Ltd C——— Oil Sherwin Feb -~ Jan 59 Jan 15% • common Lawrence 2nd Jan 37 12% Mar ,23% Jan Jan 37 -* Transport Lawrence Series Jan 13% 12% 20 20% *' Shawinigan Water ft Power Ja n 13% Consolidated Mining ft Smelting——5 Consumers Glass • Steel 9% 36% 20% Jan 42% io- al5'% al5%* * — Co Ltd ft — 44% 1 :— preferred. St Jan 37 .100 Cockshutt Plow General May 8% Apr 5 I25 ,— Canadian Locomotive General • — Co. Corp of Canada St 5% May 13% ♦ Canadian Pacific Railway 5% common Corp common— :• preferred —_____—;—_—49 2nd preferred J 1 Feb —..... Gatineau Ltd River __ 1st Feb 25% B Electrolux 101% 101% -* Development Sagucnay 26%- Jan 28% 22% May 27% Apr * 25 6% pfd— Foreign Investment Voting 20% ... Tubes St Lawrence Jan 33 Canadian Ind Alcohol class A— Dominion common Quebec Power Jan 50 8% Feb Feb 11% 21 •V 590 4,645 Royalite Jan 15% .20 Fairbanks Tar 3 Feb 26% May 29% Apr 51% Mar 875 45 25% Jan 550 * - preferred Dominion 24% 325 * common common Canadian Converters class A pfd. Canadian Cottons common 7% Feb * — series Dominion Apr 5% 20 Celanese Corp 24% Apr 14% • Class A Cardy 15 20% * — common Canadian Car ft Class 24% Feb Jan 50 Breweries Canadian 22 18% 12 27% 100 5% preferred 6% 2,007 Feb 27 • Safeway Ltd 4%% pfd Canada Steamship common Canadian 245 Jan 9.40 5% ____—* Canada $1.00 853 13% / 24% 41% Mar 8 27 _______20 Forgings 42 20 150 44% Provincial Jan 5% —* $1.30 preferred Canadian 19% 23 * —— Canada Cement common... Canadian 100 18% May 38% Jan • , Building Products Canada 4,917 15% 38% Jan 10"% 1,016 24% Price 1 9.25 a26% a26% — r ; High L': 40 580 22*" * 54% " Ltd B cl 20% 21% 53% i_ Power Jan a__ — 41% 2% '20 —' 1 -22 .■) 53% 21 Placer Jan 26% May 1,285 27a 50 24% Powell Mar 18% 98 10% -• Page-Hersey Jan 76 98 __.__._25 Mills Flour Penmans 5% Mar 68 24% 24% 10% Electric Rwys __— * Light, Heat ft Power com—i* prefeired ij.__.100 5% Jan 47 Apr 24% * 158 *•« 18% 19 • a42 343A Mar Jan 9.25 * British American Bank Note Co British American Oil common.— a41 Ottawa Jan 26% Jan 41% 41% 2,005 Ottawa Jan 18% ———V * -* Low f 33% a42 __ Range Since January 1 High 30 * Jan 13% 25 ——_> Bralorne 18% Corp Shares Jan 4% Bathurst 36' Ltdi Mines ' for Week . 44% — National Noranda Jan 24% & Drug Sales Range : of Prices Low -• —._———25 Chemical pfd—5 Niagara Jan 20% 41% May 50 % Apr pfd__ 4%% Argus Oorp Ltd common 4%% preferred ft 18% 17% preferred National High 13% Apr 17% Apr 51 Canadian Tel Low 535 . 100% 100 % 42% Aluminum Co of Can 4% Assoc Range Since January 1 High 13% 7% 18 100% Aluminium Ltd Asbestos Shares Low Algoma Steel Anglo for Week 24 Acadia-Atlantic Sugar class A— 5% preferred Week's Last- Sale Price ,>:/:> ■ National Breweries common; of Prices 18 ;> , Par 13 % 13% Ilao — 13 STOCKS— Sales Range Sale Piriee MAY ENDED 1 Week's Last Monday, May 16, 1949 MARKETS LISTED WEEK CHRONICLE Exchange CAMdlan Fonda STOCKS— FINANCIAL Friday Montreal Stock Friday & Jan v ! Volume 169 Number 4803 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2135) CANADIAN RANGE Friday STOCKS— Week's Last Par Hydro-Electric Loblaw Sccur Groceterias Lowney Co Ltd Corp class MacLaren Power & Paper Co— Maritime Teleg & Tel Co Ltd com,.10 ■,1'm preferred —' Massey-Harris Co Ltd 6%% Maxwell; Ltd Melchers Mica Canada & pfd 20 i Distilleries of Minnesota conv i.. Ltd 6'k _J Paper " Moore Corporation Ltd Mount Royal Rice Mills Newfoundland - Scotia 6% Lt Lt & Pr & Pr Paton n c part 2nd Reitmans Russell (Can) Pr red 6'/c Jan 39'A Jan 17% Feb 18 150 1.7% Jan 18'A 26% 25 2 6'A May 27% « 325 al2 80c 2,850 al7 Jan Mar 12% 1.10 Apr 125 9 50 151/2 135 300 15% May 16% Apr 1 110'A Mar 17%. 65 Mar a20 a2Q 10 20 105 105 40 104 52 52% 53 20 53 125 9% 111% Mar 20 111 Mar 54 Feb 16% 17 395 16% Apr 18 600 16'A Apr 18% Trans-Television 113 * 45c 45c Anacon lead Mines Mines 10 10 270 65c 15,450 Gold Centreinaque Mines Gold Central Explorations 20 Feb 21 Apr 24 Jan 12% 12% 2 12% May 16 Jan a30 10 35 35 Jan May 65c Jan 65c Jan Atlas 18 %c May 25c a2%ca2'Ac « gc 1,500 2c Jan 3c Jan Bankfieid I,000 5c May 13c Jan Bank 18c 18 'Ac . Ltd—1 6c 1 Ltd Sol Gold 1__. Mines Ltd Fonnaque Gold 11c 11c 2,000 19V'4 710 49c 50c 2,000 17c 18c 4,000 8c 9c 6,000 Ltd.. Goldbeam Mines Ltd Consolidated Mines Ltd Lake Shore Mines Gold Ltd May 60'Ac Jan 17c May 25c Feb 8c May 16%c Jan 10,200 1,000 2.30 May 35c 3.45 May 40c 52'Ac Mar 78c 5c 500 10 5c rnn 15c 7,000 al'Acal'Ac 36%c r _l 9'Ac Mines , „ 3.50 Nechi New 314% 3'Ac Mar 2c Jan 35c Mar 1,100 3.35 53c Apr Jan 6.25 700 95c May 1.40 Jan 100 11% Jan 147/a Apr 6.10 1.08 800 5.85 Mar 6.10 May 1.45 Mar 94c May 4c 4c 7,500 4c Mar 6%c 10c lie 12c 18,000 10c May 45c Jan 29 %c May 70c Jan 4,500 1 'New Marlon Normetal ' 33c 5 29 %c 33c 7,600 62 62 % 330 9.25 9.25 1,695 a78c a78c 100 72c 22c __ 9.25 24c 1,750 22c 8c 51 Jan 62'A Apr 12% Gold Ltd 1 Mines Mining Corp Ltd 1 Ltd & 8c 1,000 2.28 2.28 84c Jan May 31c Mar 2.50 2,525 May 22c 2.28 May 1 1.65 __ 1 8c 4c 1.66 1,100 8c —l 3.30 3.75 3.75 8%c 500 3.50 1 8%c Metals 8%c 1.60 Mining Corp.. Quebec Labrador Manganese Rochette Gold 1 Development Mar Santiago Mines Ltd Sheep Creek Gold Mines Ltd 50c Ltd Mines Ltd Apr Jan 11 'A 1,230 10% 11'Ac 12c 2,500 10c 14c 15'Ac 14,100 14c 14'Ac \ __ 6c 7c 25% 8'Ac 36'A 22c25'Ac 33,200 common— * 25 14 41% class A * — Gold Mines 18,300 5'/ec May 16c Jan 25c 479,800 10'Ac Mar 25c May 22c Apr 40'Ac • i ■_ Jan Jan 8c May Apr 4.50 Mar ■ V' Oil Co Co Ltd 18% Oil 19 5c 24% 24% 24% 258 Elec 4% preferred pfd——100 Forest Columbia Packers Class 88 class * 10 86 May 98 May 101% Jan Feb 3 Jan 10% 10% 25 Apr 13 Jan 6 6 100 26 26% 272 A * * 26% -* 29%c Oil Broulan Porcupine LtdJ • Co Montreal South __ For 15% 15'A 50 17 Jan 1 12c Buffalo Ankerite 1 2.20 Buffalo Canadian * ll%c Buffalo Red Lake 1 __ 12c 13c 2.15 2.25 3,916 11'Ac 13%c 16,300 3,500 Products * 6c 6c 27% % Bunker Hill * - Burlington Steel 4%c 3,000 & Co Burrard class class B • A 15 • Bousquet —1 13% 35 3'Ac May 12% Jan 14'A 15 25 15 May 17% Feb 7% 150 7 Mar 8y« Jan 8c 500 8c • 6%c 6%c Calmont Oils 1,000 Linen Flin 2nd pfd —! Flon __ __ 1 42c ♦ 22% 22% 22% 1.45 Mar 1.90 27c Apr Apr 52c 64c 109.750 52c May 1.08 Jan common 42c, Mar 1.28 Jan 6.10 • common Canada Northern Power Jan " B 10 100 400 4.50 Mar 7'Ac 8'Ac 9,200 7%c May 8%c 8'Ac 1,000 8'Ac May 89 %c Feb 32 • Jan Jan Jan 8% 35 8% May 10 Mar 32 32 10 31'A Mar 33% Steamship Lines common Preferred Canada Wire * Jan -50 Cable & class 15% 15% 695 15 Mar 16'A Apr — 13% 13% 50 13 Mar 14 V* Jan 36% 36% 37 125 __ A 79% 79% 25 24 1,125 21 2,260 Canners Ltd preferred Canadian Canadian Celanese 1.80 1,600 4,770 9.70 16,500 9c Feb May ' 2.00 May 13% 2.33 2.36 4'Ac 4%c 500 2.93 2.70 3.00 7,600 • ' 14c 16'Ac 600 10,700 1.20 - A 14c Jan . 16 * Preferred A 80 22% Feb 19% Jan 24 Jan 21 Apr 16% 695 15 18 Jan 23 % 55 23 Apr 25 Mar 16 16 156 15 Feb 18 Jan May 17 Jan Products common 15% 15 15% 765 15 20% 21% 710 197/« Feb 22% Jan 38'A 39 125 36% Jan 39 23 23'A 55 23 Apr 28'A Jan 6% 6% 6% 1,620 Apr 8% Jan — 13% Jan — • .-■* 63A 2.60 Apr 6c Jan Canadian Ice Machine Apr Canadian Indus 10'A 10'A 90 10 Apr 74 74 74 25 74 May 77 Feb 1 — 5 5 100 5 May 15% Feb 9 May 11% Jan Feb 36'A Jan 79c Jan 15'A Feb Jan 3.00 Jan 25c Preferred Canadian May 100 — — Feb 13c Feb 20'A * 4'Ac May 2.10 Feb Ltd— Apr • —25 Food Apr —20 common Canadian Dredge Canadian 37'A Mar 79 23 % Jan Class 4%c • 35% Mar 15% 20 — class Car * common — Conv preferred Jan Mar Apr 50 20% 9c 3 % 28 23'A 12c Jan 3.75 Mar Feb 26'A 24 Jan 54c Jan 2% Apr 20% 6.60 Feb 2.70 „ Canada 1st 5.90 8%c Jan Mar su* 5.30 Jan Feb Mar ,-10 3.60 Mar Jan 6c 38c , 26 Breweries 1,900 i 43 Canadian Bank of Commerce 4.05 Jan 6.60 22 Canadian 3.85 Apr 17'A Feb 25 Feb 8.50 May 3c Feb lie Jan 70 ' Jan 9,900 Feb 4.30 27 15 4c # : 6c 16% 49 10c 9.00 Jan 49 4'Ac Jan 8.50 3'/2C May 8% • Packers class A Class 2,100 12,475 ■' 5c 27 __ Jan 1.34 May 73c Jan 5.40 May 2%c Jan Jan 4%c Jan 17,400 III,000 9'Ac 33 May 15 14c 53c Jan 4'Ac 10'Ac May Feb Jan 13% 500 45c 3.05 20c 27 40 14c Jan 24c 5'Ac Apr 7,750 ' Jan Mar 7% * __ Burns Jan May May 1.92 11c 300 8c 7c Apr 12c 7,500 27 3'Ac May 1 Ltd Ltd— 15 Alco common- "A" voting * 9 9 9'A * Locomotive 30 30 30 15 65c 68c 3,450 13% 13% 263 143 143 10 Z 665 28'A to Stock Brazeau FeD Jan 2% __ Oil 87c 37c 2,000 9'Ac Jan Feb Mar 4c 9c Jan 31c 5.90 11c ll%c 26% 27c 16% 1.70 Mar 9,660 3.35 —_90c Exploration Petroleums 25 6% 4,700 40c 9c 5'A May Jan 32c 2% — 90% 31c 3.10 ll%c Ltd— 10 , 28c 2% 1 Co 2% 31'Ac 1 Brutk Mills class A 3.15 -v Jan IO5 5.50 5.80 25% 675 16% 400 Jan Apr 3 0 „ ; 24'A 88 5.85 :.o Apr 7%c Mar 24% 98 16'A 500 20 % Mar 88 • 12.000 Feb May 98 1 * 5c 22 2% Canada Bread 3%c 18% 98 A— Power class Dominion Jan 2% * Columbia Feb 1.25 • Products B British 9.50 Jan 100 — Columbia Campbell Red Lake .♦ 8.25 Mar 2,516 11 3c Apr 5,500 24% Caldwell 5.40 Jan 45c Feb 45c 2,079 5c 24 Calgary & Edmonton 5.40 5%c 26c 600 24% 5c Mar 2%c May ' • common Jan " Transferred 18% 11c % 1,157 ' Jan • Royalite '' Jan • Ltd—* Oils Oils 70c 1.57 • Co Ltd Western 9.25 55c 2.57 Home Pan 9.10 Apr Gaspe Oil Ventures Ltd Oils 6,799 25 American British Columbia Calder *.4' % Homestead Pacific 43c '• 14 %c Mar Apr - 30c34%c l — Anglo-Canadian OH Co Ltd Omnitrans 40c May Calgary & Edmonton Corp Ltd—5.90 Okalta 500 3,500 Canadian Waite Amulet Mines Ltd Oil 12c 9%c •• Preferred Canada Westville Mines Ltd Pacalta 12c 2%c __ • ■ British Feb 5%c 1 Brand & Millen class A 4%% Jan 7% Mar 33c 16c Feb 2%c 18 Feb Mar 5%c 1.17 1 5 20c 19c 1.38 <■ Apr 17 200 8,000 200 __ New 100 • 7 24c Jan 41% 5%c * ___ * Oil 17 7 22c 27,900 54c 65c 14% May Jan Jan 1 "> 1 May 38% 1 Malting Crest 17 7 __ 1.60 L_1 May 14 7,520 Jan 1,400 Jan 22c 555 41'A 17 1 Cement Consol 14 41 % 67C • Apr Jan 37% May 67c 1.55 Jan 27C 34'A Mqr Apr 1.34 Jan 26% 35'A Apr 1.51 11c Apr 23c 30c 1.22 Apr * 1.23 __ Jan 6c 25 525 8'Ac 1.22 17c • 400 7c 1 Jan 35 Foundries class A 1 Jan 7% 37% 30c 3,502 Feb 3.65 35 1,500 48c 38c May 36 1,000 48c May 35 1.38 48c Feb 36 36c II,000 Jan 15c 10 1.23 7c __ 12% 10 — 1.43 " Feb Mar 7 'A 435 Scotia Apr 3.15 Mar 6,500 25% Canada .East 12,500 6c Canada Oil Stocks— 30 17c 17'Ac 5c 200 7% 25% Canada - 3.35 1 Jan Ltd 3.30 7% __ 1 May Vinray Malartic Mines Ltd 470 10 42c Ventures ; 11% * 40c : Jan 11% Apr Ltd Jan 13'A Jan Mar Mines 14%c 18c 22c Asbestos Corp Jan 94c 25c United 8c 10% Mar 9'Ac 3,500 Trebor . __ Jan Mar 2.300 Ltd May Mar • Mines Mar 28c 11c Stadacona Ltd 74 Jan 59c 22c Mines Jan 8c Jan 6% 6,600 35c37%c Torbrit 67% 23c 18,500 22c Cons Feb 10,300 22c Sullivan Mar 5% 14c 35c Ltd 13c 350 Apr 76c 1 (1944) 2,600 6 Jan 9c 5%c _i Mines 15c Jan 7%c 73c Sladen-Malartic Mines Ltd — 14c 5% 34c 3%c __ _l Gold May 10%c 10%c 3%c —_50c Siscoe Apr 7c 34c 34c —1 Sherritt-Gordon Mines Ltd— 4c 3,500 4c Jan 3.80 3.75 May 1,000 4,500 8c Callinan 1 Ltd 1.95 3.30 May 400 5c 7c 34c __ 1 Mines Mines Co 3.70 Feb ..4c 800 ; ■ Quebec Gold — 5"% __ .Piccadilly Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd—* Quebec 4c __ 2'Ac May 12%c Brazilian Traction Light & Pwr com—" Brewis Red Lake 1 Bntish Apr 500 12'Ac 1 British Jan ' Jan Apr . 5c A— Pershing Building Dredging Ltd— Mines 8c • O'Brien Gold Mines Ltd Pandora Cadallic Gold Mines Ltd Pa to Cdns Gold Pend-Oreille __ ' 2'Ac Jan 9.25 May ■ 2%c Jan 14% 10% 37 %c Feb 5%c 1 Kirkland *<■' Jan 8.65 Mar 22 %c Jan Jan 5.30 1 # 1.14 a 94c 1 1 Dredging Ltd——— „1 Mines 1,000 7,000 Buffadison Gold Cons Goldvue 32c „ Jan Apr 228 3.60 6.10 ——1 Ltd 375 30c 3.55 Mar 11% Bobjo British Macdonald 20c 68c __ Feb 12% 23c 2.000 38c 95c __ —7 Mclntyre-Porcupine Mines Ltd Mining Corp of Canada Ltd Apr 10c 11'Ac Boymar Feb Jan May * Bralorne Jan Jan 38c May 9.00 ——1 Sons May May 28c 11% Gold 10c Jan 10 9%c 500 11% Jan Jan 28c 18c 12c — : 36:,4C 1 Ltd 5c '0 26'A 35 B Jan 5%c Ltd—4- & Class Bevcourt May 2,000 15c 25% May 12'Ac May 1,150 92,300 (1937) Bcatty Bros (new) Telephone Boycon 10c — 61% 325 4,000 . Jan 8c . Apr 25% 70 Mining. Mar May 5c 15c 51% 25% _10 Toronto— Bertram Jan Jan 1 class Metals 9% 27%c 50% 27c Oil Nova Feb 8c Apr 12'Ac 13'Ac 69 1 10c 5c __ Jan 8'A 23c • ll%c 1,500 9,300 50% 5'Ac Mar 6,925 __ • Jan 3,000 67c Jan 24c Mines Eonetal Gold 5c 1 Ltd Mines 49c 5%c 1 Ltd Mines 35c 56 69 Consolidated of Base Jan Apr 5c .1 Goldfields 18c 19% 5c 1 Mines Ltd— Gold Louvicourt 2.45 41'A May 26c Montreal of Bank Apr Jan May 15% 60c 1 * Mines Lamaque Gold 2.30 130 1 Mines of Bidgood 35c 5 Mining & Explor Co Ltd Dufault 2.40 1 Gold Mines Lake _Z 43% 100 Bell 1 Hollinger Cons Gold Mines Ltd Hudson-Rand Gold Mines Ltd—.. Joliet-Quebec 11c 1 i Bagamac Jan 7%c 41'A Feb 16c 1 _ 1 Goldora Mines Ltd 37 %c 3'Ac Mar 10,000 May May 1 - Mines 6'c 18% 1 Ltd 16c He 1 — Mines 5c 19% 1 Ltd 7,000 14.000 7c 4%c 5c 1 — Jan Bank 1 __ Mines 39c 22'Ac Mar 15,500 __ * * Gold II.000 Apr 1,180 2,000 24,300 1 common Electric 3c " Gold Aunor Auto 9c 1 Mines Feb 6c 95 23c 27c 1 Aumaque Gold Mar 5'Ac Ltd Mines 5c 25c 2c Dulama Gold Mines Ltd— Sullivan Jan Mar 5%c * Mines 3c ,5c 8% * Yellowknife T Duvay Gold 9'Ac May 400 5%c 4.10 May 2,000 7c Jan 12c 13'Ac l Oil .1 Lid Ltd — 7C 103 9.00 Steels Atlas __ 100% Mar 23c __ Feb 40 3.95 1 Atlantic M^iy 5c Jan 23c 1 Mines 23c 22c 33,500 25 4.00 Armistice 4,000 9'/2c 12%c » Ashdown Hardware class A 25,000 7c Jan 985 5'Ac 28c Oil— Arjon Gold 26c __ 1 —— — Mines Corp 28c _i Ltd Dome Mines Ltd Donalda Mines Ltd I.eitch Argus Feb 21 51% 25% * Preferred 25 2,000 41'A 12%c Mar 22c :__-l — Ltd Co Yellowknife Jan 20'A 23c 1 — High 17 Apr 17% May 213A Jan 8% 25 Mines 23c 1 _ Cadillac Mining Lingside Area May 295 25c pfd Mines-- Apex Consol Resources Aquarius Forcupine Athona Consolidated Astoria Mines Consol Labrador 10 65c 21 20c 5'Ac • Canada Geld 23c Ltd Mines Cortez J-M Jan Apr 23% 1 100% 1 Nepheline Rouyn 23'Ac :* . El 8 45c Jan 23%' 13 ' 1 Mar 22 12% —— Corp Ltd.- Candego Gold Mines—_ Cartier-Malartic Gold Mines Eldona 46c a30 V 100% 100% 100 Larder Ashley Gold & Bouzan-Gold Mines Ltd Elder Jan 21 * Ltd Eouscadillac East 41c __ * —1. Lake Gold Mines Ltd Cournol- Anglo Stocks—, Ease Metals Mining Bob's 5,574 24'A • ♦ of Lead Ansiey Apr 21""' Ltd——* Manufacturing Co Ltd Bobjo 45e j50c __ __ Mining Anacon Jan • 23% A Cons-* Anglo Canadian Anglo-Huronian Jan 1634 May 420 Ltd American 16% 110 735 18'A • Co American Mar 17 5 13% 18 • Amalgamated Mar Apr 16V2 « Woods Aluminium Low 13% 18% Steel Jan 110% Standard Paving & Materials Ltd United Corporations class B United Distillers of Canada Windsor Hotel Ltd Jan 15% May 20% Jan Range Since January I High 20 Oil Algoma Shares Low Jan 73 100 110% 110% & Pacific for Week 13% Agnew-Surpass Jan * — Gas Sales Range of Prices • common — Alberta Aluminum 4 „ Par ' Paper May 22% 8% Mar 151/2 151 '2 69 9 & Preferred Acme 16% alio pfd 1, ! Power Acadia-Atlantic class Jan 8 Last $1.50 preferred Jan Feb 50c 25 Abitibl Week's Sale Price r Mar 12 25 75c May 6 100 pfd STOCKS— Jan .75 68 |y Friday Jan 105 alio Southmont Invest Co Ltd . Jan 16% -109 al2 __ .50 Ltd Canada 31% 14% Mar al7 __ 100 com pfd pfd Ltd.5% Industries Southern 1st 27% May 17% 17(2 — Corp of Can 6% 6% 100 405 Exchange Canadian Fonda Jan 2&V4 _J 10 Manufacturing Co Ltd Power 2% 17% common: preferred Feb ■; * Co Nova 2'A 17% » Ltd 13 Toronto Stock 35% 71/j 5 MAX High 35 26%, 10 Co 14a4 95 173.4 ** pfd —10 Ltd., Ontario 27% ' _I j~ 10 Low a2% 27% • MARKETS ENDED Range Since January 1 High a2% 27% M) Shares i4i/2 1 A (Walter _j WEEK for Week Low , _* FOR Sales Range of Prices '.Sale Price LISTED " ^ Exchange Petroleum footnotes Canadian Malartic see Ltd-- page 46. * Canadian — 15c 15'Ac 2,000 14c Apr 22c Jan 8% Oil Cos preferred - common • * 100 — 143 65c Mar 12'A Jan 141 Apr 150 Feb 43 44 (2136) THE COMMERCIAL CANADIAN RANGE Friday Range Par Canadian Pacific Railway— Canadian Tire Canadian Utilities Class 25 preferred 100 Gold Canooo 13% 28% 17% 13% May 2,579 Jan Lakes Class 28 % May 22 Jan 10 99% Jan 102 Feb Great 100 : A 15Vz May IS Apr Guayana 24% 75 23% 25 Jan Gulf Lead 1.20 1.20 100 1.15 Mar 1.50 Jan Gunnar 100 1.55 Jan 1.74 Apr Gwillim Lake Patricia Gold -1 Mines 1 Steel * common 4,000 90c Feb 1.65 28,900 71c May 1.45 Jan Halliwell 11,500 14 %c Feb 22c Apr 100 9% Apr 11 Jan Research Cheskirk Mines Chesterville 1 Mines 9 Vz Chimo Gold 2.50 16 Jan 37 May 40 Mar 17 17% 325 16 Feb 18 Jan 50c 51c 53c 17c 1,800 ? 50c 16,000 80c 38c 18c 1,000 16c Apr 11c 5,000 !/ 10c Apr 15% 280 14% Feb 2c 2c 2c 7,700 l%c 10% Jan Apr 10% Jan 25c Apr Jan 65q May 15 __ Rock 1 ; ; , « 10% « Gold 16 Mines 10,800 48c May 98c 17%c Mar 17 Jan 3,000 4c May 10c Jan Harding Carpets Fen 8% Mar 1 16 1,230 13 16c 6,700 15c 10 10% 230 6c • Harricana 3c 7c 3,100 45c 50c 3,716 5c 5c 10,900 7c "Jan 10% May Feb 14% Mar Mar 24 %c Mar 4%c 675 16 15%c 1 4c 2.50 -1 2.65 2.43 2,150 15c 15c 1.60 IVz 2.85 __ Mar 18%c Jan Hasaga Jan 1.75 Jan Headway Red Lake 1 7 100 7% Jan 65 Jan . Gold 1.60 Apr Feb Heath 1 7c 6%c 1 23c 22c 8c 8c 11c 1,000 1.60 - Gold 64c 4c 1 12% May 916 10c __ 1 60c (new.)—_____—50c High 1,335 38 Vz 15% Ltd Alabastine Hamilton Bridge Hamilton Cottcn 9 Vz Hard Chemical Mines Low 13% 37 Jan 80c 17c 13 Vac 17 %c Porcupine Chatco 1.00 71c 77c Central 1 & 95c -* Oil Leduc Centra) __ 1 Gold Lime Range Since January 1 High 41c 17% 1 Gold 1.61 Shares 13 ' ._* Mines 1.61 -- 13% * Coal for Week of Prices Low • common.— Mines Gypsum Central Paper preferred West 25 Feb Range Par Great Sales Week's Last High . , 15 Vz 1 — . 24 % __ 13 Sale Price 15 Vz 1 Castie-Tretnewey MAY Friday Low 100 Vz 100 Vz ; * A___— class Wirebound Canadian 13% __ MARKETS ENDED Range Since January.1 High 27 »/a —---A-* B 13% WEEK Monday, May 16, 1949 STOCKS— Shares Low Corp LISTED for Week of Prices Sale Price CHRONICLE FINANCIAL Sales Week's Last STOCKS— FOR & Gold _1 4oc : 12 Jan 6c May 10c Jan 45c May 83c Jan *'. Chromium Circle Bar Knitting common Malartic Citralam Coastal Oils 1 3c 3%c 9,500 3c 30c 2,664 24c 2.42 2.60 7,700 13 13% 705 22c 23'Ac _1 2.42 4,000 13 Coin Lake 5%c Apr *' ' _________________ ______ Gold Jan Hediey Mascot 36c Mar 28C mm]** 9 Jan Heva Gold •____ Mines 1 2.73 Apr Highland-Bell 1 12% Feb 14% Jan 17c Jan 30c Apr Highridge Mining Highwood Sarcee * 2.00 Jan —____„ Consolidated Astoria Consolidated Consolidated Beattie 4.000 4c May 7c Jan 1.00 .900 85c Feb 1.10 13c 19c 9 53c 48c 53c ___ -—— 50c 55c. -1 ' Consolidated Homestead Oil 6 57c 7'Ac 4,200 9c 10c 97% Homer Jan Hosco Apr 64c Jan Apr 65c Jan Howey Gold Hoyle Mining 12c —1 3,369 6c 1 21c Mines Gold Jan Hudson May 17 %c Feb Hugh May 123 Jan Huron & Erie common Bay Mining & Smelting __ 0 Malartic Consoliadted Press class A Conwest 42% 1 1.00 Croinor 1 Pershing Davies Davis Leather Class B 152 Vz Jan Imperial Bank 1.00 May 1.45 Jan Imperial Oil 1.09 12,320 15 '■,s.100 15 May 18c May 30c Oils 60c 9,200 Feb 61c Apr 6%c 7c 11,500 6%c May 15c Jan 22 %c 26c 6,500 22 % c May 43c 23 %c 21 21 8 8 100 • class 17c 16c 18c 6,000 1.52 1.60 500 1 6c 5%c 6%c 14,500 >1 7%c 7%C 8'Ac 4,500 7%c 32c 32 %c 3,000 28c 19c 17c 25c 96,800 17c 25c 29c 25c Feb 15% 15% A—— Delnite Mines preferred 3c May 6c Mar 7c Apr 16 Vz 16% 100 16% Apr 19% 9.75 10'A 4,020 9.65 May 12% Jan 6c 6'Ac 1,500 5c Apr 11 %c Feb 20c23%c 22,800 19c Apr 32c Feb 31 %c 32c 4,000 42 43% 1,376 3c 3%c Red Detta Dexter 1 Nickel Mines Lake _ Lake Red Varnish Imperial 21 21 130 7% 16c May Feb 23 May 33c 9% Industrial Red 1 ,. Discovery Lake 1 Yellowknife 1 1.20 5,600 Dcme 2 15% 15% 15% Ltd—.———* Mines 18% 18% 19% 1,814 Feb Inglis Dominion & Anglo Invest com Foundry 10 Magnesium Dominion Steel Steel & 120 * _ Dominion Dominion I 25% -■ International (John) 10 %c 15c Jan Feb 46c Mar May 65c Jan 32c class B 25 Tar & Chemical Dominion Textile pfd 15% • Dominion Stores Dominion 24% Donalda • common 120 120 10 Dulama Gold 29% 27% Feb 29% Apr 18% 18% 18% 16% 13% 13% 14 26 25 25% 16% East Apr 18 Vz Jan Jan 19% Apr Crest East Leduc East 120 May May J 6 C% 8% 8% 37c 38c 4,500 34c 24c25%c 3,000 24c 1 — Coke..— & 37c 1 Economic I * 22% 22% Investment 100 100 • 31 30% 31% 4,808 Elder Mines Eldona 26 Jan Co common Petroleum Gold Joburke May 27% Jan Joliet 9 May 14 % 15% 310 24% 20'A Feb 15% Apr Feb 430 __ • 19% 11% 12 11% 12 -45c 51c 16 %c 16c 18c 9c 7%c 9%C 9c 10c 4,000 9c 7c 8c 6,500 7c 22c I,500 22c El Sol Eureka 8% 32%c 4c 145 145 8% 8V0 1,963 32c34%c Nickel 9,000 4c 12 11 430 ■j 4c Mar May 19c May 3'Ac May 2%c 2%c 1,615 Keiore .— 1 38c 1 ___ __ Mines * Gold __ _1 Jan Apr Kenvllle 22 Feb Kerr-Addison 12%c ,. — 15% l 18c 22c 38c 7,600 5%c 5%c 500 12c 8c 14c Jan Kirkland Kirkland-Hudson Feb Kirkland May 25c Feb Kirkland Townsite 1 17c • May 12c Mar Labrador Mining Si Exploration 1 3.45 3.40 3.65 Apr 10%c Jan Laguerre Gold 1 3%c 3%c 3%c Apr 38c Jan Lake 95'Ac 91c 1.20 Dufault Mines Fortune Gold Lake Feb Lake Lingman Jan Lake Rowan 42% 42% 35 Lake Shore Mines 15% 15% 15% Wasa Mining 33c 40c 22,975 62c 60c 67c 105,287 5c 6c 5,500 11 11 11 30c 33c 38 Jan 43 Apr 15 % May 17 Jan Lake 32c Mar 41c Jan La Mines 77c Jan Lamaque Gold Lang & Sons 12c 33c 10% 27c 5,285 May 11% Mar Apr May 60c Jan Luz La pa Cadillac Lapaska 3.95 4.00 4.00 4,265 3.80 Mar 14% 150 13% Mar 32 5% A • 1,500 60c 8% J) preferred .100 Power : i ♦ 1.55 Feb 26 Jan Class 25 Mar 28 Feb London 27 165 25 Feb 27 May Class 20 97 87% 90 7c 30 8,025 May lie May 98% Jan 1634 16% 15 16% Mar * 17% Mines Loblaw — Jan Lunward — 55 99% Mar 102 Apr 6.00 7,973 10c 6,000 8c Jan 57c 59c 9,000 55c Apr 15 %c 4.75 c 13c 4c 32c "5,100 16c 12% 3'Ac 2,500 Jan Feb !_L 1.75 6.40 Apr Apr 74%c Jan Goodfish l * ______ ——SO B see * page 56c 15c MacDonald 1,500 35c May 6c Jan 12c Feb 14 14% 3,487 10% Jan 15 Apr 34c Jan 3'Ac Feb 5%c May 64c; Jan 38 40 8,200 48c Feb 2.25 1,900 2.10 Mar 2.45 Jan 6.05 6.15 1,200 5.80 Mar 6.35 19 50 16% Mar Jan 3%c May 4c Apr 19 Jan 4%c 6,500 V 5%c Jan 9'Ac 9'Ac 9,500 ' *:- 5%c Mar 12c Jan 3'Ac 3'Ac 1,000 'i r 2'Ac 4'Ac Jan 14'A 15'A 10% 10 % , May Apr 75 14% May 15% Mat- 10 315 V 10'A May Mar 65c 65c 1,800 62c Apr 95c 1.10 21,850 95c Mr y 5c 5,500 4c May 4 May 8c 10c " 13,500 70c 74c 7,315 28 28% __ 28 __ 86c Jan — " 7c 295 Jan 70c ; Jan 1.20 10c Jan 4 % May 12c Feb Mar 1.08 Jan 27% Mar 31% Jan 28% 29 250 27% Feb 29 Jan 7'A 10% 7% 10'A .120 6% Feb 12c • 35 7'A May 10% May 11% 9,600 10c 45c 1,000 10'Ac Jan 15c 12c Mar ,16c 11 %c 10%c 12%c 12%c 12%c 12c 12c 15c 12,500 2.39 2.30 2.38 3,650 30c 30c 32c Mines K I 1 ; May MacLeod-Cockshutt Gold 1 Mines 7 'Ac 9c 20c 21c 93%c 1.03 . 19,316 . 28c May 7'Ac May 2,500 • / 2.10 Jan f 5.10O 8c 20c 93%c .1 4. River Feb - Jan Mar Jan 11,500:' 18'Ac 93c - Apr Jan Apr 74c Jan 13 %C' Jan 34c Class Export class A • Madsen 9 * B Red Lake Gold Mines 210/., 6% 9 860 9 9 6% 6% Mar 1 2.90 2.98 1 Magnet Consol 2.90 20c 17c 20c 2.40 2.54 r 12,750 5,910 1.500/ Malartic Gold Fields-- Feb Manitoba 16c Jan 5%c Feb Maple Leaf Milling Maralgo Mines 9c Jan Marcus & 1 — Eastern : 2.45 .1 Jan May Jan :n-T 10 Jan 7% Jan 3.10 Apr 30c Jan ■ 2.02 3c 8% __l 17c ' 4%c 61,600 8 8% 4%c 754 ", 4%c 0 • ._. f_„ 2.40 Apr Jan 1.20 - Jan * 2.58 • 19 %c Mar 10c 2,000 46. k ' : 6c 6'Ac 1,500 —■ 5%c Mar ' 1.74 1.80 6c 6 %c 3,500 4'Ac 5c -6,500 1%C 2c 2,000 95 95 15,700 1.74 May Gold ___ — 5c 3.15 Jan Martin-McNeely 12%c Mar 4'Ac May 1,000 - 11c 11c 1,000 Jan 2%c Mar 8 2.69 Apr 4 % c May Mar; 11% 4%c Apr 5%c Feb 9 %c Jan 15c Apr Jan Feb Massey-Harris common class 51 ; l%c May 95 51 51% 145 50% 21 21 120 20 Mar 4%c 1 20% i 5 • 885 * • 2,500 4'Ac 19% j 4c Feb Grain Class A B t 103 Jan Apr 53 Feb Alay 22 Feb McColl-Frontenac common Preferred Mclntyre Porcupine 0 : 1 1 5 11c - 3'Ac Mar 18 Feb 8 Feb 6c Feb 22% Jan 9 Mar 9%a Feb - 95 1 —— McCabe - class Jan *" timmm 4'Ac Preferred Feb ,1.45 ' tr. Mining ; Goodyear Tire common May Mar 11c May 1,500 * ' ' Jan 5c 91c f - 6.50 1,000 8'Ac 1 Macho 14 5.80 — Jan Apr Jan 3,650 ——--1 Macfie Red Lake 75 9'Ac .__ 23% 3.25 5c 1 Mines 106% Mar 37c Jan Jan 3%c 1,500 ^—._—0 _r. 110% May 15% Jan 32c 19% Mar 17c 37c ——* Gold Feb 100 May 9'Ac 4'A —* Yellowknife Apr 99'A — Apr 11c Jan 109% " Jan 1.67 35c 4 • A common Goldflelds 102 % 15 10c 95c Feb 9'Ac 4 * Louvicourt Lynx class Mills 10 15 'N 55,580 1 B Hosiery A 1.01 * 100 15 140 6,410 5,500' 1 Groceterias Feb May ! 110'A 110% ; 4'Ac 1,700— 20 Feb Jan 1.28 4c __ 1 Ltd 1 102% 102% ___ footiintoc 2.90 Feb MacMillan Porcupine Mackay 90 2.00 May 5-85" Mines Far II,500 97% 2.38 32c Mines Manltou Goldhawk 8c 97 2% Apr __ 10% Long Lac 20% 88 3%c 41c < Jan 50 2.00 ; Gold.— Golden Arrow Gordon 10 75 . Gold Eagle Golden Feb 560 10c Mines Feb Apr 4c -- __ B Gold Macassa loo Lake class Eros Lexindin Gold 26 Oil Goldora 90c 8% May 7c * common Jan 13c 19 1 Levy 1.70 -- Gold Jan 22% ' ■ loo Wares 23c 16% Jan 2.15 33 __ 6.05 3 Jones Gold 26 100 GJant Yellowknife Gold Mines. Goldcrest 100 Leitch Lencourt 26 Gillies Lake God's V : Jan Jan 22 2.15 common Jan Jan & 7c May 14 1 Mines Secord 1.70 7c .100 Exploration Steel Goldale Law son 116 4%c May 22% _____________ preferred Preferred Globe 3,500 70c 27 preferred General Jan 7% Apr 4%C" <• preferred 5 Vz % 102% 8% * _* Gold iA Gatineau Laura 37 Apr Jan 16 5% Mar 70c Co Cos Frobisher 4.50 Little Francoeur Freiman 4%c * Foundation Fraser 4%c » -- —1 Mines "U" Leduc-West Oil class Mar Jan 14c Jan 5c 9 • — 35c * 0 115 __J 19% 0 50%c Mar 295 105 B 13c 1 37c v 104 Motor Apr V 54c 14% 21,139 11c 1 100 Class 12c 3,800 1 250 common 25c ;. 5%c Mar 15,705 1 7% 5c 72c 1.39 * Apr 3.45 Apr 4c 72c 1.30 13c " 1 2.70 6% 315 Ford Ltd (John) 4c 72c 1.32 1 __1 - 2.05 Mar' 33 Mfg Apr Jan 1 Gate Lake 2.30 May 6% Fleet Mar 5'Ac May 825 Jan 175 6 Products Jan 3%c 15 'Ac Mar 34c 1,725 12 12,755 1 0 5,750 8c 15% 13% 29,350 32% Fibre Golden 15'A 65%c Mar 6% 32% . 5%c Feb 2%c Mar 4,600 38c May 2.45 1 ^ Jan Apr Jan 2c 2.48 * Petroleum 13 52c lie 6% Federal Grain Kirkland Jan Apr 950 7%c May 46,600 14% Federal 150 May 31c 1,000 16c 7,600; 14% Federated Feb Jan 1,000 1 _ Mines Mining 24% Apr 11% May 41,600 • Preferred 8% 36 .? 11c 45c 180 • ■ Players : Fanny Farmer Candy Shops common 145 5 Apr 4%c 2.30 * 30% 3%c 1 i Gold Quebec Larder Famous Jan 101 Vz 11c 2.37 1 Falconbridge 25% Apr 99% Mar 3%c 6'/8 L-i—25 Corp May Jan __ 2.37 l Equitable Life Insurance /Jan 33c 3%c 2.44 1 Gold___ Feb 54c 1 .—I 1 9 Apr 1 . Mining /T7% 21% 125 v 46c _„20 ___ Jan Mar 22 v Jan 7%c 22% May Jan 15% ——________25 Gold -17% May 20% Mar 8% 65 1 Eddy Paper class A 3c 40 100 • — Jan 16% May ^ 660 100 Nickel M Consolidated 24% 22c Mines—: Steel 25% Mar 95 Mines 23 24% Oil Sullivan Eastern Jan 24% 160 5/100 Waite 308 11% Oil East Malartic .Mines-,.—; Jan 14% 4,500 * Jack 615 20% „ 1 „— Feb 19% 4c Jacknife 1,110 7c Amphi East Jan Feb 22% __ 1 10% 1 Duvay Gold Mines i 13% Mar 16% Preferred 25% • Ltd Jan 29 3c International Uranium 23% * Mines Jan 6c V 22 22% — International 9 1 Woollens 57 May Apr " -23% Mines 3c 112 20% May Labatt Dominion 42 114% 114% Jan Apr Kayrand Coal & Apr Jan 20% * Co & Coal Preferred 25 // 9% 38c 39c Jan 23 '■:u - • Mar May 22% Inspiration Mining Feb Jacola Dominion Bank 30c 117 1 Jan 1.65 May Jan 5%c May 7,200 710 Distillers Seagrams Jan 27c , common.——* common Acceptance International Dickenson Jan v 3,325 27c 65c 10'Ac May 13c Jan Mar 25 International Metals class A_. Denison Feb 13'Ac Jan Jan • Ltd 59c Mar Jan 40c 4% 15 Vz May 4,700 : 22c _____________ Decalta Apr 8C 57c • 148% Mar 55c Petroleum 21c 3,500 1,000 29% 39 18c 18c 1 . 5,700 Jan 1.00 : Mines 23c 8%c 1,500 __10 8% — Indian Lake D'Aragon Jan 35,600 20% 6% Mar 15- Mines 9c 57c 20% 115 Imperial Mills Crestaurum Jan 9%c 100 preferred 151 151% 151 • 6c 8%c 114% 7 7 Exploration Cosmos 3,500 9c .100 20% —.100 Apr 8%c Imperial Tobacco of Canada ordinary_5 96 Consumers Gas 8%c 27c 1 , 10c 7%c May 500 95 Feb '10% May 95 .,10,000 10c Yellowknife 38c Feb 13c __ 9.90 r Feb A 42d 18,650 50c Mines L. __ 5 46c 140 mm Dauch & 8 31,000 9 ~ ■ Hinde 9%c < 3%c Apr 14c • — Duquesne 4 %c '• " _» _1 Bakeries Consolidated 4c 1.00 .1 Mines __ 4 Hollinger Consol Yellowknife Coiomac Coniaurum __ f 9% Mar ; ___« 8% '8% 7% 100 940 ' •7V« Mar \ 13% 100 — 110 8'A ■■>.*■* 7% 13'A __ • 94 94 94 5 62% 61% 62'A M 10" 1,080 . ' 7% Apr 12% Feb 15% Jan 92 Apr 98 Jan 50% Jan 62'A May Volume 169 THE Number 4803 COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2137) 45f -t CANADIAN RANGE LISTED FOR WEEK MARKETS ENDED MAY 13 ' ' ' " . s (/■"V* McKenzie Red Lake McLeilan Par "'l Gold McWatters Gold 38c 8%c 8Vac • __ 32'Ac Jan 10c 21,700 Feb 9c __ Mid-Continent Oil _ 9c 2,000 67/e 6c 50c Apr 12c Apr 12c . 8'Ac Mar Jan Mining _* . 4%c 4%c 5%c 2,500 4 Vic 1.05 1.05 1.10 I,200 1.05 K Cerp Model • 2 Oils 9.30 . Modern 9.25 * 10 4,695 4,000 16% 100 4% 50 40c 1 __ * 42c 16% 4% 1 Modern Containers class A______ __ 7% 6% Mar 25.. • — Milton Brick Last Par Shawkey (1945) Mines— Shea's Winnipeg Brew class A. Sheep Creek Gold. ______ Monarch ;±.i. Works— Knitting commorti_____ • ■ * Moaeta Porcupine 1.55 Sick's Jan Breweries 12 y4 365 50c 7,200 12 Jan 48c Jan Silver Miller 18 21% 22 700 5'A Apr 19'A Moore Corp • common Mosher Long 65 Lac 11% Mar Feb 14 Jan 60C Jan Jan 23% Mar Breweries Drug National Petroleum National Steel New 35 J 25c 35c 30c 36c 10,000 ___* 20 20 20% Calumet 365 Mines Goldvue I _'___ Oils '___ ; Gold ___i ;___ 75c Feb May 23c Jan 6,000 3'/2c May 6c Jan 9,500 4%c May 18c Jan 9Vic 22;775 8'Ac 1,500 8%c May 7 Vic Mar 14c Jan 11c Jan 18,075 12c Mar 26c Jan 5%c 3,500 4c Mar 8c Jan 72c 71c 77c 30,800 Feb 1.03 Apr 53 Vi 54 Vi 2,085 51 Mar 58% Jan lie 11c 1,000 10c Mar 20c 2.30 2.22 2.50 19.780 6c 6Vic 5Vic 5Vic 49c 1,000 51c 2.22 May 6c May 2,000 48c __ 4,000 5c Jan 3.75 13 Vic Jan Jan May 12c Jan 47 Vic Mar 60c Feb 38c 29c 39c 122,100 24'/2c Apr 5 Vic 5%c 6Vic 11,500 3%c Feb 7Vi 7Vi 7% 400 6% Mar 1.64 1.61 1.69 11,600 1.58 Mar 1.95 Jan 2.30 2.45 12%cl2%c 23,950 1.11 Feb 2.60 Apr 2.26 Apr 9% Mar 2,000 12c Apr 17c 3Vic 2,000 3c May 6c Jan 4%c 1,000 4c Mar 6%c Jan 75c 75c 75c 100 75c Apr 1.50 Jan 5 5 5 20 5 Jan 8c 1,500 7c 2,500 7c 17,000 51c 10c 10c 12c 6,000 10c Slscoe ;'"V. ' ' Jan 18c Feb 3.05 Jan 45 Vi May 45 1,230 1.14 1.24 9,520 1.00 Jan 1.40 5,200 12 %c Jan 24 %c Jan Apr Apr . ; 5c 6c 6,700 4c Apr 8c Jan 3c 500 3c May 8c Jan 3%c 4c 1,500 33c 33c 35c 7,750 32c Mar 1 8c 8c 9c 19,000 8c Feb 12c Jan 66c 68c 3,475 66c Apr 89c Jan __ J Piccadilly Porcupine : ' r Gold 1 ___i r";-' : Mines__- g'Ac 8c 8Vic •'' ■ '• 03 1 Pioneer Gold 1 Powell 1.90 1.99 1 Porcupine Peninsular Porcupine Reef Gold • River 43c 37,800 37c 37c 3,300 32 %c Feb 8% 8% 498 8'A 65c May 36c Apr 6 • 6% 6 • ,.. 9% Jan 15%cMar 2.34 May Jan 3.65 3.00 Mar Jan 3.35 500 4%c 36c __ 47/«c 500 4c Mar 8c Jan 36c 700 35c Feb 44c Jan 37% 210 36'A Apr 42'A Jan 37% 3 7'A South Feh Jan 30 26 26 26 165 22% 23% 285 Apr 22% Mar .26 'A Jan 96 96% 275 96 99% Jan 22c 6,600 20c Aur 44c Jan 37C 5,900 24c Feb 41c 26 Feb 17 Mar ..13c Mar 19% May 23c Jan Apr 1.42 Jan 20c 35c Co common Stadacona 19% 225 15%C 16c 1,500 1.05 1.05 1.12 6,600 • Mines 25 19 « Chemical 125 82 75 10 9% 10% 21 21 21 ..200 48c. » Standard Paving common </ __ May 1.05 3.563 6% 81% 6 .. Preferred 50c 6 81% s> common 26 ... 43c 54C Apr 6 May , .7' Jan 20% . Mar Jan 10% May Radio a class A 4% 4% 135 Starratt Olsen 69C 68c 75c 10,200 14% 14% 15 460 — Stedman Steel Gold I * Bros Co .of Canada • 1.40 Press Sudbury preferred Contact Sullivan Cons _ __ 1 22 1 Corp Pressed Metals Preston East 1.47 1.48 1 Mills Purity Flour Preferred 1.53 5,300 54,000 Quebec Labrador 12,050 5% 100 Apr; Feb ,15 Mar 78 85 1.35 .'Feb Jan , Apr 1.70 5% Apr 5c ll%c Feb 5c 6c 1.49 1.55 3,125 1.46 Feb 150 Jan 1.60 up 9.800 1.27 Jan 1.72 Apr 25c 25c 1 3.10 3.10 3.25 5.828 * - 15c 15c 20c 21,300 * 4,500 1,000 25c 2.54 May 36c May Feb p 350 Jan 22c 8%c Jan Apr Gold 18 % 18% 25 22 Feb 55 %c 60c 7,810 50c Mar 69c Jan 8'Ac 8%C 7.500 8c Jan 12c Feb 1.22 1.35 47,100 87c Jan 9% 10% 150 162 162 24 9C — Tombill Gold 55 %c __. _ _ a . _ Torbrit Silver Mines. Elevators Toronto General 1.23 _ . Trusts ..100 _ 18% Apr 'i __ 9% 1.35 May Jan 168 Jan Towagmac Exploration Petroleums Tower _ * Resources Transvision-Television 71 %c * Union • Gas Union Mining United - _____ class Corp United Steel Walker Jan 10% Apr 9C Mar 14c Jan 24 Vb Jan 3,800 20 80 19% Mar 49'A 49% 105 4f. 'A May 52 Feb 18 710 17; 18 Apr — 17% Jan 2.94 1.95 2,700 11c 11c 1,100 6% 6% 400 1.52 82,845 1.10 May 1.82 Jan 1,676 5.00 May 6.40 Jan 5.00 1.10 5.00 5.40 10c Mar 7% 6Ve Mar Jan 10'A 10% 100 10% May 10% Jan 8.20 8.10 9.30 20,344 8.10 May 15% Feb ♦ 25% 25'A 26% 3,566 9c 2,000 A 38 38 38 5 ~ . » (G & W) Consol ___. 8C _ Products Weston _ Grocers class Western !»,' A __100 .> Wiltsey-Coghlan _1 _ ______ Winchester Larder ■ (— .. .«» - 10c __1 . r 25 28% May Feb Jan 13 %c Apr 8c 35% Jan __ _ 35 , 105 30 190 21 10 9c ll%c 32,000 8c Jan 37c Jan 7%c 1,500 6c Feb lie Jan 10,500 6c Feb 6%C May V„ Mar 95% Apr 6c 7c 33'A 33 34 % 2.35 2.27 2.40 46c 40c 48c 144,683 18c 80C 4,060 63c 4%c 2,000 4'Ac Mar 6c 2,564 4,480 ' Feb Apr j00'/a. Jan ll%c Jan Jan 4%c v Jan 77c • 1 .25 31 24% 95% 30% 1 _ Winnipeg 38% Mar 95% * 1 Wingait Gold Electric common Wright-Hargreaves ,. 24% << • (George) common Preferred May 53% 30c 67c 4,000 57c 44c May 62c 36c 57c 1 46c 44c 52c 11,400 Quemont Mining Quesabe Mines Ltd * 13 12% 13 Vi 5,300 1 1.15 93c 1.15 58,325 Reeves 1 2.00 2.00 2.05 1,100 73c Riverside Silk Robinson (Little) elf ss \ I Roxana v* Roybar 29 160 29 15 15 70 15 1 15c 14%cl8'/2c 140,800 .; y Feb 27 2.10 37% Apr Jan 2.52 Apr May 13c Apr 35c 50c Mar 37c 35c 39c 25'A 25% 770 24 7A Feb 6.95 6.90 7.00 11,400 5.85 Feb 7.10 May 22V2c ,9c Feb 26 %c May 5'/2c 22c26%c 5'Ac 6c 162,200 1 !' Antonio Vinegars — May • common Canadian Fairbanks Morse com_: Canadian Industries common. Canadian Marconi 26 Apr — • * * Dalhousie Oil Gold Western 1 " :1 1 Water & Power com—-* Rouyn Ltd Preferred 50 9,200 , 5'Ac May 16% 10c Jan 18% Jan 8c Disher common Lumber Steel 1,000 103 20 101% Mar 25 18'A May 11% 103 18'A 11% 405 11% May 14 Jan Foothills 40% 40% 85 39% Mar 43 Apr Hayes 4.00 3.90 4.00 15 15 100 16c 15c 17c 123,000 14% 15,100 35 '/4C 970 23 145 46 103 18'A __ 36c 24'A 35c 241/# 46 38c 24'/2 46 Vi Apr May Dominion 103'A 22 Apr 20% 19 Feb 22% Jan 12% 12% 290 12 Mar 13'A jJan Mar 50 30 32% Apr 20 20 25 19% Mar 22 Jan >v 1.25 1.20 1.40 825 1.20 May 2 Jan 81 81 85 1,020 Feb 85 May 32 32 3% 625 16% 3% 16% 1,680 - 3.80 7c Jan Mar 4.50 17c Paper common Minnesota & Ontario Paper Oil May Mar 25 Apr Southmount Investment May 48 Jan Southwsst Pend 46. * 16% * Petroleum 155 20 5% 37 655 31% 125 36 800 Apr 26 , . Apr 4 18% Apr 45c Jan Feb 11 % May Mar 24 »A May Jan 37% Apr May 39 3.65 Apr Jan 31% Jan Apr Feb 58 16% Apr 22'A Jan 4c Apr 5c May 6.70 25 1,525 48% Jan 17'A 1,055 4'Ac 500 4.10 10,700 43c 45c 1,029 40c Mar 45c Apr 35C 35c 950 30c Mar 35c May — 3.75 43c Feb 2.50 Mar 50% 50 % 1 * Jan 435 26% • Oreille 49c 420 38% 36% 38 * 33c 40c 2.82 37 0 Selections Feb 3'A Mar 15% 11% Feb May 16 Feb 64 24'A 39c 11% 24 * Steel / 700 790 • Oil Jan 4 3 20% Jan International 1,646- common High LOW 2% Apr 2% * Bridge Dominion Glass Range Since January 1 High 20'A Jan 140 7c 7c * * common Preferred 16% 1 page Shares 3 ' Vickers Canadian 7c 1 Mines see * • 1 Consolidated Paper Canadian 16% __ ,_i Paper 2nd pfd footnotes for Week ' Scarfe class A For 1 * * Range Feb Jan 18 %c May :< common Canada and Dominion Sugar 15% May Co Brown Canada 25% 10,500 Feb, 6c Sales Week's of Prices LOW Par Jan 30% May Last Sale Price j . 48c May 84% May Exchange-Curb Section Friday STOCKS— Jan l >Vr« Mines Shawinigan • 8c 7%c May 5,000 8C Jan • . St 1 Lawrence Senator 11c ' * Mining Sannorm . 3.75 Apr Mar 4%c Canadian Funds Jan 10 L Saguenay Power preferred —100 StiLawrence Corp 1st preferred 49 2nd preferred 1 1 San 97Ac 9c Toronto Stock 1.15 May Apr - Co Russell Industries Ryanor 29 15 1 Chibougamau Rupununi 5c Jan 1.04 4'Ac Mar 1,000 29 .__ Royal Bank Royalite Oil ■' 1.95 3,000 5'/2c 70c * ' Oils 4%c 5'Ac __ • 12% May »_■> A class A Roche Long Lac Rochette Gold •' 4'/2c 1 Gold 1 Jan 33c . Queenston Gold Reno _ a Girl Ymir Yankee Jan 17 36c Regcourt Mines Jan 60c Apr May 1 MacDonald Bear Feb 7,900 45 y2 __ Mines Yellowknife - Jan 1.89 6% ____ t Jan 17c 1.89 May 1.89 1.30 _____ (Hiram) Wekusko 80c Jan 12c 49% _ _ Amulet Waite Apr 8% 10 %c — a Viceroy Mfg 40c 1,300 20 ♦ _ <; 2,346 _ ___ Apr 60c — Mines Ltd 90c 10% * Canada Upper Ventures Feb 60c 0 _ _ 55c 77c 10'A 1 • Oils United Hill Keno United > 17,225 71 %c May 60c -25 - Mar 29c 50 10'/4 50 preferred preferred Feb May 20 7%c Mar 7,900 0 B Fuel class A Class B 10c 40c Jan 5.710 44 c 18% 0 A_ 18 9%C 18% 41c class 39 %C 1 _ __ Finance Traders 11 Vic May 45 45 i 11 Apr 156% Mar' Apr Feb 90 45'A 1 1.73 1.36 5 Vic Mar i j. May .'J Toburn ■- Jan 5 % May 1.49 __ Mines Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines. Tip Top Tailors ? Apr 8%c 4%c May 1.60 0 _ Gold 1.44 13% Apr. 80c Jan 1 - River Tech-Hughes 225 1,000 60c Jan 9% 7 Quebec Manitou 127/8 Jan May 7 - Jan 7 7 40 : Jan 20 10 common 1.02 16% 11 •200 Jan 13'A Mar 255 ny4 70c 1,165 7%c 11 %c 1 Dome 11 % 72c 15% 11% __ 1 Purdy Mica Mines 70c 15% 70c • . Feb 5 ... 1 __ Mines Sylvanite Gold Mines Taku 83 4%c 1.35 82% A Steep Rock Iron Mines StoVel ... '82 4%c 5% common Steeloy Mining .4% Mar ! Power ' Feb 83 , «.- Jan 7 81% May 2,57o- ■<.- May 29%. May 1 • Preferred 29%. 16c __ Springer Sturgeon : 29% * ii Co _..20 _ Brazeau Yellorex 'Powell Rouyn Gold common ;r 4 Jan 7% 5%. Apr 362 Apr 48%cMar 23%. 20C <N) Jan 42Vic Apr 1.90 6,225 2.05 Apr 7c 12,500 5c 3.25 1 Feb 37c Malartic Westeel ___1 Gold 17% May 17% May 8.25 Apr Feb 7.10 ■ 3c Mines . 36 Vi Jan 3c 1 u Paymaster Consol : 2.02 52,020 Jan 44% 6c *".V ^ May 13Vic 17Vic 1.17 13Vic 1 ;".V 3.00 2.68 44% • 1 -.V' 15% Mar 15% 404 8% Gold Sladen Slater Feb 9c 1.05 May • Ltd 20c Mar 2.90 8c 67/8 Mar Jan 61c • Mines Mines Gold 7c 56c 1 Cadillac Malartic- 8c 56c 1 • 8c 1 Tubes 300 440 7.90 Feb 3c 4%c 1 Oil 17% 7.90 96% Transcontinental 4'Ac 1 _1_ Porcupine Crow 7%c 0 Mines 17% 17»A" 17%. - Feb '40c l common Jan 36c : • Class B Toronto 48c 1 X_. Lake Paramaque . Jan 7c 53 Vi 6c 2.59 41c —_1 Class B ,__J Simpson's Ltd class A United - ■' 51c ; • Hershey Pickle Mar 5%c 4Vic * ___! Exploration Western Perron Jan 31c 33/4C 15c 18%c 15c 1.38 May Jan 9c 2.35 May May • Mines Pen-Rey 1.19 1 Petroleum Parbec 9,000 4%c Jan 23c 11,475 9c 8%c 5%c 101,513 , Standard * Gold Pandora Feb 1 Mines Lake Pamour Pan Apr 1 Orange Crush Page 59c 8c * common.— Beauty Supply Paoific 2.63 15c 43/4c 9c 1 Malartic Osulake Feb May 3Vic __ 43/4c 1 Oils Red 56c 7Vic __ * Mines Gold Oslsko 500 1 Omega Gold Orlac Feb - Mines Omnitrans 11% • Malartic Orenada 20,300 23c 1 Mines North Star Oil Ontario II,000 1.44 1 Mining Gold Mines O'Leary 6Vic 56c 1.62 Jan 12% May ' 6c 1 Northern Canada Mines okalta Ja,n" 9c 23c * Mines O'Brien Jan 23 Vi 2.13 1.19 1 Yellowknife Inca 47c Feb 9,834 6c 1 , New Thurbois Northland May 6,750 1.25 1 New Rouyn Merger Noith 32c 20 2.42 1 Norzone Norpick May Mar 9%c Jan 1:35 7.90 1 Mines— " 1 Norseman 41 10 ; 9c 1 Gold Newnorth Gold Normetal Jan 40 Jan 47c May 2.31 1.60 * Standard 1 4. Jason Norbenite • r Mines Noranda 30c 220 Bidlamaque New New Nicholson 25 ' New Nib 36 41 .f't * V' Pacalta Jan 11% _____ Car -■ New 12c 11 - __ New Jan May 41 __ » Marion 12c 9c ll]/4 Mines New Mar 7c 5 preferred Alger New Jan. 8c 6,000 i National Negus 73% 3,500 36 36 25 .*____ 1.11 May 17% 1 « Southern 0 common Preferred 100 10c 7c ' 68 8%c 1 T—j-i 1,400 20c Jan Feb 38c 67% 68 1 Mylamaque -Mines National __ 1.23 17'A _____ _____ Preferred • 11% Mar . Feb , Montreal Locomotive 10 1.45 • common May 4 12 __ High 12% . —50c Voting trust certificates Mar 16 '/2 May 44'/2c 12 *A 1 LOW 10'Ac May 12% Silverwood Dairies class A—__ Tool Range Since January 1 2,000 1.18 ■> 1 Sigma Mines (Quebec) Silanco Mining 9.25 30c 15C 12% Shages High 10'AC 10'Ac Jan 7%c Mar May Apr of Prices Low —1 • Sales for Week Range Sale Price Sherritt Gordon i Mercury Mills - Week's Friday High 4,750 6% * ___ "' Range Since January 1 Low 41c ■'. STOCKS— High 38c 1 — Shares Low 1 . for Week of Prices Sale Price ; ' ' ■ Sales Range Last «• i Week's Friday . STOCKS— 3.70 Jan Jan \ (2138) 46 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, May 16, 1949 OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES 1 > Quotations fer Friday, May IX u Investing Companies Mutual Funds— Par Aeronautical Securities Affiliated Amerex Fund Shares Axe-Houghton 27% 3.56 3.90 2 8% 9Vis' 1 5 —1 1 Inc_ Fund B Holdings Inv Tr Corp America 6.77 3.00 2 3.22 Industries Steel 95.30 Manhattan 18.92 20.45 Mass 10c 7.81 7.82 5 14.66 1 1 Century Shares Trust Chemical 3.91 lc 2.89 3.66 2'As Feb. l%s Jan. Mass Investors 2d Fund 1 11.01 15.85 Mutual Invest Fund Inc 1 13.24 14.47C? 16.01 17.54 Nation-Wide Securities— 3.85 4.85 1 12.87 13.81 31.62 34.00 National 1 7.99 8.64 1 12.75 13.79 National Trust Fund Ltd Inv Fund com_—100 3,100 141 —100 Securities Christiana Preferred Balanced 3,250 Low 146 Corp Security Series— series Bond 1 Priced Preferred Stock 6.55 7.16 1 Series Bond 5.81 6.35 Dividend 6.69 3.97 4.34 Speculative Series 1 2.76 1 4.37 1 5.28 1 24.26 3.20 Equity Fund Inc Fidelity Funcf Inc— 20c 5 3.57 22.82 3.76 24.67 Industrial Financial Inc_l Boston Fund 1.71 1.88 10 Corp Trust Fund First Mutual 22'A 1 13.97 1 8.46 9.27 1 1 5.42 5.94 England New York 12.92 Fund . Automobile 14.16 Aviation ■. 1 - Bank stock 6.35 : 6.96 A__2 Investors 5.78 44.76 48.13 4.57 4.90 Trust Agricultural shares lc x6.15 lc X5.30 7.85 9.57 10.49 1 10.60 11.25 lc x5.25 shares 3.60 9.90 Electrical equipment 1 7.32 X6.54 7.10 Insurance stock 1 10.90 1 9.20 1 9.21 Metals 1 7.44 1 15.55 17.04 7.62 Pacific Coast Invest Fund___l 10.32 11.31 Fully Administered shares—lc General bond shares—; lc X6.65 7.22 x7.02 ; , OilS — Institutional bond shares—lc x8.85 6.72 9.29 Investing Company shares—lc x7.01 7.60 Railroad lc x5.25 5.70 Steel— Merchandising shares lc Mining shares—: _____lc x6.93 x3.38 7.52 4.95 lc x7.30 7.92 shares shares Petroleum 7.10 4.53 4.96 5.82 6.38 ——'—A, Tobacco 7.24 7.93 11.12 1 10.15 Petroleum & Trading Putnam (Geo) Fund 5 1 2.16 Indebtedness— of 25.61 (new asset value)_♦ 47.70 Republic Russell lc x4.37 x4.27 4.23 4.75 4.64 5.26 5.71 Selected 2% 9.74 18.96 100.0138 .0227 tl'As Mar. 5.50 6.03 Howe Plan Fund Inc ——1 4.20 10c 1.59 Income Foundation'Fund Incorporated Investors., Institutional Shares 20.95 19.38 5 Fund Inc 100.0043 .0119 tl'As Apr. 1, 1949 100.0266 Group shares shares lc 7.33 lc Stock and Bond Group Investment Co of Shares Standard Street Inc 10c Investment Corp.* 1 Union Bond Fund 6.96 1949 - 1, Dated Due Ask Rate 1-49 bl.45 1.20% 1.50% 4- 1-49 11- 1-49 bl.50 1.35% 7- 1-49 bl.50 1.25% 1.55% 3- 1-49 12- 1-49 bl.50 1.65% 11- 1:35% 1-49 bl.50 2-49 12-' 1-49 1-48 8- 1.30% 1.50% 9- 1-49 bl.50 1.30% 1.55% 4- 1-49 1- 3-50 bl.50 3-49 10- 3-49 bl.50 1.35% 1.35% 1.55% 5- 2-49 2- 1-50 bl.50 1.55% 2- 1-49 11- 1-49 bl.50 1.40%. 1.35% United States Bid May 19. 1949— Treasury Bills Ask Bid b 1.17 0.70% bl.17 * July 0.95% June 2, 1949 bl.17 1.00% June 9, 1949.: bl.17 1.02% July June 16, 1949 bl.17 1.04% Aug. 4, June 23, 1949— hi.17 1.06%- Aug. bl.17 1949 series 25c 1 A Series B 1 Bank 8.83 64c Bank 18.27 of Manhattan New Co—10 18.40 41% 117% 92% Chase National 15 Trust & Trust ! Co Continental 18.26 County 16.44 3.69 (White Plains, Empire Trust N Y) 3.40 Federation & 25.17 Stocks)—_1 13.05 14.24 Diversified Unit Trustee (Appreciation com Stks)_l 10.37 11.32 (Low Priced com Stks)__1 4.23 4.62 Independence Trust Shares North Series 92.98 E 2.50 Amer Trust 1 6.42 2.13 1955 1 2.43 3.38 Series 45, 12 1956 1 2.32 Aetna Casualty 10 85 5 29 Insurance —10 54 56 Insur Co of North America—_10 105 Life —10 55 57 Jersey Insurance of N Y —25 60 15% Co Inc & City Bank York 20 100 23 24 % $2.10 Prior 47 $1.05 Convertible Surety- Agricultural — Home Maryland Casualty American Alliance American Automobile American Casualty 4 x44 % 20 common preferred 1 lo 5 American Equitable Assur 12'A 133A preferred—5 Massachusetts Bonding— 5 5 19% 21 % Merchant Fire Merchants & Assurance 5 Mfrs 4 American Fidelity & Casualty_5 13 American of 17% 18 % National Casualty (Detroit)—10 26 28 National Fire 25 58 60i/2 National Union Fire 10 V 39 42 New Amsterdam 2% Newark American Re-Insurance American Surety Automobile . —lo s 12 Trust & 100 & Shippers- —-—25 10 86% 681/4 Hampshire Fire Camden Fire Conecticut 5 Life General & Forster Inc 20'A Fire River 213A Northeastern 93 Northern 13 3A 213A 2 3'A 26% 28% 27 6% 32% 341/2 32 34 Phoenix 58 V2 611/2 Preferred Accident.: 61 % 75'/2 —10 7% 25% 27% Federal • 10 10 : Fidelity & Deposit of Md new_10 Fire Assn Fireman's 36% Fund of Frisco Firemen's of Newark 42% 45 14% 16 25 53 56 84% Falls Globe & Republic Globe & Rutgers Fire com 3% 4% Providence-Washington Reinsurance Corp (N Y) 81 Republic 49 51 33 5 Fire 10 31% 33% —lo 125 129 10 36 38 Accident- 1974 Telephone of Fa 3s 12% 66% 20 52% 55% A__12% 42% 44% 33% Bank Natl Bank ~ .69% N T S & 7% 590 Security Issues Gas System 3s—1974 100% Commonwealth Bdison 3s —1999 Hudson Gas Central 1979 2%S Power Pow 3'/8S—1978 Lt & 1O0 preferred Lt Elec Narragansett 1978 3s 103% Ask * 53% 50 51% 105% Pow & $2.20 pfd 54 lOL'A 101 101%' 4.70% Power pfd 5 2'A 101%' Merck Louisiana Bid & Elec— 100% Illinois Duke Par Stocks— Ask 102% 102'A 4.75% Columbia Sc Co $4 2nd pfd.* /104 conv :: :104% 103% 102% 100 pfd 108% 110 103% 103 Pacific Gas New 5% & Elec— red 27% pfd 25 2 7'A & Lt 4.60% pfd_100 105'4 106 103 104% 1st England Power 3s 1978 102% 103% 3s__1974 100% 100% Pcnna Pow 3s 1979 102% 103% Potomac Edison Pub (Colorado) 103 1Q3% North States Pow Ohio Power (Wise) 3s_ .— 1978 Ser Service Public Public 83 86 10 48% Edison- Serv of ——1977 :,105 ' 101 - 101%: 2%s__1979 101 5'A-% 105% 3s__1979 3'As Indiana S 10 34 43% 32% Electric 34% 100 6.50 6.75 52% 54% 4 58 61 10 74 78 19% 21 S Fire U S Guarantee Westchester Fire of pfd—100 4.40%__100 New Xl07% 108 % Mexico— Power 100 preferred 103 104% preferred series G—100 102'A 103 101% 45% _io Wise 36 10 Fidelity & Guaranty Co__2 U 4.70% Rochester Gas & Elec— 51% Scevill Texas p. Travelers U Hartford Fire 31% 6% 28% 88 31V2 15 Hartford Steamboiler , Standard 84 preferred ■'/ 35 % 5% Marine.——12% Surety 34 31% American 6% 560 S4.-75 Seaboard Security (New Haven) Springfield Fire & Marine 15 2nd Bell Potomac (Texas) 10% 9% - 20 Francisco Bank of Amer 173A 28 5 Great Hanover 33% 2 10 64 lo 69 5 85'% 40% 87% 5 78 I6V2 2.90 270 _ 108 65 26 290 100 95 10 "61 5 33% 66 Bid Bonds— New 8% 90 lo 10 lo 38% 63 26% 25 Indemnity Co St Paul Fire & General Reinsurance Corp States San 31% ;lo Pacific Fire 10 of Phila National United 55% 29% Pacific Employees Group Assoc Employers Reinsurance. First 29 34% 12 50 31% 10 51 58i/a , Detroit New England Tel & Tel 56 36 Portland 40% Recent 14% 48 5 5 89 lo 27 34 30% 2 2.50 25 109. 53% 5 10 - of Okla Gas & El 5'A% New York North Continental Casualty— Bank Bank & Trust 891/2 66 20 _16 Bank City Bank Ask lo ^ National Peoples First National Conn Casualty 520 231 82% 25 __: 310 500 43 .141/2 New Bankers Boston 225 25 Trust_17% Bank & National * ■/ 290 100 Mellon Natl Bank & Trust 44% 50% 38% Trust Nat'l 180 173 100 Farmers Deposit Natl Bank—100 16% 48% 12% : 100 Savings Co 1,315 25 v 42% Co 63 —10 & 13% 30 Trust & Pittsburgh 283 10 / 77% " -■ 31 100 1,275 75 Detroit 1.240 28 United States Trust Aetna 29 274 Title Guarantee Aetna 12% 10 100 1,180 Bank Trust__33% & Cleveland Central 90% 10 Trust Lawyers Trust Insurance Companies Bid 34 , 100 Public Par 87% Industrial Bank of Commerce_10 Sterling Ask 200 #.. 54 32 190 10% 52 16 Trust P) - • National Bank (J Bid 100 Bank Trust National 50 Guaranty Trust New —,— 35 Trust— & National Harris Co National Morgan Ask ' 9% Trust National Bid „ Irving Trust Kings County Trust 7.40 Shares— Series Bank Manufacturers Par 1.10% 17 Illinois Bank Northern -Trust 42% Corn Exchange Bank & Trust_20 First Shares- S-3 44.22 40% First 41% Stamped Fiduciary Type Trusts— S-4 Sayles Second Fund__10 39% 20 16.73 4.81 33 10 Bank Bank 15.29 4.38 National 39% 1 91,12 335 89 % 1 Inc Wisconsin Investment Co 1 City Natl Bank & Trust Continental 320 ' 113'/2 1 Fund 9.73 16.26 21.29 27.46 Fund—i 1.10 % Companies Par 25% 100 Brooklyn Trust Whitehall Shares 8.92 Mutual Fund—• 24% 100 _10 Trust 9.38 19.52 1.10% bl 1949 1.10% 17 bl.17 1949,—— Ask York Fifth Avenue Chemical 5*79 1 the Bankers Bid Central Hanover Bank & Trust 20 9.62 71c 20.77 17.16 of 9.20 17.17 1.10%' bl.17 bl . 1949 11, 17 Chicago 1 15.73 28, bl '** Street Investing Corp Wellington Fund Income Fund 14.90 Loomis 49.75 Par ' York Commercial National Bank & 1 Loomis Sayles 91c New Wall 1 Knickerbocker 46.75 1 Union Preferred Stock Fund pfd Stocks) 1 K-2 (Appreciation pfd Stks)_l S-l (Quality common Stks)~l com 83c Banks & Trust . 24.32 Bonds) 1.10%. 1.08% June 30, 22.30 Bonds) Ask bl 17 July 14. 1949—__ July 21. 1949 - Bds)___l Priced 1949— 1949_ 9.63 (Speculative 7. May 26, 6.68 (Low 1.35% 1-48 1- 8.86 K-l (Income bl.50 12- 1 B-3 5- 1.60% 1.60% 1 B-4 Grade Ask 6- 1-48 United (Medium Bid Due 1-48 Union Common Stock Fund Bonds) Dated 9- 10- 28.40 B-2 Glens Bid 1.65% 1.65% 27.16 (Investment .0852 Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Debentures Rate _1 B-l .0446 100.0591 15.24 7.63 12.94 1 Industry Shares Series C 25.46 23.43 12.65 1 Television Fund Inc Trusteed Keystone Custodian Funds— (Income 14.17 1 Invest Co 1.11 12.39 11.31 Boston—1 Investors Management Fund 8.48 1.00 lc America of Amer 80c 72c 100.0289 — .0342 & Bank Group Investment Trust Fund Sovereign Investors State Aviation Investors Berg Fund Inc_ Scudder, Stevens & Clark Ltd— Insurance Group shares—lc .0537 1950 1950— 1, 1949 20 07 ' ,0719: .0403 100.0395 1,-1950 10.54 4.54 1.63 Shareholders Trust of Boston—! >—lc _ii—lc 100.0544 100.0278 tl'As Feb. Ask XIVaB Oct. 47.70 3.68 x3.89 shares — 27.54 2.48 x3.38 lc Tobacco Crum Bid (cont) 1950 2.37 1 1 x2.27 lc shares—.. indebt 1, 15 lc stock Utility shares 8-2 6.48 shares Steel • 1 1 1 1 equipment shares Railroad ■ Utility. Railroad Equipment shares Railroad Bond RR x6.19 of .tl'As Dec. 16, 1949_ 8.02 ' Public lc' Maturity— .1602 tl'/aS June 1, Jl%s July 1, 8.15 X4.13 Priced Certificates 10.09' 4.49 x8.29 lc Industrial Machinery shares 100.1427 tl'As Jan. 10.08 8.99 Machinery Merchandising Equipment shares lc shares Price Ask Certificates -1%% 11.95 6.23 Electrical — Bid 3.95 X5.74 shares 121 10.22 stock__l lc Chemical 119% 10.85 9.33 preferred lc shares Building shares Low 10.81 Diversified 5.76 .1.70 Food 7.16 Industry 1 Diversified Investment Fund_l 6.68 Automobile Aviation 9.86 1 1 Diversified Securities— Group 1 Chemical 6.65 1 1 shares Capital Corp General Building supply Corporate bond series Fundamental Trust General -1961 Inc— Stocks Agriculture 5.33 2 Fundamental Investors Inc 4.79 Treasury Notes— tApril 1, 1950 14.98 Series New 24'A Canal 3s 3.43 16.97 _ 100.7 3.50 3.14 25.94 15.87 "100.5 5.77 Selected Group Series 1 Low Priced Com Stock Series 1 1.49 1 Fund 100 6 4.78 Industrial Stock Series 1.35 Series Int. Rate 3.02 Income Howard— Balanced Stock Fund First 6.12 1 5.79 14.16 —25c Shares & Eaton 5.33 12.96 Investment Fund 1 Stock Series Delaware 1 —1 Commonwealth 100.3 100.4- U. S. Certificates of Indebtedness Maturity— Fund Investors 1950 Ask 100.1 7.56 Dollar Canadian Bid _l 102.4 —_ Panama ll.90 Bullock Fund Ltd 20, ~ 1949 * 99.16 101.28 15, ' point 1949 Other Issues 26.SO- Corp_ Invest 99.8 22, 1%S Sept. 99.00 a Banks— 4.04 6.90 24.33 1 Inc 98.24 July Loan 4.52 1 Fund 100.2 32nds of more Home 3.65 4.11 lc Investors 99.31 or 1.65s 3.19 3.31 Inc__10c . Fund Bowling Green 1950-1949 one Federal Ask - 3.68 lc Bond 1952-1950 1, 1953-1951 1, 1955-1953— Bid 1, IV2S Jan. 3.43 lc shares shares 91.49 Inc Street lc shares Paper Petroleum 3.54 3.11 3.31 shares—lc 1, May ' Bonds— 1 'As 3.55 1 Broad shares Land Bank l%s Oct. 3.31 • of Fund Boston Federal Home Furnishings shares Non-Ferrous Metals 5'/a 2% Figure* after decimal point represent Ask shares_lc Electrical Equipment shares.lc 14.97 4% Bid Business Equipment 7.32 13.77 Par lc General A Axe-Houghton Fund Bond Automobile 29'A 1 Beneficial Corp Blair Managed Funds— Oilstocks Standard series 5.26 3.98 Shares Business Associated Mutual Funds— 3.63 [ Holding Corp——10 American Ask 4.79 1 l'A Inc Obligations Of Government Agencies Bid , 2 Odd included lot in salo year's (not Mfg 4.20% Eastern pfd——100 Transmission—• x97 V. 14 99 14'A included range), e in year's range), b Big yield price, d Deferred delivery spies (not Ex-interest. f Flat price, k Admitted to lis'ing on N. Y. Stock Ex¬ Admitted to trading N. Y, Curb, r Cash sales (not included in year's range), t Exliquidating dividend. (Uni Admitted to Unlisted Trading privileges, wd When delivered, wi When issued, x Ex-dividend. y-Ex-rights. z Ex-stock dividend. change. ^No n par value, tin default. JThcsc bonds are subject to all Federal taxes. Volume 169 Number 4803 THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE (2139) .47 -4 THE Bank with a leased the clearings this week show year ago. / COURSE decrease a compared Preliminary figures compiled by BANK the foregoing >vill appear in of We cannot furnish country, indicate that for the week ended Saturday, CLEARINGS Complete and exact details for the week covered by us, , telegraphic advices from the chief cities upon OF ends issue pur them today, inasmuch Saturday 1 and the Saturday figures May 14, clearings from all cities of the United States able at time of from which it is possible to obtain weekly clearings will of next the as are not cities according to the Federal Reserve Districts in which they are located and from this it appears that in the New week. York District (including this city) the totals record an improvement of 9.5% and in the Boston Reserve District week avail¬ of the last be 5.2% below Our year. those for the corresponding week preliminary -totals stand against $14,152,883,538 for th£ this center there is Our 6%. at $13,412,345,186 week in 1948. same loss for the week ended a last At Friday of comparative summary for the week follows: TELEGRAPH BY Accordingly, in the above press. Week Ended May 14— New York 851.000,000 but in the St. Louis Reserve District the totals show increase of 0.5%. In the Kansas 622 in the the week in 1948. same Outside of this city there decrease of 2.7%, the bank recorded increase an clearings at this center of 11.4%. We group _ Bo. 'on -1 Kansas City 447,709,317 — 257,394,149 — 255,900,000 318,147,000 St. Louis San Frani'sco- __ _ totals suffer — 7»7 ; 4.4 4.6 2.7 — + 11.5 + 280.759.111 _ 208,238,6.73 $10,826,774,152 $10,272,999,260 Ten cities, five days Other cities, five days - 1-9 5.1 — 2,564,137,590 2,420,200,625 7:2 — 302.452,927 204,313,948 _ Baltimore 4.3 —t 270,308,628 281,973,059 > Cleveland In the following we furnish a summary by Federal Reserve Districts: SUMMARY OF BANK CLEARINGS Week Ended May 7— Federal 1st ■; Districts Reserve Boston 2nd New 1949 York 1948 $ -12 cities , ; 5.6 — 12 " 8,088,879,391 Philadelphia 11 " 904,530,739 7 " 747,649,730 825,898,420 Richmond 6 " 409,921.293 410,117,716 6th Atlanta 10 " 611 445,351 561,756,616 Chicago 16 *' 888,791,320 927,993,790 4 " 453,325,375 451,060,678 7 " 329,374,962 340,154,728 430,894,613 456,293,274 $12,693,259,885 $13,390,911,742 Total all-cities, five days- , _ 719,035,301 761,971,796 $13,412,345,186 5.2 8th St. 9th Minneapolis Louis Kansas Dallas 12th San ! City 10 " 6 44 252,569,842 10 " 700.927,136 7,370,147,382 6,663,432.151 847,452,551 730,896,319 707,520,377 565,353,069 355,551,818 320,380,039 464,573,422 + 8.8 523,586,639 — 4.2 879,054,980 + : 0.5 377,268,802 3.2 — 6,739*422,492 Francisco 6.8 9.5 .0.1 — 13,867,523,622 6,559,178,625 9.5 — 743,115,194 14,358,150,126 480,269,226 — 261,766,737 —; _ 489,268,627 731,304,166 319,572,099 206,639,857 „ ' 231,943,714 5.6 406,993,891 3.5 218,199,464 174,308,801 5.7 597,872,409 541,587,453 3.5 13,069,566,797 11,539,129,830 2.7 — 5,917,005,364 5,085,570,748 ' — — 315,509,281, 5.6 $14,152,883,538 ; — ' t 0,9 + I 970,301,726 Cleveland $ + 7,384,282,221 5th 1946 1947 % Dec. 534,782,522 4th 10th — Inc. or > $ 539,840.274 3rd 11th All cities, one day Dis¬ trict of 5.7%. 7th Pittsburgh a District of 3.5% and in the San Francisco Reserve the an City Reserve District loss of 5.6%, in the Dallas Reserve 9.7 922,000,000 245.528,824 354.319,000 Fhiladelphia. decrease 3.5%, the aggregate of clearings for the whole country having amounted to $14,358,150,126, against $13,867,523,- 5,6 -4 636,272,138 _ a Minneapolis Reserve District of 3.2% Cent $7,208,261,320 - 248 900.000 _ 574 818.055 427,913.973 __ of 4.2% and in the of having 1948 1949 $6,802,973,056 ._ Philadelphia Reserve District the falling off of 6.8%. In the Cleveland a the Chicago Reserve District the totals show ended Per Chicago. the in District the totals are smaller by 9.5% and in the Richmond Reserve District by 0.1% but in the At¬ lanta Reserve District the totals are larger by 8.8%. In we are able to give the final complete results for the week previous — the week May 7. For that week there was an increase and but register Reserve present further below we 0,'9% totals day of the week in all cases has to be estimated. In the elaborate detailed statement, however, which was a CLEARINGS^—RETURNS going to — . Total i -„-l—111 ... cities + • Total all cities for week__ Our usual the on monthly detailed statement of transactions York Stock Exchange is appended. The New results for 5.2 April and the four months of 1949 and 1948 Outside New York City- We also furnish Number -of 1948 1949 Stocks— - Four Months 1949 1948 76,454,323 94,624,032 Month of April Description— shs._ 34,612,565 19,313,984 today the month of April. 1949 „ , of the clearings for a summary For that month there for the entire body crease follow: V . — was and the 1948 aggregate Reserve $346,479,000 $231,813,300 $106,222,700 $54,953,000 79,000 274,000 645,000 2,650,000 11,804,400 7,930.880 51,000 35,304,450 31,510,880 282,500 331,500 $66,339,400 $114,478,580 $268,045,250 $380,971,780 Internat'l Bank Foreign govt U. S. government 3,000 phia a decJine of properties 1946 to 1949 is indicated in the 2nd New 1947 1946 No. Shares No. Shares 18,825,034 17,179,755 21,135,600 March 20,217,606 23,556,803 16,801,286 22,992.575 23,757,877 19,336,900 51,510,197 34,092,745 25,663,765 57,140,389 — - — Quarter 60,011,467 " 3,916,678,878 3,561,693,879 1,753,627,210 16 " 2,729,166,671 Chicago 30 " 5,520,979,243 Louis Kansas 7 11th 34,612,565 20,619,550 Jl,426,715 and the four months ended with April in each of the four years is shown below. tnonth 1,481,433,035 2,486,782,857 2,188,694.386 3,301,282,613 60,471,603,634 York New York 1948 $ 28,221 _ 1046 31,843 ,$ 1949 $ 1947 1949 $ We 4,439,796,455 4.6 — .33,836,448,368 5.1 — — 1,538,485,128 1,327,040,375 1,068.445,643 2,281,760,854 1,833.656,517 2.8 1,746,106,743 1,434,808,089 4.4 2,902,930,998 2,543,965,080 7.9 57,779,310,031 56,810,017,252,. 4.7 29,701,642,866 25,730,288,965 — — 1,762,486,152 4.6 3.9 — .— — $ ; 28 077 31,079 2,896 2,575 1,902 1,765 ;$ $ S \ 117,140 124,384 118,345 Federal Reserve Districts 1st Boston 122,337 2nd New 14 11,974 7,608 12,727 3rd Philadelphia 2,029 7,817 7,389 6,972 4th 3,389 15,084 15,626 14,350 12,825 5th Louis Richmond 1,081 1,166 1,001 895 4,513 4,744 4,100 3,451 6th Atlanta 1,231 1,233 1,100 1,042 5,175 5.008 4,363 4,094 7th -1,613 1,707 1,557 1,408 6,474 6,874 6,31b 839 898 813 730 3,435 3,578 3,328 2,948 744 642 555 2,898 3,023 2,696 2,239 _ PittsburghFran._ Baltimore _ Cincinnati- 680 11,520 10,008 5,688 1.241 1,186 949 4,799 3,886 1,344 1,200 959 5,237 5,369 4,623 3,755 792 _ 1,353 1,249 City Cleveland 16 Cleveland 3,527 1,052 892 702 4,090 4,350 3,699 5,052 5,493 515 *514 479 436 2,16b 1,091 4,918 1,654 1,411 1,126 6,543 6,566 5,569 4,366 463 479 430 358 2,033 1,991 1,830 483 485 463 360 1,927 2,034 1,875 100 110 102 90 427 454 424 Milwaukee- 244 245 217 134 1,021 1,014 896 347 327 261 1,335 1,432 1,292 16 Chicago 8th St. 9th 11,202,804,601 10,957,528.442 — + ,16 11th Dallas 12th San City 15 _ + 22,589,916,827 Francisco 23,406,795,177 8.213,536,639 19 13,403,976,285 11,159,320,292 10,126,027,466 20,772,679,436 3.5 8,344,492,748 1.6 6,457,694,071 3.3 10,485,706,081 5.0 : 5,796,192,714 - • 8.612,439,986, 17,593,429,845" 5,553,425,019 9,956,011,148 9,224,503,923 7,406,388,090 41 41 9,004,579,470 8,812,584,680 13,112,078,619 13,786,955.504 248,963,810,378 259,031,240,880 134,646,246,484 6,058,975,716 4,564,555,966 7,456,352,844 • 2.2 6,983,413,459 5,776,089,029 4.9 11,723,261,030 10,181,295,426 3.9 + 237,580,772,768 224,382,896,407; .2.1 119,235,587,331 102,045,366,060 44 183. cities — 2.2 6,242.070.111 44 —11 - Total V 125,584,924,630; 6,558,587,640 it 131,823,236,729 _. 13,014,947,407 0.1 — a 7 Louis Kansas 3.3 122,365,471,239 15,050,894,309 <« 30 - Minneapolis 10th 753 318 7,166,900,437 8,195.343,673 ' 367 Buffalo 14,933,868,182 7,160,342,324 $ 8,801,073,750 44 8 1946 2.6 1,487 Providence- 16,417,093,496 14,936,769,957 — $ 0.1 128,885,793,705 15,877,102,970 v; 41 Four Months 1947 • % 5.7 9,375,828,357 121,540,981,888 or 44 17 ; 1,491 Omaha - 1,712 1.573 Louisville Dec. 41 3,123 Minneapolis Inc. $ 9,127,615,824 - York Four Months 1948 $ • 4,003 3,135 Four Months 1949 1946 1,895 2,949 —_ Kansas 2,188,604,652 5,217,439,231 ,,, append another table showing clearings by Federal Reserve Districts in the four months for four years: 3,716 Chicago Phila. San 1,449,520,168 2,493,266,889 2.4 — 1,552,883,561 Four Months Jan. 1 to Apr. 30 1948 1947 Month of April (000,000 St. 2,827,961,385 1,658,347,332 s of April omitted) Boston 3,546.903,017 3,276,654,330 4.0 65,682,362,755 32,250,371,069 City. pANK CLEARINGS, AT LEADING CITIES IN APRIL : 3,713,481,601 4.0 3,453,084,531 183 cities $ 6.9 2,252,374,441 44 1946 31,863,215,794 Vv 2,587,003,052 44 -:-vv 29,138,237,684 2,034,036,922 " 11 - Francisco New 1,931,059,522 41 19 Dallas Outside 44 15 , City Re¬ —11.2 1,827,051,655 16 - City Kansas 2,074,665,324 5,786,104,710 Minneapolis the Minneap¬ 2,261,557,842 2,797,645,782 8th St. 4.6%, of $ 7.0 3,710,558,737 Atlanta 9th loss and in the 1947 or * — 4,207,898.552 " 44 clearings at leading cities for the of bank course :33,039,208,630 66,651,580 111,266,707 19,313,984 The 29.337,094,640 8 10th a In the Dec. % 17 Total April Inc •$. . 2,434,511,582 16 12th San 1st . , Philadelphia 7th 1948 No. Shares 1 2,263,110,700 Cleveland Richmond 1949 ' . suffers by The 4.4%. 1948 - smaller are District 2:8% and in the San Francisco Reserve District and " 4th No. Shares Months— January February $ totals District the decrease is 3.9%, in the Dallas Reserve 14 5th ' Cleveland District Reserve Reserve District of 4.6 %e serve 1949 York 3rd following: the 14 cities the on olis and in the Philadel¬ In Districts Reserve months of New York Stock Exchange for the first four 6.9%. of Boston 6th The volume of transactions in share District Reserve the St. Louis Reserve District of 5.1% 11.2%, in Month of April— 1st Chicago $65,882,362,755. In -the New York District the totals show Districts Reserve 4.0% and in the Atalnta Reserve District by 2.4%. of clearing houses 7.9%, the the Boston Reserve District of 7.0% Federal Total bonds— , Richmond de¬ aggregate of clearings having been $60,471,603,634 Bonds—. Railroad &, misc. a — 1,043 New Oil'ns- Detroit St. „ _ Denver " 284 242 1,445 1,415 1,227 427 387 332 1,572 1,699 1,544 894 873 2,061 1.978 1,881 1,576 1,400 ,1,056 indian'polis 217 208 ISO Richmond- 499 496 .463 380 Memphis 364 366 311 269 * The York City following compilation covers Seattle 453 507 '409 361 1,835 Salt Lake C 246 222 186 151 108 117 •102 86 "438 1,672 1,472 892 740 586 427 390 MONTHLY CLEARINGS 1949 Months- Inc. $ 64,919,266,305 January— Clearings Outside New York — 1948 $ 66,698,329,329 1949 or Dec. % Inc. or 1948 $ $ 2.7 34.301,881.896 35,547,131,527 2.4 29,711,198,970 29,923,848,922 2.5 35,559,784,794 35,336,817,667 2.5 99,572,865,660 100,807,798,116 1.2 7.9 32,250,371,069 33,838,448,368 4.7 3.9 — 131,823,236,729 134,646,246,484 2.1 ' Dec. % r— 3.5 334 927 Hartford 1.979 —- the clearings by months since Jan. 1, 1949 and 1948. Clearings, Total All 620 787 ■ — New 1,558 1,520 Outside 1,299 151 327 431 ___ - 953 336 Paul___ - ~ February. 56,099,374,282 57,470,663,632 March 67,473,566,157 69.179,885,164 188,492,206,744 193,348,878,125 60,471,603,634 65,682,302,755 248,963,810,378 259,031,240,880 — — — — 0.7 0.6 ________________________ Tot. 27 cities 52.037 8,434 50.554 50,835 214,990 225,258 208,876 57,011 8,671 Other cities 7,225 33,973 5,975 33,773 28,704 200,728 23,659 Total, 1st Quarter—— April Total Out. all We 60.471 65,682 57,779 56.810 248,963 259,031 237,580 33,838 29,701 119,235 102,045 add now our 25,730 131,823 134,646 detailed statement showing Total 4 Months the figures for each City for the month of April and the week ended May 7 for four years: -Jan. 1 to April 30- -Month of April1948 1949 •Clearings at— Federal Reserve $ Portland — Fall River , Holyoke— —, — 1948 $ 17,125,679 20,371,693 69.125.261 — 1,895.317,764 2,029,233,575 > 8,201,986 7,608.802,266 28,890,775 32.990,085 4,373,927 15,913,816 3,860,796 14,384,948 29,493,928 17,001,755 14,244,573 31,730,502 126,418,751 128,777,520 7.570,859 i.—. 4,263,939 — 3,594,215 —— > 7,693.275 31,389,771 33,695,860 21,815,042 k Worcester. — —-— Waterbury R. I.—Providence N. H.—Manchester Total 14 cities) 23,880,700 108,348,453 117,141,994 42,136,736 48,000,268 11,593,600 13,597,500 100.270.500 110.923,700 5,369,349 5,952,143 2,263,110,700, 28,261,065 7,584,165 7,391,939 * Week Ended May 7 Inc. or $ Dec. % 1947 $ 1946 $ " 31,600,723 76,027,608 7,817,874,961 Springfield New Haven 1949 ' 6,922.854 New Bedford Conn.—Hartford Inc. or Dec. % District—Boston— —.—— Mass.-—Boston Lowell— 1948 $ —— Me.—'Bangor ; 1949 Inc. or Dec, % $ First — 224,382 32,250 _ N.Y.C. — 2,434,511,582 UI1iMM! 2,154,099 2,033,970 9.1 3,889,816 2.7 447,746,237 4,613,047 441,202,125 —12.4 1,665,361 1,818,128 671,391 1,025,353 — — — — 5.9 —15.7 1,638,175 1,548,441 4,745,987 3,766,553 1.5 407,073,517 395,682,842 8.4 1,545,273 1,396,121 —34.5 636,213 + — " \ 6.4 >.+ ••.1.0:+" — + 7.1 1,779,089 1,915,357 1.8 8,188,948 7,836,198 — + 688,249 7.1 1,811,066 1,834,930 4.5 6,531,349 5,763,516 89,104.077 — 3.2 5,687,203 5,324,955 + 6.8 4,320,404 4,405,285 427,561,570 4- 2.5 30,748,235 28,567,875 + 7.6 29,335.898 20.484,389 182,233,594 > 02,013,005 438,175,004 182,060,962 + 0.1 12,483,122 11,814,562 + 5.7 8,476,530 7,513,008 —13.8 21,871,000 36,187,400 + 10 —— 5.9 23,415,700 27,179,000 23,132,313 — 3.2 1,411,073 1,451,952 9,375,828,357 — 2.6 7.0 539,840,274 534,782,522 45,978,200 454,834,500 22,386,789 1 46,455,500 427,970,100 I 1 — —10.6 9,127,615,824 — + 2.8 1,233,215 998,492 0.9 489,268,627 480,269,226 48 THE (2140) Month of April -— Clearings at— $ Federal Reserve District—New ,.: 1949 1948 Inc. or $ $ Dec. %, ' 193,445,826 197,647,300 12,043,373 11,688,385 347,131,684 Binghamton Buffalo 318.730,653 „_ Elmira 7,115,748 Jamestown April 30- Inc. or .. Rochester 3.0 50,280,970 8.2 1,335,123,828 N. J.—Montclair + 0.8 27,856,674 — 8.4 30,059,929 —11.4 31,843,914,387 1 1,432,686,547 8.3 I 2,492.125 2,052.305 { 32 73,707,009 56,934.027 1.4 1.830,831 7,798,976,501 — 1.4 — 229,515,532 — 2.5 43,160,129 44,380,420 — 53,294.650 3.3 227,010,193 205,214,500 — 1,327.233 1.151,955 1,431,503 9.4 7,152,561,433 6,453,550,082 + 19.664,467 1,788.993 + 7,128.101.130 • 3.7 —13.5 2,115,464 , 14,557,989 9.7 17,249,390 15.881,875 . 55,057,739 — u 223.325,821 6,909,451 7,252,727 29,337,094,640 33,039,208,630 Oranges . 5.4 217,260,602 —14.5 3,392,119 185,301,042 2,900.767 196,592.433 ' 714,020,866 —12.0 + 890,882,168 :f — 2.5 27,961,927 28,778,133 -11.2 121,540,981,888 128,885.793,705 — 909,529 6.6 10,456,701 8,913,203 "+"77 15,221,109 7,511,273 10,636~944 9,55*0~786 — —100 1,010,145 _• . 743,115 809,517 " ' ' 1.4 704,103,996 ■•V 859,107,277 . 2.0 12,501,528 12,249,686 5.7 «— 14,210,752 14~,555~903 + 10.6 — — 49,421,873 47,068,079 + 5.0 39,455,925 " *• 32,153,082" 3.6 54,081,908 48,263,043 + 12.1 45,170,525 39,024,793 5.7 8,088,879,391 7,384,282,221 + 9.5 7,370,147,382 6,663.432,151 1,442,706 1.6 - 7..',. U 2.8 District—Philadelphia— 4,603,279 5,284.701 —12.9 18.153,434 19 ,466,505 6.7 1.419,453 Bethlehem. 5,721.454 19.209,285 17 459,014 + 10.0 1,076,545 1,220,123 5.219.417 4.521,948 5.106.185 + 26.5 Chester 2.2 20,320,747 19 304,762 + 5.3 1,198,056 1.312,567 22.087,130 —10.6 84,501,563 87 861,918 — 19,750,810 16,657,609 —15.8 53,466,312 55 ,701,956 — 3,491,962 3,820~633 3.5 Fa.—Altoona— + — 1,160,057 1,033.249 -11.3 909,561 930.075 8.7 1,008,353 875,917 -"876 2,9887285 2,T(>47336 - - ' Harrisburg—_ Lancaster 14,027,922 Lebanon 5,750.303 13,534,443 16.556,134 : DuBois—_ V * * ■ ■: '• 1 ' ; ■' " y.\ ■/>: '■■■vv v <v - 1,249,559,559 Columbus > 8,617,251 _. Lorain ; 19,885,591 ./ + 3.1 2,128,967 3,863,075 4,251,868 — 9.1 4,002,277 5.2 7 5.2 22, 739,372 151,268,412 151, 063,256 0.1 9,384,475 8,389,463 + 11.9 2,216,368 • 3,923.648 126, 402,234 8.3 9,864,904: 9,127,069 + 8.1 8,332,421 6.9 15,877,102,970 16,417,093,496 3.3 6.8 847,452,551 '■ 122,990,376 113,604,124 2.898,292,545 3.023.086,659 5,237,406,248 5,369,628,366 519,407,000 > 7'.: 7.1 566.413,400 77- 9.4. + 36.6 + 77: ,7 1,231,293,046 Erie- 20,187,421 21,835,498 Oil City. 17,667,746 21,843,642 My .--Lexington— 14,153,029 W. Va.—Wheeling.. 15,277,454 3,561,693,879 1.7 3,710,558,737 34,342,000 24,434,000 19.910,100 5,175,685.049 7.5 4,550,186 4.799,328 3,965,218 3,176,483 6,484,273 6,426,230 5,868,977 5,094,528 274,998,578 297,771,465 7.7 253,180,040 218,318,139 747,649,730 825,898,420 9.5 707,520,377 565.353,069 2.4 + 4.8 + 5.1 + 5.2 + 3.3 — 0.1 82,099,961 82,221,118 72,704,218 : 2.7 21.4 — 7,162,273 ... 7 81,836,415 89,301,088 69,889,857 4.0 14,936,769,957 —11.2 81,555,368 65,882,145 14,933,868,182 — 30,102,500 5,008,897,061 7,536,928 8.4 — 9.1 9,644,718 10,135,137 —10.7 15,453,015 192,882,247 274,937,569 288,015,415 .... 0.2 —19.1 V 17,103,537 Total (17 cities) , 1.5 — 5,763,073 120,208.499 264,687,802 + 73,626,689 — 5,984,426 149,399,914 304.273,767 + 77,470,038 100,695,386 71,855,013 + 12.6 6,545,659 171,739,971 278,236,442 + 15.8 79,528,002 + 6,357,068 146,920,685 2.5 + 16.5 122,190,247 >7 + 1,233,249,216 + 8.3 15,085,560 ' 1,717,506 730,896,319 4.1 25,119,981 20.3 + 2,534,104 1.934,274 - — 17,469,021 \ —11.3 66,760,309 2,572,875 1.0 . + — 729,265,164 + 12,5 —. — 4,589,936 777 8.6 — 970.301.726 904,530,789 5,987,856 - - h'Vr 5.5 # ;i + — ' 1,694,548 2,240,386 8,193,152 136,938,386 ' 18,786,035 7.7 70n,v00,000 ■ 4.2 23,697,046 0.2 11.5 — 20,272,955 67,863,156 4,751,028 J + 6,307,043. 26,764,453 > 2.415.755 4,126,780 16,667,040 . 2,491,224 + 134,419,400 7 32,203,324 Greensburg— Pittsburgh 7.1 — 1,344,666,999 . Newark Pa,—Beaver County—. 5,077,207 + ■»: Youngstown Toledo 2,652,271 9.4 — 6.8 744,259,135 4,642,245 Mansfield 3.4 + — 30,459.110 ; 147,013,200 Hamilton — 5.490.754 :-'77 , 680,008,976 Cleveland 2,830,788 6,005,635 5, 098.961 .. 32,147,692 Cincinnati 2,735,460 0.9 veianu— Ohio—Canton 811,OOU,UeO 5.2 ■>—5.5 70 ,019,038 4,207,898,552 3,916,678.878 '*,,i •. f. ■ • 7.2 - 86 368,976 . 2.2 69,408,222 35,002,660 5,506,650 Total (16 cities) ____—: 930,000.000 51, 643,315 81,650,363 + 5,805,971 <35,378,105 •* 863,000,000 5.5 —14.7 + - —11 9 39,028,165 « - 40 044,999 35,440,004 ' 15,626, 000,000 15,419,098 42,889,955 If. J.—Trenton— ' 23, 001.136 15,084,000,000 48,945,039 + 17.4 Del.—Wilmington v 22,484.080 7.2 8,923,371 ; 1,217,345 Hazleton__ 2.0 18,794,560 1,284,790 10,477,720 York— 3.4 2.1 — 23,299,642 Wilkes-Barre— 4.0 — 4,003,000,000 12,825,284 19,874,630 t — 14 918,054 3.8 —. 4,057,779 5.868,817 3,716,000,000 Reading Scranton > ' 3,970.602 Norristown Philadelphia— + — + 9.5 5.7 0.1 Fifth Federal Reserve District—RichmondW. Va.—Huntington V».—Norfolk +. 1.2 48.580,000 + 2.9 193,347,000 189,890,000 + 1.8 11,694,000 496,393,682 + 0.7 2,061,824,971 1,978,888,342 + 4.2 110,446,723 15,107,135 14,177,372 + 6.6 59.989,033 57,545,287 + 4.2 3,820.419 11,345,138 ; _ _. 31,621,703 Frederick D. O.—Washington 300,751,165 322,440,133 Total (8 cities) 1,753,627,210 1.1 46,325,458 130,554,578 3,435,037,918 17,713,022 6.7 + — 4,441,449 f" 5,184,379 : 6.5 4.0 898,526,171 . _ Md.—Baltimore ■ + 16.7 31,281,619 839,721,170 _ 46,172.823 — 0.3 3,105,026 —13.3 3.580,046 2,597,448 2,350,509 ' S. C.—Charleston Columbia 11,211,229 49,981,000 499,915,520 Richmond—; 1,827,051,655 — 11,876,000 , 114,057,121 ' 7 3,481,096 + 12.1 116,440,416 3,578.307.950 4.0 •*"T < 1.5 - 10,163,000 - . - 7,603,000 3.2 99,409,021 82,710,572 77+ 9:8 2,393,689 2,628,544 164,993,828 — 205,751,258 205,507,475 + 0.1 177,861,539 17,060,205 + 3.8 1,215,702,979 1,182.442,779 + 2.8 75,103,867 71,615,978 + 4.9 63,137.121 60,093,536 7,160,342,324 7,166,900.437 0.1 409,921,293 0.1 355,561,818 320,380,039 , — — 7 410,117,716 — Sixth Federal Reserve District—Atlanta— Tenn.—Knoxvllle 3.4 68.890,401 71,239,215 .. 1.6 288 284.293 283,741,570 Nashville 284,515,462 295,618.988 3.8 1,117,181,895 1,113 637,688 Ga.—Atlanta 926,900,000 975,000,000 4.9 3,805,900,000 3,807, 200,000 Augusta 18,459.088 18,045,194 17,900,600; 15,498,643 369,155,513 393,115.411 30,166,423 25,283.401 388,437,247 372,019.778 26,608.075 Macon.. 16,247,918 14,448,162 31,264,090 13,966.159 13.986,869 15,818.000 Columbus 14,776,000 — _____ Fla.—Jacksonville Tampa— — _____— Ala.—Birmingham Mobile Montgomery - Miss.—Hattiesburg Jackson 1__ 31,210,454 5,080,992 1,722,705 515,191,258 2,729,166,671 Federal Reserve 5,762.690 5.4 94,973,918 34.345,786 —15.1 6,840,840 6,921,296 Muskegon 0.9 2,550,619 6.3 69,525,296 65,830,119 + 12.6 70,337,196 1.2 6,303,222 + *+11.6 1,525, 759,739 126 336,756 56,575,012 58, 651,151 '7.1 63.891,000 61. 646,000 3.6 137. 283,594 5.2 22, 639,751 5.0 7. 751,601 8.6 516,491 445,904 + 15.8 359,051 307,903 8.8 134,740,950 113,572,142 + 18.6 101,489.713 96,489.093 2.2 611,445,351 561,756,616 + 8.8 523,58G,639 464,573,422 —11.6 1,529,820 1,788,418 1,276,643 1.125,706 9,642,884 10,799,285 4~,042"0~4~4" 6,003~833~ 7.8 144,433,252 21,511.142 + 4.0 7,082,790 + 0.1 2,166,908,272 1,991, 312,629 2.4 11,202,804,601 + — 10,957,528,442 • + — 7? 66,175,003 5,049,967 3.5 25,544.305 6,566,091,772 60,270,119 65,197.365 — — 0.3 7.6 6.7 164,440,495 174,137,475 2.8 23,914,095 23.667.490 + 1.0 87,130.013 96.456.109 — 9.7 10,881, 134 —13.9 39,528,158 32.7 31,335,662 26.644.772 + 17.6 7.4 93,838,881 105,267,070 —10.9 — + 6,925, 826 + — '47,818, 626 53,975,272 South Bend 22,576,333 6,548.640,106 0.6 — 27,007, 510 217,323,885 6.2 4.9 — — —19.3 9,193,376 Gary — 43.058.771 — 5.6 182,100,959 + 894.304,791 873,346.719 + + 2.9 112.363,888 104,242,651 . + 76,606,315 75,895,555 + 244,085,965 245.876, ,284 0.7 1,021.588,541 1,014,938,967 + 38.816,000 7,887,598 0.7 4,358,050 7.562,896 7,107, ,567 Watertown 1,186,844 ,233 ,1.305, Manitowoc 4.404, ,487 2,734,731 Iowa—Cedar Rapids — 118.992,.174 53.212,690 53,788 ,521 —_ I 2,179,430 17,766.176 18.549,679 6.4 32,626,718 30,301,034 9.1 5,201,645 5,597,456 —27.2 15,649,,024 117,612,822 X 1.V + ,318 3,757, 16,080,374 HI.—Aurora 3,627,514 45.291.000 9,316,279 —15.3 5,085,266 4,170.540 X + 0.9 t45.693.552 Sheboygan— i__ 4,993,828 TnTs 5,495,469 56~78iro"ob~ 7.8 2.9 X. Oshkosh Des Moines— 2.5 50~,866~0"0~0 5,635,300 2.4 17,604, ,520 til,927,308 Wis.—Madison ,__ 4,684,143 3.7 4.1 18.122,987 Terre Haute— 7,654,423 5,347410 2,803,650 199,723,124 + 27,174, 734 9,143,935 —32.7 8.2 + 12.9 208.676, 694 , 27,958,476 Ames 3,838,927 3,078,846 — 107,288.230 —12.7 5,705, 930 25,002,810 Indianapolis—, + — — 10,240.850 — + — 61,378.347 64,838.125 1.2 469.328,960 499,407.046 — 1.1 225,341,500 233.699,649 — + 11.7 8,722,485 —21.4 20,808,305 — 7,782.851 408 5 9_,052^667 — 4.0 49,436362 X . 41,719755 : 7.7 7.1 —29.9 14,611,001 2.8 1,951 ,191 4.2 56,686.176 x 22.377,201 + 5.3 3,551,449 3,817,614 3,301,101 2.872,782 6.0 28,799,467 28.829,496 26,890,247 19.230,836 3.6 13,489,458 13.423,495 13,816,831 8.839,110 12.1 - - Bloomington Chicago 4.352,759 75.536 4.615,059 3,135,865 .392 12,370,536 Peoria 4,919 .255 2,949,752,170 Decatur 11.669 ,627 6.2 18.185,933 20.590,400 5.9 11,974,947,481 12,727,062,148 6.0 48,911,305 51,322,291 0.6 — . — 1,214,919 1,209,784 1,031,762 867,135 5.9 678.106.325 714 689,135 694.894,837 582,150,740 4.7 2.979,385 2.767,941 2.635.631 2.136,552 4.8 — — 44,568.707 44,289 ,146 177,874.431 186,879,300 20.519,944 ; 20,186 .128 1.6 80,339,055 81.933,310 — 13.966 .807 2.9 55,499.793; 58.159,572 — 1,614,919 cities) ... 1,755 ,403 5,520,979,243 J>,786.104,710 8.0 — 4.6 6,483,222' 22,589,916,827 7.0 —11 7 13,560,171 Rockford Springfield Sterling (31 2.6 1,607,785.931 — 42,891, 266 , 9,364,630 Bay City Ind.—Ft. Wayne Sioux City 3,343,003 1.8 9.3 + 5.6 >24,750, 400 5,866,488 19,961,036 V Milwaukee 165,800,000 4.4 — 15,071, 046 40,001,417 Lansing Total 75,297,674 — 47,988,886 196.000.000 0.1 + 1,654,434, 654 14,983,393 Flint Grand Rapids Jackson * 4,164,417 11,038.819 14,311,133 58,343,255 7.9 —14.9 6,142 405 1,573,094,716 Detroit , 4,440,939 3,777,731 80,073,470 2.8 7.0 + District—Chicago— Mich.—Ann Arbor : 4,519,524 + 105, 930,943 2,797,645,782 Seventh 191,100,000 — 66,082,187 209,600.000 — 1,517, 894,349 118,268,081 15,386,271 61.441,251 0.1 + 10.3 57, 341,205 66, 734,901 1,504,574,606 14,961,176 0.3 + — 69, 123.842 - 6.1 — 514,920.625 Total (16 cities) 58.807,730 + 19.3 — 1,656,208 - 73,585,845 65,269,245 G.8 — 5,819.264 Vlcksburg. 2.3 9.2 + — 33,848.310 Meridian La.—New Orleans — 7,094,134 — 23,406,795.177 — 10.C30.773 10,775,199 8.955.514 8,208,327 1.9 4,503.690 5,284,445 4.068.320 3,416,653 4.6 3,311,032 3,874,686 2,889,443 2,384,633 888,791,320 927,993,790 — 4.2 879,054,980 731,304,166 271,000,000 — 1.3 218,500,000 187.800,000 8.6 3.5 „ Louis— Mo.—St Louis 1,081,769.405 1,166.035.599 10,486.138 Cape Girardeau 11,243.329 Independence Ky.—Louisville 1.535,008 1.514.981 463.574,083 479.226,860 Tenn.—Memphis— 364,529,183 366.236.313 1,589.853 1.606.790 7,575,852 8.123.050 1,931,059,522 2,034,036,922 HI.—Jacksonville ~2~~ Quincy Total (7 cities). i ! 1.4 + + 1,604,596 - 21,579,731 5.3 — 174,722,731 Reserve ' 1,544,609 5.8 — 333,478,176 328,827,465 41,979,013 + 20.9 — 33,848,800 124,384,994,396 117,140,573,649 + 67.1 3,507,126 72,905.610 52,324,312 —11.2 28,265,806 , , 31,310,179 4,241,242 11,322,621 _ Third Federal 1946 75,202,100 56,271,668 Newark._-__l.__. _ 1947 6.8 82,915,758 Northern N. J Total 14 cities) Dec. c/o 4*2 53,233.458 _ Utica __ $ 3.C 11,036,975 8yracuse_ 1948 $ + — 76,027,165 _ Conn.—Stamford Week Ended May 7 Inc. or 1949 + 508,900,637 48,243,066 526,888.693 + 8,688.368 28,221,232.565 2.1 — — 7,062,700 7,955,756 — New York—— Monday, May 16, 1949 York— ! N. Y.—Albany -Jan. 1 to $ v,; CHRONICLE FINANCIAL & Dec. (Io, 1943 1949 .. Second COMMERCIAL — — + — — — — — 7.2 4,513.039.378 4,744.494.868 6.7 43.780.336 42.898,098 + 2.1 1.3 5,992.789 5,931.846 + 1.0 3.3 2,038,554,115 1.991,293.555 + 2.4 108.127,298 104,382,234 + 3.6 92.584,769 77,950.514 0.5 1,576.780.698 1,520.481.343 3.7 75.874,861 73,427,105 + 3.3 64,456,760 52,477,730 1.1 6.091,774 6.626,833 8.1 ,n4- 6.7 29,297,549 32.766,205 —14.6 1,727.273 1,343,846 5.1 8,213,536,639 8,344,492,748 0.5 377,268,802 319,572,099 • — + — 4.9 —10.6 — 1.6 267,400,000 . . 1.923,216 453,325,375 „ 2,251,339 ' 451,060,678 + • Volume 169 Number 4803 THE COMMERCIAL -Month of April- Clearings at— Inc. or 's -v 1949 Inc. or 1948 Dec. Vo <- i Dec. Week Ended May 7 Inc. or 1948 1949 ;•: Dec. Vo $ ■:;vv, . : . 1947 ' $ Vo. 1946 » - $ s ' » ' 25,053,721 24,932,416 1,052,481,516 0.5 95,779,716 7.6 + 972,837,354 Minneapolis. 4,090,663,131 — i.__ 6,490,057 5,937,000 + 9.3 327,158,729 + 2.7 3,555,558 3,504,209 + 1.5 1,107,760 975,979 + 13.5 4.276,484 21.639,756 25,751,132 4,468;000 4,286,000 -4,711,626 4,361,132 ' + — ifb.—Fargo > • - Grand Forks - Minot.l - - —16.0 + 8.0 S. D.—Aberdeen. -13,997,134 14,559,770 21,623,085 24.610,700 2-,634,672 2,600,778 Sioux Falls Huron - — Mont.—Billings - - - 2.1 Lewis town (16 cities)— 14,780,547 / 153,335,057 v'i *+ 8.6 69,810,204 59,6467064 6,710,970 5,588,885 + 20.1 4,737,923 4,040,882 3,451,982 3,215,039 + 14.1 + 3.2 + 4.2 104,382,451 16,345,000 16,660,556 18;799,4IO ! 56,368,903 r 92,248,811 1.3 + ; 55,084,194 ' —12.1 11,440,472- 7" V*: *, - : r 0.2 + 12.2 '47,148,096 158,012,587 + 10.6 5,162,604 4,892,488 1,552)883,561 4.6 6,242,070,111 6,457,694,071 ^ - : 56,683,692" : 56,586,692 2,1237199 3,412,403 3,741,319 2,913,455 2.2677271 9,208,150 • • 'Jr. ■KIT? 8,40l~63T 7,690^176 5,865,051 296,639,857 231,943,714 5.5 + 3.3 — 0.1 9,198,545 + 13.0 114,343,806 .0.4 1,927.593,784 2,034,812.653 9.0 9,917,981 9,451,829 —14.2 5,553,846 6,273,458 329,374,962 340,154,728 3.2 — 118,778,940 105,334,907 +12.8 2,411,682 28,726,245 483,424,221 485,348,529 2,257,652 2,481,025 1,366,443 1,592,820 28,649,223 25,809,910 + 11.0 — Kans.—Manhattan— 1 ; I,. . Wichita— V ! , 47,727.332 ___ ;—-17_1 6,182,747 1,241^49,-4-71 Kansas City — 57,580,085 5,955,118 1,353.137,773 : :: 46.942,360 ; . . . 8.3 — 23,210,893 _ + 29.4 114,523,060 — 709,641 5.6 498.967 7,667,820 5.0 5,822,962 4,955,055 111,762,021 113,731,561 1.7 109,295,411 86,163,280 6,710,125 7.4 6,351,250 8.7 8,845,451 8,105,917 < 179,604,146 . : V 129,802,984 8,755,480 + 11.8 38,456,917 .427,548,701 0.9 1,672,377,683 10,896,550 9,359,121 + 16.4 37,224,652 32,709,012 9,956,011,148 10,485,706,081 f 116,121,438 117,130,758 70,527.063 Pueblo + 572,377,581 . „ 512,642,439 . , 298,1547417 ~6.8 262,382,680 201,02*67199 9,355,795 11,047,014 -15.3 10,018,883 6,370,635 .. .v;:r - 3.2 ; ;:„.+ U.7 +16.3 / ; 2,416,789 2,015,067 + 19.9 2,044,618 1,890,630 T«:r 1,6067385 5.0 430,894,613 450,293,274 5.6 1,868,971 1,757,285 + 13.8 33,064,793 1,699,413^11 - - r. 7.6 — 9,787,810 145,674,851 „ 13,171,015 277,994,934 . 8.0 — 7,400.093 4.488,107 .7,245,354 12,029,897 r, 0.4 — 194,377,180 7,180,223 449,194' - - —10.5 — i;, 5,493,569,724 431,409,328 — Colo.—Colorado Springs Denver ; , 660,755 4.9 + + 12.2 , 5.3 — 210,057,866 23,295,472 , 5,052,125,099 —10.7 1,713,469 ( 188,067,052 - 3.7 — 1,324,190 41,899,600• . Carthage—. : 627,743 '670,000 7,282,691 . — 414,617 5.0 4.8 0.2 + 8,780,384 • , 279,337 —11.5 2,410,391 Omaha Topeka: 5.o 141,942,954 1,308,437 M + ^■""•44,899,172 + 11.6 + 1 Parsons 7 - + ' ir/r; 2.3 — IT,861,731 11,085,089 i 0.8 — 101,154.872 34,172,171 32,461,398 » Hastings,, Okla.—Tulsa 203,387,507 77,6 3 3^0 71 8+3037919* District—Kansas City 1 St. Joseph -8.0 235,950,540.. 4,666,230 5,364,662 6.4 — 3,747,887 17,028,000 ;V 3.S — 15,158,503 V 1.46-1-,433,035 Reserve Neb.—Fremont Mo.—Joplin 6.5 — 8.5 + 1,446,713 • — • Lincoln 217,027,539 + 38,124,406 —15,193,694 'W 12,434,158 : Great Falls Tenth)Federal 6-0 — 22,967,729 5,624,241 * _L. Helena 5,259,999 1,415,326,306 " 107,766,744 4.2 + 0.2 + 4,350,081,133 1,445,362,454 13,829,133 ' Fergus Falls__ 95,556,756 24,923,437 336,115,231 St. Paul Winona ■*. $ District—Minneapolis— Rochester™ Total (2141) ' 49 -Jan. 1 to April 30- 1948 - Federal Minn.—Duluth • CHRONICLE FINANCIAL ' 1949 $ Ninth & 406,993,891 1.6 — ■*" 1,8007532 v Total • (15 cities) 2,486,782,857 — 16,281,758 J Dalla— I Galveston 93,632,817 : Worth 839,842,146 26,772,000 _ Houston ' Port Arthur Wichita 876,241,486 6,220,743 6,247,113 17,588,647 La.—Shreveport — (}1 Cities) 4,129,820 40,144,114 — 17,866,853 4.088.069 Falls Texarkana 40,502,628 V 69,894,387 4,119,431,528 401,502,847 385,137,187 101,918,000 3,542,227,980 25,046,820 ; « • 159,690,682 + 2.3 20,343,614 5.5 2,546,198 2,~199~723 —~3~4 7,5127912 6,~579"6?4 3.5 218,199,464 174,308,801 3,826,931 4,049.222 — 4.1 9,533~982 9,873~896 252,569,842 261,766,737 7.3 106,706,470 143,623,842 2.6 3,584,382 4,307.389 130,368,323 142,409,626 52",033"273 47,857~716 + + 22,761,053 —10.6 1,835,293,373 1,979,689,130 3.7 ^ +22.3 56,800,477 58.329,983 107,802,002 85,029,554 — 29,654,000 3.3 8,271,000 8,556,000 Portland 587,686,618 632,489,812 — Utah—Ogden 10,361,445 222,380.013 — —. 9,555,253 246,178,393 — 64,052,335 22,226,229 24,359,960 43,957,375 21,579.792 33,732,783 69,105,192 22,644,455 23,360,535 49,341,969 15,385,194 34,792,149 10,254,162 1,707,560,393 46,277,007 17,475,709 34,214,450 3,301,282.613 3.453,084,531 Lake City Ariz.—Phoenix Calif.—Bakersfield Berkeley 58,820,755 — 16.239,759 42.783,566 9,106,677 1,613.073,997 Modesto _ _ Fiandsc"o777777_: San Jose Barbara Stockton 3,697,008 + — —10.6 5,641,692 13,989,111 21,671,294 Ore.—Eugene Santa 17,7O2~923 4,724,000 5,526,000 + 2.2 507,583,949 26,513,040 Pasadena 20,729,733 21.2 25,775,571 6,697,000 + + 8,812,584,680 5,771,684 Ida.—Boise Riverside —*1878 20~ 93 7^03^6 + 153,458,229 453,895,978 Yakima Long Beach— 138,086~00» 1.8 6.6 5.0 6.5 2.8 5.8 10.3 3.3 + + — 95,664,000 3,445,202,237 23,676,285 60,074,783 16,475,590 9,004,579,470 6.043,594 175,435^000 8,225,048 208,317,000 + 17,016,892 2.8 — 7,251,621 2.0 7,440,475 20+13+418 — District—San Francisco— 7—— — SeatUe————— San 315,509,281 9.5 0.9 0.9 — - 13.477,419 Wash.—Bellingham Salt — 4.048,125,292 376,773,127 405,477.316 66,591,709 0.9 — 2,252,374,441 2,188,694,386 ; Federal Reserve Twelfth 1,035,308,647 89,475,799 107,954.016 23.791,000 1,020,546,488 913,580,639 El Paso —11.7 —15.2 — 1.4 + 6.8 —13.3 + 12.5 — 4.2 + 0.4 — 1.6 — 1.0 31.683,984 19,199,465 27,970,595 : Beaumont. Total 3.9 — 2,587,003,652 Federal Reserve Dlatrlet—Dallas- Eleventh Texas—Austin Ft. 7.,/ - — — + 7.3 7.1 2,299,893,043 7.8 + 10.7 38.662,082 45,003,688 927,299,009 892.313,712 7.3 1.8 + 4.3 264,903,543 274,526,358 94,397,752 118,601,491 97,963,063 98,951,655 + 19.2 218,047,076 181,095,855 + 20.4 64,586,077 64,468,412 142,784,836 + 78,374.581 3,759,774 3,220,201 8.5 91,257,425 74,172,352 "+"*877 40,28+906 33,6637279 0.2 5.6 +23.0 —11.2 —5.5 — 5.0 +23.5 — 1-4 + ; v 94,974,196 —10.9 33,283,000 V 6.1 —16.8 — 26.3 2,481,895,526 165,596,886 37,060,082 6,4 — + — 10,045,057 8,543,119 8,880,093 8,049~482 "+2+4 7,4527522 6,767,872 ti.d 361~,627~10T 331,3297549 318."1827634 25.3 + 0 13,786,955,504 259,031,240.880 134,646,246,484 + 19.4 8.640.206 8.965,733 4,205,702 + 0.1 3.676.207 3,219,340 7,715,239 8,145,138 5.3 7,957,505 6,141,312 700,927,186 743,115,194 3.9 14,358,150,126 13,867,523,622 2.1 — —"873 9,175,498 4,210,616 4.9 + 10,955,701 6.8 — 394,395,744 3.4 3.5 —— 139,555,698 13,112,078,619 13.714,135 10~,0n~94~6 —10.5 70,745,443 4.4 1.0 + 16.0 182,026,088 130,025,854 3.5 — 1>6 73.255,693- 3.0 —20.4 41,404,614 6,8/**. t»t>. i<t, )04, (8u 175,790,213 — —14.1 .0,559,173,625 6,735,422,492 — " • . Total (19 Cities) total Grand ——- 60,471,603,634 65.682,362,755 — 7.9 248,963,810,378 32,250,371,069 (183 cities) Outside New. York ( — 33,838,448,368 — 4.7 131,523,236.729 — — — -"Estimated. tNot included 2.7 5,085,579,748 Redemption Calls and Sinking Funds give below Section 522 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Federal Reserve Bank Notices certifies daily world. We of the Treasury the buying rate for cable transfers in the different Countries of the €0 the Secretary Below will be found record lor the week just passed: a FOREIGN EXCHANGE CERTIFIED RATES BY MAY 6, FEDERAL BANK RESERVE 1949 TO MAY 12, TO TREASURY TARIFF UNDER 1949, INCLUSIVE * t ACT OF 1930 The date ' . Noon Buying Country and Monetary Unit May 9 May 10 "the details . ' May 11 NOTICES For certain industrial .297733" 1 .200000' .200000* .022750 .C22750 _ '___ V' .054406 ; $ .297733* .251247* .251247* .251247* Angostura-Wupperman .200000* .200000* .200000° Asuncion ' , American .022750 .022750 .021712 .021600 .021750 .054406 .054406 .054406 • -./ii ' Ice Co., i — 1 ; — 1.000000 1.000000 .950000 .95C625 Pittsburgh, Ycungstown General .301166 .208535 .208535 .004671* .004671* .004671* .005671* .003039* .003039* .003039* .003041° — — 3.991955 pound.. Norway, krone " .126527 .125000 .125000 Iowa .376125 .376211 .376212 Minnesota 3.991955 Cloud 3.991336 3.991336 .201580 .201580 .497240 .040328' .497240 .497240 .040325 .040328 .497240 ri 'Nominal rate, Corp.— Power 3.991955. .201580 .472166 1st mortgage bonds, 1st mtge. Poli-New Fibre .472166 .278228 .278228 .233629 4.C07500 4.007500 4.007500 4.007500 Sherwin-Williams Co.* 4% 4.031835 4.031239 4.031250 4.031796 Southern Natural Gas Co.— .658300*t .65839C't .658300°t .658300°t —. — — : t Application depends upon type of .588223*t .561799*t .531909*t merchandise. England mortgage .583223*t * "* Theatres, mortgage bends, due A!r Line RR., 1st 1 1336 .588222<t .588223°t .5882fi3*t Thew Shovel .561799*t .56l799*t .561799°t .561799°t Tide .531909*t .531909" t .531C09't .531909°t Virginian 1671 ;——May 15 Inc.— mtge. 1672 1 iiJun 4s, preferred : A, ser. due i". * 1990 "1997 1 1997 1 Jun 1890 ' •. 1968 1 1996_Jun -1 stock line 3% bonds, due IV. preferred stock pipe Co., .May 16 — 1958 Seaboard 1st 1882 .1991 Co.— .472166 - 1881 —Jun 1961 4V* Vo .233629 1st 1 1 1 Jun due A, ser. bonds, dated 1936 3%% Vulcanized .233620 .278228 Jun -Jun — 1965 debentures, due 1960 England Power Co.— mortgage 3y.»s, series A, due 1861 15-year .472166 .233629 due 3s, .278228 ■ 1 1961 Co.— Transfer Ry.— 1st mortgage 1st due Depot 3%Vo Electric Co., National New 3'As, .572166 ,658300*t York .278228 4.031875 Uruguay, peso Uruguay, peso . Union 4.007500 — pound—*. Urugua y, peso.. 5% .233629 — w L- pound sterling Uruguay, peso • , .040328 Union of South Africa, New mortgage Street .126291 . .497240 United Kingdom, 1st Fort .301678- .040325 ^ Eastern Canada, Ltd.— Inc., 5'/2 Vo Co.. .301678 Portugal, escudo—l Straits Settlement, dollar—— Switzerland, franc.— Childs .301678 Philippine Islands, peso Sweden, krona of * V/2V0 bonds, mtge. Foods, .201580 '1: .201580 — 1661 I87y 1987 1st B/G .376000 * .123839 7 " Page .301678 .375942 Netherlands, guilder 2035 7 - .301678 India, Dominion of, rupee— REDEMPTION ser. A and B, due 1974-1-—« May 15 debentures, dated 1945—— — .May 25 preferred stock__..__llr_-_-__ Jun 1 DeBardelebcn Coal Corp., 1st mtge. 4s, due 19572. Jun 1 .208535 .004671* — * Date Aluminum Co. .020060 .208535 * .... 1959_^_r_May 16 1st mortgage bonds, due Corp., * ——.May 31 Company and Issue— .301166 .020660 1770 Ry.—r : PARTIAL ' Official Free_— Mexico, pe x> .301106 -.020060 .003Q41* (Metropolitan), franc— .301166 .020060 Page Co.— Ashtcbula & bonds mortgage Textile Realty .948515 .208535 ——___—— Date -_Jun 9 May 15 ^__May 16 Corp., common stock— Corp., 8 Vo debentures 1.000000 .951875 .301166 koruna Denmark, krone— New Zealand, 1.000000 .020060 Ceylon, rupee—, ^echoslovakia, France 1.000000 i ■'}. Consol. mtge. 3 'h -6 Vo bonds, series A, due 2039—Jun 15 .054406 .952421 Official—,— ' Concession Port Canada, dollar— Free TENDER stock. common; Philadelphia Transportation 3.212640 3.212150 .022750 .021550 .021562. ^ . $ .297733* 3.212150 3.212640 Closed 3.212640 —— Belgium, franc__——' Foreign "bank notes"account__ Brazil, cruzeiro^ .251247* .251247* products Australia, pound .297733* OF Company and Issue—. $ .297733* $ $ given in the "Chronicle." were May 12 < S Argentina, peso— For "regular" products For "non regular" products bonds, notes, ing tenders, and the page number gives the location ia the current volume (except where indicated) in which Rate for Cable Transfers in New York May 7 May 6 list of corporate a and common stocks called for redemption, those called under sinking fund provisions. indicates the redemption or last date for mak¬ preferred including Value in United States Money . 5,017,005,364 -■.I': Foreign Exchange Rates ' 11,539,129,830 available. Pursuant to the requirements of • 541.587,453 13,009,566,797 •4: totals. in 597.872.409 3.5 + ■T.'\ JNot 5.7 — —Jun —_j—Jun 15 ? July 1- % -1492/ .-",.V „ , • ; -oi1- '•» 1st lien & ref. mtge. 3V* Vo bonds, ser. C, due 1973 Jun 17 182] Wilson Co., Inc., 1st mtge. 3% bonds, due 1958 Jun 1 2037 Water Associated Ry.— Oil Co., . $3.75 preferred stock , 50 (2142) THE ENTIRE ISSUE Company and Issue— COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE FINANCIAL & Inc. ( + ) or CALLED Date • ■/' Page Monday, May 16, 1949 : Name of When Holder* Payable of Rec. Per Share ^ Dec.'(-—) Since Company " Appalachian Power Co., 6% debs., series A, due 2024- -July Corp.— debentures, due 1959----*———. Jun New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.— 1st mortgage 5s, series A, due 1952 __Jun National 5% York & General Ohio fund Pacific Lighting Co,— bonds, due 2004 mortgage Co., 6% debenture Lighting Corp., Service 2%% Real 1S93 1 1454 Co. of convertible Silk Assets— Loans—net __July ——- bonds, 2024— due Hosiery Mills, Inc., 7% Jun __Jun preferred stock——-.——1 $5 Indiana, Inc.— debentures, due 1 1 Loans—grosst Commercial, industrial, 51591 9 1888 —May 25 preferred stock—— —July in this tVol. issue. §Vol. 166. 24,*08 — 167. Other 916 securities Other Statement of Condition of the 12 Federal Other U. Reserve Banks Combined thousands (in of crease Gold certificates— notes S. reserves advances— loans Govt, 6.731,379 Bonds P. R. loans securities. 20,233,321 foreign banks Notes of other — S. + 93,972 Foreign + 69 + 69 - 53 Class + ' — 3,183 + ;+.y 886,130 + 10,529 479,993 45,822 15,215 2,182 — bank—reserve acct. acct. gen. 18,363,972 912,717 — 500,435 — Other 908,777 — 516,982 + 77,477 30,918 2,961 — + — + 324,387 1,077,227 406,777 126,159 + deposits 20,094,106 Deferred availability items— incl. accrued divs. Total liabilities —1,014,211 2,193,103 Other liab., + 12,399 45,629,569 + + — + 451 290 + — — 891,337 + 384,858 — 1< 322 + " +* Other capital 204,336 of note gold to serves, + ances 8. U. Govt, trial to — 22,402 for + 1.2% + 1.9% foreign first we make + 58 + 2,265 Indus¬ loans Then 36 — 4,215 — declared. Alden's, a . . 20 New 50 STOCKS .. . Shawlock, England Brass, common Inc. ($10 par) Boston Sand & Gravel Co., 44 $ per share ($100 par)— 200 «3 lot — preferred ($50 par)44 The condition statement of weekly reporting member banks of the Federal Reserve System in leading cities shows the following principal changes for the week ended May 4: An increase of $259,000,000 in holdings of United States Government bonds, decreases of $186,000,000 in commercial, industrial and agricultural loans and $353,000,000 in demand deposits adjusted, and increases of $517,000,000 in demand deposits credited to domestic banks and $322,000,000 in borrowings. Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans de¬ the principal decreases in nearly all districts; $72,000,000 in New York City and $35,000,000 in the Kansas City District. Loans to brokers and dealers creased were for purchasing or carrying United States Government securities increased $168,000,000 in New York City. Holdings of Treasury bills decreased $69,000,000 in New York City, and increased $44,000,000 in the Kansas City District and $38,000,000 in the Minneapolis District; the net increase at all reporting member banks was $9,000,000. Holdings of Treasury certificates of indebted¬ ness increased $38,000,000. Holdings of United States Government bonds increased in all districts; cipal increases were $86,000,000 in New York the prin¬ City, $51,000,000 in the San Franicsco District and $34,000,000 in the Cleveland District. Demand deposits adjusted decreased $209,000,000 in New York City, $63,000,000 in the Chicago District, and hy smaller amounts in most of the other districts. United States Government deposits decreased $125,000,000. 4% 1 liabilities of reporting 5-14 10c 6-15 5-20 7- 1 5-25 8- 1 6-28 (qtiar.) 6- 933AC 1 — 125c 9- 1 8- 50c (quar.) Chicle Co. 6-10 6-10 Fruit Growers, News Company 25c Inc ; Gas Light Pacific (quar.) preferred Avondale V. B. Bell Indies Steamship & & Works, Inc. Battery, Co. B & 1 7-29 Bigelow, preferred (quar.) 7-15 4.40% Canada Dominion & Sugar Canadian International preferred 5% Canadian & Carman Gold Ltd 3 xk % preferred 5% - 5% Cities ' (s-a) City Island Pacific & 6-20 (quar.) :— (Ky.) — : '• (quar.) Utilities Corp. Power & Continental Assurance Co. Continental Casualty Co. Continental Oil Co. 6-15 6-15 5-10 5-27 $5.25 Dubilier preferred Cornell Wood Cow Electric Gulch A Co. Petroleum Minnesota 5-10 Monarch 6-30 6-15 1 5-13 30c 6-10 6- 6 1 1 National National Gas "7-15 6-10 National 1 5-16 5- 9 2c 6-20 6- 20c 6-10 common (quar.) (quar.). 45c 1 5-15 5-26 5-16 6- \ 1 5-17 933Ac 6- 1 5-17 93%c — 6- 1* 5-17 20c — & Bound Co. Bvook RR. (quar.) (N. Y.) (quar.)-»—— ; 6-10 SOc 5-20 41.50 '6-1 + 1 6- 1 6-30 6-15 $1.25 6-30 6-15 25c '6-10 5-27 lo^Ac 5-15 5- 7- 1 6-15 7- 1 pfd 6-30 5-31 1 5-16 6- 1 5-16 25c G- 1 5-16 25c 7- 1 6-10 '7- 1 8-10 62Vic" — % 6-14 ' 6-15 6- 30c 6- 1 5-23 $1.75 6- 1 5-23 12Vic 6-30 6-16 40c iquar.) $1.75 6- 12Vic ! iquar.) 1 5-23 5-11 1 In?.— 7^ $1.06 1 6-15 65c 6-15 6- 5-16 5-10 5-16 5-10 lOVic 5-16 5-10 40c 6-10 .5-31 25c A 14c 12 Vic class 6-10 (quar.) iquar.) ..... iquar.) + 25c common.... (quar.) 3 5-35 6-15 - 81'Ac 6- 6- 1 5-20 6- 10c 1 5-20 1 1. i0c common 6- 35c 6-10 6- $1.75 6-30 6-20 iquar.) " — iquar.) 97tic & preferred 1 1 6- 3 7-1 6- 3 5QC—-6-15 6- 1 1 * all $1.08V4 Co., com. arrears) 25c (quar.) Light Co. iquar.) , 6- G-ll 5-?8 6-11 5+28 6- 3-16 55c; 1 -5-31 5-25 5-16 5- 10c 6-10 5-20 ; 30c 6-10 5-31 $1.25 * 9 — Insurance . 6-10 5-31 90c &-.10 6- 1 25c (increased) Corp.__ Accident * 50c (quar.) Corp. - - $3. — Electric 6-15 GOc " $1 Products & 7- 5-20 ... clears <s-a 1 Life 6-25 6- (quar.U & 5 6-10 35c (quar.) 6-15 6- 1 6- 5-20 Co. (Tenn.) Nesbett (quar.) Fund, 12tic Inc. 'quar.)——— .*," pfd. iquar.). (quar.) Niagara Lower Arch Bridge Co., Ltd. (quar.) No-Sag Spring Co. .iquar.L —; Newberry — Power & Light, 4% (J. j.) Company . (quar.)-' (quar.)— 5% New Jeisey * A 5-20 6- > 10c B 6- 6-15 4 75c : 6-15 quar.) Food 6-10 25c 7-31 25c — t Lines Corp., Power 6- . 5-26 (quar.) payment Mills 6- $1.31 V4 6-10 933Ac Nashua Gummed.& Coated Paper Co National Container Corp. (Del.) (reduced). National Disccunt Coin., common iquar.) 6-15 . 5-19 5-19 $1.25 5Vi% pfd. Mining & Mfg. $4 preferred 6-10 (quar.) preferred Delaware Minnesota 20c . 1 1 75c Corp.— prefeired 5-26 6-27 66- J— iquar.) (this 30c common- Corn Dempster Mill Mfg. Oil pfd. $1 62 Vac preferred Dentists Supply Midland 40c 6- 5-16 725c — Metropolitan Edison. 3.90% preferred 4.35% preferred (quav.) 5-25 50c 1 t37Vic (quar.).-. preferred 6-15 "41 6- — preferred $2 1 $25c (quar.)—— 7% Sons, Corp.. Thermit & 7% 15c (quar.) 8%% Inc. Metal 6- Paper Co Corp., 334% Walt, 5-11 5-31 5-20 5-18 Paiticipating 5-25 s-a_- Companies, Inc.Darling (L. A.) Co. Dayton Power & Light, 1 6-15 • 1 1 (quar.) preferred Company partic. 6-15 <quar.)_ (quar.)„ Products Oil Textile 6-15 _ Copperweld Steel, common 5% preferred (quar.) Cornell 6- 15c 66- iquar. 1 C.) Maytag Company 50c (Chicago) (quar.) (Chicago) (quar.)_ (Del.) (R. $3.25 5-27 31'Ac $1.25 preferred 5-27 6-20 6-10 8 37V2c iquar.) 1 5-20 5-14 — Mfg. & Sales Co. Lyons Finance Service, lac., 37%c Inc. 6; 6- 6 6-30 6-20 5-28 common Transit i]Vi.) preferred Mahon * 6- 6-30 Ludlow Metal 5 6-20 50c Y.) Master Electric Co. $1.25 Co. Community Public Service Co Water Angeles 9 12%c 6-16 25c iquar.-) (qua-.) 9 50c,. Life Insurance Consolidated preferred 6-10 6-30 5-27 7-1 5- 3c (quar.) Co., 5- $1.25 —_— (quar.) Gas Stores, Convertible '\ 6-20 G-ll — (quar.) 5- RR.— (quar.) Consolidated Co. Water 7t 5-27 1 62Vic common— common common preferred Salt 5-23 $1.50 Co. of Chattanooga— preferred (quar.)— Congoleum-Nairn, 1 (i- 50c Ltd., Co. 2nd Company, 5-23 $1.12% — Quarterly De 1 Watev 5% Commonwealth convertible & 4'/4% 5-31 5-19 5-12 (quar.) 75c 75c series A Co. 7- 1 Company preferred 75c ! (quar.) Service 5-16 ■ 5-19 1 12V2C $7Vic Preferred issue 1st preferred Chiksan 1 6-10 58%c jChicago Medical Arts Building Corp Common 25c iquar.) semi-annual Lowensteir. Cc.— preferred 2nd issue (s-a).i (Central Illinois Light Co., 4Va% pfd. (quar.) Rock 6- $1.06'A — 5% Chicago, 5-25 (quar.) Railroad preferred 5-16 9 1 6- 6-10 Dufault Mines, Ltd. (interimi Supeiior District Power, com. (quar.)- 7% Los (quar.), Cascades Plywood Corp., common (quar.) Catawlssa 1 6- — 25c $2.50 5-14 6- 25c 50c preferred Bakery, Inc., 6- 5-26 iquar.)— Lincoln +2c 1 6-15 1 (quar.) & (N. , 4 G- 5-31 iquar.)-—! Johnson Liberty Fabrics 1 (quar. B & Restaurant 5-27 6- 5- 6-15 6-15 25c ; ; 4c Supply 6-10 t$1.25 Mines, pfd. 4'A% Co., Water Lexington 125c 5-16 34%c ' Leslie Ltd Co., 75c 1 $1.12Vi Co., 4-30 Investment Trust— 5-26 — preferred 5% 5-27 6*30 shares 5-20 6-10 5-25 6- 87'/2C A tquar.)___ Leath 6-10. 6-15 $1 A 5% - 7-1 6-10 (quar.) iquar.I —i— 35c (p.ccum.) Malartic Group Service 5-10 10c 6-10 common—, Color, 1 Angeles) (Los Co. 5-20 7-1 31c pfd. partic. 5-21 Extra 6-15 6-10 iquar.)_ iquar.) & 6-10 6- 5-20 6-30 6 25c Company prefeired Reduced 5-24 $1.10 — .6-15 6- J10c (quar. 25c (quar.) (quar.) $1.12,/2 '■ piefcrred Lake 7-15 2 5-20 Inc $1.50 pfd. common (qua:*.)— Brunswig Drug 7-29 6- 5-20 6-15 — preferred $5 t v-7.' Lake 50c — 6-15 Co.— King-Seeley Corp., 5% cotiv. pfd. Kuppenhciiner (B.) & Co., Inc.— 5-23 6- 1 Jl.OG'A ! $5 5-16 1 40c Trust Brooklyn Boro Gas, 6% 6- 7- SOc — 5% common Public Jamaica v 5-20 6-15 6-17 75c " (quar.)__ Fund. Insurance Iowa 6-11 6- 1 iquar.) 'j- Rayon Corp. iqua)*.) Iilstitutiona! Shares, Ltd. — Kents $1.25 common Industrial Johnson $1.50 5-23 7- $1.25 (quar.) convertible 5-20 (quar.) Estate $1.50 5-20 _ 6-21 $1 iquar.) (p.ccum.) Gas, Imperial Varnish 5-14 — Real Brown iquar.) Co., Utilities B & Sound 1 .•— pfd. 5-20. preferred Pulp & Paper, 5% pfd. A (cuar.) Hydraulic Press Mfg.. 6% pfd. (quar.) Imperial Oil, Ltd. (s-a)_____2 _..v—— 1 15c tqua!\)_ 1 Hudson 1 $1 preferred Co., 6- $1 0,1 Plan 6- . 5-11 6- (quar.) preferred 6- 1 1 $1.10 $5 preferred pieferxcd Howe 1 6-25 5-11 6- —... & preferred 8c (quar.)— a 5% 1st 12 '/2c 6- non-cum. (quar.) 4Vi%' preferred 5+27 $1.12 Vz 5-20 6-1 iquar.) Ltd Electric 40c (quav.) :■*__» Ami, class A Boston 6- 6-20 — (quar.)—_— Birmingham Water Works, 6% Bon 6-15 40c "5-13 6-15 $1 preferred 3.75"r — Co. Co., Utilities Howe 5-20 (quar.) common Mills Gossett Son, a 6-15 10c __ ; preferred Hoover 5-20 1 5-13 : Hollingsworth & Whitney, 5-25 1 6-15 common- (quar.) 5"f Lines (monthly) Corporation, Paper 6 $2.50 (quar.) prior preferred Badger Bird Gear Mills D. 666- 6-10 Corp Hiawatha 1 25c 1 2 112tic (quar.) iquar.) Co., Heyden Chemical Corp., common 3%% preferred A iquar.) Heywood-Wakelielo Co., common 1 6+ 30c (s-ai Corporation 6- 6-10 $1.12 Vz . common (quar.) West 6-15 Paper Hewitt-Robbins 5-23 . Tea Corp. Hendry (C. J.) Co., 5V*% .5+20 1 30c (quar.)—— Co., preferred 1 6- 25c — Spring Corp. 6- 25c Equipment, 4V2% preferred (quar.) Artlocm Carpet Co., Inc. (quar.)— T 6- 7- 50c Indemnity (N. Y.) & preferred 6% 6-20 6- $1.75 A Hazeltinc 5 7- 1 6-20 (quar.)—$1.12^2 Hammond Instrument Co. (quar.)-— 25c Harshaw Chemical Co. (quav.)—— 40c 5-20 1 7- 6-20 J5c (interim J (quar.(____ 4»2% 6-24 8 7-15 6- 56'Ac Aro Corp. 7- 25C 5-16 50c preferred 4»/4% 3 5Qc - 1 50c Bridge Co., Ltd. iquar.u_——_ % 12'ic Hamnqermill Paper Co., commonI—25c" 5-25 (bi-monthly)-— 5-10 6- §3 — Mines, Ltd. preferred $4 (quar.) 5-10 5-15 25c (quar.) iquar.) $4.50 5-25 25C i- 6-20 1 5-15 - Hamilton 6-10 — pfd. $4.40 5+20 7- 6-17 7- 25c 31l/zC iquar.) 5-24 7-1 - i25c States 1" 6-10 —— Atlanta -> SOc 6-11 $1.25- (quar.)_ ' 5-20* 5 75c B Oil 5-19 6- 5-26 ' and I, 1 $1.75 Mackay Stores, Ltd., class Gulf 6+10 1 6-30 — preferred Creole A summary of the assets member banks follows: 6" 6- $1.06'A preferred Corp. Northern Ry. 6+10 6- ; Curtis $52,000,000 in the Chicago District. 5-27 G-10 ' 75c (quar.)_____ Northern Holderl 1 7- 81'Ac (quar.!—Canada, Ltd.— of Co. Associated 7- 40c (quar.) common (quar.)—, preferred Extra De¬ and When 25c —_—__—— Mfg., preferred $3.75 .... deposits credited to domestic banks increased in all districts; the principal increases were $99,000,000 each in New York City and in the Kansas City District. Borrowings increased $314,000,000 in New York City mand 4 6-17 common— (p.ccum.i__ Manitou Gulf Payable of Rec. $l.0G'A (quar.)-—— Co Aluminum Co. oi America, common Class Condition Sfafemenf of Member Banks 4 6- ——__— Atlantic Hart 37V2C ; (quar.)— common preferred Gas 4 Vu % Shares 6- 6-15 . (N. Y.) preferred $1 Guontanamo Sugar, second table in Share of Company Automotive Wednesday, 6-15 65t2c 37V2c (quar.) 5% Harvester Class . Inc., 4'A% Allied Atlas on 5-18 6-^1 75c Great Per Name 5% Transacted by R. L. Day & Co., Boston May 4: 1 Transportation— A Castings piefeired Gordon paid. Further details and rec¬ ord of past dividend payments in many cases are given under the company name in our "General Corporation and Investment News Department" in the week when Atlantic Gulf & : 6-> 1 220c.% ..6-22 (quar.) Indemnity Phoenix, preferred Golden show the dividends previously announced, but we 4Vn% Auction Sales 3 5-27: Corp.— 7% follow with we Athey Products Corp 2,401 6- 6- 6-15 (quar.) .4— Steel $6 grouped in two separate tables. are week. current Aspinook 5,540 6-13 31V4C tax 5% - In the bring together all the dividends announced the Dividends American 53.2% 6-30 25c. >20c ■ 1— (quar.) Plywocd Corp., accounts, Archer-Daniels-Miriland accept¬ Corp. Great American on 5-13 6+1 — Baltimore-— dividend Industries, $1.50 DIVIDENDS 479,993 R. 6-17 6-15 15c Y.) ——_— General ——:——— re¬ P. correspondents Commitments + + 46.449,025 combined purchased 70^282 886,130 I 5-11 31c General Great 18,522 + | 1 (quar.)—- Extra America! accts. certificate Contingent liability 6,331 5", 188 I 5-U: 6- (quar.) preferred Gleaner Alumir.um 120,816 deposit and liabilities 4* + 1 27^543 accounts Total liabilities & cap. Ratio T-4 O 466 711 1 Ltd.— Fircproofing Co., General tEeginning June 30, 1948, individual loan items are reported gross, I.e., before deduction of valuation reserves, instead of net as previously reported. Year-ago figures have been adjusted to a gross basis. 3'A','o Capital paid In Surplus (Section 7) 'Surplus (Section 13b) /t 6- §1.50 (Syracuse, N. Corp. American General 368 ' 60 437 deposit accounts, except and Allis-Chalmers Capital Accounts— 5-24 $1.75 —! common Mexican prefeired General 7% oil 1,351 575 during week 182,454 3,994 6-15 (quar.)—- $2.50 American $4.25 V 8,298 895,693 219 6-10 7- $2.50 Common 99,084 125,275 — Inc. preferred Container Havana Total 5-31 5-31 2 20c (quar.),— _ America General which have not yet been — 5-25: 6-15 -——- Canada, Gaylord 707 3o3 26 125 — 1,154 banks interbank which '' 23,329,961 Ltd. • Water Co.— America at General 184 — 5-20 Company— 8% Less 1,477 15 of of 1 6-15 B Fresnillo General Borrowings to demand 204 • — + Co. 6- 6-15 ——— convertible Ciass A 1.481 1,264 119 396,083 4 174,701 notes Treasurer — $1 J $5 +$5.50 J35c ——J,:- Products 5-20 _ deposits adjusted deposits, except Governments U. S. Government deposits Interbank demand deposits: 4" 902 Deposits: Member $1.25 1 40c Co. Enterprises, Finance 980 + — ■ (The) Fibre -a 259 11 + Fair Great American + Liabilities— U. + — Ltd.—,— —4— Electric.—: Insurance Federal 266,204 — 3,093 — 46,449,025 Reserve 086,469 218,549 32,448 assets Federal 709,250 2,418,323 assets——— Total — 101,484 112 231 2,377 Liabilities— 2,565,636 2,299,980 370 5-18 6- *25c Corp. Semi-annual 54 + -1,595,200 89,400 investments, Chemicals, District Excelsior , + ; — 2,062 Time 49 banks— items, premises Other Balances with domestic banks -3,488,965 18,500 + 13,988 Foreign banks 174,600 — 20,129,915 securities— and Banks Reserve + 728 Domestic 232 426,750 — 8,581,290 Uncollected Bank — — 361,600 + vault 47,423 - 28 + 4.455,730 Notes from Federal with in Debits Certificates Total 277,247 640 Total U. S. Govt, 4,j65 20,566 - securities: Bills Due 1,157,423 3,693 — 19,838 — 9,966 — 202,760 + securities Reserve Cash 1,177,261 + 34 + 266,090 and 10,000 — 23,122,609 + + 25,717 — 1 46 2 312 9 38 6 +— 1,830 4,750 960 Demand cash Industrial + $ R. 603,178 gold ctf. Discounts U. P. . Total Other for 1948 $ 22,519,431 fund May 12, 1949 $ Redemption (—) since May 4, 1949 Electrolux 6-20 5 6-10 25c r Foundries & Steel, & 7- $2 (quar.) — Empire (s-a) — Ltd. preferred (quar.)— prelerred (quar.) 6% ) 146 — 3 + 33,263 , Treasury notes May 11, Assets— securities—total U.S. bonds Other 494 + + , l ; + 3,861 loans Treasury certificates of indebtedness Increase (+) or de¬ 421 4,077 * Treasury bills dollars) 168 30 — 309 — banks Government 8. — 198 obligations loans estate 7% . J Real Loans to + 550 obligations Government S. common Anglo Plastic Durez RR. 50c East St. Louis &. Interurban . purchasing or carrying: for & Western (quar.) iquar.) Extra —323 186 — Corp., preferred Dominion pur¬ securities loans U. for + Government S. U. 897 South Cc. Distillers-Seagrams, Dominion carrying: or + A — 13,976 dealers and brokers to chasing 1491 1 ~ 4% 1,497 ™1 — Alkali Dictaphone + 320 3 + agricultural and loans Loans 1962 Other •Announcement 61,635 24,007 Hillsdale & Diamond 1948 1949 <in millions of dollars) • Investments—total and Loans Detroit May 5, Apr. 27, May 4, 1949 Westchester Power Public 6 Container sinking — New 1 t2410 18c e- 1 5-13 5-20 5-14 North $2 American convertible North Car, common iquar.) __— prefeired (quar.) Company— stock dividend 1 5-27 .< J50c 2ac 1 6- 7^ 1 6-15 6-10 $1 5'16 7- 10c 50c,„ 5-31 6- % 50c;% 50c 4 7 5-20 6"10 5.-31 i 6-32 7- American Liquidating One share common of Kansas for each four Power shares . . & Light held .. 9- a* 2 Volume 169 When Per -flame of Company ; North Pennsylvania North River Northern Insurance Public ; Co.— Ontario ; Insurance 97V2c Co. America of Ltd.— Co., Per. ..Co. Consolidated Interim Paton 5-16 6-24 6-15 J25c 7- 2 6-20 i;25c 10- 2 9-20 7- 1 Kid Allied 1 6-10 Brewing Co. Aluminum 14% Petroleum 50c ■ 5-27 5-16 American prefeired Pittsburgh _ 5-17 American 6-15 5-31 6-15 5-31 New 7w Co. of 5-20 6-10 American American 1 5-11 6- 1 5-20 5-18 5-28 5-18 American 6-15 6-7 $2.50 6-10 5-31 $3 5-28 3.60% preferred Prentice-Hall, Public - American 6-1 5-20^ 6-15 5-25 22),2c (quar. i Quebec Manitcu 5-20 5-14 7- 1 6 6- 15C New of Mines, 6-6 6-15 5-31 Packing Reliance Manufacturing Co. 2 6-10 6-10 7- ■ 35c / » —* 5-20 37V2c —- 7-1 5-10 6'n prior preference A 'R. 3.60% (quar.i Corp. Antonio Ltd., Transit Co. 7- 1 1 6-10 $1.12 V2 7- 1 6-10 :?■ 6-15 5-25 25c 5-31 5-20 - 75c 6- 1 5-11 12V2C , Loan 5-20 $1.50 _____ 6-10 5-15 4-30 s-ai $1 Shellar Manufacturing Corp. Shenargo Valley Water, 5% pfd. Sheraton Corp. of America— $1.23 convertible Silknit. Ltd.: preferred 6-30 25c 6-14 $1.25. iquar.i 3114c (quar.) 5-27 1 5-20 6- 1 7- 6-17 Singer Mig. Co. (quar.) ._ City Gas & Electric Co., 3.90'./ preferred (quar.) Southeastern' Greyhound Lines Union Gas, 6-14 6-14 5-25 6- 1 6- ;lr : 6/ 1 5-25 preferred common ______ (quar.) 1 Co. (quar.) _ Sparks-Withingtou Co.— 6% convertible preferred <aunr.)___ Speer Carbon Co._* Sperti Foods, 5'/* conv. preferred (quar.) Products, Staley (A. E.i Common $3.75 - Oil M'ning Co. Syracuse Transit Telluride Power, Ten a The Stores, & quar.)__ (quar.i (quar.) Underwood Ltd. 7';. pfd. 1 6-15 6- 6- 5-11 1 7-2 6-10 5-27 Association fs-a)__,. $1.75 5-15 5-16 Corp. 75c Theatre 5-31 5-14 5-31 5-14 5-25* Circuit, Inc.— preferred (quar.i L_ Elastic Corp. (quar.i Gypsum Co. (increased quar.i 'I 7<> preferred tquor.i $1.25 6-15 75c 6- $4.20 2nd preferred... Vapor Heating Corp Virginia Dare, Ltd., o'/h Virginian Ry. tquar.)__ West Ohio Gas Co. pfd. (cuar.l_______ Line Coast Refining 7- 1 6-15 6- 3 Atlas / 6- 1 Atlas Condensing Co Aur.or Willson Products, Wilson iJ. C.I. Inc. iquar.) Wright-Hcigreavca 1 5-25 Aveo 6- 1 5-25 Avon 7- 2 6- 1 Mines, Youngstown Steel Door Co. (quar.) 6-23 1 5-10 6-15 5-16 1 4-29 5-27 Baltimore give the dividends announced in previous weeks and not yet paid. The list does not include divi¬ dends we 5- 9 93 %c 6-15 6- 1 5-16 5- 2 715c 7- 1 announced this preceding table. week, these ) beihg given in the -j'-; Per S - Name ol Company A. B. C. A. T. F., Abstract Share Vending Corp. (quar.). Inc. & Mortgage Corp., class A___ — Title Acadia-Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Class t' A Ltd. (quar.) Ltd., Co., — common—— _ Co. of America Inc. preferred pref. (quar.)_ 1 5-10 6-15 5-21 6-15 5-21 25c 6-_l 5-16 5- 30c $1.50 1 9 5-18 7- 8 7- 1 6-10 5-31 • Steel Stock Acme Corp.— Adams 1 J. 5-16 1 6-14 10- 1 9- 5-16 4-27 25c 5-16 5- 4 Co. (quar.) Mfg. 2 A Barnsdall Class 6-10 7- 6-10 Beacon 5-20 Beaunit 6- 1 5-14 Beaver 6-13 5-23 100% Surpass Shoe Stores, Ltd Radio Corp. (increased quar.) 5-23 Beck 5-14 5- 6-30 6-15 25c 6-15 5-28 $1.25 8c 4 Canton & Youngstown RR. Co.— preferred (s-aI l Albany & Vermont RR. (s-a) _____ (quar.)_J, 5- 4 5-25 5-31 6-15 5-31 6- 1 1 preferred Canadian Dredge Co., class A preferred (quar,): preferred 5- 4 6-25 Belding Heminway Co. 4-29 Bell k_ Corp., $6 preferred 9-15 Benson & Hedges, $2 $1.25 5-16 4-30 Berkshire Fine conv. 7- 2 6-10 7- A Ice pref. tquar.) Spinning Associates — (quar.i_ (quar.)—_ A.¬ Products, Co., Ltd. Ltd., (quar.) (quar.) — Shaies, 1 5-31 5-23 5- 2 5-23 5- 2 t70c 7- 2 6- 1 $30c 7- 2 6- 1 8- 2 7- 6 11- 2 10- 6 2-2-50 1- " t25c 6- 5-13 7- 1 1 5-31 7- 1 5-31 7- 1 5-31 7- 1 6-15 6- 6 6- 6 150c 5- 5 5- 5 $17 AC 7-30 6-30 7-15 6-15 Ltd. (quar.) (s-a) Mfg. preferred preferred 6- 5-20 1 5-20 $$1.25 5-16 4-29 7-15 6-15 5-16 4-40 6- 1 5-12 5-15 37 Ac 6- 1 37 »/2c (quar.)_ 9- 1 8-15 11-15 37 Ac 12- 1 $1.06% 6- 1 25c 6- 1 5-13 40c 7- 1 6-11 $1.75 7- 1 6-11 5-16 Ltd.— (s-a) $75c — ! (quar.) Light & Power Co., preferred (quar.)— Foundry Co., common preferred (quar.) Central Illinois Public Service (quar.) 5- 17'/2C com 27 V2c 20c (irreg.) 6- 1 6- 1 5-16. - 5 5-14 5- 6 5- 6 5- 2 1 5-16 30c 5-31 5-16 $1 6-30 6-18 — Co., 5-31 5 5- 5-31 5-31 75c — $1.10 Central preferred 1 $37c pfd. s-a) Caterpillar Tractor Co. Central Arizona 4-30 4-20 6- Co.— (quar.)—. 5-31 Products, (increased 5-16 5-14 $10c (quar.)_— 5-31 4% 5-13 5-16 7- 30c Lumber, pfd. 2 5-18 4-30 $30c 2 7-12 • 1 1 $20c 7- 1 1 6- 6- $$1.50 7- 1 6- Ltd.— A Oil 751.75 6- 6-15 t$1.75 common (quar.) Insurance class Ltd., 7S1.50 8- 4-30 4-30 150c ; — Food 35c 4-30 5-14 5-16 t20c Industries, conv. Common 50C 5-14 62 Ac Co., Ltd.— — Catelli 5% 62 Ac Ltd.— Industrial Alcohol Carman & 7-15 5-10 1 t25c Capwell, Sullivan & Furth 6% 6% preferred (quar.) 6% preferred (quar.) 7-30 6- 5-10 t$1.12% 5-17 2 15c J18%c common (quar.)___ Extra 5-14 5-25 Ltd.— Cos., Ltd. (quar.)— Canadian'Tire Corp,, Ltd. (quar.) 5-14 5-10 6-15 Ltd.— 5-16 5- 5-20 $30c Canadian 1 5-20 t50c , Co., Machine Co., preferred 6-1 5-10 5-20 31 %c 37 Ac $1.12 A (quar.) 6-10 $3, (s-a) pfd. B 6- 4-30 5-28 1 5-14 6-30 5-20 5-16 Ltd.— 2 $1.06% 7-30 6-14 50c 5-20 (quar.) A 5% 4 6-15 (quar.) Common 5- 5-14 8-15 *25c Food Canadian 1 6-15 9-15 J25C preferred Class 6- 7 4-30 common Canadian Canadian 5-18 5-26 (quar.) Fairbanks-Morse A 5-31 7 2 6-20 Common Canadian 5- 6-16 Common class 6-10 5-16 6- 30c 12'/2C — Ltd. Canadian 4'/2% 20c 50c *6-1 $1.13% 7 710- 132 Ac Company, 4»/4% preferred (quar.) Carrier Corporation Case (J. I.) Co., common (quar.) 7% preferred (quar.) 30C (quar.) (quar.) (quar.)—— 10-. 1 5-16 35c : Co.;-common $2.50 5-10 25c (quar.) (quar.)—,_■ preferred 1 10- 7-28 10-28 Co- pfd. Common 5- 1 10-28 130c J20c Dock & 1 6- 8 33 Ac 41/2% Western 5-15 7- J50c Canadian 6- 6 7-28 (quar.) ,) Ltd.— Foundry Forgings, 5-16 25c 5- 27 Ac (quar.) (quar.)_„ 6- $1.50 J ... Ltd., 737 '/a c 712'/aC 1 t25c Cottons, Capital Wire Cloth (quar.)——_ ... (quar.)._ (quar.) Foundry Co., Capital Estates preferred 6 6- t25c & 5-16 i 6 5- 15c ______ (quar.) 5-16 Inc 5- 1 25c com. 4.4% Utilities, Ltd., 5% 4 1 6- 125c - Co., Canadian Co., Ltd.— 6 6- $1.12 % (quar.) A 5-14 ; 5- t20c Car $1.50 9 5-10 1 137 Ac Canadian 4 6- 5- 3 6- 30c ... (quar.)_ common Breweries, 1 (quar.) Howell 6-10 6-15 1 G- 37 Ac Canadian 6- Mills, Beneficial 5-14 6- c m 6- Shoe Corp., 4%% pfd. (quar.)_ Manufacturing Co. (quar.) ^ Holding Corticelli, Ltd., common & 1 5-14 25c 30c — Lumber 4V!i% 6- 5-16 130c Liquidating 7% 5-13 1 1S3.50 & 75 c 4-30 6- 5-14 5-16 5-25 130C (quar.) 20c — (s-a) 1 6-30 1 725c 15c common (A. S.) 7% $1 12-13 6- 5-26 6- $1 (quar.) (quar.) & Cannon Co.___—— Power & Paper A 15c 1-2-50 2c 6 87 %c (quar.) Co., Ltd., 6'/4% Co. Oil Body 5-16 Akron 5% Co., Belden fl5c Aircraft Seelig Mfg. Mfg. Co., 6% $1.40 6-15 25c (quar.)__ 5c 3 7U'/aC Extra 2 6-15 J50c 8%C (quar.) — Batavia 50c ——_______ Co. 7- 1 — $1 tyd., $1 preferred (s-a) Co.__^____ D.) J25c t$1.15 (quar.) Show, common preferred Class 5-10 25c —t$1.25 Aetna-Standard Engineering Co, common I 5'b preferred (quar. )___* ; Agnew 7- 8%C 5-17 50c Malting Co., Ltd Class 8%c Bathurst — :__j dividend Wire 20c A Class 1 125c Canada Safeway Ltd., Canada Vinegars, Ltd $1 5-17 6- 3 7'/a ; Power Foundries Class 5-16 0-24 (quar.) & Wyant Class 6- 7 87 %c 87V2c Service, preferred Common t5c 5- 6- Concen¬ (quar.) Cement 5-20 710c 5-20 5-16 15c Storage & Distributing Co.— Canada 5-18 (quar.)— Barlow 5.3% Campbell 6-15 712 %c 6-15 1 130c Packing, 6-13 25c ___2—____ (quar.)——— Shippers Insurance Co. (quar.)— (W. H.) Company (quar.) Barber-Ellis, Ltd. (quar.) Ltd.— (quar.) (quar.)______. Acme Glove Works Acme Payable of Rec. & preferied Water $1 5-16 1 6- 25c Mining -- Co. preferred 5-11 5-31 6-20 1 45c (quar.) California 5-18 5-26 6- 7- 20c preferred Electric 1 preferred Extra i_ Company Cold prior Canadian Steel M.) 6-13 6-10 6-15 6-15 $1.25 ... (quar.)_ $1.50 partic. preferred (quar.H. California Cotton Mills Co. (quar.) 6% 7-15 20c 1. .6-16 25c $1.25 common Canada North West Land Co., 50b Barber Holdere .) "(quar.) Co Canada 6-30 5-13 1 30c 5-13 56 %c Bankers & ; partic. Participating 5% When com. (participating)—. (participating) Jackson Canadian (quar.) 6- 5-16 5-13 preferred 6% (A. 50c — 5-18 5-16 1 6- 5-16 6-15 1 $1.50 9 1 ^— 1 5-16 (quar.) preferred (s-a) $2 — (Conn.) 6- 6-15 (quar.) pref. Common :v $1.50 $7%c 6- 5-13 5- 7-30 6- 5-17 1 6-15 6- 6-15 2 6- 90c 40c 10% 2 6- 6-30 130c $1.50 Ltd.— 6- 8 1 ; (quar.) California 5-10 8 78- 30c — (quar.) 5% 7- 115c (quar.) $1.75 ___________ —— Radio (accum.) Burroughs Adding Machine Co. (quar.) Burton-Dixie Corp. (quar.) Butler Brothers, 4'/2% preferred (quar.) Butterfly Hosiery Co. Ltd., com. (quar.) 1 , lOd (s-a) ) (quar.) 2nd A 5-18 Engine Co.— Products, preferred 7 7 : B 6-15 6- 1 6- 6- Manufacturing Co J Corp., common (quar.) B California 1 7- 2 2 (s-a) Sullivan pref. California 6-15 7-15 7- (quar.) Class $1.25 5-16 1 20c Class Byron 4-21 6- 25c A (The) Canada (quar.)—— (B. Baltimore Class Byers 4-29 4-21 7- Mills A 6-15 7% 1% Below Class 7% 1 5-20 5-20 Co., Ltd.— 9-15 50c Porcelain & 1 7% • Burns 6- 160c 125c ■_ Co. & conv. 1 6- 4-30 4-30 Ltd.— preferred class preferred 10- 25c (quar.) T.), Inc. (quar.) Building, Inc, (quar.) 7- Co., (quar.) preferred $1.25 c 5-14 -+0.234375 Products, Ltd. (quar.) 7- 6- Balfour 4% 7 93 %c .) (quar.) com. Machine (F.) 3V2% 4-29 1 Ayshire Collieries Corp. 1 6-23 6-30 b-27 Babbitt 6- 6-30 20c 5-31 6-15 1 6- 15c 5-31 25c 6- 4-22 (quar.)_—_—_— 6-15 2 8 1 (irreg.) 6-10 73V2c 7- 6- Allied 20c Lcc._ 5-10 Manufacturing Corp. 715c Ltd. 1 6- 6- (quar.) Service Canteen 6- 725c ___• 1-21 6- (quar.) RR.( common Mines, & Burlington 3V'2% 6- 25c Line Hill Burkart 1 2 6-20 40c Forge CompanyFund, Ltd Bunker 5-21 715c (quar.) Automatic 6- 75c (quar.) (quar.) 1-31-50 62'/2 (quar.)_ 6-16 Buffalo 10-22 l$1.12% Co.__ A 25c Ltd. Gold Die Bullock 7-22 1 — ■ Co. Co. Corp. Electric Class 25c Extra Wilsil. Powder Auto 5 1 1 1 — (quar.) common preferred Tack 5-19 6-10 68- 11- Oil preferred Buell 65- 130c 1 (quar.) Pipe $1.25 Imperial Diesel A $5 6-14 $3 —________ Lines Atlantic 6- 7-1 75c (quar.)— pfd. (quar.)— Coast Atlantic 6-24 6-14 2 ; ; Co. preferred 1 6-20 1 20c Dry Goods, 1st 5-17 17'/2c 7- $1 6-15 1 5- t$l Ltd.- —— partic. (quar.)___ 1 6- 5-16 (J. H.) Hardware, Ltd.— A 7- 62 Vac (quar.i V/liitin Machine Works Co., $6 5-13 6-15 5-16 5-14 . common Company Company Budd 5-10 715c iqunr.)_ —_—— & 6-10 731'/4c 1 $1.50 class A Buda 5-25 6- 30c (quar.) registered (final)—_—;— Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. (quar.) 6-10 6 $1.50 (s-a) Ordinary 50c : 5- $1.50 2nd preferred (quar.)_ Associated Electrical Industries, 6-30 5-31 6-15 $2.25 7% 50c 1 75c (s-a) Ltd Co Co., Creek Buckeye 5-25 112%c Common Co., Hoffman Series Corp., 7- 25C $3 Corp Cork Associated Atlas 5 20c Inc (quar.) $1.75 ; 5-20 75c $1 6% 1 6- 60c (quar.) $1 :• 75C 40c Class 3 50c 5-20 : Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., $5 preferred (quar.) Buck 4-29 17 %c B trating common—________ Arnold 4-29 6- 1 Development Atlantic S. Stores ,6-10 750c 750c class A.._-__ 6-24 preferred (quar.)—1 3.75% preferred (quar._______ 5-31 5-26 5-16 6 4% 6-15 25c Ltd., Co., $5 preferred Armstrong 6-10 7 Inc. Co., , ' $5 preferred (quar.) Steel 6-20 5- preferred 6% Edison Ashdown 725c Corp., Farms Armco 1 5-28 . Corp., Ltd., common 4V2% convertible preferred 1 Corp.___ 59' Western 1 30c Artists United 5-20 6- $1.75 (quar.) United U. ■ 5-16 3c (s-af B United. 5-27 G-30 0- 1 6- . 5-11 5-25 Ltd. Extra Mills Argo Oil Corp. 5-27 ' Forging Steel RR. Co., (quar.) preferred (s-a) 5-13 15c (quar.i Amusement Class Cotton 6- 25c 6- 6-15 6-15 1 lOd Mills, Ltd., Class 1 6- 75c (final) Forest preferred Bruck 1 6- $3 (final) Shoe $3.60 . 5-18 6- $2 ) (quar.) 1 25c Common 5-31 6- 7 (quar.)___ Anglo-Newfoundland 5-25 6-10 6-15 Brown 4 5- common Products Post Anheuser-Busch, "r 4- 5-13 (quar.) Works preferred Arden 50c 5-14 15c (quar.) Co., Ltd., (quar.) registered Rubber 5-19 5- 5-16 1S1.50 common Company, * com.— 1 1 5-15 6-15 68 %c Vancouver, Tobacco Brown 5-21 8-22 5- Co., (quar.) preferred (quar.) Anglo-Canadian Telephone, 5-23 1 1 6-15 5-31 Refining & 1 1 75c (quar.)— Columbia 5-20 5- (s-a)___ com. Oil Brown 5-31 1 5-20 1 25c Brooklyn Union Gas Co.— 5-21 $0.61826 Company, 5-25 3 6-10 6- 25c $4.50 5-21 75c __v_— Inc. United Amoskeag 6-15 6- 6-15 preferred— $3 Foundries Water 6-1 36'/tC 1 5-28 1 (The)' Williams Troy & Greenbush Uarco. iDetroitf_ (increased Haute Water Works, Transue Co. Corp.__j.__; * 6 % • 2nd preferred Fyir—See, Fair Thrift Steel American Arizona 7- 5-16 6- 6-10 6-15 30c 6-15 6-20 1 25c 1 94c 7- 12»/ac Argus __ Insurance (Ky.i Co., American Tobacco Co. 40C. (quar.) c British 5-20 1 6- 1 of prelerred Ordinary Ordinary 5-16 1 6- t$l American 3% 7o 6-15 (quar.)_ 6- 6 1 f Sanitary (quar.) Service American 6% 6- 7- $1.25 (quar.)_ Y.) Corp. Co. Participating American Smelting 8 5-13* 66- 6- ; ; preferred British 5-31* 1 Rubber, (s-a) Bristol-Myers Co., 5-10 1 6- (quar.)— (N. Razor G-15 6- 6- 6-10 5-13 5-15 .« 3%% 5-13 1 6-12 Extra 5-10 37'/a c 6% 6-15 1 $1.75 6-1. i 6- 2 1 16c & Distillers 5- 66- 25c Traction, Light & Power Co., & 5-16 60c America of B Brewers 6-20 $1.06% Semi-annual 5-10 6- • American Class 3 1 $1 Extra 17M»c 12 !2c -ic-ai Storkiine Furniture Corp. Sunshine Seating 40c Inc. Co. Safety 6- 7-1 30c 7% preferred (quar.) American Re-Insurance Co. American 6 6- 9- * 6-15 $1.50 6-15 preferred 1 6-23 (quar.) Hose 7- 30c (quar.) com. Inc., $2.75 pref. (quar.)— Bower Roller Bearing Co. Bowes Co., Ltd., class A (quar.),. 5-11 20c A Stavdaut & 17 !'2C 5-14 5- 25c common 6% 20c 5-14 25c • Co._ Radiator Corp., 6% 5-10 $1 pfd. Anchor Manufacturing Co.— Accident Standard Pulley American Arcade (quar.i prefer) ed Standard American 5% Lines, $1.25 (quar.) 5•>( preferred, (quar.) Southwestern States- Telephone Sports President 5-16 ; 1 37'/a c 5-17 , 6- Woven 3 6-20 30c Bourjois, 5-10 31'Ac (quar.)— A 5-16 30c 1 si. 12% class 1 97 ■ 4%% Chemical, 6- 1 50c > (quar,) 5-31 6- $1.12 V2 preferred (s-a) A.mpco Metal. 6% conv preferred, (quar.) com. 6-15 28'/a common-- $1,061/4 Sioux Southern 6-15 $1.50 ______________ . 6-15 t40c . 't 15c $1.50 Extra Ltd., preferred series American 6-15 5-20 31 '4 c (quar.) & American Association, 1 Fund Boston 6- 1 $1.35 Company (interim quar.) Boston 1 7- $1.05 (quar.) Investment Trust Borden British-American Class B $4 6- 10c — Potash 3 37 >/2c preferred American 6- 75c preferied (quar.) Meter Co., Inc American News Co. (bi-monthly) 6-10 7- __ (qufi).i Remedial increased i 6-10 50c (quar.) Oil Steel Products, Inc.- (quar.) St.-Joseph Lead Co. (irreg.) St. Joseph Water, 6% -preferred (qvur.) San^ Francisco 2 90c Saf way Sail 7- $1.50 iquar.i preferred Richfieid 6-10 6-15 Bond Illinois— 4V2% Tobacco—• r.) preferred 4.60% iquar.i__; 2 25c Reynold; 7- 3 62 V2c American 25c J- 4V2 % 6- 75c preference A (quar.)_-__—— 4'/2% preference (quar.) 5% preference (quar.)___ American Machine & Foundry Co 6-15 5-25 >'■' 30c 5- 4-21* 6-15 50c preferred (quar.) (quar.) Co., preferred 9 7- 60c (quar,)— com. (quar.) preferred (quar.) Sivalls & Bryson, Inc., Brazilian 6% pfd. (quar.)_ (monthly) Leather, 5 5-20 5-16 $1.18% Products Metal 5-16 —• quar.) Light, 5- 6-20 $1.50 ■ _ - (Phila.), common (quar.)_. $3 preferred (quar.) Blaw-Knox Company (quar.) Blumenthat (Sidney) & Co. (quar.) 5-14 50c & 1 15c ' 6- 50c Blauner's 5-31 5C (quar.) Power (quar.)— ! 6-20 4-25 50c _ common 1 $1.75 : 1 7- 5-16 OOC j 7- 50c - 4.25% 5-15 1 6- 50c - (initial). (quar.) 4-30 50c - preferred 5.40 % Black, 75c conv. American (111.) — 3A'' preferred iquar.) Republic Insurance Co. (Texas) iquar.) Republic Steel Corp., common iquar.) $4.20 5-20 62'/2c Co.— Investment Co. of Common $1.25 1 preferred Black Hills 5-16 1 6- 6% 5-17 6-10 6- 5-31 30c common (quar.) & Home 5-19 1 i 2c Ltd. Rath 6-1 7- 45c __ Hide American (quar.) Ltd. Bigelow-Sanford Carpet, 12'/2c — •J i : Bickle-Seagrave, 4-30 5-16 Co.— - 4 $1.25 common— Cement 5-16 15c & & Extra Holdert Payable of Rec. t25c (quar.) Limestone Company (quar.) Betheleheiq Steel Corp., common., ,*'•< 7% preferred (quar.) Bibb Manufacturing Co. (quar.)_. 9 5- 1 5c (quar.) preferred Amerian 5- 6- 40c (quar.) Co., Inc. Electric & preferred 6-6 •T$2 pfd. is-ai Hampshire^*----' Co., American General Corp., $2 $3 preferred (quar.) American 45c — 1 1 6-30 6- 4 (quar.) B When 51 Ltd.— (irreg.) preferred (quar.) 4% Best 5-12 75c Co., (increased > Common $2.50 6- 6- 35C —A 1 25c (quar.) Furniture Gas < 6- $1.25 preferred (quar.)— preferred American Inc. Service Co. & 5-31 $2 iquar.) Hoe conv. 4l*A% Pricjt Brothets & Co., Ltd., 4% Fork conv. 5-27 Urreg. I Co. & $1.25 •• 40C : Socket Co. Forging 6-15 6- 6-15 — (quar.) 8 6-10 50c 4/ $1.25 (reduced) Cable & 6-30 25c Co. Shares Co. 87V2C - ~ Can Chain American $1.75 Power 5-14 87»/aC — convertible preferred 5% 25c —__ America iquar.).- Electric 4-30 6-10 12 %c (initial quar.) Business 1 6-21 6- preferred Potomac 5-14 ;r' 750C — Board Box American 6- $1.75 quarterly preferred 5% 40c 1 Bosch Corp.— American 50c Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Ry.— Potash 5-12 30C Co. 8 $1.12V2 (quar.U-.—_——•<-_ RR. 1 37 %c (quar.)_ 6- . ____ Erie 6- 70c preferred $3.50 5-20 20C (quar.) _L_ Lake & 6-20 725C 1 Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical Co.— $5 7-20 A Share & Sons, Common 9 7- $1 : —-— 6- 30c (quar.i Co.) Arch 5- Class Canada, Ltd.— (irreg.)____ Amer. Automobile Ins. Co. (St. Louis) ■ & preferred Bessemer 11 —--— J20c i quar.i Company—. (Charles 3 A Class 5-10 75c (quar.) Corp. (s-a)__— Airlines, Increased Extra Pfizer 5-10 ' J5c (quar.i 6- 5-25 5-14 1 (John) 5-25 25c 62 '/2C com. Name of Company 6-15 37 %o — (quar.) (quar.) of Holding Amerex American (quar.) Exploration Co. preferred 30c Metals Inc. Ltd. Aluminium, 7 _ iThei (quar.)—r_—— , 6- - Per Payable of Reo. 25c — Corp., common (quar.)__—— 4% preferred (quar.)— ________—. Alloy Cast Steel Co. (quar.) — Alpha Portland Cement (quar.) —— 6-15 __ Permanente Co. (2143) Holdere 40c. $1.12% )—- (s-a) common Stores $2.50 Patterson-Sargent Co. Pennsylvania Lxchange Bank iN. Y.) is-aiPennsylvania State Water,. $7 pfd. iquar.) Perfex Corp.; 4'/2.% preferred iquar.) Permutit Co., Laboratories, Allied 6-10 7- tl5c t$1.25 When Bertram preferred (quar,)— 5% Dredging, Ltd-— : Manufacturing Co.. Ltd., preferred (quar.) + 7'./ 1 3 > , — Go'd j t35c Parker-Rust-Proof Co. Pa to 6- __j. tquar.)_ - (quar.)_-_— preferred Finance Anes Paeolei Parker 6-15 — Light. Heat & Power, Ltd.. commonpreferred (quar.i Mfg. Co., 3 % preferred (s-ai 5'/< 1 56V4C Ottawa ■ 6- 7- 20c Supply Beauty $4.50 5-20 1 6-20 ; Share Name of Company CHRONICLE Allegheny-Lu^tum Steel Corp— Allied Participating convertible preferred (quar.). Partic.palihg convertible preferred iquar.) • 6- 28c _ ____ 5-12 $1.25 ... Life 5-24 5-26 /■ _• Quarterly- 6-10 ' 5-18 Allied 3.90% .prefeired j4_____+--n-_. j Ohrbachs, Inc., S2.25 ..preferred A < quar.i— - 5-25 50c * Old; Line Payable of Ree 30c iqucr.t Per (Wis.)—' Co.. FINANCIAL & Holdert $1 (o.har.)._-__-_-:-i-Vr--T^r,-^tI; Service Common , Co. Power preferred1 Ohio Share '.7 (quar.) Oklahoma .Gas Co.^-—- Northern. States 5% *J';V ( -<• Co. RR. COMMERCIAL THE Number 4803 $1.25 common. 6- THE (2144) 52 Name > of Company Central Central National Central New Central 3.6% Central Central & Central : 4.15% Chain West Co 5- 2 1% preferred (quar.) $1.75 7- 1 7% preferred (quar.) $1.75 9-30 9-16 iquar.j 40c 7-15 7- 1 Cuban $1.25 7- 6-16 90c 6- 1 5-14 Culver 35c 6-30 6-20 Cuneo — 20c 5- 5 5 5-14 5- 17c 5-16 1 6- 6-15 6- 5-13 Dahlstrom 6-13 Davis $3.50 6- 1 5-23 6- 1 5-17 Deere Class — Chickasha 6 Delaware & 4-30 Dennison Class Common 5-20 7-15 (quar.) Electric & Cincinnati preferred (quar.)— New Orleans & 5% preferred (quar.) 5% preferred (quar.) City Auto Stamping Co 4% 5% 5-16 4-15 5% 7-20 35c 6- 1 5-10 $1 6- 1 5-10 6- 1 5-15 Disher 9- 1 8-15 6- 1 5-23 Dixie 15c 5-15 5-27 Dr. 6-15 5-27 Corp. 4% 6-15 (stock Dome 12-31 12-15 1 5-15 dividend) — Machine Corp. 5-15 7- I special 50c 6- 1 7% 87 %c (monthlyi 6- 1 20c 1— (quar.) Industries 6- 1 1 Clorox Chemical Co. Aluminum Club Coca-Cola Company, $3; class Coca-Cola Class A common- International A 5-25 Donohue Corp., 6-15 $7.50 common 7- 1 6-15 Mines, Douglas Ltd..- — prior prior preferred 1 7- 1 «- 1 Bros. 1 6-15 Dover 3 5-16 & 11-15 11-10 Car lc 6-15- 6- 6- 1 9- 1 75c 3-1-50 Fraser 37 %c Companies, 4%% 1 4% Ltd. Co., Class A $1.20 " preferred $20c (quar.) Cockshutt Plow 30c 5-14 (quar 20c 6- 1 5- 2 $20c 9- 1 8- 1 — Quarterly — Colonial 4% Stores, Colorado 5% 6- 1 Co., Gair (Robert) 5-20 1 5-20 6- 1 5-20 Dun — 45c 6- 1 5-14 25c 6- 1 5- 9 5- 9 ; 5-20 5-14 6% preferred (quar.) 30c 9-10 6- 5-20 6% preferred (quar.) 30c 12-20 12- 1 6-25 6-10 Gamewell Co. 25c 5-16 5- 6 7- 1 6-10 Year-end 75c 5-16 5- 6 $1.12% 5-15 5- 25c 6-20 6 3 e- 1 5-16 6- 1 5-16 (This 6- 1 5-20 5- Gar 7-30 6-30 5-17 6- General Cigar 5-14 4-29 Common preferred 6- 5-16 4% 1 Finance 5-18 7- 2 General Manifold 7- 2 6-1 General Mills, 6- General 1 5-15 4-15 6- 1 5- 6- $1.25 Ltd.____. ?15c fincieasedi 1 4 Motors General 5-14 7- 1 6% 7-15 7- 1 General 8IV4C 7-15 7- 1 General 6- 5-20 General 6-20 General Class Class 35c 5-16 5- 6 5% 50c 7- 1 25c 7- 30c 5-14 4-20 Carbon Co. (quar.) Shearing 18 %c : 5-16 $1.06 % 5- 2 Corp (Del.) Confederation Connecticut CO. River Power, Consolidated Coal Consolidated Edison Co. preferred of 6- 1 9- 1 1 preferred B (accum.I $1.50 8- 1 7-15 6% preferred B (accum.) $1.50 11- 1 10-14 •115c 6- 1 5-14 1 Consolidated Eastern Sugar Associates, Utilities Eaton i,'i 40C 6- 1 5-16 Eddy J $ 1.50 6-15 6-10 6-15 6-10 1 '5-16 Natural Consolidated Paper $1 6- 1 5-14 '40c 6-15 5-13 25c 6-25 6-15 Mills, Ltd. (initial) Power $4.52 Corp. preferred ' 4% of $3.75 - preferred 6- 5-16 5- 2 5-31 4-29 5-20 5- 7- 7- 75c Copper & Stc-el Industries— preferred (quar.) 5% Continental Cook Gin Co.. 4%% pfd. Cooksville Co., Ltd., class A Stock v $3 prior Copper Coio, | (initial 5- 5-20 1 6-15 7- 31!4c ___ 5 5-25* 1 6-15* 5-31 5-10 $1.13 7- 25c 6- 1 6- 1 5rl3 6- Range Inc. Class 1 6-15 1 Electric Co B Cosmos , New & Common i 6% Crown $1 Crown $2 Cork Cork Crown Cork & Crown $4 Corp., Seal 5-11 4-29 4-29 6- 5-12 6-1 * 1 5-12 Ely 5-14 6- 1 $1.50 • 6-10 7- ' 5c ___ 6- 1 1 6-20 5-14 5- 3 Corp.— Corp., 25c- 7-1 25c 5-20 Empire (quar.) 5-24* 5-16 4-15 +50c ________ 40c ' preferred Crum & ,-Forster, 8% ' (quar.i, 7- $1 6-10* 4 1 6- $$2 1 (ouar.i.—— pfd. (quar.)_ preferred 5-25 5-16 25c 5-30 5-14 6-15 5-26 4-29 Inc., preferred convertible 2 5-25 5-14 6-25 6-15 5-15 1 5-20 5-20 6-10 5-20 6-30 6-13 5-14 5-14 37%c 66- 6-15 $1.25 6-15 —_ (quar.)— (quar.)— Co ;— .' $1 6- 5-16 5-16 5-16 - lf 6-1. 1 6- 2 5-16 6-15 35c (quar.) 2 5- 1 $1 5- 1 $1 (quar.)__ common 6-10 $2.50 (quar.)——— (qur.r.) Co. 1 6- 5c common Rubber, 6- $1 15c iquar.)___ preferred W.) 6- 37%c (quar.i. — <H. 6-30 6- Dry 6- Class 80c Credit, (quar.) Co., 5- 6- 8 5-20 preferred 6- 5-12* 7-15 pfd. (quar.)^ 5-15 5- 2 50c 5-16 4-30 7-30 6-30 40c 1 75c 6- 1 10c 7- 1 $1.25 6- 1 $1.25 9- 1 12- 1 8- 1 (quar.) $5 preferred A (quar.)__i. preferred A V- (quar.) Ltd., 5% pfd. Fajardo Sugar (quar.) (quar.) Brewing Corp., N. Common 4V2% 7- 1 common 10- Federal Ferro SSrew (quar.) Co. of of Firemen's • 2 : Co. (Newark. N. 5- 7 6-14 5-31 shares 8c shares Rubber Equipment Stock J.) • . 5-31 preferred . Corp., (quar.) $2 Simmons Quarterly & _s I"1 4 \ 1 5-13 ;r.5-i3 ,, 5-31 5-31 7c 5-31 .5rl3 5-31 5-13 $1.25 — 5-31. 8c shares Gypsum I 6-10 1 & 9-15 6-30 Hale 6-10 5-31 Hallnor 6-15 6- 1 Hamilton 3 Hamilton 6- 4-18 5-14 4-18 4% A.) Company, $1.12% SI 6- ' 1 Co. Inc'. Connell (quar.) • 5-13 Stores M)nes, Cotton Watch Co., Co., Oil 7- 1 6- 6-11 35c 6- 1 1 5-16 25c 6- 1 5-16 25c 6- 1 5-21 Stock Ltd.__ll_ common 6- 1 V"5-14 1 5-16 6- 1 6-15 6-15 r <*$1 50c 1 6- , 5-10 6- 5-24 . 5-24■ , ' 5-16' 1 5-16 5-16 ' on class A dividend and payable class in A stock. 5-16 6-30 6-10 4% "6-10 6- 25c ■ B—- class 1 $1 L_.—' 1 ' ' Wholesale (quar.) Co.— . _j_——_i—— , 50c 6- 1 5* —*r 5-11 ,7-20 '$1.50 (17 %c . 7- 6 E-10 6- 1 w - '"'..i v-ttiw.,"" ' 5-1 • Refractories Common (quar.) 6% preferred (quar.) Harrison 5-10 1 50c —_ 6- 25c J— 5-14- 1 6-.1 .. 55c — 5-16- 6-1 6- '■ .J$7c ~ $22%c (quar.)— (quar.) Harbison-Walker ' Dredge & Dock Co. 1 6-1 6- (quar.)—25c —————- 1 Year-end 5-16 6- ? 85c preferred (quar.i (Calif.) class A (quar.) Extra 3 2 8- 1 11- 75c v" J— convertible B 1 $1.06V4 Inc. Ltd-,. 6-10 .5- - 12-1 40c (s-a) (quar.) Extra 5-14 SI.25 . 5-13 ... 1 9- $25c common—/ (quar.) Water Brothers Class 6- $25c preferred 8-11 ■ preferred, (s-a) ; 5-13' Ltd. Canada, ^ Hackensack 8-16 5-16 r of $25c (M. $4.25 6-15 6-25 $5 preferred- Alabastine Quarterly 5-13 1 Lime Quarterly Quarterly Hancock i '5-13 7c Til ' 5-13 5c shares Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR., — 5% Fitz V; .5-31' ~ V4%% 5-13. 8c '■ — — Tobacco Utilities , Co.t- shares shares-.. :ps. : 5-31 9c 3c — 5-17 7- 25c preferred (quar.) Fishman'-(M. H.i Co., 5-16 7c —_—. 5-17 10- $1.25 Carpet; Co., common.^reduced) 5-31 5-13 shares 5-16 7- 35c Firth 6-30 5-31 1$1 (s-a) 5-13 $2 5-13 8c Priced shares 6-15 5-30» 25c York $1.75 5-31 Hajoca Corporation ; & 5-13 10c Company 1 (s-a) (quar.)____ Semi-annual Firestone' Tire 5-13 40c Philadelphia Insurance 5-13«- 5-31 6-15 $2.50 Canada Corp Association 5-13- 5-31 Hanna (quar.)_j. Works 5-31 5-31 — Steel shares , (Syra¬ • Enamel 5-13 , 9c Railroad 7 $2.50 Corp. 5-13 5-31 5-31 5-10 6- 50c Semi-annual Federal-Mogul shares Railroad 8 1 (quar.)J 50.1856 V„ 5-13 1 6- Y.), Insurance 5-31 10c Petroleum - pfd. quar.)__ (quar.) Fire 5-13 9c shares.^ Railroad Bond shares 5-13 6- 115c Farmers & Traders Life Insurance Co. ■* Bond Merchandising Mining shares 6-_3 11- 15C-: ' Federal 5-31 5-13 10c Low 5-10 50c Co (increased 5-13 Investing 6-20 50c (quar.) Extra Common Administered General 6-20 125c Co. Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd._ Falstaff 5-13 5-31 Industrial Machinery shares Institutional Bond shares——! . & 5-31 * A 5% preferied Fairbanks-Morse 5-31 12c shares Fully 11-15 125c 9-20 " 8-15 $1.25 1 6c Food : preferred Mills. 7- V Co. $5 Esmond 1 $1 (s-a) 7- 10- 4-29 7c Equipment shares 150c 6 5-16 7c shares 37 %c 5- 5-16 10c Electrical 2 9 5-13 9c Chemical 5- 1 9c — 5-13 5-15 9 5- $30c _' 1 20c 5- 5-27 •>"j "nr, shares 6- 2 5-27 90c shares 2 6- 56V4C shares shares Building 5- Johnson t$l Inc.— 5-20 5- 5-25. 25c 1 5-15 11-25 5% 6- 5-15 (quar.) preferred Automobile 25C preferred Railroad Agricultural 6-15 25c Corp., common (quar.) (quar.) Equity Corporation, $3 convertible preferred, 20c 6-28 1 $1.25 Enamel &- Heating Products, Ltd.: Erie 7-15 7- Aviation (quar.) 8-25 12-15 & (quar.) Group Securities, 6-28 9-15 Knight Co.— 50c $1 Smelting (increased) common Co. 60C ; A 1 Ltd., Mining, $2.25 preferred (quar.) Great West Felt Co., Ltd.— 1 fc. 6-15 $25c (quar.)_ dividend & .5-17 * $2oc $25c A $1.85 prior preferred (s-a) Grayson-Robinson Stores, Inc.— 6 25c Co., Union Graton 5-13 6- $1.50 prior preferred A (quar.) Employers Reinsurance (quar.) 4% 5- 5-20 $2.50 (s-a)_—— class ; Consolidated Stock 5-20 preferred (quar.) Grand 2 6-22 A Power 5-18 (quar.) com. (s-a) class 5% Company, Ltd., (quar.) Granby 6-14 15c (s-a) preferred B ~ 1 30c Drug. 8% .preferred (quar.)_______ & Bay State Telegraph Co.— Employees 1 5-16 70c Goods Inc., & A Class 5-18 1 7- 10c preferred Graflex, Grafton 6-14 ; (quar.) Co First ' 7% pfd. pfd. common Gossard 15c 6-13 1 6- $1.05 _____ Ltd.— preferred Co., 5-16 25c guaranteed (quar.) Empire District Electric, 5% < Crum & Forster Securities, Rubber 6-15 $1.06 % ; 4% 4-12* 6-15 «• common common— $4.20 preferred- (qu»r.)_. Crows Nest pass Coal Co., 2nd Fire '50c Ltd. 1st Emerson 4-30 6-15 $1 • 6- 4 1 5-31 10c 10c 4% Manufacturing 75c Rubber & Walker & 7% ?• A.._ 12%c (quar.) Gorhain $1.02% Ferries 6% i — Inc., ] Co National' Watch cuse, $20c — Co., 2nd 1 9334c (quar Works— 6- $1 Ltd.. 5-16 . ; class Co., Seal Zelierbach 5-20 5-27 5-16 (quar.) convertible 6-13 $37 Vac common preferred Loom (quar.) (quar.) & preferred 9 .$$1.25 Ltd., Ltd.— "V International A 6- 5-16 (increased) Capital class 3%% Knowles preferred Crown .• Mills, Company, 6-24 t!2c (initial) common Crane Crompton 9 $12c A (quar.) Imperial 9 6- 25c class — preferred 6- 6-24 20c __ Ltd., 4-18 5-20 6-20 $2c 1 6- 30c Co Electric .Hose Elgin quar.)__ (quar.)_. Nut Corp. of America Boat 5-16 6-24 75c (quar.) Corrugated Paper Box Co., 5% 50c 50% (quar.)__ Corporate Investors, Co., Goodyear Tire & $5 5-15 5-31 5c : State Class $5 $15c ; _ preferred $20c (quar.) ! Company, 6% Brewing Co. 4% 6-29 25c com. (quar.) 37%c 21c (monthly) preferred Stop Electric 5-13 75c ^ quar.) dividend 4-14 Mfg 125c __ (quar.) (quar.) Auto-Lite • (quar.) (quar,)'_ preferred 4Vi % Elastic f common d $ 1.50 C.) Goodall-Sanford, Co.— (initial Electric Cooper-Bessemer Corp.— New A (extra) 6-29 5-16 20c Ltd Co.. (H. Goodali 5 5-25 6-29 (quar.) Extra Golden 5 5- V 7-15 (quar.) Ltd.. Co. 21c class common Gas common Endicott (quai. Paint & Varnish, common prior preference (quar.) $3 > 6-10 6- $1 93 %c _______ 1 9 5-20 ;25c f,: 1 Continental , Ltd. 5- 5-25 6-15 ! Goebel 4-22 5-16 50c (monthly) Natuial 4.10 % 6-10 ,v Paso New 5-16 1 1 50c ' (quar. i 1 6- $37 Vic (quar.)—— El 6-15 6- common common 5-23 50c 5-21 6-15 1 $1.13 America, Co., 1 1 7- $1.12% (quar.)—. Can 67- I5UC ' Continental 7 fl2c (quar.) (quar.) preferred 4-15 " (quar.) cojnmon ' Container 5- 5-16 J15c — Consumers Co., 5-14 53c — preferred preferred 5-16 30c (quar.) Consumers $4.50 1 6- $1 x (initial) (s-a)„ Theatres, Ltd., class A (quar.) Glass Co., Ltd. (quar.)— 5 6-15 $10 (liquidating) Consolidated ' 6-25 25C ' common Common 5-16 1 25C Stores, Consolidated Textile 6- 6- (quar.) (quar.)__ Trust, Ltd., Edgewaler Steel Co., $1.50 (quar.).. Co Retail preferred New 56V4c _ (s-a)__* $1.25 (accum.)_ x A.) Bennett Oil 5% 2 6-10* ' (quar.) Gas Co., pfd. (quar.) Co. Investment Paper $5 Associates Manufacturing Economic Y.__ Liquidating Corp. Consolidated Consolidated Ltd.___ 5-15 ' 4-30 $1.25 Laundries Products, 6-10 1 G- 5-15 (quar.) Consolidated 6-15 12- 75c common $1.50 9-15 Steel (S. Godman 12-15 $1 N. Corp., 6- $1.50 7- (quar.) Co. Consolidated Grocers $1.25 6-15 Globe 2 5- 6-30 7-15 Coiporation $1.50 (accum.) pfd. & Girdler (quar.) Eastern — 6% Gilbert (quar.) (Toronto) — (quar.) Gerrard 4-30 5-20 A $1.25 1". Power 6-15 4 5- 5-16 7-15 Corp. (quar.) Co., preferred (s-a) 5-14 A 2 Corp. Co.. Co. 6-10 preferred $1.50 ___ Quarterly Connecticut 7-15 Marble $1 preferred — • Life, Association Georgia Gerity-Michigan 6% Eastern __ _ 6-16 4-30 6% 5- Wares 1 5-12 5-16 Steel Inc. Utilities 5-15 6-10 $4c Public $1.25 x 5-16 Ltd. (resumed).— ! 6-10 f $12 Mills & Rubber Gentry, 6% : —— _ General Tire 6-25 Ltd.-— Telephone Co.— (quar.) Co. (N. Hi), 7% pfd. Gas RR. Co. (s-a) Eastern Massachusetts Ry.— /' b'% preferred A (quar.) 6-11 $50c 45c Mahonoy 5-20 5-12 $$2.50 5-20 : 7-11 $50c. t30c (quar.) 7-11 1 25c (s-a) 6-15 50c Commonwealth preferred Co 1 8- 40c Corp., 1 25c _ Stamping——if. & Picher 8- 37%c Equipment General 7- 6-10 $1.50 6-10 $1.12% 5 25c Mfg. preferred General (quar.) common East Quarterly -■ Inc., 5-10* i $1 25 (quar.) 6-20 Laboratories— preferred 5-20 Commonwealth & Southern Corp. $6 preferred (accum.) 4(4% B) Bradstreet, 3 Commonwealth International Corp., 5% (Alan convertible & 6- Commercial ; (quar.) • e- $1.25 B common 5- 5-20 93%c common A 5 4-25 5-14 6-15 84%c (quar.) (increased) Products 5 5- 35c ____ preferred (quar.)_! Precision 5- Eagle — 1 5-10 5-10 5-16 50c Corp. (quar.)_ Portland Cement____* 5-15 5- 2 5-25 5-25 ! 10c Paint 5-15 5-16 ' 7- 1 I ■ Advertising— preferred 10c 5-20 Columbian * $1.75 ! 1 Columbia Gas System, Inc. (increased quar.) Columbia Pictures Corp., $4.25 pfd. (quar.) Cone 15c (quar.) 5-13 5-16 12%c (quar.) (quar.) Outdoor Common 7-15 $1 (quar.)___ Corp., • SI (quar.) Printing 3%% preferred 40c h Co. & Inc., preferred $3.75 6-10 5-13 25c 1 $5 3 B (s-a) 125c 6- 5-23 A 8- 5-10 1 1 6- 7%c 6-15 1$1.12% (quar.) 7- 6-15 Corp.— preferred C (s-a) General Foods Corp., common (quar.) Ltd.— 6- rom. 20c $1.75 125c preferred 2 -8 25c common (increased quar.) General Industries $1 Corp.. — convertible General 5-20 8-19 preferred arrears) 125c 35c Iron all (quar.) 137 %c 37V2C & Co., preferred 1 Ltd.— (snecial). Milling & Elevator Co. 4%% clears 5% (quar.i—_ (quar.) Industries, payment Corporation <quar.)__' Gary (Theodore) & Company— $1.60 1st preferred (accum.) 2 5-31 Wood $$1 — Garrett 5-16 (quar.) (quar.)__ common (quar.) 5-20 Ltd ' 2 5-31 preferred Co., 162 %c Broadcasting System, Inc., clars A common (quar.) Fuel Concord 5% 6- 5-18 5-18 5-14 25c Mont 1 6- 62 %c 5- 1 Ltd.— 4Va% preferred (quar.) Dupuis Freres, Ltd., 4.80% pfd. (quar.) Duquesne Light Co., 5% 1st pfd. (quar.i__ Dwight Manufacturing Co.__ Power, preferred Colorado $5 Du 6- 50c — 1 6-10 7% (quar.) preferred 6- 5-16 i 6-10 Corporation, 4% (quar.i 30c Company, common preferred (quar.) Dravo 4% 5-16 1 5c common 6- $1 Co., 5-14 -10c ;30c Investments, (quar.) 6-10 1 (quar.) 1 $ 1.25 common 1 6- 50c (extra) preferred 25c (quar.) preferred 4% ...— ,50c Co., Ltd., 7- 6-1 $25c $1 quar.) Co Gair 7-25 ' $50c $$1.19 —_— (increased Ltd. Trailer 9 Ltd.— Corp., (quar.) preferred 5-10 ■t 6% 117 Vic Co.____^ Drackett 5-20 25c 2nd Drug 7% 6-14 (quar.) common Colorado Class 6-30 Dow 4-20 — (quar.i Central conv. Columbia 5-14 87 %c (o.uar.) preferred 50c (quar.) common Corp Inc., preferred 5% '' Aikman & $3.25 4-30 (quar.) Cc. Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co., $3.50 preferred (quar.) Collins 4-30 «-ia ' , 6-11 • 5-14 5-20 .... common (quar.) Co. J.), Steel 20c (quar.) common ■ - 25c (accum. i A 2 75c ______ (quar.) Co., 5 5- 10- n . 10c preferred (quar.) Gabriel 15c Investment Industries, 6 5- 5-16 130c (initial) (quar.) Co., i» 6-27 62 %c Ltd. 6-10;. 6-, i'.: 7-1 37Vic (Franklin) 6 5- , 5-16 ; 6 5-. 6 25c 1— (quar.) Corp. (quar. (A. 2-6-50 8- Ltd., preferred Fruehauf 5-13 7bc — — v , Simon r* -5-27 . 10% .-w - (quar.i (see 3-24 5- 1. Co.) 50c (quar.i $25c (quar.>_ Franklin Simon & Co. Freiman Fields preferred Co. 8-10 (quar.) Dow Chemical & 3-24 5- - 5-27 J ______y.;i';v 25c _L._ v12%c V: 37%C (quar,) 1 5-27 (interim) ^ 1 6- $25c /' > (quar.)___ Corp., preferred 6% 8-15 Aircraft 7- $4 6% 50c Paper 6- Hardware,, Ltd.— 4-25 Freeport Sulphur convertible $3 Gold Co. 4-25 1 Brothers, 4V2% $4c (s-a) Ccchenour Cochrane-Dunlop Foster-Wheeler Kleiser 6 (quur.)__ (quar.) Donnacona 1 5-27 & 15c preierred $1 6-15 7- receipts Works. 5-10 Anglo Common 5-23 7-1 deposit Bridge 5- pfd. Dominion Stores, Ltd. (quar.) Dominion Tar & Chemical Co., 1 $1 Pitt 5-16 7- ,6-. 5-27 ! L . 1 A—.v $25c class — Foster 6-15 Ltd, $25c'? 5-10 6-20 u- $2.50 B American Fort i« $1 voting_____^_^_^ .25c —% 25c B Canada, ' 6- preferred 6-10 $1.50 —- -J. 5-20 Bridge, 6- — (s-ai class of 6-15 Inc. Oil & 50c quar.) Co. 5-16 5% Co. jquar.) preferred 5% 6-16 Co 5-20 50c Mines, Ltd. 15c (increased Products 5-11 5-20 6- r : — 5-16 35c (quar.)___ Manufacturing 5% 5-16 7- —■ 5-10 1 1 5-31 25c Dominion-Scottish Monthly 5-13 1 1 1 Extra 10c Dominion 5-10' 20c guaranteed Clinton 3 66- 40c Pepper Co. Dominion 5-10 (quar.) v $1 (quar.) Dominguez 6-10 55c Electric Illuminating Co., common preferred (quar.)— Cleveland <9s Pittsburgh RR.— $4.50 6- 10c ' Class 6- 2 non-voting Extra • J 5- 25c Extra 4-22 $1.12 % Cleveland "4% 6- 25c (quar.i 1 A Dodge 6-30 4% (quar.). 1 $1.75 Construction Houses, 6- 6-15 (quar.)—— 5- (quar.i Co. Motor Steel Dobbs 6-14 $1.25 common T Class 50c (quar.) Co., 1 I', ■ 6-15 5-15 (quar.)_ Wallace, B ■>' 2 (quar.) (s-a) Motor Fownes (Henry) & Sons, Inc. (quar.) Cup Co., common (quar.) 30c Co. dividend 2 6-17 1 7- $1.37% Controller 6- ^_i__ Disston 40c Equipment Multiplier 6% $1.25 Clark 1 35c participating pielerred (s-a) participating preferred (s-a) 6% $1.25 Clark 5- common—.— & Realty Match Diamond 5- 1 25C (quar.)____ Stove. Mortgage Diamond Pacific (quar.) 6- & Class 8-20 11-20 6-15 50c ______ 5-20 ; 6- (quar.)___. preferred ———— 137 %C (quar.)---' A < Ford l 5- (quar.) prefer led 1 5-16 (quar.)__; voting Electric Harvester Detroit Texas City Investing Co., common 5%% preferred (quar.) Stock & Detroit Detroit-Micnigan Co.— Cincinnati, Clary Gas 5-20 8- 1 (Kansas) 0-14 $2 6- (quar.) Co. Derby 8 Oil 35C Inter-Terminal RR. preferred preferred 5-10 preferred (s-a) Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., common— Clearing 7% 5-27 4% 5-16 " Suppiy Co. of N: Y. 10-14 Co 1 1 Power Mineral Forbes 6-10 7- 6- *■ l 5-15 25c $1.25 Gas class Co. Co., 25C Corporation 6-10 1 7- 75c 912- $1 $1.22V2 preferred Preferred $1.50 > pfd. Corp., 4% •*' Dentists' 8 9- $1.75 4 $1.75 ____ if ' Hudson 75C .. Co Cincinnati 5% 6- Foote 5-10 l & Light, 4%% pfd. (quar.)_ ■ $1.12% Co., new com (initial)____—.>'1 20c Power Florida 9-15 A Derby (quar.) Copper Chrysler 5-15 25c — 1 1 25c Cab Co Oil 6- 6-15 1 v'-"' (quar.) 1 Mfg. 6-15 6- 1 5-30 (quar.) 7- $1.50 / Holdert Payable of Rec. $1.50 (quar.) • 5-16 75c — Ltd., Company, common preferred (quar.) 7% Cotton Common Chile 6- 710- 15c pfd. & 6-28 6-16 Florida $1.12% (quar.) $3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago Ytllow B v 5-20 : 2 50c preferred When . Share ' 1st pfd. (quar.) Company, common $4 preferred (quar.) $1.12% L. Dooi Co., $5c — RR.— Chicago Corporation, $3 preferred (quar.) 1 5- Company Flintkote 4.90% Inci, 7% Day Mines, Inc 20c Leather . 50c of Vlrgima— Ltd Metallic 1 1 6- 5-14 1st 6% 6 $17%C Sons, 7- $1.50 5- '■ Cushman's 6- ' 5-16 87 %C (quar.)_ __ $1.12% . preferred preferred (quar.)— Mfg. Co. (Mo. ourtis Publishing Co., $7 pfd. (accum.) $4 prior preferred (quar. 50c Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co.— 7% preferred <s-a)...—— Charis Corporation • ——— Charleston Transit, 6% preferred (quar.)._ , Inc., 1 IOC r 4Va% 5-10 7- (s-a) 3%% Press, (quar.j Curtis 1 5-25 pfd. Clothing 4Vi% preferred (quar.) 8 J5c 40c Corp. 5% * Curlee 4-25 $1.04 - . Corp. 4-29 5-16 40c Cnumpion Paper & Fibre Co., common——$4.50 preferred (auar.)—— CnesapeaKe 5-31 50c (quar.) Atlantic Sugar, Name of . Fitzsimmons Stores, Ltd. 6 V 6% 1st preferred (quar.). 6-17 6-10 com. Corp. Per Payable of Rec. 1 —— Chesterville Mines, Share Sugar Co., 9 "preferred (quar.)— Ribbon Milb, Inc. (quar.).. Belt American 6- Vermont Century Name of Company Cuban 5- Surety & Insurance Corp. (quar.). Soya Co. (quar.)—— Public Service—— Central ; 2 Monday, May 16, 1949 Holdert 85c preferred (quar.) Paper Co. (quar.) Central 5- When 25c 3.40% Light & Power, South 5-16 CHRONICLE pfd. (quar.) Corp York Power, Ohio 40c (quar.) FINANCIAL Per Payable of Rec. ,Share ' Co. Electric Louisiana & Holdert When Per COMMERCIAL Volume 169 Number 4803 THE Per j ' • Name of Company . Hart-Carter $2 Co., Hawaiian Steel conv. Hershey $4 5-20 Lane-Wells 6- 1 5-20 Lang —— 35c (quar.) 1-1 $1 — (quar.) prefeired 5-25 (quar.)_ 7- 1 7- 1 5-14* $1.25 6-10* ' 5-14 5- (quar.) Corp., common (quar.)_ preference (quar.)_ 30c Bartlevt & Co. Laura Hotels, 1 5-16 5-14 4-25 Lee $1 5-14 4-25 Lees 2bc 5-27 5-17 25c D.) Co. /"■4% convertible prefened (quar.) (Charles E.) Company (quar.) (James) & Sons Hires Hobart Manufacturing Co. Hobbs Holt Battery (Henry) $1 non-cum. class A (quar.) preferred $4.50 conv. Hormel preferred A 5% preferred .(quar.) Light & Power Stores 4%% Corp., preferred Hudson Oil 5% preferred Hussmann Huston series 5% 6-29 6- 2 6-29 6- 2 preferred 4-30 5% preferred Power Illinois 1 1 Imperial Chemical 5-31 7- 6%% Ingersoll-Rand Inland Steel 2 5 6-20 Lone 9-20 12-20 Stock Lukens Lumbermen's 6- 5-17 3UC Group Mfg. Maltine 7- 2 6- 9 Manhattan 7- 2 6- 9 preferred Oil Massey-Harris, 7-15 5-21 4-30 8- 1 v'r. 8- 1 7-19 6- 1 5-16 6- 1 0- 1 1 11-10 5-16 4-29 6- 8-10 1 5-25 McColl 6- 7-18 20c 7- 1 6-25 6 5-16 5-16 Oil 95c 6- 1 5-13 6- 1 5-13 6-30 6-10 6-30 6-10 6-15 6- 6-15 5-25 6- 1 5-14 75c 6- 3 5-16 6- 3 5-1G 5-15 4-30 5-20 5-10 S-2 46c 10c 20c (s-a) common 6-30 6- 3 6-15 5-25 25c 6-27 6-10 5c 6-27 6-10 $1.25 5-25 5-10 ' •••:? prior preferred ' 10c (quar.)_ (quar.) Frank & 7% \ Beneficial interest series Knudsen Creamery Co. (Calif.), com. 60c preferred (quar.) 8c (quar.) 5-20 4-30 10c „ 50c 37 %C 5-15 62%c 7- $1.75 , ' 6-11 6-11 2 6-15 6- 6 6-15 5-31 37 %C 6-30 6-15 5- 5r31 5-18 5-31 $1.12% b-31 5- 1 6-14 6- 4 National 6-28 6-22 Midland $1,121/2 9-27 9-21 New $1.12% 12-28 12-21 Mid-Continent $1.50 7c 7- 1 6-15 5-16 5- 2 8% $2 Steel Trust Petroleum (initial Mid-West 5-24 6- 6-30 6-24 Common 5-31 5-10 5- 3 5- 3 3 (quar.) preferred (quar.) OO t$1.75 Shore Mines, Ltd. (quar.) Hakey Foundry & Machine Co Ltd Sessions Co., common (quar.) Hamston (M. K.), Inc. (quar.) Lane Bryant, Inc. (quar.)__ : prefeired Dye Works 6- 1 1 , i + 18c 35c 1 + 12c 30c 62V2c 5-23 6- 1 5-14 5- 9 4-20 6-15 6- 7- 6-21 1 4 Hart, 137 %C 7- A 1 7-22 10-19 G;15 6-15. 7- l 7- 1 6-15 6- 1 5-18 130c 7- 1 6- 3 class B____. . 115c 7- 1 10- 1 6- 3 9- 2 Corp., (quar.)_ com. 15c $1.12% .__ $1.25 6-15 5-27 5-13 $1.25 8-15 50c 6- 7-31 Li; 1;, 6-15 5-17 53VBC 5-15.,. 5- 5 8-15) 8- 5 47 %C 5-15 5- 5 47 %c 8-15 8- 5 10c ; 6-15 5-27 (irreg.) Funds— 9c : shares' Equip?nent Trade : 15 4-30 5-15 4-30 5-15 4-30 Gc 4-30 4-30 5-15 "4-30 5-15 4-30 8c are 5-15 3c ._. The amounts shown below June 5-15 4C shares— shares Institutional- 5-15 lc series--— 12c 8c Stock Income •7- 50c (quar.) Railroad the 6-15 20c 53'Ac (quar.) Railroad Retail 7- 1 Fabrics Co. 1 7-1 6-15 5-31 estimates of distributions. series series 7c 6-15 5c 6-15 5-31 shares lc 6-15 5-31 Building shades 3c 6-15 5-31 2c Institutional Aviation Stock series—. — Chemical shares Vulcanized Fibre (quar.) Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co (William), Ltd., 5% pref. (quar.)_ Neiman-Marcus Co., 414% pfd. (quar.) Neisner Brothers, Inc. (quar.) (Herman) Extra (increased 5-31 5- 2 1$1.25 5-27 5-18 6- 5-10 1 $1.06% 5-16 5- 20c 6-15 5-31 15c 5-25 5-11 quar.) 1 2 Meter $2.40 common 5rll 5- 6 5-15 5- 1 $3.50 6- 1 5- 4 6- 1 5-10 (quar.) (quar.) Cordage, Newfoundland 5-25 5-15 60c , Co., preferred Bedford 15c 25c 125c __— Neptune New Corp. 5-31 6-15 5-16 50c Neilson Nelson 6-15 4c 25c shares National 5-31 Light 7% & pfd. (s-a)_ Power Co., Ltd.— Initial Jersey New Park Zinc Co. (quar.) Mining (s-a) : 75c 6-10 5-20 5c 6- 1 5-10 lc 6- 1 5-10 5-16 5- 6-11 50c 6- 1 5-16 6-10 5-20 New 50C 6- 1 5-13 6-15 5-16 N. 7- N. 7- 1 6-14 7- 1 6-14 50c 7- 1 6-14 6- ■? York Y. Air Chicago & St. prefeired Y. Y. A Co Louis $1.50 & 1 6- 75c 5-20 5- 9 75c shares Electric State 2 RR.— (accum) Shipbuilding Co., Founders shares— Participating N. Brake 5-20 5- 9 5 3 Gas— 5c 1 5-19 Common 5-15 5- 6-15 5-15 $3.75 preferred 93 %c 7- 1 6-10 5-15 $4.50 preferred $1.12% 7- 1 6-10 6- 1 5-20 6-10 5-11 (initial) 6-15 5-14 37 %C 7- C-20 New 50c (s-a)_—____— Norfolk Inc. 1 2 & York Western Ry 10- 2 9-20 Agricultural 25c 7- 2 6-20 Automobile 250 10- 2 9-20 Aviation 6-30 5-31 Bank 5-24 (initial) tl5C Co. A ser. (quar.) Minneapolis-Honeywell 75C Industry series 10c Stock series 50c Common (quar.) convertible 6- 1 5-18 $1.50 6- 1 5-16 Mission 6-15 5-25 Mississippi Glass 2nd preferred (initial Development Co. ^initial) conv. 80c 6- 1 5-20 30c 5-15 4-22 Diversified 4-22 Diversified ' 3.20% preferred A (quar.) Minneapolis-Moline Co., com. (initial quar.) $5.50 1st preferred (initial quar.) 25c 6-10 quar.)_ $1.37% 5-15 37 %C 5-15 4-22 Diversified 35c 6-27 5-20 Electrical 15C 6-11 6- Food 1 Investment • — Preferred Equipment Industry , Fund Stock j Fund- Industry series™ '. ; Industry shares series 5 5- 5 5-25 5- 5 8c - 5-25 5- 5 9c 5-25 > 5- 5 9e — —: 5- 5-25 4c series series 5-25 IOC Industry Industry Building Supply Industry series Chemical Industry series Corporate Bond series— Regulator— $1 (quar.) Stocks, Inc.— $1 (quar.) prior preferred (quar.) prior preferred (quar.) Mining Corp of Canada, Ltd. 85c (quar.) (quar.) Nopco Chemical Co., 4% pfd. 37 %C (s-a) (quar.) 71/2C $1 5-13 I ? $1.12% (quar.) . 6-15 ( 1 20c $2 Co.__ Co., common preferred & 6- 10-29 J15C (quar.) series $1 Milling Co., Ltd.— Common Hake 8% Miller 5-13 8- , 5-20 1 Manufacturing Co Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. 37%C (quar.) 5-10* 6- $15c . 5-10" 1 6-10 tl2%C (quar.) 6-18 1 6- ' 45c Selected Group series 6% Common 6- 35c 5-13 $1.06 5-28 7- 6-10 6-15 Abrasive Oil (quar.) quar.) preferred (quar.) non-cum preferred Midwest Corp. 6-15 20c series Preferred Stock Products- common Extra (interim) 7 6» 12 %c (quar.) Service Transit 75c $1.12% 5-10 65- 4-28 ! preferred ?5c ___— 7-15 5-27 5-16 $1 _! 3.8% 1 Airlines Co 5-10 40c preferred j (quar.)-_ 7- Mid-Continental 5-16 4-30 1 $1.75 (quar,) preferred 60c 5-10 1 6- $1.50 Newmarket 1 6- 5-14 2c 4>/« % 5-16 6- 5-10 25c ,___ common 3.8% 6-11 V 5-24 30c (quar.) (resumed) National Paper & Type, 5% preferred (s-a) National Standard Co. (o.uar.) National Tea Co., common (quai*,)..*— 414% preferred (quar.)_! ! 15c 5-24 1 Inc. Special 6-13 11-23 62 %C (quar.) Fibres, Ltd., Mallinson 5-14 common 8-23 12-12 6-15 1 — ; 5-23 9-12 12c 5-27 New $1.18% — 6-12 12c 7- 35C Public Mickelberry's Food Products, $2.40 preferred (quar.) 6- 12c ___! 50c Corp. preferred 5-20 (quar.) Service (quar.) 12-15 2C Linen 6- preferred 9-15 12-28 6-15 A 6-1 4% % 9-28 $1.50 $1.75 Class 11-17 5-16 60c $1.50 : 12-.2 11-30 Michigan Consolidated Gas— 5-16 6-16 1 coy — 4'/2% preferred (quar.)_! 5% preferred (quar.) 5-18 $5C H 6-28 National Lead Co.— 2 5-25 50c 50c $1.50 1-1-50 $1.12% 6-14 & 7- (quar.) 5-15 115c Oil 7-2 f 50c t $ 1.12 % 5-16 1 115e (quar.) 15c Bleachery 5-16 1 5-10 6- 37 %c 5-15 (quar.) 4-30 6- 5-20 America— preferred (quar.) 8-19 20c Hanett 5-20 50c 5-23 (quar.) 5-20 4c 6-15 5-10 " A 8-31 A.—• Mines, 6-10 6-15 A 4-30 25c (quar.) 50c (quar.) preferred shares Gold 5- preference 5-31 6-13 35c A 5-26 5-14 5-10 30c - ;_ preference $1.12% $0.1451 & 5-15 6-15 5-18 * Class 2 15c 25c 5-31 Class 6-15 1 7 6-10 1 5-17 5- 2 Class 4-29 '_ 40c . 5- L Development (s-a) Ltd., 6 (quar.)___— 5-16 120c $1.50 6 5- & National Gypsum Co., $4.50 preferred National Hosiery Mills, 6 5- 1 5-31 50c Welding Machine Co.— Grocers, (quar.) common $2.50 5- 1 6- 20c (quar.)—; Electric Preferred preferred (quar.) Haclede Christy Co. (quar.) Lamaque 1 6- 50C 5-31 conv. Hamson 6- 50c $1.02% A convertible National 2 $1.06'A B Michigan Kysor Heater Co. (irreg.) 7% 5- 1 4-30 5-20 Quarterly Quarterly 1 5-17 10c 50c 4%% preferred A (quar.) Kroger Company, common (quar.) 6% 1st preferred (quar.) Woods 6- 6-15 5-16 - (quar.) Balanced 62%c Co. 5-14 S.) the 60c National 6-16 Co -37 VaC Company (quar.) (Si H.) & Company (quar.) Kroehler Mfg. Co., 4% % preferred A (quar.) of ; 5-31 6-30 Cylinder Gas Common 5-14 6-15 5-26 50c Co., com. (quar.) 4V4 % preferred (quar.) National Dairy Products Corp. (quar.) National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada— 7; 6-30 25c 5-25 Kress Hake 1 Corp. Preferred preferred National 1 1 6-10 - _id- Co., common (reduced) City Lines, Inc., common (quar.) N'atior.nl $50ViC — Inc. (quar.) Co., common (quar.) (quar.) 15c Company Ha France Industries, 9- 6- $2.25 '< Inc Casket National ™ 1 1 6-15 59% C, Co., common... (quar.) preferred National 6-15 50c (quar.)__ Mica Co. of Canada, Ltd Michaels Stern & Co., class A Class 6- 12- — Mersey Paper Co., Ltd., common 4% % preferred (quar.) Brewing Bridge 1 43 %C Corp Mercury Messenger (quar.) Merritt Chapman & Scott— 6%% preferred A (quar.) Miami Biscuit $4 5-14 6- 35c (quar.) National 7% 5-14 6-15 Dehydrating & Milling— preferred Preferred __ Fund— A 43 %c Distilling Messenger 7- " Co., preferred Metz 6-15 1 (quar.) Automotive •6-15 Stores Merchants 5-16 1 1 J25c (quar.) Telephone, common preferred (s-a) 5% V 7- 7- t50c — Co., Ltd common Meadville Meier 1 10c 12 V2C 43 %C 3 10c S. (quar.) 5- 25c . American 1 1 6- $1.18% 4-22 5-16 6- 1 25c (quar.) 1 1 6- 7- 1 66- Co National 5-28 6- 5 20c 6-10 6- (quar.) Aluminate 5-21 85c 6 $1 (quar.) 6-15 of A Alfalfa 5% 5-14 75c preferred Mercantile (quar.)_ 5-31 93%c Corporation, preferred National 3 93%C series) 5- ' i 5-21 $1.25 (quar.) Acme 6-15 5- (quar.) 5- 6 1 (quar.) 5-6 5-30 7- 5-15 6-15 (quar.)___ 1 i 6-20 }12'/2C common 1 6-10 1 37V2C 7- 5-16 5-10 7- 5-27 1 : (quar.)____^ Telephone Co. (Hawaii) preferred A (quar.) preferred A (quar.) National 7- 15c (quar.) 5-31 t62V2C (s-a) 65c 5-17 3 5-27 2 / 6- 2 $2.50 preferred National 9-15 5- 50c (quar.) Mclntyre Porcupine Mines, Ltd. (quar.) Mead Corporation, common 4 V2 % preferred (quar.) $2 2nd preferred (quar.) 20c (quar.)_ com. 1 5-16 (1047 Frcntenac $2.50 10- Co. preferred 5-13 J25c (quar.) Stores, preferred McCord 1 1 2 7- 20c j. !_i Co. convertible National 6 7- 1 Si 40c (quar.)_ preferred (quar.) 6-20 5- 7-15 6- t$3 convertible 7% 5-16 S 7- t$ 1.75 (quar.) 4.8% 5-20 35c Manufacturing Co., common preferred (quar.)__, McBrine (L. M.) Co., Ltd., preferred (s-a) McClatchy Newspapers 7% pfd. (quar.) 7% preferred (quar.) 5 % 5-12 6-10 $1.06'A McAleer 5-10 12- $1.25 Company, Consolidada Conveyer Co. Ltd. preferred preferred $3.75 5-26 25c A Chemical 4.8% 5-13 Ltd.— Department $3.40 7-19 25c preferred May 5-11 4 10c $1.25 convertible preferred 6-15 5-16 25c Realization Mathews 7 6- $1.25 5-11* 1 5-13 5- 25c (quar.) 5-12 8- (quar.) Light— (quar.) County Land Co. Knickerbocker common 1 6- 5-31 5-25 5-31 t $1.75 (s-a). preferred 4.8% 2 25c (quar.) 1 1 1 5-27 lc Supply 6 % 6-15 1 20c $50c Mar-Tex 6- 5 t50c 20c Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Massey-Harris, Ltd. (quar.) Masonite Corporation (quar.) 6-15 60c Power & ' Corporation, 7- 5- 5-27 ?. class National (accum.) 6- $1.25 preferred (quar.)_ 4% $3 Ltd.__ 1 5c preferred Co., 9* 6-15 35c iquar.)__ 6% Milling 5-16 35c (quar.) preferred 5- 30C (quar.) Kingston Products Corp. Ha 4-30 4-18 5- 2 7-2 3712C (s-a-)__ Mining 6% 4-30 5-16 30c (quar.)___ preferred Co. Sugar, preferred 9334c Co. 5 5- 5-16 (quar.) 6- 25c _' common 5% Refining Kinney (G. R.) 5% $3.75 (quar.) pfd. A 6-15 Co., Ltd.— 6- 37'/2c (Del.) Vegetable Parchment Co. City 4% % 5-16 . $1.75 (quar.).— Steel 5-16 15c dividend (S. 10c , (s-a) (quar.) Shirt Leaf Marathon Maxwell, Battery Co. Kresge 1 $75C (ouar.) preferred Koehring 5-15 5-16 7- 35c Mutual 4-22 7-15 (s-a)—_.— 6-20 ; $1 (quar.)____ Keystone Custodian Funds," series Kingsburg Cotton Oil (quar.) Kingsport Press, Inc. (quar.) * 5-17 25c Extra , 6- 25c : •Kayser (Julius) & Co. (quar.) Kentucky Utilities Co., common 4%% preferred (quar.) $5 5-23 J 25c (quar.) Corp. Laughlin Steel Corp., Extra (Phila.) Consolidated convertible Manitoba Maple 6-20 America— (quar.) Kawneer Company Extra , M. Company, 4'A'/' Estate Kern $25c — r: 75c 5-10 t75C - (quar.) Oil, 6% 2 12'/2C , ______ 5-20 30c Gas 5- 6-13 5-14 5-1Q ;__l $2 2 88c Mackintosh-Hemphill Co. 1 Power & Paper Co Macmillan Company, common (quar.)— Macvvhyte Company (quar.) Madison Square Garden Corp. (quar.)—__ Mallory (P. R.) & Co., Inc. (quar.)___ 5 $1.50 Co. 5- 50C Maclaren 5-31 (quar.)t 4% 6-10 $1.25 Jantzen Knitting M'lls, 5% Jewel Tea Co., common 3.807A 6-15 1 30c Jacksonville Kansas (quar.) ___: Co. Woodworking Co. 5- Quarterly Quarterly W. 7- 25c Southern Utilities Fireman 1 5- & preferred 1 Participating Iron 6- 1 (quar.) Corp. Diablo Mutual 4-10 5-13 5-15 M 6-10 Fund, Inc. (quar.) Investors Thrust Cow of Rhode Island— 5% 4-30 40C Iowa 1 1 6-15 & 6- Investors Stock K. Co. (quar.)__ Mackinnon Structural 4-30 5-31 20c Investment Foundation, Ltd.— 6% convertible preferred (quar.) Kalamazoo 5-31 l$1.12'/2 jParticipalting preferred 6- 6- Line, Inc., new common (initial) Murphy (G. C.) Company (quar.) Muskegon Motor Specialties Co.— 9-21 50c (irreg.) (quar.) insurance Wheel Extra - Producers 5-27 6- 5-10 $1.62 »/a (s-a)_ Munson 12-23 25c M. & $1.75 Corp. Stock 5- 5-14 Ltd.— Co 1 6-13 t$1.25 M 1 1 J. J40c Corp. Gas 10- 1-2-50 1 Extra 6-21 6- 9 C- 6- 2IV2C 5% preferred ,accum.) International Silver Co Utilities 1 1 r__ Consolidated, Corp. Fuel .. Sons Products Mountain 6-20 7- 4-15 M. t40c Natural 6-30 1 6- 6- lc Cafeterias Mountain 5-21 6-17 1 $1 International 5-31 5-10 6- $1 . ■' 3 30c : — Canada, 5- 30c 25% v.;: dividend) (Maryland)— Co. 1 $2 :£ __. Steel 6- 6-15 1 25c International Railways of Central Jones 3 Vac 69- 25c (increased) International Petroleum, Ltd. (s-a) International Products Corp. (quar.) Jones & 3 5- 15c 6-10 9-10 5% Quarterly Johnson 5- 1 Lynch Corporation Lynchburg & Abingdon Telegraph Co. (s-a)_ Lyon Meta'. Products, common (quar.) lCc $1 Class A 3% % 1 17c i Quarterly , 1 $1 ____ M.), Ltd.___ Inc. (quar.) Stores, 5-17 Cigar Machinery International Harvester Co., 7%. pfd. (quar.) International Metal Industries, Ltd.— v 6- $2 (quar.) Co. (stock (M.j Morrison 3 6- 50c (quar.) Morrison-Knudsen, common Mosinee Paper Mills 6 5- 112 VaC (Walter 4-29 International Intertype Lowney 6-30 (quar.) of Mount 5- 1 15C Insurance Exchange Building (Chicago) International Business Machines Corp.— Interstate Lowenstein 5- 50c (quar.) 4%% preferred (quar.) International Nickel Co. Motor 1 (quar.)__ RR. 4-25 5-20 6-23 (Increased) Bond Motor 2-21 $1 Nashville & 5-20 7% (accum.) Group 11-24 I25C (Missouri) Lucky 12-10 3-10-50 $2 (accum.) 15C Shares— and Aviation A 45c 3* 8-23 6- (monthly) Louisville 6-30 1 5-24 6- 5-25 t25c & Company, Inc Co. Long-Bell Lumber Co. (accum.) Co. preferred Class 2-21 9-10 20c 5-20 1 (quar.)< (quar.) Mills, common preferred (quar.) 3 1 $1.62 Va : B A P.) 6- 6- (quar.)_____ Paper 4%% Co., Ltd.— Lone Star Gas Co. Star Steel Morris (J. 2 5-25 . 6- (quar:) series , Morgan 9 6-24 50c common Lines 6- 5- 34 %c iquar.) preferred series A Moore-McCormack 1 k ; pfd. (quar.) i B (quar.) _J______________LrHardware Co., Inc., com. preferred (quar.). 6-10 50c Co preferred 5% 11-15 6- 50c 5%% Co., 5-15 12-15 t25c Moore-Handley 3-10-50 +25c Long-Bell Lumber 8% preferred 50c 50c (monthly) 8% preferred (quar.) 8% preferred (quar.) 5- Co Institutional (quar.) IL£, (quar.) Inc. (quar.) 6-16 6-15 $50c series A (s-a) preferred 50c , Common tl2%c preferred 6- 2 ; preferred convertible 7% 4 5-14 ; Co., common 5- Lid.— 1 5- 1 1 Tool Chemical 7% 5-10 mvzc 6-30 1 6- 5-31 5-13 7- 5-13 t50c (quar.) Society. 4% 6 6- $1.10 : __ (quar.) ___'_— (quar.)___ ; Lock Joint Pipe Corp.— Industries, capital ■ ; 5-16 8- $1 . 5-14 t25c 5- 15c 87'/2C original B 25c (quar.) 5-20 25c — (quar.) Extra Corp.— preferred A $1.25 9-30 10-24 1 * Moore 8-23 56 'Ac 12-30 . (quar.) Extra 6-15 1 30C 65c . 6- t$l common Moody's Investors Service, Inc.— $3 participating preferred (quar.)___ Corp.}- Ltd., common (quar.) 5-12 7-23 11-24 Class 5-16 $1.25 Indiana Gas & Water Co. 6-%% " 5-16 12V2C Increased interim Silica ' 7 5-31 1 1 12-10 7 5- 68- 11-1 ■ 30c Special, guaranteed 5-16 Ordinary registered (final) Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, Ltd.— Industrial 5- f $1 $1.10 Groceterias $1.25 common $3.25 2 $1.10 Groceterias, 1 - (quar.); capital Class 5-31 (quar.) 5- 9-10 Loblaw 12V2C (quar.) 5-25 , 1 5-24 Co., Loblaw 25c (quar.) 6- 1 $1.25 Ltd., Machine convertible $4 5-27 6 * Ltd Ltd. $3.25 preferred 5-14 5-11 $$1.25 6-10 1 RR. 9 5- 6-lQ (quar.) ,75c i.— Original capital Special guaranteed Special guaranteed Special. guaranteed '/ , 5-9 1 6- $1:; (s-a) Co. 6- 25c 4-18 5-27 6-16 25c 150c Loan Monsanto 4-29 5-16 6-10 Miami 5-13 6-13 25c 5-16 Original 5-12 6- 12c Holdere 6-16 114c _: Brewery, Monroe 5-10 Co., 53 Payable of Re6> 25c (quar.) Containers, Ltd.___ Carpet Mills, Inc Monarch 5-16 (quar.) (quar.) S.) When Share - common common '(Robert), Molsons " (quar.) (J. Mohawk 5-20 . - Original capital 5-20 6- t$l quar Co., Zinc 1 6-10 37V2C 1 9 5-12 $1.10 Little 4-30 5-15 $1.06 y4 preferred <quar.)_ Hydro-Electric Securities Idaho 7 5-15 ltd 1 Co._ 3 (quar.) 1. . ... 5- *6- 5- 6- (quar.) Insurance 5-27 — Co. Life 5-25 preferred (quar.) 5% 1 Myers-Tobacco 6-15 55c Refrigerator, $2.25 pfd. Peanut 6- $1.50 Mortgage Corp (Torn) National Quarterly Lindsay Light & Chemical Link-Belt Co. (quar.) Huttig Sash & Door, 5% & 9 5- 30c : A Liggett Lincoln $1.25 & Huron & Erie 5-14 5-14 1 6- 40c Lionel Corporation -(quar.) Liquid Carbonic Corp., common 3 % % preferred (quar.) Co Refining Co Hunt Foods, Inc., common 5% prefened (quar.) 1 1 5-16 62 V2C Smelting, 6- 5-25 (quar.). 5- Hudson Motor Car (increased quar.) Extra Humble 66- preferred Common ' — common & Mitchell 6- __ $1.12V2 (quar.) Bay Mining Corp 5-20 ._ Houston Howard Savers 5-14 : 5-21 25c $1.0614 Y.) (N. Life Ltd. 5-14 common Co. 5-20 Mines, 6-15 (quar.) common A.) & Co., preferred (quar.) Hardart 1 Gold $1 & 6% Horn 6- 25c (quar.)'__ ' Libby, McNeil & Libby (s-a) Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. f25c (quar.)__ (Geo. 5-20 31 (4 c (quar.) Honolulu Oil Corp. (irreg.) Hooker Electrochemical Co., ' Leitch 7-19 20c Home $4.25 6-14 75c (accum.) Holyoke Street Ry. Co., pfd. Oil Co., Ltd 5-31 Utilities, Mitchell V S5c 1 30c (qu8r.)_, Co., class A & Company, 5%' 5-21 $1 Pipe Line, (quar*) ; B 5-16 37'/2C (quar.) (quar.)_. 7-29 Class Missouri 5-31 3T/uC (quar.) 6-24 , 5-17 Modern ■, 6- 50c 6-10 2 t (quar.)_ ' Missouri-Kansas $1 (quar.) 25c _____ 2 5-17 6- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. (H. Per Name of Company 5-25 50c ___, (quar. common 7- 30c — 25c Hilton J25c 5c Candy Shops See Secord (Laura) Candy Shops Le Tourneau (R. G.), $4 preferred Lea Fabrics, Inc. (year-end) 3 •• 6-15 Secord 37V2C (monthly) __: 6- Extra ... 6-18 !_ __ (2145) Holdert Payable of Rec. 40C Company (quar.) Stamping Co._ V— Monotype Machine (quar.) Lanston Corp.— preferred B convertible Lansing Lansing 30c Chocolate Hibbara, Spencer, H Monthly 2 5-20 1., $1.50 (quar.)_______ Co., 5%' preferred Products 5- 6-. When Share — Company (quar.)— & Sons, Ltd. (quar.) (John A.) 5-14 .«■ 25c Ltd Co., Co. $S Hercules ;+ 1 50c Co. Powder 6% 6- ______— Glass Hercules Name of Company 15c (quar.) Pineapple Henkell-Clauss, Payable of Rec, (quar.)_: Bakeries Hazel-Atla^s Share . Per common. Empire Hathaway •'~7. FINANCIAL" CHRONICLE & Holdert preferred convertible Hartford ,' When COMMERCIAL 5-25 5- 5 '.j. 7c 5-25 5- 5 5- 5 3c 5-25 15C 5-26 15c 5-25 5- 5 8c 5-25 5- 5 10c 5-25 5- 5 '•> 5- 5 54 THE (2146) When rer Name of New York Share Company Bonds Government Stock Insurance series *— Heme of Company Payable of Rec. 4c — 5-25 5- 5 7c. , 5-25 5- 5 Service Co. 3.35% preferred of 10c 5-25 5- 5 Puget 5-25 5- 5 Pullman, Inc. Metals 10c 5-25 5- 5 Pure Co., common Oil Industry - Public Utility series Railroad Equipment Steel —— Industry series Tobacco of North Carolina 3%% 6-3 Real $1.3714 6-20 5-31 $1 6- 1 5-16 _ (quar.)— Candy Oil Co. Match Oil 93 %c 5-12 5-12 Regina 6- Power Ohio Seamless Co., 4%%Tube preferred Coal 10- 1 125c 7- 2 1 5- preferred new (initial) Otter Tail Outboard 3 3 $1 5-16 5- 3 Revere Co. Power 5-10 5'/4% 6-17 Reynolds 6-10 1 & Inc., 4-15 Oxford Paper, Pacific American pref. Finance Corp. Pacific Gamble of California 1 9-15 8- 1 7-15 preferred Brass, & Goods 6-15 Riegel 5-16 Roan 5-16 Robinson preferred Pacific 35c 5-25 5- 5-15 4-29 Lumber Pacific Mills 5-14 Co. Oil Oil Co. 1 5-10 6 5-20 Rockwell Rockwood 31'4c 5-16 4-30 : 4-30 34%c — 5-16 4-30 37'/2C 5-16 6-16 5-14 $1 ——--J, 6- 6-15 & Co. 1 6-15 1 9-15 Standard 0- Stanley Brock. G-10 6-15 5-18 G-30 6-15 6- 0- $1 1 1 1 Class State 5-14 5% 6- 1 .5% 9- 1 5% 12-15 12- 1 Stein 2 Sterling Metal 5- 6- 6 5-17 30c 6- 1 5-13 $1.25 7- 1 6-15 $1.25 (quar.) 5-16 25c 7- 1 6-15 (quar.) $1.25 7- 1 6- 1 Palestine Economic Panhandle 4% Eastern preferred Paramount Pipe Line, Pictures Drugs, partic. Reel 75c (quar.) Inc. 6- 1 5 6-15 5-27 7- 6-15. 50c (quar.) (quar.) common $1 cum. preferred (quar.) cum. preferred preferred (quar.) $1 cum. preferred cum. preferred preferred B 3.70% preferred Pepperell Mfg. Co. Extra Perkins Machine $2 Peter Paul Inc.— Pettibone-Mulliken 7% cor.v., Pittsburgh, Bessemer (quar.)* 3 5 4.30% preferred 3.65% preferred 11-15 11- 5 2-15-50 2- 3 5-16 Scythes & Company, Ltd., 5% preferred (quar.) Seaboard 4-14 6- 1 6- 5- 1 56- 1 6-15 6' 1 5-16 6- $1 1 5-20 6-10 5-13 5-20 6- 6-30 6-10 $1 6-30 6- 1 25c 6- 1 5-16 ' 6- 1 5-16 20c 6- 1 5-11* 6- 1 5-11 6- 1 5- 6- 1 5-12 7-15 7- 1 7- 6- 1 6-13 53»/aC 7- X 7'/aC J (quar.) . (quar.)—, 25c 37 Vac 37 Vac 1 5-14 1 5-17 1 5-17 5-31 5-24 6- 5-14 6- 1 5-14 1 5-14 5-31 25c 6- 1 5-10 25c 9- 1 8-10 Co. preferred Co. 12- 1 11-10 of Class Signal Class B Simon Simpsons, &c Ltd., Oil Public Service Co. of Indiana, (quar.) 6- 1 Co.— (quar.) com, ___ (irreg.) 6-30 5-1? 40c 6- 67 Vac 6- 6- 7- 1 6-10 6- 1 5-18 4»/a% 4% Tide $3.75 5-18 5-25 6-15 5-25 6-15 5-25 Toledo Tide 5-26 5-16 Trico 5-26 5-16 Roller Oil & 6- 5-16 6-15 5-16 5- 5" 6-15 6- 1 5-16 5- 2, 6- 3 6- , "5-11 5-11 5* 3 1 .:5-l7 6-15 6- "1 6-25 -6-15 y" Co preferred 7- 2 6-10 ' 6-30 5-30 208 7-29 1". Quarterly 6-29 1 1 6-15 6- 1 Union Asbestos C-15 6- 1 Union Electric 54 Vie *30c t$1.12'/a $4.25 preferred (quar.) . Rubber & Co, of . 30c 50c 1 Co. 5-15 6- 1 4-29 5-20 5-18 5-16 4-28 6- 1 5-16 5-15 25c 25c 6- 5-13 '1 ; 6-21 1 7- - - 1U10 : 1 7- i 6-20 t 9-20 10-, t 62'aC —... 5-10 11-15 $1 62'gc 62%c „ $2 5-16 5- 2 r —$1.06V* (quar.)—,»• 25c 5-16 5r 2 ' Missouri— 7- 2 6-10 ; 'r ' V 1 5-17 $3.50 preferred (quaj.)——* 87''2c 5-16 1 5-17 $3.70 preferred 5-16 .4-30 $4.50 preferred (quar.92''aq (quar. _J_ $1.12% 5-16 4-30 6-10 6- 1 ' - Union Oil Co. of 6- 1 5-16 6- 1 5- 9 Union 6-1 5- 9 United Aircraft 6-15 5-19 United Air 6-15 - . 1 8-10 , 8-15 "-25b ' (quar.)—. , 6-10 6 6- ' ■ 6- 5-16 United Biscuit $3.75 California— preferred A Tank Car 5-14 4-15 6^-2 * 5- 2 6-15 6- 1 6-20 6-10 - Co 1 % of B 6-10 9334C - : 5-20 65c 0- 1 5-16 preferred (quar.) $1,25 pfd. (quar.)———" $1.12% 6- 1 ^5-16 6- 1 6- 1 . 5% America 25c 2'5<5 (quar.)—*— :___ . United-Carr Fastener Corp. (quar.)— United Corporations, Ltd., ciass A (quar.)— Class 4-30 " * (quar.)_— Lines, 4%% Extra v Co._ Corp., " 50c 7- 25c Tyer Rubber Co., common—I—-2-"i - 5-10 6- - v- *$1.25 Corp. ——1 66r 1 2 50c : Universal Insurance Co, (quar.) ' * Quarterly J, —; ; Tudor City Fourth Unit, Inc., 6% pfd.__! Twin City Rapid Transit, 5% pfd. (quar.)_ 6-15 1 6- $1.06'A (quar.) — St 1 1 6- 15c — Co. Salle 5- G- 6-15 40c 9334C Quarterly La 5-16 6-15 75c (ouar.)—i__; 5-13 . . (quar.)_ 4-29 South . 10c (quar.) Co. 6- 50c — 1 50c • common (quar. )_1 Gas 6-15 36c. .» (cfuar.)__ 5- 4-20; 1 3 Trinity C0c Iron b-24 6- *1 Oil, 4'A% 25c — & — Bearing Company 25c (quar.) *. J 5-14 25c $1.75 quar.)___.__—__ 5-16 62%c preferred 1 6- *25c " 1 5-15 Mills Power Edison, 4-14 *25c (quar.) (quar.)_<__ 1 6- 60c (quar.) preferred Timken 5-25 $2.50 Steel Cotton Water Trar.e ... . (quar.)____ 9* 6•/- \'.; 50c common Water Associated 1 *$1.75 ■_ Quarterly Quarterly Co.. preferred 6- 62'/aC (quar.) 5- 6-15 -25c (irreg.)—! (John R.) Company— Thompson Products, Inc., common 6-15 $1 Corp.-(quar.) Co Inc, » Sloss-Sheffield Smith 9 *30c - 5-28 25c ./ Thompson 6-10 25c 6- .5-18 • ' 1 , 5-17 50c- '6-10 *37q -J.25c 5-16 4-15 - 5-31 > (quar.)__ 7 ',5-17 5-31 4.-30 " _ " ' 50c — „, (Alexander) & Sons Solventol Chemical 1 5-I6 Sonotone Corp., 5-16 $1.25 Products common convertible 12-10 United Electric Coal Cos. United Engineering & Foundry Co., common preferred (quar.) ——- (special) (quar.)— preferred A (quar,)_ 6-10 5-20 6-1 5-13 United Gas 6- 1 5-13 United 5-21 "6-10 5-24 ' 15c 6- 25c 6-10 5- 22'Ac 5-15 4-30 6 1%^ One share for SEC 7% Improvement 6c 5-16 4-30 10c 6-30 0- i C.3C% 31'Ac 6-30 6- 1 6% of each Madison 25 shares prior prior & (s-a)— Electric - 5- 6 5-17 5- « 6-30 5-31 5-17 75e $1.75 65c 1 Co. held. "(Subject" to 5-25 4-27 58%G 6- 1 5-31 53c 6- 1 5-31 (monthly)—-—*—.»<■ 50c 6- 1 5-31 *——* — (•monthly)*****-—**- preferred preferied Gas (The) (monthly)*—-*-**- approval)- prior preferred Co. - 5-24 Light 6c Railways Ca. (stock.div.)— 1 6-10 25c — $1.05 T________ 25c (rjuar.— Extra 50c L.h 6%-preferred (quar.)— Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. (quar.)_______ Solar Aircraft, 90c conv. pfd. (quar.) 1 9-10 12-20 87'Ac (T. 1 9-20 50c Carpet Co.—- (quar.) preferred c(quar.) preferred (quar.) — 35c 5- 1 Skilsaw 3Va% $1.10 Gas preference Thomaston 1 10c & Son, Ltd., common Oil 4.20% (quar.) Electric 5-12 6- 25c ty 4' 15c (quar.)__ preferred (quar.) 7- (quar.) Co.— convertible preferred (H.) Common 5-13 & redeemable preferred Simonds Saw & Steel Co. Smith 7% 25c A 5% Sinclair 6-10 Thew Shovel 31 Vic 5% 4-30 1 9 (quar.) class Oil & Glass Mfg.— convertible preference *20c Signode Steel Strapping Co., common (quar.) 4-22 6- 1 5- (quar.)______—* (Franklin) Coal 25c (quar.) Royalties Co., 5-16 $1.08'A 6- 5-16 B 5-14 Colorado— (quar.)_: 6-15 Breweries, Ltd. (guar.)—____________ Sigma Mines, Ltd. (Quebec)——.. Signal Oil & Gas, class A (quar.) 75C (quar.) $2.40 12V2C (quar.)— 5- Thatcher 9 Sick's Skejly C- 9 22c Co. - : 1 5-16 25c , 9* 12- 25c Simon 6- 1 Pen Inc Extra 6-10 9-30 40c Sherwin-Williams Co. of Canada, Ltd.— 7% preferred (quar.) , Pacific 20c A.) Fund, , 12-31 (quar.) 6-20 6- Texas (quar.) Co. 5-16 4-29 ,___—$135. 5-14 50c Power & 4 1 L___ —7c 1 (quar.) Water 5- 6- *50c 6- Ltd common 4-26.. 5-14* 1 5-16 40c — 5-14 (quar,) Shops, ■ : Gold Mines, Ltd 1 , preferred (quar.)____— Simmons Company 6-30 *45c 25c — 6- Co. Candy Inc. Bond & Share— 1st preferred (accum.) 6- (quar.) Sherwin-Williams Co., common 4% preferred (quar,)' 4'/a% $2,50 $1.37'/a & -5-10- Telephone 50c (quar.) 6- *12'aC *25c 6-30 2 5-31 35c (quar.) *31'Ac 5-28 RR— $1.50 1 6 15c 1 (Del.) Co. preferred Television $2.50 1 7- 50c Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Ry Tennessee Products & Chemical Corp., com.- _— 10c preferred preferred 1 10c (quar,)_, Co dividend 6- 50c (quar.)_a~—r : Procter & Gamble Public Service 5-24 6-30 75c Power Corp. of Canada, Ltd. (increased)_.__ Pressed Metals of America, com. (resumed) Common Public Service 6-10 91'/4c common- „i— Company, class B Common Prestone Oil ■ A (W. Extra Teck-Hughes 15c class Sheaffer Technicolor, 7-15* 6- V?C . : 27c 5-13 preferred 16 6- Ltd.— 5-13 ExUa 5-20 5-27* 4-29 1 5-17 1 . 50c (quar.) (Canada), 1 common (quar.) Corporation, class B Shawinigan 5-10 8- pfd". Carson & 1 preferred 90c convertible 5-14 5-27 5-2 20c — 4.32% Fenn, 6- Acceptance Corp., common preferred A (quar.)___ Serrick 9 5% 7% Co., 5% Security Banknote Co., 40c 1 Co. (Laura) 5% 5-22 5-16 $1.25 Surety Roebuck 6- C-13 5-14 15c —*_*_ 6- Securities 5 25c common. Corp. _______ (quar.) Pearson & $1.25 Oil Secord 5-14 6- RR. Inc. Taylor, $1,07% preferred Seaboard 1 6- Air Line Seaboard 1 6-15 30c ____ pfd. A (accum.)__ prior preferred (quar.)__; Plywood, Inc. (quar.) Steel ______ Electric Co.___ 5-10 1 5-14 1 25c $I Taggart 1 1 6- )0c ' —- 91 Vic quar.) preferred 5% 1 50c __ preferred (s»a)_* pref. 9 25c (quar.) 25c 514% A 6- 85c (initial 5 40c • Pittsburgh Steel, 5% class <quar.)_ Dillon 8- $1.75 a Erie 1 5-23 62'/2c (quar.) common preferred 2- 5- Lake 7- 7c 5- $1 & (quar.) Corp. 6- Co 8-15 5-9 Co., Svmington-Gould 25c Company—"_ Scovill Manufacturing Co.— Sears __ preferred Brick 5-15 5-16 common 3%% $3.40 Sfotten 25c Inc.*, Fisher 2-15-50 5-16 Co., 4,40% 5 25c Pitney-Bow&s, $1.40 5 75c Water & Scott Paper Co., 5 8- 11- _ $4 preferred Pioneer Petroleum , 5- 8-15 11-15 $2 Phillips Petroleum Co. (quar.)___ Pillsbury Mills, Inc., common (quar.) 4Vt% 5-15 Sayre 12-15 56c —a—— (quar.) 5-10 15c ; *75c —— Portsmouth 1-1-50 20c" Extra preferred preferred Sylvanite Gold Mines, Ltd. Tampax. (quar.) 6- • 37?aC Taylor A vtc Co. 5-25 37'?'; (quar.)__:__ 1 Paper 6-15 5c preferred 6% 4 ____ Philadelphia Suburban 2nd 4% Oil, 5* 37'/ac ____r; 6-10 Swau-Finch 12- Regis 5- 5-16- 5c • *— J2-15 St. Savage Arms Corp.— 11- 18e common $1.25 92 >/2c Company1 (quar.)_— Pfeiffer Brewing Co. (quar.)— Phelps Dodge Corp.— Philadelphia Electric Co., common (quar.) $V preferred (quar.) —— Philadelphia Suburban Transportation— 11-15 < . • Ry. 33c Pfaudler ■ Co., Drug (quar.) $1.10 __ Ray preferred 25c ____ 5 • 25c conv. 9-15 5% — 5- *. 5% 6-15 ——— pfd. 5 8- (quar.)* Tampa (quar.)— 7% 55- 8-15 31 Uc — (quar.l— Company,, common 1 preferred—a.* Gear, Gas 5-16 5-16 31'.-4c 9- 4-26 ' 5-16 4-30: • 25c 9-15 1 1 6- '1 31 %c $1,25 1 .5-18% • 1:' A 6-18 6- $1 quar.) (quar.) —- (quar.) (initial preferred A vtc 7- v" 7- Corp.— conv. 5-15 ; ; 4-29: 1 6>•• 56o r. *75c 5% 25c (quar.) 9-15 5-14 (s-a) 1 $1 Works, class A Ltd., 6- 10- 5-15. 12-15 5Cc 6-14 5c 6-30 9-30 — 1 ___* common Inc. .(quar.)'___. 6- 62'/2 c 7-11: 50c 6-15 v 7-11 5-20 12-31 <quar.)__ $1.25 — 6; $1.25 (quar.) 25c ' 1 5- $1.25 preferred A vtc Francisco 1 0- 5' 5-20 6-10 $1.25 , conv. 25c (quar.) 1 5% Louis-San 8- -ft- Corp., (quar.) 5-25 *$1.06 (quar.,) - 15c 2 pfd, 5-16 V*10c preferred (quar.) Superior Tool & Die (quar.)___ 4-28 1 5-14 6-10 *15c V — '6% 5-17 7- Oil Sun 5-14 5-19 5c $1.12'/a 1 1 ?c 5c (quar.) 2 — $1.50 St. 6- 5-18 ' Sun 5-20 6- -6-24" 1 25c — 5- Pennsylvania Engineering Corp.— Pennsylvania Telephone Corp.— Peoples Telephone; 4%% preferred 12' 6- r . 5rl9 7-15 25c , 5-11- - 6-10 > 9334C (quar.) Wells 6-10 - ouc • ^__1_ 5- ' (quar.)— (quar.) C (quur.)__ common 1 33c Penman's, Ltd.. common (quar.) Pennsylvania Electric Co.— 4-22* 1 33c (quar.)* Poor & Saguenay Power Co., Ltd., 4!4% 6- 5-104-22; 6- (quar.) $1.32 1 6-10 6-15 50c 33c cum. 6% 6-17 $1.25 r 6-10 class B common—*—___ Co., , 5-10 7 6-10 (quar.)_. A Suburban' Propane 1 5-27 6-10 $1 $1.50 preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.)_> preferred (quar.) $1.25 4-29 50c 6- (quar.)— preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.),. $1.32 5-20" ' , 20c preferred cum. 2 6-10 6- 37'/2c *12'/ac Shops 6-28 25c cum 6-20; 1 20c (quar.) 31'4c , SI 32 4.40% (quar.) 5- 1 6- 6-20 6-10 25c Saco-Lowell I, G- Corporation 1_ Taion, Inc., common r_—_ 4% preferred (s-a)——_______ ———, $1.32 4V4% 5-20 6-11 v 2 20c — Corporation Roxy Theatre, Inc., $1.50 preferied (quar.)_ Royalite Oil Co., Ltd., new com. (initial) Royalties Management Ruppert (Jacob) 4'/a% pfd. (quar.) 3 6- 50c 20c (quar.) cum. $3.65 1 Rowe 6-11 25c (quar.)__ 5-15 62 VaC $1 Quarterly e- 25c ; (quar.) Corp. 7- 5-16- 4-29 . , (quar.) common $1.25 15c Inc. 8%c ___ $1 Water 5-20 quar.)_ Extra Extra City)— (quar.) Peoria 1 62 '/a C Telephone, preferred 6- 6- $1.06'4 —— — $2,25 6-24 25c — Coal Common 1 common $1 . , Stern Screw New < 13 Works— (initial Industries $1 prcf. Common Brothers, Ross 75c conv. Peninsular Roos 4 9 ; 5- Co,, common prior preferred (quar.)„ Peerless Cement Corp.— Peninsular Grinding Wheel Co,— 5% 6-15 1 5-25 (quar.)—, Parmelee Transportation Co. (quar.)— Feabody 5- 7- 5-20 $1 common— (Kansas 5-14 *45c 1 — — Co., 6- (quar.)* com. (quar.) 6f $4.25 preferred 35c (quar.)—, (quar.)——— Parkersburg Rig Pattoriew Corp. New 40c Machinery (quar.) Paeolet Manufacturing Co. (quar.)___ Pagw-Hersey Tubes, Ltd.———— 1 Jersey (increased) share for each 200 & Company Struthers 5-13 $1 - Package 1 1 Textiles, (quar.)_—_______________ Stonega Coke & Coal Co.-l —* 6-15 -25c (quar.) 6- 6- preferred Stowell 5-13- 6-15 6- — <quar.)_^ 2 \ 6-15 « ■ 7-155- :— Ltd,, class A Drug, & 4 '/a % / 7-15' 1 40c (qu?.r.)_; (quar.)__ (A.) Stern 1 8- 5-16 6- (quar.)_____ (Ohio), Co., preferred preferred preferred 6-15 9-15 42'/2C <quar.)__^ common Tube B 26c 8- 6-15'*' 5 *10c Fuel 25c 5-25- -20c , Supply. Co Stecher-Traung Lithograph 5-16 1* 0- . 7- C-13 87%c New (for Co. 1 pfd. F (quar.) & Haas Company, common preferred A (quar.) Art Oil 7- J25c , of preferred 10- 6cl C-15 *3c Railway Equipment Mfg. (quar.) Standard Silica Corp. (quar.) Standard Steel Spring Co. (quar.)___ 9-15 5-21 1 25c Standard 80c (quar.)__ Company, prior preferred Rouson 1 6- Gas preferred 4% Standard 6-15 *20c Mfg. Co series A preferred Rohm 5-10 ' 5-16- 5-13'^ 0- $1.12% (quar.) California of dividend 25c 5% 5% 4-20 1 $1 1 5tl6- 6-10 12%c held) 10- (interim) common (quar.) 5% 4-30 75C — Ltd.. preference Rockland 6- 5-16 1 7- Stock 6-15 , 2% Standard $1.75 Quarterly 6- 25c 5-20 6- $1.75 Eiectric, 4% of Ages Corp. (quar.) Quarterly 40c 31'4c 4-25 $1.75 ; Paper Ccrp. (quar.) Antelope Copper Mines, Ltd. 6-15 4-25. 1 (quar.)___ Co., (Indiana) Rock Corp. (quar.) Company—— (quar.)— Oil Standard $1.75 Rochester Gas & 6- — (guar.)— Lighting Pacific Forgings Corp. Standard 5-16 1 : 5-14 40c Co. Standard 6-15 6."6- 50c common preferred 5-10 5-16 1 45c Dredging Corp.— convertible 7-11 * 7- 5-16, *$1.25 Ltd., Co., 1 45c • $1.37% (quar.)___ 1 40c $1.12'/a 1 10c $1.37 Va — 6- 45c " 7-13 - 6- - (quar.) 8- (quar.) Little & Co.. Chemical Standard-Coosa-Thatcher 33/4% I 1 $1.60 7-15 6-1 $1 25c (quar.) 6- 7- 6-10 8-15 $1 $1.31'A (quar.) y pref.- (quar.)_ conv. Standard r_ 6-10 3 1 1 Co.— 7- A 8- 7- .5-13 Cap & Seal Corp.— preferred 7-15 Co.— preferred preferred 5% 5-13 6-15 20c (quar.)__ (quar.).: 4-20 , 5-31' 50c — Co.-(Conn.) V 6-15 ^40c ! . (quar.)_ (quar.) preferred $1.60 15c Inc Tobacco Co. Inc._ Standard Brands, cominon 25c (quar.) J.) $1.12 % 3714c 1 6-15 1 . common.... (quar.) Wo*er Standard (accum.) 1st Class preferred 10- 7- 5 > 9-15 $1 $l.^a' — $4 preferred A 15c 2nd preferred (quar.) 2nd preferred (quar.) ;■ $4 ■ *5c 7% Electric Co., 5% pfd. (quar.) redeemable preferred (quar.) (quar.)-—-——. 8 $3.50 7% & preferred 8 6- 6-13 . 5 — , Investors, Standard 7% (quar.) (auar.) 6- 6-15 Dry 1st 37 Vac Robinson Pacific Gas 1 1 9-15 5-20 (quar.)— Pacific 7- 5 5-16 $1.25 Spiegel, Inc., $4.50 conv. preferred (quar.rSpringer Sturgeon Gold Mines, Ltd.____ Squibb & Sans, common (quar.) 6 1 4-30 . 11-15 1 4-30 75c 8-15 1 7- 7-31 .. Spear 6c Company, 5% 1st preferred (quar.) 5% 2nd preferred (quar.) Spencer, Kellogg & Sons, Inc. (quar.) Sperti Foods. Inc., conv. pfd. iquar.) 7- 6-10 $1.25 Sovereign 10- 5-14 — Telephone *5c 5-14 preferred (quar.) Investors, Inc.— $5 States *28c 20c ——— Southwestern 1 5- buc _ (Texas) 6-15 Quarterly Stamford 55 Vac 1 1 Service, 12- 7- 7-31 _____ (quar.) Public $4Qc 5 28'jt'c ' (quar.^_; preferred *27c prefeired Rice-Stix preferred non-cum. Southwestern 7- 1 (quar,) common non-cum. 5-24 -6-16 5 6- 6-30 ' 1 5% 25c (quarterly interim) class B (quar interim) Manufacturing Co., common 4'/2% preferred (quar.) 4-15 (quar.) 5% (quar.) <R. Gas Railway Co., ' $1.12% Rheem 4-15 7% Co Southern 1 5-14 5- common—, 90c Mfg. 2 6- 5-14 Common 2 5- 5-14 (quar.) Marine 9- 1 $40c 25c Common 5-10 *25c (Minn.), common Natural (quar.) Copper 5-20 6- * (quar.) convertible 6-30 *$1.75 Owens-Illinois Glass Co 6% 6- 5- 6-14 (reduced) preferred 5%% 6-15 5-16 5-14 Class B 5% 5 *$3 Osgood Company, class A— $1.50 5- 1 *25c Oswego Falls Corp., 4%% preferred (quar,), preference (quar,)__—' Canada Power Co., Ltd. (quar.)_ 5-31 5- *30c convertible 5-19 $406' * • Investors Fund, Inc.— preferred A (quar.) 6% preferred B (quar.)_ Republic Pictures Corp.— 50C — , shares 4.56% Southern 7-1 6- 5-31 '28c Southern ,•>< 7- 6-30 l 1 2 5-16- 1 27c 1 6-15 *5-11 7-31 5Uc 6- 5- 5-16 50c-. 3flJ2C 6- 1 4-19 6- $1,12% 6-15 7- $1.183A ____ (irreg.) 20c American ! * 5-16 5-16 5-14- 4 ; (quar.)_ 7- 10c 6% $1 7% preferred (quar.) O'Okiep Copper Co., Ltd.— 4-14 1 *25c ' Paper— 6- 9 * 5-31 .4.32 % *.cum preferred (quar.)^—— 4.48% convertible preierence (quar.) Republic 25c — (quar.)-——- \ 6- .59 %c (quar.) A Quebec Railway Co. (s-a) Ontario Steel Products Co., Ltd., com. (quar.) Extra 3 50c —; preferred Corporation 3 5- 50c — A— 4% 5- 6-15 A A Extra 5-31 6-15 ' $1.12 >4 ———' com. 6-20 25c (quar.) *1 Co 5-27 7- 1 10- 1 6-15 e- 1 $1.25 <quar.)__ Extra Class 4 35c Ontario & $3.60 9-15 & 5-26 40c , 4.88% Coventry Ltd., Class 5-26 6- non-cum. Corporation Renold 1 *11.75 ——-— Corp.—- Industries, Oliver 6- 25c Natural Gas, Oklahoma 5-12 5-17 6-10 non-cum. $1.60 preferred .•—: —__— Bag Holder) 5-31 12V2c Co._ (quar.) California Ediscn, common (quar.) participating original preferred (quar.) cum. preferred <quar.)___ 5% ' 2 5-25 Advance When Payable of Rec.- - 75c " ■ . Southern 5-16 6-13 _ 15c $1.75 preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.)—: preferred (quar.) Remington Rand, $4.50 preferred 1 6-10 15c ; Ohio $1.60 5-10 1 Co (quar.) $1.60 non-cum. 1 $1.1314 . 4 Platinum & Co., Ltd.__ 4'A%' 6-10 C-15 50c (quar.)_— A (quar.) Mills, Ltd. 6- — — 5- 1 6- - 933/4C (quar.)— preferred Knitting 6- 5c (quar,) 4 6- — 25c —37»/2c common common 5-25 ___; Extra Ben 43/4% 6-21 15c Ltd., common Stores, 20c —— (quar.) Company Owl $1.1214 !- ———-- .' ,7-1 25c ,—, — Co.— preferied 4% % Red Regent (quar.) Co Hosiery Mills, preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.) 5% 7-20 __— 5- Gold T share . — Southwestern Life Insurance prefeired 1st non-cum Silk 7% 6-24 (quar.) 50c 03aAc — Southern 5-31 40c *25c —— Southam 7- 1 $1.50 —— American Bend Lathe Works 5-18 - , ?quar.) Co. South 4-25 1 6- Pulp South 2 Reading Co.— 5-31 1 (s-a) (quar.) Name of Company - 4-29 5-16 6-10 6- 1 25c (quar.) Co., common—,,——— preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.) * 6-20 Per ' 5- 5-16 5-16 - $1.25 60c (quar.)__ Rapid Electrotype (quar.) Ray-O-Vac Company (quar.),— 8- pfd. (quar.)— Purina 33/4% 3 6- 7-15 (quar.) Service, common— Public Pharmacal Ohio Old 6-30 15c Bancorporation Ohio Olin 3%% $3.50 prior $4 Flour Mills, 7% Ralston (quar.) preferred (quar.),—— Oceanic 5 '4% (quar.) preferred Ogilvie 5- 5-13 guaranteed 7% Water, Northwestern Nutrine 5-25 7-1 — — —— Quaker State Quebec Power Co. Greyhound Lines— Northwest Norwich 5 Corp.— Refractories RR.. preferred 4%% 5'A% 5 $1.50 Investment American North 5- Payable of Rec. 20c 50c 25c — , 5- *10c preferred (accum.) 5%% preferred (accum.) (quar.) 0% preferred (quar.) Oil Refining 6-15 held— American Northeastern 5-25 84c 25c (quar.)_— Quaker Oats Co., each for Co. Power 6% Northland 5-25 Light preferred conv. 5 (stock dividend)— Kansas shares four 5-25 5- 5% 6c Purity Bakeries Ccrp. 14c Ltd., Corp., Mining share 5 Extra 5 5 5- *$1 —-■*- (quar.)*—*_ North American Co. One —•— series,—— Industry Mines, Ltd. Normetal North ceries_— Industry 55- 9c series Industry 5-25 5-25 10c Fund 5-26 6c —. Railroad Noranda 18c 13c 4c series Pacific Coast It-vestment Oil Power Monday, May 16, 1949 Holder) Soundview (quar.) Sound Share . 1— Mexico New 13c — When Hampshire— (quar.)— Public Service Co. % . New of Machinery Industry series Merchandising series—_*-*—*--*-* series CHRONICLE Per Public series FINANCIAL Holder) Inc.—(concluded) Stocks, COMMERCIAL, & . Volume 169 Number 4803 THE Per Name of United ; Company Molasses Ordinary • ' ■ 1 " Share __; Name of Insurance Co. (Seattle) 5 5-24 7- 5 5-24 Common Quarterly Common 5-27 22 Vic 5-17 6- $5 ; ___ U. S. Casualty Company, 45c conv. pfd. (s-a) S. Electric Light & Power Shares, Inc. 5-16 1 Wyandotte U. S. Finishing Co., $4 ■. convertible preferred (quar.)___ preferred iquar,). 7% U S Hoffman S. Lines Co. (N. preferred U. S. • U. S. J.), Society (Phila.) & U. Rubber • 4'/2'a • & 7% preferred Consolidated 1 Insurance Universal Pifctures 6- convertible 6-15 5- 6% , 2- 4-29 7-15 7- 5-25 5-10 6- 5-13 I 6- 25c fquar.)_i__: preferred Van Norman Van Raalte 6- sales 3 5-6 c 7- 1 10- 1 9-20 1-3-50 12-22 6-20 6-10 6- 1 5-17 6- 2 25c Co.. 50c after profit 75c Chemical Virginia Virginia Coal Virginia per - W'aite Amulet Walgreen Company, ' (H.) Warner Brothers Warren $3 Warren • Gooderham (S. $4.50 & 1 5-31 ; 8- 1 20c 6- 1 6-11 5-16 5-16 J50c 6-15 5-13 7- 6- 35C & Northern 1 6- 1 1 5-14 710- Wellington Fire Insurance Engineering 7-1 6-16 7-1 50c (quar.) Co. 20c Wesson & 5-16 2 Snowdrift West Jersey 1 B% Inc.— Co., . 5-21 5- $1 6-, 1 5-13 75C (quar.) (quar.) West. Indies Sugar 12»/2C 6-13 5-27 25c Oil Co. 6-13 (s-a)__ & Seashore 4 RR. Co special guaranteed : 4'/2> preferred (quar.) Auto Supply Co. Western Pacific RR. , 5% preferred Co., 6- i 5-14 5-16 4-18 $1.75 5-16 4-18 6-13 preferred A preferred A (quar.) Western Tablet 5-16 5- $1.25 5-16 5- 8-15 8- 11-15 11- 1 Air Westinghouse Electric ; 3.80% preferred B Electrical Weston Paper (S. White's S.) Auto 25c 6- 1 5- 1 55- Instrument Corp. ; < 5% SOc Dental Mfg. Stores, Inc Candle common , C- 1 7- 3714c —I-- 5-14 6- • SI Gibbs (J. w ■ 1 Wilsil, I Brothers, (J. • (quar.)_ Wool Corp. Crampton Electric (Alan) 5-14 5- (quar.) Corp. Power, 8teel com. Governor Inc.—Split-Up Voted— ' 7- 1 6-30 1949—Month—1948 $1,150,762 5-16 5-28 5-13 27 tic 1 5- 3 7-31 7-15 90c 6- 1 5-16 28c 5-14 4-30 $1.12(4 6-15 5-31 $1.20 —_ 6-15 5-31 7- 6- ... common — (stock dividend)— 5% 25c 1 1 i. ■V __ 'J; 1949—Month—1948 2,427,120 114,864 5,700,485 349,858 1,568,325 359,426 $1,594,767 $3,506,990 246,813 285,021 781,825 $3,875,357 767,865 $1,247,602 $1,309,746 $2,725,165 $3,107,492 24,341 16,364 71,152 47,489 $1,272,144 $1,326,110 $2,796,317 155,424 163,308 462,689 $3,154,982 503,819 opers. taxes__^ 6% preference registered (s-a) Worthington Pumo & Machinery Corp., ct>m. 4%% prior preferred 4y2% conv. priqr preferred (quar.)—- (auar.) oper. income— income-- income from gross inc. Net income— $1,116,719 $1,162,802 ■ $2,333,628 $2,651,163 169, p. 1567. (Ed.) Schuster & Co., Inc.—Earnings— $41,406,003 $39,055,068 —— Net profit after charges and taxes— 1,233,046 $2.63 $2.48 preferred dividend requirements. Max E. Net sales •' ■ for • the year ended Jan. 31, 1949 were the history of the company, an increase of 6.0% over the preceding year. During each of the last two years, the rise in dollar volume was prin¬ cipally attributable to an Increase in the size of the average sales transaction, inasmuch ' both in 230 as the ratio as the number of current pared with 2.7 to I. by transactions decreased slightly . compared with $5,985,996 at sented of ; ; current assets of the company at years. net 5- 2 ' * 1819. p. March and AND Trust Detroit, Co., 7, metal 1946, for mouldings. T? / Mich. The roller chains are the latest They are manufactured braces, and bicycle roller chains. addition on the to company's The is company formed early in manufactured its of by sold and such well-rated included the Smith metal and agreement. > paftnership Smith which of Leo a At mouldings. thi ihcep- products were moulding for mouldings, stair nbs- partnership's linoleum business of D. Harold license exclusive an roll-formed the as jobbers products. of under continuation a 1945 business, use line machine automatic an was the general purpose Company's present carpeting and The pai tnership marketed its products through coverings from coast to coast and also floor of such well-known companies as S. S. Green Co. and Montgomery-Ward. The rapid expan¬ partnership's business necessitatted an an increase in capitalization and resulted in the incorporation of the company which took over all of the assets and business of the partnership. Its among H. customers L. the of CAPITALIZATION GIVING TO EFFECT PRESENT OFFERING /p Authorized Common As stock of Feb. of Corp. 262,572 shs. (par March 16 voted to change the from $1 to $2 per share and to shareholders the of proportionately tribution the stock Shareholders All deposit 28, fcommon standing. .. 1949, Outstanding 375,000 shs. par) authorized capital consisted of 100,000 $1) of which 83,300 shares were out- ' par Value of the common stock increase the authorized common stock to 375,000 shares, of which 41,650 shares, of which 41,650 shares were then outstanding. Shareholders also voted to approve the acquisition as of Jan. 31, 1949, of certain assets of Smith Roller Chain Corp. in exchange for 95,922 shares, of the company's common stock ($2), thus increasing the outstanding common stock to 137,572 shares. These 95,922 shares were dis¬ tributed proportionately to the shareholders of Smith Roller Chairi • shares ; ($2 in a total Roller Chain Corp. are to shares received in the dis« Smith of of 50,000 escrow. ... ' 5 the terms of the underwriting agreement, com¬ put in force a dividend policy calling for cash quarterly dividends on the common stock of 5 cents per share, be¬ ginning with the first quarter following the completion of the public offering in the. event that sufficient earned surplus is available and continuing so long as in thfe judgment of the board of directors the earnings of the company Justify such payment. pany cash or assets to Jan. 31, 1949 were $9,131,the end of the preceding year, and current liabilities was 3.3 to 1 as com¬ The increase in net current assets is largely repre¬ securities. During the year, in anticipation of its current building and expansion the company materially strengthened its financial condition by issuing 15,000 shares of 4%% preferred stock for $1,431,484, net after expenses, and by borrowing $2,500,000 on long-term notes. company 000, has substantially compared with $3,500,000 reduced its readily available, inventory position. Mer¬ are now at Jan. 31, 1948. The company intends its conservative buying policy of limiting purchases to the po'nt consistent with its high standard of customer merchandise 25c 6-20 6- 1 to $1.12'4 6-15 6- 1 lowest $1.12% 6-15 6- 1 service.—V. continue 168, p. 1589. machinery new and to be used for payment of current working capital.—V. 169, p. 1998. are Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Uncollectible reV._ oper. Co.—Earnings1049—3 Mos.—1948 1949— Month—1948 Operating revenues $20,738,253 $17,529,159 $60,299,178 $50,441,256 78,909 60,939 218,368 182,713 Operating revenues Ji $20,709,344 $17,468,220 $60,080,810 $50,258,543 16,007,460 14,166,299 46,249,694. 41,260,779 taxes 2,508,369 1,797,036 7,416,350 5,131,102 Operating expenses _ Net! operating incomeNet after charges —V. 169, p. $2,193,515 1,764,330 1712. government practically all lines of merchandise to agreed PURPOSE—The net proceeds Southern California Edison program, Since has Operating chandise on hand and in transit at Jan. 31, 1949 on the basis of "lastin, first-out," amounted to $4,220,723, compared with $4,477,390 a year ago, and commitments for mercliandist purchases at cost were $2,050,-" 8 and The $11,634,470.—V. 169, Period End. Mar. 31— the highest in the 6- cash of incorporated in MIchi-, of manufacturing tollproducts include metal, mouldings and trim for household and industrial uses, bicycle fendera ' ; 5-17 a3% tBased current assets amounted td $14,117,429, < government securities, and current; excess of current assets over current 1949, 31, $2,482,959. Detroit formed Friedmann, President, said in part:./ 3 6-25 was liabilities, 6- 4-22 March BUSINESS—Corporation gan 1,230,316 •Earnings per common share •After 1948 1949 -V sales 25c 1 $1.47 Canadian taxes on Income. and HISTORY 1,897,704 487,393 5-14 7-11 $7,366,298 733,653 $1.39 ^ 1946 $5,396,646 470,896 $0.94 1947 $7,764,485 858,892 $1.73 1948 Transfer agent, 6,425,402 260,570 $1,494,615 ry. 5-14 6- depletion. before (& Subs.)—Earnings— ($2). par 1949—3 Mos.—1948 1 50C but shares outstanding. $4,847,094 $5,949,715 $15,654,546 $15,632,760 3,311,899 9,954,061 9,207,357 5-31 *40C depreciation, 1949 ■"> share_ com. were Kresge, 6- Ltd.— and Mich.— Stock Offered—Charles E. Bailey & Co., Detroit, Mich.,; on May 9 offered 125,000 Shares of Common Stock at 1711; 3iy4c • . Co., 6- " ings and curtain rods. income The < taxes 695,118 497,000 liabilities $3,779,735 95,622 Net 4-25 25c all $6,892,382 per NOTE—On 1949—4 Mos.—1948 <. $4,337,091 $4,103,000 $3,422,876 84,114 —V. 5-16 15c : 1949—12 Mos.—1948 $52,630 $85,136 $0.04 $0.07 $51,914 $0.04 Nil profit household 29,764 ' 5-16 t$2.50 of¬ DIVIDENDS—By 6-13 6-30 tAfter ,, $1,565,003 2 t70c being now are 1949—3 Mos.—1948 "$33,103 share___ per including ^ $1,464,840 29,775 5-18 $1.061/» and shares (II. D.) Smith Manufacturing Corp., Roseville, income- 5-28 5-16 $1.50 Co., & 1 1 ; common Combing Corp of Canada, Ltd. (F. W.) Company (quar.)__ W.) 6- 6- (s-a)____—;__ Wool worth (F. 6-15 The unsold 28,01,0 shares were sold. 425,940 21,367 167,598 Deducts, 2 25c Industries, common (quar.)_ preferred (quar.) Woolworth 2 5- conv. Woodward 5- 5-16 common 4y2% preferred (quar.)— $4.80 preferred (quar.) 5% 5-14 into 1997. p. sales on par from Gross 1 15c split were 169, loss. tEarns. $100,994 175,070 123,714 7-29 6- HOC preferred (qucr.i — 3.60 % preferred (quar.) Wisconsin Power & Light Co., Wood 8-15 6-15 62 tic (s-a) 6% Woodall $314,893 Def.2,525 Years Ended Jan. 31— ___ < $23,380 43,627 723,700 2 4-29 . $1.25 (extra) Bankshares Wisconsin $1 Net ry. oper. 5-10 5-16 *25c & $91,306 2,637,816 100,700 804,515 Co.— (s-a) $4.25 preferred (quar.) Winnipeg Electric Co., common (increased). 5% non-cum. preferred (s-a) Winters T 5- 5-14 25C Machinge preferred 5 % Ltd. Company, Wisconsin 251,437 charges p. 1711. Total ry. oper. 4-29 5-16 10c Sewing Ltd. Wilson Wilson Wilson & 381,921 5-15 15c (quar.) C.), 81,100 rev. 6-14 10c Company, common B.) preferred 1,888,763 ' 10c I (quar.) convertible preferred series A Williams 1,947,682 5-16 1 12 tic (quar.) Co (quar.) ' & 649,073 taxes Non-operating *$1.12(4 1 Co. Co., Common 676,689 Deducts, fr. ry. oper. inc. . .. (quar.) $3 pef share of which on 1,220,467 shares Of $5 fcar Value common stock outstanding. 169, p. 1012. ;.v •Net $2,241,194 3,323,932 5-24 6-10 50c (quar.)_ , _ Baumer Willcox $2,644,496 9 (quar.) Oil & $753,553 ____ % Ry. operating income- 9 1 Whitehead BroS. Rubber Co.— Will Net 3,276 $5,751,051 • Wilcox •Net $2,244,470 5,667 revenues- 9 66- at shares profit —V. 1949—3 Mos.—1948 V $2,650,163 operating ry. - per 3 Mos. End. Mar. 31— 1,314 operating expenses- Other * filed a letter of notification with the SEC stock (par 5c) and options for 107,562 9 common tBased the of excess $754,867 Other Federal taxes 5 87!/2C 50c lEarnings 5-16 95c redeemable preferred Whi taker 5- 6-15 of Period End. Mar. 31— tNet 122>183 expenses Federal income 6-16 1 5-15 50c Corp., common. (quar.).^' - (Geo.), Ltd.— 4>/2% White A 7- 15c May on , $890,178 revenues p. 1949 were 328, against 319 a 30, Silver King Coalition Mines Co.—Earnings— 1,499 State, county & city taxes 2-1 2-15-50 $1.25 (quar.) Brake preferred Weston in dealers $1,302,509 169, Subs.)—Sales shares fered.)—V. & Westinghouse 3 th % . $1.25 Western f and (1949—Month—1948 Net 1 $1.25 $1.25 _. operation at April shares at 70,990 subscriptions books have been closed. Ry. 2 (quar.) be Corp.—Earnings— rev— Period End. Mar. 31— 2 — Stationery— preferred (quar.)_i__ I Utilities, 6% preferred 5% 2 75c (quar.) (quar.)__ 5% A sales, Ry. (quar.)—:— preferred 5- . (owned by Michael Kaplan and sold for his benefit); & Co., New York. The stock is to be share and the proceeds added to the general fund used in expansion 6f manufacturing facilities, working capital, [In September, 1948, 99,000 shares of stock (par 25c) were sion 6-16 1 in company offered St. Louis Southwestern Ry.—Earnings— 5-15 6- units 425,940 etc. 5-31 — A to amendment ^-V. 50c 75c financial and attorney of 1949—Month—1948 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $4,091,541 $2,942,461 $10,085,130 $9,514,829 $3.69 $891,677 oper. Sales $1.12(4 common 5% 5 % institutions such Period End. Apr. 30— ; charge before.—V. 169, p. 1712. tion $1.50 (quar.) N. Y. Boston, the investment banking field, Underwriter, Willis E. Burnside 16, $1.50 (s-a) Electric Co., preferred (quar.) : 7% preferred (quar.)___j West Virginia Coal & Coke (quar.) West Virginia Pulp & Paper— 6% in offered Rose's 5, 10 & 25-Cent Stores, Inc.—Sales— ' Western An — Penn West 3b— sales common 5-27 V i Jr., 6.843,171 . Manufacturing and in underwriting department for Philadelphia, members of thhe New York Stock director Of Gerity-Mlchigan Corporation, Adrian, Thompson, 4,197,452 value, to holders of each share of record May 16, 1949. On May 3, last, the stockholders approved a proposal to change the authorized common stock from 1,250,000 shares, par $1 each, to 2,500,000 shares, par $1 each to effect the two-for-one split-up of the issued and outstanding. 562,087 shares (Including 16,100 treas¬ ury shares). ' The New York Stock Exchange on May 6 directed that the common stock be not quoted ex said distribution until further notice; and that all certificates delivered after May 16, 1949 must be accompanied by due bills.—V. 169, p. 1491. / • 8-11 1 6- 169, share, of 6-15 8-16 t$1.75 (s-a) for to the certificate of incorporation will be filed on 1949, pursuant to which each share of common stock, of $2 par value, will be changed and reclassified into two shares of common stock, of $1 par value, by the distribution on May 16, 1949 of one 4-30 35c Co Wentworth $4 preferred after May 1 5-14 r 1 10-15 t20c : 7-15 12 tic York experience $3.34 Ronson Art Metal Works, 5-16* :• & Company, ^ , convertible preferred from for Net Oper. income Net 5-14 6- 12»/2C RR., com.. '. 1 6- 20c i. New of broad liabilities 3 $1.13 common Treasurer Sightmaster Corp., New Rochelle, N. Y.—Files— 1948 5-16 1 Nolan with Brothers, Retail year 5-10 6- • Treasurer 6,395,468 share.. revenues Operating 5-20 75C new has been associated with the and a director of the Corn¬ and a director of Air capacities, Pennsylvania; •After provision for Federal 6-15 5 three of 1996, p. Operating $1 (quar.) received Uncollectible Operating 25c or 3,804,630 common reserved 169, —V. Ltd., 80c class A (quar.) Knitting Mills (quaf.). Wellman been 25c , ... as Shoe Corp. of America (& Wholly Owned $45,839,167 $50,255,471 Period End. Mar. 31— i 5-10 40c Co. Period End. April Retail 5-13 6-10 various in Corp. of America; L. Cary The 1949 taxes.: Rochester Telephone 7-15 40c election the follows: announced 6 Simonds Saw & Steel Co. 5-12 . 3hanghai Exchange; also a Mich—V. 168, p. 949. 5-20: 6-20 Waterous, 4% 6- $1.25 (increased) (quar.) Corp. 'Common • —V. 6 5-31 (quar.) Company, Waterloo, Cedar Falls Weeden 5-16 6- 6-20 . preferred Wayne amount SOc Worts, Ltd.— preferred D.) have Corp.— Petroleum Warren 1- 5-14 6-1 5-27 ... (quar.) J. Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, as representative, announced May 5 that as subscriptions to the 50,000 shares of 4% % preferred stock, series G, 1 6- the B. Chemical William 16) page May on board of directors, its years many consultant . 6-15 $1 (quar.)_ '. Pictures convertible 12- + common (Northam) 12-10 115C to Knox Commuting, Inc., Westchester County Airport, ! 1 10c Ltd 4% preferred (quar.) Walker & Company, common Walker 9- 1 (quar.)_ * of Operating Corp. Mines, 9-10 , L_ ■ wall Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.—Stock Sold— i; 37V2c $5 preferred (ouar.) Virginian Railway Co.— 6% preferred (quar.) Vogt -Manufacturing 6- 30c Dare Stores, class A Electric & Power, common v For the three months ended March 31, 1949, net profit was $1,131,725, or 99 cents per share, compared with $1,518,631, or $1.33 per share, for like period in 1948,-r-V. 169, p. 704, •; 6-10 25c (quar.) Iron Co.— & 6-20 $1.25 • Co. (if approved), provisttm at fytftrfctu 31, i949, x>f $lo0,0oo and at March 31, $450,000, for replacement of "last-in-first-out" inventory, on estimated replacement costs on such dates, respectively. $1.25 5% Vemey Corp. 1 Viceroy Manufacturing Co., Ltd Vick ' supervise also Phagan, late Chief—Renegotiation section, Eastern District, Army Air Force; senior partner of the firm of Phagan, Tillison & Tremble of New York, accountants and tax consultants; a director of the Industrial Bank of Commerce of New York, and •After 1948, $1.25 , _ Col. 5-13 62'/2C corporation members Corporation and , profit Net 5-28 62'/2c (quar.) The Non¬ income tax. before Federal and State inc. taxes. Net 5-14. . 8 Co preferred (quar.) preferred (quar.) 1 6- 62 V2 ... tax. source. Corp, of America—Plans Private Financing— •Net profit 1 6- SI Vanadium-Alloys Steel (quar.) Vapor Heating Corp., 5% pfd. (quar.)__.__ 5% 6- t2'/2c _ (quar.) preferred Jamaica Nine Months Ended March 31— ; 5-16. 1 6-15 22 V2C ... preferred the Reeves Brothers, Inc. (& Subs.)—Earnings— '/, Net prior non-residents' at 5-10 5-25 1 P. I., office, from which he will Hongkong areas.—V. 169, p. i567. Seminole Oil & Gas Corp.—Three New Directors— dividend. Canadian deductible amount of bank loans. Also uhder discussion is an additional $20,000,000 of debentures, the proceeds from which would be used to increase working capital.—V. 169, p. 1996. 6-151 5-16 $1.06V4 prior this 15% tax similar 6-30 •_ prior . 5% •5 % for The corporation of America is reported to be negotiating the private placement of $40,000,000 of debentures through Lehman Brothers. Proceeds of the debenture sale would, it is said, be used to pay off a 5-25 /" 50c •____ and Buckley Inc.— Mines, Ltd.— Knitting Co., common. 5-16 ■ 50c (quar.) Upper- Canada Utica 30 % General 5 $1.50 (quar.) closed Funds, less (Continued from 5- 5-20 25C preferred 6-15 for " 90c $1.25 Morris Plan 5-16 1 6-10 $1.75 Co. Co., Less x 5-16 60c 4VW preferred (quar.).. Universal Winding Co., common Manila, 5-16" 6-10 SI Co. 7-20 Investment News 6-10 $1.50 Roosfevfelt, formerly associated with William P. Hunt has been appointed Vice-President. He will be in charge of the Co., 7-30 ._ $ 538,427,826 Security Banknote Co.—Roosevelt Vice-President— 37'/2C (quar.) $ 1712. p. Cornelius Van S. 15%; resident tax 7%. - f 15c Oil not S. 6-15 ... Universal Tube & books 6-15 1 7- pfd. (quar.) pfd. (quar.) 5-31 (quar.). 6-1 conv. 4% preferred 5-16 (s-a) 5-16 6-15 169, V 5-16 5-31 10c SOne share of Madison Gas & Electric for each 25 held Less British Income tax. Radio (Del.)- Inc., Special . 7- 6-15 1 1 _______ Inc. Corp., Ltd 5-31 10c 11-30* 7- 56V4C (quar.)' Lines, Wallpaper, Universal 12-20 6-15 (increased)... 10C ___ —V. 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $ 194,643,917 203,959.255 492,496,621 — I 8-31* $2 (quar.) common 7-20 a 5-31* 6- _ 1 Sales 5-31- 9-20 $1 preferred United Stores Corp., $6 United 6-20 6-20 . 62 '/2C , 6-20 8- * $ 5-20 1 & in U. resident tax Bumper Co.— . U. S. Truck United Steel 4-30' 35 cr common 1st preferred Steel Corp., S. 5-15 75c (quar.) Co., U. S. Spring 6-15 50c i 1 7- ________ _ ^Payable In Canadian funds, 4-30 25c ■ ■ preierred 1 7- 50c 1 tPayable , 5-15 75c L_—-Li ___ (quar.): Co.__^ 6% jmn-cum. U. 5-18 5-27 75c (quar.).l Co. Printing & Lithograph Co., -common.. S. 1 6- 25c , convertible 1949—Month—1948 1 25C Co.— •Transfer V 30c (s-a) ' Potash 5 % . 22»/2C Niles Youngstovvn Sheet 75c Foundry Extra S. - Sears, Roebuck & Co.—April Sales Declined 4.6%— Payable of Rec. 25c t 55 - ,t __ Pipe S ' & Cab 6% 5-10 5-10 6- 50c * ,v_- ______ Special U. • 1 1 6-10 $1.06 'A (quar.) (quar.)___ common (s-a) . Quarteily Quarterly U. S. Playing Card U ' Yellow 10c Loan Extra 7- $1.75 Machinery Corp.— 4participating preferred U. 5-10' 1 7- $1 * 4-30 6- 62 %e (quar.)____ common 5-16 3c (2147) Holdera Period End. Apr. 30— (quar.) ._ Wysong //":; Delaware, series E Worsted Extra .U. ; Share Jr., Company— (monthly) (monthly). (monthly) Common 2',2 % — Company When (Wm.)j 7- a Pacific Payable of Rec. al7'/2% _ CHRONICLE Per Wrigley (final). FINANCIAL Holdera Co., Ltd.— registered Extra United When COMMERCIAL ■& The Office its company a May 5 filed with $6,414,766 5,196,545 $3,866,662 2,658,944 . . stock •* Co.—Registers With SEC— the SEC San Francisco Regional registration statement proposing the sale of 800,000 shares common The on $1,504,885 1,069,947 * of ($25 par). named as the principal underwriters. The public offering price 'and the underwriting terms are to be supplied by amendment. " ' ' Net proceeds of the financing will be used to finance, in part, the company's construction program. For the years 1946 to 1961, this program involves estimated expenditures of $254,800,000;* ttf this, First $147,202,000 authorized Boston had for Corp. been and made 1949-1S51.—V. by Harris, the 1C9, p. Hall end cf 1890. & Co. 1948 (Inc.) and are $107,598,000 is (2148) 56 COMMERCIAL THE Holders cf Co.—Rights to Subscribe stock of record at the close of business, May 13, right to subscribe, for a period of 15 days, for common ($4.50 pari, to the extent of one share for each four shares held .shall of have stock and in where addition under primary a holder would any additional entitled be to fractional a E. number of shares subscribed allotment—V. to 169, under for the rights to' subscribbe, H. the Electric totaled this ot outuut week the compared as last year, ended week with increase an May 4, kwh. 2,592,000 14.5%.—V. of 1949, 1998. p. has SEC to request additional issued order an hearing a upon of shares 141.858 giving interested persons until May the proposal of company to sell an its common stock ($7.50 par; to its to he reported, supplied by share the record amendment, the for date subscription and offering being terms the on are basis of of shares 18,378 of for $13 pay effective., for each amount of Under share with agreement such agreement, preference stock of debentures commission each of will from and purchased issuable the from range 30 from cents Texas 18,378 50 in respect shares $2 cents to for each $1.80 to Public Service purchased for share stockholders; from the com¬ 3 Months Ended March 31— Net income new construction sidiary, and each additional for held. shares ten Proceeds investment in its INCOME CONSOLIDATED sub¬ 1948 $28,320,104 -— $23,194,932 underwriting commissions are to be paid by the company. the company's offering of the 18,378 shares of prefer¬ will be utilized, to the extent that they shall suffice, the underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the and the Southwestern received Gas SEC Development Earnings The 7,342,745 and iaxes__ 5,593,829 12,856,756 other Operating income,, Other $5,928,478 their current in the 1949 $6,088,448 $4,989,237 1,471,411 956,919 $4,617,037 $4,032,318 1,411,712 income Gross Interest and ;. other income Net Number of 1,409,212 $3.27 ——.— deductions,, $2.86 _——____ Co., incident expenses Amarillo authorization Co. (New Oil to Yorki, Co. and issue 3% note sory handle .. shares common Earnings per common share— INCOME ACCOUNT —— (PARENT ENDED COMPANY;, MARCH 12 MONTHS 1949 Operating revenues,,, purchase costs $19,425,842 $14,888,932 6,341,308 the to merger.—V. 169. West Texas their to Gas oper. Other depreciation and costs, "Operating income Net . income Gross and — 1 : other 8,575,946 649,320 p. 169, 620,328 $5,157,908 $3,864,508 937,730 . . 489,285 deductions $4,220,178 per —V. $3,244,180 _ income Earnings 7,227,123 $4,508,588 income Interest taxes— ___—. $3,375,223 $2.99 $2.4u share common 1998. Southern (Incl. separately Transportation operated Period End. Mar. 31— > System—Earnings— solely controlled affiliated shares Southwestern parent, 1949—Month—1948 Oil will par a five-year 3% the consideration. and Southwestern, 163, p. 112. note.—V. States (approximately Amarillo Telephone $339,162 issue and unsecured 169, dividends oper. revenues— Ry. oper. expenses——- 45,608,100 48,848,431 sole at Pan¬ stockholder, Co.—Stock Offered— for new Rights expired May 7. for 8,905 shares and the The each 36,229,440 106,099,602 36,134,461 Sell Bonds for made stockholders the Privately—Arrangements sale institutional to ojffice, Agents—Company's Francisco," and Republic National Bank Bank of and cisco, and America First have investors of been $600,000 bondsi due 1975. Transfer Operating Income Other 9,473,639 National National Trust Bank in Dallas, of 18,682,122 Texas. Registrars— 1949 is in that this program <b> of excess expected Unemployment ins.-— 02,708 depreciation % :: ■">, remaining funds required obtained from the sources, (expected cash (a) principal to approximate of hand on items for the $330,0001 $600,000 of of Dec. 31, as which of completion accruals are and 188,257,737 3,558,681 ,•3,740.621 1,525,967 State, income——„ ; — . first 3'/2% mortgage Authorized county taxes and city Joint rents 1,715,380 1,469,045 4,901,378 4,383,018 83 119 Crl0,043 rents series 1,302,836 2,960,772 3,675,620 105,666 113,482 300,504 339,495 due (net) due 1970 due income 3,803,441 5,118,966 5,112,908 $1.20 dividend not stock Class A stock (par $25)— (par 2,187,671 2,175,940 3,328,944 3,170,156 7,294,906 8.441,852 15,049,124 57,824 172,866 (par income on 1948 and Fixed 1,586,655 5,108,603 4,755,717 r ■ 5,991,112 deducts.— charges Net — Income of Transports j •Net income controlled 64,532* 1,703;254" the sale of JConsol. adjust. Other Net 3,160,382 9,989,689 330,649 Dr350,503 175,126 Other 71,017 71,017 213,050 213,050 Provision <Cr)___ Total is of Subscription Consol. net •Excluding income-— S. P. 4,327,316 R. R. Co. 6,052,093 Mexico. of bonds of Pacific Electric Ry. Co. not credited to income of S. At of the annual offset the Since in the attention the railroad higher expenses. of and v < to the ' 11, the stepS ; A. T. Mercier, mounting costs being taken to 1940, prevailing—which will be accentuated when the 40-hour week for non-operating employes becomes effective Sept. 1, 1949—plus the greater costs of materials and supplies, still other means must be employed to keep income in proper relation to war June this in outgo. mind, lie improvement annually the projects, completed Southern Pacific is progressing a post¬ more than $35,000,000 $95,000,000 on various As the principal undertaking in this calculated expenditure under way. or program, large-scale is expected to bring tion said, program through to of 3,449 1,196 6,067 1,147 $513,316 $559,017 $645,711 135,201 152,994 165,917 offering shares shall shall event well now 162,628 & 101,994 90,078 139,363 5,811 share per the the at. month, If the than be 10, vously Cr48,3l8 advanced, annually. In as successor Telephone San and a plan Principal Francisco. is local On business Aug. of furnishing of certain service reorganization executive in the to by the for one economies 169, UNDERWRITERS—The of Arkansas, Louisiana, company both lines of the Bell the names the ot Co., but to less their G. H. Co.. System stock and own present The pay. share Bernet Dewar, & & their offering within 31, will than full a annual for first 52 respec¬ 169, p. it was 1950.—V, 20%* Pancoast 15% Co ._ Tlie "" p. shall from 169, 9 Days End. Apr. 30 with the proceeds $20 1949 Gross —V. revenues 169, p. 1948 $7,687,481 1998. Quarter End. Mar. 31— Apr. 30— 1949 Net 1943 profit Number of Earned Southern Union Gas Co. The company covering and These «f May $3,679,464 325,000 securities filed 9 of shares of are a sinking $1 to be issued proposed merger of Texas Under the merger properties Union .s and tc other issue preference by to Southern assets preference stock and will include the ($1 Union is stock serviee 306,622 acquire 1949 and Public in Service conversion assume other of of a prefer-' liabilities, of 1948, no for more payment. shares, 1948 price in full. share, at $51.52 earnings. each Employees subscribe may based by is due weekly the on first Full payment first of monthly or day pay for the stock and payment deductions on of the subscriber must be completed later not frond than May - Corp.—Registers Securities— 1 dividend rates on the bonds and preferred stock, offering price and underwriting terms, are competitive bidding. public the by of the sale of of the the bonds preferred, and simultaneously Staten the new preferred stock common exchange for the standing 2,725 shares stock common its co Island holdings prelerred will the of and 325,000 shares of new General Public Utilities Corp., parent. latter's of (no shares of stock all (no the of par; presently out¬ 260,000 shares and parh Proceeds of the bond sale, to the extent of $1,500,000, will be applied the payment of short-term notes; and, to the extent of the balance, to reimburse the company's treasury for construction ex* penditures and to meet the- cost of construction.—V. 169, p. 1713. to $1,250,000, Sterling Drug Inc.—Division Increases Output— Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., a division of Sterling Drugj; Inc.,. is producing some 40 different: intermediates in its own plant Cincinnati, Ohio, which formerly were purchased from outside currently in sources, according to Ross Hastie, Director of Purchases. on tonnage, Hilton-Davis is now more than 75% "Based tained on raw materials used in producing pigments and dyes,'' the report revealed. Improved economical and standardized carbon under the and paper change-over, textile which direction of has industries been James F. in its main service has Thompson, the to during the Vice-President ^ self-con¬ of organic printing made been progress line ink, possible past by year,- and Plant 1 h .. The plan of the expansion program still under way is to make the Hilton-Davis operation as nearly basic as is economically feasible, Mr. Thompson has announced.—V. 169, p. 1492. Stone Container Corp.—Earnings-— Quarter Ended March 31— Net profit Shares Per after 194.9 1948 1947 $2,472,034 294,931 $3,135,328 $3,855,584 341,951 729,1915 70C,000 taxes 700,000 700,000 outstanding——— shaie on stock common $0.42 The balance sheet at March 31, including $1,642,906 $964,483.—V. 169, p. cash and $0.49 1949, shows current U. S. bonds. assets Current $1.04 $3,299,965. liabilities were 1013. Talon, Inc.—Earnings— Quarter Ended March 31— Gross profit Selling, admin, 1949 — adv., shipping and 1948 1947 $2,030,586 $1,952,068 $3,013,024 Fed, 1947 expenses 1,062,952 and profit— 926.349 882.795 S9S7.634 406,406 $1,025,719 State $2,130,229 430,802 894,69(5 — income taxes Net income $561,228 shares per $594,917 $1,235,533 outstanding 1,137,862 1,135,862 977,050 share £0.48 $0.51 $1.24 common 169, p. 808. 1946 1,377,480 share- 1,377.480 $0.61 $0.66 $0.57 $0.26 Texas & Pacifib Ry.—Results from Operation— $356,105 1,377,480 $904,057 1,37 7.480 $784,545 shares_ 114. Period End. Mar. Operating Operating Ry. Squibb & Sons (& Wholly-Owned Earnings— Subs.) — / earnings after charges Federal income taxes.- tax expenses 1949—Month—1948 $5,474,288 1949 4,992,579 accruals—_____ Net 1,693,704 Other $5,177,073 $16,281,850 $18,731,432 12,923,945 14,110,320 594,320 1,039,609 1,818,539 305,237 645,256 918,611 370,209 >_ 220,434 15,192 10,338 38,025 30,821 $530,616 $654,274 $1,635,015 $1,853,135 91,633 -71,190 257,205 219,989 $1,892,220 $2,0^.124 1948 $3,921,459 1949—3 Mos.—1948 $6,556,748 4,337,837 ____ facil. rentals (net On $8,873,893 3,696,820 —— 31-1— revenues Equip, rentals (net Dr Jt. Net $2,227,755 oper. ihcome_ income-— ry. Net profit— •Earnings per common share •After preferred dividend _ $2.95 requirements. 1 • $1.13 : . ■' which have months' been excluded from the subsidiary .' p. of the for the income $622,249 deductions—_r— Fixed charges. $725,464 8,356 . _ 238,277 11,033 A 226,388 25,659 26.869 705,686 681,643 $1,160,875 $1,364,607 . : company reported earnings period ended March 31, 1949.—V. 169, Total Misc. % NOTE—Common stock earnings for the nine months ended March 31, 1948, included earnings of the Argentine T general 1949—4 Mos.—1948. 1948 the Service, shares among com. R.) in per complete her or the issuance and sale to Earnings $838,570 p. to purchase bid average paid $51.52 recapitalization,-involving the delivery of $4,000,000 of par —V. Nine Months Ended March 31— terms Union. by Southern Union assumption, , par). under to Public Texas 1964 169, a the charges com. per. (E. SEC 1, common stock and is to «n^mnmrenf0i«f K-Qlicleq,fir^ k**®. is3UaRce maximum of $3,679,464 of debentures and ence of the July into Southern Union Texas stockholders ?} debentures and one share of thJv, ,!?,.$ervice latter s outstanding liabilities. the of Co. With SEC with stock Southern Public Service agreement, business, registration statement fund debentures, due cumulative a Soutnern -r-V. (Dallas)—Registers after and taxes $8,345,658 $98,230,806 $107,176,056 and the closing a Operating Square D Co.—Earnings— -Jan. 1 to the the above of his be date 1820. p. determined Common Southern Ry.—Estimated Gross Earnings Period— each, the Subsequent $10,978,434 $11,660,456 $36,439,312 $39,486,880 1568. $51.52 " 1949—Month—1948 • — 169, at darning rate. payment interest be with io% _ " Period End. Apr. 30— than for corporation together 15% 1890. Sales —V. other 1949, to Spiegel, Inc.—April Sales Decreased 5.8%— an¬ 16, May 9 filed a registration statement with the SEC issuance and sale, at competitive bidding, of $2,750,000 first mortgage bonds, duo May 1, 1979, and 40,000 shares of cumula* tive preferred stock ($100 par). 4Q% __ . & shares equals required year's stock weeks be 15% 'i. Staten Island Edison lines severally Hickman Co Robertson employ, May stock. considered advances subscribe- for following May 31, 1949. took and others. _ Schneider. Cruttendon its to up more month any stock more than Payments of the may not with pre- Oklahoma,- its over underwriters percentages of shares of the common purchased by them are as follows: —V. 1998. p. or in now common Mont¬ Telephone the be & South¬ company of nounced.—V. those subscribe to of Sales States furnished through connections with Walker to 300 office, the 1944, Delaware operating public utility engaged in the business and long distance telephone and telegraph service areas is in 24, Southwest Texas. Toll incorporated $324,836 an Prescott, Wright, Snider addi¬ company is intensifying its long-time study and application labor-saving practices and devices. Mechanization of working meth¬ ods, including widespread use of freight-handling equipment and office calculating machines, is effecting important under Co. was $253,737 wholly-owned subsidiary. company within $246,244 BUSINESS—Company properties a The tive 1998. subscription will be of per Employees this $304,205 AND 1937 the and $1.42 operating 13,003,953 price be less than the par value of $25 per share. end the price $51,52 paint, income States and 18,493,967 $2.85 monthly average of the daily bid price for the stock will be beginning with May,- 1949, for each month through May, 1950. the bid price of the stock declines so that what has been paid in If 200,754 24,000 taxes— Fed. Street, of 37,106,904 $2.74 The $644,564 $556,000 income gomery save about diesellzation of motive power, about a saving of $26,000,000 the $552,950 14,600 western over 227,354 5,300,000 37,389,982 169, p. Manager. now With $512,120 income ■ he pointed out, average hourly railroad wages have risen 87% ; fuel oil prices, 126%, and prices of other materials and supplies, 89%. Taxes have increased 229%. in the same period, it was stated. Working forces are kept in balance with the fluctuations in traffic volume, Mr, Mereier explained, but because of the much higher labor costs 341,957 $552,551 income profits HISTORY May stockholders industry, 280,436 11,150,000 256,121 P. Trans¬ Net meeting of stockholders held called operation 555,989 12,750,000 taken 1,094,888 profits taxes refundable Improvement Program Under Way— President, 425,375 271,602 % %% exc. on portation System. .' 488,894 1945 $2,337,530 259,736 (net»__ for for %% 1946 $2,517,635 1,279,574 income and 10,377,865 interest I 1,523,999 charges Credit 3,022,929 JRepresenting 24,021,321 price for the stock during the month of April, 1949. price to be paid may be reduced below $51.52 per share, but in The no of 1,824,352 Interest charges excess J bonds, mortgage CALENDAR YEARS 1947 305,394 income 5,650,427 None ' $2,796,615 expenses- operating 32,973 cos._ first of , _ oper. 4,223,326 solely 40,000 shs. $600,000 639,058 Depreciation P. System of affil'd 713,333 48,537,340 (est.) opportunity number undergo 40,000 shs. $li._ $3,321,355 revenues 60,000 shs. 156,000 shs. 1948" Operating Other S; 574,622 365,742 1947.—V. in •Including contemplated 3Va% series due 1975. 303,718 income 22,733,366 765,923 average bid >' '?' 60,000 shs. Maintenance Total Miscellaneous 47,405,675 Drl7,966 50,695,971 company limited to 600,000 40,000 shs. 250,000 shs. $1> stock %• ; series common % ' ' designated yet 11,878,968 income—^ oper. 10,962,217 Stanley Works. New Britain, Conn.—Stock for Empls. The r 1,000,000 —_ 1975—— Cumulative preferred Series "Outstanding $3,600,000 SUMMARY OF EARNINGS FOR Ry. Other 73,543,008 long-term debt.-—. on proposing $10,000,000 1970.™ 175 1,102,092 (net) facil. 3 Common ———; Miscellaneous taxes—_1 Equip, series 3Va% 74,179 107,238,591 13,030,834 —43,752,272 "1,961,665 dividends taxes in The mortgage bonds.————— 3 Mi % 5,626,271 35,798 10,409 Other 171,821,647 111,385.138 16,186,707 unappro¬ CAPITALIZATION GIVING EFFECT TO PROPOSED FINANCING 1,952,943 51,573 1,525,967 296,158 1,276,999 2,619,353 1,117,392 Federal •> 66,617 i 1947 123,318,758 . amort- income from directors, up $1,600,000. the will be internal Series Federal retirement—— 1948 s miscellaneous income shares Fran¬ San Texas. PURPOSE—Company expects to use the net proceeds to defray of the cost of extensions, additions and improvements to its during 1949, It is anticipated that such expenditures will Federal taxes: included were Subs.)—Earnings— — properties 31,671,291 subsidiaries \ . Estimated consolidated net income tNet income per share San Street, Association, Savings Dallas, 105,934,882 12,618,991 those . Total income that Montgomery 300 part First Net rev. from ry oper.. SO.94 subsidiaries . 10 remaining 47,095 the underwriters, are first mortgage 3M>% 137,606,153 3,174,527 unconsolidated •Including $1,000,000 dividends from associated companies in foreign countries. tBased on 13,654,150 shares in 1949 and in the ratio of four priated earnings, and (c; the sale to institutional investors. 124,781,724 from 1341. p. bonds Ry. 3,183,136 $0.86 sell promis¬ Thereafter, its as held. To for 1949—3 Mos.—1948 •• of 3% worth bping offered at $10 by headed by G. H. Walker & Co. and Schneider, Bernet & Hickman. ;' % J'.V-": 1948, companies) No year. 1943.—V. vV •■•: > Gross operating income.— Operating charges Depreciation, depletion and stockholders of record April 20 were given subscribe for 56,000 common shares (par $1) subscribed of $70,634,836 common aggregate Pacific at $10 per share It of Standard Oil Co. of Calif (& have Co. unsecured net acquire dissolved; the rights to 4,417,629 Oas Other 1948 income net Quarter Ended March 31— and therefor, amount the Southwestern at book payment will be acquire shares 31 In in will $200,000 their at 1948i. Panhandle The and $0.50 r earnings of Standard Brands, Inc. for the first quarter of either or Federal 244,890 share—.— sales 1947 operating outside the United States/converted into U. S. dollars, totaled $7,363,869 in 1949 and $476,559 in 1948, for the first three months of Interest $4,744,347 159,970 income per common Development Co.—To Purchase Notes— $3C0,000, Oil 31, will ; 1948 - - $62,906,640 $72,884,614 1,786,370 ' 2,913,328 3,174,527 3,174,527 taxes combined promissory notes in the $2,5o0,000, respectively, the pro¬ ceeds to be used for construction and working capital purposes. Another subsidiary, Panhandle Pipe Line Co., was authorized to sell all of its properties and assets and transier ail its liabilities to of amount and after Common shares outstanding.— of 1271. Dec. 15,048.881 — deprec. costs, oper. Birmingham 1949 revenues, purchase costs Other for used ACCOUNT 12 Months Ended March 31— Gas be Gas Corp. Alabama Operating to are 1949 sales Net Amarillo one (& Subs.)—Earnings— (Including Subsidiaries Operating in United States) stock pay p. Standard Brands, Inc. pref¬ The Proceeds Ainariilo previously stock $1.50 pany. stockholders. As will debentures of underwriters Natural Gas Co.—Hearing May 16— Southern The 16 becomes principal underwriters' be ence to balance company. into an underwriting entered merger the preferred the for 169, for $100 and by share of stock of Texas Public Service. one The for company kwh., 2,968,000 corresponding the event Monday, May 16. 1949 outstanding now & Sons, Inc., pursuant to which stockholders of Tex voting in favor of the merger will be afforded the selling the securities to which they will become entitled of $12 of Service Public the sold has underwriters each Southern Colorado Power Co.—Weekly Output— The be Union the 1712. p. $3,267,000. to and of of Texas CHRONICLE Service privilege in is FINANCIAL Rollins Public share of amount Southern privilege subscription subscribe to bonds mortgage stock erence privilege will alford the right to purchase the next full shaae, subject to allotment; and under a secondary additional subscription privilege holders may over-subscribe for a number of shares equal to subject the first common the such the the m South Carolina Electric & Gas & 608. nine Net —V. income—. 169, p. 1605. $375,116' 4*$488,023 Volume 169 Number 4803 THE Texas Power & Light Co.—To Issue Stock to Parent— The its Texas of has company parent, Pov.er (no interested of Texas SEC Co., par) Proceeds finance to Utilities Co. $3,000,000. funds given requested Texa6 the until sale stock will be 24 to issue cash a used with request sell other Merchants Service Co. Proposed Merger Southern Union Gas Co. above.—V. 169, p. 2035. — See directors on sales Profit 1949 1948 $2,751,869 Net income lor 663,806 252,200 v1947 shares per $411,606 338,300 338,300 depreciation BALANCE and $1.16 MARCH 31, cos.., and other $60,746; of corporation $2,202,183), taxes trade, $2,982,625; $369,624; $269,994; taxes income, on 169, p, ■"Earnings Water The wages, Federal $1,174,356 been in¬ U. S. 1,502,690 operating May on G 169, 12, Hart Federal Federal Net Earned —V. Estimated cost of the project $84,340,300. authorized lateral of of include supply Texas and 711 lines miles running Louisiana, to seven 26-inch of main fields gas in the Lave involved to main pipeline a between cast preference Lake alternative an proposal that Natural. assured which would r ; to be • . p. as which a rea¬ 1949 operation of well "a as of year the 281,000,000 cubic feet per day Trunkline July 1, 1950, ordered the to ordered was and to submit project 165, and by months ' - ' offsetting Ry. Ry. It before the commencement the y :; '• {J} 34,17+,,487 84,4,/,268 26,404,383 78,333,146 Other joint Net inc. from ■"Income^ from from 7,768,104 6,144,122 2,461,424 6,544,324 7,000,000 7,422,140 668,684 2,348,947 2,374,299 :/^ 5,413,582 ■ income Total Fixed and Net 2,395,85) ; 1:3,749,149 2,460,951 359,978 - 6,299,737 6,785,238 128,492 chgs.__ 518,911 Plan 774,421 4,423,654 529,228 14,047,128 1,561,870 1,586,999 7,650,503 4,198,^11 taxes. INet 2.861,784 loss.—V. 169, 12,460,129 1492. p. May Paul 10 signed for 3 Gas Cincinnati under for which share the on preferred. receive & is as basis May 1S9, p. A. $76,750. Marks N. Lloyd has of Federal of J. Murray Fred¬ attorney for the is situation, $5,218,977 ;':v who have filed the at to 169, be used to P. additional after well as time. the financing the its as The Public sale for SEC and pro¬ con¬ date in and Utility half over the the of prospectus of amount in the of amount, will that the Company assents to on $1 par share additional Other banks have the stock for company's May 21. debenture of claims, share creditors In taking on and based each the would stock. of on A a the plan so trustees stated.—V. plan holders of in March a cost reduction other $1 in within nine their of $4,310,000 in has received 169, favor p. from of the creditors plan, a Washington Stock Gas & been and debt Y ' : '■ v and th,e witjty paid stockholders of A. Smyth, that the to 1949—4 Mos.—1948 1, April of 1949, decrease a decline 1948, of in business of and the and for Prpv. higher for 1950 makihg the past reduced was and $1,013,019 income scheduled in total a two Union of Finance face There Income INCOME for part Co. each was Wilmington, for Del., retirement of Ac¬ 66 disposition of in the any $15,980,000 in still outstanding motion of stock to be original plan United's the package 3/10 of a for each issuing may shares cents.—V. preferred warrants subscribe held. 169, p. for 169, p. the final 1161. . of the plan on the balance of each, STATEMENT "■1948 $47,221,824 33,179,668 expenses 34,145,557 ________ 6,718,450 6,260,152 3,531,145 ,3,805,902 and 1,239,457 1,136,014* / 701,681 721,603 921,500 962,000 -t t$2,033,965 $190,596 271,558 .—— 510,167 interest)____ reacquired Western Drll,464 interest 14,960 67,255 charges—_— 138,976 t$l,706,616 bonds long-term on ' $854,699 844,262 operations 1,017,967 $2,550,878 $163,268 4,127,504 ——__—~ transferable period charged restated to surplus——($2,550.878 $3,964,236 restated to conform with reclassification in 1949 of to construction and premium or discount on re¬ bonds; Union eliminate to thereon, since the also net profit deduction for results the for year from sale of real estate Federal ctimated indicated 1948 no income liability. tNet profit from sale of real estate. NOTE—No liability (Alan) 169, for Federal income tax either for period is, 1714. p. Woo/l Steel Co. (& Subs.)—Earnings— 3 Months Ended March 31— 1949 1948 Net sales and operating revenue..,—_ $13,815,257 $11,372,954 Interest, rentals and other income—t 30,023 16,742-, $13,845,280 Employee costs and Interest, expense and taxes — on 2,612,123 7,174,486 332,429 1st mtge. bonds. Miscellaneous taxes 91,519 81,651 68,548 999,000 485,000 92,000 45.CCO $1-385,687 $672,110 —>— Federal income tax—— Pennsylvania $11,389,696 377,587 purchased 3,035,750 7,782,086 _—Y_:—_~ services Depreciation and depletion income income tax —_—— — _ — March 9 has as yet preferred on Dividends —V. company, —, stock common stock on per 169, common p. 87,954 share..—i 1821. 89,223 120,913 _____________ $1.21 $2.68 • 011 Y was hearing confirmation made a $1,000,000 been (F. W.) Woolworth Co.—April Sales Increased 20.1%— Period End. Apr. 30— —V. ... 1949—Month—1948 $ Sales — - — s 53,215,266 44,317,314 1949—4 Mos.—1948 $ 177,050,318 $ 177,103,570 169, p. 1714. warrants package the nine a $1,075,000 1949 income Earned approved by Judge Coxe for submission to the creditors of the company, been accepted by the holders entitled to vote on more than the requisite two-thirds of each class of creditors. No date for a on of of of construction— current Baiance For *• value $44,257,936 general — on from interest com¬ amortization—_____ and divs. to before Deiicit quarter $316,887, February. $1,000,000 was Corp., leaving -_— (chiefly to are instalments annual operations——— (inch charged Interest first 1953. bonds Interest the for reduction years. repayment four discount or which ... with 1951 and maintenance-. Earnings from excise rates public $8,569,000 of the bonds of 1950, $16,224,00fk and $35,000,000 of the bonds of 1960. On depreciation Premium generally, wartime wage $746,176. was Reconstruction to deficit January Employees' benefits Social security taxes^_^a__^'___-_—:• Taxes other than social security & Fed. inc. taxes Misc. activity 25% current operations March for Gross operating revenues Operating, .administrative and Repair , the first three with $47,221,824 $2,933,888, or 6.3%. The compared effect volume for ,, , of $2,550,878, compared with a deficit operations in the same period of 1948. 1949 totaled $15,673,710, compared with $13,- of payable 1950 1, Deficit 1951, a the from Co.—Reports $44,257,936, net income the of bonds Dividends Co.—Reorganization trustee in reorganization of the plan of reorganization, which on ■. : cepted by Creditors— May 6 stated - deficit 1948. ago during the hands the 1, a bonds Materials representative 1821. Electric real¬ more share one cash and fleet new current reacquired, $4,000,000 creditors months. claims have now (Mo.)—April Sales Off— May 11 said in part: seryices to the public for telegraph March year been iuilded receipt par stock, debentures of in total to $5,013,039, representing a. the loan as of March 31.—V. 169, of basis and 011 1948, $1,220,972 Additional have in March with indicated.—V. discount. far in. 1 reported reduced from Revenues 1 Deficit. 21— awaits and new debt bank to loan of Telegraph the resulted 717,429 reorganization a majority of the company's $6,000,000 Reconstruction Fi¬ 50% get overwhelmingly $4 same an $161,644 Debt— effective April 1949 '1948 debentures, and stockholders one presently held, plus warrants to purchase $1,606,000 a the on been for shares ten of 1949—Month—1948 Union period the $163,268 pared 1946—4 Mos.—1948 Corp. loan secured by 1.200,000 shares of recapitalization giving holders of $3,881,040 of new of Co. ; amounted reflects to became of Over Last Year's— the May 9 to confirmation of is re- due surplus DC-4s, which acquisition of an entire the volume-depressing telegrams. Due Act $12,678,814 $52,225,448 $51,420.61C from of plan President, was $9,285,000 $10,377,000 $31,879,000 $35,035,000 Union same decrease bonds. new states Holding 1949—Month—194S two-thirds proofs reduction T,'' "'v Marshall, President, 1949 April $4,043,440 provide at nance new Corp. . />.'■'■'• 2037. p. Western 2037. Court The ■■ COMPARATIVE $53,000,000, slightiy generating capacity. financing, extended from record of program Finance of loan 1949—9 Mos.—1948 Co.—Registers Bonds— bonds will new filing District assents a approximately 22% acquired Western for been fleet - following the continuation of W. 1714. deadline a sale months Additional or Waitham Watch Co.—Assent Deadline May The fixed.—V. stockholders of 10 at plan included currently Cincinnati the warrants the Under Electric Gas Court stock. securities on to are of Cincinnati additional price issued United's holders United. June be would preferred of cumulative preference original plan made no provision which exchanged share in U. S. District order supplementing an of cmopany's for Western N. J.—Pro¬ has Leahy corporation's $3 The (Del.)—Supplemental Order for Signed— Judge Albert of $465,457 Power additional such can Drinkwater, • Federal income Corp. the on Reconstruction W. in $13,272,449 Nathan United for i3 C. $380,749 net profit for maintain its present a. 11. improved $321,417 and Quarter—Reduces is 6,972,970 1,387,565 4,727,439 all _— Excludes of provided Terrell May showing earnings 1929. Net from sources * 8,165,419 , made Walgreen Co.—April Sales 4.7% remainder _Y other income be of year's t Extraordinary an - City, subject to customer business conditions on this 51%, rates, on 1S48 $128,52) — char.ce Three Months Ended March 31— (he 01 p. of 2,137,996 and sources— been from program is carried out, will be necessary nature Votes • the would depend 23,036,176 500,000 investments other and and stockholders. (net)- has $46,000,000 —V. 2,500,000 1,102.817 trans- operations gas Inc. sale Improvement—Re¬ Convair Liner aircrait. ... company "is not subject of 1935."—V. 369, 101,x_2,672 78,026,496 facil¬ oil the of mail Western Auto Supply $1.21 1949—Month—1948 Period End. April 30— 500.000 portation operations its P, 1,187.990 $0.03 708. Eales 9,148,600 (net) offer & Central New York, 1949 —- good a factor revenues repayment of $1,499,047 opera¬ 2,132.201 and rents ity of of needs plan tuxes Equip, $98,340 1,207.990 1606. p. the at mail rates presently in effect' enabled the company to show an operating profit of $15,651 in March. This contrasted with an operat¬ ing loss of $204,944 in the same month a year ago," he said. The report to stockholders also noted that Western has reduced tax 33,445,158 taxes.. $721,720 1,206,190 $0.55 obtained p. made istic 954,753 '■ 24,296,558 income 134,848 expenditures, in part directly and In part by prepayment notes to banks for construction purposes. Construction expenditures for 1949 are estimated at $33,000,000, cf which $13,000,000 is for additional generating capacity. Con¬ struction expenditures for 1950-1951 are estimated, The also companies) 'i revenues from ry. oper. 410,388 19^"—3 Mos,—■"48 11 expenses—__ Federal was Lines)—Earnings— between accounts oper. rev. 166, Mtg. Bonds—* 1947 company If this firm oper. Net in "The $9,676,342 $15,800,762 233,188 2,453,801 May 4 filed a registrat'on statement with the proposing the sale at competitive bidding of $20,000,000 first refunding mortgage bonds, series G, due June 1, 1979.'. The net of by tariff, 194°—Month—1i48 ' 1 ■ *♦ 1951. project ' Period End. Mar. 31— - 27, the 1775. p. (Excluding 1 Oct. and "a Union Pacific RR. (& Leased v . job approximately rate is adopted. of The which by plan of financing" for including rates, charges, services, rules, regulations, and service agree¬ days approximately six tions.—V. the construction "definite a project "rolled-in" single a begin complete 120 classifications, practices, ment" Trunkline if to FPC to within 169, that offered 10 seven of reasonably adequate supply of support its proposed project." Contract demands for gas on Northern Natural's system, the Commission said, ' are expected to be well in excess of 530,000,000 cubic feet projected daily capacity of that system and will exceed that capacity in the third be may be Inc.—Shows - has Period End. Apr. 30— Sales 1948 $12,723,235 Corp., West Atlantic an will price aggravated by which } loss incurred during the first quarter of 1949 was primarily depreciation, insurance and other charges approximating $62,000 to —V. struction to with and Subs.)—Earnings-— share Virginia Electric ceeds economic leasibility of the project" equipment complete line of Weldwood plywood 1714. $665,381 —V. Lines, and running approximately 200 miles farther "Trunkline has demonstrated that it possesses market which is adequate to assure the natural -gas lifting of a _______ Sales Charles, La., have sonably for tho Loan— load a said been 1,132,108 Period End. Apr. 30— and Keokuk County, la. Selection of route,' the Commission pointed out, will mean a ;:aving * of over $5,000,000 in Trunkline's estimated construction costs and a saving of nearly $3,000,000 in construction work which will FPC found has Virginia Dare Stores Corp.—April Sales Higher- a westerly performed by Northern warehouse the space, Mingos, receivers, P. O. Box 352, Pleasantville, ericks, Schwehm Building, Atlantic City, N. J., Gulf Air costs month a of equipment of "The just cf horsepower of 44,800 and other appurtenant facilities. approving the project, the Commission selected the Edge-toin has May 27, at information for company Co., successor trustee, 70 Broadway, - with He the New Jersey Superior Court, Schwehm Building, New York and Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, N. J., at 10 a.m., bids will be received lor the purchase of the buildings, lands and premises of this corporation, together with certain specified machinery and is with installed route warehouse pipeline, stations compressor new a 1714. receivers.—V. facilities 1949 level due that modern outstanding.,—__ Boat tnis 2037. -ported to stockholders posed Sale— On ' redemption Trust p. corporation increase floor taxes common p. Ventnor Nebraska, South Dakota. per full & Sales shares 169, the 169, loss tax Commission and of profit Common and Minnesota, $0.21 Corp.—Opens Main Warehouse feet _ of Quarters Ended March 31— This the taxes of Bank Y.—V. Net 1948 non-cumulative before properties operating expenses. sales profit surplus, 2054. p. totaled 107,166,800 kwh., an increase of 103,741,000 kwh. for/the corresponding week output of 169, p. 2037. Western $335,000 outstanding on March 31, 1949. subsidy but are before provision for ____ as Power N. to Dec. on 163, York & Westchester Lighting Co. general 100-year 4% gold coupon bonds due July 1, 2004, have been redemption on Jury 1, next, at 100 and interest. Immediate for Hanover directors declared a dividend cf 50 cents per share convertible second preferred stock, pay¬ holders of record June 3. This compares with 70' cents 29, last, and 50 cents on June 30, 1948.—V. 168, p. 1628. $4.20 V. Co.—Weekly Output— 1949 7, $587,261; shares), 745; p. the outstanding New of payment Director— shares 9 Months Ended March 31— April 29 authorized the company to operate a 711-mile pipeline from Edge, Texas, to Pal¬ myra, Nebr., for the purpose of supplying 250,000,000 cubic feet of nat¬ ural gas per day to Northern Natural Gas Co. for resale in the All mortgage Wis. 169, the over 1948.—V. before $1.22 square total, $4,393,805. Westchester Lighting Co.—Calls General now Subs.)—Earnings— announced Milwaukee, 1949 sub¬ 706. a May (27,000 169, electric the of output near (Incl. domestic subsidiaries) Trunkline Gas Supply Co.—To Build 711-Mile Pipeline From Edge, Texas, to Palmyra, Nebr.— Palmyra the 1949 United Wallpaper, Inc. (& Townsend, area 0.40% of in $1,855,000 common products.—V. May the paid President, on May 10 announced the election Assistant Vice-President in the banking division. Mr. Hart assumes his new duties today (May 16). Mr. Hart has been an Assistant Vice-President of the Paterson Savings & Trust Co. of Paterson, N. J. Previously, he served as VicePresident of Central Trust Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, and prior to that was State Superintendent of Banks in Ohio.—V. 169, p. 1492. In on — differential 30,000 able June 30 Net William L. total income net United Stores Corp.—Declares 50-Cent Dividend— On — of V. allied on Title Guarantee & Trust Co., N. Y.—New Official— Coast West Penn Electric ended stock common $4,393,805.—V. total, duces RFC handling capacity, new large loading doors. It will carry Co.—Proposal Defeated— noted in "Chroncile" company opened in Containing - miles of $2,147,000. the West Coast $300,000; Power 1949 85 stores will be in operation (& extensive and as on Net The shares), week consolidated prepaid expenses and advances, $25,464; $340,611; deferred accrued (except (less est. Power (not 31/«%) (estimated). , $10 $6,673; possible subsidy recapture.—V. 169, p. 1493. Co. — Correction The-$1,500,000 bonds series of 1978 sold privately April 1 bears interest Iowa, estimated per common share 'Based tlncludes r The „ Quarter Ended March 31— A stockholder's proposal recommending cumulative voting was de¬ feated at the annual meeting held on May 5 by a vote of 5,601,861 shares or 96.89% opposed to the resolution and 179,934 shares or 3.11% in favor.—V. 169, p. 2035. 0 construct $4.27 w States Finishing Co.—Torgerson tNet profit 1605. Tide Water Associated Oil Barnard 1,077,000 $4.80 $2.51 reports United States Plywood payable, compensation, Federal $7,931 314—V. ; 474,000 177,000 _ share--— SHEET, MARCH 31, LIABILITIES—Notes payable (secured), $2,861,000; loans payable (unsecured), $205,000; preferred stock dividend payable (4/1/49), $3,000; due to customers (secured), $9,307; accrued expenses and reserves, $37,626; reserve for taxes, $50,000; 4% convertible preferred stock (6,900 Factors United States Lines Co. 1949 Treasury notes), nil; preferred stock, $1,708,200; common stock, $338,300; capital surplus, $251,839; earned surplus, $4,932,611; total, of 3,894,703 s Torgerson, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer of Link, Gorman, Peck & Co., Chicago investment bankers, has been elected a director.—V. 169, p. 1606. $1.51 SHEET, amortization LIABILITIES—Accounts 2035. 3,885,855 $ called 336,140 $1.33 share.. charges, $15,844; total, $7,931,314. p. 4,280,252 third quarter ended March 31, the opening of seven stores United ASSETS—Cash, $1,083,484; investments (after deducting $1,174,856 applied against tax liability), $344,133; trade accounts (less reserve), $735,056; Inventories, $997,720; property not used in operations, $11,259; Officer's stock contract (1,760 common shares under contract of sale), $18,087; estimated renegotiation rebates for prior years, $9,520; fund set aside for property purchase and replacement (U. S. Govt, secu¬ rities), $1,733,586; property, plant, land and equipment (after reserves of 3%% 16,814,000 169, p. $527,375 outstanding common CONDENSED Tide 174,410,000 18,760,000 Frank S. $468,642 Earnings come), United active and it is expected a total of the end of the calendar year.—V. 323,200 profit salaries 193,606,000 10,730.000 850,575 287,300 taxes Common for the With $3,181,598 755,942 before Federal income taxes-- Federal 1947 future, Robert Rail Clothes, Inc., the company's retail chain store sidiary, will achieve national cbyerage. Seventy-three units ai*e $3,121,505 * CONDENSED BALANCE 57 ASSETS—Cash, $139,622; inventory, $4,163,422; accrued interest re¬ ceivable, $21,551; bid deposits, $19,000; securities borrowed, $6,575; due from customers (secured), $8,498; fixed assets (net after depreciation), undistributed common NOTE—The Co.—Earnings— Quarter Ended March 31— of unconsolidated per 1948 ' (2149) Subs.) — Corp., but includes intercompany trans¬ actions. (includes a foreign subsidiary's earnings amounting to $1,121,000 in the 1949 period ($1,949,000 in 1948), not currently available to the parent company because of prevailing exchange restrictions. May 5 authorized the retirement on June 15 of (1,533 shares) of the 7% preferred stock, leaving a balance of $120,000 (1,200 shares) of the issue outstanding.—V. 169, p. 1605. Net share of -Exclucjes $153,300 Thomas Steel (& $ ' 196,971,000 sales profit Earnings Thew Shovel Co.—To Retire 1,533 Preferred Shares— The 1949 after charges and taxesTCommon shares outstanding-.: 169, — CHRONICLE Manufacturing Inc. i "Merchandise Net earns, Public & FINANCIAL ii 9 Months Ended March 31— Company's Texas & Earnings-- of company SEC has The hearing.—V. a United to shares consideration program. 2035. p. and 2,500.000 for construction May to additional common Power's persons authorization an COMMERCIAL share Weeden & Sales Gross for Expenses and taxes- 1923. one income __i Three Months Ended March 31— 1949 .__ 1943 Net sales $24,923,231 '_. expiring The Wright Aeronautical Corp.—Reports Loss for Quarter Co.—Earnings— 3 Months Ended March 31— $31,113,067 Net loss 195.949 146,844 170.628 136,347 closing "Net active year Net income $25,321 < $10,497 1949 — — 1948 $15,163,042 — $11,803,523 +1,093,020 *824,63?'' profits after provision for Federal income tax. ^Reflects retro-, price decreases of $420,000 relating to shipments of the prior to a greatly accelerated program of research and develop-.' and nient.—V. 169. «. K4S. V «'L. '■ -58 (2150) THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Monday, May 16, 1949 -1. i STATE AND CITY .»' DEPARTMENT r, * i BOND PROPOSALS AND NEGOTIATIONS ALABAMA nished and chaser. Anniston, Ala. Bond of total sealed „(CST) bids until 3 p.m. Sacramento-Yolo Port District pur¬ amount of the Ijid, Bond offered to Board of bids until Sale—The $1,700,000 ries B port project se¬ 1949. a.m. (DST) on May purchase of $703,000 1 Due notes. of Series 380 May 25, 1950: The May 25, opinion of on Offerin g—Albert L. — Bank, New York City. Legality to be approved by Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston. A certified check for CALIFORNIA Alta Gadsden, Ala. a.m. (CST) warrants. March 1, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, Dated June $1,000. 1, Due follows: as warrants maturing thereafter will demption in be and subject to whole as a 1955 re¬ in part in or inverse numerical order, after not less than 30 days' prior published notice, at the option of the on interest payment any after March or accrued equal the to six at the rate date on redeemed computed if such on the option had not been exercised. Bidders to name the rate of interest, Denomination June on from 1950 1, to $15,000 from sive. as 1959 to 1969 tne in office. rate of Bidders to interest A an issue of $30,000,000 fied check for $41,250, payable to Board of the Education, is ter & Co., of San Francisco. Dated May 10, 1949. re¬ Bond Lee , County (P. O. Opelika), Ala. Warrant Sale The $100,000 state gasoline tax anticipation warrants offered May 9 were awarded to Thornton, Mohr & Co., of Montgomery, as l%s, at a price of 1.88^. from 99.59, — basis a of about Due on Dec. 1 and June 1 to 1955 inclusive. Le¬ 1949 County (P. O. Hamilton), Alabama of Warrant Sale — Sale—The $37,000 price of 100.03, a basis of about 1.992%. Dated May 1, 1949 and due on May 1 from 1950 to 1957 inclusive. Second of high bid 100.02 for 2s was made by Dean Witter & Co. City Offering—C. C. Peabody, Clerk, will receive sealed bids Montgomery, Watkins, Morrow Feb. 1 from 1959 to 1961 inclusive. Co., and Odess, Martin & Herz- Bidders to name the rate of inter¬ berg, both of Birmingham, jointly, est, expressed in a multiple of V\ at a price of 99.27. 1%. Due on Nov. of Principal and interest 15 from 1949 to Maricopa County Sch. Dist. No. 6 Offering—James bid E. De Souza, Clerk of the Board of Su¬ pervisors, will receive sealed bids until 2 p.m. (CST) on June bonds. Dated Jan. 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due on July 1, as follows: $13,000 from 1950 to 1952 inclusive; $14,000 from 1953 to 1955 from bids must terest The inclusive, 1956 to to 1968 state be printed and the paid., bonds $13,000 inclusive. rate of Interest shall be All in¬ J-J. fur¬ check for 3% of the Orangethorpe School le at price a Co., of Chicago, as 2V2s. of 101.64, a basis of about 2.314%. Dated June 1, 1949 and due on June 1 from 1950 to 1969 inclusive. Second high bid of d n 1 a e Sch. Dist. Due $5,000 on June 1 to June 1, 1957 inclusive. 1949. . Denomi¬ 101.62 for 2M>s was made by Weeden & Co., San Francisco. and Home interest Bank & Darien, Darien. Bid¬ the rate of interest, in of 1%. City, will be furnished purchaser without charge. the to A certifed check for 2% of the cost. for of 4% certified A the check value of the bonds, payable to the County Treasurer, is required. par Clara Valley Water Conservation District (P. O. • Bond the of Offering that nounces — of Board The Secretary Directors sealed bids Note Sale—The $309,800 Series M-2 notes offered May 11—v. 169, 2038—were- awarded; to the Co., of Greenwich, 0.75% interest, plus a premium at of $40.00, Due Milford election in October, 1947. 17, Chairman,» will sealed bids until 11 1949. receive ■ (DST) on May 23 for the purchase of $438,000 series Ml a.m. notes. Dated 1949 and payable Elementary Sch. Dist., County (P. O. Auburn), Calif. Bond Sale—The $52,000 build¬ ing bonds offered May 3—v. 169, p. 1822—were awarded to Blyth & Co., of San Francisco, at a price of 100.02, a basis of about 2.48%, Placer ly The interest 30-year Due on July by the State of Connecticut and approved as to legality by Robinson, Robinson & Cole, of Hartford. Housing Authority, Conn. Note. Offering Demms, sealed Robert — will Secretary, bids until 11 S. receive (DST) a.m. May 18 for the purchase of $1,- on 872,000 Series M-2 notes. Dated May 23, 1949. Due on May 23,1950. The approving opinion of Cald¬ furnished 1 Dated July 1, 1949. Due on July from 1950 to 1969 inclusive. South Bay Cities Sanitation Dist., Los Angeles County (P. O. Angeles), Calif. $100,000 sani¬ tation bonds offered May 11—v. 169, p. 1930—were awarded to the Security First National Bank, of Bond Sale—The Los Angeles, as 3s, at a price of 102.09,- a basis of about 2.91%, Dated 1 July 1, 1949. from 1969 to Due on July 1978 inclusive. CONNECTICUT y - a of order, payment date, on any follows: as last $100,000 of shall be callable at and after Principal Oct. maturities price of par 1, 1952. a interest (A-Ol) payable at the First Trust & Sav¬ and Bank, fied Moscow, Idaho. Bids accompanied by a certi¬ cashier's check equal to be or 5% of the bid, payable to the Re¬ gents of the University of Idaho. Approving legal opinion of Chap¬ man & Cutler, of Chicago, will be furnished the successful bidder. The Board of Regents reserves all rights incident to determination of the highest bidder and to sell the bonds at private sale if deemed to the best interests of the sity. * Univer¬ ,, ILLINOIS Chicago, ///. Funding The Bonds ;, . Ruled Legal— State Supreme Court ruled on May 11 that the 1945 judgment funding 1% bonds are legal, a previous de¬ cision rendered last January. The court's latest judgment is ex¬ result in the early re¬ previously made by to enter the market with pected to vival of plans the city substantial offerings of Chicago Bond Transit Issue bonds. Authority, Described ,>• III. C, 'A. — just Co., Inc., Chicago,1 havd issued a circular describing the by the Authority. $105,000,000 Allyn & of outstanding bonds and presenting various ma-^ GEORGIA terial Sold—An issue of 000 3% has been sold $110,gymnasium bonds school to follows: Cook, $1 000 in 1950; School District No. Bond from 1951 to 1953 clusive. swimming was pool and park bonds land, as 2Y2S, at about & 2.37%. Due inclusive. bidder Co.. R. for high¬ Ingen S. Bond J. Van Dickson 2JAs, at & Idaho (P. Moscow), Idaho Offering — O. III. "V / Bond x - Co., of price a 1 Elgin, .■ 1, The second 100.69. ' University- of May 1 from 1951 to B. ~ was and jointly, Dated Jan. on price of 100.12. a , Sale—The $230,000 build¬ Co.,' of Cleveland, and McDougal & Condon, of Chicago, jointly, as 2V2S, at a price of 101.26, a basis, est sold to Blyth & Co. of Port¬ ; / f ing bonds offered May 11—v. 160, 1823—were awarded to Otis & 1949. Rupert, Ida. (P. O. p. of Bonds Sold—An issue of $60,000 1 Barrineton), III. $2,000 inclusive; $3,000 from 1954 to 1956 inclusive; $5,000 from 1957 to 1966 inclusive; $4,000 from 1967 to 1974 inclusive, and $3,000 from 1975 to 1978 in¬ Lake, Kane and McHenry' Community Consol. Counties Brooke, Tindall Due on July 1, Co., of Atlanta. as pertaining to the Authority itself. Cedartown, Ga. Bonds 1 as 2%s. Due on July 1 from 1964 to 1969 inclusive. combined schedule in inverse numerical thereby reversing Stamford 1950 to 1963 inclusive. 20,000 amortized interest guaran¬ IDAHO 2V2S. of principal), and/or maturities; both dated from July 1, 1949. Bonds will be callable, on 30 days' notice, in whole or in part 1969 as from payments and May 31, be will notes follows: $32,000 to (providing for approximate¬ equal May on teed & Sheridan as May Housing Authority, Conn. Offering — Robert H. Cle- mence, received until June 7 for the pur¬ chase of $2,350,000 water bonds, an Dated Augi 17, 1949. on be constituting the unsold balance of the issue of $2,500,000 authorized 1962 providing for a 25amortized schedule of matur¬ must an¬ will from submitted ings Greenwich Housing Authority, Connecticut well, Marshall, Trimble & Mit¬ chell, of New York City, will be San Jose), Calif. be vear on value of the bonds, payable to the Town Treasurer, is required. 1950. without 1 the the name expressed Note Los District Orange County (P. O. Santa Ana), Calif. & 1 from $1,000. Principal and in¬ (J-D) payable at the Coun¬ ty Treasurer's office. Bidders to name the rate of interest, ex¬ pressed in a multiple of J/4 of 1%. The approving opinion of O'Mel¬ veny & Mye rs, of Los Angeles, will be furnished to the purchaser re¬ Bond Sale—The $150,000 school bonds offered May 10—v. 169, p. 1930—were awarded to John Nuveen June bonds for, payable to the City, is Dated Oct. and New York ders to terest quired. 6 for the purchase of $250,000 not to exceed 4% interest school cou¬ pon O'Melveny & Myers of Los Angeles, will be furnished. A cer¬ tified (P. O. Phoenix), Ariz. Bond e on April .1 1969 inclusive, / and $18,000 on April 1, 1970; and $20,000 on Oct. 1, 1970. Alternative proposals rinay a multiple of 1/10 The approving opinion of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of Principal at Trust Co. of 31, (F-A) payable at the City Treas¬ urer's office. The approving opin¬ ion of 1956 inclusive. ARIZONA bonds. Denomination $1,- clusive. 1960 inclusive. 1950 Dated at Ontario, Calif. Bond 1949, on April 1, 1961; $18,1, 1961,-and $18,000. on Oct. on Prior to Oct. 1, 1952, not call¬ able; Oct. 1, 1952 to and includ¬ ing April 1, 1955, callable at a price of 102; Oct.-1, 1955 to and including April 1, 1958,- at a price of 101; Oct. 1, 1958 and thereafter, callable at a price of par. Provid¬ ed, however, that in case alternate proposals are made for a 25-year or 30-year schedule of maturities, nation sewer The & $10,000 1950 to Santa luntil 7:30 p.m. (PST) on May 16 for the purchase of $250,000 $21,000 not 2x/4% State gasoline tax to exceed 4% interest anticipa¬ airport, 1941 tion warrants offered bonds. Dated' Feb. May 3 were 1, 1941. De¬ awarded to Thornton, Mohr & Co., nomination $1,000. Due $7,000 on : Due bonds offered May 11—v. 169, p. 2038—were awarded to Weeden & Co., of San Francisco, as 2s, at a gality approved by White, Brad¬ ley, Arant & All, of Birmingham. Marion $110*000 Yermo Sch. Dist. bonds. Oceanside, Calif. quired. pur- of Putnam Trust G. 2V4% veterans' welfare bonds. the $7,000 from 1955 to 1964 inclusive, $8,000 from 1936 to 1969 in¬ p. bids until 11 a.m. (PST) May 23 for the purchase of $150,000 not to exceed 5% interest school bonds, divided as follows: from (PST) noon on on bonds. a.m. Due for sewer coupon sealed re¬ ex¬ certi¬ 15, 1969, premiums depending the date of redemption. 40,000 H June 21 or varying quired. public auction at 10 callable in whole Sch. Dists. (P. O. San Bernardino), Calif. Bond Offering—Harry L. Alli¬ son, County Clerk, will receive name — cost. dated April 15, 1949 maturing in 1970 and are B, 15, 1949. until will Jan. 15, as follows: $8,000 from 1950 to 1954 inclusive: San Bernardino County be furnished, to the pur¬ chaser at the expense of the Dis¬ trict. A certified check for 3% of the amount of the bonds bid at inclusive. 1979 part beginning April on will on to April 15 on at expressed Johnson, State Treasurer, will sell Due in multiple of J/4 of 1%. The approving opinion of O'Melveny & Myers, of Los Angeles, California (State of) Bond Offering — Charles 15 inclusive. are those thereafter a for, payable to the District, is April 1962 to 1963 Bonds and inclu¬ a without from Principal and interest (J-D) at the County Treas¬ urer's 1958 Series 18 $150,000 payable 15 inclusive. on of bids May on chase Treasurer, and April on Due 1,000,000 2s. $1,000. The purchaser from June Franklin Sch. Dist., Sutter multiple of l/4 of 1%. County (P. O. Yuba City), Calif. approving opinion of White, Bond Sale Bradley, Arant & All, of Birming¬ The $49,000 school ham, together with the printed bonds offered May 9—v. 169, £. warrants, will be furnished to the 1930—were awarded to Dean Wit¬ pressed in 240,000 l%s. follows: $10,000 inclusive, and 1960 Due from 1955 to 1957 payable a months' date 1949. Due on April 15 from 135,000 21/2S.' struction, 1949 bonds. Dated 1, as 1950 to 1954 inclusive. Offering—O. L. Beckner, Secretary of the Board of Hospital Directors, will receive sealed bids Due 2.062%, : $225,000 5s. Bond par plus premium interest on and they would bear redemption Board 1, 1954, at interest warrants District, on $75,000 in $78,000 in 1951, $80,000 in $83,000 in 1953, 85,000 in $87,000 in 1955, $89,000 in $92,000 in 1957, $94,000 in $97,000 in 1959, $100,000 in $102,000 in 1961, $105,000 in $108,000 in 1963, $111,000 in and $114,000 in 1965. Those 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, Hospital of Denomination about follows: May until 7 p.m. (PST) on May 18 for $1,500,000 the purchase of $250,000 not to 23A% capital outlay exceed 4% interest hospital con¬ purchase not to exceed 1949. 000. Dinuba), Calif. Done- hoo, Secretary of the Board of Education, will receive sealed coupon Local Jan. of cost Town sealed (DST) Stone & Youngberg, and Shuman, Agnew & Co., both of San Fran¬ cisco, at a price of 100.0005, a net Tulare County (P. O. Wararnt Offering—C. A. the special election, held on March 15, adjudged illegal. was $5,000, payable to the City Treas¬ for the as school urer, is required.».; bids until 11 sold receive interest National 24 not —were Brunner, $15,000 000 ities Darien, Conn. Bond and Dated Robinson, Robinson & Cole, of Hartford, will be furnished by the Authority to the purchaser. ■' May 18 for the pur¬ —were awarded to a syndicate $128,965 improvement, ARKANSAS composed of American Trust Co., bonds. Dated May 15, Phillips County, Helenawest Helena San Francisco, First Boston Corp., 1949. Denomination $1,000, ex¬ Sch. Dist. No. 2 (P. O. and Weeden & Co., both of San cept one for $965. Due on May West Helena), Ark. Francisco, Paine, Webber, Jackson 15, as follows: $13,000 from 1950 Bonds Not Sold The $60,000 & Curtis, and to 1957 Martin, Burns & inclusive; $12,000 in 1953, 3% building and equipment bonds and Corbett, both of Chicago, Stern, $12,965 in 1959. Principal offered March 29—v. 169, p. 1382 Frank & Meyer, of Los Angeles, and interest payable at the Chase on chase M approving 1930 p. 11 the Series bonds of 1947 May 12—v. 169, on for 20 (P. O. Sacramento), Calif. the County of the Supervisors, is required. Offering—City Clerk will payable receive paid for by the A certified check for 5% the . Kenneth A. man, ed Offering — M. H. BrightCity Clerk, will receive seal¬ bids until 16 a.m. (CDT) on Dick, Bursar, will receive sealed May 27 for the purchase of $250,bids until 2 the p. m. Administration on May 31, at Building, for 000 not to exceed 4% interest Na¬ tional Street the purchase of $650,000 not to ex¬ May ceed 4% interest, coupon build¬ ing construction and improvement 000. bonds. Dated July 1, 1949. "'Due semi-annually on April 1 and Oct. 1, as follows $12,000 Oct. 1, 1950; $12,000 on April 1 and Oct. 1 from 1951 to 1953 inclusive, and $12,000 1, Due $20,000 from 000 in on Jan. 1, as 1951 and 1952; 1953 to in Bridge bonds/ Dated Denomination $1,-. 1949. 1956 1957 and in 1959 and 1960. follows:* $25,000 inclusive; $30,-' 1958, and $25,006 Bidders to name the rate of interest, expressed in. Danbury Housing Authority, Conn. on April L 1954; $15,000 Oct.'1, Note Offering—Joseph E. Can1954,; and $15,000 on April 1 and a multiple of Vs of 1%. The ap-' ale, Chairman, will receive sealed: Oct. 1 from 1955 to 1960 inclusive, proving/ opinion of Chapman & Volume : 169 of Number 4803 ' Chicago, will be fur-t •a~prioe-of 100.12, nished to the purchaser at the e^r* I pense of the. City. A certified check for $5,000 is required. - 101 ■ . (P. O. Morris), III. Bond Offering — Gladys M. Bright, Secretary of the Board of Education, will receive sealed bids " until 3- p.m. (CST)' on May the purchase-of < exceed 3% interest school building coupon bonds. Dated Jan. 1, 1949. — izens 1956 to from 1958 1959 100.17. 1961 and $75,000 from 1967 to in the State company may be mutually agreed 1955 rates of interest, expressed in ' • ; the ' Township is required. School Brown Bond sealed on ,, l%s, at of about •1949. 1.05%. Due Dated Dec. on. 1954 inclusive.' 23 •"•/'' 1 June from - • .1931 p. on Jan. 1951 County Sch. Dist. (P. O. Rock Island), to the Boston basis . $260,000 , ,. DAs. >-• Due 13/4S. as Due / 1 were 1957 to 1968 inclusive. Clerk, will bids until 10 about Due (CDT) cost. $5,000, - A purchaser certified to J. ; ' .7 with¬ was check Ira .t;: Bond Sale—The $125,000 Dated May 1, 1949. *was & of to the Savings Bank'of Publicly .bonds. Due $8,000 from it Due f 1 INDIANA Allen j and [ County (P. O. works Fort Wayne), Ind. . rt i; as Bond Sale—The $400,000 Tuber- July 1, 1956 to 169, 10—v. 1931— p. ing of Indianapolis, jointly, as 20 1958 revenue $25,000 169, v. a are ma- are optional in in in in in in 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, in 1966, 1968, and $52,000 in 1969. The approving opinion of Dudley C. Foley, Jr., Orleans, together with the printed bonds, will be furnished purchaser without cost. the to office, or at the fiscal of the State in New York City, at the option of the holder. The approving opinion of Wood, King & Dawson, of New York City, will be furnished to the pur¬ chaser without check for 2% the MARYLAND cost. A Carroll County (P. O. Westminster), Md. Sale—The $3,000,000 1949 bonds offered May 11—v. 169, p. Bond 1,931—were certified cate of the par value of bonds, payable to the Board, required. 000 23/4% ' $7,500,- World War II veterans' bonus, Series B sold privately to posed of Bank, the bonds has been syndicate a National com¬ Hibernia National American awarded to composed of Alex syndi¬ a Brown & Sons, Mercantile Trust Co., both of Baltimore, Kidder, Peabody & Co., of New York, Baker, Watts & Co., Stein Bros. & Boyce, both of Baltimore, and Bruan, Bosworth & Co., Inc., of Toledo, at a price of 100.001, a basis of about 1.56%, follows: as Bank, White, Hattier & Sanford, Newman, Brown & Co., all of New Orleans, Equitable Se¬ curities Corp., Barrow, Leary & Co., of Shreveport, Nusloch, Baudean & Smith, R. S. Hecht & Co., Howard, Labouisse, Friedrichs & Co., Weil & Co., Weil & Arnold, Lamar & Kingston, G. Price Crane, Glas & Co., John Dane, $1,500,000 public school bonds: $100,000 as 4V4S, due on May 1, 1951; $200,000 as 4s, due on May 1 in 1952 and 1953; $200,- 1,500,000 road bonds: $100,000 as 4V4S, due on May 1, 1951; $200,000 as 4s, due on May 1 Scharff & Jones, 000 d i r in Couturier , & Derbes, 1955; from :and on 1953; $200,000 as May 1 in 1954 and $400,000 iy4s, due inclusive, l^s, due on 1 from 1960 to 1965 in¬ 1.956 as 1959 to $600,000 "May E.-Corrigan, Jr., both of Orleans, and Felix M. Rives, of Shreveport. Dated June 1952 and Is, due & a on 1960 to 1965 inclusive. Charles New and 1V4S, due • Woolfolk, Robert R. Wolfe, all of New Orleans, Ra¬ pides Bank & Trust Co., of Alexa n due on May 1 in 1955; $400,000 as May 1 from 1956 to 1959 inclusive, and $600,000 as 1V2S, due on May 1 from /- Smith-Wood Co., all of New Orleans, Steiner, Rouse & Co., of New York, Woolfolk & Shober, Wheeler Is, as 1954 M. follows: as St. O. '■/' Sale—The bonds /•/ as clusive. Dated 1, 1949. $600,000 May 1, 1949. Prince George's County in p. Bond after water May 10— rate sealed (CST) bids June on Third < Bond Sale—The $47,500 tory revenue bonds of Louisville. .and due Dated serially on & Yost, of Baltimore, will be to the purchaser with¬ offered on May May 1, 1949 1 from 1950 to 1979 inclusive. Callable as 1, 1 bonds. Due District No. Seventh ag¬ of on 1, of Wards Due on 1951 1969 inclusive. to bonds The bonds election an are July 1 from dated are at were July 1, 1949, payable from unlimited taxation. A to the County Education, is required. certified check for 2% of the bonds, payable to or¬ der of the Parish School Board, is required. Legal opinion of Attleboro, Bond City sealed (DST) - ■ 1 r ' f *■'. * J • ► '• will Treasurer, bids Mar¬ William May until 1964 inclusive. 18 11 re¬ a.m. for Principal and in¬ terest (M-N) payable at the First Bank of Boston. Bidder National to single rate of interest, a multiple of V\ of Legality to be approved by Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston. name a 1%. Beverly Housing Authority, Mass. Note Series 169, Sale—The notes p. • $500,000 First offered May 5—v. 1931—were awarded to the 1949. *, Mass. — the pur¬ chase of $300,000 coupon veterans housing bonds. Dated May 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due $20,000 on May 1 from 1950 to on at 0.93% /• Offering shall, cessful bidder. j,: of MASSACHUSETTS Dudley C. Folly, Jr., of New Or¬ leans, will be furnished the suc¬ ... Board expressed in authorized April 26, on A certified check for payable ex¬ School bonds. and dormi¬ No. Special and of the par value of the bonds, ceive issues clusive. Second charge. 2% pur¬ July 1 from 1950 to 1959 in¬ 75,000 School out a.m. the bond Ward District No. 1949. v 10 for following not to interest 4 The O. Bou- until 14 $90,000 Sub-District numerical (P. Edward gregating $165,000: May 1, 1959, at University of Kentucky Lexington), Ky. — Secretary of the Parish School Board, will receive sepa¬ price of 103. a Offering chase of the 2039—were awarded to or ing opinion of Niles, Barton, Mor¬ row dreaux, maturing from 1960 to 1974 on on Mary Parish School Districts (P. O. Franklin), La. ceed $90,000 offered callable in inverse order . in of New urer's group Bonds Dated March 1, 1949. Denomina¬ $49,000 follows: 1951, furnished composed of Magnus & Co.,—Widmann & Co., and Fox, Reusch & Co., all of Cincinnati. Dated May 1, 1949 and due on May 1 from 1952 to 1974 inclusive. . $43,000 $46,000 multiple of V\ or Principal and in¬ authorized at the election held build¬ bonds offered May 23 to Pohl & Co., of as 3%s, at a price of ."o revenue in¬ July 1, in 1976; ex¬ bonds. June 1, as $31,000 in 1953, $33,000 in 1955, $35,000 in 1957, $37,000 in 1959, $40,000 in 1961, $42,000 in 1963, $45,000 in 1965, $48,000 in 1967, $51,000 in $41,000 inclusive. Bid¬ May 3. awarded Bond on Due $39,000 Denomination $1,000. Due on June / 1977; HAs, at. turing in 1970 to 1979 within Perryville, Ky. fol¬ as tion $1,000. All of said bonds , Due . /. . in receive , Cincinnati, lien:...water Due of $27,000^in May 11 .—i v. 169, p. 2039 — were 1978, and $45,000 in l97|%, awarded to the Bankers Bond Co., . jWere awarded to Halsey, Stuart & .Co., and the City Securities Corp., first bonds. follows: $26,000 1949 bonds of¬ fered May bonds. County (P. Inez), Ky. 1975. 3Y4% will Martin clusive; $9,000 Tn 1959 ;4 and 1960; $14,000 in 1961; $15,000 in 1962 and 1963; $16,000 in 1964 and 1965; $17,000 in .1966 and 1967; $18,000 in 1968; $19,000 in 1969; $21,000 in 1970 and 1971; $22,000 in 1972 and 1973, and $23,000 in 1974 123,000 .culosis Hospital of - Secretary, to not school agency Bond Sale—The $150,000 • • certified amount KENTUCKY Offered—Edw. on A the 1952 to 1958 inclusive. lows: *$5,000 in 1952; $7,000 from 1953 to 1955 inclusive; The second highest bidder White-Phillips Co., for 21/4>s, price of 100.01. • ! Co./ $347,000 3% first lien water works build¬ j awarded —were Trust of Offering—C. C. Granvatt, par. Dec. U from 1950 to 1967 inclu¬ .at a & price a Oct. on the > Co., of Cincinnati, are publicly offering an issue of $470,improvement and re¬ funding bonds, divided as follows: Ripley & Co., Inc., aas 2 Ms, at price of 101.67, a basis of about on Dickson a 10 for (P. O. 1951; Upper Marlboro), Md. $616,000 in 1952; 632,000 in 1953; Bond Offering—J. Frank Dent, $649,000 in 1954; $666,000 in 1955; Ashland, Kan. President of the Board of Educa¬ $683,000 in 1956; $702,000 in 1957; Bond Sale Details—The $36,000 tion, will itceive sealed bids un¬ revenue bonds purchased by the $721,000 in 1958; $740,000 in 1959; til noon (DST) on May 24 for the First Securities Co. of Kansas, oi $760,000 in 1960, and $731,000 in 1961. Principal and interest pay¬ purchase of $650,000 not to exceed Wichita, as previously noted in v. able at the State Treasurer's of¬ 5% interest public school of 1949 169, p. 1931, were sold at a price fice, or at the State's fiscal agency coupon bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. of par. Denomination $1,000. Due on June in New York City. Legality ap¬ Paola, Kan. proved by Wood, King & Dawson, 1, as follows: $30,000 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive, and $35,000 from Bond Sale Details—The $25,000 of New York. 1960 to 1969 inclusive. Principal airport bonds purchased by the and interest (J-D) payable at the New Iberia, La. Citizens State Bank, of Paola, as First National Bank of Southern Bond Offering—The City Clerk previously noted in v. 169, p. 2339 were Maryland, Upper Marlboro. Bid¬ sold as IV2S, at a price of will receive sealed bids until 11 100.75, and mature as follows: $2,- a.m. (CST) on June 21 for the ders to name the rate or rates of 000 on April 1, 1950; $2,000 on Oct. purchase of $100,000 sewerage and interest, expressed in a multiple 1, 1951, and $3,000 on April 1 from drainage bonds. These bonds were of lA or 1/10 of 1%. The approv¬ were 'man sive. S. 2J/£s,- at in 1%. until 17 KANSAS 000 revenue for Cobb, 2039—were: awarded to Harri- ',2.32%. R. of Board, bids May $764,000 interest in 34,000 $36,000 improvement, terest, payable at the State Treas¬ 1, The second highest bid¬ for * Bonds ing bonds offered May 9—v. 169, .a years. Raffensperger, Hughes & and 2% school 000 & G. Taylor & Will County School District No. 84 ^ (P. O. Rockdale), III. : 3 p. Nuveen Linton, Ind. City "Treasurer, is required. " John to held sealed bids until 2 p.m. (CST) on June 6 for the purchase of $275,- 1823— p. election furnished. for District of¬ Chicago, and the Union Trust Co. Indianapolis, jointly, as iy2S, at a price of 100.27, a basis of about 1.47%. Dated May 23, 1949. Due on July 1 from 1950 to 1969 inclu¬ sive. The second highest bidder was Halsey, Stuart & Co., for 1V2S, at a price of par. of Chicago, will be payable bonds 10—v. >169, the bonds author¬ are Iowa of • out 1948 be Bond • Dated Dec. 1,J 1948. July 1 from 1950 to 1978 1931 p. Co., Chicago. Bidders to j name. the rate of interest, expressed in a multiple of lA of 1%. The approving opinion of Chap¬ the of inclu¬ 1964 to Spirit Lake Con. Indep. Sch. Dist., 2.41%. on Harris Trust to , 1960 a.m. the rate of interest, name sealed on . Murphey, Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination or 1973 to C. School Schweickhardt, Landry & Co., A. inclusive;' $16,000 inclusive, and 1959 to the on from bonds bid for, payable to the Dis¬ Township. . at Due $7,000 trict; is required. purchaser at Elkhart, Ind. bids 1948/ The approving opinion Chapman & Cutler of Chicago, check $187,000 build¬ ing bonds offered May 6—v. 169, . furnished the 1954 These will a Bond Sale—The • el man & Cutler in 13, of Indianapolis Sch. City, Ind. •/ May Dated July 1, 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due on July 1, as follows: $65,000 in 1951; $5,;000, in 1955; $15,000 in 1956; $65,.000 in 1957; $50,000 in 1958, and $30,000 in 1959. Principal and in¬ terest payable at the Northern . sive. ized expressed sealed follows: as $12,000 from on sealed on •bopds. . and 100.52. j 17 for the purchase of $230,000 jwater supply lake refunding • - inclusive. der Smith, receive a.m. inclusive, Jan. 1 and $1,000 awarded Co., . 1955 of May jointly, M. to Co., of Chicago, and F. S. Moseley & Co., of Chicago, jointly, as 2xks, at a price of 101.71,; a basis of Springfield, III. Offering —M. 1950 on receive Dated May 1, 1949. from 1961 11 Bonds Sold—An issue of will 1, revenue fered Peabody & Co., and Hornblower & Weeks, jointly, for $950,000 as 1.70s, ' at a price of 100.54, a basis of about 1.65%. .City bonds. Bond Sale —The $325,000 water Dated Bond and coupon 1971 1/10 is until 2 p.m. (CST) on May 16 for the purchase of $175,000 building Nov. furnished to works .Kidder, . rectors, inclusive, Due interest, • May 1, 194.9. The second -highest bidder was-Lehman Bros., - 1961 the expense of the 1 Dec. on be <• „ Dec. on of fol¬ as . .from 1950 to 1956 inclusive. from ; 1.656%, /\ • as .690,000 • about of lows: Due V4 of 1%. The ap¬ proving opinion of Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller, of Indianapolis, will Corp., E. H. Rollins & Sons, of New York, and Keb!bon, McCormick & Co., of Chi•cago, jointly, at a price of 100.50, •a bonds. July 1, 1950; $3,000 1 and July 1 from to multiple : The Indep. Sch. Dist., Ia. Bond Offering—M. W. Stebbins, Secretary of the Board of Di¬ April 1, 1949. Denomina¬ $1,000. Bidders to name the rate inclusive. IOWA July 1, 1962. build- a in¬ Dated tion awarded were — Twp. from 1951 to on V at on $2,000 1, 1969 highest bidder was North¬ Trust Co., Chicago, for 2y4S, price of 101.77. 1949 $3,000 on Jan. 1 $1,000 on July 1, 1962. 61,000 Civil Twp. Bonds. 'ing bonds offered May 10—v. 169, ■First of to E expressed follows: as and 1950 to Sale—The $950,000 the 1950 second ern July 1, 1950; $3,000 Jan. 1 and $2,000 on July on 1 from receive (CST) purchase of building Sch. $2,000 / VIllinois Bond will 2 „p.m. institutional from Corp., Ind. $115,000 school Oelwien $61,000 Island■ No. 41 • for school $3,000 Rock until bonds, divided & Co., of Chicago, as price of 100.23, a basis a May terest Treasurer, * Cruttenden . Trustee, bids until 4% $1,000. $30,000 $32,000 will on ders to building bonds offered May 9—v. 169, p. 1931 —4 were awarded to Raffensperger, Hughes & Co., of Indianapolis, as 2s, at a price of 100.31, a basis of about 1.98%. Dated May 1, 1949. Due on July 1 bids Dept., registered bonds. Dated March 1, 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due on March 1, as follows: $278,000 in 1969: $346,000 in 1970, and $375,000 National Bond Sale—The Wilkinson), $122,000 not to exceed 4V2% to County Sch. Dist., No. 131 1 r ^ (P. O. Aurora), III. /%// Bond Sale—The $300,000 school building bonds offered May 9—v. 169, p. 1931 — were awarded to , July 1 from 1,; 1969 inclusive. In¬ State sealed Series Principal (J-J) payable at the interest the terest in¬ any ceed May 25 for the purchase of $1,749,000 not to exceed 5% in¬ numerical or (State of) (CST) North Judson Con. Sch. Offering—Roy McKnight, Township inverse of receive Bank, Chicago. Legality approved by Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago. 1 and (Twp. (P. O. dation receive (CST) purchase of Offering—L. B. Baynard, Secretary of the Board of Liqui¬ payment date thereafter at LaSalle Indiana Kane r and one July on Louisiana Parish a.m. Bond 104 and accrued interest. 1949. J-J. a rfied check for $10,000, payable 1, except in July 1, 1969 on Secretary will interest; callable terest Ross, multiple of % of 1 %. The approve ing ooinion of Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago, will be furnished and paid for by. the District. A certin ' be order of (P. O. Farmersville), La. Bond Offering—C. LOUISIANA on 59 Union Parish School District No. 55 at redemption. and all bonds maturing July 1, 1970 to 1976, to Legality approved by McCord, Ice & Miller, of Indianapolis. .' as tween the purchaser and the Dis¬ trict. Bidders to .name the rate or • June $1,000, Jan. on to Jan. terest be¬ upon accrued on Jan. 1 and July from 1951 to 1954 inclusive, and $12,000 1969 inclusive. Principal and in¬ terest (J-J) payable at such bank trust dated are date varying pre¬ miums depending on the date of inter¬ or any (2151) in part on any interest or payment or any interest pay¬ ment date thereafter at 104.50 and 1, 1950; $11,000 1 ' or price a for $773.69. Due $10,773.69 $65,000 ffom 1962 to inclusive; $70,000 in 1965 and 1966, at July 1, 1959 whole a July 1, 1964 • Denomination inclusive; 1964 i%s, ; Bonds inclu¬ to for on able in inverse numerical order Co., Chicago, and Cit¬ Banking Co., Anderson, jointly, inclusive; $55,000 from sive; $60,000 ; CHRONICLE interest; $26,000 ma¬ turing July 1, 1977, and $27,000 maturing July 1, 1978 to be call¬ Trust ern Denomination $1,000. Due on Jan. 1, as follows: $45,000 in 1952; $50,1000 from 1953 to 1955 FINANCIAL est payment date thereafter at 105 and accrued Bond - Sale The $446,773.69 judgment funding 1949 bonds of¬ fered May 6 were awarded to Hal¬ sey, Stuart & Co. and the City Se¬ Corp. of Indianapolis, jointly, as l%s, at a price of 100.27, a basis of about 1.72%. The second highest bidder was North¬ $1,100,000 not to , order curities 19 for & May ill' 1949. Due July 1 from 1950 to 1960 incl. Anderson, Ind. Grundy County Community High School District No. COMMERCIAL -basis of about .prior to maturity as follows: $45,000 bonds maturing June 1, 1979 to be callable in inverse numerical --a 1.22%... Dated on v ' THE Second National Bank, of Boston, interest. Due on May Dated 16, May 16, 1950. The 60 (2152) THE second highest bidder was Bever¬ ly National Bank, of Beverly 'at 0.98%. (P. O. 196, Bond Sale—The $380,000 school bonds offered May 11—v. 169, p. 2040—were awarded to Estabrook & Co., of Boston, Lee Higginson Corp., and Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs, of Boston, jointly, as 2s, at a price of 100.7^, a basis of about 1.91%. Dated May 1, 1949. Due on May 1 from 1950 to 1968 inclusive. June for 1950 follows: as to LOT tion Note 1 Due from $150,000 1950 to on 1959 in¬ clusive. series ond Due $70,000 from June 1 1950 to 1969 inclusive. on a highest Detroit the World War II 1950 to veteran 1969 bonds. June on 1 from dam 850,000 sewerage bonds. Due June 1 1, from and follows: $30,000 1969 inclusive, as 1950 to $25,000 from 1970 to 1979 inclusive. Bidder to , in ; but bonds; v Vx of part no rate of interest name multiples of of the 1% for all above Sidewalk offered iy4s, at as of par differ¬ a of Loan May at Due 1.148%. June Dated June on 1 from dated May 19, 1949: Sale—The supply 1, system bonds of Due June District). Bidder to terest in 1, 1994. in¬ of rate name multiples of y4 of 1% for all but no par All of the in $11,250,000 bonds in¬ offering will be May series 9—v. A 169, p. notes offered May 5 were Worcester County 0.875%. highest bidder was Second National Bank, of Boston, Trust Co., of Worcester, at urer's lots to a group about 2.05% follows: as second Notes $210,000 dated are May 1952 370,000 16, Bosworth Series notes offered May the to second 12 were April on 1 Each of the considered offerings, and bids must be for all but part of each lot. Each lot no will be basis. of awarded A the certified bonds separate a check for 1% bid for, pay able, to the' City Treasurer's of order on required. ' Sale Boston, on at The — sold to were National Bank, of Bristol discount. County (P. Due , , : ■}. Note Sale—The $600,000 notes Offered May 9—v. awarded were 'Shawmut. 0.78% Bank, dicount. 1949. Due on 169, p. the to of 2040— National Boston, May 1949. Note Y Boston, & notes Hptzler, terest, plus $1,000,000 Sec¬ offered May 5 at 0.89% in¬ premium of $11.00. Notes are dated May 16,' 1949. Due on May 16, 1950. Legality approved by Caldwell, Marshall, Trimble & a Mitchell, of New York City. Cambridge, Mass. Bond Sale—The $500,000 public improvement bonds of¬ fered May 12 were awarded to Phelps, Fenn & Co., of New York, as iy2s. at a price of 101.13, a 1949. $50,000 bonds are dated June Denomination $1,000. 1, Due June 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. Legality approved ! to Bank,- the of on 1932— p. notes or Merchants Boston, at Due on Boston, of inverse after at called July July 1, for redemption on or after Principal and in¬ (J-J) payable at the rate pressed in -on by Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston. 1 r Boston. expense to interest, ex¬ were on authorized at March 28. The the purchaser. A cer¬ tified check for $3,800, payable to the District Treasurer, is required. Somerville Housing Authority, Massachusetts Sale—The series notes awarded New York, $1,600,000 offered Delta Twp. to 0.86% 5 Bros., interest. are dated May 16, 1949. May 16, 1950. Legality ap¬ proved by Sullivan,, Donovan & Heenehanj of New York City. Sale —The series second date notes bids on to Salo¬ follows: Bank & Co., $7,000 in 000 in 1956, $8,000 in 1957, $7,000 1958, $8,000 in 1959, $7,000 in 1960, $8,000 in 1961, and $5,000 in in 1962 and 1963. 1954 to Newton- Trust cou¬ 1950, $8,000 in 1951, $7,000 in 1952, $8,000 in 1953, $7,000 in 1954, $8,000 in 1955, $7.- — Waltham interest school bonds. Dated May 1, 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due July 1, as Waltham, Mass. Note Sale The $500,000 notes offered May 11—v. 169, p. 2040— the p.m. (EST) on May purchase of $100,000 not to exceed 4% Bros. & Hutzler, of New York, at 0.91% interest, plus a premium of $1.05. % to 8 pon mon awarded until 18 for the $105,000 offered awarded were Road, Bond Offering — L. B. Hanna, Jr., Secretary of the Board of Education, will receive sealed on Additional Elizabeth Lansing 15), Mich. Lehman at Sch. Dist. No. 10 (P. O. 4538 sec¬ May Notes were of approving opinion of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, of De¬ troit, will be furnished, without Legality to be approved by Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of same or multiple of Vx of 1%. a bonds the election held Boston. Due rates or These of bank a designated by Bidders to name purchaser. the Dated of on- and par 1954. May 16 for the purchase of $500,- Bank 1953, at trust company to be nessy, City Treasurer, will receive sealed bids until 11 a.m. (DST) on Shawmut order interest to the date fixed 1, terest Quincy, Mass., V'«... > Note Offering—John R. Shaugh- notes. numerical interest payment date any redemption, plus a premium of $5.00 on each bond called for re¬ demption prior to July 1, 1954. No premium shall be paid on bonds 17, 1949. The second bidder was : the Second Bank, in may for Nov. National be re¬ the option of the Dis¬ at accrued the of Waltham, at 0.743% discount. May 11, 1949. Due on Nov. terest Bonds 1963 may be option verse of the maturing in redeemed at District numerical order any in¬ in¬ West Boylston, West Boylston Water District,' Mass. main Sale—The notes awarded To $33,000 offered R. L, , May Day & .V on par and the District pay¬ redemp¬ 1953, at plus tion, $20.00 a premium redeemed so on, each bond or after for as each follows: called for redemption prior to July 1, 1955. $15.00 on each bond called for re- were Co.;" of - '» ' . inclusive. (P. O. Walter J. at price of 100.13. a Robinson Wade, Inc., for 3s, and Grand Haven $26,000 school bonds offered April 11 was awarded to local banks, as 23/4s, at price of a par. Clair Shores, Mich. Offering—Douglas Taylor, Pointe bids of Grosse Dated May Jan. on .. until 8 (EST) p.m. cost of about follows: as $48,000 Water bonds. Due Nov. 1, as 10, 1950. follows: $3,000 from 1950 to Due 1.59%. net interest was bid reflecting a cost of about a 1.69%. Holland and Park Twps. Frac. Sch. (P. O. Holland), Mich. Offering — John Essen- District Secretary, will ceive sealed (EST) on until bids 7 re¬ p.m. May 17 for the purchase April 1, 1949. Denomination $1,Due $10,000 on April 1 from 000. sewer Nov. bonds. from Due 1951 Optional Nov. on 1 from inclusive. , $1,000 to 1963 Nov. 1, 1949. 1951 to 1953 ' All of the bonds 1, dated June are Interest M-N. Rate or rates of interest to be a multiple of Vx and interest Detroit expressed in of 1%. Principal (M-N) payable at the Co., Detroit. Bids Trust will be conditioned upon the un¬ qualified opinion of Claude H. Stevens, of Berry, Stevens, Barbier & Evely, of Detroit, approv¬ ing the legality of the bonds. The cost of said legal opinion and of the printing of the bonds will be paid by the Village. Bonds will be delivered certified the last two maturities on 1954 or any interest pay¬ $4,000 inclusive. I960." 1950 to 1959 inclusive. Callable for 1, and. 1963 3,000 sidewalk bonds. Due $1,000 payment in inverse numerical or¬ 1 inclusive. Dated McDonald- bidder Co., on to Optional Nov. 1, 1960. on The second highest 1958 13.000 April 1 from on inclusive, from 1950 to 1955 inclusive. May 1949, di¬ vided Webber, Jackson & Curtis of De¬ troit, on a bid reflecting a net in¬ May 1, 1949. on 17 for the purchase of $64,000 not to exceed 4% interest coupon spe¬ cial assessment bonds of Bond Sale—The $55,000 build¬ ing bonds offered May 4—v. 16*9, p. 1932—were awarded to Paine, Oct. ! No. 1), Mich. Bond Sale—The issue of 1957 der, Twps. School District No. 3 (P. O. Grand Haven, R. R.'il: Handy Twp. Sch. Dist. No. 6 (P. O. Fowlerville), Mich. burg, First Village Clerk, will receive sealed Park), cipation notes offered May 10—v. 169, p. 1932—were awarded to the No. 9 the St. Twp. Michigan Note Sale—The $40,000 tax anti¬ Moore & to The second highest bid- was Bond Grosse awarded Bank, of Ravenna, as 23/4s, at a price of 100.20, a basis of about 2.71%. Dated April 1, 1949. Due on April 1 from 1952 to 1959 required. Pointe 1 State Treasurer, is of the able Detroit. at or Enclose amount of the the to a cashier's check for 2% bonds, pay¬ Village Treasurer. ment date thereafter. If any such maturing in 1958 or 1959 are called in 1954 or 1955, a pre¬ mium of 102 will be paid thereon, bonds if so in called 1956 1957, a pre¬ paid thereon, if called thereafter no premium will be paid. Bidders to name the Sumpter Township School District (P. O. 44500 Judd Road, R. No. 3, Belleville), of rate interest, expressed in a multiple of Vx of 1%. Principal and interest (A-O) payable at the Peoples State Bank, Holland. The approving opinion of market some attorney, will be furnished by the purchaser at his certified able check the to own for District expense. A $1,000, pay¬ Treasurer, is required. Bond Indep. Twp. Sch. Dist. No. 1 (P.O. 6330 Pine Knob Road, Route 1, Clarkston), Mich. Offering — Kenneth N. Bond Healy, District Treasurer, will re¬ sealed (EST) on bids until 6 p.m. May 16 for the purchase of $80,000 not to exceed 6% inter¬ coupon bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due on June 1, as follows: $5,000 from 1950 to 1954 inclusive; $6,000 from 1955 to 1959 inclusive, and school est $5,000 from Bonds sive. June numerical inverse and accrued date terest interest, of y4 on or callable in order interest Bidders to 1959. ceive sealed (EST) on of on after name at par in¬ June 1, any the rate of in a multiple Principal and inter¬ expressed of 1%. until bids 7 p.m./ May 21 for the purchase $50,000 not to exceed 4V2% in¬ school bonds. Dated terest coupon May 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Interest M-S. Due March 1, as fol¬ lows: $4,000 in 1950 to 1959, and $5,000 in 1960 and 1961. Princi¬ pal and interest payable at the Detroit Trust Co., Detroit. The shall furnish bonds execution at his ex¬ pense. Bids shall be conditioned upon the unqualified opinion of the purchaser's attorney to be se¬ cured at the purchaser's expense approving the legality of "the purchaser for bonds. Bonds will the be delivered at Trust Co., Detroit, or Detroit be 'agreed purchaser. Enclose a cer¬ cashier's check for $1,000, such other place as may with the tified or payable to the District Treasurer. MINNESOTA 1960 to 1964 inclu¬ maturing on or after 1960, will be 1, Genevieve Allen, District Secretary, will re¬ ready ceive Michigan Offering — or mium of 101 will be Anoka, Minn. Offering — C. Bond Rudolf Johnson,. City Clerk, will receive sealed until 7:30 p.m. (C3T) on May 23 for the purchase of $150,000 water provement in light plant im¬ bonds. Dated coupon 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. June Due and on June 1, as follows: $15,000 payable at a bank or trust company in Detroit, Pontiac or Clarkston, to be named by the 1952, and $20,000 from 1953 to 1958 inclusive. Bid¬ The approving opinion of interest, expressed in a multiple of Vx or 1/10 of 1%. Principal est bidder. Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone of Detroit, will be furnished to the purchaser without cost. A cer¬ tified check for $2,500, payable to the District Treasurer, is required. accrued bond water 11 date July 1, 15, 1949. Note payment on in interest to date fixed for Dated basis of about 1.28%. The 169, 1952 to 1955. Bonds matur¬ deemed trict May 5—v. highest Note awarded building 000 in ing in 1954 and 1955 Mass. $150,000 National 10, to Lehman Bros., York, at 0.86%. The sec¬ ond highest bidder was Salomon * Bank, 0.69% discount. Dated May 9, 1949. 15, of New ' bonds. May 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due July 1, as follows: $25,000 in 1950 and 1951, and $35,Dated discount. Sale—The awarded were interest school coupon 4% tax Nov. 4 and Dec. 2, % on Northampton, Note offered were Sale—The Series "Bros. 0.772% at $75,000 1949. ! were The $150,000 — notes offered May 9 were award¬ ond Note Sale , ed to the National Shawmut rBrookline Housing Authority, Mass. ond 1950. Methuen, Mass. at Dated Nov. to able expense. check for $2,000, Sch. Dist. No. Sale —The 2040—were & terest school coupon bonds. Dated 19, Heenehan, of New York City. tional , purchaser without Twp. O. Ravenna), Mich. $25,000 school bonds offered May 9 — v. 169, p. of Paddock Secretary of the Board of Educa¬ May on May 16, 1949, Denomination $25,000. Due on Nov. 3, 1949. Payable at the Na¬ O. Taunton), Mass. f''\ O. Ortonville), Mich. Offering — Paul Tindall, 000 0.69% Nov. 14, 1949. to the (P. Bond of Stone, of Detroit, will be furnished A certified Ravenna interest, tion, will receive sealed bids until 8 p.m. (EST) on May 17 for the purchase of $190,000 not to exceed $200,000 tax May 9 Merchants Canfield,. Miller, of rate multiple of Vx approving opinion The 1%. the a Legality Due 0.763%. notes offered the company approved by Sullivan, Donovan & Braintree, Mass. Note (P. Bond re¬ of $100,000 not to exceed 3V2% in¬ two separate name expressed in Bond Brandon Town ship, Twp. Sch. Dist. count, plus a premium of $10.00. Notes are dated May 19, 1949. Due be ders to terest & shall designated by the purchaser. Bid¬ basis of about 2.08%. bidder was 0.94% dis¬ highest Due Co., Inc., H. V. Sattle.y & Co., Watling, Lerchen & Co. and Miller, Kenower & Co., jointly, for $360,000 as 2s;. $55,000 as l%s, and $165,000 as 2V4s, a National Second inclusive. April 1 April 1, 1949. The sec¬ highest bidder was Braun, ond Authority, Mass. Sale—The $270,000 First awarded 2s. as 1961 to on from 1962 to 1971 inclusive. Housing Note Due Dated Heenehan, of New York City. Jpswich 21/4s. as from 1949. Due on May 16, 1950, Legality approved by Sullivan, Donovan & 1, 1949. Denomination office. will trust or 10, 1949. Due 0.93%. of $1,000. Principal and interest (J-D) payable at the City Treas¬ bank a Bank, Pointe, at 2% interest. awarded the First of Michi¬ Corp., McDonald-Moore & Co., both of Detroit, and Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc. of Toledo, at a price of 100.00, a basis of awarded to the the dated June at gan Authority, Mass. Sale—The $185,000 first Housing part of the is¬ no bid to be less than and accrued interest. sue;- cluded Boston premium composed' of Grafton C. J. Devine & Co., at East able $580,000 water revenue, offered 1824—were The (extension No bonds called for on Crosse Pointe ' '$2,500,000 subway bonds of 1945 1961. 1, paid MICHIGAN 1950 to part of each individual loan. 2 0.96%, plus $1 premium. are Bond redemp¬ demption on or after July 1, 1961. Principal and interest (J-J) pay¬ Adrian, Mich. Bank, of Boston, at 0.85% interest. LOT NO. be Grosse inclusive. Series Boston, at 0.853% May 19, 1950. Legality ap¬ by Sullivan, Donovan & Heenehan, of New York City. basis a for tion on Gloucester, price of 100.27, Na¬ proved 1949 ent rate may be bid for all but no •'"V. rate of a the to of Second J. Devine & Co., New York, second high bidder, named 169, p. Cape 11—v. awarded a about 1954 Bank the to interest. C. Mass. Sale—The $110,000 Maca¬ Ann National Bank, of serial bid to be less than no and accrued interest and tional Notes and called July Pay¬ Co., of Trust Delivery will be made at awarded was Gloucester, The inclusive. 5 0.92%. Bond 1957, $10.00 — was Detroit, bond 1, Day to the Winthrop Housing Authority, Mass. Note Sale The $75,000 first series notes offered on May 12 premium of $11.00. Bank, 1953 after July 1, 1955, 1959 inclusive. inclusive, and $3,000 at on or prior to July each on Monday, May 16, 1949 on or after July 1, 1957, but prior to July 1, 1959. $5.00 on each bond called for redemption on or after July 1, 1959, but prior to said bank for Boston funds. Bros. bidder 1949. 1, 1952 able sec¬ May Salomon June demptior. but $1,000. Due on follows: $4,000 from from Hutzler, of New York, at 0.90% Note 5,000,000 permanent housing for Due $250,000 offered to of as Boston. $1,280,000 notes awarded were 1949. Due 1,400,000 building construction and land acquisition bonds. > Sale—The 2040—were construc¬ ways bonds. June 1 NO. Dated May 1 from on dated are 1, 1950 to Gloucester Housing Authority, Massachusetts bonds $1,500,000 public 2.18%. Due CHRONICLE Denomination June inclusive. 1979 the purchase of $11,250,000 general obligation bonds, divided May 1, 1949. interest, plus Ouermg—Henry F. Bren- 1 as 2y4s, at a basis of about a FINANCIAL as a Notes of¬ notes 169, p. 2040— Ripley & Co., price of 100.86, to The1 second nan, City Treasurer, will receive sealed bids until noon (DST) on % 9—v. 100.06, & lVgs, at a price basis of about 1.48%. Boston, 1948 Inc., & Boston, Mass. Bond May of awarded were i Act loan, fered Box .Billerica), Mass. . Dudley, Mass. Note Sale—The $144,000 sewer¬ age Billerica COMMERCIAL Montague Twp. Con. Sch. Dist. (P. O. Montague), Mich. Bonds Not Sold—The $160,000 school bonds 169, 2040—were not sold p. bids received offered were May 11—v. as rejected. all 1951 ders to and name and iterest the rate payable at or any rates of suitable banking institution designated by the purchaser. The approving opinion of Harold W. Moody, of St. Paul, and Dorsey, Colman, of Minneapolis, together Barber, with the printed* bonds, furnished to the expense check will be purchaser at the of the City. A certified $3,000, payable to the for City Treasurer, is required. Volume 169 Number 4803 THE Fairmont, Minn. Bond Offering—Stanley Stew¬ art, City Clerk, will receive sealed bids until 7:30 p.m. (CST) on May 17 for the. purchase of $150,000 sanitation and bonds. pon improvement Dated Bidders to name the rate of interest, expressed in a multiple of 1/10 or y4 of 1%. Principal and interest payable at apy suitable bank or trust com¬ pany designated by the purchaser. The approving opinion of Faegre & Benson of Minneapolis, together with the printed bonds, will be out the to cost. A purchaser with¬ certified check for re¬ (P. O. Meyer, bids until 1:30 p.m. (CST) on May 266 for the purchase of $1,200,000 building and equipment coupon bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denom¬ ination $1,000. Due Jan. 1, as fol¬ lows: $25,000 in 1952 to 1954, $30,000 in 1955 to 1958, $35,000 in 1959 to 1961, $40,000 in 1962 to 1964, $45,000 in 1965 to 1968, $50,000 in 1969 to 1972, $55,000 in 1973 to 1976, and $60,000 in 1977 to 1979. Dated quired. Dec. 1, 1948. Legality ap¬ proved by Charles & Trauernicht March Bonds maturing in re¬ any thereafter. 1970 1974 to will be each subject to redemption on Jan. 1, 1964 and any interest payment thereafter. date maturing in the will be years Bonds 1975 to 1979 each subject to redemp¬ tion on Jan. 1, 1969 and any inter¬ est payment date thereafter. The prepayable deemed bonds in will of order be serial demption price of par interest. Bidders to rates or of of 1, and accrued the rate name y4 of 1/10 or ming pool bonds. 1949. price of 101.00, 2.80%. Dated Due on March 1 a the about 1949. 1950 to 1959 community & health of 1%. The approving the to District Treasurer, is a price of Dated Feb. 1, 1949. Denomi¬ nation $1,000. Legality approved by Charles & Trauernicht, of St. of issue. and Liberty, Mo. Jan. 1, held Oct. on A. to 500. zation able Sold —The Not tion held Due March on 1964 No. Interest J-J. These authorized at the elec¬ on Not to exceed the 5% sole $2,500,000 Denomination June on 1 clusive. $1,000. from 1950 Bonds to 1964 in¬ after June basis of about by National 2.977%, was sub¬ Bank of America the Trust & Savings Asso¬ Francisco. Bonds San of dated are April 1, 1949 and ma¬ April 1 from 1951 to 1969 on & Co., for $150,000 price of 100.08. a as 3V4% sanitary works $40,000 water bonds - has Trauernicht of St. Louis. sold. Dated Jan. 15, 1949. b.y Charles & Legality approved out cost. to A the check for $2,000 is required. .Tcdd - County Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 103 (P. O. Hewitt), Minn. Bond Offering—Maurice Ester- District Clerk, will receive sealed bids until 8 p.m. (CST) on mann, May 20 for the purchase of $20,000 funding bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due $1,000 on Jan. 1 from 1951 to 1970 inclusive. Bidders rate or rates of in a The to name the interest, expressed multiple of V\ or 1/10 of 1%. approving opinion of Faegre & Benson, of Minneapolis, to¬ gether with the printed bonds^ will be furnished to the purchaser A certified check for $500, payable to the Dis¬ trict, is required. without Bond station expense. Wayzata, Minn. Sale The $15,000 — bonds offered May * County Sch. Dist. No. 23 (P. O. Poison), Mont. Bond Offering—Lola M. City Treasurer, ter, sealed bids in H. will of care : finger, District Clerk, will receive sealed bids until 1 p.m. (MST) on May 31 for the purchase of $329,000 not to building 1949. first second choice and choice June serial of the If amortization Board. or interest bonds—JJated the may 6% 1, Amortization bonds will be the sold exceed and issued the be put into divided into one bonds School bonds entire are receive of interest, expressed in ple of y8 bonds will be A er. the Denny, pressed in a bonds will in each, the come issued are be the sum payable will issue. and If sold amount of $9,000 on they of $1,000 will be¬ Dec. 1, 1949, and become payable on June 1,1950, and the sum of $8,000 will become payable on the same ' Offering City Russell — Clerk, H. will receive (DST) on May 19 for the purchase of $173,000 not to exceed 6% interest water coupon or registered bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomina¬ tion $1,000. Due on June 1, as fol¬ lows: $5,000 from 1950 to 1983 in¬ clusive, and $3,000 in 1984. cipal and interest Prin¬ (J-D) The approving kins, opinion Delafield York & of Haw¬ Wood, of New City, will be furnished to purchaser. A certified check for , $3,460, payable to the City, is required. of Storey, Dodge, of & ,;il , Leon R. Har- — sealed on coupon vided registered bonds, divi- or follows: as $200,000 electric light plant bonds. Due on June 1, as follows: $8,000 from 1950 to 1954 in¬ clusive, $10,000 from 1955 to ,1964 inclusive^ and $12,000 ;from 1965 to 1969 inclusive. . Bidders to name the rate of interest, expressed in a mul¬ tiple of y8 or 1/20 of 1%. 150,000 water' June 1, Station), N. J. Bond bonds 1933—were May 9—v. awarded to 169, p. J. Van B. from bonds. 1955 to $8,000 from Due 1959 1960 1969 inclusive. name a Due on June Dated 1 June from 1, 1949. 1950 to 1969 inclusive. Chatham Twp. School District (P. O. Chatham), N. J. Bond Offering Thomas — A. Purvis, District Clerk, will receive on May 23 for the purchase of $60,- tion 1 not to exceed 6% $1,000. Due $3,000 from 1950 to 1956 cipal and interest interest on incl. (M-S) at the First National Bank, son. Bidders to name interest, expressed in Prin¬ Johnson, of Middleburgh, will be furnished to the purchaser upon request. A certified check for $160 payable to the Fire District Com-; missioners, is required. Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 5 (P. O. Mineola), N. Y. Bond Offering—Mrs. Edna Tier- sten, District Clerk, will receive sealed bids at the office of John H. Borrie, of Denton -Building, Mineola, until 2:30 p.m. (DST) on May 18 for the purchase of $1,165,000 not to exceed 4% interest school 1849 coupon Dated June bonds. or 1, registered 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due on Dec. 1, as follows: $50,000 from 1950 to 1958 inclusive; $65,000 from 1959 to 1961 inclusive; $70,000 in 1962, and $75,000 from 1963 to 1968 in¬ clusive. Principal and interest (JD) payable at the United States Trust Co., New York City. Bidders to the name rate of interest, ex¬ pressed in a mutliple of y4 or 1/10 of 1%. The approving opinion of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 23 (P. O. Wantagh), N. Y. Bond Offering — Catherine Macdonald, receive District sealed Clerk, bids until on May 20 for the purchase $850,000 not to exceed 4% in¬ 1952 to 1978 and interest 1964 Principal First National Bank of Bellmore, Bellmore, N. Y. Bidders to name the rate of multiple interest, expressed in a y4 or 1/10 of 1%. of The approving opinion of Haw¬ kins, Delafield & Wood, of New City,, will be furbished to York the purchaser certified without cost. A $17,000, pay¬ District, is required. check able to the „ for Jasper, Troupsburg, Woodhull, Greenwood, Cameron and Canisteo No. 1 in¬ Central Bond Sch. Dist. (P. O. Canisteo), / New Bidders to single rate of interest, in a multiple of inclusive. (J-D) payable at the Yotfz Offering—Ralph A. Bul¬ lock, District Clerk, will receive sealed bids until 3:30 p.m. on 1, 1949. Denomina¬ Principal and interest payable at the Vineland (J-D) land, or at at the option of the hold¬ the York of Guaranty Trust Co., City. The approving Caldwell, Marshall, May 1954 $3,000 from 1950 to inclusive, and $4,000 from 1969 inclusive. Principal interest (M-N) payable at First State Bank, Canisteo. and the without charge. 'A certi¬ bonds offered of the amount of each issue, payable to the Borough Treasurer, is required. • NEW MEXICO Belen, N. Mex. Bond Sale—The $100,000 reve¬ nue bonds offered May 9—v. 169, p. 2041 — were awarded to the Robert E. Schweser Co., of Omaha at a price of 102.50, about 3.48%. years, second optional in 10 highest bidder cher & Co., Due on a in a basis of to 25 one years. The was Boettbid reflecting a net interest cost of about 3.64%. NEW New Bond multiple District Offering York. — Treasurer, C. B. Parker, will the name rate of in¬ multiple of y4 or 1/10 of 1%. The approving opinion of Vandewater, Sykes, Heckler & Galloway, of New York City, will be furnished to the purchaser without cost. A cer¬ a tified check for $1,500, payable to the District, is required. Liberty, N. Y. Bond den, Offering—Chandler Village ceive sealed (DST) on Treasurer, bids May 20 Bor¬ will until re¬ 1 p.m. for the pur¬ chase of $83,600 not to exceed 5% interest municipal incinerator coupon or registered bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000, except one for $600. Due on June follows: $4,600 in 1950; $5,000 1951 to 1955 inclusive, and $6,000 from 1956 tp 1964 inclusive. as from Duanesburg,. Quaker Street Fire Dist. (P. O. Quaker Street), Madi¬ to terest, expressed in I, YORK; (DST) purchase of the 1955 to Bidders chaser for follows: as City, will be furnished to the pur¬ 19 $75,000 not to exceed 5% interest school, 1949 coupon or registered bonds. Dated May 1, 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due on May 1, Trimble & Mitchell, of New York of p.m. school, 1949 coupon or registered bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due on Dec. 1, as follows: $20,000 in 1950 and 1951, and $30,000 from inclusive; to Dated June er, will 3 terest on 1/20 of 1%. or the rate of a ex¬ (J-D) payable at the Schenectady Co., Schenectady. The ap¬ proving opinion of Bingham & Vs March payable interest, expressed' Ingen & Co., of New York, as 2!/4s, a price of 100.31, a basis of 2.21%. of Trust clusive, and $9,000 from 1965 to . at about rate a multiple of y4 or 1/10 1%.. Principal and interest of follows: $6,000 from 1954 inclusive; $7,000 fied check for 2% Sale—The $190,000 school offered the name pressed in as 1950 to opinion Branchburg TWp. Sch. Dist. (P. O. Box No. 65, North Branch on of $8,000 (DST) Bond Offering New f, (DST) exceed 5% interest fire house coupon or registered bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $500. Due $500 on June 1 from 1950 to 1965 inclusive. Bidders to of Vineland, N. J. National Bank & Trust Co., Vine- opinion Palmer to 61 payable New York City, will be furnished at the Boardwalk National Bank, Atlantic City. Bidders to name a to the purchaser without cost." A certified check for $23,300, pay¬ single rate of interest, expressed able to the District, is required. in a multiple of V8 or 1/20 of 1%. approving Thorndike, school coupon or registered bonds. Dated March-1, 1949. Denomina¬ of Educa¬ tion $1,000. serial date of Principal and interest payable at the City Treasurer's office. The sealed bids until 8 p.m. (DST) the Board sealed bids until 2 p.m. interest, ex¬ multiple of y4 of 1%. 000 from the Margate City, N. J. Bond of rate years period of 20 to tion, is required./ June 1 from 1950 inclusive. Bidders to principal and interest to be payable in semi-annual install¬ a furnished to the purchas¬ check for $4,500, certified payable on ments during The ap¬ proving opinion of Hawkins, Dela¬ Wood, of New York City, 1,1949. Denomination $1,000. $25,000 1958 as both 1/20 of 1%. or multi¬ a field & First the not (M-S) payable at the South River Trust Co., South Riv¬ er. Bidders to name a single rate Bank, (DST) on noon single bond several cou¬ Dated sealed bids until 3 p.m. May 27 for the purchase and interest Fos¬ issue the Board of Trustees may deter¬ mine upon at the time of sale bonds. March 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due $15,000 on March 1 from 1651 to 1965 inclusive. Principal ' NEW JERSEY Wol- p.m. registered or National Lake $8,000 fire 10— Offering—Carl purchaser. MONTANA purchaser with¬ certified Bond . Boston, will be furnished to the est payment date thereafter. furnished 1 Concord, N. HJ name and sewer improvement terest inter¬ The approving opinion of Faegre & Benson of Minneapolis, together with the printed bonds, will be pon . to Bonds Sold—An issue of 8 to exceed 6% interest school vi NEW HAMPSHIRE Due Wentzville, Mo. until (DST) on May 18 for the purchase of $225,000 not inclusive. June Walker been said date and any bids bids until 11 a.m. (DST) May 24 for the purchase of $350,000 not to exceed 6% interest inclusive. 1, 1959, being subject to re¬ demption at par and accrued in¬ on Brunswick Twp. Sch. Dist. (P. O. South River), N. J. Bond Offering—Helen F. Kipp, District Clerk, will receive sealed not H. Due $5,000 maturing East Concord, until May 17 for the purchase of $225,000 departmental equipment coupon bonds. Dated 2s, at re¬ ' kin, Borough Clerk, will receive ture on Education, is quired. school mitted 1 Board of cer¬ payable May 10—v. 169, 2041—was rejected. The bid, price of 100.2451 for 3s, or a p. a interest on July 20, 1948. Legality ap¬ proved by Stinson, Mag, Thomson, McEvers & Fizzell, of St. Louis. The second highest bidder was G. held Bond Offering—O. L. Gifford, Village Clerk, will receive sealed bids until 8 p.m. (CST) on May 16 for the purchase of $75,000 per¬ manent improvement revolving fund bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. to the bid permanent Sauk Rapids, Minn. $1,200, the Sold—The for bonds offered 1 Dated May 1, 1949. Denomina¬ improvement revolv¬ ing fund bonds offered May 9—v. tion $1,000. Principal and interest 169, p. 1932—were not sold as all payable at the First National bids received were rejected, be¬ Bank, Kansas City. These bonds cause of a taxpayer's protest. were authorized at the election $6,- County, Reno Sch. Dist. 10 (P. O. Reno), Nev. ciation, to are for Bonds Vernon, Mo. $150,000 sewer¬ disposal plant bonds offered April 25 were awarded to George K. Baum & Co., and Lucas, Eisen & Waeckerle, Inc., both of Kan¬ sas City, jointly, at a price of 100.06, a basis of about 1.97%, as 2s. year serial, will be redeem¬ option of the City at submitted Bond Sale—The 1954 day each Washoe age as like NEVADA Mount from a the were check nicht, of St. Louis. as 13/4s. Due on March from 1950 to 1953 inclusive. pay¬ April 4. A certified $2,000, payable to the above Clerk, is required. bonds $35,000 of sum time after five years from the bonds 1/20 of 1%. The approv¬ or furnished to the purchaser. A tified check for the bonds, whether amorti¬ or at any Mo. $123,000 purchased by G. Co., of St. Louis, as previously noted in v. 169, p. 1825, were sold as l%s and 2s, are dated May 1, 1949, and approved as to legality/by Charles & Trauer¬ $500,000 in 1950, and same date of issue. District, H. Walker & 115,000 Richfield, Minn. , The Vs ing opinion of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of New York City, will issued are ment will be in the amount of H. Bond Sale Details—The building 1, a paid, except that the last instal¬ Co., of Kansas City, as price of par. Dated School during they will be of $500 each; the July in of (2153) from the date If serial bonds on at payable thereafter until all such bonds 1949. Macon be years amount on the 1948, has been sold a to as principal $1,500 will become due and Bonds Sold—An issue of $35,000 park improvement bonds, author¬ at both sold, able 2y>s, bonds determine sale, period of 20 MISSOURI Bennett & City single bond several may of interest amount election the semi-annual instalments Louis. required. Bonds time and Co., of Memphis, at the of one into Council the opinion of Dorsey, Colman, Barker, Scott & Barber, Minneapolis, will be furnished to the purchaser by the District. A certified check for $24,000, pay¬ follows: able be put into the center par. at choice divided or sold to M. A. Saunders was 1, Amortization bonds will be choice and serial bonds second may Bonds Sold—An issue of $15,000 bonds July Council. If amortization bonds are sold and issued the entire issue inclusive. Oktibbeha 2% Dated first the a re¬ interest, expressed in multiple a re¬ num¬ bers, lowest numbers first, at 3s, at as basis ized date ed bids until 7:30 p. m. (MST) on June 7 for the purchase of $35,000 not to exceed 4% interest swim¬ 169, p. 1609 — were awarded to the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of 26, payment Miss. $100,000 public utility notes offered April 12—v. to interest Laurel, Mont. Offering — Tillie Hobendorf, City Clerk, will receive seal¬ Sale—The Belzoni, . Bond Belzoni, Note Bonds maturing in the years 1965 1969, will be each subject to demption on Jan. 1, 1959 and Acertified check for $2,000, pay¬ to the above Clerk, is re¬ County (P. O. Starkville), Miss. Clerk, will receive sealed serial or due date thereafter to maturity, at the option of the School Board. Interest J-D. of St. Louis. Wayzata), Bond Offering—Clifford amortization able Minnesota District paid. The bonds, interest any Bonds Sold—An issue of $20,000 from 144 are prior 2y4% school bonds has been sold. Hennepin County Con. Sch. Dist. No. CHRONICLE in full 10 years from the date of issue on Amory Separate Sch. Dist., Miss. a S3,000, payable to the City, is quired. FINANCIAL bonds, will be redeemable MISSISSIPPI or rates furnished of such bonds cou¬ May 1, 1949. Due $10,000 & day each year thereafter until all whether inclusive. May 1 from 1950 to 1964 inclu¬ sive. 1933—were awarded to p. Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, of Minneapalis. Dated May 1, 1949. Due on May 1 from 1951 to 1955 Denomination $1,000. on 169, v. COMMERCIAL receive Bidders to name the rate of in¬ terest, expressed in a multiple of 1/10 of 1%. Principal and in¬ terest (J-D) payable at the Na- 62 (2154) THE tional Bank of Liberty. The ap¬ proving opinion of Vandewater, Sykes, Heckler & <• Galloway, of New York City, will be furnished purchaser without cost. A the to Limestone, Bond Sale 2041—were N. The — offered awarded rate of interest, a multiple of 1/10 of approving opinion of Vanderwater, Sykes,, Heckler & furnished the to purchaser without cost. A certified check for $74°i payable to the Town, is required. " ' " * Little Falls ' ~ (P. South O. R. D. No. 4, Little Falls), N. Y. Bond Sale—The $6,650 build¬ ing of 1949 bonds offered May 2 —v. 169, p. 1825—were awarded to John Bame, of Nassau, as 2.30s, at a price of 100.25, a basis of about 2.25%. Due on Dated May 2, 1949. May 2 from 1950 to 1962 Lockport, N. Y. Bond Sale—The bonds $78,000 water, May 11—v. offered 169, p. 2041—were awarded to the Niagara County National Bank & Trust at Co., Lockport, price of a 1.30s, as 100.155, basis a Bond han, ceive of Falls Treasurer, sealed bids until 2 p.m. for the pur¬ chase of $40,000 not to exceed 5% (DST) on May 1965 16 OHIO 3% 1969 to : bonds has been inclusive. Reg- hold¬ Due North the to Bank at Sale — May 11—v. 1 from 1950 Manor (P. to p. 1934—were syndicate composed of Halsey, Stuart & Co., Kidder, Peabody & Co., Union Securities coupon as or registered follows: 1.27%. Dated May 1, 1949. May 1 from 1952 to 1959 inclusive. The second highest bid¬ der was E. H. Rollins & Sons, for 1.40s, at a price of 100.12. Due on Middletown, N. Y. Sale—The $326,000 public improvement, 1949 bonds offered May 10 — v. 169, p. 2041 — were awarded to Halsey, Stuart & Co., of New York, at 1.40s, at a price of 100.21, a basis of about 1.37%. Dated June 1, 1949. Due on June sealed - at price a about Due of 2.23%. Dec. on 100.18, basis a Dated May 1 1, 1 from 1950 to 1965 inclusive. The of 100.20. North Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 7 (P. O. Great Bond Neck), N.Y. Offering— Margery C. ;Dated $75,000 and on July 1, 1949. De¬ Due $70,000 $1,000., March 1953, Sept. 1; and $80,000 1950 and 1951, Sept. 1, 1952 * March and 1954 * and 1955, "$85,000 1, 1956 and 1957, $90,000 March and Sept. 1,1958 and of March and Sept. 1969 1959, $95,000 March and-Sept. 1, $100,000 March and Sept. 1,. 1962 and 1963, and $105,000 March and Sept. 1, 1964 and * , ■ - Cross, and Wood, Struthers & Co., jointly for 1.40s, at a price (DST). 1.960 and 1961, ■ velt & rioon March and Sept. 1, 1949. 1950. to from until nomination v. inclusive. . the purchase of $2,2%% interest refunding bonds. sewer 169, p. 1934 — Weil, Roth & Irving Co., of Cincinnati, as 21/4s; — bids 800,000 Place), Ohio $200,000 May 5 ! "/ Weck- May 24 for O. Elmwood ■ second highest bidder was Roose¬ a Parma, Ohio Corp., . Bond or in Offering—George Bond 1965. Bonds Sept. 1, maturing March and callable Sept. and respectively; bands maturing March and Sept. 1) 1959, callable Sept. and March 1,, 1956, respectively; bonds y maturing March and Sept. 1, 1960, callable Sept. and March 1, 1955, respec¬ 1958, March 1, 1957, . about interest,-expressed 1959 awarded to the were adjusted 169, of Bank, for 3s„ erling, City Auditor, will receive Sale—The Bond fered a Bidders to hame the rate highest bid¬ Kenton, Ohio 1 "*••1;/-. Bond Offering —John P. Cook, Goldman, Sachs & Co., City Auditor, will receive sealed $30,000 street, Series A bonds. Blair & Co., Inc., Stone & Webster bids until noon (EST) on May 25 Securities Corp., Shields & Co., Due $3,000 on June 1 from for the purchase of $100,000"3% Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, Merrill 1950 to 1959 inclusive. swimming pool bonds. Dated 10,000 sewer, Series B bonds. Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, March 1, 1949. Denomination $1,Estabrook & Co., Barr Bros. & Due $1,000 on June 1 from 000. Due $5,000 on Dec. 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. Co., B. J. Van Ingen & Co., L. F. 1950 to 1969 inclusive. Bonds ma¬ Rothschild & Co., E. H. Rollins & Dated June 1, 1949. Denomina¬ turing on and after Dec. 1, 1960, tion $1,000. Principal and in¬ Sons, Lee Higginson Corp., First are callable in whole or in part, in of Michigan Corp., R. S. Dickson terest (J-D) payable at the First their inverse numerical order on & Co., Adams, McEntee & Co., National Bank of Glens Falls. Dec. 1, 1959, or on any interest Geo. B. Gibbons & Co., Inc., all Bidders to name the rate or rates payment date thereafter at par of New York, Schoellkopf, Hutton of interest, expressed in a mul¬ and accrued interest. Bidders to & Pomeroy, of Buffalo, Otis & Co., tiple of V\ or 1/10 of 1%, The name the rate or rates of interest, of Cleveland; approving opinion of Willard A. expressed in a multiple of y4 of Also William Blair & Co., C. F, White, of Glens Falls, will be fur1%. The approving opinion of Childs & Co., Julien Collins & Co., nished to the purchaser. A cerPeck, Shaffer & Williams, of Cin¬ tified check for $800, payable to all of Chicago, Commerce Trust cinnati, will be furnished to the Co., of Kansas City, Francis I. the Village, is required. purchaser without cost.- A certi¬ duPont & Co., of New York, First fied check for 1% of the bonds Stewart Manor, N. Y. Cleveland Corp., of Cleveland, bid for, payable to the City, is re¬ Bond Offering—C. M. Jackson, First National Bank, of Memphis, quired. 'V ' •V Village Clerk, will receive sealed Stern Bros. & Co., of Kansas City, bids until, 3:30 p.m. (DST) on Stranahan, Harris & Co., Inc., of Lorain, Ohio y May 24 for the purchase of $16,000 Toledo, Stroud B o n d Co., of Phila¬ Offering -—/ Joseph / J. not to exceed 4% interest fire ap¬ delphia, Union Planters National Mitock, City Auditor, will receive paratus, 1949 coupon or registered Bank, of Memphis, Newhard, Cook sealed bids until noon (DST) on bonds. Dated June 1, 1949.- De¬ & Co., of St. Louis, George K. May 26 for the purchase of $278,nomination $1,000. Due on July Baum & Co., of Kansas City; 400 3% bonds, divided as follows: 1, as follows: $3,000 from 1950 to Bankers Bond Co., of Louisville, $72,150 property owner's portion, 1953 inclusive, and $4,000 in 1954. Boettcher & Co., of Denver, H. M. street/ improvement paving Principal and interest (J-J) pay¬ Byllesby & Co., of Chicago; < bonds. Denomination $1,000, able at the Garden City Bank & Also, Fahey, Clark & Co., Field, except one for $1,150. Due on Trust Co., Garden City. Bidders Richards & Co., both of Cleveland, : Nov. 1, as follows: $7,150 in to name the rate of interest, ex¬ Paul Frederick & Co., of New 1950; $7,000 from 1951 to 1957 pressed in a multiple of */4 or 1/10 York, Juron & Moody,- of St. Paul inclusive, and $8,000 in;,; 1958 of 1%. The approving opinion of A. E. Masten & Co., Moore, Leon¬ and 1959. y Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of ard & Lynch, both of Pittsburgh, y 27,250 city portion, street im¬ New York City, will be furnished Mullaney, Weils & Co., of Chi¬ provement paving bonds. De¬ to the purchaser without cost. A cago, W. H. Newbold's Son & Co nomination $1,000, except one certified check for $320, payable of Philadelphia, Newburger, Loeb for $1,250. Due on Nov. 1, as to the Village, is required. & Co., of New York, Ryanf Suth¬ follows: $2,250 in 1950; $2,000 erland & Co., of Toledo, Schmidt, in 1951 and 1952, and $3,000 Troy, N. Y. & Bond Offering —« Lawrence J. Poole Co., of Philadelphia, from 1953 to 1959 inclusive. Collins, City Comptroller, will re¬ Shaughnessy & Co., of St. Paul, 59,700 property owner's portion, ceive sealed bids until 2 Singer, Deane & Scribner, of p.m. improvement paving bonds. Denomination (DST) on May 24 for the purchase Pittsburgh, Stein Bros. & Boyce, $1,000, except of $1,179,000 not to exceed 4% in¬ of Baltimore, Thomas & Co., of one for $700. Due on Nov. 1, terest 1949 coupon or registered Pittsburgh, Wachob-Bender Corp., as follows: $5,700 in 1950, and of Omaha; bonds, divided as follows: $6,000 from 1951 to 1959 in¬ Also, Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs. clusive. $571,000 tax anticipation funding of Boston, Yarnall & Co., of bonds. Due on April 1, as fol¬ 19,300 city portion, street im¬ Atkinson-Jones & lows: $59,000 in 1950; $70,500 Philadelphia, provement paving bonds. De¬ Co., of Portland, Barrow, Leary nomination $1,000, except one in 1951; $87,500 in 1952; $104,& Co., of Shreveport, Jack M. for $1,300. Due on Nov. 1, as 000 in 1953, and $250,000 in Bass & Co., of Nashville, Chace, follows: $1,300 in 1954. 1950, and $2,000 from 1951 to 1959 in¬ 548,000 funding bonds. Due on Whiteside, Warren & Sears, of Boston, Dolphin & Co., of Phila¬ clusive. April 1, as follows: $60,000 in delphia, Glover & MacGregor, of 100,000 garbage land fill system 1950; $64,500 in 1951; $72,500 bonds. Denomination in 1952; $86,000 in 1953; $85,- Pittsburgh, Gordon, Graves & Co., $1,000. Hall & Co., both of New York, i, Due / 000 in 1954, and $10,000 on Nov. 1 from $90,000 in Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, of 1950 to 1959 inclusive. 1955 and 1956. Dated June 60,000 refunding bonds. Due $10,- Orlando, Lyons & Shafto, of Bos¬ 1, 1949. Principal 000 on April 1 from 1951 to ton, McDonald-Moore & Co., of and interest (M-N) payable at the Detroit, McMaster Hutchinson & office of the 1956 inclusive. Sinking Fund Trus¬ Co., of Chicago, Miller, Kenower tees. Bidders to name the rate of Dated June 1, 1949. Denomina¬ & Co., of Detroit, Peoples Na¬ tions $1,000 and $500. The bonds interest, expressed in a multiple tional Bank, of Charlottesville, of V4 of 1%. The stated in combination will mature approving opin¬ Prescott, Wright, Snider Co., of ion of Squire, Sanders & DempApril 1, as follows: $119,000 in Kansas City, Julius A.:Rippel, sey, of Cleveland,: will be fur¬ 1950; $145,000 in 1951; $170,000 in Inc., of Newark, H. V. Sattiey & nished by the purchaser at his 1952; $200,000 in 1953; $345,000 in Co., of Detroit, Scott, Horner & own r expense. A certified check 1954, and $100,000 in 1955 and interest sive. -rates p. First improvement, Series A bonds of¬ compensation series bonds offered awarded to the to price of 100.50. of (.State of) The $27,000,000 veterans of World War II assessment 9—v. .169, The second Brecksville was a Golf Dakota, of Bismarck. Dakota May multiple of y4 of 1%.* A certified Dec. on inclusive. der District, N. Dak. $22,000 construction bonds sold special awarded coupon t, Corp., of Cleveland, as check for $145, payable to the Vil¬ 2%s, at a price of 100.28, a basis lage, is required.;; J w y - i » of about 2.70%. Dated Dec. 1, 1948. Bonds Sold—An issue of gymnasium — sewer Nov. 1948. De¬ nomination $1,450. -Due SI,450 on Sept. 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclu- Cleveland School Erie Sale offered 1826—were to as Bond improvement sanitary trunk bonds.'Dated Ohio' The $4,400 street Brecksville, principal only. A certi¬ fied check for 2% of the bid is re¬ quired. -v';:.::, ;'• er Bond Moyniwill re¬ Monday, May 16, 1949 ' the office istarable at the option of the North Falls), N. Y. oral bids at and CHRONICLE County Auditor, Hillsboro, uritiP2 p:m. (CST) on June. 3 for the purchase of $25,000 school, 1949 coupon bonds. Dated July 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due on July 1, as follows: $1,000 from 1950 to 1964 inclusvie, and $2,000 (P. O. Offering—Claire Village bonds, divided inclusive. 1949 Glens Glens FINANCIAL & the from Rochester, N. Y. Weinig Co., of Buffalo, as 1.90s, at Note Sale—The $1,100,000 capa price of 100.13, a basis of about ital notes offered May 9—v. 169, 1.85%. Dated May 9,<T949. Due on p. 2041—were awarded to SaloJuly 1 from 1949 to f953 inclusive.! mon Bps. & Hutzler, of New The- second highest^bidder was York, ai 6% interest, plus a preFirst National Bank, Mlegany,1mkimi of $58,077.80. Dated May for 2V4s, at a price of p&rr' 15, 1949. Due on May 15, 1950. ■- sealed of ex¬ The C. E.1 the the in pressed be Y. to Co., of Rochester. Bidders name Galloway, of New York City, will $7,500 water 9—v. 169, p. May to 1%. certified check for $1,672, payable to the Village, is required. bonds Trust COMMERCIAL tively; bonds maturing March and Sept. lr 1961, callable Sept. and respectively; bonds maturing Marchand Sept. 1, 1962, callable Sept. and March 1, 1953, respectively; bonds matur-! ing March and Sept. 1, 1963, call¬ able Sept. and March 1, 1952, re¬ spectively; bonds maturing March and Sept. 1, 1964, callable Sept; and March 1, 1951, respectively, and bonds'"maturing March and Sept. 1, 1965, callable Sept: and March 1, 1954, March the Bidders to name 1, 1950. rate pressed in of rates or a interest, ex¬ multiple of t4 of 1%. Principal and interest (M-S) pay-; able at the legal depository, pres¬ ently the Cleveland Trust CoV Cleveland. The approving opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, of Cleveland, will, be furnished :at the expense of the purchaser.- A , Griffen, ceive District sealed (DST) Clerk, bids will until 3:30 re¬ p.m. May 17 for the pur¬ chase of $2,470,000 not to exceed on 4% interest school coupon or reg¬ istered bonds. Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due on , June 1, as 1950. to follows: $80,000 1954 inclusive; from , $95,000 from 1955 to 1957 000 from 1958 inclusive; $105,to 1964 inclusive; $85,000 from 1965 to 1969 inclu¬ sive; $80,000 from 1970 to 1974 in¬ clusive, and $75,000 from 1975 to 1977 a inclusive. part of an $2,669,000.. rate of These bonds authorized Bidders to interest, are issue the name expressed multiple of y4 or 1/10 of Principal and interest (J-D) of in a 1%. pay¬ able at the Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co., New York City. The approving opinion of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of New York City, will be furnished to the pur¬ chaser without cost. A. certified check for $49,400, payable to the School District, is required. certified Ausable, Saranac, Schuyler Falls and Black Brook Central School District No. Peru), N. Bond Sale—The 1 (P. O. Y. j $240,000 build¬ ing and equipment bonds offered May 11 — v. 169, p, 1933 — were awarded to the Marine Trust Co. of Buffalo, and R. D. White & Co., of New York, jointly, as 2.40s, at, price of 100.56, a basis of about May 15, 1949. Due on Nov. 15 from 1950 to 1978 incl. a 2.35%. Dated 1956. interest, Pitts ford, Long Meadow Water Dist. (P. O. Pittsford), N. Y. Bond Seward, Offering — Supervisor, Edward will of not to exceed 5% receive: interest out Pittsford office cf the at the Security the rate of cost. A certified check for $23,580, payable to the City, is re¬ quired. Mason, of. Lynchburg, Scranton & NORTH DAKOTA . Caledonia School District, N. Dak. Bond Offering—Mrs. Chas. Hat¬ field, District Clerk, will receive Chas. W. Co., of New Haven, for 2% of the amount of the Denver, Starkweather New & Co., of York, Sterne, Agee & Leach, — $10,000 fire bonds offered fighting apparatus May 7 — v. 169, p. 1934 awarded Birmingham, R. D. White & Co., Corp., of Cleveland. and J. R. Williston & York. The price of 100.31 for Co., both of group the bonds 1.40s, a Dated May 15, 1949. Due 15 from basis..of 1950 to paid about 1948. Due on First Dec. were — Cleveland Dated Dec. 1, 1 from 1959 inclusive. Bond . Offering—John'1 H. the of . 1950 to \ as Canton, Ohid Village bids Clerk, will receive untiLnoon (DST) the Styer, c/o First. until 8 May 27 for the pur¬ chase of $80,000 3% building and equipment bonds. Dated April 15, 1949." Denomination $1,000. Due' $4,000 Oct. 15 from 1950 to 1969 Bidder may name a dif¬ of interest, exoressed on inclusive. rate ferent in on mulptile of V4 of 1%. Princi¬ a pal and interest (A-O) payable at National First the certified A dora. Bank check Pan¬ of for $800, payable to order of the Board of Education, is required. Printed bonds and legal opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, bidder successful District's the at of Cleveland,, the furnished will -be expense. Rocky River, Ohio Bond Sale—The $26,000 on May 27 for the purchase of $14,500 • , , street: special assessment; bonds offered April 30—v. 169, p.. improvement 1611 awarded were — Clark & Co., of to Cleveland, Fahey, l%s,v as 100.17. a" basis of' about 1.71%,,* Dated Jund l, 1949. at price a Due of Dec. on 1 from 1949 1953 to * inclusive. Rossford Exempted Village* ' i' School District, Qhio > 7 Bond Offering—Roberta Skaggs,; , ^ Clerk of the Board of Education,, will receive sealed bids until May, for the purchase / > - of $285,000; ;•/ rr *Struthers, Ohio „ < "r ; • — Bond Offering—John F. Pearce,* Auditor, will receive sealed noon (DST) on May 21, purchase of $9,853.72 4%: City bids until for the improvement, bonds! special Dated as¬ March 1, $1,000, except one for $853.72. Due on Dec. I, as follows: $1,853.72 in 1950. and $2.1949. Denomination Bond Offering—Lester L. Brau- cher, sealed • of Education, Pandora, Bank, (EST) p.m. street ; Board will receive sealed bids National sessment North July 1958 inclusive. the a 1.33%. on to of " Clerk school bonds. The 1% Riley Local School District (P* O. Pandora), Ohio / ^ * - 26 Louisville, Ohio Sale Bond Watkins, Morrow & Co., both of New bid, payable to the City, is required. Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co., of . $1,000. Due on June 1. as follows: $2,000 from 1950 to 1967 inclusive, and $1,000 in 1968. Principal and payable name expressed in a multiple 1/10 of 1%. Principal and of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, of New York City, will be furnished to the purchaser with¬ water coupon or registered bonds. (J-D) or opinion Dated June 1, 1949. Denomination interest y4 interest (A-O) payable at the City Treasurer's office. The approving D. sealed bids until 2 p.m. (DST) on May 16 for the purchase of $37,000 Bidders to for offered, payable to the City,; is required. Z"1 t Peru, check bonds 000 from Eidders to 1951 to name 1954 inclusive. the rate or rates Volume 169 Number 4803 THE of interest, expressed in a multi¬ ple »oi of 1 %. The approving 14. Bonds COMMERCIAL dated June 1, 19449. are & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE livered to the purchaser. A cer¬ tified check for 2% of the face amount of the bonds, payable to Denomination $500. Due $4,000 oh opiniont ■ of Squire, Sande rs, .& Eterqpsey, of (.Cleveland, will .be furnished.-at the expense of the purchaser. A certified check for 44 of 1%. . Chyrchill, Bond . Sale, The 32 Oregon (State of) Bond r%.fjl69, p. 1827—were awarded to Offering—W. F. > : stroom, Director of Veterans'-Af* be sold .Ryan,ji Sutherland & Co.,.,of fairs, will receive sealed bids until Toleeia^vas:; at a > price of 10 a.m. (PST) on May 26 for the 100.734*, a basis of about 1.575%. purchase of $3,000,000 not to ex¬ Sale ephSisted;Of: v c.«j ceed 2% interest veterans' welfare bonds. Denomination Oct. 1 from 1950 to 1958 incl. 24,000 1 ; bonds. from 1950 to 1 Due from 1950 to 1954 incl. 52,000 paving bonds. Due 1 ' Oct. on from thereafter. 1950 to 1959 incl. rate 52,009. park improvement bonds. Due ; Oct. on from 1 11)57 incl. ":'j: AH of the bonds ■ are dated June 1,. 3 94.9. Second high bid of 100.063 lories, was made by Otis & Co., Cleveland.,., ■ }>"■ OKLAHOMA 000 site* acquisition, building and furniture bonds 'May 4.— v. 169, p. 1934 awarded Co * and • .! . 1 to the : the awarded First were Securities and ) the Co. interest I lest bidder i, Oklahoma City Sch. Dist., Okla. »«"«' Sale The $3,000,000 .school bonds' offered May 10—v. of Bank about of net a 3.146%, as to 1959 syndicate ' , - - ( -■ H: 5 f ,-ris to a composed of Halsey, Co., C. Edgar Honnold, art- & Oklahoma : awarded City, - Stranahan, & Co., Inc.,: of Toledo, A. Beqker & Co., of Chicago, R. S. :ksoru & Co., of New YQrk, oud & Co., of Philadelphia, Trust Co., George K. Co., both * of Kansas City, Julien Collins & Co., of Chi¬ cago,, First National Bank, of mmerce & O.*; im Due All of the bonds 1, 1949 and those maturing after July 1, 1954, are callable at par and accrued interest on that date or on date. 000 3V4S was and $66,made by the Pacific Northwest'Co., of Seattle. Principal and interest (J-J) pay¬ able at the fiscal agency of the from 1952 1,560,000 1 as to 1954 l3/4s, 1 inclusive. Due on June from 1955 to 1966 inclusive. 1,050,000 as 2s. Due on June 1 .from 1967 to 1974 inclusive. Bonds Due are June on 009 from and dated 1, 1952 as to June 1, 1949. follows: $130,1973 $140,000 in 1974. terest coupon 1 from 1952 to 1961 inclusive. City or at the County Treasurer. approving opinion of Winfree, McCulloch, Shuler & Sayre, of Portland, will be furnished. A certified check for $5,000 is re¬ quired. of the The 1950. All other interest 1 and Dec. 1 thereafter. Denomination certified Wayne, Okla. Bond Sale—The $14,000 water system bonds offered April 5—v. 169, p. 1498—were awarded to the It, J. Edwards, Inc., of Oklahoma City. Wewoka School District, Okla. Bond Sale—The $27,000 build¬ ing and equipment bonds offered on May 11—v. 169, p. 2043—were awarded to Evan L. Davis, of Tulsa, and the First National Bank 6 Trust Co., of Oklahoma City, jointly. Due $3,000 annually from 1951 to 1959 inclusive. OREGON Jefferson County Sch. Dist. No. 30 (P. O. Metolius), Ore. Bonds Not Sold The $68,000 — school bonds offered April * 69, p. 1719—were not are for $1,000. $1,000 Burgettstown, Bond 19—v. sold.. The being reoffered on May Offering Borough is A re¬ — Pa. W. Craig, Secretary, Chester County Institution Dist. West Chester), Pa. — M. H. Brock, Chief Clerk of the County Com¬ (P. O. Bond Offering missioners, bids 24 until will 2 p.m. receive (EST) for the purchase obligation sealed on coupon bonds. Sons, of Philadel¬ on 1962 inclusive. The second highest bidder was Lawrence Savings & Trust Co., New Castle, for l%s, at a price of 100.34. ' (DST) May on 26 chase of $38,000 for the Dated May 15, 1949. Due on May 15 from 1950 to 1969 inclusive. Scranton, Pa. Offering—James T. Han- Bond Mayor, will receive sealed bids until 11 a.m. (DST) on May purchase of $110,000 improvement coupon bonds. Dated 25 for the 1960 inclusive. the name in¬ terest, expressed in a multiple of Vb of 1%. The approving opin¬ ion of Townsend, Elliot & Munson, of Philadelphia/ will be de¬ of highest bid reflect¬ a cost of about 2.59%. Greene County (P. O. Greeneville), Tenn. Bond bonds Sale—The offered $215,000 May 6—v. road 169, of rate Bidders interest, to ex¬ p. riman, Ripley Co., Inc., and Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, jointly, as 1%, at a price of 101.11 basis of about 1.67%. The second a fied check for 2% of the amount of the bonds, payable to the City Treasurer, is required. Offering—Johp C. Deal, and other bonds. purposes Dated May 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due $8,000 1950 1974 inclusive. and to May 1 from on Principal interest (M-N) payable at the Bond District son, ceived of interest, expressed in a multiple of 44 of 1%. Legality be approved by Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg, of Boston. bids will 8 re¬ p.m. Nether Providence Twp. (P. O. Wallingford), Pa. Bond Sale The $50,000 im¬ provement bonds offered May 5— v. 169, p. 1935—were awarded to the Delaware Bank, as County Chester, price of 100.31, a National l%s, as basis of at a about 1.31%. on Dated June 1, 1949. Due June 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclu¬ sive. was The second Yarnall & highest bidder Co., for 144 s, at a price of 100.39. New Kensington, Pa. Bond Offering Heinle, City Clerk, — will Louis G. receive sealed bids until 8 p.m. June tion $1,000. 1, 1949. Denomina¬ Due $10,000 on June 1 from 1951 to 1960 inclusive. Bid¬ der to name a single rate of in¬ terest, expressed in a multiple of C. at a Knoxville, Tenn. Offering — Jo H. Ander¬ Chairman of the Utiilties Board, will receive sealed bids until 10 the (EST) a.m. purchase of June 8 for on $200,000 to not exceed 4% interest water revenue, general improvement, 1949 bonds. Dated June 1, coupon 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due June 1, as $9,000 in 1952 and 1953, $10,000 in 1954 to 1957, $11,000 in 1958 to 1962, $12,000 in 1963 to 1966, and $13,000 in 1967 to 1969. follows: Bonds to maturing in the 1969, whole shall be 1955 years redeemable in part at the or City's 1, 1954, demption, plus 1%, for thereof from on any date of redemption to due redemption. Bidders to date of the rates or pressed in bonds of called name interest, the ex¬ multiple of 44 of 1%. a Principal and interest (J-D) able at re¬ premium of 44 of a each year or fraction (but not to exceed 3%) the the rate on interest thereafter, at par or date payment in op¬ pay¬ Chase National Bank, New York City. The approving opinion of Wood, King & Dawson, of New nished York City, will be fur¬ the purchaser by the A certified check for $4,000, City. to payable to the Utilities Board, is required. Loudon County (P. O. Loudon), Tenn. $130,000 high¬ bonds offered May 9—v. 169, Bond way Sale—The 1935—were awarded to the Fi¬ p, delity B&nkers Knoxville, 100.30, basis a Trust 244s, at as of a Co., of price of about 2.20%. April 1, 1949. Due on April 1 from 1955 to 1959 inclusive. The Shelby County (P. O. Memphis), I street improvement bonds pur¬ chased by J. M. Dain & Co., of Minneapolis, as 1.90s, as previous¬ ly noted in v. 169, p. 1935, were sold at a price of 100.068, a basis on June 1 for the inclusive; $5,000 from 1958 inclusive; $5,000 1959 to 1962 inclusive; $75,000 (P. 1967 Offering—Marvin bids until in 1963; $165,000 in $375,000 from 1965 to inclusive, and $500,000 1964; O. from 1970 to 1972 inclusive. Kirk- patrick, County Court Clerk, will 10 500,000 Sea Wall bonds. June a.m. 1, 1950; May 27 for the pur¬ $80,000 not to exceed 344% County Home bonds. Dated May 1, 1949. Denomination $1,on $10,000 1954 Due on follows: as • (CST) pur¬ $4,100,000 bonds, divided 1954 Cleveland), Tenn. chase Clerk, 1955 to County sealed Court $3,600,000 school bonds. Due on June 1, as follows: $5,090 in 1950; $15,000 from 1951 to TENNESSEE receive dft John W. Mc- follows: as from Bond Ma — County (CST) chase of of about 1.87%. Bradley d* ft ft Bond Offering will receive sealed bids until 2:30 j De Smet, S. Dak. until iy2s, Bond p.m. Bond Sale Details—The $32,000 Roger- May 16 for the purchase of $75,000 school bonds. ; J. was for son, Goldbrick, SOUTH DAKOTA on Co., second highest bidder was Ray Burton, Lexington, for 244 s, at a price of 100.29. Hospital Trust Co., Provi¬ Bidder to name a single dence. Twp. Sch. Dist. Secretary, sealed (DST) & Island R. D. No. 1, New Ken¬ sington), Pa. Offering—W. M. highest bidder 1 The Dated to Burrell Dated April on First National Bank of Boston, or, at holder's option, at the Rhode Co., jointly, for l%s, at price of 1.42%. Due 1955 inclusive. for Wilkinsburg, Pa. rate a to the highest bidder was Lee Higginson Corp. and Aspden, Robinson- & 101.05. 1949. and accrued interest to date of sites & about 1, tion in inverse numerical order school bonds. District, Pa. Bond Sale—The $300,000 build¬ ing and improvement bonds of¬ fered May 6 were awarded to Har- of Corp., of Nashville, price of 100.31, a a June a multiple of 44 of 1%. approving opinion of Townsend, Elliott & Munson, of Phila- Bond School at pressed in Secretary, will receive Erie, Pa. sealed bids until May 23 for the Bond Sale—The $1,495,000 im¬ purchase of $140,000 general obli¬ provement, general obligation gation bonds. Denomination $1,bonds offered May 10—v. 169, p. 000. A certified check for $5,000 1827—were awarded to a syndi¬ is required. Lansdowne 144 s, The pur¬ Dated of second •price of 100.28. improvement bonds offered May 9—v. 169, p. 1935—were awarded Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc., New York, as l%s, at a price of 100.87, a basis of about 1.54%. to T Bidders to rate The bid cost phia, will be delivered to the pur¬ chaser free of charge. A certi¬ Ephrata Twp. School District (P. O. Lincoln), Pa. Bond Offering—Milo H. Zim¬ (DST) on May 17 for the purchase of $100,000 coupon improvement bonds. the Co., of on a Cumberland Securities was April street to price of 100.65, a Dated May 1, May 1 from 1950 to a Dated June 1, 1949. Denomina¬ tion $1,000. Due $50,000 on June 1 from 1950 to 1973 inclusive. name & interest Corp., Nashville, on ing a net interest Bradford June 1, 1949. Denomination $1,000. Due $10,000 on June 1 from 1950 l%s at as May of $1,200,000 net a from 1951 Pa. Sale—The $100,000 — D. will receive sealed bids until 7 p.m. (EST) on May 23 for the purchase of $30,000 general obligation bonds. general bonds check quired. Bradford 2.39%. bidder second basis of about 1.73%. phia, Baden, Pa. Offering—The Bond bonds. 1, ming pool bonds offered May 5— v. 169, p. 1827—were awarded to (P. O. June Dec. coupons Bond Ion, Bond Sale—The $100,000 swim¬ PENNSYLVANIA will be for semi-annual interest and will mature on each mature E. May 17 by Trust on Corporate Pottstown, Ellwood City, Pa. Lower inclusive, interest and will A. was school State in New York office The first in¬ be for 18- will interest 3% Borough Secretary will receive sealed bids until May 28 for the purchase of $46,000 general obligation coupon roonths' highest bidder Maasten & inclusive. follows: June June Latimer, Officer of the bank. 1.95%., on (DST) noon W. : RHODE ISLAND Savings Bank, of Chicago, Peopels First National Bank, of Pitts¬ Cranston, R. I. burgh, Reynolds & Co., of New Bond Offering — William A. York, and Schmidt, Poole & Co., Brown, City Treasurer, will re¬ Bond Offering—Theresa Gibson, of Philadelphia, as l3/4s, at a price ceive sealed bids until noon District Clerk, will receive sealed of 100.70, a basis of about 1.63%. (DST) on May 18 for the pur¬ bids until 8 p.m. (PST) on May Dated May 15, 1949. Due on May chase of $200,000 coupon school 16 for the purchase of $300,000 not 15 from 1950 to 1969 exceed about as received & bonds. Dated July 1, 1949. Denom¬ ination $1,000. Due $30,000 on July on Due H. be cate composed of the Harris Trust and Multnomah Counties Union High School District No: 10, Jt. (P. O. Beaverton), Ore. Washington to Due about until will Borough subsequent interest Second high bid any payment of 100.62 for $30,000 3s Farwell, Chapman & Co., both of Chicago, at a price of 100.04, a basis of about 1.96%, as 4s. of 1,1949. merman, District Secretary, will reiceve sealed bids until 8 p.m. dated July are Memphis, Mullaney, Wells & Co., as second July 1 from on 1960 to 1967 inclusive. fend £300,000 basis a 1 from 1950 to 1979 inclusive. The inclusive. _ 2043-—were 100.52, Dated June from Due on July 1 48,000 344s. , net interest cost of about 2.60%V , National 'y 1952 : if First National Bank & Trust Co. Oklahoma City, and Evan L. ia'i'is, jointly, on a bid reflecting <- Portland, C. basis interest 1949. Due Bank, and Atkin¬ J. crued E. H. Rollins & composed of price of 100.27, a cost $48,000 3s. The second R. j. Edwards, was 1935—were p. group follOWS: *■[ cost of about 2.60%. Due from * 1958 inclusive. 169, a First Eugene, at iausas, both of Wichita, jointbid reflecting a net inter- .5 to to National son-Jones & Co.. both of up a . May 9—v. on Small-Milburn First a — to 1828—were awarded to the Equit¬ able Securities . offered — in Springfield, Ore. y Bond Sale The $96,000 storm sewer and paving bonds offered and Mulhall School District, Okla. \ Bond Sale—The $84,000 build¬ ing the name ed 1, 1954 and May 1, 1955. Tenders offering to sell certificates at a price of not more than 102 and ac¬ ■v. equipment bonds has been sold. • to expressed creditt a trust certificates due Nov. revenue bonds May 16 for the purchase of $2,500 general obligation Bonds. • " . Bidders interest, Fidelity- $703,781.54 in the sinking fund account, which sum is applicable toward the purchase of City of Philadelphia 344% gas on County (P. O. Winchester), Tenn. $390,000 school offered May 9 were award¬ Bond Sale—The reflecting of ^ Okla. 1, Bond Sold—An issue of $200,- t of (EST) is Franklin Nashville, and Associates, . that there announces balance sealed bids until 7 p.m. of Philadelphia Trust Co., Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia 9, privately. Co., George G. Applegate & Co., and Glover & Macfor 3% of the par value of the* Gregor, jointly, for 2s, at a price bonds, payable to the Director of of 100.51. ^ Veterans' Affairs, is required. . Atva School District No. unofficially , Hazlett, 63 Coraopolis, Pa. Bond Sale—The $155,000 gen¬ eral obligation bonds offered May 10—v. 169, p. 2043—were awarded to Fauset, Steele & Co., and S. K. Cunninghaam & Co., both of Pitts¬ burgh, jointly, as 2s, at a price of on multiple of 44 of 1%. The ap¬ proving opinion of Winfree, Mc¬ Culloch, Shuler & Sayre, of Portland, will be furnished to the purchaser. Principal and interest (A-O) payable at the State Treas¬ urer's, office. • A certified check to 1951 Due semiannual interest paying date Oct. on $1,000. April 1, 1962; subject to optional redemption by the State, in nu¬ merical order, or in their entirety, on April 1, 1954, and upon any on 1954 incl. bonds. Due sewer Dated July 1, 1949. coupon on & Tenders Wanted—The ; < judgment is bids no Coal Center, Pa. Bond Offering—Mamie Shaffer, Borough Secretary, will receive . Oct; It as reported that following settlement of a legal snarl, the bonds will Gaaren- - $81,000 fire station bonds. Due sold received. were -V .y>- May on not - $269,000 . limited tax bonds offered 1719—were ; Ruffin Philadelphia, Pa. , Sayre, of Portland. check for Pittsburgh. . Shuler & A certified $2,000, payable to order of the City Treasurer, is required. Le¬ gality to be approved by Burgwin, Febvl from 1950 to 1966 inclusive. Principal and interest (F-A) pay-, the District Treasurer, is required. able at the County Treasurer's of¬ Chester Municipal fice or at the fiscal agency of ths Authority, Pa. Bonds Not Sold—The $100, payable to the City, is re¬ State in New York City. Legality $5,740,000 bonds offered May 5—v. quired) \\ 169, p. t'st-' V.Ur'd- approved by Winfree, McCulloch, Youngstotwn, Ohio (2155) $5,000 in from 1951 to inclusive; $5,000 from inclusive; $50,000 1963 inclusive, and $185,000 in 1964. of 1955 to 1958 from 1959 to 000.- Due on May 1, as follows: $5,000 in 1952 and 1953; $5,000 in 1955; $10,000 from 1957 to 1959 tion $1,000. Principal and interest inclusive; $5,000 in 1960, and $10,- payable 000 from 1961 to 1963 inclusive. Principal and interest (M-N) pay¬ able at the Merchants Bank, Cleveland.! The approving opinion of Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago, together with the printed bonds, will be furnished and the County. . ' . paid for by r • - ; Dated June 1, 1949; at , the Denomina¬ Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co., Mem¬ phis, Trust or at the Chemical Bank & Co., New York City. Bid¬ interest, multiple of 1/10 or 44 of 1%. The approving opin¬ ion of Wood, King & Dawson, of New York City, will be furnished ders to name expressed in the rate of a . ©4 (2156) to the A THE certified purchaser by the check for County. 2% amount bid, payable County, is required. Smith - Treasurer's of the name the to expressed 1%. T ennessee Offering—Clint Beasley, County Judge, will sell at public auction at 10 a.m. (CST) on June © issue of an ceed 3% $250,000 not to interest school ex¬ bonds. Dated April 1, 1949. Due on April 1, follows: $9,000 in 1950; $10,- as 000 from 1951 to 1954 1965 to in 1968, 1967 ward T. are 000 at inclusive; $16,- Trust Co., ders to New J/4 York of 1%. in Bid¬ A certified check $5,000, payable to Trustee, is required. the County and for ('*<3 ©00 not to school bonds. Dated April 1, 1949. on April 1, as follows: $2,000 in 1952 and .1953; $3,000 in 1954 and 1955; $5,©00 from and $25,000 from 1959 to 1968 in¬ 1956 clusive. to 1958 Principal .(A-O) payable at interest the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., New .York City. The approving opin¬ ion of Chapman & Cutler, of Chi¬ cago, together with the printed bonds, will be furnished to the purchaser. A certified check for $5,000, payable to the City Trus¬ *. . $12,000 TEXAS Offering—Lee E. Herr¬ mann, President of the Board of Trustees, will receive sealed bids until 8 p.m. (CST) on May 24 for purchase exceed 5% of $195,000 not interest school to house bonds. Dated June 1,1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due $13,000 on June 1 from 1950 to 1964 in¬ clusive. ; Principal and payable at a place desig¬ nated by the purchaser..Bidders to the rate name rates of interest, multiple of y8 of 1%. The approving opinion of some market attorney, together with the printed bonds, will be paid for by the District. A cer¬ in tified check for $3,900, payable to District, is required. f * ' • g \ until 7:30 — 'hi,' ' * v J. p.m. (CST) on May 26 for the purchase of $1,4)00,000 not to exceed 5% interest t i 1 i t ty improvements revenue, Series 1949 bonds. Dated June ti 1, 1949. ' Denomination $1,000. Due June 1, as follows: $12 000 in 1950 and 1951, 15,000 in 1952 to 1955, $18,000 in 1956 and 1957, $20,000 in 1958 to 1960, $21,000 in 1961, $22,000 in 1962 and 1963, $23,000 in 1964, $24,000 in 1965, $25,000 in 1966, $26,000 in 1967, $27,000 in 1968 and 1969, $28,000 in in in 1970, $29,000 in 1971, $30,000 1972, $31,000 in 1973, $120,000 1974, $125,000 in 1975, $130,- 000 in 1976, and $110,000 in 1977. All bonds due on and after June 1, 1960, will be subject to redemp¬ tion in inverse order of maturity prior to maturity on June-1, 1959, or any interest payment date thereafter upon 30 days' published notice, at the following percent¬ ages of par plus accrued interest to date of redemption: 104 to and including including including including after at leases June 1, 1963; 103 June 1, 1966; 102 June 1, 1969; 101 June 1, 1972; and to and to and to and there¬ Principal and in¬ terest (J-D) payable at the State par. acres ing Bonds Not Sold exceed bonds house 169, in are land for graz¬ on addition to the scheduled $15,000,000 bonds, another offer¬ ing of about the same amount will be made sometime in September. latter bonds v/ill be issued These pursuant to the terms of tutional amendent consti¬ a adopted in lien a the Permanent on Fund. Under the and proceeds of the fiwill be apportioned other educational in¬ 14 among :VERMONT White, The $100,000 — 5% interest ceive school rejected. were Odessa, Texas $470,000 e r Town i n g — Marion C. bids until 2 re¬ p.m. May 19 for the pur¬ chase of $70,000 refunding coupon bonds. Dated May 1, 1949. De¬ nomination $1,000. Due $7,000 on May 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. on Bidders to the name rate of in¬ water works and sewer improvement bonds: $184,000 as 2 (4 s, 1950 to due on April 1 from 1961 inclusive, and $166,000 3(4s, due as from 1962 to April on 1969 inclusive. 70,000 fire station bonds: $38,000 2V2S, due as 1950 to 50,000 1969 street 2V2S, due to 1961 April 1 from on inclusive. $26,000 inclusive, and $24,000 3 (4 s, due on April 1962 to 1969 inclusive. 1 bids 16 • until for (CST) purchase of ceed 3% May on $275,000 interest Dated May nomination $1,000. 8 17 for the not to ex¬ house 15, 1949. Due r bonds, divided on De-I May May $65,000 on follows: as sewer Due $3,000 on June Due $3,000 June on sidewalk • and curbing 1 from 1950 to 1954 inclusive. Dated June tion $1,000. 1, 1949. Denomina¬ Principal and interest payable at the National Shawmut Bank of Bostons Bidders to rate name of interest, expressed in a multiple of (4 of 1%. The ap¬ proving opinion of Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston, one 15, as follows: $13,000 in 195C; $11,000 in 1951; $12,000 in 1952;. will be furnished to the purchaser. $10,000 in 1953 and 1954; $12,000 1955 and Sherburne 1956; $16,000 in 1957 1958; $17,000 in 1959; $28,000 in 1960; $30,000 in 1961; $34,000 in 1962; $35,000 in 1963, and $19,000 Clerk,of in (DST) 1964. ; Principal and interest (M-N) payable at the place desig¬ by the purchasers. Bidders nated to name the pressed in These a rate bonds certified interest, authorized were the election held A of ex¬ multiple of (4 of 1%. on check at April 23, 1949. for $5,500 is University of A. & Texas and Texas M. College (P. O. Austin), Texas Proposed Bond Financing— Judge Dudley K. Woodward, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, in ad¬ dressing a group of municipaJ bond men Town in New York City last Wednesday, disclosed that the .two State institutions will offer, a to¬ tal of $15,000,000 bonds during the latter part of June. The total will Sch. the School sealed receive bids May chase of $26,000 shek, City Vt. Prior, Board, will bonds. Dated for the a.m. pur¬ refunding 1, 1949. De¬ coupon June not One multiple a of rate of (4 of Bid¬ interest the lowest rate of 1969. The bonds will be authenti¬ cated to as National ton, Bos¬ genuineness Shawmut Bank by of the Bond bonds Sate* —*^*$68,000 offered May 4—v. awarded bonds. legality will be ap¬ Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, of Boston, whose opinion v/ill be furnished the pur¬ chaser. June 9 on $28,000 not to interest school coupon Dated June ' nomination 1950 1, 1949.- De¬ Due $4,000 $1,000. tified check Washington Sanatorium improvement, May Series 9—v. awarded were of par p. 169, the to Milwaukee, a Mills, Leod, Young, Gouinlock H. Dated May 1 clusive. from 2,084,000 3% The of¬ 1959 Due in¬ the First National Bank, was a was*- Securities jointly, at a & Co., and Do¬ Corp., Toronto, price of 100.58. The sale consisted of: $4,806,000 2(4% Due City June on 1 debentures. from 1950 to " 1954 inclusive. 3,296,000 2%% . Due on 1959 highest bid¬ Chicago, for l34s, at highest bidder Gundy Milwaukee to The second second Wood, minion 1828— 1, 1949. city debentures. city debentures. city debentures. 3,296,000 234% . Mercantile- 1950 Burgess & Co., of Toronto, at. price of 101.09, as follows: $4,806,000 2(4% Bank & Trust Co., of and Braun, Bosworth & Co., Inc., jointly, as l%s, at a price of 100.82, a basis of about May Weir & Co., Bell,. Co., all of Toronto, & McTaggart, Hannaford, Birks & Gordon, of Montreal, and Charles Louis, 1.65%. Montreal, of Mon¬ Spence & Co., Mc- treal, building p. May 10 were syndicate composed of the Bank of a bonds I offered awarded to 1%% 169, Commerce . Due City June debentures. from 1 1950 to inclusive. 2,084,000 3% price of 100.77. on City June debentures. from 1 1960 to 1969 inclusive. Wauwatosa, Dated June Wis. Bond Sale—The $320,000 school building bonds offered May 10— 169, p. 1720—were awarded to the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, shall of to Chicago, and the Wauwatosa Bank, jointly, as l3/4s, at a of 101.00, a basis of about 1.64%.1 Dated March May 15, 1949. Due 16 from 1950 to 1959 1, 1949. Denomina¬ tion $1,000. All or any of the de¬ bentures maturing. June 1, 1969, v. State the Ont.i / Debenture Sale—The $10,186,000 debentures County (P. O. Claire), Wis. Eau of of ONTARIO Eau Claire der 6% Toronto, Due from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. on for inclusive. The CANADA Interest payable annually. St. 1956 bonds, payable to the District Treasurer, is required. $48,000 street improvement bonds. 20,000 sewer construction bonds. Co., to value of the to be redeemable accrued interest on at any par plus date prior maturity. Principal and in¬ (J-D) payable in Toronto. terest The approving opinion of Clarke, Swabey, McLean & Ross, of To¬ will be furnished. ' ronto, inclusive. QUEBEC Wisconsin Local The (State of) Compiled— Hull, Que. Indebtedness Department a of State bulletin Audit containing Bonds 000 Sold—An issue of $389,- bonds been has sold to cal subdivisions. Summaries of the Inc., and Nesbitt, Thomas & Co., both of Montreal, jointly, at a price of 97.41, a basis of about 3.78%, as follows: last $81,500 debts for the fiscal ending on or before Dec. 31, 1948, of each of the State's politi¬ years five years are presented for Rene T. Leclerc, on WYOMING Converse County (P. O. offered May 5 works 3 (4 s. May 1 from 1955 to 307,500 refunding, and Bond Sale—The $200,000 bonds sewer May 1 from 1950 to 1954 inclusive. Douglas), Wyoming tal water • works bonds, as 3 (4s. Due refunding, and purposes of comparison. Bos¬ by (MST) p.m. exceed 4% Gillespie & Wouters, of Green Bay, at a price of 100.001, as follows: their proved 7:30 Lines, bonded ton. until Spooner & Quarles, of Milwaukee, will be furnished by the City. ** the of it All bids shall specify the in¬ bid for less than par and accrued interest will be considered. Prin¬ Bank County School District 2 terest rate to be paid on the bonds. The approving opinion of issued Shawmut a approving opinion of Myles P. Tallmadge, of Denver, will be furnished by the District. A cer¬ has National bid reflecting a for the purchase of interest inclusive; $32,000 in 1957 1958; $33,000 in 1959; $34,000 in 1960 and 1961; $35,000 in 1962; $36,000 in 1963; $37,000 in 1964; $38,000 in 1965; $39,000 in 1967; $40,000 in 1968, and $41,000 in No cipal and interest payable at the on The Boett- was (P. O. Buffalo), Wyo, Offering — Louis H. Adams, Clerk of the Board of Trustees, will receive sealed bids 1956 1%, and interest. Co., No. and awarded to the highest bidder agreeing to accept highest bidder & May 1, on inclusive. Bond receive 2%% Due 1954 net interest cost of about 2.08%. March 1, as follows: on a May 1, 1949. 1950 to cher building bonds. Dated 1, 1949. Denomination $1,- Due 100.03, second total the Stockmen's Bank, as 2s, at a price basis of about 1.98%. to on in. exceed p. from nomination $1,000. Due June 1, as follows: $2,000 in 1950 to 1955, name of from Toma- will sewer 169, $10,000 in 1952; $30,000 from 1953 and ders to to and Johnson A. $36,500 May 9—v. Gillette, jointly, Dated (CST) on May 25 for the purchase of $600,- price $1,000 in 1956 to 1969. of Wis. Clerk, Sale —The offered yenne, bid is required. Offering—W. May 1 from 1950 1936—were awarded to the Stock Growers National Bank, of Che¬ sealed bids until 5 p.m. Dist., until'11 25 on the bonds will be required. Bond Bond Offering—Susan T. and the on Gillette, Wyo. WISCONSIN fered Due $1,000 on June of Due Bond bonds Bond Sale—The $275,000 Mount 1950 to 1959 inclusive. bonds. 5% Beaver Dam, 1 from 1 for J to 1972 inclusive. in check June 1 1969 inclusive. 1720—were awarded to Cough& Co., of Denver. Dated May 1, 1949. Dated June 1, 1949. amount of the extension 30,000 street construction bonds. from until school bonds. in tified from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. 5,000 bids p.m. (DST) purchase of $30,000 water and Bond p.m. 2 the coupons Sinton sealed purchaser. Rutland, Vt. Bond Offering—W. J. Simonds, City Treasurer, will receive sealed lin in 1936—were ' as April 1 from 1950 as receive the to bonds. bonds: on nished p. interest 1952; $49,000 in 1953, 1954; $51,000 in 1955; in 1956; $53,000 in 1957; $54,000 in 1958; $55,000 in 1959; $56,000 in 1960; $57,000 in 1961; $58,000 in 1962;. 59,000 in 1963, and $61,000 in 1964. Interest J-D. The approving opinion of Preston, Thorgrimson & Horowitz, of Seattle, will be furnished. A cer¬ March Treasurer, will sealed (DST) ; - - $350,000 1 $48,000 $50,000 $52,000 1 on Bond Sale—The $115,000 build¬ ing bonds offered May 9—v. 169, receive 6% June inclusive. Due County Sch. Dist. No. O. Lander), Wye. (P. $1,000. Due on follows: $47,000 in 1951; June 1, as 000. Vt. Fremont a.m. exceed a follows: on 1963 2 (4 s. ,from 1964 to will 100.12, as Due 1960 to as Dist. Denomination 000 * Cavendish, to school bonds. school supported bonds purchased by terest, expressed in a multiple of Columbian Securities Corp. r of (4 of 1%. Principal and interest Texas, of San Antonio, as previ¬ payable at the First National Bank ously noted in v. 169, p. 1935, were of Boston. The approving opinion sold at a price of 100.002, a basis of Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & of about 3.01%, as follows: Dodge, of Boston, will be fur¬ X\-i not lav/, the 60,000 (PST) 011 May 26 for the purchase of $750,000 2.29%, 2(4s. as from (P. O. Seattle), Wash. Offerings—A. A. Tremper, Treasurer, Co., of Salt price of a about as 2s. Due on June 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. 40,000 No. 412 sealed bids until 10 Utah $100,000 WASHINGTON County of Lake L. Burton & of about King County, Shoreline Sch. composed of City, Stern Co., of Kansas City, and City, at May 1, 1949. Due on May 1 from 1950 to 1959 inclusive. Bond group Salt basis Craigie & 1.60s, at a of of & Edward Dated In¬ stitutions in the State. offered bids received Ji 1.55%. 5-cent real property a W. A., a Security Bank Lekt 1936— p. Co., of Richmond, as price of 100.25, a basis of excess 169, awarded to F. were S. $9,000,000 from 2,000 oil wells and $430,- nancing April 25—v. 1720—were not sold as all p. U. purposes. In May 9—v. to First Bros. Sale—The $100,000 school offered Assets includes on Bond O f f to Bond Investment of land and annual 000 from leases tax 1964. will a W. Sloss, City Secretary, will receive sealed bids 2,100,000 proceeds of Hemphill Indep. Sch. Dist., Texas not from securities. currently vestment Principal and payable at the State Treasurer's office. Legality approved by Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago. * \ 1, Offering T ^ Bond interest Permanent the N. improvement, series of 1949 bonds $100,000,000, <Tt which some $82,000,000 is represented by Federal securities providing an average yield of 2(4%. The Fund owns Indep. Sch. Dist., Texas Offering — C. S. Hilton, Secretary of the School Board, ' the (M-N) Brownsville, Tex. the by Government of awarded County (P. O. Amelia), Va. jointly by two in¬ August, 1947, but will not consti¬ May 1, 1949. Denomina¬ interest or a VIRGINIA the bonds will be retired from the May on is administered secured Monday, May 16,%949 Amelia stitutions and will be additionally tute tion $1,000. All of said bonds maturing in 1965 to 1979, are op¬ interest (J-D) expressed University $5,000,000 and tax Bond the $10,000,000 bonds CHRONICLE Agricultural and Mechani¬ v •• Bond Sale Details—The V from $15,000 from 1976 to inclusive, and $16,000 in 1979. Dated > Banquete Ind. Sch. Dist., Tex. ; . and on 1978 tee, is required. ■fay to. 1974 tional at par and accrued interest inclusive, and 1962 1967, 1975; receive 4%-interest Denomination $1,000. Due Texas income bonds. follows: as May 1, as follows: $13,000 from 1971 to 1973 in¬ clusive; $14,000 in 1974 and a.m. exceed 1, 128,000 3 (4 % school house bonds. (EST) on purchase of $275,- June 9 for the inclusive. house 1968 to 1970 inclusive. Booth, will May $6,000 inclusive; $10,000 in 1965; $11,000 in 1966 Due Chairman, and 1959 school on from County (P.O. Erwin), Tenn. sealed bids until 11 of Texas Fund $6,000 in 1960 and 1961; $7,000 County Bond Offering—Fred D. , follows: as 1955, 1956 to Due' y (Jnicoi and 101,000 3% opinion of Chapman & Cutler, of Chicago, together with the printed bonds, will be furnished to the purchaser. 1954 from of multiple approving a The & Co., of San An¬ publicly offering $275,- Due on May 1, as follows: $1,000 in 1950; $3,000 in 1951; $4,000 in 1952 and 1953; $5,000 & rates or in expressed Bank City. the rate name interest, of Chemical of (4 of Volz bonds, divided and the multiple of $46,000 2V2% school house bonds. $17,000 in 1969. Principal and interest (A-O) pay¬ able consist to interest, FINANCIAL The tonio, clusive; $13,000 in 1961 and 1962; $14 000 in 1963 and 1964; $15,000 ©00 Bidders , rates of or a George West Indep. Sch. Dist., Tex. Bonds Publicly Offered — Ed¬ inclusive; $11,000 from 1955 to 1957 inclu¬ sive; $12,000 from 1958 to 1960 in¬ from in & approving opinion of cal College bonds. Judge Wood¬ McCall, Parkhurst & Crowe, of ward spoke at a luncheon spon¬ Dallas, and Vandewater, Sykes, sored by the Harris Trust & Sav¬ Heckler & Galloway, of New York ings Bank in order to familiarize City, together with the printed the municipal fraternity with the bonds, will be furnished to the details of the forthcoming offer¬ purchaser by the City. A certi¬ ings. The bond issues will be sup¬ fied check for $20,000, payable to ported by revenues from the Per¬ the City, is required. manent Investment Fund, which County (P. O. Carthage), Bond office. the rate COMMERCIAL sewer water bonds, hospi¬ Due on were 1964 inclusive. as .