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In 2 Sections

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Section 2

The Commercial and.

Financial

Chronicle

Reg. U. S. Pat. Office

Convention Number




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York, N. Y., Thursday, November 13,1952

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TRADING

MARKETS

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OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES

INTER-CITY WIRE SERVICE
IN CLEVELAND

Fast
and

Efficient Service

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IN PITTSBURGH

IN NEW YORK

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Russell

H.
S.

R.

Hastings

Livingstone,

Crouse &

Co., Detroit

John

F.

pany,

San

Edward H. Welch

H. Frank Burkholder

Egan

Sincere

Equitable Securities
Corp., Nashville

First California Com¬

Francisco

pany,

and

1945-1946

1946-1948

1949-1950

1950-1951

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1952-1953

Thursday, November 13,

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R.

Com¬

Thomas Graham

Mosley

Bankers

Stroud & Co., Inc.

Bond

Co.,

Edw. E. Parsons, Jr.
Parsons

Louisville

Philadelphia

Chicago

1944-1945

&

Co.,

Inc.

Cleveland

1941-1942

1942-1944

Contents of This Issue
Index

Articles and News

Affiliates

to

Page

Page
Officers and Executive

NSTA

1952)
Past

Our

of

Presidents

Presidential

3

_____

_____

Thanks

to

(on

You

Security Dealers Association
Security Dealers Association
Baltimore, Security Traders Association of

behalf

Boston

Association

1

24

5

Carolinas, The Security Dealers of the
Chicago, Bond Traders Club of

;

59
43

NSTA

of

Committee)—Harold B. Smith

5

Traders

Securities

Cincinnati
Cleveland

Stock

and

Bond

Wm. Perry

Dallas

Bond

Denver,

Brown
The Rebirth of

<ft

Co., New Orleans

The

Turnpikes—J. M. Fischer

6

Outlook

Financial

and

Economic

—

7

Raymond Rodgers L
SEC

Is

Not

a

Policeman—J.

Stern

Rossbach

Exchange

in

Trading

Counter
J.

9

Development

—

Mc¬

Roberts

Gregor Smith and Richard B.
Business

Inactive

King

Industrial

Florida —Its

The

8

—

vs.

Securities—Harold

1941-1942

Howard

10

Gaubis

11

Outlook—Anthony
•

Bond

Detroit

and

Association

In

NST.A

Attendance

of

Report

at

Legislative

of the National
Affiliates

Roster

of

Advertisers

12

Committee—

Committee

Report
NSTA

and

8

Convention

NSTA

the Public Relations

of

Report

Committee

Nominating

__i

Municipal Committee
This

15

Issue

Club of
Michigan,

47

Securities

Traders
36

of

of

53
60
64
52
28
22
67
50
39
18

John

C. Legg

[Edward D. Jones
Co., St. Louis




1940-1941

55
29

St. Paul)

Wichita
Members
Local

Bond

of

65
57
27

Traders
the

Club

NSTA

Organizations

Unaffiliated

66

With

35

Thomas A. Akin

&

Edward D. Jones &

Blizzard

Co., Philadelphia

67

.

Louis, Security Traders Club of
Francisco Security Traders AssociationSeattle Security Traders Association
Syracuse, N. Y., Bond Club of
Twin City Bond Traders Club (Minneapolis-

Deceased

Baltimore

1939-1940

H.

Herbert H. Blizzard
&

40

Joseph W. Sener
Company,

Herbert

31

San

16
80

23
30
32

Club

St.

18

Members
in

14

62

Association
Traders Assn. of

Florida Security Dealers Association
Georgia Security Dealers Association
Houston, Investment Dealers Association of_
Kansas City (Missouri), Bond Traders Club of
Los Angeles, Security Traders Assn. of
Louisville, Bond Club of
Memphis Security Dealers Club
Nashville Security Traders Association
New Orleans Security Traders Association
New York, Security Traders Association of
Philadelphia, Investment Traders Assn. of
Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association
Portland
(Oregon), Security Traders Asso¬
ciation

New

Club

Traders

Security

Connecticut, Security
•

Newman, Brown

58
66
51

Arizona

4

NSTA

Greetings—Harry L. Arnold

Advertising

Alabama

Council (1953-

Willis

M.

Summers

Troster, Singer & Co.,
N. Y. C.

1936-1937

1936-1938

1938-1939

Arthur
H.

M.

E.

Farrell

Byllesby &
Co., Inc., Chicago

J.

Gentry Daggy
Deceased

1935-1936

Henry J. Arnold
Hm B. Cohle & Co.,
Cincinnati

1934-1935

W. W. Cruttenden
Cruttenden

&

Chicago

Co.,

1952

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Convention Number

CHRONICLE

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iden tial
We

The

have

just concluded our Nineteenth Annual
happy to report it was one of
pleasant and successful of all, thanks to the

publicity

we

receive plays a very important

Convention and I'm
the most

Without the Chron¬

part in our continued success.
icle's
and

untiring efforts of the Florida
Security Dealers Association.
The program was extremely
unusual; the planning was one
of real imagination.
It seemed
there

was

never a

we

dull moment,

those who

these many years.

we

Our Association's

in at¬

were

over

were most fortunate in having been
by some of the country's top men in gov¬
ernment, business, finance and educational circles.
Comprehensive coverage of the proceedings of our
Convention appears on the succeeding pages of this
Supplement to the Chronicle.

Again

those attending to renew old
friendships and make new ones.
sure

have

addressed

yet there was enough time for

I'm

splendid and generous cooperation, financially
otherwise, we could not have made the strides

membership

numbers

now

over

tendance for the first time will

4,000 individual members from 31 affiliated groups

feel

from every section of the United States and I'm
hoping for its continued growth.

amply repaid and will look
with keen anticipation
to participating in future meet¬
ings. In addition, they will un¬
forward

Harry l. Arnold

My fellow officers and members of the Executive
wishing you a most happy and

Council join me in

position to impress their associates
experience and contacts that can
gained through attendance at our yearly Con¬

doubtedly be in

a

prosperous future, and assure you that any sugges¬
tions that will help us to render a better service will

with the valuable

be

welcome and given every consideration.
hope to report real progress for us all at our
next, the Twentieth Annual Convention, the week
of Sept. 14, 1953, at Sun Valley, Idaho, where we
will use the experience gained from the last nineteen

be

ventions.
The

manner

which

in

the

national

committee

the enthusiasm with
which they were received is a tribute to the fine jobs
done by those serving on these committees. A spe¬
reports were presented and

cial

most

We

vote

thanks is

of

due

them from

the

to make it the finest ever.

entire

Remember your appearance

in

person

pays!

membership.

Sincerely,
having The Commercial
and Financial Chronicle as a true friend of our
We

are

most fortunate in

HARRY L.

National

Association.

ARNOLD, President

Security Traders Association

OUR THANKS TO YOU
By HAROLD B. SMITH, Chairman,

Association and local affiliate

Fellow Members :f
our

1952 Convention now NSTA history,

of the National Advertising
grateful for the opportunity of
placing before our entire membership the results
obtained during the past year,
we,

the

members

Committee,

pr ***;;

are

Tt"l

I
|f

V

I

Those attending the convention
the Roney Plaza Hotel,
Miami Beach, Fla., surely enjoyed the wonderful surroundings and the marvelous hospital-

X
Iity shown to us by our Florida
affiliate.
at

Many heard my report
and it was

the last meeting

indeed
gross

a

pleasant duty to report

advertising

receipts

ex-

year's. Such results
were amazing
and surprised
many of us. I think the majority
will agree 1952 was not a banner
ceeded last

HmHHH
Harold

b.

Smith

for most of us in the financial business and
yet many new contracts were written. We, the
NSTA, will net over $9,500 this year and while
on the topic of income, do you know that since
the inception of your NSTA advertising com¬
mittee in 1939, and through the generous feel¬
year

ing toward us of our fellow member, Herbert D.
Seibert, Editor of the Commercial and Financial
Chronicle, we have received over $85,000 from

develop commercial advertising? Many
are in a position to influence nonfinancial advertising due to the close contacts

Your national officers and executive committee

several years ago

of

our

initiated

a

they have with corporation officials incidental to
their making a market in various stock and bond
issues. I don't think it necessary to mention the
value such an ad would have in our Convention




Committee

Advertising

consists

of

the

following

Chairmen of the local affiliates of NSTA:

Affiliate

Local

Citizens

&

Mitchell

Chairmen—James

Bruck,

Southern

S.

Budd, Jr.,

The

H.
Downing & Co., Balti¬
Courts & Co., Birmingham,
Bank,

Atlanta,

Ga.;

Baumgartner,

Clyde Ulmer,

Md.;

more,

National

Ala.; Frank S. Breen, Schirmer, Atherton & Co., Boston,
Mass.; Donald R. Muller, Harris, Upham & Co., Chicago,

supplement of the Commercial and Financial
Chronicle. Incidentally, at Miami one of our mem¬
bers told me his ad produced leads which proved

111.; Harry J. Hudepohl, Westheimer and Company, Cin¬

mutually beneficial to the firm and its clientele.

west

Why don't you voluntarily make an effort to
help your 1953 National Advertising Committee?
Contact your local President and be part of this
interesting and most important financial aspect
of your NSTA and local club activities.

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co., Denver, Colo.; Harry B.

We

loss to

paraphrase our thoughts to
adequately express our thanks and sincere appre¬
ciation to Herbert D. Seibert, who, as I have said
are

at

a

before, provided the opportunity to our Associa¬
tion and affiliates to obtain much needed revenue.

Our

thanks

Messrs. Beck, Murphy,
Reilly and Peterson and other Chronicle staff
members for their untiring efforts and coopera¬
tion in making this supplement of ours possible.
go

too,

to

May I also personally thank each one of our
advertisers and every member of our advertising
committee mentioned below for their support and
on

this Convention and Year Book

ours.

of

cinnati, Ohio; Howard J. Eble, Wm. J. Mericka & Co.,
Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; Winton A. Jackson, First South¬
Company,

Dallas, Texas;

HAROLD B. SMITH,

L.

Robinson,

Peeler, J. Lee Peeler & Company, Inc., Durham, N.
Warren R.

gerford,

Buell

Robert

Laurence B.

Mo.;

and

Company, Hartford,

Conn.;

John D. Scott and Co., Houston, Texas;

Carroll, Burke & MacDonald, Kansas City,

Jr.,

McCready,

William

A.

C.;

Wallace, Fayetteville, N. Y.; Donald E. Hun-

John DeC. Scott,

Angeles, Calif.;

Geyer

Co.,

&

Hector W.

Incor¬

Bohnert,

The

porated,

Los

Bankers

Bond

Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky.; Brown Burch,

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Memphis, Tenn.;

Cecil

B.

Thomson

Pepper,

Kenneth C. Joas,

&

McKinnon,

Miami,

Fla.;

Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc., Minneap¬

olis, Minn.; H. Laird Smith, Equitable Securities Corpo¬
ration, Nashville, Tenn.; Arthur J. Keenan, St. Denis J.
Villere & Co.,
man,

New Orleans, La.; Harry L. Arnold, Gold¬

Sachs & Co., New York City; William J. McCullen,

Hendricks & Eastwood, Inc.,

Vidrine,

Kirby

L.

Vidrine

Philadelphia, Pa.; Kirby L.

Company,

Phoenix,

Ariz.;

& Company, Pittsburgh,

Pa.; Dan V. Bailey, Foster & Marshall, Portland,
Earl

Chairman, NSTA Advertising Committee

Raymond

Buckel, Manley, Bennett & Co., Detroit, Mich.; J. Lee

Anthony E. Tomasic, Thomas

plan whereby affil¬

participate in the local production of adver¬
tising. Do you fully realize the possibilities of
improving your local treasury by using just a
small bit of your time to close an ad and, what
an unlimited source of income both your National

iates

Committee Members—In addition to Chairman Smith,
the

members

assistance

the Chronicle?

would have if you

to

were

With

NSTA Advertising Committee

Ore.;

Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner, St. Louis, Mo.;

Frank

Bowyer,

Schwabacher

&

Co.,

San

Francisco,

Pershing & Co.

Calif.; Paul Johnson, Blyth & Co., Inc., Seattle, Wash.;

120

Duane

Broadway

New York 5,

N. Y.

T.

Smith,

Wichita, Kans.

The

Small-Milburn

Company,

Inc.,

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6

The Rebirth of
With Knappen,

of recent rebirth

work

of

re¬

construction and operation

quired in their
planning —

lines

Traffic

"The
and

The

word

back

to

done by the turnpikes began with
the building of the railroads. Ini-

middle

of

tially,

"Turnpike"
dates

the
the

which

of

toll

roads.

the

was

introduc-

During

roads

could

compete
how-

ever, with the advent of the steam
locomtive, the early era of turnpike
development
was
ended,
Gradually the turnpike rights-of-

England,

large scale

toll

with the horse drawn trains;

seven-

teenth century
in

direct result of this conclusion,
today, we see an ever-increasing
number of turnpikes in operation,
under construction or in various
phases of planning.
This amazing rebirth of the
Turnpike can perhaps best be appredated by considering the systern of turnpikes that existed six
years ago, at the end of the War,
and comparing it with present
facilities.

of the important cities and agricultural communities.
The end of the rushing business

this

way

were

sold to the respective

.

_

.

,

origin

the

of

engineering, legal and fiscal problems in their construction

"Turnpike."

find the railroads of the counContrast if you will this situafirst
introduced
in
the
United
h?r(* Pu*
the ever-in- tion with today's picture. To the
States when several state legis- creasing competition of highway original
Pennsylvania Turnpike
latures issued charters to private transportation. Indeed this pres- there has been added the Philacorporations to construct, operate ent Peri°d of turnpike develop- delphia Extension from Harrisand maintain toll roads. At the ment may be compared by some burg
to Valley Forge and the
time of these first turnpikes, the future
historian as remarkably Western Extension from Irwin to
newly established country and the similar to the great era of railroad the Ohio line. The New Jersey
individual states could not pro- expansion of the last century.
Turnpike is now in operation from
vide the necessary highways from
Today as in the early days the the New York Metropolitan Area
In the late 1700's

turnpikes

we

were

.

justification for turnpikes and toll south to Deepwater and to

public funds. They therefore re-

a con-

roads derives from the inability nection with the Delaware River
of government to provide suffi- Memorial Bridge just south of the
investment; a method we have cient funds from public sources
0f Wilmington. In the northbegun to return to today. For to finance the construction of the eastern states the Wilbur Cross

sorted to the construction of these

needed

many

facilities

years

the

in

r°adtSifreq£fremen7s

toll

private

these

stimulating com-

roads flourished,
merce

private

through

republic,

young

Most highway administrators

Virginia Turnpike running to the
North Carolina line where a turn¬

pike is under study from Mt. Airy
to Charlotte.
In Tennessee two

.

Turnpike is in operation and in
Florida the Fernandina Toll Road
has been open to traffic since the
fall of 1950.
Today's mileage of turnpikes in
operation has grown to more than
750 miles and the investment increased to almost $606,000,000.
Even this remarkable growth
does not even begin to tell the
full story of the expanding turnpike movement. For presently
under construction are the followjng facilities:
The New York State Thruway
stretching from Buffalo across
nothern New York to Albany and
thence to New York City; the re¬
cently financed Delaware River
Extension of the Pennsylvania
^

♦Address by Mr. Fischer at the Annual
of
the
National
Security
-

Miami

-

Association,
-

—

Beach, Fla.f

-

New

routes

under

are

con¬

sideration, one from the West Vir¬
ginia
border past Nashville
to
Memphis and the other from the
same
starting point to Chatta¬

Georgia

nooga.

plans for a
Atlanta to

has

70-mile turnpike from

the

State

Chattanooga. Here in Florida

feasibility
under

way

studies are presently
for a projected turn¬

Jacksonville with
route

this

Miami

from

stretching

pike
off

of

border

nothern

the
near

westerly

a

the

to

to

spur

Tampa-St.

Petersburg area. In Texas, we un¬
derstand

turnpike is being dis¬

a

Dallas

link

to

cussed

Worth with

and

Ft.

Houston.

Turning to the Middle West, In¬
plans a toll road from the
Ohio line to the Chicago area, and
in Wisconsin ajiighway commit¬
diana

tee has been

gate

a

pike.

appointed to investi¬
Milwaukee-St. Paul Turn¬
Missouri has authorized the

construction
St.

of

Louis to

Kansas

a

turnpike

a

from

turnpike

Kansas

City, and in
is proposed

Topeka to Wichita with ex¬

from

tensions to the Missouri and Okla¬
homa

borders.

2,000 Miles of New Turnpikes
Costing Nearly $2 Billion
These

projected turnpikes when

constructed will total almost 2,000
miles

and

estimated

are

to

cost

investments in turnpikes by $960,approximately $1,900,000,000.
It
000,000, bringing the total mileage
appears that in a relatively short
to 1,653 miles and the total in vest- time a
connecting turnpike system

ment to $1,566,000,000.

will

in

be

between

*****

authorized

ofare^o-

its jected and where in most

cases

methods must be

-

1952.

employed. As

to Portland, in the

miles

future needs bold and imaginative live

fconey Plaza Hotel,

Oct. 21,

toe

constructed

has

and Hampshire

sion at the Ohio line and will
carry traffic across northern Ohio
to the Indiana border; the West
Virginia Turnpike running from
Charleston to Princeton, W. Va.,
near the Virginia line, and the
Turner Turnpike connecting the
cities of Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
These turnpikes when opened to
traffic will add 903 miles to the
existing network and increase the

turnpike

operation all the

In the South the proposed

cago.

toll roads will form
that

tem

way

Augusta, Maine, and Chi¬

will

a

second sys¬

extend

from

West

realized that in turnpike which runs from Sea- stU(jies to determine feasibility of
Virginia to Florida. Thus, in the
order to bring our highway plant brook to Portsmouth at the Maine construction are being made.
next decade the turnpike network
up
to modern standards and to line. Here the Maine Turnpike
In
^
northern
and
eastern
of the country may represent an
provide facilities to accommodate begins and stretches north fortyfup fniinwin* fiimnih-pc am
nppHc
hnlrl unrl imauinafivp
fivp
milpc
tn
Portland
Tn
thp
iOliOWing tUmpiKeS are investment in excess of three bil¬

Convention
-

Merritfpar^^^

Turnwhich
exten-

engineers have

saving route between many

Traders

torn'"the

™ ^ssaehusetts

the time.

as

they offered the most direct and
time

of traffic

num¬

under

are

Virginia plans to construct a
connecting with the West

and operation.

railroad revolution encroached on ways in New York State. All told planned to the New Jersey
transport by highways and spelled these facilities represented an in- pike; the Ohio Turnpike
the doom of the toll road, today vestment of about $114,000,000.
connects with the western

facilities

toll road

period of history the English foot states and the roads combined into
.
.
soldier's principal weapon was the the then primitive highway sysRecent increase in rurnpiKes
long pike. Two of these pikes tern. It is interesting to note that
In 1946, the country's turnpike
mounted at right angles to each many
of our modern highways system
consisted
of
approxiother with a pivot through the closely follow the rights-of-way mately 400 miles and included the
cross to permit turning the device
of our first turnpikes.
original section of the Pennsylformed the then simple toll gate.
vania Turnpike System from HarThis obstruction was placed in the
Revival of Turnpikes
risburg to Irwin; the Overseas
center of the roadway and after
Today it almost appears as if Highway here in
Florida; the Turnpike extending its system ala
traveler had paid his toll he history
were repeating itself in Merritt Parkway in Connecticut, most to the banks of the Delaware
was permitted to continue on his
reverse.
Where previously the and the Westchester County Park- River
where
a
connection is
journey by passing through the
revolving pikes.
Thus the word

A large

States.

these

of

study in the South.

of turnpikes has become "big business," and out¬

Earnings

Report."

tion

ber

by no
northern

are

the

to

restricted

and eastern

16th century to present, Mr. Fischer tells
of turnpike movement in U. S. Says today the financing,

study

under

planned

being

turnpikes

now

means

Reviewing turnpike history from

ment, and of a
major phase

time of the

The
and

Tippetts, Abbett Engineering Co., New York City

their develop¬

Fischer

Turnpikes

By J. M. FISCHER*

My subject today generally con¬
"Turnpikes and Toll Roads"
and I should like to speak to you
of
their
history,
procedures in

cerns

Jerome M.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

CHRONICLE

southwest

a

planned and under study.
Denver-Boulder ^ The Garden State Parkway in
n/«i,

the

New

dollars

lion

and

extend

almost

3,600 miles.

Jersey, running from PaterThis review of turnpike evolu¬
to Cape May; two ex¬
tion is intended to bring out the
of the New Hampshire
fact that today the financing, con¬
Turnpike, one to Rochester and
struction, and operation of turn¬
another to Concord; a Massachu¬
pikes has moved into the field of
setts
Turnpike extending
from
big business. As with all large
Boston past Springfield and
enterprises, certain definite proce¬
Worcester to the New York border
dures for developing these facil¬
son

south

tensions

and to a connection with the New

PUBLIC

York

UTILITIES

Thruway;

an

extension

ities have evolved.

of

The

methods

that

have

been

the Maine Turnpike from Portland

PRIMARY MARKETS

adopted to bring about the orderly
Augusta, and the New England
development of turnpikes in the
Thruway in Connecticut, carrying
United States follow, in general, a
traffic through this State to Mas¬
Continued on page 69
sachusetts.
to

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Convention Number

7

The Economic and Financial Outlook
Twelve
business

of
high-level
have led some

years

activity

wishful

beneficiaries

that the

government and its agen¬
cies,
through

to

ten

By RAYMOND RODGERS*

conclude

and in the

in

School of Business Administration

Professor of Banking, Graduate

ways

University

of

the

nomic

Asserting true

eco¬

have

over

And

of

some

men

in

in

the

over

of

age-

problem

stability in

—

road,

one-way

a

nancial outlooks. I do this because

ness

are

minus factors

majority of

too often mini¬

fortunately

however,

men,

earth"

on

type of busi¬

philosophy in favor of

scanning

con¬

economic

the

judgment for rifts in the sil¬
lining! They know that when

things are too
change is very

good to be true,
unless abnor¬
Although a

near

mal factors intervene.

abnormal
pent-up
rearmament, have
long over-due read¬
series

continuing

such
shortages and
factors,

of

war,

as

"normal"

come

As

is

dangerous

a

shepherds

II,

of

your

investors, you have a special re¬

sponsibility for enlightenment and

consumer
came

year.

Short-Term

The

Economic

Outlook

to the economic out¬
practically all short-term
business
barometers
point
up¬
ward. Total demand is running

in

several

and

apparent

in

the

past

Although in evidence at the

in

in

only

It

three

recur

should

four

or

in aggravated

be

emphasized,
however, that "saturation" is al¬
ways at a particular price. Lower
prices
same

better

or

price is

The

heavy

products
sure

a

burden

at

of

the

for it!

cure

taxes

is

supply and backlogs of another weakness in both our
and
long-term eco¬
unfilled orders continue to rise. short-term
While this was to be expected of nomic situation, for which it is to
be devoutly hoped we can find
defense and other hard goods in¬
of

ahead

dustries, soft goods backlogs also

to

have moved up.

The

of

wave

higher

wages

by the steel settlement,
increasing overtime and record-

started

breaking

employment

levels are

pushing personal income to a new

which

high,

annual

of

rate

some

expanding consumer credit should
drive Christmas retail trade above

previous dollar records, in¬
cluding the two, buying sprees
all

relief—a

be

is

cure

too

much

expected—on November

4.

example, from 1789 through
June 30,
1945, including a long
Civil War and two World Wars,
the tax collections and other budg¬
et receipts of the Federal Gov¬
ernment totaled

Truman in the

1946-52,

$254 billions. But,
seven

collected

which is 21%
lected in the

being

$308

more

billions,

than

was

preceding 157

combined—and
the

fiscal years,

$69

that

in

years

doesn't

billion

extracted

col¬
in¬

which

the

is

current

fiscal year!

a

will

have

family

once

has

a

to

inevitable,

as

of

the

election!

out¬

Taken

by

itself, a decrease in our foreign
aid would, of course, cause a re¬
duction in exports, but our gov¬
ernment fully recognizes this and
special efforts will be made to in¬

difficult to find at

which

cannot

change in the foreign economic

come

prices, the very fact
that such a point has been reached
indicates the great replacement
met in the future. After

quite evident
States

the making regardless of the

prevailing

demand

beconie

United

a

policy of the United States is in

of our markets may be near
point of saturation, and new
are

has

the

scale. A decrease is

at

very

customers

the

reduction
heavy burden of foreign
will be

year

indefinitely continue to assist the
rest of the world on the present

many

the

It

that

significant, favorable
factor is the great growth of the
domestic
market.
Even
though

a

For

clude

A

our

aid.

the longer
term,
many
favorable
factors
quickly become apparent.
ahead

distinctive architecture.

more

coming

Outlook

Looking

into houses with
better landscaping

move

rooms,

Another important factor in

Economic

Long-Term

durable goods lines be¬

very

form.

The

and

larger

meas¬

spending enough to offset develop¬

saturation

lines, it could

is estimated at the
$270 billions for
prevented
this
quarter.
This
will leave
justments in business in recent
spendable income after taxes of
years, to conclude that such ab¬
normal factors have thereby be¬ $235 billions, which together with
delusion!

Market

moment

disregarded.

busi-' look,

our

tough-minded and reject this

tinually

ver

are

or even

ever

sky with the radars of experience
and

at

hooed

Turning

"Heaven
ness

always ballygreat length, while the

the plus factors are

mized,

upward!
The great

large

a

ing downward trend of business cycle. Says outlook for dollar is best since *40

business, and boldly proclaim that
we can have
an ever expanding
economy

people would like to get rid

built since the end of World War

upward. Stresses weak, along with favorable fac¬

ever

Wash¬

concern

old

is

Stevenson will increase government

nor

that

ington profess
no

economy

a

of the small mass-produced houses

optimism is justified for next six months, thereafter neither Eisenhower

of

ure

flower

put

our

against

cautions

the

democracy
full

eco¬

belief

Rodgers

economic and financial outlook, and concludes, though

tors, in

business

cycle.

Raymond Rodgers

expanding

tri-

umphed

little

of investment guidance is ability to withstand

adversity, Dr.

al¬

growing families, but, today,

many

financial

and

nomic

heavy
spending,

the

measure

process

and

have

been made to meet the needs

large part of replacement demand
represents
trading up, that is,

intervention
in

purchases

replacement

School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance,
New York

prospective buyers of houses
already own homes. Such

1952

crease

the

vestment
as

be

an

flow
into

of

American in¬

foreign

countries,

offset. Among other things,

the granting of tax advantages to
American
corporations on their

all, when

mechanical foreign investments would

refrigerator, or any of the other
modern
conveniences, they will

save a

it would make it
unnecessary to use so much of the
never
do without again — they taxpayers' money for foreign eco¬
become lifelong consumers, and, nomic aid.
as

you

goods

great

know, the term durable
is
but
a
manner
of

as

Still other important factors on
the

speaking! '
In

deal,

favorable

side

are

the

large

backlogs of public construction of

automobiles, for example, it
us 53 years to reach our

has taken

various kinds. For example, it
been estimated that it would

quire

construction

has
re¬

expenditures

ownership of 43,730,000.
Great as it was, this market ex¬ of $5 billion a year for 15 years
pansion on an annual basis was just to modernize our roads.
most favorable
Probably the
small compared to the replace¬
ment volume necessary to keep 44 factor of all in the whole longmillion cars rolling. And, remem¬ term situation is, as Doctor Leo

present

Of
involvement.
course,
the
huge
totals
Barnes of Prentice-Hall Economic
Even
though continuation of should be considered in connec¬ ber, 43% of the cars registered
last year were prewar models, that Service puts it, the "stretch-out of
the boom during the next few tion with the great increase in
the stretch-out" in defense spend¬
months is practically "in the bag," national income, but the fact re¬ is, more than 11 years old.
the
opportunity for service is
ing. The latest revision of the esti¬
certain adverse factors are build¬ mains that the tax burden on each
Replacement demand is of con¬
magnified many times when the
mates of total defense spending
household in fiscal 1952 was near¬ trolling significance even in the
trend turns downward. Investment ing up which could cause trouble
indicates that the peak rate of
for some sectors of the economy. ly 10 times the 1930 burden of market for houses. The final ver¬
guidance is helpful in a rising
more than
$55# billion a year will
of
the
Federal
Reserve
In particular, agricultural produc¬ $140,
or
$1,360 per household. sion
market, but it is indispensable in
be maintained for the entire fiscal
tion will be the second largest in
Obviously, this rate of increase Board's recent survey of consumer
a

guidance. This responsibility is
particularly grave when a change
in business trend approaches; and,

declining market.

It is said that the true measure

of

is the way he stands up

man

a

the

after

Korean

history. More specifically, live¬
output should
reach the

stock

cannot

continue;

to be done!

something

has

buying plans for houses and dur¬
able

goods shows that four out of

year

1953-54, and that such spendContinued

level ever attained, and
to adversity. In the same fashion,
the wheat crop also is a recordthe true measure of investment
breaker with the largest surplus
guidance is the ability to with¬
in history in sight. Farm product
stand the chill winds of economic
prices dropped 2% in the month
and
financial
adversity.
Jobs
ended September 15, and further
properly done in boom times need weakness
in
farm
commodity
have

no

times.

fear of slack

prices and futures

Today, at the risk of being un¬

I

popular,

dwell

to

going

am

than

weakness

on

more

highest

on

strength in the economic and fi¬

the securities

markets. Of course,

must not

forget that govern¬

we

ment
*

Dr. Rodgers at the An¬
of the National Security
Association, Roney Plaza Hotel,

Address

nual

by

Convention

Traders
Miami

Beach,

Fla., Oct. 23,

1952.

could adversely
especially in

psychology,

affect

price

support will prevent

Wertheim

drop in the
important farm products.

&

Co.

consequential

any
more

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THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

3

SEC Is Not
I

am

very

face

new

but

then

all of

almost

to

I

almost

am

Commissioner, Securities and Exchange

the

the

itself.
new¬

a

to

comer

the

Commission
shall

not

I

at¬

not

give
long disser¬

tation

on

technical

rapping knuckles for

more

your

of

of

the

The staff of that office

can

branch

office

problems without the neces¬

ington at all.
(6) Finally,

concerned with preventing fraud than

violation

of

perience

has

if

the

you

do have

statute,

that

been

my

it

is

a

ex¬

far

better, rather than doing nothing,
to
run
and tell
papa.
Tell the

ing with securities problems.

as¬

Commission

our
statutes. I

really

sity of having them sent to Wash¬

technical violations of the statute. Gives advice in deal¬

the

who

importance

the

give informal rulings on many of

of

pects
our

policeman" and is

to

tempt
a

"stern

a

—

answers.

Realize

nearest

SEC.

who has been "on both sides of the
fence," gives his first impression of the agency's operations.
Praises expert¬
ness of SEC staff, but says its working force is inadequate.
Contends SEC is
Recently appointed SEC Commissioner,

Commis¬

attorney

your

knows the

(5)

to

sion

Being

or

Commission

you—

new

as

Stern Policeman

a

By J. HOWARD ROSSBACH*

happy to speak before

I realize that I am a

today.

you

Thursday, November 13, 1952

what

you

have done

(2) Supervise your employees and how you propose to remedy
a healthy sign.
and fellow traders. It will not the situation. It has a tremendous
the Commission level.
My third surprise involved the helP V™ mu?h when things go psychological effect and takes a
SEC Staff Inadequate
aforementioned
"SEC
interfer- wrong to say that you did not in- good deal of the sting out of whatSecond, the staff is inadequate ence." I had the feeling before yestigate a situation which cried ever the fault may be
proval

on

a

creased from 10 to 13 days—not

decision made below

-

a

think

not

do

this is

entirely

disadvantage
most of

since
Rossbach

hear

desire

to

should

like

you

probably

have

Howard

J.

no

great

Instead

same.

with the tre-

in numbers to cope

1

lems

nor

one

who has fought the

Commission in the courts and on

was

a

stern

that

policeman

ready to pounce upon every violation and to avail itself of every

and

advantage

Commission

the

to

SEC

the

turn

to

my newness of supervising billions of dollars
give you my of new issues, billions of dollars
offhand first impressions of the of
funds
carried in investment
SEC. I might mention in passing companies, other billions tied up
that
seldom
has
there
been
a in public utility holding company
Commissioner who before his ap¬ systems, as well as thousands of
pointment has advised brokers and brokers and dealers whose traddealers with their securities prob¬ ing also runs into the high figto

COming

job involved. The SEC
is charged with the responsibility
mendous

technicality in the statutes to seits

In the last two
been most impressed by the fair and friendly
cure

position.

m0nths,

have

I

attitude of the Commission.
ever

15

may

years

What-

have been that attitude
ago,

is

it

Moreover, it must detect and sympathy toward
prevent fraudulent and manip- ers |n securities

ures.

now

one

occasion in the Supreme Court

This

field.
which

fact
at

are

has

consequences

blush

first

not too

obvious.

A Commissioner who at

least has

a

the

seven

working knowledge of
statutes which the SEC

administers is faced

on

each prob¬

ulative

practices

make

painful cut in personnel,

a

fourth

the

years.
a

of

New NSTA

Nominating Committee

.

cut

in

as

many

be

to

fair

rather

than

technical,

^|

realistic rather than fussy, and at

same
time
standing
firm
securities dealers is against any acts which do Or might
budget cut will cut down mislead or harm the investor,

many

that this

"SEC interference"

with their

lem by a

member of the staff who business. I am afraid that such
General Approach to Securities
expert in a particular phase optimism is not warranted.
In
Problems
of the particular statute involved. the first
place, reports continue
Being myself a hybrid who has
It places the Commissioner, who is to be
required although the force been on both sides of the secuduty bound not to blindly follow assigned to read them is insuffi- rities
fence,
perhaps
the most
is

I think that if nil of my advice
had to be lumped into one senfence, it would be this: Keep your
eyes open do the best you can and
realize that the SEC is far more
concerned with protecting the investors and preventing fraud
rather than rapping knuckles for
any technical violation of the
statute,

I know that the reaction of the

good

on

such

.

issuers and deal-

coupled with a
in our markets desire to allow business transacof the United States.
and in dealings with customers, tions to flow along unimpeded unI think the first impression that You may be surprised that with jess the
public interest of investone
gets on coming to the Com¬ such heavy
responsibilities the ors or the rights of an individual
mission is the expertness of the budget allowed the SEC is less
requires the contrary. It is an unstaff.
Individual
by individual than $6,000,000, and that within the sensational,
down-to-earth
and
each is expert in his particular last month it has been forced to businesslike
approach,
designed

one

*or investigation.
(3) Know something about your
customers. Don't let them get you
}^volved. in an unregistered pub*lc offering of some rinky-dink
by an insider.
(4) If you see a gimmick in any
Particular transaction, the cheapest insurance you can get is to
consult with someone a partner

an

m
W, J

the recommendation of the staff in

Earl

Robert D. Diehl

Burke, Jr.

Hagensieker

cient to carefully study them all, helpful thing that I can give you
position of having to "stump and, secondly, but more impor- .
^ advice on the general
the expert." While this is a diffi¬
tant, it just takes more of a delay
•. •
cult job, it is, of course, a Commis¬ before the average clearance or approach to your own securities
sioner's duty to make such inde¬ approval can be
issued by the problems.
the

-

SEC

pendent judgment rather than to

merely
*An
Annual

put

address

a

rubber stamp

or

before

formation.
by

Convention

Mr.

Rossbach

of the National

at the
Secu¬

the

rity
Traders Association, Roney
Plaza
Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla., Oct. 23, 1952.

During the

past year

delay in clearing registration

statements

(1)

we can answer your

requests for interpretations or in-

ap-

on

new

issues has in-

Know in

look for.
be

.

general what to

Now you don't have to

lawyers

for

this.

There

arc

summaries of the important provisions of the Acts available.

F. Boice Miller
William J.

We maintain

Robert D.
Earl

in

an

Lester J. Thorsen

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Diehl, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Los Angeles.

Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner, St. Louis.

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Miller, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami.

John J. O'Kane,
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Thorsen, Glore, Forgan & Co., Chicago.

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Exchange

Counter Trading in Inactive Securities

vs.

That stock exchanges should ba

abolished

is

enjoyed
time

idea

an

from

currency

in

which

time

thanks
riOUS

By HAROLD J. KING, Ph.D.

lic

to
va-

the-counter securities

public

relations

by

ex¬

changes,

and

their

bers

Points

out auction

system, employed by ex¬
changes, is not suited to small and inactive security issues, and does not assure

carried

grams
on

certain exchange mem¬
assigned the tasks of (1)
keeping bid and asked quotation^
books for one or more securities,
(2) the matching of orders, and
(3) in the case of inactive secu¬
rities, and under certain circum¬
stances, the "making of a market"
by trading on their own account,
or
entering their own bid and
offer figures. This may be viewed
as the giving of semi-monopolistic
trading priviledges to those spe¬

over-

dealers, Dr. King discusses the relative position of each

field of securities trading.

in

pro¬

either

broker

buyers

or

sellers

a

price based

intrinsic

on

or

economic value. Holds

"spe¬

members, the
public today

cialists"

perhaps has

covering inactive stocks, and cites services of over-the-counter dealers in af¬

fair
the

idea

a

the

changes

exchanges

are

given

monopolistic situation in tranactions

a

of

fording orderly markets for securities

productive

role

stock

on

ex¬

not suitable for

Advocates "delisting" of inactive securities

play

trading

traded in

now

on an

exchange.

economy.
J.

King

derstanding

Only

ele¬

an

mentary
economics is

of

un¬

cialist

executes

order

an

his

for

from
the true auction principle arises,
However, the assumption of a
position in a security by a speaccount,

own

deviation

a

the

assume

connected therewith.
The primary income of the spe¬
cialist is
twofold; brokerage
obligations

in the nation's
Harold

are

cialists who choose to

exchanges.

on

orders.

system,

Analyzing the rivalry that exists between stock exchange members and

But,

to

for the execution of pub¬
Under the
specialist

means

has

circles.

different

9

on
exchange
officials
the
one sellers alike of paying and receivhand, and counter dealers on the ing the best prices prevailing at
other.
To
bolster
the
income the time."
As buyers
think of

charged his own customers, and
his share on the business he
transacts for other brokers. Inventory positioning is his other
source of income (or loss). That
exc"an8e regulations, or decis^ons
trading or floor committees,
him
to
iees> require mm at times
umcb
iu
—1
an orderly market m seentities which are not active

possibilities of their broker

mem- lower prices as better, and sellers
exchange think of higher ones as such,
highly significant contribution to cialist can have little influence wish to see trading in certain objectivity
may
be
introduced
the living scales of the people. cn its price if the interest in the securities shifted from the counter only with some concept as "real"
/■
There are certain aspects of ex¬ security is wide, ana the activity markets to their place of business economic
wiae, and tne
value.
The
question
t.
as
'
i —
"
activity
in
such then becomes: Which system of
change trading, however, which is great Under the specialist sys- as ~ soon
3
it currently operates, it securities becomes
are not widely
promising. Not marketing
assures
buyers
and
publicized, and not tern, as
uent
fhp
nnfon+ioi
ooiioro
nnnnrfitnUir
makes him somewhat vulnerable
is frequent that sDGcialists
that specialists vir— rplishintf
vir- relishing
the incc nf
loss
of
potential sellers alike an opportunity to pay
generally understood by investors
and others in the trading public. tually specify (within, of course, revenue, they ordinarily are re- and receive prices more proxi- ln ™.at he must asume inventory
the
bounds
of
the
public bids luctant to remove any issue from mate to "real" economic values— positions.
These deserve consideration.
Making of markets

quired

to

see

that

they

re¬

make

a

bers, the officials of

an

on

r\oxr

.

,,

.

.

,

^

offers) what the market price trading merely because it is in- or, at least, prices they think are mcludes
closing of spreads. It
inactive security shall be. active. By the same
token, coun- more proximate? It is in this re- ?? J™ books, tor example
tne
In
this
respect, their activities ter dealers prefer to see certain gard that counter dealers are in a
change, typifies the basis upon
?ighesi p+£'aq +v!f
are arbitrary and unilateral.
issues not admitted to exchange position to make one of their 42» ?n,<? .tfte f°west otter id, tne
which the exchanges have been
It
is
true
that activity
is a trading,
and others
"delisted,"2 greater contributions.
specialist may feel called upon,
"sold" to the public:
relative
term,
subject only to or. removed from such trading.
"The evolution and development
That active
stocks
freauentlv or the trading committee may diarbitrary definition and measure- Allegedly
the competition
has transfer at nrices Httle related to r6CJ hJf' *? ent6r
of
u
stock
exchanges have
been
predicated upon the basic prin¬
in some
can
or 1
of the
ciple that the concentration of
a
given time period and/or the
bids and offerings of all potential
frequency of transactions is too trading against their wishes, and
nothing eise-their interest not
purchasers and sellers of a secu¬
low
to
maintain
anything
apin
addition have discovered it
being merely in "where is the given time but also reduces the
rity at a single focal point (the
The

following statement, pub¬
lished by the New York Curb Ex¬

and

of

an

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^wporation^6 have^foS'nd i'reh" f°"°tm.ie ™lues

(100,°50;25,

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thSrto

an£

floor

of

stock

a

exchange),

in

public competition under auction

rules, assures buyers and sellers
alike of paying and receiving the
best

prevailing

prices

the

at

time." 1
In

so

far

as

they

do

Sat lfPbe

quarrel with

the

course

logicT^nor KTuch traaing.
tmdfnV"
logical

monopolistic

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whether'

ve®?s
years,

a

a

short
short

aspect
This

thev

nerinri

or

period,

or

all

to

for

have
manv

general

inves¬

or

"
it

As

is
lb

stocks

is in

order.

a

harmed
house is

a

put up for auction,

true auction market for it can¬
be said to exist if the owner

not

in

puts
if

or

own protective bid,
auctioneer plays any¬

his

the

thing
role.

in

traders

but
So

changes.

impartial

an

it is with the

Since

the

||c interest, the pertinent

The
once

by having

answer

a

I

to

t<rmhioIoty

stock

and mechanical workings of stock
exchanges and over-the-counter

by

0f

"unlisted" securities admitted to trading.

could

i ^ uhaV.ff?' /,?r exa,J1PIe» maintains

be

stocks, how¬
- traded.

inactive

an

a

Stock exchanges are set up on

list of

..Vint

+hex

hnv

cpII

anH

nrriprs

or

stock

mav

The
width of the spread which would
be considered unsatisfactory
would depend upon the price of
the stock, the trading history of
the stock, and other variables.
renders a public service.

Exchange
fh

officials

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Thursday, November 13, 1952

CHRONICLE

Florida—Its Industrial Development
We

lot

a

of

and has been in
than I have.
Roberts, our Vice-President
in charge of economic research,
has done just some simple re¬
search work on these charts, it's

people outside of Florida what's
going on down here. I've had to
go to New York, Chicago, Boston,

Dick

and

richard b. roberts

Vice-President, Florida Power & Light

much longer

Florida

President, Florida Power & Light Company

traveling around to tell

forecasts,

more

By McGregor smith*

do

folks in Florida have to

Company'

simple and inasmuch as the

very

first chart is quite

Florida Power &

Light executives, in explaining what's going on in the way

it's

call on Dick
the first chart.
I
don't
think
you'll have this
first chart in the booklet, but you
do
have
the
others.
I'll have
it,

development in Florida during the last decade, say Florida is a

of industrial

growing State in the Union, and explain charts
Florida's population, resources, general business
activity and other fields of economic development, as compared with other
"grew-some State," the fastest

as a

McGregor Smith

around

in

R.

B. Roberts

and because of
easy-going way,
I'm always met with this remark,
my

slow

there,

and

"Well, Mack,
as

you

all don't work

hard down South

as

we

do up

North, do you?" And my reply
always is, "No sir, we don't—-but
we get a hell of
a lot more done."

lot

he

could

say,

meet¬ And he smiled and he was very
the appreciative, and he said, "Yes,
sir." I said,
"Well, then you're
pages, you know, and asking if
there was any questions. I wanted going to get the full lecture."
ties.

They had one of these

ings where they were turning

to

see

It

Detroit was doing it.

how

was

raining,

after the

and

asked who
charge of these funds to in¬

meeting

was

over,

I

So

I

bottle
and

had

of

cob

my

Scotch

pipe

brief
and

that I

used

three

particular

I'm

them.

'

I

But
to

know

that

Florida

sell

in

Florida

United

and

Power

have got

we

order

to

Light.

sell

You

that's what I

and

States,

We

have

this

carried

message

East, carried it all

over

try, and it makes

on

that's

Florida

a

of

one

the

at

Stock

Exchanges

regular commission rates

Information

standing

we've

Now,

we

these

got

have

a

Beach.

Miami

white sands of

fine

she

"there

And

palm trees."

does, and certainly
papa's lighthouse.
Now, sometimes you're so close to
a subject—not that being close to
this subject wouldn't be interest¬

she

Maybe

this must be her

ing

that

it

to

the

facts.

move

you

see

to

roll you
and

we're

sometimes

but

—

close

so
really

can't

we

without having

So

at all, I'm going to

back just about a hundred
feet and see what the

fifty

facts

So

are.

down. Now,

this

take

we

here's the

one

little

same

girl. I know you in the back can't
see

that
keeper's

her now, but you can see
is

she

not

lighthouse

a

daughter, but she is

a very

beauti¬

ful model.
You

the
a

she's

not

beach,

standing

on

but she's standing

see

on

truck load of sand,

ing

under

held

up

palm

by

Plant above

she's stand¬

fronds

that

are

construction crane.

a

And that's the stack
12

on our

Cutler

14 miles south

or

of here.

So,

you

there's

see,

Florida

than

that there

of these

good turner.

is

she

Maybe

the

on

stands under cocoanut

things. I

less

how

of

things
ways

charts and

the white sands of

on

Beach."

reasons

faster, because
grow from outside

does

stands

she

Miami

coun¬

capital.

Canadian

back there, and you fellows

in front, can you see it, too?
Now, you look at this little girl
here and you'd say, "That? Oh,
that
must
be
the
lighthouse
keeper's daughter." Well, maybe
she
is
the
lighthouse
keeper's
daughter. And you'd say, "There

suggest

big impression,

and

the

Florida is growing

Orders Executed

chart.

up

like.

for Security Dealers located in the United States

very

way

Sell Florida"

"We Have Got to

not

Service

first

a

buying anything. But to my want it.
Mr. Roberts:
This exhibit has
surprise, on Tuesday, when our
bonds were sold, he took 23% of absolutely nothing to do with our
the issue
of $10,000,000. And I story.
All we're trying to do is
honestly
didn't
intend
to
sell to see if you can see it from

folks in the municipal business,
has
years down at the SEC when we
going to try to vest and asked will you take me were getting cleaned up and per¬ we're helping you. You folks in
industrial
business,
we're
make you a speech. I'm just going to
him.
So we went into this fumed behind the ears, I didn't the
to try to talk a little plain talk,
little
glass office.
And it was show him them—but I pulled out helping you.
Now, we honestly agree that
because I know your problems in like
this day
here; they have these charts that I have here
selling are a good deal like the plenty of them up in New York. today and I went through them. we've got a "grew-some" story,
a
same
"grew-some" State. In fact, its
problems I have in selling And I said, "Mr. Dunkle, my
This was on a Friday. Tuesday
It
Florida.
I've had to sell for my name
is
McGregor Smith.
I'm we were selling some bonds. I the fastest growing State.
of the Florida Power
really "grew-some" in the last
company over a hundred million President
said, "We don't expect you to
10
or
20
dollars in securities since the last and Light Company."
years.
We have the
buy them bonds."
fastest growing State in America,
war.
We're going to have to sell
I
said
to
Mr.
Dunkle, "I've
I
asked, "Have you been to and we think it will continue to
more than two hundred and fifty
come
in here to find out how
Florida?"
He
looked
out
the
be the fastest growing State in
million in the next ten years.
much investments does your bank,
window again and he said, "No,
America, and the main and im¬
Well, anyhow, in going around your department have in Flor¬ sir, I haven't been to Florida."
portant thing to vou is that you're
I have found that there are cer¬ ida?" Well, he was terribly em¬
"Well," I said, "that's a funny interested in
I didn't mean to em¬
growth.
tain things they don't know, and barrassed.
coincidence. You feel about Flor¬
We have got the fastest grow¬
barrass the poor fellow, but he
I know you run up
against it,
ida just about like I felt about
ing State and we're going to tell
so
I'm going to just try to help looked out the window and he
New York bankers before I came
you why and how. and that we're
Well,
you out a
little bit with some said, "We have nothing."
up
here."
I said, "I was born growing along stable and sound
of my experiences, and I'll cite I says, "Do you mind telling me
in Tennessee. I'm a mountaineer,
lines.
We're not going into de¬
Well, he look like that
just one typical example to start why."
and," I says, "I was ignorant as tail because we
was
a
hard
only have 20
question.
I guess
with.
hell and I used to think every
that's the
hardest question Mr.
minutes, and two or three minutes
You
have
all
heard
of
the
banker in New York was a thief
I have already used.
Dunkle had had asked of him in
We have
Bankers Trust Company of New
and a crook until I come up there
some charts, those of you can see
a
long time.
I mean, this all
York.
Maybe some of their rep¬
and dealt with them." I said, "You
there on the table, about Florida,
took place in 30 or 40 seconds—
resentatives are here today. Some¬
ought to go down to Florida and and there is a short review in
a
good deal like you Yankees,
body told me that the Bankers
get educated like I have in coming there about the kind of
govern¬
we sometimes
come to the point
to New York.
ment we got.
♦Stenographic
report
of remarks
of
Not only have we
ourselves.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Roberts at the Annual
Well, now, he listened to me got this wonderful climate, but
Convention
of
the
National
Security
He said, "Well, it's a little too faithfully.
He didn't talk.
We Florida has got one of the most
Traders Association, Roney-Plaza Hotel,
never
mentioned anything about conservative governments in the
much Miami." Of all the things
Miami Beach, Fla., Oct. 21, 1952.

Now,

the

explain

spotlight on this
This first one
important, and we do

want

We

him

case—the
harmonica

Roberts

Dick

whole.

well, that pleased
to me all right. I lived in Miami.
I said, "Do you
be in there one day when Detroit I know Miami.
Edison was selling some securi¬ mean a papier-mache economy?"

Company had an awful
of funds to invest. I happened

to

chart.

is
Trust

going

I'm

Roberts to explain

showing relative increases in

States and the nation

complicated and

little hard for me to explain

a

meets

the

more

is sham back

say

that regard¬

papier-mache

may

appear,

backed

up

to

You

eye.

some

they're

al¬

with good sound

engineering facts.
Now, do

you

want to take

over,

Mr. Smith?

I

specialize in playing the har¬
Mr. Smith:
Well, I'll tell you,
monica, but we have got a guy
you're doing such a good job and
who
probably has
done
more
economic
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The Business Outlook
Investment Counselor

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reasonably
very

certain

to

hold

at

Mr. Gaubis

a

or

high level during at least the
three

four

or

'

four

predicts business activity will maintain high level

While it is

usually

seems

vi

o

which

ob-

so

it is

us,

only

fair

note

that

to
ma¬

jority opinion
is

not

wrong

all of the time.

At

the

mo-

barring
only an early

ment,
Anthony Gaubis

and

sudden

regis¬
(1) Business has been supported
tered in the steel industry statis¬ during the past six years by heavy
tics, with operations of the steel spending of borrowed money. This
mills declining from a peak of has not been fully appreciated be¬
about 95% of capacity in the first cause the "deficit" spending has
quarter, to 65% of capacity by not been on the part of the Gov¬
December.
Fortunately,
break¬ ernment, but by individuals and
even points in the 20's were at a
corporations.
Actually, there has
much lower level than they are been a net decline of more than
today, so that corporate profits in $10 billion in the net Federal

while well below those

1927,
the

was

preceding

two

years,

of

were

still

stances,

the principal questions
point of view of the busi¬

ness man

and the investor are the

outlook past the early

months of
as well as the outlook
profits. It might be mentioned
that there is a great deal of loose
next year,

for

the latter subject,
with many of the propaganda re¬
ports being issued by financial
houses suggesting that a contin¬
uation of high level output auto¬
matically ensures the maintenance
of earnings at or above the aver¬
age levels of the past few years.
Even a cursory study of the diver¬

thinking

on

gencies between the sales and
pre-tax earnings trends of many
companies during the past three
years shows how dangerous this
assumption can be under current

fied

pent-up demand for durable

inventories

by

the second quarter of next
will not lead to a downward

the two factors of high
points
and
excess
capacity.
Serious
price-cutting
does not usually develop in any
industry until after operations de¬

spiral,

are

break-even

cline

to

around

the

break-even

points for the marginal producers.
At that point, the desire to main¬
volume becomes a dominant

tain

costs

pace

which

has already enjoyed or
this supporting fac¬

economy

"discounted"

higher

with the
invariably

our

follow duced

increases of favored groups,
has been postponed or mitigated
by frozen rents. In various parts
wage

business outlook.

Except for goods being pro¬

(5)

under

arihament pro¬

our

probabilities

the

gram,

favor

billion at the end of last year, and
the

that either

trade.

export

of the

country, however, rents are
being gradually decontrolled, or
increases
are
being
permitted
under one pretext or another. As

Europe and Asia
rapidly getting back
production, and have an in¬

have

been

into

South

side

track

on

and

other

markets

American

because

the rate of credit

ve¬

will

are likely to our domestic surplus production.
great deal of this This may have a serious impact
type of construction work will on some industries, and therefore
carry well through 1953, but there an effect on our entire economy.
are signs that some expansion pro¬
IV
grams will be cut back because of
rising costs, and the realization
No Major Decline
are

currently at what

be peak levels. A

The

probablities

even

decline

a

against

are'

full

of

1937-1938

proportions for at least the next
few years,

for the following rea¬
(It might be in order'to re¬

sons.

call, however, that the extent of
the 1937-1938 recession was totally

unexpected at that time, inasmuch
as the previous recovery had beten
"planned.")

(1) Consumer demand,
trade,
close

could
to

hold

well

current

levels

or

at

orf^emi-durable, 7 goods. Liquid
savings are at ^ record breakirii
and consumer inventories
during the Korean ar^d

level,
built

up

propaganda "shortage" scares

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hay|

largely worked off. Furtherf
more, any
decline in consumer
incomes
will be moderated
by
such increasingly important fact
tors as Social Security and unem¬
ployment Compensation payments,
large savings by some segments oj
been

■

!MaRKETS maintained

an^

tapering off of purchases of homes

—1ZF"

Stocks

retaij

fairly

with

Canadian

Orders

of

this

increase sharply, or that the effective demand for
that the combined spending of bor¬
goods has not been as great as had
rowed money, by the Government
seemed to be the case when pentand/or the public, will continue to
up demands had been
superim¬
be at the $25 billion average rate
posed on current requirements. A
of the past few years, to support
sharp reduction in orders for cer¬
the expectation that the total ef¬
tain capital goods might well be
fective demand for goods and ser¬
witnessed during the last half of
vices will be able to hold at the
1953, particularly since Govern¬
levels of the past few years. This
ment "bribes" or plant expansion
line of reasoning overlooks cer¬
stimulants in the form of Certifi¬
tain factors
which could easily
cates of Necessity are likely to be
locity

readjustment should not be earnings.)
Ill
greater than that witnessed in
1937, and is more likely than not
Early Business Readjustment
to be limited to only slightly more
Our reasons for believing that
than the declines experienced in
1927 or in 1949. In 1927, the FRB a business readjustment will get
Index
of
Industrial
Production
under way by sometime in the
declined from a high of 99, in
March of that year, to a low of 92 early months of 1953 may be sum¬
in the last quarter. The brunt of marized as follows:

Government, Municipal,

a

continuation of the decline in net

objective.
There is also a ten¬
dency to manufacture for inven¬
tory until this point is reached. slow down the rate of credit
greatly restricted from now on.
This means that the present high velocity. (Incidentally, the current
(4) Inventories, on the whole,
level of break-even points has the level of non-government debt is
conditions.
are at a very high level. On Aug.
effect
of
making the economy more than three times the 1929
II
31, according to Department of
more
sensitive to moderate de¬ peak.
This is certainly a little
Production to Turn
Commerce
estimates,
the com¬
clines in demand, with the conse¬ high, even after allowance is made
bined inventories of manufacturers
Mildly Downward
quence that the necessary read¬ for the growth of the country, and
and distributors totaled $68.6 bil¬
We can be fairly confident, I justment or curtailment of opera¬ the decline in the value of the
lion, as compared with $6§.0 bil¬
think, that the next change of 10% tions to bring production in line dollar.)
lion a year earlier, and $53.5
to 15%
in the Federal Reserve with consumption is more prompt.
(2) Maladjustments in the, econ¬ billion at the end of 1949. To be
Board Index of Industrial Produc¬ At the same time, surplus plant
omy have been increasing rather sure, some of the increase in the
tion, which now stands at about capacity tends to help shorten the
than diminishing in the past 12 value of inventories since 1949 can
223, will be downward.
We can duration of the upward phase of
months. This is a natural conse¬ be accounted for by higher prices,
also be reasonably sure that we the business cycle. The effect of
but
LIFO
quence of every round of wage in¬
accounting terids
to
will not see, in this decade at these two factors on the profit
creases
for
organized
workers. limit the influence of the-price
least, another prolonged down¬ outlook is, of course, quite another
Part of the pinch in the budgets factor. However, it does 46ok as
ward spiral in business such as story. (This may help explain why
of individuals whose incomes have though there is more danger of a,;
was witnessed between
1929 and common stocks have been selling
1932. At worst, the next business at well below prewar ratios to

Bonds

built

been

happens, residual consumer lower wage costs and, in some
naturally diminish, with
debt, during this period. (These
cases,
very
low-cost plant and
figures exclude Government bonds the offsetting gains to landlords
equipment provided by American
absorbed by Social Security and usually flowing in a
somewhat funds.
Russia
is
also
making
similar agencies.) The total of pri¬ different direction than does the
strides in reopening her pre-war
vate debt during this period has disposable income of the tenant
avenues of trade with some of the
risen from $141 billion on Dec. 31, group.
countries which in recent years
1945, to a level of more than $277
(3) Expenditures for new plant have helped to consume some of

present time, almost cer¬
Among the reasons for believing tainly stands at over $300 billion.
that the next period of business In 1951 alone, there was a net in¬
readjustment, which seems more crease in private debt of $31 bil¬
likely than not to get under way lion. We would have to assume
year,

kept

have

incomes

at

goods.

not

general policy to

to fill armament contracts, the

tor in

that business recession

reasonably satisfactory. The
ending of the Korean war, or some 1949 readjustment in business af¬
other major international devel¬ fected
primarily the short-cycle or
opment, this seems to be a fairly soft goods industries, as at that
safe prediction. Under the circum¬ time we still had a
large, unsatis¬
from the

up

ac¬

cept any con¬
clusion

cush¬

market, expects declines limited to 25 to 40% in majority of issues.

dan¬
to

gerous

numerous

any

inventories. This is espe¬
cially true once the fear of short¬
ages is dissipated.
To the extent

levels. Regarding stock

prewar

of

because

that

ions, and profit margins will oscillate around

diately ahead.

de¬

build up

months; next change in industrial production will be from 10 to 15%

downward, but without entailing major depression, because of

months imme¬

de¬

a

there is of

three

next

over

the

of

sire to work off inventories, than
an increase in demand

i"

•

in

for goods because

mand

"

,

majority of economists are
agreed that business activity is

reduction

substantial

By ANTHONY GAUBIS
Business Activity

J..

Winnipeg

Telephone WHitehall 4-8161

Vancouver
Jf,;

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ADAMS, CLARENCE H.

ELDER, GEORGE J*

BURKHOLDER, H. FRANK

BISHOP, WESLEY *

Securities & Exchange Com¬

Smith, Bishop & Co., Syracuse

mission, Washington, D. C.

Equitable Securities Corpora¬
tion, Nashville, Tenn.

BLUM, ERNEST*

ALLEN, ORV1LLE G., Jr.*

Lynch, Allen & Co., Dallas

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Baltimore

Miami

BAILEY,
Foster

V.

DAN
&

Marshall

Southwestern Securities Com¬

Nelson

John C. Legg &

Daytona Beach

Company

Baltimore

New

York

HAHN, CHARLES W.
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.
Houston

Co.

HAIGNEY, DAYTON P.*

Worth

Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.
Boston

HAMMELL, ELMER *

New York

Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co.
Chicago

FRENKEL, LESTER
Gersten & Frenkel, New York

New York

Thomson & McKinnon, Miami

City

Co.

FRENCH, JOHN S.
A. C. Allyn & Co., Inc.

Boston

CHRISTOPHER, WM.
R. W. Pressprich & Co.

BRADY, EUGENE

Eastman, Dillon & Co.

Reinholdt & Gardner

St. Louis

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

FREDERICK

BARTON, D.

Fort

HANLEY, Mrs. L. G.

CHRYST, JOHN M.
BATEMAN,

BRITTAIN, M. C.

IfOMER

&

H. D. Knox & Co., Inc.

Co., New York

Coral Gables

Singer, Bean & Mackie, Inc.

CHENOWETH. JOHN
Thomson & McKinnon, Miami

BROWN, WM. P.

New York

Baker Simonds & Co.,

Detroit

BEAVERS, J. K.

BERTSCH, ARTHUR W.
G. A. Saxton &

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Beane, Miami

CLARK, PHILLIP J*

S. R.

May & Gannon, Inc., Boston

HATZ, ARTHUR *
Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder,

GOODMAN, RICHARD *
Shields

CLEAVER, JAMES P.
Goodbody & Co., New York

New

&

Livingstone, Crouse &

Co., Detroit

Thomson & McKinnon, Miami

CLARKE, HAGOOD, Jr.*
Barcus, Kindred & Co., Miami

BURKE, WM. J., Jr.*

Co., Inc.

New York

HASTINGS, H. RUSSELL

GOGGIN, ROBERT

Denver

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated, St. Louis

Atlanta

New York

GIVENS, J. J.

Amos C. Sudler & Co.

BUNN, JOHN W.

Company of Georgia

HART, MAURICE
New York Hanseatic Corp.

dinger, Cincinnati

New Orleans

BEAN, JULES

Boston

FUERBACHER, JOHN *
Walter, Woody & Heimer-

Thomson & McKinnon

BROWN, WM. PERRY
Newman, Brown & Co.

Trust

HARRINGTON, FRANK *

CHRYST, RICHARD S.

BATKIN, ELY*
Batkin

Daytona Beach

Louis

St.

New York

FRIEDMAN, LEONARD *
Boettcher and Company
Chicago

Thomson & McKinnon

Scherck, Richter & Co.

Pacific Northwest Co., Seattle

Moseley Co., Chicago

HAGENS1EKER, EARL

FREEAR, LANDON A*

New York

CHAPIN, JOHN R.

BRADLEY, R. EMMET.

O'Rourke, Inc.

F. S.

Cleveland

Wm. N. Edwards &

Dallas

New York

HACK, JOHN J*

Dooly & Co., Miami

Gottron, Russell &
CLIFFORD K.

WM., Jr.

Bonner & Gregory,

The First Boston Corporation

BRADFORD, HUGH *

BARR, TRACY*
T.

GREGORY,

FOSTER, L. WARREN *

New York
CHANNELL,

pany,

SAM*
Pledger & Company, Inc.
Los Angeles

EMERY

Oscar E.

Lasser Bros.,

BARNES, RICHARD
A. M. Kidder Co., New York

FLINN,

CERF, DAVID
Ludman Corp., Miami

Co., Inc.

GREEN,

Petersburg

FISHER, DONALD *

Cayne & Co., Cleveland

BOLOGNINI, R. R.

Portland, Ore.

Beil & Hough, St.

Inc., Chicago

New York

Beach

EVANS, J. HERBERT

Baker, Simonds & Co., Detroit

Gearhart & Otis, Inc.

Bond

Louisville

CAYNE, MORTON A*

Atwill and Company

Bankers

The

Detroit

FISHER, CHARLES F.
National Quotation Bureau,

CAUGHLIN, EDWARD *
Edward J. Caughlin & Co.

Philadelphia

BOLAND, JOHN

WM, Jr.

CARRISON, GEORGE H.
Pierce-Carrison Corporation
Jacksonville

Stein Bros. & Boyce

York

ATWILL,

Co., Inc.

Francisco

BODIE, CHARLES A., Jr.

ARNOLD, HARRY L*
New

Slocumb &

Brush,
San

GRAHAM, THOMAS

Straus, Blosser & McDowell

Inc., New York

Company

York

♦Denotes

Mr. and

Mrs.

COART, Mrs. L. H.
Thomson & McKinnon, Miami

COLLINS, GEORGE L*

CANADIAN SECURITIES

Geyer & Co. Incorporated
New York

COLWELL, SAMUEL

WATT

&

W. E. Hutton & Co., New York

WATT

McLeod,Youmg,Weir&Compaky
LIMITED

COOK, ROBERT

Established 1908

B. J. Van

Members:

Members of The Investment Dealers' Association of Canada

Ingen & Co., Inc.

Miami

The Toronto Stock Exchange
Montreal Stock

DEALERS IN ALL

COURTNEY, WM*

Exchange

CANADIAN SECURITIES

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Beane, Jacksonville

Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Investment Dealers' Association of Canada

Direct

CRANE, G. PRICE*
Private

wire

White, Weld & Co., 40 Wall St.

to

Telephone—WHitehall 4-4900

Arnold & Crane, New Orleans

private wire

The First Boston

CROCKETT, GORDON *

to

Montreal and

Corporation, New York

Stock orders executed

on

all Exchanges

Crockett & Co., Houston
6

Jordan Street,

Head Office

Toronto, Ontario

CUNNINGHAM, FRANCIS J.

Telephone—Empire 3-7151
Branch
Fort

50

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

King Street West, Toronto, Canada

New York

Offices:

William, Port Arthur, London, Ontario

Branch Offices
Montreal

Ottawa

CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE

Hamilton

London

Winnipeg

New York

Correspondents in London, England

Geo. W.

Cunningham & Co.
Westfield, N. J.

CURR1E, TREVOR *
Denver

S av ard, Hodgson & Co., inc.
Members

Paul A. Davis & Co., Miami

of The Investment Dealers'

Association of Canada

J. W. Tindall &

Street, W., Montreal—Plateau 9501

1181 St. Catherine St. West
SHERBROOKE

TROIS-RIVIERES

and

Dealers in

—

DEAN, JAMES B*

investment dealers
276 St. James

Underwriters
DAVIS, PAUL A.

Co., Atlanta

Canadian

and

Joseph McManus & Co.,
New York

Corporation

CHICOUTIMI

«

Government, Municipal

DEDRICK, GEORGE

Securities

DEPPE, RALPH *

Savard

Hart

&

Members

of

for

Oscar E. Dooly & Co., Miami

Exchange

quoted

delivery

in
in

United
the

Canadian Funds for

States

United

Fewel & Co., Los Angeles

stock brokers

Equitable Securities

EBLE, HOWARD

Street, W., Montreal—Plateau 9501

SHERBROOKE
CHICOUTIMI




TROIS-RIVIERES
NEW YORK

or

delivery in Canada.

Wm. J. Mericka & Co.,

Inc.

ST. JOHNS P. Q.

EGAN, JOHN

F.

"

st
i

California Co,
Francisco

Canada

,

220

Cleveland

of

LIMITED

Bay Street

Toronto, Canada

1181 St. Catherine St. West
QUEBEC

Funds

States

EARNEST, GEORGE H*

Montreal Curb Market

276 St. James

Prices

DOOLY, OSCAR E.

Montreal Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock

Edward D. Jones & Co.
Louis

St.

Telephone:

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HAWKINS, DANIEL M.
Hawkins & Co.,

LEE, ALONZO H*

Cleveland

HECHT, JOHN C.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
Los

Angeles

.

McKinnon

LILLIS, DONALD C.
Bear, Stearns & Co.

Indianapolis

Courts & Co.,

Atlanta

New

Gordon Graves & Co.

Prescott & Co.,

HOLTON, CHARLES*
Holton, Hull & Co.
Los Angeles

Cleveland

LONG, MARTIN

J. Van Ingen &

F. Reilly & Co., Incorpo¬
rated, New York

J.

Warner &

Co.,

Incorporated, New York

ROBERTS, RICHARD
Florida

Kay, Richards & Co.
Pittsburgh

Co., Inc.

Parsons &

Crowell, Weedon & Co.

F. B.

Co., Inc., Cleveland

New

Los Angeles

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas

WM.

MONTAGUE, ARCH *

Lynch, Allen & Co., Dallas

Thomson & McKinnon,

HUDEPOHL, HARRY J*

King Merritt & Co., Inc.

McCLEARY, GEORGE *

Cincinnati

St. Petersburg

McCREEDY, C.

MORGAN, KNEALE
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

T.

McCreedy & Company, Inc.

McCreedy & Company, Inc.

First National Bank of

PIERCE, DANIEL T.
Leedy, Wheeler &

MORTON, FRED G.*

Hendricks & Eastwood,

Inc.

ISAACS, HENRY
Virginia Securities Co.

McCULLEY, CLAYTON R*
First Southwest Company

Norfolk

Dallas

JACKSON, WINTON A*
First Southwest Company

McGlVNEY, J. T.

Dallas

Hornblower &

Weeks

New York

JOLLEY, LEX *
Johnson, Lane, Space & Co.,

f. *
McLaughlin, Reuss & Co.

Mclaughlin, john

Inc., Atlanta

New York

JONES, JAMES *
Courts & Co., Atlanta

McMANUS,

JOSEPH

Joseph McManus & Co.

KATZ, ARTHUR

New York

The Cincinnati Municipal

Cincinnati

McDonald &

KEARTON, JOHN
National Quotation Bureau,

Company

Cleveland

Inc., Philadelphia

Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc.

KELLY, EDWARD *
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

MAGUIRE, FELIX E*
Stroud & Company, Incorpo¬

KELLY, JAMES *
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Philadelphia

rated,

MAGUIRE, JAMES B*
J. B. Maguire & Co., Inc.

New York

PLUMRIDGE,

Seattle

&

SCHLOSS, IRWIN *
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Co., New York

New York

PORTER, CLAUDE G.
White, Noble & Co.

SCHLOSSER, GUST AVE*
Union Securities Corporation

Detroit

Kirk-

New York

PRICE, THOMAS W.
McAndrew & Co., Inc.

SEABER, ALFRED M.
A.

San Francisco

Co.

Miami

QUIGLEY, JAY L.
Quigley & Co., Inc., Cleveland

Inc.

RAHN, FRED

J*

The Crummer

The Illinois

Company, Inc.

Orlando

Co., Miami

SHEEHAN, DANIEL M., Jr.*
Sheehan, McCoy & Willard
Boston

SHORSHER, FRED A.

Company

Ball Burge & Kraus

Chicago

Cleveland

RAND, ARTHUR H.

OETJEN, HENRY

Kidder &

M.

SERLEN, LEWIS H.
Josephthal & Co., New York

PULLIAM, LAWRENCE S.
Weeden & Co., Los Angeles

New York

W.

SCHLICTING, HUGH R.
Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.

POOLE, HORACE I.
Eisele & King, Libaire, Stout

patrick, Nashville, Tenn.

Carl Marks & Co.,

tion, New York
THEODORE E.

Warner & Co.,
Incorporated, New York

MUSCHETTE, LESLIE
First of Michigan Corpora¬
tion, Detroit

Marshall, Seattle

Dominion Securities Corpora¬

J. Arthur

MULLER, GEORGE J*
Janney & Co., Philadelphia

Frank D. Newman &

Foster &

SAUNDERS, WALTER F*

Jacksonville

MOSS, W. F.
National Quotation
Bureau,
Inc., New York

NOEL,

New York

New York

rated, Philadelphia

NELSON, WM., II
Clark, Landstreet &

SANDERS, SIDNEY J*

PIERCE, ROBERT J*
Pierce-Carrison Corp.

NIEMAN, BARNEY

MAGID, SAMUEL E*

SALKAY, ZOLTAN
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Beane, Jacksonville

Orlando

Company, Incorpo¬

NEWMAN, FRANK D.

McPOLIN. BENJAMIN J.

Alleman,

PIERCE, PAUL
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman

MOSLEY, R. VICTOR *
Stroud &

Philadelphia

Chicago, Chicago

Inc., Orlando

The Milwaukee Company
Milwaukee

McCULLEN, WM.

New York

Chicago

SACHNOFF, SAMUEL *

Seattle

A. M. Kidder & Co.

Miami

HUNTER, WELLINGTON *
Hunter Securities Corp.

Cruttenden & Co.,

Pacific Northwest Co.

MORLEY, JOHN

McCREEDY, Mrs. MARION

New York

Continued

Woodard-Elwood & Co.

McGinnis & Company
New York

Minneapolis

"Denotes Mr. and

Mrs.

Boston

KING, MARTIN I.
Sutro Bros. & Co., New York

MARCUSSON, P. A.
Investment Dealers' Digest

KING, THOMAS
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

New York

Chicago

MARSLAND, ALLISON W*

Wood, Gundy & Co., Inc.

KNAPP, REGINALD *

New York

Wertheim & Co. New York

JUSTUS
Robinson-Humphrey & Com¬

MARTIN,

KNOX, Mrs. EDNA
H. D. Knox & Co., Inc.
New

pany,

Goldman, Sachs a Co.

Inc., Atlanta

York

ESTABLISHED 1869

MASON, WALTER G*
Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc.

KRUMHOLZ, NATHAN
Siegel & Co., New York

Lynchburg, Va.

NEW YORK

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CHESTNUT STREET
LOCUST

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Exchange

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PHILADELPHIA

CHICAGO

BOSTON
75

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York

SACHNOFF, MOREY D*
Straus, Blosser & McDowell
Chicago

Cincinnati

Jacksonville

Starkweather & Co.

Batkin & Co., New

PHILLIPS, JOSEF*

& Beane, Miami

Miami

HUNT, GEORGE V*

City

W. D. Gradison & Co.

Florida Securities Company

HUDSON, JOHN M*
Thayer, Baker & Co.
Philadelphia

York

SACCO, ARTHUR

PHILLIPS, GEORGE

Miami

Westheimer and Company

Ashplant Co., New York

ROTHSCHILD, GEORGE

Equitable Securities Corpora¬
tion, Nashville, Tenn.

MOORE, VICTOR *

New York

Miami

PETTEY, C. HERBERT

McALEER, GEORGE *
Dominick & Dominick

Co.

W. E. Hutton & Co.

Cincinnati

HOUGH, WM. R.
Beil & Hough, St. Petersburg

Light

ROSSBACH, HOWARD *
Securities & Exchange Com¬
mission, Washington

PEPPER, CECIL B.
LYNCH,

Boston

&

RODGERS, RAYMOND
New York University

PEARSON, G. HAROLD*

The First Cleveland Corp.

Power

ROBSON, FREMONT

PARSONS, E. E., Jr.*

WM.

Cleveland

HOMSEY, ANTON E.
duPont, Homsey & Company

REILLY, JOHN Fx

PARKER, H. SHELDON

Miami

MILLER,

Chronicle, New,York

York

J. Arthur

MICHELS, HARRY A.
Allen & Company
New York City

B.

LISTON, CORWIN L.

Tx.e Commercial & Financial

OHLANDT, JOHN D*

New York

MILLER, F. BOICE *

Gooabody & Co., Tampa

REILLY, F. VINCENT

O'KANE, JOHN, Jr.
John J. O'Kane, Jr. & Co.

New York

HOLT, WILSON

Bond Corp.,

New York *

MEANS, J. W.

MEYERS, JOHN J,, Jr.*
LESTRANGE, GEORGE *
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.
Pittsburgh

REED, HARRY F*
Dallas Rupe & Son, Dallas

Thomson & McKinnon

Richmond

HOLT, HENRY
&

O'HARA, WALTER

Atlanta

LEE, GARNETT O., Jr.*
Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc.

HEIMERDINGER, JOHN*
Walter, Woody & Heimerainger, Cincinnati

Thomson

MATHEWS, ROBERT C., Jr.
Trust Company of Georgia

Sterne, Agee & Leach
Birmingham

13

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Thursday, November 13, i952

Report of the Public Relations Committee
'

'P

'

Oof-ion

A/Tr«Oinni«

nf

"Annii'ciF^Con-

told

the convention

'the

of

work of

the Committee

in

in¬

foster

to

vestment edu¬

cation

a n

under¬

d

in¬

securities

dustry, but reOetjen

Henry

the

vealed

difficulties in¬
volved

because

of

handi¬

certain

He particularly stressed the

caps.

need for

Public Relations Com¬

a

mittee of

a

more

unlisted

several
United has already developed
either such outstanding broadcasts. (It is

mutual funds

or

securities.

the

with

accordance

In

above,

committee sent out a letter,

your

outlined

as

you

a

standing of the

in

investing

into

listed,

the

in

millions"

"middle
States

"As

better

undertaken
cational

the NSTA has

broad national edu¬

a

in savings and
and I have accepted

Director of Public Re¬
in order to put the pro¬

the job of

lations

In this en¬

into operation.

gram

deavor, I am obviously going to
need help from all of our 30 re¬
"The

which comes to

program

is the one spon¬
sored by the Institute of Fiscal
by local affiliates in the work of
and Political Education under the
the Committee.
a

greater role

ready made

us

of Investment Features Ser¬

name

The text of Mr. Oetjen's report

follows:
At

organization
midwinter

the

dinner'

in

February, our good President,
Russell Hastings, offered me the
Chairmanship of the Public Rela¬
tions

Committee

of

NSTA.

Iy

ac¬

cepted this position fully realizing
the importance of the work that
it

would

be

this

for

necessary

Committee

to
face. On July 14,
1951, the NSTA undertook a pro¬

of

gram

The Institute is

vice.

endorsement

promise

and

the

of

the

by

the New York
Features

Ser¬

consists of

monthly tabloid of feature arti¬
which

cles

have

to

distributed

are

regular national
which

sored

all

by

for

be

can

of

weekly

groups.)
Various other projects
being planned for the future
additional funds become avail¬

as

It

able.

is

feeling

my

that

this

first

organizational

in

step

such

I

program,

an

would

suggest that each regional presi¬

regional
public
relations
director,
who
would
automatically
become
a
member of
the national public
dent

appoint

special

a

In this way

relations committee.
we

could

on

while

the

at

down to

work

all

a

national

a

local level

regional association
local

full

benefits

so

re-publication to several thousand
daily and weekly papers through¬
out
the country
as
well as to

tions

zealous

individual

leading industrial employee pub¬

doing

the

tee

Public

to

Relations

Commit¬

do

everything possible to
projeet this program before our
various: affiliates

this

sponsor

hope

that

its

redounding
firm

one

help
all

or

our

know,

that

our

to

and

program
success,

the

group

attempt to
with

the

while not

profit

of

any

of firms, would

industry requires

a

great
edu¬

cate,

"This

a

price

am

sure

ness

program

will

the

get

public

a

an

of $120 a year, which I
most people in our busi¬

It

is

rela¬

active and

interested

in

will agree

contribution

to

is
an

very

a

effort

what

might

be

called

the

modest
that

is

as

well

which

as

be handled with

designed to create new investors
and can be most effectively used

tasks

by all of us in this connection. The

committees set up by

Investment Features

Service

ration

of broadcast

also

the

can

assistance

group

public

of

informal

local

the regional

relations

would

same

ex¬

isting national radio programs and

this

dealers

munity

tneir

as

of

the

enclosing

am

January
the
This

demand from national

radio

a

for

articles

of

several

the

result

editor

millions.
of

this

As

pub¬

lication

and general magazines, and
program directors for spe¬

investment

sent to the editor

largest and best
publications having a cir¬

culation

attracting
farm, busi¬

of

our

of

one

farm

Service.

Features

was

of

is already

service

ness,

Commerce,

the
issues of

February

and

Investment

up

the Treasury Department, U.
Savings Bond Division for New

Financial Editor of the Journal

of

copies

and

picked

(3) An article by Shelley Pierce,

to

this educational program.
"I

port¬

funds

tion.

com¬

contribution

investment

mutual

York, and blown up into a folder
which they gave wide distribu¬

service from ail

monthly

"Will

directors.

wrote a special feature
urging investment in com¬

article

stocks

mon

their

mutual

and

which has since

Again,

to

me

letter

earliest convenience, giv¬

funds,

this

appeared.

this second

to

response

negligible.

was

should

be

not

However,

considered

a

opinion of the above sug¬

ing your

the

person
are

criticism of the affiliates but per¬

telling the name of

gestions and

in your group whom haps a criticism of the committee
appointing
and
with for the following reason:

whom I can work out further de¬

In both of these letters

we more

tails.

"Public

this

with

Enclosed

letter

that until such

above, were copies of the
January and February issues of
the

the

suggestion

for

of

a

educational

we

were

which

appear

as

April 2,

we

that

up.

as

a

In this second letter

plained

that

we

in

had enclosed
was

sent

editors of
papers,

to

we

our

ex¬

first let¬

we

idea,

least

at

solicitation

sent

pro¬

memoranda,

would be able to

it for the benefit of the indus¬
as a

With
we

radio stations and indus¬

were

just

a

try

several thousand

efforts

the

use

daily and weekly news¬

and

un¬

get newspapers to pick it up and

whole.
this

this

a

program,

greater degree of

The financial results have

apparently

being

particular

obtained

success.

trial house organs throughout the

country,

and

hoping that

follow-

its

to

We, therefore, decided

dropped

gram

material which

the

ter

we

We then pre¬

pared another letter

attached

perhaps it would be best if

temporarily, of

received replies

from four affiliates.

firmly established

be

would

dertaken.

sponsoring.

The
response
received by
the
regular Committee to this particular letter
was not too encouraging.
On

even

certain amount of skep¬

pro¬

to

institution,

ability to further the program

fur¬

the

a

ticism

and radio stations as copy

articles

perhaps realized

an

nent names, has

they itself,

that

could be distributed to local news¬
papers

subscrip¬

though sponsored by very promi¬

Service

Feature

Investment

should have

We

as

stated

with

that

requested

tions be forwarded to the Institute.

Committee."

Relations

less

or

"Sincerely,
"Chairman,

gram

available material at

please write

you

at your

"(a) To interest the local press
and local radio stations in using
intervals.

S.

Fair

a

sug¬

stocks—was

common

available

made

investment

therance

the

be

You

definitely

an

include

folio

by

Offer

which
that

gested

women s

"(d) To encourage subscriptions

These tasks would be:

material, fea¬

before

Bond

Break,"

this office.

prepa¬

turing investment, for use of

ings

en¬

Speeches or material for

you

cooperating in
a
vigorous way in fund raising.
The job of the regional groups
will consist of several important

groups,

speaking

arrange

chambers of com¬
and other local and civic

groups.

Editor

Commercial and Financial Chron¬

puoncations

local

merce,

Wilfred
of
the

A.

by

Executive

icle, entitled "Does the U. S. Sav¬

affiliates

clubs,

article

An

May,

use.

is

industry generally. We
as later events proved, helps in the promotion and

public relations program to

the Bill Slater

States.

(2)

tue

nuance

tne material

employee

To

local

that each

"The job of the national direc¬

lications.

"(c)

cial

real job.

appointee be

to

use

gagements for tne omcers of our

it

tying

thereof.

this

that

important

program

time

same

closely

very

to

otherwise.

and

to

the

nelping

ana

their

in

boost.

group

our

in

rations

irom

if

way

financed by tor of public relations will consist
educational program pf the Insti¬
sale of this monthly service to in cooperating with the sponsors
tute of Fiscal and Political Edu¬
investment firms, industrial and in creating suitable material and
cation. We felt it was the duty
utility corporations, and others at getting it out to the regional
of

on

100 stations in the

over

on

United

utility and inausuiai corpo¬

program

be put over in a big
will organize
properly to give it a good initial
program can

Up!"

"(b) To enlist the cooperation of
local

spon¬

regional

our

are

together

of Education.

Investment

ciiirent program

vice

the

introduction

of

State Department

a

non-profit

a

chartered

Board of Regents of

The

ultimately sufficent funds may be
raised from sale of this service

"As

gional groups.

belief that

writer's hope and

this

broadcasts

follows:

know,

program

investment,

permanent ten¬

and called for

ure,

re-broadcast

was

raaio program, "Americans, Speak

efforts

its

typical

distribution:

(1) An article by H. Eugene
Dickhuth, Herald Tribune Finan¬
cial
Writer, entitled "Diamonds
May Not Be a Girl's Best Friend"

on

21.r Mr.

pet.

.

^■Optjen

three
three

cite
cite

to
to

this

results of

extended to two-year term.

Public Relations Committee

jventiorrof the

like
like

would
would

...

_

"Investment Features Service," favored by the
National Association^* to spread savings and investment education. Sees need
for more activity along these lines by local affiliates. Wants chairmanship of

tions

-qAssociation

...

_

Henry Oetjen tells o£ efforts of

^tela-

Public

NSTA

the

of

man

of

i y
hV

•

Rr

McGinnig^ &
Company, New York City, Chair¬
Oetjen,

Henry

proved

that

perhaps

overall program was a little

constantly made to have it picked too great to be handled. It is your
up

and used

on a

Committee's general opinion that

nat onal basis. I

r

u

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THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number

Convention

for public

vention that most of the chairmen

relations to be handled by NSTA

of committees consider their work

perhaps the best

is

way

them

have

publicize

garding

any

suggestions

forward-looking

re¬

that

note

Louisville
the

of

the

Ohio

a

"for the

of Louisville

similar

been

inaugurating

are

in investment at the

person."

average

A

Association

Bankers

course

University

of

cooperation

Valley Group of the

America

of

has

course

already

inaugurated at the Univer¬

sity of Cincinnati and about 800
to 900 persons

attended.

Also the Detroit Public

and

the

Detroit

sponsoring

are

Stock
a

weekly

meetings.

various

industry,

our

"Types

Library

Exchange

series

of

Topics

speakers,

with

five

the

of

identified

all

follows:

are as

Securities Available

of

Investors"; "How to Read the
Section

Financial

ministration

of

a

the

glad

Club

Bond

the

with

Investment

short

there

and

forms

its

Report oi NSTA Legislative Committee

is

Chairman Walter G. Mason reports
members

to contact

Newspa¬

can

than

most

limit powers

feel he

out

Manley

committees

specific func¬

can

I

should have

perform,

Relations

The Detroit Library and

of SEC.

Reporting
NSTA

on

activities

of

the

Legislative Committee dur¬

is that

nothing is expected to hap¬
of our
to Con¬

I feel that each member

ing past year, Chairman Walter G.

the

compose

such

a

ad¬

an

certain that the Public

am

Committee

details

of it

work

could

for him.

It

the

member

members of the

from

groups

have

various

the

most

Staff of the SEC

cooperative

and

always seemed ready and willing
give any information and an¬
swer any questions we might ask.

States and the

Co.,

Atlanta, Ga.
J. L.

Quigley

Cleveland, Ohio
Landon A.

Freear

William N. Edwards &
Fort

Co.,

Worth, Texas

Elmer W. Hammell

Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co.,
Chicago, 111.
Thomas

W.

Price

McAndrew &
San

Co., Inc.,

Francisco, Calif.

Josef C. Phillips

Pacific Northwest

Co.,

Seattle, Wash.
Donald L. Patterson

Boettcher &

Co.,

Denver, Colo.

Sun Valley,

Idaho

Selected

Site of

as

to

and
members

present
past

been

James B. Dean
J. W. Tindall &

this year.

pen

Mason, of Scott, Horner & Mason, Association is indebted
Lynchburg, Va., confined his re¬ gressman Fred E. Busbey from Il¬
tenure of office of at least two marks largely to the efforts of the linois who with his Bill H. R. 6846
securities industry to prevent the is trying definitely to limit the
years. It is my considered opin¬
Securities and Exchange Commis¬ powers of the SEC with regard to
ion that during
such a period oi
sion from carrying out its pro¬ members of our profession, and I
time a substantial amount of con¬
am most indebted to my old friend
posal to levy new and higher fees
Jay Quigley who attended both
structive work could be done.
on investment dealers.
The text of Mr. Mason's report hearings.
Another
suggestion
which
I
Following the policy of previous
follows:
would like to make is that every
Legislative Committees, on April
While our Legislative Commit¬
16 we had dinner with members
officer and national representative tee's report for 1951 showed that
of the SEC and Tony Lund of the
their activities were limited in
should, during the period of the
staff, at Hotel Statler, Washington.
scope, it seemed as though every¬
The meeting was attended by the
year, make it a point to attempt
thing waited
following officers of the NSTA—
to
give an address in his local until this
year
President Hastings, Vice-President
community before some group, to break loose.
Quigley,
Secretary
Bunn,
and
I
m
u
s
t
not only building up NSTA, but
your Chairman. While this meet¬
pause
here
ing was small, we felt much was
doing a public relations job for
and
thank
accomplished and it did much to
the
industry
generally. If
the each and
further our good relations with
officer or representative does not every one of
the SEC.
I might add that the
to

tions

Analysis"; and "How to Set Up

a

the

which have certain

dress,

Investment Program."

of

NSTA

urges

Congressmen in support of House Bill 6846, which would

Committee,

be considered different

which

conferences with SEC, and

com¬

new

Relations

Public

per"; "Introduction to Investment

Personal

done

hiatus until the next ad¬

tion, therefore, if possible, is that

Beside the above, we were
to

less

or

a

industry in their local mittees in February. My sugges¬

our

newspapers.

to

more

again

|to work with the local affiliates

arid

To

1953 NSTA Convention

broad coverage, your
Next year's Convention of the
thought it wise to select
in the local area wherever that
lative
Com¬
committeemen
that
represented National Security Traders Asso¬
identical five week series of talks
Walter G. Mason
may be but it migHt be possible
mittee for the
our members generally in all sec¬
ciation will be held at Sun Valley,
on Security Investment.
to
tions of the country.
get
some
national publicity help given us
This wide
throughout the nation in protest¬ representation and the splendid Idaho, during the week of Sept.
Your Committee does not know on it.
ing Release 4669 of the Securities efforts of these committeemen in 14. This will mark the 20th an¬
In summation, I think the hest
how
many
other affiliates are
and Exchange Commission under1 contacting their Congressmen and nual
meeting of the Association
sponsoring such programs. It defi¬ which can be said for this Com¬ date of Jan. 31, 1952, and I urge influential friends I am sure
which
includes
4,000 individual
nitely would be a constructive mittee is that they were able to each of you to continue your ac¬ played a real part and, I believe,
members and 31 separate Affili¬
tivities in this connection. The will prove a deciding factor in the
move of great benefit to all.
accomplish, in a small way, a fair
In announcing the site of
first hearing in Washington on final outcome of this important ates.
At this time we believe that the amount of public relations work March
matter.
14, 1952 was so well at¬
next
year's meeting, President¬
but of greater importance is the tended and there were so many
Respectfully submitted,
following suggestions are appro¬
elect Harry L. Arnold, of Gold¬
self-analysis work which it has people interested that they had to
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
priate.
man, Sachs & Co., New York City,
have another hearing March 31,
accomplished and if something
Walter G. Mason, Chairman
Committees are usually formed
stressed the importance to mem¬
1952, and I am very pleased to re¬
could be done about the two con¬
Scott, Horner & Mason,
bers of their attending the annual
by the President at the mid-win¬
port that at this writing nothing
Lynchburg, Va.
structive suggestions made in this so far has been done with regard
ter
gatherings, adding that his fel¬
meeting in February.
The
Walter F. Saunders
report—then perhaps NSTA could to raising the fees on investment
low officers and members of the
Chairman of the various commit¬
dealers. Your Chairman has been
Dominion Securities Corp.,
receive the type of publicity which
Executive Committee will use the
tees must then go ahead and form
to Washington on an average of
New York City
its standing in the financial com¬
once each month and
we have a
experience gained from the last
a group to work with him.
This
William J. Burke, Jr.
munities of our country warrants.
19
meetings to make the 1953
member there who keeps in close
naturally requires a great deal of
May & Gannon,
Convention "the finest ever."
The
Committee
at this
time touch. The consensus of opinion
Boston, Mass.
letter-writing and awaiting re¬
Bennett

sponses

It

ates.

&

Co.

has

the

various affili¬
the experience

of this committee that the forma¬
tive work
three

months, which brings us up
beginning of vacation time.

to the

During the
urally
and

very

in

the

vention

is

months, nat¬

summer

of

officers

the

thank

to

wants

for

Counsel

Executive

the

to

thanks

special

the

the

Legis¬

comes

annual

our

its

financial

publications, the Commercial and
Chronicle

Financial

vestment Dealers

con¬

and

the

In¬

Digest, for their

Trading Markets Maintained in

Respectfully submitted,
PUBLIC RELATIONS

along without too

only natural after the

a

and

little is accomplished fine cooperative spirit.

fall,

get

Chairman

also a

splendid cooperation and,

COMMITTEE

having been accomplished.

much
It

about two to

consumes

only

sponsoring

are

been

from

then be publicized not

could

Oetjen, Chairman

Henry

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16

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Report of the National Municipal Committee
Winton

A.

Southwest

Jackson of the

Company,

First

aminer

Chairman Winton A. Jackson reviews recent State and local legislative action

Dallas,

Texas, Chairman of the Municipal
Committee

of

the

National

of

Se¬

curity Traders

general interest to the municipal bond fraternity, and discusses the

tion of the

use

Association,
released

report
the

problem for investment dealers, and

the

this

of

Committee

of public credit for industrial aid financing.

do their utmost in

to

ers

at

Annual

Convention

elections

tion

held

Oct.

on

Illinois School Bonds

on

after June

9, 1951, were in-

financing

property
erai

local

in

the

revenue

State

for

gen-

From

purposes.

the property within
legislative ac- tionality of the law, as it applied their respective boundaries for
tion
affecting particularly to the election held county purposes, except the first
municipal by Hinsdale Consolidated School $3,000 value of residential home-

Jackson

A.

Winton

page County, to test the consiitu-

and District No. 181. On Nov. 30, Judge

bonds,
discusses

the

Daniels

of

Du

Page County, dis-

the

missed the suit and it was subse-

growing practice of localities in
issuing municipal bonds in aid of
private industrial financing.

qUentiy taken to the Illinois Su-

problem

grave

The

of the report follows:

text

been

has

There

from

arising

no

legislation

Court. On Jan. 23, 1952, the

preme

Supreme

Court

held that it was

clear that the intent of the legis-

lators

was

taxes

upon

steads, not to exceed 30 cents

on

There

was

nassed

a

unusual

an

County

Case"

occur¬
...

In Texas, the case known as the

the

State "Grimes County Case" was of imto Illinois portance. This suit was brought by

that

of

relating

law

(Article 5A),but this

taxpayers in the County, seeking

must

be

to

include that

citizens

the

of

admitted that the omission

oversight,

but

was

prepared

was

Clair

obligations

Detroit-Wayne

County Building Authority is now
contemplating an issue of $17,000,for

all

similar

a

will

be

and
follow,

purpose,

undoubtedly

Committee feels

Your

cognizant of

should

we

this

type

of

Minnesota Debt Proposal
Minnesota,

In

voters

to

United

was

nevertheless

the

State

ad

such donation. The Municipal Secunties Committee of the Texas
Group, IBA, took an active interest in this case. The current case
was heard on June 30, 1952, in the
District Court which held that the

taxpayers

are

appealing the

case,

•

The

Distributor * * Dealer

Michigan

1

.

.

Legislature

in

1948 authorized the formation of

Re¬

in Texas.

banking houses, who supply

them

to

These

Bank

their

have

been

with

the

bank

Credit

set

Reports,

in conjunction

up

bank

customers.

File

examiners,

and

approval and ful¬

requirements.

Industrial
There is

Aid

Financing

something that is facing

the

and school districts in particular

that your Committee feels should

to

direct

go

the

State

The

to

amendment

Trust

the

for

loans.

of bonds

range

qualify

for

such

which would

investment

by

changing the debt ratio from 15%

of the assessed valuation to 10% of

also take

business away from

some

municipal

bond

dealers

by

be
.

investment

of

.

grave

"public

fraternity

concern

that

and

.

is

credit

for
you

mentioned

was

the

Municipal

today

all

to

the

financing." As

of

us

problem of

industrial

aid

will recall, this

in

the

Report of

Committee

nicipalities.

leased

Bond

Ratings

Your Committee feels
we

sure

that

have all been interested in the

requirements

set by the Comp¬
Currency regarding

^he rating of municipal bonds by

County and City

as

tenants. The

subsequently been tested
upheld by the Michigan Su¬
Court.

preme

Securities

200,000

St.

Huron

•

Joint

on

of

Industrial, Public Utility and

Railroad

Corporations
Company Stocks

of

Canadian Bonds

Development

The

'

<C

Cleveland

0

(1)

If

we

economic

should have

examiner

would

have

the

authority to do the following: If
b

,

carried

a

«Ba„

ratinfr

nr

then

meet

ments. If

Chicago

San Francisco

their

revenue

rental

ment of

allocated

type

"speculative"

by

examiners, the bank

the

exam-

iner could' if

bonds.
bonds

have

course,

the security

as

have to

ity."

the

u

*

if

on
•

j

other
<«-»

hand,

the

flict

a

general

a

been

higher

be

levied

on

tax

issued, then, of
tax

rate

and

would

would

on

in¬

the tax¬

»

payer, and

information

in depressed times,

lections.

so

obligation

heavy burden

ratlng or
better> and if up-to-date financial

bond CarrIed a

no

on pay¬

principal and interest

If

ial
information warranted, evaluate
"investment qual-

pay¬

issued, the municipality would,

considered

new

neces¬

bonds have been

bank

has

drastic

a

upheaval, and of

tlve to the evaluation of municipal prises would be forced to cut pro¬
bonds. Under this program, each duction, these enterprises could

Baa

indicated, the

Members New York Stock

CORPORATION
Pittsburgh

vestment

ex¬

all know the decrease

BONNER & GREGORY

FIRST BOSTON

some

—

the payment of

financing for the State of
Michigan, and perhaps the nation,

Foreign Dollar Bonds

....

the

based upon space
This is a

each unit.

area

Authority

secure

4S?cTaireaandte

of

rating service, and the fact of velopment to their
or
not
they are con¬ are:
sidered to be "speculative" or "in¬
whether

doubt, be forced to default

City of Port Huron, whereby the
County will pay 70% of the rental
charges of the project and the City
to

this

attracting industrial de¬

carried a Ba rating or
i°wer> which has in the past been

in
1949 which destroyed a
large porton of existing quarters.

bonds,

of

means

not

offered

proposed County-City and
Jail-Garage buildings is due to a

30%,
^

involved
use

bank

were

the

the

Reconstruction and

risks

municipalities

sity certain types of private enter¬

fi¬

15, 1952 and again on Nov.
7. The necessity for construction

In order to

when

chief Bank Examiners is trying to
inaugurate a new program rela-

was

Oct.

Bankers' Acceptances
Securities of the International Bank for

several

are

applied

charges.

Clair
County-Port
Building Authority

bond

fire

Bank and Insurance

are

service

$3,-

first

Revene Bonds which

Bonds, Preferred and Common Stocks

debt

quality" bonds. It is our
understanding that
one
of
the

The

nancing under this law

State, Municipal and Revenue

against
There

enterprises. The

therefrom

a

and

Government and its Instrumentalities

to private

rentals

troller of the

law has

Securities of the United States

through the issuance of bonds, to

a

Building Authority for the
purpose of
constructing and fi¬
nancing, through the issuance of

payable from rentals derived from




File

been set up

to help the smaller municipalities

bonds, joint County-City
buildings. These bonds are to be

Philadelphia

ment

tion will be voted upon in the
November elections. It is designed

Joint

revenue

Boston

holdings,

Credit

allowing the Investment Board to purchase land, construct buildings,
Purchase bonds direct from mu- plants, etc., which in turn are

Michigan Building Authorities

New York.

bank

on

porter, and in turn sold to invest¬

amendment to the State Constitu-

the

>

Underwriter

re¬

up-to-date finan¬

Bank

ports have

fill their

Fund

of

Texas

compli¬

proposed

a

would have the effect of widening

amount

for

cial information
the

In

Comptroller's

meet with their

Board should continue to

valorem taxes for the duration of

the

financing,

vided the revenue derived from
the levy of the tax shall be used

full

with

County-Port
These Reports are prepared peri¬
Building Authority
by a well-known in¬ odically by the Texas Bond Re¬

vestment firm. The

taxes authorized by the Constitution of the State of Texas, pro-

levy the

"speculative."

or

Joint

Huron

000

rate

at the
the full and true value. Minnesota
last
year
in
municipal bond dealers are op- convention held
posed to the amendment for two Coronado.
Since that time this
reasons—it would make possible
type of financing has been coming
amendment to Section 1-a, Article the investment of State Trust
more
and more to our attention.
ig4g^ which provideci that after VIII> of the State Constitution is Funds in municipalities where the
an
jan
^ 1951, no State ad valorem constitutional. We understand the financial statement is not as good In brief, the precedure is for a
all taxes shall' be levied upon any attorneys for the Grimes County as that now required, and it would municipality to
use
its
credit,

declare unconstitutional Section 1-a, Article VIII, of the ConStates and failed to set out the age stitution of the State of Texas and
limit of voters. The parties that all
amendments thereto.
There
orv.or.rimont +r> +V.O
Ar>+
drafted tne amendment to the Act was an amendment in November,
failed

law

ity"

granted, the State Automatic Tax

in Illinois this year

School Bonds

hand,

St.

the

on

to hold that the State for construction and maintenance

"Grimes

Legislature

51st

at

could

the bond either "investment qual¬

outstanding presentation of the

material

others

enacted Election Code governing qualifica- of

fraternity.

rence

complete prospectus, which

an

valuation, which is in
addition to all other ad valorem

pertaining to municipal securities
during the past 12 months. There
has been some State
and local

bond

A

as

up-to-date

reviewing

information,

quirements

each $100

farm-to-market roads or for
tions of voters must be implied in flood control, with one exception,
school elections, and, in addition, The exception provided that in
held constitutional the Code as counties or political subdivisions
legislative action that should be of amended and effective since July or areas of the State from which
tax donations had previously been
general interest to the municipal 1, 1951.
significance

national

of

after

financial

purposes.

The terpreted by approving legal at- and
after Jan. 1, 1951, the
report reviews torneys as being illegal. A suit several counties of the State are
recent State was filed Nov.
28, in Wheaton, Du authorized
to levy ad valorem
and

Holds this is serious

all NSTA members and other deal¬

1952.

21,

iner,

ance

dustrial

bonds

the

rate

rating at all, the bank exam¬

no

ques¬

dissuading municipalities from issuing bonds for in¬

of

the Associa¬

urges

could

"speculative." If the bond carried

Exchange

we

in tax col¬

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

it

We

If States continue to engage

(2)

in industrial

will

tween

the

destroy
Federal

balance

local

and

power

be¬

informative, and
strongly urges

be

The

long-term

problem

type of financing is the fact

that

of

probably

and

municipal bonds,

from

income
that

cree

are

they

all

are

types

not exempt
will

and

taxes

de¬

subject

of

Municipal

of

you

at

Conference,
adopted

its

46th

June

on

"Whereas,

18,

1952,

Report:

legisla¬

state

some

ar¬

would like

we

our

tures have enacted
numerous

the

on

like

would

we

this matter, and
refer

to

you

legislation

per¬

officers

acquire

and/or

con¬

Policy,

Oct.

Buyer" of

31, 1951).

"Senator

Pepper's Warning"

debt

pal

Wood

charges

Comment

on

Public

Lending

Credit for Private Use"—by
Wood

David

("Bond Buyer" of Dec.

—

Robie

by

Mitchell

L.

"Municipal Industrial Develop¬
Financing

by David M.

—

(" Bond Buyer" of April 5,

"Municipal Financing of Indus¬
Plants"

Mitchell

by

—

Robie

L.

obligations

to

of the kind

care¬

acquire

mentioned

by

service

arising

from

property; and
the

years,

on

municipal

Nov.

29, 1951, adopted the

the

of

enacted

states

laws

ipalities

to

credit;

in

have recently

construct
or

or

acquire

industrial plants

for the express purpose

of leasing

plants to private corporations

individuals and to finance such

or
or

and
purposes

for which such industrial

property

acquired

less,

Wanders

George

Then"—by

("Bond Buyer" of Sept.

locally,

may,

deemed to be

of

of

use

deemed

to

be

public

credit

is
in

adversely influence

can

position

and

traditional

munity from taxation
from municipal

of

such

munici¬

"City-Financed New Factories"

rily from rentals of such plants;

—("Business Conditions" of Sep¬

published

1952,

Federal Reserve Bank of

the

by

im¬

of the

in¬

obligations;

practices

Your Municipal

versely;

the past
upon

causes

to

go

Taylor

&

Co.,

local

record, and

on

that all members of the Na¬

Security

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,

Traders Associa¬

Incorporated, St. Louis

tion, and other dealers, do their
utmost

ties

in

from

Paul E. Youmans

dissuading municipali¬

issuing bonds for

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co., Inc.,

the

Denver

financing.

Gilbert Hattier, Jr.

Respectfully submitted,

White, Hattier &. Sanford,

NATIONAL MUNICIPAL

New Orleans
COMMITTEE
F. Boice Miller

Winton A. Jackson, Chairman
First Southwest

B. J. Van Ingen &

Company,

Co., Inc.,

Miami

Dallas
J. Hollis Austin
Edward V. Vallely, Vice-Chr.

John Nuveen &

J. W. Tindall &

Co., Chicago

P. Scott Russell,

Company,

Atlanta

Vice-Chairman

C. Herbert Pettey

Glore, Forgan & Co., New

Equitable Securities Corpora¬

York

tion, Nashville
Oscar M.

Bergman

EDITOR'S
was

NOTE:

The

Report
unani¬

mously.

accepted,

but

not

have had injurious effects

"Whereas, if this practice is un¬
checked it may react to the detri¬
ment of

our

economy

mately

present system of free

further

and

the

endanger

may

ulti¬

valuable

position of state sovereignty as a
of

our

constitutional

dual

Reyholds & Co.
Underwriters—Distributors

fore,

ment

resolved, that the Invest¬
Association

Bankers

of
Members

New York Curb Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

i/
.

.

Midwest Stock Exchange

From Toronto in the North...

.

to

San Juan in the south

.

.

.

from the

coast

New York Cotton Exchange

Trade

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

Chicago

Board

the Pacific, our 107

for the

purchase

or

offices provide

an

of

of Maine and west
120

to

BROADWAY

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

•

unusually effective network

sale of unlisted securities.
Branch Offices
Empire State Building

Staffed

by

than 900 account executives with thousands of

more

•

New York 1, N. Y.

Chicago, III.

Philadelphia, Pa. ;

can

always be called

are

on to

linked by 65,000 miles of private wire

find the buyer—or seller—you want.

.

.

.

East Orange,

Scranton, Pa.

Durham, N. C.

Bridgeton, N. J.

Morristown, N. J.

York, Pa.

these offices

Allentown, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa.

contacts,

Vineland, N. J.

Raleigh, N. C.

N. J.

Winston-Salem, N. C.

Elgin, III.
Chicago Heights, III.

Syracuse, N. Y.

For the address of the

one

nearest you,

simply write—

t

Direct Private Wires to

Trading Department

All Branch Offices

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane




70 PINE

STREET

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

Detroit, Mich.; San
Lincoln and Omaha,

and

Correspondents in

Francisco, Calif.; Buffalo, N. Y.;

Toronto, Canada

<7

4

to our

Neb.; Des Moines and Sioux City, Ia.

Offices in 103 Cities

t-

Inc.,

Lynchburg

public credit; and

"Be it

practice

like

would

Committee

Strader

A.

Strader,

in

part

"(3) The

Pittsburgh
Ludwell

Minneapolis

similar

system of government; now there¬

governments may be affected ad¬

Chicago).

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.,

Allison-Williams Company,

and

between local, state and Federal

as

George E. Lestrange

palities payable solely or prima¬

"(2) The position of sovereignty

13, 1952).

Seattle

islators, prospective issuing units

acquisition by the

bonds

"Whereas,

desirable

not

Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.,

state leg¬

prac¬

respects, among others, these:

"(1) It

come

ligation

continuation and broadenr

a

ing of the present trend and

some

be

desirable, nonethe¬

Wing

Willard B. Vadman

efforts to inform voters,

authorizing munic¬

manufacturing

construction

public

legislatures

the

"Whereas,
some

W.

Weeden & Co., San Francisco

"Second, that each use his best

purpose of industrial

following resolution:

an

"Whereas, although the
is

such

marketing

or

bonds; and

tional

The Investment Bankers Associ¬

such

generally had

upon

IBA

of

ation of American at its Conven¬

or

the

"Now—and

underwriting

Ivan

E. William Darmstatter

Attitude

revenue

or

debt

thereof

adverse effect

("Bond Buyer" of June

21, 1952).

tember,

general

the

vate venture has

tice

1952).

trial

(1)

issuance of revenue or general ob¬

("Bond Buyer" of Dec. 22, 1951).

Wood

legislators

fi¬

of such public credit for pri¬

use

"Public Bonds for Private Pur¬

ment

of

are

financed

be

"Whereas, in earlier

other

22, 1951).

poses"

to

are

obligations,

Further

Makes

Boston,

dinger, Cincinnati

caution in

excercise extreme

and

urge

tion

rentals of the leased

"David

in

functions,

acquisition costs

or

issuance

13,1951).

M.

governmental

where the

—

Pepper ("Bond Buyer" of Nov.

assembled at its 46th

or corpora¬

tions for other than generally rec¬

nanced

by Former Senator George Whar¬
ton

individuals, firms

Shows"—by ognized

Record

States

Walter, Woody & Heimer¬

fully consider the long-term ad¬ of local
government, and other
verse effects of the use of public
interested parties of the past ex¬
credit for private purposes, and
perience and inherent dangers of
(2) avoid the issuance of munici¬ public financing of this character."

pri¬

few of them:

David M. Wood ("Bond

United

Company, Incorpo¬

John G. Heimerdinger

this whole development

on

Ergood, Jr.

&

rated, Philadelphia

herein."

to

struct facilities to be leased to

Poor

the

of

and

property

to a

"Public Aid to Private Interests

Officers formed

Finance

Conference

mitting local subdivisions of gov¬

vate

Stroud

and

members

its

to

that each take it upon

"First,

Municipal

ernment

ticles written

recommends

"Therefore, be it resolved, that himself to become thoroughly in¬

Massachusetts, June 18, 1952 rec¬
Annual ommends that municipal finance

resolution pertaining to

a

incorporate in

Literature

Russell M.

America in convention assembled

Municipal Finance Officers

Association,

to

There have been

functions;

and Canada,

Officials

obligations

being for regular governmental to dealers generally:

as

Annual

The

to this
matter, which

taxation.

Pertinent

each

issue

to

not usually regarded

purposes

Association

Views

feel that this type

may

bond,

that

situation.

eventually the Federal Gov¬

of

committee

your

thoroughly familiar with this

of

this

ernment

that all of you will governments

sure

read these articles so that you may

self-government.
(3)

are

activities, eventually find these articles interesting and for

17

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

18

Thursday, November 13, 1952

CHRONICLE

NSTA Affiliates and Members
RICHARD

ABBE,

Security Traders Association of New York

Shields

&

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

F.

Company

ABELE. EDWIN A.
Tellier

Mitchell

&

Edward

Company

MARK

AIELLO,

BIRD,

W.

Allen &

DOUGLAS C.

HERBERT
&

ALTMAN, MOSES
H.

Charles

John J. Meyers, Jr.

Harry L. Arnold

M.

Zingraf

Hentz

&

S.
(Associate)

ARNOLD, HARRY L.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
ARONSON,

Hall

Aronson,

& Co.,

Inc.

BOLAND, WILLIAM H.

CLEAVER, JAMES P.
Goodbody

Co.

&

PETER

BARKEN,
Lee

BARMONDE,

Barmonde,
A.

M.

PHILIP T.

Gilliland

Kidder

H.

& Co.

President: Harry

F.

Alfred

George V. Hunt

Second Vice-President:

Charles M.

Jr., Gordon Graves & Co.

1

& Co.

Barbier,

Ingalls

&

Snyder; Joseph

Josephthal & Co.
National Committeemen: Samuel E>-Magid, Hill, Thompson & Co.,

Inc.; Edwin J. Markham, Wertheim & Co.; Stanley L. Roggenburg, Roggenburg & Co.
Alternates: James F. FitzGerald, W. L. Canady & Co., Inc.;
P.

Grace, W. C. Pitfield & Co., Inc.; Cyril M. Murphy, John C.
Legg & Company; Barney Nieman, Carl Marks & Co., Inc.;
John J.

O'Kane, Jr., John J. O'Kane, Jr. & Co.

pires: December 31, 1952.

COPPLE, LIVEY E.

ALLEN

Hanseatic

ALVIN

Hardy & Co.
Smith, Barney & Co.

Corporation

CORBEY, JOSEPH J.

C.

Allen &

(Associate)

BROWN, HAROLD L.

CORLEY,

COURTNEY, HARRY
Peter P.

Corporation

Abbott, Proctor & Paine

BERTSCH, ARTHUR W.
Co., Inc.

OTTO

Goodbody & Co.

Drevers

BROWNE, HOWARD S.
Tweedy, Browne & Reilly

CRONE, EDWARD A.

BRUGGEMAN, CHARLES

CROWLEY, JOHN B.

Laurence M. Marks

&

Co.

SAMUEL F.

Laird, Bissell & Meeds

CURRIE, Jr., JAMES

BRYAN, CHARLES F.

(Honorary)

Spencer Trask & Co.

BURBANK, BERT
White, Weld & Cu.

CURRY, THOMAS L.

BURCHARD, GERARD L.

CUSACK, JOHN T.

Stone & Webster Securities

Daniel

Rice

F.

and

Adams & Peck

DANEMEYER, JOHN J.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Newborg & Co.

&

Co.,

are

interested in

Bros.

&

Cahen

&

&

Denton,

Inc.

it may

be

to your

DAWSON-SMITH, STANLEY E.
Bonner & Gregory

CAMPBELL, JAMES V.
H. C. Wainwrlght & Co.
CANAVAN, JOHN J.

advantage

New

York

DAVIS, THOMAS JOSEPH
A. C. Allyn & Co., Inc.

Co.

The Dominion Securities Corporation
CALLAWAY, Jr., DAVID H.
First of Michigan Corporation

STOCKS

Beane

F. Eberstadt & Co. Inc.

CALEF, JOHN C.

PREFERRED

&

(Associate)

DAVIS, MARTIN
Co.

CAHEN, SAMUEL K.
S. K.

Sutro Bros. & Co.

Incorporated

Burton

CABBLE, JOSEPH C.
Burns

Fenner

DAVIS, JOHN HENRY

BYRNE, HENRY W.
L.

A.

DALE, CALVIN D.

BUTLER, JOHN

Wm.

ERNEST

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Company

BURKE, HAROLD J.

Geyer

Corporation

Amott. Baker & Co. Incoroprated

DAHLGREN,

BURIAN, ARTHUR

Auchlncloss, Parker & Redpath

you

Co.

CUNNINGHAM, FRANK
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

BRUNS, HENRY G.

BUSCHMAN, HERBERT

If

&

Reed, Lear & Co.

Witter & Co.

Dean

Charles King & Co.

A.

Berwald

S.

McDermott & Co.

CRAIG, JOSEPH J.

BROWN, THOMAS J.
&

EDWARD M.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

T. L. Watson & Co.

Hanseatic

&

Company

CORKEY, DONALD B.
E. F. Hutton & Co.

Eric

I.

BELKNAP, WILLIAM F.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

BESWICK,

York

Co.

COOKE, RENE J.

& Curtis

Hirsch & Co.

Inc.

BEN, HANS E.

Grady,

JOHN A.
Eastman, Dillon &

BROWN, JULIUS D.

Mackie,

BECKER, FRANK H.
Guaranty Trust Company of New York

A. Saxton

SAMUEL F.
Hutton & Co.

E.

P. F. Fox & Co.

Cohu & Co.

EDWARD
Reynolds & Co.

York

W.

BROWN, D. HOWARD
Ingalls & Snyder

Co.

BECKER,

Incorporated

Company

COLWELL,

& Company

BROWN,

&

Co.,
&

CONLON.

New

L.

WILLARD

BERWALD,

1951; fook Office: January, 1952; Term Ex¬

Inc.

Tweedy, Browne & Reilly

BEAN, JULES
Singer, Bean

G.

Freeman

Company

BROOKS, GEORGE F.
Paine, Webber, Jackson

BENTLEY, HAROLD W.

Irving

&

GEORGE L.

CONLON, BERNARD J.

Allen

Geyer & Co., Incorporated

New

Legg

Company

&

COLTHUP, JAMES F.

BRENNAN, JAMES I.
J. G. White & Co.,

C.

&

BROCHU, PETER

Co.

&

Geyer

STANLEY BRUCE
Graham, Ross & Co., Inc.

BATKIN, ELY
Batkin

Allen

COLLINS,

BRIGGS,

SOL

BASTIAN,

C. Eagan,
Frank C. Masterson & Co.; John S. French, A. C. Allyn and
Company, Inc.; Edward J. Kelly, Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.;
Nathan A. Krumholz, Siegel & Co.; John M. Mayer, Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; John F. McLaughlin, McLaugh¬
lin, Reuss & Co.; Daniel Gordon Mullin, Tucker, Anthony &
Co.; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Company; Lewis H. Serlen,

Elected: December,

Co.

Bear, Stearns & Co.

Secretary: Alfred F. Tisch, Fitzgerald & Company, Inc.
Leslie

&

COLEMAN, C. MERRITT

Inc.

BRADY, FRANK J.

BROOMHALL,

BARYSH, MURRAY
BASS,

Treasurer: George V. Hunt, Starkweather & Co.

Directors:

&

BARYSH, MAX
Ernst & Co.

Ernst

Pizzini & Co..

W.

John

BARTON, D. FREDERICK
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

Zingraf, Laurence M. Marks

B.

BREWER, III, JAMES R.

BARTOLD, HENRY S.
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

Tisch

L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

First Vice-President: John J. Meyers,

Co.

&

FRANK D.

Wainwrlght

C.

White, Weld & Co.

McLaughlin, Reuss & Co.

BARNES, RICHARD M.
BARRETT.

COLANDRO, JOSEPH N.

Co.

BRADLEY, WALTER V.

JOHN S.
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BARKER,

Co.

Gordon & Co.

Nielsen,

J. B. Boucher & Co.

&

&

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BOUTON, HOWARD R.
Bros.

WILLIAM H.

CHRISTOPHER,

BOUCHER, JOHN B.

Sutro

L.

Co.

R. W. Pressprich & Co.

JOSEPH V.
Joseph McManus

BAIR, JOHN W.

Corp.

&

WILLIAM F.
Hornblower & Weeks

BOND,

BARBIER, LESLIE
Ingalls & Snyder

Boston

CHAVE,

Boland, Saffin & Co.

AVERELL, ALFRED B.
Bache & Co.

TABER J.

Trask

Spencer

Lasser Bros.

Co.

&

Co

&

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BOLOGNINI, RINALDO A.

R.

GERALD

Inc.

Co.,

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First

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& Co.

Thompson

&

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BLOCKLEY, JOHN C.

Hill,

Rollins

Taber J.

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K.

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Blair,

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L.

STEPHEN

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JOHN J.

CASPER, HARRY D.
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Harris, Uphair

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Haupt & Co.

CARROLL,

Schwabacher & Co.

Joseph J. Lann Securities, Inc. (Associate)
Allen

Ira

MURRAY C.
& Co.
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G.

Week

H.

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BLAIR,

Co.

WILLIAM

Albert

Birnbaum & Co.

Shaskan

ALBERTS. CHESTER A.
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JAMES F.

BITTNER,

JOSEPH S.

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin (Associate)

ALLEN.

Capper &
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BIRNBAUM, NAHUM

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Gude, Winmill & Co.

Spencer Trask & Co.

ALBERTI.

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Graff &

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AIGELTINGER,
Aigeltinger &

Ladin

S.

Bendix, Luitweiler & Co.

BILLINGS. JOSEPH H.

PHILIP H.
Freeman «fc Company

ACKERT,

(Associate)

Co.

CAPPA, MICHAEL

BIES, SYLVESTER J.
ABELOW. ALFRED L

JOEL

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& Co.

Sutro Bros.

Co.

&

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Hanseatic

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McLaughlin, Reuss
MAYE, JOHN E.

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SAMUEL F.
RALPH

Warren W. York & Co.,

T.

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DITTELL. LEONARD
Dreyfus & Co.
DIXON. WILLIAM G.
&

DOLAN,
J.

Inc.

Reilly

Co.,

St

H.

Knox

D.

EAGAN,
Frank

C.

EATON.

Schoellkopf,

Hutton St

Pomeroy,

Inc

Masterson

&

Hoffman

Walston,

Co.

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FREDERICK
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Jr.,

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L.

Goodwin

&

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GERTLER, JOHN H.

FREDERICK R.

Englander

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A.

Co.

TRACY

(Associate)

Ira

R.
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(

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HIGGINS,

GILL,

THOMAS P.
Gill & Co.

ERICKSON. WILLIAM T.

Lee

THOMAS

Boettcher

Corporation

HIgginson

FABRICANT, SEYMOUR
Wm. E. Pollock St Co.,

GLEASON,

Securities

Company

St

Associates,

Arnold

Inc.

J.

Arthur Warner & Co.,

Bonner &

GOLD, SAMUEL
Lilley St Co.

Gregory

ARNOLD

FELDMAN,

GOLDENBERG, JOSEPH

Stieglitz St Co.

Ira

FELTMAN, IRVING L.
Mitchell

&

Oppenheimer, Vanden

FEUER, ABRAM J.

Broeck

Lazard

Carl

M.

&

Troster, Singer &

GOLKIN,

Co.

John

J.

GRACE,

O'Kane, Jr., & Co.

WILLIAM L.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

W.

FLECKNER,
Merrill

FLORENTINE

S.

du

F.

FOX,

S.

B.

C.

BARTON
&

Co.

(Associate)

ADRIAN

&

FRANKEL,
J.

F.

G.

Co.

Co.

&

Ira

Co.

Co.

Haupt St Co.

LICHTENSTEIN,
B.

(Associate)

Securities

Corp.

S.

Co.

&

Co.

LITZEL. CHARLES M.

White,

W.

Weld

&

Co.

LOELIGER, FRED V.
Carl Marks St Co., Inc.

St Co.

LOPATO, ALLAN
Allen St

Company

KLEIN, LEROY

Co.

Lebenthal

V.

St

LOPEZ,

Co.

FELIX

Thomson

Co.

St

M.

McKlnnon

KNAPP, REGINALD J.
Wertheim St Co.

KNOX, HERBERT D.
H. D. Knox St Co.,

LUBETKIN, LLOYD E.
Seligman, Lubetkin & Co.
Inc.

LUDWIG, FREDERICK W.
Bacon, Stevenson St Co.

KOCH, GEORGE J.
Lasser Bros.
(Associate)

IRVING

LUTTERMAN

Blrnbaum

MORRIS

J.

St Co.

KOERNER, IRVING

EDWIN
and

St

LIPSKY, CORNELIUS
Burnham

GEORGE

BENJAMIN

Lichtenstein

S

LIENHARD, ERNEST
Troster, Singer St Co.

Delafield

KLEIN, CHARLES E.
Granbery, Marache

HUNTER, WELLINGTON
Hunter Securities Corporation

Steele

Co.

Co.

St

LEIBENFROST, CONRAD H.
Stern, Lauer St Co. (Associate)

B.

&

L.

Sachs St

LEWIS, MILTON F.
Co.

Filor, Bullard & Smyth

ISAAC. IRVING H.
Stryker & Brown

Co.

HARRY

&

KIRTLAND,

JANSEN

GEORGE

King

&

Pollack

GUSTAVE

Lee-Willen

KIRK, JOSEPH J.
Delafield

St

V.

Company

Allen

Company

St

(Continued

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on

page

20)

K.

Inc.

(Associate)

D.

OSCAR D.

Griffin & Company

H.

Walker & Co.

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GRONICK, SAMUEL

Co.

&

King

Meaney

Weld St Co.
St

St

St

LEVY, MARTIN L.

MARTIN I.
Bros.

Inc.

Co..

KENNETH

Goldman,

(Associate)

R.
St

A.

Garfield & Co.

Inc.

GROWNEY, E. MICHAEL

WILLIAM

Frederick

&

Greenfield & Co.,

O.

St Mackie,

PAUL

Ellis

GRIFFIN.

Joseph McManus & Co.

GUITON, JOSEPH F.
Craigmyle, Pinney St Co.

FRAZIER, LAURENCE S.
Laurence Frazier & Co.
Paul

&

Leone

LEVY,

KING, SAMUEL H.

G.

&

GEORGE

Starkweather

GRIMSHAW. FREDERICK M.

Reilly & Co., Incorporated

FREDERICK,

H.

Sutro

Incorporated

Co.,

Inc.

Unterberg St Co.

GREENFIELD,

FRANKEL, HERMAN
Bean

&

ITTLEMAN,

& Company

FRANK. ROBERT R.
Reinholdt St Gardner

Singer,

HUNT.

Purcell

&

ROY

Knox

Mitchell

Raymond Kenney & Co.

King

D.

GREGORY, Jr., WM. H.
Bonner & Gregory

Securities Corporation

Ungerleider

E.

E.

White,

JACOBS,

D.

FRANK. ISADORE

FRANKEL.

A.

HUNT.

D'Assern

qo.,

H.

KING, CHARLES

Godnick & Son

GREENE, IRVING ALLEN
Greene and Company

FRANK, HAROLD W.

Frank

St

Long

GREENE, NATHANIEL S.

FRANK, ALBERT F.
Ladenburg, Thalmann

American

Pitfield

LEONE, GEORGE V.

KING,

HULSEBOSCH, GERARD F.

HUNT,

GREENBERG, THOMAS

Pont St Co.

Co.

Fox &

H.

IRVING P.

Edward

FOX, P. FRED
P.

RICHARD

& Company

GRAHAM, FRANK C.

JOSEPH

FOOTE, GORDON R.
Francis I.

C.

CLINTON

Georgeson

Cp.

GOURSE, WILLARD S.
Benjamin, Hill St Co.

JOSEPH E.

FLANAGAN,

St

LARKIN, THOMAS A.
Goodbody St Co.

Incorporated

Co.

LEIBERT,

Starkweather &

HUFF, Jr., ASA C.

GOULET, WILLIAM F.
Goulet St Co. (Associate)

Pitfield & Co., Inc.

C.

FITZPATRICK, DOMINICK A.
Van Alstyne, Noel St Co.

Bosworth

Schafer,

Ashplant

Shields

FitzGERALD, JOHN M.
W.

B.

GOODMAN,

Canady St Co., Inc.

L.

W.

F.

JAMES F.

&

LARSON,

Charles

HOUGH.

Co.

GOODEVE, CHARLES W.

Byfield

FitzGERALD,

&

LANGDON, PHILLIP C.
Weeden & Co., Inc.

KIMBERLY, OLIVER A.

Co.

Co.

St

Braun,

SAUL

Golkin

FISCHER, EDWARD A.
Robert S.

Reynolds

Newburger, Loeb & Co.

FILKINS, WALTER

&

HORTON, CHARLES C.

GOLDSTEIN, DAVID

Co.

Warner

Company

LANE, PAUL J.
Kidder, Peabody St Co.

Co.

&

JOSEPH M.

Arthur

Ladin

S.

ELMER

Hayden, Stone St Co.

KILMER, HUGH
Hardy & Co.

HORN, EDWARD A.

(Associate)

GOLDSCHMIDT, SAM'L

Rhoades

Loeb.

Edward

& Co.

Spiegelberg, Feuer & Co.
FILAN, WILLIAM C.

LAND, EARLE E.
Green, Ellis St Anderson

Incorpora ted

EARL H.

Freres

H.

Corp.

LALLY,

D.

HORCH. ERNEST M.

Company

Co.

&

The First Boston

KENNEY, JAMES F.
H. M. Byllesby and Company,

Gearhart & Otis, Inc.

Haupt St Co.

GOLDMAN, EDWARD PRINCE

Dowling

3rd, EDWARD

LADD,

& Co.

KENNEY, ». RAYMOND

Dean Witter & Co.

HOOPER.

HERBERT J.

Pulis,

KENNEDY, WALTER V.
Coffin St Burr, Incorporated

Haupt & Co.

HOLTZMAN, SYDNEY
J. F. Reilly St Co., Incorporated

I.

Co.

St

LADIN, EDWIN S.

J.

Wm. L. Burton & Co.

Inc.

Bros;

KELLY, ROBERT J. J.
Bonner St Gregory

HOBLITZELL, BRUCE C.

GOLD, SAMUEL
Co.

FARRELL. JOSEPH V.

LACY,

KELLY,

GEORGE FARRELL

HINES, JOHN D.

THOMAS W.

Kirchofer

Inc.

FARRELL, JOHN J.
Farrell

and

Ira

LACY

Sutro

KELLY, JAMES FRANCIS
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

HINCHMAN, ROBERT M.

CARL K.

GISH,

S.

LACHMAN, JR., CARL F.
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

KELLY, EDWARD J.
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades

Clark, Dodge St Co.

Shields <fc Company

EVANS.

WILLIAM

J.

Dunne St Co.

Hirsch & Co.

HERZOG, ROBERT I.
Herzog & Co., Inc.

LOUIS A.
Laird, Bissell & Meeds

KUMM,

;

KEATING, LAURENCE C.

HET.BIG, BARON G.
Baron G. Helbig & Co.

GIBBS,

>
.

KASSEBAUM, JOHN E.
Van Alstyne, Noel St Co.

(Associate)

Haupt & Co.

V"

KANE, WALTER
Shearson, Hammill & Co.

HEIDINGSFELD, JESSE

KINGSTON

A.

KUIPERS, HENRY G.
Lord, Abbett & Co.

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A.

E.

KUX,

Ernst

HEFFERNAN, THOMAS J.
Hardy & Co.

T.

& Co.

Edwin L. Tatro Co.

SAMUEL

Hunter Securities

Geyer

GHEGAN,

Company

&

ANDREW

T.

Inc.

KANE, THOMAS FRANCIS

Co.

HECK, JOHN

Co.

&

GEYER, GEORGE
Geyer & Co., Incorporated

Goodbody & Co.

ENGLANDER.

Bros.

GEYER,
& Beane

Fenner

EIGER. WILLIAM

Freeman St

Heaney &

HECHT, JOSEPH T.

Son

&

CO.,

HANNS

Kuehner St Co.

Joyce,

\ ;;

&

Frank C. Moore St Co.

Bendix, Luitweiler & Co.
Barr

Corporation

EGENES, BERGER

EISELE,

Gruss

J.

KRUMIIOLZ, NATHAN
Sxegel & Co.

.

KANE, GERALD F.

Bleichroeder, Inc

HEANEY, MICHAEL J.
Michael

C.

KAISER, CHARLES M.
Grady, Berwald St Co., Inc.

Mathey St Co.

Arnhold & S.

WALTER

Walter C. Kruge St Co. Inc.

,

KALES, DAVIS
Wood, Gundy St Co., Inc.

HATZ, ARTHUR

D.

GERSTEN. HENRY B.
Oscar

A.

Geyer St Co., Incorporated

R.

Co., Inc.

O'Connell

Inc.

Gregory

KRISAM, WILBUR

KRUGE,

KAHL, CHARLES A.
,y Charles
A. Kahl & Co.

Corporation

W. E. Burnet & Co.

GERMAIN, JOHN P.

Pierce,

Hanseatic

HARVEY, EDWARD A.

E. C.

Distributors,

KUEHNER,

Homer

GANSER, EDWARD N.
First of Michigan Corporation

C.

Interstate Securities

York

Fund

KRASOWICH, JOSEPH D.

;

KADELL, ALLAN

HARTIGAN, RAYMOND A.

EBBITT, KENNETH COOPER
Shelby Cullom Davis & Co.
ECKLER, PETER duBOIS
Chas. E. Qulncey St Co.

Lynch,

Allen St Company

New

Putnam

H

&

Corpn.

KRANZ, GEORGE

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JOYCE, WILLIAM H.
Joyce, Kuehner & Co.

HART, MAURICE

& Co.

Saxton

A.

Co.

JUNGER. SAMUEL H.
Strauss Bros., Inc.

Co.

WILLIAM

F.

GAVIN. JAMES

C.

G.

St

Securities

Bonner &

WALTER

JOHNSON.

ARTHUR T.
Hutton St

T

H.

CHARLES

Estabrook & Co.

HARDY, HARRY J.
Hardy & Hardy

Bendix, Lultweilei & Co.

Merrill

E.

GANNON. LESTER F.

B.
Co., Inc.

STANLEY

W.

HARDER,

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Neergaard, Miller St.Co...

Co.

St Co.

GAMMONS, PAUL A.
Bradley, Gammons St Co., Inc. (Associate)
Peter Morgan

JOSEPH

&

W. Pizzini St Co., Inc.

HAMILL,

GAHAN. JOHN P.

Pierce. Fenner & Eeane

St

A'.sberg

JOHN L.

L. Day

B.

G. Edwards & Sons

George B. Wallace St Co.

f

Co.

DURNIN. JAMES

}\J_

JOSEPH

JANARELI.

Kaufmann,

HALSEY, W. GURDEN

FUCHS, AUGUST G.
Inc.

FRANK
&

R.

K.

Bros.

Dominion

JOIINSON, STANLEY J.
Battles St Company, Inc.

A.

DCGA, J.

Dunne

'

Sutro

HALK,

FROST, FRANCIS W.

DOYLE, LESTER T.
Hardy & Co.
S.
Merrill Lynch.

Curtis

&

J ANN,

Frenkel

&

Sterling, Grace & Co.

DONNELLY, Jr.. JAMES A.
Reynolds St Co.

DUNNE.

Jackson

IRWIN

Richard

FRINGS, J. GEORGE

LAWRENCE P.

F.

Webber,

Co.

&

DONADIO, JOSEPH F.
J.

Paine,

Co.

GUTTMAN, RUDOLPH
White, Weld St Co.

Gersten

Boucher St Co.

B.

St

FRENKEL, LESTER

Dixon

Kidder

Free

ROLLER, Jr., FRANK H.

KQRN, WILLIAM I.

GUTTAG,

DOHERTT, WILLIAM H.
M.

GUTBERLET, EDWIN S.

FRENCH, JOHN S.
A. C. Allyn and Company, Inc.

DOHERTY. JOHN J.
A. C. Allyn and Company.
A.

L.

JACOBS, SIDNEY
Sidney Jacobs Co.

JACOBUS, ROYDEN E.
Vilas & Hickey

Glore, Forgan & Co.

Inc.

FREE, FREDERICK L.

Sellgman, Lubetkin & Co.

Cutter

GURLEY, H. FRASER

FREDERICKS, Jr., PAUL C.

Ingraham & Co.

DIMPEL.

11

O.
Co.

GUMM,
G.

LEE

A.

HARRY R.
Saxton

&

Co.,

Inc.

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to providing fast ser¬
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HAAS, WILLIAM G.

F.

Co.

WREN, LAWRENCE

WINSTON, LOUIS

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Herbert

"Times"

The Louisville

Co.

& Co.,

W.

BERNARD

GRATZER,

WITTMAN, DAVID

& Co.

WILLIAMS, CARROLL W.

(Continued from

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Bros.

&

Boyce

BERNARD

KING, CHARLES C.

Siegel & Co.

The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

WALDRON, STANLEY M.
Merrill

WELCH, FRANK II.
R.

Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

Shelby Cullom Davis &
Bonner &

(Honorary)

A.

Saxton

&

Dean Witter &

Mitchell

Co..

Gregory

Co.

Richman

LUCAS, CHESTER A.

Co.

&

WERKMEISTER, JR., JOHN O.
Gilbert J. Postley & Co.

Co.

Stein

Prank

&

& Co.
Carl

M.

Loeb,

Rhoades

Boyce

Co.

Wesley Rutledge, Jr.

Edward

Birchler

MOLTER, EDWARD G., Jr.
Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

THEODORE

WIELAR,

Co.

J.

JACK

President: Hector W. Bohnert,

B.

Arthur Warner & Co.

Inc.

J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

J. Berges Reimer

Hector W. Bohnert

WHITLEY, J. B.

Ogden, Wechsler & Co.

Bond Co.,

MILLER, J. HUGH
&

Hardy & Co.

Haas &

Bankers

The

WECHSLER, ARNOLD J.

C.

&

Bros.

McNAIR, WILLARD P.

Company

WHITING, EDMUND A.

G.

Boyce

MAJOR, EARL E.

WESEMAN, RALPH II.

W. FOSTER

WECHSLER,

SAMUEL B.

LONG, EDWIN A.
Russell, Long & Company, Lexington, Ky.

(Associate)

Stein Bros. &

Inc.

WASSERMAN. IRVING

WEBSTER,

Col.

Lt.

LINCH, DALE F.
Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

WENDLER, EVERETT F.

WASHER. HERBERT R.

Bond.

KIRBY,

Inc.

WELSH, JOHN JOSEPH

Quotation Bureau

WARNER, FRANK W.
G.

& Co.,

USAF

Joseph McManus & Co.
WALKER, LOUIS
National

S. Dickson

WELLS, HORACE W.

WALKER, GRAHAM

MOORE. BERWYN T.

The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co.,

Incorporated

Vice-President: J. Berges

Reimer, Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

Secretary: Wesley Rutledge, Jr., Stein Bros. & Boyce
Treasurer: Edward J. Birchler, W. L. Lyons & Co.

POWELL, EDWIN W.
Berwyn T. Moore & Co.,

National Committeemen: J. Berges Reimer, Berwyn T. Moore &

REIMER, J. BERGES

&

C.

OF NEW YORK

RUTLEDGE, WESLEY

Beane.

Stein Bros.

Alternates: Thomas

Graham, The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.; Charles

Louisville

&

Boyce

SOL

SCHULMAN,

King, The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

Elected: June 1951; Took Office:
December 31, 1952.

Inc.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

Co., Inc.; Mrs. Ora M. Ferguson, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

GRACE NATIONAL BANK

Inc.

PARKS, JOSEPH W.

"Courier

Journal"

(Honorary)

SEDLEY, MRS. ELINORE

January 1, 1952; Term Expires:

The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

SOMMERS,

ANTHONY

Lincoln Bank & Trust Company

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

COMPLETE CLEARANCE FACILITIES

ALDEN,

WM.

O.

O'Neal-Alden

FOR

ALDEN*;

I

Jr.,

O'Neal-Alden

LOCAL AND OUT-OF-TOWN

&

&

The Kentucky Trust Company

Stein

Co., Inc.

HECTOR W.

The Bankers

Bond

Write

or

call

HANOVER

Member

Almstedt Brothers

Federal

Deposit

Insurance

Y.

O'Neal-Alden

& Co.,

The

BROADWAY

N. Y.

Lynch,

Bankers

Pierce,

Bond

Penner

&

Beane

Rates

or

on

The

Bankers Bond Co.,

Boyce

&

Son

DUNLAP

WATKINS, Jr., WILLIAM T.
Merrill

WATTS,
W.

L.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

& Beane

H. ALLEN
Lyons & Co.

WILSON, HOLMAN R.
Inc.

■

The

Kentucky

Company

BRANCHES

all Canadian Exchanges at Regular Commission

Traded in New York in United States Funds
Toronto, Ontario

Telephone

Royal Bank Building

CHARLES KING & CO.

WHitehall 4-8980

MEMBERS

Teletype

New

York

Stock

New

York

Curb

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WAKEFIELD,

GRAHAM, THOMAS

Co., Inc.

&

Hilliard

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.

CANADIAN STOCK SPECIALISTS
Orders Executed

Beane

GRAFTON, ARTHUR W.
Wyatt, Grafton & Grafton

The

Bros.

B.

J.

Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

CONLIFFE, WILLIAM J.

CONWAY, POWHATAN M.

61

&

FULLER* ASA W.
Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.

Merrill

NEW YORK 6,

J.

CLOWES, JOHN R.
Smart, Clowes & Phillips, Inc.

Corporation

Montreal Curb

Direct

Private

Wires

Connect

New York

Montreal, Quebec

Toronto Stock Exchange
Montreal Stock Exchange

Exchange
Exchange

Aldred Building

Market

With

Offices

in

Beane

VOGT, ERNEST

FETTER, JAMES M.

Inc.

Fenner &

REID
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

TROST, MILTON S.
Stein

FERGUSON, MRS. ORA M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

CHRISTMAN, Jr., HENRY

Inc.

TRINKLE, WALTER
The Kentucky Company

Linooln Bank & Trust Company

BURKHOLDER, Jr., JAMES R.

SQUARE, NEW YORK 15, N.

Merrill

FEHRIBACH, URBAN H.

J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

Clearance Department

STONE,

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.

BURGE, JOHN M.

BERT
Lynch, Pierce,

Merrill

EBINGER, RUSSELL

details

Reid and Ebinger,

STERNBERG,

Blyth & Co., Inc.

C.

J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

for

Wagner,

& Boyce

DURHAM, Jr., JOSEPH H.

Co., Inc.

BROCAR, Jr., ALBERT

Bros.

DIERSEN, JOSEPH H.
Eskew, Oresham & Diersen

W. L. Lyons & Co.

BOHNERT,

SPIERS, JOHN H.

DESMOND, C. G.

BIRCHLER, EDWARD L.

Brokers and Dealers

Smart, Clowes & Phillips, Inc.

DEARING, ANDERSON
Co., Inc.

WM. O.

JOHN

SMART,

Toronto

and

Montreal

v

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Convention Number

Mr.

&

Mrs.

B.

Kermit
&

Co.,

Sorum,

Cleveland;

•ft

Co., Jacksonville;
Bros., New

GRAY, WILLIAM S.

Traders Association

Wm. J.

Mericka & Co., Inc.

GREEN, ALBERT B.
Green, Erb & Co.,

PATRICK, FRANCIS J.
Paine, Webber, Jackson
JOHN

RUSSELL, JAMES N.

Gottron, Russell <fe Co.

& Curtis

SCHULTE, Jr.,

F.

SHORSHER, FRED A.

PLACKY,
L.

J.

FRANK J.

Ledogar Horner Company

J. F. Perko & Company

WILLIAM
Green, Erb & Co., Inc.

GREEN,

Morley, A. M. Kidder

Dallas; R. A. Bolognini, Lasser
& Co., New York City

Win, F. Lynch, Lynch, Allen & Company, inc.,
York City; Richard M. Barnes, A. M. Kidder

PERKO,

Inc.

23

and Company, Incorporated, New York City; John J.

John S. French, A. C. Allyn

Allison-Williams Company, Minneapolis; Daniel M. Hawkins, Hawkins
Mr. & Mrs. Harry F. Reed, Dallas Rupe & Son, Dallas;
L. Liston, Prescott & Co., Cleveland

Corwin

Cleveland Security

CHRONICLE

GEORGE
Schultz & Co.

Ball,

Burge

& Kraus

HANSON, DAVID G.
C.

J.

Devine

&

DON W.
Hornblower & Weeks

SMITH,

PLASTERER,

HARDONY, MICHAEL C.

Ball, Burge & Kraus

Siegler and Company

Jaffe,

PROBST,

HAWKINS, DANIEL M.
Hawkins &

SIEGLER, EDWARD N.

RICHARD D.
Gottron, Russell & Co.

Co.

P.

R.

PIERRE
Smith

R.

Elyria, Ohio

& Co.,

Co.
Merrill

ALVIN J.

STIVER.

PROSSER. GUY W.
HAYS, GEORGE H.

Saunders, Stiver & Co.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Wiil S. Halle & Co.

Wm. J.

Mericka & Co., Inc.

HOPKINS, HAROLD C.
H.

C.

Hopkins & Co.

GEORGE
Goodbody & Co.
CEYLON

L. Warren Foster

Howard J. Eble

Fred A. Shorsher

Robert L. Erb

Union

E.

RUDIN,

KING, EVERETT A.
Fulton, Reid & Co.

Russell & Co.

Erb & Co., Inc.

National Committeemen: Morton A.

Martin

J. .Long,

Corwin L. Liston, Prescott

in Cleveland
otherwise Indicated)

ERNEST
Blyth & Co., Inc.

The

Cleveland Corporation;

First

DAVID

BARHYTE,
Prescott

BAXTER,
Baxter,

H.

JOHN

Jones

&

Wm.

JR., CHARLES
Williams & Co.

McGHEE

Mericka

J.

Boston

First

Prescott

R.

Weeks

Corporation

&

Co.

LONG, MARTIN J.
The First Cleveland Corp.

Co.

LUCAS, WILLIAM
Baxter,

EBLE, HOWARD J.

J.

Co.

&

Saunders, Stiver & Co.

Prescott & Co.

Miller & Co.

&

WITT, JOHN P.
John P. Witt & Co.

RUNG. EDMUND J.
C. J. Devine & Co.

LISTON, CORWIN L.

DRNEK, JAMBS J.

ELTON

Hayden,

ROBERT

Hornblower

PETER

LINNELL,

DOERGE, JACK O.

T.

Oiderman, Asbeck & Co.

BARBER,

WEAVER,

JAMES R.

Mericka & Co., Inc.

Jaffe, Siegler and Company

DONAHUE,

FREDERICK M.

ASBECK,

Wm. J.

SfrectolUt&to

LEWIS, MILTON B.

& Co.

unless

RUFFING,

& Weeks

Hornblower

The

located

WARDLEY. RUSSELL G.
Fulton, Reid & Co.

,

LAZIN,

—ROSTER OF MEMBERS
(Members

Corp.

LAFFERTY, ALAN E.

Cayne, Cayne & Co.; Jay L.

Quigley, Quigley & Co., Inc.
Alternates:

Securities

HARMON A.

KOESER, ORIN E.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Shorsher, Ball, Burge & Kraus.

Treasurer: Fred A.

,

ULLMAN, RUFUS M.
Ullman & Co., Inc.

RUSSELL K.

Ledogar-Horner Company

KEIER, RUSSEL E.
Collin, Norton & Co., Toledo

President: Howard J. Eble, Wm, J. Mericka & Co., Inc.

Secretary: Robert L. Erb, Green,

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

JAFFE. GEORGE E.

Jaffe, 'Siegler and Company

Vice-President: L. Warren Foster, Gottron,

TAYLOR. JAMES N.
Ceylon E. Hudson, Wooster

ROWLEY.

Ohio

Wooster,

SUMMERGRADE.

Gordon Macklin & Co., Inc.

1

HUBERTY,

HUDSON,

IRVING

QUIGLEY, JAY L.
Quigley & Co., Inc.
ROSS, LEONARD 0.

HLIVAK, STEPHEN E.

&

Co.,

EHRHARDT, EDWIN F.
The First Cleveland Corp.

BEADLING, WILLIAM E.
Beadling & Co., Youngtown

MARSHALL, FRANK L.
The First Boston Corporation

EILERS, STANLEY M.

BELLE. CLAUDE

Williams & Co.

MacLEOD, DONALD
Geyer & Co., Incorporated

Inc.

ERB, ROBERT L.

Hornblower

Green,

McDonald & Company

BLAINE, PERRY T.
Perry T. Blaine &

BOCK, ROY E.
Dodge Securities
Armed

A.

Cayne

&

GAITIIER,

Co.

Cook

GAWNE,

&

Company

McPOLIN, BENJAMIN J.
McDonald & Company

MELODY, Jr., THOMAS A.
Merrill, Turben & Co.
MERICKA, WILLIAM J.
Wm. J. Mericka & Co., Inc.

HARRISON C.

METZENBAUM, ARTHUR
Will S. Halle & Co.

PAUL

Ball, Burge & Kraus
& Co.

JOHN

McDonald

Hayden, Miller & Co.

COOK, LAWRENCE
Lawrence

McGINTY,

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

FROST, Jr.,

A.

OLAN B.

Butler, Wick & Co., Youngstown

FOSTER. WARREN
Gottron, Russell & Co.

Services

MORTON

MASTERS.

& Co., Inc.

FLEEGLE, CHARLES
Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

Corp.

CAREY, WALTER J.
Gunn, Carey and Company
CAYNE,

& Weeks

FISCHER, ALBERT

Co., Ashtabula

DONALD

BUCHANAN,

Erb

C. J. DEVINE &CO.

MILLER, GEORGE D.

HARRY J.

Braun, Bosworth

Merrill, Turben & Co.

& Co.. Inc.

COOK, R. J.
Wm.

J.

Mericka & Co., Inc.

GELBACH, MYRON

HERBERT H.
Ripley & Co., Incorporated

COVINGTON,
Harriman

DAVIS, CLARENCE F.
The

First

Armed

Morrow

Services

NASH.

GLEASON, JOHN M.
Curtlss, House & Co.

GARMO, A. W.

Merrill Lynch.

Cleveland

Pierce, Fenner

&

48 Wall

Co.

CHARLES

Chicago

J.

Ceylon E. Hudson. Wooster

Cleveland Corp.
GOTTRON,

DE

MORROW, FRANK W.

HAnover 2-2727

Street, New York 5

•

Boston

Cleveland

•

Philadelphia

•

Cincinnati

•

•

Washington

St. Louis

•

Pittsburgh

•

San Francisco

GEORGE F.
Ledogar-Horner Company

OPDYKE.

RICHARD A.
Clinic Foundation

& Beane
GRACE.

DOERGE, CARL H. .
Wm. J. Mericka & Co., Inc.

PARSONS,

ARTHUR V.

Arthur V.

Grace Ss Co.

Parsons

,

Jr., EDWARD

E.

& Co., Inc.

'

'

t
.

'

•

Private Wires.

ATLANTA

LISTED & UNLISTED

BOSTON
BUFFALO

PERSHING & CO.

CHICAGO
DETROIT

SECURITIES

Members

,

HARTFORD

PITTSBURGH

New York Stock

Exchange

New York Curb Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

PROVIDENCE
ROCHESTER
TOLEDO

TORONTO

Teletype NY




1-750

Telephone WOrth 4-4300

WHEELING

YOUNGSTOWN

120

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

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24

Fred

A.

New

York

Shorsher, Ball,
City; James
New

Burge & Kraus, Cleveland; John R. Chapin, Jr., Kidder, Peabody &
E. Jones, Courts & Co., Atlanta; Irwin Schlcss, Goldman, Sachs &
City; Justus C. Martin, Robinson-Humphrey Co., Atlanta

Martin

Co.,
Co.,

King, Sutro Bros. & Co., New York City; Frank J. Cunningham, Kidder, P-abcdy <£
York City; Jay L. Quigley, Quigley & Co., Inc., Cleveland; Robert M. Topol,
Greene and Company, New York City

President: Frank S.

BRUGGEMANN, LESTER G.

Breen, Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

Baldwin, White & Co.

Vice-President: William J. Burke, May & Gannon, Inc.

BURKE, Jr., WILLIAM J.

Recording Secretary: Leo Newman, J. Arthur Warner & Co., Inc.

Corresponding Secretary: Edward Hines, Chace, Whiteside, West
& Winslow, Inc.
' \
Treasurer: Henry

E. Tabb, Jr., Townsend, Dabney & Tyson.

Governors: J. Roger

May & Gannon, Inc.
BURNS, WALTER T.

New

England Trust Co.

CANNELL, JOHN

CAREW, JOSEPH

A. C.

CARR, FRED R.

Allyn and Company, Inc.

National Committeemen: James B.

H. D. Knox &

Co., Inc.; William S. Thompson, Ralph F. Carr &

Co., Inc.
Elected:

Leo Newman

John

F.

L.

Putnam

&

Co.,

Inc.

CARR, JOHN F.

Hayden, Stone & Co.
CARR, RALPH F.

Ralph F. Carr & Co., Inc.
CARR,

December

6, 1951; Took Office: January 1, 1952; Term
December 31, 1952.

Expires:

Cannell & Co.

Tucker, Anthony & Co.

Maguire, J. B. Maguire & Co ~

Inc.; William J. Burke, Jr., May & Gannon, Inc.; Dayton P.
Haigney, Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.; Frank T. Harrington,

William J. Burke

Portland, Me.

Barron & Co.,

Bums,

CANFIELD, LLOYD

Bragdon, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Rodney M.
Darling, du Pont, Homsey & Company; Walter F. Eagan, Harris,
Upham & Co.; James J. Lynch, Paul D. Sheeline & Co.; Lewis
D. McDowell, Charles A. Day & Co., Inc.; Arthur C. Murphy,

Frank S. Breen

Co.,

New

York

Boston Securities Traders Association

I.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

ROBERT

C.

Ralph F. Carr & Co.,

Inc.

CARTER, HERBERT F.
W. E. Hutton &

Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
CASEY, FRANCIS
(All members

are

located In

otherwise
ADAMS.

Indicated)

FREDERICK

Frederick

C.

Boston unless

C.

Adams

&

Co.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
A.

L.

Albee

& Co.,

Inc.

ALEXANDER, ARTHUR C.

ALLAN, WILLIAM V.
Harris, Upham & Co.

F.

Smith,

Barney

W.

&

S.

Inc.

Emery & Co.,

Wise, Hobbs & Seaver, Inc.

Co.

CLAYTON, CALVIN

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

BARRETT,

JOSEPH

Clayton

W.

Securities

Corp.

COGGHILL, FRANCIS R.
White, Weld & Co.

Long & Nash

CONARY.

BARRUS, Jr., CLIFFORD B.
Barrett & Company,

ALTMEYER,

E.

Company

CLARK, ASA F.
ALBERT

BAKER, HARRY O.

ALBEE, ARTHUR L.

&

CHAMBERLAIN, RAYMOND E.

BAILEY, WALTER R.
Josephthal & Co.
BAKER,

ADAMS, ROBERT H.

Mlxter

BAILEY, BENJAMIN A.
Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.

Providence, R. I.

G.

H.

WILFRED

Walker &

G.

Providence, R. I.

Co.,

JOHN W.
BATCHELDER, JOSEPH M.

Hayden, Stone & Co.

CONNELL, LAWRENCE

Joseph M. Batchelder & Co., Inc.

Wellington Fund. Inc.

ATHERTON, II. HALE

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

BATES, CURTIS S.

CONNOLLY, JR., WALTER J.

Draper, Sears & Co.

Goodbody & Co.

ATKINSON, Sr., JAMES V.

Edward Hines

Henry E. Tabb, Jr.

C.

J.

Devine

&

BAXTER, GEORGE F.

Co.

Second

National

CONWAY, JAMES J.

Bank

Moors

& Cabot

BEACHAM, HAROLD R.
Josephthal & Co.
BERNARD, Jr., HUBERT N.
Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

COPPENS, RAYMOND V.

BLAIR, ROBERT

Primary Trading Markets

COPELAND,

CRAMPTON, ALFRED

Chas. A.

-J.

Harris, Upham & Co.
BOSS.

CHARLES

Broad

Natural Gas Issues

BRADLEE.

Hemphill,

Public Utilities

&

Portland, Me.

Co.,

CROCKETT, HARRY W.
Coffin & Burr, Incorporated

F. S. Moseley & Co.

BRAGDON, J. ROGER
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

CURRIER, RICHARD D.

BREEN, FRANK S.

Railroad Securities

Inc.

R.

CROSBY, ALBERT

Co.

DALEY, JOHN L.

Jackson &

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

Bank & Insurance

&

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

2nd, DUDLEY H.
Noyes

Warner

CREAMER, WILLIAM E.

BOWERS, MAURICE A.

Industrial Stocks

Arthur

Weeden & Co.

A. B.

Street Sales Corp.

Bowers & Company,

RICHARD

Day & Co., Inc.

J.

B>.

Co.

Maguire & Co.,

Inc.

Investment Trust Shares

New England Securities
Listed & Unlisted
Coast-to-Coast Wire Service through direct private lines to
Paul H. Davis & Co.,

Chicago, Morgan & Co., Los Angeles,

Securities

Ball, Burge & Kraus, Cleveland, and
White, Noble & Co., Detroit

J. Arthur Warner & Co.
Incorporated

120

Michael J. Heaney & Co.
Members New York Curb Exchange

New York 5,

Broadway
Telephone WOrth 4-2300

N. Y.

One Wall Street

New York

TWX-NY 1-40

Telephone: WHitehall 4-2484
Direct private




telephones between New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Hartford,

Providence, Portland, Me., and Jersey City, N. J.

5, N. Y.

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>

The Ludman
G.

Room: Mr. & Mrs. Orville G. Allen, Lynch, Allen & Company, Inc., Dallas; Mr. & Mrs.
Pearson, Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas; Mr. & Mrs. Allison W. Marsland, Wood, Gundy
& Co., Inc., New York
City; David Cerf, Ludman Corporation, Miami, Fla.

Harold

D'ARCY, JOHN J.

GALVIN, JAMES J.

P. L. Putnam &

Co., Inc.

P.

DARLING, RODNEY
du

Pont,

Homsey 8c Company

Donald Davis 8c

May & Gannon, Inc.

DAWSON, JOHN H.
Coffin

8c

Burr,

Sherman Gleason

DAY, WILFRED N.

GOLDBERG, HAROLD S.

RUSSELL

DEAN,

Mixter

8c

Denton

8c

Company
S.

GRIMM,

Co.

GUNN,

PAUL E.

DOLIBER,
G.

&

Goldman,
HALLETT,

Donohue 8c Sullivan

& Hutzler

JAMES R.

HARRINGTON. FRANK T.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

H. D.

DUNCKLEE, WILLIAM S.
Brown

Brothers, Harriman & Co.

Homsey & Company

GEORGE
National

HASTINGS, FRANCIS

E.

M.

d.

Day & Co., Inc.

A.

E.

Ames

8c

Co.,

Inc.

McVEY, FREDERICK V.
Childs, Jeffries 8c Thorndike, Inc.

J. H. Goddard 8c Co., Inc.

WILLARD

LOCKE,

MERIGAN, THOMAS F.

R.

Boston Safe Deposit 8c

Boston

Trust Co.

News

Bureau

(Honorary)
LOTHROP, GILBERT M.
W. E. Hutton & Co.

MONROE, PAUL B.

Harris, Upham & Co.
LYNCH, FRANK E.

8c

MONTAGUE, THOMAS
Minot, Kendall & Co.

Harris, Upham & Co.

Kennedy 8c Co.

Newton

A.

& Co.

LINDSAY, HERBERT N.

C.

Bank

JAMES E.

LYNCH

KENNEY, PHILIP F.

HAVEY, JOSEPH

Chas.

WARREN A.

Weeden

KENNEDY, F. BRITTAIN
Brittain

Mcdowell, lewis

CARL A.

McTAVISH, WILSON C.
LEWIS,

Bank

Shawmut

KELLER, HERMAN J.

F.

Shea

Co.

&

(Continued

Company, Inc.

on

J.

page

"Herald-Traveller"

Boston

REGINALD B.

(Honorary)

Richard J. Buck 8c Co.
FORREST S.

EMERY,

HERLIHY, EDWARD

^F. S. Emery 8c Co., Inc.

Draper, Sears 8c Co.

ARTHUR E.

IIINES, EDWARD F.

Goldman, Sachs 8c Co.

Chace,

West & Winslow, Inc.

"Whiteside,

HIXON, REGINALD T.

FAY, NATHAN C.
& Co.,

Portland, Me.

Hooper-Kimball, Inc.
HOMSEY, ANTON E.

FERGUSON, WM.

du

& Cabot

Pont, Homsey 8c Company

HORMEL, EDWARD F.

FIELDING, JOHN S.
C. J. Devine 8c Co.

Trust

Day

HOUGHTON.

FOSTER, FREDERICK H.
Lee Higginson

R. I.

Allyn & Co.

May & Gannon, Inc.

Hodgdon & Co.

R. W. Pressprich & Co.

Moors

Lerner 8c Co.

LEVINE,

KEANE, J. FRANK
Elmer H. Bright & Co.

White, Weld & Co.

ELDRACHER, THEODORE

Nathan C. Fay

Geyer & Co., Inc.

HART, JOHN J.

Harris, Upham & Co.

ENGDAHL,

Second

HARSON, FREDERICK L.
Praser, Phelps & Co., Providence,

EAGAN, WALTER F.

ELWELL,

KEALEY,

Inc.

C.

McCUE, JOHN A.
May 8c Gannon, Inc.

LERNER, LOUIS C.

S.

HOWARD

Baldwin, White 8c Co.

DYKES. ALVIN A.

duPont,

Knox 8c Co.,

HARRIS.

A.

May 8c Gannon, Inc.

Globe

National

Frederick c. Adams 8c Co.

McCORMIOK, Jr., JAMES F.

Le LAND, ALAN C.

JULIAN, JAMES

HARKNESS, ROBERT B.

May 8c Gannon, Inc.

(Honorary)

W.

C. Wainwright & Co.

McAllister, Jr., henry p.

LeBEAU, IRVING C.

JORDAN, Jr., G. C.
R. W. Pressprich Co.

HANRAHAN, PAUL B.
Hanrahan 8c Co., Worcester

DOUCET, LESTER T.

H.

MAY, WILLIAM F.

National

(Honorary)

P. S. Moseley & Co.

Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.

MAX, RICHARD L.

CRANDON
Quotation Bureau

LEAHY,

HALLIWILL, BIRNEY S.

DONOVAN, WARREN

DUFFY,

ROBERT

Boston

Co.

Sachs &

MANN, Jr., GEO. P.
Mann 8c Gould, Salem, Mass.

The First Boston Corp.

JONES, WILLIAM

LEAMAN F.

Goldman,

MAGUIRE, JOHN E.
May 8c Gannon, Inc.

LAWRENCE, EDWARD W.
Hemphill, Noyes 8c Co.

Harris, Upham & Co.

Co.

Co.

Lang & Dadmun, Inc.

JACOBS, BERT L.
f
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.
JAMES,

Sachs &

MAGUIRE, JAMES B.
J. B. Maguire 8c Co., Inc.

LARSON, N. HENRY

Peck

Jr., JOHN L.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.

DONOHUE, JOHN J.

Lamont &

8c Company

INGHAM.

Worcester

Company,

Inc.

Co.,

LAMONT, NICHOLAS

INGALLS, ROBERT U.
Tucker, Anthony 8c Co.

HALEY, DAVID A.

Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

8c

(Honorary)

8c

LANG, HAROLD F.

Bros., Harriman & Co.

HAIGNEY, DAYTON P.

Providence, R. I.

Co.,

DONNELLY, JOHN P.

Salomon Bros.

Adams

MADARY, HAROLD
Geyer & Co., Inc., Chicago

8c Co.

Lahti

Matthew

INGALLS, JEROME M.

GUTHRIE, ELWIN A.

RICHARD

H. Walker 8c

Hutchinson

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
MacDONALD, WILLIAM G.
W. P. Rutter, Incorporated

Co.

&

LAHTI, W. HENRY

Weeks

HUTCHINSON, Jr., JAMES A.

IRVING E.

Reed

&

The First Boston Corp.

Inc.

Townsend, Dabuey 8c Tyson

Union Securities Corporation

Estabrook

HUSSEY, EUGENE R.

Co.,

RICHARD

Brown

DIAMOND, CLEMENT G.
Tcwnsend, Dabney 8c Tyson
DODSON,

Arthur Warner 8c

Hornblower

Kirwan

KUMIN, EMIL

HURLEY, HERBERT E.

GRIFFIN, HENRY F.
A. C. Allyn and Company, Inc.

DENTON, GEORGE R.

Brown, Lisle 8c Marshall, Providence, R. I.

Thomas A.

Sheeline & Co.

MacDONALD, J. RENWICK

KIRWAN, THOMAS A.

Wise, Hobbs & Seaver, Inc.

Inc.

GODDARD, JAMES H.
J. H. Goddard 8c Co., Inc.

J.

Sibley & Co.

HURLEY, EDMUND J.

8c Co.,

Paul D.

Inc.

KILNER, GEORGE M.

Henry P. Briggs 8c Co.

DAY, Jr., LEON E.
Chas. A. Day 8c Co., Inc.

Chas. A. Day & Co., Inc.

E.

HURLBURT, C. GRAHAM

GLEASON, SHERMAN

Incorporated

J. Arthur Warner 8c Co.,

HUNT, WILLIAM P.
W.

LYNCH, JAMES J.

KENT, RODNEY P.

Clayton Securities Corp.

Inc.

GIBSON, Jr., CHARLES E.
Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs

Co.

Nieman, Carl Marks & Co. Inc., New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Hatz, Arnhold
Bleichroeder, Inc., New York City; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Company, New York City;
'
Fred G. Morton, The Milwaukee Company, Milwaukee

HUGHES, FRANCIS J.

L. Putnam 8c Co.,

GANNON, JOSEPH

DAVIS, DONALD

Barney

A. L.

Corporation

Company

CHARLES G.

Albee & Co., Inc.

HUGHES, B. J.

FOSTER, Jr., HATHERLY

% DAYTONA BEACH
DtLAND
'

Boston

Vance, Sanders 8c Company

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Arthur

Warner

&

Co.,

A.

Inc.

J,

Arthur Warner

&

R.

W.

Company

-v',

GEORGE P.

MOREY,

NEEDHAM,
Merrill

MORRISON, JAMES A.

Pierce,

&

Fenner

8s

Beane

Providence, R. I.

POPE,
F.

H.

P.

8s

R.

L.

Corporation

Moseley 8s Co.

W.

Company,

J. B.

Inc.

Inc.

Providence,

Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs

R. I.

T.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
WALTER

CARL V.

WELLS,

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

WELLS, RAYMOND
Bishop-Wells Co.

ELLIOT C.

E.

WHITCOMB, BURTON F.
Harriman Ripley & Co.,

Mass.

Prescott &

WHITCOMB,

TAYLOR, JOHN R.

M.

Spencer Trask & Co.

Taylor & Co., Inc.

Co.

Inc

WHITE, BENJAMIN F.
Baldwin, White & Co.

REGINALD

PAUL J.

TAYLOR, Jr.. JOHN R.

PROCTOR, EUGENE F.
H. C. Wainwright & Co.

Pressprich & Co.

PUTNAM, JOHN A.

Maguire & Co., Inc.

W.

E. Hutton &

WILLIAM

D.

S.

WILLIAMS, T.

Ralph F. Carr 8s Co., Inc.

Co.

PUTNAM, WILLARD S.
A.
C. Allyn and Company,

TIRRELL, JOHN
Star Printing Co.

Inc.

Whittemore

H.

& Co.

EDMUND

Hooper-Kimball,

Inc.

WINSLOW, Jr., A. N.
,

Whiteside, West & Winslow,

Chace,
TOOHEY, CARROLL W.
Coburn & Middlebrook,

QUINN, DANIEL L.

H

DONALD

WHITTEMORE,

0

Taylor & Co., Inc.
THOMPSON,

OPPER, EDWARD J.

MUNN, P. JUDSON

S.

Geyer 8s Co.,

WEEKS. Jr., ROBERT S.

Tripp & Taber, New Bedford,

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM S.
William

R.

Boston

TABER, RICHARD D.
Tripp & Taber, New Bedford, Mass.

Hodgdon & Co.

O'LEARY,

Mudge 8s Co.

LOWELL A.
Corporation

Jr.,

WARREN, ROBERT H.

Donohue & Sullivan

TABER,

Arthur W. Wood Company

MUDGE, JOHN G.

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

First

TABB, Jr., HENRY E.
Townsend, Dabney 8s Tyson

POWERS, EDWARD F.

Day & Co.

NOWELL, RICHARD CARLTON
Spencer Trask & Co.

&

Securities

WILLIAM A.

S.

FRANCIS
Wainwright & Co.

WARREN,

SWIFT,

Webster

C.

WARING, LLOYD B.

JOHN J.

Hutton & Co.

SWENSON, CARL J.
M. Joseph Cummings,

POTTER, J. RUSSELL

Nichols, Inc.

NOONAN, THOMAS H.

MOYNIHAN, JAMES E.
J. B. Maguire 8s Co., Inc.

Jackson

Incorporated.

NEWTON. DEXTER

JR., EDWARD
Fund, Inc.

Adams.

Middlebrook,

PILLSBURY, E. P.
Stone

H.

SULLIVAN, ROBERT W.

WILFRED B.

Coburn

Weston W. Adams & Co.

CARLETON

Lynch,

PERHAM,

W. E.

WARD,

Jr., JOHN E.

Putnam & Co., Inc.

SULLIVAN, JOHN P.
Smith, Barney 8s Co.

PIERCE, RALPH W.

Arthur Warner & Co., Inc.

J.

Townsend, Dabney 8s Tyson
Barrett & Company,

Corporation

Townsend, Dabney 8s Tyson

Inc.

L.

SULLIVAN,

Securities

Webster

8s

PATNODE, WESLEY P.

Inc.

NEWMAN, LEO

MOSSOP, WALLACE L.

Boston

Company,

MURRAY, RAYMOND M.
Tucker, Anthony & Co.

Pressprich & Co.

MOTLEY.

and

Chace, Whiteside, West & Winslow,

Inc.

MOORE, GEORGE E.
Mixter

Allyn

F.

MURPHY, TIMOTHY D.

MOORE, FREDERICK

S.
& Co.,

C,

SULLIVAN,

Corporation

Russell & Co., Cleveland

WALSH, FRANCIS P.
A. G. Walsh & Son

JAMES E.

Baldwin, White & Co.

PARSLOE, GEORGE S.

MURPHY, ARTHUR C.

V

SULLIVAN,

I.

FREDERICK

Higginson

Stone

MOORE, ALEXANDER W.

and

Tripp 8s Taber, New Bedford, Mass.

(Continued from page 25)

Harry J. Hudepohl, West-

Hack, Jr., F. S. Moseley & Co., Chicago; Mr. and Mrs.
Company, Cincinnati; Mr. & Mrs. L. Warren Foster, Gottron,

Mrs. John J.

&

heimer

PARDEE, MILTON

Boston Securities Traders Association

J.

Mr.

Topol, Greene and Company, New York City; Mrs. James E. Jones, Atlanta;
Scbloss, New York City; J. Herbert Evans, Beil A Hough, St. Petersburg

Robert
Irwin

Mrs.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL and

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WOGLOM, ALBERT G.

Incorporated

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

Railroad

Securities

REED,

J. Arthur Warner & Co.,

TOWNSEND,

REILLY, ARTHUR H.

Leased Line

Guaranteed

Bonds

Preferred

Common

Josephthal & Co.

Weeden

RICE, FRED W.
R.

W.

Public

Co.

&

C.

A.

JOSEPH

F. S. Moseley &

Utility Bonds

&

E.

Inc.

J.

Coffin

Co.

Devine

H.

Co.

&

Doremus

&

Lerner 8s Co.

Coffin

Industrial Stocks

BOBBINS, JOSEPH F.
Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs
ROSS.

CARL K.

Carl

K.

& Burr,

Co.,

Inc.,

Incorporated

HAROLD

Wainwright & Co.

C.

Brothers Harriman &

The Keystone Company

Incorporated

ZUCCARO,
First

White, Weld & Co.
8s

Burr,

Co.

YOUNG, R. T.

A.

WALKER, HARRY R.

i

Ross

&

Brown

Co.

ALFRED

Co.

YOUNG, HERBERT W.

RINALDI, JOSEPH M.
WAGNER,

8s

SUMNER R.

WOOLARD.

VAUGHN, HAROLD

Co.

Newton

M.

WOLLEY,

CURTICE N.

TUCKER, LESLIE A.

Pressprich

RICHARDSON,

WOLL, ALBERT J. T.

TOWER, ARTHUR PUTNAM

LESTER F.

Preston, Moss 8s Co.

ALFRED

Boston

of Boston

G.

Corporation

Portland,

Maine
■-

•

Adams & Peck

RYALL, EUGENE J.

Established 1924

RYAN, JOHN
Goodbody 8s Co.

63 Wall Street

C.

^

New York 5

•

Devine &

J.

RYAN,

Private

Bell System Teletype N. Y. 1-724

telephone wires

to

branch offices

Boston

REAL ESTATE BONDS and

TITLE COMPANY and

L.

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SCHUERHOFF, ROLAND H.
Barney

STOCKS,

HOTEL ISSUES)

(INCLUDING

& Co.

SAUNDERS, MALCOLM
Raymond & Co.

Smith,

Hartford

Trading Department Which Specializes in

VINCENT P.

Harris, Upham

Telephone BOwling Green 9-8120

We Maintain a Special Division of Our

Co.

Co.

&

Dealers

Philadelphia
SCRIBNER, PAUL A.
Scribner & Meredith,

Inc.

are

invited

to

timely statistical reports

request
on

copies

of

our

Real Estate issues.

SESSLER, JOHN G.
John

G.

Sessler

&

Co.

Amott,Baker & Go.

SHEA, Jr., JOHN L.
Shea

1923

1952

SHEA,
R.

&

Company

Incorporated

JOHN WILLIAM

H.

Johnson

Co.

&

150 BROADWAY

SHEEHAN, JR., DANIEL M.
Sheehan, McCoy & Willard

4

NEW YORK 38, N. Y.

•

Teletype NY 1-588

Telephone BArclay 7-4880

SIIEELINE, PAUL D.
Paul D. Sheeline

OVER-THE-COUNTER

& Co.

SIDES, W. RANDOLPH
Sides, Morse & Co., Inc.

i-

\

SLIFER,

ERNEST

W.

American Securities Corp.

SECURITIES

Bacon, Stevenson & Co.

SMITH, CHARLES H.
Moors

SMITH,

& Cabot

HERBERT

^

C.

Members New Yor\Stocl[ Exchange
Members New

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Tor\Curb Exchange

SOFORENKO, MYER M.
Michael

Investment Co.,

Inc.

Providence, R. L
SPELLMAN, VINCENT L.
Frederick

Frank C. Masterson & Co.

SPENCE,

W.

C.

Adams

&

MUNICIPAL
Co.

BONDS

FREDERICK

Townsend, Dabney 8s Tyson

Established 1923

SPORRONG,

Members New York Curb Exchange
64

WALL STREET

Bell Teletype NY 1-1140




NEW

STANLEY

39

Burgess & Leith

YORK

5

HAnover 2-9470

STANLEY, Jr., GEORGE A.
Schirmer, Atherton & Co.
STEMBRIDGE, ALFRED R.
Distributors Group,

Incorporated

Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Telephone Dlgby 4-4100

Inc.

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Convention Number

Mr.

Mrs.

&

J.

Howard
Mr.

Twin

Rossbach,
Mrs.

&

Victor

Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington,
Moore, King Merritt & Co., Inc., Miami

City Security Traders Association, Inc.

D.

BOOTH. HOWARD

Woodard-Elwooi

CLAREY, JOHN M.

CO I! I N.
J.

&

Clarey,

At

3c Co.

CHARLES

RIEGER,

Jamieson

Company

&

R. J.

J.

Co.

H.
Homer

Collins

At

Duluth

C®.,

Piper,

V.

Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc.

J.

First National Bank of

Jamieson

Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc.

At

SIVERSON,

FELDMAN, GRANT A.
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

St.

FERGUSON,

Kalman

porated, St. Paul.
Secretary: Joseph C. Mahoney, C. D. Mahoney & Co.,
Treasurer; Ernest R.

Minneapolis.

Gearino, Marquette National Bank, Minne¬

apolis.
National Committeemen: Kenneth C. Joas, Ames,

Emerich & Co.,

SORUM.

FIELD,

HAROLD L.
Jamieson At Co.

WALLACE
Nuveen

H.

&

Co.

FLODTN.
M.

H.

SPACE,

Co., St. Paul

STARN,

Allison-Williams Company, Minne¬

apolis; J. Ries Bambenek, J. M. Dain & Company.
Elected:

October

Company,

Inc.,

1952;

8,

Office:

Took

October 8,

1952; Term

Bank

of

Minne¬

C.

Tarras At

Co., Winona

(Associate)

Co.

At

KERMIT

WICHMAN,

B.

W.

WITTENBERG, WILBER W.

WALTER P.

HARRY

EDWARD

M. H. Bishop At Co.

Company

Blyth At Co., Inc.

W-

WIKMAN, DALE R.

Kalman & Company,

Merrill

Inc.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

GIFSEN, WILLIAM H.
M. H. Bishop At Co.
GOODMAN.
Francis

DONALD

I.

du

GOTH, FRED

F.
At Co.

Pont

Joseph McManus & Co.

S.

Irving J. Rice

GRUN,

& Company,

ALPHONSE

First

National

HENNINGS,

Inc.

MEMBERS
New

J.

Bank

HENRY

Northwestern

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

National

TARRAS, ARTHUR C.

St. Paul

St. Paul

Expires: October, 1953.

Moody, St. Paul

GEARINO, E. R.
Marquette National Bank

Inc., Minneapolis.
Alternates: Kermit B. Sorum,

Company

apolis

Woodard-Elwood At Co.

EMIL

Bishop

&

Northwestern

LLOYD

Allison-Williams

K.

At

President: Alphonse J. Grun, First National Bank of Minneapolis.

&

First National Bank of Minneapolis

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Vice-President: Fred S. Goth, Irving J. Rice & Company, Incor¬

Incor¬

Company,

TALBOT, O. JACK

A.

HUGH

Dain

Juran

Paul,

SMITH, JACK C.

John

and

SWAGLER, RICHARD C.

SHUTE, PRESTON B.

DEVINE, OWEN C.

M.

Jaffray & Hopwood

SEMPF, WALTER J.

DELANEY. JOHN J.
Delaney & Company

FISK,

GEORGE H.

Byllesby

STONER, PAUL A.
COLDEVIN C.

RUDD,

Joseph C. Mahoney

M.

porated

(Associate)
DAYTON. LEONARD

Alphonse J. Grun

Stelchen At Co., Inc.

STILLMAN,

v

ROWND, CHESTER M.
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

COLLINS, HOMER

At Curtis

STEICHEN, ROMAN J.

Irving J. Rice At Company, Inc., St. Paul

Inc.
M.

JOHN F.

Webber, Jackson

Paine,

RICE, IRVING J.

MERRILL
Dain

M.

STEELE,

RAND, ARTHUR H.

Jackson & Curtis

Webber,

Reman

Fred A. Shorsher, Ball, Burge
Co., Minneapolis

Ted Plumridge, J. Arthur Warner & Co., Incorporated, New York City;
& Kraus, Cleveland; Arthur H. Rand, Woodard-Elwood &

C.;

Paine.

27

of

Stock

39
of

Bank

Exchange

—

New York Curb Exchange

Midwest Stock

Minneapolis

B.

National

York

Minne¬

Exchange

Broadway

New York 6, N. Y,

apolis
(Members

located

In

Minneapolis

BABCOCK, Jr., CARROLL H.

unless

Piper, Jaffray At Hopwood

otherwise Indicated)

ALDRICH,
Central

BAMBENEK,

MALCOM M.
Company

ANDERSON,

First National Bank of St. Paul,

ARMS,
J.

P.

J.

Dain

RIES

At

Company

ALison-Willlams

St. Paul

Company

BISHOP, MORLAN H.
M. H. Bishop At Co.

JAMES P.
Arms, Incorporated

JOHN

W.

Midland National Bank

JACKISH,
Merrill

GEORGE

TRADING MARKETS and RETAIL DISTRIBUTION

V.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Ac

Beane

JOAS, KENNETH 0.
Ames, Emerich At Co., Inc.

CORRESPONDENT

EMIL
Johnson-McKendrlck

At

Co..

to

Inc.

Chicago

with

the

qualifies

following

securities

specialists in this

us as

for

group.

Arden Farms Co. Com. & Pfd.
Arizona Public

Bullocks

Service Com. & Pfds.
Inc.

Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

At

McMaster Hutchinson & Co.

Kansas City-

—

Wm. J. Mericka & Co., Inc.

New Orleans-

Dallas

—

Southwestern Securities Co.

Pittsburgh

-

—

R. C. O'Donnell & Co.

St. Louis

-

W.

Merrill

First

Harrisburg- Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.

-

•

Toronto

■

San Antonio-

Houston

LEWIS,

•

Beane

KOOP, WILLIAM W.
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

—

Crockett & Company

*

Burke & MacDonald

T. J. Feibleman & Co.
Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.

White & Company

Lentz, Newton & Co.
'

-

WARDWELL

Matthews & Company

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner At Beane <

MacDONALD,

Common

California Electric Power

—

Cleveland

Kinnard & Company

G.

KLEMOND, EMIL J.

identity

SYSTEM

Detroit

John

Our

WIRE

JOHNSON.

KINNARD. JOHN G.

many years

through
'V

BERGMAN, OSCAR M.

N.

DONALD

M.

J.

Republic

HUNT

GEORGE

National

A.
of

Bank

Minneapolis

2^2% & 3% Pfds.
MACH, ROBERT F.

Capitol Records Inc. Common

Central Public Utility Company
Common Stock

and Old 5^28

Jamieson

Fullerton Oil
Interstate

Com. & 4s, 1960
Co.

C.

D.

Pacific American Investors
Pacific Mercury

Plomb Tool Co. Common

Puget Sound Power &

M.

H.

JOSEPH

Light Co. Com.

Paine,

PAUL

Webber,

Curtis

Co.,

Inc.

EDWARD

ROBT.

At

•

S.

PRIVATE PLACEMENTS

Williams-McNaghten Co.
JOSEPH R.

Kalman

on

At

SECURITIES

At

Tiffany & Co.

Statistical Information

MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATE

E.

Jackson

Johnson-McKendrlck

MILLER,

Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Warrants

E.

St. Paul

McNAGHTEN.

Seattle Gas Co. Common

UNDERWRITERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

Bishop Ac Company

McKENDRICK.

Television Mfg. Corp.

D.

Mahoney Ac Co.

MATSCHE.

Baking Corp. Com. & Pfd.

Company

MAHONEY, JOSEPH C.

MASEK,

Disney (Walt) Productions

&

MAHONEY, CORNELIUS
C. D. Mahoney At Co.

Company, Inc.

MYERS. THEODORE A.

Mannhelmer-Egan,

CORPORATE FINANCING

Inc., St. Paul

PELTON, THEODORE W.

Request

Northwestern

National

Bank

of

Minne¬

apolis
PHILLIPS,

ERNST & CO.
Stock Exchange
New York Curb Exchange
leading Security and Commodity Exchanges

Members New York
and

other

120

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

GUYBERT

M.

Caldwell, Phillips Co., St. Paul
Members: New

PILLSBURY,
First

ROBERT K.

National

PLUMLEY.

Bank

ALFRED

of

Minneapolis

New

York

So. LaSalle St., Chicago 4,

Private

Wires to




Los Angeles and

111.

Chicago

Harris, Upham At Co.

Juran

At

Moody,

St.

prescott, b. w.
E. J. Prescott * go..

Curb Exchange

52 Wall Street,

N.

New York 5

Affiliates

PREESHL, F. WARREN

231

York Stock Exchange

Paul

Delaware Fund Distributors,

Inc.

Van AUtyne Noel Corporation

Beane

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I

James

P. Cleaver, Goodbody & Co., New York
City; Mrs. Edward H. Welch, Chicago; Clinton
Whitehead, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Miami; Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Hammell,
Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co., Chicago
/

Security Traders Association of Los Angeles

;

•.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

:

Charles

L. Wallingford, H. M. Byllesby and Company, Incorporated, Philadelphia; Joseph E. Smith,
Newburger & Co., Philadelphia; Harry L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City;
M. C. Brittain, Scherck, Richter Co., St. Louis

S.

MODRELL, PAUL

Secretary: Homer Wessendorf, Jr., William R. Staats & Co.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Treasurer: Frank Link, Harris, Upham & Co.

NONGARD, CONRAD P.
Floyd

Governors: Robert
Charles

D. Diehl, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis;
Livingstone, Crowell, Weedon & Co.; Donald E.'

R.

Fairman

Summerell, Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.

OWEN,

National

Committeemen: Lawrence

S. Pulliam, Weedon & Co.;
Summerell, Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.

Donald E.

Alternates:

George H. Earnest,
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Elected:

November

Fewel

&

John

Co.;

C.

Allen

A.

&

E.

Weedon
J.

Weeden

Hecht,

R.

Co.

RICHARD

Crowell,
PAISLEY,

&

Co.

&

O'NEIL, RICHARD

&

Co.

PIKE, WILLIAM

C.

f

Morgan & Co.

26, 1951; Took Office: January,

1952; Term

Co.

FOSTER

POINDEXTER, CLIFFORD E.

Expires: December, 1952.

Wagenseller & Durst,

Inc.

PULLIAM, LAWRENCE
Weeden

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

&

REEVES, JAMES
(Members in Los Angeles unless
otherwise indicated)

HARDCASTLE,
Dean

Witter

PARKMAN

ALEXANDER, JACK
Lester, Ryons & Co.

A. W.

McCready, Jr. Timothy D. Spillane

H. Wessendorf, Jr.

Frank Link

HECHT,

ASCHKAR.

Vice-President: Timothy D. Spillane, J. A. Hogle & Co.

BARSAMIAN,

BATES,

ROBERT

&

Daniel

Co.

Marache, Dofflemyre & Co.

Daniel

EDWARD

Reeves

&

Beverly Hills

Hutton

&

DISTRIBUTORS

•

DEALERS

'

FRED

Merrill Lynch,

State and

CARLSEN,

CASS,

Municipal Bonds

&

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ESTABROOK

&

CO.

YORK

Associate

AND

BOSTON

Member New

Wall St., NEW YORK 5

-

SPILLANE,

LINK.

D.

STOCK

York

Curb

EXCHANGES

15 State

St., BOSTON 9, MASS.

Investment

Co.

Co.

California

Webber.
R.

Jackson

Gross,

&

ARSDALE, NIELAND B.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Kraft

F.

Kraft

RICHARD

Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.

&

Co.

&

WALKER,

WILLIAM

Conrad, Bruce

Co.

WARD

FRANK

FRANK

Merrill

C.

& Co.

Curtis

Co.

of Los

Angeles

J.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

WARNES, ROY C.

Shearson, Hammill & Co.
WEBSTER, WILLIAM
Bateman, Eichler & Co.
WELLER, JOHN T.
Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.

WESSENDORF, JR., HOMER
William

R.

Staats

&

MANWARING, JOSEPH F.
First California Company

Co.

WRIGHT, WILLIAM L.

McCREADY, Jr., ALBERT W.
Geyer & Co., Inc.

&

WRITER, JOSEPH

Lester,

Ryons

&

Co.

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin
McOMBER,

Fewel & Co.

Revel

Jr., CHARLES L.
Bateman. Elchler & Co.

A.

S.

Miller &

MILLER.

ZIMMERMAN, WILLIAM J.
Bingham, Walter & Hurry,

Co.

WTLLIAM

Crowell,

ENGLE, EDWARD P.
California

Inc.

Barbour, Smith & Co.

Co.

EBNER,

First

Rogers,

VAN

NICHOLAS P.

EARNEST, GEORGE H.

EUPER, THOMAS

E.

Durst, Inc.

Co.

CLEMENS T.
Hill Richards & Co.

Staats

SPRINGFIELD

DONALD

TURNER, STEPHEN C.
Wagenseller & Durst,

LUEKER,

& Co.

William
•

of

Crowell, Weedon & Co.

Paine,

D.

Shearson, Hammlll & Co.
Wagenseller &

LIVINGSTONE, CHARLES

Fairman

TIMOTHY

Hogle & Co.

SUMMERELL,

LIPPMAN, WILLIAM A., Jr.
Akin-Lambert Co., Inc.

DEFOE. RALPH E.

Exchange

J. A.

Harris, Upham Ss Co.

& Co.

&

Co.

Jackson & Curtis

STOUT, SCOTT

C.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

PROVIDENCE

•

Co.

THOMAS H.

F.

Oscar

DORROH, WILLIAM W.
HARTFORD

Paine. Webber,

KRAFT, OSCAR F., JR.

COOK, JAY B.
Dempsey-Tegeler

Wykoff &

SILLICK, JACK

OSCAR F.

Oscar

DIEHL, ROBERT D.

40

Edgerton,

DAVIES, JR., WILLIAM H.

MEMBERS
NEW

SHIPLEY, FOREST W.
Goodwin

VERNON,

Co.

&

Tully

Conrad, Bruce & Co. of Los Angeles

& Co.

Witter &

KRAFT,

COCKBURN, JAMES

Mitchum,

&

"Times" (Honorary)

SHEEDY, PATRICK H.

Fewel & Co.

Dean

G.

Allen

A.

&

KIRWAN,

D.

ROBERT T.

Floyd

Hills

TUTTLE, GORDON B.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
CASS,

Colburn

KELLER,

Henderson

ROBERT

L.

Sutro

THEODORE

Harbison

Los Angeles

Beverly

JOHNSON, WILLIAM A.

B.

CAMINSKY, DONALD M.

Industrial, Public Utility and Railroad Securities

R.

Standard

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
CAILENDER,

Co.,

JAMESON, CLAUDE

Lester, Ryons & Co.

\

SANDIFER, ROBERT

NORMAN

Fairman

Co.

CALDWELL, HOWARD

UNDERWRITERS

&

IRISH, HERBERT

BROWN, WILLIAM E.
F.

RYONS, JOSEPH L.
Lester, Ryons & Co.

Co.

IIUFF, ROBERT H.
Conrad, Bruce & Co. of Los Angeles

E.

Shields & Company

E.

Reeves

HUDSON,

J.

Co.,

BROWN, MAXFIELD

Founded 1851

&

IIOSKIN, ARTHUR
Walston, Hoffman &

Bank

BOURBEAU,

duPont

HOLTON, CHARLES L.
Holton, Hull & Co.

F.

BETZ, HERMAN
California

I.

HENDERSON, ROBERT J.

KENNETH O.

Dempsey-Tegeler

JOHN C.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
Francis

A.

Co., Inc.

RUSSELL, KENNETH
Morgan & Co.

HEFNER, RAY J.

PAUL H.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

President: A. William McCready, Jr., Geyer & Co. Incorporated.

Akin-Lambert

Co.

&

S.

Co.

Weedon

\.

&

Inc.

ZINK. JAMES
Co.

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Company
J.

Dempsey-Tegeler «fe Co.
FETTERS, JOHN J.
Jones, Cosgrove & Miller,

Pasadena

FRANKEL, HAROLD C.
Fairman

&

LISTED

Co.

and

UNLISTED

FRANKLIN, SAMUEL B.
Samuel

B.

Franklin

&

Company

SECURITIES

FRASER, JAMES G.

Stern, Frank & Meyer

FREEMAN, AL\ IN R.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
GALLEGOS, JOSEPH F.

Underwriters, Distributors and Dealers

Reorganization and When Issued

Lester, Ryons & Co.

STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS

Bonds

GARRETT, PIERCE R.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
GARROWAY,
Francis

I.

DAVE

duPont

&

Co.

&

Stocks

Canadian and Other Foreign Securities

GINN, WILLIAM

Interest

Dean

Exempt from

present

Federal Income Taxes

GLASS,

Witter

&

Foreign Exchange

Co.

CHESTER M.

William

R.

Staats

&

Co.

GOLDSCHMIDT, PAUL
Lester, Ryons & Co.
BOND

THE

CHASE
OF

THE

DEPARTMENT

NATIONAL

CITY

OF

BANK

GREEN,

MEMBERS
AND

SAM

Pledger

NEW

SUTRO BROS. & CO.

GREEN, ROBERT M.
Pledger & Co., Inc.

&

YORK

Company,

Inc.

HALL, MAX

Pine Street Corner of Nassau

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Dean

J.

B.

JACK

Hanauer

HARBISON,
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& Henderson

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YORK

STOCK

EXCHANGE

PRINCIPAL EXCHANGES

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Convention Number

Charles
New

Jr., Stein Bros. & Boyce, Baltimore; John J. O'Kane, Jr., John J.
Charles M. Zingraf, Laurence M. Marks & Co., New York City;
Siegel & Co., New York City; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Company, New

A. Bodie,

York

City;

Traders Association

Miami; Mrs. James
Inc., San Francisco;

Carrison, Pierce-Carrison Corporation, Jacksonville; Mrs. F. Boice Miller,
St. Petersburg; Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Blum, Brush, Slocumb & Co.,
F. Vincent Reilly, Commercial <6 Financial Chronicle

H. George

O'Kane, Jr. & Co.,
Nathan Krumholz,
York City

Wiley,

CARSON, GEORGE F.

San Francisco Security

Frank Knowlton & Co.,

MARTINI,

RABER, WILLIAM

RICH, LOUIS

Stewart, Eubanks, Meyerson

Schwabacher &

MAURY J.
Bank & Union Trust

KESSLER,

ROBERSTON, Jr., BENJAMIN B.
Mitchum, Tully & Co.

LAMPERTI, ANGELO
Lawson, Levy & Williams

WILLIAM
Co.

FAULKNER, WILLIAM
Wulff, Hansen & Co.

William R. Staats & Co.

SAYRE, KENNETH H.
Irving Lundborg & Co., Palo Alto,

MACRAE, Jr., COLLINS L.

FAZACKERLY, KENNETH

Lundborg &

SANDELL, RUDOLPH T.
Shuman, Agnew & Co.

LARZELERE, JOSEPH

C.

& York

;

Hooker & Fay

Company

E. F. Hutton & Company

Co.

RICHMAN, ANTHONY J.

Wells Fargo

ENGLISH, GIFFORD M.

Irving

Hooker & Fay

QUINN, JOHN J.
Stone & Youngberg

KANE, CHARLES B.
Geyer & Co., Inc.

EGAN, JOHN F.
First California Company

&

Incorporated

Co.,

KAMMERER, GEORGE G.
J. S. Strauss & Co.

LEONARD

DONDERO, WILLIAM
First California Company

Davies

&

JENKINS, ROBERT
Davis, Skaggs & Co.

Mitchum, Tully & Co.

FARRELL,

McAndrew

QUINN, HUBERT J.

Sutro & Co.

HODGE

Bailey & Davidson
De

Oakland, Calif.

ISAACS. PAUL E.

COSTELLO, JOHN S.
American Trust Company

H.

PRICE, THOMAS W.

IMHOF, JAMES R.

-

Davies & Co.

DAVIDSON,

29

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Wulff, Hansen & Co.

Co.

Calif.

\
SCHAG, WALTER

JOHN FRANCIS

FINNEGAN,

MAY, J. EARLE
J. Earle May & Co., Palo

Hannaford & Talbot

Frank

Earl

Bowyer

Stewart S. Barker

Thomas

FLOOD,

EUGENE V.

Oakland, Calif.

Frank Knowlton & Co.,

Davis, Skaggs & Co.

Alto, Calif.

SHAFFT, CONRAD O.
Shafft, Snook & Cahn

McCLINTICK, JAMES E.
Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co.

SMITH, ROBERT L.

McMAHON, J. B.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

FORD, JACK

President: Frank Bowyer,

Douglass Van Der Nalllen & Co., Inc.

Schwabacher & Co.

Vice-President: Earl Thomas, Dean

Secretary-Treasurer: Stewart S.

GIANTI, RICHARD
Francis I. du Pont &

Witter & Co.

John F. Sullivan,
First California Company, Incorporated; George G. Gumbel,
J. Barth & Co.; Richard Payne, Geyer & Co. Incorporated.
Inc.; Thomas W.

Hill, Jr., J. S. Strauss & Co.;

Alternate: John F. Egan,
Elected: December

Ernest E. Blum, Brush, Slocumb &

Co.

Incorporated.

Price, McAndrew & Co.,

Incorporated.

First California Company,

20, 1951; Took Office: January

1, 1952; Term

MURPHY,

GEORGE G.

J. Barth & Co.

Holt

CHARLES B.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

HARKINS,

&

MEMBERS

WATTS, WILLIAM F.

HEWITT,

Merrill

HENRY

American

Trust

Company

WEBER,

Geyer & Co., Inc.

ALBERT A.

Henry F. Swift &

LESLIE

WEIR,

Co.

J.

EMIL

located in San Francisco
indicated)

unless otherwise

HOWARD, McBURNEY
The

Harris,

First Boston Corp.

ELMER L.

Barth & Co.

WHITAKER, EMMET K.
Davis, Skaggs & Co.

William R. Staats & Co.

POWELL,

BROOKS. D.

Davies & Co.

PERENON, HENRY

Brush, Slocumb & Co.
(Members

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

PAYNE, RICHARD

First California Company

HOWARD,

J.

Jr., BENJAMIN
Stone & Youngberg

BAUM,

Company

VICINO, WALTER
Blyth & Co., Inc.

JACKSON H.

Conrad, Bruce & Co.
HEFTER,

F.

THOMAS, EARL
Dean witter & Co.

Denault & Co.

PALMER,

Brush, Slocumb & Co.

PIKICH,

ROSTER OF

SULLIVAN. JOHN
First California

WILLIAM
Collins

O'REILLY, JOHN J.

HECHT, Jr., JOHN C.

HILL, Jr., HOUSTON
J. S. Strauss & Co.

30, 1952.

Expires: December

JAMES M.
Wilson, Johnson & Higgins

MORRILL, CLIFTON W.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

GOREY, WALTER C.
Walter C. Gorey Co.
GUMBEL,

National Committeemen:

& Youngberg

Stone

STEWART,

Barker, Crocker First National

Bank.

Directors: Houston

FRANK

MORAN,
Co.

Hill, Richards & Co.
SPULLER, Jr., LOUIS J.
Elworthy & Co.

WOOD, LEWIS

JAMES

First

Upham & Co.

Boston

J.

Corporation

JOSEPH BELLIZI

ABRAHAMSON,
Weeden

&

RICHARD W.

Walston, Hoffman &

Co.

ACHARD, ELIZABETH
Elworthy & Co.
(Honorary

BLUM, ERNEST E.
Brush, Slocumb & Co.

Member)

WILLIAM J.
Wilson, Johnson & Higgins

BAILEY,

BAKER, Jr.,

BOURNE, ROBERT K.
Conrad, Bruce & Co.

FRED A.

Schwabacher &

Co.

BUICK, JOHN E.

8.

Crocker First National

Dealers In

BOWYER, FRANK

Dean Witter & Co.

BARKER, STEWART

Goodwin

BLANK, CARL
A. G. Becker & Co., Inc.

Trust

American

Bank

Company

PUBLIC UTILITY, NATURAL GAS
and INDUSTRIAL

SECURITIES

JERSEY

NEW

MUNICIPAL
BONDS

J. F.

Reilly & Co.
Incorporated

61

Boland, Saffin & Co.
Established 1920

New York 6

Broadway

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Pittsburgh; Mr. & Mrs. Everett W. Snyder, E. W. Snyder & Co., Syracuse;
J. Burke, Jr., May & Gannon, Inc., Boston; Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, Carl M.
Loeb,
Rhoades & Co., New York City; Mrs. H. Sheldon
Parker, Pittsburgh

Maurice

Hart, New York Hanseatic Corporation, New York C.ty; J. W. Means, Courts & Co., Atlanta;
William P. Brown, Detroit; Wm. Perry Brown,
Newr.an, Brown & Co., New Orleans; George
McCleary, Florida Securities Company, St. Petersburg; C. Herbert Pettey, Equitable Securities
Corporation, Nashville; H. Frank Burkholder, Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville

Co.,

Mrs.

William

Security Traders Association of Connecticut

First

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Vice-President:

Gordon

H.

N.

Libby,

Coburn

LYON, Jr., WILLIAM D.

Middle-

&

Chas.

brook, Incorporated, Hartford.
Second Vice-President:

coburn

ford.

Chas.

Hartford.

Governors: George L. Austin, G. L. Austin &
Co., Hartford; Rob¬
ert A. Bligh, Fahnestock &
Co., Torrington; Robert B. Calvert,

L.

T.

Schirmer, Atherton & Co., Hartford; John E. Graham, BrainardJudd & Co., Hartford; Donald B.
Jacobs, Conning & Co., Hart¬

Middlebrook,
Scranton

F.

Griggs

MORRIS,
Robt.

Leslie

B.

Swan, Chas.

Scranton

W.

&

New

Alternates: Andrew L. Tackus, Putnam &
Co., Hartford.

tic

(Members

located

in

otherwise

Hartford

unless

Brothers &

BEAL,

BRUCE

New

Co.

Morris

tic

Co.

Co.,

Stamford

Haven

The R.

F.

Griggs Company, Waterbury

WILLIAM

H.

ROBERT A.
Fahnestock
tic
Co..

Robert C.

New

G.

Walker

&

G.

Bridgeport

&

E.

White,

Company

H.

Walker

tic

West

Hartford

Co.

&

Hammill

&

FREDERICK

Weld

B.

tic

Co.,

Inc.

T.

New Haven

Co., New Haven

SWEENEY, WILLIAM J.
Sweeney tic Company, New Britain
TACKUS.

Co., Bridgeport

ANDREW

Putnam

WEISKE.

LIBBY, GORDON H. N.

Schirmer, Atherton

G.

SWAN, LESLIE B.
Chas. W. Scranton tic

C.

Co.,

KNABLEIN, RUDOLPH L.
Hincks Bros. & Co.,
Inc., Bridgeport

CILENTO, FRANK E.

Shearson,

and

GORDON

Andrews

ADOLPH

Jackson Steiner tic Co.,

SUTTON,

JOHNSON. A. MAURITS

Co.,

CALVERT, ROBERT B.

upon request

T.

JACOBS, DONALD
Conning tic Co.

Haven

H.

Co.

STEINER, S. JACKSON

Co.

Buell

HURLBERT,
E.

tic

Putnam tic Co.

WILLIAM D.

Putnam tic

Co.

Warner

McClure and Shaw

E.

HUNGERFORD. DONALD
tic

Arthur

Haven

HOLMAN,

BRESLAV, WALTER

Analysis

J.

SHAW, JOHN H.

Torrington

BRADLEY, E. HOLBROOK
Edward M. Bradley tic Co., Inc.

Common and Preferred

SCRIBNER, WYLLIS

E.
tic Co.

ARTHUR W.
Hegeman tic Co., Stamford

BOWMAN, ALFRED H.

tic Company, Meriden

E.

Co.

HEGEMAN,

H.

BLIGH,

Fahnestock

Company

tic

STARKEL,

Kennedy-Peterson, Inc.

Christiana Securities

NICHOLAS

JOHN

GRAHAM, REGINALD

BEAKEY, EDWARD

Waterbury

Bridgeport

SAMUELSON, ARTHUR O.
George C. Lane tic Co. Inc., New Haven

Brainard-Judd

Austin tic Co.

Eddy

EISEN,

Fahnestock

GRAHAM,

AUSTIN, GEO. L.
G. L.

FON

indicated)

Haven

WILLIAM A.

RYBECK,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

N. E. Fon Eisen

New

Company,

Co.,

William H. Rybeck

President: Donald E. Hungerford, Robert C. Buell and Company,
Hartford.

Incorporated

Co.,

PAZERA, ALPHONSE L.

October, 1951; Took Office: January, 1952; Term Expires:
December, 1952.

Adolph G. Starkel

tic

MURRAY, FRANK J.
Laird, Bissell tic Meeds

Elected:

Gordon H. N. Libby

Haven

ROBERT S.

S.

Hegeman &

Committeemen:

Co., New Haven.

Hungerford

New

DANIEL J.

Watson

MURPHY,

National

E.

Co.,

THOMAS F.

R.

MORGAN,

ford.

D.

W.

MELIA,
The

y

Scranton &

NORMAN
&

McNULTY, EDW. J.

Secretary-Treasurer: Nicholas E. Fon Eisen, Fahnestock & Co.,

M

W.

MA1GRET.

Adolph G. Starkel, Putnam & Co., Hart¬

L.

Co.

tic

WILDE,

Coburn

Co.

tic

Middlebrook,

A.

M.

F.

RICHARD

Kidder

tic

Co., Bridgeport

RICHARD W.
Conning & Co.

Incorporated

CLAPP, CLARENCE B.
Whaples, Vierlng & Co.

Francis I. duPont
Members New

York

ONE WALL

Tel.:

STREET

DIgby 4-2000

Wilmington

•

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&

New

Rhetpont

Beverly

•

White Plains

West Palm Beach

*

Ft. Lauderdale

•

Direct Private
Atlanta

*

YORK

Buffalo

Co.

CLARK, MYRON H.
Estabrook

CLEMENCE,
R.

5, N. Y.

Teletype:

Washington

•
•

&

Curb Exchanges

L.

New

Elmira

•

York

NEW

•

Cable:

Philadelphia

t.

San Francisco

Rochester

Stock

'

Cleveland

•

Newark
•

Chicago

•

Hiils

•

•

A. L. STAMM & CO.

H.

Day & Co.

120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Haven

COHAN.

HARRY

D.

Denton tic Co., Inc.

MEMBERS

Minneapolis
Miami

•

London, England

to

Cincinnati

Co.

ROBERT

1-1181

Los Angeles

•
•

Miami Beach

Charlotte
Wires

NY

tic

New York

Putnam

Columbus

Curb

New

COOK. AARON
4

Stock

New York

CONNER, EARL W.
Maples tic Goldschmldt. South Norwalk

tic

York

Exchange

Exchange

Cotton

Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Co.

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

COX, FREDERIC R.
New

New York

Haven

New

DOCKHAM.

GEORGE
Hlncks Bros, tic Co.,

REORGANIZATION & "WHEN-ISSUED"

DYER.

New York

A.

Inc., New Haven

Produce

York

Exchange

Mercantile

Coffee

&

Exchange

Sugar Exchange, Inc.

Cocoa

Exchange, Inc.

-

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

HAROLD I.

Eddy Brothers tic Co.
ENGLISH, JAMES P.
Cooley tic Company

SECURITIES

New

York

Telephone
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Teletype NY 1-2129
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"STAMAL"

Corporation

BABY BONDS, SCRIP i RIGHTS
PRIVATE

WIRES

Hendricks &

Joscphthal & Co.

TO

Eastwood, Inc.

G. A. Saxton

Chicago Board of Trade

4-5000

Teletype NY 1-609

New York Curb Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

120 Broadway, New York 5, N.
WOrth

Bell

Yi

System Teletype

Co., Inc.

Philadelphia

MEMBERS

New York Stock Exchange

&

McAndrew
San

&

Co.,

Francisco

Inc.

70 Pine

St., New York 5, N.Y.

NY 1-319

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Convention Number

O.

H.

Strong,

J.

John

Carrison

Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association

W.

S.

K.

&

Co.,

Inc.

Geo.

A.

DAY,

PAUL

Glover

FRANK H.

&

Inc.

Johnson

Reed,

Corporation

FREDERICK H.
Singer, Deane & Scribner

Halsey,
KIRK,

DORBRITZ, ERNEST O.

DORE,

Frank M. Ponicall

Anthony E. Tomasic

Paul A.

E. E. Sweitzer

W.

& Lynch

H.

.

LEATHERBURY,

Company

EMERY, JOHN L.
H. M. Byllesby and

Vice-President: Frank M. Ponicall, Jr., Singer, Deane &

Reed,

&

Co.

LEWIS,

Inc.

GEORGE
Co.

P.

GUY

LONSINGER,

T.

GEORGE E.

& Co.

W.

Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co

Reed,

& Co.

Noyes

JOHN

&

Arthurs, Lestrange

FRANK H.

KLIMA,
DOYLE, ROBERT
C. F. Childs and

Lear

LESTRANGE.

C.

EUGENE W.

Lear

& Co.

MARONEY, FRANKLIN

W.

Singer, Deane & Scribner

Day

President: Anthony E. Tomasic, Thomas & Company.

Stuart

KIRKPATRICK,

Co.

C.
Reed, Lear & Co.

& Grubbs

BERNARD

Hemphill,

II.

&

Lear

M.

Kirkland

KELLEY,

V.

Cunningham & Co.. Inc.
EUGENE

LEAR, JAMES

DONNER,

Moore, Leonard

K.

Reed.

& Co.

HAROLD

Jenks,

STANLEY

OWEN

PAUL

Reed,

KEIR,

Boston

S.

LEAR,

E.

CHARLES D.

Lear

& Company

Masten

LANE,

Johnson

&

KALBACK,

S.

DODWORTH, W.

WILBUR

JOHNSON,

C.

EDWARD

E.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Company

HERBERT G.
Hemphill, Noyes & Co.

DeCOURSEY, JOHN A.
Chaplin and Company
First

A.

JOHNS,

Company

DEAKINS, ROBERT G.
Reed, Lear & Co.

The

KOST,

KRAFT.

MacGregor,

DOBSON, IVAN

Graham & Company

Inc.

Applegate & Co.

McKelvy

A.

&

KNOCH, CYRIL

G.

MacGregor,

R.

&

Masten

E.

G.

HUNTER,

Noyes & Co.

Hemphill,

&

HUMPHREY, ARTHUR F.

CURTIS, KARL W.

DAVIS, THOMAS

MILTON

Glover

SAMUEL K."

Cunningham

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, St. Louis;
Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta

Bunn,

HULME,

CREHAN, JAMES R.
Moore, Leonard & Lynch
CUNNINGHAM,

J. Clark, Amos C.
York City;
Lex Jolley,

Incoming officers:
James B. Maguire, J. B. Maguiire & Co., Inc., Boston; Phillip
Sudler
& Co., Denver;
Harry L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New

National Bank of Chicago; Lester J. Thorsen, Glore, Forgan & Co., Chicago;
Bateman, Pacific Northwest Company, Seattle; Robert J. Pierce, PierceCorporation, Jacksonville; Thomas D. Walsh, Doyle, O'Connor & Co.,
Chicago; Mark G. Stuart, Cowen & Co., New York City

First

Homer

31

Blair.

R.

Rollins & Co.,

(Continued

Lear & Co.

Inc.

on

page

Company

Incorporated

Scribner.

Treasurer: Earl E. Sweitzer, E. E. Sweitzer Co., Inc.

EVERSON, RICHARD
Reed, Lear & Co.

Secretary: Paul A. Day, Glover & MacGregor, Inc.

EVES, PAUL F.

Trust

Fidelity

Directors:

William

G.

Simpson,

and Company,

Byllesby

H. M.

Incorporated; Harry J. Steele, Fauset, Steele & Co.; James C.
Lear, Reed, Lear & Co.; James E. Crehan, Moore, Leonard &

Company

FISHER, CHARLES N.
Deane & Scribner

Singer,

FITZGERALD, Jr., JOHN L.

INVESTMENT

Deane & Scribner

Singer,

Lynch; James H. Scott, James H. Scott & Co.

FOLEY, WILLIAM R.

National

Committeemen: James

Sheldon

Parker,

C. Lear, Reed,

Lear & Co.; H.

Kay, Richards & Co.; George E. Lestrange,

Reed,

&

Lear

GAMBLE,

GUY

Jr.,

SECURITIES

Co.
P.

Jenks, Kirkland & Grubbs

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.

GENKINGER, JACK M.
J. M. Genkinger & Co., New Castle,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Merrill

Butler, Pa.

G.

DUANE

BARBOUR,

A'HEARN, R. B.
Reed, Lear & Co.,

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

GESSNER,
Arthurs,

WM.

ACKERMAN,

J.

BEAR,

R.

G.

Richards &

GILSON, BURTON R.

Co.

C.

BROCKLEY,

JOHN

Howard J.

SHIRLEY

H.

Babbitt

&

Co.,

CARTER,
Incorporated

Burgwin & Co.

Moore,

J.

RAY

Leonard

BALLARD,

Hemphill,

&

&

Kay,

Noyes &

Powell

&

Co.

Inc.

HARRISON, JOHN T.

Richards & Co.

RAILROAD

HEFREN, ARTHUR R.

S.

HOY, JOHN W.
Parrish

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

Co.

Exchanges

SAMUEL C.

CONNOR, THOMAS

JOHN D.

Stock

Exchange

Company

HAMSHER, ROY M.
R. C. Schmertz & Co.,

COLLIN, III, W. W.

Lynch

Curb

FRANK J.

Armed Forces
BALD RIDGE,

Midwest

Kirkland'& Grubbs

GURCAK,

Watt & Schoyer

E.

Elmer

and
York

ALBERT R.

Preston,

BABBITT, WALTER H.
W.

Jenks,

Thomas

CARTER,

Co.

York
New

M. M.

GRUBBS,

HOWARD J.

BURGWIN,

New

and

Members

GRAHAM, E. W. STERLING
Graham & Company

ARTHURS, ADDISON W.

&

GEORGE H.

W. BRUCE

BUFFINGTON, Jr., JOSEPH
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.

CHICAGO

YORK

NEW

& Co.

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Arthur & Guy, Inc.

JAMES

Devine

GLEESON, Jr.,

Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.

ARTHUR, LAIRD M.

Parrish

J.

P.

Applegate <fe Co.
BROWER,

AUSTIN,

Glore, Forgan & Co.

Reed, Lear & Co.

GLADSTONE, R. S.

Co., Inc.

Young &

Inc.

APPLEGATE, A LOWRIE
Geo.

J.

BODELL, G. CLIFFORD

JAMES J.

Schmerz & Co.,

C.

W.

Lestrange & Co.

S. LEE

Kay,

Reed, Lear & Co.
ANFANG,

Pa.

GERNON, JAMES K.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

& Co.

PUBLIC UTILITY

INDUSTRIAL
Specializing in

BOND and STOCK

RAILROAD
BONDS

and

BROKERS

STOCKS
Vilas
Members

McGINNIS 6- COMPANY
Members
61




BROADWAY

Dlgby 4-4933

New

York

Stock

Exchange

NEW YORK 6, N. Y.

Teletype NY 1-310

& Hickey
New

Members New

York Stock Exchange
York Curb Exchange

New York 5, N. Y.

49 Wall Street

Telephone:

HAnover 2-7900

Teletype:

NY 1-911

32)

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Joseph

Witterman,
Co., New

&

G. Edwards & Sons, New York City; Fremont W. Robson, F. B. Ashplant
York City; James T. McGivney, Hornblower & Weehs, New York City

A.

Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Donald B.

Fisher, Baker, Simonds & Co., Detroit; Leonard J. Wolf, A. G. Becker & Co., Incorporated,
Chicago; Thomas E. King, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Chicago; Mrs. Donald B. Fisher

SATLER, Jr., FRANK L.

Dallas Bond Club

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

SCHMERTZ, ROBERT C.

(Continued from page 31)

R.

Schmertz

C.

&

Company, Inc.

SCHUGAR, MAX N.
ROSTER OF MEMBERS

McKelvy

&

Company

SCOTT, JAMES H.
MATTERS,

HORACE

E.

NUTTALL, RICHARD V.
Singer, Deane & Scrlbner

Moore, Leonard & Lynch
MAY, GUSTAVE E.
McKelvy

&

James

Company

Singer,

Kay, Richards & Co.
PARKER,

Mcdonough,

a.

Leonard & Lynch

Moore,

McKEE,
C.

8.

and

CARL
McKee

S.

Bank

Elmer

&

REED,

Trust

Co.

McKelvy
SHIREY,

Scribner

&

JOHN

E.

Powell

&

&

S.

WILLIAM J.

Company
M.

Forces

SIEGRIST, J. MORGAN
Reed, Lear & Co.

SIMPSON, WILLIAM G.
H. M. Byllesby and Company

Co.

Incorporated

Company

REITZELL, CARROLL F.
Reitzell, Reed & Co., Inc.,

Winton A. Jackson

SINGER, 3RD., G. HARTON
Singer, Deane & Scribner
Erie,

Pa.

RICHARDS, JR., RALPH S.
Kay, Richards & Co.

Singer, Deane & Scrlbner

&

ORA

Armed

PAUL

Graham

MOIR, kenneth
Chaplin and Company
MO WRY,

Deane

Co.

POWELL, ELMER E.

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

METZMAIER, Jr., ALBERT J.
National

Co.

Scribner

Fauset, Steele & Co.

PONICALL, Jr., FRANK M.
Singer, Deane & Scribner

Company

McMOIL, WM. J.

Mellon

Singer,

SHEPPARD,

PEELOR, CHARLES G.
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

Company

&

Lear &

&

&

SHERIDAN, GEORGE W.

McGUINESS, FRANCIS J.
Chaplin

NATHAN K.

Richards & Co.

Reed,

Deane

SHANAHAN, CHARLES V.

PARRY, HERBERT B.

e.

Kay,

Scott

SCRIBNER, JOSEPH M.

PARKER, H. SHELDON

McCONNELL, W. BRUCE
Singer, Deane & Scrlbner

H.

Carrol M. Bennett

R.

Smith

B.

John

H.Rauscher,Jr.

STEELE, HARRY J.
Fauset, Steele & Co.

President: Winton A. Jackson, First Southwest Company.

STEINECKE, STEPHEN W.
Sarasota, Fla. (Honorary)

Vice-President: Carrol M. Bennett, Dallas Rupe & Son.

STOLACK, SYDNEY
Brady & Co.

Secretary: R. B. Smith, Texas Bond Reporter.

STOUT, FREDERICK L.
Stout

&

Treasurer: John H.

Co.

STUBNER, CHRISTIAN J.

UNDERWRITERS

DISTRIBUTORS

DEALERS

Stubner

&

Binford, Dunlap & Reed; Edmond L.
Brown, Beer & Company; William H. Seay, Henry-Seay & Co.

STUREK, FRANK T.
Mellon

National

Bank

&

Trust

Co.

SUCCOP, JOHN C.
Fidelity Trust Company

GENERAL MARKET MUNICIPALS

Rauscher, Jr., Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Governors: Hugh D. Dunlap,

Co.

Elected:

December, 1951; Took
Expires: December 31, 1952.

Office:

January

1,

1952;

Term

SULLIVAN, JOSEPH H.
R.

RAILROAD, PUBLIC UTILITY, INDUSTRIAL

C.

Schmertz

&

Company, Inc.

SWEITZER, EARL E.
E.

E.

Sweltzer

Inc.

Co.,

TAYLOR, RAYMOND M.

O. D. GRIFFIN CO.

TERESI, SAMUEL H.
Thompson & Taylor Co.

NATURAL GAS ISSUES

Successors

to

TIERNAN, FRANK M.

Preston,

Watt

&

Griffin, Kuipers & Co.

Schoyer

TIERNAN, Jr., FRANK M.
Preston, Watt & Schoyer

Our

TITUS, S. J.
R.

C.

Schmertz

&

Company,

Inc.

Trading Department invites inquiries

TOMASIC, ANTHONY E.
Thomas & Company

GORDON GRAVES & CO.
30 Broad

Street, New York 4, N. Y.

Telephone Whitehall 3-2840

on

Unlisted Securities

Blocks of Listed Securities

TUNNELL, PAUL
H.

M. Byllesby and
Company
Incorporated

UMSTEAD, S. AUSTIN
A.

Teletype NY 1-809

E.

Masten

&

Company

149

VOIGT, LOUIS

W.

Hemphill, Noyes & Co.

Telephone:

BROADWAY,
WOrth

NEW

YORK

4-2691

6,

N.

Teletype:

Y.
NY 1-3337

VORSANGER, WILLIAM
Brady & Co.
WARD,

NORMAN

B.

Norman Ward & Co.

WILLEY,

FRED

Stroud

PRIMARY MARKETS

&

WOODS, JOHN
Mellon

BANK STOCKS

A.

E.

Incorporated

We

P.

National Bank

WORKS, NELSON
Masten

&

Trust

Co.

YOUNG, GEORGE

AND

Young

&

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Merrill

DEALER

R.

Lynch,

ALL CLASSES OF

J.

Pierce,

Fenner

&

including

PUBLIC UTILITY

Copies

and

of

Candid

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pearing in this issue

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Co.

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Convention Number

Edward

H.

CLAYTON,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Bank

BOYLE, FRANK M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Lynch,

HILGER,

CONGDON,

Beer

Inc.

TAYLOR B.

ALMON,

Rauscher,

Company

BRENT

AUSTIN, Jr., FRANK E.
Walker, Austin & Waggener
Southwest

First

E.

Company

HUGH
R._ J. Edwards,

BROWN,

BASS,

Beer

Inc.

Dallas

BEARD,

Jr.,

Equitable

Southwest

Dallas

J.

SAMUEL
Securities

JOHN

BUCHANAN,

BUCKNER,

CARROL M.
& Son

BURT,
C.

CADE,

BIERDEMAN, WM. R.
First National Bank

CANAVAN,
of

Ft.

Co.,

Inc.

CAROTHERS,
Carothers

BINFORD, JOSEPH B.
Binford, Dunlap & Reed
BLACK, A.

CARROLL,

CHARLES

&

Co.

Merrill

CASE,

& Beane

Stayart

&

Co.,

Inc.

CHOAT,

Huguenin

&

Boothman

B.

Dallas

Co.,

Inc.

HERBERT M.

JONES,
Dallas

HUGUENIN, A. B.

Broad

Dumas, Huguenin & Boothman
(Associate)

Securities

Union

Company

D. ACHESON
Street Sales Company

(Continued

on

page

(Associate

34)

(Associate)

Underwriters, Distributors and Dealers in
of

Company

Investment

DEATON,

Dallas

FRED

Corporate and Municipal Securities

Texas

R.

Members New York Stock Exchange

25 BROAD

STEVE

DeSHONG,

1636

DUDLEY, MORRIS A.
Rauscher, Pierce &

(Associate)

♦

William

Representatives:

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GENEVA

New York, Washington

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•

and Baltimore

N.

Edwards

&

Co.,

Worth, Texas
W.

Southwest

First

Company

Dealers and Brokers in

EPPLER, WILLIAM B.

Guerin & Turner

Eppler,

ESTES, B. H.
R. J. Edwards,

SPECIALIZING IN ODD LOTS

ENGLAND

Direct Wire Service

WILLIAM

N.

ELLIS, JOE

MUNICIPAL BONDS

LONDON,

Co.

208 Commercial Building
Gastonia, N. C.

Keyser Building
Baltimore 2

Dunlap & Reed

EDWARDS,
Ft.

Teletype: N.Y. 1-210

.

Tel.: Lexington 7861

Tel.: National 2545

DUNLAP, HUGH D.

Binford,
Company

Eye St., N. W.
Washington 6

(Associate)

Bank

National

STREET, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

E.

HAROLD

DICKSON, JOHN H.
First

and Other Exchanges

Telephone: HAnover 2-0600

Company, Inc.

Dallas Rupe & Son

E.

CO.

&

HIRSCH

of Texas

& Son

Rupe

Garrett and

EDWIN O.

Securities

of Texas

E.

R.

DENNING,

S.

DICK

Union

(Associate)

Worth, Texas

DENNARD,

ALGIE K.

CLARK, Jr.,

(Associate)

Inc.

&

SAM

Southwestern Securities Company

Inc.

(Associate)

DEATON, Jr., FRED. R.
Central Investment Company

Inc.

Axe Securities Company

BOOTHMAN, CLAUD O.

Crowe

Central Investment Company

Shearson, Hammill & Co.

BOI1AN, WILLIAM L.

Co.,

KEELER,

Edwards & Co.

N.

Central

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

STEPHEN

First Southwest Company

JOHNSON,

&

DAVIS, JAMES WALKER
Davis
and
Company

Sr., EARL T.
Co., Inc.

JAMES

CART WRIGHT,

Henry-Seay & Company

Dumas,

Ft.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

C.

BOBO, JULIAN
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Hudson,

William

JOHN L.

&

CLARENCE E.
Parkhurst &

Stayart

DAVIS, J. EDWARD

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Carothers

Judson S. James & Co.

JOHN, WILLIAM U.

CUTTER, FRED C.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Worth

E.

&

F.

T.

U.

CAROTHERS,

Underwood

Texas

Company, Inc.

B.

Hudson,

F.
Company

JAMES, Jr., JUDSON S.

(Associate)

Crowe

K.

Stayart

(Associate)

C.

ComDany

Southwest

First

Co.

HUDSON, ROBERT S.

Co.

GEORGE W.
Bond Reporter,

CULLER,

SID

Merrill

(Associate)

A.

C.

C. NESOM
Burt & Company

N.

BERNET, Jr., ALBERT E.
Schneider, Bernet & Hickman

R.

McCall,

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

BENNETT, STEWART
Southwestern Securities Company

Jr., W.

Corp.

Walker, Austin & Waggener

Company

Rupe

BILHEIMER,

CROWE,

Service

Garrett and

Corporation

Jr., THOMAS

BENNETT,

Company
EARLE E.

BRYCE,

REX

W.

&

&

Securities Company

JOHN

Railroad, Public Utility &

Inc.

EVANS, ROGER
Dempsey & Company

Industrial

Bonds & Stocks

FERGUSON, ROBERT R.

(Amounts

up

to $10,000)

Republic National Bank

Over-the-Counter
&

Merrill

BROADWAY, NEWYORK OJN.Y.

.

REctor2-1737

Bell System

Lynch,

First

W.

Ingalls & Snyder
Members New

Co..

&

R.

R.
(Associate)

Bank

100

B.

A.

York Stock Exchange

New

York Curb Exchange

Members

ROBERT

National

Schneider.

Howard Brown

Beane

Texas

JR.,

GILBERT,

GOODMAN,

Teletype NY 1-2272

&

Fenner

Dittmar & Company

FREEAR, LANDON A.
William N. Edwards
Worth,

Trading Dept.

Leslie Barbier & D.

K.

Pierce,

EDGAR

FRANKLIN,

Ft.

ODD LOT MUNICIPAL BONDS I

Company

ROBERT

FOSTER,

lebenthals Co

(Associate)

FERRIS, JOHN D.
Ferris

135

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COrtlandt

Si

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Hickman

GUERIN, DEAN
Eppler, Guerin & Turner
MANLEY

HAGBERG,
M.

Hagberg &

A.

A.

Co.,

Inc.

HALL, J. C.
First Southwest Company

Dealers in

JOHN

HAMILTON,
C.

Unlisted & Inactive Securities

N.

Burt &

Starkweather & Co.

M.

Company

HAMILTON, WILLIAM S.
C. N. Burt <fe Company
HARTMAN.

Bank, Trust Co., & Insurance Stocks

Merrill

MERRILL

Lynch,

Members New

F.

Pierce,

HATCHER, M. M.
First National Bank

Fenner

Beane

Si

Associate Members

York Stock Exchange

New York Curb Exchange

(Associate)

HEMENWAY, W. P.
Dallas Rupe & Son

HEMMINGSON,

J. K. RICE, Jr. & CO.
ESTABLISHED

BROADWAY,

Telephone REctor 2-4500




NEW

YORK 5

111 Broadway,

GEORGE T.

HENDRIX,

CLARENCE R.
N.

Edwards

&

Co.,

Ft.

Union

Securities

LOUIS B.
Henry-Seay & Co.

HENRY.

Bell System Teletype NY 1-714
HERRING,
Dallas

GROVER C.
Si Son

Rupe

Uptown Office

Worth

HENDRIX. PHILIP L.
Dallas

New York 6

Investment Company of Texas

Central

William

1908

Members New York Security Dealers Assn.

120

Beane

WINTON A.

Southwest

First

FRANKLIN

Union

Hudson,

CROSSLEY, E. LYNN
City Auditor, City of Dallas

R.

Investment

Rupe & Son

BECKETT,

&

BRUCK,

JAMES

BEARD,

JIM

Cromwell

Company

Dallas

Rupe & Son

CROMWELL,

Securities

Union

HUDSON,

Dallas

B.

&

Company

JACQUES, JAMES

Parkhurst &

McCall,

HOUSTON.

Fenner

WILLIAM

Jr..

Southwest

First

(Associate)

JACKSON,

HOBBS, WILL
Rauscher,
Pierce

COYLE, JOHN J.

Co.

L.

Inc.

HORTON, PAUL B.

Dittmar & Company

Company

Reporter,

GRADY

CORNELL, Jr., JOHN B.
Television Shares Management Co.

JACK P.

Dallas

(Associate)

GEORGE

COOPER,

KELLY
Brown Investment

EDMOND

&

BROWN,

(Associate)

Inc.

Reporter,

Kelly

Beer

'

Bond

Texas

E.

Inc.

Pierce,

Mercantile National Bank
JACKSON.

DERRY M.

First Southwest Company

Inc.„

L.

Bond Reporter,

Texas

RUFUS

W.

BROWN,

BAILEY, C. ALFRED
Bailey, Scott & Company
BAINES, J. D.

Company

HINES,
& Co.,

H.

EARL

Lynch,

HUMPHREYS, MURRAY L.

Rupe & Son

Bond

Texas

KEITH

Underwood

A.

COOK, R.

Eastman, Dillon & Co.
BROWN,

WALTER M.

BADER,

R.

C.

Southwest

First

Co.

Dallas

First Southwest Company

HUGH

ROY

BREAUX,

Investment

Askew

&

B.

Southwestern Securities Company

Co.

Pierce &

ASKEW, L. E.

First

COKE, Jr., OWEN S.

BRADFORD,

ORVILLE G.
Allen & Company,

Jr.,

Merrill

Schneider, Bernet & Hickman
HILGER, ALBERT S.

THOMAS

Underwood & Co., Inc.

A.

HULSEY,

WESLEY

HICKMAN, J.

(Associate)

Mrs. Richard H. Goodman,

McCulley, First Southwest Company, Dallas; Mr. &
Shields & Company, New York City

COFFMAN, HAROLD R.
Hudson, Stayart & Co.. Inc.

BOSTON,

ALEXANDER, T. R.
R.

Mrs. C. Rader

B.

JOHN

III,

First National

ALLEN,

Mr. &

Sincere and Company, Chicago; Jerome M. Fischer, Knappen-Tippetts-AbbettNew York City; Winton A. Jackson, First Southwest Company, Dallas

Welch,
McCarthy,

33

Company

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KLECKA, JOE E.

HENRY

Ft. Worth,

Texas

KLINE,

E.

Group,

WALTER S.

Garrett

Inc.

and

Inc.

Lynch, Allen
LYNE,

McCall,

&

Inc.

Company.

Mercantile National Bank of Dallas

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THOMAS

NEW YORK 5, N.

120 BROADWAY

PERKINS,

Southland Life Insurance

(Associate y

Co.

Dallas
Ft.

Y.

Worth

Bank

National

Pondrom

(Associate)

Rauscher,

Teletype N.Y. 1-1227

McCall,

Crowe

(Associate)

Crowe

Parkhurst

McCall,

A QUARTER
IN

CENTURY OF SERVICE

INACTIVE SECURITIES

(Associate)

RAUSCHER,

Parkhurst

&

Ft.

Worth,

Texas

C.

Jr.,
N.

Texas

Central

Investment

First Southwest

McCULLOCH,
Ft.

of

Company

CLAYTON

Texas

R.

&

JESSE

Newsom

A.
•

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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

H.
Co.

&

Beane

SCHNEIDER, JULES E.
Schneider, Bernet & Hickman
SCOTT,

ROGERS
&

Company

SANGER, EDWIN
Beer

JOHN

Pierce

Burt

(Associate)

JESSE
Harris, Upham & Co.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.
RAY,

Inc.

Bank

SANDERS. HI,

RALPH

E.

National

Bar.k

(Associate)

SCOTT, WALTER R.

Co.

Bailey, Scott & Company

McCONNELL, HARRY N.
McCULLEY,

&

Dallas

McCLURE, Jr., FRED L.
Hudson, Stayart & Co.,

GORDON

CLARENCE

Sanders

Co.

Jr.,

Rauscher,

Texas

McKinnon

SANDERS, Jr.,

A.

RAY, ROGERS

McCulloch.

Barron

Beer

JOHN

Rauscher. Pierce & Co.

McCLANE, JOHN S.

of

(Associate)

SAMUELL, MURRAY

RAUSCHER, JOHN H.

McCALL, JOHN D.

A BACKGROUND OF MORE THAN

Jr.,

&

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Pierce & Co.

McCALL, HOBBY II.

Bank

Rupe & Son

SAMPLE,

W.

Securities

Texas

&

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S.

National

D.

Jr.,

Dallas

RATLIFF, HARRY

MAYES, HARLAND

Bell

Tel. worth 4-3113

HARRY

PONDROM,

F.

GEORGE

Thomson

RUPE.

JACK F.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

(Associate)

K.

Inc.

Reed,

ROUNSAVELLE, Jr., GUS

Union

Worth,

Co.

Investment

Mercantile

Inc.

PIERCE, CHARLES C.

MASON, A. J.
Republic National Bank
Fort

Jr.,

PHILLIPS,

Wood, Struthers & Co.

K.

Co.,

J. F. Perkins & Company

JOHN E.

MAULDIN,

Central

Schneider, Bernet & Hickman
*

&

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&

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&

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v

PENSON, JOHN

E.

MANNING. W. K.

Philadelphia'Baltimore Stock Exchange

Waddell

HAROLD

Stayart

&

B.
Pierce

GRAHAM

REID,
(Associate)

Crowe

&

TOM

Hudson,

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.
MANGRUM,

G.

TED

Rauscher,

Son

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

MADDEN, WILLIAM L.
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Mitchell & Company

&

Parkhurst

PEARSON,

III, LEWIS F.

MALONEY,

REED,

S.

Rupe

(Associate)

& Son

REED, KEITH B.
Binford, Dunlop

PARKHURST, MILLARD

LYNCH, WILLIAM F.

Company,

ED

Dallas

(Associate)

KIMBALL, CHARLES
Distributors

OTTO,

First National Bank of Ft. Worth

Bank

HARRY F.

Dallas Rupe

Rupe & Son

Beer & Company

(JACK)

LEWIS, A. V.

First Southwest Company

C.

National

First

OTT, L. A.

Inc.

Company,

&

REED,

Dallas

LASSATER, H. DAVID

-

DAVID

REED,

OSBORNE, CLIFFORD J.

Wood, Struthers & Co.
Lynch, Allen

Keller & Ratliff

O'NEIL, DONALD
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

(Associate)

LANGMORE, W. BANKART

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Gardner, St. Louis; Mr. & Mrs. Walter^ G. Mason, Scott, Horner &
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Dean, J. W. Tindall & Company, Atlanta;
Mr. & Mrs. Trevord Currie, Denver

Hagensieker, Reinholdt &
Inc., Lynchburg, Va.;

Mason,

LAFFERTY, J. LEWELL
Republic National Bank

Dallas Bond Club

KELLER,

Earl

Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver; Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Arnold, Goldman,
New York City; Mr. & Mrs. James B. Maguire, J. B. Maguire & Co., Inc., Boston;
Ludwcll A. Strader, Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc., Lynchburg

Co.,

Thursday, November 13, 1952

READ.

WILLIAM E.
First Southwest Company

SEAY,

WILLIAM

Henry-Seay

&

H.

Co.

Company

BARRON

Worth, Texas

McEWEN,
E.

F.

HAROLD

Hutton

&

D.

Company

MARKETS in ALL

McFARLAND, WILLIAM E.
Central

Homer O'Connell & Co.

Investment

McGTNNIS,

J. H.

&

McKINNEY,
Rauscher,

and

Company

McKINLEY, LEWIS B.
Republic National Bank

Brokers & Dealers

BANK

(Associate)

Republic National Bank

McGUGAN, C. E.
Shearson, Hammill

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Company

INSURANCE

STOCKS

(Associate)

MUNSON
Pierce & Co.

McMAHON, FRANK B.
Frank

B.

McMahon

&

Inc.

Co.,

EDWIN L. TATRO COMPANY

McNATT, GUY W.

120 BROADWAY

Dallas Rupe

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

•

&

Son

50 BKOADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

Mcpherson, w. perry
Merrill

Teletype NY 1-1896

Telephone DIgby 4-0770

MEER,

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

Teletype: NY 1-3430

Telephone DIgby 4-2420

JULIAN

<A.ssocIate>;

V

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Rauscher, Pierce
METCALF,
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Frank Miller &

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J

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WILL

Dallas National Bank

UNDERWRITERS

MOORE, ADDISON P.
Southern Brokerage

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AS TRANSFER AGENT

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in

MOORE, MURRAY W.

Moss.

Moore

&

Company

NEW

MOORE, WILMER L.

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M.

A.

Hagberg

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Lynchburg, Va.

A.

WALKER, WILLARD E.
Dallas

Lynchburg,

C.

THOMAS, R. B.
Dallas Rupe & Son

THOMAS,

L.
&

Taylor & Co.,

Strader,

Co., Inc.

Davenport, Iowa

WAGGENER, NELSON

L.

Co.,

Miller

D.

LUDWELL A.

STRADER,

Securities

Bend, Ind.

MILLER,

DELBERT

Merrill Lynch.

VOYLES, JAMES F.
Beer & Company

& Waggener

LOUIS

& Son

National

First

Harris,

Company

D.

THALHEIMER.
R.

&

Austin

First

WRIGHT,

Edwards, Inc.

Shearson,

Company

TAYLOR, W. ALLEN
E.

Inc.

Co.,

VAUGHN, JACK

STORIE, WILLIAM STEWART

H.

Rupe

ALBERT

McGann

South

ZIVNEY, E. C.

Underwood

A.

J.

Albert

Son

First Southwest Company

Co.

&

Pierce

UPSHAW, T.

S.

Rauscher.

A.

McGANN,

B.
&

WORTIIINGTON, W. F.

UNDERWOOD,

STEWART, FRITZ

STONE,

&

UNDERWOOD, ROBERT A.

JOHN D.
Bank

EARL

I.

WILLIAMS,

Pierce

Underwood

A.

TYSON,

National

ALLEN

JOE
Rupe

Dallas

Eppler, Guerin & Turner

Hudson, Stayart & Co., Inc.

First

(Associate)

Bank

TURNER, JOHN W.

Life

(Associate)

STEPHENS,

WEIL,

National

TUCKER, W. ROY
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

STANDLEY, JOHN

STAYART.

Dallas

TUCKER, R. G.

Reporter

Southwestern

WARREN,

A. J.

Dallas

William A.
Miller, Crowell, Weedon & Co., Los Angeles; Thomas W. Price, McAndrew & Co.,
Incorporated, San Francisco; William J. Burke, Jr., May & Gannon, Inc., Boston; William J. McCullen,
Hendricks & Eastwood, Philadelphia

Miami

Newsom

Rauscher,

B.

R.

&

TUCKER,

Company, Inc.

SMALLWOOD,

SMITH,

McKinnon,

THWEATT, JEAN E.

Hutton

p.

&

35

TUCSON

;

LITTLE ROCK

•

BUFFALO

•

BEVERLY HILLS

36

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Thursday, November 13, 1952

T/>

Corwin

L.

Lex

Liston, Prescott & Co., Cleveland; Mrs. L. Warren Foster, Cleveland; George M. McCleary,
Florida Securities Company, St. Petersburg

Security Traders Association of Detroit
And

President: Herbert

Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta; Mr. & Mrs. Tracy B. Barr, T. Nelson O'Rourke,
Inc., Daytona Beach

Schollenberger, Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.

Vice-President: Harry A. McDonald, Jr., McDonald-Moore & Co.

Treasurer: Bertrand

Battle

Creek

CRANE,

Secretary: William P. Brown, Baker, Simonds & Co.

Michigan, Inc.

COLEMAN, MARK H.
First of Michigan Corporation

C.

Leppel, Charles A. Parcells & Co.

Directors: Officers,

and Leslie C. Muschette, First of Michigan
Corporation, Harry B. Buckel, Manley, Bennett & Co.; Victor
Williams, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis.
Committeemen: William P. Brown, Baker, Simonds

&

Co.; George J. Elder, Straus, Blosser & McDowell; Harry A.
McDonald, Jr., McDonald-Moore & Co.; Frank P. Meyer, First
of Michigan
Co. (Grand

Alternates:

Corporation; Herman Tornga, DeYoung-Tornga

Rapids).

Charles C.

Elected: September 25, 1952; Took Office: October

1, 1952; Term

Expires: September 30, 1953.

William P. Brown

Bertrand Leppel

Hornblower

R.

S.

CHARLES B.

Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

CURRIE.
S.

Detroit unless

otherwise indicated)

ADAMS,

WILLIAM

R.

GILBERT

S.

Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

DANIELS, JOHN
Charles

A.

Parcells

&

Co.

Blair, Rollins & Co. Incorporated
DELANEY, ROY F.

Smith, Hague & Co.
DE

YOUNG, NEIL
Young-Torgna Co., Grand Rapids

De

DHOOGE, VICTOR P.

&

GEO. C.

Harriman, Ripley & Co., Incorporated

COEN, JOSEPH T.
Bache

DILWORTH, LAWRENCE H.

Co.

R. C. O'Donnell &

Company

M.

Braun, Bosworth & Co. Incorporated
ALBERS, Jr., E. P.
Chas. A. Parcells
(Armed

Weeks

&

Manley, Bennett & Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
(All members located in

Co.

CROOKSTON, RALF A.

DILLMAN,

H. A. McDonald, Jr.

Co.

DAVIS, WM. E.

Bechtel, Watling, Lerchen & Co., Harry
B. Buckel,
Manley, Bennett & Co.; Neil DeYoung, DeYoungTornga Co. (Grand Rapids); Herbert Schollenberger, Campbell,
McCarty & Co., Inc.; H. Terry Snowday, Blair, Rollins & Co.,
Incorporated.

H. Schollenberger

&

CREECH, DONALD I.
Manley, Bennett &

CROUSE,

National

L.

McDonnell

& Co.

IF

Service)

ALDINGER,

ALBERT H.

Fordon, Aldinger & Co.
H.

Hentz

&

Co.

in the "sheets"

ALLEN. ALONZO C.
Blyth & Co., Inc.
ALLMAN, N.
Wm.

C.

listed

you see us

ALLARDYCE, GEORGE S.

1

J.

we

Roney

&

would

Co.

f-arl marks & ro. inc.

AXTELL, WILLIAM J.
White, Noble & Company

FOREIGN

BAIRD, MACKENZIE C.

a

appreciate

call

BAILEY, CHARLES E.
Charles

SECURITIES

E.

Bailey

&

Co.

Les Frenkel

Frank Hall

Frankie SanFilippo

Straus, Blosser & McDowell
BALLENTINE, R. K.
Smith, Hague & Co.

"Skippy" Clemence

BARGMANN, FRED. A.

NEW YORK CITY

Braun, Bosworth
BARNARD,
H.

R.

R.

&

Co.,

Incorporated

Tel.

H.

Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

DIgby 9-1550

Tel. NY 1-1932

BECHTEL, CHARLES C.
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

BENJAMIN, WM. A.
Baker, Simonds & Co.

GERSTEN & FRENKEL

BENNETT, Jr., EDWARD T.
Manley, Bennett & Co.

Members N. Y. Security Dealers Assn.

BERNARDI, RAY P.

Nauman,

McFawn

&

Company

150 BROADWAY

NEW YORK 7

BINKLEY, KENNETH

Paine, Webber,

Jackson

BOLGER, G. L.
Manley, Bennett

&

&

Curtis

Co.

PRIMARY MARKETS

BOLHOVER, M. E.

Birmingham, Mich.
BOLTON, F. J.
H. V. Sattley & Co., Inc.

Roggenburg
Members
National

New

York

Association

&

Co.

Security Dealers Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.

BOWYER, MERLE J.
Braun, Bosworth

CORPORATE SECURITIES

Specializing in

All

Foreign Bonds & Stocks
FOREIGN BOND COUPONS

Incorporated

For

BROWN, WILLIAM P.
Baker, Simonds & Co.
BUCKEL, HARRY B.
Manley, Bennett &

BURROWS, HAROLD
Watling, Lerchen &

unlisted securities

Co.
J.
Co.

for

Telephone: WHitehall 3-8840




NEW YORK 6
Bell Teletype: NY 1-1928

BANKS

-

BROKERS

and

CALICE, ANTHONY
R.

C.

O'Donnell

&

DEALERS

Company

CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS H.
First of Michigan
Corporation
CARMAN, RICHARD A.
Manley, Bennett & Co.
CARR, HOWARD F.
Carr

&

Company

F.

L.

Don W. Miller &

Co.

SIEGEL

McDonald-Moore & Co.

BROADWAY

Brokerage Service in all

Co.

CHAPEL, HAROLD R.

29

Complete Trading Facilities and Experience

Goodbody & Co.

CAVAN,

FOREIGN BOND SCRIP

Co.,

BRAND, C. R.
Shader-Winckler

Brokers and Dealers

&

BRABSON, JOHN

CLARK, WILLIAM E.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

Livingstone,

Crouse &

Co.

NEW YORK 6, N. Y.

DIgby 4-2370

CODY, WM. F.
R.

CO.

39 BROADWAY

CLUTE, MINTON M.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

S.

&

Teletype N.Y. 1-1942

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

Mr.

Harry L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City, newly elected President, being congratulated
by H. Russell Hastings, S. R. Livingstone, Crouse & Co., Detroit, retiring President

McDonald-Moore

DUFFIELD,
Wm.

C.

Donovan, Gilbert 8c Co., Lansing

GEORGE

Roney

First

& Co.

Wm.

Co.

EVERHAM,

&

EXLEY, CHARLES E.
Charles A. Parcells

GREENAWALT, H.

& Co.

Grand

Manley, Bennett & Co.

Wm.

Co.

hurley,

r.

H.

HEBERT, L. C.

Parcells & Co.

NEPHLER, Jr., CLARENCE J.
W. H. Protlva Company, Pontiac
NEWMAN, PERCY P.

Bennett, Smith & Co.
ODDY, R. K.

McDonnell &

Co.

Battle Creek, Mich.

Securities

Company,

Jackson

moons,

Co.

robert

Manley, Bennett &

Co.

OLSON, LOUIS
Smith, Hague

*

& Co.

moore, william
OSBORN, MILO 0.

McDonald-Moore & Co.

l.

william

&

O'DONNELL, RAYMOND C.
R. C. O'Donnell & Company

r.

verl

Simonds

montgomery, harold g.

Paine,

Webber,

Jackson

&

moreland, paul i.
Moreland

harold

8c

(Continued

Co.

on

page

Curtis

38)

Smith, Hague 8c Co.

Don W. Miller & Co.

Vogel & Co.

A.

NEIL, ROY W.
Reid, Higbie & Company

Paine, Webber, Jackson 8c Curtis

Baker, Simonds & Co.
iiyde.

A.

Chas.

i.

& Co.

Baker,

C. Roney & Co.,

Investment

A.
Baker, Simonds & Co.

GARDNER, BRACKETT

& Co.

Ferris, Wagner & Miller

Lerchen & Co.

huntley,

HASTINGS, PIERCE

GARCEAU, FRANK J.
Wm. C. Roney & Co.

W. Miller

HUMPHRIES. NORMAN D.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Co.

Roney &

JOSEPH

W. Miller

Company

miottel, raymond W.

w.

HUGHES, VICTOR M.

Watling,

Don

miller, george a.

Higbie & Company

Reid,

HASTINGS, H. RUSSELL
S. R. Livingstone, Crouse &

FLOYD, Jr., C. A.

fred

NAUMES, JOHN R.

r. b.

miller, edward j.
Smith, Hague & Co.

Michigan Corporation

of Michigan Corp.

huber,

Rapids

HARTNER,

Baker, Simonds & Co.
C.

Co.

Smith, Hague & Co.

FISHER, DONALD B.

Wm.

First

8c

HAGUE, SAMUEL

GEORGE L.

Bennett, Smith & Co.

CLARENCE A.
of

Co.

NAUMAN, ARTHUR P.
Nauman, McFawn &

Don

HUBER, JACK C.

SAMUEL

MacNaughton-Greenawalt

FALLON, JOHN J.

FAULKNER,

First

ROBERT S.

&

NAU, HENRY
Smith, Hague & Co.

miller, don w.

White, Noble 8c Company, Grand Rapids
HORN.

Bache

Company

mill,

Watling, Lerchen & Co.
Company

MUSCHETTE, LESLIE C.
First of Michigan Corporation
NADEAU,

Straus, Blosser & McDowell

hollister, george r.

GORDON, WILLIAM H.
Shader-Winckler 8c Co.

Co.

Meyers, Jr.,

Co., Philadelphia; Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Co., New York City

meyer, frank p.
First of Michigan Corporation

howard

HINSHAW, JOSEPH

8c Co.

Securities

&

mercier, c. edwin

Goodbody 8c Co.

Jackson

EDWIN M.

Smith,

C. Roney

Graves

mcfawn, joseph j.
Nauman, McFawn &

gordon

hindes,

GOODRICH, RUSSELL H.
Investment

J.

Hudson, Thayer, Baker &

Mcdowell, Jr.. george a.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

Watling, Lerchen & Co.

Corporation

GIRARDOT, ALFRED J.

ELDER, GEORGE J.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

Hague

Michigan

White, Noble & Co., Ann Arbor

Corporation

EIS, VALLETTE R.
&

of

GILLEN, JOHN W.

EARLE, HENRY
First of Michigan
Moreland

hill,

GILBREATH, Jr., W. S.

B.

M.

Gordon

HIGBIE, PETER C.
Reid, Higbie & Company

GILBERT, NELSON R.

DUCEY, IRA J.
A. H. Vogel & Co.

John

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Co.

&

Mrs.

WM.

HIBBARD,

GATZ, JOSEPH F.

DOHERTY, Jr., JOHN E.
Smith, Hague & Co.

&

37

JARVIS, LEROY O.
Paine, Webber, Jackson &

Curtis

JOHNSON, RAYMOND A.
A.

H. Vogel 8c

Co.

KAUHL, HERMAN A.

Goodbody & Co.
KEMP, FRANK H.
R. C. O'Donnell 8c Co.

Nauman, McFawn & Co.

McLAlNSHUN, REUSS & CO.

KING, CYRUS H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane

Members

KING, W. LEO

Goodbody

New York Stock Exchange
New York Curb

At Your Service...

w.

kersten, r.

&

Co.

Singer, Bean & Mackie, Inc.

kinzie, henry b.

Exchange (Assoc.)

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

KISCH, JOSEPH J.
Hornblower 8c Weeks

40

kissel, robert

HAnover 2-0270

New York 5

Exchange Place

NY 1-1825 & 1-1826

Goodbody & Co.

BOND BROKERAGE

CHARLES

KREIDLER,

SERVICE

A.

Baker, Simonds & Co.
KRISTENSEN, EDMUND F.

and

Moreland

8c

Co.

FIRM

Corporate Public Relations

Goodbody

&

Co.

kupfer, raymond a.

BANKS...

Smith, Hague 8c Co.

ONE WALL STREET

TRADING MARKETS FOR

KUHNLEIN, RUSSELL A.

BROKERS...

INSTITUTIONS

LANTERMAN, LESTER C.

NEW YORK 5

LARSON,
Merrill

Telephone HAnover 2-1355

ELMER

Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane

Lynch,

J.

LAUDE, RAYMOND

Goodbody 8c Co.

Teletype—NY 1-2155

LEPPEL, BERTRAND
Chas. A. Parcells &

Co.

LERCHEN, WM. G.

Co.

Watling, Lerchen 8c

UIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL:

LICHTENSTEIN, H. F.
Hornblower & Weeks

SEABOURN R.
Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

LIVINGSTONE,
S.

R.

LONGSTAFF, RALPH S.
Rogers 8c Tracy, Inc., Chicago, 111.

We

are

(Associate)

Domestic &

Foreign Securities

LUCHTMAN, LOUIS J.
Shader-Winckler Co.

BUYERS OF BUSINESSES

LUDINGTON, BERT F.
Straus, Blosser &

McDowell

MaoARTHUR. REGINALD
Kenower, MacArthur & Company
MACE. ROBIN

"Special Situations"

G.

and

of

BLOCKS OF STOCKS

Goldman, Sachs 8c Co.
MacPHERSON, PETER
Charles A. Parcells & Co.
MAHONEY, EARL D.
Bennett, Smith & Co.

■8

Inquiries Invited from Brokers and Dealers

MAHONEY, J. ALBERT
Bennett, Smith & Co.
MANLEY, MILTON A.

Manley, Bennett 8c Co.
MARTIN,

White,

5

Member of National Association of Securities Dealers

|
j-J

|

37 WALL STREET, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

|

e

Telephone WHitehall 3-6344

e

1

Joseph J. Lann Securities,

inc.

JAMES
Noble 8c Co.

McDonald-Moore

Joseph J. Lann, President

Douglas C. Alexander, Trading Dept.

Ej




Co.

70 Wall Street, New

(Honorary

jr.

York 5, N. Y.

Corporation

Telephone WHitehall 4-4540

Washington, D. C.

Member)
harry

McDonald-Moore
Mcdowell,

HllllllllllllMlllllllllMMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIln

8c

Mcdonald, harry a.
Reconstruction Finance

Mcdonald,
•S

Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc

Mcdonald, alex

&

a.,

Co.

george a.

Straus, Blosser &

McDowell

niiHHinniHumiuisiiiiuHiiumuimiiiiiiiiimm""""

38

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Claude

G. Porter, White, Noble &
Company, Detroit; William P. Brown, Baker, Simonds & Co.,
Detroit; Leslie C. Muschette, First of Michigan Corporation, Detroit;
Mike J. Stanko,
White, Noble & Company, Detroit; Lee R. Staib, Geo. Eustis & Co., Cincinnati

Security Traders Association of Detroit
And

Michigan, Inc.

(Continued

from

&

Mrs.

Harry J. Hudepohl, Westheimer and Company, Cincinnati; Mr. & Mrs.
Jos, H.
Eustis & Co., Cincinnati; Mr. & Mrs. Arch F.
Montague, W. E. Hutton & Co.,

Geo.

RAUCH, MONTGOMERY K.
Paine, Webber, Jackson &
Grand Rapids

WALKER, GEORGE J.
Curtis

Wm.

RAYMOND W.
Manley, Bennett & Co.

Chas.

A.

Parcells

&

Eaker,

Simonds

PORTER.

PARKER, HOWARD

PORTER.

Manley,

Bennett

White,

L.

&

Co.

S.

PARMENTER, EUGENE A.
W.

H.

Protiva

R.

R.

Company, Pontiac

&

G.

Baker,

A.

M.

Kidder

&

Curtis

Shader-Winckler

Co.

A

WOCHIIOLZ, ROBERT A.

J.

Investment

C.

Watling,

Lerchen

A

Co.

WORBOYS.

S.

ROTSTED, RALPH
Detroit Stock Exchange

V.

R.

Livingstone, Crouse &

V.
A

Co.

WRIGHT, JOHN C.

Co.

Bennett,

WEDTHOFF, GUY G.

Exchange

Smith

&

Co.

YOUNGS, LEO N.

First of Michigan Corporation

Carr

WELCH, EDWARD L.

&

Company

ZOELLIN, FRED J.

Baker, Simonds A Co.

SATTLEY, HALE V.
H.

JESSE

McDonald-Moore

SANCRANT, MUREL J.
H. V. Sattley & Co., Inc.

Co.

Company

WEAVER, STANLEY M.

Roney A Co.

Co.

Securities

WOOD, WARREN A.
Baker, Simonds & Co.

WATLING, PALMER

RODECKER, ARTHUR D.
Goodbody & Co.

Detroit Stock

&

POWELL, BYRON L.

Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

Jackson

Straus, Elosser & McDowell

ROTSTED, WILLIAM

E.

Simonds

CLARENCE

Nauman, McPawn & Co.

Wm.

STUART

G.

VICTOR

Webber,

WINCKLER, FREDERICK J.

RONEY, JOHN K.

Co.

Livingstone, Crouse & Co.

POTTER,

PENDER, RICHARD W.
S.

Co.

Co.

&

CLAUDE

Noble

Paine,

Charles A. Parcells & Co.

WASS,

RICHARDSON, DONALD L.
&

PIERSON, E. T.

Co.

PARCELLS, EARLE W.
Chas. A. Parcells & Co.

WILLIAMS,

Roney A Co.

REUTER, GEORGE A.

PICKNER, P. G.
Watling, Lerchen

PARCELLS, Jr., CHARLES A.

C.

JOHN M.

Straus, Blosser & McDowell

WALLER, HERBERT L.

Baker, Simonds A Co.
Shader-Winckler & Co.

WILLIAMS.

Straus, Blosser & McDowell
WALLACE, ROBERT

RE ILLY,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
PANILLI, JOHN A.

Vasey,

Cincinnati

REID, ANDREW C.
Reid, Higbie & Company

37)

page

Mr.

Thursday, November 13, lf)52

Manley,

Bennett

& Co.

Sattley A Co., Inc.

SCHAFER,

HARRY L.
Shader-Winckler Co.

SCHNEIDER, ELWOOD H.

We
that

we

are

have

pleased

started

now

E. H. Schneider A Co., Kalamazoo

to announce

SCHOLLENBERGER, HERBERT
Campbell, McCarty A Co., Inc.

31st year

our

OYER

-

THE

COUNTER

-

SHADER, FRANK J.

the

at

address with the

same

and the

firm

same

name

Co.

SECURITIES

SHOEMAKER, WILLIAM E.
Reid, Higbie & Company

business

same

Shader-Winckler

SIMMONDS, CHARLES M.
Manley, Bennett A Co.

SPECIALISTS IN UNLISTED SECURITIES

SIMONDS, RALPH W.
Baker, Simonds A Co.

JOHN J. O'KflNE JR. & CO.
ESTABLISHED
Members

Nat'l

Members

New

Association
York

1922

of

Security

Securities

Dealers

DIgby 4-6320

42

SLOANE, WADE
Baker, Simonds & Co.

SMITH, Jr., HAL H.
Smith, Hague & Co.

Dealers

SMITH, PHIL H.
Kales-Kramer Investment

Association

Broadway, N. Y.

FRANK C. MOORE & CO.
42

ComDan*

SNELL, ROBERT L.

Telephone

Moreland A Co.

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

WHITEHALL

3-9784-5-6

Teletype

NY

1-2628

SNOWDAY, H. TERRY
Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated
SPADE, WAYNE M.
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

SPAULDING, R. C.
McDonald, Moore

CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL

,

&

Co.

TRADING MARKETS

STANKO, MARION J.
White, Noble & Co.

•

t

:
.

*

'

A.

■

M.

is

for Banks, Brokers and Dealers

■

i

Department

SECURITIES

STEIN, MYRON D.
*'

"Special Situations"

OVER-THE-COUNTER

STANWOOD, FRANK H.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

SECURITIES

Our

in

Kidder A Co.

or

STOETZER, Jr., ROBERT

Orders executed

H.

on

a

maintained

for

the

accumulation

placement of large blocks of Over-

commission basis.

the-Counter Stocks

and

Bonds.

Bennett, Smith & Co.

HOURWICH

&

CO.

Members

NEW YORK SECURITY DEALERS ASSOCIATION

27

WILLIAM

STREET

NEW YORK 5, N, Y.
WHitehall 4-4185

STOETZER, ROBERT R.
Bennett, Smith & Co.

STUIT,

MELVIN R.
John Nuveen & Co., Grand
Rapids

SUTHERLAND. ROSS
Nauman,

Bell

System Teletype NY 1-2815

,

&reeT\eandComparvv^

STRINGER, MAX J.
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

McPawn

ESTABLISHED

Members

New

York

1929

Security Dealers Association

Members National Association of Securities Dealers

W.

A Co.

SUTTON, GORDON O.
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner

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Shader-Winckler

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DISTRIBUTORS

W.

&

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THOMSON, EDW. D.

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Specializing in

Hornblower A Weeks

TORNGA, HERMAN
De

Uranium

DEALERS

Co., Ann Arbor

Securities

REORGANIZATION, INDUSTRIAL,

Young-Tornga Co., Grand Rapids

PUBLIC

ULRICH, F. W.
Shader-Winckler

UTILITY

&

REAL ESTATE,

RAILROAD

ISSUES

Co.

VANDERVOORT, HENRY
Nauman,

McFawn & Co.

Mgr. Trading Dept., Sylvester J. Bies

VERRAL, CLIFFORD E.
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R.

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Charles

Jules

Hahn, Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Houston; Justus Martin, The Robinson-Humphrey Co., Atlanta;
William H. Gregory, Jr., Bonner & Gregory, New York City; D. Frederick Barton,
Eastman, Dillon <6 Co., New York City

Bean, Singer, Bean & Mackie, Inc., New York City; Laura G. Hanley, guest; Mr. &
H.
Goodman, Shields
& Company, New York City;
Mr. & Mrs. James E.
Courts &
Co., Atlanta, Georgia

Security Traders Association

G.

Vice-President:

Friedrichs,

Shelby

VIofE£E'. E?N£nT c's
St. Denis J. Villere &

Villere & Co.

President: Arthur J. Keenan, St. Denis J.
'

New Orleans

Weil, Labouisse,

Howard,

Schairff & Jones, Inc. weil, roswell j.

Wm.

Perry Brown,

Newman, Brown &

WEIL,

Sanford.

Co., Inc.; Gilbert Hattier, Jr., White, Hattier &

Joseph P. Minetree, Steiner, Rouse & Co.;

Alternates:

Weil Investment Co.

„

„

Committeemen:

n
Co.

H

Weil investment Co.

Friedrichs & Company.

Secretary-Treasurer: John J. Zollinger, Jr.,
National

J0S

WEIL

Mrs. Richard
Jones,

WALTER H.

Jr.,

Weil,

Howard,

Labouisse, Friedrichs and

Company

John J. Zol¬

THOMAS

J.

WHALEN,

linger, Jr., Scharff & Jones, Inc.

Weil,

Howard,

Labouisse, Friedrichs and

Company

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
MACRERY B.

WHEELER,
in

(Members

Orleans unless otherwise

New

indicated)

ERWIN

SCHWEICKHARDT,
Schweickhardt

&

Wheeler

Woolfolk,

&

Inc.

Company

WILLEM, MICHEL A.

LEON

ADAMS.

ALVIS,

SCRANTON, JACK

Baudean

Nusloch,

Smith

&

LESTER

A.

Woolfolk

G.

John J. Zollinger,

Shelby Friedrichs

Jr.

Arnold

&

LAWRENCE

SMART,

Crane

&

WOOD,

F.

A.

The

advertisement

of

an

is not

offer to sell or a solicitation

an

buy these securities. The offering
made only by the Offering Circular.

offer to

Tliese securities are

offered

Bank

in

ISSUE

DANE,

buy these securities. The offering is made

John Dane

Water Products Corp.

&

Price $1.00 per

share

& Kees

T.

Copies of the Offering
own

Circular

be obtained from your

may

Investment Dealer

or

the undersigned

Members

York

New

Members National

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BATKIN & CO.

T.

FORD

Member of National Association of Securities Dealers,

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

30 Broad Street, New York

Hattier & Sanford

White,

N. Y.

Securities

Phone—WHitehall 3-3388

St.

KEES,

Corp.

ARTHUR J.

KEENAN,

Denis

J.

&

Villere

Co.

HOMER

C.

Ducournau

WE RECOMMEND

& Kees

JOHN

KERRIGAN,

E.

Newman, Brown & Co.,

KINGSBURY, J.

and Alvis,

Kingsbury

DEALERS

LEARY,

Jr.,

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OIL CORP.

Jackson, Miss.

,!

LOUQUE,

,

form

UNDERWRITING

deals,

why

not

bring

or

LONG

the

pro¬

CHARLES

MANION,
Merrill

us.

as

our

If it is

a

deal of merit,

we can

do

sales organization and personnel

a

are

The

trained to handle

that type of business.

National Bank of Commerce

Orleans

MILLICAN CO.

Members, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

NUSLOCH,

Nusloch,
OGDEN,

New York 4, New York

BOwling Green 9-6162




a

IN

OKLAHOMA

Brown

management

our

opinion,

an

Co.,

ACTIVELY

GEORGE H.

&

cash position.

TRADED

make this,

excellent speculation.
DETAILS ON REQUEST

Common Stock

Inc.

commenced drill¬

plus enhancement possibilities

SPECIAL

&

Baudean

planned drilling program and
well September 12, 1952.

new

Company in excellent
Good

W.

Selling Around $23/8

IN THE

OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET

Smith

FRED N.

RAPIER,

50 BROADWAY

4.

on

Co.

MORRIS

Newman,

-

New

in

LEON

Kohlmeyer &

WEBER

in

5.

NEWMAN,

Company has
ing

RICHARD C.

NEWMAN,

IN

Company has brought in its second commercial well produc¬
ing approximately 300 barrels daily (subject to pro-ration
by Oklahoma Corporation Commission).
Oil being shipped
to Stanolind
Pipe Line Co.

P.

Rouse & Co.

Steiner,

MORSE,

LEASES

GAS

2.

W.

3.

satisfactory job

&

Company has completed its first well. Production 300 barrels
daily (subject to pro-ration by Oklahoma Corporation Com¬
mission). Oil being shipped to Stanolind Pipe Line Co.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
JOS.

OIL

COUNTIES

1.

American Bank of New Orleans

MINETREE,

posed offering to

SIX

WM. N.

National

equipped to handle SHORT

If you are not

(A Delaware Corporation)

OWNS

M.

Leary & Co., Shreveport

Barrow,

i

A.

SHARE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

NEW WAY TO

Inc.

W.

KINGSTON, WALTER D.
W. D. Kingston & Co.

NOTICE TO BROKERS AND

Inc.

4, N. Y.

HAWLEY, JACKSON A.

Equitable

"MELASA, New York"

obtained
undersigned.

of the Offering Circular may be

from your outn investment dealer or the

HATTIER, Jr., GILBERT

NEW YORK 5,
Cable

&

Merrill

Association of Securities Dealers

HAnover 2-8780

Friedrichs and

JERRY

R.

HARDY,

1919

share)

per

CENTS PER SHARE

PRICE 50

G.

Company

Security Dealers Association.

PLACE,

EXCHANGE

Telephone

(Par Value 10c

SHELBY
Weil, Labouisse,

FRIEDRICHS,

Glas

Established

speculation

J. Feibleman & Company

GLAS,

\1. S. W1F.N & CO.

a

COMMON STOCK

JEFF

T.

FEIBLEMAN,

offered as

CA Delaware Corporation)

P^

JAC.

Ducournau

are

Southcam Petroleum Corporation

Co.

DUCORNAU,

a solicitation of an offer to
only by the Offering Circular.

530,000 Shares

CLAUDE

Derbes

Common Stock

J.

Inc.

Jones,

November 13,
These Securities

Crane

&

DERBES,

JOHN

Jr.,

&

ISSUE

NEW

VERGNE, J. H.

Arnold

Scharff

offer to sell or

This advertisement is not an

HAROLD

DANE, JOHN
DE LA

ZOLLINGER,

Inc.

299,000 Shares

Spa-King Mount Clemens

M.

Shober

&

PRICE

G.

Arnold & Crane

NEW

Co.

ROBERT

Bank of New Orleans

Whitney National

& Co.,

Brown

Newman,

CRANE,

Smith-Wood

WOOLFOLK,

New

THIBODEAUX, PAUL J.

BROWN, WM. PERRY

speculation

a

as

is

EDWARD D.

RODDY,

JAMES

E.

MEMBER:
311

SANFORD,

White,

National

Ass'n

Securities Dealers

& Jones, Inc.

Scharff

in New

FRANK B.

Woolfolk

National

Hibernia

Orleans

BREAUD, Jr., J. CHARLES
Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.

M.

JAMES A.

STOUSE,

BOUCHE, LOUIS J.
White, Hattier & Sanford

This

National Bank of Commerce

The

Orleans

Shober

WILSON

ARNOLD, H.

Company

WILLIAMS, B. FRANK

JOHN B.

SHOBER,

Kingsbury and Alvis, Jackson, Miss.

Arthur J. Keenan

Beer &

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.

J. B.

Hattier & Sanford

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6,

N. Y. Tel. DIgby 9-3484-5-6-7

1952

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R.

H. Adams, Securities & Exchange
Commission, Washington, D. C.;
Livingstone, Crouse & Co., Detroit; Harry L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs &

J.

Howard

Rossbach,

Securities

&

Exchange

Commission,

H. Russell Hastings,
Co., New York City;
Washington, D. C.

Investment Traders Association

Retiring

officers:

Ames

Governors:

C.

St if el,

H. Russell Hastings, S. R. Livingstone, Crouse & Co., Detroit; Phillip J. Clark,
Co., Denver; Jay L. Quigley, Quigley & Co., Inc., Cleveland; John W. Bunn,
Co., Incorporated, St. Louis; Lex Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta

Nicolaus &

Charles

J.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Sudler

&

Brennan, Blyth &

Co., Inc.; G.

Robert

Brooks, Schmidt, Poole & Co.; John P. Dempsey, Kidder, Pea-

Of

body & Co.; Frederick V. Devoll, Jr., Henry B. Warner & Co.,

Philadelphia

Inc.; William Doerr, Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated; Albert
H.

Fenstermacher, M.

M.

Freeman

&

Co.,

Robert N.

Inc.;

Greene, J. Arthur Warner & Co., Inc.; Rubin Hardy, First Bos¬
ton

J.

Corporation; John M. Hudson, Thayer, Baker & Co.; Edward

Jennings, Jr., Boenning & Co.; Samuel M. Kennedy, Yarnall

Co.; James J. McAtee, Butcher & Sherrerd; Robert McCook,
Hecker

&

Co.; William J. McCullen, Hendricks & Eastwood,
Inc.; Gordon W. Piau, Stroud & Company, Incorporated; Sam¬
uel K.

Phillips, Jr., Samuel K. Phillips & Co.; Wallace H. RunHemphill, Noyes & Co.; Bernard H. Tobias, Gerstley,

yan,

Sunstein & Co.; Joseph A. Zeller,
National

Joseph E. Smith, Newburger & Co.;
Hudson, Thayer, Baker & Co.; William J. McCullen,

John M.

Hendricks &

Wallingford

Joseph R. Dorsey

Incorporated; Lt. Col. Herbert H. Blizzard; Felix E. Maguire,
Stroud & Company,
Incorporated; Henry B. Warner, Henry B.

Drexel

&

Riecke

&

T.

J.

Dorsey Brown & Co., Baltimore

BROWN, LLOYD B.
Arthur L. Wright & Co.,
BURGESS,
A.

Inc.

ANDERSON, TOWNSEND
C.

C.

Collings & Co.,

Reynolds &

C.

CALL,

THOMAS

Lilley &

Arthur

J. Lewis

Armstrong & Co.

James G. Mundy

Edgar A. Christian

Ripley

&

Co.,

Incorporated

Herbert

CAMPBELL,

A. GRANT
Janney & Co.

CAMPBELL, CHARLES J.
Dawkins, Waters & Co.,

Pierce,

Penner

First Vice-President: Charles L.

BAILEY,

&

Beane

Drexel

BAILEY, JR., GEORGE A.
George A. Bailey & Co.

Wallingford, H. M. Byllesby and

White,

Stroud &

BARBER, B.

Second Vice-President: Joseph R.
Dorsey, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Beane.

Treasurer: James G. Mundy, Stroud &
Company, Incorporated.

W.

Henry

B.

Son

&

Co.

CAPLAN,
J.

ALBERT J.
Caplan & Co.

CARSON,
Rambo,

JOSEPH
Close

J.

&

R.

Kerner,

EDWARD

Inc.

J.

Caughlin & Co.

COLLINS, JOHN PATRICK

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Blizzard

COLWELL,

H.
&

CHAUNCEY P.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

Co.

Ristine

&

SAMUEL
&

S.

H.

Boyce

BOWERS, THOMAS A.
&

Co.

Yarnall

&

Co.

BRACHER, JR., ALFRED F.
Jones, Miller & Company

BARTON, JOHN G.
P.

Warner

Co.

Stein Bros.

NEWTON

Newbold's

&

BORTNER,

Co.

&

BARNES, JOSEPH O.
Kennedy & Co.

P.

Secretary: Edgar A. Christian, Janney & Co.

H.

Company, Incorporated

CANTWELL, JOHN
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Co.

&

BOOTHBY, Jr., WILLIAM
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

LEONARD
Weld

Inc.

CAMPBELL, ROBERT J.

COLFER, LAWRENCE J.
Rufus Waples & Co.'

Co.

HERBERT

H.

Co.

D.

Co.

BODINE, PAUL W.

Lynch,

President: Joseph E. Smith, Newburger & Co.

Company, Incorporated.

&

SAMUEL

BLIZZARD,

AYRES, PERCY
Merrill

Bender

Newburger

EUGENE

Harriman

J.

BLAUSTEIN,

Inc.

S.

CHRISTIAN, JACK
Janney & Co.

Co.

BENDER, ARTHUR J.

Inc.

ARMSTRONG, J. LEWIS
ARNOLD,

GEORGE

Webster Dougherty &

CHRISTIAN, EDGAR A.
Janney & Co.

BELL, WILLIAM

Co.,

ROBERT

Schmidt, Poole & Co.

CAUGHLIN,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
RAYMOND

N.

Co.

BROOKS, G.

Edward

A.

J.

WILLIAM

BROWN, J. DORSEY

A.

Expires: September 30, 1953.

H.

Co.

BROOKS, BENJAMIN A.
Henry B. Warner & Co.

Welsh, Jr., Lilley & Co.

Elected: September 23, 1952; Took Office: October
1, 1952; Term

ALLEN,

&

CAMPION, RICHARD R.

Alternates: Charles L. Wallingford, H. M.
Byllesby and Company,

Warner & Co., Inc.; Henry C.

Clark

W.

BRITTON,

Eastwood, Inc.; R. Victor Mosley, Stroud & Com¬

Incorporated; George J. Muller, Janney & Co.

pany,

C. L.

Joseph E. Smith

E.

BRENNAN, CHARLES
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Bankers Securities Corp.

Committeemen;

i "

BRADLY, CHARLES C.

BRADBURY, JOHN L.
Co.

Dolphin &

Co.

To All Mutual Fund Dealers:
You
and
of

are

cordially invited

background which

our

intensive

to

we

two year

draw

upon

have acquired

sales campaign

Axe-Houghton Fund A

the know-how
in the
on

course

Axe-Houghton Fund B

Contractual

Plans.
This offer has
to

AFFILIATED

AMERICAN

FUND

an

no

strings attached.

industry which has provided

It is purely
us

with

an

Republic Investors Fund
a

service

excellent

Prospectus

product.

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on

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Philadelphia; Richard H. Walsh, Newhard, Cook & Co., St. Louis; Lawrence S. Pulliam,
& Co., Los Angeles; Landon A. Freear,
William N. Edwards & Co., Ft. Worth

porated,

Mrs.

Weeden

COMPTON,

GEORGE

S.

DONOVAN, ROBERT

Compton & Wharton

Blyth

&

Co.,

DORSEY,

CRAM,

DORSEY, JOSEPH

The

JAMES

&

Co.

Harry

C.

DAFFRON,

DOWNS,

HARRY

C.

&

&

CHARLES

Oakes

Dackerman
JR.

Harrison

B.

ROBERT

&

DUBLE,
Co.

Parrish

&

&

Company, Incorporated

Jr., HARRY H.
Reynolds & Co.

Co., Inc.

Penington,

Colket

&

DENNEY,

FENSTERMACHER,
M.

Dillon

Co.,

FISCHER, FREDERICK
H.

& Co.

Nash

N.

H.

Inc.

S.

Merrill

H.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ROBERT

EDWARD M.

Suplee,

Yeatman

Co.,

DEVOLL, Jr., FREDERICK V.
Henry B. Warner & Co., Inc.

Incorporated

A. Riecke

& Co.,

Mcdonald,

Inc.

Company,

william m.

Lynch

Incorporated

Smith,

,

Barney & Co.

McFARLAND.
H.

3rd, JAMES B.
Byllesby and Company,

M.

Incorpo¬

rated

MANN, NEVIN
Stuart & Co., Inc.

Halsey,

McGARVEY, Jr., JOHN N.
Martin

W.

Smith

Co.

McATEE,

RUBIN

Eastwood

McFADDEN, JOHN P.

MANEELY, HARRY 5.
Montgomery, Scott & Co.

& Bodine

Co.

&

McCULLOUGH, JOHN J.
Wellington Fund, Camden, n. J.

FELIX E.

&

&

Co.

McLEAR,

&

Woodcock,

JAMES J.

Butcher

&

Co., Inc.

WALTER

B.

Hess

&

(Continued

Sherrerd

Corp.

Co.,

Inc.

on page

42)

HARRIS, RUSSELL A.
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

FLEMING, GEORGE N.

HARRISON,
Geo.

J.
Snyder & Co.

E.

MAGUIRE,

E.

&

Co.

&

Inc.

FIXTER, WALTER D.
J. W. Sparks & Co.

Dick Co.

Hecker

Hendricks

MARKMAN, JOSEPH

Son

The First Boston

&

Johnson

McCULLEN, WILLIAM J.

THOMAS

N.

Newbold's

H.

H.

Co.

Paul &

Lynch,

HARDY

FITCH,

R.
&

LUTZ, CARL F.

Co.

HAGER, MALVIN R.
Montgomery, Scott & Co.
W.

Sons

HARRY

& Co.

DICK, JR., LEWIS CRAIG
C.

Geo.

HAINES, FRANCIS J.

DERRICKSON, Jr., JOHN H.
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

Lewis

LOVE,

l;

DeHaven & Townsend, Crouter

ALBERT
&

McCAULLY, ARMOUR W.

H.

Newbold's

LILLEY, Jr., WILLIAM
Lilley & Co.

GRIFFITHS, W. LAWRENCE

Co.

Co.

WILLIAM B.

Eastman,

Freeman

M.

H.

McCOOK, ROBERT

Inc.

and Company

&

McCANN, THOMAS J.
Gerstley, Sunstein & "Co.

Grubbs

&

Inc.

WM.

J. Arthur Warner & Co.,

Rambo, Close & Kerner, Inc.
DEMPSEY, JOHN P.
Kidder, Peabody &

Co.,

FREEMAN G.

GREEN,

GREENE,

FANT, JOHN FITZSIMONS

DAVIS, EDMUND J.

&

Stroud

FAHRIG

Co.

DAVIS, ALBERT J.
Rlecke

&

M.

Kuch

GRANT,

Co.

Kirkland

GEORGE R.

Laird, Bissell & Meeds

V

N. Fleming & Co.

HEFFELFINGER, HARRY L.
DOERR.

WILLIAM

FLYNN,

Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated

E. "W.

2nd,

JOHN

Clark

&

M.

Samuel

K.

FOARD, ALLAN B.
Stroud

&

&

Co.

Co.

HENSHAW,
DOLPHIN, LEO M.
Dolphin & Co.

Phillips

Company,

First

WILLIAM
Corporation

1891

Securities

Our

Sixty-First Year

1952

Incorporated
HEPPE,

JOHN

E.

Phila.-Baltimore

HESS,

Woodcock,

HEWARD,

Exchange

M.

Hess

&

Co.,

Inc.

JAMES

Butcher

E. W. SNYDER & COMPANY

Stock

WILLIAM

UNDERWRITERS

Sherrerd

&

HEWARD,

•

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

•

RICHARD

Janney & Co.

120 East

Washington St.
HISCOX, ARTHUR G.

Hiscox, Van Meter & Co., Inc.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

Chas.W. Scranton

HOERGER, CHARLES E.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

♦

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buy

and

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HUDSON, JOHN M.

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Co.

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Kidder, Peabody & Co.
JACOBY, Jr., LEWIS P.
Thayer, Baker & Co.

Danbury

Greetings to all from
JEFFRIES,

"Ev" Snyder

Charles

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A.

Taggart

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Waterbury

W.
&

Co., Inc.

JENNINGS, Jr., EDWARD J.
Boenning & Co.
JENNINGS,

JOHN

E.

Reynolds & Co.
JOHNSTON,
F.

JONES,

RHODE ISLAND SECURITIES

WILLIAM

Ristine

P.

&

JONES,

E.

Peabody

&

WILLIAM

JOYCE,

All Rhode Island Securities

Hess & Co., Inc.

We

JUSTICE, FLOYD E.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Industrial

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Established 1900

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H.

McBRIDE, ALFRED R.
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Co.

LAUT, JOSEPH ST. C.

W.

Meter

& Turner,

Dolphin
Stroud

A.

H. G.

ERGOOD, Jr., RUSSELL M.

DARBY, DONALD W.
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H.

&

Van

Harper

E.

Co.

R.

&

Dana

GORMAN, FRANK J.

H.

ALLYN

Hutton

E.

Jenks,

&

CHARLES

GOODMAN,

E.

RASH,

W.

LESCURE, JAMES

GESING,
Hiscox,

Company

FORREST

Cluett

Burton,

Woodcock, Hess & Co., Inc.

*

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J.

GABLE, ALBERT G.

Corp.
R.

DOTTS, RUSSELL M.

CUNNINGHAM, HAROLD
Kennedy & Co.
DACKERMAN.

A.
Boston

FRANK

John F. McLaughlin, New Yok City; Mrs. Harry J.
Hudepohl, Cincinnati; Mrs. Richard
Walsh, St. Louis; Mrs. Alonzo H. Lee, Birmingham; Mrs. Walter G. Mason, Lynchburg, Va.;
Mrs.
Harry
L. Arnold,
New
York
City;
Mrs.
Arch
F. Montague,
Cincinnati

FOX, HOLSTEIN DcHAVEN
A. C. Wood, Jr. & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Wurts, Dulles & Co.
CUMMINGS, JOSEPH
Brooke

C.

First

FOGARTY,

F.

Inc.

CORSON, SPENCER L.
Elkins, Morris & Co.

41

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Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Arnold,
Securities &

Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City;
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.

ROURKE,

THOMAS

Stroud

O

Company,

&

JOHN

I'AIRMAN,
Schmidt.

Philadelphia

H.

JOSEPH

PFAU,

MUNDY, JAMES G.

MEANEY, THOMAS J.
T.

J.

Meaney,

Stroud

Inc.

&

&

Co.

Inc.

Co.,

Stroud

&

Company,

JOHN

MILBURN,
Hecker &

MURPHY. JOHN

A.

Reynolds

Co.

EDWARD J.
Samuel K. Phillips &

A.

JOSEPH

Compton
MORRIS,

&

Wharton

RAYMOND

Weeks

Hornblower &

NASH.

A.

H.

U. S. Army

Nash

&

Jr.,

CHARLES

PREGGEMEIR,
MORRISSEY,
P.

J.

FRANK

NECKER

J.

CARL

Schaffer,

& Co.

Morrissey

Rambo,

Necker

&

Close

Jones,

MOSLEY,
Stroud

ROBERT

Miller
R.
&

NOWLAN, LAWRENCE J.

P.

C.

Company

&

Company,

C.

Collings & Co.,

Inc.

C. Dackermah & Co.

Harry

Incorporated

G.

ROMEYN

Suplee,

Yeatman

&

B.
Company,

&

Dolphin

Stroud

L.

&

Boston

Harriman

E.

Battles

Incorporated

SHAW,

RELLLEY, JOSEPH F.
Jones, Miller & Co.

&

Harriman Ripley

Woodcock,
RENNEISEN,
First

RICE,

CLIFFORD

Boenning

WILLIAM

VOORHEES,
Drexel &

Pierce,

Co.

&

H.
Devine & Co.

C. J.

ARNOLD
Company, Inc.

Lynch,

& Co., Incorporated

VEITH, FRANK

&

Fenner

Beane

Hess

Co.,

Inc,

Securities

Co.

WALLACE, DAVID W.

& Co., Inc.

DeHaven

Co.

CHARLES

WALLINGFORD,
H.

M.

Byllesby

and

L.

Company,

Incor¬

porated

B.

Co.

B.

HENRY

WARNER,

Henry B. Warner & Co., Inc.

PHILLIPS B.

STREET,

F.
&

&

Yarnall

Corporation

Dillon

HARRY

SNYDER,

IRWIN

WILLARD

Eastman,

&

JOSEPH E.
Newburger & Co.

SMITH,

G.

Co.

UNDERWOOD, J. FREDERICK

Henry B. Warner

REMINGTON,

&

Incorporated

TYRRELL, LEO D.

CHARLES P.

Merrill

ROBERT A.
Ripley & Co.,

TREVINE, ROY

C.
Corp.

& Co.

SERVICE,

WISTER

Company,

Harriman

Brothers

Brown

TORRENS,

McE.

& Co.

HAROLD

TODD,

SELHEIMER, PERRY N.
First Securities Corporation

Co.

RANDOLPH,

RUSSELL

First

H.

Gerstley, Sunstein

Co.

&

& Co.

Noyes

BERNARD

TOBIAS,

SCHUMANN, WALTER H.

Inc.

WILLIAM

RAFFEL,

Morrissey

SCHULER,

Inc.

The

Raffel

O'BRIEN, JOSEPH F.

VICTOR

Kerner,

Co.
QUINTARD,

MORRISSEY,

&

J.

Co.

&

H.

Hemphill,

WILLIAM

SCHREINER,
F.

Ristine

LEWIS

Co.

SCHAUFLER, CHARLES A.
Schaffer, Necker & Co.

Co.

P.

Necker & Co.

Schaffer,

PHILLIS, FRED C.
Coffin, Betz & Co.

N.

HAROLD

N.

&

SCHAFFER, RUSSELL W.

MURPHY, JOHN W.

E.

Boenning

Co.

SAMUEL K.
Samuel K. Phillips & Co.

PHILLIPS,
MORLEY,

F.

TILGE,

SCATTERGOOD, HAROLD F.

Co.

&

H.

THOMAS, ROY C.

Sherrerd

Butcher &

Incorporated

PHILLIPS,

Co.

CLAYTON
& Co.

Reynolds

RUDOLPH

SANDER,

RAYMOND L.

&

TERRELL,

& Co.

A. J. Sailer

Incorporated

Company,

Drexel

A. JACKSON

SAILER,

Inc.

& Co., Inc.

Taggart

A.

TALCOTT,

Hemphill, Noyes & Co.

W.

GORDON

Charles

WALLACE H.

RUNYAN,

Yeatman & Company,

TAGGART, CHARLES A.

Stroud & Company,

*

WILLIAM Z.

Suplee,

MICHAEL J.
Incorporated

RUDOLPH,

Sunstein & Co.

Gerstley,
SUPLEE,

ROGERS, H. WHITNEY
Elkins, Morris & Co.

& Co.

PARSLY, L. FULLER
Parsly Bros. & Co., Inc.

Janney & Co.

Soliday & Co.

Hopper,

&

SUNSTEIN, JR., LEON

ELLWOOD S.

Aspden, Robinson & Co.

Incorporated

Jr.,

Incorporated, San Francisco; Edward E. Parsons,
Corwin L. Liston, Prescott & Co., Cleveland

California Company,
Co., Inc., Cleveland;

ROBINSON,

F.

T.

Poole

Rlecke

A.

Bioren

MULLER, GEORGE J.

A.

&

PARKES, Jr., NEWTON H.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
McNAMEE,

First

PARKER, JOHN E.

(Continued from page 41)

(

Egan,

Parsons

C.

Investment Traders Association

Of

F.

John

Clarence H. Adams,

Thursday, November 13, 1952

& Townsend,

Crouter & Bodine

WELLER, JOHN F.
Arthur L. Wright & Co.
ALFRED

WELLS,

D.

Lilley & Co.

WELSH, Jr., HENRY C.
Lilley & Co.

in NEW ENGLAND

WILLIAM
J.

WHITEHEAD,
Camden, N.

for 100 YEARS

F. S. MOSELEY & CO.

WHITLEY, FRANK
Bioren

GEO.

15 STATE

Boston

WILLIS,

Capital Securities

C.

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Members New York and Boston Stock

Byllesby

and

Company,

Incor¬

C.

GEORGE C.
Collings & Co.,

Inc.

WOOD, 2nd, RICHARD D.

Wright, Wood & Co.

Providence

Hartford

Springfield

M.

porated

STREET, BOSTON

Telephone LAfayette 3-2400

Boston Teletype
New York

H.

Underwriters & Distributors of

J.

ALFRED

WILLIS,

Co.

COIT

Poole & Co.

Schmidt,

&

H.

E.

WILLIAMSON,

Estabrook

L.

Co.

Kennedy & Co.

1819

EST.

&

WILLIAMS,

Commercial Paper

WURTK

c/o

Exchanges

JOHN

W.

Dulles & Co.

wurts,

YEAGER, WILLIAM F.
Hecker &

Co.

Members
New York Stock

New York Curb Exchange
Midwest Stock Exchange

Exchange

Stock Exchange

Boston

YEATMAN, Jr., POPE
Suplee, Yeatman & Company, Inc.
YEATTS, ALBERT H.
Geo.

The

BOSTON

TOWNSEND, DABNEY & TYSON
ESTABLISHED
Members

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1887

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Garnett

Samuel

E.

O. Lee, Jr., Scott, Horner &
Mason, Inc., Richmond,
Magid, Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc., New York City

Bond Traders Club of

Barney

Va.;

York

Nieman, Carl Marks & Co., Inc., New York; Irwin Schloss, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New
City; Justus C. Martin, Robinson-Humphrey Co., Atlanta; James Jones, Courts & Co., Atlanta

BAX, PAUL J.

Chicago

First

Boston

BUSBEY, HON. FRED E.
Member of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Corporation

BECKER, WILLIAM J.
Hulburd,
BENSON,

CAMPBELL,
Trust

B.

BERGREN,

Bank

A.

MAURICE

A. A.

G.

Becker & Co.

Corporation

CONDIT,

CASEY,

F.

A.

Carlton

&

A.

F. S.

Co.

CECIL

&

Co.

J.

O.

Yantis & Co.,

CONDON,
FRED

Fuller

Incorporated

BLANEY, JAMES P.
J. P. Blaney & Co.

Incorporated

RAYMOND V.
Ingen & Co. Inc.

B. J. Van

Doyle, O'Connor & Co.

CONLAN, PETER J.

BLECHSCHMIDT, EDWARD

CASSERLY, Jr., THOMAS D.

A.

Hornblower

&

Weeks

Doyle, O'Connor & Co.

Roe & Farnham

COOK, FREDERICK J.

BLOHM, MILTON R.
Glore, Forgan & Co.

CAVANAUGH, AUDRAN J.

BLOMBERG, CARL X.

CERF, Jr., FLOYD D.
Floyd D. Cerf, Jr. Company,

William

McKinnon

&

T.

Securities

Harmet & Co.

William

BINZ, A. A.
Shearson, Hammill & Co.

Thomson

PHILIP

American

COMBITHS, WALLACE T.
J.

CARLTON, FRANK A.

Stein,

&

Lehman Brothers

CANN,

MAYNARD

C.

National

Co.

CANN, JULES F.

Co.

Borland &

Illinois

COCHRAN, LOREN A.
William Blair & Company

COLLINS,

COLNITIS, JOHN J.

RODNEY M.

Betts,

EDWARD J.

Continental

& Chandler

Warren

GEORGE

Swift, Henke & Co.
BERG,

43

A.

H.

Fuller & Co.

M. Byllesby

and Company,

Incorporated

COOLEY, RICHARD R.
Thomson

McKinnon

&

Incorporated

BLUMENTHAL, HAROLD
Swift, Henke & Co.
BOBLETTER.

Donald R.Muller

Milton J. Isaacs

Elmer W. Hammell

Roy B. Sundell

Salomon

CHAPIN, RALPH
Reynolds & Co.

HENRY T.

President: Donald R. Muller,

Harris, Upham & Co.

CLEAVER,

Vice-President: Milton J. Isaacs, Straus, Blosser & McDowell

Treasurer: Elmer W. Hammell,

Harris, Hall & Company

Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co.

Directors:

William A. Grigsby, John Nuveen & Co.; Lester J.
Thorsen, Glore, Forgan & Co.; George R. Wahlquist, Weeden
& Co.; Richard A. Wernecke, Paul H. Davis & Co.

BOYLE,

WALLACE

Cruttenden

OLINE,

Company,

Incorporated;

Elmer

W.

Shillinglaw,

Hammell,

Bolger & Co.; Richard A. Werneke, Paul H. Davis & Co.; Lester
Thorsen, Glore, Forgan & Co.; Fred T. Rahn, The Illinois

J.

Company.
H. Strong,

The First National Bank of Chicago;
Leonard Friedman, Boettcher and Company; Thomas E. King,
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.; Arthur C. Sacco, Cruttenden & Co.

Elected: January

1952; Took Office: March 1, 1952; Term Expires:

(Members located

in Chicago unless

otherwise

A.

indicated)

C.

WALTER C.
David A. Noyes &
du

Higginson

ARNOLD, Jr.,
The

Illinois

Pont

First

& Co.

Corporation

HAZEN

A.

La

of

on page

44)

C.

S.

Brown

&

Company
S.

Co.

Salomon Bros. &

Hutzler

PHILIP

C.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

BULLER, FRANK H.
Hlckey & Co., Inc.
FRANK

BURCH,

Kneeland

G.

& Co.

DAVID J.
Ellis

Simmons

&

Established
1926

G.

H.

Salle Co.

GEORGE

Michigan
J.

(Continued

A.

BARNHART. WILLIAM S.
First La

W.

Inc.,

Co.

BARROWCLOUGH,
First

HOWARD

Bacon, Whipple & Co.

Brinkman,

Co.

&

HORACE

Salle

BARTHELL,

S.

Company of Chicago

D.

L.

Corporation

GARY

Harris, Upham & Co.

KNOX

BAUM, NORMAN B.

ARTHUR, JOHN
David

STEPHAN

Borland

BARNHART,

ANDERSON, JOHN A.
Anderson, Plotz & Company, Inc.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM A.
Lee

Betts,

&

BARCLAY, HAROLD
Barclay Investment Co.

Co.

ANDERSON, ALFRED E.
I.

Blair

BALLISCH, JOSEPH O.
A. C. Allyn and Company, Inc.

ALM,

Francis

BACHAR,

and

BROWN, HARRY M.

Blunt

JOHN W.
Allyn & Co.

Heronymus

Sheboygan, Wis.

BURKE, HERBERT J.
Rogers & Tracy, Inc.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

ALLYN,

CORNELIUS,

CLOYES, FRED O.

J.

R.

Brothers, Harriman & Co.

BREWER, G. FABIAN

BURKE,

February 28, 1953.

Brown

G.

BROWN, CARMAN

BUHLE, Jr.,

Alternates: O.

J.

Kneeland & Co.

Milwaukee (Associate)

JOSEPH

Aim, Kane, Rogers & Co.
William

National Committeemen: Thompson M. Wakeley, A. C. Allyn and

THOMAS

PETER

Loewi & Co.,

(Incorporated)

& Co.

BRADY, EDMUND

E.

CORBUS,

Republic Company

BOWKER, HERBERT H.

Secretary: Roy B. Sundell, Julien Collins & Company

GEORGE

Lehman Brothers

BOEDEKER, ROBERT F.
Central

COONEY, WALTER E.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
COOPER,

Co.

H.

Television Shares Management Co.

CLARKE, JOHN W.
John W. Clarke, Incorporated

Hutzler

&

Bros.

BODEN, JOHN L.
Lamson Bros. &

COOLEY, WM.

Blair, Rollins & Co.

Noyes & Co,

Incorporated

&

CO., Inc.

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Walter F.

Saunders, Dominion Securities Corporation, New York City; Lee R. Staib, Ceo. Eustis & Co.,
Cincinnati;
Thomas Graham,
The Bankers
Bond Co., Inc., Louisville; John C. Hecht,
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Los Angeles; H. Frank Burkholder, Equitable Securities
Corporation, Nashville; Jerome F. Tegeler, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St. Louis

Welch, Sincere and Company, Chicago;
Perry Brown, Newman, Brown & Co.,
Blum, Brush, Slocumb & Co., Inc., San Francisco;

F. Boice Miller, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami; Edward H.
C. Phillips, Pacific Northwest Company, Seattle; William

Josef

New

Orleans;

Ernest

Harold

E.

B.

Smith,

Pershing

Bond Traders Club of

York

New

Co.,

&

City

FALVEY,

Chicago

GAMON, JOHN T.

ROY

Thomas

D.

Sheerin

&

Co.,

Indianapolis

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

CRONIN, DOMINIC C.
Cruttenden

&

CRUTTENDEN.

DARFLER,

WALTER

W.

&

Co.

M.

CHARLES

Langlll & Co.

The

DETMER, JOHN F.

H.

Hentz

&

Bache
%

■

GERALD

E.

Bank

GEORGE

of

Chicago

A.

De

PATRICK J.
Bear, Stearns & Co.

Young-Tornga

Grand

CUNNINGHAM, BERNARD J.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Rapids,

Harriman

DOYLE, JOHN ROBERT
Doyle, O'Connor & Co.

CUNNINGHAM, JAMES W.
Reynolds & Co.

DUNNE, FINLEY P.
Shllllnglaw. Bolser

&

HICKEY,

GOODWIN, JAMES E.
Sills, Fairman & Harris, Incorporated

HIRSCHBERG, EDWARD A.

&

Webster

Bankers

The

GRATZA,

FRIEDMAN, LEONARD
Boettcher and Company

William

ADOLPH C.
Shearson, Hammill & Co.

A.

William A.

Francis L du Pont & Co.

Fuller & Co.

Greenebaum Investment Co.

Fuller & Co.

GRIER,
The

Louisville, Ky.

HOELCK,

WILLIAM

JOHN

First

McDougall & Condon,

John

Inc.

GUILD,
A.

DIRECT

C.

Farwell,

Ernst &
HOLT.

J.

Bank

of

Chicago

HORACEK,
First

DAYTON HAIGNEY & CO.
\S

STATISTICAL DATA

HARMET.
A.

A.

HUMMEL,

A.
Company

&

GEORGE

of Chicago

F.

First Securities Company

of Chicago

HUNTER, WILLIAM S.
Lee Higglnson Corporation

L.

ALFRED

JEAN

Securities

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

HUTCHINSON. HERBERT A.
McMaster Hutchinson & Co.

Co.

IMPEY, ROBERT W.

Shlllinglaw, Bolger & Co.

MARKETS

Co.

LESTER H.

HORDER, EARL R.

& Co.

HAMMELL, ELMER W.

V TRADING

Co.

Eastman, Dillon & Co.

H.

Chapman

&

Ernst

DONALD J.
Allyn and Company, Inc.

HALLFORD,

NEW YORK

M.

Co.

HOFER, RAYMOND

HACK, Jr., JOHN J.
F. S. Moseley & Co.

'PHONES to

&

HOFER, CHARLES

National

Nuveen

THEODORE

McCormick

J.

Tex.

Co.

&

GRIGSBY, WILLIAM A.
GALLAGHER, JAMES P.

WILLIAM G.
San Antonio,

& Co.,
(Associate)

Russ

Co.,

Hallgarten & Co.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

EUSTICE, JOHN W.
Reynolds & Co.

J.

Co.

&

HITCHCOCK, JAMES E.

HOBBS,

GREGORY, GORDON D.
Swift, Henke & Co.

GALE, FRED O.

ERZBERGER, ELMER W.
Smith, Burrls & Co.

Corporation

GREENBERG, MORRIS H.

WILLIAM A.

FULLER,

RICHARD

Kneeland

GREEN, ARTHUR A.
Union Security Co.

Co.

ENYART, CHARLES E.

Securities

Bond

Paul H. Davis

FULLER, JOSEPH T.

2

Co.

(Associate)

Faroll & Company

EGNER,

Chicago

of

HICKEY, Jr., MATTHEW J.
Hickey & Co., Inc.

GRAHAM, THOMAS

Incorporated

Ripley & Co.,
SIDNEY

FREEMAN,

DOYLE, LEO J.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co.

&

First National Bank

Cruttenden & Co.

FOLLMER, FRED J.

(Associate)

Farnham

&

EDWARD

GOTT, EARLE C.
Goodbody & Co.

William Blair & Company

Co.

Mich.

The

Noyes & Co.

FRANK

HERMAN,

GOODMAN, WILLIAM D.
Freehling, Meyerhoff & Co.

Stone

FLETCHER. DONALD T.

1

NEIL

YOUNG,

De

David A.

McKinnon

GORDER, HENRY A.

Co.

Detmer & Co.

CUMMINGS,

&

Stein, Roe

National

First

FITZSIMONS,

CUMMINGS, FRANK X.
Bear, Stearns & Co.

HEALY, WILLIAM B.

GOODMAN,

Thomson

Rodman & Linn

dePERSIO, ANTHONY L.
F. S. Moseley & Co.

J.

HARRELL, WILLIAM R.
Reynolds & Co.

HAYS, EDDE K.
Central Republic Co.

GOLDEN, GEORGE T.

FITZGERALD,
CULLEN.

Chicago

GLOSSER, EARL C.

FENTON, ARTHUR W.

DAY, JAMES W.
Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., Inc.

of

UARTWIG, CARL A.
Link, Gorman, Peck & Co.

FELLEGI, JULES
Farwell, Chapman & Co.

Co.

DAVIDSON, HOWARD L.
McDougal & Condon, Inc.

Cruttenden & Co.

CRUTTENDEN, Jr., WALTER W.
Cruttenden

&

Bank

FAUST, JOHN N.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

GLEN A.

Kneeland

Co.

National

FELL, PETER V.
Langlll & Co.

DAHLIN, GEORGE E.
Langlll & CO.

COUTTS, RONALD M.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

First

GIESEN, ELMER J.
David A. Noyes & Co.

ARTHUR E.
Byllesby and Company,
Incorporated

FARRELL,
H.

The

GAVIN, JOSEPH J.
Goodbody & Co.

(Associate)

(Continued from page 43)

Thursday, November 13, 1952

John

Nuveen

&

Co.

ISAACS, MILTON J.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

A.

Harmet & Co.

INCORPORATED

Xew

75 FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON

England

HOTCHKIN CO.

Teletype BS 596

Securities

New York Telephone—WOrth 4-2463

Dealers in Unlisted Securities
Textiles

Since 1929

Established 1908.

New York

CAnal 6-2610

53 STATE

STREET, BOSTON 9, MASS.

Boston
Cable Address

Telephone

HUbbard 2-8360

"Tockin"

LAfayette 3-0460

Hartford, Providence, Portland

Kidder, Peabody & Co-

Enterprise 9830
A. T. & T.

Founded in 1865

Teletype:

Members New York, Boston and Midwest Stock

Boston 568-569

and New York Curb

Exchanges

Exchange

Dealers and Brokers

in

general market issues

Trading markets in
New

Specializing in

England Bank, Utility and Industrial Stocks

new england securities

@MAY

6GANNON

75
Telephone:

Federal

Street,

Boston

Liberty 2-6200

Teletype:

BS 338

INCORPORATED

!

SI
ti

STOCKS
161

&

BONDS

DEVONSHIRE

BOSTON

10.

NEW

YORK

CHICAGO

PHILADELPHIA

Ralph F. Carr & Co., Inc.
31 MILK

STREET
New England Branches:

MASS.




Lowell

*

New Bedford

*

Newport

*

Providence

STREET

BOSTON 9,
*

Springfield

*

MASS.

Taunton
Telephone:

HUbbard 2-6442

•

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F. Colwell, W. E. Hutton & Co., New York City; Barney Nieman, Carl Marks & Co., Inc.,
City; Nathan Krumholz, Siegel & Co., New York City; Gustave Schlosser, Union Securities
Corporation, New York City;
Lewis H. Serlen, Josephthal & Co., New York City;
Gene Stark, M. S. Wien & Co., New York City

Mr. & Mrs.

Samuel

Dominion Securities

New

&

Hugh Bradford, Southwestern Securities Company, Dallas; Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Saunders,
Corporation, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. John G. Heimerdinger, Walter, Woody
Heimerdinger, Cincinnati; Charles A. Bodie, Jr., Stein Bros. & Boyce, Baltimore; Mrs. John
Fuerbacher, Cincinnati; Arnold W. Bertsch, G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc., New York City

<

FRANK

JACOBSON,
Mercantile

York

E.

National

Bank

JACOBSON, R. DONALD
Smith, Burris & Co.

Mead, Miller & Co.
—Members—
New
New

York

York

Stock

Curb

JAMES, WILLIAM E.
Halsey, Sttuart & Co.,
JANSHOFF,

Exchange

Exchange

Inc.

W.

PUBLIC UTILITY—MUNICIPAL—INDUSTRIAL

Witter & Co.

Dean

(Associate)

ROBERT

INSURANCE STOCKS

JOHNSON, FREDERICK F.
Barcus, Kindred & Co.

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

JOHNSON,

★

TOGE V.

First

The

Boston

Corp.

JONES, WILLARD C.
Aubrey G. Lanston

Active Markets in Local Issues

& Co.,

Inc.

KANE, VINCENT T.
Aim, Kane, Rogers & Co.

★

KANT, HERBERT H.
Direct Private

CARL

Greenebaum

Wire to New York Correspondent

M.

Bell

KEEGAN,

St., Baltimore 2, Md.
BA 270

—

NEW

BERNARD

JOHN

STOCK EXCHANGE

YORK

EXCHANGE

CURB

(ASSOC.)

STOCK

EXCHANGE

NEW YORK

R.

Direct Private

Conrad, Bruce & Co.
Cruttenden

Co.

&

—

to

Seattle and Portland

San Francisco,

—

Chicago

Wires

Florida

•

Securities

Corp.

—

St.

Petersburg

F.

Brothers

Stern

NEW

BALTIMORE

KEGLEY, WILLIAM C.
Rogers to Tracy, Inc.
KEHOE,

OF

YORK

PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE

Hickey to Co., Inc.

New York—WHitehall 3-4000

0210

Teletype

Co.

HUGH T.
& Burr, Incorporated

Coffin

Telephones: Baltimore—Lexington

MEMBERS

Investment

KEARNS,

LOEB, RHOADES & CO.

Ill E. Redwood

SECURITIES

t

&

Co.

KEITH. CLYDE H.
Cruttenden & Co.

JOHN

KELLY,

KENNEY,

A.

FRANCIS

A.

Dempsey-Tegeler &

JONES, KREEGER & HEWITT
MEMBERS

GEORGE

KING.
NEW

YORK

NEW YORK CURB

STOCK EXCHANGE

WASHINGTON

STOCK

PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE

EXCHANGE

(ASSOCIATE)

EXCHANGE
STOCK

EXCHANGE

Co.

WILLIAM D.
Bacon, Whipple & Co.

KERR.

BAKER, WATTS & CO.

F.

ESTABLISHED

Weld & Co.

White,

KING, THOMAS E.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

*

Members

KIPP, JOHN D.
A.

CAFRITZ

BUILDING,

EYE STREET, N. W.

1625

WASHINGTON

6,

D.

C.

Teletype—WA

District 5700

67

Becker

G.

Co.,

to

Members

Incorporated

Associate Members New

OTTO J., Jr.
The Marshall Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
(Associate)

C.

ROBERT

KRELL,

Active
"

Trading Markets in

Local

Securities

KRENSKY, Jr., ARTHUR M.

Republic Investment Company, Inc.
LANE. WILLIAM H.
Harris

LOCAL BANK STOCKS

Exchange

York Curb Exchange

Listed and Unlisted Stocks and Bonds

B.

Whipple <3c Co.

Bacon,

Exchange

Stock

Maryland County and Municipal Bonds

STAR C.
Moseley & Co.

S.

F.

Stock

Government and Federal Land Bank Bonds

PHILIP F.
and Company

Childs

F.

KOERNER,

WASHINGTON SECURITIES

York

Philadelphia-Baltimore

KOCH,

KOENIG,

Firm Markets in all

New

1900

CALVERT & REDWOOD STREETS

Savings Bank

Trust to

BANFORD

LANGILL,

BALTIMORE 3, MD.

B.

Langlll to Co.
J. PATRICK

LANNAN.
DIRECT

WIRE

Kneeland

TO

MEMBERS

NEW

YORK

STOCK

to

Co.

Representatives:

RAYMOND F.
Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc.

Clarksburg, W. Va.; Salisbury, Md.

LaPAK,

HAYDEN, STONE & CO.
EXCHANGE

LA

LAWRENCE
& Co.

ROCCO.

Lamson

Telephones:

New York—CAnal

C.

Bell

Baltimore—Mulberry 2600

6-7162

System Teletype—BA 395

Bros.

LAWLOR, J*., WILLIAM J.
Hornblower to Weeks
LEASON,
Leason

LEASON,
Leason

HARVEY
&

G.

Co., Inc.

GLEN

HARVEY
to

Co.,

Inc.

LEE. ARTHUR D.

Firm

Goldman,

Markets In

WE

Sachs & Co.

JOSEPH M.
Daniel F. Rice and

INVITE YOUR

INQUIRIES

LEE.

Company

LIENING. EDWARD

SECURITIES

WASHINGTON

Spink to Co.

Miller,

EDWARD

LILLIG,

H.

Carter

LINDER,
Direct

Private

EVAR L.

LONGSTAFF.

Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades &
our

New

York

Co.,

BALTIMORE

& Co.

Rogers

RALPH

& Tracy,

S.

Inc.

LOX, WILBUR

Correspondent

Bacon,

t

Whipple to

1920

James

E.

Bennett

SteinBros.&Boyce

to Co.

,

Mac

LEAN,

H.

Northern Trust Company

The

Johnston, Lemon & Co.

JAMES

Established

Geyer
MAGEE,

STOCK

EXCHANGE

PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE STOCK

UNDERWRITERS
Southern
Telephone:

-

H.

EXCHANGE

DISTRIBUTORS

-

DEALERS

Building, Washington 5, D. C.

Sterling 3130
Branch Office:




Bell Teletype: WA 95 to WA 28
Alexandria, Va.

1853

MADARY, HARRY

to

Co.,

6 S. Calvert St., Baltimore

Incorporated

MEMBERS
WASHINGTON

.

.

Co.

LYNCH, PHILIP A.
ESTABLISHED

RYLAND

ai

SECU

Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Paine,

Wire to

Inc.

A.

Harrison

MARTIN

MAHER, RAYMOND A.
A. C. Allyn & Company.

Phones:

Bait., Saratoga 8400

Ames.

LAWRENCE

N. Y., Rector2-3327

Phila., Pennypacker 5-5175
PHILADELPHIA

NEW YORK

LOUISVILLE

Incorporated

Cumberland, Md.

MARQUARDT. JEROME F.
William A. Fuller to Co.
MARR.

2, Md.

L.

Byllesby and Company,
Incorporated
M.

N.

Emerich to Co., Inc.

MARSHALL, WILLIAM H.
The Marshall Company, Milwaukee

(Continued on page 46)

MEMBERS OF

NEW

end other

YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE

leading exchanges.

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46

John

G.

Heimerdinger, Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger, Cincinnati;
Tomasic, Thomas & Company, Pittsburgh

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony

Chicago

DONALD

MATHEWS, HENEY T.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co.

MATHEWS, MUEEAY C.

MEYEES,

Cruttenden

MATZ.
L.

&

Moseley

McGHIE. Jr..
P.

&

Cruttenden

C.

Co.

GEORGE W.
Incorporated

MCGREGOR,
F.

S.

Jr.,

and

Orlando,

&

Illinois

Continental
Trust

Co.

of

Pla.

The

MELL, HERMAN G.
Smith, Barney & Co.

FRED

Milwaukee,

National

Bank

ROBERTSON,

&

Company
(Associate)

Salomon

Blyth dc

Co., Inc.

O'ROURKE, Jr., JOHN P.
J. P. O'Rourke & Co.

DEALERS

RYAN,

SACCO,

ARTHUR

PARKER.

Sills,

Fairman

William

A. Puller

Hutzler

&

JOSEPH

SMOLE.

Co.

SOMMERS, FLOYD J.
Blyth & Co., Inc.
SORENSON, OLAF A.

Mitchell, Hutchins & Co.

D.

McDowell

SPANIER,
Leason

PEAR80N,
W.

Gibson

C.

&

The First National

Co.

Bank of

Chicago

SPARKS,
F.

PECK,

Public Utility

Railroad

W.

Hornblower &

PETRIE,
Brown

Sadler

Co.

CHARLES R.

PERRIGO,

Industrial Securities

SADLER, FRED D.

EDGAR A.

C. Gibson &

GEORGE

LAWRENCE

&

Co.

Spink &

Swift,

■

Cruttenden

Markets Maintained

John Nuveen & Co.

SCHEUER, CHARLES G.

PULVER,

HENRI

McMaster

Hutchinson

&

Daniel

Co.

Rice

F.

Co.

STRAUS, FREDERICK W.
Straus, Blosser & McDowell

SCHMITZ, JOHN F.

P.

WALTER L.

Henke &

Swift,

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Swift, Henke & Co.

Co.

&

STONER, HARLEY H.
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.
STRAIT,

Active

Inc.

Henke & Co.

STEPHENS. DONALD B.

SAYRE, BYRON J.

JOHN P.

Co.,

STEFFES, JAMES W.

Chesley & Co.

A.

Inc.

PAUL W.

Miller,

SAWERS, ARTHUR R.

W.

ROBERT
Cruttenden & Co.

POLLICK,

Co.,

ALLEN K.

Carlton & Co.

A.

SPINK,

Co.

Norrls & Kenly

Harriman

PODESTA,

&

SANDBERG,

Weeks

Brothers

WILLIAM
&

SACHNOFF, SAMUEL

DON C.

A.

The First National Bank of Chicago

C.

Straus, Blosser &

Inc.

Inc.

Securities Company of Chicago

First

Inc.

Co.

&

Simmons

&

GEORGE W.

SMITH,

M.

MOREY

SACHNOFF,

Harris,

A.

ARTHUR

Ellis

Rogers & Tracy,

GERALD

Cruttenden

W.

&

Jr.,

M.

McDowell

SKEPNEK, Jr., PAUL J.

RUSSELL, MERTON A.
Halsey, Stuart & Co.

OLDERSHAW, HALLOCK B.

NATHAN

Blosser &

SIMMONS, RICHARD W.
Blunt

&

Bros.

W.

Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

SILBERMAN,

Straus,

& Harris, Inc.

EDWARD

ROOB,

O'ROURKE, JOHN P.
J. P. O'Rourke & Co.

DISTRIBUTORS

Inc.

Hickey & Co., Inc.

Co.

&

BRADFORD

Stifel,

J.

ROGERS, JOHN C.

Upham

Incorporated

SHERWOOD, DONALD B.

Harris,

O'CONNOR, HUGH J.

Betts, Borland & Co.

Company

Byllesby and Company,

Swift. Henke & Co.

&

Sills, Fairman

Illinois

SHAW.

CLARKE

Fairman

Sills,

Inc.

Wyandt, Incorporated

&

Carter H. Harrison & Co.

& Co.

Rice

M.

Aurora, HI.

SHALES, GLENN S.

ROBINSON, ELD RIDGE

Harris,

G.

Wis.

b

O'BRIEN, EDWIN P.
Sincere and Company

Co.

Chicago

Milwaukee

LEO

T.

Thomson & McKinnon

O'DONNELL, CHARLES R.

MORTON,

The

RING, HERBERT A.

Inc.,

(Associate)

NORTON, LAWRENCE H.
Remer, Mitchell & Reltzel.

MORBUS, ORION

WILLIAM J.

R.

Inc.,

Chicago

SELLERS, PAUL A.

H. M.

RICE, ROBERT M.

J.

of

SENNOTT, WILLIAM J.

Dempsey & Company

The Crummer Company,

Company

MONTGOMERY, THOMAS R.
Glore, Forgan & Co.

Yantls & Co., Incorporated

McHUGH. JOHN D.
James J. McNulty & Company

REYNOLDS,

Co.

MOON, RUSSELL F.
Shearson, Hammill

Co.

&

Childs

P.

CHRIS. J.

Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

WILLIAM

Scott

EDWARD P.
Byllesby and Company,

RAYMOND F.
Barclay Investment Co.

LOWELL
Leason & Co., Inc.

NOEL,

McGREEVY, JOHN A.
Bache

&

M.

J.

FRANK

National Bank

SCOTT, MORTIMER W.

REVELL,

NIEBUHR,

MOFFAT, DONALD L.

Yantls & Co.,

S.

Merrill

Inc.

MILLER, WILLIAM E.

C.

Higginson Corporation

S.

Inc.

Co.,

&

Incorporated

F.

Company
NEWPART,

Inc.

McFAELANE, LAURENCE B.
P.

NEWELL, EDWARD
Langill & Co.

Blair &

MILLER, SAUL R.
Miller, Spink & Co.,

EENEST A.

McCOTTEE. DONALD
Lee

William

H.

First

(Associate)

Emerich

RENIER,

WILLIAM A.
Bear, Stearns & Co.

MIEHLg, DON G.

T.

Emerich & Co.,

Ames,

The

SCHWANZ, F. DAVID
Schwanz & Company,

ROY S.

Ames,

GIRARD

F.

SCHUERINGS,

RALPH G.
Mason, Moran & Co.

RANDALL,

REED,

City

Wayne Hummer & Co.

RAMING, H. PHILIP
Glore, Forgan & Co.

Co.

NELSON,
HENEY P.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Rothschild & Co.

MAYEE,

SCHOETTLER,

Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

Co.

CHAELES

P.

T.

FRED

NELSON, HARRY L.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

MEYER, JULIEN L.

Securities Corporation, New York

Illinois Company

The

,

MURPHY, JAMES H.
Dempsey-Tegeler Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

—

& Co.

R.

&

Saunders, Dominion

F.

RAHN,

C.

HOWARD

Upham

Harris,

45)

page

Walter

McMaster Hutchinson

MULLER,

(Continued from

C.;

Clarence H. Adams, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, D.

E.

MORTON,

Bond Traders Club of

Thursday, November 13, 1952

and

Company

STRAUSS. ROBERT
Daniel

Rice

F.

and

Company

STRONG, O. H.

Inquiries

on

Penna. Inactive Securities Invited

The First National Bank of Chicago

BROKERS

DISTRIBUTORS

UNDERWRITERS

SUNDELL, ROY B.
Julien

Collins

SWANS ON.

&

Company

KNUTE

G.

Carter H. Harrison & Co.

&

123 South Broad

STOCK

EXCHANGE

Members:
New York Stock

STANLEY

Stanley Swiech and Company

•

Wm. H.

New York Curb Exchange

TERO.
A.

ROBERT

C.

In the Nation's Third

BOwling Green 9-4818

Direct Private Wires to First Securities Co. of Chicago, Chicago, III.
and Harry M. Sheeley & Co., Baltimore, Md.

Largest Trading Area

1342 Walnut Street,
New

York

City

Philadelphia 7, Pa.

Harrisburg

Lebanon

*

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Vineland

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Grand

TORREY.

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&

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R.

ALEXANDER

Several Thousand Investment Accounts

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Co.

Mich.

GEORGE

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Edward J.

Incorporated

J.

TORGERSON, FRANK S.
Link, Gorman, Peck & Co.

TRITSCHLER,

Harold F, Scattergood

Company,

LESTER

Glore, Forgan & Co.

PH 771

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H.

J.

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TORNGA,

New York

WILLIAM

Tegtmeyer & Co.

THORSEN,

Effective Distribution

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Exchange

1

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

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Philadelphia Telephone

SWIECH,

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Mr.

Mrs.

&

Mrs.

C.

TRUE,

CHAS.

UNGEHER,

McCulley,

First Southwest

WERNECKE.

P.

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

FRED

JAMES

Webber,

C.

VALLEAU, HARRY 0.

John
Ver

EDWARD V.

Nuveen &

MEULEN,

Ver

Meulen

WILLIAMS,

Co.

JOHN
&

WILTBERGER,

W.

Co., Racine,

A.

C.

THOMPSON

A.

M.

FRED

G.

Becker

LEROY F.

Co.

G.

Wortman

Chicago

Co.,

'

.

The First

Co.

Aurora,

111.

National

ADAMS.

Glore,

WRIGHT,

R.

JAMES

Forgan

Stifel,

& co.

O'Connor &

Doyle,
A.

G.

Becker & Co.,

Incorporated

Z1PPIN,

Bank

of

Chicago

ALFF,

in

Denver

unless

BROWN,

C.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

BARWISE.

NORMAN

j.

BATCIIELDER,

EUGENE

Trust

Amos

Co.

F.

Company

FRED
and

Company

BRUNTON, DAVID W.
Sidlo,

Simons,

Roberts

&

Co.

HERMAN

Sudler

C.

and

&

(Continued

Co.

on page

GEORGE H.
National

Bank

JOHN H.
Amos C. Sudler & Co.

Wyandt,

Incorporated

ALLEN.

&

Edward F.

Co.

ESTABLISHED

F.

EDWARD

ALTMAN,

ISRAEL

E. W. CLARK & CO.

WALTER

C.

Garrett-Bromfield

Altman

&

1837

•

Co., Pueblo
MEMBERS

Inc.

ARGALL,

WILLIAM

Boettcher

and

ASHLEY, LEO
.

Bond Club of Denver

National

First

H.
PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE

Company

NEW

C.

Bank

YORK

NEW

STOCK

YORK

CURB

AVERY. ROBERT J.
The United States National Bank
of

j.

A.

&

DUDLEY

(ASSOC.)

PHILADELPHIA

D.

Telephones:

F.

& Co.

Philadelphia KIngsley 5-4000
New

ROBERT R.

Don

A.

Fort

Collins,

BARKER.

EXCHANGE

Co.

Bosworth, Sullivan
BAKER,

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE

LOCUST AT 16th STREET

GERALD

Hogle

BAKER,

STOCK

•

Denver

BACHAR.

Chapin & Co.
Colo.
FREDERICK

Garrett-Bromfield

&

WHitehall

York

3-4000

Lancaster

Germantown

York

F.

Co.

Greetings and Best Wishes
R.

President: Raymond L.
Vice-President:

from Philadelphia

Robert M. Kirchner

John Aiff

L. Robinson

Robinson, Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co.

TRADING DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL

John Alff, Amos C. Sudler & Co.

Secretary: Robert M. Kirchner, Carroll, Kirchner & Jaquith, Inc.

R. Victor Mosley,

)

R. Victor Mosley

vice president
Equipment Trust Certificates

Frank J. Laird

UNDERWRITERS, DEALERS and BROKERS

Frank J. Laird
Allen

Pennsylvania Municipal Bonds
Public

Railroad Bonds, Guaranteed
and

B. Foard, Jr.

Thomas F. O'Rourke

Utility — Railroad—Industrial

Russell M.

Michael J.

Bonds & Stocks

Industrial

Ergood, Jr.
Municipal Bonds

Rudolph

Gordon W.

Specializing in

Leased Lines Stocks

Public Utility

James G. Mundy

BONDS and STOCKS

Pfau

L. Wister Randolph
Institutional Department

Issues Free of the

Personal

Robert J.

Pennsylvania

John

Property Tax

F.

Campbell
Sales Order Department

Klingler

Edward

Statistical Department

F. Hirsch

Felix E.

Maguire

Yarnall & Co.

Field Representative

STROUD & COMPANY
Incorporated

Members of
\eu

York Stock

Exchange

123

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

New York Curb

Exchange (Assoc.)




ST., PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.

South Broad

Street

PHILADELPHIA 9
new

1528 WALNUT

48)

ALFF,

OWEN H.

Zippin & Company,

and Company

Boettcher

CHAPIN N.

RAYMOND W.
Remer, Mitchell & Reitzel, Inc.

WELCH, EDWARD H.
Sincere

&

DONALD

BROWN,

ADAMS, FREDERIC A.

YOUNG,

J.

WARREN

WEBER,

Scott

Co.

DONALD C.

*

Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

WYANDT,

WAUCHOP, RAYMOND C.

located

International

The

Denver

WARE,

BROMFIELD,

Boettcher
(Members

E.

WOUK, THEODORE

D.

Inc.

C.

WALLER

The J. K. Mullen Investment Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Incorporated

R.
&

(Associate)

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
O'Connor &

R.

BRINKER,

December

otherwise indicated)

GLEN

WORTMAN,
J.

B.

Bank

BRERETON, WM. H.
Brereton, Rice & Co.,

.

6, 1951; Took Office: January 1, 1952; Term
Expires: January 1, 1953.

Kneeland & Co.

RICHARD

National

Garrett-Bromfield & Co.

Elected:

WOOLARD, FRANCIS C.

M.

WALSH, THOMAS

&

Bank

M.

BOSWORTH, ARTHUR F.
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

Coughlin and Company.

mer,

S.

The First National Bank of

Chesley & Co,

Doyle,

ALFRED

WOLF, LEONARD J.

Allyn and Company, Inc.

WALLACE,

F.

WINTERHALTER,

& Co.

WALKER,

P.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Wis.

WAHLQUIST, GEORGE R.
WAKELEY,

GEORGE

Phillip J

WILLIAM

Colorado

L. Robinson, Sidlo, Simmons,
Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co.; Bernard
Kennedy, Bosworth, Sullivan & Company, Inc.; Lloyd Ham¬

Roberts & Co.;

National

Colorado

National Committeemen: Raymond

Langill & Co.

(Associate)

Weeden

ANDREW R.

Rogers & Tracy, Inc.

F. Carr

OSWALD

BENWELL,
BERGER,

Walsh & Co.

WILLIAMS,

Harry O. Valleau & Co.

Pont, Homsey & Company, Boston; William S. Thompson, Ralph
Boston; Frank T. Harrington, H. D. Knox & Co., Inc., Boston

Writer &
Christensen, Inc.; Robert Crist, J. K. Mullen Investment Com¬
pany; Neil King, First National Bank of Denver; Orville C.
Neely, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.

JOHN N.

Baker,

Co.

&

Homsey, du
Co., Inc.,

&

Treasurer: Donald Campbell, Campbell-Jacobs & Co.

A.

Co.

&

E.

Directors: The officers and George S. Writer, Peters,

RICHARD

Davis

H.

WILKIN,

Simpson

VALLELY,

Paul

WIERENGA, RICHARD
Smith, Barney & Co.

E.

Rogers & Tracy, Inc.
VACHA,

Anton

& Co., Syracuse; Mrs. Everett W. Snyder, Syracuse;
Company, Dallas; Mrs. Richard H. Walsh, St. Louis

Bishop, Smith, Bishop

Wesley M.

Rader

47

york

pittsburgh

allentown

lancaster

48

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Mr.

&

Mrs.

G.

Price Crane,

&

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

HARDEY, PAUL
Amos C. Sudler & Co.

CARROLL, HOWARD
Carroll, Kirchner &

(Continued from page 47)

HARRIS, GEORGE R.

CHAPIN,
Don

HARRY

National

Colorado

BUCHENAU,

E.

BULKLEY.

Bank

HARRY

RALPH

BURKHARDT, RICHAIU) H.

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

Boettcher

and

DON

Collins,

GLEN

CLARK,

C.

CLARKE,

ALL

Bank

Sudler

COLE,

The

CONKL1N,

States

Corp.

HUNT.

KUGELER,

National

Colorado
LAKE,

CONNELL,

M.

Bank

Simons,

Roberts &

Co.

LASCOR, L. A.
The

K.

Mullen

LAWRENCE,

DAVID

J.

and

E.
Mutual Depositor Corp.

Investment

Co.

Company

HARRY

LEE, WILSON B.
J.

ROBERT

State

ROBERT

Sidlo,

Management Corporation

M.

A.
Bank

KULLGREN, ELWOOD

Bank

ALLEN

&

HENRY

Denver National

HAROLD

Founders

Bank

ROBERT

Kirchner & Jaquith, Inc.

Boettcher

Depositor

Bosworth, Sullivan

National

Carroll,

HUGHES, MRS. ARLEEN W.
E. W. Hughes & Co.
Colorado Springs, Col.

COLLINS, LOWELL O.
Mutual

United

NEIL

First

KIRCHNER,

Denver

Hamilton

CYRIL

Founders

of

HUBER.

Garrett, Bromfield & Co.

ISSUES

KING,

HASSELGREN. OSCAR
Colorado Grain Exchange

HERSHNER. JOHN D.

GEORGE P.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

PHILADELPHIA

ROBERT

Colorado National Bank

CODY, RAYMOND P.
Colorado National Bank

CITY OF

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.

HAWKINS, VICTOR V.

Co.

&

International Trust Co.

KENNEDY, BERNARD F.
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

Calvin Bullock

Inc.

PHILLIP J.

Amos

Gray B. Gray & Co.

HARVEY,

B.

State

The

JORGENSON, O. JERRY

Harris, Upham & Co.

Co.

Colorado

& Mrs. Gustave H. Schlosser,
City

IRION, WILDER H.

IIAKRISBERGER, A. B.

Company
Colorado

IN

Inc.

CHRISTENSEN, E. W.
Peters, Writer & Christensen,
CLARK,

SPECIALIZING

Jaquith,

A.

Chapln

A.

Fort

G.

Harris, Upham & Co.

T.

Mrs. Harold B. Smith, Pershing & Co., New York
City; Mr.
Union Securities Corporation, New York

CAMPBELL, DONALD
Campbell-Jacobs & Co.

Bond Club of Denver

BUCHENAU,

Mr. &

New Orleans; Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo H. Lee,
Leach, Birmingham

Arnold & Crane,

Sterne, Agee

Thursday, November 13, 1952

K.

Mullen

Investment

Co.

INMAN, LARRY C.

Co.

J. A.

Hogle & Co.

LINVILLE,

LORENZO

W.

J.

Brereton, Rice & Co., Inc.
COPELAND.

A.

B.

Peters, writer & Christensen, Inc.

SCHAFFER, NECKER & CO.

COPPES, WARD E.

Peters,

Packard Building, Philadelphia 2, Pa.

Christensen,

Writer &

Inc.

Call

JANNEY for—

COUGHLIN, EDWARD B.

LOcust 7-3646

Teletype PH 864

Coughlin and Company

Bank and Insurance Stocks

COUGHLIN, WALTER J.
Coughlin and Company

active

COXHEAD, J. WALLACE
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.
Established

Peotxgton, Colket & Co.
New

York Stock

Exchange

New York Curb Exchange

Bosworth,

CRIST,
The

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

Industrials Rails

markets

Utilities

-

CRAWFORD, JOHN C.
Sullivan

& Co.

CRILEY, LAWRENCE
Bosworth, Sullivan

Members

Pennsylvania Tax Free

.trading

COXHEAD, Jr., J. WALLACE
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

1896

Common and Preferred Shares

Co.

<fe

B. P.
K. Mullen Investment Co.

J.

CURRIE,
DAVIS,

City-County-State-Authority Issues

Guaranteed Rails

TREVOR

GEORGE

Harris, Upham & Co.

123 South

New York Telephone

Broad

Street, Philadelphia 9, Pa.

PEnnypacker 6-7700

DAVIS.

NORMAN

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

York

Manhasset

DIRECT

BAUMGARTNER,

TELEPHONE

DOWNING

Altoona
CONNECTION

&

CO.,

Reading

Gray B. Gray & Co.

TELEPHONES

1529 Walnut

PH 80

Street, Philadelphia 2

RIttenhouse 6*7700

DENNISON, FRANK

TO

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

BALTIMORE,

MD.
DINES, THOMAS M.

PRIVATE

JANNEY &. CO.

Bell Teletype System

DEAL, JOHN
New

WOrth 4-2140

Teletype PH 180

BETWEEN

OFFICES

United

States

DISPENSE,

National

Since
Bank

of Denver

1907—Underwriters, Distributors, Dealers, Brokers

PHILLIP

Boettcher

&

Company

DOOLITTLE, CHARLES
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
FISHER, GEORGE
Bosworth,

GREETINGS

First

National

FORBES.

&

Newton H. Parkes, Jr.

Co.

Bank

H.

Butcher

Company

FORSYTH, ALEXANDER
Calvin

Bullock

National

GODFREY

Sherrerd
1910

J.

Bank

ERNEST S.
Poor's Corporation

Standard &

Thomas B. Krug

&

ESTABLISHED

GARRISON, WILIAM
Denver

Frank L. Whiteley

&

O.

RUSSELL

Forbes

N. S. T. A.

B.

Sullivan

FLOYD, CLAYTON

Underwriters, Distributors, Dealers in

GORHAM, PAUL W.
Garrett-Bromfield

&

Co.

CORPORATE AND

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES

GRAY.

GRAY B.
Gray B. Gray &

Established 1865

BlOREN
Members New

York and

Associate

6-

Co.

GREENE, RICHARD
J. A. Hogle & Co.

Co.

MEMBERS
New

GRIFFIN, LYNNE
J.

A.

Hogle

&

York

Stock

Exchange
New

Co.

Philadelphia-Baltimore

York Curb Exchange

Stock Exchange

(Associate)

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchanges

Member New

York

Curb

Exchange

HAGGERTY, JOHN

P.

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

1508 Walnut Street

120

Broadway

Philadelphia 2, Pa.

New York 5, N. Y.

PEnnypacker 5-9400

WHitehall 3-0590




1500 WALNUT STREET

HAMMER, LLOYD
Coughlin

HANIFEN,
McCabe,

and

•

PHILADELPHIA 2,

PA.

Company

EDWARD

Hanlfen

Philadelphia Telephone

A.

and

Company

HANNON, HOWARD
Stone, Moore & Company

Teletype

PEnnypacker 5-2700

PH-4

New

York

Telephone

WHitehall

4-4927

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

Clifford

K.

Channell,

Bank

LLOYD.

Jr..

of

First Boston

Chicago;

Harry

NEWMAN, ROBERT
Newman & Co., Colorado

Boettcher and

Boettcher and Company

McCONNELL.

MACART,

LEON

Macart-Jones

Harris,
Si

Co.,

Pueblo,

OWENS, JOHN C.
Peters, Writer &

Boettcher

PRESTON M.

Mountain States Bank

Boettcher and

MATLOCK, WOODFORD A.
Broad Street Sales Corp.,

New York City

J.

J. A. Hogle &

Robert

ROBERT
L.

Mltton

L.
Investments

MYERS. J. HAROLD
Bosworth, Sullivan

Stone, Moore & Company
KARL

MITTON.

Co.

Co.

Inc.

Christensen,

Tennis Match Winners

Company

At NSTA Convention
Jules

1st:

Boettcher and Company
Peters,

GEORGE

Writer

WRITER,
L.

Si Christensen,

HAROLD

Inc.

2nd: Richard H.

D.

&

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.

Bank

Colorado

Goodman, Shields

Company, New York City,

tied with A1 Marcusson,

Springs, Colo.

vestment Dealers Digest,

YOUNG, WILLIAM A.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bean*

Peters, Writer Si Christensen, Inc.

Bean, Singer, Bean &

Mackie, Inc., New York City.

S.

YOUNG, RALPH S.

GERALD P.

PETERS,
&

LEWIS R.
Boettcher and Company

NANCE,

L.

(

Company

National

Denver

&

WILLARD, E. WARREN

Inc.

CARSON

PERKINS,

H.

WRITER,

DONALD

PATTERSON,

Walter

Col.

EVERETT

PARKER,

MITTON, CHARLES E.

F.

Harris, Upham Si Co.

WEBB, CHARLES W.
U. S. National Bank

ORMSBEE, JACK
Peters, Writer & Christensen,

HARRY W.
and Company

VINEY

Roberts & Co.

MIDDAUGH,

Colorado Grain Exchange

MAYER.

WALTER
Simons,

Sidlo,

Railroad,

Sincere and Company, Chicago;
Edgar Harding, Pennsylvania
City; W. E. Millspaugh, Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago

York

WALTER, FREDERICK D.

Springs,

McKINLEY, CARL D.
Greeley, Col.

ROBERT D.
Earl M. Scanlan & Co.

MAY, WM.

Merrill

OLIN,

T.

Col.

MANNIX,

MARBLE,

Company

FRANK

Upham Si Co.

Welch,

ORVILLE C.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

NEELEY,

MoCONNELL, FRANK A.

ELMER G.

H.

New

McCABE. WILLIAM E.
McCabe, Hanlfen and Company

KENNETH

Merrill Lynch. Pierce, Fenner & Beane
LONGWELL,

Edward

Corporation, New York City; Samuel Sachnoff, First National
A. Michaels, Allen & Company, New York City

49

York

City.

PETTIBONE, Jr.. C. ARTHUR
Earl

Scanlan

M.

Si

Co.

PLEASANTS, AARON W.
The International Trust

Co.

QUINN, ARTHUR
Quinn & Co., Albuquerque, N. Mex.

SAMUEL K. PHILLIPS 6- CO.

RAICHLE, JOSEPH L.

Special Situations in

and

Boettcher

Company

ESTABLISHED 1904

E.

REFSNES, JOS.

Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.,

OVER-THE-COUNTER

Phoenix, Ariz.
Members

RICE, CHARLES J.

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

Brereton, Rice Si Co., Inc.

SECURITIES

RICHARDSON, G. B.
Garrett-Bromfield & Co.

Kindly Show Us Your Block Offerings

LISTED AND UNLISTED SECURITIES

ROBERTS, MALCOLM F.

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts Si Co.

for Retail Distribution.

ROBINSON, RAYMOND L.

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts Si Co.
RAYMOND

SARGEANT.

Edward J. Caughlin & Co.

E.

1601 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia 2, Pa.

Harris, Upham & Co.

Earl M. Scanlan & Co.

Members

Bell System

Philadelphia

SCANLAN, EARL M.

New York

Teletype

COrtlandt 7-6814

PH 375

LOcust 4-2600

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange
SCHLENZIG, E.

FINANCE BLDG.,

PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.
Telephone—RIttenhouse 6-4494

Teletype—PH 788

G.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

Merrill

SCOTT, JR., RICHARD M.
Investment Service

GREETINGS FROM

Inc.

THOMAS

J. A. Hogle &

Sidlo,

Si Christensen,

Writer

Peters,
SIGLER,

SIMONS,

Corp.

GEORGE

SEEMAN,

Co.

Rambo, Close & Kerner

BURDICK
Simons, Roberts Si Co.

Incorporated

SIMPSON, BRYAN E.
B. E. Simpson Si Company

1518
Phila.

SIPLE, H. W.

Harris, Upham Si Co.

LOCUST ST., PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.
New York

Telephone

Teletype

Telephone

PH

REctor 2-2820

PEnnypacker 5-2800

63

SMITH, C. EATON

BILL McCULLEN

SMITH, CHARLES F.

Mgr. Trading Department

Investment Service Corporation

Corporate and Municipal Securities

SODEN, B. J.
The J. K. Mullen Investment Co.

STITT, CARL E.
J. A. Hogle & Co.

Hendricks & Eastwood,
1421

Inc.

CHESTNUT STREET

PHILADELPHIA 2

Telephone RIttenhouse 6-1332

Moore

Stone,

Si Company

JOSEPH

J. DAVIS

R.

CARSON

Manager of

Charge of

Municipal Bond Department

Corporate Department

SUDLER, AMOS C.
C. Sudler

Amos

Teletype PH 262

EDMUND

Vice President in

STONE, ERNEST E.

&

Co.

SULLIVAN, JOHN J.

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.
SWAN, HENRY
The

National

States

United

Bank

of

Dealers and Brokers in

Denver

lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Peters,
ESTABLISHED

Public Utility

SWEET, WILLIAM

1912

Writer &

New Jersey
TALLMADGE, ROBERT C.
Tallmadge Si Tallmadge

J.

THARP,

Members

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

King

Industrial

•

General Market Municipal Bonds
and

Television

Guaranteed and Leased Line

WILLIAM

Equipment

Trust

Securities
Stocks

Obligations

Bank and Insurance Stocks

TETTEMER, FRANK L.
The J.

and

Electronic

Investment Service Corp.

BROOKE & CO.

Railroad

SECURITIES

TALLMADGE, MYLES P.
Tallmadge & Tallmadge

TEMPEST,

•

Christensen, Inc.

K. Mullen Investment Co.

Mutual

Funds Shares

HARRY
Merrltt Sc Co.

THOMPSON,
Peters,

PATRICK
& Christensen,

Writer

TROUTMAN,

Inc.

WILLIAM E.

Central Bank

Charles A. Taggart &
Members Philadelphia-Baltimore

Si Trust Co.

Co., Inc.

Stock Exchange

Investment Securities
TSCHUDI, FRANK N.

N. E. Cor. 15th & Locust Sts.

300 N. Charles St.

Philadelphia 2, Pa.

Baltimore 1, Md.

Bosworth.

VANDERVORT,
Denver

VERNER,

Ill




1

Sullivan

&

Co.

RUSSELL

1500 Walnut

G.

Philadelphia Phone
KIngsley 5-1716

National Bank

OGDEN C.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

& Beane

Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
Teletype
PH

677

New

York

WHitehall

Phone
4-7000

In¬

New

so

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Siegel

&

John

Co.,

New York

J.

Meyers, Jr., Gordon Graves & Co., New York City; Nathan Krumholz,
New York City; Mr. & Mrs. George V. Hunt, Starkweather & Co.,
City; Mr. & Mrs. Reginald J. Knapp, Wertheim & Co., New York City

Nashville

Mr.

&

Mrs.

McManus

Mrs.

Thursday, November 13, 1952
.

James

&

Graham

Co.,
W.

F. Kelly, Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York City; Joseph V. McManus,
Joseph
New York City; Mr. & Mrs. A. Gordon Crockett, Crockett & Co., Houston;
Walker, New York City; George Dedrick, Joseph McManus & Co., New York City

Vice-President: Everett M. Claytdn, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Security Traders Association

TEMPLE,
THOMAS,

Secretary-Treasurer: M. F. McDaniel, Webster & Gibson.
Elected:

W.

December, 1951; Took Office: January, 1952; Term Ex¬

pires December 31, 1952.

THOMAS H.
Securities Corporation

Temple

& Beane.

MARION

Estes

N.

&

WARD, JAMES

*

F.

Company,

Inc.

C.

Third National Bank

.

WARTERFIELD, CHARLES W.

.F

i
w

t

vtf"

/X

WEBSTER,
Webster

ANDERSON, JOHN
Equitable Securities Corporation

SHILLINGLAW,

I

Alfred D. Sharp 8c Company

Mid-South

M.

ELL,

&

Bass

Company

Wiley Bros., Inc.
WILEY, JAMES K.
Wiley Bros., Inc.

SMITH, H. LAIRD

WALTER E.

WILSON, BUFORD

Equitable Securities Corporation

Jack M.

SMITH,

BURKHOLDER,

H. FRANK
Securities Corporation

Equitable

Everett M.

J.

M. F. McDaniel

President: H. Laird Smith, Equitable Securities
Corporation.

C.

Bradford

Securities

Spencer

CLARK, HAROLD W.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

G.
Company

WORKE, Jr., ROBERT H.

Corporation

Cumberland

STEMPFEL, ROBERT

Co.

&

Bass &

MARION

Cumberland

CARRICO, CHARLES B.

Clayton

Bank

C.

Gibson

WILEY, DAVID W.

RICHARD

Securities Co.

JACK M.

Jack

H. Laird Smith

ROBERT
8c

SHARP, ALFRED D.

Equitable Securities Corporation

I.

National

—

ANDERSON, Jr., WILLIAM J.
Equitable Securities Corporation
BASS,

-

First American

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Trask

&

ZEITLER,

Co.

Third

Securities

JOHN

National

Corporation

R.
Bank

Inc.

CLAYTON, EVERETT M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane
DAVENPORT,

Equitable

C. EVAN

Securities

Corporation

DERRYBERRY, LOUIS
Hermitage Securities Company, Inc.

1877—SEVENTY-FIVE

YEARS OF LEADERSHIP—1952

EASTON, PORTER L.
Mid-South

Securities

THOMAS & COMPANY
UNION

Co.

ELKINS, O. C.
Mid-South

'

Underwriters, Distributors, Dealers

N.

EVE,

PAUL

19,

PA.

Corporation

Securities

Corporation

F.

Co.

Municipal and Corporate

FARRAR, RUDOLPH S.
Temple Securities Corporation

Securities

Paul

Corporate and Municipal

BUILDING

PEYTON

Cumberland

in

TRUST

PITTSBURGH

Co.

EVANS, JESSE H.
Cumberland Securities
EVANS,

!

..

Securities

Eve

&

GIBSON, Jr., JO

Securities

Webster 8c

HAGGARD,
Webster

Gibson

JOHN

H.

Gibson

&

HALE, Jr., R. WALTER
J.

C. Bradford 8c Co.

HILL,
J.

MOORE, LEONARD & LYNCH
MEMBERS
New

York

Stock

Exchange

New

York

Curb

Exchange

C.

KEY,

ALBERT S.
Bradford 8c Co.

MARTIN B.

Spencer

Trask

&

Co.

ALL TAX EXEMPT ISSUES

KINGINS, MERVYN J.
Jack M. Bass & Company

Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

Union Trust
Pittsburgh Telephone
ATlantic

Building, Pittsburgh
Teletype

1-0358

New

York Telephone
DIgby 9-3650

PG 397

Direct Private

Wire

to

New

York

Office

GOVERNMENT

KIRKPATRICK, Jr., EDWARD L.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

KIRTLAND, FRED K.
Hermitage Securities

Company,

—

STATE

—

MUNICIPAL

—

LAND BANK

Inc.

Inc.

LANDSTREET, III, BEVERLY W.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

TERRITORIAL AND REVENUE BONDS

Inc.

*
LAUPER,

RUDOLPH

First American

National Bank

LEDYARD, QUITMAN R.
J.

DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE

C.

Bradford

LUSKY, IRA L.
Merrill Lynch,

8c

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Co.

Pierce,

Fenner

&

MADDEN, BERT F.
Mid-South

•

NEW YORK CITY

\

PITTSBURGH

Securities

MARTIN, RAY G.
Temple Securities

UNION TRUST BUILDING

Beane

Co.

19, PENNSYLVANIA

Teletype Pittsburgh 289

ATlantic

1-8333

Corporation

McDANIEL,

M. F.
Webster & Gibson

Mclaughlin, thos.
Wiley Bros.. Inc.
MITCHELL,

\

T.

Cumberland

e.

H.
Securities

DEALERS

Corporation

BROKERS

NELSON, FINIS

REED, LEAR & CO
Members

Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

New York Curb (Assoc.)

First

American

National

Bank

NELSON, II, WILLIAM
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

PENNSYLVANIA ISSUES
Inc.

ACTIVE—INACTIVE

NICHOLS, R. h.
J.

A.

OAKLEY,
W.

LISTED—UNLISTED

C. Bradford 8c Co.

N.

PAYNE,

G.

Estes

&

Company,

Inc.

TRADING MARKETS

—

RETAIL DISTRIBUTION

BRUCE

Cumberland

Securities

Corporation

PAYNE, CARE
Branches

Cumberland

Securities

Corporation

NEW

YORK, N. Y.
BUTLER, PA.
MEADVILLE, PA.

Bell

Teletypes

—

pettey.

herbert

...

Equitable Securities Corporation
.

New York City NY 1-1420




—

PITTSBURGH

PHILLIPS, W. W.
Hermitage Securities Company, Inc.

Pittsburgh PGH 482

C. S. McKEE & COMPANY
MEMBERS

Union

Trust

PITTSBURGH

Building,

Telephone COurt 1-2830
PILCHER,

MATTHEW, B.

Mid-South Securities Co.

STOCK

EXCHANGE

Pittsburgh
Bell

19,

Pa.

Teletype—PG 496

Convention Number

'

*

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51

%

Edward

H.
Welch, Sincere and Company, Chicago; J. Harold Rossbach, Securities & Exchange
C.; Raymond Rodgers, New York University, New York City; Phillip
Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver; H. Russell Hastings, S. R. Livingstone, Crouse & Co., Detroit

New

Commission, Washington, D.
J.

Baltimore

BOYCE,

Security Traders Association

JR.,

C.

members

Winton

Inc.,

of
Executive
Committee:
Lawrence
S.
Pulliam, Weeden
&
Co.,
Los
Angeles;
A. Jackson, First Southwest Company, Dallas; Walter G. Mason, Scott, Horner & Mason,
Lynchburg; Thompson M. Wakeley, A. C. Allyn & Company, Incorporated, Chicago

PREVOST

GUNDLACH,

Stein Bros. & Boyce

BRADLEY,

Brooke &

R. EMMET
Legg & Company

LOUIS P.

REIN, HOWARD E.
Equitable Trust Co.

Co.

HERR, WILLIAM J.
Alex. Brown & Sons

RIEPE,

BRADY, JOHN A.
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

HOFFMAN, JOHN M.

ROBERTS,

BROWN,

JENNINGS, ARTHUR C.

John

J.

C.

J.

DORSEY

Dorsey Brown & Co.

BLUCK, H.

MITCHELL

c/o

LEONARD

J.

Stock

Exch.

C.

Stein

President: H. Mitchell Bruck,

L. E. Ensor, Jr.

J.Thomas Yeager

&

KRIEGEL, LEO

WILLIAM F.

H.

Alex.

J. Carl
Frank, John C. Legg & Company; William J. Herr, Alex.
Brown & Sons; E. Elwood McClure, Stein Bros. & Boyce; Wil¬
liam C. Roberts, Jr., C. T. Williams & Company, Inc.; Jack
Snyder, Mead, Miller & Co.
R.

Emmet

Co.

of

Baltimore

Brown

Sons

&

Bradley, John C.

Legg

&

Stein

Bros.

&

G.

FRANK, J.
John

C.

&

&

&

E.

Boyce

John C.

Securities,

Inc.

Baker, Watts & Co.
WHITAKER, HAMILTON T.
Stein

HARRY

Garrett

J.

CHARLES

&

Boyce

WILBUR, LeROY A.
Stein

Bros.

&

Boyce

WILHELM, F. OSBORNE
C. T. Williams & Company,

H.

POE.

PHILIP I.
Philip L. Poe &

Bros.

WHITE, GEORGE M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Sons

&

Legg & Company

WATTS, Jr., SEWELL S.

Baker, Watts & Co.

FREEMAN, EDWARD B.
Lockwood, Peck & Co.

ALFRED

TAYLOR. PRESTON A.
Mead, Miller & Co.

Jr., HARRY R.
John D. Howard & Co.

Company

C.

SUNDERLAND, EDWIN P.

Boyce
BENJAMIN

PINKERTON,

Co.

JOSEPH G.
John C. Legg & Company

PIET,
Inc.

Co.

Equitable Trust Co.

ELWOOD
&

C.

NIEMEYER,
Robert

Co.,

City

STROHMER,

MORGAN, Jr., C. GERARD
John C. Legg & Company

.

CARL

Legg

Bros.

Mitchell

Boyce

shriver

SPILKER,

Davies

Bros.

MITCHELL,

FOUT, Jr., HENRY B.
George

Stein

Stein

ANDREW M.
Shriver & Co., Inc.

G.

Y.

SOWERS, J. CLAIRE
Mead, Miller & Co.

ROBERT

McCLURE,

ENSOR, Jr., LAWRENCE E.

Governors: John G. Chenoweth, Jr., Baker, Watts & Co.;

Committeemen:

Trust

EBERWEIN, BERNARD E.

Treasurer: J. Thomas Yeager, Baker, Watts & Co.

National

Mercantile

Miller & Co.

Landon

LIST,

HARRY M.
Sheely &

M.

SNYDER, JACK
Mead, Miller &

JACK A.
George G. Shriver & Co., Inc.

Harry M. Sheely & Co.

George

Secretary: Lawrence E. Ensor, Jr., Stein Bros. & Boyce.

Harry

GUSTAV

Mead,

EASTWICK, Jr.,

Vice-President: Allison M. Berry, Robert Garrett & Sons.

SHEELY,

Boyce

KOLSCHER,

CRUNKLETON, Jr., JOHN R.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Baumgartner, Downing & Co.

Sons

NEWTON

Bros.

KLEIN,

COLEMAN,

Berry

Company, N.

C. HERBERT
Watts & Co.

Baker,

HOWARD L.
&

Brown

KIDD,

Philadelphia-Baltimore

CRUNKLETON, JOHN R.

Allison M.

Trust

Inc.

H.

CHARLES

Bankers

C.

Company,

SENER, JOSEPH W.
John C. Legg & Company

Alex.

CHENOWETH, Jr., JOHN G.
Baker, Watts & Co.

H. Mitchell Bruck

&

SADTLER,

CHAMBERS, ROBERT P.
John C. Legg & Company

,

Sons

WILLIAM

Williams

T.

ROCK.

Boyce

&

Jr.,

KELLERMANN,

Baker, Watts & Co.
BUTT,

&

Bros.

C.

CREIGHTON

Brown

KEAGLE, O. JOSEPH
c/o Phil.-Bait. Stock Exchange

& Co.

WILMER

J.

Hoffman Company

M.

Stein

Baumgartner, Downing
BUTLER,

John

J.

Alex.

Inc.

YEAGER, G. THOMAS
Baker, Watts & Co.

Co.

Company; Charles A. Bodie, Jr., Stein Bros. & Boyce.
GILBERT, DAVID H.
Harry M. Sheely & Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
ARMSTRONG,
Stein

Bros.

BAMBERGER,

EDWARD J.
&

E.

Boyce
CLINTON

Baumgartner, Downing & Co.
R.

Jones

&

Co.

ALLISON

Robert

Garrett

BLOCHER,

BODIE,

BANEY, ARTHUR L.
E.

GRAY, E.
BERRY,

Stein

M.
&

THOMAS

CHARLES
Bros.

&

(

GUY

Mercantile

Trust

of

Co.

Baltimore

Sons

Kentucky

GRESSITT, MORDECAI B.
S.

A.

Boyce

George

G.

Shriver &

Co.,

Securities

Inc.

GROSS. CHARLES
Harry M. Sheely & Co.

Active Markets in All Issues

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.
Members

Midwest

Stock

Exchange

415 W. JEFFERSON STREET

LOUISVILLE
BELL

2, KY.

TELETYPE

TELEPHONE

LS 292

NEWPORT STEEL CORPORATION




m

4191

WABASH

BANKERS BOND

&

INCORPORATED

Member

1st FLOOR

NEWPORT, KENTUCKY

Midwest

Stock

Exchange

KENTUCKY HOME LIFE BLDG.

LOUISVILLE 2, KENTUCKY
Bell

Teletype LS 186

Long Distance 238

Kentucky Municipal Bonds
Local Securities

INVESTMENT

THOMAS

HECTOR

W.

WILLARD
E.

DEPT.

GRAHAM,

C.

JAMES

Manager

BOHNERT

P.

McNAIR

LEWIS

M.

FETTER

INVESTMENT

WOOD

HANNAH,

CHARLES
POWHATAN

ROBERT

H.

WILLIAM

C.

M.

DEPT.

Asst. Mgr.
KING

CONWAY

JOHNSTON, Jr.
P.

ROBERT E.

GRAGG

PURYEAR

52

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Hugh R. Schlicting, Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co., Seattle; Earl Hagensieker, Reinholdt &
Gardner,
St.
Louis; Mrs. George R. McAleer; Dan V. Bailey, Foster & Marshall, Portland, Oregon

Kansas

Mr. &

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Mrs. John M. Hudson, Thayer, Baker &
Co., Philadelphia; Mrs. Felix E. Maguire,
Philadelphia; Mrs. James B. Maguire, Boston

Treasurer: William J. Dyer, Uhlmann & Latshaw.

City Security Traders Association

masheter, clyde w.
Harris,

Secretary: Charles M. Harris, Harris, Upham & Co.
National Committeeman: John
Latshaw,

Uhlmann & Latshaw.

MEYER,

January 4, 1952; Took Office: January
Expires: January 20, 1953.

19, 1952; Term

In

otherwise

Kansas

City

north,

Penner

Beane

HANNI, ARTHUR R.
Seltsam, Hanni & Co., Inc.,

BELCHER, DONALD D.
Martln-Holloway-Belcher

Laurence

B.

Carroll

Frank W. North

William J. Dyer

Charles M. Harris

O.

Peet

&

Commercial

National

Vice-President: Frank W.
North, Barret, Fitch, North & Co.

CARROLL, LAURENCE

B.

HILLMOND, A.

B.

L.

Stern

& Land,

Inc.

E.

Weltner

&

6c

H.

Gillia

&

Company

Co.,

LISTROM,
B.

C.

Inc.

wahler, john e.
Wahler, White & Co.

&

welsh, merle l.
Harris, Upham 6c Co.

Latshaw

LOWELL

Christopher &

WHITE, LEONARD
Wahler, White 6c

Co.

Baum

&

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

LUCAS, Jr., MARK A.

GUMBINER, ALTON
George K.

wagner, theodore f.
Harris, Unham 6c Co.

A.

wyman, francis

A.

Co.

LOCKE, WILLIAM G.

GILLIS, A. H.
A.

Co.

JOHN

Uhlmann

Latshaw

EVANS, HAROLD D.
McDonald, Evans & Company

90th YEAR

Brothers

LATSHAW,
&

Sylvester Investment Co.

Uhlmann & Latshaw

JONES, KNEELAND
A.

WILLIAM J.

Uhlmann

C.

uhlmann. Jr.. paul

JONES, CLARENCE E.

Commerce Trust Company

DYER,

W.

Bonds, Incorporated, Kansas City, Kans.

DILLARD, JACK

OLDEST INVESTMENT FIRM

Reed, Inc.

SYLVESTER, W. CLYDE

JENNINGS, JOHN H.

L.

Prugh, Combest

&

frank j.

STOENNER, ARTHUR W.
Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.

Company

A.

& Co.

COMBEST, EARL

CINCINNATI'S

Inc.

stephens. jasper f.
Waddell & Reed, Inc., New York, N. Y.

Waddell & Reed, Inc.

George K. Baum &

H. O. Peet

Co.,

Uhlmann & Latshaw

W.

HUNTER, HAYWARD H.

Harvey A. Clayton & Co.

6c

SOLOMON, HAROLD R.

Waddell & Reed, Inc.

A.

COLEMAN, HARRY

Price

Beecroft, Cole & Co., Topeka

HARRISON, WILLIAM A.

C. Christopher & Co.

CLAYTON, HARVEY

W.

snyder,

Bank

Burke & MacDonald

CHARMLEY, JOHN

E.

REED, C. K.
Waddell

Kansas City. Kansas

President: Laurence B.
Carroll, Burke & MacDonald.

Company

Stern

Brothers 6c Co.

ZAHNER. VICTOR H.

Lucas, Eisen & Waeckerle

Zahner

and

Company

GEO. EUSTIS & CO
Trading Markets

OFFICERS
Geo.

Eustis

Lee R.

Jos.

Staib

Jos. H. Vasey

R.

and

Distribution Service

Work

Willard C. Weiss
Robert C. Weiss

For
i

OHIO SIiCURITI]ES

Field, Richards & Co,
ESTABLISHED 1908

;

%>

*8
•,

Underwriters and Distributors
Of

Municipal & Corporate

Wm. J. Mericka

Securities

Bldg.

1207 Union Central Bldg.

CLEVELAND 14, OHIO

CINCINNATI 2, OHIO

Telephone PRospect 1-2770

Telephone Main 3776

Teletype—CV

174




Teletype—CI

&

Co. Inc.

cleveland 14. ohio
DIRECT WIRE

1556 Union Commerce

197

& CI 150

—

JOSEPH McMANUS &
NEW YORK

MEMBERS
CO.

Inc.

price, earl W.

HARRIS, CHARLES Mt
Harris, Upham & Co.

Co.

BJORKMAN, J. D.
The

Company

Topeka, Kans.

BERTRAND, FRANCIS
H.

Trust

Topeka

pauly, elmer w.
Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.

HALL, EMMA M.
Commerce

&

Corp.,

Reed, Inc.

frank w.
Fitch, North & Co.,

Barret,

unless

Indicated)

BACKLUND, C. W.
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce,

Securities

MOYER, MARGARET PERKINS

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
located

v

CARL A.

Columbian

Waddell &

(Members

Co.

6c

MESLER, MYRON d.
George K. Baum 6c Company

Alternate: Laurence B. Carroll, Burke & MacDonald.
Elected:

Upham

Mcdonald, claude m.
McDonald, Evans 6c Company

MIDWEST STOCK

EXCHANGE

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Convention Number

Mrs.

H.

Sheldon

Mrs. George

Parker, Pittsburgh; Walter G. Mason, Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc., Lynchburg;
Collins, New York City (seated); Samuel E. Magid, Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc., N. Y. C.

Florida

Cecil B. Pepper, Thomson & McKinnon, Miami; Henry Holt, Thomson & McKinnon, Indianapolis;
Walter T. O'Hara, Thomson & McKinnon, New York City

,

OF

AHBE, JOHN L.
Harris, Upham

MEMBERS—

Palm

Co.,

&

Beach

Wheeler

Leedy,

B.

Jacksonville

Inc.,

Or¬

MARION H.

T. Nelson O'Rourke, Inc., Daytona Beach

CLAYTON J.
& McKinnon, Orlando

COOK, KENNETH

JOHN M.

COOK, ROBERT H.

Thomson

CHRYST,

Alleman,

&

COOK, EMERSON C.
Emerson Cook Co., Inc., Palm Beach

CHRYST,

MONROE

F.

COLEY,

FRANCIS

Childress and Company,

ALEXANDER. ROBERT U.
Oscar E. Dooly & Co., Miami

ALLEMAN,

CARSON, Jr., ROBERT B.
Thomson & McKinnon, West Palm Beach
CHILDRESS,

—ROSTER

Security Dealers Association

53

Thomson &

Emerson

B.

McKinnon, Daytona Beach

J.

Cook

Van

Co.,

Ingen

Inc., Palm Beach

& Co.,

Inc., Miami

lando

Cook

Emerson

COOK, THOMAS M.

CHRYST, RICHARD S.
Thomson & McKinnon,

ANDERSON, WALTER T.

Co., Inc.,

Thomas

Coral Gables

Palm Beach

ASHLEY, EDWIN F.
King Merritt & Co., Inc., Miami

W.

M.

Cook

&

Company,

Palm Beach

CHURCHILL, WALTER R.
Thomson & McKinnon,

(Continued

Jacksonville

on page

54)

AYERS, IRA C.
Cook

Emerson

Co., Inc.,

Palm Beach

BARNES, DAVID
Ranson-Davidson Co.,

BARR, TRACY B.
T. Nelson O'Rourke,

Inc., Coral Gables

CINCINNATI

Inc.,

Daytona Beach

BARRETT, JOSEPH R.
Securities

Florida
St.

Wm.

M.

Clinton

Courtney

H.

T.McCreedy

George Carrison

BEATON, R.
A.

BEIL,

M.

A.

Kidder

&

Co., St.

Jr., FREDERIC

Beil & Hough, St.

President: William M.
& Beane,

Courtney, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
Jacksonville.
Clinton

T.

McCreedy,

McCreedy

&

Company,

Inc., Miami.

Tripp

&

A.

A.

poration, Jacksonville.
Governors:

The

Co.,

Petersburg

Inc., Bradenton

L.

G.

Kidder & Co.,

M.

St. Petersburg

BOWER, C. H.

Secretary & Treasurer: H. George Carrison, Pierce-Carrison Cor¬

officers

Kidder &

M.

and

J. Herbert

Evans,

Beil

&

Hough,

Petersburg; D. Kirk Gunby, A. M. Kidder & Co., De Land;
F. Boice Miller, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami; Howard
S. Wheeler, Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc., Orlando.

Co., St. Petersburg

J. E. MADIGAN &
FORMERLY

W.

E.

FOX &

BRADY, EUGENE P.
Thomson &

St.

Unlisted

Listed

Petersburg

C.

BELL, DOUGLAS M.

BIEDER,

Vice-President:

SECURITIES

Company,

Petersburg

Members

McKinnon, Miami

Stock

Cincinnati

CO.,

CO.,

inc.

INC.

Exchange

18 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati 2, Ohio

DONALD B.
Lord, Abbett & Co., Atlanta, Ga.

BRAYSHAW,

Teletype CI 494

Telephone Main 1627

BRUNDAGE, CHARLES F.
A. M. Kidder & Co., Sarasota
JOHN
Lynch, pierce,

CARDEGNA,

National Committeemen: George M.

McCleary, Florida Securities
Company, H. George Carrison, Pierce-Carrison Corporation,
Jacksonville; F. Boice Miller, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc.,

Merrill
Palm

HENRY

CARRERE,
Merrill

Miami.

Fenner & Beane,

Beach

Lynch.

M.

Pierce,

Fenner & Beane,

Jacksonville

Elected: October 21, 1952;

Took Office: November 1, 1952; Term

Expires: October 31, 1953.

CARRISON,

H.

GEORGE
Corporation, Jacksonville

WALTER, WOODY and HEIMERDINGER

Pierce-Carrison

Specializing in the purchase and
sale of

municipal tax and revenue

securities of all states.

403 Dixie Terminal

Building

THE BINGHAM-HERBRAND CORPORATION

CINCINNATI 2, OHIO
Phone Main 5072 and Main 7794
Bell

System

Teletype CI

188

Toledo and Fremont Ohio

THE E. KAHN'S SONS COMPANY
Manufacturers of automotive brake lever

blies, precision

stampings,

assem¬

CINCINNATI, OHIO

drop forgings,

Producers of "AMERICAN BEAUTY"
"Van-Chrome"

drop

forged

hand

tools

and component parts for jet aircraft engines.




Hams-Bacon-Shortening
A Full Line

of Meat

Food Products

Preferred Stock and Common Stock

Traded on the

Cincinnati Stock Exchange

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54

Thursday, November 13,

1952

81
'

'

Mike

J.

Stanko,

White, Noble & Co., Detroit, Mich.; Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Vallely, John Nuveen
Chicago; Donald B. Stephens, Cruttenden & Co., Chicago; Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fisher,
Baker, Simonds & Co., Detroit; Thomas E. King, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Chicago

Co.,

Florida

from

DUELL,

Thomson &

& Beane,

Jacksonville

Atlantic

Thomson

National

Bank

of

Jackson-

Atwill &

&

McKinnon, Palm Beach

DeLANO, OSCAR L.

Palm

A.

M.

Kidder

&

Co.,

E.

Dooly & Co., Miami

Beane,

H.

W.

Freeman

Beane,

M.

Kidder

GAISER,
Axe

FREDERIC

Securities

Sarasota

Oakes

&

CHARLES

ENGLISH.

E.

EDWARD

L.

Gordon Graves & Co., Miami

Company, Miami Beach

T. RAY
Goodbody & Co., St. Petersburg
GARNER, J. FRANKLIN

HALEY,

A.

A.

HASZ,
B.

&

J. Van

St.

Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami

THE FIRST CLEVELAND CORPORATION
MEMBER

MIDWEST STOCK

NATIONAL CITY E.
CLEVELAND

EXCHANGE

6th BLDG.

14

Telephone

Teletype

PRospect 1-1571

Bell System CV 443 & 444

Kidder

&

Kidder &

Thomson

Co., St. Petersburg

&

Jr.,

Oakes

St.

Petersburg

Lakeland

&

McKinnon, Miami Beach

GILBERT

F.

Miami Beach

Company,

Calvin Bullock,

Graves

&

Beane,

VAN

Co., Miami

ROGERO, A. C.
Thomson &

McKinnon,

HOLT, WILSON C.
Goodbody & Co., St. Petersburg
HOPPER, HARRISON
Goodbody & Co., St. Petersburg
HOUGH, WILLIAM R.
Beil & Hough, St. Petersburg
HOWARD, WILLIAM R.
Thomson & McKinnon, St. Petersburg
HUEY, GRANT S.
Paul A. Davis & Co., Miami
HUGHES, THOMAS
Thomson & McKinnon, Tampa
HUKLE, JOSEPH F.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane,
Miami Beach

RYAN,

THEODORE

Shaver

SADLER,

&

Co.,

VAN

RYN, JOHN

Merrill

C.

WHEELER,

U.

Shaver

Lynch,

Merrill

Fenner

&

Beane,

Jacksonville

M.

&

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

&

& Beane,

WILEY, JAMES K.
Shaver &

Kidder

JR., JOSEPH N.
Co., St. Petersburg

Miami

Pierce,

SEABER, ALFRED M.
A.

Fenner & Beane,

C.

WHITEHEAD, CLINTON S.

Coral Gables

SALKAY, ZOLTAN
Merrill

Pierce,

Lynch,

Beach

Pierce-Carrison Corporation, Jacksonville

Petersburg

Ranson-Davidson Co.,

Dooly & Co., Miami

WHEELER, HOWARD S.
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc., Orlando

Beach

W.

St.

Boston

HUSAN, HAROLD M.

WELLBORN, H.

Miami

ROGERS, ROBERT C.
Atwill & Company, Miami

Deland

Ponte Vedra

VALENTINE, KIMBALL
Vance, Sanders & Company,

Orlando

D.

& Co.,

,

Kidder & Co.,

TUFFLI,

E. D.

M.

Ft. Myers

THROM, HAROLD J.

Co., Tampa

Palm

RALPH

Kidder

A. M.

ROBINSON, HUGH B.
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Petersburg
M.

Jacksonville

S.

& Co.,

TERRY, LINTON H.

Oscar E.

Ingen & Co. Inc., Miami

HOLLOWELL,
A.

M.

Gordon

Pierce, Fenner &

& Co.,

ERNEST

Kidder

M.

A.

W. Palm Beach

ROBERTSON, LEWIS B.

Orlando
A.

HOLDER, O. J.
Merrill Lynch,

NORMAN E.

Kidder

M.

UFFORD, HENRY M.

HODGE, EDWARD C.
B. J. Van

A.

SYMONS, GEORGE K.
W. H. Heagerty & Co.,

Goodbody & Co., St. Petersburg

W.

Co.,

GEORGE

Jacksonville

ROBERTS, Jr., ALBERT

DeLand

Co.,

SIDNEY

Grimm

SECURITIES

&

Jacksonville

PRESCOTT, BARNARD

Thomson & McKinnon, Miami
Kidder

Heagerty & Co., St. Petersburg

STERLING,

Corporation,

Florida Securities Company,
St. Petersburg

READ,

M.

C.

Beane,

GUNBY, D. KIRK
A.

W. H.

SULLIVAN, JAMES B.
Sullivan, Nelson & Goss, Inc.,

GOGGIN, ROBERT W.

MUNICIPAL and CORPORATION

SMITH, DERWIN B.

SOBODA, Jr., EDWARD M.
Gordon Graves & Co., Miami

Co., Miami

POWELL, MORGAN P.
Shaver & Co., St. Petersburg

Miami

Underwriters and Dealers

Beane,

STEVENS,

Tarrytown, N. Y.

Welsh, Davis & Co., Lakeland
GIVENS, JOSEPH J.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

&

PIERCE, THOMAS S.

GAITHER,
DOWNES,

C.

Co., St. Petersburg

PIERCE, PAUL L.
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc., Orlando

R.

Corp.,

Fenner

Miami Beach

Graves &

STANLEY

JR.,

SHAW, HERBERT I.
Vance, Sanders & Company, Boston

PETERS, JOHN N.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

CLYDE

Co., St. Petersburg

Shaver &

McKinnon, Miami

N.

FLOYD

Shaver &

PIERCE, ROBERT J.
Pierce-Carrison Corporation,

Ft. Meyers

& Co.,

& Co.,

Beane,

SHAVER,

&

Pierce-Carrison

FREEMAN, ROBERT T.
A.

&

PEPPER, CECIL B.

PIERCE,

Beane,

FREEMAN. HOWARD W.

&

Beach

Fenner

PHELPS, ORIN M.

Beach

Pierce, Fenner &

SHAVER,

Pierce,

Lynch,

Gordon

Lynch,
St. Petersburg

Co., Miami Beach

EMERSON, W. A.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
St. Petersburg

Clearwater

Oscar

.

Beach

Thomson

Ft. Lauderdale

FISHMAN, HENRY M.
Atwill & Company, Miami

Merrill

Goodbody & Co., St. Petersburg
DICKSON, WILLIAM R.

O.

FOISY, M. L.

ELLIOTT, RAYMOND J.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

McKinnon, Jacksonville

Merrill

FLINN, EMERY

EDWARDS, W. RAY

Jijlle, Jacksonville
OUCH, LEO P.
Thomson &

McKinnon, St. Petersburg

Parsons <fc Cc„ Inc., Cleveand; Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Saunders,
Corporation, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. George McCIeary,
*
Securities Company, St. Petersburg

PEARSON, JAMES
Palm

Inc., Daytona Beach

EWING, CLAUDE M.
A. M. Kidder & Co.,

J.

E. Parsons, Jr.,

Securities

Florida

T. Nelson O'Rourke,

DUSKIN, JOSEPH H.

CRANFORD, JAMES A.

Edward

EVANS, J. HERBERT
Beil & Hough, St. Petersburg

-

CLAUDE

Mrs.

Dominion

CARLTON

ERICKSEN,

53)

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

-

COURTNEY, WILLIAM M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

The

page

&

ERICKSEN, ARTHUR C.
T. Nelson O'Rourke, Inc., Daytona Beach

Security Dealers Association
(Continued

Mr.

&

V?

Co., St. Petersburg

WINTERS, JONATHAN H.

Co.,

SHARP, NATHAN S.
Harris, Upham & Co.,

Miami

Gordon Graves & Co.,
WRIGHT

Delray

Beach

GARLAND

A. M. Kidder

&

Miami

P.

Co., Ft. Lauderdale

HULETT, WILLIAM B.
Thomson & McKinnon, Daytona Beach
JACKSON, EDGAR W.

TRADING MARKETS

Thomas
W.

Cook

M.

Palm

&

Company

Beach

JESTER,

DeWITT T.
Thomson & McKinnon, Tampa

EATON MANUFACTURING COMPANY

KEEFE, KENNETH M.
Grimm

&

Co.,

Jacksonville

KUHN, OLIVER W.
A.

RUSSELL&
UNION

COMMERCE

CLEVELAND

Kidder & Co.,

M.

Tampa

LEEDY, LOOMIS C.
Leedy,

Wheeler & Alleman,

&

Inc.,

Orlando, Fla.

Irving the automotive, aircraft,

LEWIS, NATHANIEL L.

BLDG.

TELETYPE -CV

14

CHerry

OHIO

L

D

565

1-5050

Trust

500

Open Wire to

Troster, Singer & Co., New York

Thomson

&

MATHEWS,

McKinnon, Orlando

Jr.,

marine and other

C.

R.

McNICHOL, HERBERT
A.

M.

Kidder

MILLER,
B.

motor

Company of Georgia, Atlanta

truck axles and axle
parts;

MeCFFiEDY, CLINTON T.
McCreedy & Company, Inc., Miami

City

important industries, including

J.

F.

Paul

MOORE.

Miami

Beach

iron

G.

Davis

&

Co.,

rotor pumps;

spring washers;

rings, cold drawn steel; sodium cooled,

Miami

PEGGY

King Merritt & Co.,

heater-defroster units; leaf

springs; stampings; permanent mold

castings;

Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami

BUDD

A.

Co.,

BOICE

Van

MOORE,

&

and coil

T.

Inc.,

Miami

Free

Inc.,

Miami

valve

gray

snap

poppet,

and

valves; turbo-jet engine blades, tappets, hydraulic

MOORE. VICTOR

Hawk

King Merritt & Co.,

&Co.

ms

MORGAN.
Merrill

STOCK

MORLEY,

EXCHANGE

A.

M.

JOHN

Kidder

MORRISON,
T.

UNDERWRITERS

-

BROKERS

-

Pierce, Fenner &

brakes and

Beane,

Miami

MEMBER

MIDWEST

DISTRIBUTORS

Nelson

NELSON,

&

SECURITIES

NEWMAN,
M.

NOEL.

BUILDING

TELETYPE CV-4




dynamometers; and other similar products.

R.

General Offices:

L.

Cleveland, Ohio

Sullivan, Nelson & Goss, Inc.

A.

LEADER

inserts; Dynamatic drives,

Co., Jacksonville

ARCHIBALD

O'Rourke, Inc., Daytona Beach

CARL

seat

J.

PLANTS:

W. Palm Beach

INVESTMENT

lifters, valve

KNEALE

Lynch,

ROBERT

Kidder

W.

&

E.

Co.,

Cleveland, Massillon, Ohio

J.

OHIO

TELEPHONE—TOWER 1-3494

NOWELL,
Thomson

ROBERT
&

Kenosha, Wisconsin • London, Ontario

E.

McKinnon, Ft.

Lauderdale

OLDFIELD, JOHN W.
Oscar

E.

Battle

PLANTS OPERATED BY SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES:

The Crummer ComDany, Inc., Orlando

CLEVELAND 14,

•

Creek, Lawton, Detroit, Marshall, Saginaw, Vassar, Michigan

Coral Gables

Dooly & Co., Miami

I

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Convention Number

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Shields

A.
&

Gordon Crockett,
Crockett & Co., Houston; Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Company, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Harry F. Reed, Dallas Rupe
Dallas; Corwin L. Liston, Prescott & Co., Cleveland

Mr.

H. Goodman,
& Son,

&

Mrs.

55

George H. Earnest, Fewel & Co., Los Angeles; Henry G. Isaacs, Virginia Securities
Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Edward E. Parsons, Jr., Cleveland; Mr. & Mrs.
Orville G. Allen, Lynch, Allen & Company, Inc., Dallas

Company,

FRANEY,

Third Vice-President: William J. Blake, Fusz-Schmelzle & Co.

Security Traders Club of St. Louis

FRANK

Newhard,

Secretary: Walter A. Beckers, Paul Brown & Co.
Treasurer; Ernest D. Wilier, Boatmen's
National

Richard

Committeemen:

H.

National Bank of St. Louis.

Co.

&

FUSZ, Jr.. FIRMIN D.

Walsh, Newhard, Cook &

Fusz-Schmelzle

Co.; John W. Bunn, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated;
Earl Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner; Edward H. Morfeld,
Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett.
Elected:

Cook

FRIEDMAN, WM. STIX
Friedman, Brokaw & Co.

GABLE.

&

Co.

L.

JOHN
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

V

GARDNER, FRED W.
Reinholdt & Gardner

October 30,

1952; Take Office: October 30, 1952; Term
Expires: October, 1953.

GERSTUNG,

WILLIAM

B.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
ARNSTEIN, Jr.,

ASHER,
A.

FELSTEIN, SAM
Henry, Franc & Co.

SIDNEY I.
Edwards

G.

ATEBS

Lynch,

BAKEWF.LL,

Haworth F. Hoch

Richard H. Walsh

Ralph M. Moberly

FISCHER, JOSEPH S.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Sons

&

Pierce,

Fenner

HAROLD

Rollins & Co., Inc.

GLASER,
Glaser,

&

Beane

FRAHM, HERBERT

(Continued

Mercantile Trust Company

EDWARD

EDWIN
Vogel & Co.

GLYNN, Jr., JOSEPH
Blewer, Heltner & Glynn

C. T.

Merrfll
Stix

&

GIGER,

Blair,

FREDERIC A.

Stix & Co.

on page

56)

Co.

BARKAU,

ELMER

Taussig, Day & Co., Inc.
LOUIS

BARKLAGE,
I.

Simon

M.

& Co.

BAUCOM, CHARLES

Paul

Securities

American

North

BECKER,

WALTER

Brown

&

INDIANAPOLIS BOND AND SHARE

Co.

A.

CORPORATION

•

Co.

KENNETH H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

129

BITTING,

&

Beane

EAST

INDIANAPOLIS

4

•

BUILDING

MARKET
»

,

INDIANA

BLAKE, WILLIAM J.
Fusz-Schmelzle &

Co.

★

BLEWER, CLARENCE F.
Blewer, Heltner & Glynn
C.

J.

Devine

★
••

.

in issues of Indiana Tax

BOSCHERT, DANIEL C.
Morfeld. Moss & Hartnett

Ernest

D.

Wilier

BOYD, Jr.. A.
Albert Tneis

SHAPLEIGH
& Sons,

Haworth

Hoch,

F.

^

Telephone MA-4321

MIDWEST

MEMBER

STOCK

EXCHANGE

Bramman-Schmldt-Busch, Inc.

President: Richard H. Walsh, Newhard, Cook & Co.

Vice-President:

•

Exempt and Corporate

Teletype IP-298

Inc.

BRAMMAN, EDWARD O.

First

•-

Specialists

Securities.

Bankers Bond & Securities Co.

Walter A. Beckers

•

& Co.

BOND, RAYMOND C.

William J. Blake

★

"

Investment Dealers and Underwriters.

BOHAN, WILLIAM

McCourtney-Brecken-

ridge & Co.

BRECKENRIDGE, HUNTER
McCourtney-Breckenrldge & Co.
BRENNAN, EMMET J.
Brennan &

Second Vice-President: Ralph M.

Moberly, I. M. Simon & Co.

Company

BROCKMEYER, E. H.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
BRO

OFFERINGS WANTED

CKSMITH, H. L.

Scherck, Ricnter Company
BRONEMEIER,

MEDUSA

PRODUCTS

JOSEPH

Scherck, Richter Company

SPECIAL SITUATIONS

BUNN, JOHN W.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

EUGENE T.
Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

BURNS,

BURTCH, B.

W.

PARSONS

Henry, Franc & Co.
BYRNE. R. EMMET
Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

CADLE, CHESTER J.
Central Republic Company

MEDUSA

GRAY

MEDUSA

PORTLAND

WATERPROOFED

PORTLAND

MEDUSA

GRAY

CEMENT

Teletype:

CONDIE, Jr., HERBERT
Newhard. Cook & Co.

CEMENT

COOK

AIR-ENTRAINING CEMENT

CV 652

Assn. Securities Dealers

Members Natl.

CLOONEY. LEO R.
Reinholdt & Gardner

D.

HENRY M.

Newnard, Cook & Co.

MEDUSA WHITE PORTLAND CEMENT

CORLEY, C.
C.

MEDUSA WATERPROOFED WHITE

PORTLAND

TOwer 1-0313

CARPENTER, JR., GEORGE R.
Moody's Investors Service

MEDUSA "MEDCO" HIGH EARLY
STRENGTH

Telephone:

Cleveland 14, Ohio

CANAVAN, JAMES M.
Smith, Moore & Co.

CEMENT

CO., INC.

&

Union Commerce Bldg.,

J.

F.

Devine

&

Co.

CREELY, WALTER J.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

CEMENT

IN CLEVELAND

CUMMINGS, JOHN P.
Newhard, Cook & Co.

MEDUSA WHITE TILE GROUT CEMENT
MEDUSA STONESET CEMENT

IT'S

CORB LISTON

DARMSTATTER, E. W.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

MEDUSA BRIKSET CEMENT

OVER THE

COUNTER SPECIALIST

DEMPSEY, DUMONT G.
Newhard,

MEDUSA PORTLAND CEMENT PAINT
MEDUSA RUBBER

MEDUSA
MEDUSA

WATERPROOFING

FOR OVER 20

Edward D. Jones & Co.

DOWDALL, WM. F.
Wm. F. Dowdall &

PASTE

Co.

Prescott & Co.

DRUMMOND. KENNETH
Calvin Bullock

Members

MEDUSA PORTLAND
1000 Midland

Building
(Listed




•
on

CEMENT CO.
Cleveland 15, Ohio

Midwest Exchange)

YEARS

DEPPE, RALPH

BASE PAINT

WATERPROOFING POWDER

CONCENTRATED

Cook & Co.

ERKER, GEORGE
Hill

New

York,

H.

Midwest and Other Principal

Stock

Exchanges

-•

Brothers

900 National

ESSERT, EARL
Midwest Stock Exchange

EVANS, CHARLES D.
Redden and Company

FARROW, FRED F.
Albert Thels b Sons,

Inc.

City Bank Building

CLEVELAND
Telephone:

PRospect 1-6300

14

BeU Teletype

CV 97

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56

Lewis

H.

Serlen,

Jones

&

Josephthal
Co.,

St.

& Co., New York City; Mr. & Mrs.
Louis;
Martin I. King, Sutro Bros. &

Ralph C. Deppe,
Co., New York

Security Traders Club of St. Louis
(Continued from

page

Reinholdt

8c

G.

RUDOLPH

H. Walker 8c Co.

Mercantile Trust

ROBERT H.

A.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

G.

Edwards

HEITNER, NORMAN E.
Blewer, Heltner & Glynn

E.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

HELLER, IRVIN A.

WALTER C.
& Co.

Newhard,

Cook &

SCHIRP

KAUFFMANN, JOHN R.
Semple, Jacobs & Co.
Stlfel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

We

generally have buying and selling orders in the
following list of

over

the counter securities:

*

Edwards

G.

8c Sons 7

KINSELLA, J. REID

McCaskey Register
Ohio Leather

Bessemer Securities

Ohio Water Service

G.

Peerless Cement

Federal Machine & Welder

Valley Mould & Iron

Industrial Silica

Youngstown Steel Car

Co.

&

Mercantile Trust

U.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

National

Bank

of

St.

LOTTMAN, CHAS. S.
Kerwln, Fotherlngham & Co., Inc.

UNION

NATIONAL BANK BUILDING

Herrlck

G.

Walker

H.

MALONE,

Telephone 4-4351

C.

V.

8c

&

&

Weber

C.

Co.

Co.

Co.

&

EDWARD

White

&

A.

Company

WHITE, F. HOWARD
Goldman, Sachs 8c Co.

Co.

&

Devine

WHITE,

Co.

&

J.

WEBER, VINCENT C.

J.

WHITE, Jr., JULIAN
White 8c Company

Inc.

Sons,

HOVEY E.

WIBBING, RAY H.

Inc.

Redden

C.

and

Company

WICKMANN, W. JACK

Division

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
WILLER, ERNEST
The

Mills & Company

D.
National

Boatmen's

Bank

of

St.

Louis

YATES, Jr.. JAMES A.

Elliot H. Stein & Co.

Hill Brothers

STUEBE, EDWARD
Newhard, Cook & Co.

Co., Inc.

ZAEGEL, JOHN F.

Bramman-Schmidt-Busch,

SUECK, ROBERT J.

MAENDER, CLARENCE J.

YOUNGSTOWN 1, OHIO

Co.

Savings Bond

G.

H.

WALSH, ROBERT A.
Dempsey-Tegeler 8c

STAY, WALTER A.
R.

RICHARD

WEBB, FRANK X.

STEIN, ELLIOT H.

McKEE, LOGAN
Barrett

&

ELMER

S.

Co.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

Federal Reserve Bank

LEWIS, HUGH W.
Louis

BUTLER, WICK & CO.

WALSH,

M.

Slayton & Company,

Company

SMITH,

Boatmen's

8c

Jones

Thels

SLAYTON,

LEVIS, EDWIN

The

J.

MICHAEL

Brown

Albert

8c

L.

Fusz-Schmelzle

Paul

KNIGHT, NEWELL S.

Commrcial Shearing & Stamping

B.

Tibbe

A.

VOGEL, LEONARD
Glaser, Vogel 8c Co.

SHUEY, LEE G.

LESTER W.

Walker

H.

A.

SHAPIRO. SUMNER

Harvey. Klein & Co., Inc.

KNICKMEYER,

TIBBE, ANTON A.

Co.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

Edward D.

KLEIN, ELMER B.

Bessemer Limestone & Cement

GREGORY

SESTRIC,

Brennan & Company

Aetna Standard Engineering

8c

SENTURIA, EDWARD
Newhard, Cook 8c Co.

KERR, KENNETH
A.

Sanders

SCHMELZLE, ALBERT

Stlfel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Co.

JAY

THOMAS, JOHN R.

H.

Taussig, Day & Co.. Inc.

KELLY, FRED S.

L.

Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

DONALD

SCHLUETER.

Beane

THEIS, IH. ALBERT
Albert Thels & Sons, Inc.

SPENCER H.

C.

&

Peltason, Tenenbaum Co.

SCHERCK, GORDON
Scherck, Rlchter Company

JORDAN, ROY W.'
G. H. Walker 8c Co.

KEANEY, FRANK X.

Co.

TENENBAUM,

Brothers

Edwin

Edward D. Jones & Co.

TENENBAUM, HARRY
Peltason, Tenenbaum

Company

Wlbbing 8c Co.

SANDERS.

EDWARD D.

Inc.

Co.,

TEGELER, JEROME F.
Dempsey-Tegeler 8c Co.

Co.

HERBERT M.

H.

Hill

Edward D. Jones & Co.

& Sons

8c

HENRY J.
Rlchter Company

ROBINSON,

MojTeld, Moss 8c Hartnett
IIARVEY, JOSHUA A.

GUMMERSBACH, ALBERT

O.

Midwest Stock Exchange

JONES,

RICHTER,
Scherck,
ROACH,

HUEBNER, CHARLES
JANSEN, KENNETH J.

HARTNETT, WM. H.

D. Jones

Edward

REIS, GEORGE J.

Stlfel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

HARRIS, IRWIN R.
Scherck, Rlchter Company

& Co.

Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis

Brown

REIMAN, WM. L.

Fenner

TAYLOR, MEL M.
Semple, Jacobs 8c

Edwards 8c Sons

G.

A.

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Gardner

TAUSSIG, WILLIAM H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

and Company

REDMAN, W. G.

Walker & Co.

H.

G.

TARLETON

Redden

HULSTEIN, EDWARD
—

HAHN, JOSEPH F.

GREEN, JR., ARTHUR W.

Paul

REDDEN,

Franc 8c Co.

Henry,

HORNING, BERT

GOODING, RUSSELL H.
O. H. Wlbbing & Co.

HAEUSSLER,

Everett W. Snyder, E. W. Snyder & Co., Syracuse; Mr. & Mrs. George J. Elder,
Straus,
McDowell, Detroit; Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Hudepohl, Westheimer and Company, Cincinnati

Mrs.

HENRY, OLIVER B.

HAGENSIEKER, EARL

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

GUION,

&

Blosser &

HONIG, THEODORE C.

GODBOLD, EARL

G. H. Walker

Mr.

D.

HOCH, HAWORTH F.
McCourtney-Breckenridge 8c Co.

55)

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

GRAF.

Edward
City

Thursday, November 13, 1952

The

Co.

National

Boatmen's

Bank

of

St.

Louis

VINCENT

Inc.

ZINZER, HERMAN J.
Dempsey-Tegeler 8c Co.

Paul Brown & Co,

MATTHEW, DAVID S.
White & Company

A DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS

MATYE, JOHN F.
Dempsey-Tegeler <te Co.

MAYER, WALTER
Eckhardt, Petersen & Co.,

SELLING TO
Inc.

ESSENTIAL

MEYER, EUGENE J.
Municipal

Bond

INDUSTRIES

Corp.

MILLS, ANDREW S.
Newhard,

Cook & Co.

Based upon the processing of many kinds of
transparent films,

MILLS, R. G.
R.

G. Mills & Company

foils and other materials, The Dobeckmun
in 24 years, from the

Company has grown,
original creators of cellophane cigar

MOBERLY, RALPH
I.

M. Simon

&

Co.

MOREY, Jr., RICHARD
A.

G.

Edwards

&

wrappers to a national business

Sons

with

MORFELD, EDWARD H.
Morfeld, Moss 8c Hartnett

For

MOSS, MORRIS

Morfeld, Moss 8c Hartnett

Foods,

ceuticals,

confections,
chemicals,

pharma¬

tobacco,

NEUWOEHNER, HIRAM
White

8c

metal

Company

NEWCOMB, LOWELL
St. Louis

NEWELL.
A.

products

.

.

bags, pack¬

.

material, labels, package

age

Union Trust Co.

JAMES E.

box

wraps,

covers;

G. Edwards 8c Sons

in flexible

films, foils, laminated combi¬

NEWHARD, CHAPIN S.
Newhard. Cook & Co.

nations.

NIEMOELLER, JOHN J.
Stlfel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Collin, Norton
Associate

Members

&

Co

New York Curb

New

JAMES
Mercantile Trust

OHLREN.

IRVING

Unlisted

Trading Department

PAPIN.

Petersen

Lynch,

&

Co.,

LOISEL

Pierce,

Fenner




Bell System

FOBPER.

tape

and

ELVIN K.

I. M. Simon 8c Co.

for

wire,

cable

more

.

.

•

sheet
and

about us,

film-

stock, label

For

textiles

.

.

non-tarnish¬

.

fabrics.
any

industry

.

films,

other materials

.

.

custom-

foils and

for utilitarian

decorative purposes.
are

manu¬

would
write for brochure "A Typical
you

American Industry". The Dobeckmun
Company, Cleveland 1,0.
at

Atlanta, Berkeley, Boston,

Portland, St. Louis, St. Paul and
Co.,

high-

ing, Lurex metallic yartyi, for
garments, draperies, uphol¬

or

apolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee,
New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh,

PETERSEN. JOSEPH G.
&

.

Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indian¬

PELTASON, PAUL E.

Eckhardt-Petersen

Beane

Branches

Peltason, Tenenbaum Co.

Teletype TO 190

8c

.

paper.

laminated

in

like to know

Inc.,

Scherck, Rlchter Company

6131

cover

Berkeley, Calif. If

PAULI, ROBERT A.

TOLEDO, OHIO

laminated

These diversified products for essential industries
factured in Cleveland, Ohio, and

THOMAS

PIERRE

Merrill

industry

motors.

SON, WILLIAM T.

.

hard-wearing,

For

form,

Elliot H. Stein & Co.

Eckhardt

GARDNER BLDG„ 506 MADISON AVE.

Telephone ADams

electrical

R.

Olson, Donnerberg 8c Co., Inc.

Manager

graphic arts

sulation,

Company

OLDENDORPH. EDWARD
Smith, Moore & Co.

O'NEILL.

the

finish,

light-weight, space-saving in¬

O'BRIEN,

01

RUSS KEIER,

the

Nordman & Co.

Exchange
York Stock Exchange
Members Midwest Stock Exchange
Members Chicago Board of Trade

Members

For instance:

For

steries, fine decorative textile
For

NORDMAN, JOHN

serving essential industries

diversified products.

many

Inc.

Seattle. Representatives everywhere.

i

DOBECKMUN

Convention Number

Mr.

&

Mrs.

John

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

F.

Harry

McLaughlin,
L. Arnold,

McLaughlin, Reuss
Goldman, Sachs &

Bond Club of

&

Co., New York City;
Co., New York City

Mr.

&

CHRONICLE

Mr. & Mrs. George McAleer, Dominick & Dominick, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Deppe,
Edward D. Jones & Co., St. Louis; Mr. & Mrs. Fred G. Morton, The Milwaukee Company, Milwaukee

Mrs.

Treasurer: Francis Q. Coulter, Syracuse Trust Company.

Syracuse, N. Y.

Secretary: Charles T. Heaton, William N. Pope, Inc.
Board of Governors:
Carl M.

N ST A

Clarence A. Goodelle; William G. Lapham,

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.; Pearne W. Billings, Cohu & Co.;

D. B. Bonbright & Co.

Elected: January 21,

AFFILIATES

31

Harry C. Copeland, Reynolds & Co.; Delwin H. Gidley, Geo.

MEMBERS

4000

1952; Took Office: January 21, 1952; Term

Expires: February 1, 1953.
ROSTER OF MEMBERS

BICKELHAUP; ALBERT
Cohu

&

Co.

'

BILLINGS, PEARNE W.
Cohu & Co.

BISHOP,

WESLEY

Smith,

Bishop & Co.

BULLOCK.

Warren R. Wallace

Francis

Charles T. Heaton

Q. Coulter

The Milwaukee Company

EDWARD J.

Reid-Bullock Co.
CANDEE, HORACE F.
Cari M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

President: Warren R. Wallace.

Vice-President: Edward J. Smith, Smith, Bishop & Co.

Investment

CARY, DANIEL W.
Reynolds & Co.

207

COPELAND, HARRY C.
Reynolds & Co.

East

Securities

Michigan Street

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

::

COULTER, FRANCIS Q.
Syracuse Trust Co.

UNDERWRITING

DISTRIBUTING

•

TRADING

•

CUMMINGS, ERNEST M.
George D. B. Bonbrlght & Co.
DAY, MARSHALL W.
George D. B. Bonbrlght

EASTMAN,

Co.

8a

Chicago Office

EMMONS. EDWARD L.

135

Reynolds 6s Co.

SECURITIES

ENGREN,

Exchange

Co.

DREW G.

Eastman

LISTED & UNLISTED

&

Member Midwest Stock

South

LaSalle

Saint Paul Office

Street

144 Endicott

Building

GEORGE M.

FELDMAN, RICHARD

Through

our

distribution
the

retail

own

GEHM, GEORGE W.
First Trust 6s Deposit Co.

wholesale

and

GIDLEY, DELWIN H.
George D. B. Bonbrlght & Co.

offer unusual facilities for

we

placement

blocks

of

Securities

of

Madison Office
First

National

Wausau Office

Bank

First

State

American

Building

Bank

Building

GOODELLE, CLARENCE A.
GRABAU, ALVIN J.
Grabau-Buchman

Members
New York

New

York

Curb

Stock

GRAVES, J. LLOYD

Exchange

William N.

(Associate)

Exchange

Pope, Inc.

GRIMES, WILLIAM H. C.

Midwest Stock Exchange

Barrett

Herrick & Co.,

HEATON,

CHARLES

Inc.

T.

William N. Pope, Inc.

Crnttenden

&

Co.

JOHNSON, ORLIE D.
George D. B. Bonbrlght & Co.

SERVING

SOUTH

LA

SALLE

TELEPHONE

STREET

CHICAGO 4,

DE

2-0500

ILLINOIS

LAPHAM, BEVERLEY H.
B. H. Lapham & Company

LAPHAM,

LINCOLN

OMAHA

DENVER

Weartland

THE

KASBERGER, THOMAS S.
209

WILLIAM

Jr.,

Carl M.

G.

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

LeVEILLIE, G. N.

OF IOWA'S RICHEST SOIL

WILLIAM

MARSH,

Carl M.

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

McGURK,

ROBERT T.
Stone & Webster Securities Corp.

MILES, JOHN P.
L.

D.

23

Sherman & Co.'

of the 32 counties served by Iowa

MULCOCK, ERNEST R.

Sills, Fairman

&

Harris

William N.

Members Midwest Stock Exchange

Chicago

New York

Peoria, 111.

Kalamazoo, Mich.

Gary, Ind.
Emporia,

Direct

Private

Wichita,

Wire

to

W.

Salina,
E.

Electric

E. R. Mulcock 8s Co.

Light and Power Company

&

Inc.

among

POZZI, FRANK
Solvay, N. Y.
ROBERTS. JAMES
K. B. Rollins 6s Co.

Co., N.

Y.

SCHELLENBERG, LeROY H.
William N. Pope, Inc.
Clarence

SMITH.

Underwriters and Distributors of

SMITH,

Industrial Securities

Leo

Goodelle

A.

LEO V.

200 counties in the nation. Iowa Electric Light and

Company operates in 32 counties

...

23 of these

ROY

Ever

for

the

industrial

increasing

renewals offers

H.

National

agricultural income group. Plenty of power is avail¬

in the top

able

V. Smith & Co.

SNYDER. EVERETT W.
E. W. Snyder and Co.
STOKES,

expansion being attracted to the area.

revenues
an

and

an

enviable record of franchise

investment you can

recommend confidently.

Bank

SUITS, GILBERT

Teletype

top

Power

Bishop 6s Co.

Merchants

Telephone

SALES MANAGEMENT surveys credit Iowa with 42 of the

EDWARD J.

Smith,

Municipal, Public Utility, Railroad and

DEarborn 2-1421

U. S. Agriculture's 200 Richest

ROLLINS, KARL B.

Kans.

Hutton

Pope,

SCHMIDT, NORMAN 0.

THORNE, WILLIAM J.
Syracuse Trust Co.

CG 864

Write for

a

copy

of

our

Annual Report for

your

files.

IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHTS POWER

TICKNER, RULAND L.
COMPLETE

SPECIALISTS




TRADING

IN

LOCAL

are

POPE. WILLIAM N.

INCORPORATED

FACILITIES

MARKETS

Foster 8s Adams

WALLACE, WARREN R.

Fayettevllie, N. Y.
WELLES, FRANK M.

Reynolds 6s Co.

GENERAL OFFICES: Cedar

Rapids, Iowa

58

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Alabama

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Birmingham; Fred A. Hayley, Mer¬

Security Dealers Association

Mobile; James R. Hendrix, Hendrix &

Mayes,

Montgomery

Inc.,

LOUIS

Odess, Martin
mingham

Co., Birmingham; W. Berney Perry, Berney Perry & Company,

Inc.,

Herzberg,

&

Bir¬

SELLERS, PHILLIP
Sellers, Doe & Company, Montgomery

Inc., Birmingham; Leo C. Turner, Marx & Co., Birmingham;
George M. Wood, George M. Wood & Co., Montgomery.

SHROPSHIRE, OGDEN
Shropshire & Company, Mobile

Lee, Sterne, Agee & Leach,

SMITH, HENRY M.

Birmingham; Miles A. Watkins, Jr., Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo,

Stubbs,

Smith

Lombardo,

&

Inc.,

Bir¬

mingham

Inc., Birmingham.
Elected:

&

SCHULHAFER.

Mayes, Inc., Birmingham; Hugh Morrow, Jr., Watkins, Morrow &

National Committeemen: Alonzo H.

C. J.

PERRYMAN,
Hendrix

chants National Bank,

December,

Office:

Took

1951;

January

STANSEL, ARTHUR

1,

1952;

Term

Courts

Expires, December 31, 1952.

&t

STERNE,

Birmingham

Company,

H.

MERVYN

Leach, Birmingha

Sterne, Agee &

\

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
STUBBS,
ADAMS,

RALPH

E.

Berney
Perry
mingham

Eddins

John

Mortimer A. Cohen

Clyde Ulmer

AGEE,

Vice-Presidents:

Mortimer

Sterne,

Agee

Agee

&

Leach,

Mo¬

&

V.

Marx

Company,

THORNTON,

Company,

Marx

Company,

&

Birmingham

Bank,

Merrill Lynch,
Birmingham

Pierce,

Fenner

St

Marx

Beane,

Treasurer: Joseph P. Lombardo, Stubhs, Smith &

Birmingham.

Lombardo, Inc.,

Mobile, Mobile

Baxley, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Milton S. Boyce, Merrill Lynch,

Fenner & Beane, Montgomery;

Pierce, Fenner St Beane,

Markets

Trading

Cumberland

Southern

Utilities

Common and

Securities

Corporation,

Bir¬

CARLISLE,

Co.

C.

JUDSON

&

Birmingham

Company,

WATKINS, Jr., MILES A.
Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo,

DRAYTON

Inc.,

Bir¬

WARNER S.

WATKINS,

Bank, Birmingham

ODESS,

LEWIS

Watkins,

St Company, Birming¬

Morrow

J.

Martin

St

Herzberg,

Inc.,

WATKINS, Jr., WARNER S.

Bir-

mingham

Watkins.

PERRY, W. BERNEY
Berney
Perry St Company,
mingham

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham

Beane,

ham

Odess,

mingham

Preferreds

Iowa

Marx

Hugh

First National

Knight, Inc., Birmingham

Fenner St

mingham

NABERS,

BROWN, C. BLYTHE

Power Co.

Jr.,

Pierce,

WALKER, JOSEPH

ham

Birmingham

Iowa Electric Light &

JR., SIDNEY J.

Thornton, Mohr & Company, Montgomery
MORROW,

Lynch,

WALKER, CULLOM
Marx & Company, Birmingham

Pierce, Fennere & Beane,

BRODNAX, MARION J.
St

SIDNEY J.

Watkins, Morrow St Company, Birming¬

BOYCE, MILTON S.

Brodnax

Birmingham

Company,

Montgomery

Thornton, Mohr St Company, Montgomery
MOHR,

BONHAM, JOHN A.
Sellers, Doe & Company, Montgomery

Merrill Lynch,

St

Merrill

Carlson St Co., Birmingham

MOHR,

Lynch,

Montgomery

Executive Committee: Marion E.

Courts

VINCENTELLI, JOHN

BAXLEY, MARION
Merrill

*

of

Birmingham

Hendrix & Mayes, Inc., Birmingham

S.

Bank

Company,

&

ULMER, CLYDE

McREE, S. A.
First National

MILLS

J.

Thornton, Mohr & Company, Montgomery

Montgomery

ARMSTRONG, ERNEST
Sterne, Agee St Leach, Montgomery
BACON, ROBERT

Birmingham.

Bir¬

TURNER, LEO C.

MAYES, HAROLD B.

bile.

Secretary: John Eddins, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Inc.,

THORNTON, Jr., J. MILLS

MASTERS, ERNEST

National

Lombardo,

St

Thornton, Mohr & Company, Montgomery

Birmingham

WILLIAM

Hugo

Smith

H.

mingham

Birmingham

HUGO

&

Bir¬

ANDREWS, J. WARREN
First

Jr..

MARX,
,

Stubbs,

HUGO

Marx

Hugo

Birmingham

mingham

Montgomery; Ogden Shropshire, Shropshire & Company,

V.

Hugo
MARX,

Leach,

St

ALLISON. Jr., CHARLES J.
Equitable
Securities
Corporation,

Birmingham.

Cohen,

A.

Bir¬

RUCKER

Sierne,

President: Clyde Ulmer, Courts & Co.,

MARX,

Inc.,

Company,

&

GEORGE

Jr.,

St Co.,

Morrow

Birmingham

WOOD, GEORGE M.

Inc.,

Wood

M.

George

Bir-

Mont-

Company,

&

gomery

CARLSON, ROBERT H.
Carlson

SINCERE

AND

COMPANY

MEMBERS
New

and

York
all

Stock

OF

Co., Birmingham

Underwriters,

COHEN, MORTIMER A.
Sterne, Agee St Leach, Montgomery

Exchange

Principal Stock and

Commodity

St

CARLSON, Jr., Robert H.
Carlson St Co., Birmingham

Brokers

Listed

of

Distributors

and

Unlisted

and

CONVILLE, KNOX A.
Conville

Exchanges

COX,

CHICAGO

St

Company, Birmingham

JOHN B.,

Investment Securities

Jr.

Birmingham Trust National Bank,
Birmingham

Teletype

Telephone
STate

CG 252-656

2-2400

&

657

CROW, Jr., JAMES S.
Hendrix & Mayes, Inc.

Birmingham

CRUMPTON, TOM U.
T.

U.

Crumpton & Co., Inc. Birmingham

STRAUS, BLOSSER i McDOWELL
Members
New

DARBY, Jr., NOLAN C.
Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham
.DOE,

Pierce, Fenner St Beane,

York

Stock

Stock

Exchange—Midwest

Exchange—New York

Curb

Stock Exchange
Exchange (Associate)

135 South La Salle Street, Chicago 3,

WELDON

Sellers, Doe & Company,

CHICAGO

Detroit

Montgomery

New York

EDDINS, JOHN
Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham

Detroit

Pierce, Fenner St Beane,

Kansas City

Private

Illinois

Teletype CG 650-651

Telephone ANdover 3-5700

Wire

Grand Rapids

Milwaukee

System

Coast

to

Mt. Clemens

Coast

ELIASBERG, JULIEN
Selma

OVER-THE-COUNTER
SPECIALISTS
SINCE

FORE, ROBERT B.
First

National

Bank

of

Birmingham,

Birmingham

FRAZER, FRANK B.

Shropshire St Company, Mobile

1926

Underwriters and Distributors

HAWORTH, HOWARD
Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner St Beane,

Birmingham

Corporate and Municipal Securities

HAYLEY, FRED
Merchants

SWIFT, HENKE & CO.
MEMBERS MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE

National

Bank,

Mobile

HECHT, GEORGE
Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham

Pierce, Fenner St Beane,

HENDRIX, JAMES R.
Hendrix

St

Mayes,

Birmingham

Inc.,

HERZBERG, BERNARD F.
Odess, Martin
mingham

HOLLEMAN. S.

&

Herzberg,

BROOKS

St

Chicago 3

1800

314

N. Broadway, St. Louis 2
Tel. Garfield 1980

Tel. STate 2-5770

HUBBARD, CHARLES C.
Hendrix

Founded

105 W. Adams Street,

Hugo Marx & Co., Montgomery

Trading markets maintained in Chicago

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Bir¬

Inc.,

Mayes, Inc., Montgomery

HYDINGER, EB S.
Carlson St Co., Birmingham
JEMISON, Jr., JOHN S.
Marx St Company, Birmingham

UNLISTED SECURITIES

JOYANT, A. W.
American

National

Bank

St

Trust

Com¬

pany, Mobile

LEACH, EDMUND C.
Sterne, Agee St Leach, Montgomery

Republic Investment Company, Inc.
CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
231

SOUTH

LA

SALLE

STREET

CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS
FRanklin 2-1150

Teletype: CG 2197 & CG 1614

LEE,

ALONZO

LESLIE, OWEN C.
Odess, Martin St

Direct Wires




Inc.,

Stubbs, Smith
mingham

PROMPT

St

Lombardo,

Inc.,

Pittsburgh

Chicago

-

Cleveland.

Loans

and

Securities

MO U. 1 PAT on.

Birmingham

HENRY S.
Agee St Leach,

Sterne,

partment. Teletype:
i

Birmingham

Ohio's

MARTIN, ELBERT H.
Odess, Martin
mingham

-

Bir¬

Address
Co.,

dealers in New York

We clear for
-

KENNETH
St

-

CLEARINGS
Tus¬

caloosa

LYNN,
to

City, Missouri and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Herzberg,

LOMBARDO, JOSEPH P.

Carlson

New York, Kansas

SPECIALIZED

H.

Sterne, Agee St Leach, Birmingham

LONG,

DEALERS

SECURITY

KNIGHT, Jr., ROY W.
Brodnax St Knight, Inc., Birmingham

&

Herzberg,

Inc.,

Bir¬

Largest

•i

Bank

CV 240.

'

De¬

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Convention Number

.'J:-':•?

59

'

*

w

,

w

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Kermit

Mr.

B.

Mrs.

&

Sorum,

Howard

J.

A lison-Williams

Eble,

Wm.

J.

Company,

Mericha

&

Minneapolis;
Karen
Inc., Cleveland

Wi

A1

George R. McAleer, Dominick & Dominick, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Walsh,
Newhard, Cook <ft Co., St. Louis; Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver

Mr. & Mrs.

Sorum;

Co.,

Vice-President: Ernest H. Pringle, E. H. Pringle & Co.,

Securities Dealers of the Carolinas

Charleston, S. C.
,Secretary: Edgar M. Norris, Greenville, S. C.
Treasurer: Robert S. Hays, R. S. Hays & Company, Inc.,

Durham, N. C.
ROSTER OF MEMBERS
TRUST

AMERICAN

Charlotte,

N.

WACHOVIA

COMPANY

Asheville.
C.

E.

BANK

TRUST

&

CO.

C.
N.

C.

BEMAN

Laurinburg,
BRANCH

Wilson,
ALEX

N.

N.

BROWN

TRUST

CO.

&

COVINGTON

Spartanburg,

S.

C.

SONS

&

N.

BURNETT

Greensboro,
CALHOUN

&

C.

Winston-Salem,
OSCAR

WARD

C.

BANKING

N.

C.
CO.

&

H. M. Byllesby and Company

C.

CO.

&

(Incorporated)

Spartanburg, S. C.

J. Lee Peeler

Ernest H.

President: J. Lee

Peeler,

Robert S. Hays

Pringle

CITIZENS

TRUST

Greenwood,

J. Lee Peeler & Company, Inc.,

JAMES

Durham, N. C.

S.

Charleston,

&

S.

INC.

'n<nwei>

C.

N.

CRAWFORD

Columbia,
DARGAN

CO.,

C.

CO.

&

Durham,
H.

C.

CONNER

COURTS

G.

CO.

S.

&

CO.,

INC.

C.

CO.

&

Spartanburg, S. C.

Brokers and Dealers in

R.

S.

N.

EQUITABLE

N.

Durham,

ALESTER G.

S.

HAMILTON

New York Curb Exchange

(Assoc.)

135 South La Salle Street,

Chicago 3

C.

Telephone Financial 6-4600

COMPANY

&

Railroad

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

FURMAN CO.

Greenville,

—

Members Midwest Slock Exchange

CORP.

N. C.

FROST, READ & SIMONS, INC.
Charleston, S. C.

Since 1924

Industrial

Municipal Bonds

CORP.

C.

SECURITIES

FIRST

—

C.

SECURITIES

Greensboro,

Over the Counter Securities

Public Utility

DICKSON & CO.

Charlotte,

Teletypes CG 273 and 2860

Chester, S. C.

New York
E.

L.

HARDIN

Salisbury,

Rogers

R.

& Tbacy

S.

&

N.

HAYS

CO.,

—

INC.

Philadelphia

—

Pittsburgh

—

Minneapolis

C.

&

CO.,

INC.

Durham, N. C.

INC.

BARNWELL

HUGER,

120 So. La Salle

Charleston,

Street, Chicago 3, Illinois

INTERSTATE

Telephone STate 2-4151
Direct

wires

to

our

Charlotte,

DILLON &

JACKSON

Correspondents

CO.

SMITH, HAGUE &

NEW YORK

CO.

SECURITIES

CORP.

C.

N.

OU1 40th YEAE

SMITH

&

Gastonia,
EASTMAN,

&

S. C.

N. C.

CO.

DETROIT

KIRCHOFER

ARNOLD

&

ASSOCIATES,

INC.

Raleigh,
A.

M.

N.

LAW

C.
CO.

&

ACM7I and CoiflpClTW

LEWIS

A CMun & Co.

MANNING

M.

Greenville,

WE MAINTAIN

S.

C.

JOE McALISTER CO.

A

Vf
r
Members ot

1

Greenville, S. C.

ACTIVE TRADING MARKETS IN

McCARLEY &

CA

CO.

&

Greensboro, N. C.
VIVIAN

'

Incorporated

Spartanburg, S. C.
McDANIEL

New York Stock

CO.

Midwest Stock Exchange

Exchange

New York Curb

Asheville, N. C.

Exchange (Associate)

HENRY T. MILLS

Greenville,

UNLISTED SECURITIES

EDGAR M.

S.

Greenville,
J.

Your

Inquiries Invited

LEE

H.

S.

N.

Paal HLDavls & G'o.
Established 1916

S.

Exchanges

FRANK

S.

CO.

s.

&

CO.

S.

Rockford

Peoria

VANCE

S.

&

CO.,

Rockford
Spokane

,

Nantucket

Sturgis (Mich.)

Peoria

Wausau

Kansas

City

CO.

Lexington

C.

C.

N. C.

Minneapolis
Moline

INC.

C.

SECURITIES

Greensboro,

Portland (Me.)

Decatur

TOWNSEND, WESTON & CO.

Charleston,

Trading Dept. Teletype CG-405

N.

Philadelphia

Milwaukee

Flint

INVESTMENT

Charlotte,

Madison

Concord

c.

SMITH

SOUTHERN

3

30 Federal St.

Boston, Mass.

Aurora

C.

South La Salle Street
CHICAGO

Chi<a«#

City

C.

INVESTMENTS

Columbia,




44 Wall Slree,

New York

Wilmington, N. C.

Chicago Board of Trade
10

&

Winston-Salem, N.

Columbia,

*

CO.

&

ROBINSON-HUMPHREY

SELECTED

Members Principal Stock

CO.

&

C.

PRINGLE

Charleston,
REYNOLDS

100 W. Monroe Street

C.

PEELER

Durham,
E.

C.

NORRIS

CORP.

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60

BAKER

Georgia Security Dealers Association

The

H.

Beer

Courts

& Co.

J.

W.

Tindall

Courts

Company

&

PHILIP

Thomson

CRAIG
Lane, Space

Johnson,

v

8c Co., Inc.

Savannah

BATTEY,

Trust

Evans

A.

&

Inc.,

Company,

BLACKSTOCK, JERRY G.
Hancock. Blackstock & Co.

Citizens and Southern National

Bank.

■

iji

J

Brown

RICHARD

Thomson

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

SCOTT
& Co.

Goodbody
BOGGS,

located

ALLEN,

Atlanta unless

In

L., JR.

French

otherwise Indicated)

APPLEBY,

ADAMS, ALLISON

Beer

Thomson & McKinnon

A.

Evans

& Company,

Courts

&

Inc.

AUSTIN,

F.

ALEXANDER, CAROLINE

&

Crawiord,
WILLIAM

BOYD,

Inc.

Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co.,

C.

J.

Co.

W.

J.

Inc.

THOMAS J.
Lynch, Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane,

&

M.

BRAY, ROBERT M.

Co.

Trust

BRAYSHAW,

B.

DONALD

HOFFMAN,

Abbett & Co.

Lord,

Courts

executed

Orders
N.A.S.D.

Stock

Detroit

on

at

members

regular

Exchange for

rates

less

&

Thomson -8c

Courts

F.

McKinnon

Eorooke

BROOME,

MICHIGAN

Courts

&

&

Company, Inc.

Co.

&

Inc.

Company,

LESTER

Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co., Inc.
Savannah

Grange

KILPATRICK,

Company

& Co.,

C.

R.

La

Space

Evans

A.

ANDREW J.

Jr.,

Augusta
MARION

KISER,

Inc.

Courts

D. W.

&

W.

Co.

KNOX, WILLIAM S.

Space & Co., Inc.

JOHN T.

KONTZ,
Merrill

LAY,

CULLEN J.

The

Columbus

Pierce,

Lynch,

Fenner

JOSEPH E.
Robinson-Humphrey

&

Beane

Company,

8c

LAYTON, BUXTON L.
Goodbody & Co.

L.

Co.

LEE, R. E.

CABELL

W.

Wyatt, Neal 8c Waggoner

Co., Columbus

HULL, J. G.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Groover,

LESSER, NORMAN
Trust Company of

HUME, E. STOCKTON

JR., JAMES F.

Brown

UNLISTED MARKETS

8c

KAROW,

Co.

&

STOCKTON

Jr.,

&

HOPKINS,

Stockton Broome 8s Co.

BROWN,

Evans

A.

Clement

VIRGINIA

HOLMES,

BROOKE, BYRON
Byron

E.

Co.

WILLIAM F.

Co.

HENRY

BROCK,

40%.

&

Courts

Cullen J. Hoffman Company,

BROADWELL,

Beane.

KABLE, JOHN R.

Co.

Lane,

&

RICHARD K.

Clement

HIRSHBERG, JULIAN R.
Norris & Hirshberg, Inc.

Company of Georgia

Fenner

JORDAN, LUDLOW

KEY,

HILL, CARL
Johnson, Lane,
Johnson,

MOLLIS

Tindall

Courts

JONES,

J.

&

Co., Inc.

O.

Pierce,

Macon

RICHARD

HINDSMAN.

Savannah

JAMES

JONES,

DENMARK

T.

HEID, Jr., H. P.
The Robinson-Humphrey

BRADLEY,
Merrill

Inc.

Columbus

Augusta

Company

Co.,

La Grange

DIXON

Courts

HUDSON

D.

R.

Lynch,

Hugh W. Long and Company, Inc.

HEAD,

Courts 8c Co.

ARMSBY, J. W.
Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner

ADAMS, EDWARD R.
Clement

&

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

JONES, JR., FRANK

Company

HATCHER, LLOYD B.
Trust Company of Georgia

—

LEONARD

G.

Inc.

RALPH
Goodbody & Co.

BOUNDS, JAMES W.
(Members

In-.'.,

Co.

JOLLEY, LEX
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c

HANCOCK, ROY W.
Hancock, Blackstock & Co.
HARRIS,

McKinnon

&

&

JOHNSON, THOMAS M.
Johnson, Lane, Space &

National Bank

McKinnon,

& Groover,

GROVES,
Inc.

BLACKWOOD, Jr., W. HUGH
BLANCHARD,

Secretary-Treasurer: James W. Means, Courts & Co.

&

GROOVER,

LESTER J.
Clement A. Evans & Company,

The Citizens and Southern National Bank

Vice-President: Jack C. Morris, Norris & Hirshberg, Inc.

Co.,

A.

HARRY N.

Merrill Lynch,

GRADY, Jr., HENRY W.
The Robinson-Humphrey

Thomson

BLACKSTONE,

President: James S. Eudd, Jr., The

Martin

JOHNSON.

GRIGGS, Jr.. JAMES

Co.

&

Space 8c

Lane,

GARNER

Milhous,

Inc.

Co.,

Merrill

BLACK, Jr., GRADY H.

James W. Means

8c

Co.

8c

Inc.

Savannah

Augusta

Jack C. Morris

Hilsman

H.

Co.,

Savannah

JOHNSON,

GOl'F, CHARLES II.
Frinch & Crawford,

BEESON, JAMES T.

Jzmes S. Budd, Jr.

J.

&

T.

DAVID

Johnson,

Inc.

GLENN, JOHN F.
Citizens and Southern

KARY

J.

Company of Georgia

Courts

JOHNSON,

JAY D.

FROST,

Courts

M.

ALFRED

Clement

Co.

GAY, Jr., EDWARD

Augusta
BEAVERS.

G.

&

FRENCH, J. McCREA
French
& Crawford,

Jr.,

JELKS, FREEMAN N.
Johnson, Lane, Space
Savannah

P.

Goodbody

BARRETT, JULIAN N.
Beer 8c Company
BARROW,

ROGER M.
Hancock, Blackstock & Co.

JACOBS,
Ga.

Co.

&

FONVILLE,

E.

McKinnon

&

HUNERKOPH, CLOVIS
Trust Company of Georgia

Company

FLOURNOY, ELIZABETH M.

E.

CARROLL

BARFORD,

&

FLEMING, WILLIAM S.
Courts
8c
Co., Albany,

BANK, DONALD

BANKS,

STROTHER

FLEMING,

E.

Robinson-Humphrey Company

Thursday, November 13, 1952

LEWIS,
Courts

Courts & Co.

Macon

BROYLES, NORRIS ARNOLD
Beer 8s Company

HUMPHREYS,
Courts

&

Co.

LUTTRELL, W. R.

WARREN

Co.,

&

Georgia

W.

WILLIAM

Columbus

LaGrange

BRUCKNER, JACK I.
Merrill

WM. C. RONEY & CO.
MEMBERS

NEW YORK

STOCK

Lynch,

Rapids

Courts & Co.,

DETROIT, MICH.
Battle

Saginaw

Beane,

Newnan

MANLEY, BENNETT & CO.

BRYANT, Jr., O. S.
&

Muskegon

Creek

Crawford,

BUCHANAN, C.
Thomson

Grand

&

Augusta

French

•

Fenner

BRYANT, EVERETT C.

EXCHANGE

Teletype DE 100-101
BUHL BLDG.

Pierce,

Inc.

■'<

SHELTON

•

McKinnon

&

BUDD, Jr., JAMES S.

Retail and Trading Interest in

The Citizens and Southern National Bank

BURT,

FRANK

Brooke

Byron

&

Detroit and

Company

Michigan Bank Stocks

ALBERT

BUTLER,

V.
Athens

Courts & Co.,

CARTER, Jr., HUGH D.

Markets In Michigan Securities

Courts 8c Co.

CASELL,

UNDERWRITERS and DISTRIBUTORS

H.

Members

N.

Goodbody &

Co.

New York Stock Exchange

CASWELL, IRA H.
J. H.

Hilsman

CATER,

(Associate)

New York Curb

&

Co.,

Inc.

Detroit Stock

W. B.

Exchange

Goodbody & Co.

White, Noble & Company
Members Midwest Stock Exchange
New

York

Curb

Exchange

PRIVATE

YORK—J.

NEW

Detroit Stock Exchange

(Associate)

WARNER

&

Michigan
Phone 9-4336
Ann Arbor

-

Trust
-

CO.

Battle Creek

26

-

WOodward 2-8992

Lansing

-

Muskegon

&

-

-

Buhl Building

Detroit 26,

Teletype DE-92

Co.

Michigan

CHISHOLM, FRANK A.
Varnedoe, Chlsholm 8c Co., Inc.

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

UNDERWRITERS

CLISBY, JOSEPH R.
Courts 8c Co., Macon

Buhl Building

Building

Tindall

CLARKE. HARRISON
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

DETROIT

Teletype GR 184

W.

Savannah

CHICAGO—DANIEL F. RICE & CO.

GRAND RAPIDS 2

J.

CLARKE, HAGOOD
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

WIRES

ARTHUR

1100

WOodward 5-1122

CHESTNUT, J. D.

Teletype DE 7
Traverse City

CONANT,

JOHN

Clement

A.

CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL

Evans &

A.

Company,

Inc.

COOPER, HOMER G.
Courts 8c

COOPER,

SECURITIES

Co., Athens

WILLIAM

Merrill Lynch,

F.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ACTIVE TRADING MARKETS

COURTS. MALON C.
Courts 8c Co.

IN

COURTS, RICHARD W.
Courts 8c Co.

WATLING, LERCHEN & CO.

MIDWESTERN UNLISTED STOCKS

COX, ERNEST P.
Courts 8s Co.

CRAWFORD, ALLEN
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

Investment Bankers

Savannah

CRAWFORD, Jr., ALLEN C.
French & Crawford, Inc.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM C.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Members
New York

Stock

New York Curb

CROFT,

Exchange

The

Jr.,

ED.

S. R- LIVINGSTONE, CROUSE & CO*
Members

S.

Robinson-Humphrey Company

Stock

Detroit

Exchange

PENOBSCOT

BUILDING

DETROIT 26,

MICHIGAN

DAVIS, LLOYD

(Associate)

Courts 8c Co.

DEAN,

Detroit Stock Exchange

JAMES

B.
i

J.

Midwest Stock Exchange

W.

Tindall 8c

Courts 8c Co.

■'r

W.

Clement A.

Teletype

to

J. F. REILLY

W.

Evans & Company,

NEW

&

CO., INC.

YORK

Inc.

DuBOSE, SAM I.

ARTHUR

John F. Shields & Company

L.

WRIGHT

&

CO.,

INC.

PHILADELPHIA

Ford

Building, Detroit 26

Ann Arbor Trust

Bldg., Ann Arbor

120 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson, Michigan




DULANEY,
The

J.

LANDON C.

Robinson-Humphrey

DURRETT.
H.

DYKES,
Courts

J.

Company

FRAZER

Hilsman

8c

Co., Inc.

EUGENE T.
8c Co., Columbus

F.

S. YANTIS

&

CO., INC.

CHICAGO

CONRAD, BRUCE & CO.
of LOS ANGELES

EVANS,

CLEMENT A.

Clement A.

Evans 8c

DE-336

DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES

DICK, Jr., JACKSON P.
Beer 8c Company
DOUGHTY,

5-6202

Co.

DENNY, RICHARD A.

MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATE SECURITIES

WOodward

Company, Inc.

Inc.

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Convention Number

Mrs. Edward E.

Mrs.

Parsons, Jr., Cleveland; George McCleary, Florida Securities Company, St. Petersburg;
Landon A. Freear, Ft. Worth; Edward E. Parsons, Jr., Parsons & Co., Inc., Cleveland; Landon
Freear, William N. Edwards & Co., Ft. Worth; Mrs. George McCleary; Mr. & Mrs. R. Emmet
Bradley, John C. Legg & Company, Baltimore; Mr. & Mrs. John F. McLaughlin,
McLaughlin, Reuss & Co., New York City

Dayton P. Haigney, Boston; Charles Wallingford, H. M. Byllesby & Company, Incorporated,
Pniladelphia; Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Goodman, Shields & Company, New York City; Mrs. H. D. Knox,
New York City; John F. Reilly, J. F. Reilly & Co., Inc., New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Gustave J.
Schlosser, Union Securities Corporation, New York City; Mrs. Charles De Locek; Lewis H. Serlen,
Josephthal & Co., New York City; Mrs. Ely Batkin, New York City

Mrs.

A.

MALLORY,
Clement

MALLORY,
R.

S.

Evans

&

JR., WALDO

Dickson

&

Inc.

Company,

Co.,

Courts

First

National

Courts

Lynch,

Pierce,

&

Fenner

Beane,

Columbus

Courts

MARTIN, Jr., JUSTUS C.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company,

Inc.

&

Courts

Norris

J.

&

Co., Decatur

M.

J.

&

E.

Bank

TILLMAN, THOMAS M.
Tillman-Whitaker

Co., Inc.

Athens

Co.,

TINDALL, JULIAN W.

CHAPPELL

J.

Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

JR., W. BARNARD
Hlrshberg, Inc.

W.

Ttndall & Co.

(Continued

Savannah

on page

62)

FRANK J.

H.

Hilsman

8c

Co.,

Inc.

Charles A. Parcells & Co.

Trust Company of Georgia

Co.

NELSON, ED. H.

MEILL, EDWARD
French & Crawford,

& Co., Inc.

Augusta

E.

Hilsman

SUMMERS,

NEAL, ROY D.

/

W.

H.

FRANK

JR.,

National

Fulton

NEAL, J. ROBERT
Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner

Co.

JAMES

Courts

8c

MYERS,

FONVILLE

Co.

&

MEANS,

Space

MURPHY,
Inc.

McWILLIAMS, Jr., OSCAR H.

MARTIN, WAYNE
Milhous, Martin 8c Co.

J.

TAYLOR,

Hlrshberg, Inc.

STEWART.

Robinson-Humphrey Company

King Murphy &

Co.

McWHORTER,

MASON, JAMES
Johnson, Lane,

The

MURPHY, KING

McRAE, D. FINLAY
Blair, Rollins & Co.,

MARTIN, J. W.
Merrill

&

Norris 8c

MORRIS, JOSEPH L.

& Co.

McNAIR, HOWARD S.

Bank

STEINIIAUER, R. EUGENE

Norris & Hlrshberg Inc.

ELLENE M.

McGEHEE,

W.
Inc.

MANNERS. PAUL E.

JACK 0.

MORRIS,

McGAUGHEY, PAUL W.
Equitable Securities Corp.

WALDO W.
A.

61

Clement

Inc.

Co.,

&

of

Members

Inc.

of

Detroit

Stock

Exchange

Midwest

Members

Evans

A.

Stock

Exchange

NEWTON, CHARLES E.
MILHOUS, JAMES

MATHEWS, Jr., ROBERT C.
Trust

F.
Milhous, Martin 8c Co.

Company of Georgia

MILLER,

MATTHEWS, ROBERT L.
Merrill Lynch,

French

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Courts

&

Courts 8c Co.

OBERRY,

GEORGE

Merrill
Merrill

Inc.

Macon

NUNNALLY, McKEE

PHILIP L.
Crawford, Inc.

&

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

OLSEN,

Investment Securities

G.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bean*

MILSTEAD, ANDREW J.

McClelland, john e.
J. H. Hilsman & Co.,

Co.,

OWEN K.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

McCORD,

Jr.,

MONK, GEORGE W.

JOSEPH A.
Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Clement

Merrill Lynch,

&

Evans

A.

Inc.

Company,

PARKER, LAWRENCE C.
French

& Crawford,

639

Inc.

PAULSEN,

GROVER
Johnson, Lane, Space &

Co.,

DETROIT 26,

Inc.

DEALERS

-

BROKERS

•

•

DISTRIBUTORS

PEEPLES,

A.

Evans

&

Co.,

Inc.,

PRIVATE WIRES

WOODWARD 2-5625

FRANK

Clement

MICH.

TELEPHONE

Savannah

UNDERWRITERS

PENOBSCOT BUILDING

TO ALL MARKETS

Macon

Teletype

DE

206

PENDERGRAST, T. J.
Courts

BAKER, SIMONDS & CO.
DETROIT

BUHL BUILDING
—

WOodward

1-3670

ESTABLISHED

DETROIT

MEMBER

1920

DE

26

189

PERKINSON, TOM
French

&

Crawford,

Inc.

PRESTON, Jr., SAM W.
Hancock, Blackstock & Co.

PRUETT,

GERTRUDE M.

Pruett

WIRES TO

DIRECT

—

Co.

PRUETT, CARL A.
Pruett and Company, Inc.

EXCHANGE

STOCK

&

and

(Mrs.)

McDONALD-MOORE & CO.

Company, Inc.

PRUITT, GEORGE

—

Byron Brook & Co.

CRUTTENDEN

CO.

&

RAGSDALE. IRVIN T.
The Robinson-Humphrey

—Chicago-

Municipal and Corporate Securities

Company

BEES, III, A. F.
Trust

Members
YORK

NEW

MIDWEST STOCK

ASSOCIATE MEMBER NEW

With

Wires

to

Lincoln, Neb.
and

Sioux

-

EXCHANGE

STOCK

Courts

EXCHANGE

YORK

New York
City, Iowa

-

-

Company

1566

Georgia

of

PENOBSCOT

REEVES, H. GRADY

CURB EXCHANGE

Baltimore

-

Des Moines

Denver

8c

WO

REVSON, Jr., ALFRED F.
8c

Courts

3-9565

Co.

REYNOLDS, JOHN C.
Goodbody & Co.

MEMBERS

DETROIT

MEMBERS MIDWEST

REYNOLDS, A. ZAHNER
Courts

BUILDING

DETROIT

Co.

STOCK

EXCHANGE

STOCK EXCHANGE

Co.

&

V

TROSTER, SINGER & CO.
—New York
With Wires to Cleveland

-

Denver

-

Youngstown

RICHARDSON.

Philadelphia

FLINT
410 National

ROBINSON, H. ENGLISH
-

Pittsburgh

-

St. Louis

Courts

&

LANSING

Bldg.

Phone 4-8044

Co.

Bank

RAPIDS

GRAND

of Lansing Bldg.

Phone

810

Michigan National
Bank Bldg.

5-7289

Phone

8-1507

ROBINSON. ROBY

Detroit

-

W. ARTHUR

Griggs 8c Richardson, La Grange

City—

The

Robinson-Humphrey

Company,

Inc.

SASSER, HORACE O.
Courts

&

Co.,

Athens

SAUSSY. WILLIAM H.

Varnedoe,

Chlsholm

&

Co.,

Inc.

Savannah

SETTLE, J. FLEMING

Active Markets Maintained in

J.

H.

Hilsman

8c

BUHL BUILDING

Co., Inc.

SETTLE,

ROYSTON R.
J. H. Hilsman 8c Co., Inc.

Detroit

SHIELDS, JOHN F.

municipal bonds

Shields

&

An Address of Distinction

Company

SHOUN,

corporate securities

MURRAY C.
«
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

SIMKINS, ARTHUR B.
Clement

A.

Evans

8c

Company,

Inc.,

Savannah

FINANCIAL TENANTS

SITES, CRAWFORD N.

Specialists in

Courts

IN THE BUHL BUILDING

Co.

&

SITES, FRANK B.

Michigan Bonds and Stocks

Augusta

Pirst

of Michigan

Corporation

Member Detroit & Midwest Stock Exchanges

Lane.

Space &

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.
Ferriss,

SMITH, HERSHEL F.
Johnson.

& Co.

Baker, Simonds

Courts 8c Co.

SLATTERY, JOSEPH
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

Co. Inc.

First

of

H.

SMITH,

SIDNEY M.
Clement A. Evans & Company,

Inc.

SMITH. WALTER

Carlton

Hentz

M.

Corporation
Co.

&

Corporation

Higbie

Manley,

Miller

&

Wagner

Michigan

Bennett

Co.

&

Courts 8c Co.

McDonnell

BUHL BUILDING, DETROIT
NEW

CHICAGO

YORK

CLEVELAND

Battle Creek

Grand Rapids

Lansing




Port Huron

SMITH, WILEY J.
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c
Augusta

SPACE, Jr., JULIAN A.
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

SPEAS,

J.

W.

First national Bank

Bank

of

National

Co.

Detroit

Co., Inc.

Bay City

Savannah

&

Wm. C.
Shannon

Roney
&

&

Co.

Company

.

White, Noble & Company

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62

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Ellis

Merrill

TRAYWICK,

H.

R.

Inc.

WHELCHEL,

C.

Interstate

Securities

Charlotte,

N.

Courts

Corp.,

C.

Varnedoe.

&

SAMUEL
Chisholm

Savannah

WILLIAMS,

Inc.

J.

Hilsman

&

Co.,

Tindall

W.

Inc.

WEAVER, EARL M.
&

WEIGAND,

Co.,
JR.,

Courts

<fc

WELLBORN,
Courts

&

&

A.

&

Courts

MARSHALL
Rome

J.

Clement

SAM

,

Co.,

&

Inc.

H.

G.

LAWRENCE

Brockhaus

W.

Corporation,

Harry J. Hudepohl

Richard

Chas. A. Richards

Thayer

Gradlson

D.

GRADY,

&

WILLIS

GRADISON,

Co.,

Inc.

D.

&

Co.

GEORGE T.

Eustis

& Co.

ANDREW
Middendorf

Evans

&

Company,

GRAY,

&

Co.

WALTER U.

Standard

Inc.

M.

GORDON

GRAHAM,

Co.

A.

Heimerdinger

&

H.

PAUL W.

Edward

Fenner & Beane

Poor's

&

Corp.

GREENE, HARRY T.
Greene

Inc.,

Greene

Dayton

Ladd,

&

B.

JOHN

GREENE,

Columbus

Co.

Co.

Prescott & Co.

GLENN,

HENRY
Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner
YEARLEY, IV. ALEXANDER
The Robinson-Humphrey Company,
ZIMMERMAN, WILLIAM H.

Co.,

Beane

Frank Co.

J.

&

&

EDW.

GESSING,

WYATT,

WESTBROOK, LEONA
Courts

Inc.

Geo.

WOODWARD,

F.

A.

CHARLES F.
Co., Athens

&

ALFRED

Brockhaus

GERTZMAN,

Savannah

Courts & Co.

WEIRAUCH,

H.

Co.

&

Securities

Southern

Macon

Beane

JOHN

Woody

GERDING,
Edward

& Company,

Pierce,

Bartlett

D.

Walter,

S.

O. B.

WOOD. Jr.,
Courts

Evans

WILLIS, FRANCIS D,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

WALKER, SAMUEL G.
H.

JOSEPH

JR.,

Athens

JAMES J.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
EUGENE F.

WILLIS,

WAGGONER. T. REUBEN
Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner
J.

BenJ.

FUERBACHER,

WILLIAMSON,
Merrill

&

BYRON

FRIEDLANDER,

L.
Co.,

S.
Fenner

Westheimer & Company

Albany

JAMES

A.

Clement

Co.,

Savannah

Fenner

Pierce,

Lynch,

FOSTER,

PINCKNEY

W.
Co.,

WHITTLESEY. GEORGE
Courts <fe Co., Albany

Co.,

L.
&

F.
Co., Inc.

&

Tlllman-Whltaker

OWEN C.
Chkholm

VARNEDOE,
Varnedoe,

&

WHITAKER,

UNDERWOOD. L. DEAN
Norrls & Hirshberg, Inc.

VARDAMAN,

Dickson

S.

Lynch,

Merrill

GEORGE

WEYMAN.

Company.

J.

JOHN

JR.,

FITZGERALD, LAWRENCE

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
TOMPKINS, HENRY B.
The Robinson-Humphrey

A.

Co.

&

FISCHER,

61)

page

Jr., HARRY

FILDER,

Cincinnati Stock and Bond Club

Georgia Security Dealers Association
(Continued from

CHRONICLE

Dayton

Ladd,

&

GRISCHY, CLIFFORD H.
Field, Richards & Co.
GUCKENBERGER.

markets

louis

st.

HALL,
Clair

Our

Trading Department Is Active In All
And Invites Your
"If there it

We

Market

a

Harrison

find it"

Jones & Co.

First Vice-President: Charles A. Richards, Field,

1871

Second Vice-President: Richard Thayer, Thayer,

MEMBERS
New

York Stock Exchange

Nelson,

N<$io York Curb Exchange, Associate

Chicago Board of Trade

300 North Fourth St.
Central

Bell

7600

Direct

Private

Josephthal & Co., New

Wire

Connections

Trustees:

Walter,

Woodward & Co.

with

York, and James E. Bennett & Co., Chicago

Co.

&

Company

Heimerdinger

Woody &

HEIMERDINGER, JOHN M.
Walter,

John J.

Armbrust, Pohl & Company, Inc.; John J.
Fischer, Jr., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Gordon
M. Graham, Middendorf &
Co.; Cletus H. Oilier, Edward Brockhaus & Co., Inc.; Lee R. Staib, Geo. Eustis & Co.; Gilbert A.
Davis, Harrison & Company.

Teletype SL 593

&

HEIMERDINGER, JOHN G.

Woody

&

HINSCH,

CHAS.

Heimerdinger

A.

Treasurer: James Moriarty, W. E. Hutton & Co.

Saint Louis 2, Mo.

Browning

Harrison

Richards & Co.

Secretary: George F. Oswald, Smart, Clowes & Phillips, Inc.

Midwest Stock Exchange

&

HEAD, Jr., HUGH

President: Harry J. Hudepohl, Westheimer and Company.

ESTABLISHED

R.

HARTMAN, W. STEWART

James Moriarty

George F. Oswald

Specialize In Orders For Banks And Dealers

Edward D.

S.
Company

E. WEBSTER
Company

HARRISON,

Inquiries

we can

&

HAPPLEY,
GEORGE
C. H. Reiter & Co.

Local Listed And Unlisted Securities

v

Hall

S.

EDGAR F.

CLAIR

Jr.,

Chas. A. Hinsch &

Co., Inc.

HIRSCHFELD, OSCAR W.

Stranahan, Harris & Company
HITZLER,

JOHN G.

Westheimer

and

Company

—ROSTER OF MEMBERS—
(Members located in Cincinnati unless
otherwise

PRIMARY MARKETS IN

indicated)

ARMBRUST, JOHN J.
Pohl

&

Company,

Inc.

ARNOLD, HENRY J.
H.

Bank, Insurance and

Cohle

B.

AUB,

Co.

A. EDGAR
E.

A.

&

Aub & Co.

We

BARNARD, REGINALD

Public Utilities Stocks

W.

Hutton

E.

Co.

&

are

Proud of the Markets We Make

BARTH, JOHN L.
The

of the Nation

J.

L.

Barth

Co.

BECKER, FRED H.
Field, Richards &

and

Co.

BENNETT, JEAN E.
J.

All Midwestern and Local Issues

E.

Bennett &

BENNETT,
J.

E.

Jr.,

Westheimer

BRINK,
The

and

Stock

Exchange

W.

C.

BROWN,

New York Curb Exchange (Associate)

Mississippi Valley Trust Bldg.,

BUTZ,

&

Private wires

to:

Teletypes—SL 25 & SL 26

Branch:

&

Benj.

D.

J.

Chicago

First Securities Co.

WILLIAM
&

JAMES

Chambers

D.

O.

A.

Bartlett

CHAMBERS,

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Middletowi.\,

Company

CART WRIGHT,

Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles and New York

Rauscher, Pierce & Company

Co.

J.

Ladd,

CHARLES

Harrison

Telephone—Central 0282

Eastman, Dillon & Company

Dallas

Thornburgh

ROBERT

Greene

Saint Louis 1, Mo.

New York

ROBERT

Members
Midwest

T.

Company

JACK C.

Eustis & Co.

Geo.

White & Company

Correspondents

Co., Inc.

BERLAGE, WILLIAM
BOYCE,

Proud of our Wire

Co., Inc.

JEANE

Bennett &

A.

«r

Co.

D.

Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick

Rauscher, Pierce & Company

Kansas City

H. O. Peet & Co.

Los Angeles

Inc.

J. Barth & Co.

Houston

Co.,

San Francisco

Nashville

&

J. Barth & Co.

CLANCEY, W. POWER
W.

P.

Clancey & Co.

COHLE, HERMAN B.
H.

Cohle & Co.

B.

COMPTON,

R.

L.

Field, Richards & Co.
CONNERS, CHARLES F.
Pohl & Co., Inc.
COOPER,

STANLEY

Stanley Cooper Co., Inc.

COULSON,
L. W.

UNDERWRITERS

DISTRIBUTORS

CHARLES

G.

Hoefinghoff & Co., Inc.

CRUM, JAMES F.
The

Samuel

& Engler

Company

Columbus

CUNNINGHAM,
Prescott

DAVIS,

&

SPENCER

Harrison &

DAVIS,

&

Co.

All of the above

Company

STANLEY

Clair S. Hall &

Newhard, Cook

W.

Co.

GILBERT A.

;■

unlisted trading specialists

with good retail distribution

DEHNER, WALTER J.
•

are

O.

Company

^ Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
DITTUS,

HERBERT

R.

'
—

Members

New York Stock
New York Curb

Exchange (Associate)

Fox,

—

Harrison

Midwest Stock Exchange

t

Company

WILLIAM

Einhorn &

Ellis

Jr.,
&

! ELLIS,

L. D. St. Louis 340, 341 & 342

Correspondent and Private Wire System

Clark, Dodge & Co., 61 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y.




Co.

Co.

& OLIVE

ST. LOUIS 2, MO.
Teletype—SL 151 & SL 152

&

EINHORN,

ELLIS,

Bell

&

DOHRMANN, WILLIAM F.

Exchange

>

FOURTH

Reusch

WILLIAM

Greene

&

ENGLER,
The

W.

SCHERCK, RICHTER COMPANY

V.

N.

Ladd,

Dayton

HERMAN

Samuel

lumbus,
EUSTIS.
Geo.

DAVID

Co.

&

Engler

O.

GEORGE
Eustis

&

ST.

J.

Co.

Company,

Co¬

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Morton A.

Cayne, Cayne &

Co., Cleveland;

HOEFINGHOFF. LEE W.
L.

W.

KREIMER, HERBERT F.

Hoefinghoff & Co.,

HOOD, PAUL
Seasongood &
HOWES,

H.

Inc.

W.

Mayer

Geo.

Browning 8c Co.

HUGHES,

and

J.

HUTTON,

Jr.,

JAMES

W.

Inc.

Co.

M.

&

ROBERT

Charles

MATTHEW

Hutton

Middendorf

&

MONTAGUE,

ISPHORDING,

LOVELAND, FRANKLIN O.

MORGAN,

JAMESON, ROBERT A.

LYNCH,

E.

Hutton

&

Co.

ROBERT B.
Doll & Isphordlng, Inc.
Pohl

&

Company, Inc.

JOHNSON,
Breed

Jr.,

&

E.

T.

CAMPBELL

KATZ,

S.

MADIGAN,
J.

Cincinnati

KLEIN,

KORROS,

V.

Municipal

Bond

First

Merrill

Corporation

and

JAMES

Co.,

Hall

THAYER,

Inc.

W.

The

WEIL, JOSEPH B.
Westheimer

ROBERT

W.

W.

Thornburgh Co.

C.

WESLEY

E.,

i

Eustis

Geo.

&

Westheimer

N.
and Company

Middendorf

Columbus

W.

Nelson,

Pierce,

NEWBURGH,

Harrison

Co.

WESSLER,

RICHARD

Fenner

8s

Beane

&

WESTHEIMER,

Company

J.

E.

Company

C.

C.

McCune

&

Geo.

Eustis

&

WHEELWRIGHT,

Co.

C.

Company,

W.

Dayton,

O.

E.

Ellis
Greene

&

Ladd,

&

P.

Co.

Dayton

D.

VONDERHAAR,

HARRY

and

DONALD

S.

White

Company

WHITE,
S.

8c

C.

(Continued

Company

on page

64)

LEO

J.
8c Co.,

Hutton

M.

Established

HERBERT
&

CLETUS

Co.

Brockhaus & Co.,

Edward

OSWALD, GEORGE
Smart, Clowes &

—MEMBERS—

Inc.

New

Specializing in

PHILLIPS, GEORGE
Gradison

W. D.

8c

Co.

Missouri and Illinois Issues

PHILLIPS, HOWARD E.
Prescott

Co.

&

COMPLETE

POOR, HENRY
Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Chas.

Bache

Carl M.

Hinsch

A.

J.

8c

Hill &

Co.,

Inc.

NO.

409
Telephone

Co.

ROBERT

REED,

8c

DONALD

Wire to

ST.,

ST.

LOUIS
Bell

4744

1, MO.

Teletype—SL

New York, N. Y.

Houston, Texas

Clayton, Mo.

L.

Private

Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New York

EIGHTH

Central

FACILITIES

TRADING

Direct

RANSICK, NEIL
RAYMOND,

New

Exchange

Municipal and Corporate Securities

Co.

&

Stock

Inc.

Jr., R. CORWIN

Harrison

York Curb Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade

York Stock Exchange

Midwest

Phillips,

1887

A. G. EDWARDS & SONS

H.

OLLIER,

PAULY.

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

UNDERWRITERS

Co.

&

Gradison

D.

Inc.

HARRY C.

OETTINGER,
W.

Peltason, Tenenbaum Co.

Company

RICHARD

VOLZ, EARL E.

LOTH

Madigan

O'BRIEN,

CHARLES

ROBERT

and

W. D. Gradison 8c Co.

NUSSLOCH,

T.

S.

VASEY, JOSEPH H.

Co.

M.

T.

Geo. Eustis 8c Co.

Westheimer

Browning 8c Co.

McCUNE,

8c

RICHARD

TRITTON, THOMAS

F.

NEUMARK, J. H.

Corp.,

Co.

WELLINGHOFF,

Co.

CHARLES

TOBIAS,

V.

MUETHING, CARL A.
Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger

Inc.

Company

Co.

WEISS, WILLARD C.

C.

Thornburgh

C.

&

C. J. Devine & Co.

C.

JAMES
8c

and

ROBERT
Eustis

Geo.

Co.

GEORGE

City

WANNER, LOUIS C.
Seasongood & Mayer

T.

Company

RICHARD

THORNBURGH,

F.

York

New

WAGNER, ROBERT L.
The W. C. Thornburgh Co.

WEISS,
The W.

&

Hutton

E.

8c

J.

Hanley,

G.

Woodward 8c Co.

Thayer,

MUEHLENKAMP, JOHN C.
Doll & Isphordlng, Inc.

Company

Cleveland

Lynch,

McCOY.

and Company

and

ALFRED

MATRE, EDWARD E.

FRED

Westheimer

S.

THORNBURGH,

ARCH

MORIARTY,

E. Madigan 8c Co.,

The

IRWIN B.

Westheimer

&

Co.

Hutton

Clair

Laura

City;

York

Co.

&

CHESTER

TERRELL,

New

JUSTIN

JR.,

Hutton

Geo. Eustis 8c Co.

J.

MAHON, Jr., HOYT B.

Joseph & Co., Inc.

ARTHUR

M.

Westheimer

Hutton & Co.

E.

Company

FRANCIS

E.

E.

Inc.,

Mackie,

Westheimer

MACK,
Inc.

JOSEPH, JOHN E.
John

&

W.

Cincinnati Municipal Bond Corporation

B.

Harrison,

JOHNSTON,
W.

Harrison

W.

MILLER, LLOYD
A. Lepper 8c Co.

(

Co.

&

R.

Hinsch

A.

Bean

STEVENSON,

MIDDENDORF, WM. B.

LEPPER, MILTON
A.
Lepper & Co.

W.

Singer,

Braun, Bosworth 8c Co., Incorporated

MEYER,

Eustis & Co.

E.

Bean,

MEINERS, EDMUND B.

FREDERIC F.

LENHOFF,

Brockhaus & Co.,

&

Jules,

McKIE, STANLEY G.
The Weil, Roth 8c Irving Co.

Company

LAUFERSWEILER, MAURICE
Greene 8c Ladd, Dayton

Company

THOMAS

Edward

&

Gradison

D.

LATSCHA,

HUDEPOHL, HARRY J.
Westheimer

Kreimer

F.

KUEMMERLING, DON D.

RICHARD

Nelson,

Harry L. Arnold, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City

63

475

Springfield, 111.

Co.

REIS, Jr. GORDON

St. Louis, Mo.

Seasongood
REIS,

Mayer

&

W.

ROBERT

Seasongood

Mayer

8c

REIS, THOMAS
Seasongood &
REITER,
C.

SIXTY-TWO YEARS

Mayer

JACK
Reiter

H.

&

OF

Co.

REUSCH, CARL H.
Fox, Reusch & Co.

INVESTMENT

REYNOLDS, JOS.
BenJ.

B.
Bartlett & Co.

D.

RICHARDS,

CHARLES

BANKING

A.

Field, Richards & Co.
GEORGE

RILEY,

C.

Brockhaus

Edward

&

Co.,

Inc.

ROBERTS, HAROLD
John

E.

Joseph & Co., Inc

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

ROECKNER, OTTO F.
&

Greene

Ladd,

INCORPORATED

Daytcn

MEMBERS

ROSSBACH, KURT
J.

Specialists in Unlisted Securities

White

A.

&

ST.

RUTLEDGE, JOHN M.
Greene

&

Ladd,

SCHIRMER

D.

W.

Dayton

314

CARL

Eustis

Geo.

SCHWARTZ,

MIDWEST

STOCK

EXCHANGE

Company

&

LOUIS

MOLINE, ILL.

N. BROADWAY

Bell

Teletype

CHICAGO 3

First Natl. Bank Bldg.

105 W. ADAMS ST.

2

Bell Teletype CG 697

SL 392

Co.

DANIEL

Gradison

&

D.

Co.

SCHWINDT, PETER
Seasongood 8c Mayer
SEUFFERLE, WM. C.
Seufferle & Co.

Wm. C.

SHAFFER,

LATSHAW

EARL

Charles

A.

INVESTMENT SECURITIES

R.

Hinsch

&

Co.,

Inc.

SHEPLER, LLOYD W.
Merrill

Lynch,

SHERHERD,

BenJ.

SIEGMAN,

Members
NEW YORK
NEW

YORK

MIDWEST

STOCK EXCHANGE
CURB

STOCK

D.

ASSOCIATE

Kansas City 6, Missouri

our

&

LOCAL

Beane




LISTED

—

UNLISTED

Bought—Sold—Quoted

C.

Reinhart 8c

Co.

Merrill Lynch,

C.

Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane

branch office:

KENNETH

Hutton

E.

SNYDER,

&

Co.

CHAS. H.

E.

Bennett

STAIB,

LEE R.

Geo.

Eustis

8c

8c

Co.,

Inc.

Prugh, Combest & Land, Inc.
1016

7
Co.
*

14 Wall

—

SMALLEY, ROBERT

J.

wires to correspondents in principal

cities and to

Fenner

P.

EXCHANGE
W.

Direct private

JACK

Bohmer,

SMITH,

111 West 10th Street

Pierce,

ALFRED

Bartlett & Co.

St., New York

STEFFENS, Jr., CHAS. H.
The Cincinnati Stock Exchange
STENGER,

Nelson,

ALBERT J.

Browning

8c Co.

BALTIMORE AVENUE

KANSAS CITY 6. MO.
"

*

'

•

Teletype KC 191

*

Telephone Victor 2841

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Haigney & Co., Boston;

Mr. &

Mrs

&

Ralph F. Carr & Co., Inc., Boston; Mr. & Mrs. James B. Maguire, J. B. Maguire & Co.,
Mrs. H. D. Knox, New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Harrington, H. D. Knox &

Boston;

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Phillips, Pacific Northwest Company, Seattle; Hugh R. Schlicting, Wm. P.
Seattle; Mrs. L. Warren Foster, Cleveland; James Kelly, Kidder, Peabody
Frank J. Cunningham, Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York City

Mr. & Mrs. Josef C.

William S. Thompson,
Inc., Boston;
Co., Inc.,
William J. Burke, Jr., May & Gannon, Inc., Boston

Dayton P. Haigney, Dayton

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64

Son

&

Co.,

Harper
& Co.,

New York City;

McCLUNG, CLINTON C.

Cincinnati Stock and Bond Club
(Continued from page

Investment Dealers Association of Houston

McClung

&

Knickerbocker

Mcdonald, john a.

63)

J.

R.

Company,

Investment

Phillips

Incorporated

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

—

MILLAR, ESTELLE A.
WHITE,

J.

WHITING,

Field,

CHARLES

Richards

WIDMANN,
Widmann

B.

WARREN
Thayer, Woodward & Co.

WOODWARD,

AUSTIN

J. A. White & Company

WOODY, MARION H.

A.

Eustis

WORTH,

WILLIS, FRANCIS B.

&

Westheimer

Field, Richards & Co.

and

LUDWIG

and Moreland

Mosle

Rotan,

Co.

WILLIAM

Co.

Mosle and Moreland
J.

MOSLE,

WORK, JOSEPH R.
Geo.

Christie &

Rotan,

Woody & Heimerdinger

Walter,

& Co.

ALBERT C.
& Company

V.

moreland, j. marvin ,

PAYNE, JACK CREIGHTON

P.

Eddleman-Pollok

Company

J.

R.

Co.

JESSE

PHILLIPS,

R.

Investment

Phillips

Company,

Incorporated
PHILLIPS,
J.

R.

JR.,

JESSE R.
Investment

Phillips

Company,

Incorporated

POLLOK,

W.

LEWIS

Eddleman-Pollok

J. Ludwig

John DeC. Scott

Jesse R.

Mosle

Co.

Phillips, Jr.
ROTAN,

EDWARD

Rotan, Mosle and Moreland
ROWLES,

President: John DeC.

Municipal Bonds and Corporate

RUSSELL R.

Rowles,

Vice-President: J. Ludwig Mosle, Rotan, Mosle and

Moreland.

Winston & Co.

SCHMITT, ANTHONY L.
Schmitt

Securities

Secretary & Treasurer: Jesse R.

Utility Stocks

Phillips, Jr., J. R. Phillips Invest¬

SCOTT,

Company, Incorporated.

ment

Local Industrial &

Scott, John D. Scott and Co.

Elected: November, 1951; Took

John

Office: January, 1952; Term Ex¬

TODD,
(The following members of the
are

Retail Distribution

also

Investment Dealers Association of Houston

members

of

the

B.

N.S.T.A.)

V.

Inc.

DeC.

Scott

Co

and

WILLIAM J.

Shawell-Ellsworth

pires: December 31, 1952.

Trading Markets

D.

SHAWELL,

Co.,

&

Berry

JOHN

Co.

WALTER
Christie

Co.

&

WARE, NATHANIEL

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Abercrombie

Lovett

BAYLESS, JAMES

STRADER, TAYLOR & CO., INC.

Co.

&

Chas.

L.

LD 39 TWX LY 77

B,

White

&

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.

McAllister,
Merrill

jr.,

Lynch,

Edwards

B.

WIGGIN,
Merrill

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.

BAYNE, JOHN M.

G.

Chas.

Co.

matcek, w. H.

Underwood, Neuliaus & Co.

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

A.

a.

Fenner

&

Beane

Dunn

White

&

Co.

JR., JACK
Lynch,

WILLS, R.

j.

Pierce.

& Sons

WHITE, CHAS. B.

masterson, jr., neill t.

ABERCROMBIE, I.OVETT

&

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

GLOVER
Wills

THOMAS A.

BERRY,

Schmitt, Berry & Co., Inc.

CAMPBELL, EDWARD H.
V.

B.

Christie

& Co.

CHRISTIE, BYRON V.
B.

V.

Christie &

Co.

CORDTS, EDWIN G.
Mosle and Moreland

Rotan,

CROCKETT,

CLAUDE T.

Crockett & Co.

Wi

DAVIS,

1*52

LAWRENCE

McClung & Knickerbocker
EDDLEMAN, RICHARD

TELEPHONE 8-2821

Eddleman-Pollok

N.

Co.

ELLSWORTH, C. BRUCE

TELETYPES;

VIRGINIA
N. CAR.

W. VA.

Shawell-Ellsworth

Co.

.

FREDERKING, WILBUR II.

CORPORATE LY62 & S3

\, MUNICIPAL LY82

CORPORATE STOCKS 8 BONDS

Fridley

&

FRIDLEY,

Fridley

Hess

EARL

&

GEORGE,

COLONIC

G.

Hess

GEO.

STORJl

E.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.
'''

MUNICIPAL BONDS
UNLISTED SECURITIES

GOODWIN, JR., ARTHUR E.
Rowles,

Winston

&

Co

With
HAIIN,

CHAS.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.
HARRIS,

Harris-Heath

LYNCHBURG.

VIRGINIA

stores

modern

concentrated

supermarkets and
in

eight

states

food
in

the

J. WYLIE

rapidly expanding Southeast, Colonial Stores

Co.

HAWKINS, E. CLYDE

SCOTT, HORNER & MASON, Inc

350

W.

ranks

among

the top ten food chains in the

Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.
HESS,

nation, with

WILBUR E.

over

$200,000,000 annual volume.

Fridley & Hess
UNDERWRITERS




and

DISTRIBUTORS
JOHNSTON,

DOUGLAS

E.

Fridley & Hess

KNICKERBOCKER,
McClung
La

WALDO

E.

& Knickerbocker

COLONIAL

STORES

MASTER, LEWIS M.

La

Master & Co.

MAGILL,

ALBERT E.

Rauscher,

Pierce & Co., Inc,

'A Southern Institution For More Than

Fifty Years"

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Convention Number

65

Edward

H. Welch, Sincere and Company, Chicago; 0. H. Strong, First National Bank of Chicago;
D. Walsh, Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Chicago;
Charles Fisher, National Quotation Bureau,
Chicago; Morey D. Sachnoff, Straus, Blosser & McDowell, Chicago; Elmer Hammell, Shillinglaw,
Bolger & Co., Chicago; Richard A, Wernecke, Paul H. Davis & Co., Chicago; Arthur C. Sacco,
Cruttenden & Co., Chicago; Leonard J. Wolf, A. G. Becker & Co., Incorporated, Chicago;
Lester J. Thorsen, Glare, Forgan & Co., Chicago;
Thompson M. Wakeley,
A. C. Allyn & Company, Incorporated, Chicago
Thomas

Arries, Tampa; Mrs. F. Boice Miller, Miami; Robert H. Cook, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc.,
Miami; William Atwill, Jr., Atwill and Company, Miami Beach

Seattle

President: Paul Johnson, Blytli & Co., Inc.

Security Traders Association

TAYLOR, C. ARNOLD
Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.

Vice-President: H. Clyde Berryman, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

TOWNSEND, CHARLES R.

& Beane.

ner

Bank

ipt§i!ip?

of

California,

N.

JOSLYN

H.

A.

Secretary: William H. Oper, Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin.
WATERMAN,

Treasurer: Sidney J. Sanders, Foster & Marshall.
National Committeeman: John I.

Alternate: Homer J. Bateman,
—

Earl F.

Rohde, John R. Lewis, Inc.

YEADON,

Pacific Northwest Company.

Bark

Waterman &

Co.

GORDON

of

California

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

ATKINSON, Jr., REILLY
H.

P. Pratt & Co.

UNDERWRITERS

BARNET, GEORGE
Foster &

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

Marshall

BATEMAN, HOMER J.
Pacific Northwest Company

BERRYMAN, H. CLYDE
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Paul Johnson

h.

Clyde Berryman

William h. Oper

Sidney J. Sanders

BISSELL, M. LAWRENCE
Securities Exchange, Inc.

Iohnson, Lane, Space and Co.
INCORPORATED

DANIEL, ROBERT E.
Pacific Northwest Company

Georgia and South Carolina

EASTER, EDWARD K.
Witter

Dean

1902

Co.

Municipal Bonds

EASTER, F. KENNETH

1952

Fifty Years in Georgia

&

Witter

Dean

&

Co.

FOULDS, CLINTON
Foster

GEORGIA

MUNICIPAL

BONDS

Harold H.

SOUTHERN CORPORATE ISSUES
ALL

LOCAL

CORPORATE BONDS & STOCKS

Marshall

&

GARRETSON, RON

HARTLEY,
Pacific

& LOCAL SECURITIES

Huston &

Co.

DAVID

Northwest

Company

ATLANTA

HARTLEY, TALBOT

SECURITIES

SAVANNAH

AUGUSTA

Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.

HEMMEN,

TEXTILE STOCKS

George

VICTOR
Hemmen

S.
Investment

BELL

TELETYPES

Co.

AT

182

SV

AU

16

68

HEMPHILL, WALDO
Waldo Hemphill & Co.

★

★

★

ESTABLISHED

JOHNSON, PAUL G.
Blyth & Co., Inc.
JONES, HOWARD W.

1902

National Securities Corp.

J. H. HILSMAN <r
CITIZENS

AND

(P.

SOUTHERN
O.

Box

JONES, JACK E.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

CO., INC.

JORDAN,

BUILDING

Dean

ANDREW A.

Witter &

Co.

1578)

KEEN, BRUCE

ATLANTA

Dean

Witter

RICHARD

LANGTON,
Bell

Teletype—AT

Co.

&

1, GA.

296

Telephone—Walnut

Conrad,

0433

Bruce & Co.

LEE, J. BARNEY
Hughbanks Incorporated

LEWIS, JOHN S.
John R. Lewis, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1894

MACLEOD, EDGAR B.
MacLeod

MacRAE,

Georgia South Carolina

Co.

&

ROBERT M.

MEYER, DONALD A.
Foster & Marshall

Tennessee, North Carolina,

MOREHEAD. ERWIN
The

Pacific

NATHANE,

Alabama, Louisiana & Florida

National

Bank

of

Seattle

ROBERT A.

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

OPER, WILLIAM H.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS

PATTEN, Jr., WILLIAM T.
Blyth & Co., Ino.

CORPORATE BONDS AND LOCAL STOCKS

PHILLIPS, JOSEF C.
Pacific Northwest Company

The

investment

PERRY, LEONARD
arande & Co., Inc.

ROHDE, JOHN

Robinson-Humphrey Company,Inc

John

R.

Members New York Siock

I.

IN SOUTHEASTERN AND NATIONAL SECURITIES

Marshall

Teletypes—AT 288 and AT 142

SCHLICTENG, HUGH R.
Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.

ATLANTA 1, GEORGIA

Long Distance 421 and 422

HAVERTY




MARKETS

Lewis, Inc.

PRIVATE

BLDG.

RHODES

Exchange and Other National Exchanges

PRIMARY

SANDERS, SIDNEY J.
Foster &

bankers

Established 1925

WIRE

CONNECTIONS

PRINCIPAL SOUTHEASTERN

CITIES

SOHA, Jr., ANDREW
Seattle Trust and Savings Bank

I

STEIN, WALDEMAR L.

New York

Atlanta

Bramhall & Stein
&

SWANTNER,
Dean

OSCAR

Witter

&

Co.

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66

Wichita Bond Traders Club

President: Duane T.

Thursday, November 13, 1952

G.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Alldritt, Mid-Continent Securities Com¬
PERRINE, K. I.

Inc.

pany,

JOHN

OWEN,

Smith, The Small-Milburn Company Inc.

Vice-President: Don H.

E. F.

Hutton &

Company

Secretary: Warren Cortner, The Ranson-Davidson Company, Inc.
Treasurer: Everett Stephenson,
Assistant

Treasurer:

Ted

REFSNES,
Refsnes,

Jr., Harris, Upham & Co.

Kiefer,

Securities Company

First

Refsnes,

Kirby
SENA,

ALLDRITT, DON II.
Mid-Continent Securities

Brooks

&

CLINGER,

The

K.

Warren Cortner

Don H. Alldritt

WARREN

CORTNER,

ELLIOTT,

Company,

Inc.

JAY

W.

Israel

J.

W.

The

CLYDE

of Kansas, Inc.

Ed

A.

TRIPP,
Company,

E.

Inc.

THOMAS,
Thomas

Company of Kansas,

First Securities

Inc.

A.

WILLIAM

The

A.

&

Hutton &

Stephenson, Jr.

Ted Kiefer

Company

ROBERT W.
Investment

Harris,

Company,

Inc.

Cruisse

WEBSTER, ARTHUR
Company,

Merrill Lynch,

Inc.

HOWARD

Upham

&

Security

Ed Murray

Dealers Association

OVENS,
E.

F.

Company

I.

Pierce, Fenner

& Beane

WHITACRE, ROBERT H.

Co.

National

First

Bank

of

Arizona

(Associate)

Woodward

MURRAY, ED

Arizona

&

Co.

WOODBURY, T. BOWRING
Sills, Fairman & Harris, Incorporated

L.

Small-Milburn

C.

Ver

PETER

VIDRINE, KIRBY L.
Kirby L. Vidrine Company

WOODWARD,

E.

Co.

L.

CRUISSE,

Peter

WILLIAM P.
Inc.

Company,

Ranson-Davidson

WILKINS,

McKinney Ohmart Co.

GLEN

Upham & Co.

VINK, DIRK W.
The

MILBURN,

F.

VER

T.

VERNON

McKINNEY,

Murray

Corp.

JAMES R.

SULLIVAN,
Sullivan

White & Co.

Wahler,

F.

Beck & Co.

TRUAX, VICK

A.
Securities

Ranson-Davidson

Harris,

TED

MARSHALL,

Company

Investment Co.

First Securities Company

McCOMBS,

&

Refsnes, Ely,

STEPHENSON, Jr. EVERETT
KIEFER,

Hutton

TOMPANE, EUGENE

Company

MELVIN
Columbian

The

& Co.

Bennett

STAMPS,
ISRAEL,

Investment Co.

KENNETH E.
and

P.

T.

DUANE

Zahner

Company

SORANSON, RANDOLPH E.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Small-Milburn Company Inc.

SMITH,

PAUL V.

E.

James

The

SMITH,

Ranson-Davidson

The

LAWRENCE W.

Rittenoure

SMITH,

Company, Inc.

E.

Vidrine

L.

& Co.

C.

J. P.

Investment Co.

Harold Null

The

RITTENOURE,

Lathrop-Hawk-Herrick

Duane T.Smith

Inc.

Company
D.

HAROLD

NULL,

Company,

O.

Beck

Ely,

ROGERS, FRANCIS

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

WAR

Co.

&

REFSNES, JOE L.

Expires: December 31, 1952.

BROOKS,

E.

Beck

Ely,

of

Kansas, Inc.
Term

JOSEPH

MALCOLM

&

C.

Zuber, Tucson

& Co.

JAMES
Hutton

ZUBER,

M.
&

J.

ARTHUR

Woodward

Company

&

Zuber, Tucson

MINNESOTA
SPECIALISTS IN

MONTANA

Cinerama
MUNICIPAL AND

—

Reeves Soundcraft

STATE BONDS
ACTIVE MARKETS

MAINTAINED

IN

OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES

TWIN CITY STOCKS

Allison -Williams Company
INVESTMENT

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Phone:

ATlantic 3475

TWX MP 163

210 W. 7th St., TR-2505

Kirby L. Vidrine

Henry E. Dahlberg

L.

Vidrine

Company,

\J!7

LOS ANGELES 14

President: Kirby L. Vidrine, Kirby

SECURIT I E S

(\j7\

9-2265

530 Broadway, FR-<
SAN DIEGO 1

Teletype LA 99

Phoenix

MEMBER LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

(inactive).
Vice-President:

Henry E. Dahl¬
berg, Henry Dahlberg & Com¬
pany, Tucson.
—ROSTER

Kalman & Company, Inc.
MEMBERS

MIDWEST

STOCK

OF MEMBERS—

otherwise

EXCHANGE

ANDERSON,
Ed

CORPORATE & MUNICIPAL SECURITIES

—

Distributors

indicated)

Corporate

JAMES

Murray & Co.

ANDLAUER, FRED

UNDERWRITERS & DISTRIBUTORS

Dealers

(Members located In Phoenix unless

C.

Bonds & Stocks

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

BECK, PAUL D.
Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.
CHAPPELL, JOHN W.
E. F. Hutton &

MCKNIGHT BUILDING

ENDICOTT BLDG.

MINNEAPOLIS 1, MINN.

ST. PAUL t, MINN.

TELETYPE—
MP

TELETYPES—

120

ST

P

Company, Tucson

CUTHBERTSON, FRED A.
Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.

J. F. Perkins &

DAHLBERG, HENRY E.

Henry Dahlberg and Co., Tucson

93

(Corporate Dept.)
ST P 117 (Municipal Dept.)

DOUGLAS, JAMES
Southern

Arizona

Tucson

Bank

&

Trust

ELLIS,

Bldg.

DALLAS 1, TEXAS

Co.,

(Associate)

R.

Teletype—DL 481

Telephone—STerling 4531

DUNBAR, KIRK C.
William

Company

1508 First National Bank

STUART

Staats & Co.

KENNETH A.

Kenneth

Ellis

&

Co.

ELY, Jr., SIMS
Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.

ACTIVE MARKETS MAINTAINED

FICKS, Jr., ALBERT
Dean

Witter

GALLOWAY,

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
ESTABLISHED

1895

&

Co.

ALVIN

W.

Henry Dahlberg and Co., Tucson

HANCHETT, HAROLD G.
'Refsnes,

Ely,

Beck

&

Co.

HAY, Jr., JOHN L.
Shields Si Company, Tucson

HICKS,

UNDERWRITERS & DISTRIBUTORS

ROLAND J.

Shields & Company, Tucson

JONES, LEONARD E.

CORPORATE & MUNICIPAL SECURITIES

E. F. Hutton & Company

Securities

KAUFMAN, HENRY J.
Shields Sc Company, Tucson
MEMBERS
NEW

YORK STOCK

NEW YORK CURB

MIDWEST

STOCK

LAUVER, HAROLD J.

EXCHANGE

(ASSOCIATE)
EXCHANGE

LEE,

Witter

Si

DEALERS
Co.

LEE, EUGENE S.

ST. PAUL

DISTRIBUTORS

BENTON M.

Dean

MINNEAPOLIS

UNDERWRITERS

Valley National Bank of Phoenix, Tucson
(Associate)

Valley National Bank

(Associate)

FIRST

LOPER, ANDREW B.
GREAT FALLS




BILLINGS

Valley National Bank of Phoenix

COMPANY

INVESTMENT BANKERS
TELEPHONE

(Associate)

RAndolph
McGINNIS, JAMES F.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

^Otcthwedt

6461

TELETYPE

DALLAS
DL-346-347

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Convention ttumbeP

67

HUDGINS, JACK L.

Memphis Security Dealers Club

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

JORDAN, ROBERT H.
Mid-South

Securities

Security Traders Assn. of Portland, Oregon

Co.

LANCASTER, JAMES C.
Union Planters Nat'l Bank

LEFTWICH. WILLIAM

GROOM

Leftwich & Ross

LIMERICK, AYLETT B.
Goodbody & Co.
MITCHELL, EARLY F.
The

First

National

Bank

REDDOCH, JAMES N.
Meeks,

BISON,

Reddoch

&

Company

SAM

Standard Securities Co.

ROBERTS, JACK D.
Bullington-Schas & Co.

ROSS, HOWARD C.
Leftwich

Brown

Burch

Howard Ross

Walter

Foster

President: Brown Burch, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.

Vice-President: Howard C. Ross, Leftwich & Ross.

Secretary: Walter Foster, Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co,

ds

Ross

SAUNDERS, M. A.
M.

A.

Saunders & Co.,

Dan V.

Inc.

President: Dan V.
SCHAS, FRANCIS D.
Bullington-Schas & Co.

Secretary: Paul A. Ludlam, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.
National Committeeman: Dan V. Bailey, Foster & Marshall.
Elected: December 15,

1951; Took Office: January 1, 1952; Term
Expires: December 31, 1952.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
THOMPSON, EDWARD F.
Merrill

Union Planters Nat'l Bank

CURD, H. PRICE

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Federal

Securities Co.,

Inc.

TREXLER,

FOSTER. WALTER T.

BURCH.

FREDERIC, FRANK D.
Equitable Securities Corporation

Merrill

Carl

BROWN

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

CROSSETT, E. GORDON
The

First

National

M.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

FRED

ADAMS, RICHARD H.
Donald C.

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

WARD, B. FRANK
J.

C.

Bradford

&

Foster

RICHARD S.
M. A. Saunders & Co., Inc.

Bullington-Schas

B.

Wooten

&

BOHRER, LESLIE J.
Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Co.

&

BRADLEY,

Marshall

U.

BALFOUR,
&

DAVID A.
Russell, Hoppe, Stewart

Co.

Blankenshlp,

Company

Gould

& Balfour

NORMAN

National

S.

BROWN,

BLAKELY, WILLIS H.

WOOTEN. ROGER
R.

Sloan &

BAILEY, DAN V.

Co.

WHITMAN, A. L.

HARRIS,

Bank

R.

J. C. Bradford & Co.

BANKSTON, Jr., W. L.
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

Bailey, Foster & Marshall.

Vice-President: Preston L. Phipps, E. M. Adams & Co.

THOMAS, Jr., J. NICK
Memphis Securities Company

ALLEN, HARRY

Paul A. Ludlam

Phipps

SAUNDERS, ROBERT
M. A. Saunders & Co., Inc.

SPRAGINS, R. WENDELL
R. W. Spragins & Company

Treasurer: James N. Reddoch, Meeks, Reddoch & Company.

Preston L.

Bailey

Bank

Portland

of

RALPH

Pacific

Northwest

Company

CAMPBELL, RICHARD M.
&

Blakeley,

Inc.

First

National

Bank

of

COLE, VERGIL R.
Daugherty, Butchart

Portland

Cole

&

Inc.

COLLINS, WILLIAM J.
J.

William

Collins

&

Co.

COLTON, E. L.
Canadian Bank

D'AMICO,

Witter &

Dean

• ••

W.

FIELD

Field

ALL

PHASES

oj

Commerce

Co.

GLEN

&

Co., Inc.

'

GALBRAITH, JOHN G.
Camp & Co.

Investment Bankers

M

of

NEIL

HESS,

JOHN

Hess

INVESTMENT BUSINESS

HILL,
U.

&

J.

McFaul

VIRGIL

L.
National Bank of

S.

JOHNSON,
Bank

JONES,
June

G.

of

J.
S.

Portland

H.

California

SHELDON
Jones

Co.

&

KOSTERMAN, PIERRE A.
Conrad, Bruce & Co.

OIL

FINANCING

•UNDERWRITING

•

LUDLAM. PAUL A.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

TRADING

Fenner

&

Beane

LUNDBORG, HUGO

Handel, Lundborg & Co.
PATTEN,

Jr., GEORGE F.
Patten Investment

George

Southwestern Securities Cohrant

E.

'

Riverside 5471

Dallas, Texas

Teletype DL-334

Adams

M.

Co.

&

PITT, ROBERT
Blyth & Co., Inc.

MERCANTILE COMMERCE BLDG.

~,

Co.

PRESTON

PHIPPS,

RAGLAND, JAMES M.

|

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ROBBINS, J. GILBERT
Campbell & Robblns, Incorporated
SLOAN,

DONALD

Donald

C.

Conrad,

ACTIVE TRADING MARKETS

Longhorn Portland Cement Co.
Slick

Bruce

& Co.

Rauscher, Pierce

&

Co.

VAN

BOSKIRK, DON R.

Atkinson

&

Co.

Underwriters and Distributors

Tennessee Gas & Tran. Co.
Houston Light & Power, $4 Pfd.

Airways, Inc.

El Paso Electric Co.

Lone Star Brewing

Co.

TRIPP, Jr., CHAS. N.
Chas. N. Tripp & Company

Kirby Lumber Corp.

Houston Natural Gas, Com. & Pfd.

&

DERELE

SWAILS,

TEXAS,,SECURITIES

C.

Sloan

Southwest Natural Gas Co.
Welex Jet

Co.

Sommers Drug Stores,

& Pfd.

Com.

Central Power & Light Co

RAILROAD

Services, Inc.

INDUSTRIAL

Duncan Coffee Co., Class A

4% Pfd.

San Antonio Transit Co.

Johnston Testers, Inc.

PUBLIC UTILITY

River Brand Rice Mills, Inc.

Garrett Oil Tools, Inc.

BANK & INSURANCE

Yuba Cons. Gold Fields

TEXAS

MUNICIPAL

All San Antonio and Houston Bank Stocks

3 1

SECURITIES
Quick Firm Bids On All

Texas Municipal Bonds

Russ

Active

Mercantile Bank

& Gompany

Members Midwest

OFFICES:
W. G. HOBBS, Jr.
MUIR

SAN ANTONIO

E. D.

5

A. M. RUSS

Connecting Wires to:

Dallas, Houston, Galveston, New
TWX:

HOUSTON

SA 23

&

53




Bell

Telephone:

Teletype:

DL 186 and DL 197

Riverside 9033

AUSTIN

FT. WORTH
Direct and

4000

Stock Exchange

Alamo National Building:

C. L. WEST

Building

DALLAS 1, TEXAS

INCORPORATED

OFFICERS

AFFILIATES

Trading Markets

BRANCH
„

York <ft Los Angeles
Fannin 4324

OFFICES:

HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO and

Direct Wires to New York, St. Louis and other

Principal Markets

AUSTIN

MEMBERS

THE COMMERCIAL and

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Allison

Mr^

Continued

from

&

W.

Mrs.

Marsland, Wood, Gundy & Co., Inc., New
Sidney J. Sanders, Foster & Marshall, Seattle

York

indeed

powerful

been

economic

year.

nearly

and they will continue con¬
siderably longer than originally
anticipated.
props,

1951.

Probably the most unfavorable
factor in the long-term outlook is

Long-Term Outlook
On

the

powerful

unfavorable

forces are

side,

In fact, the 1952 rate is
$5 billion under that of
Private
expenditures are,

thus, not only failing to keep up,
they are actually declining!

Factors in the

Unfavorable

expenditures
has also
declining for more than a

ernment

two

our

in evidence.

national policy of ever

higher

regardless of productivity
costs. It is elementary that a

wages,

One of these is the decline in non¬

or

governmental spending. Gross na¬
tional product has increased in
each
of
the
last
10
quarterly

wage

increase which exceeds the
productivity inevitably

increase in
forces

an

increase in prices, or a

Hatz, Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder,
D. Sachnoff, Straus, Blosser &

Arthur

The resulting

better than
increases in

favorable

which

forces

right public housing.
The most serious aspect of all,

Stocks

for

be

indeed

presump¬

(1)
Life
holdings of

within
within

one

and

year;

fall
im¬

90%

five year limit. The

a

involved

been

against

the

in

selling

inflation"

"hedge

appeal

recent
is the forced substitu¬ plications are clear and unmis¬
Brookings Study shows that of
tion of capital for labor. Faced takable.
To increase holdings or extend the 6,490,000 persons in the United
with
keener
competition
and'
States holding stock in publicly
higher costs, the industrialist has maturities, these agencies, as a
corporations,
only
1%
no
choice — he is forced to in¬ practical matter, will have to rely owned
The

stocks.

labor-saving devices or on Treasury refundings or cash
out of business. The effects of issues. Obviously, the time when
this substitution are not particu¬ they will have to act is getting

bought the stock as an inflation
hedge! This indicates that the
current market is not an "infla¬

troduce
go

In

particular,

MITTON, INVESTMENTS

pushed above
the
reach of too many people.
Such large-scale unemployment

from

prices

in

cline
cause

commercial

effort

on

been

so

commodities, such

and

will

to

try

consequential

their part to do this will

increase

in

trend,

now may

a

supported

ger

of inflation. It follows that the
on a firmer foundation

market is
than is

generally thought.
development

other

The

is

the

ever-shrinking net profit margin.
Ownership is steadily getting less,

relatively.

and

absolutely

effort to lick this trend,

In

an

caused by

higher taxes,

and

is

higher

wages,

downward

keener

competition, industry has

loans

commercial

currently obscuring

largely

market,

by those hedging against the dan¬

lengthen

off fireworks. As the seasonal

be the last oppor¬

made

perfectly fantastic expend¬
for

plant

tunity to pick up governments be¬

itures

fore the rush!

in recent years.

could, through ever more govern¬
ment intervention, force contin¬
uous
inflation. It certainly will
cause
wide shifts in the use of
various

loans

banks

increase

their portfolio. Any

set

small de¬

a

even

commercial

to

both

common

tion"

closer each day.

—

Specializing in Western Stocks

Outlook

would

It

however,

periods, but in almost all of them, decline in profits, or efforts by
the total repre¬ industry
to
reduce
production larly noticeable in a boom; but
sented by non-governmental ex¬ costs through labor-saving devices when the demand for capital goods
construction
slackens,
the
penditures has declined. This, of
or,
varying combinations of and
serious consequences of such an
course, is due to the increasing these consequences.
unwise wage policy will become
government expenditures for de¬
As the wage increases of recent
painfully apparent in a great in¬
fense, but, paradoxically, the ac¬ years have not been
uniform,
crease in technological unemploy¬
tual dollar total of the non-gov- workers in the strongly organized
ment, which may last for quite a
long time. And this technological
unemployment will be added to
the unemployment caused by the
down-swing of the business cycle
as well as that caused by the re¬
duction in sales volume flowing

Municipal—SECURITIES—Corporate

The

de¬

are

veloping:

Mr. & Mrs.

York City;
Chicago

for

the percentage of

ROBERT L.

Inc., New
McDowell,

insurance
company tuous to try to tell this gathering
governments are a of experts the market outlook fpr
smaller percentage of total assets common stocks. If I knew what
people. This has been particularly today than they were in 1940. In stocks were going to do, and had
true of the goods for which there fact, they are at such a low point the 75% cash down-payment, I'd
is
an
elastic
demand, such as that it would seem reasonable to go'into the market and, in short
clothing and semi-luxuries. It is conclude that they have reached order, would own a large part of
and goods of the
also true bf housing, which re¬ rockbottom on the minimum dol¬ the facilities
quires increasing government sub¬ lar amount they will hold, and western world!
There are, however, two things
sidization of one sort or another, that any future change will be
about stocks which I should like
if the rank and file of our people upward.
are to be able to buy them. This,
(2) Fifty percent of commercial to mention. One of these is the
of course, also means more out¬ bank portfolios are due or callable great waste of effort which has
prices, coupled with higher taxes,
have placed many things beyond
the reach of large numbers of our

Outlook
ing will drop only 10% in 1954-55,
and around 15% in 1955-56. These

Mrs.

&

Morey

others.

The Economic and

are

Mr.

City;

industries have fared

7

page

fhursday, November 13, 1952

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

and

equipment

Thus, in the seven

RETAILING & TRADING

has

as

obvious in the case of coal

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ISSUES

in recent years.

338 U. S. National Bank
DENVER

The Financial Outlook

Building

The

financial

outlook

is better

than the economic outlook. In fact,

2, COLORADO

I

see

on

little to

very

worry

about

George Patten Investment Co.

the financial side of the econ¬

SECURITIES

omy.

In

particular,
dollar

our

Underwriters &. Distributors

the

better

is

since before

been

outlook

for

it

AMERICAN BANK BUILDING

has

than

World

Its money management

War

PORTLAND 5,

OREGON

II.

position is

stronger; its political position will
be stronger,

1 \
_

of

Mon.

INVESTMENTS

JidahoT

despite the recent trend
rates, I still feel that
longer trend is downward.

money

tures,

Colo-

Municipal & Corporation

Securities

jUriz.-

later, capital expendi¬
government
expenditures

a

MMex.

Specialty

activity will decline,
bringing lower interest rates.
In

view

prevailing un¬
word or two about

a

outlook

curities

the

of

certainties,
the

We

are

or

and business

Local

PD 229

Also,
in

Sooner

1

AT & T TELETYPE

TELEPHONE AT WATER 4389

economic position is far stronger.

the

jDeniter

regardless of who is
its

elected to the Presidency; and

for

and

for

government
stocks

se¬

be

interested in baying or

selling the securities of :
Cement Company

Bay Petroleum

Ideal

Black Hills Power & Light
Colorado Central Power Co.

Kutz Canon

Milling & Elevator Co.

Cresson Consolidated Gold
Daniels

& Fisher Stores

Supply Co.
Tel. & Tel. Co.
Co., Inc.
Potash Company of America
Mountain

Colorado Interstate Gas
Colorado

Kinney Coastal Oil Co.

Co.

Denver-Chicago Trucking

Fuel

Mountain

States

Oklahoma Oil

Sierra Petroleum

worthwhile.

Co.

The Outlook for

Government

Denver National Bank

Sioux Oil

Denver

may

Tri-State Oil & Refining

Tramway Corporation
Equity Oil Co.
Frontier Refining Co.
Golden Cycle Corp.

United

States

National Bank
Company

United States Potash

Woodward Oil, Inc.

Securities

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
724

SEVENTEENTH STREET

DENVER
Telephone Main 6281




2,

COLORADO

Bell Teletypes DN 290 & DN 369
LOVELAND, COLO.

The erratic

performance

and generally

of

poor

government

se¬
curities in the thin markets of the

past three months should not be
allowed to blind you to the posi¬

building
To mention but two of the

Amos ۥ Sudler & Co.
First National Bank Bldg., Denver

DN 490

KEYstone 0101

tion of strength which is
up.

mmmmmmmmmmSpecialists Rocky Mountain Region Securities—*—

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

69
i

Corwin L. Liston, Prescott <fi Co., Cleveland;

1946-52, about $133 billion,
$19 billion each year, was spent

Continued

years
or

Don

Miles A. Watkins, Jr., Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo, Inc.,
Theodore E. Plumridge, J. Arthur Warner & Co., Incorporated, New York City; Fred
Ball, Burge & Kraus, Cleveland; Reginald Knapp, Wertheim & Co., New York City

Birmingham;
Shorsher,

A.

for this purpose.

from

page

Lillis, Bear, Stearns & Co., New York City; Jerry Tegeler, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St. Louis;
Gregory, Bonner & Gregory, New York City; Clarence H. Adams, Securities <ft Exchange
Commission, Washington, D. C.
1

Bill

6

to

appears

be

financially

sound,

work is begun

(This is in sharp

sel

contrast to the

of Turnpikes

"I"!!£

$65 billion, or $5.7
billion spent each year in the 11

■

IIV

by the bond coun¬
agreement which se¬

the

on

cures

the bond

ment

is

known

This docu¬

issue.
as

the

Trust

In¬

duties of the

commission, its

em¬

ployees and agents.
From the

legal standpoint all of

the

procedures affecting the fi-*
nancing of the project must be in

denture and in it are included accordance with established
1935-45.)
Despite
prin¬
Enabling
legislation must
be provisions under which bonds are
these Herculean efforts, business pattern initially established
cociples of revenue bond financing.
such that it will permit the com¬ to be
seems
to be moving toward
an incident with planning and financissued, matters affecting in¬
Continued on page 70
ever
lower level of profit. Ex- ing of the Pennsylvania Turnpike mission or authority charged with terest
rates,
redemptions,
and
the responsibility of creating the
pense ratios are crowding break- in 1937.
Since that time, "refineyear

period,

even

points in

a

many

have been made in these turnpike to proceed in a clear-cut
fashion.
Experience
in
many
steps; however, their
is contrary manner of execution and impor- States has shown that unless this
tance remain the same. The three is the case, construction can be
-Jbi-principal functions required in the delayed and/or result in uneco¬

lines. This is ments

dangerous situation which labor procedural
be made to

must
to its

see

interests.

own

Conclusions
Great changes are

development of toll roads are:

afoot in

our

economy.

A

is

large measure of optimism
justified
for the
next
six

months.

increase

Stevenson

nor

government

tion

be

adequately

spending

planned,

econom-

developing business cycle
is

at

the

earliest time

unrealistic to expect a con¬

tinuation of the market
of recent

expansion

Enabling Legislation

mission

is

trend

authority and these ap¬
are confirmed by the
Legislature in those States where
appointments
of
the
executive
branch of government must follow
this

recent tightness in money struction and operation; lists the
available
notwithstanding, the basic powers of this authority or comauthority

Government

securities

are

technical

developing
a
stronger
position. The bargain

sale will

soon

steadily

be

^
...

,

^erms

.

method

an(J

,

financing and summarizes

funds

to

funds

on

regularly
Highway

State

legislative authorizations relating

utilize for such purposes.

UNDERWRITERS

DISTRIBUTORS

DEALERS

Municipal and Corporate Securities

executive

the

Teletype

—

NO

weil investment company
NATIONAL

BANK

OF

COMMERCE

NEW ORLEANS

BLDG.

12, LA.
TELETYPE NO 428

TULANE 6583

Exchange

465

Telephone

Morris W. Newman

branch

Win.

—

Canal

9321

Often

Kerrigan

LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI,

an

ALABAMA, GEORGIA and
OTHER SOUTHERN MUNICIPALS

newman, brown & co.
INC.

321 Hibernia Bank

first

employment that the
or
authority usually
considers is the hiring of its con¬

John E.

Perry Brown

Dealers in

can

NEW

commission

Institutional and Real Estate Bonds

Stock

or

appropriation to cover the cost of
the preliminary work is author¬
ized in the enabling law. However,
regardless of the method, in all
instances these moneys are reim¬
bursed to the loaning agency from
the proceeds of the bond issue sold
to finance the project.
The

DANE

Orleans

made

Department; in
loan is made from

funds

Neio

NEW ORLEANS 12, LA.

loan basis from
allocated to the

a

other States, a

are

commission

the

to the project.

over.

Mississippi Municipals

JOHN
Members

procedure.

years.

missi

Jr.

or

the replacement

in rates is downward.

Dane,

pointments

several ' States

The
rates

John

Northrop

New Orleans Bank Stocks

The hope of the
initially there is enabling legis¬
The
commission
or
authority
market, iation which details
the
legal
once in office should have suffi¬
which, fortunately, will be large precedent
and
establishes
the
cient funds on hand to carry out
by any historical standard.
scope of the toll road project; crethe preliminary planning required
The outlook for our dollar is ates the quasi-governmental unit
before the project is financed. In
better than it has been since 1940. responsible for its planning, conlature

K.

Southern Corporate Issues

the

existing State statutes. Following

icapy financed and constructed,
enough to offset the effects of the and assures
opening to traffic
It

Louisiana and

enabling legisla¬

available the next step is to

test its constitutionality under

Abner

Dane

The
integration of these this, the Governor usually ap¬
neither Iunctions
permits the turnpike to points the members of the com¬
will

thereafter,

But,

Eisenhower

H.

nomical development.
With adequate

(i) The Engineering,
(2) The Legal.
(3) The Fiscal

Harold

Building

ORLEANS, 12

Long Distance 345 & 389

Teletypes NO 189 & NO 190

Very little of
none of the
financing work can be accom¬
plished until and unless the en¬
gineering and economic feasibility

engineers.

sulting
the

of

legal

the

work

and

turnpike

has

established

been

by

previously
the consult¬

IKE D. SCHARFF

JAMES E

RODDY

JOHN J. ZOLLINGER, JR.

ing engineers.
The preparation of the Engin¬
eering and Traffic and Earnings
Reports are the principal duties of

Active

Trading Markets

the consulting engineers.

The En¬
gineering Report includes a loca¬
tion study of the toll road route,
derivation of design criteria, pre¬

Specialists in

LOUISIANA AND
BANK

liminary structural and roadway
designs, estimates of construction,

louisiana municipals

in

right-of-way, and other costs, and
determination of possible stages

MISSISSIPPI

STOCKS AND

LOCAL CORPORATE ISSUES

priorities of construction. The
companion report, on traffic and

or

Dealers in

earnings, includes

a

traffic justifi¬

cation of the location of the turn¬

Municipal and Corporation Securities

estimates

pike,

of

amounts

types of traffic anticipated to

and
use

the route, derivation of a schedule
of tolls and estimates of gross rev¬

Barrow, Leary & Co.
SHREVEPORT 80,

LOUISIANA

enue

from tolls and other

—

L. D. 64 & 65




Bell Teletype SH 82 & 83

S charIT L Jones
INCORPORATED

TELETYPE
NO

The

Once
Telephone 2-8351

sources.

180

&

219

CARONDELET
(Ground

181

ST.

Floor)

L.

D.

235

Tulane 0161

Turnpike Financing

the

engineering and

eco¬

nomic

feasibility of the turnpike
have been determined by the con¬

sulting engineers and the proj~"A

NEW ORLEANS 12
SHREVEPORT, LA.

JACKSON, MISS.

70

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Standing: Lester J. Thorsen, Gtore, Forgan & Co., Chicago; John J. Hack, Jr., F. S. Moseley & Co.,
Chicago; Thompson M. Wakeley, A. C. Allyn & Company, Incorporated, Chicago; Elmer W. Hammell,
Shillinglaw, Bolger & Co., Chicago; Arthur Sacco, Cruttenden & Co., Chicago; O. H. Strong, First
National Bank of Chicago; Thomas D. Walsh,
Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Chicago; seated: Edward H.
Welch, Sincere and Company, Chicago; Samuel Sachnoff, First National Bank of Chicago; Edward
V. Vallely, John Nuveen & Co., Chicago; Fred T.
Rahn, The Illinois Company, Chicago

Continued

from

suming

The Rebirth oi
The

Turnpikes

responsibility of the financ¬ being prepared, the financial ad¬
ing group is to determine whether visor reviews with the consulting
or not the project is
economically engineers the engineering report
feasible and

assurhe all finan¬

to

cial negotiations and related work

incidental

to

the

preparation

the bond issue which work is
summated

in

of

con¬

successful under¬

a

writing.
While

the

Indenture

Trust

(Speakers' Table): Edward H. Welch, Sincere and Company, Chicago; John W. Bunn, Stifel, Nicolaus
& Company, Incorporated, St. Louis; Cecil B.
Pepper, Thomson & McKinnon, Miami; McGregor Smith,
Florida Power & Light Company; Tom Smith, director of Miami Beach Convention
Bureau; H. Russell
Hastings, S. R. Livingstone, Crouse & Co., Detroit; Winton A. Jackson, First Southwest

Company, Dallas;

is

tions

favorable market condi¬
an
availability of re¬
materials, the project is

and

quired

financed.

using the

facility and paying tolls to

i8}8

SUTRO

adequate to

o

cipal and
to
provide

CO.

assure

meet

prin¬
interest payments and
liberal

a

of

margin

safety.
Investment Dealers and Brokers

Distributors of Primary and

The Traffic and

Secondary Offerings

Earnings Report
attains special significance as the
estimates

of

revenue

presented

therein together with the cost es¬
timates as set forth in the En¬

Industrial Brokers

gineering Report form
MEMBERS
San Francisco Stock

New York Curb

Los Angeles Stock

Exchange
Exchange
(Associate)

407

FRANCISCO

40

YORK

4'

LOS
VAN

5

Exchange
Exchange

ANGELES

determines
cation of

the
the

the

financial

economic

the project

basis
group

justifi¬

and the po¬

NUYS

14

BUILDING

SAN JOSE 4

WALL STREET

with

a
minimum of construction mary sources. The first source is
traffic presently using one or more
right-of-way costs.
purpose an analysis is of the existing highways travers¬
conducted of all dominant traffic ing the project area. Portions of
movements that are presently be¬ this
traffic, because of their origin
ing made on existing highways and destination, will be better

For this

location must, of course,
fied as necessary so that

be modi¬
the route
is feasible of development from
a
construction
and
engineering
viewpoint as well as from the
traffic aspect.
Once the turnpike has been fi¬
nally located it is necessary to de¬

NORTH

HILLS

CANON

DRIVE

and

MANILA,

this

for

reason

and

P.

I.

(1) A description and traffic
justification of the proposed turn¬
pike location.

Advantages and disadvan¬
tages of the turnpike over other
competitive routes.
(3) Determination of the loca¬
tion
the

for interchanges to connect
turnpike with existing high¬

conditions

prior to

the

types of traffic anticipated to

use

the turnpike.

turnpike, would not be
expected; and

Third,

a

mode from

change in the travel
transportation or

mass

points along the route other means of travel to motor
interchanges will be pro¬ vehicle transport.
be carefully
In order to estimate the volume
selected to serve the important of traffic that can be
expected to
existing roads intersecting the use a turnpike facility, it is first
route that can be expected to carry necessary to determine: the
quan¬
traffic between it and the major titative and
qualitative flow of
traffic generating centers.
traffic within the
tributary area,
vided.

,

These should

the physical characteristics of
The

Traffic

amount

Estimate

of traffic

anticipated to

use

a

that

revenues

from

tolls

sources

and

be

can

from

expected

such

other

as

leases,

permits

and

for

rentals

service

stations,

res¬

taurants

other concessionaire

and

facilities.

(7)

A

projection of the first
year's estimate of traffic and earn¬
ings for each year throughout the
duration

of

the bond

issue.

Engineering Problems

First California Company

Wire

Los Angeles Stock Exchange

Exchange

Montgomery Street
to

Netc York,




a

for

the

specific
In most

cases

Members

Private

work

engineer is to determine

location for the turnpike.
the termini of a project

Incorporated

Midwest Stock

The first item of

•

San Francisco

Chicago and other leading Eastern cities

well

as

the

established

general location
either by law or

direction. of

the

as
are

commission

by
or

authority. The job of the engineer
is

to

limits

locate
a

within

route

maximum

of

that

these
will

traffic

general
serve

a

compatible

ex¬

isting routes from which certain

that

volumes

can

proposed

will

be

diverted

turnpike, the travel times

turnpike is derived from two pri¬

tances

between

various

Dean Witter
Inquiries

&

on

Hawaiian Securities
invited
Members:
San

and

New

York

Francisco

Angeles
other

Stock Exchange

Stock

Stock

Exchange
Exchange

leading

security and
commodity exchanges

SAN FRANCISCO

to

the

and dis¬

points of

Co.

Pacific Coast and

Los

(5) A schedule of tolls to be
charged each classification of ve¬
hicle for trips of varying
lengths.
(6) An estimate of the gross

300

construc¬

tion of the

ways.

(4) Estimates of the amount and

com¬

volume of

(2)

San Francisco Stock Exchange

of

industry resulting in a
traffic which, based on

at which

be

usually in¬
information:

cludes the following

CORRESPONDENT OFFICES
:

traffic

stimulation

a

and

earnings report is to measure the
revenue potentialities of a
project

Direct Private Wires

HONOLULU, T. H.

The purpose of the

Second,
merce

termine the

The

Purpose of Traffic and Earnings
Report

246 SOUTH FIRST STREET

BEVERLY
275

York;

and

tential investor judges the attrac¬
tiveness of the bonds.

MONTGOMERY STREET
NEW

which

upon

New York Stock

SAN

New

of revenue bond which carry traffic in the tribu¬ served by transferring from these
These highways to the turnpike.
makes it
mandatory tary area of the project.
The second source is newly gen¬
that the project be feasible from traffic movements are then com¬
and the traffic and' earnings re¬
the engineering, legal and fiscal piled and graphically shown on a erated traffic which most traffic
port to develop with them the jus¬
The desired engineers believe is derived from
aspects. As you know, the funds map of the region.
tification he requires,
both en¬
required for debt service of rev¬ lines thus produced clearly indi¬ the following sources:
gineering-wise and financially, to enue
bonds
are
derived
First, a greater frequency of
solely cate the relative volume and di¬
prepare the bond issue.
from the revenues of the project rection of all important move¬ trips made because of the added
When the Trust Indenture has
after deducting maintenance and ments. The resultant of these lines ease and economy of travel be¬
been completed and approved by
operating expenses. Therefore, it represents an optimum location tween any two points accomplished
must be demonstrated prior to fi¬ for the turnpike.
This optimum by use of the new facility.

revenues

—

Fischer, Knappen-Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy,
Roberts, Florida Power & Light Co.

The character

nancing that there will be suffi¬

Underwriters

M.

financing

cient volumes of traffic
Since

Jerome

Richard

the financial group, the Commis¬
sion and the bond counsel, and as¬

69

page

Thursday, November 13, 1952

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

Earl

Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner, St. Louis; Mrs. R. Emmet Bradley, Baltimore;
Reilly, Commercial & Financial Chronicle, New York City; R. Emmet Bradley,
John C. Legg & Company, Baltimore

Mr.

F. Vincent

& Mrs.
York

George V. Hunt, Starkweather & Co., New York City; Mrs. Gustave J. Schlosser, New
City; Mrs. Reginald Knapp, New York City; John J. Meyers, Jr., Gordon Graves & Co.,
New York City

origin and destination by means of is entered on interview sheets and
the present highways and the pro¬ eventually transferred to business
posed turnpike and the unit cost machine cards to be collated and
per mile of vehicular operation on summarized.
Concurrently with

grades,
deteri¬
orated pavements and restrictive
bridges are listed as to number

the

and location

existing

routes

and

turnpike.
For

on

the

the

of

purpose

obtaining

data concerning the amount, clas¬
sifications and origin and desti¬
nation of

traffic, extensive traffic

surveys are conducted.
vey

interview

work

established

In the
stations

sur¬

are

various

at

these

surveys,

manual and auto¬

matic traffic counts

t

are

made

so

travel

way

excessive

as

alignment,

poor

narrow or

each

on

considered

way

existing high¬

competitive to

as

origin and destination the proposed route.
Since savings in time will in¬
be projected from the
day or days of the survey to the fluence many motorists to transfer
from
annual average condition of the
present
highways to the
base year.
turnpike, it is necessary to obtain
factual
information
Data pertaining to the physical
concerning
characteristics of existing high¬ the average speeds that can be
that

the

results

can

key points
highways consid¬ ways is used to measure the effect maintained and the delays that
encountered
on
each
ofcarry volumes of traffic of highway discrepancies on the are
routes.
For
that could find some advantage economic costs of motor vehicle such
this
purpose
through use of the turnpike. The operation and thereby provide a crews, consisting of a driver and
survey
procedure includes halt¬ guide in estimating diversions of a recorder, are dispatched to tra¬
ing all traffic passing the station traffic. This information is ob¬ verse these highways at different
and interviewing the driver to de¬ tained from field inspection and times of the day and under vary¬
termine the City and State of ori¬ from the records compiled by the ing conditions of congestion to se¬
cure speed and delay information.
gin and destination and to record respective state highway depart¬
After conducting the traffic sur¬
the vehicle type. This information ments. Such impediments to highveys,
investigations of physical

along

ered

the turnpike in the base 70% for present turnpikes. In the
case of passenger vehicles and gen¬
This estimate must be projected erated traffic is experienced al¬
from the base period to the first most immediately upon the open¬
full year of operation of the facil¬ ing of the turnpike; truck traffic,
ity. To develop projection factors however, because of its commer¬
an
analysis is made of all data cial nature and the necessity of
usage of

year.

indicative of traffic trends in the
affected
on

oline

time

and

and

franchises, takes

consumption, population and

can employ to
prede¬
exactly the amount of
a
new
facility will
generate. He must rely upon the
experience gained in other areas
on similar projects and relate such

engineer

termine

that

traffic

Attracting New Traffic
Besides the volumes of traffic
diverted
to
the
turnpike from

highways, it has been
that the opening of a new
turnpike attracts substantial vol¬
present

In addition to the determination

of traffic which prior to the
of

amounted

to

from

20

expansion factors for projecting
estimates

traffic

This newly generated traf¬

has

on

which he is working.

construction of the facility did not

fic

facility

the

to

experience

proven

exist.

longer period

statistics of time to generate new volumes.
registration, gas¬ There are no formulae that the

vehicular density.

umes

a

including

area

motor vehicle

existing

to

characteristics

71

from

Continued

to

on

the

base

page

72

de¬

lay studies, the engineer has de¬
veloped complete comparative
data
ways

concerning the present high¬
and the proposed turnpike.

With this information he

DEALERS IN

McAndrew & Co.

de¬

can

termine the tangible items of sav¬

ings that

OVER THE COUNTER

travel

are

realized in turnpike

Incorporated

including savings through
travel time, by reduc¬

decreased

SECURITIES

UNDERWRITERS

8c

DISTRIBUTORS

tions in distances and grades

and
by improved alignment and pave¬
ment conditions. These savings as
well as the intangible benefits of
turnpike use such as safer, con¬

UNDERWRITERS and DISTRIBUTORS

venient

travel,

and

the factors that motor¬
choosing one route

are

J. S. Strauss & Co.
155

MONTGOMERY

Telephone
Bell

—

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step in estimating traffic
diversion to the turnpike, all of
the tangible benefits can be re¬
duced to a common monetary base,

STREET

SAN FRANCISCO

(4)

the

cost

travel.

of

in

OVER-THE-COUNTER
SECURITIES

is

It

probably true that few motorists
actually compute in dollars and
cents the value of each trip they

EXbrook 2-8515
—

a

user

make.

SF 61 & SF 62

However, they do have

Direct Private Wires to

a

G. A. Saxton

of value which goverhs their

sense

of this

occasions.

tions

sense

the

and

sible

to

merit

distributors

rating

which

BRUSH, SLOCUMB & CO. INC.
MONTGOMERY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO

Stock

STOCK EXCHANGE

•

SAN FRANCISCO




establish

would

of

the

toll

Before
all

BELL

SYSTEM

TELETYPE

SF70

wire systems

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
DEMPSEY-TEGELER & CO.

from

its

factors
a

LA 24

23

MEMBER

are

em¬

movements

to

dis¬

the

INC.

TO:

LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

Co., Inc.,

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE

WIRES

PRIVATE

G. A. Saxton &
New York

Established

City

1921

Dominion

Trading Markets in

Securities Corp.

Toronto

—

INVESTMENT TRUST SHARES

—

Montreal

review is made
McAndrew

&

Co.,

Inc.,

Henry F. Swift & Co.
San

Francisco

LOS ANGELES
Phone

Vandike

1071

PACIFIC

COAST UTILITIES

CALIFORNIA OIL

STOCKS

EASTERN & MIDWESTERN

UTILITY, WATER AND NATURAL
GAS

SECURITIES

CANADIAN SECURITIES

the traffic diversion factors
assigned to the route at the

appropriate interchange of entry
and

TELETYPES
LA

relative

analysis
those
trips which by reason of their
origin or destination would not be
served by the turnpike.
The re¬
maining movements after apply¬

ing

BELL SYSTEM

New York

these

traffic

for

Communication

relative

highway

any

reflect

ployed, however,
of

are

Exchange

of

movements.

card

San Francisco

amount

patronage. In this way factors can
be
developed indicative of the
percent of traffic that can be di¬
verted from each of the competi¬
tive highways to the turnpike for
various
origin
and
destination

brokers

Los Angeles

basis

charge to each other. By reason
of this cost relationship, it is pos¬

underwriters

member

the

Inc., New York

of value,

motorists in
the
aggregate evaluate running
time and waiting time, distance,
fuel consumption, roadway condi¬

trading markets

1

On

& Co.,

Akin-Lambert & Co., Inc.,

choice of possible routes between
their origin
and destination on
different

370

TRADING MARKETS

another.
As

4, CAL

Bell Teletype SF

comfortable

more

ists evaluate in
or

SAN FRANCISCO

1900 RUSS BUILDING
Telephone EXbrook 2-7900

departure.

traffic

point

A

movements

represents

summary

made

at

of
this

the estimated

639 South

Spring Street, Los Angeles 14, California

,

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

72

James

Jones,

Laura

Courts

G.

<fi

Hanley,

Mr.

Co., Atlanta; Jules Bean, Singer, Bean & Mackie, Inc., New York City;
Richard H. Goodman, Shields & Company, New York City;
J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver

Mrs.

&

William

F.

Thompson, Greene and Company,
Lynch, Allen

volume of traffic that

ticipated to

use

be

can

an¬

Turnpikes

establish

of

rates

equitable for

that

toll

all classes

are

vehi¬

of

to

from

4

to

7%

&

the

of

annual

cedures

of

revenue

existing turnpike's. lowed

bond issue rather than an estimate

to the first year of operation,
are

will still benefit after the toll

user

is

applied to other user costs. If

this

is

not

exceeds

Serving Southern California since 1921

the

the

case

Wagenseller 6 Durst, Inc.
Investment Securities

to

14

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CURB

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of

saving,

the

toll may be said

lay within a range of values
highest point would be

somewhat less than the monetary
amount of the savings and whose

amount

for travel
on present
turnpikes that provide
similar
advantages as will the
users

Stone <Sl Youngberg

data

with

lief

from

distance,

and

then

are

responsibility
economic
for

to

present

growth

of

ern

than

area

in

cate

the

of

San Francisco

Telephone SUtter 1-5460

one

for

their

upon

PACIFIC COAST

cents

to

almost

timated to
first

is

to




of

added

other

will

eight

facilities

trading centers

insufficint funds make
construction

these

strumentality

justifiable.

through

areas

of

SAN

be

provided

and

necessary

promptly

bond

would

take

Y.

S.

E.

&

Exchange

Co.

1883

San Francisco Stock Exchange
New York Curb Exchange (Associate)

leases
for

combination

movement

subsequent

the

be

Montgomery

210 W. 7th St.

or

with

reputable

rentals

14 Wall St.

Telephone DIgby 9-3780
•

WIRE

CONNECTIONS

BETWEEN ALL

OFFICES

TRADING MARKETS
Specializing in

IN
OVER-THE-COUNTER

►
^

PACIFIC C0AST

ISSUE?

SECURITIES

years

income

from

authority

facilities

operation.

these

NEW YORK:

Teletype NY 1-3466

es¬

Oicar 3.

per¬

that the turnpike

case

Street

Teletype SF 230X

revenue

estimated
received

these

their

from

404

one

its

companies

The

530 WEST SIXTH STREET •

con¬

with

funds and arranges long-term

own

FRANCISCO:

income

has amounted

Kraft

Co.

&

LOS ANGELES 14,

CALIFORNIA

TELETYPES
OIL

&

MINING STOCKS
LA 675

INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
LA

PHONE

TRINITY

2529

678

the
that

years

develop.

pro¬

can

with

highways

modern

turnpike otherwise

Telephone MAdison 6-4681

PRIVATE

in¬

the

revenue

light

and

To this toll

commission
structs

to

wire

and

year

erally the

COOKE FAULKNER

their

and

turnpike

depending

and restaurant facilities. It is
gen¬

BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO

use

ways

Municipal Securities

mits and leases for service station

WULFF, HANSEN-» CO.

With

traffic

Underwriters, Distributors, Dealers in Corporate and

the turnpike in the

use

of operation.

N.

heavy

classification

tractor-trailer

that

Members

needs.

numerous

mile and

per

weight

interchange traffic

/MARKETS

C.,

where

are

mile to three

categories for each interchange to

Y.

solution

sole

highway

financing, the motoring public

Los Angeles Stock Exchange

cars

The established toll charges are
then applied to the various vehicle

N.

advocates

Members

vehicles.

CO.,

existing

to relate the

LOS ANGELES:

from two cents per mile for

est

&

to

arrange

background

New York Stock

de¬

rates

half cents per mile for the heavi¬

HUTTON

the

that the

say

the

nation's

locations

endeavored

are

passenger

cent per

one-half

trucks

*

provide

there

determine In

to

I have

the

me

turnpike

However,

ESTABLISHED

southern

toll

for commercial vehicles

E.

is

present turnpikes indi¬

on

charges

and

W.

the

Telephone DOuglas 2-6400

pattern

of from

Wire

not

to

J. Barth

motor

expenses

Toll Rates

Investment Securities

Private

do

to¬

available

feasibility and

this talk

of

realizes that these facilities alone

underwriting the project.

In

on

substantiating densities, sorely inadequate high¬

made

it

closing let

considerably greater in the north¬

veloped

RUSS

therein

judgment

a

savings

and

time

operating

The

COLLINS MACRAE, V.-P.

In

the financial group whose ultimate

movement and

congestion

EXCHANGE

Russ Building

the

before

staunchest

Earnings Re¬

presented

revenue

gether

portion.

MEMBERS
STOCK

and

viewpoint

is

engineering

an

feasibility is reached.

port. The estimates of traffic and

Usually the toll rate per mile
throughout the length
of the facility,
however, on the
New Jersey Turnpike rates on the
northern-most
thirty-five
miles
are
substantially higher than on
the southern eighty-three miles.
Some engineers believe that this
is justifiable as the benefits in re¬

vehicle

Teletype SF 492

Traffic

turnpike

proposed

a

pay

project under study.

in

SAN FRANCISCO

that

subjected to from

is constant

EXCHANGE

STOCK

toll

the

on

low point is reflected by the aver¬

MEMBERS
LOS

the

whose

age

626 S. SPRING ST., LOS ANGELES

and

the advan¬
turnpike will be
largely negated.
tages

The optimum

■

sis

of each

estimated for

TRinity 5761

to

The

cles, feasible to collect and of
maximum
revenue
productivity. from this amount the estimated
year's use.
The
toll
structure
is
therefore
annual costs of maintenance and
An important phase of the Traf¬ based
the anticipated traffic growth of
primarily upon the tangible
the facility for each ensuing year fic and Earnings Report concerns
savings that result from turnpike operation to determine the sum
of the bond issue.
The estimates the formulation of a schedule of travel. These
savings, that have that will be available for paying
This work is accomplished been
of traffic that result after applica¬ tolls.
previously mentioned do not principal and interest charges on
tion of the expansion factors rep¬ concurrently with the preparation include the toll
charge motorists the bonds. The
compilation
of
resent the engineer's best judg¬ of estimates of traffic diversion. and truckers will be
required to
these
estimates of net revenue
ment of the average usage of the This is a logical procedure as the
pay for turnpike use. The estab¬
facility over the period of the amount of toll directly affects the lished toll should be such that the completes the final phase of work
year

annual increases

that

are
commonly fol¬
bring about their suc¬
total of toll revenue and cessful development. I have gone
non-operating revenues equals the into detail concerning the Traffic
gross revenues of the project. It and Earnings Report so that you
is necessary however to deduct will understand the critical analy¬

toll

the turnpike.

The problem in this work is to

The Rebirth oi

New York City; Miss Barbara Thompson;
Mr. & Mrs. Orville G. Allen, Jr.,
Company, Inc., Dallas

William F. Lynch, Lynch, Allen & Company, Inc., Dallas;

guest;

Phillip

Continued from page 71

Thursday, November 13, 1952

to

Convention Number

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Mrs. & Mrs. Dayton P. Haigney, Dayton
Haigney & Co., Boston; Mrs. Walter F. Saunders,
City; Mrs. William J. Burke, Jr., Boston; Mrs. James B. Maguire, Boston

Continued

from

1938

11

page

ing effect of lower
prices

"bargain"

or

which

(4) The

could
develop as
increases at the

being

manufacturing and import levels.

work

(2) The Government will prob¬
ably

its

expand

activities,

public

including

slum

clear¬

be

Some

of

these

sponsored

types of armaments,

to

This

thanks

accelerate

obsoles¬

could

bring about a
for new equip¬

demand

ment than might

pected

normally be ex¬
the two or three

during

immediately ahead.

years

(5) The stock market, whose
quickly,
fluctuations influence the effective
announcement of
demand for goods to a greater ex¬
majof projects of this type
into

put

and

the

any

effect

in

the

very

very

would tend to be
tor

plans could

progress

research,

Government

new

tending

cence.

greater

public housing, on any
signs of an increase in unemploy¬
ment.

is

to
on

works

and

ance

partly

in

business.

1937

tent than is true in reverse, is cur¬

sustaining fac¬

a

(As

result

a

experience,

of rently in

recalled

as

in the memoirs of the head of the

Federal

Reserve

Board

at

that

time, government action will al¬
certainly be more prompt
than it was in 1937-1938.)
most

(3)

The

to

pressure

substitute

labor-saving equipment for high-

ularly since there is little chance
of any substantial decline in wage
rates. This will help support one
segment of the economy, which
very frequently in the past has
helped to make for a business re¬
cession spiral because of the re¬
labor-saving
equipment when wages and prices
were

for

pressure

stronger technical posi¬
in the

was

to

case

an

greater

even

following the

degree
advance.

1926-1929

In view of the substantial declines

the

years

already witnessed in

stated at the beginning of
review, the outlook for prof¬
its is not necessarily synonymous

with the

highs

of

the

outlook for

two

past

large

a

accelerated
volume.

called

that

are

business

current

reaction

that4 the

not

be

of

to

be

sooner

nessed

ner

(between

1926,
25%

1934,
and

or

in

40%

1946

in

the

prices of the majority of issues).
would

be

less

than

economy

damaging to

was

the

1937-

CrowelLWeecfon

& Co.

Members Los Angeles Stock Exchange

of

•

TRinity 0281

38

San Diego

•

Sam

Mgrs. Trading Dept.

was

of

one

PLEDGER &
MEMBER LOS

the

Bob

Green, Pres.
Green, V.-P.

COMPANY, INC.

ANGELES

STOCK

EXCHANGE

210 W. 7th STREET

LOS ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA
Phone MUtual

S231

Bell System

Teletype LA 382

to

on

consumers

later, in the same man¬
are higher wages.
The re¬

is

equally true when taxes

now

being in

seem

a

of

excess

mal requirements in most

little

REVEL MILLER & CO
Members

Los

Angeles Stock Exchange

nor¬

lines, it

dangerous to

that reductions in

taxes, except in

corpo¬

Investment Securities

minority
would automatically in¬

profits

by the
the tax reduction. (If

a

amount

of

reduction

a

in corporate taxes will not benefit

people

many

the

on

wrong

track

corporate

Trader

have

in

taxes

ar¬

guing

that

650 S.

hidden consumer levies.)

(Mac)

McOmber

SPRING ST., LOS ANGELES 14

are

Bell System

Teletype LA 155

SANTA

MONICA

will work back to around prewar

levels, after taxes.
a

This would be

natural sequence of the normal

laws of survival in
•

Laguna Beach

result

in

period of
wire to

in

school

Unlisted Securities

Over the longer-term, the prob¬
abilities are that profit margins

LGS ANGELES 14
TELETYPE LA

Private

decline

one

really

DISTRIBUTORS

•

as

costs, tax increases tend

consumers,

PLACEMENTS

compared

$11 billion,

Brokers & Dealers in

declining during periods of in¬
tense competition. With plant ca¬

been

PRIVATE

1949

of about

ac¬

are

pacity

possibly to around the

or

as

verse

check debt expansion next year—

part and parcel of

passed

greater proportions than that wit¬
in

wake up

in the
to the

year, even

any

is

this

are

were

some com¬

principal
supporting
arguments
for the purchase of drug stocks in
1951, at 50% or more above cur¬
rent prices.)
Inasmuch as corpo¬

crease

Long Beach

with

There

chances

quite good

they

we

Spencer Trask & Co., New York

business, which
margins over a
being merely equal

profit
years

to the difference between the costs

of the efficient producers

tributors)

MARKETS MAINTAINED

(or dis¬
and those of the mar¬

ginal companies. The process of
weeding out sub-marginal pro¬

JT
v

r

IN

MORE THAN 300

ducers, however, frequently en¬
tails uncomfortably long periods
of sub-normal profits for even the

Edcerton. Wykoff & Co

ACTIVELY TRADED SECURITIES

most efficient business
the

units, until
higher cost surplus capacity

has been rendered ineffective. The

—•—

fact that this

type of normal com¬
petition has not been witnessed
during the war and postwar years

Trading Markets
PACIFIC COAST SECURITIES
FOREST W.

SHIPLEY

hardly justifies the conclusion that
we are again in a "new era." We
should not forget that we have
been enjoying a boom based on
pent-up demands, inflation scares,
and

Ground Floor, 618 South

Spring St., Los Angeles 14

redistribution

comes,

of current

Morgan S Co,
Members Los Angeles Stock

634 S. SPRING ST.

•

Exchange

LOS ANGELES 14

•

Ml 6421

in¬

Teletype LA 146

aided and abetted by a sub¬
increase in
public and

stantial

Telephone TRinity 1694

Bell Teletype LA 107
Bell

Direct Wire

to

Teletype LA 20

Troster, Singer & Co., New Yerk, N. Y.




private

borrowing,

and

>

limited

foreign competition. We only hope
that

we

are

not too

optimistic in

believing that basic conditions will

rate

necessity of limiting the with the 1950 total of $39 billion,
expansion of private as well as and the 1951 net increase of $33
public debt. With the elections billion. This aspect of our eco¬
out of the way, there should be nomic "progress" will bear
very
less reluctance on the part of our close
watching during the period
monetary authorities to try to immediately ahead.

moderately.
At the same time, the declining
trend of pre-tax profit margins
noted in some reports for the first
three
quarters of this year, in
spite of increased sales, could be

of cases,

UNDERWRITERS

late 20's before

if sales shold decline

rate

•

business

tivity. The earnings of
panies could rise next

rate taxes

will

allowed to get out of hand

to the extent that

Cleveland;

eventual

As

would

Pasadena

by

this

assume

•

declined

Profit Versus Business Activity

segment of the stock market, the

our

650 S. SPRING ST.

securities

not be

thought that is quite complacent
1937. At that time we had had the
about the profit outlook because
equivalent of three intermediate of expectations of some tax
relief,
bull
markets
superimposed
on particularly in the realm of ex¬
each other, just as had been the
cess-profits taxes. (It may be re¬

This

declining.

largest

spring of

from

priced labor will continue, partic¬

duced

a

than it

tion

second

than 50%.

more

tremendous

made

decline—the

listed

of

competition

Benjamin McPolin, McDonald & Company, Cleveland; Daniel M.
Hawkins, Hawkins & Co.,
John J. Hack, Jr., F. S. Moseley &
Co., Chicago

record—when the market value

on

The Business Outlook

York

New

73

BEVERLY HILLS

-

SANTA MARIA

-

LONG BEACH

DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO NEW YORK

Continued

from

Exchange

factors.

enjoy, the
ordinarily
take
the
initiative
in
finding
contra-orders and/or assuming in¬

Counter Trading

stocks

the

in

positions

ventory

In

And

appraising value

usually take in

must

dealer

counter

vs.

may

he

business

9

page

Thursday, November 13, 1952

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL and

74

be

may

of academic significance
if
the
corporation is going to
inactive securities
continue
in existence.
The an¬

far

so

as

concerned, the over-the-

are

value

liquidating

largely

future

ticipated

counter market is in no way de¬

annual

average

net
income
may
be capitalized
furnish anything ap¬
must
characterize
his
activities proximating true auction market¬ numerically, but not without ref¬
erence
to
many
non-numerical
when
no
unsolicited orders are ing. It is competitive, but not auc¬
forthcoming. A major character¬ tion, in character. Auction mar¬ concepts. These include the acu¬
of orders which istic of counter markets is nego¬ keting in a security can not be men, initiative, imagination and
forcefulness of the
officers and
the trading pub¬ tiation. Prospects are sought out, maintained unless there is suffi¬

the

And

involved.

volition

same

to

signed

In Inactive Securities
Counter

desires.

execution

the

though,

dealers,

with

originate

point to the limitation (one trad¬

unit) mentioned above, im¬ lic, counter dealers are concerned,
plying that this seriously re¬ to a great extent at least, with
stricts
any
contribution of the
seeking out buyers and sellers,
exchange specialist system to
is
something,
generally
better markets.
Although the which

physical
in price
exists after the prospect is found,
the transaction does not die. In¬

specialist may act of his own voli¬ speaking, entirely foreign to
tion (for his own account) as long
stock specialist on an exchange.

mere

ing

as

his

do

orders

cedence

"making

cus¬

solicited

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flow un-

is true that many orders

in

over-the-counter

to

for dealers, and in some cases the mere
matching of buy and sell requests

called

is

markets"

his

activity

his

of

pre¬

of

those

over

much

tomers,

take

not

a

by exchange regulations or com¬
mittee

is

decisions.
stock

Whereas

designed

exchanges

primarily

to

involved,

ception,

are

but such is

facilitate bring to fruition

any

the ex¬
rule.

the

not

and

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having

markets

the

If

limitations.

no

gap

a

The

negotiation ensues.

stead,

of

existence

buy

a

sell

or

to find the

opposite.

ing thousands of corporations in
raising activities, and

unsolicited providing

for the liq¬

resource

a

cost

moderate

at

and

in
which are funda¬
mentally of local importance, or
in
any event
not widely held.
investments

of

ease,

corporations

dealers

Counter

provide

home

a

market for securities native to an

But such markets

area.

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a

serve

dealers

in "making a
unlisted
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market for"

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competition.

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over-the-counter

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are

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figures

dealers

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their

inventory

CONTINUOUS SERVICE

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positions.

taking
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the proponents of

is

un¬

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take

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in
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part

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over-the-counter dealer.
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rates, they may afford investors
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pensive services of the exchanges. basic economic values, the eco¬
involve

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are

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to

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for

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relative

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and

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than

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over-the-counter dealers

rates

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When an individual consistently
"better." A worker,
example, may find it to his purchases stocks without regard
to basic economic values, he may
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primary economic func¬ advantage to engage the services
at times make money, but sooner
tion of over-the-counter markets of an expensive employment
or later he will book losses.
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is to create marketability for se¬ agency rather than a less costly
curities
which
are
not widely one, or none. So it is with un¬ although he may remain "in the
market" for an extended period,
known or traded—thereby assist¬ listed securities. Though the serv¬
order is incentive for the counter

dealer

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ulation

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Incorporated, Philadelphia;

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Everett W. Snyder, E. W. Snyder & Co., Syracuse

eliminated by

economic forces supply of which was very limited,
were
to
be
listed, the investor
When a security is taken from could
depend
neither
on
the
auction principle upon which ex¬
the over-the-counter market, and
changes are based, nor on the
listed on a stock exchange, coun¬
competition
which characterizes
are

if

they do not.

ter

dealers

they

interest

lose

cannot make

ing

it

at

rates

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comparable

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the

exchange

his

inventory

tion

are

for

at

specialist

those

to

in

do not take

his

economic

the point in

so

performance

rowing
Thus,

values

far

of

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B. W.

may

Eugene Stark, M. S. Wien <ft Co., New York City; Mr. & Mrs. Ely Batkin, Batkin & Co., New York City

For

such

reasons,

mutual

the

be

to

all

concerned

ties

which

standards
and

would

listed

securi¬

meet

proper

over-the-counter

Such

de-listing

not

of

tightening

-

up

unsuitable

long

as

a

of sufficiently broad exchange trad¬

activity be delisted,

of

traded

stead.

that

do

it could well listings to those issues promising
advantage

in¬

of

issues

supplement the exchanges'

In

any

prove

event, the studies

being

rently

changes

as

members

to

the

made

by

can

well

activity

listing

or

not

amenable

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auction

trad¬

ex¬

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may

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it

delisting

the

relates
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develop

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traded.

might

that member firms with

unlisted departments would share

the

over-the-counter

those

market

issues.

his orders

as

precedence

those

over

of his customers—as distinct from

his

beside

obligatory assumption of such

positions

—

(perhaps

rumors

ARTFORDC^

to¬

tally unfounded) concerning price

concerned.

the

culate

floating

to

a

much

greater degree

than would otherwise be the

Clark

Edward L.
III

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DISTRIBUTORS

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THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

76

Continued

from page 13

In Attendance at NSTA Convention

LUDMAN CORPORATION

SMITH, HAROLD B. *

Auto-Lok Wood Windows

Power

Windo-Tite Jalousies

Schapiro & Co., Inc.

&

Co.

Co.

M. Marks &

Laurence

New York

A. G. Edwards & Sons

New York

Beach

CHARLES M.¬

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WITTERMANN, JOSEPH

Light

Incorpo¬

Chicago

rated,

New York

SMITH, TOM
Miami

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M. A.

.

SMITH, MCGREGOR
Florida

A. G. Becker & Co.,

Petersburg

WILLIS, EDWARD T*

Newburger & Co.
Philadelphia

Type Windows

Ludman K

Shaver & Co., St.

SMITH, JOSEPH E.

Awning

WOLF, LEE

WILEY, JAMES *

Pershing & Co., New York

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Snyder & Co., Syracuse

Ludman Window & Jalousie Hardware

SORUM, KAREN
Minneapolis

Ludman Jalousie Doors, Screens &

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SORUM, KERM1TB*

&

Allison-Williams Co.

Storm Windows

A?*

Minneapolis
Geo. Eustis &

Fabricators, Erectors, Warehousing &

Co.,

Corporation

Securities

STERNE, AGEE & LEACH

New York

MEMBER

STEPHENS, DONALD

Distributed everywhere outside the Iron Curtain

Cruttenden & Co.,

B.

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Chicago

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Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc.
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General Offices

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STANKO, MIKE
White, Noble &

Sale of Structural Steel

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Bar-Lok Storm Shutters

Post Office Box

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Branch—Montgomery 2, Alabama

STRONG, O. H.
First National Bank of

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Chicago, Chicago
STUART, MARK
Cowen & Co., New York

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Miami Beach

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W. C.

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WAKELEY, THOMPSON M*
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Incorporated, Chicago
WALKER, GRAHAM M*

Joseph McManus & Co.
New

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National

Quotation Bureau,
Inc., New York

p/eaWe-.

WALLINGFORD, CHARLES
H. M. Byllesby and Company,
Inc., Philadelphia

There's the Florida

of

"Super Colossal"

vacations where

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looking, aggressive
and

more
on

WALSH,

RICHARD *

Newhard, Cook & Co.
St.

Louis

people have
sic

more

fun-in-the-sun...all

year'round...than anywhere else

WALSH, THOMAS

Doyle, O'Connor & Co.
Chicago
WATKINS, MILES, Jr.*
Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo,

earth. So any

on

time the spirit moves

state

with

livestock

growth...on

increasing trade and
commerce,

especially

by air...on rapid

development

to serve

fast-growing markets. So when

Cot*e oft doubt...

sound

a

expanding economy...based

amazing agricultural and

industrial

you..

here

There's another Florida...a forward-

come
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for

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lifetime

you

vacation...look for

opportunity...

Inc., Birmingham
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Chicago

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Paul H. Davis &

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Mr.

& Mrs. George L. Collins, Geyer & Co. Incorporated, New York
City; Mr. & Mrs. H. Sheldon
Parker, Kay, Richards & Co., Pittsburgh; standing: Ree Bolognini, Lasser Bros., New York City;
Clifford K. Channell,
First Boston Corporation, New York City

Continued,

from

The Miami

10

page

Henry

fastest

10

Metropolitan Area

Development
haven't

yet,

finished

cream 20

ice

my

just go ahead

so you

little

a

Mr.

All

right. Now,
of the most important facets

one

of any economy

is the number of
buyers and the development of the
number

of

buyers,

here

and

we

Florida,

population
20 years,

with

has

Florida is first. If it weren't first,

to

wouldn't

show

Florida

was

period,

1930 to
her

20-year
pretty
the

tenth

So
can

so

we

But

20-year

She almost

1950.

only

ask

state

determine

continue

And

that,

comparison

in

we

with

is

as

California had

on

of

have made

a

years

follow

a

be¬

head start

about 30 years.
30

to

She had

before

we

the

So

we

growth

She doubled her population every

our

greater

California

rapid

continue to
a

dur¬

growth.

grow,

we

population doubling

Miami

All

we

come

to the Miami

increased

242%.

by

So

state.

now

her

three

area.

population
of Florida's

large metropolitan areas—Miami,

Jacksonville,
Petersburg
fastest

Tampa-St.
in the 10

area—were

growing metropolitan

in that

areas

20-year period.

believe

I

the

and

that Miami

population reaches

and

half,

a

which

not later than

should

be

Now, people

afraid of

past five

that this is

a

population,

San

United

next

States

dwelling

in

units

when

you're

come

up

the

number

the

chart.

Mr.

next

I think

with

31

we

you

to

get the relative

is

Yes.

have

you

Incidentally,
the

among
on

the

charts

table.

raise your hand and we'll be glad

highest

to

deliver

you

a

set of charts.

on

Expansion Program

to.

Now, the impact of this build¬

in

1947

ing, the impact of this increasing

per

be

1,000

glad

Miami

dwelling units

Continued

on

page

They say, "Aren't
tourist economy?

a

to equal California, and at

nomic

horizon, you'll be the first

of

30

least

at

years

we

should

population of approximate¬

will

continue

to

grow,

for at least 30
Now

years

we

or

40

here

show
.i

.

Do you

want to take

over now,

No, you're doing all

when

the
UNDERWRITERS

the

on

DISTRIBUTORS

up?"

Florida Bonds

Well, the record shows whether
that's the fact
here

to

not. We go back

or

1933, and we show here
business activity in the

general

MUNICIPAL

COUNTY

DISTRICTS

United
States, in Florida as a
whole, and in the Miami area, the
center

of

this

wonderful

business. Here

we come

Firm Bids

tourist

Firm Offerings

—

—

Quotations

from 1933

the country as a whole and
reach 1937, and then go down

—general business activity

UNLISTED

meas¬

ured in terms of bank debits goes
down 13V2%. In that year—called

right.

DEALERS

eco¬

go down, will stay down the
longest and be the last to come

we

Mr. Smith:

gather

to

for

Boss?

that

know

ALL

CORPORATE

LOCAL

ISSUES

SECURITIES

the recession in order to minimize

thinking of its effect

our

second

deepest

visited

this

year—there
then

And

Underwriters and Distributors

country

that's

any

one

Pierce-Carrison Corporation

13V2% decrease.

was a

it

in

the

as

depression

didn't

re-attain

Barnett National

its

The

State, General Market, and Public Revenue

line

center

increases

is

Florida.

It

rapidly, and then

more

Bank

Building

JACKSONVILLE 1, FLORIDA

1937 level until 1941.

Long Distance 47; 3-8621

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in 1937 goes off only 3%, evidenc¬

ing

a

the

stable

more

country

again has been

MUNICIPAL

The top line is
of

tourist

business

point

of

this

rapidly

very

instead

does

the

the

second
ever

one

visited

its 1937

inc.

it,

or

in

Pont Bldg.
chicago

new york

Miami

32,

Fla.

the

corporate bonds & stocks

as

did

as

florida municipals

go

actually

face

of

Inquiries Invited

the

Florida

that's

country in

country had re-attained

level,

is really
economy




This

we were
as

far

as

more

75% above
I'm
our

con¬

econ¬

Florida S<ecurities c,
Uompany
Not

stable than is

of the country

as

Members

a

601

Incorporated

Philadelphia-Baltimore

FLORIDA

NATIONAL

ST. PETERSBURG
economy

isn't only stable;

it's getting more stable year after
year.

on

Corporate Issues and

Local Securities

any

whole.
telephone 3-3311

Dealers

And by 1941, when the

showing,

omy

and

don't

we

depression

this

Distributors

up

1937,

13^2%

the

Underwriters

stand¬

going off 3%

cerned, definitely that
du

very

come

hit

and

deepest

year.

the

we go up, we

10%

rest of the

Co.

was

maligned

We

country,

off, instead
Direct Wire to New York and Chicago

Miami, the
from

of

state,

whole

increase

&

it

as

greatly

stability.

then

Ingen

low

never

in 1937.

BONDS

center

B. J. Van

as

than

economy

whole and

as a

TELEPHONE:

7-5131

If

don't have those charts, please

it's revealing.

I'll

have

chart

which

Dick, read the Miami

Roberts:

The

first again

.

.

Mr. Roberts:

this

account for her growth.

that

fourth.

was

significance.

con¬

stability of the things which

the

.

them

wanted

posi¬

your

consist¬

and

was

That's all right. You
don't have to read them all. I just

measure

figures

was

20,

Mr. Smith:

very

of the

Angeles

than

Miami

with 31, and

to challenge

And

year

1,000

per

of her growth is the

ency

Francisco

champion! And

a

tion, but fall by the wayside

sistently.

of

Los

less

Balti¬
third with less than 10, and

more

champion, others

a

with

second

one,

—

built

population. What

Where

say

of

two,
three, four, five years—Miami led
all
metropolitan
areas
in
the
years

by

1965.

tourist economy.
you

million

a

the

con¬

tinue to grow as rapidly as it has
continued to grow, certainly until
her

Company, Norfolk; Mrs. Miles A. Watkins, Jr., Birmingham;
Freear, William N. Edwards & Co., Ft. Worth; Winton A. Jackson,
First Southwest Company, Dallas

Mr. Smith:

will

clouds

years more.
.

growing

to

the fast¬

as

you

for

years

doubling her population every 20

.

increase

of

storm

Florida

10

rate

whole,

as

Don't

a

years

the state

in

down here

ly four million. We believe that

the top line here for 90 years.

California's

is

It

of

center

was

remember

30

20

end

have

did.

on

every

too, will continue

period of

we

years,

order

the

should have

state.

grow

we,

than

every

California,

cause

wealth

for

to

that

done

rapidly. We're nearer to
of
population
and

to

nearer

So,

89%, you see here.
ourselves, "How long

years

center

her

percent of increase, the
was

grow

the

ing

36%

growing

opinion that

that

in

California

fastest

rapidly?"

us

that

population

down to

this

railroads

all.

at

equal, and it drops all

near

way

highest,

in

period.

the

Florida's

first

it

her
for 90

doubled

million.

three-quarters

doubled

yet

and here we are in 1950,
population of two and

a

show the 10 fastest growing states
in the United States. Of course,

we

hasn't

20

every

She

years.

has

too,

89%

est

and she
started to plateau.

The bottom line here is Florida.

Roberts:

Florida,

metropolitan

lead the United States

years,

bit longer.

that

Virginia Securities

Here's another Miami "first": In

show the

we

will

you

was

I

Here

growing

Now,

areas.

Isaacs,

Landon A.

Mr. Roberts:

Florida—Its Industrial

G.

77

L

D-32

Stock

BANK

Exchange

BUILDING

1, FLORIDA
TELETYPE:

ST

PBG 89

78

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

78

Continued

from

politan area in the country, per¬ leans with
Oklahoma
haps.
Now, this shows the influence Houston, a
on the number of
buyers in this itself, with
area, electric buyers or any buyers year.

Florida—Its Industrial Development
population,
and

the utility industry

on

Florida

the

on

and

Power

Light Company, is illustrated here.
Back on V-J Day, the total capa¬

interconnected sys¬
tem was 210,000 kw.
By the end
of
1951, we had increased that
capability to 503,000, with an ex¬
penditure for construction of ap¬
proximately
$113,000,000.
Now,
our engineers advise us that if we
continue to grow as we believe
bility of

our

shall

we

will

grow,

have

bility to

that by

increase

to

with

1,405,000,

mated expenditure of

What

capa¬

esti¬

an

$332,000,000.

terrific program of ex¬

a

pansion,

1961 we

our

made

the

by

necessary

terrific increase in the growth
the

area!

of

Here is something that's adding ing to this economy approximately
terrifically to the stability of this $135,000,000 in that year measured
terms of wages and salaries
area.
An economy already stable in
has become more stable because and local purchases and local stop¬
influence
in
a
stable
of the aviation Industry. Florida overs—an
is the hub of all the Americas. It's economy being made more stable
the natural aerial gateway of all year after year.
Now, our summer business is
the Americas, and through this
area,
the greatest international growing more rapidly than is our
airport in the United States, 37% winter business, again increasing

people going in and out

of all the

country by air pass through
Miami. New York, with her four
international airports, was second
of this

the
20

stability of our economy. Back
years ago the ratio of summer

business to winter business
ured

in

terms

of

meas¬

kilowatt

hours

in the area,

and we have the same

business

summer

28%.

kilowatt

This is most important, and

dur¬

ing that year, 1951, during it 41%
more
people went in and out of
this country by air than did by
sea.
It's
the most important
method
of
international
travel,
and we

was

sales

in

this

area

Ten years later it had

67%.

moved
it

hour

Our

business is growing

rapidly than is our winter
business, and our winter business
have 37% of all of it, add-. is growing more rapidly than is
more

rapidly than the winter bus¬ from Georgia, and all from north
illustrated again by bank of Valdosta are from Atlanta—
debits, a good index of general and they say Atlanta is a summer
business activity. The same thing heaven. I was anxious to see what
appears.

heaven

Now, why is our summer busi¬

growing

ness
our

summers

the

mild.

are

number

of

reaches

90

so

degrees

when

year

90

degrees

maximum

95 degrees.

the

but

temperature of only

Our

one

mild.
northeast
Chicago has 11.

summers are

has

New York, 1,350 miles

has seven.
Pittsburgh, one

Rummers Are M'ld

iami

for still greater

great

industrial

They

say

the

of

summers

world's

are

too

that

hot,

great

90* F.
Annual

growing

Daijs

a

Over

and

year as

against

Pittsburgh

Avenge

a

our

Industrial

And

Houston

that

finally he paid
of the fastest
80.

And

a

with

has

tourist
days

with

degrees

maximum

And

Arizona,

such

a year

areas,

88.

summer

152

un6th of

above,

or

on

any

a

degrees.

basis of comparison.

People

is

me

the

checked

we come

"I don't mind the

say,

the

thing

that

humidity."

that,

too,

and

So
we

gets
we

found

77

66

38

76

78

78

71

74

68

95'

102'

104'

105*

109-

103*

100*

78

77

57

75

71

105*

106"

HO'

113'

106*

102'

59

39

35

54

113'

108'

II0'

118'

13

record yea m

of

Construction
on

some

current

|

has

temp

record

108'

103*

Florida

Florida Power & Light Co.

SOuBCE us WEAfMCa BUBMU

begun

"FIRST

MIAMI

ANOTHER

ex¬

of

remainder

NEW

this

RESIDENTIAL

H

proval

is awaiting

ap¬

Leoding

THE

OF

BUILDING

TWO

1000 Populotion in Four

FASTEST

U.S. Metropoliton Areas.

governmental

of

I

IS

37

Dwelling Units per

program

.

.

portions of our
$76,000,000

pansion program.
The

.

GROWING

STATES

regulatory authorities.

IN

30

This

expansion will in¬

-30

30•

FIRST

crease our

r- FIRST

h~ FIRST

•

NATION.

FIRST

system's daily

delivery capacity by
more

THE

than

55

per

Florida has

27

cent

no

state income tax

'FIRST

and will extend

our

lines

*

no

-20

inheritance tax

state

ad valorem tax

*

SOUTHERN
■

state

*

*

■

bonded debt

no

20-

state

no

into South Carolina.

r-' *

NATURAL

PARTNERS

IN

FLORIDA'S PROGRESS

10-

FOR 53 YEARS

GAS

COMPANY
Birmingham, Alabama




FLORIDA POWER
1949

1948

1947

Sourcer Dwelling

Units

Populotion

-

F.W. Dodge Corp. and

-

Federal

Census

Roy Wenzlick 8 Co.

interpolated

1950

1951

a

tem¬

a

South
highest

a

Houston,

up.

growing

Phoenix,

bid for
with

80,

me

wrong,

was

Dallas

have

we

temperature,

a year.

in

not

Atlanta,

Now, our summers are mild

only 6, and

maximum tempera¬

Denver, the mile-high city, has
days

in

of

118

degrees.

22 such

you're

just

temperature

and

ture of 103 degrees as against our
95

quarter

perature of 90

of

industry, has had 16 such hot days
Number of

maximum

boss, he bet

year—152 days

yet

and

there's

bet my

I

business,

our

center

a

degrees, and

you're in Atlanta

you're

making

has 16.
become im¬

we

Pittsburgh,

here

centers,

won't
industrially because

portant

service to the

Fast

us,

103

summer,

whole

with

over,

of

figured if

And
and

temperature
or

and

year,

that's all.

over,

reached

of

the

having

and from this

they have 57 such

see
a

heaven,

the annual average over
the entire temperature record. In
Miami, we have had only six days
a

I

in

the

when

days

days

without

like

so soon,

temperature

show

We

we

hot

hun¬

in

there

chart,

It's because

discovering

are

was

to go

rapidly than

more

winter business?

people

a

Expanding

so

iness,

or

summer

Atlanta—I have

fine friends who come here

many

more

to 72%, and last year temperature

up

92%.

was

Explain about At¬

Mr. Roberts:

grows

eight off-season months dreds and hundreds of. thousands
and all the rest of the
international airports in the coun¬ divided by the average of the four that our summers are mild. Now,
on-season
months, that ratio - of we show here1 that our Miami
try combined accounted for but
with 35%,

with
64.
And
rapidly growing area
80 of those hot days a
City

lanta.

Summer Business Grows

Our

hit New Or¬

we

And 57 in Atlanta.

53.

Smith:

Mr.

general trend upward.

the

for

and

here

down

business in any other metro¬

the

77

page

Thursday, November 13, 1952

CORPORATION

Convention Number

that the relative
about the

same

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL? CHRONICLE

v„i

humidity here is j in any place along the Atlantic or
comparison, our summers
it is in August Gulf Coast.
So on any basis of
The greatest asset that

are

mild,

is

we

have

an

FLORIDA

HUB

...

of

the

wonderful climate, and it's

our

as

79

inexhaustible

climate

—

more

the

you take from it, the
have left.

you

more

AMERICAS
HOW FAST AND

HOW BIG CAN

DADE COUNTY (MIAMI)

GROW?

Comparison Population
Growth Trends
Los Angeles

!r

Dade

County and

County

1940 -V

1.6

-

1950

Growth Rate Trend

Year'pre-War

Changes

Trend

Population Development
TO UMA.

Parallel? That Of World War O

SANHWjgj

4

_

ESTABLISHED AIRLINES SERVING FLORIDA

PASSENGERS TO & FROM

ft
War
D

37%
35%

ALL

FOREIGN
:,,

.

YEAR
FLORIDA POWH ft LIGHT COM#*ANT'S
•Aginafffog

$117,000,000 potfwor ctmUrvctlon

program

-

i

LANDS
j-

ENOING

:.i

'

BY AIR
'

■

JUNE

28%

of oxpamioit fqolwwwifi cfworfi if* compoft/t

which hot already

mor§

than 4ovbM It! V-J Day

2
SOURCE: U.S.

Dept.luitice

40

50

.IS

60

70

UJ CVJ

I w
t- fO

5 O

z

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1

1934

£

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wppfy.

powor

IDADE COUNTSI

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a:

1951

>

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Florid? Power &

10/19/51

Lljjht Co.

Foreign Air Travel Exceeded Foreign Sea Travel By 41%
»:W

FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA
TEN

GROWTH TRENDS

FASTEST

GROWING

PERCENT

Populations Double

1930

Every Twenty Years
89

STATES

TEN

INCREASE
-

1950

FEDERAL

FASTEST

300,000

POPULATION

CENSUS

PERCENT

FLORIDA'S

GROWING

METROPOLITAN

242

OR

OVER

IN

CENTER

POPULATION

IS

MOVING

SOUTHEAST

1680 -1950

AREAS

1950

INCREASE

86

1930

■

g

S2

.8

%

8

St

-

1950

FEBERAL

50.0

CENSUS

76
15.0

72
,

10.0
156

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8.0

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6.0

61
60

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&

Light Co.

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Florida Power &

Light Co.

3-6-si

FLORIDA'S ECONOMY

MIAMI'S

SUMMER

SUMMER

BUSINESS

BUSINESS IS GROWING

Trend In

FASTER

General Business Activity

MIAMI'S

MIAMI'S

SUMMER

IS SOUND AND EXPANDING

THAN

ITS

BUSINESS

IS GROWING

FASTER THAN

FASTER

ITS

IT S

WINTER *

WINTER*

WINTER*

IS GROWING
THAN

Bank Debits

851%

92 4%

1933

INDEX

=

100

Index

96 3%

3ooo
Bonk DeMte

Electric Cuttomert

3

W

2000

i5oo

87.7%

'L

1000

Aj

66.8%

900

8oo
3

700
n

64 9%

600

79.7%

u
j

5oo

71 7%

j

c<

U. S. A

400

674%

3oo

\,

I

200

L_A^J
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j

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1939-40

1949-60

1929-30

1939-40

1949-50

m

1939-40

1949-50

i:,*s

fVcentogee

100

(933 4 5

m

1929-30

mm

1929-30

6 7

8 9 40

i

2

3 4, 5 6 7

8 9 50 «

* Percent
oqes

ore

(4 Preceding Dec ond 4 Following Morch) to
for the

Winter Month*

Flondo Power

Florida Power &

Light Co.




9-3-52

Rotios of Averoge KWH Sole* for 8 Summer Month*
Averoge KWH Sole*

(Dec.-Morch Incl.J.

6 Light

Compony

Miomt Area

-*

Percentage* or* Rotio* of Average Electric Cu*lomer* for 8 Summer Month*
(4 Preceding Dec. ond 4 Following Morch) to Averoge Cu*tomtrs for the
Winter Month* ( Dec.

Miomi

Area.

-

Morcb Incl.). Florida Power 8 Light Compony
'

'

.4

c

(4

ore Rotioe of Averoge Bonk Oebiti for 8. Summer Month*.
Preceding Oec ond 4 Following Morch) to Averoge Bank Debit* for

Winter

Month* (Dec.

-

Source: Greater Miomi

Morch Incl.).

Cleoring House.

N

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THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

80

Thursday, November 13, 1952

Roster of Advertisers

Courts

Stores

65

Hilsman (J. H.) & Co., Inc.

Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

61
—61

First of Michigan Corporation

65
65

Robinson-Humphrey (The) Co

2, 61

Building

65

Livingstone (S. R.) Crouse & Co.
Man ley, Bennett &

Co

61

Co.

McDonald-Moore &

61

Parcells-(Charles A.) & Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

60
60
—60

Roney (Wm. C.) & Co

Watling, Lerchen & Co

45
45

Baker, Watts & Co
(John C.) & Company

Legg

Stein Bros. &

White, Noble & Company

Boyce

Incorporated_41

Bioren & Co

48

39

Boenning & C

46

Brooke

49

Co.

&

Blyth

& Co., Inc

Burns

Bros.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

78

—76

Devine

(C. J.)

Dominion

Ernst

First

Indianapolis Bond and Share

55

du

43

44

Kidder, Peabody &

77

Corporation

KANSAS CITY,

44
-43
42
44
42
42

Co.__

& Co

Maguire (J. B.) & Co., Inc.
May & Gannon, Inc
F. S. Moseley & Co

Townsend, Dabney & Tyson

MO.
63

LOS

63

^

Fox

ANGELES, CALIF.

Holton, Hull &

76

—71
73
2, 73
66
72
73

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Co

(Oscar F.) & Co___

Miller (Revel)

Morgan

& Co

73

Co__

&

Pledger & Company, Inc
43

Association

73

Wagenseller & Durst, Inc

New England Gas & Electric

71

Hardy

&

Haupt

(Ira)

7

Byllesby (H. M.) and Company,

Co

Ingalls

&

Israel

Snyder

39

Joseph thai
Kidder

Co

&

(A.

M.)

30

&

Co

25

Kidder, Peabody & Co
King (Charles) & Co

22

Ladin

38

(Edward S.)

(Joseph J.)

19

Company..

&

Davis (Paul H.) & Co._

_15

Securities, Inc

Rogers & Tracy, Inc

57

Sincere and Company

National Bank

58

75

Abbett

9

Co

&

'

MIAMI, FLA.

Masterson

(Frank

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc

58

Florida Power & Light Company
Ludman Corporation

76

58

Swift, Henke & Co

58

Van Ingen

77

(B. J.)

Co. Inc

&

76

McDonnell

&

Co

52

Sons Company

Madigan (J. E.) & Co., Inc

Milwaukee

&

(The)

Company

57

53

Allison-Williams Company
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

27

Beane

Cayne & Co

Savard

56

Company

54

Gottron, Russell & Co
Hawkins &

—55

Mericka (Wm. J.) & Co., Inc.

NEW

55

Prescott & Co.

55

Scranton

(J. F.)

& Company

1

Co

Tellier

41

L.)

69

66

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc

67

Scharff &

Rupe (Dallas) & Son

67

Southwestern

67

Jones, Inc

Investment

—69

—L—1—69

Company

69

Singer

Co

&

ST.

S.)

Gundy

PETERSBURG, FLA.

Florida Power Corporation
Florida Securities Company

SAN
Russ &

78

77

ANTONIO, TEXAS

Company, Inc.______

SAN

67

Barth (J.)

FRANCISCO, CALIF.
& Co

72

Brush, Slocumb & Co., Inc._
__71
First California Company
70
McAndrew & Company, Incorporated 71
Stone & Youngberg
Strauss (J. S.) & Co..
Sutro &

72
71

Co.

70

10

70

Wulff, Hansen

&

Co

__72

29

SAVANNAH, GA.

17

Johnson, Lane, Spare

& Co., Inc

__65

6

SEATTLE, WASH.

30

...35

Foster

&

Marshall

Lewis

Pacific

74

j.

Harper (Wm. P.) & Son

37

34

18

& Co

74

(John R.), Inc

74

Northwest Company

74

SHREVEPORT, LA.
Barrow, Leary & Co

_69

& Co., Inc

Co.

&

SYRACUSE, N. Y.
.Snyder (E. W.)

& Company

TOLEDO, .OHIO
Bingham-Herbrand Corp.
Collin, Norton & Co

53
56

24

TORONTO, ONT., CANADA

39
7

Co

41
\

15
27

31

Wertheim & Co

(M.

66

2

Hickey

Weber-Millican

Wood,

ST. PAUL, MINN.
Kalman & Company, Inc

...20

Alstyne, Noel & Co

Wien

62

38

Securities Corporation

&

63

_

White & Company

28

Co

&

62

33

Company

Warner (J. Arthur)

Dane, John

Weil

Co

Co

&

63

Incorporated

30

& Co

(Spencer) & Co....

Union

Vilas

ORLEANS, LA.

Mackie, Inc.i_,

&

.—62

Scherck, Richter Company
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,

34

__36

Thomson & McKinnon

Van

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.__

Securities Company

(Edwin

Troster,

'

NEW
66

&

•

DALLAS, TEXAS

Perkins

HAVEN, CONN.

(Chas. W.)

f

First Southwest Company

Bros.

Trask

52

Parsons & Co., Inc

(A. L.)

Sutro

Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick, lnc_75
Equitable Securities Corporation
75

54

Medusa-Portland Cement Co

Stamm

Tatro

NASHVILLE, TENN.

2, 54

Co

12

63

62

& Co

36
&

Sons....
& Co...

Witter (Dean)

.33

Co

Singer, Beane
Starkweather

52

First (The)

(W. C.) & Co., Inc.____
Registrar & Transfer Company
Reilly (J. F.) & Co., Inc
Reynolds & Co

&

38
23

Saxton (G. A.) & Co., Inc
Shields & Company

54

Field, Richards & Co
Cleveland Corp

Hart

&

_38

National City Bank of New York... 9
National Quotation Bureau
2
O'Connell (Homer) & Co
34

Siegel

&

(Edward D.)

.

34

66

Cleveland (The) Trust Company__35, 58

Dobeckmun (The) Company

*—41

LOUIS, MO.

(A. G.)

34
+

Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

MONTREAL, QUE., CANADA

56

& Co

Newhard, Cook & Co
Peltason, Tenenbaum Co

_____..17

66

CLEVELAND, OHIO

Jones

37

Rice, Jr. (J. K.) & Co
Roggenburg & Co

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Edwards

31
Co

Pitfield

53
53

& Heimerdinger

13

...

Pershing & Co

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

ST.

18
26

O'Kane, Jr. (John J.) & Co

CINCINNATI, OHIO

PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Walker (G. H.)

36
:

Co.__.___,

C.)

Morgan (Peter) & Co

Straus, Blosser & McDowell

68

40

(Carl) & Co., Inc
(Laurence M.) & Co._

Mitchell & Company
Moore (Frank C.) & Co

59

Sills, Fairman & Harris, Inc

(The)

(George) Investment Co._

___19

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &\

First

2

PORTLAND, 0REG.
Patten

33

Corporation

McManus (Joseph) & Co

—59

Republic Investment Company, Inc.__58

& Co.l_

37

Co

(Carl M.), Rhoades & Co

Marks

;

50

33

Co

&

McLaughlin. Reuss

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Company...
Young & Co., Inc

38

McGinnis & Company

57

Cruttenden & Co

50

.

Thomas &

20

Loeb

59

—

50

Reed, Lear & Co.

__37
33

Lee Higginson

64

50

24

(W. E.) & Co

51

64

-

50

2

McKee (C. S.) & Company
Moore, Leonard & Lynch

35
40

Co

Lebenthal

Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc
Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc.

32

•*

___32

Co.

&

Hourwich &

22

Hutton

Lord,

59

PITTSBURGH, PA.
Johnson & Johnson

38

& Co

Co.

&

47

32

13

Lann

LYNCHBURG, VA.

& Co

Eaton Manufacturing

46

Goldman, Sachs & Co
Goodbody & Co

51

CHICAGO, ILL.

Walter, Woody

49

Warner (Henry B.) & Co., Inc
Yam all & Co...

31

Marks

(The E.)

47

Taggart (Charles A.)& Co., Inc

16

:

Co., Incorporated

(O. D.)

2
48

32

Griffin

& Co., Inc

Schaffer, Necker & Co

36

&

Wagner, Reid & Ebinger, Inc

67

Company

(H. A.)

49

Stroud & Company, Incorporated

Gersten & Frenkel

Bankers (The) Bond Co., Inc.

Iowa Electric Light & Power

Riecke

46

21

Laird, Bissell & Meeds

LOUISVILLE, KY.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

Kahn's

49

Co.

&

25

Co

(The) Boston Corp
(P. F.) & Co

Hirsch

Kraft

(Geo.)

Phillips (Samuel K.) & Co
Rambo, Close & Kerner, Inc

—28
.*

Heaney (Michael J.J & Co
Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc

Crowell, Weedon & Co
Edgcrton, Wykoff & Co.

Flying Tiger Lines, Inc

Eustis

48

8

Greene & Company

Prugh, Combest & Land, Inc
Uhlmann & Latshaw

BURBANK, CALIF.

Incorporated

Newburger & Company
Penington, Colket & Co

30

Grace National Bank of New York
Graves (Gordon) & Co

Akin-Lambert Co., Inc.-

Allyn (A. C.)

49

Glore, Forgan & Co.-

44

Hotchkin & Co

(H. D.)

Pierce-Carrison

42

Co

Haigney (Dayton) & Co

Knox

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

& Co., Inc.————-44

Pont, Homsey & Company

Estabrook &

& Co.___

Co

&

47

...

48

27

(Joseph)

& Co

Janney

11

&

49

Co

23

Co.__

&

(E. W.)

&

Hendricks & Eastwood

Securities

(Francis I.)

48

(Edward J.)

28

& Co

(The)

Clark

_10
of

Geyer

BOSTON, MASS.
(Ralph)

Denton, Inc

Sherrerd

&

Caughlin

16

National Bank of the City
New York

Faroll

Corporation

Carr

&

Co

&

Butcher

—29

Chase

Fahnestock

& Leach

6

Boland, Saffin & Co
Bonner & Gregory

Estabrook & Co

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Sterne, Agee

40
26

Batkin

Eastman, Dillon & Co
Coburn & Middlebrook,

Southern Natural Gas Company

Corporation

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Bacon, Stevens & Co

du Pont

HARTFORD, CONN.

Page

14

Corporation

45
48

Mead, Miller & Co

60
60

Page

S. Bleichroeder, Inc

Securities

Axe

Baker, Simonds & Co
Buhl

___64

_____

Co

&

Arnhold &

DETROIT, MICH.

ATLANTA, GA.
Colonial

:

Page

Page

,

39

Equitable Securities of Canada

12

McLeod, Young, Weir & Company
Ltd

&

Co.,

Inc

35

Watt &

12
Watt

12

NEW YORK CITY

DENVER, COLO.
Mittoh (Robert L.) Investments

Simpson

(B. E.) & Company__

Sudler (Amos C.) & Co.__




68

68
2
68

&

Adler,

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.

Adams

Coleman

Aetna

26

Peck

&

Co

Securities Corp

8

NEWPORT, KY.
Newport Steel Corporation

WASHINGTON, D. C.
51

21

Allen & Company

11

&

Co

Jones, Kreeger & Hewitt

:

45

45

14

Ames

Johnston, Lemon

(A. E.) & Co., Inc

Amott, Baker

&

Co., Incorporated-_26

ORLANDO, FLA.
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
76

Butler, Wick & Co

56